12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:17 am
marksdolly
ty lickety
12:18 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
12:18 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs
12:21 am
marksdolly
16 left for morning
12:21 am
marksdolly
good night all
6:43 am
MollyL
Wow, not much flip chat
7:24 am
sukee
I miss how chat used to be.
8:16 am
rururocks
I don't
9:01 am
rbud
there are many folks I miss seeing, I have to say. but there were a few I hope I never see again, haha!
9:04 am
rururocks
sure I miss hego, zooz, judi, volleymomdee,and others.. but the chat is ever changing and it doesn't have to be endless clue giving and once a subject is brought up people contribute to the chat.
9:06 am
rbud
wait are you for or against the last part of your comment (about bringing up a subject and folks contributing) - I'm not clear if you feel it doesn't have to be that way or if that's a whole different thought.
9:07 am
rururocks
there are discussions here.. it just takes someone to bring it up. I am saying the chat is more or less normal to me. At least it's not filled with a bunch of nonsense.
9:08 am
rururocks
I'm for discussions ...even politics (which seems to ruffle some feathers) as long as people allow another line of thinking and don't berate a player for their political beliefs... but many people here are wise and give wise advice from life experience.
9:14 am
rbud
yes, I enjoy the discussions, too. But a little nonsense is fun as well, like long stretches of laundry puns, haha - sort of delightful to me.
I do miss working with others to figure out words - if it were up to me, the list show up too soon. I wish it wouldn't pop up until a few hours in, I feel it's more fun to suss it out as a group.
9:15 am
rururocks
Puns are fun for sure... I was talking about pooh flinging and pirates, and other dumb stuff. Funny stuff here is just that fun and funny
9:17 am
PJDR
phantom 'notified'
9:17 am
rururocks
I wish lickety would set the list up for midday the next day.
9:17 am
rururocks
that one is not a phantom
9:18 am
rbud
that would be even better! But it seems some get terribly impatient nowadays, and start firing off emails and such if it's even an hour late.
9:19 am
rururocks
you're on a roll pj
9:21 am
rururocks
the f is brutal today
9:21 am
rbud
I understand there used to be no list at all early on.
9:21 am
rururocks
oh yeah in the early days we relied on BrandyJack and other good players to come up with a list
9:24 am
Norma
Wow ruru I had forgotten about BrandyJack
9:25 am
rururocks
nice guy I think he still plays off and on but never chats
9:26 am
rbud
when I first started, I was amazed at how quick some folks were, and how easy it seemed for a few. Some great minds. I miss that, and it's one reason I avoid going to the "cheat sheet" as long as possble.
9:26 am
rbud
not to imply that I don't appreciate the list, I certainly do! ♥
9:27 am
Norma
Like a lot of us just loiters .. I joined Babble over 25 years ago when Lickety and Mr President first started with the clues
9:29 am
rururocks
um norma that's like 17 years you joined. same month as me
9:29 am
rururocks
sorry 19 years for you
9:30 am
rbud
I've no idea how long the game's been here, myself, anyone know when it first started?
9:30 am
rururocks
I think 2005 or 2004?
9:31 am
rururocks
actually Sept 30th 2003
9:32 am
Norma
I thought it was earlier than that .. just shows how time flies and memories fade lol
9:32 am
doseffing
... yeah ... if you check the profiles for Marigold and Sunflower at the top of the points scored list is at least back to 2004 ... ... 2003 seems not unreasonable
9:32 am
doseffing
... I wasn't going to say that Norma ...
9:33 am
Norma
We had some real characters playing at the beginning ..
9:34 am
rururocks
check the archives dose.. it's 9/30/2003
9:34 am
doseffing
... ah yes ...
9:35 am
rururocks
19 years is a lOOONG time Norma
9:36 am
rbud
I can hardly believe I've been at this for 15 years myself! I used to be so anal about it, tried to finish each and every one for a while. Much more relaxed these days.
9:36 am
Norma
It is ruru but I stopped playing for a while as I lost the key I had to load it onto my new laptop .. only recently found it so could reload it ..
9:37 am
MollyL
I agree with Ru about discussions and actual "chat". Chat of late is endless cluing and "I have this many".
9:37 am
rbud
well, it's good to see you made it back, Norma. :D
9:39 am
Norma
Thanks rbud so many of the 'old' names have gone RIP
9:40 am
MollyL
Oh Lord, they're not all dead. Some just don't play anymore
9:41 am
Norma
No Molly .. Just some of them
9:43 am
rbud
ru wasn't kidding about the F's in this one, I hit a wall with them very early. :(
9:46 am
rururocks
a few have passed.. Jillibus, Westford, CJmom (sp?), Volleymomdee, that we know of.. Others maybe just gave up like Haz, Une, Judi, and then there are the missing:
9:46 am
rururocks
MLF, TraderKate, and others.
9:47 am
origami
Nef and Hego are also no longer playing
9:47 am
Norma
It was Jillibus and Volleymomdee I was thinking of
9:47 am
MollyL
Ruby and Annie passed too. I miss them
9:49 am
rbud
I didn't know Dee was gone - I've been friends with her on FB for ages, missed it somehow. She was one of the ones I always admired for her quick ability to find the words!
9:50 am
rururocks
oh yeah Ruby and Anniebrook were wonderful
9:50 am
mael
good morning
9:50 am
rururocks
Dee was just brilliant.. an amazingly smart person
9:50 am
rururocks
hi mael
9:50 am
rbud
Mornin', mael!
9:51 am
rururocks
easy grid mael except for the F
9:51 am
rururocks
the F will have you using F words in no time at all
9:51 am
origami
I also miss Torgone who passed away
9:51 am
Norma
Fireworks !!!!
9:52 am
rururocks
oh yeah.. Torgone was great too.. really funny guy
9:52 am
MollyL
Torgone had a great sense of humor
9:56 am
rururocks
and there are more than a couple of players that are long gone thankfully
9:57 am
rbud
the Pratchett line about how "a man is not dead while his name is still spoken" crosses my mind, nice to think of some that are gone. (so let's not name the bad ones? haha)
9:58 am
MollyL
Yes, some we are well rid of
9:58 am
waskallia
like nancy boy ( is that right name)
9:58 am
rbud
that's a big one right there, for sure.
9:58 am
waskallia
I was here almost at the very begonning, Kallia, but lost my password so signed up again
9:59 am
MollyL
Nancy Boy, one of our many fake players
9:59 am
rbud
clever new name then, waskallia, makes perfect sense! :D
10:00 am
waskallia
I don't chat muh these days.
10:01 am
rururocks
why is that waskallia?
10:03 am
waskallia
I don't find it very engaging these days....
10:03 am
mael
the F is indeed troublesome
10:03 am
mael
I only have 8
10:04 am
rururocks
hi hursh
10:04 am
waskallia
who was the lady who used to do the rhyming clues..minerva?
10:04 am
rururocks
minveryny
10:05 am
origami
Min shows up once in a while, doesn't she?
10:05 am
waskallia
her clues were fun
10:05 am
hurshy
i think so
10:07 am
rbud
I want to say I think I saw min mention a new job that is .taking up more of her time
10:08 am
rururocks
min is a really nice person
10:10 am
MollyL
Min did the clue stories in her profile too
10:12 am
hurshy
Zs Zapped!
10:14 am
mael
the 6s are definitely harder than the 7s today...
10:16 am
mael
and I'm still missing one F. Which is probably a 6 lol
10:18 am
Aloyisius
speaking of players, I'm concerned about Dianne; she and I were close in rankings and now she hasn't played in a long time. Hope she is ok. GTG.. company coming to view the eclipse on Monday. We are in the path of totality.. have a great weekend Babblers!
10:18 am
mael
wonderful aloy, enjoy!
10:19 am
rbud
there IS an fi6/30
10:20 am
hurshy
yeah, the man a woman is engaged to
10:20 am
MollyL
Well, I always hope that players who aren't around anymore have just moved on. Instead of assuming they are dead.
10:20 am
mael
I have the serious boyfriend
10:20 am
mael
and an fa plural
10:21 am
MollyL
There are fu's
10:22 am
hurshy
phantom: fluid
10:24 am
rururocks
yeah.. Dianne has fallen off the roster of active players. weird.
10:26 am
mael
two left, a F6 and a D6. hmmmm
10:27 am
mael
my phantom has been zinnia today
10:27 am
rururocks
mael fa6 fake breasts
10:27 am
hurshy
have only found 3 of these 5 fu
10:28 am
rururocks
de 6 to remove metal
10:28 am
hurshy
ooh thanks for that one ru
10:28 am
rururocks
(that should finish you mael)
10:28 am
mael
oh! thank you ru!
10:28 am
mael
always Ru with the helping hand :)
10:28 am
rururocks
<---was right
10:28 am
hurshy
congrats mael
10:29 am
mael
you were totally right on both counts
10:33 am
mael
heading out to go watch the Bruins game this afternoon
10:34 am
mael
have a great saturday!
10:34 am
hurshy
Cs Conquered!
10:38 am
hokie carla
howdy folks
10:38 am
hurshy
howdy hoke
10:39 am
hokie carla
nice. 66 left here.
10:41 am
hurshy
got the Fs! that was the 5 and 6
10:41 am
rururocks
time to go.. have fun all
10:41 am
hokie carla
ruru!
10:41 am
rbud
bye for now, ru
10:41 am
hurshy
ttfn ruru
10:42 am
hurshy
got the P!
10:43 am
hokie carla
perfect
10:43 am
hurshy
and done!
10:43 am
hokie carla
awesomesauce
10:44 am
hokie carla
phantom finance
10:46 am
hokie carla
phantom inion
10:47 am
hurshy
yeah both of those for me also
10:50 am
periwinkle
hi folks. help with right E please.
10:50 am
periwinkle
taking a break from household chores
10:50 am
hokie carla
hey peri
10:51 am
hokie carla
I wish your chores had en5
10:51 am
BzznBea
en5.14 and eo6.18
10:51 am
hokie carla
eo6 for the other
10:52 am
hokie carla
could only find 1 A
10:52 am
periwinkle
thank you carla
10:52 am
hokie carla
oh, there's one more
10:55 am
periwinkle
1/2 way and still two blank tiles. the lower A in 4th column and the O in the 4th coliumn
10:55 am
periwinkle
need to clean out refrigerator and procrastinating
10:55 am
hokie carla
oc5 - regular word
10:56 am
periwinkle
sheesh and I love being nearthe oc5. thanks
10:56 am
periwinkle
and thanks for the ae4 . maybe I need a nap. missing obvious words.
10:56 am
periwinkle
30 left bbl
10:57 am
hokie carla
bye peri
11:01 am
hokie carla
bye bea, any A clues on your way out?
11:05 am
hurshy
my last word was az4
11:05 am
hurshy
but there's also az5/22 and az5/20
11:05 am
BzznBea
three az words
11:05 am
hurshy
and ae6/21
11:06 am
hokie carla
I have ad4 and az4. will look for more, thanks.
11:07 am
hokie carla
found az5 for HOET
11:08 am
hokie carla
21 left. 7-9-5. F is the biggest problem.
11:20 am
hokie carla
well, have tried everything I can think of for another Z word if anyone wants to help me out.
11:22 am
cybernan
good morig all :)
11:22 am
therealblah
there's a ze 4 and a zi 4
11:23 am
hokie carla
thanks, blah. that should narrow it down enough.
11:23 am
therealblah
which one do you have?
11:23 am
hokie carla
oh duh
11:24 am
hokie carla
had the ze
11:28 am
cybernan
need another i from below the z -- have in 5
11:28 am
hokie carla
took me a while for that one too
11:30 am
hokie carla
9 left here. 1-5-3
D A NN FFFFF
11:34 am
cybernan
foud the eo 6
11:35 am
cybernan
those f's are a problem for me too
11:39 am
hokie carla
just found fu4/13 and its pt
11:39 am
hokie carla
and a 5/6 set
11:40 am
hokie carla
0-3-2
D A NN F
11:41 am
hokie carla
found one N
11:42 am
cybernan
ty - silly word for that f
11:42 am
cybernan
still need 5 more
11:45 am
cybernan
enough time spent on this -- off to the list
11:46 am
hokie carla
think I will too
11:48 am
hokie carla
hmm, stuck on de6/39
11:49 am
hokie carla
wow, called phantom finance earlier but missed the fi6
11:50 am
hokie carla
and my N was a plural of a word I don't even remember typing
11:51 am
hokie carla
finally found that D6
11:52 am
hokie carla
tada
11:59 am
ChampFit
I just got that D....good grief!
12:05 pm
ChampFit
Done! Have a great day!
12:05 pm
hokie carla
I remember having it not too long ago but couldn't rem. it today.
12:07 pm
cybernan
not finding that de 6 either
12:07 pm
hokie carla
to remove the mineral that starts with the high pt'
12:08 pm
hokie carla
guess more of an element than a mineral. IDK chemistry
12:09 pm
cybernan
ty carla
12:10 pm
hokie carla
well, I'm out. have a good day.
12:15 pm
cybernan
a lot of new words for me
12:20 pm
cybernan
Done - hagd
1:16 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
at last i have time to babble! (hi all)
1:18 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
nbs woot
1:53 pm
bichon
na 5/12, pls
1:59 pm
MollyL
Nickname for Mrs. Reagan
5:25 pm
mkg
Hi all. Any clues for A word in 4th column, third row?
5:30 pm
mkg
N m found it.
5:35 pm
mkg
Not seeing ae 6 and have no 7s either. Any help welcome
5:37 pm
mkg
Just got the de 6. Ty for clue below.
5:42 pm
mkg
Got a 7 also. Ty
8:30 pm
ch1212
Hi Dr. Gwen -- my book is coming out this fall. You are on the list for a notification when it's available :)
11:21 pm
Gillie
It's hard to imagine anyone using a nickname for Mrs. Reagan - she was so prickly
11:29 pm
Gillie
Well, I googled it, and apparently Mr. Reagan did call her "Mommy"