January 19, 2024
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ga8
in8
and hi
re8
un7
Clues are up
thanks, lickety
Unite
I have totally crashed to a halt, so I think it's good night time
Allo allo
Le 7 x 2
heya, Groovy, how's life?
Hot and bothered lol
oh, yeah, sometimes I forget it's summer down there!
It's just the opposite here. 25 degrees and snowing like a banshee.
... is this the hardest grid I've seen? ... sure seems so ... 60% of the words in an hour and a half and it has been slow ... ... must be off ... luck to all who continue the struggle
well i got ga 8 but not getting other. i agree doseffing. hard grid.
26 degrees and snowing but very lightly. but supposed to snow all day !!!
Well, mael will get the in8. Snow all day here too. It's a real shit show.
snow all day here too. but i went to the grocery store last evening so dont need to go anywhere today or tomorrow. i love the snow and luckily it does melt eventually.
got the in8
not out, childs game *** you're it and 3/4 of king of the jungle
ty
yw
super clue peri. i got it. ty
missing E words for the E's in third and forth columns. stats and clues welcome
still have 3 blank tiles and no 7s
me too mkg
molly, why do you feel snow is a shit show?????? i love it.
got ec 4. a color
snow is pretty but not when it turns to ice and not when I have to clear off my car
ty mkg
bl
i also have to clear the car off. and i agree about ice. but it is a pretty world with snow and without it is grey and depressing. snow makes me feel happier.
snow is the best
ice is the worst
ice is good for cocktails
snow makes everything brighter and lighter
i grew up in connecticut and from mid december to end of march we had snow and having snow on the ground was always pretty. Much prettier than without snow. but life was different. along our roads there was sand and dirt in barrels so if you got stuck you threw the sad or dirt and you could continue to drive. every hill had a barrel on side for use if you got stuck. it had a shovel in it. and no one stole the shovels either. the town did this to help us all out.
life was much much nicer in the 1950s
is the single N a weird word or just hiding from me
for some people, yeah. for others it was much much worse in the 1950s
true. for blacks life was much worse.
hiding. what holds up your head carla?
and let's just say I love the medical advancements in the last 70 years :)
ahh so true. if you got cancer, you were gone in the 50s. there were no survivors.
well, my mom didn't have running water (and had an outhouse) and lived in a 2 room house with 6 other people and went to a 2 room school in the 50s.
my poor aunt's baby died of rotavirus at 15 months old, which is now part of our routine vax
wow carla. where was that? actually in 1969, i lived upstate NY and many had outhouses and no water. so yes, it was not as pleasant a life.
my mom had just survived abject poverty and war in Italy, yeah. My dad almost got drafted by the germans but he was 6 months too young by the end of the war
mael, i dont know what rotavirus is.
it causes severe diarrhea and kids can die if they get too dehydrated
mkg, it was in southwest virginia right at the tennessee border. and they didn't get electricity until 1948.
carla that is amazing. but life was so so different. wow. was it in the mountains or in a city?
in the mountains
we had electricity, but no air conditioning. i remember there was a department store whose name i cant recall, and there were huge fans in the ceilings which moved the hot air in the summers. i also remember that there was a system of forced air that took your money and receipt to a cashier somewhere and returned your change to you.......life was so different. also remember elevators with metal doors that opened and shut? and the entire elevator was metal and you could see yourself going up and down. very different.
what's crazy is like an hour away is biltmore house, that had electricity in 1898, 50 years before they got it. 💰
Carla was it appalatia? my father loved the people from there. said they were so smart.
yep, appalachia. and my dad hated movies like deliverance that portrayed appalachians as dumb hillbillies.
but there are some dumb hillbillies there no?
and he was right, and it still goes on today in movies and TV
of course, just like there are dumb people everywhere in this country (and multiplying)
I spent my summers in the mountain shack my grandpa built to graze his cows and we didn't have running water or electricity, just an outhouse (that was full of scorpions so we just went in the woods instead haha)> Oil lamps at night and we had to walk to the fountain a half mile away to get water. There's a beauty to it, or at least there was for me when I was a kid, but it would have been brutal year round
ooh, scorpions
mael, scorpions???????/ugh!
yeah, no way would I want to go use an outhouse in the middle of the night in winter
teeny ones, but scorpions none the less. Nothing worse than having one of those run over your shoe when you're on the toilet
i went to girl scout camp with outhouses. there were bees in it and one girl got bitten! then they called an exterminator but after she was bitten we were all afraid to use it.
ugh......scorpions.........ugh
I also went to girl scout camp with outhouses be for some reason they were called latrines.
same thing right?
what state was that mael?
yep
Italy :)
life was sure different. waxed paper was used for sandwiches. it was a huge advance when they developed wax paper bags to put your sandwich in.
in the dolomites, near Austria
i hate the use of plastic wrap and alum foil.
sounds nice mael.
apparently we have 2 types of scorpions here in SC. one of my neighbors was saying she kept finding them in her house and google confirmed it.
eeek
I'm pretty sure we don't have any here in MA
i keep remembering that the insects will inherit the world one day. they certainly are hartier than humans.
ooh, found an 8 and then noticed it was my 2nd 8
scorpions in italy wow
mael are you a native of italy?
yeah
I moved to the US for college and stayed
have to focus on getting more words. but pretty stuck.
off for now. enjoy the beauty of the snow if you can.
oh.
this is why mael's super word nerddom is even more impressive, it's her second language.
bye mkg
bye mkg!
back later or tomorrow.
knowing Italian is a huge advantage when it comes to the Latin based words, since they are very similar :)
I'm sure you see the latin plurals better too
I wish it would snow here but it's just temps in the teens for the rest of the weekend
yep, the only disadvantage is that I see all the italian words that aren't words for enable haha
ha
for a lot of players hokie english isn't a first language
ruru, I told you my first language is appalachian english
is there such a thing?
yes
oh.. didn't know that
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalach\nian_English
argh, thought for sure that was short enough to not break the chat
my first language was Brooklynese. When I first moved to CT, age 26, I slowly lost New Yorkese
per usual, remove the \n from that link
my first language was greek as a kid, then learned english in school
was it all greek to you?
yup
I think it's awesome how flexible our brains are
some more than others 🤣
case in point, today's grid is a pain in my butt
yeah, first pass not going great for me
also, I couldn't see anything in connections
haven't done connections yet but got wordle in 2 today, lucky
I thought I had wordle in 2 until the reveal got to the last letter. 2nd day in a row I was one off on 2nd guess.
was off 1 on my second guess yesterday, but also my 3rd and 4th haha
ended up in a hole
that's the worst
I feel your pain!
oh, finally saw that single N. geez.
and now I get that mkg was cluing it. 🤣 thought she was just calling me weird.
well you are a bit weird, but you're our weirdo
awww
to molly when she comes back: I did get the in8 :)
I got it when I saw a clue in the chat. and I did see her say that.
i don't have the in 8
there's a un7 i can't find either according to the flip geeks
I do not have that. but winston calls. BRB
un7 builds on un4/5
thanks
thanks gemstan
never seen that version, thanks
I have re, in, ga 8. What am I missing?
34 left after first pass. did not get to HOET.
those are the 2 I have, champ
sorry, no. I have IN8 that was clued earlier
This little grid is deceivingly difficult for me. BBL for last few.
looks italian
and good thing I looked at the def because that gave me the pl
morning all
I see it's time for a remedial
course in tinyurl.com
no, I know how it works
moo!
hoke!
another Friday, we have made to
Apparently not
1
2
3
4
was just sure my link was short enough
it's friday friday friday
I had my 7am and 9am calls cancel, and my 8am got rescheduled to 10...
is that good? did you have to get up earlier for the 7am that never happened?
yeah, it was cancelled at the last minute
boo
neither good nor bad, though would have enjoyed a little more sleep :)
yup I don't like this grid at all
still looking for that middle E
and now the 8 I learned of from champ
does la8 build off of la6?
that's the first I'm hearing of it. will look.
of course I don't have an la6
well don't rest until you find it :)
heads up, I'm not getting clues even more than usual today
ok, now I see it, thanks
you shouldn't rest on your la6
no...la6/24
we extend this la6 and hardy/hearty handshake
name that movie!
ah, didn't have either of them phae, so thx
yw
and don't have the 8 sorry
wait, the la8 extends from the la6 that means a hole?
and here we are back to the Latin hokie lol
I believe it was a question, rather than a statement
yes
I managed to find the la6 but never seen it before
yeah, was new to me too
it usually ends with a A
I did try it with an i at the end
no one knows my movie quote? where'd molly go?
Tommy Boy maybe?
older
almost as old as me
the actor who delivered the line was later higgins in magnum pi
okay, I got the la8 but it is a stand alone word
oh...wow
not sure I know anything else he's been in
then you haven't seen this classic
I may have, just don't recall it
it also has the original willy wonka
oh, blazing saddles?
✅✅✅
:)
that movie did not age well
I still have never seen blazing saddles, oops
higgins plays howard johnson
it could never be made today, true
it's twoo
so you have seen it
blazing saddles is hysterical
mael, it's on netflix and paramount+ right now. just don't watch with your kids.
TO!
carla! three inches shoveled!
I'll make a point to watch it! I'm sure it's a classic for a reason!
it has something to offend everyone
whew, don't overdo it, TO
the snow or the movie?
I'm just wondering how it will translate for a millennial from Italy. or are you a young gen x, mael?
the snow shoveling!
snow is very light want to get it before it packs becuase it's well below freezing and will freeze
my family in TN/VA got another inch or so this morning
i have read interviews with cleavon little and he loved making it. now it would cause an uproar, but be assured Nel Brooks would make it today if he were alive.
he is alive!
97 years old
everyone else I can think of in it is dead
it's hard to tel nowadays. everyone is dying
yes, I've seen it
as is history with them
i am wondering if godiva will go well with hot cocoa.
It was meant as satirical mael, to push boundaries of prejudice in a comedic way, but definitely a bit awkward now
I bet mel brooks is the only one in it that is still alive
hi all.help with la8 please
what kind of godiva? I can't imagine it wouldn't go well with that.
might curdle
I need to do a workout. BBL. 29 left. 10-4-9-4-2
FW
25 here.... 8-5-6-3-3
peri...la8 is a drug
great clue, phae, instantanrous!
lol...best I could do.ðŸ˜
not seeing the la8 even with clue
heading our of chat, trying to get the last 40 without list for now. stay warm, all
la8: la + vowel + a misspelling of what you are on if you're accused in court
oops, not quick enough! later!
ty gemstan
got the la8 ty
don't click for the definition of la8 unless you're prepared to feel sad
ah, wxpn is playing zappa, don't eat the yellow snow. good advice, always.
why does it make you sad, hurshy
because it's about disease, desperation, false hope...
more than 1/2 and no 7s. help with any 7 please
if you want to make peace with an enemy you might try to conci7 them
is that a co7 or ci7?
ci
it's a ci7, it's just usually one sees it as part of a longer word like con10 would be
there is no O :)
cr7 is key
ty gemstan
not seeing the ci7
phantom: agile
ci7 builds off the ci5/12
ci7 ends with consumed
any clues for the re8 please
ty for ci7 new word for me
re8 is to assign someone else a task
TY thought I'd already tried that
yw
should i be seeing the center E?
it's been elusive for a lot of us
is that a clue or just a remark
a remark
may i have stats or a clue?
i don't have it
el 7/40
oh haha
ty dos!!!
... like a sad or melancholy poem
i thought of a punny 8 - overly thin models are elega5
ty dose
back to peri's request: le7, person who inherits
good morning from snowy paradise. Mother Nature doesn't seem to know that Christmas is over and it's time to thaw out.
mother nature's been doing what she wants since long before christmas existed, lol
good one, hurshy! adding that one to my dictionary of shell-bell
the pun you mean?
Yes
cool :)
This is not Mother Nature. This is Climate Change. Wickedstepmother nature?
nurt
snow and cold in january is normal in the northern US and canada...
if it were thawing out already that would be a far more concerning climate change symptom!
Last year Boston had no snow. The pattern has shifted fro snow in November and December to snow Lin mid-january or later. No snow at all in December. This is not normal. It's been shifting every year, and the wildlife in urban areas is also shifting. Coyotes, turkeys, rabbits...it used to be just squirrels.
given that overall things are different and changing, i still say for it to be cold on January 19th is normal.
Back in the day there was something called a January thaw, which was a break from October -January snowfall, before proceeding into the rest of winter. That was in the Adirondacks.
Yes the cold is normal, and the warmth in December was not.
It comes later every year.
i think all nan was saying was perhaps a common human wish for snow for christmas and then feeling done with winter and wanting spring to come... lol
and then we go all off on a tangent
that and we don't usually get this much snow -- not that the moisture isn't welcome. We do need a slow melt though. Much of the land around here is at least 50% clay and we have had several years of drought now.
Wildlife in urban areas has a lot to do with wildlife being displaced from previously undeveloped areas
... the more snow you have on the ground now nan, the fewer and smaller the fires will be this summer ... you need all the water in the ground that you can get
still missing one 8 and 3x 7
ditto
The traffic reporter on our local news looks like she came straight to the station from her part-time gig as a cocktail waitress
also missing the o and the middle a
og4/6
ac4, al4 and 5, don't have the fourth
ty hurshy -- usually get that og 4
ai 5/10 ... garlic I think
ah thanks dos
ty dos
... I only got it because it's been on the grid so frequently this past week ... I'll forget it for next week
so, 8s i have are ga, la, re - is that what you have nan?
all easy words I should have found
i have an in8
i suspected there might be a long i word
yes the same hurshy - ty bea
i can't see past phantom intellect
me too hurshy
just tried it again
there is an in 8...
Excuse me, Esther something wrong with tangents?
Anyone else want to chime in on the in8?
ah - we have had that in 8 before
first came across it when visiting Prague
who is Esther? i don't think anything is wrong with tangents, but i know sometimes people get exasperated when i go on them.
Esther Rolle...Florida Evans!
anyone want a clue besides it being an architectural word?
Eali
Not Esther- is there? I thought I was very much on point.
7's: ci, cr, el, le, ?, ?, ?
un 7
flip chat says two le7 also
but lectern is only a phantom :(
It's a pretty good phantom. I think we should get pints for it anyway.
definitely deserve a pint or two
there is an in7
thanks bea
ty bea
I'll take a pint
Pooooooint
just need the un and the 2nd le now
un4 + how old you are
i'm royally stumped on the le
found it via MW... sort of hard to clue...
ty hurshy
the one other than the inheritor?
yeah
a white, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, C6H13NO2, obtained by the decomposition of proteins and made synthetically: essential in the nutrition of humans and animals
that does't really help -- surprise ;)
ends with a four meaning movie or the start of movie words....
ok. it goes with a 6. now, if you take le and add the reverse of the acronym for where they put sick preemies, you get the 6. then add vowel for 7.
or pen's clue.
lol
ty pen
leaving now...bye all....
me too, ttfn
bye pen
so 7's and 8's done -- maybe I can finish!
stat for the lone middle E?
el 7/40
break time - bbl
clue for le6/7 please?
and the el7/40 pls? i'm not seeing it
le6 I believe is a roman word, but it sounds like a literal name for a lawyer....add the recipient for the 7
el7 is an adjective that relates to a sorrowful song
i kinda figured that with the el and was going that way but i must be spelling it wrong, moo
yeah, need an extra letter in there
i'm looking for the other le6/7
not your typical adjective ending
found them
got it! finally NBT
yay!
namaste
yay for both of you!
clue for the in8?
don't have that sorry
in8; as a gem with an incised or etched design
Re8/50……..clue please
in8 + a flat shaped id attached to pet's collar + king of jungle minus last letter
I mean. in + a flat
I mean. in + a flat
Whoops! too many clicks
Help please re8/50 is my last word to find……
anyone out there……..?……?
WEll...the RE8 sounds like a word from a famous INXS song whose video is a tribute to the "Subterranean Homesick Blues" segment from the Bob Dylan Don't Look Back documentary.
Tyvm Dauber but I have never listened to INXS ……need a different clue if you have one
re + one of the 6-letter Ls in this grid
Ty and FIREWORKS!,,,
** fw ** ...and I guess my eyes are getting worse by the day bc I was no help at all! anyhow, Yay aeb!
it's time for food, too... ahoj! bye!
afternoon all!
re8 what happens to the worst teams in the best football leagues the next season
except in the US, where they just remain the worst teams :)
back to find my last 12
3-2-7 ugh
afternoon all
Hi Jes
thx for the re8, i remember that from ted lasso
how dare you talk about my panthers like that, moo
rehi y'all
hello again :)
finally got the center E for HOET
I literally was typing "did anyone find that center E"?
el 7
eed a clue?
el7/40 - death poem like
thanks
oh oops I should have asked first
no, I needed help
last la 6 please?
last one I have goes with hardy
ty carla
well, I'm certainly not seeing many new words. guess I will lis.
list.
last word is re 6/18 - not finding it
we have it a bit. not sure how to clue it
not fake + iowa postal abbrev. yes, I know you're canadian. not sure how to clue.
looks like it means props used by a teacher for everyday living.
iowa isn't io or ia?
it is ia
not fake + ia isn't working for me
then I don't know because it's clearly showing in my list that it took
oh - lol - that's not the one I am missig -- need the last oen
say it again to me
re 6/18 - last of the re's
that was my clue
I thought not fake was your clue
relay something like a story again
ty -- the repeat was your clue - been at this too long!
thanks for the help -- off to make a apple pie
yep, I feel the same
struggling with these L's
le 6-7 x2
and an li 6 that is like the first le 6
yeah, I am on the list now. not helping much.
do you have either of the 6-7's
got the first set
and thanks for the li6 clue because I couldn't find that
and I've already had to look up 2 or 3 other ones
le + opening in s fence...add a vowel
I think that's the one I have
can't get a different vowel to work
begins like lu skywalker with an extra vowel and ends like the beginning of another name for a movie or theatre
thanks, was definitely not looking that way
yw -- bye - a demain :)
hasta manana
a demain reason we are here is to play this weird game
any clues for the E third colum VERY WELCOME. ty.
it is either el 7 or el5. help needed. ty
well just got el 5 so it is the seven for sure. all help welcome.
not elitage. not in dict.
el7/40 like a death poem
got it. ty ty ty
tried it 3 times before it took. ty
now off to read.
yvw
anybody home?
Hi just waiting for flip
What do you need ow;>
Owl?
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