You do know how to look things up on the internet, surely!
Dad to Narcissa (Cissy), the chocolate lab. A bit grumpy and forgetful. Good with computers and baking cookies / flapjacks. Also forgetful.
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You do know how to look things up on the internet, surely!
Don’t need any, we know who we are.
Wordle 1,538 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 My fourth try had two vowels, so what does that say that I thought of it first? #Wordle
Connections Puzzle #816 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 I had to look up the definition of one word in the blue line - said it was English… #Connections
A random thought: has it taken several days of medication to get him on his feet? He looks like he’s been ill and rambles incoherently…
Wordle 1,537 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Retrieved a result after I thought I’d dropped the ball. #Wordle
Connections Puzzle #815 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Suspiciously easy today. Or, it was my second mug of tea.
My attempt just fell apart after the first hurdle. I should feel wretched but that’s not five letters.
Harmonia axyridis, the harlequin ladybird. I took her for a walk at Oxford Park. Heavily cropped from a larger image as I don’t own a macro lens. Taken with #Nikon #D850 and #24-70mm lens. Manual 1/160 and F/6.3 and ISO 900, 720 and 560 (auto ISO).
Is that Arthur Dent?
Wordle 1,536 3/6 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Well, well, well. Other watering holes may be available.
Connections Puzzle #814 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟪🟩🟩 🟩🟪🟩🟩 🟪🟩🟩🟪 🟩🟪🟪🟪 I don’t understand that third row at all. Probably another American pop culture reference.
My heart belonged to Martha Longhurst. I haven’t seen a full episode since she left.
Wordle 1,535 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I was inspired by the motto. #Wordle
I feel he uses words that ill-educated people misunderstand to give himself credibility and gravitas. Of course, those are his supporters. Does he use ‘RFK’ to describe himself, hoping that some ‘JFK’ charisma will seep into his skin? Doesn’t work with me.
Been there, done that. Split my pants, skinned, my knees then went round again.
More like Benson’s Bone to me.
Wordle 1,534 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Not my normal term of endearment but it’ll do.
I've not heard of some of these associations - I considered it was a US thing.
He could have kept his mouth shut until he had facts and data, rather than rumour and opinion.
Wordle 1,532 6/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That was close. Not a word I hear a lot.
Wordle 1,531 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Very lucky on my second try as I both confirmed and narrowed down a good deal. #Wordle
Just checking the hidden details in a photo today. You can see the mesh keeping out the bats (or pigeons) from the belfry. St Peter’s church, Ashton-under-Lyne. #Nikon #D850 #24-70mm Manual mode, 1/200s, f/10, Auto ISO 64 taken at 50mm
Connections Puzzle #808 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Easy, and - if I may add Peasy #Connections
Wordle 1,530 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Came out of nowhere. #Wordle
The Irish people think more of the Choctaw than the US government.
Can Farage be one of the masses deported?
Wordle 1,529 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Well! If you could see my fifth try, the sixth would be obvious. #Wordle
Connections Puzzle #806 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 It was the second line that had me. #Connections
Wordle 1,528 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That’s made me happy. #Wordle
My dad told me he knew Belle Vue when it was all fields. He was from Gorton and places like Denton were out in the wilds.
Connections Puzzle #805 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Once I found the first row the next two seemed obvious. #Connections
Wordle 1,527 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I felt certain that my fourth try was correct. #Wordle
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I don't believe that she's entirely trustworthy. If she said that the sun rises in the east, I would check with a compass and a clock.
Connections Puzzle #804 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 That seemed simple and took only 2 minutes. What’s going on? #Connections
Wordle 1,526 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Another solid four. Getting it together. #Wordle
Connections Puzzle #803 🟪🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I had to look up the variations, as I’m unfamiliar. Having done that the rest fell into place. #Connections
Wordle 1,525 X/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 Damnation! My next guess would have been correct. I strongly dislike alphabetical order! #Wordle
Connections Puzzle #802 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟦🟪 🟦🟪🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 I feel that only people in the USA would know.
Wordle 1,524 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Stupid word! #Wordle
Connections Puzzle #801 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟪🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Well, I did look up one word but it didn’t help me. Only one mistake. #Connections
Wordle 1,523 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I am well impressed! #Wordle
Connections Puzzle #800 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Better than I expected. #Connections
Wordle 1,522 4/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 At least I didn’t get too upset at a four. #Wordle
Wordle 1,521 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 No problems with this one. An inspired guess. #Wordle
Connections Puzzle #798 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟩🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I don’t understand these Americanisms very well. However, only one slip.
Wordle 1,520 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Exactly! #Wordle
Wordle 1,519 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Took so long. Rather takes the gloss off the win. #Wordle
Wordle 1,518 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 And I didn’t panic!
Connections Puzzle #795 🟨🟦🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 My work is done. But I take exceptions.
Wordle 1,517 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Sounded right for me.
I can report that I’ve had a happy relationship with my wife for 35 years. That’s when we got divorced.
Wordle 1,516 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Without getting so many eliminations, I would never have considered this.
Wordle 1,515 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Four is my lucky number. Unfortunately, I got it in five, again. #Wordle
Connections Puzzle #792 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 That seemed too easy, 5 minutes.
Wordle 1,514 5/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I thought it was all going away from me but I’m OK with a 5.
Wordle 1,513 3/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Out-Bloody-Standing! #Wordle
Wordle 1,512 6/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It runs in the family, does winning.
Sandwich is a town and civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, south-east England. It’s probably ’Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée’.
Wordle 1,511 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I was inspired
Connections Puzzle #788 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟦🟪🟪 🟦🟪🟦🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Lovely.
Wordle 1,510 6/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Stupid word #Wordle
Wordle 1,508 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I kept thinking of the homophone and its spelling.
Wordle 1,507 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A solid four. #wordle
A Venti Starbucks drink in the UK costs between £4.20 and £6.20. There is no way I’d pay over four quid for a coffee.
Google Translate calls it Moose accident.
Wordle 1,505 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Not that bad, not frightening at all. #Wordle
Please excuse the accidental plurality of cheese.
I’ve just had a delicious bowl of Fusilli Cheeses. It’s like Macaroni Chesse but whe you’ve run out of macaroni but have a bag of Fusilli. Made with fried diced onions and Red Leicester cheese with fresh ground pepper.
Wordle 1,504 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 All I know is the joke about shoes.
Narcissa and Shadow having a runaround. #Ashton-under-Lyne #Labrador
Wordle 1,503 X/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 Damnation! #Wordle wins again. Breakfast - Nothing fancy, just a fry-up.
She was three in July.
Wordle 1,502 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #Wordle - You sods!
Home by the range.
Wordle 1,501 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Well! It seems only fitting that this word was my last try.
Wordle 1,500 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Not my first choice of a word. Obviously. #Wordle
Wordle 1,499 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Four steps to get it all! #Wordle
Wordle 1,498 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That’s going to stay a long time with me. #wordle
Wordle 1,497 6/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That wasn’t easy. All the obvious words were useless. #Wordle
Wordle 1,494 4/6 🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Not much thinking just trying.
Wordle 1,493 X/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ Stupid word, anyway.
This is what you get when you quit Obedience Training half way through. #ChocLab # Nikon #D850 #Labrador
I remember the whole family glued to the TV. It was riveting but, there again, all landings were. The year later I was at university in Bath. No, not studying Rocket Science but Biochemistry.
Wordle 1,492 2/6 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It said I was magnificent. About time someone noticed.
Wordle 1,491 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I’m impressed with myself!
Even Manchester United supporters thought he was a giant among goalies.
Wordle 1,490 6/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Not a word I’ve come across.
Wordle 1,489 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Took me a while but my average is still OK.
Wordle 1,488 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I was shaking on that last one.
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I got 6/6 like my eyesight with correction.
I don’t understand how anyone thought he behaved differently. His only care is for the size of his wallet.
Wordle 1,486 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Skin of my teeth.
Ha!
I can only vaguely remember the X42 to Nelson, dropping me off at Burnley once a month or so. Skipton is ‘over the border.
Nelson - where the Manchester to Burnley bus disappears.
I don’t know the ratio of Posh/Non-posh to work out how much of that 7% that comes too but it seems to be not many.
And siphons off their donations.