12:13 am
dizgrannie
nbt/nbs
12:16 am
dizgrannie
bottom row done
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
3:11 am
TQ
Very quiet in chat today.
3:21 am
mkg
Any clues for the de or sh 7?
3:24 am
Deeha
dh7 i suppose a farming word
3:25 am
Deeha
aaasaaaaagh sorry
3:26 am
Deeha
lucky there arent many of us this morning!
3:44 am
mattygroves
Hi Deeha! I trust you remembered to change your clocks yesterday ;)
3:45 am
mkg
Ok time for me to sleep.
4:30 am
Deeha
I dis thank you Matty hate to miss out on the extra hours sleep, Us pensioners really need that!!
6:36 am
ItalianGreyhound
still dont know what hoet means
6:37 am
mael
half of every tile
6:39 am
ItalianGreyhound
thx, Mae and good morning
6:40 am
mael
I'm about to get the kids ready for school, quick pass this morning. 21 left, seems pretty straightforward!
6:44 am
ItalianGreyhound
well done quick Pass with only 21 left !
7:10 am
Deeha
fw for a change! Persevered today
7:10 am
hurshy
well done Deeha!
7:53 am
hokie carla
howdy. 16 left for me after last night.
7:55 am
EvaNadine
welp. good morning all.
happy monday.
7:56 am
hokie carla
hey eva
8:02 am
mael
hey all, I'm back
8:02 am
hokie carla
did the kids dress up for school or is that no longer?
8:03 am
mael
nah, school doesn't want the distraction
8:03 am
hokie carla
of course
8:03 am
EvaNadine
Kieran's school doesn't do anything halloween-related during the school day.
they had a trunk or treat after school this past friday.
(in our area, it's up to the specific school)
8:03 am
mael
but we're going trick or treating as soon as they get out, we always go in their grandparents' neighborhood
8:04 am
BzznBea
Ha! Halloween is a distraction in itself.
8:04 am
hokie carla
we are at the beach, I'm hoping there are no kids coming around here.
8:04 am
mael
they did halloween themed cratfs in school last friday
8:05 am
hokie carla
so, there was a big pickleball tournament here this weekend, and I ran into my elem. school PE teacher. I recognized her but she did know me when I told her my name because she remembered my brother's name too.
8:06 am
mael
that's real sweet!
8:06 am
hokie carla
but she was saying she thinks about the stuff we did in gym class and wonders how we're all still alive
8:07 am
hokie carla
FTR, 1987 was the last year I was in elem. and my brother is 4 years older. she has a good memory! it was a small school, only 2 classes in each grade.
8:07 am
EvaNadine
like dodgeball? lol
8:08 am
Scrabbler
Eva is here. Nice to see you. How is K enjoying kindergarten?
8:08 am
hokie carla
lol, we didn't even mention dodgeball. I said like climbing the rope all the way to the top of the rafters? she was thinking those "scooters" that you sit on and we'd have our friends pull us with a rope and try to sling us off.
8:09 am
Scrabbler
We did all of that dangerous stuff too.
8:10 am
hokie carla
11 left here
8:10 am
EvaNadine
or "indian leg wrestling" as we called it -- it's a wonder we didn't break our necks flipping each other over!
8:11 am
EvaNadine
Hi Scrabs!
he is thriving!
he will tell you "it's boring" but he is learning so much!
8:11 am
Scrabbler
Did you do that tinikling with the bamboo poles? I am surprised there were not anklefractures.
8:11 am
hokie carla
LOL, I know what that is. don't remember specifically doing it myself but have witnessed it.
8:11 am
hokie carla
oh, we did not have bamboo poles
8:11 am
Scrabbler
I love the age group from 3-6. So precious and sweet.
8:12 am
hurshy
i liked when we played with a big parachute
8:12 am
EvaNadine
i remember the bamboo poles -- it was some sort of "dancing" if i recall correctly...
8:12 am
hokie carla
yes, parachute day was always exciting
8:12 am
Scrabbler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiniklin\ng
8:13 am
mael
6 left, all 4s and 5s
8:13 am
hokie carla
wow, I have never seen that
8:13 am
mael
we just played rounders and it was miserable haha
8:13 am
Scrabbler
And the trampoline with classmates spotting around the border, like one kid could catch another.
8:13 am
Scrabbler
Go mael, go.
8:14 am
Scrabbler
What is rounders, mael? Hi hurshy.
8:14 am
hokie carla
lol, so true. we did not have a trampoline, but one of my friends that lived near school did and I remember walking to her house as a class and jumping on her trampoline.
8:15 am
hokie carla
we played a lot of what we called chinese jump rope, but that was at recess, not gym
8:15 am
Scrabbler
Pediatricians hate backyard trampolines---so, so many injuries, some severe.
8:16 am
hokie carla
yes, apparently insurance companies do too
8:17 am
Scrabbler
Often 2 or more kids are injured at the same time, when kids collide or fly off as missiles.
8:20 am
mael
my kids are clumsy enough without adding a trampoline, thanks
8:20 am
hokie carla
yeah, I bought my youngest a t-shirt when he was little that had a stick figure falling and said "I do all my own stunts". that about sums it up.
8:21 am
mael
4 left, two Ds, two Ss, two 4s, two 5s. It's vexing!
8:21 am
hurshy
i loved chinese jump rope at recess
8:21 am
hokie carla
me too, hurshy!
8:21 am
hurshy
my nephew does ninja warrior stuff... it's pretty impressive
8:21 am
hokie carla
I have 10 left 1-6-3 - S H DDD AA FF C
8:21 am
hurshy
but that is an extracurricular activity at a ninja warrior gym place
8:22 am
hokie carla
well do kids even have recess?
8:22 am
mael
ohh, two left.
8:22 am
mael
mine have plenty of recess haha
8:22 am
hokie carla
we had morning recess, lunch recess, and ice cream recess in the afternoon.
8:23 am
mael
ice cream recess sounds like a recipe for disaster
8:24 am
hokie carla
seems like there was always a melted push-up on the ground
8:26 am
mael
1 left! a bottom s4!
8:26 am
hokie carla
I have that S gray
8:26 am
Scrabbler
*holding my breath*
8:26 am
hokie carla
so she will get it any second
8:27 am
mael
got it! hahahah I can't believe I'd missed that for the whole grid
8:27 am
mael
FW, what a pleasant board today
8:27 am
hokie carla
was it austin power's favorite word?
8:28 am
hokie carla
well done, it is a good one. but I'm still stuck with 10.
8:28 am
hokie carla
powers's I guess
8:28 am
MollyL
We played a lot of games that caused injury. I remember people getting hurt playing Red Rover all the time.
8:28 am
hokie carla
I think people got hurt on parachute day
8:30 am
MollyL
And remember those merry-go-round things that spun? I Loved those things but apparently they caused a lot of injuries too.
8:31 am
hokie carla
I have had bad motion sickness my entire life, so I never got on those
8:32 am
MollyL
And see-saws, there is a recipe for disaster
8:33 am
mael
it's funny because a lot of the things you don't see in american playgrounds anymore are still around in Italy
8:33 am
mael
so my kids always have a moment of uncertainty
8:34 am
MollyL
No more sandboxes either
8:34 am
hokie carla
we had 2 metal slides, and one was pretty high. I had a friend that broke an arm twice falling off the big slide somehow.
8:34 am
mael
all the playgrounds here still have sandboxes
8:34 am
MollyL
Or metal slides to fry your shorts wearing ass
8:35 am
mael
you could have fried an egg on those slides
8:35 am
MollyL
I am surprised to hear that playgrounds still have sandboxes. They are supposed to be hotbeds of infection.
8:36 am
hokie carla
we never had a sandbox at my school playground
8:37 am
mael
yeah, I can't think of a single playground around here that doesn't have a giant sandbox. Not at school, but in town
8:37 am
MollyL
Sandboxes..."One study found that they harbored 2,000 times more bacteria, yeast, and mold per square inch than the door handles of public restrooms"
8:38 am
hokie carla
we had the 2 slides, monkey bars, a big jungle gym, and a high and low bar, and a lot of grass to play football in.
8:38 am
mael
sounds about right, molly. My kids still love them though
8:38 am
hokie carla
I think it's due to the wild animals pooping in them, right?
8:39 am
MollyL
Oh I totally loved the sandbox when I was a kid. It's a wonder I never got any of the skeevy diseases they warn about.
8:40 am
mael
probably, hokie
8:42 am
saanichcat
skeevy is a great word, hadn't heard it before
8:44 am
LuvWordGames
And this is why kids get sick so easily, they're wrapped in bubble wrap and not allowed to "eat their pound of dirt".
8:44 am
hokie carla
well apparently I am maxed out at 148 words. guess I will play some other games and see what happens.
8:44 am
MollyL
I agree with that
8:45 am
MollyL
Kids need to get dirty and get exposed to germs to build up immunities
8:48 am
Scrabbler
Except SARS-CoV-2. That is one nasty virus causing mass disability and death.
8:50 am
LuvWordGames
Totally agree Scrabs. Unfortunately DIL is a germaphob (sp?) about so many things but won't get kids vaccinated against Covid.
8:51 am
mael
oh mine see plenty of germs and get all their vaccines :)
8:52 am
Scrabbler
#1 mitigation = N95 mask when indoors. Our children are endangered at schools and day cares because of no mask mandate and poor ventilation/filtration.
8:56 am
mael
have a great day everyone! heading out :)
9:55 am
HarryHood
wow crazy grid. first pass through and only 16 left.
10:07 am
HarryHood
7 to go. hagd all!
11:20 am
bichon
sh 5/18, first one, pls
11:25 am
vashongin
bichon - you find an area for this on sunny days to stay cool
11:45 am
bichon
de 5/20, pls
11:46 am
Shirlockc
think coffee bich
12:10 pm
bichon
sh 5/14, pls
12:27 pm
Sunrise
I have two 5/14 when your hot you go into the sh5/14. and the plural of a sh in your garden where you may put garden items and bikes etc.
12:28 pm
bichon
sorry, need the last one
12:30 pm
MollyL
The last one is the garden items place, plural
12:31 pm
MollyL
Sunrise gave the clue
1:46 pm
cybernan
good morning/afternoon, everyone :)
1:52 pm
MollyL
Nan is in the Halloween spirit. 🎃 I like what you put in your profile about the train of life.
1:54 pm
cybernan
ty Molly
2:05 pm
joym999
Happy Halloween everyone!
2:12 pm
MollyL
We have Jason in the grid for Halloween in honor of the Friday The 13th movies.
2:26 pm
cybernan
*!*~*!* need to stop procrastinating and haul out the vacuum -- hagd everyone :)
3:39 pm
dan2bit
afternoon all, and a joyous samhain
5:17 pm
MollyL
That looks like a Yule girl in your profile photo
5:47 pm
MollyL
Trick or treat got rained out here. Poor kids.
5:50 pm
hokie carla
back for my last 8
5:51 pm
hokie carla
found 1!
6:05 pm
hokie carla
and 2 more. prob gonna have to list for last 5.
6:06 pm
hokie carla
oh, 4!
6:06 pm
hokie carla
1-1-2 - D FF C
6:10 pm
hokie carla
same C, different day. 3 left!
6:12 pm
hokie carla
there's the D. only F5 and F6 left
6:13 pm
HarryHood
4 left here. h d f c
6:13 pm
HarryHood
1 2 1 0
6:13 pm
HarryHood
hey carla
6:14 pm
HarryHood
I really thought faecae was a word
6:14 pm
hokie carla
tried it just now
6:17 pm
HarryHood
I have one HY4. any other HYs?
6:17 pm
hokie carla
about to give up. I swear I've tried everything on the F.
6:17 pm
hokie carla
no to more HY
6:18 pm
HarryHood
ooh got my missing H
6:18 pm
hokie carla
my last H was an unexpected PT.
6:18 pm
moolingwa
hellooo
6:18 pm
HarryHood
hiya mool
6:18 pm
hokie carla
please finish the F so you can guess mine.
6:18 pm
moolingwa
hey hoke, happy halloween
6:18 pm
moolingwa
oh, still 6 F's to go
6:19 pm
moolingwa
still 49 to go...haven't done much today
6:20 pm
moolingwa
okay, 31 to go
6:23 pm
hokie carla
I just finally saw the pangram on the bee. still only nice there.
6:23 pm
moolingwa
I got a new laptop, and haven't figured out how I was logged into NYT, so haven't been beeing
6:23 pm
hokie carla
ah, that stinks. I mean nice about the new laptop.
6:24 pm
moolingwa
17 to go...
8-6-3
6:25 pm
HarryHood
I am totlly stuck
6:25 pm
moolingwa
maybe a bit of mineral oil will help
6:26 pm
hokie carla
what do you have left, harry?
6:26 pm
HarryHood
I'm way beyond mineral oil or wd-40.
6:26 pm
HarryHood
need the big guns.
6:26 pm
moolingwa
graphite spray?
6:26 pm
HarryHood
1-1-1-0
6:27 pm
moolingwa
ah, still 9 behind you
6:27 pm
hokie carla
do you have ca5/12?
6:27 pm
hokie carla
my last c was the plural letter that I always miss
6:28 pm
moolingwa
ah, forgot that one...tx
6:28 pm
hokie carla
I need F5 and F6
6:28 pm
HarryHood
ty carla :)
6:28 pm
hokie carla
assuming a set but maybe that's my problem
6:28 pm
HarryHood
do you have fe5/16 and pt?
6:28 pm
moolingwa
yeah have the one that rhymes with others right HH?
6:30 pm
moolingwa
missing just one f myself
6:30 pm
HarryHood
either a 4 or a 6
6:30 pm
moolingwa
4-3-3 left for me
6:31 pm
HarryHood
got my F!
6:32 pm
HarryHood
a PT I hadn't bothered with
6:32 pm
moolingwa
fantastic!
6:32 pm
HarryHood
missing a D4.
6:33 pm
HarryHood
woohoo :)
6:33 pm
moolingwa
4 to go
6:34 pm
moolingwa
congrats!
6:34 pm
moolingwa
T D S F
6:34 pm
moolingwa
cross off the s
6:34 pm
HarryHood
go mool
6:35 pm
moolingwa
when you go to the store, you often decash yourself
6:37 pm
hokie carla
those were my F's, thanks. 🎇
6:37 pm
moolingwa
fabulous
6:37 pm
moolingwa
found my f
6:37 pm
moolingwa
2 to go
6:40 pm
HarryHood
good nght!
6:40 pm
hokie carla
good night, HH
6:42 pm
hokie carla
I did get some help but first listless finish in a while. maybe sans list sounds better.
6:44 pm
penquis
back for my last 12...
6:46 pm
moolingwa
1 to go
6:47 pm
penquis
go, mool....
6:54 pm
penquis
any DH words?
7:13 pm
penquis
i am done.....heading out....goodnight all....
7:15 pm
hokie carla
bye pen!
7:17 pm
periwinkle
moving day tomorrow. will not be here. internet connection to be set up Wed so hopefully I will be back then
7:19 pm
hokie carla
woot! see you then. happy moving.
7:52 pm
Sophie512
back to maybe finish....17 left
8:07 pm
Sophie512
5 left all T
8:55 pm
ItalianGreyhound
all normal
9:01 pm
ItalianGreyhound
hope Peri can re-connect
10:06 pm
dcseain
firewords with as5!
10:33 pm
72 Temple Owl
anyone have the second de5/18?
11:25 pm
cherlyq
sound like to take off weight
11:26 pm
cherlyq
if anyone is still here lol
11:36 pm
grannyrose
hey Cheryl
11:42 pm
cherlyq
should be in bed but so close wanted to finish
11:44 pm
grannyrose
may i help?
11:45 pm
cherlyq
sn 5 and 6 left
11:46 pm
grannyrose
defence force word for a mess
11:47 pm
cybernan
hi everyone - here for the flip
11:47 pm
grannyrose
hey nan
11:48 pm
cherlyq
So 5 left
11:49 pm
cybernan
not the daughter + french "of"
11:49 pm
grannyrose
so 5, male offspring + **ath, not life
11:50 pm
cherlyq
thanks thats fireworks for me
11:51 pm
grannyrose
WTG Cheryl !!
11:51 pm
cybernan
grats cheryl
11:51 pm
cherlyq
I would stay for the flip but way past my bedtime Good night ladies
11:51 pm
cybernan
goodnigh
11:52 pm
grannyrose
sleep well Cheryl