12:02 am
cybernan
hello everyone :)
12:02 am
justafreep
hi nan
12:05 am
justafreep
thanks, gillie
12:06 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs Thanks Gillie
12:06 am
Johnyboy69
thanks gillie
12:07 am
Gillie
ty jess - an uncommon one
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:17 am
marksdolly
ty lickety
12:23 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
5:01 am
Scrabbler
Did you start yet, IG?
5:14 am
ItalianGreyhound
Hi, Scrabs
5:17 am
Scrabbler
Hi there.
5:19 am
ItalianGreyhound
run of the mill grid - a couple of words of interest
5:22 am
Scrabbler
I am still waking up.
5:23 am
ItalianGreyhound
Yep me too
5:24 am
ItalianGreyhound
I havent caffeined-up yet
5:24 am
Scrabbler
I am sipping coffee.
5:25 am
ItalianGreyhound
what time does it start to get light there now?
5:26 am
Scrabbler
Sunrise is 6:59 here today.
5:28 am
ItalianGreyhound
gonna move my butt to get a cup
5:37 am
ItalianGreyhound
Fridays storm blew down a big tree- It was crazy
5:38 am
Scrabbler
In your yard?
5:39 am
ItalianGreyhound
a line of 50+ mph winds swept across the lake
5:39 am
ItalianGreyhound
the tree shaded my yard but was the neighbors
5:41 am
Scrabbler
I live in the woods so am always concerned about a tree falling on my house. The last fallen tree was out in the front yard.
5:45 am
ItalianGreyhound
Its worth the risk to live in the wood - sounds beautiful
5:46 am
ItalianGreyhound
woods
5:46 am
Scrabbler
And our development is next to a large park with trails in the woods. It's heaven.
5:48 am
ItalianGreyhound
and my back yard is a lake - I think we are doing okay
5:48 am
Scrabbler
Yes, we sure are.
6:05 am
Scrabbler
Time to get ready for work. ENjoy the day.
6:06 am
Scrabbler
One free clue before I leave.
6:11 am
periwinkle
good morning all.
6:13 am
periwinkle
I have a question about TVs. I have a 13 year old TV. I do not have or want cable. I am not able to get any reception in my new place. I have an indoor antenna that worked in my old apartment but does not work here. Would a roku or something else be helpful?
6:21 am
HarryHood
we used roku. it was good - just needed an extra adapter for our old tvs
6:21 am
HarryHood
and you have to pay them subscription fees.
6:22 am
HarryHood
gotta run! 37 to go
6:23 am
donnasc6dogs
can you use a rooftop antenna--we have one and it works great for over the air--main stations. We had to add a rotater as we are in middle of a triangle--Nash, Chatt, Knox, on the Cumberland Plateau
6:23 am
donnasc6dogs
several Extra PBS stations
6:42 am
periwinkle
my landlord said no to rooftop antennas
6:44 am
donnasc6dogs
well, that s*cks
6:46 am
donnasc6dogs
dopas
6:46 am
donnasc6dogs
ooops
7:22 am
MollyL
I have Roku TVs and you get a lot of stuff with them for free. Not local live TV though, that you need cable for.
7:44 am
hokie carla
I have smart tv's now but have used rokus and apple tvs and firesticks in the past (basically the same thing). if peri's tv isn't smart, she will need one of those devices to stream anything. I have an indoor antenna on one tv and there are other OTA channels that I don't get elsewhere. I can get local networks on hulu live but that can be expensive.
7:44 am
hokie carla
I assume you have tried the indoor antenna as close to the window as possible? that may help but it may be tough in an apt bldg.
8:04 am
rururocks
you could always put tinfoil on your head and face due north too
8:11 am
hokie carla
well, HOET except the bottom E. ps- endo is a mountain biking word you don't want any part in. ask me how I know.
8:12 am
BzznBea
How do you know, Carla?
8:12 am
hokie carla
well, I did it once, back in my 20s. mr. homie still says it's the worst mtb crash he's seen.
8:13 am
hokie carla
it's short for end over end, when you fly over the handlebars
8:15 am
BzznBea
Google says it is a technique where the back wheel is lifted for switchbacks
8:15 am
BzznBea
But you definition is more in line with what I was thinking.
8:18 am
MollyL
I think the bottom E is all ep words
8:19 am
hurshy
they are all hebrew, too
8:19 am
hurshy
two spellings of a measurement of volume, both can be pluralized, and one article of clothing
8:19 am
rururocks
there's a bushel of them
8:21 am
hokie carla
ok, clicked the 4 and it brought up the 5 ðŸ˜
8:22 am
hokie carla
and somehow I missed the pluralization of the 4
8:22 am
hokie carla
HOET!
8:24 am
hurshy
bottom row grey!
8:31 am
hokie carla
I always miss the niblings. bottom row gray here too now.
8:49 am
MollyL
Carla has been dying for ne5/12 or nephew to show up in a grid so she could use that word. 😊
8:49 am
hurshy
it's a great word
8:56 am
welki
'morning, babblers
8:56 am
hokie carla
I think I've talked about it before here
8:56 am
hokie carla
welki!
8:57 am
origami
Good morning, welki.
9:00 am
welki
i used some of that nam pla sauce i picked up at lunch, ori - still good, but better there :)
9:01 am
hokie carla
washpot seems like a perfectly good word
9:03 am
welki
yep, ashpot, too
9:03 am
hokie carla
good point. I never see the smaller words inside.
9:06 am
hokie carla
phantom peonies
9:06 am
welki
i don't understand why the porcelain brand name is allowed - i can't find a definition where it's not used as a proper noun
9:06 am
hokie carla
oh, the dishes? have always wondered about that.
9:07 am
hokie carla
the mysteries of enable
9:07 am
origami
The food was great there.
9:09 am
hokie carla
homer simpson has said a lot of dohs over the years
9:09 am
welki
ori, we're headed towards arizona today - considered I-10, so we could drive through joshua tree, but decided I-40 might be the better road
9:09 am
rururocks
which word is the plates?
9:10 am
hokie carla
I have a set of xmas sp5
9:10 am
hokie carla
bottom 2 rows gray!
9:11 am
welki
morning, ru
9:12 am
rururocks
hi welki.. too bad about Joshua Tree it's a beautiful area
9:13 am
BzznBea
Had to take a break to get breakfast. Probably ru's fav.
9:14 am
hokie carla
breakfast? or joshua tree?
9:14 am
welki
my guess is that between the two, joshua tree is the most twisty, windy road - yesterday was a crap drive, we need easy today
9:14 am
BzznBea
breakfast
9:14 am
hokie carla
been there, done that, welki
9:15 am
hokie carla
oh, we think our motorhome has sold
9:15 am
rururocks
what's my fave bea?
9:15 am
welki
oh, carla, it was the pits - we saw jesus twice, once at a merge and once on a mountain pass. anything that could pucker, did.
9:16 am
BzznBea
LMAO @ welki
9:16 am
hokie carla
LOL, definitely take an easy route.
9:16 am
BzznBea
Ru, I'm having leftover pizza for breakfast.
9:16 am
hokie carla
I may have told this before, but we skipped zion and stayed at bryce canyon for a week because of something like that
9:17 am
hokie carla
oh, I definitely talked about it in my blog and my email to you
9:21 am
hokie carla
top row gray!
9:21 am
hokie carla
one A left on 2nd row, then the middle row is a $%^&show
9:22 am
hokie carla
5S, 4P, an O, and 4T
9:22 am
welki
it rained for most of the day yesterday, too - you'd think the drivers were navigating through three feet of snow
9:23 am
hokie carla
haha, I've seen a lot of that in charlotte
9:23 am
BzznBea
which a , Carla?
9:23 am
hokie carla
phantom aspic
9:24 am
rururocks
rain in southern california is considered a driving nightmare they don't know how to deal with it
9:24 am
BzznBea
Do you have the climb? as6?
9:25 am
hokie carla
nope, thanks. kept seeing the noun form but the verb didn't occur to me. DOH!
9:26 am
hokie carla
now just the 14 on the middle row. ugh.
9:26 am
welki
it just registered that you said you think you might have sold your motorhome - is that a sad or glad thing? are you replacing it?
9:26 am
hokie carla
phantom science
9:28 am
hokie carla
well, it is getting old and more expensive. I would love to get a small pull behind but mr. homie wants to do tent for a while since we've been restricted by our size for years.
9:28 am
hokie carla
plus it has been so hard to sell he may not ever get something else.
9:29 am
hokie carla
we started with a pop-up that I found, bought, picked up, and then sold no problem on craigslist, so I may have to go that route again. 🤣
9:29 am
welki
i loved tenting, but would have to have a camp cot now - too old and fat to sleep on the ground, nevermind trying to get to an upright position the next morning - we'd be kicked out of the campground for the noises i'd make :D
9:30 am
origami
Ha! I love tent camping. I do use a blow up mattress, though.
9:30 am
hokie carla
we took our air mattress a month or so ago.
9:32 am
welki
some of the new pop ups are pretty fancy - we had one, a bare bones model, and loved it. like you probably did, we ran the whole gamut - tent, pop up, crap trailer, nice trailer, motorhome, fifth wheel - and now the small pull behind trailer
9:32 am
hokie carla
I'd really rather have something with hard sides as I do not like bears and such.
9:32 am
hokie carla
for some reason I was thinking you still had the fifth wheel
9:33 am
welki
oh lord, i'd be in a mental hospital if we were pulling the fifth wheel yesterday
9:33 am
origami
I like sleeping without a tent, but only do that on BLM land in the middle of nowhere - not in a campground.
9:34 am
rururocks
that's the best way to have hot boxed wine ... out on BLM land
9:35 am
welki
your rendition of the experience was unforgettable, ru
9:37 am
origami
Absolutely! Hot boxed wine in the desert.
9:44 am
hokie carla
well, better get busy - 11 left for later. 1-7-3
SSS PPP O TTTT
9:45 am
hokie carla
oh, NTPN before I go - actor who plays a mob guy a lot
9:46 am
hokie carla
✅✅✅
10:06 am
bichon
wa /, pls
10:15 am
bichon
wa 6/33, pls
10:17 am
moolingwa
morning all
10:24 am
sukee
Polynesian woman
11:07 am
bichon
sp 6/24, pls
11:08 am
penquis
rhymes with what you put around your yard to keep your dog from wandering off....
11:09 am
hokie carla
did you watch criminal minds, bichon? it looks like a nickname.
11:09 am
hokie carla
rehi
11:09 am
hokie carla
pen!
11:10 am
bichon
haha carla. one of my favorite shows
11:10 am
hokie carla
how was your tennis today?
11:11 am
penquis
tennis was great...a challenge day of mixed doubles....same partner for two hours....my partner and I won.... :oD
11:12 am
hokie carla
nice. I'm getting ready to go play in the member/staff pickleball round robin.
11:12 am
hokie carla
that sp6 is british for pantry. so weird.
11:16 am
penquis
good luck with your pickleball....
11:16 am
hokie carla
thanks, I have tennis tomorrow morning, so we'll see how that goes after pickleball 🤣
11:17 am
penquis
i play with a few people who alternate with the two and they seem to do ok...
11:18 am
hokie carla
it's hard for me because it makes my timing off in tennis
11:19 am
penquis
i think that might go away if you played both regularly for a while....easy for me to say, lol....
11:22 am
hokie carla
I've kinda been toying with that... pickleball once a week, tennis twice
11:23 am
penquis
that would probably work....
11:26 am
hokie carla
well, no new words over lunch, still 11 left.
11:26 am
penquis
60 here... ;o)
11:27 am
hokie carla
it was actually pretty easy for the most part. all 11 of my words are 3rd row.
11:28 am
penquis
good to know...
11:28 am
bichon
ph 6/27, second one, pls
11:29 am
moolingwa
adjective of first
11:29 am
penquis
don't think i have it yet...
11:29 am
hokie carla
adj form of the word before
11:30 am
hokie carla
moo!
11:30 am
penquis
ty, mool...
11:30 am
moolingwa
hey hoke...11 left here
11:30 am
hokie carla
1-7-3
11:31 am
hokie carla
SSSPPPOTTTT! (someone yelling for their dog)
11:31 am
bichon
ty carla, fw
11:31 am
hokie carla
well done, bichon
11:31 am
moolingwa
WSSPPOTCEED
11:31 am
penquis
ooouu....a new code...
11:31 am
hokie carla
hmm, pretty different, some similarities
11:32 am
moolingwa
yeah, I'm more diverse :)
11:32 am
moolingwa
found my c
11:33 am
hokie carla
ce4 I guess
11:33 am
moolingwa
nope, was a missing plural
11:33 am
hokie carla
ah, but you mean another plural 😜
11:41 am
moolingwa
9 to go...a bit slower now
11:41 am
moolingwa
finished my p's
11:42 am
hokie carla
I got nothing left in my brain. still 11 words hiding.
11:42 am
moolingwa
8 left now
11:42 am
moolingwa
WSSOTEED
11:42 am
penquis
moseying at 38...
11:43 am
moolingwa
found my d
11:43 am
moolingwa
hopefully it's fun moseying
11:44 am
hokie carla
well, I better get ready to pickle some balls 🤣
fireworks congrats in advance, moo.
11:45 am
penquis
have fun, carla....
11:46 am
moolingwa
enjoy hoke
11:51 am
penquis
hi mael...
11:54 am
mael
how is everyone today?
11:54 am
penquis
ok here, thanks...
11:54 am
sammysmom
HI MAEL. GKD AND YOU??GOOD , THATIS.
11:55 am
sammysmom
FINALLY GT MY FAT BUTT UP??
11:55 am
mael
I'm good! Did I ever tell you that I'm also a Sammy's mom? :)
11:55 am
penquis
hi mom....
11:56 am
sammysmom
it is beautiful here n the heights of clevelND,sunny and bright
11:57 am
sammysmom
hi pen , how isitmon the bay today??
11:57 am
penquis
nice here in Maine....just about 26 degrees colder than yesterday at this time....
11:58 am
mael
it hit the mid 70s here in MA yesterday, finally down to seasonable temps!
11:59 am
sammysmom
give a wave up the hill to my folks please
11:59 am
penquis
up my way?...
12:00 pm
sammysmom
my parents are buried in bayview
12:01 pm
penquis
is that in Massachusetts?
12:03 pm
sammysmom
penobscot bay
12:03 pm
penquis
don't know where bayview is....
12:03 pm
sammysmom
sorry- i thought uou lived up on the bay
12:04 pm
penquis
i live on the southern end of penobscot bay....midcoast area...
12:05 pm
sammysmom
WE WERE FROM PORTLAND, AND MY DAD BOUGHT PLOTS IN BAYVIEW YEARS AGO
12:06 pm
penquis
ah, ok...i don't know Portland all that well....
12:07 pm
sammysmom
LOTS OF MY FAMILY STILL LIVE IN MAINE- IF YOU HAVE EVER BEE TO A MCDONALDS, IN NORTHERN MAINE, THE PROBABLY WN IT
12:07 pm
sammysmom
OWN IT that is
12:08 pm
penquis
ah, ok....i was born in Lewiston and worked for 21 years in the Dover-Foxcroft area....about 35 miles northwest of Bangor....
12:12 pm
cybernan
good morning/afternoon everyone
12:15 pm
penquis
hi nan...
12:22 pm
fuzzybunny
hi pen...a beautiful day down in RI. about 65 and bluebird skies.
12:22 pm
penquis
nice....47 here are quite breezy, so it feels colder...
12:24 pm
fuzzybunny
breezy here as well, great waves. surfers are having a good time.
12:24 pm
penquis
i bet....
12:24 pm
penquis
are you visiting someone in RI?...
12:25 pm
cybernan
23 here, but it has stopped snowing -- got half the driveway done and will finish the rest after lunch
12:25 pm
penquis
you have had quite a bit of early snow there...
12:26 pm
fuzzybunny
inherited my parents house at the beach. my husband retired in July so we are spending the summers down here and the winters in Carrabassett.
12:27 pm
cybernan
yes - about 10" on the ground now
12:28 pm
penquis
wow....and our fall has been really warm....over 70 here yesterday....broke records in some parts of the state...
12:29 pm
cybernan
we were getting that up until 3 weeks ago -- only had about 18 days of fall, then winter arrived
12:29 pm
penquis
how nice for you....must be really nice there in the summer....and this fall, too!
12:29 pm
fuzzybunny
spent some time in Carrabassett for bird season. i do not hunt, but i enjoy driving the woods road with my husband.
12:30 pm
penquis
it's good that you can enjoy both of your worlds...
12:31 pm
fuzzybunny
yes, but i miss summer in maine terribly. i don't have a stash fo wild blueberries or fiddleheads. next summer i need to go back and pick!
12:32 pm
penquis
well you can always take a break from RI... ;o)
12:33 pm
Deeha
what are fiddleheads?
12:34 pm
cybernan
stuck at 21 - taking a wordle break
12:35 pm
cybernan
a type of fern, deeha -- the end of the frond is curled up like the scroll on a violin.
12:35 pm
penquis
a fiddlehead is a green thing you pick in a field in the spring....named because it looks like the top of a violin....you cook it...
12:36 pm
penquis
my aunt used to call my father in the spring when the fiddleheads were ready in her fields....
12:36 pm
Deeha
we have ferns like that. I had no idea they were edible
12:36 pm
penquis
well you would want to make sure yours are edible before trying them... ;o)
12:37 pm
cybernan
picked before the open up -- think they are cooked like you would spinnach -- not big on cooked greens so have never tried them
12:38 pm
penquis
you have to clean them really well in water....
12:42 pm
cybernan
got it i 4 -- picked the wrong 2nd letter on the 2nd and 3rd tries
12:42 pm
moolingwa
down to 1 word here
12:42 pm
cybernan
20 and listing
12:43 pm
mael
I've almost gotten wordle in 2 two days in a row, I was very mad at myself
12:44 pm
cybernan
grats mool
12:44 pm
mael
good job moon!
12:44 pm
mael
5 left for me
12:45 pm
penquis
congrats, moool....
12:45 pm
penquis
go, mael!
12:46 pm
mael
just 1 left, a D6. hmmm
12:47 pm
penquis
congrats...
12:56 pm
cybernan
*!*~*!* a few new and weird
12:57 pm
penquis
congrats!....
12:57 pm
cybernan
hagd everyone :)
12:57 pm
penquis
bye, nan...
1:11 pm
MollyL
One person in California won the whole 2 billion dollar Powerball jackpot
1:18 pm
Bugsaw
If it is a Babbler we are all going to their place ;)
1:18 pm
Bugsaw
oops, sorry
1:35 pm
joym999
hard grid today
1:40 pm
Bugsaw
I haven't found it too bad but I have 27 left and no clues on them, even with the list
1:49 pm
Bugsaw
16 left. Going for a walk unless you want a probably not very good clue for something I might have
1:50 pm
Bugsaw
ok Happy Babbling everyone
2:37 pm
hokie carla
back for last 11. anyone left here?
2:38 pm
hokie carla
found a word!
2:39 pm
hokie carla
and another
2:40 pm
hokie carla
finished the T. 7 left! 0-4-3 SSS PPP O
2:41 pm
periwinkle
hello all, back to find my last 97 words
2:42 pm
hokie carla
hey peri
2:43 pm
periwinkle
help with the C please
2:43 pm
periwinkle
found a ci4/5
2:43 pm
hokie carla
2 sets of regular c's and 1 ce4
2:44 pm
periwinkle
ok, will look
2:44 pm
hokie carla
looks like you found one set, the other is ce5/6
2:44 pm
hokie carla
ce5 and ce6
2:44 pm
periwinkle
thank you
2:45 pm
periwinkle
missing the ce4
2:45 pm
hokie carla
apparently it's mushrooms
2:46 pm
hokie carla
never heard of them myself but I'm not a mushroom hunter
2:47 pm
periwinkle
I like mushrooms and know a little bit about them but not seeing this word
2:48 pm
periwinkle
will got to list earlier, very tired. errands and unpacking
2:48 pm
hokie carla
I'm about to go to list myself. just not seeing these.
2:49 pm
periwinkle
found the mushroom
2:50 pm
periwinkle
trying to get to 50 before I list but I do not think that is happening
2:53 pm
periwinkle
down to 59
2:55 pm
hokie carla
well, I'm glad I went to the list or I would've been looking all day for those last 7.
3:07 pm
periwinkle
I gave both 7's
3:07 pm
periwinkle
I have both is what that should be
3:09 pm
periwinkle
I mis read your post
3:09 pm
periwinkle
55 left
3:12 pm
periwinkle
finally down to 50
3:21 pm
Kaplan the Magne
53 but stuck
3:22 pm
dcseain
the Hs were easy today. I'm a bit past halfway,
3:23 pm
periwinkle
38 left
3:29 pm
periwinkle
first wa4/9 please
5:47 pm
penquis
hello all....back to wrap this up....
5:53 pm
ItalianGreyhound
are most of the Ws slang words?
5:53 pm
penquis
hard to say...
5:53 pm
penquis
there are a few babblets...
5:54 pm
penquis
fours and fives...only one 6...
5:56 pm
ItalianGreyhound
Hi, Pen - I have them all just dont get them all
6:01 pm
penquis
well i am done....goodnight all....
6:22 pm
HarryHood
20 here.
6:34 pm
hokie carla
is it time for bed yet?
6:37 pm
Gillie
Kind of feels like it. The time change and the fact that it's dark here don't help.
6:37 pm
hokie carla
I think it's been dark 2 hours here
6:39 pm
Gillie
Well, sunset was officially only about 40 minutes ago here.
6:39 pm
joym999
hi carla, gillie
6:39 pm
joym999
It's 4:30ish here and starting to get dark
6:42 pm
hokie carla
it is 7:42 here
6:42 pm
Gillie
I gather the U.S. is going to stop changing the clocks next year.
6:43 pm
joym999
maybe...there's a bill in Congress but who knows?
6:44 pm
hokie carla
yeah, I thought it passed but then I don't know
6:44 pm
origami
I hope it is to keep standard time rather than daylight savings time.
6:45 pm
hokie carla
I thought it was to keep DST
6:45 pm
Gillie
Well, if you do it, maybe we will too. We had a referendum in the province that went very narrowly against staying on daylight saving time, but we like to do what the U.S. do.
6:50 pm
joym999
I have to go hand in my ballot...don't forget to vote, everyone in the U.S.!
6:53 pm
hokie carla
well done
6:54 pm
Gillie
Well, I guess I'll be off then, unless someone needs a clue.
6:54 pm
hokie carla
not me, see you tomorrow
6:54 pm
Gillie
good night!
9:47 pm
HarryHood
10 to go. 2-5-3
10:49 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hi all, diving in
10:51 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
found all the 7s woot
11:01 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hoet (is in the grid!) i don't have it yet LOL
11:05 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
phantom aspic
11:07 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hoet at last, and 46 to go
11:16 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
stopping with 42 to go. night all