July 17, 2016
ClosedYour Words
No words submitted.
90 total words
it's itty bitty
oh flip...
hey jess, stid
lo7 and go7
hi all
no 7
to7
op7
op7
jinx ru :)
o's obliterated
go jes go!
ca7
i think i found all the easy ones, stid... pretty well stalled out :)
thanks, hurst
hursh
your little rescue bat is a wonder, jes! I'm always astonished at how much even such tiny little creatures take some control of the feeding.
he's adorable, and very cuddly, helen
he'd drive me a little batty
i lurve the batties, but don't get many of them, and usually the ones I do get are very sick adults. This is only the second orphan I've raised
yeah, but it's a short route, ruru :D
2/3 done! :-)
takes one to guano one jes :D
yay stid!
10 left here. .but it's hard now
I will keep rooting for him, jes!
thanks, helen :) it's odd - i have had raccoon babies every spring for the past 5 years. no coons this year, but I've had 3 bats (2 sadly very ill and didn't make it)
12 for me, can't see the to7
Vanna can I buy an I please?
go hurshy go! :-)
i'd rather sell 'em than buy!
in5/10 not out
think dustin hoffman
Hurshy little chocolate chewy candy to**** roll
ahh thanks
thanks guys, that was the last 7 i needed :)
kind of hard to see words that end that way with no S following, you think of it as only the converted form of Y
half way and off to bed, bb in the morning
g'night, flosey
n's driving me Nutty
aha there they are
helps to vent
nicely done, hursh :)
what's everyone got left? me: PPCCST
Hello all. just starting
27 relatively random things
evening m9
got one of the c's!
well done hurshy! :-) watching a movie too... so I am slow....
a's abolished (all 2 of them!)
and the other!
what movie, stid?
phantom patio
and pation
caption
got the S!
It's a really awful one, actually -- I thought I had seen the end of this one, but now... I think it's not the one I thought it was. Wouldn't have watched it! Glad I don't know the name
i'm missing n's, s, c t p
q's quitted
I watched out of Compton tonight
l's lashed
got a P!
missing 2t's, 1 p, 2s's and an n
if it's awful, why are you still watching?
GAH
got the n
missing two n's still grrrr
Hi all
ni4/5 and pl perhaps ruru?
one n
evening, liz
ni4/4
ni5/10
I have all the fours
Stoog
STOOGIER that would be a great word!
I don't think so annette....
Which Stooge did you think was the Stoogiest? I'd say Moe was Stoogier than Larry
shemp was the stoogiest
i keep thinking i have one and then don't
first i was sure it was tapiti
then i was sure it was tasion
GOT THE T!
one P6 to go!
AND I GOT IT!!
whoo hoo hursh!
wtg hursh
YAY hurshy!
wtg!!
well, under 20. Going to save a few for tomorrow. have a great rest of your weekend, all! *poof*
I'm at 1/2 way
hve a lovely evening, stid. hope your movie gets better
5 here
stuck though
3 here
Have a good evening, Stid
me too
I still have a couple tiles to get one on
18
4
17
3
Go ru!
Go jes!
16
6 and at the rate I'm going I won't find them tonight!
LIST IN PROFILE!!!
phantom sapient
thanks, hursh :)
Lickety is there, hurshy.
o. i didn't see him say.
But thanks, anyway.
And congrats,
he did NOT say. which is unusual.
i didn't either, hurshy
ty liz :)
I just checked - since he changed his timing, I check.
c
yeah he just forgot to pop in and say that it was up
word that could have been an 8 today: patootie
More likely his computer glitched!
my mitten cat is a cutie patootie
Lickety's "clues are up" message is automated. The auto message must not be working.
AUTOMATED CHAT MESSAGES?! what dark magick is this??
Technomagick!
got the t.. finished
ah well, nighters all
molly.. you sure are up late
yay ruru!
Yay ru!1
Congrats, Ru.
Sleep well, Hurshy
Yeah well, it was my night to howl so I just got home.
howl?
It's an old country phrase. If it is your night to howl it means you have been out carousing.
ah
good for you
I was fairly sedate today
Hope you had a good time, Molly.
good night everyone :-)
Sleep well, Nan
g'night, nan
26 left. THat's enough for now.
g'night, m9
night jes
Sleep well, m9
me too .. good night all my dog is trying to lure me to the bedroom to go to sleep
5
g'night, ruru
3
Sleep well, Ru
2
1
firewords. last word ca6 - gambling place
Congrats, jes and thanks for ca 6
thanks, and your welcome :)
you're
good morning all
ca6 chinese house in Venice?
Hahaha look at all those I's !!!! Morning all xx
aye aye worzel
or is it eye eye?
well hello chj !!
morning worzel and chj
Morning Sprite x
normally I'm fast asleep at this time of night, but am having a bit of insomia tonight
sorry to hear it, chj, but glad to see you
to optain - to acquire by using one's eyes
phantom captain
also caption
and pistol
actor Topol
he is in there, at least. All dem phantoms...
and Pogo, an opossum
opossum, the only marsupial native to North America
brings Dame Edna to mind :D
Yay! nbt nbs!!
gratz worzel
Why thank you!!
sprite . . optain is also the grade of petrol you choose at the pump
I like it. Am adding it to the dictionary
oopa loopas - roald dahl creatures who didn't like the letter M
lolol
OK, time to try sleep once more . . night all
Clues are up
Thank you lickety . . . you lazy monkey!!! lol
*hugs lickety*
nn chj, I hope you can sleep now
fireflies. Bye all!
wtg sprite and bye!!!
pa 8/45 ?
there are no 8s on licketys list
So the pa 8/45 is an extra on lickety's list
Hello, anyone here?
acts
oops, sorry, wrong box
Hello, Rolotom.
Hi zooz
How is the puzzle going for you?
not too bad to be honest I was surprised so as there are a lot of 'i' lol
yes, it's an odd pattern
How about yourself?
OK, I'm about halfway through and haven't gone to the list yet
So not bad for me
Good going!
thanks!
rine
Morning all. Anyone have stats sfor the O and I in the second column?
oo4/4
oo4
Thanks! Thought I'd tried that. Obviously not ;)
ig 5/14
And slap me with a fish. An Inuit fish, I reckon...
lol
ஜ۩۞۩ஜ F.I.R.E.W.O.R.K.S ஜ۩۞۩ஜ
Happy babbling everyone!
congrats zooz!
re5, please?
re + almost all of the number after eight
thanks
re6 doesn't seem to work off the re5 correct?
re6, please?
add another consonant to the re 5/10
there are no consonants only a vowel
got it thanks
pi6 the last one please?
One who feels sorry for you
Thanks Molly :)
Glad I could help
any chance of a clue for the ca7 please
Washington DC is referred to as the CA.......
anyway, 11 left and all the 4s gone, time for a break
thanks sukee
Good morning, everybody :)
Hairy-nosed dolphin in da grid :)
Good morning, all!
Hiya!
I just found all the vowels that were missing yesterday. Cheez!
Hi babblers
Yes. It's good to see the vowels again, although not all together.
aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii o
:)
Hi Judi and TO
And Ori!
Ca7?
seat of government
Ty.
YW
With a nod to Lickety, that's fireworks!
yay judi!
Really like your icon, judi
inion
Sorry
Judi's icon is exceptional
op 7/32, pls
OP 7 - your personal belief or thoughts
ty teach
good morning all -- was stuck on last 4 when I shut it down last night
3
2
*!* ta da *!*
hagd everyone
pi6, please, did not understand the last clue?
someone who feels sorry for you
I have aquestion for somebody more knowledgeable than I (probably everybody) about computers: is there a way to isolate an e-mail without risking getting a virus. It could be from somebody's secretary?
hello origami
Thanks origami but that was the clue I didn't get.
Hi Ruby!
do you know how to do that?
pi + what men wear around their neck + consonant
Sorry, no Ruby.
but I don't think you can get a virus by just looking at an email
thanks I am done, hagd all
I just don't recogbize the name
hah, I call my daughter to7
to, to, to 7, good bye, to, to , to7, don't cry
choo choo train that takes m
Ruby, I think the most important thing is do not open any links or attachments in the email
tapis
Do you know the old song, mael?
aha, chrissie, it has an attachment and nothing on the subject line
I would delete it ruby
delete it Ruby
Definitely don't open the attachment. Those can be dangerous.
I think so, I feel uncomfortable with it
OK, following your advice. Thanks
curiosity killed the chat!
:-)
Never, ever, ever open an attachment in an email from someone you don't know.
Attachments in emails from people you do know (and you don't "know someone" by playing an internet game with them) is also dangerous.
afternoon all! can I have stats only for the lone I?
I think it is in5/10
can't be - left I in the 3rd row
ig5/7
sorry, ig5/14
oh duh tx
Sorry 2Bit, bad clue.
np Moll
I'll take a clue for the last pi6 :-)
One who feels so sorry for you
thanks for taking pi4 on me :-)
that's firewords! tx is1, Molly, lickety and all cluers
hello
hello
Hi Peri :-). I'm painting my kitchen at the moment & just down off the ladder, aching in places I forgot I had places!! How are you?
I am well, Soodle, Just made spicy peanut butter sauce to put on spaghetti for dinner. was at the beach yesterday.
what color are you painting your walls. my toes are painted "Canyon, short of milk chocolate color
sort of
I'm happy to hear that, Peri. Walls are yellow, ceiling is blue. But my kitchen is very big & I have a solid fuel cooker in it, which really destroys paintwork. It's three years since it was last done, so it's a big job. Sigh.
I would help if I lived closer
my kitchen is a yellowy orange. would like to paint it. not sure what color.
Aw!! Thanks Peri!! Luckily, all the kids are away, so nobody is being discomoded by my activities. Your toenails sound lovely!
how is your daughter doing. the one in the US?
Peri, she is loving every mili-second of it!!
I bet she is. what a wonderful experience for her.
I confess to being a bit concerned when she left, but she has immersed herself in Camp life, and is just having a blast. She is a very lucky girl!!
:)
Oscar Wilde was right.... Youth is definitely wasted on the young!
indeed
what is the weather where you are? in the 90's F here
fW for me. better let you continue your painting. cu later Soodle.
spectacular today. About 85, gentle breeze, blue skies.
Bye Peri x
*looking around an empty room*....
Hi pen!
Hi rolo...
how is the puzzle going for you?
i just listed...i have 20 left to find...
I'm down to 25, haven't been to the list yet
But about to head over
Must be an common problem - I have just listed at 20 as well.
hah...hi lynx...
Hi lynx!
comrades of the list
and at 16 and need to list
Good morning from down here
Good evening from coastal Virginia
hi, lil...
hi wv...
hi pen and all Babblers
and good evening from the western parts of West Virginia
Greetings from Brooklyn!
hot and humid here but nice breeze if you cn stay in the shade
How hot is it in Brooklyn, rolo
90 today, 95 tomorrow
88 here, with humidity it feels llike 97
nice here...low humidity...72F....
Jealous pen!
I'm watching the Wash Nationals v Pittsburg Pirates, it's the 17th inning believe it or not
weather now? 13c or 55f and lovely clear skies
*complains for the eleventy billionth time: poot is not a word *
hi, looking for help with the lo6 and no7. thx!
lo + boo*** woogie bugle boy + hesitation word....it's a comparative...
no7 is even more not quiet
no7 is even more boistrous
Thank you so much!
dont' forget po6,21, Po**** Webber, a character on Happy Days, old TV show
yw...
all the Os and Is made for some very silly words. Bye all
** finito ** last word CA 6/21 (first one) - of course, no definition available
Congrats WV!
A clue please for your last word?
yay teach! I have a ca6, the place where you gamble. Your last word must be something else.
re 6/18 please
double the consonant in the middle of re5/10 :-)
Thank you
change the last vowel in the CA 6 (second one) to get the first one
ca 7/36 please
seat of government red
thanks Origami
YW
Yay! Fireworks :-)
Any clues wanted before I go?
i am back after internet connection problems....and i am done...
argh I need stats for the single I word in 2nd column pls.
goodnight all who lurk...*waving*....
ig 5/14
well fish me
thank you Molly
It is hard to see words that are up and to the left. We are not trained to read that way.
Yes that's right
a clue for op 7 please
Op 7/32= some thing you personally believe;
And Good Evening Everyone.
thanks
hey Nef. down to 12. This is a tricky little one, isn't it?
hey puddin
hello everyone
I put a few words in earlier & have just returned, stid. It is confusing me!
I got down to about 25 last night, listed at about 18. now down to 11, but slow going. Worked in the garden for over two hours with Tom! Looking so much better. the garden looks better... Tom and I look tired~ LOL
LOL! How are you doing out in the garden? I know you don't want to be out there without help....
honnier
OOPs!
With Tom there, I am able to be a little less fearful -- sawed a branch off one of the chestnuts; fell down when it released... LOL bruised a little, but not really hurt. Accomplished two goals, though -- removed that branch and encouraged Tom and Grant to do the rest!
not a word; but I need to pay attention
I was able to work near some plants I am allergic too, also -- only a minor reaction, but glad that Tom was there just in case. Taking care of myself, but not willing to be completely inactive! Looking forward to getting out there again later this week and finishing up some small pruning and planting tasks.
LOL! I get frustrated when I'm told I can't do some of the things that need doing (my son is incredibly busy -- & bossy; so I'm never sure when he says I can't do something when that job might get done)
YES. that is exactly how I feel! Thanks for understanding. I am "good" when I have to be, but... I LIKE being able to really challenge myself!
Are you purposely growing something you're allergic too or is it a "volunteer" or a weed?
No, it's a St. Johnswort plant my mother in law gave me (like so many allergies, this one is progressing and was not a contact allergy years ago). I pruned it back really severely. If it survives, we will transplant it in the fall to a location where it can grow unchecked and reach full size without being near the places I need to be able to work.
There are a few remnants of mints that I developed an allergy to after I planted them, but most of those are now removed. :-)
Ahh! That makes sense.
Some plants are okay when I put them in, then I get allergic...
That I understand.
I try to not plant anything I know I am allergic to.
I am really happy that I know "how" to garden -- even when I haven't been able to do much for a few years, I am pretty confident and can work quickly when I do have the help.
That makes perfect sense. The only plant I have severe reactions to is burning weed; I'm not even very sensitive to poison ivy; but burning weed will make my arm or leg (or whatever touches it) numb for days!
Wish all of Grant's friends hadn't aged out of my price range... LOL if they aren't already fully employed, they are working on their final years of college and my paltry $10/hour rate isn't enough to really pay them back for the work they do.
I don't know what burning weed is. Mother has problems with members of the spurge family.
I hear you there!
I'm not sure if it's the same as burning nettle or not (& DH doesn't remember either)
three to go, a 6 and a couple of 7s
don't want to ask for clues because if they are fishy I will be embarassed...
GO, stid! (I have 57 left!)
I only have the 1 7 that I clued & I only have 3 of the 6's so far.
probably a nettle -- I LOVE nettles, and don't remove them where they grow in our yard (this year they were too mature before I got to them to harvest). They don't usually sting me, but the one time I got "bit" really hard, the joint pain in that hand was diminished for a couple days. I use it for the mild antihistamine properties of the tea.
But we have the urtica dioecia, not the "burning" one
two... the 6 was very fishy
I don't know that one at all. And DH, with his agriculture degrees can't remember things like that any more.
and the ca 7 was fishy for me too... one to go.
I would imagine that your DH feels frustrated with the loss of knowledge. I would...
He does. His memory is not as good as it used to be; but he has trouble with both recent memories & older ones. Which is odd.
That is odd... a more global issue than for many. Does he remember if he sees photos or other mementos? I forget many things, but if I see an artifact often it comes back to me.
and the no 7 was fishy, too.. :-( *sigh*
on the other hand, FW!!!
Good question. He bought one of those things that you can put slides & pictures in & make DVDs from them several years ago & I'm trying to get him to do that; but he has never commented on the pictures when he can remember how to do it.
YAY, stid!!! WTG!!!
(and thanks for the clues. This is a tricky grid!)
I like digitized data myself, but sometimes the manipulation to make comments is more complicated than needed. Could he narrate to someone else who is doing the input?
When Mother and I look at family pics together I should record our conversations -- there is a LOT more information that comes out of her than just names, places, and dates!
LOL you two. I just arrived and looked up burning weed. All that is showed were pictures of huge piles of marijuana burning up!!!
hey bugs!
rofl
I don't know if he could do that or not stid. And Yes!! Do recored it! My 2 last remaining aunts were together on Friday, & I was there & tried to find out a few things from them. (they both have very severe heart failure, & were also the youngest of my mothers' family; so I doubt if they will be able to meet together like that again or not).
hello ladies. are you both sniffing away?
I am done bugs -- can help as needed
Hi Bugs! That is hilarious! :-D
I have 50 words left
I posted pics on fb just now of the young buck and doe that are daily visitors. I think they are the fawns from last year. There is also an older (maybe 4 years) buck I see often, but haven't seen the mature doe so far this year. :-(
please write down the things that you learn from the elders. I didn't and asked my mother to write on the back who was in old family photos. When she forgot everytning the captions were things like, The aunts from back east". Nothing usefull
brb going to reheat supper.
Bugs, this isn't "exactly" the plant we call burning weed here; but it's the closest picture of the plant I have problems with: http://tinyurl.com/gq9u3xv (it's the "stinging nettle" on this page)
Yes. We have stinging nettles and the young leaves make a nice tea and soup base.
My daughter wanted the family story of my great (X3) grandmother during the Sioux Indian wars here in MN; so I called my older sister & she gave me this crazy hair-brained story that I'd never heard before; so I checked with our aunts & my cousins & none of them had ever heard this wild story either. But my sister says both the aunt who raised us & our grandmother told her this; & the one aunt looked at the other & they both said"well, she's Irish & they say the Irish "embellish" stories a lot!" (We've all agreed my sister was dreaming or smoking something!)
How can you drink or cook with it?
Nef, you are right to be cautious but there is probably a kernel of truth in those stories so don't dismiss them entiredly. I have Irish ancestry too.
Apparently the sting disappeares with simmering and they do have medicinal qualities. Some people even eat the nettles like cooked spinach but I hate cooked spinach.
Bugs, there is a cracked butter dish in the home I was raised in (my Aunt & Grandma both lived there). The story that the rest of us all know is that great Grandma had a baby, and some friendly indians stopped by their farm & told her that the rebellious indians were on the warpath & she should leave before they got there. Great (x3) grandma grabbed the baby & the butter dish & hid in the root celler for several days (which I understood was in the brambles). Why she would grab the butter dish has always confounded us.
a clue for the 2nd ti 6/18 please
My sisters story involves great (x3) grandma taking the baby & heading into a local fort for safety; But stopping at a nearby farm & grabbing the freshly made butter & hearing a baby cry & finding a half scalped baby girl; which she packed up & took into the fort with her! And (according to my sister's story)20 some years later gr. grandma was working in her store & a young woman walked in and asked for her; pulled her hair off her forehead & showing her scar s to gr. grandma! NO ONE serviving now ever heard of that before!
Sorry, Pudding, I don't have it yet but will now look for it.
Maybe the same reason that Laura Ingalls Wilder grabbed the bread plate? It was the closest thing at hand...
I bet it was a true story. There were good natives who warned the settlers they liked and people used to hide in the root cellars. My guess is the the butter dish was the only thing they could bring from the "old country" because it was small and packable but was a memory of her mother. Cracked or not, it was a memory.
both stories are plausible!
IF you knew where they had settled you could check with historical records to see if a fort was close at hand. They opened the doors to neey people.
Bugs, we know about the friendly Indians (& that our great (x3) grandparents were helping some of the Indians there, and we know the butter dish survived the Indian wars; it's the part about the buckboard & the scalped baby girl that was bizarre
That sounds reasonable, bugs.
FINISHED!! VERY EXCELLENT!!
It is bizarre but they may have hurt the baby and the mother panicked and ran thinking she was a goner.
Needy people, I meant , not neey people
YAY godhaab
Oh yeah; we know all of that too. My one aunt is going to try & find the one cousins' family history because MaryJo was the family historian
YAY godthaab!!! WTG!!!
Usually they would take the kids to be slaves but maybe not a baby. Who knows. It depends on which nation
I have several ancestors at various times (1600s and 1700s mostly) who were at or directly affected by the conflicts with native americans who were tired of being mistreated. Some survived the Mohawk attacks at Schenectady, another man was in town in North Carolina when a local group of revenge-takers slaughtered his family at home. :-(
YAY godthaab!
I have my grandmother's cake plate that came over from Ireland and was a much treasured plate. It has a thumb print in it from someone at the factory so it was probably cheap enough for them to afford. It has hand painted flowers all over so a man on a galloping horse would never notice.
LOL! That "man on a galloping horse" phrase was one of my Grandmother's phrases, Bugs! :-)
Oh, how sad stid. My father's father''s family came to Canada in the early 1800's and his mother's family went to Illinois in the 1840ls if I remember correctly.
I got that from my mother's mother who came from Scottish stock, Nef. You are the only other person I know who has heard it. I love it. Keeps me from obsessing about the details.
Yes -- there was much sorrow (and bad blood) on all sides in the colonization of North America. It made me unhappy when I realized how the Europeans had thrown away so much good will and potential by insisting that they were overlords. :-(
Pudding, I've found 2 ti6 words; both are ti6/18; one is a comparative size (smaller) and the other is the person who works with a common metal. (I will keep looking, though.
I think the early early settlers were the ones who started the scalping by taking topknots as trophies too.
thanks for the clues Nef
Me, too Bugs; if a man on a galloping horse won't notice something; it isn't worth obsessing over.
thanks Nef...only 5 to go
Here in Minnesota, The Sioux Uprising was caused by the white man's out & out greed and crookedness. The Indians didn't get the money promised by the white man & the trading posts stole the money that the Indians were owed & were almost starving the Sioux too.
GO, Puddin!!!
and YW. :-)
go puddin go!
same here in Canada, sadly. I have old letters from my ancestors where they said the natives were starving and treated badly by the while soldiers and traders. My grandmother said that she did not know any white person who would have taken the disrespect and starvation with as much dignity as the natives. She admired them and helped when she could .
I remember reading some things back in grade school about the "Indian Wars" and now as a grown up and reading what *really* happened; I feel very sad that history was that twisted.
there was so much misunderstanding back then that has filtered down to today. It is only thru education that our two peoples can truly reconcile and start a new beginning.
stid and I are both firm believers in that
I try to be clear with my students that NOT all colonizers and settlers and such were aware at the time that they were or intended to take away the lands and rights of natives; some were kind and did the best they could to get along. But there were many who really did intend to harm.
What I really struggle against is how to explain that, truthfully, many people in the past really were NOT aware of so much. I teach very young children... I do not want to disillusion them of the possibility of people getting along; but I also try to make it clear that sometimes bad things happen on purpose -- and then history teaches us to stand up for what is right. It's a challenging tightrope...
That is true, stid. And yes, Bugs, it's just sad that it's taken this long for the general public to try to work together & begin again.
i have 3 to go...2 t's and a pi 6/21....anyone have a clue for me?
It is indeed, stid; & right now that's so hard for children to understand because the media has to bring all the bad stuff into their homes 24/7.
and one is a to 7
pi 6/21 is a western (or southwestern?) tree
to 7 is a sort of candy chocolate roll. also the name of a robin williams movie
to 7 is a movie with Dustin Hoffman in drag
Robin Williams? I don't remember anymore.
I need to list because I just keep typing in the same words all the time.
oh no -- it was dustin hoffman *facepalm*
Mrs. Doubtfire was Robin Williams.
Thanks, stid. There are times I wonder about my own memory these days!.
hi all, diving in
hey gwen!
Hi Gwen
halfway, woot
wow gwen! you're zipping along! I am going to take a break and be domestic for a bit -- back later if I can. *poof*
bye stid.
Gwen, make me feel better & tell me you didn't get to half way in just 7 minutes please.
ummmmm
does this make you feel better, i don't have nbt yet, stuck on one darn tile
ig5/14
ty for the i. can I have the lone o pls?
nope, stuck on the O under the Q, but thank tor
Ok, it does. I Could clue it (an Eskimo house)
oo4/4
ty tor. nbt.
thanks again tor! i swear i typed that!
Common Babblet; also reminds me of Dr. Whop character
I'm quitting with 37 to go. I'm exhaustinized.
hagn
Niters, Harry. I should quit also for the night. My typing is terrible
uno
fw
YAY, Gwen!!! WTG!!!
aw gee thanks 8 - D
i seem to miss a few puzzles every week and when i do show up it's a puzzle with under 100 words, argh
anywho need a clue?
nighty night all, and good luck with the new gristle, i mean grid
I know how that goes; the grids have been either too small or too big on days when I either had lots of time to do the long grids (but those are the days with the tiny ones) or not enough time to do huge grids.
Good Night, Gwen.
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