12:07 am
hokie carla
Gr7x2
12:10 am
cybernan
hi carla :)
12:10 am
cybernan
and Gillie
12:11 am
hokie carla
Hey nan and gillie
12:12 am
hokie carla
Just looked back to call ga7 and gillie beat me to it
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:27 am
cybernan
anyone else finding this tough?
12:27 am
Gillie
fairly - still don't have the lone U
12:29 am
cybernan
just found it - it's a 6
12:29 am
cybernan
nbt, nbs but not half way yet
12:29 am
Gillie
you have the 8?
12:30 am
Gillie
I have 34 left - haven't listed yet
12:32 am
cybernan
oh -didn't see that - no I don't
12:34 am
Gillie
Well, 30 left - I'll leave it for now
12:34 am
Gillie
G'night all
1:39 am
sprite
morning babblers
1:59 am
sprite
phantom: tangram
2:18 am
grannyrose
good morning and * hugs * sprite. running around like a scalded cat here. going away three days tomorrow. travelling for over 4 hours. leaving straight after physio at 2:15 so i have to have everything done and dusted before i leave the house at 9am.
2:18 am
sprite
hi sweetie, sounds like a lot. Take care and hugs.
2:19 am
grannyrose
yeah it is going to be hectic, but once we're on the road i'll be able to relax. taking a break every 2 hours this time.
2:20 am
sprite
you make sure you do... no repeat of last trip!
2:20 am
grannyrose
my cousin is celebrating her 100th. can't miss that can i?
2:20 am
sprite
no, that is amazing and something to celebrate for sure. Here, when someone turns 100, they get a visit from the mayor!
2:21 am
grannyrose
yes sprite. hence the 2 hour stints and not 3 hour. also himself realises why his thigh muscles hurt so much is because HE was sitting in the same [position for too long.
2:22 am
sprite
smart man. Good to see some synapses are firing there :D :D
2:23 am
grannyrose
she is supposed to have received a congratulatory card or whatever from King Charles. looking forward to seeing that.
2:23 am
grannyrose
WTG SPRITE !!!
2:23 am
sprite
have a terrific time, honey, and please take care of yourself during. Love and hugs.
2:24 am
grannyrose
love and hugs back at you sweetie.
8:27 am
hokie carla
howdy folks. I see you ruru and mael, supreme word nerds.
8:31 am
rururocks
*hand signals hokie*
8:31 am
hokie carla
30 left. need the bottom corner E for HOET. this is a tough one today. BBL.
8:31 am
MollyL
Hand what?
8:33 am
rururocks
it is a tougher little grid
8:36 am
mael
I'm working my way right to left today, apparently
8:36 am
rururocks
hi mael
8:36 am
mael
it's a nasty one today
8:38 am
rururocks
stuck on two t's one g and one m
8:43 am
rururocks
I have a clue for the ta7 that's a good one
8:43 am
mael
ohh can you share please?
8:43 am
mael
I don't have that one
8:43 am
mael
I can't believe tagine is not recognized
8:44 am
rururocks
ta7 what astronauts do with vodka
8:50 am
MollyL
I used to know a guy in college who mixed Vodka and Country Time Lemonade Mix. Again, gross.
8:50 am
rururocks
(in sippy cups) :D
8:50 am
mael
I don't get it! is this something that I need to have played beer pong to understand lol
8:51 am
rururocks
the only vodka I can drink is in lemon drops... from lemons from my tree
8:51 am
rururocks
it might be too old a reference for you mael..
8:51 am
mael
but look at me finally seeing the gerund ending hahahaa
8:52 am
MollyL
Seriously? There are people that didn't know that astronauts drank _____?
8:52 am
rururocks
I'm not a big vodka fan in general
8:52 am
MollyL
Vodka and gin give me the eebie geebies
8:52 am
rururocks
oh.. gin? really?
8:52 am
mael
ta7/36 or ta7/44? I don't even know what those words mean alas, I just monkeyed them
8:53 am
mael
I love gin and vodka, my favorite cocktail is a vodka drink with juniper
8:54 am
rururocks
ta 7/36 deals with treating leather hides
8:54 am
mael
yeah I figured it was related
8:54 am
MollyL
7/36 is a leather process. 7/44 is the act of making something more puckery
8:54 am
rururocks
how do you add the juniper?
8:55 am
mael
I make a tincture, put juniper berries in vodka for a few months
8:55 am
rururocks
oh.. that's interesting
8:55 am
MollyL
Juniper is why I don't like gin
8:55 am
rururocks
that'd be great with Gin and tonics
8:55 am
rururocks
I love juniper taste in gin..
8:56 am
mael
I stole the recipe from a long closed restaurant in boston: it's essentially a gimlet. Vodka, juniper tincture, sage simple syrup and lime juice
8:56 am
rururocks
you must have been a deer in a past lifetime MOlly :D
8:57 am
rururocks
how many months do you cure the juniper?
8:57 am
MollyL
Anthony's?
8:57 am
mael
I've seriously found almost a dozen gerunds, how was I even working on this grid before. doh.
8:57 am
rururocks
that really sounds like something I'll try to do.. if I can find juniper berries
8:57 am
mael
two for best results, but you can get a good tincture in a few weeks if you're in a rush!
8:58 am
mael
they sell them at the store with spices
8:58 am
mael
we use them in brine too, for turkey or chicken
8:58 am
mael
the restaurant was Craigie on Main, I guess technically Cambridge not Boston.
8:59 am
mael
the drink was called an ardoise, we've made it for years now
8:59 am
rururocks
you make a simple syrup with fresh sage?
8:59 am
mael
phantom: anagram
8:59 am
rururocks
I make a rosemary syrup..
9:00 am
mael
yep, boil a mixture of water and sugar, then add a whole bunch of fresh sage leaves and let it steep for half an hour off the heat
9:00 am
mael
then store in the refrigerator
9:00 am
rururocks
rosemary syrup pink grapefruit juice (fresh) campari, vodka, with a rosemary sprig
9:00 am
mael
ohhh i should try rosemary syrup too
9:00 am
mael
I bet it tastes delicious in cocktails
9:00 am
rururocks
it's great
9:01 am
rururocks
I need to get some sage this weekend :D
9:01 am
mael
another phantom, anathema
9:01 am
mael
these damn As are still vexing me
9:03 am
MollyL
You all make drinking way too complicated. Pour liquor in a glass, drink. So simple. Right to the point.
9:04 am
rururocks
I like refreshing drinks in the summer here.. I drink Scotch straight most of the winter.. I do like my manhattans though on weekends but that's only a few ingredients
9:05 am
mael
eh, I mostly drink beer straight :)
9:08 am
rururocks
I can't drink beer. I get migraines from drinking beer. I do like Guiness a lot...not really a beer fan
9:10 am
rururocks
I do have a drink you can try Mael: bourbon, lemon juice allspice liquor, apple cider over shaved ice.. (it's called an Apple crisp.. it's fantastic..like drinking an apple pie
9:13 am
mael
that sound delicious
9:14 am
rururocks
it is fantastic if you just use the right amount of the allspice liqueur .. the lemon just makes it awesome
9:23 am
mael
I'll definitely try it
9:31 am
hokie carla
Rehi even
9:33 am
hokie carla
Ooh, top row gray
9:36 am
hokie carla
Just made up a bunch of g words to gray top g
9:36 am
hurshy
any guesses on my missing R then?
9:37 am
hokie carla
Hmm, let me zoom in and look
9:38 am
hokie carla
Nothing we haven’t seen before
9:38 am
hokie carla
Maybe the wicker
9:38 am
hurshy
that was it! thanks
9:39 am
hurshy
phantom: gamut
9:39 am
hokie carla
ðŸ‘ðŸ¼
9:39 am
hurshy
hey i just made up the same G words as you did!
9:41 am
hurshy
got the 8!
9:41 am
hurshy
oh that must be why there was talk about liqueur when i came in
9:41 am
hokie carla
Stat?
9:42 am
hurshy
plural of a 7
9:42 am
hokie carla
Got em, thx
9:43 am
hurshy
phantom: argue
9:43 am
hurshy
ooh, another nice an7 too
9:43 am
hokie carla
Yes andantic
9:44 am
hurshy
no, not a phantom
9:44 am
hurshy
a real word
9:45 am
hokie carla
On my ipad at salon so having trouble with space bar and seeing
9:46 am
hokie carla
What is not a phantom?
9:47 am
hokie carla
Phantom engage and engaging
9:48 am
hokie carla
5-4-6-2
9:50 am
hurshy
the other nice an7 i mentioned is not a phantom, it is a real word, a normal word
9:56 am
hokie carla
Duh on my last c
9:56 am
hokie carla
Also in the grid as a D. I love it when those coincidences happen.
9:59 am
hokie carla
Well, last m was a duh too
9:59 am
hokie carla
3-2-5-2
10:06 am
BzznBea
Hello, friends
10:08 am
hurshy
are the H all fours?
10:09 am
hurshy
aHA thanks gillie
10:18 am
Gillie
So now a Turkish doctoral student has been taken into custody by ICE, apparently because she co-wrote an article that criticized her university's administration's response to the Palestine protests.
10:18 am
hurshy
yeah, from Tufts, right?
10:18 am
Gillie
Yes - but Trump's administration LOVES free speech, just as long as you don't say anything they don't like.
10:19 am
Gillie
Like the original Ford cars - any color you like, as long as it's black
10:19 am
hurshy
they prefer it so free that russia and china can easily spy on it, in fact
10:23 am
Gillie
How long before they start arresting Americans for saying things Trump doesn't agree with? He's already said a judge should be impeached for ruling against the administration in deporting Venezuelans to an El Salvador prison, allegedly because they're gang members, but without any inconvenient criminal charges or "due process"
10:23 am
hurshy
i think they already have
10:24 am
crosshair
The big new scary thing with Trump and comany is that they now plan on lifting sanctions on Russian fertilizer, and modifyinying U.S infrastructure so that deliveries can be made more easily. I think he took a hard look at our potash "hole card," his own looming April 2nd deadline, and panicked. So now he plans on feeding the Russian war machine U.S dollars. :(
10:25 am
hurshy
i mean there was that group of Jewish protesters that occupied Trump Tower in NYC, in protest of the arrest of the Columbia student, some of whom were Holocaust survivors themselves... i thought they arrested them, but i suppose they might have just forced them out of the building without arresting them
10:26 am
Gillie
Well, this Turkish student apparently hasn't even been to any physical protests, so they can't claim she was being obstructive, or some such. She just helped write some opinions they don't like.
10:27 am
hurshy
they are so evil
10:28 am
hurshy
what IS potash, anyway
10:31 am
crosshair
A combination of potassium salt and potassium carbonate and is used as a base for fertilizer
10:33 am
crosshair
Farmers often rely on potash for food production.
10:34 am
crosshair
So, potash equals food, and Trump is screwing with it.
10:35 am
crosshair
But it is what I would consider one of the "last resort" cards to be used.
10:37 am
crosshair
Along with the exported electricity, and the nuclear medicine materials that come only from our Chalk River facility.
10:41 am
crosshair
For those are the Chalk River reactor makes for some real interesting reading. It is one of our oldest reactors still functioning. The only other reactor I know of that is used soley for medical purposes is the small one located at McMaster University, but it is mostly for training purposes.
10:41 am
crosshair
For those interested, the Chalk River...*
10:50 am
hurshy
it's a sad world after all
it's a sad world after all
it's a sad world after all
it's a sad, sad world
10:51 am
hurshy
does anyone have both of the right col A words? i have the throat-clearing one
10:52 am
Gillie
there's an ax
10:53 am
hurshy
ty again gillie!
10:54 am
hurshy
got the 5!
10:55 am
hurshy
got the 4!
10:56 am
hurshy
got the 6!
10:57 am
hurshy
that leaves a T7
10:57 am
Gillie
Yeah, the Ukraine ceasefire agreement is being called "Russian art of the deal" - really consists almost entirely of concessions to Russia - easing sanctions on Russia, allowing Russia to inspect Ukrainian ships, Ukraine agrees to stop attacks on Russian warships - it's not clear what Ukraine gets, really
10:58 am
crosshair
Ukraine gets shafted. :(
10:58 am
hurshy
about the only thing you can say for Ukraine is, hey, at least they're not in Gaza
10:59 am
crosshair
That is why the powers that be had that meeting recently--to organize support for Ukraine without U.S participation.
11:03 am
crosshair
A comparison would be Russia deciding one fine day that they want Alaska back, and the rest of the word saying that the war is your fault and you must make concessions.
11:14 am
Gillie
With Gaza - Israelis by and large don't even support Netanyahu in the war (60% to 70% in recent polls want him to resign), but he has to keep it up because otherwise he would lose the support of hardliners who keep him in power.
11:18 am
hurshy
haha at this point that is what the rest of the world WOULD say, crossy!
11:19 am
crosshair
Well nothing makes a contry more uoset than a superpower country threatening to soften them up with tarriffs, then an
11:20 am
crosshair
Upset* ...then threaten to take them over*
11:20 am
Shirlockc
but crossy, how else can we prevent the drug smuggling? <-- in my most sarcastic voice
11:21 am
crosshair
Lol. trump should look up the actual percentage of fentanyl (sp) that flows from north to south. As I understand from customs, it is kess than 1%
11:24 am
crosshair
Trumps end goal would only make the issue worse. With no border, the tiny ammount that does cross the border would end up not get intercepted.
11:24 am
Shirlockc
my brother and other friends in Canada said that this has united Canadians like nothing else has
11:24 am
crosshair
Your brother is right.
11:26 am
crosshair
Trump has made us come together as a country, eliminate inter-provincal trade barriers, and realize that it is no longer in our best interest to put all of our trade eggs in one basket.
11:29 am
crosshair
We have a new reactir ciming on line, we are testing a new LNG faccility so we can fill E,U ir
11:29 am
Shirlockc
now the important stuff ...
11:29 am
Shirlockc
stats for the lone O, U, and E pls?
11:30 am
Shirlockc
i don't like this grid of singles
11:30 am
hurshy
you spelled fentanyl correctly fyi
11:30 am
crosshair
Sorry, my typing is degraging today.
11:30 am
crosshair
Having some minir oalsy ussues.
11:30 am
hurshy
unless you mean top E which is ep4
11:31 am
Kaplan the Magne
I hate it when journalists and other people who should know better keep saying fentynol.
11:33 am
Shirlockc
thx hursh, now to work on getting those singlets
11:34 am
crosshair
I msy have to install the "Dragon Naturally Speaking" program onto my devices soon. :/
11:34 am
Kaplan the Magne
The Turkish student was abducted in MY neighborhood. There was a rally in the part around the corner. It was attended by thousands. It got a little co-opted by the Free Palestine people, but the point was made that this was an abduction, Fascist style.
11:36 am
Kaplan the Magne
I live a few minutes walk from the Tufts campus. When I was feeling better, it was my hike. Now I am a little afraid of walking there. Fear wins, we all lose.
11:38 am
Kaplan the Magne
what a waste of a badly placed ing
11:38 am
crosshair
Indeed
11:42 am
mkg
my question is: are we simply putting tarrifs on because Canada has them on our products? and same for elsewhere? trump keeps sayung it is reciprical....but how would i know? anyone know out there in babble land? and if so do you know it is correct? i am so untrusting now of anything i read or hear.
11:43 am
crosshair
I will give you one example, mkg, just give me a moment to type..
11:45 am
crosshair
Trump is angry at our dairy tarriffs, and in return has imposed a 250% tarrif on Canadian milk. What he does not tell you is that our tarriff does not come into play untill a certain wuota has been met, and that limit has never been reached. He gives you half of the facts to suit his agenda.
11:46 am
crosshair
Quota*
11:47 am
crosshair
Many of his tarriff excuses are exactly like this.
11:48 am
mkg
any help for the u word welcome.
11:50 am
crosshair
Also production methods fro Canada abpnd the U.S are totally different; the U.S allows the use of a specific hormone so that the cows over-produce non-stop. We find that this is not good for the cows, so we moderate our oroduction so that only the ammount of mike that is needed zt any given time is oroduced,
11:50 am
crosshair
Sigh..just translate. Lol
11:53 am
DS927
U sounds like something that might be radioactive or might be from the 7th planet?
11:53 am
crosshair
Lol. Just my hands shaking. No aliens here.
11:54 am
mkg
got it crosshair. the us uses too many chemicals. and these hormones probably come through the milk which is not good. ugh. our world is such a mess.
11:55 am
mkg
i am in Puerto Rico now babysitting for grandkids. i was up for two nights with kids and slept in so now am going to the beach and pool to relax til 3 pm when they arrive home. i hope tonight is calm and quiet. i need one night of uninterupted sleep.
11:55 am
mkg
what is ds927?????/
11:55 am
crosshair
Very nice, mkg. As a cancer survivor, please wear sunscreen,
11:56 am
DS927
It's me mkg :-) I had clued "u"
11:57 am
mkg
cant wear sunscreen. i am allergic even to the non alergenic ones. even the baby ones make me break out and itch for hours.
11:57 am
mkg
oh ty. what are the stats for the u word? um or ur i assume?
11:58 am
mkg
i go annually to a dermotologist to get checked. so far so good.
11:58 am
mkg
ty for stat for ur word
11:58 am
crosshair
K, that is good then.
11:58 am
mkg
got the ur word! ty. super clue.
11:59 am
crosshair
Ty for the ur word.
11:59 am
crosshair
Great clue.
11:59 am
mkg
missing the 8 as well. stat please and clues if you have them. ty
12:00 pm
crosshair
Because getting cancerous moles cut out of your belly is not fun--trust me on that one.
12:00 pm
bichon
I have a question. All the things I write in here are in very small print. Who would I ask about this?
12:01 pm
DS927
mkg there is an an8 but I don't have it
12:01 pm
crosshair
It would be your accessability setting for fonts in your computer.
12:01 pm
mkg
i have probably had over 25 moles removed. Thankfully all benign but large and ugly. many on my face done by a great pastic surgeon. hopefully all will be benign forever.
12:02 pm
crosshair
You can change your font size there
12:02 pm
mkg
i am also darker skinned which is good. two of my kids have whiter skin. not good . they are careful.
12:02 pm
mkg
any clues for bottom corner E word welcome. ty.
12:03 pm
bichon
ty crossy, but I have no idea how to do that
12:04 pm
crosshair
Go to You Tube, and type in changing font in accessabilty settings, and you will find a walk through that explains it better than Zi can here.
12:04 pm
bichon
wait, crossy, I think that worked
12:05 pm
crosshair
Nice! :)
12:08 pm
mkg
i seem to get fed up with grids that are difficult. cant find bottom corner e word nor the 8. so off to the beach and pool.
12:09 pm
crosshair
Enjoy! :)
12:10 pm
crosshair
The an8 looks very much like an Italian liqour
12:10 pm
crosshair
Fir all I know it is.
12:12 pm
crosshair
I dont drink those things. My booze need to produce a blue flame, work as an antiseptic, and be able to run a car in a pinch. :)
12:20 pm
Amy Rumler
an8 is plural of an7
12:21 pm
Amy Rumler
that is, plural of an7:28
12:22 pm
crosshair
An 7 is also known as the lip-stick tree apparantly. Never heard of it before.
12:32 pm
Shirlockc
clue for the bottom corner E pls?
12:46 pm
crosshair
I need this as well. :/
12:48 pm
hurshy
similar to the california city in the title of a 90s Brendan Fraser movie
12:48 pm
Shirlockc
got it, thx hurshy
12:49 pm
crosshair
Do not know the movie.
12:53 pm
crosshair
Or the actor for that matter.
12:57 pm
cybernan
good morning all.
12:58 pm
crosshair
Howdy, Cybernan. :)
12:59 pm
cybernan
I'm still not seeing that an 8 --- only Italian liqueurs I know are Frangelico and Limoncello
1:00 pm
crosshair
Try googling the "lipstick tree"
1:01 pm
crosshair
Because I have no idea how to clue it.
1:02 pm
crosshair
Think ammaretto
1:02 pm
cybernan
ty - now I remember the liqueur -- just not one I drink!
1:02 pm
crosshair
Nor I, stuff us too sweet.
1:03 pm
crosshair
And pl it
1:09 pm
crosshair
Anyone have a different clue for the bottom left EN6?
1:11 pm
cybernan
en + movie theatre with a couple of letters missig
1:12 pm
crosshair
Ty, got it. :)
1:22 pm
cybernan
beginning to suspect there are a few words I've never heard of among those g's
1:24 pm
moolingwa
hello all, back for my last 109
1:25 pm
moolingwa
hey nan, happy Thursday
1:25 pm
moolingwa
well this has been an encouraging start
1:25 pm
cybernan
ty -- good day so far (have't looke at the news yet)
1:26 pm
mich_pdx
me, too, moo :)
1:26 pm
moolingwa
hey mich, happy Thursday to you too
1:27 pm
moolingwa
good to hear nan
1:27 pm
moolingwa
and there's the 8 already...I like this grid
1:28 pm
mich_pdx
No damage at all from the storm last night on Queen Anne Hill in Seattle. Not even a power outage. But some cracking thunder and lightning! How about BC/WA/OR friends?
1:28 pm
mich_pdx
I guess I should change my "tag" as I'm back in Seattle, after 25 years in Portland....
1:29 pm
moolingwa
going full seatac?
1:29 pm
cybernan
we're getting lots of rain but no wind. Welcome the rain as it is supposed to be a scorching summer and the ground is already really dry -- hopefully with more of the wet stuff there won't be as many fires
1:30 pm
mich_pdx
amen to thank, Nan. Not a fan of epic wildfires -- at all!!
1:30 pm
moolingwa
yeah, I've had a few in my life time...not fun
1:32 pm
cybernan
running out of time -- off to the list for the last 30
1:33 pm
mich_pdx
going to poof out of distracting chatterbox myself. Happy babbling, all
1:33 pm
moolingwa
bye to both of you
2:34 pm
BzznBea
clue for the ta 7.44, please?
2:47 pm
ch1212
gerund of ta4/6 before it
3:01 pm
BzznBea
I was using the wrong T. Thanks.
3:02 pm
hokie carla
still don't have that bottom E
3:03 pm
BzznBea
Like the CA city
3:03 pm
hokie carla
argh, thx
3:04 pm
hokie carla
like the pauly shore/brendan fraser movie
3:04 pm
hokie carla
3-2-4-2
3:04 pm
hokie carla
A A
TT
i S
G A GG D
3:05 pm
BzznBea
All the puzzles have been hard today.
3:05 pm
hokie carla
this one is for sure
3:06 pm
hokie carla
haven't looked at squaredle
3:06 pm
hokie carla
or the bee
3:26 pm
hokie carla
okay, finished yesterday's squaredle and did today's. think I will just list for these 11 words.
3:26 pm
hokie carla
oh, but first, found a D6
3:45 pm
hokie carla
found a 4. hate to list with still 2 left
3:53 pm
hokie carla
well, that didn't help much. still 0-1-2-2
4:16 pm
dan2bit
can I have the stats for the corner E if anybody's still around?
4:26 pm
NANCY
clue for the in 5, probably simple but not to me
4:26 pm
dan2bit
in + not leg
4:27 pm
dan2bit
ty Lizlin got it
4:27 pm
NANCY
TY Dan, like i said sometih
4:27 pm
NANCY
somthing simple just couldnt see it
5:28 pm
moolingwa
okay, back to try and get my last 10
5:48 pm
crosshair
Ty for in5 and ta7 :)
7:56 pm
mkg
i am missing the bottom left corner e word and the 8. all help welcome
8:07 pm
mkg
please send help soon! just cant find that darn 8!
8:08 pm
mkg
a meaning for it will help. anything will help. ty.
8:18 pm
mkg
just got an an6 meaning disease that causes heart pain.
8:18 pm
mkg
is the an 7/8 like it?
10:27 pm
cybernan
hello again if anyone is here
10:28 pm
LuvWordGames
hi nan, just finishing my last 11
10:28 pm
LuvWordGames
do you have in 6/21?
10:31 pm
LuvWordGames
nm found it
10:37 pm
cybernan
12 to go here and no I don't
10:38 pm
swmbo
In6/21 all in one piece
10:40 pm
cybernan
ty swmbo
10:52 pm
cybernan
ta 7 please?
10:52 pm
cybernan
ta 7/36 that is
10:56 pm
cybernan
giving up with 3 to go
11:23 pm
moolingwa
ta 7/36 ends in another word for "era"
11:32 pm
moolingwa
and fw with 28 mins to spare :)