12:12 am
harpjane
found a fish
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:17 am
marksdolly
ty so much lickety!
12:17 am
CowExploder
ty lickety
12:17 am
Rainiqui
mi 8, nbt, nbs
12:18 am
CowExploder
dolly, you taking a break from serpentine?
12:18 am
marksdolly
nope been there :)
12:28 am
Gillie
Different from the one that goes with the mi8É
12:28 am
Rainiqui
the 8 is the plural of the 7
12:29 am
Gillie
So this isn't another mi7
12:29 am
marksdolly
30 left for morning, good night all, happy babbling!
2:13 am
Uneaixoise
Clue for mi7 please?
2:14 am
Uneaixoise
Never mind!
3:24 am
rolin
lol...how many 'inappropriate' words are there in this grid??..love it!
3:51 am
Uneaixoise
Plenty! :-)
4:37 am
ajbns87
Disappointed cums isn't in the dictionary
5:27 am
ItalianGreyhound
this is an odd grid
5:52 am
Scrabbler
Good day IG and worzel.
5:52 am
ItalianGreyhound
Hi Scrabs
5:55 am
Scrabbler
A skunk just sprayed in my yard--very fresh odor.
5:56 am
ItalianGreyhound
Yeeesh! They are very active here as well
5:57 am
ItalianGreyhound
one ran by my back window the other morning and I smell them in the area
5:57 am
Scrabbler
I fear that one or more are living under my front or back decks.
5:58 am
Scrabbler
Free clue. YW.
5:59 am
ItalianGreyhound
this grid is skunk-ish
6:03 am
ajbns87
For all the innocent babblers, todays puzzle might not be for you
6:08 am
ajbns87
What's the top right a word, I ve got a + 'off target'
6:08 am
ItalianGreyhound
shorter version?
6:09 am
rbud
drop one of the double letters
6:09 am
ItalianGreyhound
all good clues
6:09 am
ajbns87
Oh for gods sake, thanks
6:18 am
ItalianGreyhound
surprised the" buggy people" in Penn is not an allowed word
6:19 am
Scrabbler
A proper name, I presume.
6:20 am
ItalianGreyhound
wouldnt be the first time
6:22 am
Scrabbler
I passed halfway and must get ready for work. Enjoy the day.
6:22 am
ItalianGreyhound
anywho, FW for me - clues wanted?
6:22 am
ItalianGreyhound
bye, Scrabbler
6:46 am
ajbns87
Clue for the 8 please... I just do 50% and big words... I can't see the point in getting really weird words
7:18 am
LuvWordGames
mi 8/50 puts on the wrong men's attire that&s worn with a tie
7:44 am
Meatball421
phantom manumit
7:46 am
Lewandjoy
Phantom cranium
7:47 am
BzznBea
thanks, luv
7:54 am
Meatball421
phantom prism
7:56 am
mael
good morning everyone
8:01 am
BzznBea
Good morning, mael.
8:07 am
mkg
Hi all. Any clues for the i word? Ty
8:08 am
mkg
Nm got it. Sorry
8:09 am
MollyL
☘☘☘Happy Saint Patrick's Day. Remember, 'tis no crime not to be Irish. Just a terrible, terrible shame. ☘☘☘
8:27 am
windingwake
Haha, Molly
8:36 am
mael
FW! have a great day everyone!
8:57 am
hokie carla
woot! just found the 8 without knowing anything.
8:58 am
BzznBea
Great day!
8:58 am
hokie carla
it's a St. Patrick's Day miracle
8:59 am
BzznBea
My boyfriend is coming to you town today. He's transporting a dog.
8:59 am
hokie carla
and then I miraculously finished the M
9:00 am
hokie carla
aww. does he pick it up from a shelter or a foster parent or what?
9:01 am
BzznBea
He will pick up from a chelter in Oxford.
9:01 am
hokie carla
oh, I didn't even know there was an oxford
9:02 am
BzznBea
Just up the road from us on 85
9:02 am
hokie carla
oh, so he's transporting from oxford to here?
9:03 am
BzznBea
Usually they have other transporters in between, but most of them work during the week.
9:03 am
hokie carla
I see
9:04 am
hokie carla
do you have sun today? yesterday was miserable.
9:04 am
BzznBea
No sun. It's raining.
9:04 am
hokie carla
must be what we had yesterday and last night
9:05 am
BzznBea
I'm good with that. Always happy with a spring rain.
9:05 am
hokie carla
well it does make things grow they say
9:06 am
hokie carla
bea, the maillady gave me some daffodil bulbs in early Feb and I planted them a few days later. there are a couple sticking out a few inches but I'm assuming it was too late and the rest will have to wait until next year?
9:07 am
BzznBea
Probably.
9:08 am
hokie carla
speaking of bulbs...phantom tulips
9:10 am
Kaplan the Magne
this is the most scatalogical grid I have seen in a while
9:10 am
BzznBea
I've got so many. I went out and picked three big bouquets.
9:10 am
hokie carla
hmm, I have found 2 types, is there more, kaplan?
9:10 am
hokie carla
sounds lovely, bea!
9:13 am
Kaplan the Magne
emissions and body parts.
9:18 am
hokie carla
mustic - a smelly old cabin
9:24 am
hokie carla
um, can only find one L. are these weird?
9:25 am
BzznBea
two are anagrams
9:26 am
hokie carla
wow, DUH. thanks. HOET!
9:26 am
BzznBea
the other is lawful
9:28 am
rururocks
i just started and I'm making up words already
9:31 am
hokie carla
yeah, I've done a pretty good job of making some up today
9:32 am
rururocks
like tushi... raw ass for certain people
9:37 am
rururocks
splish should be a word.. like one is taking a bath
9:38 am
MollyL
Has anyone wailed about the c word yet?
9:38 am
ChampFit
Smush should be too. I smush stuff all the time!
9:39 am
hokie carla
I would spell it smoosh but I figured enable would spell it smush so I tried that earlier.
9:40 am
rururocks
sooner or later molly it's not a word I would use but I hear it all the time
9:40 am
hokie carla
splish splash I was taking a bath 'long about a saturday night
9:40 am
MollyL
Name that proper noun, Gomez's pet name for his wife
9:40 am
BzznBea
I tried smush too. But it is smoosh, I believe.
9:40 am
welki
'morning, all
9:41 am
rururocks
hey welki
9:41 am
hokie carla
welki!
9:41 am
MollyL
Not here. It says "smoosh was not found in the dictionary"
9:41 am
hokie carla
well, he called her querida a lot, but I don't see that.
9:42 am
ChampFit
Dear God, I just looked up smush, and it's X-rated! Forgive me Lord, I know not what I do!!!!!
9:43 am
hokie carla
lol, better clear that browser history. and thanks for the heads up
9:43 am
welki
yipes, i've called my kids smushkies since they were babies!
9:43 am
ChampFit
I didn't click on the google results, but one of them had a brief description...
9:44 am
ChampFit
I gotta go to confession now...
9:44 am
rururocks
(champ gets arrested now for porn)
9:44 am
welki
maybe it's okay because i actually called them schmushkie
9:45 am
rururocks
smush can relate to babies I think
9:45 am
welki
save a seat, champ
9:45 am
ChampFit
I'm sure it's ok welki...you didn't know!
9:45 am
rururocks
maybe that's what the PB is all about here anyway :D
9:46 am
hokie carla
30 left but only 2 4's. that is not good.
9:46 am
ChampFit
23 here. Gonna list.
9:47 am
hokie carla
oh, name Matthew McConaughey's college town
9:47 am
MollyL
I can hear it now...Bless me father for I have sinned. I actually looked up pornography on the internet.
9:48 am
hokie carla
✅✅✅ alright alright alright
9:49 am
ChampFit
A friend of mine just sent me a pic pot leaf with an "Oops! Wrong festive leaf!"
9:50 am
ChampFit
Now it's a 2fer..possession and porn!
9:50 am
hokie carla
wow, doesn't look anything like a shamrock. I think that was on purpose
9:51 am
rururocks
porn is legal in texas.. but mostly for congress people
9:51 am
hokie carla
bea, why are these a's so awful today?
9:51 am
ChampFit
I still need 4...totally agree!
9:51 am
hokie carla
I still need 5
9:52 am
hokie carla
ooh, found 2
9:52 am
BzznBea
because they wrap around the u
9:52 am
hokie carla
way up high
9:53 am
BzznBea
I need to get busy. It will be tip off time soon.
9:53 am
hokie carla
ooh, I need to check the schedule
9:54 am
MollyL
Champ, you can be festive with that kind of leaf today if you like. 😉
9:56 am
ChampFit
:) I can't even imagine doing that these days. It's very different than when I was younger, that's for sure.
9:57 am
hokie carla
I have never done it. I'm a little too paranoid already.
9:57 am
rururocks
i did it but I didn't inhale
9:59 am
ChampFit
All the boys I hung out with did it. I just drank beer. That's festive to me. Pot really did put me to sleep.
9:59 am
hokie carla
I didn't know we had Bill Clinton in our chat
10:00 am
hokie carla
could someone tell me the stat of the L word that bea said was lawful?
10:01 am
rururocks
li5/12
10:01 am
hokie carla
ah, gracias
10:02 am
hokie carla
name that former soap star/talk show host
10:03 am
rururocks
no idea
10:03 am
CowExploder
i did it but i never exhaled
10:03 am
ChampFit
Which soap?
10:04 am
hokie carla
started with regis but has had several cohosts since he retired
10:04 am
hokie carla
I think maybe all my children but I never watched that
10:04 am
hokie carla
✅✅✅
10:04 am
ChampFit
That's it. That's where she met her husband, I believe. He's so handsome!
10:05 am
hokie carla
easy on the eyes for sure
10:06 am
hokie carla
phantom capitalism
10:07 am
MollyL
I didn't know those two were still together. She grates on my nerves.
10:07 am
hokie carla
yeah, they've been together a long time.
10:07 am
ChampFit
They are. I think at least 25 years.
10:09 am
rururocks
I agree she's annoying and somewhat dumb
10:10 am
hokie carla
she doesn't really bother me. I used to watch the show a lot but haven't lately.
10:16 am
hokie carla
19 left. 1-11-6-1
10:17 am
MollyL
She and Regis together were a screech fest
10:18 am
hokie carla
oh, found 2 anagrams - 17 left
10:18 am
rururocks
he was really annoying.. didn't he pass away now?
10:18 am
hokie carla
yes, he is dead
10:30 am
rururocks
that's a bit harsh there hokie
10:32 am
hokie carla
what? facts. you asked if he was dead and I answered.
10:32 am
rururocks
(i'm teasing you.. )
10:33 am
hokie carla
was wondering if pass away meant something else
10:34 am
rururocks
passed away is a softer way to say it he's dead is a too pointed :D
10:37 am
hokie carla
I guess you've never had to go to the website dead or alive to see if a celebrity is dead or alive.
10:45 am
rururocks
never heard of that website
10:45 am
hokie carla
ðŸ˜
10:46 am
rururocks
I guess of late a better website would be dead or arrested
11:04 am
penquis
hello all...
11:06 am
hokie carla
pen!
11:07 am
hurshy
i'm feeling rather demoralized
11:07 am
hokie carla
hurshy! about what? the grid or something else?
11:07 am
hurshy
something else
11:08 am
penquis
sorry you are so bummed out...
11:08 am
hokie carla
yes, sorry to hear
11:09 am
hurshy
it happens
11:09 am
hurshy
babble and amusing chatter will probably help
11:09 am
penquis
wonder if ru is still here....he can be amusing... ;o)
11:10 am
hokie carla
well, I have MM AAA CC SSS P S R and 1-7-4-1 if you want to play guess the missing words
11:10 am
penquis
carpism....the belief that complaining about everything is the only way to live... ;o)
11:10 am
hokie carla
looks like ruru is gone
11:11 am
MollyL
Hurshy, who took your morals? Tell us, we will kick their ass.
11:11 am
hokie carla
hmm, I think maybe they took her morale
11:12 am
hurshy
hokie's got it :) lol
11:12 am
Shirlockc
smush is not a word?!
11:12 am
MollyL
Yes, that was my weak attempt at humor. Obviously it didh't fly.
11:12 am
MollyL
Or didn't
11:12 am
hurshy
well i did say lol
11:12 am
hokie carla
I did actually chuckle at it, and knew it was on porpoise
11:12 am
MollyL
The validity of the word smush is a hot topic today.
11:13 am
hurshy
we found out smush isn't a word recently when i used it to clue "elide"
11:13 am
Shirlockc
joined late so miss the smush controversy, looks like there was a fishy punfest too
11:15 am
Shirlockc
and i just PB myself multiple times lol
11:16 am
hokie carla
pen, maybe carpism is seizing the day
11:17 am
penquis
alternate definition... ;o)
11:18 am
hokie carla
well, found a word finally
11:21 am
penquis
i have found 100 words... ;oP
11:21 am
hokie carla
12 left
11:22 am
hurshy
you're just ahead of me then, 14 left
11:22 am
Sophie512
12 left Carla??? Goodness, ya'll are so fast! I just got here.
11:22 am
penquis
i am envious of both of you....
11:22 am
hurshy
well those are two different things... when you got here, and how fast you are
11:22 am
hokie carla
well, I've been here on and off for about 3 hours, so I should be finished
11:22 am
Sophie512
Read the chat.
11:23 am
Sophie512
Hurshy, hope you're feeling better soon. Thinking and E or 2 would help today.
11:24 am
hurshy
yeah if we had an e we could have escapism
11:24 am
hokie carla
do you have all the 7s, hurshy?
11:24 am
hurshy
no, only 2
11:25 am
hurshy
and i don't have the 8
11:25 am
hokie carla
ok, LMK if you want the stats
11:26 am
hurshy
my 7s are ar and ra
11:26 am
hokie carla
found my last 4 - 11 left
11:26 am
hokie carla
mi7/8
11:26 am
hokie carla
and those are the other 2 7s I have
11:26 am
hurshy
ty for the mi words
11:29 am
hokie carla
just made up an A6 that took
11:31 am
hokie carla
and a descriptive A5 that I KNOW I typed in this morning and it said not a word
11:31 am
penquis
there is an ri 7/36.....just found it...
11:31 am
hokie carla
ah, will look, thx
11:33 am
bichon
ac 6/24, pls
11:33 am
hokie carla
ok, not finding it. and yes, I see the high point total.
11:33 am
moolingwa
Only 141 to go :)
11:34 am
hokie carla
bichon, ends in not them. we have the plural occasionally
11:34 am
hurshy
add you & me to the poison
11:34 am
Sophie512
Ha. Welcome, Mool
11:34 am
hokie carla
moo! 9 left here so you better hurry.
11:34 am
moolingwa
okay, found 16 so far :)
11:35 am
Aloyisius
looks like the good guys lost in a squeaker hokie.. condolences
11:36 am
Aloyisius
hi all
11:36 am
penquis
hi aloy....
11:37 am
Aloyisius
hi pen.. have my corned beef cooking for some Ruebens. Kitchen smells yummy
11:37 am
hokie carla
what? we play tomorrow. are you talking a different sport or the women's?
11:37 am
Uneaixoise
Sounds delish!
11:38 am
Aloyisius
the women's .. sigh
11:38 am
Aloyisius
I asked Alexa bc I don't have cable
11:38 am
hokie carla
ah. that stinks. now I'll have to root for UNCC women
11:39 am
moolingwa
50 to go
11:39 am
Aloyisius
shoulda say the good gals, not the good guys, lol
11:39 am
hokie carla
still 9 - 0-5-3-1
11:39 am
moolingwa
18-19-10-2
11:40 am
hokie carla
that did throw me a little but I use guys for everybody a lot. we are in wrestling championships too.
11:40 am
Aloyisius
wow, didn't know
11:40 am
penquis
so, carla, are you missing that RI 7?...
11:45 am
hokie carla
yes, still
11:46 am
penquis
builds on an RI 5....
11:46 am
hurshy
i said add you & me to the poison
11:46 am
hokie carla
and I tried ripsuit even though I had tried it this morning
11:46 am
penquis
i tried mansuit... ;o)
11:46 am
hokie carla
oh, thought you were cluing for bichon, hursh, and now I know which poison you meant.
11:46 am
moolingwa
down to 25
11:46 am
moolingwa
4-12-7-2
11:46 am
Aloyisius
ty pen and hurshy
11:48 am
hokie carla
(because the bichon request ended the same way as the ri7)
11:49 am
hurshy
but it didn't start with a poison
11:50 am
Aloyisius
splish splash I was taking a bath all on a Saturday night.. no splish?
11:50 am
hokie carla
could have for all I know
11:50 am
hokie carla
we've already sung that too, aloy 😜
11:51 am
Aloyisius
oh.. I'm late to the party today
11:51 am
hokie carla
okay, 5 5's and 3 6's
11:51 am
hokie carla
need to finish so we can go on a long walk
11:52 am
moolingwa
looks like maybe a good deal of odd words today
11:52 am
hokie carla
I did make up a few that worked
11:52 am
penquis
taking a break...bbl to finish...bye all....
11:53 am
moolingwa
bye pen
11:53 am
Aloyisius
bye pen..
11:53 am
hokie carla
ok, aloy. apparently our women play tomorrow too, so not sure what alexa told you
11:53 am
moolingwa
2-10-6-1
Not ideal
11:53 am
Aloyisius
h'mm.. ty hokie, I'll check the sports page
11:54 am
Aloyisius
I like your news better (-:
11:55 am
hokie carla
pretty much what mine looked like at that point, moo
11:56 am
Aloyisius
adoring monkeys - apism
11:56 am
moolingwa
don't forget the belief in koi
11:57 am
hokie carla
found a 5!
11:57 am
moolingwa
nice...me too...16 left
11:57 am
Aloyisius
oh, carpism, lol
11:57 am
hokie carla
yeah, pen had a fish related def but I said it was belief in seizing the day
11:58 am
moolingwa
would that be carpedeism though :)
11:58 am
moolingwa
or rather carpedieism
11:58 am
hokie carla
ok, belief in seizing?
11:59 am
moolingwa
interesting
11:59 am
ch1212
clue please for the ar6/24 -- I'm guessing it extends the ar4?
12:00 pm
moolingwa
that middle column is hard work
12:00 pm
moolingwa
we could take a pole on whether to clue ch's word ;)
12:01 pm
bichon
cold place ch
12:01 pm
hokie carla
ice cold, moo. of course we'll clue it.
12:01 pm
ch1212
oh for .... (smacks self with trout)
12:03 pm
hokie carla
agreed on the middle column. 4/7 of my words are there
12:04 pm
moolingwa
8 of my 16
12:04 pm
bichon
su 5/12, first one, pls
12:05 pm
hokie carla
sheep wool grease?
12:05 pm
hokie carla
add a cons inside a men's 3 piece outfit
12:05 pm
hokie carla
that's the first I have but I still need 4 s's
12:06 pm
moolingwa
ah, didn't have that one either
12:06 pm
moolingwa
15 to go
12:06 pm
hokie carla
did you get it from the definition?
12:07 pm
moolingwa
ah, no
12:07 pm
hokie carla
feel like you probably know sheep 🤣
12:07 pm
moolingwa
I am not that into sheep, despite my heirtage
12:07 pm
hokie carla
oh, how did the trivia go?
12:07 pm
moolingwa
we came 2nd...about 10-12 teams
12:07 pm
hokie carla
nice
12:08 pm
moolingwa
yeah, they didn't have a music round...so that helps :)
12:09 pm
hokie carla
finished the A! 6 left 3-3 M C SSS S
12:10 pm
moolingwa
14 left still
12:11 pm
moolingwa
SS M AA CC SS PP L RR
12:11 pm
moolingwa
found the l
12:12 pm
moolingwa
1-7-4-1
12:14 pm
moolingwa
almost sashimi
12:15 pm
hokie carla
capism - Abe has this in this season of Mrs. Maisel
12:15 pm
hokie carla
a belief in wearing capes
12:16 pm
moolingwa
crapism - hoarding
12:18 pm
hokie carla
I wonder if I'm missing an S5/6 set
12:21 pm
hokie carla
yes! found them - 4 left
12:22 pm
Aloyisius
so my newbie for the day was mu5.16, any of a genus of flies. Off to fix some potato leek soup, Happy St. Patty's Day! Go Hokies!
12:22 pm
hokie carla
now WPT of 1. 0-2-2-0-0 M C S S
12:23 pm
hokie carla
hmm, must be my M. Go Hokies! ☘ï¸â˜˜ï¸
12:24 pm
moolingwa
I need to go do stuff...bbl
12:25 pm
hokie carla
bye!
12:25 pm
hokie carla
monkeyed that M - 3 left
12:29 pm
hokie carla
alright giving up for now
12:37 pm
Kaplan the Magne
unfamiliar p words
1:10 pm
cybernan
hello everyone - just back from the monthly costco trip -- ugh!
1:41 pm
hokie carla
just back from my walk. 68F outside feels like 100. geez, am I ever happy with the weather?
1:41 pm
cybernan
is it muggy, carla?
1:42 pm
hokie carla
no, just checked weather.com. actually 69, feels like 69. I think the sun was just hot on my black t-shirt, and I had on long leggings
1:43 pm
hokie carla
55% humidity on 69F. if I was an expert in relative humidity I would know if that's bad or not.
1:43 pm
cybernan
getting the hang of this grid -- just try adding you and me to everything!
1:43 pm
hokie carla
not a bad strategy at all
1:43 pm
cybernan
I'd think that was wonderful! 46F and rain in the forecast here
1:47 pm
hokie carla
we had 55F and rain all day yesterday
1:50 pm
cybernan
phantom sumac
1:53 pm
cybernan
ac 6/24 please?
1:57 pm
hokie carla
ends in the ending you mentioned
1:57 pm
cybernan
*!*~*!* ty carla
1:58 pm
cybernan
time to get off my duff and make lunch -- hagd
1:58 pm
hokie carla
still 3 left here
2:07 pm
aslindy
hello all
2:14 pm
hokie carla
hey lindy
2:16 pm
hokie carla
ooh, found a word!
2:17 pm
hokie carla
now just C6 and S6 left.
2:17 pm
aslindy
seems a tough board today
2:18 pm
hokie carla
not too bad, haven't had much help at all
2:19 pm
hokie carla
ooh, found the C!
2:24 pm
hokie carla
feels like I'm going to have to list for the S
2:39 pm
hokie carla
just tried splish even though it's been talked about at least 2x already
2:42 pm
markbowers7
phantom: capris
2:48 pm
hokie carla
oh FFS, my last word was a plural
2:56 pm
Sophie512
that makes me sooooo mad at myself :)
3:15 pm
periwinkle
ar7 please
3:16 pm
periwinkle
hi folks
3:21 pm
Sophie512
plural of the 6
3:36 pm
Sophie512
9 left, all Ss
3:45 pm
Sophie512
Fireworks! Anyone need a clue?
3:48 pm
periwinkle
I don't have the ar6
3:49 pm
Sophie512
very cold region
3:49 pm
periwinkle
ty sophie
5:27 pm
moolingwa
down to 8
6:29 pm
swmbo
apints missunit
6:37 pm
dan2bit
the very first word please? ac6
6:46 pm
hokie carla
dan! singular of an ac5 we have occasionally. ends in not them
7:02 pm
dan2bit
thank you carla that's firewords!
7:07 pm
hokie carla
woot!
7:07 pm
penquis
back to finish...hello all...
7:07 pm
penquis
congrats, dan....
7:08 pm
hokie carla
rehi pen
7:08 pm
penquis
hey, carla...
7:17 pm
penquis
is the MI 7/8 ordinary or weird?
7:27 pm
Jeff7
clue for that mi 7/8 pls
7:28 pm
MollyL
Ends in what men dress up in
7:28 pm
penquis
ty, molly....odd word....
7:29 pm
MollyL
Some kind of legal term. Whatever.
7:30 pm
penquis
i am done....
7:30 pm
penquis
i tried mansuit earlier...
7:31 pm
MollyL
*Plays a little Saint Patrick's Day riff for Pen
7:31 pm
penquis
ty, molly....
7:32 pm
MollyL
Enjoy the rest of your night
7:32 pm
penquis
ty, you, too....bye....
8:03 pm
ItalianGreyhound
nice grid
8:05 pm
ItalianGreyhound
enjoying a beer at my pub
8:09 pm
ItalianGreyhound
gonna call a bike taxi soon to home
8:14 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hi all, back for my last 58, if possible
9:38 pm
windingwake
27 left, just got three more by adding pronouns to the end of everything I could think of
9:59 pm
gemini_J13
really ! that is amazing..... that ending is making some strange words
10:00 pm
Jacula
Hi all. I'm just here to give clues if anyone needs them.
10:29 pm
Uneaixoise
Sp5/12 before what you do to injure your ankle...?
10:35 pm
Uneaixoise
Help please? Last word.....
10:37 pm
Jacula
Sp 5?21 - a hippy way of saying you're going to go or perhaps a banana dessert.
10:37 pm
Frances
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10:38 pm
Uneaixoise
Firewords!!
10:38 pm
Uneaixoise
Thanks!
10:38 pm
Jacula
Well done, Une!
10:48 pm
Jacula
Anyone else in need of clue help?
10:50 pm
rbud
yay, just finished! Did you get your FB sorted, Jac?
10:52 pm
Jacula
Not yet rosebud, :( I'm hoping my partner can sort it out as my trusted contact when he gets home at the weekend. If not, I may have to hire a private plane, bypass US passport control and storm the Facebook offices! lol
10:52 pm
Jacula
Well done on finishing, rbud!
10:55 pm
rbud
best of luck with that. Laters, all!!
10:56 pm
Jacula
Can you believe that I got temporarily locked out of my new FB account twice yesterday? I made a new one in case I can't get the old one back. First reason for getting locked out was for 'scrolling to fast' and the second was for 'making too many friend requests' (I'd only done 4!)
10:56 pm
Jacula
*too fast, I meant.
10:57 pm
Jacula
FB has been crap since Meta took over.
10:59 pm
Dorens
I had Chinese food on Saint Paddy's day... who knew
11:00 pm
Jacula
Hi Dorens! I had kippers.
11:03 pm
rururocks
what are kippers?
11:03 pm
Jacula
ruru - smoked herrings.
11:04 pm
rururocks
oh..thanks.. but no thanks
11:05 pm
Jacula
Each to his or her own, ruru!
11:06 pm
rururocks
yes.. i get it.. I'm not much of a fish person especially from jars or cans...
11:06 pm
Jacula
I had rainbow trout a couple of days ago. Is that more to your taste, ruru?
11:06 pm
rururocks
used to eat trout but not for a long time.
11:06 pm
Jacula
Neither meal was from a can or jar. All were fresh.
11:07 pm
rururocks
oh.. they're canned here.
11:07 pm
rururocks
hence the slogan hard of herring in SF :D
11:08 pm
Jacula
Best trout I ever had was freshly caught, knocked on the head, gutted then cooked in butter. Lake trout in Wales. Something from my childhood when Dad caught our breakfast.
11:09 pm
Jacula
Apparently, there is a shortage of white fish here in UK now, due to most of the imported fish being from Russia. Don't get that. We have plenty of fish in our own waters.
11:10 pm
rururocks
i like halibut, sea bass, shellfish, .. i steer away from fishy fish
11:11 pm
Jacula
ruru - I know what you mean about 'fishy fish'. That's why I don't like shark or dogfish and find swordfish too weird because it has the texture of pork but the taste of a too fishy fish.
11:12 pm
rururocks
i wouldn't eat sword fish just out of respect for the fish.
11:13 pm
rururocks
i do like tuna a lot
11:15 pm
Jacula
I do try to try everything once in my life, within reason. Hated kangaroo steak and emu steaks when I tried those. I don't like mackerel or tuna. You have to be careful about how much tuna, tinned or fresh, that you eat because you can get mercury poisining if you overdo it.
11:15 pm
Jacula
I like both fresh and tinned salmon, but only pink salmon re the tinned version.
11:17 pm
Jacula
I have to add salt and malt vinegar to the canned version, but just a bit of salt and fresh lemon to the fresh version.
11:19 pm
Jacula
*poisOning! I wish this chog had an edit facility.
11:19 pm
Jacula
Anyone else need any clues for the current grid?
11:23 pm
rururocks
i only rarely eat tuna..
11:24 pm
Jacula
That's okay then, ruru. x
11:24 pm
rururocks
usually when I screw up and forget to go shopping for other stuff
11:24 pm
Jacula
LOL, ruru.
11:26 pm
Jacula
Here in UK it's usually cheese or baked beans on toast if there's 'nothing in' or you can't be bothered. Or failing that, egg and chips. (That's proper British fried chips, not what the USA calls what we call 'crisps'.
11:27 pm
rururocks
yes.. scrambled eggs are a good fall back if you forgot to get stuff or are too tired to go to the store
11:28 pm
Jacula
One good thing about the internet is the connections we all get with people from different countries and learn how terms for things differ.
11:29 pm
rururocks
you brits have so many different sayings.. I agree it is fascinating.
11:33 pm
Jacula
ruru - Funny you should mention scrambled eggs. My 87-year-old mum was here a couple of days ago wondering what 'buttered eggs' are, as was her 95-year-old friend. I consulted my trusty old Domestic Science textbook (stolen from my grammar school when I left). It's an old British catering college cookbook that was first published in 1917 and I had the 1953 edition. It's got things like sheep's head broth and calf's foot jelly in it (meals for invalids). Buttered eggs is another term for scrambled eggs.
11:35 pm
Jacula
I must just add that I left that school in 1973 and we were still using 1953 textbooks!
11:36 pm
Jacula
'Jugged Hare' was another dubious recipe in there.
11:39 pm
Jacula
Oh, and boiled sheep or calf brain. That was one my now ex-Mother-in-law still used to make in the 70s and 80s. Turned my stomach to see the brain soaking in a bowl before cooking. She loved brains on toast. Ironic really, since she is the most stupid person I've ever met in my almost 65 years of life.
11:42 pm
Jacula
She seems to revel in her lack of knowledge and also to take delight in telling outright lies about what family members have said or done. Don't know why she still keeps on doing the latter, since we all have the measure of her now.
11:44 pm
Jacula
Guess she just wants to create drama in her life. Shame she's not literate enough to write dramas instead of trying to make them.
11:45 pm
Jacula
Does anyone need any grid clues now?
11:46 pm
Bugsaw
sc 5,14 please
11:48 pm
Jacula
Bugsaw - there are 2 sc5/14s. The first is 's' + a type of fish, and the second is what you to when you decide something needs throwing away (s + rude word for 'shit'').
11:50 pm
Bugsaw
thanks, I was blind to it
11:50 pm
Jacula
y/w, Bugsaw.
11:51 pm
Jacula
I know what you mean about being blind to certain words, Bugsaw. I never see 'niece'!
11:51 pm
Bugsaw
left finishing too late and now rushing
11:52 pm
Jacula
I'm still here is you need help.x
11:53 pm
Jacula
Nota word, but I did try it earlier, too. lol
11:53 pm
Bugsaw
made it! Thanks for the tip. I lost some time reading your old fashioned recipes and trying not to gag.
11:54 pm
Jacula
What am I talking about? That is a word, as is its plural.
11:54 pm
Bugsaw
My mother-in-law had an original Mrs Beatons Cookbook from the mideaval
11:55 pm
Jacula
Sorry for making you gag with the old recipes, Bugsaw. Same reaction for me. Well done for finishing the grid!
11:55 pm
Bugsaw
days and it said to get one large bullock and render it done to broth to start the recipe. We could not imagine the size of the pot they must have needed