12:00 am
Jacula
161 - Small but not too tiny!
12:01 am
ursh
i like them to be between 150 and 200
12:02 am
grannyrose
snap broll
12:06 am
jessmom
te7 x 3, te8
12:15 am
justafreep
(only one jo7. I missed it earlier. Sorry!)
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:18 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
12:18 am
cybernan
hello everyone :)
12:18 am
Gillie
ty lickety
12:18 am
justafreep
hi, nan
12:25 am
cybernan
Did you get a chinnok today, gillie?
12:27 am
Gillie
I guess so - although it hasn't been terribly cold recently
12:27 am
cybernan
thought it was supposed to get up to 12 today for you
12:28 am
Gillie
Yes, it was pretty warm
12:29 am
cybernan
still hovering around 2 here - foggy in the am as the lake is so much colder than the air
12:29 am
marksdolly
well 19 left for morning, good night all!
12:29 am
cybernan
goodnight dolly - won't be far behind you
12:30 am
ursh
top single E ?
12:30 am
marksdolly
it's an eg 5
12:31 am
ursh
aah thank you all
12:31 am
ursh
that got me nbs nbt :)
12:32 am
ursh
tried it with the J
12:42 am
cybernan
not seeing anything more -- goodnight everyone :)
12:42 am
Gillie
Goodnight, nan
12:43 am
mich_pdx
Goodnight, Nan - I'm close behind :)
12:56 am
jessmom
re 7 x2, re8
3:10 am
dizgrannie
34 left for the morn, night all
4:58 am
ItalianGreyhound
no idea what the RE 7/48 means... thx Lickety
5:16 am
aslindy
hello all
5:47 am
mattygroves
Can I have a nudge on that RE, please, IG?
5:52 am
mattygroves
NM, monkeyed it
7:43 am
penquis
hello all....*waving to carla*......
7:49 am
rururocks
oh the hokester is back
7:49 am
penquis
well she is online....
7:50 am
rururocks
lurking counts as being "back"
7:50 am
penquis
i suppose...
7:51 am
BzznBea
Is she vacationing?
7:51 am
penquis
don't know...
7:51 am
saanichcat
rehi carla
7:52 am
saanichcat
morning all!
7:52 am
rururocks
hi saanich
7:52 am
penquis
hi saani....
7:52 am
rururocks
(thinks every day is a "Vacation" for hokie"
7:54 am
Aloyisius
maybe she likes to go through first pass without opening chat.. I do.. hi all
7:55 am
rururocks
i do that too.. like to focus and ignore acronyms :D
7:55 am
penquis
hi aloy....haven't seen her in a couple days....
7:55 am
Aloyisius
oh.. camping perhaps
7:56 am
Aloyisius
hi ru too
7:56 am
rururocks
maybe she's been kidnapped by ISIS...and is trying to reach us
7:56 am
penquis
she appears to be online....
7:56 am
Aloyisius
could be ..
7:57 am
rururocks
good morning mael
7:57 am
penquis
hi mael....
7:57 am
Aloyisius
hi mael
7:57 am
rururocks
she could be on a vacation with Ted Cruz in Cozumel
7:57 am
mael
how's everyone? waiting for the snow do its thing so I can start shoveling
7:58 am
Aloyisius
ooh.. how much did you get, mael?
7:58 am
penquis
expecting snow all day here.....blizzard conditions....
7:58 am
penquis
not expected to end until tomorrow morning....
7:58 am
rururocks
yikes you guys
7:58 am
mael
so far only a few inches, supposed to get something closer to 2 feet by tonight!
7:59 am
penquis
yes, similar here....
7:59 am
Aloyisius
hoping you all don't lose power.. stay safe
7:59 am
mael
we have a generator, thankfully
7:59 am
rururocks
are you in Mass? mael? i just read Boston is getting two feet
8:00 am
mael
yeah, I'm just east of Boston proper
8:00 am
mael
west, not east
8:00 am
mael
if I were east I'd be in the atlantic ocean, lol
8:00 am
penquis
not expecting power outages here.....snow is lightweight .....very windy.....
8:01 am
rururocks
i have a generator here too.. it's comforting for sure to know you have one
8:02 am
mael
yeah, at least we don't have to worry about the freezer
8:02 am
mael
very windy here too, but the snow is light and fluffy so that should help with the power outages
8:04 am
rururocks
was 70 here yesterday and nice.. I feel for you guys
8:04 am
mael
I don't mind much! especially on the weekends when the kids don't have to miss school :) in fact, I'm hoping we get all those two feet so we can build a fort
8:05 am
penquis
it's 11 degrees here right now...
8:05 am
rururocks
(looks at Penquis' bunny slippers)
8:05 am
penquis
they actually have raccoons on them... ;o)
8:06 am
mael
16 here, feels like 1 with the wind. Brr
8:07 am
rururocks
oh.. I've stayed in a hotel near boston harbor and with the wind coming off the ocean it's the coldest I've ever been
8:07 am
rururocks
I had so many bulky coats on I looked like a ninja turtle
8:08 am
mael
yeah, it can get really really cold off the water. I think I read that Boston is technically windier than Chicago, and the wind funnels between the skyscrapers. It's brutal!
8:09 am
rururocks
Yeah.. I think it is the wind that is the culprit
8:10 am
rururocks
I've been in Winnepeg when it's 37 below zero and Boston felt worse
8:10 am
penquis
the wind just takes your breath away....
8:11 am
penquis
i lived up north for years....once had 40 below.....open the door and the hairs in your nostrils immediately freeze....that was cold!
8:12 am
mael
I don't like being cold but I hate being hot way more
8:12 am
rururocks
we can get down to the low twenties here but that's about it
8:12 am
penquis
now i live on the coast....lots more wind, but much warmer....
8:13 am
rururocks
I love the Maine Coast.. so incredibly gorgeous
8:14 am
mael
me too, it's beautiful up there
8:14 am
saanichcat
pen I lived up in Canada's North. It was so cold the laundry on the clothesline snapped into pieces
8:14 am
Aloyisius
spent heavenly days on Hogg Island ..
8:14 am
penquis
i like it... ;o) ... I am actually about an eighth of a mile away as the crow flies....hence the breezes....
8:14 am
rururocks
wow saanich
8:15 am
penquis
wow, saani!....now that's cold!....can't even imagine someone putting out clothes to dry!....
8:15 am
saanichcat
my mother learned fast after that
8:15 am
Aloyisius
freeze dried clothes!
8:15 am
rururocks
people up there like stiff sheets :D
8:16 am
saanichcat
I just deleted my response to that ru...
8:16 am
penquis
never been to Hogg Island....
8:17 am
hokie carla
hey all, was sorting laundry and not really here
8:17 am
penquis
carla!....nice to see you back....
8:17 am
rururocks
hi hokes
8:18 am
rururocks
we saw you on linen
8:19 am
hokie carla
stuck at 12 left
8:19 am
penquis
51 here....
8:19 am
Aloyisius
lol ru.. hi hokie
8:20 am
rururocks
zero here.. I got stuck at 11 for a while hokes
8:20 am
saanichcat
congrats ru!
8:20 am
hokie carla
I have found this one fairly easy up until now
8:20 am
Aloyisius
down to 13, need to finish. Seems I've forgotten to finish in the past so I don't want to leave it undone.. congrats ru
8:20 am
rururocks
it was an easy grid except for the last ten hidden ones
8:21 am
mael
14 left for me
8:21 am
hokie carla
I'm going to assume those are my missing ones
8:21 am
Aloyisius
the r on the bottom is bugging me
8:21 am
hokie carla
I need one of those, aloy
8:21 am
penquis
i am just moseying along.....watching tennis ....
8:21 am
rururocks
oh.. you need the weirdo re7/8 aloy
8:21 am
hokie carla
there is a pair I looked up after reading about it in the chat
8:21 am
hokie carla
yep, that one
8:22 am
rururocks
nadal is taking the open pen.. for sure
8:22 am
Aloyisius
ty ru, glad its a weirdo
8:22 am
penquis
i think you are right, ru....
8:22 am
hokie carla
oh, I already heard who won. this is why I never really get into aus open
8:22 am
penquis
i don't watch the news... ;o)
8:22 am
rururocks
he is so incredible as a player.. such drive and stamina
8:23 am
penquis
i am actually watching the women's final....
8:24 am
penquis
the announcers make fun of Rafa's quirks....they don't seem to know that he is a diagnosable obsessive compulsive person....
8:24 am
hokie carla
me either, but mr. homie told me who won
8:24 am
rururocks
I will never ever forget that match with Roger and Nadal at Wimbledon that went for hours and hours I couldn't not watch the whole thing
8:24 am
mael
re7/8 is a weird word...
8:25 am
penquis
well i watch the news, just not in the last two days of a tennis grand slam since i often see the matches a bit after they have been played....
8:25 am
rururocks
it's one of those vacation spots where your room is an airplane
8:25 am
penquis
yes, ru....a classic match!
8:25 am
hokie carla
I am watching Schmigadoon right now
8:26 am
rururocks
I think that was the greatest match in the history of tennis
8:27 am
rururocks
at least in my lifetime
8:27 am
penquis
agreed, ru....
8:28 am
rururocks
I wonder if Une could handle an OCD person like Nadal... I'd bet anything she'd be willing to try :D
8:28 am
penquis
there are some effective treatments for OCD...
8:29 am
rururocks
oh please someone get them for my ex
8:30 am
mael
FW! have a good day everyone, stay warm and dry if applicable :)
8:30 am
jmcnrick
bye mael
8:30 am
rururocks
bye mael.. stay warm
8:30 am
penquis
bye mael...
8:31 am
jmcnrick
All I know about tennis outside of the Williams I learned in Babbleland.
8:31 am
penquis
interesting...
8:32 am
rururocks
I really miss not being able to play
8:32 am
saanichcat
hi jmc
8:32 am
jmcnrick
why can't you play ru?
8:32 am
rururocks
i wrecked my knees by playing too much
8:33 am
jmcnrick
ACK! Considering I woke up to the news that Union Station in DC is covered in swastikas I am not liking this grids very much
8:33 am
penquis
i have had tendonitis issues in my arm, so i have to pace myself....
8:33 am
rururocks
oh jeezus..I hate hearing stuff like that jm
8:33 am
jmcnrick
new knees not an options? slower game? ping pong?
8:33 am
Scrabbler
Oh, no, JE.
8:34 am
jmcnrick
me too. sick in my stomach.
8:34 am
rururocks
i'm really good at Ping Pong but I don't have a table
8:34 am
Aloyisius
tx to Lickety and A2Z, fw.. that r7 was a newbie for me, turns out to be a type of engine.. will be thinking of you all in the storm's path. Stay safe! Poofing off ..
8:34 am
jmcnrick
for a while (I haven't looked recently) you could find tables at bars like with pool tables
8:34 am
Scrabbler
Bye Aloy
8:35 am
jmcnrick
whoo hoo snuffy!
8:36 am
Aloyisius
oh, hi Scrabbs and jmc.. didn't see you two while looking for that engine.. a hi, bye.. (-:
8:36 am
jmcnrick
np snuffy glad you got FW
8:37 am
rururocks
20 years of tennis and being overweight and pounding on Concrete will do that to you
8:37 am
Aloyisius
try pickleball, ru
8:37 am
jmcnrick
I think of you as slim. . . you weren't overweight when I rode in your car
8:38 am
hokie carla
pickleball!
8:38 am
rururocks
I'd probably think that playing pickleball was gherkin off too much
8:38 am
jmcnrick
how do you play pickleball?
8:38 am
hokie carla
it's no big dill
8:38 am
Aloyisius
groan, definitely a groan
8:38 am
jmcnrick
don't be sour about things ru
8:38 am
Scrabbler
Pickleball is a riot and great workout.
8:38 am
rururocks
I'm the same... but thank you .. I am built like a football player
8:38 am
Aloyisius
I love it..
8:39 am
jmcnrick
that is not my memory and growing up in Texas I know me some football players
8:39 am
penquis
can be hard on the knees, i would think....lots of twisting....unless you are one of those people who hop around all the time while playing...
8:39 am
hokie carla
have you been playing with your vertigo, aloy? I haven't played since xmas day.
8:39 am
jmcnrick
you are just being a dill ru
8:40 am
jmcnrick
you need to can it
8:40 am
Aloyisius
yes, hokie.. and confess I have fallen a couple of times
8:40 am
rururocks
I guess if you play pickle ball it's like your bread and butter in some ways
8:40 am
hokie carla
jm, pickleball is like tennis and ping pong. hard paddles, ball like a wiffle ball, smaller court.
8:40 am
Aloyisius
great sport
8:41 am
jmcnrick
sound nice hokie. . . I was always terrible at tennis and golf the two sports that may have advanced my career! hahaha
8:41 am
jmcnrick
in tennis I was always batting it out of the court. . . .completely
8:42 am
hokie carla
doubles is mostly played at the net (but outside the "kitchen"), so not a lot of running, hence people with knee problems, etc, playing.
8:42 am
jmcnrick
in golf I had a slice not to be believed
8:42 am
rururocks
I was actually a pretty solid tennis player
8:42 am
jmcnrick
I do not doubt it ry
8:43 am
hokie carla
I was too at one point
8:44 am
penquis
had to reschedule my tennis lesson because of the blizzard....didn't want to be shoveling the same day as the lesson....
8:44 am
rururocks
good idea pen.. too hard on the back
8:44 am
jmcnrick
good choice pen
8:44 am
penquis
and the arm....
8:45 am
hokie carla
we had about 1/2" of snow this morning
8:45 am
penquis
expecting 12 to 18 inches here...not quite as bad as the Boston area...
8:46 am
jmcnrick
we maybe had a inch but it was spread out over time so the sidewalk is clear. Yay, living on the north side of the street pays off again!
8:46 am
rururocks
gotta get ready for my Saturday hike.. have fun everyone and stay warm on the East Coast
8:47 am
hokie carla
have a good one, ru
8:47 am
penquis
bye ru...
8:47 am
jmcnrick
have a nice hike
8:56 am
jmcnrick
well I must go off and do payroll taxes and other such fun things.
8:56 am
jmcnrick
106 left hagd
8:57 am
penquis
bye, jm....
9:09 am
Scrabbler
66 left and I have found enough. On to a jigsaw puzzle.
9:16 am
hurshy
morning all, top row grey!
9:17 am
hurshy
second row grey!
9:18 am
penquis
hi hursh....
9:18 am
penquis
12 left here....
9:23 am
hurshy
the central S is putting my all-conquering wave to the test
9:24 am
penquis
i have one missing from that S....
9:25 am
penquis
found my last S....you were an inspiration!
9:26 am
JustMe2
You guys are amazing! Till need 63 here!
9:27 am
penquis
i am still missing a four!
9:27 am
hurshy
it's called playing for a very very long time
9:27 am
hokie carla
still have 4/12 4's left
9:28 am
penquis
i did a four attack a little while ago....paid off....
9:28 am
hokie carla
I did a couple of hours ago and it didn't
9:32 am
penquis
found my last four....still 10 left....
9:33 am
hurshy
is there an LE word or are they all Li ?
9:33 am
penquis
mine are all LI....
9:33 am
penquis
but i have one missing...
9:34 am
hurshy
maybe we are missing the same word :)
9:34 am
penquis
perhaps...
9:34 am
BzznBea
li7.28 is probably your missing word.
9:35 am
parisla
My hardest to find was LI7/28. Looks like a plural. A rhetorics word.
9:35 am
hurshy
yes, that'll be it
9:36 am
hurshy
thanks folks
9:37 am
hurshy
fourth row grey!
9:39 am
penquis
i need a break....bbl to find the last ten....bye all....
9:42 am
hurshy
i'm down to 2 R and 2 S, and they are 3 7s and an 8 :D
9:42 am
hokie carla
R7/8 are made up words
9:42 am
BzznBea
your two r's are the 7 and 8
9:42 am
hokie carla
I looked them up
9:43 am
BzznBea
They end with another word for airplane
9:43 am
hokie carla
I guess Li7 is my missing L
9:44 am
BzznBea
I don't know, Carla. I think an aviation engineer might disagree with you.
9:44 am
hokie carla
well it is a portmanteau from what I read
9:44 am
hokie carla
so, made up
9:45 am
hurshy
everything had to be made up at some point
9:45 am
hurshy
let's call this "grass"
9:45 am
hurshy
or whatever
9:46 am
hurshy
anyway, thanks, got them
9:46 am
BzznBea
I'm off for the day. bye
9:46 am
hokie carla
bye bea
10:07 am
MollyL
New Babble drinking game. Take a shot every time Carla uses the word portmanteu.
10:10 am
dan2bit
dictionary.com doesn't even believe enable on those R words
10:10 am
dan2bit
morning all
11:04 am
cybernan
good morning all - found the re 7 (ty for the clue) but the 8 has me stumped
11:05 am
dan2bit
there are 2 re7. the re8 is a plural of the 2nd one
11:06 am
cybernan
so it is not a plural of the aviation one?
11:06 am
dan2bit
it is a plural of the one that ends with the aviation word, yes
11:07 am
cybernan
I don't see how that is possible
11:07 am
dan2bit
two routes to make the aviation ending
11:08 am
cybernan
yes - see that now - ty
11:08 am
cybernan
now to find the other re 7
11:08 am
dan2bit
np tricky and a silly word
11:08 am
cybernan
and the li 7 - haven't found it either
11:09 am
dan2bit
the li7 is my missing L also
11:09 am
dan2bit
found it
11:14 am
cybernan
clue please?
11:15 am
dan2bit
li 7/28 li + carries
11:16 am
cybernan
ty dan - new one for me
11:22 am
dan2bit
firewords! thanks lickety and Bea and all cluers
11:23 am
cybernan
grats dan - down to 15 and will be consulting lickety soon
11:37 am
cybernan
te 4-6-7-8 -- totally stumped Are they all related? or two combos?
11:39 am
cybernan
* 5-6-7-8
11:41 am
cybernan
yes -- how did I miss those!!!
11:41 am
cybernan
hagd everyone
3:05 pm
JustMe2
31 words left to find....argh
3:40 pm
Sophie512
st 7 for 28 ?
3:47 pm
zoozzoom
Are you asking for a clue, Sophie?
3:47 pm
Sophie512
yes, please
3:48 pm
zoozzoom
A concluding passage played at a faster tempo.
3:50 pm
Sophie512
thank you
3:51 pm
zoozzoom
Welcome.
3:59 pm
Sophie512
15 left......taking a break
5:03 pm
72 Temple Owl
hello
5:06 pm
Sophie512
Hi TO 9 left, I seem to save the biggies til the end
5:07 pm
72 Temple Owl
i found this one went very quickly for the most part
5:08 pm
Sophie512
7 left I'm not the expert you are, none of them really go quickly for me
5:11 pm
72 Temple Owl
no expert. only now wise to lots of enable's quirks
5:17 pm
Sophie512
I have 2 TEs left and 4 REs taking another break
5:19 pm
72 Temple Owl
i need 15. i went out once to shovel the fringes after neighbor cleared driveway. it's windy now and COLD tonight, very clear
5:20 pm
72 Temple Owl
just tyring to figure things out whilst i catch the news and weather
5:21 pm
Sophie512
cold here in Nashville.... flurries yesterday, temps in 40s tomorrow
5:21 pm
Sophie512
good grief just got an easy RE
5:21 pm
72 Temple Owl
supposed to go down to 10 tonight. i really hate winter
5:23 pm
Sophie512
down to 4
5:23 pm
Sophie512
can't take a break now that I have momentum
5:26 pm
72 Temple Owl
i know but sometimes that break really helps
5:26 pm
72 Temple Owl
i am going to finish then look up flights to FL
5:27 pm
Sophie512
2 left just got the 7 8 re combo
5:29 pm
72 Temple Owl
good going
5:30 pm
72 Temple Owl
does it add re to an existing word?
5:31 pm
Sophie512
want a different clue
5:33 pm
72 Temple Owl
not yet. i may regret this...
5:33 pm
72 Temple Owl
omg looking at footage of MA
5:33 pm
Soodle
My youngest girlie is traveling to Nashville early next month. I must remind her to pack her thermal underwear
5:33 pm
72 Temple Owl
even FL is cold tonight.
5:35 pm
Sophie512
Soodle, school was out for a week last February. Snow on top of ice.
5:39 pm
72 Temple Owl
i hve a friend who moved to nashville from miami. wonder how she's feeling now
5:39 pm
Soodle
Holy Moly. My daughter regards Nashville as her ‘spiritual home’. She’s been there many times during Summer months. I’m not sure she’ll be expecting extreme cold. Thanks for the heads up Sophie
5:43 pm
Sophie512
woo hoo Fireworks!
5:48 pm
72 Temple Owl
yay!
5:52 pm
Soodle
Well done Sophie. ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘
6:54 pm
JaxH66
Could I have a clue for li7 please?
6:58 pm
rururocks
LI + little bags to carry stuff
6:59 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
li7 = li + drags around ****bag* full of stuff
7:13 pm
mkg
Hi all. Any clues for top row E word? Ty
7:17 pm
MollyL
Good clue Ru.
7:17 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
eg5 (sounds like the Reader's Di****
7:18 pm
mkg
Ty got it. Ty.
7:19 pm
mkg
Well need some others. Any6 clues for the o words for 4th column o? Ty.
7:20 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
uno
7:21 pm
mkg
Gwen is that a clue?
7:21 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
os6 = os + spiky things on a deer an****s
7:21 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
uno is from the game uno and it means i have one word (card) left
7:22 pm
mkg
Got the os 6! Ty.
7:22 pm
mkg
I know the game.
7:22 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
ot5 = not this thing but the ot*** thing
7:22 pm
mkg
How about the E that is fourth colum fourth row? Ty.
7:23 pm
mkg
Oh my how did i miss it? Ty. Got all of them now
7:23 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
ei6 = it's ei**** my way or the highway
7:24 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
fire workens
7:24 pm
mkg
Duhhhh. Boy am i missing them. Ty gwen. Got it.
7:24 pm
mkg
And congrats on fire works!
7:25 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
aw gee thanks 8 - )
7:26 pm
mkg
Gwen i never get FW anymore. Go for half way. Time is an issue.
7:26 pm
mkg
Still working full time.
7:26 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
i hear ya
7:26 pm
mkg
Still missing all the 8s. Any stats or clues welcome. Ty
7:27 pm
mkg
I wish i could get all my books to you to sell. So so so many go to trash. I am a realtor and i clean out houses with hundreds of books no one wants.
7:27 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
re7 and 8 = re + southern cooking is **ul food + really fast aircraft
7:28 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
mkg, likely what you are tossing are mostly worthless, but it would be great to have a dealer come in a look them over first, and pick out the gems, if any
7:28 pm
mkg
Got them. Ty. Ty. I am done for the day. Great clues gwen.
7:29 pm
mkg
Off to plan scrabble and watch a movie.
7:29 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
mkg, are you in detroit area?
7:29 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
okay, night
11:53 pm
ursh
Here in SA some clever person has started an online site for the sale of 2nd hand books which operates like any buy online site - choose the books you want, pay for the books and a delivery charge and voila books for less than half the price of new.
11:55 pm
ursh
I assume they make a profit because of lot of the books would have been donated to them - good way to get rid of unwanted books