12:08 am
cybernan
hello everyone :)
12:11 am
dizgrannie
nbt/nbs, thnx Buggie
12:18 am
dizgrannie
1 rh so far
12:18 am
cybernan
re 7 x2
12:18 am
justafreep
pr7/8
12:19 am
justafreep
pr7 x 2
12:25 am
cybernan
re 7 x3
12:30 am
justafreep
re7 x 4!
12:42 am
sprite
morning babblers
12:43 am
justafreep
hi, Sprite
12:43 am
sprite
hiya freep!
12:44 am
justafreep
what's an interesting new thing to tell me since I've been gone for a week?
12:45 am
broll
lickety has an extra word listed - fi 8
12:45 am
sprite
ehmmmm well a thing I learned just yesterday was that when you sew through tough fabric, the backside of the needle can be sharp enough to pierce your skin
12:46 am
justafreep
That is important knowledge!
12:46 am
justafreep
and so is yours, broll. thanks.
12:46 am
sprite
glad to share, lol
12:48 am
justafreep
I bet it's an 80 pointer (cuz I tried that. not that I know why it would be a word)
12:54 am
Gillie
firehose - 60 points, actually
12:56 am
justafreep
oh. that should be a word
12:57 am
sprite
enable is not known for its consistency or transparency
12:57 am
justafreep
See, sprite, you're full of news for me!
12:57 am
sprite
*giggles*
12:58 am
Gillie
according to MoreWords - it is in Enable, but maybe only the newer version?
12:58 am
justafreep
huh. you wouldn't think that was a new addition to the language.
12:58 am
sprite
probably. Our version is ancient.
12:59 am
sprite
maybe overlooked in older versions and more recently corrected?
1:00 am
justafreep
Maybe it's in the 'firehose of information' sense which could be a new usage, rather than firemen using one (which would be two words)?
1:01 am
sprite
sounds reasonable
1:01 am
sprite
as a dutch person, knowing when something is two words and when not is tough
1:01 am
justafreep
Ooooh, no one ever calls me that. Thanks!
1:03 am
justafreep
my general strategy even as a native Enable speaker is to try everything pronounceable, just in case.
1:05 am
sprite
I think my approach is even broader. If it looks like it might possible be a word under enable rules, which do not include pronounceability, I will enter it. If I were to be rated by the number of correct words compared to the not valid ones I try, I would be so busted.
1:06 am
justafreep
That's a fair strategy, though. I mean, we know that any combination of letters, even if it looks like a compound word that isn't a word or an unpronounceable jumble, might actually be archaic Scottish slang....
1:08 am
sprite
exactly. As our late jillibus put it so beautifully: "I've decided the compiler of Enable is a prurient Jewish Scot who is a mining engineer with various medical conditions including dyslexia, and some musical leanings, who has travelled widely and collected a large variety of coins and currencies as well as sundry snippets of several languages, but is slightly out of date about cyberspace. S/he must have had some legal activities too and a penchant for using archaic language.""
1:08 am
justafreep
excuse me - hae!
1:09 am
Gillie
what, doesn't take "pervier"
1:09 am
sprite
guess that is where the prurient part comes in
1:10 am
grannyrose
cooee and g'day * hugs * sprite
1:10 am
sprite
hiya dear friend! *hugs*
1:12 am
grannyrose
how are you dearest? rough night?
1:13 am
sprite
it's been a rough couple of days, for some reason. Still under the weather, I guess. This morning, they will remove the sea container that we used to store our stuff. Quite the undertaking with a crane and a prayer that they can get close enough.
1:13 am
sprite
how are you doing?
1:15 am
grannyrose
i'm okay. unfortunately lower back and hips are being rather beastly. * sigh * so long as i don't move around too much I'm okay.
1:16 am
sprite
aw darling, that sucks. Healing vibes to your misbehaving parts. In a pain sense, the other misbehaving parts can stay as they are.
1:16 am
grannyrose
seeing GP on Friday. going to have it out with her about analgesia. one endone just doesn't do it.
1:16 am
sprite
hope she will see sense
1:18 am
grannyrose
tomorrow will attempt the warm water pool for the first time since before Christmas. only going to do 15-20 re4 of each exercise instead of my usual 50.
1:18 am
sprite
makes sense, darling. Take it slow and easy.
1:22 am
grannyrose
i really don't want to go back to the slow release oxycodone. it took me ages to get off the wretched stuff. but then i think.... if it improves my quality of life it may be worth it.
1:23 am
sprite
have you talked it over with your pain doc as well?
1:24 am
grannyrose
i will next time i go in. he tried denervation of my lower back last year. that didn't last all that long.
1:24 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
1:24 am
grannyrose
thanks lickety. sorry about the multiple emails.
1:24 am
sprite
thanks Lickety
1:25 am
licketySplitAUS
All good - and also - when Clues are up - there is actually a 1 minute delay till they are viewablwe
1:25 am
sprite
yeah, patience is key :D
1:28 am
grannyrose
so sprite. why do you say it's been a rough couple of days? what's been going on? or are you still in recovery after having Rob and Caya unwell?
1:29 am
sprite
I think so. Am very low in energy. And a bit short tempered.
1:30 am
sprite
how did the talk with the Donster go, re kitchen?
1:30 am
grannyrose
ahhhh. understandably too. if you aren't sleeping well, AND are still in pain.....
1:32 am
grannyrose
not yet. too much happening. appointments etc. plus he has been making all the bookings for when we are going to see my friend for her 75th. (next month)
1:33 am
sprite
good man, Don. Yeah, not the right moment then.
1:33 am
sprite
bbs, nature calls
1:34 am
grannyrose
going up to Queensland. 3 days driving up, staying 3 days, then 3 days home. only 6 hour days driving.
1:50 am
sprite
back. Oh my, that is taxing, honey. Lots of car time.
1:51 am
sprite
firehose. I mean, fireflies.
1:52 am
sprite
poofing with hugs.
1:56 am
grannyrose
* hugs * sprite
1:57 am
grannyrose
WTG SPRITE !!
2:21 am
dizgrannie
oh and mh 4
7:52 am
crosshair
A mh and an lw. Full of babblets today, I see.
8:15 am
periwinkle
hello all. help with S in right column please
8:17 am
periwinkle
ty phae
8:18 am
periwinkle
I found a 6 but not the 7
8:19 am
phaeton
yw...don't know if that will help. I think sp6/21 and sp7/32 come from that S
8:19 am
periwinkle
ty will look for sp7
8:20 am
phaeton
sp7 is a pl of sp6/21
8:20 am
periwinkle
then there must be more than one sp6
8:22 am
phaeton
yes...but they are both sp6/21
8:25 am
phaeton
if you have the sp7...then you have the one of the sp6's
8:25 am
periwinkle
I do not have the sp7
8:26 am
phaeton
so and lo4
8:26 am
phaeton
sorry ...so and lo4 = sp6
8:27 am
phaeton
so and lo4...don't know why I keep getting that wrong
8:27 am
phaeton
dang...something is wrong with my p key...sp and lo4
8:28 am
phaeton
auto correct...what a pain
8:28 am
phaeton
hope I haven't totally confused you
8:29 am
periwinkle
you have :)
8:29 am
suefrad625
Ty phae
8:30 am
periwinkle
ah got them both ty phae, new words for me
8:32 am
suefrad625
I am subbing HS on block day. 2hr reading class.
8:32 am
suefrad625
3x today
8:33 am
suefrad625
I love these students
8:38 am
phaeton
enjoy sue!
8:40 am
suefrad625
its cold here in central florida.
8:43 am
phaeton
hah! Join our world...been in the single digits here
8:43 am
phaeton
did you see the snow in New Orleans?
8:58 am
bichon
sue, been to the Everglades in a winter coat
9:01 am
mkg
Got an 8: clue: i live in california. I had a house pr****** but now it is burnt down.
9:02 am
mkg
It is a seven and 8: pr
9:03 am
BzznBea
Clue blurt. And in bad taste.
9:03 am
suefrad625
MKG, did you loose your house?
9:05 am
suefrad625
I have a room in Fl. That you can use.
9:05 am
suefrad625
Honestly
9:07 am
Kaplan the Magne
I just don't go out.
9:07 am
Kaplan the Magne
I'm doing my dance class on line.
9:09 am
suefrad625
Dance is a great way to work out
9:12 am
suefrad625
Bichon, the students are wearing blankets. Not many have winter wear. I should have one, lol.
9:12 am
MollyL
mkg doesn't live in California. That was a clue.
9:13 am
Kaplan the Magne
where
9:13 am
Kaplan the Magne
oops. What, who when?
9:15 am
Kaplan the Magne
Dance is great but I don't do it enough.
9:15 am
MollyL
The pictures of snow in New Orleans are freakishly weird.
9:15 am
Kaplan the Magne
Lucky my class is also streamed.
9:16 am
suefrad625
Molly, did you see the guy ice skating? He was playing hockey in the streets.
9:16 am
Kaplan the Magne
Get used to a lot more friki. It is yuyu. Those are s
9:16 am
Kaplan the Magne
Spanish words.
9:16 am
suefrad625
I dont miss the snow and Ice, but the kids and grands are having a blast in NC
9:21 am
MollyL
Also, nine inches of snow in the Outer Banks. Again, freakishly weird.
9:22 am
suefrad625
And it wont be getting much warmer, is molly?
10:00 am
rururocks
you guys are really getting it back east
10:02 am
BzznBea
We only have a couple inches of snow from overnight.
10:09 am
MollyL
It was 9 degrees this morning. And that was the real temperature, not the "feels like" temperature.
10:11 am
rururocks
cold here too but not that cold
10:32 am
hokie carla
bea, looks like classes are canceled at NCSU
10:33 am
hokie carla
we had a little snow out of the blue yesterday but it somehow disappeared even with the super cold. maybe it blew away.
10:34 am
BzznBea
I'm sure. Not sure how much they got down there.
10:35 am
BzznBea
Mom had a dr appt in Wake Forest today. I've been trying to call to cancel, but get the answering service.
10:36 am
hokie carla
I bet they are closed then. You'd think they'd call patients with appts though.
10:37 am
BzznBea
Service said they would be open at 10, but still getting the answering service. Guess I won't sweat it.
10:39 am
BzznBea
We would have been fine getting there, but is is too cold for her to get out.
10:42 am
BzznBea
19 left for later.
10:45 am
hokie carla
bye bea
10:47 am
hokie carla
so, I have 3 vi4. is there a big one or something?
10:52 am
hurshy
there's a 5
10:53 am
hokie carla
you can vield a sword (in my best german accent)
10:55 am
hokie carla
ooh, 2nd col gray
10:58 am
hurshy
top row grey!
10:59 am
hokie carla
still can't find that V 🤣
10:59 am
hurshy
looks like a pl without a singular
10:59 am
hokie carla
ooh, top row gray!
10:59 am
hokie carla
just need 2 R's for 2nd row
11:04 am
hurshy
phantom: five
11:04 am
hokie carla
my last was fr5 babblet
11:06 am
hokie carla
just found a new w7/8 that is new to me
11:06 am
hokie carla
of course no def
11:07 am
hurshy
dang it i've had so many good re- ideas and yet none of them is my last R on the right
11:07 am
hokie carla
I need 2 from each R
11:08 am
hurshy
doing the left R now
11:10 am
hurshy
got all but one there also
11:10 am
hokie carla
S is my biggest problem. need 5 + 1
11:11 am
hokie carla
down to 16.
3-6-5-2
RR
RR PP
WW SSSSS S
MM
11:14 am
hokie carla
phantom repel
11:14 am
hokie carla
found one upper R
11:14 am
hokie carla
and one S
11:17 am
hurshy
do you have re5/16 that is less-normal of a word than the other re5/16? and plural?
11:17 am
hokie carla
I don't think so. only seeing one re5/16 in my list.
11:18 am
hurshy
that's your left pair then
11:18 am
hokie carla
aha, got them, thx
11:18 am
hokie carla
I love archaic and obsolete words, enable!
11:18 am
hurshy
any guesses on either of mine?
11:19 am
hokie carla
hmm, looking
11:19 am
hokie carla
do you have the comparative 7 that's kinda dumb?
11:19 am
leighprefect
hi all
11:20 am
hokie carla
and the madness 6?
11:20 am
hokie carla
hey leigh
11:20 am
hurshy
madness maybe not
11:20 am
hokie carla
re6 madness was a movie I think
11:21 am
hurshy
ohh i think i do have that then
11:21 am
hurshy
i thought you meant like a word for a kind of madness like schizophrenia or something
11:22 am
hokie carla
greek letters?
11:22 am
hurshy
so basically i'm missing obvious things i guess
11:22 am
hokie carla
ctrl-R?
11:23 am
hokie carla
well, I still need one R from the upper, so it's possible it's a weird one we both need
11:24 am
hokie carla
phantom sleep(s)
11:24 am
hurshy
erm, i use control-R to fill right in a spreadsheet
11:24 am
hurshy
OH i got it yes that was my left one!
11:24 am
hokie carla
ok, sorry I am a mac user so it's command-R
11:25 am
hurshy
i too am on a mac but i use windows at work
11:25 am
hurshy
and i just have not ever used that command on either
11:25 am
hurshy
usually just click the little circle arrow
11:30 am
leighprefect
i need three more. ho 5 and 6, and that last fr 5
11:31 am
hurshy
ho5 rhymes with old-time sports broadcaster Howard
11:31 am
hurshy
fr5 is like Fr5 Jacques but change the center vowel
11:32 am
leighprefect
thanks, hursh. i'll think on the ho 5 some more.
11:32 am
leighprefect
but the fr 5 was perfect
11:34 am
leighprefect
got it. fw, thanks!
11:34 am
hokie carla
the h is like the L in the grid
11:34 am
hokie carla
well done
11:38 am
hokie carla
what are you hmmming?
11:39 am
hurshy
what the second S from the right could be
11:39 am
hokie carla
ah, yeah. no idea.
11:39 am
hokie carla
I assume we both have sp6
11:40 am
hurshy
the plural of the shopping sp5, yeah
11:41 am
hurshy
1-2-3-3-1
11:41 am
hokie carla
3-3-4-2
11:41 am
hurshy
ok i see from the flip i need wh7 and 8
11:42 am
hokie carla
yeah, that's the weird one I just made up randomly. similar to the toys that wobble but don't fall down
11:42 am
hurshy
thanks!!!
11:43 am
hurshy
and freep said there are four re7 and i only have 3
11:43 am
hurshy
so that's got to be our last upper R
11:44 am
hurshy
hmmm indeed
11:44 am
hokie carla
what about the M? not a lot of ways to go. and yet, I can't find.
11:45 am
hurshy
yeah it's weird
11:45 am
hurshy
i have mo5 and mh4
11:45 am
hokie carla
same
11:45 am
hurshy
and it doesn't know about mosh pits
11:46 am
hokie carla
well, I remembered that
11:46 am
hurshy
imma see if MW knows any more MH words
11:46 am
hurshy
nope, that's it, so has to be MO i guess
11:47 am
hokie carla
oh, found it
11:47 am
hokie carla
similar to a place you stay while traveling
11:47 am
hurshy
yes i found it too!
11:47 am
hurshy
bottom row grey!
11:48 am
hurshy
what lower H do you think i would have missed
11:49 am
hokie carla
my last was he4
11:49 am
hurshy
oh nvm found it, it was an easy one
11:49 am
hurshy
yeah it was an he4
11:49 am
hurshy
which i tried the re- version of earlier and then forgot to put on its own
11:50 am
hokie carla
3-2-3-2
11:50 am
hurshy
and we know one of the 7s is the fourth re
11:51 am
hokie carla
will try to find my 4s
11:51 am
hokie carla
we know the right s isn't one
11:53 am
rururocks
Mo plus most of not heaven
11:53 am
hurshy
we're way past that
11:54 am
hurshy
do you have all four re7s, or both right S words? that's what we're on now
11:54 am
hokie carla
found a 4 finally!
11:55 am
hurshy
phantom: reflex
11:56 am
hurshy
and major phantom: sleep
11:56 am
hokie carla
but the other 2 4's are hiding
11:56 am
hokie carla
2-2-3-2
11:56 am
hokie carla
R P WW SSS S
11:57 am
hurshy
i believe there are 8 W4, if i just counted right
11:57 am
hokie carla
okay, I just counted 8
11:57 am
hurshy
and don't forget that sh4/6
11:57 am
hokie carla
that's the one I just found before
11:59 am
hokie carla
ok, looks like I need a P and an S 4 then
12:00 pm
hurshy
then you must have whichever longer P i am missing
12:00 pm
hokie carla
aha, the foreign currency
12:00 pm
hurshy
2 6s, 2 7s, 1 8?
12:00 pm
hokie carla
do you have pe6?
12:01 pm
hurshy
i have a pe6 yes
12:01 pm
hurshy
AHA it was a 5
12:01 pm
hokie carla
that was my next guess
12:01 pm
hurshy
so now i'm down to R7, 2 S6 and an S7
12:02 pm
hurshy
unless freep was wrong but that seems unlikely
12:02 pm
hokie carla
ok, my other 4 was another sh4
12:03 pm
hokie carla
so maybe the one you guessed
12:03 pm
hurshy
i guessed the 4/6, the other is a 4/5
12:03 pm
hokie carla
ok, the 4/5 is the one I just found
12:04 pm
hurshy
*groan* checked list for position of missing RE7 and it's a normal word
12:04 pm
hokie carla
now R WW SS S
0-1-3-2
12:04 pm
hokie carla
how many points?
12:04 pm
hurshy
whistle-blowing zebra guy
12:04 pm
hokie carla
argh
12:06 pm
hurshy
ok so you know like people who go to unknown places are ex.... ?
12:06 pm
hurshy
make an S word that would be a little-kid way of saying that root verb
12:06 pm
hurshy
like, you know, magellan or whatever
12:07 pm
hokie carla
ok, thanks
12:07 pm
hurshy
looks like my last is sh6/30
12:08 pm
hokie carla
looked at the list and now working on the w
12:09 pm
hokie carla
ok, never seen that without over
12:10 pm
hokie carla
forgot that dumb S.
12:34 pm
hokie carla
mooo
12:35 pm
moolingwa
hey hoke, happy woden's day
1:04 pm
hokie carla
happy weirdly pronounced word day
1:40 pm
moolingwa
got down to 10
2:01 pm
moolingwa
1-3-2-3-1
2:32 pm
cybernan
hello everyone - a little late getting here today :)
2:45 pm
cybernan
hi ori -- no fires near you I hope
2:46 pm
cybernan
hi swmbo
2:47 pm
swmbo
Both ends of the country represented. I think we can hold up the Canadian contingent lol
2:49 pm
origami
No fires around here, nan. Current ones are well south of here.
2:49 pm
cybernan
Oh, I think so. Didn't realize that you are in NS. Had a great visit there even though Dorian struck the 2nd day. The people were wonderful.
2:49 pm
cybernan
Oh, I think so. Didn't realize that you are in NS. Had a great visit there even though Dorian struck the 2nd day. The people were wonderful.
2:50 pm
swmbo
Are the fires diminishing at all? I have to confess I have stopped watching the news :( too stressful
2:50 pm
cybernan
that's good, Ori. I shudder to think what it might be like here this summer. We have had no rain for over a month and the snow pack in the mountains is abysmally low.
2:50 pm
swmbo
I’m glad you were treated well despite Dorian
2:51 pm
origami
Here also, nan. Last rain was in October.
2:51 pm
cybernan
I haven't watched USA news since inauguration day.
2:51 pm
origami
I haven't either.
2:51 pm
swmbo
I think fire will figure more and more in all of our futures.
2:52 pm
swmbo
Nan, I stooped since the election. Although some events, like the fires, do trickle through
2:53 pm
cybernan
I think the American news outlets are so afraid of retribution from bully boy that they avoid reporting with any degree of accuracy or fairness.
2:53 pm
cybernan
Didn't watch the inauguration -- nor anything since
2:55 pm
cybernan
global news is mostly Canadian and only reports what affects us from south of the border.
2:56 pm
swmbo
I used to watch The National on CBC every night. But it has gotten too grim.
2:58 pm
origami
I listen to BBC news on NPR and watch the news hour on PBS (when I'm watching the news).
2:58 pm
cybernan
unfortuneately for our friends to the south, if Americans were hated before that has increased tenfold now.
2:58 pm
cybernan
I'm speaking globally in that regard.
2:59 pm
swmbo
Origami, I also like the PBS news Hour.
2:59 pm
origami
All that will change when Canada becomes a state of the US. 😀
2:59 pm
swmbo
Don’t even joke about it. It is too insulting.
3:01 pm
Q
Re: fires, there's a new fire in the last couple of hours, 500 acres, near castaic lake. oops. 3,400 acres now. i stopped watching the news to make coffee.
3:01 pm
origami
The megalomania of that man is astonishing.
3:02 pm
origami
There isn't much of California left that hasn't been scorched by fire in the last few years.
3:02 pm
Q
this is the "hughes fire"- it's a fairly sparsely populated area, there are evacuations but i don't think the fire is at structures at this time.
3:02 pm
cybernan
I don't think that is a joke any longer in the idiot's mind. He just doesn't realize that we like our sovereignty and our parliamentry government (if not the people in power at the moment) and under no circumstances would give it up.
3:03 pm
swmbo
Not that joining America in itself would be horrible, but that our nation could be considered so inconsequential that we could be bought or would willingly give up our sovergnity .
3:03 pm
Q
meanwhile, i would like to put my application in for california to join canada.
3:03 pm
cybernan
accepted, Q -- maybe Oregon and Washington would like to join you.
3:04 pm
swmbo
We’d take you in a heartbeat
3:04 pm
cybernan
Imagine -- 13 provinces :)
3:04 pm
Q
i hope they would, i'd rather californians not have to go through the US to see our new country.
3:04 pm
Q
i hope they would, i'd rather californians not have to go through the US to see our new country.
3:06 pm
swmbo
I read somewhere where a person suggested if Canada did join the US it would be as 13 new states, the 10 provinces and 3 territories each becoming a state with the requisite number of senators and congresspersons per state
3:07 pm
swmbo
That might mess up the electoral college somewhat
3:08 pm
Q
i'm not sure i'd want that if i was canada, splitting up like that... one huge state seems like it would maintain more power.
3:10 pm
swmbo
Ah, but much like American states, Canadian provinces each have a distinct culture, history and values, while part of a confederation. Each province would want to have its own stance on any political position
3:11 pm
swmbo
As an aside. This is why I rarely chat. I can’t chat and look for words at the same time
3:14 pm
cybernan
As I see it the one good thing that has come from this is that our Premiers and even our First Nation leaders are more willing to work together to achieve common goals.
3:15 pm
swmbo
I agree Nan. With the possible exception of Alberta
3:16 pm
cybernan
yes, well she is a piece of work, but I think she will be out on her ear as soon as possible.
3:17 pm
swmbo
I hope you are right. My son lives in Alberta and he tells me she is not very popular
3:20 pm
cybernan
I get the same reports from my son and daughter who live there
3:33 pm
cybernan
Thank goodness for lickety -- I would never have found a lot of these words otherwise
3:35 pm
swmbo
Me too. But I think I’ll pack it in for now. Maybe back later to finish, maybe not :)
3:35 pm
cybernan
just 3 left here
3:37 pm
cybernan
any clues for se 5/16 please?
3:38 pm
cybernan
Done - hagd everyone :)
3:38 pm
ch1212
type of font, nan. common one.
3:41 pm
cybernan
ty anyway ch1212
3:54 pm
BzznBea
Forgot I hadn't finished today.
4:06 pm
medusa
last fr5 please?
4:07 pm
Shirlockc
just got it myself, it's fr+rock
4:07 pm
BzznBea
ends in raw metal
4:07 pm
medusa
Last fr5 please?
4:21 pm
MollyL
Ends in raw material that is mined
4:22 pm
BzznBea
Are the sp6 and 7 related?
4:27 pm
periwinkle
would you like a clue. they were new word for me
4:29 pm
periwinkle
sp+lo4
4:29 pm
NANCY
yes peri a clue please
4:31 pm
BzznBea
Thanks, peri.
4:32 pm
NANCY
ty got them
6:54 pm
rururocks
Don’t forget the re peri
6:55 pm
rururocks
Might as well put the whole word in the chat
7:13 pm
Shephard
could someone please give me a clue for the sp 6/7 combo
8:19 pm
penquis
ends with a word meaning legends....it's a four in the grid...and pl....
8:20 pm
penquis
i see that someone just clued it giving more letters...
8:20 pm
penquis
i also see that i am an hour late, lol....
8:34 pm
penquis
i am done...*waving goodnight to the lurkers*....
9:49 pm
origami
*lurker waves back
10:18 pm
harpjane
found a bovine