Monday, October 30, 2023

ENTIRE CHAT LOG

4:24 pm
cherlyq

Finally I am able to log in
4:24 pm
Shirlockc

omg! it's back!
4:24 pm
Dr_God

We are finally back!
4:25 pm
cherlyq

Thanks so much
4:25 pm
Shirlockc

of course my short story is going to suffer, but i'm soooooo glad to have babble back
4:27 pm
Smdnjv

Thank you, thank you thank you!!!
4:30 pm
frogface

Yay, was getting withdrawals
4:32 pm
cherlyq

ta7 32
4:32 pm
suz01

So glad we're back! That's the longest I've ever gone with no Babble!
4:33 pm
juniperberet

Woohoo, so glad the outage was a temp one, really missed doing the grid over breakfast last couple of days.
4:35 pm
Dr_God

I apologize to all the EuroBabblers. It's gonna be a late night. :)
4:38 pm
Soodle

Greetings from the most westerly country in Europe Dr-God. Babble coming in loud & clear. Thank you thank you thank you..
4:40 pm
dan2bit

huzzah!
4:46 pm
MollyL

Hello to all the withdrawal sufferers. Thanks Dr. God
4:53 pm
JBV

hip, hip, hooray for Dr_God!
4:55 pm
hokie carla

oh, hallelujah. thanks, dr. god.
4:59 pm
LeslieAnn

i missed you babble!
5:01 pm
granadan

woohoo!
5:02 pm
hokie carla

this grid is hard but beggers can't be choosers 🤣
5:03 pm
LeslieAnn

don't say anything carla dr. G will TURN THIS CAR AROUND RIGHT NOW
5:03 pm
hokie carla

lol
5:03 pm
msr

Yay!
5:04 pm
MollyL

No, he wouldn't do that. It was server issues.
5:04 pm
rolin

I wonder if Dr. God had any idea how much a part of SOOO many lives around the world his game would become?
5:04 pm
Lizsark

❤️❤️❤️
5:04 pm
Shirlockc

i'm here for the puns
5:05 pm
hokie carla

I saw ruru on serpentine the other night and his puns runneth over
5:05 pm
MollyL

I thimk so Rolin. Otherwise he wouldn't still be doing this.
5:06 pm
MollyL

Or think
5:06 pm
rolin

Molly... now he does...but I was wondering about when he first developed it.
5:06 pm
hokie carla

wow, 3 days and molly already forgot how to spell 😜
5:06 pm
dcseain

my last name is a phantom in the grid toda.
5:07 pm
MollyL

Probably not
5:08 pm
MollyL

And years and Carla has forgotten it's Hallowwen time and her icon is still Christmas.
5:08 pm
hokie carla

I will change to one from our hike yesterday
5:09 pm
rururocks

Three words to go
5:09 pm
LeslieAnn

ruru your presence has already been requested
5:09 pm
JoyOh

I have 62…
5:10 pm
wjb

Thank goodness, it's back. Totally disrupted my days.
5:10 pm
JoyOh

62 left to do, that is…
5:10 pm
hokie carla

well, babble didn't like that one bit. you are stuck with christmas pic.
5:10 pm
LeslieAnn

details details
5:10 pm
hokie carla

43 left here
5:11 pm
rururocks

Finished
5:11 pm
hokie carla

so smug
5:12 pm
hokie carla

well done
5:12 pm
rururocks

Nice to know I am wanted LA
5:12 pm
hokie carla

just found the 7 so GATBO I guess
5:14 pm
hurshy

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
5:14 pm
hurshy

i was having such severe withdrawal
5:14 pm
dcseain

yay Ru
5:14 pm
LeslieAnn

ruru is working up a bunch of puns, i assume that's what you meant hursh
5:15 pm
hurshy

no just babble withdrawal
5:15 pm
LeslieAnn

lol
5:15 pm
eliotl

Yay! Babble is back! Even the lurkers rejoice!
5:15 pm
MollyL

Oh good. Someone dragged Hurshy out of the corner and wiped the drool off her face,
5:15 pm
dcseain

:)
5:17 pm
hokie carla

I did wonder earlier today what hurshy & everybody have been up to. You could all be fake as far as I know, but you seem so real.
5:17 pm
dcseain

i’m watching a video, have a cat on my leg, and have 49 to go.
5:18 pm
Shirlockc

it was like i had no friends
5:18 pm
hokie carla

23 now, no HOET though
5:18 pm
hokie carla

I know, shirl!
5:18 pm
hokie carla

I know, shirl!
5:18 pm
MollyL

Oh, that's kind of sad Shirl
5:18 pm
hokie carla

uh oh, not sure how the double posting is happening
5:19 pm
Shirlockc

i mean i have people i ping, then there are PEOPLE i ping!
5:19 pm
hokie carla

phantom student
5:23 pm
hurshy

i emailed doc on the first day
5:23 pm
hurshy

my subject line was "SOS mayday help help distress"
5:24 pm
hokie carla

I emailed ruru and he had emailed dr. god so then I didn't know if I should bombard him with more
5:24 pm
hokie carla

I had started that grid at the flip and it was a good one
5:24 pm
hurshy

and he said the server hosting company had done it and he couldn't do anything until they reset it, and like today i was about ready to email him and ask if he had their mailing address, that i might send them dungbombs
5:25 pm
hokie carla

haha. maybe you could have sent them something nice. more bees with honey something something.
5:26 pm
hokie carla

FTR, I was not any more productive without babble
5:26 pm
hurshy

no i'd rather send them dungbombs
5:26 pm
MollyL

That is a person desperate for Babble
5:27 pm
hurshy

yeah i was possibly less productive cause i felt so OFF
5:27 pm
hokie carla

I guess the server host doesn't work weekends
5:28 pm
Gabs

Yeah! It’s back!
5:28 pm
hokie carla

welcome back!
5:28 pm
hurshy

i thought that too about the weekend and then when it still wasn't back at like 5 today i was like, why why why
5:29 pm
hokie carla

cause they had a backlog from the weekend!
5:29 pm
hokie carla

but yeah, I was pretty sure I'd never see y'all again
5:29 pm
bojazz

amyone aware of a list?
5:29 pm
hokie carla

well, ruru finished, maybe he can make us one
5:30 pm
hurshy

phantom: detonate
5:30 pm
hokie carla

looking for one D? me too.
5:30 pm
MollyL

Lickety only updates once a day, so probably not until tommorrow
5:30 pm
LeslieAnn

a lot of phantom -nate, -tate, -tion
5:31 pm
hurshy

no, more than one D hokie :D
5:31 pm
hokie carla

oh, mine was a regular D4
5:31 pm
MollyL

Ru is done and gone
5:31 pm
hurshy

got 'em!
5:31 pm
hokie carla

shirley he knew we were waiting for puns
5:32 pm
hurshy

meton
5:32 pm
hurshy

oops scuse me
5:32 pm
MollyL

This one might not count since it went up so late
5:32 pm
Shirlockc

ru is a pun and run kinda person lol
5:32 pm
hokie carla

still only have 6 M's
5:32 pm
dcseain

i have 11 Ms
5:33 pm
LeslieAnn

someone will have a list soon enough
5:33 pm
dcseain

12 now
5:33 pm
hokie carla

wow, am I missing regular M's?
5:33 pm
hokie carla

how many are cat sounds?
5:33 pm
LeslieAnn

some twisty ones carla
5:33 pm
dcseain

so far, non of my 12
5:34 pm
dcseain

one was a TV show in the 1970s, if short a letter.
5:34 pm
Lizlin

I just emailed Lickety, so he might get to his list for this grid.
5:34 pm
hokie carla

I did find the wise man
5:34 pm
penquis

my lickety is working....hello all....
5:35 pm
hokie carla

hey liz, I couldn't remember if you all were asleep right now
5:35 pm
hokie carla

pen!
5:35 pm
Lizlin

It’s 8.30 am here
5:35 pm
penquis

carla!
5:35 pm
LeslieAnn

it's working pen, just with saturday's stats
5:36 pm
MollyL

No updated Lickety
5:36 pm
hokie carla

found the snake hair lady
5:37 pm
hokie carla

HOET!
5:37 pm
hokie carla

finally realized which 70s TV show, and I already have that
5:38 pm
dan2bit

5 left S G A MM 2-2-1 all from column 1 except the G
5:38 pm
hurshy

not magnum PI i guess?
5:38 pm
hokie carla

15 here
5:38 pm
hokie carla

maybe bea arthur?
5:38 pm
hokie carla

magnum was 80s
5:38 pm
hurshy

golden girls?
5:39 pm
hokie carla

SS GG AA Mx6 T F N
5:39 pm
hokie carla

no before that. I think she was on this show, which was a spinoff of another.
5:39 pm
MollyL

No, Bea's original series
5:40 pm
hurshy

ohhhhh gotcha
5:40 pm
hurshy

yeah i have that already also lol
5:40 pm
hokie carla

spun off of all in the family, then spun off good times
5:40 pm
MollyL

Spinoff of All In The Family
5:40 pm
hurshy

down to 5!
5:41 pm
hokie carla

well, as usual I'm just slow
5:41 pm
hurshy

MAMAS
5:41 pm
hokie carla

found a bunch of m's though
5:41 pm
LeslieAnn

those A words must be weird, a lot of folks missing those
5:42 pm
hurshy

no, one of mine was real easy
5:42 pm
hurshy

i was just being thick
5:43 pm
hokie carla

lol, one of mine was a car. thought that was a phantom.
5:43 pm
hurshy

past tense too
5:43 pm
hokie carla

ah, thanks
5:44 pm
ChampFit

For some reason I have a hard time seeing that one. It's a thing!
5:44 pm
hokie carla

I think I was going up to a dead end and never noticed you could go down
5:44 pm
hokie carla

ha, found the F
5:45 pm
hokie carla

now SS GG MM T N
5:45 pm
hokie carla

there
5:46 pm
hokie carla

there's the N
5:46 pm
dan2bit

G and M, 5 and 6, not sure which is which
5:46 pm
hokie carla

gotta make supper
5:46 pm
hurshy

there are 3 G6
5:46 pm
LeslieAnn

do you have running the ga5?
5:47 pm
hokie carla

looks like I need 1 G6 then
5:48 pm
hurshy

SAM, 1-2
5:48 pm
hurshy

got the S!
5:49 pm
hurshy

got the A!
5:49 pm
hurshy

down to an M5!
5:49 pm
dan2bit

yes I have 2 pt g6 so now I know I also need an m5
5:49 pm
LeslieAnn

maybe check your plurals and pt, dan
5:50 pm
hurshy

and metta should count, it's a thing, in buddhism
5:50 pm
LeslieAnn

agreed
5:50 pm
dan2bit

ty leslieann, forgot about the top row S
5:51 pm
hurshy

DONE!
5:52 pm
ChampFit

WooHOO!
5:52 pm
LeslieAnn

huzzah! as a prize you get to make a list on your profile!
5:54 pm
dan2bit

are all 3 x g6 pt?
5:55 pm
dan2bit

never mind, one pl
5:55 pm
lynxxx

Lickety is up and working
5:56 pm
licketySplitAUS

Clues are up
5:56 pm
ChampFit

Mine doesn't have todays grid.
5:56 pm
penquis

my expert doesn't either...
5:56 pm
LeslieAnn

just in time lickety! :)
5:56 pm
hokie carla

woot woot! thanks, lickety
5:56 pm
ChampFit

Now it does. Had to refresh the page
5:57 pm
lynxxx

ty Lickety
5:57 pm
licketySplitAUS

youmight have to right clck in expert ane choose refresh
5:57 pm
penquis

ah now it does....ty....
5:57 pm
hokie carla

would like to finish without it but not looking good
5:58 pm
lynxxx

TY for taking the extra time to update, Lickety
5:58 pm
penquis

kinda stalled at 24....
5:58 pm
hokie carla

I got stuck around there too, but now stuck at 7.
5:58 pm
Bremen

thank you lickety! YAY!
5:59 pm
penquis

\\\\
5:59 pm
penquis

\\\\
5:59 pm
hokie carla

oh, found my T
5:59 pm
hokie carla

\\\\ to you too, pen
6:00 pm
penquis

sorry....not much light where I am typnig....
6:00 pm
penquis

make that typing.... ;o)
6:01 pm
hokie carla

well, we've had low 80s the last few days, but supposed to be cold tomorrow!
6:01 pm
penquis

we had a difference of about 40 degrees from Sunday to Monday....
6:02 pm
hurshy

oh bother
6:02 pm
hurshy

it was a huge pain making that list
6:02 pm
hurshy

it was being all weird with the formatting
6:02 pm
hurshy

and now i'm too late anyway
6:03 pm
penquis

well thanks for making the effort...
6:03 pm
hurshy

i feel like it didn't used to be that hard
6:04 pm
hokie carla

was 82 today. high low 50s tomorrow.
6:04 pm
hurshy

but maybe i was using actual excel then
6:04 pm
hurshy

idk
6:04 pm
hokie carla

thanks for trying
6:04 pm
hokie carla

5 5's left. SS G MM I can do this!
6:05 pm
ChampFit

I need the me6
6:05 pm
hokie carla

found the G
6:06 pm
periwinkle

ty lickety
6:06 pm
LeslieAnn

don't look her in the face, champ
6:06 pm
ChampFit

Thank you!!!!
6:06 pm
LeslieAnn

there was an sa + bubble *** that took me a while, carla
6:06 pm
periwinkle

Idon
6:07 pm
periwinkle

Idon't getthe clue for the me6 hi all
6:07 pm
hokie carla

that was one, thanks LA
6:07 pm
hokie carla

snake hair lady, peri
6:07 pm
ChampFit

That's FW for me!
6:07 pm
hokie carla

woot woot!
6:07 pm
LeslieAnn

huzzah! me too
6:07 pm
periwinkle

ty carla
6:08 pm
hokie carla

huzzah!
6:08 pm
penquis

congrats...
6:08 pm
ChampFit

Also a sea creature apparently.
6:08 pm
periwinkle

hi pen
6:08 pm
hokie carla

found an M
6:09 pm
penquis

hi peri....
6:09 pm
periwinkle

help with the E please
6:09 pm
hokie carla

found my S, now just M5 left
6:09 pm
hokie carla

don't forget the volcano, peri
6:10 pm
periwinkle

ty carla.
6:10 pm
hokie carla

and the big birds that don't fly
6:10 pm
penquis

carla...do you have the M word that ends with not them?....
6:11 pm
hokie carla

wise man?
6:11 pm
LeslieAnn

otherwise, it's a variation on something you have - check plurals and pt
6:11 pm
penquis

well a magician or a sorcerer...
6:11 pm
hokie carla

thinking in christmas terms
6:12 pm
LeslieAnn

or take a letter out of your mu6
6:12 pm
hokie carla

there are 3 that follow a star and bring gifts
6:12 pm
hokie carla

that's the last one I found, LA, but thanks.
6:12 pm
hokie carla

was a plural of course
6:13 pm
Shirlockc

hooray FW to celebrate outage and return!
6:14 pm
penquis

congrats...
6:15 pm
hokie carla

thanks
6:26 pm
cherlyq

3 left
6:27 pm
penquis

listing at 14....
6:29 pm
cherlyq

fire works
6:30 pm
penquis

congrats...
6:38 pm
penquis

can't find my last word....ga 6/30?
6:38 pm
Lizlin

It's a pl of the word before it
6:39 pm
penquis

duh...was looking the wrong way...ty....i am done....
6:39 pm
Lizlin

Me too :)yw.
6:39 pm
periwinkle

congrats pen
6:40 pm
periwinkle

20 left here
6:40 pm
penquis

ty....heading out.....bye all....
6:41 pm
periwinkle

I still have licketys clue from Sat
6:49 pm
periwinkle

stuck with 12 left
6:49 pm
periwinkle

11
6:55 pm
periwinkle

10
7:03 pm
MollyL

Close out of Lickety and log back in
7:05 pm
lbdawger

whoot, so good to be back! thanks DrG!!
7:05 pm
BzznBea

indeed!
7:06 pm
MollyL

taint
7:06 pm
Amy Babs

Hooray!!!
7:06 pm
MollyL

Sorry
7:06 pm
BzznBea

2 seconds sooner...
7:32 pm
car.eeyore

Huzzah!
7:33 pm
gemini_J13

Yay! Babble
7:37 pm
moule

Glad to be back, thanks Dr. G
7:37 pm
nrkii

2 to go here
7:39 pm
nrkii

done... had missed the snake-headed villainess
7:39 pm
BzznBea

ty
7:47 pm
bichon

Thank you Dr. God
7:49 pm
trentsnana

Yay!! We are back
7:51 pm
dromano66

yay!
7:52 pm
bichon

me 6/27, pls
8:08 pm
dcseain

greek woman, snakes.
8:09 pm
dcseain

and thank you for that, that was the M i was missing.
8:30 pm
cybernan

hello everyone - I was beginning to think that this site had been closed for good!
8:33 pm
dcseain

hello, nan. it was a billing error, of all things.
8:34 pm
Amy Babs

fw!
8:43 pm
phaeton

hello...help with the fe5 pls
8:44 pm
cybernan

glad to have it back - ty Dr. G.
8:44 pm
trentsnana

baby inside
8:44 pm
phaeton

ty
8:45 pm
trentsnana

yw
8:45 pm
trentsnana

FW!
8:52 pm
72 Temple Owl

happy night before...
9:48 pm
mkg

I thought it was my computer. What did happen?
9:51 pm
mkg

Any help with E words welcome. Ty
9:53 pm
mkg

Found them so never mind.
9:53 pm
mkg

Ty anyway
10:01 pm
poodletoes

Yea we are back!
10:01 pm
poodletoes

suet
10:01 pm
poodletoes

same
10:01 pm
poodletoes

game
10:01 pm
poodletoes

gamed
10:01 pm
poodletoes

oops
10:04 pm
Gillie

Whoa! I thought Babble was gone forever.
10:16 pm
mkg

Gillie, and i thought it was my computer.
10:16 pm
cybernan

you and me both, Gillie -- but on second thought I think Dr. G would have let us know if that was the case.
10:16 pm
mkg

I wish Dr. God would tell us what happened.
10:16 pm
Gillie

Well, that was my first theory, too, but everything else was fine.
10:17 pm
mkg

Oh Dr. God????? Please tell us what happened.
10:17 pm
Gillie

I guess his server provider had some sort of a problem. (Molly said something about it earlier in the chat.)
10:18 pm
cybernan

Seain said it was a billing error
10:20 pm
Gillie

I didn't try e-mailing him because I assumed his e-mail address would be out too.
10:21 pm
Gillie

(and since it wasn't, he must have been swamped)
10:21 pm
Shellbell_o-well

fw Yaya!
10:22 pm
Shellbell_o-well

I mean, yay!
10:40 pm
cybernan

Done - back at the flip :)
10:46 pm
maggiej

Thank goodness it is back online ... I was going thru withdrawal1
10:50 pm
Gillie

Me too - ridiculous, given that I hardly even chat
10:51 pm
montreal13

yey - i was beginning to think it was my computer somehow...
11:02 pm
montreal13

done - see you all demain
11:16 pm
lynxxx

There is a Facebook group - Babble Community - which is handy when things like the last two days happen