12:05 am
Rainiqui
Hi everyone
12:05 am
cybernan
ah - finally a log in - hi again rain and ursh
12:06 am
MetFan
Howdy all - I'm sure getting sick of being told I can't get to the site. I wish the servers would solve their problems once and for all
12:12 am
harpjane
found some insects
12:13 am
Rainiqui
re 9 and 10
12:15 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs
12:16 am
justafreep
just realized that I am one letter away from being fully in the grid. I will take the tiara for my 'first name' however....
12:16 am
cybernan
guess I've had too much of this tonight - not seeing any of those
12:19 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:19 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
12:19 am
cybernan
found the fa and cu
12:19 am
crayola
thanks lickety
12:19 am
cybernan
and the re
12:22 am
cybernan
and a little colloquialism in there!
12:27 am
cybernan
need an o where that left i is sitting
12:33 am
broll
phantom - renovation
12:36 am
cybernan
nbt/nbs -- good night
12:36 am
justafreep
night, nan
5:25 am
ChampFit
Phatom: militia
6:13 am
FrenchToast
phantom venom
6:17 am
FrenchToast
14 Vs ?
8:32 am
BzznBea
phantom - insult
9:15 am
rururocks
three tiles left
9:15 am
rururocks
not too bad so far
9:18 am
rururocks
hi welki and ori
9:18 am
rururocks
you're up early ori
9:19 am
origami
I have been waking up early
9:20 am
maccafixx
un 6/30?
9:21 am
rururocks
the r's were easy
9:21 am
rururocks
un6 like living in minneapolis right now
9:23 am
maccafixx
ty rururocks!
9:24 am
Aloyisius
fw.. some weirdo words are lurking in the grid, like fr8.65, but otherwise a fun grid. Happy Babbling!
9:25 am
rururocks
yeah.. i just have a bunch of big f's to get
9:29 am
rururocks
done here too and the fr8 is a weirdo
9:31 am
origami
Did it take you all of 20 minutes, ru?
9:45 am
rururocks
something like that
9:45 am
rururocks
i started at 9:10 on the babble clock
9:46 am
sajarn
phantom: refrain
10:03 am
hokie carla
well, I'm certainly not seeing these words
10:03 am
hokie carla
that's why ruru is next level word nerd
10:04 am
welki
oops - free clue!
10:04 am
hokie carla
well, I haven't been to V yet but wouldn't have tried that, so thanks!
10:04 am
welki
i live to serve :)
10:08 am
hokie carla
name that blankie loving peanuts kid!
10:08 am
welki
...and one of the top manufacturers of flyfishing gear is in the grid, too
10:09 am
hokie carla
ding ding ding!
10:10 am
hokie carla
hmm, only fishing thing I know is there is a bike co that makes fishing too. is that shimano?
10:10 am
welki
yep, shimano = great bike derailleurs and spin casting gear
10:10 am
welki
but that's not the one i was thinking of
10:12 am
hokie carla
yeah, I didn't see it here, but that doesn't mean much
10:14 am
welki
heh - made sure the grid wouldn't take it before i post ... Orvis
10:14 am
hokie carla
ah. and that's always good practice.
10:23 am
BzznBea
Those V's are ridiculous.
10:24 am
hokie carla
I'm finding this whole grid very difficult but I should probably eat.
10:24 am
BzznBea
Hello, carla and welki.
10:35 am
saanichcat
hint - the va 7 & 8: what Yosemite Sam called Bugs Bunny
10:36 am
BzznBea
First and second columns gray. Taking a brreak.
10:37 am
welki
thanks, saan! fw for me
10:37 am
saanichcat
congrats welki!
10:38 am
mkg
great clue saanichcat
10:42 am
MollyL
Love the Looney Tunes clue
10:47 am
hokie carla
hey bea, sorry I went to make breakfast. brunch?
10:48 am
hokie carla
champ!
10:51 am
hokie carla
oh, just remembered the odd spelling e words on the bottom
10:52 am
ChampFit
I just found a weird re set.
10:52 am
ChampFit
Similar to your e's I think
10:52 am
hokie carla
oh, thanks
10:52 am
ChampFit
Great minds!
10:53 am
hokie carla
now what's the sitch on the upper i?
10:53 am
hokie carla
found a 3rd, moving on
10:53 am
ChampFit
Still need one there. I have in6/18x2 and is6/18, io4
10:54 am
welki
it's another in6, champ
10:55 am
ChampFit
Last one was in 5/16. Looks incomplete.
11:16 am
BzznBea
Finally found the weird F.
11:17 am
ChampFit
Is it the 8? Care to clue?
11:19 am
MollyL
Search this...a palpable vibration transmitted through the body,
11:19 am
BzznBea
fr8 - first three of no cost + something worn on your hand for warmth + pronoun
11:19 am
ch1212
oops, sorry.
11:20 am
ChampFit
Awesome clue bea, but then.....:) Thx!
11:25 am
ChampFit
Weird, weird words! And so many long ones!
11:29 am
hokie carla
Internet out again. I will not be playing on my phone. Guess it is time to sew!
11:29 am
ChampFit
Poop! That sucks. Happy sewing!
11:30 am
hokie carla
Good luck!
11:46 am
FrenchToast
Oh my that fr8 ? Is actually a word?
11:47 am
FrenchToast
I'm st4ned
11:47 am
ChampFit
Seriously.
11:48 am
FrenchToast
Thanks for the clue!
11:48 am
FrenchToast
Bea and ch12
11:50 am
FrenchToast
I hate UN words. Ugh
11:51 am
ChampFit
Well, there's only 1 that's an "un". The rest are regular words.
11:51 am
BzznBea
They are all very normal
11:51 am
ChampFit
Thankfully.
11:51 am
FrenchToast
Okay thank you
11:51 am
BzznBea
18 left. Another break
11:51 am
FrenchToast
I only have un5 the end of time
11:53 am
ChampFit
un4, 5, 6,5, and ut4
11:53 am
ChampFit
FW! I'd like to say it's not too bad, but some of these words were really weird.
12:00 pm
FrenchToast
I cannot get that un6,30
12:01 pm
FrenchToast
Is the third letter T ?
12:02 pm
FrenchToast
oh for crap sake, I found it
12:12 pm
mrloser
un6 dangerous
12:20 pm
periwinkle
hello all. help with va8 please
12:21 pm
ursh
va 7/8 unwelcome creature / s
12:23 pm
penquis
think cartoons....
12:24 pm
penquis
and a western voice talking about the va 7/8...
12:26 pm
periwinkle
ty both
12:26 pm
penquis
hi hursh...
12:26 pm
periwinkle
hi hursh
12:29 pm
hurshy
how's everyone
12:29 pm
penquis
ok here...
12:29 pm
penquis
how about you?
12:29 pm
periwinkle
ok here too and you hursh?
12:29 pm
hurshy
just got a hindu deity; didn't expect that to count
12:30 pm
periwinkle
stats pls
12:30 pm
penquis
i forgot that that word is accepted...
12:30 pm
hurshy
this is why we try things just in case :D
12:31 pm
periwinkle
I had it ,I tried it just in case tii
12:31 pm
periwinkle
there are 2 sh5/18
12:32 pm
hurshy
Js Jailed!
12:32 pm
hurshy
but one's a plural
12:33 pm
periwinkle
what is my missing J?
12:33 pm
hurshy
a high school student?
12:33 pm
hurshy
or kid named after his dad
12:33 pm
hurshy
that's the same word
12:33 pm
hurshy
just to be clear
12:34 pm
periwinkle
yes thank you
12:38 pm
hurshy
2nd row S difficult or is it just me?
12:38 pm
penquis
not just you...
12:38 pm
hurshy
phantom: invasion
12:40 pm
penquis
and militia...
12:40 pm
hurshy
didn't get there yes but yeah i can see that
12:42 pm
penquis
well i found a 9...so there is hope....
12:42 pm
penquis
immersion is also a phantom....
12:42 pm
hurshy
from the M or what?
12:43 pm
penquis
led to a second 9...
12:44 pm
penquis
no...R...
12:44 pm
hurshy
ok will keep that in mind
12:46 pm
hurshy
how funny, another hindu deity in the grid that does NOT count
12:47 pm
penquis
well the one we have also means a period of mourning...
12:47 pm
hurshy
ah, that's why it's in then
12:47 pm
hurshy
that's in Judaism, right?
12:47 pm
penquis
i think so...
12:49 pm
BzznBea
I clued the f8 and now it is on the chat.
12:50 pm
hurshy
that's ok i found it already anyway
12:50 pm
hurshy
phantom: feminist
12:51 pm
hurshy
this is the first time i'm hearing the cover that that country guy did of "fast car"
12:51 pm
hurshy
i think it is not as good as Tracy Chapman's original
12:52 pm
penquis
not familiar with it...
12:52 pm
hurshy
but of course that is to be expected from someone who knew and liked the original for all these years
12:52 pm
hurshy
odds of us liking a cover probably low
12:53 pm
hurshy
phantom: raisin
12:56 pm
hurshy
R seems hard also
12:58 pm
hurshy
Ls Lambasted!
1:00 pm
hurshy
darn, you can't have a mi4fa4
1:02 pm
BzznBea
Done! Glad that's behind me.
1:02 pm
hurshy
congrats bea
1:02 pm
penquis
congrats!
1:19 pm
penquis
taking a break...bye all....
1:32 pm
poor richard
lust
1:32 pm
poor richard
lush
1:34 pm
hurshy
poooooooor richard
1:35 pm
hurshy
anyone know what C word i am missing?
1:46 pm
graelywa
sounds like our current most hated russian..?
2:04 pm
Atalante
nice clue!
3:12 pm
cybernan
hello everyone
3:14 pm
FrenchToast
hello!
3:36 pm
cybernan
ca va French?
3:36 pm
FrenchToast
Oui, un peu
3:37 pm
FrenchToast
ca va bien
3:38 pm
FrenchToast
Comment ca va, Nan?
3:38 pm
cybernan
bien, merci
3:39 pm
FrenchToast
63 a trouver
3:44 pm
FrenchToast
I just listed
3:44 pm
FrenchToast
All those SHs were driving me insane
3:44 pm
FrenchToast
zut alors! haha
3:46 pm
Soodle
Ooh là là! I feel like I’ve wandered into Gay Paree. :-) Bon soir mes amis.
3:46 pm
FrenchToast
allo soodle! ca va Bien?
3:47 pm
FrenchToast
satin
3:47 pm
FrenchToast
MERDE
3:48 pm
FrenchToast
sorry
3:48 pm
Soodle
Comme çi comme ça… (she said desperately, foraging for long-forgotten French)
3:48 pm
Soodle
LOL!!!! Blame me, FT!!
3:48 pm
FrenchToast
lol I was just practicing a little. I am not French, just a French toast lover.
3:49 pm
cybernan
apres-midi ice - allo soodle
3:49 pm
cybernan
darned auto-correct
3:49 pm
Soodle
Well your profile pic is actually making me salivate, FT.
3:51 pm
Soodle
How’s the weather in your part of the world, Nan?
3:51 pm
FrenchToast
Yes it looks yummy with that fat pat of butter on top
3:51 pm
cybernan
chilly - 1C today
3:52 pm
FrenchToast
About the same here in Virginia, 32 degrees F
3:52 pm
cybernan
no snow yet - it can skip this year as far as I'm concerned
3:52 pm
cybernan
en 8 please?
3:53 pm
FrenchToast
hmmm I need that too, nan
3:53 pm
Soodle
My daughter’s just back from the tippy top of Norway - right up in the Artic Circle. Her eyelashes froze!
3:53 pm
FrenchToast
I keep typing envision
3:54 pm
cybernan
one of the phantoms of the day
4:00 pm
Soodle
Found the en 8. En plus ra 6/30. En plus what the dastardly villian used to do to fair maidens in bodice ripper yarns.
4:00 pm
FrenchToast
Soodle did her eyelashes break off?
4:01 pm
FrenchToast
TY for en8 (and ra6 aussi)
4:02 pm
Soodle
Nope. She whipped out her trusty vaaseline & plastered her eyelashes (on the advice of their guide)
4:02 pm
cybernan
ty soodle
4:05 pm
Soodle
To bed To bed, said sleepy head. G’night gals. Enjoy what’s left of your Tuesday.
4:05 pm
FrenchToast
Haha that's awesome, soodle
4:06 pm
FrenchToast
Night night soodle
4:08 pm
cybernan
good night soodle - sleep well
4:08 pm
cybernan
those in's have me stumped
4:09 pm
FrenchToast
I have all of them but one. I don't have the first in6,18
4:10 pm
FrenchToast
do you have in + what **** is it?
4:25 pm
FrenchToast
do you have in + Le*** Burton ???
4:25 pm
FrenchToast
He's an actor
4:26 pm
cybernan
do now - wasn't he on sesame street at one time?
4:26 pm
FrenchToast
lol I don't know. I have never seen that. I don't have children.
4:27 pm
rbud
he did Reading Rainbow, and thanks for the hints. :)
4:27 pm
cybernan
oh - that didn't take
4:28 pm
FrenchToast
What ddn't?
4:28 pm
cybernan
doesn't end in not off?
4:29 pm
FrenchToast
it's in5, 16 in + Le***
4:30 pm
FrenchToast
His name isn't Levon.
4:30 pm
cybernan
yeah - just remembered what it is
4:33 pm
cybernan
do you have the in 6's as well?
4:33 pm
FrenchToast
I don't have the first one. The second one is in + di****led water.
4:35 pm
cybernan
2nd one is in + nighttime twinkler
4:36 pm
cybernan
thanks so much - t's done
4:36 pm
FrenchToast
YAY thank you for that
4:36 pm
cybernan
I meant in's done
4:36 pm
FrenchToast
I still have 37 to trouve
4:37 pm
FrenchToast
I hope there's no real French Babblers on here to get mad at how I butcher their language.
4:37 pm
parisla
I'm here :-)
4:37 pm
cybernan
I think pen left!
4:38 pm
cybernan
and I haven't seen montreal in a while
4:39 pm
parisla
French is useful for the av 5/6, en5/6 and re6/7 today.
4:39 pm
cybernan
yes it is
4:41 pm
FrenchToast
Oh no! Sacre Bleu! Je suis desolee parisla
4:41 pm
cybernan
please excuse our rusty French - haven't had occasion to use it for over 15 years
4:41 pm
FrenchToast
Mine isn't even rusty. It's butchered. I call it froglish.
4:43 pm
cybernan
fr 4 for the quebecois is a derogatory term, French - I realize that you are probably not aware
4:43 pm
FrenchToast
frog?
4:44 pm
FrenchToast
No I did not realize, so sorry!
4:45 pm
parisla
I'll never be offended by someone trying! It's a hard language to master. A lot of French people butcher it. And I don't take credit for all things French (or blame for that matter).
4:46 pm
FrenchToast
Very nice, thank you parisla
4:46 pm
Gillie
I don't know that "frog" is all that offensive - I had a French (Parisian, actually) teacher who liked to decorate our assignments with cartoon frogs
4:47 pm
cybernan
thank you parisla - that's something I came to realize on our visits to France - the people did seem to appreciate me trying and would quickly switch to English if they thought their English was better than my French (Which wasn't hard)
4:47 pm
FrenchToast
Hahah, yes me too nan.
4:48 pm
Gillie
He also did caricatures of various students, though never me, sadly
4:49 pm
Gillie
I think he really wanted to be an artist full-time
4:51 pm
FrenchToast
Were you a student in Paris, Gillie?
4:52 pm
Gillie
No, this was in Canada - I was in a bilingual program (half my courses taught in French). Most of the teachers were from Quebec, originally, but he was from France
4:54 pm
FrenchToast
Oh Mon Dieu! I have so many LI words to trouve.
4:55 pm
parisla
I never lived in Canada so I can't comment on the insulting level of the word there. But then, I usually find people are offensive, not the word itself. And appropriating that language (as your professor seemed to have been doing) may be a good way to defuse its harmfulness.
4:57 pm
Gillie
Well, I don't think any of us ever thought to call him a frog, but I haven't really heard of that being used as an insult against people in Quebec either
4:57 pm
Gillie
Although in my province there are a lot of people who say rude things about Quebecers, unfortunately
4:58 pm
cybernan
my French teacher in high school was from Grenoble. We didn't have French teachers in the elementary grades nor French immersion. French speaking teachers in Quebec didn't want to move to an English speaking province so it was a challenge to find enough teachers to teach French in high school.
4:59 pm
cybernan
It was used in an offensive manner when I lived in PQ, but that was in the early 70's
4:59 pm
FrenchToast
My French teacher in high school , Madame Stribling, was American. But my professor in college was French. I forget her name. She was so tough.
4:59 pm
Gillie
I think Alberta may be about the worst province for anti-Quebec sentiment, but they still managed to find enough teachers (the program started in Junior High)
5:00 pm
cybernan
started in Grade 9 here
5:03 pm
cybernan
It may have been the times, Gillie -- it was the beginning of the separatist movement - Pierre Laporte was assassinated and Trudeau had enforced the riot act.
5:04 pm
Gillie
It wasn't much later than that, honestly
5:04 pm
Gillie
a few years
5:10 pm
Gillie
Before that, in elementary school, I think I had only one French teacher who's first language was actually French, and she seemed to care more about our pronunciation than our comprehension
5:11 pm
Gillie
(whose, I mean)
5:14 pm
cybernan
re 6/27 please?
5:14 pm
cybernan
Were you in Calgary or Edmonton?
5:15 pm
FrenchToast
re + first 3 letters of French for see
5:15 pm
FrenchToast
oops that isn't quite right
5:16 pm
FrenchToast
there's a consonant before the French word for see
5:16 pm
cybernan
dthat's ok - got it from your clue
5:16 pm
FrenchToast
and plural
5:16 pm
FrenchToast
De rien
5:21 pm
cybernan
a lot of weird words in this one
5:23 pm
FrenchToast
I know right!? just finished the Js
5:25 pm
FrenchToast
Down to 16
5:26 pm
FrenchToast
Wheeeeeeeeeeeee
5:28 pm
FrenchToast
Clue for er7/8
5:28 pm
FrenchToast
S'il vous plait?
5:29 pm
FrenchToast
I pulled a peri
5:30 pm
cybernan
first sh 7 please?
5:30 pm
Sugrraleona
a type of massage
5:30 pm
cybernan
no idea - not my thing
5:31 pm
FrenchToast
It's a type of massage that sounds Japanese
5:32 pm
cybernan
still no clue
5:33 pm
FrenchToast
hmmm hard to clue
5:34 pm
Sugrraleona
LOl cyber - ok, I'll try to break it down -- sh plus two vowels plus the first two letters of another word for emperor plus a vowel that rhymes with "you" -
5:34 pm
Sugrraleona
it starts with Lebouf's first name (4 letters)
5:34 pm
cybernan
ty -- sort of like the dog
5:35 pm
cybernan
would never have come with it though
5:35 pm
FrenchToast
first en5 please?
5:36 pm
FrenchToast
Oh damn, never mind, I found it
5:36 pm
hurshy
my first is one that means huge but i am missing one E
5:37 pm
cybernan
lost some words on the bedpost overnight!
5:37 pm
cybernan
but I am done - yay...anyone want help before I leave?
5:38 pm
FrenchToast
Aw you beat me, Im looking for my last word.
5:39 pm
hurshy
belated thanks to graelywa
5:39 pm
cybernan
do you have the en 8, hurshy?
5:40 pm
FrenchToast
Fireworks!
5:41 pm
cybernan
grats french
5:41 pm
FrenchToast
thank you for your help Nan and hurshy and Gillie and paris
5:41 pm
cybernan
guess Hurshy has her nose in the grid. A demain :)
5:42 pm
FrenchToast
A tout a l'heure, nan
5:43 pm
hurshy
i do NOT have en8
5:45 pm
hurshy
i wanted environs but not here
5:45 pm
hurshy
nor is envision
5:45 pm
hurshy
and i tried envasion just in case but that doesn't work
5:56 pm
Sugrraleona
I'm missing an en 5 7 and 8 -
5:56 pm
penquis
there is no en 7...
5:56 pm
Sugrraleona
6 - sorry
5:57 pm
penquis
the en 6 is a pl...
5:57 pm
hurshy
alt sp of a person you send on your behalf to like negotiate or deliver something important or whatever
5:57 pm
penquis
i am missing the first en 5...just listed...
5:58 pm
Sugrraleona
I just found the en8
5:58 pm
hurshy
en5 huge pen
5:58 pm
penquis
does it build off the en 5?
5:58 pm
penquis
ty, hursh...
5:59 pm
hurshy
please please may we have en8 clue
5:59 pm
Sugrraleona
en plush ra6/30
5:59 pm
hurshy
thankee kindly
6:00 pm
hurshy
i also need one A and one upper i
6:00 pm
Sugrraleona
your welcome - do you have the 2nd en5?
6:00 pm
penquis
ty, sugrr...
6:00 pm
penquis
yes....the huge word...
6:00 pm
Sugrraleona
I have that one
6:01 pm
hurshy
i clued it 5:57 for you
6:01 pm
hurshy
ooooh i found my A
6:01 pm
penquis
there is only one en 5...
6:02 pm
hurshy
no there are two
6:02 pm
hurshy
and i clued 'em both
6:02 pm
penquis
no, there are two....hursh clued them...
6:02 pm
Sugrraleona
I see the clue I'm not getting it
6:03 pm
penquis
en + a trip is a **yage...add a vowel...
6:03 pm
penquis
and pl for the 6...
6:03 pm
Sugrraleona
oh boy - thank you so much
6:04 pm
penquis
am i supposed to know er 7/8?
6:04 pm
Sugrraleona
I'm looking for those now
6:04 pm
hurshy
the act of removing pencil marks
6:04 pm
penquis
ty, hursh...
6:04 pm
Sugrraleona
ha ha, thank you hursh
6:06 pm
hurshy
i have the very nicest of all kittens
6:06 pm
hurshy
<--- that is her
6:06 pm
penquis
my friend has 3 cats...they are brothers a couple years old....they are the sweetest cats....
6:07 pm
hurshy
rilla is not a kitten-cat tho, she is a kitten-angel
6:07 pm
penquis
her ears are almost bigger than her head, lol....very cute....
6:07 pm
hurshy
cats like to be naughty sometimes. rilla does not.
6:08 pm
hurshy
she has a small head yes
6:08 pm
hurshy
any clue for fr8?
6:08 pm
penquis
looking for that now but with no luck...
6:19 pm
hurshy
got it with MW
6:19 pm
penquis
clueable?
6:20 pm
hurshy
add the 4 letter word for give off a signal, then add you & me
6:35 pm
hokie carla
rehi!
6:35 pm
penquis
am i supposed to know the mi 5/14?...it may be a 5/6 combo...
6:36 pm
hokie carla
I have 2
6:36 pm
hokie carla
nay, 3
6:36 pm
penquis
it's the first one...
6:37 pm
hokie carla
first I have is one who acts without talking
6:37 pm
penquis
that is not the first...that is the second...
6:37 pm
hokie carla
we normally would just say mi4
6:37 pm
penquis
but thanks...
6:37 pm
hokie carla
ok, I do still need 4 M
6:37 pm
hokie carla
oh, there's the skin one
6:38 pm
hokie carla
the sing is not here but ends in -um
6:38 pm
penquis
found it...it was the weird cat sound....i am done...
6:38 pm
hokie carla
but that's only 5/12
6:39 pm
hokie carla
really, another cat sound?
6:39 pm
hokie carla
I saw a little bobcat earlier
6:39 pm
hokie carla
now I just need 1 M
6:40 pm
penquis
do you have mi 7?
6:41 pm
penquis
it's the tiny details...
6:41 pm
hokie carla
thanks, was seeing some phantoms around that
6:42 pm
penquis
me, too....need anything else before i go?
6:43 pm
hokie carla
still 104 left. I don't think I've even finished a first pass. but thanks.
6:44 pm
penquis
no problem....goodnight...
6:44 pm
hokie carla
good night!
6:44 pm
hokie carla
ugh, just noticed all the big ones
7:20 pm
72 Temple Owl
mi7/36 pls?
11:13 pm
Gillie
all the small details