12:04 am
mich_pdx
wtg jessmom, getting them right out of the gate!
12:04 am
jessmom
thanks :)
12:08 am
harpjane
found a skinny fish
12:09 am
SummerBreeze44
sp7/8
12:09 am
rbud
E's eliminated, hi all!
12:13 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs
12:15 am
harpjane
found canines
12:19 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:28 am
cybernan
hello everyone :)
12:29 am
cybernan
think I'm missing an ending - not seeing most of those te's
12:30 am
cybernan
found the 8-9. Thought the root was a week
12:37 am
ursh
stats for the lone E please
12:39 am
SummerBreeze44
eg 4
12:39 am
ursh
aarrgh - thanks
12:39 am
SummerBreeze44
yw
12:40 am
ursh
nice grid nbt nbs and 40 left
12:40 am
cybernan
an 7 been called?
12:49 am
cybernan
well done ursh
1:24 am
rbud
sp 8 x 2, and one of them was my last 8, yay! good stopping point for now, 54 left to go, have all the 8's and the 9.
5:45 am
Scrabbler
No one has been here in 5 hours. Good morning.
6:05 am
Scrabbler
Off to work.
6:15 am
allyall
nbt nbs need to stop
7:40 am
mkg
Hi all. Stat for the 9 please? Ty
7:41 am
Jacula
mkg - te9.54.
8:21 am
phaeton
phantom: release
8:36 am
Uneaixoise
Tx for te9!
8:36 am
hokie carla
so many E's
8:36 am
hokie carla
and vowels in general. 1 consonant on the top 2 rows.
8:46 am
hokie carla
got that an5 today!
9:15 am
hokie carla
41 left and HOET after first pass. breakfast (brunch?) time!
9:27 am
periwinkle
hi all
9:32 am
bichon
pa 8/45, pls
9:32 am
periwinkle
don;t have it bichon
9:32 am
periwinkle
se8 please
9:32 am
CiociaJudy
opp of present + opp of more
9:33 am
periwinkle
hi CJ ty for pa8
9:33 am
hokie carla
se8 is when you have to stand
9:33 am
hokie carla
and thanks, didn't have
9:33 am
CiociaJudy
YW Peri
9:33 am
periwinkle
ty for se8
9:37 am
CiociaJudy
YW Bichon
9:41 am
mael
without a puppy ought to be a word too
9:42 am
hokie carla
also without a tan
9:45 am
hokie carla
does the te9 end that way? having trouble finding it
9:46 am
mael
no, it doesn't
9:47 am
allyall
HOET and GATBO :D
9:48 am
hokie carla
woot!
9:48 am
hokie carla
thanks, mael. will look elsewhere.
9:49 am
mael
it's a 6/8/9/7 combo
9:49 am
hokie carla
well that should make a dent in my missing 8 t's
9:55 am
hokie carla
got them finally, thanks!
9:55 am
hokie carla
GATBO here too now!
9:56 am
hokie carla
no, I lied. still have 2 8's left 🤣
9:56 am
mael
I don't know GATBO either haha
9:56 am
hokie carla
OMG, ruru. I told you the other day Molly made it up. Got All The Big Ones
9:56 am
Uneaixoise
Me too.....sigh
9:57 am
hokie carla
and then you and Molly talked about sheeple, etc etc
9:58 am
rururocks
oh yeah.. that's information I want to be sure to keep in my mind
9:59 am
Uneaixoise
Need one more 8......
10:00 am
hokie carla
well, I'm no help, sorry
10:01 am
Uneaixoise
Need st8/40.....
10:01 am
hokie carla
well, that's one of mine. will look.
10:01 am
allyall
part of a 5/7/8 combo
10:02 am
rururocks
people who drive cars une
10:02 am
hokie carla
gracias
10:02 am
Uneaixoise
Tx Ru!!
10:03 am
hokie carla
are there any PS?
10:03 am
hokie carla
just need 1 P
10:05 am
mael
FW! have a good day everyone
10:05 am
hokie carla
well done!
10:05 am
hokie carla
31 left here. still need 12 in 2nd col!
10:13 am
hokie carla
4th col gray!
10:14 am
hokie carla
hey ruru, you got your ears on?
10:16 am
rururocks
yes.. why?
10:16 am
hokie carla
oh well, I will be back later for last 20.
10:28 am
allyall
fireworks! this was a fun puzzle today to me.
10:30 am
rururocks
i'm missing two t's
10:32 am
hokie carla
just found 2 that I missed yesterday (?) dance with a rose in the teeth
10:32 am
hokie carla
and now I'm gone again. ðŸ˜
10:33 am
Uneaixoise
Congrats allyall!
10:55 am
Uneaixoise
19 to go.....back in a bit to finish
11:11 am
MollyL
Sending out good thoughts for Bea. Not sure why she's gone AWOL.
11:27 am
bichon
st 5/14, pls
11:29 am
penquis
s + orange juice for astronoauts in the early years of the space program....
11:31 am
MollyL
It's what you call a brand of car that starts with Mu
11:36 am
bichon
ty pen, Molly
11:57 am
Flask1
OK...am curios whats HOET and GATBO??
11:58 am
penquis
half on every tile...got all the big ones?
11:59 am
penquis
taking a break....bbl to finish.....bye all...
12:00 pm
Flask1
OK penquis...thankyou!
12:09 pm
Sophie512
Thanks for all the clues, friends. 17 left. ALL S. Coming back later. Have a good afternoon.
12:19 pm
MollyL
♪♫I've got friends in low places♫♪Where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases♪♫my blues away♫♪And I'll be okay
12:25 pm
bichon
sh 7/32, second one, pls
12:27 pm
Bugsaw
sounds like a small collie with a different ending
12:28 pm
bichon
ty Bugsaw
12:32 pm
rururocks
SHLASSIE
12:32 pm
rururocks
damn it
12:32 pm
Bugsaw
ding ding ding
12:33 pm
Bugsaw
if you have that dog his name should be Haile
12:35 pm
rururocks
Haile?
12:36 pm
Bugsaw
Haile Selassie from Egypt many moons ago
12:37 pm
Bugsaw
Molly got it. Maybe ruru is too young ;)
12:37 pm
rururocks
no.. she's just a lot smarter than I am :D
12:39 pm
MollyL
No, I'm just a Bob Marley fan and he wrote about Selassie
12:41 pm
rururocks
<--- wishes he was too young
12:41 pm
Bugsaw
I have never forgotten a story about young John Kennedy who was only 2 when Selassie was coming to the white house. Apparently he was standing on the balcony watching the helicopter land and started shouting Haile Selassie over and over because he loved the sound of it and got hustled out before many people heard him Kids are the same everywhere.
12:42 pm
rururocks
yeah.. except he didn't have a lot of luck with aircraft
12:43 pm
rururocks
i know tragic
12:44 pm
MollyL
Not a lot of luck in that family. If I were Caroline I would wrap myself in a big plastic bubble.
12:45 pm
Bugsaw
She has sure carried herself with dignity all through her life. I quite admire how she has managed it.
12:47 pm
MollyL
Two eerie things about that Kennedy plane crash. The reason they left late is because Carolyn Besset took too long at a nail salon getting polish mixed to exactly match her dress. Also, Jackie Kennedy Onasis made her son promise he would not take flying lessons. He didn't until after she died. Jackie was terrified of him dying in a plane crash.
12:49 pm
Bugsaw
Life is a crap shoot for sure
12:50 pm
rururocks
I've lived a lot longer than I thought I would
12:51 pm
Bugsaw
If you had known you would have taken better care of yourself like Mickey Mantle?
12:54 pm
rururocks
oh for sure.. there's a lot of things I would redo in my life so that I wasn't paying the price now. But live large or don't live I guess
12:56 pm
Bugsaw
I bet we could all say that.
1:01 pm
Bugsaw
Happy Babbling all
1:01 pm
rururocks
bye bugs
1:01 pm
rururocks
hi to mr bugs
1:07 pm
harpjane
Wasn't Haile Selassie from Ethiopia?
1:07 pm
harpjane
what are the stats for the lone E please?
1:12 pm
MollyL
Selassie was from Ethiopia
1:13 pm
rururocks
(retracts the molly is smarter than me comment)
1:14 pm
cybernan
hello everyone :) Late start for me today.
1:14 pm
harpjane
That's what I thought. The birthplace of Rastafarianism
1:14 pm
MollyL
I didn't say he was from Egypt, Bugsaw did
1:15 pm
MollyL
Hence the Bob Marley comment
1:15 pm
harpjane
I'm actually not smarter than any of you! I just happen to know Ethiopian Trivia.
1:17 pm
72 Temple Owl
I ate at an Ethiopian restaurant in DC
1:18 pm
72 Temple Owl
Very interesting.
1:19 pm
rururocks
I just know the old Ethiopian dinner jacket joke
1:21 pm
72 Temple Owl
Aw, it's my stop. Happy babbling.
1:22 pm
MollyL
Ethiopian trivia?
1:24 pm
MollyL
You can't tell that joke anymore Ru. Someone will bash you for not being politically correct. Or is it woke? I can't keep up.
1:25 pm
rururocks
I know.. that's why i didn't post it. ... it reminds me of the old Sam Kinnison Bit on Ethiopia from the letterman show
1:29 pm
cybernan
do 6-7 following the rule(s) of Venice please?
1:30 pm
harpjane
we ate at a nice Ethiopian restaurant in DC also
1:30 pm
harpjane
(google Sam Kinneson...)
1:32 pm
rururocks
woops it's kinison
1:35 pm
cybernan
or the he 7-8 that follows the foot part please?
1:36 pm
rururocks
related to dancing with metal tips nan he8
1:37 pm
cybernan
ty ruru :)
1:39 pm
MollyL
To steal a canine for ransom
1:39 pm
MollyL
And those are rulers of Venice not rules
1:41 pm
cybernan
a typo, Molly -- thought I had said rulers
1:41 pm
rururocks
that Venice clue just missed by inches :D
1:42 pm
cybernan
really need to vacuum this keyboard -- the keys are getting sticky
1:43 pm
cybernan
I have toured the do 4's palace in Venice - gorgeous if you like a lot of gilt and plaster ornamentation :)
1:43 pm
cybernan
a lot of marble too!
1:52 pm
hokie carla
rehowdy. back for my last 18.
1:52 pm
cybernan
hi carla
1:54 pm
hokie carla
how goes it, nan?
1:55 pm
cybernan
pretty good. We've had some snow, but the roads are bare.
1:56 pm
hokie carla
we were 70F yesterday but back to 50s today.
1:56 pm
cybernan
is it just me or is the increase in weird words taking the fun out of the game for others?
1:59 pm
hokie carla
there's definitely weird words, but I don't think they're increasing
2:00 pm
cybernan
yes - we have been having some strange weather patterns as well. A few days ago, the temp. hit the high 60's here and 74 just at the south end of the valley. It was an all time record for December.
2:02 pm
hokie carla
I wonder if my last 18 are weird words
2:03 pm
cybernan
a lot that I've never heard of before
2:03 pm
hokie carla
I have 4-3-5-5-1
2:04 pm
hokie carla
still have 6 s's from 2nd col
2:04 pm
cybernan
either misspelled real words, or nonsensical suffixes, etc
2:05 pm
cybernan
you are probably missing the 3rd sh 6/21, can clue if you want
2:06 pm
cybernan
*!*~*!* another tough one
2:07 pm
hokie carla
well done
2:08 pm
hokie carla
I actually do have 3 sh6/21
2:08 pm
cybernan
* tip for the day -- add the not more suffix even if it doesn't make any sense
2:09 pm
hokie carla
I am wondering if my missing 8 has that but I've tried it on a lot of things.
2:09 pm
cybernan
on my way, then. Hagd everyone :)
2:10 pm
cybernan
do you know which 8 you are missing?
2:12 pm
cybernan
three of them do and 2 of them are plurals
2:15 pm
hokie carla
bye nan, have a good day
2:22 pm
hokie carla
finally found 2 words. this is definitely slow going.
2:37 pm
hokie carla
had to look up a D set. I cannot believe that is an actual word.
2:38 pm
hurshy
phantom: gelato
2:46 pm
hurshy
hmmm... wonder whether that D set is something i have, or not.
2:48 pm
hurshy
aha, i think it was NOT something i had. but now i do have.
2:50 pm
hokie carla
glad I could help 😜
2:50 pm
hurshy
11 to go now!
2:51 pm
hokie carla
I went to the list with 15. have 5 left. had to look up that D. and struggling wiht a G5 right now.
2:52 pm
hokie carla
I don't like to look up 5s but I will
2:52 pm
hokie carla
finally monkeyed it
2:55 pm
hokie carla
down to a 7/8 set. if I haven't found it by now I'm not going to.
2:55 pm
hurshy
what letter
2:56 pm
hurshy
ok i'll look too
2:57 pm
hokie carla
he7/36
3:01 pm
hurshy
dorothy had to do three of these to get back to kansas
3:02 pm
hokie carla
geez louise. thanks. that's it for me.
3:03 pm
hokie carla
thanks. was pretty easy until the end.
3:08 pm
hokie carla
finally got the pangram today. that was hard!
3:10 pm
hurshy
i haven't looked yet
3:17 pm
hurshy
thought maybe i had it with "unpolar" but no
3:17 pm
hokie carla
close
3:20 pm
hurshy
aha, got it!
3:26 pm
hurshy
ok back to THIS game, last 8
3:27 pm
hurshy
5 of them being S words
3:27 pm
hurshy
ooh i found a pair
3:28 pm
hurshy
palindrome :D
3:33 pm
Uneaixoise
1O to go....aacckk!
3:34 pm
hurshy
yeah i'm pretty stuckish with these 6 at the mo
3:35 pm
hurshy
aHA it's that usual troublesome an5
3:35 pm
Uneaixoise
8 to go....
3:39 pm
Christa
Howdy. I saw the grid and thought "What no tree?"
4:04 pm
Sophie512
UN, I just got back on to get the last 9. I hope.
4:13 pm
Uneaixoise
7.....
4:15 pm
Sophie512
2 both SE
4:16 pm
Sophie512
FIREWORKS!!!!!
4:16 pm
Uneaixoise
All s's
4:17 pm
Uneaixoise
Congrats!!
4:17 pm
Sophie512
You can do it!!!!!
4:18 pm
Sophie512
Got my fingers crossed, UN
4:19 pm
Sophie512
which is hard to do when typing
4:19 pm
Uneaixoise
All se's
4:20 pm
Sophie512
stay in that corner
4:21 pm
Uneaixoise
5.....
4:36 pm
Sophie512
still working??
4:47 pm
rururocks
une comes and goes a lot sophie.. she'll wrap it up soon
5:32 pm
Uneaixoise
3.....
5:33 pm
Uneaixoise
Was watching Jeopardy! :-)
5:37 pm
Uneaixoise
1.....
5:49 pm
mkg
Hi all. Stat and clues for the 9 please. Ty.
5:57 pm
penquis
i know it's te 9/54 but I don't have it yet...
5:58 pm
penquis
found it...builds on the te 6/18...
6:06 pm
MollyL
A lot of people come and go a lot here. Life requires participation. Better not to get over-anxious about their progress.
6:09 pm
penquis
well i am done....
6:11 pm
penquis
goodnight all....*waving to the lurkes*....
6:53 pm
periwinkle
2nd re6/24 pls
7:44 pm
eieios
so nobody has the te9 to give hints?
7:45 pm
eieios
the only te6/18 i have to work from is the ripper....
8:04 pm
windingwake
There’s a te6/18 that sounds like something an artist uses
8:06 pm
grannyrose
eieios. te 9 builds on te 6/18. not coffee + most of not buy.
8:07 pm
grannyrose
add two letters, **, um, i don't know. for the te 8. then plural for te 9.
8:08 pm
mkg
Ok lets see if i have this right. Te not coffee, then ** um? And then not buy?
8:09 pm
mkg
Not buy, as in to take it without paying?
8:10 pm
grannyrose
yes mkg. and hello. the ** could be described as throat clearing sound. or h**, not him
8:10 pm
mkg
Ok got it. Will try. More. Ty
8:11 pm
grannyrose
ebay is a site for buying and ***ling
8:12 pm
grannyrose
so. not coffee(3 letters) + most of opposite of buy + h**, not him
8:13 pm
mkg
My middle is mixed up i guess. I have not coffee but te*, then the opp of him is h**, then the buying and ***ling word. Wont take it.
8:14 pm
grannyrose
switch the opp of him with the opp of buy
8:14 pm
mkg
Got it. Ty granny rose. Ty.
8:15 pm
mkg
Granny where in australia are you?
8:15 pm
grannyrose
yay mkg. now plural for the te 9
8:15 pm
mkg
I was there in 2019 and it is a wonderful nation.
8:15 pm
grannyrose
Melbourne, state of Victoria.
8:16 pm
mkg
What a lovely city it is. We were there. Great place.
8:16 pm
mkg
See you tomorrow.
8:16 pm
grannyrose
born and bred here. sweet dreams mkg.
10:04 pm
Roses6
clue/stats ofr middle E in 4th column for NBT please?
10:08 pm
Roses6
ach - finally found it. thank you!
10:08 pm
Roses6
oops - so sorry....
10:09 pm
Roses6
but finally NBT/NBS.