12:02 am
justafreep
sn7 and happy flip
12:03 am
cybernan
good evening freep and everyone else in the wings
12:04 am
justafreep
hi, nan
12:18 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:20 am
justafreep
thanks lickety
12:35 am
cybernan
no luck finding the 9 -- good night everyone :)
12:35 am
justafreep
night, nan
12:58 am
sprite
morning, babblers
1:22 am
sprite
at least 3 valid ones in that one
4:51 am
0471
planet is there in the grid.. but not valid.
4:59 am
MollyL
But another one is
7:23 am
mael
there are at least three planets in this grid :)
7:43 am
hokie carla
just saw one
7:43 am
hokie carla
but haven't looked specifically for any
7:43 am
hokie carla
oh, there's us
7:55 am
hokie carla
phantom gnarled, author
8:02 am
hokie carla
finally saw the 3rd planet!
8:08 am
hokie carla
I see a speedy gonzales word
8:24 am
hokie carla
well, 65 left after first pass. no HOET thanks to top row. GATBO thanks to Jan. but still need 17 6s and 6 7s, so probably tough from here on out.
8:37 am
MollyL
I guess Speedy Gonzales is another politically incorrect thing now. Sigh.
8:39 am
rururocks
I remember eating at little black sambo's as a kid before that got changed to an kid from india and then eliminated
8:40 am
rururocks
I remember African American people behind the white line on the bus when i was a kid
8:41 am
hokie carla
wow, you are old ;)
8:41 am
rururocks
i sure am
8:42 am
rururocks
grew up in interesting times
8:54 am
rururocks
but times are politically even scarier now
8:54 am
welki
'morning, everyone
8:56 am
hokie carla
welki!
8:57 am
rururocks
hi welks
9:03 am
welki
woo - went fast and furious for the first 115, and now stopped in my tracks. maybe i need coffee.
9:04 am
rururocks
I'm down to three and can't see them
9:06 am
rururocks
now just a s 5
9:06 am
welki
*drum roll*
9:08 am
rururocks
thanks that helped
9:08 am
welki
glad to oblige
9:08 am
rururocks
another weirdo babblet
9:08 am
rururocks
were you born in the fifties or sixties welks?
9:09 am
welki
i'm like you, old as dirt. 50s
9:09 am
rururocks
oh wow.. your daughter is young though
9:09 am
rururocks
I'm older than dirt :D
9:09 am
welki
how old do you think she is?
9:10 am
welki
38 - and just returned from mountain climbing in w. virginia - brave kid!
9:10 am
rururocks
wow.. she looks younger than 38
9:10 am
welki
unlike her mother, she takes good care of herself :D
9:11 am
rururocks
I had a friend tell me that I don't look my age, then I told them you haven't seen me at 7 in the morning
9:11 am
welki
i resemble that remark. children would run screaming
9:12 am
72 Temple Owl
hey welk
9:17 am
rururocks
gotta go.. see everyone tomorrow.
9:21 am
72 Temple Owl
oops gtg it
9:21 am
72 Temple Owl
is time for the gym later all
10:27 am
cybernan
Good morning )
10:33 am
cybernan
is the oc 9 a compound ?
10:35 am
Atalante
not really
10:35 am
cybernan
guess I have the first half then -- maybe I'll see the rest at some point.
10:37 am
Atalante
people who go there ....
10:39 am
cybernan
can't get past the 7 letter island nation
10:39 am
Atalante
watery versions of Neil Armstrong
10:40 am
welki
jason and the argo*****
10:41 am
cybernan
oh - so not a place then -- ty - haven't heard that term before
10:42 am
cybernan
cooling down in AB welki?
10:43 am
welki
yep, and we've had snow - time to head south!
10:43 am
cybernan
oh - a lot of heavy frost on the roof a few times, but no snow yet.
10:44 am
cybernan
not heading south though - doesn't get that cold here other than for a couple of weeks in January
10:45 am
welki
we should have relocated to b.c. instead of toughing it out here - my inlaws lived in victoria and i did envy my father-in-law being able to golf year-round
10:45 am
cybernan
that and have reached the age where travel insurance is sky high - especially for the states
10:45 am
welki
yeah, it's expensive, but necessary.
10:46 am
cybernan
It's never too late -- read the chat earlier and I think you are 10 years younger than I am.
10:48 am
cybernan
housing is much more expensive here than where you are, though
10:48 am
welki
and taxes are sky high
10:49 am
cybernan
don't know about Victoria taxes. Here they are about the same as Lethbridge. We do have the PST however.
10:49 am
welki
we think about it from time to time - and of ontario (to be closer to the kids), but i can't see it happening. i'm too lazy to pack everything up :)
10:51 am
cybernan
I know what you mean -- we waited to late to downsize making it a bit of a chore. I do love my gated community, however - just wish I had two guest rooms instead of one.
10:52 am
welki
we did the downsizing and it was more than a bit of a chore - still trying, years later, to fit what we "salvaged" into the small house we now have. the old 'trying to fit five pounds of shit into a one pound bag'
10:54 am
cybernan
lol - you should see my garage and it is 8 years later!
10:56 am
welki
i have to get some stuff done before heading out to town this afternoon - later, nan
10:57 am
cybernan
nice chatting - hagd
11:07 am
hokie carla
welki, I feel you on the downsizing. and I have brought a couple of carloads from my mom's house and having to find places for that.
11:11 am
cybernan
ntpn: ballet music composer Aaron
11:11 am
BzznBea
Copeland
11:16 am
hokie carla
ok, any reason I can't get half on upper U and G? also can't find the singlet E.
11:17 am
swmbo
en6: to make someone loveable
11:17 am
cybernan
in the same boat with the u and the g
11:18 am
hokie carla
ah, thank you
11:19 am
swmbo
uh 5 and 6: to do with the cavalry apparently
11:20 am
cybernan
points?
11:20 am
swmbo
5/14 and 6/24
11:20 am
cybernan
ty swmbo - looking
11:20 am
hokie carla
oh, we've had those before, thx
11:21 am
swmbo
ga7/40: a swag or trimming
11:21 am
hokie carla
omg, that's a normal word
11:21 am
cybernan
have that one
11:22 am
hokie carla
of course I didn't have the last half of it either
11:22 am
hokie carla
probably should eat lunch
11:23 am
swmbo
I've noticed normal words turn up once in a while
11:26 am
hokie carla
incredible how they can hide
11:30 am
BzznBea
Mr. Brooks is in the G. I always forget that one.
11:32 am
swmbo
Mr. Brooks?
11:32 am
BzznBea
Country singerr
11:32 am
BzznBea
My r is sticky
11:32 am
mattygroves
Rhymes with Mr Vader
11:32 am
swmbo
ah of course. I'm old, to me Mr. Brooks is Mel LOL
11:33 am
moolingwa
morning
11:34 am
swmbo
Afternoon here on the east coast
11:34 am
moolingwa
afternoon for you then :)
11:34 am
BzznBea
I also found marijuana, mon.
11:35 am
cybernan
hi mool - what time zone are you in
11:35 am
moolingwa
mountain nan
11:35 am
BzznBea
Hey mool.
11:35 am
moolingwa
hey BB, happy Wednesday
11:36 am
hokie carla
mooo
11:36 am
moolingwa
well this grid is getting off to a slowish start
11:37 am
swmbo
It's a bit sticky
11:37 am
hokie carla
slow for me too
11:37 am
moolingwa
on the first row
11:37 am
hokie carla
yep, that's the worst
11:38 am
hokie carla
thanks bea, for the d4
11:38 am
cybernan
really struggling to find g's - only 4 so far
11:38 am
hokie carla
finally at HOET now
11:38 am
moolingwa
I'm HOET of the first row :)
11:39 am
hokie carla
well, U and G were my only two not HOET after first pass, so you will have HOET easily
11:39 am
BzznBea
Most of the Gs are babblets. The ones I mentioned are the exception.
11:39 am
moolingwa
u, took a little long for me
11:40 am
cybernan
monkeys found g 4 x2, so hoet there now.
11:44 am
hokie carla
oh, I missed your country singer comment, bea. I always forget that too. you could also say Dana Carvey character, but that might not help most here either.
11:45 am
hokie carla
also missed the plastic wrap in the grid
11:46 am
moolingwa
openeth - they openeth thee door
11:46 am
hokie carla
thy openeth
11:47 am
moolingwa
yes, typo on my part
11:47 am
hokie carla
thought so
11:47 am
moolingwa
54 left
23-11-14-5-2-1
5OFOET
11:47 am
UntitledDocument
probably thine door? not how thee is used
11:47 am
moolingwa
fair point UD
11:47 am
hokie carla
53 here. 19-15-14-5
11:48 am
hokie carla
yeah, I don't speak puritan very well.
11:48 am
UntitledDocument
Can't say I do either lol
11:48 am
moolingwa
yeah, I'm more impuritan
11:49 am
moolingwa
4OFOET
11:49 am
hokie carla
th6 we shall go back to chat log english
11:50 am
UntitledDocument
can I get a translation of that mool?
11:50 am
moolingwa
4 Or Fewer Of Every Tile
11:50 am
hokie carla
4 or fewer (left) on each tile
11:50 am
UntitledDocument
thanks!
11:50 am
BzznBea
I'm missing an A
11:50 am
hokie carla
lol, I'm missing several. 4 + 2
11:51 am
hokie carla
if I were as6, I might only be missing 1
11:51 am
moolingwa
3OFOET
11:51 am
cybernan
should go and have some breakfast
11:51 am
moolingwa
almost tuatara
11:51 am
cybernan
a's done - all normal or bablets we've had before
11:51 am
hokie carla
found 1 A
11:52 am
BzznBea
I have two as
11:53 am
BzznBea
Found it. Thanks, nan
11:54 am
hokie carla
there's authenic :D
11:57 am
moolingwa
2OFOET
11:58 am
moolingwa
29 left
12-3-10-2-1-1
12:00 pm
hokie carla
still 51 here but I'm multitasking
12:00 pm
moolingwa
only have 5 greys, plus the 2 freebies
12:00 pm
hokie carla
or, not really looking here but doing other stuff on my computer
12:00 pm
hokie carla
I have 3 grays, all singlets
12:01 pm
moolingwa
yeah, I have those three, plus the first column E, and the bottom row r
12:01 pm
hokie carla
oh, found my last O
12:01 pm
hokie carla
thought I had that already
12:01 pm
moolingwa
and now the j
12:02 pm
hokie carla
there's that other R
12:02 pm
hokie carla
still need a J and left E
12:02 pm
hokie carla
there's the J
12:03 pm
moolingwa
finished the n
12:03 pm
hokie carla
just found an N but need 1
12:04 pm
moolingwa
greyed the 2nd column E
12:04 pm
hokie carla
excellent
12:05 pm
hokie carla
still need an E on each
12:05 pm
hokie carla
darn, there's teh animal
12:06 pm
hokie carla
so now just one E on 2nd col
12:06 pm
hokie carla
duh, e's gray
12:07 pm
hokie carla
and yes it was ea6 and i had L7
12:13 pm
hokie carla
name that other star wars character!
12:13 pm
hokie carla
so, if we're keeping score...3 planets and at least 2 SW characters.
12:14 pm
UntitledDocument
Surprised only 1/3 planets counted
12:14 pm
hokie carla
I think only ours counts because it's a word also not proper noun (dirt)
12:14 pm
hokie carla
whereas the other 2 are only proper nouns
12:15 pm
UntitledDocument
that would make sense
12:19 pm
hokie carla
found my N!
12:20 pm
moolingwa
saturnine would work :0
12:22 pm
hokie carla
there is an example like that we have often but I'm now drawing a blank on it
12:23 pm
moolingwa
greyed the middle r
12:24 pm
moolingwa
right u uncovered :)
12:24 pm
moolingwa
20 to go
12:24 pm
moolingwa
5-3-8-2-1-1
12:24 pm
hokie carla
still need 1 there and will take any guesses
12:24 pm
moolingwa
because they all are :)
12:25 pm
hokie carla
well, I have 2 UN4, so that's either a brilliant guess or they all are
12:25 pm
moolingwa
I'll go with brilliant guess for $400 please Alex
12:25 pm
hokie carla
was trying to do something similar with a bigger word earlier so it was vaguely in my head
12:26 pm
moolingwa
4th column a admonished
12:26 pm
hokie carla
36 here. 12-9-11-4
12:26 pm
moolingwa
4-3-8-1-1-1
12:26 pm
moolingwa
a lot of 6s left
12:26 pm
hokie carla
T3 U T3 G4 H6 R2 A3 S4 L3 A C D3 P2
12:27 pm
moolingwa
T U TT G
H SS
LL A
CC D
OO PP
12:27 pm
hokie carla
yeah, this is where I give up because of all the 6s
12:28 pm
moolingwa
found my os
12:28 pm
hokie carla
and that H is a real mystery. I have looked at it several times.
12:28 pm
hokie carla
orange you great
12:28 pm
moolingwa
obviously :)
12:29 pm
moolingwa
there's a couple of oddish h's, but also a lot of regular ones
12:30 pm
moolingwa
ah, found a 6...regular word
12:31 pm
hokie carla
forgot 2 of the H babblets
12:32 pm
hokie carla
found an S7
12:34 pm
moolingwa
4-3-7-1
12:34 pm
hokie carla
LOL, mine's pretty similar to before
12:34 pm
moolingwa
found a regular 4
12:35 pm
hokie carla
10-9-11-3
12:35 pm
hokie carla
just found a very regular th4
12:37 pm
hokie carla
and there's a T4 that is my nemesis
12:38 pm
moolingwa
still 14 left here
12:39 pm
moolingwa
oh, found a weird 6
12:40 pm
hokie carla
found an A
12:40 pm
moolingwa
peanus - a phallic looking peanut
12:42 pm
hokie carla
I don't know if youre familiar with the song "found a peanut" but one of my cousins actually thought it was found a penis when he was little
12:43 pm
moolingwa
greyed my middle A
12:43 pm
moolingwa
and the H
12:43 pm
hokie carla
alright alright alright
12:44 pm
moolingwa
still haven't greyed a single row or column
12:44 pm
hokie carla
hotdog
12:44 pm
hokie carla
I just need 2 P's to gray bottom row or 1 C for first col.
12:44 pm
hokie carla
I'm sure it's some made up co word
12:45 pm
moolingwa
1 C (1st) and 1 T (4th) columns
2L or 2P for rows
12:46 pm
hokie carla
phantom prenatal
12:46 pm
moolingwa
and unwanted prenag
12:47 pm
hokie carla
preundo - when you know something is going to turn out wrong
12:48 pm
moolingwa
common in handcrafts
12:48 pm
moolingwa
pealet - a small pea
12:48 pm
BzznBea
How about the fowl that has the fancy mate. pe6
12:49 pm
moolingwa
prenado - those few minutes before the tornado hits
12:49 pm
hokie carla
of course, thanks bea
12:49 pm
moolingwa
oh yeah...me too
12:49 pm
hokie carla
I never remember her
12:49 pm
hokie carla
she's just not as showy
12:49 pm
moolingwa
10 to go
12:49 pm
moolingwa
2-3-4-1
12:50 pm
hokie carla
27. 6-8-10-3 T U T2 G3 H4 R2 A2 S3 L3 A C D3 P
12:50 pm
moolingwa
found my Ls
12:50 pm
hokie carla
gotta get ready for golf
12:50 pm
hokie carla
lucky!
12:50 pm
moolingwa
so third row greyed
12:51 pm
moolingwa
2-2-3-1
12:51 pm
moolingwa
yeah, I should do something else too
12:51 pm
BzznBea
I need to step away from the buttefingers
1:10 pm
cybernan
hi again
1:30 pm
cybernan
4 left: ur 5, tu 7, na 5 and en 6/24 -- help please
1:46 pm
ChampFit
Crap...en+co4
1:47 pm
ChampFit
sorry...didn't check the points the first time.
1:47 pm
ChampFit
The na5 I have looks like past tense but there's no singular.
1:51 pm
Atalante
ty champ!
1:54 pm
periwinkle
hello all
1:54 pm
periwinkle
hey moo. have not seen you in a while. how are you doing?
1:55 pm
periwinkle
not doing well with this grid. will plod along for a while
1:55 pm
periwinkle
Hi, Ata!!
1:56 pm
Atalante
hi Peri!
2:01 pm
periwinkle
ta8 please
2:01 pm
ChampFit
Do you have the 6/21?
2:02 pm
72 Temple Owl
hi all
2:03 pm
periwinkle
no champ
2:03 pm
ChampFit
There's a 4/5, 6/21, then 8/50
2:04 pm
periwinkle
ty champ found them
2:04 pm
periwinkle
help with lone E in right column please
2:05 pm
ChampFit
Like the movie with Shirley McClain and Debra Winger - Terms of En6ment
2:06 pm
periwinkle
ty champ
2:14 pm
mery9419
3 of our solar system's planets in this grid.
2:15 pm
mery9419
plus the center of it all
2:18 pm
ChampFit
Yes, they're uselessly in the grid. :)
3:54 pm
mael
one isn't useless :)
4:07 pm
MollyL
And it's our Mother : D
4:11 pm
periwinkle
cl7 please
4:13 pm
hurshy
greetings all
4:13 pm
periwinkle
hi hurshy
4:14 pm
hurshy
oh i came in right in the middle of you peri-ing lol
4:16 pm
periwinkle
st7 please
4:17 pm
hurshy
an ingenue, a rising actor
4:17 pm
periwinkle
ty hursh
4:19 pm
Atalante
hi smurshy!
4:19 pm
hurshy
hiya Ata! home or still in the western hemisphere?
4:20 pm
Atalante
home now in Scotland :D
4:21 pm
hurshy
phantom: turtle
4:25 pm
Atalante
we had a turtle in scotland today :D
4:26 pm
hurshy
do you usually not have turtles?
4:26 pm
hurshy
i thought turtles lived pretty much everywhere except the poles
4:26 pm
Atalante
we're pretty much the poles :P
4:27 pm
Atalante
Mediterranean is about the limit
4:28 pm
72 Temple Owl
for forty years i have traversed a local road which bears a tutrle crossing sign. for forty years i have been looking for turtles crossing the road. none. nada , zip
4:28 pm
hurshy
well of course we are also living in the midst of the sixth mass extinction, so there's that to consider
4:29 pm
72 Temple Owl
gee hurshy, you have a phd in biology as well?
4:30 pm
72 Temple Owl
ata, love your photos
4:31 pm
hurshy
don't need a PhD to read the news...
4:31 pm
72 Temple Owl
of course.
4:32 pm
Atalante
thank you :)
4:32 pm
hurshy
73% average decline in wildlife populations since 1970 in a report that came out about a year ago
4:32 pm
72 Temple Owl
trouble is, it's like the law of motion. for every pundit there is another espousing the opposite
4:32 pm
hurshy
it's not a pundit
4:32 pm
hurshy
it's the world wildlife foundation report
4:33 pm
72 Temple Owl
pardon me, if i used a word incorrectly. i think the meaning is still clear
4:33 pm
hurshy
but pundits, the point of pundits is to offer commentary. other things, other organizations, offer statistics, information. it's not the same thing at all.
4:33 pm
Atalante
wwf is still an ngo with an agenda
4:34 pm
hurshy
so do you think they are incorrect? that it's not as bad as that report suggests?
4:35 pm
72 Temple Owl
4:33pardon me, if i used a word incorrectly. i think the meaning is still clear
4:35 pm
Atalante
I'm sure its about as bad as they say. but all conservation organisations do have agendas
4:36 pm
rolin
Just weighing in here... if the WWF can be dismissed as just another ngo with an agenda.... and a 'whatever' espousing an opinion..... is there any documented and supported work to show species either have increased or even not declined?
4:36 pm
hurshy
TO, if you have a specific criticism of a study's methodology, or a reason to think an information source is untrustworthy, by all means bring it up. but don't do the whole "nobody knows any facts, everyone is just saying their opinion" thing.
4:38 pm
Atalante
It's fairly easy to provide any trend in biodiversity if you try hard enough. But its such a shitshow now that the declines are absolutely obvious and documented
4:38 pm
72 Temple Owl
hurshy, i have no idea where this is coming from. somethin else is going on here that i will not engage.
4:38 pm
hurshy
well then you are confusing me very much.
4:38 pm
72 Temple Owl
i twice apologized for misusing a word
4:39 pm
hurshy
but you also said your meaning is clear (ie the same meaning applies whether it is a pundit or not)
4:39 pm
72 Temple Owl
give it a rest
4:40 pm
72 Temple Owl
i am just a player in an online game
4:41 pm
hurshy
my last comment - was that accurate or did i misunderstand you?
4:41 pm
72 Temple Owl
who is trying to get in a few before dinner, but must now give that my full attention
4:48 pm
MollyL
Conversations about things like this with alarmists generally don't go well.
4:50 pm
hurshy
well to me the important thing here is to state that not everything is a mere opinion. facts do exist. science can make MISTAKES about facts, but one needs to argue those on the merits, not say, "well i just don't believe that" for no other reason than that you don't want to believe it. if people have info that i don't have that suggests we don't have species loss, i would be beyond thrilled to hear it. but i think it's very important to defend the simple idea that facts exist.
4:51 pm
Atalante
we have species loss, we have species gain. but overall we have species loss for a number of types of animals and plants. now whether this is related to human action (probably) is another question, but climate change is a big issue in extinction
4:54 pm
hurshy
i heard jellyfish are expected to do very well
4:54 pm
Atalante
oh yes, very well.
4:56 pm
Atalante
we'll all be eating jellyfish soon
4:56 pm
hurshy
are they edible? nutritious?
4:57 pm
Atalante
edible and nutritious-ish. just not tasty
4:57 pm
hurshy
too bad, i like tasty
4:57 pm
Atalante
I think you flavour them!
5:05 pm
hurshy
i wonder if cats would like them, even unflavoured
5:11 pm
hurshy
it's dash madly about the house time for Fritz
5:18 pm
hurshy
ata, are you considered an oc8?
5:27 pm
hurshy
oh looky, marijuana nickname in the grid - 2 spellings!
5:27 pm
hurshy
we don't get words like THAT every day
5:54 pm
cybernan
hi everyone - just back from a lovely lunch out with friends
5:55 pm
cybernan
tu 7 please?
6:00 pm
cybernan
or the ur 5? my last two
6:18 pm
Lizlin
ur 5 - ur + 3 vowels Though I can see it's been a while since you asked.
6:19 pm
crayola
Thanks liz
6:23 pm
cybernan
does anyone have a clue for the tu 7 please?
6:26 pm
Lizlin
Difficult for me to clue - tu + consonant + misspelling of a girl's name (miss out consonant in the middle of the name) Clumsy clue. Sorry
6:28 pm
Lizlin
Didn't even get the clue right! What I said, then add another consonant at the end. Sounds like someone "reaching for the stars"
6:30 pm
Lizlin
Google says -adjective
adjective:
serving as a protector, guardian, or patron.
6:37 pm
cybernan
not getting it, will have to look it up
6:39 pm
cybernan
was way off base when it came to the girls name
6:40 pm
cybernan
thanks for trying, liz - that's me done . Any clues wanted before I leave?