12:12 am
dizgrannie
bottom row done, hi all
12:14 am
dizgrannie
1st col done
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:17 am
dizgrannie
nbt/nbs
12:33 am
cybernan
so 7 x2
12:34 am
cybernan
ntpn: place where you can straddle the prime meridian
12:35 am
penquis
Greenich
12:36 am
cybernan
gold star for pen
12:37 am
justafreep
in7/8 and late flip hello!
12:37 am
penquis
Hi freep…
12:38 am
Gillie
I think it's spelt Greenwich, actually
12:38 am
cybernan
yes, it is gillie, now that I think about it
12:38 am
penquis
I was wondering about that… ;o)
12:39 am
justafreep
phantom mean time.....
12:41 am
dizgrannie
SNAP, Pen
12:52 am
justafreep
now you're just playing with us, dizgrannie
1:03 am
dizgrannie
FWs, not a bad grid, last word or 4/11
1:03 am
penquis
Congrats…
1:03 am
justafreep
well done!
1:12 am
penquis
Well the biggies are done….leaving 30 for later….bye all….
7:25 am
Scrabbler
I found the eel.
7:31 am
MollyL
I thought the 8's were pretty straightforward except one
7:34 am
MollyL
Kings and queen consorts and bears, oh my
7:44 am
Uneaixoise
God Save the King!
7:48 am
MollyL
It's hard to believe that monarchy still exists.
8:03 am
Aloyisius
you are right, Molly.. or7, a type of television camera tube, is not in most people's vocab! fw Happy Babbling!
8:03 am
Aloyisius
make that or8 !
8:04 am
Aloyisius
time for a coffa cuppee.. poof
8:06 am
MollyL
I wonder how much money is being made selling those paper crowns and union jack ponchos to onlookers
8:07 am
bichon
Has anyone here watched "The Crown"? Hives you the low down.
8:08 am
bichon
sorry, Gives
8:09 am
Scrabbler
I have not.
8:10 am
bichon
It's on Netflix
8:10 am
Scrabbler
I haven't watched TV here in 5 years. I am weird.
8:11 am
72 Temple Owl
it's an interesting take on the monarchy
8:16 am
MollyL
Apparently there are people in the UK ready to be done with it and they are protesting today
8:16 am
Scrabbler
It's historic but not very meaningful.
8:41 am
rururocks
it's meaningful to Camilla
8:41 am
welki
'morning, ru
8:41 am
rururocks
hi welks
8:53 am
rururocks
I can actually say today that oasis is my phantom
8:53 am
welki
a mirage, even
9:08 am
rururocks
I thought at first this was an easy grid.. but apparently not
9:13 am
MollyL
If you think it's not easy, the rest of us are doomed
9:15 am
rururocks
well i was cruising along and then ground to a halt at 30
9:17 am
origami
Wordle in 2 today!! Good morning all
9:18 am
rururocks
wow.. how do you guys do that game.. im lost in that one
9:21 am
origami
It's rare for me to get it on 2 tries.
9:21 am
phaeton
ru...start with a word that uses a lot of vowels. Works for me
9:24 am
phaeton
took 5 today
9:24 am
MollyL
I think Wordle is more about lucky guessing than word skill
9:25 am
Shirlockc
fav breakfast food is in the grid -- ONE of my favs, i have so many lol
9:28 am
rastapopolous
....croisssant isn't there.....
9:28 am
Shirlockc
ONE of my favs
9:29 am
MollyL
Neither are eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, waffles or French Toast
9:30 am
Shirlockc
you all are making me hungry
9:30 am
rastapopolous
at least all the letters of croissant are present in the grid though
9:31 am
MollyL
No bagels or doughnuts either
9:33 am
origami
It's been years since I have had a doughnut. Love them.
9:33 am
rururocks
I have a few a year.. only when i'm desperate on the road
9:37 am
marksdolly
good morning everybody :)
9:37 am
rururocks
hi dolly
9:37 am
origami
Hello, dolly.
9:43 am
MollyL
I used to bring them to work but got tired of people bitching at me because they "shouldn't be eating them". Jeez, live a little and go for a walk later
9:44 am
origami
Everything in moderation is OK
9:45 am
rururocks
except scotch...
9:46 am
origami
The Richmond pour :D
9:46 am
rururocks
lol exactly
9:49 am
rururocks
i need a co 6 i'm guessing
9:54 am
rururocks
ah found it.. not really a word
10:33 am
hokie carla
I have a co6 that is a real word, maybe too real 😜
10:34 am
nrkii
hello all!
10:35 am
hurshy
hey nrkii and all!
10:35 am
nrkii
may I ask for stats for the 8s? I have so8 and to8, but not seeing others... I know there's a tough to find or8
10:37 am
hurshy
i just started
10:40 am
rururocks
sc8 that is
10:40 am
nrkii
ooh, sc8...got it
10:40 am
rururocks
how was your halloween display this year nrkii.I'm off of facebook so I can't see the pics
10:40 am
hurshy
well if the or8 is tough to find maybe ruru would clue it if he has it?
10:41 am
nrkii
it was fun... I did an 80's theme zombie doll dance party
10:42 am
MollyL
Start with the first 4 of tooth braces doctor, vowel short name for prisoner...or8
10:45 am
nrkii
found in7/8... tyvm
10:50 am
hurshy
ever notice we can have an outcry but not an incry?
10:50 am
hurshy
i think we could ... it'd be like a cri de coeur
10:53 am
nrkii
phantom godson
10:53 am
hokie carla
ogee
10:53 am
hokie carla
oops
10:54 am
nrkii
5 left here...
10:54 am
hurshy
so you know how today is the coronation? i haven't even been paying much attention to it but it does get shown as an upcoming program on my british streaming stuff. but last night i had a dream that Queen Elizabeth was still alive and had decided to pass the torch before her death but wasn't saying WHO she was passing it to so then everyone was on pins and needles wondering if it WOULD be charles or if she would bypass him and go straight to william.
10:57 am
hurshy
oh that sc8 comes easily for me since sc5 is one of the "commands" rilla knows
10:58 am
hurshy
phantom: adage
11:02 am
nrkii
down to 3... a six and two sevens
11:03 am
hurshy
should i be getting the left S word or is it weird?
11:03 am
hokie carla
I believe it's a plural. I have it. gotta go though.
11:03 am
nrkii
you've seen it before, but it requires you to make a verb into a noun
11:03 am
hokie carla
in and out today while assisting mr. homie on our shower tiling.
11:04 am
hurshy
ah thanks!
11:05 am
hurshy
Ds Defeated!
11:07 am
hurshy
i'm really pretty sure i've heard academics use the word "egoic"
11:08 am
hurshy
pretty nice grid though - one pass, with a few clues, and down to 13 left
11:08 am
nrkii
agreed, but stuck on last 2
11:08 am
hurshy
Es Executed!
11:09 am
nrkii
need a C6 or C7 and a G6 or G7
11:09 am
hurshy
ooh i have all the G
11:09 am
hurshy
there is one ge7
11:09 am
nrkii
thank you, that will narrow things down!
11:09 am
nrkii
it jumped out at me!
11:10 am
nrkii
last one... c6... hunting
11:11 am
hurshy
As Annihilated!
11:12 am
nrkii
monkeys found it! fw
11:12 am
hurshy
for O if i have one 5 and one 8 and the rest fours, what am i missing?
11:12 am
hokie carla
well done
11:13 am
hurshy
congrats nrkii!!
11:13 am
hurshy
that is funny, the exclamation points are like upside down i and you have two i and then i put two exclamation points
11:13 am
hurshy
thank you!
11:15 am
nrkii
I've had that handle for over 35 years now... hard to believe
11:16 am
nrkii
I've been on babble for 17 years!
11:17 am
periwinkle
it will be 19 years for me this summer
11:18 am
hurshy
me too! 17 and a half
11:18 am
deanoz
about 21 years for me
11:19 am
nrkii
I joined because the NY Times had a Sunday crossword series that was a contest done in collaboration with Starbucks. And I found a blog where one of our Babblers was collaborating to solve. He commented about how he did on different puzzles every day, including Babble, so I came looking.
11:19 am
hurshy
neat, i don't remember how i found it
11:20 am
hurshy
phantom: chicory
11:20 am
hokie carla
almost 18 for me. someone in my other internet community posted an article that mentioned it or posted a link. a bunch of us joined but I'm the only one that still plays.
11:21 am
hurshy
the few. the proud. the getting-close-to-two-decade babblers.
11:22 am
periwinkle
help with in7/8 please
11:22 am
hurshy
objects in motion tend to stay in motion...
11:23 am
hokie carla
well, I couldn't even see it but typed in the word based on hurshy's def and there it was
11:23 am
periwinkle
rats I already had them
11:24 am
bichon
I have Babbled in a dozen countries
11:24 am
hokie carla
I typed noodge earlier just in case
11:24 am
hokie carla
I have only babbled in US and Canada
11:25 am
periwinkle
ascot
11:25 am
bichon
Mostly on cruise ships and hotels
11:25 am
hokie carla
oh, didn't have that one, thanks
11:25 am
hurshy
let me think, i've babbled in every country i've been to, how many is that?... half a dozen i think
11:25 am
bichon
I even Babble in Cambodia
11:27 am
periwinkle
sc8 or so8 please
11:27 am
hokie carla
well, I have reached HOET, finished first pass but not as easy as SOME PEOPLE are finding it. because I am dumb. 54 left.
11:28 am
hurshy
sc8: when i tell Rilla to sc5, she almost always does, so then she is sc8!
11:28 am
hurshy
so8 calming, or feels good on a burn/itch
11:28 am
periwinkle
got the calming one ty
11:29 am
periwinkle
not getting the sc8
11:29 am
periwinkle
got the sc8 ty
11:29 am
hokie carla
yeah, not what I think of when I think of cats
11:29 am
hokie carla
but winston does it on his butt when his anal glands are full
11:36 am
hurshy
i mean rilla just runs, but, i'm really just telling her to go in or out of a room and not to move in any certain way
11:37 am
hurshy
i like it because it rhymes with cute :D
11:39 am
nrkii
dog walk time... happy babbling everyone!
12:00 pm
penquis
hello all...
12:01 pm
mkg
Hi pen. Hi all.
12:02 pm
penquis
hi mkg...
1:00 pm
penquis
stalled at 10....taking a break....bye all...
1:45 pm
periwinkle
hi all
1:46 pm
periwinkle
last 8 is a to8. I do not see it
1:59 pm
MollyL
Gerund of what you do with a lit fire stick
2:28 pm
MollyL
Oh, looks like Peri mentioned a word she could not see then left
2:29 pm
BzznBea
she never does that
2:29 pm
MollyL
Maybe she will see it when she gets back
2:41 pm
periwinkle
I was on the phone.
2:42 pm
periwinkle
thank you. had the base word. did not think to make it a gerund
2:59 pm
Sophie512
hi any idea why my list is not in ABC order....the ones I've found.......shut it down and restart, right?
6:09 pm
cybernan
hi all -- several hours behind to day after watching the coronation
6:16 pm
Kaplan the Magne
We had open studios so I was on my feet all day explaining my art to people. Repeating the same rap. I have so many different media and styles that it looks like a group show. I must have many personalities.
6:18 pm
Kaplan the Magne
The coronation leaves me cold. I think it sucks that Camilla gets to be Queen. I liked Elizabeth and what she symbolized in being such a long-lived person of consistency, but the rest of them don't move me in any way. Queen Camilla. She and King Charles have Diana's blood on their hands.
6:20 pm
Kaplan the Magne
I wplain living.as almost sympathetic with Harry but I read is book and it was the most solipsistic thing. So now he's Hollywood royalty. Living in Montecito is not exactly
6:21 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Not exactly middle class I meant. He's still going to have paparazzi. Sorry my cursor is jumping around.
6:23 pm
cybernan
I wouldn't change places with them for all the tea in China -- It doesn't matter what any of them do the press will criticize and sensationalize, and so will the public -- who knows what goes on behind closed doors. I think sometimes they are probably compelled to take a stance or do things they are not entirely in favour of.
6:27 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Sorry to offend any royalists. And after WWII the Big 4 divided up the Middle East with dire results. World politics makes it really hard to respect the power of these nations that determine the fate of the world. But I am a great fan of Helen Mirren as the Queen and am interested in what goes on with them--I always wondered about Elizabeth's innermost feelings. I thought she would have preferred to be a rancher, but she believed in duty. Charles wanted to be Camilla's tampon. But like everyone else, I was compelled by Diana, and watched the funeral all day.
6:28 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Charles is a sad man, and I really cannot stand Camilla.
6:30 pm
cybernan
I guess you are not aware of all the charity work Camilla does. I think Charles would have married her in the beginning, but the Queen wouldn't give her permission. The marriage with Diana (who had stars in her eyes) was more or less arranged by the Queen Mother and Lady Fermoy. I don't think Charles was given any choice in the matter.
6:43 pm
penquis
back for my last 10....hello all....
6:43 pm
penquis
ni nan....
6:50 pm
cybernan
last co 6 please?
6:51 pm
penquis
the last one i have is a gerund, but i am missing some Cs....
6:52 pm
cybernan
if your last one is the bird sound, there is another one after that
6:52 pm
penquis
one of my four missing Cs....
6:54 pm
periwinkle
hi all, back to find my last 26
6:55 pm
penquis
wb, peri...
6:57 pm
penquis
do you have the stats for that co 6?
7:02 pm
penquis
so there must be at least four co 6/27 words....
7:05 pm
penquis
ty, peri...
7:06 pm
penquis
well i am biting the bullet and listing for my last 5....
7:07 pm
cybernan
I listed a while ago - still need 15
7:11 pm
penquis
well except for that co 6, i think i should have found the others....a couple i thought i had entered....and two were fours!
7:11 pm
cybernan
did you find the co 6?
7:11 pm
penquis
no....looking now....it's my last word...
7:12 pm
periwinkle
done, must go to clean up kitchen
7:12 pm
penquis
congrats, peri...
7:14 pm
penquis
found it....it's a gerund.....the root is not completely there....
7:14 pm
cybernan
I need the co and the sc 7
7:16 pm
penquis
the sc 7 is the bah humbug guy...
7:17 pm
cybernan
found the 7
7:17 pm
cybernan
ty pen - hadn't seen that you gave a clue
7:17 pm
penquis
no problem...
7:17 pm
penquis
did you get the 6?
7:18 pm
cybernan
found the co - done :)
7:18 pm
cybernan
off to the bee
7:19 pm
penquis
congrats...
7:19 pm
penquis
heading out....goodnight....
7:19 pm
cybernan
guess I need to get supper in the oven first! good night
7:21 pm
Uneaixoise
Tx pen!
8:29 pm
ItalianGreyhound
Bing Crosby best CR 7/32?
8:52 pm
hokie carla
ge7 anyone?
8:52 pm
HarryHood
first pass done. still missing the lone S and A
8:53 pm
hokie carla
hey harry. lone S is a plural of another S.
8:53 pm
HarryHood
got it. ty
8:53 pm
HarryHood
weird word.
8:53 pm
hokie carla
it's actually a word you would never think to plural
8:54 pm
HarryHood
I was thinking like the port in egypt maybe.
8:54 pm
hokie carla
which lone A? upper is ax4. lower is ai4 I think.
8:54 pm
HarryHood
got the A as well.
8:54 pm
HarryHood
nbt, and 56 to go
8:55 pm
hokie carla
I am on the list now. 12 left.
8:55 pm
HarryHood
I though ergonic was a word
8:56 pm
hokie carla
like ergonomic?
8:56 pm
HarryHood
well a reaction can be exergonic or endergonic. but I guess ergonic makes no sense.
8:57 pm
hokie carla
totes
8:58 pm
HarryHood
wrong window?
8:58 pm
hokie carla
I was just agreeing with you in slang
8:59 pm
HarryHood
oh. heh - my slang is so last millenium.
9:00 pm
hokie carla
just hoping it will lure molly out to clue my ge7
9:00 pm
HarryHood
got your ge7
9:00 pm
HarryHood
or A ge7
9:01 pm
HarryHood
sounds like the guy who cleans the office at night
9:01 pm
hokie carla
has to be it
9:04 pm
hokie carla
ah, your clue snuck in there later. thanks! that's it for me.
9:04 pm
HarryHood
wtg carla
9:10 pm
HarryHood
36. that's all for me
9:14 pm
hokie carla
good night!