Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, January 10, 2022

12:01 am

Jacula

201. Jolly good!

12:03 am

mich_pdx

Hey Jacula! Hi everyone

12:03 am

Jacula

Hi mich & everyone.

12:11 am

harpjane

hi ho

12:13 am

Rainiqui

st 8

12:14 am

harpjane

found rodents

12:17 am

cybernan

ty rain

12:17 am

Rainiqui

yw Nan

12:18 am

justafreep

st7

12:19 am

SueMagee

St7

12:19 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:20 am

SueMagee

Aristo

12:20 am

SueMagee

Sorry!

12:20 am

mich_pdx

thx Sue :)

12:20 am

SueMagee

My inadvertent pleasure.

12:26 am

justafreep

lw4, btw

12:30 am

mich_pdx

I

12:30 am

mich_pdx

I'm fading, check you all later - happy babbling!

12:31 am

cybernan

bye mich

12:31 am

Jacula

TTFN mich.

12:32 am

Jacula

loti

12:32 am

Jacula

Whhops! Sorry.

12:32 am

Jacula

or even *whoops

12:32 am

justafreep

nighht michh :-)

12:32 am

Jacula

Don't know why I typed that anyway - already got it.

12:34 am

SueMagee

No - but I hadnâ€™t, so thank you!

12:34 am

Jacula

Y/w SueM. :)

12:36 am

cybernan

crashing -- see you tomorrow :)

12:36 am

Jacula

Bye cybernan.

12:37 am

justafreep

night, nan

12:37 am

jessmom

an7

12:40 am

Jacula

Thanks for that one jessmom.

12:40 am

jessmom

you're welcome ;)

12:41 am

Gillie

oa7

12:48 am

Gillie

ga7

12:49 am

Jacula

ga6.24

12:52 am

justafreep

there's two of those, jacula

12:52 am

Jacula

la7

12:53 am

Jacula

3 left and they're all T words

12:54 am

justafreep

are two from the top T?

12:54 am

Jacula

No.

12:54 am

Gillie

I have 28 left, but only 2 T words

12:54 am

Gillie

Oops - I take it back - 3 T words

12:54 am

justafreep

drat. That was my best hope for helping you. Any from the first column one?

12:55 am

justafreep

there are 41 T words, Gillie, so somehow your math is off!

12:56 am

Gillie

Only 3 T words left, I mean

12:56 am

justafreep

ah

12:56 am

Jacula

Just one left now, a t5 from column 3.

12:56 am

justafreep

all three of us then

12:56 am

justafreep

to5/18?

12:56 am

Jacula

Got that one. Do you need it?

12:57 am

justafreep

no. is there a list? I'm just going buy what I have

12:57 am

Jacula

Got the tr5.18 also.

12:58 am

Jacula

Dunno if there's a list. Haven't checked yet.

12:58 am

justafreep

I've got a to5/10 that isn't a plural

12:59 am

Jacula

Got the ti5.18 also.

12:59 am

Jacula

And the ta5.18. No idea if these all come from column 3 T btw.

1:00 am

Gillie

I have ta5/10, ta5/10, ta5/18, to5/10 and to5/18

1:00 am

Gillie

(from the 3rd column, I think)

1:02 am

Jacula

Gillie, thanks! FIREWORKS! *~*~*~* It was a ta5.18.

1:02 am

Gillie

yw - I don't think Lickety's going to be doing a list, so maybe you should?

1:03 am

Jacula

(Not the poem word,)

1:03 am

Jacula

I can do a list if wanted. I used do do them regularly pre-Lickety.

1:04 am

justafreep

that was a long time ago!

1:05 am

Jacula

I've been playing for a long time. lol

1:05 am

broll

yes, please, jac

1:16 am

Jacula

Doing it now. Bear with me, it takes a while.

1:17 am

justafreep

It's appreciated

1:20 am

broll

yes it is!

1:24 am

anike

I have forgotten how to access the lists people post

1:26 am

grannyrose

just click on their avatar. or if they have gone, go to rankings, find their user name and click on that.

1:27 am

anike

OK. Thanks

1:34 am

Jacula

Nearly done. Be up soon in my profile. Will tell you when.

1:37 am

Gillie

Greatly appreciated, Jacula!

1:48 am

Jacula

List for today is now on my profile. Happy Babbling all! x

1:49 am

aebmusica

tyvm Jacula!

1:49 am

Jacula

yvw,

1:51 am

Jacula

Once I've signed out, go to Jacula on the rankings (I'm #9)and you'll find my profile and the list there.

1:55 am

Jacula

I've saved you about half an hour today, broll. Use it wisely. :)

1:58 am

Lizlin

Thanks, Jacula

2:07 am

Jacula

I'm off now. Need a nap and then have stuff to do. BBL.

2:10 am

broll

more than that, I think. thx

2:18 am

Jacula

Depends how you do the list, I guess Broll. I c&p mine into Notebook, then do a 'replace' to remove all the 'Look Up Word' that comes before each word, then have to manually backspace each word into the right place and then backspace and delete all but the first 2 letters of each.

2:19 am

Jacula

Really off now. I have a parcel for a client to pack up and send off.

4:09 am

MollyL

For anyone who knows how to use Excel, this is a much faster way to make a list.
Copy word list into an Excel spreadsheet (the word, the number of letters and the points go into 5 columns (because of ? for dictionary).
Then insert a column after the word.
Then write a formula in the first line after the word, example - " =left($B1,2)" (the $ makes the formula absolute)
Then copy the formula all the way down (put the cursor in the bottom right of the top cell with the formula and drag it down to the end of the word list).
Voila you have 3 columns with first 2 letters, length, points

6:06 am

ItalianGreyhound

Morning! Fun grid

6:58 am

mattygroves

I still have no 7s or 8.... :(

6:59 am

ursh

st 8/60 and I also have no 7s :(

7:00 am

ursh

compound word

7:03 am

mattygroves

OK, looking - thanks!

7:07 am

hurshy

that is how i have done it in the past Molly

7:15 am

mattygroves

Found the 8, thanks!

7:32 am

ursh

matty one of the 7s is similar to the 8 except refers to picnic pest

7:39 am

BzznBea

Thanks, ursh

7:39 am

ursh

:)

8:08 am

ursh

clue for the la7 please been searching for ages

8:12 am

BzznBea

la + ***e out food + two vowels It's from the lower L.

8:13 am

ursh

tx bea - did not think to try from lower L

8:13 am

BzznBea

yw

8:17 am

MollyL

And all this time I thought Turkish tobacco was a funny name for weed.

8:33 am

mattygroves

Got that A7 - thank you!

9:41 am

hokie carla

no, that's wacky tobaccky

9:57 am

jmcnrick

hi all

9:57 am

jmcnrick

took the words out of my mouth hokie

9:57 am

jmcnrick

stats for the second column A please

9:59 am

ChampFit

ag4/6, 5/14 and 4/6

9:59 am

aslindy

hello all

10:00 am

jmcnrick

thanks champ, looking

10:00 am

jmcnrick

dang at least two fish!

10:01 am

ChampFit

sometimes it's just like that!

10:01 am

jmcnrick

all three fish!

10:01 am

ChampFit

:)

10:01 am

jmcnrick

well nbt any way

10:02 am

Aloyisius

chuckling bc I totally monkeyed k6 .. hi all

10:02 am

jmcnrick

hi snuffy

10:02 am

ChampFit

can I get stats on the k6 please?

10:03 am

Aloyisius

howdy jmc (-:

10:03 am

Aloyisius

ka6.30 champ

10:03 am

ChampFit

TY!

10:04 am

Aloyisius

yw .

10:09 am

hurshy

you know you're a long-time babbler if...

10:09 am

hurshy

phantom: atlatl

10:10 am

Aloyisius

so true

10:32 am

Aloyisius

going googly-eyed, missing an s6

10:32 am

Aloyisius

and missing Lickety's list that makes it easier to find.. hope things are better with him.

10:34 am

MollyL

How do you know you are missing an s6 if you aren't using a list?

10:35 am

jmcnrick

maybe that is all she has left

10:35 am

Aloyisius

true.. my last word. But I'm using Jacula's list also.

10:36 am

jmcnrick

haha we were both right Molls

10:37 am

Aloyisius

ugh.. it was a fish from Gibralta!

10:39 am

Aloyisius

so, if no clues are needed, I'll go do some .. eek.. work.

10:40 am

jmcnrick

*gasp*

10:40 am

Aloyisius

lol, have a great day all.. poof

10:40 am

jmcnrick

I am still in puttering mode

10:41 am

jmcnrick

bye snuffy

10:44 am

MollyL

There once was a fish from Gibraltar
Who went by the name of Sir Walter
He eloped with a tuna
Named Marianne Luna
And they skipped the trip to the altar

10:45 am

jmcnrick

hehe

10:49 am

BzznBea

Back for 45 more words...

11:07 am

BzznBea

There is an elusive K...

11:12 am

hurshy

i saw earlier mention of a ka6/30 which i haven't been able to monkey yet

11:12 am

hurshy

aHA got it at last

11:13 am

hurshy

still need one other K besides that tho

11:13 am

hurshy

woot, Ks Killed!

11:32 am

jmcnrick

wtg hursh

11:44 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

11:46 am

jmcnrick

hi cyber

11:56 am

jmcnrick

going on break. bbl 110 left

12:01 pm

cybernan

me too - 37 to go, but need to get some groceries in

12:01 pm

cybernan

as mentioned in my profile, I'm not sure the grocery shopper and the cook are the same person!

12:02 pm

BzznBea

hurshy, can you clue that ka, please?

12:04 pm

BzznBea

I got it.

12:16 pm

hurshy

sorry, went to make muffins. but you got it :)

12:17 pm

hurshy

why did i feel sure that tikal was a babblet? any ideas what i might be mixing it up with?

12:18 pm

BzznBea

Switch the last two cons.

12:19 pm

hurshy

thanks

12:19 pm

BzznBea

=)

12:22 pm

hurshy

WPT < 2

12:31 pm

vashongin

thanks MollyL for reposting the list

12:48 pm

periwinkle

hi all help with st8 pls. found st7

12:52 pm

MollyL

Similar to a twinkler

12:58 pm

cybernan

hi again - had to delay shopping trip

1:03 pm

MollyL

You didn't miss much Nan. Just Peri's usual ask for a clue and then leave thing. ðŸ˜Š

1:05 pm

cybernan

don't know why we can't have ts 8 --- especially with all the other "similar" words

1:09 pm

MollyL

Maybe no one wants to be similar to a ts4

1:09 pm

cybernan

an, la, oa and st 7 --- the 5th one, please?

1:09 pm

MollyL

ga

1:09 pm

cybernan

haveing seen their lifestyle, I wouldn't mind giving it a try. Heck - I'd settle for just a live in chef and housekeeper :D

1:13 pm

cybernan

I give up - clue for the ga 7 please?

1:17 pm

MollyL

Starts with not guy ends with the last 4 of distrubances in the street

1:17 pm

cybernan

ty molly

1:23 pm

cybernan

9 more 4's that I would like to find before I consult your list ...

1:53 pm

Uneaixoise

Tx for ga7!

2:01 pm

Jeff7

clue for the st 7 pls

2:02 pm

cybernan

similar to a twinkler

2:02 pm

doseffing

.... having to do with layers

2:02 pm

cybernan

oops - that is the 8, sorry

2:03 pm

doseffing

... many of the same letters nan ... just the order is different

2:10 pm

Justin

so my workplace did the right thing and mandated the covid vaccinations FINALLY

2:10 pm

Justin

but not a single word on mandating boosters or future boosters

2:11 pm

jmcnrick

maybe just decided to take it one step at a time

2:11 pm

doseffing

... how are they going to keep track of it or what are they going to keep track of?

2:12 pm

periwinkle

I am back and still looking for the st8

2:13 pm

doseffing

... similiar to things which twinkle in the sky at night

2:13 pm

periwinkle

and saw your clue, Molly thanks

2:13 pm

jmcnrick

similar to a twinlking object

2:13 pm

periwinkle

thanks dose

2:13 pm

periwinkle

ty jmc

2:13 pm

jmcnrick

*untangles fingers*

2:14 pm

jmcnrick

yw

2:23 pm

hokie carla

HOET!

2:28 pm

Justin

When I asked them they said they were going to keep "evaluating" as "more data comes in". Anti-science Nazis.

2:31 pm

doseffing

... sounds like "say nothing ... but say it fast and loudly so that no one can understand or question it" ... .. ah well ... mustn't be bitter

2:33 pm

doseffing

... ah well 40 left for later ... maybe ... must be off ... luck to all who continue the struggle ....

2:35 pm

MollyL

I'm not even concerned about vaccinated or unvaccinated any more. People who are vaccinated with boosters are getting and spreading COVID.

2:39 pm

cybernan

yes they are molly, but not as severely as those who are unvaccinated. It is the unvaccinated that are filling up hospital beds and taking up all the time of the medical personnel to the point that people needing other treatments are being shunted aside.

2:41 pm

rururocks

and at tennis matches

2:42 pm

cybernan

oh - did australia deport him?

2:42 pm

Jeff7

ty doseffing

2:44 pm

cybernan

ooh - just found ru's car in the grid

2:51 pm

cybernan

si 6/18 following the hemp fabric please?

2:53 pm

Jacula

cybernan - ancient musical instrument - sounds like your female sibling gone a bit wrong.

2:54 pm

cybernan

ty jacula

2:56 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* hagd everyone and stay safe :)

2:57 pm

cybernan

like the new icon, ru :D

3:00 pm

Jacula

/w

3:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

yay jacula

3:15 pm

hokie carla

phantom patois

3:16 pm

hokie carla

oh, was jacula saying fw? I was confused. well done, then.

3:16 pm

mkg

HI ALL. Going to try to get half way.

3:16 pm

mkg

So far have no sixes or 7s orthe 8. A long way to go til i get to half way too. Oh well.

3:17 pm

hokie carla

the 8 is akin to the sparkly things in the night sky

3:17 pm

hokie carla

I have no 7s either

3:20 pm

mkg

The 8 what are stats pleases carla? Ty for the clue

3:20 pm

mkg

Stirrato

3:21 pm

mkg

Oops sorry

3:21 pm

hokie carla

sorry, ST8/60

3:22 pm

hokie carla

oh, found a 7 - oa7, same ending as the 8

3:23 pm

mkg

Ty. Well must google akin

3:25 pm

mkg

What is akin to sparkly things in the sky comes up with rock bandsâ€¦â€¦.very interesting.

3:26 pm

hokie carla

I think you're thinking too much. compound word - first half is sparkly thing second half is saying something is ___ something else.

3:27 pm

MollyL

Oh good Lord. What twinkles in the night sky? Only one thing

3:28 pm

MollyL

Similar to that. Starts with ST

3:28 pm

mkg

Yes molly. But what is akin to it? Thaswt is what the st 8 is.

3:29 pm

mkg

Or so i thought

3:29 pm

mkg

Oh my i just got the 8. Ty

3:29 pm

MollyL

Oh my indeed

3:29 pm

mkg

I didnt think it was the objects in the sky plus another word. Sorry

3:30 pm

mkg

Ty for the clues.

3:30 pm

mkg

AFTER A DAY OF BABYSITTING I AM TOO TIRED FOR THIS PERHAPSâ€¦

3:31 pm

Sophie512

Jacula, thank you so much for the clues today. I still won't be able to finish, but I'm in much better shape than yesterday. And, Molly, thank you for telling about Jacula!

3:35 pm

hokie carla

what can I do to make my clues better/easier? just for future...

3:36 pm

Sophie512

your clues are great, hon......she has a list, similar to Lickety

3:36 pm

mkg

CLUE WAS FINE. JUST FINE. IT IS MY BRAIN.

3:36 pm

Sophie512

after listing, then I go for clues

3:36 pm

Sophie512

after a day of grand-sitting I'm to tired for anything!

3:37 pm

Sophie512

too

3:37 pm

Sophie512

too

3:37 pm

Sophie512

too

3:37 pm

mkg

Carla you have always clued me great stuff. Trust me i am wiped out and not thinking. I did 12,000 steps so far today and i am very tired. At my age, well, that is a lot of steps.

3:37 pm

mkg

Yes too. Yes.

3:38 pm

mkg

I dont list very often. I prefer clues.

5:03 pm

granadan

Lickety isnt working forme today - is it just my browser or is it still showing saturdays grid?

5:11 pm

jmcnrick

no Lickety is having computer issues you can find the list on Molly's or Jacula's profiles.

5:12 pm

granadan

thank you x

5:12 pm

jmcnrick

yw

5:13 pm

Soodle

Hey Jmcrick. Howâ€™s thatboy of yours doing

5:15 pm

jmcnrick

hi! such a long story! he moved to Dublin for a while which was an improvement. Then he came back here to get his stabs. And stayed since it is still a major deal to travel safely and. . . .

5:15 pm

jmcnrick

he finished writing his master's thesis last Thursday

5:16 pm

jmcnrick

Originally to be about how Irish Pub workers survived the pandemic but with the shut downs it was too hard to connect.

5:17 pm

jmcnrick

So he wrote about how Rap musicians survived the pandemic.

5:17 pm

jmcnrick

hahaha that's the short version!

5:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

damn this new version of excel...

5:18 pm

jmcnrick

hi TO

5:18 pm

Soodle

What a bummer. Covid is responsible for so much upscuttlement. Your boy seems to have his head screwed on.

5:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi je

5:19 pm

jmcnrick

yeah definitely not the international study period of his dreams

5:20 pm

jmcnrick

and yeah sometimes he has his head screwed on.

5:20 pm

hokie carla

soodle, how are y'all today?

5:20 pm

mab

is his field sociology jmc?

5:20 pm

jmcnrick

but I didn't get to come to Ireland to share his birthday or Christmas last year

5:20 pm

jmcnrick

economic anthropology mab

5:21 pm

mab

oh, so interesting.

5:22 pm

jmcnrick

the paper was actually pretty interesting. the musicians were mostly long time friends of his who moved to LA

5:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

1st ka 5/18 pls?

5:22 pm

jmcnrick

plural TO

5:23 pm

mab

a friend who lives in S Africa saw her son only a couple of times a year while he was at Cornell. She put on a strong facade, but I know it was hard. So far away.

5:23 pm

jmcnrick

maybe that's not the first one

5:24 pm

jmcnrick

we spoke on the phone and computer a lot but Christmas was really depressing. My sister and her daughter's family and me and my son. . . 4 zoom windows

5:24 pm

jmcnrick

I was so glad to see him I hugged him anyway

5:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

sorry i have asked for the wrong word. break time''

5:25 pm

jmcnrick

I may have given you the wrong clue

5:25 pm

mab

yes, the pandemic was awfully troublesome. to say the least...

5:26 pm

jmcnrick

that is an understatement mab

5:27 pm

hokie carla

I have 2 ka5/18 that are both pl, but I need 4 k's still.

5:28 pm

jmcnrick

while he was still away I was in a grocery and because someone came around a corner I stopped suddenly and the stocker who was walking appropriately behind me didnt' stop fast enough and stuck his hand out to brace against my back for a moment so as not to run into me. And I thought. . .

5:28 pm

jmcnrick

that is the most touch I have had in a year

5:29 pm

jmcnrick

I only have 5 k's

5:29 pm

mab

oh... isn't that sad?

5:30 pm

jmcnrick

living alone during a pandemic shutdown is its own kind of . . .

5:30 pm

mab

a friend fell in love with her carpenter the moment the pandemic became apparent, and he moved right in.

5:30 pm

mab

they're very happy

5:30 pm

jmcnrick

haha that's a great story

5:33 pm

mab

she had buried her too young husband less than 6 months before, and had only just stopped calling for him when she came into the house from work. complicated, but somehow...

5:33 pm

jmcnrick

when I had first met my hubby my roommate bought a house in the burbs and did not invite me along. I turned to my then boy friend and said: I know this is a little early in the relationship but I would hate to sign a lease if I were wanting to move in with you in a couple of months so lets do it now

5:34 pm

mab

nice play.

5:35 pm

mab

I'd forgotten, but you lost your husband quite early too, didn't you? no answer if too personal.

5:35 pm

jmcnrick

It worked. just as well, he died about 10 years later so we ended up without much time together

5:35 pm

jmcnrick

yes he was 40

5:36 pm

jmcnrick

he died on the anniversary of the day we met (at the courthouse)

5:36 pm

mab

don't know how people survive such things. so sorry.

5:37 pm

jmcnrick

you do because the alternative is unthinkable. I had a 8 year old boy

5:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

ka5/18 after the ka 6/30 pls?

5:39 pm

jmcnrick

sorry TO, no clue

5:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

nm it will show itself soon

5:43 pm

jmcnrick

I should clarify we MET at the courthouse. I was there representing demonstrators (non-violent ones) and he was a criminal trial lawyer

5:52 pm

Sophie512

TO I need a clue for the ka 6 30 please

5:53 pm

MollyL

ks 6 ends in writer Fleming's first name

5:53 pm

ItalianGreyhound

K + mis-spelled ET

5:56 pm

jmcnrick

ty both. . . and I am done for the day with nbt/nbs and 91 left good night

5:57 pm

ItalianGreyhound

yw, good night

6:05 pm

Sophie512

thanks, I'm happy with 56 left night all take care

6:47 pm

penquis

done....ty, Molly for posting the list....

6:48 pm

nrkii

TO, ka5 after ka6 is K + Academy of the A***, but rearrange last two

6:49 pm

penquis

goodnight all....

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