There? I'm not sure we're HERE yet!
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There? I'm not sure we're HERE yet!
#WQuers #waffle1321 4/5 (the good) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 wafflegame.net 🦊#FoxiMax #1103 7/8 (the bad and ugly) foximax.com 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩
Midweek #WQuers Wordle 1,537 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐤🦆🕊️ squareword.org 1311: 7 guesses 🐤🦆🕊️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟨🟨🟩 <6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥 #squareword #squareword1311 Luck and good guessing to all!
Yeah, I can see that Geneviève. Sorry.💚
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I'm so sick of the neo-nazis, the Terfs, the 'christians' who ignore the biblical teachings in their hate filled crusade, the politicians who prefer focus groups to morality, and the press who don't call any of them to account, ever. So tired. Bring on the comet, we're done.
If I may, allowing yourself a little decadence is a good thing from time to time. If you can't accept indulgence, luxury or extravagance from yourself, how will you be able to accept it when it's freely given by others? Peace and respect to you Gene.
Will turn into in the future? More like did turn into in the past, but have been in denial about it for the last quarter century... 😂🤣🤣
Very well done! 👏🥈🥂 I'm back in the comfortable surroundings of the cheap seats today, and I'm quite content with that. Wordle 1,536 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Ruin a movie by making it about Gary. The Maltese Gary
Even Robyn admits to finding it a bit tricky today mate! 🤯
"Don't worry about the slightly bitter Almond flavour, It's a new blend."
Always good to keep the balance! ☯️ Nicely done on the Wordle, and that SQW was a tricky one today!
Just a bit, just a bit. Had me staring at it for a while.
A rare snap indeed my friend!
Snap on the SQW, and very nice eagle Robyn!
#WQuers #waffle1320 3/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 wafflegame.net 🦊#FoxiMax #1102 4/8 foximax.com 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜
Tuesday #WQuers Wordle 1,536 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 😡 ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⛳ squareword.org 1310: 8 guesses ⛳ 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 <6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥 #squareword #squareword1310 Luck and good guessing to all!
Post a random picture, or everything will go bad in September. I can’t see this ending badly… 😉
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Nice 6!
Last night Schnapps Ian-San!🍻
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If you're planning to not have an election (possibly even a midterm), then you don't need the rallies anymore. They were really only a thing because they massaged Trumps ego. That's not needed anymore. Hail the Thiel/Vought/Miller Autocracy. J.D. might reign, but make no mistake, he won't rule.
Post a random picture, or everything will go bad in September
Thanks!
Well done! 👏🥂 I find myself sitting at the tipple van today (and occasionally running for cover from this damned rain)😂. Wordle 1,535 5/6 ⬛🟩🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Well done!
"A lot of people are saying"...
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#WQuers #waffle1319 2/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 wafflegame.net 🦊#FoxiMax #1101 4/8 foximax.com 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Well done Robyn, beat me on both today (which I consider a sign things are returning to normal)!
Now that's what I call a good start to the month Ian-San!
Albatross!
Monday #WQuers and a return to normality Wordle 1,535 5/6 ⬛🟩🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 squareword.org 1309: 8 guesses ⛳ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 <6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥 #squareword #squareword1309 Luck to all!
More laughter? Definitely. More snorting? To quote Blackadder 3: "I believe it is still very much down to the conscience of the individual".🙂😂🤣
Your ability to prophecy my final score of 101 before I did the final puzzle is... disturbing. Would your middle name happen to be Cassandra by any chance? 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks, but more like an insanely lucky finish! 😂🤣
A stylish ending!
Well done to you Ian! And as is usual for us, one each and the balance is maintained.☯️
Nice birdie Robyn! And the rare SQW eagle as well! You're rocking it!
Thanks Robyn! Ending Aug100 with a burst of ridiculous luck!
Sunday #WQuers, and the end of August! Wordle 1,534 2/6 ⬛🟩🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🦅😵 squareword.org 1308: 8 guesses ⛳ 🟩🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 <6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥 #squareword #squareword1308 Luck to all!
As a youth I read many forgotten, nay forbidden lore (which may explain my current mental state). And although the translation was vague and unpleasant I do remember references to "The Beast of the 1000 couches". It stuck in my mind at the time as being foul even by the standards of those tomes.🤣🤣
Ours are wilder and don't come close, but after 8 years of doing a "rural change", their calls at dusk still lift my spirits. We are blessed to be in a land with such creatures. Past time we accepted that and started evening the ledger.
Fair enough. I'll admit to a few Wordles that have been "more than enough puzzles for today, tomorrow, and next week".🙂
I feel extremely seen.🙂
Lucky puzzling Thomas!🙂
May I remind people that we consider a "par" as 4. Now 4x31 = 124, so anyone who ends the month below 124 may have missed the target, but has ended the month under par. That is worthy.☯️
[Joke] You know, If you'd gotten us to form cliques and battle other cliques for lowering of scores according to some bizarre and unknowable set of rules judged only by you, this could have been a "reality tv" series. Netflix would have loved the idea of a show that cancels itself in a month!🤣🤣🤣
I saw that as well. You are not alone.🙂😂
Nice one!
Ah yes, that catches a lot of us first time. You guess the horizontal words only. That's a decent cold first go! You might want to add the "#WQuers" tag to your posts, and join the WQuer group where we swap results. It's a remarkably inclusive group for puzzlers. Be welcome! bsky.app/profile/did:...
And I was thinking about how Hugh Jackman who plays Wolverine is Australian, despite playing a Canadian. It seems to be a thing in the marvel based movies, "Any accent your character has can be explained and accepted, PROVIDED IT'S NOT AUSTRALIAN!" 🤣🤣🤣
Oh my! Might I suggest you try using "ADIEU", "FORTS", "GLYPH", and "ENEMY" as starting words? Well done getting across the line though!
Well, we Australians have been referred to as "Canadian Texans" on other less reputable sites. I find that definition both appallingly horrible, while grumblingly admitting there may be a grain of truth there.😂🤣
I think someone distracted him with something shiny so he forgot about it. Because you can't prove it false to the satisfaction of the conspiracy nuts, and if it's true then despite absolutely nothing changing really, it might cause a panic that could make the very rich slightly less rich.
Accidental in both cases I assure you!😂
The brother tells me that down towards the river end of the property we've got a few more gum tree branches down on the highway side as well. Living 10 minutes from the coast has many advantages, but the winds aren't among them.🙂
Oh, we discussed the wild weather. Just did a walk around and 4 big branches got ripped of the willow tree and are now lying in the front yard, and one massive branch got ripped of a gum facing the highway. Fortunately it fell to the side rather than on the highway. And everywhere I hear chainsaws!🤣
Ha! You wouldn't want that, my starter is a weird colloquialism that shouldn't be allowed as a puzzle word. It'd ruin everyone else's chances!
I'm on 99 as of today, so expecting to end around 103, though another eagle so I end on 101 would be somewhat amusing 😂. Not betting on it though.😜
Well done on a birdie and a par today, a solid effort to finish the month on! My eagle was a fluke (as they almost always are), but welcomed nonetheless!
Definitely how it looks from this end of the world. The Don (and later J.D.) may reign, but they don't rule. Turns out there really is a "deep state" (more of a 'shallow state' really), and Thiel and co are running it!
👏🥂 to you! Real life has kept me away from the clubhouse for a bit, and on my return I find I'm summoned to the penthouse! Wordle 1,533 2/6 ⬛🟨🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Luck and calmer weather to all.
Thank you my friend. Though as always, the 🦅 was a very lucky guess!
Thanks Robyn!
Well done Robyn! And Snap on the SQW (and we both did it symmetrically, though yours is a superior symmetry to my eye).
Windy Saturday #WQuers #Aug100 Wordle 1,533 2/6 ⬛🟨🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🦅 squareword.org 1307: 7 guesses 🐤🦆🕊️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 <6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥 #squareword #squareword1307 Luck, good guessing, and good weather to all!
I don't think it'd change much. Sure J.D. is unlikely to get the press adulation of "The Don", but practically I don't think either of them are really running anything anyway. Thiel, Miller and co are running things behind the scenes. That's how it looks from this end of the world anyway.
I'm a white male over 60, and I think they're toxic idiots!
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Today was one of those Wordles that was designed to be annoying no matter how you tackled it Robyn. But we got one each, so as with Ain, the great balance is maintained. Hope the Sleep schedule sorts itself out soon, nothing worse.💚
Thanks Robyn!
Morning Ian! You did quite well with the Wordle, and the SQW can be annoying at the best of times. No Schnapps (probably for the best), but the balance is maintained as it should be.☯️
Thursday #WQuers #Aug100 Wordle 1,532 4/6 🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⛳ squareword.org 1306: 8 guesses ⛳ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟩🟨 <6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥 #squareword #squareword1306 Better luck and guessing to all.
Well done, and nice eagle Ian! And yes, there is still some balance in the world.
Thanks Robyn, very unexpected result!
#WQuers 🦊#FoxiMax #1097 1/8 foximax.com 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 (blink in confusion) #waffle1315 4/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 wafflegame.net
Thursday #WQuers #Aug100 Wordle 1,531 3/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 squareword.org 1305: 8 guesses 🟩🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 <6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥 #squareword #squareword1305 Luck to all at the end of this month
In the vast majority of cases, you can put the answer down as "because of the great vowel shift of 1400-1600" and be pretty sure of being correct. English spelling started to be standardised in the same period as English pronunciation shifted wildly.🙂
Betteridge’s Law writ large, only as well as the answer to the hypothetical posed in the headline being a resounding “No!” there’s also an additional “You absolute fucking morons…” tacked on.
The tech bro's have made their fortune on the principle of "the next big thing/upgrade". In terms of speed/transfer/cooling, we're hitting a peak in terms of physics (especially in the consumer market where the sales are). Gen Ai using LLM is the tech bro's grasping at a straw to stop drowning.
Schnapps Ian-San! 🍻 The luck (or skill as I'm sure it was in your case), was with us this day!
Purest luck Robyn. It could have easily been a 4/5/6/X today. But thank you.
Snap on the SQW Robyn!
Wednesday #WQuers #aug100 Wordle 1,530 3/6 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 squareword.org 1304: 7 guesses 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟨🟩🟩🟨 <6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥 #squareword #squareword1304 Luck to all!
Congratulations Robyn. And yes, not so simple, unless viewed by the nostalgia of others that didn't have to deal with that. Alas I would have left RMIT's buildings long before you graced their corridors, so the trope where we both had a brief interaction but never met again till here is not valid.
I know that Robyn, but comparative to the present, (in retrospect which is always rose coloured) my times were simpler and better times. Your times (if you wish to make that distinction, which I never would) would therefore be even better and more understandable times than mine.
Never graduated Robyn (but well done you!), heard that the union tech job was available and looking for candidates and applied because it seemed like an interesting job. Got it, and let the course slide because I was doing it to get a job, and I'd found one so why bother? It was a simpler time.
(quickly claims American citizenship [despite the current American government] so I can claim the 5th Amendment against self-incrimination).😂 I was RMIT union tech, and helped bands who were performing in story hall, which meant lifting roadcases up a flight of stairs. And yes, too many times.
Great news! I'm told mine's not fixable except via (more) surgery that could leave me paralysed below the waist if anything went awry. I'll take back pain over not being able to climb the stairs to my barn apartment any day.
Ow yours sounds way worse than mine Robyn! Glad you've got it under control now though.
Mine's a degradation of the L4/L5/S1/S2 vertebrae "the classic Aussie bad back" caused by lifting things too heavy things the wrong way. I knew better, my Dad had the same issue, but "just this once" and "I'm in a hurry", I can't afford two trips", and here I am. I deserve my bad back, I earned it.😡
Possibly (even probably). But never discount Hanlon's Razor "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity".
🤚Can I import my medicines from the USA? Even with the silly Australian tariffs, I think I'll be making a big profit here!
It's not so bad. Apart from a bit of gastro and the occasional acid reflux, it's pretty much deal able atm. And it's not painful, like the back, the hands, etc. Honestly of all that's wrong with me, It's the least annoying for now.
Great news!
In both cases it's the stomach poking through the diaphragm into the chest. In your case it pokes through, and withdraws later. In my case half my stomach is on the wrong side and is snuggling with my lungs. I've got a metaphor for the first fleet in my chest (thankfully without the deaths).