12:05 am
jesdraggon
happy flip :)
12:09 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs
12:14 am
SummerBreeze44
he7
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:17 am
jesdraggon
thanks licktey
12:17 am
jesdraggon
lickety
12:19 am
hokie carla
Happy new year!
12:20 am
Gillie
Happy new year (still 40 minutes to go, here)
12:21 am
gremlinn
we come from the future to change the past
12:24 am
SummerBreeze44
ea7
12:24 am
SummerBreeze44
easter
12:25 am
SummerBreeze44
So sorry :(
12:36 am
SummerBreeze44
te7
12:40 am
SummerBreeze44
of7
12:48 am
sprite
happy new year, babblers
12:48 am
rebelsass
Happy New Year, Sprite!!!
12:51 am
sprite
thanks :)
1:29 am
grannyrose
cooee and Happy New Year to all my babble buddies. * hugs * sprite.
1:30 am
rebelsass
HNY, Grannyrose!
1:30 am
grannyrose
ty rebel
1:31 am
ursh
Hello all - a happy and peaceful 2025 for all of us :)
1:32 am
rebelsass
hello, ursh!
1:32 am
grannyrose
thank-you urshy
1:32 am
rebelsass
Would anyone happen to be able to clue me the re9?
1:33 am
grannyrose
no re 9 rebel
1:34 am
rebelsass
oh there is one, just can't monkey it....
1:35 am
ursh
re 6 8 9 7 - starts with parts of a fork and the 9 ends with the goose
1:35 am
grannyrose
sorry, didn't look far enough. re 9. plural word. re 8. re +fork prong + not westnorth
1:36 am
grannyrose
sorry, should read " not southwest "
1:36 am
grannyrose
i think i'll shut up now...
1:37 am
ursh
sorry - 9 ends with goose plural
1:37 am
ursh
hehe me too :)
1:49 am
rebelsass
thank you, all!
1:51 am
grannyrose
yw rebel.
1:53 am
sprite
back. Hi darling, happy new year
1:55 am
rebelsass
FINALLY, nbt, nbs! Now I can go to bed for now. I'll be back later. Happy New Year, babblers! Have a good one! Good luck!
1:57 am
grannyrose
hey sprite. still struggling to breathe. i think they may have stopped the steroids too early.
1:58 am
sprite
Call. Them. Back. Now.
2:00 am
grannyrose
they have just doubled my inhaler which is steroid based. wondering if i should try it three times/day, instead of twice. too late for doctors at GP clinic. i will call first thing tomorrow morning.
2:01 am
sprite
call urgent help. ER. Whatever it is called overthere.
2:02 am
grannyrose
oh, yes. can do that.
2:02 am
sprite
they will confer with a doctor, and help you find out if you can up your meds or have to get over there now.
2:04 am
grannyrose
new urgent medical care clinic opened not far from us.
2:05 am
sprite
so USE them!
2:14 am
grannyrose
going now. will message you afterwards. xoxox
2:15 am
sprite
very good, darling. *hugs*
2:39 am
sprite
fireflies and poofing
5:49 am
MollyL
Happy New Year. Black-eyed peas are in the crock pot.
6:37 am
periwinkle
Happy New Year!!
6:45 am
saanichcat
oh sorry! Happy New Year!
6:46 am
saanichcat
hope the PB is well-stocked
6:50 am
MollyL
Lots of New Year's Eve leftover snacks and mimosas.
6:54 am
saanichcat
a mimosa would be great, thanks Molly
7:03 am
sukee
Happy New Year!
7:46 am
rururocks
One tangerine mimosa coming up
7:57 am
ChampFit
At Christmas I made OJ ice cubes, put them in champagne flutes and poured the prosecco over them. Worked like a charm! Added orange peel in one batch to be fancy.
8:05 am
MollyL
Tres chic Champ
8:07 am
ChampFit
easy peasy too.
8:09 am
crosshair
Happy New Year, Babblers!
8:28 am
saanichcat
great mimosa ru. HNY!
8:32 am
hokie carla
hello and HNY (again)
8:33 am
ChampFit
good morning!
8:34 am
montreal13
GM and HNY !
8:40 am
hurshy
hello and happy new year to those who celebrate
8:41 am
hurshy
nice to see so many people today!
8:42 am
hurshy
why do i always think "shran" is a word
8:44 am
hurshy
oho, maybe it's because if i stick another vowel in it, it IS a word
8:45 am
ChampFit
Well there ya go!
8:45 am
hurshy
which leaves me one S away from greying the top S
8:46 am
hurshy
phantom: sentient
8:47 am
hurshy
phantom: serene
8:49 am
hurshy
phantoms: henna, hernia
8:52 am
montreal13
bbl ( if i'm able ! ) for last 67 - have a great day all - poof
8:52 am
hurshy
ttfn monty
8:54 am
hurshy
must be some weird HO words
8:54 am
montreal13
bye hurshy
8:55 am
ChampFit
I need that one! Clue please?
8:55 am
hurshy
to... make something immortal?
8:56 am
ChampFit
Great clue, thank you!
8:56 am
hurshy
speaking of et words, the other day my sister was doing a crossword and had _ _ _ _ NA and the clue was italian volcano and she was like do you know any italian volcanos and i was like MT ETNA!!!!
8:57 am
ChampFit
Heck yeah!
9:03 am
hurshy
do we know if there are any RH words today?
9:03 am
ChampFit
There aren't
9:04 am
ChampFit
BBL for last 4.
9:06 am
hurshy
phantoms: next, text
9:06 am
rururocks
phantom : oarfish
9:06 am
hurshy
phancy phantom
9:12 am
hurshy
phantoms: theft, theif
9:12 am
hurshy
i mean thief
9:18 am
hokie carla
to those who celebrate? I thought new year was universal.
9:18 am
hurshy
thus making it a.... funny thing to say! :D
9:18 am
hokie carla
ah, I get jokes
9:19 am
hurshy
do we know if we have any is- words today?
9:20 am
hurshy
phantom: interfere
9:20 am
hokie carla
I am too all over the place today to answer that question, still 208 words left. have worked across top row and down first column
9:21 am
hurshy
hooray again!
9:23 am
periwinkle
es8 please
9:24 am
rururocks
lovers of art es8
9:25 am
periwinkle
merci ruru
9:25 am
hurshy
oooooo nice word
9:25 am
mael
hey, my name is in the grid. auspicious start to the year
9:25 am
hurshy
phantom: evasion
9:26 am
hokie carla
mael! you're back.
9:27 am
mael
hey everyone! happy january 1st :)
9:27 am
hokie carla
am I the only one that tried hereas?
9:28 am
rururocks
no.. i tried that too
9:28 am
rururocks
must have been the mimosas
9:28 am
hurshy
i tried it
9:29 am
hurshy
Es Eradicated!
9:34 am
hurshy
phantom: snifter
9:35 am
rururocks
that's a stretch
9:35 am
hurshy
stretching is important, otherwise you might pull a muscle
9:41 am
rastapopolous
hexene wasn't found in the dictionary? what the heck?(seen?)
9:41 am
hurshy
the non-chemistry-minded majority heaves a sigh of relief
9:42 am
hokie carla
ernes
9:43 am
hurshy
wow gremlinn called the 9 really fast
9:43 am
hokie carla
gremlin is a super word nerd
9:44 am
hurshy
but hopefully that means it's not too hard, despite the nerdiness?
9:44 am
hurshy
ooh found re8, at least, so that's nice
9:44 am
phaeton
which one?
9:45 am
hurshy
to attach securely again
9:45 am
hurshy
so there's another?
9:46 am
phaeton
re8/55 ; re8/40
9:46 am
hurshy
and does the 8/40 go with the 9?
9:46 am
phaeton
re8/40-re9/54
9:48 am
phaeton
which 8 do you have?
9:48 am
hurshy
the one i just said at 9:45
9:48 am
phaeton
after the re9 is a re7
9:49 am
rururocks
thanks for the 8 and 9
9:49 am
hurshy
i've got lots of 7s
9:50 am
rururocks
finally closed out the r's
9:51 am
phaeton
mael...can you clue the re8/40?
9:51 am
hurshy
yes please
9:51 am
rururocks
ends with hawaiian goose
9:51 am
mael
echo the end of the re6, that sounds like making a fork again
9:52 am
hurshy
thanks ru and mael
9:52 am
saanichcat
the 9 extends to many geese
9:52 am
phaeton
of course a chemical word
9:52 am
hokie carla
thanks, y'all
9:52 am
rururocks
you'd see it if you took a gander at it
9:53 am
mael
there's also a very similar re6 and 7
9:53 am
mael
if you're down with that
9:53 am
hurshy
well don't we know that cause you clued it based on the 6
9:53 am
mael
no, different one
9:53 am
rastapopolous
so it'll take these obscure chemistry words, but not hexene? no fair!
9:53 am
hurshy
i mean you could say there are TWO very similar 6 and 7 pairs really
9:54 am
hokie carla
I need 2 R's but have the two sets of similar 6/7 and the 8/9
9:54 am
hurshy
did you get the first pair, re5/16 and 6/27?
9:55 am
hurshy
how about the stomach lining re6/18 and pl
9:55 am
hurshy
to purify, to take a ship and make the inside new again
9:55 am
hokie carla
could be anything I guess
9:56 am
hurshy
if you have both of those pairs then i think that means you are not missing a PAIR
9:56 am
hokie carla
have those too
9:56 am
hurshy
6 re4, 2 ro (both 4s as well)
9:56 am
hokie carla
will look for singles
9:57 am
hokie carla
was missing the horse color
9:57 am
hurshy
and did you give the horse footwear again?
9:58 am
hokie carla
think I'm missing an re4 so looking there now
9:58 am
mael
found a really weird ho7/8 that sounds like tortilla chips lol
9:58 am
hokie carla
duh, the sports one
9:59 am
hurshy
thanks mael, i KNEW there had to be weird HO words!
9:59 am
hokie carla
thanks, mael. we've had that before but I didn't remember it.
10:03 am
hokie carla
the one mael said or another?
10:03 am
hokie carla
it's a plural, maybe something on a baby unicorn
10:03 am
hurshy
there can't be another
10:03 am
hurshy
i have all the 8s
10:03 am
hokie carla
I still need one H there
10:04 am
hokie carla
and 3 8's so wasn't sure
10:04 am
hurshy
me too i just know it's not an H
10:04 am
mael
that's the only ho8
10:04 am
hurshy
i mean i know the H is not an 8, lol
10:04 am
phaeton
ty...that took care of the left H
10:04 am
hurshy
i miss one word from 10 tiles, and 2 i words
10:05 am
hurshy
dang it, then what H are we missing, phae?
10:05 am
hokie carla
I was wondering how you knew your one H was not an H 🤣
10:06 am
hurshy
i have 5 ho4 in a row, then the stingers, then mael's words
10:06 am
phaeton
I have all the h's
10:06 am
hokie carla
that's what I have, hurshy
10:07 am
hurshy
ok got it, thanks!
10:07 am
hokie carla
ooh, found the 7 thanks
10:07 am
phaeton
maybe it's not an ho
10:08 am
hurshy
it pretty much had to be, if it was He- it would almost certainly come from the top (where i am also missing one...)
10:09 am
hokie carla
all the 1st col H are HO
10:09 am
hurshy
aHA got that one too
10:09 am
rururocks
finished on a si5 that was hidden
10:09 am
hokie carla
congrats, ruru
10:10 am
hurshy
hmm well i have all those S
10:10 am
rururocks
time for brekkie.. happy new years all
10:10 am
hokie carla
you too
10:10 am
hurshy
i wish i had some real french croissants
10:10 am
hokie carla
I wish I could eat real french croissants
10:11 am
hurshy
why can't you? lactose?
10:12 am
hokie carla
are you trolling me? 🤣
gluten
10:12 am
hokie carla
if not, this is where molly comes and remarks how I've mentioned it a million times
10:13 am
hurshy
sorry, i often find it hard to remember details about people without having a face to put to it. unless it's like, something i have in common with them, like being a Whovian or something
10:13 am
hokie carla
quite alright and understandable
10:14 am
hurshy
the rose parade is really so much more impressive than the thanksgiving parade
10:14 am
hokie carla
and are you saying you don't have a database with notes on everyone?
10:14 am
hurshy
yes, i am saying that
10:15 am
hurshy
found one of my i word!
10:15 am
hokie carla
thanks for the parade reminder, I always miss it
10:17 am
hurshy
oh billie jean king is the marshal!
10:18 am
hurshy
wow lookit those pandas
10:18 am
mael
have a great day everyone
10:19 am
phaeton
bye mael
10:24 am
hokie carla
bye mael
10:24 am
phaeton
any clues wanted?
10:24 am
hokie carla
congrats mael and phae
10:25 am
hokie carla
I still haven't finished first pass
10:25 am
hurshy
i have but haven't listed, and if i list then i prob won't need clues, lol
10:25 am
hurshy
it's a catch 22
10:26 am
hurshy
4 to words? one tr?
10:30 am
hurshy
zero TS? hopefully
10:31 am
penquis
morning all....Happy New Year!
10:31 am
hurshy
ok both my missing T are TE then
10:32 am
hurshy
aHA one was a te7
10:33 am
hurshy
and a fish! thanks phae
10:33 am
hurshy
any guesses which i word i would miss? are they all in?
10:34 am
penquis
*adjusting my invisibility cloak*....
10:34 am
hurshy
sorry pen, hi there
10:37 am
hurshy
keep re-phantoming intern
10:37 am
hokie carla
pen!
10:37 am
hurshy
oho i forgot the babblet
10:39 am
hurshy
need one lower A too
10:41 am
hurshy
F and upper S would be harder
10:42 am
BzznBea
Hello friends.
10:42 am
BzznBea
Carla, did you get your dress finished?
10:42 am
penquis
hi bea...
10:43 am
hokie carla
bea!
10:44 am
hurshy
bonks self on head for A
10:44 am
hokie carla
it was like fashion week or something how I was doing last minute things. even had to get mr. homie to trim the lining while I was doing my makeup
10:44 am
hurshy
ve6, that one not fishy
10:45 am
hokie carla
had to restyle with a sweater on top because the crop overlay I made with the pattern looked terrible
10:46 am
BzznBea
I'm sure you looked divine.
10:48 am
hokie carla
instead of hemming I tried sewing on this decorative selvage from the skirt fabric but I didn't measure it first. (was doing this in a bathrobe and my wet hair in a towel). so of course it wasn't long enough, so then I started seam ripping it out and it was too hard, so then I cut it off and had to hem.
10:48 am
hokie carla
also had to pick out the invisible zipper like 3x because I kept doing it wrong. and I don't have an inv. zipper foot so it's not invisible.
10:49 am
hokie carla
congrats
10:49 am
hokie carla
and the skirt fabric has mini sequins so today I will be cleaning the sewing room and machines
10:50 am
penquis
congrats, hursh...
10:50 am
BzznBea
Now wonder it was so complicated.
10:50 am
penquis
sounds like way too much work....i am tired thinking about it...
10:51 am
hokie carla
well, the pattern tutorial said it was a quick sew. took me like 3 days
10:52 am
hokie carla
but par for the course for my garment makes. it usually goes pretty well right until the end and then something major happens. I was really questioning my hobby yesterday.
10:53 am
hokie carla
I see people in the FB groups who crank out several things daily. maybe if I made stuff more than once it would go faster in subsequent attempts.
10:56 am
hokie carla
next up I hope to make some winter golf clothes
10:57 am
penquis
i admire your industriousness....
10:58 am
hokie carla
ha, thanks
10:58 am
hokie carla
I did get a xmas golf/tennis jacket made before xmas
10:59 am
hokie carla
usually don't get any of my planned makes done in season. I should start swimsuits now.
11:15 am
penquis
time for lunch...bbl....bye all...
11:15 am
hokie carla
about to call it as well. bye pen.
11:16 am
hokie carla
one tile left on the first pass
11:18 am
hokie carla
well, last tile was the corner E and I can only find 1. 47 left for later.
10-13-13-8-3
12:06 pm
medusa
first ar7 please?
12:07 pm
BzznBea
ends in not day
12:09 pm
periwinkle
ty Bea
12:50 pm
nrkii
Quiet day. Nice grid! Happy New Year!
12:52 pm
penquis
Happy New Year to you, too, nrkii...
1:02 pm
dcseain
Happy New Year to all yall!
1:03 pm
penquis
ditto to you, dc....
1:38 pm
penquis
stalled at 22...break time...bye all...
2:32 pm
cybernan
Happy New Year Everyone :)
2:48 pm
cybernan
for some reason I can't get the hard boot to work today
2:58 pm
BzznBea
1-3-1-1 S HHH SS
3:02 pm
BzznBea
My last was the young female cow.
3:14 pm
hokie carla
didn't have that, thanks
3:14 pm
hokie carla
and HNY, nan
3:17 pm
cybernan
just reading the chat and chuckling at Carla's sewng woes. I used to so everything I and my daughter wore -- even the boy's clothes up intil about age 8. I hardly so at all now. Fabrics are so expensive that it is cheaper just to buy everything.
3:19 pm
cybernan
*sew not so -- my mind obviously not on what I am doing
3:19 pm
dcseain
:) your meaning was clear. :)
3:22 pm
cybernan
I hate to think what the cost of things are going to be if Trump goes ahead with his 25% tax -- that would mean a 50
3:22 pm
cybernan
50% increase on everything imported from the states.
3:22 pm
dcseain
indeed. He undervalues the value of low trade barriers. And the difficulty of toolling up to produce here,
3:23 pm
hokie carla
with the world of fast fashion, you can definitely buy stuff cheaper, but I like being able to make things fit me
3:23 pm
cybernan
people up here just won't be buying anything but the necessities.
3:24 pm
cybernan
you obviously aren't paying $17/yard for cotton broadcloth!
3:24 pm
hokie carla
now singing the bare (bear?) necessities from the jungle book movie
3:24 pm
dcseain
yes, I've gone upmarket with my clothing for quality and ability to tailor thins.
3:25 pm
hokie carla
I buy mostly knits, which i have to do online, which means $15 shipping at least
3:26 pm
hokie carla
last cotton I bought was a cotton lawn for $8.29/yd
3:27 pm
cybernan
you would never get it for that here. Broadcloth is about the cheapest fabric you can buy. Very few decent fabrics for less that $20/yd.
3:28 pm
cybernan
Thank goodness I don't need the wardrobe I did when I was younger.
3:28 pm
hokie carla
when I first started sewing garments like 10 or 15 years ago, I was making pj pants for my boys and went to my LQS (local quilt shop) for some flannel and didn't notice the price. It was like $32/yd or something. like the pj pants ended up costing over $70.
3:28 pm
hokie carla
I definitely learned to pay attention to that!
3:30 pm
cybernan
our problem is that Fabricland came in with their discount prices and drove every other drygoods store in town out of business. Now they have a monopoly other than a handful of quilt shops, so can charge whatever they want.
3:31 pm
hokie carla
have seen that mentioned in the FB sewing groups. I assumed it was like our Joann Fabrics
3:31 pm
cybernan
yes - very similar
3:32 pm
hokie carla
none of the quilt shops carry knits, or carry a very limited selection.
3:32 pm
cybernan
same here
3:32 pm
hokie carla
Joann has a decent selection of knits now, but I can get nicer ones from my favorites online
3:34 pm
cybernan
I just make stuff for the house now when I can't find the colours I want. I don't have too much trouble buying clothes that fit and It's not like I need to dress up to go out very much. All of our community activities are casual and the black tie dinners are a thing of the past :)
3:36 pm
hokie carla
yeah, I rarely go anywhere in something besides workout clothes and the few times I go to the clubhouse I can wear nice jeans with a nice top. I need more golf and tennis clothes though, and having plenty of patterns that will work, I'd rather do that than pay golf clothes prices.
3:38 pm
cybernan
what are the stats for the 9?
3:39 pm
hokie carla
re9, it's a plural
3:39 pm
hokie carla
prob not going to get the 8 without help, so let me know
3:41 pm
cybernan
the only re 8 I have is a verb and the 2nd person conjugation isn't there
3:45 pm
cybernan
going to take a break and come back with fresh eyes
3:49 pm
dcseain
I have re8 and fa8
3:50 pm
hokie carla
there is a sciency one that ends in the hawaiian goose and looks like extra of 2 similar 6/7 sets
3:55 pm
dcseain
thank you.
4:22 pm
mkg
any meaning for the re 9?
4:30 pm
dcseain
hokie just clued it.
4:56 pm
dcseain
oh, it's a do-again word
4:57 pm
dcseain
like to attach again.
5:00 pm
mkg
thinking a nd trying to find it.
5:02 pm
mkg
what i have is ending not near an s and is an 8. not seeing the goose ending
5:03 pm
mkg
the goose ending is not taking.
5:03 pm
mkg
closest i am coming is the re 8. no nine.
5:07 pm
mkg
what am i doing wrong? re plus opp of slow, plus goose? and plural? not getting it.
5:07 pm
periwinkle
af6 please
5:11 pm
mkg
is the re 8 55 before the 9?????
5:12 pm
mkg
gotit. wrong 8........
5:32 pm
dcseain
the 8 is before the 9 the 9 Is a plural.
6:14 pm
suefrad625
I want to start by sending prayers to New Orleans, Las Vegas, Germany. God, you have a problem down here. I give it to you.
8:50 pm
dan2bit
to start over is to start af6