12:14 am
cybernan
hello everyone :)
12:14 am
dcseain
evening, nan
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:17 am
dcseain
ty, lickety
12:17 am
marksdolly
ty lickety!
12:18 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
12:22 am
dcseain
the Os were easy today
12:24 am
Gillie
I should have called that - I was thinking that the plural was the 7
12:27 am
dcseain
good night. must sleep. busy day tomorrow.
12:27 am
dcseain
er, today.
12:28 am
Gillie
phantom "seepage"
12:31 am
cybernan
ap 7 x2
12:32 am
Gillie
I'm not doing too well - the only long ones I've found were et8/9 and pe8/9.
12:32 am
Gillie
Oh, and now I've got one ap7
12:35 am
Gillie
I don't think you generally have just one ba7
12:36 am
Gillie
Even with just one player.
12:38 am
Gillie
Sort of like having one trouser
12:38 am
justafreep
Gillie, I think it's an adjective form
12:38 am
justafreep
oooh. thanks, jessmom
12:39 am
Gillie
Oh, apparently it's a nautical term (verb) too.
12:40 am
cybernan
don't have either of those 8-9 combos
12:40 am
Gillie
They have the same endings.
12:41 am
justafreep
there's only one 9, nan
12:41 am
Gillie
Sorry - I was thinking of the et7/8 and pe7/8. Maybe I should call it a night.
12:42 am
cybernan
no - the ba 7 should be a plural - there is no singular
12:42 am
Gillie
It's also a verb
12:42 am
Gillie
(turns out)
12:43 am
cybernan
have an et 6-8. but no 7-8
12:43 am
justafreep
Websters and Brittanica disagree with the 'only plural' thing. It is odd, though.
12:44 am
Gillie
The 7-8 requires one extra letter
12:44 am
cybernan
well I'm not sure about the dictionaries, but the scots play the ba 8
12:45 am
cybernan
or I should say a scotsman/woman plays the ba 8
12:45 am
Lizlin
But you can listen to that type of music - ie ba 7 music, making it an adjective
12:45 am
cybernan
I guess - hadn't thought of that
1:00 am
cybernan
has the 9 been called?
1:03 am
Gillie
jess called be7 & 9
1:04 am
cybernan
ty -- not doing well with the longer words - only 4 x7 and one 8
1:14 am
cybernan
early morning - good night :)
1:17 am
aebmusica
ap7/32.......clue please
1:21 am
jessmom
pe 7/8 x 2
1:21 am
dizgrannie
AP + conc + loch monster
1:24 am
aebmusica
what does conc mean dizgrannie
1:25 am
dizgrannie
sorry consonant
1:26 am
aebmusica
tyvm dizgrannie
6:19 am
HarryHood
got the 9!
6:20 am
HarryHood
(but no 8s yet :)
6:24 am
Scrabbler
A hint please, Harry?
6:24 am
HarryHood
it's a plural of the bottom layer of a river or lake. I remembered it from a stream sanitation course :)
6:24 am
HarryHood
sounds like a japanese lunch box
6:25 am
HarryHood
I have to run to work! sorry!
6:26 am
Scrabbler
Free clue, YW.
6:29 am
ItalianGreyhound
Mornin, Scrabbler
6:57 am
hurshy
3 of my nemesis P
7:04 am
hurshy
have we ever figured out why gila doesn't count? gila monster?
7:09 am
hurshy
phantom: people
7:13 am
MollyL
Gila...proper noun...river in Arizona
7:15 am
hurshy
well sure but Adonis is a greek god but ALSO a common noun, so, since there is also the gila monster...
7:22 am
MollyL
You can try to understand the logic of Enable, but it will make you crazy...er
7:27 am
hurshy
name that proper noun! website where you can check the accuracy of stuff you hear
7:27 am
hurshy
ding ding ding!!!
7:40 am
hurshy
hardish grid
7:52 am
hurshy
hottentot doesn't count over at the bee :( sadsies
7:56 am
mael
good morning everyone
7:57 am
Deeha
and to you. Just slipping into A
7:57 am
Deeha
afternoon here
7:59 am
sukee
can I have a clue for the lone N, it is probably easy but I can't see it
7:59 am
ChampFit
It's a 4/5.
8:00 am
sukee
I've been trying that
8:01 am
ChampFit
Ends in A
8:03 am
sukee
ok, I am officially blind
8:04 am
hokie carla
there's a lone N on the bottom that's NE5/12
8:04 am
hokie carla
are you asking for that or the top one?
8:04 am
sukee
Thank you, that is the one I asked for...lol, got the top n
8:05 am
ChampFit
Ha! I was talking about the top one. Thx carla
8:05 am
sukee
I forgot about that :)
8:06 am
ChampFit
The P's are my nemesis in this grid. It's like I know no P words anymore.
8:06 am
sukee
I still need to find 12 Ps
8:06 am
hokie carla
yeah, I can only find 3 P on the top one
8:07 am
ChampFit
Glad I'm not alone
8:08 am
sukee
make that 30 ps :)
8:08 am
hurshy
i've only got 2 B
8:08 am
hokie carla
already slowed on the big left one at 9, need 20. what the heck. haven't even looked at the big right P.
8:08 am
hokie carla
I found 4 B and moved on.
8:08 am
hokie carla
made up a 5/6 set, hursh
8:08 am
ChampFit
The right one was even harder for me. GAH!
8:09 am
hurshy
ok thanks hokie
8:10 am
hokie carla
this appears to be a really hard grid all around
8:10 am
sukee
I still can't find that N
8:11 am
hokie carla
ends in a spinning toy, sukee
8:11 am
ChampFit
or not bottom
8:11 am
BzznBea
The big one is in the B
8:11 am
sukee
Lol, I just typed it in as you said it
8:19 am
penquis
Hello all…
8:26 am
hokie carla
phantom sopapilla, and how is that on enable
8:26 am
penquis
You’re speaking in tongues.. ;o)
8:27 am
rururocks
try it again tamale hokie
8:28 am
sukee
Hearing about Queen Elizabeth, not too positive today.
8:28 am
sukee
The family has gathered.
8:30 am
hokie carla
has she been sick or just because she's super old she's not doing well?
8:31 am
sukee
Well, the doctors said they are concerned. She has been going down for a while, and...she is 96.
8:31 am
MollyL
I didn't realize the queen was 96
8:31 am
bichon
I rememer watching her coronation. Longest living British monarch, right?
8:31 am
hokie carla
I thought she was older
8:31 am
hokie carla
wasn't Philip like 99 when he died last year or so?
8:31 am
sukee
yes, longest living
8:31 am
BzznBea
She has mobility issues.
8:32 am
hokie carla
yes, I think Elizabeth I was the longest before her
8:32 am
MollyL
Second longest. Her mother Victoria was the longest
8:32 am
sukee
Victoria was.
8:32 am
MollyL
Sorry, great great grandmother
8:33 am
mael
she is the longest reigning though, in the UK
8:33 am
sukee
Like they were saying on TV, she has been queen as long as they have been alive, me too. She became queen about 5 years before I was born.
8:34 am
mael
in modern times, really, I think only Louis the 14th reigned longer
8:34 am
rururocks
we've had older queens here in SF than that
8:35 am
mael
hah and they're kicking too, I bet
8:36 am
MollyL
It is strange that monarchy still exists. It seems so outdated.
8:36 am
hokie carla
agreed
8:36 am
hokie carla
that the commonfolk believe that god made this one family to rule over their country is so weird
8:36 am
mael
it is outdated
8:37 am
sukee
It is going to slowly fade away...
8:37 am
bichon
The Brits love their Queen. After watching "The Crown", I can't understand that
8:37 am
MollyL
The world is not ready for King Charles.
8:38 am
BzznBea
He won't be the one.
8:38 am
sukee
Well, we were brought up on it (I was born in Scotland and lived there until I was 12). It was a big deal when the Queen visited
8:38 am
mael
I don't think he'll be a very popular monarch, let's put it that way
8:39 am
sukee
If people give him a chance, but they are so prejudiced against him.
8:39 am
sukee
But, regardless, he will be king
8:39 am
MollyL
Ha! Camilla will be Queen Consort. That title has such a negative undertone.
8:40 am
phaeton
hello...may I have stats for the left bottom E pls
8:40 am
hokie carla
well, I'm getting nowhere on this grid. I'm declaring it the worst ever. I do have NBT, but still 3 tiles that I have nowhere near half. 74 left.
8:40 am
hokie carla
ep4, phae
8:42 am
MollyL
**Faints** No mention of HOET
8:42 am
phaeton
ty carla and mael
8:42 am
hokie carla
well if you read the post, I don't have HOET
8:42 am
sukee
Time for a break, bbl
8:42 am
mael
the Ps are the problem
8:43 am
hokie carla
yeah, I gotta get busy. TTFN
8:43 am
mael
Problem Ps if you will
8:43 am
MollyL
Carla, you must be desperate if you are mentioning NBT. You have always said you thought that was a dumb stat
8:45 am
mael
finally found the 9
8:45 am
rururocks
the other words off that e phaeton is ep6/24 and 7/36
8:47 am
mael
phantom: epitaph
8:48 am
BzznBea
Thanks, ru.
8:49 am
mael
what a weird word, thanks ru
8:49 am
mael
finally got all the Es too, this grid is a pain
8:50 am
phaeton
phantom: epogee
8:51 am
BzznBea
change the last cons and you are on point.
8:51 am
MollyL
Ooo, so close to a PB violation
8:52 am
mael
change that first vowel and you have words :)
8:52 am
MollyL
Yeah, I don't think it is a word when you start with E
8:53 am
mael
I don't think so either, Molly
8:54 am
rururocks
maybe the ba7 is appropriate for the day regarding the queen?
8:55 am
welki
thanks, ru - now i hear a phantom bagpipe
8:55 am
mael
PB for welki!
8:56 am
rururocks
you can listen to it in the PB Welki
8:56 am
rururocks
(That's a classic )
8:56 am
mael
hilariously not a phantom one :)
8:57 am
welki
sorry ... wanders into the pb to 'scotland the brave'
8:59 am
MollyL
Can someone now post their word list in the chat?
9:05 am
mael
ohh, I just found some birds
9:07 am
welki
and i just found some fish - we're on our way to the zoo!
9:08 am
welki
(she said, from her seat in the pb)
9:08 am
BzznBea
I just found my last P.
9:11 am
welki
(not my last p, but just saw one that sounds like a good name for a group from the 50s)
9:14 am
welki
and the pocket fisherman, which is a proper noun
9:16 am
rururocks
tough little grid.. but made it
9:28 am
mael
I found my last P too, effing finally
9:28 am
mael
good work ru
9:34 am
mael
FW here too, have a great day everyone
9:35 am
EvaNadine
hints for the left-hand E?
i have the 2 swordy ones...
9:36 am
phaeton
et8/45; et5/12; et7/32
9:37 am
EvaNadine
those all come from another E.
looks like it was an EP6-7 combo i was missing.
got em!
9:41 am
MollyL
*Hoping Origami is okay with Mamoa's shaved head
9:41 am
origami
Oh, no! I hadn't seen that.
9:44 am
MollyL
I'm not sure how shaving his head protests the use of plastic bottles, but points to him for trying to do something to clean up the environment
9:44 am
BzznBea
He's still pretty hot.
9:45 am
origami
Since he's the only man in my opinion who can sport a man bun, I hope he grows it back.
9:46 am
MollyL
Not my cup of tea, but apparently, he fills Origami's whole cup so that is okay
9:46 am
origami
Oh, he does!
9:55 am
phaeton
may I have a clue for the first ep7/36?
10:00 am
MollyL
Ends in a word that means drink alcohol to excess
10:20 am
cybernan
good morning everyone :)
10:20 am
cybernan
binge isn't there -- do you mean like a wine ***, Molly?
10:21 am
cherlyq
got the 9 have had quite a few of these but never thought it was a word
10:24 am
MollyL
I don't think that means what you think it means
10:25 am
cybernan
don't have either ep 7 -- don't understand the drunk clue unless it is as I asked 5 minutes ago and don't remember what the 9 is
10:26 am
MollyL
No, I meant a 4 letter word for to drink alcohol to excess
10:26 am
cherlyq
kinda figured Molly
10:27 am
cybernan
guess I don't know it then
10:27 am
MollyL
Yes you do
10:27 am
MollyL
It is in grids all the time
10:28 am
cherlyq
ep 7 36 is ep a vowel and a color first one the other is also a 7 36
10:29 am
cybernan
unless it has another meaning, then no -- have looked for a 4 letter word meaning drinks to excess beginning with every letter that is next to a p
10:29 am
MollyL
The color is spelled differently
10:30 am
MollyL
Nan, I am looking at the definition and it says "to drink alcoholic liquor habitually and to excess."
10:31 am
cherlyq
ok I dont drink sorry did not know that
10:32 am
cherlyq
so sounds like a color would be more accurate got it
10:33 am
cybernan
then I obviously don't know the word, Molly. Don't see a colour in the grid either
10:33 am
MollyL
ep + vowel + not bottom + vowel
10:35 am
cybernan
I thought that might be what cheryl meant by a colour, but that isn't working either
10:36 am
cybernan
oh hang on - see a new direction
10:36 am
cybernan
ty cheryl and molly
10:37 am
cherlyq
you are welcome but molly mostly got it for you
10:37 am
cybernan
does the drunken word come from the same e?
10:37 am
MollyL
So you have never seen that 4 letter word that means to drink to excess?
10:38 am
MollyL
Nan, the clue was ep + vowel + word that means drink to excess. There is no E drunken word.
10:38 am
cybernan
don't think so -- not seeing much of anything when it comes to the longer words in this grid
10:38 am
cybernan
binge is the only word I can think of
10:38 am
MollyL
Tope Nan.
10:39 am
MollyL
ep + i + tope
10:39 am
cybernan
yes I got that, molly, no need to be nasty -- the colour is spelled taupe
10:40 am
cherlyq
yeah I looked it up, it was what I thought of though sorry for the bad clue
10:40 am
cybernan
now I'm looking for the other ep 7/36 which is the drunken one isn't it?
10:40 am
MollyL
I give up
10:42 am
cybernan
ok - now I see that you were both clueing the same word -- I thought there were two ep 7/36's. And I did not know the definition of tope -- never bothered to look it up.
10:42 am
cherlyq
that one is mostly vowels and is also a 7 36
10:43 am
cybernan
guess I just assumed that tope was the american sp. for taupe
10:43 am
cherlyq
its a 6/7 combo if that helps
10:44 am
cybernan
ok - need to leave for a while - bbl
10:45 am
cherlyq
have a good day Nan
10:45 am
cybernan
the painter will be here shortly, so it will be busy
11:13 am
hurshy
eeeeeeeeeek
11:14 am
cherlyq
Hi Hurshy
11:14 am
origami
Did you just see a mouse, hurshy?
11:14 am
hurshy
i just had such a great tutoring session!!!
11:14 am
hurshy
i'm so jazzed
11:15 am
hurshy
this kid hadn't had a great attitude the first few times, said he's just bad at math, always has been, etc
11:15 am
cherlyq
glad it went well
11:15 am
hurshy
come to find out, he's just missed a ton of school over the years due to illness of himself and his parents, including then his dad dying
11:15 am
hurshy
so i said ok, so it's not that you can't do math, you just didn't have the chance to learn it
11:16 am
hurshy
today i taught him how to multiply
11:16 am
hurshy
and now he can do it
11:16 am
origami
Can someone give me the stats for the left column n please?
11:16 am
hurshy
and i pointed out how many different strategies i saw him using and how that shows how good his brain actually is, to figure out ways he can do things
11:17 am
hurshy
and after he had the hang of two digits times one digit, we went to two digits times two digits
11:17 am
hurshy
and he was like, i'm not getting this the way i got the other ones
11:18 am
hurshy
and i said, but you will, you just need more practice. so we did a whole bunch more, and then i said, "ok so you remember before when you said you weren't getting this the way you got the other ones?" and he was like "now i am getting it" and i said so that's the whole point, of course it's hard when you're just learning it, but you CAN learn it, and then you can do it!
11:19 am
MollyL
Are you teaching and tutoring or just tutoring?
11:19 am
hurshy
just tutoring
11:19 am
cherlyq
fantastic
11:20 am
hurshy
it was very exciting
11:40 am
mkg
Any clues and stats for 8s and the 9 are welcome.
11:41 am
mkg
Also need stat for top right corner N. Ty.
11:41 am
mkg
Ty. Looking. Any clues welcome.
11:41 am
cherlyq
dont have any eights yet this is extension of be 7 40
11:43 am
mkg
Got the ni. Ty
11:44 am
EvaNadine
the only 8 i have so far is ET 8/45
11:44 am
mkg
Not seeing the be 9. Any clues? Ty
11:44 am
aebmusica
Eva......so glad to see you are back with an updated icon photo of your adorable little lad!
11:45 am
mkg
Just got a ba 8. Scottish musical instrument. But no be 9
11:46 am
mkg
Oops that was a 7 not an 8. Still need clues for 8s please. And for the be 9 please.
11:49 am
cherlyq
it sounds like a compound word like be4 and Ho5
11:52 am
mkg
I tried both be 4 words i have. Not seeing it.
11:52 am
mkg
But now i got it. Ty.
11:52 am
mkg
The singular does not work. Very interesting. Ty.
11:52 am
mkg
So still need a clue and stat for an 8 please.
11:53 am
cherlyq
Yeah its a 7/9 combo not a 8
11:53 am
mkg
Any 8s welcome
11:59 am
cherlyq
Pe 7/32 8/45 combo
11:59 am
periwinkle
I am looking for the pe7/8 and not seeing it
11:59 am
cherlyq
similar to the other one no b or h
11:59 am
periwinkle
hi all
12:00 pm
periwinkle
I only have et6/8
12:02 pm
periwinkle
got the pe7/8 and he7/8
12:05 pm
periwinkle
help with left corner N please
12:06 pm
periwinkle
left lower corner N is what I need please
12:07 pm
cherlyq
Ne 5 12 Ne and not bottom
12:07 pm
periwinkle
ty cherly
12:30 pm
hurshy
i guess it's a very sugary grid
12:34 pm
cherlyq
I am still missing one 8
12:35 pm
MollyL
et, he and pe x 2
12:35 pm
hurshy
ah, ok, another pe
12:37 pm
hurshy
aHA got 'em!
12:42 pm
MollyL
Back up singers for Manny, Moe & Jack
12:49 pm
hurshy
THE QUEEN DIED :O
12:49 pm
MollyL
The queen has passed. Long live the King
12:51 pm
hurshy
it's the sort of thing where you know it's got to happen at some point but when it does it's still a shock
12:53 pm
MollyL
It is weird when something has been the case your entire life and it changes. For many of us, Queen Elizabeth had been Queen all our lives. Now...goofy Charles.
12:55 pm
hydra
I feel in shock. Never has anyone been so devoted to her realm and her job. Her smile could light up a room. Charles just doesn't have her charisma.
12:55 pm
hurshy
yeah. my MOM was only 1 when she became queen.
12:57 pm
hurshy
well, it'll be interesting to see what happens next... will y'all decide to do away with the monarchy entirely?
12:59 pm
cherlyq
Oh Man I knew they were worried this morning I hope william and harry got there in time
1:00 pm
hurshy
i don't see how harry could have, if he was in CA
1:00 pm
hydra
Megan didn't go. Harry went on his own.
1:02 pm
MollyL
Y'all are talking about Harry and Meghan like they are friends of yours😊
1:02 pm
hurshy
that's like a 12 hour flight if you can do it without stopping
1:02 pm
MollyL
Doesn't he fly on a private jet?
1:03 pm
hurshy
probably, but it still would take 12 hours
1:03 pm
hurshy
cause it's 6 or 7 across the US and about the same again across the "pond"
1:03 pm
hurshy
it makes sense if you have two young kids, and short notice, that he would go by himself.
1:04 pm
hydra
Oops. Meghan. I missed out the h.
1:05 pm
MollyL
She is not with the kids. They were in London for some event. He went alone due to the recent "strained feelings" among the family.
1:05 pm
hurshy
ah, ok, that's easier then
1:05 pm
MollyL
Kate Middleton stayed home with her kids.
1:06 pm
hurshy
i knew that they'd gone over for something but didn't know if they had gone back to CA by now or not
1:06 pm
hurshy
a word! i found a word! (i'm at that stage of the grid)
1:08 pm
hurshy
has anyone got all 5 G words?
1:12 pm
hurshy
i have one each ga, ge, gi, all 4s. help with the others?
1:12 pm
penquis
gi 5/6 combo....
1:13 pm
penquis
yw....new ones for me...
1:14 pm
hurshy
over half of my remaining words are P
1:14 pm
MollyL
Oh look, Pen swooped in
1:15 pm
hurshy
oohoohooh i found one
1:15 pm
penquis
saints can fly like angels... ;o)
1:19 pm
MollyL
In other celebrity news, Angelina and Brad are saying nasty, nasty things about each other.
1:21 pm
hurshy
right col grey!
1:27 pm
penquis
*flying off to do other things*....
1:28 pm
MollyL
No! Exclamation! point! Pen!
1:39 pm
periwinkle
Queen Elizabeth has died.
1:39 pm
periwinkle
did not realize it had already been posted
2:14 pm
gingentle
i was beginning to think she would never expire. i lost all respect for her over the appalling way she treated Princess Diana.
2:39 pm
periwinkle
90 left and stuck
2:40 pm
MollyL
People have been commenting all day on what a hard grid this is.
2:40 pm
periwinkle
it really is, more so than recent ones
2:40 pm
MollyL
Even Ru, Babble Whiz Kid
2:40 pm
periwinkle
will have to list earlier rather than later
2:41 pm
Gillie
Queen Elizabeth looked quite cheerful (unusually so) when she met with Liz Truss just recently.
2:41 pm
MollyL
Horrors! 😮
2:41 pm
hokie carla
dr. god springing the super hard one on us today since we all came back after yesterday
2:42 pm
MollyL
My comment was to Peri
2:42 pm
periwinkle
I need help with left E so I can gray out that column
2:42 pm
ChampFit
I think they're all et's
2:42 pm
hurshy
sword combo, and ep6/7 which is weird but we have had before
2:42 pm
cybernan
hello again - finally made it bck
2:43 pm
periwinkle
hmm, thinking
2:43 pm
MollyL
ep6/7 what you do to corn for the movies is in the middle of the words
2:44 pm
periwinkle
/ty both. I do not receall ever seeing these words in a grid.
2:44 pm
periwinkle
new ones for me
2:45 pm
cybernan
ty molly - good clue
2:45 pm
periwinkle
according to my scrabble dictionary ep6 is an epic poem. so nothing to do with swords
2:46 pm
NANCY
CLUE for the first ep 736 please
2:46 pm
hurshy
right, it's the short ones that are swords
2:48 pm
cybernan
didn't find out until I got home about an hour ago that the Queen had passed -- when was the announcement made?
2:49 pm
hokie carla
weird word, also seems new to me. and I was wracking my brain on what people do to corn in movies until I reread it
2:50 pm
cybernan
I wonder if Charles will stick with Charles or use one of his other names?
2:53 pm
hurshy
well jeepers, wikipedia has already put him up there as Charles III, idk if whoever did that actually knows or is just assuming
2:53 pm
ChampFit
They keeps saying King Charles on the news.
2:54 pm
cybernan
my thoughts as well, hurshy
2:54 pm
ChampFit
Ick! That's awful.
2:54 pm
cybernan
If you recall they were calling Catherine "princess" at first
2:55 pm
hurshy
well, now Kate actually WILL be princess kate
2:57 pm
Gillie
The news that I've seen is calling him King Charles III, and I'm sure that's something they would have sorted out pretty quickly.
2:58 pm
hurshy
yeah i mean one obviously can make the decision ahead of time so that one is ready to announce it when the time comes
2:59 pm
cybernan
you would think so -- especially as she was obviously failing the last couple of months
3:00 pm
hurshy
phew, done with this grid at last
3:00 pm
cybernan
grats, hurshy -- going to take a lunch break
3:01 pm
hokie carla
I'm eating a delicious ðŸ‘
3:01 pm
NANCY
hursh, can you clue me the first ep 7 36
3:02 pm
Sugrraleona
wish I could taste a delicious strawberry :( - had Covid, lost taste and smell - 7 weeks now - lost 14 pounds - there's the plus LOL
3:02 pm
hokie carla
that stinks
3:03 pm
cybernan
sorry to hear that it has hit you so hard, sugr
3:03 pm
Sugrraleona
it does hokie - all I smell is like burnt ashes or wires burning it's horrible - but wine goes down ez LOL
3:03 pm
hokie carla
and no delicious strawberries for us, they're past the season so the ones in the grocery store aren't good
3:03 pm
Sugrraleona
tx Cyber - its my 2nd time
3:04 pm
hokie carla
I have an appt for the new booster on Mon
3:04 pm
Sugrraleona
it's amazing how playng this game gets you through hard times - just reading all your stories, realizing your out there like me LOL
3:04 pm
cybernan
haven't had it yet and hope to keep it that way
3:04 pm
Sugrraleona
prayers Cyber
3:05 pm
hokie carla
I haven't ever tested positive. thought I've had it like 4 times.
3:05 pm
cybernan
will be eligible for my 3rd booster in November.
3:05 pm
Sugrraleona
no more shots for me - done with it - 'll get the flu shot though
3:06 pm
hokie carla
3rd booster? wow. only my 2nd one.
3:07 pm
hokie carla
getting my flu shot mon too
3:11 pm
Sugrraleona
this past time that I had it, I tested negative 4 tmes - but i was very very sick - with like the worst cold - but I spoke with the doc, and he said not all strains of covid are tested with the tests - he said since i lost my taste and smell, especially for so long, I had to have had some strain of Covid. I'm sucking in essential oils like they are going out of style, I did the burnt orange, I ate the burnt orange, I suck lemons - I even did a round of steroids - but, I can taste watermelon, I think LOL LOL
3:15 pm
Gillie
I'm expecting that a COVID shot (for the latest strains) will become a regular thing like the flu shot. It's certainly been deadlier than the flu overall.
3:18 pm
hokie carla
no offense but I think essential oils are like snake oil, lots of promises, not a lot of delivery
3:20 pm
Gillie
and no testing to speak of, because there's not much money to be made
3:24 pm
EJT
There has been medical research on using essential oils (and other strong smells) to retrain your brain to smell normally.
3:24 pm
EJT
After COVID infections.
3:26 pm
Gillie
Probably doesn't involve eating burnt orange and sucking lemons, I would guess.
3:27 pm
Sugrraleona
yeah, that
3:27 pm
Sugrraleona
that's why I tried them LOL
3:28 pm
Gillie
At worst, I guess it's unlikely to be very harmful.
3:29 pm
Gillie
Just got "chassis" on my third guess in the 7-letter version of MoreWordle!
3:30 pm
Gillie
I hope that wasn't a spoiler...
3:32 pm
Soodle
My sis is a General Practitioner and was a huge advocate of vaccines. Right up until she jabbed her healthy 17 yr old son & he developed Bell’s Palsy & horrible lesions all down his aesophagus (sp?) Otherwise very healthy teenager laid low with random ailments directly after getting vaccine. Go figure
3:32 pm
Gillie
Well, there certainly hasn't been an epidemic of that going on.
4:01 pm
hurshy
yeah that's the thing - there will always be some small segment of people that reacts badly to anything
4:01 pm
hurshy
and you can't know in advance who that will be, usually
4:01 pm
periwinkle
Hi, Soodle, A belated Happy Birthday to YOU!
4:02 pm
hurshy
kinda like how in a very small percentage of car accidents, people are saved by NOT having their seat belt on, because they are thrown from the car and it then explodes. but the vast majority of the time, you're still better off having your seatbelt on. so you gotta go with the stats.
4:02 pm
MollyL
Soodle, I'm sorry to hear about your nephew's reaction. Epidemic or nt, something like that can make a person re-think their view on vaccines.
4:04 pm
hurshy
certainly, once a particular person has had a bad reaction to, say, a flu vaccine, THAT person might not want to keep getting them, but it doesn't change what everyone else should be doing
4:04 pm
swmbo
Except I didn't read anywhere where there was a definitive link between this poor boy's medical woes and the vaccine. People assume a connection where one doesn't necessarily exist. It isn't very logical
4:05 pm
hurshy
yeah, we often don't know. but it wouldn't be unreasonable, esp in consultation with one's own doctor, to decide not to risk it
4:05 pm
swmbo
One anecdotal story would never make me change my attitude toward vaccines or anything else for that matter.
4:06 pm
swmbo
Sorry, I don't usually express opinions here.
4:06 pm
hurshy
^5 for statistics being more important than anecdotes!
4:06 pm
hokie carla
I hadn't heard about using essential oils to retrain your smeller, but I guess I can buy that. I don't think you're supposed to eat them though.
4:06 pm
MollyL
Well I am giving big value to the fact that his mother is a physician
4:06 pm
periwinkle
help with 2nd ap7 please
4:07 pm
hurshy
peri - if something is very fitting, it has a lot of ap7
4:07 pm
swmbo
I don't see the connection Molly
4:08 pm
hokie carla
well, certainly not calling soodle's sis a quack since I don't know her or anything about her, but some physicians are, despite all their schooling.
4:08 pm
hurshy
it's not even about being a quack or not. it's just that doctors are human beings and might sometimes be swayed more than they should by a negative personal experience. completely understandable.
4:09 pm
hurshy
esp when the negative experience is in one's child - such a fierce protective instinct there
4:09 pm
swmbo
Yes. I think spreading thsi anecdotal stories can acuse a lot of harm, becasue people are too quick to jump from A to W or something, without logically working it through
4:09 pm
Gillie
And there's this for Bell's Palsy - it almost always temporary.
4:10 pm
swmbo
True Hurshy
4:10 pm
swmbo
True Gillie
4:10 pm
periwinkle
ty hurshy
4:10 pm
hurshy
but it's funny too because i have a friend who is a doctor and she was TERRIFIED during her pregnancies because she knew ALL the possible things that COULD go wrong. but, none of them did, she had two perfectly healthy pregnancies and babies.
4:12 pm
periwinkle
having trouble here even with the list. ep7/36 anyone
4:13 pm
wvteach
my sister has Bell's Palsy and has had it for years. she is a doctor herself. It has effected the right side of her face and ger right eye
4:14 pm
hurshy
peri, you know an ep7 word that means like the best example of something - like he's the ep7 of a shrewd lawyer, or something? replace m in that word with p
4:15 pm
swmbo
I was morbidly worried during my second pregnancy that I would suffer a uterine inversion, which is extremely rare and quite fatal LOL
4:16 pm
MollyL
Sounds like Soodke's nephew got more than Bell's Palsy after his vaccine
4:20 pm
periwinkle
thanks hurshy, new word for me
4:20 pm
periwinkle
I have a friend who has had Bell's palsy for several years
4:22 pm
MollyL
And I'm not sure how the credibility of Soodle's sister's medical skills or the word quack got into this conversation.
4:32 pm
swmbo
Maybe you should go back and read the conversation. No one called Soodle's sister a quack or questioned her credibility.
4:36 pm
MollyL
Thanks for the advice. I did read the chat.
4:38 pm
swmbo
So did I . No one sdai Soodle'
4:39 pm
swmbo
said Soodle's sister was a quack.
4:44 pm
swmbo
Well, that's it, met my goal for today so I am out of here.
4:54 pm
Gillie
Although, if she is actually giving up all vaccines on the basis of one bad reaction to one vaccine, "quack" does seem like the appropriate description. (The flu shot is a vaccine too, incidentally.) Bell's Palsy can be distressing, but it's nothing to the death or paralysis polio brought to so many children.
4:54 pm
Uneaixoise
Ap7/32 clue please?
4:55 pm
Gillie
Appropriateness (as of a word)
4:59 pm
Uneaixoise
Saw that clue earlier...... don't get it :-(
5:00 pm
Uneaixoise
Nm......got it!!!
5:25 pm
periwinkle
25 left. plodding along
6:00 pm
jbp
hi all. may I have a clue for the top row O, please?
6:01 pm
jbp
nm, found one.
6:02 pm
jbp
For nbt, could someone clue me the right side i?
6:04 pm
jbp
nm, preposition.
6:04 pm
jbp
my phantom for today was pangolin
6:05 pm
jbp
nbt, see y'all at the flip
6:11 pm
penquis
back for my last 39....*waving to the lurkers*....
6:52 pm
periwinkle
back for my last 22
6:52 pm
penquis
hi peri...
6:52 pm
periwinkle
hi pen
6:58 pm
periwinkle
se7 please
6:58 pm
penquis
i don't have it....will look....
7:00 pm
penquis
found it....ends with two vowels...
7:00 pm
periwinkle
ty will look again
7:01 pm
penquis
same ending as a common childhood eye disorder...
7:02 pm
periwinkle
got it thank you
7:03 pm
periwinkle
I am done, can I help you with anything, pen?
7:04 pm
penquis
congrats.....ep 6/24?
7:04 pm
periwinkle
ends in to urinate
7:05 pm
penquis
new one for me, thanks...
7:05 pm
periwinkle
new one for me too
7:06 pm
periwinkle
how many left, pen?
7:06 pm
periwinkle
can I help?
7:06 pm
penquis
last PO word....po 6?
7:07 pm
periwinkle
compound word. something to eat for lunch or dinner
7:07 pm
periwinkle
usually made with chicken
7:08 pm
penquis
ty....last word....ap 7....
7:08 pm
periwinkle
there are 2 ap7
7:09 pm
periwinkle
the one not a plural?
7:09 pm
penquis
the last one....ap 7/32....
7:09 pm
penquis
i have the pl...
7:10 pm
periwinkle
ends in loch**** monster
7:10 pm
penquis
got it...ty...i am done...
7:10 pm
periwinkle
quality of being suitable
7:11 pm
periwinkle
congrats
7:11 pm
periwinkle
see you tomorrow, byee
7:11 pm
penquis
have a good night, peri...
9:34 pm
mkg
any clues for any of the 8s? i have none yet. ty.
9:38 pm
mkg
gee i just cant believe i cant see any 8s. darn. if there is a 7/8 combo let me know please. i have some 7s.
10:00 pm
cherlyq
Most of the 8s have the same endings
10:02 pm
cherlyq
there are two PE8s he 7/8 combo and et 8
10:09 pm
cherlyq
they are all chemistry terms
10:11 pm
cherlyq
think types of sugar
10:12 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hi all, diving in, ker-splat
10:16 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
nbt woot
11:52 pm
Gillie
The et8 is not a chemistry term, actually