12:16 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
1:31 am
crosshair
Phantom:ministries
1:32 am
crosshair
A very early good morning, Babblers. :)
1:33 am
grannyrose
CROSSY !!!! * hugs *
1:34 am
crosshair
((grannyrose))
1:36 am
grannyrose
gosh i have missed you. if you are here a bit longer Sprite may appear.
1:37 am
grannyrose
how ya been? where ya been? who did you see, and what did you eat?
1:37 am
crosshair
:) usually by the time I get on all of you are long gone, but I have a touch of indomnia tonight. :) Nice to see you. :)
1:37 am
crosshair
Insomnia
1:38 am
grannyrose
ugh bad insomnia... but good for me...
1:39 am
sprite
morning babblers
1:39 am
crosshair
We have not been up to much, same old, same old sort of thing. My beloved recently had to get some dental surgery, but she is recovering nicely.
1:39 am
crosshair
(((Sprite)))
1:39 am
grannyrose
and that she blows !!
1:40 am
sprite
*hugs crossy and rose*
1:40 am
grannyrose
* hugs * my dear friend
1:42 am
crosshair
Sadly we are up to our necks handling the current us sdministration at the moment. Not much room to think of anything else at the moment. It is odd walking into our liquor stores and seeing all the Shelves empty of U.S boize.
1:43 am
crosshair
Darn typos. Please just translate. :)
1:43 am
sprite
bad stuff for sure
1:44 am
grannyrose
i am in tears for USA. but it appears Canada has things in hand. hope you ride out the storm, mate.
1:46 am
sprite
tight little grid, this
1:47 am
grannyrose
it is. but at least no k words.
1:48 am
sprite
all grids without K are good grids
1:49 am
dizgrannie
to those in Australias
1:50 am
dizgrannie
oops sorry
1:50 am
grannyrose
six days to go sprite.
1:50 am
sprite
but who's counting *hug*
1:51 am
crosshair
I generally do not do well with K words. I immediately go babble blind with them. :)
1:51 am
dizgrannie
to those in Queensland and northern NSW Australia, stay safe
1:51 am
sprite
I so want that T in the corner to be a D. I mean... dominion. Right? But no.
1:52 am
crosshair
What going on?
1:52 am
sprite
crossy, you and me both :) Even after all these years, I am still babble K blind.
1:52 am
dizgrannie
cyclone coming in
1:52 am
grannyrose
i think i'll make it but not sure about my sanity. despite panadol osteo two of, tapentadil, and endone, shoulders and upper back still 9/10. thank goodness for painaway.
1:53 am
grannyrose
our vicar arrived home last night from surfer's diz, much to our relief.
1:53 am
sprite
honey, you NEED to get those infusions closer together.
1:53 am
crosshair
Cyclone?!!! You guys stay safe. We love our aussies!
1:54 am
grannyrose
this time out of my control. doc was away at the time i was supposed to go in.
1:54 am
sprite
cyclone? Not good. Anywhere near you, rose?
1:55 am
crosshair
I am sorry you sre in pain, granny. :(
1:55 am
sprite
Doc has no business being away when you need your infusion. Next time, you go in before he goes away. Better too soon than too late, like now. You tell him from me. Tsk. Slacker.
1:55 am
dizgrannie
supposehit landfall sometime tomorrow
1:55 am
grannyrose
nope, further north.worried for my friend and her family.
1:55 am
grannyrose
don't worry. he's gonna get both barrels.
1:56 am
sprite
yeah, that sounds worrisome for sure. May the Big Guy keep them all safe.
1:56 am
grannyrose
thanks crossy.
1:57 am
crosshair
I best hurry here as I know Sprite generally whips off these grids in twenty minutes or so. :)
1:58 am
sprite
lol crossy, never!
1:58 am
grannyrose
giggle. she whips off everything crossy. talk about quick change... lol
1:59 am
sprite
okay, major peeve: if you can reconnoiter, why the heck isn't connoiter valid? Or connoitre, I give english spelling its due too.
1:59 am
sprite
*whips off Oodie... nooooo too cold! whips it right back on*
2:01 am
grannyrose
ooohhhh too late. i saw your titties, i saw your titties... hides under table. explosive giggles.
2:01 am
crosshair
Sprite, did you know that as a writer, if I submit anything to a U.S publishing firm, I usually have to "americanize" the spelling before it is even considered?
2:01 am
sprite
well you were talking about giving both barrels, so there
2:01 am
sprite
omg crossy, that is so ugly! TOtally inversion of values!
2:02 am
crosshair
O.K, why is everyone whipping out titties??? You guys are wild in here at night!
2:02 am
grannyrose
everyone ?? you too crossy. flashing your man boobs??
2:02 am
sprite
nothing wrong with titties
2:03 am
crosshair
My "moobs?"
2:04 am
grannyrose
oh dear. sprite, Don is giving me THAT look...and it's your fault. i'm giggling AND snorting.
2:04 am
crosshair
Or "chesticles," if you prefer.
2:04 am
grannyrose
R O F L O L
2:04 am
sprite
omg I LOVE that word. Chesticles it is from now on.
2:05 am
grannyrose
the mind pics are killing me
2:05 am
sprite
Don should be used to that by now.
2:05 am
grannyrose
all together now... swing to the right, swing to the left, and doh si doh your partner.
2:06 am
crosshair
You guys are naughty. Now I know where all the fun happens.
2:06 am
sprite
ohhhh that momentum!
2:06 am
grannyrose
can hardly type.... everything is shaking...
2:07 am
sprite
can you imagine, crossy, how bad we were when we were meeting up live? We made the netherlands, france and belgium totally unsafe for weeks.
2:07 am
grannyrose
do you hear what i hear? crossy's chesticles are ringing my song.
2:08 am
crosshair
If I were down under we would have to go on a pub crawl about now.
2:08 am
crosshair
I dont doubt it,sprite!
2:08 am
sprite
ohhhh yes. I would totally do a pub crawl with you and rose.
2:08 am
grannyrose
crawl being the operative word..
2:09 am
crosshair
One gin and tonic at each pub until you can no longer say gin and tonic.
2:10 am
grannyrose
" snort " remember that poor waiter in Belgium, trying to explain why he couldn't make me a sangria, and me blithely saying, just top up the red wine with ice and lemon ade. the look of horror on his face.
2:10 am
sprite
gimmegimmanihicrightnow!
2:10 am
sprite
omg yes :D I laughed till I cried. Poor man.
2:11 am
grannyrose
HEY share the straw.
2:11 am
sprite
I see two strawshhhh
2:11 am
grannyrose
there should be three. don't forget crossy.
2:12 am
crosshair
I would make you ladies my famous long island iced tea: one ounce each of gin, rum, vodka, triple sec, add pink lemonade, splaskmog coke, top with crushed ice.
2:12 am
sprite
*grabs handful of straws and puts them in* Free for all!
2:12 am
crosshair
Splash if*
2:12 am
sprite
ooooo yes crossy! Sounds delish. And deadly.
2:12 am
grannyrose
oh my crossy.
2:13 am
grannyrose
bring your own wheelchair time.
2:13 am
crosshair
Two of them and you can no longer feel your legs,ndo have a pee first.
2:14 am
sprite
will bring extra tena lady extra heavy duty. We will manage.
2:14 am
grannyrose
buts that's half the fun. watching us walk with our legs crossed, across the room.
2:15 am
grannyrose
good idea sprite. i'll take three. one for each leg too.
2:15 am
sprite
we are such good girl scouts. Always prepared.
2:16 am
crosshair
When I used to bartend the rules demanded a quarter ounce of each--not a full ounce.
2:17 am
sprite
tsk it is all a matter of proportion. Just use a bigger glass. There.
2:17 am
crosshair
But it was weak and not fit to be served that way at home.
2:18 am
crosshair
Use one of those "yard of beer" glaases. I believe they hold eight pints.
2:19 am
grannyrose
sorry. had to leave the room. there was this whiny voice on the TV. it's like finger nails on a black board to me.
2:19 am
sprite
see? There you go.
2:19 am
crosshair
Trump speaking agan?
2:19 am
grannyrose
is that what you call it crossy?
2:20 am
sprite
am sure I will go to hell. Because I really want that man to die. Now.
2:20 am
grannyrose
bookdoctor calls it tRump.
2:21 am
crosshair
We call him Private bone spurs--among other things.
2:21 am
grannyrose
i know sprite. i am trying very hard to be charitable, but many times a day i lose the battle.
2:21 am
sprite
trumplestiltskin
2:22 am
grannyrose
oh read about that crossy. what a load of old crock.
2:22 am
sprite
I am afraid I am not even trying anymore. Bad excuse for a human being. No need to be alive. Just sayin'.
2:23 am
crosshair
He whine abou fentynal, yet only 0.003% actually crosses our border southwards.
2:24 am
grannyrose
what really frightens me is how he is snuggling up to china and russia.
2:24 am
Kamanjah
Imagine how most of us here feel. Less than 50% voted for him and now all the farmers are angry. He's insane, IMO. He whines about everything.
2:24 am
crosshair
Yes. That is very disturbing.
2:24 am
sprite
amen, Kam. And hugs.
2:25 am
crosshair
Wait till Ford cuts off the flow of potash!)
2:25 am
Kamanjah
Hi! I'm so sick of the news. Every day something else hits the fan.
2:25 am
crosshair
It does drain you, Kam.
2:26 am
sprite
I really really really do not get anyone cruising for war. War is the worst. Even if you only have one functional braincell in your head, you steer away from war.
2:26 am
crosshair
Every day another disaster.
2:26 am
crosshair
Every day another disaster.
2:26 am
crosshair
Sorry hiccuped.
2:26 am
sprite
a very apt one
2:27 am
Kamanjah
Today's news said our social security may be cut off next month. He "promised" not to do that.
2:27 am
Kamanjah
I will be in deep doo if my income goes away.
2:27 am
grannyrose
hey Kam. * hugs * dear one. i'm hoping and praying you all survive the 4 years.
2:28 am
Kamanjah
Gads, I hope he is kicked out in some way or another before the 4 years is over. The US won't ever be the same. The courts are trying to stop him and he is ignoring court orders.
2:32 am
crosshair
Back in a bit, I need some nocturnal snackies,
2:33 am
grannyrose
what are we having crossy?
2:34 am
sprite
from your mouth to God's ear, Kam
2:34 am
crosshair
Ritz crackers topped with kelbasa and five year old cheddar.
2:35 am
grannyrose
what ?? no bacon ??
2:36 am
Kamanjah
I hope so, Sprite. I'm just burned out listening to what little news I do listen to, lol! I couldn't bear to hear his speech tonight. I guess I'll read about the aftermath tomorrow.
2:36 am
crosshair
Lol, no, if I try to make bacon at three-thirty in the morning I would probably burn the house diwn.
2:37 am
sprite
am not following the news. I find it does not help at all to know all the details. Better use my time and energy to pray that he will be stopped
2:39 am
crosshair
...though I do have a few rasher set to go for second breakfast. :)
2:40 am
grannyrose
sprite. with your ptsd i wouldn't. it's enough to make me ill.
2:40 am
sprite
yes, I just can't. And shouldn't. But I can pray. And I do.
2:41 am
crosshair
Some say he is showing early indications of an oncoming strole--we can only hope. J.D can spoon feed him his maccas and diet coke.
2:41 am
sprite
fireflies. That means I have to go walk the dogs. *hugs* my dear friends, thanks for the company. You guys rock.
2:42 am
crosshair
Stroke*
2:42 am
crosshair
Take care sprite *hugs*
2:44 am
grannyrose
WTG SPRITE !!
2:50 am
grannyrose
dinner time here. Crossy, don't be a stranger, you hear?
6:53 am
godthaab
We call him the Orange Whankmaggot
7:02 am
jeepers
downright hateful chatter this morning. pitiful
7:10 am
MollyL
If you are going to read chat here, you should get used to the fact that the majority of people here are Trump haters. And they will jump all over anyone who is not. I'm not saying that is right, just that it's the way it is.
7:12 am
jeepers
nobody should have to "get used" to this type of vitriol.
7:12 am
markbowers7
i concur.
7:13 am
markbowers7
i don't typically follow the chat very much but i was intrigued to see it today.
7:14 am
MollyL
I agree. I would prefer a respectful back and forth of differing opinions. But it has always been majority rules here.
7:16 am
markbowers7
While I didn't vote for him, I am not surprised that he won. I do not agree with everything his administration is doing, but our government is long overdue for an overhaul, and that's what they're doing.
7:18 am
markbowers7
Every time I start to become upset about their methods I have to remind myself that I have never run a corporation nor tried to balance a multi-billion dollar budget. Heck, I can't even balance our multi-thousand dollar budget...
7:23 am
MollyL
I can see people not liking Trump or his politics, but wishing someone dead is harsh.
7:33 am
markbowers7
I totally agree.
7:45 am
mael
I do run a corporation and will tell you that any CEO that did what they're doing would be fired
7:46 am
mael
and might I remind you that the man filed for bankruptcy 6 times
7:50 am
Scrabbler
The axe/machete approach has been terrible to witness.
7:54 am
mael
there's no way to improve anything if you don't understand what you're cutting
7:55 am
MollyL
Good point mael.
8:04 am
phaeton
stats for the fourth column O pls
8:07 am
hokie carla
ugh, the vowels
8:10 am
hokie carla
wow, my chatterbox was stuck on 2:50, and I wondered where everyone was, so when my post didn't show up I refreshed and there are people here. howdy, folks.
8:21 am
hokie carla
or not
8:22 am
saanichcat
hello carla!!
8:23 am
hokie carla
hey cat!
8:24 am
saanichcat
how's it going, what's new?
8:25 am
hokie carla
okay, and nothing new...how about you?
8:25 am
hokie carla
almost nimrod here
8:26 am
saanichcat
same, getting into Spring now, daffs up, lots of earthquakes, the usual
8:26 am
hokie carla
finally HOET
8:27 am
hokie carla
wow, daffodils are up here too but am surprised about up there.
8:28 am
saanichcat
this tiny area is very warm, can even grow olives, kiwis etc
8:28 am
hokie carla
we went to a thing last night with a bunch of neighbors and didn't even need a coat walking back to the car. it wasn't super warm yesterday but it didn't get cold cold when it got dark. so springy feeling.
8:28 am
MollyL
We get daffodils this time of year too.
8:32 am
rururocks
my neighbor grows nasturtiums they smell great
8:33 am
rururocks
her husband grows pot .. and that's the summer smell
8:35 am
rururocks
spring is fragrant and summer smells like a pack of skunks mating and scenting
8:36 am
hokie carla
not sure that's the growing of the pot as much as the smoking of the pot
8:36 am
rururocks
that's the growing.. it's really smelly
8:36 am
rururocks
when they smoke it it's smelly too but in a different way
8:38 am
MollyL
No contact highs for Ru
8:39 am
rururocks
other than that they're good neighbors mostly.. they do have backyard pot parties with a lot of coughing and cackling
8:45 am
MollyL
Cheetos for everyone!!
8:49 am
rururocks
my other neighbor teaches bible study for little kids in her front yard.. so I get jesus from both directions
8:51 am
hokie carla
is this grid easy ruru? I still have 35 left.
8:51 am
rururocks
so far.. I just started I have 29 left right now
8:51 am
Dorens
all grids are easy for ru
well, almost all grids. Once in a blue moon he finds one hard
8:52 am
rururocks
hiya doren
8:52 am
hokie carla
yeah, I know
8:52 am
rururocks
(waits for molly's incoming joke)
8:53 am
Dorens
morning. Just keeping my mind occupied while I eat breakfast. Going for my scan this morning
8:54 am
rururocks
oh.. good I hope the results are better than ever... let me know if you have a minute.
8:54 am
rururocks
what's for breakfast?
8:54 am
hokie carla
yes, best wishes, doren
8:54 am
Dorens
Might not get results till Friday
8:54 am
Dorens
greek yogurt, my homemade granola, blueberries and bananas. And a latte
8:55 am
rururocks
oh like scotland
8:55 am
Dorens
thanks Carla and ru. If it hasn't grown I'll be happy. Since it shrunk by 70% I can't imagine any more shrinking. But we'll see
8:55 am
rururocks
oh it could shrink more.. here's hoping..
8:56 am
ChampFit
Perfect time to pop back in...hoping for shrinkage Doren!
8:56 am
Dorens
ok. I'll hope
8:57 am
Dorens
and thanks champ
9:02 am
rururocks
oh got that ho8 finally
9:02 am
ChampFit
That's the only 8 I have
9:02 am
rururocks
mi8 is an easy one
9:03 am
Dorens
funny. I just got mi8 before you said that. and it's my only
9:03 am
MollyL
*Quietly laughing at "he finds one hard"
9:03 am
ChampFit
I'm sure it is!
9:04 am
hokie carla
and there it is
9:04 am
Dorens
can you clue the h8 please?
9:04 am
rururocks
sounds like a musical term but for teenagers going through puberty
9:05 am
ChampFit
Or menopausal women.
9:05 am
Dorens
great clue thanks
9:05 am
hokie carla
or pregnant women
9:05 am
ChampFit
Got the mi....DUH.
9:05 am
Dorens
clue (s). I hadn't seen yours Carla, but also great clue
9:05 am
rururocks
where you priest to find it?
9:06 am
hokie carla
I do not have any other 8s
9:06 am
ChampFit
:) ....and on Ash Wednesday no less!
9:06 am
hokie carla
did not realize today is ash wed
9:06 am
rururocks
oh is it ash wednesday?
9:06 am
Dorens
well, gotta go folks. Happy babbling
9:06 am
hokie carla
bye dorens
9:06 am
rururocks
good luck doren.. great to see you
9:07 am
ChampFit
Yes is it. Good luck Doren!
9:07 am
hokie carla
so yesterday was fat tues?
9:08 am
rururocks
what does fat Tuesday mean?
9:08 am
MollyL
Today we remember that we are dust and to dust we will return
9:08 am
hokie carla
that's when you eat everything you're giving up for lent
9:08 am
rururocks
does my ash look big in this urn?
9:09 am
MollyL
The question is, what does Mardi Gras mean? Answer, Fat Tuesday.
9:09 am
ChampFit
"repent and believe in the gospel" is what I usually say when giving them out. And yes ru...big...HUGE ash
9:10 am
rururocks
it's a little late for me to repent
9:11 am
hokie carla
I grew up methodist and don't ever rem. my church having ash wed service. But they have in recent years. And when I was in college I was lie, why all these people walking around with dirt on their heads?
9:11 am
MollyL
Little kid in the grocery store..."Mommy why do people have big black x's on their foreheads?"
9:11 am
hokie carla
*like
9:11 am
ChampFit
A friend of mine is a Lutheran minister, and he's done the drive thru ashes before.
9:12 am
hokie carla
little kid or 18 yos who never knew any catholics
9:12 am
rururocks
*tosses Champ in the PB*
9:12 am
ChampFit
CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!
9:12 am
MollyL
I remember during COVID the Catholic church was doing "drive by ashes". 🤣
9:13 am
rururocks
we call that the red light district here in SF
9:13 am
hokie carla
thank you for pointing that out, I was still looking for mi
9:13 am
ChampFit
Bless you, my child.
9:15 am
hokie carla
alright, I gotta do some errands. 32 for later.
10-6-8-6-2
9:19 am
rururocks
can I ask you one texas question Champ without getting into a political dialogue?
9:22 am
rururocks
well the last 8 is a t or a s
9:23 am
ChampFit
Sorry...I was off on another tab. Sure...what's up?
9:24 am
rururocks
how did you feel when you were all out of power in that one winter and Ted Cruz instead of staying to help, went on vacation in Cozumel and got Dolphin tattoos?
9:25 am
ChampFit
I figured he had it planned ahead of time, and just went ahead and went. Also assumed he was working from there, as I often get stuck doing.
9:26 am
rururocks
oh.. but that's not what really happened. he hadn't planned to go but did and then said it was about his daughters
9:26 am
rururocks
thanks I was just curious what a texan would think about that
9:28 am
ChampFit
I don't know...it wasn't top of mind for me at the time. Too busy freezing my ass off, till we gave up and went to my mom's. She has a huge generator, so we were good till the electricity came back.
9:29 am
ChampFit
We lasted about 36 hours. When I could see my own breath in the middle of the day in my house, made the call to abandon ship.
9:32 am
rururocks
yeah.. that was a bad time for Texas...
9:32 am
rururocks
That and Jerry Jones still not finding a proper GM
9:32 am
ChampFit
Did you find your last 8?
9:35 am
rururocks
not a bad grid.. a few really twisty words and a couple well hidden words.
9:36 am
ChampFit
The whole bottom half is making me nuts, but may just need a break. Congrats!
9:39 am
ChampFit
Taking a break. BBL.
11:22 am
mkg
Any clues for 8s welcome. Have none.
11:25 am
momof5
Mi8 - another word for preacher
11:26 am
momof5
Ho8 - sounds like small instrument you slide on your lips
11:28 am
momof5
I don’t have the other two yet
11:37 am
penquis
there is a tr 8/50....
11:38 am
penquis
and hello all....
11:38 am
BzznBea
Hey, pen.
11:38 am
penquis
hi Bea...
11:38 am
momof5
Do you have a clue for the tri8
11:39 am
penquis
starts with the prefiix for 3....last two letters are most of frozen water...
11:39 am
BzznBea
its a birth defect
11:40 am
penquis
an extra chromosome...
11:40 am
momof5
Thx. I’ll start looking.
11:40 am
BzznBea
Are you getting weather, pen?
11:41 am
penquis
rain all day and into tomorrow....too warm for snow....
11:41 am
momof5
Got it. Thx!
11:41 am
penquis
are you near any fires, Bea?
11:42 am
BzznBea
Heavy rain and wind here.
11:42 am
hurshy
hiya folks
11:42 am
penquis
hi hursh...
11:42 am
granadan
Well I'm not sure that birth defect is quite accurate. Its a chromosomal abnormality. But my tr8 daughter is quite perfect :)
11:42 am
penquis
we are expecting more winds tomorrow....
11:42 am
crosshair
Ty for tr8, Pen. :)
11:43 am
BzznBea
No, we are northern. Fires are southern and western.
11:43 am
penquis
good....for you, at least....
11:43 am
hurshy
hear hear granadan :)
11:43 am
BzznBea
Thanks for the clarification, granadan.
11:47 am
hurshy
is there only one SH word???
11:47 am
penquis
i have three as well....
11:48 am
mkg
ty for great clues for the 8s. Got them
11:50 am
hurshy
if only one of those bottom N tiles were an F we could have ho4ific
11:50 am
mkg
so what does the tr 8 word mean?
11:50 am
penquis
an extra chromosome....not just a pair....
11:52 am
mkg
IBut it doesnt affect the person?
11:52 am
penquis
no idea....
11:53 am
mkg
Any help with the R word for 4th column R welcome.
11:53 am
penquis
don't have it yet...
11:54 am
BzznBea
rh4 from top r
11:54 am
penquis
oh duh...ty, Bea...
11:54 am
mkg
Got it of course.
11:55 am
mkg
One last missing tile is fourth column o word. Help welcome
11:55 am
hurshy
it affects the person, similar to Down syndrome, however, what granadan is saying is that it isn't a DEFECT, just a difference, and thus she sees her daughter as perfect just as she is. given the horrible people in the federal gov't right now, it behooves the rest of us to be even more considerate in the way we talk about such things and stand up against any attitudes that subtly suggest some people are inferior to others.
11:56 am
penquis
it's or 5...a babblet....ends with a plural letter....
11:56 am
mkg
Ty got it pen.
11:57 am
mkg
Interestging hurshy. Ty. My husband is a fed govt employee and he is wonderful so be careful of terminology. The employees are fine. It is the elected ones you are critical of i assume.
11:57 am
hurshy
yes i just mean the people currently running things at the top
11:59 am
hurshy
pres & cabinet, musk
11:59 am
hurshy
that fourth col single R is rh4
12:04 pm
hurshy
ooh if that third col i were an A we'd have cinnamon
12:15 pm
hurshy
phantom: nostril
12:16 pm
penquis
stalled at 38....taking a break...bye all....
12:30 pm
hurshy
hmm it says in chat there is an mi7. have the 8 but doesn't seem like a 7 would necessarily be related.
12:31 pm
BzznBea
not related
12:31 pm
hurshy
is it like, using the "you did something wrong" prefix?
12:35 pm
hurshy
do you have both left col O words? i have the aromatic veg that makes you cry when you cut it but cannot figure out what the other one is
12:36 pm
suefrad625
hi all
12:37 pm
hurshy
oh well, that would explain why i haven't found it!
12:38 pm
BzznBea
greek letter
12:38 pm
hurshy
ahh, i kept trying to do omni- stuff
12:53 pm
moolingwa
55-42-19-9-4
1:03 pm
periwinkle
hi all. help with mi8 please
1:04 pm
lbuxx
that one works off of the MI5/12 right before it Peri
1:05 pm
periwinkle
I have an mi512. is there more than one of them
1:05 pm
BzznBea
mi 8 is a preacher
1:06 pm
periwinkle
ty both. I did not have the right mi5
1:06 pm
periwinkle
that is the ony 8 I have now
1:07 pm
suefrad625
ty bzz
1:08 pm
lbuxx
I've got the HO8/55 , not quite sure how to clue it though... mb starts w/ what ladies in menopause deal with? Also the start reminds me of an instrument you play with your mouth?
1:09 pm
Shirlockc
that's a great clue, ibuxx, got it right away
1:09 pm
suefrad625
that was great cluing Ibuxx ty
1:09 pm
periwinkle
great clue thank you
1:09 pm
lbuxx
thnx.. I need to look that word up though..lol
1:09 pm
moolingwa
now I'm down to 6-11-7-6-3
1:10 pm
periwinkle
hey mool. happy wednesday
1:11 pm
moolingwa
hey peri, happy wednesday to you too...hope it's been going well for you
1:12 pm
periwinkle
all is well here. how are you doing?
1:12 pm
moolingwa
getting there, as long as I don't read the news I'm good :)
1:13 pm
periwinkle
same here
1:14 pm
suefrad625
is that what you say about Ash Wed? Happy Wednesday everyone. if so, happy Wednesday.
1:14 pm
ch1212
I realized yesterday (as I was researching other countries to move to) that my reactions have been classic trauma responses: freeze, fight, fawn, and flight. I've hit ever one since January. Today the news is turned off here too. :)
1:15 pm
moolingwa
I just say happy [insert day of week]
1:15 pm
MollyL
Good luck finding another country to move to that can offer as much as this one does.
1:15 pm
suefrad625
nice moon. I was just wondering.
1:16 pm
suefrad625
you right Molly.
1:17 pm
suefrad625
I keep trying to move the h over to the c. my monkeys are not listening to me.
1:18 pm
BzznBea
Still missing an I...
1:18 pm
suefrad625
sorry, I just started
1:20 pm
mkg
the only one i am upset with musk. What he has done with fireings is dangerous for our nation. Really dangerous. A friend works at the nuclear reg. Commission. They fired all the AI people who were new hires in the last two years. She said there is real danger now that cant be dealt with. I am sure that every regulatory branch is in same bad shape.
1:32 pm
ch1212
mkg, I understand. Many of us are reacting from a primal place of survival: fawn, fight, freeze, flight. I've experienced all of them, and am trying to regain my emotional and mental footing so that I'm not driven by fear. It's not easy. I wish us all light and strength for the journey ahead.
1:34 pm
BzznBea
Pesky I left. Guess I need the list...
1:35 pm
BzznBea
Nope. I found it.
2:03 pm
crosshair
Back for a few more words. :)
2:04 pm
crosshair
Ty for the om greek letter, Bzznbea. :)
2:17 pm
moolingwa
yeah, still 22 left here
2:44 pm
poor richard
I agree with you, ch1212. I'm afraid I don't see this ending very well for US or the world.
2:44 pm
poor richard
ionic
2:46 pm
poor richard
oops
3:02 pm
MollyL
I like to think that the US is very resilient and that we have lived through bad Presidents before and survived. The doom and gloom stuff is getting old.
3:23 pm
Kaplan the Magne
The key phrase being "I'd like to think." This is not just a bad president. Shall we all be sanguine, and assume he doesn't mean what he says?
3:41 pm
MollyL
Pardon me. I DO think the US is very resilient. We have made it through bad times before and will again. I believe in the good people of this country and their desire to do the right thing.
3:50 pm
hurshy
yeah but when you throw in this whole bizarre AI stuff... it's pretty scary
3:55 pm
hurshy
if i were in an economically sustainable job right now, and if it didn't happen to be making me as miserable as jobs i've had in the past, and if i didn't think i were in danger of losing that job, i could probably carry on day to day alright. but when you have to make decisions about changing your situation, i think that's harder. what kind of a job should i look for? will the field i've been working on getting a degree in be viable, or not, given the economic picture as a whole? should i give up on that? will i even be able to get any decent job? should i be focusing on learning how to grow my own food instead, even though i'm not really the sort of person who finds that appealing unless maybe i had a community to do that WITH, which i don't...
3:57 pm
hurshy
i don't feel that i have enough energy for that. carrying on with known duties is easier than deciding what to do or what not to do next.
3:57 pm
poor richard
MollyL, I hear you, but I don't think we've ever lived through somebody like this. He's on a whole other level of bad.
3:59 pm
hurshy
telling the russian cybersecurity people to all stand down and just let them do what they want is... really scary as hell, yeah. because it's not like cyber crime is a really obvious smoking gun or mushroom cloud. like, we KNOW what they've done, IF you read articles from people who actually investigated this stuff - but of course most people do NOT read in-depth reporting articles like that - and so they just don't even know, and since they don't know, they don't care
4:01 pm
hurshy
nobody in MAGA realizes how much of what they already believe has been created in their minds by russian propaganda and bots. they think all the fb accounts they've interacted with are genuine ordinary american people who actually exist.
4:04 pm
Shirlockc
so the guy up for deputy FBI director believes in demons? like actual demons from hell exists?
4:05 pm
hurshy
most evangelical christians do believe that
4:05 pm
hurshy
it's not unusual
4:05 pm
hurshy
probably lots from mainline denominations too
4:06 pm
hurshy
there are probably surveys of americans that you could look up to see percentages
4:06 pm
Shirlockc
so yes to demons and no to the covid virus? i'm living in the wrong world
4:09 pm
hurshy
i haven't heard of people not believing in the COVID virus, it's more they don't believe it's worth getting a vaccine for it, that harms of vaccines might outweigh harms of COVID itself, stuff like that. i disagree, but, afaik they do not disbelieve in the existence of viruses.
4:10 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Given the conditions, ANYTHIING can happen here. "Civilized "societies have crumbled before.
4:12 pm
hurshy
one must recognize that there are degrees of optimism/pessimism/faith/hope, too. it's not one or the other
4:14 pm
hurshy
you could say that you believe america CAN get through this as a matter of "it looks bad, and collapse is a possibility, but don't give up, take action!" or you could say it while your unconscious belief is that it is GUARANTEED that the US will get through this.
4:14 pm
hurshy
thinking the outcome is guaranteed either to be negative OR to be positive... i think either one of those is a dangerous thing to think.
4:15 pm
hurshy
recognizing that, as doc brown said, the future hasn't been written yet, and it COULD go any number of ways, is more realistic
4:20 pm
MollyL
Well, there are people who seem to always take the worried, pessimistic viewpoint. Kind of a sad way to live.
4:22 pm
hurshy
but i don't think we have that much control over we have an optimistic or a pessimistic general "bent"
4:23 pm
hurshy
*over WHETHER
4:23 pm
Shirlockc
stats for the lone O in the 4th column?
4:24 pm
hurshy
you can choose to have hope, even if you're a pessimist, but i think it's really hard to change your deep down gut feeling that either "things will be ok" or "things might be really bad"
4:24 pm
hurshy
that's an or5/10, shirl
4:26 pm
Shirlockc
thx hurshy
4:29 pm
MollyL
Oh I agree. In my lived experience, there are always the negative, doom and gloom minded people. They will never change.
4:38 pm
crosshair
Went to the L.C.B.O today for some whiskey. We have a Segrams distillery right here in town, so I picked up some "Collingwood" whiskey. It is very, very good.
4:38 pm
crosshair
Nice to enjoy a very local tipple. :)
4:41 pm
crosshair
Poor employees were very busy reorganizing shelves and displays.
4:41 pm
crosshair
Howdy, Hokie. :)
4:43 pm
moolingwa
hey hoke
4:43 pm
moolingwa
hey crossy
4:43 pm
hokie carla
did everyone finish while I was gone?
4:43 pm
hokie carla
hey crossy and moo!
4:43 pm
moolingwa
I just finished my drink
4:43 pm
hokie carla
are you off today?
4:44 pm
moolingwa
non-alcoholic
4:44 pm
hokie carla
it was so crowded at costco earlier I was wondering if it was maybe christmas
4:45 pm
moolingwa
people stocking up for the apocalypse
4:45 pm
hokie carla
I guess
4:46 pm
moolingwa
apparently Montana imports 93% of their goods from Canada and Mexico
4:46 pm
moolingwa
according to some random news story I read :)
4:46 pm
hokie carla
the mexico is surprising
4:46 pm
moolingwa
well I didn't look at the breakdown between the two
4:47 pm
moolingwa
well, I have greyed the middle column...feels weird to do that one first
4:47 pm
crosshair
Howdy, mool. :)
4:47 pm
hokie carla
obviously it's more goods from mexico than the US
4:48 pm
moolingwa
all that produce no doubt :)
4:48 pm
hokie carla
I still need 5 C and 2 O for middle col
4:48 pm
moolingwa
17 left here
2-4-4-4-3
4:48 pm
hokie carla
found a c
4:49 pm
hokie carla
28 here
8-6-7-5-2
4:49 pm
moolingwa
found a t
4:50 pm
moolingwa
and an n
4:50 pm
moolingwa
and an m
4:53 pm
hokie carla
terrific nice move
4:54 pm
hokie carla
found another c
5:00 pm
hokie carla
OO S
TT
SS CCC MMMM NNN
O ii
MM N RR TT
5:00 pm
moolingwa
SS H
T
SS NN
III
M R T
5:00 pm
hokie carla
found an M
5:00 pm
moolingwa
marvellous
5:01 pm
hokie carla
and I want to make moron
5:01 pm
moolingwa
who doesn't
5:01 pm
hokie carla
found an N
5:04 pm
hokie carla
found an i
5:05 pm
moolingwa
invigorating!
5:06 pm
moolingwa
I too found an i
5:06 pm
hokie carla
and a T
5:07 pm
hokie carla
and another T
5:09 pm
moolingwa
tremendous! twice!
5:10 pm
hokie carla
what is the deal with the O's?
5:10 pm
moolingwa
there's some oddish ones
5:11 pm
moolingwa
actually most of them are not typical words, though some common babblets in there
5:12 pm
moolingwa
nominom - do do do do do
5:13 pm
hokie carla
manominom
5:14 pm
moolingwa
found my last r
5:14 pm
hokie carla
I have a regular o5 from the bottom.
5:16 pm
moolingwa
yeah, that's definitely the most common one. I mean there's a 4 that is pretty well known
5:17 pm
hokie carla
well I have the tolkien one that is common in my mind
5:17 pm
moolingwa
hominist - someone who is really into grits
5:17 pm
hokie carla
4-5-6-5-2
5:18 pm
moolingwa
1-3-3-2-1
5:18 pm
moolingwa
sorry that should be
1-3-3-2-3
5:21 pm
moolingwa
ah, found an 8
5:21 pm
moolingwa
and completed the second row
5:21 pm
hokie carla
well, I am just typing all kinds of stuff for nothing
5:21 pm
hokie carla
still need 1 T on the 2nd row if you have any insight
5:22 pm
moolingwa
yeah, that might be the 8 :)
5:22 pm
hokie carla
wondered about that
5:22 pm
moolingwa
yeah, looks chemistry related
5:22 pm
penquis
there is a tr 8/50....
5:22 pm
moolingwa
oh, actually it's biologic
5:23 pm
hokie carla
so is it a three prefix?
5:23 pm
penquis
extra chromosome...
5:23 pm
hokie carla
nm found it
5:23 pm
moolingwa
triffic!
5:24 pm
moolingwa
4th column greyed
5:24 pm
hokie carla
phantom solstice
5:24 pm
moolingwa
1-2-2-2-2
5:25 pm
hokie carla
4-5-6-5-1
5:25 pm
hokie carla
OO S
SS CCC MMM NN
O i
MM N RR T
5:26 pm
moolingwa
H
SS NN
II
M T
5:26 pm
hokie carla
oh, found an O6
5:26 pm
penquis
do you have the O 7?....not asking for a clue...
5:27 pm
hokie carla
you know I don't 😜
5:27 pm
penquis
greek letter...om 7...
5:27 pm
moolingwa
or strain of covid ;)
5:28 pm
hokie carla
ah, thanks. was trying to use that prefix all day
5:28 pm
moolingwa
well it's all greek to me really
5:28 pm
hokie carla
well, now I have to spell it right
5:28 pm
hokie carla
so not that prefix
5:34 pm
moolingwa
found my last 4...which I thought I had already of course
5:36 pm
hokie carla
guess I will look for my 4
5:41 pm
hokie carla
found my bottom T!
5:41 pm
hokie carla
but it wasn't a 4
5:48 pm
hokie carla
well, still 3 4's on the loose. 3-5-4-4-1
gonna have to list.
5:51 pm
penquis
i can't find no 5/12 (the second one)....
5:51 pm
hokie carla
it looks like a pl
5:51 pm
hokie carla
I don't see in7
5:52 pm
moolingwa
I don't have an in7
5:52 pm
penquis
my 5 looks like a pt?
5:52 pm
hokie carla
I think the first no5/12 is actually the pl of the second
5:53 pm
moolingwa
ah found another 8
5:53 pm
penquis
in 7 has a mineral ending....
5:53 pm
moolingwa
oh duh, tx pen
5:53 pm
hokie carla
no, the first one ends in a vowel and the second one ends in a plural letter
5:53 pm
penquis
found it....ty....
5:53 pm
hokie carla
ah, thanks
5:54 pm
moolingwa
ah, didn't have the other n either, just had the one, not the other...
5:54 pm
moolingwa
found my last 8
5:55 pm
hokie carla
yeah, I only had the first oe
5:55 pm
moolingwa
0-1-2-1
H SS M T
5:55 pm
moolingwa
sorry SS M T
5:55 pm
moolingwa
I had the second of those two
5:55 pm
penquis
i am done....had to use the list to finish...
5:55 pm
hokie carla
I had the first one from going down but I can't look up
5:55 pm
hokie carla
nice, pen
5:56 pm
moolingwa
well done pen
5:56 pm
moolingwa
found my two s's
5:56 pm
penquis
there is an mi 7 that is a little odd to me....
5:57 pm
moolingwa
I have an odd mi7 :)
5:57 pm
moolingwa
I think einstein said that ;)
5:57 pm
hokie carla
yeah, I have 3 m's I can't find with the list
5:58 pm
penquis
the other M words aren't too bad....
5:59 pm
moolingwa
really should be able to find this corner t
5:59 pm
hokie carla
is the no8 a not word?
5:59 pm
hokie carla
I know what it is but will not tell you, moo
5:59 pm
moolingwa
I honestly thought I'd tried it earlier, but I guess I didn't
5:59 pm
penquis
yes, i think so....
6:00 pm
penquis
not in the dictionary, but the last part is a word in the grid...
6:00 pm
hokie carla
well it's not not the poison
6:00 pm
moolingwa
ah, found it
6:00 pm
moolingwa
so just m5 left
6:01 pm
moolingwa
that last m5 was an odd one
6:01 pm
hokie carla
got the n8
6:01 pm
hokie carla
well done, moo
6:01 pm
penquis
congrats...
6:01 pm
moolingwa
naturally
6:01 pm
moolingwa
tx, haven't finished many lately...get distracted
6:02 pm
penquis
i hate it when life gets in the way of finishing a grid... ;o)
6:03 pm
hokie carla
what about the ro7?
6:04 pm
penquis
it's not a word i am familiar with .... it rhymes with an mo 7....
6:06 pm
hokie carla
thx, got it once I realized you weren't talking about monster
6:06 pm
moolingwa
ro7 is kind of an english word meaning to do something boisterously
6:07 pm
hokie carla
well my upper S was a plural
6:08 pm
hokie carla
and I swear I thought I tried the missing lower S set
6:08 pm
hokie carla
now back to the M's
6:08 pm
moolingwa
over average on the weird words today
6:09 pm
hokie carla
yeah, slightly
6:09 pm
hokie carla
have mi7 and mo6 but not sure which comes from which tile so that makes it harder
6:11 pm
hokie carla
found the 6 so that narrows it down
6:11 pm
hokie carla
and I swear I tried that earlier
6:12 pm
penquis
well i am heading out....goodnight all....
6:13 pm
hokie carla
good night, pen
6:14 pm
moolingwa
need any clues?
6:14 pm
hokie carla
yeah, struggling to look up the mi7
6:14 pm
hokie carla
that is a weird one
6:14 pm
moolingwa
yeah, kind of a lame word
6:16 pm
hokie carla
alright, off to squaredle. good night, moo.
6:16 pm
hokie carla
similar to good night, moon
6:21 pm
72 Temple Owl
time to wrap this sucker up.
9:03 pm
dcseain
phantom tricorn