Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, May 12, 2023

12:02 am

SueMagee

Ne7

12:03 am

Gillie

st7

12:03 am

justafreep

se7

12:03 am

SueMagee

Ca7

12:09 am

Gillie

ca8

12:09 am

Gillie

(and ca7 x 2)

12:09 am

SueMagee

Tr7

12:10 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:10 am

Rainiqui

Thanks Gillie !

12:11 am

Gillie

no problem

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

hokie carla

well, I got HOET but that's about it. still 88 left.

12:18 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:20 am

Q

what is "hoet"?

12:20 am

hokie carla

half on every tile

12:24 am

dizgrannie

ts 7

12:35 am

justafreep

st7 x 2

12:46 am

hokie carla

well, 45 left for tomorrow. good night!

1:52 am

dizgrannie

FWs

5:57 am

Sugrraleona

wi6?

5:58 am

BzznBea

smartness

5:59 am

Sugrraleona

someting I'm lacking at ths moment LOL ty

5:59 am

aslindy

hello all

5:59 am

BzznBea

yw

5:59 am

BzznBea

hey lindy

6:17 am

aslindy

there's a blue box in the grid today

6:22 am

Scrabbler

Good morning.

6:23 am

aslindy

hi scrabs

6:31 am

Scrabbler

I was off reading emails.

6:32 am

Scrabbler

Do you read books, lindy?

6:33 am

aslindy

I do

6:33 am

bichon

Kindle is my best friend

6:33 am

Scrabbler

What do you like? I like historical fiction as my favorite, mysteries and crime thrillers too. I just finished The Alice Network by Kate Quinn.

6:34 am

Scrabbler

Bichon, I just set up my Kindle for library access.

6:34 am

bichon

I would read that

6:35 am

Scrabbler

It was excellent.

6:35 am

aslindy

I like mysteries, sci-fi, fantasy... some other fiction

6:35 am

Scrabbler

I also read a lot of non-fiction, often at same as as a fiction.

6:36 am

bichon

me too. Have been reading books by A G Rifflr

6:36 am

bichon

*Riddle

6:37 am

aslindy

I love the convenience of ebooks. What I don't love is that you don't actually own the book you pay for, and it can be taken away at any time.

6:38 am

aslindy

I often enjoy reading books again and again, so that doesn't really work for me

6:38 am

Scrabbler

I downloaded a lot of old classics that are free. I might get to those.

6:39 am

Scrabbler

The book I have re-read the most is The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. I think I lived a former life at that time. What do you re-read, lindy?

6:41 am

aslindy

right now I am re-reading the Amelia Peabody stories by Elizabeth Peters.

6:42 am

aslindy

I have several long series that I have read many times, including that one

6:42 am

Scrabbler

That series looks interesting. My cousin is in Egypt right now. She sent photos of the pyramids yesterday.

6:43 am

aslindy

very cool

6:43 am

Scrabbler

Today they visit Petra.

6:43 am

aslindy

I have one daughter who also loves that series, and one who doesn't enjoy that writing style.

6:44 am

Scrabbler

Everyone figures out what they like. Sadly, so many people don't read at all.

6:46 am

aslindy

my younger daughter always had to have a book to read in the car, even for a drive to my parents' house which was about a mile away.

6:46 am

aslindy

of course, when she learned to drive, she didn't know how to get anywhere, because she never saw where we went

6:47 am

Scrabbler

I was a big reader as a kid. I liked to climb the huge red maple tree in our yard, find a perch, and read. I miss those times. I admire that tree when I visit my mother.

6:47 am

Scrabbler

Haha, that is funny.

6:49 am

aslindy

afk time for doggo food and meds

6:49 am

Scrabbler

Bye

7:06 am

bichon

Scrabs, my grandson's private school teaches Japanese. The 8th graders go on a trip to Japan. They were supposed to leave on Monday. There were a couple of Covid tests positive. Now they are leaving today. Fingers crossed

7:20 am

Scrabbler

I was playing word games.

7:21 am

Scrabbler

They need to wear a respirator (e.g.N95 or N99) on the plane and whenever indoors.

7:21 am

Scrabbler

Getting infected with SARS-2 while traveling will ruin a trip.

7:22 am

aslindy

back. yeah, being sick while on a trip is awful

7:23 am

Scrabbler

And SARS-2 is far too dangerous.

7:26 am

bichon

They can't stay in Japanese homes. They are staying in a Buddhist monastary

7:26 am

Scrabbler

Fascinating.

7:28 am

welki

hi folks

7:28 am

Scrabbler

Hello over there, welki. Good morning, Daphne.

7:28 am

aslindy

hi welki

7:28 am

bichon

hi welki

7:28 am

welki

she says 'woof'

7:29 am

Scrabbler

My rabbits are wiggling their noses.

7:30 am

welki

two just hopped past my window :)

7:30 am

Scrabbler

*squeal* My local sister has 4 babies living under her shed so she has seen them hopping around her yard.

7:31 am

welki

i feed the birds shelled sunflower seeds, so they're probably here for breakfast

7:32 am

Scrabbler

Yummy.

7:32 am

welki

it's early, but i've been watching the hummingbird migration, and filled my feeder last week (and the oriole feeder yesterday)

7:32 am

Scrabbler

Hummingbirds arrived yesterday.

7:33 am

welki

watching the birds return makes me happy :)

7:34 am

Scrabbler

I agree.

7:34 am

aslindy

I haven't seen any hummers yet. I put a feeder by the window next to my computer this year.

7:34 am

bichon

We put up a humminbird feeder. The squirrels attacked it

7:34 am

aslindy

but I don't have any flowers near it yet

7:35 am

Scrabbler

Out-smarting the squirrels, raccoons, and bears is always tough. My neighbors birdfeeders, on poles, were knocked down by a bear recently.

7:36 am

welki

i found a new feeder this year - has a wide mouth, stands on it's own for filling, cleans like a breeze - it's the little things :)

7:36 am

Scrabbler

I need to get ready for PT then I work at 1 and all weekend.

7:37 am

aslindy

yes, it's best to put seed feeders away until december now to avoid issues with bears

7:37 am

bichon

At our old house we grew corn. The racoons ate the corn. We put pumpkins in with the corn and that got rid of them.

7:38 am

welki

bye, scrabs - hope the weekend is an easy one

7:38 am

bichon

We've had deer eating the bird food

7:39 am

aslindy

we get deer and turkeys eating the seed, and foxes run through the yard too

7:40 am

welki

they empty our feeders, too - collateral damage :)

7:41 am

rururocks

Sounds like you guys live in seedy neighborhoods

7:42 am

welki

we pay dearly for it

7:42 am

welki

or deerly, she meant to write

7:44 am

rururocks

It can’t cost you more than a fee bucks

7:44 am

rururocks

Few bucks

7:45 am

welki

what's a little doe in exchange for such enjoyment

7:46 am

Scrabbler

I just read this:In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.

- Robert Lynd

7:46 am

welki

'course, i don't mean to fawn all over the idea of them eating all the birdseed

7:46 am

welki

scrabs, that's true, but not only for birds :D

7:47 am

Scrabbler

Yesterday one of my partners was blathering and I wanted to tell him to shut up. Some people insist on proving their ignorance repeatedly.

7:49 am

mkg

Cant find the N words for bottom corner N. Any help welcome

7:49 am

aslindy

n* of the gods

7:49 am

welki

some of my neighbors get together and just spend the evening talking over one another - i doubt any of them hear anything anyone says

7:51 am

welki

those nights, i stay inside - i can't tolerate the noise

7:51 am

mkg

Of the gods…..hm. Is this a tv show or something??? I dont know it

7:51 am

mkg

Just watched the incredible attorney woo. On netflicks. Was an adorable show.

7:51 am

aslindy

it's something delicious, it's said to be ne6,21 of the gods

7:52 am

sukee

A liquid that comes from plants

7:52 am

aslindy

birds and bees love this part of a flower

7:53 am

mkg

Ty. Got the N words.

7:53 am

mkg

Missing the 8 if anyone has that one. Ty.

7:54 am

welki

just started - turning off chat

7:56 am

aslindy

mkg I know it is ca but don't have it

7:56 am

mkg

Ty aslindy

7:57 am

LuvWordGames

surprised it doesn't accept cardio

7:57 am

SummerBreeze44

ca8-artery

7:57 am

mkg

Yes i have had that rejected before. Also rejects neuro.

7:57 am

mkg

Got the 8. Ty.

7:58 am

mkg

Off to grandparents day at my grandkids school. Free lunch too.

7:59 am

aslindy

have fun!

7:59 am

MollyL

Mmm, I bet it's something tasty like those square frozen pizzas they serve. 😊

7:59 am

mkg

Yes. Three grands in this school. Have done so many grandparents days over the years. I love that schools do this stuff now.

8:00 am

mkg

Molly you are right. I expect a cold sandwich on yuk bread.

8:00 am

MollyL

I always feel bad for the kids who don't have grandparents, or don't have grandparents who live close enough to come.

8:00 am

mkg

Well off for the day.

8:01 am

hokie carla

I always loved the rectangle pizza when I was in school.

8:01 am

MollyL

Oh, I love that mo5/12 is in the grid. It grosses some people out, God knows why.

8:01 am

aslindy

I think the schools here do "special person day" and the kids get to invite whomever is special to them

8:02 am

MollyL

That is a more inclusive way to do it.

8:02 am

aslindy

right, molly? it's a perfectly fine word

8:03 am

MollyL

People get all hung up on it having sexual connotations. Personally, I think of cake 😊

8:03 am

aslindy

who doesn't want to think of cake? :D

8:04 am

hokie carla

yeah, I just assume if someone says they hate mo5 they are either a joiner or an attention whore

8:04 am

MollyL

I have never gotten "hating words" at all. Words are just words. It is how you use them that can be harmful/hurtful.

8:04 am

Kiani

morning all

8:06 am

aslindy

hi kiani, how's it going?

8:08 am

Kiani

weather is giving me a migraine

8:08 am

Kiani

but at least it's Friday

8:15 am

aslindy

bummer about the migraine. we have sunshine and hot today.

8:16 am

Kiani

drizzly and gloomy here

8:16 am

Kiani

we had great weather yesterday

8:21 am

hokie carla

ha! just made up an archaic F and it took. good ole Enable.

9:53 am

moolingwa

morning all, just here for a few minutes before I head out for a meeting

9:57 am

marksdolly

gm all!

9:57 am

marksdolly

hi mool

9:57 am

marksdolly

hi Hokie

9:58 am

marksdolly

cats

9:58 am

moolingwa

hey dolly

10:05 am

MollyL

The fifth longest running show on Broadway

10:21 am

hokie carla

what, hey dolly?

10:22 am

hokie carla

hi anyone still here

10:22 am

marksdolly

lol hi Hokie :)

10:43 am

MollyL

Cats

10:46 am

hokie carla

lol, missed that post

10:49 am

hokie carla

this is not a super friendly grid, but not too hard like we've had lately. still 29 left.

10:49 am

hokie carla

28...just found my last D

10:50 am

hokie carla

it's just certain tiles are super hard, like the T's, S, A, and right M

10:51 am

MollyL

Well, at least there is no segni. Lots of clue asks for that yesterday.

10:52 am

hokie carla

yeah, somehow I got that on first pass. hey, I'm learning useless things here!

10:55 am

hokie carla

25 left now - 3-8-11-3. ugh, this is why the grid is not friendly for me - the 6's.

10:58 am

aebmusica

pence

11:02 am

aebmusica

sorry

11:03 am

BzznBea

hello friends

11:04 am

hokie carla

hey bea, aeb. found a word but gotta get moving. TTFN.

11:04 am

hokie carla

have T4 S5 W F A4 R T3 M3 P2 left

11:08 am

BzznBea

i know your p

11:37 am

periwinkle

hello all. help with ca8 please

11:37 am

periwinkle

glorious day here

11:38 am

bichon

same here

11:43 am

MollyL

Peri, its an artery

11:44 am

periwinkle

ty Molly and I already had the ca7

11:44 am

periwinkle

did not think to make it a plural

11:45 am

periwinkle

how is the weather where you are Molly?

11:47 am

periwinkle

bbl

11:51 am

HarryHood

first pass done

11:51 am

HarryHood

78 to go

11:52 am

MollyL

Our weather is summer-like today. It's about time, the pool water needs to warm up.

11:53 am

dauber

Any clues for the ts7?

11:55 am

MollyL

Russian ruler + ____ Delouise

11:55 am

dauber

Oh, duh!!!

11:56 am

dauber

Thanks, MollyL!

11:56 am

dauber

and that's a FW for me.

11:56 am

MollyL

DeLuise, sorry

12:49 pm

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

12:49 pm

cybernan

Been here for about 20 min. -- still don't have anything for the i - stats please?

12:51 pm

HarryHood

ferric metal

12:51 pm

cherlyq

4 5 combo

12:52 pm

cybernan

ty harry and cherly -- couldn't get around that twist in the road

12:53 pm

cybernan

I see in the chat that the ca 8 is an artery -- not being familiar with the latin names for body parts....

12:53 pm

MollyL

Ferric material, spoken like a true chemistry teacher

12:53 pm

HarryHood

the one in your neck, that can have a dissection

12:54 pm

MollyL

You know this one Nan, its in your neck

12:54 pm

HarryHood

plural of my favorite bowie song is in the grid, but not acceptable

12:55 pm

MollyL

I would have said what you do to wrinkled clothes for the I.

12:55 pm

cybernan

only one I know is the aorta

12:55 pm

HarryHood

hah - I haven't done that to clothes in decades. the only time I've broking out the i4 is when my kids did fuse beads

12:56 pm

MollyL

ca + decay + Freud's first then plural

12:56 pm

MollyL

Hard to believe you have never heard of that artery Nan

12:57 pm

MollyL

Harry do you get all your dress clothes dry cleaned and pressed?

12:57 pm

HarryHood

I wash my shirts and hang them to dry. they're all cotton

12:57 pm

HarryHood

and I like the wrinkled look :)

12:57 pm

cybernan

ty

12:57 pm

MollyL

Cotton is the worst offender when it comes to wrinkles.

12:58 pm

cybernan

and shrinkage

12:58 pm

HarryHood

my wife had to iron all the clothes when she was a kid - so now she won't iron anything. and I'm totally ok with that

12:59 pm

KnightTime

amen harry

12:59 pm

MollyL

Yes Nan. Any time I buy a cotton shirt for my son, I go two sizes up

1:00 pm

cybernan

I put away the i 4 when my husband retired, but his shirts were usually permanent press, so just needed a touch up

1:00 pm

HarryHood

funny how ro4 and naan are accepted, but not raita

1:00 pm

HarryHood

I guess if I were a lawyer or something I'd need to pay more attention to wrinkles.

1:00 pm

MollyL

There are some casual clothes that I can handle with "the wrinkled look" but not a man's dress shirt. That needs ironing.

1:02 pm

MollyL

And hey, I wish I could give things up because I had to do them as a kid. I would have a cush life.

1:03 pm

HarryHood

tripmen: lsd dealers

1:04 pm

cherlyq

lol

1:04 pm

MollyL

I'm surprised The Beatles didn't write about them instead of the taxman

1:05 pm

HarryHood

60 to go!

1:07 pm

cybernan

I always think it is such a waste when you can find the same word in different directions

1:07 pm

dcseain

that is always disappointing, but is bound to happen.

1:13 pm

HarryHood

50. time to go - bye!

1:14 pm

dcseain

I'm going to go throw together some food. BBL probably.

1:27 pm

mkg

Arid

1:27 pm

mkg

Oops sorry

1:27 pm

mkg

Back to do more. Ap[ologies.

1:29 pm

MollyL

So what was for lunch?

1:32 pm

cybernan

63 for after lunch here

2:15 pm

mirandapan

dirt

2:24 pm

aebmusica

Motrim=what beauticians andBarbers take when they get a work related headache.:)

2:53 pm

periwinkle

bottom row grad. 85 degrees outside but 75 inside and I am comfortable

2:56 pm

periwinkle

need two more Ms to gray out 4th row

2:56 pm

aebmusica

me too....82 outside and 75 inside

2:57 pm

aebmusica

ordo

2:57 pm

aebmusica

sorry

2:58 pm

periwinkle

bottom two rows gray

2:58 pm

periwinkle

bbl

2:59 pm

aebmusica

no one like my bon mot at 2:24??????

3:02 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, come to vindicate myself (yesterday I was down to one word and completely stuck)

3:05 pm

hokie carla

was it se5, gwen?

3:07 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

probably -- pretty sure it was an s 5

3:07 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

funny thing, i opened theclues and according to the clues I had all the s words

3:09 pm

hokie carla

segni tripped up a lot of people yesterday

3:09 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oh, i had that one. (music major here) hmmmm

3:10 pm

aebmusica

what instrument did you major in, Book D G?

3:12 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

music theory, also some voice lessons

3:14 pm

aebmusica

I majored Theory/composition and minored in harp and piano and French and German.

3:15 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

all right that is way too many subjects LOL

3:17 pm

aebmusica

yeah and even went back and major in music.(in voice).

3:17 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ooh found a fake piano in the grid! (ca5)

3:18 pm

aebmusica

I did also

3:20 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

change one letter and you have a silly new word for a feline playground

3:21 pm

aebmusica

with outside furniture?

3:22 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

yeah

3:22 pm

hokie carla

well, I think you're talking about a catio and I have all the c's and am not sure of this fake piano

3:23 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

should i type the fake piano?

3:23 pm

hokie carla

oh, a casio keyboard?

3:23 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(it's a brand name)

3:23 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

you gots it

3:23 pm

hokie carla

that's a brand name, you could have done a NTPN

3:24 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

not totally playable?

3:26 pm

aebmusica

no tone or pitch noticeable?

3:28 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

getting stuck with 78 to go, argh

3:29 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

name that plays not?

3:29 pm

hokie carla

down to 24 here

3:29 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wait while i catch up LOL

3:30 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

omg i cleared the bottom row

3:32 pm

aebmusica

Gwen.... did you find the French composer minus a last letter?

3:32 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hoet at last

3:33 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nope -- then again i don't know a ton of music history -- not my area o f interest

3:35 pm

aebmusica

sa4/4

3:36 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

found a french opera though

3:37 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oh, got that one, thanks though

3:45 pm

hokie carla

hey, found a word!

3:45 pm

hokie carla

now no more than 4 on each tile

3:46 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

go gogo carla !!!

3:46 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

well, good luck all, i'm quitting for now

3:47 pm

hokie carla

thanks

3:48 pm

hokie carla

there's another one!

3:55 pm

hokie carla

1-7-11-2 think I will list now. too many 6's.

4:08 pm

dan2bit

evening all! been away a while

5:23 pm

mich_pdx

Hullo, Dan. It's been a very long time since I've posted in the chog. In the process of getting my Portland house on the market and returning to Seattle after 29 years as an Oregonian.

5:36 pm

dan2bit

congrats mich! best of luck with the transition

6:05 pm

moolingwa

rehi

6:44 pm

periwinkle

hey moo, hi all

6:44 pm

periwinkle

66 left

6:45 pm

periwinkle

tr7 anyone?

6:45 pm

periwinkle

nm

7:19 pm

cybernan

ao 6 please?

7:19 pm

cybernan

nm - found it

7:19 pm

ch1212

care to share?

7:20 pm

cybernan

ends with suffix for one who performs

7:20 pm

cybernan

or one who believes

7:20 pm

ch1212

thanks, nan!

7:21 pm

cybernan

ar 6/24 please?

7:22 pm

cybernan

nm - found

7:25 pm

cybernan

fo 6/33 please?

7:25 pm

dan2bit

misspelled of not remember

7:26 pm

cybernan

ty -- was going with the wrong third letter

7:27 pm

cybernan

that does it for me -- any clues wanted before I leave?

7:31 pm

dan2bit

stats for the 8?

7:47 pm

dan2bit

nm

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