12:06 am
dofith
Hi, everyone. Ch7
12:07 am
Rainiqui
fu 7 x2
12:09 am
dofith
OMG! So sorry!
12:14 am
Shellbell_o-well
ch8
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:18 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs
12:19 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
12:39 am
Shellbell_o-well
wi7
4:12 am
MollyL
Pulling an all nighter Ru?
4:23 am
rururocks
Can’t sleep
4:28 am
rururocks
You are up early?
4:41 am
MollyL
I go to work early
7:42 am
saanichcat
Morning everyone!
7:46 am
periwinkle
good morning saani. hello all
7:46 am
rururocks
hi saanich you were up all night?
7:46 am
periwinkle
help with ha8 or wa8 please
7:46 am
rururocks
wa8 is to throw away too much
7:47 am
periwinkle
ah ty ruru
7:47 am
periwinkle
I had trouble sleeping last nilght. was here at the flip
7:47 am
periwinkle
and got the ha8 too ty
7:47 am
rururocks
I couldn't sleep last night either and did most of this thing about 2 pm
7:47 am
periwinkle
need to do some earrands but it is 28 degrees out now. will wait a little bit
7:49 am
rururocks
wow.. that's chilly
7:49 am
periwinkle
but the sun is out so that makes it better. I do not like cold.
7:50 am
MollyL
Yeah, I had to drag out the heavy-lined jacket this morning. I freakin' hate the cold.
7:50 am
periwinkle
but there is no snow and ice thank goodness
7:51 am
MollyL
But we are supposed to get snow this weekend. Blech.
7:51 am
periwinkle
I know :(
7:51 am
periwinkle
will go to the market today
7:51 am
MollyL
Better over the weekend than during the week when all the die hard, brown nosers drive to work.
7:58 am
saanichcat
hi ru, yes up almost all night, had lots to do so not as annoying as it could be
8:09 am
saanichcat
hi there mael!
8:09 am
mael
happy 2024 to all I haven't seen yet :)
8:10 am
mael
good morning saanich!
8:11 am
mael
I was here earlier when it was just Molly and Ru but I was steeling myself to go to the pool in 25 degree weather
8:14 am
saanichcat
well, did you dive in?
8:15 am
mael
I did and it was good for me. 7 am classes mean I can get it out of the way before work
8:16 am
saanichcat
that's one sure way to wake up I must say
8:17 am
mael
and to be clear, the pool is indoors haha. It's just that it's dark and cold on the way there :)
8:24 am
rururocks
I wish I could afford to heat my pool in the winter but it is just too wasteful.
8:25 am
mael
did you end up sleeping any, ru?
8:25 am
rururocks
some.. it's seems like I'm in some kind of weird cycle right now
8:26 am
rururocks
new years I didn't sleep a wink and it has really screwed me up since
8:26 am
mael
ugh, that's too bad, I'm sorry :(
8:28 am
mael
finally finding the top left ending has really made a difference in this grid...
8:31 am
rururocks
it is amazingly used a lot
8:31 am
rururocks
and the one in the middle
8:33 am
mael
yeah, that was easier to spot for me, started off with with an f8!
8:34 am
phaeton
hello...any stats for the middle row E?
8:34 am
mael
oh sorry, top e. ef4
8:34 am
mael
no, I was right the first time haha
8:35 am
mael
not enough coffee yet
8:38 am
Shirlockc
clue for the lone A please?
8:39 am
Shirlockc
o duh, thx mael
8:43 am
mael
had to use morewords for the e8
8:44 am
mael
ec8/50, start with ****plasm, ends with a dry type of humor, ****asm.
8:48 am
rururocks
that's a lot of ***
8:52 am
phaeton
clue for the te5/12? just can't see it
8:57 am
mael
double vowel in the middle
8:57 am
hokie carla
babblet
8:58 am
hokie carla
so weird, I was showing logged in but entered the word and it said word couldn't be added because I wasn't logged in. so then I refreshed the screen and I wasn't logged in, which is odd since I never log out.
9:00 am
Shirlockc
wow that ec word is weird
9:01 am
hokie carla
thanks for pointing that out or I wouldn't have ever gotten it
9:02 am
hokie carla
now I have to go look at the flip and see which nerd found it
9:02 am
mael
I see no nerds that found it, it's that bad
9:03 am
hokie carla
yeah, just skimmed and came to the same conclusion
9:05 am
rururocks
nerds? really?
9:05 am
hokie carla
we call them the super word nerds
9:06 am
hokie carla
if the shoe fits, ruru
9:06 am
rururocks
I call them brilliant.. they are amazing
9:06 am
hokie carla
brilliant, super word nerd, it's all the same
9:07 am
rururocks
well hokie I think 5-4-1-7-9 is nerdy too
9:08 am
hokie carla
that's more stats nerdy than word nerd, but yeah. and it doesn't bother me.
9:09 am
hokie carla
it's a term of endearment
9:09 am
rururocks
yeah.. you're our nerd...
9:10 am
BzznBea
salutations
9:10 am
rururocks
good morning bea
9:11 am
BzznBea
awaiting the royal coach to depart for my coronation ceremony.
9:12 am
rururocks
what ceremony is that bea?
9:12 am
BzznBea
i'm getting crowned
9:13 am
BzznBea
or one of my molars is getting crowned
9:13 am
rururocks
oh.. ugh
9:14 am
BzznBea
three hours in a dentist chair is what is ugh. but it will all be done.
9:17 am
hokie carla
fun fun
9:18 am
rururocks
sort of a crowning achievement then bea?
9:19 am
BzznBea
not sure it is an achievement...
9:21 am
phaeton
it achieves no more pain!
9:38 am
mkg
any clues for the E words second column? thanks.
9:39 am
BzznBea
i have eo5,10
9:40 am
mkg
any clues as to meaning?
9:40 am
mkg
i got eo 5. ty.
9:40 am
BzznBea
its a common eo word
9:40 am
mkg
ty molly. looking.
9:41 am
MollyL
It's an out there science word
9:41 am
BzznBea
had that one but not the patience to clue.
9:43 am
mkg
i just got it by chance. amazing. ty ty ty
9:43 am
mkg
i figured the first 4 and then poof therre it was. so funny. have no idea what it is.
9:52 am
BzznBea
Pirate walks into a bar. The bartender asks him about the paper towel on his head. Aye! 've got a Bounty oon my head.
10:22 am
72 Temple Owl
*groan*
11:06 am
cybernan
good morning everyone :)
11:07 am
moolingwa
morning all
11:17 am
hurshy
hmm, having some trouble with B words
11:20 am
hurshy
is anyone here actually able to stop themselves from trying "fest" because we all know it won't work?
11:20 am
bichon
try it every time
11:21 am
hurshy
why is it such a compulsion
11:21 am
cybernan
having trouble with all the letters
11:22 am
bichon
It should be a word "cheese fest"
11:22 am
hurshy
yeah nan, i see what you mean
11:24 am
cybernan
not really with it. I think I picked up a cold at the clubhouse last night. One of the card players turned up with a cold and announced that she had brought masks for anyone who wanted one! Did she wear a mask herself --- noooooooo. Needless to say, I was not impressed.
11:25 am
hurshy
wow, how rude
11:25 am
cybernan
Igorant and inconsiderate
11:30 am
hurshy
well, at least i remember a lot of the weird C words
11:30 am
cybernan
missing 3 from that right a
11:31 am
cybernan
make that 2
11:31 am
hurshy
so far i have fours there and one pl for a 5
11:31 am
hurshy
but i'm also missing 2
11:31 am
moolingwa
same as me on that a
11:34 am
hurshy
phantom: casino
11:37 am
cybernan
looking for 4's -- trying all combinations and found a few c 4-5's that way
11:38 am
moolingwa
slower board than I expected
11:39 am
hurshy
i really thought tw5 + ie would work
11:42 am
moolingwa
40 to go...
11:42 am
hurshy
which is my favorite number, outside of babble
11:43 am
cybernan
58 for me
11:43 am
cybernan
think I will list soon
11:45 am
hurshy
well the chog helped me get more 8s
11:46 am
hurshy
all of them in fact!
11:47 am
moolingwa
30 to go :)
11:47 am
cybernan
ooh - just found the russian chalet
11:48 am
hurshy
ok i apparently need a to7 and a da7, among others
11:48 am
cybernan
mm - don't have the da 7
11:49 am
moolingwa
have that one
11:49 am
hurshy
got da7!!
11:49 am
moolingwa
and now have the to7 too
11:50 am
hurshy
can you clue it?
11:50 am
moolingwa
spanish version of to5 :)
11:50 am
hurshy
still need 3 more unknown 7s but
11:51 am
hurshy
grid looking less bad overall
11:52 am
moolingwa
still need 5 sevens
11:53 am
hokie carla
in and out while I work on this wallpaper removal. only seeing 6 D's.
11:53 am
moolingwa
have all the D's
11:53 am
hokie carla
found 3 more for half. moving on.
11:53 am
hurshy
am sleepy
11:54 am
hokie carla
I slept til almost 9:30 this morning somehow
11:54 am
cybernan
still haven't find that ec 8 that was mentioned earlier
11:54 am
moolingwa
oh, I would have loved to do that
11:55 am
hokie carla
mael did a spell out clue sometime after 9:30 EST, nan
11:55 am
hokie carla
actually, it might've been before then, it just hadn
11:55 am
hokie carla
hadn't scrolled off yet when I got here
11:55 am
hurshy
weird word but it was a good clue
11:56 am
cybernan
47 - and getting bored with this - list time
11:56 am
moolingwa
25 here, and about to run out of time
11:56 am
hokie carla
134 left here and luckily it's not timed
11:57 am
hurshy
sure it is, after 24 hrs you are SOL
11:57 am
hokie carla
nan, I am going to say the list will not help you with the ec8, but somehow mkg monkeyed it
11:58 am
hokie carla
I should have said I have 12+ hours left then
11:58 am
cybernan
oh -- see it is a loner!
11:58 am
hurshy
ugh, how am i gonna make it through the afternoon
11:59 am
hokie carla
come here and I'll put you to work
11:59 am
MollyL
Nothing to do but Babble?
11:59 am
hurshy
i just want to sleeeeeeep
12:00 pm
hokie carla
hmm, so far not finding half on any of the 4th row
12:00 pm
hokie carla
ok, there are some more i's
12:01 pm
hokie carla
wow, I thought it was 11:30. it is 1pm.
12:04 pm
hurshy
20 to go!
12:04 pm
hokie carla
99 problems but a grid ain't one
12:06 pm
hokie carla
when it gets cold out you want to make sure there isn't a hoseful of water
12:07 pm
MollyL
Why? You don't want ice sculpture on your lawn?
12:08 pm
hokie carla
always looking at the bright side
12:08 pm
cybernan
10:07 here and haven't had breakfast yet --- bbl
12:08 pm
cybernan
anyone have a clue for that ec 8 before I leave?
12:08 pm
hokie carla
and wasn't everyone to5ful on NYE?
12:10 pm
MollyL
Starts with a goo word that ends in plasm, ends with the ___ de Triumphe
12:11 pm
hokie carla
need one left c for HOET
12:12 pm
cybernan
found it - ty Molly
12:12 pm
hokie carla
HOET! 61 left for later. back to work
12:15 pm
MollyL
I am old enough to remember my parents calling the comics the fu7
12:16 pm
hokie carla
I am younger than you and we called them that
12:16 pm
cybernan
that's what we called them when I was a kid
12:17 pm
hokie carla
and thanks, that helped with my last 8 too
12:17 pm
hokie carla
now I'm really getting up
12:24 pm
MollyL
Today is National Drinking Straw Day. Hats off to Marvin C. Stone, the inventor of the paper drinking straw. Go get a Slurpee to celebrate.
12:28 pm
Kaplan the Magne
"You never give me your money...You only give me your funny papers/and in the middle of negotiations, you break down..."
12:30 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Bam bam-badababam bam..Boy, you're gonna carry that weight, carry that weight for a long time...\
12:30 pm
hurshy
90% done!
12:31 pm
hurshy
no more than 2 left per tile!
12:39 pm
cybernan
try adding ie to everything!
12:40 pm
MollyL
Nope, doesn't work
12:53 pm
72 Temple Owl
funny how paper ones were good enough to do the job. nice to see they are coming back
12:53 pm
72 Temple Owl
i wish waxed cartons would return.
12:53 pm
MollyL
They always got so soggy though
12:54 pm
MollyL
There are still wax cartons for milk and orange juice
12:54 pm
cybernan
ac 7 please?
12:57 pm
ChampFit
a+ red, dried fruit that is added to salads, etc, made by ocean spray. Minus the 3rd letter.
1:00 pm
cybernan
acrnberry isn't there
1:01 pm
cybernan
oh - the other one
1:01 pm
cybernan
ty champ
1:01 pm
cybernan
Done. Anyone want clues before I leave?
1:04 pm
ChampFit
So sorry!
1:04 pm
cybernan
Ty. Hagd everyone - feeling kind of punk -- back to bed for a while.
1:04 pm
72 Temple Owl
some chains use plastic. i don't buy there. i remember dannon yogurt in the waxed cups. and sour cream. and cottage cheese. worked fine and recyclyable.
1:04 pm
72 Temple Owl
my father's employer invented a process to remove the wax and use the paper to make packaging cardboard.
1:17 pm
hokie carla
I freaking hate paper straws. I carry stainless steel ones in my purse for places that use paper.
1:21 pm
hokie carla
also pasta straws can go fly a kite, jump in a lake, play in traffic (much nicer than what I wanted to say)
1:43 pm
MollyL
Pasta straws?
1:56 pm
hokie carla
they exist, though when I just googled one said made from gluten free pasta, so I guess I'd be okay with that brand
1:58 pm
MollyL
Not being a lover of straws, the whole thing eludes me
1:58 pm
hokie carla
I am a lover of straws because I hate it when the ice shifts and spills the drink all over me
1:59 pm
hokie carla
paper straws are just gross tasting and sometimes they aren't gluten free
2:02 pm
MollyL
I can't remember the last time I got a paper straw. Back in the soda fountain days I think
2:06 pm
hokie carla
when you visit your sister in asheville you don't go to any restaurants?
2:07 pm
hurshy
woot, i needed that ac7!
2:08 pm
hurshy
is anyone able to help with the top N?
2:08 pm
hurshy
have ne4 and ne5
2:09 pm
hokie carla
I only have 2 there, ne4 and ne5
2:09 pm
hurshy
oh i just thought of it
2:10 pm
hurshy
a papal nu6 (and pl) - pretty obscure if you're not catholic or into history
2:10 pm
hokie carla
yep, not
2:10 pm
hurshy
well it's nu6/24 if that helps
2:11 pm
hurshy
how about upper T? missing 2 there as well
2:11 pm
hokie carla
I need 3 there
2:12 pm
hurshy
two ts (at least)
2:12 pm
hokie carla
well, found the 5 and then it took me forever to see my nemesis 4
2:13 pm
hokie carla
so now I just need 1 T there
2:13 pm
hokie carla
there's a 3 letter word pl and the babblet pl
2:14 pm
hokie carla
and another ta4
2:14 pm
hurshy
babblet pl?
2:14 pm
hokie carla
te5 and6
2:14 pm
hokie carla
oh, you needed 2 so prob those
2:14 pm
hokie carla
I was thinking you just needed 1
2:15 pm
hokie carla
what do you think my missing L is?
2:16 pm
hokie carla
the 7, thanks
2:17 pm
hurshy
are you done with A? i need one
2:17 pm
hokie carla
yes, you just got the 7?
2:17 pm
hokie carla
you might need ai6. nothing weirder than that.
2:18 pm
hokie carla
waht about the u?
2:19 pm
hurshy
yes i need ai6
2:19 pm
hurshy
u is all 4s, 2 weird
2:20 pm
hokie carla
but all un?
2:20 pm
hokie carla
oh, saw it as soon as i asked
2:25 pm
hokie carla
what about the lower i and o. need one on each.
2:25 pm
hurshy
also need 1 R
2:25 pm
hokie carla
I need 3 R
2:26 pm
hokie carla
make that 2
2:26 pm
hurshy
prob io6/21
2:26 pm
hokie carla
I tried to see that prefix but failed, thx
2:28 pm
hokie carla
now I need 1 R. do you have the plural arm bone? a different weird ra5? greek letters?
2:29 pm
hokie carla
found my O
2:33 pm
hurshy
yes arm bone, no diff weird ra5!
2:33 pm
hokie carla
ra5/18
2:34 pm
hokie carla
what a weird def too
2:34 pm
hokie carla
so what is my missing R?
2:34 pm
hurshy
the 7? normal
2:34 pm
hurshy
or a 4, or a very very normal 5
2:35 pm
hokie carla
I do not have a 7
2:35 pm
hurshy
you have to loop around to make it connect
2:36 pm
hokie carla
what's teh stat?
2:37 pm
hokie carla
well, I have no idea
2:37 pm
hurshy
the sun ra7s heat and light to the earth
2:38 pm
hokie carla
ah, thanks
2:38 pm
hurshy
(thank you, sun!)
2:39 pm
hokie carla
well, 17 here. 4-4-5-4
FF
S DD
CC CCCC
TTT HHH
must go do a workout before I can't get out of this chair
3:28 pm
MollyL
*Raise your hand if you beleve Carla is so fat she can't get out of her chair...hand down
3:45 pm
BzznBea
back for 88
3:51 pm
MollyL
Konnichiwa
4:25 pm
hokie carla
it was more that I was getting to tired to move
4:26 pm
hokie carla
bea, how's the mouth?
4:28 pm
BzznBea
fine. my dentist is awesome. thanks for asking.
4:50 pm
hokie carla
oh, bye!
4:51 pm
hokie carla
and I meant too tired to move. hate that.
5:11 pm
72 Temple Owl
oh not you too
5:43 pm
MollyL
Oh dear, peace and holy incense to all.
5:57 pm
hokie carla
rehi moo. haters gon hate
6:33 pm
72 Temple Owl
fourth column t words are hiding well
6:37 pm
72 Temple Owl
ah, the russian ruler..
6:42 pm
nrkii
hi all... 17 to go here
4-5-2-5-1 Spread across 11 tiles... I'm tired and daunted
6:44 pm
nrkii
For the 8's, I have CH, FU, HA and WA
Stats for my missing 8?
6:51 pm
72 Temple Owl
feeling any better?
6:54 pm
nrkii
felt worse most of the day, but it started to ease around 5
6:54 pm
nrkii
I've cancelled 5 appointments this week with doctors, labs, dance instructors, etc. I have been eating soup almost every night for over a month.
6:55 pm
nrkii
Today at least I ran into a local pizza place and bought their soup instead of opening another can.
6:55 pm
nrkii
whine, whine, whine... I'll be fine
7:01 pm
nrkii
Down to 13. Can't take it any more... list time
7:07 pm
spellit
ec8 is the missing 8
7:07 pm
72 Temple Owl
i need 41. no 8s yet.
7:08 pm
nrkii
down to 9... just got to the ec8
7:09 pm
72 Temple Owl
a friend just got covid - it is rampant and super contagious now.
7:11 pm
72 Temple Owl
my new TV arrived today. needs set up but it's here thank goodness. did loads of housework while waiting for it
7:12 pm
nrkii
had to go back to the chat log to find a decent clue for ec8
7:12 pm
nrkii
which at least makes me feel my fatigue on these last words is justified :)
7:13 pm
72 Temple Owl
yep. not an every day word
7:15 pm
72 Temple Owl
i hear you re the soup. i lost a few pounds
7:15 pm
nrkii
I take it back, my last 6 words were super easy and I should have seen them.
7:15 pm
nrkii
I haven't lost an ounce. I have heavily buttered bread with my soup, as my act of defiance.
7:16 pm
72 Temple Owl
okay. we'll blame fatigue. nothing is easy when you are sick, if you need to concentrate
7:16 pm
72 Temple Owl
i have not had bread in the house since thanksgiving.
7:17 pm
72 Temple Owl
and now am reluctant to purchase it. it's not the bread, it's the caloric things that go with it.
7:17 pm
nrkii
I usually have zero bread in the house, but once I started on soup, I started buying big loafs of multigrain bread.
7:17 pm
72 Temple Owl
like it's so easy to make a sandwich even if PBJ
7:18 pm
72 Temple Owl
yes i get that. i ate soup and cinnamon bagels every so often. food was yucky
7:18 pm
72 Temple Owl
in two weeks, i scrambled an EGG. i was thrilled.
7:18 pm
nrkii
As soon as I can breathe through my nose again and have averted any sort of lung issues, I'll go back to salads and sweet potatoes.
7:19 pm
72 Temple Owl
i got the best salad at trader jo'es. greens with baby spinach bleu cranberries pecans.
7:19 pm
nrkii
Need any clues before I leave?
7:20 pm
72 Temple Owl
thanks, i need to list now, since not getting anywhere.
7:20 pm
nrkii
try adding FUL and EST to words
7:20 pm
72 Temple Owl
ah, thanks! did not see the -ful
7:21 pm
nrkii
5 FUL words, at a glance
7:21 pm
72 Temple Owl
and there is the sad sack, big as all get out thanks
7:21 pm
72 Temple Owl
feel better
7:22 pm
nrkii
thanks! see you soon!
7:27 pm
Onpaki
hello everyone
8:54 pm
Shellbell_o-well
ahoj, hello!
11:01 pm
Shellbell_o-well
fw... clocking out
11:05 pm
jesdraggon
evening all
11:15 pm
Shellbell_o-well
hello... done here, but am around betw puzzling elsewhere
11:17 pm
jesdraggon
You knocked it out quick, good job :)
11:30 pm
jesdraggon
good job, onpaki!
11:35 pm
Onpaki
thank you! haven'e been playing for a long time. good to be back :)
11:38 pm
rolin
could I have a clue for the ch8 pls?
11:40 pm
Shellbell_o-well
ch8 is a form of ch6/27
11:41 pm
rolin
hmm..there's a problem with that...but ty
11:45 pm
Shellbell_o-well
well, for this grid, keep in mind suffixes; -est, -iest, -ies, -ful...there are a lot
11:47 pm
jesdraggon
Thanks Shellbell - just found 2 8's off that :)
11:50 pm
Pinikula
Thanks! I got it, too! (PS: Good to see all!)
11:52 pm
Shellbell_o-well
then a clue for ch6/27; if I show you several of something, and say "pick one", i've given you a ch____
11:52 pm
jesdraggon
Thanks again, shellbell
11:52 pm
Shellbell_o-well
yw!
11:55 pm
jesdraggon
can i get stats for the a in 4th column?
11:55 pm
jesdraggon
and for the 3 in second column
11:56 pm
Pinikula
ar4 - type of doorway?
11:56 pm
jesdraggon
er. the e in the second column, sorry
11:57 pm
jesdraggon
thanks pini, very obvious in retrospect!
11:57 pm
Pinikula
don't have those yet