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95 total words

12:00 am

flip

sorry for jinxing the grid with my ridiculus guess LOL

12:03 am

np Gwen, not much time here so I appreciate a small grid for a change

12:04 am

he 7

12:05 am

th7

ty, got those two 7s

top row done, woot

12:10 am

in 7

wow, dizgrannie1

5th column done, woot

12:18 am

thanks diz

12:18 am

Does anyone have today's Lickety clues? Thanks

he only just put up yesterday's about 30 minutes before the flip. wonder if his clock is off.

12:19 am

DLS started here yesterday morn

dh 5 and dh 6

diagonal done. now i have an "arrow"

12:20 am

i emailed him again today

oh, yeah, i guess his clock *was* off

w's are: we 6, 4 wh 4

weird, my word list has a dupe of the we4/9

the word list Lickety posted just before the flip was from 2 days ago....same as was posted night. I think Lickety is automated and something is out of sync.

no wonder I was unable to refresh the list and get a good list. argh

t's are: ta 4, 4, 5 th 4, 4, 5, 7 ti 4, 4, 5, 6, 4, 4, 5

12:23 am

I refreshed and got the right list ..

off to bed for me. you all has the fun

12:23 am

that's strange. i just checked and it was yesterday's grid

12:23 am

me too rose

12:24 am

ai 4, 4. ak 4. ap 5

I just checked, and it is the 141 word list

I just checked....my list says 131 words and that was the grid from 2 days ago....and I didn't just refresh. I had Babble shut down completely. Very strange

s's are: si 4, 4, 4 sn 4, 5, 4 so 4

12:25 am

dh 5, 6... di 5, 5, 5, 6, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4

12:25 am

he 4, 5, 6, 7, hi 4, 4, 5, 6, ho 5, 4, 4,

I'm going to shut down and open up again. BRB

12:26 am

ed 4... eg 6, 4.... ei 4, 5, 6,

still 131 words....maybe it hasn't reached Canada yet ;-)

ru, your h list is 2 words short

12:29 am

I just saw that

12:29 am

i have hi 4 x 3

12:29 am

i am missing one h and one ka

12:29 am

ho7

12:30 am

you can't have 4 hi 4

12:32 am

thanks for that h jess

12:32 am

yw

ty for the ho 7 :)

12:34 am

i'm trying stupid words like pigsit :D

12:34 am

he 4, 5, 6, 7.... hi 4, 4, 4, 5, 6... ho 7, 5, 4, 4

I still need g, n, k, and p :)

12:35 am

ge4 dee

I have entered pidgin 3 times LOL

12:36 am

FWs

12:36 am

ni 4, 4, 4

12:36 am

can you list the p's jess?

12:36 am

now don't laugh, but i need p's...

12:36 am

and the k's?

12:37 am

ka 4... ke 4, 5... ki 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 4, 4

I have the ge 4, gh 5, gi 4, 4 ... missing?

Clues are up

12:37 am

pa4, 4, pe4,5,6, pi 4 x7, pi6 x2

12:37 am

yay lickety

12:37 am

Thanks Lickety

12:37 am

gh4/7

ty une!!

12:38 am

:-)

my missing k was a plural grrr

12:39 am

nice little grid... lolll

12:40 am

oh and btw.... WTG JESSMOM!!!!

12:40 am

done here too

12:40 am

missed some dumb ones

ditto ru fireworks

wtg ru, jessmom, rose, all finishers

12:43 am

congrats!

ty

12:47 am

WLTG RURUROCKS!!!! and WTG VOLLEYMOMDEE!!!!

ty

12:59 am

fw.

1:00 am

wtg mixi and all other finishers

1:11 am

and fw here and off to bed

1:27 am

tigh

2:33 am

good morning all

2:34 am

ks killed

Kidsit - babysitting 10 year olds.

2:46 am

:D am adding it. Hiya matty, how are you today?

I'm alright - it's bright and sunny - we had a spring clean and laid some rugs we'd bought from Ikea yesterday so feeling slightly self satisfied ;)

2:47 am

ah good! A great time to make the home more cosy.

How are you doing this Monday morning?

2:48 am

pretty ok. Some worries but otherwise good.

What's up? Can I help?

2:50 am

money worries, so am afraid not... thanks for offering though :) It helps to know people wish you well, doesn't it.

Aww, that sucks, I've been there. Sorry to hear.

2:52 am

thank you :) I try to keep that inner faith that things will work out.

Over halfway and I'm still missing a bunch of letters :(

2:58 am

for some reason this grid is flying for me. Can I help?

2:58 am

fireflies

As often, it's vowels that are causing me problems. I am still missing the lone A in the left column, the I and the O in the right column and the D in the middle column, fourth row :( Stats would be great for some, if that doesn't make me too wimpy/thick/dull :)

3:00 am

never. Never wimpy or any of the rest, I mean

3:00 am

ap5/20 for the lone A

Thank you!! That is that A covered ;)

3:01 am

in7/36 for the i in the right column.

3:01 am

the O is og4/6 and oh4/6

Oh lordy, I should have seen those Os. Serves me right for getting help half an hour after I start the grid

3:02 am

and the lower D is dh5/14 - 6/24 combo and di5/14

3:02 am

babble blindness. Strikes all of us at some point.

That DH, on the other hand, I see relatively seldom, so would have missed that without stats.

3:05 am

yeah that is a babblet

Found all your clues bar the I at the moment - thank you!

Without clueing it yet, can you tell me if the i is a word I've heard of??

Never mind. Found it

And yes, I do use it (not frequently grant you, but I do)

nbt/nbs

3:07 am

I never use it. I'd say bland. But that is because I am a foreigner.

3:08 am

wtg matty!

The Dutch speak English better, often, than the English and Americans do.

3:08 am

added the dh words to my list of babblets at the bottom of my profile

I got the gh word, but then, having visited many a curry house, I would.

3:09 am

*giggles* I don't know about that, but I do have an English native speaker friend who always asks me to proofread her papers. She says my spelling is better than hers, lol.

3:10 am

yeah :) the Gh and dhal and naan never give me trouble either.

3:10 am

cooee and g'day from me. {{hugs}} dear sprite, and xoxox matty

3:10 am

btw sprite medusa sends her love to you.

Yes! And where I used to live was chock full of Indian restaurants - you couldn't spit without hitting one

3:10 am

awwww there is rose... and I am already done :( Hello my dearest friend. *hugs* How are you today? Tomorrow infusion time?

3:11 am

aw that is lovely, rose. Please tell her *hugs* from me and I hope she is well.

3:11 am

tomorrow infusion time.. *sigh*

Good morning Rose

3:11 am

why the sigh? I think it is wonderful it comes in time this time around.

3:11 am

she is still waiting for her reversal appointment.

I shall leave you guys to catch up and think about showering. If I don't see you later, have a great day!

3:12 am

poor medusa :(

So much gratitude! What's alive in you?

3:12 am

matty, we love to have you with us!

3:12 am

lickety ???

3:13 am

hiya lickety. That went way over my head, I am afraid.

Just passing by, have a great day everyone, bye for now

3:13 am

lol. Bye Lickety. *hugs*

Bye the way - I'm being completely positive with my comment - Just sharing love across the globe to you all

3:14 am

nice lickety mate. nice to 'see' you

3:14 am

lickety, we are eternally grateful to you for supplying the clue list every day. Here's some love in return. You know I am always willing to help you adjust the package, remember?

3:16 am

so, rose... why the sigh over the infusion tomorrow?

3:16 am

sprite, i am fed up at the moment. fed up with being dependent on all this stuff. fed up with my temp sky-rocketing, and having to explain why on a cold, wet, windy day i have perspiration running down my face.

3:18 am

*holds rose* My darling girl. I get it. I totally do.

3:19 am

thanx honey. i know i'll be okay by tomorrow night. i think is all part of the big picture.

3:19 am

so what are you doing today? anything fun?

3:19 am

I was thinking the same thing. I am so glad the infusion is tomorrow, so that you won't have to suffer for weeks on end.

3:21 am

tomorrow night you will be cruising again, feeling on top of the world. At least we can be grateful that there is a cure to the problem and it is starting to work out. Lots of people our age have to depend on medication... ours is not the worst possibility.

3:21 am

i hear you honey.

3:22 am

and that thought is what keeps me so positive most of the time. there are so many people worse off than i am.

3:25 am

yes there are. But that does not negate your suffering. {{{{{rose}}}}}

3:25 am

or yours dearest. {{{{{ sprite }}}}}}}

3:25 am

:) I am ok, mostly.

3:26 am

yeah, yeah, tell it to the marines... loll

3:26 am

lolllll

3:26 am

did you talk to the Big Guy about my sleeping, btw?

3:26 am

every night darling. i pray for you every night.

3:27 am

I really appreciate that. It helped. I slept (drumroll) for 12 hours last night. Isn't that something?

3:28 am

oh wow!!! i cannot believe it. that is so great.

3:28 am

thanks, my dear friend. You totally rock.

3:29 am

and no horrid dreams either. I feel a lot better.

3:29 am

something is working... for that we give thanks. xoxox

3:30 am

:D

3:32 am

honey, I'd better get on with my scariest chore for today, calling the morgage bank. Will you hold me in your thoughts?

3:33 am

okay honey. take a few deep breaths, and a magnesium.

3:33 am

good idea. *hugs* and lots of love. I will think of you tomorrow.

3:34 am

thanx sweetie. hugs and lots of love back at you. xoxox

5:03 am

Hello! I've been sitting here freezing so I finally gave up and lit the fire.

5:06 am

Good morning all.

5:06 am

stogee

5:07 am

hello Sukee; that was an accidental portmanteau word for sukee and cigar

5:08 am

I typed it in anyway, just in case :)

5:08 am

haha

5:09 am

I'm not so hot today, got a bad sore throat, been 3 days now. And got no pain killers...

5:10 am

Does anything like tea with honey help?

5:10 am

I don't even have honey. Been drinking some tea.

5:10 am

How bout tea with sugar and rum or whisky?

5:11 am

and butter

5:11 am

I have some nasal spray too that seems to help, it has aloe in it.

5:11 am

No booze... I really have to get in some supplies for winter :)

5:13 am

The season shifted this weekend -- Wind brought a cold front through and the difference is dramatic. Frost on the cliffs above the house, but not yet in the garden

5:17 am

I know one think...going to have a cough for a while, it's starting...

5:17 am

in 7/36 ?

5:18 am

I hate coughing, it hurts my sternum and is exhausting

5:18 am

hi gran

5:18 am

don't have in 7

5:18 am

Good morning

5:18 am

in7 means dry, ordinary or mild, ends with first of Freud's three

5:21 am

Ok, have the beginning and the end, experimenting with middle

5:21 am

Hi gran

5:24 am

good morning everyone

5:25 am

hello car...

5:25 am

Hi car

5:25 am

Hi!

5:28 am

The middle is a ____ you take of a drink

5:29 am

Of course!

5:29 am

got it, ty Molly

5:30 am

I tried the Chinese ho sauce but it wasn't accepted

5:31 am

I did too :)

5:32 am

There is no accounting for what Enable will accept or not accept. It accepts French words not commonly used and will not accept words like bien and merci that are more commonly used. Such an oddball word list.

5:37 am

But we're probably rather odd, too, accumulatin enable's odds and ends

5:45 am

Agreed Ruby

5:45 am

The fireplace just started to give off some heat; it took an hour!

5:45 am

But the good news is, our little Ruby has learned to set her own fire. : D

5:46 am

No, the housekeeper had laid it last Spring

5:48 am

You give me too much credit, but I probably could

5:55 am

I put on the flannel sheets yestery. So cuddly

6:00 am

Bonjour Bichon

6:01 am

Do they have flannel sheets in France?

6:54 am

ho 7/60, pls

6:55 am

unwanted plants for pigs

6:55 am

I don't understand dose

6:56 am

... pig+ unwanted plant

6:56 am

nm, ty dose

6:59 am

... gotta go .... luck to all

6:59 am

Enable will not accept India..well, there is india ink

7:00 am

but it accepts all Yiddish words

7:00 am

hi bichon

7:02 am

Don't worry, Matthew is not going to hit the US

7:02 am

That is a relief

7:04 am

A lot of rain would be helpful, buut not the wind

7:05 am

It is quite windy here. I'm thinking of taking a walk on the boardwalk today.

7:08 am

I'll join you. I grew up in Rocckaway and the boardwalk was the best. One night a week in the summer there were fireworks

7:08 am

On Tuesday night.

7:08 am

good morning all.

7:08 am

hi peri

7:09 am

lucky you, Annie to live near the beach and boardwalk

7:09 am

ty Molly for in7

7:09 am

hi peri. Want to join us at the boardwalk?

7:09 am

Yes, I do!!

7:10 am

then we will stop at Nathans for franks and fries

7:10 am

:)

7:11 am

going in the kitchen to start breakfast

7:12 am

12 K words?

7:14 am

<-- missesConey Island on Tuesday nights for fireworks -- and then we'd go to Nathan's!!

7:15 am

My sister and I would take the railroad to Rockaway from Sutphin Blvd. statio n

7:37 am

halfway, NBT and NBS - time to go out for the day - BBL this evening

7:46 am

ai

7:47 am

16 left for later, be back in a bit

7:59 am

ஜ۩۞۩ஜ F.I.R.E.W.O.R.K.S ஜ۩۞۩ஜ

8:00 am

Happy babbling everyone!

8:00 am

congrats, zoom...

8:00 am

hi, babblers

8:00 am

hi....

8:01 am

small world - i grew up in brooklyn and queens :)

8:11 am

my internet connection has been going in and out...

8:11 am

storming?

8:12 am

no, i think i have to replace my router...

8:12 am

or my surge protector....or both...

8:13 am

well, if it's your surge protector, you can find that out pretty easily (let's hope that's all it is)

8:13 am

-- or it'll be trip to best buy later today

8:16 am

well, the router and surge protector are inside a computer desk, so I need help getting it unplugged....not an easy task....

8:20 am

ahh - the cord crawl, a graceful exercise

8:21 am

yup....i have an old computer connected, too.....still have to try to get stuff off it....

8:21 am

it's great when you're under the desk at work and someone walks in - there's welki, under the desk - always the lady

8:23 am

hah....

8:34 am

i am stalled at 13....

just finished, any clues needed?

8:38 am

no thanks....still haven't listed...

8:38 am

Monday greetings, y'all!

8:39 am

hi...

8:41 am

got a burst of brilliance.....down to 9..... ;o)

go pen, go!

8:52 am

Hi all

8:52 am

Hiya, Hego. You're in the grid again.

8:53 am

i am done...

8:53 am

had to list for the last few words....

8:53 am

If there's an hand a g, I'm good. :)

8:53 am

h and a g, that is

8:54 am

hi hego...

8:54 am

Hi Penq

9:03 am

Does anyone have a list for this grid?

9:03 am

Lickety seems to be up

9:04 am

not on mine...it shows 2 days ago. I have refreshed several times????????

9:04 am

It's up. Strange

9:05 am

got it finally!

9:06 am

yay!

9:06 am

I had to restart my computer.

9:07 am

Hmmm.....

9:07 am

bbl....

9:07 am

Computer constipation, Abe. So annoying.

9:15 am

so true, Judi

9:29 am

th 5/18, pls

9:31 am

part of leg above knee

9:31 am

and pt

9:32 am

tyvm Une

9:32 am

yw! on my way to help set up library book sale! :-)

9:34 am

Firewords!

9:42 am

good morning, everyone

9:44 am

g'day cyber!

9:45 am

pi4/5(I have the

9:46 am

pi4/5(I have the sewing implements and the flat bread sandwich material)?

9:48 am

nvm ....I found it!

9:48 am

stats for the lone a, please?

9:52 am

ap 5.20

9:55 am

ty clady

10:00 am

hello all

10:03 am

can I get a clue for the ap5 please?

10:06 am

a + mountain top

10:06 am

hi dose ty

10:07 am

... morning ... yw ...

10:08 am

dose do you have the 2nd d on the third column?

10:08 am

or the right side i ?

10:08 am

... dh5/14 dh6/24

10:09 am

... in7/36 ... weak chinned ... or bland

10:10 am

ty!

10:10 am

... di 5/14 ... old or biblical past tense of to do

10:10 am

I was going to ask for that I as well

10:11 am

... just finished ... so ask away ...

10:11 am

*!* ta da *!*

10:12 am

That was short and sweet

10:12 am

... I agree to a point ... ... I found that last 10 or so very hard

10:13 am

I don't understand the di 5/14 I googled it and didn't see anything ?

10:13 am

i don't understand the i on the 5th column clue either

10:13 am

... 2 x di 5/14 ....

10:13 am

... old past tense of to do

10:14 am

... looks like baby diapers

10:14 am

... in + take a little drink + freudian piece of mind

10:15 am

hoisin is an asian sauce

10:15 am

... doesn't it have an e in the final syllable?

10:16 am

i don't think so but maybe it's proper

10:16 am

hoisin isn't accepted - tried that too

10:16 am

... just checked ... the version it accepts doesn't have the first syllable i

10:16 am

ohh i know that in word geez

10:17 am

there is an hi 5-6 combo that is a homonym for the he 6-7 combo (tallness)

10:18 am

thanks nan

10:20 am

i too have heard of that sauce

10:20 am

have you listed, hurshy?

10:20 am

nope

10:21 am

do you have the ho 7?

10:21 am

... unwanted plant for a pig

10:21 am

cyber ends in we4

10:22 am

thanks :)

10:22 am

I have it, dos -- I've finished -- was trying to help hurshy find her missing h's

10:22 am

she's done MLF, she's helping

10:22 am

hurshy ohh

10:22 am

there is also an he 5 that is the first word in the 7 dwarf's song

10:23 am

cyber how do i figure out the 2nd d on the third column?

10:23 am

... oh well gotta go ... luck to all ....

10:23 am

he5... ok let's see...

10:23 am

and almost what they say in that song too

10:24 am

dh 5-6 combo

10:24 am

thou di5 leave thy throne and thy kingly crown when thou camest to Earth for me...

10:24 am

thank you hurshy!!!!!!!!!!

10:25 am

nbt and nbs

10:25 am

i am out poof

10:26 am

k's are killin me

10:26 am

k's have some weird ones I've never seen before - had to list to find them

10:27 am

phantom: pidgin

10:28 am

only common k's are the sorority letter, type(s), relatives and star tuna

10:29 am

and being good to people and children

10:29 am

oh type is being good to people :)

10:29 am

that was type(s)

10:29 am

*snap

10:29 am

hehe

10:30 am

well that gave me the sorority letter tho i have never seen it with only one p, maybe it means something else

10:30 am

me neither - but knew you would get it from that clue if you didn't have it

10:31 am

indeed :)

10:31 am

do you want clues for the others, or would you rather muddle along

10:31 am

clues would be lovely

10:33 am

ke 4-5: ke + "life of ** " and plural

10:33 am

thanks!

10:34 am

ki 5-6: relative + opp. out and plural

10:34 am

thanks again!

10:34 am

assuming you have children, which was not previously mentioned

10:34 am

4 left now

10:34 am

2 P 1 D 1 S

10:34 am

3 5s and a 6

10:35 am

found the Ps!

10:35 am

di 5/16 - fingers and toes

10:35 am

they were a 5/6 combo

10:35 am

*finger or toe, to be more accurate

10:36 am

have that

10:36 am

which means if you thought i didn't then whatever i am missing is probably real fishy i guess

10:36 am

other di 5's are all the singular of something other than the archaic pt

10:37 am

that's weird

10:37 am

oh -- how about the diaper one... di + expire

10:37 am

i don't have a pl with a missing singular

10:37 am

i have no idea how that is diaper related but thank you!!

10:38 am

oh i see my S!

10:38 am

done!

10:38 am

sn 5: shoot with a rifle from a hidden location

10:38 am

* or make a verbal attack

10:39 am

grats, hurshy

10:39 am

thanks for the help. what do you have planned for the day?

10:40 am

window washing and raking pine needles -- doesn't that sound exciting!

10:41 am

now you know why I am procrastinating.

10:42 am

What are you doing?

10:44 am

Hagd everyone :-}

10:46 am

oh my

10:46 am

well i have work for a few hours and then have to take cat to vet

10:46 am

plus need to do other chores around the house

11:07 am

flue for the first column lone A and the last column lone I please/

11:10 am

ap 5/20 - a + the very top of a mountain

11:13 am

ty for the a

11:18 am

Good Morning Everyone. for being a small grid, it's a bit tricky for me.

11:18 am

me 2

11:19 am

bbl

11:21 am

Bye sue. HAGD

11:21 am

And thanks blah for the A

11:22 am

phantom + hedge

11:28 am

BBL, housework is calling me :-/

12:16 pm

hi all. help with lower D pls

12:24 pm

Do you have the di 5,16 meaning finger?

12:40 pm

for the lower d I have dh 5 and 6.

12:40 pm

Hiya!

12:40 pm

howdy hego

12:41 pm

Hi Ori!

1:49 pm

ty for dh words

1:49 pm

ty for dh words

1:54 pm

help with ho7 pls

1:54 pm

a large unwanted plant

1:55 pm

starts with a pig

1:55 pm

evening all

1:56 pm

ty for ho7, was looking in wrong direction

1:56 pm

yw

1:57 pm

thanks glant.

1:57 pm

hi all

1:57 pm

hi all

1:57 pm

weed

1:57 pm

oops!

2:12 pm

nbt nbs

2:20 pm

ht

4:38 pm

Hi again. Back to try to find more words

5:12 pm

Hi Nef

5:12 pm

I've been popping in and out

5:13 pm

I ain't afraid of no gh5

anybody home?

6:04 pm

Peek-A-Boo!

6:06 pm

Out of the woodwork they come

6:14 pm

Could be worse...they could be creepy clowns.

hahaha

is there another ki4/9?

6:18 pm

I have 2

another ki4/9 of clown, i mean. got to run,bye all

6:20 pm

Oooh...sorry. bye!

6:30 pm

Isn't there someone here who makes creepy evil dolls. Ooo, so scary.

6:30 pm

Goodbye 72 Temple Owl.I hope to see U here again soon.

6:31 pm

FW, finally. Ugh for creepy dolls!

6:38 pm

Congratulations ChampFit on your fireworks!Good for you

6:44 pm

Phantom: fictitious (as in fake poster)

6:52 pm

LOTS of phantoms today!Mine were edge,going & napkin.

9:35 pm

in 7 any hints?

9:39 pm

Something very stupid

9:40 pm

vapid, bland ..

9:47 pm

The in7/26 is in plus take a *** of a drink plus Freud term

9:47 pm

Hello magie! How are you doing today? Welcome to chop.

9:48 pm

Hello torgone! How are you doing today? Welcome to grid

9:49 pm

Heya Min!

10:33 pm

Hi again; finally got time to sit down & finish (I hope)

10:35 pm

15 left. It feels like 100.

10:35 pm

Hiya Tor.

10:35 pm

I have 27 left; I know what you mean, ore.

10:36 pm

Hey Nef.

10:36 pm

Hi, origami; how are you doing?

10:37 pm

fighting off a cold. I leave for Missouri to see my long-lost niece on Monday, so am pampering myself. It's important to me. How you doing Nef?

10:39 pm

Trying to prevent a cold also! :-) DH & the grandson both have one; I'm doing lots of hand washing, vitaminC & am ready with the zinc lozenges if I feel I'm getting it too

10:39 pm

Long Lost niece? How'd she get lost?

10:42 pm

When my sister died (my niece was 2 yo) they just disappeared. I found her recently on Facebook. 40 years later. She is my only remaining relative. I am soooo excited about seeing her.

10:44 pm

WOW! No wonder this is important to you! How far away is she? Have you found out if she's married & has kid yet

10:48 pm

((((Nefigami)))) ;-)

10:48 pm

Hi stid; how are you?

10:49 pm

She is in Missouri. A ways away. My air tickets are booked! She is married and has a couple of children. One of which is in college. It is hard for me to imagine my sister (who died at 27) has a grandchild that old. I can't tell you how excited I am.

10:49 pm

Nefrigami :-)

10:50 pm

I am tired. Gave up trying to plan special lessons for tomorrow. Will do a different style of timed test tomorrow, and no idea if it will work out!

10:50 pm

Hey stid

10:50 pm

Origami, I hope you have a lovely visit with your niece.

10:50 pm

That sounds really exciting; I can't blame you for being anxious to meet her

10:51 pm

(((Stid))) is it your allergic reactions that have made you so tired?

10:52 pm

We are going to rock this visit! She seems like a lovely person. My sister Phyllis was the best of the bunch. She seems to take after her.

10:52 pm

Was your sister older or younger than you, ore?

10:53 pm

origami, (sorry, spellcheck is on)

10:54 pm

Older. I had two older sisters. Phyllis was 10 years older than me and Sandra 15 years older. I was the baby.

10:54 pm

(I hope you have pictures of your family; & I also hope that there is a family resemblance)

10:55 pm

Wow, that's a big spread!

10:56 pm

I will try to get one. I am the most unphotogenic person on the planet. My sister was beautiful. She was 5'11" and was a print ad model. My sisters had a different father so the age gap makes sense.

10:59 pm

DH's parents were divorced when he was about 2; we tried to find his father a couple of times but kept running into brick walls looking for his father.When DH was 38, we finally found him; & the first time we met him it was so weird because he didn't look anything like I imagined him to look; but they both had the exact same weird way of rubbing their eyes!! (I'd always teased DH about his odd way of rubbing his eyes too!)

11:02 pm

*grin* ikea is in the grid... LOL

11:02 pm

Oh, okay. My mom died when I was 8; I have 4 siblings & we're within 7 years (the 1st 5 of us); then our dad remarried & we have 2 half siblings that are 12 & 14 years younger than me (but I'm also 2nd oldest)

11:02 pm

hi all.

11:03 pm

It is strange that people lose track of each other. I never questioned my mother about why they weren't in our lives. My mother was a strange force of nature. It is great that you found DH

11:03 pm

LOL, stid! I didn't see that before!

11:03 pm

Hi m9

11:03 pm

hey m9

11:03 pm

I'm the youngest of 9. (looks like we're talking about siblings :-) )

11:03 pm

So now you know where the 9's come from!

11:04 pm

HI M9.

11:04 pm

*cannot count to 9* (like many of my students, apparently)

11:04 pm

LOL! I've often wondered about that!

11:05 pm

I'm just so excited about seeing her. My only living relative.

11:06 pm

M9, I can't imagine a family that large. I envy you.

11:07 pm

hey, stid, my grandson is now in 2nd grade & was trying to explain the "new math" to me. I think it's the weirdest way to do math & it sounds so confusing to me. He was in the top of his class last year; he loved working on math in his head & was even doing multiplication; but after his first timed math test he's now at the bottom of his class.

11:08 pm

Combined conceptual understanding and algorithms, if not well taught and connected by the teacher, seem to confuse children more than teaching just one way or the other.

11:08 pm

Your other sister had no kids either?

11:08 pm

There's a 5 year gap between the older 6 and the younger 3.. it's more like having aunts and uncles than siblings in a way.

11:09 pm

At least I think that is what is happening with the kids in our school. This is the third year of a significant number of kids not having basic skills as they enter our grade.

11:09 pm

And then I have 4 children and there's an 18 year gap between oldest and youngest.

11:09 pm

Combined conceptual understanding and algorithms? (I'm going to have to look that up I guess

11:10 pm

She had a child who died in a motorcycle accident and another child I can't find. So maybe there is someone else out there I can connect to.

11:10 pm

well, there are algorithms (the way you learned to "do" math by rules), and there are concepts like how numbers actually "work" that are technically independent of algorithms

11:11 pm

mathematical notation is really rather an abstract thing...and too many teaching methods and manuals don't do a good job of connecting the algorithms to reality in a way that young people understand.

11:11 pm

Wow, m9; my mom was 1 of 9 kids too, she was #4 and the oldest & youngest were 20 years apart. All but 1 of her siblings had 5 or 6 kids; the one that just had 1 child was the aunt who raised the 5 of us

11:12 pm

or what m9 said... I am tired...

11:12 pm

and so they get to where they don't even try to connect it.. it's just mumbo jumbo and they grasp at meaning...

11:12 pm

You have a very large extended family then!

11:13 pm

I guess that's why I can handle 10 people living in my house..LOL

11:13 pm

So, I am a math person. I had to endure all sorts of "this will make children understand math" shit in the 60's. None of it did. The powers that be dragged me around to schools to demonstrate their hopeless lessons.

11:14 pm

Hmmm.. should ask what you think of common core?

11:15 pm

Yep, I think that there were 56 first cousins on my mother's side alone. And through facebook (like origami) I've virtually "met" some cousins on my dad's side of the family too that I never knew before

11:15 pm

Yowza~

11:16 pm

Still, I do think most kids by the age I teach are able to understand how place value works, and how the digit "1" in the tens column indicates TEN of something, not one. However this year, they do not know this at a level that allows them to calculate addition and subtraction with accuracy rates above 50%. Which means that we have to go back to the drawing board to un-teach their misunderstanding and re-teach what they really need to know. Which is that if 17 + 3 = 20, then 20 - 3 = 17 (and not the 27 that I am seeing on a regular basis!).

11:17 pm

So tonight I was struggling with how to meet the needs of the kids who need that level of instruction and also meet the needs of the kids who are ready for grade level math. It's going to be an interesting year, math-wise.

11:17 pm

well, "common core" has totally confused my grandson. He had to make a math grid to tell me what 6 + 7 equaled tonight; just this past summer he knew that inside out.

11:18 pm

Oh, dear, stid. that will be tough

11:19 pm

There is a normal "slump" in what was known as new information and skills are integrated -- if he doesn't regain the automaticity, Nef, in a couple weeks (at most) then you might want to ask the teacher what's going on.

11:20 pm

Well, good luck Stid. The statistics on math anxiety and percentages of students needing remedial math after high school are pretty bad. And until they take the pressure off, it's not going to get any better.

11:20 pm

"common core" is not the issue for your grandson -- you need to know the style of math (Singapore math? Math their way? SRA?) there are so many different curricula out there. And the specific strategies and algorithms may be articulated in different ways. Math is not as monolithic as people once portrayed it.

11:21 pm

(6+7 & 5+8 are the 2 addition problems I've always had problems with. I loved math & still do, but for some reason those 2 addition problems always makes me pause before getting the answer

11:23 pm

There are different teaching systems for math??? Oh my! I will indeed have to find out what type it is

11:23 pm

THat's normal. 7's and 8's are issues for even very high functioning mathematicians

11:23 pm

in addition AND multiplication.

11:23 pm

I have that issue with multiplication -- 7s are my nemesis! I CAN, and DO, memorize them but I struggle each year again...

11:24 pm

m9, I think it's just the 13 that bogs me down. I don't have problems with any others; just those 2 daaition problems.

11:24 pm

I only remember that 7X8 is 56 by thinking of the sequence 5,6,7,8 LOL... unless I'm doing a lot of calculation.

11:26 pm

I enjoyed some of Condrad Wolfram's talk on teaching problem solving rather than maths. I was particularly keen on the 4 steps of problem solving and I think he hit the nail on the head when he said we spend so much time on step 3 and that's the BORING part! :-)

11:27 pm

well, down to 28 and have to get ready to sleep soon. Have a lovely week, all! Thanks for helping me think about the math... maybe I'll find a strategy for teaching these concepts in my dreams!

11:28 pm

He has a TED talk, but the one I watched is a different one called "Stop Teaching Calculating, Start Learning Maths! - Conrad Wolfram"

11:28 pm

That was a good talk -- I should listen to it again! *poof*

11:28 pm

Good luck, stid. Sleep well & I hope you're feeling better & more energised soon.

11:29 pm

How old is your grandson Nef?

11:29 pm

I've actually bought 2 hardbound books on Mathematics over the years because I've found it so fascinating. (yeah, I'm weird like that)

11:30 pm

m9, he's 7 years old & in 2nd grade.

11:30 pm

I just bought a really cool one (it's soft-bound) called You Can Count on Monsters.

11:31 pm

LOL! That at least sounds like fun! :-D

11:32 pm

I bought one titled Mathematics for the Millions & I can't remember the name of the other one. but will look it up for you

11:32 pm

Gah.. I mean really..how often in his REAL life (not contrived math problems) does he have to add 6 and 7?? I don't keep things in my head that I don't NEED to use regularly.

11:33 pm

Look.. you can buy it WITH shipping for less than 4 bucks! http://tinyurl.com/zeb4evv

11:36 pm

Well, I can't tell you what the book is or who the authors are; my book cases are all out of order! (I'll have to work on that now too...)

11:37 pm

No prob. Let me know if you remember! What was good about "Mathematics for the Millions"?

11:38 pm

That look slike a fun book, m9; I may have to get it for him...

11:38 pm

Oh hey!! If that kind of thing interests you.. I have really been enjoying a website! And that of course if FREE! It's betterexplained.com I think you'd really like it!

11:39 pm

To me it made things easy to understand

11:40 pm

Thanks!

11:40 pm

And yes, get the book. It was worth it to me just for the conversation Gage and I had on the idea of infinite primes.

11:43 pm

I probably will buy it then. Ronald is a very good reader too; so he will probably enjoy it also. (I read to him almost every night he sleeps over; I think his dad tries to read to him almost every night also.)

11:45 pm

It's mostly pictures. Oh..have you heard of the Life of Fred books?

11:45 pm

THey are spendy...

11:45 pm

But they have almost a cult following, LOL.

11:46 pm

tyvm was afk

11:47 pm

No, I haven't heard of the Life of Fred books; it's a series, I take it?

11:47 pm

Yes.

11:47 pm

I have the first one and a later one.

11:48 pm

They're by Stanley F. Schmidt

11:48 pm

Hi maggie

11:50 pm

here's a link to the math book I have m9: http://tinyurl.com/gktxehr

11:52 pm

Heh heh.. I'd already looked it up.

11:54 pm

:-)

11:54 pm

I'm buying it from that same site that I linked to before.. less than 4 bucks with shipping! LOL

11:56 pm

I hope you enjoy it. I remember interrupting my hubby & kids & reading them different quotes from it as I read it. Finally my hubby said that he really wished I'd enjoy that book by myself because he wasn't as enthusiastic about math as I was.

11:57 pm

LOL!!

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