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142 2,885
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160 2,382
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162 2,355
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166 2,286
167 2,281
168 2,254
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178 2,009
179 2,002
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181 1,980
182 1,978
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186 1,962
187 1,959
188 1,941
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190 1,898
191 1,896
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193 1,894
194 1,889
195 1,878
196 1,856
197 1,854
198 1,840
199 1,828
200 1,826
201 1,820
202 1,807
203 1,800
204 1,793
205 1,792
206 1,789
207 1,787
208 1,776
209 1,770
210 1,764
211 1,758
212 1,750
213 1,744
214 1,738
215 1,732
216 1,731
217 1,730
218 1,729
219 1,714
220 1,707
221 1,701
222 1,688
223 1,680
224 1,680
225 1,666
226 1,665
227 1,661
228 1,658
229 1,655
230 1,652
231 1,645
232 1,642
233 1,635
234 1,627
235 1,617
236 1,609
237 1,607
238 1,602
239 1,588
240 1,587
241 1,586
242 1,582
243 1,579
244 1,576
245 1,574
246 1,549
247 1,546
248 1,541
249 1,539
250 1,538
251 1,537
252 1,534
253 1,527
254 1,526
255 1,526
256 1,523
257 1,519
258 1,507
259 1,502
260 1,499
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263 1,495
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266 1,489
267 1,483
268 1,476
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279 1,435
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281 1,423
282 1,420
283 1,418
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286 1,403
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296 1,367
297 1,362
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299 1,354
300 1,353
301 1,353
302 1,344
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304 1,335
305 1,330
306 1,318
307 1,317
308 1,311
309 1,308
310 1,284
311 1,282
312 1,278
313 1,275
314 1,274
315 1,272
316 1,269
317 1,267
318 1,263
319 1,250
320 1,249
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323 1,241
324 1,236
325 1,233
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328 1,228
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330 1,220
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341 1,196
342 1,194
343 1,187
344 1,182
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347 1,179
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349 1,170
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351 1,165
352 1,163
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355 1,151
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362 1,139
363 1,138
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365 1,120
366 1,111
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368 1,105
369 1,104
370 1,103
371 1,101
372 1,101
373 1,100
374 1,100
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376 1,091
377 1,090
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380 1,077
381 1,077
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383 1,071
384 1,063
385 1,061
386 1,060
387 1,051
388 1,048
389 1,048
390 1,046
391 1,044
392 1,044
393 1,041
394 1,040
395 1,040
396 1,031
397 1,019
398 1,014
399 1,010
400 1,008
401 1,006
402 1,002
403 1,002
404 1,001
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406 993
407 990
408 990
409 984
410 983
411 970
412 970
413 969
414 968
415 968
416 967
417 965
418 965
419 963
420 956
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423 930
424 930
425 929
426 928
427 928
428 926
429 916
430 913
431 912
432 910
433 910
434 907
435 896
436 890
437 890
438 888
439 879
440 875
441 869
442 868
443 864
444 864
445 862
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447 851
448 849
449 844
450 843
451 841
452 829
453 828
454 827
455 817
456 816
457 805
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459 797
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462 790
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464 784
465 783
466 782
467 782
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470 760
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475 727
476 713
477 710
478 709
479 700
480 695
481 686
482 685
483 672
484 670
485 666
486 664
487 639
488 639
489 634
490 634
491 627
492 621
493 616
494 615
495 613
496 610
497 610
498 606
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500 600
501 597
502 597
503 595
504 590
505 585
506 583
507 581
508 580
509 580
510 576
511 575
512 564
513 562
514 558
515 555
516 551
517 546
518 546
519 545
520 542
521 538
522 538
523 535
524 534
525 530
526 529
527 527
528 525
529 520
530 518
531 517
532 515
533 514
534 512
535 511
536 501
537 501
538 496
539 493
540 484
541 484
542 472
543 471
544 469
545 465
546 464
547 464
548 464
549 457
550 456
551 451
552 446
553 445
554 441
555 432
556 426
557 424
558 415
559 411
560 404
561 402
562 400
563 399
564 395
565 385
566 382
567 375
568 375
569 369
570 367
571 364
572 363
573 352
574 348
575 348
576 346
577 344
578 339
579 337
580 336
581 336
582 330
583 319
584 313
585 304
586 303
587 279
588 242
589 234
590 232
591 221
592 219
593 202
594 189
595 185
596 177
597 164
598 162
599 161
600 120
601 94
602 93
603 89
604 83
605 42
606 33
607 32
608 17
609 16

216 total words

12:00 am

flip

12:01 am

le8

12:02 am

flip

12:03 am

le7

12:03 am

mi8

12:03 am

soory la 7

12:03 am

mi9

12:06 am

found a snake

12:07 am

hello everyone

12:07 am

Um8

12:07 am

hi nan

12:08 am

la7

12:08 am

Sorry that should bevun8.

12:08 am

you can't catch a break can you sue? :D

12:09 am

I think I might go away and start again!

Clues are up

12:19 am

thank you lickety!

12:19 am

tend

12:28 am

goodnight all - stay safe

12:32 am

NBT/NTS going to sleep here. Best to all.

12:36 am

ll 5... straight down

12:38 am

Thank you!

12:42 am

Top row gray. Ty diz

1:12 am

how is adding -ed to sp5/14 not allowed?

1:14 am

i tried it to jshap. i am sure it is a word but the word list hasn't been updated for some time.

1:16 am

just got no 7 if not called yet

1:16 am

now that is a made up word if i ever saw one.

1:30 am

FWs

Morning all! There should be a more recent pic of Tilly as my pic now....

4:30 am

Oh how cute she is.

It's slightly stretched, despite me taking care to shrink the photo, dammit. Ah well

4:42 am

It must feel like torture to be unable to go see her.

4:59 am

Matty, she's adorable :-)

Thanks. I miss her (and my daughter) terribly

5:53 am

who would have thought such a mean grid with mean letters would hide so many words?47 s's? 29 m's?24 p's? Dont think I'll get far with this!!

5:58 am

And add an S to every word.

6:00 am

I agree with the no7 dizgranny . If you cant do the last 4

6:00 am

letters how can you add the first 311

6:15 am

good morning all. I can't find my glasses!

6:16 am

Uh, oh, I would be in big trouble walking around the house.

6:17 am

... let's see ... were you reading when you fell asleep? ... did you have a bath or shower? ... did you get up in the night and take them down to the kitchen? .... ... my favorite places to lose my glasses

6:19 am

I have retraced my steps. I am sure they will turn up at some point.

6:20 am

I don't wear them to read or use the computer unless I am watching a movie which I wasn

6:20 am

was not

6:21 am

Mr. B loses his glasses hourly

6:21 am

Haha, bichon.

6:21 am

oh dear, I am not that bad

6:22 am

did you mom get my card yet Scrabbs?

6:22 am

Yes, she did. She received it yesterday. Thank you so much. She has gotten 24 cards so far. I had to explain who Periwinkle was.

6:23 am

I am so glad!!

6:23 am

He used to wear progressive. After cataract surgary, he has 3 pairs. More to lose

6:28 am

I must get ready for work. Enjoy the day.

6:44 am

no luck yet. I cannot drive without them :(

7:18 am

Peri, have you checked on top of your head? : D

7:19 am

LOL! I was going to say the same. That's wear mine are if not on my face.

7:19 am

where

7:20 am

halfway, NBT and NBS - time for breakfast

7:20 am

I know someone who keeps her glasses on one of those around the neck things. Then she forgets they are there and starts looking for them.

7:25 am

haha, I did check on the top of my head

7:26 am

Update: glasses found. I save plastic bags from bread and put them in another plastic bag which hangs on a knob of a cabinet door in the kitchen

7:28 am

I guess I placed my glasses on the counter while I washed the dishes. When I wiped the counter the glasses fell into the bag. Thankfully the bag was pretty full and there they were sitting on top of the plastic bags.

7:28 am

I had just announced "I give up" when I turned and saw them there

7:28 am

That's what you get for being so neat and tidy. : D

7:29 am

neat and tidy sometimes. place needs moping and vacumming again but I do not feel like doing it

7:30 am

and living room is cluttered but that is ok with me. I will announce when I clean again :)

7:30 am

seems like a tough grid bbl

7:30 am

LOL! Please do.

7:31 am

I do the best I can. Every time I vacuum, something gets tracked in from outside. Every time I mop, something gets spilled on the floor. It is a vicious cycle.

7:31 am

hahaha Bea. I know you and Judi and Molly will be on pins and needles til I do

7:31 am

byee

7:33 am

Stay Tuned For Another Episode of: What Has Peri Cleaned Now?

7:34 am

=)

7:40 am

gee that 8/9 were really hard:)

7:57 am

share, pls, mlf

8:00 am

mi8.70 and mi9.90

thanks Bea :-)

8:02 am

similar to the un 8

8:02 am

I don't have the un 8, help, pls

8:03 am

not verbal

ooh, just found le8 in my first tile. morning, y'all

8:03 am

The bigs were easy ons today.

8:03 am

ones

8:04 am

Painting all done, Carla?

yep, just need to hang the pictures back up

8:06 am

cherlyq, no verbal?

something that is not said

8:07 am

yeah think like its a un8

8:08 am

sorry un 8 taboo to do something

8:08 am

got it, ty cherlyq

8:08 am

yw

8:21 am

hokie do you like the color you chose now that's its dried?

si 7/32 please?

8:23 am

hi luv

hi MLF

8:24 am

Incorrectly spell the naval officers, luv.

8:24 am

siadmiral

8:25 am

Close, but no cigar...=)

thanks Bea, I thought I had tried that

LOL Harry

8:26 am

yw

no 7/48 please?

8:28 am

ah just got the si.

8:28 am

not getting the si

8:28 am

I would have clued a german telecom company, but I'm a geek.

yeah that's why I thought I typed that because my hubby used to work for that company

8:30 am

Clue, harry?

8:30 am

hi une

8:30 am

hah!

8:31 am

incorrect spelling of a naval officer for the si word

8:31 am

une - here's a raunchier clue - grossly misspell a nighttime emission

of naval officers

8:31 am

plural that is

anyone have a clue for no 7/48?

8:33 am

Thanks!! LOL

8:34 am

still looking for it

nm found it on a to z for fireworks

8:34 am

yay lwg

ty Harry

any clues needed?

8:34 am

wtg

8:34 am

Harry gets today's clue award : D

8:34 am

Clue, Luv?

8:34 am

LWV: change the vowel at the end of a term that describes a tire that doesn't slip on a wet surface... arggh, too slow

8:35 am

luv how about one for the word you just got?

8:35 am

and I

no 7/48 sounds like shoes that don't slip on floors

change the vowel

8:35 am

ty luv

8:36 am

luv any other clue for the si word?

yw MLF

8:36 am

85 to go. gonna go get coffee.

take the se 6/21 word and add a vowel

8:37 am

will work on the si6 ty luv

si is what combines with an egg to make a baby, plural

well it contains what combines with an egg

8:39 am

yeah sperm isn't in the grid

what is sperm contained in?

8:41 am

they look for it at a crime scene on csi Mlfan

8:42 am

Molly, are you pouring the shots today?

8:44 am

I have opened some extra bottles Bea. It's going to be a long one.

8:44 am

ty luv and cherly

8:45 am

yw

8:45 am

Teeth pulled

8:45 am

well you need to go to the dentist to have that fixed

yw MLF

8:47 am

Indeed

8:48 am

I had four pulled earlier this year, not fun but i feel alot better now that it is behind me

8:49 am

Yes, it is a difficult and slow process

8:49 am

I had teeth pulled years ago and yes it wasn't fun

8:57 am

bye all time for work

hello again, was hiding while I did the first pass. 71 left. feels like I should have found more.

proper noun alert - name that 70s heartthrob in the grid!

9:04 am

anson?

nope. if you're referring to potsie, anson williams, was he ever a heartthrob?

9:05 am

not to me but some might have thought so lol

9:05 am

ohhh leif

9:06 am

howdilly doo, y'all.

ding ding ding

howdy judi

9:06 am

Morning! And re Potsie - he was the Jr High & High School girls...

9:06 am

yeah he sure was hokie!

9:06 am

hi judi

9:06 am

And Leif.. ahh the beautiful surfer boy. LOL

9:07 am

Opps. Sorry

interesting, cad, about potsie and the younger girls. well, joanie did have that crush on him.

9:07 am

last I saw of him he was bald

yeah, he's not so heartthrob now, but we all get older and less attractive :D

9:08 am

lg that is

not saying bald guys are less attractive!

but he's a little heavier too

9:09 am

Leif looked more like a girl, I thought.

9:09 am

some guys get better looking with age

9:09 am

judi very true but not uncommon for the 70s with long haired guys

9:09 am

I'm basing that on my friends and their siblings at the time. Personally, I was more of a Leif fan.. he has not aged well, but, drugs will do that to you. I think he's a yearish older than I am

well, I was a little too young to think he was cute back in the 70s,

9:10 am

I don't mean his hair was long. His facial features were finer - more girlish (at the time).

9:11 am

I grew up in San Diego - he was a total Southern CA hottie, LOL.

9:11 am

cad yeah drugs didn't help him much but he could be a llot worse looking because of them

9:11 am

I gtg will be back..

9:12 am

Yes, he could be MLFAN, guess it's also a lack of self care...

I wish leif was a word. need 3 L's from that top one to finish the whole top row.

what do I clean the floors with? lemop

9:15 am

Do you have the ll, Car;a?

no, thought about it briefly, bea, but then moved on when it wasn't llama

9:16 am

Carla...

I think llama is the extent of the LL words I know. what is the stat?

9:17 am

ll5.10

9:17 am

just go down the column... ;o)

9:17 am

What is it about women who like guys who look like girls?

nm, found it

9:17 am

just go south

9:18 am

Do you have the citrus fruits?

geez, I got it, people ;)

did not have the pl of the fruit. still couldn't see it but just typed it anyway.

9:19 am

There is an S in the bottom row...=)

I know, it was hiding

because I can't go backwards and all

9:20 am

Ve6/27?

9:20 am

I hat it when that happens...

add your smeller, une

9:20 am

hate it too

9:21 am

It's as plain as that, Une.

9:21 am

Thanks!!

funny how n4 + what you do with it is in the grid

so, just one LL?

9:22 am

Yes, just one.

9:23 am

Is that top L not grey?

no, still one. and I have the 6/8

9:23 am

Do you have the 7 that goes with that?

oh, you mean the one that uses that darn s? no, thx. top row gray!

9:24 am

=)

can't find any of the 1st col n, are those "not" words?

9:26 am

N + semi-precious stone and plural

thx, those seem stupid :D

9:26 am

There is a no7.48

botany of course

9:27 am

CActus

9:27 am

and NA4/5

I could've sworn I had na4/5. must've just thought about it.

9:28 am

We have a large cluster of those cactus in one corner of our yard.

9:28 am

They are in bloom now.

finally monkeyed the no7, thx

9:31 am

hello...fo6?

9:32 am

discord fo6

9:32 am

to start a plot, a revolution

thx

9:33 am

phae's asking made me find it...happens a lot i find...

9:33 am

ty

same, that's how I got the ve6, but this was too twisty for me

9:34 am

good morning everyone :)

9:34 am

bbl for last 45 - hi and bye all - have a great day and stay safe

9:35 am

Cluster of Cactus sounds like the name of a band.

9:35 am

morning, nan....

9:35 am

The question of the day...What is for dinner tonight? I am so tired of answering that question.

9:35 am

do they have a thorn section in the band?

9:35 am

wonder what kind of music they would play....

9:36 am

Features the prickolo

9:36 am

They would play salsa and merengue.

sounds like a nightmare. my cousin lived in AZ for a while and we visited when we went to Grand Canyon. right before we got there, her husband was riding his bike and a bee flew under his sunglasses and stung him between the eyes. he wrecked and fell into a cactus and had things stuck all in him.

9:37 am

LOL BzznBea. Salmon and salad here (Mediterranean w/ melon and cucumber)

9:37 am

meals are much easier now that the warm weather is here -- some kind of cold meats and a couple of salads -- love it when I can do most of the work ahead of time :)

the EMTs had to give him morphine to transport him to the hospital while they started picking them out

9:38 am

Oh, poor guy!

9:38 am

Bea, it's time to start ordering out and give yourself a break.

bea, we had breakfast for supper last night. always a hit here.

9:39 am

I know, Molly.

bea, do you think you can guess my two missing a's?

9:40 am

We have biscuits and sausage gravy a lot with fried potatoes.

9:40 am

i made the Chez Panisse Barley salad yesterday and have leftovers

9:40 am

I'd have to go get milk...

well, thanks, ru, but doesn't sound gluten free so I'm out

9:40 am

as5.18

9:40 am

Left row and bottom row blacked out. Time for a break. Probably won't finish this one. 64 left.

9:41 am

hokie do you have to be gluten free?

do not have that one, looking now

yes, mlfan, celiac disease

9:41 am

what is in it beside barley, ru?

9:41 am

Growing up, breakfast for dinner was considered a treat by my sister and I!

9:41 am

LOL! Where have you been all this time, MLF. She always talks about being GF.

9:41 am

yes

yes, I thought it was established ;)

you all are always showing off your ability to eat delicious foods and not have your body turn against you

found the as5! thx

9:43 am

parseley, cherry tomatoes, shallots, barley, cucumbers, sugar peas

9:43 am

it must be challenging carla

9:44 am

that sounds like something I would eat and like. will look it up, ty ru

9:44 am

Carla mentions the gluten free thing almost every day.

9:44 am

Your other A is probably an4

9:45 am

I don't see the as5

it certainly is annoying. I had been reading in the last couple of years about a company working on a vaccine and getting close. of course that was moderna, who has a covid vaccine in trials. but I'd rather have that first. :D

9:45 am

me either peri

9:45 am

I am making potato salad with the potatoes I bought at the farmers market

9:45 am

I am not awake yet

molly mentions everything she finds annoying about me almost every day :P

9:46 am

It doesn't get much better than potato salad with fresh potatoes.

no bea, I have an4

9:46 am

I love the farmers market wish there were more venders

9:47 am

do you have as 4/8?

I love potato salad, but mayo based ones

9:47 am

asking carla...

yes, and as4/5

9:47 am

The rest are all common words, Carla.

9:47 am

ty pen just got a as5

9:47 am

20

9:47 am

do you have four al 4/4 words?

found it, pl that shouldn't be one

9:49 am

*Waits for everyone to scramble for the fourth al*

9:49 am

LOL, we're so transparent

lol

9:50 am

well I don't have it lol

FYI - there are only 3

9:50 am

=)

FYI = for your information

9:50 am

thank god

9:50 am

ah, yes....sorry for the confusion...

9:51 am

time for me to give this a rest....bbl to find my last 46....bye all.....

9:51 am

you had me looking for another one :)

yes, going to hang pictures now. BBL for last 50.

9:52 am

now i gotta get to 40 damn it

decided I should eat some breakfast. 48 now. trying to find one L from the lower one. is there a weird one?

10:00 am

I'm al4 only missing one from that L, and one from the upper as well

10:00 am

nm. found it

10:01 am

wtg

10:01 am

HH, there is an LL word from top and I can tell you what my missing one from lower is if you want

10:01 am

why can't sp5/14 have a past tense???

10:01 am

ah got the LL ty.

10:01 am

what was your missing?

10:02 am

dog with tv show

10:02 am

got that. thanks anyway :)

10:02 am

excellent question, dtins

10:02 am

... sp5/14 a twitch ... usually sudden ... usuually muscular

10:03 am

do you have past tense of thing a cowboy does, HH?

10:03 am

yup

10:03 am

barbecued

10:03 am

yes, dos, they weren't looking for a clue but were wondering why that can't be past tense

10:03 am

duh

10:03 am

I didn't have the shortened dog. scottish girl that is

10:04 am

ah, it's often an easy one we overlook ;)

10:06 am

oh, just noticed I just need 1 P. that's unusual. normally there are a lot of weird ones I can't find.

10:06 am

found it!

10:06 am

My last was the weird spelling of the Muslim place of worship and its plural.

10:07 am

ty for those :)

10:07 am

last P or last word of all?

10:07 am

Last for FW.

10:07 am

oh, I get it. guess I didn't have. so fireworks for you. well done.

10:08 am

yeah, I still have 9 M's

10:08 am

still 73 to go here :)

10:08 am

Now I just have to figure out how to tell 150 people on FB about a card shower for my mom without her knowing...

10:08 am

made it to 40. now ru will have to get to 30. :D

10:09 am

can't you make an event and invite them and it only shows for them?

10:09 am

i don't think that' is going to happen today homie

10:09 am

card shower? either this is a shower with cards, which won't get her very clean, or a shower for cards, which will make them all soggy

10:09 am

either way doesn't sound like a good time

10:10 am

yeah.. she'll end up all hallmarked up

10:10 am

It is her 80th birthday. Since we can't have a party, I thought this would be a nice way to help her celebrate.

10:10 am

ooh! good one ru! 5 points

10:11 am

OK. I googled card shower. Its a very nice idea.

10:11 am

happy birthday to her! my dad turned 80 in Feb. 1940 was a good year.

10:12 am

lollollol -- I always have the news turned on at this time of day --- I bet you guys didn't know that the white house bunker has to be inspected by the pres. several ties a month and that he needs his wife and son with him to do it!!!

10:13 am

I read that as he turned 80 in 1940, Carla. =)

10:13 am

Damn Bea, your Mom is only 80. She must have had you very young.

10:13 am

sorry, he was born then

10:13 am

She was just barely 18.

10:14 am

wow

10:14 am

I can relate. I had my oldest ten days before I turned 21.

10:14 am

my oldest sister was born when my mom was 19

10:15 am

You should get one of those yard signs like 2Bit got for his girl.

10:15 am

ty dose

10:16 am

That's a thought, Molly. I need to ask her what cake she wants with her homemade ice cream.

10:16 am

yeah, my mom was a few months shy of 21 with my brother. but her mom was 30 when she had her first kid and my dad had a brother 20 years older, so his parents were like 40 when they had him. so all my grandparents were really old.

10:16 am

... my record was having a discussion with a girl in a Grade 10 math class about how to get you 2 year old to go to sleep ... ... she was just short of 14 when her baby was born ...

10:17 am

yikes

10:17 am

was R Kelly the father?

10:18 am

lol ru

10:18 am

i am 80 and my oldest is 62

10:18 am

my mom is going to be 80 this year

10:19 am

dose yikes

10:19 am

how old were you when you met his father SM?

10:19 am

10:19 am

mosk

10:20 am

My mom would have been 104 this year. I was the baby of the family.

10:20 am

I keep telling myself that 80 is the new 60 -- hope I will be able to believe that soon

10:20 am

cyber sometimes I think my mom forgets how old she is

10:20 am

i am the baby of the family ..hello origami:)

10:20 am

a good friend of ours just turned 80. His oldest is 19.

10:21 am

jeezus

10:21 am

it's easy to do, mlf, on a day that you are feeling well with lots of energy

10:21 am

a late bloomer :)

10:21 am

true cyber

10:22 am

what are the odds of that harry?

10:22 am

well, my dad is every bit of 80 and more with the parkinson's. it's very sad. he used to be so active.

10:23 am

... My father-in-laws mother had her first son fight in the Boer War; her third in WWI and her eleventh in WWII.

10:23 am

i wouldn't want kids this late in life no way

10:24 am

11th?

10:24 am

when I was 50 or so, a good friend had twins. His first. I couldnt imagine getting up all night at that point. But he loved it.

10:24 am

mr. homie is one of 11 kids. I think they were born over a span of 20 years

10:24 am

i guess she got a bang out of wartime

10:24 am

ouch

10:25 am

:D

10:25 am

that's quite a span dos

10:25 am

My father in law was the 11th of 13. At his funeral my wife had two cousins show up who were older than her father.

10:26 am

First kid at 17 ... last at 54

10:26 am

unreal

10:26 am

i don't understand having so many children so unbelivable to me

10:27 am

my first cousins on my dad's side are same generation as him. his mom had one at 20 and then another at 37, then my dad at 40.

10:27 am

truly amazing - 37 years apart.

10:27 am

all with the same man?

10:28 am

I don't either, ru. mr. homie says his mom liked the attention of having a baby. once they get older the older sisters had to take care of the younger kids.

10:28 am

...a very good Catholic gentleman

10:28 am

so full siblings, 37 years apart. wow.

10:29 am

... but it wasn't that uncommon ... my own grandmother was pregnant or dealing with a child under the age of one from December 1923 through 1941

10:30 am

agreed, it used to be more the norm. that's why it's so weird that mr. homie is one of 11. that was 1963 - 1984.

10:31 am

but it's even still going on because I used to be in a lot of sewing groups on FB and there are plenty of women in there with 5+ kids, some have 8-13. and everyone's like, oh, that's so awesome! I'm not sure I agree.

10:32 am

whew.. i read that as swing groups at first

10:32 am

well, it's possible I typed that

10:33 am

nope, sewing - and these are like clothes sewing groups, so these women make matching clothes for their 10 kids.

10:33 am

I had a student in 2003 who was the 16th of 17

10:34 am

Duggar? (I think that was their name)

10:34 am

... I have a friend who is oldest of 10 ... the first six (there's a pair of twins in there) all have birthdays in November ... her father was working on the D.E.W. and got a month off each year in February ... .... six kids in five years as a defacto single mom ... not my idea of a fun tine

10:35 am

okay, have run over my breakfast break time. need to get busy. BBL for last 38!

10:35 am

when my sister stopped after two kids and it had been a few years, my grandma - mother of 9 - said to her, "looks like you have something figured out that i didn't"

10:36 am

heh

10:36 am

... agreed ... the city is replacing my driveway which they dug up to replace the sewers last year ... it stinks around here just now ...

10:37 am

we had our 5 in 7.5 years.

10:37 am

like ripping off a bandaid :)

10:37 am

it's so disappointing when something you were sure you remembered being a babblet, isn't a word after all

10:37 am

wow.. this is really amazing to read

10:38 am

You have to remember that women in the 50's and early 60's did not have access to reliable contraception like they do now

10:39 am

yeah. and my grandma wasn't one to talk to doctors about virtually anything anyway.

10:39 am

I feel sorry for women who had no access to contraception and had to endure pregnancy after pregnancyh

10:39 am

but so4! what light from yonder window breaks?

10:39 am

I feel sorry for the ones whose husbands didn't think that contraception was their responsibility

10:40 am

and let's not forget that childbirth has historically been the #1 KILLER of women.

10:41 am

It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon

10:42 am

hey, my nature name is in the grid today :D

10:43 am

no 7 please?

10:44 am

Your nature name?

10:44 am

no7 not on the weekly lineup

10:45 am

nan: like antislip tires, just change the final vowel

10:45 am

last year i had to go to science camp with my students and we each chose a nature name

10:46 am

puck?

10:46 am

that sk4 is what i thought was a babblet and then it wasn't!

10:46 am

snow tires?

10:47 am

don't know of another name for them

10:47 am

Or shoes that won't slip on wet surfaces

10:47 am

think soles of shoes for a factory floor. they don't slide.

10:48 am

ah -- ty harry

10:48 am

non tread?

10:48 am

yes tread :)

10:48 am

lots of tread

10:48 am

I don't think anyone wants non-tread tires

10:49 am

don't know what that has to do with na

10:49 am

it doesn't, it's NO

10:49 am

no7

10:51 am

mmmph -- can't believe I missed the sa 8 until now

10:51 am

hmmm

10:52 am

finally, ty Harry

10:52 am

:)

10:53 am

searching for sa8 now.

10:53 am

me too

10:53 am

you might get a new car out of it the sa8

10:54 am

ty ru :)

10:54 am

8s done.

10:54 am

ahh

10:54 am

I was sure it was some kind of bastardization of salmon :)

10:55 am

or salmon with salsa or something. wow I'm making my self hungry

10:58 am

wow, for a wonder, Ps aren't that hard today. just easily found all but one

10:58 am

time for breakfast :)

11:00 am

still missing 5

11:00 am

i'm missing 5 p's too

11:00 am

all the ones i have are 4s and 5s except for an old hillbilly sounding word for the group of all those children people used to have

11:01 am

same here

11:01 am

so, just keep trying 4s and 5s :D

11:01 am

yup - found another :)

11:02 am

and another

11:03 am

ok. just missing one p now :)

11:03 am

p

11:03 am

p's are done

11:04 am

i have 4 left

11:04 am

p words

11:04 am

The Latin for here and there was my last one

11:05 am

name that proper noun! town in both Mass. and Ore.

11:05 am

salem

11:05 am

as 5/18 clue pls?

11:05 am

ding ding ding!!!

11:06 am

I was going to guess, but was afraid the prize would be being burned at the stake.

11:07 am

*looks at the A on molly's forehead*

11:07 am

that town is much better known for having one of the first recreational pot shops

11:08 am

Which reminds of of the typo of the week. One of my field guys wrote that he steaked out a job site. I wonder if he got a baked potato and salad with that.

11:08 am

Medium rare, please!

11:08 am

hi champ

11:08 am

Good morning!

11:09 am

did you give him a ribeye ... er i mean ribbing molly?

11:09 am

Harry, I don't want to break your little doobie loving heart, but I think Salem is most widely know for the witch trials.

11:10 am

as 5/18 clue pls?

11:10 am

inquire of Mr. Guinness, perhaps, MLFAN

11:10 am

I need it to Mlf...

11:10 am

my doobie-loving heart :)

11:11 am

i think that's the 5/20/

11:11 am

Earlier in the year, we had a CEO of the State Construction board use "job sight" in one of her emails. Not one of her peon subordinates caught that before it went out.

11:11 am

no, 5/20, you inquired of anybody at all

11:11 am

Same first three as the 5/20...

11:12 am

got it

11:12 am

5/20 would be inquire of a talking horse

11:12 am

Hee hee!

11:13 am

what is it about millenials that they can't edit or spell

11:13 am

their programs don't check for context, so they just bleep over it.

11:13 am

Or more likely, they don't take the time.

11:13 am

plenty of older people can't either

11:14 am

I'll take it from the run of the mill employee, but a CEO is supposed to have underlings to proof and prevent things like that

11:14 am

i meant millennials :D

11:15 am

i'm just shocked reading typos and poor editing on several sports sites it's incredible to me

11:16 am

having to pay someone to edit probably just isn't something companies are willing to do in these profit-driven times...

11:16 am

phantom: sonnet

11:17 am

Almost all CEO's have at least one (if not more) executive assistants. It is their job to prevent stuff like that from going out. And this email went to a LOT of people.

11:18 am

Vs Vanquished!

11:21 am

No7/48 please?

11:21 am

uh-oh, here we go again

11:22 am

Sorry.....

11:22 am

down to 50. gotta go grade some tests.

11:22 am

not your fault lol

11:25 am

people were talking about tires that don't do a certain thing when you hit the brakes - only, change the vowel in it.

11:28 am

Thanks!!

11:28 am

well will you look at that. you got it!

11:30 am

Woohoo!

11:32 am

Right off the first clue too. Victory!

11:33 am

Reminds me of the good old days when clues were clever and people didn't need **** and hump letters : D

11:33 am

you mean STOP????? !!!! I don't get it !!!!!!! ??????

11:33 am

:D just kidding

11:33 am

the se and si 7's have me stumped -- any clues please?

11:34 am

se7 is to be sort of in good shape

11:34 am

oooh i am trying to get more S words this is good

11:34 am

the si7 will have you saying ohm

11:35 am

Si7. Ro*** the Riveter + not girls

11:36 am

thank you both

11:36 am

Yw

11:36 am

what's wrong with hump letters ? :D

11:36 am

i have short sleeps and that infamous no7, what else can i get from the left N?

11:37 am

No5. No + buddy

11:37 am

And plural

11:37 am

thank you! Ns Navigated!

11:38 am

ty ru and uni

11:39 am

90% done!

11:44 am

Ru, nothing is wrong with hump letters. But I refrain from saying "roundy letter" lest it get "roundy" people riled up.

11:44 am

Ts Toppled!

11:46 am

better than stick letters I guess

11:47 am

You could have some fun with double hump letters and chair letters

11:50 am

passed 200 words!

11:51 am

got to go run some errands.. have fun all

11:51 am

bye ru

11:53 am

weird Kn words - rhyme with a stinging bee-like creature

11:55 am

*!*~*!* a lot of new "words" today

11:56 am

cnan, can you help with sa6 & 7 combo? (i assume combo that is)

11:57 am

si 7/32, pls

11:57 am

morning all

11:58 am

we had it the other day - native american married man that uses double consonant

11:58 am

oh yeah, thanks, good thing we had it recently or i wouldn't know it, lol

11:58 am

si 7 sounds like an american catalogue store

11:59 am

Or an appliance manufacturer

11:59 am

ty nan, matty

11:59 am

me neither hurshy

12:00 pm

yw bichon

12:00 pm

hagd everyone

12:06 pm

To misstearweus: I rarely post in this space, but I want to thank you for sharing your comments yesterday. I was moved to tears to hear your experiences. I am so sorry that this is what you have to put up with daily. Your stories help to personalize the injustice that people live with daily in this country.

12:10 pm

Second that

12:10 pm

agreed. it's crazy to me that someone would call the cops on a woman in jogging clothes sitting down on the curb instead of asking if she needs help. I'm sorry that happens.

12:10 pm

also, I share your love of athletic clothing. :D

12:11 pm

Living in CT makes it difficult for me to comprehend

12:11 pm

I live in the south and it isn't any easier

12:17 pm

... heavens, it happened in Regina last night ... a city of 200,000 ... provincial capital of Saskatchewan (north of the Dakotas and Montana) ... a guy parks in his own driveway, takes stuff out of the back of his car, takes it into his house (oh yeah, he's black) ... neighbour posts something about "lock your doors" and calls the cops ...

12:17 pm

... shameful

12:17 pm

wow

12:18 pm

is it pronounced with a long i? I believe I've heard of the city

12:18 pm

... yes

12:19 pm

... that's where the remaining set of Roughriders plays football ...

12:20 pm

... there only are two, Regina and Saskatoon ( with apologies to Prince Albert)

12:24 pm

ghardest grid I have done in a long time

12:25 pm

hardest even

12:26 pm

... I prefer ghardest ... makes it seem so much rougher ...

12:26 pm

lol

12:34 pm

well I've got every tile down to 5 or fewer words remaining...it is a bit ghard this one

12:36 pm

... very true ... have a bunch of greyed tiles but thill two which are only half done ... listed at 75%

12:36 pm

wouldn't an electronically generated mimosa be a simosa?

12:37 pm

.... seems like sound reasoning ... but reasoning and meaning come from two different pladces

12:37 pm

:)

12:37 pm

i can't even make up any words that work

12:37 pm

thanks for the quick strange matter explanation yesterday dos

12:38 pm

lol! my mimosas are blooming right now

12:38 pm

54 left here

12:41 pm

... I'd been reading popular science things on my phone late at night and there was one about that topic the previous evening ... ... but if you want information on physics you've should ask uusue ... she has a PhD. in the stuff and is very good at providing elementary level explanations of very difficult concepts

12:42 pm

What the areas that is interesting to me about it is that there's a theory that it could "infect" ordinary matter and in the process convert it to more strange matter

12:43 pm

... only if you were inside a neutron star ... and if you were there ... you wouldn't really care about anything anyways ...

12:49 pm

40!

12:50 pm

that's it for me. be back later to list.

12:50 pm

yeah, I decided to cancel my vacation to a neutron star

12:50 pm

hi all. any clues for the 9 or 8s? ty clues and stats please.

12:50 pm

nons

12:50 pm

oops sorry

12:51 pm

... sa8/45 .... guys who persuade you to buy stuff

12:51 pm

mi 9/90

12:51 pm

think about saying something mk...that'll get you two 8s and a 9

12:51 pm

... unh7/8 .... to have not talked

12:52 pm

tx for my last 8 dos

12:52 pm

... le4/6/8 ... not as much as ... a class ... to have taken a class

12:53 pm

same for/from me, dos

12:53 pm

te 6/21, pls

12:53 pm

. .. had to pay moolingwa back for my last 8 and the 9

12:54 pm

:)

12:54 pm

te6/7 comes up fairly frequently

12:54 pm

trying to think how to clue it...kinda sounds like a spanish uncle's cooking utensil

12:57 pm

ty mool

12:57 pm

yw

12:58 pm

not getting the 9 for un word. confused. i know the term not to speak as un and then a 6. so i have two 8s. but i dont see a 9

12:59 pm

unspokens

12:59 pm

oops sorry

12:59 pm

the 9 is not an u

12:59 pm

mi 9/90

12:59 pm

okay, gotta get on a call...38 to go

1:00 pm

oh ok. so not sure . dont have mi words other than some 4s, 5 and a six

1:00 pm

... not having talked correctly

1:02 pm

got the 9! ty ty ty

down to 26 here. must find more before moo gets off his call. :D

have found all but 2 4's. they must be k's or something

1:09 pm

14 4s left for me

still need 6 m's but everything else is getting close

1:10 pm

4 M's left for me

1:10 pm

Drinks on the boat

is that a hint?

1:12 pm

... it's certainly a fine suggestion!

is that similar to drinks on the house?

1:13 pm

drinks on the house? *holds out glass*

doesn't jimmy buffet have a song about boat drinks?

1:19 pm

... he has songs about drinks from just about anywhere

ah yes, the boys in the band ordered boat drinks

1:21 pm

there is a word I learned from babble connected to this. . . zarf?

1:21 pm

Drinks on the boat is from Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead. I'll have drinks on the boat with Andy Garcia anytime.

I'm not familiar with zarf

1:21 pm

JMC can go on about zarf for hours

1:22 pm

I'm not picky. Drinks is fine

1:22 pm

zarf, zerk, zlote, zyzzyva...all good z words :)

1:22 pm

IS that the word Molly? I thought I would never forget!!

1:22 pm

Yes, it is your ornamental drinking cup

1:23 pm

did i miss a z in the grid???????

just keep looking

1:23 pm

No?????????

1:23 pm

yep it wasn't showing up in my dictionary and had a momentary panic

1:23 pm

it's in the 6th column mk, clear as day

1:23 pm

no mkg it is related to drinks on the boat.

1:24 pm

lol moolingwa

1:24 pm

... but if zyzzyva was in the middle of the grid would there be room for any other words? ....

1:24 pm

some of these 4s I was missing were pretty obvious

1:24 pm

I would love to find out

1:24 pm

... then obviously you need a drink on a boat

yeah, I didn't even have so4 until I saw hurshy doing romeo & juliet

1:24 pm

A zarf is a holder for drinking cups on boats attached to the wall so they swing and don't spill. The are also the filligree holders you sometimes see around coffee or tea cups.

1:25 pm

how about one in a hot air balloon, we have plenty of them out here

1:25 pm

absolutely dose.

1:25 pm

any clues for the i words top row i? ty

1:25 pm

AND it is also defined as an annoying male. . . .

1:26 pm

small land is one mk

1:26 pm

they have them in hotair balloons too i suspect

1:26 pm

the other is belief systems

well, 25 may actually be my limit today. gotta go. ttfn

1:26 pm

got it. ty

1:26 pm

or doctrines per the official def

1:26 pm

shutting up now so molls dosn't complain. . .

1:26 pm

ty got both.

1:28 pm

bye hokie

1:28 pm

yw

1:28 pm

People REALLY need to stop using FU as an abbreviation for follow up. Because when I read "FU email to A Scarano to obtain the cost letter" I DO NOT think follow up.

1:28 pm

not the first thing that comes to mind for me either

1:28 pm

agree as to FU.

1:28 pm

hahaha

1:28 pm

LOL!

1:28 pm

but makes for some amusing reading

1:29 pm

... Frowned upon?

1:30 pm

fun ubiquity

1:30 pm

... ah yes

1:31 pm

not sure I've ever seen ubiquity in babble or scrabble or any of the word games I've played to be honest

1:31 pm

I think you really have to be out there like Pluto not to see how bad that abbreviation looks. And God forbid it ever go out in an email and get misinterpreted.

1:31 pm

ubiquity is not ubiquitous

1:34 pm

Fresno University

1:35 pm

I remember the first time I went to the Senate and saw all their trashcans marked: SOB

1:35 pm

First Union...though they don't exist anymore

1:35 pm

always amused me that the Philadelphia Flyers played at the FU Center

1:36 pm

It is like when the computer tells me that what I have printed has gone to the MFP (main frame printer) Main Frame is not what my mind comes up with

1:36 pm

Oh no, it is PERFECT that the Flyers play at FU Center. The Eagles should play there too.

1:44 pm

Well it's now the WF Center

1:45 pm

Not the WTF Center?

1:46 pm

I've been to a fair number of stadiums around the country, but Philly is it's own special place for some obnoxious fans

1:50 pm

phantom today: spanokopita

2:36 pm

yes. I have a Bachelor of Music. Bad abbreviation.

2:39 pm

That one should really be BOM. Of course Bachelor of Science isn't very good either.

2:41 pm

I always use B. Mus. then those that have the education degreed are bemused.

2:41 pm

Brings to mind an old joke about BS, MS & PhD.

Piled High and Deep!

I've never known anyone else who knew that joke - I don't even tell it any more!

2:42 pm

BS - we know

2:42 pm

MS More of the same

2:42 pm

PhD= Piled higher and deeper

2:44 pm

The college I went to at one time was a university. Woo. U.

2:52 pm

The one I went to was originally QIT and changed to QUT, so I QUIT

2:54 pm

it is now COW.

2:54 pm

heh

2:56 pm

I got to cut my hubby's hair today. I won't let him cut mine.

2:57 pm

I let my wife cut mine, would not be confident enough to cut hers

2:58 pm

I've cut his since we got married, but he only lets me get near it a few times a year. Before we got married, he went to a barber once a year.

2:58 pm

once a year, yoicks

3:02 pm

he has really nice curls.

3:05 pm

no7,48?

3:07 pm

don't have it

3:08 pm

need help with k words I only have 3

3:09 pm

have 5 now

3:09 pm

kn5/6 sounds similar to those bee like stinging insects. Change vowell

3:09 pm

ty mixi

3:10 pm

and the pl

3:11 pm

*stole clue from someone earlier.

4:35 pm

Un6 please?

4:35 pm

sorry Une I have no UN words at all. :(

4:37 pm

Ok tx :-)

4:41 pm

good things happening in Tn Monday night

4:48 pm

un + Clark, Superman's alter ego

4:49 pm

thank you Molls

4:49 pm

nbt

4:49 pm

And what a surprise...NOT...it's a Scot word

4:49 pm

haha

4:50 pm

This game is like Brigadoon sometimes

4:51 pm

Tx molly

4:52 pm

Thank you America for finally protecting democracy and pushing against T---p

4:53 pm

We are the laughingstock of the world

4:54 pm

Prtoet our constitutional right to assemble, free speech.

4:56 pm

posse

4:56 pm

nuts

5:12 pm

Americans have been protecting democracy since the 1700's. And we are not the laughingstock of the world. Otherwise people would not immigrate here in droves.

5:15 pm

In reference to our president and the standards of what a president represents, akazev might be right. I feel like we are a laughing stock of the world :(

5:16 pm

But, for now, he is still our president, and we have to respect him. We can oppose him, but all respectfully.

5:18 pm

i respect the office of the presidency, but not that asshole

5:19 pm

I would have to agree ruru lol... Im sure there is something good he has done, but nothing that is hugely noted in my book.

5:20 pm

Its hard for me to look past when he was just running for office and the racist and chauvinistic comments he would make.

5:21 pm

But he is our president, and whether we like it or not, he is what is representing our country to the world.

Hello again. Went to a nursery earlier and almost died of heat stroke with a mask on in the greenhouse part. But you’ll be glad to know (or sorry!) I made it. Now relaxing by the pool. Still have 24 words to find.

5:23 pm

85 here, and i have to severely limit myself to how long I wear those masks, more than half hour and I feel like I am ready to pass out lol

5:24 pm

Hi folks

85 here right now too

Howdy, ori

5:25 pm

It's stinking hot here also hokie.

Looks like kn5/6 mentioned in the chat are my missing 2 k’s but I have no idea about stinging bee like insects

Weather channel app says 87 feels like 91

Only 52% humidity so we got that going for us

5:27 pm

104 here.

5:28 pm

Humidity is only 16% so there is that :D

Yeah, but it’s a dry heat, right? ;)

Ha! Great minds

5:29 pm

Yes, like a blast furnace is dry heat :D

I went to Vegas before in July and it was like 105. I do actually prefer that than this.

5:32 pm

Respect the president or not. That is anyone's choice. But disrespect for this country and the people who fought, and still fight, to keep for what it is, bothers me. The men and women who serve to defend this country deserve that respect.

5:32 pm

I am not a fan of humidity. Actually, I don't do well in hot weather. I grew up in the SF Bay Area so anything over 85 is much too hot for me.

We went to SF once in Oct and it was hot, but next time I went was July and we froze.

Yes, Molly, he may be charged with running the country but he doesn’t represent the many fine folks here.

5:34 pm

Sep/Oct are the warmest months in SF and in much of the nearby coast.

5:35 pm

The big interior valley starts to cool off so it doesn't suck in the marine layer like it does in the summer.

Ori, my son doesn’t do well in the heat either, and his spring soccer season just restarted yesterday with guideline, etc. he chose not to finish the season which is fine with me. I’m sure there will be kids passing out with facemasks on playing soccer in this heat/humidity

We also drove up to Crescent City after SF in July on that trip and still laugh about how it appears to be 50 and foggy every day of the year.

5:38 pm

I can't imagine playing sports with a mask on.

5:38 pm

It's like that in Crescent City. I have never been there when it was warm.

Well, it said you have to arrive and leave with one on but they are encouraging them to wear them during practice. That does not make any sense to me, if you aren’t going to wear one during practice, why put one on to get in your car?

For now they are just practicing in their own little squares, but too hot for that IMO

5:41 pm

I think it is ridiculous to require kids to play soccer with masks on.

Well, I guess I’ll go make supper and come back later to list.

Yeah, do any of the kids actually want to play that badly?

My son didn’t :D

I’m sure they just don’t want to have to do refunds

5:43 pm

I am somewhat amused that the whole "mask enforcement" thing came along months after the virus was real and closing things down.

They did do a $350 refund but said they would apply as a credit for next year. My son is aging out though so we are supposed to get a check.

Yeah, they dropped the ball on the whole mask thing from the beginning

I know some don’t believe they do anything, but some protection has to be better than no protection at all

5:47 pm

We now have signs in my office building telling us where to stand outside the elevator, where to stand inside the elevator, what stairways to use to go up, what stairways to use to go down, how to wash our hands. I laugh all day.

5:49 pm

I think the masks were a scheme to make people feel safe to go outside their homes again. its really only a preventive measure if all parties are wearing them. But If half are and half aren't- it really does no justice.

5:49 pm

the mask is worn to protect your germs from other people, not to keep their germs out

5:50 pm

the rules are so crazy now because covid 19 is still very much active, but so many people are anxious to get out of their homes. Its like damned if you do, damned if you dont

5:52 pm

I got used to masks when I spent some time in Hong Kong during the SARS epidemic. Hong Kong is hot and humid most of the year, so masks got damp pretty quick. Like others, I always had a spare or two in my purse or pocket to swap out for my soggy one.

5:52 pm

Also, hand sanitizer was everywhere then, and my hands got really chapped from all the washing and alchol-based sanitizer.

5:53 pm

i bet!

5:53 pm

It is really not too much of an imposition to ask people to keep distance and wash hands frequently (and some people need reminding all the time). Masks should be worn on public transport IMHO where distance can be a problem. If these are the only way we have to keep the spread down - what's the big deal

5:54 pm

I agree, lynxxx, it's part of being a part of a community where everyone takes care of everyone else. This idea seems to have been lost in the US, though.

5:55 pm

in certain parts of the US jan.. not everywhere

5:56 pm

It baffles me that people are encouraged to make these changes to keep the disease at bay, but people still question it.

5:56 pm

It baffles me that people are encouraged to make these changes to keep the disease at bay, but people still question it.

5:57 pm

good evening! I see we are on a bigger run now...

5:57 pm

No, you're right, it isn't everywhere. Our neighbors have been terrific--we had one neighbor diagnosed with COVID 19 several weeks back, and the neighborhood blockwatch sprung into action to help take care of his wife, who is in her eighties with Alzheimers.

5:57 pm

i'm sure all the protesting is going to cause a big spike in infections

5:57 pm

Unfortunately so.

5:57 pm

I think it already has caused a spike. I live near Cleveland, and our numbers have jumped a lot.

5:58 pm

I haven't done an outside shopping run since early March, but I am thinking it may be now or never, given that.

5:59 pm

It's probably too early to see an increase from the demonstrations yet, but the increased socializing during Memorial Day weekend is probably the source of any current spike.

6:00 pm

That could be true. it takes a while for the tests to come back, and even for symptoms to show.

6:00 pm

If they show at all!

6:00 pm

it would be a good idea for all of them to isolate for 2 weeks, for many of them it will take that long to figure out how to set up the TV's they've stolen

6:01 pm

I have done outside shopping, with a mask on, and a small list of items. In and out as quickly as possible. The trips are far and few between, and early in the morning, due to how uncomfortable I feel with the mask. I wear it, but I don't like it lol

6:01 pm

Around here the looting was more destructive than larcenous. Mostly clothing and mostly thrwon into the streets...

6:02 pm

You are right! the contagion is not from sick people that are showing any signs... its from sick people that show no signs and go about their business like nothing is happening

6:02 pm

i wear a mask in all stores and now at restaurants that are open here. not at the table, but walking through the patios (most dining is outside here right now) but for the most part I"ve stayed home for months

6:03 pm

My daughter came over yesterday - for the first time in 6 weeks - and we still kept distance between us. It was so lovely to see her

6:03 pm

By me, it was a combo of looting and vandalizing businesses. Our downtown area was hit hard, and has been closed down all week because of it. A second protest happened yesterday, at a nearby police station and was peaceful.

6:03 pm

Yeah, I remember my last outing was March 9th, and I was a nervous wreck the whole time. Of course, I am in Seattle, which at that time was Ground Zero for the US.

6:03 pm

you should have invited old BR to brunch Lynxx :D

6:05 pm

I have ordered from door dash, but have not gone to any public dining places as of yet. I am waiting to see how the numbers spike first, plus we never really ate out a lot before anyways.

6:06 pm

spal spal

6:06 pm

I thought maybe it would take if I tried it twice.

6:06 pm

And good evening.

6:07 pm

We have been ordering groceries for no-contact delivery every ten days or so. I'm nearly out of milk and eggs, so will probably make another order in the next day or so.

6:07 pm

*Waits to see if any Italian football club fans know what wht means

6:07 pm

just got the un 7/ 8 combo!

6:07 pm

down to 60 words

6:08 pm

Groceries for no-contact delivery. Yet someone shopped your groceries, and you have no idea how "sterile" they have kept. It is all a crap shoot.

6:08 pm

I haven't even gotten 60 words! 38 for me

6:08 pm

I don't know what wht would mean to Italian football fans.

6:09 pm

I still dont have the 9 and only one 8 as of yet

6:09 pm

If they were English Football fans I would guess something likes Watford Hates Tottenham.

6:14 pm

Molly, that's true. We bring in the perishables and leave them untouched in the fridge for a couple days. The non-perishables get stored untouched in the basement pantry. And, of course, we handwash after handling. The current medical advice is that surface contact is probably not a meaningful source of transmission. But, given my husband's immunocompromised condition, we take no chances. Wwe leave our mail in the basement untouched for a few days, too. Of course, these days it's nothing but junk mail and bills, anyway, so no worries!

6:15 pm

mi8 is to say something incorrectly and the 9 is to have done that yesterday.

6:15 pm

I'm lucky to have colleagues in the public health school who keep me abreast of the current science on COVID 19.

6:18 pm

Wow Jan. I can't imagine taking that kind of time to keep things sterile. That seems like it would take up the entire day. I don't know how people "get back to normal" if that is their defense line.

6:20 pm

It's really no problem. Since we only get groceries every ten days or so, it takes maybe ten minutes to get things put away in a safe manner. What has been more of a problem is dealing with my husband's chemo during this time. For awhile, it was cancelled entirely.

6:22 pm

missle

6:25 pm

that's about 4 of those now aka.. you can go to the PB for the rest of the day :D

6:25 pm

that no7.48 is a bit of a stretch

6:25 pm

Well, that one wasn't a word, fortunately

6:25 pm

Jan, I am sorry you have to deal with chemotherapy treatments during all this. My sister (now cancer free, yay!) was going through that last year. I am so glad she is beyond it with all this going on. Best wishes to your husband.

hello lyn

6:26 pm

....waving to Owl in the back of the room

6:27 pm

Thanks, Molly. We had just gotten to the point where we'd come to terms with dealing with it when the COVID situation escalated out of control. Still, we are lucky, having good health insurance and good advice on how to cope.

lost my tree in the derecho today. now under a severe thunderstorm warning and there are signs of rotation on radar.

6:28 pm

derecho?

6:28 pm

Mi8?

heading to the powder room. i swear, everything except locuts.

6:28 pm

Scary, TO!!

6:29 pm

mi8 words said incorrectly

6:29 pm

Thanks!

no warning on iphone. ironically, storm moving along the route of protesters/looted area.

still have power, many friends do not.

6:33 pm

A derecho is a fast moving line of severe storms.

oh man, sky is black! storm already racing over the river.

i am just nervous that the huge limb in theyard will blow into the slider.

6:34 pm

From the little Spanish I know, I would guess they must come from the right. :^)

i think it means straight

6:35 pm

True wht. Used to just be called a fast moving line of severe storms. Now we need a "trendy" name for it. : D

meteorology

6:37 pm

Well, I need to leave for a Zoom call. Will have to come back for my last 71.

6:38 pm

Zoom now rules the world.

6:38 pm

You have somewhere safe to go Owl?

6:39 pm

So, who bought stock in Zoom back in February?

6:39 pm

The lucky, newly rich.

6:40 pm

Certainly that! Sadly, that number doesn'

6:40 pm

i bought Zoom stock

6:40 pm

the canny ones....sold stock in airlines and bought Zoom

6:42 pm

Bye all...and keep safe - especially Owl

6:42 pm

i paid about 208 a share

6:49 pm

*Not a Zoom user...doesn't get the 208 joke

6:50 pm

When people flock to something like Zoom, I move in the other direction

6:52 pm

Same with using phrases like "reach out". Is that ever going to end? Can't we go back to "contacting" people?

6:52 pm

Zoom is better than Skype in quality, but all of these online meeting systems are a poor substitute for in-person communication.

6:53 pm

i'll be attending a zoom happy hour shortly. :)

6:53 pm

Well, at least that sounds like fun!

6:54 pm

Could I please get a clue for the sa 6?

6:55 pm

I have a two day--eight hour a day--Zoom meeting scheduled in a couple of weeks. Dread is already building...

6:55 pm

I enjoy being on Zoom at least once a day. I teach two classes a week. I take classes on it. I socialize (happy hour). Hold board meetings/committee meetings. It does not replace being together but it will have to do for now

6:56 pm

I will have to teach on Zoom in August--two large 100 plus person classes, plus discussion sessions and online office hours. I am not looking forward to it...

6:57 pm

What do you teach, jan?

6:57 pm

Law, and linguistics.

6:58 pm

Ah

7:01 pm

Found that s6

7:13 pm

yo

7:14 pm

hello all...

7:14 pm

Hello!

7:14 pm

Hi pen, phan

7:14 pm

And welcome, Hod.

7:15 pm

Thanks!

7:16 pm

I just had a little nap. Woke up to a whole lot of J's in my add word box....

7:16 pm

And Hod - missed your "yo"

7:16 pm

thankfully you didn't roll over onto the add button

7:17 pm

right?

7:18 pm

So wait...you can nap and words magically appear in your word list? I am so living the wrong life.

7:18 pm

Just buy a cat and it will happen for you, too!

7:19 pm

No. I had the add word box full of the letter J it went on for miles...

7:20 pm

defi

7:20 pm

Oh good because I am SO not a cat person

7:20 pm

Argh!!! Sorry...(slinks off to the PB)

7:22 pm

I'm not either, but we 'hosted' a neighbor's cat for a few weeks. It decided that my laptop keyboard was a warm place to take a nap.

7:22 pm

I'm not a cat person either. But I always seem to have one. Cats love me. Go figure.

7:22 pm

I have 2 cats

7:22 pm

Wait, no wine in the penalty box?? When did that happen?

7:23 pm

*Pours Jan a healthy dose of wine

7:24 pm

Much obliged...

7:25 pm

This is why I am not a cat person. They think they can "be" wherever they want to.

7:25 pm

I would have a glass, but it will just put me back to sleep..

7:25 pm

The cabana boys haven't been around for a long time. So is no one stocking the PB?

7:25 pm

Yup. I once say a T-shirt that read, "Dogs have owners. Cats jhave staff."

7:25 pm

I found out it is going to cost me $4500 to replace my water heater. Apparently nothing is up to code in the closet it is in and they have to do a lot of work before installing the new one.

7:26 pm

bummer, ori....

7:26 pm

The cabana boys are not lovers of mask wearing. They went on strike.

7:26 pm

Oh, no! Can you get a second opinion? Sometimes a code work-around can be found.

7:27 pm

Dogs tell you that you are the most wonderful human to ever walk the earth. Cats tell you the world would be a better place without you.

7:27 pm

Let me see what I have in the cellar. I think maybe a nice Italian red would be nice.

7:27 pm

I thought about that, jan, but I would rather have it up to code as I may be selling in a couple of years.

7:28 pm

are the un 6s and 7 "real" words?....

7:28 pm

Well, don't forget to put in your sales blurb something about the fully-upgraded and up-to-date water heater!

7:29 pm

Yes, pen, they're normal words (for once!)

7:29 pm

Indeed!

7:29 pm

ty....didn't want to rattle my brain for nothing....

7:30 pm

Okay, I'm off to fix dinner. (I warned you all you would regret putting wifi in the penalty box...)

7:31 pm

Are you going to use the le6 from the grid to make your dinner?

7:35 pm

The s's are endless.

7:36 pm

yes....i have 5 left and two of them are sp 7 words....

7:39 pm

3 left - 2 4 letter words and a 5 letter one.

I broke down and went to the list. struggling with monkeying this kn5/6.

7:40 pm

I just hit half way

7:42 pm

i just have three UN words left...

7:44 pm

You didn't see the kn5/6 clues about sounding like stinging bees?

I saw the clue but couldn't figure out what stinging bees, but I have an idea now - mascot of Emory & Henry College. Trying now.

that's it

7:47 pm

Congratulations, hokie

no, that was it for those 2 words, I still have 14 left. LOL

7:48 pm

I have 97...

7:48 pm

Retracts praise

well, I've been in and out all day here!

thank you, premature praise

7:51 pm

Premature exclamation

good one, I was waiting for you to come in

7:52 pm

can't find my last word....first UN 6?

don't have but will look

7:53 pm

ty...

7:53 pm

It's a lot like the second one, pen

actually, I might have but it's not in my list. guess I need to refresh

7:54 pm

ty....i am done....

7:54 pm

Congratulations, pen

well done

7:55 pm

good job Pen. I am quitting... good night...

good night.

7:55 pm

ty....goodnight, phan....

I am looking for those last two sp7 that someone was talking about. are these real words?

7:56 pm

i guess some of us have bigger vocabularies than others.....i don't think I have ever seen two of those UN words and they weren't in the dictionary....

got one!

not a regular word

7:56 pm

I hadn't heard them before hokie.

7:57 pm

the other is the same except for last two letters...

7:57 pm

i am talking about the SP words...

got it, thx

7:57 pm

yw.....heading out....goodnight all....

good night. down to 3 here.

all v's, not seeing them. guessing they are not regular words. guess I will look them up.

8:02 pm

sp7, ending with mr gore means relating to marriage, spousal. sp7 ending with not off means a projection on the side of a boat, seaplane, or a ship.

8:03 pm

carla, ve5, think snake

yep, just found it by looking it up. thanks though.

8:04 pm

ve4, to do a trade with money

finished. hold your applause please, ori. :D

8:04 pm

WTG HOKIE CARLA !!

I was missing vi5 and the snake ve5/6

thanks!

8:05 pm

Well done, hokie

8:06 pm

btw, hellooo carla and origami. how are you both doing?

8:08 pm

Hi granny - doing well, thank you. And you?

8:11 pm

ori, marvelously well. the new med, PEA, is working miracles. for the first time in years i feel cold. my body is feeling 'normal'.

pretty good, thanks, how are you doing? (okay, I see your answer. glad you are feeling normal!)

what time is it where you are?

8:12 pm

Good deal, granny!

what day is it where you are?

8:14 pm

its 11am Friday

8:14 pm

hubby has just fixed my stereo and i am enjoying neil diamond's Melody Road.

wow. wish I knew what day and time it is here ;)

8:15 pm

lolll.... carla.... why the confusion?

8:16 pm

Don't you mean Thursday, granny?

8:16 pm

hello! here to finish up last 40

8:16 pm

rofloll... yup ...it's Thursday... now who's confused ??

8:16 pm

listing

8:16 pm

Hi there, harry.

8:17 pm

hey HH. nice to see you on the Babble FB site.

8:17 pm

ah yes I've joined the new millenium

I was thinking you were only a day ahead so then I started questioning myself

8:17 pm

social media and all that

8:17 pm

sorry carla

I never knew there was a Babble FB group

8:18 pm

Let's do The Time Warp Again .... :D

8:18 pm

ROFLOLLL

8:19 pm

not doing no pelvic thrust around here.

8:19 pm

Probably prudent, harry

that song is stuck in my head now, thx

8:19 pm

spoil sport HH. i'd love to see that

8:19 pm

oh no you wouldn't

you don't want to break something

8:20 pm

same here carla. thanx ori. i have neil diamond playing and let's do the time warp in my head.

8:20 pm

cracklin' rosie!

8:20 pm

who, carla? HH or me?

8:21 pm

Ha, hokie :D

8:21 pm

oh very nice HH..... reminds me to put on some moisturiser

8:23 pm

the sun is out for the first time in days. i am going out to enjoy it. good day/eve to all. lovely to chat. xox

8:24 pm

bye rose

8:25 pm

See you on WWF granny

see you later, granny

8:26 pm

2 left

8:33 pm

Finished at last! See you folks

woot woot! well done. good night!

8:47 pm

done! good night!

9:02 pm

May I please have a clue for un6-36? Thanks

9:23 pm

still need one peach?

9:24 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the no7,48?

I could use the clue for un6, please?

9:25 pm

nm. Just found it.

9:26 pm

un + Babble player cosdem

9:27 pm

his last name I mean. Sorry

9:27 pm

I need a clue for the no 7 though, please

9:27 pm

hi. san francisco here, 36 minutes to curfew. lucky this is a huge residence, almost 3/4 of a block square, 14 stories. So we have an inside/outdoor patio in the middle. If it weren't so windy i would go and sit out and read there.... but the wind is rising to 24mph. Too much for me but not for some stubborn ping-pong players. Mom and sons try to play while dad chases the balls.

9:28 pm

oh, well. back to the game - 42 left.

9:29 pm

no7 It won't let you slip but change the last vowel.

don't know who condemn is, sorry

9:31 pm

how about un + Scottish for "know" + consonant times 2

9:32 pm

I hope you are all able to chat with each other. if you are, i can't figure out how. nice to see your graphics and funny baby heads though.

9:33 pm

or Barbie

9:33 pm

or Barbies husband if you don't know the Scottish word

9:33 pm

I am a terrible cluer

9:34 pm

un6/33 is un + Superman's alter ego; 6/36 change the last letter

9:34 pm

THANK YOU JESSMOM!

9:34 pm

yw :)

9:37 pm

clue for the si7 please

9:40 pm

... same as the german electrical equipment company ... ... sounds like guys who go in boats on the ocean

9:41 pm

ty dos.

9:41 pm

Hello to my fellow babblers!How is everyone doing today

9:41 pm

By the way,congratulations to all the finishers!Way to go!

9:41 pm

Down to my last 11 Min. And in general doing well.

9:42 pm

Go wht go!

9:50 pm

Fireworks. This grid has some very strange words in it.

9:53 pm

... and done ... may I offer any clues for anyone? ...

9:56 pm

... ah well then ... a pleasant good night and good luck to all who continue the struggle ....

10:55 pm

wow. found the 9 all on my own.

10:59 pm

Sa6 please

11:09 pm

I have without a short rest for SA6, approximately

11:09 pm

er, not a short rest. hm. with out a procedure rather

11:10 pm

sometimes spelled with a U in the second syllable.

11:19 pm

What??

11:19 pm

Hi Uneaixoise! How are you donig? Welcome to the grid.

11:19 pm

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

11:21 pm

Is sa7 the plural of sa6?

11:21 pm

hello, minver, nice to see you.

11:22 pm

yes, it is

11:22 pm

thank you or that, Une

11:23 pm

Got it!

11:36 pm

Fw!!!

11:40 pm

Congratulations Uneaixoise on your fireworks!Way to go!

11:46 pm

Good Evening.

11:53 pm

Hello Nef!How are you doing today? Welcome to the grid

11:58 pm

Any guesses for the next grid size?My guess is 216 words.

11:58 pm

333

11:59 pm

168

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