12:10 am
justafreep
happy flip. st7
12:11 am
rastapopolous
es 7/8
12:12 am
justafreep
as7/8
12:16 am
dizgrannie
nbt/nbs
12:19 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:19 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
12:20 am
cybernan
half way - good night everyone :)
12:20 am
justafreep
night, nan
12:24 am
Uneaixoise
Night Nan :-)
12:30 am
dizgrannie
and sm 8 for the last 8
12:32 am
justafreep
nice. thanks.
12:33 am
Uneaixoise
Thanks!
12:41 am
rbud
clicks on site, covers eyes, peeks... yay! It's a "real" grid tonight! :D
12:41 am
saanichcat
good one diz, thanks!
12:45 am
joym999
Don't assume you're going to find assume in this grid.
12:52 am
Uneaixoise
Leaving 50 for tomorrow.....gnite all!
12:56 am
dofith
We need some Aussie flora and fauna in the this dictionary e.g., mulga
1:00 am
mab
that seems only fair, dofith. enable need to go to australia.
1:04 am
Lizlin
To be fair there is an Aussie migratory bird in the grid
1:05 am
dofith
So long as it's double vacc'ed!!
1:05 am
dofith
Thanks, Liz - missed that one.
1:06 am
Lizlin
We’ll, they’ve arrived here, vaccinated or not! The noise they make at night reminds me they’re here.
1:06 am
Lizlin
Sorry about the random apostrophe
1:08 am
mab
enable is not very well traveled generally, doesn't remember a good number of 'old' words, yet isn't terribly up to date, and is sort of annoying in an overall way. after several years i've kind of come to have an image of enable as a person. a quirky often opaque one.
1:09 am
Lizlin
Enable is just a quirk of babble
1:09 am
mab
and fickle and inconsistent, but that's probably my memory failing.
1:09 am
Lizlin
I like the quirky person image
1:12 am
dofith
Yes, quirky and obstinate!
1:17 am
rbud
I am reminded of Jillibus's quote in her profile: "I've decided the compiler of Enable is a prurient Jewish Scot who is a mining engineer with various medical conditions including dyslexia, and some musical leanings, who has travelled widely and collected a large variety of coins and currencies as well as sundry snippets of several languages, but is slightly out of date about cyberspace. S/he must have had some legal activities too and a penchant for using archaic language."
1:17 am
dofith
Liz, am I missing a bird? I have the ly4 - is there another?
1:18 am
mab
miss jillibus. so clever, so funny.
1:19 am
dofith
rbud, that is brilliant! Spot on, jillibus!
1:19 am
rbud
she was something else. I really enjoyed her viewpoints, most of the time. So well educated.
1:19 am
Lizlin
Yes the bird is ko4/5
1:19 am
rbud
and yet crabby, haha!
1:20 am
Lizlin
Also miss Jillibus and Flosey and Ruby. They all seemed like such lovely ladies.
1:21 am
mab
her great danes, volunteering at the library, the time a neighbor's siamese bit her, bridge...
1:21 am
mab
Flosey passed away?
1:22 am
Lizlin
No but she doesn’t play now. Her son occasionally plays
1:22 am
mab
oh, thank goodness.
1:22 am
mab
sprite seems no longer to play either
1:25 am
dofith
Thanks, Liz
1:28 am
Lizlin
Have a good day / evening. I’ll be back later or tomorrow.
6:23 am
aslindy
hello all
6:29 am
MLFAN17
hello asl
6:39 am
MLFAN17
2nd column bottom a stats pls?
6:46 am
aslindy
no idea, sorry
6:53 am
ChampFit
I only have 2....as5/6
6:53 am
ChampFit
Oooh...also as7
7:00 am
MLFAN17
clue the as7 pls champ?
7:02 am
BzznBea
as 7 is one who tests metals for purity
7:03 am
MLFAN17
ty got it
7:54 am
welki
'morning, folks
7:55 am
BzznBea
Morning, welki
7:59 am
hokie carla
howdy, y'all
8:02 am
hurshy
thank goodness, words to find
8:02 am
hurshy
isn't it funny that we can say "this grid is 10 times bigger than yesterday's"?
8:03 am
hokie carla
I know, I actually got firewords at the flip in 8 minutes with no clues - a new world record (for me)
8:03 am
hurshy
congrats :)
8:04 am
hokie carla
thanks, maybe the first time ever finishing on my own without clues and then the 8 min was icing on the cake ðŸ˜
8:05 am
welki
looks like this one will take a little longer
8:05 am
hurshy
i'm impressed because that sa7 was weird
8:05 am
hokie carla
haha, thanks. you might be right, welki
8:06 am
dan2bit
morning all! phantom sausage (might need some breakfast)
8:06 am
hokie carla
the sa7 was weird, but I saw it called and monkeyed it pretty easily. I guess if you want to call knowing the stats a clue then I didn't set a new world record.
8:07 am
hokie carla
hey dan
8:09 am
hurshy
if we had a z we could have "ersatz"
8:09 am
welki
assuage and sorghum are my phantoms
8:10 am
hurshy
one of my favorite authors is in the grid! but her name counts as a word so i can't NTPN it
8:11 am
welki
heh - assuage/sausage
8:11 am
hokie carla
I had tried ersats just in case
8:11 am
welki
<-- thinking dan's right about breakfast
8:12 am
hokie carla
I also saw sorghum
8:12 am
hurshy
there is an sa5/18 that is sort of similar to that...
8:13 am
welki
worn to hide the sausage
8:13 am
Meatball421
athletic supporter?
8:14 am
hurshy
Os Obliterated!
8:14 am
BzznBea
A large police presense this morning...
8:14 am
Meatball421
where Bea
8:14 am
hurshy
outside her house, presumably
8:14 am
BzznBea
Sunday morning in the 'hood.
8:14 am
hurshy
bea lives in a bad neighborhood :(
8:15 am
BzznBea
Young men with guns.
8:16 am
hurshy
so does that make the police presence alarming or comforting, to you, as a nearby observer?
8:16 am
Meatball421
I'm in Chicago area, recently a running gun battle in broad daylight in the Loop
8:17 am
MollyL
Just goes to show how naive I am Bea, I never think of neighborhoods with homes as beautiful as yours as "crime spots"
8:17 am
BzznBea
I'm glad they are here. I'm not glad I had to call them.
8:18 am
BzznBea
It wasn't until this family moved in next door.
8:18 am
BzznBea
And our home is the only beautiful one on this block. The rest are run down rentals.
8:20 am
BzznBea
We've had a crazy weekend.
8:20 am
Meatball421
any clue for sm8?
8:21 am
BzznBea
adverb ending to but fingerprints all over
8:21 am
welki
how a kid might fingerpaint
8:21 am
hokie carla
oh no, sorry to here, bea
8:22 am
Meatball421
ty got it
8:23 am
BzznBea
Who knew if you ran over a pork chop bone, it would puncture your car tire.
8:23 am
welki
that happened to you?
8:24 am
welki
you live a full life, bea
8:24 am
BzznBea
Yes, on Friday.
8:24 am
hokie carla
how did you even know, was it still stuck in it?
8:25 am
BzznBea
Yes, it was sticking out the sidewall...
8:25 am
BzznBea
Car fell off the jack. Got it back on the jack and the spare on...Spare was flat...
8:26 am
hokie carla
sounds like you have had a great weekend
8:26 am
BzznBea
Every time you go in to change your oil, have them check the pressure in your tires.
8:26 am
BzznBea
spare tire
8:32 am
hurshy
hmm, i'm finding the T a bit difficult
8:39 am
BzznBea
phantom august
8:40 am
LuvWordGames
there's 4 tu's and they all start with the same 4 letters
8:41 am
hurshy
ok, i only have one of them so that will help!!
8:41 am
hurshy
got 2 more!
8:42 am
phaeton
phantom: royal
8:43 am
LuvWordGames
any clues needed before I head out?
8:43 am
BzznBea
Thanks, luv. Have a good day.
8:44 am
hurshy
thanks for the one you already gave me :D
8:44 am
LuvWordGames
ok HAGD everyone
8:45 am
hurshy
woohoo, monkeyed my last 2 K words!
8:49 am
mab
and me - last o. done and done.
8:50 am
mab
still feel like typing though...
8:54 am
hurshy
write a story!
9:15 am
hurshy
i have STAGE left now
9:18 am
BzznBea
I think I know your missing A.
9:19 am
hurshy
intriguing
9:20 am
hurshy
HA my missing G was so silly, got that now
9:21 am
hurshy
2 fives and 2 sixes left for the others which spell lots of things but like all of them are in the grid so i can't say 'em
9:21 am
BzznBea
Are you missing the A from middle roe?
9:22 am
hurshy
that leaves SET
9:22 am
hurshy
and i already went and played SET at setgame.com :D
9:23 am
BzznBea
ey6 is your e
9:26 am
hurshy
if there is an sk word, that's my S :D
9:26 am
hurshy
got my T! the S is a 6!
9:28 am
BzznBea
The s6 might be an adverb
9:32 am
hurshy
so it is!!!
9:36 am
mkg
Morning all. Any stats and clues for the 8s? Ty
9:36 am
BzznBea
You can find clues for all the 8's in the chat.
9:36 am
ChampFit
as 8/50, es 8/50 (super similar words)
9:38 am
mkg
Clues would help too. Ty
9:39 am
mkg
Got both es and as. Ty.
9:39 am
ChampFit
Yay! working on my last 28 and still need the last 8
9:42 am
zoozzoom
I can give you stats for your last 8 if you want, ChampFit?
9:44 am
ChampFit
Yes please!
9:44 am
ChampFit
thanks zooz!
9:45 am
zoozzoom
Most welcome.
9:45 am
penquis
thanks, zooz....i needed that, too... ;o)
9:45 am
mkg
Ty got it too.
9:45 am
zoozzoom
Anytime, Pen.
9:50 am
zoozzoom
Sorry, Mkg, I missed your post some how. Glad you got it too!
10:52 am
lyv4ever
helloween find: lerk
10:57 am
cybernan
good morning everyone - not having any luck with that sm 8 that zoom called
11:06 am
HarryHood
in the manner of the ink that is unreadable
11:06 am
bichon
a stain of dirt
11:07 am
bichon
adverb ending
11:07 am
dan2bit
thanks bichon!
11:08 am
dan2bit
down to only 3 missing S's
11:08 am
cybernan
are those clues for the sm 8?
11:09 am
HarryHood
yes nan
11:09 am
cybernan
got it -- ty -- can't imagine ever using that - slang of some sort, I guess
11:11 am
HarryHood
the DMV might say: we can't accept that form - it is written too sm8.
11:11 am
HarryHood
45 to go here.
11:12 am
cybernan
sort of like when my 4 year old daughter was explaing to her grandmother how she made her Easter bonnet: "I just scrunchled up bits of colured tissue and glued them on top..."
11:12 am
HarryHood
precisely!
11:14 am
cybernan
My mother thought the word so accurately described the technique that scrunchled has been part of our family vocab. ever since.
11:16 am
HarryHood
40 to go. bbl!
11:28 am
cybernan
me too - 46
11:35 am
MollyL
Excellent clue for the sm8 Harry
11:47 am
Uneaixoise
Ga5/16 please?
11:48 am
rururocks
Petrol in Boston ga 5/16
11:49 am
Uneaixoise
NM!!!
11:49 am
Uneaixoise
Tx anyway Ru :-)
11:49 am
rururocks
No problem periune
11:50 am
Uneaixoise
Hee hee
11:57 am
rururocks
Ugh. Wrong box nancy
11:58 am
rururocks
That was supposed to be uh…
12:06 pm
NANCY
UH, didn't put these in the wrong box, they jumped over from somewhere.
12:10 pm
rururocks
? ok .. sure
12:11 pm
rururocks
oh.. are you using the lickety babble pro thing
12:11 pm
NANCY
don't get snarky. they did not even appear anywhere else
12:12 pm
rururocks
i'm not being snarky.. at all
12:12 pm
NANCY
no. just one of the sometiimes quirks that happen here.
12:13 pm
NANCY
going to watch my packers destroy washington no names bbl
12:46 pm
origami
Building an ark yet, ru?
12:47 pm
MollyL
Looks like he's building a snark, according to chat.
: D
12:48 pm
MollyL
Y'all seem to go from one extreme to the other, out there on The Left Coast.
12:52 pm
rururocks
yes... animals are walking by my house in pairs ori
12:52 pm
origami
That we do.
12:52 pm
rururocks
and I got the beard thing going now
12:52 pm
rururocks
just call me runoah
12:52 pm
origami
Now all you need is a staff :D
12:53 pm
rururocks
well I have one of those
12:54 pm
rururocks
i just need the robes and all that
12:55 pm
origami
Your beard is quite lush these days :D
12:58 pm
rururocks
I've been called a lush before but not my beard
1:04 pm
hokie carla
is it like a santa claus beard?
1:05 pm
rururocks
no.. I keep it pretty trimmed short now
1:05 pm
rururocks
but it is white
1:06 pm
rururocks
elgs to you too dan
1:06 pm
hokie carla
so more kenny rogers then
1:06 pm
cybernan
*waiting for a picture of bearded ru
1:07 pm
rururocks
i don't do pics nan.. too homely
1:08 pm
hokie carla
pshaw
1:11 pm
cybernan
very few of us are hollywood material and I think most of us are our own harshest judge - besides what's on the outside doesn't really count for much
1:11 pm
hokie carla
well said
1:16 pm
cybernan
there is a 5/14 - 6/24 combo that is eluding me -- clue please?
1:17 pm
hokie carla
a as in it starts with A?
1:17 pm
cybernan
*have the talker(s)
1:18 pm
hokie carla
talkers, so SA is what we're looking for?
1:19 pm
cybernan
sorry - yes - sa 5-6
1:19 pm
rururocks
indonesian barbeque nan
1:20 pm
cybernan
like that helps!
1:20 pm
hokie carla
I just had some delicious NC BBQ
1:21 pm
hokie carla
I just had some delicious NC BBQ
1:21 pm
rururocks
like indonesian skewers nan
1:21 pm
hokie carla
and a lagging computer apparently
1:21 pm
origami
Doubly delicious apparently :D
1:22 pm
cybernan
no idea ru - have never eaten indodesian food
1:23 pm
rururocks
to not leave with an extra vowel
1:25 pm
cybernan
*!*~*!* ty ru - have seen the word before, but didn't know what it meant
1:25 pm
rururocks
comes in a bowl generally.. spicy too
1:25 pm
origami
Congratulations, nan.
1:25 pm
cybernan
will have to look up sa 5 and see what it is
1:27 pm
cybernan
see that it can be any kind of meat, but the peanut sauce and marinade spices would leave me out
1:27 pm
rururocks
i forget you live in the boonies nan.. you don't have food options like we do down here
1:28 pm
origami
I love sa5
1:28 pm
rururocks
met too.. a great place in Seattle called Wild GInger has great sa5
1:28 pm
cybernan
no - and even the options we have in the way of asian food aren't very good. We do get good greek/italian/french cuisine though
1:29 pm
rururocks
we have great asian food here.. of all kinds
1:30 pm
rururocks
i just had Italian last night.. was a nice change of pace
1:32 pm
cybernan
My favourite italian restaurant here is La Bussola - wonderful food - a little pricey but worth it
1:33 pm
cybernan
and for Greek we (what else?) Olympus -- taverna type restaurant run by a local Greek family.
1:34 pm
rururocks
i can cook greek food myself.. learned from my grandfather
1:35 pm
rururocks
time to do laundry, and put away stuff.
1:35 pm
rururocks
Have fun everyonje
1:35 pm
cybernan
lucky you - I am of Scottish descent -- pretty dull boring food.
1:35 pm
cybernan
bye ru - hagd
1:35 pm
rururocks
i do have to say... cooking is one thing I'm really good at
1:36 pm
cybernan
want to move to Kelowna?
1:36 pm
rururocks
I'd love to live in Qualicum
1:37 pm
cybernan
nice place to visit, but too rainy for me and somewhat isolated being on an island
1:38 pm
rururocks
oh.. I would love it there.. so peaceful and beautiful.. that's just what I'm looking for now
1:39 pm
cybernan
I have to admit, Kelowna is getting too big for me now -- the one plus at our age is excellent medical care
1:41 pm
cybernan
on my way - hagd everyone :)
3:49 pm
bichon
as 5/18, pls
3:51 pm
dan2bit
as5/18 - question your operating system
3:59 pm
periwinkle
I don't see as5/18 even with a clue
4:01 pm
brandyjack
question + a
cronym for Operating System
4:01 pm
periwinkle
ty bj
and dan
4:02 pm
brandyjack
is Jillibus still with us? I haven't seen her in forever.
4:03 pm
periwinkle
No she died last year
4:03 pm
brandyjack
Real sorry to hear that.
4:03 pm
periwinkle
she is missed.
4:03 pm
periwinkle
she is missed.
4:11 pm
hurshy
and ruby and fmitch
4:11 pm
hurshy
are there others?
4:11 pm
hurshy
we should probably have a list somewhere, somehow, of our dear departed babblers
4:13 pm
aslindy
is there a list in the Facebook group?
4:16 pm
periwinkle
Anniebrook and Remy
4:17 pm
periwinkle
that is a great idea hursh. I do not think there is one
5:20 pm
lyv4ever
helloween find: agast
5:35 pm
Uneaixoise
First sa6/24 please
5:37 pm
lynxxx
Indonesian - meat on stick/s
5:38 pm
lynxxx
should I say bamboo skewers?
5:38 pm
72 Temple Owl
hi lyn
5:39 pm
lynxxx
Hi Owl ! everything well with you?
5:39 pm
72 Temple Owl
yes, and with you>
5:41 pm
Uneaixoise
Thanks! Fw!!
5:41 pm
lynxxx
Much the same...but at least Warm weather is slowly coming and , finally, we are learning to 'live' with COVID after most vaccinated
5:52 pm
72 Temple Owl
that's good, but there have been so many stops and starts...
5:52 pm
72 Temple Owl
not looking forward to being cooped up with winter. i hate the cold weather.
5:54 pm
72 Temple Owl
time to see about dinner. see you later
5:54 pm
lynxxx
Bye Owl XX
6:01 pm
Nef
Hello, everyone! I’ve been gone so long it’s great to find the site again!
6:01 pm
penquis
Nef!! Nice to see you!
6:02 pm
lynxxx
Isn't it though!...welcome back Nef
6:02 pm
Nef
Hi pen! How are you?
6:02 pm
penquis
doing ok here....how are you?
6:02 pm
Nef
And hi lynxxx
6:04 pm
72 Temple Owl
hey, hi nef!
6:04 pm
Nef
I’m doing okay, DH’s MS got worse & we are now in Assisted Living.
6:05 pm
Nef
Hi TO! How are all of you?
6:08 pm
penquis
doing fine, here....can't complain.....
6:13 pm
lynxxx
Beautiful blue skies out there, time to potter around and get some sun on my face. Bye all
6:13 pm
penquis
bye, lyn....
6:14 pm
penquis
how do you like your assisted living, Nef?
6:14 pm
Nef
Sorry, forgot where I was….
6:15 pm
penquis
i am done....not a bad grid today...
6:18 pm
Nef
We moved here a year ago in Sept. in the height of the pandemic lockdown. It was like a jail at first; because we didn’t see any other residents for several months. Meals were delivered to our apartment, no activities, and we weren’t allowed visitors either. But in January we got vaccinations here & things have opened up, we can eat in the dining room & go to activities, etc.
6:19 pm
penquis
Nice... I was just looking into housing for seniors that includes optional food plans, activities, etc...
6:19 pm
Nef
The other thing is that because of the restrictions, there have only been 3 cases of Covid here.
6:19 pm
penquis
excellent...
6:20 pm
penquis
my county is 81% vaccinated (of the eligible people)...
6:23 pm
Nef
I had visited 8 or 9 places almost a year beforewe moved ( hubby’s neurologist said we’d need it) so we picked a place that had a lot of the things I wanted ( which included a decent number of male residents so he wouldn’t bethe only one).
6:24 pm
penquis
it's nice that you had choices....here there are only two places in my area that offer options...
6:24 pm
Nef
We’re over 75-80% vaccinated in our county too.
6:25 pm
Nef
We wanted to stay in our church parish & neighborhood; we’re just 4.5 miles north of our old home.
6:26 pm
penquis
oh that's nice....nice to be in familiar surroundings...
6:27 pm
penquis
the place i was looking at online here today is about two miles from where i am living now....
6:28 pm
Nef
This building has independant & assisted living & 2 memory care units. One of our new friends down the hall from us just got moved (by her family) to memory care yesterday. She’s not happy, but she definitely needs more care than she could get in assisted living.
6:29 pm
penquis
well it's nice to have those options....the place i looked at has condos, apartments and assisted living...
6:30 pm
penquis
and the apartments and condos have a food option...
6:30 pm
Nef
Pen, go there & visit the place in person. I had a whole list of questions & options I was looking at. If you let your kids pick a place, their choices of what they want will bea lot different than what you want.
6:31 pm
Nef
That sounds good
6:31 pm
penquis
you're right....i need to go check it out...
6:31 pm
penquis
i am fine now, but my laundry is in the basement, down cement stairs and I have to go outside to access the stairs...
6:34 pm
Nef
Yeah, not the ideal plan as we age. Is there a way you can move it upstairs? Some friends of mine have modified their home so they can “age in placeâ€
6:35 pm
penquis
no, it's an apartment...it's not as bad as it sounds because i live near the stairs and the walkway is protected by a plastic contraption which keeps wind and snow out of the walkway...
6:37 pm
penquis
well i should head out....it's been nice talking with you, Nef....glad to hear that you are doing ok...
6:37 pm
Nef
Ok; like I said, I started looking a year before we “had†to move, so that gave us time to really think about what we wanted & were looking for.
6:38 pm
penquis
yes, it's something I should do soon....thanks for the advice....
6:38 pm
penquis
goodnight all....
6:38 pm
Nef
You take care too pen, good talking to you too!
6:40 pm
Nef
I forgot I have soup on the stove for supper, back later!
6:54 pm
eieios
Have the es8 and the as8. What is the 3rd, please?
6:59 pm
eieios
Thx, Molly!
6:59 pm
eieios
I tried that, but without the i.... 😊
8:09 pm
origami
Hi Nef, if youo're still around.
8:11 pm
Nef
Hi ori! I’m back after eating my soup; & I’m trying hard to find real words here tonight. I’m pretty rusty tonight.
8:18 pm
Nef
How are you doing these days, ori?
8:31 pm
origami
I'm doing OK. A lot has happened for me recently. I'll write to you.
8:31 pm
origami
I hope you're doing well.
9:04 pm
Nef
Sorry, I wandered off but am back again. I’ll say the same as you; I’m doing okay; not bad & not great.
9:35 pm
Nef
I guess I’ll quit for the night, I have NBT & NBS; but still have 80 words to find & for some reason lickety’s list isn’t letting me paste my word list there tonight (I’m on my iPad & that might be the problem; I used to use my desk top which died, I have alaptop I’ll use tomorrow).
9:36 pm
Nef
Take care, everyone; happy babbling!
9:57 pm
harpjane
are there any au words?
10:00 pm
harpjane
could I get a hint for the bottom A then?
10:05 pm
grannyrose
as5/14. to examine or analyse. particularly ore which may contain precious metal.