Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, January 28, 2020

12:03 am

ursh

es 8 & 9

12:04 am

jessmom

tr8

12:05 am

SueMagee

Qu7

12:05 am

Gillie

st7

12:05 am

justafreep

st7 x 2

12:05 am

jessmom

st8

12:07 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:07 am

grannyrose

su9

12:07 am

dizgrannie

same here Rain

12:08 am

rastapopolous

de9

12:08 am

justafreep

de8

12:09 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:09 am

cybernan

re 8

12:11 am

cybernan

x 2

12:13 am

justafreep

qu8

12:15 am

Gillie

ma8

12:16 am

Lizlin

se 8

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

justafreep

de8 x 2

12:28 am

cybernan

just figured out that the one I found doesn't pair with the 9

12:30 am

cybernan

assuming the de 8-9 is a combo

12:31 am

justafreep

Oh. I don't have the 9 there yet

12:32 am

rastapopolous

the de9 that I have is not associated with an 8.

12:32 am

cybernan

ok - that saves me some time

12:33 am

cybernan

found the de 9

12:34 am

grannyrose

es9

12:35 am

cybernan

good find rose - ty

12:44 am

cybernan

re 8 x3

12:48 am

dizgrannie

Q's quashed

12:54 am

melonheadjujube

Hi, all. I should be asleep, but . . .

12:55 am

cybernan

210 down and heading off to bed -- good night everyone

12:57 am

melonheadjujube

Nite, cybernan

1:32 am

grannyrose

hokay. well and truly stuck. is there anyone who can please point me in the general direction of the me7?

1:41 am

rururocks

no clue gr

1:42 am

rururocks

i have the me 6

1:42 am

grannyrose

hey ya ruru. okay

1:42 am

grannyrose

me6 would help also. xox

1:43 am

rururocks

me + car fuel with an extra S

1:43 am

grannyrose

thanx mate

1:44 am

rururocks

found it

1:44 am

rururocks

still need the 7?

1:44 am

grannyrose

please.....

1:45 am

rururocks

a blockbuster movie that is wildly successful

1:46 am

grannyrose

yahoo !! thanx so much

1:50 am

rururocks

yw good night

1:50 am

grannyrose

sweet dreams mate

2:55 am

ursh

tx for the me 7 - plurals to an 8

2:59 am

Kamanjah

Thanks, ursh!

5:07 am

crosshair

Good morning. :)

5:50 am

SeaSpray

Good morning

6:03 am

godthaab

Name that Proper Noun: flying horse

6:05 am

player girl

I need help with the P and the 1st column E, please?

6:20 am

doseffing

es 8/50 es9/72 ... to become unfamiliar with or to separate friends from each other and make them not friends

6:21 am

Kallia

pegasus

6:29 am

godthaab

Kallia - very excellent - you win his mother's wig (sligtly used)

6:29 am

Uneaixoise

Tx dos!

6:30 am

doseffing

... hey .... me finding an 8/9 combination on my own is newsworthy and had to be shared seeing as someone asked

6:31 am

Kallia

lol thank you

6:50 am

crosshair

I am trying to get used to babble again. It has been a long time for me--three years or so with only very sporatic attempts at the daily puzzle, but 2020 is a new year of note and I hope for grat thigs. I have freshened my profile as well for those who are interested and care to read it. Happy Babbling, my friends!

6:51 am

doseffing

... welcome back

6:51 am

LuvWordGames

Good to see you crossy! Welcome back to Babble land

6:51 am

crosshair

Nice to see you again as well, Luv. :)

6:51 am

crosshair

thank you, Dose. ;)

6:52 am

LuvWordGames

thanks crossy

6:55 am

LuvWordGames

I enjoyed your profile Crossy and my husband tells similar stories of being the "old man" in the room at work.

6:55 am

crosshair

:)

7:10 am

doseffing

... and to welcome crossy back ... something in the game that I've never seen before ... ... "henge" ... it's in the dictionary that comes with the My word List ... it's even in "morewords" ... but the game won't accept it ... ... I had better find a third "h" from the bottom or I'll be right angry ....

7:11 am

LuvWordGames

do you have he 5/18 and he 6/30?

7:11 am

LuvWordGames

also he 5/14

7:12 am

doseffing

yup

7:13 am

doseffing

... the monkeys thank you

7:13 am

LuvWordGames

yw dose :-)

7:22 am

doseffing

... well there's 103 done ... that'll do for a start ... luck to all who continue the struggle

7:26 am

EvaNadine

good morning, babblers!

7:27 am

BzznBea

Morning, Eva!

7:28 am

EvaNadine

how are we today?

7:28 am

BzznBea

I'm sure it has been mentioned before no, but Proper noun alert: Mythical creature...

7:29 am

BzznBea

I'm still not awake yet, but I'm getting there, I think.

7:29 am

EvaNadine

im with you. only just made my first cup of coffee.

7:52 am

rururocks

i need coffee and a list at this point

7:54 am

BzznBea

I keep finding pockets of words.

7:56 am

rururocks

i have most of the biggies.. i'm missing a bunch of sixes

8:04 am

mattygroves

I only have one 9, though I do have eight 8s. I'm dipping in and out, though

8:13 am

mkg

mail organ in grid.

8:13 am

mkg

male organ i mean. ouch.

8:13 am

rururocks

i think you mean male

8:13 am

BzznBea

LOL!

8:13 am

rururocks

you can only mail organs if you are lorena bobbit

8:14 am

mkg

very smart person in grid.........

8:14 am

mkg

nite

8:14 am

mkg

oops sorry

8:15 am

mkg

any clues for U word top row u? then will have nbs, nbt.

8:15 am

BzznBea

us5/16

8:15 am

NANCY

welcome back Crossie, so good to hear from you again.

8:16 am

mkg

ty. looking. got ur 5.

8:16 am

mkg

got us 5. ty

8:16 am

NANCY

crossy that is

8:17 am

crosshair

Nice to "see" you again, Nancy. :)

8:17 am

mkg

hi corssy.

8:18 am

NANCY

How is your beloved and that son of yours

8:18 am

mkg

crossy...sorry

8:20 am

crosshair

My beloved is and always will be my soulmate, and she is doing fine. She does not play babble much because of her eyes, but she misses you all. My son is a big young man now, and will be 26 years old next month!

8:21 am

IndiaJan

hey cross...staying warm and dry up there?

8:21 am

crosshair

Howdy Jan! :)

8:21 am

NANCY

wow, he was just a wild teenager seems like yesterday

8:22 am

crosshair

it is mild at the moment--barely minus 2C, but there is freezing rain today. :(

8:22 am

EvaNadine

crossy!!!

8:22 am

car.eeyore

Hello babble friends! just here for a minute but wanted to say "hi"! and wish you all a good day :0

8:22 am

crosshair

Howdy, Eva! :)

8:22 am

crosshair

Howdy, car! :)

8:24 am

NANCY

so good to see eva and crossy returning to the babble fold

8:24 am

NANCY

like the flock coming together again,

8:24 am

EvaNadine

having a little more down time at work allows me a little babble time. :)

8:24 am

crosshair

It has been three years! Tempus fugit!

8:27 am

EvaNadine

i hope bacon has been treating you well, Crossy. :)

8:28 am

crosshair

Have a pound of applewood smoked goodness waiting in the winds as we speak :)

8:29 am

crosshair

wings*

8:29 am

NANCY

yum

8:29 am

EvaNadine

id expect no less. :)

8:29 am

crosshair

:)

8:30 am

crosshair

You will pry my bacon and eggs only from my cold, dead hands. :)

8:30 am

EvaNadine

bacon is your rosebud.

8:31 am

crosshair

I figure all those nitrites will keep my body well preserved over the eons. :)

8:36 am

hokie carla

mmmm, bacon

8:37 am

BzznBea

I figured you would still be in bed, Carla. Did you watch the match last night?

8:38 am

sukee

Hi all.

8:38 am

sukee

I love coming in and people are talking about bacon :)

8:39 am

crosshair

Howdy, Sukee. ;)

8:39 am

BzznBea

Morning, sukee and others.

8:39 am

sukee

Hi Crossy, long time no chat.

8:39 am

MLFAN17

HI cross!

8:40 am

crosshair

About three years by my reckoning. :)

8:40 am

crosshair

Howdy, MLFfan!

8:41 am

MLFAN17

where you been??

8:41 am

sukee

I have bacon once in a while, would love it every day but...

8:41 am

hokie carla

I did watch Kvitova/Barty but turned it off after. I have a mild cold but at night I start coughing and it's killing my sleep.

8:42 am

hokie carla

I have some turkey bacon here right now. It's just sad.

8:42 am

crosshair

Just life happening. Work, and life, hopes and dreams.

8:42 am

MLFAN17

I have to go hubby is making pancakes!

8:42 am

sukee

My breakfast these days is usually oatmeal.

8:42 am

hokie carla

ah, a winged horse in the grid

8:43 am

hokie carla

I had oatmeal yesterday. still working on coffee today. not sure what's on the menu.

8:43 am

sukee

So he is.

8:44 am

BzznBea

I had oatmeal breakfast biscuits.

8:44 am

hokie carla

is that like a cookie, bea?

8:44 am

BzznBea

Yes.

8:44 am

sukee

I had Irish oatmeal with blueberries.

8:45 am

hokie carla

I'm getting hungry with all this breakfast talk.

8:45 am

BzznBea

Mmm...Speaking of blueberries...I need to get some from the freezer and use them up.

8:45 am

crosshair

Breakfast today is scrambled eggs with shredded extra old white cheddar, hash bowns with sweet yellow and red pepper, and diced onions, a few rashers of locally smoked applewood bacon, crunchy toasted english muffins, and a glass of pulp-free ice-cold orange juice.

8:46 am

sukee

You win... that makes me feel hungry :)

8:46 am

hokie carla

I'm not a blueberry fan. as far as berries go, I like strawberries and blackberries.

8:46 am

hokie carla

do you write menus for a living crosshair?

8:47 am

ursh

Goodness me - I am sitting here wondering what to make for supper :) - hello crosshair - nice to see you

8:47 am

crosshair

Lol, No, Hokie carla. ;)

8:47 am

crosshair

Nice to see you as wek, Ursh.

8:48 am

NANCY

hokie, that is so funny. Reading about Crossys breakfast menu makes me so hunger and so ashamed of my own breakfast.

8:48 am

ursh

Tsk hate coming back after 8 hours and keep putting in the same words

8:48 am

hokie carla

agreed, ursh

8:49 am

sukee

Just found the gerund...

8:50 am

crosshair

I have always been a follower of the old maxim: "eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper."

8:50 am

hokie carla

I love a good breakfast but usually just have something light since I don't want to throw up at the gym. Breakfast for supper is different, though.

8:50 am

BzznBea

Enjoy that gerund, sukee...

8:53 am

hokie carla

as a golden retriever owner, I still say demat is a word!

8:54 am

crosshair

We have a chocolate lab now. he is a beautiful animal, and is a short-haired fellow. No issues with his coat.

8:55 am

hokie carla

we had a chocolate many years ago, def. a different coat! but he had other problems.

8:57 am

hokie carla

woot! found an 8

8:59 am

BzznBea

Me too...11 more of them to go. Oy...

9:00 am

hokie carla

I have 18 more to go and all the 9s. and oh my, look how many 7s.

9:03 am

ursh

please clue the de8/50 - so stuck

9:03 am

BzznBea

it usually is done to alcohol, ursh.

9:04 am

BzznBea

de + flora and fauna

9:07 am

Soodle

Hi Crossy. Lovely to see you. 😊

9:08 am

ursh

aargh was trying to go the wrong way - thank you

9:08 am

BzznBea

yw

9:09 am

Soodle

And Hi all. Beas first clue sent me scurrying off looking for 'demolish'.

9:10 am

ursh

LOL LOL Soodle

9:10 am

BzznBea

LOL!

9:20 am

pippingeek

morning all

9:21 am

hokie carla

so many r's

9:21 am

hokie carla

morning, pippingeek

9:22 am

BzznBea

Morning, geek.

9:25 am

rururocks

finished.. this was one very, very twisty grid

9:25 am

hokie carla

wow, well done

9:26 am

hokie carla

I am still 3 words away from halfway

9:26 am

MLFAN17

hokiei am not a fan of blueberries either however, I love blueberry pancakes and blueberry muffins

9:26 am

rururocks

i hate big grids in the work week

9:26 am

MLFAN17

congrats ruru

9:26 am

hokie carla

did you use the list or get all those without one?

9:26 am

rururocks

i used the list at 16.. i had to.. i wasn't budging

9:27 am

hokie carla

ooh, just got a 9 finally

9:27 am

hokie carla

wow, that is impressive. my goal is to get to 100 left before listing.

9:28 am

MLFAN17

hokie what does that 9 start with?

9:28 am

hokie carla

es - you are not speaking to your family

9:30 am

MLFAN17

hokie that is interesting as i was typing the st word from that one i was thinking the grid might have that 9

9:30 am

hokie carla

ooh, I am nbt/nbs/halfway and didn't realize

9:30 am

MLFAN17

nbs and ty hokie

9:30 am

MLFAN17

congrats

9:34 am

rubyfoo

Hello. In scouring the chog for clues, I see that I missed both Soodle and Crossy. Boo hoo!

9:35 am

MLFAN17

hi ruby

9:35 am

BzznBea

Hello, ruby.

9:35 am

rubyfoo

Hi Fan

9:35 am

rubyfoo

Hi Bea

9:36 am

crosshair

I am here, Ruby tuesday. ;)

9:38 am

MLFAN17

may i have a clue for the wr 5 pls?

9:38 am

crosshair

Howdy, Sooldes. :)

9:38 am

BzznBea

w + what you did to the bell

9:38 am

rubyfoo

Yay! How are you doing? Please come on over and bring some bacon. I am so skinny that I look like a 90 yr old witch

9:39 am

MLFAN17

ty bzz

9:41 am

crosshair

I am doing well. I have missed my exotic french girlfriend. ;)

9:41 am

crosshair

105 words on first pass NBT/NBS--now the digging begins. ;)

9:42 am

rubyfoo

I've missed you, too, but I play less than before

9:42 am

crosshair

it has been three years or so for me, Ruby. :/

9:43 am

rubyfoo

I finally hve half and nbt/nbs, but I see Nothing else

9:44 am

MLFAN17

i am far from halfway but i have nbt and nbs

9:44 am

MLFAN17

and found 130 words so far

9:50 am

sukee

Only thing stopping me from npb and nbs is the i in the second column.

9:50 am

sukee

nbt

9:50 am

MLFAN17

is 5/6

9:51 am

sukee

good it, ty

9:51 am

BzznBea

is5/6 - give out and one who gives out.

9:51 am

hokie carla

in6

9:52 am

sukee

I meant got it, can't type today

9:52 am

BzznBea

A police officer may is5 a speeding ticker.

9:52 am

MLFAN17

sukee welcome to my world lol

9:52 am

sukee

And got the in, ty

9:53 am

rubyfoo

Perhaps he can administer CPR

9:53 am

rururocks

a speeding ticker?

9:53 am

BzznBea

Carla, are you asking for a clue?

9:54 am

BzznBea

I can not type today...or any day for that matter. =)

9:54 am

MLFAN17

lol bzz

9:54 am

MLFAN17

i always say i can spell but i just cant type

9:54 am

MLFAN17

pe8 clue pls?

9:55 am

rururocks

officer to driver; please give me your license, registration, proof on insurance and your ticker

9:55 am

rubyfoo

Chemo has made my nails grow and typing is even harder

9:55 am

BzznBea

another word for pedophile, mlf.

9:55 am

rubyfoo

respiration with the license

9:56 am

hokie carla

wow, managed to get that, thx bea

9:56 am

sukee

Can't believe there are so many 8 letter words

9:58 am

MLFAN17

hokie can you help me with it pls?

9:58 am

hokie carla

hmm, hold on

9:58 am

rururocks

it's a common word mlf

9:59 am

rururocks

think catholic priests and altar boys

9:59 am

BzznBea

Start with the first three of the word I sued in the clue, mif

9:59 am

hokie carla

ending is most of (4/5) a word usually associated with bob marley and reggae. he is a *****farian.

9:59 am

hokie carla

I don't consider that a common word, LOL

10:00 am

BzznBea

Add the two letters that make the sufix one who and then add the ****afarian

10:00 am

rubyfoo

de, es, ma,qu, those are four of my 8's

10:00 am

MLFAN17

it doesn't end in opposite of woman right?

10:01 am

BzznBea

no.

10:01 am

sukee

I'm off for now, take care

10:01 am

hokie carla

I just told you the ending ;)

10:01 am

BzznBea

no.

10:01 am

sukee

Nice to see you here Crossy, see you on Facebook.

10:02 am

swmbo

Hello all

10:02 am

BzznBea

Hey, swmbo.

10:02 am

hokie carla

hey swmbo

10:02 am

swmbo

How are all the Babblers today?

10:02 am

MLFAN17

ty all for the clues found the word on morewords

10:03 am

hokie carla

i'm just fair to middling, swmbo. thanks. how are you?

10:04 am

swmbo

Basically fine but I have a terrific cold right now so a bit off.

10:04 am

hokie carla

same

10:04 am

BzznBea

Just found the re8...Another silly word...

10:05 am

hokie carla

I didn't even go to the gym today

10:05 am

hokie carla

I have an re8 that isn't silly, bea

10:05 am

swmbo

Colds are miserable things. But thankfully time limited

10:06 am

hokie carla

yep.

10:07 am

hokie carla

bea, my re8 is something stayed (the same, behind). what is yours that is silly?

10:08 am

BzznBea

Mine is not allow again

10:08 am

swmbo

I have two re's: one meaning stayed and the other kept

10:08 am

MLFAN17

ty hokie

10:08 am

hokie carla

thx, swmbo. that one isn't silly either so there must be another

10:09 am

hokie carla

oh, just saw bea's clue

10:09 am

MLFAN17

are the stats different?

10:09 am

swmbo

I just got one that means got something back

10:09 am

MLFAN17

by the clues/def i would have thought it was the same word

10:09 am

swmbo

looking for the silly one

10:10 am

MLFAN17

re8 x3?

10:10 am

hokie carla

I think we are talking about 4 at this point. still looking for got something back and not allow again

10:11 am

MLFAN17

the two i have are pt

10:11 am

hokie carla

ditto

10:11 am

MLFAN17

yeah not allowed again has me baffled at the moment

10:12 am

swmbo

the three I have are past tense

10:12 am

MLFAN17

i have 8/45 and 8/50

10:12 am

BzznBea

Sorry, had to check on my mom...

10:12 am

hokie carla

how is she, bea?

10:13 am

MLFAN17

the not allowed ends in s

10:13 am

Deeha

and an 8/55

10:13 am

hokie carla

just found re8/55, something a divorcee is doing if dating

10:13 am

swmbo

the got something back one is 8/55

10:13 am

BzznBea

She is having a coughing fit.

10:13 am

hokie carla

ugh, that stinks.

10:14 am

MLFAN17

i thoutht i was taking something back again

10:14 am

Deeha

and another 8/55

10:15 am

BzznBea

The one I was referring to was the one where and insurance company may not allow your claims again.

10:15 am

BzznBea

It is plural

10:15 am

hokie carla

not seeing these. prob going to have to wait for the list.

10:15 am

BzznBea

re8/45

10:15 am

hokie carla

thx, bea

10:15 am

MLFAN17

i don't have a de 8/55

10:16 am

hokie carla

I do

10:17 am

hokie carla

it is a stupid word

10:18 am

MLFAN17

or a re 8/55 i think their is one?

10:18 am

hokie carla

there is at least one

10:19 am

BzznBea

Mlf, a movie is given a PG or R the add the de in front.

10:19 am

hokie carla

re8/55 - animals getting together again

10:19 am

MLFAN17

tybzz and hokie

10:20 am

MLFAN17

got the de8/55

10:21 am

MLFAN17

working on that one hokie..

10:22 am

hokie carla

just realized I did not get the pl of the pe8 from before

10:24 am

hokie carla

think sex, mlfan

10:24 am

hokie carla

animals * in the wild

10:25 am

MLFAN17

ma 4 in the word isn't working but its only a 6

10:26 am

hokie carla

gerund

10:26 am

MLFAN17

duhh ty

10:28 am

MLFAN17

got re 8/55 pt

10:29 am

BzznBea

Funny that ge6/27 is a word but russian is not.

10:30 am

hokie carla

I just found that one too and wondered why it wasn't a proper noun.

10:30 am

hokie carla

well, apparently it has another definition relating to ancestry or familial relationships

10:30 am

hokie carla

it is also archaic spelling of the ge7

10:31 am

Deeha

clue for pe8 please

10:31 am

hokie carla

so if you have a full sibling (as opposed to half), they are called brother-ge6 or sister-ge6. I have never heard of this in my life.

10:32 am

BzznBea

another name for a pedophile, feeha.

10:32 am

BzznBea

Deeha

10:33 am

BzznBea

I think my husband may have used that term in his geneology talks...

10:33 am

rururocks

wonders when we'll see deeha's sister who lives in Texas Yeeha

10:33 am

hokie carla

interesting

10:33 am

hokie carla

yeehaw! no one in texas would ever drop the w!

10:34 am

rururocks

i did that for effect

10:34 am

Deeha

ahh ty bzzn. You can call me feeha!

10:35 am

hokie carla

I know ru, I was just pointing out the obvious ;)

10:37 am

BzznBea

These are are killing me!

10:37 am

BzznBea

R'S!

10:37 am

BzznBea

are are

10:38 am

hokie carla

I have slowed way down at 124 left. not sure I'll make it to 100.

10:38 am

Jayk

what the hell is the ga8?????

10:38 am

hokie carla

yeah, I still have like 17 r's, bea.

10:38 am

marksdolly

I'm a bit behind you Hokie, sitting at 151

10:38 am

hokie carla

do not have that, jayk! will look.

10:39 am

BzznBea

It rhymes with set you put your flour and sugarin.

10:40 am

BzznBea

ga8 that is...

10:40 am

hokie carla

hmm, that has a name?

10:41 am

BzznBea

I monkeyed that in a fit of pique.

10:41 am

BzznBea

Tear gas comes in the rhyming word

10:42 am

rururocks

you old protester bea

10:43 am

BzznBea

ga8 is a hard rock.

10:43 am

hokie carla

so sugar/flour, tear gas. can't think of other words for either, but will try to find as rock.

10:44 am

BzznBea

I also tried monkeying a lot of other words with that same ending...

10:44 am

marksdolly

hokie, what do you put that sugar & flour in on your counter?? the ga rhymes w/that

10:44 am

BzznBea

Carla, do you not have a set for flour, sugar, coffee and tea?

10:44 am

marksdolly

there's an He 8 that has that same ending

10:44 am

hokie carla

a container?

10:45 am

marksdolly

yes

10:45 am

marksdolly

usually as a set

10:45 am

hokie carla

does it end with word for location or alt spelling of not day?

10:45 am

marksdolly

no

10:45 am

BzznBea

no

10:46 am

hokie carla

ok, not the rock ending I was thinking then

10:46 am

marksdolly

forget the rock ending

10:46 am

BzznBea

Last five leters of your female sibling

10:46 am

MollyL

Now I have the lyrics to Redneck Woman in my head

10:47 am

hokie carla

got it, thanks

10:47 am

BzznBea

LOL!

10:47 am

marksdolly

:) yay!

10:47 am

hokie carla

I should prob eat something so I can think straight

10:47 am

hokie carla

got the he8 too

10:48 am

marksdolly

:)

10:48 am

maccafixx

de 8/55?

10:48 am

hokie carla

de + PG, PG13, R

10:49 am

marksdolly

I only hae 1 9 letter word

10:49 am

BzznBea

Isn't that he just a 7?

10:49 am

hokie carla

I have es9 and pe9

10:50 am

maccafixx

ty hokie carla!

10:50 am

marksdolly

I have the pe 9 , but will look for the es 9 ty hokie

10:50 am

marksdolly

got it!

10:50 am

hokie carla

there is he5/7/6. oh, I see what you mean.

10:50 am

marksdolly

already had the word without the e :)

10:51 am

BzznBea

de9/78

10:51 am

marksdolly

yes you are right Bea

10:51 am

BzznBea

And su9/66 are the other two 9's.

10:51 am

marksdolly

oooh will look for that too Bea, ty

10:51 am

marksdolly

ty!!

10:51 am

marksdolly

those are the 2 that I need

10:51 am

BzznBea

Good I'll stop looking for an he8 =)

10:52 am

maccafixx

de 9/78 past tense of de 7/40

10:52 am

hokie carla

hmm, will look for those two

10:53 am

hokie carla

is there more than one de7/40? not seeing how that 9 would work.

10:53 am

maccafixx

home on the R****

10:53 am

marksdolly

that's what I'm thinking too

10:54 am

marksdolly

but you're already using the D to start with, so not understanding how that word could be pt

10:54 am

BzznBea

The de9/78 I have is to removing the sailboat part

10:55 am

marksdolly

ooooh

10:55 am

marksdolly

got it

10:55 am

maccafixx

sorry de 9 is action of de 6/24

10:55 am

Jayk

sheesh! Thanks much.

10:55 am

hokie carla

thx, bea

10:56 am

maccafixx

my bad! oops!

10:56 am

marksdolly

ty bea!!

10:56 am

Aloyisius

too bad "pegasus" is proper.. hi all

10:56 am

marksdolly

got em both

10:56 am

Jayk

the ga 7 and ga 6 after the 8?? My last 2

10:56 am

hokie carla

pegasus is one of the first words I tried

10:56 am

BzznBea

I have all the R's...FYI - there are five re8's.

10:56 am

hokie carla

dang, well done, bea

10:57 am

marksdolly

well let's see, I know I have at least 4 of those

10:57 am

hokie carla

ooh, I have all 5

10:57 am

BzznBea

ga6 and 7 are gem stones

10:58 am

hokie carla

with ending like I was saying earlier?

10:58 am

marksdolly

I have re 55 x2, re 8/50, and re45, what am I missing?

10:58 am

hokie carla

doesn't seem like it (answering my own ?)

10:58 am

marksdolly

no hokie, different ending on those

10:58 am

marksdolly

thing of green gem

10:58 am

BzznBea

No, they end with a fish trap

10:59 am

therealblah

and they are a dark red

10:59 am

hokie carla

another re8/45, marksdolly

10:59 am

hokie carla

duh, thanks

10:59 am

marksdolly

sorry you're right there :)

10:59 am

marksdolly

a deep red

10:59 am

therealblah

it's my birthstone :)

11:00 am

hokie carla

jan birthstone IIRC

11:00 am

therealblah

yup

11:00 am

marksdolly

ty hokie, will work on that last re 8

11:00 am

BzznBea

I have 88 left...Need to get out of my jammies...I have been too lazy this week. BBL

11:01 am

hokie carla

yeah, I'm going to eat and shower. :D BBL

11:02 am

marksdolly

got it ty hokie!

11:14 am

aebmusica

ma6/24......clue please

11:17 am

Aloyisius

ends in "et ** Brute?", an Algonquin Indian deity, musica

11:20 am

Aloyisius

starts with a male

11:20 am

Uneaixoise

Actor Victor Ma****

11:20 am

aebmusica

tyvm Aloysisius

11:22 am

Uneaixoise

Tx aloy

11:22 am

MollyL

Victor Ma6 in The Robe. What a stud.

11:22 am

Aloyisius

yw, had to look up the def.

11:23 am

Aloyisius

thought it was an alt. for the sea cow

11:23 am

MLFAN17

de /40 clue please?

11:25 am

BzznBea

de7/40, mlf?

11:25 am

Aloyisius

where a cowboy is at home, MLF

11:25 am

MLFAN17

ty aloy

11:25 am

MLFAN17

ye bzz

11:25 am

Aloyisius

(-: yw

11:27 am

MLFAN17

yes bzz:)

11:28 am

MLFAN17

bzz did you need aclue?

11:29 am

Aloyisius

bbs, break time for fresh eyes

11:29 am

BzznBea

No.

11:30 am

MLFAN17

just checking:)

11:30 am

MLFAN17

i just found en 6/7

11:33 am

MLFAN17

pathetically...halfway

11:33 am

MLFAN17

brb

11:39 am

MLFAN17

hello again

11:41 am

MLFAN17

do both of the du 7/44 words have a gerund ending?

11:42 am

BzznBea

One does.

11:42 am

MLFAN17

do you mean the one ending in not woman?

11:42 am

BzznBea

The other one is what you use to do the first du7/44 when you clean house.

11:43 am

BzznBea

The one ending in not woman is a du7/40.

11:43 am

MLFAN17

that is a 6?

11:44 am

MLFAN17

yes 7/40 sorry

11:46 am

MLFAN17

the what you use is a 6 isn't it?

11:46 am

BzznBea

Or a du7/44 an old piece of cloth

11:47 am

MLFAN17

ohh ty bzz I see it now

11:47 am

BzznBea

Greyed the M's...68 left...

11:47 am

BzznBea

Now I really am going to get dressed...

11:48 am

MLFAN17

congrats bzz

11:48 am

MLFAN17

I am still in my pjs

11:53 am

hokie carla

I am showered and in real clothes! well, some people think my joggers look like pj pants so I guess that's debatable.

11:53 am

bichon

I'd like to be in my pj's

12:01 pm

Chris P

Anyone have the me7 & 8? They are driving me mad!!

12:01 pm

hokie carla

I did not know of them. Will look.

12:03 pm

hokie carla

do you know the point totals?

12:04 pm

Chris P

7/44 & 8/60

12:05 pm

turqaz

me 7 and me 8: CDs gone platinum

12:05 pm

hokie carla

wow, did not see that coming

12:05 pm

hokie carla

but I did try me4 and it's not a word

12:06 pm

hokie carla

thx

12:06 pm

turqaz

yw

12:06 pm

Chris P

Thank you so much!

12:07 pm

turqaz

yw

12:10 pm

cybernan

good morning/afternoon everyone

12:10 pm

hokie carla

good afternoon, nan

12:11 pm

penquis

hello nan....hello all....

12:11 pm

hokie carla

hello pen

12:14 pm

aebmusica

tu6/24....clue please

12:20 pm

aebmusica

anyone out there?

12:20 pm

penquis

don't have it....have only tu 6/21...

12:20 pm

cybernan

don't have it

12:20 pm

hokie carla

double cons in the middle

12:20 pm

hokie carla

took me a while!

12:20 pm

penquis

hokie....that's the 6/24?

12:20 pm

hokie carla

ends in last 2 letters of what a cheerleader or a marine says

12:21 pm

hokie carla

yes, pen

12:21 pm

penquis

ty...

12:21 pm

cybernan

ty carla

12:21 pm

hokie carla

silk from india apparently

12:21 pm

aebmusica

ty all

12:24 pm

turqaz

other tu 6/24: variant spelling of first tu 6/24: change last vowel

12:24 pm

penquis

good to know, thanks....

12:25 pm

aebmusica

got both of those ty....still need the tu6/21

12:25 pm

aebmusica

nvm

12:25 pm

penquis

the 6/21 also has double consonants in the middle...

12:26 pm

turqaz

6/21: same as first 6/24 but change last consonant

12:27 pm

penquis

how many tu 6s are there?

12:28 pm

turqaz

3

12:28 pm

penquis

ty...

12:28 pm

turqaz

yw

12:29 pm

cybernan

first time I"ve ever seen the greek horse, but not a word here

12:29 pm

periwinkle

hi all. back from gym. help with de8/9 pls

12:30 pm

cybernan

not a combo, per

12:30 pm

cybernan

and there are 2 de 8's

12:31 pm

periwinkle

I have neither

12:31 pm

periwinkle

I have a de7/40

12:32 pm

periwinkle

I found de8/55

12:32 pm

cybernan

de 9 is the act of taking down the pole that holds the flag

12:32 pm

periwinkle

gerund ending

12:32 pm

cybernan

the other de 8 is de + flora and fauna

12:33 pm

periwinkle

flora and fauna?

12:34 pm

hokie carla

de8 alcohol

12:34 pm

LuvWordGames

"don't mess with Mother ******"

12:34 pm

hokie carla

actually it's usually de8+d alcohol

12:34 pm

cybernan

yes

12:34 pm

periwinkle

ty I did not even see the base word

12:39 pm

hokie carla

made it 98 left, going to the list!

12:39 pm

cybernan

still have 135 to go and it's like pulling hens' teeth

12:40 pm

penquis

same here....at 128 to go....

12:40 pm

BzznBea

I've made it to 68...

12:41 pm

BzznBea

My biggest accomplishment today has been getting a shower and getting dressed...=)

12:41 pm

hokie carla

ditto

12:41 pm

cybernan

I'm certain that we have all typed henge enough times for it to be included!

12:41 pm

penquis

well i played two hours of tennis this morning and now i am in my jammy type clothes...

12:41 pm

BzznBea

Name that planet...

12:42 pm

origami

saturn

12:42 pm

BzznBea

Ding Ding!

12:42 pm

BzznBea

An wasy one, that.

12:43 pm

BzznBea

Still can't type...

12:43 pm

hokie carla

not really, I kept trying to make uranus

12:43 pm

hokie carla

but I am currently looking for ur7 so maybe that's why

12:43 pm

origami

phantom: saturate

12:44 pm

penquis

i can almost spell my name...

12:45 pm

hokie carla

there's the ts I ALWAYS miss

12:45 pm

turqaz

ive got ur7; want a clue?

12:46 pm

hokie carla

I found it, but thanks

12:46 pm

LuvWordGames

yes please

12:46 pm

cybernan

I never turn down a clue on a grid this size

12:46 pm

turqaz

ok

12:46 pm

turqaz

ur7: start with the planet, make it a mineral

12:46 pm

penquis

mineral ending...

12:47 pm

LuvWordGames

thanks turq and pen

12:47 pm

penquis

yw...

12:47 pm

turqaz

yw

12:47 pm

cybernan

ty turq

12:48 pm

turqaz

yw

12:52 pm

BzznBea

Another 8 found...Just two more...

12:52 pm

penquis

enable doesn't accept hitman... :o(

12:52 pm

hokie carla

that's another strange omission

12:52 pm

cybernan

which one did you find bea?

12:52 pm

BzznBea

but it does accept du7/40 ???

12:53 pm

hokie carla

do you have a clue for su8, bea? or anyone?

12:53 pm

cybernan

yes

12:53 pm

BzznBea

se8/60 there are two.

12:53 pm

cybernan

mm - just have the glittery one

12:54 pm

hokie carla

did not see those, thanks nan

12:54 pm

BzznBea

I do not have su8

12:54 pm

Karys

rd

12:54 pm

BzznBea

The other se8 is an inference conclusion

12:55 pm

hokie carla

how about su7/44>

12:56 pm

LuvWordGames

su 8 ends in mens neckwears

12:56 pm

cybernan

thought that was an assumption -- drawing a blank

12:57 pm

LuvWordGames

su 7/44 ends in gerund

12:57 pm

hokie carla

thanks, luv. I was thinking something like that but couldn't see it. twisty!

12:57 pm

cybernan

suretie

12:57 pm

hokie carla

(su8)

12:57 pm

cybernan

oops - sorry

12:58 pm

LuvWordGames

sure was, I even saw it in AtoZ words and discounted it because I couln't see how it would work

12:58 pm

hokie carla

also got the su 7 - tried -ter but didn't think about gerund (eye roll)

12:59 pm

BzznBea

su 8 is the plural of the word nan tpyed.

1:01 pm

cybernan

still not seeing that other se 8 -- the one that is an assumption

1:02 pm

MLFAN17

is the planet word the first 4?

1:02 pm

MLFAN17

for the ur7?

1:02 pm

cybernan

nm - got it

1:02 pm

hokie carla

se8 - think of non in front of it

1:03 pm

BzznBea

It is not a planet, mlf

1:03 pm

cybernan

yes - just came to that carla

1:03 pm

MLFAN17

I mean how the word starts?

1:03 pm

BzznBea

Ends with not day, mlf

1:03 pm

hokie carla

I tried that earlier but misspelled it :D

1:03 pm

penquis

ur 7....first four letters of a planet....

1:04 pm

MLFAN17

i have se 6/8 i am assuming that is not the one being asked about?

1:04 pm

hokie carla

correct, it is a different se8

1:05 pm

MLFAN17

i got it

1:05 pm

MLFAN17

the ur word

1:06 pm

cybernan

have de, es and su 9 -- what am I missing please?

1:06 pm

BzznBea

pe9/66

1:07 pm

BzznBea

plural of pe8/50

1:07 pm

welki

hi folks - this one requires mud boots

1:08 pm

hokie carla

made it to the r's (started at the bottom of the list) and I still have 14 re's left. ughhhh

1:10 pm

MLFAN17

idiot clue for the other se 8 pls?

1:10 pm

LuvWordGames

just finished, any clues needed?

1:10 pm

cybernan

not seeing that pe 8-9 combo

1:10 pm

hokie carla

well done, luv

1:10 pm

LuvWordGames

thanks carla

1:11 pm

hokie carla

it is another word for pedophile, nan

1:11 pm

BzznBea

pe8/9 another word for pedophile, nan

1:11 pm

LuvWordGames

pe 8 foot +vowel + rhymes with opp. of first

1:11 pm

BzznBea

Congrats, luv

1:11 pm

origami

fan - looks like pt of the 6/27

1:11 pm

LuvWordGames

thanks Bea

1:11 pm

MLFAN17

luv i need another clue for the se8 that is not se 6/8 combo

1:11 pm

BzznBea

how about the st8/45. That would be my last 8

1:12 pm

MLFAN17

hi origami i have the se 6/7

1:12 pm

cybernan

ty luv and grats

1:12 pm

LuvWordGames

st 8/45 is pt. of the st 6/18

1:12 pm

LuvWordGames

ty nan

1:12 pm

hokie carla

st8/45, past tense - my eyes st to see the tiny print

1:13 pm

MLFAN17

i meant i have the se 6/8

1:13 pm

BzznBea

duh...Thanks Carla.

1:13 pm

LuvWordGames

se 8/60 ends in when driving you have to make right and left ***ns

1:13 pm

LuvWordGames

1st 5 are same as other se's

1:15 pm

mkg

well nbt and nbs but not half way yet. ugh.

1:15 pm

MLFAN17

ty luv and i used morewords too

1:15 pm

mkg

need some i word clues. have one in word only

1:16 pm

MLFAN17

mkg took me a while to get halfway

1:16 pm

MLFAN17

ty luv

1:16 pm

LuvWordGames

yw MLF

1:16 pm

LuvWordGames

in + upper limb and pt

1:16 pm

MLFAN17

ty luv i needed those in words

1:17 pm

mkg

ty! got them luv

1:17 pm

BzznBea

in6 is a person who live in prison

1:17 pm

MLFAN17

first du 5 clue pls?

1:18 pm

BzznBea

plural of the du4, mlf

1:18 pm

LuvWordGames

rhymes with men's formal wear

1:18 pm

MLFAN17

i have that one bzz

1:19 pm

LuvWordGames

both du's are plural

1:19 pm

BzznBea

Then you have the first du 5

1:19 pm

cybernan

du + neuter pronoun and plural

1:19 pm

BzznBea

The other one is the plural of a housekkeeping chore.

1:21 pm

NatashaW

woot, found the Greek bar drink that tastes like turpentine!!

1:21 pm

MLFAN17

got them ty

1:21 pm

mkg

great clue nan. ty

1:21 pm

hokie carla

how about the last re7/28 and re6/21? just am not seeing those

1:22 pm

LuvWordGames

re 7/18 add a cons. in the middle of the eye word

1:22 pm

cybernan

ty nat

1:22 pm

NatashaW

the last re7,28 I just clued

1:22 pm

LuvWordGames

re 6/21 is the what's left of something

1:22 pm

hokie carla

thanks, I tried everything but that

1:23 pm

MLFAN17

ty luv i got three words form your clue at 1:22

1:23 pm

cybernan

I guess it says something that I know all the liquors...

1:23 pm

hokie carla

sorry Natasha, I have no idea about greek bar drinks and that it was re7. but thanks.

1:24 pm

hokie carla

hmm, not residue (which is obviously 7 letters and not in the grid)

1:24 pm

NatashaW

re +consonant + repent your ___ + vowel

1:24 pm

MLFAN17

HE7 clue pls?

1:24 pm

cybernan

re 7: soak flax + one of the 7 deadlies + vowel

1:24 pm

BzznBea

re+ Ike's ex - Miss Turner with a cons in between

1:24 pm

BzznBea

re+ Ike's ex - Miss Turner with a cons in between

1:25 pm

NatashaW

lol love all the different clues!!

1:25 pm

hokie carla

I got the re7 with luv's clue, but thanks to everyone. but you can stop the clues! ;)

1:25 pm

hokie carla

working on the re6 now

1:26 pm

NatashaW

it's the following re5 with a cons stuck in the middle

1:26 pm

MLFAN17

it should be a t in the middle but that doesn't owrk

1:26 pm

NatashaW

yes it does

1:27 pm

hokie carla

thanks, that is a new one to me

1:27 pm

hokie carla

got it

1:27 pm

hokie carla

(in case that wasn't clear) ;)

1:27 pm

LuvWordGames

do you still need the re 6/21?

1:27 pm

MLFAN17

that was my fault read it wrong

1:28 pm

MLFAN17

i got the re 7

1:28 pm

cybernan

giving up and heading for the list at 109

1:28 pm

hokie carla

have all the r's

1:28 pm

LuvWordGames

WTG carla!

1:28 pm

penquis

i am down to 85....need a break....bbl to finish....

1:28 pm

MLFAN17

he 7 clue please?

1:29 pm

mkg

passed half way and off

1:29 pm

hokie carla

one who pulls of a bank job

1:29 pm

MLFAN17

congrats mkg

1:29 pm

hokie carla

off, not of

1:29 pm

cybernan

he 7 - one who steals

1:32 pm

MLFAN17

got them ty

1:37 pm

hokie carla

well, my laptop is in the red. better plug in and I will take the dog out. TTFN

1:38 pm

MLFAN17

bye hokie

1:43 pm

hokie carla

ooh, the kid got home from school so I will make him take the dog out :D

1:43 pm

gramma

2 lrf

1:43 pm

gramma

2 lrf

1:43 pm

cybernan

2nd de 6/30 please?

1:45 pm

BzznBea

de + bactetia

1:45 pm

hokie carla

I don't have or see either

1:46 pm

cybernan

ty bea

1:46 pm

BzznBea

yw

1:46 pm

gramma

2 left the first RE 8/45 and a G 5. Help, please.

1:47 pm

gramma

de + monopoly or parchessi

1:48 pm

BzznBea

re + de6/21

1:48 pm

BzznBea

Not sure which G five you need.

1:48 pm

gramma

de + lysol spray removes ****s

1:50 pm

cybernan

all of the g 5s are normal words

1:50 pm

gramma

got the re but I can't see the g I'm missing

1:50 pm

cybernan

only 2 are plurals

1:51 pm

BzznBea

do you have ge 5/16? ge + cheer

1:51 pm

cybernan

* the walk(s) and the bug(s)

1:51 pm

gramma

nope

1:51 pm

cybernan

of course I am missing a few g's

1:52 pm

gramma

ty ty ty

1:52 pm

cybernan

ty bea

1:52 pm

BzznBea

yw

1:55 pm

clg47

Fireworks thanks to clue from rururocks at 1:45 on me7 & me8. Don't know why I struggled but I did.

1:59 pm

hokie carla

well done

1:59 pm

cybernan

es 6/21 please?

2:00 pm

BzznBea

es + first 4 of tieing up a turkey

2:00 pm

hokie carla

when a female is in heat

2:01 pm

cybernan

ty bea

2:02 pm

periwinkle

help with su9 pls

2:03 pm

hokie carla

can be financial or certainties

2:03 pm

BzznBea

To have kept something going peri.

2:03 pm

hokie carla

nope, that's su8, sorry

2:03 pm

hokie carla

this grid requires a su9 effort to finish

2:03 pm

periwinkle

got the su9 ty

2:04 pm

periwinkle

but I did not get the su8

2:05 pm

periwinkle

I see your clue hokie but it is not helping me

2:05 pm

hokie carla

look in your su4's for one that means certain

2:05 pm

EvaNadine

peri
are you SU4 you didnt get it? + many men wear neckTi4 to the office.

2:06 pm

periwinkle

ah ty EvaN

2:06 pm

periwinkle

ty hokie

2:07 pm

periwinkle

I am missing a 9 which I did not see clued so I do not know what it is

2:07 pm

hokie carla

pe?

2:07 pm

hokie carla

de?

2:07 pm

cybernan

ga 7 please?

2:07 pm

periwinkle

yes that one pls

2:07 pm

hokie carla

nan, was just about to ask for that one too. I don't know

2:08 pm

hokie carla

which one, peri?

2:08 pm

BzznBea

ga7 ends with opp of day

2:08 pm

chrisk

the pe 9 is a plural

2:08 pm

hokie carla

got it, thx, bea

2:09 pm

cybernan

ty bea

2:09 pm

periwinkle

I only have a pe4

2:09 pm

BzznBea

pe 9 is another word for a pedophile, peri

2:09 pm

cybernan

so many new words today

2:09 pm

hokie carla

it's another word for pedophile.

2:09 pm

chrisk

there is a pe8

2:09 pm

hokie carla

ruru said it's a common word, but not to me

2:09 pm

periwinkle

don't have the pe8

2:10 pm

chrisk

it's greek for a lover of boys

2:11 pm

BzznBea

pe8 is pe + un*** pressure + end of the line is l***

2:13 pm

periwinkle

thank all. never heard of the word

2:13 pm

cybernan

lunch then off to get my hair cut - see you later

2:14 pm

hokie carla

have a good haircut!

2:14 pm

turqaz

ga 7: ga + symbol for nitrogen + symbol for hydrogen + mineral ending

2:14 pm

periwinkle

never ending grid. also watching House on TV

2:14 pm

hokie carla

I am giving up on ge8. P& TY

2:16 pm

turqaz

ge 8: ge + fur******, like tables and chairs

2:16 pm

hokie carla

I am watching Who Do You Think You Are where celebrities have people do ancestry research.

2:16 pm

MLFAN17

i love that show

2:16 pm

MLFAN17

now i watch finding your roots

2:16 pm

BzznBea

ge8 sounds like what you have in your rooms to sit/sleep on...

2:16 pm

hokie carla

thanks, def would not have gotten that ge8 without clue

2:17 pm

turqaz

yw

2:17 pm

BzznBea

I'm watching 911 Lone Star

2:17 pm

MLFAN17

i haven't seen that yet

2:18 pm

MLFAN17

something to sleep sit on?

2:19 pm

hokie carla

collective word for things in your house

2:20 pm

turqaz

oops: ga 7: hydrogen before nitrogen; sorry

2:23 pm

hokie carla

2 left

2:24 pm

hokie carla

both 6/27's, so I should be able to figure out

2:24 pm

MLFAN17

what do they start wit?

2:25 pm

zoozzoom

Laughter D

2:25 pm

MLFAN17

hi zooz

2:25 pm

hokie carla

1 down, 1 to go! (1 down was me6)

2:25 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Mlf

2:26 pm

hokie carla

hey zooz

2:26 pm

hokie carla

my chat box has a huge delay today

2:27 pm

zoozzoom

Howdy, Hokie Carla

2:27 pm

MLFAN17

mine has been a bit slow at times too

2:27 pm

periwinkle

help with either st8 pls

2:28 pm

MLFAN17

peri pt of st6/18

2:29 pm

hokie carla

one is a past tense - my eyes st8 reading the small print

2:29 pm

hokie carla

I'm not seeing another and I have all s's

2:29 pm

periwinkle

don't have the right st6

2:30 pm

MLFAN17

you can st**** your brain when trying to figure out these wors sometime

2:30 pm

MLFAN17

sometimes

2:30 pm

hokie carla

some people say they st8 a muscle, others say sp8

2:30 pm

MLFAN17

or st ra4

2:30 pm

turqaz

there's only one st8

2:30 pm

MLFAN17

ty turq

2:30 pm

periwinkle

ty found it

2:31 pm

turqaz

yw

2:31 pm

hokie carla

just found my last one for fireworks. I am certainly not a ge6/27 because I could not see it.

2:32 pm

BzznBea

Congrats, Carla.

2:32 pm

zoozzoom

Congrats!

2:32 pm

turqaz

help pls with ga 8/50

2:33 pm

hokie carla

thanks, 'twas a real slog today

2:33 pm

zoozzoom

Like a gas bottle but with a G instead of a C

2:33 pm

MLFAN17

as usual it starts out well and then takes a nose dive

2:34 pm

BzznBea

rhymes with what you keep your flour, sugar, coffee and te in on your kitchen counter

2:34 pm

hokie carla

yep. going to the sewing machine now! but my laptop is right here so I will check in occasionally

2:34 pm

turqaz

dang! whoda thunk? tyvm

2:34 pm

MLFAN17

what are you working on hokie?

2:35 pm

MLFAN17

ty for that ga word

2:35 pm

hokie carla

still working on these "dinner scarves" (which are really like adult bibs) for my dad

2:36 pm

MLFAN17

never heard of them? why don't you use a towel?

2:37 pm

hokie carla

these will look better than a towel and wrap around with velcro :D

2:37 pm

MLFAN17

that makes sense

2:37 pm

ChampFit

Bibs!

2:38 pm

MLFAN17

hi champ adult bibs kind of i guess

2:39 pm

ChampFit

It would seem. Bibs make a lot of sense, especially during crawfish season, which is upon us, here in the South.

2:39 pm

hokie carla

my dad has parkinson's and can't really eat neatly

2:40 pm

MLFAN17

we should all where a big towel form our neck to our laps so we don't have to worry about bad stains coming out

2:40 pm

MLFAN17

i am in nc and i don't do crawfish

2:40 pm

MLFAN17

hokie how is he doing?

2:41 pm

ChampFit

Some people start to shake too. Bibs make sense! And now that you say that, I should put some together for when my Father-in-law comes over. He shakes a lot.

2:41 pm

ChampFit

MLFAN, I don't do them either. Too much work for too little payoff. Gimme a shrimp any day!

2:41 pm

zoozzoom

My dad does and it is a nightmare for him to eat or drink.

2:42 pm

MLFAN17

i will take fish n chips thank you champ

2:42 pm

hokie carla

he is not doing well. can barely walk, get up and sit down. very shaky. can't even shower. he had a home health aide helping with that but they quit coming

2:42 pm

hokie carla

I bought him some weighted silverware for Xmas and my mom said he likes them

2:43 pm

MLFAN17

why would they quit coming?

2:43 pm

MLFAN17

aww that is so nice hokie

2:45 pm

hokie carla

they reevaluate every so often and if there's no progress they don't come. I don't know. that's what my mom says but I don't know that she knows what's going on with the insurance and stuff. she needs to make it so my brothers & I can get info from the dr, ins, etc.

2:45 pm

BzznBea

I would insist, Carla. How old is your mom?

2:46 pm

MLFAN17

isn't that an executor?

2:46 pm

ChampFit

Agreed. That would be easier. We really don't know how much they understand, and can be making wrong decisions.

2:46 pm

MLFAN17

if she doesn't know whats going with the insurance that isn't good at all

2:46 pm

BzznBea

No, an executor is the one that takes care of the will and estate.

2:46 pm

hokie carla

mom just turned 76 in Oct. dad will be 80 in a couple of weeks.

2:47 pm

BzznBea

I am my mother's medical advocate.

2:47 pm

ChampFit

My mom is 85 and is still in control of herself, but I do have her medical power of attorney if needed. Everyone ages differently.

2:47 pm

MLFAN17

how does a sibling make the legal decisions regarding parents physical care?

2:47 pm

NatashaW

You need medical and financial powers of attorney executed, but getting your mom to agree can be dicey. No one likes to surrender control even to a loved one.

2:47 pm

MLFAN17

that's good bzz

2:48 pm

MLFAN17

true natasha

2:48 pm

NatashaW

My mom refused to let me help her manage her bills etc and after she died I discovered giant garbage bags of unpaid bills mixed in with junk mail hidden behind various pieces of furniture.

2:48 pm

NatashaW

THAT was a fun evening!

2:48 pm

hokie carla

yep, I guess we need to talk to her about it. she has also has really reached the limit of being able to care for him.

2:49 pm

hokie carla

wow, that is crazy.

2:49 pm

MLFAN17

natasha OH MY GOD

2:49 pm

NatashaW

But I understood... she feared I'd perceive her as no longer competent to live independently, so she hid her low function from me

2:49 pm

BzznBea

Would they condsider moving to an assisted living facility together, Carla?

2:49 pm

MLFAN17

pride i suppose natasha

2:49 pm

hokie carla

she did say one day she needs to show us where stuff is in the filing cabinet but she hasn't yet

2:50 pm

MLFAN17

hokie they both need help

2:50 pm

NatashaW

I would never have forced her out of her apartment, I wanted to give her the assistance she needed to remain there, but I guess that she wasn't 100% sure

2:50 pm

MLFAN17

my mom took care of her mom until the insurance ran out

2:51 pm

NatashaW

So if you broach this subject with a sensitive parent, tread carefully

2:51 pm

hokie carla

I mentioned that bea, and she said she didn't want to go to a place without windows. I said I'm sure assisted living places have windows and she replied "that look out into parking lots". I'm not even sure they have them there, but there are nursing homes.

2:51 pm

BzznBea

I guess I did force my mom out of her house.

2:51 pm

hokie carla

They have been in that house since before I was born

2:51 pm

NatashaW

Ooh, that is really tough to change.

2:52 pm

MLFAN17

hokie into a parking lot rotfl

2:52 pm

NatashaW

Make sure they're at least filing their taxes... My mom didn't pay for 3 years prior to her death and kept it from me. That was also fun.

2:52 pm

MLFAN17

they all have windows

2:52 pm

BzznBea

But, she could no longer take proper care of herself properly and staye din bed 24/7.

2:52 pm

hokie carla

and my brother that lives a couple of miles away has allowed them to take care of his kids their whole lives so I think she's afraid if she can't take care of them no one will.

2:53 pm

MLFAN17

are you serious hokie??

2:53 pm

BzznBea

Assisted living scenters are just like apartments.

2:53 pm

hokie carla

we do usually talk about taxes in April, so I think she is paying those

2:53 pm

NatashaW

Those assisted living places are so expensive, sometimes it's better both emotionally and financially to bring in someone to the home they love

2:53 pm

MLFAN17

i hope she is!

2:54 pm

NatashaW

A dear friend has just retained 24/7 care for her 90 year old mom, in mom's home. She says it will cost $60K a year but that's nothing compared to what the assisted living place wanted, and her mom HATED that place.

2:54 pm

hokie carla

yeah, she & her sister paid someone to come in with my grandmother before she went to a nursing home.

2:55 pm

MLFAN17

sometimes when you don't know anybody it makes things harder

2:55 pm

NatashaW

I'm sincerely hoping to die in my sleep. Pneumonia, heart failure... stroke... PUH-LEEZ

2:56 pm

hokie carla

when I was there in Oct. a PT from the home health agency came to evaluate him and she talked mom through finding someone to come in, interviewing them, etc. but mom says she never has time to do anything, but that's not exactly true, she wastes a lot on FB and picking my nephew up from school, etc

2:57 pm

NatashaW

I suspect that's an excuse. Maybe she doesn't want a "stranger" in her home?

2:57 pm

hokie carla

she has osteoporosis and arthritis in her back, so she is in a lot of pain most of the day and slow moving

2:57 pm

BzznBea

I'm glad mom is here with us. She is happier and healthier now. And she is away from the family members who were using her and her money up.

2:57 pm

MLFAN17

my mom kind of acted like that too towards my dad

2:58 pm

NatashaW

It can be a hard adjustment and sometimes spouses are in denial about the other's needs, or they're trying to avoid having to shell out $$$ they fear they may need for their own final years...

2:58 pm

hokie carla

I doubt my mom would ever come here and stay

2:59 pm

MLFAN17

at our house or in the area hokie?

2:59 pm

hokie carla

at my house, def not in the area. I mean the only reason she would come to this area is in my house.

3:00 pm

NatashaW

My heart goes out to all of you dealing with aging parents and all the stress that goes with it. Both my folks exited this world fairly easily - I hope to follow in their footsteps!

3:01 pm

MLFAN17

hokie do you have any bedrooms on main floor of your home?

3:01 pm

hokie carla

my husband has requested to just be shot if he gets parkinson's or something but I told him that's not really an option

3:02 pm

MLFAN17

hokie uh yeah you don't want to go to jail

3:02 pm

hokie carla

it is hard being hundreds of miles away from them so I can't really help

3:02 pm

NatashaW

Yeah, my mom kept asking me to come to visit and put a pillow over her face. I said she could stop eating but I wasn't going to murder her.

3:02 pm

BzznBea

This was a marathon...

3:03 pm

zoozzoom

Congrats, Bea!

3:03 pm

NatashaW

Stopping eating works BTW and even many continuum of care facilities allow residents to exit via that route.

3:03 pm

BzznBea

My last three were the tu6's

3:03 pm

MLFAN17

how awful natasha

3:03 pm

hokie carla

good job, bea

3:03 pm

MLFAN17

natasha they allow that??

3:03 pm

hokie carla

yeah, my husband's mom just died of parkinson's in Oct and she stopped eating

3:03 pm

MLFAN17

congrats bzz

3:04 pm

NatashaW

Some places do. Carol Woods in Chapel Hill NC does.

3:04 pm

NatashaW

Was that hard for your husband Carla?

3:04 pm

MLFAN17

my dad stopped eating and he was in a care facility i think? they said their wasn't anything else they could do for him so they "took care of it"

3:04 pm

swmbo

my mother lives in a nursing home. she is 93 and has Alzheimers. I am a retired nurse and prior to my retirement was the director of the nursing department of the home she is in. We have been very lucky. My mother pays about $500 CAD month less than her monthly income and the province picks up the rest. The system we have here is that the province pays for homecare up until the costs are the same as nursing home care, then the person goes to the nursing home. The down side of this system is that we don't have nearly enough nursing home beds in the province so many families become extremely stressed in trying to care for a parent or two with a high degree of need. My heart bleeds for people who are in this untenable situation. We have gotten to the point where we can keep people alive for a very long time but we have not made provision for care for those senior years.

3:05 pm

MLFAN17

i wouldn't allow that to happen to anybody

3:06 pm

NatashaW

We are far kinder to our pets than we are to ourselves. Read "Being Mortal" by Atul Gawande.

3:06 pm

swmbo

WHAT do you mean @"they took care of it"???

3:06 pm

NatashaW

Yes, was wondering the same thing...

3:06 pm

swmbo

Natasha I read that book, so good.

3:06 pm

hokie carla

interesting to read a viewpoint from another country

3:06 pm

MLFAN17

natasha isn't that nuts?

3:07 pm

hokie carla

they fed him by iv? or they just quit giving him food?

3:08 pm

MLFAN17

with permission i guess they let him go quietly

3:08 pm

MLFAN17

no he stopped eating

3:09 pm

hokie carla

natasha, a lot of people in this country put animals (not just pets) high above people. remember when the zoo shot the gorilla because the 5 yo boy was in the habitat with him? people were going nuts that zookeepers valued a little boy over a gorilla.

3:09 pm

hurshy

if i stop eating it means i'm tired of life so i would hope they'd let me go. unless i decide to do a hunger protest re: climate change or something.

3:09 pm

MLFAN17

hokie i remember that so unfair

3:09 pm

mixi6

We were looking into having Mom declared mentally incompetent, then she broke a hip and dies 10 days laters. We thought Dad was Ok until then when he asked a dozen times a day when the memorial service would be. He ended up in the Alzheimer unit a couple years later. My brother had the headache of dealing with them. He earned every penny of his slightly bigger share of the inheritance.

3:10 pm

MLFAN17

true hurshy

3:10 pm

NatashaW

swmbo doesn't Canada have legal assisted suicide for medical reasons?

3:10 pm

swmbo

It is a very dicey problem ethically. Our approach was to continue to offer food and fluids but when it came to the point that the person was either not able or resisting we would back off. But at no time if the person wanted the food or fluids was it withheld. That being said, stoopping eating and drinking is the body's natural way of easing itself toward death

3:11 pm

NatashaW

So the only legal method of "assistance" is not to push food and drink?

3:12 pm

NatashaW

harem

3:12 pm

NatashaW

oops sorry!!!!

3:12 pm

MLFAN17

ty natasha

3:12 pm

hurshy

whoa, massive topic shirt

3:12 pm

NatashaW

:-)

3:12 pm

hurshy

shift

3:12 pm

NatashaW

You're funny hurshy

3:13 pm

swmbo

Yes we do have assisted suicide but it would not apply to anyone with cognitive difficulties or even drugged with narcotics as many people are when dying of cancer. The person has top be completely compis mentis. Very few take this route as it means they have to do it before they ar3e actually ready to die.

3:13 pm

BzznBea

Hospice is much like that in the US.

3:13 pm

hurshy

why thanks you natasha :D

3:13 pm

hurshy

man, i can't type today

3:13 pm

MLFAN17

i appreciated it too hurshy

3:13 pm

NatashaW

Yes, that is the problem isn't it... by the time you are ready to go, they won't believe you are capable of making an informed decision

3:15 pm

NatashaW

We need a system where you get to elect, ahead of time, what assistance you will want when/if you reach a certain stage. But I do see the reams of potential legal obstacles, family objections, etc

3:15 pm

BzznBea

My mother in law was in hospice and she just recieved morphine and atavan...No fluids and nor food.

3:16 pm

hurshy

we do have a system, you can have a DNR and a medical proxy and a living will and all that

3:16 pm

NatashaW

My mom fortunately had signed a very specific medical directive, so that I was able to fend off well-meant but misguided efforts by the hospital to insert a feeding tube and "bring her back"

3:16 pm

BzznBea

Yes, same here, hurshy.

3:16 pm

NatashaW

But of course there's always someone in the family who thinks you're not doing enough to keep them alive

3:16 pm

hurshy

a living will works as long as your family members are ok with what it says. if they don't want to honor it then you could have troubles.

3:17 pm

NatashaW

exactly

3:17 pm

swmbo

I have a very hard time deciding wheter I agree with assisted suicide. But I will say this: in my nursing career I have been at the bedside of hundreds of people as they died. And I once witnessed a dog being put down. No question which one was gentler. BUT I still believe we need to be very careful about assisted suicide. It could very easily trun into a kind of Final Solution

3:17 pm

pippingeek

I'm glad that my dad worked as a doctor so that my mom and I are very much on the same page regarding his care

3:18 pm

granadan

completely agree swmbo

3:18 pm

hurshy

the countries and US States that have assisted suicide do have lots of precautions. whole teams of doctors have to agree and stuff.

3:18 pm

pippingeek

we have had a few serious scares in the past couple years where we were reasonably sure he was going to die, and it comforting that we all know that none of us want any extreme measures taken, we were able to argue against a PEG for dad this last time, and then he ended up being able to eat after all

3:18 pm

NatashaW

well said swmbo. But I agree w/hurshy that there are fences around the needle in the arm.

3:18 pm

granadan

a living will works despite family objections. Its an advance directive and as long as you were assessed as having capacity at the time of writing it should be upheld even in a legal challenge

3:19 pm

NatashaW

Yes, it works, but it won't always prevent family dissension, sadly

3:19 pm

MLFAN17

bzz that's what they did to my dad

3:19 pm

swmbo

The safeguards are necessary. I think that instead of going this route we should have better end of life care so people do not have to even consider suicide.

3:20 pm

hurshy

but even if we have "better" end of life care i think there are always going to be people suffering so much pain that the amount of morphine that would effectively relieve that pain is enough to kill them.

3:20 pm

NatashaW

Better care for things like Alzheimer's... what would that look like? I have a friend whose mom got Alz at age 80. She's now 95 and no sign of exiting.

3:20 pm

pippingeek

also, DNR and living will are more complicated than they sound. DNR frequently says I will permit this except under x y and z circumstances, and in my dad's case where he has dementia that is on and off, it's not always easy (especially for the provider) to see when he is lucid vs when he is confused but just trying to please whoever is there with him

3:20 pm

MLFAN17

apparently a pretty tough person

3:21 pm

NatashaW

Thank goodness they had purchased a long term care policy back when the insurers didn't impose limits and caps.

3:21 pm

granadan

Im a midwife but I work 2 days a week in end of life neurology care. Not all end of life is painful, it can just have some pretty horrendous challenges. A lot of it is trying to prepare for a good death.

3:21 pm

hurshy

that's lucky natasha

3:21 pm

swmbo

And for sure the living wills are helpful. They need to be made well in advance and family members need to be clear about the person's wishes. But we all know that families differ as to their ability to deal with the impending death

3:21 pm

MLFAN17

yeah painless one i guess

3:22 pm

hurshy

i don't have kids so i bet it'll be easier for me

3:22 pm

pippingeek

god i wish my folks had gotten long term care, it's far too late now. so painful watching my dad live with extreme chronic pain and incontinence and increasing dementia, but his body is otherwise very strong, and we know this could go on for years and years. hard watching him disappear little by little

3:23 pm

hurshy

here we go again - another food word that enable won't accept! seitan

3:23 pm

swmbo

I am 70 and have had my health care directive in place for over 20 years. My sons are fully aware of my wishes and will, I believe, abide by them.

3:24 pm

NatashaW

We have shared our directives with our son and hope and believe he will honor them also.

3:24 pm

swmbo

but not all people are comfortable even talking about such things, let alone acting on them.

3:25 pm

NatashaW

It's never "comfortable" but it's necessary!

3:25 pm

NatashaW

That's awful pippingeek. My heart really does go out to you.

3:25 pm

hokie carla

less serious topi, my upper thread keeps breaking and I can't see why!

3:26 pm

swmbo

True but some people cannot even go there. Then when they are faced with it, they can't cope. Part of our society's attitudes toward death :(

3:26 pm

hurshy

in a sewing machine or what hokie?

3:26 pm

MLFAN17

hokie it hates you lol

3:27 pm

hokie carla

and obviously my c isn't working great because I also had "an't" before I noticed it and then I saw topi

3:27 pm

hokie carla

it does hate me. yes, a sewing machine. just a few months old, way too expensive Bernina.

3:27 pm

swmbo

hokie I assume you have checked tension etc.? hate it when my sewing machine misbehaves, I don't have much patience with it I'm afraid

3:28 pm

hokie carla

I have rethreaded and made sure it's not catching on something. just found the thread tension adjustment. should I try less tension then?

3:29 pm

swmbo

I don't often engage in the chat although I Babble daily. It was nice to be among you all!

3:29 pm

hokie carla

I enjoyed reading your input! glad you engaged

3:30 pm

hurshy

glad you chatted today swmbo :)

3:30 pm

NatashaW

your input was really thought provoking swmbo. thanks

3:30 pm

swmbo

I should really do it more often. But what I find is that I can't chat and do the puzzle LOL and I am usually driven to complete it

3:32 pm

swmbo

hokie I am no expert on sewing machines, but I always do test runs on the particular fabric and thread I am using to make sure the tension is good. Check you manual

3:33 pm

swmbo

goot go. byeee

3:33 pm

hurshy

if there is anything better than having a cat lay on you and purr and nap, i don't know what it is

3:33 pm

NatashaW

bye swmbo

3:33 pm

MLFAN17

swmbo same here

3:33 pm

MLFAN17

i agree hurshy

3:34 pm

hokie carla

well, I'm partial to my snuggly dog putting his head on my lap

3:34 pm

NatashaW

Till you lose all sensation in your thighs :-)

3:34 pm

MLFAN17

what kind of dog hokie?

3:34 pm

MLFAN17

lol natasha

3:35 pm

hokie carla

yeah, the manual is huge but I finally found troubleshooting and there are like 5 different things. hopefully this lower tension will work.

3:35 pm

hokie carla

golden retriever, mlfan

3:35 pm

hokie carla

there is a reason many of them are therapy dogs

3:35 pm

MLFAN17

ohh how lucky you are i love those dogs. they used to be the most popular dog of all time

3:36 pm

MLFAN17

smart and very sensitive if i am not mistaken

3:36 pm

MLFAN17

?

3:38 pm

Uneaixoise

Du7/40 please?

3:39 pm

hurshy

the guy who uses a du7/44 to do the other du7/44 is the du7/40

3:39 pm

NatashaW

the guy who does the cleaning

3:39 pm

MLFAN17

du 4/6 opposite of woman

3:39 pm

hokie carla

they're the best! last night I slept in the guest room since I have a bad nighttime cough with this cold and he knows he's not allowed on the bed with my husband but is allowed when it's just me, so he laid next to me and therapy dog-ged :D

3:39 pm

NatashaW

Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady is a "common du7"

3:40 pm

hokie carla

but don't try hitman because that would just be ridiculous

3:40 pm

MLFAN17

hokie that is so wonderful

3:40 pm

Uneaixoise

Tx.....thought I tried that

3:40 pm

NatashaW

There's a long list of actual common words that aren't in Enable

3:41 pm

NatashaW

that was a great triple clue Hurshy

3:41 pm

hurshy

:D

3:41 pm

MLFAN17

i am going to go now my eyes are hurting too many left for me to find anyway.. bye

3:41 pm

hokie carla

bye, til tomorrow

3:47 pm

hurshy

i am very impressed with myself for getting qu7/52

3:47 pm

NatashaW

but you're in a society that actually uses that verb hurshy, no? Here in the US no one ever uses that

3:48 pm

NatashaW

we just 'get in line'

3:48 pm

hokie carla

I didn't get it until the list

3:48 pm

hokie carla

hurshy is american

3:48 pm

hurshy

i'm in the US, my flag is just wishful thinking

3:48 pm

NatashaW

Ah OK! The flag is misleading

3:49 pm

NatashaW

(pats hurshy on back for getting that qu7)

3:50 pm

hurshy

do the irish say qu5 too? i mean, they aren't exactly the biggest fans of the english, but, i guess i don't even really know which words they use or don't use.

3:55 pm

hokie carla

I think qu5 is europe, australia, probably canada. I think everywhere but here.

3:55 pm

hurshy

well it isn't france or germany lol

3:56 pm

hurshy

australia and canada are "commonwealth" but ireland isn't

4:07 pm

hurshy

9s: es, su... what else?

4:07 pm

hokie carla

it's worked its way here to Disneyworld with all the international guests

4:07 pm

hokie carla

pe, de

4:07 pm

hurshy

ooh do you work at disney world?

4:08 pm

hokie carla

no, just love to go.

4:08 pm

hurshy

i've never been

4:09 pm

hokie carla

we love the campground there

4:10 pm

hurshy

are the pe or the de related to any shorter words?

4:10 pm

hokie carla

pe is a pl, de is a gerund, undoing a 7

4:10 pm

hurshy

mk

4:11 pm

hurshy

funny i had the pe8 but didn't pl it

4:11 pm

MollyL

Irish people use a lot of what I think of as British phrases. I guess when you get taken over by another country, sooner or later you fold and adopt their way of speaking.

4:11 pm

hokie carla

can give more if you want

4:11 pm

hurshy

i got them hokie, thanks!

4:12 pm

JaxH66

I’ve not got the pe8. Could I have a clue please?

4:13 pm

NatashaW

it's not a nice word...

4:13 pm

NatashaW

sodomite is another term for it

4:18 pm

periwinkle

help with ga8 pls

4:19 pm

NatashaW

sounds like something you keep coffee or tea in on your kitchen counter, except change the first consonant

4:20 pm

periwinkle

not getting your clue Natasha

4:21 pm

NatashaW

also rhymes with the hand-hold on a stairway?

4:21 pm

periwinkle

ty Natasha got it

4:22 pm

NatashaW

From the musical Oliver: "feed him on cockroaches served in a c8"

4:22 pm

periwinkle

eww

4:22 pm

periwinkle

105 left, may be back later to finish

4:27 pm

NatashaW

8 left... for some reason... all M words!!

4:28 pm

NatashaW

dinner first, then MAybe I'll attack it :-)

4:30 pm

evanonut

hey kiddos

4:37 pm

maccafixx

me 7/44?

4:38 pm

maccafixx

got it

4:51 pm

wvteach

stats for E in right column

4:52 pm

doseffing

ed 4/7 5/16

4:52 pm

doseffing

... sorry ... not the 5 ... that's from the bottom

4:53 pm

doseffing

... er 4/4

5:53 pm

cybernan

hello again -- hair tamed and costco run done :)

6:12 pm

cybernan

ni 5/12 please?

6:13 pm

lil*monkey

ni + Je*** died on the cross

6:15 pm

cybernan

ty monkey

6:15 pm

lil*monkey

yw

6:16 pm

lil*monkey

I swear, if I type "suture" one more time! ARgh

6:16 pm

Lizlin

Good morning all. Back to finish my last 10 words.

6:16 pm

cybernan

hi liz

6:16 pm

Lizlin

These 8s are never ending!

6:16 pm

cybernan

stuck on the last 2 qu 7's -- any clues please?

6:17 pm

Lizlin

One is another word for lining up. Used in UK - not sure about Canada

6:18 pm

Lizlin

The last one ends in the pt of consumed food.

6:19 pm

cybernan

ty liz

6:19 pm

Lizlin

yw

6:19 pm

lil*monkey

are there more than 2 qu4 ???

6:20 pm

Lizlin

Finally found my last 8 - but was sure I'd already entered it.

6:20 pm

Lizlin

only 2 of them

6:21 pm

lil*monkey

Im missing 1 Q word. It must be a 5.

6:21 pm

Lizlin

3 of them

6:23 pm

lil*monkey

ARGH it was the qu6 I was missing, a plural.

6:24 pm

Lizlin

Finally fireworks

6:24 pm

Lizlin

Any clues needed?

6:26 pm

cybernan

first re 8 please?

6:26 pm

Lizlin

re 8 - to say that something's not true - again

6:27 pm

cybernan

ty liz

6:27 pm

Lizlin

And of course I shouldn't have written tr 4! Ah well! I guess everyone has that word.

6:28 pm

Lizlin

yw. Anything else before I start the day properly?

6:28 pm

cybernan

still have 48 to go, ty - hagd - hope it's not too smokey where you are

6:29 pm

Lizlin

No the smoke has cleared, thank goodness and there's been some rain, though nowhere near enough. Have a good day / evening everyone.

6:29 pm

Lizlin

Good luck with the grid, nan.

6:30 pm

cybernan

bye liz

6:35 pm

penquis

back....decided to list with 76 left....

6:36 pm

cybernan

you did well to get that far

6:36 pm

penquis

i thought so.....hit a wall with about 115 left, but then got on a roll....

6:39 pm

penquis

i am always amazed to find words that I thought I had entered...

6:45 pm

ChampFit

I just hit the R's. SHOOT ME!!!!

6:46 pm

penquis

i am working on Es...

6:49 pm

cybernan

- just got through the r's

6:50 pm

ChampFit

I bow to you, oh wise one! I have 2/52. Ha!

6:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

i know this will be a head slapper, but... st5/10 between the cuisine and the bee attack?

6:51 pm

cybernan

eye infections

6:51 pm

cybernan

or pig pens

6:52 pm

cybernan

one of the few that is actually a word!

6:54 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh my! TY!

6:54 pm

72 Temple Owl

*slaps forehead* those esses are sneaky

6:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

thsi puzzle was fun until i got to around 67 left. i have a book to finish before it

6:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

s fue at the library

6:56 pm

ChampFit

Stupid S words! thanks cyber!

6:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

u hear that, nan. i looked up two words today.

7:00 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* thanks to lickety and all the clue givers :)

7:01 pm

penquis

congrats....41 left here...

7:01 pm

cybernan

have to run - this is bridge night and I need to get supper going :)

7:01 pm

penquis

bye nan....

7:06 pm

ChampFit

Congrats and good night!

7:28 pm

penquis

well i went through the list and still have 8 to find...*sigh*....

7:29 pm

Uneaixoise

I still have 74!! :-)

7:29 pm

penquis

i don't envy you...

7:31 pm

ChampFit

I have 96 and pretty sure I'm not gonna finish. Losing interest.

7:32 pm

penquis

i am down to 5....

7:32 pm

ChampFit

Go pen, go!!!!

7:33 pm

penquis

i have one S, one T, two RU words and a GA word left...

7:36 pm

penquis

it's sad when you know the first three letters of a five letter word and you can't figure it out...

7:37 pm

ChampFit

It's not your fault. So many letter combinations...

7:37 pm

penquis

found it....done with the Rs...

7:38 pm

ChampFit

WooHOO!

7:42 pm

penquis

one left...

7:42 pm

MollyL

*Everyone is on pins and needles waiting for Pen to finish*

7:42 pm

ChampFit

Which one? I could accidentally have it....

7:42 pm

ChampFit

We BELIEVE!!!

7:43 pm

penquis

it's ga 7/40....

7:46 pm

penquis

i used A to Z...i am done...

7:46 pm

ChampFit

Congrats!

7:46 pm

MollyL

g +say .. for the doctor when he wants to look in your throat + alternate spelling for not day

7:47 pm

ChampFit

gahnite

7:47 pm

MollyL

And my clue was too late.

7:47 pm

ChampFit

I'm so sorry!!!!

7:47 pm

penquis

exactly... ;o)\

7:47 pm

ChampFit

Well, not too late for me! I'd never have gotten it. thx Molly

7:47 pm

penquis

thanks for jumping in, Molly....

7:49 pm

penquis

and thanks, Champ, for the encouragement....almost gave up on this one...was falling asleep at the keyboard....

7:49 pm

MollyL

I usually figure that when people ask for clues they are not using a2z or morewords. Otherwise, why ask for clues?

7:50 pm

penquis

well i did not actually ask for a clue...i also thought only Champ and I were here....

7:50 pm

ChampFit

Monster grid...glad you did it!

7:51 pm

ChampFit

Pen didn't ask...I asked what the last one was in case I had it.

7:51 pm

penquis

ty, Champ....

7:52 pm

penquis

need anything before I go?....

7:52 pm

MollyL

Sorry, missed all that. I just thought Pen needed a clue.

7:52 pm

penquis

well i appreciate your offering one....glad to be done with this one...

7:52 pm

ChampFit

Yes, in fact i need 92 clues.... :) Have a good one, and congrats!

7:53 pm

penquis

hah, ty....heading out then....bye all....

7:53 pm

ChampFit

With that, I'm OUT. Not feeling the urge to finish this. Have a lovely, all!

7:53 pm

MollyL

I admire anyone who has time in their day to finish a grid this big.

8:00 pm

amelu0218

Those who do not sleep, Molly

8:13 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for re7 28 the second one? Thanks

8:15 pm

grannyrose

greek wine peach

8:15 pm

gapeach

Please dumb it down, love.

8:15 pm

grannyrose

take the s from the end of the first re7 and put it after the t

8:17 pm

grannyrose

use the same letters in the same order except move the s

8:18 pm

gapeach

Great! Takes longer as I get older. Thanks much.

8:19 pm

grannyrose

yw

9:12 pm

gapeach

FW

9:53 pm

HarryHood

woohoo found a 9!

9:55 pm

Snowdensmom

de 8/55?

9:55 pm

NANCY

help with the ga 8 please

9:55 pm

HarryHood

gerund of getting rid of vermin

9:55 pm

HarryHood

de8

9:55 pm

HarryHood

I don't have a ga8

10:00 pm

HarryHood

138 to go. I've had enough. bye!!

10:13 pm

lynxxx

ga8.50 what some kids slide down when going down stairs!?

11:12 pm

NANCY

if anyone is out there, I would love a clue to the se 8 that is not the plural of the shiny bead.

11:16 pm

ursh

se8 follows the same start as shiny bead but uses to stop rather than the 4 baby word

11:17 pm

bookwomen

a non se8

11:20 pm

NANCY

do

11:20 pm

NANCY

sorry not getting it

11:20 pm

NANCY

ehat

11:20 pm

NANCY

what is the baby word?

11:21 pm

NANCY

are the first the first six letters of the shiny bead?

11:27 pm

ursh

first 5

11:27 pm

ursh

then add 3/4 of a word to change direction

11:29 pm

NANCY

TY IRSH GOT IT

11:31 pm

ursh

yay - tried looking it up no real definition

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