Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, July 21, 2021

12:02 am

chj

hu7

12:02 am

chj

hu7 x 2

12:03 am

CiociaJudy

Da7

12:03 am

chj

ha7 x2

12:05 am

cybernan

dr 7

12:05 am

chj

ra7

12:06 am

justafreep

da7 x 2

12:07 am

chj

sn7

12:08 am

Gillie

ad7

12:09 am

CiociaJudy

Sa7

12:09 am

CiociaJudy

Rods

12:09 am

CiociaJudy

Oops

12:12 am

justafreep

so7

12:13 am

dizgrannie

sa 7

12:14 am

jessmom

or8

12:17 am

justafreep

li7

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

cybernan

good night everyone

12:20 am

Rainiqui

li 9, nbt, nbs

12:24 am

Rainiqui

dh 8

12:25 am

Rainiqui

dh 7

1:00 am

jwr

Thanks, Lickety

4:30 am

nurse1000

ansa

5:14 am

ItalianGreyhound

down to about a dozen seemingly impossible words - time to list

5:33 am

Scrabbler

Go IG, go!

5:54 am

ItalianGreyhound

Hi, Scrabbler!

5:54 am

Scrabbler

How are you today?

5:55 am

ItalianGreyhound

not bad

5:56 am

ItalianGreyhound

amazed, as always, at what "words" are accepted

5:57 am

Scrabbler

Do you have the J or the Us? I don't see those.

5:58 am

ChampFit

The j is one I hadn't seen before.

5:58 am

Scrabbler

Easy to clue?

5:59 am

ChampFit

It sounds like a type of Jewish person.

6:00 am

ItalianGreyhound

The U7 ends in to "have supper"

6:00 am

Scrabbler

Git the J, TY.

6:00 am

ChampFit

Thank you!

6:00 am

FrenchToast

GM all

6:01 am

ChampFit

GM!

6:01 am

Scrabbler

And the ur7, TY. Hi French.

6:01 am

ItalianGreyhound

Hi, French!

6:01 am

FrenchToast

Hump Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

6:03 am

Uneaixoise

Tx for ur7 clue :-)

6:04 am

FrenchToast

good clue iggy

6:04 am

FrenchToast

oooh my name is in the grid

6:04 am

ItalianGreyhound

hump day refers to Weds. French?

6:05 am

FrenchToast

yes Hump Day is Wednesday

6:06 am

ItalianGreyhound

very strange DH words and one SR

6:06 am

FrenchToast

we've had that sr4 before

6:06 am

ItalianGreyhound

not the 4

6:07 am

ItalianGreyhound

there's an SR 7

6:07 am

FrenchToast

oh wow just got sr7, not sure I've seen that before

6:08 am

ChampFit

Does is start like the 4?

6:09 am

FrenchToast

no , different vowel champ

6:09 am

ChampFit

Thx!

6:09 am

FrenchToast

if you've read the Herman Hesse novel, it' s sort of like that word

6:09 am

ItalianGreyhound

SR + 3 letter word in the grid + chuckle sound

6:10 am

BzznBea

the dh7 is a type of rug

6:10 am

FrenchToast

thank u bea

6:10 am

ItalianGreyhound

thx, Bea - never seen it

6:11 am

FrenchToast

i think my roomie & I in college had that kind of rug in our dorm room haha

6:12 am

ItalianGreyhound

went right over my head, French

6:12 am

FrenchToast

what did iggy

6:14 am

ChampFit

Hate to leave when I'm so close, but it is what it is. BBL for last 7. Good luck all!

6:15 am

FrenchToast

bye champ! I have to leave too! Bye everyone & HAGD

6:16 am

Scrabbler

Bye Champ.

6:16 am

ItalianGreyhound

see ya Frenchy

6:16 am

Scrabbler

Bye French

6:18 am

ItalianGreyhound

SA 6/30 - Good grief!

6:20 am

ItalianGreyhound

lets thro some letters together and call it a word :)

6:21 am

lbdawger

good morning! may I have the stats for the J please?

6:22 am

Scrabbler

Easy to clue?

6:22 am

BzznBea

ja6.36

6:22 am

Scrabbler

Hi lbd and Bea.

6:22 am

lbdawger

ty Bea! hi Scrabs

6:24 am

ItalianGreyhound

if you have the SA6/24, drop last 2 letters and add most of a word I uttered after finally getting this word

6:24 am

MollyL

sa6/30 is a Hindu word

6:24 am

Uneaixoise

Hey dawg! Haven't seen you in ages....

6:24 am

BzznBea

sa6 is Hinduism

6:25 am

lbdawger

Hey Unea! finally retired and now have some time to play and visit.

6:27 am

Scrabbler

Congratulations on retirement!

6:28 am

lbdawger

thanks, now i'm busy cleaning out stuff that's been sitting around since our last move 20+ years ago! lol

6:31 am

Scrabbler

Good for you.

6:37 am

Scrabbler

I must go to work now. ENjoy the day.

6:42 am

mattygroves

SR7?! Really?!

6:43 am

mattygroves

I don't even really know where to begin looking for that (well, the S on the right side, but apart from that)

6:44 am

mattygroves

OK, googled it

6:44 am

mattygroves

Now I know

7:01 am

dan2bit

morning all!

7:09 am

BzznBea

Good morning, dan.

7:36 am

dan2bit

can I have just the stats for the j?

7:38 am

BzznBea

ja6.36

7:42 am

dan2bit

got it ty Bea

8:06 am

hurshy

my my just looking at this little bit of chat it seems like a crazy grid!

8:08 am

hurshy

i have one very vowelly U, anyone have tips for the other one?

8:08 am

BzznBea

ur7.36

8:09 am

hurshy

ty!

8:10 am

MollyL

Vowelly? Interesting word.

8:10 am

Shirlockc

stats for that vowelly u pls?

8:11 am

MollyL

Bea, I think you are going to need your fallout shelter a lot today. I believe clue bombs will be falling all day.

8:11 am

BzznBea

They already were.

8:12 am

hurshy

ur5/12

8:12 am

BzznBea

I guess it was more clue blurting.

8:12 am

Shirlockc

got it, thx hursh

8:15 am

hurshy

happy Eid, if we have any muslims among us and since it is thus fittingly in the grid today! lol

8:16 am

MollyL

I'm in on anything that is called The Festival of Breaking Fast

8:18 am

BzznBea

Other than you have to fast first...

8:19 am

MollyL

I can't believe they fast for a month and then feast on things like mutton. I can think of better things to feast on.

8:20 am

MollyL

Maybe after fasting for a month, mutton sounds good

8:22 am

BzznBea

I've never cared for lamb.

8:28 am

mattygroves

I love lamb, but didn't learn to like it until I'd been in the UK a few years - it's far more popular here than it was at home

8:28 am

MollyL

I can't get past the smell of the stuff. Ugh

8:29 am

hokie carla

I don't think I've ever had lamb

8:32 am

cybernan

good morning all

8:33 am

cybernan

I don't think molly has ever had lamb either -- it doesn't smell. It is mutton that stinks.

8:33 am

hurshy

i've never even seen mutton!

8:34 am

BzznBea

Mutton is just an older sheep.

8:34 am

hurshy

i know

8:34 am

MollyL

I am talking about mutton. Others brought up lamb.

8:34 am

hurshy

i've just never been around anyone cooking or eating it

8:34 am

hokie carla

ok, I've never had lamb or mutton

8:35 am

cybernan

they used to serve it once a month in my university dorm, but you could smell it cooking from 2 blocks away. A lot of us hit the campus pizza shop those nights.

8:35 am

hurshy

i wonder why mutton smells bad? weird

8:36 am

MollyL

It's something about the fat

8:38 am

MollyL

Wow Nan. And here I thought my university cafeteria had crappy food.

8:38 am

mattygroves

It can be fatty, tis true, though it depends on which cuts you get. The first time I was ever served roast pork in the UK I was asked if I wanted crackling. I asked what it was - it's the pork fat/rind all crisped up. I thought they were trying to kill me ... but it's absolutely and utterly delicious (when done well)

8:38 am

hurshy

in Little House in the Big Woods they talk about those cracklings

8:39 am

BzznBea

Yes, crackling is yummy. So is pork belly.

8:39 am

hurshy

phantom: harridan

8:39 am

mattygroves

Oh yes - and sooo much tastier than more expensive cuts of pork

8:39 am

welki

'morning, all

8:39 am

MollyL

You guys are making me queasy. I just can't chow down on fat

8:39 am

mattygroves

Pork fat is no doubt terrible for you but it is delicious

8:39 am

hurshy

me neither molly

8:40 am

MLFAN17

yeah i dont like fat either

8:40 am

hokie carla

I had pork belly once and it was delish

8:41 am

MollyL

I used to make time with a guy who would take all the fat I cut off my steak and eat it. Blech

8:41 am

BzznBea

Ya'll eat bacon?

8:41 am

hokie carla

ewww, and lol at "make time"

8:41 am

MLFAN17

i love bacon

8:41 am

hurshy

i don't eat meat at all anymore, but when i did, i never did like bacon. the flavor/smell of it is good but the texture... can't deal

8:41 am

MollyL

Yeah, I eat bacon and that is the extent of my fat eating

8:42 am

hokie carla

mmm, bacon

8:42 am

hurshy

and don't even get me started on sausage... so gross

8:42 am

mattygroves

Mmmmm...bacon. Also, steak fat when it's all caramalised

8:42 am

BzznBea

Pork belly is not all fat. It does have meat in it. Pork belly tacos are delish!

8:42 am

mattygroves

I love me a pork product :)

8:42 am

MLFAN17

i love breakfast sausage otherwise not so much

8:42 am

MollyL

Truth be told, I do a lot of fat trimming on my bacon before cooking

8:42 am

BzznBea

Me too, matty.

8:42 am

hokie carla

I don't like breakfast sausage, like the patties and links, but I like the other sausage

8:43 am

MLFAN17

yeah patties and links yum

8:43 am

hokie carla

no, yuck

8:44 am

hurshy

since i've learned more about pigs, eating them now seems to me the same as eating dogs

8:44 am

MollyL

Sausage is like the hamburger of pork

8:44 am

BzznBea

A local meat market makes their own ground sausage. It is the best sausage around.

8:45 am

hurshy

but what makes sausage grosser than ground beef is the addition of the various spices

8:45 am

cybernan

not crazy about pork either. Make breaded pork tenderloin once in a while just for something different, but that's about it.

8:45 am

mattygroves

Anyone here tried Scrapple? Delicious, but you really don't want to know what they used to use to make it

8:45 am

hokie carla

why would that make it grosser? spices are supposed to add flavor. my cousin can't eat sausage because she's allergic to sage or something.

8:46 am

MollyL

I would love to have a professional-grade meat grinder. And the spices are what make sausage better than ground beef. What is gross about sage and thyme>

8:46 am

BzznBea

I've got a pork butt in the freezer. Will make pulled pork next week.

8:46 am

hurshy

well, hokie, i'm one of those people that have trouble with putting certain things together. not everything, but like, for example, i love chocolate, and i love peanut butter, but i do NOT like them together

8:46 am

cybernan

sort of like haggis matty?

8:46 am

BzznBea

I can't get past the looks of it, matty. Same with head cheese and souse.

8:47 am

MollyL

Imagines Hurshy is one of those people who cannot have different foods touching on her plate

8:47 am

hokie carla

I think scrapple is a southern thing but I've never had it

8:47 am

MLFAN17

pork butt???

8:47 am

mattygroves

Well, haggis is sheep, Scrapple is a Pennsylvania pork product. It's called scrapple for a reason (though store bought scrapple is no longer made of scraps)

8:47 am

MLFAN17

uggh i dont even like the smell of it!

8:47 am

hokie carla

oh, not southern then

8:47 am

hurshy

i like sage and thyme, but my brain expects meat to taste like meat, not sage and thyme, and it revolts at the unexpected

8:47 am

cybernan

same principle, different animal

8:47 am

hurshy

no, i can have different foods touching on my plate, and i like lots of casseroles. it's only certain things, idk why

8:48 am

BzznBea

Pork butt is actually a cut of meat from the shoulder of the hog.

8:48 am

hokie carla

when I first moved to charlotte, I kept seeing livermush. still haven't tried it.

8:48 am

MollyL

That is interesting Hurshy. You must never have like Thanksgiving turkey then. Most of them are heavily seasoned

8:48 am

MLFAN17

hokie same here

8:48 am

hurshy

ha, not in my family they're not, molly, lol

8:48 am

Shirlockc

i don't think i wanna know what livermush is

8:48 am

MLFAN17

bzz who cares its not good

8:49 am

hokie carla

I just googled it, shirl, I don't think you wanna know either

8:49 am

BzznBea

Pork shoulder isn't good?

8:49 am

MollyL

I cannot imagine turkey with no seasoning. How bland that must be.

8:50 am

MLFAN17

2nd column i stats pls?

8:50 am

hurshy

my mom has NO concept of seasoning, everything is bland as can be. she is a terrible cook. so, i actually like a lot MORE flavor than i was used to getting from her growing up.

8:50 am

hokie carla

I love me some pulled pork barbecue

8:50 am

cybernan

only edible liver to my mind is goos or duck and then in small amounts on a slice of baguette and served with a nice late harvest wine.

8:50 am

mattygroves

https://honest-food.net/wprm_print/279\n06 - here's an authentic scrapple recipe (most modern recipes use normal pork cuts)

8:50 am

MollyL

I'm guessing there was no gravy either since that has seasoning as well.

8:50 am

cybernan

*goose

8:51 am

MLFAN17

bzz no pork butt though i am not sure if i have had a prok shoulder or not actually

8:51 am

BzznBea

Are you a vinegar or ketchup bbq fan, Carla?

8:51 am

hurshy

we did have gravy, but the kind you make from a packet of powder and mix with water...

8:51 am

mattygroves

The recipe I just linked to uses the pork head

8:51 am

JaxH66

In the UK turkey isn't normally seasoned with anything other than salt and pepper. I cook mine covered with butter and bacon and make sure I buy a good quality turkey which has more flavour

8:51 am

hokie carla

I'd say more vinegar, bea

8:51 am

BzznBea

You eat pulled pork? Ham?

8:51 am

mattygroves

Here's an example instruction:
Set the pig's head in a large kettle and cover it with water. Bring this to a boil and skim off all the scum that floats to the surface. When this is done, add the carrots, onion, bay leaves, juniper and black peppercorns. Simmer this, adding more water if the level drops below the pig's head, until the meat wants to fall off the bone, about 3 hours.
Carefully remove the pig's head and pick off all the meat and random bits. I toss the eyes and the palate, which aren't very tasty. Chop everything up very fine, and combine with the spice mix in a bowl.

8:51 am

MollyL

*Raises hand for ketchup, not vinegar

8:52 am

hokie carla

I know NC has 2 styles of BBQ. I like both. In fact, I like NC BBQ better than all the others, Memphis, KC, TX, etc

8:52 am

BzznBea

I'm from the midwest so I like mine tomato based, but I do like the vinegar based on occasion.

8:52 am

hurshy

vinegar, ewwww

8:52 am

cybernan

oh heavens, after reading that I'm sure glad I haven't had breakfast yet.

8:53 am

mattygroves

As I say, most recipes and all store bought scrapple does not use the scraps!

8:53 am

hokie carla

I really don't like hickory smoke flavor, so any BBQ sauce with that is gross

8:53 am

MollyL

The only thing I use vinegar for is Italian dressing. Otherwise it is for cleaning

8:53 am

JaxH66

It's amazing how different cuisines are. And how different names of cuts of meats are.

8:53 am

hokie carla

I'm sorry for y'all that don't like NC BBQ

8:54 am

MLFAN17

2nd column i 3rd column r stats pls and a clue for the j6 pls?

8:54 am

MollyL

Hickory smoked flavor is good if it comes from an actual hickory smoker. That bottled crap is gross.

8:54 am

MLFAN17

i dont like nc bbq either

8:54 am

hokie carla

I'm sorry for you too ðŸ˜œ

8:55 am

hurshy

in5 and 6 - movies not produced by a major production company?

8:55 am

MLFAN17

ty hurshy

8:55 am

MollyL

I have heard that British cooking is very bland. That must be due to the lack of seasoning use.

8:55 am

hurshy

ri4/4 is the R, MLF

8:55 am

BzznBea

second column in6.21 and in4.4 Along with hurshey clue, that will get all of them.

8:56 am

cybernan

still haven't found that ur 7 -- clue please?

8:56 am

MLFAN17

lone r middle column?

8:56 am

hurshy

yes mlf

8:56 am

BzznBea

Ends with another word for eat, nan

8:56 am

MLFAN17

me either cyber

8:56 am

hokie carla

ri4/4, mlfan

8:57 am

BzznBea

ja6 ends with Freud term

8:57 am

MLFAN17

are you sure hokie all the ri4 words are coming from other places lol

8:57 am

hokie carla

thanks bea

8:57 am

hurshy

yes we are sure, it is ri4/4

8:57 am

MLFAN17

i got it

8:58 am

cybernan

ty bea

8:58 am

hokie carla

I have all the R's on top, has to be that one

8:59 am

hurshy

i'm running out of id4s for the L words

8:59 am

MLFAN17

i know i finally found it

8:59 am

MLFAN17

ðŸ‘

8:59 am

JaxH66

If you learn to cook it with decent levels of seasoning it's not bland, but it depends on if you only like extremely spiced foods, then it might not suit your taste. I often don't like the American style foods as I find that they all use a strange mixture of spices. It depends on what you're used to. I think the British eat a much wider range of different cuisines than a lot of Americans. 50 years ago, I would have agreed with your comment that British food was bland, but not now

8:59 am

hokie carla

still need 6 L's here, hursh

9:00 am

hurshy

yeah i need 5

9:00 am

phaeton

hello...U stats pls

9:00 am

LuvWordGames

ur 5/12 ur 7/36

9:00 am

phaeton

ty

9:01 am

MLFAN17

not getting ja6?

9:01 am

mattygroves

I think many American flavourings are sweeter than European ones (a generalisation, to be sure) - like, baked beans in the UK are a tomato based sauce, not a molasses based sauce - bbq sauces are less sweet here, etc

9:03 am

phaeton

mlf...it uses double cons

9:03 am

BzznBea

There is def a difference between Heinz beans and pork and beans

9:03 am

mael

as a European who moved to the US: the US definitely has sweeter flavorings

9:04 am

mael

I mean, who is the nut job that decided to put maple syrup on bacon?

9:04 am

BzznBea

mlf, all you have to do is get two letters from the clue I gave you.

9:04 am

hokie carla

I absolutely hate maple flavoring. the smell makes me ðŸ¤¢

9:05 am

mael

but I hate mixing sweet and savory, I'm pretty sure the only time that happens in Italian cuisine is with prosciutto and melon, and I can't say that melon is particularly sweet to begin with

9:05 am

hokie carla

it's not on all bacon thank goodness

9:05 am

hokie carla

melon is super sweet!

9:05 am

mael

yeah, I like maple syrup on pancakes or waffles but that's about the end of it. Maybe in cakes. But it's for SWEET food.

9:05 am

hurshy

i love maple syrup and those maple candies

9:06 am

mael

I should have said cantaloupe, that's what we call "melone"

9:07 am

cybernan

there used to be a liqueur called Entre Nous that was rye based with maple flavouring -- you would have loved that hurshy

9:07 am

hokie carla

yeah, I was thinking you meant cantaloupe since that's what I've seen with prosciutto. I don't like cantaloupe but I know watermelon is super sweet.

9:07 am

hurshy

um, well, i've never had alcohol and i hate rye bread, so idk about that

9:10 am

HarryHood

just had a rye bread sandwich for breakfast - it was amazing

9:10 am

HarryHood

egg salad with tomato and red onion

9:10 am

HarryHood

but I respect your dislike, hurshy.

9:10 am

BzznBea

Mmm! Egg salad is yummy.

9:10 am

hurshy

lol, thanks harry

9:11 am

HarryHood

weird grid.

9:11 am

hurshy

yes, it is rather odd

9:11 am

rururocks

Rye bread I don't eat too often

9:11 am

hokie carla

one more n and we have dandelion

9:12 am

HarryHood

I don't like caraway seeds. but w/o seeds, I'm all about rye bread

9:12 am

hokie carla

hey, I never eat rye bread (cue molly)

9:12 am

BzznBea

LOL! @ Carla.

9:12 am

HarryHood

how's that spelt bread doing for you carla

9:13 am

hokie carla

don't eat that either

9:13 am

HarryHood

(don't cry over spelt bread)

9:13 am

hokie carla

lol

9:13 am

hurshy

if rye bread were meat with just rye and no wheat could you eat it? i mean does rye itself have gluten? i know oats don't

9:13 am

HarryHood

isn't spelt gluten free?

9:13 am

hurshy

*made, not meat, lol

9:13 am

hurshy

typing too fast

9:13 am

HarryHood

rye is a type of wheat isnt it?

9:14 am

hurshy

oh i thought it was a different grain

9:14 am

hokie carla

oats are gluten free, but often grown with wheat so are cross-contaminated. have to buy oat products labeled gluten free.

9:14 am

HarryHood

hurshy the first sentence you wrote sounded like dr. suess. "if rye bread were meat with just rye and no wheat"

9:14 am

hokie carla

yeah, rye is a no go

9:14 am

cybernan

no - rye is another grain entirely

9:14 am

hurshy

lol

9:15 am

hokie carla

cheerios has come under fire because they say gluten free but they use oats that may not be so some people were having reactions

9:15 am

hurshy

:(

9:15 am

BzznBea

Carla, my 5 yo grandson had severe seizures. Seizures bad enough that he went into cardiac arrest. He had to carry an emergency medication to be administered at the first sign of seizure.

9:16 am

hurshy

seizures from gluten?

9:16 am

hokie carla

spelt has some gluten per internet but I've seen spelt things labeled as GF

9:16 am

hokie carla

yikes, bea

9:16 am

BzznBea

He was also not gaining weight and not gaining in height.

9:17 am

BzznBea

Yes, he is GF and they took him off all seizure meds.

9:17 am

HarryHood

how scary bea

9:17 am

hurshy

wow, i knew you could get gastrointestinal probs but i had no idea you could get SEIZURES

9:17 am

hokie carla

wow, that is scary

9:18 am

hokie carla

yeah, I haven't heard of that either

9:18 am

hurshy

phantom: aioli

9:18 am

BzznBea

HIs endocrinologist put the two together.

9:19 am

HarryHood

found an 8!

9:19 am

hurshy

smart doc!

9:19 am

BzznBea

I tried that one too, hurshy

9:19 am

hokie carla

nice harry

9:19 am

hokie carla

so do they think celiac or wheat allergy, bea?

9:19 am

hurshy

i've got 13 of the 7s but not 8s

9:20 am

hokie carla

I only have 7 7's and nothing bigger

9:20 am

HarryHood

only 9 7s here

9:20 am

BzznBea

I'm not sure, Carla. I will have to ask daughter.

9:20 am

hokie carla

is that the nurse daughter?

9:20 am

hurshy

oHO well i see one of the 8s was from the bottom corner O, which i only just reached, so now i have that

9:20 am

BzznBea

Yes.

9:20 am

hurshy

is that the one you have harry?

9:21 am

HarryHood

yes

9:21 am

hokie carla

yes, just got there myself. easy one.

9:21 am

HarryHood

got that O grey :)

9:21 am

hurshy

well, the other 8 and the 9 must be from one of these letters: A, D, H, L, or S

9:21 am

hokie carla

still need 1 o there, harry

9:22 am

BzznBea

The other 8 is a dhoozie. =)

9:22 am

hurshy

oh no, it is a dh??

9:22 am

marksdolly

good morning to you all!

9:22 am

hokie carla

hey dholly!

9:22 am

BzznBea

yes, hurshy

9:22 am

marksdolly

yeppers it is

9:22 am

marksdolly

and with Bea, it's a doozy!

9:22 am

HarryHood

oh dhear.

9:22 am

hurshy

i'm so glad we have morewords

9:22 am

marksdolly

hi Hokie!!

9:22 am

HarryHood

got it!

9:22 am

hurshy

for that and that sr7

9:22 am

HarryHood

not that big a dheal.

9:23 am

BzznBea

Actually it isn't bad other than the start.

9:23 am

hurshy

i only remember like dh5s, dhoti and dhole

9:23 am

hokie carla

impressive monkeying, harry. not even sure where to start after dh

9:23 am

BzznBea

Its a type of rug.

9:23 am

marksdolly

and this word isn't even close to those

9:23 am

HarryHood

just follow the tiles - it's not complex

9:23 am

marksdolly

but get it quick!

9:23 am

hokie carla

got it

9:24 am

HarryHood

and it got me the 7 which I hadn't had :)

9:24 am

BzznBea

Good clue, dolly.

9:24 am

HarryHood

50 here

9:24 am

marksdolly

:) ty

9:25 am

BzznBea

I've just been enjoying the company here today. But now it is time to get on with my day. Until next time.

9:25 am

marksdolly

83 here

9:25 am

HarryHood

bye bhea

9:25 am

marksdolly

take good care Bea!

9:26 am

hurshy

be proud of your flippers
and the flies you can catch
and the logs that you leap
and the eggs you will hatch
we're under the stars and we're smaller than men
but i'm proud to be one of the frogs in the glen

9:26 am

hokie carla

have a good one, bea

9:26 am

rururocks

being a frog isn't all that its croaked up to be

9:26 am

hurshy

yes but kermit always comes around to being glad to being one

9:27 am

marksdolly

:)

9:27 am

HarryHood

isn't he always complaining about being green?

9:27 am

hurshy

he's like the psalmist

9:27 am

hurshy

starts with complaints but then usually turns around to a positive note

9:28 am

hurshy

it's not easy being green, that song ends with "it's beautiful, and i think it's what i want to be"

9:28 am

HarryHood

A psalm to kermit, the pig is my beloved I shall not want

9:29 am

hurshy

oh hey look there's that same le5/14 again that we had the other day

9:29 am

hokie carla

well I'll be darned. got it the other day by myself. missed it today.

9:29 am

HarryHood

ty - got it

9:29 am

marksdolly

it's a funky one

9:30 am

hokie carla

46 left after first pass

9:30 am

welki

heh - a french trollope

9:30 am

hurshy

16 to go here!

9:31 am

HarryHood

go hurshy!

9:31 am

HarryHood

47.

9:31 am

hurshy

french trollop?

9:33 am

welki

le putain

9:33 am

welki

could be the last three letters are regional slang

9:34 am

hurshy

i'm totally lost as to what in the grid you could be referring to

9:34 am

welki

that le5 you were talking about

9:34 am

hurshy

oh... the dictionary told me it was a kind of wood

9:34 am

hokie carla

it's a hawaiian tree

9:34 am

72 Temple Owl

hi welk

9:35 am

welki

*lets the lead balloon thump on the floor*

9:35 am

HarryHood

40! have found 15 of the 7s

9:35 am

welki

hi owl

9:35 am

marksdolly

just finished my last 7

9:35 am

hokie carla

45 and only 9 7s. do we know the 9?

9:35 am

HarryHood

wow md!

9:35 am

hurshy

no one has mentioned it since i've been here

9:36 am

hokie carla

dolly's good at the big words, that's why she rules at hard room on serpentine

9:36 am

marksdolly

yep and you;re gonna love it, LI 9 and it extends from the 6 LI before it

9:36 am

marksdolly

aww you're so kind Hokie

9:37 am

hurshy

hmm, the only li6 i have is a plurale

9:37 am

marksdolly

it's after that hurshy

9:37 am

HarryHood

got it!

9:37 am

HarryHood

I hadn't had that li6.

9:37 am

hokie carla

I'm only good at the 4 letter words

9:37 am

marksdolly

think of measuring, putting in a row

9:38 am

hokie carla

LOL, plurale makes me think you're trying to be fancy

9:38 am

hurshy

just typing too fast again lol

9:38 am

hokie carla

hmm, looks like I need that li6 as well

9:39 am

hokie carla

got the 6 I think

9:39 am

marksdolly

and the ending is the Eng ending of making something a verb

9:39 am

hurshy

aHA

9:39 am

hokie carla

got it! thx

9:39 am

marksdolly

:)

9:40 am

hurshy

2-2-3-5, sigh

9:41 am

hurshy

ooh just found a da7

9:41 am

HarryHood

30!

9:41 am

hokie carla

10-9-13-11

9:41 am

HarryHood

just greyed the L.

9:41 am

hokie carla

wow, 3 L left

9:41 am

HarryHood

9-10-7-4

9:41 am

Uneaixoise

Way to go!

9:41 am

hurshy

i need one

9:42 am

marksdolly

very good you guys!

9:43 am

hurshy

one L that is

9:43 am

hurshy

plus 10 other things

9:43 am

hokie carla

found a 7 at lest

9:43 am

hokie carla

lesat

9:43 am

hokie carla

least

9:43 am

hokie carla

ðŸ¤£ðŸ¤£

9:44 am

hokie carla

well, I'm going to have to break and attend to Winston. still 42.

9:44 am

marksdolly

52 here

9:44 am

marksdolly

keep plugging Hokie!

9:45 am

HarryHood

I am also taking a break. 28 for later.

9:46 am

hurshy

it's the 3rd row S that's bugging me, only 5/8

9:46 am

NANCY

does anyone know why Haz is not playing babble anymore?

9:46 am

hurshy

aha got two more

9:47 am

hurshy

i think haz still plays now and then, just doesn't chat that much

9:48 am

NANCY

her stats have not changed in a month. not like her. wondered if anyone had heard from her.

9:50 am

periwinkle

hi all help with lone R pls

9:50 am

periwinkle

and the U too pls

9:51 am

hurshy

ri4/4

9:51 am

marksdolly

the ur 5 is a vowel dump

9:51 am

hurshy

ur5 that is a vowelly babblet, ur7

9:51 am

marksdolly

then you eat the ur 7

9:56 am

periwinkle

ty for ri4

9:56 am

periwinkle

got the ur5 ty

9:57 am

marksdolly

yw

9:58 am

periwinkle

not seeing the ur7 tho

9:59 am

MollyL

Ends in what you do in nice restaurants

9:59 am

periwinkle

ty Molly and marksdolly and hursh got the ur7

9:59 am

MollyL

Hurshy is really hooked on that vowelly word today

9:59 am

marksdolly

yw!

10:00 am

cybernan

hi again - breakfast and garden watering done

10:02 am

cybernan

missing a whole bunch of s words -- and running out of ideas

10:05 am

mael

I haven't had to water the garden in MONTHS

10:06 am

mael

it's been so wet here in MA

10:06 am

cybernan

we would love some rain -- just no lightning, svp

10:10 am

hurshy

molly i've said vowelly loads of times before, idk why you haven't noticed til today lol

10:14 am

MollyL

Ah, one of your many little Hurshyosyncracies

10:16 am

Uneaixoise

We need rain too, Nan!!

10:20 am

cybernan

it is so dry here we're getting 5 or more new fires every day and we've already had more than 1200 in the last 2 months

10:21 am

cybernan

we have to wash the ash off the patio tables and chairs every time we want to use them.

10:22 am

72 Temple Owl

the ash is in our air and we have had air quality alerts for particulate matter for three days. too hazy to see the sun.

10:23 am

cybernan

are you on the west coast TO?

10:23 am

sammysmom

stuck n a da 7/36- have one meaning fancy men

10:23 am

cybernan

I know WAshington, Oregon and California are bad too

10:23 am

72 Temple Owl

No, east

10:24 am

cybernan

didn't know there were fires on the east coast as well

10:24 am

cybernan

at least we all have masks to wear when we go out in the smoke

10:25 am

cybernan

da 7 -- like the lazy flower?

10:26 am

sammysmom

yup- thanks nan

10:28 am

MollyL

The ash in the air on the east coast is being caused by the west coast fires

10:31 am

MollyL

And paper and cloth masks won't do much to protect you from wildfire smoke. You need a respirator for that.

10:32 am

cybernan

the masks help keep the particulates out though

10:33 am

cybernan

I had to put one on just to go out and turn the hose off. We don't just have smoke dust in the air -- you can see the chunks of ash -- table tops look like an ashtray

10:35 am

bichon

ur 7/36, pls

10:36 am

cybernan

ends in another word for to eat

10:37 am

bichon

ty nan

10:37 am

cybernan

not my clue -- I think it was bea's

10:39 am

bichon

ty Bea

10:51 am

MLFAN17

ty for the da7

10:53 am

MLFAN17

Li9 clue pls?

10:59 am

MollyL

Something you draw straight + _______ from your grave and walk among the living

11:02 am

MLFAN17

compound word?

11:03 am

MollyL

Not really

11:07 am

MLFAN17

no idea

11:08 am

MLFAN17

working on it among others

11:08 am

hokie carla

if you have 2 points and draw a straight li4, they are li6 (math term)

11:08 am

hokie carla

if you make something li6, you are going to li9 it, but spelled like the brits do something, not like US americans

11:11 am

hurshy

an equation in the form y = mx + b is a li6 equation, as opposed to, say, an exponential one :)

11:11 am

MollyL

Okay, what is the difference between what I posted "draw a straight" and what Carla posted? There is only one thing you can do from your grave.

11:11 am

hokie carla

if you're a zombie

11:11 am

MLFAN17

lol

11:11 am

MollyL

Of course. Who else would be doing the ____ing?

11:12 am

MLFAN17

got it

11:12 am

hokie carla

and I was just trying to restate a different way in case she was stuck on that

11:12 am

hurshy

i thought you could also roll over in your grave :D

11:12 am

MollyL

You can do that IN your grave not FROM your grave

11:12 am

hurshy

true, true

11:14 am

MollyL

It might be time for roundy letter, hook letter clues

11:15 am

hokie carla

any ae words?

11:16 am

MLFAN17

nope

11:16 am

MollyL

Sometimes I feel like chat would be ever so much shorter if people would just look at the list

11:17 am

hokie carla

LOL. luckily there's no length cap on the chat

11:17 am

MLFAN17

i do both

11:18 am

MollyL

It is just so amusing. People say they "don't want to use the list". Yet they ask questions like that and people who do look at the list answer, so what is the difference? It's like having someone look at the list for you

11:18 am

MLFAN17

that was how i answered hokie's question about ae words as i didnt even know

11:18 am

MLFAN17

some probably do

11:18 am

hokie carla

would you rather guess my missing A from there?

11:19 am

MLFAN17

which one hokie?

11:19 am

hokie carla

I'm not opposed to looking at the list, I use it all the time. just not ready for the whole thing yet.

11:19 am

car.eeyore

Happy Wednesday :)

11:19 am

MLFAN17

hi car

11:19 am

hokie carla

hey car!

11:19 am

MLFAN17

ried

11:19 am

MLFAN17

oops

11:19 am

MollyL

No thanks. I am not interested in your missing A. You will find it when you find it

11:20 am

origami

Hello everyone.

11:20 am

MLFAN17

hi origami

11:20 am

hokie carla

ori!

11:20 am

saanichcat

hi ori, how's it going your way? Hot?

11:21 am

origami

It's only going to be about 97 here today. Livable. How is it in your neck of the woods?

11:21 am

MLFAN17

only 97?

11:21 am

saanichcat

cooler today, liveable even.

11:22 am

MollyL

Try playing The Name Game with Origami
: D

11:22 am

cybernan

hi again -- one of the nicer interruptions -- text from kids and skype from grandkid :)

11:22 am

saanichcat

97 sounds unlivable, hope you manage OK

11:22 am

origami

I live in a really hot climate, Fan. It was 117 here a week or so ago.

11:23 am

MLFAN17

ohhhh

11:23 am

MLFAN17

calif

11:23 am

MLFAN17

awesome cyber

11:23 am

cybernan

that is hot - it got up to 107 here and that was too hot for me to stick my nose out the door

11:24 am

saanichcat

do you have smoke where you are nan?

11:24 am

cybernan

smoke and a layer of ash covering everything - ugh

11:24 am

MLFAN17

computer says its 84 at the moment

11:24 am

origami

I think it's worse for you folks where that is a really unusually high temp. And we have no humidity.

11:24 am

cybernan

are you getting any of it, saanich?

11:25 am

origami

I was looking at a fire map of BC the other day. It seems like the whole province is on fire.

11:26 am

saanichcat

no smoke yet but expected soon. As usual we do have the high humidity. That ash sounds like a nightmare nan, it gets everywhere

11:26 am

MLFAN17

yikes

11:26 am

periwinkle

help with or8 please

11:26 am

cybernan

lol - feels like it too, ori

11:27 am

cybernan

accepted into the ministry

11:27 am

saanichcat

we just a lot more overnight. I am actually packing valuables and photos etc and putting them in storage. There are fires in the woods in the park beside me every night.

11:27 am

periwinkle

ty nan

11:27 am

MLFAN17

pt of the or 6 peri

11:27 am

periwinkle

I got it mlf ty

11:27 am

cybernan

good idea saanich

11:29 am

origami

I had no idea the fires were that close to you, saanich. Stay safe!

11:30 am

hokie carla

saanich is the name of the place, right?

11:30 am

cybernan

yes -- a suburb of Victoria

11:30 am

hokie carla

I've heard of it with some true crime story but don't rem. which.

11:32 am

cybernan

missing one from each of the top 2 s's, and stumped

11:32 am

hokie carla

need 1 S from top and 3 from middle row and 2 from lower

11:33 am

hokie carla

nan, there is an si5 that has an si6 not plural from top

11:33 am

cybernan

have those -- a variety of grape

11:33 am

hokie carla

sr4?

11:33 am

cybernan

that and the se 4

11:34 am

hokie carla

the only other one I have from that is common si4

11:34 am

cybernan

yeah - we have the same ones

11:35 am

cybernan

did you get the sa 6/30 from the middle s?

11:35 am

hokie carla

no, I have an sa6/24

11:36 am

cybernan

drop last two letters from that one and add letters of appropriate points. Hindu word.

11:37 am

hokie carla

was thinking it was probably something like that, thx

11:37 am

periwinkle

ty nan

11:38 am

cybernan

need 3 from the bottom s as well

11:39 am

hokie carla

yet again, my last N is that stupid babblet. don't know why I can't see that.

11:40 am

wvteach

stats for the J pls

11:40 am

hokie carla

ja6/36

11:40 am

cybernan

need 2 more n's

11:40 am

periwinkle

ja6/36

11:41 am

hokie carla

do you have the spanish ones, nan

11:42 am

cybernan

yes

11:42 am

hokie carla

nothing weird there

11:51 am

Soodle

Extraordinary weather in this part of the world. Itâ€™s 5.50pm & still 94 degrees. Almost unheard of.

11:51 am

hokie carla

wow

11:51 am

72 Temple Owl

if the first dr5/12 is a verb, why can't it be past tense?

11:51 am

72 Temple Owl

oops i mean the second dr5/12

11:51 am

governess

summers have certainly been a lot more summerly these last couple of years.

11:52 am

72 Temple Owl

the one that is the fishing term

11:52 am

hokie carla

the 2nd one I have can be. guess I need one.

11:53 am

hokie carla

not seeing how there can be a dr5 ahead of that one

11:57 am

Soodle

Think train tracks Hokie

12:00 pm

hokie carla

I think that is the fishing one

12:03 pm

MollyL

The first two dr are 1) the fishing one 2) what water goes down

12:05 pm

hokie carla

ok, I have both those. TO with a red herring!

12:13 pm

bichon

li 7/32, pls

12:13 pm

hokie carla

well, I've decided these last 31 words must be things I've never seen or heard of before. guess I will eat lunch.

12:14 pm

HarryHood

pl of a "hop" dance

12:16 pm

bichon

tyvm Harry

12:17 pm

HarryHood

np

12:18 pm

hokie carla

I can only think sock hop. I think my brain is broken.

12:18 pm

HarryHood

nazi sympathizing aviaator

12:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

whose child was kidnapped

12:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

local history

12:21 pm

hokie carla

geez, thx

12:21 pm

hokie carla

I've heard of that as a dance but didn't know there was hopping involved. before my time.

12:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

rub it in. before mine, too, but i have taken swing dance lessons and now dance

12:22 pm

HarryHood

23. tough going

12:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

though that is q auite athletic one

12:23 pm

HarryHood

I only knew it because the grateful dead had a song titled as that dance.

12:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

really? i must look it up.

12:24 pm

HarryHood

remake of an old song

12:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

isaw black joe lewis anf the honeybears on saturday. nice to get back to live music

12:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

generally when you see those teen moveis late 49s early 50s that is what they are dancing

12:26 pm

HarryHood

"I asked her for a piece of banana, she said let me play blues on yer piano"

12:26 pm

bichon

That's what I did in the 50's

12:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

go bich!

12:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

i need to get ready to travel, musikfst training today.

12:27 pm

HarryHood

20 left. I think when I come back I will list. have fun all!

12:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye harry. since my computer is liable to cut out at any time, i will do the same. happy babbling

12:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

htough 37 is really too jmany to leave for late tonight.

12:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

uh oh...severe thunderstorm warning. here we go again

12:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

guess i's best wait

12:39 pm

cybernan

keep popping in and out here -- facetime with another grandkid :)

12:40 pm

penquis

hello all...

12:41 pm

bichon

hi pen

12:42 pm

penquis

hi bichon....

12:43 pm

hokie carla

hey pen

12:43 pm

penquis

hey carla...

12:46 pm

harpjane

found a big cat

12:46 pm

penquis

hi harp...

12:46 pm

cybernan

going nowhere with this - time to list

12:46 pm

penquis

i am at 54....slow going....

12:47 pm

cybernan

38 here

12:48 pm

hokie carla

29 here. just found a past tense I forgot about

12:49 pm

harpjane

stats for the j please? hi penq

12:49 pm

penquis

18 of my missing words are fours...

12:54 pm

periwinkle

la9 please

12:54 pm

periwinkle

meant li9 please

12:55 pm

penquis

do you have the li 6/18?...

12:55 pm

periwinkle

no

12:56 pm

penquis

it builds off the li 4/4....

12:56 pm

penquis

make your way to the top by going back where you came from... ;o)

12:57 pm

MollyL

Lets try this clue on Peri...what you draw straight + ______ from your grave and walk among us

12:57 pm

penquis

there's that... ;o)

12:57 pm

periwinkle

ah ty pen and Molly

12:58 pm

MollyL

Oh good. That was totally lost on MLF

12:58 pm

penquis

the 9 builds off that...

12:58 pm

periwinkle

another tough grid for me

12:59 pm

penquis

four i's in a grid can't be a good thing...

1:00 pm

MollyL

My clue was for the 9

1:00 pm

periwinkle

and I got it, Molly and said ty

1:01 pm

MollyL

No not you Peri. Pen said the 9 builds off that.

1:01 pm

periwinkle

54 left bbl

1:01 pm

MollyL

Apparently I can no longer follow chat

1:08 pm

harpjane

stats for the J please?

1:08 pm

penquis

ja 6/36....

1:09 pm

hokie carla

oh, it's a leaf hopping insect

1:09 pm

harpjane

thanks

1:11 pm

harpjane

is the ja the hopping insect?

1:12 pm

penquis

yes...

1:14 pm

MollyL

Oh yeah, everyone knows about the leaf hopping insect...not

1:15 pm

harpjane

googling isn't even helping!

1:15 pm

penquis

do you want a clue?

1:22 pm

cybernan

wonder why we are getting all these indian words lately?

1:23 pm

penquis

don't know...i am stalled at 37....

1:24 pm

cybernan

yes - that's when I went to the list

1:24 pm

cybernan

first di 6/21 please?

1:24 pm

cybernan

*following expires and before the money

1:24 pm

MollyL

The Babble Gods have jumped on the Politically Correct Train. They still seem to be riding the Offensive Racial Slur Trolley though.

1:25 pm

mael

wait, what's politically correct?

1:25 pm

mael

enable? lol

1:25 pm

penquis

sorry, nan....don't have it yet....

1:26 pm

MollyL

Oh jeeze. Okay, inclusive of other ethnic terms, aka the hindu words.

1:26 pm

penquis

found it....ends with not bro....

1:26 pm

cybernan

found it

1:27 pm

cybernan

ty pen - snap

1:28 pm

cybernan

but this is supposed to be a game in english - to me that means inclusively english

1:28 pm

penquis

but where to draw the line?....adios....penne....etc....

1:29 pm

MollyL

So do you have a problem with the French words too Nan?

1:29 pm

penquis

it's like one of the creators was a retired English soldier who lived in foreign lands while serving his kind or queen...

1:29 pm

mael

enable picked foreign words that have meaning in english

1:30 pm

MollyL

Really? sr7 has meaning in English?

1:30 pm

mael

now, is enable wrong a lot? yeah. There are plenty of words that ought to be recognized, english words!, that are not, especially abbreviations. But from there to saying that enable is politically correct because it includes foreign words you don't know, welll

1:30 pm

penquis

never heard of the dh 8 either...

1:31 pm

mael

one can argue that NO loan word is acceptable, but then that removes MOST of the english language

1:31 pm

cybernan

yes - I don't think any foreign language words should be accepted in a game that is supposedly in english

1:31 pm

mael

but again, the question is... is penne still a foreign word? zucchini? piano?

1:31 pm

penquis

to me it's not a question of politically correct....it's a question of foreign words that haven't become commonly used in English....

1:31 pm

MollyL

Q: How do you make a liberal happy?
A: You can't, just keep acting like you're trying.

1:32 pm

mael

the problem is "commonly used" not "foreign"

1:32 pm

mael

because there are plenty of old english words in Enable that haven't been commonly used in a century or more

1:32 pm

mael

you know what redd means?

1:32 pm

penquis

not to me....there are English words here that are not commonly used and I have no problem with that....

1:34 pm

mael

but the foreign words enable recognize come from an english dictionary, because they have no english equivalent. Enable doesn't pick them out of a hat.

1:34 pm

MollyL

Scrabble's rule is...Foreign words are permitted as long as they appear in English dictionaries

1:34 pm

cybernan

there are many words that come from a foreign language that have been adopted into the english language -- I, at least, am not talking about those.

1:34 pm

penquis

there are plenty of words here that aren't in a lot of dictionaries....

1:35 pm

cybernan

but we get a lot of purely foreign language words and a lot of latin terms that are specific to various disciplines that I don't think should be allowed

1:37 pm

mael

where do you draw the line is the problem

1:37 pm

mael

at least we know enable is an aggregate

1:37 pm

penquis

sr 7 is a word that i don't think should be there....only know the word because Molly mentioned the stats and i searched for it....

1:37 pm

mael

and some words are dumb, the ones that don't even have a definition at all, but some are just very very obscure

1:38 pm

penquis

and i have no idea what it means....

1:38 pm

mael

oh, I agree. But the problem is not "political correctness;" it's just that some words in dictionaries are so completely obscure that they might as well not be in there

1:39 pm

mael

let's be clear, that word is not in there because someone in charge of Enable said "we need more foreign words to appease people"

1:39 pm

MollyL

Okay Mael, a thousand apologies for using the term politically correct.

1:39 pm

penquis

well i am going back to lurking for a while...bye all....

1:39 pm

cybernan

7-8 is another example -- anyone know what it means?

1:40 pm

MollyL

Yeah, me too Pen

1:40 pm

mael

a thousand apologies accepted

1:40 pm

cybernan

an indian rug apparently

1:41 pm

mael

I think what enable needs is updating

1:42 pm

mael

there are many words that are common now that it doesn't accept: ramen, soba, udon to name three, many abbreviations, perp, info, etc

1:42 pm

mael

but that's a whole other problem

1:43 pm

cybernan

don't agree that slang, anacronyms and abbreviations should be accepted either

1:44 pm

cybernan

nor prefixes

1:51 pm

cybernan

finding a lot of words I thought I had entered last night

1:58 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* hagd everyone

2:01 pm

HarryHood

hi all ... 15 to go

2:03 pm

HarryHood

listing.

2:08 pm

HarryHood

done!

2:08 pm

HarryHood

sr7 was last word - had to use morewords

3:29 pm

hokie carla

oh, guess I will just look that up

4:13 pm

bichon

di 7/36, pls

4:21 pm

zoozzoom

Despise or scorn.

4:26 pm

bichon

zooz, clue a different way, pls

4:28 pm

zoozzoom

Di + a word to describe a stubborn mark in cloths that you need to wash out but change the second letter.

4:30 pm

bichon

ty zoooz

4:30 pm

zoozzoom

Welcome.

4:40 pm

periwinkle

either ha7 please

4:42 pm

periwinkle

nm

5:22 pm

hokie carla

oh, thanks for the other ha7

5:29 pm

eieios

clue for the second ha? i have the one that means stressed.

5:29 pm

hokie carla

it's a present tense of the same

5:29 pm

eieios

harries

5:29 pm

eieios

dh. spoke too soon. ;-)

5:29 pm

hokie carla

yep, that

5:30 pm

eieios

ugh!darn switching back and forth. lol

5:30 pm

eieios

sorry!

5:37 pm

hokie carla

well duh me, knowing there were 2 ha7 didn't make me realize there were 2 hu7

5:38 pm

eieios

lol.

5:38 pm

hokie carla

and the in6 I've looked for since this morning turned out to be a very common word. maybe I should just quit this game. LOL

5:41 pm

bichon

da 7/36, pls

5:41 pm

hokie carla

which one?

5:42 pm

bichon

first one, pls

5:42 pm

hokie carla

it's stupid - past tense of a noun - Gerbera for ex

5:43 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Yeah, Became a flower!

5:47 pm

bichon

tyvm fw

5:49 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Woo-Hoo, Bichon!

6:01 pm

joym999

hi all...just starting this grid.

6:06 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Hi, Joy

6:07 pm

joym999

stats on the Us?

6:11 pm

Gillie

ur5/12

6:13 pm

joym999

ty gillie

6:13 pm

Gillie

And ur7/36 (I don't have that one)

6:15 pm

joym999

I see it! Want a clue?

6:15 pm

Gillie

Sure

6:16 pm

joym999

ends with suffix that usually means "made of" or "made from."

6:18 pm

Gillie

Thanks :)

6:32 pm

Uneaixoise

Clue for li7 please

6:32 pm

joym999

type of dance, plural

6:33 pm

joym999

I need a clue for the AD7

6:33 pm

Gillie

decorated

6:33 pm

Uneaixoise

Ad7 decorated

6:34 pm

joym999

thanks Une!

6:34 pm

FrenchToast

what's up everybody

6:34 pm

Uneaixoise

Not seeing the type of dance

6:37 pm

Uneaixoise

Got it!!

6:38 pm

FrenchToast

i need a clue Une

6:39 pm

Uneaixoise

Plural of a 1940s dance

6:39 pm

FrenchToast

ahhhhhhhh got it, thank you

6:39 pm

FrenchToast

the Li*** Hop

6:39 pm

Uneaixoise

Li--- Hop

6:40 pm

Uneaixoise

Voila!!

6:40 pm

FrenchToast

wheeeeee

6:41 pm

FrenchToast

phantom dossier

6:45 pm

Uneaixoise

Sn5/10 please

6:45 pm

Uneaixoise

Nm!!!

6:47 pm

FrenchToast

sn7 also! pt of the 5

6:48 pm

Uneaixoise

Pt of escargot.....so weird

6:51 pm

origami

Still on my hunt for a Beagle, Une. When I find one and inquire, it already has a waiting list of potential adoptees :-(

6:59 pm

rururocks

hope a wonderful dog ends up in your lap ori

7:00 pm

origami

Thanks, ru. The search continues.

7:02 pm

rururocks

maybe someone will bow out.. did they say how many people inquired?

7:03 pm

origami

Just "quite a few."

7:03 pm

rururocks

makes me realize how really lucky I am with Buddy

7:04 pm

origami

I'm very happy you found him!

7:15 pm

rururocks

this grid has well hidden babblets

7:15 pm

rururocks

i should just put in every babblet I know

7:16 pm

origami

I feel like every word in this grid is hiding from me :D

7:27 pm

Jeff7

origami-If you are willing to rescue, petfinder.org has a few young beagles near you

7:29 pm

LeslieAnn

i am betting that's what she's talking about, Jeff. Lots of dogs getting rescued during the pandemic!

7:29 pm

origami

Thanks, Jeff. Yes, I have seen those. One is the one I was talking about that has a long list of folks wanting to adopt and one is in a foster-to-adopt situation. There are some that were rescued from the meat trade, and I have a phone call into that org. Thanks. I check petfinder often.

7:30 pm

LeslieAnn

is that the beagle freedom project ori?

7:31 pm

origami

I think so Leslie. They send some of the dogs up from the LA area to the Bay area.

7:31 pm

LeslieAnn

yep that's them. lot of lab testing dogs too

7:32 pm

joym999

anyone have a clue for the DI6...not the plural money one

7:32 pm

Jeff7

We got our Papillon through petfinder but we were lucky. He had just been listed. He was 2 years old but only weighed 2.8 pounds. He's now 12 and is doing fine, though has lost many teeth

7:33 pm

LeslieAnn

i volunteer at a regional animal shelter and they can't keep dogs for more than a few days. it's great for the dogs, more difficult for adopters!

7:33 pm

dan2bit

di7/36 the opposite of respect

7:33 pm

dan2bit

sorry that's the di7

7:33 pm

Jeff7

The one in the photo is another rescue pap that we found at a local adoption day. She's now 10

7:34 pm

LeslieAnn

aw. i am not really a small dog person, but papillons are cute!

7:35 pm

origami

I have decided that I really want a beagle or comparable dog. My two dogs passed earlier this year (both large hounds) and I need something more manageable.

7:35 pm

Uneaixoise

Not live + not bro :-)

7:35 pm

Jeff7

They are great dogs but too darn intelligent

7:35 pm

LeslieAnn

sorry to hear that, ori, that's rough. especially so close together

7:36 pm

origami

It was a sad time -- within 6 weeks of one another and I had had them a long time.

7:36 pm

joym999

thanks une!

7:36 pm

LeslieAnn

oh no!

7:39 pm

Jeff7

stats on the solo r up top pls

7:40 pm

origami

ri 4/4

7:40 pm

Jeff7

ty

7:42 pm

Jeff7

couldn't see it

7:50 pm

rururocks

anyone have the last di7?

7:51 pm

origami

It's to despise.

7:53 pm

rururocks

oh gosh I'm a dummy.. thanks ori

7:53 pm

origami

If you're a dummy the rest of us are in very big trouble :D

7:59 pm

origami

Can someone please clue the ur 7?

8:00 pm

welki

ori - search for harriers or foxhounds

8:01 pm

rururocks

big beagles

8:01 pm

rururocks

:D

8:01 pm

origami

Ha, thought that was a clue for the ur7 :D I really need a dog under 40 lbs.

8:02 pm

welki

ur + on most days for supper, * ***e at home

8:02 pm

rururocks

ur7 people that urinate at the table

8:02 pm

clg47

it's a biochemistry term & I don't think that helps.

8:02 pm

origami

Thanks, folks. Ru, you're gross :D

8:03 pm

rururocks

i'll do any thing for a clue visual

8:03 pm

origami

Well, you got it. It will play in my head over dinner.

8:04 pm

rururocks

that depends doesn't it?

8:05 pm

origami

That was bladder than the norm

8:07 pm

rururocks

i'm having bbq'd chicken after all the BBQ talk this am.. talk about the power of suggestion

8:08 pm

origami

Yumm. Cacciatore here.

8:09 pm

welki

how about a corgi?

8:09 pm

rururocks

hmm.. one of my fave

8:09 pm

rururocks

she likes hounds welki..

8:10 pm

welki

i now, but under 40 pounds doesn't leave much choice - always dachshunds, but boy are they hard work

8:10 pm

rururocks

daschunds are nutzy

8:10 pm

origami

Yeah, dachsunds are hard. I would opt for a corgi, but the ones I know have been frought with health problems.

8:11 pm

rururocks

they do have issues

8:11 pm

origami

The corgi/husky muxes are so cute. Maybe they would be less prone than a pure-bred.

8:12 pm

welki

heh - who are we all kidding? when you find your next companion, you'll just know :)

8:12 pm

origami

I think you're right, welki.

8:12 pm

rururocks

i totally believe in that welki

8:14 pm

welki

i just know how it feels and i want you to find him/her NOW

8:14 pm

rururocks

me too.. ori is a fabulous pet home

8:15 pm

origami

Yep. I didn't realize how lonely I would be, welki. The cat is absolutely no help :D

8:15 pm

rururocks

can't have breeds that hate rap music though :D

8:15 pm

rururocks

(laughs) cats..

8:16 pm

origami

Maybe I could get a big rottweiler that would attack sources of rap music.

8:16 pm

welki

you'd need a mini-rottie

8:16 pm

rururocks

That's a breed I wouldn't recommend ori.. it takes a very, very strong person to control a rottie

8:16 pm

origami

<--- goes on the search for pocket-sized rotties :D

8:17 pm

welki

the popeil pocket rottweiler!

8:17 pm

rururocks

i have to go out on my bike ride now and burn up calories. :D

8:18 pm

rururocks

have fun everyone

8:18 pm

welki

i have to clean up the kitchen - we're all on a mission

8:18 pm

origami

Have a nice evening folks. I have a few left.

8:19 pm

welki

not leaving, just moving the laptop to the counter so we can finish your babble :)

8:21 pm

joym999

LE5,14 is escaping me.

8:22 pm

origami

Phew, finished.

8:23 pm

penquis

joy....ends in two vowels....

8:23 pm

welki

le + so friggin' hard to clue!

8:23 pm

penquis

LOL....

8:24 pm

welki

le + homonym for group that sang Tommy + vowel

8:25 pm

joym999

thanks...I needed BOTH those clues to get it1

8:29 pm

welki

okay, time to go - g'night, all!

8:29 pm

penquis

bye, welki....

8:31 pm

origami

See ya' welki

8:35 pm

mkg

Hi all. Not seeing the 8s or 9. Any stats and clues welcome.

8:35 pm

mkg

Ty

8:41 pm

joym999

there's a DH 7,8 combo

8:42 pm

joym999

LI6,9 combo

8:42 pm

grannyrose

dh8 is plural of dh7, which rhymes with moving at a fast pace. just add d to the front of moving at fast pace word

8:42 pm

joym999

OR6,8 combo

8:44 pm

grannyrose

li9, extends li6, li + not far away. add another word for dawn, sunr*** for the li9

8:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi rose

8:45 pm

grannyrose

or8, past tense of ceremony to make a vicar, priest etc

8:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

thanks for the rug clue

8:45 pm

grannyrose

{{{{{{TO}}}}}}}

8:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

back atcha

8:46 pm

mkg

Ordinate

8:46 pm

mkg

Oops sorry

8:46 pm

grannyrose

yw TO. now to see if mkg can work my clues out... loll

8:46 pm

mkg

Sorry all.

8:46 pm

mkg

I got the clue for or 8. Ty granny

8:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

i will be looking as well. don't usually but just got home, and pc on the blink

8:47 pm

grannyrose

close mkg. that's the phantom.

8:47 pm

mkg

Sorry. Got it though. Ty.

8:47 pm

grannyrose

try, or + wet weather, change first consonant

8:47 pm

grannyrose

yay mkg

8:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

call bullsh#t on li8

8:48 pm

mkg

Ty for dh 8. Got it. Need the 9 now.

8:49 pm

mkg

Is the 9 li? Need clues please.

8:49 pm

grannyrose

see me at 8.44 mkg

8:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

how are you feeling, rose?

8:51 pm

grannyrose

apart from frustrated, bored out of my brain, you mean?

8:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

damn it i am missing words and not only 4 letter ones. just disappeared.

8:52 pm

mkg

Ty granny. Got the li 9. Great clues.

8:53 pm

grannyrose

dr's WILL NOT listen to me when i say the pain is in my upper arm. they keep treating my shoulder. on the other hand, go in last Saturday of July for day surgery on knee. nerve has woken up for the first time in 2 1/2 years and is giving me hell.

8:53 pm

grannyrose

yw mkg

8:56 pm

grannyrose

TO, we are in lockdown 5.0. the whole country is, just about. delta strain of covid is here. it is killing the unvaccinated, including children. i am worried for my grandies so much.

8:56 pm

72 Temple Owl

have you clued di7/36?

8:57 pm

grannyrose

di7, to look upon with contempt, despise, scorn

8:58 pm

grannyrose

go up, then down and curve to the left

8:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

9:00 pm

mkg

Granny why are you bored? I feel i never have enough time! Between work, family, babysitting for grands, swimming, being a board member for a condo association, i am so so busy. I wish i lived near you so i could hire you to work for me.

9:01 pm

mkg

And help me out

9:02 pm

grannyrose

lol. mkg. i am not allowed to leave my property except for some very specific instances. normally i am flat out, but not being allowed to travel more than 5km has clipped my wings.

9:03 pm

mkg

Missing the R word for the R top row middle column. Stat welcome and clues if it is more than a 4 please. Ty

9:04 pm

mkg

Granny why arent you allowed out??? Due to health or for other reasons?

9:06 pm

grannyrose

due to delta strain of covid.

9:06 pm

grannyrose

r tile top row, ri4/4

9:06 pm

mkg

Wow. Is all australia locked down now?????where do you live in australia? I was there in 2019 and loved it.

9:08 pm

mkg

I have several other ri 4 4s and they are fron other r. Does this one use the other r?

9:08 pm

grannyrose

i am Melbourne. and yes, most of Australia is in lockdown trying to prevent the spread of this variant. particularly to our First Australians. they have little to no immunity to fight it.

9:08 pm

mkg

Nm i just got the ri word. Ty for clue granny.

9:08 pm

mkg

One last missing tile: stat for the j word pleased.

9:08 pm

mkg

Please

9:08 pm

mkg

Ty

9:09 pm

grannyrose

ja6/ 36. uses double consonant

9:11 pm

mkg

Ty.

9:12 pm

mkg

Are last two letters vowels? Ty

9:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

or7 3 pls?2

9:14 pm

mkg

Oh i got it granny. Ty. Weird word.

9:14 pm

mkg

I was focused on a different double cons.

9:15 pm

grannyrose

plural TO

9:16 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh for pete's sake! ty

9:18 pm

wht

ty granny. I never would have found that.

9:26 pm

grannyrose

new word for me....means leafhopper, which is not part of my everyday language either. i just call them bugs.

9:48 pm

grannyrose

shower time loll....catch y'all later.xx

9:48 pm

wht

Anyone still here with a clue for the sr7?

9:52 pm

mich_pdx

I got it - it's Sanskrit, double const. & "funny" ending

9:52 pm

mich_pdx

"a Sanskrit word which literally means anything or any act that is performed with all sincerity and absolute faith in it. In the Hindu religion, it is the ritual that one performs to pay homage to one's 'ancestors', especially to one's dead parents."

10:00 pm

wht

Got it. Thanks for the clues.

10:00 pm

wht

Fireworks for me.

10:00 pm

mich_pdx

excellent, wht! glad to help

10:02 pm

hurshy

that's a pretty cool word then

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