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129 3,925
130 3,852
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139 3,574
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143 3,392
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162 3,012
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179 2,715
180 2,707
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182 2,670
183 2,669
184 2,666
185 2,657
186 2,655
187 2,654
188 2,652
189 2,617
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202 2,470
203 2,463
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213 2,342
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221 2,288
222 2,286
223 2,279
224 2,271
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226 2,252
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299 1,815
300 1,808
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302 1,802
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304 1,773
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306 1,772
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308 1,766
309 1,760
310 1,757
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313 1,716
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326 1,628
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383 1,209
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389 1,183
390 1,177
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392 1,174
393 1,174
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396 1,162
397 1,155
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399 1,146
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402 1,135
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407 1,116
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409 1,101
410 1,074
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412 1,052
413 1,051
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269 total words

12:01 am

me 8

12:01 am

ex 8

12:02 am

and ex 9

12:02 am

no 7

12:05 am

nbt/nbs

12:06 am

nbt, nbs

12:06 am

er7

12:06 am

ri8

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and ri 7

12:08 am

st7 x 2

12:08 am

ex 7

12:09 am

ante

12:11 am

Ts toppled..ta 6

12:12 am

in 9

12:16 am

ex 9 if not called already

12:17 am

me9 called?

12:17 am

oops sorry it's an 8

12:18 am

de8

Clues are up

12:20 am

me 7

12:21 am

Thanks, Lickety!

12:22 am

me 7 x2 and me 8

12:22 am

an8

12:24 am

ex 8 x3

12:26 am

en 9

12:28 am

ro9

12:43 am

ooh a big one!

12:44 am

hopes harp is talking about the grid

12:44 am

you never know....

12:45 am

great answer

12:48 am

ungulate alert

12:48 am

volcano poker alert

12:50 am

i see roger moore died.

12:50 am

oh.. that's too bad

12:51 am

oh sad .. pretty good 007

12:57 am

second best, but not second rate!

1:01 am

good morning all

1:01 am

Hiya Sprite! I just now popped in too!

1:02 am

hi Kam :) *hug* How are you doing today?

1:02 am

I got some long overdue stuff out of the way, so I'm happy! How are you doing?

1:03 am

ah that can be such a relief. I am okay.

1:12 am

and how is Michael?

1:13 am

Doing well. His cut finger is healing nicely, but it has kept him from going to his Rock Steady boxing program. Can't be punching bags with a one inch gash in your middle finger!

1:13 am

better not, lol. But not fun that he is missing out on his boxing. It does him a world of good, doesn't it?

1:14 am

So, his balance is suffering a bit, and he's been sleeping more, but I think once he gets back "with the program" he'll be a lot better. He finished his cabinet, and it looks great!

1:15 am

woooot for Michael! Good job!

1:17 am

I think Rock Steady is one of the greatest programs for Parkinson's! They had to cancel one session last week due to power outages, but I'm hoping by next week, his finger will be ready for a light workout - at least he can do all of the whole body exercise and keep his hand away from danger.

1:19 am

sounds good. Am so happy for you guys that this is so rewarding.

1:21 am

I'm glad they have a class that's not an hour away! It takes about 35-40 minutes to get there, but he enjoys getting out, and the town where the classes are has great grocery stores! So we get better food too - bonus!

1:22 am

win-win all the way. Sounds like a real blessing, honey

1:22 am

I harvested my first two apples today! No bird damage either!

1:23 am

lol awesome :D Enjoy them.

1:24 am

I shall! And the neighbor's horses don't get any that are intact! The dog may get a few nibbles - he just loves apples!

1:25 am

aww so cute

1:26 am

That's how Michael cut his finger - feeding the horses! The local grocery will sell a huge bag of old apples for a couple of bucks, so we always grab them. Neighbor rescued an Arab gelding a few months back - he was skin and bones. He looks like a different critter now - very sweet boy. Fattened up nicely with decent care.

1:29 am

that is so good to hear. People can be so cruel to animals. Glad this one found a safe and loving home.

1:33 am

She called Michael the day she adopted him - she was worried he would think neglect - he was the animal control officer for our county for 20 years and he had to contact her once several years ago about another she had rescued. He found no neglect, but she felt picked on - that was before we got together. She has spayed and neutered every feral cat in the area that she could trap, so we have plenty of cats, but I haven't seen kittens in several years. Good neighbor!

1:34 am

very good neighbour! And a good idea of her to tell Michael about the new rescue. Imagine, getting a bad rep while you are doing so much good work!

1:37 am

Good neighbors are hard to come by - we're lucky - only have four with adjoining properties. The folks behind us now are new, and aren't too friendly, but I hope they manage to feel welcome - it's a nice rural area.

1:38 am

they may learn from the rest how nice it is to be friendly with your neighbours. We have always good neighbours, thank God

1:43 am

I feel blessed here, after living in cramped housing tracts in Southern Calif for most of my life. I'm just glad I didn't buy a larger place 20 years ago! We get by now, but if not for Michael, I'd be hiring help now! I used to maintain it all by myself, but couldn't manage now. Amazing what 20 years can do, lol!

1:48 am

hehehe we somehow don't manage to get younger, no matter how hard we try ;)

1:48 am

as Haz once said, aging is not for the timid

1:51 am

Darn! But, that's life (music notes from Sinatra)

1:51 am

*giggles*

1:53 am

and cooee to my lovely friends. {{{{sprite}}}}} {{{{kam}}}}

1:54 am

roseeeeeee :) *hugssss* Hello my darling, how was your day?

1:54 am

*Hugs* Rose!

1:56 am

Hi and hugs ladies

1:56 am

Hope all’s good with you all.

1:56 am

hi Liz :) *hugs* How are you and your beloved doing?

1:56 am

gym today. first time in ages. have started slowly. just leg exercises today. no arms as i have hard a garden hose in my right radial artery. don came in with me and wants to continue.

1:56 am

all good here. Some challenges buit that is life.

1:56 am

Hi Liz!

1:57 am

All’s good here - very busy month for us.

1:57 am

{{{{{lizgirl}}}}}}

1:57 am

very good, rose. Glad you are taking it slowly. No overdoing stuff, ya hear?! Easy does it.

1:57 am

fireflies

1:58 am

Congrats, Sprite

1:58 am

btw lost another 1lb in fluid over last 24 hours.

1:58 am

WTG SPRITE!!!

1:59 am

wow rose... goes to show how bad it was, honey. Glad the excess fluid is getting rid of. You must be having an intimate relationship with your toilet, lol

1:59 am

lol, yup. can find my way there blindfolded...

2:00 am

what's on your agenda today sprite?

2:00 am

'Grats, Sprite! Have a lovely day!

2:01 am

Rose, glad to hear that excess fluid is leaving! You must have been miserable!

2:01 am

got to go, sorry to leave you lovely ladies. Tonight intervision for chat volunteer job, rose, and some administration now. *hugs*!

2:01 am

Have a lovely day, Sprite. Hugs

2:01 am

okay sweetie. try and take it slowly...says the kettle to the pot..

2:02 am

you got that right kam. only i didn't know just how much. i kept putting it down to my weight.

2:04 am

Now you know the difference! I can't imagine carrying that much excess fluid - I'm super sensitive to any "water weight" - it's miserable. I hope you are feeling much better.

2:06 am

Hey Rose - didn’t realise you ‘d been unwell. HOpe you’re feeling much better with all that weight loss.

2:06 am

And I have carried nearly 70 extra pounds of fat around, which took a massive diet change to get rid of

2:07 am

i am lizgirl. and kam, now i know what it feels like.

2:09 am

It's totally different, and I'm glad you finally got that straightened out! You'll feel better - but remember to stay hydrated too.

2:12 am

kam, i have a freezer full of icy pole tubes. only 70ml (2oz) per tube.

2:14 am

one of those every hour or two keeps me from screaming for a drink. i find the cold helps quench my thirst more. also a small bowl of fresh fruit salad keeps the salivary glands working and my mouth moist.

2:24 am

Sorry to disappear for a few - had some chores needing doing! Do you have to restrict your water intake? That would drive me crazy because I get dry mouth so badly.

2:25 am

yes, kam, to 1.5liter/day. that's just over 50 ounces.

2:26 am

I use the xytol mints at night to try to keep my mouth from turning into a desert.

2:27 am

Oh dear, that must be difficult. You're dealing with way more than I am. Sending prayers your way!

2:28 am

it's nearly 6:30pm here. and i have 800mls (27oz) left for the day. allows me a BIG glass of cold drink after dinner and then some.

2:29 am

Have a good evening Rose. Hugs

2:29 am

yes the xytol mints are great especially if you think your breath is stinky too from the dry mouth.

2:29 am

you too lizgirl. xoxox to you both

2:31 am

I use one or two when I get in bed just to try to keep my mouth hydrated - the cavities from dry mouth are getting expensive! You'll never see me without a jug of water. I'm sorry you have to deal with fluid intake restrictions.

2:31 am

it's hard kam as i am also taking a med to stop the heavy water loss through my skin. i perspire so heavily my hair becomes dripping wet, and my back is soaking. the med also dries out my mouth.

2:35 am

Uh, have they figured out what is causing all of the water retention while you're losing so much at the same time? I hope you can get a handle on that! If I had to restrict fluids I think I might go a bit crazy. I hope they can get your system straightened out soon!

2:36 am

FWs..last word was the last io 6/24

2:36 am

Or, we can take this to email, probably a better idea.

2:37 am

WTG, Diz!

2:37 am

good idea kam.

2:38 am

WTG DIZGRANNIE!!!

2:39 am

will email you soonish kam. xoxox got to go now, time to do something about dinner.

2:51 am

Oh, I was emailing you...stay in touch! I'm too tired to deal with thinking right now, so am heading for bed.

6:27 am

Just in case anyone is keeping track of these ... For the next (ha!) edition of the Enable Dictionary: PSION. A psion is a subatomic particle, a flavor-neutral meson consisting of a charm quark and a charm antiquark. [I mean, you can't get any cuter than that!]

6:38 am

nts

6:39 am

Sorry

6:40 am

Id like to give the enable dictionary a jolly good shake up. I find lots of words quite offensive

6:46 am

People were talking about that yesterday. The purpose of a dictionary (or word list, like Enable) is to define words. All words.

6:52 am

Words are words...

6:55 am

I read an article about one of the editors of the Merriam Webster Dictionary that said "There’s no escaping profanity, which is why dictionaries can’t be precious. Editors have to include slurs, curses, and other offensive words in linguistic compilations because they’re responsible for keeping a cultural record that contains the good, the bad, and the ugly."

6:55 am

I agree.

Words (and things) are only offensive if you take offense - and everyone has different things that offend them. There are definitely words that most people don't use in polite company but that doesn't mean they don't exist and so will always exist in dictionaries and word lists that depend on them

7:05 am

sukee and Molly speak truth. I try to remember that "offense" is totally subjective, and that what makes people uncomfortable in one "English" may be acceptable or have an entirely different in another part of the world. It's an amazingly flexible language. {And Babble has its own censorship, after all: there are words that NEVER appear in the grids]

7:05 am

I totally agree Matty - it's about how words are used.

I'd rather be offended, as a rule, than censored.

7:06 am

Well said matty

7:06 am

I agree with that too.

7:06 am

I also agree. I don't think the dictionary should be censored.

7:06 am

Just curious. What words NEVER appear. We have had all the "usual suspects" when it comes to offensive words.

7:06 am

matty: Snap!

7:06 am

The "n" word, for instance.

Also, there's a difference between acknowledging a word exists and using it in conversation.

7:07 am

And the "c'

7:07 am

I have seen the c word in here.

The C word is definitely accepted in Babble

7:08 am

The c word is in grids a lot.

7:08 am

The n word is accepted in Babble as well.

7:09 am

Language changes - in the Middle Ages the c word was not taboo.

7:09 am

As a matter of fact, whenever the c word is in grids, there are at least five or six "oh, I hate that word" comments.

The funny thing, too, about language, is how it changes. Some words lose their sting/offensiveness over time (at least for large sections of a population). 'Hell' would have been seen as a much naughtier word even 50 or 60 years ago than it typically is now. It made a stir when Star Trek used that word, only once.

7:09 am

hmm. I've never seen either of them. I'll take your "words" for it.

I think it's always dangerous, though, when someone says 'that thing shouldn't exist.' I hate reality TV programmes, but I don't propose they should be banned (that's what the off switch and the channel changer is for)

7:10 am

I have never seen the N word in here.

7:10 am

Fireworks - so good night from Australia.

7:10 am

wtg Liz

Congrats - sleep well!

7:11 am

I'm convinced that if women would stop cringing and crying every time a man pulls out the c word as his big gun in an argument, that the word would lose it's impact.

7:11 am

Congrats Liz!!

7:11 am

Thanks - enjoy your days.

7:11 am

I definitely see it more often on the internet now, for both men and women.

7:13 am

That's part of its flexibility.Language is a function of culture - it changes as we change. Once upon a time (not so long ago - in my grandparents late 19th Century way - English was taught globally from the same texts. Since then, it has adapted increasingly to the cultures it expresses.

7:16 am

There is a generation that is still offended by the f word, yet it is used on most cable TV programming.

Indeed. And whilst I'm not, I wouldn't use it in a job interview, for example

7:19 am

It's not used in polite conversation though, so you don't see it on network TV. There are certain boundaries.

7:19 am

True, Molly. And it goes both ways. Any word can become offensive if it is attached to something a majority of people dislike. After all, Nazi was originally just the name of a political party.

7:22 am

Marilyn, that's the point: "polite" conversation differs among generations, for instance ... and it changes rapidly these days.

And it differs between countries, even those that share a common language. In the UK, I can ask, even in the poshest of restaurants, where the toilet is. Most Americans, I think, would use a euphemism. Bathroom, rest room, ladies' room etc

People at my brother's wedding in Baltimore in the 90s found it hilarious to get my seven year old daughter to say 'wanker' - a reasonably naughty word here in the UK, but a rather silly word in the US

And don't even get me started on the difference between the meaning of the word 'fanny'

7:25 am

Remember when the term "you suck" connoted fellatio? It was considered extremely rude.

7:25 am

American (that is, the English spoken int the U.S.) uses more euphemisms than any other. We're a nation of prudes ... or it looks that way to others.

I noticed in Canada it is washroom. where I'm from in the Appalachians we call it a commode but would still use restroom in a restaurant.

7:26 am

Well, I usually say bathroom.

hmm, maybe it was just banff area

7:27 am

But we rarely use it for the bath. I wonder why we can't say the toilet?

7:28 am

I thought y'all UK people said "loo"

7:28 am

Toilet is the exact same euphemism, just a century older. It comes from French for dressing gown.

wanker is a solid word, I need to use it more

7:29 am

I should say 16th or 17th century French.

We say 'loo,' 'bog', 'khazi' etc, depending on the person, audience and level of (semi) vulgarity ;)

7:29 am

true vicuna, but for the last couple of centuries it means the receptacle of our bodily waste

7:30 am

My mother, born in '05, used the word "shit" for the first time -- aloud, anyway -- in 1995 on. It became a family joke. Her father had told her that once she turned 90, she could say whatever she wanted. Like the doctor telling you that after you had your tonsils out, you could have all the ice cream you wanted. It wasn't supposed to happen.

7:30 am

When Canadians ask where is the washroom in America, they often get directed to a laundry room. : D

lol

7:31 am

Yes, but by the same argument, bathroom doesn't mean [just] the room where we take baths. It means the room in which we evacuate our bodily wastes.

7:31 am

Never heard the word "khazi" -- where does that come from?

7:31 am

And there are people in the Northeast regions of America who don't know what commode means.

I have no idea, jwr! But you do hear it. The internet (a word NOT accepted by Babble) should be able to tell us!

I read a travel blog post once by an Irish girl who was complaining that Americans overuse "awesome" and said it doesn't mean what we think it means. I would argue the same is true for UK use of "brilliant".

7:32 am

True, and we are not usually "resting" in the restroom.

7:32 am

great example carla

7:32 am

And we won't get into "gay."

7:32 am

Awesome and brilliant are way over used in those respective places.

When I was a child, I thought rest rooms were for resting! Mind you, I also thought signs you saw on the highway that read 'littering: $100 fine' meant that it was fine to litter $100 bills.

So true, Molly. There are a lot of things I say that people in the Northeast have no idea what I mean. :D

Haha, that is awesome and brilliant, matty.

7:33 am

And yet every Christmas, we all sing about donning our gay apparel. Fa la la la la.

7:33 am

Like "all around Robin Hood's barn

"All of a sudden." What the hell is a sudden when it's a home?!

7:34 am

I had a friend from Big Stone Gap,VA who introduced me to commode and several other terms I had never heard before.

I grew up in the county next to BSG

7:35 am

I'll take all of A sudden over all of THE sudden any day.

7:35 am

On awesome and brilliant applied to common behavior does "ruin" the words for their once-upon-a-time special use: I think it's such a shame.

7:35 am

My friend's daughter used to refer to it as Flintstone Country. : D

well, they're not that behind the times

I hate it when people qualify 'unique' - as in 'very unique'. Unique means 'one of a kind' and so it is literally a unique word. When qualifying it, you dilute its meaning to 'very uncommon or rare' and there are already words for that

7:36 am

I'm with you matty

7:36 am

I almost cried while laughing when she referred to a little girl's private parts as her "pee-tom".

7:37 am

Babble lesson for Americans: Scottish.

now I've heard that for a boy, but not a girl

7:38 am

Molly, what part of the country does that come from?

I have some Scottish friends here. Yes, you do need a lesson.

Appalachian English, jwr

7:39 am

At a roulette table in Vegas, a group of youths, festooned with gold chains, backwards baseball caps & pants half-way down to their knees were berated by the croupier for using curse words in the presence of a lady. It took me several seconds to realise I was the lady. I laughed & told the boys that I was Irish & that I could curse for a full 20 minutes without repeating myself. They were well impressed & we bonded!!

7:39 am

Aha. Uncomfortably descriptive.

haha, Soodle

7:42 am

Give thanks to world literature for adding color to our languageS.

yeah, it would be boring if we were all the same

ooh, I have found 3 8's just like that

7:43 am

The 8's and 9's have been easy today.

didn't even notice I have a 9 too

7:44 am

clue for the di 8/45, pls

7:46 am

Current theory in linguistics is a relationship between accents (particularly tonally) and location, such as level prairie land producing flat (objectively, not an insult) tones, and mountainous regions calling for more variation, as in Yorkshire.

7:47 am

Is that a de, bichon?

oh, just found the de8/45, thx jwr

7:49 am

di 8/45

7:49 am

yw Oh, I can't believe I just did an abbreviation. I hate what that "texting" is doing to the language.

Haha, FYI acronyms have been in use for years :D

7:51 am

Not to make conversation!

FWIW, Winston Churchill was the first to use OMG in writing

7:51 am

di8/45....take away prefix + bury word

7:51 am

It takes all the feeling out of the words.

7:52 am

ty Molly

7:52 am

Ah, thanks Molly, I didn't realize there were two of them.

you can commiserate with Molly

7:52 am

I mean, one di and one de

7:53 am

I agree about acronyms and abbreviations. I prefer to use entire words.

7:53 am

ha, carla

7:53 am

People who actually say OMG really get me.

when you say "bury word", do you mean a word to mean bury or burying a word somehow? I'm not seeing it. I assume it is a 5 that I don't have yet.

7:54 am

I won't use the examples that make me clench my teeth and growl -- babblers use them all the time.

7:55 am

to bury hokie

interesting, looks like it was a letter to Churchill, not written by him https://tinyurl.com/y4485bdo

thx, Bea, will keep looking

7:56 am

okay, I give up: what's FWIW

7:57 am

nm figured it out

for what it's worth

FTR, I just like to use all the acronyms here whenever it comes up :D

7:58 am

. . . ruefully laughing my way out of the grid. Work was light tonight so I''m taking off early. Bedtime!

good night! I've just finished morning coffee here.

7:59 am

poof! (now there's a word with connotation!)

I'm going to go make some strawberry bread. TTFN!

8:02 am

poison is my phantom today. I've typed it in at least five times!

8:03 am

TX for Di8!!

8:03 am

I'm guessing that di8 means exhume, but I'm not sure

8:03 am

Popped back in again (forgot famous name of Babbler who does that a lot) to say it was a pleasure chatting with you all. I rarely get enough quiet time at work to do anything but work the puzzle and give a little lurk.

8:04 am

Yes, Molly. What zombies do for themselves.

8:05 am

Wait, you are at work and it's bed time?

8:06 am

Night shift, maybe?

8:06 am

... works at home

8:08 am

I'm night supervisor on a suicide prevention crisis line, Molly -- Bea got it - but I don't work at home. It's a necessarily social process, supporting the volunteers, especially when we go into red-light mode.

8:13 am

Oh, good for you. A job that actually contributes something to your community.

8:41 am

a di â…ž is a eyeglass lens measurement

8:41 am

hello

8:45 am

brilliant clue saanich

8:46 am

bonk I googled it can you help me with that word pls?

8:46 am

ty bonkler

8:46 am

si + sounds like those that select

finally got the di unbury word, thx

8:47 am

di + choose + suffix for one who

thx, bea

8:48 am

ty bonk and bzz

8:49 am

io 6/24, last one, pls

8:49 am

just found me 7/8

8:50 am

mlf, a lot of the nines are plurals

me 7/8 are good free motion quilting words

8:51 am

bzz only found the 8 I just mentioned that is a 8 but ty for the heads up on those

untax not a word because that's never ever happened before

8:52 am

found one of the ni**s

8:52 am

io 6/24 is a type of salt

8:52 am

io6 ends with the last three of the balloon gas

8:53 am

ty saan

8:53 am

ty Bea

8:54 am

You are goin to run across those last three letters at on5

8:54 am

there are two io 6/24; both clus have now been given. Thanks Bzzn!

8:54 am

nbt and nbs

8:55 am

the one I have ends in e

8:55 am

that's the salt

8:56 am

thought so

8:56 am

there are 3 io 6/24

8:57 am

All vowels grey...46 left for later...

8:57 am

got it thanks bonkler!

8:58 am

is their a clue for the third one?

8:58 am

leave the last letter off the salt and then pl

8:58 am

still searching

8:59 am

aha! ty saanich

8:59 am

o duh ty saan

8:59 am

.. ... take the salt ... drop the vowel and add a consonent

9:00 am

100 to go....

still trying to get halfway here

9:03 am

re 7/8?

I got re7 like going back to your high school

9:04 am

me too

9:04 am

My only re7 is a family gathering

to rebury

9:05 am

yeah it is easier to find then the er/8 apparently

and plural

9:05 am

:)

9:06 am

re 7/8

yes, I just told you

9:06 am

I know typo for me

9:06 am

Tx hokie

de nada

9:07 am

not getting it

like the di8

but opposite

something you would do after you di8

9:08 am

I don't have di8 only a di7

9:08 am

i have to go will be back...

di8 is like to exhume a body, re7 is what you'd do after that

9:17 am

en 8/9?

I don't see it

9:23 am

en and part of a pencil

9:24 am

part of a pencil? hmmmm

9:25 am

the part you sharpen

I know, there aren't many parts

9:26 am

no l for lead. hmmmmmmm

9:26 am

got it!

9:27 am

well got the p words but not en words...hmmm

9:27 am

if i put in en then the p words dont work.........

9:28 am

use a word for last, mkg

9:28 am

it is en and then the pencil part? not sure what a word for last is.

I am having same issue, mkg

9:29 am

i got in 8/9 but not 3n 8/9

9:30 am

it has to start with last but i'm not seeing pencil parts

9:30 am

when you have finished, you have reached the en*

9:30 am

not beginning + pencil tip

9:30 am

and plural

ah, now I get it

the clues got jumbled and backwards (at least in my head)

9:31 am

ok got the en words! it is the opp of beginning + part of pencil + endings.

9:33 am

my brain is just not seeing pencil parts

9:34 am

nt getting the pencil parts either

9:34 am

well get the lead out bonkler :D

9:34 am

hi doren

9:34 am

How about a sharp pin

not the tip, but another word for that

the beginning of the word is the *** of the line

9:35 am

think of an an argument, and then what is the specific p5 you're making

9:35 am

i understand the first three letters after that..

9:35 am

or score in a game

9:35 am

in track, you have a starting point and an en------

9:35 am

oh good grief! ty!

9:35 am

a basket is worth two

9:36 am

let me indicate = let me p5 out

9:36 am

yay!

it is compound: not the beginning + good ***** in an argument

9:36 am

also the p5 sisters

9:36 am

opp of start + tip of pencil is the *****

9:36 am

And the you can just look at Dolly's post for the word...=)

p5-er sisters

9:37 am

actually the p5 er sisters

9:37 am

but that is a po4?

9:37 am

no 5

don't see dolly anywhere?

oh, never mind

9:37 am

ohhh sorry looking wrong direction

9:37 am

Mark's dolly

9:38 am

amazing how you can stare at something and not see it even whilst getting bonked on the noggin with the clue hammer

9:38 am

I"m here :)

9:38 am

we all have our fish-slaps

9:38 am

got it

9:38 am

lol

or hard eye rolls

9:38 am

taxmen

9:38 am

had fish for meal today with frozen corn on the cob

9:38 am

oops wrong window

9:39 am

that's a freebby

9:39 am

ty mark

thanks! my last t

9:39 am

LOL yw :)

and gave me a5 too

9:39 am

2 birds, 1 stone

9:39 am

yeah got that too

9:39 am

hiya babblers

9:39 am

hi pip!

9:42 am

anyone have the di 8/45 ?

9:42 am

I do

9:42 am

pl of Di 7/36

9:42 am

i do....it's not a plural......

9:43 am

di + a chooser then plural

9:43 am

would you clue it pen please

9:43 am

unbury

I do too

9:43 am

no, the di 8 45 is to unbury

9:43 am

at least the one i have....it means ridicule...

9:44 am

thanks everyone

9:44 am

bea's clue is for a second di 8/45....

9:44 am

it was tomb much for me to find

9:44 am

oh I see I have two of them, which one ru?

9:44 am

only one di8

also related - re7/8

9:45 am

i haven't gotten the unbury yet

9:45 am

sorry only one di8/45

9:45 am

too true!.....sorry.....i misread de for di.....need glasses!

exhume

9:46 am

iam confused

9:46 am

go through a door with a differnt beginning vowel, mlf

9:46 am

okay, got the graverobber one and the ophthalmologist lens one, nice!

9:46 am

exhume is unbury

yes

I thought that was the one you were confused about, I was just offering another definition.

9:47 am

in5, mlf

9:48 am

di in 5

9:48 am

It is clued a lot here as to bury

are you stating or asking mlfan?

9:49 am

There is a cons in between

yes, di + extra cons + in5

9:50 am

i have the di 7/36 ends in helic*****

9:50 am

got it

9:50 am

make that pural for one of the other di8s

so what are you looking for, the 8 that is the plural of that or the singular 8?

9:51 am

...sometimes it takes a village...

9:51 am

ruru or something lol

9:51 am

And I'm the idiot...

9:52 am

you are?

now mlfan, make the re7/8 with that 5

9:52 am

up /40, pls

9:52 am

got those ty hokie

9:53 am

up7 not sit

9:53 am

i got that one right away bzz lol

9:53 am

ty Bea

do we need to smack someone up6 the head? (I know no one asked for that word, just one of my faves)

9:55 am

i am a little bit do 6/24 then some are

did not have that, thanks

9:56 am

yw hokie.. hokie are you still home?

I am at my home in NC. Are you asking that or my parents' home? We are having rain today.

9:58 am

guess its supposed to rian most of the day..ie late afternoon

my friend is supposed to come over for a sewing day. we picked a good day for that! we are making purses for a charity that sends them to Africa for young girls.

10:00 am

what kind of purses?

10:01 am

they are crossbody bags. I'll put a tiny link here.

10:01 am

oh how cool

10:02 am

https://tinyurl.com/y4o5tg2l

10:04 am

hokie have you heard of a website called the little market?

10:05 am

thanks hokie ~ that is a great project!!

10:06 am

i agree very cool

10:06 am

I don't think so. I know Craftsy kicked a bunch of vendors off and they went to another site, but I can't rem. what it was called.

10:07 am

google the little market its a non profit

10:07 am

I should have shared it here earlier. I forgot there are a lot of sew-ers (as opposed to sewers) and quilters here.

10:07 am

ok, I will check it out

10:08 am

i cant afford anything on it but if i could i would on a few things:)

10:10 am

can anyone help me with the right hand column i?

10:10 am

ir4

10:10 am

angry

10:10 am

no 7/28, pls

10:11 am

louder

10:12 am

ty gemini

10:12 am

ty gem

10:12 am

ty gemini

10:12 am

yw

10:12 am

well, I kept trying to make no5, never tried the 7. thx

10:14 am

phantom goatee

10:15 am

well, I'm going to take a break. TTFN

10:25 am

oh hey me8 that i just stumbled upon

10:35 am

Good morning, all.

10:36 am

hi judi

10:36 am

gm judi

10:48 am

ex 7/60, pls

10:49 am

ex + weight

10:49 am

Ex7/60: They put these on seatbelts for obese people.

10:50 am

ne ex 7/60, the one after the Montreal *****

10:51 am

ex + American weight or British money

10:52 am

ty Bea

10:54 am

yw

10:59 am

Those are the same clues, right? ex + weight and ex + American weight or British money

10:59 am

yes

11:00 am

to elaborate

11:04 am

Ah yes, I get it

11:04 am

en 8/50, pls

11:04 am

=(

11:05 am

=)

11:05 am

en8 - not beginning + tip of a pin

11:06 am

compound word

11:06 am

sorry, tip of a pin?

11:07 am

pen or pencil

11:07 am

end of a pencil, indicate with your finger

11:07 am

ty Bea

11:08 am

Phew. 113 left. The struggle is real. BB after lunch... maybe.

11:09 am

Finally go my last 8...13 left...

11:14 am

ro 7/28, pls

11:20 am

Same as the ro6 that means a list of names, but with an additional vowel in the middle. Sounds like a seafood that people eat raw.

11:20 am

ty Molly

11:20 am

Make it past tense for the 9

11:21 am

ty for the ex 7/8

11:25 am

help with the mu6's pls?

11:27 am

mu6 - one is the eye drop brand

11:28 am

ty bzz

11:28 am

the other is mu + horse lead

11:29 am

got the other one ty anyway bzz

11:32 am

my ;ast me 5 is a pl i need the me 5/12 before or after that pls?

11:33 am

last

11:34 am

hi all help with me8 pls

11:34 am

hi peri

11:35 am

nm

11:35 am

me8 is to ramble and roam

11:35 am

me 5 - me + picnic pest

11:35 am

got it bea ty

11:35 am

have that one bzz

11:36 am

beef pork chicken?

11:36 am

before or after that one

11:37 am

sp 7/36, pls

11:37 am

males + short good bye

11:37 am

ty bzz

11:38 am

looking with you bichon

11:44 am

nu6.......clue,please

11:45 am

someone who does not wear clothes

11:45 am

ty.....was using the wrong "n

11:46 am

peri do you have the sp 7/36?

11:46 am

no

11:47 am

ty anyway

11:49 am

OR5?

11:57 am

no idea what it means, but starts with things you hang on Xmas trees

11:58 am

ends with to be

12:01 pm

the first three letters of what you hang on a tree for xmas?

12:01 pm

means bird in greek

12:02 pm

isn't that pouli?

12:05 pm

ancient greek

12:06 pm

got it

12:07 pm

First three letters of what you hang on a tree for Christmas. Ends in ament. I got it Carla.

12:07 pm

didn't know you knew Ancient Greek, MLFAN

12:08 pm

I don't but google does lol

12:08 pm

it knows everything......

12:09 pm

seems to know quite abit doesn't it?

12:14 pm

I have me9 and ex9 help with other 9's pls

12:18 pm

good morning everyone -- sp 7 has a robitic ending

nbt/nbs

12:19 pm

in 9 - these people pave the road with their good ones

OK I see a un10 that is mos def a word!

12:20 pm

ty nan

12:21 pm

Isn't that the road to hell, Nan? : D

12:21 pm

yes

12:22 pm

there no 10s so most be a un9 help pls

12:22 pm

there are no UN 9's either

12:22 pm

ok then

12:22 pm

lol

12:22 pm

help with last 9 ps

12:23 pm

I think melon was saying that there should be a un 10 - not that there is one

12:23 pm

ty I figured that out after I posted

12:24 pm

unpin

nevermind. the unaccepted un10 would not have existed in the grid anyway. sorry for the wild goose chase!

12:24 pm

Fireworks! YAY!!

12:24 pm

which 9 do you need help with?

12:25 pm

I have me, ex and in

12:25 pm

you don';t have the en?

12:26 pm

Ihave en too

12:26 pm

I do not have me9

12:27 pm

do you have the Ro?

you'll get there peri, the long way!

12:27 pm

the Ro 9 is the past tense of the Ro7

12:28 pm

there is no ME9

12:28 pm

there is an En, Ex, In, and Ro

oops me8. I should go take my nap!

12:28 pm

lol

12:30 pm

help with the en 9 please?

12:34 pm

ty

12:36 pm

Need en9 as well.....

12:41 pm

Compound word, and the plural of en8 - the tip of a pencil or needle, perhaps?

12:42 pm

is that for the en haz?

12:42 pm

Yes, en 8 and en9.

12:42 pm

Thanks!!

12:43 pm

You're welcome!

12:43 pm

en + the pencil tip doesnt work

12:44 pm

ok - got it, ty -- begins with final

12:44 pm

Not beginning + tip

12:44 pm

or finale

12:45 pm

Ro9 please?

12:45 pm

Sorry to be so needy!

12:46 pm

ro9 - past tense of ro7/28 - have a noisy time of enjoyment

12:46 pm

Take the ro6 (list of names) and put a vowel in the middle for the ro7. Sounds like seafood people eat raw. Then make it past tense for the 9

12:46 pm

pt of ro 7: behave in a loud obnoxious manner

12:47 pm

ro 7/28 9/60 .... .... think of how you cook beef on Sunday ... then change a vowel ... then add a person who does it for an ending ... then put that in the past

12:47 pm

Is that enough clues Une? : D

12:51 pm

eu 6 please?

12:53 pm

eu6 sounds like a sleep breathing disorder

12:53 pm

ty bea

12:53 pm

actually it means normal breathing in mammals

12:54 pm

Good clue Bea

12:55 pm

Thanks, Molly.

12:57 pm

Aha! I knew that robot ending would have to be used some where today!

12:58 pm

clue for the ro9?

12:59 pm

pt of the ro7/28

12:59 pm

whole bunch of them a few minutes ago mlf

12:59 pm

There are 4 clues for ro9 below

1:02 pm

How are you coming with the ro9, mlf?

1:02 pm

Any other clues before I go?

1:03 pm

okayi have ro 7/9

1:03 pm

good mlf, now make it past tense

1:03 pm

that is the ro9

1:03 pm

i mean, well done! (off to work on my reading comprehension)

1:04 pm

Tx for the ro7 and 9!!!

1:04 pm

bye pipp

1:04 pm

I'm off to look at the back of my eyelids...until next time!

1:04 pm

last mu 6 please?

1:05 pm

bye bzz

1:05 pm

a brand of eye drops, bzznbea

1:05 pm

m ..another word for pee

1:05 pm

i mean cybernan

1:05 pm

thought those were eye drops!

1:05 pm

did i mention my reading comprehension is off today?

1:06 pm

off what pippin?

1:06 pm

apparently just turned off period

1:06 pm

ohh

1:07 pm

careful pippi -- that could be called a senior moment :)

1:07 pm

or a blonde moment

1:09 pm

Blondes get a bad rap. They are not all dumb.

1:09 pm

agreed

1:10 pm

it's true, hair dye is made better these days, the chemicals and fumes don't kill all the brain cells anymore

Hi all, diving in

1:10 pm

hi book

1:11 pm

I don't color my hair...at least notyet so wouldn't know

1:12 pm

Dumb is more about lack of common sense, than it is of hair color.

1:12 pm

is ox 6 a pl?

1:12 pm

depends on who you talk to lol

1:13 pm

Yeah, it does.

1:13 pm

monkeys are dead I think

1:13 pm

*Plays "Taps"

1:13 pm

cyber I think y monkeys died a while ago

1:14 pm

I cannot see an on 5/14

1:14 pm

It ends with the last three of a flower that starts with ger

1:15 pm

ty molly

1:15 pm

molly clue the ox6 pls?

1:16 pm

nan i think it's ox 5/20

1:16 pm

oh nm. damn. i should really stop talking

1:16 pm

pipp its a 5/

1:16 pm

that I need

1:16 pm

6

1:17 pm

ty molly

1:22 pm

If you know it is a 5/6...and the 6 is probably a plural...all you have to do is follow the letters from the ox to the S

1:58 pm

un 7/36 please?

2:01 pm

un+me6

2:01 pm

UN + ME5

2:01 pm

sorry un+me5

2:01 pm

ty mtl and aeb

2:02 pm

np nan ☺

2:02 pm

di 8 please?

2:03 pm

the 1 i have is a plural nan

2:03 pm

di + helic_______

2:04 pm

isn't that the di 8/50? looking for the 8/45

2:04 pm

have that one bonkler

2:04 pm

don't have the 8/45

2:05 pm

ah di 8/45 to unbury

2:05 pm

ty bonkler

2:05 pm

merci bonkler

2:06 pm

second di5/14 please, i can't see it and i'm sure it's a fish

2:06 pm

archaic pt fo to do

2:07 pm

aha! ty

2:08 pm

bbl for last 65 - good luck all

2:08 pm

last io 6 please?

2:09 pm

Ends with the ger flower three Nan

2:11 pm

ty molly - was trying to end it with the drug

2:15 pm

*!*~*!* last one was the end of french mister --- you'd think I would have found that a lot sooner!

2:15 pm

lunch time - on my way - hagd everyone

2:16 pm

aren't you in CA, Molly? Fire-free I hope

2:35 pm

Nope, not in California. That is Ru.

2:48 pm

un 5/16, pls

2:49 pm

took blouse off and un**** the buttons

2:51 pm

ty lyn

2:58 pm

un 7/32, pls

3:01 pm

not consumed yet

3:02 pm

ty again lyn

3:08 pm

BBL

3:21 pm

un 6/27, pls

3:30 pm

There are two

3:31 pm

un6/27...one legged creature

3:31 pm

In + vowel + two peas in a ***

3:32 pm

Oops Sorry.....the other one starts with up

eu6?

3:43 pm

ty Une, Molly

3:44 pm

Bea clued eu6 earlier as similar to sleep disorder

3:44 pm

volcano carla

3:44 pm

forget what I said carla

thx

3:47 pm

un 7/36, pls

not seeing it

3:54 pm

bichon it ends in me5

well, I thought I tried that but only tried it with me4 because apparently I can't count

3:58 pm

ty pippin

4:07 pm

last word, un 8/55, pls

you forgot to hit enter on a facebook, so it is un8

* a facebook ****

or a job opening that isn't listed in the paper

4:15 pm

ty carla, fw, at lasyt

well done

31 left here

4:16 pm

does the up7 come from the up6?

no

4:17 pm

Nope. up + _____ and be counted.

usually used to describe a good citizen

4:17 pm

poop

4:17 pm

ty molly!

4:17 pm

It took me a while to find that one.

4:29 pm

one more 8, can anyone clue the si?

4:32 pm

si6 sounds like the cold season. Make it past tense

4:32 pm

ty!

4:33 pm

erid

4:33 pm

ignore my bad monkey typing

5:11 pm

help with an8 pls

5:12 pm

the in****** is the inside, this is the opposite

5:13 pm

perhaps think of in****** decorating

5:14 pm

ty lyn

5:14 pm

yw

5:35 pm

eruRomans 8:31-39

5:39 pm

???

5:44 pm

Bible verse?

6:46 pm

help with 2nd di7 pls

6:48 pm

nm

6:51 pm

Peri asks, then answers herself : D

8:02 pm

May I please have a clue for so6-18? Thanks

8:04 pm

A fancy party or social gathering

8:05 pm

Thanks, chrisk, looking

8:05 pm

Got it, thanks much.

8:05 pm

your welcome

sp7/36 pls?

I had to look that one up - resembles a spiral

ends in same 4 letters as the drug that pro athletes illegally take to make themselves bigger and stronger

ty carla

you're welcome

10:09 pm

NOT GETTING SP WORD

10:10 pm

SP+VEWEL+LAST 4 OF STER***?

10:10 pm

i meant vowel

10:27 pm

hi mkg. did you find the sp7?

10:30 pm

no answer... sorry can't stay. off for a blood test. yuck!! veins are so bad at the moment.

10:43 pm

en8,9?

11:05 pm

No

11:05 pm

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