12:02 am
hokie carla
fa8 and 9
12:02 am
justafreep
fa9 x 2
12:02 am
justafreep
and fa10
12:03 am
Q
yah, just got that fa10
12:03 am
mich_pdx
Hola, babblers
12:03 am
hokie carla
hola, como estas
12:04 am
mich_pdx
esta bien, y tu? (I don't have the espanol keyboard for inverted question mark...)
12:05 am
hokie carla
and I can barely see what I'm typing 🤣
12:11 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs
12:12 am
hokie carla
turns out hoser is still not a word. just have to type it every time!
12:12 am
mich_pdx
I just typed it, too! Every time I try it, every time....DENIED!
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:17 am
marksdolly
ty lickety!
12:17 am
dcseain
thanks, lickety
12:17 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
12:17 am
mich_pdx
thanks, Lickety!
12:18 am
cybernan
been lurking and now crashing - nbt, nbs - thanks for the clues :)
12:19 am
mich_pdx
Night, Nan
12:19 am
hokie carla
nighty night, nan
12:20 am
cybernan
good night, all
12:27 am
hokie carla
found my last 9 but I can't see if it was called. RE8 & 9
12:34 am
mich_pdx
le boeuf
12:34 am
aebmusica
sorry......
12:34 am
justafreep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0u4M6\nvppCI
12:35 am
ursh
i have fa8 and re8 - what is the 3rd 8 please
12:36 am
justafreep
I don't have it yet....
12:36 am
hokie carla
me either
12:36 am
ursh
oh ok I thought I missed a call
12:39 am
hokie carla
HOET!
12:42 am
SummerBreeze44
hi8
12:42 am
hokie carla
found it, thanks!
12:43 am
justafreep
thanks!
12:48 am
SummerBreeze44
yw
12:59 am
hokie carla
well, I'm going to have to save these last 29 for tomorrow. good night!
1:31 am
aebmusica
qu5/18.........clue please
1:34 am
aebmusica
I don't understand your clue, ursh??
1:35 am
ursh
put the q before my name
1:36 am
aebmusica
oh....the coin....tyvm
3:31 am
mattygroves
The fact the re 8 and 9 are in the Babble dictionary pleases me no end
3:31 am
zoozzoom
Not got to the R's yet lol
3:44 am
zoozzoom
Found a f 9 & 10 but not your one yet.
3:46 am
mattygroves
Now I have too - I have all the 9s now and the 10 - woop! Still missing the lone N in the third row, fourth column though....
3:48 am
mattygroves
Got it - thanks!
3:51 am
zoozzoom
I must of spelt the clothing wrong the first time as it took when I just tried it again. All 9s & 10 here too.
3:51 am
mattygroves
They have a very short life expectancy, those RE9s ;)
3:53 am
zoozzoom
Ifin a movie yes lol
3:54 am
zoozzoom
Has to be an American word.
3:56 am
zoozzoom
Have no time left this morning. Happy babbling!
5:46 am
Scrabbler
Look at the S's strategically placed.
5:57 am
ItalianGreyhound
hi, Scrabbler - FW, here
6:02 am
Scrabbler
Good for you, IG. I hit the snooze alarm on my phone for 45 minutes then discovered there had been a power outage overnight. All of the digital clocks were flashing.
6:03 am
ItalianGreyhound
Yeeesh! So you are running late?
6:04 am
Scrabbler
No, just less time here.
6:04 am
Scrabbler
I am not a morning person, especially when it is still dark out.
6:11 am
ItalianGreyhound
i gotta roll - hope your day goes well!
6:11 am
Scrabbler
I have to leave in a minute but need a word to pass halfway.
6:14 am
aslindy
hello all
6:47 am
saanichcat
good morning everyone!
6:47 am
aslindy
hello hello
6:47 am
Meatball421
Hello people
6:48 am
jmcnrick
everyone shows up at once!
6:54 am
aslindy
just checked my phone, and the temp dropped from 9F to 7F. glad I can stay home today.
7:05 am
saanichcat
wow lindy that's chilly. It's 1C here, just above freezing. Slippery road time.
7:06 am
aslindy
and now it's 3F. I better stop checking.
7:09 am
saanichcat
good plan!
7:09 am
jmcnrick
I wouldn't check temp under those set of facts! haha
7:10 am
aslindy
the sun is just coming up, so hopefully it will start getting warmer
7:13 am
jmcnrick
the sun is hidden behind clouds here but it is always better when you can see the sunshine
7:14 am
aslindy
clouds hold in some heat, so you have to choose - sunshine and cold, or clouds and a little warmer?
7:15 am
jmcnrick
honestly i prefer the sunshine
7:24 am
aslindy
so do I. I'd rather bundle up to stay warm if I can get some sunshine!
7:25 am
jmcnrick
there was one summer that was the worst of all possible weather. constantly cloudy and humid and hot but no rain
7:26 am
aslindy
that sounds gross
7:30 am
saanichcat
hope everyone has some fun today; I'm off now to find some!
7:31 am
jmcnrick
have fun Saan
7:33 am
jmcnrick
It was so depressing and hard to grow a garden.
7:34 am
aslindy
what kinds of things do you grow?
7:37 am
jmcnrick
veggies--lettuce, tomatoes, okra, lima beans and black eyed-peas. and cut a mess of greens from my garden (mustard, collard and turnip) for Christmas dinner.
7:37 am
jmcnrick
I also go herbs like oregano, thyme and bay because I am cheap! hahaha they are so expensive!
7:40 am
BzznBea
Herb plants aren't cheap either.
7:41 am
jmcnrick
no but many of them are perennials so once planted I get continuous herbs.
7:43 am
jmcnrick
At one point I had a 30 foot tall bay tree. I sold the leafs (uncertified organic) to raise money for a scholarship fund.
7:44 am
jmcnrick
then one spring we had freeze thaw freeze thaw and the sap rose and then froze and then split the tree in two. I cried. It took me a year before I could bear to cut it down.
7:44 am
aslindy
that's awesome. I tried growing bay several times but it always dies. :( most other herbs I've grown easily, though
7:44 am
jmcnrick
my current bay is only 1 foot tall. They are not fast growing :(
7:45 am
aslindy
yeah, I would have been crushed to lose that, too!
7:46 am
jmcnrick
we are right on the edge or where you can grow bay outside.
7:46 am
aslindy
here, it can only be out in the summer
7:46 am
bichon
We have a blooming bay laurel here in CT
7:48 am
72 Temple Owl
hello babblers
7:50 am
72 Temple Owl
got to run, catch you later
7:51 am
72 Temple Owl
just sneaking in a few before food pantry duty today.
7:52 am
jmcnrick
interesting bichon. . . may be there is a different variety that survives in CT
7:53 am
72 Temple Owl
hey je
7:53 am
jmcnrick
hi TO. Do you go every day?
7:53 am
bichon
jmc, I've never thought to use the leaves
7:53 am
72 Temple Owl
no but until a new crew forms on Tuesday i ask if needed then as well as thursday
7:54 am
bichon
The bay laurel is the state tree
7:54 am
72 Temple Owl
new team leader, old crew does not like her methods. she is mine on thurs, and i am used to it
7:54 am
72 Temple Owl
besides, the doctor read the riot act to me yesterday. i need activcity
7:55 am
72 Temple Owl
so off i go...happy babbling! i have run out of words after 145
7:55 am
jmcnrick
well who knew. I wonder if there is a different kind of bay laurel . . . I grew mine for the leafs
7:55 am
72 Temple Owl
je i saw a story about the exhibit in the old smithsonian and i am determined to go before it leaves in july
7:56 am
72 Temple Owl
so i may see you in spring
7:56 am
jmcnrick
well let me know TO
7:56 am
72 Temple Owl
i will. bye all!
7:59 am
aslindy
time for me to go. have fun all!
8:02 am
jmcnrick
https://tinyurl.com/ediblebays
8:07 am
jmcnrick
I had a mountain laurel in my yard when I first moved here. It took me several years to kill it (intentionally)
8:19 am
bichon
Mine sort of died. Pruned it, and it bloomed the next year
8:26 am
jmcnrick
the bay laurel I had never bloomed that I saw.
8:38 am
phaeton
hello...seem to be word blind today...help with the qu5 pls
8:39 am
BzznBea
That's the one that the U isnt followed by a vowel
8:40 am
Justin
well, it finally happened
8:41 am
Justin
my company refused to mandate the boosters (despite me continually pleading my case to HR)
8:41 am
Justin
and I ended up catching Covid from an unboosted co-worker
8:41 am
BzznBea
That's too bad. I'm sorry.
8:41 am
BzznBea
How are you doing?
8:46 am
Justin
not too bad so far, thank you Bea
8:48 am
BzznBea
Pleasant grid today. Off to the race that is my life.
8:52 am
jmcnrick
hang in there Justin
8:52 am
jmcnrick
hagd bzzn
8:53 am
mkg
Any clues for the 4th column A word? Cant find it.
8:53 am
jmcnrick
I don't have it either mkg
8:55 am
LuvWordGames
aa 4/5
9:13 am
jmcnrick
should have remembered that from the other day
9:32 am
hokie carla
howdy, y'all
9:36 am
jmcnrick
hi hokie
9:39 am
hokie carla
how goes it?
9:44 am
mkg
How about the N word for the N in 4th column? Need a clue and stats. Ty
9:45 am
hokie carla
ni4/5
10:02 am
ChampFit
Thank goodness for the chog...and thx Bea for the qu5
10:07 am
Biltong
Please may I have a clue for re8/9?
10:08 am
ChampFit
Starts with a color
10:08 am
hokie carla
compound - color, clothing
10:10 am
Biltong
ty, Champ and hokie
10:11 am
hokie carla
it's a US college sports term
10:12 am
jmcnrick
it is also the people who are killed first on Startrek
10:26 am
hokie carla
ok, stuck on 8 left. 2-2-3-1 PP D TT S H A
10:27 am
jmcnrick
too complicated a message for me
10:28 am
jmcnrick
*throws hokie's bottle with message back in the pool
10:29 am
hokie carla
the numbers represent the word stats, so I have 2 4's left, 2 5's, 3 6's, 1 7. the letters are what letters I have left.
10:31 am
MollyL
People keep telling her that JMC, but she keeps using the hard to understand "code"
10:32 am
jmcnrick
well maybe she is just making it clear to herself.
10:32 am
jmcnrick
hi molls
10:33 am
jmcnrick
structure does make t easier for me to find words which is why i list after a few hours
10:34 am
MollyL
Life is just simpler when people post I have ____ words left
10:34 am
hokie carla
no, people don't. some people understand and use the code too. I see hurshy lurking here.
10:35 am
jmcnrick
each to their own
10:36 am
hokie carla
yes, but even though some of us embrace "the code" we aren't allowed to each their own
10:36 am
mab
it works well as shorthand.
10:37 am
hokie carla
there's a lot of anti-shorthand here. no acronyms, no word counts
10:37 am
hokie carla
no fun
10:38 am
jmcnrick
meh we have been using short hand since I first came in the door nbt nbs you can count down your words when you are close
10:39 am
MollyL
*Passes Carla the tissues
10:39 am
mab
yes. both work, but i like the succinct better. it's consistent and you get it right away.
10:39 am
mab
babble language
10:47 am
jmcnrick
every community has its own language and language, if it is used, is dynamic. It set my mother the English teacher's teeth on edge but loan is no longer solely a noun.
10:49 am
mab
oh yes. in reg. english there are many nouns used as verbs - not wild about them.
10:49 am
jmcnrick
however, language which fails to communicate because it is too colloquial has its own problem. Hokie gave her communication to me and i had no clue what she meant. Just as I would not understand Swahili or Cockney. So I made that clear to her and she explained it.
10:50 am
mab
i.e. gifted - to give someone a present. don't like.
11:24 am
cybernan
good morning everyone :)
11:25 am
penquis
hi nan....hi mab....hi jm....hi lurkers...
11:27 am
hurshy
phantom: point
11:27 am
penquis
hi hursh....
11:27 am
hurshy
hi pen, nan, mab, jmc, anyone else who's here
11:28 am
JustMe2252
not really a lurker, just too new to make any sense of this yet LOL
11:28 am
penquis
hi Just....
11:29 am
penquis
no problem with lurking....i do it all the time....
11:29 am
hurshy
that's ok, we also chat about anything and everything, not just the game, so feel free to babble in that sense too!
11:29 am
cybernan
welcome, Just
11:30 am
cybernan
not seeing that qu 5 someone mentioned
11:31 am
penquis
me either...
11:32 am
mattygroves
U is the only vowel in it (if you're looking for the 5)
11:32 am
penquis
phantom.....thirst....
11:32 am
hurshy
it's the one like me!
11:33 am
penquis
ah yes...ty....
11:33 am
penquis
we like your vowel, hursh... ;o)
11:33 am
cybernan
ty matty
11:34 am
cybernan
any pt words?
11:35 am
penquis
not in my words...
11:35 am
hurshy
i have one PS and one missing top P, have not done lower P yet
11:38 am
cybernan
nonhip should be a word -- makes as much sense as nonart
11:39 am
cybernan
missing one p from the top - probably the same as hurshy's
11:40 am
hokie carla
well, I didn't have the ps, thx. now I'm missing one p from the top
11:40 am
penquis
you're doing better than i am....
11:40 am
hokie carla
down to 7
11:40 am
penquis
wow....55 here...
11:41 am
hokie carla
has been fairly easy. the ps is the only one I've had help on.
11:41 am
hokie carla
well, I went to bed with like 29 left
11:41 am
penquis
ah....the flip head start....
11:41 am
penquis
did that two nights ago, i think....
11:44 am
cybernan
I left 85 behind last night - my problem being I can't remember what I entered way back then :D
11:45 am
penquis
i hear ya....i often retype words when i was at the flip....
11:45 am
cybernan
sort of like the password I created yesterday
11:45 am
cybernan
ah pen --- you are my people
11:47 am
penquis
i did pretty well remembering the score in my tennis matches this morning....felt good about that, lol....
11:48 am
hurshy
my only regret about using a password manager is that i didn't start using it sooner, cnan :)
11:48 am
cybernan
I have a manager of sorts -- it's called a little red book :)
11:49 am
penquis
mine is black....with a russian drawing on it....
11:49 am
hurshy
not quite as secure, that
11:50 am
cybernan
do you need a password to get into your passwword manager?
11:50 am
hurshy
got the 10!
11:50 am
hurshy
yes, nan. but that is the only one that i have to remember.
11:51 am
cybernan
the trouble with that is that if anything happens to me the password manager wouldn't help my kids.
11:53 am
hurshy
ok, my biggest problems now are H and A
11:53 am
penquis
there are a lot of Hs...
11:54 am
cybernan
working on the h's now
11:54 am
penquis
still have one A missing here....
11:54 am
hurshy
that's one fewer than me :)
11:55 am
cybernan
one for me now
11:56 am
hurshy
i just can't see past my phantom of apian
12:00 pm
windingwake
Now all I can see is apian!
12:01 pm
hokie carla
I still have one A left
12:01 pm
penquis
same here...
12:02 pm
hokie carla
nope, tried posier several times
12:02 pm
mab
me too. sorry about that.
12:03 pm
bichon
qu 5/18, pls
12:03 pm
hokie carla
I still need one H too
12:03 pm
hurshy
the ones i have are ai4 and ap5 and aa4
12:03 pm
hokie carla
bichon, it's that one we have a bit that is qu and no other vowels
12:03 pm
penquis
i need three Hs...
12:03 pm
hurshy
only one H?? i need 5
12:04 pm
penquis
i have two ap 5 words....don't know which As they come from....
12:04 pm
cybernan
ap 5 x2
12:04 pm
hokie carla
just remembered I did get the stats of a pair of H's last night so you all are prob missing those
12:05 pm
hurshy
can you pass those stats on? :)
12:06 pm
hokie carla
hi7/8
12:06 pm
penquis
yup....missing those...
12:06 pm
cybernan
ty carla
12:07 pm
hurshy
i have two fa9, anyone have the other 9?
12:07 pm
penquis
found them...
12:07 pm
hokie carla
GATBO here
12:07 pm
Roses6
carla, can you give a hint for that obscure qu with no other vowels?
12:08 pm
hurshy
it is like meeeee roses
12:08 pm
hokie carla
it is like her, and we have a south african player that it's q + them
12:08 pm
Roses6
thanks hursh. and carla.
12:09 pm
hokie carla
no prob
12:09 pm
hurshy
is that re9 in a pair with an re8?
12:09 pm
hokie carla
yes, you should know it
12:09 pm
cybernan
down to 40 -- bbl
12:10 pm
hurshy
not residont(s)
12:10 pm
hokie carla
still 7 here. no one is asking for clues for words I don't have
12:10 pm
hokie carla
compound
12:11 pm
hurshy
oh a STAR TREK word
12:11 pm
hurshy
technically i suppose the dictionary has the college sports meaning and not the star trek meaning but still
12:11 pm
penquis
yes, the Starfleet guys who always get killed... ;o)
12:12 pm
hokie carla
yes, that's what the other trekkies here told me
12:12 pm
windingwake
Obviously it is really for Star Trek, not sports
12:12 pm
hokie carla
I gave the college sports def earlier
12:12 pm
hurshy
well hello winding wake, i am pleased to meet you
12:12 pm
penquis
it is for both....dictionary says it's a character who dies soon after being introduced....
12:13 pm
hurshy
woot, we made it in the dictionary!!!
12:13 pm
penquis
it also refers to a kid who is held back from starting kindergarten for a year...
12:13 pm
hokie carla
I've seen it in other TV show discussions, so it has crept over
12:13 pm
hurshy
yesterday i learned two star trek background facts, one happy and one upsetting (slightly, in a joky way)
12:13 pm
hokie carla
we call them holdbacks
12:14 pm
penquis
what were your facts?
12:14 pm
hurshy
the upsetting one is that James Doohan was canadian, not scottish
12:14 pm
penquis
never heard of that word holdbacks...
12:14 pm
hokie carla
both my boys did pre-k instead of K when they could, so I guess they are both re9
12:14 pm
penquis
i actually met him at a convention in Montreal....
12:14 pm
hokie carla
there are a lot of scots in canada
12:15 pm
hurshy
the happy one is that DeForst Kelly wanted to be a doctor for real but couldn't afford medical school, and he said that the thing that made him happiest is when fans would tell him that they became a doctor because of him
12:15 pm
penquis
yes, i had a friend who was a big trek convention person....went to a lot of them in the northeast...
12:15 pm
penquis
nice, hursh....
12:16 pm
hurshy
Doohan was just always good with various accents, and i guess he was the one who suggested they make his character Scottish, because, he said, in his experience, Scotsmen were the best engineers
12:16 pm
bichon
There are Scots and then there's Sam Huegan
12:16 pm
penquis
interesting....
12:16 pm
penquis
don't know him....
12:16 pm
hokie carla
oh bichon, stop. he's handsome Jamie Fraser, pen.
12:17 pm
bichon
Outlander, Red Jamie
12:17 pm
penquis
ah, ok....
12:17 pm
hokie carla
handsome, but still not what I pictured in my mind when I read the books.
12:17 pm
hurshy
don't forget David Tennant
12:17 pm
penquis
my niece said the same thing...
12:17 pm
hurshy
and Pierce Brosnan
12:17 pm
hokie carla
he's irish
12:18 pm
penquis
he's irish, isn't he?
12:18 pm
hurshy
oh, yes, i see that, i could have sworn i heard him said something about growing up in a scottish city
12:18 pm
hurshy
but maybe that was a character he was playing
12:19 pm
hurshy
but there's still Sean Connery to mention
12:19 pm
hokie carla
did we ever find that last A or P?
12:19 pm
windingwake
Pleased to meet you too, hurshy. I pop in and out so just saw you say hi. =)
12:19 pm
penquis
i used to play tennis with a young scottish man....i could listen to him talk all day....
12:20 pm
hurshy
i recently re-watched Shetland all the way through purely to listen to them talk
12:20 pm
hokie carla
yeah, I know 2 brothers here and their kids, and I love listening to all of them.
12:20 pm
penquis
i love that show...
12:20 pm
hurshy
(for those not aware, i am an unpatriotic american, not actually in ireland)
12:21 pm
penquis
still 35 here...between chat and tennis i am not doing very well....
12:21 pm
hokie carla
and back in the before times they would bring a former pro footballer over from scotland every summer for soccer camps (kids and womens) and his accent was even thicker.
12:22 pm
hokie carla
one time he said "you, big 'un" to this woman and we were all like, uhhh, you can't say that here! 🤣
12:22 pm
penquis
my tennis friend was so musical....
12:22 pm
mab
you know, it's always bothered me that the demonym for people of the u.s. is American. At some distant past Usonian was used. much better.
12:22 pm
hokie carla
he would also tell us to go to field sex (6) which we always found hilarious
12:23 pm
mab
America assumes we own the whole continent. annoying.
12:23 pm
hurshy
agreed, mab
12:23 pm
hokie carla
never heard of usonian. weird.
12:23 pm
bichon
I love it when the Scots say ken, meaning understand
12:23 pm
hokie carla
and I don't know if US americans started calling us that or other countries, mab
12:23 pm
hurshy
i never heard of Usonian either
12:23 pm
penquis
well we are the only country that uses America in its name....
12:23 pm
hokie carla
I certainly don't assume we own the whole continent
12:23 pm
mab
it came along a bit before esperanto. Frank Lloyd Wright used it, among a few others.
12:24 pm
RoundBarn
I watch all of you daily--Rastapopolous is my daughter--she defines a word occasionally. I published a Trif poem once, w/ her permission. Back to lurking. JDJ
12:24 pm
hurshy
we oughtn't to own ANY of the freakin' continent. we are simply vicious, rude guests
12:24 pm
penquis
hi round...
12:25 pm
penquis
you go into the history of most countries and you will find some vicious, rude people....
12:25 pm
hokie carla
well, england ought not any anywhere either. all land in history was conquered by someone else.
12:25 pm
periwinkle
hi all. help with re8/9 please
12:26 pm
penquis
trek characters who get killed right away....
12:26 pm
hurshy
mab idk if you saw the other day when i mentioned that i discovered there is a group called the Daughters of the British Empire. i asked if they were like enemies of the DAR, cause i thought that would be rather hilarious. but they unfortunately said no, in fact some people are in both groups! this made me want to start a new group, Daughters Against Imperialism
12:26 pm
periwinkle
if that is a clue for me pen, I have no idea
12:26 pm
hokie carla
or college freshmen who sit out their first year of a sport
12:27 pm
penquis
peri...it's a compound word....used in college sports as well....
12:27 pm
hokie carla
maybe you should just move to another country then if you hate it so much here
12:27 pm
periwinkle
I know very little about any sport
12:27 pm
hokie carla
compound word - color + clothing
12:28 pm
hurshy
it's not that easy to move to another country, unless you have in-demand skills
12:28 pm
periwinkle
ty hokie and pen
12:28 pm
RoundBarn
I watch you, penquis. Thanks.
12:30 pm
hokie carla
not sure where you can move to though that hasn't been conquered by someone else
12:30 pm
hurshy
it's amazing what you can find if you actually just take the time to go through your words and find plurals you missed
12:30 pm
periwinkle
help with lone A please
12:31 pm
periwinkle
ty hursh
12:32 pm
penquis
i should just look for the many fours i don't have....
12:33 pm
hurshy
i'm trying to look for my two 4s but instead i found one of my 6s!
12:33 pm
hurshy
aha, there's a 4
12:33 pm
hurshy
does anyone have an A6 or an A7?
12:34 pm
penquis
not me...
12:39 pm
hurshy
well i said "sod it" and looked at the list, to find there is an ap7
12:40 pm
penquis
good to know...
12:44 pm
SuzeeQ24
I could use a clue for the ap7
12:44 pm
windingwake
All I can see is aphotic, which is so not even there
12:44 pm
windingwake
This is a very phantom grid for me.
12:45 pm
hurshy
ap7 is the loss of voice
12:45 pm
hurshy
though it sounds more like loss of sound to me
12:46 pm
hurshy
or lack of sound, rather
12:46 pm
windingwake
Ah, thank you!
12:47 pm
penquis
down to 17....found quite a few fours....still missing five of them, though....
12:47 pm
penquis
the ap 7 was a twisty one...
12:49 pm
SuzeeQ24
got it, thx
12:50 pm
penquis
taking a break....bbl to finish....bye all....
1:17 pm
mkg
Hi all. Well i just dont see the N word for the N in 4th column. Please send stat and clues. Ty
1:22 pm
mkg
Gee i am missing the 8s, 9s and 10. Would love some stats and clues. Ty so much all.
1:23 pm
hurshy
fa8, 9, 9, 10, normal words
1:24 pm
hurshy
re8 & 9, compound words
1:24 pm
hurshy
hi7 & 8, pretty monkeyable words
1:26 pm
mkg
Ty hurshy. Off to hunt.
1:27 pm
mkg
Got all the fa words. Ty.
1:27 pm
mkg
Got the re words. Ty.
1:28 pm
cybernan
ty for the ap 7 clue -- knowing it had to do with sound helped
1:54 pm
cybernan
*!*~*!* mostly a nice friendly grid today :) Take care everyone :)
1:59 pm
MollyL
As opposed to the nasty, back-stabbing ones?
1:59 pm
granadan
I am really struggling with the last 2 sh
2:01 pm
granadan
scrap that, monkey typing got them
2:09 pm
granadan
to 6/21 and to 5/12. My last two and Im really really stumped on these!
2:11 pm
windingwake
The to5/12 is a heavy unit of measure +that princess who died in the 90’s
2:14 pm
granadan
youy legend, thank you
2:16 pm
windingwake
The to6/21 is in the same corner, monkeyable. A bird apparently
2:17 pm
granadan
Fireworks! thank you WW
2:20 pm
windingwake
Yay! Anytime
2:37 pm
72 Temple Owl
ah, nice to see players who have drifted away.
2:37 pm
72 Temple Owl
at least from chat.
2:40 pm
windingwake
I am always drifting. Hi!
2:43 pm
72 Temple Owl
i am enjoying this grid. ask me if o am still here tonight and i may not feel the same.
2:45 pm
windingwake
I like this one. Every time I come back I find a few more
2:46 pm
72 Temple Owl
yes!
2:46 pm
72 Temple Owl
i did a lot this AM before work and have found a lot sinc ei returned
2:49 pm
windingwake
That second e is still hiding from me though
2:54 pm
72 Temple Owl
lots of word today with only one badly placed e
4:18 pm
periwinkle
qu5 pls. hi all
4:25 pm
montreal13
Qu + 3 consonnants...
4:26 pm
periwinkle
ty monty
4:26 pm
leighprefect
sops
4:26 pm
montreal13
np peri ☺
4:26 pm
leighprefect
damn
4:27 pm
leighprefect
allo allo
4:27 pm
jmcnrick
hahaha hi y'all. Hot cocoa in the penalty box.
4:27 pm
montreal13
hello there Devils fan !
4:28 pm
leighprefect
nom nom
4:28 pm
leighprefect
bonjour montreal!
4:29 pm
montreal13
salut leigh !
4:45 pm
montreal13
FW ! clues anyone ?
4:47 pm
montreal13
OK then ... see you all demain - "poof"
4:54 pm
jmcnrick
whooo hooo montreal
5:02 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hi all, congrats to all the finisher!!
5:04 pm
jmcnrick
giving up on emailing you since no reply again. I will donate the books to the library
5:05 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
nbt woot
5:05 pm
jmcnrick
wtg book
5:06 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hmmm, let me make sure you have my email address: bookdoctorgwen @ gmaill.com
5:06 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
(crap) gmail not gmaill
5:07 pm
jmcnrick
with two LLs?
5:07 pm
jmcnrick
haha clearly not okay let me go check
5:12 pm
jmcnrick
that is the problem. I still have your yahoo email. I will resend to the correct email.
5:12 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
okay, many thanks
5:14 pm
jmcnrick
dealt with.
5:15 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
should i check my email?
5:15 pm
jmcnrick
sure. should be there
5:16 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
aha, i got it!! let me look at the pix
5:16 pm
jmcnrick
I am guessing maybe one or two at most will be of interest
5:17 pm
Scrabbler
Hi JE and Gwen!
5:17 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hi scrabbler!
5:18 pm
jmcnrick
*runs to jump in scrabs paws*
5:18 pm
Scrabbler
I am usually here at 0600 EST.
5:18 pm
Scrabbler
Big rabbit hugs to you both!
5:18 pm
jmcnrick
you always leave for work right when I am sitting down
5:18 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
jmc, sorry to report, nothing i'm interested in. thanks for being peristent
5:19 pm
jmcnrick
no problem. only a good idea if they are something you want. My recollection is religious and art books
5:20 pm
jmcnrick
I swear more days then not the last line in the chog when I sit down is Scrabbler saying "Go to go to wrok"!
5:20 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
well, i like any book i can sell -- but yes, religious books and music books are two of my favorite categories
5:20 pm
Scrabbler
Well, my wish is to retire in Sept 2024 and then I can come here whenever I want.
5:21 pm
forwardbyfaith
any clues for the in6/7
5:21 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
in + not out
5:21 pm
Scrabbler
I am looking for the same words, faith.
5:21 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
(indoors)
5:22 pm
jmcnrick
haha well of course any book you can sell but hard for me to know what that is short of taking photos of all the books I have. . . and since I review books for Friends Journal that pile is growing rather than shrinking
5:22 pm
forwardbyfaith
thank you!
5:22 pm
jmcnrick
scrabs I have no idea what retirement means. . .
5:22 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
people are always asking what kind of books do i want that that is really the best short answer LOL
5:23 pm
Scrabbler
I cannot wait. The pandemic has broken me.
5:23 pm
jmcnrick
my tax clients contact me with fear in their voices each year that I am going to retire.
5:23 pm
jmcnrick
I bet, poor Scrabs. My heart goes out to all health people.
5:23 pm
Scrabbler
It is far worse for hospital staff. So much suffering and so many deaths.
5:24 pm
jmcnrick
Well book maybe next time I will send photos of more current books.
5:24 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
i keep reading about the wankers who are attacking nurses because these wankers are paranoid crapheads
5:24 pm
jmcnrick
Yes, a dear friend of the boy's runs a low income clinic and she is worn to a frazzle and not even 40
5:25 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
old or new, no matter, but the more unusual the better
5:25 pm
jmcnrick
haha the last one I reviewed was "Forget the Alamo" but I gave it to my b-h-l in Galveston, TX for Christmas.
5:26 pm
Scrabbler
We called the police to escort a screaming, swearing man from our office. He demanded a mask exemption for his son. The things he said, he reminded me of the Jan 6 insurrectionists.
5:26 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
brother hin law?
5:26 pm
dcseain
Ugh. I'm so sorry to hear that scrabbler :(
5:26 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
so sorry to hear but hopefully no one got hurt
5:26 pm
jmcnrick
sorry fat fingers. . . .b-i-l
5:27 pm
jmcnrick
that is awful scrabs
5:27 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
i once went to an estate sale for a book reviewer -- hundreds of brand-new books! but mostly fiction which is a foreign country to me
5:27 pm
Scrabbler
That happened in September and was so frightening. Other parents scream that their ill child does not have COVID so there is no need to have testing done. Mentioning vaccination sets off many folks.
5:28 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
too bad we can't shoot them with a tranquilizer, like they do with wildlife, then tag 'em, vax 'em and set 'em free
5:29 pm
jmcnrick
I review non-fiction. Next one I review I bought for the boy for Christmas: The Privatization of Everything.
5:29 pm
jmcnrick
as a civil rights lawyer I would have to object book
5:29 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
yeah, i said "too bad" LOL
5:29 pm
jmcnrick
haha I saw you did book
5:30 pm
Scrabbler
JE, how about a part of the US where just unvaxed folks live.
5:31 pm
jmcnrick
I got brave enough to have a lovely lunch with the boy in a restaurant now that you have to prove you are vaccinated and wear amask when not eating.
5:31 pm
jmcnrick
no sorry scrabs. Think about the Japanese internment camps. Freedom is a bitch.
5:32 pm
jmcnrick
On the other hand I have yet to see a legit religious exemption. The dna stuff is crap AND everyone of them use tylenol and pepto bismal and other things tested the same way. Why didn't they religiously object to that?
5:32 pm
Scrabbler
I knew you would say that. But they are endangering the rest of us.
5:33 pm
jmcnrick
because it is BS
5:33 pm
Scrabbler
What is BS?
5:34 pm
jmcnrick
I think vaccinations should be required just as they are for so many other things like polio and diphtheria
5:34 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
agree -- they are just making up any excuse they can to refuse vaccination -- they are "owning the libs" or some junk
5:34 pm
jmcnrick
bull sh**
5:34 pm
Scrabbler
I am looking forward to the CoV vaccine being required for kids to enter schools.
5:35 pm
jmcnrick
the lefties have their share of BS going on as well. As a freedom fighter I am getting worn down too.
5:35 pm
jmcnrick
but at least I am not getting physically attacked.
5:35 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
ever notice how they keep saying "lockdown" and "we have to prevent another lockdown" and yet the US never had a lockdown
5:35 pm
jmcnrick
yes, then they can just home school or send them to a private school without the requirement.
5:36 pm
Scrabbler
Or homeschool.
5:36 pm
Scrabbler
Oh, you said that.
5:37 pm
jmcnrick
it has been hard on people like me without someone living with me. But I remind myself that people have lived alone in different times for a long time.
5:37 pm
sarah6girls
i am feeling very sad i do not leave house and i have covid so 3 of girls that live at home now have pcr on way so do hubby
5:37 pm
Scrabbler
At this point, how can people NOT know someone that has died of COVID or someone suffering from long COVID.
5:38 pm
jmcnrick
Like the people hiding in attics for all of WWII
5:38 pm
Scrabbler
Oh, no, Sarah.
5:38 pm
penquis
in Maine we had a lockdown of sorts at some point....no one was supposed to go out unless it was to a medical appointment, the pharmacy or the grocery store....the streets were quite empty.....lasted a few weeks....
5:38 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
i know someone who died and the hospital has been refusing to disclose cause of death (!) so I am assuming covid
5:38 pm
jmcnrick
I am so sorry sarah that is rough. I will hold you and your family in the Light (Quaker for I will pray for you)
5:39 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
yes, michigan had a sort of lockdown, but not a real lockdown, because people were still allowed to go out, under certain circumstances
5:39 pm
Scrabbler
We had that early on, penquis. Sadly the economy takes priority over health.
5:39 pm
jmcnrick
DC had a lockdown as well. only essential workers but we were allowed to exercise and garden.
5:39 pm
sarah6girls
when to hospital with bad chest and did test come was covid
5:39 pm
penquis
yes, and omicron just spreads too easily....
5:39 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
which is what i meant by, the US never really had a lockdown
5:40 pm
sarah6girls
thank you jmc
5:40 pm
Scrabbler
How are you now, Sarah?
5:40 pm
jmcnrick
point taken book
5:41 pm
sarah6girls
chest is bad i have to go backif can worse
5:41 pm
Scrabbler
Do you have an oximeter, Sarah?
5:41 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
so sorry to hear, sarah
5:42 pm
sarah6girls
as i have asthma and type 2 diabetes
5:42 pm
sarah6girls
i do not know didnot ask
5:42 pm
Scrabbler
Are you fully vaccinated?
5:43 pm
Scrabbler
Excellent.
5:44 pm
Scrabbler
Here an oximeter can be bought at a pharmacy for $30-50. You can monitor your blood oxygen level. Check with friends to see if you can borrow one.
5:45 pm
sarah6girls
yesi do have one it 95 at min
5:47 pm
Scrabbler
Good. Return to the hospital if you are < 90 or for difficulty breathing.
5:47 pm
sarah6girls
i will x
5:49 pm
jmcnrick
F finished!
5:50 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
woo hoo jmc!!!!!!
5:51 pm
jmcnrick
92 words left and was just told I will be laid off tomorrow.
5:51 pm
Scrabbler
Sleep on your belly, if possible, Sarah, for better aeration of your lungs. The prone positioning is used for hospitalized patients.
5:52 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
unholy crap, sorry to hear that, jmc
5:53 pm
Scrabbler
What, JE? I thought you were self-employed?
5:53 pm
jmcnrick
meh it is part of the job you sign up for 4 weeks and work 2 years, you sign up for two years and get laid off after 3 months.
5:53 pm
Shirlockc
sorry to hear jmc, how are you holding up?
5:53 pm
sarah6girls
ok iwill thank you and it is my right lung that hurts a lot
5:53 pm
jmcnrick
hard to make a living as self employed lawyer these days
5:54 pm
sarah6girls
thank you book
5:54 pm
harpjane
found a bird
5:54 pm
jmcnrick
so most of us work in some contract work to make ends meet
5:54 pm
Scrabbler
Sarah, tomorrow I will look for you here. I am here from 0500-0630 usually, Babble time.
5:54 pm
jmcnrick
but soon the tax practice will pick up
5:54 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
maybe i can buy some more books from you jmc
5:54 pm
sarah6girls
ok scrabbler x
5:55 pm
jmcnrick
haha not to worry book I am good. th** is more annoying than a disaster.
5:55 pm
Scrabbler
BTW, Sarah, I am a physician.
5:55 pm
jmcnrick
There is always someone who needs a contract lawyer.
5:56 pm
Shirlockc
what kind of lawyer are you jmc?
5:56 pm
jmcnrick
I love that we can ply various professions in babbleland.
5:57 pm
jmcnrick
I do tax work, non-profits. I used to do elder law until I couldn't stand it anymore. i do religious freedom cases, free speech and demonstrators cases, voting rights, th** and that.
5:57 pm
Scrabbler
Yes, JE, we take care of other Babblers.
5:57 pm
jmcnrick
I loved watching your care scrabs.
5:58 pm
Shirlockc
and i just scrolled back, ack, sarah, hope you feel better soon
5:58 pm
Scrabbler
Being a patient is scary and risky, so I want to guide folks.
5:59 pm
jmcnrick
I was just thinking about the time when a babbler indicated that he was super depressed so much so that a babbler contacted the police near him. The police signed in to ask how to contact him and the chog got completely quiet for several minutes. So I began talking with the police since I figured I had more practice with that than most. . .
6:00 pm
Scrabbler
I recall that!
6:00 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
thanks to you scrabs and to every doctor and nurse and med-tech out there
6:00 pm
jmcnrick
it all turned out happy but it underscored what a caring community this is even though we are in all 4 corners of the globe
6:00 pm
jmcnrick
amen book
6:01 pm
Scrabbler
I am in primary care. It it the hospital physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists that will never recover from this horror.
6:01 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
wow, didn't know about that, and good job jmc
6:01 pm
Scrabbler
Clue for the lone A, please?
6:01 pm
harpjane
I was thinking that with so many people enjoying Wordle, perhaps we could make an effort to tell our friends about Babble!
6:01 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
aa4/5
6:02 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
i keep hearing about wordle -- is it any good? is it like babble?
6:02 pm
Shirlockc
i play wordle, i like that it's only one a day
6:02 pm
jmcnrick
they may scrabs. . . people often heal after trauma like wars. . . .with scars but sometimes even stronger
6:02 pm
Scrabbler
Duh, thanks, JE.
6:03 pm
car.eeyore
Good evening, peeps!
6:03 pm
Shirlockc
wordle is not like babble, you get 6(?) guesses for 5 letter word
6:03 pm
jmcnrick
I play wordle and it has a strong element of luck in it since you only get a few guesses
6:03 pm
Scrabbler
If you go to metzger media there is 6-letter wordle. And Sweardle is for naughty words.
6:03 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
so, more like password?
6:03 pm
jmcnrick
*hands scrabs a trout
6:03 pm
Scrabbler
Hi Car!
6:03 pm
car.eeyore
Hello my luv!
6:03 pm
Scrabbler
Gwen, it's like Mastermind with a word.
6:04 pm
car.eeyore
Hi jmc!!!
6:04 pm
jmcnrick
i was thinking yatzee with letters
6:04 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
oh. i remember mastermind -- not my fave LOL
6:05 pm
Scrabbler
I have qu4/7. What is the other Q word?
6:05 pm
jmcnrick
i like queen bee better. That is like babble without a grid
6:05 pm
Scrabbler
Gwen, this makes you think. Not time limit.
6:06 pm
Scrabbler
Clue please, JE?
6:06 pm
jmcnrick
I hate timed games. I get all rattled
6:07 pm
jmcnrick
no vowels
6:07 pm
Scrabbler
Me too.
6:07 pm
jmcnrick
other than the u of course
6:07 pm
Scrabbler
Ah, I remember seeing that q word. TY.
6:07 pm
Shirlockc
wordle is not timed, other than you get 24 hours to finish -- if it was timed, i'd likely not solve it as much
6:07 pm
car.eeyore
Its a 5/18 not a 6!
6:07 pm
jmcnrick
as competitive as I am I do not want stress
6:08 pm
Scrabbler
What about the upper right i?
6:08 pm
jmcnrick
March scrabs
6:09 pm
Scrabbler
Another duh. Clearly I need to go to bed soon.
6:09 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
beware the id4 of march
6:10 pm
jmcnrick
8looks for another trout
6:10 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
sending scrabbler a bucket of shrimp LOL
6:10 pm
jmcnrick
okay time for tv (wheel of fortune and jeopardy) and then a book and bed. 91 left
6:11 pm
nrkii
Hi all! Just unlurking for a second to say hello.
6:11 pm
jmcnrick
hi nrkii!!!
6:11 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
night night j
6:11 pm
jmcnrick
so nice to see your scowling face
6:11 pm
car.eeyore
Good night!
6:11 pm
jmcnrick
night all! enjoy
6:11 pm
harpjane
stats forthe middle column i please?
6:12 pm
nrkii
I can't believe I've kept my Nellie face all these years. Back when we used to have daily themes, I stopped changing it after the "who you love to hate" theme.
6:12 pm
car.eeyore
I still love that Nellie pic!
6:14 pm
Scrabbler
Nellie Oleson!
6:14 pm
Scrabbler
Good night, JE.
6:14 pm
Scrabbler
Good night, JE.
6:19 pm
harpjane
I liked Friday, when our icon was also a clue!
6:21 pm
Scrabbler
I don't remember that.
6:21 pm
Scrabbler
I recall long ago that I changed my icon and several people said they needed the green bunny back.
6:22 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
loves me the green bunny
6:23 pm
Scrabbler
And I need to go give my twin rabbits their evening snack and a good night. See you tomorrow.
6:23 pm
car.eeyore
I'm off as well! Good night everyone!
6:24 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
night night youse guys
6:25 pm
JustMe2252
ugh still need 54 words...
6:28 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
20 to go, getting hairy
6:30 pm
nrkii
If it helps, my biggest miss was the past tense potential of the ED combo in the top right.
Have a great night!
6:30 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
night nrkii
6:54 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
uno
6:55 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
fw
6:55 pm
72 Temple Owl
Hello
6:55 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hi owl, howday doon
6:58 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
oops, i mean howya doon
6:59 pm
72 Temple Owl
Okay and you?
7:00 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
doing good, avoiding covid, avoiding jerks (mostly)
7:01 pm
72 Temple Owl
Trouble is, after all this, many people ARE jerks. Many others appear to be jerks.
7:01 pm
72 Temple Owl
Srsdky
7:02 pm
72 Temple Owl
Today at the food pantry someone argued so violently it was very threatening
7:03 pm
72 Temple Owl
I would hate to be alone with this jerk when they allow indoor shopping again
7:06 pm
mab
i don't understand this pandemic aggression. Unless they are of the far right; you know who seems to have opened up that side of them: The right to be hateful and threatening.
7:07 pm
mab
and at the food bank!
7:07 pm
72 Temple Owl
does not matter. Someone has to end it.
7:08 pm
72 Temple Owl
Gandhi. Mlk
7:08 pm
72 Temple Owl
An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind
7:20 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
a few weeks ago a wanker yelled at me, as I was crossing a parking lot, because I put my mask on before I got out of my car -- "you don't need to wear that in your car!" he shouted in an accusing tone
7:46 pm
MollyL
Honestly, I don't get people who wear masks in their cars while driving alone.
7:50 pm
origami
The early recommendation was that people who were making multiple stops keep their masks on between stops. I guess so they didn't have their potentially germy hands around their faces multiple times.
7:51 pm
origami
But, I agree, it is weird to see people driving around with them on.
7:53 pm
Gillie
It's surely even weirder to yell at them for it
7:56 pm
wht
I will often wear my mask while driving if I am in between stops that are close together, or if I am returning from someplace close to home. And sometimes I just forget to take it off.
7:56 pm
wht
Does anyone have a clue for the ap7?
7:59 pm
Gillie
It has a communications device at it's core (without the final letter)
8:01 pm
mab
thanks Gillie. last word for me.
8:01 pm
Gillie
yw - congrats!
8:02 pm
wht
thanks Gillie, that is fireworks for me as well.
8:02 pm
Gillie
Congrats to you too - and I just got mine as well
8:02 pm
mab
hurray for us! tx Gillie!
8:02 pm
origami
Congrats!
8:02 pm
wht
I think this must be a medical condition relating to the loss of ones mobile.
8:03 pm
origami
Yay, Gillie.
8:43 pm
72 Temple Owl
anyone watching "this is us"
9:00 pm
72 Temple Owl
good night, you babblers, you seekers of words. apologies to john irving...
9:47 pm
harpjane
hello 145 to go
9:57 pm
harpjane
found a jungle animal
10:35 pm
harpjane
re8& 9?
11:08 pm
grannyrose
jane you still looking for re 8 and 9?
11:08 pm
harpjane
babble blind
11:09 pm
grannyrose
colour + item of clothing
11:09 pm
mich_pdx
thanks, grannyrose!
11:10 pm
grannyrose
yw also mich
11:11 pm
harpjane
there was a hint earlier about pre-K education but I didn't understandit
11:11 pm
grannyrose
for which word beginning?
11:12 pm
grannyrose
oh i see.... well i wouldn't have either
11:13 pm
harpjane
I though it was for re8-9?
11:14 pm
grannyrose
yes it was. and if you click on the ? you will see why. it must be a term used in USA. i've never heard of it before.
11:14 pm
harpjane
I didn't knowiteither
11:15 pm
harpjane
(sorry, my Space Bar is stuck....)
11:53 pm
mich_pdx
firewords! woot woot
11:53 pm
mich_pdx
anyone need last minute clues?