12:10 am
justafreep
oh. that is satisfying. thank you.
12:11 am
Gillie
yes, it was fun to find
12:18 am
cybernan
hi all -- anyone here tried wordle yet?
12:18 am
cybernan
ty - reminds me I need to get a new one
12:18 am
justafreep
I have, nan
12:19 am
cybernan
just heard about it today and gave it a shot -- found it was really easy -- are they all like that?
12:19 am
broll
yea - one of fave words ts 6
12:20 am
Gillie
It probably depends a lot on what you start with, but I'm 6 for 6 so far
12:21 am
justafreep
I always start with one of the spellings of etwee just so it feels like Babble...
12:21 am
Gillie
But mostly with 5 guesses required - I think the selection of words that it could be is limited (more so than the guesses allowed), so probably common words.
12:22 am
justafreep
(not really, btw. And yes, I suspect the words are more limited than the full enable dictionary)
12:22 am
Gillie
I've been starting with "spelt", but I may change that to something with slightly more common letters or more vowels
12:22 am
cybernan
ok -- got it in 3 today, so guess I just lucked out
12:24 am
justafreep
my first one was in 3, too. Not all have been, though
12:28 am
justafreep
wow. thanks, jessmom
12:28 am
Gillie
I want it to be related to the sq8, but I don't see how
12:30 am
justafreep
yes. sorry.
12:30 am
justafreep
co7 x 2
12:30 am
justafreep
I was so excited I forgot the first one
12:30 am
Gillie
ty - but the sq10 is definitely still eluding me
12:31 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs Thanks Jess
12:33 am
justafreep
I'd never seen the word before, Gillie
12:34 am
Gillie
ty - I'll probably give in and use morewords in a bit
12:37 am
Gillie
Hmm - I kept trying the last part of it by itself
12:38 am
justafreep
which seems far more like a word to me
12:39 am
dizgrannie
may I have a clue for the F plz
12:40 am
justafreep
poop to you, dizgrannie!
12:40 am
dizgrannie
LOL, thanks nbt/nbs
12:41 am
cybernan
goodnight my fellow queenagers :)
12:42 am
Gillie
night, nan
12:42 am
justafreep
night, nan
12:43 am
broll
phantom - croquet
12:44 am
justafreep
fireworks!
12:44 am
Gillie
Congrats!
12:44 am
Gillie
I'm still 4 short
12:46 am
justafreep
l's and t's?
12:46 am
Gillie
No - C, SS, and T
12:47 am
justafreep
c 6/21 at the end?
12:47 am
justafreep
what about a te5/16?
12:48 am
Gillie
I've got one
12:48 am
justafreep
hmmm. tu5/18?
12:48 am
Gillie
Got that too
12:49 am
justafreep
on the S... se5/14 and 6/24?
12:49 am
Gillie
Those will be them
12:51 am
grannyrose
whoot and done. no list.
12:51 am
justafreep
yw. are you missing a 6 still for T?
12:51 am
Gillie
And I've got the T - t6/18, which for some reason always eludes me
12:52 am
grannyrose
i bet it's te 6/21.
12:52 am
grannyrose
my last was to 4/4, babblet. i always miss it.
12:53 am
justafreep
I bet you're right on the te
12:53 am
justafreep
my last was that te5/16
12:53 am
justafreep
I have to dash for a bit. I can come back later and enter things here in chat, though, if there's not a list
12:54 am
Gillie
I'm doing a list now
12:54 am
grannyrose
i'm sure if i ask nicely Gillie will post a list. p;lease Gillie?
12:54 am
grannyrose
hah !
12:54 am
justafreep
great. and thanks. And g'night all!
12:55 am
grannyrose
night freep. and congrats on FW
12:56 am
Gillie
night freep, and thanks for your help
12:57 am
Gillie
Okay, the list is up
12:57 am
Gillie
Goodnight, all
1:13 am
Kateq
Thanks Qillie!
5:15 am
lbdawger
gm everyone, thank you Gillie for the list!
5:19 am
ItalianGreyhound
Good morning!
5:37 am
Scrabbler
Hi LBD and IG
5:37 am
ItalianGreyhound
Howdy, Scrabbler
5:48 am
Sam
What happened to Lickety? Did I miss something?
5:49 am
ItalianGreyhound
I done know - been down for days now
5:50 am
Sam
I know, but I assumed he'd be back. This is unusual.
6:05 am
Lizlin
Lickety's computer was damaged in a storm - it'll take him a while to get it fixed.
6:10 am
Scrabbler
Oh, no.
6:13 am
Scrabbler
I passed halfway and must get ready for work.
7:14 am
mael
oh look, left hand column grayed 45 seconds in :)
7:19 am
BzznBea
Hello, friends.
7:24 am
Uneaixoise
Morning, all!
7:28 am
mael
hey there, how's everyone this morning?
7:31 am
hokie carla
hey mael, got my test results and I didn't have covid. hope you are feeling better.
7:31 am
hokie carla
and I am cold too, jmc
7:31 am
jmcnrick
yay hokie
7:31 am
mael
I coughed all last night but it seems to be better today, sore throat is gone and everything else feels fine
7:32 am
hokie carla
ugh, hopefully that will clear up too
7:32 am
mael
it was so cold this morning that the eggs were frozen solid in the coop
7:32 am
hokie carla
oh no
7:32 am
jmcnrick
looking to Australia I am reminded of my all time favorite book title: Mistakes Were Made But not by Me.
7:32 am
mael
and the coop has a heater! geez
7:32 am
jmcnrick
that can't be good mael
7:33 am
hokie carla
I saw on weather .com last night that we might get 5-8" snow on Sun but then one of our weather guys said there was still a lot of uncertainty, it could be sleet and stuff. fun.
7:33 am
mael
it's currently 15 which is balmy compared to yesterday, sigh
7:34 am
mael
my husband was supposed to fly a client to DC on monday and that ain't going to happen
7:34 am
hokie carla
we haven't had snow accumulate since 2018
7:34 am
hokie carla
25F here right now
7:34 am
mael
where are you again, hokie?
7:34 am
BzznBea
We had snow last week.
7:35 am
jmcnrick
it is 20F here in DC. I am warming up my Tesla so I can drive it this afternoon
7:36 am
mael
we have an etron, jm, and I've never loved a car until we got that one
7:36 am
hokie carla
I am in charlotte, nc, mael.
7:37 am
jmcnrick
I loved a lot of my cars. . . almost always fun to drive, the Tesla included
7:37 am
mael
that makes sense then about the snow :)
7:38 am
jmcnrick
but I told my boy last night that I thought I was developing agoraphobia after 2 years
7:38 am
hokie carla
well, I've been here since 1995 and we've had some big ones over the years.
7:38 am
mael
I was always a "four wheels and a steering wheel" kind of person but I love my electric car more than is reasonable
7:39 am
hokie carla
my friend loves her tesla. she said she'd never said that about a car before.
7:39 am
bichon
We love our new Prius
7:39 am
jmcnrick
haha I was standing near my car the other day and saw this guy stare at it and I said would you like me to tell you about it? and so we talked about what a great car it is
7:40 am
hokie carla
I think I need coffee for these c's
7:41 am
Shirlockc
there's a 10 in this grid?!
7:41 am
BzznBea
I hadn't noticed.
7:41 am
jmcnrick
there was an electric car meet on the National Mall before Covid and I went down there and let people sit in my car and talked about why a car person loved my Tesla. Some of the people said Tesla should pay me because I was doing a better job selling it than the dealers at the other end of the row
7:42 am
hokie carla
my friend loves hers but it did catch their house on fire
7:43 am
jmcnrick
wow! mine is parked away from the house but plugged into the garage
7:43 am
hokie carla
luckily it just burned a spot at the outlet in the garage
7:43 am
bichon
I can guess why. They used an extension cord to charge it
7:44 am
mael
well that's the problem then
7:44 am
bichon
We keep the prius in the garage. Too much theft here
7:45 am
mael
you need a 220 volt outlet, like for dryers!
7:45 am
jmcnrick
too hard to steal the Tesla
7:45 am
jmcnrick
you can use a 110 outlet. It is just slower
7:45 am
hokie carla
no, it wasn't an ext cord, but like mael said, the wrong outlet
7:45 am
bichon
We can't use the microwave while it's charging.
7:46 am
MollyL
Anyone who gets the 10 off the top of their head wins the Word Nerd of The Month award.
7:46 am
hokie carla
whew, no worry of that for me
7:46 am
MollyL
And God, it's a sad world if people who own electric cars don't even know what kind of an outlet they take.
7:46 am
BzznBea
I got the 8...Looking for the 10 now.
7:47 am
MollyL
The 8 and the 10 are not related
7:47 am
BzznBea
Good to know
7:47 am
BzznBea
What are the points on the 10?
7:47 am
hokie carla
well, they did buy it used from a friend, but you think they would've checked that
7:47 am
Uneaixoise
Tx Molly
7:52 am
Meatball421
phantom ocelot
7:52 am
hokie carla
phantom soccer
7:54 am
mael
we had a charger installed in the garage before we even bought the car haha
7:54 am
mael
or got the car after we ordered it, rather
7:55 am
mael
stats on the 8 and the 10 please? I've been staring at this thing for a while and nothing
7:55 am
hokie carla
well I know it's not a q word
7:56 am
BzznBea
The 8 is sq8.65
7:56 am
mael
and it ain't squeegie
7:56 am
BzznBea
Still looking for the 10
7:57 am
hokie carla
thanks bea, wasn't expecting that
7:57 am
BzznBea
You may have to eat that word...
7:57 am
hokie carla
good thing I didn't see mael's post
7:57 am
mael
accidental PB for me, I had no idea it was spelled like that
7:58 am
hokie carla
well it is sq10 per the flippers
7:58 am
BzznBea
Did the give the points?
7:58 am
hokie carla
oh, is there a separate PB now for accidents and on purpose?
7:58 am
BzznBea
Molly said they weren't related.
7:59 am
Shirlockc
lol, i also thought sq was spelt the OTHER way
7:59 am
hokie carla
I do not see any points listed
7:59 am
BzznBea
And I have two letters on Wordle...
7:59 am
LuvWordGames
was it you, carla, that mentioned the Wordle website? I'm really enjoying it and wish they had more than one puzzle a day.
7:59 am
mael
I guess I've always seen it as PB for typing in the wrong and PB for being a dummy like me that just misspelled a word. Not that it matters, sorry :)
8:00 am
Shirlockc
i've also been doing wordle, i like that it's only one a day, won't spend the ENTIRE day on it lol
8:00 am
Shirlockc
so the 10 is an sq too?
8:00 am
hokie carla
yes, glad you like it, luv. I haven't tried today's yet but from what I've seen on my other website it looks harder today.
8:00 am
mael
wordle is fun
8:00 am
LuvWordGames
lol true Shirl
8:01 am
hokie carla
me too, shirl! can move on with my life.
8:01 am
BzznBea
The 10 is a sq, shirl
8:01 am
mael
have you tried absurdle? It's a spoof of wordle which makes every guess you make the wrong one until it backs itself into a corner and there are no more words to disallow
8:01 am
Shirlockc
i mean i already have babble on ALL day
8:01 am
mael
it's super fun, unlimited guesses
8:01 am
BzznBea
According to the Fllip Gods.
8:02 am
hokie carla
112 pts per molly's profile
8:02 am
BzznBea
It si unlimited quesses? I assumed it was only 6 guesses.
8:03 am
mael
absurdle is, wordle is not
8:03 am
hokie carla
I saw absurdle mentioned on my other website but haven't checked it out yet
8:03 am
BzznBea
Hmm...112 pits...
8:04 am
hokie carla
16 (yes, I had to use a calculator. too early for math)
8:04 am
mael
https://qntm.org/wordle this is the explanation behind absurdle
8:05 am
hokie carla
16 total points for the tiles
8:06 am
mael
stats for the top row E?
8:06 am
hokie carla
es6/7
8:07 am
hokie carla
ok, eureka. what is it?
8:07 am
BzznBea
I monkeyed it.
8:09 am
BzznBea
It's a fish. A real fish.
8:09 am
BzznBea
As well as a harbor in MA.
8:10 am
BzznBea
mael should get it.
8:11 am
hokie carla
well, I gotta get ready. I got a PT appt for this morning! hope she can fix me. maybe the fish will come to me later.
8:11 am
mael
ohhhh, I googled and got it. What a weird fish
8:11 am
mael
thanks for the es!
8:12 am
mael
and duh to me
8:12 am
Freeman
co7/40, please?
8:14 am
dromano66
could someone tell me what the 10 begins with
8:15 am
dromano66
a clue please....is it related to th 8
8:16 am
BzznBea
NOt related to the 8. Its a fish
8:16 am
Shirlockc
just did the wordle, took me all five tries!
8:18 am
dromano66
not finding it
8:19 am
BzznBea
Yes, it's not just going to jump out at you.
8:19 am
BzznBea
co7.40 is a funeral procession.
8:20 am
mael
ends with sports L*****
8:20 am
mael
the sq10 that is
8:22 am
dromano66
thank you!!!!!
8:23 am
LuvWordGames
yea I got Wordle in five tries too
8:23 am
mael
not a regular word by any means
8:23 am
dromano66
can I ask a question? is lickety not here anymore?
8:24 am
mael
he had computer trouble, it's going to be back as soon as it's fixed :)
8:24 am
dromano66
oh thanks
8:38 am
Freeman
te5/16, please
8:44 am
penquis
still need that TE 5, freeman?
8:44 am
welki
hi, babblers
8:44 am
penquis
hi welki....
8:45 am
BzznBea
Hello, welki.
8:46 am
penquis
ends with the start of the avocado dip....
8:47 am
Meatball421
got the 10 from Morewords
8:47 am
sukee
Hi all, haven't been on much lately. I plan to get back to playing every moring again.
8:47 am
penquis
wb sukee...
8:54 am
MollyL
The usual assortment of wigged out words.
8:55 am
BzznBea
It always fun when there is a g and u
8:56 am
Freeman
es6, please?
8:56 am
BzznBea
plural of the es5
8:58 am
Freeman
there is no es5. There is an es6 and es7.
8:58 am
BzznBea
Sorry it the singular of the 7
8:58 am
sukee
It is another word for a date.
8:59 am
Freeman
thanks I presumed that but still need a clue for es6?
8:59 am
sukee
I just gave a clue
9:00 am
Freeman
sorry our messages crossed
9:04 am
MollyL
**Thinks Bea needs to work on her definition of "fun"
9:11 am
penquis
well i am done....not too bad a grid for me....
9:11 am
rururocks
i just realized there's a ten in this tiny grid
9:12 am
BzznBea
Surprise!
9:12 am
BzznBea
It's a humdinger.
9:12 am
rururocks
what does it start with?
9:19 am
BzznBea
I found the fly
9:21 am
welki
the sq discussions today will sound like the bit from the marx brothers, 'horsefeathers'
9:23 am
penquis
the fly was my last word...
9:24 am
rururocks
someone is going to croaker before they find that sq10
9:24 am
BzznBea
The babysitter will.
9:26 am
BzznBea
I'm finished and I finished wordle. See you all tomorrow...
9:26 am
penquis
bye bea....
9:29 am
penquis
i am also heading out....bye all....
9:34 am
MollyL
I do not want to be around for that croaker question about the sq10. Nope, no sir.
9:36 am
MollyL
Oh and how is it that we are not only getting blow by blow status on the progress of this game, but also of Spelling Bee and Wordle?
10:09 am
Sophie512
Molly, I just got here, have no idea what the question is, but I'll try not to ask it. :)
10:09 am
rururocks
(was wondering what the question was also)
10:10 am
Aloyisius
hi Sophie, I'm equally stumped and I even scrolled back. Hi ru et al.
10:10 am
rururocks
hi aloy
10:11 am
rururocks
are you in FLA now?
10:11 am
Sophie512
well, I got the 10 letter word, so just SHHHHH on the questions
10:11 am
Aloyisius
yes.. cold front, down in the 70s, lol
10:12 am
rururocks
wooo you must be freezing :D
10:12 am
Aloyisius
I am, heavy sweatshirt this morning
10:12 am
Aloyisius
how goes it with you, ru?
10:13 am
MollyL
The question (from a very specific person) is "Any clues for the 10? Stats or clues?" And the hmmmm that comes after it.
10:13 am
rururocks
pretty well.. had to cut my schedule back again due to surging numbers here of covid again.
10:13 am
Aloyisius
ugh, I know.. bad here too.
10:13 am
MollyL
70 degrees is a cold front. Oh cry me a river. It's been in the 20's here.
10:14 am
Aloyisius
was on a zoom last night with OH friends.. 11 there
10:15 am
MollyL
And a sweatshirt in 70 degree weather? I would be dripping with sweat.
10:15 am
Aloyisius
switching to t shirt when it hits 70
10:20 am
hokie carla
not leaving for FL for another month. rehowdy, folks.
10:20 am
Aloyisius
ty for posting Gillie's list, Molly.. makes it easy to access and I'm about to go there
10:21 am
Aloyisius
hi there hokie! what part of Florida are you headed for?
10:21 am
hokie carla
we are hitting several state parks, mostly north and central
10:21 am
hokie carla
where are you?
10:22 am
Aloyisius
next time try the parks in the SW.. there are some great ones and we haven't gone to them all yet..
10:23 am
hokie carla
yeah, just going to the ones I could get reservations at 12 months ago!
10:23 am
72 Temple Owl
wonder how much that has changed...although if you carry your own home, no need to panic about travel.
10:24 am
hurshy
like a turtle!
10:24 am
Aloyisius
I know! We tried to get camping reservations years ago in the Keys to take the kids.. no luck for two years
10:24 am
Sophie512
Molly, thanks for the list. I have a roaring 25 so far! :)
10:24 am
hokie carla
it's wayyy harder to get spots in places now than in the before times, and it was already hard then.
10:25 am
hokie carla
esp. when you're in a 40' motorhome, limits the options
10:25 am
Aloyisius
we just had a pop up
10:26 am
hokie carla
we started with a pop up but only did weekend camping near here with it.
10:27 am
Aloyisius
the pop up was a concession from hubby.. he wanted to tent camp! No thanks, not with three kids.
10:28 am
hokie carla
my husband didn't want to either. I found the pop up and went and bought it myself. they guys at the dealer were giving me a walkthrough and were like, isn't your husband coming? nope, I think I can handle it myself.
10:29 am
Aloyisius
lol, good for you
10:30 am
hokie carla
I grew up RVing and he only had done tent camping
10:31 am
Aloyisius
well, he got in a lot of tent camping with the Scouts as the boys grew.. in the rain and snow and mud and cold, whoopee
10:32 am
Aloyisius
I did tent camping as a kid.. nope, not for me
10:33 am
hokie carla
yeah, my boys did a year in cub scouts each and we did some then. I don't mind tent camping if it's not in bear country.
10:33 am
funhs
where are the clues?
10:34 am
Uneaixoise
In Molly's profile
10:35 am
hurshy
is the sq10 related to the sq8?
10:35 am
hokie carla
nope
10:35 am
hokie carla
let's see if hurshy wins biggest word nerd
10:35 am
hurshy
well i have 0 ideas for what it could be
10:36 am
MollyL
I don't even think Hurshy is that word nerdy
10:37 am
hokie carla
well bea monkeyed it at least
10:37 am
Read-Knit-Bake
look up a harbor off Catuamet MA Cape cod beginning with sque
10:37 am
hurshy
well i need that and two other S words, which are 5 and 6
10:38 am
hokie carla
hurshy have you heard of those 2 islands in VA that have wild horses? well, one does and then they swim the horses to the other one. ends like those.
10:38 am
MollyL
I don't know how people have the patience to randomly look for words like that
10:38 am
hurshy
thankee hokie, that worked!
10:38 am
hurshy
ok so that leaves S5 and 6
10:38 am
hokie carla
woot!
10:39 am
hokie carla
still 20 left here
10:41 am
Sophie512
Carla, it's a book from my childhood, wow, that was buried in the cobwebs
10:42 am
hokie carla
the horse islands or the actual sq10 word?
10:42 am
hokie carla
well done, hurshy
10:42 am
MollyL
No, Misty of Chinqa.....
10:42 am
Sophie512
right Molly
10:42 am
hokie carla
ah, never heard of that one
10:43 am
MollyL
Seriously? It is classic young girl reading material.
10:43 am
hokie carla
who knows, maybe I read it and forgot 👵ðŸ»
10:44 am
hokie carla
did you all ever have a bookmobile?
10:44 am
MollyL
No, we had book fairs at school though.
10:45 am
Sophie512
Tues afternoon.... grocery store parking lot
10:45 am
hokie carla
we loved the bookmobile. it would come in the summer to my neighborhood and we'd go sit on it a while for the AC (and books of course).
10:52 am
hokie carla
and the bookmobile was from the local library, so you just checked them out with your library card
10:58 am
hokie carla
stick a corque in it
10:59 am
jmcnrick
Misty of Chiq. . .is very regional as is Blue Berries for Sal and Make Way for Ducklings.
10:59 am
MollyL
NIce that the bookmobile made it out to the back country
11:00 am
jmcnrick
in Texas it was mainly Lois Lenski books
11:00 am
MollyL
Regional? Make Way For Ducklings won a Caldecott Medal. It's in libraries all over the country. So are Misty and Sal.
11:02 am
MollyL
Lois Lenski...everything was little or small.
11:03 am
jmcnrick
never heard of it when I was a child. Never said they were good. Just that they tend to be known more in their regions. That is less true these days
11:03 am
hokie carla
yeah, but even if it was regional, I grew up in VA!
11:03 am
hokie carla
just way on the other end
11:03 am
jmcnrick
My m-i-l actually knew the cop in Ducklings and annotated a copy with who lived in which houses and whose office was where
11:04 am
MollyL
The two parts of Virginia do not recognize that they are in the same state. Especially people from Northern Virgina.
11:04 am
jmcnrick
well then I am surprised about no Misty hpkie
11:04 am
hokie carla
exactly
11:04 am
jmcnrick
good point Molls
11:04 am
hokie carla
and the county next to mine, which is the farthest west, is closer to like 8 other state capitals than Richmond
11:05 am
hokie carla
I always say I'm from the NETN part of SWVA or, the SWVA part of the Tri-Cities. definitely more culturally a part of that than even other parts that call themselves SWVA
11:06 am
MollyL
I have actually heard Northern Virginia people ask someone where they are from and then say "Oh, the OTHER Virginia." Seriously?
11:07 am
hokie carla
I really got a distaste for northern virginians while at VT.
11:08 am
hokie carla
they would say, where are you from? (very snootily because of my accent), when I would say SWVA, they'd go, but this is SWVA. I would always say, not really, the state goes like 5 hours farther southwest from here.
11:08 am
MollyL
It's like their vicinity to DC makes them something special. News flash people, you still live in the Commonwealth.
11:09 am
aslindy
it confuses me when people say Tri-Cities because we have Tri-Cities in mid Michigan, too
11:09 am
hokie carla
I always assumed it was because they were all rich they thought they were special.
11:09 am
jmcnrick
no kidding. Hate all the people who say they are from DC and then when I ask them where they say Arlington.
11:09 am
hokie carla
Tri-Cities TN is Bristol, Johnson City, and Kingsport, lindy. I'm sure you've heard of all those. 🤣
11:09 am
jmcnrick
Or Rockville
11:10 am
MollyL
Cities and states like to bundle up in threes. Around here they speak of The DMV or DelMarVa...Delaware, Maryland and Virginia
11:10 am
aslindy
Nope. Here it's Bay City, Saginaw, and Midland.
11:10 am
MollyL
Someone from Rockville told you they were from DC? That is hilarious.
11:10 am
jmcnrick
I thought so Molls.
11:11 am
jmcnrick
The DC Sniper never actually came into DC.
11:11 am
MollyL
My friend from Big Stone Gap used to talk about Bristol.
11:12 am
hokie carla
I heard all the towns/cities and just lump them all together in NOVA.
11:12 am
hokie carla
interesting, I would think she would go to Kingsport more
11:12 am
MollyL
When out of state people ask me where I am from I usually say "a suburb of DC" because everyone knows where DC is. Maryland, not so much,
11:13 am
jmcnrick
I drove through there a lot when the boy was at UNC Asheville.
11:13 am
hokie carla
oh, did you drive up to Kingsport to get on I-81, jmc?
11:13 am
MollyL
She was older than you and me Carla. No telling what it was like back when she was a young girl there.
11:14 am
72 Temple Owl
just finished my 7th call to fedex re the package they left at my door that is not mine...
11:14 am
MollyL
When you absolutely positively got to get it there overnight.
11:15 am
hokie carla
oh geez, TO
11:15 am
MollyL
Last time I dealt with FedEx customer service they were useless.
11:15 am
hokie carla
good point, Molly. BSG is definitely closer to Kingsport than Bristol, but maybe Bristol had more going on then.
11:16 am
72 Temple Owl
the shipper, victoria's secret, teold me to return it to them. i have to pay for that.
11:16 am
jmcnrick
:P I am not all that much older!
11:17 am
jmcnrick
TO tell them you will return it when they send you a postage free label
11:17 am
MollyL
No, I meant my friend from Big Stone Gap, JMC. She was older.
11:17 am
72 Temple Owl
what do i do? fedex comes uip and down the street all day but still has not come to pick it up?
11:17 am
72 Temple Owl
je they say they will not.
11:17 am
MollyL
Can you contact the recipient?
11:17 am
72 Temple Owl
i told them it will rot on my porch until fedex picks it up
11:17 am
jmcnrick
oh! haha my mistake Molls
11:18 am
72 Temple Owl
no.
11:18 am
MollyL
Because, I means someone is going to miss a spicy night
11:18 am
jmcnrick
then you have no obligation to return it.
11:18 am
hokie carla
wait, how would VS even make you pay for returning it?
11:18 am
jmcnrick
it is now abandoned property
11:19 am
hokie carla
yeah, no obligation IMO. the recipient can take it up with fedex.
11:19 am
jmcnrick
The cost to return it is higher than the cost of making the item. Lots of stores just say don't return it
11:19 am
MollyL
FedEx should get their asses over there and get it to the correct address. Slackers
11:19 am
MollyL
Amazon tells me that all the time. I have gotten a lot of free stuff that way
11:19 am
hokie carla
that reminds me, I need to get a package ready and out to the mailbox. TTFN.
11:19 am
jmcnrick
if you can easily find the recipient, the nice thing is to contact them. Otherwise put it in the Goodwill box
11:19 am
72 Temple Owl
readers digest version, one town over made a fake lovley name for townjhouses actually on a major road. for months everyone on the odd side received delivery after delivery...futrniture, refreigertaors, etc and adjoining town refised to change the addresses. many many many hours spent on the phone
11:20 am
MollyL
Um, do we put Victoria's Secret in Good Will?
11:20 am
72 Temple Owl
je, the people are sketchy. and once they got my package and did nothing unitl i came over with a large male friends to deal with it
11:20 am
jmcnrick
even poor people want to get sexy some times
11:21 am
72 Temple Owl
even after the story made local news, nothing was done about it
11:22 am
MollyL
I must have missed that section of the Good Will Store last time I was in. Seriously, I didn't think they dealt in possibly used undergarments.
11:22 am
72 Temple Owl
i received their harry and davids package over the holidays but H&D would not take it bakc because it was food
11:22 am
72 Temple Owl
molly: sadly, yes.
11:22 am
jmcnrick
it's a pain. GPS has the boys address in the middle of a large intersection with multiple roads a mile south of his actual house
11:23 am
MollyL
Oh I would have kept the Harry and David.
11:23 am
jmcnrick
if the underwear is in its original packaging they do
11:23 am
72 Temple Owl
that was the case when the development was new, not now
11:23 am
72 Temple Owl
oh i did. even unopened, they must reship food
11:24 am
72 Temple Owl
um. sadly, i have seen used undies at goodwill. in passing. no smart alecks
11:24 am
MollyL
I got someone else's Honeybaked ham one Christmas, but I knew who it was for, so I took it to her house.
11:24 am
72 Temple Owl
by this time she should have received a new shipment. too bad she is much larger than me. miuch.
11:25 am
72 Temple Owl
well i do not know these folks except it's pretty darn hard to fire a tenured teacher. which this is.
11:25 am
72 Temple Owl
and she was.
11:27 am
jmcnrick
yeah, I make an effort to find them. People are always listing missing packages and mis-delivered packages on the neighborhood elist
11:27 am
72 Temple Owl
this is in another town
11:28 am
72 Temple Owl
lest i sound awful, unless you were a poor soul here when it happened and caught my rant- you have NO idea. i couldn't even get out my door with furniture stacked up on the porchs- that they redelivered three times
11:30 am
72 Temple Owl
it's interesting how different companies deal- or do not deal- with this. usually going over fedex to the supplier works even when fedex kept screwing it up. not this company.
11:30 am
jmcnrick
no, you don't sound awful. It is a nuisance to have some delivered that is not yours
11:31 am
72 Temple Owl
and btw apologies for that, i was really at wits' end last year when it was in its prime
11:33 am
jmcnrick
sounds like a nightmare
11:34 am
jmcnrick
I mainly yell about the delivery of really heavy boxes at the bottom of my front steps when I paid extra for it to be delivered to my door. Ain't no door down there.
11:34 am
72 Temple Owl
it was. so the thought of its beginning again...
11:35 am
72 Temple Owl
yes, that happened to my new christmas tree- it was left on the sidewalk- in pouring rain! i was out there struggling to get it in
11:35 am
72 Temple Owl
my muscles are gone thanks to covid and no more gym.
11:39 am
72 Temple Owl
and it's time to venture out for an errand that needs doing today. happy babbling. will come back later for the final 5
11:49 am
MollyL
You have to go up stairs to get to my sister's front door and delivery people are constantly blowing that off. I send things for her to my nephew's house now.
11:49 am
bichon
Last evening a purple finch flew into our house. We tried to get it to fly out. Don't know whatever happened to it
11:49 am
jmcnrick
I hope it got out bichon
11:51 am
bichon
We haven't seen it today. Guess it flew out.
11:51 am
jmcnrick
my sister has about 30 steps to her house on a hill in DC but the deliver people bring it right to her door. Her problem is they put it in front of the door and she can't get out that door.
11:53 am
bichon
That's how it happened here.
11:58 am
bichon
Just saw the bird again
12:00 pm
bichon
He flew out an open window
12:05 pm
cybernan
good morning everyone :)
12:05 pm
marksdolly
gm Nan!
12:13 pm
cybernan
stuck at 17
12:15 pm
mael
does anyone have a list in their profile?
12:16 pm
cybernan
molly usually does and so does gillie
12:16 pm
cybernan
there was an sq 10 called last night -- have the sq 8 -- any relation?
12:18 pm
MollyL
No (most asked question today)
12:20 pm
cybernan
clue please?
12:23 pm
marksdolly
Nan add the ag word for flu to the end of it
12:25 pm
cybernan
wow - ty dolly - what a word!
12:27 pm
cybernan
co and es 7 - missing please?
12:28 pm
doseffing
co 7/40 ... funeral parade
12:28 pm
doseffing
es6/7 ... someone, then two someones, who accompany
12:29 pm
cybernan
I have the es and the other co
12:35 pm
rururocks
dose is coffin up the clues :D
12:38 pm
doseffing
... don't say that ... the provincial authorities will say "cough ... must be covid ... must isolate" and I lose pay
12:42 pm
MollyL
I think it should be mandated that employers pay leave time for COVID illness.
12:43 pm
mael
FW! have a good day everyone
12:44 pm
cybernan
you to mael
12:49 pm
doseffing
... it's the start of an idea Molly but what about the people who don't work? i.e the elderly and kids ... what about people like me who work day to day if called and aren't paid if not called ... what about hourly workers like servers in restaurants and grocery store stock boys who don't get paid for hours not worked anyways? ... it would be tough to administer ... ... but if we get to the European idea of a guaranteed wage maybe we could make it work ...b
12:50 pm
doseffing
... ah well ... if only good ideas like your's were easy to implement ... ... must be off ... luck to all who continue the struggle ...
12:51 pm
MollyL
If you work hourly or on an on-call basis, you don't get paid leave anyway. I
12:51 pm
MollyL
am talking about full time salaried workers.
1:03 pm
cybernan
co 5/14 following the funeral procession please?
1:04 pm
cybernan
nm - found it
1:07 pm
cybernan
*!*~*!* Another atmospheric river hitting the west coast -- hope we don't have highways washed out again -- we're still getting them repaired from the last one.
1:11 pm
hokie carla
nan, we might get 5-8" of snow! or we might not. hope you don't get flooded.
1:14 pm
MollyL
Same forecast we're getting. It literally depends on which way the wind blows.
1:15 pm
hokie carla
I'm watching a video from a local weather guy who's really trying to talk people out of freaking out. "remember there's 3 types of winter precipitation"
1:17 pm
MollyL
Yes, and this storm system contains them all.
1:18 pm
hokie carla
yeah, he's saying right now for us it's trending more sleet or freezing rain. yay. ðŸ˜
1:19 pm
MollyL
I'd rather have snow than sleet or freezing rain. People in 4-wheel drive get out on the ice like they are invincible and WHAM!
1:19 pm
hokie carla
yes, those are the worst
1:20 pm
hokie carla
and freezing rain not just bad for driving but knocks down trees and knocks out power
1:20 pm
periwinkle
hi all help with lower H and the F please
1:21 pm
hokie carla
lol "don't do the silly stuff with bread and milk"
1:21 pm
hokie carla
yeah, nice try
1:21 pm
hokie carla
hi peri, the F is british poop
1:22 pm
hokie carla
the H is he4
1:23 pm
periwinkle
ty for fa6
2:10 pm
rururocks
that's kind of a crappy clue hokie
2:20 pm
MollyL
Well shit Ru
2:23 pm
jmcnrick
British have their own poop?
2:25 pm
MollyL
They have their own extra vowel way of spelling it
2:32 pm
rururocks
we'll have to put Hokie on TP duty
2:33 pm
rururocks
sorry... I've been a bit scat-tered lately
2:35 pm
rururocks
JMC is sort of a looky loo
2:35 pm
jmcnrick
Thanks inquiring minds guano know
2:38 pm
jmcnrick
Got the F. What a relief.
2:45 pm
rururocks
you must be flushed with pride jm
2:46 pm
jmcnrick
I need a throne
2:59 pm
hokie carla
are these puns wasteful with only 2 punners around?
3:04 pm
hokie carla
ok, stuck on 10 left and 3 are 4s but can I even monkey them? nooo
3:06 pm
jmcnrick
people can always look to the start of the roll hokie
3:10 pm
hokie carla
is this funeral word something I should know or some old fashioned archaic scottish word?
3:11 pm
LuvWordGames
I've heard it before
3:11 pm
LuvWordGames
kind of sounds like what you get for your prom date
3:12 pm
hokie carla
hmm, I see what you're getting at. will keep working, thanks.
3:13 pm
hokie carla
got it, thx
3:13 pm
LuvWordGames
yw :-)
3:20 pm
LuvWordGames
just finished, any clues needed?
3:20 pm
hokie carla
7 left here, no idea, but thanks.
3:21 pm
LuvWordGames
ok HAGD
3:21 pm
hokie carla
you too
3:24 pm
hokie carla
5 - finally found all the 4s
3:30 pm
jmcnrick
yay hokie
3:31 pm
hokie carla
4 left - C TT T and 2 5's and 2 6's
3:33 pm
hokie carla
2 left!
3:34 pm
jmcnrick
go hokie go!
3:42 pm
hokie carla
now is it C5 T6 or C6 T5??
3:48 pm
hokie carla
oh, 'twas a plural C6, so no T5 left
3:54 pm
hokie carla
peeked at the list. still took forever. but TADA.
4:00 pm
Sophie512
I'm back from this morning, with about half. Congrats Carla!
4:00 pm
hokie carla
hey sophie, you can do it!
4:01 pm
jmcnrick
whoohoo hokie!
4:07 pm
Sophie512
And anyone else who gets Fireworks, esp without Mr. Lickety!
4:10 pm
jmcnrick
yeah I am lucky to get half way!
4:11 pm
Sophie512
me, too
4:29 pm
scubadiver
Stats on the R in the upper left? I have two of four words.
4:30 pm
Sophie512
flower?
4:31 pm
scubadiver
I have that one--RO4 4, and I also have RO4 5.
4:31 pm
Sophie512
add some endings to that flower
4:32 pm
scubadiver
I got the RO5 5. Thanks. Looking for the other one.
4:33 pm
Sophie512
plural of 5
4:36 pm
Sophie512
you're welcome
4:49 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hi all, zoom zoom
4:55 pm
zoozzoom
hello, Gwen!
4:55 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hi, i'm zooming, nothing personal LOL
4:55 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
35 to go
4:56 pm
zoozzoom
11 here.
4:59 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
26, i'm catching up LOL
5:00 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
noooo!!!
5:03 pm
zoozzoom
Fireworks. Last one was TS 6/18
5:04 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
congrts!!! and tanx for the ts6
5:04 pm
zoozzoom
Good luck with the rest of the grid, Gwen â¤ï¸ Toodle pip.
5:04 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hells bell,s no clues?
5:05 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
i mean from lickety
5:05 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
stuck on the F (and some other words)
5:06 pm
jmcnrick
molly has them on her profile
5:06 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
got the F
5:07 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
thnks jmc
5:07 pm
jmcnrick
did you get my email a few weeks ago?
5:08 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
email? don't know. was it about books? (I get toms of email)
5:09 pm
jmcnrick
yes. some I thought you might like
5:09 pm
jmcnrick
religious books mostly
5:10 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
um, have we done business before? (yeah, i know, dumb question, but unless your email is your babble handle i might not knwo)
5:11 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
i don't find you in my notes except as author of a quilt book, hmmm
5:11 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
might have missed your email, sorry
5:11 pm
jmcnrick
well my email and babble handle are the same :) and yes, I sent them to you for reimbursement of the postage with the caveat that in the unlikely event you sold one for a bundle I should get a cut
5:11 pm
jmcnrick
no problem. I miss emails too.
5:12 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hmmm, did i reimburse you?
5:12 pm
jmcnrick
the book I wrote is PEACE Work Quilt a collection of essays about peace
5:13 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
oh, not about quilts, oops
5:13 pm
jmcnrick
yes but if that way out of the norm for you, you should tell me. I always sent them book rate and I sent photos first so you could say don't bother.
5:13 pm
jmcnrick
Again if that is a big hassle there is no problem.
5:14 pm
wvteach
stats for single H in right hand column
5:14 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
i remember someone sending me books -- quaker topics? hmmm, let me check my notes again
5:14 pm
jmcnrick
well it does have the word quilt in the title
5:14 pm
jmcnrick
yes, that would be me. Quaker topics
5:14 pm
jmcnrick
never found it wvteach
5:14 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
oh, yes, i found you at last, j. e. not je LOL
5:15 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
looks like i did reimburse you for shipping
5:15 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
i still don't have that H, hunting now
5:15 pm
jmcnrick
haha yes. Je suis J. E.
5:15 pm
jmcnrick
yes the few times we did it
5:16 pm
jmcnrick
you are so organized!
5:16 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
that was 4 years ago -- this is why I keep notes LOL
5:16 pm
jmcnrick
haha it has been a rough 4 years at my end
5:18 pm
jmcnrick
I will double check I still have the books and resend if you like or leave you alone if you prefer! Just always try to get things to a place where they will be used and not trashed.
5:18 pm
jmcnrick
ty broll
5:18 pm
wvteach
found it - HE 4/6
5:18 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
how did i miss that? fish me!
5:19 pm
jmcnrick
haha me too. I thought I had tried that!
5:20 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
not to be rude but please don't just send me books -- only some are even worth trying to sell, and some never sell at all, so I am very choosy
5:21 pm
jmcnrick
no, I never did. I sent you photos and if you liked them I would mail them. I understand completely that you are running a business.
5:21 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
however, i be happy to consider your offers, if you can resend the email, thanks
5:22 pm
jmcnrick
sure. I will send it probably tomorrow. Just want to make sure the books didn't find a new home in the mean time!
5:23 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
super
5:29 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
phantom secrete
5:53 pm
Sophie512
help with GE 5?
5:54 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
take the first ge4 and add a consonant on the end
5:54 pm
Sophie512
never mind, just found it at the same time
5:55 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
woot!
5:55 pm
Sophie512
21 left, be back later
5:56 pm
jmcnrick
48 left but I am done good night all
5:59 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
night je
5:59 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
stuck on a T word, 6 letters, anyone left to clue?
6:00 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
(not the ts6 and not a word having to do with incisors growing in)
6:03 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
found it, fireworks, night all
8:44 pm
Sophie512
ok, back with 21, hope I have some helpers out here in Babble Land
8:45 pm
Sophie512
help on co 7 40 please
9:06 pm
rururocks
a funeral parade sophie sounds like what you wear to the prom
9:07 pm
Sophie512
thanks RU
9:08 pm
rururocks
yw need anything else?
9:09 pm
Sophie512
well, I have 15 left, so no, I'll quit in a while
9:09 pm
Sophie512
I'm pretty much resigned to the face that I can't get fireworks without Mr. Lickety! :)
9:09 pm
Retired PJs
stats for 8 and 10 please and thanks?
9:10 pm
rururocks
sq8 and sq10
9:10 pm
Retired PJs
thanks, I'll have to chew on those!
9:10 pm
rururocks
click on molly's icon or gillies and you'll have a list sophie
9:11 pm
Sophie512
I did. Does that tell you how pitiful I am ????? :)
9:11 pm
Retired PJs
Got the sq8; is the 10 related?
9:12 pm
rururocks
no they're not
9:12 pm
rururocks
I'm happy to help sophie.. what do you need still
9:12 pm
Retired PJs
thanks, good to know!
9:13 pm
rururocks
I've never seen the 10 before in my life pj.. it's a fish in the atlantic ocean they're called croakers
9:14 pm
Retired PJs
jeepers, weird word! found it with morewords.
9:14 pm
Sophie512
I really appreciate the offer, RU. I will try to get a few more and then give it up. Have a good night
9:14 pm
rururocks
ok.. i'm willing to help
9:16 pm
Retired PJs
stats for the lone H?
9:17 pm
rururocks
he4 i think
9:17 pm
Retired PJs
hmmm, i have an he4 from the first h...
9:19 pm
Sophie512
I don't remember PJ with the Hs so close together
9:20 pm
Retired PJs
yeah, sophie, it's always hard to know!
9:21 pm
rururocks
he + quantum **eory
9:23 pm
UntitledDocument
Someone willing to clue me the first se 5 and se 6?
9:23 pm
Sophie512
12 left
9:24 pm
Sophie512
heading there next, soory, UD
9:25 pm
Sophie512
I only have 2 of 6 SEs
9:25 pm
UntitledDocument
Nevermind I got it! FW
9:25 pm
Retired PJs
Thanks ru, that was it!
9:26 pm
mkg
Is the 10 related to the sq 8?
9:27 pm
Sophie512
very weird word
9:27 pm
mkg
Ty any clues for the sq ten? Th.
9:27 pm
mkg
Cant imagine what it is.
9:27 pm
Sophie512
weird fish
9:27 pm
Sophie512
scroll down for clues
9:28 pm
mkg
Scort is not a word. I remember when skorts were in style when i was a kid. Very much a word but not used now. Thats all .
9:30 pm
Sophie512
actually, we still wear them for tennis.... but with a K
9:31 pm
mkg
well i got that it is a croaker. But when i asked for other names for croaker nothing with a q came up. Any ideas?
9:31 pm
Sophie512
10 letter words starting with
9:31 pm
mkg
Sophie, really? With a k? Ok. Very interesting.
9:32 pm
Retired PJs
mkg i went to morewords and entered squ------- and chose from the list!
9:32 pm
Retired PJs
(that's 7 dashes)
9:33 pm
Sophie512
I'm stuck on the SE 5 and 6, are they unusual or am I just tired?
9:33 pm
Sophie512
10 left total
9:33 pm
Retired PJs
I don't have them either, sophie!
9:34 pm
rururocks
they are spanish
9:35 pm
rururocks
like arroyo Se6
9:35 pm
rururocks
like most of the ball game that you kick the ball but mixed up
9:36 pm
mkg
Got it. Wow. Weird word indeed.
9:37 pm
mkg
well it is not a type of croaker. Period. Looked it up.
9:37 pm
Sophie512
thank you RU
9:37 pm
rururocks
it's in the croaker family yes
9:38 pm
Sophie512
down to one S ST 5
9:38 pm
rururocks
fish croaker.. not a frog croaker
9:38 pm
mkg
When i look in the dict. From the question marks, it says croaker but google says it is a type of weakfish. And in the drum family.
9:38 pm
rururocks
one st 5 is a plural the other is to rip off something that doesn't belong to you
9:39 pm
Sophie512
oh for goodness sakes, I was missing the plural
9:40 pm
rururocks
an Atlantic food fish, Cynoscion regalis,
9:40 pm
Sophie512
only Cs and Ts left.....7 total
9:41 pm
rururocks
you have ts6?
9:41 pm
Sophie512
all are TE
9:41 pm
Sophie512
total of 3 Ts
9:41 pm
rururocks
well.. then what you bite with and what babies do
9:42 pm
rururocks
or men's genetalia or te + beginning of batshit
9:42 pm
Sophie512
had one
9:42 pm
Sophie512
I AM SOOOOO EMBARRASSED
9:42 pm
Sophie512
AND I CAN'T SPELL
9:42 pm
rururocks
try a person who takes an exam.. sorry
9:43 pm
rururocks
i knew you were groin to get it
9:44 pm
rururocks
you're pretty close to one of them with testes
9:45 pm
Sophie512
think I'll leave my last TE
9:45 pm
Sophie512
go on to C
9:45 pm
mkg
Any q words to clue?
9:45 pm
mkg
Oops got them sorry
9:45 pm
Sophie512
CO 5 and 6
9:46 pm
mkg
I have no 7s if any clues are out there. Ty
9:46 pm
Sophie512
es& plural of Es 6
9:46 pm
scubadiver
stats on the one ten letter?
9:47 pm
Sophie512
scuba,,,,, scroll down, please
9:49 pm
Sophie512
MKG CO 7 plural of CO 6, old fashioned girdle
9:49 pm
mkg
Ty for es words. Got them
9:49 pm
Sophie512
also, look up name of a funeral parade, if you don't know it CO
9:49 pm
mkg
Got the co words too. Ty. Super c lue
9:50 pm
mkg
Only need the F word to finish. Any hints? Ty
9:51 pm
mkg
Wow sophie. Ty. Got it. Didnt know it was spelled that well.
9:51 pm
mkg
That way. Ty.
9:51 pm
mkg
I though it was fe. Ty for that clue and education
9:55 pm
Sophie512
I'm down to 4 Cs
9:57 pm
Sophie512
2 CE 2 CO
10:00 pm
Sophie512
got the COs
10:04 pm
Sophie512
Fireworks, if anyone's still out there. Thanks for all of the help.
10:31 pm
scubadiver
I know my geography pretty well. What is the harbor in Maine? Is the fish freshwater or salt water?
10:32 pm
scubadiver
Clue...
11:18 pm
saanichcat
scuba, see ru's clue at 9:40. saltwater.