12:06 am
Shellbell_o-well
to7
12:12 am
dizgrannie
up 6 x 2
12:14 am
jeanne314
Those are strange words, dizgrannie!
12:15 am
dizgrannie
nbt/nbs...thanks mark
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:17 am
marksdolly
ty lickety!
12:41 am
ursh
tried exonerate at least twice :)
1:12 am
sprite
morning babblers
1:12 am
grannyrose
good morning beautiful girl.
1:13 am
sprite
hello my dear friend! *hugs* and how ar you doing today?
1:14 am
sprite
ugh, phantom: torment
1:14 am
grannyrose
all good thanks. all my usual Wednesday chores done except for making bed with the clean sheets. *hugs* and how are you today?
1:15 am
grannyrose
also adornment a phantom
1:15 am
sprite
pretty good. Just drove Caya to work, she stayed longer in the shower than she realised, lol. Happens to me too, I zone out when in the shower.
1:17 am
grannyrose
i know what you mean. i have to be careful about that too. i just love sitting there with the hot water gently pouring over my upper back.
1:18 am
sprite
same. So I totally understood and was more than willing to drive her to school. Will pick her up later too. Two more weeks and then it is summer holidays for her.
1:19 am
grannyrose
our school hols start next week for 2 weeks. so no community morning teas, and no gym with the physio. but i will do my program here at home. i have all the equipment.
1:20 am
sprite
you totally rock
1:21 am
grannyrose
i didn't do the exercises one set of hols, paid dearly for it. so i MUST do them at least 3 times each week.
1:21 am
sprite
yeah, then you know why you do it
1:22 am
grannyrose
exactly.
1:24 am
sprite
oh, I must show you the blanket I just finished! Let me app you a pic, hold on
1:27 am
sprite
there. Check it out when you feel like it
1:29 am
grannyrose
ot's gorgeous. i love the colours. it looks christmassy.
1:29 am
grannyrose
ahem *** it's ****
1:29 am
sprite
it is for a friend who loves butterflies and art deco. I thought it had both.
1:30 am
grannyrose
it does that to a T
1:30 am
sprite
cannot send it to her until the end of the week, she is away for the week, lol. It is burning a hole in my closet right now.
1:31 am
grannyrose
* giggle *
1:32 am
sprite
am actually starting a new blanket and it has squirrels in it! Will think of you a lot while working on it.
1:33 am
grannyrose
red or grey?
1:34 am
sprite
they will be multicolored. Against a black background. Also acorns, leaves, ladybugs, butterflies and owls.
1:35 am
grannyrose
sounds lovely. can't wait to see the finished item. how long will it take you do you think?
1:36 am
sprite
no idea. I have found that I work best when letting go of the result or schedule. Just one stitch at a time.
1:37 am
grannyrose
like life then. one step at a time.
1:37 am
sprite
yeah. I used to put pressure on myself and the result was that I didn't enjoy the process. Took me 50 years but I finally figured it out LOL
1:38 am
grannyrose
not long at all... * grin *
1:38 am
grannyrose
and it's called pacing.
1:39 am
sprite
yeah. Pacing myself. Relax into the process and don't put time limits on stuff that doesn't need it.
1:42 am
grannyrose
old dear at church wants me to join in with the beanie knitting, she simply doesn't understand about the cramps. this is the one who is a narcissist and reminds me vividly of my mother. i will give it a go, but it might take me while even using size 7 needles and thick wool.
1:42 am
sprite
and to be completely honest... when I was 11, I was tested to see which school I should attend and what possible careers would fit me. The outcome was I was highly intelligent but also very tightly strung, unhappy and beyond perfectionistic. The advice was to learn to take things easy, to 'go with the flow'. Yeah. I know. Took me some time to learn .
1:43 am
sprite
nah! Sweetie, don't! You do not need to cater to any narcissist. And if you do not enjoy knitting, or if it gives you pain, you'd be silly to even try it. You do plenty enough for the church as it is.
1:44 am
grannyrose
they knit beanies for the Seafarers Mission, and for the homeless. knowing how my hands cramp i am not very happy about knitting again. so i went out and bought 2 supermarket bags full of yarn, different colours
1:45 am
sprite
brilliant. That is more than enough participation, honey. NO is a very good answer to pressure, you know
1:46 am
grannyrose
i know.
1:46 am
sprite
omg I found an 8 and it is a compound and I didn't need prompting!
1:47 am
sprite
*hugs rose* I know your heart, sweetie. It is always willing. So you need your brain to make sure your body can keep up.
1:47 am
grannyrose
well done sprite
1:47 am
sprite
lol. Have to savour those little accomplishments...
1:49 am
grannyrose
i am so looking forward to the pool tomorrow. just the thought of that lovely warm water is delicious.
1:50 am
sprite
I can imagine. I used to do gymnastics in warm water too. Problem was, getting out and then getting dry and dressed again was too much. My body couldn't manage. But I loved the warm water and being so light and able to move.
1:51 am
grannyrose
they have turned the temperature of the water up too. compensating for our bitterly cold weather.
1:52 am
sprite
ouch. Didn't know it got so cold there.
1:56 am
grannyrose
we have been down to very low single digits overnight lately. and they are predicting a week of antarctic type weather coming up from the south.
1:57 am
sprite
good grief. Somehow I had the idea it was always kinda warm overthere. As in no need for central heating.
1:59 am
grannyrose
i'll take pics if we get snow. we had snow before but that was nearly 30 years ago. our alps get a lot of snow and we have some pretty amazing skiing.
2:00 am
sprite
just realised how silly of me. Australia is huge, must have all climates there are, somewhere!
2:00 am
grannyrose
even in the centre of Australia the overnight temps can be freezing. then during the day it gets blisteringly hot. same day...
2:01 am
sprite
crazy. No way for the body to work with that!
2:02 am
grannyrose
the top end of Australia is in the tropics. and in Tasmania they have snow all over every year.
2:03 am
sprite
we are less extreme here, though still pretty crazy. We have had temps close to freezing a few weeks ago, lots of rain, and now it is in the 30s.
2:04 am
grannyrose
usually in Melbourne it is pretty temperate, but this year I am wearing thick woolen jumpers, and fleecy hoodies.
2:07 am
grannyrose
oh and btw, we have microplasmic pneumonia happening here. a bacterial infection, usually children, but the adults are going down like flies. not really sick, just a persistent dry cough and headaches. fortunately it's a simple case of get the antibiotics. unfortunately there is no vax, and you can catch it multiole times.
2:08 am
sprite
I am glad you were here when the weather kinda behaved. If you'd come this year, you would have had more rain than you can imagine, very low temps and lots of storms.
2:08 am
sprite
brb, nature calls
2:25 am
sprite
am gonna make banana bread today. First time.
2:26 am
grannyrose
oohhh. love banana bread. but bananas don't keep over here, at least not in my home. someone always finds them.
2:29 am
grannyrose
i wonder if i hide them in the washing machine ?????
2:30 am
sprite
yeah. Or behind the iron.
2:32 am
grannyrose
* giggles *
2:33 am
grannyrose
hey the cupboard with all the cleaning stuff. he'd never look there. lol
2:34 am
sprite
see? Always a solution somewhere
2:35 am
sprite
fireflies. That was fun. *hugs* my darling! Have a lovely evening and sleep well.
2:36 am
grannyrose
* hug * my darling. will be latish tomorrow.
4:12 am
player girl
Good morning. What are the stats for the 8?
4:14 am
MollyL
do and ro both 8/50
4:14 am
player girl
TY Molly
7:38 am
periwinkle
good morning. I found the ro8 . it is a compound. is the do8 a compound too?
8:31 am
hurshy
bummer, do4 that you enter through looked so promising for a compound
8:38 am
periwinkle
it did
8:38 am
periwinkle
I tried doorside but it did not work
8:39 am
hurshy
left col grey!
8:39 am
BzznBea
The do8 is a differrent spelling of a sleeping volcano or tree.
8:40 am
hurshy
thanks bea!
8:40 am
periwinkle
help with the F please
8:41 am
hurshy
pretty plant
8:41 am
mael
do you have the unit of measurement?
8:41 am
hurshy
oh you prob mean the upper F
8:41 am
periwinkle
I meant top F and I found it
8:41 am
hurshy
the one that has fu5 which i guess you found yeah
8:42 am
periwinkle
yes I did
8:42 am
hurshy
gtg, ttfn all :D
8:42 am
periwinkle
have all the f words
8:42 am
MollyL
Well, my not caffeinated enough brain was thinking of the word and I almost typed the whole thing in the chat.Wish I had not hit enter after the first four 😆
8:45 am
BzznBea
Hope you've had more coffee since.
8:46 am
periwinkle
Lone i please
8:46 am
SamanthaJoy
id 4/6
8:47 am
periwinkle
ty both
8:48 am
mael
stats for the Ps or am I going to kick myself?
8:48 am
BzznBea
ph4 and pu5
8:49 am
mael
thought I'd tried that ph4 but obviously not!
8:49 am
mael
and the pu5 come to think of it... maybe I'm the one who needs more coffee!
9:22 am
MollyL
High octane coffee for all! (Except Hurshy)
10:17 am
BzznBea
clue for the first di6?
10:18 am
BzznBea
its a plural
10:26 am
rbud
yay, do4, off I go! laters, all. ♥
11:41 am
MollyL
Fun fact of the day. The real name for the hashtag (formerly known as the pound sign) is octothorp. Let that one fly at one of your word nerd gatherings.
12:01 pm
Gillie
Probably coined at Bell Labs in the late 1960s or early 1970s, apparently - the "thorpe" part may mean "field, hamlet or small village", but this isn't certain
12:04 pm
Gillie
The symbol appeared on Remington Standard typewriter ( c. 1886), so octothorpe presumably what it was called originally.
12:04 pm
moolingwa
morning all
12:07 pm
Gillie
octothorpe presumably *isn't* what it was called originally - actually it seems to have been called either the number character/mark/sign or pound sign depending on its use
12:08 pm
moolingwa
hey Gillie, happy Wednesday
12:15 pm
MollyL
So much for fun facts
12:16 pm
Gillie
Sorry - you sent me down a rabbit hole
12:17 pm
Gillie
"Thorpe" may also have been chosen because someone at Bell Labs was a fan of the athlete Jim Thorpe
12:27 pm
hurshy
Ts Toppled!
12:32 pm
hurshy
a fellow alum of my college who is a psych professor posted on FB about how similar conversations between young people with neurodivergences are to conversations between old ladies
12:32 pm
hurshy
like talking about doctors and diagnoses and difficulties
12:33 pm
hurshy
i thought that was funny/interesting
12:34 pm
Gillie
Well, I guess if you're neuro-divergent, you're likely to be preoccupied with what doctors have to say about it
12:35 pm
Gillie
Unless he meant more generally
12:36 pm
Gillie
Sorry - I realized just as I posted it that I shouldn't be assuming a man
12:39 pm
hurshy
MAN i love fruit
12:44 pm
hurshy
are the A words hard or am i just being thick
12:45 pm
MollyL
They are all pretty normal
12:46 pm
Gillie
I'm having trouble with the last ar6
12:46 pm
hurshy
well i did manage to get them caught up to be more comparable to the other tiles now
12:46 pm
hurshy
is there more than one ar6? i have an ar6 supporter
12:49 pm
hurshy
phantom: arisen
12:52 pm
hurshy
what are the points for the ar6 i don't have
12:56 pm
hurshy
Ns Nailed!
12:56 pm
moolingwa
ar 6/33 I imagine
12:56 pm
hurshy
name that proper noun! Dickens' unfinished novel the Mystery of Edwin _____
12:57 pm
hurshy
thanks mool
12:59 pm
hurshy
that's 90% done, ttfn
1:26 pm
mkg
Wow need clues for f word!
1:29 pm
mkg
Sorry, second row F. Ty.
1:29 pm
mael
japanese bed
1:30 pm
mkg
Didnt know it was a japanese bed. When we were in japan and went to a traditional hotel we slept on tutumi mats.
1:31 pm
mael
tatami mats are the flooring
1:31 pm
mael
f5 is the bed that gets rolled out onto the flooring
1:32 pm
mkg
Any clues for the i word in first column welcome. Ty. Mael do you have it?
1:34 pm
dcseain
same pattern as an it4 you might pick up at the store.
1:34 pm
mael
means the same
1:34 pm
dcseain
oh, interesting, thanks mael
1:35 pm
mael
in Italy it's slang to say "id4 con patate
1:36 pm
dcseain
huh. neat.
1:36 pm
mael
which means "the same with potatoes", to mean you feel/think the same as just mentioned
1:37 pm
dcseain
I'm heading out of town today to go to ice cream a the mountain, so will have limited connectivity until I get home on Monday.
1:38 pm
mael
FW for me :)
1:38 pm
dcseain
oh, I will! thanks!
1:39 pm
dcseain
congrats, mael!
1:41 pm
mael
have a great rest of the day and safe travels!
1:42 pm
dcseain
thanks ):
1:42 pm
dcseain
hit wrong keys first time
1:52 pm
MollyL
What is ice cream a the mountain?
1:52 pm
dcseain
ice cream on the mountain is a gathering where we make and eat ice cream. I work in the kitchen to make the lunches and dinners.
1:53 pm
dcseain
we gather in NY near MA
1:55 pm
dcseain
how is oxon not in the dictionary.
1:56 pm
dcseain
I thought it used to be.
1:58 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Western Mass? Berkshires?
1:59 pm
dcseain
eastern NY, though we cross the MA line twice on our way up the mountain. It is in the Berkshires. It's about 45 min E of Pittsfield, and an hour W of Albany.
2:05 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Western MA a wonderful area.
2:06 pm
dcseain
it very much is!
2:13 pm
dcseain
welp, have 20 min more to see how far ac an get
4:04 pm
hurshy
my college stomping grounds...
4:07 pm
ch1212
Somewhat near Athol, where I once lived.
4:08 pm
hurshy
have he4, anyone got the other H?
4:08 pm
ch1212
yes. Clue or stats?
4:09 pm
hurshy
whichever you want to do is fine
4:10 pm
ch1212
Witch's spell + a number
4:10 pm
hurshy
thankee very much!
4:10 pm
hurshy
top E, i have ex4, lower E, i have er4, could use help on either of the other Es
4:11 pm
ch1212
lower: e + barfly at cheers
4:11 pm
hurshy
ahh, that old chestnut
4:14 pm
hurshy
i wanted the other upper one to be "extort" but only have the one T
4:15 pm
hurshy
and then i saw exonera... but it fizzled out
4:15 pm
ch1212
I'm still plodding through that one too.
4:16 pm
hurshy
what about the right O? i have a set of 3 od words and oo5, need whatever the other one is
4:16 pm
ch1212
you have the same as I do at the moment.
4:18 pm
hurshy
i need 2 of most other things. M, R, D, A, and S
4:19 pm
hurshy
found an M! but a bit heartbroken that it wouldn't take the plural
4:19 pm
ch1212
here is a hint for that other o: starts the same as the other 3
4:19 pm
hurshy
ahhh thanks ch1212!!
4:21 pm
hurshy
found an S!
4:21 pm
hurshy
phantom: midwife
4:25 pm
ch1212
breaking for folding clothes. back later.
4:44 pm
ch1212
Back. Hurshy, that S you found doesn't happen to be the sa7 I need is it? Right after the Indian dress.
4:49 pm
saanichcat
if hurshy isn't around, then try this: it rhymes with g****** --- something you wear
4:49 pm
ch1212
Mmm... thanks, saanichcat! I will ponder that.
4:50 pm
saanichcat
ga.......
4:50 pm
ch1212
AAHH!! THANK YOU!
4:50 pm
saanichcat
you are so welcome!
4:57 pm
MollyL
Extra !!!!'s for you Saan 😊
5:26 pm
mkg
Back for more. Any clues for second column E words? Ty
5:26 pm
mkg
Ooh got one. Thanks.
5:27 pm
mkg
Well i have no 7s or 8s. Any help welcome with stats. Ty.
5:34 pm
mkg
Got some 7s. Need the 8s.
5:41 pm
NANCY
need a clue for the ar 6/33 please
5:54 pm
hurshy
that was NOT the S that i had just found, so thank you from me also saanichcat!
5:54 pm
mkg
Sorry that i dont have it. Sorry.
5:55 pm
hurshy
He brought in an ar6 of wood for the wood stove, saying, "Brrrr, this is shaping up to be quite a blizzard!"
5:55 pm
NANCY
ar 6/33 and i just think I
5:55 pm
NANCY
tried every combo but ann
5:56 pm
NANCY
cannot see itl
6:00 pm
NANCY
HURSHY ty. just didnt make my eyes f
6:00 pm
NANCY
go north. fireworks
6:19 pm
cybernan
hello -- anyone still here?
6:33 pm
hurshy
oh i'm in and out
6:35 pm
hurshy
just found my last 4
6:35 pm
hurshy
6 words left!
6:39 pm
hurshy
5 left and they spell DREAM... so i guess now i have to try to kill my dream...
7:00 pm
penquis
hello all...
7:37 pm
nrkii
hi anyone out there!
7:38 pm
nrkii
down to 3 now... E, M, A
0-0-1-2
8:03 pm
cybernan
hi again - back after supper for 1/2 hour
9:24 pm
jesdraggon
evening all
9:37 pm
hokie carla
howdy jes, lurkers
9:43 pm
72 Temple Owl
Good AM
9:43 pm
hokie carla
howdy TO
9:45 pm
72 Temple Owl
Watching the sun rise over the aegean
9:46 pm
hokie carla
sounds wonderful
9:50 pm
72 Temple Owl
What time is it there!
9:50 pm
hokie carla
10:50pm
9:51 pm
hokie carla
I am camping in TN where I grew up and it was like 95 or 96 today. so hot. currently 75.
9:51 pm
72 Temple Owl
Thanks. Phone not working properly. Jet lagged.
9:53 pm
jesdraggon
too hot, way too hot
9:54 pm
hokie carla
my oldest son texted that this was the hottest day he ever had in his life, but we assured him it wasn't.
9:58 pm
72 Temple Owl
Very breezy and coolish AM. Hope your day is cooler
9:59 pm
72 Temple Owl
Sorry
9:59 pm
hokie carla
thanks, we are supposed to have rain overnight and cooler temps tomorrow
10:00 pm
72 Temple Owl
iPhone ac not working. Was a hellish week last week
10:01 pm
72 Temple Owl
Home is nearly at drought conditions
10:01 pm
hokie carla
yeah same here and my house
10:04 pm
jesdraggon
I think we've officially been in a drought for several years here.
10:04 pm
hokie carla
hey, midrant is too a word. he stopped midrant to complain about something else
10:04 pm
72 Temple Owl
Time to get ready for hike this am. My alarm clock is a local rooster.
10:04 pm
hokie carla
are you out west, jes?
10:04 pm
jesdraggon
have fun, TO. no heat strokes
10:04 pm
hokie carla
enjoy, TO
10:05 pm
72 Temple Owl
You as well
10:06 pm
jesdraggon
i do my best to avoid them, once is enough :) (yesterday I spent a good bit of the field work time in the line of the irrigation sprinkler)
10:06 pm
hokie carla
I did not know you could make a smell past tense
10:06 pm
jesdraggon
thanks! I got 4 words from that comment (2 ad words as well as od)
10:07 pm
hokie carla
glad I could help!
10:07 pm
jesdraggon
w's wrangled :)
10:08 pm
hokie carla
oh, finished the o's
10:09 pm
hokie carla
just found the od7 which makes me think of monsters, inc. stink it up!
10:09 pm
jesdraggon
u's utilized
10:10 pm
jesdraggon
thanks! that's my first 7 of this grid
10:10 pm
hokie carla
LMK when you finish the P & H because I have only one of each and no ideas.
10:11 pm
jesdraggon
heh. i currently have one of each of them, wanna bet they're the same you have?
10:11 pm
jesdraggon
ph4/7 and he4/8
10:12 pm
hokie carla
I'm sure they are...wait. I have pu5/14
10:12 pm
hokie carla
thanks!
10:13 pm
hokie carla
eminence front...eminence front
10:13 pm
jesdraggon
thanks now i have both ps
10:15 pm
hokie carla
phantom torment
10:16 pm
jesdraggon
gotta go feed the beasties before they swarm me. back in a few
10:16 pm
hokie carla
I may or may not be asleep
10:17 pm
hokie carla
35 left. a lot left on a handful of tiles.
10:18 pm
hokie carla
ooh, 1st col gray
10:41 pm
hokie carla
barely hanging on. decided to list for last 20some and now 11 left. that H is he6/36 and I was just about to look it up since I can't see it.
10:44 pm
hokie carla
of course it's sciency
10:53 pm
jesdraggon
not finding it
10:53 pm
hokie carla
ends in first number
10:53 pm
jesdraggon
of course it does. thanks!
10:55 pm
hokie carla
still looking up words. D8 - obsolete because of course it is
10:56 pm
hokie carla
now down to 3 a's
10:58 pm
72 Temple Owl
I think the smell is an adjective ending like past tense
10:59 pm
hokie carla
well, 2/3 of my a's should have been found.anyhoo, midnight now and I am falling asleep. good night!
10:59 pm
jesdraggon
sleep well!