Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, January 3, 2020

12:00 am

Minveryork

Flip Flip Hooray!

12:00 am

Book Doctor Gwen

flip!

12:01 am

Minveryork

Whoever guessed 179 was not too far off with their guess.

12:01 am

Book Doctor Gwen

(i jotted it down -- min 139
book 179
diz 333

12:02 am

Minveryork

Need to get up in 5 hours so I must log off. Goodnight to all!

12:02 am

Book Doctor Gwen

night min

12:03 am

dizgrannie

va 7

12:07 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs

12:13 am

SueMagee

Fa6/7

12:13 am

cybernan

frisbee but no spam -- hello everyone

12:13 am

dizgrannie

ty Sue

12:15 am

SueMagee

Yw!

12:15 am

Gillie

sp7

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:28 am

Book Doctor Gwen

lorramighty, nbt at last

12:28 am

Book Doctor Gwen

(without peeking at clues, that is)

12:31 am

cybernan

nbt, nbs and time to call it a night. ^5 gwen

12:32 am

Book Doctor Gwen

^5 and night, nan!

12:34 am

broll

pr 7

12:35 am

Book Doctor Gwen

50% or more for each tile, calling it a night. night.

12:38 am

grannyrose

dy6/39 and its plural. new word for me.

12:43 am

Kamanjah

New for me too. Bankrupt. Not a good word, lol!
How are you, Rose?

12:45 am

dizgrannie

Hey Rose, hope you are safe from the fires. The closest to me is about 20 ks away, but nder control at the moment

12:45 am

grannyrose

hi kam honey. missing your chat and missing sprite too. glad we have connected on FB though. how's the water situation now?

12:46 am

grannyrose

hey diz. we are still relatively free of fores at the moment. our local fireys are all on tenterhooks though.

12:46 am

Kamanjah

I worry about you folks in Australia all the time. I'm in California, but the fires you're having beats anything I've ever seen. So much wildlife injured or killed...just breaks my heart.

12:48 am

Kamanjah

The water situation is to be fixed tomorrow afternoon. I still have a fan blowing to dry things out. Leaks suck - glad we found this one as quickly as we die!

12:48 am

Kamanjah

did

12:48 am

grannyrose

yeah kam. i know climate change per se has a lot to do with it, but the ridiculous local laws should NEVER have been written. we are not allowed to even clear debris beside our roads here.

12:49 am

Kamanjah

Same stuff as happened in Calif, sounds like. Now they're allowing controlled burns to clear debris.

12:50 am

grannyrose

*shaking head* i know. that is what our indigenous people have been saying all along. but what do they know? they only cleared the country for thousands of years before we white folk came along.

12:51 am

dizgrannie

so true Rose. and our government are doing sh#t.

12:52 am

grannyrose

i am utterly fed up with our local governments. a lot of people are saying lets tie the greenies to the trees now and see what song they sing.

12:52 am

Kamanjah

Exactly! Same as in the US - indigenous people burned off areas that needed to be burned off.

12:53 am

Kamanjah

Our gov't is lifting restrictions on pollution too...just fed up with people not looking after the Mother

12:54 am

grannyrose

it's called cold burning. the indigenous folk know exactly what has to be done. absolutely kam. and not being allowed to clear away fallen debris etc is just so ridiculous.

12:54 am

dizgrannie

product

12:55 am

dizgrannie

oopsie

12:55 am

grannyrose

whoot just found ta7 on my onesome. loll

12:56 am

Kamanjah

Thanks, diz! I hope you are safe where you live. I'm so sad to read about all the needs the rescue folks have. Fires are such nightmares.

12:59 am

grannyrose

hey kam. next monday i go in to have the nerves in my lower back and right knee killed off again. and then 3 days of pain-free bliss on the ketamine. only downside is i cannot taste food at all. but any po4 in a storm, right?

12:59 am

Kamanjah

Thanks for the ta7, Rose!

12:59 am

grannyrose

loll kam it sticks out like a sore thumb doesn't it?

1:00 am

Kamanjah

Good luck for Monday! Doesn't sound fun, but pain relief in any form is a good thin!

1:00 am

Kamanjah

More like a dandelion or acorn that started to grow where I don't want an oak tree... haha

1:00 am

Kamanjah

thing

1:01 am

grannyrose

and the PEA ?? i think it's working. skin on my shins is definitely less sensitive.

1:01 am

grannyrose

*giggles*

1:01 am

Kamanjah

I'm tired...too much cleaning water out of the garage, no hot water, sopping wet messes of towels I used to sop things up...

1:02 am

grannyrose

ugh you poor thing. it's amazing how far a little water can go isn't it?

1:02 am

Kamanjah

Cool about the PEA. I looked it up and kinda forgot about it. Will have to check it out again.

1:03 am

Kamanjah

40 gallons isn't a "little" water.

1:03 am

grannyrose

i think it works on the nerve synapses and slow down the messages.

1:03 am

grannyrose

no true that. 40 gallons isn't a little.

1:04 am

Kamanjah

I wish they had a way to stop "Substance P" - that's what they say causes us to feel pain so much more than 'normal' folks

1:04 am

grannyrose

but it does spread forever. you think you have dried out one spot but noooo... there it comes trickling out.

1:06 am

Kamanjah

Hubs hooked up a hose to the drain last night, but there was still a dribble coming out of the hot water faucet, so I let it drain. Starting to look dry out there... plumber coming tomorrow.

1:06 am

Kamanjah

Now, to hit thrift stores for spare towels - there is NO way I can clean up the ones I used for this mess, lol!

1:07 am

grannyrose

i am wondering if the combo of PEA and the ketamine might actually do the trick. PEA does work with our nerves and their ability to transmit ' messages' from synapse to synapse.

1:07 am

Kamanjah

Let me know how it works out - want to talk to my doc about it.

1:08 am

grannyrose

i wouldn't even try kam given that you are in your coloer, wetter months

1:08 am

grannyrose

ugh... that's cooler... loll

1:08 am

Kamanjah

Cuz the weather affects the pain? or?

1:09 am

grannyrose

no, i was talking about washing and drying all those towels...loll

1:10 am

Kamanjah

Oh, lol! I think they're too dirty to even try to put in the washer!

1:11 am

grannyrose

but you are right. the change in the weather does effect my pain. does it yours?

1:12 am

Kamanjah

The ones from 2 nights ago were dry today, but they're soaked again...damn thing leaked more after hubs tried to drain it...and of course it leaked all over the floor. Thank goodness it's the garage, not inside! The original water heater was in the hall, and I had it moved to the garage.

1:12 am

Kamanjah

Yes, my body tells me when weather changes are coming this time of year.

1:14 am

grannyrose

do you think it's to do with atmospheric pressures? i know when the pressure changes. don calls me his barometer...loll

1:16 am

Kamanjah

I think so

1:19 am

grannyrose

brb need a drink

1:23 am

grannyrose

back. grabbed an icy pole too since i am only allowed half a glass (100ml or about 3 0z) at a time.

1:24 am

Kamanjah

I'm trying to wind down for sleep...not too much water allowed right now, lol!

1:26 am

Kamanjah

Actually, I just hit the wall on this grid. Morning will bring another perspective!

1:27 am

grannyrose

okay honey. bedtime?

1:27 am

Kamanjah

Have a great day, or whatever...don't remember what time is it where you are.

1:28 am

grannyrose

6:30pm nearly time for dinner. tonight we are splashing out and having pizza.

1:28 am

grannyrose

sweet dreams dearest. xox

1:28 am

Kamanjah

Enjoy! I'm going to get ready for bed! Talk soon!

3:02 am

amelu0218

right col A for nbt/nbsâ€¦ anyone left here?

3:04 am

amelu0218

nm,just peri'd it, lol

3:13 am

spellit

Proud

3:19 am

spellit

Sorry! Not watching what I am doing again

4:29 am

mattygroves

May I have stats for that pesky A in the last column, please?

4:29 am

MollyL

ad 6/21

4:30 am

mattygroves

Found it, thank you!

4:31 am

MollyL

How very ad6 of you : D

4:31 am

mattygroves

:D

4:32 am

mattygroves

British folk - have you been watching the Christmas specials of University Challenge? (For the Americans, it's the British version of College Bowl)?

5:06 am

helmet

Not watched UC, watching Dracula though....

5:14 am

rubyfoo

Matty: if you arr still here, I just re-read your profile and ''pretty how town' is lodged in my head like an ear worm.I'm not complainig, I love it!

5:37 am

mattygroves

It's such a lovely poem! I must update my profile one day....

5:38 am

mattygroves

Dracula is excellent! UC had...an interesting thing happen on Wednesday...

5:38 am

mattygroves

https://twitter.com/i/status/121269136\n6779727874

5:38 am

mattygroves

(oops - sorry - link too long!)

5:38 am

mattygroves

(and also, PB for me - I'm not having a good day!

5:42 am

MollyL

oo4 and po4 are off limits today.
I won't miss po4. That one is over used
here.

5:43 am

mattygroves

Whilst I have you here...may I have stats for any 7 please?

5:45 am

mattygroves

And, of course, I've now found one.

5:45 am

mattygroves

Ironic that its a British spelling.

6:36 am

sukee

Thanks Matty, that actually helped me find a 7 :)

6:39 am

dan2bit

good morning! you did a few fa7 for everyone there, Matty

6:39 am

sukee

Hi dan. Yes, I found 2 7s now :)

6:51 am

mattygroves

Weirdly, that isn't the one I found - the one I had found was mistier....

6:52 am

dan2bit

stats for the lone A?

6:53 am

mattygroves

ad6/21

6:54 am

dan2bit

thanks! clearly not caffeinated enough to feel ad6 yet

7:04 am

MollyL

Thank you 2Bit. I always miss the Brit spellings.

7:12 am

MollyL

dy6? Seriously? What is this great love the Enable word
nerds have for Scot words?

7:14 am

Deeha

that is exactly what I frequently ask, Molly!! Does Robert Burns do this puzzle?

7:18 am

Deeha

I think it is time we gave Enable a good shake up. Get rid of all the racist slurs, all the swear words and all ther archaic scots. mind you some days we might not be left with a lot!!

7:20 am

Deeha

Oh and all the words for which there is no definition like sp7

7:30 am

MLFAN17

hello

7:37 am

MLFAN17

clue for the ad6 pls?

7:38 am

hokie carla

describes someone good at doing something

7:40 am

BzznBea

Morning, all! Sleepy head today.

7:40 am

MLFAN17

bzz me too got up earlier then I expected

7:41 am

MLFAN17

hokie dumbed down clue pls?

7:41 am

hokie carla

me too, just started my coffee. my eyes are still blurry

7:41 am

hokie carla

and why is the chat still messed up?

7:41 am

MLFAN17

what do you mean messed up?

7:42 am

hokie carla

no idea how to dumb it down without just giving it to you, mlfan

7:42 am

hokie carla

mine is still too wide with a scroll bar at the bottom.

7:42 am

MLFAN17

thanks anyway hokie I tried to google your clue and nothing came up

7:42 am

LuvWordGames

ad + the Motor City is Det****

7:42 am

MLFAN17

i just noticed mine being that way too

7:42 am

hokie carla

like nimble at a skill

7:43 am

MLFAN17

never would have gotten that ty luv and hokie

7:44 am

MLFAN17

4th column lone d stats pls?

7:44 am

hokie carla

I just looked when you asked for it and it popped right out.

7:44 am

BzznBea

mlf, you should start a database for words you miss frequiently and for new words.

7:44 am

LuvWordGames

da 4/6

7:44 am

poodletoes

wow, no Es

7:44 am

MLFAN17

i don't recognize that word

7:45 am

hokie carla

so close to having fjord

7:45 am

MLFAN17

i know a lot of the bablets

7:45 am

BzznBea

But it is there in an alt spelling, carla.

7:45 am

MLFAN17

ty again luv

7:46 am

hokie carla

yes, thanks bea. did not try that. the J is more exciting. :D

7:46 am

gapeach

Aw, there's the baby....Hi, Luv.

7:47 am

LuvWordGames

hi peach, she's laying across my lap right now :-)

7:47 am

gapeach

That's sweet.

7:48 am

MLFAN17

baby?

7:48 am

LuvWordGames

my dog, Maggie, in my profile picture

7:48 am

hokie carla

finally the chat fixed

7:48 am

hokie carla

thank you, maggie

7:48 am

MLFAN17

that dog is so adorable

7:49 am

MLFAN17

yes i see it fixed itself

7:49 am

LuvWordGames

ty, she's such a sweet girl, I'm lucky to have found her on Petfinder

7:49 am

MLFAN17

locally luv?

7:50 am

LuvWordGames

no, actually I live in Michigan and she was near Parma, OH so it was a little bit of a drive but well worth it

7:51 am

MLFAN17

that's so cool.

7:53 am

hokie carla

oh, just found 2 british/canadian spelled words.

7:53 am

hokie carla

have finally trained my brain to look for those too ;)

7:54 am

periwinkle

good morning just got up

7:54 am

MLFAN17

lucky you peri

7:55 am

MLFAN17

our cat likes to wake us up by scratching on the shower wall

7:55 am

BzznBea

Last row done!=)

7:55 am

MLFAN17

congrats bzz

7:56 am

hokie carla

nice! I am very close on all those but just can't get the last words for each tile.

7:56 am

MLFAN17

am trying to get all the w's

7:56 am

MLFAN17

got it

7:56 am

hokie carla

yeah, if I could get the last w I'd have the 5th col done

7:57 am

hokie carla

got it!

7:57 am

MLFAN17

they are all 4;s

7:57 am

MLFAN17

last column greyed

8:02 am

LuvWordGames

just finished, any clues needed?

8:02 am

hokie carla

still looking, thanks

8:03 am

MLFAN17

sp6 clue pls?

8:04 am

LuvWordGames

sp 6/24 ends with opp. of in

8:04 am

hokie carla

may find these on sandwiches - alfalfa

8:04 am

MLFAN17

ty both duh me lol

8:04 am

periwinkle

help with any 7 pld

8:05 am

hokie carla

fa7 - english sp of fa6/36

8:06 am

LuvWordGames

there's 2 british spelled words

8:06 am

periwinkle

ty hokie

8:06 am

periwinkle

bbl

8:06 am

LuvWordGames

va 7/48 is the 2nd one, it's a plural

8:07 am

hokie carla

thx, had the am. sp. versions of va. apparently I have not trained my brain to look for those.

8:12 am

hokie carla

spam still not a word LOL

8:13 am

pippingeek

good morning all

8:14 am

hokie carla

morning geek

8:16 am

mattygroves

I have 60 left and am struggling now

8:21 am

MelJewell

ds

8:24 am

hokie carla

down to 37 here. trying to be methodical but not seeing much more.

8:29 am

BzznBea

Besides the aquarium fish, I always miss the cards...

8:30 am

hokie carla

I always see those for some reason

8:31 am

hokie carla

I always miss recta and recti but found the one yesterday

8:34 am

welki

'morning, babblers

8:34 am

hokie carla

morning, welki

8:35 am

marksdolly

hi Welki!

8:35 am

welki

hi hokie, marks

8:38 am

hokie carla

stuck at 33

8:38 am

robwhy

7 V words???? Really???

8:41 am

gapeach

Good morning. May I please have a clue for da5-12? Thanks

8:42 am

marksdolly

good morning, Peach! go straight north, gather a couple of dbl const and then take a very very short left

8:43 am

welki

ha! sounds like you're giving directions in a rally car - left 20, right 40...

8:43 am

marksdolly

:)

8:43 am

welki

(sounds best with a british accent)

8:44 am

marksdolly

I'll have to practice that :)

8:44 am

gapeach

Thanks much, marksdolly.

8:44 am

marksdolly

yvw!

8:44 am

marksdolly

down to 39 and here I sit

8:45 am

Uneaixoise

Tu5 after poop?

8:45 am

marksdolly

roti

8:45 am

BzznBea

just change the cons, une

8:46 am

Uneaixoise

Got it!

8:47 am

Uneaixoise

20 to go.....

8:48 am

marksdolly

30 here

8:49 am

NANCY

clue for sp 7 please

8:50 am

hokie carla

I don't know the def. but an athletic activity + end of mo word meaning an emblem or design in something

8:50 am

marksdolly

ty Hokie!

8:51 am

hokie carla

howdy!

8:51 am

marksdolly

:) interesting word

8:51 am

hokie carla

down to 30 here too

8:52 am

marksdolly

I'm sitting here just looking at the left hand D and they say 20 words LOL

8:52 am

hokie carla

yeah, I can only find 12 of those 20

8:52 am

NANCY

ty, got it very odd word

8:53 am

marksdolly

I have 1 of em

8:53 am

marksdolly

I mean 12 of them as well

8:54 am

hokie carla

looks like the sp7 is actually french for athletic. I know it's been said a million times but how enable picks and chooses foreign words is beyond me.

8:55 am

marksdolly

lol it's their secret ;)

8:55 am

hokie carla

ooh, just found another of that d

8:55 am

marksdolly

I"m studying it

8:55 am

marksdolly

to no avail

8:55 am

marksdolly

might have to go to another letter

8:56 am

hokie carla

well, I'm going to get ready for the gym and hope I see more when I return. TTFN

8:56 am

marksdolly

tata

8:58 am

welki

there's a doozy d in the mix

8:58 am

mattygroves

How do you mean a doozy d? Enquiring minds want to know

8:59 am

marksdolly

hmm

8:59 am

BzznBea

I just found that one, welki

8:59 am

welki

i mean it's a weird one

9:01 am

BzznBea

Was it the do6?

9:01 am

marksdolly

I just got that one

9:02 am

welki

nope - let me know if you want stats/clue

9:02 am

marksdolly

I would like clues please and thank you

9:03 am

welki

dy 6/39 and plural - clue might be what a hungry person might do to their first meal in a while

9:03 am

BzznBea

Do you have dy6/7, dolly?

9:04 am

marksdolly

no i don't, not yet

9:06 am

marksdolly

got em, ty Bea!

9:06 am

marksdolly

ty Welki!!!

9:06 am

marksdolly

def a diff spelling

9:10 am

bichon

sp 7, French for athletics?

9:11 am

marksdolly

kinda think of athletics, and then the ending for an emblem mot--

9:12 am

bichon

ty mark

9:12 am

marksdolly

yvw!

9:13 am

marksdolly

down to 17, just keep whittling

9:19 am

ChampFit

Great clue! Needed that one.

9:20 am

phaeton

hello...do6/27 pls

9:20 am

marksdolly

I 'm still missing 1 7 letter word

9:21 am

ChampFit

Don't have it. I'm missing a boatload of d's...

9:21 am

marksdolly

yep, Im still missing 4 of the D's

9:22 am

ChampFit

I'm missing 7...am blind to them today. Also a bunch of P's. But must get on with the day. BBL...good luck!

9:22 am

BzznBea

do6 is a thingymajig

9:22 am

marksdolly

ty have a good day!

9:22 am

phaeton

ty Bea

9:23 am

BzznBea

yw =)

9:23 am

marksdolly

oooh ty bea

9:23 am

marksdolly

I was stopping too short on that one, kept trying and trying

9:24 am

marksdolly

down to 10

9:24 am

BzznBea

Did you get the plural

9:25 am

phaeton

yees

9:26 am

marksdolly

I did, ty so much! that gave me my last 7

9:35 am

pippingeek

oof, just not feeling this grid today. maybe i'm just still tired from the holiday

9:36 am

BzznBea

It is a tedious grid.

9:38 am

BzznBea

I'm off to do something more productive...

9:49 am

marksdolly

fireworks! yay!!

9:49 am

marksdolly

any clues wanted before I scoot?

9:51 am

marksdolly

okey dokey, happy babbling and enjoy your day!

10:03 am

mattygroves

Wow, that DY is weird.

10:14 am

aebmusica

and there is no definition for it in the dictionaries?

10:17 am

mkg

hi all. any clues for any 7s? ty

10:18 am

mattygroves

The bestest thing ever, in British English (fa6 and 7)

10:18 am

mattygroves

Or, a better definition - a boon in England

10:19 am

rururocks

people are going to faint over the va7

10:23 am

mattygroves

That DY: in British English. (ËˆdaÉªvÉ™) Scottish. a person who is bankrupt, begs for money, or owes money

10:34 am

Aloyisius

well, I'm chuckling over do6.27

10:39 am

hokie carla

do6 is a thingamajig? I don't see doohickey in there.

10:40 am

Aloyisius

a whatchamacallit maybe

10:40 am

Uneaixoise

Ends in not mom

10:41 am

hokie carla

ah, thanks

10:41 am

rururocks

in my case everything ends without mom :D

10:41 am

hokie carla

still have 3 d's left

10:42 am

Aloyisius

2 left for me

10:42 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

10:42 am

Aloyisius

hi nan

10:42 am

hokie carla

morning, nan

10:42 am

hokie carla

almost lunch time for me!

10:43 am

cybernan

lol - haven't had breakfast yet

10:45 am

Aloyisius

sp5.16 is a word? as in Jack ***** could eat no ..... his wife could eat no lean

10:45 am

hokie carla

I have seen it before and thought the same

10:45 am

Aloyisius

ok, it means "a small herring"..

10:46 am

rururocks

this all sounds fishy to me

10:46 am

Aloyisius

yup, it was a fish!

10:46 am

hokie carla

yeah, can't believe what I'm herring

10:47 am

Aloyisius

lol carla

10:47 am

cybernan

maybe he ate is sp 5's with sp 6's

10:47 am

rururocks

well... i'm floundering in the grid at this point

10:48 am

hokie carla

I cod use some more inspiration. stuck at 24.

10:48 am

rururocks

always fun to be in a grouper punners in morning

10:48 am

Aloyisius

not a groan, ru .. but close!

10:48 am

rururocks

damn

10:49 am

rururocks

i'll keep trying just for the halibut

10:49 am

hokie carla

you should try one, aloy, just for the halibut

10:49 am

Aloyisius

ooh, just found a carrot or parsnip ta7.32

10:49 am

hokie carla

darnit, ru!

10:49 am

origami

I'd sell my sole for stats for the lone A :D

10:49 am

therealblah

ad 6/21

10:50 am

Aloyisius

don't know if I'm ad6.21 at cluing

10:50 am

rururocks

i'm picking up a new book by Salmon Rushdie today

10:50 am

origami

thanks

10:50 am

Aloyisius

didn't know he has a new one out.. what is it ru?

10:51 am

rururocks

(aloy missed the joke)

10:51 am

hokie carla

ru's just full of crappie

10:51 am

Aloyisius

or.. am I falling into a pun? yup, I missed it

10:52 am

Aloyisius

fish slap me

10:52 am

rururocks

so sushi me

10:52 am

hokie carla

aloy will get tuna'd in here in a minute

10:53 am

Aloyisius

ha, found the bear!

10:53 am

rururocks

she says sardine-iclly

10:53 am

hokie carla

thank you! I could not get the other u to save my life

10:54 am

origami

Oh My Cod

10:54 am

rururocks

lol ori

10:54 am

Aloyisius

yw ! took a while for me

10:54 am

Aloyisius

lol ori.. down to 4 despite all the delightful distractions

10:55 am

hokie carla

still have 6 p's to find

10:55 am

hokie carla

plus 17 other words

10:56 am

moolingwa

28 left here

10:56 am

moolingwa

and 5 of them p's

10:56 am

hokie carla

ooh, just finished the s without really trying

10:57 am

hokie carla

now down to 5 p's

10:57 am

hokie carla

4

10:57 am

hokie carla

this is riveting to y'all, right?

10:58 am

moolingwa

totally

10:58 am

moolingwa

I live for stats

10:58 am

Aloyisius

learning some new words, like pr624

10:58 am

moolingwa

4 p's left here too now :)

10:59 am

hokie carla

do not have that, will look

10:59 am

hokie carla

I did just find pr6/30 that I didn't have

11:00 am

Aloyisius

former monetary unit of Israel.. oh yes of course

11:00 am

hokie carla

guess I will quit looking then

11:01 am

moolingwa

if I had a shekel for every time there was a currency word

11:01 am

hokie carla

because I will never get

11:01 am

Aloyisius

ends in a three letter word for toddler or little one

11:01 am

hokie carla

thx

11:02 am

moolingwa

yeah, would never have got that, thx aloy

11:02 am

Aloyisius

yw, hunting my last one

11:06 am

Aloyisius

well, it was tu5.14, must be a slang word for the paint remover that is made from tapping tall trees

11:07 am

hokie carla

darnit, I already had that

11:07 am

Aloyisius

and it ends as if it is a pl but it isn't

11:07 am

Aloyisius

wow carla

11:07 am

hokie carla

oh, I was just trying stuff earlier and got lucky

11:07 am

hokie carla

never seen it before

11:08 am

Aloyisius

any clue requests before I go do some.. eek.. work?

11:08 am

hokie carla

15 left here, can you guess which ones I'm missing? ;)

11:08 am

rururocks

the dy word?

11:08 am

Aloyisius

btw, condolences on VT's loss.. am still not happy

11:09 am

Aloyisius

every single "good guy" I was rooting for.. lost !

11:09 am

Aloyisius

glad I didn't place bets, lol

11:10 am

hokie carla

nope, I have 2 dy's

11:10 am

hokie carla

and yes, of course we lost that game in the last second. classic chokies.

11:10 am

Aloyisius

the dy word ends like the other British ones . Like the hungry one de****S the steak, chomp chomp

11:11 am

hokie carla

I have those

11:11 am

Aloyisius

ru needs 'em

11:11 am

hokie carla

may as well go to the list

11:11 am

rururocks

what a word.. thanks aloy

11:12 am

hokie carla

oh, I sea

11:13 am

Aloyisius

yw, glad you found them. Someone said much earlier that it refers to a bankrupt person, but I had to look it up

11:13 am

rururocks

i think i have to list.. it's getting too hard to finish

11:13 am

rururocks

(i hope molly doesn't see that post)

11:14 am

Aloyisius

ok, time to de-decorate: see you next time.. oh oh, what did I do amiss, ru?

11:14 am

hokie carla

I think he was talking about him going to the list

11:14 am

rururocks

you didn't do anything aloy

11:15 am

Aloyisius

oh, ok.. standard practice for me after I finish 3/4 or more. I divide 4 into the total words and use that as a goal

11:16 am

Aloyisius

then I take 1/10 of the remainder and force myself to hit that goal before using morewords, OCD? oh yes

11:16 am

hokie carla

I just try to make it as far as I can. 15 today is actually really good for me, though I definitely got a few from the chat.

11:16 am

rururocks

i try to get to 10% of the grid left without listing if possible

11:17 am

Aloyisius

well, that is amazing.. I could do it only if the grid is not full of "weirdos"

11:17 am

Aloyisius

I get too impatient, methinks.. too much screen time

11:18 am

rururocks

if anything i have a lot of patience

11:18 am

Aloyisius

speaking of which.. ciao for now! (-:

11:18 am

rururocks

yay closed out the t's finally

11:18 am

rururocks

i'm missing 5 s's just don't see them

11:20 am

rururocks

make that three

11:20 am

hokie carla

I somehow finished the s's before the list!

11:20 am

hokie carla

most are regular words

11:21 am

cybernan

stuck at 39 - time for breakfast

11:21 am

rururocks

13 but I haven't given up yet

11:23 am

hokie carla

well, I finished with the list. have to say over half of the 15 left were regular words or babblets I should have gotten, so that's annoying.

11:26 am

rururocks

8 now.. but it's brutal

11:36 am

rururocks

got it.. sans list

11:37 am

rururocks

with help from aloy however

11:45 am

hokie carla

well done

11:45 am

hokie carla

you don't have to qualify it for me, I'm still impressed

11:54 am

cybernan

congrats you two -- if you are still here

12:02 pm

penquis

i am not liking this grid much....no Es....

12:02 pm

cybernan

it is a tough one, pen

12:03 pm

zoozzoom

I have to say I am not minding it so far. Although I am only just starting on the A next to the V.

12:04 pm

penquis

well i am down to 67 and it's a slog now...

12:04 pm

cybernan

I'm down to 3 or less for each of my remaining tiles and am about to list

12:05 pm

penquis

my only criteria to list is that it's no longer fun to look for words....i am nearing that now....

12:06 pm

cybernan

I'm finding that the list is helping the monkeys a lot

12:06 pm

penquis

i bet...

12:07 pm

zoozzoom

Yeah mine is when I have done each tile in turn then looked for maybe things I might of missed plural PT more of isms etc then just random looking for a while. Once I have mucked about like that for a few hours I think list time lol

12:08 pm

penquis

lol...i can relate...

12:09 pm

cybernan

spoke too soon

12:10 pm

zoozzoom

I will NOT try Spam.

12:10 pm

penquis

already did, lol....the word, not the can....

12:11 pm

zoozzoom

ðŸ˜‚ðŸ‘

12:11 pm

cybernan

same category as frisbee

12:12 pm

zoozzoom

And Ironically Internet.

12:12 pm

zoozzoom

Yet modem is okay lol

12:15 pm

cybernan

do you have the pr 6/24? (last pr word)

12:15 pm

penquis

i don't...

12:16 pm

penquis

but your question led me to the pr 7... ;o)

12:16 pm

zoozzoom

PR + vowel + small child.

12:17 pm

cybernan

ty zoom

12:17 pm

penquis

ty, zoom....

12:19 pm

cybernan

struggling with the last do 5 -- keep wanting that river in Portugal

12:19 pm

penquis

do you have the back related one?

12:20 pm

cybernan

ah - change the last vowel

12:21 pm

cybernan

do 6/24 please?

12:22 pm

penquis

i have one with a plural ending...

12:22 pm

zoozzoom

Ends in not happy.

12:22 pm

penquis

oops....sorry....that's not do....it's dr....

12:22 pm

penquis

ty, zooz....

12:23 pm

cybernan

ty zoom

12:23 pm

cybernan

ouch - help with the dy's please?

12:24 pm

penquis

don't have any yet...

12:24 pm

zoozzoom

Nope not got those either sorry.

12:25 pm

cybernan

found --- eat rapidly and voraciously -- change first vowel

12:26 pm

cybernan

dy 6/39 and pl

12:26 pm

MollyL

Those words annoy me

12:26 pm

zoozzoom

Ah thank you! New words for me.

12:27 pm

cybernan

me too!

12:27 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* thanks for the help -- those d's were brutal

12:27 pm

zoozzoom

Congrats! And enjoy the rest of your day!

12:28 pm

cybernan

ty zoom

12:29 pm

cybernan

hagd everyone

12:55 pm

turqaz

the camptown ladies sing this song, "***** *****"

12:56 pm

bichon

du 5/14, pls

12:57 pm

turqaz

du 5/14: dares to

12:59 pm

bichon

sorry turq, don't understand

12:59 pm

turqaz

du 5/14: du + who's on fi***?

1:00 pm

bichon

ty turq, not familiar with the word

1:00 pm

turqaz

ye

1:00 pm

amelu0218

aka, lead singer for Limp Bizkit

1:00 pm

turqaz

uh, yw

1:25 pm

periwinkle

tough grid for me 72 left

1:32 pm

periwinkle

the d's are brutal

1:40 pm

bichon

Finished the d's, need help peri?

1:40 pm

periwinkle

not yet ty

1:42 pm

periwinkle

don't know what I need not using list yet

1:56 pm

mkg

welcome all clues and stats. ty.

1:58 pm

bichon

pa 6/30, first one, pls

2:29 pm

origami

A comic imitation, bichon

2:29 pm

origami

I think - haven't listed yet

2:30 pm

bichon

ty origami

3:01 pm

Douglas

You know the day destroys the night
Night divides the day
Try to run, Try to hide
Break on through to the other side!

3:04 pm

Douglas

They're in the grid, you know

3:04 pm

Douglas

maps

3:05 pm

Douglas

oops

3:05 pm

Douglas

fart

3:06 pm

hurshy

douglaaaaas

3:13 pm

hurshy

Os Obliterated

3:13 pm

bichon

last word, sp 6/24, pls

3:13 pm

hurshy

Ys Yanked

3:13 pm

hurshy

Us Undone

3:13 pm

doseffing

... vegetables from brussels

3:13 pm

hurshy

hi bichon, i just started

3:15 pm

bichon

ty dose

3:16 pm

hurshy

here's a question i'll have to look up

3:16 pm

hurshy

in like victorian times or whenever it was, sometimes they said a sick person had "the va6" and i would like to find out what exactly they meant by that

3:17 pm

doseffing

... breathing heavily on the verge of fainting

3:17 pm

hurshy

so it was not very specific then? just symptoms?

3:18 pm

hurshy

not like "consumption" which we now call "tuberculosis"

3:18 pm

doseffing

... not like that at all

3:18 pm

NatashaW

Victorian women were often considered to be "neurasthenic" and smelling salts and burnt feathers were used to revive them from a "swoon"

3:18 pm

doseffing

... just a male prejudice about supposed female frailty

3:19 pm

hurshy

and then we said "hey you morons, maybe if you stopped restricting your lungs with those dang corsets..."

3:21 pm

NatashaW

Ascribed primarily to women and thought to be caused by internal emanations (vapours) from the womb, it was related to the concept of female hysteria. The word "vapours" was subsequently used to describe a depressed or hysterical nervous condition.

3:21 pm

NatashaW

and off I go to the PB tho my spelling isn't in this grid

3:21 pm

hurshy

thanks, dos and natasha :D

3:21 pm

NatashaW

oops, it is

3:21 pm

NatashaW

:-)

3:22 pm

hurshy

aHA then that means Vs Vanquished

3:25 pm

hurshy

i know a few of simon & garfunkel's most famous songs but i happened upon a 20 track "best of" CD and am listening to the ones i didn't know. man, i see what all the fuss was about.

3:28 pm

hurshy

now anyone from generations older than mine may proceed to mock me :D

3:28 pm

NatashaW

no, we''ll confine ourselves to pity and compassion :-)

3:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi hursh

3:29 pm

hurshy

hi TO

3:29 pm

hurshy

i did have the sense, when my grandparents' house was being emptied, to request that the S&G and CCR posters that had belonged to one of my uncles as a teenager be preserved

3:30 pm

hurshy

i framed them and have them

3:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

classics

3:33 pm

doseffing

... and done ... phew ... may I offer any clues for anyone? ...

3:34 pm

hurshy

any weird D or P that you feel like cluing?

3:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

break time. the 7 sare hiding well.

3:36 pm

doseffing

... do 6/27 7/40 ... ... miscellaneous odd tools and things for odd jobs .... think of the list of tasks that father must complete ( as a help)

3:37 pm

doseffing

dy 6/39 7/56 ... if it had a "c" in it, it would sound like the end of a marriage llll

3:37 pm

hurshy

like a "honey do" list?

3:38 pm

hurshy

whoa those dy words are definitely very weird!

3:38 pm

doseffing

... yup ... but that is pretty close to sending me to the penalty box

3:38 pm

hurshy

oh no i get it!! on the do

3:38 pm

mkg

i need V words. only have one. so all welcome.

3:38 pm

doseffing

... yup to that too

3:38 pm

mkg

dy eh? dont have any yet.

3:39 pm

hurshy

when water evaporates you get va5 (or va6 alt sp) and both can be pluralized

3:39 pm

NatashaW

mkg I gave away about 4 of them a short while ago. Not sure I'm out of hte PB yet

3:39 pm

hurshy

mae west was a va4

3:39 pm

doseffing

.... what a twenties movie star or bar singer was often called

3:39 pm

NatashaW

3:21 pm

3:40 pm

doseffing

... have you got the va 5/18 ... a gas ... well make it a plural and spell it again with the Canadian spelling

3:41 pm

mkg

ty for clues. yeah! ty.

3:41 pm

doseffing

... then I wish you good night and good luck ... 'til tomorrow ... a bientot

3:42 pm

mkg

ty for all the clues.

3:59 pm

ChampFit

Those awesome "d" clues helped immensely! Sadly, I still need a few more. Time to list! Thanks for the clues, all!

4:08 pm

hurshy

anyone else around that wants to do weird P words? :D

4:15 pm

NatashaW

there's quite a few hurshy... what are you missing?

4:29 pm

hurshy

well i'm missing 6 which is kind of a lot for me but i don't have the list yet

4:49 pm

MollyL

It's a cheap hussy paradise in here. va4 and tr5
: D

4:50 pm

hurshy

lol

4:50 pm

hurshy

but no harlot

4:51 pm

MollyL

Happy New Year Hurshy. Hope this year brings you good things

4:57 pm

hurshy

same to you Molly!

6:42 pm

periwinkle

pr6/24 pls

6:44 pm

periwinkle

nm

6:47 pm

MollyL

Yeah, it was that one instant finder Peri

6:54 pm

sukee

It is time spam was accepted :)

6:56 pm

JaxH66

Stats for the 4th column bottom row d please

6:57 pm

Bugsaw

da 4,9 I think jax

6:57 pm

sukee

da 4/6

6:57 pm

JaxH66

Thanks

7:17 pm

MollyL

Spam...potted meat...Brand name proper noun...made up junk mail word...I'm not sure if Enable ever gets updated that will qualify. But we will probably never know as Enable will never get updated.

7:35 pm

wvteach

is there a DY - stats / clue

7:40 pm

hokie carla

dy6/39, 7/56

7:40 pm

Bugsaw

dy 6,39 and pllural

7:41 pm

hokie carla

looks like alt sp of to eat something like you're starving

7:43 pm

wvteach

thnx - would never have monkeyed it

7:52 pm

maccafixx

sp 7/44?

7:53 pm

Bugsaw

ends with a word that means a slight arguement

7:56 pm

JaxH66

Du5/14 please

7:57 pm

Bugsaw

a babblet Jax. Sounds like the magnate William Randolph Hu***

7:58 pm

JaxH66

Thanks got it

8:01 pm

Bugsaw

just finished. Any other clues before I go?

8:01 pm

maccafixx

still not getting that sp 7/44 clue?

8:02 pm

maccafixx

got it. Ty Bugsaw!

8:03 pm

Bugsaw

well done macca

8:03 pm

Bugsaw

glad you spoke up. I am not the best cluer but I hate to see people ignored by busy Babblers

8:04 pm

Bugsaw

anything wlse?

8:05 pm

Bugsaw

ok. Happy Balbbling

10:28 pm

hurshy

i'm confused, how can sp7 END with a slight argument when the 4 letter word for slight argument STARTS with sp?

10:28 pm

hurshy

and i can't seem to monkey peri's pr6/24

10:29 pm

danf63

Hurshy - the sp7 ends with an f

10:30 pm

torgone

sp7/44 extends the sp5/12 before it in a French way ..

10:30 pm

hurshy

ahhh i see a different argument word with a letter missing. thanks danf

10:30 pm

hurshy

Ss Smashed

10:30 pm

hurshy

heya tor

10:30 pm

torgone

Heyas hurshy ..

10:31 pm

hurshy

and at LAST i've monkeyed that pr6

10:33 pm

hurshy

i think i'm gonna call it a night, have fun all

10:34 pm

torgone

Nitres ms. hurshy ..

10:34 pm

torgone

Just need do6/24 now ..

11:18 pm

Uneaixoise

Fw!!

11:19 pm

danf63

Yay Une!

11:19 pm

danf63

Tor - did you get the do6 thing-a-ma-jig?

11:56 pm

dizgrannie

hi all from down under - a lovely (tongue in cheek) 37.8 degrees celcius meaning 100 farenheit. And the fires are getting worse.

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