12:02 am
Rainiqui
Hi everyone
12:02 am
MetFan
Howdy all
12:03 am
Robespierre
Hello!
12:07 am
MetFan
Thanks for pointing out the 8, ursh - I'd only gotten the 6
12:16 am
cybernan
te 7 - hi everyone
12:19 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:19 am
MetFan
TY Lickety
12:38 am
cybernan
nbt, nbs - good night )
5:08 am
worzel
Why doesn't it let you put an r on the end of the first ca5/12 (the boat one)? It's a legitimate word
5:08 am
ChampFit
I try it every time! Totally agree.
5:59 am
Lewandjoy
Phantom inferno
6:47 am
Flask1
Good morning all....
7:05 am
crosshair
Good morning, Babblers. :)
7:06 am
Bubbebobbi7
nanao
7:07 am
Flask1
Morning Crosshair...
7:09 am
crosshair
Ouch! Gas is just under $1.70/litre this morning!!! Glad I no longer commute.
7:10 am
crosshair
About $6.80/gallon for my American friends.
7:13 am
Flask1
yes...it was even being discussed in here this morning...someone deciding whether to heat the house or have hot water.....its shocking!!
7:15 am
crosshair
That is one saving grace here in that much of our electricity is from hydoelectric or nuclear facilities. However, all food gets delivered by truck and diesel is $2.20/litre today. :(
7:18 am
crosshair
Back when I was running my service station (1994-2007) it would cost me $540 to have one load of gasoline delivered from Sarnia to Collingwood. It is amost three times that cost now. (Just one of many things that affect the price you pay at the pump.)
7:19 am
Flask1
sadly the p.o.t.u.s. is causing misery everywhere....and why??? Just because he can!!!
7:20 am
crosshair
The Epstein Smokescreen War.
7:21 am
kc8501
because he's an idiot that's being manipulated left and right and our systems that provide control have been hijacked.
7:21 am
crosshair
Basucally it is another thing he did not think through or consult with other nations beforehand.
7:23 am
crosshair
He abused other countries for a year then says "oh no, I did not realize that vital shipping would grind to a halt, please help." Not bloody likely.
7:25 am
crosshair
Price gets high enough, Canada will dimply keep all of our own oil any hydro. This iscwhy Carney is doing a full review on energy exports ascwe speak.
7:25 am
crosshair
Damn typos
7:25 am
Flask1
Oh he's a horrible human being!
7:30 am
crosshair
Also why we are building "pocket" reactors. Small units capable of powering specific regions without the need of being connected to the main grid. In the future large cities can be easily powered independantly of each other. Plus we have a market for them with other like-minded free trade countries.
7:38 am
crosshair
Trump may be an idiot, but he has unwittingly become a catalyst allowing us to acheive a great many things wevpreviously would have thought impossible. Our prime minster has basically been living on a plane this last year working out trade deals with like-minded countries. We have set up new coastal shipping depots, rerouted pipelines and rail, elimiated inter-provincial trade barriers. So many new and exciting things--initiated by a buffon who has no idea whatsoever.
7:39 am
crosshair
Well, enough of that. Back to Babble.
7:39 am
kc8501
Hint for the re6/30?
7:40 am
rururocks
an L short of to mirror
7:40 am
rururocks
or think deeply about something
7:40 am
mkg
any clues for the 7 and 8 welcome. ty
7:42 am
crosshair
In biblical verse he would an6 your head with oil, wich make him an an8
7:44 am
EvaNadine
i cant help but wonder if our country will ever be able to repair bonds with other countries after this evil man is out of office.
lord knows we have a lot of reconciliation to do, both within and without.
7:44 am
mkg
ty. great clue cross. got the an 6 and 8.
7:44 am
crosshair
Or was it feet? Lol
7:44 am
mkg
any clues for the seven? ty.
7:44 am
crosshair
It will take decades, Nadine. :(
7:45 am
rururocks
I've wondered that too eva.. I can't bear to witness the gigantic mess he's made and hurt so many people.
7:45 am
EvaNadine
i hate that my son will feel the ramifications if this for the rest of his life.
7:46 am
crosshair
It will take generations to undo, but there are many things that will never come back to what they were.
7:46 am
mkg
eva no he wont. atmost it will take 10 years to undo much. things move fast when we get a new president. I read biographies and look what Teddy
7:47 am
crosshair
All the trade deals we are signing, for example, are ten, twenty, thirty year deals that are binding.
7:48 am
crosshair
Mkg, there are many things that cannot be undone, sadly.
7:48 am
mkg
Teddy Roosevelt did in his 7 years as president. he created national parks, he stopped corporations from being monopolies, he established the FDA, and on and on. one man can do a lot.
7:48 am
rururocks
I'd like to point out that one woman could as well
7:48 am
mkg
you can make new trade deals! it doesnt take 25 years to do that.
7:48 am
kc8501
One president can do a lot -- when they are backed by congress and the courts. That's why so much is happening now and why so much has been hampered in the past
7:49 am
crosshair
For example, we are rerouting our rail system for east-west traffic so it no longer has to touch U.S soil.
7:49 am
mkg
yes a woman as well.
7:50 am
mkg
any clues for the 7s?
7:50 am
crosshair
We are working eith the mexican to create the "Northern Route" for shipping good directly, bypassing the U.S
7:51 am
rururocks
the cartels have been doing that for years crossy
7:51 am
crosshair
Yup, so take a page from their book for foodstuffs as well.
7:54 am
mkg
so if canada can do all that in just two years, any country can make the same changes in two years.
7:54 am
mkg
still have no sevens. hmmm
7:55 am
crosshair
We still have to stick with our new contracts, mkg. Cannot just back out of them if trump does us the favour of dying.
7:56 am
rururocks
I pray he chokes on a big mac
7:57 am
crosshair
Once the new contracts has run their course we will look at things again.
7:59 am
crosshair
Basicallyball the ither countries are waiting for the mid-terms. See what happens then.
7:59 am
rururocks
I''m guessing it's going to be a democratic wave.. it should be interesting
8:00 am
crosshair
Very interesting. Wonder if Trump eill try and close rural voting centres again, and remove voting machines?
8:00 am
rururocks
he is trying that
8:01 am
rururocks
the judges won't let him
8:01 am
rururocks
he's losing state after state
8:01 am
crosshair
He is a planetary cancer.
8:02 am
rururocks
or worse
8:03 am
crosshair
He is why we are currently duping all that money into far north defense, why we bought that Aussie early warning system.
8:04 am
crosshair
Sweedish jets, german subs,etc etc. Interesting times indeed.
8:05 am
rururocks
none of us blame canada for their responses to his policies and idiotic statements
8:06 am
crosshair
And we, in turn, feel horrible for our American cousins who are caught up in this insanity though no fault of their own.
8:06 am
rururocks
well.. we half deserve it .. half this country voted for him, although the numbers that regret it are growing daily
8:10 am
crosshair
It is why we are offering safe haven to those who wish to apply, doctors, nurses, first responders, scientists, those who live in states where body autonomy rights have been removed, those who have been penalized or ostracised based on how they identify as a person. The list goes on and on.
8:11 am
rururocks
yeah but not to this old fart
8:11 am
crosshair
Would even welcome you, ruru--as long as you are cool with universal healthcare. :)
8:12 am
EvaNadine
whil i believe a lot can change in a few years with the right president, i fear our country is so divdied that we will unable to agree on who is "right" -- and even if someone great steps into the role, so many people will tear them down just from being from the "wrong" side of the aisle.
and even if we can overcome that internally, in order to make these deals with other countries, they have to trust us + want to work with us -- and i think it will take some time for that to happen -- at least with the countries we would have previously considered our allies.
8:12 am
rururocks
nope.. the best deal I can get is six months a year
8:13 am
rururocks
all of this division over a narcissistic sociopath's wound of losing an election.
8:13 am
crosshair
That trust will take a long time to return.
8:13 am
rururocks
that he couldn't/wouldn't accept
8:14 am
Sugrraleona
Hi - i'm reading all of you comments here - inasmuch as I either agree or disagree (as I don't like to talk politics - because I'm not up on everything), what rights have been taken away crosshair regarding body autonomy? I get certain people have been ostracized but I'm not understanding what rights have been taken away. I try to not watch the news anymore and stay off social media, because it's hard to tell what's true anymore.
8:15 am
rururocks
a woman's right to choose to have a baby and get necessary health care for pregnancy
8:15 am
crosshair
Exactly.
8:15 am
rururocks
that's for starters
8:16 am
Sugrraleona
you're referring to abortion? I believe it's been left up to the states to decide - not the federal government. We don't have free healthcare, a woman has a right to health care for pregnancy, they just have to pay for it - the right was not taken away - I don't believe.
8:17 am
rururocks
you're wrong
8:17 am
Sugrraleona
and there are free clinics
8:17 am
Sugrraleona
explain ruru please
8:17 am
rururocks
not in florida, missouri, texas, alabama and other states it's a crime for a doctor to aid in an abortion
8:18 am
rururocks
even if they go to a state where it is legal
8:18 am
rururocks
(texas law)
8:18 am
Sugrraleona
I'm unsure about that - so if I lived in Florida and wanted an abortion - and i go to New york to have it done, that's illegal?
8:18 am
rururocks
they are unfunding free clinics and passing laws (or tryinjg to ) in dozens of states
8:19 am
crosshair
Yes. This issue exactly. A woman should have total sutonomy over her body regardless of what state she lives in.
8:19 am
rururocks
I'm not sure about that but if you lived in texas you absolutely would / could be arrested
8:19 am
Sugrraleona
That I agree 100 percent Cross
8:20 am
Sugrraleona
but I think that's my point ruru - Texas law, not Federal law
8:20 am
crosshair
But it is not so at the moment, leona
8:21 am
crosshair
As ruru outlined
8:21 am
Sugrraleona
not in all states - I live in Ny, and I would not be breaking the law if I chose to have an abortion (obviously I cna't I'm 61 )
8:22 am
rururocks
they are slowly working the mechanisms to make it illegal in as many states as possible and to make it a crime to do interstate abortions
8:22 am
Sugrraleona
I thought I read earlier that you were blaming our government to taking away the rights - but it's not the government - its the states that choose to - I don't agree with any right regrding a woman's body should be taken away by the way.
8:22 am
crosshair
That is the main issues each state treats the other like they are an island nation where laws can be crated even though they are not just.
8:22 am
rururocks
they're losing in the courts but who knows the future
8:23 am
crosshair
State, governent. It is all in the same country. A "not in my back yard" does not justify it
8:24 am
rururocks
"the government cancelled roe vs wade" which allowed freedom for women nationwide for decades. it's a person's decision not a state government's decision
8:24 am
Sugrraleona
I get it cross - but unfortnately that's the way it is -
8:24 am
Sugrraleona
- can I get help with the te7?
8:25 am
rururocks
really small
8:25 am
crosshair
And there you go. "That is just the way it is" does not help the 24 year old girls in Florida that has yo carry a rape baby to tem.
8:25 am
crosshair
14 year old
8:25 am
Sugrraleona
dang, I never looked in that direciton - thanks ruru
8:26 am
crosshair
Sorry. Did not mean it to get so heavy, but it is happening.
8:27 am
phaeton
help with the last te7?
8:27 am
Sugrraleona
cross, there are exceptions to this in Florida - she can have an abortion, but there are time limits (which is ridiculous)
8:28 am
Sugrraleona
cross, of course - no need to apologize
8:28 am
Sugrraleona
Im glad we can discuss things, without anyone getting nasty
8:29 am
Sugrraleona
there's so much hate these days.
8:29 am
crosshair
Or that brain dead woman whose body was used as an incubator to bring a fetus to term. Horrible stuff.
8:29 am
rururocks
there are some here who go over the edge easily, but I feel you have to hear the other side while politely disagreeing
8:29 am
crosshair
Yes, must always keep it civil.
8:29 am
Sugrraleona
exactly ruru
8:30 am
Sugrraleona
Love thy neighbor LOL
8:30 am
rururocks
sure.. but not all of them
8:30 am
Sugrraleona
ha ha ha -
8:31 am
crosshair
Like Robin Williams once said, it is like having a nice apartment--located above a meth lab. :)
8:31 am
Sugrraleona
ha ha
8:31 am
crosshair
Wevpay you get a better prez soon.
8:31 am
crosshair
We oray.
8:32 am
Sugrraleona
by the way Cross - my husband made our trip to Niagara Falls - we had a great time - I hit for$5K in the casino - only took home $3,600 american ):
8:32 am
crosshair
Nice. :)
8:32 am
crosshair
Was your first time at the falls?
8:32 am
rururocks
now gambling should be illegal
8:32 am
Sugrraleona
then we got stuck at the Buffalo airport -
8:32 am
Sugrraleona
ha ha ha ruru - ot if you win ha ha
8:33 am
Sugrraleona
My 2nd time there Cross -
8:33 am
crosshair
I have an "addictive" personality, so I avoid all casinos
8:33 am
Sugrraleona
the iceberg were awesome - most of the stuff was still closed for the winter - but our view from the Hilton was specatcular
8:33 am
rururocks
iceberg?
8:34 am
Sugrraleona
yes - I wish I could show you pictures - I guess from the mist of the Falls and the freezing weather, icebergs were formed - absolutely stunning
8:35 am
crosshair
Also why i have been sober for a year now, and quit the smokes in 2092.
8:36 am
Sugrraleona
congrats Cross - I have to go, nice chatting - talk soon xox
8:36 am
crosshair
Take care, Leona. :)
8:36 am
rururocks
did you drink a lot cross?
8:37 am
crosshair
At its worst, I could drink 26 ounces of vodka every two days.
8:38 am
ivesyj
my son has been clean and sober for almost 9 years now
8:38 am
ivesyj
and congrats crossy!
8:39 am
rururocks
holy shit cross.
8:39 am
crosshair
What help me continue is seeing everything I was missing in life when I used to have my head in the bottle. All the goodbthings, the nuances of life.
8:40 am
crosshair
And my beloved appreciates it as well.
8:41 am
crosshair
Not to mention the cost of spending $35;every two days on booze.
8:42 am
ivesyj
my son realizes now what he missed. was an addict for almost 20+years.. such a great step you took crossy to be sober. it isnt easy
8:44 am
Flask1
I have nothing but best wishes for you Cross....my son was not too long addicted to pain killers, it was awful.....
8:45 am
ivesyj
i know that feeling flask1 ..seeing it and not being able to help
8:45 am
rururocks
they have to do it themselves ivesy
8:46 am
rururocks
or want to
8:46 am
Flask1
that's the worst feeling...
8:46 am
crosshair
When my better half and I quit the smokes in 2002, they cost $7.50/pack. That is $15/day we were soending. Today thise same smokes are $15/pack
8:46 am
crosshair
Spending*
8:47 am
ivesyj
yes ruru. took me awhile but i learned that the hard way
8:47 am
rururocks
yeah.. it was hard to see you tortured by his actions
8:48 am
crosshair
Yes, you have to want it. Nobody else can do it for you. Usually younhave to hit rock bottom first.
8:48 am
rururocks
or like my brother no bottom at all
8:49 am
Flask1
yes....and to me it beggars belief that people here prepared to pay almost 20 pounds for a packet of 20 ciggies...
8:49 am
rururocks
$20 bucks here too
8:49 am
crosshair
I did not do A.A because I di not want religion muddying up the process.
8:49 am
rururocks
the most filthy habit there is
8:49 am
EvaNadine
my dad was an alcoholic....he went to rehab several times + was in recovery most of my life with a few relapses. addiction is no joke and it affects everyone who loves you.
8:50 am
ivesyj
thats what my son (jason) says crossy !. never went for it. its was the VA that helped him
8:50 am
rururocks
One can do AA and blow off all the religious crap.. just attend for the personal stories etc
8:51 am
ivesyj
flask i pay $15 plus here for smokes. . unless i get them from the res then its $30 carton. not best smokes but cheaper lol
8:51 am
crosshair
You must realize that you will always be an addict, and that you do it day by day. Each day you do not drink is like collecting a pearl. One day at a time until you suddenly realize you have made a necklace, and it feels good.
8:51 am
rururocks
alcholism runs rampant in my family...and weirdly I'm in the alcohol business
8:52 am
Flask1
lets not forget the people we are discussing are never happy....so sad
8:53 am
EvaNadine
my dad was also a diagnosed bipolar manic-depressive.
there was so much happening there.
8:53 am
rururocks
gotta go.. take care all
8:53 am
ivesyj
so true crossy. he calls him self an addict.doesnt hide behind it anymore. and i dont hide it either. it is what it is. .i remember the people who stood by us . and i def. remember those that didnt
8:54 am
crosshair
It is a lifetime battle, Ivesy, and family and friend are the staff we lean on when we falter.
8:54 am
EvaNadine
addiction is a disease. we dont blame people for having cancer and we shouldnt treat those with additions any differently.
8:56 am
crosshair
Today, I can go to a party, ask the bartender for a gingerale, and be content. It took a lot to get there though.
8:56 am
ivesyj
thats so true evanadine
8:57 am
Flask1
Well done you Cross...
8:57 am
EvaNadine
mocktails have come a long way! i have a friend who runs an organization called Zero Proof Nation and its so very interesting!
8:57 am
crosshair
Well, enough of me. Think I shall try and find a few morecwords niw. :)
8:59 am
Flask1
Its a nippy one today....am struggling...lol
9:00 am
crosshair
A balmy minus 4C here today. :)
9:02 am
crosshair
I can get other people dog poop off our lawn without resorting to a jackhammer. :.
9:02 am
Flask1
We're sitting at 13c here
9:02 am
crosshair
Wow! BBQ weather!
9:03 am
BzznBea
Why do people let their dogs poop in your yard? Rather rude, I'd say.
9:03 am
crosshair
It is rude.
9:04 am
crosshair
But I have to pick all theirs up as well because our eight year old lab has a particular affinity for "chicolate brownies." :(
9:06 am
Flask1
I have never understood why dogs do that....yuk
9:12 am
rastapopolous
probiotics
9:12 am
crosshair
I have to make sure it is all tidy before we get more snow. Once they are buried under a foot of powder, my dog is out there like a wolf on the arctic tundra sniffing out burired "treasure."
9:16 am
crosshair
For those who have read Never Cry Wolf, it is exactly like the mouse hunting scenes. :/
9:16 am
rastapopolous
great book!
9:17 am
crosshair
It is. I love reading Mowatt.
9:18 am
crosshair
You want a really good one from him? Read "Grey Seas Unde'" and "The Serpents Coil."
9:19 am
rastapopolous
I'll look for them.
9:19 am
crosshair
They should be read in order
9:21 am
rastapopolous
ok. not available on
9:21 am
crosshair
The tale deals with the adventure of Canadian deep icean rescue tugs during the war years until about 1960. Mowatt gives it such life and vision that you can almost taste the salt spray on your lips as you read.
9:21 am
rastapopolous
audible, apparently
9:23 am
crosshair
Probably not, Rasta. You may have to go to the library, ir a good used book store to find them.
9:23 am
rastapopolous
available as real books, though.
9:23 am
crosshair
Well worth buying.
9:24 am
crosshair
Had to find in digital format as well.
9:25 am
rastapopolous
I hate the way enable spells ornery . I have never ever seen it like that.
9:25 am
crosshair
I have them in my bookcase in softcover, but lately the six point type defeats me. :/
9:30 am
crosshair
I actually now do 90% of my reading using an Ebook reader. Easier on the eyes with the backlight and adjustable font sizes, page colours, etc.
9:39 am
crosshair
For those Babblers who use E-book readers, I have some 300 or so novels saved on my computer in an E-pub format. There are a wide variety of authors and genres, incuding fifty ir so books that are currently banned in the U.S libraries and school systems. If anybody wants then, just e-mail me and I will send them as a lot via the "We Transfer" app.
9:44 am
crosshair
There is an industrious individual who plays the Minecraft game. They have built a "Alexandria library" within the game, and filled it with books so that people living in opressed countries still have access to some of the worlds best literature. :)
9:44 am
rastapopolous
so cool!
9:45 am
crosshair
It is very cool. :)
9:47 am
crosshair
There is an ech of this going on right now in the scientific community. There are U.S scientists and researchers who regularly back up all of their data in Canada in order to protect their decades of work.
10:33 am
Book Doctor Gwen
coming in low from the east, hi all
10:55 am
Book Doctor Gwen
nbt woot
10:57 am
Flask1
clue please for no8?
10:59 am
Book Doctor Gwen
you mean there's 8s in here? sorry, too soon for me
11:00 am
Flask1
Hi Gwen,,,yes there's 2
11:03 am
Flask1
no matter...got it
11:03 am
Book Doctor Gwen
i have loads of 4s and 5s, still sweeping the grid for "the easy ones"
11:06 am
Flask1
a wee freebie for you...
11:07 am
Book Doctor Gwen
woot
11:20 am
Book Doctor Gwen
phantom infect
11:29 am
Book Doctor Gwen
found the no8 = a negative prefix + going in through a door
12:04 pm
hurshy
thanks gwen
12:06 pm
cybernan
good morning everyone
12:06 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
howdee nan
12:08 pm
Flask1
evening nan...
12:12 pm
hurshy
phantom: careen
12:17 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
HOET at last, and 37 to go. brain bleed. later kids
12:18 pm
hurshy
i hope you don't have an ACTUAL brain bleed!
12:20 pm
cybernan
ac 7 please?
12:21 pm
hurshy
you most often see the word turned into a noun form ending in -tion
12:21 pm
hurshy
it means to build up, like residue builds up on a surface
12:22 pm
hurshy
it's the top A that i'm stumped about. have an4, 6, and 8
12:22 pm
hurshy
oh there i see another 6! normal word, too
12:25 pm
cybernan
all I can think of is accumulation
12:25 pm
hurshy
yeah it's not quite as commonly used as that
12:26 pm
hurshy
it's like, um... rhymes with a sidewalk being made of con*****
12:26 pm
cybernan
got it - ty - new on for me
12:27 pm
cybernan
done - any clues wanted before I leave?
12:27 pm
hurshy
well, if you have any weird Cs...
12:29 pm
cybernan
ca 7 - act of using the big gun?
12:30 pm
hurshy
phantom: canary
12:30 pm
cybernan
2 ca french ones we have often
12:31 pm
hurshy
i have the ticket one
12:31 pm
hurshy
for the other one do you mean ^ this mark?
12:31 pm
hurshy
or a la ca5?
12:32 pm
cybernan
the ca 5 is a punctuation mark, the ca 6 is a book of tickets
12:32 pm
hurshy
ok so those are the two you meant by french
12:33 pm
hurshy
i have them
12:33 pm
cybernan
french origin
12:34 pm
cybernan
do you have all the c's now?
12:34 pm
hurshy
i need 2 more
12:34 pm
hurshy
but i'm done with 6s :D
12:34 pm
hurshy
was the 7 you clued the only C7?
12:34 pm
cybernan
2 sp for the travelling entertainer or showman
12:35 pm
hurshy
yes have those also
12:35 pm
hurshy
ohh i need that!
12:35 pm
cybernan
colour + vowel
12:36 pm
hurshy
so 2 cy, is that it? and 4 cr?
12:36 pm
cybernan
yes and one ce
12:36 pm
cybernan
and one cz
12:37 pm
cybernan
if you missed the cz I hope you are planning of fish for supper!
12:39 pm
cybernan
on my way - curling is over until this evening
12:55 pm
hurshy
oh it WAS the cz
12:56 pm
hurshy
i get so used to the ts spelling...
12:56 pm
hurshy
now i need A, N, T, one of which is a 7
12:56 pm
hurshy
have one te7/28
12:57 pm
hurshy
(if anybody else is around that is)
12:58 pm
hurshy
aha, the A was az4
12:59 pm
sajarn
phantom: cannoneer
12:59 pm
hurshy
and cannon, for that matter!
2:23 pm
moolingwa
afternoon all
2:49 pm
scubadiver
Oops--wrong blank...sorry
2:49 pm
moolingwa
no worries, had it already :)
2:50 pm
moolingwa
oops, now I'm doing it!