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Total score 0 pts.
1 3,966
2 3,966
3 3,966
4 3,966
5 3,966
6 3,966
7 3,966
8 3,966
9 3,966
10 3,966
11 3,966
12 3,966
13 3,966
14 3,966
15 3,966
16 3,966
17 3,966
18 3,966
19 3,966
20 3,966
21 3,966
22 3,966
23 3,966
24 3,966
25 3,966
26 3,966
27 3,966
28 3,966
29 3,966
30 3,966
31 3,966
32 3,966
33 3,966
34 3,966
35 3,966
36 3,966
37 3,966
38 3,966
39 3,966
40 3,966
41 3,966
42 3,966
43 3,966
44 3,966
45 3,966
46 3,966
47 3,966
48 3,966
49 3,966
50 3,966
51 3,966
52 3,966
53 3,966
54 3,966
55 3,966
56 3,966
57 3,966
58 3,966
59 3,966
60 3,966
61 3,966
62 3,966
63 3,966
64 3,966
65 3,966
66 3,966
67 3,966
68 3,966
69 3,966
70 3,966
71 3,966
72 3,966
73 3,966
74 3,966
75 3,966
76 3,966
77 3,966
78 3,966
79 3,966
80 3,966
81 3,966
82 3,966
83 3,966
84 3,966
85 3,966
86 3,966
87 3,966
88 3,966
89 3,966
90 3,966
91 3,966
92 3,966
93 3,966
94 3,966
95 3,966
96 3,966
97 3,807
98 3,695
99 3,684
100 3,634
101 3,583
102 3,524
103 3,187
104 2,985
105 2,963
106 2,953
107 2,894
108 2,860
109 2,771
110 2,729
111 2,618
112 2,586
113 2,548
114 2,457
115 2,440
116 2,437
117 2,431
118 2,423
119 2,422
120 2,395
121 2,392
122 2,390
123 2,370
124 2,370
125 2,354
126 2,339
127 2,330
128 2,321
129 2,300
130 2,298
131 2,278
132 2,267
133 2,257
134 2,221
135 2,196
136 2,168
137 2,161
138 2,160
139 2,146
140 2,146
141 2,125
142 2,111
143 2,069
144 2,067
145 2,066
146 2,042
147 2,027
148 2,026
149 2,022
150 2,018
151 2,007
152 1,999
153 1,997
154 1,978
155 1,978
156 1,967
157 1,931
158 1,885
159 1,884
160 1,880
161 1,879
162 1,873
163 1,873
164 1,873
165 1,853
166 1,839
167 1,833
168 1,832
169 1,832
170 1,831
171 1,828
172 1,827
173 1,818
174 1,811
175 1,784
176 1,779
177 1,777
178 1,767
179 1,747
180 1,746
181 1,738
182 1,734
183 1,725
184 1,708
185 1,705
186 1,704
187 1,703
188 1,696
189 1,694
190 1,689
191 1,689
192 1,687
193 1,670
194 1,665
195 1,656
196 1,655
197 1,643
198 1,640
199 1,634
200 1,626
201 1,620
202 1,605
203 1,593
204 1,592
205 1,589
206 1,588
207 1,581
208 1,575
209 1,574
210 1,573
211 1,570
212 1,563
213 1,560
214 1,556
215 1,541
216 1,539
217 1,539
218 1,538
219 1,531
220 1,530
221 1,530
222 1,529
223 1,529
224 1,521
225 1,519
226 1,514
227 1,504
228 1,501
229 1,498
230 1,490
231 1,486
232 1,476
233 1,475
234 1,464
235 1,460
236 1,459
237 1,456
238 1,450
239 1,445
240 1,445
241 1,440
242 1,435
243 1,431
244 1,429
245 1,419
246 1,417
247 1,416
248 1,410
249 1,408
250 1,405
251 1,405
252 1,404
253 1,399
254 1,386
255 1,381
256 1,380
257 1,379
258 1,378
259 1,377
260 1,366
261 1,361
262 1,358
263 1,356
264 1,355
265 1,350
266 1,350
267 1,346
268 1,345
269 1,343
270 1,339
271 1,330
272 1,325
273 1,301
274 1,299
275 1,299
276 1,299
277 1,296
278 1,291
279 1,264
280 1,260
281 1,258
282 1,254
283 1,253
284 1,249
285 1,246
286 1,246
287 1,244
288 1,243
289 1,236
290 1,234
291 1,223
292 1,219
293 1,214
294 1,212
295 1,211
296 1,210
297 1,210
298 1,209
299 1,204
300 1,204
301 1,203
302 1,202
303 1,201
304 1,201
305 1,201
306 1,200
307 1,190
308 1,187
309 1,182
310 1,176
311 1,174
312 1,173
313 1,167
314 1,163
315 1,156
316 1,153
317 1,152
318 1,150
319 1,149
320 1,147
321 1,135
322 1,128
323 1,118
324 1,117
325 1,104
326 1,095
327 1,094
328 1,094
329 1,094
330 1,092
331 1,086
332 1,083
333 1,077
334 1,076
335 1,072
336 1,072
337 1,070
338 1,066
339 1,063
340 1,059
341 1,058
342 1,056
343 1,046
344 1,029
345 1,021
346 1,018
347 1,011
348 1,003
349 997
350 997
351 996
352 987
353 982
354 951
355 945
356 941
357 922
358 920
359 917
360 903
361 903
362 902
363 901
364 895
365 891
366 891
367 889
368 889
369 887
370 882
371 877
372 874
373 873
374 872
375 867
376 843
377 837
378 831
379 826
380 826
381 813
382 810
383 801
384 797
385 796
386 791
387 780
388 777
389 769
390 768
391 766
392 763
393 749
394 744
395 743
396 742
397 735
398 721
399 716
400 715
401 712
402 696
403 693
404 679
405 670
406 664
407 650
408 647
409 639
410 627
411 620
412 616
413 609
414 604
415 590
416 587
417 587
418 587
419 585
420 583
421 577
422 574
423 566
424 556
425 554
426 549
427 549
428 547
429 543
430 529
431 525
432 525
433 489
434 488
435 466
436 466
437 459
438 451
439 444
440 439
441 436
442 433
443 422
444 413
445 406
446 397
447 395
448 391
449 387
450 379
451 370
452 356
453 347
454 346
455 345
456 340
457 325
458 315
459 314
460 304
461 303
462 303
463 287
464 283
465 278
466 278
467 271
468 260
469 253
470 252
471 245
472 244
473 239
474 232
475 230
476 225
477 221
478 221
479 219
480 203
481 198
482 198
483 192
484 192
485 184
486 183
487 153
488 148
489 146
490 130
491 128
492 119
493 112
494 109
495 107
496 104
497 97
498 95
499 73
500 65
501 65
502 64
503 63
504 57
505 40
506 40
507 40
508 27
509 16

237 total words

12:03 am

Tr7

12:03 am

Ch7

12:03 am

mo7/8

12:03 am

Mian

12:04 am

Moatted

12:04 am

Sorry

12:04 am

ca7

12:04 am

sc7

12:04 am

un8

12:06 am

sc7 x 2

12:08 am

tr7x2

12:11 am

ch7 x 2

12:13 am

to7

12:17 am

co7

Clues are up

12:23 am

au8

12:23 am

crated

12:23 am

crate

12:26 am

thank you, Lickety!

12:30 am

ch 8

12:34 am

ch7 x 3

12:45 am

woohoo found the sa9 on my lo

12:45 am

woohoo found the sa9 on my lo

12:45 am

*own*

12:46 am

good job!!

12:46 am

*grin* thanx rosebud

12:47 am

got the 9 too.

12:47 am

dyna

12:47 am

whew... not a word

12:47 am

well done mkg.

12:53 am

ty for the 9 rose

12:54 am

yw gille

12:54 am

i didn't realise it hadn't been called....lol

12:54 am

sa8 x 2 as well

12:55 am

finally found the lone T for nbs nbt :)

12:56 am

i bet you had a nasty spasm when you did ursh...lol

12:57 am

hahah rose

12:57 am

thanx for the second sa8, Gillie

Morning all. Has anyone got stats for the lone T on the bottom row, second column, please?

te6/24

Thank you - looking!

And found - cheers!

:)

please could you clue the lone t

te + sort of brownish colour + sometimes vowel

5:17 am

a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism. Come on, we all know that. Not.

caca

Mornin, French - don't forget to plural it

ah! grazie

OK well I'm off to work! HAGD!

Bye

Raced thru 150 words - Def. slowing now

8:04 am

Slow going this morning.

8:14 am

noncat = dog!

cot ed

t oted

oops sorry

8:24 am

catton = cotton like fabric made of cat fur!

lol

8:32 am

Shirlock is creating new words.

8:33 am

Catron...an elderly female society feline

8:34 am

And yes that is dangerously close to a real grid word, so I am already in the PB

also a fairly common surname from my part of the country

also molly, it occurred to me last night while I was trying to go to sleep that A Whole New World was Aladdin and Jasmine's song, not Ariel's.

phantom extra nachos

8:46 am

change the last vowel in that chip

8:47 am

Thanks, Bea.

8:48 am

yw

of course, thx

8:53 am

Need to get ready for home health. Back later.

8:53 am

Bye, Bea.

8:58 am

Clue for sa9 please?

8:58 am

Really wet.

ah, thanks, zooz

8:59 am

TY, Zoom.

9:00 am

Hmmmm

can also be color editing in photos, une

9:05 am

Tx

9:06 am

That sa8 ends like a place you go out to eat at

9:07 am

Got 45, 45, 66

so...y'all are saying there are 2 sa8

9:08 am

Yes

9:14 am

80 to go :-(

85 here.

9:17 am

Hi all.

9:19 am

Howdy :-)

9:22 am

Stat for the lone T, please?

te6/24

9:25 am

I need a clue for that now. Please.

lockjaw

9:26 am

TY

yw

9:27 am

rancor

9:27 am

Not a word.

9:30 am

hello

well it is a word, just not in this grid

9:31 am

Hi MLFAN

hello, mlfan

9:31 am

hi scrab

9:32 am

hello hokie

9:32 am

is anyone watching tennis ?

9:32 am

Not me.

9:34 am

I passed halfway so I am done. ENjoy the day.

9:34 am

bye scrab

9:36 am

anyone have stats for the single t on the bottom row?

9:36 am

te6/24

9:37 am

has been clued several times

I am not watching tennis, is it Wimbledon? I'm watching this hilarious show Baskets.

9:37 am

wimbledon hasn

9:37 am

hasn't started yet

9:26, mlfan

I didn't think it had started

9:38 am

its been on since abotu 5am US time

9:39 am

i was watching a match and had to do other things came back they were showing a different match

9:39 am

wimbledon starts on the 28th

9:39 am

ot sure the one i was watching is finished or not

9:39 am

une yes

9:40 am

hokie ty just trying to figure out how to spell it from the letters in the grid

9:41 am

got it

9:41 am

... if you're looking for tennis scores google "atp" for en's and "wta" for women's and you'll get the two player's union sites and more scores than you deal with

9:42 am

ty dose

9:44 am

Gauff lost

9:49 am

Boooo :-(

9:49 am

agreed

9:49 am

Ac7/44 please?

9:49 am

... She's only 17 ... no tears for another three years yet

9:50 am

yeah i know dose just disappointed

9:50 am

Ditto

9:51 am

i dont have it eiher une

9:51 am

either

9:51 am

... sorry ... we've had Geni and Bianca and a couple more who I've forgotten the names of ... know all about the disappointment part

9:52 am

Ok thanks

9:52 am

ac7-40 - ac + dracula's title

9:52 am

une but i am looking

9:52 am

Have that one

9:52 am

Need the 44

9:53 am

i dont get the clue for that one

9:53 am

... from sesame street ... 1 ... 2 ... 3

9:54 am

Love him!!

9:54 am

oh THAT one ty

10:02 am

clue for the 9 pls?

10:03 am

Soaked

10:05 am

ty got them

10:06 am

Great!

10:49 am

une did you get a clue for the other word you were looking for ?

10:50 am

i dont have it yet

10:51 am

fr 6 clue pls?

10:51 am

good morning everyone - back in the land of the sighted again :)

10:52 am

what does that mean cyber?

10:52 am

clue for FR6 ... noisy disturbance

10:54 am

just that, mlf -- the eye patch came off this am and I can see again (with readers)

10:55 am

ohh thats wonderful cyber

10:56 am

i googled it and commotion is all i am getting

11:06 am

fr 6: begins like oil drilling process that scientists believe is causing sink holes and ends with a workd that means "like" as in a comparison

11:06 am

Just saw what I did, lol

11:07 am

ty got it

11:10 am

did the ac7.44 get clued? did i miss it?

11:11 am

morning all

11:12 am

oh goody, a nice sized grid

11:12 am

yeah, just got here myself

11:13 am

the king/butterfly is just so stand-out-ish

11:16 am

i guess William will be the mo7, and Harry will be the no7

11:16 am

(note, that's a joke, not a real no7)

11:16 am

didn't see it, shirl, but just got here, so thanks for the call

11:20 am

How are your eyes today Nan?

11:21 am

The second row of the grid really woke me up.

11:21 am

oooh, nice fr6 word today

11:22 am

Hurshy is filling in for Aloy today

11:22 am

i am?

11:23 am

ntpn -- miss daisy

11:23 am

Tandy

11:24 am

gold star for hurshy

11:24 am

Oh good for Nan, she gives prizes

11:29 am

shirl i dont think so i dont knw what the word is

11:29 am

just found the other ac 7 -- what a great word for this game, seeing as how so many are words according to enable

11:29 am

clue it pls?

11:30 am

just did, mlf

11:30 am

the 7/44 right?

11:30 am

yes

11:32 am

oh that is the one shirl called I just realized -- I found the 7/40 at that time -- wasn't paying attention to the points

11:32 am

yes we are looking or the 7/44

11:33 am

snafu, awol, sase, rsvp are all ac 7/44s

11:34 am

thx cyber! i love me a good ac7

11:34 am

Me, I could do without their general overuse

11:34 am

and yes, great word in this grid

11:35 am

I dont see the second ac word. I have the one that ends in the seseme st. Person but what s the other? Is there a clue?? Why dont i find it?

11:36 am

that's the one that cyber just clued, the ac7.44

11:37 am

I dont get it. They are initials. So i am so confused. Ac????

11:38 am

just found the other ac 7 -- what a great word for this game, seeing as how so many are words according to enable

11:38 am

is there an echo in here lol

11:38 am

Snafu is not initials but i dont know what it is. So very confused.

11:38 am

i had to copy paste it

11:38 am

Sesame St. person???

11:39 am

think of the man on the flying trapeze to start the ac7

11:39 am

Ac + the dracula person on seseme st.

11:39 am

yes - the numbers guy on sesame st. --- or Dracula

11:39 am

or the one from MonteCristo

11:40 am

Got it. Ty

11:40 am

the word scuba isnt just a word it is a ac for something?

11:40 am

I knew that y would be handy.

11:40 am

yes, it's Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

11:41 am

lol yes hurshy we know that but the words are an ac for scuba

11:41 am

i know

11:42 am

you just put a question mark, so i thought you were expressing surprise that it is an ac7

11:42 am

no helping mkg i hope lol

11:42 am

name that proper noun! capital of Venezuela

11:43 am

caracas

11:43 am

ding ding ding!!!

11:43 am

hi dc

11:43 am

hello :)

11:44 am

i've been awake for only about an hour.

11:44 am

lucky you

11:45 am

mkg are you still here????

11:48 am

ntpn - gambling capital of europe

11:48 am

Monaco

11:48 am

monte carlo

11:49 am

that's not in the grid, shirl

11:49 am

first part is ...

11:49 am

Well, it seems there is some debate about the gambling capital of Europe

11:50 am

gold star for matty

11:51 am

monte carlo is the name of the casino in monaco

11:51 am

i keep wanting things that end with -ct

11:51 am

monte carlo is the city; monaco is the country.

11:51 am

yes - I made contact with that phantom too :)

11:52 am

and the casino is tiny

11:53 am

I was there years ago. There was a store next to the casino with children's clothes for rich people. There was a baby-sized mink coat in the window.

11:54 am

I don't think MonteCarlo is a city -- it is a district in the principality where the casino and administrative offices are located. The primcipality is, in reality, just a big city

11:55 am

I looked it up and Nan is right "Monte-Carlo, resort, one of the four quartiers (sections) of Monaco. "

11:57 am

We didn't go to the casino, but we did go to the palace

11:57 am

weird place

11:58 am

baby mink coat ... poor mink

11:58 am

* waved at the casino as we drove by :)

12:02 pm

Yeh, killing animals for their fur is something that should have gone out of fashion several hundred years ago. We've got lots of other stuff to keep us warm now.

12:02 pm

isn't a castle with no trench around it un 8?

12:03 pm

definitely, nan. I'm having little luck with that UN.

12:04 pm

uncat = when you disturb your sleeping furbaby

12:05 pm

have the un 4 and a un 5, but not finding the last one

12:05 pm

uncoat = what happened to that poor mink (see joym999's comments 11.53)

12:07 pm

name that proper noun! the big baddie of Lord of the Rings

12:07 pm

saron

12:07 pm

sauron

12:07 pm

carcas isn't in the dictionary ????

12:07 pm

ding ding ding!!!

12:08 pm

carcass, with two S's

12:09 pm

oh, right

12:09 pm

phantom nachos are making me hungry

12:09 pm

you can also spell it carcase, as in the Dorothy Sayers mystery "Have His Carcase"

12:10 pm

obviously time for me to take a break -- back for the last 97 later

12:10 pm

v. slow grid for me too, will be back later

12:12 pm

Why are words that start with vowels so much harder to find?

12:13 pm

can i have a clue for the bottom 2nd column t pls?

12:13 pm

I expect it's a expectation of our own intellects

12:13 pm

te6 something you get a shot to prevent if you step on a rusty nail

12:13 pm

the lone t is lockjaw-ish

12:13 pm

that is to say, we expect words to start with consonants :)

12:14 pm

ty monkeyed it from hurshy clue. cheers

12:14 pm

A truck struck a pedestrian bridge on DC 295 causing it to collapse.

12:15 pm

oh dear that sounds bad

12:16 pm

yikes. anyone hurt?

12:20 pm

Taking a break from tasks...82 left...

12:21 pm

online news reports some people injured, but no deaths, so that's good

12:21 pm

Not as bad as it sounds. Luckily no one was killed and injuries are minimal.

12:22 pm

phew

12:22 pm

My news reports say the bridge collapsed, not that it was struck by a truck

12:24 pm

Bridges that collapse give me the eebie-geebies

12:24 pm

That's why we need to invest more in our infastructure.

12:25 pm

yeah i used to sometimes walk across a pedestrian bridge in san jose and it was so scary. i couldn't convince my brain that the cars hurtling towards me were not going to hit me, they were just going to go under me

12:25 pm

et6 clue pls?

12:26 pm

et + sometimes vowel + first letters of cash

12:26 pm

ty

12:27 pm

yw

12:28 pm

And hand to God, I wouldn't live in New York City if you paid me. That is too much steel and rebar on a tiny little island. It's all going to cave in one day.

12:28 pm

rehi. lunch break.

12:29 pm

Hello, CArla.

12:31 pm

this grid is not going well. maybe I've taken too many breaks.

12:31 pm

Manhattan is an island. NYC is not an island.

12:32 pm

I know that's nitpicky, but I'm from NYC and it drives me crazy when people assume that NYC is only Manhattan. Of course movies and media reinforce that perception constantly, so I guess it's not surprising.

12:33 pm

well the boroughs are a mystery to some of us. is it a city in a city?

12:33 pm

It's not the breaks, Carla. Its the grid

12:33 pm

thanks, bea. good to know it's not just me.

12:36 pm

each of the boroughs except Staten Island has a larger population than most other U.S. cities. Each has around 2 million. So yeh, Manhattan is really a city within a city.

12:38 pm

% boroughs were all separate towns in 17-1800's. Brooklyn and Queens are actually the the western part of Long Island, Manhattan and Staten Island are both islands and the Bronx is the only borough attached to the mainland. I grew up in Brooklyn and we always called manhattan the city.

12:39 pm

Me too. I grew up in the Bronx and Queens, and when we got on the subway to go to Manhattan we were "going into the city."

12:40 pm

we used to say we were "going to town" when we went to the city next to us (pop.50k)😁

12:41 pm

Name the Mexican resort city in the grid for 10 points.

12:41 pm

**plays Jeopardy music**

12:41 pm

cancun

12:42 pm

10 points for hokie carla!

12:42 pm

Back in the 70's, there were signs on the exits from the bridges and/or tunnels into Brooklyn stating that it was the 4th largest city in the U.S. at that time with over 4.4 million people. I believe that has been down graded to approx 3.3 lately. Taxes, rents, housing, travel all are unbelievably expensive so many have left.

12:43 pm

i think it's funny when New Yorkers think all of America should know everything about how NYC works.

12:43 pm

caco

12:43 pm

courf

12:43 pm

oops , sorry

12:44 pm

There was a question about Manhattan earlier hokie

12:44 pm

We just want you to know that Manhattan is only part of NYC, and that most NYC residents do NOT live there. Plus, we want someone to make a movie in Brooklyn or the Bronx or Queens sometimes.

12:45 pm

they made a movie in my neighborhood a few years ago. Paper Towns. still haven't seen it.

12:47 pm

I'm having a really hard time with the 3rd row C. Everytime I find a word it turns out to belong to the 2nd row C.

12:47 pm

yeah, not going great with either one for me. have 27 in one and 7 in the other. not left, that's how many I've found.

12:48 pm

26 and 6 for me.

12:49 pm

now have 9 on the lower

12:50 pm

just found a weird one that is c + a dressing

12:50 pm

salad dressing or bandage dressing or stuffing dressing?

12:51 pm

salad

12:51 pm

also a one-level house or a farm out west with horses and cattle

12:51 pm

one of my favorite types of dressing!

12:52 pm

I just ate a salad with some.

12:55 pm

Oh my God, okay. That part of New York there, built on an island and some other land. I wouldn't live there. No matter what you call it, it is too much steel and girder for that tiny amount of land. Sooner or later, something is going to give.

12:56 pm

I wouldn't live anywhere in NYC, or anywhere in DC area for that matter

12:56 pm

New York City. It's the only city with counties, only they call them boroughs.

12:57 pm

I've lived in both and really enjoyed them, but I like the weather in CA better.

12:57 pm

Why not DC?

12:58 pm

just not my style

12:58 pm

which part of CA are you joy? SF? I don't rem.

12:59 pm

yup I live in SF

12:59 pm

I am not a city person but DC bugs me less than most because of the no skyscraper thing

12:59 pm

I'm a big city kinda person.

12:59 pm

yeah, nice weather. except in July. 😂

I went to college with a ton of kids from No. VA, and I can't even explain how annoying they were.

1:01 pm

the weather in DC was the worst thing about living there. The politics you can ignore, but not the weather.

1:02 pm

The Commonwealth is a thing of itself.

they liked to ask where I was from because I didn't have the same accent as them, and when I'd say SWVA, they'd say, but this is SWVA, and then I'd say, well, it's doesn't end here, it goes on like 5 more hours southwest of here. and they were snobby and liked to look down on that end of the state.

1:12 pm

I have seen this in action. Northern Virginia people like to act like they are above the Virginian hicks who live south of them.

1:12 pm

Clue for tu7 please?

1:13 pm

Sounds like a Mexican snack

1:13 pm

The kind you get at the Bell place

1:14 pm

Well, I make mine because the kind you get at the Bell place are likely to keep you close to the bathroom for the day

1:20 pm

Hmmmm....

1:24 pm

turritos? tchurros?

1:30 pm

Did you all get that tu?

1:31 pm

No

1:31 pm

I have no idea what the TU is...the clue didn't help me

1:31 pm

Me either

1:31 pm

Think about the folded snack with two letters after the t

1:32 pm

Folded Mecixan snack that Americans like to have on Tuesdays.

1:33 pm

isnt that a 4?

1:34 pm

the folded Mexican snack is a TA...how does it turn into a TU?

1:34 pm

No idea....

1:35 pm

I said add two letters after the T. Younalready have theTU. Add one moare letter before the last three of the snack

1:35 pm

My spelling/typing is horrendous!

1:36 pm

Have tu6/24.......

1:37 pm

that is a 6

1:37 pm

add another vowel at the end of the tu6

1:38 pm

got it! i think you should have started with that lol

1:38 pm

Sorry, didn't read down the chat far enough to see you were looking for the 7.

1:39 pm

bzz can you clue the de6?

1:39 pm

Got it

1:40 pm

55 to go...

1:40 pm

de 6 - take apart. Remove a piece from the whole.

1:40 pm

ty

1:40 pm

yw

1:47 pm

It is a lovely afternoon on my front porch. Cool, dry and a nice breeze.

1:47 pm

I have an AU6 and an AU7. Is the AU8 related?

1:47 pm

two au8

1:48 pm

Start with with the car.

1:48 pm

for both of the AU8s?

1:49 pm

Yes. One is a type of govt, the other is an sense of self

1:50 pm

ty bzzz

1:50 pm

yw

1:50 pm

tx bea

1:51 pm

I'm so excited. Amazon Prime just delivered my latest memeber of the IP family.

1:53 pm

50 to go

1:55 pm

C's are killing me...

1:58 pm

Well, the boring workshop I was listening to while I Babble is over, so I'm afraid I have to go do some real work for awhile. Hasta luego.

did you get the bad word C? first one I saw last night.

2:03 pm

Of course I did.

2:08 pm

hey hoke

2:10 pm

No wailing about the c word today. I guess people have given up on that, finally

moo!!

found 2 c's!

2:18 pm

Still need three C's

still need 16 + 9!

2:22 pm

2 + 1

2:22 pm

Is it cool out there, Carla?

yeah, only 79

2:23 pm

Au7/40?

2:24 pm

au 7 - for the last four spell stones wrong...

weird, thanks

2:27 pm

another term for oxen I believe

2:28 pm

Tx Bea!

2:29 pm

Never got ac7/44....

2:29 pm

do you need me to "spell it out"?

2:30 pm

you could say you ac7 is MIA

2:30 pm

AC 7 is like LMAO or 1

2:30 pm

Or Carla's favorite game with ru

ah, ru's nemeses

can't believe I missed it

2:31 pm

NASA, AARP We can go on...

2:31 pm

depends on your POV bea

2:31 pm

I can't believe you missed it too.

2:33 pm

3-10-11-10-3-1....not ideal

I told you it wasn't my grid

2:33 pm

oh, who's grid is this one....hursh's?

2:34 pm

27 left...Need to go get some things done...May be back later..

we're always opposite. bye bea!

2:34 pm

it's a tough grid this one...lot's of long words

2:34 pm

38 left here

71 here but I'm only half looking

2:34 pm

yeah, I'm not highly motivated to finish this one yet

2:35 pm

Ac7.....??....guess I'm just too stoopid to see it :-(

did you see the clues, une?

2:35 pm

an abbreviation une...to the letter :)

2:35 pm

Got it!

2:36 pm

yay!

2:36 pm

2.9 WPT

3.94

2:45 pm

really having a challenge with that right s

yeah, I still need 10. is there another S I can't see?

name that ruler of mordor!

2:47 pm

sauron

2:47 pm

saw it earlier, was going to post it for you :)

✅✅✅

Oh come on- no Monty?

noun

ouch

2:49 pm

Monty rule Lesdor....not Mordor

sorry. those words are there.

and I already have those!

2:50 pm

me too...so no help for me

2:50 pm

I only have one 4 left tho

11 here

2:51 pm

1-7-7-10-3-1

2:51 pm

definitely need some more big words

I keep wanting to make something related to saccharin

2:51 pm

yeah, me too

found an S!

2:51 pm

saccharon :)

2:52 pm

the boatman on the river styx was as sweet as saccharon

2:52 pm

Good one!!

2:52 pm

ah, found the 9

actually a regular word, though I saw a clue

2:53 pm

yes, and I got 2 8s out it too

oh, I still need one of those sa8s

2:54 pm

I imagine so :)

forgot about it, but found it

2:54 pm

yay

I'm struggling with the upper u, only have un4

2:55 pm

ah, just started looking for words off a tile I had greyed

LOL, I have been doing that with the D

2:56 pm

I was just looking at the U, have one left there

2:56 pm

and I did that grey looking with the D too...weird

need one u on the bottom too

2:56 pm

found the last u

2:57 pm

have all the u's

unbelievable

I think I saw at the flip there is a un8

2:57 pm

well if you're not flat out like a lizard drinking, and bear with that bottom u, you'll be done before you get pissed off

2:58 pm

there is a u8

'twas ur5 on the bottom

2:58 pm

nice :)

now just 3 T's down there to gray the row

2:59 pm

I have one T remaining down there

but that seems impossible

2:59 pm

I suspect I know two of your missing T's

2:59 pm

they're variants of the same word

I got tu6/7 from chat earlier

3:00 pm

oh, then it's not them :)

3:00 pm

perhaps the jewish holy book?

those are from the other T

3:00 pm

oh, there's a 6, that comes up relatively commonly

are you talking about the 6 that's actually from the single T? 😜

3:01 pm

a 5 that is even more commonly found

3:02 pm

ahhhhh

3:02 pm

no, that's a different T hoke

I have 4 TR and the 2 TU

3:02 pm

I have 5 tr's

3:02 pm

a ta and the two tu's

3:03 pm

actually not sure on the ta

3:03 pm

I have another one, trying to figure out what it is

3:03 pm

oh, a to

3:04 pm

so tox1, trx5 and tux2

LOL, I thought you were giving the 3rd letter for a second there

3:04 pm

heh

could've sworn I typed that to already

3:05 pm

yeah, easy to mistype that

3:05 pm

how many do you guys have left

3:05 pm

24

2 now, 1 is a TR and 1 we don't know

3:06 pm

1-6-7-9-1

oh, do you mean total words or the bottom T?

3:06 pm

oh ok cool

still 66 total

3:06 pm

total words

3:06 pm

you even know the length hoke :)

3:06 pm

i'm at 34

I do?

3:06 pm

yes, you do...I told you earlier :)

guess I forgot

3:07 pm

i have a tr6/21 and 7/36 that i think are alt sp of each other that are not normal words but we have the 6 occasionally

3:07 pm

yes, they're a bird hursh

well, just found out trashcan isn't on enable, even though lots of words like that are

3:07 pm

hello again -- still have 94 to go

hey nan

3:07 pm

uh, that's not what the dictionary says, mool

3:07 pm

there's even other spellings which aren't in the board today

well I guess I'm missing TR6 and 7

3:08 pm

the one i'm talking about, the def of the 6 is: a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.

3:08 pm

a couple of different birds in the grid so far

3:08 pm

the 7 does not appear in the dictionary

3:08 pm

oh, that's the one I was cluing to hoke

3:08 pm

and forgot the alternate spelling

3:09 pm

not seeing any of these t's being mentioned, tr, tu

3:09 pm

ok, so not a bird

3:09 pm

to6 bird i have tho

3:09 pm

yeah, the bird is a 6/7 combo :)

3:09 pm

stats for the 9 please?

well the def sounds familiar but not helping 👵🏻

3:09 pm

and my4/5/6

3:09 pm

oh yeah, three birds

3:09 pm

sa9/66

ah, thanks for the froot loops

3:09 pm

yes, there's another bird hursh, less common off that t

3:10 pm

the bottom right t that is

3:10 pm

have an my bird and a to bird - neither can be pl.

3:10 pm

the to bird is from the first t... ok so you're saying there is another one from the bottom

my bird has an alt sp with a pl

3:10 pm

the m can nan...you just need to think more broadly :)

3:10 pm

yes, hursh, there's another t bird

3:10 pm

off the bottom

*how many people trying to make thunderbird now

3:11 pm

I guess technically the r4 are also birds

3:11 pm

well stats for it?

3:11 pm

tu 6/24 and tu 7/40

3:11 pm

though mythical in nature

3:12 pm

almost caracara as well, which is in the falcon family

3:12 pm

don't know any birds that begin with tu offhand

and I thought that was an orange

3:12 pm

yeah, this bird is exotic, so wouldn't expect that many people to know it

there is a caribbean island or blue mixer? syrup? for mixed drinks that starts with cu that the tu reminds me of

oh, the island is a word!

3:13 pm

yes, that's a goof clue hoke

3:13 pm

good

glad I didn't say it

3:13 pm

sorry

3:13 pm

ummmm ... cuba?

LOL

3:14 pm

yes it is. because of the mixer :)

3:14 pm

further south hursh

Atlanta Brave Andruw Jones is from the island

3:14 pm

sometimes referred to as the ABC islands (being the C)

3:14 pm

ok i got the C that is a word and the tu6, now for the tu7

3:15 pm

ty for the my 5-6 mool

add a vowel

3:15 pm

yw nan

are all the upper u's UN?

3:15 pm

yes

none of the words I'm trying are working

3:16 pm

i have two un4 and a un5 there, missing one too

but found 2 more c's

3:16 pm

no turacao so I'm lost

3:16 pm

perhaps you aren't very dextrous :)

3:17 pm

the last one is lame..if that helps...the 8 is kinda whatever

well, it just reminds me of that, nan. last 2 vowels are different.

3:17 pm

so cut out one of the vowels, nan, for the 6

3:17 pm

and then add a different vowel for the 7

found un8!

3:18 pm

seems appropriate for summer hoke :)

3:18 pm

ty carla

3:18 pm

i wanted unchart like uncharted territory lol

3:18 pm

I may have tried that, but no one saw anything...so you can't prove it

I tried unchart at least 4 times since the flip

3:19 pm

keep wanting tachyon too

3:19 pm

I didn't want anything to be tilted, but that didn't work either

3:19 pm

appropriate for summer is the actual un8?

I guess literally

3:20 pm

in a lateral sense hursh...unless you live near the poles I guess

could also be grilled nuggets

3:20 pm

or bare metal :)

3:21 pm

or a fence that needs painting

3:21 pm

or a skinny pig

3:21 pm

this is bewildering

3:22 pm

it's a lame word

60 left still. did we ask hurshy if she likes this grid?

3:22 pm

I painted the house, but left the fence un8

3:22 pm

I didn't...did you?

3:22 pm

it's alright - i like that it's not small, at least, lol

just now

3:22 pm

22 to go

3:23 pm

2.44 WPT

3:23 pm

1-4-6-8-1

10-19-18-12-1 🤣

3:24 pm

that's a lot of 4s and 5s

I know, not my day. guess I will work on 4s.

3:27 pm

FINALLY figured it out!

which one?

3:27 pm

the un8

oh yeah

so it all makes sense now?

3:28 pm

sort of

3:28 pm

appropriate for summer :)

ooh, Germany just tied Hungary and then Hungary just scored again

3:28 pm

well that would be the silliest of the possible definitions lol

3:29 pm

and New Zealand one the inaugural Cricket World Test Championships :)

3:29 pm

I'm nothing if I'm not the silliest

or did they two it?

3:29 pm

i like it when european nations get out their need to defeat each other in sports rather than world wars

3:29 pm

oh...well there was only one test ;)

3:30 pm

i need a lot of C words

3:31 pm

need 9 more C words...4 from each

12 + 9 C's left

3:31 pm

oh 8..sheesh

3:31 pm

lol

3:31 pm

i need 9, 3 and 6

did I tell you the neighborhood across the street always has kids playing cricket when I walk by?

3:32 pm

did you get the ch7 and 8 version of the ca6 and 7?

3:32 pm

no, you hadn't mentioned that

3:32 pm

I played a bit when I lived in Philly, but haven't played since

3:32 pm

yes, I did

yes, but didn't have the ca7 somehow

3:33 pm

one of my recent Cs was the Grand Ca6

3:33 pm

yeah, had that one too

LOL, I was like, I don't see Cayman (still stuck in the caribbean)

did not have BTW

3:34 pm

do you have one that's like a martial art but with a C instead of a K

speaking of the caribbean, do you have the shell one

3:34 pm

i do

3:35 pm

yes, and it's worth it's weight in gold

3:35 pm

I have and odd c6 off the top...a plural without a singular

didn't have that or the weight

3:36 pm

hmm, don't think i have a pl with no singular

3:36 pm

yeah, it's not really a plural, just you know...

3:37 pm

ok i think i got it

3:37 pm

apparently it's a word for marijuana

hmm

not really up on those

3:37 pm

there's another c6 that sounds like a dr seuss word...i.e. it rhymes with some others

3:38 pm

that one is off the bottom c

3:38 pm

you make it so hard not giving the second letter!

3:38 pm

don't want to give it away :)

3:38 pm

yes but we might HAVE it and it's hard to know if we do, trying to check through all of them

3:39 pm

cr6

3:39 pm

but my MO is not to give second letter unless requested :)

3:39 pm

I will interpret your comment as a request for the second letter ;)

3:39 pm

thanks :)

3:39 pm

i THINK i know which one you mean and have it

3:40 pm

cool

3:40 pm

it's a standalone

3:40 pm

mhm

3:40 pm

it's the last of the cr words that i have thus far

3:40 pm

yeah, thought you might be thinking the anagram one

3:41 pm

which is also not the last cr word that I have

3:41 pm

ok so is that NOT what you meant by the dr seuss word then?

3:41 pm

correct

3:41 pm

the Dr Seuss word comes earlier

3:42 pm

sigh

3:42 pm

and the one you thought it was, has at least one more cr after it

3:42 pm

well, at least i found another cr word, a pal or buddy

3:42 pm

yep, that was the one after :)

3:43 pm

ok so do you mean the one that rhymes with a dude ra5?

3:43 pm

I see the mexican resort is there too

3:43 pm

yes, that one

oh, germany just tied it up again

3:44 pm

mexican resort

3:44 pm

hmm

3:44 pm

i have mexican house

mexican resort isn't a word unless there is another

3:45 pm

phantom context -- in more ways than one!

3:45 pm

it's a proper noun

I know, I thought you were saying it was allowed

3:45 pm

oh so not one that counts

3:45 pm

ok

3:45 pm

right

3:46 pm

catonym - puss, kitty, or other name used to generally describe your feline pet

3:47 pm

at least we can't see cataracts in this grid

why is oaty never a word or why do I keep trying oaty?

3:48 pm

i am getting sleepy

3:48 pm

because it should be a word?

3:48 pm

because there is systemic discrimination against cereals that aren't wheat or rice

3:49 pm

i was hoping cruton would be a spelling of crouton but nooooo

I mean, this cereal bar is very oaty

3:49 pm

croton works though...but that's a plant :)

the part of the earth's crust works cr6

grayed a tile!

3:51 pm

tectonic plate?

anagram of milk vessel

3:51 pm

oh, again, have that one lol

3:51 pm

T++++ M+C++ ++ACS +TOR+ +++++

3:51 pm

she already has that one hoke

3:52 pm

that WAS he last cr :)

wait, does the letter or the plus mean it's gray? I forgot

3:53 pm

+ is grey

well, I had to take Winston out and missed a lot of the C talk

3:53 pm

coincidentally

3:53 pm

excuse accepted

TNU++ M+CHA Y+ACS +TORA +++T+

3:54 pm

hi all help with ch7and ch8 pls or any 8. I have none

3:54 pm

ch7/8 a bunch of monks?

3:54 pm

there are two nice au8 with the "self" prefix

3:54 pm

just remembered that stupid no 6/18 word

3:55 pm

king and pl for mo7 and 8

3:55 pm

still need one more n from the top

3:55 pm

sa8 and past tense for 9

sa8 - if you soak something or sa8 - the thing that soaks something

3:55 pm

perhaps how you'd describe hiphop nan?

I think that's the stupid one she means

3:55 pm

i have that one but miss an N too

I still need 1 too from there

3:56 pm

perhaps the nu5

3:56 pm

ty for mo7/8 and sa8/9

3:56 pm

not getting ch7/8

3:56 pm

and your missing u is probably a 5 hoke

3:56 pm

how many points in that nu 5 please?

3:57 pm

16

3:57 pm

ty for the sa combo

thanks

3:57 pm

woot thanks

3:57 pm

yw

3:58 pm

ty mool

3:58 pm

np

3:58 pm

ty for ch7/8. at first I thought it said bunch of monkeys ")

3:58 pm

:)

of course my missing H was the thing on your arm, had the other form

3:58 pm

52 - tired of struggling -- going to list now

eww, what's on my arm?

3:58 pm

hair?

51 here

3:59 pm

21 here

hopefully it's a different ha4

a tic?

3:59 pm

at the END of your arm

3:59 pm

hamper

3:59 pm

assuming you're going to picnic of course

Oh, my, I can't believe it has the yiddish word . But not Monty. How unpredictable.

at the end of my arm is a scissor

4:00 pm

what yiddish word

how does catony not mean anything

4:01 pm

you're edward scissorha4s??

For your'e going to have a grandchild, I wish you lot's of ...

4:02 pm

monotony

The Yiddish world is what you get from the children unless one is a no-goodnik

4:02 pm

ty hursh for au8 words

It's not what you eat with melted cheese

4:02 pm

mazel tov is all i can think what you wish someone

what does it start with? not sure I've heard this yiddish

Yiddish word. Na.....

4:03 pm

ok must not have that then

oh. didn't know what that meant

Yeah you have. It's a na____ and it's what you hope to get from Der kinder

4:03 pm

only have the drug related na words

4:03 pm

I thought they were just feminine mexican foods

4:04 pm

:D

You have to go into your throat to say it

it looks like the chips but different vowel

pretty sure I never heard that

Ha ha1

4:05 pm

still 21 to go

4:05 pm

1-6-5-8-1

na, go into your throat, and pluralize. You can say it at a Bris, Bar Mitzvah, or a wedding

4:05 pm

un8 please

Did you get it?

4:06 pm

yeah i don't think i've heard of that one kap

4:06 pm

just finally got it here

4:06 pm

ah, found my last 4

4:06 pm

un8 - i will sue the company, because this Klondike bar is just ice cream un8 with a chocolate layer!

4:06 pm

so...20 to go

4:07 pm

ooh i'm catching up to you mool, 23 here

Usually it would end with an es, but it's Yiddish, so you can spell it any way you want.

4:07 pm

you have low standards for engaging legal action hursh

4:07 pm

un8 hmm

4:07 pm

i have never ACTUALLY engaged in any legal action

Like you can spell Chanukah anyway you want because it's a transliteration anyway

4:07 pm

it's only for the purposes of cluing

4:07 pm

heh

4:07 pm

ac 7-5

4:08 pm

ac 7-44 please, and thank you

4:08 pm

i think i will spell chanukah c-h-r-i-s-t-m-a-s, does that work?

4:09 pm

an abbreviation nancy....to the letter

4:09 pm

ty for un8 hursh

No, within reason.

4:09 pm

lol

4:10 pm

don't worry, when i make a word deviate from its spelling that much, i pay it extra

Why not un ch...the ship set down on the shore of this unch...ed desert isle.

4:11 pm

Sorry to say not clicking mool

4:11 pm

yeah we all wanted that one

4:11 pm

but many un words are like that, unwept but not unweep, because it's not REALLY a past tense, it's acting as an adjective

4:12 pm

guess your word is still MIA then Nancy, perhaps if you shift your POV a little, you might end up with it...at least that's IMO

LOL

With Gilligan, the Kipper too, the Millionaire and his wife. A movie star and the Professor and Mary Ann- here on Gilligan's Isle.

4:12 pm

keep on with that and you'll have the CIA, NSA, and FBI on your heels, mool

Skipper, Not Kipper. It is not Yom Kipper.

I am moving back to sewing with an occasional glance at this grid. I hate to leave it at 51 because that's just odd, but oh well.

4:13 pm

not to mention Molly

4:13 pm

I would consider myself a POW if they captured me

meanwhile may you have na6 from Der kinder

4:13 pm

speaking of numbers, WHEN is amazon going to wise up and have prime day on a day whose number is actually prime??

4:13 pm

can you give me an ETA on them arriving hursh?

I never finish grids.

4:14 pm

I sometimes finish grids...but don't think I'll finish this one

4:14 pm

oh well...there's a third spelling of that bird after all...just off a different tile

4:15 pm

oh great, just what i needed

I didn't bother with the short one the other day- too boring and frustrating if I can't find two words. I like grids that never end

4:15 pm

I couldn't wait to tell you hursh :)

4:15 pm

the my bird or the to bird?

4:15 pm

but it is worth a 7

4:16 pm

the other bird nan, off the bottom

4:16 pm

though the third spelling comes off the top corner

4:16 pm

the bird none of us had ever heard of

one ca... but 2 can?

4:16 pm

missed that chat i guess

4:16 pm

yeah, think it was just as you were coming in

4:17 pm

differemt bird kaplan

4:17 pm

i have the nicest little girlie cat in the whole wide world

4:17 pm

there's at least three birds, and one mythical bird in the grid so far

I only know big birds and little birds. I am not an ornithologist. I wish THAT was a word in a grid

4:18 pm

I'm not an ornithologist, but I do enjoy birding and birds in general

Is it myna bird or is it your-a bird?

4:19 pm

sexologist was in a serpentine grid I played yesterday

WHOO

4:19 pm

i like magpies, i don't think we have them in the US but i saw them in england and i think they are rather pretty, idk why people don't tend to like them

4:19 pm

there are two species of "magpie" in the US

4:19 pm

though they're not closely related to the European, or Australian magpies

4:20 pm

what regions do they inhabit?

4:20 pm

mostly western states

Now, what does one do when one is birding? I know what fishing is. The past tense of the feline activity is in the grid, .

4:20 pm

ah

4:21 pm

one sits very still with binoculars and/or a camera

4:21 pm

we get black-billed here in Colorado, but the Yellow-billed are only found in the central valley of CA

The natural habitat is changing so fast that for the past 3 summers we have been inundated with bunnies, some of whom I have been able to save. I have two cats. There are also coyotes and a bobcat sighting. This is next to BOSTON, in an urban area.

4:22 pm

found another 7...edging closer

There are wild turkeys and a few peacocks in Cambridge, MA

Rabbits and coyotes along with racoons and foxes are adapting to urban areas quite well

4:23 pm

mool, can you give me third letter, still cant find it

4:23 pm

Had a turkey on the neighbor's roof when I lived in CA last

4:23 pm

do you know what IBM, FBI, and USA all have in common Nancy?

4:24 pm

used to get peacocks and white ibises in my yard in Miami

4:24 pm

and a my5 for that matter

4:24 pm

only the Ibises were native though

When my cats look at me with that conspiratorial smug Mafia look, I know there's a bunny close by. If I'm lucky I can get it into a towel from the corner and let it hop away. If not,

4:25 pm

No what

4:26 pm

nancy - snafu and awol are both ac 7's

otherwise I know there's been a hit

4:26 pm

they're all spelled with letters

Thank you for that clue

4:26 pm

everything is spelled with letters lol

4:27 pm

good lord, how i missed that is beyond belief. must be over tired, tyvm all

4:27 pm

well yes, but these ones are specific letters

Hurshy you are too much today!

4:27 pm

I guess I should have specifically added specific :)

4:28 pm

just stating the obvious lol

4:28 pm

yeah yeah...this board wears....

4:29 pm

yeah i'm getting tired of this, i will get the list

Everything is spelled with letters, you can spell Chanukah c-h-r-i-s-t-m-a-s and everything has a Yiddish version are the lessons I take from today.

4:30 pm

I guess we could spell Christmas s-a-t-u-r-n-a-l-i-a...not like it has any real tie to the date it's celebrated

Nothing is really anything. By the way, I seem to have misplaced a year and a half of my life- maybe it's in the other room? Near my glasses?

4:31 pm

the commercial did famously say that r-o-l-a-i-d-s spells relief

4:31 pm

have you checked the sofa?

I'm sorry I put myself in the PB earlier

With one of the birds.

4:32 pm

not sure why everyone has such a fascination with peanut butter ;)

I hope I didn't shrink it in the dryer

4:32 pm

ok, i will share the bounty from the list - there is a weird au7/40 that looks like pl with no singular

4:32 pm

that's the ox

4:33 pm

also worth checking your pockets in the laundry hamper

4:33 pm

kap shrunk an ox in the dryer?

4:33 pm

yes, now he has a pygmy bull

You are misgendering me! New word.

4:34 pm

oops, my apologies

I got a bunch of words from your au clue

4:34 pm

do you prefer "they" pronouns, kap?

4:34 pm

you could say you augmented your list :)

I'm kidding.

4:34 pm

through the list and 13 left -- later

I have been told on line that I am obviously a man from a country where women aren't allowed to drive.

4:35 pm

I wouldn't know

4:35 pm

well, there are always weird misunderstandings online!

wouldn't know what

I know but this is funny. Are women allowed to drive in Flushing, Queens?

4:36 pm

anything, other than you have some affinity to boston

My mother didn't drive- maybe that's why

4:37 pm

ooh are you barbara walters' daughter?

I know, I like having an online self

4:37 pm

my mother drives me crazy

why Barbara Walters?

4:37 pm

she doesn't drive

4:38 pm

i think when i learned that she doesn't drive was the first time it ever even occurred to me that there could be people who are educated and have money and everything but who do not drive!

Well, there's a new nugget of knowledge.

4:38 pm

When I lived in NYC the first time, I didn't drive :)

In New York and Queens in particular there are busses everywhere.

4:39 pm

at least until I decided to leave NYC after three years

4:39 pm

i dislike NYC

4:40 pm

I've lived there a couple of times...don't feel I'll live there again, but had some fun times there

We just went "down the corner" and there was the green bus or the orange bus, straight into Main St Flushing which is now New China (great food) and then into the #7 train and there you were- the World's Fair

My daughter lives in Brooklyn right where my mother lived in the 1940s

4:41 pm

that's continuity for you

4:41 pm

had friends in Brooklyn, but lived in the city both times

Well, it wasn't Chinatown during the Worlds Fair, but it just shows how places have new character, always changing.

4:42 pm

yeah, I lived in Harlem second time around

I am not a male, was born in Brooklyn, have a common Hebrew name that you would hear a lot in Brooklyn, and I learned to drive in Boston at age 30.

4:42 pm

personally, i refuse to go to Harlem in ermine & pearls

And I'm going to be a grandmother. But am I really old enough?

don't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls

4:43 pm

i'm at that awkward age where i'm biologically old enough to be a grandmother but young enough to still potentially get pregnant

Hurry hurry take the A Train- the quickest way to get to Harlem

4:44 pm

I don't think I'll ever be a grandmother

I have lived out of NY for decades but you can take the girl out of Queens- but you can't take the Queens out of the girl

Moo, you could try

4:45 pm

yes, if I was so inclined...and with help from my daughter of course...but she's a ways off from that

And not the part of Queens that the trumps came from- only the parts they developed--and redlined.

4:46 pm

ah yes...the gold

4:46 pm

nothing like 80s chic

I have to leave in a few minutes- I have a Zoom group to run

It wasn't me that worked in a bridal shop in Flushing Queens when her boyfriend kicked her out in one of those crushing scenes

4:47 pm

ok geesh you can swap the last two vowels on the cu7 for another cu7

what was she to do, where was she to go

4:48 pm

oh, well whaddya know

4:48 pm

tx hursh

She was out on her fanny

4:48 pm

TY!

cur

bye grid

4:51 pm

think I'm gonna call it too...17 left, not worth the effort at this point

4:51 pm

gl hursh...and anyone else lurking

4:51 pm

yeah just 10 more, getting through it with list

4:52 pm

Thx. I won't finish. Too annoyed and too far away to bother. Will pick for a while tho...

yes champ. this is a long grid

unto

5:02 pm

I have 71 left and it might as well be a million. Feeling STUPID.

5:02 pm

us a child is born

5:02 pm

how did you know i was in the mood for the Messiah, TO? ;)

5:02 pm

don't feel stupid, there are a lot of weird ones

5:03 pm

more with a double-c than i would have expected

5:05 pm

The mess of a-c-s letters all in a jumble are making me nuts.

5:05 pm

Unless you are the creators of the requirements for Mensa (the people who play at the flip) this game makes everyone feel stupid.

5:06 pm

Sometimes it's your day, and sometimes it's not! I'll live. *sniff*

5:06 pm

i discovered something during my long-term subbing job

5:07 pm

there are kids who simply do not care if they fail, and apparently their parents don't care either, in some cases

5:07 pm

TRUE.

5:08 pm

spent the afternoon with my 14 year old nephew. He has regret that he didn't choose to try to take algebra in 8th grade. He's going into 9th and feels "behind". My brother and sis-in-law apparently just let him choose with no advice or direction. And now a 14 year old has REGRET. Insanity!

5:09 pm

tell him it's ok, these things are no biggie

5:09 pm

You don't have to be a helicopter parent to pay attention and guide your kid.

5:10 pm

I did Hurshy, but it annoys me that it's bugging him so much. Tried to 'splain it to him.

5:10 pm

i once tutored an 18 year old who had already gone through drug addiction (to some serious stuff) and rehab, so he had some major regrets...

5:12 pm

he now sincerely wanted to learn math but he'd killed off a lot of brain cells

5:13 pm

I totally get that. I had a friend in school who used to turn down hard drugs (LSD) to preserve his brain cells. It was his way of joking to get out of it, but there's truth in it.

5:13 pm

when i used to see kids smoking cigarettes, i'd be like, "if you want to kill yourself, at least choose a quicker, less painful method"

5:14 pm

i mean when i was their fellow student

5:14 pm

GAHHHHH!!! I just listed the home of a smoker. Yellow blinds, overwhelming smell...I asked her to quit smoking in the house, but she just couldn't.

5:14 pm

yucky

5:15 pm

Believe it or not, only 2 or 3 people mentioned it in the feedback. I was a bit put out. How can I counsel someone if they don't realize it's an issue? She's nose-blind to it.

5:16 pm

i would definitely not buy a house that smelled like that

5:16 pm

in this market? i'm sure it'll still sell

5:16 pm

i cannot think of a pangram for today's spelling bee

5:16 pm

33 showings and 4 offers in 48 hours. To be fair, some of them offered before they saw it.

5:17 pm

I made them see it in person, and 2 pulled out.

5:18 pm

i would sell if i had some other place to go, my current mortgage is < rent in my hood. I wouldn't be able to afford to live here if i didn't buy 10 years ago

5:18 pm

i tried "orthopathy" but apparently that's not a word, hmph

5:18 pm

That's the case with so many people. You're going to spend more on the new home

i am looking at new construction. at least i will know the price, no bidding wars.

5:19 pm

True. They aren't dealing at all now, and there are construction delays, but you get what you want.

new 55+ community. more than a bit chary of association fees though

5:21 pm

Well yes. But I have a friend living in one and she loves it! Everyone is retired or close to it, more free time, and always doing things.

the old folks part is only part of the new community

this is difficult without e

5:28 pm

The 4th column C is kicking my ass!

well, it's a true puzzle, largely devoid of plurals and no past tenses or geunds.

i jjust am sick of disappearing words.

pardon me while i turn off the evening news. i can't stand it.

cont e

7:08 pm

would appreciate a clue for sc 5 14 please

7:10 pm

it uses a two point vowel....

7:10 pm

I still don't get how unemployment is at record highs and people can still afford new homes.

7:10 pm

TY PEN GOT IT

7:10 pm

yw....

7:12 pm

Same reason unemployment is at an all time high, Molly.

7:17 pm

SIGH, still 18 left but must go see my TB lightning hopefully win and get the t

7:17 pm

to the final round.

7:17 pm

be back at intermission

7:19 pm

Good morning. Clue for ro 6/24 pls

7:20 pm

it has the sometimes vowel in the middle...

7:20 pm

That's the pesky one sounds like the teary veg but iwth the sometimes vowel.

7:20 pm

Thanks - both clues helped

7:22 pm

Clue for ca7.40, please.

7:23 pm

ca 7/40 - begins with a vehicle, ends with a bug

7:23 pm

Yeah Bea, I guess the wealthy rule the world.

7:25 pm

as Karl Marx predicted/observed

7:26 pm

Fireworks - have a good day / evening everyone and thanks for the clues.

7:27 pm

congrats...

7:27 pm

Not sure that is the case this time, Molly. Interest rates are very low. People have banked and saved their incentive money. I think it is the middle class taking advantage of this. IMO

7:27 pm

Middle class people lose jobs and then lose their homes and the wealthy buy them up cheap. Sad.

7:29 pm

Bea, people who have no jobs are not banking and saving their incentive money.

7:30 pm

No, but those who do have jobs are and have been. Those who do not have jobs are using unemployment and govt incentives including the madnate that you can not be evicted,if you do not pay yourrent.

7:33 pm

A lot of the people who own those rental homes are middle class people. Theya re looking at losing those properties because they can not pay the mortgage on them.

7:33 pm

au 7/40 please?

7:34 pm

don't have it...

7:35 pm

au + a stone misspelled.

7:35 pm

or stones

7:35 pm

ty, bea....

7:35 pm

ty bea

7:37 pm

ca 7/40 please?

7:37 pm

Molly, I understand where you are coming from as we are of the same thinking. Bu in this case, I do not think it is all the wealthy.

7:38 pm

someone clued it as starts with vehicle and ends with a bug....

7:38 pm

first cr6 please

7:39 pm

don't have it...

7:39 pm

Peri, C + a type of salad dressing. =)

7:39 pm

ty pen -- looking for a bug

7:39 pm

It's okay Bea. People who have money and live in an elevated financial state don't usually understand this perspective.

7:39 pm

got it - ty pen

7:39 pm

yw...

7:39 pm

ty, bea....

7:42 pm

don't get your clue Bea

7:42 pm

I may not finish this grid it is a tough one

7:42 pm

how are you doing nan?

7:44 pm

Peri...c + vegetables with ______ dressing

7:45 pm

Or the Ponderosa was a _____ on Bonanza

7:45 pm

ah that clue did it ty Molly and Bea

8:04 pm

back again - 8 more and totally stumped

8:05 pm

i still have 70 left.... :o( was too busy to play earlier...

8:07 pm

listed a lot earlier than usual, pen

8:12 pm

ro 6/24 following sinbad's bird please?

8:12 pm

rhymes with the veggie that makes you cry...

8:15 pm

ty pen - don't think I've seen that one before

8:15 pm

me either....at least not that spelling...

8:17 pm

I was thinking of the Grand big dip in Arizona

8:18 pm

sa 7/36 please?

8:18 pm

anyone have the to 7-36 the last one?

8:18 pm

don't have it.....many S words missing here....

8:18 pm

and an overload of new words in this one

8:19 pm

sa7.36 ends in Ms Blanchett

8:21 pm

ty lynxxx

8:22 pm

ty, lyn...

8:22 pm

last to7.36 trip & start of nut from an oak tree

8:22 pm

to7.36 is virtually the same as that sa7.36

8:23 pm

got it ty

8:23 pm

the first to7.36 for that clue

8:23 pm

ty, lyn...

8:23 pm

too many confusing words!

8:24 pm

amen!

8:24 pm

sh 6/30 please?

8:24 pm

sh6.30 beer and lemonade I think

8:25 pm

Sh + man's first name

8:27 pm

or s & h5.18

8:30 pm

Yes!!

8:32 pm

ty lynxxx -- thought that was beer & ginge ale, but seeing as I'm not a beer drinker, that is probably wrong

8:33 pm

I think it was beer and any other 'soft' drink - I remember my Mums friends drinking it in the 50s. Ugh!

8:33 pm

*!*~*!* can stick around a clue for a while if any clues are wanted

8:33 pm

congrats!

8:34 pm

*and clue

8:35 pm

Ca7/32?

8:35 pm

last au 8?

8:36 pm

total self control, pen

8:37 pm

ty....should have seen that one...

8:39 pm

are the three last SA words related?

8:39 pm

yes

8:39 pm

yes

8:39 pm

first of the three ends with a picnic pest

8:40 pm

ty...

8:43 pm

is it an ordinary word?

8:44 pm

it is but probably not used much - they all mean thoroughly wet

8:45 pm

hmmm....don't think i know it....

8:46 pm

maybe get the other then the insect end will make sense

8:46 pm

ok........

8:47 pm

think of the planet with rings but drop last letter

8:48 pm

ty....found them all...

8:52 pm

tu 6/24?

8:53 pm

Ca7/32?

8:53 pm

i have a pl....

8:58 pm

mo 8?

9:00 pm

mo8.50 like the au8.50

9:01 pm

Tu6. Tu + most of ra5/12

9:01 pm

ty....

9:02 pm

tu6.24 tu & cons & the start of tghe oak tree nut - add another vwl for the 7

9:02 pm

Ca7/32?

9:02 pm

ty, lyn and une....

9:02 pm

the singers in a synagogue

9:03 pm

it's a pl....

9:03 pm

Good grief.....thanks

9:04 pm

ca 6/27? the first one?

9:05 pm

tin & half of the Moulin Rouge dance

9:07 pm

hmmm....

9:07 pm

Four 7's to go..... whew

9:07 pm

found it...ty....

9:07 pm

oh totally wrong clue!!!!!

9:07 pm

sorry

9:08 pm

i think it was the right clue....

9:09 pm

this grid is obviously making my head spin

9:10 pm

Ra7/36?

9:10 pm

mine, too....i am down to five words....

9:10 pm

sa 7/32?

9:11 pm

ra7.36 ends in yours and mine

9:12 pm

sa & the *** sat ** the mat

9:12 pm

Bag + vowel + 2000 lbs

9:13 pm

ty....TITT.....

9:13 pm

Tx lynxxx

9:13 pm

TITT? congrats?

9:14 pm

thought i tried that....

9:14 pm

i still have four left...

9:16 pm

ac 7/44?

LOL, pen. I'll let you know ASAP

9:19 pm

Actually, I guess TITT is an example of an ac7/44

9:20 pm

yes!....ty, Gillie...

9:22 pm

Seems like carla was hinting, but she was a bit too subtle

9:22 pm

only two T words left....

9:23 pm

yes, i am too tired to catch the subtle clues... ;o)

sorry

sorry

9:24 pm

no problem....

9:24 pm

hello friends

9:24 pm

i am missing the first TO word and the last TU word....

9:24 pm

hi Trif....

there is a tu7 that is one extra vowel from the tu6

9:25 pm

TO - look at your sa7.36

9:25 pm

hello pen

9:25 pm

hi Trif

9:25 pm

ty, lyn...

9:25 pm

hi lynxxx

9:26 pm

found it....i am done....

9:27 pm

huzzah for pen!

9:27 pm

congrats!!!

9:27 pm

tyvm.....tough grid...

9:28 pm

is the lone t in the bottom row fishy?

9:28 pm

heading to bed....thank you all for the clues!

9:29 pm

lone T -

9:29 pm

Trif....it is te 6...wouldn't say it's a fish....

9:29 pm

ty, will look. it is a word normal people know?

9:29 pm

goodnight all....

9:30 pm

most people here know it....you get a shot to prevent it....

9:30 pm

found it

9:30 pm

thank you

9:31 pm

trashcan isn't all one word....huh.

9:31 pm

most is

9:31 pm

however there is a 6 letter word within that word

9:31 pm

yes, had that

9:32 pm

so strange, english

9:32 pm

:)

9:32 pm

no wonders they say it's such a hard language to learn

9:34 pm

i had the SWEETEST little lady from Brazil in my class this past year. Just adorable! She would ask the cutest stuff - "miss, can you say me....what it is...bitch is same as beach?"

9:34 pm

lol

9:40 pm

heading down to Maine for a weekend away - can't WAIT

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