12:02 am
justafreep
re7 x 2
12:02 am
justafreep
en7 x 2
12:05 am
cybernan
hi rain and freep
12:05 am
justafreep
hey, nan
12:06 am
justafreep
ne7 x 2
12:08 am
justafreep
re7 x 3
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:19 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
12:20 am
justafreep
there's a thing I am sure is a word. an eight that starts av BUT is not, apparently, in enable. I am sad.
12:22 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs, de 9
12:25 am
cybernan
wd - not finding that corner e
12:26 am
dizgrannie
en 6, Nan
12:29 am
cybernan
ty. crashing - good night
12:58 am
sprite
*hugs rose*
12:58 am
grannyrose
{{{{{{{{{ spritey }}}}}}}}}}
1:31 am
sprite
fireflies. Another fun one. *hugs* and poof.
1:33 am
grannyrose
ditto here... * hugs * and awayyyy i go. see y'all at the flip.
1:43 am
Book Doctor Gwen
hi all, diving in
1:58 am
Book Doctor Gwen
night all
2:14 am
DTins
Phantom adenoid
3:08 am
Kamanjah
Thanks for that!
8:30 am
phaeton
wow! no chatters!
8:36 am
Scrabbler
Good morning, phaeton.
8:37 am
penquis
lurking here....hi phae, scrabvs.....
8:37 am
Scrabbler
Hi penquis
8:38 am
MollyL
I thought I saw Pen in the bushes 😊
8:42 am
phaeton
Good Morning!
8:47 am
phaeton
The RE's are killing me!
8:47 am
penquis
still missing 8 on the top R....
8:48 am
phaeton
down to 4 on that one...1 on the bottom R
8:48 am
penquis
have those...
8:50 am
penquis
sorry....have the bottom Rs...
8:52 am
phaeton
got them all!
8:53 am
penquis
go, phae!
8:53 am
Scrabbler
My brain is struggling with this grid.
8:54 am
Dorens
the r's aren't bad .. .have them all now
8:56 am
penquis
hi mael...
8:56 am
Scrabbler
Buon giorno, mael. An Italian popped into the chat a few days ago.
8:57 am
mael
ohh? that's awesome
9:02 am
mael
just passing through? or a regular player?
9:07 am
phaeton
any clues for the de8?
9:10 am
rururocks
just found the de 9 no 8 yet
9:12 am
penquis
i have one 8...ordinary word...
9:13 am
rururocks
de 8 to remove ions
9:13 am
penquis
ty, ru....
9:15 am
Scrabbler
Hi hurshy
9:15 am
penquis
hi hursh...
9:15 am
Scrabbler
mael, it was a new player, confused.
9:15 am
hurshy
phantom: nene
9:16 am
penquis
there is a pi 9...
9:16 am
penquis
builds on a 7...
9:16 am
hurshy
i just found a tr8
9:17 am
penquis
yes, that was the ordinary one i referred to...the pi is ordinary too...
9:20 am
hurshy
phantom: tenant
9:22 am
hurshy
the Ts are making me dizzy
9:24 am
mael
I got all the ones on the top row but still missing 5 from the bottom
9:25 am
rururocks
they are twisty
9:25 am
hurshy
i need one each from the single-digit T tiles and 2 from the bigger one
9:26 am
phaeton
ruru...clue for the de9 pls
9:26 am
rururocks
rubbing
9:28 am
rururocks
boy the site here today is really wonky
9:28 am
penquis
i found it but not with ru's clue... ;o)...not a word i know...
9:29 am
rururocks
it's a common word pen?
9:29 am
penquis
de 9 rhymes with a word that means sorrow or regret for your sins....not a common word...
9:30 am
penquis
congrats!
9:30 am
Scrabbler
Good work, phaeton.
9:30 am
hurshy
i spose it's the opposite of what would be an at9 if it were in the grid
9:30 am
phaeton
ty...any clues wanted?
9:31 am
hurshy
2nd row grey!
9:31 am
penquis
go, hursh!
9:31 am
hurshy
phantoms: tenant, anoint
9:32 am
rururocks
nice grid today.. just challenging enough without a lot of weird shit
9:32 am
hurshy
phantoms: eerie, aerie
9:33 am
mael
I must need another coffee because the clues aren't clueing for me today! hah
9:34 am
MollyL
Pours mael some high octane coffee
9:34 am
penquis
my clue for the de 9 would be easier for catholic school students to find...
9:34 am
mael
that would be me sob
9:35 am
MollyL
Well Pen, maybe if it started with con
9:35 am
mael
but to be fair it was catholic school in Italy
9:36 am
MollyL
Even Catholicier
9:36 am
penquis
well it's the english word for a prayer said related to confession...
9:36 am
penquis
i am talking about the rhyming word...
9:36 am
rururocks
well according to Knowledgeable football kickers all catholic women have a calling to be a homemaker and have children and toss their degrees.
9:37 am
hurshy
yeah but we shouldn't talk about it - because i know he will take all public criticism as "being persecuted for righteousness" and he'll love it
9:37 am
MollyL
Someone on TV said "Act of con_____" last night and my mind immediately started chanting "Oh my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended thee"
9:38 am
origami
That helped. Thanks, Molly.
9:38 am
mael
hah, thank you that work
9:38 am
mael
I can rattle it off in italian
9:39 am
hurshy
now if only i could find all the OTHER d words
9:39 am
rururocks
I mean ... it is one thing to have a belief (more power to him) and he found a woman who bought into it apparently... but to put that into a commencement speech for women who just graduated with a degree after hard work? SO inappropriate
9:39 am
mael
I can't believe he actually double and tripled down afterwards
9:39 am
rururocks
when I'm saying OH MY GOD, I'm not contrite about it
9:39 am
mael
he said he was only aspiring back to a time when women had "more babies than thoughts"
9:40 am
origami
Who was it who said that?
9:40 am
rururocks
oh jeezus really mael?
9:40 am
mael
the kicker for the chiefs
9:40 am
hurshy
of course he would. i'm telling you, he'll be revelling in his sense of martyrdom with every person who criticizes him.
9:40 am
MollyL
Harrison Butker
9:41 am
MollyL
I'm surprised public figures don't have more sense than that these days
9:41 am
hurshy
better to ignore him, i think
9:41 am
hurshy
you too hokie
9:41 am
rururocks
he seems like a knucklehead molly
9:41 am
mael
yeah, there's no fixing that level of whatever that is
9:42 am
hurshy
and did you see that his mom is like a super-accomplished doctor? maybe they don't have a good relationship and that has something to do with it
9:42 am
MollyL
And people wonder how Trump got elected. That guy is a perfect example
9:43 am
rururocks
apparently he is part of a very strict section of the Catholic Church.. I forget what they're called
9:43 am
origami
Toxic masculinity
9:43 am
hurshy
wait, have we found a topic that all babblers agree on?
9:43 am
rururocks
(knew that was coming ori)
9:44 am
Junttura
The comedian George Carlin once said something along the lines "Think about how stupid the average person is, then realize that half of the people are stupider"
9:44 am
mael
I have a cousin that married an opus dei man in Italy and he is a nutjob
9:44 am
rururocks
with the way that the church and government are taking away women's rights this is just another backwards thinking person
9:45 am
MollyL
Robert Hanssen, one of the top US spies was Opus Dei
9:45 am
mael
complete and utter nut job and she is a philosophy professor, he works as a cashier, and he thinks he's the one in charge of their house. and he is! because she lets him. gross.
9:45 am
MollyL
I used to work with someone who was a friend of the Hanssen family.
9:45 am
hokie carla
no idea about this, I'm trying to get over NC making it illegal to wear masks for health reasons
9:45 am
mael
they've got 4 kids and it's so sad to see them listen to their dad
9:46 am
mael
that's also complete insanity, hokie
9:46 am
hurshy
they made it ILLEGAL to wear masks for health reasons??? what???
9:46 am
hurshy
please tell me that's only proposed and not passed
9:46 am
hokie carla
apparently it was already a law that they exempted for covid. enacted back in 50s or 60s relating to KKK.
9:46 am
saanichcat
seriously? that is ridiculous
9:46 am
origami
I hope nobody in NC needs surgery and has the OR staff breathing all over theem.
9:47 am
MollyL
Yeah, because all those criminals are wearing N95's to rob banks
9:47 am
rururocks
maybe put two eye holes in them
9:48 am
hokie carla
yeah, the lawmaker quoted in the article I read made it sound like no one would get in trouble for wearing it unless they were doing criminal things.
9:48 am
hurshy
so the original aim was to prevent KKK people from wearing masks and claiming it was for health reasons?
9:48 am
penquis
my sister-in-law is a cancer patient and she wears a mask if she has to go to the grocery store or other indoor places with a lot of people...she can't afford to get an infection of any kind...
9:49 am
penquis
i have to get going....bye all...
9:49 am
rururocks
(sheet sales dropped considerably after that law hursh)
9:49 am
hokie carla
bye pen
9:50 am
saanichcat
I do too peng, many, about half up here do still wear masks in storres
9:50 am
hokie carla
that was how I read it, hurshy
9:50 am
saanichcat
groan ru
9:50 am
mael
I'd say a solid 20% of people are still masked in stores here in MA
9:52 am
hokie carla
I see the occasional mask here in SC and always assume that person has covid. but that's probably wrong since most people don't care if they spread it
9:53 am
hurshy
i mean at this point if i have any respiratory illness and don't know what it is and i'm going around other people i would mask. even if it's just a cold, why pass it on?
9:57 am
hokie carla
ooh, 2nd row gray
9:57 am
mael
I always wear one at doctor's offices and if I'm sick
9:58 am
mael
and make my kids wear them too
10:00 am
hurshy
13 left, and i know one of them is another re7
10:00 am
hurshy
3-2-4-2-2
10:01 am
hokie carla
86 here
10:01 am
hokie carla
just found 1 re7, but I'm assuming you have this one
10:02 am
hurshy
the ones i have are "more prepared" and "walk the same ground again"
10:02 am
hokie carla
yeah, the first one
10:03 am
hurshy
more like a marsh plant
10:04 am
hurshy
so does anyone have 8s other than de, te, tr?
10:04 am
hokie carla
I don't have any yet
10:05 am
hokie carla
phantom rendition
10:07 am
hurshy
name that proper noun! ST:TNG ship's counsellor Troi
10:07 am
hokie carla
never watched that
10:08 am
hurshy
ding ding ding!!!
10:08 am
hokie carla
phantom hoarder
10:11 am
hokie carla
apparently I'm gonna need a nudge on that first E
10:13 am
hokie carla
hmm, you'd think that would narrow it down. is this a normal word?
10:14 am
hokie carla
remembered it
10:14 am
hokie carla
thanks
10:21 am
hokie carla
ooh, found both 9s
10:29 am
hokie carla
any guess for my missing P?
10:30 am
hurshy
i think my last one of those was pi4/6
10:31 am
hurshy
not the piper, the helmet
10:31 am
hokie carla
ah, that's it
10:31 am
hokie carla
thanks
10:32 am
hokie carla
bottom row gray!
10:51 am
hokie carla
did you get your diptet? gotta get your diptet.
11:46 am
moolingwa
morning all
12:10 pm
BzznBea
i'm on bea time.
12:13 pm
MollyL
It's like Hammer time, but without the weird pants
12:13 pm
BzznBea
good thing you can't see what i'm wearing.
12:17 pm
hokie carla
rehi
12:18 pm
BzznBea
hey carla
12:19 pm
hokie carla
bea!
12:22 pm
BzznBea
nondiet that's what i do.
12:24 pm
hokie carla
same
12:24 pm
hokie carla
anyone want to guess my missing V? I assume bea just started.
12:26 pm
BzznBea
4 va and 2 vo
12:26 pm
BzznBea
it is grey here
12:27 pm
MollyL
Past tense of an Aerostar
12:27 pm
hokie carla
va it is
12:27 pm
hokie carla
no, I have that one
12:27 pm
hokie carla
remembered that and the other bit of ridiculousness from another grid.
12:27 pm
SamanthaJoy
You have the present tense?
12:27 pm
MollyL
Person who drives one?
12:27 pm
hokie carla
oh, it was the weather gadget
12:27 pm
hokie carla
couldn't go that direction and thought it was a phantom
12:28 pm
MollyL
Well I never would have guessed you didn't have that one
12:32 pm
hokie carla
sometimes the least obvious one is the right guess. bea just somehow gets me - that's why she just gave me the count.
12:35 pm
MollyL
Then I will leave things to the expert
12:35 pm
hokie carla
no, no...I'm sure you could guess my missing lower E
12:36 pm
hokie carla
edition is not there. edition is not there. edition is not there.
12:36 pm
hokie carla
ooh, found it
12:39 pm
SamanthaJoy
My persistent phantom is rendition
12:39 pm
BzznBea
i am no expert by any means about anything
12:39 pm
hokie carla
have typed that a couple of times
12:39 pm
hokie carla
and I rediet all the time
12:41 pm
hokie carla
I am flummoxed. 16 left. 1-4-3-3-5
T T AAA DD RRR HH TTTTT
12:46 pm
BzznBea
i did learn what skibidi ohio rizz means in middle school language.
12:46 pm
SamanthaJoy
ohio? that one is new to me
12:48 pm
BzznBea
ohio is cringy
12:49 pm
SamanthaJoy
Interesting. That doesn't seem to fit with the other two; I was imaging a charismatic and mischievious person
12:49 pm
hokie carla
I only know rizz
12:50 pm
SamanthaJoy
skibidi is essentially "up to ne good"
12:51 pm
BzznBea
no good cringy game
12:53 pm
SamanthaJoy
This is useful language :)
2:22 pm
Gillie
According to one site on Reddit, "As a joke, people started saying "only in Ohio" or "X in Ohio" usually accompanied with videos or pictures of weird things going on. Along with this, Ohio could be used as a synonym for weird or creepy."
2:26 pm
Gillie
But I guess that's probably a different usage
2:31 pm
BzznBea
i think it's the same meaning as what the teens are using.
2:50 pm
sammysmom
still stuck on the ho-6-24 ?????
2:51 pm
sammysmom
never mind.
2:51 pm
sammysmom
never mind
2:56 pm
hokie carla
that was one of my h's, thanks
2:58 pm
BzznBea
how many more h's do you have?
3:00 pm
BzznBea
you have the car model
3:01 pm
BzznBea
there is an ha7
3:02 pm
BzznBea
8 ha 3 hi 6 ho
3:02 pm
periwinkle
help with lone N in 3rd column please
3:03 pm
ch1212
grandma, peri
3:03 pm
periwinkle
ty
Though I typed that
3:13 pm
hokie carla
of course it is the 7, thanks. will look.
3:13 pm
ChampFit
Hola! Just starting. How's it going?
3:14 pm
hokie carla
hey champ, 14 left here but I'm mainly doing other things
3:15 pm
ChampFit
That doesn't bode well!
3:17 pm
hokie carla
that's about normal for me. you should finish.
3:18 pm
ChampFit
Still on first column...too early to tell. But, on electricity, so have some time to try.
3:20 pm
hokie carla
I heard y'all had a big storm
3:21 pm
BzznBea
yes, how are you after all the rain and tornados?
3:22 pm
ChampFit
No electricity since last night, and not ETA for when it'll return. My son had a huge tree fall from his yard onto his neighbor's house. (we're in the same neighborhood) It's wild and crazy out there! Outages all around, but all of my family is safe, thank you.
3:23 pm
hokie carla
glad you're all okay
3:23 pm
ChampFit
My mom has a huge house with a huge generator, so worst case we'll go there. Right now pleasant temps make it manageable. Tomorrow and after? Not so much. Will likely abaondon ship and head over there. Went today to charge all the things. Thanks, Carla!
3:24 pm
BzznBea
glad you are safe. i heard it was nasty.
3:25 pm
ChampFit
Unprecedented. Fast, furious, and done! Not even long enough to flood, but the winds were insane. Very weird.
3:25 pm
BzznBea
straight line, i heard.
3:26 pm
ChampFit
Yep. Sideways rain. Wind. Tornadoes. Freaky.
3:27 pm
ChampFit
The blessing is that the winds are from the north at the moment, still cloudy, so very manageable. Once the sun comes out, it's gonna get unbearable quickly. God bless the linemen coming in from everywhere.
3:29 pm
BzznBea
the lineman are the true heroes.
3:29 pm
SamanthaJoy
The same storm system hit my city last night, and it was bad, but it had lost a lot of its strength by then. Houston will recover, but this is going to be hard.
3:29 pm
ChampFit
truth. such a tough job.
3:31 pm
SamanthaJoy
I take it you have electricity? Since you are here?
3:31 pm
ChampFit
No. Laptop is charged and am using my phone as a hotspot.
3:31 pm
SamanthaJoy
Oh, wow
3:32 pm
ChampFit
Huge power towers were struck down by tornadoes. those suckers don't fall even during hurricanes, but several did yesterday in a very short time span. Some people may be out for weeks.
3:33 pm
ChampFit
Which begs the question....electric cars? (don't mean to stir things up!)
3:34 pm
MollyL
Wow Champ, I'm glad you have a safe haven to go to.
3:35 pm
MollyL
And I wonder about electric cars in circumstances like that too.
3:36 pm
ChampFit
I didn't even have full charges on my computer, phone, or back up batteries at the time. Those are quickie things...not like a vehicle.
3:37 pm
SamanthaJoy
I have a bank of fully charged externals, because I use them for lighting when I go camping. USB powered lights are getting more popular than battery powered.
3:38 pm
ChampFit
Super smart!
3:38 pm
SamanthaJoy
But I also have them because of hurricanes and an unreliable city infrastructure; I wonder if Houstonians are going to start having to go the same direction.
3:39 pm
ChampFit
I've been here my entire life, and twice have had to go 5 days without electricity, max. But things are changing, and with cars added onto the grid....who knows?
3:39 pm
SamanthaJoy
Not that the city is unreliable in the same way mine is, but y'all aren't built for these storms either
3:42 pm
ChampFit
We're not a bowl, true. But we're super flat.
3:42 pm
ChampFit
We're not a bowl, true. But we're super flat.
3:45 pm
MollyL
Don't USB powered things ultimately rely on electricity for power?
3:46 pm
ChampFit
Yes. I would think so.
3:47 pm
SamanthaJoy
Ultimately, of course. But we've got a couple weeks of lighting and phone stored in the house. They're just very efficient batteries.
3:47 pm
cybernan
hello everyone :)
3:48 pm
SamanthaJoy
Hiya nan!
3:50 pm
MollyL
I guessI don't understand. What non-electrical source is the power stored in?
3:52 pm
SamanthaJoy
Have you never seen an external battery pack? Google Anker Power Bank for a look at a good brand.
3:53 pm
SamanthaJoy
We've got a dozen of them, picked up on sale over the years. Any one of them will charge both our phones fully from dead, or keep lighting on for weeks at a low level, or charge an ipad.
3:57 pm
cybernan
sorry to hear that some of you have been affected by bad storms. We would like more rain to put out the fires, but not ike that!
4:01 pm
ChampFit
My daughter just texted to say that one of the downed towers is near here, so she might be without power for over a week. Well....party at my house, I say! :) Once our power is restored, of course. Which should be sooner.
4:01 pm
ChampFit
Her, not here.
4:03 pm
SamanthaJoy
Random comment: When we lost power in Austin due to ice storms and the like, Austin Energy would reimburse for spoiled food in the fridge if we applied for it.
You might see if your power company does anything like that.
4:04 pm
ChampFit
Great thought, thank you!
4:09 pm
MollyL
Wow, I wish I had that during Hurricane Isobel. I lost my whole fridge. That is a tough next trip to the grocery store. What do we need? Everything
4:12 pm
ChampFit
Back later (hopefully) for my last 41. Enjoy everyone!
4:14 pm
SamanthaJoy
We survived the ice storms by planning for them like they were camping trips. We had pre-cooked meals in boilable bags and a gas stove, so we always had hot food on demand. But we camp in cold weather, so we already had the things we needed.
4:45 pm
BzznBea
re6 after the leased place? Last one, please?
4:46 pm
SamanthaJoy
Enjoyed a book a second time
4:51 pm
SamanthaJoy
Salut
4:51 pm
Detour
Any clues for de9?
4:53 pm
Detour
Oops. Apologies for that didn't move cursor on my small phone.
4:53 pm
SamanthaJoy
nu9 is the science that links food to health. it's similar in form to de9
4:54 pm
Detour
Thank you for that
4:54 pm
SamanthaJoy
you're welcome
5:49 pm
cybernan
hi again -- need help with my last 4 please. En 6/21 (2nd one)?
5:54 pm
NANCY
need clue for de 8 please
5:58 pm
cybernan
see samantha's clue at 4:54
5:58 pm
cybernan
oh sorry that was for the 9
5:59 pm
NANCY
Yes i have the de 9
6:00 pm
cybernan
remove the charge from that particle
6:01 pm
NANCY
ty nan, got it
6:04 pm
cybernan
done - got the last 4 with the help of the word list
6:05 pm
cybernan
have a great evening :)