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179 2,400
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182 2,383
183 2,371
184 2,340
185 2,340
186 2,336
187 2,335
188 2,325
189 2,323
190 2,312
191 2,300
192 2,291
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194 2,271
195 2,227
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203 2,176
204 2,173
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209 2,122
210 2,122
211 2,111
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214 2,096
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219 2,046
220 2,040
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223 2,007
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226 1,973
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246 1,879
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258 1,836
259 1,834
260 1,798
261 1,794
262 1,794
263 1,786
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265 1,761
266 1,724
267 1,717
268 1,715
269 1,713
270 1,711
271 1,706
272 1,703
273 1,703
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276 1,689
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278 1,687
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300 1,580
301 1,575
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305 1,567
306 1,565
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308 1,563
309 1,559
310 1,557
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314 1,547
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356 1,373
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366 1,346
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369 1,323
370 1,318
371 1,316
372 1,315
373 1,299
374 1,288
375 1,281
376 1,278
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378 1,266
379 1,265
380 1,263
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382 1,250
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384 1,244
385 1,242
386 1,239
387 1,233
388 1,232
389 1,227
390 1,226
391 1,221
392 1,216
393 1,212
394 1,211
395 1,208
396 1,192
397 1,181
398 1,153
399 1,138
400 1,133
401 1,122
402 1,121
403 1,099
404 1,091
405 1,088
406 1,088
407 1,084
408 1,078
409 1,073
410 1,070
411 1,060
412 1,057
413 1,052
414 1,043
415 1,040
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417 1,002
418 1,000
419 997
420 996
421 993
422 985
423 979
424 975
425 971
426 969
427 968
428 967
429 950
430 949
431 945
432 944
433 942
434 941
435 938
436 937
437 934
438 926
439 925
440 922
441 915
442 906
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445 896
446 892
447 891
448 881
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450 874
451 870
452 866
453 862
454 852
455 844
456 841
457 841
458 840
459 824
460 819
461 815
462 808
463 797
464 790
465 789
466 789
467 783
468 782
469 771
470 753
471 748
472 738
473 735
474 732
475 731
476 728
477 724
478 724
479 718
480 716
481 705
482 699
483 698
484 685
485 681
486 649
487 641
488 641
489 625
490 625
491 622
492 615
493 609
494 587
495 581
496 549
497 549
498 541
499 508
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506 484
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510 479
511 458
512 451
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514 445
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516 422
517 416
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519 400
520 392
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522 385
523 373
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525 329
526 322
527 303
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529 294
530 289
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536 227
537 219
538 188
539 166
540 157
541 147
542 140
543 121
544 101
545 95
546 82
547 57
548 55
549 44
550 35
551 26

310 total words

12:00 am

haha diz almost 333

12:01 am

LOL ursh

12:01 am

te7

12:01 am

bo 7

12:04 am

at7

12:05 am

hello everyone

12:05 am

hi, nan

12:07 am

et 7 and hi all

12:10 am

se7

12:10 am

hello!

12:13 am

et7x2

12:15 am

de7

12:16 am

es7

Clues are up

12:19 am

Thanks, Lickety

12:20 am

thanks, lickety

12:21 am

Is there a problem with the very first 4 letter ae word?

12:23 am

There are 3 ae words but they do not fit here.

12:23 am

I can't find an ae word

12:23 am

Not that works in the grid.

12:23 am

You may not have the correct list? There are no ae words on my list

12:24 am

Lizlin, I'm in the same boat.

12:24 am

What do you mean, the correct list?

12:25 am

Today's lickety list has no AE words on it

12:25 am

Try refreshing

12:26 am

(or unplug it :))

12:26 am

the bottom A is as 6/24

12:27 am

anyone found the 8 yet?

12:27 am

Refresh didn't work.

12:27 am

Not me

12:27 am

Thanks, Ursh

12:27 am

thanks, ursh

12:27 am

i refreshed lickety and got today's list. three ab words at top. AE ones wore yesterday

12:28 am

Refresh didn't work

12:28 am

The list sometimes takes a while to refresh I find

12:29 am

instead of clicking on refresh clues -- right click on the list itself, then select refresh

12:29 am

yeah, i refreshed my browser window.

12:30 am

Ah, OK. Thanks for the tip

12:32 am

Got it. First time that has happened to me. Thanks much.

12:34 am

yw

12:36 am

missing an 8 and the lone o, but crashing -- see you tomorrow

12:36 am

night, nan

12:36 am

Sleep well, nan

12:37 am

oe8 (gave me both nan!)

12:38 am

Well, I guess that explains my missing o!

12:40 am

got it -- nbt, nbs and really off to bed now.

12:41 am

You will now sleep better!

12:41 am

I'm out, too. See y'all tomorrow....

12:44 am

Sleep well.

1:27 am

cooee and g'day from me. emerging from lockdown tomorrow morning.

1:38 am

*sigh* no takers. but i wish you all a happy time with this grid. lots of runs of words which add up very quickly.

2:46 am

finally got to put the zombie word in. Hi, Rose

2:47 am

oops, just saw the time difference. Missed you again

2:48 am

NEWS OF SPRITE, PLEASE. ANYONE?

6:47 am

hi all. help with bottom A. it is an as6

6:48 am

that's right peri

6:48 am

a plus rocky

6:48 am

but I can't find the word

6:48 am

NM

6:48 am

:)

6:50 am

Thanks

7:22 am

gm Babblers

7:28 am

asBalboa

7:28 am

Darn

7:28 am

Molly! =)

7:29 am

Bea!

7:30 am

Hope all is well with you.

7:31 am

All is well. Looking forward to the sun coming out, sometime in the near future

7:31 am

Dense fog here today.

7:32 am

We had that last week, three days in a row.

7:33 am

I had to start my day off with a dead coffee pot.

not quite as stoked huh

7:34 am

Dire emergency!

7:35 am

I always set it up and put it on brew later. Didn't even notice there was a problem until I went to pour my first cup. Doh!

just got to the B :(

yeah, that stinks.

7:36 am

Abd 21 A's

ugh

7:38 am

good morning, folks

7:38 am

Gross Bea. What an awful way to start your day.

7:39 am

Welki!

7:39 am

Bea!

7:39 am

=)

7:39 am

Hiyas, kiddos.

hi welki!

stab

oops

7:40 am

Judi!

We need more bo4 licence plates....

7:40 am

hi, judi

and judi

7:40 am

Oh damn Welki, be careful. Carla has a knife

baton

maybe it's a wooden stake like Buffy, you don't know

7:41 am

It's to carve her jack o lantern

7:41 am

And the Nazi has a baton. Everyone is armed today.

thx, soup nazi, did not have :D

7:42 am

Carla, you will be happy to know that six of the A's all come from one root.

still need 6 B but moving on

7:43 am

And I will go to the PB...

7:43 am

no coffee, you get a pass, bea

thx bea, will hopefully remember that

7:44 am

I do have coffee. I took my pot up to the closest convience store and filled it up.

7:45 am

No flies on Bea

7:46 am

i have no idea what you look like, but picture a woman in a fleece robe (matching slippers), stumbling up with arm outstretched, coffee pot trembling, like a thirsty traveler finding a pool of water in the desert

7:46 am

I keep a small 4 cup back up coffee maker for just such events

7:47 am

pleeeease, coffeeeeee - stat!

7:47 am

All correct except they are bunny slippers

like a zombie?

7:47 am

LOL! I did put on some clothes. And my slippers are bees.

7:47 am

yeah, like a fleecy zombie :D

7:48 am

I'll have to remember the back up pot. Good idea.

7:49 am

Ah bless you Bea. I have to wonder about the people who don't bother to get dressed to go out anymore. I see pajama pants and slippers on a regular basis in the grocery store.

7:50 am

I have seen pajama onesies at the grocery store. I can't unsee that.

wow, on adults?

7:50 am

Yep. With slippers.

I have a pattern for one but haven't made it yet

well bea I have found 14 a's

7:54 am

Good!

16, missed the poker bet!

7:54 am

My husband and I call the pajama people "those who don't even try".

7:55 am

have no idea why any adult would wear a onsie. The difficulty factor in using the bathroom is prohibitive. Especially for females.

7:55 am

Unless those people are sleep walking...

well sometimes there's a trap door

7:56 am

Just read a story on line, Some people who've had the virus are losing their antibodies

phantom hayseed

7:57 am

Oh great. Something else to instill panic in people. Just what we need.

7:57 am

Has anyone seem my antibodies? They were here a minute ago.

yeah, my friend that had it in march /apr didn't have any the last home test she took, but she didn't know if they were gone or she messed up the test.

7:58 am

Seriously? There are home tests for COVID?

for the antibodies

7:58 am

Is that all antibodies or just those against the virus?

just covid antibodies

her husband still had his. I think he was getting monthly antibody tests at a lab. haven't heard his Oct. results.

my favorite Green Acres character in the grid - NTPN!

8:00 am

Mr. Haney.

our big healthcare system here has a study going and part of that is at-home antibody testing. my friend is in that.

ding ding ding! judi wins!

8:01 am

He was my neighbor.

8:01 am

*Wonders about someone who has a favorite Green Acres character

LOL

8:01 am

I hated that show.

in KS, bea? for real or you had a neighbor like that?

8:02 am

We had a neighbor here in NC who's name was Haney.

ah

8:02 am

It seems like there was this run of really bad shows in the 60's. Green Acres, My Mother The Car, The Beverly Hillbillies...

was he always trying to rip you off?

8:03 am

No, he was a gripey old curmudgeon.

don't forget petticoat junction, which had some same characters as green acres

I never liked that one

phantom hyoid

8:05 am

That phantom made me see three words. Thanks, Carla.

hmmm. I have one hy word. or did you find -oid words?

no, because -oid isn't there

8:06 am

I found three

8:06 am

hy words

i found the laughing animal

8:07 am

There is water

ah, thx

glad I could help ;)

8:12 am

Left column blacked out.

nice. I only have the R and the bottom o

this s seems tougher than usual

8:21 am

Mr. Bea is watching a video on how to fix our HVAC upstairs.

nice

8:22 am

I can't believe he can do that stuff,

mr. homie and my friend have both been saying for years they want to go to HVAC school because getting stuff fixed is so expensive

mr. homie discovered a few years ago he can replace the capacitor for $15 instead of paying $300+ to have it done.

8:23 am

If they have any mechanical apptitude, they can diagnose the problem and fix it for next to nothing.

ooh, gotta go. BBL.

8:26 am

i'm lucky, my husband works in HVAC

8:27 am

he can repair anything - a handy guy to have around

8:27 am

Mr. Bea is like that as well.

mr. homie used to not be at all but in the age of youtube, he has fixed a lot around here

just waiting to zoom here

8:28 am

if you can't be a hunter/gatherer, be handy around the house :)

8:29 am

Carla blurted

60 left after first pass.

8:29 am

that said, mine used to hunt, but not anymore - and we do fish, but catch and release almost all the time

8:35 am

hello all

8:36 am

hi lindy

8:38 am

went online to make an appointment to donate clothes at a women's shelter - super happy to discover no appointment needed anymore

8:40 am

i have some, too, but can't find an open center - soon, i hope

8:42 am

just looked - they're open now! thanks, lindy

8:42 am

oh excellent!

8:43 am

some will go to 'dress for success,' all my business suits, and the rest to the kidney foundation

8:44 am

any oe words?

8:44 am

yes

8:44 am

Yes.

8:44 am

which o ?

8:44 am

I mostly donate to our Shelterhouse resale shop. They help victims of domestic abuse. Mostly women and children, but men too.

8:44 am

oe8.40

8:46 am

clue pls?

8:47 am

female hormone

8:48 am

i spelled it right and got it just by typing in what i thought it was lol

8:48 am

hm, only words like that I know have letters not in the grid

8:48 am

dress for success has clients that come from bad places, too - they'll arrange for a 'boutique' styling session, to help find them clothes so they can go to interviews confidently, not worried about their appearance

8:49 am

asl ends in tr5

hello

8:52 am

hello owl

8:52 am

hi owl

8:53 am

third column a stats pls?

8:53 am

hi, owl

8:53 am

ab4.6

hi lindy, hi fan, hi welk

8:54 am

oops 2nd column sorry

8:54 am

as6.24

8:55 am

finally got the oe

8:55 am

asl:)

8:57 am

clue pls?

8:57 am

as + rocky

8:58 am

what do u mean by rocky?

8:59 am

another word for rocky ground

8:59 am

should be a + rocky

eye exam today, welk. feels ok. not notcing any difference in vision, though.

as + a man's name

9:00 am

ty luv

9:00 am

ty luv

9:00 am

But not Balboa

9:00 am

ty both too

9:00 am

Ah...Yes I added an extra letter. sorry

9:00 am

Need more coffee.

9:01 am

my coffee is in the kitchen

9:02 am

give it time, owl - it's still new

9:13 am

76 T words. That is crazy.

rehi. I need 1 + 1 + 5 + 7 T's.

ooh, finished the top left one

9:21 am

I have 48 words left and all are T except for three.

now just need 1 from bottom, so 7 T's left total

53 left here

phantom: bayonet

yes!

I have "seen" that one a few times

that S is stragetically set for maximum use

but I'm struggling with the S. still need 13.

15 here

9:25 am

They are all pretty normal esses.

oh, just found an interesting one

11

I'm still working on the T's

9:29 am

The T's are finally falling into place. Odd that I couldn't see them before.

still all over the board

any ts bea? I don't know why but I keep trying tsore but it's not a word.

9:30 am

I havent found any yet.

yeah has to be polural

plural

ah, that's right

tsores

always have to laugh that be 5/14 that helps alleviate gas is accepted

9:36 am

the t's are all straight forward.. just finished them

LOL, forgot that one, thx

hmm, take ru's notes with a grain of salt

9:38 am

i just use good seasoning hokie

now I just need 1 + 2 + 1 T, so maybe he is not wrong today

nonsore - when your muscles are used to the workout

9:43 am

the s's are all straight forward too

I've found a few S babblets that I wouldn't call straight forward unless you have all the babblets memorized.

9:46 am

*Keeps quiet about people who memorize words only seen in Babble

9:48 am

I refuse to watch tv for all the political ads. Now I am getting them in text messages.

9:49 am

Pisses me off!

9:49 am

Soon it will all be over Bea. I wonder what all the Trump complainers will do when Biden gets elected.

9:50 am

hello bridge players

I've been getting political text messages for Robert & Janie for over a year. Then in the last few months I've been getting them for R&J asking if I want to sell my house at ****. I googled the street address and saw there was one in Columbia, SC, but couldn't find any info....

then one day, I got one that said something about ohio, so I did some digging and found the owner of that one was named Robert & his wife was Janie and they actually live in Charlotte metro area.

Actually Robert just died at the end of August. But I really want to know why they gave my phone number that I've had since c. 1995 out to all these places.

9:52 am

Yes, I get messages for Michelle. I've had this phone number for 15 years...

9:52 am

they sell phone number homie

I just keep replying STOP

9:52 am

you can block them on your phone it's easy

9:52 am

Well, apparently someone at Amazon sold a bunch of email addresses too

I have done that to a few

9:53 am

How do you block in a text message?

9:54 am

you scroll down to block this sender

9:54 am

It depends on what kind of phone you have. Do a Google search, it should tell you how

you can hit the info thing and then scroll down on that page. it says block caller or something. (iPhone)

"the info thing" is the i in a circle next to the number

9:54 am

If you reply with anything, they know they are contacting someone. They don't care who... same with unsubscribe to emails, they know it's a valid address.

9:55 am

That is on phone calls. I can't get that message on texts

9:55 am

just delete and block.

9:56 am

my block option doesn't come up until I delete text.

9:56 am

Their phone number is the text number. Block the number texting you

agreed, amelu, but some of the political ones are just people volunteering for whatever group. one girl wrote back and was very apologetic.

9:56 am

good morning everyone -- new to texting and cell phones -- happy to see there is a way to block all those commercial ads that I don't want.

9:57 am

now if I could just get rid of the editor's picks.

bea, do you have iPhone? go to text message, click on number at top - 3 things will pop down "audio" "FaceTime" and "info". click info, then another screen comes up, then you have to click the number again (I left that step out earlier), then you will see "send message" etc. Scroll all the way down and there is "Block this Caller"

9:58 am

make a 2ndary email account on google and change all your unsolicited stuff the address change.

down to 3 T's, each from a different tile

10:03 am

phantom desert

10:04 am

I have had some very nice conversations with telemarketers (they are only doing what they get paid to do, after all) but when the first thing the do is to speak in a tone that indicates boredom/don't want to be there and I'm gonna get disconnected post haste, nah, not wasting my time...

10:05 am

they do, sorry

10:05 am

i don't feel that way.. that is an intrusion on my privacy.

10:06 am

if they reach me i tell them to remove my number from their call lists before it gets sold to other companies

10:06 am

No, this was back in the landline day, lol. I don't answer any number that isn't already programmed in my phone and I automatically delete/block.

10:07 am

Ru, I've done that numerous times but they just call from another spoofed number.

10:08 am

why can't you restab someone?

10:08 am

I know it's getting out of hand.. they have thousands of numbers to use

10:08 am

Love when they call from Iowa using my local area code, lol.

10:08 am

i know.. i get at least a dozen calls a day on my land line

10:09 am

we finally got rid of our land line a year or so ago

10:09 am

when I retire that is the first thing to go

If someone really wants to reach me, like a new client, they usually leave a message.

10:09 am

Carla, I definitely can, lol.

10:09 am

The one that kills me is the one where they tell you that the IRS is coming to arrest you if you don't send them certain information right away

We never pick up the land line.

10:09 am

LOL, I know, that one is ridiculous.

10:10 am

I got rid of my land line too, but I never answered it when I had it. I let stuff go straight to voice mail.

10:11 am

There are people who feel like they have to answer a ringing phone and those are the people telemarketers count on

10:11 am

i've been getting Chase Card services calling telling me I'm delinquent (i never am)..

10:11 am

yes, my mom is one. I'm like, just don't answer! and she has caller ID.

10:12 am

Well Ru, if you would just give them your Social Security number they would stop calling you : D

10:12 am

most of the telemarketing i get is from India or Pakistand

10:12 am

I got one the other day claiming to be Apple and someone getting into my iCloud account. yet, it was a spoofed number and a robovoice. and like Apple would call you.

10:12 am

don't forget my mother's maiden name molly :D

10:13 am

well, I am somewhat stuck at 33 left. think I will make breakfast. er, lunch.

10:13 am

brunch

10:14 am

dy 8 please?

10:17 am

radio parts nan

10:17 am

I dumped the land line when my child was around 18ish... my voicemail would be back-to-back-to back messages for him from a girlfriend... literally, I counted them. 30 calls in 10 minutes before I picked up and told the stupid girl "If he was here, he would have answered the damn phone. Stop freaking calling as soon as you hang up from one!" so, yeah, no landline for 20ish years, lol. Oh, I forgot to say they had a friend in jail at the time and were using my landline to accept charges to talk to him... that phone bill ($400ish) was never reimbursed...

10:18 am

didn't they have transistors and tubes --- never ever thought of taking a radio apart

10:18 am

more related to an oscillator

10:18 am

no idea ru

10:19 am

the definition is not going to do it for me

10:19 am

I don't have any friends in jail thankfully

10:19 am

dynomite!

10:20 am

combine dy with an N word in the grid

10:20 am

thanks for the dy, ru! I would not have gotten that.

10:21 am

hmm, I only have one N6 from that N and it doesn't work

10:22 am

no JJ here, Carla, lol.

10:22 am

don't have any n 6's

10:23 am

thank you for getting that, amelu :D

10:23 am

gotta run doing an event tonight (safely distanced of course)

10:23 am

I have one from that middle N and I am finished with it.

10:23 am

bye ru!

10:23 am

I ahve to say I got it straight away from, Ruru first clue. Feeling smug. Maybe think of a name for a robot might help?

10:23 am

enjoy your safe event

10:23 am

Have*

10:23 am

Why does everyone feel like they have to qualify their comments with things like "safely distanced of course"?

10:24 am

how is that tanker near your island zooz

10:24 am

I'll probably kick myself, but please may I have stats for the O in the middle row, first column and the A in the bottom row?

10:24 am

I monkied it from his clue... thought "no way" as my fingers typed and *poof, there it is!*

10:25 am

Oh that haha! That was over by 8pm, Rur. Special forces dropped down from helicopters and arrested 7 people.

10:25 am

I have been unable to find either of those, matty

10:25 am

probably because masks and safe distancing is the only way to get this pandemic under control, Molly.

10:25 am

You won't kick yourself. oe8

10:25 am

At least I don't feel so stupid now!

10:26 am

no the answer to molly's question is that everyone is afraid of being publicly shamed if they don't qualify it

10:26 am

you have the period in the wrong place m9 :D

10:26 am

and that too is a good thing, carla

10:26 am

That is not what I meant Nan. We are all grown ups. If Ru is doing an event, I am sure safe practices are in place. Why do people feel like they have to mention that? Have we all gotten that sensitive?

10:27 am

*nods head with hokie*

10:27 am

yes

10:27 am

if there was more public shaming, maybe the case count would go down

10:27 am

increased testing is not responsible for the rise in cases -- irrisponsible people are.

10:28 am

OE8?! Really?!

10:29 am

British spelling of female hormone

10:29 am

I can only thi k of eorstead. or I might of even spelt that wrong lol

10:29 am

I don't like public shaming in general. maybe we should all be judgmental and public shame judgmental people.

10:29 am

Oerstead*

10:30 am

as 6/24

10:30 am

I'm old Ru. I don't have one any place.

10:30 am

I agree Carla. I'm no proponent of public shaming

10:30 am

Public shaming is often tempting - I get it. It allows us to feel smug and better - that's not a dig - I've done it and it took me a while to realise that the only person I was hurting was myself. The thing is, we don't know other people's circumstances - where they live, who they know, what connections they have, what conditions they may have

10:30 am

oa 4/4

10:31 am

And we all know we are supposed to be wearing masks and keeping safe distance. There is no need for constant reminders.

10:32 am

When you have leaders like Pence out campaigning when 5 of his closest associates have recently tested positive, I think public shaming is in order. He should be home under quarantine --- he obviously has no concern for the safety of others --- just as bad as Trump with his super spreader events.

10:33 am

my bad, A is good but the O is from the bottom. I have to stop 1/2 reading stuff, lol.

10:33 am

I swear to God I am going to dance a jig when Biden gets elected. Just because I won't have to listen to the Trump complaints anymore.

10:34 am

And that will be the only reason because I don't think Biden will do any better of a job than Trump.

10:34 am

Sorry Molly -- but the Trump complaints are well warranted.

10:35 am

And yet thousands of people will vote for him next Tuesday. That I just don't understand.

10:35 am

me neither -- either greed or a lack of education I guess.

10:36 am

the thing about public shaming regular joes is, that just makes them dig in deeper. this asshole thinks I should wear a mask? screw them, I won't.

10:37 am

I agree Carla. It's much better to take an informative approach than the public shaming one.

10:38 am

As far as the election, I am not one, but I understand why some people are conservative Republicans. They just need to find a better choice as a leader.

10:40 am

trose

10:43 am

I was watching someone on TV interviewing people attending a Trump rally - couldn't believe the idiocies they were spouting - came to the conclusion that most of them did not stop to think about what they were hearing or saying and that none of them had any idea of the terrible reputation Trump has created for the United States in the rest of the world.

10:45 am

finally got the oe and the related e, thanks bichon and whoever else helped

10:45 am

Nan, it amazes me what is going on with the Trump supporters. Worse yet, two of my children and their spouses are firmly on board with Trump.

10:45 am

unfortunately, modern Republicanism is now classifiable as a mental illness.

10:45 am

lol

10:48 am

just need 1 E to finish 1st col and 1 T for middle row. So close.

10:50 am

I have all Es from the first col. No unusual in them.

10:50 am

ok, thx. not eeny, just tried that

10:50 am

also keep trying easton, which is a brand of baseball/softball bat

10:50 am

volcano?

10:51 am

nope

10:51 am

I have the volcano and 3 ea

10:52 am

4x ea

10:52 am

4 x ea

10:52 am

ok, thx

10:54 am

4 5 4 4

10:54 am

of course it was the root of one I had

10:54 am

so I thought I already had

10:54 am

1st col done!

10:54 am

heh, naturally!

10:54 am

The modern Republican party has real issues. I get that people may have different views from me on things like fiscal policy - in normal times I can even respect it. But the modern GOP strikes me as so corrupt - morally and legally that it's a lost cause. Perhaps sane Conservatives need to start a new party and wipe the crooked slate clean (wishful thinking, I know)

10:55 am

sadly there are starting to be insane liberals too. hard to be in the middle anymore, because both sides are so extreme.

10:55 am

I totally agree, matty

10:56 am

have both n 6's now and neither of them work with the dy for an 8

10:56 am

yeah, there must be something else, nan, with that clue.

10:57 am

The six you need (na6) sounds like an old fashioned British word for head nurse (or mother figure)

10:57 am

No, dy + the n6

10:57 am

Exactly ;)

10:58 am

well, what is confusing to me is I have the N next to the Y finished and I do not have an NA6 from there.

10:58 am

ends with a movie/remake w/a Bridges son.

10:58 am

ok -- was skipping one of the n 6's

10:59 am

ty amelu and matty

10:59 am

I am still missing 2 upper N's but how would you connect that to DY

11:00 am

Dy8 does not come from that N

11:00 am

I got it. the NA6 is from the upper N but can be made from the other.

11:00 am

come from middle. yes

11:01 am

if moo were here he would have told me the n6 was a football player and I would have known immediately ;)

11:01 am

now all N's finished!

11:01 am

Pfft I hate football lol

11:01 am

but what about football (soccer)?

11:03 am

Still hate it. people getting paid way too much money compared to nurses just for kicking a bag of wind around a field is not for me.

11:03 am

yes, but I love to play it and don't get paid.

11:04 am

sadly, I had to retire last year due to a nagging knee issue

11:04 am

Oh no I did not like it when I was made to do it at schoool either.

11:05 am

did you like any sports, or was soccer the only one you all ever played in school?

11:05 am

I liked long distance running though.

11:05 am

*hawks are out foraging... they know we have bad weather coming.

11:05 am

mr. homie was a middle distance runner

11:05 am

I was a sprinter - hate(d) long distance running

11:06 am

They say you can tell if a bad Winter is on its way by if a tree is overloaded with berries. Not sure if that is true or not.

11:06 am

do you have a storm coming, amelu? I thought the last one already blew through all the way up here.

11:06 am

Yeah I liked half and full marathons.

11:07 am

i was doing so well, got all the top T words, but the other two T tiles are proving Tough

11:07 am

ugh, I ran a few 5Ks in my 20s and 30s and that's too much

11:07 am

hurshy, I am down to 3 T words, from 3 different tiles

11:07 am

i need 6 from 3rd row, 1 from bottom

11:07 am

what do you think I'm missing from top right T?

11:08 am

I am like a stick insect so the wind blew me most of the way. Hard going if the wind was against me though 🤣

11:08 am

Hi, Zooz. Trees are loaded with berries when they have a good spring first. I don't think they have second sight!

11:08 am

haha

11:08 am

erm... a th4 babblet

11:09 am

I have a th4 I consider a babblet (cause I don't know what it means)

11:09 am

Hello, Jaxx! Thank you for that.

11:09 am

there are two

11:09 am

It has been exciting around your way, I believe.

11:10 am

hmm, have just tried what I believe to be every th4 possiblilty. will try again.

11:11 am

Not really. I saw the oil tanker did not see anything going on. The drama happened around 8ppm so I was home playing babble actually lol

11:11 am

hokie, one of them is the first th word, the other is the last th word

11:11 am

yes ma'am... nothing major but Zeta should be here tomorrow.

11:11 am

hello all

11:11 am

Ah, you have your priorities right then

11:11 am

oh, I have the last one then

11:11 am

So, you're gonna get more

11:12 am

yes, I guess that's what mr. homie was talking about this morning for some day soon.

11:12 am

Damn right, Jaxx haha!

11:12 am

duh, I usually get that one, thx, hurshy

11:12 am

Glad to hear it!

11:13 am

Hello, Peri.

11:13 am

so can you help me out with any of my third row T, hokie?

11:13 am

hurshy, as far as the middle T, I don't remember anything being really weird.

11:13 am

wow, it's like I"m psychic

11:14 am

ru said all the t's were straight forward, take that as you will

11:14 am

Time to go forr now. Happy word hunting everyone!

11:15 am

there's one T that rhymes with an early spring flower. was also Will Forte's middle name on Last Man on Earth

11:15 am

crocus... daffodil...

11:16 am

scratch that, his middle name was like Miss Daisy's real name

11:16 am

not a bulb, but a flower people plant early on. or maybe it's late fall. :D

11:16 am

none of those references mean anything to me anyway lol

11:17 am

It is more of a perennial. The name of this flower is also used as a slam for effeminate men

11:17 am

you don't rem. the actress from Driving Miss Daisy?

11:17 am

I do carla, thanks

11:18 am

oh i thought you meant like the character's name and i haven't seen the movie

11:18 am

well, peri, that probably doesn't help since my clue was an error :D

11:18 am

*!*~*!* hagd everyone and stay safe

11:18 am

The word itself is actually the name of another flower

11:18 am

ok, i have figured out what you mean, and i already had that T word, lol

11:19 am

:D

11:19 am

Okay, well that was a big cluster

11:19 am

but i just found some other ones so now down to 3 from there and 1 from bottom

11:19 am

same ending on a tiny word

11:20 am

(And Carla keeps cluing it anyway)

11:20 am

no, she just was cluing te6 now

11:20 am

and that helped cause i had missed it

11:20 am

she wanted help!

11:21 am

do you have pavarotti?

11:21 am

I'll move along kids. This show isn't big enough for three people.

11:21 am

LOL, we have our system

11:21 am

yes, i have pavarotti

11:21 am

i just read that Zeta could end up bringing snow to us in the northeast

11:22 am

really don't know what my missing 1 from there and bottom could be. still have 5 4's left so I'm going to focus on those.

11:22 am

and i shall work on all the other letters now lol

11:23 am

phantom restore

11:23 am

i was trying to understand those N clues earlier but didn't

11:24 am

they were for the dy8

11:24 am

yes but dy8 via na6

11:24 am

it's dy + an na6 that comes from the top N but can also be made from the N next to the Y

11:25 am

well i was like "nanny" but that was my only particle of a thought

11:26 am

yeah, I didn't get the british nurse clues, but think of a married maid of honor, rhymes with that

11:26 am

aahhhh cool thanks

11:28 am

that only leaves one missing N!

11:28 am

pretty good

11:28 am

did you pluralize?

11:28 am

yes

11:29 am

nothing super weird

11:29 am

help with either et7 please

11:30 am

well, there is a slang n that's kinda weird. I would say 'hood, but the def. for this is the same.

11:30 am

peri, one is a plural gas

11:30 am

thanks hokie that was it

11:30 am

thankyou carla

11:31 am

I do not have another. still missing 2 E's from top.

11:31 am

okay, similar, just change letter in middle

11:32 am

are there any BH words (perish the thought)

11:33 am

I still need 5 B's but do not have an BH

11:33 am

had tried a few

11:34 am

phantom: banter

11:34 am

there are a ton of phantoms today

11:34 am

there is a ba4/7 that i think is a foreign currency

11:35 am

yes - thailand

11:35 am

oooh study of plants/flowers

11:35 am

hey all

11:35 am

just 310 to go

11:35 am

hiya moo

11:36 am

moo! hurshy is clue blurting, watch out

11:36 am

you're on a roll! lol

11:36 am

I am down to 21

11:36 am

Okay....you know how we were talking about owls yesterday

11:36 am

22 here

11:36 am

20!

11:36 am

yes... you got a barred owl?

11:36 am

there's a great horned owl in my bird feeder tree right now

11:37 am

whoa

11:37 am

yeah, unusual

11:37 am

I did hear a barred owl a few more times last night but much farther away. I think that one at first was maybe on my deck rail it was so loud.

11:38 am

that'd be cool

11:38 am

so many spanish words allowed but no bano. is that due to the ñ?

11:39 am

you are not allowed to use spanish bathrooms in babble

11:39 am

We used to [long ago] see owls. They nested in a water tower.

11:40 am

I got a new SD card for my trail cam that is down in the woods. Need to get it out there stat!

11:40 am

I'll say

11:40 am

which camera do you have, and do you like it?

11:40 am

I do like it. Hold on, I'll see.

11:42 am

phantom: oyster

11:42 am

just searched amazon. I bought this in Oct. 2014! so the model isn't available but the brand is Stealth Cam.

11:43 am

Have caught some good wildlife pics over the years and some pics of the yard guys.

11:48 am

As Axed!

11:48 am

still need 3

11:50 am

okay, really stuck at 19 left. guess I will clean up my brunch mess and take the dog out (again)

11:50 am

191 left here, just showing my daughter the owl

11:52 am

6 left here

11:52 am

you have a bit of a head start on me :)

11:52 am

:)

11:53 am

Es Exterminated!

11:54 am

8 Es left here :)

11:58 am

my e's ended eons ago (not really)

11:59 am

well, I inadvertently finished mine

12:00 pm

I wish I'd inadvertently finish my last 19 words

12:00 pm

fireworks!!

12:00 pm

congrats, marksdolly!

12:00 pm

well hello, dolly. well done.

12:01 pm

53 to go

12:01 pm

thankk you Hokie!!

12:02 pm

why can't you spell beanie beany

12:02 pm

16 to go!

12:02 pm

more often than not I don't always finish the bigger grids

12:03 pm

this one has been pretty ea4 for a bigger one

12:03 pm

the S remains my biggest struggle with 5 left.

12:04 pm

<-----tried tetany just in case

12:05 pm

still 9 s's to go

12:05 pm

I'm at a loss on the S's

12:06 pm

I still have 3 4's left too.

12:06 pm

13 4s left out of 46

12:06 pm

so far i have 6 sn, if that helps you guys

12:06 pm

just found a ST 6/24 : St**** lights

12:06 pm

somehow I saw that one early on

12:07 pm

6 SN here as well - still missing 2 Ss

12:07 pm

ditto monty

12:07 pm

what is this 46 moo? there are 134 4's

12:07 pm

i think he has 46 left and 13 are 4s

12:07 pm

ohhh

12:08 pm

or a typo, 46 instead of 36...

12:08 pm

hadn't seen a total word count from him lately and forgot he's so fast

12:09 pm

ok, got my missing sn's

is there an oe word? stats pls?

12:09 pm

how many hy do you guys have? i have 3

12:10 pm

down to 2 S

12:10 pm

oe8, TO

12:10 pm

oe8/40, TO

ty

12:10 pm

yes, phantom hyoid, but I have 3 others

12:11 pm

1 S left!

12:11 pm

phantom stereo

12:12 pm

s's stayed!

12:12 pm

3 HY here as well

12:12 pm

slayed, stupid autocorrect

12:12 pm

Ss Slayed you mean? me too

12:12 pm

well done carla !

12:12 pm

was your last one sy4? mine was

12:13 pm

nope, se5/10 :D

12:13 pm

name that proper noun! village near Jerusalem, home to Mary, Martha, and Lazarus

12:13 pm

had that sy4 - bbl for last 2 Ss and 32 other words...sigh

12:13 pm

Bethany

12:14 pm

ding ding ding!!!

12:14 pm

not bethlehem

12:14 pm

and hello, haz, nice to see you!

12:14 pm

LOL, I was just seeing Bethany but didn't know that

12:14 pm

You too, hurshy.

12:14 pm

that's your thing of the day then, hokie, for learning something new

12:15 pm

yes

12:16 pm

name that proper noun! new agey singer

12:16 pm

I think moo is hiding now but let's see if he can make a word here. BBBOAAAHHHTDRT

12:16 pm

Enya

12:17 pm

you'll want to do a phrase for that hokie

12:17 pm

ding ding ding!!!

12:17 pm

oh, moo can do a phrase too

12:17 pm

bob hat drat something something

12:18 pm

HOT BATH, BARD? BAH!

12:18 pm

nice

12:18 pm

shakespeare being grumpy with the hotel staff

12:19 pm

i have hit 300!

12:19 pm

think i'll get the list now

12:19 pm

found the r finally. and if I look again I'll re5 it

12:20 pm

13 left here

12:20 pm

we'll see how many of my 10 are fishy

12:20 pm

any ao?

12:21 pm

nope

12:21 pm

ohhh my d was very fishy

12:22 pm

argh, just found my D

12:22 pm

speaking of shakespeare

12:23 pm

mine was just de4, what peter did when Jesus was on trial

12:23 pm

haha

12:26 pm

well, i'm going to say 4/10 were fishy

12:26 pm

still on 12 here. BBBOAAAHHHTT

12:27 pm

may have to list to get on with my day

12:28 pm

oh, a third of mine are 7's. no wonder I can't find them.

12:29 pm

hmm, just thought for sure teaset was what you eat/drink with for tea

12:31 pm

i think it's just tea set, not one word

12:32 pm

eureka! the missing T from the 2nd col.

12:32 pm

te7 is a combo of exam + animated character

12:32 pm

that was the missing one from the bottom, thanks

12:32 pm

38 left...working in between

12:32 pm

10 left here

12:32 pm

BBBOAAAHHH

12:32 pm

bo7 is like the thing the person would do who is now called a chiropractor

12:33 pm

catching up to you hoke

12:33 pm

the owl is still there btw

12:33 pm

other bo7 is a plural, alt sp of knitted baby foot covers

12:33 pm

so cool. I did go get my camera and bring it in because I think I have to format the card. anyhoo, didn't see the owl in the woods.

12:34 pm

a + rockish

12:34 pm

omg, we had the baby socks sp. very recently, am I not learning anything?

12:34 pm

ok i LITERALLY JUST GOT why the cookies chips ah4 are a pun

12:35 pm

never thought about the name and now i'm like hey look at that, that is a pun

12:35 pm

well, that was one of my a's. so punny.

12:35 pm

and one of my 4's obviously

12:35 pm

ob5/16 looks kinda hebrew

12:35 pm

I think you have only missed one so far

12:36 pm

ho6/30 and pl, kinda weird ones

12:36 pm

meanwhile, moo is sorry he came back :D

12:36 pm

just not looking at the clues

12:36 pm

the only thing i can think of that they rhyme with is a town in England called Cr*****

12:36 pm

Yes, Hurshy, it does, but is from the Caribbean

12:37 pm

ah, i see, i clicked it now. so it's kinda like voodoo

12:37 pm

Yup

12:45 pm

6 left. going to the list.

12:47 pm

19 left, staying away from the list (and clues still)

12:51 pm

How can you be reading the chat and not seeing clues?

12:52 pm

he's good like that

12:52 pm

Good like what? Not seeing what is right in front of him? : D

12:55 pm

Normally I'd read through the middle of a comment, but when people are clueing, I look at the first words and determine if it's going to be a clue and then avoid the rest as best as I can

12:56 pm

it's an amazing skill ;)

12:56 pm

When there's random clues being thrown out, I inevitably see the clues, but when there's this more intense set of clueing, it's easier to avoid

12:56 pm

meanwhile, hurshy's throwing clues all over at me and I still can't get the words

12:56 pm

If I was really worried about it, I'd turn chat off, but it's not that big a deal

12:57 pm

16 left

12:57 pm

5 left :D

12:58 pm

looks like my last 2 a's are a 4/5 combo that I still can't see, even knowing their position on the list. wow

12:58 pm

A,A,B,B,B,B,D,H,H,H,H,R,S,S,S,S,T

12:59 pm

4x4, 4x5, 4x6, 3x7 and 1x8 left

12:59 pm

hmm, so you got one 8

12:59 pm

yes

1:00 pm

I got the hormone relatively early

Oh, I was going to guess but it is pretty clear based on that letter not in your list. plus, you get those weird british spellings. :D

1:00 pm

coming from a non-american english background helps for those types of words

1:01 pm

indeed

1:01 pm

found a b4

wow, finally found those a's. ridiculous.

what about an after?

1:02 pm

no afters yet

okay, my 3 H's left now.

shew, finally finished

overall was a pretty good effort

1:04 pm

nice, congrats :)

thanks

1:07 pm

now an a4...14 to go

okay, got my camera card formatted. now to get it back in the woods. I will say the strap that came with this broke a couple of years ago so I just found a black ribbon about that size and have been using that. maybe I'll look for something else in my sewing room right now.

1:11 pm

whatever works :)

I have no idea how this compares to any other brand of camera though.

what are you using. carla?

I have gotten pics of deer and coyotes. oh, and a possum when I moved it to our pool area because something was stealing our melons we were growing.

1:13 pm

yeah, I'm using one of my Arlo cameras in my back yard at the moment

it's a Stealth Cam brand, TO

1:13 pm

has limited video length tho...but does store the images up in the cloud

i hear the trailcams walmart seels are good for yard peeping

yeah, mine probably predates the cloud

i thought you were using anSLR. i have arebuilt nikon but have not used it/

will have to check those out with my son's walmart discount then. :)

the walmart ones are about $49.99

TO, we have a barred owl in the area I'm hoping to catch. also, ask moo about his owl.

i have to go. i need to drop off my ballot and ithere will be no Rachel Ray show because they are onday morning qyarterbacking last night's police shooting. and the looting

*catch on film, not literally

1:16 pm

Yard peeping sounds like something twelve year old boys do through Mrs. Blanchard's bedroom blinds

1:16 pm

I'm primarily trying to catch the wildlife, have a couple of skunks, a bunch of racoons that we like to get videos on

have fun bbl for the last 43

i have deer and bunnies. and a groundhog. there are also foxes

and one small snake which i hope has moved on. or it's dead when i next see it.

I don't think mine does video. now that I have the manual pulled up I will see. I just usually set it to take a burst of 3 pics.

don't preach, i don't want to sit on my stoop putting on shoes and have those beady eyes peeking up at me.

1:19 pm

Who's preaching?

oh, it does have video w/ audio. maybe I'll try that some.

LOL, I'm with you on the snakes

i had used a friend's Nikon to take landscapes for our eclipse expedition so he rebuilt one for me.

1:21 pm

We have hognoses and garter snakes in the general area, but none in our yard yet

1:21 pm

Waits for Carla or TO to get bigfoot back yard footage

1:21 pm

Have had prairie dogs, chipmunks and foxes tho

the countryside around ashville was gorgeous and so i insisted the disc include background shots too

1:21 pm

oh, there's rattle snakes around too, not that I've seen any yet...and my daughter and I have gone looking

1:22 pm

not specifically for rattle snakes, but for snakes generally

we have chipmunks here. every once in a while I see them scurry around our pool, but have not caught any on camera.

it is being jmade into a video, hopefully before the next ecli;se or my demise.

:)

we had copperheads in NNJ. nasty things

1:23 pm

When I lived in PA, I had this little barrel water garden, and I'd get chipmunks fall in and drown :(

yeah, we have copperheads here. and rattlesnakes in the state, I think they are at higher elevations though

oh no! i never saw a chipmunk until about 6 years ago, right outside Phila.

my aunts moved to NNJ near NY State and at the time it was heavily wooded and rocky. there were mines in the hills.

one day last year we had 2 teenage girls steal a golf cart and drive it down beside our house and get stuck in the woods and then the golf course people came in from the course (on the other side of the house) to retrieve it and I got none of that on camera!

wow, lots of action in your hood!

okay, time to go. later.

oh, one thing I don't like about this camera is it has temps on the pic and they are always way off. not sure where the sensor is.

bye, TO

1:27 pm

still 13 to go

1:37 pm

hi all. any clues for the 8s? ty

1:45 pm

how about clue for the bottom row A please.

1:45 pm

ty

1:45 pm

O + es7/28

1:47 pm

ty. dont have es 7 une so clue for that would be great.

1:49 pm

E + Rolling ****** with an extra letter in the middle

1:53 pm

could also use clue for bottom row A pls

1:53 pm

I don't have it yet either

1:53 pm

a + adjective that describes gravelly appearance

1:55 pm

Not Balboa

1:55 pm

indeed

1:55 pm

or flinstonian baby

2:01 pm

How about what the stats are?

2:02 pm

as6/24

as dinozzo, soprano, curtis

2:04 pm

still 10 to go

2:04 pm

owl is still in the same spot

go go go go

wow, did you take a pic to change your profile to?

2:04 pm

B, D, H, H, H, H, R, S, S, T

2:05 pm

I found a couple of words from you clue hokie, still can't find as 6/24

hmm, my clue is literally a dead giveaway

2:06 pm

yes, aren't they all dead?

2:06 pm

I must be thick then

2:06 pm

I got the opera word

not dinozzo I don't think

2:06 pm

as + tiger who sells cereal

2:06 pm

oh, maybe not :)

and I didn't watch the sopranos but wasn't the ending ambiguous?

2:07 pm

well the actor died...so there's that

2:07 pm

LOL, thank you for dumming it down. I thought soprano and then te***

2:07 pm

Never saw the Sopranos either

well, those were the first 3 I could think of. almost said perkins.

2:08 pm

ty for A clue! got it. ty.

2:08 pm

And I already had the to word

2:08 pm

danza is another good one

2:08 pm

That I would have guessed

2:08 pm

i dont get the e and rolling ******....i assume it was the st word but it isnt.

2:09 pm

could use a clue for the o first column. ty.

2:09 pm

it is an st word, add a letter after t

2:09 pm

o clue - fancy

2:09 pm

actually, not that one

2:09 pm

it's the hormone

2:10 pm

and it zig zags

2:10 pm

british spelling

2:10 pm

or**** which is fancy, is not from that o. from the one in second column. ty anyway

2:11 pm

right...it's the hormone

2:11 pm

oe? and how many letters please.

2:11 pm

8

2:12 pm

ty. got it now. ty.

2:12 pm

yw

2:12 pm

still missing one tile: the E in second column. has two words. clues and stats welcome for them.

2:13 pm

en5

2:13 pm

hi all.help with at7 or te7 please

I forgot james gandolfini died

2:13 pm

the other one is based on your 8 you just found :)

peri, ones who at5

2:14 pm

at7....the ones who repent?

2:14 pm

found the te7

2:14 pm

te7, the ones who are adolescent?

2:14 pm

ty for at7

te7 is an exam and animated character smushed together

2:14 pm

ty carla that is the one I found.

2:15 pm

that you mool. I did not have that one

I know, you peri'd it. ;)

2:15 pm

thank you mool, even

2:15 pm

yw

2:15 pm

I did inded

oh, there was another

2:15 pm

I cannot spell today

2:15 pm

I didn't scroll down enough for the other one :)

now I get moo's clue (is that like blue's clues)

2:16 pm

I am missing an et7

I didn't scroll up enough for the first one

2:16 pm

very similar

2:16 pm

any clues for en 5? ty

2:16 pm

probably the one that is spelled identically to the other except for one letter

en5 is in the grids a LOT. I consider it a babblet.

2:17 pm

still 9 to go

2:17 pm

i have no en words at all. sorry

2:17 pm

found my last b

2:18 pm

apparently the en word means from the mother's side

2:18 pm

I thought it might be to make pregnant

2:18 pm

or to give birth I guess

2:19 pm

i am trying and coming up with nothing in google.

2:20 pm

do you know of fivethirtyeight.com by any chance?

2:20 pm

no

2:21 pm

how about the guy who wrote the house of seven gables

2:21 pm

i got it though. ty.

2:21 pm

okay, cool

2:21 pm

7s completed

2:21 pm

6 to go

2:23 pm

only 100 left here :(

2:23 pm

2/3 of the way peri!

2:23 pm

missing 4 of the 7's

2:23 pm

there's a couple of odd ones

2:23 pm

still have an 8 to find too

2:23 pm

I have both 8ss

2:24 pm

nice

2:35 pm

down to 78 left

2:35 pm

making ground...still 6 here :)

2:35 pm

go mool

2:41 pm

90 here

2:52 pm

68 left bbl

2:53 pm

80. gotta run - bbl

3:01 pm

t

3:22 pm

\n;/.

3:41 pm

have the oe 8 - stats for the other 8

dy8

3:42 pm

oh duh

3:42 pm

should've found that one before

3:45 pm

4 to go

you should have seen the clue understanding trouble I had with that earlier

and I said I probably would've gotten it if you had been around since we have discussed the na6 before

4:20 pm

Hi all. 66 to go here...

4:31 pm

yeah, I found the na one earlier, and made me think of Mr Means

4:31 pm

hey m9....homeward stretch for you

4:31 pm

H,R,S,T remaining

4:32 pm

3x5 and 1x6

4:33 pm

maybe..? LOL I threw some latin endings in there that got me a few. Then I listed. Down to 43 now

4:33 pm

zoming

4:33 pm

zooming even

4:33 pm

I still need 4 of teh 7s

4:34 pm

well if you need clues, let me know

4:36 pm

Thanks. I should go down to my office and do some prep work...

4:36 pm

probably things I should be doing too

4:37 pm

right?? LOL

4:37 pm

but only 4 left... :)

4:38 pm

ooohhh.. go get 'em!

4:38 pm

38...

4:38 pm

still 4 :)

the b s go on forever...

4:39 pm

yeah, there's a lot of b's in this one

4:40 pm

I've found the H's a little more tricky tho

4:40 pm

but only slightly so

they're not great, either.

4:45 pm

ah, there's one word...3 to go

4:46 pm

drum roll.... :)

4:46 pm

you done? congrats!

4:46 pm

the office awaits :)

4:47 pm

No! I was giving you a drum roll for the last 3!

well good luck with that

4:47 pm

I still have 24

4:47 pm

oh...thanks :)

4:47 pm

took me like an hour to get that one word tho I think

4:49 pm

Yeah..it's a bit of a bear!

4:49 pm

big boards....they are a bit of a grind

4:52 pm

oops, one of the missing was a plural

4:52 pm

2 to go...both 5s

4:53 pm

go! go! Go!

4:54 pm

another plural...albeit a latin one

4:54 pm

1 to go

4:56 pm

ok.. NOW the drum roll...

4:59 pm

1....

4:59 pm

then r5 is difficult to find

4:59 pm

fw

4:59 pm

congrats :)

5:00 pm

Thanks. ONce I listed I saw that a lot th** a lot I thought I already had typed had not registered.

5:00 pm

yeah, it's easy to typo when you're going fast

5:01 pm

so you think you have them

5:01 pm

no** of the r5s are wierd.

5:02 pm

yeah, none of the ones I have are that unusual in babble

oh, I just heard an owl !

5:15 pm

Cool!

5:50 pm

The haints are coming to spook Carla for not decorating for Halloween

maybe!

6:01 pm

All the computer gremlins have attacked my office this week. Name a problem and we have had it. Oooooo!

6:18 pm

back to attack my last 9....

6:31 pm

Impressive. ...89 to go here

6:33 pm

i did not find this grid to be very much fun....

6:40 pm

down to one....

6:41 pm

i am done....

6:44 pm

Congrats!!

6:44 pm

ty....

6:46 pm

Another grid defeated by Pen. *Sounds the victory horns*

6:46 pm

:oD

6:51 pm

well i am off.....goodnight everyone.....

6:54 pm

hi, congrats, and bye, then! ;)

7:16 pm

evenig all!

7:20 pm

hiya, dan!

7:46 pm

Clue for the dy8 please?

7:51 pm

electronic technical term for a tetrode. dy + hospital head nurse, change the first consonant

7:51 pm

thank you

9:07 pm

((((((((((gr))))))))))). hello ALL!!!!!

9:08 pm

ooops... time gap! LOL. hello all anyway!

9:10 pm

Hi stids

9:11 pm

How are you origami? I was worried about all the smoke down there.

hidie ho good neighbor

9:13 pm

Hey beautiful! How's life in the fast lane? ((watching from the slow lane))

9:14 pm

We got through it :D If I can swing it, I am moving closer to you when I fully retire.

9:14 pm

{{{{{{{{ stiddy}}}}}}}}}

Fast lane is a bit bumpy!

9:16 pm

I hope you do, origami!

9:16 pm

just up from a power nap. first "outing" in 12 weeks. podiatrist, supermarket and sat in cafe with a hot chocolate and marshmallows. so nice. a little touch of normality

9:16 pm

So I gather, mcurl. Nothing easy this year!

9:18 pm

hey ori, mcurls. i hope you all are doing well.

9:18 pm

so glad to see you also gr! The plant you sent is now blooming! I love spathiphyllums. :-)

9:18 pm

Sounds exhausting for an outing, gr -- I am "done" when I just ride alone to pick up the mail in town...

9:18 pm

how wonderful. i had hoped it would be a good specimen.

school board members coming in tomorrow to "see" all the protocols we have in place for hybrid learning.....problem is, I don't think (and others) that what we have is adequate

9:19 pm

Hi grannyrose!

9:19 pm

I saw the principal's letter. I wonder if they are going to wander through "my" room (which needs serious organizing)? I haven't been told they will...

9:20 pm

ugh, mcurl. and even if you know you have it all in hand, there is still th4 flutter of nervousness.

I don't now what they're going to look at. Board meeting is tomorrow night. I hope they don't discuss a return since the numbers are still rising.

9:21 pm

I concur with your assessment, mcurl, but ... to be honest, as long as infection rates are so high there is no "safe enough" way to go back to school for those of us with health issues (or family members with health issues)

9:22 pm

uh oh. i hear the beep of the microwave. means my lunch is on it's way. see you later if you're still here. xx

9:22 pm

I have wondered if you were going to be in a classroom with kids, stids. You are in a new posiiton, aren't you?

9:22 pm

Bye gr

Granny, between all the printing I have been doing for the remote learning packets and that darn old Stid (teehee) keeping me on the run and then my "normal" job duties, I'm one girl on the run.

9:22 pm

yay me, down to 202!

9:23 pm

Hey, all! Just coming in on the chat after getting an email from my principal that another staff member (the third in three weeks) has tested positive. The plight of teachers is heavy on my heart today.

9:23 pm

I am teaching fully remote this year, origami, on the advice of my allergist. It would not have been a good thing if I caught this disease with my multiple health issues.

9:23 pm

I think not, stids.

9:24 pm

hey Jen -- how awful for your school! I hope they will all be okay. :-(

9:24 pm

Glad to hear it, Stid, truly.

9:24 pm

Thank you! So far, mild cases, but it causes stress, as you can imagine!

Origami, I'm doing all I can to make sure Stid is taken care of on the work front!

9:25 pm

mcurl is now a mere slip of a shadow of her former self. When she turned sideways I thought she had left the room.... :-) (giggle)

LOL, Stid!

9:26 pm

That's good to hear mcurl

9:26 pm

I am so worried for several of my colleagues with even more serious health issues who didn't feel they could request remote assignments, or weren't able to be accommodated. I wake up sometimes worrying.

9:27 pm

If anything was lucky in this awful year, it was that I was able to work remotely with mcurl as back-up on the ground for me. Since I cannot be in the building much (have been there once in the last two months) it has been a comfort that she knows where things are and can help corral things for me.

9:28 pm

I just worry that it's going to wear her out!

9:28 pm

I feel your pain, stid, and will be sending good vibes your way.

You could never wear me out! I'm an Energizer Bunny!!! LOL

9:28 pm

I talked my colleague, who just recovered from pneumonia out of volunteering to cover a class today.

9:29 pm

YIKES! Even in a "good" year pneumonia + germy kids is a bad idea!

9:29 pm

LOL true dat, mcrul!

9:29 pm

or mcurl -- my figners are really having issues tonight

9:29 pm

Right? It's such a struggle between wanting to help and being careful with your own health and well-being

you are forgiven

9:31 pm

Definitely, Jen -- we are natural "givers" and it's really really hard to step back from that. And to be honest I have a family member who is very angry with me right now because I DID set limits on how much I was willing to do away from home. {shrug} Some people...

9:38 pm

Okay, down to 170 and looking for halfway. Any help on the far left o in the middle row? second letter and count? also the a in the bottom row please?

9:41 pm

or8 - very decorative

9:42 pm

thanks april! :-D

9:42 pm

You're welcome!

9:42 pm

back. april i think th4's a or6, not an 8

9:42 pm

I think that's or6

9:43 pm

I needed it though. ;-) I am down to 160...

9:43 pm

As8 - A + very rocky

9:43 pm

what you need is oe8.

9:43 pm

oops - you are right! There is not an or8! It is or6

9:44 pm

And it is an as6 - good grief!!

9:44 pm

oe8/40 are the stats.

9:44 pm

*hands April her glasses* here honey, i was cleaning them for you... lol

9:44 pm

thanks for the oe, gr and origami and april!

9:45 pm

and the A! yay! down to 158...

9:45 pm

Thanks so much! Clearly they were filthy!!

9:46 pm

*giggle*

9:46 pm

yippee!! halfway, NBT and NBS thanks to a little help from my friends.

9:46 pm

yaystiddy.

9:47 pm

I'll airmail my glasses to you, gr... seriously I need to find the eyeglass cleaner I brought home in May. It's around here somewhere (goes digging through piles of teacher gear)

9:48 pm

lol... sounds like you have an archeological dig happening, stiddy. i have similar pile beside my chair. wanna swap?

9:48 pm

Yep! I might find a kangaroo or a koala...

9:49 pm

or a drop bear?

9:50 pm

qu'est que c'est "drop bear"????

9:50 pm

I would have written the question in Greek, but I never learned Greek....

9:51 pm

lol... the australian museum of natural sciences has a definition on its web site. it's a mythical creature which drops out of trees on unsuspecting hikers, particularly young boy scouts.

9:52 pm

!!!!! I shall investigate right now! (brb)

9:53 pm

we had a rather naive reporter at one of our sanctuaries. they dressed her up in full haz. suit, gauntlet gloves and all, then told her to shut her eyes while they handed her a koala.

9:54 pm

Oh my.... what a fun page! I love it when museums have a sense of humor.

9:55 pm

its was so funny. when she opened her eyes and saw what they had given her. she was literally shaking in her shoes at the thought of this creature.

9:55 pm

It's similar I believe to our tree octopus. ;-)

9:55 pm

isn't it hysterical?? i laughed and laughed when i saw it.

9:57 pm

I would not play a trick like that on someone, but I hope she found humor in it. (I would feel really badly if someone had a serious fear)

9:58 pm

yum yum. Don has bought me a new kind of drink. fruit teabags. you make it with hot water, then chill. this one is cherry. delicious.

9:58 pm

It sound delightful... for summer. LOL It's starting to get chilly out. I brought in all the tropical plants last weekend!

9:58 pm

oh she was laughing as hard as the rangers when she saw it.

9:59 pm

i saw th4. stiddy

9:59 pm

*relieved mama look* So glad! In that case I will laugh at the image.

9:59 pm

how many do you have? love how Wally gets so much pleasure from them too.

10:01 pm

Let's see: living room has 14, plus the kiwi vine that never got planted so will overwinter inside. The kitchen has a few more.

10:03 pm

roflol.... so lovely to have some of your plants around you especially when you are heading for the coldest time of the year.

10:03 pm

Indeed, although I have to admit that I am running out of space to put them!

10:03 pm

and i just added to the collection. *naughty granny*

10:04 pm

yep. there shall be coal in your stocking come yule-tide!

10:04 pm

why don't you get Tom to put some heavy duty hooks in the ceiling and then hang them?

10:05 pm

We have VERY tall ceilings in the living room, I would need a ladder to water!

10:06 pm

i had planter poles a while back. it was terrific. you braced it between your ceiling and floor. the hooks for the planters were counter-balanced. it gave me heaps of room, no horizontal surfaces used.

10:06 pm

I have a plan though... I want to put some shelves IN the window wells so the plants get a little more light. The orchid like the area under the skylight better than the windows.

10:06 pm

yes the filtered light for orchids is really great.

10:08 pm

apologies mcurl and ori. i seemed to have taken over the chat with stiddy. please come back.

10:13 pm

No worries, gr. Just plodding through. Down to 23.

10:15 pm

wow. well done ori.

10:15 pm

wow. well done ori.

10:16 pm

:D

10:18 pm

back.

10:18 pm

go origami go!!!!

10:26 pm

mcurl will be back. :-) she's lost in the grid... *kicks at short letters looking for mcurl*

10:30 pm

*giggle* careful..... you don't know what's under th4 lot...

10:31 pm

usually choclits in my experience... *noses around middle-height letters*

10:31 pm

(these have ice creams in them, I think)

10:31 pm

sitting here wondering if i should go and do something. not sure what. pick a topic any topic. there will be something.

10:32 pm

I made a vegetarian curry for dinner tonight. Hey, yall!

10:32 pm

hello seain! long time no see. :-)

10:33 pm

hi, stidmama :)

10:33 pm

Hi, seain.

10:33 pm

oh, forgot to tell you, stiddy. in my garden i have left my irises completely undisturbed for the last year. this year i have a stunning display of blue and dark brown flowering. the stems are nearly 3 feet long.

10:33 pm

evening, origami :)

10:34 pm

how lovely, rose :)

10:34 pm

hey ya seain. sounds yummy. ho warm are your curries?

10:34 pm

I should head to sleepy-bye land... have a lovely evening/day everyone! *wanders off, leaving choclits and yummy homemade gluten-free pizzelle in pb*

10:34 pm

ahem... th4's *how*

10:34 pm

that sounds perfectly beautiful, gr! We will lift our irises this coming weekend if we can. *poof*

10:34 pm

not very, as i'm feeeding all three in the house.

10:35 pm

and my roses..... oh my..... they take my breath away.

10:35 pm

roses don't grow well where i live, too warm.

10:35 pm

in th4 case seain, i will be right over.

10:36 pm

Pretty hot here, seain, and roses grow well. Maybe it's the lack of humidity.

10:36 pm

really seain. in summer here we get up to 40+ celsius. my roses thrive on the heat.

10:37 pm

we have months and months of hot, humid, and mild winters.

10:37 pm

what sort of soil do you have seain?

10:37 pm

clay

10:37 pm

red clay, specifically

10:38 pm

Months and months of dry heat here (and mild winters). It must be the humidity. I have clay soil also.

10:38 pm

(rats, guess I"ll just have to go on wondering what's hidden under the taller letters, hahaha!) ;p

10:39 pm

i have clay soil. years ago i laid down several layers of newspaper, covered it to about 8 inches thick with sugar cane straw. the whole lot composted down and now i have the richest garden baeds, soil wise.

10:39 pm

some vining varieties do okay. bushes don't . we sometimes transplant wild roses from the woods.

10:40 pm

Reston, a place i used to live, is n the grid today.

10:40 pm

ours is brown clay. would lime help at all do you think? or am i teaching my garndmother (metphorically) to suck eggs.

10:41 pm

and anyone wants some buttercup roots for their salad i have a garden full...

10:41 pm

huh. we eat the flowers, but not the roots.

10:42 pm

lol.... as my gardener says we grow very healthy weeds.

10:42 pm

LOL

10:43 pm

oh, and this year i had a PINK forgetmenot flower. i thought i had lost it. forgeting th4 they are very hardy plants for all their tiny flowers and soft leaves and stems.

10:45 pm

and the nasturtiums have gone for a wander. trailing in amongst my ornamental ginger, liliums, and a clump of stinky iris. so called because the leaves stink when you crush them.

10:45 pm

yes, how tenacious a plant be is independent of its form

10:50 pm

Phew! Finisheed.

10:50 pm

WTG ORIGAMI !!

10:52 pm

Thanks. See y'all.

11:14 pm

done here, too, yay!

11:16 pm

WTG RBUD !!

hi all, 43 to go, my guess for next is 211

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