Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, October 13, 2023

12:01 am

Rainiqui

re 1

12:01 am

momof5

Sp7

12:02 am

momof5

Sp7 x 2

12:03 am

momof5

Ro7

12:03 am

momof5

Re7

12:03 am

Gillie

no7

12:04 am

Rainiqui

I meant re 7

12:04 am

momof5

Re7/8

12:08 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:08 am

Gillie

st7

12:08 am

Rainiqui

Thanks Momof5

12:09 am

momof5

Yw

12:09 am

Gillie

al7

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

momof5

Es7

2:40 am

Book Doctor Gwen

here i am, wide awake in the middle of the night (hi all)

2:44 am

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woot

3:02 am

Book Doctor Gwen

2 bricks shy of hoet, night all

3:03 am

rbud

night, just back awake myself.

3:03 am

Deeha

good night sleep well

3:03 am

Kamanjah

Hi Rose!

3:03 am

rbud

I have hoet, yay me.

3:04 am

rbud

Hiya, lady, how's life these days?

3:04 am

Kamanjah

Movin' along. Tomorrow is 3 years alone. Kinda rough still. How are you doing?

3:04 am

rbud

any fires or hurricanes your way lately?

3:05 am

rbud

I'm still kicking, have a roof over my head, and the bills are mostly paid, not much else to aspire to.

3:07 am

Kamanjah

Less fires here in Calif than in years! They have been doing controlled burns to get things under control. It's working, but too little too late. My homeowner's policy non-renewed me because I have 2 oaks that are over 200 years old, but they're 16 feet apart, and the company wanted them 18 feet apart. So stupid!

3:08 am

Kamanjah

Yes, having the roof over our heads is important! I just got my new tax bill - our county is falling apart, so it went up about $400 a year, but I'm not complaining because things need fixing around here.

3:08 am

rbud

Ridiculous! Maybe measure the trees from center to center? haha!

3:10 am

Kamanjah

Haha! Love that idea! But they were just gonna be jerks, so I got a policy with Farmer's - not as much coverage for incidentals, but about the same price I paid last year.

3:10 am

rbud

one thing I do really like about our little bitty town is the really low property taxes. Like ten percent of average in the next good-sized town.

3:11 am

Kamanjah

I'm sure my taxes aren't bad compared to where I used to live in So Calif. Little towns do have to raise things, and this was the year for that here because the infrastructure is just failing.

3:16 am

rbud

yeah, not much here for the taxes to support. The grade school closed down about ten years back and now the kids get bussed about 15 miles to school. Tiny town library and the post office in the same building, and one bar. They haven't really fixed the dips in my stretch of road (one block to my dead end) in the whole 30+ years we've been here.

3:17 am

rbud

now they're threatening to fine me because my son has a collection of old tires piled up - wasn't a good idea on his part, but can't really get rid of them these days.

3:18 am

rbud

I told him to build a playground or something like out of them, that'll teach 'em!

3:18 am

Kamanjah

That's sad the school closed down. We are paying for the community college about 35 miles away which was supposed to build a campus here. Never happened. Our water rates just increased by about 40 % and I just found that they haven't even fixed a leak in the road I reported a year ago! But life goes on.

3:19 am

Kamanjah

Geez, can't he just take them to the dump and pay a couple of bucks each?

3:19 am

rbud

not sure, I think he tried once, might have to look into it myself. I think it's lots more per tire these days.

3:20 am

Kamanjah

I haven't had to get rid of a tire for years, so I don't know, but there has to be somewhere that will dispose of them cheaper than a fine, most likely.

3:20 am

rbud

They didn't used to bug us like that when Hubs was still alive. He could talk them out - or into - just about anything.

3:26 am

Kamanjah

Yeah, the hubs. They took care of us. Mine worked for the county for over 20 years, so he knew so many people! I'm missing him, but anniversaries do that to me. I'll be better in a few days.
At least I passed my driver's test on Tues! They ask so many statistics I was afraid I might fail it, but I got the license renewed. After you hit 70 here you have to keep getting tested.

3:26 am

rbud

hey, google says it's only $2.50/tire in this state. there are like 40 of them. Still not so bad - $100. But son is stubborn. We shall see.

3:28 am

rbud

a historic era has passed here - I can go to the bar downtown and more people don't know my dear departed hubby than do any more. He used to be locally renowned, hah. It's been almost 7 years, hard to believe.

3:28 am

Kamanjah

Sounds cheaper than the fines we get around here! Good luck with that. Sonny will have to haul a couple of truckloads. He doesn't need the tires for anything, right?!!

3:29 am

rbud

Nope, they're mostly all rejects, though some might work for someone for a bit if they were broke. He changes them out with Hubby's old equipment.

3:30 am

rbud

(yet I can't get him to work on mine without much coercing and/or threatening)

3:33 am

rbud

(((hugs))) for your anniversary, though, I know the feeling. My birthday's next week, and he and I used to spend it home with a nice campfire, most years. Not like the giant todo we put on for his in May. I miss the quiet times with him.

3:33 am

Kamanjah

At least you have your son nearby. My daughter is over 450 miles away. I don't have any family in the area any longer, and hubby's family turned out to be money hungry. So sad. They won't lift a finger to help me.

3:34 am

Kamanjah

Mine's the 21st, when's yours?

3:35 am

rbud

Oh, our daughter's still here with me as well, she unfortunately has MS and needs lots of help with stuff.

3:35 am

rbud

Mine is the 19th. Happy days to us! :D

3:35 am

Kamanjah

Happy Birthday!!

3:37 am

Kamanjah

I think I'm ready to give up on this grid for tonight. Still need the 8 and an A and R for HOET. Sleep will help!

3:38 am

Kamanjah

Great chatting with you!

3:39 am

rbud

you as well Sleep well! ♥

4:34 am

ItalianGreyhound

phantoms abound - meteor, uncle, nuclear

8:39 am

hokie carla

well today's is not going down quite as smooth as yesterday's

8:40 am

penquis

carla!...

8:40 am

hokie carla

pen!

8:40 am

rururocks

seems pretty easy and straightforward to me today

8:40 am

penquis

the first 178 words came out pretty quickly, but it's slow going now....

8:40 am

hokie carla

of course it does, smarty pants

8:41 am

hokie carla

I'm still doing first pass but near the bottom and have 87 left

8:44 am

mkg

Any clues for re 8 welcome. Ty

8:44 am

hokie carla

thanks, mkg

8:45 am

penquis

people who tell stories....

8:45 am

hokie carla

something that re6 to another thing

8:45 am

hokie carla

pen's def makes more sense

8:45 am

mkg

Ty carla got it.

8:45 am

rururocks

just l's and s's for me now

8:45 am

mkg

Iit is also the word for what i am. I sell houses.

8:46 am

penquis

wouldn't that be realtor?

8:46 am

hokie carla

yes, an anagram, not the same spelling

8:47 am

mkg

Yes but just switch letters. An anagram.

8:47 am

hokie carla

I actually finished the L first try, shouldn't be a problem, ruru

8:47 am

penquis

me, too, lol....weird how different brains wok....

8:48 am

hokie carla

was thinking maybe he hadn't even looked at it yet

8:50 am

hokie carla

well, found 28 s's on first go. I'm sure I'll never find those last 2 now.

8:50 am

rururocks

the s's are easy too.. finito

8:51 am

penquis

congrats, ru....

8:51 am

hokie carla

well done

8:51 am

rururocks

not bad in twenty minutes

8:51 am

hokie carla

just finished first pass. HOET and 43 left

8:52 am

hokie carla

so smug

8:52 am

penquis

nice....47 here and moseying....

8:52 am

rururocks

(the essence of smugness)

8:52 am

penquis

to a T... ;o)

8:53 am

hokie carla

phantom certified

8:54 am

penquis

that was one of mine, too...

8:54 am

origami

It's not very nice to be so smug, ru 😀

8:55 am

hokie carla

maybe ruru can use that smugness to guess my missing c

8:55 am

mael

I'll take my missing C too, while we

8:55 am

penquis

cl 5....

8:55 am

mael

we're guessing

8:56 am

hokie carla

I have one cl5/14

8:56 am

mael

same

8:56 am

penquis

then i don't know... ;oP

8:56 am

mael

and hello everyone

8:56 am

mael

:)

8:57 am

hokie carla

mael!

8:57 am

penquis

hi mael....

8:58 am

hokie carla

the rest I have are 4's

8:58 am

rururocks

cu5 likely

8:58 am

hokie carla

yep

8:59 am

penquis

ty, ru....

8:59 am

mael

thanks, that was the one!

8:59 am

hokie carla

doesn't mean I'll see it though

9:00 am

mael

sounds like a chicken slice

9:01 am

hokie carla

well, finally figured out what you meant. thanks, village

9:03 am

hokie carla

the one day I see tetra it's not actually here

9:03 am

mael

lol I tried it too

9:04 am

penquis

i thought of it as well...

9:07 am

mael

any guesses on my missing D?

9:07 am

hokie carla

I just need 1 as well

9:08 am

penquis

all mine are ordinary....missing four Ds....

9:08 am

penquis

i am assuming you are referring to the top D...

9:09 am

hokie carla

I found a set of 3 regular ones on 2nd pass, pen

9:09 am

penquis

i can tell you it's not Drecula.... ;o)

9:09 am

hokie carla

haha

9:10 am

hokie carla

name that mp3 player in the grid!

9:11 am

mael

top D, yes!

9:12 am

hokie carla

there is that d4/8 babblet but that doesn't help me

9:12 am

mael

got that

9:15 am

phaeton

there is a de7

9:15 am

saanichcat

found the missing d, add a heavy weight to last de4/6

9:15 am

hokie carla

aha

9:16 am

hokie carla

thanks again, village

9:16 am

penquis

ty, phae and saani....

9:17 am

rururocks

demetyson

9:17 am

rururocks

damn it

9:17 am

saanichcat

good one ru

9:17 am

mael

thank you! that was the one :)

9:18 am

hokie carla

ok, guess my missing N

9:19 am

mael

hah, I think we are all missing the same words

9:19 am

hokie carla

yep

9:21 am

hokie carla

do you need one O, mael?

9:21 am

penquis

i do...

9:21 am

rururocks

O + rip off someone

9:21 am

penquis

found it...

9:22 am

hokie carla

I found that one today, so it's a different one

9:22 am

hokie carla

ha, oa4

9:23 am

mael

I need two Os! rut ro

9:23 am

saanichcat

for the lost n google Trojan War hero

9:23 am

mael

have that guy

9:23 am

hokie carla

have that one

9:24 am

rururocks

Trojan war hero would be any porn star no?

9:25 am

hokie carla

i always think of the guy from suddenly susan

9:25 am

mael

found my missing Os they weren't strange

9:28 am

hokie carla

that's the way it is a lot of times

9:29 am

mael

14 left for me

9:30 am

rururocks

passes on jokes about missing o's

9:30 am

hokie carla

22 here

9:30 am

hokie carla

good idea, ruru

9:30 am

mael

to go with our missing Ds, ru

9:30 am

penquis

smug, yet restrained... ;o)

9:31 am

rururocks

ha mael

9:32 am

hokie carla

4-7-9-2
TTT
N ZZZ AA
TT T MM
PP SS RRRR

9:33 am

hokie carla

found 2 regular r's

9:34 am

hokie carla

and another

9:39 am

hokie carla

name the "brothers" in the grid!

9:39 am

hokie carla

still waiting for molly to come by and name the mp3 player

9:40 am

penquis

dk the brothers....

9:40 am

penquis

or the mp3 player...

9:41 am

penquis

But Doc Martin is in the grid today....

9:41 am

hokie carla

the brothers are a country music quartet famous in the 70s and 80s

9:41 am

penquis

not into country music...

9:42 am

hokie carla

I was sure this would be a pretty niche question

9:42 am

hokie carla

where's bea? she might know it.

9:44 am

hokie carla

countin flowers on the wall, that don't bother me at all

9:44 am

penquis

do you see Doc Martin?...

9:45 am

MollyL

Statler Brothers

9:45 am

hokie carla

✅✅✅

9:46 am

hokie carla

I only know doc martin boots. not sure what is in the grid.

9:46 am

MollyL

The boots are Doc Marten

9:46 am

penquis

British show on PBS....

9:47 am

hokie carla

I thought there was an e in there

9:47 am

hokie carla

did you know the statler bros song or have to look it up, molly?

9:48 am

hokie carla

ooh, found both my s's

9:53 am

vashongin

did you find the ps 5 homie?

9:53 am

vashongin

hokie?

9:53 am

vashongin

sorry....autocorrect

9:55 am

hokie carla

aha, thanks vash

9:56 am

penquis

ty, vash....needed that one, too...

10:00 am

vashongin

just have 3 zs to find

10:00 am

hokie carla

yeah, I've tried everything on those z's

10:00 am

penquis

same Zs i am missing is my guess....that almost sounded like Yoda was speaking.... :oP

10:01 am

hokie carla

maybe a 6/7 set?

10:02 am

vashongin

zo 6 7 6

10:03 am

vashongin

the kind of all relate

10:03 am

rururocks

dracula's serbian cousin zo6

10:04 am

vashongin

good one ruru!

10:04 am

hokie carla

perfect hint, thanks

10:05 am

penquis

ty, vash....found them...

10:06 am

hokie carla

now 12. 2-4-5-1 and stuck on wordle guess. reckon I will try connections (fail yesterday) and squaredle.

10:06 am

hurshy

one more C for top row grey

10:07 am

penquis

two 5s and five 4s....

10:08 am

72 Temple Owl

ty for last z words. in a frenzy of housework pre guest arrival, not much babble time.

10:08 am

hurshy

ok tis a 5 then

10:08 am

hurshy

got it

10:09 am

hurshy

now i feel stupid for not getting the serbian vampire hint tho

10:09 am

hurshy

i got it, but i still don't understand how the hint relates, lol

10:10 am

rururocks

sometimes my hints suck hursh

10:10 am

hurshy

i'm just uneducated in vampire lore

10:10 am

penquis

i did not get the hint either...

10:10 am

hurshy

i mean i see how the ending is the same but i don't understand why the beginning is serbian

10:11 am

penquis

just a rhyme, perhaps?

10:11 am

rururocks

oh my god you take things too literally hursh

10:11 am

hurshy

well serbian is really specific, i thought you chose it for a reason

10:11 am

hurshy

lol

10:12 am

hokie carla

well, I knew I needed zo and then put the vampire ending on and that only left one letter

10:13 am

rururocks

so sue me for not using romania :D

10:14 am

hurshy

i can just picture judge judy rolling her eyes at such a lawsuit

10:15 am

rururocks

Judge Judy: you're actually suing someone for a vampire clue in a word game Hurshy: yes.. Judy Judy: Do you expect them to bleed money or something?

10:18 am

hokie carla

biting commentary

10:18 am

penquis

the stakes are high...

10:18 am

rururocks

Stake your bets

10:19 am

rururocks

:D you owe me a coke pen

10:19 am

penquis

ha....our puns crossed....

10:19 am

rururocks

(do I smell garlic in the chat?)

10:19 am

hokie carla

pun thread always rises again

10:20 am

rururocks

at least all these jokes aren't in vein

10:20 am

penquis

this is tomb much!

10:20 am

hokie carla

pen getting gravely serious

10:20 am

penquis

undead serious...

10:21 am

rururocks

I know she could go on and on ad masoleum

10:21 am

penquis

LOL

10:22 am

hokie carla

this is starting to suck

10:23 am

rururocks

not really as long as we keep coffin up the puns

10:23 am

hurshy

these puns can't take the light of day

10:23 am

penquis

i think i am out of puns....can't squeeze blood from a turnip....

10:24 am

hokie carla

all that cremains is finding these words

10:25 am

MollyL

Ru for God's sake keep your Serbmanians straight.

10:26 am

rururocks

:D

10:26 am

hurshy

i can't think how to make a pun from Gavrilo Princip

10:27 am

rururocks

one clue and I get crucifixed

10:28 am

MollyL

It can be anal to the tenth power in here sometimes.

10:28 am

rururocks

?

10:29 am

penquis

stalled at 15...taking a break....bye all....

10:30 am

rururocks

i should get my day started.. thanks for the laughs

10:30 am

hokie carla

bye pen!

10:30 am

hokie carla

I think you meant fangs for the laughs

10:30 am

hokie carla

bye ruru

10:30 am

hokie carla

I need to get moving too. 12 for later.

10:34 am

hurshy

Os Overcome!

11:13 am

hurshy

*gets pe6 and grins*

11:16 am

hurshy

Rs Removed!

11:17 am

hurshy

phantom: detonate

11:25 am

hurshy

Es Eliminated!

11:26 am

hurshy

Us Upended!

11:34 am

hurshy

13 left on this friday the 13th!

11:35 am

hurshy

1-5-4-3

11:40 am

hurshy

guess i will list since nobody seems to be around

11:40 am

hurshy

missed an az pair, don't feel bad about THAT

11:40 am

BzznBea

im here but just starting.

11:41 am

hurshy

hiya bea :)

11:45 am

hurshy

done!

1:59 pm

hokie carla

if I had a nickel for every time I missed that to6, I'd have a lot of nickels

2:04 pm

BzznBea

same

2:05 pm

hokie carla

some might say a ton of nickels

2:07 pm

hokie carla

well, I am finished thanks to the list and a look up site

2:20 pm

periwinkle

hi all. phantom: oatmeal

2:20 pm

periwinkle

help with al7 or st7 please

2:21 pm

BzznBea

al7 is pt

2:21 pm

BzznBea

st7 is one who

2:23 pm

periwinkle

ty for al7

2:24 pm

periwinkle

not seeing the st7. what does it build on please

2:25 pm

BzznBea

5.10 one who theives

2:26 pm

periwinkle

ty Bea. I did not have the correct base word

2:26 pm

BzznBea

yw

2:28 pm

periwinkle

slow going for me. downto 64 left

2:29 pm

periwinkle

bbl

2:39 pm

cybernan

good afternoon everyone :)

2:48 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Nan

2:49 pm

BzznBea

Congrats on your retirement, Scrabs.

3:01 pm

Scrabbler

Thanks. I dropped a LOT of stress.

3:01 pm

cybernan

grats Scrabbler -- did you find someone to take over your practice?

3:02 pm

BzznBea

It is amazing how much weight our professions cause.

3:02 pm

Scrabbler

There are 3 other physicians and 4 nurse practitioners.

3:03 pm

Scrabbler

I have nightmares that I am on call. I awake and quickly check my phone for a message.

3:03 pm

cybernan

that's good. We have a big problem here, mostly with family physicians, because there is no one to take their place when they retire and patients are left hanging with no doctor.

3:05 pm

Scrabbler

I worked in a rural area and it is challenging to find docs to come out here.

3:05 pm

cybernan

we have a large retired population and there just aren't enough doctors to go around.

3:06 pm

Scrabbler

The loss of primary care docs will worsen. In fact, COVID is causing health systems to collapse.

3:08 pm

cybernan

that seems to be the case. Too many people in health care are burning out from the overload.

3:09 pm

Scrabbler

COVID has killed or disabled so many docs and nurses, or caused PTSD.

3:11 pm

cybernan

The antivaxxers make me so angry as go people who have symptoms and don't test and don't stay home.
Whatever happened to lining all the kids up in the school gymn and vaccinating them as was done during the polio epidemic so many years ago?

3:16 pm

Scrabbler

The anti-science people triggered my early retirement. Dealing with them was so difficult.

3:21 pm

cybernan

I think it should be within a doctor's rights to refuse treatment for a disease where vaccination has been offered and refused. Maybe that would bring them to their senses. Do they not realize that they probably put far more dangerous ingredients in their mouths every day when it comes to health safety?

3:22 pm

Scrabbler

Our practice refused to enroll patients if the parents refused the vaccines required for school. FLu, CoV, and HPV are optional.

3:22 pm

cybernan

those that refused to wear masks were quick enough to put them on when they needed to go to the hospital or a clinic

3:23 pm

Scrabbler

Ha, when parents hesitated to give the optional vaccines because "something is going into his/her body" I asked if they let their kids eat hot dogs, deli meats, or tuna fish.

3:24 pm

Scrabbler

dale

3:24 pm

Scrabbler

Free clue. I already found it this morning.

3:24 pm

cybernan

exactly!

3:29 pm

Scrabbler

I see nothing despite needing 82 words. I need a break.

3:30 pm

cybernan

47 here - went to list about 6 words ago

3:51 pm

nrkii

19 to go...
2-8-7-2

4:02 pm

72 Temple Owl

hey, it's the lady of leisure...

4:03 pm

cybernan

Had to look two of them up. Bye everyone :)

5:18 pm

periwinkle

2nd de5/12 please

5:28 pm

hokie carla

it's a plural

5:30 pm

periwinkle

sheesh ty carla

5:31 pm

periwinkle

te6/18 is my last word and I do not see it

5:32 pm

Gillie

There's a te6/18 that means to wobble

5:33 pm

Stephanaki

sorry if it has been clued before, hellp with the 8 letter word?

5:33 pm

periwinkle

ty Gillie that was the one. done

5:33 pm

periwinkle

happy babbling

5:33 pm

Gillie

yw - ty!

5:34 pm

Gillie

re8 is a plural - linked (or re7!) to the preceding re6

5:36 pm

Stephanaki

ty!

5:36 pm

Gillie

yw

6:57 pm

JaxH66

Could I have the stats for the lone e in the last column please?

6:57 pm

nrkii

ei4/5

6:58 pm

JaxH66

Thanks just seen it

7:07 pm

nrkii

de7 help?

7:10 pm

nrkii

got it... night!

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