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12:01 am

tr7 and yay for a big grid

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tr7

12:03 am

r 7-8

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ba 7

12:03 am

*br that is

12:03 am

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12:04 am

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12:06 am

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12:08 am

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12:13 am

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12:17 am

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12:18 am

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Clues are up

12:20 am

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12:28 am

slowing down and crashing -- good night all

12:47 am

night nan

12:48 am

volcano alert

12:49 am

Hi all - late starting to day. ba 8 called?

12:49 am

br 8 that should've said

12:50 am

it has now. cooee lizgirl

12:50 am

How's life down South Rose?

12:51 am

a tad warm. coming up your way Saturday provided the borders don't get closed.

12:51 am

going to Hervey Bay and Fraser Island.

12:52 am

ands

12:52 am

sorry

12:52 am

Hope you have a wonderful time - it's due to be 32 C up here on Saturday - so warm here to but at least the nights are a bit cooler now.

12:53 am

maybe meet up if we can some place away from the mADDING CROWDS.

12:53 am

maybe meet up if we can some place away from the mADDING CROWDS.

12:53 am

maybe meet up if we can some place away from the mADDING CROWDS.

12:53 am

We've cancelled our trip to the UK for my nephew's wedding, which is really sad. Mind you, the wedding might have to be delayed!

12:53 am

damn!!

12:54 am

Not too likely, Rose - we're preparing for passover so things are pretty busy.

12:54 am

A shame - another time perhaps.

12:54 am

ah well. i am sure there will be other times.

12:55 am

Are you keeping well?

12:56 am

as can be expected honey. the new pain med appears to be helping with the upper back pain too.

12:57 am

Well that's good.

1:00 am

apart from your busy, busy, busy, how are you both keeping?

1:00 am

All's good here. Thanks

1:02 am

But we're feeling pretty low about the wedding.

1:02 am

yeah. that has to be a major bummer, honey.

1:10 am

frst run through the whole grid and have a nice 40 to go. not bad methinks

1:10 am

*first*

1:11 am

Very good. I'm still a long way off that but haven't got much more time today.

1:16 am

yeah. i really shouldn't be sitting here either. still have some washing to do, and vegetable prep for tomorrows community lunch. oh, and roast a chicken, then carve it, ready for serving and carve the lamb which is nearly cooked.

1:17 am

Have a good evening - and if I don't see you, a wonderful trip up Norf!

1:18 am

ta much. love and hugs for you both

1:19 am

To you too.

2:51 am

good morning babblers

4:09 am

Good morning, were all self isolating now our schools are closed, More time for Babble :)

4:10 am

Always look on the bright side of life

4:13 am

Will not be long before we are in lockdown. A weeks or so maybe.

4:15 am

im confused its a mild flu like virus, why have we all gone bonkers? remember i dont watch TV, so i have no real idea whats going on.

4:18 am

There is no cure at all for it so for the majority it will be just like having a cold but for people with health conditions or the elderly it can kill and has been doing so in the hundreds if not thousands by the end (When they get a vaccine for it)

And because it's new (you've probably heard the phrase 'novel corona') there's no resistance to it (resistance is futile). Whilst for the younger and healthier members of society, yeah, it will feel flu-ish.

4:19 am

The reason they are getting people to isolate themselves or closing schools etc is to try and stop it spreading too quickly and overwhelming the NHS

But for people with underlying conditions (such as COPD, cancer, asthma) and for the elderly, it's potentially deadly

4:21 am

I am a carer for my parents and worry that I might give it to them. You can go two weeks before any symptoms show by that time it could be too late to stop me giving it to them.

4:21 am

yeah im self isolation, im lucky as i work in a school. the people who are self employed i feel sorry for.

4:22 am

And trying to buy shopping for them is a ruddy nightmare as there is nothing left on the shelves to buy unless I want tinfoil. Seems to be lots of that still going.

4:23 am

oh i seen the pictures and my online shopping apps are off line! we cant disrupt quick enough atm,

4:24 am

Government is supposed to be putting in measures to help workers including self employed, Renters etc but it will never be enough as it never is

4:25 am

i work at a library. we are closed to the public. only can only have 3 workers there at a time..

4:26 am

and i think we wont be working much longer

4:26 am

I mean you can go from earning a good wage to having to drop to statutory sick pay. A massive drop and then you might not have a job to go back to. A horrible situation for many people.

4:27 am

No lockdown will come for your side of the pond too probably.

4:27 am

And PB for me. Sorry about that.

4:28 am

i believe its getting there zoo.. we are the only county in western ny where there hasnt been any cases so far

4:28 am

Well, the good news is that the PB is fully stocked with toilet paper. : D

4:29 am

hi molly!! how is it where you are?same as everyone else?

4:29 am

We have two cases here, Ivesy so very low so far thank goodness.

4:29 am

where my son lives in buffalo there are 3 or 4 cases

4:30 am

Yes well, Molly the reason why peeple are stock piling toilet rolls is that when someone sneezes everyone around that person craps themselves!

4:30 am

hehe :)

4:31 am

i have always bought extra tp. so im good for now.

4:32 am

well our grocery store is having shop hours for seniors from 6 to 730.. trying to get up the ambition to stock up on some things. and just go lol

4:32 am

stay safe everyone.

4:33 am

They are doing the same here now, Ivesy. Great to see you and take care ❤

4:34 am

The reason things have to shut down is that people have no common sense. In the middle of all this, we still have someone who is coming in to our office sick.

4:36 am

Yes I remember you saying that I think yesterday, Molly. I think your bosses should tell that person to stay home. And I would hope that they would still pay the person their wages. If they are staff you value surley it would make sennse to look after them.

4:37 am

I am more disappointed in the irresponsible employer who is not demanding that the person stay home.

4:37 am

Governments are putting in place financial support for businesses for this here I am sure they must be doing the same in your country?

4:38 am

IM sure they will have a Vaccine soon so the whole world can be vaccinated against it.

4:39 am

I am sure they are trying. But I don't think the reaction to all this is going to catch up the the realities for some time.

Ummm...that's optimistic. Even if a vaccine were developed, it will surely mutate, just like the seasonal flu.

That's why you need a flu jab yearly, rather than one and done

4:39 am

Supposed to take over a year for that, M3. Even when rushing it through all the testing etc

4:42 am

There does seem to be a number of treatments going into clinical trials right now but even so is going to take 6-12 months

4:42 am

Alas my time is up and I need to get going. Happy babbling everyone! And take care! ((Ruby)) I am still thinking of you my dearest ❤

4:43 am

...in the meantime - keep your distance people! and wash, wash, wash your hands

4:43 am

bye Zooz

4:57 am

oh good... a big grid today.... just the thing for social distancing...

4:57 am

hi Rolin

5:01 am

With no Vaccine we cant do this every year!

5:01 am

With no Vaccine we cant do this every year!

5:05 am

hey Lynxx..ltns...

5:06 am

M3... we used to say this with flu... but they were able to get ahead of the game and have preventative innoculation for that....

5:32 am

thousands die from Flu every year. Im so confused!

The death RATE is higher for Corona. That is, for every 100 people who get it (or, rather, who are tested for it), around 1 - 2 will die. That's far higher than seasonal flu

There's tons of stuff out there, on the bbc website, on the NHS website, the WHO and so forth. It might be worth having a look around there

5:36 am

COVID is far more contagious, people are contagious for up to 14 days before becoming symptomatic, and the virus can live on clothes and surfaces for hours to days.

5:37 am

Permanent lung damage can occur as well as heart involvement.

5:47 am

P.S I am a MD and I want you to be safe.

6:31 am

the other difference from flu is the "novel" virus part. even though the flu mutates rapidly, it's been a human virus for generations, and the basics of how to fight it are in our collective immune system "library" so to speak, even more so if you get your annual flu shot. COVID is an animal virus that mutated to jump from human to human, so our bodies are much less prepared for it, and it nails us right in a fragile part of a critical lung process

6:36 am

danbit Caveat: you have only covered one possibility. Scientists are not entirely convinced whether the viurs evolved to its current pathogenic state through natural selection in a non-human host and then jumped to humans or a non-pathogenic version of the virus jumped from an animal host into humans and then evolved to its current pathogenic state within the human population

6:37 am

not sure that distinction has a difference that matters to its impact, though it certainly may to vaccine development

6:38 am

mattygroves Caveat: the new coronavirus has led to more than 100,000 illnesses and more than 3,000 deaths worldwide. But that's nothing compared with the flu, also called influenza. In the U.S. alone, the flu has caused an estimated 34 million illnesses, 350,000 hospitalizations and 20,000 deaths this season, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). https://www.livescience.com/new-corona\nvirus-compare-with-flu.html

6:38 am

danbit : https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/\n2020/03/200317175442.htm

6:39 am

not saying your statement is untrue, godthaab, although your footnote broke the chat window

6:41 am

? It works here.....

6:43 am

you don't see a horizontal scroll bar now? chats not clipped on the left edge?

6:47 am

Oh, I'm sorry. I had no idea. Is it because I put to much in the chatbox? I don't see a horizontal bar, but chats move over to the left out of sight. Sorry, all!

6:47 am

Can it be fixed?

6:48 am

Sorry, over to the right.

The only way to fix it (the chatbox, not COVID) is to keep chatting, until the long link falls off the bottom :)

Don't worry, everyone's done it at least once. I certainly have

7:05 am

hello everyone

7:05 am

doing my part to drop the offending link off the bottom of the chat :)

7:23 am

Good Morning, friends.

7:26 am

Hello, all :-)

7:35 am

morning, all

7:44 am

If you use tinyurl.com to post links, it will not blow the chat width.

7:51 am

Molly - got it.

8:23 am

hello

hey, mlfan

8:23 am

Hey.

8:23 am

hey bzz hey hokie

hey, bea

8:24 am

hello friends

8:24 am

Morning, trif

8:24 am

hokie or bzz have either of you heard about when stores might be getting things like cleaing supplies?

8:24 am

hi trif!

mlfan, I am not following the news

8:25 am

I think they get them on their regular trucks, mlf. You just have to know when that will be and get there before they are gone.

8:25 am

me either

8:25 am

hello mlf!

hey, trif

8:27 am

true bzz

8:27 am

hey hokie

8:27 am

some happy news to share, not even remotely virus related - I am getting some goats! They were supposed to come this week, but now everything is thrown off

8:28 am

That is fun, trif.

8:28 am

should be interesting trif

8:28 am

I have wanted goats for YEARS. so excited

8:28 am

For milking or eating?

8:29 am

what kind, trif? and kids or full grown?

8:29 am

neither. they are for brush control

8:29 am

full grown, nigerian dwarfs. or dwarf nigerians, whichever comes first

8:30 am

two males - we named them Leonardo di Capricorn and Vincent Van Goat

8:30 am

LOL!

8:30 am

there was some discussion of naming one Tom Brady - HA!!! as if now!

8:32 am

nbt

8:32 am

nice!

8:32 am

My mom was going ot get some goats but something changed her mind

8:32 am

is anyone having problems witih their chat?

8:34 am

I listened to a young man at my garden club last month. He and his wife live off grid, meaning they have no electricity running to their home. They also practice permaculture. When they first started out, they had ten pigs that they let free range to clear their porperty.

8:34 am

I think someone posted a large link this morning, mlf and it threw it of.

8:35 am

pigs are too much for me. I will be happy if this works out!

8:35 am

no electricity would mean NO BABBLE! The horror!

8:35 am

how many acres, trif?

8:36 am

They have a large solar panel. All the conveninces we have, just no electric bill.

8:37 am

I have ten acres, welki, some forested, some not

8:37 am

ahhhh chog is behaving again

8:38 am

plenty of room, then - if they don't have lots, your property will look like a smart pill farm

8:38 am

br8 clue pls?

8:38 am

Offending link has gone to the archive.

8:38 am

br8 - those who mark cattle

8:38 am

ewwwww gross! lol

8:39 am

ty bzz

8:39 am

I haven't had a chog prob and my mom had some goats and a few cows to clear out her underbrush. Quite efficient. It's surprising how high into a tree a goat can reach, lol.

8:40 am

Pogo isn't a word? what was I bouncing around on all those years then?

8:40 am

it was going sideways

8:40 am

great to hear, amelu!

I think it's a proper noun

8:40 am

hmm trif lol

8:40 am

I think it would have to have the other word with it

8:40 am

i have to go will be back...

8:41 am

lololol mlf - I walked RIGHT into that one!

8:41 am

... a branded product .... but then in 1979 the kids were doing the Pogo to the songs of The Clash and it became a verb ... so why not?

8:41 am

I forgot about the dance! you are very right doseffing

same reason no mosh, dos

8:42 am

... well done ... many of us would like to not remember the dance ....

8:45 am

She was not one to get attached to animals so when the cows were taking more money than they were worth to keep, stockyard or freezer was their destination. I guess it was from her practical upbringing (2nd of 12 kids)...

8:48 am

Carla, how is your husband doing? What about your dad?

I talked to my dad yesterday. he sounded pretty normal at first but was struggling for words later. I think it was normal Parkinsons brain and not the UTI delirium.

my husband is still isolating himself. he is so angry right now about the markets.

but he feels fine

8:51 am

I have br8, what are stats for the other 8, please?

8:51 am

ad6/21, pls

ends in Mr. Hawthorn

8:52 am

te8.50

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ty :)

8:53 am

ty Luv

8:53 am

ad + Hawthorne nickname

8:53 am

ty Bea

well, just saw the volcano

8:56 am

Did you see the goose?

yes!

how are your people, bea?

8:59 am

They are all doing well. Mom is still having a lot of coughing from seasonal allergies., but otherwise doing well.

good

9:00 am

One daughter is trying to figure out how to teach her sixth graders and how to homeschool her first grader.

9:01 am

Kansas closed their schools for the remainder of the year.

9:02 am

.... did they announce what they were going to do about next year? ... Does everyone repeat the year? Do you give everyone the year?

was talking about school closings with my neighbor from yesterday. do they just automatically promote everyone?

lol, dos. great minds...

9:03 am

I'm nnot sure how they are going to do this. Uncharted territory...

9:04 am

.... I cheated ... I'm still on the "substitute teaching list" ... Ontario is closed for a week of March break and then two more weeks but they've announced nothing about the plans for after that

9:04 am

Promoting kids without the knowledge of the fourth quarter could be disasterous

we are just closed for 2 weeks, but they have already canceled prom and everything so seems like they are planning on no big group things which would mean no school

9:05 am

some schools are leaving it up to the parents

9:05 am

In my daughters school the school will be open for child care for key workers. So she has to go in but her daughters cant go with her - they have to go to their own schools??

9:05 am

... absolutely ... but what's your bet that they all want to go to school through July and August?

9:05 am

Maybe this will get the US education system to rethink the way they do things.

9:06 am

fate

9:06 am

fated

9:06 am

fend

9:06 am

oomg Im not trusted to add to this !!

9:06 am

Thanks, Deeha, I didn't have one of those. =)

my youngest would be fine school wise. I think he could go to college now.

9:08 am

... what would he take? ... does he need calculus? ... did he take AP calculus? ... if not ... he'd be in trouble ...

good point. he may be planning that for senior year. not sure if he's had it yet or not.

little brag, he took the SAT earlier this school year and got a 780 on the math. he needs to take it again to try to up his verbal score but who knows when they'll have another.

9:12 am

And remember the old Babble proverb...where there is the volcano, there is also the wager

I had that too! but I love ancient babble saying.

finally got the t word that rhymes with italian crime syndicate on my own

9:15 am

morning all

sup moo

9:16 am

Carla, since you have teen boys you will get a kick out of this. https://tinyurl.com/yx82pbon Une shared this on FB this morning...

9:17 am

hello again,..hubby just went to Walmart to see what he can find

9:17 am

hi mool!

9:17 am

hope he has on his hazmat suit!

9:19 am

happy thursday all

thanks, bea. will check it out.

9:20 am

stats for bottom O? pls

9:20 am

od4.5

9:21 am

so far I have od 4/5 and or 6/18

or 6/18

that's the only one I have, od4/5

9:21 am

ty

just got or5 and 6

9:22 am

There are two or6

ooh, finished that o

9:22 am

One is or6.21 and one is or6.18

9:22 am

bzz clue the or 6/21 pls?

as usual the a's are awful

9:23 am

O what you do with a book

9:23 am

thanks bea, I always miss that one.

9:23 am

ty bzz

9:23 am

I had a problem with th A's today as well.

76 left and words are few and far between

9:25 am

af 7/44, pls

9:26 am

a + fright pt

9:26 am

ta 6 clue pls?

another word for scared, bichon

9:26 am

ty bzz

9:26 am

No ta6

9:27 am

ta5 clue pls sorry

rhymes with italian crime syndicate

9:28 am

ty Bea, carla

Going back to a convo from WAY earlier: Why COVID is worse than Flu: t.ly/jrkKP (with a shortened link - source is VOX)

9:29 am

I don't know what an Italian crime syndicate is

think the Godfather

9:29 am

aka "the mob"

9:29 am

mafia

9:30 am

think Godfather movie

9:30 am

like the Godfather

um, okay

9:31 am

The possible demise of Jimmy Hoffa?

9:31 am

Cosa Nostra

9:32 am

The Sopranos

9:32 am

the "family"

9:32 am

good one Bea

9:32 am

The things that pass for words here....

9:32 am

Concrete shoes in the river (rivah)

9:32 am

The video?

9:33 am

you think this is bad, you should try the osw dictionary :)

9:33 am

Waste hauling

9:33 am

you meant to do that right bzz?

9:34 am

What's that Moo?

9:34 am

Yes. It's not in the grid.

9:34 am

the ta word?

9:35 am

so this dictionary is basically the US official players scrabble dictionary (OSPD) with the rude words included, which is called The Word List (TWL98)

9:35 am

it's what they used from 1998 to around the late 2000s for official scrabble competitions

9:35 am

Got it! I concentrate so much on the weird words, I miss the easy ones!

9:35 am

I know I got it

9:35 am

the OSW is the Official Scrabble Worlds which is what is the counterpart used it other parts oft he english speaking world

9:35 am

mool I still have an old scrabble dictionary haven't replaced it

9:36 am

If I recall correctly, OSW is about 2-3 times larger in terms of words

9:37 am

I've got to get a move on...Back this afternoon for the rest...

9:38 am

af6/30?

9:39 am

a + frightened

that's af7, isn't it Bich?

9:39 am

that's the 7

9:39 am

the 6....just drop a letter from the 7

I'm going to break too. TTFN.

9:39 am

yes, get rid of the last e

9:40 am

AF+ what man might have on their face minus the b

9:40 am

ty

9:41 am

sheesh, if that's a word, ending it with a t should be as well, lol.

9:41 am

but ty!

thanks jzw

9:41 am

yw :)

9:43 am

I usually only play when its less than 200 words, but it's raining, my car is in the shop, and the world has gone nuts.

sp 7/36 please?

9:44 am

I normally only play weekdays

nm found it

9:46 am

and it's raining and crazy world here too...though my car is not in the shop

just finished, any clues needed?

9:48 am

not for me luv thx

9:48 am

All the Babble birds here today!

9:48 am

still 48 to go here

9:48 am

ce6?

9:49 am

sounds like the middle phae

9:49 am

ty mool

9:49 am

I have the br8 can I have stats for the other 8?

add 1st 2 of water falling from the sky to ce 4/5

te 8/45

no te 8/50 I mean

9:50 am

ty LWG

9:50 am

yes tx for that luv

9:52 am

Good morning! Yay! finally a biggie!

Hi all. Enjoying a larger grid while stuck at home. Can anyone help clue the O in the second column. I'm not seeing anything.

earbit

9:53 am

o6 - fancy

Ha ha. Lucky it was a dumb try, wrong box.

9:53 am

o5/6 perhaps what they do with books in ireland ;)

9:54 am

and o4 which may "rhymes" with a thought

I'm not so sure about the ireland clue....?

9:55 am

yeah, it was a bit of a stretch

9:55 am

but I don't like to do the spell out clues

Thanks all

can I have something a bit less...stretchy? And I'm with you on the spell out clues, but may I have the second letter? Pretty please?

9:55 am

perhaps it's a tv promotion for bauxite :)

9:56 am

or5/6

Got 3 of 4 from your clues. Moolingwa,

Now it all becomes clear! Thank you!

9:57 am

yw

9:58 am

I thought the Ireland clue was great. I got it right away. And I agree about the spell out clues.

10:01 am

Finally a confinement-worthy grid.

10:02 am

it's kind of fun to get creative with the clues

10:02 am

Agreed. As part of our WFH, we're playing a game at work (by at work, I mean by collaboration tools and video conferencing - we're all working from home)

10:03 am

hello all. gray and dreary here but supposed to be 70 tomorrow!!

10:03 am

help with the te8 pls

10:03 am

So I've chosen something in my house that I wouldn't typically bring into work and am sending a clue to my colleagues daily until Friday, when it will be revealed

10:03 am

Anyone want the first clue?

10:03 am

does anyone do cryptic puzzles? Would cryptic clus be appropriate?

10:04 am

love cryptic puzzles...is there a web site?

10:04 am

As it happens, my first clue is a cryptic clue

10:04 am

Want me to share?

10:04 am

don't know -- I do the ones from the newspapers

10:04 am

Ragged ragdoll losing litres. No? Then lose the kings in a wrong made right And include for Kate's pride and joy (6,10)

10:05 am

(I'm Kate, by the way - that's my real name :) )

10:06 am

I am stuck matty!

10:06 am

You need to give it more time that that!! ;)

10:07 am

you'r right on that!

10:07 am

the te8...is a bit of an odd word kind of sounds like something a teacher does at the beginning of class...or perhaps they're "inclined" t do it :)

10:08 am

hmm, ty thinking and looking

10:08 am

sorry, on work call at the same time

10:09 am

I got it thank you mool

10:10 am

144 left bbl. I completed my census questionnaire. only took 10 minutes

10:10 am

awesome peri

10:10 am

bbl

10:10 am

what's the census website? I heard there might be imposter sites/\.

10:10 am

what's the census website? I heard there might be imposter sites

10:11 am

I just read Matty's clue and I feel like I dropped a Quaalude.

10:12 am

census.com

10:12 am

sorry census.gov

10:12 am

if you're unsure, go to the us department of commerce website

10:12 am

and search for census from there

10:14 am

thanks!

10:15 am

lol, Molly, made me feel like it's five o'clock somewhere

10:22 am

Phae NY Times and Wall St. Journal. Plus, here are books of Cryptic puzzles

10:23 am

ba 5/16, pls

10:24 am

I have a ba 5/16 that is pt of ba 4/6

10:27 am

ty, but I need the first one

10:28 am

pl of the music group?

10:30 am

unless that's the one origami meant. I haven't listed but have 2 pl 5/16

10:31 am

*rolls eyes at self once again* one pl, one pt.

10:32 am

my husband managed to get a box of coffee and beef jerky for himself(small bag)

10:33 am

Did you send him through the sanitation room before you let him in the house? (probably a good haul, all things considered)

10:35 am

no he hasn't washed his hands yet. Two items considering isn't bad He did tell me that he saw a couple buy a ton of bottles of water(size I don't know) and anything else the other one could fill their cart completely full of.

10:36 am

What ever happened o a Britta filter and a Nalgene ottle

10:37 am

that's what i use....

10:37 am

my bro just told me Gov Cooper is about to shut down NC border

10:46 am

no idea where he got that info though

10:55 am

I mean I know where, a co-worker, but no idea where they heard

10:56 am

close NC border for what???

10:56 am

President is speaking right now according to my pain page on my computer

10:56 am

for travel

10:59 am

White House briefing

11:00 am

does that sound right hokie?

11:01 am

hokie its the welcome centers that are closed

11:03 am

hi everyone -- a decent sized grid for staying at home :)

11:03 am

agreed cyber .. hello to you:)

11:03 am

I did hear something yesterday about rest stops closures affecting the trucks delivering stuff.

11:03 am

hi nan

11:04 am

I think that is still the case but the eating areas are still open

11:05 am

AF 5 clue pls?

11:05 am

OOPS 6

11:05 am

isn't one

11:05 am

6 is like the 7 but leave out a vowel

11:06 am

ty hokie

11:06 am

anything being served in the penalty box mlf?

11:07 am

There is plenty of Corona on ice in the PB : D

11:08 am

for what?

11:08 am

look at your posts :)

11:08 am

only 10 at a time

11:09 am

main page not pain

11:10 am

I don't drink beer and on one wants a virus

11:10 am

you must've used a word in the grid but I don't know what

11:10 am

good morning fellow isolators

11:10 am

me either hokie

11:10 am

oo4

11:11 am

good morning ruru

11:11 am

#isewlation here

11:12 am

are the ar words common?

11:12 am

I only have 1

11:13 am

Good morning, ru

11:13 am

they are legit words though I don't use them in convo

11:13 am

found a 5

11:13 am

hi origami

11:13 am

hey ori.. nice experience at whole foods today for me

11:14 am

Hi Fan

11:14 am

hokie I found all 4:)

11:14 am

well done

11:14 am

I need to venture out for dog food today

11:15 am

ty hokie

11:15 am

i just found three of the ar's not seeing 4

11:15 am

one is a past tense of a 3 letter

11:16 am

aaaahh

11:16 am

thanks

11:16 am

np

11:16 am

ruru I just kept typing

11:17 am

have that one and an ar 5-6 plural -- still missing one if there are 4 of them

11:17 am

other means fervent

11:18 am

an ar6 fan of word games

11:18 am

ty carla

11:19 am

yw

11:23 am

is their a an 7?

11:24 am

there is - you drew close to something

11:24 am

:D nice clue hokie

11:25 am

always happy if anyone gets it :D

11:25 am

too bad I don't know i

11:25 am

sorry hokie

11:26 am

pt of a an5

11:26 am

similar to the af, mlfan

11:26 am

to come close

11:26 am

not the an 5 I have

11:27 am

much better clue carla

11:27 am

hi folks - listened to the president's news brief. found it coincidental that anti-malarial drugs containing hydroxychloroquine will be used to treat the virus, and last night i was drinking gin and tonic

11:27 am

de 5/22, pls

11:27 am

so n isn't of f?

11:28 am

clean your glasses, bichon

11:28 am

what the sun does to mist, bich

11:28 am

*Waits for people to start hoarding gin

11:28 am

or a windshield

11:29 am

Never!

11:29 am

got the de 5/6

11:29 am

I think it's the tonic with the anti-malarial ;D

11:29 am

*Waits for people to start hoarding tonic

11:29 am

that's possible, lol

11:30 am

ty amelu, carla

11:30 am

I read that Australia was trying the anti-malarial drug last week. Along with another anti viral drug for herpes or something similar.

11:30 am

Seriously. For those of you who Facebook, all you would have to do is start posting rumors about gin hoarding that the liquor stores would be bombarded

11:30 am

*And, not that.

11:30 am

still not getting it hokie?

11:31 am

Liquor stores have been bombarded - in my area they are doing home delivery.

11:31 am

I wouldn't mind a few gin and tonics myself:)

11:31 am

I deleted my FB acct a couple of months ago after many many years and am so happy

11:31 am

Yes, but it does not go with my morning coffee.

11:31 am

really hokie?

11:32 am

you're not getting that the an7 is virtually the same as the af7?

groceries very civilized this AM. i;ve heard of meat shortages in MD. not here. we closed down over a week ago. the first panic had passed. i think

11:32 am

im considering doing the same given the mean shit people post on facebook

11:32 am

I enjoy life in the Facebook Free Lane.

11:32 am

well, it pleases me that i can have those gin and tonics for "medicinal reasons"

11:32 am

yes, really

11:33 am

of course welk

and i will have m godiva liquer . or my rose

11:33 am

i don't think there's a chicken to be found in calgary - the sky has fallen

11:33 am

okay finally got it never mind

11:33 am

I had hidden most of my friends already and was mostly just using it for sewing groups. FB is truly a toxic place. I used to say it would be the downfall of society but now that appears to be a tiny virus.

11:34 am

brad

11:34 am

bran

i think it will pass. groceries here opneing early for those 69+ only. get first crack at restocked items.

11:34 am

both valid, cog!

11:34 am

i like it, facebook.

11:34 am

excuse me!

11:34 am

I actually enjoy my friends on FB, but I do use it mostly for my painting groups.

11:34 am

*clg stoopid spellcheck

11:34 am

And to play Words with Friends

11:34 am

cig47 is having Mr Pitt and cereal apparently :D

11:35 am

(stays out of fb convo)

i have a friend who claims zuckerberg is an agent of the devil as is his creation. twitter, too.

11:35 am

I still play WWF on my phone. have 3 regular opponents.

11:35 am

I think a lot of people believe that TO

11:35 am

i go through periods where i purge the folks i don't interact with those whose posts don't amuse or concern me

11:35 am

Oh God, Twitter drives me crazy. I have no idea why people enjoy that site.

11:36 am

I started on FB way back when you still had to have a .edu email and I really liked it for years, but it's gotten so horrible.

11:36 am

I detest Twitter

11:36 am

i just purged a few welki.. and glad of it

11:36 am

the fact that any news article you read about anything has like 10 tweets as quotes drives me insane.

11:36 am

I also detest twitter.

i am making the decision to stop watching anything but maybe my county health update. the local word has gone insane. phila has definitely. still being PC

11:37 am

ruru do you use a cell phone or other device when you use fb?

11:37 am

guessing instagram isn't too popular here either :D

11:37 am

I did start instagram though to stay in touch with the sewing stuff. so I usually just post pics of things I've made. my dog has a Winstagram now.

11:37 am

no.. i only do facebook on my computer mlf..

well, i have a niece who is a minor instagram star in the food scene., so...:)

11:38 am

First an 5/12 clue pls?

11:38 am

i don't have "other" devices either.. one phone is enough.. i have a life

11:38 am

TO, my kids would say "how many followers?"

11:38 am

Wait, your DOG has instagram? Your DOG?

11:38 am

mlfan, like a thing on a battery

11:39 am

ruru part of the problem, is that so much info was being pulled and it goes onto your computer along with he viruses from fb so i pretty much don't use it all

11:39 am

there are so many golden retriever instagrams it's crazy

11:39 am

what kind of battery?

over 1200. local in NJ

11:39 am

that's because they are the greatest breed hokie

11:40 am

he is winston the golden retriever omg (there are underscores between each word but I don't know if you have to type those)

11:40 am

exactly, ru

11:40 am

like anything, mlf, you need to be selective about what you click - i don't know how you'd get a virus from facebook, unless you clicked on a link that made you susceptible

11:40 am

i have malwarebytes and it protects me against everythign

11:40 am

that site is infested with them

11:40 am

any battery I reckon, mlfan. like if you need to hook up a car battery to jumper cables, I think the thing you hook it to is called an5

11:40 am

they truly are the best breed of dog

11:41 am

sometimes i don't do anything

11:41 am

and yeah, you'd have to click a link on FB to get something

11:41 am

ruru i used to use that on a reg basis is their a free version of it?

11:42 am

hokie i don't understand the battery clue?

i believe so, fan.

11:42 am

i pay for it mlf.. it's fantastic.. way better than norton and mcafee etc

11:42 am

oh ok

11:42 am

really, mlf, they're not like fleas, jumping into your computer while you sit there doing nothing

11:43 am

heh - what a visual

11:43 am

buys flea collar for MLF's computer

11:43 am

yeah, computer viruses are not airborne yet

you can certainly try it for free

11:44 am

that is actually spelled incorrectly, its a different 2nd vowel and a 7 letter word

11:44 am

owl, i used to use it all the time i love that program

11:45 am

what's spelled incorrectly?

i think i will go and make some scone bread for St. Josephs's day. there's mixing your foods, for you!

11:45 am

what are you referring to? the an5 still? an+ a poem

11:45 am

and if you use the apps and such and have a lot of friends it pulls all their info and puts it in your omputer and makes it very loud ..ultimately it destroys your computer

11:46 am

hokie i have the word ty

11:46 am

scones sound good

11:46 am

american scones or english scones? ;)

11:46 am

oh i read it wrong neve mind that is the right word

lovely loaf form. freezes well. but hey, who am i kidding? i will eat every bit of it. very easy to make

11:47 am

where's the recipe, please?

11:47 am

(it sounds delicious - mmmm, with butter and black currant jam)

with honey and butter. yum.

11:48 am

I made some muffins this morning with king arthur flour gluten free muffin mix. added choc. chips, salted caramel chips, and butterscotch chips. they are actually really good.

11:48 am

lk!

11:48 am

rk!

in my special recipe binder. i will provide later. you need buttermilk, but you can always make your own.

11:48 am

lol

i love to bake but cannot jmake muffins. always dry.

later, welk. i have vowed to do something useful today, like clean out the closet.

11:50 am

bye, owl

11:50 am

owl my husband and i are getting rid of our mixer at some point either of us knows how to make but i would love to learn

11:52 am

6 left after 1st pass through of list. guess I will get my workout out of the way.

11:52 am

A words finally done

12:14 pm

I give up on sp7/36. can anyone clue? p&ty

12:14 pm

nm

12:14 pm

just needed to ask to be able to monkey it

12:17 pm

hi all. any clues for the 8s? ty

12:17 pm

fireworks! of course my last word was that dang madagascar animal

12:17 pm

nm just got one. ty.

12:17 pm

hokie, stats for the animal please.

12:18 pm

te8 - usually ends in sometimes y

12:18 pm

te6/21

12:18 pm

ends in a __ center (such as YMCA)

12:19 pm

not sure which 8 you got but other one is br8

12:20 pm

now I'm going to get out of my pjs!

fan- no mixer needed, just put it together and bake, no fuss.

12:34 pm

is the te 8 the madagascar animal? Have te 6/21, but not the 8

12:36 pm

Think of what a teacher takes at the beginning of class (to see who is there) and take of the AT at the beginning.

12:38 pm

ty -- was trying to throw a waltz in there :)

12:40 pm

If you want to learn how to bake (I think that is what that mixer post was about) there is a whole world of learning how on YouTube.

12:41 pm

Start with something easy, like Toll House Cookies, which are not hard to bake and most people like. Then move on.

12:42 pm

are those the videos with DC making cookies?

12:43 pm

I think DC makes the 6 dozen Mrs. Fields batch. : D

12:43 pm

down to where I only make 2 kinds of cookies now by popuar demand... gingersnap and oatmeal choc. chip

12:44 pm

i love regular oatmeal cookies

12:46 pm

Yum....love them both, Nan!!

use the recipe on the quaker oats box. or look up the commissary chocolate chip oatmeal cookies

i make many many kinds of cookies at one time i was famous for my christmas cookies.

except i cannot make good chocolate chip cookies. everyone else's tastes better. :/

12:48 pm

the ginger cookies are my favourite -- ginger, cloves, cinnamon and the bite of molasses (and sometimes a chocolate wafer in the middle 'cause everything is better with chocolate )

i make the ginger cookies from strafford hall historical site. the best

12:49 pm

I have 4 te 6s

i love "make off into small balls" direction

12:49 pm

i have heard of no bake cakes

oh yes. lots of them with ladyfingers

12:50 pm

ty for the te 8

i make walnut butter balls, italian christmas cookes, italian stars lebkuchen, anise drops, italia wedding cookies, ice nox cookies... i will try any cookie once.

i also like jan hagels. it's so quick to make one sheet and cut the cookies out after baking..

12:52 pm

i'm just not a baker.. i don't measure exactly

my specialty is a lemon vanilla pound cake.

i see. baking is chemistry, so that can be a problem.

12:53 pm

howdy all. May I please have a clue for the lower O?

cooking is more artistry.

12:54 pm

so weird since i'm a pretty decent cook for most things

i make a mean cheesecake, too. and jewish apple cake.

for cooking, you can wing it and adjust to taste. but if you mess with ratios in baking, it can be iffy.

12:55 pm

my problem in a nutshell so to speak

and i am normally an intuitive cook. just slap it together once yo uinow the basics. it will be beed burgundy tonight.

a walnnut shell?

oh heck, i cannot type today. my fingers feel stiff.

12:56 pm

nm, got one

12:56 pm

just needed to ask

1:28 pm

Well, now my county is under shelter-in-place orders. Heavy sigh ....

1:34 pm

Are you still in Riverside county? (LOVE your icon, btw)

1:36 pm

I'm in Sacramento. (thanks, BTW :D )

1:37 pm

Ch - I like yours also. Did you paint that?

1:37 pm

I was just checking news and noticed a headline. Stay healthy - and safe.

1:38 pm

Oh I WISH I painted that. No, stick figures are my best work. lol

I used to be quite the baker before the celiac diagnosis. now it's just not the same but I'll bake certain things I know work.

this grid definitely bebefits from being left alone for a bit

1:49 pm

Hello, folks...

1:55 pm

BACK to finish this off.. hi bea

1:56 pm

Hi Bea, Ru ...

1:56 pm

hi again ori.

1:58 pm

the b's and the f's are killing me today

2:00 pm

hello ru, origami and everyone! Any clues needed? Off for a walk in the woods. I am in isolation and the woods and seashore near me really help.

2:02 pm

the fa 5 and 6/33 would help

2:02 pm

Hi saanich! I'm just really diving in so have too many to ask for help :D

2:02 pm

a comedy play and pt

2:03 pm

not a very good clue there

2:04 pm

it was pretty accurate Harry. nonsenical sham like the Pythons

2:04 pm

that's a better description

2:05 pm

ru will be head banging when he gets it.Common word.

2:05 pm

it's the 6/33 before that one

2:06 pm

hah!

2:06 pm

don't have one :)

there's only one fa6/33 I think, pt of the fa5 that is a noun

2:06 pm

there isn't one

2:06 pm

oh i see.. i'm confused

there's a 6/30 which is just a pl. of a radio function (e.g.)

2:08 pm

ok.. just b's to go.. whew brutal

2:09 pm

did you get the one that ends in canines?

2:09 pm

Oh GAWD! My gardener just showed up and gave me a hug before I could stop him. Vigorous hand scrubbing followed.

2:10 pm

i'm completely lost on the b's

2:10 pm

jeez ori. what the heck

2:11 pm

Hand scrubbing? I'd be taking a shower!

2:11 pm

found an 8!

2:11 pm

he hasn't been listening to the news. I hope you informed him.

2:11 pm

I am changing my clothes :D

2:12 pm

agree with Bzzn

2:12 pm

I did, saanich.

I struggled for a long time on 3 b's, when I knew the first 4 letters of the word!

2:12 pm

There are a LOT of people who are ignoring the news. Lack of common sense is how we got into this mess in the first place.

2:12 pm

OK, off to the shower.

bread done. next cooking project will be amatriciana sauce.

2:14 pm

what is that TO?

2:14 pm

2/3 done. going to watch the plumbers - getting a new hot water heater put it - it's tankless!

2:14 pm

just like walter white!

ya they are the best

2:14 pm

I'm so excited!

2:15 pm

(I have a pretty boring life :)

2:15 pm

are they expensive?

we had one on our motorhome that was horrible. never worked right. my husband replaced it last year with a newer model and it is so much better.

2:15 pm

He hadn't heard about the shelter in place order and said he would just take a vacation to go see his mother (in Mexico). He was pretty disappointed when I told him that non-essential travel there was banned. I don't think he watches the news.

2:15 pm

not that much more - there's a rebate from the govt

2:15 pm

but installation is more - they had to retrofit all the plumbing

i believe they save energy

2:16 pm

most definitely save energy

why did yo decide on that?

2:16 pm

you don't have a big tank of hot water sitting around all the time

2:16 pm

mostly for the efficiency

2:16 pm

our old one was rotting out

2:16 pm

I want to get a Clear Rear for my birthday. Actually, I want two. One for upstairs and one for downstairs.

2:16 pm

thanks for the tip, hadn't heard of them

who here was going to Africa for their 50th? guess that fell through?

2:17 pm

hot water was brown :)

2:17 pm

I love tankless

2:17 pm

later!

lol, is that an actual bidet name?

when is your birthday, bea?

we had one on the oil burner at home. you ran the boiler when you needed hot water.

2:17 pm

Dan2Bit went to Africa for his 50. He and his family are back.

2:17 pm

hokie it was me, and we made it back Saturday morning as scheduled

wow, glad you made it there and back!

not sure what type that was. small tank suspended over it. much smaller than a standard water heater.

2:18 pm

I had one that ran through coils in the wood stove - great! (except in the summer)

2:19 pm

Yes, Carla, it is a bidet attachment.

was supposed to be in FL for spring break on my birthday but I guess that won't happen

2:19 pm

Egypt quarantined us on our Nile river cruise boat for about 6 hours to give everybody the swab test, and so we missed one of the Luxor temples, but otherwise we were unimpacted

2:19 pm

They are about $60 each. My birthday is in July.

2:19 pm

and as of last Monday the 9th I know we are COVID-free :-)

2:19 pm

i'm not going to comment on clear rear..

2:20 pm

Wise decision, Ru... =)

2:20 pm

adding that to your list of banned topics ru?

2:21 pm

no kidding saanich.. i got a ton of em

well, saw many videos of partying kids on the beach, so it's your choice...

2:22 pm

Why would you watch videos of kids partying on the beach...?

news.

why WOULD i?

we rented a 2 BR condo with another family that we usually camp with. 2 couples and 2 teenage boys. now the older boys are home from college when we were counting on them. so now 8 people in this condo if we're allowed to travel down there.

the queation is, why watch the news?

*we were not counting on them

i need to go check the bread to see if it's cool enough to eat. later

well, I'm going to water my deck garden and give the dog a bath. TTFN

it smells heavenly

i started spring cleaning.

2:29 pm

I've been working on Spring cleaning too, but it was too nice out today to stay in the house.

2:44 pm

i have br 8. any clues/stats for other one? ty

2:47 pm

te8.50

2:47 pm

ty.

2:48 pm

hello - ran out for a few staples - was hoping to buy enough for 2 weeks as the BC gov. is asking eveyone to stay home for that length of time, but the stores are putting on 1 per customer limits.

2:49 pm

At least you got one of the what you needed. Nothing in our stores.

2:53 pm

yes - I was able to get one of everything on my list except beef -- there was none of that and no sweelets or any other frozen veggies for that matter

2:56 pm

do you have online shopping over there nan?

2:56 pm

Here, there is not meat of any kind, all veg whether fresh frozen or canned is gone. No eggs, milk butter. Bread is gone. No paper products or cleaning supplies. And the grocery store I visited received three trucks of stock yesterday.

2:56 pm

not finding a te 8. any clues? ty. is it two words or one?

2:57 pm

yes - but they still don't have everything to fill the orders.

2:57 pm

te8 number after nine + a word meaning body movement to music with a different first vowel.

2:57 pm

we cant get a delivery slot till 6th april so we are making do till then, we are getting all the familys shopping delivered at same time to make life easier

2:58 pm

we don't have delivery, but we can order on line and pick it up at the store.

2:59 pm

click and collect is ok but we cant leave the house at mo as we are both in isolation as im a potential carrier at mo

2:59 pm

our town is only about 150,000 so we don't have all the services the larger centres do

3:00 pm

have you had a test sandr? how are you feeling?

3:02 pm

i feel fine i had a slight cough on Sunday, i phone my boss and he said don't risk it so i haven't, they have stopped testing over here as to many cases, i think its after 14 days they'll test you if you still show symptoms

3:02 pm

I think I'm going to be making bread again by the looks of things

3:03 pm

we are going to be doing the same and possibly trying to make cheese, we have milkmen over here so if i ring one theyll deliver to your house

3:04 pm

lucky you - home delivery of milk went out here years ago -- will the dairy not deliver cheese for you as well?

3:05 pm

don't think they make it tbh will be asking if they do but we've got time on our hands as Sarah has to stop indoors for 12 WEEKS as she is high risk and diabetic

3:14 pm

well - good luck to you -- hope your symptoms don't get any worse.

3:17 pm

af 6 please?

3:24 pm

thanks nan, can't help you with the 6

3:25 pm

brade

3:26 pm

off for lunch

3:26 pm

bye nan

hi sandr

3:31 pm

evening TO how's you doing

i am well. and you?

3:33 pm

doing fine, sick of being stuck indoors tbh but im doing a bit of gardening and some odd jobs round house to keep me occupied

isolated or quarantined?

3:34 pm

self isolated as i started with a cough last sunday and its 14 days till i can go back to work

oh no. are you feeling very bad?

3:36 pm

no feeling fine, i don't have all the symptoms just this cough but its enough to keep me isolated, going fishing by myself next tuesday so thats something to look forward to

yes, it's a tricky menace. five days in seems to be some sort of tipping point. hopefully you will feel better soon.

3:39 pm

i feel fine now, im well enough to work its this potential passing it around if i have it, sarah has got to stay isolated for 12 weeks she's not a happy bunny

is that standard for those at risk there?

3:41 pm

high risk, at the moment yes it could be extended to 16

3:43 pm

Sand, I'm sorry you have this cough. It is spring allergy season in North Carolina. Everyone has a scratchy throat, runny nose, itchy eyes...We go out as little as possible, but people are afraid to cough.

i need to go. good luck

3:48 pm

we are going for short walks at moment Bea as exercise is a must but we are supposed to keep 2 mtrs/6 ft apart for others around you. the cough i have is nothing, i would normally gargle some antiseptic around and go to work this time its different though

3:52 pm

It is good that you are getting out and walking. I have been telling everyone I talk to or chat with fresh air and sunshine kill viruses. Getting outside will not hurt those around you and will be so beneficial for your physical and mental health.

3:55 pm

but this virus is different, cold helps it to grow and the heat will kill it, the gov are trying to stem the tide of infection till the warmer weather starts to come into play.

3:57 pm

Bea - you shamed me into pulling some weeds this afternoon :D

3:57 pm

l8r peops dinners ready

3:58 pm

I'm sorry ori...LOL!

3:59 pm

I've been in a public garden today and one of my own...Cleaned and disinfected three birdbaths and mad mud for my mason bees. Great day...

4:01 pm

hi all

4:01 pm

I have a ba7 help pls with the other ba7's

4:03 pm

hi peri. ba7, pop music group + mined rock

4:04 pm

if it is the name of a particular group I have nod idea

4:04 pm

ba7, plural of ba6. ba6 forbidden + pet animal

4:05 pm

peri, let's get the ba** back together

4:06 pm

are those clues for two different words?

4:07 pm

yes, peri

4:07 pm

ok I am not seeing either but looking

4:07 pm

all three ba7's start with the same 4 letters

4:07 pm

I have a ba6/30 but that is probably not the right ba6

4:08 pm

I have a ba6/7

4:08 pm

do you have ba4/7 following fish lure?

4:09 pm

I have a ba4/6

4:09 pm

then you have the base word for all the 7

4:09 pm

s

4:09 pm

I do. ok will keep looking

4:10 pm

I have the fishing lure

4:10 pm

not the ba4/7

4:10 pm

I have a ba4/7

4:10 pm

ba4/7, a m

4:11 pm

collection of things or people is ba4/7

4:11 pm

sorry trying to type around my breakfast bowl..loll

4:12 pm

the ba you do have ends in **,um, i don't know?

4:12 pm

found another ba6/7

4:13 pm

was trying to put in double consonant

4:14 pm

what are you looking for, peri?

4:14 pm

okay. well done. the last ba7 is right after the ba6, 7, 6, 7, run. put sort of rock mined for it's mineral, as in iron.

4:14 pm

the ba7s but I found them all thanks to rose

4:14 pm

still 112 to find

4:15 pm

you did? woohoo.

4:16 pm

Granny, please let Ruby know I am thinking of her and she is in my prayers daily. Thank yoiu.

4:17 pm

Rose< I am thinking or Ruby and sending Love, positive thoughs, peace and comfort her way.

4:17 pm

i will bea but my heart is very sad. i emailed her two days ago, and she hasn't responded. either she is too weak to even look at her laptop, or.... i would like to ask Molly to try and phone her.

4:17 pm

crap my typing stinks today but I am sure she will get the intended message

4:18 pm

:(

4:20 pm

okay. i have saved both messages. when i have a few more, or about 12 hours has lapsed, i will send them off.

4:21 pm

ty rose

4:21 pm

I'm sorry, granny. I am sure she has made her wishes known with her caregivers to let us know what is happening. It may not be good news, but we know not to expect that news. Now my thoughts are with all of those that are so close to Ruby.

4:21 pm

and corrected your message, peri

4:21 pm

ty so much rose

4:21 pm

Thanks, granny.

4:26 pm

Ruby did go online earlier today and took turns in a game we play online.

4:26 pm

she did?

4:26 pm

what game ori?

4:26 pm

she did ?? oh ori, thanx so much for telling us.

4:29 pm

bbl

4:29 pm

did anyone clue me that te 8? still dont have it.

4:31 pm

The game we play is via facebook: Lexolous (it is like scrabble)

4:32 pm

te8. number after 9 + to move to music, change the first vowel. start with bottom t tile

4:34 pm

I don't communicate with Ruby via phone, only email. Soodle communicates with her by phone if you want to convey a message by phone.

4:35 pm

ah, thanx Molly. Ruby was saying she couldn't get through to you and i assumed she meant by phone. apologies for my misunderstanding.

4:36 pm

Rose ❤

4:40 pm

hello zooz me ol' mate. how are you going? and how are the parents?

4:43 pm

Iam plodding along as usual thanks. Dad is still the same so stable. Mother was taken to hospital a little while a go and spent four days there. Her stomach was really bad and she could not keep anything down. It turned out that she had an imbalance of C-Diff and so was harmful to her. They treated her for that so she is just battling with the usual diverticulitis.

4:43 pm

How are you doing these days?

4:44 pm

Prayers out for your Mom, Zoom.

4:45 pm

Ruby and I have had difficulties communicating via email lately. I have someone looking into that for me. I hope someone reaches her or her family/caretakers.

4:45 pm

Thanks, Molly. Thankfully she is a lot better than she was. So that is good!

4:45 pm

Hello from our small slice of the universe. We are cleaning house today. At least we are rearranging the dust.

4:46 pm

Yeah my laptop died quite a while a go now and I have not been able to afford another one yet. I did have her e-mail address on it but I do not have ot now.

4:47 pm

LOL that sounds about right, Stid! Clean the dust away and it will be back in no time haha!

4:47 pm

have not played lexulous in a while will start again

4:48 pm

latest scans and x-rays show osteoarthritis and osteporosis from C2 to S1. new "natural" pain med seems to be helping. it stops the pain messages from being transmitted along the cox1 AND cox2 pathways. even now, pain 7/10, sitting here typing. but....i do not have covid-19. i am grateful.

4:48 pm

It gives purpose. To have never-ending projects. Like the never-ending grids.

4:50 pm

Sorry you are going through all that, Rose. i am glad that the meds are easing the pain for you shame it is not easing it more though.

4:50 pm

Start a game with me when you do, Peri

4:50 pm

zooz, pleased to hear the news of Mum and Dad.

4:50 pm

Thanks, Rose :-)

4:51 pm

Such weird weather -- again!! -- 80 degrees!

4:51 pm

Wow that is warm!

4:52 pm

I know! I've been out in a tank top all day! And I think it is supposed to snow here on Sunday.

4:52 pm

The plants will not know what to make of it all.

4:53 pm

And more heavy rain on its way......but no tornadoes forecast! Whew!

4:53 pm

Our azaleas are already in bloom.

4:53 pm

loll... zooz, if i took the opiods i need to control the pain, i would not be conscious. at least the pain tells me i am alive. i just wish i could mobilise more. i understand fully that i must exercise but getting to the deep, warm water pool is so painful...anyways...i am not complaining. these are the facts i live with.

4:53 pm

I have azaleas in bud :-)

4:55 pm

graany, what do you hear from rubby?

4:56 pm

Nice attitude you have there, Rose. You just go with the flow. I would tip my hat to you if I wore one instead I will raise my glass of orange squash to you!

4:56 pm

bea and une, we are having asecond spring here, at the beginning of autumn. go figure. the crepe myrtles, rose, decorative ginger, liliums, everything is blooming again. and in the middle, two trees changing colour and leaves are falling. my garden is very confused. if a daffodil shows up i may need to eave the planet..loll

4:57 pm

bichon, i haven't heard from her for a few days. origami was saying Ruby was on-line earlier playing a word game. i have emailed soodle and asked her to phone Ruby.

4:58 pm

Sent her a good wishes email

4:58 pm

granny, that sounds so much like my home state of KS an my adopted state of NC. Things are out of whack seasonally/

5:00 pm

unfortunately i must leave you dear friends. i have a lunch to cook for the homeless in my community. they must eat, covid-19 or no covid-19. i will check back in later, collect any more good wishes for Ruby and send off another email. xox

5:00 pm

Bless you for that, granny!

5:00 pm

Have a great day, Rose!

5:09 pm

hi all - it sounds like ruby might be feeling a little bit betterif she is on line playing games.

5:30 pm

re7.36?

5:31 pm

Nice to see people looking out for each other in these troubled times. We could use a whole lot more of that and a whole lot less of fist fights in Walmart over toilet paper.

6:02 pm

nothing like settling down to a nice juicy grid in the evening

6:05 pm

i got more letters today :D

6:31 pm

got that te 8 finally..ty for clues.

6:34 pm

I will ori

I live in a small inner ring burb near CLeveland. The mayor just announced an initiative for everyone who can to step out of our houses at 6:3- each evening starting tomorrow (rain tonite) to greet neighbors, ride bikes see who needs what and just see some friendly faces from a safe distance. I live alone and the social distancing is challenging. I do take walks and got on my bike yesterday, but I crave eye contact (I already know hugs are out of the question). Thank goodness I have what I need at home. My synagogue has started a phone calling chain, too. I am both a caller and a recipient of calls. Who knows we may emerge to a kinder society.

hi, grannyrose, I am so sorry you are in pain.

6:39 pm

hi all. help with ad6 pls

6:41 pm

ad + mr hawthorne .... from early today

6:41 pm

ty dose

6:43 pm

dard

6:46 pm

dose i dont get the clue. ad+ first name of hawthorne?

6:46 pm

... I wonder what I was trying to type ... .... one problem with the social situation is the beer store is still open and I have nothing to do but drink it

6:47 pm

... the writer hawthorne ... it is supposed to be a contraction of his name

6:49 pm

Nice that your community is doing that, melonhead. More people should think about the greater good and not just what THEY need.

7:06 pm

ad + short form of Bing Crosby's youngest son

7:07 pm

sounds good melon -- we have notice a lot more people out and about in our little gated community as well

7:09 pm

finito! thanks lickety and all cluers

7:09 pm

Congrats!!

7:11 pm

Af7?

7:11 pm

That sounds like a great idea, melon.

7:11 pm

af + fright pt

7:13 pm

Or if you have the af6, just add a vowel before the last letter

7:26 pm

My last word was a flippin' 5 that was a plural...GRR!

7:27 pm

See you all tomorrow.

7:30 pm

ty!

7:38 pm

hello is anyone around? might i hear what the 8s are?

7:39 pm

Good morning all and hi Hurshy.

7:39 pm

br 8/55 and te 8/50

7:39 pm

howdy liz!

7:39 pm

thanks

7:40 pm

got them!

7:40 pm

dk why i hadn't pluraled the br7

7:41 pm

I went through and found I'd missed loads of plurals - I think it's because that ending happens in 2 directions.

7:42 pm

Sending out good vibes for Ruby. If she is playing word games with someone here, I can only hope that she is doing better than I thought. Big love to you, Ruby.

7:43 pm

From me too x

8:01 pm

found the goose

8:11 pm

nbt nbs and OMG I just looked at the grid size!

9:01 pm

rehi all, back to try and knock off some of these 33 remaining

9:03 pm

af6?

9:03 pm

to be scared

9:03 pm

one letter less than the 7

9:03 pm

Hope Ruby is not in a lot a pain.

9:03 pm

a+scared

9:04 pm

ty mool

9:04 pm

yw m

9:04 pm

thought I had tried that.

9:04 pm

yeah, happens to me all the time

9:05 pm

last word sp7,36

9:06 pm

you know when you answer something

9:06 pm

well the person who receives the answer might be the sp7

9:11 pm

ty again, mool, fw.

9:12 pm

yay!

9:12 pm

20 to go here

9:12 pm

podder

9:13 pm

any clues before I re-boot?

9:13 pm

not for me thanks

9:14 pm

hi again -- 5 dozen ginger cookies and a shepherds pie later, I finally made it back

9:14 pm

ooh, sounds good nan

9:15 pm

mmm - no afright, so am stumped

9:16 pm

nm - see it now

9:17 pm

not seeing the af 6 however

9:18 pm

take a letter out of the 6

9:18 pm

the 7 that is

9:18 pm

both 6 and 7 mean the same thing

9:18 pm

ty - never prepared for these atrocious spellings

9:19 pm

yeah those archaic english words

9:23 pm

de 5/22 please?

9:23 pm

nm - found

9:24 pm

yw :)

9:40 pm

or 5 please?

9:49 pm

"bauxite promotion" or alternatively perusing a book in ireland?

10:17 pm

clue for sp7,36 plz

10:18 pm

ty mool -- glad you threw in the irish option

10:23 pm

don't have it suz

10:24 pm

just found it, thx

10:24 pm

also need clue for re5,12

10:24 pm

yes - ends with a scottish river

10:25 pm

oops..rar,12

10:25 pm

put on a garment again

10:25 pm

grrr...ra5,12

10:26 pm

ra + trump

10:26 pm

have that one..i'll check if there's another

10:28 pm

the other one is plural

10:29 pm

so confused..i have the ra ones..i need the re5,14

10:29 pm

mr. foxx plural

10:29 pm

dont do well with these big grids

10:30 pm

have that too

10:30 pm

do a sum again

10:31 pm

oy...how could I miss that??? thank you so much

10:33 pm

*!*~*!* didn't think I was going to finish this one

10:34 pm

it's been a busy day

10:36 pm

it is easier with babble expert - so many strange words now I don't often finish without it

11:44 pm

Nan - do you have a link to babble expert please?

11:51 pm

home again from cooking community lunch. have been back through chat archives and collected well wishes for Ruby. xox

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