Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, May 17, 2024

12:00 am

Rainiqui

te 8

12:01 am

justafreep

ne7

12:02 am

justafreep

re7

12:02 am

justafreep

re7 x 2

12:02 am

justafreep

en7 x 2

12:03 am

justafreep

tr8

12:05 am

cybernan

hi rain and freep

12:05 am

justafreep

hey, nan

12:05 am

Rainiqui

Hi Nan

12:06 am

justafreep

ne7 x 2

12:07 am

justafreep

tr7

12:08 am

justafreep

re7 x 3

12:17 am

justafreep

av7

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:20 am

justafreep

there's a thing I am sure is a word. an eight that starts av BUT is not, apparently, in enable. I am sad.

12:22 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, de 9

12:25 am

cybernan

wd - not finding that corner e

12:26 am

dizgrannie

en 6, Nan

12:26 am

dizgrannie

de 8

12:29 am

cybernan

ty. crashing - good night

12:57 am

grannyrose

de 9

12:58 am

sprite

*hugs rose*

12:58 am

grannyrose

{{{{{{{{{ spritey }}}}}}}}}}

1:01 am

dizgrannie

FWs

1:31 am

sprite

fireflies. Another fun one. *hugs* and poof.

1:33 am

grannyrose

ditto here... * hugs * and awayyyy i go. see y'all at the flip.

1:43 am

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, diving in

1:58 am

Book Doctor Gwen

night all

2:14 am

DTins

Phantom adenoid

3:06 am

gemstan

pi9

3:08 am

Kamanjah

Thanks for that!

8:30 am

phaeton

wow! no chatters!

8:36 am

Scrabbler

Good morning, phaeton.

8:37 am

penquis

lurking here....hi phae, scrabvs.....

8:37 am

Scrabbler

Hi penquis

8:38 am

MollyL

I thought I saw Pen in the bushes 😊

8:39 am

penquis

:oD

8:42 am

phaeton

Good Morning!

8:47 am

phaeton

The RE's are killing me!

8:47 am

penquis

still missing 8 on the top R....

8:48 am

phaeton

down to 4 on that one...1 on the bottom R

8:48 am

penquis

have those...

8:50 am

penquis

sorry....have the bottom Rs...

8:52 am

phaeton

got them all!

8:53 am

penquis

go, phae!

8:53 am

Scrabbler

My brain is struggling with this grid.

8:54 am

Dorens

the r's aren't bad .. .have them all now

8:54 am

penquis

cool!

8:56 am

mael

hello

8:56 am

penquis

hi mael...

8:56 am

Scrabbler

Buon giorno, mael. An Italian popped into the chat a few days ago.

8:57 am

mael

ohh? that's awesome

9:02 am

mael

just passing through? or a regular player?

9:07 am

phaeton

any clues for the de8?

9:10 am

rururocks

just found the de 9 no 8 yet

9:12 am

hurshy

morning

9:12 am

penquis

i have one 8...ordinary word...

9:13 am

rururocks

de 8 to remove ions

9:13 am

penquis

ty, ru....

9:15 am

Scrabbler

Hi hurshy

9:15 am

penquis

hi hursh...

9:15 am

Scrabbler

mael, it was a new player, confused.

9:15 am

hurshy

phantom: nene

9:16 am

penquis

there is a pi 9...

9:16 am

penquis

builds on a 7...

9:16 am

hurshy

i just found a tr8

9:17 am

penquis

yes, that was the ordinary one i referred to...the pi is ordinary too...

9:20 am

hurshy

phantom: tenant

9:22 am

hurshy

the Ts are making me dizzy

9:23 am

mael

same hurshy

9:24 am

mael

I got all the ones on the top row but still missing 5 from the bottom

9:25 am

rururocks

they are twisty

9:25 am

hurshy

i need one each from the single-digit T tiles and 2 from the bigger one

9:26 am

phaeton

ruru...clue for the de9 pls

9:26 am

rururocks

rubbing

9:28 am

rururocks

boy the site here today is really wonky

9:28 am

penquis

i found it but not with ru's clue... ;o)...not a word i know...

9:29 am

phaeton

ty

9:29 am

rururocks

it's a common word pen?

9:29 am

penquis

de 9 rhymes with a word that means sorrow or regret for your sins....not a common word...

9:30 am

phaeton

fw

9:30 am

penquis

congrats!

9:30 am

Scrabbler

Good work, phaeton.

9:30 am

hurshy

i spose it's the opposite of what would be an at9 if it were in the grid

9:30 am

phaeton

ty...any clues wanted?

9:31 am

hurshy

2nd row grey!

9:31 am

penquis

go, hursh!

9:31 am

hurshy

phantoms: tenant, anoint

9:32 am

rururocks

nice grid today.. just challenging enough without a lot of weird shit

9:32 am

hurshy

phantoms: eerie, aerie

9:33 am

mael

I must need another coffee because the clues aren't clueing for me today! hah

9:33 am

hurshy

TEA

9:34 am

MollyL

Pours mael some high octane coffee

9:34 am

penquis

my clue for the de 9 would be easier for catholic school students to find...

9:34 am

mael

that would be me sob

9:35 am

MollyL

Well Pen, maybe if it started with con

9:35 am

mael

but to be fair it was catholic school in Italy

9:36 am

MollyL

Even Catholicier

9:36 am

penquis

well it's the english word for a prayer said related to confession...

9:36 am

penquis

i am talking about the rhyming word...

9:36 am

rururocks

well according to Knowledgeable football kickers all catholic women have a calling to be a homemaker and have children and toss their degrees.

9:37 am

hurshy

yeah but we shouldn't talk about it - because i know he will take all public criticism as "being persecuted for righteousness" and he'll love it

9:37 am

MollyL

Someone on TV said "Act of con_____" last night and my mind immediately started chanting "Oh my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended thee"

9:38 am

origami

That helped. Thanks, Molly.

9:38 am

mael

hah, thank you that work

9:38 am

mael

I can rattle it off in italian

9:39 am

hurshy

now if only i could find all the OTHER d words

9:39 am

rururocks

I mean ... it is one thing to have a belief (more power to him) and he found a woman who bought into it apparently... but to put that into a commencement speech for women who just graduated with a degree after hard work? SO inappropriate

9:39 am

mael

I can't believe he actually double and tripled down afterwards

9:39 am

rururocks

when I'm saying OH MY GOD, I'm not contrite about it

9:39 am

mael

he said he was only aspiring back to a time when women had "more babies than thoughts"

9:40 am

origami

Who was it who said that?

9:40 am

rururocks

oh jeezus really mael?

9:40 am

mael

the kicker for the chiefs

9:40 am

hurshy

of course he would. i'm telling you, he'll be revelling in his sense of martyrdom with every person who criticizes him.

9:40 am

MollyL

Harrison Butker

9:40 am

MollyL

I

9:40 am

MollyL

I

9:41 am

hokie carla

you

9:41 am

MollyL

I'm surprised public figures don't have more sense than that these days

9:41 am

hurshy

better to ignore him, i think

9:41 am

hokie carla

you

9:41 am

hurshy

you too hokie

9:41 am

rururocks

he seems like a knucklehead molly

9:41 am

mael

yeah, there's no fixing that level of whatever that is

9:41 am

rururocks

me

9:41 am

rururocks

me

9:42 am

hurshy

and did you see that his mom is like a super-accomplished doctor? maybe they don't have a good relationship and that has something to do with it

9:42 am

MollyL

And people wonder how Trump got elected. That guy is a perfect example

9:43 am

rururocks

apparently he is part of a very strict section of the Catholic Church.. I forget what they're called

9:43 am

origami

Toxic masculinity

9:43 am

rururocks

HA!

9:43 am

MollyL

Opus Dei

9:43 am

hurshy

wait, have we found a topic that all babblers agree on?

9:43 am

rururocks

(knew that was coming ori)

9:44 am

Junttura

The comedian George Carlin once said something along the lines "Think about how stupid the average person is, then realize that half of the people are stupider"

9:44 am

mael

I have a cousin that married an opus dei man in Italy and he is a nutjob

9:44 am

origami

😀

9:44 am

rururocks

with the way that the church and government are taking away women's rights this is just another backwards thinking person

9:45 am

MollyL

Robert Hanssen, one of the top US spies was Opus Dei

9:45 am

mael

complete and utter nut job and she is a philosophy professor, he works as a cashier, and he thinks he's the one in charge of their house. and he is! because she lets him. gross.

9:45 am

MollyL

I used to work with someone who was a friend of the Hanssen family.

9:45 am

hokie carla

no idea about this, I'm trying to get over NC making it illegal to wear masks for health reasons

9:45 am

mael

they've got 4 kids and it's so sad to see them listen to their dad

9:46 am

mael

that's also complete insanity, hokie

9:46 am

hurshy

they made it ILLEGAL to wear masks for health reasons??? what???

9:46 am

hurshy

please tell me that's only proposed and not passed

9:46 am

hokie carla

apparently it was already a law that they exempted for covid. enacted back in 50s or 60s relating to KKK.

9:46 am

saanichcat

seriously? that is ridiculous

9:46 am

origami

I hope nobody in NC needs surgery and has the OR staff breathing all over theem.

9:47 am

hurshy

jeepers

9:47 am

MollyL

Yeah, because all those criminals are wearing N95's to rob banks

9:47 am

rururocks

maybe put two eye holes in them

9:48 am

hokie carla

yeah, the lawmaker quoted in the article I read made it sound like no one would get in trouble for wearing it unless they were doing criminal things.

9:48 am

hurshy

so the original aim was to prevent KKK people from wearing masks and claiming it was for health reasons?

9:48 am

penquis

my sister-in-law is a cancer patient and she wears a mask if she has to go to the grocery store or other indoor places with a lot of people...she can't afford to get an infection of any kind...

9:49 am

penquis

i have to get going....bye all...

9:49 am

rururocks

(sheet sales dropped considerably after that law hursh)

9:49 am

hokie carla

bye pen

9:50 am

saanichcat

I do too peng, many, about half up here do still wear masks in storres

9:50 am

hokie carla

that was how I read it, hurshy

9:50 am

saanichcat

groan ru

9:50 am

hurshy

sigh

9:50 am

mael

I'd say a solid 20% of people are still masked in stores here in MA

9:52 am

hokie carla

I see the occasional mask here in SC and always assume that person has covid. but that's probably wrong since most people don't care if they spread it

9:53 am

hurshy

i mean at this point if i have any respiratory illness and don't know what it is and i'm going around other people i would mask. even if it's just a cold, why pass it on?

9:54 am

hokie carla

yep

9:57 am

hokie carla

ooh, 2nd row gray

9:57 am

mael

I always wear one at doctor's offices and if I'm sick

9:58 am

mael

and make my kids wear them too

10:00 am

hurshy

13 left, and i know one of them is another re7

10:00 am

hurshy

3-2-4-2-2

10:01 am

hokie carla

86 here

10:01 am

hokie carla

just found 1 re7, but I'm assuming you have this one

10:02 am

hurshy

the ones i have are "more prepared" and "walk the same ground again"

10:02 am

hokie carla

yeah, the first one

10:03 am

hurshy

aHA

10:03 am

hurshy

more like a marsh plant

10:04 am

hurshy

so does anyone have 8s other than de, te, tr?

10:04 am

hokie carla

I don't have any yet

10:05 am

hokie carla

phantom rendition

10:07 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! ST:TNG ship's counsellor Troi

10:07 am

hokie carla

never watched that

10:07 am

origami

Deanna

10:08 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

10:08 am

hokie carla

phantom hoarder

10:11 am

hokie carla

apparently I'm gonna need a nudge on that first E

10:12 am

hurshy

en6/21

10:13 am

hokie carla

hmm, you'd think that would narrow it down. is this a normal word?

10:14 am

hokie carla

remembered it

10:14 am

hokie carla

thanks

10:15 am

hurshy

^5

10:21 am

hokie carla

ooh, found both 9s

10:29 am

hokie carla

any guess for my missing P?

10:30 am

hurshy

i think my last one of those was pi4/6

10:31 am

hurshy

not the piper, the helmet

10:31 am

hokie carla

ah, that's it

10:31 am

hokie carla

thanks

10:32 am

hokie carla

bottom row gray!

10:51 am

hokie carla

did you get your diptet? gotta get your diptet.

11:46 am

moolingwa

morning all

12:10 pm

BzznBea

i'm on bea time.

12:13 pm

MollyL

It's like Hammer time, but without the weird pants

12:13 pm

BzznBea

good thing you can't see what i'm wearing.

12:17 pm

hokie carla

rehi

12:18 pm

BzznBea

hey carla

12:19 pm

hokie carla

bea!

12:22 pm

BzznBea

nondiet that's what i do.

12:24 pm

hokie carla

same

12:24 pm

hokie carla

anyone want to guess my missing V? I assume bea just started.

12:26 pm

BzznBea

4 va and 2 vo

12:26 pm

BzznBea

it is grey here

12:27 pm

MollyL

Past tense of an Aerostar

12:27 pm

hokie carla

va it is

12:27 pm

hokie carla

no, I have that one

12:27 pm

hokie carla

remembered that and the other bit of ridiculousness from another grid.

12:27 pm

SamanthaJoy

You have the present tense?

12:27 pm

MollyL

Person who drives one?

12:27 pm

hokie carla

oh, it was the weather gadget

12:27 pm

hokie carla

couldn't go that direction and thought it was a phantom

12:28 pm

MollyL

Well I never would have guessed you didn't have that one

12:32 pm

hokie carla

sometimes the least obvious one is the right guess. bea just somehow gets me - that's why she just gave me the count.

12:35 pm

MollyL

Then I will leave things to the expert

12:35 pm

hokie carla

no, no...I'm sure you could guess my missing lower E

12:36 pm

hokie carla

edition is not there. edition is not there. edition is not there.

12:36 pm

hokie carla

ooh, found it

12:39 pm

SamanthaJoy

My persistent phantom is rendition

12:39 pm

BzznBea

i am no expert by any means about anything

12:39 pm

hokie carla

yep

12:39 pm

hokie carla

have typed that a couple of times

12:39 pm

hokie carla

and I rediet all the time

12:41 pm

hokie carla

I am flummoxed. 16 left. 1-4-3-3-5
T T AAA DD RRR HH TTTTT

12:46 pm

BzznBea

i did learn what skibidi ohio rizz means in middle school language.

12:46 pm

SamanthaJoy

ohio? that one is new to me

12:48 pm

BzznBea

ohio is cringy

12:49 pm

SamanthaJoy

Interesting. That doesn't seem to fit with the other two; I was imaging a charismatic and mischievious person

12:49 pm

hokie carla

I only know rizz

12:50 pm

SamanthaJoy

skibidi is essentially "up to ne good"

12:51 pm

BzznBea

no good cringy game

12:53 pm

SamanthaJoy

This is useful language :)

1:00 pm

BzznBea

very

2:22 pm

Gillie

According to one site on Reddit, "As a joke, people started saying "only in Ohio" or "X in Ohio" usually accompanied with videos or pictures of weird things going on. Along with this, Ohio could be used as a synonym for weird or creepy."

2:26 pm

Gillie

But I guess that's probably a different usage

2:31 pm

BzznBea

i think it's the same meaning as what the teens are using.

2:50 pm

sammysmom

still stuck on the ho-6-24 ?????

2:51 pm

sammysmom

never mind.

2:51 pm

sammysmom

never mind

2:56 pm

hokie carla

that was one of my h's, thanks

2:58 pm

BzznBea

how many more h's do you have?

2:59 pm

hokie carla

one

3:00 pm

BzznBea

you have the car model

3:00 pm

hokie carla

yep

3:01 pm

BzznBea

there is an ha7

3:02 pm

BzznBea

8 ha 3 hi 6 ho

3:02 pm

periwinkle

help with lone N in 3rd column please

3:03 pm

ch1212

grandma, peri

3:03 pm

periwinkle

ty
Though I typed that

3:13 pm

hokie carla

of course it is the 7, thanks. will look.

3:13 pm

hokie carla

duh

3:13 pm

ChampFit

Hola! Just starting. How's it going?

3:14 pm

hokie carla

hey champ, 14 left here but I'm mainly doing other things

3:15 pm

ChampFit

That doesn't bode well!

3:17 pm

hokie carla

that's about normal for me. you should finish.

3:18 pm

ChampFit

Still on first column...too early to tell. But, on electricity, so have some time to try.

3:20 pm

hokie carla

I heard y'all had a big storm

3:21 pm

BzznBea

yes, how are you after all the rain and tornados?

3:22 pm

ChampFit

No electricity since last night, and not ETA for when it'll return. My son had a huge tree fall from his yard onto his neighbor's house. (we're in the same neighborhood) It's wild and crazy out there! Outages all around, but all of my family is safe, thank you.

3:23 pm

hokie carla

glad you're all okay

3:23 pm

ChampFit

My mom has a huge house with a huge generator, so worst case we'll go there. Right now pleasant temps make it manageable. Tomorrow and after? Not so much. Will likely abaondon ship and head over there. Went today to charge all the things. Thanks, Carla!

3:24 pm

BzznBea

glad you are safe. i heard it was nasty.

3:25 pm

ChampFit

Unprecedented. Fast, furious, and done! Not even long enough to flood, but the winds were insane. Very weird.

3:25 pm

BzznBea

straight line, i heard.

3:26 pm

ChampFit

Yep. Sideways rain. Wind. Tornadoes. Freaky.

3:27 pm

ChampFit

The blessing is that the winds are from the north at the moment, still cloudy, so very manageable. Once the sun comes out, it's gonna get unbearable quickly. God bless the linemen coming in from everywhere.

3:29 pm

BzznBea

the lineman are the true heroes.

3:29 pm

SamanthaJoy

The same storm system hit my city last night, and it was bad, but it had lost a lot of its strength by then. Houston will recover, but this is going to be hard.

3:29 pm

ChampFit

truth. such a tough job.

3:31 pm

SamanthaJoy

I take it you have electricity? Since you are here?

3:31 pm

moolingwa

rehi

3:31 pm

ChampFit

No. Laptop is charged and am using my phone as a hotspot.

3:31 pm

SamanthaJoy

Oh, wow

3:32 pm

ChampFit

Huge power towers were struck down by tornadoes. those suckers don't fall even during hurricanes, but several did yesterday in a very short time span. Some people may be out for weeks.

3:33 pm

ChampFit

Which begs the question....electric cars? (don't mean to stir things up!)

3:34 pm

MollyL

Wow Champ, I'm glad you have a safe haven to go to.

3:35 pm

MollyL

And I wonder about electric cars in circumstances like that too.

3:36 pm

ChampFit

I didn't even have full charges on my computer, phone, or back up batteries at the time. Those are quickie things...not like a vehicle.

3:37 pm

SamanthaJoy

I have a bank of fully charged externals, because I use them for lighting when I go camping. USB powered lights are getting more popular than battery powered.

3:38 pm

ChampFit

Super smart!

3:38 pm

SamanthaJoy

But I also have them because of hurricanes and an unreliable city infrastructure; I wonder if Houstonians are going to start having to go the same direction.

3:39 pm

ChampFit

I've been here my entire life, and twice have had to go 5 days without electricity, max. But things are changing, and with cars added onto the grid....who knows?

3:39 pm

SamanthaJoy

Not that the city is unreliable in the same way mine is, but y'all aren't built for these storms either

3:42 pm

ChampFit

We're not a bowl, true. But we're super flat.

3:42 pm

ChampFit

We're not a bowl, true. But we're super flat.

3:45 pm

MollyL

Don't USB powered things ultimately rely on electricity for power?

3:46 pm

ChampFit

Yes. I would think so.

3:47 pm

SamanthaJoy

Ultimately, of course. But we've got a couple weeks of lighting and phone stored in the house. They're just very efficient batteries.

3:47 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)

3:47 pm

ChampFit

Hi!

3:48 pm

SamanthaJoy

Hiya nan!

3:50 pm

MollyL

I guessI don't understand. What non-electrical source is the power stored in?

3:52 pm

SamanthaJoy

Have you never seen an external battery pack? Google Anker Power Bank for a look at a good brand.

3:53 pm

SamanthaJoy

We've got a dozen of them, picked up on sale over the years. Any one of them will charge both our phones fully from dead, or keep lighting on for weeks at a low level, or charge an ipad.

3:57 pm

cybernan

sorry to hear that some of you have been affected by bad storms. We would like more rain to put out the fires, but not ike that!

4:01 pm

ChampFit

My daughter just texted to say that one of the downed towers is near here, so she might be without power for over a week. Well....party at my house, I say! :) Once our power is restored, of course. Which should be sooner.

4:01 pm

ChampFit

Her, not here.

4:03 pm

SamanthaJoy

Random comment: When we lost power in Austin due to ice storms and the like, Austin Energy would reimburse for spoiled food in the fridge if we applied for it.

You might see if your power company does anything like that.

4:04 pm

ChampFit

Great thought, thank you!

4:09 pm

MollyL

Wow, I wish I had that during Hurricane Isobel. I lost my whole fridge. That is a tough next trip to the grocery store. What do we need? Everything

4:12 pm

ChampFit

Back later (hopefully) for my last 41. Enjoy everyone!

4:12 pm

SamanthaJoy

Bye!

4:14 pm

SamanthaJoy

We survived the ice storms by planning for them like they were camping trips. We had pre-cooked meals in boilable bags and a gas stove, so we always had hot food on demand. But we camp in cold weather, so we already had the things we needed.

4:45 pm

BzznBea

re6 after the leased place? Last one, please?

4:46 pm

SamanthaJoy

Enjoyed a book a second time

4:51 pm

BzznBea

ty!

4:51 pm

BzznBea

namaste

4:51 pm

SamanthaJoy

yw!

4:51 pm

SamanthaJoy

Salut

4:51 pm

Detour

Any clues for de9?

4:52 pm

Detour

Deer

4:53 pm

Detour

Oops. Apologies for that didn't move cursor on my small phone.

4:53 pm

SamanthaJoy

nu9 is the science that links food to health. it's similar in form to de9

4:54 pm

Detour

Thank you for that

4:54 pm

SamanthaJoy

you're welcome

5:27 pm

cybernan

te

5:49 pm

cybernan

hi again -- need help with my last 4 please. En 6/21 (2nd one)?

5:53 pm

cybernan

nm

5:54 pm

NANCY

need clue for de 8 please

5:58 pm

cybernan

see samantha's clue at 4:54

5:58 pm

cybernan

oh sorry that was for the 9

5:59 pm

NANCY

Yes i have the de 9

6:00 pm

cybernan

remove the charge from that particle

6:01 pm

NANCY

ty nan, got it

6:04 pm

cybernan

done - got the last 4 with the help of the word list

6:05 pm

cybernan

have a great evening :)

11:56 pm

hokie carla

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