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141 2,856
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143 2,799
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145 2,773
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147 2,570
148 2,404
149 2,395
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151 2,333
152 2,326
153 2,292
154 2,272
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156 2,263
157 2,233
158 2,202
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160 2,174
161 2,149
162 2,125
163 2,121
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190 1,797
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192 1,790
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203 1,730
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568 54
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233 total words

12:00 am

Flip!

12:01 am

flip

12:01 am

flip

12:04 am

hello everyone

12:05 am

hi Nan

12:05 am

wa 7

12:05 am

Hi Everyone.

12:06 am

mesh

12:06 am

OOPS! That's my sign I need to go to bed again. Sorry

12:10 am

trump must love enable -- alternate spellig and no fracking

12:16 am

has anyone found the bottome e?

12:17 am

I mean a?

12:17 am

ac 5

12:18 am

ty diz

Clues are up

12:19 am

thanks Lickety

12:21 am

crashing -- see you tomorrow, but probably not til late

12:24 am

nbt/nbs

1:21 am

stats for the 8's please

1:27 am

ac8/45

1:27 am

gi8/55

1:31 am

ty flo - looking

1:32 am

they're both pl of previous word

1:34 am

got them with their matching 7's ' tx

1:35 am

yw

5:04 am

FW at 604AM

5:05 am

hh

Congrats! Do you, by any chance, have stats for the A in the third row, first column? The one below the E?

5:07 am

am4/6 and plural

5:07 am

AM 4/6

5:08 am

snap, zoom!

5:08 am

lol

Thanks - I must have tried every other possibility. Sigh. Is everyone well this morning?

5:12 am

I am well thank you, Matty. Hope you are well too?

5:12 am

yes indeed. And you? We're getting much coverage events in London.

5:13 am

so much coverage, I mean

5:15 am

Yes there is a lot of coverage here too as to be expected. Another person has died from their injuries.

5:17 am

Hi Zoom. How is your Dad doing?

5:17 am

Morning all. Yes, we are getting lots of coverage too. I have been in that area, as lots have obviously.

5:19 am

Hello, Molly :-) WE have done lots of tests at the hospital and thankfully the cancer has not come out of the prostate. So can be managed. but he is stil porrly and we are trying to work out why he keeps fainting and other things that are happening.

5:19 am

So in all better than what we were first told..but still a lot to do to make him in less pain. But he is more upbeat which is good.

5:20 am

Many thanks for asking. It has been a nightmare for a whle now lol

5:21 am

Well, sounds like some positive out of a bad situation.

5:21 am

Hello, sukee :-)

5:21 am

Hi zoo.

5:22 am

Yes, too be honest it is not so much my dad who is that bad with all of what is going on..It is the upset it is causing to my mother & sister.

5:22 am

I was sad to see the picture of a certain young woman passing by, apparently unaffected. How can anyone possibly know what she was thinking? We don't need that kind of judgement - so hateful.

5:22 am

Yes, as a former cancer patient and helping a parent with cancer, it was easier being a patient.

5:23 am

Sorry for your troubles, zoom. All the best.

5:23 am

Not seen that photo, Dofith, Papers will do anything to sell a paper.

5:24 am

I heard it mentioned on the net, you really never know what to believe.

5:24 am

Good to hear you are a former, Sukee :-)

5:24 am

Yes, almost 20 years now.

5:25 am

Wow! Now that is good to know.

I am indeed (sorry, multitasking)

5:25 am

I was annoyed that they put the killer on the front pages of the paper. Probably what they wanted.

5:26 am

It was a random picture of an injured person lying there being helped, and she is walking past, complete with headscarf, looking at her phone. Some people have made comments about her apparent disregard - or worse. Good to see others jump in and call it for the uninformed garbage it is.

5:27 am

I was annoyed too that Donald Trump Jr. had the nerve to attack London's mayor.

5:27 am

Somthing I have been trying to learn but doing it badly, Matty. Men...well me are not very good at multitasking lol

5:28 am

Yes that was a quote that was made before the tragic killings and then used to make it seem like he said it afterwards, Sukee.

5:29 am

Sorry to leave but I need to carry on with some work at parents. Have a great day everyone. And happy babbling!

5:29 am

Typical. He had no right whatever...

5:29 am

Take care

5:31 am

Best wishes to your Dad, zoom.

5:34 am

These As will be the end of me :)

5:43 am

Just finished the a's - need any clues?

5:43 am

How about the ac 7 and 8?

5:45 am

ac - a 4 letter word for a measure of land minus last letter, then a 4 letter continent

5:46 am

ty :)

5:49 am

Okay, down to 3 As :)

5:59 am

And the As are history.

6:00 am

:)

6:05 am

BBL, breakfast.

7:17 am

ty for ac7/8

7:17 am

help with gi7/8 pls

7:17 am

hello all

7:19 am

howdy peri

7:19 am

hi there nutty

7:19 am

how have you been?

7:19 am

a-o-kay, hows the winkle?

7:19 am

doing very well thanks

7:22 am

gi - an odd word imagine taking a gun away from somebody -change first letter and add a vowel at end

7:23 am

???

7:24 am

wow, that clue actually worked for me

7:24 am

thanks but I cannot figure out your clue

7:25 am

if you take a weapon away you di...... someone change that to g and add vowel to end

7:25 am

I got them too, ty Deeha

7:25 am

um, software that garmins use, the thing your arm is attached to, and a vowel

7:25 am

nvm

7:25 am

ty nutty

7:25 am

LOL!

7:25 am

my typo

7:30 am

bl

7:43 am

Hello everyone! Finally a good-sized grid!

7:53 am

hi all

7:53 am

i hate vowel words, olo

7:56 am

hi suefrad!

7:57 am

There are a LOT of AAAAAAA's in this one

7:57 am

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii know

7:57 am

;p

7:58 am

hello...stats for that bottom A pls

7:58 am

Still working on it....

8:02 am

ac5.12

8:03 am

Aaaah, a good-sized grid.

8:03 am

clue

8:03 am

a vehicle vowel

8:05 am

a...vehicle...vowel = ac5/12

8:05 am

good morning all

8:06 am

thnx phaeton

8:06 am

ty

8:06 am

Hi wv.

8:06 am

yw

8:06 am

stats for an 8 pls

8:08 am

ac8/45

8:08 am

gi8/55

8:16 am

hey scrabsy

8:18 am

Hi Nutty and pup.

8:18 am

he'll be 3 on the 29th

8:18 am

Labs are always puppies.

8:19 am

i think he might be an old man actually

8:20 am

Physically or spiritually?

8:20 am

spiritually, the looks he gives me

8:20 am

Some babies give me that look.

8:21 am

i bet! my youngest niece could work for the secret service she has such a look

8:22 am

Some babies look as if they have so much to say but their bodies just haven't developed to be able to do that yet.

8:23 am

yep, good thing i don't have one. i'd be all like, just tell me already baby!

8:24 am

Yesterday a 10 month old boy said hi to me. Blew me away. I was looking down at my computer and heard a little voice, realized it wasn't his 4 year old sister. He can already say 10 words--very early talker!

8:25 am

so when do they normally start? i literally know nothing about such things.

8:25 am

At 12 months babies usually say 1-3 words, such as mama, dada, baba.

8:26 am

impressive then!

8:26 am

He was so personable and sociable. I had a med student with me too.

8:26 am

10 months and already more outgoing than me

8:27 am

mornin all!

8:27 am

hay-lo eva!

8:27 am

allo, nutty!

8:27 am

He hasn't had time to dislike people yet, Nutty. Give him time.

8:27 am

Hi K's mama.

8:28 am

hope he never does

8:28 am

somebody has a puppy?

8:29 am

i expect i shall be known that way for quite some time to come, eh, Dr Scrabs?

8:29 am

Arf, arf, bichon.

8:29 am

if you call an almost three y/o lab a puppy bichon, yes

8:29 am

Yes, Eva.

8:30 am

nutty, our 3+ year old, 60+ pound husky mix is still referred to as puppy. ;)

8:30 am

i guess that answers that eva! and graphite is my furbaby

8:30 am

I wish we could have a puppy again, but they are so much work [training]. At 70 I don't know if I am up to taking a puppy out at night

8:31 am

Hey, Babblers, I wrote to Inge, long-time ElderBabbler and her daughter emailed me back yesterday. Inge has not been here in several years due to macular degeneration but I have still emailed with her. Now she has developed mild dementia and balance issues.

8:31 am

oh my, i remember Inge!

8:31 am

oh dear, im so sorry to hear.

8:32 am

She is in her mid to late 80's now. She was able to enlarge the font on her computer so could read my emails.

8:33 am

i always took her for younger, but i guess that meant she is young at heart.

8:33 am

It is sad when our ElderBabblers move on (AnnieBrook) or cannot be here. Or when regular Babblers lose interest. *gasp*

8:34 am

do i count as lose interest???

8:35 am

i think i am one of the "oldest" (account-wise) babblers here. i have seen so many come and go...

8:35 am

ive faded away a few times, myself, but i always come back. :)

8:35 am

eva you were here they day i joined

8:35 am

I do wish you would be here more frequently, Nutty.

8:36 am

How did you discover Babble?

8:36 am

I am sorry. Blame the ipad. Even the browser on this old computer totally freezes up if i let the screen saver start.

8:37 am

Babble was listed on some website or blog or something as great free things to do on the internet.

8:37 am

I was using StumbleUpon and had listed word games as an interest.

8:38 am

i think a friend of mine was babbling (that was long before we had paid accounts) and turned me onto it, knowing i was a word-nerd.

8:38 am

i remember stumbleupon! i think theres an app for it now, but i don't have it. my husband does.

8:39 am

i have since turned a few others onto it, though none are quite as chatty as i am. ;)

8:39 am

need stats for any A of top one for the first column and the 4th column

8:39 am

I paid for my membership within 2 hours of playing.

8:39 am

then time for work

8:39 am

bye sue!

8:39 am

and i waited a while for my membership, maybe six months or more.

8:39 am

ag4/7 then plural

8:40 am

I signed up after a few days. It is the people i love the most.

8:40 am

am4/6 then plural

8:40 am

it was mostlyl antics with rennie that suckered me in.

8:41 am

ty for the ag's

8:41 am

How I loved those pirate and travel antics with you, Rennie, and sometimes Torgone.

8:41 am

we had fun. i recall we put new stories in our bios daily for a while.

8:42 am

Yes, the two of you were funny. And you changed your flags as you traveled.

8:42 am

except now. because of your great clues, i have to go to work :) BBL

8:42 am

haven't found a goof soulmate since.

8:42 am

Bye Sue

8:42 am

oh the flags! i forgot!

8:43 am

I need to call the hospital soon to check on my sister.

8:44 am

i hope all is well still. it sounded good what i read yesterday.

8:45 am

Yesterday her husband visited for 30 minutes. She had a headache (surprise) and wanted to sleep so she sent him home. I am not sure if it is worth driving 50 minutes to the city for her to tell me the same thing.

8:48 am

yeah, she may very well just want to rest again. i spent one night in the hospital and was annoyed by all visits but husband. besides, who needs a visitor for one night?

8:49 am

I saw a college student playing and was hooked from then on

8:49 am

well spotted bichon!

8:50 am

If ound Babble when my Dad moved in with me. Quiet time for me while he watched TV!!

8:50 am

Good eye, bichon.

8:50 am

*found

8:51 am

Hi CJ

8:52 am

scrabs, I watch the people, wish I could meet you and some--what has happeened to crossy? lost interest? too busy? I liked his word for the say--

8:53 am

Crossy grew tired of the bickering and bullying on the chat. I do too, but I retreat or lurk when the bullies appear.

8:54 am

there is that on occassion

8:54 am

Amen to that

8:55 am

me too-- I refrain from retorting--another I like is Kaplan the magn--since I love the book and she quoted Alice a while back--fainting in coils--lives near boston but no way of emailing her--

8:56 am

RB, I am not a confrontational person, so I ignore bullies. Some ElderBabblers have confronted the bullies though.

8:57 am

don't see a point bullying

8:57 am

my kids put me on to babble--they won't let me on my facebook till I finish the current book now 2 years late--but it's moving again. We'll all be in Vt again this summer--there is a grma I think she calls herself in Middlebury--

8:57 am

Kaplan the Magne is a wise and kind person.

8:58 am

I am glad you are here, RB. I enjoy your website. I have a pen drawing of a round barn from Shelburne Farms in Burlington, VT.

8:58 am

I mostly lurk these days unless I see a familiar "face" in the chog.

8:59 am

And I enjoyed the two Babble meets I attended

8:59 am

Hi Judy

8:59 am

that is obvious. Maybe some day I will find a way to tell her I appreciate her. We need to install an efficient environmental toilet at the camp in vt--this summers project!

8:59 am

Hello everyone! Morning here. Working but Babbling. Shhhh

9:01 am

I have met nrkii, Doren, Owl, jrb, Hego, Featherbee, and uusue, over 3 separate meet-ups.

9:01 am

*waving to Judy's boss*

9:01 am

You're definitely on my "meet up" list Scrabs!!

9:01 am

You are in eastern PA?

9:02 am

Would like to meet Scrabs too

9:02 am

yes / more in the middle I think

9:02 am

scrabs, AFTER the book, I want to see your art work and show you some of my daughter's original art--the one who died. Rasta's birthday yesterday--I made her a Where's Waldo book called where's Gillian--full of pix of her when she was 7, some of them--her--are hard to find. It seems lost in the mail.

9:02 am

and i was going to meet scrabs until my cat bit me and it got infected.

9:03 am

aren't you in western pa, nut?

9:03 am

hello all

9:03 am

Hi, MLFAN

9:03 am

Barn I love the name Gillian

9:03 am

yep Judy

9:03 am

hi ciocia

9:03 am

I am driving to Acadia NP in late Aug, but my friend will not tolerate me meeting with a Babbler. My friend is an alpha female bossy boss, but we have fun biking, hiking, and kayaking.

9:04 am

I LOVE Acadia NP

9:04 am

Acadia is beautiful

9:04 am

is your friend jealous scrab?

9:04 am

I've met some Babblers while traveling

9:04 am

First column First A?

9:05 am

We also went to Monhegan Island [off the coast of Maine]. No cars allowed

9:05 am

Good theory, MLFAN. She wants all of the attention, for sure.

am 4/6 and 5/14

9:06 am

Is Monhegan Island near Acadia NP?

9:06 am

It must be difficult to get along amicably

9:06 am

eva, my four daughters' names are Damaris, Megan, Gillian, and Elspeth. When we named Megan it hadn't caught on here yet. Gillian is Rastapopolous and she comes on here infrequently to tell about a hard word--she is fabulous and now she knows what her present will be--

9:06 am

scrab she will get over it lol

9:06 am

am4/6 and plural

9:07 am

ty scrab

9:07 am

Third column bottom A ?

ac 5/12

9:08 am

MLFAN, I am calm and easy-going introvert, she is strong and egocentric extrovert. We share interests in kayaking, hiking, biking, snowshoeing, but her personality overwhelms me quickly.

9:09 am

Hi Byzantine. I haven't seen you in a while. How are you today?

9:09 am

scrabbler, if I ever get an address for you I will send you the RB books--my "life work"--I have met Nef in Mlps--and her husband, a few years ago. Only babbler in person except my own kids--

9:09 am

I wouldn't doubt that scrab not an easy type of personality ot deal with

9:10 am

you are all stealth then Barn!

9:10 am

All of us that are friends with her struggle with her, yet she is kind and fun too, just bossy and controlling.

9:11 am

i have only met temple owl and rennie.

9:11 am

i don't like that type of control personality/behavior scrab

9:11 am

hi byz....clue please?

9:12 am

I almost met Peri

9:13 am

i still want to meet mom, she's not terribly far

9:13 am

I don't like it either, MLFAN, so I accept that I cannot change her and focus on her good qualities.

9:14 am

good idea scrab :)

9:15 am

I need a break now after passing halfway.

9:15 am

clue for the ac 5/12?

9:15 am

never mind i have to go no nbt or nbs yet will be back...poof

9:16 am

Byz - an awesome and appropriate prayer...

9:39 am

hello again

9:45 am

ac 5/12 clue please?

9:46 am

like the video game maker at5

9:46 am

ty and hello harry

9:46 am

nbt

9:46 am

hi :)

9:47 am

halfway! got stats for the second column A?

9:48 am

I think its am 5?

9:49 am

that would be very strange

9:50 am

got it. nm

9:50 am

nbt

9:50 am

nbt and nbs

9:50 am

harry what was it?

9:51 am

ac 4/6 and pl

9:51 am

and I have that one too

9:52 am

what are the stats for the 8s?

9:53 am

ac 7/32 and plural

9:53 am

harry one is gi 7/40 8/55

9:53 am

ac 8/45

9:53 am

hi ursh

9:53 am

gi 7/40 and plural

9:53 am

ty all :) will search

9:55 am

I used morewords to get both of them

9:56 am

oh - are they unusual?

9:56 am

i have not seen either of them that i can think of?

9:56 am

ok then. 100 to go! gotta get some work done.

9:57 am

bye harry

10:04 am

ma 6/24, pls

10:05 am

ma6 Spanish instrument

10:05 am

tyvm ru

10:07 am

there was a nutty sighting this morning .. (waves to Evan)

10:08 am

no way!

10:08 am

good morning everyone

10:08 am

crap, it is still morning

10:10 am

not awake yet -- can't think of the name of the percussion instrument, although I could draw a picture, and no ideas on the 7-8 combos just called

10:12 am

I had to search the log for the 7/8 clues. The clues are quite good :)

10:12 am

when were the clues given

10:12 am

cyber....it is a shaken instrument

10:13 am

gi7.. what soldiers would like to keep on themselves

10:13 am

darn, was thinking of maracas but that isn't there and neither is marimba

10:13 am

think singular

10:13 am

mmm - must me maracas spelled incorrectly

10:13 am

got it

10:14 am

you can play your word with only one of them.

10:14 am

5:45 am, 7:25 am

10:15 am

gi 7-8 and ac 7-8 were called

10:16 am

doesn't that stupid duck say "afrack"?

10:16 am

quakers nan

10:17 am

no, I guess it is "aflack" quakers? for?

10:18 am

aflack or aflak is what it says

10:18 am

thnx harry

10:18 am

frack not in Enable

10:18 am

bichon i tried that too

10:18 am

no - trump has decreed that it doesn't exist!

10:19 am

was quakers a clue for something?

10:20 am

mixi was answering you with your comment about the duck what it says

10:21 am

but then neither does global warming nor melting glaciers -- however apparently usa steel made in china does

10:21 am

th7?

10:22 am

This is even more annoying for us Americans We [not me] elected him.

10:23 am

bichon neither choice was a good one anyway

10:23 am

yeh -- well we didn't get to vote against him, but everything he does affects us

10:23 am

ma6,24 anyone?

10:24 am

latin instrument singlular

10:24 am

cyber unfortunately true

10:24 am

musical instrument

10:24 am

sounds like this conversation can go downhill fast, specially if i put my two cents in, so gonna head on out for a bit.

10:24 am

hi evan

10:24 am

thx

10:25 am

ty cyber

10:25 am

the sad part is that I think that all those people who decided not to vote for anyone would now vote against him -- even Hillary wouldn't have been this bad - at least she had some smarts

10:26 am

and we all know now who told the biggest lies

10:26 am

cyber i didn't vote and wouldn't have i don't think we would be better off with her

10:27 am

well, as it turned out, no vote was a vote for trump

10:28 am

as it should have been

10:29 am

th7?

10:31 am

I think a lot of people bought into trumps smear campaign just as he hoped they would now there is a pres. who can't recognize truth when it slaps him in the face and is so out of it that he believes his own lies

10:32 am

i have a feeling Obama Care will stay as i saw on tv this AM that is being voted again. Trump said it would stay if they couldn't come to an agreement

10:33 am

I dream of a world where Hillary Clinton is president, to be honest. I like that world much better.

10:34 am

i think we can do better then either of them somewhere. Too bad Michelle Obama didn't run

10:34 am

me, too, Mael. I wept at her loss

10:34 am

One thing for sure ... I will not step foot in the US as long as he is in control and a lot of people in my country feel the same. A lot of school trips have been cancelled because of him.

10:34 am

I hope Obama care stays. a single payor would probably be better.

10:35 am

I let my passport expire

10:35 am

mixi i do too i don't think messing with medical insurance related things is good for so many people everywhere

10:35 am

Michele doesn't have the ego-centric personality.

10:35 am

lol - not going that far, ruby -- still hope for one more trip to Europe

10:36 am

cyber some ports players have said they wont go to the White house because of him being in office

10:36 am

which is why she wouldn't run, mixi

10:36 am

Hillary is the one who thinks she is better then thou

10:36 am

I can't travel anymore, anyway

10:37 am

my last long trip was in car from where i came from to where i am now

10:37 am

I agree, but she is also a woman and black, there would be too much smear, just because of that. ugh.

10:38 am

se7?

10:38 am

And trump doesn't? ---- trump thinks he is god and the only one who knows anything -- doesn't the condescending tone he uses whenever he speaks bother you?

10:38 am

mixi do you have th 7?

10:38 am

mixi i will look for se7 too

10:38 am

yes

10:39 am

clue please?

10:39 am

His condesccending tone drives pme crazy

10:39 am

th + we breathe *** + plus a nasty disease **

10:40 am

I'm just praying that he doesn't poke the wrong bear and start a war

10:40 am

ty mixi

10:40 am

ty mixi

10:41 am

ruby if you mean trump he started a war before he got in offic

10:41 am

how is it possible that i have had TWO large cups of coffee, yet im STILL ready for a nap??

10:41 am

keep praying ruby.

10:41 am

i wonder if se7 is a compound word somehow?

10:41 am

never had a cup of coffee.

10:41 am

eva i got up earlier then usual i have had coffee too and still need a nap lol

10:41 am

It's very depressing and it seems to be getting worse

10:42 am

Trump needs to be impeached

10:42 am

re hillary: i have been a fan of Hillary since 1997. Somehow people expect her to be better than all her male counterparts. She's a politician. Things she was demonized for, example, the state dept email drama, are the exact same things that are currently being done by the 45 administration. As a feminist, I would never, i repeat, never vote for Trump. He is an incompetent boob who spends his time bloviating in a manner that can barely be understood. I could make a list, but this is babble, so walking away again. I was hoping I'd been gone long enough before.

10:42 am

10:42 am

10:42 am

i keep praying that saner minds will find a way to impeach him, but then I'm not certain that next up to bat is any better

10:43 am

MLF -- SE7 is sort of a compound... not the ocean, but the SE* + color with magic ****ers

10:43 am

(agrees with nutty).. although I'm not a huge Hilary fan either

10:43 am

Do you think it could happen -- article 25 of the Constitution evoked?

10:43 am

ty eva. fw.

10:44 am

i am not a feminist i wouldn't vote for either of them but it would depend on the female

10:44 am

"bloviate" this is an exciting new word for me!

10:44 am

((evanonut)) for being honest

10:44 am

thanks eva....mixi did you get the clue?

10:44 am

I think at least we can agree that there is a lot of frustration with what is going on

10:45 am

or not going on cyber

10:47 am

made it to 100 words:) 133 left will keep going....:)

10:49 am

pa 6/24, pls

10:49 am

Played my first (team) tennis match of the year yesterday. My partner and I won our match. First USTA match I have won.

10:50 am

Wow! you go girl

10:50 am

you might be a pa6 on babble if you are for trump. lol

10:50 am

If articles of impeachment are exercised against the President and his agents for acting in collusion with a foreign power to subvert the election, then the entirety of the presidency would be invalidated. As a result, the Trump executive would or at least should envelop Pence. With that in mind, the order of succession would place Speaker Ryan in the oval until an unprecedented constitutional crisis is resolved. It could mean a new election with a pro-tem President. It will institutionally cripple America's ability to rule itself and the breadth of potential charges that might arise is daunting to imagine.

10:51 am

By the way, good morning!

10:51 am

Pa 6....even in golf + me + **a! I caught you!

10:51 am

excellent analysis, Bonkler

10:51 am

grats, mixi

10:52 am

tymixi, like your clue

10:52 am

pen i don't understand the second part of that clue?

10:52 am

hi bonk

It's not really clear that Pence was kept in on all the goings on - it's hard to say which would be worse, Pence or Ryan!

10:52 am

I thought Ryan was part of the collusion, bonkler

10:53 am

A brouh*** is a big to do....a commotion...

10:54 am

Pa 6 -- an outcast. Sounds like a flesh eating fish.

10:54 am

pa 6 = someone who is shunned

10:54 am

Congrats, mixi!....What level are you playing?....i just fnished a 3.0 forty and older season....now going to play an 18 and older season with the same team...

10:54 am

bonkler, you have agood grasp of American politics

10:54 am

gi 7 please?

10:54 am

Pence is much moree right-wing ideologue and women's rights, gay rights and voting right wouldall be at risk

Yes - but have you seen what Ryan is like?

10:55 am

ryan is a smart trump - scary

10:55 am

cyber it ends in not you but **

10:55 am

I think Ryan has been lobotomized

10:55 am

ty for pa 6

Well, yes - but that doesn't keep him from signing things!

10:56 am

And Pence is a robot, programmed by Bnnon

10:56 am

Maybe I should move to Israel

10:57 am

I think ryan is just biding his time waiting for an opportunity to advance his own agenda

10:59 am

A Moroccan friend asked me if I would move to Israel, but I'm too old to move again

10:59 am

gi 7 please? -- last 2 letters doesn't help

11:00 am

Gi 7....soldiers _ not your leg _ myself....

11:00 am

ty pen - great clue

11:00 am

Ryan was never a Trump guy and there have been no allegations made regarding the congressional and senate races. Invalidating the executive would have to include Pence as part of that corrupted election. There'd be little choice but to place Ryan in the oval. I imagine it would also destroy the Republicans in 2018 mid-terms. The houses would be tasked with the constitutional crisis, hearings and prosecutions. The Watergate hearings essentially nullified Ford's time in office.

11:00 am

and a new word for me

11:02 am

eva, you're welcome, learned that one from pam. fell instantly in love with it.

11:04 am

Too many As in this grid...

11:05 am

"Frack" should be a word. I use it all the time. :D

11:07 am

Frickety-Frack. Stuff like that. ;)

11:08 am

the fracking industry has been a controversial issue in this areaa for many reasons

11:08 am

Yes...and it IS a word...

11:08 am

See, it is a word.

11:08 am

I just tend to use it as an expletive. heh

11:08 am

short for hydraulic fracturing though, so i guess i forgive it not being in the grid.

11:09 am

It's in Dictionary.com....

11:09 am

What? There is politics talk here and no one is complaining? Did hell freeze over last night? : D

11:11 am

Enable doesn't spend much time updating. Frack is a word by common usage, email isn't in Enable either.

11:11 am

Just trying fracking to ignore it Molly. Ha.

11:11 am

*to fracking ignore it.

11:12 am

I'll say the same thing here I say everywhere else. If you are not happy with the way things are, make sure you are doing something to change it. And complaining on the internet doesn't count.

11:13 am

true true molly, and do you know none of my reps are answering their phones. so i fax them with resistbot. i will be heard gosh darnit.

11:15 am

Seriously, though, I figure people can choose to chat politics and I can choose to ignore it, just like any other topic. And I agree with Molly. To be fair, I also find it kind of fascinating to read what people have to say when among intelligent company, such as the Babble chog.

11:16 am

This feels like a safe place to express our views

11:16 am

Agreed rubyfoo.

11:17 am

Nobody is force to read it or participate

11:17 am

hi all.

11:18 am

There are no rules for this chat forum so I say any topic is up for discussion. As has been previously stated, people can feel free to turn off chat if the discussion at hand is not to their liking.

11:18 am

I'm sorry for typos, but I'm lying down and the laptop keeps slipping

11:19 am

Agreed again. As long as a convo doesn't interfere with Babble-related convo, chat away.

11:21 am

Heading over to sudoku for a bit. Later skaters.

11:21 am

To be fair, there are a lot of people who are not big fans of the constant cluing in chat, so everyone has their likes and dislikes.

11:21 am

It is what it is... ;o)

11:21 am

I find having friends across the political Spectrum interesting

11:22 am

Capricious computer capitalizes crzily!

11:22 am

Oh no, Pen is using buzz-word phrases. Next she will be saying "at the end of the day" and "I just wanted to reach out to you" : D

11:23 am

Gag me with a spoon... ;o)

11:23 am

hi all. cant find the word pa 6 that means person who is shunned. i think i know it but not sure

11:24 am

"in 10 years, none of this is even gonna matter" and you know youre screwed where the optimist says that, because it means they cant find a bright side either...

11:24 am

Is buzz-word like buzz-feed (whatever that is)

11:24 am

I used to write for a political blog. Glad I quit, I'd never be able to sleep.

11:24 am

Mkg changed her icon *faints*

11:24 am

that's why i dog blog, so much more relaxing and fun

11:25 am

that's so 70's, Laugh-in?

11:25 am

molly, and i cant get the photo to be right either. too too bad.

11:25 am

Dog blog?

11:25 am

Pa 6....even in golf + start of a large brook + **a! I got it!

11:26 am

PA6 even in golf + you or * + eureka obscurantist clue

11:26 am

That pink baby has been crawling around here for years. I almost didn't know that was mkg

11:26 am

Obscurantist???....oh my.....

11:26 am

there is a kids show called Dog With a Blog. its kinda cute.

11:26 am

woof

11:27 am

yup. that baby is now 10 years old.

11:28 am

molly, adventurouspaws.com - we talk dog

11:28 am

Snowing again here... :o(

11:29 am

LOL Eva, always i learn how little i know about childrens shows, my nieces seem to be moving away from shopkins

11:29 am

Today I learned the difference between daffs and jonquilss -- there is none

11:29 am

any clues for the As in left column? dont have any for either a. ty.

11:30 am

They're all narcissi

11:30 am

oh just got one. sorry. need only A words for A that is third row. ty. also one for second column A . ty

11:30 am

af4 distant

11:31 am

A + Chevy + me...

11:31 am

am4/5 nanny

11:32 am

ty pen, l was dancing around that ac

11:32 am

ty.

11:32 am

Yw...

11:33 am

not getting nanny word. but looking

11:34 am

got others. and ty for clues.

11:34 am

Nursemaid, actually

11:34 am

ac 7 please?

11:34 am

in China, I think

11:34 am

think india, mkg

11:34 am

dont know what they call a nanny.

11:35 am

lol - or maybe china

11:35 am

ah

11:35 am

oops.

11:35 am

got it. ty

11:35 am

I don't really know, just guessing

11:35 am

ah 4

11:35 am

India and the far east...i looked it up....

11:36 am

i found it. ty ty

11:36 am

oops, meant am 4

11:36 am

ac 7 please?

11:37 am

just need an A word clue for the A in 2nd column. ty.

11:38 am

am4= Asian nanny

11:38 am

i am still missing the A to the left of the M tile...

11:38 am

peak

11:38 am

Sorry, nan ....don't have it yet...

11:38 am

ac4/5 peak

11:39 am

Eva.....not close...

11:39 am

Sorry...mine was for the bottom A in the first column....

11:40 am

all clues help pen. so ty.

11:40 am

Yw...

11:41 am

actually your clue did give me that word so ty. i did need it.

11:41 am

now just need one of the words for the a in second column.

11:41 am

:o)

11:42 am

anyone have any of the A words for A in second column? please? ty

11:43 am

ac 7: scrambled rainbow + oriental continent

11:43 am

ac4/6 and plural peak

11:44 am

Ty nan....i was all around it。。。。

11:44 am

ty for ac 7. wow. great clue.

11:44 am

looking ruby. ty.

11:44 am

ty nan

11:45 am

yw everyoen

11:45 am

This is a kind grid, even though I can't finish

11:45 am

Lots of nice little words

11:45 am

rips

11:45 am

sorry

11:46 am

i dont see the plural peak word. peak is apex and no X in grid so i am confused

11:46 am

Different peak word.....pinnacle....ac 4/5...

11:47 am

i guess can you reclue the ac word pen? is it a ac 4?

11:47 am

Yes, i just said it is ac 4...

11:48 am

ok so ac 4/5. from A in second column right? ty

11:48 am

Yes...

11:49 am

Yes...

11:49 am

oh i got it!!!!!!!!! wow. how did i miss it. duuuhhh. ty pen. got it and back to work now. ty so so much.

11:49 am

Yw...

11:50 am

im still missing the A beside the M....unless the cloe got lost in the shuffle?

11:50 am

Eva, that's the nanny words

11:50 am

That was the nanny clue.....far east nanny...

11:51 am

oh...i thought i had gotten that one, but i didnt check the definition...

11:52 am

This one has a slightly higher value...

11:53 am

TY. i had the right sound, but was missing a letter

11:54 am

Yw...

11:57 am

Bye, this was fun, 71 left

11:58 am

Bye ruby...

12:01 pm

fa 5/24 please?

12:02 pm

sounds llike someone who pretends something is real, but spelled with different 2nd vowel

12:04 pm

hindu or musim person

12:05 pm

*muslim

12:05 pm

ty bich

12:05 pm

meeting friends in town for an early lunch, so had better get ready -- bbl

12:07 pm

Bye nan...

12:09 pm

ri 6/33, pls

12:09 pm

Don't have it...

12:10 pm

totally baffled

12:12 pm

Ri 6/33 tear + cutting tool

12:12 pm

Ty eva...

12:16 pm

Just realized that the 8s are plurals...

12:24 pm

ty eva

12:29 pm

Well i am down to 40.....have to go to a meeting...bbl to finish....

12:36 pm

sa 5/14, pls

12:37 pm

add another vowel (2nd) to SA 4/6

12:37 pm

plural of SA 4/6 -- long tale

sa 5/14 add a vowel in the long tale

12:38 pm

sorry, second sa 5/14

12:38 pm

then pl for SA 6/24

12:38 pm

8s

12:39 pm

I don't have the second sa 5/14

I clued it below

12:40 pm

second SA 5 - add a vowel to the first A 4/6

12:41 pm

tyvm teach, luv

12:41 pm

then pl for SA 6

as 6/21 please?

12:41 pm

yvw

12:43 pm

a + male sheep + vowel

thanks bich

12:45 pm

yvw Luv

1:17 pm

hi all. help with bottom A pls

1:22 pm

AC 5/12, i believe

1:31 pm

Three weeks I've been at this job, and still they can't get me working. As in I can't get into the computer.

1:33 pm

evan really?

1:34 pm

hello again, isn't a male sheep a ewe?

1:35 pm

for realzies, government contracting at its finest.

1:35 pm

no, ML, that's a female sheep :)

1:36 pm

evan ohh that explains it

1:36 pm

ty mael duh me

1:37 pm

doesn't it though?

1:37 pm

:: high-fives fellow contractor ::

1:38 pm

evan sadly yes

1:40 pm

are [a 6/7 a combo?

1:41 pm

pa sorry

1:45 pm

:: high fived back :: to eva

1:49 pm

yes they are a combo

1:49 pm

ty wv

1:50 pm

wv clue pls/?

2:09 pm

help with the ac5 pls

2:09 pm

plural of ac4/6

2:09 pm

I found it and it was not a pl

2:10 pm

aahh - before that -- ac + mr. onassis

2:13 pm

i have a gi 8- what is the other 8 please

2:13 pm

ac 8...

2:14 pm

it's a pl....

2:14 pm

hmm- okay- ty :-)

2:15 pm

do you want a clue?

2:16 pm

sure- that would work- been a long day :-)

2:16 pm

ac + consonant + continent,,,,

2:17 pm

ty very much :-)

2:17 pm

yw...

2:17 pm

i keep forgetting there are 2 s today

2:18 pm

me, too....just too many As....

2:19 pm

yes that too lol

3:07 pm

i am done....had to use a 2 z for my last word....

3:27 pm

pa6/24 pls

3:27 pm

pi + chevy + vowel....

3:28 pm

sorry....you said pa...

3:28 pm

pa 6....is one who is shunned by others....

3:28 pm

ty pen

3:29 pm

yw...

3:31 pm

ma6/24 pls

3:32 pm

my last word and I do not see it in morewords

3:33 pm

nm

3:33 pm

FW

3:35 pm

congrats....

3:35 pm

my last words were th 6/7 combo...

3:38 pm

snowing again....ugh...

3:52 pm

We are expecting temperatures in the 70's over the weekend. Yay!

3:53 pm

nice!

3:54 pm

we were supposed to get a dusting, but it has snowed on and off since noon....that wet snow....yuck...

4:00 pm

r

4:01 pm

s

4:06 pm

Oh boy! The alphabet game!

4:12 pm

i am a sucker for those...

4:15 pm

Hi all. Clue for the kr5 please.

4:16 pm

hi....kr + i don't want to w***....gonna do it now!

4:16 pm

ty penq

4:17 pm

Penq, It does seem that we got spring in the winter and now we are getting winter in the spring.

4:20 pm

yes....almost all of our snow came in the last week....

4:23 pm

meant to say the last month....

4:25 pm

It just feels that way penq.

4:27 pm

One last ass kick from Old Lady Winter before Miss Spring comes on in full force.

4:27 pm

yup...

4:27 pm

One can only hope, Molly

4:27 pm

some will melt tomorrow....temps will peak in the low 40s, i think....

4:44 pm

well dinner awaits...bye all...

5:17 pm

In Maine, the low 40's must seem like a Spring thaw.

5:21 pm

But pretty soon all areas in the EST time zone will be in warm temperatures and enjoying life. Hooray for that.

5:34 pm

where are you pen and where are you molly?

5:57 pm

mkg, for a VERY limited time, your resized icon is in my profile. Copy it, paste it into your profile and save.

6:01 pm

Oh well, mkg left, that icon goes now.

6:02 pm

can you resize everything :D

6:02 pm

I'm better at making things bigger : P : P

6:03 pm

ha

6:03 pm

(looks at spilled tea)

6:08 pm

anyone have the pa6/24?

6:09 pm

<---Naughty, naughty girl

6:09 pm

I'll say :D

6:09 pm

pa 6 = outcast - one who is shunned

6:10 pm

hello again everyone

6:10 pm

Oh Nan just jumped right in to clue before I could even type

6:11 pm

lol, molly

6:11 pm

thank you nan

6:11 pm

ok molly --- as 6 please?

6:13 pm

as & male sheep & vwl

6:14 pm

Again Nan, no time to clue. There you go.

6:15 pm

ty ru

6:16 pm

*Checks to make sure Ru is not masquerading as Lynxxx

6:26 pm

nice garden, molly

6:26 pm

I love Spring flowers.

6:32 pm

me too --- sadly, so do the deer and field mice

6:39 pm

stressed and unhappy... going to bury my head in the sand of the grid and try to ignore my emotions for a bit...

6:40 pm

sorry hursh ... hope the grid helps

6:44 pm

sometimes you really see why self-handicapping is so appealing...

6:44 pm

Self-handicapping??

6:47 pm

Does that mean thinking bad thoughts when bad thoughts are not necessary?

6:48 pm

I think it is when you avoid something saying, I would have been successful if I tried, I just choose not to try. My eldest son was a master at it.

6:49 pm

yeah - what bugsaw said. i just tried something and got shot down. makes me wish i had not bothered trying.

6:51 pm

cause you know, people say, "you never know until you try" like it's a good thing. but it's only a good think the 10% of times you try and succeed, and it sucks the other 90% of the time.

6:51 pm

*thing

6:52 pm

don't let other people's opinions get you down, hurshy. You still learned something -- that way didn't work. Just try it again another way

6:52 pm

it's not even their opinions

6:53 pm

i applied for a job only to be told that they are "most likely" (read: definitely) going to hire an internal candidate. and i'm like, well what did you POST it for then? i worked for like four hours on the freakin cover letter for it, all for nothing. it's not like they have a union and would be required to post jobs because of that.

6:54 pm

I can't keep up with all the "new terms". That used to be referred to as "self-sabotage"

6:54 pm

and they already know me there, and i felt like, i really NEED that "in" in order to get hired, because i have such a lack of self-confidence, i need the advantage of people who have seen that i'm good. i can't sell myself in interviews. i need someone else to believe in me and encourage me, not be convinced by me that i'm good.

6:54 pm

that is disappointing for sure. I am sorry that happened to you. I had it happen lots of times but it just means you wouldn't have liked working with those types anyway

6:55 pm

no bugsaw, i don't know why they did that particular thing but in general i do like the people

6:56 pm

but yeah, self-sabotage, same thing mollz

6:56 pm

when my daughter reached her 30's she thanked me one day for my standard response to "I can't", which was "How do you know if you don't try". As she used to stomp off as a teen whenever I said that, I was flabbergasted --- so a double message there keep trying and never give up!

6:56 pm

i guess i think of that more as doing something, but doing it in such a way that CAUSES you to fail

6:56 pm

you didn't self-sabotage, hurshy. they were less than honest

6:57 pm

i know i didn't. i'm saying i wish i HAD self-sabotaged by not applying.

6:57 pm

cause it hurts too much.

6:57 pm

Hursh, didn't you just move to a new area of the country? Sometimes it is hard to find new work in that situation if you did not already set something up.

6:58 pm

if you hadn't applied you would have always wondered if you would have got the job and been even more unhappy with yourself.

6:58 pm

we moved in august 2015. i have been pursuing an MA, working part-time, and am now wrapping up my degree and having to do the job search.

6:59 pm

Sorry, I guess I don't get the difference between self-handicapping and self-sabotage.

6:59 pm

and it's just... been very stressful since Jan 1... and now that that job isn't an option, that means i DEFINITELY have an unknown period of continued stress instead of maybe getting settled quickly and happily.

6:59 pm

I don't interview well either, hurshy but I know when I can do the job.

6:59 pm

there probably isn't one molly - sometimes i imagine a nuanced distinction that doesn't exist

7:00 pm

yeah i know i'm really good. but i really hate to try to convince other people of it. i'm like, just talk to my references, don't talk to me at all.

7:00 pm

Hurshy it could be they were required by law to advertise the job. In Canada, jobs at federally or provincially funded workplaces must advertise available positions, whether they can be filled internally or not. (hospitals, universities, colleges, etc)

7:01 pm

this is a private company, i am pretty sure they aren't required to.

7:01 pm

It is hard hurshy ... I have been applying for a new job without a lot of success. I get to the second interview point usually and then nothing. It can be hard on you.

7:01 pm

they aren't funded by anything but people paying.

7:02 pm

don't worry guys, i am not expecting you to make me feel better, i just wanted to vent

7:03 pm

Self-sabotage...inflicting injury on yourself by placing yourself in a situation where failure is predicted...Self-handicapping seems to be the same thing

7:04 pm

lol molly, you are very determined to figure this thing out :)

7:05 pm

the G's are Grumpy

7:05 pm

when applying for work, failure is not predicted, just a possibility.

7:05 pm

in that i can only find 2/3 of them

7:05 pm

No, I just think it is a matter of semantics. Nan, our job postings and federal requirements are not the same as Canadian ones.

7:06 pm

but this makes it sound like simply not trying would NOT be considered self-handicapping, then, which i thought it would be.

7:07 pm

Failure is not predicted...depends on what job you apply for and how qualified you are and what the job posting requirements are.

7:08 pm

failure IS predicted if you don't apply. it's guaranteed!

7:08 pm

Again, it's semantics.

7:08 pm

oh, random other topic - scrabbler or any other medical babblers around?

7:09 pm

I am with hurshy, but yes, it is all semantics.

7:10 pm

Hursh, you sound well qualified for the kind of job you had in Connecticut. I'm sorry you are having trouble finding work in your new area.

7:10 pm

i HATED my job in connecticut!

7:11 pm

Well then, here's to you finding something better where you are now.

7:12 pm

it isn't that i'm having trouble. i'm just starting to look, now. and i saw that one and it seemed like my dream come true, and i was just so hoping that that could be it and drastically shorten my job search and my stress could end quickly.

7:13 pm

the ending of my degree program has just been a stressful period as well, so i feel like, ACK! i just can't handle moving from that to now the stress of the job search, and like, zero rest in between - in fact, some overlap.

7:14 pm

name that proper noun! the land the Pharisees looked down on

7:15 pm

Samaria

7:15 pm

ding ding ding!

7:15 pm

I only knew that because of the story

7:15 pm

'tis a good enough reason.

7:16 pm

thought sa 4/9 was a proper noun too --- either a tall ship or a scotch!

7:17 pm

I think it is the style of ship, nan

7:17 pm

the one that was moored at Greenwich before it burned down?

7:18 pm

not sure about that. I just picture the ship on the bottle. ;)

7:19 pm

yes that is the one --- the Cutty Sa4/8 was written on the stern

7:20 pm

sa 6-7 please?

7:21 pm

just looked it up, nan. the word is a Scottish word for shirt

7:21 pm

take a vowel out of the proper noun I guessed

7:21 pm

was amazed when we toured the ship that anyone would cross an ocean in such a tiny little tub

7:22 pm

Same as the word written @ 7:15 but with out the 'i' then plural.

7:22 pm

Me too. Those sailing ships were puny

7:23 pm

ty zoom

7:25 pm

funny how sometimes my proper nouns are so dangerously close to grid words

7:25 pm

didn't realize it, of course, when i did it

7:27 pm

No worries :-) On the positive side of it. It made it easier to clue :-)

7:32 pm

mornin' all. zooz, did you see my email a while ao?

7:32 pm

*ago*

7:33 pm

No sorry, Rose, Have been busy with father being very ill at the moment. So have not checked emails for a while...Will check in a minute.

7:34 pm

okay, mate. sorry your Dad not well. is he better now?

7:36 pm

Just checked it, Rose. Not sure if I can make it. Very hard to plan ahead as I am rounf d parents every day at the moment.

7:37 pm

No he is still rather ill. Thankfully the Prostate cancer has not come out of the prostate so that can be managed. But he is still fainting and is very fragile at the moment.

7:38 pm

okay. not there until early July.

7:38 pm

how old is he?

7:38 pm

oh, zooz. how worrying for you and your Mum.

7:38 pm

Mother & sister are besides themselves..which is harder to handle than I thought it would be.

7:39 pm

He is 84 years old, Hurshy.

7:39 pm

that's a lovely number, 84

7:40 pm

I am sure he would tell you he would prefer it being the other way round LOL

7:40 pm

well, yes, 48 is lovely too

7:40 pm

any multiple of 12 is bound to be a nice number

7:42 pm

He has high blood pressure too, Rose and has terrible shakes which he can not control which makes drinking a nightmare for him.

7:42 pm

can he use straws?

7:42 pm

Many hugs to you, zooz!!!

7:42 pm

He rufuses, Hurshy. He is a very stubborn man!

7:42 pm

Refuses*

7:43 pm

what if you buy him a fancy one?

7:43 pm

poor man. poor all of you. how upset he must be to be causing so much alarm around him.

7:43 pm

((Uusue)) Thank you.

7:43 pm

Oh, zooz, that all sounds so familiar! Just lost my very stubborn 95-year-old dad in January. Hope things improve soon.

7:44 pm

maybe one of those travel mugs that won't spill when tipped over

7:44 pm

will hold all of you in my prayers, zooz.

7:45 pm

We have all offered different types of cups but he said he will use his fave mug and that is it. He just has it filled a quarter of the way.

7:46 pm

ttfn. {{zooz and his family}}

7:46 pm

*!*~*!* Thanks for the help

7:46 pm

Thanks, Rose. He seems to be fine with it all. He says when his time is up it is up. But my mum & sister are not doing too well. And I have to keep telling them it is his decision to make not theirs.

7:46 pm

i don't understand that kind of stubbornness. i mean, nobody LIKES having to do things because of illness or age. i don't LIKE having to be on meds, but i still take them.

7:48 pm

No I do not either, hurshy. But that is just the way he is.

7:48 pm

Bye , Rose. Sorry I did not see your email earlier.

7:48 pm

what about... like... if you'll use the straw, then, what you get to drink with it could be (beer, wine, favorite bev)!

7:48 pm

Okay time for me to go to bed. sorry for the rant.

7:49 pm

you didn't rant

7:49 pm

hugs again, zooz!

7:49 pm

night zooz

8:09 pm

ha 5 20 any hints?

8:10 pm

kris

8:10 pm

oops

8:11 pm

bottom?

8:11 pm

i mean bottom A?

8:13 pm

the ha 5 is spelled similar to the short form of Japanese poetry - just change the vowel at the end

8:15 pm

the bottom a is ac 5/12

8:17 pm

for the ac 5 rhymes with maker of video games

8:19 pm

thanks!

8:34 pm

swai is a fish. like trout. i see it in the supermarket.

8:57 pm

Swai is delicious in a wok

8:58 pm

see?

8:58 pm

Walk this swai. 😂

8:58 pm

do you have as6 by any chance?

8:58 pm

Iyes

8:59 pm

Yes that is

8:59 pm

Kind of like a butt festival with out one s

9:00 pm

um ok

9:00 pm

Too obscure?

9:00 pm

no, i mean, i get the idea, but can't think of the festival part, just thinking "fair"

9:00 pm

Think the copy machine guy on SNL

9:01 pm

don't watch SNL

9:01 pm

Oh

9:01 pm

well i've seen some of the political stuff

9:01 pm

but the rest of it just... doesn't make me laugh

9:02 pm

Ends in doctor association

9:02 pm

butt fetival

9:02 pm

too ru

9:02 pm

I GET IT!

9:02 pm

???

9:03 pm

The rurumeister

9:03 pm

she is saying it is very in keeping with your character, i believe.

9:04 pm

hurshy gets me. I get ruru. This is what makes the chog fun!

9:04 pm

lol

9:05 pm

Also, confirming that hursh gets it!

9:10 pm

ma6?

9:12 pm

one of a pa4/5 of percussion rattles, hursh

9:13 pm

ah, thanks!

9:13 pm

yw :)

9:17 pm

Ah, finally fireworks. My last word was very appropriately sm5/22, as in hit me with a fish. So Babbly. Any more clues or stats wanted in the next few minutes, hursh?

9:19 pm

th6/7 combo?

9:21 pm

It's one of those words you only see in Enable, I'm thinking on how to clue it...

9:21 pm

i've monkeyed so many things!

9:22 pm

oho, stop your thinking, my monkeys finally succeeded!

9:22 pm

Okay, there's also a th5/6 combo right after it, adding that "t" to a very hurtful word. Do you have that?

9:22 pm

Oh, good for you! I have Friday brain :)

9:23 pm

:) thanks that makes fw for me too

9:23 pm

Sweet! Yay!! Goodnight! I can't stay awake for the flip.

9:35 pm

Night jvb

9:35 pm

Jb

10:32 pm

hi all.

10:32 pm

back to try to find more. just passed half way so far.

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