12:01 am
Jacula
It was my dyslexic other half who sent me here, and has probably since regretted it, the amount of times he's downloaded the grid on his phone for me and written it down so I can play on paper when we're in offline places and he's had to take his phone to some weird places to get a reception. He spotted it in mentioned The Mail on Sunday You magazine's techy setion
12:04 am
Jacula
Sorry about unfinished post- I was in the middle of making it when the flip happened.
12:04 am
harpjane
no prob, i didn't see the beginning though
12:05 am
Jacula
The end of the post would have said he spotted it about a year before and it took me about 3 months to take a look and then I played anonymously for a while before my 'official' start date as Jacula.
12:06 am
justafreep
you have been here even longer than it looks, then, eh?
12:07 am
harpjane
I think, as a group, we could get more interest in babble right now, with the interest in, um, word games that's raging online....
12:07 am
Jacula
Yes, justafreep.
12:07 am
harpjane
We should all tell our friends to check it out!
12:08 am
harpjane
you were here when I started, Jac
12:08 am
Jacula
I totally messed up and failed Wordle yesterday! Only my 2nd fail in about 20 games played so far, though.
12:08 am
Jacula
I was, harp! x
12:08 am
harpjane
I didn't get it yesterday either
12:15 am
rururocks
i sure don't see that re8
12:17 am
godthaab
weird ending
12:17 am
godthaab
British ending?
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:18 am
mab
thanks lickety
12:18 am
Jacula
Thanks Lickey. Might check them out later.
12:21 am
cybernan
hello everyone
12:22 am
mab
oh, someone's late kitty's name is here...
12:22 am
Jacula
Hi cybernan.
12:23 am
rururocks
thanks for the do9
12:24 am
rururocks
damn.. sorry folks
12:24 am
hokie carla
no, I need a's from the upper, ru
12:26 am
rururocks
oh i have all those
12:26 am
cybernan
not seeing the 8's nor the 9
12:27 am
hokie carla
I only have 3! making HOET difficult
12:27 am
rururocks
i need to sleep.. 50 to go tomorrow
12:27 am
hokie carla
(3 upper a's, don't have any 8's or 9's)
12:27 am
hokie carla
I really need to sleep but am not sleepy
12:31 am
Hushtones
I still have 68 ru
12:31 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs
12:31 am
Jacula
Same her, carla - Had 8 hours sleep, about 7 awake than another 12 sort of sleeping (waiting for health news on Tuesday afternoon). I'm tired but not tired. It's a nighmare.
12:31 am
Jacula
90 words left to find in grid.
12:32 am
hokie carla
ugh, sorry
12:33 am
cybernan
need something from that fourth col. i for nbt
12:34 am
cybernan
yep - just found it, but ty
12:34 am
hokie carla
I just need 2 upper a's for HOET
12:35 am
Jacula
85 to find now.
12:35 am
hokie carla
70 left here
12:38 am
cybernan
106 and not likely to find anything more tonight. Off to bed -- night all :)
12:38 am
hokie carla
night nan
12:38 am
hokie carla
HOET!
12:40 am
Jacula
82 and I'm off to get a bit more sleep and leave the rest for later. Happy Babbling, all. x
12:40 am
hokie carla
good night
12:59 am
hokie carla
well I have 47 left for tomorrow. good night/morning
1:19 am
ursh
phantom - armpit
1:24 am
justafreep
wasn't that a Star Wars movie, ursh?
1:24 am
ursh
hahaha - could have been
1:27 am
dcseain
Yay! I'll be in Denver with no plans 20-22 April. :)
1:44 am
harpjane
seain, there's always something interesting at the Denver Performing Arts Center.
1:46 am
dcseain
thank you, Jane! I've never been there before. I'm going to attend a friend's 50th birthday party on the 23rd in Westminster.
1:47 am
harpjane
It should be pretty nice weather in April
1:48 am
dcseain
i was guessing, since the locals are planning an outdoor event for the birthday
1:49 am
dcseain
from denver i'm going to LA, santa monica in particular
1:49 am
harpjane
I go to Lakewood a couple of times a year for work
1:49 am
dcseain
oh, nice.
1:53 am
dcseain
i'm going to try to sleep now.
1:53 am
rbud
pa8, since I don't see it in the chog yet. unless I've missed it.
1:55 am
rbud
and it's a weird word I've never seen before, imagine that.
4:19 am
ajbns87
Bottom right P, any clues?
4:20 am
mattygroves
Hi all. Does anyone have stats, please, for the U?
4:20 am
mattygroves
More chubby, ajb!
4:21 am
DTins
up4/6 matty
4:21 am
mattygroves
Ah hah! Thanks.
4:28 am
ajbns87
Thanks matty
4:31 am
ajbns87
Bottom G, someone who shows you around, minus the last letter
5:43 am
aslindy
hello all
6:10 am
aslindy
phantom property
6:12 am
Deeha
phantom product
6:51 am
hurshy
someday we will actually have "nepotism" in the grid...
7:33 am
markbowers7
phantom: rapier
7:40 am
MollyL
Finally, we are ditching the cold temperatures. Should be in the 50's later this week.
8:07 am
mael
name that epic king in the grid
8:10 am
Scrabbler
Hm, James, Edward, George...
8:10 am
mael
legendary is probably the better word
8:10 am
mael
or Epic, capitalized :)
8:11 am
Scrabbler
Midas, Arthur..
8:11 am
JBV
Priam, good morning everyone!
8:11 am
Shirlockc
ozymandius
8:12 am
JBV
hi scrabbler, king of Troy
8:12 am
Scrabbler
Mythology is a huge gap in my knowledge base.
8:12 am
mael
only for classics nerds :)
8:13 am
Scrabbler
JBV, I haven't seen you here in a long time. How are you?
8:13 am
JBV
used to be my summer project to reread the epics -
8:14 am
JBV
fine, thank god, no problems, lots of time at home to catch up on reading the classics
8:14 am
Scrabbler
I have never read them.
8:15 am
JBV
there's a new translation of the ODyssey - i highly recommend it, very readable and enjoyable,
8:15 am
mael
the Iliad is one of my favorite books
8:15 am
Shirlockc
read the illiad ages ago, i remember there were a lot of lists of things
8:15 am
mael
and has been since I was a little kid
8:15 am
JBV
the translator is Emily Wilson
8:16 am
Shirlockc
the creator, and both of the art forms are in the grid
8:25 am
welki
'morning, babblers
8:27 am
Scrabbler
Hi welki.
8:32 am
Scrabbler
Have you read the classics, welki?
8:33 am
welki
i tried, but failed at every attempt
8:34 am
Scrabbler
Some topics are too difficult for my brain to grasp. Shakespeare too. I accept my weaknesses.
8:36 am
Shirlockc
stats for the lone U? so i can have NBT?
8:36 am
LuvWordGames
up 4/7
8:36 am
Shirlockc
eech, should have seen that one, thx for the clue
8:48 am
MollyL
I like reading because it is an enjoyable experience. I have to work too hard when I attempt to read the classics.
8:50 am
mael
I feel that it depends greatly on the translation
8:50 am
mael
some are wonderful and some are really tedious
8:57 am
granadan
Phantoms. Parietal and doppler. As a midwife Im struggling to see past them.
9:04 am
maccafixx
Pr 7/32?
9:06 am
hokie carla
think amoeba
9:06 am
mael
somewhat obscure word, ever-changing
9:07 am
hokie carla
or looks kinda like meat is not carb but pr7
9:07 am
doseffing
... pr7 a roman official
9:08 am
mael
speaking of classics, the word comes from greek mythology
9:08 am
hokie carla
I just don't know where 9 other P's are
9:09 am
maccafixx
the 1st pr 7/32
9:09 am
hokie carla
well that must be one of my 9 missing ones
9:18 am
Sophie512
thanks Carla, for clue at 9:07
9:19 am
hokie carla
I keep seeing premium
9:23 am
rururocks
are you at a gas station hokie
9:41 am
MollyL
Or eating Saltines?
9:44 am
MollyL
This morning, right after I pulled up behind a car with a Hokie license tag frame, my book on tape started talking about a character named Carla. Eerie.
10:18 am
rururocks
does anyone have the pr 7/.32? it's my last word
10:19 am
pcal2
builds on pr 6/21
10:20 am
rururocks
no.. the first one.. it's a solo
10:20 am
pcal2
oops, sorry, but no
10:23 am
pcal2
got it! roman magistrate
10:24 am
rururocks
thankyou pcal
10:35 am
MollyL
So Ru, that word is just a regular in your vocabulary?
10:39 am
rururocks
not even close.. i've seen it before though.
10:39 am
rururocks
never knew what it meant until now
10:43 am
ajbns87
Find it hard to believe pooer isn't a word
11:00 am
windingwake
The phantoms are strong with this one
11:16 am
rururocks
wouldn't that be Pooher?
11:21 am
hurshy
a pooer shits, a Pooher goes around saying "Pooh" with a puff of air. very different.
11:22 am
hurshy
help with the G?
11:25 am
bichon
gu + ** ego super ego
11:27 am
hurshy
name that proper noun! Voldemort's mom
11:32 am
Vicuna
Oops. Your proper noun could also be clued as a nymph, for those who like their fantasy classical.
11:38 am
hurshy
name that proper noun! harbor town in Normandy
11:46 am
hurshy
help with 8s and 9?
11:47 am
bichon
do 9 sleeping place at college
11:47 am
hurshy
ha! of course i got the short version and didn't notice you could get the long
11:50 am
penquis
there is also re 8/45....hello all...
11:51 am
hurshy
mk looking
11:52 am
montreal13
Dieppe
11:52 am
penquis
never went there... ;o)
11:53 am
cybernan
good morning everyone
11:53 am
montreal13
moi non plus ☺
11:54 am
penquis
hi nan...
11:54 am
montreal13
gm all
11:54 am
hurshy
ding ding ding!!!
11:54 am
montreal13
yay !
11:55 am
montreal13
bbl for last 64...sigh...
11:55 am
penquis
bye, montreal....
11:59 am
penquis
gotta go to my tennis lesson....bbl to find my last 88....bye all....
12:04 pm
cybernan
have a lone pr 7/32, but don't see the 6-7 combo - a clue please?
12:05 pm
hurshy
i am anti-coffee but i am very pr6
12:05 pm
hurshy
then make an adj
12:06 pm
cybernan
ty hurshy
12:07 pm
MollyL
I have never encountered someone with such a bitter hatred of coffee before
12:08 pm
hurshy
haha "bitter" hatred, good one
12:09 pm
cybernan
certainly wouldn't bother me if coffee disappeared from the planet. I like coffee flavoured chocolates but that is about it.
12:25 pm
MollyL
I can see not liking the taste of something, but hating it and wishing it gone from the planet seems a little extreme
12:26 pm
cybernan
that isn't what I said -- I said I wouldn't miss it
12:35 pm
periwinkle
I like both coffee and tea
12:36 pm
periwinkle
help with either 8 please. I see there is an re8 but I have not found it
12:37 pm
Kaplan the Magne
I can't drink coffee anymore and I miss it truly
12:39 pm
MollyL
re8 is one who re5's a payment
12:39 pm
periwinkle
ty Molly
12:40 pm
periwinkle
when did Volley Mom Dee die. I did not know
12:40 pm
periwinkle
may she RIP
12:41 pm
MollyL
I just heard last night from Ru. Apparently she passed in November.
12:42 pm
periwinkle
does anyone have stats for the other 8 please
12:48 pm
cybernan
down to 50 - bbl
1:16 pm
cybernan
pa 7-8 please?
1:17 pm
sammysmom
stuck on pa 8 / 50 ??
1:18 pm
MollyL
Talking bird without the double consonant + robot ending
1:19 pm
sammysmom
stick another vowel in it cybernan
1:19 pm
JaxH66
Thanks Molly
1:23 pm
cybernan
found them - ty molly and sam
1:33 pm
cybernan
sometimes I wonder if any botanists play this game and how well they do?
1:36 pm
mkg
I am blocking on robot ending. Darn. I thought iod or oid. Hymmm
1:37 pm
rururocks
they generally root around a lot in the grid nan
1:37 pm
mkg
Oops just got it. Sorry. Guess i didnt type right before.
1:38 pm
rururocks
Some of them leaf well enough alone
1:38 pm
rururocks
hmm my puns are Phylla on deaf ears
1:38 pm
mkg
Any clues for the i word fourth column i? Two words but not seeing them.
1:39 pm
mkg
I love the puns! I am enjoying them so keep em comin!
1:39 pm
cybernan
they probably aren't barking up the wrong tree like me
1:39 pm
rururocks
well at least you went out on a limb for it
1:39 pm
mkg
Love it. Keep em comin’!
1:39 pm
cybernan
I think that is called branching out
1:40 pm
rururocks
and don't arbor any doubts about it
1:41 pm
cybernan
*bowing to the hedge punster
1:41 pm
mkg
Ty for a chuckle
1:43 pm
rururocks
I'm usually beating around the bush somehow nan
1:44 pm
cybernan
ummm - not going to touch that one!
1:45 pm
rururocks
you're a budding punner yourself now
1:45 pm
mkg
Wow. Great punsters you two.
1:45 pm
rururocks
that's the fun thing about the chat punsters sprout up almost daily around here
1:46 pm
mkg
ruru i thought you were canadian for some reason. Where in the u.s. do you live?
1:54 pm
rururocks
I live in Napa Valley MKG the wine country in California
1:56 pm
cybernan
and I live in the Okanagan Valley, the wine region in BC
1:58 pm
rururocks
saanich and Ori and I were talking about visiting up there next year nan.. we'd love to take you and your hubs to lunch or dinner or something
1:58 pm
cybernan
which reminds me -- we should have some great ice wines this year, ru -- temp took a sudden drop to -12 in December.
1:59 pm
rururocks
oooh.. perfect conditions
1:59 pm
cybernan
that sounds great ru -- we would enjoy that.
2:01 pm
cybernan
* that is assuming the forest fire smoke didn't hurt the grapes.
2:04 pm
rururocks
We'll figure out where best to stay and then research some great restaurants. I'm interested in visiting that region.
2:06 pm
rururocks
I can write it off too :D
2:13 pm
cybernan
are you thinking Air BNB in a central location or a hotel(s)?
2:13 pm
rururocks
maybe a big house.. we're doing that in Qualicum this year
2:14 pm
cybernan
this is a pretty popular area in the summer - don't wait too long before booking something
2:14 pm
rururocks
we're staying at a hotel in Tofino and then going to Qualicum to see bugsaw and I'm taking a kayak lesson and we're hanging out on the ocean on that side
2:15 pm
rururocks
i'm aware of that nan.. I'd lock something up more than a year in advance
2:17 pm
mattygroves
I have booked tickets to Australia!
2:18 pm
rururocks
oh wow.. fantastic matty.. I'm happy for you
2:18 pm
mattygroves
13 April - 3 May (arrive home 4 May). So excited!
2:18 pm
cybernan
fantastic, matty - that is one trip we never got around to making.
2:19 pm
mattygroves
I will be there when Matilda turns two and, of course, for the new grandson, due end of March
2:19 pm
cybernan
that is doubly exciting then
2:19 pm
rururocks
that's really fantastic..
2:21 pm
rururocks
we should invite Zooz to come and get some sunshine in Canada too
2:22 pm
cybernan
haven't seen him for about 3 days - do you know how he is doing?
2:23 pm
rururocks
I don't ... but I hope he's fine. I think he's really rethinking things and trying to get good help.
2:24 pm
rururocks
I'm really happy things didn't go south with him and it worked out. The response from Babble was amazing. Everyone likes him here
2:29 pm
BzznBea
I'm really tired of the grid.
2:30 pm
rururocks
lol bea
2:30 pm
rururocks
i felt the exact same way.. i got down to 32 and then froze
2:31 pm
cybernan
I gave up and listed at 54
2:32 pm
rururocks
what town are you near nan so I know when I do my research?
2:32 pm
cybernan
2nd te 6/21 please?
2:33 pm
periwinkle
I have neither te6
2:33 pm
cybernan
nm - found it
2:33 pm
periwinkle
help with either of them pls
2:33 pm
cybernan
te + vowel + cooking vessel
2:34 pm
periwinkle
I just found that one ty
2:34 pm
cybernan
te 6: vessel for brewing a certain beverage
2:34 pm
periwinkle
ty nan
2:43 pm
periwinkle
77 left and stuck
2:51 pm
cybernan
we have had worse grids. Today's grid had 41 foreign and undefined words -- that's just around 20%
2:51 pm
ajbns87
Need help with the 9 please
2:51 pm
penquis
interesting...
2:51 pm
penquis
hello all....
2:52 pm
penquis
aj....where college students live....
2:52 pm
BzznBea
9 is college housing
2:53 pm
cybernan
If you are still here ru -- we live in Kelowna
2:53 pm
ajbns87
Thanks, American word
2:54 pm
BzznBea
I think I have a friend that lives in Kelowna
2:55 pm
cybernan
There are around 150 people living in Kelowna and suburbs, so that is quite possible, Bea
2:55 pm
cybernan
*150 thousand
2:55 pm
BzznBea
How far to Grand Rapids?
2:55 pm
penquis
hah...was wondering how a town of 150 could have suburbs....
2:56 pm
cybernan
in Michigan? probably a couple of thousand miles
2:57 pm
BzznBea
No, in BC?
2:58 pm
cybernan
didn't know we had a Grand Rapids -- Grand Forks maybe?
2:59 pm
BzznBea
Grand Forks. Sorry.
3:00 pm
cybernan
208 km -- about 2.5 hours driving time in good weather (mountain roads and all)
3:04 pm
cybernan
I was wrong - 150,000 in Kelowna proper -- 222,000 in the metropolitan area -- 3rd largest in BC after Vancouver and Victoria
3:05 pm
penquis
my town has 7500... ;o)
3:06 pm
cybernan
lucky you -- that's what Kelowna was when I was a kid. Then someone had the bright idea to build super highways and an airport......
3:07 pm
cybernan
and a ski resort and golf courses
3:08 pm
penquis
ah yes....development....
3:10 pm
cybernan
on my way - hagd everyone :)
3:10 pm
penquis
bye nan....
3:19 pm
BzznBea
Clue for the pr7.32, please.
3:19 pm
BzznBea
That would be the first one.
3:19 pm
penquis
i only have one and it's just an extension of the pr 6/21....
3:20 pm
BzznBea
This one has to be a before word.
3:20 pm
penquis
figured that....don't have it...
3:28 pm
penquis
istart with pr and two vowels....
3:28 pm
penquis
and it's not a before word...
3:31 pm
BzznBea
Thanks, pen.
3:31 pm
BzznBea
I'm better at this in the morning.
3:32 pm
penquis
i am better at this if i play before i play tennis not after.... ;o)
3:36 pm
penquis
i keep seeing words that aren't quite there....like prodigy or permeate....
4:09 pm
BzznBea
I'm out! Thank goodnesss!
5:30 pm
NANCY
DI 7 please just cant see it
6:08 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
greetings all, diving in
6:25 pm
Trifioso
hello friends.
6:30 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
nbt finally, hi trif
6:31 pm
Trifioso
hello! Having an issue with the singles
6:32 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
there's some weird ones in there
6:33 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
i can clue if necessary
6:35 pm
Trifioso
a count for the lone e would be appreciated. I just can't see it
6:36 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
em4/5
6:36 pm
Trifioso
oh for the love of god
6:36 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
emailing you some fish LOL
6:36 pm
Trifioso
that is just embarrassing. I was looking down down down
6:37 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
took me ages to learn all the words using those four letters
6:38 pm
Trifioso
im tired, and had a sh*t day, so I'm a bit grid locked
6:39 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hey, no excuses necessary -- i get a lot of fish myself
6:39 pm
Trifioso
being a new england gal, I love fish. Everything from the sea, actually. Except raw oysters. Ick
6:40 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
i like most seafood, except scallops, but haven't tried oysters
6:41 pm
Trifioso
oooh, I made coquilles st jacques for dinner on friday, and they were YUMMY. I will happily eat ALL your scallops
6:41 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
had lobster once, and seriously, shat's the bug deal? had to put so much butter on it to make it edible, might as well just have regular old fish LOL
6:44 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
oops, what's, not shat's !!
6:44 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
what's the big deal (oy)
6:45 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
you can have all the scallops
6:46 pm
Trifioso
Oh, I LOVE me some lobster! Or, as my daughter once said, "Daddy got a hamster!"
6:47 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
running off now, see yas (hamster LOL)
7:09 pm
Trifioso
is the nine a compound, please?
7:25 pm
Sophie512
dunno, sorry
7:25 pm
Sophie512
its' do 9, 78
7:27 pm
Sophie512
it's related to the DO 4, 6
7:29 pm
Trifioso
thank you sophie.
7:31 pm
Sophie512
you're welcome
7:32 pm
Trifioso
i really should't try to babble when I am this tired, but i find it relaxing....
7:34 pm
Sophie512
it is..... but there's no way I'm finishing this one,,,, had a busy day, productive too
7:35 pm
Sophie512
sorry you had a bad day
7:37 pm
Trifioso
they happen. I will get a fresh new one tomorrow.
7:47 pm
Trifioso
67 words to get to nbt...sigh.
7:48 pm
Sophie512
I don't even have half. Watching tv at the same time.
10:15 pm
Sophie512
3 left, all PR, going cross-eyed,,, anyone out there to help?
10:16 pm
wht
what do you neet Sophie?
10:17 pm
Sophie512
pr 7, 32
10:18 pm
wht
There are two of them. The first is Latin. It looks like it is the root word for the guard for the Emperor.
10:19 pm
wht
the last one is like what build muscle with the lat vowel changed.
10:19 pm
Sophie512
I have the last one. Working on the first. thanks.
10:20 pm
wht
I would like a clue for the ai7.
10:20 pm
bookwomen
where planes leave and land
10:20 pm
Sophie512
compound word
10:21 pm
wht
Slap me with a fish. Thanks bookwomen and Sophie
10:21 pm
Sophie512
thank you for Latin one....down to 1
10:24 pm
Sophie512
ok, in alpha order, the 4 letter one after the Latin one....yes, I'm stuck on a 4 letter work PR
10:25 pm
Sophie512
never mind
10:25 pm
Sophie512
pass me that fish, WHT
10:26 pm
Sophie512
ok, Fireworks, any clues before I leave????
10:28 pm
bookwomen
thanks I have confindence these last 20 will be easy lol
10:28 pm
Sophie512
Bless your heart! and Good Luck
10:29 pm
bookwomen
the two I just found were so hope springs eternal
10:31 pm
bookwomen
i will be havng a lot of fish for dinner
10:35 pm
wht
Good luck bookwomen. Do you need any clues before you go?
10:37 pm
wht
or before I go.
10:37 pm
bookwomen
the first pr 7
10:39 pm
wht
I am fading fast. Good night all. Happy Babbling.
10:40 pm
bookwomen
good night sleep well
11:24 pm
harpjane
hello, could I get stats for the lone i and the lone u please?
11:41 pm
harpjane
thanks, what about the g and the lone p?
