12:07 am
cybernan
hello everyone :)
12:10 am
justafreep
the 12 Fs on the right seems... difficult for me to imagine right now!
12:12 am
justafreep
also li7 x 2
12:14 am
justafreep
so8/9
12:17 am
dizgrannie
li 7 x 2
12:19 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:34 am
cybernan
goodnight everyone
12:34 am
Gillie
good night nan
12:59 am
dizgrannie
er 8 if not called
1:39 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
1:39 am
licketySplitAUS
change timing for tomorrow
1:40 am
zoozzoom
Thank you, Lickety!
1:40 am
grannyrose
on ya lickety. and thanks
1:40 am
grannyrose
{{{{{{zooozzzzz}}}}}}}}
1:40 am
zoozzoom
Hello ((Rose))
1:40 am
zoozzoom
How are things with you?
1:42 am
grannyrose
hanging on by my finger tips. two more days and i will have the nerve stimulator put in. unfortunately mobility badly effected by lockdown.
1:42 am
grannyrose
and you? dear man?? and your folks?? i hope you are safe from the wretched cv-19
1:43 am
zoozzoom
Sorry to hear you are still suffering, Rose. I hope the nerve stimulator will help you.
1:43 am
grannyrose
thanx mate
1:45 am
zoozzoom
We are still plodding along thanks for asking. No covid for us thank goodness. No local lockdown here either although parts of the UK do have local restrictions. A national policy of no more than six members in a house together here. That is fine for us.
1:46 am
grannyrose
well done zooz. no mean feat to keep yourself and your folks free from infection.
1:46 am
zoozzoom
Been using plenty of masks and high alcohol sanitizers .
1:47 am
zoozzoom
How is, Don doing? finished your kitchen yet lol
1:47 am
grannyrose
be careful of high alcohol ones eg over 70% over that usually means there is wood methyl in it.
1:48 am
grannyrose
that's the joke of the century...it's either too cold, too wet, and now it's fast becoming too hot.
1:48 am
zoozzoom
And that is bad because?
1:49 am
zoozzoom
Ah the man excuses coming out I see. I think a kick up the backside is in order then lol
1:49 am
grannyrose
because it's a poison. if you do use higher % wash your hands well after.
1:50 am
zoozzoom
Oh! would not thought they would be allowed to sell it if it is that bad! Thank you will tell mt sister to be careful too.
1:50 am
grannyrose
as for a kick up the bum, i don't think there is an item number for removal of a shoe from a backside.
1:50 am
zoozzoom
🤣🤣🤣🤣
1:51 am
grannyrose
i hate to say this, but the higher % ones are usually chinese made.
1:51 am
zoozzoom
I just looked mine is 70%
1:52 am
grannyrose
i suggest you check the ratings for sanitisers perhaps on "snopes". that's a fact checking site.
1:53 am
grannyrose
at least i made you laugh.
1:53 am
zoozzoom
You always make me smile, Rose!
1:54 am
zoozzoom
How is, Sprite doing...Do you know?
1:54 am
grannyrose
ummm... perhaps you had better be careful if/when you meet me in person.
1:55 am
grannyrose
Sprite is still recoverig very slowly from cv-19. last i heard she was allowed to walk for 5 minutes four times/day. poor little thing has been one very sick puppy.
1:55 am
zoozzoom
Well with all this crap going on I think I am safe for quite a while LOL
1:56 am
grannyrose
as for the tiny house, Rob has been prefabricating walls etc, ready to put together as soon as they find a suitable piece of land.
1:56 am
zoozzoom
Did she get it again then. The last time I spoke to her on here I thought she was much better from it and was out and about?
1:57 am
grannyrose
she is utterly drained of energy zooz. but she may have picked up a tad since i last spoke to her.
1:59 am
zoozzoom
It will be good when they get that house made on a piece of land. Being couped up in a tiny caravan thingy is not good for ones health I am sure.
1:59 am
grannyrose
we zoomed a few weeks ago. i hope i can talk to her when i come home from the hospital.
1:59 am
zoozzoom
Still having your wine or are you not allowed?
1:59 am
rolin
not often you see a brand of Aussie toilet paper in the grid
2:00 am
grannyrose
did you hear about her latest fall? fell off a 2" step. cracked her elbow. i offered to endover all the bubble wrap we have stored.
2:00 am
zoozzoom
Hello, Rolin :-)
2:00 am
grannyrose
NOTHING comes between me and my red wine...loll just try it.
2:01 am
grannyrose
cooee rolin
2:01 am
zoozzoom
That lady needs to be more careful. Bless her.
2:01 am
zoozzoom
Okay my time is up. Very nice to catch up with you, Rose. Love to you all. Happy babbling everyone!
2:02 am
grannyrose
Rob had us in stitches with his reply. he worked out how much he need to wrap her up, saying that he would unwrap her once a week for a shower, then wrap her up again.
2:03 am
grannyrose
hugs and cyber kisses dear zooz.
3:55 am
mattygroves
Morning all. Would anyone kindly give me stats for the i (eye) in the last column?
3:57 am
mattygroves
Got it, thanks!
7:04 am
periwinkle
hi all. found an8 all by myself!
7:05 am
periwinkle
li8 is what I found
7:05 am
MollyL
Gold star for Peri
7:06 am
BzznBea
Good morning, peri.
7:06 am
BzznBea
Hello, Molly.
7:09 am
Sugrraleona
any one have the 2nd se 6?
7:09 am
periwinkle
I have a speech given in church
7:09 am
periwinkle
not sure if that is 2nd one
7:10 am
Sugrraleona
ding ding - thank you :)
7:13 am
MollyL
Morning Bea. It's a brisk, cool one here.
7:39 am
MollyL
Man, the L's were a pain in the ass
7:40 am
BzznBea
I still have many of them left.
7:45 am
MollyL
I nave a feeling the B's are going to be just as weird
7:45 am
mattygroves
I have seven of the Ls and 19 of the Bs. We have friends round for dinner tonight and I'm cooking a posh chilli, so I rather doubt I'll finish today
7:46 am
MollyL
Ooo, posh chili. Does that mean you hold your pinky up when you eat it?
7:46 am
rururocks
what's a posh chili
7:46 am
MLFAN17
i wonder how many people tried the word remorse?
7:47 am
mattygroves
Not quite - it's a Delia Smith recipe - uses actual steak rather than mince, loads of coriander (cilantro), fresh chili, black beans - just a bit more faff than your average chilli con carne. You strip the leaves off the coriander and use the stalks in the cooking and the leaves are used at the end, so way more chopping and, well faff. But it's yummy. You brown the meat, flour it etcetcetc
7:48 am
rururocks
hmm.. sounds good
7:49 am
BzznBea
Sounds very good, matty.
7:49 am
rururocks
i love coriander
7:49 am
BzznBea
We had fish and chips last night.
7:49 am
mattygroves
https://bit.ly/3nfZKN1
7:49 am
mattygroves
I'm using rump steak
7:50 am
MLFAN17
one of my fav meals bzz
7:50 am
mattygroves
I'm also using tinned beans, because life is too short to soak beans
7:50 am
mattygroves
And...er...premade guac and salsa
7:51 am
mattygroves
And...er...premade guac and salsa
7:51 am
mattygroves
So maybe not that posh ;)
7:52 am
rururocks
you had me at Rump matty :D
7:53 am
rururocks
seriously.. it does sound good.
7:54 am
MLFAN17
is6 clue pls?
7:54 am
mattygroves
I've made it before (always cheating), though once I made it for someone who failed to tell me they hated coriander (cilantro). Awks!
7:54 am
dan2bit
i + not all + consonant = is6
7:55 am
MLFAN17
hi dan ty
7:56 am
MLFAN17
first column bottom e stats pls?
7:57 am
mattygroves
More creepy, I think (and I know - PB for me)
7:57 am
MLFAN17
thanks matty
8:02 am
hokie carla
thought I had an 8 with more so6 but NO
8:03 am
mattygroves
I have one 8 (Li8) but I don't have the nine...
8:03 am
BzznBea
The is Spanish.
8:03 am
MollyL
I'm just making good ole un-posh beef stew
8:04 am
BzznBea
We are grilling chicken breasts tonight.
8:04 am
mattygroves
I can count to 10 in spanish and say a few words, but that's it. I have the spanish Mr
8:05 am
hokie carla
yeah, my first thought when she said that was spanish mrs since i had the mr but it's only 8 and not there
8:05 am
BzznBea
Think hat.
8:05 am
MollyL
You know this Spanish word Matty
8:05 am
mattygroves
Ah hah! Thanks both!
8:05 am
hokie carla
ah, very similar to my so8 that isn't accepted
8:06 am
MollyL
Also no A's so Spanish Mrs. not possible
8:06 am
mattygroves
Hey, I keep seeing 'horrible' and there's no H and no double R either, so go figure ;)
8:06 am
hokie carla
thus the phantom word
8:08 am
hokie carla
all about that bass bout that bass
8:08 am
BzznBea
I love that song.
8:10 am
hokie carla
phantom mobile
8:12 am
godthaab
Name that Proper Noun: exploding candy
8:14 am
hokie carla
well here it's pop rocks or something, but I don't see that
8:14 am
godthaab
I don't know pop rocks...... but no....... sorry
8:17 am
hokie carla
phantom torment
8:18 am
hokie carla
oh, just got that li8 matty was talking about
8:27 am
MollyL
Never heard of an exploding candy other than Pop Rocks
8:28 am
godthaab
it explodes when you mix it with something else...
8:28 am
hokie carla
I think godthaab is in canada or england IIRC. they always have different candy.
8:28 am
hokie carla
ah, mentos
8:28 am
hokie carla
I don't really think of mentos as candy LOL
8:28 am
phaeton
hello...clue for be6/33 pls
8:28 am
godthaab
Hokie - Very Excellent!!! You win a bottle of coke!
8:29 am
hokie carla
woot woot!
8:29 am
godthaab
oh, I thought mentos was a candy. I don't eat them myself.
8:29 am
hokie carla
I think they're more of a mint/candy
8:30 am
hokie carla
per their website "prepackaged scotch mints" whatever that means
8:30 am
godthaab
SORRY!!!!!
8:30 am
BzznBea
be6 is unconsolable
8:31 am
hokie carla
thx bea
8:33 am
godthaab
hokie - no wonder I never eat them.....
8:34 am
hokie carla
does scotch mints mean you eat them when you drink scotch?
8:36 am
BzznBea
scotch mints are covered in a hard coating.
8:37 am
hokie carla
like a scotch egg is covered in a coating?
8:38 am
godthaab
and... prepackaged from ??? How can you pack something before it is packed?
8:39 am
godthaab
Are they packaged before they become scotch? Are they originally Irish?
8:39 am
phaeton
er8 clue pls
8:39 am
hokie carla
oh, I have no idea what that could be. looking now.
8:39 am
dan2bit
capable of being washed away - er8
8:40 am
BzznBea
Was typing as you posted, dan.
8:40 am
dan2bit
great minds :-)
8:41 am
hokie carla
well, did not have the letters I would think for that word but somehow I managed it, thx
8:47 am
rururocks
the l's are killing me
8:47 am
BzznBea
They were stinkers.
8:48 am
hokie carla
haven't gotten to the 2nd one yet. still stumbling through the B
8:49 am
hokie carla
should I be able to find the i? 'cause I'm not.
8:49 am
rururocks
yes the i is easy
8:49 am
dan2bit
can I get help for the bottom O? I have the asian or6
8:50 am
hokie carla
thx, ru
8:50 am
hokie carla
I just found or5, dan
8:50 am
BzznBea
or6.24 is rounder
8:50 am
rururocks
or5 antelope
8:51 am
hokie carla
bea, that one is the other o
8:51 am
phaeton
that rounder one is from top O
8:52 am
BzznBea
There is the window
8:58 am
hokie carla
yeah, the window is the one I found. there's the antelope
9:00 am
hokie carla
enable was pre libero (volleyball thing) I see
9:03 am
BzznBea
There are a couple words like that.
9:03 am
penquis
good morning, everyone....
9:03 am
hokie carla
duh, missed the pl. antelope
9:04 am
hokie carla
'sup, pen
9:04 am
penquis
nothing much...
9:06 am
hokie carla
is the bottom right e something I should be seeing?
9:07 am
rururocks
you can't see far for the trees hokie :D
9:07 am
Scrabbler
Ruru, I am happy to see you. Are you, Dylan, your home, and winery ok?
9:07 am
rururocks
we're ok for now Scrabs.. thank you
9:07 am
rururocks
the worst of it is way up valley
9:08 am
hokie carla
ok, made at least halfway on each tile but still have 69 left
9:08 am
rururocks
I'd make a joke about being stuck at 69, but thought better of it
9:09 am
hokie carla
I almost tried real hard to find just one more word
9:09 am
rururocks
the b's and L's were the worst of this thing to me
9:10 am
hokie carla
yeah, those 2 on 4th row are the 2 I'm missing the most on. need 11 B and 10 L
9:20 am
periwinkle
help with so8/9 please
9:20 am
BzznBea
Mexican hat peri
9:20 am
penquis
mexican hat....
9:20 am
periwinkle
thank you both
9:27 am
BzznBea
I need to get off my rumpus. See you all tomorrow.
9:27 am
hokie carla
bye, bea!
9:27 am
periwinkle
bye bea
9:27 am
Scrabbler
Bye, Bea. Enjoy the day.
9:28 am
Trifioso
hello friends!
9:28 am
hokie carla
howdy, trif
9:28 am
Scrabbler
Hi Trif! How is your school year going?
9:28 am
Trifioso
i am a weekend babbler now....
9:29 am
Trifioso
my new job is SO GREAT Scrabbler, I can't even describe how happy I am!
9:29 am
hokie carla
oh, is this the weekend?
9:29 am
Scrabbler
Yay! I am so happy for you.
9:29 am
hokie carla
oh, what are you doing now?
9:29 am
Trifioso
I was ruminating over our journeys, scrabbler - when we met, I had JUST left mr. hate behind, and you were with dr. Richard. How long ago that seems now!
9:30 am
Scrabbler
Yes, we made choices, learned lessons, suffered, and improved our lives.
9:32 am
Scrabbler
And his name was Dr Richard Head.
9:32 am
Trifioso
ohhh I well remember!
9:32 am
periwinkle
me too
9:33 am
periwinkle
help with re8 please
9:33 am
Scrabbler
I left 11 years ago last week and continue to hear about his bad behavior.
9:33 am
hokie carla
that must be my missing 8, will look but probably not find, peri
9:33 am
Trifioso
I am teaching 8th grade English this year, hokie - in MY OWN classroom, at long last!
9:33 am
hokie carla
do you know which r?
9:33 am
Scrabbler
Woohoo!
9:33 am
hokie carla
nice!
9:33 am
periwinkle
no , not using list
9:34 am
Trifioso
is he a bad doctor? I mean, does he provide a quality standard of care?
9:34 am
hokie carla
but you need r's from each tile? you haven't finished one? I just need one from bottom r. could be that one.
9:34 am
Scrabbler
No, he makes the parents happy, so he overprescribes antibiotics and stimulants.
9:35 am
periwinkle
I have the r's from bottom row
9:35 am
hokie carla
ok, then it's from the other r
9:36 am
Trifioso
oh good lord
9:37 am
hokie carla
ah, to set something straight again or put back on the path
9:37 am
periwinkle
ty looking
9:37 am
rururocks
Dr. Dick Head?
9:37 am
penquis
or to get your bearings once again....
9:38 am
hokie carla
like if you're hiking and you get lost you might use a compass to re8
9:38 am
Trifioso
I have SUCH a tough case this year - this poor kiddo CANNOT keep still for two seconds, sends every assignment in blank, because he is too impulsive to actually do the work first, and he has no parents - lives with older siblings. The fact that he even comes to school at all is a miracle
9:38 am
periwinkle
ty carla
9:38 am
hokie carla
wow, that does sound rough
9:38 am
periwinkle
ty pen
9:39 am
Scrabbler
I assume the school SW is involved? The kid is likely sleep deprived and poorly nourished, i.e. junk food
9:39 am
penquis
can someone please give me the STATS for the E in the lower left corner?
9:40 am
hokie carla
nope, the other left
9:40 am
Scrabbler
spookier, I think
9:40 am
rururocks
sorry. i don't know left from right this morning too early
9:42 am
hokie carla
oh come on, smilier not on the list
9:45 am
Scrabbler
I passed halfway so I am done. Enjoy the day.
9:45 am
penquis
you, too, scrabs....
9:46 am
Trifioso
good bye scrab dear
9:58 am
penquis
heading out....bbl to finish....bye all....
9:59 am
cybernan
good morning everyone :)
10:08 am
dan2bit
gm cybernan!
10:17 am
hokie carla
bye all that left while I was gone. hi nan.
10:20 am
dan2bit
no7 anybody?
10:20 am
hokie carla
no, but I'll try
10:21 am
hokie carla
Is that your only n? I am missing 2 so I don't know if it's a combo
10:23 am
dan2bit
it's my last word - there's only one n7
10:24 am
hokie carla
yeah, but I wondered if there was a 6 with a pl. but you would have tried that
10:24 am
hokie carla
I'm not seeing it, what is the point total?
10:24 am
Haz1558
no7 - French for name, then four letters at the start of a word meaning fantastic, amazing, diamond-like.
10:24 am
dan2bit
no7/40, its has to be before no4 no + pronoun
10:25 am
dan2bit
thanks Haz and lickety and all cluers - that's firewords!
10:25 am
hokie carla
well done, dan
10:25 am
Haz1558
Well done!
10:26 am
hokie carla
thanks, haz
10:26 am
Haz1558
You're welcom.e
10:26 am
Haz1558
welcome, even.
10:28 am
hokie carla
NTPN - famous (in US at least) glue maker!
10:29 am
cybernan
grats dan
10:30 am
Haz1558
Is it Fimo? Or is that something else?
10:30 am
car.eeyore
Elmers
10:30 am
hokie carla
ding ding ding!
10:30 am
hokie carla
car is the winner of all the dings
10:38 am
hokie carla
ooh, finished the M
10:39 am
cybernan
I think just about every babblet we've ever had is in this one
10:40 am
hokie carla
yeah, there are quite a few. I still have 5 4's. wondering what I'm not seeing.
10:40 am
hurshy
yay, a bigger one!
10:40 am
hokie carla
TWSS
10:41 am
hokie carla
(not spelling it out for the anti-acronym crowd)
10:41 am
hokie carla
hurshy, I am down to 32 left. it is slow going - stuck for me.
10:42 am
hurshy
is there an ly word?
10:43 am
MollyL
TWSS, that's what she said. So hard to type that big, long phrase.
10:43 am
cybernan
missing an 8 - anyone want to guess which one?
10:45 am
hurshy
is there an sy word?
10:46 am
hokie carla
I still need 2 s there
10:46 am
hokie carla
and I did TWSS because I didn't want to get in trouble :D
10:46 am
cybernan
ok - just got below 80 - time to list
10:46 am
cybernan
oh -- that's it, molly - looking
10:47 am
hurshy
haha, it wasn't that it was hard to type, molly, it was that she didn't WANT me to know what she was saying
10:47 am
cybernan
got it -- ty
10:48 am
hurshy
is there an si word?
10:49 am
hokie carla
not that I've found
10:49 am
hokie carla
oh, well I'm finished with that s so I did know the answer
10:50 am
hokie carla
ooh, bottom row gray!
10:50 am
hurshy
some very nice words today
10:51 am
hokie carla
just need 1 F to gray 1st col
10:52 am
hurshy
oh, only one more T for me, how Tantalizing
10:52 am
hokie carla
I need 2, tragic
10:58 am
hokie carla
to use a compass to get back in the right direction
10:59 am
hokie carla
or the sun overhead,etc
10:59 am
phaeton
ty carla
11:00 am
hokie carla
fissy hit
11:02 am
cybernan
li 7/40 (2nd) -- really?!!!
11:03 am
hokie carla
I know, right? and yet to7 isn't allowed (think egypt)
11:04 am
periwinkle
I ony have one l7
11:04 am
hokie carla
some tr5 are li7 than others, peri
11:04 am
hokie carla
apparently
11:04 am
hurshy
my nature name is in the grid :D
11:05 am
hokie carla
hmmm...
11:05 am
periwinkle
ah ty carla and nan
11:07 am
hokie carla
now made it to 25. middle R, B, and lower L are a pain.
11:07 am
periwinkle
79 left here and stuck
11:08 am
hokie carla
phantom brony (not a real word - it's a guy who likes My Little Pony in case you were wondering)
11:10 am
hokie carla
ok, throwing in the towel and going to the list. just too slow going now.
11:10 am
periwinkle
wd carla
11:10 am
periwinkle
I will go to the list pretty soon
11:11 am
hokie carla
I found a be5 (think Elaine from Seinfeld) that I thought was just a babblet, one word, but no, there is a singular.
11:11 am
periwinkle
I just found that one
11:12 am
hokie carla
also missed the one that is my kid's name plural. I usually get that.
11:12 am
hokie carla
bye!
11:12 am
Kaplan the Magne
eros
11:12 am
hokie carla
and the cheese, my goodness
11:13 am
hokie carla
my 4 missing 4's were all b's
11:14 am
Aussieme
I see some Tolkien names in todays grid
11:14 am
hokie carla
surprised hurshy hasn't NTPN them
11:15 am
hurshy
y'all can do them too, you know
11:15 am
Aussieme
I have a Dwarf, and the name that is written on olkiens Grave
11:15 am
hokie carla
I did one earlier, not tolkien. haven't really noticed them.
11:16 am
Aussieme
Tolkiens*
11:17 am
cybernan
omg -- looking like Trump knew he had covid and went ahead with debate prep and rally anyway -- now many more top donors and republicans are infected
11:18 am
hokie carla
yeah, I heard our rep. senator has it too
11:18 am
cybernan
who is that carla? Christie?
11:19 am
hokie carla
fi7/48?
11:19 am
hurshy
thom tillis
11:19 am
hokie carla
thom tillis
11:19 am
hurshy
a fi7/48 is a kind of nut
11:19 am
cybernan
fi 7 = hazelnut
11:20 am
hokie carla
ok, finally came to me. thx
11:23 am
hurshy
are there any LE words?
11:25 am
cybernan
oh good heavens there is an or 6 that is right up there with that li 7
11:25 am
hurshy
thanks for that one nan
11:25 am
hokie carla
yes, nan
11:25 am
hokie carla
2 LE, I just monkeyed them pre-list
11:25 am
hurshy
and thank you for those LE
11:30 am
bichon
so 8/55, pls
11:30 am
XtinaS
""smort" was not in the dictionary" -- aww
11:30 am
cybernan
mexican hat
11:32 am
hurshy
ok so there's so8, re8, li8... and...
11:35 am
hokie carla
ah, missed the shakespeare ones
11:36 am
hurshy
may i have a clue?
11:37 am
hurshy
a clue for er8 i mean?
11:37 am
hokie carla
what light through yonder window breaks?
11:38 am
dan2bit
er8 - capable of being washed away
11:38 am
hokie carla
haha
11:38 am
hurshy
thank you dan
11:39 am
hokie carla
3 left. 2 7's and a 5. will try one more time.
11:39 am
hurshy
bottom R, has ro4, ri4 x 2, what am i missing?
11:39 am
hurshy
oh wait i didn't have
11:39 am
hurshy
nevermind
11:39 am
hurshy
23 left here
11:42 am
hokie carla
wow, RME at one of mine
11:44 am
hokie carla
well, had to look up the last 2, but I am finished.
11:44 am
hokie carla
any clues or guess my missing word?
11:45 am
hurshy
i'm going through the list now
11:45 am
hurshy
Rolling My Eyes
11:45 am
cybernan
grats carla
11:46 am
maccafixx
en 6/27?entomb
11:47 am
hokie carla
some people like to fish slap themselves for some reason. I Roll My Eyes at myself.
11:47 am
hurshy
slapping ourselves with fish is a VERY old babble tradition
11:48 am
hurshy
i'm stuck on the second li5
11:49 am
hurshy
comes right after the freedom 7
11:50 am
MollyL
It is a freedom word without the s at the end
11:50 am
cybernan
li 5/14
11:51 am
hokie carla
I had to look that one up. a 5!
11:51 am
hokie carla
it looks like plural of people with birthdays today (zodiac)
11:51 am
hurshy
i tried every other possible combo that makes 14 points, i think
11:52 am
hokie carla
today is my mom & niece's birthdays
11:52 am
MollyL
Sorry, it's a book word
11:52 am
hokie carla
same, I tried them all too. did not try that apparently.
11:52 am
MollyL
My Latin is sketchy at best
11:53 am
hokie carla
LOL, the dictionary link takes you to like 3 other links
11:55 am
hokie carla
okay, I think it is now warm enough to give the dog a bath and then take him for a walk. TTFN!
11:55 am
cybernan
li + french cheese - last letter
11:55 am
hurshy
i now need the other sm5. i have the opposite of a frown.
11:56 am
hurshy
oooh pulled a peri nvm
12:00 pm
cybernan
*!*~*!* hagd everyone and stay safe :)
12:01 pm
aWolf
I know...I was hoping no one would notice
12:04 pm
hurshy
no no, i wasn't saying you were bad
12:04 pm
hurshy
i only noticed what your name was after i said it, in fact
12:05 pm
hurshy
i was making a Doctor Who reference
12:05 pm
hurshy
it turned out to have another interpretation that i did not plan lol
12:06 pm
hurshy
the character Ro4 is the bad wolf
12:08 pm
mattygroves
Mexican hat
12:55 pm
MollyL
Matty is giving out free clues
12:59 pm
ChampFit
That is a fabulous thing! Thanks, matty!
1:46 pm
ChampFit
I can't beleive the er8 is a word.
1:59 pm
MollyL
Matty is fabulous. And she makes posh chili.
2:10 pm
ChampFit
Chili! Love it.
2:40 pm
lexophile
Hey Champ! I'll take a clue for the er8 please... how are you doing? Have you recovered from your taxing week?
2:49 pm
ChampFit
Have a glass of wine, and am attempting to wind down as we speak! The er8 builds off the er5. Or the 4.
2:51 pm
lexophile
not enough of a clue for me - i am just not as savvy at figuring things out as most babblers are :(
2:53 pm
ChampFit
it ends like the Tom Cruise movies - Mission Im********
2:53 pm
ChampFit
Crud, now I have that stupid theme song in my head!
2:54 pm
lexophile
Ha! got it. thx!
2:55 pm
lexophile
when did Brandi move back up here? she and Chad seem to play ping pong between Tomball and Edmond
2:56 pm
ChampFit
NO JOKE!!! She used me to buy a house in Northpointe several years ago. We looked and looked, and wrote 3 offers before we found "the one". 3 months later, she put it on the market, with the agent we bought it from...didn't even call me!
2:56 pm
ChampFit
Then she kept looking here, and when she came back, not even a phone call. I think she was renting in Gettysburgh. That lasted, what, a year? Back to OK.
2:56 pm
ChampFit
She doesn't even post about it anymore. I really think she's got her own mental issues.
2:57 pm
lexophile
yikes! she posts so much crap on fb - kinda makes my head spin (and stomach turn) ... i like her, but i can't get sucked in to her agenda
2:58 pm
ChampFit
The amount of money they've spent moving has to be huge. It's not a small thing to do, with a house full of kids. I feel for them!
2:58 pm
ChampFit
You definitely have to look away...otherwise you'll get sucked into the abyss!
2:59 pm
lexophile
i feel for her, having to deal with a severely autistic child, but she holds nothing back on fb, which irritates me (actually, ANYONE who posts a whole lot on fb irritates me, lol)
3:00 pm
lexophile
Having just sold Grant's little house (and paying realtor fees), made me thing of all the money they surely must have thrown away over the last 7-8 years.
3:01 pm
ChampFit
Yes, she's very opinionated. But what she does, (and tried to do to me) is talk a lot, with FEELING and authority, as if that makes it true. She kept trying to fast talk me into doing deals that weren't going to work. You have to really stand back and listen to hear what lies underneath.
3:02 pm
ChampFit
And the movers! And even if you rent, 1st and last months rent! It's not cheap at all.
3:02 pm
ChampFit
Her husband is a saint, clearly.
3:03 pm
ChampFit
I like him. We found the home they bought here together. Super guy.
3:03 pm
lexophile
Bert and I keep ping-ponging between selling our current house and down-sizing to a new home on our acreage. Just the thought is exhausting. I can't imagine packing up and actually moving that many times
3:04 pm
lexophile
are you still in the same house in LG?
3:04 pm
ChampFit
So many of us in the same boat. Pay more for less house, or stay put in the paid for house.
3:05 pm
ChampFit
Yes, 14 years now. Updated and good to go. But everything is right here! And of course, my mom and Bill's day. They're minutes away, and 86 and 87 respectively. No sense in moving away from them.
3:06 pm
lexophile
our water bills are EXORBITANT here. seriously - water usage and waste water fees for August were $724!!!!!!! The other summer months (since June) have been no less than $500 .... we want to drill a water well for irrigation and pool. even if we move in the next 2 years, i think it would be a great selling point.
3:07 pm
ChampFit
Good grief! Why are they so high?
3:08 pm
lexophile
we just retrofitted the attic with foam insulation, so hopefully electricity costs will go down. it's sickening to pay what amounts to a mortgage in monthly utilities
3:08 pm
lexophile
Edmond is expanding rapidly and the costs of infrastructure have to come from somewhere....
3:09 pm
ChampFit
Well that sucks. The irrigation sounds like a great idea, and you can never have too much insulation. All good moves.
3:10 pm
ChampFit
We'll move eventually, because our master is up. The older we get, the dumber that is.
3:10 pm
lexophile
yes, but in the meantime, the interior needs to be updated! But I can't justify changing carpet and painting woodwork while I've got 3 crazy canines running around
3:11 pm
periwinkle
help with be7 please
3:11 pm
ChampFit
It's a plural peri. Do you have the 6?
3:11 pm
lexophile
Agreed. Our master is down, but there are 3 beds, 3 baths and 2 game rooms up. Once we get Hunter out of the house, we'll be living in only about a third of the square footage
3:12 pm
periwinkle
don't have the be5 either
3:12 pm
periwinkle
oh found the 6 and 7
3:12 pm
periwinkle
and the 5
3:12 pm
ChampFit
Dang! I had a genius clue for you! ;)
3:13 pm
lexophile
Well, don't waste your good clue! Give it to me!
3:13 pm
ChampFit
Misspelled abdomen is the 5
3:15 pm
ChampFit
Was it a crap clue after all?
3:25 pm
lexophile
sorry, had to dash out to the driveway. a friend came to pick up some donated clothing for her organization
3:27 pm
lexophile
got 'em! thanks Susan :)
3:27 pm
periwinkle
first fi7 please
3:28 pm
lexophile
i've got to dash now. we're going out to eat dinner this evening with a couple who likes to eat EARLY! Take care! "See" you another time....
3:30 pm
ChampFit
That's the one I don't have, peri. Been all around it and then put it on the back burner.
3:30 pm
lexophile
peri, i don't list, so i don't know if it's first or not, but the only fi7 i have is fi7/44 ... plural of folks who record movies
3:30 pm
ChampFit
There's one before it...I checked.
3:30 pm
periwinkle
that is the second one
3:30 pm
ChampFit
Before the "one who does" I mean.
3:30 pm
april98
fi7 - a hazelnut
3:31 pm
lexophile
aaaahhh, thanks april! :)
3:31 pm
periwinkle
got it ty april
3:31 pm
ChampFit
Thank you!
3:32 pm
lexophile
OK, that's absolutely it for me... adios babblers!
4:36 pm
Aussieme
F's finally Flounced
4:58 pm
Aussieme
B's Busted
5:15 pm
Aussieme
E's Eradicated
5:17 pm
Aussieme
I's Itched
5:38 pm
penquis
can anyone tell me if the be 5-6-7 are related?
5:39 pm
Aussieme
Yes, penq
5:39 pm
ChampFit
They are. Once you get the 5, the others build off it
5:39 pm
Aussieme
be+fib, then more, then plural
5:41 pm
penquis
um....ty.....but didn't ask for a clue.... ;o)
5:42 pm
penquis
no big deal.....just want to try to find it myself first...
5:43 pm
periwinkle
first li7 pls
5:43 pm
penquis
freedom....
5:44 pm
periwinkle
duh, thanks
5:46 pm
Aussieme
L's Landed
5:48 pm
penquis
it's interesting how different people use different strategies to attack a grid....
5:49 pm
bichon
I tried liberate, but that doesn't work
5:49 pm
Aussieme
sometimes I use the alphabet forwards, sometimes backwards, all depends on how I feel
5:50 pm
Aussieme
Bich, ...... and Justice for all
5:50 pm
ChampFit
I start at the top left corner and work my way down, basically a row at a time, up and down.
5:51 pm
penquis
i start in a corner and try to exhaust the possibilities of an area and then move to another area....
5:51 pm
JaxH66
I start with the letter in the top left hand corner and work my way along the rows trying to get at least one word per letter
5:51 pm
ChampFit
Exactly. Do a first pass then go back for the ones I missed.
5:53 pm
JaxH66
I always find it hard at the flip to do anything other than that when others are trying to find the longer words
5:54 pm
MollyL
I work it all different kinds of ways and never feel like I have to announce a finished letter or fireworks. Everyone plays it different.
5:55 pm
ChampFit
As you know, I lurk more often than not. I do like to mention FW when they happen, just to mark the occassion.
5:55 pm
penquis
i don't go row by row at all.....just area by area....
5:55 pm
penquis
oh i post when i am done also....gives me a little closure.... ;o)
5:56 pm
ChampFit
I wonder what the difference is? Guess I'm more regimented in my approach. Do you pick up more than one french fry when you eat them? ;) Now I'm curious!
5:57 pm
penquis
not usually....one at a time...
5:58 pm
ChampFit
We just do what we do!
6:09 pm
Aussieme
Well, M's Mashed
6:10 pm
penquis
lots of Ms today!
6:11 pm
Aussieme
There was penq
6:15 pm
ChampFit
FW, finally! Any clues before I go?
6:16 pm
penquis
no thanks....i am almost done....
6:16 pm
Uneaixoise
Congrats!
6:16 pm
ChampFit
Ok....enjoy everyone!
6:16 pm
penquis
yes, congrats, champ!
6:16 pm
Aussieme
Grats Champ!
6:18 pm
Aussieme
N's Notched
6:20 pm
penquis
i am done.....not a bad grid for me....
6:20 pm
origami
Congratulations, pen. Hi folks.
6:21 pm
Aussieme
Well done pwnq
6:21 pm
Aussieme
penq even
6:22 pm
penquis
hi ori....
6:31 pm
penquis
well i am heading out....goodnight all....
6:32 pm
origami
Have a nice evening, pen
6:36 pm
Aussieme
O's Ousted
6:39 pm
benji5550122
fi 6/33 the third one?
6:42 pm
Aussieme
fi + ****liant
6:43 pm
Aussieme
****liant, like fantastic
6:43 pm
benji5550122
thanks
6:44 pm
SuzeeQ24
clue for the re8 please
6:44 pm
Aussieme
Am working on the RE's Suzee
6:44 pm
benji5550122
F's finished
6:57 pm
Aussieme
re+ Japan
6:59 pm
SuzeeQ24
thank you so much..was my last one!
6:59 pm
Aussieme
Yay Suzee!
7:06 pm
benji5550122
be 6/33?
7:18 pm
origami
benji - broken-hearted
8:39 pm
Aloyisius
Hi ru.. are the fires staying away from you, I hope?
8:44 pm
rururocks
so far.. staying up valley
8:44 pm
rururocks
lots of my friends have lost their homes though
8:47 pm
Aloyisius
I see the infernos on the evening news .. so sad to lose your home.
8:47 pm
grannyrose
ruru, could you email me if there is any fund-raising happening, please?
11:57 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
ack, 122 to go !!! (hi all)
12:00 am
benji5550122
48 left but theres abt to be a new puzzle