Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, July 26, 2021

12:01 am

hokie carla

fe7

12:01 am

Minveryork

Flip Flip Hooray!

12:01 am

Minveryork

Slow flip on my end. I thought I was going to get notification that server was throwing a tempter tantrum.

12:02 am

mich_pdx

200 even

12:02 am

hokie carla

yeah, it seemed about a min late

12:02 am

hokie carla

fo9

12:02 am

origami

ha7

12:03 am

hokie carla

da7

12:03 am

justafreep

fa7

12:03 am

justafreep

da7

12:05 am

hokie carla

he8

12:05 am

justafreep

si7

12:05 am

hokie carla

sing

12:05 am

hokie carla

oops

12:06 am

Gillie

sh7

12:07 am

justafreep

ti7

12:07 am

dcseain

fe7

12:09 am

dcseain

huh the i words were easy

12:10 am

mich_pdx

sez you :)

12:10 am

hokie carla

I know, I thought too easy as well

12:10 am

dcseain

lower right ir5 surprised me.

12:11 am

hokie carla

so are you saying there's a 2nd fe7?

12:11 am

dcseain

i have 2 fe7 and sh7

12:11 am

joym999

yup, FE7 x 2

12:11 am

hokie carla

and is freep saying a 2nd da7

12:12 am

hokie carla

joy!

12:12 am

joym999

hey carla!

12:12 am

hokie carla

ok, found a 2nd da7

12:13 am

dcseain

fa7

12:13 am

hokie carla

so a 2nd fa7?

12:13 am

origami

2 fa7's ?

12:14 am

dcseain

i have one fa7 so far

12:14 am

hokie carla

ok

12:15 am

justafreep

(I have two da7s, but when I called minute post right before me had not appeared in chat for me, Hokie. We might have called the same one. But there are two!)

12:17 am

Minveryork

I am stopping with 115 words & 1375 points.Goodni 5/16!

12:17 am

joym999

phantom athiest

12:17 am

hokie carla

good night, minver

12:17 am

dcseain

g'ni5 minver

12:19 am

justafreep

ei7

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

dcseain

thanks, lickety

12:21 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:21 am

Rainiqui

he 8, what a clunky word

12:24 am

hokie carla

yes, I thought it was pretty stupid but I remembered us having it before

12:25 am

Rainiqui

I tried it as I was thinking - not a chance in hell !

12:26 am

hokie carla

the words that are on the list and not on the list make you wonder if the list makers were on drugs or something 🤣

12:27 am

Rainiqui

the other night I was so mad they wouldn't take petri

12:28 am

Rainiqui

arcane biologica but no petri

12:28 am

hokie carla

is that not a proper noun?

12:28 am

origami

I tried it a couple of times. Then I realized it was a proper noun.

12:30 am

Rainiqui

well now I know

12:30 am

hokie carla

why isn't goeth a word? they have others like that

12:36 am

origami

doeth you sayeth goeth should be in the dictionary? :D

12:37 am

hokie carla

aye

12:51 am

hokie carla

did anyone ever find the other 9?

12:52 am

origami

Not I

12:52 am

Lizlin

Nor me

12:52 am

hokie carla

ok, didn't know if I missed it being called, thanks

12:55 am

dizgrannie

sh 9

12:55 am

Lizlin

Thanks, Diz. Good to know what I'm looking for.

12:56 am

dizgrannie

putting a sword back in holder

12:56 am

hokie carla

made me find an sh7, thx

12:56 am

Lizlin

Thanks :)

12:56 am

hokie carla

aha, thx

12:56 am

hokie carla

didn't have the root

12:57 am

mich_pdx

thanks!

12:59 am

dizgrannie

you are all welcome, only just on got cos internet outage in my area, I was having withdrawals,what with being in lockdown and all...LOL

1:00 am

Lizlin

Wow! Lockdown with no internet would be hard. Glad you're back in communication.

1:01 am

mich_pdx

stay strong, diz!

1:02 am

hokie carla

yep, that sounds awful

1:02 am

dizgrannie

Liz, we have had very strong winds etc. Oh and our lockdown could be until mid Sept,

1:03 am

Lizlin

We had those strong winds over the weekend. We're avoiding lockdown by the skin of our teeth I reckon. A few more cases and I think we'll be joining you in lockdown.

1:03 am

Lizlin

I had my 2nd AZ vaccination today - very happy about that.

1:03 am

hokie carla

that's great!

1:04 am

ursh

We go in lockdown in various stages - have just been lifted from 4 to 3

1:05 am

ursh

Our 3rd wave is easing off a bit

1:05 am

Lizlin

We've only been in lockdown once - last year for a few weeks. Very lucky really but I'm sure our time will come.

1:05 am

hokie carla

well, I have gotten stuck at 19 left. wayyy past my bedtime so I better try to sleep again. TTFN!

1:05 am

Lizlin

Sleep well.

1:06 am

mich_pdx

good night, hoke

1:06 am

hokie carla

oh, found 2 on my way out!

1:06 am

hokie carla

and 2 more!

1:07 am

NonoNanette

the other 9 is fo9

1:08 am

rolin

oh wow... i get two grids a day...!!

1:08 am

rolin

shoe

1:08 am

rolin

HI LIZ!!

1:08 am

mich_pdx

thanks, Nan

1:09 am

Lizlin

Hi Ro - hows day 1 going?

1:09 am

Lizlin

Flip is at 3 pm here so yes, 2 a day :)

1:09 am

rolin

really well... having the two rooms is proving its worth already.. i've just had an excercise bike delivered

1:10 am

Lizlin

Oh wow! That's awesome.

1:10 am

Lizlin

The rooms looked really good - I said to P that it gave you more space to exercise.

1:11 am

rolin

yeah...FB has been the greatest thing... I am a member of diff stranded/quarantine groups...and have been gleaning advise for months

1:11 am

rolin

that should be advice of course..lol

1:12 am

Lizlin

That must've been so useful. Did you get much sleep or did jet lag hit?

1:14 am

rolin

i took a little pill just before bed and got a 7 hour sleep... poor old Den didnt sleep a wink ....so we've both just woken up after a nanna nap////and I think Den might take the drug option tonight.

1:14 am

rolin

hire

1:14 am

rolin

oh sorry..

1:15 am

Lizlin

That would be a good idea. I really hope that some of the stress has now gone from you both. We shared that for you but can't imagine what it was really like for you.

1:17 am

rolin

its been awful... and I really resent the fact that all the joy and excitement that would have been there couldnt be there because of the uncertainty... but its done now... we're here...and once the feeling that we are just on holiday goes... we can deal with the reality...lol

1:18 am

Lizlin

You'll be on holiday until you're settled in your place, even if you are sorting stuff out, so at least you'll some some holiday, I hope. We were holding our breath until we saw those boarding passes.

1:19 am

Lizlin

Heathrow looked chaotic this weekend from photos I saw - school holidays etc.

1:20 am

rolin

oh so was and the relief was palpable.... I... Heathrow was definitely busier than I'd seen in all the news...as you say... school holidays....ppl are just desperate to getaway for a holiday... tho I have to say the weather had been brilliant for time we were in London...it was too hot...we were walking in the shade all the time and questioning our decision to move...!!

1:21 am

Lizlin

When it's rainy and snowy in the UK winter, you'll have no regrets :)

1:21 am

Lizlin

No more scraping frost off car windows.

1:21 am

rolin

oooh you know it...

1:22 am

rolin

i left both my scrapers with Jamie...

1:22 am

Lizlin

He'll need them!! Must've been hard for Den to leave him.

1:25 am

rolin

Yeah.... it was...naturally... but he knows J. is ok in terms of work..finances...and he has a gf at the moment... and when travel starts again... we will see him.

1:25 am

Lizlin

Sounds like he's doing OK - and as you say, when travel starts again ...

1:26 am

rolin

we're sitting here watching the news trying to get a handle on who all the pollies are

1:27 am

Lizlin

They're all as useless as each other but you're in good company in your hotel!

1:27 am

rolin

ooh I knoooowww.... lunch was really good.... maybe its a knock on..

1:28 am

Lizlin

Glad the food is good. Meant to ask - have you got an Aussie phone now or SIM?

1:31 am

dofith

Rolin, have you just returned to Oz and are in hotel quarantine?

1:31 am

rolin

our plan with the uk co allows us to make calls to aus numbers as if they were local to the uk...and this plan will continue for nearly 3 months while we're here... so no rush to get an aussie number to make calls... but i know its costly to call us from here... but then thats why we have whatsapp or FB calling...or skype for that matter... so we are going to take time to figure out the best deals

1:31 am

rolin

dofith.... yes and yes...*s*

1:32 am

Lizlin

Cool - I was going to offer to get you a pay as you go and send it to you.

1:35 am

dofith

Welcome home! Interested in all you've had to say. My son and his family (3 young kids) returned from South Africa this time last year - took months to get out and eventually got back via Doha and Amsterdam! They also had 2 rooms - set up a circuit and managed a few kms run every day! Hang in there - no choice!

1:36 am

dofith

Sorry, lost first half of message. It was for Rolin.

1:36 am

rolin

thx Liz... we have got a couple from the front desk... but when we saw the cost... we thought we needed more research..lol

1:37 am

dofith

Oh, there is first half after all.

1:37 am

rolin

dofith... i might have seen them on a FB group...lol...how have they settled in since?

1:37 am

Lizlin

OK - I'm outta here now - need a coffee. All best to both of you. Catch you soon.

1:37 am

rolin

ok... catch ya later...

1:39 am

dofith

They're doing ok now, but are very homesick for SA. They loved it there (about 11 years in Cape Town) - loved the country and the people, made great friends, travelled everywhere etc.

1:41 am

rolin

yeah... i lived in the uk for 20 years.... i'm sure i will miss the proximity to everything...but Brexit and then covid put the kybosh on that.

1:46 am

dofith

Yes, the rough and the smooth. They are enjoying some aspects of Aussie life - family, of course, and opportunities for the kids, less worry re security etc. They still have their house in CapeTown, and hope to return there one day. Hopefully, you'll find some good reasons to be back here, but it will seem dull for a while. Good luck!

1:47 am

dofith

Are you in Qld near Liz?

5:04 am

FrenchToast

phantom integer

5:20 am

ItalianGreyhound

I love this grid (so far)

5:20 am

ItalianGreyhound

dash

5:21 am

ItalianGreyhound

and oops

6:16 am

ItalianGreyhound

Texas Summer has set in - the low temp this AM is 83

6:59 am

BzznBea

We had a cat by that name in our colony. She was a spayed 8yo which is a pretty ripe age for a feral. She never left our yard. Friday morning, we found her dead after having been attacked by a pack of wild dogs that roam our city.

6:59 am

periwinkle

so sorry to hear that Bea.

6:59 am

periwinkle

hi all

6:59 am

Uneaixoise

Oh, Bea, I'm so sorry! :-(

7:00 am

BzznBea

thank you, une and peri.

7:04 am

periwinkle

ha

7:08 am

periwinkle

ignore that please

7:25 am

Wendrie

I'm sorry Bea :(

7:27 am

Scrabbler

Oh, no, Bea. How sad.

7:28 am

Shirlockc

sorry to hear that bzzn

7:29 am

BzznBea

Thank you all.

7:36 am

Scrabbler

We buried a bird and a mouse on Friday. MY little nephews were here so we had funerals with burials.

7:39 am

HarryHood

good morning all. sorry about your kitty, bea.

7:40 am

HarryHood

I'm a little freaked out by a pack of wild dogs roaming your neighborhood. are these like coyotes?

7:41 am

Scrabbler

What was the cat's name, Bea?

7:42 am

Shirlockc

stats for the top i? i need one to nbt

7:42 am

HarryHood

in5/6

7:43 am

BzznBea

No, they are dogs that have been allowed to go feral. They have attacked and killed many cats in the city. They have also attacked dogs on leash being walked by their owners.

7:43 am

HarryHood

yikes! that's insane!

7:43 am

BzznBea

Scrabs, her name was Dash. She was the runt of the litter and was just a "dash" of a thing.

7:44 am

Scrabbler

((Dash))

7:45 am

BzznBea

It is Harry. The city can't seem to decide what to do to correct the situation.

7:45 am

Scrabbler

So the city doesn't round up these wild dogs?

7:46 am

HarryHood

there is no good solution - but it can't remain as is

7:46 am

BzznBea

They try to trap them, but the dogs avoid the traps.

7:46 am

HarryHood

you can't leave kids in the backyard

7:46 am

BzznBea

And our animal control is very short staffed.

7:48 am

BzznBea

Kids are what I am worried about as well. We have a lot of children that play in the neighborhood.

7:52 am

HarryHood

phew found the 8. nbs, nbt, and 36 to go

7:52 am

Scrabbler

Go Harry, go.

7:52 am

BzznBea

8 was a tricky thing

7:52 am

Scrabbler

Clue?

7:53 am

HarryHood

he8. more full of irish greenery

7:53 am

Scrabbler

I would not have tried that. TY.

7:53 am

HarryHood

I tried it on a whim :)

7:54 am

MollyL

Dumb word. I would have clued it more like actor Ledger.

7:59 am

HarryHood

30 to go. bbl for more!

8:01 am

Scrabbler

Bye HH

8:10 am

Scrabbler

Enjoy the day.

8:12 am

Franksta

Howdy

8:22 am

hurshy

g'morning, babblers :)

8:22 am

mael

speaking of irish

8:22 am

mael

:)

8:23 am

hurshy

oh i'm only wannabe irish. i love Celtic cultures, but as far as i know my ancestry is sadly more anglo-saxon or norman

8:23 am

hurshy

i am in legal reality a US citizen :(

8:24 am

hurshy

i love british stuff too though

8:26 am

hurshy

other than the imperialist mentality, which was sadly passed on to the US

8:27 am

mael

there's a lot of that going around, alas

8:27 am

mael

but Ireland must be so gorgeous! I've always wanted to visit

8:27 am

hurshy

:(

8:28 am

hurshy

if we had an M we could potentially have gingham!

8:28 am

mael

I thought the same while I was finishing up the Gs!

8:29 am

MLFAN17

wow m first word was easy lol

8:36 am

MLFAN17

nbt

8:42 am

mael

still missing the bottom I

8:42 am

MLFAN17

nbt/nbs

8:42 am

MLFAN17

ir 5

8:42 am

BzznBea

ir5.14

8:42 am

MollyL

The bottom I is a form of the anger word

8:44 am

mael

oh man thanks, I was sure I'd tried that

8:44 am

mael

when I got the t6 next to it

8:45 am

mael

and toering is totally a word, did Enable just skip the 90s? lol

8:45 am

hurshy

i think it's two words

8:46 am

mael

no, of course, but it's funny to me how English arbitrarily makes compound words or not

8:46 am

mael

like a necktie is not a neck tie and a earring is not an ear ring

8:47 am

hurshy

yeah, i think maybe toering just looks ... like your mind automatically groups "er" together so then you thing to-ering and get confused

8:47 am

hurshy

*think

8:48 am

mael

as someone who had to learn it as a second language, english is just all messed up all around

8:48 am

hurshy

oh wow, what is your first language?

8:48 am

mael

Italian

8:48 am

hurshy

cool!!

8:49 am

hurshy

bongiorno :D

8:49 am

mael

anche a te :)

9:00 am

BzznBea

The last 20 went fast. See you all next time.

9:02 am

hurshy

should i be able to get the third row i word or is it weird

9:02 am

hurshy

oh babblet!

9:03 am

Jeff7

inia

9:04 am

Jeff7

sorry. was about to ask for that when i saw it!!!

9:04 am

hurshy

yes, that would be the babblet in question lol

9:04 am

mael

that's the one ;)

9:04 am

mael

I've got the sh9, what's the other one?

9:06 am

MollyL

fo

9:06 am

mael

oh duh thank you

9:07 am

hurshy

that's funny, fo was the one i got

9:07 am

hurshy

now i must look for the sh

9:07 am

mael

I had the root word

9:07 am

hurshy

yay got it

9:11 am

marksdolly

good morning all!

9:11 am

bichon

hurshy, share pls

9:11 am

mael

putting a sword away

9:13 am

bichon

ty mael

9:15 am

mael

yw

9:15 am

mael

:)

9:37 am

mael

FW! have a good day everyone

10:06 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

10:32 am

marksdolly

gm nan

10:37 am

Shirlockc

still looking for the I words in the top row

10:38 am

joym999

hi everyone

10:38 am

joym999

the I words in the top row are a 5 and its plural

10:39 am

cybernan

in 5/14 is the only one I have

10:39 am

cybernan

oh - ty joy - didn't see the plural

10:40 am

joym999

I'm always amazed at how many plurals I miss.. and also how many times i get the plural but not the singular

10:41 am

cybernan

was just coming up for air -- 75 to go now

10:47 am

Shirlockc

aha! finally got that in clue

10:55 am

ItalianGreyhound

fun grid for me! Love the gerunds and comparative endings

10:56 am

cybernan

missinga corner g and an f that my monkeys have given up on

10:57 am

ItalianGreyhound

gh 4/7, Nan?

10:58 am

hokie carla

or gh5

10:58 am

cybernan

have that and the 6

10:58 am

cybernan

is there a gn?

10:58 am

hokie carla

no

10:58 am

ItalianGreyhound

nope

10:59 am

hokie carla

2 gh and 2 gi from there

10:59 am

cybernan

oh - missing the gh 5

10:59 am

mich_pdx

do you have the heart of the matter?

10:59 am

mich_pdx

nm

10:59 am

hokie carla

I am agh5!

11:00 am

cybernan

found - top row black

11:00 am

cybernan

ty carla

11:01 am

hokie carla

I'm back for my last 15. will I see them this morning??

11:01 am

ItalianGreyhound

Id say yes

11:02 am

ItalianGreyhound

wait, its already past Noon there isn't it?

11:03 am

hokie carla

12:03

11:03 am

hokie carla

will I see them this afternoon?

11:04 am

ItalianGreyhound

15 words? come on!

11:04 am

hokie carla

found 1!

11:07 am

cybernan

stats for the 8 please?

11:08 am

hokie carla

he8

11:09 am

cybernan

ty -- silly word

11:09 am

hokie carla

nan, I actually called the 8 and 9 at the flip last night, can ya believe it?

11:10 am

hokie carla

1 of the 9s

11:10 am

cybernan

well done you

11:10 am

hokie carla

it is silly, I just remembered having it before

11:12 am

cybernan

still need that first col. f

11:12 am

hokie carla

you have the 9?

11:13 am

cybernan

yes - found it -- fe 4 babblet

11:13 am

cybernan

1st col. black

11:13 am

hokie carla

I was going to recommend that one

11:14 am

hokie carla

I still need 1 D for 1st col and 1st row

11:15 am

ItalianGreyhound

there's one da7 with comp. ending and one gerund

11:15 am

hokie carla

have those

11:16 am

hokie carla

also why can't the alt sp of the verb be made a gerund?

11:17 am

cybernan

da 5 - move faster than the eye can see :)

11:18 am

ItalianGreyhound

da 4/6, da 5/14

11:18 am

hokie carla

aha, thx. not familiar with that one

11:18 am

hokie carla

12!

11:18 am

cybernan

nor me -- monkeys were working then

11:21 am

hokie carla

found a cigar!

11:21 am

hokie carla

sorry for the clue blurt

11:22 am

cybernan

it would be better if you blurted something I didn't already have

11:24 am

cybernan

like the f at the bottom -- and I have the rhyme

11:24 am

hokie carla

yeah, I wasn't really sorry because I was pretty sure everyone already had it

11:25 am

hokie carla

you need 1?

11:25 am

cybernan

yess - missing one of them

11:25 am

hokie carla

fo4/9?

11:25 am

ItalianGreyhound

Fi 4/10 ?

11:26 am

cybernan

yes have both

11:27 am

ItalianGreyhound

fe 4/8

11:27 am

cybernan

have the dance(s) and the cheese(s)

11:27 am

cybernan

the 4/8 babblet as well

11:27 am

ItalianGreyhound

fe 4/8 is plural

11:28 am

cybernan

yes

11:28 am

ItalianGreyhound

so is the 4/7

11:29 am

cybernan

yes have a 4/7 plural too

11:31 am

hurshy

fo5/20

11:31 am

hokie carla

she has that one

11:31 am

cybernan

have that one too

11:31 am

hurshy

o

11:31 am

hokie carla

I need S H TTT EE R Q TT

11:32 am

hurshy

well then all 7 of the bottom F have been mentioned

11:32 am

hokie carla

LOL for an i

11:32 am

ItalianGreyhound

I think we clued all the bottom F words

11:33 am

hurshy

yes. to sum up:
1. the fe4 party
2. the fe4 cheese
3. the plural cheese
4. the fe4/7 babblet plural
5. fo4/9
6. fo5/20
7. fi4/10

11:34 am

ItalianGreyhound

well done, Hursh!

11:34 am

hurshy

*takes a bow*

11:35 am

ItalianGreyhound

deserves one!

11:35 am

cybernan

ty - missing the party - will run the monkeys around the block once more

11:35 am

MollyL

Hursh!you!get!lots!of!exclamation!poin\nts!

11:36 am

MollyL

Too bad I can't spell points

11:36 am

cybernan

if the party is the fe 4/8 though that comes from the other f

11:36 am

MollyL

The party is 4/7

11:37 am

ItalianGreyhound

there are 2 party F words (sorta)

11:37 am

MollyL

Really more of a holiday, it's French Nan

11:37 am

hurshy

i thought you were referring to the party when you said you had the dance, i thought that was the word you meant

11:37 am

mattygroves

May I have stats for the lower right i (eye) please, in the corner?

11:38 am

hurshy

ir5/14

11:38 am

MollyL

ir5/14

11:38 am

cybernan

ty - I swear I entered that!

11:38 am

MollyL

Most asked for word of the day

11:38 am

MollyL

SIET!!!!

11:39 am

hurshy

phantom: together

11:39 am

hokie carla

the fe4 is very big on Midsomer Murders, I swear each village is always having one when someone is murdered.

11:40 am

mattygroves

It's amazing anyone is left alive in Midsommer

11:40 am

hurshy

i can attest that hokie is correct on that

11:40 am

hurshy

Midsommer, Cabot Cove, very dangerous places to live

11:41 am

hokie carla

I can't believe anyone is still living in either of those places

11:41 am

cybernan

Father Brown attends a lot of them as well

11:41 am

mattygroves

Sunnydale. Seriously, why hasn't Sunnydale discovered cremation?!

11:42 am

hurshy

it's funny because regarding Cabot Cove, they had the sense to set a lot of episodes elsewhere since, yeah, a small seaside town in maine isn't going to have so many murders, and yet, i tend not to like the ones set elsewhere, on the whole

11:42 am

hokie carla

true on both points

11:42 am

hurshy

either way, though, you don't want to know Jessica Fletcher. you'll either be murdered or accused of murder

11:43 am

hokie carla

at least Midsomer appears to be a huge county(?) with a million tiny villages

11:43 am

hurshy

yeah

11:43 am

hokie carla

not sure why they only have the 2 detectives and 2 ME though for all those murdered bodies

11:43 am

cybernan

wouldn't want to live anywhere near Vera either

11:43 am

mattygroves

If you ever wanted someone dead, you'd hold a dinner party in Midsomer, inviting Jessica Fletcher, Dr Mark Sloan, Columbo, Quincy, Poirot and Miss Marple.

11:43 am

hurshy

well i mean they are happening over a 20 year stretch here...

11:44 am

hokie carla

1 ME

11:44 am

hurshy

see now Columbo, he was LAPD. that's not an unrealistic position in which to encounter a lot of murders.

11:45 am

mattygroves

Yep, I thought of that. But the episodes he goes on holiday (a cruise, London and Mexico, if I recall correctly) there were, of course, murders that just happened to need solving

11:45 am

hokie carla

just one more thing...

11:45 am

HarryHood

hallo! 22 to go here

11:46 am

hurshy

hiya harry

11:46 am

hokie carla

harry! 11 here but not seeing any

11:46 am

hurshy

i'm in between with 16

11:46 am

hokie carla

2-1-6-2 - that's why I'm not seeing them, they're mostly 6's

11:46 am

HarryHood

yes - you've split the difference hursh

11:47 am

hurshy

6-2-7-1

11:47 am

hokie carla

found a 6!

11:47 am

hokie carla

and a 7!

11:47 am

HarryHood

7-5-7-3

11:47 am

HarryHood

wtg carla!

11:47 am

hokie carla

but mine were from 2 different tiles so still didn't gray any more out

11:48 am

hurshy

ooh i got a couple 6s too

11:48 am

hokie carla

there's another 6, have prob heard it on midsomer murders

11:49 am

hokie carla

I always want egot to work even though it's an acronym

11:50 am

hokie carla

there's a plural 6 I missed

11:50 am

hokie carla

7 left!

11:50 am

hurshy

is anyone done with the Q?

11:51 am

ItalianGreyhound

yes

11:51 am

HarryHood

missing one

11:51 am

mattygroves

I'm missing 1 Q. Dunno what it is though

11:51 am

hokie carla

nope, still need 1. it's either a 4 5 6 or 7 :D

11:51 am

hurshy

alright help us out then IG

11:52 am

mattygroves

I have three words meaning to report speech, and two meaning an amount you must make

11:52 am

ItalianGreyhound

the last one is weird - add a Vowell to the Q 5/18

11:52 am

hurshy

thankee!!

11:52 am

HarryHood

ty IG

11:52 am

mattygroves

Thank you!

11:52 am

hokie carla

thanks, we may have had that before

11:52 am

hokie carla

2-1-2-1 much better

11:53 am

cybernan

enough - listing for the last 32

11:53 am

hokie carla

I only have a few more minutes - have zoom college orientation at 1:00.

11:54 am

HarryHood

you going back to school? like rodney dangerfield?

11:54 am

hurshy

5-2-2-1 now

11:54 am

hokie carla

haha, the youngest is going

11:54 am

HarryHood

ooh empty nest

11:54 am

ItalianGreyhound

triple Lindy!

11:55 am

hokie carla

yep

11:55 am

HarryHood

you have a ilst of conversation starters?

11:55 am

cybernan

er 6 - last one please?

11:56 am

hokie carla

I have one that is a plural

11:56 am

hokie carla

but may be my missing E

11:56 am

ItalianGreyhound

think "Beatles"

11:56 am

mattygroves

Liverpudlian?

11:57 am

ItalianGreyhound

drummer

11:57 am

HarryHood

ah ty IG

11:57 am

cybernan

ty IG

11:58 am

ItalianGreyhound

Yw

11:59 am

hurshy

5-1-1-1 with that one!

12:01 pm

hurshy

got a couple 4s!

12:01 pm

hurshy

shall we pool our lists of 7s and see where they fail to overlap?

12:02 pm

HarryHood

16

12:02 pm

hurshy

i have da7 x 2, ei7, fa7, fe7x2, ha7, sh7 x 3, si7, ti7, to7

12:05 pm

hurshy

and i'm down to 1-1-1-1

12:05 pm

ItalianGreyhound

2 SI 7s

12:06 pm

hurshy

ok thanks, looking

12:06 pm

hurshy

got it!!!

12:06 pm

ItalianGreyhound

woo-hoo!

12:09 pm

maccafixx

fo 6/27?

12:10 pm

ItalianGreyhound

fo---- parents

12:11 pm

cybernan

parenting a homeless child

12:12 pm

maccafixx

ty!

12:12 pm

HarryHood

completely stuck at 15. gonna list.

12:12 pm

ItalianGreyhound

don't forget the Gerund 9 !

12:12 pm

mkg

Ty for the 9. Any clues for the 8? Ty

12:13 pm

ItalianGreyhound

more like a bog

12:13 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* thanks for the help and thank you lickety

12:13 pm

maccafixx

more of the 5/14 before it

12:14 pm

mkg

Greyhound is that aclue for the 8?

12:14 pm

cybernan

he 8/50 yes

12:15 pm

ItalianGreyhound

yes - see Macs clue below

12:15 pm

cybernan

hagd everyone :)

12:17 pm

HarryHood

done!

12:17 pm

HarryHood

have fun all!

12:17 pm

mkg

Dont have the 5. But will try to get it.

12:18 pm

mkg

He. Not getting it……tinking

12:18 pm

mkg

Got the 8 finally. Ty.

12:20 pm

mkg

Any clues and stats for the i words? Dont have any.

12:20 pm

mkg

Ty

12:20 pm

mkg

Aets

12:20 pm

mkg

Oops sorry

12:20 pm

mkg

Ther is no aet. Sorry

12:23 pm

mkg

Missing the 3 i words. All help welcome.

12:23 pm

mkg

Just got the i words for top row i.

12:25 pm

ItalianGreyhound

in 4/4 is a babblet

12:25 pm

mkg

Got it. Ty.

12:25 pm

mkg

One last tile missing. The a in second column. Any stats? Ty

12:26 pm

ItalianGreyhound

aa 6/27 ?

12:27 pm

ItalianGreyhound

its a gerund

12:27 pm

mkg

Ty

12:27 pm

mkg

Got it. Ty

12:28 pm

ItalianGreyhound

yw

12:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

is lickety down today?

12:34 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Ive got him, Temp

12:35 pm

ItalianGreyhound

assuming lickeys a he - Yeeesh

12:36 pm

ItalianGreyhound

gotta dis-able this auto finish on my computer!

12:39 pm

hurshy

ok where was i... oh yes, three left, 1-1-1

12:39 pm

hurshy

R and 2 T, one from each T tile

12:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh, ty. i was confused with the listing of stats and words and requests for stats.

12:40 pm

hokie carla

breaktime - my son just called me a nerd for taking notes in the zoom

12:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

that are in the lsit

12:40 pm

hokie carla

I have S H T T - sounds about right

12:40 pm

hokie carla

1-1-1-1

12:40 pm

hurshy

tell him it takes one to know one

12:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

carla!

12:40 pm

MollyL

Depends, what was the zoom about

12:41 pm

hokie carla

his virtual orientation for college

12:41 pm

hokie carla

TO!

12:41 pm

MollyL

Nerd

12:42 pm

hurshy

oooooooh i love the word that my missing R turned out to be!!!

12:42 pm

hokie carla

lol

12:42 pm

MollyL

Or maybe he is the nerd for having his mother watch the zoom orientation with him

12:42 pm

hokie carla

ri6?

12:42 pm

hurshy

yeah whose idea was it for you to participate hokie, yours or his?

12:42 pm

hurshy

yes it was an ri6

12:43 pm

hokie carla

parents are required. we are now splitting up and students are going on a different zoom with small groups.

12:43 pm

hurshy

ah i see

12:43 pm

hokie carla

that was my last one and I said I prob heard it too on midsomer murders

12:44 pm

hurshy

what college is thus encouraging the helicopters?

12:44 pm

MollyL

Agreed Hurshy, When are these people considered adults?

12:45 pm

hokie carla

NCSU - to be fair, my parents went with me to in person orientation at VT back in the 90s before helicopter parents were a thing. parents go to college orientations, I don't know why this is new info.

12:45 pm

hurshy

ah, my college did not have that.

12:45 pm

MollyL

And parents are "required"? What if the student is putting themself through school?

12:45 pm

hurshy

but, the higher reasoning & decision making center of the brain doesn't really finish developing til 25, so...

12:46 pm

MollyL

There was no parent attendance required when I went to college.

12:46 pm

MollyL

25? Oh well then it's a good thing we let them drive at 16 and vote at 18 then.

12:47 pm

hokie carla

this lady's accent is offensive to my ears

12:47 pm

hokie carla

NC Steet

12:47 pm

MollyL

And if they have under developed reasoning and decision making, do they even belong in college?

12:47 pm

hurshy

maybe college helps develop it though

12:49 pm

hokie carla

"orienteeetion" what does she have against a long a?

12:49 pm

hurshy

life is weird that way. i think back on books we read in high school and how unready we were to appreciate some of them, but, would we learn to appreciate them if we weren't introduced to them?

12:49 pm

MollyL

College is traditionally where young adults are treated as independent from their parents. They meet with advisors and set up their own schedule of classes. At some point, parental involvement needs to end.

12:50 pm

hurshy

and i do wish i had gone to college later, but, idk, maybe i just wish we could go more than once :)

12:50 pm

hokie carla

yes, he's been doing all that on his own

12:51 pm

hokie carla

and I've been making him do things like make dr appt, going by himself, etc., for a couple of years, and I think he's been doing his laundry since maybe 6th grade.

12:55 pm

hokie carla

found my S!

1:00 pm

hokie carla

would help if I could find that last 4

1:03 pm

hokie carla

eureka!

1:03 pm

hokie carla

now 1 5 and 1 6, an H and a T

1:03 pm

hokie carla

where'd everybody go?

1:11 pm

MollyL

I'm arguing with a grammar queen at work that Wegmans (the grocery chain) has no apostrophe before or after the s. Its a name, just like Stevens.

1:11 pm

MollyL

And glad to hear that the male child has been told to do his own laundry. Some of them never get the hang of that.

1:13 pm

hokie carla

so, will you blow her mind if you say the Wegmans family on a Christmas card would be the Wegmanses?

1:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

carla: everyone knows that would be the Wegmans'

1:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

:P

1:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

or perhaps the wegman's

1:25 pm

hurshy

my missing T words at the end were both stupid, to4 babblet that we have all the time and a missing plural.

1:25 pm

hurshy

for h... maybe hi6 or ho6, hokie?

1:26 pm

hurshy

and there's an odd tr5/14 right before the last one, if you didn't miss something stupid like i did

1:30 pm

hurshy

anyone done Spelling Bee today? i thought kickable would be a pangram but it wouldn't take it :(

1:30 pm

hokie carla

I do not have an ho6, thanks

1:31 pm

hurshy

you do it in the garden

1:32 pm

hurshy

I GOT A PANGRAM YAY!!!!

1:32 pm

hokie carla

duh

1:37 pm

periwinkle

top lone i in right column pls. hi all

1:37 pm

periwinkle

oh NM

1:44 pm

hokie carla

finally got the last T5. TADA

2:08 pm

MollyL

When zombies arrive quickly fax Judge Pat

2:08 pm

MollyL

A pangram for Hurshy

2:09 pm

MollyL

Since she gets so excited about them

2:31 pm

MLFAN17

hokie how is the rain your way?

2:34 pm

MLFAN17

ran and thunder here and kinda dark

2:35 pm

hokie carla

no rain but it has just clouded up

2:35 pm

MLFAN17

hubby just said rain supposed to go until toorrow

2:35 pm

MLFAN17

tomorrow

2:40 pm

MLFAN17

is the oh 4 a babblet?

2:40 pm

MLFAN17

never mind

2:48 pm

hokie carla

raining now

2:49 pm

dcseain

Sunny by me . With a 20% chance of thunderstorms.

2:56 pm

dcseain

finally found my last Q.

2:56 pm

dcseain

leaving 75 to go.

3:40 pm

bichon

to 6/27, pls

3:41 pm

dcseain

let's play a game of to6,27 with wicks and mallets.

3:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

a littlefrench hat

3:42 pm

hokie carla

big storm now

3:42 pm

bichon

ty TO

3:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

send rain pls

3:42 pm

MollyL

You play to6 with bongs and pipes

3:44 pm

hokie carla

still zooming here

3:44 pm

MollyL

Good God, how long can it take to orient parents who are not even going to the school?

3:45 pm

hokie carla

IKR

3:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

no orientation for parents that i recall.

3:45 pm

hokie carla

this is with the college of engineering, and it's a Q&A. it's less boring than the earlier stuff. the students are in a different zoom.

3:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

but PLENTY for students, three days worth before the semester began

3:46 pm

MollyL

I know TO, we were talking about that earlier. Isn't college the time for kids to be orienting their lives without parents?

3:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

well my parents sure thought so.

3:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

but they were the sink or swim type

3:47 pm

hokie carla

when I went it was 2 days and the students stayed overnight in dorms. don't remember parents doing a lot with us but they were there doing their own things I guess.

3:47 pm

MollyL

Sooner or later, the apron strings need to be untied

3:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

and my mother never went anywhere. I don't even think she went to high school graduation. definitely not college.

3:48 pm

hokie carla

my husband went with the oldest 2 years ago

3:48 pm

hokie carla

I didn't because you had to pay and it was buffets and stuff which I can't eat.

3:49 pm

hokie carla

holy crap we are getting pounded by lightning right now

3:49 pm

MollyL

Did y'all know Carla is gluten free? NO REALLY, she is.

3:50 pm

hokie carla

true

3:50 pm

hokie carla

it's very limiting

3:50 pm

MollyL

Speaking of which, I'm surprised that rehey'all has not made the rehi list.

3:51 pm

hokie carla

kinda like rehowdy

3:51 pm

hokie carla

but I'll try to work it in soon

3:52 pm

MollyL

No, howdy has been WAY overused by another player, who isn't even southern.

3:53 pm

MollyL

And there it is. All I have to do is think hey'all and I get Redneck Woman playing in my head.

3:54 pm

72 Temple Owl

you did not go to your child

3:54 pm

72 Temple Owl

s graduation?

3:55 pm

hokie carla

no, his orientation

3:56 pm

hokie carla

it's weird to me that y'all didn't have orientations with parents

3:56 pm

hokie carla

like I said earlier, I had one in 1991, so not a new thingie

3:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

ours was three days in dorms

3:58 pm

MollyL

My older two went to college in the 70's and 80's and orientation was just for students. It seems kind of over attached to have parents involved in school at that age.

3:59 pm

bichon

fo 6/27, pls

4:07 pm

Sophie214

I'm still stuck on a game with bongs and pipes. Really? You know what I get if I goggle those words. :)

4:11 pm

KnightTime

it's a type of hat that sound like a game played with mallets and wickets

4:13 pm

Sophie214

thanks, KT

4:19 pm

MollyL

Bongs and pipes was a joke based on the word toke.Jeez this is a hard crowd.

4:24 pm

Sophie214

Well, now I really feel dumb. I usually get jokes. Don't get many words on this puzzle, but usually jokes.

4:26 pm

Shirlockc

the fo i have rhymes with list if you replace the f with an r

4:26 pm

Shirlockc

and you get build off that fo6 to get the 9

4:27 pm

bichon

sorry, don't understand

4:28 pm

Sophie214

like my dog is adopted, but before I adopted her, I ............ her for 2 months

4:30 pm

Shirlockc

you can also fo6 a child

4:30 pm

bichon

ty sophie, Shirl

4:40 pm

FrenchToast

Oooh I got all the Qs.

4:40 pm

FrenchToast

The final qu6 is weird.

4:48 pm

FrenchToast

It is thundering so bad here! Crazy horrible T-storms!

5:01 pm

Uneaixoise

We're getting some desperately needed rain!!

5:04 pm

MollyL

I know we have had that weird Q word before. Otherwise I wouldn't have known it's a word.
: D

5:42 pm

joym999

Hi. Can anyone tell me if the ER6,24 is a normal word?

5:46 pm

origami

It's not a word I have ever used.

5:47 pm

origami

Resalutations all

5:48 pm

joym999

I think I'm going to need a clue for that ER6 if you've got one, origami.

5:51 pm

origami

It's hard to clue without giving it away. Think of er + 2 little words.

5:51 pm

Gillie

Ends with the name of the Beatle's drummer

5:51 pm

origami

That's what I was trying to avoid :D

5:52 pm

Gillie

Sorry!

6:16 pm

ItalianGreyhound

hunker down French

6:33 pm

FrenchToast

Helloooooooooooooooo

6:33 pm

FrenchToast

We are having huge T-storms here in coastal Virginia

6:35 pm

ItalianGreyhound

get to your tornado shelter

6:36 pm

dcseain

Spotty rain, but no thunder my part of Northern VA.

6:36 pm

dcseain

hi, French

6:36 pm

FrenchToast

Hmmm since I live nowhere near Tornado Alley, no shelters here

6:36 pm

FrenchToast

hi seain

6:36 pm

ItalianGreyhound

its the room with the wine

6:36 pm

FrenchToast

well dam why didn't you say so

6:36 pm

dcseain

I'm in a room with the wine right now. :)

6:36 pm

FrenchToast

that would be every room in my house

6:37 pm

FrenchToast

i just had a lovely amusing Viognier

6:37 pm

ItalianGreyhound

cheers

6:38 pm

FrenchToast

salut

6:38 pm

FrenchToast

phantom gringo

6:39 pm

ItalianGreyhound

is that a Bronson movie ?

6:39 pm

FrenchToast

si senor

6:40 pm

ItalianGreyhound

crazy person

6:41 pm

FrenchToast

That would be gringo loco

6:41 pm

dcseain

soy hombre algo loco

6:42 pm

ItalianGreyhound

just drifting on the outskirts

6:42 pm

FrenchToast

soy un pollito loco

6:44 pm

FrenchToast

iggy i saw the deer out the window at my workplace today, 2 does with 2 babes

6:44 pm

ItalianGreyhound

awesome !

6:45 pm

dcseain

oh, nice!

6:45 pm

FrenchToast

you should have heard all the screaming haha

6:46 pm

FrenchToast

seain have you heard of Eagletree Farm/ Winery in Leesburg?

6:54 pm

FrenchToast

iggy do you have he6,21

6:55 pm

FrenchToast

ACK never mind i had a brain fart

6:57 pm

dcseain

Well, i know of it now. I see it's in 20176, so West of town proper.

6:58 pm

FrenchToast

I will be there Aug. 22 if you want to meet up, it's been a long time!

7:01 pm

dcseain

That would be lovely :)

7:02 pm

FrenchToast

I'm going for a mini reunion of my high school (McLean)

7:03 pm

dcseain

oh, cool.

7:04 pm

FrenchToast

Starts about noonish

7:06 pm

periwinkle

hi all. help with either sh7 pls

7:07 pm

dcseain

placing sword away is one

7:07 pm

dcseain

oh, that's sh9

7:08 pm

dcseain

sh7, a thing that makes things into sh5

7:08 pm

dcseain

and sh7 is thing a farrier does to horses.

7:09 pm

FrenchToast

i'm not getting the clue about the thing that makes things into sh5

7:10 pm

dcseain

a sh5 of paper. a sh7 makes dough into sh5s.

7:10 pm

FrenchToast

OH! haha I already that that

7:10 pm

FrenchToast

i already *had* that

7:12 pm

FrenchToast

phantom tiger

7:16 pm

Minveryork

phantom: together

7:23 pm

dan2bit

er6 the 2nd one?

7:24 pm

periwinkle

first sh7 pls

7:24 pm

FrenchToast

e + Beatles drummer

7:24 pm

MollyL

As the day gets later, the chat gets more full of alcohol induced posts.
: D

7:24 pm

dcseain

sh5 of paper extends.

7:24 pm

dan2bit

sh7 one who makes a bed?

7:25 pm

dan2bit

thank you French that was my last!

7:25 pm

FrenchToast

wheeeeeeeeeeeee WTG 2bit

7:26 pm

periwinkle

ty dan and done

7:30 pm

FrenchToast

oh lord i still have 68 left

7:31 pm

dcseain

I have 45 and my cousin is being her usual PIA self.

7:33 pm

joym999

whassup seain?

7:33 pm

FrenchToast

i'm watching Hoarders, it's a total cringe-fest

7:33 pm

MollyL

Then why do you watch it?

7:34 pm

Uneaixoise

Fw!!

7:35 pm

FrenchToast

woo hoo Une!

7:36 pm

dcseain

yay une!

7:38 pm

origami

congratulations Une

7:40 pm

MollyL

Party for Une in the PB

7:50 pm

rururocks

I wouldn’t watch a hoarders show. Too creepy!

7:53 pm

dcseain

howdy, joy. I'm doing laundry. Just back from folding and rotating.

7:54 pm

dcseain

probably should go up and get some water.

7:59 pm

origami

What's rotating laundry? I feel that I am missing a critical step.

8:04 pm

dan2bit

multiple loads in, across and out

8:04 pm

rururocks

folding and rotating sounds kind of kinky to me

8:05 pm

rururocks

... just sayin' ...

8:07 pm

origami

Ah, thanks, dan.

11:31 pm

MollyL

Yeah Origami, I have never heard of rotating laundry either.

11:36 pm

mich_pdx

5 left!

11:39 pm

hokie carla

you can do it!

11:40 pm

hokie carla

is rotating laundry just moving from washer to dryer? I think I usually hear moving or switching.

11:41 pm

mich_pdx

that's where my mind went - rotating loads from place to place?

11:42 pm

dcseain

washer to dryer to counter to washer is one rotation.

11:42 pm

mich_pdx

oh, I just had a phantom hogtie fool me!

11:43 pm

dcseain

yeah, hogtie feels like it ought be there.

11:43 pm

mich_pdx

ah, my last work was yardwork / farmwork. Firewords!

11:44 pm

hokie carla

well done

11:44 pm

mich_pdx

hey dcseain :)

11:44 pm

dcseain

congrats, mich!

11:44 pm

dcseain

and hello mich and carla :)

11:45 pm

mich_pdx

ready for the flip :)

11:49 pm

dcseain

firewords

11:57 pm

mich_pdx

woot woot, Seain!

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