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12:01 am

hello everyone :)

12:03 am

hi, nan

12:11 am

Morning all. Ho7

12:11 am

em 8

12:13 am

mo7

12:16 am

nbt, nbs

Clues are up

12:28 am

belated thanks, lickety!

12:43 am

no7

12:44 am

no 7

12:44 am

ha

12:44 am

you beat me lol

ga7

12:44 am

Drat. I shoulda said "what were the chances of that happening?"

12:54 am

dozed off and 2 more 7's called -- guess I should call it a night -- see you tomorrow :)

1:08 am

FWs...last word to 6, the fruit

is that TO a fruit or a veggie?

Technically a fruit. But you probably wouldn't put it in a fruit salad.

I cannot see any of the 7s, not the eight

Sigh

6:55 am

Ho5.....ho7 is "one who"

7:00 am

One who treats with deference and respect

Aaah - I miss American spellings sometimes!

Thank you

7:02 am

You're welcome!

7:11 am

phantom: emanate

7:14 am

I still don't know why I lived most of my life thinking a to6 was a vegetable. I feel deceived. 😊

7:25 am

that whole thing is... really quite a mess tho

7:26 am

what's considered a "vegetable" depends on whether you are talking about like classifications from biology or cookery or something else

7:42 am

Nix v. Hedden, 149 U.S. 304 (1893), was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that, under U.S. customs regulations, the tomato should be classified as a vegetable rather than a fruit.[1] The Court's unanimous opinion held that the Tariff Act of 1883 used the ordinary meaning of the words "fruit" and "vegetable," instead of the technical botanical meaning.

7:43 am

I consider it a fruit though :)

7:43 am

ah Jeff, what a fount of information you are

7:43 am

I think a tomato is really a fruit, but classified as a vegetable

7:43 am

i consider it a vegetable since I put it on sandwiches with meat :)

7:44 am

can't get my head around this puzzle today, 71 left

7:47 am

and then there are all the food words that aren't in enable, like rangoon

7:48 am

hmm...terran is a perfectly fine word :)

7:49 am

yeah, idk if they feel like it would be proper? like a Vulcan, a Klingon, a Terran

7:50 am

possibly

7:50 am

And just like that we go from food to Star Trek.

7:51 am

everything leads to Star Trek eventually :)

7:51 am

indeed!

7:53 am

phantom: nonagon

7:55 am

name that proper noun! home to the Italian Grand Prix in Formula 1

7:59 am

name that (not) proper noun - when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie :)

7:59 am

amore

7:59 am

ding!

8:10 am

almost have my favorite babble word: ratatat

8:17 am

yeah that is a good one

8:20 am

first pass done. 49 to go, but still two blanks. going to make coffee!

just got here and already seeing phantoms, meteor, agonize

not seeing a lot of actual words there though

8:26 am

lots and lots of babblets today

I will keep that in mind

no manga

8:32 am

can't get that lone A

still on 2nd row but will look

yep, nothing

of course I keep only seeing am5 which I already found on the top A

8:35 am

yeah

8:35 am

at 4/5

8:36 am

you sure bichon?

hmm, there are 3 at4/5 from top A

8:37 am

hmmm, have the word, but don't know which a it comes from

8:38 am

now I know a + anagram of pat

8:39 am

Ends with Sammy Davis Jr dance comes from the single A

atap is from top A

8:39 am

huh

8:39 am

sorry

8:40 am

at6 ends in not female

8:40 am

ty molly

ah yes, that one, thanks

8:40 am

Sorry, I was mislead before

8:41 am

nbt. 43 to go.

92 here

8:46 am

ah yes, that one? Like the chief of a Cossack village is some old, familiar word?

it's a babblet we see here a lot. no idea what it means

8:47 am

how about the chef of a cossack village? the one who cooks all the borscht?

but I think of it like "attaboy!"

8:47 am

Borscht, ew

8:48 am

30 to go!

8:48 am

you can't keep an army going without borscht!

8:48 am

Beets give me the eebie-geebies

8:49 am

and they turn your pee red!

8:49 am

Hence their popularity in Russia, where there is all that snow peeing

8:50 am

two-tone snow pee

8:50 am

love borscht

8:50 am

Watch out where the Ruskies go, don't you eat that borscht red snow

8:51 am

see? I knew we'd find a taker!

8:51 am

I tried to get my kids to listen to some zappa - they just laughed when they heard it.

8:51 am

admittedly, it was "saint alphonso's pancake breakfast"

8:51 am

Yes Harry, and there are people who like Limburger cheese. That doesn't make it taste good.

nice serial killer word in the grid

well, I do not have HOET but need to get busy. 51 left for later. good luck!

8:54 am

bye carla

8:54 am

Isn't nice serial killer an oxymoron?

8:55 am

"gonorrea" was not found in the dictionary

8:55 am

That is for people who can't spell

8:55 am

there's an H in there somewhere.

8:55 am

ahh after the Rs.

8:56 am

look it up in the syphilis harry

8:56 am

my daughter's m.i.l is Ukranian and makes the best borscht

8:57 am

i like beets, but i've never tried borscht

8:57 am

herpethetically I could do that.

8:58 am

I made a red velvet cake using beets and it was great.

8:59 am

i bet that would work cig

9:00 am

cig your pic looks like a signal to a spy network. perhaps the geo coordinates to a weapons stash?

9:01 am

yes, geo cache and buried treasure

9:08 am

Any clues for the i word?

9:09 am

uses the high point letter, mkg

9:12 am

Ty. Monkeys got it.

What is the A word in the 1st column? The lone A

9:13 am

Harry how can you see that icon picture, it's huge

9:13 am

at6/21

9:13 am

I need that one too player girl.

9:13 am

I scrolled through it :)

9:14 am

16 to go! 90% done :)

Thanks Harry

9:15 am

yw!

Hey MKG, How are you? I guess you don't make it to Israel anymore.

9:21 am

I'm making no progress. 16 for later. going for a haircut - first day of school tomorrow!

9:23 am

Hi player girl. Please remind me who you are. Thanks. Havent been to israel since 2016. But have 3 granddaughters there.

9:25 am

Michelle???????

9:36 am

Wonder why their first day is tomorrow and not today

9:37 am

they're all over the place. Our first day was last wednesday, a half day, then thursday, friday off, monday off, back today. Why they don't just start after labor day is beyond me

that's a northern thing

9:40 am

No, it is actually northern to start the day after labor day. That is the way it was for years.

9:40 am

When I was a kid we started the day after Labor Day and were done by the first of june. Now it seems the school year is at least 4 weeks longer. So many "in service" days and half days.

yeah, that's what I was referring to

9:41 am

Yep, Origami. Summer was a full three months long.

9:42 am

we get a half day every wednesday district wide and it's bananas

9:42 am

how are parent supposed to deal with that is anyone's guess

9:42 am

Half day once a week is very difficult for parents who work.

9:43 am

truly

9:43 am

Although, since COVID a lot of households have gone back to one parent staying at home.

9:44 am

not in my experience, lots of households have just had to scramble with one parent working at home some of the time

9:44 am

We have had a lot of daycare centers close due to lack of enrollment.

9:44 am

up here they've closed due to lack of staffing

9:44 am

the waitlists for daycares are years long at this point

9:45 am

I would think working from home makes dealing with the school schedule easier

9:45 am

most parents scramble and use nannies, grandparents, or work with the kids in the house if they can

9:45 am

I went my whole life without a nannie

9:46 am

and pretty much parents too

9:46 am

I don't have a lot of sympathy for people who can afford nannies.

9:46 am

it does, when there's school. the problem is you still have to work even if the kids are home, including those half days and the random "professional development days" and all the mondays we get off of school because it's a holidya but not a bank holiday

9:46 am

I was a latch-key kid by the time I was 7.

9:46 am

i beat you to that ori

9:47 am

Wow Origami, that is awfully young.

9:47 am

5 here

9:47 am

I went to school early so i was on the cusp

9:48 am

Me too. Fall birthdays.

9:48 am

My older sister was theoretically home, but she was a teenager and was often out.

9:48 am

they call the cops on you now if you leave kids in a (cool) car in the grocery store parking lot

9:49 am

They should call the cops. Young children do not belong unsupervised in a car.

9:50 am

toddlers don't

9:50 am

an 8 year old? of course they can hang out in a car

my mom went back to work when I started kindergarten but I have 2 older bros so I don't remember exactly when I was alone.

9:52 am

In our state, 8 is the cut off age. You can't leave a child younger than 8 in a car or home alone.

9:52 am

I was unsupervised all day in the summer from age 6 onwards, we just all played together. We'd call our parents at lunch and dinner to make sure we had someplace to be (usually a friend's house) but there was... very little parental involvement. We used to go to the grocery store by ourselves by then, never mind hang out in a car with an ipad for 15 minutes

9:53 am

my parents would leave us on a Friday to go gambling in Reno and come back on Mondays

9:53 am

Me too. I was out the door in the morning and seldom came home before it was dark. Bikes are wonderful things.

9:53 am

i was 5 and my Brother 9

9:54 am

they'd be arrested nowadays

9:55 am

absolutely

mr. homie is 5th of 11 kids. his oldest sister says their parents used to go on trips when she was in 5th grade and leave her in charge. there were like 2 kids in diapers for her to take care of.

9:55 am

and kids have lost something important

9:55 am

The should have been arrested then, Ru

9:55 am

the ability to grow without constant involvement by adults

how to be independent, agree

9:56 am

That's were millennials came to be :D

9:56 am

Agreed, mael. Helicopter parents are now the norm.

9:56 am

where

9:57 am

and trust me, i've got a 6 year old and an 8 year old. Some things are different. I wouldn't be able to let them roam our neighborhood because it's not a safe street for bikes

I tried to not do that. made them start doing laundry at like 8th grade, made them go to the dr by themselves in high school, etc.

9:57 am

but the fact that I can't even leave them in a car to pop in to the hardware store? that's RIDICULOUS

9:58 am

i get it.. but it can be dangerous in many areas

9:59 am

of course, but we can't generalize

9:59 am

i agree

9:59 am

you need a couple nannies mael :D

9:59 am

hah

10:00 am

it's not that I can't take them in with me, it's just that they need to learn independence

10:00 am

my kids aren't even allowed to walk off the bus onto our driveway and the house without an adult present

10:01 am

Why not leave them home then?

10:02 am

because if anything were to happen, even smallest of incidents, I could have my kids taken away by CPS. That's the reality these days.

10:05 am

All kids learn independence eventually. It is debatable how young that learning needs to happen.

10:05 am

we've created a system that keeps children "safe" at the expense of their development. And of course no one wants 7 year old routinely left alone, but there is a progression that they're not allowed to undertake. Walking to the store alone? Getting themselves off the bus? That's how you slowly push their boundaries. If you can't do that at all then you can't prepare your kids for when they will be able to do so

10:06 am

all kids is what's debatable. There are plenty of kids in college who are functionally still children at this point

10:06 am

Sadly, the rules are in place because kids have been abducted walking home from school and getting off the bus. Sometimes, by a non-custodial parent.

10:07 am

abductions are not less frequent now than they were in the 80s

10:07 am

yeah.. but you don't want your kid to be one of them

10:07 am

sure

10:08 am

it's so much different now than the way I grew up

10:08 am

I believe that the laws that are in place are there for the safety of the kids.

10:08 am

I don't believe that it is much different, is the thing

10:09 am

mael, I agree. What's disheartening is statistically, there is simply no substantial evidence of children being harmed by strangers while they are out and about. The chances are so tiny as to be insignificant. Yet between the media and the narrative that we live in a terrible country of violence, parents have bought into it. Facts are, violence has been steadily decreasing in the past 50 years. It was far more dangerous for a kid to be out on their own in the 70's than today. But you know ... facts are such an inconvenience!

10:09 am

kidnappers existed in the 80s, so did pedophiles and murderers, as well as non-custodial parents with a grudge. They were rare, just as they are rare now

10:10 am

yeah...but nowadays some of those pedophiles make it to congress

10:11 am

and we should deal with them in congress, by tossing their asses in jail where they belong

10:12 am

You guys should do a little research on the number of abducted kids in the 80's vs today.

10:12 am

I am with you 100% mael

10:13 am

in jail and not having a slot speaking at MAGA Rallies

10:13 am

a lot of what was reported as kidnappings in the 80s were actually custodial disputes

10:13 am

by the way

10:14 am

kidnapped by janitors?

10:14 am

:D

10:15 am

If a non-custodial parent takes a child, that IS kidnapping.

10:15 am

of course it is

10:16 am

but it's got ZERO to do with laws about leaving your kid in the car of the parking lot

10:16 am

most kids are abducted during visitation

10:18 am

All I can tell you is that I got left in a car when I was six and managed to get the car into neutral and if not for a very nice man passing by, I would have rolled out into traffic. There are reasons for the laws.

10:18 am

and I'm sorry that happened to you

10:19 am

It's a miracle I made it to adulthood. I was such a wild child, I was always in peril.

10:20 am

I fell off multiple trees, I'm lucky my head's pretty sturdy

10:20 am

had a couple bike accidents

10:20 am

oh is that ever true ori

10:20 am

Again, the statistical probability is wildly overblown by media and parents. 73 million kids in the U.S., and 400,000 "abducted" last year, the vast majority by parents and friends. That's a 0.0054 chance your kiddo will be abducted. On the other hand, there's a 100% change your kiddo will be exposed to extreme images of violence, pornography, etc. with unsupervised access to a computer, smart phone, or tv.

10:21 am

100% CHANCE, not change -- lol!

10:21 am

there's a joke there somewhere about Molly and the stick shift.. but I'll let it go

10:21 am

there are absolutely real dangers that we are better at addressing now, like safety in a moving vehicle. Car seats save lives. Fencing pools saves lives.

10:22 am

but statistically, not letting your kid walk home from school is not preventing much of anything besides learning how to live in this world responsibly

10:22 am

I had horses and would go off riding in the hills alone when I was 12 or so. One of them threw me off once about 5 miles from home.

10:22 am

I tried to ensure my kids were never in situations where they could be in danger of abduction. Kids can be and are taken from parked cars.

10:22 am

eeeeek

10:23 am

wow ori

10:23 am

did you break anything?

10:23 am

Ha ha Ru. It was three on the tree, this was the 60's

10:24 am

I just don't worry about abduction, in the grand scheme of things. It would be like constantly worrying about the possibility that they might have a brain tumor. I worry more about my kids being bitten by dogs while we're on a walk than I do about random strangers. Stranger danger is hugely overblown.

10:25 am

Wow, I disagree. But then, I know someone who used to work for The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

10:25 am

do you live in a small town Mael?

10:25 am

Nothing was broken -- just dinged up. But one time when I was about 12 I was riding with a friend in the middle of nowhere and she fell off her horse and broke her arm. I rode back and got help.

10:26 am

suburbs of boston, ruru

10:26 am

To be young and Dumb again.....

10:26 am

fewer than 100 kids are abducted by strangers in the whole country yearly

10:26 am

if you had a Lassie then she could have run back to fetch help for Timmy Ori

10:26 am

He must not have a heart, kids or common sense.....

10:26 am

Stranger danger is not overblown. There are A LOT of weirdos out there. And child pornography is rampant these days.

10:27 am

again, most missing children are runaways (often times for good reason, unfortunately) or taken by a non-custodial parent

10:27 am

oh.. I'd worry about my kids being run over by crazy Boston drivers

10:27 am

most child abuse happens not from strangers, but from family members or acquaintances

10:27 am

(and Duggers Mael)

10:27 am

that I worry about, ru

10:28 am

duggers count as family, alas

10:28 am

Duggars?

10:28 am

right, those people

10:28 am

totally creeped me out.. glad he's in jail

10:28 am

The Duggar guy was not just abusing his own family.

10:29 am

no, he also downloaded child pornography

10:29 am

which was probably created by someone abusing children they knew, not ones they kidnapped off the street

10:29 am

how sick do you have to be to do that?

10:30 am

it's horrifying that it is mostly family members, but that's the reality. Most pedophiles abuse children they have access to

10:30 am

yeah..that's true

10:31 am

I wish the penalties were harsher

10:31 am

me too

10:33 am

Okay, so everyone can relax. Your kids are perfectly safe. Remember, you heard it here, stranger danger is overblown.

10:34 am

I mean, I heard it from the actual stats, molly :)

10:34 am

Although I think the thousands of parents whose children are abducted by strangers would disagree.

10:34 am

it's less than 100 per year in the US, Molly

10:35 am

and I feel for their parents, obviously

10:35 am

it's devastating

10:35 am

and terrifying

10:36 am

but it doesn't rule my life, much like plane crashes don't stop me from taking my kids on vacation. I worry much more about more prevalent dangers, like drowning and car accidents and bullying and drug use, etc

10:36 am

I would add gun violence to my list of worries.

10:37 am

that too

10:37 am

absolutely

10:37 am

though thankfully we're a little insulated from that here in MA

10:39 am

I'm not suggesting that people worry about anything. It is just a good idea to be as safe as possible regarding your kids. Because you don't get a do-over when you come out of the store and find an empty car. And don't tell me that doesn't happen, because it does.

10:39 am

Molly, it's clear you are entrenched in your narrative, but I invite you to consider this: no parent can protect their child from every single danger, but we can prioritize the dangers, and in addition, teach our kids how to deal with danger. For example, I'm not going to submit my kiddo to potentially traumatizing fear of being abducted while getting off the school bus, but I am going to foster open communication about harassment and sexual abuse, which is almost 1000x more likely to happen to my child before they reach the age of 18. I'm also going to train my kid how to safely navigate through the world, such as crossing the street, etc. At a certain point, common sense comes into play.

10:40 am

exactly

10:40 am

I'm much much more concerned about my child being exposed to anti lgbt attitudes, for example

10:40 am

because I know that, statistically, lgbt youth are at a much much higher risk of suicide attempts

10:41 am

And Molly, I understand your fears, grounded in reason or not -- and respect your right to express them. Please respect our opinions too.

10:42 am

I am not "entrenched in a narrative". I do have my opinions about children and safety. I don't believe any parent is wrong for putting the safety of their children as a top priority.

10:42 am

that's what I worry about. About them being bullied at school and it affecting their mental health. About them getting into a car with a drunk peer when they're older.

10:43 am

Again, none of the opinions expressed here are 'right' or 'wrong.' They just are.

10:44 am

"grounded in reason or not" That is respect for my opinion folks.😊

10:44 am

the problem is just that we, as parents, can't make that decision anymore. I can't make a judgement call that it's safe to leave my kids in the car at the store for 15 minutes, or to teach them to walk off the bus when it's age appropriate (and that's going to differ child to child, obviously).

10:46 am

ch1212 - "grounded in reason or not" is pretty snarky.

10:47 am

The problem is we need a middle ground. We don't want to go back to the days when parents like Ru's could go off and leave a 5 year old alone for the weekend. (Please God don't let someone argue that we should)

10:47 am

oh certainly not

10:48 am

i was precocious :D

10:48 am

there are definitely ways in which we need to keep children safer, but it's a challenge to identify what is statistically significant and what isn't because it's an EMOTIONAL reaction most of the time. We're afraid of strangers more than we are of grandpa Charlie, or whatever, but one of them is definitely more likely to abuse your kids and it ain't the stranger

10:48 am

Still are 😊

10:49 am

We do need a middle ground. We have to protect children but let them make mistakes and grow into adults. They can't do that when watched like a hawk every second of every day.

10:49 am

yep

10:49 am

Time to put your bow tie picture back up Ru.

10:50 am

ha

10:50 am

and to be clear, I sit here terrified of my kids turning into teenagers so :)

10:50 am

You should be

10:50 am

I apologize. It wasn't intended to be snarky, I was thinking about how the narrative has gotten so overblown despite the hard facts and stats. There are a lot of people who believe a lot of narratives that have questionable evidence to support them. But you're right, it did sound snarky, and I apologize!

10:51 am

but to make a parallel: I want to be free, as a parent, to demystify alcohol for my teens. I don't want them to sneak it and I don't want them to binge. I want them to try it and learn, not feel like it's this forbidden fruit that they will have to gorge on at parties

10:51 am

As stated earlier, none of what I said is based on some irrational fear. I know someone who used to work for The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

10:53 am

Oh, good chance that no matter how much you "demystify it" they will do both those things.

10:53 am

Are you going to do that with drugs too?

10:53 am

Better run and do my errands. It's going to hit 115 here today.

10:54 am

weed, probably

10:54 am

i have to run to work too.. great discussion everyone

10:54 am

Holy God, you Left Coasters need a break.

10:54 am

oh no, not the dreaded reefer! :)

10:54 am

going to be 112-113 here today

10:55 am

it's hotter always where Ori lives

10:55 am

still 60 and raining here in MA, I love it

10:56 am

You had to bring that up, mael? :D

10:57 am

apparently it's controversial! who knew

10:57 am

bye all.. have a nice day

10:58 am

bye ru and ori!

11:07 am

hello all...

11:08 am

hi pen!

11:08 am

hi mael...

11:11 am

still missing 3 7s

11:13 am

that's better than me, i am missing 5

11:13 am

all i have is ga and ho

11:14 am

missing 7 here....but i just started...

11:14 am

but idk if other people know the ga word

11:15 am

got all of them now, my last two were nice compunds :)

11:19 am

what's the 8?

11:20 am

em 8

11:21 am

thanks!!

11:22 am

i think i said the root of that as a phantom earlier lol

11:24 am

oooh i found an old war word

11:28 am

Glad it wasn't an old war wound

11:40 am

back for 16.

11:41 am

hi Harry...

11:41 am

hi pen!

11:48 am

I know it's time to list when I try "ratman"

11:49 am

hah...

11:55 am

done :)

11:55 am

congrats...

11:56 am

ty! enjoy the rain!

11:56 am

bye

11:56 am

bye, harry...

12:02 pm

I missed the clue for first columm A word. Any clues welcome

12:02 pm

sorry, don't have it...

12:05 pm

Missing all tghe 7s if anyone has any to clue. Ty.

12:06 pm

ho 7...builds on a five...

12:07 pm

To

12:07 pm

Ty

12:08 pm

yw...

12:08 pm

I only have one 5. The car. Is that it?

12:08 pm

no...

12:09 pm

Ok ty looking

12:09 pm

Homon

12:09 pm

Oops sorry

12:09 pm

i need a break...bbl to find my last 43....bye....

12:10 pm

Got it. Ty pen,.

12:21 pm

Ro7 sharp Italian cheese

12:24 pm

Please please: i need A word first column. Please send me a clue and the stat. Ty.

12:25 pm

Don't have it.....

12:27 pm

Ty anyway.

12:39 pm

One please is great. Three pleases is a little over the top.

12:57 pm

Dazer

1:00 pm

Somehow, you can not be the one who does that. You can, however, be a stunner, which means the same thing.

1:03 pm

hello all. poured here last night and this morning

1:03 pm

help with the z please

1:04 pm

nm

1:04 pm

*Smugly knows better than to clue Peri

1:05 pm

Send rain to moi!!!

1:05 pm

I will try Une

1:11 pm

Thanks!!

1:21 pm

Z word: syn nothing……..number before one.

1:22 pm

Still cant get the a word for first column A. All clues welcome and stat. Ty

1:25 pm

mkg, AT6.21, a person

1:27 pm

Ty. A person wityh a name? Or a specific person?

1:30 pm

a male chief

1:41 pm

hints for the i and A in the right column?

1:43 pm

Thanks. A chief that is male but not a king. Hmmm. Must think.

1:44 pm

A fifth column bottom: a tool, ad 4

1:45 pm

thx mkg!

1:45 pm

Iz 4. Not sure what it is.

1:45 pm

Still not getting at 6

1:46 pm

AT 6 ends with the male word.

1:46 pm

mkg, at6 ends in not female

1:47 pm

Got the at word. Never saw it or heard it before. Ty for clues.

1:53 pm

at6 has been in a lot of grids

2:27 pm

I always have to try tata.

2:30 pm

Because it will what? One day magically appear?

2:31 pm

You never know.

2:31 pm

Stranger things have happened.

2:31 pm

I would love to see this chat if one day words that were not allowed before were suddenly allowed. Not likely since Dr. God can't even get the spam thing straight.

2:32 pm

LOL!

2:33 pm

I think that is him snubbing his nose at us.

3:14 pm

help with em 8 please

3:15 pm

nm

3:17 pm

phantoms antagonize and diarrhoea.

3:17 pm

rata

3:49 pm

I need a clue for that EM8 word.

3:50 pm

nm, just found it. I'm getting like peri

3:51 pm

if anyone needs a clue...think Arnuld Shwartzenegger, only shining instead of ending

well that cleared it right up. 🤣. I have no idea what you're saying.

3:55 pm

that's the problem with clues. Either they give it away, or they don't help at all. :)

got it now

was thinking gerund and new that was a phantom

lol, knew

4:35 pm

hello - first chance I've had to get here today -- hope some of you are stilll around :)

4:44 pm

if you can stargaze why not moongaze

4:51 pm

i tried that also

4:52 pm

Sorry, but that was a confusing clue

4:52 pm

no word list today !

4:53 pm

yes there is

I can't load it either, nan

4:53 pm

I have bing showing up

and yes, I've cleared my cookies

4:54 pm

It seems that the server used for the list is down.

4:54 pm

I cleared the cache last weekend

4:55 pm

still have 59 to go but am stuck

thanks Kamanjah, hope it gets fixed soon

5:01 pm

think I'll go to wordle and the bee

5:14 pm

I emailed Mark/Lickety about the list problem

5:23 pm

are you talking about Lickety's list for today? I didn't have any problem accessing it; I'm using it right now.

5:32 pm

Oh, ok, I just closed Lickety's list and tried to reopen it and it's now not working. That's a drag. But anyway I'm done so let me know if you need clues.

5:53 pm

Again, Lickety has been alerted. I'm sure he will fix things next time he's around.

6:02 pm

GA 7 36 please

6:03 pm

it's like ga 6/24 but you double the middle consonant....

6:05 pm

I have two ga 6 24 words but must need the third one

6:06 pm

oh ty pen i found rhe 7 but still missing one 6 24

6:06 pm

do you have the one with no repeating consonant?

6:07 pm

There are 2 ga6/24 with a repeating consonant

6:08 pm

One is like the French for boy, but replace a consonant

6:08 pm

there is a 6 and a 7 that are almost identical with the 7 having a repeating consonant....the other ga 6 that I have refers to like an attic....

6:09 pm

ty, Nancy for letting me know there were 3 ga6/24 - I wouldn't have found it otherwise

6:11 pm

19 to go, and no Lickety at the moment - does anyone have a list in their profile?

6:11 pm

FINALLY have the pesky g words

6:11 pm

not me...

6:12 pm

I've got a ga7, ho7 & mo7. Anyone know what the others are?

6:13 pm

i have those three and no more....

6:14 pm

There's a no7

6:16 pm

thanks

6:21 pm

just found another mo7

6:25 pm

Looking through the chat - there's an ro7

6:26 pm

(apparently - I haven't found it, and it's described as "sharp Italian cheese", for which I have a 6)

6:27 pm

i don't have it...

6:28 pm

There is no ro 7. just an ro 6 cheese

6:29 pm

ty, nancy...

6:29 pm

Oh, sorry - I was just quoting someone in the chat

6:29 pm

I believe there is an na 7....don't have it....

6:32 pm

na 7 what you wear when attending a conference, meeting to identify yourself

6:32 pm

ty

6:33 pm

Still trying to find the second mo7

6:34 pm

same here...

6:37 pm

Good evening. Can I get the stats for the d? Thx

6:38 pm

mo7/36 & mo7/32

6:38 pm

i have da 4/10....

6:38 pm

Also di6/24

6:38 pm

TY

6:39 pm

yw...

6:41 pm

ANYONE have the no 7?

6:41 pm

not me...

6:41 pm

Yes - it refers to probability

6:41 pm

no7 not + nothing

6:42 pm

ty, chris....

6:42 pm

ty chris

6:44 pm

found the na 7....

6:45 pm

last 7 another ga

6:47 pm

the person who lets you into a guarded house....

6:48 pm

ty

6:48 pm

yw...

6:49 pm

found my last 7...thank goodness....

6:51 pm

Me too - thanks to MoreWords. Still 10 words to go, though

6:52 pm

23 here....

6:53 pm

Fireworks!

6:53 pm

Congrats!

6:53 pm

congrats....

6:54 pm

That was hard work'. Anyone need any clues before I go?

6:54 pm

6 TO WORDS LEFT

6:54 pm

no, thanks...don't know what I need.... ;o)

6:57 pm

no, thanks, I'll work it out

6:58 pm

to4/4, to4/6, to5/14, to6/24, to5/12, to6/21, to4/5,to4/6, to 5/14, to4/5, to4/4, to4/4, to4/4, to4/4, to4/4, to5/12 & to5/10

6:58 pm

I have 15 to words - don't know how many left

6:59 pm

ty Chris

7:01 pm

FW, AT LAST

7:01 pm

congrats...

7:02 pm

Congrats!

7:14 pm

Is the list still unavailable?

7:14 pm

it was unavailable about five minutes ago....just checked...

7:15 pm

Thanks for the info ... tried both Edge & Chrome with no luck. This morning it loaded via Chrome.

7:15 pm

i think the server that hosts the list is down....

7:17 pm

Of course with the remaining 44 left I was going to use for help! Oh well.

7:18 pm

I now have all but 4 - I'll put a list up in my profile shortly

7:18 pm

Will check your list a little later ... thanks for the effort!

7:19 pm

yw

7:19 pm

I opened the list earlier and still have it up - if anyone needs anything.

7:21 pm

Can you copy it and put it in your profile?

7:21 pm

Of course, I'm sure it has all of your words in it...

7:21 pm

Will do.

7:24 pm

My list is now up (less the 4 words I don't have yet) - M, N, and 2 A, 3 5-letter and 1 6-letter

7:25 pm

Thanks to everyone who posts lists - will definitely help with my last 10 words

7:25 pm

Thanks Gillie

7:28 pm

Thanks Gillie

7:30 pm

Gillie - I think you're missing ar 5/12

7:30 pm

Add Ag 6/24 to Gillie's list

7:30 pm

Yes - ty - also ma5/12

7:31 pm

ty

7:32 pm

Glad to hear it's up. I let my excel expire and can't copy.

7:34 pm

I'm using OpenCalc, although it's a bit of a nuisance

7:36 pm

Still can't find that last n5

7:36 pm

Maybe it has something to do with lickety's list being available on a discontinued platform?

7:37 pm

Oh, found it - na5/12

7:38 pm

i am down to 2....G and T....a 5 and a 6....

7:38 pm

anyone want to guess my missing G?

7:39 pm

gn6/27?

7:39 pm

bingo!

7:39 pm

found it! ty...

7:40 pm

OK, my updated list is up - you may have to refresh it

7:40 pm

yw

7:40 pm

I cannot ping the domain, nor load the page

7:41 pm

Yeah, it seems the server is down. I've just put a list up in my profile.

7:41 pm

i am done...

7:42 pm

yay penquis

7:42 pm

ty, gillie

7:42 pm

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

7:43 pm

yw - I'll stay on for a while so people can find my profile, but I'm gone too

My Hosting provider has got some issues for the last few hours. Clues were up right? and then not accessible?

Hopefully it'll be resolved soon without any action from me

7:46 pm

That's right - the clues were there yesterday

7:47 pm

thank you for the update, lickety

7:49 pm

Fireworks - thanks Gillie - couldn't have done it without you!

7:50 pm

congratulations, liz

7:52 pm

Have a good day

7:52 pm

Thanks Seain

Clues page is back and up. RIght click and hit Refresh Page

8:02 pm

I'm glad that is sorted, thank you.

8:26 pm

Glad to see the list is back up, I sent Lickrty an email a few hours ago and it looks like he got right on it.

9:39 pm

yes - I wasn't planning to try to finish this without the list

9:46 pm

me

anatomy (phantom) (hi all)

2/3 done yet i still have three tiles with no words found, argh

50 to go, that's it for me

no7/48 clue pls?

10:31 pm

not the lowest number

10:31 pm

wow, I have looked all day for the z and couldn't find it. thx. hello, y'all.

10:32 pm

yw

10:34 pm

gn 6/27 please?

10:41 pm

no 7 = not freezing

ty

10:44 pm

yw

10:46 pm

gn 6 change last letter of gn 5 add opposite off

10:47 pm

thanks again, book

10:48 pm

yw

10:50 pm

I've changed the last letter to everything possible and nothing is working

10:50 pm

take off last letter, add opposite of off

10:51 pm

ty carla

10:51 pm

👍🏼

11:02 pm

can't find those last 3 re's

11:03 pm

got the last one

11:03 pm

and the 2nd last one

11:03 pm

but not the re 5/10

11:07 pm

nodded off for a sec. don't think I'm going to make my last 24

11:07 pm

that was me last night

11:07 pm

almost a tv show played again, nan but more of a verb

11:09 pm

ty carla

11:10 pm

pa6/36 please?

11:11 pm

it's a old German tank

11:12 pm

ty maggie - haven't seen that word for a long time

11:12 pm

me too!

11:12 pm

That does it for me. Good night everyone :)

11:13 pm

nite

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