March 21, 2020
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Te8
Goodnight to my fellow babbers! Please stay healthy & safe!
You too, Min.
te8
so 7
Hi Nan - Do you kindly have a link to Babble Expert ?
sorry rain - I don't
I thought you mentioned it the other night
Thanks anyway.
just that I was using it - grannyrose might have one
No - I talked to Rose last night. I have an url from Sprite's profile but it locked up my computer.
re 8
Clues are up
ty lickety
repour
Gross ..
fw
ty dolly
we mitch
ru 7
ro7
*wd
off to bed - can't see anything anymore. Good night everyone.
gn nan
rain you could e-mail lickety and ask for a link to expert --- his e-mail is on the bottom right section of his babble clues page
Thanks Nan - I'll give it a shot.
http://tinyurl.com/asayuk8 babble expert
It looks like she tried that and the non-tinyurl that are in Sprite's profile. The problem may be on her end. That link works for me.
Rain, are you using a Mac? Expert doesn't work for Macs
Grocery store report: Better than last week. The produce section is still very low. I haven't seen fresh broccoli in weeks. But we are making do with frozen/roasted. They even had some paper products, including toilet paper. Not much, and people were scooping up as many paper products as they could. I did get flour and sugar and I have heard they are hard to come by. No bread flour though, but they did have a lot more bread than last week.
Lots of people in latex gloves. Including me, but I wore my badass black ones. : D Some people in masks. I'm not ready for the mask thing yet.
Morning, Molly
Hi Une. How are things in NashVegas? You poor folks. First a tornado and now this.
Our governor is not going far enough re closing things down.... recommending rather than mandating....disturbing
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On the other hand, i'm just two blocks from a great local grocery that's keeping stocked in anything i might need
May I have a nudge, please, on the re8?
Re+ im6/24
Thank you kindly!
Yw!
It seems to be a numbers game Une. As the number of reported cases rises, they weigh that against the hospital capacity and health care worker numbers.
I think there is also some concern about putting thousands of people in the "no income" zone.
Oh, i know, but still......
On the bright side, your pu4 are in the grid today. : D
BBL....pups need breakfast and a pee!
And what you take them out to do. : D
Yes.....and i'm off to the PB!
And I was not in time to save Une from the PB. *Goes to rustle up some good breakfast for her.
pooper is so a word
Well, part of it is, so you may join Une in the PB. : D
I'm glad to hear there are more items available for you at the store, Molly.
I wish I could send you some broccoli. =)
morning everyone!
Morning, bonk.
It will be back soon, I'm sure. The stores are already way better than they were last week. I think people are backing off on the hoarding.
One good thing about the "shopping with Seniors" hour. None of them seem to like the self check out, so I had that all to myself.
Our produce was well stocked yesterday, but not a lot of people around here for in for that kind of stuff. =)
go in for that
I normally buy very little frozen or canned stuff. My freezer is full and I have more canned goods than I ever have.
I'm the same way. But, I haven't had any problems getting fresh here.
I did have to resort to frozrn chicken breasts instead of fresh yesterday.
stats for Y pls
yi4/7 excited cowboy
thnx
I had to freeze what meat I could get my hands on last week. So we will have to deal with frozen for a while.
Oh come on Enable. The past tense of Captain Morgan is very much a word. I have experienced many a ru6 up bar patrons in my time.
*Patron
hh
waiting for my new fridge to arrive
Yay for a new fridge! Did your landlord pony up?
between 9 and 1 pm but I do not want to take anything out until the last minute
yes
Good. This is no time to be worried about food spoilage.
I have the 8's but no 7's help please
so7.36 is the only 7 I have.
ty looking
ru7 ends like the so7
im7 one who gets in the way
sorry that was ro7 ends like the so7
ru7 more alcoholic
Thanks, dan.
How are 2bits holding up?
ty for ru7
we are okay. I have always been able to work from home, mrs2bit is new to it but fortunate to be able to, and miss2bit simply didn't return to school after our big Africa adventure. She has made herself a schedule and is mostly sticking to it :-)
Is she doing distance learning?
self-directed resources are available for us for now - no teacher-led instruction until April (after what would have been Spring Break)
Maggie's school in particular has a lot of kids who would need laptops and personal hotspots in order to participate - plans were under way to distribute those things when the governor shut it all down
she is certainly still learning - her teachers are posting assignments and there's a ton of newly free resources parents are sharing with each other, but no grades and no statewide testing this year
Yes, that is where my sixth grade teacher daughter is now. They are scrambling to get distance learning up and running for their students. She teaches in a school that has many students on assistance. They don't have computers or even internet.
I'm wondering how this event will change the way our children get their education.
yes, the equity issues are real. we are very fortunate, and very grateful for the commitment from her teachers
I would love to see more emphasis on student-driven projects come out of this, with less teaching-to-the-test
help with either ep6?
e + sit for a photograph
sorry, not a 6
I have ep + urinate
e + Dad + doule vowel
The other one is a chemistry word
ty for the ep 6/24
hello just starting
found te 8 :)
im7 one who gets in the way from that clue I got a 6?
add a consonant to make it one who im6's
You probably have im6.24
at the end doesn't work?
yes I do
im6.27 and im7.40
got it
is the y a babblet?
just get here and all I can see is empty and emptied. which aren't here. I am probably in trouble.
yi4 a small expression of fear
Sounds like a small dog sound
hello hokie
howdy
got it
nbt/nbs
Hey, Carla.
firewords! thanks bichon, BzznBea, lickety and all cluers
Congrats, dan.
hey, bea. no a's today, so I got that going for me
congrats dan
lol hokie
well done, dan
LOL! I thought the same thing...Knew you would be happy.
hokie/bzz did you hear any rain last?
Didn't hear it, but it is wet outside ths morning.
I don't hear things when I sleep usually. but it is wet this am
yes I heard it twice
13 d words?
I have 7 without really trying. let's see if I can get any more. not doing well on the top row at all.
hokie I have 8 of them
well, I found 2 more but not sure about the other 4
hmm, one who po5 is not accepted
de words are all 4s but 1
I have 4 4's and a 6
The is a di5
have that
dy4
have that
have that dy word
There are two d words that use the 5 point tile
found another de4
bzz I just found a de 4/9 using it
both are 4s
have one of those bea
ah, found the other
Carla, there is a kitten sound today. Only one that I have found.
de 4/9 is the one i have
i gtg will be back
lol, just tried like 10 spellings of the kitten sound. will keep trying.
ep 6/24, first one, pls
ooh, just found an 8
Corona Kindness. A local radio station is asking people to report Corona Kindness. This is the kind of positive stuff we need right now.
ep6 starts like the allergy pen and ends with French sea, I beleive.
ty Bea
It most certainly is Molly. And I think there is more of it than we know.
Bea! I just went to another store and found fresh broccoli and fresh green beans. Yay!
=) Are you not working?
I don't work on the weekends.
Oh, yes...It is Saturday...DUH!
who knows it's a weekend? all the days are a blur now.
I imagine for people who don't work, weekends are no big deal. To me, they are sacred.
I have 7 day weekends.
I remember in "Downton Abbey", tthe characters had no idea of wha a weekend was. Everyday is free.
Of course having to go to multiple grocery stores, puts you at more exposure. And yes, there were several people in the stores coughing and sneezing.
I ran into the oldest's friend girl yesterday when I was walking the dog. She said she'd been to Costco and they were only letting 10 people in at a time so there was a big line outside. not sure how lining up close together outside is any better than a few more people going in a huge warehouse at a time is.
Actually i usually take weeks off from other actvities.
That seems pretty stupid, Hokie.
But I think they make them stand 6' apart.
that sounds better, bea
Empose
she didn't mention that but they probably did
It is impossible to be six feet apart from people in a grocery store. And six feet apart in line, well I'm imagining a VERY long line.
thanks, mixi.
Also, an virus that can be contracted airborne does not recognize six feet of distance.
*A virus
did y'all already talk about Kenny Rogers?
Don't think so. Mr. Bea did.
I have the gambler stuck in my head now
Islands in the Stream is my earworm.
now it will be mine :D
It is moving day for the worms. 25 words left...back later...
did you know the Bee Gees, or at least Barry Gibb, wrote that song?
I have 50 left. will probably have to take a break as I am stuck.
+
my husband told me about Kenny rodges
There was a show on years ago called Flash Forward. One of the funniest running jokes on it was that a guy who was getting married had a fiance who wanted to dance to Islands In The Stream at their wedding. : D
I keep a running tab of best and worst wedding dance songs. That went on the worst list.
Right next to Precious And Few, which was the wedding dance song of a woman I used to work with.
hello friends
hey trif
hey hurshy!
just got off a wonderful zoom conference with a group of friends - amazingly restorative
nice
wow, nbt is elusive today!
hi Trif
hello bichon
I guess you're not teaching?
Good morning
nope. not even remotely. Due to "equity issues" teachers can only send enrichment activities, nothing that can be graded our count. At a zoom meeting this week, teachers in the english department noted that less than 5% of students are engaging with the material in ANY way.
Hi origami
Hi bichon
5%, sheesh
I feel SO bad for the AP kids, who will likely see their exams cancelled, and all that hard work is great in terms of what they learned, but no one knows what it will mean for colleges. Harvard - HARVARD - cancelled their graduation. I know, it's all better than getting a terrible illness, but it still sucks. Those poor students
Boston University has closed its dorms. 1200 students applied for hardship waivers to be able to stay, as they, quite factually, have NO WHERE to go, and NO WAY to get there.
whew! nbt
Wesleyan had done the same. All the student going home to nothing and social isolation
i know for a full fact that several members of our high school population live in unstable, unsafe homes, with food insecurity and real problems in the parents. And now they are all locked together.
I worry for them, SO MUCH
... This is their chance to study with no distractions. If they're that good at they can read every book ever written and do every math problem and physics problem ever put in a textbook or on the net.
Boy, that is the definition of survival of the fittest.
... Not at all ... it only says you don't need teachers and classrooms to learn ... they're helpful, even very helpful, but they're not necessary
gosh, thank dos
i would, respectfully, argue the opposite. Without a teacher to guide them, engage them, and show them the relevance of what they are reading/trying to solve, they are rather like rudderless ships. Have YOU read every book even written, with full comprehension of the nuances and back history of the author and the text?
hy
good morning everyone -- nice sunny day here, looking like spring is on the way :)
There is a select few who could teach themselves. A *few*
... sky's blue but it's cold here
hi nan
good to hear, cyber! We have a few small bulbs flowering, like Croci and such, but no real blooms yet
Hiyas, kiddos.
Hi Judi
hello judi
on this discussion, I am doing my best to keep my 3 grandsons learning. We have lessons from their school. watching educational web shows, doing art and gym and listening to music. I never dreamed I would be homeschooling, but I am givig it my best shot. Their grandfather,my husband, is letting them help cook, work outside and numerous other activities. I think if the mind is bering used, you are learning. This has also been beneficial to me after working 40+ years and then retiring to help my kids with their needs.
interesting to hear what is happening with your school, Trif. Our grandchildren's scholl has laid out a program for the core subjects online and parents are home schooling.
good for you, anawaltgal!
... excellent
Everyone have a great day. I will be back on later.
mind you, they are in grades 2 and 4, so that is easier than high school. One is attending a univeersity that has gone virtual.
the best post I read was from a man in england who said "I have been home schooling for 30 minutes and now realize teachers should be paid 1 million pounds a year!" and he had TWO kids at home. Like to see him handle a caseload of 121 students, many of whom have different eds plans and accommodations to consider
... My fear which is made worse by listening to some interviews on the news is most of them are sitting at home doing nothing (sorry ... then is local high school students) ... you don't have to learn it all and you don't have to learn it completely and you don't even have to completely understand it ... using all the materials that are available, if you get ahead of the game, maybe the spring semester can be saved but if people sit around for the next six weeks then either they'll be repeating the semester next fall (or net spring if we can't figure out a schedule) or we'll give them the credit and they can go off to university woefully behind
... home schooling is a marvelous idea ... but when they come back to the public school or university to finish they're miles ahead in the parents' favourite subject and lost completely in other subjects ...
..... must be off ... luck to all who continue the struggle ...
Teachers are our most valuable asset. And I think they are grossly underpaid and grossly under appreciated.
Amen, Molly...
Even if I lived closer I don't think I could help -- my methods of teaching are so old fashioned -- I would expect them to memorize the multiplication tables and use phonics to learn how to spell, as well as teaching proper grammar :D
God Nan, I would love it if someone would insist on proper grammar these days. We are raising a generation of kids who know nothing about it. And penmanship? A lost art. Sad.
They also have no idea if they are getting the correct change at a store or even approximately what the total of their purchases should be unless they have a calculator in their hands.
I certainly still do that, cyber! I even teach sentence diagramming!
glad to hear it Trif -- our schools don't seem to think that correct spelling and grammar is that important.
I hear from other people in my field on a regular basis about the horrible resumes they are getting, full of bad grammar, misspellings and abbreviations instead of entire words.
Im gonna way in here from my perspective. I work in a secondary schol in the uk where learners have beed kicked out of their shools for a number of reasons, we will be calling home every day to ensure they are safe, Education for our learners is secondary to their saftey. Teacher roll im my situations is to Teach the subject, whilst guiding them into making better choises. They will not complete any of the acitivies given to them on the numerous platforms.
i'll weigh in too .. i see it in our local newspaper, edited with the poorest english imaginable.
yes I wasn't talking about any specific school - I realize specialty schools do need to make accommodations. I was speaking about the provincial curriculum in general -- I think the standards in some subjects have gone downhill. My daughter teaches math, physics and computer science at the university level and is constantly annoyed bye the inability of first year students to calculate anything without a machine to assist them.
*by
anyone else try pompei just in case there was a def. other than the city?
The internet is the primary way of communication between people these days. If no time is taken to spell correctly there, it will transfer to other methods of communication. I see examples of that daily.
I can only speak for the UK when i worked in a mianstream school (normal) the pressure was to get the grades, this meant missing out on a lot of the basics, The end grade was all that matters, and still does.
then that's sad M3 to me
Children have lost the art of commnication, they are unable to have a normal conversation. I see this even the in the most able learners
@ ruru its alll about data at the end of the day, This is why i left mainstream,
Taking a break from digging through worm poop...
you are a thrill a minute bzz
And I will be in the PB box while I find a few more words...
It is really exciting ru...Not my plan today, but oh well...
Bea, living in the fast lane.
Actually, I feel a bit sluggish...
PB box is like ATM machine : D And PIN number
i would think that worms poop dirt No?
I am putting chocolates in the penalty box, along with proper grammar.
hello again
can i have a clue for the re 8 please
just like Mitch McConnel
Pretty much, ru...but it is wet and slimy...
I do not have the word M3.
I don't either
i have a re6
bzz?
bzz i think the grocery store got a shipment today
Fod Lion
re8 is to put a law or rule back in place.
Food
Probably so mlf. They are getting their regular trucks.
ah ok:)
The only place there is a shortage is in the stores. Warehouses are well supplied.
ty Bzz
surely sooner or later the hoarders will be finished and the rest of us will be able to shop again
they also need drivers
m3 i haven't found the word yet
The problem is, stores get regular supplies, then people hoard things and thus, they are out of "demand" items.
true molly
re + first person contraction + what a model does
I think stores are shutting down the hoarding by limiting to one or two items.
My grocery store had some toilet paper today. Yet there were people with carts full of it, so they will run out again shortly.
All the stores in my area are limiting toilet paper and paper towels. They were also limiting bread, milk and eggs.
ep 6 please?
bzz i hadn't heard that yet... they should have started out doing that though
One of my stores was out of eggs today. The other had only 18 packs, which I don't usually buy. So egg salad is in our forecast this week.
ep6 - begin with the allergy pin and end with French sea.
cyber ends in word for urine
Good clue Bea
same here, bea. I was hoping to get 2 weeks worth of groceries (everyone is supposed to be trying to self isolate for 2 weeks) but the limit was one loaf of bread and one pound of butter, so that didn't work
Have you ever made creamed eggs on toast, Molly?
yeah.. except try buying epipens now.. they're ridiculously expensive
ty got the re8
i just had egg salad on toast
They have been crazy priced for a while though, ru. Big pharma...
ty bea
i just snort benedryl now as an option :D
They are over $100 each here -- that gets pretty expensive for those who have to carry them with them all the time
yeah.. and they expire really quickly.. i paid 800 for mine here in the US
it is obscene
Do you carry the children's benedryl, ru? It is chewable and gets into the system quicker.
yes - I think our granddaughter has to replace hers once a month
no.. but that's a great idea bea
i can't afford $10k worth of Epipens here Nan in the chance i eat a walnut
The dosage is by weight, so just figure out how much you need per your weight.
ty mlf
well... it'll be a lot i weigh a lot more than a little kid :D
*!*~*!* some strange words again today
My husband just likes to stock up on what we had before all this started(which is what he wants to do) With the situation the way it is now he cant do that with everything we already have. FYI I am not THAT disappointed
Nothing new Nan. Same shit, different day.
hagd everyone :)
So what do you usually stock up on, MLF
I think stocking up will be put on the back burner for a while, mlf.
i hope so!
I don't really stockpile anything. I usually just buy what we use on a weekly basis.
well.. i'm not going to contribute to the hoarding mentality. I am buying what i need and can use only
Its not a stock up on, its whatever we usually have.. if we eat one box or can of something he just replaces it with another box or can of it
ruru its gotten to that point in my opion
Oh well that is not really stocking up then.
i have fe 5/20 ending in r clue for the other one pls?
We don't eat a lot of food that comes in cans or boxes.
We eat bananas. and hubby loves apples
Molly, that is so awesome that you don't :)
We don't either, Molly. Thursday, I felt like I was on a cooking vacay as I fixed a bag of Trader Joes frozen chicken fried rice for mom and Mr. Bea andfrozen chicken nuggets and salad for me.
no corn chips?
BTW, frozen chicken nuggets under the air fryer are sooo good! They are one of my secret obsessions.
sounds good to me bzz:)
NO corn chips!
LOL
what did you dip your nuggets in bzz?
Larry is so desperate for snack stuff, he's been eating cinnamon toast crunch dry.
I don't dip my nuggets.
i have some cereal i have been eating from the box too
bzz no bbq sauce?
My husband and i are junk food junkies
I have homemade bbq sauce, but don't want it on my nuggets.
I am trying to eat only enough to not crave anything. I am not getting enough exercise to burn off anything.
i love chicken nuggets dipped in bbq sauce!
or should i say that i can dip in bbq sauce but oddly enough i don't like bbq chicken lol
fe 5/20 not getting in r clue pls?
When we started this worm farm, we started with 10,000 red wigglers. They are not very big worms. only about an inch long. And of course they have mulitplied...
I have considered buying an air fryer. But I am already a candidate for Kitchen Appliances Anonymous, so I am trying not to contribute to my addiction.
fe5 fatale
conveniently bzz
ty hokie
my mom would die at the thought of a worm farm. she hates worms. her sister used to throw tobacco worms on her when they were working in the fields as kids.
worm sex at Bea's house.. (Pass it on)
Molly, my air fryer fits on top of my instant pot.
I am going back to digging through poop...20 left...
yes, bea, but it is so big it takes up as much space as another appliance!
not a worm person either
The instapot is one thing I have no desire to buy. An electric pasta maker though...I look at them on Amazon and then "just say no"
What did people do during the Corona Virus isolation? One woman in North Carolina, perpetuated worm sex. (Think of the headlines)
lol
well.. i'd guess the filming would be segmented
hmm, hard to continue a pun thread with worms
PE 5 clue pls?
try me hokie.. i'll unearth a ton of them :D
A Glow Worm is better all you need is batteries and you don't get your hands dirty
well, you're the master
what's the point total on that pe5, mlfan?
pe 5/18
sounds like what a cowboy would say to a nice looking cowgirl
THE PRESIDENT IS SPEAKING AGAIN!
lol ty ruru perfect clue
I knew that would make sense when I found it, thx
Hokie, I'm sure you could wiggle one in if you tried
MLF why are you shouting about the president?
I wouldn't you would be just digging yourself a hole.
informing is al
hi zooz
all
about time to rustle up some grub
we hooked another punner hi zooz
yep, he took the bait
Hello, Ruru!
who knew a worm-wood ilicit such puns?
still trying to inch my way across this grid
is op 5 a common word?
not commonly found in my list right now
what's the points?
duh, yes
am i helping you hokie//lol
think drug
op 5/16
op5 is a drug
or if you're a seinfeld fan, poppyseed muffins
ohhh ty ruru
what am I chopped liver? I said drug before ruru. ;-)
oh sorry didn't see you said it first lol
brb
can the po4 not be more so? no
but he does wear a pointy hat I've been told
not great with crowds in asia though :D
<---being one that is :D
true
states like wv and Kentucky are making more alcohol so that more had sanitizer can be made. I say just use bar and liquid soaps
some places people have been buying out the soap also i heard
i think kentucky can never make enough alcohol :D
yeah they used to say hand sanitizer was actually bad because it's making all the bacteria resistant
I thought that's what she meant at first, ru. KY bourbon
hurshy I have heard and read that it is better to use soap then hand sanitizer
Not sure off hand as to why but it is what I am using
stats for the U? anyone?
yeah, but someone on reddit posted their WM was out of soap, but in the craft section they had soap-making kits
Thank you hokie!
refereed a baseball game, ru
think baseball ru
sorry, um5
i typed that in before it didn't go.. weird
thank you
maybe you tried the phantom noun form
I'm honestly shocked enable considers that a word
i guess fi has to be in the grid for semper to work
PIMP by 50 cent is stuck in my head now and pimp isn't even in the grid. but I ke4 seeing it
I have em5 ending in r clue for the other one pls?
I did try semper earlier just in case
same word, diff cons. smith of the dallas cowboys
though maybe he spelled it differently
good clue hokie!
has a I I think?
maybe an i and 2 cons at the end
one of the few cowboys i actually liked
well, I grew up a cowboys fan, but he is certainly one of the best
yes two t's
agreed of all time loved him!
(points against hokie)
ha, just found ke5. wasn't sure it was a word without un.
seems to be a really good person too
lol
it was my older brother's fault
what we have here is a very happy cuddly cat
clue please hokie?
my oldest brother's team was the vikings though. not sure how I went cowboys, but we probably had more tv exposure to them
is that ke 5/22?
Hursh, I wish everyone could be as happy as your cats make you.
mlfan, I've already given too much away. and yes, ke5/22
diehard 9er fan from the beginning of time
wow, the beginning of time
i can't talk about happy cats
no, you should wish everyone were as happy as THIS CAT, lol. he is the picture of bliss.
its fine, dint see it but I did find the word on my own just wanted to make sure on the stats
Hokie, your without the un clue was just fine
I moved to CLT right after Panthers first season, so I've been Panthers since then
Oh sorry Ru. I didn't mean to bring up the trigger thing again.
when I first moved here I hated the Panthers
well, my dog is super happy all the time.
I'm confused. If you found the word, why did you need to make sure of the stats?
Ruru I am a Redskins fan
i didn't know if it was the same word molly
i feel sorry for Redskins fans.. their owner is an idiot
Ruru no arguments from me
A tiny idiot. We call him The LIttle Tyrant.
they should be competitve this year with RoN Rivera as the new coach
hoke are you disappointed about Cam Newton/
cam is going to the panthers .. you watch
ruru i was sad when he was released from the panthers but am so happy for him now too.
I still like him, but he certainly wasn't the same last year before he got hurt
sorry.. the patriots
Do they wear pink.
lol, I was like, why would he go to the panthers
He hadn't been the same in a while he also has a big head
ruru i hope he does
who zooz?
wonder where T Brady will go
he is already on another team
The panthers.
tampa bay hursh.. where have you been
he still gets a bad rap for things he did as a teenager. he did a lot of great things for sick kids, etc., here in CLT>
oh.. clever zooz
:-)
i have been ... um... home mostly
zooz uggh no i don't want tom brady on the panthers he is at Tampa Bay and now they believe they are going to the Super Bowl
why, yes, I have been living under a rock
hokie that is very true and seemed to love NC
we have a lot of patriot fans here in CLT since a high pop moved from up north, but I would hate it if he came here
Cam can be a jerk sometimes, but yes he's super kind to little kids and the fans
CLT?
I did not understand his wearing of babushkas at press conf.
very true ruru
charlotte maybe?
that is the airport code for charlotte, so that is how we abbreviate it here. get your mind out of the gutter as usual ru. ;-)
i need to go on record.. I HATE abbreviations
oh, you don't know all the airport codes in the country? :D
I see mattygroves using all the normal internet acronyms that I use and no one yells at her!
:D
I am not a big fan of abbreviations either. Go the extra distance and actually spell out the thing you are trying to convey.
but what if I am typing with one hand and want to shorten everything
I will do my best! Laugh out loud.
:P
rolling on the floor, zooz
i'm not on when matty is.. but i'd tell her the same thing
*Sends a "socially distant" hug to Zoom
((Molly))
rollig on the floor laughing my ass off
And 99% of the time, a person is not actually laughing out loud when they post it. Ha ha or that was funny is fine.
Depends on your sense of humor
anyone familiar with the military alphabet thingy? i am wondering if the L (Lima) is pronounced like the bean or like the capital of Peru
i'm getting one word every three minutes now.. ugh
sp 5/16, pls
Capital of Peru here, Hurshy.
I'm on a much slower pace than that, ruru. stuck at 32 left.
Peru, Hursh
peru!
bichon, it means to foam or froth
<---Military brat. Can also tell time in military style
thank you!
bichon, rhymes with a pl5 of smoke if that's helpful.
if I actually laughed out loud at something I will say "I literally just LOL'd"
If someone is laughing out loud every time they post LOL, I question their sense of humor
depend on subject i suppose?
hey, if there was an audible snort, then, that's laughing out loud, in a way...
i am not getting that sp word?
lima is the capital of peru
agreed hurshy
yes, we all know that, parker. it was already stated in the chat
sp + last three letters of a column of smoke, called a pl5
ch, don't understand your sp 5/16 clue, sorry
or s + first 3 of another word for mountain lion + vowel
i guess kenny rogers passed away
spstink
yep
:D
was it The Virus that got Kenny or Something Else?
ty carla
ty hokie
ruru yes at the age of 81
natural causes
hospice care
I read he was in hospice
a virus is a natural cause
waggoner had cancer
I assumed from the hospice that he had cancer or something
I think they would be making a big deal out of it if he died of COVID-19
probably true Molly
yeah probably
And I don't consider a virus a natural cause when it comes to cause of death
well it's a hecka lot more natural than a gunshot wound
yeah, I would call that a sudden illness
I mean technically it's from nature, but I think "natural causes" implies old age related things.
My favorite song of his was Ruby in 1967, when he was still considered more of a pop artist from his days with First Edition... he was considered a bit of a hippie by many of the country artists at the time. I liked his music.
♪You picked a fine time to leave us, Kenny R♫ He made a great contribution to the music scene. Off to the big show.
went to list with 32 left - off the bat I am mad at what I've missed
That is me ddne. Happy babbling everyone!
well done, zooz
so, like, if there's going to have to be a lot more social distancing for a long time, my grandmother is in a nursing home and is like 95 and visitors aren't allowed now and i'm wondering if any of us will ever see her alive again, because even if she doesn't get the virus, like, well, she's old, and this may make life more depressing not having visitors and stuff...
Bye Zoom. Blessings to you and your parents.
me 6/30, pls
Are you able to visit via Skype or Face Time? That might cheer her up.
true, hurshy. I'm sorry.
i don't know, i doubt the staff have time to facilitate a lot of calls and there's no way my grandma or most people her age can handle tech stuff like that themselves
bichon, not a large or small, or a psychic
hurshy, out here in Washington we have several nursing homes and assisted living places quarantined. Many of the family members are going and standing outside their loved one's window.
i am thinking the same thing in general hurshy
ty carla
np
ty hokie
i just hope all the factories get quickly moving - i heard that auto manufacturers said that they can start making ventilators - i hope lots of other companies will be doing that and things like masks and stuff for the health care people
my favorite was islands in the stream.. and i also really like what condition my condition was in. (especially in the big lebowski) :D
(country trivia) Barry Gibb from the BeeGees wrote Islands in the Stream
yeah, Islands has been stuck in my head most of the day, with a little coward of the county thrown in
true ruru and did it was a duet
did you steal that from when I posted it earlier, ru? (j/k - I know you don't read the chat archive)
i love The Gambler
And "Lady", though I liked it more when it first came out. I was working at a country-western station at the time, and it got WAY too much airplay, so I got tired of it.
no.. sorry hokie.. i don't read back.. so i just knew it actually
ah, Lady was a good one
yeah, it's good trivia ru - my mind was blown when I first learned that a few years ago
i gtg will be back..
barry gibb is one of the most successful songwriters in music history
i remember when i was bartending in Oregon and the jukebox would play "On the Road again" about 250 times a day.. i finally ripped the record out of the jukebox and threw it like a frisbee out of the bar
everytime someone would punch in Willy.. all they'd get was thump thump thump.. scratch.. thump thump thump it was necessary to save my sanity
YES! That was another that got way too much airplay, and I'm sorry to confess I was partly responsible for that. In my defense, the timing of the song was 2:30, which was perfect for backing into top of the hour or bottom of the hour news. There weren't many songs of that length, so it got more airplay from stations because of that.
Islands in the stream does not make a lick of sense
true.. but it's a lovely song
Ditto Dan Fogelberg's song Auld Lang Syne, which was much longer than most songs. It let me go to the bathroom, get coffee, etc ... Of course, most stations are automated these days.
can i interrupt the rogers love fest to list 7s and 8s and find out what the others are? i have: im7 ru7 so7 te8
so when you hear that song now .. do you have to head for the restroom CH ? :D
re 6/30, pls
ok.. everyone back to kitties
bichon: cure
LOL!!!!! Good one, ru. And probably true - I just didn't recognize the connection.
There are a lot of people who know that Barry Gibb wrote Islands In The Stream
it's weird because i hate most beegee songs
so, does anyone have the other 8 or my missing 7? :D
ty hurshy, fw
There are a lot of people who don't know that Neil Diamond wrote Red Red Wine, speaking of music writing trivia.
THAT i did not know
Everyone, Hurshy needs some attention : P
i only have two sevens.. no idea
i do have both 8's though
mk cool so what is the other one besides te8
re8/50
Neil Diamond wrote several songs that got more traction from other artists. Like "I'm A Believer". Everyone thinks The Monkees for that one.
thank you!
the only Neil Diamond song I like is Holly Holy
My favorite Neil Diamond song is Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show
Mine was Come Play Me. Beautiful melody and his tone was perfect.
made my lunch, what'd I miss?
there is a neil diamond song I like but I can't think of it right now with islands in the stream stuck in my head
be back later :)
I did know he wrote I'm a Believer but did not know about Red Red Wine
i can't find another word.. dammit
I have the ep6 bea clued earlier (ends in french sea) but can't find the other
Can you clue the re8 please, ruru?
Oh good, now I have Neil Diamond blasting. Good memories.
to set a rule (like a curfew) again
re8 to reassert yourself in a situation
if necessary, we should re8 a 20% tax on luxury goods
e + what the weasel goes + double vowel
I saw Neil Diamond in concert twice. He never did Red Red Wine. And then UB40 made it insanely popular.
thx, that was strange
esenatee
damn it
Hmmm. Still not getting the 8
re + oh, i hate to _______, but could i borrow a cup of sugar?
speaking of music, TIL (today I learned) what the pl of te5 is
Ohhhhh. Thanks Hurshy
8 left!
3 P, 2 R, 2 D, and 1 K
still have 25 here
well can anyone tell me the K i miss? i have two to do with retaining things, and two to do with neatness
I am missing one but on the list, hold please
ke4
I cannot find the Y, anyone want to clue it, please?
french military cap
monkeys helped. military cap not so much lol
Y = singular of an exclamation that people usually say plural
probably normally seen as yi5, player girl, like an interjection
Y rhymes with the fruit that's ready
Got, thanks Hurshy
Sometimes finding 4 letter words is a pain in the butt
well, i have found them all now, for today.
well done
the 4s i mean
i still need 3 fives, 2 sixes, and 1 seven
congrats hurshy
the fourth 7 is either a P or an R
but if it is R it is NOT re
oh, I have all 7s now, let me look
ru7, ro7
ok it is the RO7 that i need
hurshy my first de 4/6 ends in p can you tell m what the de 4/6 ends with that is right before or after that one pls?
got it!!
de4/6 means to judge, like i do not de4 it necessary to wear a mask at home
do you de4 that necessary?
ty hokie
now hurshy is chopped liver ;)
not to opie! opie values my cuddling services very highly
opie is in the grid
yes he is
i think he and fritz are about to throw down
two po words that rhyme with mr. lasorda
yeah, could've used that 3 min ago. those took me a while
lol sorry
This is interesting (From CNN)...Should I wear a face mask in public? Probably not. Masks keep germs in by preventing sick people from coughing or sneezing into the air. But they don't protect healthy people from coming into contact with those germs.
yeah, I had read that the other day
and the kind of masks that do prevent germs getting IN are desperately needed by hospitals
however, if you wear a bandana around your face it can at least help remind you not to touch your face, so that could be useful if you're mostly staying home but you go out to buy food or whatever.
true
it sounds like they think transmission is more from touching surfaces and then touching face than from direct germs in the air from a sick person
plus the CDC has said hospital workers can wear bandanas, etc. as a last resort, as it's better than nothing. I read a study yesterday that showed the efficacy of different fabrics. I keep seeing things about making your own or making some to donate, but it seems no one can agree on the best type to make and I don't even know if hospitals here are taking them.
the thing i saw in WA asking for volunteers to make them was giving the supplies to the volunteers of the medical grade material, but, they were also already out of kits
hi all, plunging in
yeah i saw a doctor commenting on that CDC advice and they were so freaked out because they are used to CDC advice being like... do these scientifically proven things and so forth, and this advice is like "the situation is that bad"
hey gwen!
not seeing the re6/30
nm
The bottom line is that it is a crap shoot. It depends on your age, your health status, who you come in contact with, how careful you are. All we can do is do our best.
yep
nbt woot
really seems out of our control
that was fast, gwen!
it *is* out of control.
my landlord is teetering on the brink of an aneurism doe to all the BS coming from the white house
I hope that as a result of all this, people will reconsider international travel.
so5? why can't I find this?
nm again
I swear, all I have to do is type it in the chat and then I see it
fw! so weird, last word te6 was pl. of te5 (music) that I commented on earlier that I didn't know the other was was the pl. I tried this then and it didn't take but now it did.
nbt woot
wtg hokie !!!!!!!!
thanks
... got all the 't's ... even the past tense for the 8
Worms successfully moved...20 words left.
11 to go, losing my edge
clue for pe5/18 please.
pe5 sounds like a word a cowboy would say about a lovely woman
pe5 (go up to the right and then straight down)
Oh my gosh. Thank you so much. I tried everything but that. That was my final word.
Congrats, granny.
stuck on the re6/30
wtg grannyg !!!!!!!!
... a cure
Thanks, dos.
TYVM dos!
Thank you all.
why can I never see teh pretzel words??
uno
fw
my effin stomach is in knots because of the effin BS all over the television from the effin white house bozo. that is all
... be like a man and learn to use the remote to change the channel
anyone got any good jokes to share?
yeah, but when the landlord is watching tv i can still sometimes hear it!
rume
Do you know why a duck has feathers?
do tell
To cover his butt quack.
good one LOL
that was perfect, thanks
=)
bye y'all
Good luck with the knots
re5/22, please?
to get a new way to get through a locked door
Shoot! rekey.
or re + the guy who wrote star spangled banner
Well hell!
Drinks for Bea in the PB
LOL! Thanks ru and Molly. Make it a double...
bea has to do the mescal shot with the worm in it
Drink! Drink! Drink!
ein prosit, ein prosit...
Day 67 of social distancing...Time to wash my hands...See you all tomorrow...
has anyone noticed there are three synonyms for excrement in this grid?
It's scatalogical
indeed.
if you ccount plural, four.
wait - make that FIVE
animals, count, too!
we have kiddie, animal, yiddish and french crap.
just back from long walk - pollen count high, i can hardly breath- this with two allergy meds,
.. for those who are looking ... second ep6/24 .... it's in the french version of O Canada ... never seen it or heard of it in English though
hi all. help with the U pls
... to have been behind the plate in a baseball game
ty dose
Enjoying your new fridge, Peri?
r
Indeed wht, r
Hello Molly. Moving the conversation along, s.
Good for you, wht. How is the wht family doing in these weird times?
Everyone is fine. I had a new grandson in early February.
Did you turn in the old one?
ðŸ˜
This was our fourth. I am not ready to turn any of them in. :^)
I would love to chat but I have to go and pick up dinner. Getting takeout to keep our favorite restaurants afloat.
Good for you
Yay for a new wht family grandson.
And thanks for mentioning that wht. Folks, if you want your favorite restaurants to stay in business, order from them while they have to be closed.
cooee from me. haven't been able to login until now.any news on Ruby please?
Hi rose - I know she was online yesterday.
thanx ori.
merde
:D not right now GR.. people are hording toilet paper
lol ruru
sorry
i am surrounded by grandies by proxy. little fingers distracting me...loll
besides, if you come over here, we have toilet paper
dipt
nooo again sorry
re 8 pls?
*slaps forehead* nevermind!
my new fridge is very nice.
help with me6 pls
Someone who leads a seance, peri
ty origami
peke
pb for me.
Thank you, mixi - I needed that one :D
fw
ugh
apparently to some people in my neighborhood, a pandemic = time to set off fireworks!
help with the Y?
Yi 4/7 Harry
ty orig
hi all. any clues for the E top row?
ek 4
ty got it.
need clues and stats for any 7s or 8s. ty
do not have any yet.
ty anyway
One is past tense of te6/24: "to moderate or mitigate" or "to soften or tone down".
ty my first 8
yw
the other is re8
not pt or pl
ty looking
got it ty
got that re 8! ty
i just got a im 6/7
I have an so 4, 6, and 7 set to do with Campbell's from a can - so 4, then past, then more so
(if you're still looking for 7's, haha)
Mmmm good clues
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