Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, September 1, 2023

12:02 am

justafreep

es7, bo7, ta7 and happy flip

12:03 am

justafreep

ho8

12:05 am

justafreep

st8

12:07 am

justafreep

ru8

12:09 am

justafreep

er8 (and... time to go silent, me thinks!).

12:11 am

jeanne314

sh9

12:12 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs. thanks Jeanne

12:14 am

broll

re 7 & 8

12:16 am

jeanne314

yer welcome...I seldom spy anything worth reporting early in the game. Makes me feel like a big dog now!

12:16 am

Rainiqui

Good for you !

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:33 am

scribekd

Thank you, Lickety!

5:17 am

dizgrannie

FWs

7:07 am

Scrabbler

Big grid. Diving in.

7:13 am

rbud

all done. (((hugs))) to all, and laters! ♥

7:15 am

Scrabbler

Bye rbud

7:23 am

hokie carla

oh, a big one for the tiny grid complainers 😜

7:27 am

Scrabbler

Good morning, carla.

7:30 am

hokie carla

hey scrabs

7:44 am

MollyL

😊 Tiny grid complainers 😊

7:46 am

hokie carla

I have too much to do today for a grid this big

8:07 am

hokie carla

well, 96 left. nowhere near HOET. TTFN.

9:10 am

hurshy

ahhhhh g'morning

9:16 am

hurshy

Rs Ravaged!

9:33 am

hurshy

surprised there isn't more chatting with this nice big grid

9:34 am

rururocks

we're all done hursh.. we're just waiting for you to finish

9:34 am

hurshy

ahhh

9:35 am

BzznBea

i just started

9:36 am

hurshy

might take me a while cause my eyes keep tryna go back to sleep

9:47 am

BzznBea

found a promising suffix

9:47 am

hurshy

:D

9:48 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! Levi of jeans fame

9:48 am

BzznBea

strauss

9:49 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

10:06 am

periwinkle

good morning all. is the sh9 a compound?

10:06 am

hurshy

yes

10:07 am

hurshy

and it's a plural

10:07 am

periwinkle

may I have a wee hint pls

10:07 am

rururocks

someone who flaunts a talent

10:07 am

periwinkle

nm

10:08 am

periwinkle

found she sh8 and sh9

10:08 am

periwinkle

but ty ru

10:08 am

rururocks

well at least I got the clue out before you found it

10:08 am

periwinkle

and hursh

10:08 am

hurshy

that's always an accomplishment ru

10:09 am

rururocks

it's actually a miracle most times

10:09 am

MollyL

sh9? Certainly none of them around here. 😊

10:10 am

periwinkle

bbl

10:13 am

rururocks

I keep my talents to myself being modest and all..

10:13 am

saanichcat

not a single one Molly!

10:14 am

hurshy

done with first pass, 31 to go

10:14 am

rururocks

that was me too hursh.. i stalled at 31

10:14 am

saanichcat

that's a good run hurshy

10:15 am

saanichcat

and ru too

10:15 am

BzznBea

Been watching the US Open on ESPN. My cable provider won't pay what Disney wants so they have cut it off.

10:15 am

hurshy

well, let's see what we can pick off

10:15 am

hurshy

i have ir4, anyone have the other i word?

10:15 am

hurshy

tennis or golf, bea?

10:16 am

BzznBea

tennis

10:16 am

hurshy

i have a friend who is very into tennis

10:17 am

rururocks

cable is such a rip-off bea

10:18 am

MollyL

It really is. If I could figure out how to get football without it, I would cut the cord.

10:18 am

rururocks

i get most games on my Roku device streaming from YouTube

10:18 am

BzznBea

I know. We tried some of our streaming services as well but it's still not showing.

10:19 am

BzznBea

The only reason we keep cable is for Mom.

10:19 am

hurshy

my parents do the youtube tv thing, but idk if it's really all that much cheaper or what

10:20 am

rururocks

ah.. got it.. she comes first :D

10:20 am

rururocks

it's waaaaay cheaper hursh at least for me

10:20 am

hurshy

cool

10:21 am

hurshy

so, i have 3 of the 4 U words, any thoughts about what i might be missing?

10:21 am

MollyL

Ru, do you get all your local games?

10:21 am

rururocks

I was paying $165-$170 a month for Cable with AT&T and now only $79 with YouTube. I do get my local games

10:21 am

rururocks

have I ever mentioned I hate ATT

10:22 am

BzznBea

us6 hurshy

10:22 am

hurshy

it's sad when you think about the days when it was just a perfectly fine, respectable phone company, isn't it

10:23 am

hurshy

ok bea thanks will look!

10:23 am

rururocks

oh yeah.. and it's compounded by exorbitant taxes from my state that increase bills by 40%

10:24 am

hurshy

oh! got it

10:25 am

hurshy

i'm missing one lower W, any thoughts on that, anyone?

10:25 am

rururocks

the sound of wind moving?

10:26 am

hurshy

i have wo5/20

10:26 am

hurshy

OH gosh it was a real easy one

10:26 am

rururocks

to slow a horse

10:26 am

hurshy

no it was just the spiders' homes

10:26 am

hurshy

silly me

10:26 am

rururocks

ha

10:27 am

hurshy

but meanwhile i found more Bs and now i have no more than 3 words left from any given tile

10:27 am

rururocks

i gotta go to work.. have fun

10:27 am

BzznBea

Speaking of insects...one of my pollinator gardens has become a nursery for swallowtail caterpillars. Counted 15 yesterday.

10:28 am

hurshy

ttfn ru!

10:28 am

hurshy

nice bea!

10:28 am

hurshy

phantom: obtuse

10:29 am

hurshy

ooeee top row grey!!

10:30 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! a person from indiana

10:30 am

BzznBea

hoosier

10:30 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

10:44 am

hurshy

i suppose there's nothing for it but to list

10:52 am

hurshy

anyone have st6/21?

10:54 am

EvaNadine

yeah, whats your marital ST^?

10:55 am

hurshy

ahh thanks

10:55 am

hurshy

done!

11:00 am

MollyL

My marital st6 is done too 😊

11:57 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

11:59 am

Nef

I’m so happy to have a large grid today, It seems that all I’ve seen latelyare smallgrids under 200 words.

11:59 am

cybernan

it is a challenge to get it done

11:59 am

saanichcat

hello nan!

12:01 pm

Nef

True, but to get nearly 1/3 of the words when first opening the grid is highly satisfying!

12:01 pm

Nef

Hi sani & nan

12:01 pm

saanichcat

and another third for plurals

12:02 pm

saanichcat

hi Nef!

12:03 pm

cybernan

hi saanich -- you still getting smoke from the fires? Are the fires on the island out?

12:04 pm

saanichcat

today is clear but expecting smoke from the Interior. It's been less than I first thought, so far. How about you? Did you have ash in the garden? Is it smokey?

12:05 pm

saanichcat

some are out or contained

12:08 pm

cybernan

some fine ash. Still smokey, but betterin the am.
98 AQI right now which is worse than yesterday. We have been getting some rain so they are doing controlled burns to try and contain the McDougall Creek fire.

12:12 pm

saanichcat

those firefighters are incredible. Glad you got some rain. Good luck with the smoke; it's so full of terrible stuff. We had a spectacular long thunderstorm the other night. Unfortunately it started fires, about 20 -30

12:16 pm

cybernan

yes - I saw that on the news.

12:22 pm

cybernan

time for breakfast. bbl

1:11 pm

cybernan

found the 8-9 :)

1:17 pm

ChampFit

Wonder why you can't add the ab4 ending to sh5/12? I know...no logic in the enable dictionary. But still! #foul!

1:28 pm

cybernan

82 left and slowing down

2:03 pm

hurshy

perhaps because anything and everything is sh9, champfit? it would be a useless word if everything is sh9 and nothing is not sh9.

2:04 pm

hurshy

i mean i suppose abstract nouns aren't... like friendship and honor and stuff... but still... idk. just brainstorming.

2:25 pm

ChampFit

Ha! Just saw this hurshy. I

2:38 pm

MollyL

This place is certainly sh8ab4. People sh8 here all the time. 😊

2:46 pm

periwinkle

help please with the S under the W.

2:50 pm

periwinkle

id do not think I will finish this It takes too much time

2:50 pm

periwinkle

will stay for a bit longer

2:51 pm

ChampFit

I only have one from there, with 33 left. It's making me nuts. But I haven't listed yet.

2:51 pm

periwinkle

I found an st6/18 so nm

2:51 pm

periwinkle

it was driving me nuts too

2:51 pm

periwinkle

100 left, may be back later

4:33 pm

hokie carla

rehi

4:34 pm

hokie carla

if there's anyone here

4:35 pm

dauber

I'm down to the is/7!

4:37 pm

hokie carla

nice! I don't have. 77 left here.

4:38 pm

cybernan

begins like the lines on an air pressure map

4:38 pm

hokie carla

how many points?

4:38 pm

dauber

And ends like where I like to fart. Thanks, nan!

4:39 pm

BzznBea

We don't know where you like to fart...

4:39 pm

cybernan

tmi dauber

4:39 pm

hokie carla

hmm, where does dauber like to fart

4:40 pm

cybernan

40 pts

4:40 pm

dauber

Pretty wet place.

4:42 pm

BzznBea

I've been without internet most of the afternoon. Had to use phone hotspot to get here.

4:42 pm

hokie carla

looked it up. I was on the right track. but now I get it.

4:42 pm

MollyL

So TMI, he likes to make bubbles. Blech

4:42 pm

hokie carla

that stinks, bea. I have been painting some.

4:43 pm

hokie carla

and rehanging doors

4:45 pm

BzznBea

Thanks, molly

4:46 pm

dauber

heh heh heh

4:48 pm

BzznBea

carla, when are you taking off for your vacay?

4:48 pm

hokie carla

next week

4:54 pm

MollyL

Do you go cray cray on your vacay?

4:55 pm

hokie carla

hey hey

4:57 pm

MollyL

I'm so hip to the cool cat internet lingo

4:58 pm

hokie carla

just not the acronyms

4:58 pm

hokie carla

but you do know how to google them at least

5:00 pm

MollyL

It's so easy to type vacation. Just 4 more keystrokes.

5:08 pm

hokie carla

these s's are sucky

5:14 pm

hokie carla

I can't believe tsetse isn't herre

5:15 pm

hokie carla

here

5:17 pm

hokie carla

HOET finally

5:20 pm

hokie carla

36 left - 3-7-13-5-7-1

5:22 pm

cybernan

ob 6 please?

5:24 pm

BzznBea

ob exam

5:26 pm

mkg

Obes

5:26 pm

cybernan

mmm, can't be obstetric

5:26 pm

mkg

Oh so sorry

5:27 pm

MollyL

ob + exam

5:27 pm

BzznBea

and that is not an exam while pregnant

5:28 pm

cybernan

ty new one for me

5:28 pm

hokie carla

oh, that finished that o, thanks

5:29 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* any clues wanted before I leave?

5:31 pm

cybernan

on my way then - bye :)

5:37 pm

hokie carla

bye nan

5:38 pm

BzznBea

I'm not sure I will get this one finished. Keep getting side tracked.

5:38 pm

BzznBea

61 left after the first past finally.

5:39 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I'm going to take a break again.

5:40 pm

hokie carla

if I get under 30 I'll list

5:58 pm

BzznBea

R S

49 left...R S S S T T S R...oyvey Not low hanging fruit...

5:59 pm

phaeton

lol

5:59 pm

BzznBea

lmao! I am so sorry!

6:00 pm

phaeton

I couldn't figure out why my chat disappeared.🤣

6:00 pm

BzznBea

I need to feed some people...

6:03 pm

MollyL

Large pause

7:21 pm

BzznBea

The tribe has had dinner...49 left and I will let you figure out what letters I need...

8:12 pm

phaeton

13 here

8:23 pm

phaeton

FW

8:26 pm

BzznBea

Clue for the last re7 and 8, please?

8:32 pm

hokie carla

last one I have ends in what you eat on

8:36 pm

BzznBea

That was it. Thanks!

8:38 pm

hokie carla

no prob!

8:38 pm

hokie carla

it's actually the only re7/8 I have

8:43 pm

BzznBea

The other one is fire a gun again

8:46 pm

hokie carla

ah, thanks

8:47 pm

hokie carla

of course I tried to cut with a sword or knife again

8:47 pm

BzznBea

de nada

8:49 pm

BzznBea

did you see my faux pas, carla?

8:50 pm

hokie carla

oh, the big blank space?

8:50 pm

hokie carla

when I saw it earlier, I was like where'd the chat go?

8:51 pm

BzznBea

me too! didn't know it was me...

8:52 pm

BzznBea

i have done several F ups this week, but i'm, putting that at #1

8:53 pm

hokie carla

oh, I didn't think it was bad

8:56 pm

BzznBea

how many more do you have left?

8:56 pm

hokie carla

31, but I'm not really looking

8:57 pm

hokie carla

I did actually gray the top A, believe it or not

8:57 pm

hokie carla

have grayed A, O, i, A, H, O, O, E, L, V

8:59 pm

BzznBea

the cons were harder than the vowels today. i'm heading for my zzz#. night

9:02 pm

hokie carla

good night!

9:03 pm

Trifioso

hello all. is the fourth column second row s fishy, please?

9:03 pm

Trifioso

just cannot see it

9:05 pm

hokie carla

hey trif. hold on, I have 2 of them.

9:05 pm

Trifioso

ty hokie

9:06 pm

hokie carla

I have su5/6

9:06 pm

hokie carla

similar to a sporty toyota with one letter different

9:06 pm

Trifioso

thanks, that will help me focus. need to dust off the monkeys

9:07 pm

Trifioso

there we go! Thank you!

9:07 pm

hokie carla

yw

9:07 pm

Trifioso

nice to know you are still here.

9:10 pm

hokie carla

have you started back in school?

9:11 pm

Trifioso

yes, but only just. Two days of PD last week, then two student days. Four days of kiddos next week

9:11 pm

Trifioso

I am only covering a maternity leave this year, so I will be out on the street again in September

9:11 pm

Trifioso

sorry, november

9:11 pm

hokie carla

I hope you have a great school year!

9:11 pm

hokie carla

oh

9:12 pm

Trifioso

thank you! I am teaching 10th grade, and it is certainly a welcome change

9:12 pm

Trifioso

I hope life is treating you well?

9:15 pm

hokie carla

just fine, thanks. I hope you too!

9:15 pm

Trifioso

ty!

9:15 pm

Trifioso

just finished water canning some chicken soup I made, listening and counting the seals popping :)

9:17 pm

hokie carla

sounds satisfying

9:18 pm

Trifioso

it is! I lost my health insurance when I lost my job in June, so every little thing to save money helps!

9:18 pm

Trifioso

sare

9:18 pm

Trifioso

oops, sorry!

9:21 pm

hokie carla

I heard Charlotte schools had 521 teacher openings. crazy.

9:22 pm

Trifioso

oh no way! The craziest thing I have heard recently is a teacher on tik tok reading some new standards put out somewhere that were so micromanaging and clearly insane that I cannot believe ANY ONE still works there!!! No children who read below grade level can read out loud, as it models disfluency. A whole class check must be taken every four minutes. I mean, NUTSO stuff

9:24 pm

hokie carla

holy cow

9:24 pm

Trifioso

its getting so bad

9:26 pm

Trifioso

I was just telling my DH about our dear departed Torgone tonight....that's what reminded me to wander in here for a babble

9:26 pm

hokie carla

well, I'm glad I saw you

9:26 pm

Trifioso

I am glad too

9:30 pm

hokie carla

think I am going to leave my 31 and go to bed. good night, and come back again!!

9:30 pm

Trifioso

I might. From what car tells me, a certain party still spoils the babble

9:32 pm

Trifioso

my life has enough funk in it as is. babble used to be an escape from stress, but alas, those days are long gong

9:32 pm

Trifioso

gone

9:32 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

represent!

9:32 pm

Trifioso

hello gwen! another long time friend! how lovely

9:33 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi trifoso! and today the grid represents Detroit

9:33 pm

Trifioso

how so? not being there, I don't see

9:34 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

you know 212 is NY, well, 313 is Detroit LOL

9:34 pm

Trifioso

ahhhhh! how fun!

9:34 pm

Trifioso

doubt either of mine will ever make it in!

9:35 pm

Trifioso

there would be a mutiny!

9:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

856? LOL

9:35 pm

Trifioso

781!

9:35 pm

Trifioso

or 617

9:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

holy cow

9:35 pm

Trifioso

I know we have had over 600s in the past

9:43 pm

Trifioso

well, i have greyed the bottom row, and a couple of random tiles. I think that's it for me today.

9:43 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

see ya laters

9:43 pm

Trifioso

ta ta

9:51 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt at last and 150 to go

9:54 pm

Gillie

The stats on lickety's page say that the largest had 744 words

9:58 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wow

10:00 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

HOET and 123 to go, saying goodnight now. goodnight now.

11:33 pm

rururocks

cheap shot

11:56 pm

justafreep

Hmmm. My break was much longer than expected. 54 left today. Think I can finish????

11:58 pm

rururocks

i'd love to see that freep

11:58 pm

justafreep

me too

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