12:02 am
hurshy
so grateful for a chunky grid
12:03 am
justafreep
ti7/8
12:07 am
justafreep
st7/8
12:07 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs
12:07 am
dizgrannie
nbt/nbs
12:11 am
hurshy
so far i have 53 words, all T :D
12:19 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:19 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
12:19 am
marksdolly
thank you so much lickety!
12:26 am
dizgrannie
W's wipped
12:32 am
dizgrannie
O's obselete
12:37 am
hurshy
my nature name is in the grid
12:40 am
dizgrannie
N's nutted...last N was n 6...the yes/wrong word (ie opposite of my clue) I usually can never remember it.
12:43 am
hurshy
freep is that from the top T or the left T?
12:44 am
justafreep
top center, hurshy
12:46 am
justafreep
huzzah
12:46 am
hurshy
i think the only other thing called that i haven't found is or7
12:54 am
dizgrannie
E's eradicated
1:29 am
dizgrannie
M's mutialted
1:43 am
grannyrose
gooo diz
1:46 am
SueMagee
Is it monday for your op, rose?
1:52 am
SueMagee
I’ve obviously missed her and I have to go now. I’ll hope to catch her tomorrow.
3:07 am
rolin
ok..so why can't we have gritter????
3:07 am
rolin
shoot...sorry
3:10 am
spellit
When we have snow on our roads our local councils send out the gritter lorries! Gritter not allowed!
3:10 am
rolin
that's what I said!
3:10 am
spellit
Really annoying Rolin
3:16 am
spellit
Got that already!
5:19 am
frogface
Oh, won't let me have tartier.
5:21 am
Uneaixoise
Tried that too!
5:21 am
sukee
I tried that too :)
5:30 am
frogface
I am such a child, never fails to amuse me putting ar4/4 in the grid.
5:30 am
sukee
Watching one of those shows that sells expensive houses. I can just say, there is no accounting for taste and money doesn't buy it. :)
5:49 am
Jayk
which one sukee?
6:13 am
aslindy
hello all
6:14 am
ItalianGreyhound
good morning
6:21 am
Uneaixoise
Hello!
7:31 am
MollyL
♪♫What a wonderful word...hello♫♪
9:30 am
hokie carla
well, kinda bored of this one. saving 72 for whoever wants them.
9:45 am
MollyL
*Puts out the leftover word bucket
10:52 am
mattygroves
I too have 72 left
10:58 am
clg47
6 more to go until I have 72 left
10:58 am
cybernan
good morning everyone :)
10:58 am
periwinkle
135 left here
11:00 am
marksdolly
79 left here
11:00 am
marksdolly
gd morning Nan!
11:01 am
periwinkle
hello all
11:01 am
hurshy
morning. i have 22 left that i didn't find at the flip, while we're all saying
11:01 am
marksdolly
hi Peri!
11:02 am
marksdolly
oh Hurshy, you're so good, I'll never be that good :)
11:04 am
clg47
Yes Hurshy is good. I only try to find 1/3 to 1/2 at the flip before bed. I do appreciate everyone just post things like sp8, zt10, ai9
11:07 am
hokie carla
well, decided to give it another try. did not have that one, so thanks, clg. still 66 left.
11:07 am
hurshy
glad you came back hokie
11:09 am
hokie carla
well I had breakfast. unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher. fed the dog and took him out. 67F out already so I gotta figure out what I want to do outside today.
11:09 am
periwinkle
65F here
11:09 am
moolingwa
morning all
11:10 am
hokie carla
moo!
11:10 am
periwinkle
hi mool
11:10 am
moolingwa
hey hoke, happy day of Saturn
11:10 am
clg47
After breakfast I have branches to rake. Need to check my community garden for spinach, Brussels sprouts and black spanish radishes.
11:10 am
hokie carla
thanks, back atcha
11:10 am
moolingwa
almost done...only 268 left
11:10 am
periwinkle
black spanish radishes. never heard of them
11:11 am
hokie carla
that sounds nice, clg, the community garden
11:11 am
periwinkle
go mool!!
11:11 am
moolingwa
el radish de negro
11:11 am
hokie carla
well, hurshy's last report was 22 left, so you can catch her.
11:11 am
hurshy
i found two G words since then, 20 left
11:12 am
hokie carla
I have grayed the bottom G and the right i. I know, amazing.
11:12 am
periwinkle
me too :)
11:13 am
hokie carla
I'm very confused on the 2nd R, can only find 2
11:14 am
hurshy
well i have 6 re words and they have to come from there
11:15 am
hokie carla
well, those would be them since I have 2 ro
11:16 am
hokie carla
the late philbin in the grid RIP
11:16 am
periwinkle
carla I just found an re7/8 from that R
11:16 am
hurshy
think latin and make him plural, hokie
11:16 am
hokie carla
nice! will look
11:17 am
moolingwa
100 to go
11:17 am
hokie carla
got those, peri, thx!
11:18 am
hokie carla
and think I got what hurshy was saying, thx!
11:18 am
moolingwa
too bad you can't registrate
11:18 am
hurshy
there is also a re6/7 pair
11:19 am
hokie carla
yep, had just found those
11:19 am
hokie carla
so close to registrar
11:21 am
hurshy
idk if i just never noticed before or if it's new but a lot of lovely birds are visiting my little deck today.
11:21 am
hokie carla
did you recently put a bird feeder there?
11:21 am
cybernan
tried that one too, carla
11:23 am
rururocks
they're likely just winging it and hanging around hursh
11:23 am
hokie carla
one with bruxism not accepted
11:23 am
hokie carla
oh, ru chirps in
11:24 am
hokie carla
ooh, finished the M!
11:27 am
moolingwa
almost stratagem too
11:28 am
hokie carla
and why isn't oatier a word?
11:28 am
rururocks
missing two g's
11:28 am
moolingwa
only in quaker state
11:28 am
hokie carla
I still need 10 G's
11:28 am
moolingwa
5 g's needed here
11:30 am
moolingwa
50 to go
11:30 am
hokie carla
53 here
11:31 am
hurshy
i got the list and i bet you missed the same 2 i did, ruru
11:31 am
hokie carla
7 g's now
11:31 am
moolingwa
4 g's now
11:32 am
rururocks
found them.. didn't look down
11:33 am
hokie carla
now I am looking down but still 7 g's
11:36 am
hokie carla
finished one E!
11:36 am
hokie carla
finished the other E!
11:36 am
moolingwa
still 3 E's to go
11:37 am
hokie carla
now I just have to try an A in front of each of them
11:39 am
hokie carla
nice. 49 to go here
11:40 am
moolingwa
33 left herte
11:40 am
cybernan
are you looking for a's carla?
11:40 am
hokie carla
is that french, moo?
11:40 am
moolingwa
czech I believe
11:41 am
hokie carla
I do need 4 a's from each one but haven't really taken another look since I came back.
11:41 am
moolingwa
2 a's off the left one, 1 off the right
11:41 am
hokie carla
just found 2 on the left
11:41 am
cybernan
do you have the element?
11:42 am
moolingwa
it's very noble of you to give that clue, but already have that one
11:43 am
hokie carla
I don't believe I do
11:44 am
moolingwa
still have 7 s's left
11:44 am
hokie carla
I have 6 from the big one and 2 from the other 2 S's
11:45 am
moolingwa
4 on the big one... one on the bottom and 2 on the right
11:47 am
moolingwa
and 15 words of 6 or more letters out of 29 remaining
11:48 am
hokie carla
still 47 left here, not even close enough to give st4s
11:49 am
moolingwa
well, found two 4 letter words...so that "helps"
11:49 am
hokie carla
I only have 4 4's left out of 47, so that's nice (not really)
11:49 am
moolingwa
yeah...3 out of 27 here
11:50 am
cybernan
need to put this aside for awhile
11:50 am
moolingwa
oh, found a 6/7 pair I thought I'd already done
11:50 am
moolingwa
25 to go
11:51 am
hokie carla
oh, there's a 5/6 s pair
11:51 am
moolingwa
pairs are good
11:56 am
hokie carla
there's a g pair
11:56 am
moolingwa
a four and a five
11:56 am
moolingwa
have just one a left now and one e
11:58 am
hokie carla
total?
11:58 am
hokie carla
I still have 43. LOL
11:58 am
hokie carla
oh, there's a big W. one left.
12:00 pm
hokie carla
ooh, w's walloped
12:12 pm
hokie carla
keep trying snorg. I think that was an 80s cartoon that tried to capitalize on smurf success.
12:14 pm
hokie carla
nope, that was snorks
12:32 pm
MollyL
It's the Carlingwa Show!
12:33 pm
hokie carla
I don't know, I think moo has left the building
12:34 pm
hokie carla
just a solo act now
12:41 pm
zoozzoom
I have just finished. I can offer a stat or two if you want, Hokie?
12:42 pm
Freeman
tr8, please?
12:42 pm
hokie carla
thx, zooz. still 35 left.
12:43 pm
Freeman
found it thanks
12:43 pm
zoozzoom
Territory made up of three areas.
12:44 pm
zoozzoom
Sorry I was too slow hhaha!
12:46 pm
zoozzoom
I will keep my eye here whilst I make myself tuna/mayo sandwich and a cup of tea.
12:46 pm
hokie carla
gracias
12:53 pm
MollyL
Zoom is multi-talented. He can fix lunch while keeping his eye on Babble. Good show.
12:55 pm
zoozzoom
Yep just making a fresh tea and sandwich is made!
1:01 pm
zoozzoom
Ooh yes you know when you have not eaten in a long while then take a bite of your meal and it is so delicious!
1:01 pm
zoozzoom
Any other time and it would just be ordinary ha!
1:04 pm
zoozzoom
No? looks like it is just me who thinks that then haha!
1:07 pm
zoozzoom
Well looks like no one is here so will take my leave. Happy babbling everyone!
1:10 pm
cybernan
7 a's and r's to go
1:17 pm
cybernan
re 6 please?
1:18 pm
hokie carla
sorry, zooz. took another break.
1:19 pm
hokie carla
the one I have nan is to do something again like with a bicycle or car engine. or to buy new stuff.
1:25 pm
hokie carla
alright, heading outside. 29 left.
1:27 pm
cybernan
*!*~*!* that was it - ty carla
1:27 pm
periwinkle
well done nan.
1:27 pm
periwinkle
80 left here
1:29 pm
cybernan
hagd everyone - stay safe = stay home == scary stats coming from the states.
1:30 pm
cybernan
scary stats here too -- but at least we are locked down for the next 2 weeks and masks are mandatory
1:59 pm
dan2bit
could anybody clue the or6?
2:00 pm
welki
buffet at the bacchanalia
2:05 pm
MollyL
Or..the beginning of sexual release + consume food
2:05 pm
dan2bit
and Molly
2:28 pm
Uneaixoise
35 to go...... whew
2:33 pm
Uneaixoise
Adios to the A's!!
2:44 pm
Uneaixoise
Tried earthy, earwig, earwax
2:47 pm
MollyL
Not as difficult
2:48 pm
Uneaixoise
Thanks! E's eliminated!
3:10 pm
periwinkle
60 left and stuck
3:19 pm
PMS
ea6 a comparitive
3:29 pm
mkg
i dont get the ea 6. sorry.
3:32 pm
mkg
any clues for 8s? ty.
3:34 pm
mkg
is it the ea 6 18? i have that one. ty.
3:35 pm
mkg
just got ti 8. so nm clues. ty.
3:45 pm
MollyL
I guess it wasn't ea6 since you already had it but didn't know that was the word being clued.
4:15 pm
Trifioso
hello friends. Any Red Dwarf fans out there?
4:18 pm
Uneaixoise
Hey trif!!
4:18 pm
Trifioso
hello une! How are you, dear?
4:21 pm
Uneaixoise
Shuffling along!
4:22 pm
Trifioso
glad to hear! For some reason, I am breezing through this grid - not my usual performance at all!
4:23 pm
Trifioso
you will roll your eyes at this one - primo got another tattoo - you will NEVER believe what he went and did!
4:24 pm
Trifioso
hint - he is an industrial designer, and claims he did it "for work"
4:24 pm
HarryHood
I love red dwarf!
4:25 pm
Trifioso
AH! Hello Harry! THen you no doubt found the non-enable accepted sm4 down in the bottom row
4:25 pm
HarryHood
I hadn't yet - just started :)
4:25 pm
HarryHood
but I see it now
4:26 pm
Trifioso
silly sm4 head!
4:27 pm
HarryHood
but vindaloo would be acceptable
4:27 pm
Trifioso
hahahahahah
4:28 pm
HarryHood
kids in my chem class often re-ti7 their compounds - that would give me a nice 9/10
4:30 pm
Trifioso
Harry, I went into 8th grade english with SUCH trepidation....but OH how I love it! I wish it was a longer stint, but I will take the one year position. I have NEVER been so happy at a job
4:30 pm
HarryHood
that's great news!
4:30 pm
HarryHood
I'm forced into remote instructing this coming week since my daughter is coming home from out-of-state on Sunday
4:31 pm
Trifioso
do you want to take a guess what that fool of a son of mine got as a tattoo?
4:31 pm
Trifioso
OH geez louise they never ask me that stuff
4:31 pm
HarryHood
I see your hint....Mies Van Der Rohe?
4:31 pm
Trifioso
they woudn't know how many kids I have here
4:32 pm
Trifioso
He got a ruler tattooed down the length of his forearm, accurate to 1/16" he claims. I am so pissed! He claims it's been a "huge help already"
4:32 pm
HarryHood
wow. just wow
4:32 pm
LeslieAnn
hahahaha
4:33 pm
HarryHood
wait until his skin starts to sag - then it will be tough to be accurate
4:33 pm
Trifioso
Ikr? I would have made him a velcro pocket or something, god help us all....
4:34 pm
Trifioso
mind you, he is basically a stick insect, and has weighed the same since he was 17....
4:34 pm
HarryHood
how old is he no
4:34 pm
LeslieAnn
he better moisturize to keep that accurate
4:34 pm
HarryHood
he is a perfect cube!
4:34 pm
HarryHood
and now he can measure a cubit foot!
4:35 pm
Trifioso
I think "tartier" should be a word. That slag is tartier than that one over there.
4:37 pm
Trifioso
I survived my first-ever round of parent teacher conferences - NO one cried, including me!
4:37 pm
HarryHood
and jason's boat is not OK either
4:37 pm
Trifioso
nope. it is not
4:38 pm
Trifioso
I am sorry you have to go full remote, Harry. What a bummer
4:38 pm
HarryHood
I though we had conferences last sunday - turns out it's tomorrow. And I'd already arranged to pick up my daughter in NY tomorrow. So I had to reschedule everybody
4:38 pm
HarryHood
just for 2 days - no big deal. we're all remote on Wed half day anyway
4:38 pm
HarryHood
and my kids have to be home too
4:38 pm
Trifioso
oh hey - did you happen to see the shark in eastham this week?
4:39 pm
HarryHood
was it close to shore?
4:40 pm
Trifioso
in a marsh! entered through a tributary, kept going up, hung out in the streams for a bit, then made its way out again. Was later identified as a blue shark
4:41 pm
HarryHood
From 1580 up until 2013, the blue shark was implicated in only 13 biting incidents, four of which ended fatally.
4:41 pm
HarryHood
usually in deep water - weird
4:41 pm
Trifioso
really weird
4:41 pm
Trifioso
but that's 2020 for you....
4:42 pm
HarryHood
maybe this shark likes marsh mallows
4:42 pm
Trifioso
haha. marsh shallows, even
4:42 pm
HarryHood
badum-dum
4:44 pm
Trifioso
in other news - i gave students two weeks to write an essay. It was due Thursday at 8pm. Yesterday a student sent me a ONE LINE response- "I am not doing this, sorry." I was LIVID. I sent an email to the parents, and they wrote back saying the school was not doing enough to support their son, they both had to work, he wasn't to blame, etc. I am disgusted! Can you imagine EVER being that cheeky with a teacher when you were in 8th grade?
4:44 pm
HarryHood
(at least he said sorry)
4:44 pm
HarryHood
anyway, he gets a zero and has to deal with it, right?
4:45 pm
jbp
I can't imagine (my dad was superintendent, and that would NOT have gone over well)
4:45 pm
Trifioso
nope. The parents called the school, made a stink, had to meet with the principal, and then the principal had to meet with the parents. I was accused of being incompetent.
4:46 pm
jbp
keep a copy of the email and note the time and day of your call with the parents. Call me paranoid, but that info will be good to have to hand around the end of the marking period.
4:46 pm
Trifioso
the kid wrote one page (the minimum was three) and I have to grade that.
4:46 pm
Trifioso
thank you jbp. You can bet I did!
4:46 pm
jbp
Wow. that principal needs to be smacked down by the union rep if you have one. this is no time to not support teachers
4:47 pm
jbp
y'all should be getting hazard pay, even without the pandemic.
4:47 pm
Trifioso
The principal did not call me incompetent, she was actually lovely, the parents are insisting I must be
4:47 pm
jbp
little fu<{3&s
4:48 pm
jbp
well., it's good that the principal is supporting you
4:48 pm
jbp
I think the correct response to those type of parents is "I know you are, but what am I?" ;-)
4:49 pm
Trifioso
lolololol
4:49 pm
jbp
also. how much "support" does one need for writing?
4:49 pm
HarryHood
unreal....sorry trif
4:49 pm
jbp
I mean, one could ask for help with an outline, or ideas or something. but the writing...
4:49 pm
ChampFit
He needs to be "supported" upside his head!
4:49 pm
Trifioso
I showed the principal the second submission the kid sent in, and I did question if he had written it, and the principal surprised me! She looked it over and said, "No, I don't think so, his mother doesn't write this well." I guess this isn't her first trip to the rodeo with these folks!
4:50 pm
jbp
THAT is awesome!!
4:50 pm
HarryHood
at least the principal has got your back
4:50 pm
Trifioso
I feel sorry for that kid. The real world is going to bite a huge chunk out of his ass
4:55 pm
wht
Hello Babblers, would one of you happen to have a clue for the gr6/7 combo?
4:55 pm
jbp
i do not, sadly
4:58 pm
wht
Just monkeyed it. Rhymes with jail.
4:58 pm
HarryHood
ty for that wht
4:59 pm
wht
And that is fireworks for me.
4:59 pm
Trifioso
huzah for wht!
5:00 pm
wht
And now I am being called to dinner. Or actually, to come and reheat a plate of leftovers.
5:00 pm
Trifioso
yeah, the food here definitely gets prayed over twice,
5:00 pm
HarryHood
first pass - 75 left!
5:00 pm
HarryHood
fun grid this one is
5:01 pm
Trifioso
go harry!
5:01 pm
Trifioso
I'm off to dinner as well - so lovely to chat with you all!
5:01 pm
wht
Happy babbling to all, and Trif, keep on keeping on.
5:01 pm
HarryHood
bye trif
5:01 pm
HarryHood
bye wht
5:01 pm
HarryHood
trif if you need to measure some pasta, you know where to turn!
5:05 pm
HarryHood
if one can have rainge4, then why not sn4ge4?
5:07 pm
jbp
how can it rhyme with jail, if there's no L?
5:07 pm
jbp
and I agree, harry about cold winter equipment
5:08 pm
LeslieAnn
a different word for jail
5:08 pm
jbp
omg, that fish slapped me hard
5:09 pm
jbp
Thanks LeslieA
5:09 pm
LeslieAnn
no problem, i went through the same thought process
5:10 pm
jbp
i think it's time for me to rustle up some grub.
5:10 pm
jbp
happy babbling all
5:11 pm
LeslieAnn
bye jbp
5:21 pm
Uneaixoise
Tx for the gr6 and 7
6:02 pm
MollyL
Tr8...a three area including segements of the US
6:03 pm
LeslieAnn
oh a normal word? i wasn't looking for that
6:03 pm
LeslieAnn
thank you, fireworks!
8:26 pm
HarryHood
45 here. listing
8:47 pm
Gillie
That's a fabulous chocolate turkey, Molly
8:50 pm
Gillie
Well, a pretty good number of the ones I hadn't got before I listed were plurals of words I had entered, and at least one was the singular for a plural I had entered.
8:50 pm
HarryHood
yes me too.
8:50 pm
HarryHood
oh well.
8:52 pm
Gillie
Not a bad grid, really - mostly ordinary or familiar words
8:52 pm
Gillie
Good luck, everybody
11:56 pm
westford
Yay Une. Me too ! Last word was we7/44.
11:57 pm
ursh
Hello all - next grid 166