12:04 am
Rainiqui
cu 7, at 8
12:07 am
justafreep
st7 x 3
12:07 am
justafreep
qu7 x 2
12:07 am
grannyrose
hy 11
12:09 am
Rainiqui
Thanks Rose
12:09 am
justafreep
that is lovely, grannyrose. Thanks!
12:11 am
grannyrose
rh 8 if not already called
12:11 am
grannyrose
and an rh 10 to go with it
12:12 am
Shellbell_o-well
at8
12:12 am
Gillie
no, sorry, no er8
12:12 am
marksdolly
at8 twice
12:13 am
Shellbell_o-well
make that at8 x2
12:13 am
Shellbell_o-well
yah, that
12:17 am
Gillie
ty rose - weirdly I couldn't see the hy11 until I got the rh8
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:17 am
grannyrose
yw Gillie
12:18 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
12:21 am
justafreep
the next time I type request it's gonna take. I can feel it.
12:22 am
Gillie
never give up!
12:34 am
dcseain
qu7*3 so far
12:38 am
Gillie
ty nono - should have gotten that with the cu7
12:40 am
sprite
morning babblers
12:41 am
Nachesgirl
Stied
12:43 am
dcseain
cu9 reminds of Lawanda, who did that in my Elementary School.
12:45 am
grannyrose
howdy sprite. * hugs *
12:45 am
sprite
*hugs rose* Hello dear friend!
12:45 am
dcseain
hello, rose, sprite, nanette, gillie, free. et al
12:45 am
grannyrose
g'day seain
12:45 am
sprite
hi seain! :)
12:51 am
sprite
Qs qilled
12:52 am
dcseain
I went to bed at 05 last night. got up at 11:30
12:52 am
dcseain
I hope to sleep earlier tonight.
12:53 am
sprite
*tucks in seain and tells him a st5*
12:56 am
sprite
I am sorry, I don't feel too good, am back to bed. *hugs*
12:57 am
dcseain
heal well, sprite
12:57 am
grannyrose
* hugs * darling. will chat later.
1:11 am
dcseain
well, that was a suffix I didn't expect today.
1:12 am
dcseain
son be a de7, you have a talent for causing great pain!
1:19 am
dcseain
thanks for rh8/10, Rose
1:30 am
grannyrose
yw seain
2:45 am
sprite
back. Had another snooze. Might be flu.
3:04 am
Kamanjah
I hope you feel better soon, sprite. I've been under the weather today too. It sucks.
3:27 am
sprite
hiya Kam, hugs! Hope you will feel better soon too
4:38 am
sprite
fireflies and poofing
5:14 am
MollyL
Prediction: The lone u will be the most asked for word of the day
5:16 am
MollyL
Possibly tied with e7
5:21 am
Christa
Greetings to all
5:43 am
ivesy3
help with the ta 7plz
5:50 am
MollyL
More delicious
5:50 am
ivesy3
i was no where near that lol.. ty molly!!
7:11 am
periwinkle
good morning all. help with eu8 or cu9 please
7:11 am
MollyL
cu9 janitor
7:12 am
MollyL
eu8 eu + the cling from your nylons
7:12 am
periwinkle
ty Mollly
7:13 am
periwinkle
ty Mollyx2
7:40 am
hokie carla
ugh, a lot of big ones today
7:41 am
periwinkle
hi carla
7:41 am
hokie carla
was wondering what word nerd found eu8 but doesn't look like anyone called it
7:41 am
hokie carla
hey peri
7:41 am
periwinkle
seen 7:12
7:42 am
hokie carla
yeah, that's where I saw it, but no one at the flip called it
7:42 am
periwinkle
12:30 am justafreep called it
7:43 am
periwinkle
lots of word nerds at the flip
7:43 am
hokie carla
oh, didn't see his
7:44 am
hokie carla
ooh, just found the 11 that I didn't know I was looking for
7:44 am
periwinkle
wd carla
7:44 am
periwinkle
only 5 of the 8s were called at the flip
7:44 am
hokie carla
well there are so many
7:45 am
periwinkle
the rh10 ends like the hy11
7:45 am
hokie carla
oh, thanks
7:46 am
hokie carla
and it has an 8
7:48 am
periwinkle
80 left bbl
8:10 am
mkg
I have the 11 but not getting the ten. Ugh.
8:11 am
ChampFit
The 10 is an rh
8:11 am
mkg
Just found it. Ty.
8:24 am
mkg
Any clues for U word? Ty
8:25 am
ChampFit
us5/18. It looks like an unfinished word to me.
8:27 am
LuvWordGames
us + the 1st three of another name for standing in line
8:35 am
crayola
Ty luvwordgames. Wacky word!
8:36 am
hurshy
woot, found an 8!
8:37 am
hurshy
oooh and an awesome 7!
8:38 am
ChampFit
FW! Definitely helped to walk away and come back a couple of times. Good luck everyone!
8:38 am
godthaab
All Canadians will get us5!
8:46 am
godthaab
And the to5!
8:51 am
hurshy
name that proper noun! Dame Judi
8:53 am
LuvWordGames
Dench
8:53 am
hurshy
ding ding ding!!!
8:54 am
LuvWordGames
And on that note, I'm off for a busy day HAGD everyone
8:54 am
hurshy
i mean, you and your little dog, too!
8:56 am
hurshy
FOUND THE 11!!!!
9:01 am
hurshy
third row E, have er5/12, anyone know what the other one is from there?
9:02 am
phaeton
is that the eu7?
9:03 am
phaeton
I have it greyed...might be the pt of doing something wrong
9:03 am
hurshy
no, it's eu8, there is no eu7
9:04 am
hurshy
well that's the one i had, the doing something wrong one, lol :)
9:05 am
phaeton
is there a eq word?
9:08 am
hokie carla
rehi - I'm finding the 2nd row R's ridiculous
9:08 am
hurshy
eq7, that is the one i was saying was awesome
9:08 am
phaeton
only have one of those R's
9:09 am
hokie carla
only have 1 and 6
9:09 am
hurshy
i have 3 + 11 of the second row R
9:09 am
hurshy
i mean that's what i've FOUND, not what i'm missing, in this case
9:09 am
hurshy
oh just found another one
9:09 am
hokie carla
yes, I assumed that's what I have meant๐คฃ
9:10 am
hokie carla
now have 8 on the 2nd one
9:10 am
hurshy
did you get ro5/16
9:11 am
hurshy
and also ro6/21, it's a not-too-common man's name, but apparently counts because it's also slang for a type of gun
9:11 am
hokie carla
oh, there's a cherokee word that is in a lot of place names in western nc
9:11 am
hurshy
what are the stats of that one?
9:12 am
hokie carla
I did have the 5. will look for the 6.
9:12 am
phaeton
ro6...vermin
9:12 am
hokie carla
well, it's not an accepted word, so will give a cookie to anyone that gets it. ec6
9:12 am
hurshy
well yes there is that too phae but i was talking about a different ro6/21
9:12 am
hokie carla
don't know how I missed the mice
9:12 am
phaeton
I have ec8
9:14 am
hokie carla
so hurshy, are my 2 missing R's on the left a set?
9:14 am
hurshy
probably, yeah
9:15 am
hurshy
this fabric got faded in the sun so i guess i will re5 it?
9:15 am
hokie carla
moved on the the D. is the whole 2nd row a PITA?
9:15 am
hokie carla
ah, thanks
9:15 am
hurshy
the D yeah, i'm missing 5
9:15 am
hokie carla
didn't have the root word either. that helps.
9:17 am
hokie carla
my d despair was premature. have found 20 now.
9:18 am
hurshy
phantom: casino
9:19 am
phaeton
phew...half way
9:19 am
hokie carla
now wondering how there are possibly 9 E's on 2nd row
9:19 am
hurshy
well i have 8 of them
9:19 am
hokie carla
I have 2 now
9:20 am
hurshy
phantom: custard
9:21 am
hokie carla
now 6. just not seeing words right away today.
9:21 am
hurshy
got all the upper C but the lower one is a struggle
9:23 am
hurshy
so close on the Q... just one more...
9:24 am
phaeton
sheesh...just found the food word
9:24 am
hurshy
Os Overturned!
9:25 am
hurshy
i words inked!
9:32 am
hurshy
GOT THE 9!
9:38 am
hurshy
oh this grid reminds me... i'm re-reading Nicholas Nickleby and one of the characters is this horrid schoolmaster, Squeers. and in the preface to later editions, Dickens wrote about how many angry letters he got from schoolmasters thinking that he based the character off them. which is so bizarre because the character is SO awful that if you thought you WERE like that you should either a) not admit it by writing that letter, b) not care because you're so bad that you can't even recognize you/him as being bad, or c) change your ways
9:47 am
hurshy
8s i've found that weren't called earlier: ac8, cr8, st8 x 2
9:49 am
hurshy
7s i've found that weren't called: an7, cr7, hy7, re7, and a fourth st7
9:54 am
hurshy
that leaves 6 sevens and 3 eights unaccounted for as of yet
9:55 am
72 Temple Owl
I am reading about the singularity, when technoligy and human capanility will merge and the exponential rate of tecnological growth Fascinating.
9:56 am
Shirlockc
i'm trying to write a short story about that
9:57 am
hurshy
"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
9:57 am
hokie carla
thanks, malcolm
9:57 am
72 Temple Owl
shirl would you like the title and author? First chapter lists his premises in bullet points, so can glean some quick hypotheses.
9:57 am
72 Temple Owl
to who is that atrributed?
9:58 am
hokie carla
it's from jurassic park
9:58 am
72 Temple Owl
whom
9:58 am
hurshy
jeff goldblum's character Dr. Ian Malcolm
9:58 am
Shirlockc
that's pretty much all of history, could >> than should
9:58 am
72 Temple Owl
yes, a benchmark of true scientific knowledge
9:58 am
jesdraggon
morning all
9:58 am
hokie carla
I have read the book but don't remember if it's in there or not. so don't know if it was the screenwriter or Michael Crichton that wrote it.
9:59 am
Shirlockc
tech advances faster than morals or laws
9:59 am
hokie carla
hey jes
9:59 am
hurshy
it's not ABOUT scientific knowledge, TO, it's about philosophical thought and wisdom.
9:59 am
72 Temple Owl
given that the human brain is capable and wired to create, it's inevitable.
9:59 am
hurshy
science doesn't tell you anything about whether you SHOULD do something
9:59 am
72 Temple Owl
but that is just hoaky hollywood sound bite science
10:00 am
hurshy
again, it is NOT science. it's a philosophical point.
10:00 am
Shirlockc
and thx TO but not looking for the science of the singularity, it's fiction so i'm just trying to work out a plot point
10:00 am
72 Temple Owl
it does not. and why should it? it's science, not ehtics. bioehtics is a whole field in itself.
10:00 am
BzznBea
two 8's to add to your list are di8.50
10:01 am
72 Temple Owl
olay shirl, thought might glean something from what is theorized
10:01 am
hurshy
well the point is, it doesn't matter that it's from a movie/hollywood. hollywood may not know much science but there is nothing to stop them from saying sensible or wise things.
10:01 am
72 Temple Owl
i prefer nonfiction
10:01 am
Shirlockc
i have problems with plot and it's currently hanging because of it
10:01 am
72 Temple Owl
of course you are correct, huirshy.
10:02 am
hurshy
do you want to describe your plot difficulty shirl and see if anyone has any bright ideas?
10:04 am
hokie carla
ok, I gleaned the u is us5 and canadians should know it but I sure can't monkey it
10:04 am
hokie carla
what are the points for it?
10:04 am
hurshy
you have to use the high point tile
10:04 am
Shirlockc
what's the diff between a "virtual intelligence" made up of memories and an actual uploaded into the cloud "person". does the first have personhood?
10:04 am
hokie carla
ah, thanks
10:04 am
72 Temple Owl
hate to leave this scintillating discussion but time to do some housework.
10:05 am
hokie carla
bye TO
10:05 am
jesdraggon
try to have some fun along with the housework, TO
10:05 am
72 Temple Owl
jes, i'm having fun right now
10:05 am
72 Temple Owl
later
10:05 am
hurshy
i don't think we've defined personhood well enough to have a super clear answer to that. a lot of people seem to find "self-aware" to be a key component - is your virtual intelligence self-aware?
10:06 am
72 Temple Owl
perhaps there's a movie or tv show that deals with that subject
10:06 am
hurshy
there are tons lol
10:06 am
Shirlockc
that is one of the plot points, how self aware are you if your motivations are mostly based on memories and what other people tell you
10:07 am
hurshy
well you could easily argue that most humans' motivations are largely based on those two things already
10:07 am
Shirlockc
the theory of mind comes to play also
10:07 am
Shirlockc
exactly hurshy so who's a real person these days?
10:08 am
hurshy
do you have a goal for which it is? i mean do you WANT it to have personhood and you are looking for a good reason to say that it does, or...?
10:09 am
Shirlockc
the story is at the pivot point with an upcoming vote on granting (or not) personhood, but it's mostly about how the characters themselves feel about it
10:09 am
hurshy
so maybe you need some kind of moment where it does something that really seems to show personhood? some little relatable thing it says or whatever?
10:10 am
Shirlockc
is it enough to live with the memories? how do you deal with grief and loss if memories are all you have left? do you care that the VI is an echo, can you tell the diff?
10:10 am
72 Temple Owl
have you seen "ex machina"? interesting opinion on the subject.
10:11 am
Shirlockc
i have seen ex machina, good movie
10:11 am
72 Temple Owl
yes. sadly overlooked.
10:11 am
hurshy
or does maybe the fact that you can no longer have new experiences make a difference?
10:11 am
72 Temple Owl
so much on caution, not enough on possibilites for good.
10:11 am
hurshy
(unless of course it CAN and DOES have new experiences...)
10:11 am
Shirlockc
this is how all my writing rolls, i get stuck somewhere in the middle after I have the characters and the world building and then i wait until the muse decides for me
10:12 am
72 Temple Owl
and the possiblity that i can clean the whole house in two hours is nil, but I will try.
10:12 am
72 Temple Owl
happy babbling,
10:19 am
hokie carla
well, first pass completed. managed to get HOET and a lot of the big ones without even trying. 75 for later.
17-22-13-18-5
10:20 am
hurshy
21 to go here
10:20 am
hurshy
rather stuck
10:21 am
jesdraggon
no help to you, i've only found 79
10:23 am
hurshy
oHO, found an en7
10:23 am
hurshy
Es Ended!
10:24 am
hurshy
and an sa7!
10:25 am
hurshy
phantom: sordid
10:25 am
jesdraggon
yay phaeton!
10:28 am
cybernan
good morning everyone :)
10:28 am
hurshy
morning nan
10:28 am
jesdraggon
morning, nan
10:35 am
rururocks
Greetings from scotland
10:35 am
hurshy
*jealous*
10:35 am
jesdraggon
morning, ru!
10:36 am
rururocks
Hiya jes
10:37 am
hurshy
what cool things have you been doing in scotland
10:37 am
rururocks
Oh man. Tons of stuff
10:38 am
rururocks
We visited Dunrobin castle and watched a falconry show
10:38 am
hurshy
visited the castle or stormed the castle?
10:39 am
rururocks
We stayed in the most gorgeous house overlooking loch ness
10:39 am
rururocks
My storming days are behind me ๐
10:39 am
rururocks
Hi nan
10:40 am
jesdraggon
gotta go move the irrigation hose. probably back in a bit.
10:43 am
BzznBea
ru, how is ori?
10:57 am
MollyL
And Saanich and Dorens and the rest of your harem ๐
11:21 am
cybernan
anyone know the stats for the 9 10 or 11?
11:22 am
therealblah
the 11 is 11/128
11:22 am
BzznBea
10 is rh10.84
11:23 am
BzznBea
11 is hy11
11:33 am
cybernan
got them all, ty again
11:35 am
MollyL
Damn Nan, you don't mess around
11:39 am
Shirlockc
thx buzz, got that with that nudge
11:53 am
cybernan
it isn't always that easy for me molly
11:53 am
cybernan
only when the words are normal ones
11:55 am
PJDR
satan is not found in the dictionary. Good. One less place to look.
11:55 am
BzznBea
proper noun
11:56 am
cybernan
no but the adjective form is
11:56 am
PJDR
it's already behind me
12:04 pm
MollyL
"Normal" is a relative term in this place ๐
12:08 pm
Gillie
hy11 is easy to construct, but not a commonly used word, I think
12:08 pm
Gillie
unless perhaps for an engineer specializing in that sort of thing
12:15 pm
Gillie
and eu8 is not a word I think I've encountered before, but it does seem quite relevant to present-day conditions
12:31 pm
jesdraggon
thanks, gillie
1:26 pm
cybernan
don't have the eu 8
1:46 pm
MollyL
Ends with the all day cling word Nan
1:56 pm
cybernan
all day cling?
1:56 pm
cybernan
some ad for a us product
1:57 pm
cybernan
ohhh - got it - ty
1:57 pm
cybernan
only 10 more 8's to go - lol
1:59 pm
MollyL
No st5 cling in Canada? Maybe it's too cold
2:01 pm
cybernan
yes there is - did finally think of it
2:37 pm
periwinkle
missing 6of the 8s
2:47 pm
MollyL
It's an ungodly complicated grid.
2:47 pm
periwinkle
Biden has stepped down
2:52 pm
MollyL
I hope Kamala Harris gets the nomination. It's a good thing Biden did what he did. I admire the guts that took. Now, the Democrats may have a chance to beat Trump. Unless that insane Michelle Obama rumor comes true.
2:55 pm
cybernan
good for him. That had to be difficult for him to do, but I don't think he is well.
2:56 pm
cybernan
(hi again)
3:21 pm
rururocks
Anyone have the Di 8 that isnโt the word for far away?
3:23 pm
Dippnall
turmoil? public rowdiness?
3:26 pm
rururocks
Ugh i donโt see it
3:28 pm
Dippnall
disarray? confusion?
3:28 pm
periwinkle
got i t ty Dippnall
3:29 pm
periwinkle
help with either st8 please
3:32 pm
rururocks
Thanks dip. Really hard to see that one
3:33 pm
Dippnall
both build on the st 6/24 before
3:33 pm
Dippnall
st 6/24 - stop the flow
3:34 pm
MollyL
Oh come on, there have to be better things to do in Scotland than playing Babble ๐
3:37 pm
rururocks
Just relaxing in bed molly. We had A long day
3:40 pm
nrkii
hi all... happy Sunday
3:40 pm
nrkii
anyone have a nudge on the na 8/50?
3:41 pm
nrkii
Ru, are you in Scotland? Where?
3:41 pm
MollyL
Sounds like st8 rape
3:42 pm
Gillie
Honestly, I think I would prefer Michelle Obama to Kamala Harris, except that she doesn't really have much relevant experience, but I'm quite certain that she has no intention of running. She and her husband seem quite happy to be out of politics for the most part these days.
3:43 pm
Gillie
(and who can blame them?)
3:43 pm
rururocks
Right now nrkii on the isle of mull
3:44 pm
nrkii
got it, molly, thanks!
3:44 pm
nrkii
I'm so jealous. I was in Mull 2 years ago and I really want to go back and spend more time.
3:44 pm
Gillie
isle of mull - never heard of it, but it looks cute!
3:45 pm
nrkii
The islands off the coast are remarkable.
3:45 pm
Gillie
I'm glad that Biden has stepped down - just wish he'd done it a lot sooner!
3:47 pm
rururocks
We are going to Islay next
3:50 pm
cybernan
if they offer lunch at the dock - take it. Bay queen scallops in a creamy (mild) curry sauce served on a half clam shell. yum
3:51 pm
cybernan
oops - forgot to say that was at Lagavullin
3:52 pm
cybernan
oh and did I forget to say that the whole was served with a shot of their 12 yr old single malt?
3:52 pm
Shellbell_o-well
nrkii, all I can think of for na8 is that it ends with to6
3:53 pm
MollyL
Michelle Obama as President ๐คฃ๐๐คฃ
3:53 pm
Gillie
She's certainly bright enough, I'd say
3:54 pm
Gillie
but obviously a divisive choice
3:55 pm
cybernan
I don't think America is ready for a female president
3:56 pm
Shellbell_o-well
oops, nevermind. my eyes are becoming weary
3:56 pm
MollyL
I don't think so either Nan, but we need one. The men have been doing a crappy job. But we don't need Michelle Obama.
3:56 pm
Gillie
sadly, no - even Canada's one female prime minister was basically a temporary stand-in
3:58 pm
MollyL
It is, and sadly will remain an old boys club. I would love to be wrong about that.
4:01 pm
Gillie
Michelle made a show of the usual First Lady interests, but I really think she's as intelligent and as personable as Obama, and he probably couldn't have achieved what he did without her
4:01 pm
cybernan
giving up on this one -- going to the theatre tonight, so no time to finish.
4:04 pm
Gillie
Mind you, when women do get power, they're commonly as nasty and as self-interested as the men
4:07 pm
rururocks
Night all
4:07 pm
rururocks
Tough grid
4:17 pm
Gillie
I guess I should have said "any of the men"
4:25 pm
MollyL
Zoom, I've been thinking about you and I hope you will come back if you've been lurking.
4:36 pm
Gillie
Well, he evidently hasn't done any babbling for at least 30 days - I'm sorry!
4:37 pm
periwinkle
I miss rubyfoo and jillibus
4:37 pm
periwinkle
ty for na8
4:48 pm
MollyL
30 days? He's been gone a lot longer than that.
4:49 pm
MollyL
I miss Ruby too Peri.
4:49 pm
Gillie
I know that - but 30 days is what I can verify from the rankings (in case you were really thinking he might still be coming here)
4:51 pm
Gillie
Of course, he could be coming here with a different user name - maybe that's what you were thinking
4:52 pm
MollyL
His user name hasn't shown up in rankings for a long time
4:53 pm
Gillie
unfortunately, online relationships, even good ones, are never as sustaining as in-person relationships
4:56 pm
MollyL
I was just shouting out to a long time on-line friend in case he was around. He's had some difficulties.
5:14 pm
ItalianGreyhound
Thanks!
5:18 pm
Gillie
I won't ask for what...
5:19 pm
ItalianGreyhound
just for being here
5:21 pm
Gillie
I'm sorry - I know I've been excessively chatty today. Shutting up now...
5:25 pm
ItalianGreyhound
didnt mean to shut things down
5:39 pm
ItalianGreyhound
but MAGA!
6:19 pm
Gillie
Yes, nothing will make America as great as a man whose favorite people are some of the world's biggest fascists (mostly communist, incidentally): Putin, Xi Jinping (who wrote him a "lovely note" after the shooting apparently), Kim Jong Un (still a bit player, really, but don't tell him that), etc.
6:21 pm
Gillie
And Trump suggested that Taiwan could pay the U.S. for "protection" - what, so that the U.S. would decide to stand up to China on their behalf, after so long staying "neutral" - how much money would that take?
6:25 pm
Gillie
not neutral really - the U.S. has just gone along with China's claim that Taiwan is their territory, because China is scary
6:30 pm
Gillie
knowing Trump, he'd be happy to take money from Taiwan, then carry on as usual
7:04 pm
Gillie
Anyway, maybe Molly can take consolation in the thought that Zoom may have found some "real-life" friends that are keeping him too busy to Babble. It's too bad she has no way of checking, but she does like to remind people that not showing up here is no proof of anything.
7:42 pm
dcseain
well said, Gillie
8:57 pm
dcseain
need a clue?
8:58 pm
NANCY
yes dc I need a clue for the di 8 but not the one that is a measure
8:58 pm
NANCY
I saw a previous clue but did
9:02 pm
NANCY
just got it
9:02 pm
Gillie
the other one is what you get when nobody's in charge of a lot of people
9:38 pm
dcseain
Hello, TO, I hope you're wel.
9:38 pm
dcseain
well even
11:14 pm
Gillie
hi seain - how are you?