Thursday, July 16, 2026

ENTIRE CHAT LOG

12:00 am
Rainiqui

Hi everyone
12:02 am
ursh

hello all
12:02 am
MetFan

Howdy all
12:02 am
justafreep

howdy
12:07 am
cybernan

hi everyone
12:07 am
cybernan

lo 6
12:09 am
justafreep

hi, nan
12:10 am
Gillie

ta6
12:15 am
Gillie

pr6
12:17 am
Gillie

lo6 x 2
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS

Clues are up
12:17 am
MetFan

ty lickety
12:24 am
dizgrannie

hi all, nbt/nbs, ae 8
12:25 am
Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, te 7
12:29 am
Gillie

the lone O is eluding me
12:29 am
rastapopolous

it's the willow
12:30 am
Gillie

ty
12:30 am
dizgrannie

os 5
12:31 am
Gillie

30 left - that'll do for tonight (def not as easy as yesterday's)
1:10 am
ursh

odd - i have fireworks but the grid still shows a missing L - i do have 9 L words ?
1:24 am
dizgrannie

type them all in again
1:24 am
dizgrannie

FWs
4:27 am
crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)
4:28 am
crosshair

Hiding indoors again today. Air quality index is 609!! So much worse than yesterday.
6:00 am
bichon

Hiding indoors and turning on the AC
6:45 am
Scrabbler

Still here, Crossy?
6:59 am
Trifioso

hello friends. I am so happy to be babbling again! How I have missed it - and you all.
6:59 am
bichon

Hi Trif, Scrabs
6:59 am
Trifioso

hello bichon.
7:00 am
72 Temple Owl

hello trif
7:00 am
Scrabbler

Yay, Trif! So nice to see you return.
7:00 am
Scrabbler

Hi Bichon and Owl.
7:00 am
Trifioso

good morning. we finally have sunny-ish skies again, after two strange days of very hazy skies due to the wildfires in canada
7:01 am
Trifioso

those poor people! All that land lost....
7:01 am
Scrabbler

Same here. Tragic losses for ecology, people, and animals.
7:02 am
72 Temple Owl

code red here. can see and smell smoke and temps nea 100
7:03 am
Trifioso

ugh. yesterday i wanted to take my eyeballs out and rinse them off....
7:04 am
72 Temple Owl

at least smoke did not affect all star game activities.
7:04 am
Trifioso

all hands on deck weekend ahead here - one daughter coming in to town, to attend the wedding shower of the other! by thanksgiving of this year 100% of my children will be married! Some of you who have known me for a while remember when they were starting first grade, and I had all morning to babble!
7:05 am
Scrabbler

Oh, my, Trif. How life changes.
7:05 am
Trifioso

it FLIES, scrabbler! I think of you every day - your beautiful artwork is right by my front door
7:06 am
Trifioso

you will have to forgive me, I am sentimental today
7:07 am
bichon

Our son will be celebrating his 29th wedding anniversary on Sunday
7:07 am
Trifioso

wow, bichon!
7:08 am
72 Temple Owl

still have kids down here, trif?
7:09 am
EvaNadine

good morning, babblers!
7:09 am
Trifioso

yes maam! Fishtown
7:09 am
Trifioso

good morning eva
7:10 am
72 Temple Owl

city is hopping this summer.
7:10 am
Scrabbler

YW, Trif.
7:10 am
Trifioso

I will be there for almost a week in november, maybe we could meet for lunch?
7:10 am
Scrabbler

Hi Eva and K.
7:13 am
72 Temple Owl

i would do that. i' have been sidelined sine early jauary with a bad wrist break, surgery and complications. just begining to adjust.
7:14 am
Trifioso

oh I am so sorry to hear!
7:14 am
EvaNadine

hello, hello.
how are you all?
7:14 am
72 Temple Owl

hi evaN
7:15 am
Trifioso

ahhhh the coffee boy has arrived with my morning cuppa....such a dear
7:16 am
EvaNadine

oily
7:16 am
EvaNadine

*oops*
7:18 am
Trifioso

what's in the PB these days?
7:18 am
72 Temple Owl

cobwebs?
7:18 am
EvaNadine

hopefully a comfy bed -- i could use a nap. lol
7:19 am
Trifioso

I am 100% taking a nap later today.
7:21 am
Trifioso

hang on - why isn't "oakier" a word? "I find this brandy to be oakier than the the other one..."
7:24 am
72 Temple Owl

so trif, hoping your absence has not been caused by awful events...
7:24 am
Trifioso

no, by working at a place where all games are banned, and then when I get home no time to babble. need better time management, clearly!
7:26 am
72 Temple Owl

no, you need poor time management. i am so used to living on line since could not dtive.
7:26 am
72 Temple Owl

for months.
7:27 am
Trifioso

if you saw the state of this place, you would know how badly I need it, Temple! I have been taking an online course for women with ADD, and it has been life-changing! Also, Tor's death did rather take the wind out of my sails for a bit - how I miss him.
7:28 am
72 Temple Owl

yes, cannot he;p but reflect on that.
7:28 am
bichon

My Bichon will be 19 in October
7:28 am
72 Temple Owl

the course sounds ike something i need.
7:29 am
Trifioso

wow! Is that common? I am thinking it is not, bichon?
7:29 am
72 Temple Owl

bichon, amazing
7:30 am
Trifioso

is the i in the third column science-y?
7:31 am
bichon

For a 13 lb dog, not unusual. He can barely walk. But,I can take him outside to do his business. And, he loves to be scratched behind his ears.
7:31 am
Trifioso

I echo Temple = amazing! Such a lucky lil guy to have you as his kahu
7:32 am
bichon

Unfortunately, he is our last dog
7:36 am
Trifioso

excellent idea to keep him going then! well done you
7:36 am
Trifioso

Scrabbler, is Fiona bunny still hopping along?
7:55 am
72 Temple Owl

i have a friend with two senior havanese. taking care of a og in that stage takes so much love.
7:55 am
72 Temple Owl

patience and time. life altering.
7:57 am
72 Temple Owl

i'd better get going, at least to water the garden in the smoke before the heat kicks in. looks like a day indoors
7:57 am
72 Temple Owl

happy babbling.
8:10 am
bichon

We spend a lot of time on and with Marco
8:26 am
hurshy

morning babblers
8:29 am
hurshy

phantom: attack
8:31 am
hurshy

which come to think of it describes my night. bad dreams = phantom attack
8:40 am
hurshy

name that proper noun! UN secretary of the turn of the century Annan
8:44 am
hurshy

phantom: oriole
8:46 am
hurshy

gtg, ttfn
9:52 am
Book Doctor Gwen

howdee y'alls
10:07 am
Shirlockc

phantom osprey
10:08 am
BzznBea

Kofi
10:40 am
penquis

hello all....
10:49 am
FrenchToast

kofi
10:50 am
penquis

phantom: poison...'
10:50 am
FrenchToast

phantom: freak
10:53 am
penquis

this grid has a bit of bite to it....
10:54 am
penquis

phantom: prison...
10:54 am
FrenchToast

Hip flexors are in the grid
11:01 am
rururocks

Kofi??
11:02 am
penquis

answer to a NTPN....
11:02 am
FrenchToast

see Hurshy;s question at 840am
11:17 am
penquis

too many vowels in this grid...
11:20 am
worzel

went back in chog to the clue for the lone O and am still none the wiser - any help pls?
11:20 am
worzel

osiea
11:21 am
BzznBea

of4.9
11:22 am
BzznBea

K's gave me the most trouble today.
11:23 am
worzel

there are two of 4/9s?
11:25 am
BzznBea

No
11:26 am
penquis

then what are the stats for the lone O?
11:26 am
BzznBea

sorry. os5.10
11:26 am
penquis

ty...
11:29 am
worzel

yea i saw it was os 5 in the earlier clue, along with a clue about willow? But still don't get it
11:29 am
penquis

it ends like a comparative....but it's not...
11:29 am
penquis

it's a type of willow....
11:29 am
worzel

ah thanks
11:31 am
penquis

yw...
11:51 am
worzel

ok just to annoy everybody - stats for the lone i please?
11:52 am
penquis

ik 4/8...
11:52 am
worzel

ty pen
11:52 am
penquis

yw...
12:00 pm
penquis

taking a break....bye for now....
12:10 pm
periwinkle

hi all . not liking this grid. help with ae8 or te7 please
12:26 pm
Gillie

te7 is something you eat - I'm guessing at a light afternoon meal in England
12:28 pm
bichon

ty Gillie
12:28 pm
Gillie

ae8 is a British spelling of "a streamlined body that is capable of generating significantly more lift than drag" - ends with an electric razor part
12:29 pm
Gillie

yw
12:29 pm
bichon

ae 8/55 pls
12:29 pm
Gillie

just posted :)
12:30 pm
hurshy

hi all
12:30 pm
Gillie

anyway - I'm done now, so good look all, and bye!
12:30 pm
hurshy

thanks for the 8
12:31 pm
Gillie

good *luck* (duh)
12:31 pm
hurshy

funny that both long words today are british
12:31 pm
bichon

Gillie, don't understand your clue
12:32 pm
hurshy

the second have of the word is a kitchen item, aluminum ____
12:32 pm
hurshy

*half
12:33 pm
bichon

ty hurshy
12:36 pm
bichon

et 5/12, pls
12:36 pm
hurshy

the sort of like, work culture a place has, maybe. like this company has an et5 of providing top customer service
12:37 pm
bichon

ty hurshy
12:39 pm
hurshy

woot, Kiboshed the Ks!
12:40 pm
hurshy

phantom: prison
12:41 pm
hurshy

phantom: those
12:45 pm
hurshy

is everyone struggling with the second row T or is it just me?
12:45 pm
hurshy

have ta4/8 and th5/12
12:47 pm
hurshy

aHA
12:47 pm
hurshy

found the others, a pair. 5 & 6.
12:48 pm
hurshy

the ol' peri magic
12:53 pm
hurshy

3 left!
12:57 pm
hurshy

2 left!
12:57 pm
hurshy

will have to save them for later
12:57 pm
hurshy

ttfn
2:51 pm
hokie carla

howdy folks. late start here.
2:59 pm
periwinkle

ty for te7 and ae8
3:04 pm
periwinkle

is there really an oi4?
3:04 pm
periwinkle

sheesh there is
3:36 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Got my Dylan ticket in my wallet. Honey, where Are You Tonight?
3:45 pm
hurshy

i'm back and got one of my last two!
3:45 pm
hurshy

done!
3:46 pm
hurshy

it's funny how much doing other stuff and coming back can help sometimes
4:06 pm
hokie carla

not sure I've seen both spellings of the o4 here at the same time before