12:09 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs
12:14 am
dizgrannie
bt/nbs
12:14 am
dizgrannie
Nbt/nbs
12:18 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:20 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
12:20 am
gapeach
Thanks, Lickety.
12:33 am
rururocks
finished
12:33 am
rururocks
night folks
2:09 am
rbud
poor yorick, I knew him well... ;)
2:12 am
Uneaixoise
Hee hee
2:44 am
rbud
I used to have a cat named Yorick, she was a calico with a distinct skull shape outline on her face. :D
6:14 am
HarryHood
finished the Os!!!
6:18 am
Haz1558
Outstanding !
6:21 am
HarryHood
hagd! off to work
6:21 am
Haz1558
Work well, see you later.
8:29 am
MollyL
Peeps Flavored Milk. Does there REALLY need to be such a thing?
8:31 am
BzznBea
If you are a big peeps fan, sure.
8:31 am
Judi
Good morning, all. Just finished. Peeps flavored milk. That's just yuck.
8:31 am
Jeanius421
I'm a little addicted to Peeps. Not proud of it. Peeps flavored milk though....NAw!
8:32 am
BzznBea
How was the beach, Judi?
8:32 am
dcseain
good morning, y'all.
8:33 am
Judi
The beach was lovely, Bea. Got some sun and some March breeziness. A little retail therapy. All in all a good day.
8:33 am
dcseain
sounds nice, Judi
8:33 am
BzznBea
Sounds wonderful!
8:34 am
Judi
It was nice to get out of Dodge for a day and enjoy some fresh air. We probably walked about 2 miles on the beach - in addition to all the walking we did in town. Finished up with a really delicious dinner.
8:36 am
bichon
Windy morning!
8:36 am
Judi
Beware the Ides of March!
8:37 am
dcseain
yesterday wa- like that here, bichon. be safe
8:37 am
Judi
Off I go to do some real work. See y'all tomorrow.
8:37 am
dcseain
morning, mlf
8:37 am
MLFAN17
morning dc
8:38 am
dcseain
all good, that's a phantom today :)
8:41 am
MLFAN17
middle a any stats pls?
8:42 am
dc43
Sorry it's as4/4
8:42 am
MLFAN17
got a al from it
8:49 am
dcseain
af4 and 5 come from there; the plural always looks weird to me.
8:50 am
bichon
9iol.fcv v rc c v haen
8:50 am
bichon
sorry, big ooops
8:50 am
Scrabbler
The dog is typing, bichon?
8:51 am
bichon
Having a senior moment
8:57 am
Scrabbler
Good morning, mkg.
8:58 am
mkg
Stats for the 89s please.
8:58 am
Scrabbler
I don't have it.
8:58 am
BzznBea
Only one 8
8:59 am
mkg
Two words or one please?
9:00 am
BzznBea
It's one word. Compound
9:01 am
hokie carla
1st col gray!
9:01 am
mkg
Compound word from two right?
9:01 am
Scrabbler
Go Carla, go.
9:02 am
BzznBea
Its plural
9:02 am
mkg
Got the 7 and 8. Ty
9:05 am
hokie carla
5th col gray!
9:09 am
Scrabbler
You are in the zone today, Carla.
9:29 am
MLFAN17
ty for the se 7/8
9:30 am
MLFAN17
hokie first and last columns greyed here
9:30 am
hokie carla
ok, now I have coffee and can see better.
9:33 am
MLFAN17
2nd sa 5 clue pls?
9:35 am
dauber
Alternate spelling of an Eastern garment
9:36 am
dcseain
a garment worn in India and by Indians (People from India)
9:36 am
MLFAN17
ty dauber
9:41 am
MollyL
Wow, the things you learn playing Babble. Coffee improves your vision.
9:42 am
MLFAN17
you didnt know tha?
9:45 am
MLFAN17
this is what coffee does to the brain in babble i keep seeing the word season and its not actually there
9:47 am
dcseain
yes, season is a pernicious phantom today.
9:48 am
hokie carla
bottom row gray!
9:49 am
dcseain
go, go carla!
9:49 am
hokie carla
well, the 2 things were not related. the vision was improved by switching from my ipad to my laptop.
9:49 am
hokie carla
13 to go!
9:50 am
dcseain
I shrunk from 200% to 175% on my Surface, and am seeing better also.
9:50 am
hokie carla
wait, you're seeing better with it smaller?
9:52 am
dcseain
yes, i'm presbyopic.
9:53 am
hokie carla
me too, but I can see larger print better
9:54 am
hokie carla
ok, 7 of my last 13 are S's
9:55 am
hokie carla
now 7/11
9:55 am
dcseain
huh. I've always preferred about 6pt on screen.
9:57 am
hokie carla
I guess it depends how far you are from the screen. I have progressives but they were never really right for computers and I had to take them off for soccer so I just use readers now. but not wearing them currently.
9:58 am
hokie carla
you were close to getting the tiara today
10:03 am
dcseain
i use laptops, books, Kindle, tablet mostly.
10:05 am
cybernan
good morning, everyone :)
10:05 am
hokie carla
my camping friends laugh when they see me reading my kindle because apparently everyone else can see better than me even though they're all older.
10:05 am
hokie carla
howdy nan
10:05 am
hokie carla
because I have the kindle font pretty large is what I'm saying
10:07 am
dcseain
makes sense :)
10:07 am
dcseain
good morning, nan
10:08 am
hokie carla
ashoo- a more delicate sneeze
10:09 am
dcseain
i tried that one too :)
10:09 am
cybernan
missing one from that a as well
10:09 am
hokie carla
still need one A from that and the one below.
10:09 am
dcseain
one al4 is a latin plural
10:10 am
hokie carla
alfs - alien life forms
10:10 am
hokie carla
that's from the upper A though, isn't it?
10:11 am
hokie carla
anyone have any LH? still need 1 L.
10:12 am
dcseain
Lhasa is a proper noun
10:13 am
montreal13
no LH - do you have the LA 5/12 ?
10:13 am
hokie carla
nope, will look now, thx
10:14 am
montreal13
np carla
10:14 am
cybernan
don't know why oofs isn't a word -- makes as much sense as the other one
10:14 am
dcseain
agreed, nan
10:18 am
montreal13
1st pass done - bbl for last 26 - have a great day all and stay safe - poof
10:18 am
hokie carla
bye, mont
10:18 am
hokie carla
I'm going to have to list for last 10 so I can get some things done
10:19 am
montreal13
bye carla - sunny day here but very cold - re4 poof
10:22 am
hokie carla
well, my lower A was an adj of another
10:23 am
hokie carla
and the missing middle A is new to me
10:24 am
player girl
I'm doing pretty well here (for me) but I am stuck on the N in the bottom row. Can anyone help me out with that (to get to NBT, NBS)
10:24 am
hokie carla
omg, can't believe I missed these 2 S's. a real fish slapper.
10:25 am
mael
two nose words, na5/10s
10:25 am
hokie carla
there are 2 N's on the bottom row. the other is ne4/5.
10:25 am
dcseain
lower left is a verb
10:26 am
player girl
I guess I need coffee too Hokie, thanks. I kept trying nose but didn't see those.
10:26 am
hokie carla
lower left is all-around player - adv, adj, & prep
10:27 am
MollyL
*Starts a large vat of high octane, fresh ground coffee in the PB
10:28 am
player girl
Meet you there, Molly!
10:28 am
hokie carla
well, 2 of my last 10 just needed s added to the end. ugh.
10:29 am
car.eeyore
phantom: falsehood
11:00 am
cybernan
*!*~*!* hagd everyone
11:02 am
MLFAN17
bye cyber
11:02 am
MLFAN17
i have one a missing from the center
11:02 am
MLFAN17
the other a i have 6 missing
11:09 am
JaxH66
could I have the stats for the 8 please?
11:09 am
MLFAN17
its a pl
11:10 am
JaxH66
Thanks, got them both
11:12 am
MLFAN17
are both of the re5's pl?
11:42 am
Biltong
Clue for sh7, please?
11:44 am
MollyL
Plural of a rams horn trumpet
11:46 am
Biltong
ty, Molly
11:56 am
Biltong
Clue for first ar7/28 please?
12:00 pm
MollyL
It ends with the same two it begins with
12:02 pm
Biltong
ty, Molly. I kept trying latin ending
12:12 pm
MLFAN17
which ar for the ar 7 does it start with?
12:26 pm
dan2bit
the one I have is from the 4th row R
12:27 pm
bichon
sh 5/12, second one, pls
12:30 pm
dan2bit
I have sh5 boat killer and sh5 defends against flies
12:31 pm
dan2bit
but still missing 8 S's
12:32 pm
bichon
dan, boat killer must be it
12:33 pm
dan2bit
aha I was missing an earlier sh5/12 thanks bichon
12:33 pm
MollyL
Muscle Sh5s Alabama
12:33 pm
bichon
ty Molly and dan
12:56 pm
MLFAN17
i have 2 sh5
12:58 pm
MLFAN17
LA6 isnt a pl is it?
12:58 pm
hokie carla
yes, yes it is
1:00 pm
MLFAN17
hokie i need another clue for the ar7?
1:01 pm
hokie carla
there are 2 - a pl one and the change the last letter on the other to make it an adj
1:01 pm
hokie carla
didn't see your earlier clues, so that may not be another
1:02 pm
MLFAN17
molly said same two letters are at the end of the word as what it begins with
1:03 pm
hokie carla
that's pretty spot on and spells it out
1:03 pm
MollyL
That spells it out?
1:05 pm
hokie carla
well, if you know the in between letters
1:05 pm
MLFAN17
if that were the case i would have the word already but i dont lol
1:06 pm
hokie carla
ok, do you have the other 7 or not?
1:07 pm
hokie carla
or the ar6, which is the nipple word we have all the ime
1:07 pm
hokie carla
make that plural, then change the last letter to the 2nd letter to make it an adj
1:08 pm
MLFAN17
i dont have any 6s ar words
1:09 pm
amelu0218
thanks hokie, I was bouncing all around that one.
1:09 pm
medusa
is there a clue for the sh7 please?
1:10 pm
hokie carla
yw, amelu
1:10 pm
hokie carla
it is a pl hebrew word, medusa
1:11 pm
MLFAN17
ends in not ne4 and pl
1:11 pm
MLFAN17
clue for amel
1:11 pm
medusa
I dont have th6
1:11 pm
hokie carla
not sure how to clue other than you are ** *** away from me and stick the h in there
1:12 pm
medusa
Thank you. xx
1:12 pm
MLFAN17
sorry meant emdusa
1:14 pm
MLFAN17
ty got the ar 6/7
1:14 pm
MLFAN17
nipple word
1:14 pm
amelu0218
thanks anyway, mlf, one never knows when they think they already typed in an easy one to find out later it didn't "take".
1:15 pm
MLFAN17
i am just confusing myself amel :)
1:20 pm
ch1212
as6 clue please?
1:21 pm
hokie carla
fire remnant + part of one of the FL keys
1:22 pm
ch1212
I got the first part, but the second part stumps me because I know zilch about FL..... :(
1:23 pm
MollyL
That Key was a movie with Humphrey Bogart
1:23 pm
moolingwa
the key rhymes with "freight"
1:23 pm
hokie carla
do you know the Beach Boys? it's in their Kokomo song
1:23 pm
MollyL
Time for me to go
1:24 pm
hokie carla
adios
1:24 pm
ch1212
Aruba, Jamaica, gee I wanna take her to Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama, key largo, montego, baby why don't we go ...... mmmm
1:24 pm
hokie carla
YOU JUST TYPED IT. lol
1:25 pm
ch1212
I did? Thanks, hokie! I'll monkey! lol!
1:25 pm
hokie carla
do you see the word after "key" in your post? see, you know FL.
1:25 pm
amelu0218
Molly's clue led me straight to it, lol. Am I "telling" my age?
1:26 pm
ch1212
OH!!! Slaps self with giant FL fish!
1:26 pm
Krysten
I'm still trying to figure out how that rhymes with freight
1:26 pm
hokie carla
have not seen many Bogey movies, but it sounds familiar now that she mentioned it
1:27 pm
hokie carla
cargo, krysten. moo likes to be more cryptic.
1:27 pm
hokie carla
he just snuck in and snuck back out.
1:28 pm
Krysten
ahhh...it's been a rough Monday
1:28 pm
amelu0218
OMGosh, Bogey and Bacall B/W are just classic!
1:30 pm
ch1212
And I would have immediately figured it out with the song about Bogey and Bacall! lol!!
1:30 pm
hokie carla
I saw Casablanca in a college class 25+ years ago. mr. homie & I just watched African Queen recently. not sure I've seen any Bogey and Bacall.
1:31 pm
amelu0218
of course, I do like a lot of the B/W stuff from back in the day, anyway...
1:31 pm
hokie carla
moo, stop lurking and tell us how much snow you ended up with.
1:33 pm
hokie carla
and now Kokomo is earworming me
1:43 pm
ch1212
And the other song I mentioned "We had it all, just like Bogey and Bacall.... sailin' away to Key Largo"
1:59 pm
dcseain
all my friends in CO got 3-6 feet of snow.
2:17 pm
dcseain
congrats, une!
2:20 pm
moolingwa
we ended up with about a foot
2:20 pm
dcseain
that's not awful
2:20 pm
moolingwa
snowed for about 15 hours or so
2:21 pm
moolingwa
yeah, and if you shoveled this morning, any exposed surface is completely clear now
2:21 pm
dcseain
apparently lightly snowed for that duration
2:22 pm
moolingwa
yeah, there were a few periods where it was a bit heavier, but more consistent than anything
2:22 pm
moolingwa
Lot of wind yesterday, wasn't particularly pleasant to be out in it
2:22 pm
hokie carla
just texted my cousin. she said they were in Vail for the weekend and only got 8" there, but her neighbors are telling her there is 2' with 3' drifts.
2:23 pm
dcseain
i can imagine the wind, based on winds here well East of you yesterday
2:23 pm
moolingwa
yeah, was talking to a colleague earlier who lives about 90 minutes from where I live, and he had around 18 inches or so
2:24 pm
moolingwa
one of things not so commonly known about the Front Range is how windy it can be at times
2:24 pm
moolingwa
I had shingles ripped off my roof year before last. Perfectly sunny day with 60-70 mile an hour winds
2:25 pm
hokie carla
took me a long time to monkey that, seain. ends in most of not soft.
2:25 pm
moolingwa
oh, it's a volcanology term
2:26 pm
dcseain
oooh, a destructive mudflow!
2:26 pm
moolingwa
it's not the lava that kills :)
2:26 pm
dcseain
not always, no
2:27 pm
dcseain
pyroclastic flow kills more than lava does, for example.
2:27 pm
moolingwa
mostly pyroclastic flows and lahars...if you're lucky enough to be hit by a chunk of flying rock or succumb to poisonous gases...or indeed be burnt alive by lava, then you're a distinct minority
2:28 pm
moolingwa
I picked the wrong day to attend a 6am call
2:28 pm
medusa
second sa5 please?
2:29 pm
moolingwa
indian dress?
2:29 pm
medusa
thanks anyway. xx
2:30 pm
medusa
1 more 6 letter word then all 4s and 5s
2:36 pm
moolingwa
I have just a 6, 3x7 and the 8 to go :)
2:37 pm
dcseain
firewords
2:37 pm
moolingwa
well, cross off one 7 and the 8
2:37 pm
hokie carla
was just going to say I was disappointed I didn't see the 7/8 until I listed.
2:37 pm
moolingwa
and cross of the 6 and a 7
2:37 pm
hokie carla
well done, DCS
2:37 pm
medusa
i always try and get the big ones out the way first. lol
2:38 pm
moolingwa
yeah, I just saw it...was looking at the right three letters at the end, but was thinking a different line
2:38 pm
moolingwa
I always try to type as quickly as I can at first :)
2:38 pm
moolingwa
other than that, not much of a strategy
2:39 pm
dcseain
i try to work in reverse alpha after i found what was easy for me
2:39 pm
medusa
by the end of the grid my brain cant cope with the bigger words. lol
2:39 pm
medusa
wtg moolingwa
2:39 pm
hokie carla
I just type the ones I see, which happen to be 4s and 5s mostly
2:40 pm
hokie carla
well done, moo
2:40 pm
moolingwa
Well I guess I kind of do the following:
Don't look at any of the tile count clues at the bottom of the grid, and try to find as many words as I can...
2:40 pm
moolingwa
Then go to the tiles I have the most left on, and try to work those down in remaining order
2:40 pm
moolingwa
then I get distracted
2:40 pm
moolingwa
I did pick up your key clue, but other than that...all natural
2:41 pm
dcseain
well done, moolingwa. i wasn't paying much attention.
2:42 pm
hokie carla
great, now kokomo stuck in my head again
2:44 pm
hokie carla
I don't think I used any clues or got spoiled by any today, but I did need the list for 10.
2:46 pm
medusa
would youbelieve I am stuck on a 4 letter word!
2:47 pm
hokie carla
I had one left when I went to the list, so I would believe it.
2:47 pm
medusa
its the se4 after the second 5
2:48 pm
medusa
got the bugger
2:51 pm
hokie carla
mine was the first s
2:52 pm
hokie carla
new one to me
2:52 pm
medusa
now stuck on the first na5!
2:53 pm
hokie carla
it's one we have often here, plural but no singular here today
2:54 pm
medusa
Thank you.
3:02 pm
amelu0218
gotta jet, packing for camping trip. Hagd/w, all!
3:03 pm
medusa
wtg. have fun. xxx
3:06 pm
amelu0218
tks! not my favorite thing to do but husband enjoys, so.... (I leave him to do most of the heavy lifting, I just help repack up the tent/contents after.) Have a couple of things I need to cook in advance, too...
3:08 pm
amelu0218
*shrug* it's a partnership, right? Well worth spending time away from normal where he feels he has to constantly be taking care of yard stuff, lol.
3:22 pm
mty
How are you All?
3:27 pm
moolingwa
I think it's pretty cool that you have a partnership like that amelu
3:38 pm
hokie carla
mr. homie was just saying this morning he wants to live out west where he can ski whenever he wants at least one winter, and I told him to feel free. :D but I want to only move to warmer places and I hate skiing.
3:41 pm
hokie carla
so I reckon I'll end up somewhere horrible for at least one winter :D
3:44 pm
joym999
It's really nice to be married to someone who appreciates the same climate as you do.
4:22 pm
amelu0218
Me, too, mool. Me, too. They're rare but this one's worked for 20 years (so far, lol).
4:25 pm
amelu0218
I have to say I'm where I want to be and he's from here/his family is here. No plans to relocate. Imma earwig ya Hokie. "God Blessed the broken road", lol!
4:25 pm
HarryHood
hello! 35 to go here
4:27 pm
amelu0218
Oh, if he wanted to move to snow land I'd tell him to have fun.
4:28 pm
amelu0218
I grew up slush deep in MI, no thank you.
4:30 pm
HarryHood
I do enjoy having seasons
4:30 pm
amelu0218
Mom was born here and I think a "burden" lifted when at 14 I convinced her I wasn't gonna do visitation w/my dad anymore anyway and we needed to move here.
4:30 pm
HarryHood
where are you amelu?
4:31 pm
amelu0218
HH, I love pictures of that... kinda miss the maples in fall but the stark winters with leafless trees not so much.
4:32 pm
amelu0218
MS Gulf Coast. As the crow flies, about 12 miles from the MS Sound.
4:32 pm
HarryHood
beautiful. I've driven through and spent some time down there
4:33 pm
HarryHood
drove down the natchez trace pkwy once
4:33 pm
amelu0218
LOL! We have seasons! 2 weeks of spring every few years, 2 weeks of autumn every few years... Summer and Rain for the rest of the time.
4:34 pm
amelu0218
That is an absolutely beautiful trip! I'm glad you were able to do it!
4:34 pm
HarryHood
gotta go pickup kids! bbl
4:50 pm
westford
Hi everyone. I was reading the chat and wanted to let you know my daughter and her husband have come up with a plan. She hates skiing, he loves it and snowboarding. They live in SoCal. So couple of times a year he goes to Idaho and she stays home. Works for them.
5:07 pm
hokie carla
That's why I told him to go ahead. I knew it could work. :D
5:18 pm
westford
I love the quote by Kahlil Gibran: Let there be spaces in our togetherness.
5:36 pm
hurshy
7 left, but only one 7, ar7. what are the others, and the 8, please and thank you
5:36 pm
hurshy
i only HAVE one 7, the ar7, is what i was saying there, if that was unclear
5:38 pm
dan2bit
firewords! thanks lickety and all cluers
5:41 pm
hurshy
congrats dan
5:42 pm
MLFAN17
hurshy se7/8
5:42 pm
MLFAN17
7/44 and 8/60
5:42 pm
Kamanjah
There are 2 ar7.
5:45 pm
MLFAN17
does anyone have all the ra words?
5:46 pm
MLFAN17
never mind
5:50 pm
MLFAN17
does anyone have the re 4/6?
5:56 pm
Trifioso
hello friends
5:57 pm
Trifioso
chilly, but fine. Happy to make your acquaintance
6:00 pm
Trifioso
I have greyed the left column. FEAR ME.
6:17 pm
hokie carla
just wait until you get to the right column, Trif
6:19 pm
Trifioso
that is grey as well!
6:19 pm
hokie carla
now I'm scared
6:20 pm
Trifioso
I am terrifying
6:24 pm
Trifioso
oh crap sorry
6:47 pm
hokie carla
shoof, that's okay
9:38 pm
hurshy
thank you MLF
9:38 pm
hurshy
two ar7? dang, i tried the latin pl and that isn't there
9:39 pm
hurshy
not arsenal
9:58 pm
hurshy
there are days when you take breaks and come back to the grid and find more words, even without clues, and then there are days like today
10:02 pm
bookwomen
try the hook letter for the other ar 7
10:03 pm
hurshy
oh, i got it, after i said that. natch
10:03 pm
hurshy
the peri principle at work
10:03 pm
hurshy
but thank you
10:05 pm
bookwomen
NP any other clues needed. Just finished. It is a nice grid
10:54 pm
gapeach
May I please have a clue for se7-44? Thanks
11:04 pm
rururocks
shrimp or crab peachy
11:04 pm
rururocks
I'm on a se7 diet
11:04 pm
rururocks
i se7 and I eat it :D
11:05 pm
gapeach
Thanks a bunch, ruru.
11:06 pm
rururocks
you're welcome peach. hope you are well
11:06 pm
gapeach
Hanging on, ruru....and you?
11:07 pm
rururocks
coping actually.. it's been a weird year or so
11:08 pm
rururocks
giving me a bird's eye view of what retirement will be like sometime soon
11:09 pm
gapeach
I believe you will be able to find something to keep you interested.....
11:10 pm
rururocks
oh I will.. I will volunteer and take lessons doing stuff I've always wanted to do and travel some if things settle down
11:11 pm
rururocks
i have an active mind.. I don't get too bored too easily
11:11 pm
gapeach
Have you thought about writing?
11:12 pm
rururocks
I have thought about it... i'm actually a decent writer, but would need an editor to clean stuff up
11:13 pm
gapeach
That could be done.
11:15 pm
rururocks
need help with anything else Peach? I am heading to bed sometime soon
11:17 pm
gapeach
Thanks, ruru. I have lost interest in this one....may watch TV till the flip. Nice talking with you.
11:19 pm
rururocks
ok.. take care.. good to see you
11:54 pm
Cosmo Kramer
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