Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, December 26, 2024

12:01 am

Rainiqui

ea 7

12:02 am

Gillie

pe7

12:06 am

Gillie

en7

12:07 am

Gillie

te7

12:09 am

Gillie

at7

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

dcseain

thanks, lickety :)

12:22 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, se 8

12:42 am

sprite

morning babblers

12:42 am

dcseain

morning, sprite

12:42 am

sprite

hi seain!

12:43 am

dcseain

I had a lovely Chinese food dinner with friends on Christmas.

12:43 am

dcseain

I hope your holiday was nice too.

12:43 am

sprite

sounds very good. We do not celebrate Xmas. Good thing, too, since Rob had a bad fall and I am down with bppd. Bit of a downer here.

12:44 am

dcseain

may you the heal well.

12:44 am

sprite

thank you. As the wise man said: this too shall pass

12:45 am

dcseain

if be very annoying and frustrating while experiencing it .

12:45 am

sprite

true, dat :)

12:47 am

sprite

we are hoping we do not have to go to the doctor/er during Xmas or boxing day. But Rob is in a lot of pain, so we might have to, today.

12:48 am

dcseain

I'm sorry that he's hurting.

12:50 am

sprite

on the plus side, he can flex and stretch his arm, so it is most likely not broken. Let's count our blessings.

12:50 am

dcseain

that is a blessing, indeed.

12:51 am

dcseain

but he still deserves pain relief. That really wears on one.

12:51 am

sprite

very true.

12:52 am

dcseain

We're expecting rain here 4 of the next 6 days. Happily, it'll be above freezing, if yet a bit chilly.

12:53 am

sprite

fingers crossed for you

12:53 am

dcseain

we need the precipitation. We were in drought from April through November.

12:55 am

sprite

something we rarely suffer here, down below sea level

12:56 am

dcseain

is any desalinization used in Netherlands for drinking water?

12:56 am

sprite

no need. We have plenty of sweet water.

12:56 am

dcseain

Makes sense -- I know how river-rich a nation it is.

12:57 am

sprite

our struggle is to keep the water out, not in, lol

12:57 am

dcseain

that is what most of the windmills do, is pump water out, no?

12:59 am

sprite

nowadays mostly machinal, but yes, that is how it used to be. Primarily pumping stations, though.

12:59 am

dcseain

that makes sense. Thank you.

1:28 am

jeanne314

phantom: seborrhea...we've got one r and 2 h's. sigh.

1:29 am

sprite

close but no cigar

1:33 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing with hugs

6:24 am

MollyL

Well, it's all over but the returns and leftovers. Thankfully we have nothing to return and a lot of good leftovers. Hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas.

6:43 am

Norma

i

7:03 am

dan2bit

morning all! happy Boxing Day

7:03 am

dan2bit

corners done

7:30 am

MollyL

I'm surprised the whole Boxing Day thing hasn't become "politically incorrect"

7:35 am

dan2bit

I'm surprised anyone takes that bait, Molly

7:39 am

hokie carla

as an american, I have no idea what boxing day actually is

7:40 am

MollyL

Okay, well I was just involved in a conversation about how the whole thing could be found offensive, but whatever

7:42 am

MollyL

Carla, it is a tradition started long ago of giving the household servants the day after Christmas off and boxing up all the leftovers from the feast they served the day before to take home with them

7:42 am

hokie carla

but I wanted to say something completely unrelated...was scrolling through FB. I don't have any friends there, only use it for sewing groups. my feed has turned into every other post is something I didn't ask to see outside of my groups. there was a post from a zoo (Cincinnati I think) of a tenrec giving itself a dust bath. how adorable!

7:42 am

dan2bit

mixed/muddles with St. Stephen's Day in some places

7:44 am

dan2bit

firewords! thanks lickety and all cluers

7:45 am

hokie carla

yeah, I've read what it is/how it started but (I have no idea how to put this in words) doesn't really register/mean anything to me.

7:45 am

hokie carla

congrats, dan

7:46 am

aslindy

hello all

7:47 am

hokie carla

hey lindy

7:48 am

aslindy

happy holidays, everyone

7:48 am

hokie carla

you too

7:48 am

aslindy

thank you

7:53 am

dan2bit

that makes sense carla - seems like mostly its job nowadays is to extend the Christmas holiday with an additional bank holiday / chance to buy more things on sale

7:56 am

aslindy

well, Christmas day is the first day of the twelve days of Christmas

8:14 am

hokie carla

oh, we have all 3 of the spanish titles today

8:25 am

hokie carla

welp, HOET and 35 left for later. 9-7-13-6
ugh, always the 6s

9:29 am

maccafixx

help with first re 6/18?

9:43 am

ChampFit

To make money again

9:43 am

ChampFit

That one's always hard for me to find...

10:30 am

Gillie

I was googling water shortages in the Netherlands, and apparently it is an issue, actually, or has been in the recent past

11:59 am

hokie carla

that seems a random thing to google if you didn't know already it was an issue

12:01 pm

hokie carla

or I missed something earlier in the chat

12:22 pm

MollyL

Yeah, Sprite said they rarely have drought in The Netherlands. I tend to believe her, since she lives there.

12:22 pm

Gillie

Oh dcseain asked sprite if they desalinate water, and sprite said there was no need, because they have plenty of "sweet" water. But actually, there are some companies or organizations doing desalination now in the Netherlands.

12:24 pm

Gillie

The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment says that there have been regional water shortages in the Netherlands, and more are expected going forward

12:27 pm

Gillie

*desalinization

12:27 pm

Gillie

sorry, I had it right the first time

1:44 pm

cybernan

hello (anyone still here?)

1:53 pm

Gillie

Hi nan - I'm here (again) - how was your Christmas

1:54 pm

cybernan

great - and yours?

1:54 pm

Gillie

Good - my brother is visiting and made an excellent chicken dish that my father used to make

1:55 pm

cybernan

sounds lovely -- isn't it nice to have someone else to the cooking for you :)

1:55 pm

Gillie

We called it "ugly chicken" because it doesn't look great, but it is very tasty

1:55 pm

Gillie

It is nice!

2:00 pm

Gillie

Did you make a special meal, or go out?

2:02 pm

cybernan

I spent the day with my younger son and his family up at Big White Ski resort -- a very relaxing day for me :)

2:03 pm

cybernan

My only contribution was a couple of applie pies that I made on Christmas Eve. It was so nice not to have to cook dinner :)

2:03 pm

Gillie

Lovely!

2:09 pm

Gillie

fw - enjoy your Boxing Day!

2:11 pm

cybernan

grats Gillie.

2:12 pm

hokie carla

rehi - congrats gillie. hey nan.

2:13 pm

cybernan

hi Carla - did you have a good Christmas day?

2:14 pm

hokie carla

yes, both the boys are here so that was nice. looks like you had a good one. do you still ski?

2:15 pm

cybernan

no - never did snow ski -- just water skiing. There was no snow hill here when I was a kid.

2:16 pm

hokie carla

I liked skiing when I was younger but hate it now

2:17 pm

cybernan

I think the last time I was up on a pair of water skis was about 40 years ago! Can't do either when you've had knee replacements.

2:17 pm

periwinkle

hello all. se8 please

2:18 pm

cybernan

been wondering what the 8 is

2:18 pm

hokie carla

been a while since I water skied as well. I would kneeboard instead.

2:18 pm

hokie carla

spanish unmarried miss is se8

2:18 pm

cybernan

ty carla

2:18 pm

Cathyar

se8 is the opposite sex of the se5

2:19 pm

hokie carla

but I quit kneeboarding probably 20 years ago after a whiplash inducing crash 🤣

2:19 pm

periwinkle

ty Cathy

2:21 pm

cybernan

so many phantoms in this one - if only we could move a couple of those letters!

2:21 pm

hokie carla

I don't understand this u

2:21 pm

hokie carla

I have only 4

2:22 pm

cybernan

i only have 4 of the u's

2:22 pm

hokie carla

oh no, just finished the 4s

2:22 pm

cybernan

lol - arm in arm we are

2:27 pm

jesdraggon

afternoon all :)

2:28 pm

hokie carla

well, I'm going to walk Winston. will probably list when I get back for the 22 left. 0-5-11-6

2:28 pm

hokie carla

hey jes

2:28 pm

cybernan

hi jes

2:28 pm

jesdraggon

pets for the puppers from me, hokie :)

2:29 pm

hokie carla

sure thing, he'll love it. he's a shameless attention seeker.

3:04 pm

cybernan

down to 38 - bbl

3:51 pm

hurshy

heidy ho babble neighbors

3:52 pm

hurshy

name that proper noun! Doctor who often makes TV appearance Sanjay _____

3:52 pm

BzznBea

gupta

3:53 pm

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

3:53 pm

lideola

name that Illinois city

3:54 pm

hurshy

peoria

3:55 pm

lideola

you can select something from the wall of prizes

4:59 pm

MollyL

Oh yay! A prize giver.

5:27 pm

BzznBea

Namaste

5:33 pm

rururocks

bea sure does a lot of yoga these days

6:49 pm

MollyL

Better pastime than Google searching people's opinions.

6:53 pm

hurshy

?

8:57 pm

welki

hurshy? what was the url for that word game you posted a while back?

8:58 pm

welki

d'oh - even after i looked at the time she posted, i still screwed up!

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