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147 total words

12:07 am

er8

12:08 am

Tr7

12:18 am

hello everyone - have no idea what that er 8 could be

Clues are up

12:26 am

don quixote was a knight er6. That practice is known as knight er8

12:26 am

tiry

12:26 am

sorry about that

12:26 am

ty - had the er t

12:27 am

nbt, nbs

12:29 am

double that

12:31 am

and right col. greyed

12:34 am

so8

12:36 am

an 8

12:46 am

Phantom sorority

12:53 am

close gillie.

12:54 am

ty gillie and rose

12:55 am

ty rose - I'd gotten a bit fixated

12:57 am

ny phantom is pyrite

12:58 am

have had a wonderful day. out for lunch with himself, his sister and her hubby. went to La Porchetta's. had the best porterhouse steak and mashed potato, with enough garlic butter to drown in. home and flower delivery soon after, from youngest son and wife. messages etc all day. i feel so spoiled.

12:58 am

oh, and loved.

12:59 am

is it your birthday rose?

12:59 am

You deserve it, rose.

12:59 am

let's just say its the third anniversary of my 23rd birthday....loll

1:00 am

oh - you are just a youngster!

1:00 am

happy birthday rose - lovely to feel loved

1:00 am

next year will be a biggie. and i want all the bells and whistles. himself has been warned.

1:00 am

Happy Birthday :)

happy birthday Rose

1:01 am

thank-you all. so much appreciated. oh, and a card from Sprite too.

1:02 am

nan, sometimes, as you know, i don't feel so good. but today i feel wonderful. i have done quite a bit of walking round without any aids.

1:02 am

that is super news, rose

1:06 am

need to say good night -- hopefully I'll get a decent sleep.

1:06 am

i have found SLOW-release magnesium which i take at night. still a dew night cramps but they are much weaker, but no hand cramping, and back spasms are minimal.

1:07 am

sweetest of dreams nan. xx

1:07 am

ugh... so excited...*few*

hi, all. HBD, Rose!

oh. i just looked at the time. . .

well, I am declaring this grid difficult

7:49 am

It isn't easy.

8:05 am

grannyrose, magnesium oil works right away and is amazing. I keep it next to my bed.

8:07 am

Happy birthday, Rose!

8:39 am

Hi all.

8:39 am

i just started and this is a weird grid

8:39 am

hi mkg

8:42 am

Any stats for the 7 or 8s welcome. Ty

8:43 am

Er for the 8. So looking hard now.

8:44 am

tr7/28

8:46 am

i found er6

8:47 am

to act in an er6 fashion = 8

8:47 am

Got the er 6 and 8. Just add to the six. Weird word i never heard.

8:47 am

phae which tr is it?

8:47 am

er8 is a continuation of er6

8:47 am

right side T

8:47 am

Yes

8:48 am

it's a pl

8:48 am

tr 7/28 is plural of tr 6/18

8:48 am

Dont have the six either.

8:49 am

3 times 2000 pounds

8:49 am

got the er8

8:49 am

Ty book.....got it. Great clue

8:50 am

Great mlfan.

8:50 am

Missing the L words. Stats welcome.

8:50 am

You know the world has gone straight to hell when even news reporters can't spell. in a recent news on-line report it was stated that a person was believed to be part of a "dung trafficking ring". No, there is no such thing as dung trafficking, this was DRUG misspelled.

8:50 am

Just found one E word. So all set.

8:50 am

Ty

8:51 am

Molly there are no standards nowadays.

8:51 am

ty for the tr6/7

8:51 am

maybe they were avid gardeners lol

maybe they really were trafficking dung

8:52 am

Yup. Dung trafficers........yup thats right carla.

8:52 am

mkg i have 2 from top e and one from the other one

8:52 am

When did dung go on the black market?

8:54 am

so8/50?

8:54 am

rotos

8:54 am

the drugs could have been some really bad sh**

8:54 am

sorry

8:54 am

ty phae

8:54 am

they rely too much on spell check. no one learns how to spell any more so they're not sure if "damn you auto-correct!" changes that they need to correct. *hand up - I admit I hit send prior to seeing my error occasionally*

8:55 am

You are correct amelu but you would think they would still employ proof readers for news articles to be published on line.

8:56 am

phae working on that word as well

8:57 am

nbs

8:59 am

Yes, Molly, I definitely would want someone to read/edit anything that is going out into the great blue nowhere, lol.

Hi all! Would it be fair to assume that the an8 starts with the prefix meaning 'against'?

9:02 am

py5/16?

py + moved a way at a speed quicker than a walk

9:04 am

ty matty

May I please have a nudge on the AN8 - even a tiny one?

9:13 am

I don't know what it is, matty, but I'm guessing it's against something.

Yeah, that's my guess too but not yet spotting it

9:15 am

that's my missing a too

9:16 am

AHA.

9:16 am

against sort

9:16 am

an8 = might describe someone who stubbornly handwrites everything.

oh, thanks

9:18 am

Tx!

did I see someone mention an so8?

9:19 am

Yes

hmm

phantom nostril

9:22 am

phantom sorority

phantom rarity

9:22 am

change that third letter for the so8

and parity

9:23 am

Thanks, phaeton!

9:23 am

yw

gracias

9:23 am

Tx phae

ooh, finished the S with that

9:23 am

reing

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crap...sorry

9:24 am

at least I mispelled

9:24 am

ooh, thanks - missed that one

I always miss that and realm

9:26 am

FW

well done. 29 left here.

9:28 am

Oh, I can beat that:

9:28 am

83!

is the L a set? can't find either word

ah, there's one

9:34 am

phantom pyrite

9:35 am

I've been hallucinating Peyote but it's not there

eery, ru

9:36 am

you can try grinding up some nutmeg if you've run out of peyote

is this what you teach? :D

9:37 am

down to ten but stuck'

wow, thought food closet was a phantom earlier, but it's really there

9:39 am

yes - my students think I'm walter white.

Thanks for the AN8 :) Got it now

9:41 am

hokie clue the L word you found pls?

9:43 am

ty dauber for teh an8 clue

9:43 am

the

9:43 am

li4/4, li5/10. not related.

9:45 am

took me long enough to find the li4 ty

9:50 am

tirlit - how archie bunker refers to the WC

9:52 am

Archie Bunker would never make it in this world where everyone is tripping all over themselves to be politically correct. I'm sorry, but I had to laugh at the renaming of Mr. Potato Head. Really?

9:52 am

is that a photo or a painting molly

9:53 am

22 to go - col 4 and 5 greyed! bbl - got a telehealth visit for my kid

9:53 am

Is what a photo or a painting?

LOL, what are they renaming Mr. Potato Head to?

9:55 am

I have one li word. So doubt it is a set.

yes, as mentioned below they are unrelated

though they could be related since neither have a definition on the dictionary link

9:58 am

It is now just "Potato Head". Apparently Mr. Potato Head was not "gender inclusive enough". Seriously? It's a potato.

yes, but there's a ms. potato head too

has no one seen Toy Story??

did y'all know "female" is a derogatory term now? as a female, I don't get it.

9:59 am

I love what Bette Midler said..."what people SHOULD be worried about is how you store a bunch of dismembered body parts in the potato's ass"

10:00 am

I think it's more a money thing, honestly. They had a separate Potato Head for those two genders. I can imagine it's a logistical nightmare. It probably makes more sense for the company to just make one general Potato Head, but it includes the parts to make both of said genders.

10:00 am

If it's just a potato, it hardly matters if it's Mr Potato Head or just Potato Head - kids who play with it now or who get it soon won't know or care that it was once Mr - it's only those of us with a nostalgia that care about how things were - the toy will be the same but what is good is that parents and grandparents won't insist on getting the Mr for their boys and the Mrs/Ms for their girls - it can be whatever their imaginations fancy

10:01 am

it's just that there is no damn reason to gender a potato

10:01 am

I agree Carla. I don't get why female is now a bad word to use. The world has gone batshit crazy.

10:01 am

If you ask me, they should go completely retro and make the Potato Head set what it ORIGINALLY was.

10:01 am

Yes, what Mael said.

10:02 am

so good for them for removing gender from the damn potato. No reason Mrs. Potato ought to have flowers and a purse. Give all potatoes flowers and a purse.

10:02 am

well, there's really no reason to anthropomorphize a potato either, but it's fun. maybe they could include all the parts with one base potato and kids could dress it up however they want.

10:02 am

That is, put the sharp metal thingies in, don't include the plastic potato, and MAKE IT SO YOU NEED A **REAL** POTATO! Now, THAT's the way to do it!

10:03 am

Let the kids get nicked up from time to time. It builds character!

10:04 am

but you know, my daughter is frankly appalled at the lack of superhero merchandise meant for girls and my son wears elsa costumes on the regular so we're doing alright

10:04 am

LOL, have you seen those little 3-D metal models? I bought some for the boys once and the oldest cut his hands like 5 places. mr. homie was like, why did you buy them razor blades?

10:04 am

The Mr. Potato Head thing is as dumb as Pepe Le Pew being retired because he "normalizes rape culture". WHAT?

10:05 am

I mean, he does. You're just used to it.

10:05 am

I will say I always hated Pepe Le Pew because you know that cat didn't want him following her around trying to romance her all the time.

10:06 am

yeah, exactly

10:06 am

rodi

10:06 am

FWIW, the channel here still shows Pepe Le Pew.

10:06 am

peer

10:06 am

My problem with Pepe Le Pew was twofold: 1) the cartoons are boring, and 2) the faux French is atrocious.

10:06 am

Pepe Le Pew was about romance not rape.

10:07 am

It was in no way about romance. Not even a little.

10:07 am

it's not romance if it's unwanted

10:07 am

not even a little

10:07 am

yeah, I never saw him rape her, but he was def. a stalker

10:07 am

Someone who wants to be romantic and chivalrous will take no for an answer

10:07 am

and this just proves the point that it is normalizing sexual harassment

10:07 am

Yes, what Mael says

10:07 am

+1 to mael

10:08 am

Consider that the Black and White MInstrel Show was on TV in the UK until the 80s. The 1980s. Bet none of us here would miss that - but I'll bet when it was pulled some people complained that it was only 'in good fun'

10:08 am

I think he thought he was being romantic but he def didn't know how to take no for an answer

10:08 am

I guess Sally in Peanuts is a rapist/stalker too since she was always following Linus around.

10:08 am

Let em guess: WHITE people complained.

10:09 am

That would be my guess as well (about it being pulled - and to be fair, I don't know who or if people did complain - I'm guessing)

10:11 am

It's very easy for us older people to think that what was normal 'in our day' or acceptable should be acceptable for all time - but as we know (I mean, how many of us didn't roll our eyes or laugh at our parents back in the day), that just may not be tree, and false equivalences aren't helpful. (Sally followed Linus around, she didn't force kisses and embraces upon him)

10:11 am

I just don't understand the defense of Pepe Le Pew. Are you trying to preserve an crappy cartoon or does it make you uncomfortable to recognize that some things you never had to examine are actually problematic?

10:11 am

In Pepe's case, one scene was cut out of one movie.

10:11 am

Did you know that a lot of newspapers pulled Peanuts when Schultz introduced Franklin - an African American boy?

10:12 am

Yep, and I hope that they got what they deserved for doing that. Oh, the humanity, a black kid!

10:12 am

(And yes, I KNOW the quote was "all the humanity" and not "oh, the humanity," but just stick with me!)

10:12 am

That is such a good story how Franklin came about.

10:13 am

I did not know that was the actual quote, I use oh, the humanity all the time.

10:13 am

I'm saying that Mr. Potato Head is a toy (and a potato) and Pepe Le Pew is a cartoon. There is too much over thinking going on.

10:13 am

what do you think shapes our children if not toys and cartoons?

10:14 am

Even better than Franklin, Schulz inspired Morrie Turner to create the comic Wee Pals, which was lots more diverse than Peanuts.

10:14 am

Mr. Potato Head was just a company change, 6 DR. Seuss books being unpublished was decided by the estate and the publisher, Pepe was removed from one movie. It is all much ado about nothing.

10:14 am

Okay, okay, then all our children are gender biased and approving of "rape culture" because they played with Mr. Potato Head and watched Pepe Le Pew.

10:14 am

But what possible harm does it do to call it Potato Head - why kick back so much? As you say, overthinking it - our grandchildren won't know or care that it was once Mr Potato Head

10:15 am

You are not listening...no one complained about those things, it was a choice of the owner or creator.

10:15 am

The only (media) who care are Fox News so they don't have to talk about how the proliferation of heavy weaponry in private hands causes mass shootings

10:15 am

Parents. If toys and cartoons truly did shape children, there'd be a helluva lot more architects in the world, and more trees would be chopped down by little kids! Sure, I saw Pepe Le Pew, those Tex Avery cartoons with the crazy wolf chasing ladies, etc., but I always knew better than to not touch, treat not just women but EVERYBODY decently, etc. I took toys and cartoons for what they were: mindless entertainment.

10:16 am

hah, do you think little girls are born loving pink? or do you think that's a gender bias that is thrust upon them? because removing gender bias from toys (even at the glacial pace it's happening) is a good thing

10:16 am

And as a guy, I gotta say...I love pink.

10:16 am

It goes with everything. Kinda like black.

10:16 am

I'm still upset that when my brother died when I was about 5, my parents gave away his meccanno set, I wanted it.

10:17 am

I never liked pink

10:17 am

YIKES, oh, man, I'm so sorry. :( That beyond sucks to lose a sibling, especially at that age.

10:17 am

I'm quite happy to live in a world with fewer images / reminders of sexual assault, racism, gender stereotypes, etc.

10:17 am

I am a parent of little kids. Clearly not all men learned that sexual harassment is criminal, given what happens every damn day in the world. Working against the normalization of assault is really important.

10:17 am

exactly, bookgrrl

10:17 am

I wrote this about the genderisation (is that a word?) of toys, specifically Lego, a while ago. https://bit.ly/3d9Us1k

10:17 am

sorry to hear that, sukee. and I don't know what meccanno is.

10:18 am

I didn't remember I had a brother for a while because they never talked about it. He had MD.

10:18 am

It's a building toy.

10:18 am

It is like an erector set Carla

10:18 am

ah

10:18 am

But, at least I had Lego and my parents got me a Batmobile :)

10:18 am

Oh wait. Erector is probably not politically correct since it sounds too much like erection.

10:19 am

Thanks for sharing your post matty. Also I just followed you on Twitter. :-)

10:20 am

I love pink, purple, but I also love orange and blue. and I grew up playing lots of Barbies, but I also played a lot with my brothers' matchbox and hot wheels and one of the older boys in my neighborhood would also play barbies with me some. kids are gonna play with what they want.

10:20 am

I am stuck with 81 to go.

10:20 am

I have made it to 23 left but am stuck

10:20 am

if their parents get it for them

10:20 am

Yep, I collected Hot Wheels for a while. Kids ARE going to play with what they want.

10:20 am

Me too Hokie, I had dolls as well.

10:20 am

I have a brother who died when he was six months old, eight years before I was born. To this day my parents (81 and 77) don't like talking about it because it's still painful, all these years later.

10:21 am

and there are plenty of little boys that want dolls they're not getting because they are coded as being for girls

10:21 am

but if we get rid of dolls then no kid can play with them

10:22 am

no one is getting rid of dolls?

10:22 am

And my last thought on the subject, btw: you have guys apologizing for their behavior, with sexual harassment and other just...very wrong things....an apology means NOTHING if you don't act on it. And by acting on it, at the VERY LEAST continue to speak the hell out against it. Don't just say "I was wrong" and forget it. Put your damn money where your mouth is and DO SOMETHING to help.

10:22 am

I currently have about 200 barbies in my basement. Need to start trying to sell them.

10:22 am

So, I am moving in 2 months. I finally got into a subsidized apartment where I wanted to be.

10:22 am

we're just trying to make it so they are not a GIRL toy, just a toy

10:22 am

but the market dropped big time since the 2000s

10:22 am

Who is "we"?

10:23 am

I waited 5 and 1/2 years for affordable housing.

10:23 am

wow, sukee. glad you got in

10:23 am

are you a snowbird (pre-covid)?

10:23 am

200 Barbies? Wow. I thought I was lucky when I got up to 5.

10:23 am

"we" = people who aren't interested in perpetrating racist / gendered stereotypes.

10:24 am

And I know some people who live there and in the building next door. It's a ground-floor apartment so the kitties will have lots to look at.

10:24 am

those who are trying to de-gender toys, molly. Unless you think the agenda is nefarious

10:24 am

I only had about 15 as a kid, started collecting the collectible Barbies in my 20s.

10:24 am

No, never been a snowbird. Can't afford it :)

10:24 am

that was another canadian here then ;_

10:25 am

;)

10:25 am

Damn Carla, I am sorry to hear that. With all those Barbies around you, you must be "gender stereotyped" to the max.

10:25 am

I don't have any huge desire to live in Florida :) I would maybe try Bermuda if I had the money.

10:26 am

Good luck with Bermuda -- they have extremely strict immigration policies. Basically, they won't allow you in unless you have a job there. Other than that, they want all native Bermudans.

10:26 am

And yet I seem to remember that you have your own tool box and are pretty handy with tools, Carla. : D

10:27 am

I know it's useless being you're trying not to get it, but this isn't about stopping boys or girls from playing with any kind of toy. Just, you know, the opposite.

10:28 am

isn't Bermuda the one due east of NC?

10:28 am

yeah, clearly they have no interest in changing their mind or even engaging in good faith conversion. thanks for your voices of reason, mael, matty, and others.

10:29 am

well, like I've said, I have 2 older brothers, so I'm a very girly tomboy.

10:29 am

Yep, about 600 miles off the coast. And apparently Bermudan's hate the "C-word," so don't say it to them!

10:29 am

The "C-word," of course, being "Caribbean" -- because it's nowhere near the Caribbean, yet people say it is all the time!

10:29 am

Why does everything here have to become a battle? People can have a difference of opinion, it's okay.

10:29 am

(And I have NO IDEA why there's an apostrophe in "Bermudans". I think Babble inserted it there.)

10:29 am

which c word? the one Americans hate but the Brits are fine with it? ah, now see your 2nd post.

10:31 am

yeah, so what's the climate like compared to the caribbean? seems like it wouldn't be as warm.

10:31 am

That's okay, I don't use the C word :)

10:31 am

I know I can google all this, but dauber seems to know the answers.

10:31 am

It's not. It's warm in the spring and summer. I don't think it gets VERY cold, but it gets in the 40s.

10:32 am

so, similar to NC

10:32 am

Heh. I don't know everything (I only THINK I know everything!) -- my wife and I honeymooned in Bermuda. :)

10:32 am

Well, I think living there is just a pipe dream.

10:32 am

And like NC, basically kiss your butt goodbye during hurricane season. :)

10:32 am

my boys had a soccer coach from there

10:33 am

well at least in NC you can go inland

10:33 am

name that proper noun! kid doctor

10:33 am

See you all later

10:34 am

doogie

10:34 am

ding ding ding! sukee with the win on her way out

10:35 am

II am failing to see how Doogie exists in the grid. Legally

10:35 am

Aaah - bookgrrl, I've followed you back :)

10:36 am

lol, darnit, you're right

10:36 am

phantom doogie!

10:36 am

alright, taking a break. BBL for 21.

10:57 am

fireworks!

11:03 am

any clues needed before I scoot?

11:05 am

have a good day babblers

11:06 am

good morning babblers - hope I haven't missed everyone :)

11:07 am

hi nan....i have been lurking...

11:10 am

Pen stays out of the line of fire : D

11:10 am

:oD

11:11 am

is there more than one ey?

11:11 am

i like to start by just cranking out words....whittled this one down to 27 at this point...

11:12 am

morning all

11:13 am

down to 29 here

11:13 am

moring mool

11:13 am

morning, mool...

11:13 am

I'm only 108 behond you nan :)

11:13 am

2 ey

11:13 am

ty molly, just have the 4

11:16 am

21 here

11:16 am

70 now

11:16 am

going to play Spelling Bee....bbl to find my last 26....bye all....

11:17 am

bye pen

11:19 am

Pen flits like a little butterfly from word game to word game

11:20 am

hallo - back for last 22

11:20 am

hey HH

11:20 am

34 left her

11:20 am

here

11:20 am

hi moool

11:20 am

Hi Harry

11:20 am

25 and it's getting painful

11:21 am

I keep seeing nostril. In the grid you understand, not just randomly

11:21 am

I'm procrastinating grading lab reports...

11:21 am

*Fixes Nan a Scotch

11:22 am

litlle early in the am for that, Molly

11:22 am

Details, details

11:24 am

As for you Matty, if you hadn't spent so much time playing "Operation" you would not be seeing random body parts. Thank God the patient in Operation is gender neutral.

11:27 am

still 21 but I haven't been looking :D

11:27 am

D and middle T are my biggest problems with 5 each

11:28 am

18 here. missing 4 on bottom T and 3 on bottom R

11:28 am

listing for last 19

11:28 am

only missing one D

11:29 am

well done, nan

11:29 am

ooh, gotta do a project. TTFN

11:32 am

24 left

11:32 am

16

11:32 am

20 :)

11:33 am

wow! you foundn a hidden cache?

11:33 am

found my second 8

11:33 am

17 to go

11:34 am

I'm totally stuck. gonna list these last 16.

11:37 am

even with the list I am stuck harry

11:37 am

tricky board for sure

11:37 am

15 to go

11:38 am

ah, 8s complete

11:41 am

some really stupid alt. sp.

11:42 am

any clues for the ne 5 or 6 that follow the requirement?

11:42 am

sorry - eyes not working --- that follow the bullrush

11:42 am

??

11:43 am

There aren't any ne words?

11:43 am

kingship nan

11:43 am

re 5 or 6 that follow the bullrush

11:43 am

duh - had the rhyming one too! ty

11:44 am

3 here

11:44 am

I did not - thank you for both sets!

11:44 am

2

11:44 am

no 6 please?

11:44 am

what am I not seeing in the D's?

11:45 am

it's not nostril

11:45 am

(for no6)

11:45 am

no6 last word

11:46 am

last one for me too, harry

11:46 am

g d or y - that is the question

11:47 am

it's not noogie either

11:47 am

I think the g has to be the 3rd letter

11:47 am

it's one of those "kidly" words

11:47 am

I've tried all spellings of noogie - several times :)

11:48 am

Have an8 and so8......what is third?

11:48 am

no6 - to tease or bug

11:48 am

er8

11:48 am

ty vic

11:48 am

done!

11:48 am

(or person who does it)

11:48 am

have no idea on that no 6

11:49 am

Tx

11:49 am

don't be such a no6, george, said jerry

11:49 am

not a word that I know

11:49 am

one would think it would be spelled nu

11:50 am

nu5

11:50 am

Still not seeing it, but I am tired (was jabbed yesterday and feel under the weather)

11:50 am

still not getting it

11:51 am

going to get mine in an hour, matty!

11:51 am

ok - I have no excuse. gotta grade lab reports. hagd all

11:51 am

You could think of it as an alt spelling of giving someone a little prod

11:51 am

this is so frustrating -- I do not know this word for teasing or the person who teases

11:52 am

nudge nodge nodger --- none of those

11:52 am

so close nan

11:54 am

I have tried nodgee, nodgey, nodgie

11:54 am

give up --- nothing is working

11:55 am

It rhymes with one of Larry, Curly, or Moe.

11:55 am

(At least sorta)

11:56 am

noodge

11:56 am

oops

11:56 am

there you go, nan

11:56 am

ty vicuna -- what a strange word -- have never seen or heard it before

11:56 am

very weird one

11:56 am

Well, I was trying to avoid that level of clueing, hokie. ;)

11:56 am

20 left!

11:56 am

:D

11:57 am

I'm next level ;)

11:58 am

I wonder where the dialect that uses that no 6 comes from?

11:58 am

Yiddish

12:00 pm

it's roots are in yiddish, so NY I guess

12:00 pm

lol - you are one step ahead of me, but now I know why I"ve never heard it before

12:00 pm

It's a perfectly common word for me. Guess I have too many bugs in my life.

12:00 pm

found a D!

12:01 pm

def. never heard it in Appalachian English

12:02 pm

I was called that when I was a child - it is somebody who is pushing and pushing for something in a way that is annoying

12:02 pm

where was that, carol?

12:02 pm

I even lived in a Jewish neighbourhood in Dollard des Ormeaux, but the people there wouldn't associate with we gentiles, so I never had occasion to learn any of the terms or sayings for things

12:04 pm

I feel like depant should be a word

12:04 pm

I got told a zillion times when I was a kid "Don't be a NO6," so you think I would have got that without Vicuna's clue! Great clue, BTW.

12:08 pm

found another D! 17

12:09 pm

on my way -- hagd everyone :)

12:09 pm

bye nan

12:14 pm

I have always seen the no6 spelled the way it is here. Spelled nu5 it means an action, not a person.

12:15 pm

hi all.help with so8 please

12:16 pm

I protest: my bro liked to give me a "noogie".. knuckle to the head.. and it is a word, but not acceptable. My whine for the day..

12:16 pm

Stort with not daughter and end with the last part of a girls group on campus

12:16 pm

yes, I have complained about that :D

12:16 pm

ty Molly

12:17 pm

Todd and Lisa Loopner would complain too

12:17 pm

hi babblers

12:17 pm

I didn't even see peri's post and was like what is molly cluing that for? weird how they sneak in between posts.

12:17 pm

welki!

12:17 pm

Aawwww loved Todd and Lisa!!

12:17 pm

special prom noogies!

12:18 pm

I loved Gilda Radner

12:18 pm

II guess we will have to do away with those Greek groups on campus as they are probably too gender specific as well.

12:18 pm

found another word! 15

12:19 pm

The world was a better place with Roseann Rosanna Danna in it.

12:19 pm

14!

12:19 pm

67

12:20 pm

Gilda was the BEST!!

12:23 pm

346

12:24 pm

I hate it when you think you're onto a word but you've already entered it, because it was so long ago you didn't remember entering it.

12:24 pm

Oh I thought we were just randomly typing numbers in the chat : D

12:42 pm

13

12:48 pm

E R E DDD G Y T TTT RR

12:49 pm

E R P D G T L S R

12:49 pm

my last P was a 4

12:49 pm

still have two 4s left

12:50 pm

found the y!

12:50 pm

I have 3 4's left

12:50 pm

2x4, 6x5 and 1x6

12:50 pm

3x4, 7x5, 3x6

12:50 pm

found a 5

12:51 pm

found another 5

12:52 pm

nice

12:52 pm

yep, just 7 to go

12:53 pm

that escalated quickly

12:53 pm

13 here

12:53 pm

well, I think I was already down to 9 when I posted my letters :)

12:54 pm

ah, I didn't do the maths, just went by your last report

12:54 pm

yeah, found a couple after I came back...then a couple more after you posted, before I responded

12:56 pm

I will have to come back later for my last 13. TTFN

12:56 pm

found one of my last 4s

12:56 pm

have fun

12:56 pm

getting my vaccine!

12:57 pm

Hurrah Carla! I got my first yesterday - I feel a bit washed out today but nothing awful

12:57 pm

yep, we'll see.

1:02 pm

nice....I'm on an indeterminate length waiting list

1:03 pm

The only people I know to have problems with the shot; the ones who got Moderna

1:06 pm

5 to go

1:07 pm

4....all 5s

1:10 pm

I've talked to people who had the Jannsen and the Pfizer vaccine who also had reactions. It's definitely not just Moderna.

1:11 pm

I would react favorably to getting an appointment

1:12 pm

LOL moolingwa

1:20 pm

nothing wrong with todger

1:20 pm

rons

1:20 pm

snot

1:20 pm

sorry

1:27 pm

How many versions of the vaccine are available? I have not heard of the Jansen one.

I had Astra Zenica.

Perhaps they meant Johnson and Johnson?

2:03 pm

we have appointments for sunday for our first shots :)

2:04 pm

when's your appointment, hokie?

2:05 pm

oops, must have missed her

2:16 pm

1 to go

2:56 pm

fw

2:56 pm

Congrats!

I'm back!

Janssen is J&J. I've seen that a couple of times recently. Not sure why unless they are the manufacturer.

I got Moderna because that was the only one I could find. I have heard of people feeling bad after all of them.

3:06 pm

One thing I did not know until today is that none of them are "officially" FDA approved. They have been given "emergency authorization" which is different.

3:09 pm

i got Moderna....no reaction to the first shot....with the second shot, i was really tired the day after...that's it....but someone I know, who is about my age, had fever, chills, achiness and tiredness for three days... I think that's rare....

3:21 pm

no 6/27, pls

3:23 pm

sorry....it's one of the 18 i am missing...

I did know that about the emergency use thing. one thing I just read yesterday that makes sense was that the trial sizes were way bigger than normal vaccine trials so it's easier to get more accurate stats.

3:24 pm

Uses a double vowel.

we had a big discussion on no6 earlier, yiddish, bichon, for a pest I think.

3:26 pm

ty, zooz, carla....don't know yiddish, but the double vowel thing helped...

3:27 pm

Always a pleasure to help a fellow babbler!

3:27 pm

:oD

np

3:46 pm

does the an 8 start with the against word?

yes

3:47 pm

ty...

Pfizer. Second dose was a knock out. But look, we are returning to normal- mass shootings every week...

3:50 pm

Hard to understand what brings someone to the conclusion that shooting a bunch of innocent people makes any kind of sense

Logic has nothing to do with it.

A psychological intervention could have been made earlier when the mother thought her psychologically ill son was acting strangely and had just but a gun. Diversionary policing.

Bought a gun. My keyboard is fkcued

3:55 pm

i am done....heading out....bye all....

3:56 pm

so8, please?

US colleges have fraternities and so..., change 3rd letter (and make it singular)

still have 13 but haven't been trying

4:04 pm

hi all

hey j mc

4:05 pm

oh Kaplan I was thinking the same thing today. God help us!

4:09 pm

only lacking the L for NBT

4:09 pm

stats please

li4 and li5

4:10 pm

li 4/4 and li 5/10

4:10 pm

ty looking

4:11 pm

je - whenever I see your moniker here, I always read it as "Jimminy Cricket." :D

4:12 pm

:D not so bad to be equated with Jimminy Cricket!

4:12 pm

it is hysterical when I hear sales people trying to pronounce it

4:12 pm

NBT

4:13 pm

thank you kindly

4:17 pm

Es Exterminated!

4:21 pm

phantom: rarity

and parity

4:22 pm

and eery

4:26 pm

Rs Routed!

4:27 pm

Ms Managed!

4:28 pm

Ns Nailed!

4:30 pm

oops no, didn't see that other N down there

4:31 pm

Now Ns Nailed!

4:33 pm

Ys Yanked!

4:38 pm

Hello!!

4:38 pm

I pray you all are thriving :)

4:38 pm

hello

4:38 pm

Hi mty

4:38 pm

Os Obliterated!

4:39 pm

I skimmed over the chatterbox history -- you are very quick, Hurshy!!

4:39 pm

How are you folks?

4:39 pm

meep meep

4:39 pm

I am just logging in for the first time today.

4:40 pm

it is very warm here today, kind of intoxicating

4:40 pm

i words incinerated!

4:40 pm

L Licked!

4:42 pm

J Jacked!

4:45 pm

i got er8, anybody have the other 8s?

Finished the 8's but I don't have the 7, THAT never happened before. Any clue for the 7 out there? Thanks

4:51 pm

the 7 is linked to a 6 ti

Guess I don't have that 6 either, but I'm looking.... Thank you Wendrie

4:53 pm

It’s physics/chemistry

4:54 pm

tr6 and 7, not ti

4:54 pm

so, um, what are those other 8s then?

4:54 pm

oops yes - was thinking artist rather than science ;)

4:54 pm

I've got on an 8

4:54 pm

connected to the other an

Ah, okay Hurshey. Thank you

4:55 pm

i was thinking ariel's dad lol

Now I got it!

NBT, NBS and I just lost an hour of sleep so I am off to bed. (We just changed our clocks)

4:56 pm

so what do i need to be against here? hmmmm

5:11 pm

... against the usual

5:13 pm

... pr ... doesn't like keyboarding

5:16 pm

Looks like my car survived the hail.....whew!

5:17 pm

Alabama looks hard hit again....

5:30 pm

Clue for tr7?

5:30 pm

Clue for tr7?

5:32 pm

Plural of tr6 (if you found that one!)

5:33 pm

a large molluck

5:33 pm

*mollusk

5:33 pm

(I think!)

5:33 pm

ariel's dad, plural

5:34 pm

why don't people use the easy clue

5:34 pm

lol

5:34 pm

ok so what is the OTHER 8, besides an8 and er8

5:34 pm

I am a Disney fanatic, but I admit I would not have gotten that one! I am less familiar with The Little Mermaid

5:35 pm

but little mermaid is one of the best ones!!

5:35 pm

If it were related to The Lion King, however, I'm pretty confident I'd master that one :)

5:36 pm

I haven't watched Disney movies since I had young children

5:36 pm

so8

5:36 pm

a few years ago my students did the little mermaid so even if it wasn't already a favorite it would be fresher in my mind

5:38 pm

i really wanted sorority to be it but tis nae here

5:39 pm

ooooh i was so close!!!!!!!!

5:39 pm

thanks molly

5:45 pm

Hurshy are yoy still teaching?

5:46 pm

no, not right now. when i moved, it took a bit to transfer my certification, so i was working as a sub. and then COVID hit.

5:46 pm

idk what i am going to do next. we'll see.

5:47 pm

Oh that sucks. I hope you can get back to it soon. Or something else, if that is what you are aiming for,

5:48 pm

It's tough to be out of work.

5:48 pm

yeah... idk what i want to do. i'm doing freelance transcription work for now.

5:49 pm

I did freelance transcription once. I had to stop because it wasn't paying the bills. Interesting work though.

5:50 pm

yeah, it only works for the moment because i have no rent

5:51 pm

Ooo, no rent. Where do I sign up for that? : D

5:51 pm

with your parents ;)

5:52 pm

Oh darn, that won't work, they have both passed.

5:52 pm

sorry to hear that

rehi, I have 5 left after listing and 4 of them are 5s and I can't seem to manage.

5:54 pm

very similar boat to what i was in

5:54 pm

got the list at 4

I gave up at 13

5:55 pm

just finished

6:12 pm

Congrats!

6:23 pm

anybody with baking expertise around?

6:24 pm

I may be able to help, hurshy

6:24 pm

and hello!

6:26 pm

well, you see, i had bought these nifty frozen soft pretzels and the store. you microwave them for 30 s and boom, deliciousness! and i also have a recipe for soft pretzels, and i was wondering if it would work to make those and freeze them and would i get the same effect? or do they probably have weird preservatives and chemicals in theirs?

6:26 pm

*AT the store

6:26 pm

so8, please?

6:27 pm

does the recipe you have include yeast?

6:27 pm

i think it may, trif

6:27 pm

so8 is like a college girls' group but change the third letter

6:27 pm

okay. I am going to say go ahead and make the pretzels, and freeze after the last rise, but before you bake them.

6:28 pm

Making soft pretzels from scratch is very time consuming

6:28 pm

but if they are not baked then they will not be ready in 30 s

6:28 pm

they won't brown in the microwave, but they should taste okay.

6:29 pm

molly, it may be a bit time consuming but the store ones are freaking expensive

6:29 pm

alternatively, you can make the dough, rise it, and then bake it, pull them before they bake all the way through, and THEN freeze. Actually, I would probably do that, now that I think of it

6:29 pm

that is what i was kind of thinking trif

6:30 pm

Thanks got it

6:30 pm

the secret to perfection is to wrap the pretzels in a damp paper towel before you microwave them. Heaven!

6:30 pm

ok, interesting

6:30 pm

Yes but you have to weigh the price of ingredients plus the time it takes to make them against pre-made.And you absolutely have to bake them

6:31 pm

i think the price of ingredients is much lower

6:31 pm

We ALWAYS get pretzels when I visit Fiona in Philadelphia.

7:01 pm

Soft pretzels at the Amish market in my neighborhood are top shelf.

oh, I wish I could eat soft pretzels. :P

Not sure if i mentioned, but the youngest & I stopped by Krispy Kreme with our vaccine cards to get our free doughnuts. Krispy Kreme doughnuts and pizza are the things I miss eating most. He ate 2 in the car before we got home and they smelled amazing.

9:40 pm

thanks dauber, lickety, mjhogg, phaeton and all cluers - finito!

11:59 pm

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