Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, April 22, 2020

12:03 am

cybernan

hello everyone - sp 7

12:03 am

saanichcat

hi nan -- me 7

12:10 am

stidmama

NAN! SAANICH!!!!

12:11 am

Gillie

el7

12:13 am

marksdolly

ty Gillie

12:13 am

melonheadjujube

cybernan, thanks for the alert!

12:13 am

Gillie

yw

12:14 am

melonheadjujube

tx Gillie

12:15 am

cybernan

hi stid

12:17 am

stidmama

hey melonhead. long time no see

12:18 am

stidmama

Hope all are well. I am heading to bed, we finally have permission to go to school to pack our students' possessions for pick up this week. Going to include a few extras if I can remember where I put them. :-) *poof*

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

melonheadjujube

hi stidmama. I had been getting to bed before the flip in recent months. Out of work now, but doing all right. Who knew I would miss middle schoolers?

12:20 am

melonheadjujube

tx lickety

12:26 am

cybernan

crashing -- good night everyone

12:27 am

melonheadjujube

right behind you! Trying to get back to some regular hours in the Groundhog Day life. nite all! [poof]

12:36 am

harpjane

found a weasel

12:42 am

broll

phantoms: ellipse, erroneous

12:42 am

harpjane

andafeline

12:44 am

harpjane

oops, and, found a feline

12:46 am

broll

phantom: sonorous

12:47 am

harpjane

If my sixth grade self had a teacher pack up my things, I would be SOOOO doomed! or at least seriously embarassed!

12:51 am

mixi6

Found a bird

12:53 am

mixi6

Elise

12:53 am

mixi6

Night all

1:03 am

jessmom

ae7

1:03 am

aebmusica

eo8......clue please

1:07 am

ursh

eo+2/3 of a 3 letter word for a fib +pi4/5 (a heap)

1:07 am

aebmusica

tyvm ursh

1:09 am

ursh

sorry for silly clue - no definition :)

1:10 am

SueMagee

It was gratefully received!

2:06 am

rururocks

Another old MacDonald grid ....

2:54 am

aebmusica

sp6/21(last one) ......clue please

2:58 am

aebmusica

anyone still out there.......????

3:05 am

Jayk

backbone with an L thrown in

3:06 am

aebmusica

It's my last word in this grid, quess I'll just have to finish this in the morning.

3:06 am

aebmusica

tyvm Jayk

5:08 am

MollyL

Okay, ae7? Wow

5:16 am

mattygroves

Gee - ae7, how?!

5:18 am

MollyL

Not a word I have seen before. If it has been in grids, I don't remember it.

5:20 am

mattygroves

Eep. May I have a nudge, please?

5:21 am

MollyL

It ends with the last three of the French phrase for assistant cook

5:21 am

Uneaixoise

Tx for eo8.....what a word!

5:22 am

MollyL

Yeah, the eo8 is another oddball

5:23 am

MollyL

It would have been fun to try and find it on my own, but the clue was right there when I opened up the chat. I didn't realize flip calling was still going on. I usually hide chat for that.

5:26 am

mattygroves

Yarp. Weird word. Thanks

5:36 am

Atalante

I only know a three letter word for an assistant cook. hmmm

5:43 am

MollyL

It is not a French word. It is a two word phrase and the first word is French.

5:44 am

MollyL

French word for assistant?

5:51 am

Atalante

hmmm I always thought that was assistante

5:55 am

Atalante

monkeyed it. still no idea about the clue LOL

5:55 am

MollyL

Okay, let us get away from French. Last three of g7, a word describing someone who gives to charity, or who gives to others frequently and in large amounts.

5:56 am

MollyL

If someone gives you a large portion of food, you might also refer to it as g7

5:56 am

MollyL

Sous chef

5:59 am

rururocks

we

5:59 am

rururocks

we have had this word before

6:07 am

Atalante

what a lot of people are at the moment if they are sunbathing during locldown

6:08 am

Atalante

eelpie should clearly be a word

6:09 am

rururocks

ugh..

6:09 am

rururocks

does it come with a moray sauce?

6:10 am

Atalante

definitely with a conger line

6:11 am

rururocks

of course i had to say that these recent grids have been easy.. then this sucker pops up

6:12 am

Atalante

you should look sheepish. thats a clue

6:15 am

rururocks

had that one :D i always see that one

6:16 am

Valiant

noir

6:16 am

Atalante

of course you do. you should definitely look sheepish then!

6:17 am

rururocks

ususally i find it by shear luck

6:17 am

Atalante

because you have a woolly mind?

6:18 am

rururocks

well i've always said ata if you can't bleat them join them

6:19 am

Atalante

at the baa?

6:20 am

sukee

That is a baaaaaaaad joke

6:20 am

rururocks

personally i don't give a flock most of the time

6:21 am

Atalante

so I've herd

6:21 am

rururocks

ewe are being funny now

6:21 am

Atalante

got to ram it home sometimes

6:22 am

rururocks

lol tell me about it

6:22 am

rururocks

this grid is terrible

6:24 am

Atalante

its not that bad. yet ...!

6:24 am

Atalante

apart from the Es

6:24 am

Atalante

and the scientific names of fish which aren't accetable and clearly should be

6:28 am

rururocks

i have all the e's now

6:28 am

rururocks

missing a bunch of o's and s's and m's

6:28 am

sukee

I have none so far :)

7:05 am

Scrabbler

Who is still here?

7:05 am

Uneaixoise

Me!

7:05 am

Scrabbler

Hi Une. How are Sierra and her puppies doing?

7:06 am

Uneaixoise

They're doing great!

7:06 am

Scrabbler

Excellent.

7:07 am

Uneaixoise

BRB.....heading to local grocery geezer hour :-)

7:07 am

Scrabbler

Haha.

7:07 am

Uneaixoise

7:17 am

mattygroves

Hi all. Am I being thick...I can't see ANY of the 6 Os in the last column? May I have a stat or two please?

7:18 am

doseffing

or 4/4 ... but you're not being thick ... that's the only one I've foiund

7:19 am

Robespierre

This grid is brutal! In all the Es and Os, Iâ€™ve found...one word.

7:19 am

mattygroves

Thanks! How are you?

7:20 am

doseffing

... eo 5/6 ... eo + trig ratio ... twice

7:22 am

mattygroves

Does anyone have stats for the E in the second column, top row, please?

7:22 am

HarryHood

ee5/10

7:22 am

welki

el 5/12, a common word in crossword puzzles; a type of resin

7:23 am

HarryHood

ty welki

7:23 am

welki

apologies, you just asked for stats

7:23 am

mattygroves

It's ok - I'm not doing terribly well on this grid anyway :)

7:25 am

HarryHood

woo foundn a 7

7:25 am

BzznBea

Woot! Woot! Look at all the vowels!

7:25 am

MollyL

14 o'dem

7:26 am

MollyL

Or 15 for those who can count properly

7:26 am

HarryHood

nbt :)

7:26 am

doseffing

... plus the sometimes vowel

7:27 am

MollyL

I don't count sometimes

7:27 am

Sam

There are three kinds of people in the world. Those who can count and those who can't.

7:28 am

MollyL

Right on Sam

7:28 am

mattygroves

There are 10 types of people in the world; those who understand binary and those who don't ;)

7:29 am

HarryHood

halfway! going to prep class - later all!

7:31 am

dan2bit

so many I's and E's, none of them in the right spots

7:31 am

dan2bit

morning all!

7:31 am

BzznBea

Morning, Dan.

7:34 am

mattygroves

Is it me, or is this a tough little grid?

7:34 am

BzznBea

It's tough. All the vowels.

7:34 am

dan2bit

not just you

7:34 am

mattygroves

Whew. I'm not going loopy ;)

7:36 am

Judi

Howzit, neighbors?

7:40 am

mattygroves

I'm good - not even halfway, though, and stuck!

7:40 am

Judi

This grid looks evil.

7:41 am

mattygroves

Now I'm exactly halfway, but it's really slow going

7:41 am

BzznBea

Morning, Judi.

7:42 am

MollyL

We had another freeze warning last night. What the hell is up with freeze warnings in April? This is not Canada.

7:43 am

hokie carla

I don't know if we did or not. I did not cover my plants though.

7:43 am

hokie carla

Bea, I have discovered a blight on my tomatoes.

7:44 am

Judi

Yeah. It was 37 when I look at the thermometer this a.m. Got down to 34 last night. April is March. March was April. Its a mad, masked world I say.

7:44 am

BzznBea

Too much water?

7:44 am

BzznBea

Are they in containers, Carla?

7:45 am

hokie carla

maybe? haven't had that much rain and have only watered them a couple of times. Mr. homie said when he took the sheet off one morning after a freeze warning the leaves were all wet.

7:45 am

hokie carla

they are in big raised beds

7:46 am

hokie carla

he has to go to lowe's later so I'm going to have him get some fungicide that I read you need for this.

7:48 am

BzznBea

Judi and Molly, How much is gasoline up your way?

7:48 am

BzznBea

Carla, I went to a local nursery Monday and bought lots and lots of flowers.

7:49 am

hokie carla

nice. I was going to go today or tomorrow back to my nearby farm stand and get some squash plants

7:51 am

hokie carla

I am finding this grid incredibly difficult.

7:52 am

hokie carla

did find the fable writer or collector, but that doesn't help

7:56 am

Judi

Time to get back to my project. Probable won't finish this one today. 44 left in the bucket. See y'all tomorrow. *PEUFF*

7:57 am

MollyL

Bea, $2.10 to $2.25 for regular unleaded.

7:57 am

MollyL

I understand you guys are below two dollars a gallon. No demand, no one is going anywhere.

7:58 am

BzznBea

It is $1.71 here.

7:58 am

hokie carla

I haven't even been near a gas station to look.

7:59 am

BzznBea

I have to drive by several when I go out for groceries.

7:59 am

hokie carla

I lie, I drove by 2 on the way to walmart Mon but didn't look

7:59 am

MollyL

The cold weather has me grumpy. So does having to garb up like a surgeon to go into a store.

8:00 am

BzznBea

Carla, I was sewing yesterday and thought I needed to remind you to clean out the bobbin area of your machine.

8:01 am

NatashaW

But the white dogwood blossoms are shining against the blue sky... and the lilac lasts longer in cooler temps.

8:01 am

MollyL

My boss is also making me grumpy, complaining about what a "pain in the ass" the virus restrictions are to him and his money making machine.

8:01 am

MollyL

Ooo, I love lilac.

8:01 am

hokie carla

:D, thank you. I do that pretty regularly, but I just got a shipment from my LQS yesterday and had ordered these little cleaning brushes so I will use one of those on all my machines later.

8:01 am

NatashaW

So do I

8:02 am

BzznBea

I love lilacs.

8:02 am

hokie carla

have not used my serger or coverstitch since this started!

8:02 am

BzznBea

Do you have a Little Purple Thang?

8:02 am

MollyL

Local Quilting Store?

8:02 am

bichon

Waiting for May when the lilacs bloom

8:02 am

hokie carla

but I did incorporate my industrial straight stitch back into my sewing rooms after getting it out for my son to use

8:03 am

hokie carla

yes, Local Quilting Store

8:03 am

hokie carla

they were doing curbside and then quit and of course the day after I ordered they went back to curbside pickup. it is only 10 min from my house.

8:04 am

MollyL

*Is busy looking up all the sewing lingo

8:04 am

hokie carla

I have 2 little purple thangs! love it. broke the curved tip off one though

8:04 am

hokie carla

what I was most excited about in my shipment yesterday is an electric seam ripper.

8:04 am

BzznBea

I have several of them. I'm always getting mine caught under the needle.

8:05 am

BzznBea

I finished making masks for a bit. Started digging around and found a couple small projects that will be easy to complete.

8:05 am

hokie carla

working on a quilt for my mom for mother's day.

8:06 am

cybernan

good morning everyone - it is so nice to look out my window and see all the tulips and narcissus in bloom :) Now all we need is a little rain.

8:07 am

hokie carla

I decided I was finished making masks, then I ran into a friend neighbor at walmart and she was texting me this morning to get me to make some. I have 2 left already made but no more elastic so I told her I'd have to make ties or rig something else.

8:07 am

hokie carla

hi nan

8:07 am

Deeha

Had a terrible thought yesterday - hope this doesnt end too soon I've got so much to do!! Then I thought hang on I'm retired I can stay in any time I want!!

8:07 am

cybernan

have the same problem, carla - ran out of elastic yesterday

8:08 am

BzznBea

Deeha, I have thought the same thing.

8:08 am

hokie carla

Haha, deeha. I've been saying this is really not that different from my normal life. and I still have a thousand unfinished projects to do.

8:08 am

BzznBea

I never used elastic on any of mine.

8:09 am

hokie carla

I used some ribbon for ties on mine and the top one was a little short so I sewed a little leftover bit of elastic in the middle and just tie the bottom

8:10 am

hokie carla

I really dislike making straps and ties, bea

8:10 am

BzznBea

I probably made 5 miles of straps...

8:11 am

cybernan

good idea - ribbon and elastic - and I do have some grosgrain ribbon and short pieces of elastic!

8:11 am

Deeha

Friend and I have made 60 scrubs bags, 30 little knitted things to hooks masks onto and 30 headbands. Now out of fabric, cotton and elastic!

8:13 am

hokie carla

I have a ton of FOE (fold over elastic) in different colors and patterns but it's like 1/2" or 5/8" and just didn't work right. I may try to fold it in half and zig zag it.

8:13 am

hokie carla

I still have a LOT of fabric. I might have a problem.

8:14 am

BzznBea

I did make some masks for the grands. I got the elastic sports headbands and cut those to use for their earpiece.

8:14 am

cybernan

does anyone have stats for the 8 please? my only blank stat

8:14 am

hokie carla

hmm, I do have some of those, but I wear them.

8:15 am

hokie carla

I don't even have a 7, nan. can't get to halfway. this is not my day.

8:15 am

BzznBea

I KNOW I have a problem. There are 15 large totes of fabric in my sewing room.

8:15 am

BzznBea

nan, it is eo8.45

8:15 am

cybernan

I gave away most of the fabric I had when we down sized

8:16 am

cybernan

ty bea -- have the eo 5-6 - will keep looking

8:16 am

hokie carla

most of my cotton is fat quarters, but I have so much knit fabric and patterns I could make something new every day for a month and get rid of all my current wardrobe

8:17 am

BzznBea

That 8 ends in a heap. =)

8:17 am

hokie carla

most of mine is in an IKEA bookcase with glass doors, then I have various boxes and drawers filled as well.

8:18 am

BzznBea

Well, I worked in a quilt shop for several years and I inherited some of my moms.

8:19 am

hokie carla

now my scraps box is full again. need to find another project to stuff.

8:20 am

BzznBea

I make rugs out of my scraps.

8:21 am

hokie carla

sounds too time consuming :D

8:21 am

BzznBea

It gets tedious, but I work on them a bit at time.

8:21 am

Deeha

Friend and I have made 60 scrubs bags, 30 little knitted things to hooks masks onto and 30 headbands. Now out of fabric, cotton and elastic!

8:22 am

Deeha

spone

8:22 am

BzznBea

I usually do it when have a problem I'm trying work out. Doesn't take any thought.

8:22 am

Deeha

oops lucky it was a word I mde up. Sorry

8:22 am

BzznBea

That is excellent, Deeha.

8:23 am

cybernan

ty bea -- took me a while to figure out which e to use

8:25 am

hokie carla

finally made it too halfway. think I will go work on the puzzle for a while. we started a brand new 1000 piece the other night, just opened it for the first time ever, and there is a piece of sky missing.

8:26 am

cybernan

maybe the sky fell down beside your chair cushion?

8:27 am

hokie carla

we have looked in the box, on the floor, everywhere

8:27 am

BzznBea

It will show up...or not.

8:28 am

bichon

I did crossword puzzles the night I was in labor

8:28 am

MollyL

The sky is falling, the sky is falling

8:28 am

BzznBea

I have 50 words left and can not imagine where they would be.

8:28 am

hokie carla

there are a couple of others that seem obvious due to shape and pattern but we can't find. we'll see if any of them turn up! hoping to finish today. we've found that our dining room light isn't good enough for us to work at night

8:28 am

cybernan

52 left here

8:28 am

Deeha

just got the eo8 what a lovely word.

8:29 am

hokie carla

57 left here. don't see any of those 3 eo, even though per bea's clue I know 6 of the 8 letters in the 8.

8:29 am

bichon

share, pls Dee

8:30 am

hokie carla

bea said it ends in a heap, bichon

8:31 am

cybernan

all letters in the top left corner, bichon, for the eo 8

8:31 am

hokie carla

thx, nan, that did it

8:31 am

cybernan

* top left quadrant

8:31 am

bichon

ty carla

8:32 am

bichon

noris

8:32 am

hokie carla

thank you, bichon

8:33 am

cybernan

down to 44 and stalled again

8:33 am

MLFAN17

I just read the chat for the eo 8 but not getting it?

8:33 am

BzznBea

And where there is sushi, there is usually wine...

8:33 am

hokie carla

made it down to 52. really going to the puzzle now. TTFN

8:34 am

BzznBea

Give it some time, mlf.

8:34 am

cybernan

just can't get that runaway couple to the altar in this grid

8:35 am

MLFAN17

is that supposed to mean something ?

8:35 am

MLFAN17

bzz

8:35 am

BzznBea

No, except you might want to get a little more familiar with the grid before you jump on that 8.

8:36 am

MollyL

If you know it starts in eo and ends in a word that means heap, that only leaves two letters to find to connect them.

8:36 am

cybernan

found the eo 8 a while back, ty

8:36 am

Atalante

*watches with popcorn*

8:36 am

MLFAN17

all I did was read the chat lol

8:37 am

bichon

ae 7/32, pls

8:37 am

BzznBea

That is why I say, give it some time.

8:37 am

MollyL

No way, I'm not cluing that ae7 again

8:37 am

MLFAN17

got it:)

8:38 am

BzznBea

ae 7 is a brassy goldish green color.

8:38 am

MLFAN17

I used morewords for the eo8

8:39 am

bichon

mlf, you have the ae 7? Pls share

8:39 am

cybernan

mmm - don't think I know a colour beginning with ae

8:39 am

MLFAN17

on bichon I have the eo8

8:40 am

BzznBea

ae + first three letters of the sign gas + pronoun for you and I.

8:41 am

MLFAN17

no I meant

8:41 am

bichon

ty Bea

8:41 am

BzznBea

yw

8:41 am

cybernan

ty bea - new one for me

8:42 am

MollyL

Ru pointed out that the ae7 has been in grids before. It surely did not stick in my memory banks.

8:42 am

MLFAN17

got the ae word

8:42 am

MLFAN17

I have seen the ae7 before

8:44 am

BzznBea

Just greyed the last vowel tile. Not to find the last 35 consonants...

8:44 am

MLFAN17

congrats bzz

8:45 am

cybernan

going to list for the last 35 - this is too painful

8:45 am

MollyL

Oh, so you got that ae7 right away then, MLF

8:46 am

MLFAN17

i used morewords

8:46 am

BzznBea

Very resourceful.

8:47 am

MLFAN17

agreed

8:49 am

hokie carla

sat back down to answer a text and glad I checked in here.

8:49 am

MLFAN17

hi hokie

8:49 am

hokie carla

I have no idea where these s's are

8:49 am

hokie carla

hi mlfan

8:50 am

MLFAN17

i have 5 of them

8:50 am

hokie carla

hey siri (in the grid), where are all the s's

8:50 am

hokie carla

I have 9, so finally reached halfway on them

8:50 am

MollyL

Alexa knows

8:50 am

BzznBea

Most of the are sp...

8:51 am

MLFAN17

found two more

8:51 am

BzznBea

There is a fancy party in the S's.

8:51 am

hokie carla

yep, just found what happens to food and somebody ruining a movie

8:52 am

cybernan

guess it's not a shindig

8:52 am

hokie carla

indeed, thx bea

8:52 am

MLFAN17

got them too

8:52 am

MLFAN17

4th column e stats pls?

8:53 am

BzznBea

en5.16

8:53 am

BzznBea

Sorry, that is en5.12

8:54 am

hokie carla

lol, I kept trying to work the x in even though that's too many points before I saw the huge en5/12

8:55 am

MLFAN17

ty hokie

8:55 am

MLFAN17

last column o stats pls?

8:56 am

BzznBea

or4.4

8:57 am

MLFAN17

got it ty bzz

8:57 am

MLFAN17

i gtg will be back...

8:57 am

BzznBea

The Baltimore bird is in their too.

8:57 am

BzznBea

there

8:58 am

hokie carla

did not see that, thx. I did try the bay window, which is not there.

8:58 am

hokie carla

40 left, back to the puzzle.

9:07 am

montreal13

40 left as well, bbl - have a great day all

9:12 am

cybernan

stuck on the or 5/12

9:12 am

MollyL

By the way, Happy Earth Day. Go out there and send some love Ma Nature's way.

9:13 am

HarryHood

add on a 3 letter word meaning to chop off

9:13 am

HarryHood

I did every permutation until I came up with that one. thanks for the statss

9:15 am

HarryHood

40 to go.

9:15 am

cybernan

*!*~*!* ty harry

9:16 am

HarryHood

yay nan

9:16 am

BzznBea

Congrats, nan.

9:16 am

cybernan

hagd everyone - stay safe

9:22 am

BzznBea

See you all tomorrow...

9:33 am

MollyL

Definition of permutation: what happens to your perm when all the salons are closed.

9:34 am

Atalante

or when your cat has got a sore throat?

9:38 am

moolingwa

morning all

9:50 am

bichon

sp 6/24, pls

9:51 am

LuvWordGames

add a vowel to the sp 5/12

9:52 am

LuvWordGames

sorry not a vowel a cons.

9:55 am

car.eeyore

Hello everyone

9:55 am

LuvWordGames

hi car

9:58 am

Trifioso

CAR!!!

9:59 am

Trifioso

just jumped on for a few before history class

9:59 am

car.eeyore

Hi! I'm still giggling about that damn dog video!

9:59 am

Trifioso

soooo good!

10:03 am

Trifioso

we are supposed to dress up for history class like we have been on vacation

10:04 am

car.eeyore

Fun! Chances of you being the only one dressed up though.....?

10:04 am

Trifioso

excellent. as always

10:04 am

Trifioso

excellent. as always

10:06 am

Trifioso

wicked lag here

10:07 am

car.eeyore

I don't think I like this puzzle today :(

10:07 am

rururocks

it's the old macdonald grid

10:07 am

car.eeyore

Pretty much

10:16 am

bichon

ty Luv

10:39 am

ThIsGiRl

hi

10:42 am

MollyL

â™ªOld MacDonald had a grid..eieio...and in this grid some words were hid...eieio...with a thought I had it here and a duh me there...here a duh, there a thought, everywhere a duh, duh...Old MacDonald had a grid...eieioâ™«

10:45 am

penquis

very clever, Molly....

10:51 am

MollyL

Hi Pen, how's life in Maine?

10:51 am

penquis

very quiet... ;o) .... stay at home order here.....haven't been out in three weeks....

10:54 am

penquis

but i feel very lucky.....only 5 active cases in my county right now.....probably more undiagnosed cases, but still....

10:57 am

piano player

Nosy

10:57 am

penquis

me??... ;o)

11:01 am

MollyL

We have a lot more cases than that in my county. But then, we have over a million people too.

11:02 am

penquis

yes, and my county is not all that populous....decent sized area, but not many people....

11:07 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! girl who lived in the Plaza penthouse

11:09 am

stidgmere

Good morning from the center of the universe here in Washington State. Getting a few grid words but my goal is always set so wide, I call any word a win. Hope you all have a splendid day. We are going to play some Scrabble today.

11:10 am

saanichcat

hi there stidgmere! How are you? long time no see

11:11 am

stidgmere

Doing fine here in retirement mode. We already have such a quiet life we barely notice the stay at home order. Kind of like friends who didn't notice the Great Depression because they already were poor.

11:12 am

therealblah

elise?

11:12 am

hurshy

close

11:13 am

therealblah

eloise?

11:13 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!

11:13 am

therealblah

lol it has been a loooooong time since i read that

11:13 am

hurshy

yeah :)

11:18 am

bichon

el 7/28, pls

11:20 am

doseffing

... e + a sore or wound but you've gotta change the second vowel

11:20 am

hurshy

ty dos

11:21 am

saanichcat

thanks dos!

11:21 am

bichon

sorry, dose, don't get the sore or wound

11:23 am

LisaG

My work has just sent me a message asking if by May 1st I would be comfortable working from the office again. Heck no I will not! In our city, the amount of people getting sick is still increasing by the day. I don't even feel comfortable going to the store yet.

11:24 am

doseffing

... okay ... el + I am, you are, she xx + charged particle

11:25 am

bichon

ty dose

11:25 am

hurshy

what's the 8?

11:26 am

hurshy

i thought maybe i had it with person-who-gets-killed-by-po6, but that didn't go

11:26 am

bichon

eo 8/45

11:27 am

hurshy

o my

11:29 am

hurshy

thank goodness for morewords :D

11:31 am

bichon

sp 6/21, second one, pls

11:32 am

doseffing

... add a consonent to the middle of your backbone

11:38 am

MollyL

People are going to look pretty funny with consonants sticking out of their backbones.

11:38 am

MollyL

But then we all look pretty funny, running around in face masks, so who cares.

11:39 am

bichon

ty dose, fw

11:56 am

mixi6

https://tinyurl.com/y89zx8a8 quarantine through art

12:49 pm

LisaG

42 left, and this is one tricky puzzle!

1:18 pm

dan2bit

got to 85 words, headed to list. thanks all cluers so far!

1:26 pm

hokie carla

"person who gets killed by po6"- I was like, police isn't here. but then I realized it's the other po6.

1:31 pm

Sabatini

begin Italian

1:33 pm

mixi6

ae7?

1:33 pm

hokie carla

supposedly it's a color.

1:34 pm

hokie carla

ends like if you've made a mistake you were erro_____

1:35 pm

hokie carla

def. is "bronze colored". that was never in my crayola 64.

1:38 pm

hokie carla

well, I made it to 38 left. going to the list.

1:42 pm

hokie carla

these are like the worst e's ever, no?

1:45 pm

zoozzoom

Two are the others were not too bad.

1:46 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I should've gotten the eo5/6 since we have the all the time

1:46 pm

hokie carla

them

1:48 pm

zoozzoom

Took me quite a while to get the Os I just could not see them at first.

1:49 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I only got3 from the 5th col and those took a while

1:53 pm

zoozzoom

Well I am off to do other things. Goodluck with the rest of the grid!

1:53 pm

hokie carla

bye!

2:08 pm

periwinkle

hi all. I dusted and vacuumed my bedroom and small hallway. since I do this so infrequently I feel the need to announce it publicly

2:08 pm

CharityFrog

Excellent!

2:14 pm

mixi6

I usually clean twice a year before i have a bunch of people over. Have spring cleaned two rooms so far.

2:20 pm

periwinkle

lol mixi6 I clean a little more frequently than that but not much

2:21 pm

periwinkle

stuck with 54 left

2:21 pm

periwinkle

tough grid? or is it me?

2:22 pm

MollyL

It's not you. People have been complaining all day. Peri I am DYING to get a pedicure. Even though it is too damn cold to break out the sandals.

2:23 pm

periwinkle

It is too cold here too. the heat is still one. but the sun is shining so that is good

2:26 pm

MollyL

And my spa closed permanently, so now I have to find a new place once this virus mess is behind us.

2:27 pm

MollyL

I feel bad for the people who had gift cards in the 100-200 dollar range who got totally hosed by this.

3:11 pm

periwinkle

that is too bad, Molly

3:12 pm

periwinkle

I hope by hair salon is able to stay open

3:12 pm

periwinkle

I hope by hair salon is able to stay open

3:12 pm

periwinkle

I did get my hair cut before all hell broke loose and also had my car washed

3:14 pm

MollyL

Hair in general is going to start looking shaggy and unkempt. The guys in my office are already looking that way.

3:23 pm

periwinkle

my neighbor across the hall is still working but he shaves his head

3:23 pm

periwinkle

he does it anyway nothing to do with the pandemic

3:52 pm

LisaG

i only have one me word, and cant think of any others.

4:24 pm

FrenchToast

I have 2 me words. me5,12 and me6,21.

4:27 pm

montreal13

i have 6 MEs, all of them â˜º

4:28 pm

FrenchToast

dammit!

4:28 pm

FrenchToast

SIX?

4:28 pm

LisaG

I have an me5 word

4:28 pm

montreal13

ME 5,6,7,4,5,6

4:29 pm

LisaG

ha ha, well just figured out the me 4!

4:30 pm

montreal13

add a vowel for a ME5

4:30 pm

LisaG

i just got that one and hte 6 after.

4:30 pm

LisaG

now for the 6 and 7

4:31 pm

montreal13

kind of sheep and plural

4:32 pm

LisaG

mutton lol

4:32 pm

LisaG

htats what comees to mind

4:33 pm

montreal13

ends in not yes

4:33 pm

FrenchToast

a me6-wool sweater

4:33 pm

moolingwa

well known sheep for it's wool

4:33 pm

moolingwa

especially in australia :)

4:35 pm

LisaG

thank you!

4:35 pm

moolingwa

you have all the me words now?

4:36 pm

FrenchToast

I do, thank you!

4:37 pm

LisaG

yep. down to 22

4:38 pm

moolingwa

still 9 left for me

4:38 pm

FrenchToast

I stil have 56 to find

4:40 pm

moolingwa

I really don't understand why they don't have eelmine in this dictionary....

4:40 pm

moolingwa

where do they think eels come from? The sea????!!

4:41 pm

moolingwa

and everyone knows that they stack oil in an oilpile...sheesh

4:42 pm

FrenchToast

why isn't eelpie a word

4:43 pm

moolingwa

I guess the lamprey experience scarred the lexicographers

4:43 pm

montreal13

eelmix sounds like a good drink â˜»

4:44 pm

moolingwa

ooh

4:44 pm

FrenchToast

If 4 and 20 blackbirds can be baked in a pie, why not eel in a pie

4:44 pm

moolingwa

and why not minipole? Can we only have standard sized poles?

4:45 pm

FrenchToast

I'm sure all the under-endowed men of the world don't want "minipole" to be a word.

4:46 pm

moolingwa

heh

4:46 pm

moolingwa

eating bauxite can cause orelips

4:48 pm

FrenchToast

yummy

4:51 pm

montreal13

FW !, finally !

4:52 pm

FrenchToast

woo hoo

4:52 pm

moolingwa

yay monty!

4:52 pm

moolingwa

still 9 away

4:52 pm

montreal13

any clue needed ?

4:52 pm

moolingwa

what letter does the 8 start with?

4:52 pm

FrenchToast

I'm still 43 away, so I'm going to take a break and guzzle some wine :)

4:52 pm

montreal13

cheers FT !

4:52 pm

FrenchToast

eo8

4:52 pm

moolingwa

seems like a reasonable approach FT

4:54 pm

FrenchToast

It's gonna be graaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaape

4:54 pm

montreal13

that EO8 ends in how you were stacking oil earlier...

4:55 pm

moolingwa

ah, would never have figured that one out alone

4:55 pm

moolingwa

thx guys

4:55 pm

montreal13

never seen that EO before...

4:55 pm

montreal13

1 more for the road ?

4:56 pm

moolingwa

have 2 or6s and an or4 off the o in the last column

4:56 pm

moolingwa

missing three more o words

4:56 pm

montreal13

1 OI, 2 OL, 2 OP, 6 OR

4:57 pm

moolingwa

ah, they're all or words...tx

4:57 pm

montreal13

not too sure where they all came from...

4:57 pm

moolingwa

all 6 or words come off the last o

4:57 pm

montreal13

good luck mool and take care

4:57 pm

moolingwa

will figure it out, thanks

4:58 pm

moolingwa

you too, have a great evening

4:58 pm

montreal13

thanks, bye for now

5:02 pm

Marc Freeman

me5 the first one please?

5:13 pm

Marc Freeman

found it thanks

5:18 pm

ch1212

Any sewers on? Do you know if a Singer heavy-duty 4423 can use a Brother sa156 bobbin?

5:35 pm

MollyL

It is so sad that sewer means one who sews and also pipes that run sewage water. It lends to a lot of misunderstanding.

5:36 pm

ch1212

Yes, I thought that too as I posted. I naturally researched the question myself first, but found conflicting answers. I'd hoped someone on here would know.

5:37 pm

MollyL

The "we who sew" hour is in the morning when Bea and Carla are on. They talk about sewing for a long time.

5:38 pm

ch1212

Oh! Thanks Molly. I try back then. Bye :)

5:38 pm

MollyL

I would try researching your sewing machine and see if there are any substitute bobbins that can be used.

5:53 pm

HarryHood

love that word...bobbin...

5:58 pm

mkg

hi all. clues for the E in fourth column? ty

5:59 pm

rururocks

bea and carla keep me in stitches

6:03 pm

MollyL

They are sew into the needle and thread thing.

6:04 pm

MollyL

Material girls.

6:16 pm

72 Temple Owl

eelpie

6:36 pm

MollyL

That is the second time eelpie has been posted in the chat. Are people getting desperate for groceries?

6:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

my dad, who was one of 10 and learned to eat eerything, drew the line at line. so to speak.

6:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

eelpie is more plausible than the actual words.

7:02 pm

mkg

ok all so what is the clue for the e??????

7:04 pm

mkg

nm. got one of them

7:04 pm

mkg

any stats or clues for the 8? ty

7:05 pm

dan2bit

eo8/45 - sort of like TO's joke, except with extra vowels and another L

7:05 pm

dan2bit

eo + shortened fib + heap

7:07 pm

mkg

ty. heap is hard for me. trying.

7:07 pm

mkg

got it. ty.

7:11 pm

dan2bit

woot

7:22 pm

MollyL

If heap is hard for you, try a Google search on synonyms for heap. The word comes right up.

7:25 pm

penquis

hello all....ae 9 anyone?....it's my last word....

7:27 pm

rururocks

age and rectal words mixed together

7:27 pm

Lizlin

ae 8 - ae + half of a Hawaiian goose + vowel + pl of me

7:27 pm

rururocks

an old ass if you will

7:27 pm

Lizlin

Good morning all

7:28 pm

rururocks

hi liz.. you spoiled my obscure clue :D

7:28 pm

penquis

ty, ru and liz....i am done....

7:28 pm

MollyL

Half a Hawaiian goose is becoming a popular clue phrase

7:28 pm

Lizlin

I think I got it from you, Molly

7:28 pm

Lizlin

congrats, pen

7:28 pm

rururocks

way to go penq

7:29 pm

phandmd

good evening

7:29 pm

Lizlin

Sorry about ruining your clue Ru - much better than mine.

7:29 pm

penquis

ty....hi phan.....

7:29 pm

penquis

actually, liz....i used yours... ;o)

7:29 pm

rururocks

two hawaiian geese on the beach looking at a dead goose.. what happened to Sam.. he got clued in half

7:29 pm

Lizlin

:)

7:31 pm

MollyL

The sad thing is, the general, non-Babble playing public would not have a clue as to what "half a Hawaiian goose" means.

7:31 pm

Lizlin

When I first heard it on babble, I had to google it.

7:31 pm

rururocks

they'd have to take a gander at the archives I'd guess

7:32 pm

Lizlin

Now it just seems normal but I've never seen one or heard it used outside of babble.

7:33 pm

phandmd

I got to see one when I went to Hawaii 5 years ago.

7:33 pm

phandmd

I was so excited!

7:33 pm

Lizlin

I ought to google an image and see what it looks like.

7:34 pm

penquis

i guess the Hawaiian islands are the only places they live in the wild....

7:35 pm

Lizlin

Can't see that I'll ever get to Hawaii. At the moment can't see me getting out of Aus!

7:35 pm

rururocks

i like Kaui and Maui.. but not the other islands

7:35 pm

MollyL

The weird Enable Word List makers hoped for comments like this, someday.

7:36 pm

phandmd

I really enjoyed the big island.

7:36 pm

penquis

i have only been to Oahu....

7:36 pm

phandmd

We also went to Oahu, I needed to go to Pearl Harbour

7:37 pm

MollyL

Those of us who are claustrophobic and could not endure a plane ride that long, only dream of Hawaii.

7:37 pm

penquis

yes, i went there, too....

7:38 pm

phandmd

I think that is pretty much the only reason to go to Oahu...

7:38 pm

penquis

well i went to Oahu on my way back from China....my cousins lived there....i actually went for free....the travel agent got me a ticket from Japan for $55 and never billed me....

7:38 pm

rururocks

Oahu is kind of like Reno NEvada.. just a little dumpy

7:38 pm

penquis

i spent time with my cousins and they took me to out of the way places....had a good time...

7:39 pm

MollyL

Pearl Harbour Phan? DId you turn British while you were sick?

7:39 pm

Lizlin

Fireworks - tough grid. Good luck everyone and enjoy your days / evenings and stay safe.

7:39 pm

phandmd

That's awesome, Pen

7:39 pm

penquis

i went there almost 40 years ago....

7:39 pm

penquis

bye liz....

7:39 pm

rururocks

wow.. how old are you pen?

7:40 pm

rururocks

i pictured you in your 30's .. so much for that image

7:41 pm

MollyL

Pen is retired I think, so older than 30

7:41 pm

penquis

yes, i was 31 at the time....

7:41 pm

penquis

yes, retired...

7:41 pm

penquis

went with a college group that was invited to go....i was a third chaperone....

7:41 pm

rururocks

well she could be luckily retired at 30 .. a lottery winner or something :D

7:42 pm

MollyL

*Keeps hoping to be luckily retired sometime soon

7:43 pm

rururocks

we could start a go fund me retirement fund here molly

7:43 pm

penquis

i was gone 6 weeks on that trip....it was great....

7:43 pm

penquis

yes, molly.....you could go start a go fund me page.. ;o)

7:43 pm

MollyL

That's okay Ru, I don't ask for hand outs

7:44 pm

rururocks

i love traveling.. i do hate the long plane rides.. 6 hours is my limit

7:44 pm

rururocks

there've been a ton of go fund me things here for restaurant staffs and they've been sort of successful.. so i guess they do work.

7:45 pm

penquis

yes, our local second hand book store just raised over $16,000 dollars to keep afloat....

7:45 pm

MollyL

Oh they definitely work, when the cause is sincere.

7:45 pm

rururocks

i just hate having to pay the supplemental fee to facebook for a donation for someone's needs. it's just creepy of facebook

7:46 pm

penquis

i don't "do" Facebook....

7:47 pm

rururocks

i'd love to toss facebook .. i'm sick of it to be honest

7:47 pm

penquis

i just don't want to reconnect with someone i went to grammar school with....do miss the relative photos, though....

7:50 pm

rururocks

i have to do a zoom meeting.. see you later pen..

7:50 pm

penquis

someone in my county set up a webpage for small businesses to get donations and/or gift certificates...you can choose a business to donate to or buy from....

7:50 pm

penquis

bye ru....

7:52 pm

penquis

i am also heading out....goodnight all....

7:55 pm

phandmd

goodnight

11:11 pm

cherlyq

took me forever but fireworks

11:31 pm

rbud

same here and me, too. yay, us! :D

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