12:00 am
cybernan
hello everyone :)
Happy Thanksgiving, Canadians
12:02 am
jbp
flip and howdy
12:02 am
justafreep
Evening, all
12:03 am
Gillie
Hey freep! Where've you been?
12:04 am
justafreep
stuck without a laptop but with covid (and am fine, but felt I shouldn't travel cuz that'd be... not nice!)
12:04 am
Gillie
Well, I'm glad you're better.
12:05 am
justafreep
thanks. What did I miss here? Tell me there was a 25 letter word or something....
12:05 am
cybernan
just the usual freep - glad you are fine now
12:06 am
Gillie
Well, it now accepts "spam"
12:06 am
justafreep
No!!!!
12:13 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs
12:14 am
rastapopolous
on7
12:16 am
justafreep
oh. nice find, rasta
12:17 am
rastapopolous
ty :)
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:17 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
12:25 am
cybernan
not finding that corner e
12:26 am
justafreep
er6/30
12:27 am
cybernan
ty freep
12:42 am
cybernan
goodnight everyone :)
12:42 am
justafreep
night, nan
2:58 am
ivesy3
my clues keep saying refresh the page. anyone else having a problem
5:09 am
ItalianGreyhound
Lickety? Ive got it
5:10 am
ivesy3
after about 2 hours it finally came up
5:55 am
MollyL
Weird that only some are having trouble with the list. Ivesy, PC or Macintosh and what browser?
6:37 am
ivesy3
chrome, it said the dns couldnt connect with the page.
7:04 am
MollyL
Odd, I'm using Chrome with no issues
7:05 am
ivesy3
tried a few different things. different browsers. then all of a sudden it loaded right up. even updated browers lol. just glad it is up and running now
7:05 am
periwinkle
hi all
7:05 am
periwinkle
help with the er6 please
7:06 am
bubba218
er6 before this time
7:06 am
periwinkle
ty bubba
7:10 am
ivesy3
and that fw for me.. have a good day everyone
7:57 am
hokie carla
today's theme is amphibians
8:04 am
MollyL
Yet no frog or toad
8:06 am
MollyL
Or salamander
8:06 am
hokie carla
there is a lizard and a salamander
8:06 am
hokie carla
maybe reptile is the theme
8:08 am
penquis
*waving*....
8:09 am
hokie carla
can't find an i. phantom inlaid though.
8:09 am
penquis
same here...
8:10 am
hokie carla
ooh, found id4
8:10 am
hokie carla
and 5
8:10 am
penquis
ah yes...
8:11 am
MollyL
I figured you two were just doing nothing 😊
8:13 am
hokie carla
it is sunday, maybe I will be an id5
8:13 am
penquis
it's one of the hobbies i picked up in retirement...
8:15 am
hokie carla
this A is hard, right?
8:15 am
penquis
i am missing 5 As...
8:15 am
hokie carla
finally got 7
8:16 am
BzznBea
It has my favorite grocery store.
8:16 am
hokie carla
I saw that
8:19 am
penquis
also has that serial killer that was talked about here recently....
8:19 am
hokie carla
not exactly, but close
8:20 am
hokie carla
dahmer
8:20 am
penquis
close enough to be creepy...
8:20 am
hokie carla
yes, I certainly thought the same when I saw dalmer
8:21 am
penquis
and here i am watching a Dateline... :oP
8:23 am
hokie carla
lock your doors
8:24 am
penquis
always...
8:25 am
hokie carla
almost freeload
8:27 am
hokie carla
anyone have the bottom right E?
8:27 am
penquis
ty, bea...
8:28 am
hokie carla
no wonder it hasn't popped out at me, thx. will look.
8:29 am
penquis
got it....my last blank one...
8:32 am
hokie carla
finally. and HOET. 46 left.
8:32 am
penquis
43 here....do have HOET....not something i usually look for...
8:33 am
hokie carla
NTPN - soft and squishy bullets and sports balls
8:33 am
hokie carla
✅✅✅ too easy
8:35 am
hokie carla
found a bunch of nerf bullets when we moved
8:35 am
penquis
trip down memory lane...
8:36 am
hokie carla
it definitely was. we moved there when the oldest was in K and moved out after the youngest graduated high school.
8:37 am
penquis
similar to my niece...her youngest is now in his senior year of high school and she is already getting the house ready to sell...
8:38 am
hokie carla
is this the cookie niece or another? I love her time lapse videos. just something so satisfying to watch.
8:38 am
penquis
yes, the cookie niece....she and her husband bought a place on a lake about 20 min. from where she has been living....her husband also works at home...
8:39 am
penquis
he works for Nvidia (sp?), the company that makes computer chips, video cards, and the like...
8:39 am
hokie carla
yes, have heard of it
8:40 am
penquis
he's been working at home for about 20 years, i think....
8:41 am
hokie carla
when my youngest was in 8th grade we built a gaming desktop computer ourselves and he still uses it at home. so I remember that name from buying parts.
8:42 am
hokie carla
oh, the we wear short shorts is in the grid
8:42 am
penquis
he leads a team whose job is finding the bugs in chips...
8:42 am
hokie carla
that definitely sounds important ðŸ˜
8:45 am
penquis
well i think cookies are important, too!... :oD
8:45 am
hokie carla
agreed
8:48 am
hokie carla
wow, almost missed the correctly spelled cat sound today
8:49 am
penquis
i am kinda stalled at 37...watching tv doesn't help, i guess... ;o)
8:49 am
hokie carla
have made it to 28
8:49 am
hokie carla
the 4th row is a bit problematic
8:50 am
penquis
missing 6 Fs here....and 5 Ds.....
8:50 am
hokie carla
I need 4D, 2N, E, R, and 6F on that row
8:51 am
penquis
only missing one N, one E and one R in that row...
8:52 am
hokie carla
just tried a bunch of non words but no
8:52 am
hokie carla
oh, found one N, but not a non
8:53 am
penquis
found a couple Fs...
8:54 am
hokie carla
I found one more F
8:54 am
hokie carla
I have 3-11-10-2 left, so this is trouble
8:54 am
penquis
i should look for my fours.....missing 9....
8:56 am
hokie carla
just checked the flip for the other 2 7's. can't believe I missed the one.
8:57 am
penquis
oh i do have the 7s....
8:57 am
penquis
missing 17 fives...
8:57 am
hokie carla
is the te7 a regular word?
8:58 am
penquis
it builds on a five...
8:59 am
hokie carla
oh yeah, that one's stupid, thx
8:59 am
hokie carla
I mean with regards to how many of those type are not allowed.
9:00 am
penquis
agreed...
9:02 am
phaeton
hello...may I have a clue for the er6/30?
9:02 am
hokie carla
well I think I'll look at some of my other games and come back
9:02 am
penquis
bye, carla...
9:02 am
penquis
er 6 is one of those old fashioned words....sort of a compound word...
9:03 am
penquis
it means before this time...
9:07 am
Aloyisius
hi all, good Sunday to you
9:07 am
penquis
hi aloy...
9:13 am
Aloyisius
20 left here, putting monkeys to work (-:
9:15 am
penquis
25 here....taking a break....bye, aloy....*waving to everyone else*....
9:16 am
Aloyisius
bye pen.. hagd
9:18 am
MollyL
Wordle in 3. My brain must be running in good form today
9:18 am
Aloyisius
wtg, Molly
9:26 am
hokie carla
took me 4 as usual
9:27 am
Aloyisius
still a victory, hokie
9:29 am
hokie carla
the bee is really tough today
9:30 am
BzznBea
took me 5
9:33 am
Aloyisius
fw.. enjoy the Fall foliage.. time to git a goin.. bye all
9:35 am
hurshy
i just did LetterBoxed in 2 words! woot!
9:59 am
BzznBea
FW. Last was do6.36.
10:01 am
Uneaixoise
Congrats!
10:11 am
origami
hi, welki
10:13 am
welki
mmmmmmm ... donair's in the grid
10:14 am
hurshy
what's donair?
10:14 am
MollyL
Canadian gyro
10:15 am
hurshy
it sounds more like it should be a town in Scotland
10:15 am
origami
It's sort of like ranch dressing, right?
10:16 am
rururocks
like your crocs?
10:17 am
MollyL
A gyro is like Ranch dressing?
10:17 am
origami
I still don't have a pair of those :D
10:17 am
rururocks
well xmas is still coming
10:18 am
hurshy
eh, they're not all they're crocked up to be
10:19 am
rururocks
I still say the stiletto crocs are just too dangerous for you
10:19 am
MollyL
I saw a guy in crocs with his hair in a man bun and thought "No to everything"
10:20 am
hurshy
any kind of stilettos are too dangerous
10:20 am
origami
Those stiletto crocs were bizarre.
10:20 am
rururocks
(you know you want a pair)
10:21 am
MollyL
Lets just sat that stiletto's were not made for walking in
10:21 am
Shirlockc
did the guy wear socks with crocs?
10:21 am
origami
No. You're right, stilettos are too dangerous for me. I'm not known for my grace.
10:22 am
rururocks
he had a man bun shirlock what do you think
10:23 am
origami
Some men can pull off a man bun. Most not so much.
10:23 am
rururocks
<--next vacation I'm wearing a wig with a man bun
10:23 am
origami
Hopefully with a pair of crocs.
10:23 am
rururocks
i'll borrow yours
10:24 am
origami
The red Mickey Mouse ones :D
10:24 am
rururocks
yeah those
10:24 am
rururocks
then i'm going to jump overboard off the boat
10:25 am
origami
The crocs will help you float
10:37 am
MollyL
Mmm, homemade tomato soup
10:44 am
hokie carla
with a grilled cheese sandwich?
10:44 am
hokie carla
ooh, I think I'll make some bread in my bread machine
11:00 am
MollyL
Grilled cheese without tomato soup to dip it in is a sad thing indeed.
11:02 am
periwinkle
hello all. help with on7 please
11:05 am
hokie carla
we just had it the other day, peri. it's like more crotchety if you spell it/say it differently than I do ðŸ˜
11:11 am
periwinkle
ah ty carla
11:14 am
periwinkle
help with R in the Middle of bottom row please
11:16 am
hokie carla
will take me a sec to figure out which one it is
11:34 am
periwinkle
ty looking
11:34 am
periwinkle
ty got it
1:29 pm
Uneaixoise
Clue for do6/36 please?
1:54 pm
MollyL
Sounds like handsome Washington, the axtor
1:55 pm
MollyL
He was in Flight
1:57 pm
MollyL
And Courage Under Fire
2:01 pm
Uneaixoise
Aaahhh, diff. spelling
2:02 pm
godthaab
Name that Proper Noun: serial killer
2:04 pm
rururocks
isn't it daumer?
2:04 pm
rururocks
or dahmer?
2:04 pm
rururocks
i can't remember
2:05 pm
Bugsaw
Hey ruru. I thought you finished these things as soon as they are posted. Nice to see youl Dahmer
2:06 pm
rururocks
hi bugs. i am finished.. just popped back in while relaxing
2:06 pm
rururocks
i don't usually stay up for the flip now that I'm older :D
2:06 pm
Bugsaw
thought so. I never see you here but I am in an out and don't play every day. - mostly when I am procrastinating
2:07 pm
Bugsaw
yeah. Must be hard to be as old as you. :)
2:07 pm
rururocks
i haven't been chatting all that much lately
2:07 pm
rururocks
I'm trying to get through bugs :D
2:08 pm
rururocks
i'll write an email and get caught up with you later today or tomorrow. Hope you two are well
2:09 pm
Bugsaw
we continue to plod along and the junk keeps piling up. I am taking a college course with 19 year olds to keep sharp. It is fun. They don't seem to care I am old.
2:09 pm
rururocks
gotta go shopping for a friend's birthday present
2:09 pm
rururocks
have fun
5:22 pm
periwinkle
ad5 please
5:22 pm
penquis
the guys who write commercials....
5:23 pm
periwinkle
sheesh and I had ai6. thanks
5:23 pm
periwinkle
47 left and slowing down
5:24 pm
penquis
23 here....
5:27 pm
periwinkle
al6 please
5:28 pm
penquis
don't have it....will look....
5:28 pm
Gillie
Buzz's last name
5:28 pm
penquis
ty, Gillie....i always forget that one...
5:29 pm
penquis
the astronaut....
5:30 pm
periwinkle
yes, I just found it thans pen and Gillie
5:51 pm
hokie carla
of course I didn't have that, thanks
5:51 pm
hokie carla
21 left here
5:51 pm
penquis
listed at 17....
5:52 pm
penquis
did you have your mixed tournament this week?
5:52 pm
hokie carla
also didn't have the other 2 a's, so 19 here
5:52 pm
hokie carla
yes, we play the first round on Tues morning. got to play 3 sets with my partner on Sat. It was a lot of fun.
5:54 pm
penquis
that's great...i usually play two hours on Tuesday morning in a mixed group....one week we draw lots and stick with the partner we got....the next week we play a set and change partners....
5:54 pm
penquis
partners can be same sex or mixed...
5:56 pm
hokie carla
that's similar to our sat group. this is the club championships this week. there are 7 neighborhoods in our club, so we might see some new people. first match is against a couple from here.
5:56 pm
penquis
sounds like fun....
5:57 pm
penquis
i am playing in a charity tournament on the 22nd....that's always fun....
5:59 pm
dan2bit
evening all!
6:00 pm
penquis
hi dan...
6:01 pm
hokie carla
my mixed partner was trying to talk me into the singles championship next week since there's only 2 women signed up. I know one of them from our women's open play and she is 72 but has been playing since the age of 7 and is really, really good, so I think I'll pass.
6:01 pm
hokie carla
hey dan!
6:02 pm
penquis
i hate singles....always have....
6:02 pm
dan2bit
can someone share the stats for the corner E?
6:03 pm
penquis
er 6/30...
6:04 pm
hokie carla
I used to play it when I first started because no one else would and I was fast, but have done too much doubles since. hard for me to hit it in the singles lines. 🤣
6:04 pm
penquis
i totally understand that...
6:04 pm
dan2bit
ty pen got it
6:05 pm
penquis
i play points on the half court (diagonally) with my coach at the end of my lessons....i can hit in his alley but he cannot hit in mine....i do like that.. ;o)
6:28 pm
penquis
i am done...
6:28 pm
dan2bit
pb for pen ;-)
6:28 pm
dan2bit
also congrats!
6:29 pm
penquis
ty, dan....
6:30 pm
penquis
well i am heading out....goodnight all...
6:31 pm
hokie carla
oh, got distracted. bye, pen!
6:31 pm
dan2bit
firewords here as well! thanks pen and all
7:30 pm
Bugsaw
oops - sorry Babble cops
9:38 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hi all, aww, this poor little puzzle has no 8s (diving in)
9:40 pm
m9f9l
and you'll still probably finish before I do :)
9:50 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
how far in are you?
9:52 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
i need 75 more
10:34 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
30 to go, gonna say good night. good night
11:35 pm
cybernan
hi everyone - just introducing this game to my adopted dauaghter
11:38 pm
cybernan
does anyone have the url for expert?
11:49 pm
crafty jenn
hello I'm new I am cybernans adoptive daughter