Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, April 16, 2020

12:00 am

Minveryork

Flip Flip Hooray!

12:01 am

Nef

Flip!

12:03 am

Nef

It’s so frustrating for that minute when I can’t add a word

12:04 am

Rainiqui

cr 7

12:05 am

grannyrose

pi7

12:06 am

grannyrose

same here nef. just couldn't see

12:06 am

grannyrose

then i opened my eyes....so much better

12:08 am

Nef

Hee hee granny! I actually saw words, but my iPad was not responding.

12:14 am

Minveryork

I am stopping with 70 words and 662 points.Goodnight to all

12:14 am

grannyrose

sweet dreams min

12:14 am

Nef

Good night, Min. Take care of yourself!

12:20 am

Nef

I guess I should go to bed also. I’m yawning so much I can’t see straight.

12:20 am

grannyrose

see?? i told you it was all in the eyes....

12:21 am

grannyrose

sweet dreams dear nef.

12:48 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:51 am

Lizlin

Thanks, Lickety

1:02 am

grannyrose

*groan* our PM has announced another 4 weeks at least of this level of restrictions.

1:03 am

grannyrose

how are all our babble buddies doing? wherever they are? lizgirl? are you and yours safe?

1:05 am

ursh

hi rose - we are in lockdown until end April at least - no leaving your own property at all unless for food or medical reasons - all bars, restuarants and unessential shops closed - not even allowed to go for a walk

1:06 am

grannyrose

on a lighter note.... some bloke who, in the midst of all that panic buying, has had no luck trying to sell toilet paper etc on ebay. in fact he was closed down. he actually had the gall to ask the supermarket for a refund on all the stock he bought up. his request was refused. don't you just love it when karma kicks in??

1:07 am

grannyrose

hi urshy. at least we are allowed out to exercise. but the density of our population is so much less than yours.

1:08 am

ursh

absolutely - my g/daughter wrote a poem about lockdown and one of the lines says "you buy in bulk and leave others to sulk"

1:08 am

jessmom

There were two brothers in the US that did that with hand sanitizer. Amazon shut their store down.

1:09 am

grannyrose

hey ya jessmom. good on amazon. nice to see that they can do the right thing when called on.

1:11 am

grannyrose

meanwhile back at the ranch, i have had to buy my shampoo and conditioner on-line. specially medicated and usually can only buy from hair salon supplier. i haven't seen it in any pharmacy outlet.

1:12 am

jessmom

I know! The markup was ridiculous.

1:19 am

ursh

the funny thing here is liquor stores are closed and no cigarettes are allowed to be sold - there have been quite a few smash and loot incidents on liquor stores and one worries about the time when lack of food causes the same issues

1:20 am

ursh

the issue with the alcohol sales is that when drinking social distancing goes out the window especially in overcrowded areas - so one rule for everybody

1:24 am

grannyrose

yeah, see your point urshy. here we can still buy alcohol, cigarettes etc provided they are within the boundaries of a supermarket. we can even use drive-through bottle shops. at least our government has seen the logic of things needed to help one get through this social distancing thing. it has even been suggested that buying toys, jigsaws, books are all okay as they are forms or entertainment.

1:25 am

grannyrose

*of* entertainment

1:32 am

grannyrose

okay. waited for sprite, still no show. * HUGE HUGGLES* for sprite if/when she comes in. xox everyone. please, stay safe.

6:17 am

MollyL

The pi7's are cute. They look similar, but are very different things.

6:45 am

phandmd

good morning.

7:00 am

bichon

Right now Iam looking at snow flakes on April 16

7:00 am

BzznBea

Frost here, bichon.

7:02 am

mattygroves

Molly, do the PIs begin with a farmyard animal?

7:03 am

doseffing

... Had the flurries yesterday ... it's -5 this morning ...

7:09 am

BzznBea

Matty, one is the Polish dumpling. Still looking for the other...

7:10 am

doseffing

pi4/5 ... subatomic particle

7:12 am

mattygroves

Sorry, I'm looking for the PI7 ;)

7:12 am

mattygroves

Found the dumpling by googling it - I've never heard of it!

7:13 am

BzznBea

The other pi7 is a cajun canoe. Neither start with the oinker

7:13 am

mattygroves

Again Google came to my rescue. Thanks Bea!

7:14 am

mattygroves

Dammit, I still have 0s for two of the As and the E. I hate vowel words.

7:23 am

MollyL

One of the A words had me stumped for a while. And it is a normal word. I just cannot seem to read up and to the left.

7:24 am

BzznBea

I just found that one too, Molly. Took me a bit.

7:25 am

doseffing

... ap ... worn in the kitchen

7:25 am

mattygroves

I shall look up and to the left (I see one of my bookshelves with a stuffed Bilby on the top.) I have that one, Dose!

7:25 am

mattygroves

It's the only A I have, the pinny for the kitchen ;)

7:26 am

BzznBea

ar5.10, matty

7:26 am

doseffing

... ar ... place to play hockey

7:26 am

mattygroves

Aaaah - I did not have that one. Thank you!

7:26 am

BzznBea

and am4.6

7:27 am

doseffing

yes ... everyone should have a nurse

7:27 am

BzznBea

The e is en5.12

7:27 am

doseffing

... and ar4/5 ... curved line and a vowel

7:27 am

mattygroves

Aaaah - the As annhilated!

7:28 am

MollyL

Matty, what is that thing in your profile picture? The picture is huge.

7:30 am

mattygroves

It's me, but I have no idea how it got so huge! I'll see if I can change it. I tried to change it to something entirely different but struggled.

7:30 am

phandmd

I think it is an old teddy bear

7:32 am

mattygroves

Oh! Yeah, that's what it was - it had told me the upload had failed and it wasn't showing up for me. I've changed it again; tell me what you see (I suppose the inevitable refresh is in order)

7:32 am

mattygroves

i'm still seeing me.

7:34 am

BzznBea

I see your teddy

7:36 am

mattygroves

Weird. I suppose it'll catch up eventually. That teddy I've had since I was 10 - I still sleep with a teddy (true story) but I had to retire poor Holly (aka Battered Bear) as he's beyond even surgery now

7:36 am

mattygroves

Found that E, BTW :)

7:38 am

MollyL

It is smaller now. You have to do a hard refresh (CNTRL + F5 on a PC, don't know the MAC equivalent) to make a new picture show up.

7:39 am

MollyL

And you will get a red box in MY ACCOUNT every time you upload a new picture. You have to do a hard refresh then too, and when you come back to the puzzle.

7:39 am

bichon

pi 7/40, pls

7:39 am

MollyL

Both pi7 are clued below.

7:42 am

phandmd

The 2nd CR 5/12 please

7:42 am

MollyL

Old woman?

7:42 am

BzznBea

cr5 and old woman

7:42 am

phandmd

thanks!

7:43 am

BzznBea

Raisins and peanuts in the grid today...

7:43 am

MollyL

I had a more difficult time with the third. Stupid foreign currency.

7:44 am

MollyL

Bea loves that trail mix word

7:44 am

BzznBea

I always see that one for some reason.

7:44 am

BzznBea

I love trail mix.

7:46 am

MollyL

I like trail mix, but it has to have more than raisins and peanuts in it to keep me interested.

7:46 am

BzznBea

I also love parm. Which isn't a word even though it is always on my grocery list.

7:47 am

BzznBea

Me too, Molly. I don't like raisins.

7:48 am

BzznBea

I made a killer mix in the fall. It cost a fortune to make though.

7:51 am

player girl

Thanks for all the clues. I need the lone E from the middle column, any clues floating about?

7:51 am

phandmd

add not odd

7:51 am

BzznBea

en5.12

7:51 am

MollyL

Parm?

7:52 am

BzznBea

Its a fairly "regular" word.

7:52 am

BzznBea

Parmesan cheese.

7:52 am

player girl

Thanks Bzz. Don't know that word.

7:53 am

player girl

Ahh. Just looked it up. Who knew??

7:53 am

MollyL

Oh, I thought it was another gorp thing like pecans, apples, raisins and macadamia nuts

7:54 am

player girl

Now I have NBT and NBS. Still early on though.

7:54 am

BzznBea

LOL! That does sound good...

7:55 am

BzznBea

Isolation has made my brain bounce around all day.

8:06 am

phandmd

MA 5/14?

8:11 am

rururocks

ma + garden instrument

8:12 am

phandmd

thanks, Ru

8:14 am

rururocks

yw

8:16 am

BzznBea

I have to figure out what to have for dinner again for the 500th time this week...ARG!

8:17 am

rururocks

do some carbs bea mr bzz is going to need them to get those roots out

8:18 am

vashongin

we made a dinner chart back at the beginning of April and it goes through June and we bought all the ingredients at the time. My refrigerator and freezer are still stuffed

8:18 am

rururocks

wow vash.. i could not do it that way

8:18 am

BzznBea

He most certainly does need the carbs.

8:19 am

BzznBea

Vash, what do you do about fresh fruits and veg?

8:19 am

vashongin

we grow it and we buy it at the farm around the corner

8:19 am

phandmd

PI 6/21?

8:20 am

vashongin

I also froze a lot of the veggies

8:20 am

BzznBea

variant form of the flesh eating fish

8:20 am

rururocks

amazon fish phan vicious

8:21 am

phandmd

Thanks again!

8:21 am

rururocks

i can plan a week of meals vash but not a few months that's really unreal

8:21 am

BzznBea

I'm anxious for our Farmer's Market to open up.

8:21 am

MollyL

Yep, it's those little fish that swim around the Amazon web site, snatching your money : D

8:22 am

BzznBea

They have been snatching a lot of money lately, Molly.

8:22 am

rururocks

I swear I'm going to start wearing a shirt to Whole Foods that says NO I AM NOT PRIME

8:22 am

vashongin

It took 2 days to finish meal planning and making the shopping trip

8:22 am

MollyL

Oh my God, I could never meal plan that far in advance

8:23 am

rururocks

that is incredible to me vash wow

8:23 am

vashongin

Yeah, both our daughter's have taken the meal plan and run with some version of it for their households

8:24 am

BzznBea

When I had the girls at home, I could plan two weeks at a time, but sometimes that was a struggle.

8:24 am

rururocks

i guess it's good that it keeps you away from the stores.. but i have to ask how giant was that bill for that day?

8:25 am

vashongin

$1200

8:25 am

MollyL

The giant bill is my problem. There is no way I could load up on that much food at once.

8:25 am

rururocks

wow.. that's not bad

8:25 am

phandmd

ri 5/14?

8:25 am

vashongin

But $100 of that went to our next door neighbor's

8:25 am

MollyL

Nor do I have the freezer space to store it all.

8:25 am

rururocks

my fridge isn't big enough to hold that much food t

8:26 am

MollyL

I have a hard enough time planning out meals one week at a time.

8:26 am

vashongin

I have a small chest freezer and we cut up the meat in smaller portions before freezing

8:26 am

doseffing

... ri 5/14 ... a description of a difficult task ... or sound and precise logical argument

8:26 am

rururocks

i'm shipping some wine out to Ori so that she doesn't have to drink rotgut today and then going shopping for the weekend

8:27 am

BzznBea

I am going food shopping today. It will be interesting to see how many of the other shoppers can read and follow directions.

8:27 am

BzznBea

Thanks, dose.

8:28 am

MollyL

ri5/4 comes before mortis...as in dead

8:28 am

vashongin

nice ru...we bought 12 bottles to hopefully get us though. Drinking more than normal thoughl

8:28 am

rururocks

i would have clued it as a ri5-ous romp in the hay

8:28 am

doseffing

... I'm just far too polite ... ... canajan eh!

8:28 am

BzznBea

Of course you would, ru?

8:29 am

BzznBea

No ? !

8:29 am

MollyL

Sadly (or maybe not) the extra Jameson I bought weeks ago has not lasted as long as I thought it would.

8:29 am

doseffing

... never does

8:29 am

rururocks

ha molly... i have been drinking more too it seems

8:30 am

BzznBea

I think everyone has been drinking more.

8:30 am

rururocks

i"ve been enjoying a cocktail in the late afternoon on the deck looking at the vineyard

8:31 am

rururocks

<---just ONE

8:31 am

vashongin

sounds pretty, ru

8:31 am

rururocks

it is vash.. i totally lucked out finding this house

8:32 am

MLFAN17

hello

8:32 am

rururocks

good morning mlf

8:32 am

phandmd

ugh! 11 T words left. Taking a break. Going to see if I can walk to the mailbox and back. That's about 3K steps

8:32 am

MLFAN17

good morning ruru

8:35 am

rururocks

i'm thinking about crab today but not sure i can get it

8:36 am

MLFAN17

are you going fishing ruru?

8:36 am

BzznBea

I'm thinking about pasta...

8:36 am

rururocks

yeah at the local seafood market near my house :D

8:37 am

MLFAN17

ruru that should be fun?

8:37 am

BzznBea

We had salisbury steak and baked potatoes last night. It was yummy.

8:37 am

MLFAN17

bzz you cant go wrong with pasta

8:37 am

rururocks

i make great alfredo bea, but i gain 5 pounds just looking at it

8:37 am

MLFAN17

ruru same here

8:38 am

BzznBea

I would love some carbonara, but Mom won't eat it.

8:38 am

MollyL

What a way to ruin good alfredo. Thinking about the weight you will gain.

8:38 am

rururocks

it's pretty warm here so i'm heading in the salad direction today i think

8:39 am

MollyL

I love carbonara. That is one of my favorite pasta dishes.

8:39 am

MLFAN17

bzz why wont she eat it?

8:39 am

MLFAN17

I love it too

8:39 am

vashongin

we had sweet and sour pork (from scratch) and roasted Brussel sprouts

8:39 am

BzznBea

The egg

8:39 am

MollyL

I would guess because she doesn't like it.

8:39 am

rururocks

yum vash.. that sounds good

8:39 am

MLFAN17

bzz oh

8:40 am

BzznBea

I love roasted Brussels...We had them the other night tossed in dijon and oil

8:40 am

BzznBea

Need to see if I can get more today.

8:41 am

rururocks

i do them with pine nuts and roasted garlic and thyme

8:41 am

rururocks

(i can't eat it .. but my guests love it)

8:41 am

MLFAN17

first column 2nd and last a stats pls?

8:41 am

BzznBea

I'm sure they are yummy.

8:42 am

vashongin

they are good...we drizzled them in a little basalmic vinegar

8:42 am

BzznBea

am4.6 and ar5.10

8:43 am

rururocks

i think my dog wants to eat.. bbiab

8:43 am

MLFAN17

ty for the am4

8:44 am

MLFAN17

bzzz clue the ar5 pls?

8:44 am

BzznBea

sports venue

8:44 am

MLFAN17

ty bzz

8:46 am

MLFAN17

middle column e stats pls?

8:46 am

BzznBea

en5

8:56 am

doseffing

.... en5/12

8:57 am

MollyL

Has anyone else heard when the speculation is that your area will "reach it's peak" with this thing? I just read that my area is supposed to be doing that in the next few days.

8:58 am

BzznBea

I think we are towards the end of the month. Kansas is in mid-May, I think.

8:58 am

doseffing

... hear all kinds of things ... it depends upon how much you trust the numbers ... ...

8:58 am

BzznBea

I wonder how long after the peak before the stay at home is lifted.

8:59 am

BzznBea

And whom to believe...

8:59 am

MollyL

Well, I believe very little of what I hear. Just curious what is being said.

9:00 am

MollyL

One thing is for sure. The numbers are all wrong due to the lack of available testing.

9:00 am

rururocks

we supposedly hit our peak last week my county has only 34 cases and two deaths so far

9:00 am

doseffing

... Ontario's numbers are much lower than the north eastern states ... ... but we're out until at least May 11 ... ...

9:01 am

doseffing

... expectation is if you go back to soon the two people who are still asymptomatic will spread it all around again and you're back in the position you're in today

9:01 am

MollyL

Ru, how many people in your county?

9:02 am

rururocks

good question.. likely 800,000 or so

9:02 am

rururocks

maybe less.. it kind of includes american canyon which isn't really napa valley

9:03 am

MollyL

Is it Napa county? I just read 137,744

9:04 am

rururocks

yeah.. in Napa Proper probably 150K .. but the adjunct areas are loaded with people

9:04 am

MollyL

I just try to compare the number of people to the number of cases/deaths. You can't look at one without the other.

9:04 am

rururocks

like kelseyville, American Canyon, Vallejo, Mare Island

9:05 am

rururocks

and 80 K of that 137 live in Napa CIty proper

9:06 am

Trifioso

hello. around here (Massachusetts) the number of cases does not seem directly proportional to the size of the town. A bigger town near me has less case than my tiny town does

9:22 am

bichon

ta 6/21, pls

9:23 am

doseffing

... ta + to damage or scratch badly + me

9:23 am

rururocks

not today in Soy language

9:23 am

Tabbycat2

A Japanese sauce, Bich

9:24 am

Judi

Hiyas, kiddos.

9:24 am

rururocks

hi judi

9:25 am

Judi

Umami, baby.

9:26 am

bichon

ty dose, Tabby

9:27 am

rururocks

<-- thought he had a cute sauce clue

9:28 am

MLFAN17

ty for the ta6

9:28 am

Judi

Not yesterday, but ta6/21.

9:28 am

MLFAN17

hi judi

9:28 am

MLFAN17

clue for the en 5 pls?

9:28 am

BzznBea

e + regular

9:28 am

72 Temple Owl

sf area must be bursting at the seams to get out. firend in MD has two potetntial buyers for his yacht, both from CA

9:29 am

doseffing

... or really, really big

9:29 am

Judi

I need a friend with a yacht.

9:29 am

BzznBea

Short for really big...

9:29 am

doseffing

... horma

9:29 am

72 Temple Owl

boats are money pits. trust me. nothig but work and $

9:30 am

72 Temple Owl

it's a sailing yacht.

9:30 am

MLFAN17

thinking....

9:30 am

MLFAN17

got it

9:30 am

MLFAN17

that's ot a word dose

9:30 am

MLFAN17

middle o stats pls?

9:31 am

doseffing

... old rules of thumb ... "if you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it" .... .... "annual expense for sails, etc. will be one third of the price of the boat"

9:31 am

BzznBea

og4.6

9:31 am

Judi

I would prefer my yacht not to have sails.

9:31 am

MLFAN17

thanks bzz nbt

9:31 am

BzznBea

on4.5 and or5.12

9:33 am

rururocks

i would prefer my yacht had a lot of champagne and caviar

9:33 am

Judi

And cabana boys.

9:33 am

doseffing

... you'll get more champagne and caviar if you skip the yacht part

9:33 am

BzznBea

Most def cabana boys.

9:34 am

72 Temple Owl

well, it's not THAT big. it might be a bit awkward. on;y 34 ft

9:34 am

rururocks

I could skip the cabana boys

9:34 am

72 Temple Owl

o.O

9:35 am

72 Temple Owl

did anyohe else try "Corona"?

9:35 am

caps

Any clues for the GO 6/27 please

9:35 am

doseffing

... skip the firsts O

9:35 am

rururocks

probably best to not say it's not that big around cabana boys

9:36 am

BzznBea

go6 ends with a female chicken

9:36 am

72 Temple Owl

probably so.

9:36 am

72 Temple Owl

they could hace the fore cabin.

9:36 am

rururocks

go6 is a chicken from horror flicks

9:36 am

caps

Gorhen

9:36 am

BzznBea

That would be it!

9:36 am

rururocks

that's it

9:36 am

72 Temple Owl

bingo!

9:37 am

caps

Sorry, thanks

9:42 am

Judi

Oh, Caps. Now you have to walk the yacht plank.

9:45 am

Judi

Into a vat of caviar. Bwa ha ha ha!

9:45 am

hokie carla

if you're a Firefly fan, goram is an expletive. if you've never seen Firefly, run don't walk.

9:46 am

bichon

We love that show. Seen it twice

9:46 am

mattygroves

I asked on FB the other day, I'll ask here - for those of you who have see both, which is a better space western - Firefly or the Mandalorian (I have my view, but I'll hold off for a moment) :)

9:47 am

hokie carla

my vote is Firefly

9:47 am

moolingwa

morning all

9:47 am

Judi

Haven't seen either one.

9:47 am

BzznBea

I'm so lost in the tv/movie realm...

9:47 am

hokie carla

sup moo!

9:47 am

rururocks

isn't a mandalorian a car made for Nelson Mandala?

9:47 am

moolingwa

I've only watched the Mandalorian and it was okay, but not excellent

9:47 am

mattygroves

Har har har! ;)

9:47 am

mattygroves

But Baby Yoda (the Child) is very cute, gotta say

9:47 am

hokie carla

I liked the mandalorian a lot too, but firefly is just awesome.

9:48 am

mattygroves

Anyone care to guess which one I find shiniest? ;)

9:48 am

moolingwa

my favorite character was actually the bounty hunter droid

9:48 am

Atalante

boats are n excuse to throw money away

9:48 am

MollyL

There are space westerns?

9:49 am

mattygroves

Oh yeah ;)

9:49 am

Atalante

Firefly definitely

9:49 am

Judi

What is Firefly on?

9:49 am

hokie carla

I knew you were going to say firefly, matty. I think we're similar in a lot of things. :D

9:49 am

mattygroves

Both are good but...Firefly rocks. Judi, it isn't

9:50 am

moolingwa

I imagine some sort of bioluminescent steroid

9:50 am

mattygroves

It's from a bunch of years ago - I have it on DVD, I think Hulu has it in the US, someone told me

9:50 am

hokie carla

you can stream on hulu

9:50 am

BzznBea

Carla, I ordered silicone egg bite molds for my IP. They arrived yesterday...Going to make brownie bites in them tomorrow.

9:50 am

mattygroves

It's created and written by Joss Wheedon, who did Buffy. There are only 13 episodes and a movie

9:50 am

moolingwa

just getting into the second series of altered carbon myself

9:50 am

hokie carla

yum, bea.

9:50 am

Judi

Boo. I only have Netflix and CBS All Access.

9:51 am

Atalante

Firefly is one of the best series ever

9:51 am

mattygroves

I ready the book of Altered Carbon but I've only seen the first episode of the first season of the series - it's not really my partner's thing so I've not got back into it

9:51 am

rururocks

i don't watch much on tv.. doesn't hold my interest

9:51 am

hokie carla

I may try altered carbon. kinda out of things right now. my husband and I just started watching the old Magnum PI on Prime.

9:52 am

moolingwa

yeah, it's difficult to get into, one really enjoyed it once it got going

9:52 am

Atalante

I dont even have TV

9:52 am

hokie carla

atalante, you are correct. one of the best ever. a shame that fox executives were so stupid.

9:52 am

mattygroves

The Mandalorian is good. But Firefly is better.

9:52 am

hokie carla

I saw one ep of Black Mirror a few years ago and it was the most depressing thing ever.

9:53 am

mattygroves

I do like Black Mirror. Again, Jeff (my OH) isn't so keen

9:53 am

72 Temple Owl

well they needed to make way for 911 and empire

9:53 am

cybernan

good morning everyone - crashed before the flip last night :)

9:53 am

moolingwa

I've watched a bunch of black mirror, but it's hit and miss for me

9:53 am

Atalante

the characters were brilliant, the actors were perfect, its funny and ridiculous and sad. Morena Baccarin deserved an Oscar. But so did Nathan F and Alan Tudyk

9:53 am

Jen34

I was literally considering rewatching Black Mirror last night

9:54 am

72 Temple Owl

as well as the medical show that is the worst ever. how can you screw up a medical drama?

9:54 am

Jen34

And, I agree, episodes are very hit and miss! :)

9:54 am

Jen34

And, good morning, all!

9:54 am

MollyL

*Waits for the Dr. Who discussion to begin

9:55 am

72 Temple Owl

wow time flies. up warly for walmat then morning walk and cleaniing the car. time for lunch.

9:55 am

hokie carla

Firefly was back in '02ish. Fox ran the episodes out of order and it could never get a following. but as ata said, brilliant characters. perfect casting, great writing.

9:55 am

Atalante

Dr Who. Perfect.

9:56 am

72 Temple Owl

ata, is the actor who plays prince phillip in the crown a former dr, who?

9:56 am

Atalante

has anyone else seen David Tennant in Jessica Jones?

9:56 am

Atalante

yes TO, Matt Smith

9:56 am

BzznBea

I'm off to the store and the pharmacy...JOY!

9:56 am

BzznBea

Salut, ya'll.

9:56 am

moolingwa

stay safe bzz

9:56 am

Judi

I've been binge watching Grace & Frankie on Netflix. Every episode cracks me up.

9:57 am

72 Temple Owl

did he bow his head and look up at everyone in that series, too? I cannot stand it

9:57 am

hokie carla

I have seen a few Dr. Who, but my problem is this - I like to start shows from the beginning, and that's just not possible with Dr. Who.

9:57 am

hokie carla

bye, bea

9:57 am

Atalante

but there's 13 beginnings, so just pick one!

9:57 am

periwinkle

I love Grace and Frankie. Have no idea about the other shows mentioned here

9:57 am

72 Temple Owl

;D

9:57 am

periwinkle

hi all

9:57 am

hokie carla

matty, are there still new Midsomer Murders over there? I watched all like 23 seasons or whatev on Netflix and there hasn't been any new in a while.

9:58 am

Atalante

Matt Smith definitely has some annoying facial expressions!

9:58 am

Judi

Was thinking about watching the show about the Tiger guy. Then I read about the murder-for-hire, etc. Now I'm not so sure.

9:58 am

72 Temple Owl

i liked tha swedish seris on PBS but cannot remember the name. mysery/crime series.

9:58 am

Atalante

Wallander?

9:59 am

72 Temple Owl

well it certainly has buzz.

9:59 am

mattygroves

Oh god, Carla, I have no idea. You'd think everyone would be dead in Midsomer by now, what with that homicide rate

9:59 am

72 Temple Owl

no, i 've senen wallaner, but i think there's another

9:59 am

mattygroves

Can you imagine if Miss Marple, Jessica Fletcher, Mark Sloan and Quincy were to visit Midsomer? It would be a blood bath

9:59 am

72 Temple Owl

:D matty

10:00 am

origami

I really liked Wallender.

10:00 am

hokie carla

I knew the tiger story from true crime podcasts, so I wasn't really wanting to watch. My husband started the first episode and then when it was over he said, okay, I'm good.

10:00 am

Atalante

what true crime podcasts would you recommend? theres so many!

10:00 am

72 Temple Owl

how about the detectortists?

10:00 am

zoozzoom

There are no new Midsomer Murders. Only remakes of them done with different actors.

10:00 am

hokie carla

I know, matty! that's what always cracked me up about that show. so many murders.

10:00 am

mattygroves

And such a tiny village

10:01 am

mattygroves

Have you ever seen Hot Fuzz (the movie)?

10:01 am

zoozzoom

I watch Oak Island.

10:01 am

72 Temple Owl

liket the newer forsyte saga. it was run as a marathon on sunday last, but i cannot waste a whole day in front of tv.

10:01 am

Atalante

Hot Fuzz was the spitting image of the village I grew up in

10:01 am

hokie carla

huge fan of the whole cornetto trilogy

10:01 am

mattygroves

I'm missing a Z - I have two 4s and a five - what am I missing

10:02 am

mattygroves

Of course you are, Carla - we are the same person separated by an ocean ;)

10:02 am

Atalante

a 4

10:02 am

hokie carla

:D

10:02 am

72 Temple Owl

there are 3 fours. did you get the sandal?

10:02 am

72 Temple Owl

sorry, you did not ask for a clue.

10:03 am

mattygroves

I...do not have any items of footwear...tell me more? (it's true. I have no shoes on right now)

10:03 am

72 Temple Owl

go up

10:03 am

cybernan

is the sandal a brand name?

10:03 am

hokie carla

I haven't even looked for a word since getting here this morning :D. fun chat day. I did play in the middle of the night and have 60 left.

10:04 am

72 Temple Owl

i have the urge to wash floors againl i eill never be the same after this.

10:04 am

mattygroves

OK, I did not know that was a word for a sandal. I'd say I learn something every day, but there's every chance I shall instantly forget it ;)

10:04 am

72 Temple Owl

must go be productive.

10:05 am

mattygroves

It's a Japanese flip flop, apparently

10:05 am

hokie carla

are we still talking z words? I only have nothing

10:06 am

mattygroves

There's nothing, an area, someone who makes the area and the aforementioned flip flop

10:06 am

72 Temple Owl

carla, they're all normal words.

10:06 am

72 Temple Owl

in common usage

10:06 am

72 Temple Owl

bbl

10:06 am

hokie carla

ok, thx. just need the flip flop now. I'm sure it'll come to me. is it 4 or 5?

10:07 am

mattygroves

4 letters

10:07 am

cybernan

don't know the japanese sandal -- my last z word

10:07 am

Judi

Clue for Pi6/21, please?

10:07 am

LuvWordGames

sounds like an apoglogy, nan

10:07 am

LuvWordGames

pi 6 is a fish

10:07 am

Judi

NM. Smack me with that toothy fish.

10:07 am

hokie carla

ok, got it. I wouldn't say that's in common usage in my neck of the woods.

10:08 am

mattygroves

I thought, for some weird reason, that toothy fish had an H in it. Silly me

10:08 am

MollyL

The sandal sounds like Aaron Spelling's daughter

10:08 am

hokie carla

we had that the other day spelled that way too

10:08 am

Atalante

this is babble. duh :)

10:08 am

cybernan

not any fish I know -- stats for the sandal please?

10:08 am

hokie carla

and I kept looking at the wrong p, saying this doesn't make sense

10:09 am

MollyL

Matty, the toothy fish DOES have an H in it

10:09 am

hokie carla

zo4/9

10:09 am

MollyL

Yeah Nan, you know this fish. It clears animals to the bone

10:10 am

cybernan

found the misspelled fish

10:10 am

rururocks

you can get them from Amazon Nan :D

10:10 am

hokie carla

seems like there was a horror movie about this fish back in the 80s maybe. trying to capitalize on Jaws.

10:10 am

cybernan

yes --- lol - saw all the clues after I found it -- too busy looking

10:11 am

MollyL

The sandal/flip flop sounds like a bedtime st5. Once upon a time...

10:12 am

hokie carla

wait, misspelled fish - gupi is in here

10:12 am

cybernan

and found the sandal, ty

10:12 am

MollyL

Well then so is the misspelled swordsman, zoro

10:13 am

rururocks

i heard he was a little weak at the knees that zoro

10:13 am

rururocks

always feinting

10:13 am

LuvWordGames

does the pi 7/44 build off the pi 5/16?

10:13 am

MollyL

He has allergies too Ru, needs an epee pen

10:14 am

rururocks

no.. from the other p luv

10:14 am

Judi

Yes, Luv.

10:14 am

LuvWordGames

thanks Judi I'll keep guessing then til I find it

10:14 am

rururocks

Yeah .. i heard he took the lunge at his medications

10:14 am

LuvWordGames

and found it

10:14 am

MollyL

pi7/44...look up cajun canoe

10:15 am

Judi

I coulda sword I had the right Pi7.

10:15 am

hokie carla

which p is that?

10:15 am

hokie carla

nm, googled it

10:16 am

MollyL

Ru, I hope that didn't foil his plans

10:16 am

rururocks

we didn't mean to catch you en garde judi

10:16 am

hokie carla

kinda like the potato thing

10:16 am

MLFAN17

ty molly

10:16 am

Atalante

ugh I didnt know there were 2 pi7!

10:16 am

MLFAN17

hokie yeah it does look like that word

10:17 am

hokie carla

guess I just found that out too then, ata

10:18 am

Judi

I was referring to Pi7/44 and the Pi5/16 just prior to it.

10:18 am

hokie carla

phantom piece and pierce

10:19 am

MLFAN17

geta is the Japanese word for sandal I just googled it?

10:19 am

hokie carla

the cajun canoe is pi7/44, what is the other pi7?

10:19 am

Trifioso

count for the lone a, left column, second row, please?

10:19 am

hokie carla

mlfan, rhymes with the forgetful fish in finding nemo

10:20 am

cybernan

is there a clue that doesn't reference a kid's movie, please?

10:20 am

hokie carla

I don't know, trif

10:21 am

Vicuna

it's am4/6

10:21 am

MollyL

The other pi7 is the potato stuffed noodle

10:21 am

rururocks

lol.. that's a little snotty nan :D

10:21 am

moolingwa

and they're delicious

10:21 am

hokie carla

yeah, luv gave you one earlier, nan - rhymes with canadian apology

10:21 am

moolingwa

polish potato ravioli :)

10:21 am

Judi

Both Pi 7's are similar.

10:21 am

Atalante

hi VI :D

10:22 am

Trifioso

THERE it is - thank you vicuna! nbt at long last

10:22 am

hokie carla

oh, must've spelled it wrong then, because I tried that

10:22 am

MollyL

Yes Nan, the clue I gave before that said it rhymes with a bedtime st5. Once upon a time...

10:22 am

moolingwa

maybe I shoulda gone with polish potato pasta...for the aliteration

10:22 am

cybernan

sorry - didn't mean it that way -- it's been 40 years since I've had any little kids around and I'm not current on their movies or their books

10:22 am

hokie carla

I gave the kids movie clue to mlfan, would never have given that to you, nan :P

10:23 am

Judi

Fireworks!

10:23 am

hokie carla

well done, judi

10:23 am

Trifioso

huzzah for judi!

10:23 am

MLFAN17

congrats judi

10:23 am

MollyL

Nan, a bedtime st5 isn't a book. A st5 is what you tell someone.

10:23 am

cybernan

sorry molly - missed your clue

10:23 am

MLFAN17

yeah I know the character but just changing first letter doest work

10:24 am

hokie carla

yeah, so you might have to change another letter that makes the same sound

10:24 am

hokie carla

type everything in that general area that rhymes with it.

10:24 am

MollyL

oh dear God

10:24 am

hokie carla

is the bar open yet?

10:24 am

MLFAN17

i have the pi7 that sounds like the potato dish, what is a clue for the other pi7 please?

10:24 am

hokie carla

google cajun canoe

10:24 am

MLFAN17

got the zo4

10:25 am

Atalante

doesn't usually work when there's not a Y on the board. Hmmm what letter sounds like a Y ....

10:25 am

MLFAN17

i went the wrong direction with it

10:25 am

Trifioso

we will now sing the doxology! welldone!

10:25 am

MollyL

The bar is so open. Doubles all around.

10:25 am

Vicuna

one pi7 sounds like the potato dish, and the other pi7 is the potato dish

10:25 am

cybernan

we have a flat bottomed canoe in PQ, but it is called a Gaspe canoe

10:26 am

hokie carla

is that named after a person?

10:26 am

MollyL

That is because Canadian French and Cajun French are two different animals.

10:26 am

Atalante

how very complicated

10:26 am

hokie carla

or you gaspe when it tips over and you fall in the cold canadian waters?

10:27 am

cybernan

ah -- found the boat -- knew I had seen the word before, but was dancing all around it (not in the water)

10:27 am

Atalante

there's lots of nice fantasy characters in the grid today. Thror, Theon ...

10:27 am

MLFAN17

do they both end in e?

10:28 am

cybernan

named after the Gaspe Peninsula, where it is mostly used, Carla

10:28 am

hokie carla

if only bea were here to guess my missing g...

10:29 am

Atalante

go4/7?

10:29 am

MLFAN17

i have 6 missing g words

10:30 am

moolingwa

golly gee

10:30 am

hokie carla

trail mix? no, have that

10:30 am

Atalante

then all others are normal and you get no clues :P

10:30 am

Atalante

oh wait. apart from a gi5

10:30 am

hokie carla

:D, thx anyway

10:31 am

hokie carla

I have a gi5

10:31 am

hokie carla

got it

10:31 am

Atalante

oh wait. LOL I'm still missing one too. great ....

10:31 am

hokie carla

a party-____

10:31 am

hokie carla

probably easiest one

10:31 am

Atalante

hurray!

10:31 am

MLFAN17

i am missing 5 now

10:32 am

hokie carla

do you have the go6? it was clued when I got here.

10:32 am

Atalante

aha, no I haven't

10:32 am

hokie carla

last 2 col gray!!

10:32 am

MLFAN17

well one isn't the gecko lol

10:32 am

MLFAN17

no go6

10:32 am

moolingwa

heh

10:33 am

hokie carla

is the e something I'm going to be mad about?

10:33 am

moolingwa

know, but it may feel daunting ;)

10:33 am

Atalante

hugely, yep

10:33 am

zoozzoom

EN

10:33 am

MLFAN17

en5 /12

10:33 am

MLFAN17

lol ata

10:34 am

hokie carla

thanks, I always miss that one. just weird to see that version.

10:34 am

moolingwa

apparently it stems from a word that meant tiny...but over time it flipped

10:34 am

hokie carla

hmm, like literally is doing now

10:35 am

moolingwa

yeah, nothing like using literally in a figurative sense

10:36 am

cybernan

stats for the bottom a please?

10:36 am

Vicuna

I don't see that etymology - it comes from Latin for huge or abnormal, originally meant abnormal in English. Nothing about smallness anywhere.

10:36 am

hokie carla

ar5/10

10:36 am

doseffing

... ar 5/10

10:36 am

mattygroves

Oooh, I don't have a gi5 - looking now

10:37 am

hokie carla

add a letter to a 4 and you've got it

10:37 am

caps

Thermal

10:38 am

Atalante

2 to go ...

10:38 am

hokie carla

still 33 left here!

10:38 am

moolingwa

I am misinformed then Vicuna, my apologies....never trust a lexicographer without verifying I guess

10:38 am

hokie carla

yesterday's grid was easy to me, this one is a struggle.

10:38 am

cybernan

ty

10:39 am

moolingwa

yes, I actually finished yesterday's

10:39 am

Vicuna

Well, moolingwa, it's possible there's something there, I'd just be curious to see it!

10:39 am

moolingwa

27 left here

10:39 am

Atalante

1 to go! I believe its a G6 :)

10:39 am

mattygroves

You're right, I do now have it! Last two columns greyed out (33 words left to find though)

10:40 am

hokie carla

LOL, we are both at 33 left and have last 2 col done

10:40 am

hokie carla

those must be some weird t's and c's

10:41 am

mattygroves

We truly are one and the same :)

10:41 am

mattygroves

Yes! I only have 10 Ts. All but one of the Cs though

10:41 am

hokie carla

just found 2 c's though, so now I'm at 31

10:41 am

cybernan

if there is a g 6 I too am missing it

10:41 am

moolingwa

17 T's and 13 Cs

10:41 am

hokie carla

I have 15 t's

10:41 am

moolingwa

completed that is

10:41 am

mattygroves

Go6. Ends in chicken

10:42 am

hokie carla

nan, ends with not a rooster

10:42 am

zoozzoom

Ends in not off.

10:42 am

Atalante

ty ty firebirds!

10:42 am

moolingwa

most of the t's I've found are either common, or commonly appear in babble

10:42 am

zoozzoom

Flip that was for the g5. sorry. shutting up.

10:43 am

cybernan

ty - bridge master with an extra letter

10:43 am

hokie carla

now up to 17 t's

10:43 am

moolingwa

almost caught me hoke...18 here now

10:43 am

mattygroves

Still only 11 of those darned Ts

10:44 am

hokie carla

I will never catch you, moo! you know too many words.

10:44 am

moolingwa

you often past me hoke, don't sell yourself short

10:45 am

mattygroves

Well, you guys are way ahead of me in the T department ;)

10:45 am

mattygroves

12 now

10:45 am

hokie carla

well, theoric isn't a word

10:45 am

hokie carla

seems like it could be

10:45 am

mattygroves

13

10:45 am

zoozzoom

Well I am done. Toodle pips and good bye!

10:46 am

MollyL

Bye Zoom

10:46 am

hokie carla

well done, zooz

10:46 am

cybernan

grats, zoom

10:46 am

mattygroves

Laters!

10:47 am

mattygroves

The US president's eldest daughter and her husband, Trump adviser Jared Kushner, and children travelled to the Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey last week to celebrate Passover.

Lockdown orders issued by the mayor of Washington DC, where Ivanka Trump lives, ordered residents on 1 April to only leave the home for "essential" travel.

10:47 am

hokie carla

moving on to the h - still need 3 there. now I will see some t's.

10:47 am

hokie carla

I am not surprised by anything they do. rules don't apply to them.

10:49 am

cybernan

too bad security requirements include open holes ahead and behind them --- they might have caught something otherwise

10:50 am

cybernan

I wonder if anyone was out sanitizing the flag poles ahead of them?

10:50 am

hokie carla

well it doesn't say they actually played golf

10:50 am

hokie carla

they probably have a house there

10:51 am

mattygroves

After her travel was first reported by the New York Times on Thursday, the White House attempted to justify her decision.

The travel was to "a closed-down facility considered to be a family home" and the "travel was no different than had she been traveling to/from work," said the statement provided to US media.

"The location was less populated than the surrounding area near her home" in DC, the statement continued, adding: "Her travel was not commercial. She chose to spend a holiday in private with her family."

10:51 am

cybernan

yes, well apparentlly Trump makes his own rules and to hell with everyone else

10:51 am

mattygroves

At least here in the UK, travel to second homes (or golf clubs as if they were second homes) does not count as essential travel. I have a feeling it doesn't in the US either

10:51 am

hokie carla

we have a super snooty golf club here that trump bought a few years ago. I hated playing them in tennis and calling it Trump National and it was even imprinted on the balls.

10:52 am

mattygroves

At least here, you're not meant to even see family members if they don't live in the same household

10:52 am

cybernan

doesn't here either -- we are being told to stay home other than for essential errands --- however, the golf clubs are open --- still haven't figured out what it is that is essential about golf,

10:53 am

MollyL

People are traveling to vacation homes (or cottages if they are in Canada) all over the world. I have read several comments here about vacation homes filling up during all this.

10:53 am

hokie carla

yeah, they consider it essential exercise (heavy eye roll). meanwhile they have closed the parking lots of mt. bike trails, which is actual exercise.

10:54 am

mattygroves

Golf clubs are closed here. And people have been turned back by police when trying to travel to second homes

10:55 am

hokie carla

my friend has been at her beach house since schools were closed, so back in late Feb or early Mar. her husband has been traveling back & forth, but he's working from home and only stays in the houses. one of the beach neighbors came and complained that he was putting them all in danger. he wasn't even leaving the beach house.

10:55 am

cybernan

I think they should be here too - we even have a club membership, but are staying home.

10:55 am

penquis

in Maine, you can't rent a vacation type place right now.....it's against the governor's orders....but if you own a vacation home, you can come and must self isolate for 2 weeks and still stay at home....and that does NOT include going out to golf (though you can do that in other places like Arizona, I think)....

10:56 am

hokie carla

my husband is dropping his membership here - it's too crowded to ever get a tee time

10:56 am

hokie carla

1 h left!

10:57 am

MollyL

I am pretty sure my boss has been to his lake house several weekends during all this.

10:57 am

hokie carla

I actually don't have a problem with that if it's your house and you're staying inside it.

10:58 am

cybernan

really stuck on those m's -- only have 4 so far and only 7 t's

10:58 am

hokie carla

I just need 2 m's. this grid is a pain.

10:58 am

gramma

I understand the neighbors angst. It's tough when you are doing everything asked and others aren't. It's unfair to the health care workers who may have to treat them. It's unfair to the general public to set the timeline back for their inconsideration.

10:59 am

penquis

if the bridge to the Outer Banks stays closed another 8 days, we get our money back....if it reopens during our week, we only get part of our money back....not happy....

10:59 am

hokie carla

yeah, that's a bad policy

11:00 am

hokie carla

we have been getting piecemeal refunds from our FL VRBO. the last one should come through soon, but their system is really backed up.

11:00 am

gramma

penquis, that's crap!

11:00 am

penquis

yes, crap....especially since we have rented with the same realtor for over 15 years....

11:00 am

cybernan

I feel the same way carla -- I don't even think going out for a drive is a bad idea -- gives you something differnt to look at -- just don't get out of the car.

11:01 am

mattygroves

Jeff's golf club MAY offer extensions to membership to cover the shutdown. No-one really knows yet

11:01 am

penquis

i don't even remember when I last bought gas....

11:01 am

hokie carla

well, I paid for my gym this month but I told them I would have to reconsider for May.

11:02 am

doseffing

... and don't get out of the car to buy gas ... and don't go to the McDonald's for a meal ...

11:02 am

gramma

We go for car rides a bit. We've talked about what we'd do if the car broke down and we would stay in it and have it towed.

11:02 am

hokie carla

I know, who needs gas! I drove my car to the farm stand yesterday and had almost forgotten how to drive. ;)

11:02 am

gramma

It's illegal to do that but these are different times.

11:02 am

penquis

i had prepaid for several tennis clinics but told the place (a non-profit place) to keep the money.....i would have spent it anyway....

11:02 am

mattygroves

The US is weird - it remind me when they used to have smoking section on aircraft - that some of it is shutdown and some isn't and sometimes the shutdown areas are right next to the open areas

11:03 am

hokie carla

well, I live in a county next to the county that the big city is in, but my county has been following them from the get-go

11:03 am

gramma

matty, it's frustrating. Some Americans feel their liberties are more important than others.

11:04 am

penquis

my local tire company came and got my car (left the keys on the seat) and took my snow tires off....they returned the car and then wiped down all the surfaces....i thought it was nice to do that for no extra charge....

11:04 am

moolingwa

The key thing to remember about the US is that it's a federation of states, which may seem a bit lost in time, but was the reason why it became a single country versus a bunch of separate entities

11:04 am

hokie carla

and that was evident before all this, gramma!

11:05 am

hokie carla

states that are less united than they used to be :D

11:05 am

cybernan

researchers are saying now that they think people are most contagious before they display any symptoms -- that's enough to keep me at home.

11:05 am

gramma

Our local tire place has closed because the owner came down with the virus.

11:05 am

gramma

hokie, too true.

11:06 am

moolingwa

I go out and walk each day, but keep at least 15 feet between me and anyone. Also wear a mask

11:06 am

gramma

See you all tomorrow. Be safe.

11:06 am

cybernan

good practice, mool --- bye gramma and back at you

11:06 am

penquis

masks are required here if you go out anywhere....

11:06 am

hokie carla

one of our cars is due for inspection/reg. renewal this month and I hadn't seen anything about that. finally got an email from the DMV yesterday basically saying you still have to do it, but if you're high risk, stay home and the owner of the car doesn't have to take it in. stupid, IMO

11:06 am

penquis

bye gramma....

11:07 am

moolingwa

yeah, that's a bit dumb

11:08 am

doseffing

... you must watch how the numbers are counted ... if they are only counting cases in the hospital or which go to the hospital for testing and confirmation then you can be like my town, Whitby, Ontario... 150,000 people and only one case ... ... of course the next next town, Oshawa, is the town where the hospital is located ... they've got 160,000 people and about 100 cases ...

11:08 am

penquis

that is stupid, hokie....

11:08 am

hokie carla

also, the DMVs are closed so you have to do it online, which I always do, but some people don't have internet or really know how to use it.

11:09 am

moolingwa

One of my friends probably had COVID, but the doctor told them to stay at home, unless they had difficulty breathing, in which case go to the hospital

11:09 am

hokie carla

wow, just completely guessed and got an ma5

11:09 am

moolingwa

yeah, I am not beyond guessing either hoke

11:10 am

hokie carla

one m to go

11:10 am

doseffing

... there are two ma 5 ... an easy 12 and a 14 which must be guessed

11:10 am

hokie carla

FTR that was ma + garden tool

11:10 am

moolingwa

the challenge is there's no easy way to test everyone

11:10 am

moolingwa

yes, I have 1 m left too

11:10 am

cybernan

not sure how many cases we have -- numbers are given by health region, not by towns. I think there are about 16 now at Byland's Nursery --- all mexican farm workers

11:11 am

hokie carla

my county's cases jumped a lot recently because there's a nursing home with like 45

11:11 am

moolingwa

yeah, we only have county level numbers, and they're at best an undercount of the true infection rate

11:11 am

penquis

here numbers are counted based on where your legal residence is....the first case in my county was removed from our count because it was someone who lived out of state....

11:12 am

doseffing

... that's the case in Ontario ... over one half of the deaths are from nursing homes ...

11:12 am

hokie carla

yeah, we were wondering about that here. our friend lives in one county (about 5 min from us) but was tested in ours.

11:12 am

moolingwa

that seems a bit odd pen

11:12 am

cybernan

ty for the ma 5.s

11:12 am

penquis

yes, we have three or four nursing homes in Maine that have had high numbers of cases....

11:12 am

mattygroves

UK lockdown officially extended for at least another three weeks - just announced

11:13 am

penquis

mool....it's the CDC rule here...not sure about other states....

11:13 am

doseffing

... that takes you up to where each of the Canadian provinces are ...

11:13 am

moolingwa

oh, well bureaucracy often is illogical

11:13 am

penquis

our CDC director is fantastic....we are lucky to have him....

11:14 am

hurshy

the saddest is when the nursing homes are just abandoned and then they find a bunch of bodies. police got a tip off about one nursing home in NJ where that was apparently the case.

11:14 am

rururocks

this is a plot by trump and pence to reduce social security and medicare benefits

11:14 am

moolingwa

We have officially 300 cases in a population of around 385,000 in our country...

11:14 am

hokie carla

wut, had not heard that

11:14 am

doseffing

... yeah ... that's what happened in Quebec

11:14 am

moolingwa

I'm not sure Trump and Pence have much the capability to plot anything

11:14 am

hurshy

it's happened in spain and i think italy too

11:15 am

rururocks

true mool..

11:15 am

moolingwa

Trump's attention span on anything other than something that he feels is a personal attack on him is short to say the least

11:15 am

rururocks

that's true also

11:16 am

hurshy

i saw a cartoon last night of him yelling at a pile of skeletons to thank him for the tremendous job he's doing

11:16 am

mattygroves

We only test, here, if you're actually in hospital. In theory, they're now testing health workers and will start testing care workers but in practice, that isn't happening.

11:16 am

mattygroves

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/
If anyone is interested in the official UK numbers

11:16 am

hurshy

DANG IT - so close to having "panorama" here

11:17 am

doseffing

... ... also paragon and perigee

11:17 am

hokie carla

pierce, piece, apiece

11:17 am

hurshy

and paranoia

11:17 am

doseffing

... got lot's of that one

11:18 am

hokie carla

paranormal

11:18 am

rururocks

paranoia is here a lot hurshy

11:18 am

moolingwa

There's been some progress in an antibody test which should make testing ability ramp up quickly, but it's not widespread yet

11:18 am

moolingwa

yes, found paranormat earlier

11:19 am

hokie carla

what is my missing o?

11:19 am

moolingwa

although if things are weird, wouldn't that be the paranorm

11:19 am

penquis

heading out to get some lunch....bbl to finish....bye all....

11:19 am

hurshy

paner

11:19 am

hurshy

oops

11:19 am

M3

interesting the numbers are miles away from the orginal computer models.

11:19 am

moolingwa

probably the one I'm missing too hoke

11:19 am

doseffing

... og 4/6 on 4/5 or 5/12

11:20 am

hokie carla

I have an arch. one and a time in the past

11:20 am

rururocks

ok.. i'm off to go pack some vino up for a needy babble player :D

11:20 am

moolingwa

yeah, just found the one I was missing

11:20 am

hokie carla

ok, looking

11:20 am

moolingwa

I probably should go do something else for a while, come back later for the remaining 18

11:20 am

Atalante

hi smurshy :)

11:21 am

moolingwa

Have a great day all

11:21 am

hokie carla

yeah, I just noticed it's after noon and I never had breakfast. TTFN. still 21 left, ugh.

11:21 am

hurshy

hi ata, how are you? :)

11:22 am

Atalante

Loki hurt his paw :( It was very sad and I had to carry him home from the beach and he refuses to eat treats for several hours! But he's getting better quickly, must have just caught it nastily or something

11:22 am

hurshy

my sister's dog acts like that if a leaf gets stuck to his paw...

11:23 am

moolingwa

almost amaranth too btw...going now

11:24 am

Atalante

loki's not much less wimpy :)

11:24 am

hokie carla

lol, still trying to leave as well. found the or at least

11:24 am

hokie carla

my dog stopped using a paw on one of our walks and I thought I was going to have to call someone to come get us. I pulled it up and looked and there was an acorn stuck in the webbing.

11:25 am

Atalante

poor pup!

11:25 am

hokie carla

I took it out and then it was like nothing had ever happened

11:25 am

hurshy

a 7! i got a 7!

11:26 am

hokie carla

nice!

11:26 am

hurshy

how can someone be gormless if gorm isn't a word

11:26 am

hokie carla

ok, leaving now. do you want the 7 stats before I go? or try to find yourself?

11:27 am

hurshy

hmmm, i guess not yet

11:27 am

hokie carla

ok, ttfn

11:28 am

Atalante

which 7 dd you get?

11:28 am

hurshy

cr7

11:29 am

Atalante

theres a good few smaller words around that if you take certain letters out

11:29 am

hurshy

well i got the co6 first, then i thought of the cr...

11:30 am

hurshy

ah ok got cr 5/6

11:31 am

Atalante

I got the 7 first and then the 6s :)

11:32 am

Atalante

there's some co5s too

11:33 am

hurshy

ahhh cool that's c done

11:33 am

Atalante

:)

11:33 am

Atalante

just don't ask me to clue the other 7s!

11:33 am

hokie carla

well, good thing I stuck my head back in while eating. did not have the 5s and one of the 6s. c's complete now!

11:33 am

hurshy

cause you don't have them or cause they are very weird?

11:34 am

hokie carla

I had to google both. one I knew but couldn't get sp. right.

11:34 am

Atalante

because they involve things that are potato dishes and things that sound like potato dishes and I totally didn't understand any clue like that!

11:34 am

hurshy

potato dishes. ok.

11:35 am

hokie carla

more like potato dumplings I think

11:35 am

Atalante

but they could be outer space sea creatures for all I know LOL. BUt I believe Vi

11:35 am

hokie carla

the other is a cajun canoe

11:35 am

MollyL

Well for one thing, you can Google search cajun canoe.

11:36 am

cybernan

cajun canoe is pi + devilish character

11:36 am

Atalante

as if hurshy would need to google

11:36 am

cybernan

or pi + one who goes off and is a law unto themselves

11:37 am

hurshy

i would definitely need to google if cnan did not just clue so excellently

11:37 am

MollyL

And you can Google search dough wrapped potatoes. Hursh was not the one who said she didn't understand the clues.

11:37 am

Atalante

lmao

11:37 am

hurshy

the potato thingy i got tho

11:38 am

Atalante

I dont think we have them over here

11:38 am

hurshy

if i KNOW of a word, i'm very good at spelling.

11:38 am

hokie carla

I think they are polish, no?

11:39 am

hurshy

yes

11:39 am

cybernan

isn't the potato dumpling a hungarian dish?

11:40 am

hurshy

https://tinyurl.com/o4vv6kh

11:40 am

Atalante

I think I've only ever seen an asian version of something like that

11:40 am

hokie carla

ok, I think I caught up to moo now with 17 left. BBL.

11:40 am

MollyL

Polish. And very popular in many US Jewish communities.

11:41 am

hurshy

my link is fun. you won't be sorry.

11:42 am

Atalante

have you got the g6 yet?

11:42 am

hurshy

no

11:42 am

MollyL

Well pi7s are a long way from Clootie Dumplings

11:42 am

Atalante

its a good babblet

11:43 am

Atalante

we'd do a deep fried version here Im sure

11:44 am

hurshy

i find this a hard grid

11:44 am

MollyL

Oh we deep fry just about everything here. Including pickles and Twinkies.

11:44 am

Atalante

christmas pudding? turkey breasts?

11:45 am

cybernan

love the bacon-onion-potato ones

11:45 am

hurshy

well america doesn't have christmas pudding in the british tradition

11:46 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! the villain of the Book of Esther

11:46 am

MollyL

I know a lot of people who are of British descent who make plum pudding at Christmas.

11:46 am

Atalante

our local fish and chip shop made deep fried full christmas dinner this year :)

11:46 am

origami

<---- googles Clootie Dumplings

11:46 am

MollyL

Haman

11:46 am

hurshy

i guess i just don't know classy people then

11:46 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!

11:47 am

MollyL

Add taschen and you have a good sweet

11:47 am

Atalante

name that proper name - river dividing Devon and Cornwall

11:47 am

mattygroves

Tamar

11:47 am

MollyL

Oh dear Hursh. These are not classy people at all. British is not synonymous with classy.

11:48 am

Atalante

yay anotehr brit :)

11:48 am

Atalante

or brit-ish :D

11:49 am

hurshy

like, in theory i know that, but, i still can't help the association.

11:49 am

hurshy

when i hear children with british accents, they sound so darn smart

11:49 am

MollyL

We are in for some rough times. There are 22 million people unemployed in the US.

11:50 am

Atalante

so many people told me I had the best accent when we were in Florida

11:51 am

Atalante

but they tended to be employees of golden corral

11:51 am

cybernan

*!*~*!* hagd and stay safe :)

11:52 am

cybernan

lol atalante --- you are obviously not from Glasgow or Fife :)

11:52 am

Atalante

I've still got a very very British accent. With the occasional Scots phrasing thrown in

11:53 am

cybernan

ah -- thought you were scottish

11:53 am

Atalante

nope, just lived here for 7 years. Really from the Cotswolds

11:53 am

cybernan

see you are from Aberdeen --- seems to me the brogue is pretty thick there too

11:54 am

Atalante

omg I can't understand the real Aberdonians

11:54 am

Atalante

the Aberdeen / Doric accent is the thickest you'll find until you get to Shetland

11:55 am

hurshy

so jealous

11:57 am

cybernan

I couldn't understand my cousin's granddaughter when she spoke in the local dialect -- they live in Dunfermline

11:58 am

cybernan

I could understand most people if they didn't speak a pure dialect or a mix of English and gaelic

11:58 am

Atalante

look u people speaking Doric ...

11:59 am

Atalante

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8txQM\nIxKIk

12:00 pm

cybernan

on my way --- need to make two more masks for grandkids in Vancouver.

12:01 pm

hurshy

phew. slogged through a bunch with the list to finish.

12:02 pm

Atalante

yay hurshy! I did the same

12:18 pm

mixi6

enjoyed your un-seaonal link brushy. hubby is a big fan.

12:21 pm

mattygroves

I'm stuck as a stuck thing on 28 left (and still 10 Ts to find) - I may or may not list in a bit

12:22 pm

mattygroves

I keep seeing Corona in the grid. It isn't in the grid, just in my brain

12:28 pm

mkg

hi all. cant find the A word for second row A......any clues?

12:29 pm

mixi6

am4,6

12:30 pm

mkg

ty. will hope to find it

12:30 pm

mkg

got it. ty.

12:36 pm

bichon

my last word, or 5/12, pls

12:40 pm

cherlyq

fireworks

12:40 pm

justafreep

I usually think of it as a prefix, bichon. Like with a brand of mattress

12:41 pm

bichon

ty justafreep

12:42 pm

justafreep

welcome!

12:49 pm

cybernan

once again - I know everyone here may not agree, but his is just too funny not to share -- check out my profile for the new icon

12:56 pm

cybernan

*you will probably have to zoom in to read it

1:14 pm

mixi6

I like it.

1:20 pm

marksdolly

fireworks!!!

1:49 pm

forwardbyfaith

I'm stuck on both pi7's!

1:50 pm

hokie carla

polish dumplings is one

1:50 pm

hokie carla

the other is cajun canoe

1:51 pm

forwardbyfaith

thanks carla!

1:51 pm

hokie carla

yw!

1:55 pm

hokie carla

just did a virtual run in remembrance of VT shooting, 13 years ago today. I mean I actually did the run, but am connected to lots of other Hokies that did and are doing it.

1:56 pm

hokie carla

was hoping to shake some of these last 16 words loose but no such luck. going to the list!

2:00 pm

forwardbyfaith

can't get the en word. Is it a common word?

2:09 pm

hokie carla

usually seen as an adj. describing something huge

2:11 pm

forwardbyfaith

thank you. It was driving me nuts!

2:11 pm

hokie carla

I had to ask too earlier

2:22 pm

hokie carla

how can we have ta4/5 like 4 days in a row and I still miss it?

2:32 pm

hokie carla

finally done!

2:33 pm

moolingwa

still 18 left here

2:55 pm

hokie carla

LMK if you want me to make any guesses for missing words

2:55 pm

moolingwa

thanks, down to 11 to go

2:55 pm

moolingwa

five 6s, five 5s and a 4

2:55 pm

moolingwa

ah, just found a 6

2:56 pm

hokie carla

well my last 4 was that ta4/5 I was rambling on about

2:56 pm

moolingwa

and a five :)

2:56 pm

moolingwa

yeah, already had that thanks

2:56 pm

moolingwa

oh, and another 6...this is going swimmingly

2:57 pm

hokie carla

my missing ma was a married woman. you probably have that.

2:57 pm

moolingwa

have that one

2:57 pm

moolingwa

7 to go...found my missing m, it was the 4

2:58 pm

hokie carla

was just going to ask if you had that one!

2:58 pm

moolingwa

stepping away really helps me

2:58 pm

hokie carla

do you have th5 that is a lazy spelling and not th5 at all

2:58 pm

moolingwa

well, need to go do a work call, be back in an hour or more

2:59 pm

hokie carla

bye. going to do other things but of course I will check back in.

2:59 pm

moolingwa

enjoy your day :)

3:01 pm

Flask1

Evening all...can someone please clue me pr5/14?

3:02 pm

hokie carla

like a stroller but with a double vowel

3:03 pm

Flask1

Thanks Carla...

3:04 pm

hokie carla

you're welcome

3:15 pm

tceicher

th

3:19 pm

tceicher

h

5:02 pm

LisaG

pigpie should be a word... just saying

5:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

stas for the 7 pls?

5:15 pm

72 Temple Owl

have pi 7 and cr 7, missing?

5:18 pm

MollyL

Another pi7

5:20 pm

LisaG

just found the cr

5:20 pm

LisaG

And I have a pi that is similar to a polish dish we make

5:21 pm

MollyL

The other one is a cajun canoe

5:21 pm

LisaG

well when i click on the definition, it says its a dugout, but it looks like a dumpling to me :)

5:22 pm

MollyL

Then you are spelling the dumpling wrong

5:22 pm

LisaG

i think that is the one I have is the cajun canoe, i just thought it looked like a dumpling

5:22 pm

LisaG

yep. i was

5:22 pm

MollyL

The dumpling starts like where you tie up a boat and ends in a vowel

5:22 pm

LisaG

got it now

5:23 pm

LisaG

thanks!

5:24 pm

periwinkle

ro5 pls

5:25 pm

rururocks

a pirate peri

5:26 pm

periwinkle

ty ruru

5:35 pm

periwinkle

ma5/14 pls. don't see it in morewords

5:36 pm

LisaG

i only have a ma5/12

5:36 pm

LisaG

so far

5:39 pm

periwinkle

ends in garden tool

5:40 pm

LisaG

thanks

6:31 pm

dan2bit

evening all! can I have stats for the 2nd row A?

6:33 pm

MollyL

am4/6

6:33 pm

dan2bit

ty Molly

6:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty molly

6:55 pm

NatashaW

Hi all! I see one of my favorite Italian red wines in the grid... sadly not "found in dict"

7:02 pm

rururocks

amarone?

7:06 pm

NatashaW

the very one. I knew you'd guess it ru

7:06 pm

jwr

If so ("Amarone") , it seems to have an upper case A, check Wikipedia

7:08 pm

NatashaW

interesting... since other wines (pinot) are accepted

7:08 pm

jwr

I have wine-y friends who've talked about it, mentioning Valpolicella (sp?) as still being upper-cased too.

7:08 pm

NatashaW

Maybe it's Northern Italian snobbery at work :-)

7:10 pm

jwr

merlot, etc. They're okay. I've run into them - or rather had them Babble-banned before. They must fall into a different category. - Maybe you've got it, Natasha!

7:11 pm

NatashaW

I guess if you can't buy it in a screwtop bottle, it's capped? :-)

7:12 pm

NatashaW

sorry, couldn't resist that one

7:16 pm

jwr

GOT IT! https://tinyurl.com/y5l44bjh

7:17 pm

jwr

That's for Ru too. There is a confusion ...

7:18 pm

NatashaW

LOL a great old Safire column, thanks!! Love "ukase by ukase basis'

7:18 pm

phandmd

Hello, all. Back for the last 8 TH words.

7:19 pm

phandmd

actually, 2 are TR words

7:19 pm

jwr

Another Safire fan! Good taste, Natasha (if it's me whut sez it).

7:20 pm

NatashaW

Wasn't a fan of his politics but did enjoy his columns very much.

7:21 pm

MollyL

How are you feeling Phan?

7:23 pm

phandmd

Pretty good actually. I walked up a big hill to my mailbox today, about a 3K step walk. Did well. I will probably return to work on Monday

7:25 pm

jwr

Every government needs a "loyal opposition," I think (something civil we don't have these days, unfortunately), especially a literate, thinking one. What got me about Safire was his being Chief-in-Charge of the Grammar Police.

7:27 pm

NatashaW

Literate and thinking have kinda gone out the window...

7:28 pm

MollyL

Great to hear that Phan. And thanks for risking your health to take care of the elders who need you.

7:28 pm

jwr

That too.

7:29 pm

NatashaW

Wow Phan, impressive progress.

7:30 pm

phandmd

It is also about having my fellow nurses backs.

7:30 pm

phandmd

Thank you, Natasha. I had a very mild case, thankfully, although I have will have been out 2 full weeks, (Assuming I will be allowed back)

7:31 pm

NatashaW

Do you need to have 2 negative swabs before they let you back?

7:31 pm

NatashaW

Or are they moving to serological testing?

7:31 pm

phandmd

Not that I am aware of. I have not been told to get retested. I don't think my company is requiring it, although some do.

7:32 pm

phandmd

I saw that NIH is doing an antibody study, but I am not eligible, it is only for people not diagnosed with the virus. I am bummed.

7:32 pm

NatashaW

Yes, I did sign up for that. I'm getting the kit mailed to me.

7:33 pm

phandmd

cool, Natasha.

7:33 pm

jwr

Whenever I bemoan the loss of using "the little grey cells" though , I think about doing my own tax forms, I put my vital stats down on the first page and see who I can call for help.

7:33 pm

phandmd

Can I get a clue for the TA 6 pls

7:33 pm

NatashaW

At least I think that's what's happening. Sorry you're not eligible. I'm sure they'll be doing studies on positives to see how long the antibodies persist.

7:33 pm

phandmd

I am sure.

7:35 pm

NatashaW

Not to mention collecting plasma for possible therapeutics...

7:35 pm

jwr

Hi, phan. I've been "listening" but didn't want to horn in. I think you're wonderful and wish you well. There's so much need for pro caregivers now that I'm sure they'll find something for you.

7:35 pm

NatashaW

Word jwr. Hat's off to phan.

7:36 pm

NatashaW

ta6 think soy sauce?

7:36 pm

phandmd

you are sweet JWR. Well, no hats off until I get cleared to go back. I fell very early on, so haven't really done anything...

7:37 pm

phandmd

like a brand of soy sauce?

7:37 pm

NatashaW

um, think it's more a type of it

7:37 pm

phandmd

found it. Thanks

7:38 pm

jwr

Surviving is what you did. It takes guts. And from what I understand from a friend who lives in Berlin, it takes at least twice as long to really recover, soooo

7:39 pm

phandmd

It is surprising how much it takes out of you, even with mild symptoms.

7:39 pm

NatashaW

Yes, it seems clear that so-called "mild" cases are anything but

7:40 pm

NatashaW

So be good to yourself!

7:40 pm

phandmd

I will/am

7:41 pm

phandmd

Thank you for the kind thoughts.

7:42 pm

jwr

Glad to hear you say so. It knocked your whole immune system out, not just the respiratory system. Give it every bit of the time it asks for and never mind what anyone else does. - not being kind, just leftover advice from a retired AIDS-care RN.

7:43 pm

phandmd

In a time when we knew nothing about AIDs I am sure. That must have been scary too!

7:46 pm

jwr

From the start, at the center. Just like now - way too busy to be scared. More laughter than tears on the first dedicated unit from '83 on. ... You need to go play. Chat is good; Babble is better.

7:47 pm

phandmd

I already got Fireworks!

7:47 pm

phandmd

I think I will watch some more MASH...

7:48 pm

NatashaW

how apropos - laughing in the face of danger!

7:48 pm

jwr

You're kidding! Too bad we don't have a backup grid just for people who finish fast

7:49 pm

phandmd

I have occasionally re-done grids. Not today though. I started very early this AM...

7:51 pm

jwr

Funny thing about danger - you simply (physically and mentally) canNOT be scared all the time. Sometimes people refuse to laugh when they think they're supposed to be sad, worried, grieving, etc. and make themselves stay that way but when the chance comes to grin, you do bear it better.

7:53 pm

NatashaW

You've reminded me of the video that circulated not long ago, of a parent in Syria who was teaching his toddler to laugh hysterically every time a bomb exploded near their home. What the heck, either they die from the bomb, or they survive and have a good belly laugh.

7:53 pm

jwr

Oh, phan, I wish you hadn't suggested Re-doing the grid. I am going back to what I do when I know I haven't got enough time to finish: the goal is Half-Plus-One.

7:54 pm

jwr

Interesting, Natasha. Do you still have the contact information for that video? I'd like to see it.

7:55 pm

phandmd

Well at the moment, I have all the time in the world so...

7:55 pm

phandmd

I saw that video. It was very sweet.

7:55 pm

NatashaW

It was on FB. https://www.facebook.com/whuq1/videos/\n10219317089870628/

7:55 pm

MollyL

You can choose to be terrified, freaked out, or thinking that your home is covered with virus...or be careful and hope for the best.

7:56 pm

jwr

What? You don't do Sudoku too?

7:56 pm

jwr

Zakkly, Molly.

7:56 pm

MollyL

Oh damn, the chat width just got blown.

7:57 pm

phandmd

No, Sudoku is not my forte!

7:58 pm

phandmd

Good night all.

7:58 pm

jwr

I'm off to have dinner and go to work. Bye, all. Great having a chance to chat with phan, and review old New York Times times with Natasha.

7:58 pm

phandmd

so

7:58 pm

phandmd

long

7:59 pm

phandmd

fair

7:59 pm

phandmd

well

7:59 pm

phandmd

auf

7:59 pm

phandmd

weder

7:59 pm

phandmd

sehen

7:59 pm

phandmd

good

7:59 pm

phandmd

night

7:59 pm

phandmd

to

7:59 pm

phandmd

you

7:59 pm

phandmd

and

7:59 pm

phandmd

you

7:59 pm

sukee

adieu

7:59 pm

sukee

adieu

7:59 pm

phandmd

and you

7:59 pm

sukee

to

7:59 pm

sukee

you

7:59 pm

sukee

an

7:59 pm

jwr

Just kiddkng, phan. Not mine either. Take four deep breaths and tell your monkeys they're in the wrong box.

7:59 pm

sukee

and

7:59 pm

sukee

you

7:59 pm

sukee

and

7:59 pm

sukee

you

8:00 pm

phandmd

trying

8:00 pm

phandmd

to

8:00 pm

phandmd

get

8:00 pm

phandmd

the

8:00 pm

phandmd

chat

8:00 pm

MollyL

Let

8:00 pm

phandmd

back

8:00 pm

phandmd

to

8:00 pm

MollyL

us

8:00 pm

phandmd

normal

8:00 pm

MollyL

clear

8:00 pm

MollyL

the

8:00 pm

MollyL

long

8:00 pm

MollyL

url

8:00 pm

MollyL

that

8:00 pm

MollyL

blew

8:00 pm

MollyL

the

8:00 pm

MollyL

chat

8:00 pm

jwr

and the wine word that started it all

8:00 pm

MollyL

Please

8:00 pm

MollyL

use

8:01 pm

NatashaW

that's odd. Didn't blow it for me at all. Sorry guys

8:01 pm

MollyL

tiny

8:01 pm

jwr

*poof*

8:01 pm

MollyL

url

8:01 pm

phandmd

and we are clear

8:01 pm

phandmd

High Five, Molly

8:02 pm

phandmd

and good night!

8:02 pm

MollyL

I just keep trying to post the tinyurl thing until it sinks in

8:03 pm

NatashaW

I know about tinyurl but didn't think the link long enough to merit the effort :-) I already apologized...

8:07 pm

MollyL

If you go back in the archived chat, you can see the code error here. It inserts \n into the link and runs the chat off the page. It is a site error. No problem, just trying to let people know that most links need to be done with tinyurl.

8:07 pm

NatashaW

I'm in Babble expert and the chat window stayed the same so I wasn't so aware of the issue

8:08 pm

MollyL

Interesting. I didn't know that it doesn't show up in Expert. I don't use that.

10:42 pm

rbud

I've never tried Expert, either - is there some advantage to it? I forget.

11:02 pm

Uneaixoise

First pi7?

11:04 pm

grannyrose

pi7. pi + vowel + ***er, over and out + vowel

11:05 pm

grannyrose

a small dough envelope filed with meat and vegs.

11:08 pm

Uneaixoise

Tx rose!!

11:09 pm

grannyrose

np's. glad you could work it out from that lousy clue. now you have the word you can see why it was difficult to clue.

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