Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, January 6, 2023

12:00 am

hokie carla

TE8

12:00 am

m9f9l

wow. I was somewhat close..

12:00 am

rbud

thanks, but it was 6 or 7 words, wasn't going to make it anyway. :D

12:01 am

justafreep

ea8 and holy cow

12:01 am

hokie carla

wow, I hadn't even looked, was just furiously typing words

12:02 am

Gillie

ir7

12:02 am

justafreep

te7

12:02 am

hokie carla

in case you were wondering, 77 total T's

12:03 am

justafreep

me7

12:03 am

cybernan

wow -- maybe some real words in this one! hello everyone

12:04 am

hokie carla

I can't wait to discover tomorrow which ones aren't really there since some always disappear in big grids.

12:04 am

hokie carla

hey nan

12:04 am

Gillie

te7 x 2

12:05 am

hokie carla

hmm, te4 and ex4

12:06 am

jessmom

Te8 x2

12:06 am

hokie carla

ar7

12:06 am

Gillie

gl7

12:07 am

m9f9l

re8

12:07 am

Gillie

ee7

12:07 am

Gillie

re7

12:08 am

justafreep

sw7

12:08 am

Gillie

re7 x 2

12:09 am

dizgrannie

sw 7 x 2

12:10 am

justafreep

sw8

12:10 am

Gillie

wa8

12:10 am

hokie carla

64 total R's

12:11 am

justafreep

se7

12:11 am

jessmom

Tr8 x 2

12:11 am

hokie carla

I have 4 RE7

12:12 am

justafreep

ea8 x 2

12:12 am

Gillie

tr7

12:14 am

hokie carla

needle case! which we've learned is pen's favorite word.

12:15 am

marksdolly

I have 6 re7's

12:15 am

Gillie

sw7 x 2

12:16 am

marksdolly

litas

12:16 am

Gillie

sw7 x 3

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

harpjane

thanks

12:17 am

harpjane

etui

12:18 am

harpjane

poops

12:18 am

dcseain

thanks, likely, and happy new year

12:18 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:19 am

harpjane

it's very hard on my ego when i accidentally type incorrect words in chat....

12:19 am

justafreep

re8 x 2

12:21 am

Gillie

da7

12:23 am

Rainiqui

I wonder why it won't take masteries ?

12:23 am

jessmom

Only one s

12:23 am

marksdolly

there is only 1 S in the grid

12:23 am

justafreep

cu there's only one S in the grid?

12:23 am

rastapopolous

uses the same s

12:24 am

hokie carla

well I have nothing more to add ðŸ¤£

12:24 am

marksdolly

hi Holie!

12:24 am

hokie carla

hello dolly!

12:24 am

marksdolly

:)

12:25 am

justafreep

was tr7 x 2 said?

12:25 am

hokie carla

I lost track about 20 min ago

12:25 am

marksdolly

there is a tr8 there as well

12:27 am

justafreep

two of those tr8s that were called, I believe. Certainly 2 hat exist!

12:27 am

marksdolly

:)

12:27 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, ma 9 if not called

12:28 am

dizgrannie

wa 8 x 2 if not called

12:28 am

justafreep

you were gonna get the ma9 one way or the other, eh, rain? :-) Thanks. Now to find it!

12:29 am

Rainiqui

also ma 8, the 9 is a plural

12:30 am

Rainiqui

I made sure I checked all the letters this time !

12:31 am

cybernan

re 8 if not called

12:32 am

Gillie

ee7 x 2

12:32 am

Rainiqui

the ma 8 and 9 are derived from French

12:33 am

hokie carla

oh great, I'll never find then

12:34 am

Gillie

Very similar to English words with similar meanin

12:34 am

marksdolly

think of what we make quilts with Hokie, and change the last vowel

12:35 am

hokie carla

thanks dolly, kept seeing that word as a phantom

12:35 am

marksdolly

:)

12:35 am

justafreep

re8 x 3

12:37 am

justafreep

12:37 am

marksdolly

I found a me8 if it hasn't been called

12:41 am

cybernan

I think it was, dolly

12:42 am

marksdolly

:)

12:42 am

hokie carla

now just need the one single E for HOET

12:43 am

cybernan

I need an e from the right

12:43 am

Gillie

Ditto - E in the right column?

12:43 am

hokie carla

eg5

12:43 am

hokie carla

I need E from left col

12:43 am

Gillie

ty

12:44 am

jessmom

Et6

12:44 am

cybernan

et 5 for the lone e

12:44 am

justafreep

eg7, too (which I think is a new call?)

12:44 am

marksdolly

well, have gone cross eyed having found 271 words, rest for morning, good night all

12:44 am

Gillie

Actually, I needed two E's, but I've got them now

12:44 am

hokie carla

thx, JM & nan. will look for either et5 or et6

12:45 am

cybernan

ty carla

12:45 am

hokie carla

ah, a plural. HOET!

12:45 am

hokie carla

I have grayed 6 tiles and 5 of them are E's. unusual for me.

12:46 am

justafreep

enusual, I think you mean

12:46 am

hokie carla

good point

12:46 am

jbp

ea 8 if not yet called

12:47 am

hokie carla

there are at least 2 ea8

12:47 am

Gillie

Had it, didn't call it

12:47 am

Gillie

(one of them)

12:49 am

jbp

ea 8/40?

12:49 am

Gillie

Both that I have now are ea8/40

12:49 am

justafreep

both are

12:50 am

hokie carla

have now grayed all e's in the grid. enusual endeed

12:50 am

justafreep

maybe they are the eesiest tiles?

12:51 am

hokie carla

today maybe

12:51 am

jbp

thtat'

12:51 am

jbp

that's a slippery one, freep

12:52 am

justafreep

I don't have them all grayed, so I saluteeeee you

12:52 am

hokie carla

I should say greyed in honor of the e

12:55 am

hokie carla

not having as much luck with the T's. still need 24 total

12:56 am

Gillie

The A's are the worst for me tonight

12:57 am

hokie carla

still need 10 total A's

12:57 am

hokie carla

make that 8

12:58 am

jessmom

Need 7 Tâ€™s

12:58 am

Gillie

Proportionately, I mean. I do still need 19 T's.

12:58 am

hokie carla

terrific!

1:05 am

hokie carla

alright, I have 84 words left and 11% battery so I think I will go to bed. good night and good luck.

1:05 am

Gillie

good night, carla

1:06 am

hokie carla

found 2 on the way out ðŸ˜

1:10 am

cybernan

just minished watching the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert which I had recorded. It is always such a great show.

1:10 am

dcseain

how lovely, nan!

1:12 am

cybernan

didn't get very far with this as a result, but there's always tomorrow. Good night everyone :)

1:12 am

Gillie

good night nan

1:13 am

Gillie

Still haven't found the first word called (te8)

1:15 am

Gillie

Oh, got it (or one)

3:32 am

dizgrannie

finally found my my last e....babblet ell 4/5

3:32 am

dizgrannie

sorry el

5:40 am

aslindy

hello all

6:09 am

saanichcat

hello aslindy, big one today

6:10 am

aslindy

indeed. a bit of a challenge

6:49 am

Aloyisius

hi all.. will have to do this one in phases!

6:55 am

hurshy

ooooeeeee

7:11 am

hurshy

phantom: esteem

7:15 am

Kiani

morning all

7:15 am

hurshy

morning

7:15 am

aslindy

hi kiani

7:15 am

Kiani

how's everyone else's Friday?

7:16 am

hurshy

big grid!!

7:16 am

aslindy

slow start today

7:16 am

Kiani

about time!

7:16 am

aslindy

going for fireworks today, kiani? :)

7:17 am

Kiani

that would be cool, but I do work today

7:18 am

Kiani

and been pretty distracted actually - got offered a ... not a promotion exactly, but a different position, and need to figure out if I want to take it

7:18 am

aslindy

oh interesting!

7:19 am

hurshy

i wish you well with your decision!

7:20 am

MollyL

If it isn't a promotion, make sure it's not more work for the same salary.

7:20 am

Kiani

more like a team transfer from one area to another, but would hopefully come with some different/more interesting projects

7:20 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! real estate company

7:21 am

saanichcat

rremax

7:21 am

hurshy

dding dding dding!

7:21 am

MollyL

I think that is rright

7:21 am

saanichcat

hahahaha!

7:22 am

periwinkle

good morning all. are the ea8 words compound

7:22 am

hurshy

i only have one, but no, it is not

7:22 am

periwinkle

I found one that is not

7:23 am

periwinkle

just started and only have 2 8s

7:24 am

MollyL

Neither ea8 is a compound

7:25 am

periwinkle

ty Molly will keep looking

7:28 am

hurshy

i only have 3 more E to find and i guess one of them is an ea8 then!

7:29 am

periwinkle

the ea8 I have is restaurants

7:29 am

periwinkle

is tht the one you have hursh?

7:29 am

hurshy

ah thanks peri!

7:30 am

periwinkle

clue for the other ea8 please. hursh

7:30 am

hurshy

mine is "what is the ea8 you have ever had to wake up?"

7:30 am

periwinkle

ty hursh

7:41 am

hurshy

phantom: sleigh

7:53 am

hurshy

anyone know what the 9 is?

7:53 am

BzznBea

ma9.60

7:54 am

hurshy

ok thanks :)

7:54 am

mael

good morning everyone

7:55 am

hurshy

tiara for you today mael

7:55 am

BzznBea

hey, mael

7:55 am

saanichcat

hi there mael

7:56 am

mael

I will wear the tiara with joy

7:56 am

mael

:)

8:00 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! Rice vampire

8:00 am

mael

lestat

8:00 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

8:01 am

hurshy

Es Eliminated!!!!

8:02 am

hurshy

Hs Hacked!

8:02 am

mael

nice!

8:05 am

hurshy

just running through the words i have is helping me pick up a lot more that i didn't type in

8:06 am

hurshy

especially past tenses

8:08 am

mael

good call, I just started and I can see how easy it's going to be to miss things

8:11 am

mael

I feel like me4+ea5 is one word

8:11 am

hurshy

for me it is teaset that i think should be one word

8:11 am

hurshy

teacup, teapot, teaset!

8:12 am

mael

right??

8:12 am

hurshy

ok going through my list has got me down to 37! but haven't found that ma9... is it weird?

8:12 am

BzznBea

no. VEry normal

8:13 am

hurshy

ok

8:13 am

mael

oh good, I'm working on the Ms now and no sign of it yet

8:14 am

hurshy

ah, i got it. i wouldn't say it's VERY normal. it's just a TEENSY bit off the beaten path

8:18 am

MollyL

Yeah Hursh, I was thinking the same thing

8:19 am

mael

oh, I misunderstood. I thought bea was saying it was normal not have found it because it wasn't a regular word

8:22 am

origami

Are you wearing your tiara mael?

8:23 am

mael

yep! so very sparkly right now

8:35 am

MollyL

*Puts on shades to avoid the glare

8:50 am

hokie carla

howdy folks

8:52 am

mael

it was supposed to snow today instead it's rain mixed with sleet

8:52 am

mael

gross

8:53 am

hokie carla

ugh

8:53 am

hokie carla

currently sunny and 41 here, but we had non-stop rain Tues & Wed

9:00 am

origami

Rain, rain, rain here. It's feast or famine in CA.

9:01 am

saanichcat

did you get any flooding or pooling at your place ori?

9:03 am

origami

My patio and driveway are partially flooded. There are a lot of flooded roads here.

9:07 am

hokie carla

I don't understand how these T"s are so hard.

9:07 am

mael

I'm sorry :(

9:08 am

hokie carla

that's okay, it's my fault for not seeing them (I know you were talking to ori ðŸ˜œ). and I'm sorry to hear that too, ori.

9:09 am

mael

the Ts have been kind to me so far, not too bad!

9:09 am

hokie carla

still need 4 + 8 + 6

9:09 am

origami

It's getting old. Two more solid weeks of rain forecast.

9:10 am

MollyL

*Puts out the hip waders for Origami

9:10 am

hokie carla

it is depressing. one summer years ago we had like 21 days of rain.

9:10 am

origami

Thank you. I need them!

9:11 am

hokie carla

just found a T4 that most animals have ðŸ¤¦ðŸ¼â€â™€ï¸

9:12 am

mael

hah, I didn't have it either...

9:12 am

hokie carla

now just need 1 T at the top to gray the first col

9:13 am

hokie carla

but of course I had the re6 and related

9:13 am

mael

same

9:15 am

hokie carla

first col gray!

9:15 am

mael

yay!

9:15 am

hokie carla

my missing one was a comparative of which I called the superlative at the flip ðŸ™„

9:16 am

mael

there are so many comparatives and superlatives in here that you are forgiven

9:16 am

mael

lol

9:16 am

mael

I just need to go down the list and make sure I've typed both in

9:16 am

hokie carla

thanks. I need to read through the list and look for those.

9:16 am

hokie carla

jinx

9:17 am

mael

I'm still missing two Ts to gray that column

9:17 am

hokie carla

do you have the set that rhymes with you

9:18 am

hokie carla

nm, from another T

9:18 am

mael

t4 and plural? yeah

9:18 am

hokie carla

there is the set of te5 and 6 babblets

9:18 am

mael

oh found one. Just one lest

9:18 am

mael

I have those

9:34 am

hokie carla

isn't a reelist one who belives in fishing?

9:36 am

mael

no pirates in enables, maties should be a word

9:37 am

hokie carla

mateys is

9:37 am

mael

oh right

9:37 am

mael

getting caught up in this -ies -ier -iest disaster of a grid

9:37 am

hokie carla

yep

9:38 am

hokie carla

working on R now, still need 7 + 6

9:39 am

MollyL

=13

9:39 am

hokie carla

good addition skills

9:40 am

MollyL

Occasionally I get them right

9:43 am

hokie carla

wow, still 13. didn't find a single new one

9:43 am

hokie carla

oh, there's 2 from the bottom one

9:44 am

hokie carla

is there a weird H?

9:47 am

Book Doctor Gwen

Hi all, diving in, don't have much time though

9:47 am

hokie carla

hey gwen, may the odds be ever in your favor

9:54 am

MollyL

Is that the "may the force be with you" of Babble?

9:54 am

mael

I'm missing one H so it might be weird

9:55 am

rururocks

THE h words are all normal

9:55 am

mael

it's from the hunger games

9:56 am

hokie carla

any guesses, ruru?

9:56 am

hokie carla

feels like I have tried everything

9:56 am

rururocks

hi6 the past tense

9:56 am

mael

oh there it is, thanks

9:57 am

hokie carla

yes, that's it, thx

9:57 am

hokie carla

not sure that's "normal" per se

9:57 am

rururocks

<---mind reader

9:57 am

hokie carla

but since the root isn't normal for me...

10:01 am

hokie carla

50 left!

10:01 am

saanichcat

I think it means 'psst'

10:02 am

hokie carla

yeah, I think it said something like that when I looked. never heard it in use.

10:03 am

saanichcat

it must be some local dialect somewhere - I've never heard it used in North America

10:05 am

mael

Ws walloped on a mistype!

10:05 am

hokie carla

wow! still need 5 w's.

10:06 am

hokie carla

working on the S right now. need 8.

10:06 am

mael

my last was a very stupid looking 8

10:06 am

saanichcat

agreed mael

10:07 am

Book Doctor Gwen

236 to go, bye

10:08 am

hokie carla

I have a wa8 but it doesn't look too stupid to me

10:08 am

hokie carla

bye gwen

10:08 am

hokie carla

is there another?

10:09 am

mael

yes

10:09 am

saanichcat

there are 2 wa 8

10:09 am

hokie carla

ok, thx

10:15 am

rururocks

thanks for the second wa8

10:17 am

rururocks

320 on the first pass

10:19 am

Scrabbler

Unreal, ruru. I have been here off and on for 4 hours and still need 207.

10:20 am

hokie carla

44 left here

10:20 am

rururocks

just having troubles with the e's mostly

10:24 am

saanichcat

hi there ru! the e's are all normal

10:25 am

rururocks

yup.. i have them now and closed out the a's too

10:26 am

hokie carla

I closed all the e's last night, oddly easy

10:26 am

hokie carla

need 2 A's from each

10:27 am

saanichcat

ru, how was the storm last night? How is the stream?

10:29 am

rururocks

calmer last night.. the stream is really rolling

10:29 am

rururocks

ori hasn't lost power yet either

10:29 am

rururocks

lots of areas near her are out of power

10:30 am

MollyL

We heard from Origami earlier.

10:30 am

rururocks

oh good.. we chatted on the phone last night I checked in with her

10:33 am

saanichcat

you both were fortunate. The news up here was reporting on the state of emergency and that a gazillion out of power; evacuations, floods etc. Glad you are both OK

10:33 am

rururocks

thanks.. i have a big generator so I'd be fine for a while anyway

10:35 am

MollyL

I don't know how y'all keep up with your conditions. We're on fire, we are in drought, we're flooded.

10:35 am

rururocks

I'm just waiting for the locusts at this point

10:36 am

saanichcat

and pestilence

10:36 am

MollyL

Frogs would be cool

10:38 am

rururocks

that'd be toad much

10:38 am

MollyL

It was a leap

10:39 am

rururocks

at least we'd know warts happening out here then

10:39 am

hokie carla

I might just hop on out of here and get some things done. though my mom just told me it's old christmas and I'm not supposed to do any chores.

10:39 am

rururocks

maybe it will happen to california before I croak

10:39 am

saanichcat

keep this up you two

10:40 am

saanichcat

are you of Ukranian background carla?

10:41 am

hokie carla

nope, scots-irish

10:41 am

MollyL

Ireland calls it Women's Christmas. Old Christmas is a West Virginia thing.

10:41 am

hokie carla

but appalachian hillbilly has a lot of superstitions

10:41 am

MollyL

Twelfth Night, Epiphany, January 6 has many names.

10:42 am

rururocks

and a lot of meth hokie

10:42 am

hokie carla

not supposed to sweep out your ashes

10:42 am

saanichcat

ooooohhhhh thank you Molly. I celebrate 12th Night as well

10:42 am

hokie carla

luckily I don't know any methheads

10:43 am

MollyL

Last year it was Hell Day at The Nation's Capitol.

10:43 am

saanichcat

same mix plus Welsh for me carla

10:43 am

rururocks

I'm half greek hokie

10:44 am

saanichcat

Molly, what is happening? This Speaker vote?

10:44 am

Uneaixoise

Phantom sterling

10:44 am

MollyL

Sorry, two years ago

10:45 am

rururocks

trump'

10:45 am

saanichcat

OH of course. I conflated the two issues. sorry. Same days.

10:45 am

rururocks

trump's goodbye party

10:45 am

saanichcat

hope so

10:46 am

hokie carla

I have some welsh, english, and french/german too, saanich, depending on which dna test I look at

10:46 am

hokie carla

but the biggest chunk is english/scottish/irish

10:46 am

saanichcat

which one do you recommend? I was thinking of getting one done

10:49 am

hokie carla

well, I ended up doing both because 23andme showed some african, then surprisingly ancestry did too. ancestry has a much larger database because more people do it, so just depends. I would definitely look for either on sale as they both have sales around holidays.

10:50 am

saanichcat

Thank you for that info carla, much appreciated

10:50 am

rururocks

do the one that doesn't allow the information to be pulled by authorities.

10:50 am

rururocks

<---into privacy and not big government

10:52 am

hokie carla

the authorities don't pull from those, they pull from GEDmatch, which people take their DNA and voluntarily upload there.

10:52 am

saanichcat

you mean some of them actually share private info?

10:52 am

rururocks

yes.. I think 23 and me does

10:52 am

hokie carla

no, they don't.

10:53 am

rururocks

oh yes they do

10:53 am

rururocks

ancestry is the safest for privacy

10:53 am

MollyL

Oh how can you be sure? Just because they say they don't? I'm with Ru, I don't trust those things.

10:53 am

saanichcat

PLACE YOUR BETS HERE FOLKS!

10:54 am

rururocks

the FBI pulls from 23 and me all the time

10:54 am

saanichcat

I was going for the ancestry one anyway

10:54 am

MollyL

But then for all you know, LabCorp is sharing the results of your medical tests.

10:54 am

hokie carla

https://www.23andme.com/privacy/

10:55 am

hokie carla

yeah, if you think any data anywhere is safe how do you decide what is and what isn't?

10:56 am

rururocks

just don't murder anyone hokie and you'll be fine

10:57 am

MollyL

I pretty much think that we are all hosed when it comes to privacy. Everything is too available now with the advent of the digital highway.

10:58 am

hokie carla

if the FBI is getting stuff specifically from those and not GEDmatch, they are doing it with court orders, they aren't just given free reign

10:58 am

saanichcat

The insurance companies tap into peoples CPAPS (for sleep apnea) and call the people if they haven't used it every night. HAT is a real invasion of privacy. The can cancal your insurance over this.

10:59 am

rururocks

exactly.. they get a court order. Ancestry doesn't provide anything regardless

10:59 am

hokie carla

molly, my favorite is when I have talked to my BFF on the phone and then have stuff we talked about show up as ads on my computer.

10:59 am

saanichcat

soerrry for all the typos

11:00 am

rururocks

that's why i dropped out of facebook hokie

11:00 am

MollyL

Used to be, when we were discussing something specific here, ads for it would show up other places. Now that I have adblock, I don't see the ads.

11:00 am

saanichcat

carla that happened to me too. I turned of siri

11:00 am

rururocks

I'd DM a friend and then ads for what we were talking about would show up on my Microsoft feed

11:00 am

MollyL

Doesn't Facebook admit to information sharing?

11:01 am

hokie carla

ancestry's statement says the same thing - I just read it. https://tinyurl.com/5n8uppku - scroll down to Law Enforcement and Other Legal or Regulatory Process

11:02 am

rururocks

really? I thought they were the safe one. wow

11:03 am

MollyL

That crap about the CPAP machine really annoys me.

11:05 am

hurshy

FYI all of the ancestry-type sites are a waste of money

11:06 am

rururocks

yeah? i kinda agree hursh

11:06 am

hurshy

if they give you specifics, then you'll notice at the bottom it's like "this has a 50% chance of being right", whereas if you make it give you a better chance of being right, it just tells you like, "you're mostly white"... which, i already knew.

11:07 am

hurshy

basically they count on people not noticing that

11:08 am

hurshy

modern-day snake oil salesmen

11:10 am

hokie carla

well, it's definitely estimations, but they're based on statistics of the other people in the database, not just random guesses.

11:12 am

hokie carla

hmm, meateater not a word. also, I have the 9, so why am I trying that?

11:13 am

hurshy

yeah but they're just not accurate enough to be relied on. it's just not very meaningful.

11:13 am

hurshy

essentially, it should be labeled "for entertainment purposes only"

11:15 am

hurshy

meanwhile i am trying to figure out a Bee pangram from CARBONL

11:17 am

hurshy

i got it!

11:18 am

periwinkle

wtg hursh

11:19 am

MollyL

I agree with Hurshy on the ancestry stuff.

11:21 am

rururocks

done for today.. hope you all have a nice day.. see you tomorrow

11:24 am

hurshy

woohoo, did letterboxed in two!

11:30 am

periwinkle

never heard of letterboxed

11:31 am

cybernan

good morning/afternoon everyone :)

11:31 am

MollyL

Seems like Hurshy plays a lot of word games

11:31 am

periwinkle

hi nan

11:37 am

hurshy

i play word games, and geography ones now, and math ones

11:38 am

Aloyisius

hi again .. back to find some more

11:43 am

cherlyq

299 left

11:45 am

Aloyisius

def. helps to take a break; am seeing words pop out that I was blind to.

11:56 am

hurshy

pop pop pop

11:57 am

Aloyisius

popping has slowed, lol

11:57 am

car.eeyore

Hello everyone!

11:57 am

periwinkle

hi car!

11:57 am

hurshy

time to take it out of the microwave?

11:58 am

Aloyisius

hi car and peri..

11:58 am

hurshy

if you haven't gone through your own list yet, it helps very much.

11:58 am

periwinkle

hi Aloy

11:58 am

Aloyisius

you're right, hurshy

11:59 am

hurshy

it's a big-grid must-do

11:59 am

Aloyisius

patience helps

12:00 pm

car.eeyore

for the last three minutes I've been trying A words from the A in the first column :/

12:00 pm

hurshy

oh dear

12:00 pm

Aloyisius

oops !

12:02 pm

car.eeyore

I'm distracted by this stupid ass game show that is on TV...people are sitting in a big room voting and no one ever wins...

12:02 pm

hurshy

perhaps to turn that off then

12:05 pm

car.eeyore

Its frightening and fascinating all at the same time.

12:06 pm

periwinkle

how many times do they have to vote.

12:06 pm

car.eeyore

A lot. Until their egos are placated. While the rest of us worry.

12:06 pm

periwinkle

can it go on indefinitely or should Mc just concede

12:07 pm

hurshy

oh i see

12:07 pm

hurshy

she means congress

12:07 pm

periwinkle

it is not looking good

12:07 pm

car.eeyore

he won't. And now he has turned some hold outs...by whatever means it took...which is terrifying...he won't stop.

12:07 pm

periwinkle

130 left and slowing down

12:07 pm

Aloyisius

oh.. what a mess

12:07 pm

periwinkle

help with me8 please

12:08 pm

Aloyisius

the "game show" I mean

12:08 pm

hurshy

a more pathetic small amount is me8 than a slightly larger amount

12:08 pm

periwinkle

ty hursh

12:08 pm

Aloyisius

hurshy's clue is better

12:09 pm

hurshy

better than what? lol

12:09 pm

Aloyisius

I was typing a clue and liked yours better

12:09 pm

hurshy

ahhh

12:09 pm

hurshy

it's a little "on the nose"

12:09 pm

hurshy

afterwards i thought i would rather have said "the cratchits' dinner was even me8 than scrooge expected"

12:10 pm

Aloyisius

yup .

12:11 pm

MollyL

The first one is more likely to be understood

12:13 pm

hurshy

Ds Demolished!

12:15 pm

hurshy

20 left!!!

12:17 pm

Aloyisius

rats, I thought teaset was ok but it is two words.. the t's are giving me problemos

12:17 pm

hurshy

i was complaining about that one earlier :)

12:19 pm

hurshy

but i need more S than T

12:26 pm

Aloyisius

I should learn more meanings, then I would know if a word could be pl. or pt. etc.. monkeys are working away

12:31 pm

Aloyisius

time to go.. good luck with this biggee everyone!

12:31 pm

car.eeyore

have a great day!

12:32 pm

hurshy

today is gone, today was fun
tomorrow is another one
from here to there, from there to here
large babble grids will bring good cheer

12:33 pm

cybernan

how big of a majority does one need to be elected speaker?

12:35 pm

bichon

nan, I ask myself that too

12:36 pm

susanj2

To be elected speaker a candidate must receive an absolute majority of the votes cast, as opposed to an absolute majority of the full membership of the House â€“ presently 218 votes, in a House of 435.

12:36 pm

penquis

simple majority...more than half the house votes....i think... lol...

12:36 pm

susanj2

sere

12:36 pm

penquis

yes, it is dry... ;o)

12:36 pm

cybernan

the republicans (in this case) don't elect a speaker for themselves?

12:37 pm

penquis

no...it is speaker of the house....can be a non house member, technically....

12:38 pm

cybernan

maybe they need to elect an independent and be done with it. It doesn't sound like this house is going to get anything done anyway

12:38 pm

penquis

what i fear is that to win, McCarthy will provide too many concessions to the far right congressman that will affect the future work of congress....

12:43 pm

cybernan

your speaker has so much political power I can see why it would be frightening not to have a good leader in that position.

12:44 pm

penquis

very true...and third in line for the presidency (after the vice president)....

12:46 pm

bichon

Somebody was thinking out loud that Trump could be Speaker

12:46 pm

penquis

oh my god.....what an awful thought....

12:47 pm

cybernan

I saw Pence's name mentioned somewhere

12:47 pm

bichon

I'll say

12:50 pm

MollyL

How is it possible for Trump or Pence to be Speaker?

12:50 pm

cybernan

you don't want a daily temper tantrum consuming the news, pen?

12:50 pm

penquis

apparently the speaker doesn't have to be a house member....at least that is what i understood...

12:50 pm

penquis

no, i don't, nan....

12:53 pm

cybernan

I'm at the point where almost anything would be better than another Meghan and Harry tale

12:54 pm

penquis

amen...

1:03 pm

cybernan

can't close out that top a -- missing 2

1:07 pm

penquis

i am missing 12 of those...

1:08 pm

penquis

i do have ar 6/7/8.....

1:09 pm

cybernan

well, my monkeys have been working on that letter for the last 1/2 hour!

1:09 pm

cybernan

yes I have that combo also

1:11 pm

penquis

do you have the four AE words?....there could be more...i have four....

1:11 pm

cybernan

and ae x4, ai x4

1:12 pm

penquis

well i do, too....still have four As missing now...

1:12 pm

MollyL

Oh, God save us all from the MeAgain and Harry stuff. I wish the press would drop them.

1:12 pm

cybernan

ar x 12

1:13 pm

penquis

got two to find then....

1:14 pm

penquis

oh, i do have 12 of those....

1:14 pm

penquis

i am now missing two As from that top A as well...

1:17 pm

penquis

oh....found a four....an AR word...

1:18 pm

penquis

and its pl....yea....

1:18 pm

cybernan

just found a really stupid de 7

1:19 pm

penquis

good to know...

1:19 pm

cybernan

was it the ar 4/4 babblet?

1:19 pm

penquis

oh...i think i have that...

1:19 pm

penquis

the ar 4 is an ordinary word....latin pl...

1:19 pm

cybernan

me too, but I am still missing two a's

1:19 pm

penquis

there are 13 AR words....

1:20 pm

cybernan

oh - I found them -- like the mermaid(s)

1:20 pm

penquis

ah....ok....

1:21 pm

cybernan

ok - enough struggling - going to list now

1:21 pm

penquis

i still have 98 to go....too early for me to list....

1:22 pm

cybernan

94 here (listed at 96)

1:22 pm

penquis

going to try to find my fours...

1:23 pm

cybernan

sometimes they are the worst

1:23 pm

penquis

yes...

1:25 pm

cybernan

coming across a lot of babblets, if that helps

1:25 pm

penquis

the problem with big grids is that I sometimes assume I have entered a word when I haven't...

1:25 pm

penquis

thanks for the tip...

1:26 pm

cybernan

yes - finding a few of those too

1:29 pm

penquis

are the I words odd?

1:30 pm

hokie carla

i or L?

1:30 pm

hokie carla

I have all the i words

1:30 pm

penquis

i

1:30 pm

hokie carla

which means they are not odd

1:31 pm

penquis

ok, thanks...

1:32 pm

cybernan

neither are the L's

1:32 pm

penquis

good to know since i am missing ten Ls.....

1:32 pm

hurshy

they should pick a mime

1:33 pm

hurshy

that would be ironic and entertaining

1:33 pm

cybernan

did you find the pangram hurshy?

1:35 pm

hokie carla

I still need 3 Ls

1:35 pm

hurshy

yes nan

1:35 pm

hurshy

hokie, one weird one is le7/28

1:35 pm

cybernan

le 7 sounds like a city in England is pronounced, but not spelled

1:35 pm

hokie carla

I have found a couple of weird L's though, so I'm not sure I agree with nan's assessment

1:36 pm

hurshy

exactly the one i was talking about!

1:36 pm

hokie carla

ok, didn't have that, but I thought they pronounced it lester

1:36 pm

penquis

got it, ty...

1:37 pm

hokie carla

the le5/14s are weird to me

1:37 pm

hurshy

did you get the less weird li5/14

1:38 pm

cybernan

didn't think of that -- we see one of them on our cartons of skim milk and low fat dairy products all the time

1:38 pm

penquis

i have the li and one odd le 5....are there two odd le 5 words?

1:39 pm

penquis

oh...i found the second one....

1:39 pm

hokie carla

did not have the li5, and I would say that is a normal word

1:39 pm

hokie carla

now one L left

1:40 pm

hokie carla

and 1 G to finish 2nd row

1:40 pm

penquis

cool...

1:41 pm

hokie carla

but getting back to work for a bit

1:42 pm

hurshy

well lickety's computer makes the li4, so it is the li6, and each word on it is a li6

1:43 pm

hurshy

g, maybe you need gh4? or gl7/36?

1:43 pm

cybernan

s

1:44 pm

MollyL

Nan, I like your profile picture ðŸ˜Š

1:44 pm

cybernan

ty molly

1:45 pm

penquis

i am so irritated....some of my i words weren't making it to the list even when it told me that they had been entered....very weird....

1:45 pm

MollyL

This game really needs some work. I see comments like that every day.

1:45 pm

cybernan

I've been having that problem too, pen

1:47 pm

hokie carla

of course gh4

1:47 pm

penquis

er\]

1:47 pm

penquis

er\]

1:47 pm

penquis

sorry...

1:47 pm

hokie carla

happens to me all the time. I'm sure some will show up when I go to lickety

1:47 pm

cybernan

finding a lot of words I should have found without the list, but I just seem to run out of steam on these big ones.

1:48 pm

hokie carla

and thanks, hurshy. got the L

1:48 pm

hokie carla

2nd row gray!

1:53 pm

penquis

i don't have any right column E words...are they weird?

1:55 pm

penquis

found one at least...

1:56 pm

penquis

make that two...

1:56 pm

MollyL

Here we go with the Peri thing

1:57 pm

periwinkle

:-)

1:59 pm

penquis

well it's a strategy that sometimes works, lol....

2:03 pm

periwinkle

help with any of the 3 re8 words please

2:04 pm

penquis

stalled at 69...need a break....

2:04 pm

cybernan

one who lets go

2:04 pm

hurshy

sometimes they re8 old movies to improve the visual quality

2:04 pm

Sugrraleona

quitting at 31 - seetingdoubleLOL

2:04 pm

hurshy

my house didn't sell the first time, so i just re8 it

2:04 pm

cybernan

put in a chair again

2:04 pm

penquis

peri....also here we **** when we are stuck....do that again and pt....

2:04 pm

ChampFit

One has to do with shopping

2:04 pm

periwinkle

ty hursh

2:05 pm

hurshy

after the standing ovation, the audience members re8 themselves

2:05 pm

penquis

also...to sit again pt.....

2:05 pm

penquis

lots of cluers...heading out...bye all....

2:05 pm

periwinkle

got the sitting on ty hursh

2:06 pm

periwinkle

not seeing the shopping one, champ

2:06 pm

hurshy

there are 5 altogether peri, you said 3 but there are 5

2:06 pm

ChampFit

If you own stores, you're a re8

2:06 pm

periwinkle

oh ty hursh did not know that

2:06 pm

hurshy

Sears is a re8, and amazon is an online re8

2:06 pm

periwinkle

ah ty Champ

2:07 pm

periwinkle

ty hursh too

2:08 pm

mael

back for my last 49

2:08 pm

periwinkle

not getting the movie clue hursh

2:08 pm

hurshy

like it'll say at the beginning of Miracle on 34th Street that it was digitally re8ed

2:09 pm

periwinkle

not seeing it. will list soon

2:09 pm

cybernan

re + "ruler" of all he surveys

2:09 pm

mael

geez, I finally found the 9

2:10 pm

periwinkle

ty hursh and nan got it

2:10 pm

ChampFit

I still need that. What're the stats, mael?

2:10 pm

MollyL

ma9/60

2:10 pm

mael

ma8/9 combo, ma9/60

2:10 pm

ChampFit

Thx

2:11 pm

periwinkle

either wa8 please

2:11 pm

cybernan

wa 8 please?

2:11 pm

periwinkle

there are 2 nan

2:11 pm

mael

which one? one is liquid, the other is silly

2:11 pm

MollyL

One is most H20-y

2:12 pm

montreal13

extend the H2O

2:12 pm

mael

the other wa8 is what would might call places to eat refuse, except without the last letter

2:12 pm

cybernan

the first one please?

2:12 pm

periwinkle

ty dumb word

2:12 pm

mael

what you might call, geez

2:13 pm

ChampFit

dumber than dumb word

2:13 pm

MollyL

It means wreckless extravagence

2:13 pm

cybernan

ty mael

2:13 pm

montreal13

ty mael !

2:13 pm

montreal13

bbl for last 80 !! sigh - poof

2:13 pm

cybernan

a fancy name for a dump?

2:13 pm

mael

yw :)

2:15 pm

periwinkle

ty new word for me

2:15 pm

periwinkle

85 left

2:15 pm

periwinkle

bbl

2:16 pm

cybernan

0 left :) thanks for the help

2:16 pm

mael

congrats nan!

2:17 pm

cybernan

hagd everyone :)

2:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

all hail queen mael!

2:17 pm

mael

thank you, thank you, my tiara is very pretty today

2:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

*curtsies* yes, your majiesty

2:20 pm

mael

I'm just happy because I finally finished the Ss!

2:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

this was a good puzzle for two hours of teain time but it is boring.

2:21 pm

mael

it's so many of the same words over and over

2:22 pm

mael

my problem is that I've forgotten what I've already found this morning, sigh

2:22 pm

mael

9 left now

2:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes. not to mention those words that you entered that disappeared

2:22 pm

mael

... and like two of those 9 were ti4 and 5, yikes

2:23 pm

mael

which I was sure I had already but no

2:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

i do not have any 9s yet. but i only have 250 words. long ones are not do obvious on the phone

2:24 pm

mael

I meant two of my last 9 missing words. There's only one nine, it's a ma9

2:24 pm

MollyL

I can't play this game on a screen that small

2:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

well it does take one's mind off the womanin the quiet car yelling and curing at her mother on the phone.

2:27 pm

MollyL

People like that annoy the crap out of me

2:27 pm

mael

FW!

2:27 pm

mael

what a beast

2:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

it was funny when she started saying mom? mom? i was snickering.

2:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

as if

2:27 pm

MollyL

The grid or the woman yelling at her mother?

2:27 pm

saanichcat

congrats mael!

2:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

ah, a round of applause for the wueen.

2:28 pm

mael

both, molly :)

2:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

well it was better than the one that plunked down beside me and told ne my soul was not right.

2:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

damn i cannot see to type

4:59 pm

periwinkle

back to find my last 48 words

6:30 pm

tessagram

leir

6:33 pm

tessagram

tira

6:57 pm

dizgrannie

FWs

7:24 pm

mkg

YEAH GRAN!!!!!!!!!

7:25 pm

mkg

would love clues for the first column forth row E word please. Ty

7:29 pm

penquis

i think it is et 5...alt spelling of the needle case....

7:31 pm

mkg

Ty i will see.

7:32 pm

mkg

It was a plural of an et six. So six and seven.

7:32 pm

mkg

Oops sorry it was a 5 and 6. Ty. Yes from the e.

7:32 pm

penquis

it's the same word...

7:33 pm

mkg

Any clues for the 9? Is it compound?

7:33 pm

penquis

no...a pl....

7:35 pm

mkg

Pi 9? Any clues? Ty

7:35 pm

mkg

Wait there is no p. Ok so plural. Got it.

7:35 pm

penquis

no P in the grid...

7:35 pm

mkg

So any clues for the 9?

7:35 pm

penquis

it's MA 8/9...

7:36 pm

mkg

TY ANY CLUES FOR MEANING OR ANYTHING ELSE?

7:36 pm

penquis

you don't have to shout... ;o)

7:37 pm

mkg

Well i got the ma but dont know this word. Wrong last vowel. Weird. Ty anyway

7:37 pm

mkg

So one more need: missing the e words for fifth column E. Three words and i have none.

7:38 pm

penquis

they are all from the same eg 5....

7:39 pm

penquis

it means to discharge from the body....

7:39 pm

mkg

Ty

7:40 pm

penquis

yw...

7:41 pm

mkg

Not getting them yet. Hmmm.

7:42 pm

penquis

it pretty much goes in a left direction across the board...

7:42 pm

mkg

Got one of them. Ty

7:43 pm

penquis

they all have the same first five letters....

7:43 pm

mkg

Still not half way. That is my goal. So off to look more.

7:48 pm

penquis

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

7:49 pm

mkg

Buy

7:49 pm

mkg

Bye.

11:59 pm

ursh

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