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154 total words

hello!

12:00 am

howdy!

12:01 am

hello everyone

12:01 am

hi

12:02 am

en7

12:08 am

ch7

12:10 am

sham

12:12 am

I dunno. I think the ch7 is real

12:12 am

lol

12:12 am

ra 8

12:14 am

nbt, nbs, thanks Nan

12:15 am

hey guys - PSA - ramen is not a word. I did not try it, but I might tomorrow.

Clues are up

12:17 am

fane

12:17 am

thanks, lickety

nbt

12:19 am

well no HOET for me. 50 left..

HOET?

12:20 am

HOET!

12:20 am

half on every tile

12:20 am

not seeing much of anything -- no ch 7 and no t

12:20 am

t is a babblet

ah, a new one to me! I'm back after rather a long time away.

T was my last tile for nbt.

12:21 am

I also do not see the ch7, nan. maybe tomorrow.

12:21 am

aha, there it is

12:21 am

ty carla - nbt, nbs

tuchus is not a word either, even if it is in my house!

12:24 am

still not seeing it - tomorrow. Good night everyone :)

12:25 am

it's a good word, not ridiculous

halfway.

ah, got the ch7!

12:26 am

got it -- on my way :)

12:27 am

very apt for how I am feeling :)

12:27 am

well, I almost clued it that way for you but figured I ought to wait

it's a river near me

The sc7 and sc8s elude me! they are between the sc12 and the last sc. First three letters, please?

12:56 am

scm

12:56 am

sorry - sch

Thanks. I had gotten the sch5/16. ae the other words related to the sch5?

1:00 am

cream cheese action on bagel

Ah! The YIVO spelling leaves out the "c". Still. .. I shoulda. . . .

and that does not account for the sc 8/50

1:02 am

yivo?

1:03 am

I'm totally stuck on that one

1:03 am

looking in the scrabble dictionary as we "speak"

1:04 am

Tx for the cream cheese clue!

1:04 am

yw

yivo.org is the Institute for Jewish Research that is particularly focused on the Yiddish language as well as the hitory of eastern European Jewry.

1:05 am

i thought that was the y

wordhippo was no help on this.

1:10 am

the 8 is... the plural

1:10 am

well, I put the monkeys to work. It comes off the top s and is worth 10 points.

1:11 am

there's another 8 after that, freep

1:11 am

ah

1:11 am

that's unfortunate

1:12 am

but explains my confusion

There are two sc8s. the sc8/55 is the plural of the sc7/40. The sc 8/50 succeeds sc5/16, which oddly enough, does not have an expected plural.

btw, sh 6/24 is the YIVO spelling of sc 7/40. Again, and oddly, in this case the plural isn't accepted! Meshuggeneh!

1:16 am

well, you can't make the plural....

Maybe we should be looking for an sci 8/50

1:16 am

just like it is impossible to make an sc8/50. There. I've solved it!!!!!

1:17 am

yes. it is an sci8

yep! got it!

1:17 am

and it's a pisser, gotta say

1:18 am

I never woulda found that, so thanks for the idea!

OK, nbt, nbs, ≥ halfway, and all the ≥ 7 letters. Mediocrity achieved! I'm hitting the hay.

1:18 am

ha. g'night. and welcome back

1:19 am

still looking! monkeys are not helping

Thanks. Signing off with 102 words. Good enough!

1:21 am

lemme know if the monkeys need assistance before I go to sleep....

1:24 am

I got it! thought I had tried that combo, but sometimes my fingers do not obey!

1:27 am

yeah.

1:28 am

Although I think it's probably the first time my fingers have ever typed that combo....

1:31 am

yes it's not a word that comes up often in conversation

1:32 am

alright... back tomorrow to see if I find more. G'night!

1:32 am

nite

1:52 am

I am completely stuck on the sc 8/50 and the sh 6/24

2:00 am

Fireworks - those two were like needles in a haystack

4:38 am

good morning babblers

4:52 am

wow, almost halfway and still not a single biggie.

If the sc 7 & 8 work, why won't it take the word for tushy?

same for me - 69 left and not one 7 or 8

snarf should be a word

5:14 am

hiya IGH, I agree

Hi, Sprite - odd grid for me

5:15 am

Enable is truly odd that way, player girl :)

5:16 am

IGH: for me too. Interesting and quirky.

5:34 am

there we go. Fireflies. Have a peaceful night and a blessed day, all.

Can anyone please help me out with the lone T?

Also the bottom A?

7:36 am

tu4

7:37 am

an4

Thanks Molly

Neither word is familiar

7:40 am

If you are looking for familiar words, you are playing the wrong game 😊

Ha Ha, I mean even in the context of babble. The tu I have seen before but I don't remember the an

well, reading the chat tells me I have 4 sc words to look up

hard to do when i don't even know which S to start at. I'm assuming the top.

8:41 am

Freep just about gave one of them away. Since when do we clue with the first three letters?

well, melonhead said it first

but I wouldn't say it gave anything away to me

8:42 am

You will know what I mean about Freep when you get the word

I may never get the word 😜🤣

8:43 am

Most of them are from the lower s

maybe I'll work on a different letter

also I keep trying snarf

well, that was just a subtle clue by freep. if I'd known it was a clue I would've found it without looking it up.

8:49 am

The clue plus the first three letters wasn't exactly subtle. But that kind of cluing is the thing now.

8:50 am

I don't think it is a thing now. I think there are just players who don't do a good job clueing

8:52 am

That and the intense desire to blurt 😊

but what I'm saying is I read it and didn't realize it was a clue

so I don't think it was a blurt or giveaway like you think

8:55 am

phantom: guilt

8:56 am

Okay. I read it and figured it was a clue right away. Different perceptions at work.

8:57 am

So it's not a blurt or a giveaway to say that you must be starving for the fa6/30 I guess.

that sounds like a ru's clue

and I can't say because I have the word already

but when I read "it's a pisser" I automatically just thought, great, this is a really hard or stupid word.

8:59 am

Well Freep's was like a Ru's Clue (Not to be confused with Blues Clues)

yes, I originally typed ru's clues but wasn't sure anyone would get the reference

9:03 am

ramen still isn't accepted.

I told everyone last night not to try it!

9:03 am

four corners grayed. fwiw.

9:04 am

phantom: charm

nice. I have 31 left but haven't gotten anything at all, other than the obvious/non-obvious clued word.

9:05 am

We went to a movie theatre yesterday.

9:05 am

just to eat popcorn?

9:05 am

Just to eat popcorn. Mr. Bea made a mess.

9:06 am

All three of us have read Where the Crawdads Sing so we wanted to see the movie.

9:06 am

oh that looks good.

9:07 am

It is a good movie.

9:07 am

we saw elvis last week

9:08 am

I would like to see that one as well.

9:09 am

it's ok.

did you read the author is being investigated for a murder similar to the book?

9:09 am

i did

9:10 am

I saw that. But I didn't think she was the one doing the murder but knew who did.

9:10 am

phantom: imagine

yeah, from what I read it was maybe her husband at the time

finally found a word

9:12 am

47 to go. I have no 7s or 8s! very clean stats :)

6-11-10-1-2

just found a 4/5 set and thought it weird that I've never seen that before. of course it's scottish!

9:15 am

ah found a 7/8.

9:15 am

phantom: carafe

was it yiddish, harry?

9:16 am

yes :)

can you help me out? 😜

9:16 am

there is an en7 which is a plural

9:17 am

Think cream cheese carla

9:17 am

ty hursh! got it

9:17 am

would ordinarily be spelled without an extra consonant

hmm, I got nothing

oh yeah, now I remember

9:18 am

really?

9:18 am

medical pap

9:18 am

ok.

hate to break it to you, hurshy, but not as common down here.

9:19 am

i honestly think i only know it from tv/movies which have people in NY

9:19 am

lol

even though we have a buttload of transplanted NYers

9:20 am

first and last column grayed

nice, still need 1 R in first and 3 S in last

phantom schism

and chasm

name that italian company with pretty good gluten free food

9:24 am

ragu?

nope, but I did see that earlier

this one actually has an umlaut, so I always thought it was german or something not italian.

9:26 am

SixLugar

nope

9:26 am

so, do i gather that nobody has any 8s other than the one we were just discussing?

9:26 am

I have them all.

I have 3

9:26 am

oh!

the answer is Schar

one was heavily discussed by molly & I on whether it was or was not a dead giveaway - sc8

9:27 am

isn't that the one we were just discussing?

there is an ra8 that's kinda stupid

no, another sc8, hurshy

9:28 am

oh, ok

9:28 am

ah got the ra8

9:28 am

ty

9:28 am

Only stupid if you don't know any.

9:29 am

Lots of them where I'm from.

9:29 am

ooh i got ra8 also, ty!

I just think they are called something else, like -ers

in general I think most of the enable words that end that way are ridic

9:30 am

Yes, I see your point, Carla.

so I did try it with rug and rig here, just in case

9:30 am

so close!

9:31 am

with rug is it a sales person or a toupee wearer?

yes

so harry, what is my missing R on the left?

or bea, whoever wants to guess

9:33 am

ru5/16

9:34 am

latin pl.

9:34 am

ru5

thanks both, tried the regular plural at least 3x

but guess what, it never took 😜

9:35 am

well i found the clue part of the chog but it is befuddling

9:35 am

It ends with pee, hursh

9:35 am

30 to go. msising 5 on that top S!

so you're saying it wasn't a dead giveaway?

9:36 am

no, not a dead giveaway

9:36 am

is "dead giveaway" a clue?

I have SS GGG HHH CCC SSS MM AA SSS E F R

9:36 am

ty, for the ru4/5!

9:37 am

no, harry

9:37 am

but melonhead said something in there about an sc5/16 which i also do not have

no, someone made a statement last night that molly said was a dead giveaway

but I still had to look up the word

9:38 am

Any one have a sh6.24 clue. It's my last.

9:38 am

alt sp of the sc7/8

do you have the sc7 alt sp sh6, bea?

9:39 am

wow I can't believe I didn't have that :)

9:39 am

it's pretty twisty

9:39 am

is there really an sc5/16

IDK

9:40 am

aha, yes, there is, i found it

9:40 am

That was it.

9:40 am

found my last 7

5-9-9-0-1

9:40 am

you can pl it w/o the c, but not with the c. which makes no sense.

it's not in the grid

9:41 am

it's because it starts with a different S

9:41 am

so then you can't use that S to make a plural

because it starts from the S that is used to plural

9:41 am

huh?

it's not in this grid, it doesn't exist

9:42 am

I'm saying sc5/16 can not be pl, but sh4/6 can.

9:42 am

which doesn't make sense.

9:42 am

sorry - I wasn't clear.

ok, I don't have those then

9:43 am

ah yes melonhead said the same thing at 1:12 AM. Do thse people never sleep?

9:44 am

1-1-5-1-1

yes, I did read that this morning before but thought it was about the SH5/SC6

oh, I did have that 4, now got the plural and the 5

9:47 am

I looked up the sc8. I don't know why that would have been obvious.

the "blurt" molly was talking about was "that was a pisser". was not obvious to me until I looked up the word.

9:48 am

oh - I didn't see that :)

9:48 am

hah!

9:54 am

finding the Spelling Bee hard today

haven't looked at that yet

9:56 am

26 for later. bye!

bye

ma8 is really stretching

is that a clue or just a statement?

statement.

how about a clue, P&TY?

If you want a clue, in my state they combine everything with the ma starter

9:59 am

ma8...catholic service + jim jones group

10:00 am

yeah, that's a weird one, thanks, both

A place where some people don't want to go because this is what they feel religion is.

10:00 am

sounds like it can't be a terribly old word, based on the definition

10:00 am

that's what I was thinking

I like clues that are a little more cryptic.

10:01 am

and I was hoping there was a set of M's, still one M left

10:01 am

let me see, hokie, do you have ma5/18 x 2

10:01 am

well your first one was definitely cryptic, kap 😜

10:02 am

yes, hurshy

10:02 am

what about mi4/5 a girl from an original star trek ep

10:03 am

I do have one that looks like a girl's name, so I'm going to say yes

10:03 am

the 3 wise men perhaps?

10:03 am

have 'em

10:04 am

and the sing

10:04 am

well then just look at your words again cause it's something fishy

Only one of them.

10:04 am

was a pl of the first one

10:19 am

i could use a clue for the sc8 that isn't on a bagel

10:22 am

it's a pisser, ruru

10:22 am

I knew she was going to say that

10:23 am

LOL

10:25 am

not getting that sc8 clue

10:27 am

don't worry, it is only super obvious to molly

10:27 am

piss...pee...

10:28 am

starts like star trek genre, ends like pee

10:28 am

But saying pisser for a word that contains a word that means pee isn't obvious at all.

10:29 am

cryptic pisser clues

10:30 am

cryptic or obvious, can be both apparently

10:30 am

Cryptic pisser, is that a mummy without a bathroom?

10:30 am

suga

10:31 am

oopsie

10:31 am

not a word anyway

10:31 am

Bah bah bah bah, aw honey honey

10:31 am

thinking I may have to list for last 17

10:32 am

The Archies. Crap 70's music at it's finest

10:32 am

2-6-9, yeah, never going to find that many 6s

10:33 am

good morning all. 8:30 am and it is already 81F outside -- probably 100 in the sun which is relentless. I've spent the last hour deadheading the front flower bed before it gets any hotter.

10:34 am

we're in for another heatwave here in MA too and our drought has worsened still

10:34 am

sorry nan, stay cool if you can

10:35 am

my watch said it was 84 but now it says 75 and showers. they must be somewhere else because I definitely don't see rain.

10:35 am

yes I will stay in my air conditioned house for the rest of the day

10:35 am

No complaints here. 77 and we have had plenty of rain.

10:37 am

oh I wish Molly

10:39 am

rained here this morning too

10:39 am

It will be 100 in the shade here today.

10:39 am

enough to do some good for the fires, I hope

10:39 am

well I finally squirreled away that sc8

10:39 am

Approximately 5 raindrops here, nan :D

10:40 am

that sc8 is a new one for me, for sure

10:40 am

oh :(

10:40 am

we got a lot here ori

10:40 am

i hope I can use it in serpentine sometime.. :D

10:40 am

are the fires near either of you?

10:41 am

no waaaay north nan

10:41 am

near the Oregon border

10:41 am

if you drive through you can get a bit high if you inhale

10:41 am

we stayed in Crescent City on our cross country trip

10:41 am

hah

10:42 am

oh -- really liked some of the wines and wineries from southern OR

10:42 am

mr. homie prefers the OR wines

10:43 am

can anyone help with as6/24? last one. glad I went to the list. only missed a couple of regular words.

10:44 am

Like sanitation workers

10:44 am

The big fire is quite a ways inland from Crescent City.

10:45 am

finally got the sc8 -- what a nutty word

10:45 am

stupid, thanks

10:45 am

what I remember about crescent city is it is always like 52 and foggy

10:45 am

then we got about an hour inland and it was super sunny and hot

10:45 am

Remember when people used to get yelled at for calling words nutty and stupid?

10:45 am

I love the weather there :D

10:46 am

no, i do not

10:46 am

may I get a clue for the sc8/50 please?

10:46 am

I think the fogginess would get to me if I lived there

10:46 am

it was very damp

10:48 am

going to list as soon as I get to 50 I think

10:49 am

I made it to my 17, nan!

10:49 am

I thought Crescent City is NOLA

10:51 am

I think that is the nickname of NOLA, but there is a Crescent City, CA, in the redwoods, right at the OR border.

10:51 am

103 is expected here but usually they are off on that

10:52 am

Think I've been to the one in CA

10:52 am

msr, there are quite a few clues in the chat for that word, did you see them and need different clues?

10:52 am

It is possible to have more than one city with the same name. There are a lot of Jefferson's.

10:52 am

sacs

10:52 am

Sorry

10:53 am

we all do it now and again.

10:53 am

there's also a Green(e)ville in like every state

10:54 am

I live in the only Loudoun. All the others are Loudon.

10:54 am

lots of Springfields

10:54 am

Washington is the number one city name in the US

10:54 am

but New Orleans is New Orleans, nicknamed The Crescent City, not Crescent City.

10:54 am

and Middletowns

10:56 am

haven't heard of that many Middletowns, but it makes sense there would be a lot

10:57 am

per the googles, it's washington, springfield, franklin, and greenville

10:57 am

There are a lot of Middletown. In fact, one of our neighbors come from Middltown NJ to buy another house in Middletown CT. Grandchildren are reason

11:00 am

bristol is 5th on the list, that surprises me

11:06 am

alas, no ragu

11:06 am

mael you missed my italian gluten free NTPN

11:06 am

not ragu

11:08 am

speaking of tomato sauce -- did Newman's Own go out of production? We can't get it here anymore.

11:11 am

hah, I actually did not know that was gluten free thing

11:11 am

I.. am very happy with my gluten

11:11 am

and I try ramen every time in the hopes that one day it will take

11:12 am

I don't know tht it was, mael -- just wondering if it still existed

11:12 am

We still get Neman's Own products

11:12 am

they're still around here in MA too, we just never really buy any

11:12 am

most gen x, z and millennials have no clue as to who Newman is/was.

11:13 am

ty Molly -- maybe it is a transportation problem with all the border closings and truck drivers refusing to get vaccinated.

11:13 am

oh the gluten free thing was for hokie

11:13 am

I make my own sauce. Never tried his other stuff.

11:13 am

we make our own sauce too, I'm just waiting for my san marzano's to ripen

11:13 am

Carla is gluten free? Who knew?

11:14 am

I liked Newman's Sockarooni the best -- just added a few sauteed mushrooms to it

11:14 am

To the young 'uns Newman is just a guy on a sauce jar

11:15 am

paul newman is one of the guys that even us young ones know, I've found

11:15 am

I tried it a first because the proceeds go to charity then stuck with it because I liked it and couldn't be bothered with the "made from scratch" for only two people.

11:15 am

... but I guess I'm not young anymore so maybe

11:17 am

I make sauce for two people. I put it in freezer containers in the correct portions for meals.

11:17 am

I do the same

11:17 am

I've never felt comfortable with canning but we have a big freezer so that works too

11:18 am

Red sauce is a great thing to make on a rainy weekend afternoon. As long as you have plenty of bread for "dipping".

11:18 am

I never cook large roasts or turkey anymore to have the bones to begin with.

11:18 am

I'm not comfortable with canning either

11:18 am

you can make a super quick version with canned tomatoes too, you just need an onion and butter :)

11:19 am

Hm, I don't make my red sauce with bones

11:19 am

me neither... or my ragu!

11:20 am

half ground pork, half ground beef

11:20 am

phone call here - haven't noticed if we still have newman's own or not. and this gen x-er knows paul newman.

11:23 am

bones of a roast or turkey in the roast pan it was cooked in, add crushed tomatoes, seasonings, chopped celery and sauteed onion , cover and leave in oven at 225 overnight -- in the moring pul ot the bones, cool, skim off excess fat and voila - the base for your pasta sauce.

11:23 am

that's a lot of work, nan!

11:24 am

I just roast my tomatoes for 45 minutes with salt and a little sugar, peel them, and toss them in the blender

11:24 am

tastes good though -- forgot to say chopped and sauteed garlic along with the onion

11:24 am

then freeze it in quart containers

11:25 am

I also used fresh herbs whenever I could. But I was feeding 5 people + any of the kids friends who "happened" to be around so sometimes 7 or 8 at a meal

11:26 am

I made my own big batch once and froze some and it was good, but then I found Rao's and really like it so just started buying it.

11:26 am

as far as I'm concerned the only herb that belongs in tomato sauce is fresh basil, but my mom was maybe unorthodox in her sauce. Oregano is way overpowering

11:27 am

but mr. homie doesn't like Rao's as much so now I've tried this other one that I can't think of

11:27 am

phantom: ashram

11:27 am

and all you philadelphians/nearby NJians, it's not gravy

11:27 am

I use fresh basil in a lot of things - have a clump of it in the garden. Have you tried sprinkling a little shopped fresh basil in your wraps? yum

11:28 am

most of our basil ends up turned into pesto!

11:30 am

every time I grow basil it flowers when I'm not looking

11:30 am

just snip the flowers off -- new branches of leaves will grow

11:30 am

I know, but it turns bitter I think

11:32 am

years ago I planted basil and the Japanes beetles chewed them up

11:32 am

holy cow, just saw the KY death toll is up to 30

11:33 am

death toll from what? the heat?

11:33 am

they had big flash flooding last week

11:33 am

Floods

11:33 am

the article I just read said more known bodies not identified over the 30 number

11:34 am

terrible

11:34 am

morning all

11:35 am

maybe an hour or two from my mom/where I grew up

11:35 am

hey moo

11:35 am

hey hoke, happy Moonday

11:36 am

ma 8 please?

11:36 am

same to you

11:36 am

tx :)

11:36 am

nm - found it

11:36 am

Hi Moo

11:37 am

how would you find that, nan??

11:37 am

break time :)

11:37 am

not sure I like this grid, and I'm only 52 words in

11:40 am

HI ALL.

11:40 am

Any clues for top corner C? Ty

11:40 am

hey mkg

11:40 am

I got down to 30ish last night, but had to list at 17 and got quite a bit of help, plus the 17 on the list were mostly stuff I wouldn't get.

11:41 am

sounds ominous

11:41 am

probably no biggie for you. I haven't seen an easy declaration from ruru though.

11:43 am

top corner c has a regular word set, mkg. will let moo clue it so I don't give it away.

11:43 am

hello all...

11:44 am

pen!

11:44 am

carla!

11:44 am

50 to go

11:44 am

pen!

11:45 am

mool!

11:45 am

heh

11:45 am

Ty carla

11:45 am

I'm just amazing on the bee. will have to go back tonight.

11:46 am

Moo any clues for the C words for the corner C? Ty

11:46 am

close but no...

11:46 am

I have a pink floyd song stuck in my head now

11:47 am

the other one is a measurement associated with radiation

11:47 am

better than "what about bruno"

11:48 am

I still haven't watched that

11:48 am

it's entertaining

11:48 am

14-12-9-1-4

11:48 am

hello to you all!

11:49 am

hi Hokie!

11:49 am

hey dolly

11:49 am

hello dolly!

11:49 am

good to see you both!

11:49 am

carns

11:49 am

carn

11:49 am

oops

11:50 am

ah, found an 8

11:51 am

hi dolly...

11:51 am

hi Pen!

11:51 am

well, you're lucky, dolly, I was unable to move from the couch or else I wouldn't still be here. 😜

11:51 am

still here, mkg?

11:52 am

but now I am up and making lunch. no idea how it's lunchtime already.

11:52 am

yeah, it's not even 11 here ;)

11:52 am

lol Hokie

11:53 am

almost 1pm

11:53 am

I am still in pjs

11:53 am

yes you are an hour ahead of us

11:53 am

it is what it is, sometimes a jammy day feels good

11:53 am

rode for a couple of hours, work calls...I feel very productive

11:54 am

I did feed Winston this morning

11:54 am

enjoy your day mool

11:54 am

I'm sure Winston was happy! :)

11:55 am

I have a headache and my jaw feels like I clenched or ground my teeth all night, so maybe I'll be productive after I eat and take something.

11:55 am

worth a shot

11:56 am

I hate it when I wake up like that, even with my mouth guard, sometimes it will be like that

11:56 am

yeah, I did have on a mouth guard and a lower retainer

11:56 am

i am not liking this grid....

11:57 am

agreed pen

mexican wrestling in the grid...

11:57 am

you might try ice pack to relax the muscles

11:57 am

hi all. back from a lot of errands for my self and 2 other people.

11:57 am

tough grid for me

11:57 am

hi peri...

11:57 am

hey peri

11:58 am

25 to go... 6-8-7-1-3

11:58 am

still looking for an apartment. would you all please send positive vibes my way

11:58 am

i spent the mornings the last few days helping my neighbor move to the building next door....

11:58 am

hey peri

11:58 am

i will do that, peri!....

11:58 am

oh, I hope you find one soon

11:58 am

sure peri

11:58 am

very hard to find apartments here....and the rents have gone up a lot....

11:59 am

thank you. it is very discouraging. rents are very high too

11:59 am

my rent went up 43% when the building was sold...

11:59 am

yikes

11:59 am

yikes

11:59 am

this building was sold and rents went way up

12:00 pm

having a roommate is ok. but she will move back to Mass once I decide what I am doing

12:00 pm

some of our friends just sold their house and are renting a 2 BR apt downtown for like $3800/mo

12:00 pm

i knew it would go up a lot....and the new landlord has fixed a few things, he had my bathtub/shower and bathroom sink refinished, and he's going to paint my bathroom and put in a new flooring...he also put in four sets of blinds in my living room....

12:01 pm

new landlord made no repairs to any of the apartments here :(

12:01 pm

wow that is really high carla

12:02 pm

this guy is fairly young and does a lot of things himself....he is quite responsive...

12:02 pm

you are lucky pen

12:02 pm

that is more than three times my rent for a two bedroom apt....

12:02 pm

I am tired from errands will bbl and will go to list very soon

12:02 pm

yeah, I thought so

12:02 pm

yes, at least he seems good...the old one would just shrug off problems....

12:03 pm

they said they are going to treat it as a one year vacation

12:03 pm

bye, peri....

12:03 pm

rents are high here too -- why I want to stay in my house until I need 24 hour care.

12:03 pm

hi nan....

senior communities abound in the city, they offer relief for those with lower incomes. otherwise, new apartments here go for $2200-$2800 fir 1/2 bedroom. plus all types of fees. but i may still move to one, they are beautifully appointed

12:06 pm

hi pen

12:06 pm

hi TO...

the only good thing is that you don't need a security deposit anymore, instead there is insurance in case you skip. which is bringing all types of folks in who could never afford it from the city.

12:09 pm

that was a good idea TO -- 3 months rent up front is a lot for many people.

double edged sword.

i participate in a program that i donate to to help folks by lending them the deposit $

12:10 pm

I thought it was usually 1 month. is that super old?

here you only need first and one month security, i am sure the city is laxer

well if you are insured for rent, you do not need the one month security.

i never had to pay more than first and security, but the city is a sanctuary city now and laws are changed to help people afford rent. then again, there in laz enforcement if any

lax

12:13 pm

we moved here right after college and getting married and just barely had enough money from gifts for the security deposit. It was a tiny one bedroom and I think it was like $300/mo. that was 1995 but I don't think adj for inflation is as high as now.

my niece's rent just went up 20%

the better senior communities run around 2000 but include some meals and housekeeping.

12:15 pm

the oldest has always found cheap housing and the youngest is still on campus this coming year, but I've heard some crazy rents there for off campus.

12:15 pm

i lived in an apartment before this one for 21 years....in that time my rent went up $20....those landlords and those days are gone...

12:16 pm

sc 7,8-8 and I am stumped -- clues please?

a friend just moved from her lower rent city apartmant to one of the lutheran communities, she just could not keep up with that

12:16 pm

i don't have any of those...

12:16 pm

well, the 7/8 is like a pat of cream cheese

12:16 pm

tx hoke

well everyone wants to make up for inflation. and then there is greedflation.

12:17 pm

the other 8 "is a pisser"

12:17 pm

well got the cream cheese words...ty....

12:18 pm

well, carla, we already know that... ;o)

12:18 pm

*She's going to beat that pisser thing to death like the dead horse

12:18 pm

well, molly says it's obvious, and I disagreed 😜

12:18 pm

there she is!

12:19 pm

neither clues mean anything to me

12:19 pm

Really, how could I possibly think that pisser is an obvious clue for a word that contains urine.

12:19 pm

ends it pee

12:19 pm

ru Ru's Clued it with the actual definition, which I didn't know

12:19 pm

or you could just type the word in the chat I guess...that works :)

12:20 pm

it's squirrel like

12:20 pm

nutty

12:20 pm

nan....think of dirty politics...a sm*** campaign.....and add a letter within that word....

12:20 pm

Nothing new. People type words in the chat all day long

12:20 pm

the 8 is an alt sp of that word....

12:21 pm

ok - found the pee one - had forgotten about the top s - do they all come from there?

12:21 pm

no

12:22 pm

top row grey...16 to go thanks to those clues

12:22 pm

the pee one comes from the top row S?....

12:22 pm

oh yes - have seen that before - not a term used around here ever

12:22 pm

2-7-6-0-1

12:22 pm

thanks everyone

12:23 pm

umm....

12:23 pm

I only know it from tv/movies

12:23 pm

Il lived in new york a couple of times

12:23 pm

question at 12:22.... :o|

12:24 pm

yes pen

12:24 pm

ty..

12:24 pm

sorry, that snuck in pen

12:24 pm

Yes, the pee one comes from the top row S

12:24 pm

I lived in Mtl and didn't hear it there, but then our neighbours wouldn't socialize with us because we were Christians.

12:25 pm

ty...

12:25 pm

my tv recommended a NZ mystery show so of course I started watching. you all really do have a strange accent to my ears, moo.

12:26 pm

we believe in not using vowels hoke

12:26 pm

the leg sounding like lig is the weirdest

12:26 pm

australians by contrast like to really dwell on them

12:26 pm

so it is vowels being used, just different ones

12:26 pm

pen sounds like pin...

12:26 pm

even words like that can sound more like thit

12:26 pm

i usually run subtitles... ;o)

12:27 pm

well, in appalachia, I was actually taught that pen and pin were homophones

12:27 pm

and we do say them the same, that's why we say ink pen or straight pin

12:27 pm

me too, pen!

12:27 pm

pin sounds a little like peen in australia

12:28 pm

my accident is just a melange of weird pronunciations now

12:28 pm

accent

12:29 pm

my accident was caused by the guy who ran the red light

12:29 pm

yeah, mine is greatly diluted now

i've lost track of what you're cluing...

12:30 pm

but certain things remain, and per my husband and kids it all comes back when I talk to someone back home.

12:30 pm

we aren't cluing, just talking about this NZ mystery show and accents.

you were. a pee word

12:31 pm

sh 6/24 please

but no stats

12:31 pm

oh, sc8, starts with star trek genre, ends in pee

12:31 pm

that is alt sp of the sc7, nan

12:31 pm

the pat of cream cheese

sci fi?

12:32 pm

first part...

12:32 pm

just add the pee...

okay thoroghly confused, will look later

12:33 pm

ty carla

please no clue on my account

12:34 pm

now that i know that the word means a pot of cream cheese, maybe I will remember it -- always use whipped cream cheese as the base for my wraps.

12:35 pm

also means a bribe, have never heard that

what's a bagel without sc6

12:36 pm

don't eat bagels -- too heavy for me.

lunch time!

12:37 pm

I like cream cheese in stuff but not on bagels

and now i want a bagel

12:37 pm

and apparently good bagels take a lot of gluten because gluten free ones are horrible.

i generally eat my bagels with nothing. nor do i toast them. true bagels need nothing

12:37 pm

so I don't bother

12:37 pm

I would rather go without than use whipped cream cheese

a hot bagel is heaven...i will tear into one in the car on the way hone.

there are not even any real bagels in the city anymore. it's awful. need to go to ny

12:39 pm

I use the whipped on wraps, Molly, because it spreads more easily

12:39 pm

I didn't even know there was a whipped cream cheese. is that in the tub instead of the brick? no, I think there are tubs that are the same as the brick.

12:39 pm

True bagels need nothing if they are good bagels. There is a terrible lack of good bagels.

the monstrosities they pass off as bagel, which are over twice the size...

and the flavors! oy!

12:40 pm

my faves are Montreal bagels....from St. Viateur....don't care for the NY bagels i have tried....

12:40 pm

There is cream cheese, soft cream cheese and whipped cream cheese. The whipped cream cheese has too much air whipped into it.

12:40 pm

*!*~*!* hagd everyone - enjoy your bagel lunches :)

they are definitely different in ny. authentic

12:40 pm

congrats, nan...

12:41 pm

well, as much as I'd like to stay and chat about bread I can't eat 😜, I think I'll get dressed and run some errands. good luck, all.

i only remember plain, egg, onion

12:41 pm

bye, carla....

12:41 pm

What a life. Just getting dressed at 1:40 pm

okay now i am starving and my dinner will be spoiled.later

12:59 pm

whittled down to 30....taking a break.....bye all...

1:02 pm

stuck on sc / 50 //

1:02 pm

8 LETTERS

1:20 pm

ends in a word that means pee SMom

what a great word?

a great word!

1:27 pm

I run our elementary school's student garden and I just picked and donated 5 pounds of kale today! Brings our total produce donation for the season to 50 lbs!

1:30 pm

great work Mael

1:45 pm

thanks Sophie

1:45 pm

FW! does anyone need any hints?

1:49 pm

thanks, just got here, plan to find half now and the rest later this evening Have a great rest of the day!

1:50 pm

you as well :)

1:54 pm

mael, that is great for the kids that they are getting to grow and donate food. Good lesson in community service.

test

i changed my icon and received confirmation and refreshed and reloaded-- still see the old one.

2:15 pm

Hard refresh, CNTRL + F5

2:16 pm

I see the new one

thanks but i don't and CTL+F5 does nothing

2:19 pm

When you change your icon you have to hard refresh while you are still in MY ACCOUNT and then hard refresh when you get back on the Babble board. Didn't used to be that way

when i hard refresh, should something happen? like it does when i go to the toolbar and hit refresh? because nothing does.

have never had this issue before.

2:22 pm

If you are using Windows, CNTRL + F5 pressed at the same time (not one after the other) Mac hard refresh is SHIFT + RELOAD

2:24 pm

What browser are you using?

firefox

there's a refresh icon on the toolbar which i generally use to refresh babble

actually it's a reload icon

2:26 pm

That doesn't hard refresh and will not show your new icon

how do you spell the yiddish rear? I thought it was tuchas

2:27 pm

Try CNTRL+SHIFT+R

2:27 pm

tuchus

ty firefox should be able to use CTL+5 but does not. it does use also SHIFT+CTRL+R

the icon looks smooshed.

2:29 pm

Icons need to be 350 x 350 pixels

my deer selfie is gone forever...

time to finish mopping. later

3:06 pm

Sc8/50 clue please?

3:12 pm

ends in pee

3:18 pm

Tx!!

3:30 pm

Ha6/21?

3:39 pm

Nm!!!

6:40 pm

i am done....goodnight all....*waving to the lurkers*....

6:54 pm

Une got hip to the ha6 before she was ha6ed with clues

9:11 pm

hi all. back for more. i am missing the 7s and 8s. please send any stats and clues possible. ty.

9:12 pm

hi, I just got back, too.....sorry have 0 7s and 8s

9:14 pm

ty anyway

9:21 pm

ladies, check the clues posted at 3:06 and 3:12 for an eaasy to find 8

9:23 pm

got it thanks

9:43 pm

mkg

9:44 pm

got the ra 8 and ma8 they build on shorter, previous words stuck on SC 7, 8 leaving it alone for now

9:48 pm

thanks Sophie. Just found them both.

9:56 pm

found a ch7 want a clue?

10:00 pm

got en 6 and plural too

10:00 pm

70 left, good enough I'm tired Night bug and Mk

10:27 pm

please send clues to me for any 7s or 8s.

10:27 pm

ty

10:31 pm

too late all. sorry

11:24 pm

sc 8 sc+vowel+pee

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