Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, July 20, 2018

12:01 am

hurshy

heidy ho, good flippers

12:01 am

rbud

well, piffle. but at least not 60 or less, lol

12:01 am

harpjane

flip

12:01 am

rbud

hiya, hursh

12:01 am

sammysmom

hi

12:02 am

hurshy

N's Nailed

12:02 am

hurshy

R's Routed

12:05 am

harpjane

found an amphibian

12:05 am

harpjane

or did i just find a reptile? i'm confused

12:06 am

hurshy

M's Massacred

12:09 am

mkg

wow hurshy. good job

12:11 am

hurshy

thanks

12:13 am

hurshy

E's Ended

12:17 am

hurshy

op7

12:18 am

rbud

ty, found it

12:18 am

mkg

ty hurshy. got it.

12:21 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:23 am

hurshy

S's Stomped

12:24 am

rbud

help with that right-hand lone E? just not seeing it.

12:25 am

hurshy

french star

12:25 am

SamanthaJoy

et 6/18

12:26 am

rbud

ahhhh, thanks, Sam and hursh, now I'm at nbt/nbs, whew

12:26 am

hurshy

13 left here

12:27 am

SamanthaJoy

The only 7 I have is the one you gave us :(

12:27 am

hurshy

me too

12:29 am

SueMagee

Ou7

12:29 am

Jacula

64 left here.

12:30 am

SamanthaJoy

HOW IS OU7 EVEN A WORD COME ON

12:30 am

hurshy

dang i tried to find an ou7 but wasn't able to, should have kept at it i guess

12:30 am

hurshy

well it's the thing i tried that i thought did not go before! sigh

12:30 am

SueMagee

Itâ€™s normally past tense.

12:31 am

hurshy

that book is so faddish, it will ou7 itself in no time (?)

12:31 am

Jacula

Now I'm intrigued, because I haven't got the ou7 yet.

12:31 am

SueMagee

Good try.

12:31 am

Rainiqui

da 7

12:32 am

SueMagee

Ty!

12:32 am

Jacula

And now I have found it thanks to hurshy's comment. x Thanks hursh.

12:32 am

hurshy

ty rainiqui

12:32 am

Rainiqui

You're welcome

12:34 am

hurshy

forgot to say O's Obliterated after that 7

12:34 am

hurshy

oh and W's Whacked

12:35 am

hurshy

A's Annihilated

12:38 am

bethn

Tal

12:39 am

hurshy

6

12:41 am

hurshy

L's Licked

12:44 am

nursegladys

do

12:45 am

SamanthaJoy

you

12:46 am

SamanthaJoy

(we're constructing a sentence one word at a time here, jump in, y'all?

12:46 am

hurshy

feel

12:46 am

Rainiqui

like

12:47 am

SamanthaJoy

dancing?

12:47 am

Skug

hail

12:47 am

SamanthaJoy

(with the devil in the pale moonlight?)

12:48 am

Jacula

FIREWORKS! *~*~*~*~*

12:48 am

hurshy

you zoomed past me there jac

12:48 am

rbud

yay, Jac!

12:48 am

SamanthaJoy

I have 43 left. Probably because I'm thinking of poetry instead of Babbling.

12:49 am

SamanthaJoy

It's late, I have to be up early, I've satisfied my minimal requirements of NBS, NBT, and at least halfway on every tile and stat.

So I'll be back to finish this later. Or I won't. Either way, I'll see y'all later. *poof*

12:50 am

Rainiqui

I was thinking Peter Frampton - Do You Feel Like I Do

12:50 am

SamanthaJoy

CONGRATULATIONS JACULA!

12:51 am

rbud

"there once was a fellow from Kent..." - th4 kind of poetry?

1:13 am

rbud

oh, fine, a clean one, then? ;)

"While browsing museums in France,
"I gave their exhibits a glance.
"My kindly advice
"Is those paintings are nice,
"But the statues are needing some pants."

1:28 am

rbud

well, then, having apparently cleared the room, and having reached a nice level of 120, I'll be off till tomorrow.

1:45 am

sprite

good morning all

2:31 am

sprite

fireflies. Bye all, have a blessed day and a peaceful night.
*leaves hug in chog for rose to find*

2:55 am

mrpresident

Evening all :)

2:58 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Mrp. How are you keeping? Any sgns of Spring arriving yet?

2:59 am

zoozzoom

Signs*

2:59 am

mrpresident

Hello zoom! Winter is on us!

3:00 am

mrpresident

Iâ€™m well thank you! How are you?

3:01 am

zoozzoom

All fine here thanks! We have been getting some of your Summer weather here with temps around 30c loving it!

3:02 am

mrpresident

Ooh, that is nice! Hot summer nites?

3:03 am

zoozzoom

Not too bad..around 17-19c I am right next to the sea so mostly get a sea breeze as you know that knocks the temperature down a bit more. So it is nice!

3:05 am

mrpresident

Perfect! We have terrible hot nights in January and February...up around 32 with 95% humidity. Glad you have nicer weather

3:06 am

zoozzoom

Surprisingly here there has been non Precipitation here for just over a month now. Have used most of the water from the three water containers I have.

3:07 am

zoozzoom

Oh yuck high humidity with big temperatures is an energy zapper that is for sure. Hope you good A/C or lots of fans.

3:14 am

mrpresident

We are ac friendly for sure! Very expensive though.

3:14 am

mrpresident

No rain? That is unreal!

3:15 am

zoozzoom

Yes I can imagine it is. A case of sweat and melt or spend money and try and keep cool.

3:16 am

zoozzoom

I know..the grass here everywhere looks like hay. there are pockets of rain in the UK but just has not got to this part yet.

3:17 am

mrpresident

We are very dry! No green at all.

3:18 am

mrpresident

Bbs zoom! Happy babbling

3:18 am

zoozzoom

Very nice to see you, Mrp. Hope yo have a great evening!

3:20 am

mrpresident

You too zoom m)

3:23 am

Buggie

Hi there. We finally had rain last night. I'm hoping we get a little more over the next few days. I didn't manage to mow the lawn at the right time (and it's more weeds than grass, so some things shoot up really fast). Most of the lawn is too dry to mow, it would just rip it all out

3:25 am

zoozzoom

Hi, Buggie :-) Weeds are a bane that is for sure. I should thinkyour grass will soon be lush and green again in no time!

3:28 am

zoozzoom

They say there is some rain for this area tonight but it is very localised and could miss us completely. After that there is no more forecast for a while. Not to have rain often is not the norm here. It normally rains here every other day lol

3:40 am

Buggie

Oh I discovered that my lawn used to be the veg patch, which is why the grass is so patchy. I haven't been able to do anything about it yet (so much to do on the house and in the garden). But over here it's quite common for the lawn to be brown in august. It seems to take good instincts (and well timed free time) to get it mowed just before it completely dries out

3:40 am

zoozzoom

Down to 38 words. Have one of the sevens. But I need the E on the right hand side. May I have the stat for it please?

3:41 am

Buggie

(the Google Earth software is great as you can go back in time on the satellite images)

3:43 am

zoozzoom

Yeah I heard that some vegetables can stunt the growth of other plants so i suppose it is the same for grass. Maybe the thing to do is dig down a feet or so and remove that dirt and replace it. That way the grass should be able to grow fine. But a big job depending on how big the patch of land is.

3:44 am

zoozzoom

Google street is good too I often go to my parents home and we google street where we used to live and go up and down the road LOL

3:44 am

Buggie

I'd estimate that part of the garden is around 500mÂ². I need to start sowing grass seeds in the wetter seasons.Â In some places it's all moss on the ground

3:45 am

Buggie

but I don't mind it too much. I had lots of wild orchids and poppies this year that I mowed around

3:45 am

Buggie

And it's really beautiful when it turns into a sea of violets or daisies

3:46 am

zoozzoom

Oh wow that sounds really nice, Buggie. I love the look of a natural looking garden/field flowers

3:48 am

zoozzoom

I heard the best time to sow grass seed is in the autumn as there is less chance of the bigger weeds growing then.

3:49 am

Buggie

I have fond memories of "bluebell woods" where I originally come from in England. So the violets this year were such a lovely surprise. It was a very wet spring so some things grew amazingly well

3:49 am

Buggie

noted zooz, thanks

3:49 am

zoozzoom

I get moss on the lawn where I have trees as it tends to stay darker and damp.

3:51 am

zoozzoom

I have a forest near by, Buggie that has a natural bluebell groth in it. It is a site to behold when they are all out! A carpet of blue with all the trees.

3:52 am

zoozzoom

Well when I say I have I don't mean it is mine LOL just near by.

3:52 am

Buggie

Yes, I love bluebells. They don't grow so well here

3:53 am

Buggie

right, off to get my shower before the delivery man gets here

3:53 am

zoozzoom

Hope you have a great day, Buggie. And thanks for the chat. Good to see you :-)

3:55 am

zoozzoom

Ha! And I found that lone E YaY me!

3:57 am

zoozzoom

Right my time is up for now. exactly 35 words left and only one seven left to find.

3:58 am

zoozzoom

Will come back later to see if I can find any more words.Happy babbling everyone!

4:00 am

lorena_k

have a good day zoozzoom

5:47 am

mattygroves

Can I have a clue for the lone E in the last column, please?

5:52 am

Haz1558

et6/18 - wrap up some hard labour in vowels.

5:53 am

Haz1558

Or simply a French star.

6:06 am

mattygroves

Thank you!

6:06 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

6:23 am

wvteach

stats for bottom row middle A

6:24 am

Haz1558

aw4/8

6:45 am

Trifioso

morning

6:46 am

bichon

hi Trif

6:46 am

Trifioso

hello

6:48 am

Trifioso

ok....slight rant. WHY can't people just let things be simple? We were invited to join friends for a sport event this weekend. Of course one of the group had to get all "let's over kill this" and created a frigging online sign up thing for people to say what they would bring. and now she is hammering those who haven't signed up yet. Because god FORBID someone not just, I don't know, show up and have fun? okay, rant over.

6:50 am

car.eeyore

LOLOLOL! I say stay home and help me move instead :)

6:51 am

Trifioso

you know EXACTLY who it is too.....think Patsy from Ab Fab

6:52 am

car.eeyore

I already guessed

6:52 am

car.eeyore

tee hee...poot...tee hee

6:54 am

Trifioso

hahahahaha

6:54 am

car.eeyore

Tell her you will bring a chair to sit in and a bottle of wine

6:54 am

car.eeyore

No...better yet, a BOX of wine

6:55 am

Trifioso

hahha. not an option. resistance is futile

6:55 am

Trifioso

I signed up for turkey sandwiches, waters, and ladderball. because I am MAD white

6:55 am

car.eeyore

OMG> waaaaaaay too much work

6:56 am

car.eeyore

and what day is this happening? Pouring rain Sunday or tropical steamy wet Monday?

6:56 am

Trifioso

she signed up for "homemade potato salad" - AS IF. it was made in someone's home, but sure as sh*t not hers!

6:56 am

Trifioso

tomorrow

6:57 am

car.eeyore

Well that's good. Try to let this petty shit go and just enjoy the day wtih friends.

6:57 am

car.eeyore

She thinks she is helping and organizing and that is just her way

6:58 am

Trifioso

did you just call me petty? lol

6:58 am

car.eeyore

No...her

6:59 am

car.eeyore

It seems petty to us but to her it is important for a successful function

6:59 am

Trifioso

count for lone a middle column bottom row?

6:59 am

car.eeyore

don't have it

7:01 am

car.eeyore

Another trailer full of belongings is being moved as we speak :)

7:02 am

gramma

acronym for going off without perr

7:02 am

gramma

mission

7:02 am

car.eeyore

ty gramma

7:02 am

gramma

permission

7:02 am

Trifioso

thank you

7:02 am

gramma

yw

7:02 am

BzznBea

Please, no mention of trailers...!

7:02 am

gramma

anything else?

7:03 am

car.eeyore

Oh dear...sorry!

7:03 am

car.eeyore

Stats for the lone E on the right?

7:04 am

gramma

et e+ work hard with a vowel on the end

7:04 am

car.eeyore

nm... found it

7:04 am

BzznBea

Just followed a 6'X12" uHaul 1800 miles.

7:04 am

car.eeyore

Yikes. We are just moving across town. That must have been a loooonnnnnngg trip.

7:04 am

gramma

BzznBea, where are you moving?

7:04 am

Trifioso

nbt tra la la

7:05 am

car.eeyore

:)

7:05 am

BzznBea

We moved my mom from KS to NC to live with us.

7:05 am

car.eeyore

My goodness!

7:05 am

gramma

Oh boy! I hope that goes well for youn

7:06 am

car.eeyore

Add emotion to the task of moving and it is tough.

7:06 am

gramma

you all

7:06 am

car.eeyore

Wishing you all a peaceful transition ((hugs))

7:06 am

BzznBea

Thanks. So far so good.

7:06 am

gramma

I'm off! See you all tomorrow.

7:06 am

car.eeyore

hagd

7:06 am

Trifioso

I have always wanted to drive across country, but I have to say, that does not sound like a particularly appealing jaunt

7:07 am

Trifioso

have a nice day, gramma

7:08 am

car.eeyore

OK...must get my transcription work done so my desk can be broken down and packed up this afternoon.

7:08 am

Trifioso

I have greyed the right column - FEAR ME

7:08 am

car.eeyore

Trif - I will be at the new homestead after 12:00 if you are out and about.

7:08 am

car.eeyore

Oh! I do...I do!

7:09 am

Trifioso

I have the god of lawns coming at 10, then beloved has a dr appt at 10:30 that I am going to - maybe after, depending on traffic?

7:10 am

car.eeyore

No worries. Good luck on all fronts today.

7:10 am

car.eeyore

HAGD everyone!

7:15 am

periwinkle

good morning all.help with O in 2nd column pls

7:16 am

BzznBea

op4 gem

7:16 am

periwinkle

sheesh, ty Bzz

7:17 am

stu mcc

and an adjective from it

7:35 am

Scrabbler

Anyone still here?

7:36 am

BzznBea

I am here for a few more minutes.

7:36 am

Scrabbler

Just checking in. I need to get ready for a day of kayaking.

7:37 am

Scrabbler

I need to find some words to start off my day properly.

7:42 am

Scrabbler

45 found, maybe I will be back tonight.

7:48 am

Uneaixoise

Have fun, scrabs!!

8:00 am

featherbee

peeking in for a few

8:02 am

Judi

Good morning, all.

8:02 am

featherbee

hi judi

8:09 am

TraderKate

Hi all :)

8:09 am

featherbee

hi kate

8:11 am

featherbee

anyone have the right side E?

8:12 am

Judi

I have no Es yet.

8:12 am

Dorens

french star

8:12 am

featherbee

ah, tyvm

8:13 am

featherbee

and that's nbt for me

8:13 am

Dorens

de rien

8:13 am

doseffing

...el 5/10 ... to make happy and past tense

8:13 am

Dorens

ah, felicitations

8:14 am

Judi

BBL. Work beckons.

8:18 am

featherbee

quiet in here this morning

8:18 am

Dorens

want me to make some noise???

8:18 am

featherbee

lol

8:18 am

Dorens

This is the first morning in a while that I just can't even pick up the newspaper or watch the morning news.

8:19 am

featherbee

oh crap i don't even want to know why

8:19 am

kje

I get that, dorens... it is just so exhausting

8:19 am

featherbee

morning kje

8:20 am

Dorens

hi kj. no special reason feather, I just can't handle it anymore. Need a break

8:20 am

Shirlockc

how about this to cheer you up: https://bit.ly/2uMSeio

8:20 am

Shirlockc

colbert's take on the double negative

8:20 am

featherbee

ahhh, ok, yeah i totally get that. i've not really been on FB as much this past week, and i think that's a good thing. i'll go in to catch up, but i'm not being sucked in for ages.

8:21 am

featherbee

i'm finding i like being here instead.

8:21 am

kje

he is inviting putin to another mtg here in the states for the fall

8:21 am

featherbee

oh goodie

8:22 am

featherbee

that'll be fun. *snark*

8:22 am

kje

and I can't even laugh with the late niters anymore, bc it just isn't funny

8:22 am

Dorens

yes kj, I heard that last night and I think that might have been the last straw for me. The insanity of it, while we're all still trying to figure out what deal he made behind closed doors. Just purely incredible

8:23 am

Dianne

Maybe he will let him light the Christmas tree on the White House lawn....

8:23 am

Dorens

yes, shirl. I record Colbert every night, love his monologues, nut right now i'm finding it hard to laugh at it.

8:23 am

featherbee

*snort* dianne!

8:23 am

kje

and congress has completely abdicated their role in governing. it is amazing

8:24 am

Dorens

Where are the intelligent moderate Republicans? They actually refused to pass a bill yesterday to fund election monitoring? Seriously????

8:24 am

Shirlockc

watching them twist into pretzels to try and justify this s*** is amazing

8:25 am

Dorens

I am becoming terrified. No checks and balances anymore. The future looks pretty grim. Mueller may be the only hope

8:26 am

Shirlockc

dorens, he's already sowed so many "it's lies" seeds that mueller would only be more partisan

8:26 am

featherbee

it's sad how scared i've gotten to talk about it. i'm so used to monitoring what i say on FB because i have family that like him, so to be able to talk here is interesting.

8:26 am

Dorens

All right, before we get chastised for daring to talk politics in chog, maybe we should leave it here. I just assume that people with brains (and that includes most babblers) are of like mind.

8:26 am

Shirlockc

it's going to get worse before it gets better

8:27 am

Dorens

Ah, I wrote that before I read feather. Go ahead and vent, why not?

8:27 am

featherbee

lol, no, it's fine! just to know that i can *snort* here and if anyone has a problem with it, i don't really care because i'm not related to them!

8:28 am

Dorens

hahaha

8:28 am

kje

how democracies die, dorens? very well documented historical look at democracies around the world by some historians... I wish we could count on mueller or the supreme court, or congress... but when they start to align like they are now, there is no one of them that can stand up and save it - it takes a unified force to call out someone with despotic tendencies, and that isn't happenening. The conquor and divide tactic is definitely winning

8:28 am

Shirlockc

yeah, i'm curious, feather, how do your peeps justify? is it just FOX gospel?

8:28 am

kje

that should have started - have you read

8:28 am

featherbee

they don't challenge or question anything. they believe the craziest crap, and everything is twisted.

8:29 am

Dorens

I'm easing off facebook for a different reason. I've been so involved with Indivisible groups and we all keep posting the same stuff and it's beginning to weigh too heavily and I need a break from it.

8:30 am

Shirlockc

one of my friends keeps saying you have to let them talk as they're entitled to their opinions, i say, they're entitled to their INFORMED opinions, otherwise, it's garbage

8:30 am

Dorens

ok KJ, IF everyone who feels this way got involved with Indivisble groups and worked on getting out the vote and educating the majority who pay no attention, that might help

8:30 am

featherbee

what's indivisible? i've not heard of it

8:30 am

kje

the november vote is critical

8:31 am

featherbee

i just hope people aren't apathetic in november

8:31 am

Dorens

in my congressional district only 37% of registered voters voted in the last midterm election. I'm involved in door to door canvassing of all registered democrats or independents,

8:32 am

origami

Good morning

8:32 am

featherbee

hi ori

8:32 am

Dorens

and postcard writing, and sending Vote By Mail applications to all 18 - 22 year olds who aren't registered republicans with notes exhorting them to vote

8:33 am

Dorens

Indivisible groups began all over the country after the 2016 election. Trying to create a movement much as the Tea Party did in response to Obama

8:33 am

featherbee

ahhh, ok

8:33 am

Dorens

Folks who have good representatives can sign on to write postcards to targeted districts that can (and MUST) be flipped in November

8:35 am

Shirlockc

don't forget the gerrymandering problem -- it's hard to flip when the districts are so carved out

8:35 am

Dorens

IF interested, check out NJ11th For Change on facebook. Or nj11thforchange.com Rachel Maddow, Newsweek, BBC news, the New York Times have all featured us. We actually succeeded in getting our Representative (Rodney Frelinghuysen, chair of appropriations committee) to not run for reelection.

8:36 am

featherbee

really? wow!

8:36 am

Dorens

Eric Holder is working on a committee to deal with that, Shirl

8:37 am

Dorens

And we have a Female Navy Helicopter Pilot and former US attorney running for the seat. We're working our butts off to get her elected. And there are women all over the country who are doing the same.

8:39 am

kje

you have another babbler in NJ who has also been super involved. (asgreen) It is somewhat different here because I am in a densely blue area with the highest consistent voter turnout in the state of CA

8:39 am

MLFAN17

feather I haven't been on fb in a few years don't even know if I still have a page there or not

8:39 am

featherbee

i feel my area is a mixed bag

8:40 am

MLFAN17

first column a?

8:40 am

Dorens

I know amanda - She grew up in my town

8:40 am

featherbee

wow mlf!

8:40 am

kje

yes, that area should be

8:40 am

MLFAN17

not my choice feather

8:40 am

kje

I am rooting for Beto in my old stomping grounds... he has outraised cruz but it will be a very hard win

8:40 am

featherbee

ohhh mlf

8:41 am

Dorens

And ye, KJ that is why folks from your district (all my kids are in Brooklyn, Cali, Maryland with terrific representatives) are signing up for postcard writing.

8:41 am

Dorens

KJ you can find ou which indivisible organization is active in Texas and help them out, even tho from afar. Beto does need help

8:42 am

MLFAN17

<---does not like this grid

8:42 am

Dorens

Shirl, here's the link to Eric Holder's work on gerrymandering https://democraticredistricting.com/

8:43 am

kje

TX actually has numerous large blue areas (as far as numbers of people)... they can switch this if they activate well

8:43 am

featherbee

ok, down to 19, have to bbl

8:43 am

MLFAN17

first column a?

8:43 am

MLFAN17

congrats feather

8:44 am

kje

bye weed... I will need to leave soon too - all day faculty development today - 9 hours - ugh

8:44 am

MLFAN17

never mind

8:45 am

Dorens

Bye all

8:46 am

MLFAN17

5th column e?

8:47 am

kje

et6/18 - french star

8:48 am

MLFAN17

the word star in French?

8:48 am

kje

yes

8:48 am

MLFAN17

ty kje

8:48 am

kje

yw

8:49 am

EvaNadine

good morning, babblers!

8:49 am

kje

gm eva

8:50 am

MLFAN17

morning eva

8:50 am

MLFAN17

sw5 clue pls?

8:51 am

kje

an eagle sw5s down to grab a fish from the river

8:51 am

Sally-catlover

Sw5 what birds do

8:52 am

MLFAN17

hi sally ty got it

8:56 am

MLFAN17

I gtg will be back..

8:58 am

kje

39 left for later - adios

9:08 am

aebmusica

da7......clue please

9:13 am

doseffing

da+ all but the first of the baLTIMORE baseball team

9:13 am

Shirlockc

great clue dose

9:14 am

aebmusica

tyvm dose!

9:14 am

doseffing

... if you're a baseball fan ... but thanks

9:14 am

aebmusica

tyvm dose

9:15 am

lynxxx

or if you live in the Northern Hemisphere

9:17 am

doseffing

... didn't one of their relief pitchers come from Austalia? ... he pitched for the Toronto Blue Jays for a while ... surname started with H but I can't remember

9:18 am

lynxxx

baseball is really not big here at all

9:21 am

lynxxx

Goodnight all

9:22 am

doseffing

.... I checked it out ... Liam Hendricks went to Oakland not Baltimore so I was mistaken anyways .... .... there have been 8-10 players from Australia in baseball's major leagues

9:23 am

MLFAN17

isn't that the Orioles?

9:24 am

doseffing

... them's the ones

9:25 am

MLFAN17

ah got it

9:25 am

doseffing

... must be off ... school work to do ... and dishes ... and watering the lawn and some shrubs ... and ... ... luck to all who continue

9:33 am

hego

Hi Everyone

9:34 am

TraderKate

Hi Hego :)
Tenuous connection here... took ages to get grid to load!

9:34 am

hego

Morning Love. :)

9:36 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

9:36 am

hego

Hi Nan

10:04 am

Quiltergirl

Swod

10:06 am

cybernan

stats for the bottom right a please?

10:06 am

therealblah

aw 4/8

10:07 am

TraderKate

Hi nan. blah, and quilter :)

10:07 am

therealblah

hi kate!

10:08 am

cybernan

ty -- thought that was an anacronym, not a word

10:10 am

therealblah

it is, but many dictionaries accept it as a word too

10:10 am

cybernan

time to get some breakfast -- bbl

10:23 am

TraderKate

Anyone need any stats or clues before I pop out for a while?

10:24 am

clg47

yes please ha5,12

10:25 am

TraderKate

HA 5/12 dig a cavity in the ground and toss in an extra vowel?

10:27 am

TraderKate

or add a Spanish cheer?

10:27 am

clg47

thank you - now I can take a break and a morning walk.

10:28 am

magazinemom

thanks for that one kate

10:29 am

bichon

sw 5/20, pls

10:29 am

TraderKate

Bye cig :)
Hi magmom :)

10:30 am

magazinemom

a bird might sw5 down on it's prey

10:30 am

TraderKate

Hi bichon :)

10:30 am

magazinemom

or something happens in one fell sw5

10:30 am

bichon

ty magmom

10:30 am

bichon

hi folks

10:31 am

magazinemom

yvw

10:32 am

magazinemom

hello *waves at everyone*

10:36 am

TraderKate

Are you finished mag?

10:36 am

magazinemom

halfway

10:37 am

TraderKate

I'll stay for a bit then... was having connection issues, but they seem to have resolved themselves.

10:37 am

magazinemom

I should be studying for finals, but needed a break

10:38 am

magazinemom

I can't believe doula isn't accepted!

10:38 am

TraderKate

Is your paper finished?
Yes, definitely a brain break - switching gears is good.

10:38 am

TraderKate

Maybe it's still considered a foreign word?

10:39 am

magazinemom

Papers done!

10:39 am

TraderKate

WOOOT! One more thing off your mind :D

10:40 am

magazinemom

Yep. Have finals Monday and Tuesday and then a 3 week break before fall semester starts

10:41 am

TraderKate

That should be enough to give you a break and get the rest of your life caught up a bit ;)

10:41 am

TraderKate

That's an early start for the semester...?

10:41 am

magazinemom

I hope so!

10:43 am

magazinemom

Between mom breaking her hip and then her wrist, and everything else. I told her she was going to have to remain upright. LOL

10:43 am

magazinemom

Most schools in this part of the country start 2nd or 3rd week of August.

10:43 am

TraderKate

I didn't know about that mag... oh geez! Are you close enough that you are charged with care and recovery?

10:44 am

magazinemom

Yep. Only child. We moved her into assisted living in Feb. About 3 miles from house. She loves it there.

10:45 am

TraderKate

Ah.. well that works well then. You aren't the olny one to help her... so glad she loves it there.. making lots of new friends?

10:47 am

magazinemom

She has a new bestie. (which is good since the other one passed) They have lots of activities and take journeys out and about to lunch and shop

10:48 am

TraderKate

Sounds fantastic... I thnk the worst can be lonliness as we age.

10:50 am

magazinemom

We lived with her for two years, but she has some dementia (not terrible) and we worried about her when we couldn't be home with her.

10:52 am

TraderKate

That sounds more familiar... so glad everything is turning out so well.

10:55 am

magazinemom

Okay, I'm going back to studying. I'll pop back in later. Enjoyed chatting!

11:03 am

TraderKate

Bye mag!

11:24 am

cybernan

hello again :)

11:26 am

BzznBea

Hi, nan.

11:29 am

TraderKate

Hi nan and BuzznBea :)

11:30 am

bichon

Hi all Babbleonians

11:30 am

cybernan

keep forgetting about that boy that's going to die!

11:32 am

BzznBea

I'm out of the loop.

11:32 am

bichon

boy dying?

11:32 am

cybernan

hang down your head tom do 5 :)

11:33 am

BzznBea

Got ua!

11:33 am

bichon

there's no y

11:34 am

cybernan

alt, sp bichon

11:35 am

bichon

I've tried everything

11:35 am

Deeha

That dates you a bit c.nan. Knowing that song!!

11:35 am

cybernan

everythng dates me!

11:36 am

cybernan

it was at the top of the charts when I was a teen

11:36 am

bichon

do 6/21, pls

11:37 am

cybernan

scribble absent mindedly

11:37 am

bichon

only one d

11:38 am

cybernan

there's only one in the word

11:38 am

BzznBea

do + vowel + untruth

11:38 am

bichon

ty Bea, nan

11:38 am

cybernan

I think she is looking for the 6 now, bea

11:39 am

TraderKate

Doesn't that song go all the way back to the civil war?

11:39 am

cybernan

it was a kingston trio hit

11:40 am

TraderKate

ah... :)
I do rmember it vaguely

11:41 am

bichon

the kingston trio also did a song about the Boston MTA

11:42 am

cybernan

hi 5/12 please?

11:42 am

cybernan

MTA?

11:43 am

bichon

whatever the Boston subway is called

11:43 am

cybernan

don't remember that one

11:44 am

bichon

It was a US song, I guess

11:44 am

BzznBea

extend the hi4 with "Walk! Don't *un."

11:45 am

bichon

https://tinyurl.com/ybelxys8

11:45 am

cybernan

ty bea

11:46 am

bichon

nan, that tinyurl was meant for you

11:48 am

cybernan

oh yes -- of course --- just didn't remember what it was about

11:48 am

cybernan

as you said --- a looooong time ago

11:49 am

cybernan

and my memory is beginning to fail me

11:49 am

bichon

da 7/32, pls

11:50 am

cybernan

da + all but first letter of baltimore baseball team

11:51 am

origami

It is an interesting story. Song was actually written in the 1860's about a woman's murder.

11:52 am

cybernan

Tom D --- same melody or did the 1950's version have a new melody?

11:54 am

origami

Not sure if it was the same melody.

11:56 am

cybernan

will have to see if I can find a score for the original

11:57 am

bichon

ty nan

11:58 am

cybernan

pa 6/24 please?

11:59 am

bichon

a saint's name + opp of out

11:59 am

cybernan

ty bichon

12:01 pm

bichon

np

12:02 pm

bichon

3 left, all l's

12:03 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* thanks for the help

12:04 pm

cybernan

an clues wanted?

12:06 pm

cybernan

hagd everyone :)

12:21 pm

TraderKate

Congratulations nan!!!

12:43 pm

HarryHood

nbt and nbs! 64 to go

1:09 pm

helenkeller

Hello Babblers, I have both sad & wonderful news to report today. A dear friend of mine has died. I am in shock. My best friend for close to 40 years has dealt me another shock, although this one is incredibly the best thing that could happen right now.

1:09 pm

susanj2

Helen, I'm sorry for the loss of your friend.

1:09 pm

hego

Hello Helen. So sorry to hear.

1:10 pm

hego

What is the good news?

1:11 pm

origami

Sorry about your friend Helen

1:12 pm

hego

Hi Ori!

1:14 pm

helenkeller

Get e-mail from BFF, he has been staunch Republican all his life, have long since given up arguing, let him have his rants. His brief note began with the words "OK, your team has won." Along with a link. I am very aware this is a taboo subject on Babble, but this is of such extreme significance that it cannot be ignored. My friend is genius level, except for the politics thing, but this goes so far beyond. I encourage everyone to read this link, listen to the entire video because here is THE PROOF. Your choice, of course, whether or not to listen, I strongly suggest you all do & then disseminate, disseminate, disseminate. https://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/34-ye\nars-ago-a-kgb-defector-described-ameri\nca-today

1:15 pm

helenkeller

Thank you very much for the condolences. They are very much appreciated.

1:15 pm

hego

Interesting

1:16 pm

hego

((hugs))

1:16 pm

helenkeller

No hego, it is not interesting. It is terrifying.

1:17 pm

wvteach

tried the link - got a message that page does not exist - has anyone else gotten to it?

1:17 pm

hego

No

1:17 pm

hego

Same thibg

1:17 pm

hego

thing

1:20 pm

origami

Hi hego!

1:21 pm

hego

:)

1:21 pm

helenkeller

https://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/34-ye\nars-ago-a-kgb-defector-described-ameri\nca-today

1:22 pm

origami

Didn't work for me either

1:24 pm

helenkeller

Hmmmm, copying right from link. Try again, it worked for me. https://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/34-ye\nars-ago-a-kgb-defector-described-ameri\nca-today

1:24 pm

wvteach

remove the last part after paul-ratner and then it goes to his page and then scroll down to the story

1:25 pm

zoozzoom

https://tinyurl.com/ybkgub3o

1:25 pm

helenkeller

I can see the problem. Clearly someone, my guess is Russians, don't want this to get out. Someone was inserted backward slashes, take those out.

1:26 pm

zoozzoom

Babble does not like long links so normally you would have to take out the /n in the link.

1:26 pm

zoozzoom

So it is always best to use tinyurl.com :-)

1:26 pm

helenkeller

All hail to zoom!!! What he says.

1:26 pm

hego

He's always right!

1:26 pm

zoozzoom

:-)

1:27 pm

helenkeller

zoom - those '/n' are not in the link I received, someone has changed them, this scares me more. Please listen to the entire interview.

1:28 pm

zoozzoom

no it is babble that inserts the /n, Helen. Not sure why. Been doing that for many years.

1:32 pm

helenkeller

Thanks zoom, was not aware of that. I don't believe I've ever posted a link, but this news MUST get around. Especially if you are LGBT ..., a prisoner, anyone who feels threatened now.

1:33 pm

EvaNadine

afternoon, all!

1:34 pm

hego

Hi Eva!

1:34 pm

hego

Hows Mr K?

1:35 pm

helenkeller

Has anyone listened to the link I posted?

1:35 pm

EvaNadine

hello hego -- little man K is doing quite well! not a baby anymore, thats for sure!

1:36 pm

hego

Will be 2 soon?

1:36 pm

EvaNadine

in September!

1:36 pm

hego

WOW!

1:37 pm

EvaNadine

i know - time flies!

1:37 pm

moolingwa

yeah, mine will be 7 in september

1:38 pm

hego

When you watch kids grow it seems to go faster.

1:38 pm

moolingwa

the rate at which they change is staggering

1:38 pm

helenkeller

https://tinyurl.com/ybkgub3o It is THAT important.

1:38 pm

wvteach

read through the article - didn't realize you could also listen to the interview. The interview video link is all the way at the end of the article that I have

1:40 pm

hego

In 2 minutes Helen

1:40 pm

helenkeller

Yes, the video is at the bottom of the article. Please listen, watch him closely, although a defector, still a look of immense pride for the Soviet accomplishment - and they just began.

1:43 pm

moolingwa

I would argue that disbelieving facts in spite of evidence is not something that is engineered, but rather a core component of humans

1:44 pm

helenkeller

mool - Are you questioning the veracity of what he is saying?

1:44 pm

moolingwa

I am skeptical of the proposition that the

1:45 pm

moolingwa

I am skeptical of the claim that the Russians have engineered the US political discussion

1:46 pm

moolingwa

I believe the Russians are working to create chaos, but the claims within that article point to a process which has a certain conclusion, and that the Russians are basically the architects of what is going on right now

1:47 pm

helenkeller

This video is 34 years old. Events have played out exactly as predicted. Russians play the long game, it is their strategy - explain to me why Stalin emerged from WWI unscathed after slaughtering over 20 million people - Long Game. I am showing you white in front of your face and you are denying it.

1:47 pm

moolingwa

I think that is playing into fears, and providing a simplistic answer to something that is broader and more complex

1:47 pm

moolingwa

People make the same claims about Nostradamus

1:48 pm

hego

I agree with Mool. Very sceptical.

1:48 pm

helenkeller

Yes, exactly mool, that's exactly correct. The video is 34 years old, defector, who still shows pride in his face. Are you unfamiliar with Russian sleeper moles, Cold War. Yes, we should be afraid, very afraid.

1:48 pm

moolingwa

Stalin emerged unscathed for the same reason that people like the Kim family in North Korea survived...or Castro in Cuba, or Pol Pot in Cambodia...or Kabila in Congo

1:48 pm

moolingwa

or even Maduro in Venezuela

1:48 pm

moolingwa

They rig the system around them to retain the power

1:49 pm

helenkeller

Exactly, they have been & continue to be rigging us. You refuse to believe it.

1:49 pm

moolingwa

In Stalin's case he ruled by fear, he killed off those who were a threat, in the same way that the North Korean rulers do

1:49 pm

helenkeller

And in the same way Putin does.

1:49 pm

moolingwa

In China it's more political sabotage, but Mao Tsetung killed 10s of millions and remained in power for many years after he caused those deaths

1:50 pm

moolingwa

Yes, Putin uses political power to isolate and neutralize his enemies

1:51 pm

helenkeller

At the core is the rot, we, a country of free speakers have the ability to stop that rot. All those other countries you mention, every single one, did not have the 'rights' we do here. We can fight back, they didn't have the tools we do.

1:51 pm

moolingwa

I do find the evidence that Russians are attempting to sow dischord as a legitimate claim, but the determinism in that article is more conspiratorial IMO that

1:51 pm

moolingwa

In a sense, the article is using the same methods they're describing the Russians doing, to try and get you to come to a determined conclusion

1:52 pm

moolingwa

Venezuela did, Congo does to some extent

1:52 pm

moolingwa

Populism is powerful though

1:52 pm

moolingwa

Hitler was popularly elected

1:53 pm

moolingwa

Mussolini too

1:53 pm

helenkeller

Okay, I'm done. You want to keep your blinders one, your right. You soon may not have that right.

1:53 pm

moolingwa

What's going on in Turkey also could be construed to be the process of changing from a democracy to authoritarian rule

1:54 pm

moolingwa

If you have a point that you think I'm missing, I'm happy to listen

1:56 pm

helenkeller

No mool, I have said my piece in my last response, I have bigger fish to fry. I respect your right to have your belief.

1:57 pm

helenkeller

https://tinyurl.com/ybkgub3o

1:59 pm

moolingwa

As I do yours. I'm open to convincing, I am a liberal at heart, and I am a political junkie, but I am also someone who is very much driven by logic and discussion. I think it's good to be skeptical, particularly with politics...as most time someone is trying to sell you something

2:00 pm

moolingwa

I strive to have an open mind, rather than a closed one...certainly don't feel I have blinders on

2:22 pm

zoozzoom

Found my last seven lettered word!

2:23 pm

ChampFit

Congrats! I don't have any yet, but not through with my first pass yet.

2:23 pm

zoozzoom

Should of seen it much earlier than I did seeming I used them lots of times in cooking!

2:24 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, ChampFit! I love doing my first pass. When I awaken and have a hot cup of tea at hand.

2:26 pm

ChampFit

I didn't have time this a.m. It's usually the first thing I do after I check email. Weird to start mid-day!

2:26 pm

moolingwa

still have one left

2:27 pm

ChampFit

What are the stats? I'll look too...

2:27 pm

zoozzoom

That tenrec icon, Champfit looks like a hedgehog. Are they the same?

2:27 pm

moolingwa

one 7 that is

2:27 pm

moolingwa

dont have the stats sorry

2:28 pm

zoozzoom

DA 7/32 ; OP 7/32 & OU 7/36

2:28 pm

moolingwa

yeah, figured it was a d

2:28 pm

zoozzoom

That is the one you use in cooking, Mool. Think of a mold.

2:33 pm

zoozzoom

would you like the full DEF?

2:33 pm

moolingwa

nah, that's okay thanks zoo

2:33 pm

moolingwa

down to 15 to go

2:33 pm

zoozzoom

No worries.

2:34 pm

ChampFit

zooz...sorry...had a client call. No, I don't think they're related. The tenrec is really small, more like a field mouse.

2:34 pm

zoozzoom

Found my last word a few moments ago. PA 6/24

2:34 pm

ChampFit

Congrats!!!!

2:35 pm

moolingwa

yay!

2:35 pm

zoozzoom

We do not have them here :-(

2:35 pm

moolingwa

and tx for the clue

2:36 pm

zoozzoom

Most welcome.

2:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

Hiya babblers

2:37 pm

ChampFit

Hi!

2:37 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Temple Owl :-)

2:39 pm

moolingwa

hey TO...happy friday

2:41 pm

zoozzoom

Oh haha! I like the joke icon, Mool!

2:43 pm

zoozzoom

Okay time to see if I can find some new music. Happy babbling everyone!

2:43 pm

ChampFit

Have a lovely!

2:52 pm

moolingwa

glad you do zoo :)

2:58 pm

ChampFit

Hint for the da7?

2:58 pm

origami

ends in Spanish cheer

2:59 pm

moolingwa

of course

2:59 pm

moolingwa

tx ori

3:05 pm

ChampFit

And I've never seen it before! Thank you!

3:48 pm

UnikeTheHunter

My mom could darn socks. But I could always outdarn her... if that were only a word.

3:52 pm

rubyfoo

Hello. i got 72 words this AM. Like zooz, that first dive-in with a cuppa is a great pleasure

3:54 pm

ChampFit

It's a wonderful thing! Feeling like I've hit a wall with 45 left.

3:58 pm

rubyfoo

l finally reached half -- feeling pretty dumb

4:00 pm

ChampFit

You aren't dumb...the grid is a pain!

4:00 pm

rubyfoo

L just watched a whole movie in English witthout understanding a word. it might as well have been Chinese!

4:00 pm

ChampFit

Did they mumble? ;)

4:04 pm

rubyfoo

They had regional accents, l guess, but it was truly incomprehensible (and maybe they mumbled)

4:05 pm

UnikeTheHunter

Lots of times I can't understand Musterpice without captions.

4:25 pm

rubyfoo

l struggle with French-langguage movies, but as long as it's not comedy, l'm OK

4:58 pm

wvteach

thunderstorms are rolling through - nice steady rain and not downpours - will be a good watering for the lawn and plants

5:58 pm

periwinkle

hi all. help with pa6 pls. my last word

5:59 pm

penquis

i have the first but not the second....

5:59 pm

TraderKate

sense of taste.. you have a refined PA 6?

6:00 pm

TraderKate

2nd is PA 6 is most of a man's name in feminie form

6:00 pm

periwinkle

it is the 2nd one. I am looking

6:01 pm

TraderKate

second one is most of a woman's name

6:01 pm

TraderKate

The Perils of..l....

6:01 pm

grannyrose

PA6. saul became St. Pa** + not out

6:01 pm

penquis

ty...

6:02 pm

TraderKate

(ignore that letter that jumped in

6:02 pm

TraderKate

Hi pen, peri, and rose :)

6:02 pm

periwinkle

tyty kate and rose

6:02 pm

grannyrose

and good morning to Kate, Ruby, Peri, Pen

6:02 pm

periwinkle

fw for me and bye for now

6:02 pm

penquis

hi...

6:03 pm

grannyrose

WTG PERIWINKLE!!!

6:03 pm

TraderKate

Congratulations peri!!!

6:04 pm

TraderKate

How is everyone today?

6:05 pm

ivesy3

not seeing the do 6 plz ?

6:07 pm

grannyrose

uses double vowel hoolie do6

6:08 pm

ivesy3

ty!!

6:12 pm

penquis

da 7 anyone?

6:15 pm

MollyL

Clue given earlier...da + most of Baltimore baseball team

6:15 pm

TraderKate

ends in most of the Baltimore birds

6:15 pm

penquis

ty...

6:16 pm

penquis

i am done...

6:17 pm

TraderKate

Congratulations pen!!!

6:18 pm

penquis

ty....

6:18 pm

TraderKate

What's next on your schedule pen?

6:19 pm

carleekat

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~*for Penquis!

6:19 pm

penquis

ty...

6:20 pm

TraderKate

carleekat!!! I haven't sen you in a while :)
You must be busy!

6:20 pm

penquis

i am going to catch up on Words with Friends games in progress and do the NYT crossword...

6:20 pm

carleekat

Oh and a belated *~*~*~POM POM TOSS *~*~* for Peri!

6:21 pm

TraderKate

WOOOT! Sounds like a nice way to round out your Friday, have a nice evening pen :)

6:21 pm

penquis

you, too...bye all...

6:21 pm

carleekat

I have been TK... a gf of mine from HS...her mum is in hospital..a second stroke and has now regained consciousness. I have been going to to London to read to her mum for a few hours to give my gf a break

6:22 pm

TraderKate

thanks, ttfn :)

6:22 pm

carleekat

and she has NOT*
regained consciousness

6:23 pm

TraderKate

Oh geez, you have your hands full... your friend must be beside herself. Are you very close to the mother as well? So sorry to hear this.

6:25 pm

carleekat

HEH.. in HS... of course there were sleepovers... and mum would always mae us amazing breakfasts... but if we were out drinking the night before.. runny slimy
eggs were the order

6:26 pm

TraderKate

LOL... are runny, slimey eggs a good "cure". Sounds like she was slipping you a little reinforcing punishment ;)

6:28 pm

carleekat

not a cure at all... LOL...

6:28 pm

carleekat

so we are well into the Wizard of Oz.

6:28 pm

TraderKate

Ooooh, mean mommy!

6:29 pm

TraderKate

I loved those books when I was young.. read the original series :)

6:30 pm

carleekat

that is what i am doing... part way through book 1. i adore classic children's literature.. so we have oodles to get through

6:32 pm

TraderKate

There are worse ways to spend your time. Good thing you are free now to help out with respite care.
Are you finished the grid?

6:33 pm

carleekat

did not start. tired. My nephew was down last night for the night we sat up chatting late and we were up early

6:33 pm

TraderKate

LOL, an auntie's work is never done.

6:34 pm

TraderKate

I am guessing a quick dinner then off to the land of Nod for you?

6:34 pm

carleekat

just playing a brain dead puzzle game on my phone and contemplating an early bed. I go back to london tomorrow

6:34 pm

carleekat

snap* TK

6:35 pm

TraderKate

Ugh! Sounds like a sandwich and off to bed for you.
I am cooking now, but think I will end up with a sammich myself.

6:37 pm

carleekat

yeap..was quick leftovers for me.. reheated salmon and fennel... a bowl of tziki

6:37 pm

TraderKate

Sounds good! Leftovers are a sanity saver in my house..

6:42 pm

TraderKate

off to cry in the kitchen. time to slice onions

7:29 pm

dan2bit

listing for my last 40 - evening all!

7:40 pm

Scrabbler

108 left for me. Hi all.

7:41 pm

wht

Hi scrabs and everyone. 39 left here.

7:43 pm

Scrabbler

I am missing a lot of A's.

7:47 pm

TraderKate

Hi dan, Scrabbler, and wht :)

7:48 pm

CiociaJudy

Good evening fellow Babblers. Babbling as I wait for The Great British Baking Show to come on.

7:49 pm

TraderKate

Hi Judy!!!!! :)
Thanks for the hed's up on the show :)

7:49 pm

dan2bit

good riddance L's

7:50 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Judy and Kate. Go Dan, go!

7:50 pm

TraderKate

:)

7:56 pm

origami

HI Scrabs, Judy, all :D

7:57 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Origami

7:58 pm

origami

I had my front yard ripped out and decomposed granite put in. It now resembles The Mojave Desert. ;-(

7:58 pm

dan2bit

firewords! thanks doseffing, grannyrose, lickety and all cluers! pa6/24 was my last.

7:58 pm

origami

Nice dan

7:59 pm

CiociaJudy

Wow origami!

7:59 pm

wht

wtg dan

7:59 pm

CiociaJudy

Congrats Dan

7:59 pm

Scrabbler

Yay Dan.

7:59 pm

Scrabbler

Why, origami?

8:01 pm

wht

My monkeys seem to be taking the night off. Can someone give me a clue for the hi5?

8:01 pm

dan2bit

first part of very funny, wht

8:02 pm

wht

ty dan.

8:02 pm

featherbee

heya, back to finish

8:02 pm

dan2bit

yw

8:02 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Featherbee

8:02 pm

CiociaJudy

Feather!

8:02 pm

dan2bit

Judy!

8:03 pm

CiociaJudy

Hey Dan. Your daughter is adorable

8:03 pm

featherbee

Norm! Oh, wait...

8:03 pm

featherbee

wrong room...

8:04 pm

Scrabbler

Where is Norm?

8:04 pm

featherbee

in a bar called Cheers in Boston...

8:05 pm

CiociaJudy

LOL

8:05 pm

featherbee

;)

8:05 pm

dan2bit

thanks Judy, I'm rather smitten myself :-)

8:05 pm

Scrabbler

Haha.

8:07 pm

featherbee

is the da7 fishy?

8:10 pm

wht

No, bee. It is more birdy. It ends with most of the Baltimore bird.

8:10 pm

featherbee

ah, ty vm

8:10 pm

CiociaJudy

Thx wht

8:10 pm

wht

Clue please for the pa6,24.

8:12 pm

origami

It looks pretty barren. A large expanse of sandy color with some trees. It is very Zen :D

8:13 pm

origami

Sort of like the VP candidate who could see Russia from her house.

8:13 pm

CiociaJudy

Manâ€™s name plus opp of ou*

8:13 pm

origami

Sorry, that was for wht

8:13 pm

featherbee

ty for that one

8:14 pm

wht

ty. That is fireworks

8:14 pm

featherbee

ori, i was trying to figure out how the pa6 was a desert!

8:14 pm

origami

Good job, wht

8:14 pm

featherbee

yay wht!

8:14 pm

origami

Yeah, sorry feather

8:14 pm

CiociaJudy

Woohoo what!

8:14 pm

featherbee

lol it's funny

8:16 pm

featherbee

down to 10

8:16 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all and wtg fiinishers !!!!

8:17 pm

Scrabbler

Almost halfway then I will shower after a day of kayaking and swimming in the lake.

8:17 pm

origami

I used to go to these monthly two-day long meetings populated by high level folks. We all brought our laptops and my work one was acting up so I brought my personal one once. My friend had snuck into my computer and changed my background to one of that former VP candidate in a red, white and blue bikini with a shotgun over her shoulder and I had no idea. When I turned my computer on a bunch of these folks saw it. I didn't say a word.

8:17 pm

CiociaJudy

Greetings Gwen

8:18 pm

featherbee

omg ori, lol

8:18 pm

featherbee

nice day scrabs

8:18 pm

Scrabbler

Oh, no, origami

8:19 pm

featherbee

i cannot see the lo5/10

8:20 pm

pam

Hi, all!

8:20 pm

featherbee

hi pam! <3

8:20 pm

origami

Hiya pam

8:21 pm

TraderKate

Congratulations wht!!!

8:21 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Pam

8:21 pm

featherbee

are the ou words all the same first three letters?

8:22 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

lo5, nickname for lieutenant

8:22 pm

pam

Love all the howdys. Great to see you all.

8:22 pm

CiociaJudy

Feather, British word for bathroom and abbreviation for that is

8:22 pm

CiociaJudy

Hiya Pam

8:22 pm

featherbee

ahhh ty gwen, no wonder i couldn't see it, didn't try that many vowels

8:23 pm

featherbee

ty judy

8:23 pm

TraderKate

Hi Gwen, feather, origami, pam, and Judy :)
Nice to see so many familiar faces :)

8:25 pm

origami

Hi Kate

8:27 pm

featherbee

anyone have the ou words? i don't want a clue yet, just want to know if they're all the same first 3 letters prefix

8:27 pm

TraderKate

<waves hello>
Popping in and out here, I am kitchening ;)

8:28 pm

TraderKate

OU words all strt with the same 3 letters

8:28 pm

wht

Yes, they all start the same.

8:28 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

well, i'm outta here, need lotta rest, big day tomorrow

8:28 pm

featherbee

ok, thanks! will work with that for a bit

8:29 pm

TraderKate

Good night Gwen, hope everything goes well tomorrow :)

8:29 pm

Scrabbler

80 found and I am ready for bed. See you tomorrow.

8:29 pm

featherbee

night scrabs

8:29 pm

featherbee

night gwen

8:29 pm

CiociaJudy

Nite Scrabs

8:29 pm

CiociaJudy

Nite Gwen

8:29 pm

TraderKate

Well done Scrabs, sleep well :)

8:30 pm

wht

Night scrabs and gwen

8:33 pm

pam

Ciao, scrabs and gwen!

8:34 pm

Trifioso

hiya

8:34 pm

TraderKate

Hiya Trif!!! :)

8:35 pm

TraderKate

pam, I see your flowers when I click your icon, but those pesky candles are still showing in chog! You must have gremlins in your profile ;)

8:36 pm

CiociaJudy

Hi Trif

8:37 pm

Trifioso

hi.

8:37 pm

pam

Honestly, kate. It is so annoying. In Chrome, all I see are the candles. In Firefox, I see the flower, so I am using Firefox for Babble.

8:38 pm

featherbee

got all the OU words

8:38 pm

Dorens

evening all

8:38 pm

featherbee

hi dorens

8:38 pm

LeslieAnn

hey crew!

8:38 pm

wht

Good work Bee.

8:38 pm

TraderKate

I am in Firefox.. this is strange - you have been battling with that icon for a while. I have to go to your profile to see the flowers.

8:38 pm

CiociaJudy

Greetings Dorens

8:38 pm

Trifioso

I see flowers, if that helps at all

8:39 pm

Trifioso

hi leslie ann

8:39 pm

TraderKate

Hi Dorens!!!! :)
YAY feather !

8:39 pm

Dorens

on firefox- see flowers too, Pam

8:39 pm

wht

Hi Dorens

8:40 pm

featherbee

working on my last one now

8:40 pm

featherbee

in expert, flowers

8:40 pm

TraderKate

Go go feather!!!

8:41 pm

TraderKate

I refreshed and still see the candles :(

8:41 pm

pam

It's really nuts, kate--and thanks, Trif.

8:41 pm

TraderKate

expert and firefox here...

8:41 pm

pam

Oh, look! Doressn!

8:42 pm

featherbee

do6 please?

8:42 pm

pam

(and tonight, I really can't type, Doresn!)

8:42 pm

TraderKate

ends with most of the the Baltimore birdie

8:42 pm

Dorens

yes pam, doresn at your service.

8:42 pm

pam

No expert here--mac.

8:42 pm

wht

Hang down your head Tom Do6

8:42 pm

Dorens

doresn could be a do 6, right?

8:42 pm

TraderKate

ooops :(

8:43 pm

TraderKate

what wht said.

8:43 pm

featherbee

tom do6 did it, thanks!

8:43 pm

Dorens

mac here too. WIsh I could have expert, it would get this done in half the time

8:43 pm

featherbee

fireworks!

8:43 pm

TraderKate

Congratulations feather!!!

8:43 pm

LeslieAnn

congrats!

8:43 pm

wht

wtg Bee.

8:43 pm

Dorens

good job feather

8:43 pm

pam

Yay, feather and all finishers.

8:44 pm

CiociaJudy

Bravo Feather!

8:45 pm

wht

Good night all. Happy babbling.

8:45 pm

featherbee

any clues needed?

8:45 pm

featherbee

night wht

8:45 pm

CiociaJudy

Nite wht

8:45 pm

Dorens

yup pa 6 please. or is it fishy?

8:46 pm

Dorens

night wht

8:46 pm

featherbee

has to do with taste dorens

8:46 pm

featherbee

oh, and there's another, that was a compound word...a name, and a preposition

8:46 pm

Dorens

have that one, sorry i wasn't specific. the last one

8:47 pm

Dorens

yup that's the one. thanks

8:47 pm

featherbee

welcome

8:47 pm

Dorens

kinda like a someone who once ran for VP and we thought SHE was a fool. weird now to think she might not have been as dangerous as what we have

8:48 pm

featherbee

no kidding

8:48 pm

featherbee

anything else needed?

8:48 pm

Dorens

no thanks. i just listed a few minutes ago and the last 25 are slipping away nicely

8:48 pm

pam

Her idiocy almost seems refreshing, LOL

8:49 pm

featherbee

ok then i'm going to head out. good luck!

8:49 pm

Dorens

right, pam. That is one I could keep laughing at. can't laugh at him anymore

8:49 pm

Dorens

night feather

8:49 pm

pam

ciao, feather!

8:49 pm

featherbee

pam, i've been rooting for you, btw. <3

8:49 pm

CiociaJudy

Nite Feather

8:49 pm

TraderKate

Niters feather :)

8:49 pm

featherbee

nighters everyone

8:51 pm

TraderKate

We all hasve fingers crossed for pam :)

8:51 pm

Dorens

yes pam, you have a very loyal cheering squad. Something good will happen

8:52 pm

pam

Thanks, kate and feather and doresn!

8:52 pm

pam

(For all others--I am once again in the hunt for a job and I'd like to stay at MIT.)

8:57 pm

Dorens

and i'm convinced that the right job will be there for you soon

8:57 pm

LeslieAnn

what do you do, pam?

8:58 pm

TraderKate

Is there any percentage in knocking on the doors of the others you have worked under or with..all jobs are competitions...you can't scoop one before it is posted as a vacancy?

8:58 pm

TraderKate

HI LeslieAn :)

8:59 pm

LeslieAnn

hallo

9:02 pm

LeslieAnn

hand feeling better, kate?

9:04 pm

TraderKate

Yes, thank you, just a tiny niggle left in the shoulder. right as rain by tomorrow, ty for asking :)

9:04 pm

LeslieAnn

good-o

9:05 pm

TraderKate

Are you getting those rains we are promised for later LeslieAnn? I heard some thunder out over the lake here a few minutes go.

9:06 pm

LeslieAnn

i don't think i am in the same place as you?

9:07 pm

TraderKate

No... I'm over on Lake Erie, very close to Buffalo., so east of you.

9:08 pm

LeslieAnn

ah. nothing today - thunderstorms a few times yesterday

9:08 pm

jaianniah

I need a clue for OU 6 21...

9:09 pm

TraderKate

Hi Jai... consumed more nosh than the next guy?

9:09 pm

jaianniah

TK- I Live in NE PA.. Are we close?

9:09 pm

TraderKate

sorta jai... still many hours by car.

9:11 pm

jaianniah

Ty for clue... I Am maybe 3 hours from Lake Ontario....

9:11 pm

TraderKate

4 h 27 min (255.8 mi) via U.S. Hwy 15/501 N

9:12 pm

TraderKate

I am close to the Niagara river, which joins Erie to Ontario.

9:13 pm

TraderKate

We had mothing here yesterday but blue skies LeslieAnn... same todat, chance of scattered rain later tonight or tomorrow.

9:26 pm

pam

Sorry--I wondered off! I am an admin assistant who has some experience in the finance admin assistant realm, too.

Kate, anyone who is worth my chatting with knows :)

9:27 pm

LeslieAnn

np good luck!

9:27 pm

pam

Thanks, leslieann!

9:28 pm

pam

toil

9:28 pm

pam

Off to the pb

9:29 pm

origami

Good luck pam

9:37 pm

TraderKate

Are there good snacks in the PB pam? The Cabana Cuties have been asking after you...

9:37 pm

LeslieAnn

da7?

9:38 pm

wvteach

help with HA 5/12 - my last word

9:39 pm

LeslieAnn

that is one of my 4 left teach!

9:40 pm

pam

Thanks, origami!

9:40 pm

wvteach

i think i have tried everything - but it must be there

9:41 pm

pam

The snacks are adequate. The drinks are divine. I have a book--not paying the cuties any attention....

9:42 pm

LeslieAnn

and now it's MY last word teach ;)

9:42 pm

pam

teach--that babblet which is Hawaiian for a non-native Hawaiian. Derogatory term....

9:43 pm

wvteach

found the HA = hawaiian wrod for white person

9:43 pm

pam

Ha+bullfighting cheer.

9:43 pm

LeslieAnn

oh bother lol my last is hi 5/12

9:43 pm

LeslieAnn

lol congrats!

9:43 pm

wvteach

add consonant to previous word

9:43 pm

pam

Glad you found it, teach! Congratulations on finishing!

9:44 pm

wvteach

thnx for help pam

9:44 pm

pam

:)

9:45 pm

LeslieAnn

geez that was rough ;) fireworks for me too

9:45 pm

wvteach

did u get the HI Leslie

9:45 pm

wvteach

congrats

9:46 pm

wvteach

yes, rough grid

9:48 pm

TraderKate

Congratulations Leslie Ann and teach!!!

9:49 pm

wvteach

good night all

9:49 pm

pam

Woot!

9:50 pm

TraderKate

Niters teach :)

10:22 pm

rururocks

Hamooooo

10:22 pm

rururocks

Damn it

10:34 pm

kittychan

Is ls1 on here? We're neighbors and I don't think I've ever discovered another player from Chicago.

10:44 pm

helenkeller

heya kit, I'm in Chicago, Howie was in Chicago, Yvo was in a very close suburb of Chicago, as is Mamabear.

10:44 pm

kittychan

Really? I just imagine everyone so far away I guess. I'm by Wrigley. Where are you?

10:45 pm

helenkeller

kit =

10:46 pm

helenkeller

Damn flat keyboard - easier than the raised keys on my old desktop, but I keep hitting enter when I don't mean to. I'm right down the road from you in Bucktown.

10:47 pm

kittychan

Well, nice to meet you and to know that people aren't just in New Zealand, they're also close by.

10:48 pm

helenkeller

I have some vague recollection of Is1, I think she took her dogs to the dog park in Forest Park.

10:48 pm

kittychan

I don't think I've ever noticed her pop up in chat

10:48 pm

helenkeller

LOL - not just in NZ, funny! Nice to meet you also, neighbor.

10:49 pm

helenkeller

She's been in here in the past couple of weeks.

10:49 pm

kittychan

She has twice as many career points as I have, so she has clearly spent a lot of time. :-0

10:50 pm

helenkeller

I haven't looked at those stats since I stopped the need to have to finish every grid.

10:51 pm

helenkeller

And you've been a member since 2007?

10:51 pm

kittychan

Every once in a while I look and marvel at the folks who have 10 times the number I have!

10:52 pm

kittychan

Yes, and I played for a while before I commited

10:52 pm

kittychan

When did you fall into this hole?

10:52 pm

helenkeller

Yes, me too. I held out like probably 2-3 years.

10:53 pm

helenkeller

2006 for me - before Facebook.

10:53 pm

kittychan

I love it and recommend it to people, but it's also ridiculous. I laugh at myself for the time I spend.

10:54 pm

helenkeller

I used to always say what great chat it was, the opportunity to meet & make friends all over the world.

10:55 pm

kittychan

I agree. There are some really nice people on here and a few crazy scandals too!

10:57 pm

kittychan

A friend of mine is going to be flat on her back for a few weeks and I recommended Babble to her. Really made me think anew about why I like it and why she should jump in.

10:57 pm

helenkeller

So kit, when I was in school, my boyfriend lived right on Addison, that first block west of Wrigley. When we were 'getting busy' and there was a ball game on, sometimes the timing was hysterical. Have you had this amazing experience?

10:58 pm

kittychan

I can see the park from the high-rise I live in at the corner of Addison and LSD, but you really don't hear much all the way up here. I used to live on Elaine, and those were the days when I spent more time getting busy, but I don't remember funny overlaps. I applaud your experience!

10:59 pm

helenkeller

LOL - yep, so weird.

10:59 pm

jaianniah

I need help with a TH. I Cannot figure out which is missing. It is supposed to go before the TH 4,5 5, 12 combo I think, but I but I just can't find it. Help!

11:00 pm

helenkeller

t + another word for cap

11:01 pm

kittychan

old-timey 'yours'?

11:01 pm

jaianniah

I have th**!

11:01 pm

jaianniah

I have th 5 12 too.

11:02 pm

helenkeller

I dk how many th's there are. I have 4,4,5.

11:02 pm

kittychan

it goes 4 4 5 4 5 4

11:03 pm

helenkeller

Thanks, then I have some more to go.

11:04 pm

jaianniah

There are 6 th's, right?

11:04 pm

kittychan

yes, are you missing a 4 or a 5

11:04 pm

helenkeller

Got them all now, which one do you need?

11:05 pm

jaianniah

I am missing one. I only have this and one other T to go before fireworks.

11:05 pm

jaianniah

Missing one th and one "to".

11:05 pm

helenkeller

Which ones do you hav

11:06 pm

jaianniah

For th, I have 4 4 5 44. One is missing.

11:07 pm

helenkeller

add a cons to the 3rd th

11:07 pm

jaianniah

I think it comes before the TH 4 th 5 combo.

11:08 pm

kittychan

t+Hello!+short for aged

11:08 pm

jaianniah

My third th is a five letter word.

11:10 pm

jaianniah

Ah!

11:11 pm

jaianniah

I missed the 5 th chemical. I thank you!

11:11 pm

kittychan

you're welcome!

11:11 pm

helenkeller

yay

11:11 pm

jaianniah

Good clueing, Kitty!

11:12 pm

jaianniah

Now looking for a TO. I will hunt. I then will have fireworks...

11:15 pm

jaianniah

Fireworks!!!!! Thank you wonderful Babble people!!!

11:16 pm

helenkeller

I have 39 to go. Very tired, very stressful day, sad. Going to chill before bed for a while. Nice talking to you all. Niters.

11:16 pm

helenkeller

YAY jai !!!!!!

11:17 pm

kittychan

funny - I have 35 to go and was thinking the same. It was very nice to meet you, Helen.

11:17 pm

jaianniah

Good night, Helen!

11:18 pm

jaianniah

Since you helped me, I would be willing to help you. Anyone want clues???

11:18 pm

kittychan

What's that et?

11:19 pm

jaianniah

French for star, and I believe. Et+ word for Labor+e

11:20 pm

jaianniah

Actually, central word is word for petroleum.

11:20 pm

jaianniah

Et+ petrol+e

11:20 pm

jaianniah

Et+ petrol+e

11:21 pm

jaianniah

Really not good at texting.

11:21 pm

jaianniah

I need to get out a computer... I

11:22 pm

kittychan

sorry, i am not seeing it

11:22 pm

jaianniah

Et+ another word for petroleum+e

11:23 pm

jaianniah

You put quarts of this into your car..

11:23 pm

kittychan

okay, thank you!

11:23 pm

jaianniah

Try googling French word for star.

11:24 pm

kittychan

good night! I give!

11:24 pm

jaianniah

Great... Anything else???

11:25 pm

jaianniah

Any lurkers out there needing clues. Last call...

11:49 pm

Nef

Good Evening, I'd say there's no chance of me completing this grid when I haven't had a chance to even start it; right?

11:56 pm

rbud

hahaha... well, guess not. but I just squeezed my last 30 or so in and came in under the wire, yay

11:57 pm

Nef

Good for you. I decided to at least try for NBT (yes I'm addicted to Babble inspite of telling myself I'm not!)

11:58 pm

Nef

wool

11:58 pm

Nef

pout

11:58 pm

Nef

OOPS!

11:59 pm

dizgrannie

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