12:00 am
stidmama
flippery-dippery-doo!
12:00 am
ElliefromHelly
anew game!
12:01 am
stidmama
LOL was JUST finishing up putting up netting in the garden (yes, the deer ate the dahlias AND the heuchera today)...
12:01 am
stidmama
129 words. Looks complicated.
12:01 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:01 am
Nef
Dang, stid; that's too bad! (Now Bugs won't see them)
12:01 am
Nef
Thank you Lickety!
12:02 am
ElliefromHelly
how does he do it so fast?
12:03 am
Nef
hi jes, and thanks!
12:03 am
ChrissieDee
Thanks lickety
12:04 am
ChrissieDee
Thanks jess
12:04 am
jessmom
hi al, yw Nef
12:06 am
cybernan
hello everyone
12:06 am
ElliefromHelly
do opeople start off looking at the clues or wait till they can't get any words left?
12:06 am
ElliefromHelly
do opeople start off looking at the clues or wait till they can't get any words left?
12:06 am
ElliefromHelly
hi cyber
12:07 am
ElliefromHelly
hi jessmom
12:07 am
jessmom
I find what I can, use clues from the log, try to hold off on Lickety until under 20 left
12:07 am
jessmom
Hi Ellie
12:08 am
Nef
Ellie, everyone does it different. I always try to wait until I'm half way before I use Lickety's list; others use it right away (they may have less time to play)
12:09 am
ElliefromHelly
thanks jess, seems like a good strategy
12:09 am
ElliefromHelly
okay… for some reason i don't want to think about numbers with letters till i have to
12:09 am
ElliefromHelly
okay… for some reason i don't want to think about numbers with letters till i have to
12:09 am
ElliefromHelly
okay… for some reason i don't want to think about numbers with letters till i have to
12:09 am
ElliefromHelly
f
12:10 am
Nef
thanks, Chrissie!
12:10 am
jessmom
I used to go by square and get all words from each one, but now I go alphabetically starting at the end. Less scrolling that way
12:11 am
ElliefromHelly
wow, good info
12:11 am
ElliefromHelly
i needmore vowels though for this puzzle
12:12 am
dizgrannie
co 7/9
12:12 am
TraderKate
flipper
12:13 am
ChrissieDee
Thanks diz
12:13 am
rururocks
*makes dolphin sounds*
12:15 am
rururocks
thank you chrissie
12:16 am
Nef
well, I'm starting to lose it so am heading for bed now. Good night & Happy Babbling
12:16 am
rururocks
good night nef
12:17 am
cybernan
ty diz ... nbt, nbs
12:17 am
Lizlin
Hi all and thanks Lickety
12:17 am
ElliefromHelly
good night net, thank you
12:17 am
Nef
niters ru; good luck with thisgrid
12:17 am
dizgrannie
im 7/8
12:18 am
ElliefromHelly
nef, that is, thank you and good night
12:18 am
ChrissieDee
Thank you diz
12:18 am
Lizlin
Thanks Diz
12:22 am
dizgrannie
NBT/NBS
12:29 am
TraderKate
tr 8/50
12:31 am
Lizlin
Thanks, Kate
12:33 am
TraderKate
yw liz :)
12:33 am
rururocks
pi7.. it's all in the cards
12:37 am
Lizlin
Thanks Ru
12:40 am
ChrissieDee
Thank you ruru
12:42 am
cybernan
crashing -- good night everyone
12:43 am
Lizlin
Sleep well nan
12:44 am
harpjane
still no animals
12:44 am
harpjane
unless you count the disney dog
12:44 am
Lizlin
There's a bird
12:45 am
rururocks
pr 8 is the last 8
12:45 am
Lizlin
And an alternative spelling of a marine mammal
12:45 am
harpjane
well it's going to have to wait until tomorrow....bbl
12:46 am
Lizlin
Sleep well jane
12:47 am
harpjane
thanks, night night
12:49 am
rururocks
not seeing the big co's
12:50 am
Lizlin
co 9 - William the Norman was one. He did this to England a long time ago
12:51 am
ChrissieDee
Thanks ru. Can't get past phantom primate to find it. Will try later :)
12:51 am
Lizlin
1066 to be precise
12:51 am
rururocks
thanks liz.. totally missed that one
1:05 am
rururocks
finished
1:05 am
Lizlin
Congrats, Ru
2:59 am
aaronsmom
can anyone help with the pr8?
3:01 am
Cosmo Kramer
sorry. i have the other 2 8s, not this.
3:08 am
flosey
back for a few more
3:11 am
grannyrose
pr8. pr*, short for not amateur + short thank-you + beginning of mickey mouses's girlfriend
3:12 am
grannyrose
g'day flosey
3:12 am
flosey
hi Rose, had gone to bed but sleepless!!, what's new, eh!
3:14 am
grannyrose
*giggle* it's so annoying isn't it? i usually get so annoyed, lying there in the dark, listening to don snoring gently away.
3:14 am
flosey
yes, me too!
3:16 am
grannyrose
flosey, i have had the loveliest day. the eldest daughter of my dear friend who died, and also my god-daughter, came out and visited me.
3:16 am
flosey
how lovely, Rose
3:17 am
flosey
one son and grandson still with us until Wednesday
3:17 am
grannyrose
the poor kid is missing 'family'. don and i are thinking of being a 'surrogate' family to her.
3:17 am
grannyrose
oh lovely flosey. what a visit you have had.
3:18 am
flosey
rose, that would be lovely for you and Don
3:18 am
grannyrose
she is nearly 19. and she needs some sort of ties.
3:19 am
flosey
it was great when they were all here - and special for my birthday (and William's next day) - 2 cakes! but we do get a better visit with one family at a time
3:20 am
aaronsmom
thanks, grannyrose -- got the pr8
3:20 am
flosey
I agree, Rose, remembering myself at that age, there are times you need someone who's lived a little more to feel close to
3:20 am
grannyrose
her aunt and uncle who were her legal guardians when both parents died are not particularly well, mentally and emotionally. she feels alienated by them.
3:21 am
grannyrose
np's aaronsmom
3:27 am
Alleyn58
Morning. Does the im, 8 begin with naughty child?
3:28 am
grannyrose
yes, alleyn. extend the im7
3:28 am
sprite
good morning all
3:30 am
Alleyn58
Think I need a hint - too early here to fathom it!
3:31 am
sprite
to find new lands and civilizations = to ex*****. Make it im- and person who ending.
3:31 am
grannyrose
{{hugs}} and good morning dearest sprite
3:31 am
sprite
*hugs rose* Hello dear friend, how was your day?
3:32 am
grannyrose
back in chog. have been out with my go-daughter
3:32 am
grannyrose
ugh ** god **
3:33 am
Alleyn58
Thx Sprite.
3:33 am
sprite
lol, ok. I admit I was wondering what a godaughter could be. Did you have a good time?
3:33 am
sprite
yvw Alleyn :)
3:33 am
grannyrose
absolutely. and you? you survived yesterday. any repercussions over night?
3:35 am
sprite
tired as can be, lots of pain and waking up with a vicious headache. Last thing might be a threathening thunderstorm as well. We'll see. Otherwise I am fine.
3:36 am
grannyrose
lollll. that's like saying, well i've had to have both legs cut off, and i broke one arm, but i'm okay. you poor thing. i thought it was going to be too much for you.
3:37 am
sprite
nah, all minor things, it will pass without needing much treatment, lol.
3:42 am
grannyrose
what does the weather forecast say?
3:43 am
sprite
possible thunderstorm, I just checked.
3:47 am
sprite
oh rose, I added a new one recently:
raindear - wet, sweet and very dyslectic reindeer
3:47 am
aaronsmom
fireworks!
3:48 am
sprite
gratz smom
3:48 am
grannyrose
sprite? do you remember an english tv show with a shyster, arthur daly,played by george cole, and his off-sider, played by dennis waterman?
3:48 am
grannyrose
WTG AARONSMOM!!!!
3:48 am
sprite
can't say that I do. What was it called?
3:49 am
grannyrose
minder.
3:50 am
sprite
no sorry, never seen it. Not even sure if it aired at all here.
3:51 am
grannyrose
very funny show. we have a wholesale store called arthur daly's. i bought some really great socks, in fishnet black. lolll and dirt cheap too. 2 pair cost me less than $2.
3:52 am
sprite
sounds good :D
3:55 am
sprite
did you see my new addition to the dictionary?
3:55 am
grannyrose
i thought they would be good in the warmer weather to cover the scars on my left ankle.
3:55 am
sprite
smart thinking. Though scars are not something to be ashamed of.
3:57 am
grannyrose
the ones on the outside of my foot are still purple. not a good look.
3:58 am
sprite
goes well with your favorite colours though
3:58 am
grannyrose
trust you!!!
3:59 am
sprite
*giggles* Um sweetie.... check 3.55 am and 3..47 am, please...
4:01 am
grannyrose
oh, oh, oh, how delightful. * giggling *
4:06 am
sprite
fireflies. A bit too quickly, this one
4:08 am
sprite
I must be off, alas. *hugs* my dear rose, sleep well. And bye all!
4:08 am
grannyrose
WTG SPRITE!!!
4:08 am
grannyrose
{{hugs}} dearest. hope you can rest today. xoxox
4:33 am
marigold
+
0 /+*-
4:50 am
sukee
Good morning all.
5:12 am
gran
Four to go and struggling - pi 7/36; pr 8/50; re 6/21 and ri 6/24 - any clues please
5:14 am
grannyrose
gran, pi7, sounds like an old card game or the top of a steeple. pi*, small metal spike used when sewing + mon****, single lens eyeglass
5:15 am
grannyrose
pr8. pr*, not an amateur + abbreviation of thank-you + first letters of mickey mouse's girlfriend
5:16 am
grannyrose
re6, re + ***e, not less + vowel
5:16 am
grannyrose
ri6, rhymes with acne spot
5:17 am
Uneaixoise
morning all -- thanks for all the great clues! :-)
5:17 am
grannyrose
mornin' une
5:18 am
grannyrose
* giggling * hope my greeting didn't make your teeth grind. ;-P
5:19 am
gran
Thanks for the clues - just pi 7/36 to find
5:24 am
Uneaixoise
hee hee :-)
5:38 am
crosshair
Good morning, everybody:)
6:06 am
crosshair
Howdy, Sukee
6:08 am
sukee
Having breakfast,boiled egg, toast and bacon :)
6:08 am
crosshair
Looks like you sent me some rain sukee:)
6:08 am
crosshair
Yaa for breakfast!
6:08 am
sukee
We have some today, but we needed it.
6:10 am
crosshair
We have been fortunate up here in that all spring and summer we have been getting rain and sun, as needed in the right proportions:) The grass, trees and forests are a rich and verdant, as they should be.
6:10 am
crosshair
The water levels in the bay are actually back to the old levels of 20 years ago.
6:10 am
sukee
Yes, and no smoke.
6:11 am
crosshair
No, our friends on the west coast are dealing with a nasty fire I hear.
6:11 am
sukee
People are getting smoke as far as Minnesota.
6:12 am
crosshair
I am terrible. i should look at the news more than once a week:(
6:12 am
Marc Freeman
re6, please?
6:14 am
sukee
There is a clue for it down in the chog, I just found it.
6:14 am
crosshair
lol, CNN is not the place to go for Canadian news. We do not seem to exist. I better fire up CBC to get news on the fire;)
6:14 am
sukee
I watch Canada AM each day.
6:15 am
crosshair
I gave up on cable tv over two years ago:)
6:15 am
sukee
So you get news on the radio?
6:15 am
crosshair
Yup or stream it on the net as I want it.
6:15 am
Marc Freeman
thanks sukee
6:16 am
crosshair
Barring that, a good, old fashioned newspaper:)
6:19 am
sukee
Crossy, can you give me the stats for the lone R at the bottom of the second column?
6:19 am
crosshair
I love our three dailies. The Toronto Star is so uptight it needs medication, The Toronto Sun is like your Good ole uncle Harry in that he is nice enough but you don't leave him alone with the kids. lol I split the difference and get the Globe and mail, which is more for the 1% but is overall more balanced.
6:19 am
crosshair
ri 6/24
6:19 am
sukee
I used to prefer the Globe, the Sun is such a tabloid.
6:19 am
crosshair
ri7 stiltskin
6:20 am
sukee
TY I got it. That used to be my favorite fairy tale for some reason.
6:20 am
sukee
with slightly different spelling of course :)
6:21 am
crosshair
I love the Globes adverts. they do not get the irony of putting ads for $20,000.00 wrist watches right beside columns on what can be done for child poverty in the city....
6:23 am
crosshair
it is kind of like those $1000.00 a plate charity dinners where the ladies show up wearing a million dollars worth of bling around their necks...
6:23 am
sukee
Like the ads at the back of The New Yorker :)
6:24 am
crosshair
The New Yorker is for the 1% OF the 1%
6:24 am
sukee
But, I still like to read it :)
6:25 am
sukee
I used to buy the New York Times on Sunday once in a while. You could spend a whole day on it.
6:25 am
crosshair
Wife saw one in a drs office. Amazing that a $1500.00 pair of jeans actually exists
6:26 am
sukee
Yep, there is money there, for a few.
6:27 am
crosshair
Well, this planet needs someone at the oars as well:)
6:27 am
sukee
Yep, calling for thunderstorms today, just as well I don't have to go out today.
6:28 am
crosshair
Yup, supposed to get real heavy by mid-day
6:28 am
sukee
As a kid I always thought I was fated to be rich :) No such luck. I should not have chosen library work.
6:28 am
crosshair
I have to go to Barrie today, unfortunately. it is an oncology appt. I do not dare miss those.
6:28 am
sukee
Just a regular check up right?
6:29 am
crosshair
I think you can ffind more happiness among the books than counting money:)
6:29 am
sukee
That is true.
6:29 am
crosshair
YUp. Just a regular, but they are so important
6:29 am
crosshair
I only missed one once, in 2003, and it almost cost me dearly.
6:30 am
sukee
My appointments these days in terms of past cancer is just my yearly mammogram.
6:30 am
crosshair
I am once every 6 months
6:30 am
sukee
When did you have cancer last?
6:30 am
crosshair
Must hit the shower brb
6:31 am
sukee
Yes, I need a bit of a break too.
6:42 am
dromano66
can anyone help with the ho6/24? just cant get it
6:44 am
Uneaixoise
rhymes with fo6 word meaning to caress
6:44 am
MollyL
Sounds like an fo word that means to grope or caress (usually sexual parts)
6:44 am
Uneaixoise
snap molly LOL
6:44 am
MollyL
Une and I are sharing a brain today
: )
6:44 am
Uneaixoise
hee hee
6:46 am
dromano66
lol///htank you!!!!
6:51 am
Marc Freeman
ho6, please?
6:52 am
Uneaixoise
that's what we just clued, marc LOL
6:54 am
Marc Freeman
yes don't get the clue, sorry
6:55 am
Marc Freeman
thanks found it just looking in the wrong direction
6:56 am
mkg
i would love stat and clues for the 9. ty.
7:01 am
Marc Freeman
co9 one who did co8
7:01 am
Marc Freeman
to win a country in war
7:02 am
Marc Freeman
to7, please?
7:04 am
crosshair
to 6/27 and 7/ 40 the person and act of tightening tire lugs to a specific tolerance
7:05 am
crosshair
also a to6 wrench
7:06 am
Marc Freeman
sorry it is the first to7/36 that I am looking for
7:06 am
Uneaixoise
tx crossy!
7:06 am
mkg
marc any further cue cuz i dont have co 8 either.
7:07 am
Uneaixoise
William the Co_____
7:07 am
Marc Freeman
co= anti + big number tile + vowel + constanant
7:07 am
Uneaixoise
to vanquish
7:08 am
crosshair
ahh, sorry marc. i have not listed, and do not have that oen just yet
7:08 am
Riverdance
good morning everyone
7:08 am
Uneaixoise
hey river!
7:08 am
crosshair
Howdy, riverdance
7:08 am
Riverdance
the co7 was my first word today....
7:08 am
Uneaixoise
co7 to vanquish, defeat
7:09 am
Uneaixoise
it's my 94th LOL
7:09 am
Uneaixoise
must run -- BBL! :-)
7:09 am
Marc Freeman
to defeat by war
7:09 am
Riverdance
crossy, I am trying to figure out how to visit with carlee in September. If I do we may take a ride to see you
7:10 am
crosshair
Just let me know in advance, and bring your hiking poles and water bottles;)
7:10 am
Riverdance
this person does not hike....lol!
7:11 am
Marc Freeman
anyone to7/36?
7:11 am
Riverdance
still getting this new hip in gear.....can now do stairs....
7:11 am
TraderKate
hopefully you eat fish and chips?
7:11 am
crosshair
Ahh, I am sorry, I forgot your hip:(
7:11 am
TraderKate
hi everyone :)
7:12 am
Riverdance
hip is good just needs strengthening now
7:12 am
crosshair
Then a nice drive on the 4x4 tails on the hill for you then
7:12 am
crosshair
trails*
7:12 am
mkg
ty for clues. i got the 9!
7:12 am
Riverdance
that would be fun!
7:13 am
TraderKate
uh oh.... no lickety today?
7:13 am
Riverdance
I cant fly all the up as too expensive....so now looking into an alternate plan....fly to buffalo and drive a rental from there
7:13 am
Marc Freeman
yes lickety is up
7:14 am
crosshair
it ha been so long since I have knocked the list down to 20 or less that I almost forget what Lickety's looks like:)
7:14 am
Riverdance
travel agent looking into it. Too long a drive all the way up for me on my own
7:14 am
Riverdance
I haven't used lickety in ages either
7:15 am
crosshair
When my brother visits, he gets off at Buffalo as well. saves almost a thousand dollars on 3 three people
7:15 am
Riverdance
I figured buffalo may not be as bad crossing the border as Detroit
7:16 am
crosshair
Funny, he is in NV now and last time he had to come up to visit his Mrs. parents in Timmins it was minus 47C! lol
7:16 am
Riverdance
I drove to Quebec last year - 6 hours is OK - 12 is just too long for me.
7:16 am
TraderKate
especially midweek/midday river
7:16 am
crosshair
Visit her parents*
7:17 am
Riverdance
I am looking at a Wed or Thurs to Monday
7:18 am
TraderKate
should be good timss to cross the border. weekends are worse in summer
7:18 am
Riverdance
wow crossy - talk about a change in the temperature....he must have gone into shock!
7:18 am
crosshair
That he did!
7:19 am
Riverdance
stats for that lone R please
7:20 am
crosshair
Ok, must head off to my appt. Wish me luck. This time at least, they have had the blood work for a couple of weeks, so i will get the results immediately.
7:20 am
Riverdance
all the best crossy
7:21 am
Scrabbler
Hi kids.
7:22 am
Riverdance
Hi scrabbs
7:22 am
Scrabbler
Are you coming this way, River?
7:22 am
TraderKate
bye Crossy
HI Scrabbs
7:23 am
Riverdance
I am trying to plan a trip to see Carleecat in Ontario. Airfare to there is way too expensive so thinking about flying into Buffalo and driving from there.
7:23 am
Scrabbler
Oooh, when?
7:24 am
Riverdance
Flights into Sarnia or London were over $800. Thinking about leaving just after labor day - that Wed or Thurs
7:25 am
Scrabbler
I work all day Wednesdays and Thursdays, but maybe we could meet up in the evening.
7:25 am
Riverdance
She told me she is about 2 hours away from the falls.
7:25 am
Marc Freeman
to7/36, please?
7:26 am
Riverdance
I love to make that work if we could
7:26 am
Scrabbler
And Buffalo Airport to NF, NY = 30 min.
7:27 am
Riverdance
thats still a doable drive for me - not 12 hours driving from home
7:27 am
Scrabbler
I live 50 min drive south of Buffalo Airport, but my mom and sister live up that way so I visit once weekly.
7:28 am
Riverdance
she also offerred to come get me but wonder how it would be for her to cross border both ways - a pain I am sure.
7:28 am
Scrabbler
My limit for driving is about 6 hrs, so even trips to Cape Cod (9-10 hrs) were brutal.
7:28 am
Scrabbler
Depends on the day and time, River. Sometimes crossing the border is a breeze.
7:28 am
Riverdance
thats my limit too - did that last year when I went to Quebec to visit another gaming friend
7:29 am
TraderKate
don't have it yet marc, sorry
7:29 am
Riverdance
me neither Marc
7:29 am
Scrabbler
And crossing depends on the bridge too. There are 3 choices here--Peace Bridge, Rainbow Bridge, and Queenston-Lewiston Bridge.
7:29 am
Riverdance
I have 40 left and still dont have NBT or NBS
7:29 am
Marc Freeman
I have to go thanks for all the clues I will come back later to finish
7:29 am
TraderKate
ttfn marc :)
7:30 am
Riverdance
please dont confuse me scrabbs - doesnt take much...lol!
7:30 am
Scrabbler
Sorry, River. But the choices confuse most people that live here.
7:31 am
TraderKate
peace bridge gives least confusion for highway access... or queenston/lewiston bridge..... have lunch in niagara on the lake?
7:31 am
Riverdance
I crossed one bridge once 40 years ago.....went out west with my first husband, decided to come home through Canada so crossed over in Detroit and then back into the states in Niagra Falls
7:32 am
Scrabbler
NOTL is such a treasure!
7:32 am
Riverdance
what is that
7:32 am
Scrabbler
BBS, must get some coffee before I see my first patient.
7:33 am
Riverdance
bye scrabbs...nice chatting
7:33 am
Riverdance
I must get to work anyway - have a great day everyone
7:33 am
Scrabbler
Niagara-on-the-Lake--an adorable village on Lake Ontario where the Niagara River enters the lake. Grape/wine country!
7:35 am
TraderKate
the to 7/36 - tenuous grasp with lower appendage?
7:35 am
Riverdance
thanks Kate
7:36 am
Scrabbler
Nice clue.
7:36 am
TraderKate
also home to Shaw festival - they run plays in 3 different theatres up to November... historic buildings, lovely restaurants, fine dining, lovely band b's - you get the picture
7:37 am
Riverdance
37 left - must go now
7:37 am
TraderKate
bye river
7:38 am
Anniebrook
TK, what a great clue, thanks
7:38 am
TraderKate
lol, yvw!
7:38 am
Scrabbler
And we have launched our kayaks from the beach there for some nice paddling on the lake and river. A few years ago we paddled across to Fort Niagara, US and we were not hassled although I am sure the Coast Guard there was watching us carefully.
7:39 am
Anniebrook
hi, babblers
7:39 am
Scrabbler
Hi Annie. How are you and Bobby enjoying summer?
7:39 am
TraderKate
Hi annie :)
7:39 am
bichon
Mornin' folks
7:40 am
Scrabbler
Arf, bichon.
7:40 am
TraderKate
Good morning Bichon :)
7:40 am
Anniebrook
Hi Scrabbs and TK, having a nice summer so far, visiting my daughter, my niece, this Sat. taking a friend out for llunch, etc..etc...(her birthday)
7:41 am
Anniebrook
Morning, bichon
7:41 am
bichon
Today is the epitome of a beautiful summer day, not!. The 3 H's
7:42 am
Anniebrook
bichon, Is Mr. bichon home?
7:43 am
bichon
Back from the tropical paradise and still sound asleep. His plane didn't get in til 2 an then we didn't get home til 3
7:43 am
TraderKate
heavy rain, high winds, hail? LOL
7:44 am
Anniebrook
hazy, hot, humid
7:44 am
TraderKate
:D
here too...expecting thinderboomers today
7:45 am
Anniebrook
hopefully, it will cool the weather
7:45 am
bichon
It will be bad until Thurs. After that nice for a few days
7:45 am
Anniebrook
name that proper noun....American president
7:45 am
Anniebrook
ding ding ding!!!
7:46 am
TraderKate
:) did I win a kewpie doll?
7:46 am
Anniebrook
yes, and the brass ring
7:46 am
bichon
Is anyone else having problems with this grid or can I blame it on my lack of sleep
7:47 am
TraderKate
wow! you give out good prizes!
7:47 am
Anniebrook
*raises hand* me too
7:47 am
TraderKate
I'm struggling, but not yet awake...
7:48 am
bichon
Somehow a 9 letter word seems utterly out of the question
7:48 am
Anniebrook
I have the 9 letter word....co 9/78
7:49 am
bichon
pls share annie
7:49 am
Anniebrook
William the Co______
7:51 am
bichon
I am so impressed and ty
7:52 am
TraderKate
Juliette's love has put in an appearance...
7:52 am
Trifioso
man, that guy is EVERYWHERE....hahaha
7:52 am
Trifioso
good morning dear friends
7:53 am
TraderKate
Mornin' Frif :)
7:53 am
Trifioso
morning Fate
7:53 am
Anniebrook
Hi Trif....was yesterday's situation solved?
7:54 am
lbdawger
good morning, everyone! pi7, plz?
7:54 am
Anniebrook
hi dawg
7:54 am
Trifioso
ugh annie, you won't EVEN.....the school caved. I have to go to the kid's house to tutor him, and I am PISSED - home tutoring is only five hours a week, whereas the school program was twelve. So my summer pay just got cut in half, thanks very much.
7:54 am
TraderKate
a card game?
7:55 am
Trifioso
and now I am responsible for setting all his curriculum, materials, and everything else
7:55 am
TraderKate
hi dawg :))
7:55 am
Anniebrook
Trif , that is not fair
7:56 am
lbdawger
hi kate, ty for the pi7
7:56 am
Trifioso
I agree, but politically its way dangerous for me to make a fuss.
7:56 am
TraderKate
the card game dawg
7:56 am
Trifioso
I have seen what happens to staff members that balk - lunch duty, the worst classes, etc.
7:57 am
TraderKate
...sounds like the very tippy top of something.
7:57 am
lbdawger
hi annie! trif, that really sucks
7:57 am
Anniebrook
Trif, I wouldn't make a fuss. There might be retaliation.
7:59 am
Trifioso
so this is where we are now: I am tutoring a boy who has not been in school since NOVEMBER, with the intent of getting him ready for 9th grade. A regular school week for us is 30 hours. I am authorized to meet with him 5 hours a week, for 4 weeks. Explain to me how I am going to teach this kid a year's worth of material in less than a full week's school time?
8:00 am
Anniebrook
I dont see how it can be done.
8:00 am
TraderKate
12 hours of homework each day...
8:01 am
Scrabbler
Back. I just saw a really nice female adolescent--not so common.
8:01 am
TraderKate
concentrate on math...hopefully he can wing the english and other "softer" courses
8:02 am
Scrabbler
Ugh, Trif. That sucks for you and the kid.
8:03 am
Scrabbler
I would tell the kid and his parents what HE must accomplish this summer. You are the teacher and guide, he must put in the work to be ready for gr 9.
8:03 am
Trifioso
really nice female adolescents DO exist scrabbler!!!! have several at my school
8:03 am
periwinkle
good morning all. early chat shows that there are pr8 and tr8 and I do not see either. help pls
8:03 am
Scrabbler
Respectful, responsible, polite adolescents are always such a treat for us.
8:04 am
Trifioso
I agree scrabbler, but I can tell you this from experience - I leave, he watches TV. I couldn't even get him to read a page and a half of To Kill A Mockingbird to get to the end of the chapter.
8:04 am
Trifioso
I'm so frigging mad about the money, I cant even tell you
8:05 am
Scrabbler
I am not surprised, Trif, as his parents seem to have no expectations for him. Just tell him and his parents what you/the school expects of him this summer. Let him and his parents face the consequences.
8:05 am
Trifioso
good plan, scrabbler.
8:06 am
Trifioso
at this point, I must admit, I think they are all a bunch of nut jobs.
8:06 am
Anniebrook
They probably are.
8:06 am
Scrabbler
I would be very angry about how their decision is costing YOU money this summer--not fair to you.
8:07 am
Scrabbler
Sadly the kid is doomed as his parents are not preparing him for adulthood. But there is an epidemic of that and I see it every day.
8:08 am
Trifioso
the kid is doomed because he has a raging anxiety disorder that his parents are not treating - at ALL
8:08 am
periwinkle
Trif that is an awful situation all around
8:09 am
Trifioso
and now, because he is meeting with me privately, instead of in the school program, I am responsible for all his content. so the school a) screwed me out of five hours a pay a week and b) is paying me para rates to do a teacher's job. grrrrrrr
8:09 am
Anniebrook
Can the guidance counselor step in at this point and strongly suggest that this kid needs major help.
8:09 am
periwinkle
was just going to suggest that, Annie
8:09 am
Anniebrook
Trif, do you belong to a union? This would never fly in NYC.
8:09 am
Trifioso
she has annie. EVERYONE, from the school nurse on down, has been telling them this for years. But they don't want anything to do with anything that sounds like a "mental disorder"
8:10 am
TraderKate
Can you respectuflly decline the assignment? Stating your reasons...
8:10 am
Trifioso
Yes annie, but they don't touch stuff like this, and again, "squawk and you walk"
8:10 am
Trifioso
I thought of that Kate, but then I am really in the soup - no money at all, and the school would be LIVID
8:11 am
Trifioso
it's 20 hours. I will do it with a smile on my face, and never sign up for this again
8:11 am
Trifioso
I am in it now.
8:12 am
TraderKate
Which reprisal from the school would be worse? Trying to do the impossible job poorly or not doing it at all? BUT money is an issue too.
8:12 am
Trifioso
to be totally honest - the principal has washed her hands of this whole thing. he is done with 8th grade. as far as she is concerned, he is the high school's problem now
8:13 am
TraderKate
why isn't the kid in the 12 hour a week program at the school?
8:13 am
Trifioso
according to his parents, he "cant handle it" - the kids never leaves the house. Boo Radley, the poor thing
8:13 am
TraderKate
so, he will probably have to repeat most of grade 9... that should wake everyone up...
8:14 am
Trifioso
no, the parents will start battering the high school until they provide a tutor for him. This is the parent's gig - they want all their kids home schooled, and they want the town to pay for it.
8:14 am
TraderKate
so he will continue to be home schooled in grade 9?
8:14 am
TraderKate
so he will continue to be home schooled in grade 9?
8:15 am
MollyL
So he is Boo Radley and you are having him read "To Kill A Mockingbird"? Humorous
8:15 am
Trifioso
oh, the irony, molly!
8:15 am
Trifioso
anyway....let's move on.
8:16 am
MollyL
If he starts carving you figurines beware when he has the scissors
8:16 am
Trifioso
hahahahahaha
8:16 am
TraderKate
if they choose to home school, shouldn't they be teaching him? Or paying tutors out of their own pocket... not sure I understand the logic or law of htis
8:17 am
Trifioso
yes, kate, on all counts. but they keep claiming he has this medical reason, or that one, so that the school is on the hook.
8:17 am
Scrabbler
Home instruction means less face-to-face time with the teacher and more initiative and responsibility for the kid.
8:18 am
Scrabbler
BBS. Got to see a 3 yr old now--fun!
8:18 am
Trifioso
until you give them the shot, yup
8:18 am
Anniebrook
Are they parents claiming the kid is disabled? I bet they are collecting SSI or some sort of money for him? Hence, cant leave the house, school come to house. I would not be surprised if this is the case. Slick
8:19 am
Trifioso
ooooh, I never thought of that, annie!
8:20 am
Anniebrook
Some parents are ruthless. They just throw their children away.
8:22 am
MollyL
If they are collecting Social Security they would have to have an approved diagnosis by a physician
8:22 am
Anniebrook
That is not that hard to get.
8:23 am
Trifioso
man, the second column today is just a tricky little bugger, isn't it?
8:24 am
Anniebrook
I can't believe parents would do that. (if they are doing that). Bobby was accepted into early education and I sat in that classroom with an infant for three months because he would not stop crying and the teachers worked with me.
8:24 am
TraderKate
I've only got the lone r in the whole column, ty for pointing that out Trif :(
8:25 am
Anniebrook
I was so grateful he was accepted into the program. It was so new at that time.
8:25 am
MollyL
I guess I'm lost in the details of this story. I thought Trif said the parents were "claiming" the kid had Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder, but the kid had never been officially diagnosed
8:25 am
Trifioso
lol, sorry kate!
8:25 am
Trifioso
that is right molly.
8:25 am
TraderKate
it's ok... I have lots of time today
8:26 am
MollyL
Early programs for kids with disabilities are so beneficial to the child. It's a shame more parents don't get their kids diagnosed at an early age.
8:27 am
Anniebrook
one more question....Did the school allow tutoring without a diagnosis?
8:28 am
Trifioso
and, on good faith, my principal went to court to address the truancy issue, without the medical documentation. a mistake SHE will never make again
8:29 am
Trifioso
I can't find any 8s lbd, I am so sorry
8:30 am
MollyL
pr8 ends like the "multiples" people take daily
8:30 am
Trifioso
oh well done you!!!!
8:31 am
MollyL
I don't get why these people are getting so much free assistance without a documented disability.
8:31 am
TraderKate
ty Molly
8:35 am
lbdawger
ty molly
8:35 am
lbdawger
ty molly
8:43 am
bichon
don't understand
8:44 am
lbdawger
tadone!finito, time to get my day started. hagd!
8:45 am
Anniebrook
congrats, dawg!
8:45 am
TraderKate
congratulations dawg!
8:45 am
bichon
got it, ty
8:47 am
Anniebrook
22 left to find, be back later
8:48 am
TraderKate
bye Annie
8:48 am
HarryHood
got the four corners grayed out :)
8:50 am
HarryHood
halfway! bbl
8:51 am
TraderKate
Hi Harry
8:53 am
MollyL
*Gives Harry a chocolate cake for being in the grid yesterday
: D
8:54 am
Trifioso
im giving up....no nbt for me today booooo
8:55 am
TraderKate
come back later Trif.. take another kick at the can!
8:55 am
Trifioso
maybe....
8:58 am
TraderKate
found the im 7 & 8 :)
9:04 am
MollyL
Someone will probably im7 you for a clue
9:04 am
TraderKate
I beg of them not to.....
9:19 am
movieman
a clue for the pr8 plz
9:20 am
TraderKate
for + scottish cap + not out
9:21 am
TraderKate
yvw movieman :)
9:28 am
TraderKate
fireflies; almost broke my monkey on the last word :)
9:30 am
Scrabbler
Yay Kate!
9:45 am
bichon
im 7/8, don't understand
9:47 am
featherbee
Oooh, my favorite size grid
9:48 am
Scrabbler
To im7 = to urge, to request, to plead
9:49 am
Scrabbler
Hi Featherbee. Warning: very difficult grid.
9:49 am
featherbee
ok, fair enough :)
9:54 am
mrpresident
Hi kids :)
9:54 am
featherbee
hi mrp!
9:55 am
mrpresident
Hi feather!!
9:55 am
mrpresident
Been keeping up with u on FB. Looking good
9:57 am
featherbee
letting myself sit at the grid for a few minutes before i tackle laundry and the house. did a 2 mile run, sooooooo humid here today.
9:58 am
Scrabbler
Same here, and yesterday was almost 90 and very humid. But this is what we dream of in the winter.
9:58 am
mrpresident
Good on u! I am trying to go sleep but nothing is working!
9:59 am
mrpresident
Is really cold here tonight
9:59 am
Scrabbler
I slept poorly last night.
9:59 am
featherbee
yep. it did make me feel at least that i was working hard, as opposed to the winter when you don't drip with sweat quite as much! sorry for the tmi, lol
10:00 am
featherbee
stay in the chog for a bit mrp, i bet your eyes will get heavy soon enough :)
10:00 am
featherbee
*pounce*
10:00 am
featherbee
*gives kje noogies*
10:00 am
kje
*wipes the slobber off my face*
10:01 am
mrpresident
Hi stabs and kje :)
10:01 am
featherbee
hehehe
10:01 am
mrpresident
Scrabs! Not stabs
10:01 am
kje
hi mrp! 2 days in 1 week... great to see you!
10:01 am
featherbee
lol mrp
10:01 am
mrpresident
Bloody autocorrect on my iPhone. Need to go back to my puter
10:02 am
featherbee
chatting in real time on the chog is better than FB, i'm realizing
10:02 am
mrpresident
Great to see u too! Am happy to be here
10:02 am
aebmusica
clue for the co7, please
10:02 am
kje
at least yours corrected to "stabs", mrp... mine often corrects to "scabs" which is just rude
10:03 am
kje
co7 - army victory over a foreign land
10:03 am
mrpresident
Lol! Indeed kje!
10:03 am
featherbee
i like your kind of clues kje. makes one think.
10:04 am
doseffing
... also gives you the 9
10:04 am
kje
uses big point tile
10:05 am
featherbee
also means i sit here with furrowed brow for a while, but that's ok. haven't finished the first pass yet.
10:05 am
featherbee
ahhhh, ty for the nudge
10:05 am
kje
I have 29 left to go and am at somewhat of a standoff with the monkeys
10:05 am
aebmusica
tyvm kje!
10:05 am
featherbee
ty dos
10:05 am
featherbee
i'm not even halfway yet
10:06 am
featherbee
hey, you're in the grid kje....
10:07 am
featherbee
...waits for it....
10:08 am
phaeton
hi...clue for the ho6/24 pls?
10:08 am
featherbee
lol, yep. nice gift to the chog, lol!
10:08 am
kje
don't have, phase... will look
10:08 am
kje
oops... yep... fell into that one
10:11 am
kje
ok, found it, use the left o
10:11 am
featherbee
dang, i've been using the right the whole time.
10:12 am
kje
first 4 are the start of a japanese car company
10:12 am
featherbee
got it
10:13 am
kje
how about the second r in from the upper left corner?
10:15 am
featherbee
looking
10:15 am
MollyL
That R sounds like the brand name for the white powdered stuff some people use as cream in their coffee
10:15 am
rururocks
rcocaine
10:15 am
featherbee
lol ruru
10:15 am
rururocks
oh crap that's for LA
10:16 am
MollyL
No, that is the white powdered stuff some people use for "allergies"
: P
10:16 am
featherbee
is it re or ro?
10:17 am
rururocks
oh.. yeah.. that's what it is
10:17 am
rururocks
re 6 is a fish
10:17 am
rururocks
they like hanging around sharks
10:18 am
TraderKate
hi all, especially the lurkerz :)
10:18 am
featherbee
hi kate
10:18 am
rururocks
morning Kate
10:18 am
gemini_J13
hi Kate
10:18 am
CiociaJudy
Lots of familiar "faces" this morning. Just finished. Wanted to say Hi!
10:19 am
featherbee
hi judy :)
10:19 am
rururocks
morning judy
10:19 am
TraderKate
mornin' ruru, hi gemini, kje, feather and molly
10:19 am
rururocks
hey .. hya hego
10:19 am
hego
And especially Judy!
10:19 am
TraderKate
{{{(((Judy)))}}} !!!!!!!!!
10:19 am
featherbee
hi hego, anyone else i've missed
10:19 am
kje
lots of old faces
10:19 am
TraderKate
hi hego :)
10:20 am
CiociaJudy
{{{Kat}}}
10:20 am
CiociaJudy
Hi, Hego!!
10:20 am
featherbee
who you calling old?
10:20 am
rururocks
speak for yourself kje
10:20 am
CiociaJudy
LOL Ru and Feather!
10:20 am
hego
thinking about a face lift....
10:20 am
TraderKate
not feeling old, just warmand fuzzy
10:21 am
rururocks
don't do it hego
10:21 am
kje
don't do it hego!
10:21 am
TraderKate
why not ruru?
10:21 am
CiociaJudy
You don't need it Hego!
10:21 am
hego
Just kidding
10:21 am
hego
Responding to the old faces comment.
10:21 am
rururocks
absolutely she doesn't need it
10:21 am
TraderKate
Hi Anne
10:21 am
hego
But ty, friends.
10:22 am
rururocks
but a butt implant.. that is ok with Bill
10:22 am
TraderKate
none of needs a facelift.. we are permanently 28...
10:22 am
hego
That does NOT need to be any bigger!
10:22 am
featherbee
sounds reasonable to me kate
10:22 am
rururocks
well.. that's stretching it a bit kate
10:22 am
TraderKate
none of US*
10:23 am
kje
I have butt to donate if needed
10:23 am
rururocks
me too
10:23 am
CiociaJudy
me too
10:23 am
rururocks
yeah.. they do blood drives.. why don't they do butt donation drives
10:23 am
CiociaJudy
and thx Kate. 28 sounds wonderful
10:24 am
TraderKate
in cyberland we are all beautiful/handsome.. and our spirits can soar unrestricted :D
10:24 am
hego
I kind of liked 35..
10:24 am
MLFAN17
is this grid harder then it seems so far? I have been here a few minutes and only have 13 words at the moment?
10:24 am
TraderKate
28 was a very good year for me.
10:24 am
Scrabbler
Ruru and kje, I met a guy from San Luis Obispo on Saturday. Near you?
10:24 am
kje
this is a good year for me... I'll stay here for now
10:24 am
rururocks
south of us
10:24 am
featherbee
it's challenging
10:24 am
rururocks
about 4 hours
10:24 am
MollyL
All hail to the old faces and old guard!!!!
10:25 am
TraderKate
35 used to be "the start of middle age"... didn't like that year at all
10:25 am
kje
define "near"
10:25 am
CiociaJudy
ma + alt spelling for opp of before
10:25 am
rururocks
ma 6 begins with crime group and ends with op of energetic
10:25 am
rururocks
mostly
10:26 am
rururocks
san luis is near santa Barbara scrabs..
10:26 am
Scrabbler
OK, kje, I know you are in the same state and that California is hige.
10:26 am
CiociaJudy
middle age is now at least 60! LOL
10:26 am
hego
Great clue!!
10:26 am
featherbee
chog is flying
10:26 am
hego
Judy, at least!
10:27 am
kje
it's south of here - very pretty place... gonna come visit him???
10:27 am
rururocks
if that's so.. I'm middle aged. I should buy another sports car
10:27 am
TraderKate
Id like to push middle age a bit further along as I am within a decade of 60...
10:28 am
rururocks
*so much for the visions of 28*
10:28 am
hego
a crisis coming up, Ru?
10:28 am
rururocks
oh ha...
10:28 am
rururocks
I'm done with crisis for now
10:28 am
hego
Glad to hear that.
10:29 am
rururocks
I'm ready for some smooth sailing for a while
10:29 am
MLFAN17
I must still be asleep still not getting the ma6.. got the first 3 letters though?
10:29 am
MollyL
It's never too late to have another mid-life crisis
10:29 am
featherbee
and just broke over halfway. gotta go get busy with chores, will bbl.
10:29 am
rururocks
the beginning of being sleepy (add)
10:29 am
rururocks
well I could buy my dream car now if I wanted
10:30 am
Scrabbler
Bye, Feather.
10:30 am
CiociaJudy
bye feather!
10:30 am
MLFAN17
ruru begins with t?
10:30 am
kje
crises are exhausting... just go do what you want now that you are old and free, ru
10:30 am
rururocks
not saying ml.. but you're on the right track
10:30 am
hego
Ruru, buy that car if you want it!
10:30 am
Scrabbler
No big trips planned. Gotta stay rather close to home with Mom being elderly now.
10:31 am
MollyL
You could buy a third world country now if you wanted
10:31 am
CiociaJudy
what kind of car, Ruru?
10:31 am
rururocks
I slobber over the audi R8 judy
10:31 am
kje
is she doing ok, scrab?
10:32 am
CiociaJudy
life is short; buy the car, Ruru!
10:32 am
kje
I want a fiat, ru... lots of easy city parking
10:32 am
MLFAN17
ma /30right?
10:32 am
rururocks
they have to hand me paper towels when I go to the dealership so that I don't drool on the display model
10:32 am
CiociaJudy
hahahahaha
10:32 am
rururocks
Fiats are a piece of crap kje
10:32 am
rururocks
by a mini cooper better car
10:32 am
CiociaJudy
yes, MLF
10:33 am
kje
the mini drives like a truck... very rough ride
10:33 am
CiociaJudy
my dream car from high school was a yellow corvette
10:33 am
MLFAN17
I got it thank you all
10:33 am
rururocks
but it drives
10:34 am
hego
This grid IS hard.
10:34 am
MollyL
There used to be a Ferrari dealership across the street from my office. They had to hand out towels to the male visitors for the same (and other) reasons
10:34 am
rururocks
I can't see you in a Fiat Kje
10:35 am
hego
Ferraris are wasted in America.
10:35 am
kje
but will prob drive this one till it dies... so by then maybe something new will be out
10:35 am
rururocks
*marks calendar for dates to remind KJE I told her not to buy it*
10:35 am
MLFAN17
clue for re 6 please?
10:35 am
Scrabbler
kje, she is a skeletal disaster--bad arthritis in knees and spine, uses a walker--but otherwise healthy. No cardiovascular problems. No dementia.
10:35 am
rururocks
Ferraris are ridiculous for america
10:35 am
kje
not out west, ego... long expanses of remote windy roads with no cops around
10:36 am
CiociaJudy
I have a friend who is a major car collector--so I've at least ridden in a ferrari, porsches, corvettes, etc.
10:36 am
rururocks
and you like corvettes the best judy?
10:36 am
aebmusica
re6 ia a fish
10:36 am
Scrabbler
I love my Subaru Crosstrek.
10:36 am
kje
hego, not ego
10:36 am
CiociaJudy
don't know why they always called to me, Ru
10:36 am
hego
But to see them streaking down the autostrada in Italy, Ah! That is car heaven.
10:36 am
Scrabbler
TY, aebmusica
10:36 am
kje
sorry to hear, scrab
10:36 am
CiociaJudy
never could drive a stick, but now you can buy an automatic. :)
10:36 am
hego
Or on Mountain roads.
10:37 am
CiociaJudy
bummer, Scrabs. So hard to watch our parents age.
10:37 am
kje
is there a way to turn off autocorrect for a specific site only?
10:37 am
rururocks
I love the old corvettes from the 60's
10:38 am
rururocks
not in my case judy
10:38 am
Scrabbler
But at least she is not demented nor ill. She hobbles around and can still take care of her bathroom needs. Things could be worse.
10:38 am
harpjane
hello all. Could I get the stats for the lone r on top please?
10:38 am
rururocks
re 6 fish buddy for sharks
10:38 am
MLFAN17
harp its a fish I think?
10:38 am
Scrabbler
How about the bottom row R and the O's?
10:38 am
CiociaJudy
re6/21 I think Harp
10:39 am
CiociaJudy
Scrabs, 4i6/24
10:39 am
kje
bottom r rhymes with zit
10:39 am
CiociaJudy
*ri6/24
10:39 am
rururocks
ri 6.. like the fairy tale character
10:39 am
rururocks
riacne
10:39 am
rururocks
damn it
10:40 am
rururocks
riblemish
10:40 am
harpjane
ri 6 reminds me of a Detective of the Bailey.
10:40 am
CiociaJudy
WOOHOO KJE!!!!
10:40 am
Scrabbler
Yay, kje.
10:40 am
MLFAN17
ty for bottom r
10:40 am
rururocks
what do you drive now kje?
10:40 am
Scrabbler
ol4 = my duh word for the morning.
10:40 am
CiociaJudy
om4/5, or5/12, ot5/10, Scrabs
10:41 am
CiociaJudy
well, it's time to put the baked potatoes in the microwave for lunch in Eastern PA. So lovely chatting with you "oldies". HAGD
10:41 am
Scrabbler
Bye Judy.
10:42 am
hego
Bye judy, good to see you.
10:42 am
MLFAN17
2nd column top r can I get a break down clue please?
10:42 am
hego
It's a kind of shark, I think.
10:43 am
hego
No! It's the fish that hang out with sharks.
10:44 am
MLFAN17
hego break down clue please?
10:44 am
Riverdance
thanks hego - had to google that one
10:44 am
harpjane
When the moon hits you eye like a pie in the sky, thats a (re) ****!
10:45 am
hego
lol, good one Jane.
10:45 am
MLFAN17
ty great clue harp
10:45 am
MLFAN17
are the co 7 and co 9 related?
10:46 am
rururocks
yes.. sexually they are :D
10:46 am
doseffing
... yup ... defeating someone elses army and the person who does it
10:46 am
harpjane
I didn't know what it was but I know the song!
10:47 am
MLFAN17
uh sexually?
10:47 am
doseffing
... hey ... just hanging around for a few minutes ....
10:48 am
TraderKate
hi dose and jane :)
10:49 am
Scrabbler
I found 72 and that is enough. Enjoy the day, kids.
10:49 am
MLFAN17
ty got them
10:49 am
TraderKate
bye scrabbs
10:51 am
harpjane
nbt nbs
10:51 am
MLFAN17
does the pr8 extend from the pr 5/14?
10:53 am
MollyL
Yay for the "oldies"!!!!!!!
10:56 am
hego
must go bbl!!
10:57 am
doseffing
... pr8 doesn't come from the pr5 that I found
11:01 am
TraderKate
the pr 8 is a stand alone word.. no combo
11:02 am
harpjane
is it to be in favor of something?
11:04 am
TraderKate
in favour of a scottish cap and not being outdoors maybe...
11:04 am
bichon
ma 6/ 30, first one pls
11:05 am
magazinemom
Good clue Kate!
11:05 am
harpjane
sounds like m+ opposite of before
11:05 am
TraderKate
m + not fore but *** on a boat + first part of to press a shirt?
11:06 am
TraderKate
hi magmom, thanks
11:06 am
bichon
ty Kate, just rolled off my tongue
11:06 am
magazinemom
They pulled out the dictionary of offbeat words today, didn't they?
11:06 am
harpjane
and only a few animals
11:07 am
TraderKate
there's a few zingers in there, but not too bad..
11:07 am
TraderKate
did you get a bird harp?
11:08 am
bichon
ma 6/21, all three of them pls
11:08 am
TraderKate
the 1st is a bird bichon
11:08 am
bichon
got the second one
11:08 am
TraderKate
2nd is a french morning
11:09 am
TraderKate
3rd ma6/21 is..... Nurse Ratchet maybe?
11:09 am
TraderKate
or think kind of a head nurse in the British shows...
11:10 am
doseffing
... sorry kate ... the french morning has only one t so it's in the grid too ... what this one with two t's is who knows" the dictionary didn't
11:10 am
bichon
I got that one, it's the second. Need first an last
11:10 am
harpjane
just working on the m's now
11:10 am
TraderKate
or just a plain old woman of some years...
11:10 am
TraderKate
4th is the bird again only double the consonat
11:11 am
MollyL
First ma6 is first three of Italian mob + first three of dessert that ends in amisu
11:11 am
bichon
got them all, ty Kate
11:11 am
TraderKate
lol...nm my numbering system....
11:13 am
TraderKate
too bad I can't go back and edit the chog... someone is going to be very confused if they read back...
the 2nd one I clued is a ma 5/12...
11:18 am
harpjane
which one is the ma5, tk? I'm still stuck
11:18 am
doseffing
... the second is ma6/30 ... it sounds like a man's name ... ... I think it comes from the word for a letter granted by the king to allow a sea captain to act as a privateer and plunder enemy ships ... Letters of "maxxxx"
11:18 am
hego
I thought the french morning was the 5.
11:18 am
harpjane
oh, duh! thanks
11:19 am
doseffing
... there is an ma5 which is french for morning or catholic for morning mass ... .... there's an ma6 if you double the middle consonent
11:20 am
hego
ty Dose, was wondering about the dble letter one.
11:20 am
car.eeyore
Hello all
11:24 am
doseffing
... three quarters ... enough for now ... luck to all
11:24 am
car.eeyore
well done
11:44 am
harpjane
found another birdie
11:44 am
TraderKate
the wader?
11:48 am
TraderKate
definitely a dearth of critters for you today...
11:48 am
harpjane
only 3 to go
11:48 am
TraderKate
go jane GO!!!!
11:48 am
harpjane
lots of food today
11:50 am
TraderKate
gotta feed the critters and stock the PB!
11:51 am
harpjane
done! See you all at the flip1
11:54 am
Marc Freeman
to7/36 please?
11:54 am
TraderKate
congratulations harpie!
11:54 am
TraderKate
tenuous grasp with a lower appendage?
11:57 am
Marc Freeman
thanks got it
12:05 pm
bichon
mi 5/12, second one pls
12:06 pm
bubba218
mi5 what you call the join at the e3nd of two pieces of wood
12:08 pm
rururocks
well.. that would be a big talent kate :D
12:10 pm
featherbee
back for a few more
12:10 pm
Marc Freeman
pr8, please?
12:11 pm
rururocks
pr8 a supplement baseball players take
12:11 pm
aebmusica
A golf pr*+ the last part of what you take in the morning for your health.
12:12 pm
featherbee
wow, ty
12:12 pm
rururocks
prjackdaniels
12:12 pm
rururocks
damn it
12:12 pm
featherbee
ha rur
12:14 pm
Marc Freeman
got it thanks
12:17 pm
Judi
Greetings, y'all!
12:17 pm
TraderKate
lol ruru
12:17 pm
featherbee
hi judi
12:17 pm
TraderKate
hi Judi and musica
12:18 pm
TraderKate
have to get ready for a few appointments..any last clues wanted?
12:18 pm
featherbee
are the im words obvious?
12:19 pm
featherbee
k, won't ask yet then
12:19 pm
rururocks
to beg
12:22 pm
aebmusica
hi trader
12:23 pm
crosshair
Ty for I'm words;)
12:23 pm
featherbee
down to 17, will bbl
12:24 pm
rururocks
*leaves back door unlocked for feather*
12:24 pm
TraderKate
bye feather
12:24 pm
crosshair
Am on tablet, so spelling will be slightly worse than usual:)
12:25 pm
TraderKate
bbl, time to get ready.
12:25 pm
rururocks
would we notice the difference crossy ? :D
12:25 pm
crosshair
Lol, perhaps not
12:26 pm
crosshair
If you notice am iprovment, then that is the cat walking a ross the keyboard
12:27 pm
Judi
A new obstacle: Tablet Babblet.
12:28 pm
crosshair
Tiny on- screen "chicklet" keys and large fingers do not mix
12:35 pm
car.eeyore
Hello again
12:47 pm
godthaab
My Dad's first and last names are in the grid today!
12:49 pm
TraderKate
Hi god and car :)
12:49 pm
godthaab
Hi Trader
12:49 pm
bichon
hi hego, got, Judi, Kate, crossy
12:50 pm
hego
Picturing Crossy trying to fit his big fingers on that tiny screen.
12:51 pm
Judi
Time to get a little work done... Later!
12:55 pm
periwinkle
help with first ma6/30 pls
12:56 pm
bichon
sounds like ra 4/7 + You **itate me
12:56 pm
MollyL
First ma6 is first three of Italian mob + first three of dessert that ends in amisu
12:56 pm
periwinkle
nm found it on morewords. ty molly
12:57 pm
periwinkle
ty bichon
12:57 pm
periwinkle
new word for me
12:57 pm
MollyL
*Puts on dunce cap for "should have known better than to clue"
12:57 pm
bichon
new word for everyone
12:58 pm
periwinkle
Molly no need for dunce cap. I did not see it on morewords at first glance
12:58 pm
TraderKate
Someone out there is glad you gave a good clue Molly!
12:59 pm
Anniebrook
can I get a clue for re 6 ?
12:59 pm
TraderKate
hmmm... um - such a good clue
12:59 pm
periwinkle
the ho6/24 is also a new word for me
12:59 pm
bichon
re 6, little fish that attaches itself to a shark
1:00 pm
Uneaixoise
re + not less (but change final vowel)
1:00 pm
Anniebrook
I found it! Done
1:00 pm
Uneaixoise
congrats, annie!
1:00 pm
Anniebrook
thanks Une and bichon
1:00 pm
periwinkle
yay for
Annie
1:00 pm
Uneaixoise
yw :-)
1:01 pm
Anniebrook
thanks, peri
1:01 pm
Anniebrook
I like your icon, Une
1:02 pm
periwinkle
and done, too
1:03 pm
hego
Good work Peri!!
1:04 pm
Anniebrook
congrats, peri
1:04 pm
Anniebrook
I'm going to see to some errands, bye
1:13 pm
TraderKate
congrats and bye Annie!
1:18 pm
aebmusica
clue of the pi7, please
1:21 pm
MollyL
pi7 starts with the first 4 letters of wine that ends with grigio and ends with the last three letters of not aunt
1:21 pm
aebmusica
ah like the card games....thanks Molly!
1:25 pm
rubyfoo
Molly always gives good clue
1:25 pm
rubyfoo
but I thought the card game had an h
1:25 pm
hego
How are you?
1:37 pm
aebmusica
it does ruby ...but it would have still been a good way to clue pi7(card game -the "h".
1:54 pm
sammysmom
stuck on tr 8/50 ?
1:55 pm
bichon
me too sammysmom
1:57 pm
HarryHood
tr8/50 one who tr7s
1:57 pm
HarryHood
and tr7 adds two letters to tr5
1:57 pm
HarryHood
which adds a letter to tr 4 :)
1:58 pm
HarryHood
can't find the at6/18!
1:58 pm
sammysmom
thanks harry... actually had the 50 but not the one before it... i guess my "blind spot" is getting bigger
2:00 pm
bichon
clue for the at 6, pls
2:01 pm
HarryHood
at6 is at + ripped
2:05 pm
turqaz
ho 6/24 please?
2:07 pm
turqaz
nm, got it
2:21 pm
crosshair
Good afternoon, everybody:)
2:21 pm
crosshair
having torrential rain at the moment so it is a good time to babble:)
2:29 pm
crosshair
Since it is not in the dictionary and three different "urban" dictionaries give it three different meanings, The only way to really clue it is to say that you can change out the o for another vowel and it would be something you use with your fingers to lift a mug or teacup to your lips...
2:31 pm
crosshair
could be another word to mean fondle or haggle, but that is still debatable.
2:32 pm
Wolvie
ty crossy. just looked at chat. was needing that one :-)
2:46 pm
Wolvie
fini and have to run- happy babbling all
3:00 pm
Aussieme
Oh good grief!! I don't come here for a very long time, and then I see two of my favourite people right at the top of the chog....
3:01 pm
Uneaixoise
aussieme!! oh my gosh! hello!
3:01 pm
Aussieme
Hey Une!! *kisses*
3:02 pm
dcseain
hi, aussie and une :)
3:02 pm
Aussieme
Hey Seain
3:02 pm
dcseain
It's turned into a homecoming week here. It's been lovely.
3:03 pm
Aussieme
I haven't babbled for a very long time, thought I'd drop in and play a while.
3:03 pm
dcseain
i have finished maybe a handful of grid in years.
3:03 pm
Uneaixoise
howdy seain :-)
3:04 pm
dcseain
is everyone having a decent Summer?
3:04 pm
Uneaixoise
decent but hot! :-)
3:05 pm
Aussieme
Had a hot week last week, waiting for good weather again, it rained today
3:05 pm
dcseain
It's been very, very rainy here. the ground is water-logged.
3:06 pm
dcseain
we've had a weird mix of pleasant and hot. May was our hottest ever. June was nice. So far, the humidity has been not horrible through July.
3:11 pm
crosshair
Howdy, Aussime:))
3:11 pm
Aussieme
Hey Crossy xox
3:11 pm
magazinemom
Hi all!
3:11 pm
crosshair
Nice to see you once again;)
3:12 pm
crosshair
Howdy magmom:)
3:12 pm
Aussieme
You too Crossy. I've missed being here.
3:12 pm
Aussieme
Hey MagMom!
3:12 pm
magazinemom
hey crossy and aussie!
3:19 pm
sukee
Hi again people.
3:20 pm
Aussieme
Hi Sukee
3:24 pm
Aussieme
clues for the QU words please?
3:25 pm
sukee
QU 5/16 - a stone used in grinding
3:25 pm
sukee
QU 4/8 - prison court
3:26 pm
sukee
QU - + type of bird T***
3:26 pm
sukee
that is the 5
3:27 pm
sukee
I don't have the 3rd one
3:27 pm
Aussieme
thank you sukee.... working on them now
3:29 pm
Aussieme
another qu5/16..... when catching crab they need to meet their qu5/16
3:48 pm
meliae
Stats for second column O please and thank you
3:48 pm
meliae
Thank you Crossy fish me!
3:49 pm
Aussieme
Nice herring for meliae
3:49 pm
crosshair
I usually miss it all the time since the word is never used here.
3:49 pm
crosshair
My monkey's hit on it earlier:)
3:50 pm
meliae
I always try oreo and miss the butter one lol!
3:52 pm
meliae
Stats for bottom R 2nd column, please and thank you.
3:56 pm
doseffing
ri 6/24 ... rhymes with the red blotchy things that show up on your face when you didn't wash properly as a teenager
3:57 pm
Aussieme
thank you dose!
4:01 pm
Aussieme
Stats for the 3rd 8 please? I have the one who walks all over you, and the one who begs...
4:01 pm
crosshair
having a bad grid day; 88 words to go and I am reduced to blindly tying in random letter combinations in hopes of a "Hit." Have found three this way in last five minutes:/
4:02 pm
Aussieme
I have 76 to go Crossy.
4:02 pm
meliae
I have the same ones as you Aussie
4:02 pm
meliae
71 to go here this is an onery grid.
4:03 pm
doseffing
im7/8 ... to beg or plead ... and the person who does it
4:04 pm
Aussieme
I have that one dose
4:06 pm
cybernan
hi everyone :-)
4:07 pm
Aussieme
Hey Nan!!!!
4:07 pm
doseffing
... sorry ... then it's pr8/50 ... a tough one to clue ... so let's try ... ... the stuff you get from the dietary supplements in pill form except you drop the "vi" from the beginning and replace it with a non-amateur
4:08 pm
cybernan
good clue dos - ty
4:08 pm
doseffing
... or how about ... ... a non-amateur + a scottish cap + not out
4:08 pm
therealblah
pr 8/50...pr +consonant + i take a vi***** in the am
4:09 pm
Aussieme
Got it Dose.... Awesome first clue!
4:11 pm
doseffing
... every once in awhile they work out ... glad it helped ... ... just done ... may I offer another clue for anyone? ....
4:12 pm
cybernan
ho 6, please?
4:13 pm
Aussieme
clue me the fourth L word please? I have the citrus one, the noble one and the body of knowledge one....
4:13 pm
MollyL
ho6 sounds like an fo word that means to caress in a sexual way
4:14 pm
Aussieme
Thanks Molly
4:15 pm
cybernan
ty molly
4:15 pm
doseffing
... the first is le4 ... sounds like the den that an animal might live in ... ... or if you get to watch PBS ... it sounds like the second name in the nightly "McNiel, Lxxxx Report"
4:17 pm
mymuseisme
Hi Babble Buds! Back again … and hoping I finish this one :)
4:17 pm
Aussieme
Hey Muse!
4:17 pm
mymuseisme
Hi Aussie!
4:18 pm
doseffing
... well I must act optimistically and pretend that the rain is letting up a bit so that I can walk home from the library ... ... 'til tomorrow ... Good Night and Good Luck ...
4:18 pm
Aussieme
night dose....
4:19 pm
Aussieme
finally monkeyed that le4! I don't watch PBS :D
4:22 pm
crosshair
ahh, a glass oven. got ty. :)
4:22 pm
crosshair
took a bit of digging though:)
4:23 pm
Aussieme
my monkeys are sweating tonight.
4:23 pm
mymuseisme
congrats on the sale of your house crossy :)
4:24 pm
crosshair
All my monkey's but one died over overwork, the last is on life support:(
4:24 pm
crosshair
No, I think that was ruru who sold his house.
4:24 pm
carleekat
Boo! ...
4:24 pm
mymuseisme
hi carlee!!
4:24 pm
Aussieme
Yay! Carleekat!
4:24 pm
meliae
Lol Crossy mine are close behind!
4:24 pm
carleekat
hi aussie
4:24 pm
carleekat
hi muse
4:24 pm
mymuseisme
sorry cross -- see what being absent has done to my brain lol
4:25 pm
meliae
We need a bacon sammich to revive them!
4:25 pm
crosshair
Nice to see you again, Mymuseisme:)
4:25 pm
Aussieme
**makes HUGE bacon weave to share*
4:25 pm
meliae
Oooooo yum!
4:25 pm
crosshair
mmm... bacon weave sammich
4:26 pm
carleekat
lol.. so what is this I hear about overworked monkeys?
4:26 pm
mymuseisme
good to be back …. I've missed everyone :D
4:26 pm
meliae
I am just going to use white out on that T there is no way it makes 20 words.
4:27 pm
Aussieme
I have 11 off of that T so far... My monkeys are working on the other 9.
4:27 pm
meliae
I have 11 as well lol
4:28 pm
crosshair
Is that the Ontario provincial flag you have there mymuse? it is too small for me to make out properly:)
4:29 pm
mymuseisme
I think I changed it to Bermuda a few years ago. Will have to clear the fog to remember how to change it.
4:29 pm
meliae
Stats for the 9 please and thank you.
4:29 pm
crosshair
Perfect vision till age 49; now in two years I almost need tri-focals:)
4:30 pm
cybernan
co 9/78 - clues available if needed mel
4:30 pm
meliae
Thank you looking
4:31 pm
crosshair
ahh, that is what threw me. Only the shield is different and i cannot see the detail on it too well:)
4:31 pm
cybernan
it's a 7-9 combo if that helps
4:32 pm
cybernan
ri 6 please
4:32 pm
cybernan
or re 6?
4:33 pm
meliae
Rhymes with other word for zit, face blemish
4:33 pm
crosshair
sounds like an eel
4:33 pm
crosshair
for the re 6/21
4:34 pm
meliae
Ok clue for the 9 I must not have the 7 yet please
4:34 pm
crosshair
never mind that messed up clue... slinks back to the grid...
4:34 pm
cybernan
8 left and not finding anything -- break time
4:35 pm
cybernan
William of NOrmandy's moniker after defeating Harold in the BAttle of Hastings in 1066
4:35 pm
meliae
I got it from your clue Crossy
4:35 pm
carleekat
hmmmm just need 3 more of the t's on that t-20
4:37 pm
carleekat
1 more... then those pesky t's done... ( nothing else found yet..just decided to play with the t's)
4:37 pm
Aussieme
I need 7 more on the t-20 and 2 more on the t-3
4:37 pm
cybernan
what was the eel clue for?
4:37 pm
Aussieme
thank you for the 9 clue, got both words off of it.
4:39 pm
cybernan
don't have a personal enough acquaintance with eels to know their names :D
4:39 pm
meliae
I put white out on my t-20 lol
4:40 pm
meliae
Re+****y eel
4:40 pm
meliae
Second part rhymes with dark haired explorer girl
4:41 pm
meliae
You're welcome
4:42 pm
Aussieme
I'm halfway now..... 64 down, 65 to go.
4:42 pm
cybernan
have to run a errand - bbl for the last 3
4:42 pm
Aussieme
Laters Nan
4:43 pm
meliae
Any stat for any of the 3 words from 4th column O please I at least want nbs nbt from this grid lol
4:44 pm
mymuseisme
or5/12
4:47 pm
wvteach
help with single R in top row please
4:48 pm
Aussieme
re + ****y eel
4:48 pm
wvteach
thnx aussie
4:49 pm
therealblah
ot 5/10...like water-loving animal but swap 2nd vowel for a different one
4:50 pm
meliae
Have them all now thank you though
4:50 pm
Aussieme
I need the or5
4:50 pm
Aussieme
nm, got it
4:52 pm
meliae
56 to go brb going to sneak out for a smoke :)
4:52 pm
Aussieme
stats for the top left R please ?
4:53 pm
dcseain
ro4.5 and ro5.16
4:53 pm
Aussieme
thanks Seain
5:00 pm
dcseain
ah! Finally found the re6.21 from the R next to it.
5:01 pm
Dorens
thanks for the stats. that one's been driving me crazy
5:01 pm
dcseain
hello, dorens :)
5:01 pm
dcseain
i think it's an aquatic creature
5:02 pm
Dorens
something eely i think
5:02 pm
dcseain
ah, it is a fish :) Literally.
5:02 pm
Dorens
fish it is, then. slap me with a re6/21
5:02 pm
jaxx7
It is that fish that swims along with sharks.
5:03 pm
jaxx7
It cleans off parasites
5:04 pm
Dorens
useful fish
5:04 pm
jaxx7
It is indeed
5:07 pm
jaxx7
Not an eel tho'
5:07 pm
Dorens
no, i googled it and see it. Don't know why i thought it was an eel. I was wrong. (happens more than I'd like to admit)
5:07 pm
Aussieme
clue for the cl6 please?
5:08 pm
Dorens
don't have it yet. not listed... will look
5:08 pm
Dorens
thymes with to5
5:08 pm
Dorens
to5/16 that is.
5:10 pm
Aussieme
I don't have the to5/16 but I'll work on it.
5:10 pm
Dorens
(high point letter in there)
5:11 pm
Dorens
Aussieme, I haven't seen you in ages have I?
5:11 pm
Aussieme
Thanks Dorens! No, I haven't been here in a long time
5:12 pm
Dorens
how've you been? And that adorable little girl of yours?
5:13 pm
Aussieme
My adorable little girl is now 9 years old, she got big! I'm all good. Was made redundant, then laid off from the next job, and am now a Carer in a Dementia Care Home.
5:14 pm
Uneaixoise
your little girl is NINE! wow!
5:14 pm
Aussieme
She sure is Une!
5:14 pm
Dorens
9 years old? That's about as long as I've been babbling.. Glad you're good. That job must be somewhat stressful. GOod you have the temperament for it.
5:14 pm
Uneaixoise
amazing!
5:14 pm
Dorens
Hey Une...
5:15 pm
Uneaixoise
hey dorens :-)
5:15 pm
Dorens
Name that proper noun..... beloved character from Agatha Christie..
5:16 pm
hurshy
miss MARPLE!
5:16 pm
Aussieme
Hey Hursh! Long time no see
5:16 pm
Uneaixoise
go hursh!
5:16 pm
Dorens
Ding Ding Ding!!
5:16 pm
Dorens
(she wins her own game)
5:17 pm
mymuseisme
Hi Dor, Une, Hurshy and Aussie :)
5:17 pm
hurshy
i have had 4 consecutive workdays (with long weekend in between though), with WORK THE WHOLE DAY. it turns out, doing your job while training your replacement to do it, takes up a lot more time than just doing your job.
5:18 pm
Aussieme
welcome back muse
5:18 pm
Dorens
oh it sure does, hursh. I've done that. But why are you being replaced? Where are you going?
and hi, muse
5:18 pm
hurshy
my husband has taken a job elsewhere, we're moving.
5:18 pm
hurshy
i am beyond thrilled to be leaving my job.
5:19 pm
Dorens
Happy for you. Where are you moving to?
5:19 pm
hurshy
prefer not to say online :)
5:21 pm
Dorens
Okay, I understand. Best of luck though. Hope you find something good to do there.
5:22 pm
Dorens
anyone have a clue for either of the ma 6/30's?
5:22 pm
Uneaixoise
hey mymuse :-)
5:22 pm
Uneaixoise
first 3 letters of cosa nostra + if you have a flat, you must change the ***e
5:23 pm
Uneaixoise
weird word!
5:24 pm
Uneaixoise
other ma6 first three letters of ***ie Osmond + 3-letter word meaning "what?" in french and spanish
5:24 pm
Dorens
thanks une. that's one I might never have monkeyed (monkied?)
5:25 pm
Dorens
ty again. a bit more common, but not a whole lot.
5:27 pm
Aussieme
you were right first time dorens, monkeyed
5:28 pm
Dorens
good to know.
5:29 pm
Dorens
so i'm down to one word, it's the pi6. Don't want a clue just yet, only want to know if it's fishworthy...
5:29 pm
Naches girl
The strange ma6 word is actually a Hebrew word and refers to the short Torah reading just before the reading from Prophets chanted each Shabbat. Why it's acceptable in Babble is beyond me!
5:29 pm
Uneaixoise
no rhyme or reason with Babble :-)
5:29 pm
Dorens
it does look hebrew. And why ANYword is acceptable in Babble is often beyond us all.
5:30 pm
hurshy
we do get other hebrew/yiddish words
5:31 pm
hurshy
like shtetl
5:31 pm
Dorens
we do, but I've never figured out the arbitrary decision as to whIch words we get and which we don't/
5:31 pm
mymuseisme
Thanks Une! Dinner calls, will pop in again.
5:31 pm
hurshy
yeah idk either
5:31 pm
Aussieme
Dorens, according to list, it's a pi7/36
5:31 pm
Dorens
the rule is to try everything.
5:31 pm
Naches girl
Sure we do but that one is so uncommon and not part of Yinglish
5:32 pm
hurshy
yeah i haven't heard it before
5:32 pm
Dorens
I've been somewhat Jewish for 65 years and never heard that one.
5:33 pm
Dorens
thanks Aussie. I think i'm actually have to resort to Morewords. Or a clue.
5:34 pm
72 Temple Owl
hi all
5:34 pm
Dorens
yiddish word.
5:34 pm
hurshy
another one? oh dear
5:34 pm
Dorens
to bargain.
hi owl
5:34 pm
Aussieme
ho6 - a sexual word, replace fo with ho
5:34 pm
Uneaixoise
ho6 rhymes with fo6 word meaning to caress
5:34 pm
Aussieme
Hey Temple!!!!
5:35 pm
72 Temple Owl
omg hi mate!
5:35 pm
Dorens
Babble is looking so retro these days!
5:35 pm
Aussieme
Very long time no see! LOL.....
5:35 pm
Dorens
Owl, did you hear the sad news about Chic? I thought about emailing you.
5:36 pm
Aussieme
I heard about Chic.... Gutted.
5:36 pm
72 Temple Owl
i did not.
5:36 pm
72 Temple Owl
what happened?
5:37 pm
Aussieme
Chic passed away.
5:37 pm
hurshy
oh :( how old?
5:37 pm
Dorens
I don't know. Her sister jus posted that she passed away. She had many medical issues.
5:38 pm
Dorens
I kind of thought she was around my age..
5:38 pm
meliae
Pi 7 please
5:38 pm
hurshy
well, the internet age doesn't prevent us from aging and dying...
5:38 pm
hurshy
i second meliae's motion
5:38 pm
meliae
Gave up and listed
5:38 pm
72 Temple Owl
on fb?
5:39 pm
Dorens
i'm trying to find it myself meliae... clue me please when you find dit.
5:39 pm
Dorens
yes, on FB. Chic and I used to play scrabble so I guess that's how I got her sister's post.
5:40 pm
meliae
Pi 7/36 is stats oh dang think I know
5:40 pm
72 Temple Owl
she is my fb friend but i did not see it. have not been there today.
5:40 pm
72 Temple Owl
chic, nut, mr p and i used to play scrabble. did you play with us as well?
5:41 pm
Dorens
yes, i think so. also mamma bear and helen keller. It was the reason I joined facebook, just to play scrabble with babblers!
5:41 pm
meliae
Oh nope what ithought does not fit
5:41 pm
KatieMcG
Evening all
5:42 pm
Dorens
same here mel.
hi Katie
5:42 pm
MollyL
pi7 is the card game without the H
5:43 pm
Dorens
Boy, all these oldtimers! Coming out of the woodwork. I like this!
5:43 pm
72 Temple Owl
ty for the news. bye
5:43 pm
hurshy
and how about the pr8?
5:43 pm
meliae
Thank you Molly!
5:44 pm
Dorens
pr ends with the morning pills many of us take.
5:44 pm
Dorens
thanks Molly! That is it for me then.
5:45 pm
meliae
Pr 8 good at + last of supplements in pill form
5:46 pm
Dorens
yw And now that I'm done, time to do something about dinner. Happy Babbling.
5:46 pm
Aussieme
Fish me that pi7 please..... I don't know many card games, unless go fish counts lol!
5:49 pm
zoozzoom
Like a needle..safty pi* + 4th vowel + had a medical scare but the doctor gave me the all ***ar.
5:50 pm
Aussieme
Ahhhhhh!!!!!! ZOOOOOOZZZZ!!!! Thank you!!
5:51 pm
zoozzoom
Welcome :-)
5:52 pm
72 Temple Owl
pi7: alternate spelling, bidding card game using meld
5:53 pm
dcseain
i'd never seen that spelling without the h before.
5:53 pm
KatieMcG
I am so out of practice I am hitting the wall at 29 *sigh*
5:54 pm
Aussieme
Down to 47 now
5:54 pm
dcseain
Hah! one of m cats walked across my computer and opened zooz's profile
5:55 pm
72 Temple Owl
lazy dinner. baked a porkchop with pineapple bbq sauce.
5:56 pm
cybernan
hi again -- ot
5:56 pm
cybernan
It's 38C and smokey here today and I've just spent the last 1/2 hour out walking around in the sun -- so feel like I've been baked!
5:58 pm
dcseain
i hope your lungs are clear, nan.
5:58 pm
dcseain
and i'm going to rustle up some food.
5:58 pm
72 Temple Owl
i was suffering allergies today. odd. very very humid.
5:58 pm
Aussieme
There's a Dwarf in todays grid!
6:00 pm
KatieMcG
Midnight, must get some sleep! See you tomorrow x
6:00 pm
cybernan
first ma 6 please?
6:00 pm
cybernan
a female sleuth as well
6:00 pm
Aussieme
Yes, but the dwarf is a word lol
6:01 pm
72 Temple Owl
i must find him!
6:01 pm
Aussieme
ma6 - italian mob (first 3 letters) and boy am I ***ed
6:02 pm
cybernan
ty auss
ie
6:03 pm
Aussieme
you're welcome
6:06 pm
cybernan
*!*ta da*!*
6:07 pm
dcseain
gah! so much for food now.
6:07 pm
cybernan
hagd everyone
6:08 pm
dcseain
housemate and her mother arrived.
6:08 pm
72 Temple Owl
bye, nan
6:08 pm
dcseain
be well, nan
6:16 pm
TraderKate
Hi everyone! Are you still here Kitt?
6:18 pm
TraderKate
Hi Seain :)
just popped in for a visit and to help clue if needed.
did you enjoy the grid today?
6:19 pm
TraderKate
are you going to have to starve because housemate showed up with mom in tow?
6:25 pm
dcseain
no, but she -- the mother -- is VERY interruptive.
6:26 pm
dcseain
it just means eating later.
6:26 pm
dcseain
i still have 60 left to find.
6:29 pm
TraderKate
I'll be in and out for a while - cooking and early night for me here
6:33 pm
dcseain
oh, that ri6 was unexpected.
6:34 pm
72 Temple Owl
housemate?
6:34 pm
Erda
ri6 clue please?
6:35 pm
magazinemom
rhymes with si**** meaning easy
6:36 pm
Erda
Oh dear -- TY very much!
6:37 pm
therealblah
31 left...i think that's as good as it's going to get. HAGD everyone.
6:38 pm
72 Temple Owl
later, all
6:39 pm
dcseain
TO, i live in a house with 3 other adults and a toddler.
6:41 pm
mkg
hi all. i find this grid hard.
6:41 pm
mkg
i need a clue for the R word bottom row R. and the I next to it also is missing any words.
6:42 pm
mkg
just got the R word. sorry.
6:43 pm
mkg
just got two of the I words too. sorry all. still not half way yet so welcome clues for the 2 8's i am missing: i have im 8. what are others and some clues please.
6:51 pm
TraderKate
tr 4/5 streetcar
tr 5/14 hobo
tr 7/36 to stomp on repeatedly ( like a herd of animals, stomping all underfoot)
tr 8/50 one who does the stomping
6:53 pm
TraderKate
pr 8/50 for + Scottish cap + not out
6:54 pm
72 Temple Owl
re6 pls?
6:55 pm
lynxxx
re6 those little sucking fish that attach themselves to sharks
6:56 pm
72 Temple Owl
lampreys?
6:56 pm
lynxxx
ha - not quite - re & pls Sir can I have **** only change last vwl
6:56 pm
72 Temple Owl
got it, ty!
6:56 pm
72 Temple Owl
fw!
6:56 pm
lynxxx
Yay for Owl!
6:57 pm
TraderKate
congratulations TO!
6:58 pm
Erda
I guess I must be invisible, so no more cluing
7:00 pm
72 Temple Owl
what? erda?
7:00 pm
TraderKate
I see you Erda! Did you need a clue?
7:00 pm
72 Temple Owl
time to go. try to have a happy babble.
7:00 pm
Erda
No, I GAVE one and nobody noticed...
7:01 pm
MollyL
I saw you Erda : D
7:02 pm
lynxxx
I think Owl thanked both of us Erda
7:02 pm
TraderKate
there are lots of lurkerz that probably are thanking you right now for your post.. some are too shy to even get on the chog for a minute to say thanks...
7:03 pm
72 Temple Owl
indeed
7:03 pm
72 Temple Owl
and was half way out the door
7:05 pm
TraderKate
lol TO.. lured back into Babbleland when you thought you could just slip out quietly?
7:07 pm
72 Temple Owl
when some one tells you your clue is too intellectual nstead of googling the damned definition, THEN complain to me.
7:08 pm
lynxxx
morning Liz
7:08 pm
Lizlin
Back to find my last 4 words - just too tired last night
7:08 pm
lynxxx
have you been using big words again Owl?
7:08 pm
72 Temple Owl
hi and bye, liz.
7:08 pm
Lizlin
Is it as cold where you are as it is here?
7:08 pm
Lizlin
Bye TO - have a good evening
7:09 pm
lynxxx
8.6 - up from 5 - and on top of that I have a b***** cold
7:10 pm
Lizlin
Not pleasant - the temperature or the cold. Wish you better very soon.
7:10 pm
Lizlin
It was down to 8 last night - but forecast to be much colder over the weekend and early next week.
7:10 pm
lynxxx
however it is a beautiful blue clear sky so at least it looks nice
7:11 pm
lynxxx
wow, do you even have woolies?
7:11 pm
Lizlin
Same here - we'll head out for a foreshore walk very soon.
7:11 pm
Lizlin
Left over from England! Slept with 2 duvets last night.
7:12 pm
meliae
Whew Firewords what an onery grid for me. Anyone need clues?
7:12 pm
lynxxx
doona Liz - you are in Australia now
7:13 pm
lynxxx
congrats Mel
7:13 pm
Lizlin
And an Aussie too :)Some words I just can't change!!!
7:13 pm
Lizlin
Congrats mel
7:15 pm
meliae
There are 2
7:15 pm
Lizlin
nm found it! The first one - compound word.
7:15 pm
lynxxx
compound...sounds like a wrestling thing but really means getting a foot in
7:16 pm
Lizlin
Thanks - for the clue and the congrats.
7:16 pm
meliae
Congrats Liz!
7:16 pm
Lizlin
Keep warm Lyn and wish you better. Thanks, Mel.
7:16 pm
Lizlin
Have a good day / evening.
7:16 pm
lynxxx
I will - enjoy your walk
7:18 pm
meliae
Ok bbl for the flip have a great day everyone :)
7:39 pm
TraderKate
quiet chog, I guess everyone's finished?
8:20 pm
featherbee
here for my last 17
8:29 pm
featherbee
anyone around to clue? down to 10, stuck on the pi7
8:32 pm
gemini_J13
a card game
8:32 pm
torgone
Misspelling of the card game ..
8:32 pm
featherbee
thanks!
8:38 pm
featherbee
fireworks!
8:48 pm
crosshair
Reading back on my poor aussie friends:( I sometimes forget that you are in the deptjs of your "winter" sending warm thoughts your way:)
8:49 pm
crosshair
Depths*
9:06 pm
crosshair
Quiet chorg ,so I am off for the night. A good book is waiting. Have a good night my friends, and happy Babbling.
9:08 pm
featherbee
I keep peeking in every now and then, in case clues are needed
9:08 pm
featherbee
night crossy
9:36 pm
featherbee
anyone need clues?
9:39 pm
rururocks
I'm guessing the chorg isn't going to respond weedie
9:40 pm
featherbee
chorg?
9:40 pm
rururocks
(see 9:06)
9:41 pm
rururocks
dran tyops
9:41 pm
rururocks
we should talk dr. G into a dyslexic babble.. we'd mostly all be better at it
9:42 pm
JBsAnno
Oh, love it. Dran tyops, pyu!
9:42 pm
featherbee
:) hi jbs
9:42 pm
JBsAnno
Deer Rd. Dog...
9:42 pm
JBsAnno
Hi, feather! Hi, ruru!
9:42 pm
rururocks
I actually do have a mild case of dyslexia.. but I can laugh about it
9:43 pm
rururocks
it is debilitating as an affliction
9:43 pm
featherbee
i saw a thing where someone created a font that shows what it's like to read as a dyslexic. most of the identifying features of each letter are removed. it was SO difficult to read...gave me a good perspective on what it's like to truly struggle to read a paragraph.
9:44 pm
JBsAnno
I'm so thankful for being able to read pretty quickly and straight. My typing is sometimes another matter entirely!
9:45 pm
rururocks
I have to read slowly .. but I get there eventually
9:45 pm
featherbee
you ok there, jb?
9:46 pm
rururocks
so nice to have you back for the summer weedy
9:46 pm
JBsAnno
I'm going to dive into the grid. I keep hitting my enter key on my iPad keyboard instead of the apostrophe key.
9:46 pm
featherbee
does it make a difference for you when doing a grid, ruru? or since they're jumbled up, does it not batter?
9:47 pm
featherbee
MATTER, lol!!!!
9:47 pm
rururocks
maybe that's why i'm pretty good at this game FB
9:47 pm
JBsAnno
haha, feather. And why is he calling you 'weedy'?
9:47 pm
featherbee
your brain's already used to figuring out words from what seem to be a jumble of letters, i'm guessing
9:48 pm
rururocks
could be
9:48 pm
featherbee
lol, kje's nickname for me. one sec...
9:48 pm
rururocks
KJE calls feather weed.. so I've joined the posse
9:48 pm
featherbee
feather=heather
heather=flowering weed
9:48 pm
rururocks
I think I need to make some dinner.. i'm starvin'
9:49 pm
JBsAnno
Ah. Lookit feather, you gotta posse!
9:49 pm
featherbee
i actually don't even notice it anymore! didn't really even realize you were, i'm just as much "weed" as i am "featherbee"
9:49 pm
rururocks
you guys take care
9:49 pm
JBsAnno
Enjoy, ruru, will see you tomorrow.
9:49 pm
featherbee
night ruru
9:49 pm
JBsAnno
LOL, feather
9:50 pm
featherbee
hmm, do i have to feed the posse? i'm not so good on the regular feeding of my kids, much less a posse....
I need a personal chef.
9:51 pm
JBsAnno
Well, this is the last thing I can finish today. I've been working to finish the grid every day as part of my focusing therapy to combat my recently diagnosed ADHD.
9:52 pm
JBsAnno
Nah, just send em to the penalty box, there's usually imaginary food there for virtual friends!
9:52 pm
featherbee
interesting therapy! good idea! let me know if you need clues.
9:52 pm
featherbee
and lots of people always randomly toss chocolates around, so i guess i'm covered!
9:53 pm
JBsAnno
Thanks, weedy feather! Feathery weed? Feedy weather? hmm, I like the last one!
9:54 pm
JBsAnno
I guess a chocolate rain WOULD be considered 'feedy weather'
9:54 pm
featherbee
cloudy with a chance of chocolates...
9:55 pm
JBsAnno
Make it rain, please, oh please!
9:56 pm
featherbee
hehehe!
9:57 pm
JBsAnno
Ha, feather, thanks for the chat! I'm going in to the grid, looks like a good bunch of clues in the chog log, but I'll sing out if I need any from you. Don't stay up on my account, though! Who knows the size of the grid coming up?
10:09 pm
featherbee
i'm playing around on FB, but have this window open and peek in every now and then.
10:26 pm
Naches girl
Pr8 is my final word. Any clues?
10:27 pm
featherbee
ends like the daily meds that are good for you
10:27 pm
JBsAnno
Hi, Naches, I don't have that one yet.
10:27 pm
featherbee
let me know if that's too vague
10:28 pm
Minveryork
pr8/50 is not not amateur plus I take a Vi***** C pill daily.
10:28 pm
featherbee
hi min!
10:28 pm
Minveryork
Hello featherbed! How are you doing? It has been awhile!
10:28 pm
JBsAnno
Thanks, feather & Minver, got it! Hi, Min!!!
10:29 pm
Minveryork
Hello JBsAnno! How are you doing? Glad I could help out.
10:29 pm
Naches girl
Thnx Miniver! Excellent clue!
10:29 pm
featherbee
congrats on fireworks, naches!
10:30 pm
JBsAnno
Just halfway through, going to Lickety's list now.
10:31 pm
Minveryork
T's Taken! 8 left
10:33 pm
featherbee
go go go min!
10:37 pm
Minveryork
M's Microwaved! 3 left
10:39 pm
Minveryork
A's Acknowledged! 2 left
10:40 pm
Minveryork
C's Cooked! 1 left
10:40 pm
featherbee
*holding breath*
10:42 pm
Minveryork
I am finished! I have fireworks! to7/36 was my final word
10:43 pm
featherbee
woo hoo!!!
10:43 pm
featherbee
congrats! and with that, i'm going to bed. night all!
10:43 pm
Minveryork
It looks like my profile post has made a liar out of me. I'll be here for five more minutes if anybody wants any clues
10:43 pm
Minveryork
Thank you featherbed!
10:43 pm
Minveryork
*featherbee
10:44 pm
Minveryork
Must thinking about my bed too much since it's almost 12
10:49 pm
Minveryork
No clues are needed so I am off to bed. Goodnight to all!
11:19 pm
JBsAnno
Feather, if you see this - FIREWORKS
11:20 pm
JBsAnno
Yay!! Sleepytime now, goodnight everyone!
11:56 pm
cybernan
hello everyone
11:57 pm
cybernan
200 + would be nice