Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, March 24, 2022

12:09 am

dizgrannie

top row done...lol

12:10 am

justafreep

ha. I don't want to brag, but I was done with the top row before you called it....

12:10 am

dizgrannie

lol

12:11 am

jessmom

ma7

12:12 am

justafreep

oh. huh. I wouldn't have thought that was a word.... Thanks!

12:12 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:14 am

EllJay

Rainqui, what do nbt and nbs mean?

12:15 am

Rainiqui

no blank tiles, no blank squares

12:16 am

Gillie

When you've got at least one word from every tile, and from every word length.

12:17 am

marksdolly

ty for explaining that Gillie, out of all this time I've played and didn't understand the squire part

12:17 am

EllJay

Ah, i see. Well i'm a couple of tiles short.

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

marksdolly

ty lickety!

12:17 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:18 am

EllJay

Me neither, marksdolly:}

12:18 am

marksdolly

:)

12:19 am

Rainiqui

I had to ask too once upon a time. I thought it meant no bread today, no bread Saturday

12:20 am

Gillie

I think "nbs" actually stands for "no blank stats"

12:21 am

Rainiqui

And if you see someone post PB, it does not mean peanut butter, it means penalty box for postinga word in this chat column

12:22 am

Rainiqui

You're right Gillie, thanks for the clarification

12:24 am

marksdolly

35 for morning, good night babblers!!

12:24 am

justafreep

night!

12:25 am

Gillie

Good night!

12:27 am

justafreep

Also, if you see someone in chat say something like "boy. that G." It means that I AM NOT FINDING THE G EASY IN THIS GRID

12:30 am

cybernan

Just what I wanted to hear when I first signed on! Hello everyone :)

12:31 am

aebmusica

sy

12:33 am

harpjane

hello

12:33 am

harpjane

do we have any babblers from Western Australia?

12:34 am

Lizlin

Isn't Anike from WA?

12:35 am

harpjane

We're hoping to got there in about a year, looks like there's lots to do!

12:36 am

Lizlin

Never been - yet! But yes, I think there's a lot to do there.

12:36 am

harpjane

found a horsie!

12:37 am

harpjane

and piggies

12:41 am

harpjane

Just checked, Anike is from Perth

12:44 am

Lizlin

Glad I got it right!

12:45 am

cybernan

stats for the bottom w please?

12:45 am

Lizlin

wo4/10

12:46 am

cybernan

ty liz

12:47 am

Lizlin

yw - brick wall time here - BBL

12:50 am

cybernan

maresy is a word! maresy doats and doesy doats and little lambsy divy

12:50 am

justafreep

wouldn't you, though, nan?

12:52 am

cybernan

not me -- just the kids

12:53 am

cybernan

think we're giving the slightest hint as to our age?

12:57 am

harpjane

lol I sing that song every night to get the cat to come home.

12:57 am

harpjane

This is a ritual that I started with my parents in 1963. Still doing it!

1:02 am

cybernan

90 down and crashing -- goodnight :)

1:09 am

mab

isn't it mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy? funny how people hear different things

1:35 am

harpjane

yep, if the words sound queer, and jumbled to you ear, a little bit mumbled and jivy.....sing MARES EAT.....

2:08 am

anike

Yes harpjane, I am from Perth

2:15 am

anike

What type of holiday are you looking for?

2:17 am

dofith

harpjane, if you're still here - i'm from WA. Lots to do here?

2:26 am

dofith

Maybe, if you're prepared to travel thousands of miles to do it! Very large state, sparely populated mostly. e.g.,the Kimberley region is beautiful, definitely worth a look, but i's ' 2,500 km from Perth, about 3 times the size of England but less than 40,000 permanent dwellers.

2:27 am

dofith

sparsely

2:30 am

dofith

Lots of West Aussies go to Asia for holidays rather than up north, which id a shame, but it's so much more affordable.

2:40 am

anike

South West is very popular too for beaches, scenery, wineries etc. Kimberley region is isolated but sum beautiful places. We love Broome which is a long way but many other things to see along the way,

2:40 am

anike

Some beautiful places is what I meant.

4:16 am

mattygroves

Morning all. May I have stats please for the lone, strange M in the second row?

4:16 am

mattygroves

Never mind - found it!

4:17 am

Soodle

Many congratulations on the safe arrival of Alfie, Mattie. I bet you are counting the days till you go down under?

4:19 am

mattygroves

Oh yes, so very much!

4:19 am

mattygroves

Mid April I go (fate permitting!)

4:20 am

Soodle

Oh my goodness. I'm imagining the scene at the airport......

4:20 am

mattygroves

Well, by the time I arrive, the kids will be in bed...so think more the next morning :)

4:21 am

Soodle

Right. I'm just remembering arriving at Gatwick and being presented with this little bundle of Baby Paul. It was like something out of a 'Lassie, Come Home' movie.

4:22 am

mattygroves

How ever the grand meeting happens, I shall be joyful!

4:27 am

mattygroves

May I have stats for the 7 please? I must have missed the calling :)

4:48 am

Soodle

ma 7/40. Not a word you would expect....

5:05 am

mattygroves

I shall look!

5:23 am

mattygroves

I have found - thank you! I had the six - it didn't occur to me to try the 7

6:41 am

saanichcat

it's a type of plant matty

6:42 am

saanichcat

good morning everybody!

7:31 am

sukee

Hi all

8:16 am

aslindy

hello all

8:20 am

hurshy

any GN words?

8:20 am

BzznBea

no

8:20 am

hurshy

mk

8:32 am

MollyL

The correct answer to that question is gnope.
ðŸ˜Š

8:33 am

aslindy

any clue for the lone M?

8:33 am

BzznBea

my5.18

8:34 am

aslindy

I did know that part, thanks bea

8:35 am

phaeton

my5...looks like the eye problem

8:35 am

BzznBea

it is eyesight

8:35 am

hurshy

good one, Molly

8:35 am

aslindy

got it, thanks!

8:36 am

hurshy

wouldn't it be the person who has that eyesight problem? i am such a person

8:36 am

hurshy

at least i think so. i always get nearsighted and farsighted mixed up.

8:37 am

phaeton

yes hurshy it is

8:49 am

hurshy

phantom: armada

8:50 am

MollyL

The my word is nearsightedness. Presbyopia is far-sightedness.

8:51 am

MollyL

Ah Magoo, you've done it again!

8:51 am

hurshy

and which one of those is the one where far things are blurry

8:51 am

MollyL

Depends on which things are blurry. Close up or far away.

8:51 am

hurshy

yeah i said "far things"

8:52 am

BzznBea

That is near sighted

8:52 am

hurshy

ok then yes i am a my5

8:52 am

MollyL

If far things are blurry you are nearsighted. If near things are blurry you are farsighted.

8:52 am

BzznBea

I am both

8:53 am

MollyL

If you are both you are just hosed.
ðŸ˜Š

8:53 am

hurshy

idk why no matter how many times i am told which is which i never can seem to remember it! i don't have that problem with other things. i can tell left from right

8:53 am

MollyL

Or you have what my friend calls CSS...can't see shit.

8:55 am

BzznBea

I was six before I found out there were wires between the poles along the streets.

8:55 am

hurshy

i think we all have that when we're nearing the completion of a grid

8:58 am

BzznBea

Time to get productive.

9:03 am

hurshy

1-3-1 here

9:04 am

hurshy

1-2

9:05 am

hurshy

phantom: poesy

9:07 am

mkg

Any clues for bottom corner A word? Ty

9:08 am

hurshy

that's my ar4 of expertise

9:08 am

hurshy

one left! R5

9:08 am

mkg

Never mind. Found it. Ty. And ty hurshy for the clue. Great clue.

9:08 am

mkg

And hi all.

9:12 am

hurshy

phew, done

9:20 am

Uneaixoise

Second gr4/7 please?

9:21 am

LuvWordGames

a measurement

9:23 am

hurshy

(of mass)

9:23 am

Uneaixoise

Thanks.....entered it before but somehow it d
isappeared!

10:04 am

hokie carla

ah, hoser and henge. 2 left off enable for whatever reason.

10:06 am

welki

hi hokie, all

10:06 am

hokie carla

hey welki

10:11 am

hokie carla

HOET!

10:12 am

windingwake

Yay! That right-side E is keeping me from HOET for now.

10:14 am

hokie carla

yeah, that was my last one to get any words. can give you stats if you want.

10:17 am

MollyL

TITT (thought I tried that) has become SID (Somehow it disappeared)

10:18 am

hokie carla

was going to do a NTPN but it's actually a word, so nm

10:21 am

penquis

hello all....

10:21 am

hokie carla

well, that was a very odd D I just made up

10:21 am

hokie carla

hey pen

10:22 am

penquis

hey carla....

10:33 am

hokie carla

have hit a bit of a wall with 10 to go. 1-6-3

10:34 am

penquis

i have 40 left....slow going now....

10:34 am

penquis

i am going to look for my fours, i guess....

10:34 am

hokie carla

I played at the flip on my phone so no idea how many I had when I fell asleep.

10:34 am

hokie carla

but it seemed slow on first pass

10:35 am

penquis

i just started about 15 min. ago....

10:39 am

hokie carla

found my last 4. now to somehow find 5's and 6's.

10:41 am

hokie carla

just took a gamble that the tiles I'm missing 2 on have a 5/6 set and totally made up ar5/6

10:41 am

penquis

always nice....i thought i made up da 5/6....

10:42 am

hokie carla

that must be my missing 2 d's then. looking...

10:42 am

hokie carla

thanks!

10:43 am

penquis

yw...

10:43 am

hokie carla

4-1 - still have a set of M's so going to try that again...

10:44 am

hokie carla

hmm, maybe not a set there. not a lot of ways to go from the M

10:45 am

penquis

still missing 5 Ms here...

10:45 am

hokie carla

I def. already made up some m's.

10:46 am

penquis

just found two Ms....still missing 2....

10:46 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

10:47 am

hokie carla

hey nan

10:47 am

penquis

hi nan...

10:47 am

hokie carla

I bet beavers redam rivers all the time

10:48 am

penquis

hah...just tried that myself...

10:48 am

hokie carla

and if you don't get enough gravy on your biscuit you resop it

10:49 am

penquis

and if you forgot to get something at the grocery store, you rego.... ;o)

10:50 am

hokie carla

and the opposite of rehi is obviously rebye

10:51 am

hokie carla

I have B S R MM

10:51 am

penquis

i have 20 left....probably missing all of those...

10:51 am

cybernan

and as I said last night maresy doats

10:52 am

hokie carla

is that that ridiculous old song?

10:52 am

penquis

just finished my Ms....yea.....

10:53 am

hokie carla

nice!

10:53 am

hokie carla

or should I say, magnificent!

10:53 am

penquis

still missing three 4s.....

10:53 am

MollyL

Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivies

10:54 am

MollyL

Sorry Carla, it's not deep like M&M

10:54 am

hokie carla

it's mondegreens on purpose song

10:54 am

cybernan

a kiddly divy too

10:54 am

hokie carla

ahem, it's eminem

10:54 am

MollyL

A kid will eat ivy

10:55 am

MollyL

I know Carla, poor guy can't spell

10:55 am

moolingwa

morning all

10:55 am

hokie carla

moo!

10:55 am

cybernan

Molly -- it was never spelled correctly, but how it was pronounced

10:55 am

moolingwa

hey hoke, how goes the Thursday

10:55 am

penquis

hi mool....

10:55 am

hokie carla

he just spelled it phonetically. which is what they tell the kids to do these days. (I know eminem is not a kid)

10:55 am

cybernan

at least not in the chorus

10:56 am

moolingwa

hey pen, happy March 24th to you

10:56 am

hokie carla

ok, I guess. hope thursday is good in CO.

10:56 am

penquis

ditto to you, mool...

10:56 am

moolingwa

tx!

10:57 am

hokie carla

y'all, we have a lot of things blooming, so I've been taking zyrtec and I feel drugged right now.

10:57 am

moolingwa

sounds fun

10:57 am

cybernan

what is eminem, carla? not that song!

10:57 am

hokie carla

guess it's not really affecting my word gaming

10:57 am

MollyL

Go ask Alice, Carla

10:58 am

hokie carla

eminem is a white rapper, nan. I don't expect you to know him.

10:59 am

moolingwa

50 to go

10:59 am

cybernan

I was asking if you thought he was the one that popularized Maresy Doats

10:59 am

hokie carla

5 here, you'll catch me in no time

11:00 am

moolingwa

probably not

11:00 am

hokie carla

no, nan. molly threw his name into the chat, not me.

11:00 am

hokie carla

that song was wayyyyy before his (and my) time

11:01 am

cybernan

oh - ok - chat was moving so fast I didn't see that. Yes it was -- the 1940's -- remeber my mom singing it and hearing it on the radio. I guess it was the kind of nonsense song that got a kid

11:01 am

cybernan

s attention

11:02 am

cybernan

oops - hit return by mistake

11:02 am

hokie carla

happens to me with the apostrophe too

11:03 am

penquis

just found that odd ar 5/6 pair....new one for me....

11:03 am

MollyL

Carla said Mairzy Doats was a ridiculous song. I apologized that it was not as deep as eminem who writes lyrics like:
I'm beginnin' to lose sleep: one sheep two sheep
Goin' coo-coo and kooky as Kool Keith

11:04 am

hokie carla

you forgot vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti

11:06 am

cybernan

missing one d and one w to finish off the 2n row -- any guesses?

11:06 am

penquis

only one D?

11:06 am

hokie carla

de5/20

11:07 am

hokie carla

wo4/10 (there are 2)

11:07 am

hokie carla

nm, just one wo

11:07 am

cybernan

bingo - looking, ty

11:07 am

hokie carla

nan, care to guess my missing B?

11:07 am

Uneaixoise

En6 clue, please?

11:08 am

hokie carla

ends with a unit of weight or your parent's mother

11:08 am

moolingwa

30 to go :)

11:08 am

Uneaixoise

Tx.....new one to me

11:09 am

hokie carla

still 5, still plenty of time, moo

11:09 am

cybernan

wo comes from the bottom and have one of them -- looking for another one from the 2nd row

11:09 am

hokie carla

me too, une!

11:09 am

hokie carla

ah, forgot there was another w

11:09 am

cybernan

got it

11:10 am

hokie carla

yeah, nothing odd there

11:12 am

hokie carla

begym - they are going to begym that empty space in the building

11:12 am

cybernan

don't have an en 6 yet -- looking to see what carla's missing b might be

11:12 am

penquis

or he needs to really begym himself back in shape...

11:12 am

hokie carla

also valid definition

11:12 am

penquis

i am also missing one B....

11:13 am

cybernan

carla -- how about be 6 or by 6

11:13 am

hokie carla

have those. I think it might be a 5 if my 2 M's are a 5/6 set

11:13 am

penquis

ah...be 6 is my missing B....

11:14 am

hokie carla

so is BY6 the only non BE word?

11:14 am

cybernan

there are only 3 -- be 5 x3

11:14 am

cybernan

be 5/18 maybe?

11:14 am

hokie carla

ok, then I have 3 be5

11:14 am

penquis

found my missing B....

11:15 am

hokie carla

no I don't

11:15 am

hokie carla

I have 2 plural be5

11:15 am

cybernan

they are all common words

11:15 am

penquis

be 5/16 is an ordinary word...

11:16 am

cybernan

ah -- you are missing the hairy one -- think grunge look for your guy

11:16 am

hokie carla

wow, was that hard to see. thx, both.

11:16 am

penquis

yw....down to 7 here....still have a four missing....

11:17 am

cybernan

still 32 from the finish

11:17 am

hokie carla

my last 4 was the upper e I think

11:17 am

hokie carla

S R MM

11:18 am

moolingwa

9-9-6

11:18 am

hokie carla

0-3-1

11:19 am

penquis

1-5-1 here...

11:19 am

cybernan

are there any sy words?

11:19 am

hokie carla

I don't have any but still need 1

11:20 am

penquis

same here...

11:20 am

moolingwa

I don't have any...have 2 s's left

11:23 am

bichon

gr 5/16, second one, pls

11:23 am

penquis

another term for nana....

11:24 am

hokie carla

a weird sp of your parent's mother (though not the actual def)

11:24 am

bichon

ty pen, carla

11:25 am

cybernan

found that en 6/27 if anyone is still looking for it

11:25 am

penquis

getting nowhere....going to take a break and leave 7 for later....bye all....

11:25 am

penquis

yw, bichon....

11:25 am

hokie carla

I don't think so, nan, I clued it for une below

11:25 am

hokie carla

bye pen. also getting nowhere here.

11:26 am

cybernan

oh - lol - guess I missed the clue

11:26 am

cybernan

bye pen

11:27 am

cybernan

lol lol -- pen leaving gave me a word lol

11:28 am

cybernan

2 words

11:28 am

hokie carla

not me

11:30 am

cybernan

pe 5/16 and plural

11:30 am

cybernan

missing one p now

11:30 am

hokie carla

there was an unexpected pt in the po

11:31 am

hokie carla

I mean, it's legit, just didn't think of it with the rest of its family

11:31 am

cybernan

po 6/30? - have it

11:31 am

hokie carla

maybe po4/9 then

11:31 am

hokie carla

that was weird

11:32 am

cybernan

that would be it - ty, looking

11:32 am

hokie carla

omg, found my m's. now S5 and R5 left

11:32 am

moolingwa

21 left

11:33 am

moolingwa

work call done

11:33 am

hokie carla

you can still catch me, moo, unless someone asks for clues for a specific R5 or S5 ðŸ˜œ

11:33 am

moolingwa

maybe r5/14?

11:34 am

hokie carla

I usually miss that but got it today (if it's the maths one)

11:34 am

cybernan

still missing s x3 and 4 x 5

11:34 am

cybernan

r x 3 now

11:35 am

moolingwa

yep

11:35 am

hokie carla

not regym or resop or rebye

11:36 am

hokie carla

nor redam

11:37 am

UntitledDocument

possibly to plant again?

11:37 am

hokie carla

nope, but thanks

11:37 am

moolingwa

figured you had that one

11:38 am

moolingwa

15 to go

11:39 am

UntitledDocument

I think I'm stuck on the same re5 then

11:39 am

hokie carla

I just assume re5, but have tried ra5's too

11:41 am

cybernan

do you have the comedian?

11:41 am

hokie carla

no idea

11:41 am

cybernan

also missing 2 x2

11:42 am

hokie carla

assuming that is someone before my time

11:42 am

cybernan

the comedian is re 4 Foxx

11:42 am

hokie carla

yes, def. looking for a 5 though

11:43 am

cybernan

only have re's and only one 5

11:45 am

penquis

do you have re 5/16?....it's an odd one....back from the Bee....

11:45 am

cybernan

getting hungry - back after breakfast

11:45 am

hokie carla

no, I don't. looking...

11:47 am

UntitledDocument

Got it, yeah its weird

11:48 am

hokie carla

I'm just trying the same things over and over that I've already tried.

11:48 am

Sophie512

that's the re 5 I decided to leave for later

11:48 am

penquis

a botanical term...ends in a vowel....

11:48 am

Sophie512

and hello all

11:48 am

hokie carla

hey sophie, what's the verdict on your ankle?

11:49 am

hokie carla

finally got it, thx

11:49 am

penquis

yw..

11:49 am

hokie carla

and the S5 was similar, so tada...

11:50 am

hokie carla

did you finish the bee, pen?

11:50 am

Sophie512

not healed but healing straight boot for 4 more weeks and go back NOOOO surgery!!!! may drive now, since it's my left and walk on it some whoo hoo thanks for asking

11:51 am

penquis

got to Amazing and a little beyond....will go back later....streak ended yesterday....got to Genius but was three words short of Queen...

11:51 am

penquis

glad to hear you are healing well, sophie...

11:51 am

hokie carla

good news, sophie

11:52 am

hokie carla

yeah, just amazing for me right now, pen

11:52 am

penquis

at least the pangram was easy....

11:52 am

cybernan

that's very encouraging sophie

11:53 am

hokie carla

yep, saw the pangram first thing

11:53 am

penquis

same here...

11:53 am

Sophie512

thank you all

11:54 am

penquis

D S A R GG here.....still missing a four....

11:54 am

hokie carla

prob the SE5/14 I just found

11:54 am

hokie carla

no guesses on your R since you have the weird one

11:54 am

penquis

yes, just found it..done with the Ss now...

11:55 am

penquis

it was a TITT word.... ;o)

11:55 am

hokie carla

go4, maybe

11:55 am

hokie carla

the g's are mostly normal words or sets

11:57 am

hokie carla

maybe AR6/30, which I was going to do a NTPN for old airstream line of campers that wasn't silver.

11:57 am

penquis

well i have most of them, so perhaps i am missing an odd pair....it's not the odd word for a sail...have those...

11:57 am

hokie carla

there are 2 sets with 3 words

11:58 am

penquis

ah yes....got the pt of my sail words....

11:59 am

penquis

so 4 - 22 - 1 now...

11:59 am

hokie carla

ok, that typo threw me ðŸ¤£

11:59 am

penquis

sorry. ..4 - 2 - 1....

12:00 pm

penquis

DARG....

12:01 pm

hokie carla

did you see my A guess?

12:01 pm

penquis

found a D 5....

12:02 pm

penquis

just saw that clue....found it....two left now...

12:03 pm

penquis

R and G....one is a four....should be able to see that one...

12:03 pm

hokie carla

I think it's that go4 I was talking about earlier

12:03 pm

penquis

found the R...

12:03 pm

hokie carla

non-jewish people

12:04 pm

penquis

i have go 4/8....

12:04 pm

penquis

found the four...i am done....

12:04 pm

hokie carla

nice

12:05 pm

penquis

ty for the help....

12:05 pm

hokie carla

I think moo is hiding from all the clues

12:05 pm

hokie carla

np, thank you. it takes a village. ðŸ˜

12:05 pm

penquis

perhaps....

12:06 pm

marksdolly

hi Hokie!

12:06 pm

marksdolly

hello fellow babblers

12:06 pm

penquis

i am not liking this laptop as much as my old one....the cursor has a life of its own....

12:06 pm

penquis

hi dolly....

12:06 pm

hokie carla

hello dolly!

12:07 pm

hokie carla

maybe you should check the sensitivity in the settings, pen

12:07 pm

penquis

i did...it's on the lowest setting....and i turned off all the multi finger options....

12:08 pm

hokie carla

that stinks

12:08 pm

penquis

yes....it keeps opening things i don't want opened or setting off shortcuts i don't want...

12:09 pm

hokie carla

yeah, mine is kinda crazy too, it backtracks when I don't mean it to.

12:09 pm

penquis

there should be a way to turn off all those shortcuts and resort to a simple left click and right click option....

12:09 pm

penquis

yes, mine backtracks as well...

12:10 pm

penquis

and the left click won't open items on my desktop...i have to right click and select Open....

12:11 pm

hokie carla

is it windows or mac?

12:11 pm

penquis

windows....and double clicking doesn't select a word....have to drag the cursor through it...

12:12 pm

hokie carla

hmm, I've been mac user for like 10 years, so not up on current windows, but seems like there should be ways to change those things.

12:13 pm

penquis

i have looked multiple times at settings and looked for support articles and googled the problem....nothing helped....i need to call Dell.....

12:14 pm

Sophie512

ok, down to 1 and it's the weird RE

12:14 pm

Sophie512

thanks for all of the clues

12:14 pm

moolingwa

A lot of times hardware vendors put shortcut software on

12:14 pm

moolingwa

Not sure what version of windows you're running, but they typically show up over near the time

12:15 pm

moolingwa

if you're using Windows 11, there's an up caret type icon that shows what's running as "helper apps"

12:15 pm

Sophie512

is the RE used as a prefix for do again?

12:15 pm

moolingwa

If there's a keyboard app, it might have something

12:16 pm

hokie carla

no, sophie. it is similar to se5/14 but goes the other direction

12:17 pm

moolingwa

sewda - a drink for needleworkers

12:17 pm

hokie carla

ha

12:17 pm

moolingwa

13 left for me, all these calls today :)

12:17 pm

penquis

i don't think i have keyboard apps....how do I show running helper apps?...what do i see that?

12:17 pm

hokie carla

you wouldn't believe in the sewing world how many times so is replaced with sew for a pun

12:18 pm

Sophie512

Got it, Carla thanks !!!!!

12:18 pm

moolingwa

What version of windows do you have pen?

12:18 pm

Sophie512

Fireworks!!!

12:18 pm

penquis

11...

12:18 pm

hokie carla

no prob

12:19 pm

Sophie512

Anyone need a clue?

12:19 pm

penquis

no, thanks...i am done already....

12:19 pm

hokie carla

just hit genius at the bee

12:19 pm

moolingwa

Okay...on the right hand side of the screen near the bottom near the volume and network icons, there's a ^ icon

12:19 pm

penquis

i am running Windows 11....

12:20 pm

moolingwa

click on that, and it will expand and show what they call hidden icons

12:20 pm

moolingwa

If you hover over each of those icons, check to see if there's anything that is keyboard related. If you have a specific keyboard like logitech, it might be named that

12:21 pm

penquis

yes, there is McAfee, bluetooth devices, and windows security....

12:21 pm

moolingwa

okay, so doesn't look like it

12:21 pm

penquis

i have a laptop...no extra keyboard...

12:21 pm

moolingwa

Do you know what button you're pressing that's opening stuff up?

12:22 pm

penquis

i am using the touchpad ....

12:22 pm

moolingwa

Ah.., so when you use the touchpad it's opening up new browser windows, or what exactly is happening?

12:23 pm

penquis

should the sensitivity be high or low?....it opens babbler icons, websites, whereever the cursor ends up....

12:23 pm

moolingwa

Ah, so it's thikning that you're pressing the click button

12:24 pm

penquis

yes...

12:24 pm

moolingwa

So yes, you can go into the touchpad settings and adjust some of the settings there

12:25 pm

penquis

and sometimes the left hand is completely off the pad and just touching the center of the pad with my right forefinger opens a site....not a tap really....

12:25 pm

moolingwa

Do you know how to get into the touchpad settings?

12:25 pm

penquis

i have tried that....i have it on the lowest sensitivity....

12:25 pm

moolingwa

Another option, though it might take some getting used to, would be to set it to require double tap to open

12:26 pm

penquis

i also turned off all the multifinger tap options...

12:26 pm

moolingwa

actually see down below there is "more settings"

12:27 pm

penquis

yes, i could try the double tap....probably won't solve the problem of not being able to open desktop icons...

12:27 pm

moolingwa

more touchpad settings

12:28 pm

moolingwa

there's a double click speed setting

12:28 pm

hokie carla

rule #2

12:29 pm

moolingwa

As an aside, I really don't like touchpads because they're too hard to control, and use a wireless USB mouse myself. Actually turn my touchpad off altogether

12:29 pm

penquis

i am looking for the touchpad settings....

12:31 pm

hokie carla

I use a wireless mouse too when I'm at my desk. also helps me with the right-clicking.

12:31 pm

penquis

it says two taps will be a right click....don't see an option for two left clicks....

12:31 pm

penquis

i want to be using my laptop in my easy chair so I don't want to resort to a mouse...

12:35 pm

penquis

i don't see an option for adjusting double click settings....

12:35 pm

moolingwa

looking too

12:35 pm

moolingwa

sorry, had another call

12:36 pm

penquis

no problem...

12:37 pm

moolingwa

yeah, I don't see any other control on mine other than the sensitivity, and you've already set that to low

12:37 pm

penquis

yes...

12:38 pm

moolingwa

One thing you might be able check, is do a google search for the particular manufacture and model and touchpad sensitivity

12:38 pm

penquis

it's funny...i can open things from the tray but not things on the desktop.....

12:38 pm

penquis

i will try that, mool....thanks for helping....

12:39 pm

moolingwa

when you set the sensitivity lower you mean?

12:39 pm

moolingwa

or all the time

12:41 pm

penquis

all the time now....

12:42 pm

penquis

i had problems with the cursor freezing on the page three or four times....but haven't had that lately....

12:42 pm

moolingwa

Well, it's possible it's the touchpad driver...though I think most use the generic driver now

12:43 pm

penquis

i checked and all my drivers are up to date...

12:43 pm

moolingwa

yeah

12:43 pm

moolingwa

The laptop was operational aside from the frozen mouse pointer tho

12:44 pm

penquis

well when it froze, i could not do a thing....had to figure out how to shut it down.....

12:45 pm

penquis

when restarted it was ok for a while....haven't had that problem since I turned off the touchpad and turned it back on....

12:47 pm

penquis

i will try to find solutions again by searching for my specific laptop touchpad issues....worth another shot....

12:50 pm

cybernan

have you googled "how to stop touchpad from freezing"?

12:51 pm

cybernan

hi again

12:52 pm

penquis

i did a similar search....it's how i found turn off the touchpad and turn it back on again suggestion....

12:52 pm

penquis

hi nan...

12:52 pm

penquis

hasn't froze since then....

12:53 pm

moolingwa

yeah, an entire freeze could be related to a whole set of issues, from hardware to software so hard to use it as a symptom

12:53 pm

cybernan

yes - google is my first go to as well when something goes wrong -- yesterday it was the smart TV which is not nearly as smart as I would like!

12:53 pm

moolingwa

The more specific issue on how the touchpad works, is probably what's worth focusing on

12:54 pm

penquis

agreed...

12:54 pm

cybernan

down to 15 and stuck -- hopefully lickety will help

12:54 pm

moolingwa

still 13, have been doing other stuff :)

12:55 pm

moolingwa

oh, found a word :)

12:55 pm

penquis

sorry to take up so much of your time, mool....ty for the suggestions...

12:55 pm

moolingwa

oh not at all pen, sorry I couldn't help

12:56 pm

hokie carla

what I learned is I need an easy chair

12:56 pm

moolingwa

your chair is hard?

12:56 pm

hokie carla

also hoping someone out there got my earlier movie reference ðŸ˜

12:57 pm

moolingwa

we don't talk about fight club?

12:57 pm

hokie carla

I got a big giant bean bag chair, but not the old kind with beans or plastic beads, but the new version with big chunks of foam. it is very comfy but the youngest took it off to his dorm room this year so I probably don't ever want that back.

12:58 pm

moolingwa

yeah

12:58 pm

hokie carla

no, it was rule #2 in reference to the double tap

12:58 pm

moolingwa

that bag is bean and gone

12:58 pm

moolingwa

oh

12:58 pm

hokie carla

a has-bean

12:58 pm

moolingwa

a hasbean

12:58 pm

moolingwa

oops, too slow

12:59 pm

hokie carla

ðŸ˜œ

12:59 pm

moolingwa

well, might be time to bag the puns

12:59 pm

cybernan

I'd just like to be able to turn the mouse roll overfeature off -- often lose stuff because of it

12:59 pm

moolingwa

though, hopefully we brought a little chair to the chat

12:59 pm

hokie carla

yep, zip those right up

1:01 pm

penquis

well i am heading out .... bye all.....

1:01 pm

moolingwa

seeya pen

1:01 pm

moolingwa

10 left

1:02 pm

hokie carla

bye pen

1:04 pm

cybernan

bye pen

1:04 pm

cybernan

10 here too

1:10 pm

cybernan

only two I should have found, so not so bad.

1:10 pm

cybernan

hagd everyone :)

1:13 pm

moolingwa

still 10....another call

1:51 pm

Uneaixoise

6 here....

1:55 pm

Uneaixoise

4.....

2:06 pm

moolingwa

still 10 :)

2:11 pm

moolingwa

4

2:17 pm

Trifioso

hello friends

2:26 pm

Uneaixoise

Hey trif

2:33 pm

Uneaixoise

Re5/16 clue please....last word!

2:34 pm

Uneaixoise

Nm!! Fw!!

2:37 pm

rbud

congrats! (and now I've started looking for re5's, I had none, haha!)

2:47 pm

rbud

yay, now have all the r's, back to the g's and the rest of my 28 left to find. (but I only started an hour or so ago - not bad for me.)

2:55 pm

moolingwa

2 more to go

2:56 pm

Trifioso

so....not sure how I feel talking about this, but..tested positive for Covid Tuesday

2:56 pm

ajbns87

Clue for the single M please?

2:57 pm

moolingwa

ah, well hopefylly won't be too severe Trif

2:57 pm

Trifioso

thank you. I'm double vaxxed and boosted, but this is still no fun. At all. Thank GOD for the vaccines, can't imagine this full on

2:58 pm

moolingwa

yeah, for sure

2:58 pm

Trifioso

what is surprising me is how much changes every day. Fever/chills/aches day, sinus woes and stomach issues day, etc.

2:58 pm

Shirlockc

i think i hit the spam jackpot today, 3 calls today from "amazon" about a macbook pro purchase that i need to authorize

2:59 pm

moolingwa

yeah, one of my friends got it early on before there were vaccines, he wrote an account of the symptoms

3:00 pm

Trifioso

oh dear shirl! Maybe ask them to deliver it in person before you will authorize, lol?

3:02 pm

rbud

single M = my5/18 - odd word. Someone who can't see far away.

3:05 pm

ajbns87

Thanks rbud, Got it.

3:15 pm

rbud

yw! down to 6 left here.

3:15 pm

ajbns87

Single W, clue?

3:16 pm

rbud

wo 4/10, rhymes with the barky animals

3:18 pm

ajbns87

Oh jesus, should have guessed that one

3:28 pm

rbud

yay, done! laters all!

3:30 pm

periwinkle

help with ma7pls. hello all

3:30 pm

periwinkle

Trif. hope you feel better soon.

3:34 pm

amelu0218

peri, it's a plural

3:34 pm

periwinkle

I don't have ma6

3:34 pm

periwinkle

I have an ma6 that is already a plural

3:36 pm

amelu0218

you're going to be ma6 when you find it.

3:37 pm

periwinkle

ty and I am. dumb word tho

3:38 pm

periwinkle

corner A pls

3:39 pm

periwinkle

will go to list soon

3:39 pm

periwinkle

bbl

3:39 pm

amelu0218

you've gone babble blind

4:34 pm

worzel

strange that it doesn't allow henge

4:51 pm

moolingwa

do you have a henge?

4:57 pm

moolingwa

fw

5:09 pm

Gillie

I thought it should take henge too. But of course, we're not so familiar with them in North America.

5:23 pm

MollyL

People don't read the way the corner A is laid out

5:38 pm

amelu0218

LOL! True Molly. I had the corner but had missed an adjoining word, thanks

6:39 pm

wht

Hi all. This should be an easy grid. I just got here and I already have the top row grayed.

7:13 pm

wht

top 2 rows grayed and the first column as well

7:23 pm

wht

Fireworks.

9:31 pm

EllJay

Cannot for the life of me find de5

9:31 pm

EllJay

d 5/20

9:41 pm

Minveryork

Hello EliJay!I have been stuck on that work since 4:30pm

9:42 pm

EllJay

I've tried every combination at least three times!

9:42 pm

EllJay

Well every combination but the right one.

9:43 pm

Minveryork

Scrolled through today's chat log and not 1 babbler asked for a clue for that word. Guess it's just us who's stumped.

9:43 pm

EllJay

It's embarassing :(

9:44 pm

Minveryork

I cannot even count the number of times I tried "DERBY"!

9:45 pm

EllJay

dergs, dergy, dergo, debsy ....

9:45 pm

Minveryork

Yep, I tried all of those combinations as well, to no avail.

9:46 pm

EllJay

Aha! de+farewell

9:47 pm

EllJay

de + adios

9:47 pm

EllJay

de + seeya

9:47 pm

EllJay

rhymes with try

9:49 pm

Minveryork

Thank you EllJay! I FINALLY have my fireworks! Hooray!!!

9:49 pm

EllJay

Still have 33 to go..

9:49 pm

EllJay

Nice!!!

9:50 pm

Minveryork

I'm here if you need clue. Taking dog out for five minutes and then I will be back here to give clues if you need any

9:50 pm

EllJay

Thanks.

10:00 pm

EllJay

20 left. Have a hallway to finish painting. Later

10:34 pm

Minveryork

I am back EllJay. Sorry it took so long to come back. I am having internet issues.Are you still here and do you need any help with clues still. I'll be here for 15 more minutes

10:50 pm

Minveryork

Guess clues are not needed at this time. Goodnight to all

11:20 pm

EllJay

Having issues too. Goodnite Minveryork.

11:20 pm

EllJay

Internet issues...

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