Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, June 29, 2023

12:04 am

gremlinn

te8

12:04 am

gremlinn

fe8

12:13 am

mkg

Fe and te are the seven and 8 combos. Same except for first letter.

12:14 am

gremlinn

the last 7 is a plural

12:15 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

gremlinn

st 9, a trademark brand :)

12:20 am

gremlinn

used as a packing material

12:21 am

lynxxx

nice

12:22 am

ursh

well that gave me my last fo4 :)

12:22 am

gremlinn

heh, was my last f as well!

12:22 am

ursh

noys

12:23 am

ursh

oops

12:23 am

gremlinn

fw, no list

12:25 am

lynxxx

congrats

5:12 am

ItalianGreyhound

I keep seeing coyotes in this grid

6:02 am

aslindy

hello all

7:13 am

Kiani

hi all

7:16 am

Christa

Good Morningâ˜º

7:47 am

periwinkle

hello all

7:47 am

periwinkle

help with lone A please

7:47 am

HarryHood

morning peri

7:47 am

HarryHood

from my favorite movie: "strange things are af5 at the circle K, Ted"

7:48 am

periwinkle

thanks Harry

7:49 am

HarryHood

yw

7:52 am

phaeton

corner O stats pls

7:52 am

BzznBea

of4.9 and 5.20

7:53 am

phaeton

Y stats pls

7:54 am

BzznBea

yo4.7

7:54 am

phaeton

ty

7:55 am

BzznBea

yw

7:58 am

mkg

Hi all. Any clues for the A word second column A? That is all i need today. Ty.

7:58 am

BzznBea

af5

7:59 am

HarryHood

22 for later. bye!

8:00 am

mkg

Ty bea.

8:00 am

BzznBea

yw

8:01 am

mkg

Bea is it a word i know? I dont see the af 5 so far.

8:02 am

BzznBea

look at harrys clue at 7:47

8:02 am

mkg

Ty

8:03 am

mkg

Got it. From Harrys clue. Ty.

8:34 am

hurshy

top row grey!

8:34 am

MollyL

What happened to the flip? Did most of the regulars bug out for another game or something? It's been like a ghost town for weeks.

8:44 am

BzznBea

saan said there were several flippers on holiday

8:46 am

hokie carla

which means vacation for us americans ðŸ˜œ

8:52 am

MollyL

That figures. It is hard for me to wrap my brain around a 3-week vacation. I seem to remember reading something about "what happened 3 weeks ago".

8:54 am

BzznBea

three week vacations are nothing for Europeans.

8:55 am

hokie carla

yep

8:55 am

hokie carla

and I think Italy is closed the whole month of Aug

8:58 am

rururocks

I'm on vacation next week :D

8:58 am

BzznBea

what are you going to do?

8:59 am

rururocks

going to Kelowna where Nan lives..

8:59 am

BzznBea

nice

8:59 am

hokie carla

does nan know?

8:59 am

rururocks

I like to explore different parts of BC each year

9:00 am

rururocks

yep.. we're getting together for dinner with her on Friday next week

9:00 am

hokie carla

nice

9:00 am

rururocks

it will be nice to meet her

9:03 am

hokie carla

I keep wanting orynx to be a word

9:06 am

hokie carla

HOET! 33 remaining

9:11 am

saanichcat

good morning everyone! and orynx is a great word

9:12 am

hokie carla

hey saanich

9:12 am

saanichcat

(if it was one that is)

9:13 am

rururocks

an ornyx would be like some weird one horned antelope

9:14 am

hokie carla

just realized I don't have any 7s or 8s. what a surprise.

9:14 am

saanichcat

or a shy nymph

9:16 am

rururocks

let's hear it for the nymphs

9:18 am

saanichcat

hi ru, how's it going?

9:19 am

origami

Hi folks

9:19 am

saanichcat

hey ori, hi

9:20 am

rururocks

HI Saan.. hi ori... started packin' yet?

9:20 am

origami

Not yet. I'll pack on Sunday.

9:20 am

saanichcat

not answering that

9:24 am

origami

Are you done packing already, ru?

9:24 am

MollyL

There is no way I would be packing this early for a trip next week.

9:25 am

rururocks

I'm mostly packed yes..

9:25 am

rururocks

I think men and women are different about packing

9:26 am

MollyL

Ru was probably potty trained at 6 months.

9:26 am

rururocks

3 months :D

9:26 am

rururocks

I had a potty mouth at 6 months

9:26 am

MollyL

That explains SO much

9:42 am

MollyL

Okay, I have learned my something new for the day. I never knew there was a big debate about where to store open ketchup, fridge or shelf. I have always kept mine in the fridge.

9:43 am

origami

Fridge here also. I was shocked when someone told me they kept theirs in a cupboard.

9:44 am

MollyL

I usually let it get to room temperature before using it, but it seems like it would spoil on the shelf.

9:45 am

rururocks

I keep all my mustards in the fridge too

9:45 am

origami

The vile condiment

9:46 am

rururocks

ha.. i knew that would elicit a response

9:51 am

MollyL

Oh jeez, are you one of those people who puts ketchup on hot dogs?

9:51 am

origami

Yes, ketchup and relish

9:53 am

origami

Whereas ru uses the M word on everything

9:53 am

rururocks

I love mustard.. I cook with it all the time

9:55 am

MollyL

Mustard is good on some things (hot dogs, ham sandwiches) but too much is not a good thing.

9:56 am

MollyL

And I love hot mustard on egg rolls

9:56 am

BzznBea

i love mustard too.

9:57 am

BzznBea

soy sauce...fridge or not?

9:58 am

origami

Fridge

10:00 am

rururocks

not in the fridge soy

10:05 am

BzznBea

i've been finished for awhile. guess i will get on with the day.

10:05 am

origami

Have a nice day, beaa

10:10 am

MollyL

Soy in the fridge. There is a reason packaging says "refrigerate after opening".

10:13 am

rururocks

(doesn't buy soy) too salty

10:16 am

MollyL

What do you use in place of it? I have a Peruvian chicken recipe that calls for it.

10:20 am

rururocks

I just use it very rarely.. mostly when I make Chinese chicken salads .. I'm not a big soy sauce person in general

10:26 am

MollyL

I only use it in that one recipe and I buy the low sodium kind.

10:45 am

player girl

THe upper left corner is killing me today. I cannot find any of the O's or the R's! Any cluers around.

10:48 am

player girl

MOnkeyed an O I'd never heard of. Still no Rs

10:48 am

swmbo

toon toons

11:02 am

penquis

yes, and yes....hello all....

11:03 am

player girl

FINALLY found an R. Alternative sp to a normal word

11:29 am

hokie carla

no fridge for soy sauce. my filipino friend does not and I thought she was crazy so I looked it up. we use La Choy because it is gluten free (most soy sauce is not). the bottle does not say to refrigerate and I have looked it up online for that brand.

11:29 am

hokie carla

and I buy the low sodium when I can find it.

11:31 am

penquis

i grew up in a household that did not refrigerate mayonnaise....we all survived without getting sick, but I would not recommend it... ;o)

11:33 am

hokie carla

there's a burger place we go to that has outdoor seating and I inwardly freaked out when I saw the mayo sitting out. It's Hellman's and says on the bottle "no refrigeration required". I do know some mayo is made nowadays with pasteurized eggs and is okay.

11:34 am

penquis

i believe what is most harmful is the bits of food that get into the mayo....my mom made all our sandwiches and she was careful....

11:34 am

MollyL

A big NO from me to unrefrigerated mayo. I have had food poisoning and it is not fun.

11:35 am

hokie carla

I heard my parents tell that when they were kids they would have sunday dinner (dinner is lunch) and then cover leftovers with a tablecloth and eat it again for supper.

11:35 am

penquis

i refrigerate it now....

11:35 am

penquis

wouldn't recommend that ....

11:36 am

hokie carla

my best friend in high school had a stick of butter sitting out all day every time I was there and I also thought that was crazy

11:36 am

MollyL

My mother used to put the leftover Thanksgiving turkey out in the garage. Was it cold out there? Yes. Cold enough? Who knows. I never ate the leftovers.

11:37 am

MollyL

A lot of people leave their butter out at room temperature.

11:37 am

penquis

yes, i have relatives that do...

11:37 am

hokie carla

my parents didn't get electricity in their town until 1948 so I'm not sure what exactly they did. I know my mom's house had a spring house.

11:37 am

bichon

Mr. B's German relatives left the butter out all day. Made me squeamish

11:38 am

MollyL

The FDA says you can leave butter on the counter as long as it is only for a day or two.

11:38 am

penquis

again, i think the real danger is other food bits getting into the butter....

11:39 am

MollyL

Butter never lasts very long in my house so I don't worry about it.

11:42 am

hokie carla

mmm, butter

11:42 am

cherlyq

II do leave my butter out in a glass butter dish its covered and am very careful not to get stuff in it

11:43 am

cherlyq

when I left margerine out though it would mold

11:48 am

hokie carla

ok, back to looking for words

11:49 am

hokie carla

dyslexic castle

11:49 am

hokie carla

ooh, found a 7/8 finally

11:50 am

penquis

if you found one set, you should be able to find the other...

11:50 am

hokie carla

I did try another, but it didn't work.

11:51 am

penquis

try another...

11:51 am

hokie carla

LOL, I'm trying!

11:52 am

hokie carla

oh, did I mention it was really smoky here last night and a bit this morning. from canada?

11:52 am

cybernan

good morning :)

11:53 am

penquis

hi nan...

11:53 am

hokie carla

canada just entered the chat

11:53 am

hokie carla

hey nan

11:53 am

hokie carla

ok pen, I give...I found fe7/8. what's the other set start with?

11:55 am

penquis

TE...

11:55 am

hokie carla

thank you. for some reason couldn't see that letter.

11:55 am

hokie carla

20 left - 6-8-5-1

11:55 am

penquis

yw...

11:56 am

penquis

i didn't know the word....just tried it....an old coin, apparently...

11:57 am

penquis

the Cs are pesky today...

11:57 am

hokie carla

of course it is

11:58 am

hokie carla

I need 1 + 3 c's

11:59 am

hurshy

did you get co6/21

11:59 am

penquis

1 + 2 here....

12:00 pm

hurshy

there are 2 ce words... 4 cL

12:00 pm

penquis

i have two...missing two CL words apparently....

12:01 pm

hokie carla

I do not have that co6, will look

12:01 pm

penquis

found them....just missing that one from the first C....

12:02 pm

hokie carla

I was also missing the cl set

12:02 pm

hokie carla

and a 4

12:02 pm

cybernan

cl 4-5 a musical signature

12:03 pm

penquis

yes, have those....missing one C from the other side....

12:03 pm

hokie carla

in my case it's the co6/21 hurshy mentioned. still can't find.

12:04 pm

penquis

must be the one i am missing....have a co 6/24...a pl....

12:04 pm

cybernan

don't have the co 6 either

12:04 pm

featherbee

co6/21 sounds like a beard

12:05 pm

hokie carla

must be odd if she guessed it for my missing one

12:05 pm

penquis

ty, feather....

12:05 pm

hokie carla

thanks, featherbee

12:05 pm

cybernan

ty feather

12:06 pm

cybernan

not seeing the co 6/24

12:07 pm

penquis

ends with two vowels (same one)...

12:07 pm

hokie carla

it's a present tense of doing something with another person

12:07 pm

featherbee

i have a 6/24 that's a plural

12:07 pm

penquis

oh, sorry....that is the 6/21...

12:07 pm

penquis

it's co + another word....pl....

12:08 pm

hokie carla

like being on a committee together

12:08 pm

cybernan

got it - ty

12:08 pm

penquis

it's a word i often miss...

12:09 pm

hokie carla

R N TTT AA SSSSS TTT

12:09 pm

hokie carla

me too, pen

12:10 pm

penquis

i am down to 11....NTSL words...

12:12 pm

hokie carla

found 2 s's

12:13 pm

penquis

i found two Ts...

12:13 pm

hokie carla

found my 2 a's

12:14 pm

penquis

cool...

12:14 pm

penquis

down to 9 and two are fours....guess i should look for those...

12:14 pm

hokie carla

just have 1 4 left now

12:15 pm

hokie carla

plus the 10 other words

12:15 pm

hokie carla

just saw a T that I thought was a phantom ðŸ¤£

12:16 pm

hokie carla

finally found my R

12:17 pm

hokie carla

now 0-4-4-1

12:18 pm

penquis

1 3 4 here...

12:19 pm

hokie carla

N TTT SSS TT

12:19 pm

penquis

still the same letters for me...

12:21 pm

hokie carla

ooh, found a lower T

12:24 pm

penquis

is there a weird L?>...i am thinking it's a five...

12:24 pm

featherbee

3 of the Ls go together, then the last two are anagrams

12:24 pm

cherlyq

maybe the sometimes nickname?

12:25 pm

penquis

oh duh...ty....

12:25 pm

hokie carla

found an upper T

12:26 pm

penquis

nice....still missing two from there...

12:26 pm

hokie carla

me too

12:27 pm

featherbee

i'm stuck on the no6/21 for fireworks

12:27 pm

hokie carla

oh, there's another one

12:27 pm

penquis

don't have it....will look....

12:27 pm

hokie carla

part of a lobster's tail, surely you have that one, pen

12:27 pm

hokie carla

hmm, must be my missing N

12:28 pm

penquis

found the 6/21... ;o)

12:29 pm

hokie carla

well??

12:29 pm

penquis

sorry....meant to say that i found the no 6/18....not the 6/21....

12:29 pm

hokie carla

ps - my lobster tail comment was for te6

12:30 pm

penquis

yes, have that one, taanks...

12:31 pm

hokie carla

pretty sure I have tried every option possible for no6/21

12:32 pm

MollyL

Apparently not

12:33 pm

hokie carla

you got any ideas?

12:33 pm

featherbee

got it! one sec

12:34 pm

featherbee

no6/21, ends like a base for soup, minus k

12:34 pm

featherbee

let me know if that's too weird a clue lol

12:34 pm

penquis

hmmm....

12:35 pm

featherbee

aim leftwards

12:35 pm

penquis

can't think of a K in soup broth....

12:35 pm

hokie carla

had to google base for soup because could only think broth and roux. thanks!

12:35 pm

hokie carla

nascar is *car racing, pen

12:36 pm

hokie carla

we've had the word before

12:36 pm

hokie carla

also if a company is public you can buy * in it

12:37 pm

penquis

got it, thanks....

12:37 pm

featherbee

yay, ty for the assist with the clue hokie lol

12:37 pm

hokie carla

thank you for the clue! now T SSS T

12:37 pm

penquis

congrats, feather...

12:38 pm

hokie carla

well done

12:39 pm

featherbee

did you get the mythical S word and its plural?

12:40 pm

hokie carla

I don't think so

12:40 pm

penquis

not sure....missing two Ts and three Ss....4 55 66...

12:40 pm

penquis

sorry...it's 1 55 66....

12:41 pm

featherbee

like faun

12:41 pm

penquis

ah...ty....

12:44 pm

hokie carla

what's the stat?

12:44 pm

penquis

sa 5/14 and pl....

12:44 pm

hokie carla

ah, thanks

12:44 pm

MollyL

It's like Mr. Tumnus in Narnia

12:45 pm

hokie carla

now 0-1-1-1 T S T

12:47 pm

MollyL

I still think James Mcavoy was inspired casting for that role

12:47 pm

penquis

haven't seen it...

12:49 pm

penquis

down to 2 now...a five and a six....T and S...

12:52 pm

hokie carla

ok, I'll pretend those are my missing ones and that means my 7 is a t and now I'm thinking plural lobster tail is prob it.

12:52 pm

hokie carla

yep

12:52 pm

penquis

yup...

12:52 pm

hokie carla

now down to same ones as pen

12:57 pm

penquis

uncle!....listing for those two....

12:59 pm

penquis

done....one was odd, but we have had it before....the other was a duh word....

1:00 pm

hokie carla

stats?

1:00 pm

hokie carla

and congrats

1:02 pm

penquis

ty....so 5/14.....te 6/18....

1:02 pm

hokie carla

I have that S, guess I'll have to list too.

1:03 pm

hokie carla

yes, mine are S6 and T5

1:03 pm

penquis

St 6/21 ends in a vowel...

1:04 pm

hokie carla

hmm, the T was a plural that I'm sure I tried

1:05 pm

penquis

i know i sometimes mistype....

1:05 pm

hokie carla

and that is the S I need. got a phone call so having trouble multi-tasking.

1:06 pm

penquis

no problem....we have seen it before but it's not common...

1:06 pm

penquis

ancient Hebrew spice....not surprised, though it doesn't sound Hebrew....

1:08 pm

hokie carla

the end with a vowel did it, thanks

1:17 pm

MollyL

Oh it's an incense spice. Never heard of it.

1:18 pm

penquis

me either....

1:18 pm

penquis

congrats, carla.....heading out....bye all....

1:28 pm

cybernan

hi again

1:29 pm

cherlyq

as much mysteries as I watch I should have gotten the loan A lol

1:30 pm

cybernan

anyone have stats for the corner o please?

1:31 pm

cherlyq

of4 9 and 5 20

1:31 pm

cybernan

ty cherl

1:32 pm

cherlyq

yw

1:34 pm

moolingwa

afternoon

1:35 pm

cherlyq

finally got the last R

1:42 pm

cherlyq

Hi Moo

1:43 pm

moolingwa

hey cheryl, how's your Thursday going?

1:43 pm

cybernan

hello mool

1:43 pm

moolingwa

hey nan, happy Thursday to you

1:44 pm

cherlyq

chugging along my son and daughter in law have now moved in just trying to figure places for their things to go

1:44 pm

moolingwa

ah yes...that would be an adjustment

1:47 pm

cherlyq

it will be a big help to me as i adjust to my new after surgery life lol

1:47 pm

moolingwa

sounds fair

1:49 pm

MollyL

Damn, heat index highs in Texas and Louisiana are nearing 120.

1:50 pm

cybernan

have gone to the list -- kicking myself because I keep forgetting all the slang abbreviations that are accepted here

1:50 pm

cherlyq

yep we hit 114 two days ago and that was before the heat index

1:50 pm

cherlyq

my electric bill will be through the roof for sure

1:52 pm

cherlyq

its 96 right now

1:53 pm

cherlyq

keep reminding people not to leave kids or pets in cars on facebook and tv , umm sometimes you wonder

1:56 pm

cybernan

82 here but supposed to hit 90 in another 2 hours

1:57 pm

cybernan

no 6 please?

1:58 pm

cybernan

no 6/21 that is

2:13 pm

periwinkle

I have fe7 and te7. what is my missing 7 please

2:14 pm

cybernan

te 7 x2

2:14 pm

periwinkle

ty nan. I don't have no6

2:15 pm

periwinkle

I was thanking you for the clue have not found teh 2nd te7

2:15 pm

cybernan

found it peri - I've finished

2:15 pm

periwinkle

yw and congrats

2:15 pm

periwinkle

help with the no6 please

2:16 pm

cybernan

te 7/28 x2 (one of them is a plural)

2:16 pm

periwinkle

I have the pl te8

2:17 pm

moolingwa

6/7 combo

2:17 pm

cybernan

no + most of a soup broth

2:17 pm

cybernan

bye everyone :)

2:17 pm

cherlyq

by Nan

2:18 pm

periwinkle

bye nan

2:18 pm

cherlyq

24 words left

2:18 pm

moolingwa

1re

2:18 pm

moolingwa

10 here

2:19 pm

periwinkle

62 left not liking this grid bbl

2:27 pm

cherlyq

kinda disappointed I dont have any 7s or 8s yet lol and have only 4 letters left that are not grayed out

2:30 pm

moolingwa

7 words left

2-2-3

2:35 pm

hokie carla

howdy people

2:35 pm

hokie carla

done the bee, moo? I have 35 words and only at great. also haven't finished squaredle.

2:36 pm

moolingwa

42 words and amazing

2:36 pm

moolingwa

actually make that 43 and amazing :)

2:36 pm

moolingwa

still need 24 points

2:36 pm

hokie carla

never made it to genius yesterday but only missed 5 or 6 words and they were all weird but 1

2:37 pm

hokie carla

how many pangrams do you have?

2:37 pm

moolingwa

2

2:37 pm

moolingwa

actually just got the second when I flipped over there

2:37 pm

hokie carla

I am 65 pts from genius. I just found a second pangram and was wondering if you had more.

2:37 pm

hokie carla

I keep seeing penelope

2:38 pm

moolingwa

16 away from genius

2:38 pm

moolingwa

yes. saw that too

2:38 pm

hokie carla

but only just now saw the word within ðŸ¤£

2:38 pm

moolingwa

10 points to go

2:38 pm

moolingwa

yeah, had that already

2:40 pm

hokie carla

I just chatted for 10 or 15 min with apple support about my wifi problem and it didn't happen one time, and I swear it just happened here and my post disappeared.

2:40 pm

hokie carla

I can tell here because the time left goes to "less than 1 minute left"

2:40 pm

moolingwa

weird

2:41 pm

moolingwa

is it only this site, or just that device?

2:41 pm

hokie carla

guy told me to disable any VPN or security things.

2:42 pm

moolingwa

for troubleshooting...maybe

2:42 pm

hokie carla

it is just this device but goes out on other websites, mainly only in my sewing room or on the front porch. can't think of anything that would be interfering. iphone and ipad work fine, no issues.

2:42 pm

moolingwa

Microwave, cordless phone...neighbors

2:43 pm

hokie carla

we have a small house with the router in the living room in the middle which is right next to my sewing room.

2:44 pm

moolingwa

assume you've made sure your router hardware is updated

2:44 pm

hokie carla

only thing I can think of is maybe the chimney is metal inside? router is on the other side of the fireplace from me.

2:45 pm

hokie carla

we are using the router from the ISP and there's no way to customize anything with it. I tried to talk mr. homie into me buying a better one and he thinks we don't need it.

2:46 pm

HarryHood

hello! 17 to go here

2:47 pm

hokie carla

harry!

2:47 pm

HarryHood

hi carla! 16 now

2:48 pm

moolingwa

Well yeah, you don't need another Wifi...so yeah

2:48 pm

moolingwa

though I have two additional wifi networks in my house despite also having the one built into the router (which I turned off) :)

2:49 pm

hokie carla

we don't need 2 networks here, was thinking of replacing the other with a better one

2:49 pm

moolingwa

what model apple device is it?

2:49 pm

hokie carla

it's not a combo modem/router, they are separate

2:49 pm

moolingwa

oh, interesting

2:50 pm

hokie carla

it is a macbook pro up to date on the OS

2:50 pm

hokie carla

I just don't know if they wifi card were to go bad how would you actually know?

2:52 pm

hokie carla

*the

2:53 pm

moolingwa

yeah, wifi cards can go bad...or more likely, have a bug in the firmware or driver, but it's not common

2:53 pm

moolingwa

You could probably eliminate the software things like VPN and security services by simply using an ethernet cable and seeing if the issue persists

2:54 pm

hokie carla

this house is not set up for ethernet cables sadly

2:55 pm

moolingwa

You could also do something goofy like set your phone up as a hotspot and use that network and see if the problem persists (you'd have to use cellular though for it to be a real test

2:55 pm

HarryHood

doesn't your router have an ethernet port

2:55 pm

hokie carla

guess I could plug straight into the router with one

2:55 pm

moolingwa

a 30 foot ethernet cable is about $12 on Amazon

2:56 pm

moolingwa

Not elegant, but would allow you to test that

2:56 pm

hokie carla

well, when it drops the connection it asks if I want to connect to my phone hotspot, which I sometimes do, and haven't noticed a problem once on that, so maybe it's not my computer.

2:56 pm

moolingwa

Interesting

2:57 pm

hokie carla

I prob have some ethernet cables around here in a box. You know how it is when you move and don't use something you know you've kept and have no idea where to find it. ðŸ¤£

2:57 pm

moolingwa

So not sure what Wifi you're using e.g. 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz, but it is possible for other devices, even from your neighbor, to be competing on that frequency

2:58 pm

moolingwa

It's also possible that the firmware (software that's loaded into the hardware) is not up to date on your wifi router

2:58 pm

hokie carla

that is the problem with this router, you can't pick which one to use and can't see which ones are on each.

2:58 pm

moolingwa

Also, if you haven't rebooted your wifi router for a while...

2:59 pm

moolingwa

if it has slightly buggy software, it can slowly become unstable

2:59 pm

hokie carla

our internet went out for hours on Tue, so it rebooted then

2:59 pm

hokie carla

but I've been having this problem since Apr or May

2:59 pm

moolingwa

You can tell what frequency at least from your Macbook

3:00 pm

hokie carla

what's the frequency, kenneth?

3:00 pm

moolingwa

Click on the Wi-Fi icon in the top nav bar while holding down the Option/Alt key.
Look at the channel information written in grey text. It will say 5 GHz or 2.4 GHz.

3:00 pm

moolingwa

5G tends to be a little less tolerant of interference

3:01 pm

hokie carla

ok, no alt key so I tried option/command and nothing happened

3:01 pm

moolingwa

5Ghz that is

3:01 pm

moolingwa

ah, I don't have a macbook, so relying on the interwebs :)

3:01 pm

hokie carla

yes, I learned that from my previous ipad. 5Ghz was terrible when it was on that.

3:02 pm

hokie carla

I think command is the alt key of macs

3:02 pm

moolingwa

Could be, seeing another article saying Option/Alt...but what do I know

3:02 pm

HarryHood

good luck solving this! 10 for later.

3:03 pm

hokie carla

it's possible I am crazy but I'm seeing control, option, and command on my keyboard

3:03 pm

hokie carla

bye harry!

3:03 pm

hokie carla

and there's a key with a globe and "fn" which I assume is some kind of function key

3:04 pm

hokie carla

I found an article that lists some wi-fi scanners to use. Will try that.

3:10 pm

hokie carla

well, that didn't really help much. I can see both bands but can't see which devices are connected to each.

3:13 pm

hokie carla

okay, moo must be on a call. just googled again and saw the article you were talking about and realized he was saying Option/Alt is one key, not two to hold together like Option + Alt, and with that knowledge, I got the info he was talking about and see my macbook is on the 5Ghz.

3:14 pm

hokie carla

like I was saying before, I know from a previous ipad issue that 5Ghz is better closer up but the signal doesn't go as far, so now I have to figure out how to get my computer to connect to the 2.4.

3:15 pm

ch1212

it takes a village, hokie, and I'm glad I'm part of this one. Wish I could weigh in, but I'm not that literate with software or hardware.

3:16 pm

hokie carla

I know! so many knowledgeable people here. I think I am more literate than most in computer things, but certainly not a pro.

3:34 pm

moolingwa

Yeah, on a call sorry

3:34 pm

moolingwa

So yes, assuming your wifi is multi-band (which is an assumption), then you can generally set the frequency on your device

3:34 pm

moolingwa

I know how to do it in windows, not sure on MacOS sorry

3:35 pm

moolingwa

you'll likely to need to find how to access the advanced configuration options on your wifi adapter

3:44 pm

cherlyq

9 t's left

3:51 pm

cherlyq

t5 t6 two t7s and the 8 left

3:51 pm

cherlyq

got 7 8 combo

3:58 pm

cherlyq

te 5 left

4:05 pm

moolingwa

still 6 left for me

M SSS T C

4:06 pm

cherlyq

fire works last word was one we have had before but not something I would use in conversation for sure

4:07 pm

cherlyq

any one need clues not that I am very good at those lol

4:08 pm

moolingwa

congrats cheryl, well done

4:08 pm

cherlyq

ty

4:08 pm

MollyL

I wonder about people who use weird Babble words in conversation

4:11 pm

cherlyq

yeah it would be interesting lol

4:27 pm

cherlyq

Well see you all tomorrow I guess

4:33 pm

MollyL

I work with geeks and nerds who would probably use these words and think they were being impressive.

7:50 pm

HarryHood

back for my last 10

7:52 pm

HarryHood

listing.

7:55 pm

HarryHood

done. I should have had those.

8:20 pm

dan2bit

"styrofoam" was not found in the dictionary ???

8:20 pm

dan2bit

anyway, I'm sure I'm not the first person to notice or complain about that

10:46 pm

Gillie

It's a brand name, and therefore a proper noun. I guess we really should all be calling it polystyrene.

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