12:05 am
cybernan
hello everyone :)
12:05 am
justafreep
hi, nan
12:06 am
dizgrannie
hi Nan
12:08 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs
12:10 am
dizgrannie
nbt/nbs
12:10 am
dizgrannie
hi m9
12:11 am
justafreep
phantom spaghetti
12:12 am
cybernan
ch 7 x2
12:14 am
justafreep
(and there's another un7 that isn't a word but I think should be. Goes with a de5)
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:17 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
12:18 am
m9f9l
Thank lickety!
12:20 am
justafreep
also phantom spaghettini
12:25 am
m9f9l
phant asphalt
12:27 am
rastapopolous
teat
12:27 am
rastapopolous
sorry
12:27 am
m9f9l
got that one
12:29 am
cybernan
crashing -- couldn't find all of the 7's - mayve tomorrow
12:29 am
justafreep
night, nan
12:31 am
m9f9l
I'm finally nbt
12:31 am
m9f9l
also nbs, but not 1/2 way
12:52 am
broll
phantom - petulant
12:54 am
m9f9l
over 1/2 way, but fading fast. Good night all
12:55 am
justafreep
night m9
5:54 am
ItalianGreyhound
Fun grid - The Us are challenging me tho
7:05 am
hurshy
yeah i got two Us easily but not sure what else to try
7:17 am
hurshy
right column A?
7:26 am
MollyL
Enable does love its variant spellings
7:29 am
hurshy
Ds Destroyed!
7:32 am
mael
bottom row gray on first pass, not bad this morning
7:38 am
hurshy
hmm i need one more C to do that
7:40 am
mael
yay! was it the ch6? it was my last
7:40 am
hurshy
now one more T will also grey the left column...
7:41 am
mael
I am missing one T too
7:41 am
hurshy
aha, ti7 counts
7:43 am
hurshy
dang, i think my vaccine side effects are kicking in
7:44 am
mael
aw, sorry hursh. It was quick for me this go around
7:44 am
hurshy
that's good
7:50 am
hurshy
i think playing a lot of spelling bee is throwing me off on babble
7:51 am
hurshy
so many words that count here but don't count there
7:53 am
hurshy
the Us weren't actually that bad
7:53 am
MollyL
I didn't think the u's were bad either
7:59 am
rururocks
two u's are really bad
8:00 am
rururocks
at least to me they are :D
8:02 am
hurshy
name that proper noun! poirot portrayer
8:03 am
mael
I had to google it so it doesn't count :)
8:04 am
hurshy
ding ding ding!!!
8:05 am
saanichcat
good morning everyone!
8:06 am
rururocks
(waves to saanich)
8:07 am
saanichcat
waves back -- my only way of communication -- my email broke
8:09 am
saanichcat
overnight it changed itself to gmail -- have to call apple help. cannot suddenly have a new and unknown email, this is ridiculous'
8:12 am
rururocks
my settings recently changed with Outlook and it's been havoc ever since
8:13 am
mael
wait, it changed to gmail from what?
8:13 am
MollyL
I hate Outlook.
8:13 am
mael
outlook is the worst
8:14 am
saanichcat
it changed from telus (my longtime provider) to gmail. Yeah, agreed re Outlook.
8:14 am
rururocks
(now they tell me)
8:16 am
mael
wow, I didn't even know a provider could just migrate like that, it must be quite the headache
8:16 am
hurshy
i suppose google bought telus, and that's why?
8:17 am
hurshy
10 words to go!
8:17 am
MollyL
I don't think it can migrate like that. Any chance a wrong button was pushed?
8:18 am
mael
yeah, must be. I see a very detailed page from Telus on how to finalize the migration to google.
8:18 am
rururocks
i thought geese migrated not google
8:18 am
saanichcat
they didn't buy it; they 'manage' it whatever that means. But they gave us 6 months notice.
8:18 am
mael
https://www.telus.com/en/support/topic\n/gmail if it helps!
8:19 am
mael
damn, I thought the link was short enough, sorry
8:19 am
saanichcat
thanks mael, anything helps right now, I am very frustrated!
8:20 am
mael
it looks like they cover their bases, I bet the have in house support too to help clients. I would give them a call tomorrow, they'll help more than Apple.
8:25 am
saanichcat
fingers crossed!
8:27 am
hurshy
how does apple come into it, anyway? did they used to manage this telus?
8:30 am
mael
I'm assuming it's because saani has an apple device
8:31 am
saanichcat
your are right mael
8:36 am
hurshy
oh, well, then that's irrelevant, they wouldn't be able to help at all
8:37 am
hurshy
that's like calling the guy who built your house because you broke a chair
8:37 am
hurshy
not his circus, not his monkeys
8:38 am
mael
saani said they were talking to apple. They might be able to help set up the new email on a device, but telus help support will DEFINITELY help. Safer bet :)
8:38 am
saanichcat
I appreciate everyone's advice, thank you. Will report tomorrow hopefully with better news!
8:39 am
mael
good luck! tech issues are hard to problem solve!
8:40 am
saanichcat
and I am your original klutz
8:47 am
mael
FW! sorry again to have borked the chat :)
8:50 am
mael
have a great sunday everyone!
8:50 am
phaeton
hello...may I have the stats for the left side N pls?
8:50 am
saanichcat
borked! what a word! Have a great day yourself mael
8:51 am
phaeton
of course,,,ty Bea
8:51 am
rururocks
in iceland it's called bjorked
9:26 am
BzznBea
phantom spaghetti
9:27 am
penquis
phantom initiate....hello all....
9:28 am
penquis
hi Bea...
9:35 am
Scrabbler
Good morning. On call here and there are so many sick kids.
9:36 am
penquis
hi scrabs....so sorry to hear that....lots here, too....
9:36 am
Scrabbler
Our children's hospital is 30% over capacity.
9:36 am
penquis
i think we are very close to capacity.....
9:36 am
BzznBea
Is it flu, covid, rsv?
9:37 am
Scrabbler
RSV, COVID, Influenza A
9:41 am
72 Temple Owl
good morning. any idea if the current flu vaccine is strong for type A?
9:42 am
Dorens
what's RSV?
9:45 am
Scrabbler
Respiratory Syncytial Virus--a universal infection in young kids. Cold symptoms, cough, wheezing, and sometimes respiratory failure.
9:45 am
Scrabbler
I don't know the dats, Owl.
9:47 am
72 Temple Owl
let's hope. i get the new booster on Tuesday. i was surprised to hear of the new variants infecting most of my family recently depsite their being vaccinated and having had covid before.
9:47 am
rururocks
so far I've managed to avoid covid
9:48 am
Scrabbler
The new CoV subvariants taking over evade the vaccine sadly. wear a N95 indoors at all times. #1 mitigation = N95 mask.
9:48 am
Scrabbler
Good for you, ruru. It invades organs for months after the acute infection.
9:50 am
72 Temple Owl
i wear one on the train and also when dealing with the public each week. are the new boosters helpful at all with the new variants? I have to wonder...
9:51 am
Scrabbler
No. We need improved vaccines, either NovaVax or a nasal vaccine.
9:52 am
rururocks
i wear masks when shopping.. I am surprised by how many people don't
9:53 am
BzznBea
We have avoided it here too. Mom doesn't go out unless she has to. I am always masked when out.
9:53 am
origami
When I shop most people are not masked. It's scary.
9:54 am
72 Temple Owl
when i shop it's off hours, so have not been masking. very little contact, and those brief. crowds at concerts are a different story.
9:56 am
Scrabbler
I see very few masked people in stores. No one knows what CoV does to the body. Acute COVID is typically mild but the post-acute phase (even 1 yr) is alarming.
9:56 am
72 Temple Owl
suprisingly, the rate of transmission is greater in the suburbs...wondering about the rate of unvaccinated children.
9:57 am
72 Temple Owl
i have seen brief reports re after effects. it is a nasty virus, not surprising with bats
9:57 am
rururocks
i hadn't read that
9:58 am
rururocks
maybe the burbs in Ohio, Arizona, Texas and other antivax areas
9:58 am
BzznBea
I have several friends that have long CoV. It is devastating.
9:59 am
72 Temple Owl
of course you had not. you don't read PA news,
9:59 am
Scrabbler
Grey matter loss, strokes, heart attacks, sudden cardiac arrest, chronic fatigue.
9:59 am
rururocks
hopefully not cindy bea
10:01 am
rururocks
<---knew that would get a laugh outta bea
10:01 am
Scrabbler
87 left. I need to hike at the park in the sun. Enjoy the day. Go Buffalo Bills!
10:01 am
penquis
bye scrabs...
10:02 am
Aloyisius
bye Scrabs, hi all
10:02 am
penquis
hi aloy...
10:02 am
BzznBea
hey, aloy
10:04 am
welki
'morning, babblers
10:05 am
rururocks
(notes that everyone seems to be waking up now)
10:05 am
BzznBea
hey, welki. Still traveling?
10:05 am
welki
(and if saanich is lurking, that migration to google was a pain in the tushie for us, too)
10:06 am
penquis
hi welki...
10:06 am
welki
yes, bea - and a short trip next week to have lunch with both our resident wine connoisseur and our adopter of the crazy beagle
10:07 am
BzznBea
Give them big hugs from me.
10:08 am
welki
then we're off to the northern california coast for a month - hope the fishing is better there than here
10:09 am
72 Temple Owl
sounds like fun.
10:10 am
welki
we've had a good time so far, owl - some blips, but that's to be expected
10:11 am
welki
ohh, where's seain - there's a song we sing whenever this word is in the grid. "pass the ....."
10:12 am
Aloyisius
well, I'm grateful to Scrabbs for her chat.. read it to hubby and he will go first thing to the local pharmacy for his booster and flu shots. He has been majorly procrastinating.
10:13 am
welki
excellent - sometimes, a good ol' kick in the keester is what we need, alooy
10:13 am
72 Temple Owl
sadly, i could not make that an accepted word...
10:13 am
BzznBea
Good for him.
10:13 am
72 Temple Owl
i thought it ends with a y
10:13 am
Aloyisius
lol, right welki
10:13 am
rururocks
i'm getting the flu shot next Friday.. had to postpone it due to having the recent covid booster a few weeks ago
10:13 am
penquis
tell your hubby that he got several pats on the back here in Babbleland.....
10:14 am
penquis
my friend got both shots at the same time....no ill effects at all....
10:14 am
BzznBea
We did the same, ru. Flu shots then boosters. All three of us.
10:14 am
Aloyisius
got mine at the same time, ru.. no problemo. They told me the flu shot was on top, COVID below (in case of reaction)
10:14 am
72 Temple Owl
i've spoken with many who got both at the same time. i don't think i am up for that.
10:15 am
penquis
i chose to get mine on different days....
10:15 am
Aloyisius
I expected a sore arm at least.. nope
10:15 am
BzznBea
I can't do both together because of the reaction I get from both.
10:15 am
rururocks
i've always read that it's best to get the flu shot in late October so that it covers things more efficiently
10:16 am
rururocks
I don't know if that's true though
10:16 am
welki
tim horton's doesn't make them anymore, so i make them myself - good recipe at (but don't look if you want a babble word):
https://tinyurl.com/ye6sbrfv
10:16 am
72 Temple Owl
doctor's office held its last clinic on the 13th. drive up. very nice and no bad jab like at pharmacy last year.
10:17 am
rururocks
i tried a tim horton's donut.. i don't see what the big deal is
10:17 am
welki
no big deal about them at all, ru - it's a culture thing
10:17 am
rururocks
at the airport in Canada there was a line of over 40 people lined up for donuts
10:18 am
welki
(same as dunkin', i suppose - donuts are okay, but i'll never pass one up *lol*)
10:18 am
rururocks
I looked to see how many people's eyes were glazed
10:19 am
welki
when i first arrived in canada, and after i got my working papers, i didn't know i could work in my prior profession, so i worked at tim's for a while - for most folks, it's more about the coffee than the donuts
10:19 am
welki
folks tend to fritter away their time waiting in line there
10:20 am
72 Temple Owl
hahaha
10:20 am
rururocks
call me old fashioned but I try to stay away from sweets now
10:21 am
72 Temple Owl
and now, i am thinking about dunkim and a nice pumpkin cruller...
10:22 am
welki
we had to double dip into our savings for this trip, ru
10:22 am
origami
I hope you guys are having a great time, welki.
10:22 am
welki
mmmmmm .... donuts
10:24 am
rururocks
oh.. here's the adopter of the crazy beagle :D
10:24 am
welki
so far, so good, ori - we've enjoyed our time with family here and have met some really fine local folks (some, who moved here from ny, where i'm from originally)
10:25 am
welki
...so maybe they're not technically 'local folks'
10:26 am
origami
Nice. Looking forward to Wednesday.
10:27 am
welki
we are, too :)
10:36 am
origami
Well, Loki the wonder dog calls. See y'all later.
10:39 am
Aloyisius
checking out too... enjoy your Sunday !
10:53 am
periwinkle
hi all.
10:53 am
periwinkle
moving in two days. still have some packing to do but needed a break
11:30 am
MollyL
I wish you well in your new home, Peri
11:32 am
bichon
from me too
11:35 am
bichon
Went to grand daughter's birthday party yesterdy. All the kids were amazed when I said that I stopped going by 6th grade
11:36 am
penquis
stopped going where?...hello again everyone...
11:36 am
bichon
trick or treating
11:37 am
penquis
ah, ok....i think i stopped in seventh grade, but i am not sure....i know my older brother stopped in eighth grade....he went as a bum and somehow got hold of a cigar that he smoked...he got quite green in the face... ;o)
11:44 am
ren8
Hello everyone. I used to play this game about 5 years ago and its so lovely to see so many familiar names still playing.
11:45 am
fuzzybunny
Welcom back, ren8!
11:45 am
penquis
hi ren...
11:46 am
penquis
hi fuzzy....long time no see for you, too....
11:48 am
fuzzybunny
hi pen...have been playing and lurking.
11:48 am
cybernan
good morning everyone :)
11:48 am
penquis
hi nan....
11:49 am
ren8
I'm currently off work after having an operation on my leg and thought what can I do with my time and I suddenly remembered this amazing game. I used to enjoy playing and chatting with everyone so thats me for the time being
11:49 am
penquis
good way to pass the time....hope your leg is recovering well....
11:49 am
fuzzybunny
Hope your recovery goes well and that you find laying with us a pleasant way to pass the time.
11:51 am
ren8
Thank you it is getting there and wished I thought of this game before as already had 3 weeks at home goimg stir crazy
11:51 am
cybernan
hi rena8 -- hope you have a speedy recovery
11:57 am
penquis
phaeton gets half a tiara today....
11:59 am
periwinkle
thank you Molly
11:59 am
periwinkle
and thank you bichon
11:59 am
penquis
hi peri...hope the big day goes well for you....
12:02 pm
periwinkle
it is packing and sorting and laundry
12:03 pm
periwinkle
moving Nov 1
12:03 pm
penquis
i can imagine....moving can be quite stressful....
12:03 pm
penquis
but you will feel so much better in your new place...
12:17 pm
hokie carla
howdy folks
12:17 pm
cybernan
oh my -- isn't this your 2nd move this year peri?
12:19 pm
cybernan
hi carla
12:30 pm
periwinkle
yes I moved from the 2nd floor to the first floor in the same building
12:30 pm
periwinkle
same amount of packing and stress no matter how close the move is
12:31 pm
periwinkle
I will be fine once I am settled in.
12:31 pm
periwinkle
72 left bbl
12:31 pm
penquis
bye, peri....
12:46 pm
penquis
well i am taking a break...stalled at 22....bye for now....
12:46 pm
cybernan
bye pen -- i'm off to make some brunch
12:49 pm
hokie carla
oh, I got distracted. bye y'all.
12:52 pm
MollyL
6th or 7th grade is about the average for kids to stop trick or treating. That is when the Halloween parties start.
12:57 pm
aebmusica
I just made scrambled eggs, sausage and potato and cheese casserole for brunch, cybernate......yuumy
12:57 pm
aebmusica
sorry cybernan
1:03 pm
cybernan
does sound yummy. I'm cooking for myself, so won't be that great -- egg and bacon sandwich probably
1:03 pm
cybernan
really getting off this merry-go-round now. :)
1:04 pm
aebmusica
oh.... I just make a bowl of this in the microwave......I, too only cook for one.
1:06 pm
cybernan
if you would like to send the recipe to cybernan@gmail.com, I'd like to give it a try :)
1:08 pm
aebmusica
my email isn't working......just scramble some eggs , cook pieces of minced sausage.... add pre cooked potatoes throw together and and cheese, salt and pepper and cook in microwave
2:16 pm
cybernan
hi again.
2:17 pm
cybernan
That must be a nuisance, aeb. Have you tried downloading edge?
2:19 pm
cybernan
* sorry, meant outlook
2:20 pm
cybernan
or are you on an apple product?
2:43 pm
cybernan
hagd everyone :)
3:21 pm
periwinkle
2nd ch7 please
3:29 pm
periwinkle
either la6 please
3:32 pm
Sophie512
sorry just got here, don't have those, I'll bet Nan is finished, so she can help
3:32 pm
dcseain
I have none of those yet.
3:34 pm
dcseain
la6s -- both are variants on a wetland.
3:37 pm
dcseain
chianti is a word. hmph stupid ENABLE
3:40 pm
periwinkle
10 left
3:45 pm
dcseain
oh, 2nd ch7 to have spoken informally
3:45 pm
dcseain
first one is to have sung a Gregorian song
5:01 pm
Bugsaw
is there a ch 6.24 or am I absolutely blind?
5:02 pm
Bugsaw
oh. just found it!
6:15 pm
ItalianGreyhound
LA 6/27 first one - a great race track
6:17 pm
ItalianGreyhound
LA + Seca
6:39 pm
HarryHood
40 to go! anybody have a clue for the right lone A?
6:51 pm
HarryHood
oh well. bye!