May 17, 2025
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hello everyone :)
ra 7, hi Nan
The Return of the Large Grid
in7
in8
di7
ev7
in 8 x 2
re8
un8
re7
un 8 x 2
rse
Clues are up
nbt, nbs, tu 9
de8
th 9
morning babblers
th8
de8
un 8 x 2
teth
oopsie
st 8
what fun the d's are!
lovely chunky grid for once. lots of lovely extensions to stem words.
hiya rose *hugs*
* hugs * sprite. how are you doing sweetie? any improvement?
Rob's foot seems to be better. Last AB pill today. I am hanging in here.
yay for Rob. soon honey. it will be your time to relax for a few days. you are doing so well. proud of you.
thank you :) Am pretty stoked about how I navigate this too. How are you and Don doing?
be proud of me please. Don's leg is getting worse. he wakes from a deep sleep with shin splints. and can only move around limping badly. i am pretty worried. good thing?? second injection, the one into the left hip, seems to be working. i have NO hips pain, for the first time in years.
oh my, that is amazing news about the hip. Sorry to hear about Don's leg. Not really helping with sleeping either, I think. And I am always proud of you.
i am walking straighter. but still taking it very easy with physio. about 3 more weeks should see the torn muscles repaired. i hope...lol
easy does it. Muscles take time to heal
fireflies
PT has new leg weights. i won't start with them for 3 more weeks, and then only with 0.5kg for a few weeks, before increasing by 0.5kg.
WTG SPRITE!!! yummy grid, huh?
yes, mini steps. You don't want to retear them
very nice grid. I kept hoping someone would ask for a clue for the ev7 so that I could say: I thought that was rather obvious
* giggle *
nice way to leave a clue. lol
*grins*
what's on today?
filling up medicine dose boxes for the next 3 months :( Rotten job but worth it, no need to think or anything the rest of the time
wow. that will keep you off the streets for a bit. * grin * how's the weather holding up?
tomorrow we will go over our finances with Tim and discuss what he can do to help us find a home. I managed to get a full overview of our finances into a spreadsheat. Yeah me, lol.
well done Sprite. did you use excel?
pretty good weather. We have extremely little rain, it is very dry which is amazing in the netherlands, also known as our little frog country
excel WITH formulas *smug*
whoa !! you have earned that smug look. i'm impressed.
Don hates excel. i love it. i find it so easy to use.
so was I, grin. Had to look up in google how to get it to add up over a whole bunch of cells.
oh I love it, I just am not very experienced with it. But google helps.
oh yes. let's all thank the good guys who programmed it.
well, I guess it is time to play apothecary here. Love and hugs!
all those lovely extra bits you can do, on the same screen.
love and hugs back at you, with bells on.
Good morning, Babblers. :)
Good Morning, Crossy
tooooo many words today
Good Morning to all
Good morning, Christa. :)
Afternoon all
Afternoon, Wendrie. :)
Hello all!
Hello Crosshair & WVTeach
woooot
:waves: Hi Hurshy!
hello
ne
oh this U is gonna be tough isn't it
the U's are pretty normal
yeah but what makes it tough is all the other Us that don't work but seem plausible
and i just found ur5 and 6 which aren't normal lol
Yeah but we have those all the time
i guess we have them pretty often yeah. but again the tough part is really knowing which UNs will work and which won't.
haha like i just got a un8 that i really didn't expect to work
good morning all
morning nan!
ooh nice no8
It's like the flip, only hours later
whenever you start is the flip for you
nice to have one you can get your teeth into havent had one for a while
yes!
except I'm meant to be writing a grant proposal today :(
i have always thought writing grant proposals must be the most boring task
lots of nice sets in this one
it really is. I know in my head that this is a great project, why do I have to agonise over having to write it down against visions and outcomes and stuff
what is the project (if it can be put in terms a layperson can understand)?
developing a set of ecological models that will help understand what decommissioning options are best for oil and gas / windfarms in the North Sea
that sounds very useful
oh that one!!!
it would hopefully be very useful!
see now if grant proposals could be that short it would be so much easier lol
I agree. we have to write 1000 words about how it fits with a project vision and 1000 words about outcomes and a few sections of 500 words about teams and stuff, and that's just to be allowed to write a full proposal
yesterday i saw a post pointing out that in French, with "chat" being "cat" and GPT sounding like "j'ai pété", ChatGPT sounds like you're saying "Cat, I farted"
Seems like many are of the view that partion deconstruction of the upper portion of the structure is a viable alternative, leaving the lower structures in place to encourage undersea reef revitalization. Sounds like a tall order though.
Partial*
way to make my comment seem irrelevant, crossy
Sorry, Hurshy, was not my intent. :)
i joke (since my comment was obviously completely irrelevant with or without any contrast)
Back in the day, when I was in high school, we were forced to take french for at least two years in irder to graduate. Because it was forced upon us we hated it with a passion, so as soon as we got the credits we failed to keep up with it. Now the only french I rememer would get my face slapped at a club. :)
yeah we humans do not take well to being forced into things
I took French in high school and college. Je parle francais un petit peu
That I understood. :)
i mean the trouble is, nobody can really develop or keep up strong skills in a foreign language without regular opportunities to actually practice it
I have a friend who is fluent in French and he often responds to my text in French. Some of which I understand
I will not finish this grid but would like to find all the big words
took french in high school then brushed up on it when my son married a french girl and we were travelling to France a lot. Now I'm losing it again as I haven't been over there for 10 years or more
so far ony have 3 8s and no 9s
need to figure out what to have for lunch
bbs
11-3-1 on the 7+ ones
It does not help that for several decades Elglish-speaking tourists to Quebec were treated very poorly indeed, though this has eased somewhat over time.
Outside of Old Quebec City that is.
another rusty skill - i hadn't used a sewing machine in years and yesterday i tried and it's funny how i forgot so many basic things. since what i wanted to do didn't need to be pretty, i was successful at my goal, but i definitely didn't do it WELL
I read once that it take 10,000 to master a skill.
10,000 hours*
yeah that's what they say
yes, crossy - we were living in Montrel during the FLQ crisis. The chips on shoulders were the size of logs.
* Montreal
so i saw Rosalind Chao (who i knew from ST:TNG) on the Daily Show a little while back, talking about her current show the Three Body Problem, and i guess i came away with the mistaken impression that season 2 was just coming out. so this week i watched it and discovered not only was that wrong but season two isn't expected until next year. so that's a bummer.
sorry - I had to go and chase the dog - you're right, crossy, people are definitely looking at how underwater structures could be beneficial if left in place. It can be a hard sell legislatively and politically though
I do not see why, though, Atalante;the old hulls of ships are commonly sunk for the same purposed.
because we're agreeing that environmental damage is "acceptabel" doing that. governments find that tricksy
some schemes have got it really right, like rigs to reefs in the gulf of mexico
Of course the vessel/ windfarm structures must be stripped with care so that nothing toxic is left behind.
ships are always different because they have different legislatory requirements
but i suppose that something that works in a warm marine ecosystem might not be exactly the same as what works in the north sea, eh?
different organisms, different needs?
You are correct, hurshy. I am sure the methidology would vary from location to location.
Damn typos. :/
and that is the fun bit - trying to strip out everything toxic when for a lot of things, noone really worried when putting toxic stuff in. for example, we have some huge oil and gas platforms in the north sea that are stuffed full of toxic sludge so they can't be taken out because we can't get the sludge out
It seems like it was just yesterday that they were building oil rigs for the North Sea
to be honest, it's pretty much the same warm or cold
interesting
there's just more divers happy to dive on structures on warmer waters :D
Yes, I imagine ckeaning up these toxic sites present great challanges.
well if it helps at all, i'm happy to proofread your proposal ata :)
The articles I've seen about 'what do we do with old north sea rigs/platforms' have focused on how rough the seas are and how things will decay if not maintained/taken down carefully.
Ata, do you know the average depth of these sites?
and how far away from mainland - because the supply chains/distance on some in the north sea were quite long and convoluted.
Ineed--many factors to consider.
I'll take you up on that hurshy :)
average depth? in North Sea probably about 60m. but we are looking at decommissioning in several 1000s of metres elsewhere
Ugh.
wendrie, the southern north sea is WAY easier to deal with than the northern part because of all that!
Ata - yes, I had friends who were doing research up using the rigs as bases and it was astonishing how they got there and how rough the sea was.
west of shetland in particular is a nightmare for weather and rough seas
I am sure they cannot continue to allow them to decay while doing nithing. Their hand will be firced one way or another.
for our US neighbours, west of shetland is similar latuitude to Hudson Bay / Juneau
ha, they are doing exactly that around the world unfortunately ....
hey, i watch Shetland, i see how grey it always is there
(but gorgeous too!)
and having a cake fridge pretty much makes up for anything
yes, equally important in orkney too
i don't think i'm responsible enough to live somewhere with a cake fridge tho
My beloved can no longer have cake. Her diabetes has her numbers all over the place this last year. :(
She has only been diabetic for the last two years, so it is a steep learning curve for her.
So, being a good husband I eat the cake so it is not hanging around being a temptation. :)
Hs Hacked!
just found another 8 -- time for breakfast :)
I wish I had such a good excuse to eat cake
run out of time and 101 words left... maybe I'll get back
first pass complete, 22 words left, no more than 2 from any given tile. did not find either 9 though.
ooh make that 21 now.
i have one of the classic problems now. have to pee but have an angel kitten sitting on me
thats a big dilemma
she sensed there was a problem and got up
want the call for the 9 hurshy?
Ugh, of course our dogs waited until there was a rip-roaring thunderstorm going on to decide they needed to pee. :(
sure nan
tu 9 (compound)
Thx nan!
ty!
Ty for tu8/60
9/60*
5-1-2-3-4-1
redote
scuse me, wrong anyway
wait wait wait what
just watching F1 qualifying and they just said something about it might be the last time F1 goes to Emilia Romagna!?
It has been many years since I have watched F1 racing.
you know what surprises me, i haven't found any words in this grid that end with -ive in the adjective kind of format
like "meditative" or words like that
I have found two
really??
Yup
adjectives?
The words in this grid that end in ive are not adjectives
none of mine are...
ok, crossy must've just not read what i was saying carefully
Well you were pretty clear using an example like meditative
Dorens has a crown today...
ok i see the other 9 is a th (and prob plural since there is an 8 before it)
yes...not a word i have seen before...
it's an alt spelling of a funeral song....looked it up...
hmmmmmmmmmmm
not a compound...
ok got it with MW
i am stalled at 60....taking a break....bye all...
2 left here
gotta love it when your computer stops being able to see the internet with 2 words left
ok, done
out of 13 when i went to the list, only 2 or 3 made me kick myself
wtg hursh!
quite a good grid!
hi again :)
It's been entertaining!
grats hursh
thought a funeral song was a dirge
It is Nan the th8 is a weird synonym for dirge. Never heard the word before.
yes - had to google the def to find it'
de 8 please? -- Hope that 8-7-6 are related
It's de 6-7-8-7 all from the same root. Start with the first 6/30.
got them -- sure I typed in the others too and got the shrimp ready to cook as well
:) I'm making pinto beans as we speak! InstantPot.
Nan is talking about the de shrimp prep word
Oh...........duh.
So Champ, you are a part of the Instapot cult
what is an instapot?
For some things. It's a jacked-up pressure cooker. I can make a pot of beans in and hour and a half, with no presoaking. It's also great for risotto.
never did use a pressure cooker
Just found the no8. DUH.
I am not a fan of pressure cookers
didn't know there was an no 8 - ty champ
It's a compound nan
yes I found it immediately - not sure how I missed it either
same
Is there a patch to download so that expert will work again?
I have no idea. Email Lickety.
Done. My last word was from the bottom corner e, and I'm a blind woman for not seeing it earlier!
grats cham - still have 69 to go here
Go nan, go!!!!! C U tomorrow
bye - hagd :)
ne 7-8 please
nm - found
tu 9 pls?
Compound word. Ends in rock
ty
i know i will come home later and find words disappreaed...
done! last word was one that disappeared,
happy babbling, time to go
Words are dropping out of word lists on a regular basis. Best idea is to copy and save your word list every time you leave the game. Time consuming, but it's helpful.
Namaste
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