Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, February 6, 2025

12:03 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:05 am

ursh

hi nan and hello all

12:07 am

broll

yo 7 & 9

12:08 am

Gillie

la8

12:12 am

cybernan

related to the yo 5-6, broll?

12:12 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:14 am

Rainiqui

yes Nan

12:16 am

cybernan

ty rain and broll

12:16 am

Rainiqui

yw

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

broll

yw

12:20 am

ursh

Elvis is in the building :)

12:26 am

cybernan

and cybernan is out -- good night everyone :)

2:04 am

sprite

morning babblers

2:31 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

7:08 am

leighprefect

morning world

8:34 am

hurshy

morning

8:35 am

BzznBea

Good morning friends.

8:38 am

hurshy

how are you today bea?

8:41 am

BzznBea

I'm good. Hope you are too.

8:41 am

hurshy

i suppose i'm as good as i can be under the circs

8:42 am

hurshy

adee

8:42 am

hurshy

oops sorry lol

8:42 am

hurshy

can't find the second A, as you can see

8:43 am

phaeton

think mans name

8:44 am

hurshy

thanks phae

8:45 am

phaeton

yw

8:49 am

welki

'morning, babblers - deeha gets the tiara today

8:51 am

BzznBea

Nice grid today.

8:52 am

BzznBea

Namaste

8:52 am

maccafixx

el 6/30?

8:53 am

welki

like an imp

8:56 am

maccafixx

ty!

8:57 am

welki

'welcome

9:04 am

Kaplan the Magne

alert racial/ethnic slur. Doubt it is an adjective.

9:07 am

swmbo

Hello Babblers! Sunny day here in NS

9:08 am

wingding

not so here swmbo ... icy sheets all over ground ... very cold and slippery

9:09 am

swmbo

Oh no! Ice is a killer

9:09 am

Kaplan the Magne

Icy snow in Boston. But that's not abnormal. What was abnormal was the 2-3 years of snowless winters.

9:10 am

wingding

you know that those missing winters are a problem else where in the world ...

9:10 am

Kaplan the Magne

No more driving for me today. I went out to get coffee. I didn't get enough sleep. It could have been dangerous.

9:10 am

swmbo

Kaplan the amount of snow we usually get it way down too. BTW I got your book. Loving it

9:10 am

Kaplan the Magne

The winters moved to Texas because they heard the weather was better there,

9:12 am

Kaplan the Magne

I'm so glad. I am re-editing it and expanding it with an actual publisher...The rule in writers groups is that everyone gets scammed at least once. I'm glad you like it.!

9:13 am

hurshy

ha

9:14 am

hurshy

that was me laughing at the weather joke

9:14 am

Kaplan the Magne

10 years ago there was a blizzard every day. 2015. I can't believe how fast this century is going.

9:15 am

swmbo

I am enjoying comparing your childhood with mine. I am five years older than you, and considering the difference in our ethnic/religious backgrounds quite a few things are similar.

9:15 am

Kaplan the Magne

We are planning a resort vacation in the Trump Gaza Plaza. JK- but he meant it.

9:16 am

wingding

i can't believe what is happening to the weather systems, they're getting very destructive ... alot of ppl are suffering bc of it ...... india is bad w/ the heat

9:16 am

swmbo

JK?

9:16 am

hurshy

just kidding

9:16 am

swmbo

Oh sorry for being thick

9:17 am

Kaplan the Magne

he meant it/demented! He demented! It's to be cemented. Maybe a villa demented/in that Gazan Mar a Lago by the sea.

9:17 am

wingding

i pray we don't have boots on the ground over in gaza ... we've not learned out lesson from the previous war yet

9:17 am

swmbo

The destructive weather systems are due to global warming.denying it is real doesnâ€™t make it stop sadly

9:17 am

wingding

our lesson .... i should edit first

9:18 am

Kaplan the Magne

Al Gore said this was all going to happening we didn't do something quick. He got an Academy Award. Then we promptly ignored.

9:18 am

wingding

ty for your thoughts swmbo .... but, the answer won't come easy

9:18 am

Kaplan the Magne

I'm rhyming today.

9:19 am

wingding

o

9:19 am

Kaplan the Magne

I meant a villa to be rented.

9:19 am

wingding

i'm not sure why the denial of weather .... you've nothing to gain by putting your head in the sand

9:19 am

swmbo

Iâ€™m enjoying your rhymes! No Wingding I know the answer will be hard

9:20 am

wingding

i think it's like a child, just being obstinant (?) .... preferring to disagree ..... once the sea levels rise, there's

9:20 am

swmbo

Did you think I was denying either the weather or global warming? I wasnâ€™t

9:21 am

wingding

no turning back

9:21 am

wingding

no, did not take it as denying ... was appreciative of you mentioning it ... mother nature isn't too happy

9:22 am

swmbo

Well weâ€™ve treated her pretty badly.

9:22 am

Kaplan the Magne

Wall Street under the sea. This is not Mother Nature. This is her abusive relative.

9:23 am

wingding

our energy usage / production needs to be altered, , i like the idea of fusion and alternate fuels ...

9:23 am

Kaplan the Magne

Mother Nature went to Mars, where I hear there's fewer cars, and criminal leaders being bars- You know,,MARS BARS!

9:24 am

wingding

manhattan will be under water for sure .. along w/ the coastal mansions

9:24 am

Kaplan the Magne

behind bars. Damn spell check . Ruining my rhymes.

9:24 am

swmbo

Now I am going to say something controversial: maybe Wall Street should be under the sea. Maybe we have put the acquisition of wealth above protecting the earth

9:24 am

hurshy

it won't matter

9:24 am

Kaplan the Magne

Back Bay Boston. Goodbye Florida.

9:25 am

hurshy

if physical wall street will be under the sea they will just relocate

9:25 am

swmbo

Yes I know that. I was speaking metaphorically

9:25 am

Kaplan the Magne

It's just happening so fast- the future is now. We are going to be a quarter way into the new century,

9:25 am

hurshy

the rich are apparently not going to let go of the chokehold they have on the world

9:26 am

swmbo

I live right on the coast and am quite aware of sea levels rising

9:26 am

hurshy

shyed

9:26 am

hurshy

oops sorry

9:26 am

wingding

if we lost wall street, you 'd be depositing your money in foreign banks ... look at TD , santander, i don't know abt the others ... i was in banking during the sub-prime mess, took me years to recover

9:42 am

Kaplan the Magne

Humans won't be on the top of the chart. Maybe three legged shrimp (see The Nanny.)

9:43 am

swmbo

I know we get a lot of weird words, but what on earth could yo9/64 mean?

9:43 am

Kaplan the Magne

Even if you're not Bible oriented, the Noah fable makes it pretty clear. The Lord said he is not going to bother destroying the world anymore. We have to f***it up ourselves. And a couple of brief millennia later, we did.

9:49 am

hokie carla

howdy folks

9:49 am

swmbo

Yes, we sure did

9:49 am

swmbo

Hello Carla

9:50 am

hokie carla

ooh, first col gray

9:51 am

anawaltgal

e

9:59 am

mkg

I tried youneed as one word and that is not what the yo word is.

10:00 am

hokie carla

it is odd to me as well. thanks to the chat for alerting me to its existence

10:00 am

hokie carla

it's like what de soto (I think) was trying to do to himself

10:01 am

hokie carla

sorry, ponce de leon

10:02 am

swmbo

Yes, I think youâ€™re right

10:03 am

swmbo

But a cumbersome word

10:05 am

hokie carla

yes, I'd love to know if it's ever been used in actual conversation by anyone

10:11 am

swmbo

â€œSadly, many cosmetic surgery patients were not very yo9/64â€

10:24 am

hokie carla

well, you've done it ðŸ˜

10:29 am

swmbo

Lol

10:30 am

swmbo

29 left but I must be off. Ttfn

10:31 am

hokie carla

adios

10:40 am

hokie carla

13 left now. 2-7-2-2
11 are from the middle col

10:41 am

hokie carla

13 left now. 2-7-2-2
11 are from the middle col

10:43 am

hokie carla

now all col gray except for middle one. missed some easy bottom t's.
9 left.

10:53 am

hokie carla

0-2-2-2
DD LL D H

10:56 am

wingding

the yo9/64 builds off of the yo 5/18 ???

10:58 am

momof5

Itâ€™s actually a yo6/84

10:58 am

momof5

I donâ€™t have it yet, but the math didnâ€™t add up so I checked the stats for myself.

11:00 am

momof5

Yo9/84. Now I goofed

11:00 am

paperdoll

All of the yo words have the same base.

11:00 am

penquis

the 9 is yo 9/84...just looked it up....

11:00 am

hokie carla

yo7/44 and the yo9 is another part of speech of the 7, which is a suspect verb form of yo5

11:00 am

hokie carla

pen!

11:01 am

penquis

carla!

11:09 am

crosshair

Swmbo,ty for the yo group of words. :)

11:12 am

hokie carla

phantom heyday

11:13 am

wingding

ty, finally got the yo 9/84 .. clue they all have the same base worked for me

11:14 am

hokie carla

oh, swimbo's usage in a sentence didn't do it?

11:14 am

hokie carla

oh, found my lower D!

11:16 am

wingding

i kept looking at swmbo sentence ... confused me, but, your 11:00 helped me ..ty

11:16 am

hokie carla

yw

11:16 am

penquis

i was hoping for a nice long grid to while away a snowy day....this one is a disappointment....

11:16 am

wingding

pen, you can always go out an shovel :)

11:17 am

crosshair

We are seeing an interesting and beneficial change happening here in Canada as a direct result of Turmps insanity. We are hurridly going through the process of eliminating all inter-provincial trade barriers which in turn will save millions and streamline the movement of Canadian goods and services for all provinces. It is nice to see anything good come out of this.

11:17 am

hokie carla

we are driving back from FL today. just made it back into SC but still 4 hours to go. but sunny here.

11:17 am

penquis

happy for you, crossy...

11:18 am

hurshy

that's awesome crossy

11:18 am

moolingwa

morning all

11:18 am

hokie carla

moooo!

11:18 am

crosshair

Still a lot of work to go, but prigress is being made.

11:18 am

wingding

cross, i'm truly sorry for our actions ... the whole country is not on board thankfully

11:19 am

hokie carla

I am down to 5 now. did you finish, pen? is that why you are disappointed? or just know you will finish sooner?

11:19 am

crosshair

Wingding, I feel terrible that our southern cousins have to deal with this insanity.

11:19 am

penquis

no....28 here...

11:19 am

wingding

cross ... does canada have trade barriers btwn your borders ???

11:20 am

wingding

cross #metoo

11:20 am

CadFan

Hi SWMBO!

11:20 am

moolingwa

hey hoke, safe travels there

11:20 am

hokie carla

I'm kind of at a loss. feels like I've looked in every direction.

11:20 am

moolingwa

I'm down to 95

11:21 am

hokie carla

I'm kind of at a loss. feels like I've looked in every direction.

11:21 am

crosshair

There are a few, wingding. Things such as load limit differences from orovince to province, changling placards, marker lights etc. Just things tha sliw the process down. Paperwork differences, etc, etc.

11:21 am

hokie carla

thanks, moo

11:21 am

penquis

what letters are you missing?

11:21 am

crosshair

Damn typos

11:23 am

hokie carla

I have DD LL H left. 0-1-2-2

11:23 am

penquis

ah...i am missing some from each letter...

11:24 am

hokie carla

maybe some weird ones then

11:24 am

crosshair

In extreme cases they actually empty out the truck from one provine and reload it into another waiting truck. It all costs money and time that can be saved.

11:24 am

crosshair

Province*

11:25 am

hokie carla

wow

11:27 am

moolingwa

well, a few less to go now

11:27 am

hokie carla

doesn't take long today

11:27 am

moolingwa

3OFOET

11:27 am

hokie carla

until you're like me and come to a screeching halt.

11:28 am

moolingwa

2OFOET

11:29 am

crosshair

Working on a deal now to sell LNG to the E.U. you would be surprised how much can be done in thirty days.

11:29 am

moolingwa

So I just got to avoid screeching

11:30 am

hokie carla

finished? good, you can guess mine

11:30 am

moolingwa

no, 14 to go

11:32 am

moolingwa

ah, completed my 4s...a bit early

11:34 am

moolingwa

and there's the 9

11:34 am

moolingwa

0-2-4-1

11:34 am

hokie carla

did you really know that or just trying stuff?

11:35 am

crosshair

I see ed 4/6 babblet is in the grid.

11:35 am

moolingwa

well I found the related word

11:35 am

moolingwa

and reasoned the 7 out

11:35 am

hokie carla

not sure I've ever looked to see what the ed4 means, crossy

11:35 am

moolingwa

I didn't "know" it tho

11:36 am

bichon

yo 5/18, pls

11:36 am

hokie carla

ed4 - characters of the runic alphabet

11:36 am

penquis

not adults...

11:36 am

crosshair

I cannot find a meaning for it, hokie.

11:36 am

hokie carla

people that aren't old, bichon

11:36 am

crosshair

Ahh, now I know. :)

11:37 am

moolingwa

I try not to be too obvious, because maybe people don't want the clues

11:37 am

crosshair

Because everyone know runic, right?

11:37 am

hokie carla

when a 3 letter plural word comes up as no definition on this link, just erase the S and you can get the definition

11:37 am

hokie carla

exactly

11:38 am

moolingwa

It's all viking to me

11:39 am

moolingwa

last two columns greyed (and 2nd row)

11:39 am

hokie carla

phantom hyena

11:39 am

moolingwa

ah, found my last 7

11:39 am

crosshair

Suprised Enable does not put sanskrit in here.

11:40 am

moolingwa

0-2-2

11:40 am

hokie carla

ok, what are my missing 2 L's then, moo?

11:40 am

moolingwa

1OFOET ;)

11:40 am

moolingwa

what lengths you missing hoke?

11:41 am

hokie carla

0-1-2-2

11:41 am

moolingwa

got the 5/7 combo?

11:41 am

hokie carla

no, will look, thanks

11:41 am

crosshair

Clue for E in third row, please.

11:42 am

moolingwa

kinda related to what crossy was talking about before in a way :)

11:42 am

moolingwa

do you like Tolkein crossy?

11:42 am

hokie carla

oh, just found a pt L5

11:42 am

crosshair

Yes, I do

11:42 am

hokie carla

oh, now I see the 7

11:42 am

hokie carla

but I had its 5

11:42 am

moolingwa

that may help on one of the words

11:43 am

hokie carla

the tolkien one is 2nd row E

11:43 am

moolingwa

then look for the other 5 hoke

11:43 am

moolingwa

oh right

11:43 am

moolingwa

3rd row

11:43 am

moolingwa

baby falcon

11:44 am

moolingwa

and something that people do in democracies

11:44 am

hokie carla

3rd row E is el5 and ey4

11:44 am

moolingwa

I guess a smaller number do in communism :)

11:45 am

moolingwa

I used to have a white-headed pionus named the ey

11:45 am

hokie carla

never knew that's what that was

11:45 am

crosshair

Ty, got them both.

11:45 am

hokie carla

so now 0-0-2-1

11:45 am

moolingwa

yeah, she kinda looked like one a bit...hence the name

11:46 am

hokie carla

what if I said I don't know what a pionus was ðŸ¤£

11:47 am

crosshair

Is the 8 a yo?

11:47 am

moolingwa

no

11:48 am

hokie carla

you should put a lot of attention on that 8, crossy

11:48 am

moolingwa

yeah, it's a bit of an esoteric smaller parrot hoke

11:48 am

hokie carla

gas station break. BRB

11:48 am

moolingwa

hoke is going to break a gas station

11:49 am

moolingwa

or maybe break a out of a gas station

11:50 am

crosshair

Lol @ an esoteric small parrot!

11:52 am

bichon

yo 5/18, pls

11:53 am

penquis

still not adults....

11:53 am

penquis

it's twisty....

11:53 am

bichon

ty pen

11:53 am

penquis

yw...

11:55 am

crosshair

Ty, found the la8

11:58 am

penquis

i am stalled at 8...taking a break...bye all...

11:58 am

crosshair

C, oen

11:58 am

crosshair

Lol

11:59 am

crosshair

Take care, Pen.

11:59 am

moolingwa

still 4 left here

12:02 pm

crosshair

These last few are going to be a killer, I see.

12:04 pm

moolingwa

usually the way :)

12:07 pm

wingding

ty mool for ey 4/6 new to me but, in the city, we know these birds well,,,, they clean up the pigeon population quite well

12:08 pm

bichon

sh 6/27, second one, pls

12:11 pm

moolingwa

oh, that's one I need

12:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

Hello

12:22 pm

MollyL

sh6/7 kind of dog

12:23 pm

MollyL

Variant spelling

12:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

Ty

12:26 pm

bichon

ty Molly

12:30 pm

hokie carla

rehi - still DD H

12:37 pm

crosshair

Ty for sh6/7

12:37 pm

periwinkle

hi all help with la8 please

12:37 pm

hokie carla

it's a pt word - you la8 attention on

12:37 pm

crosshair

To give excessive attention to someone

12:38 pm

periwinkle

ty both, I did not have base word

12:38 pm

crosshair

:)

12:39 pm

hokie carla

just patiently waiting for someone to ask for clues for my last 3

12:41 pm

hurshy

what do you need

12:41 pm

hokie carla

DD (upper) H
0-0-2-1

12:42 pm

hurshy

yeah the da6/7 are way weird

12:42 pm

hokie carla

ok

12:42 pm

hurshy

PT the da4, then add a letter for da6/27. then plural.

12:43 pm

hokie carla

yeah, new to me, thanks

12:43 pm

hokie carla

no def

12:43 pm

ch1212

great clue, hurshy. Thanks!

12:43 pm

hurshy

and then he6/36, the period that was like the high point of some phenomenon or movement or whatever, which you might think should have an A in its second half instead of an E

12:44 pm

hokie carla

well, I declared the real word a phantom earlier, thx

12:45 pm

mkg

Stuck at 50 wordsâ€¦â€¦ouch

12:47 pm

Kaplan the Magne

One anti-semitic slur. Not bad for a Thursday.

12:47 pm

Kaplan the Magne

By which I mean nothing.

12:48 pm

mkg

Kaplan what is the anti-semitic slur? Not getting it.

12:48 pm

Kaplan the Magne

long and short, stuck at 40. Wish I could say the same about my age.

12:49 pm

Kaplan the Magne

sh6

12:49 pm

mkg

Wow ok. Got it. Ty for the clue and amazing it is in the grid.

12:49 pm

mkg

Any clues for the D center of grid? Ty

12:50 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I mean you COULD stretch it to have a descriptive meaning

12:50 pm

cybernan

good morning/afternoon everyone

12:50 pm

mkg

Huh? The sh or is that a clue for a d word?

12:51 pm

Kaplan the Magne

A lot of ethnic slurs are in ENABLE. For educational purposes I presume.

12:51 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Did you know that DEI causes plane crashes?

12:52 pm

mkg

So i heard trump sayâ€¦â€¦if anything the chaos in the govt for employees causes them to become fearful and upset and perhaps that might cause issues. I am sure this was error by the helicopter pilots. I was told they were flying too high.

12:53 pm

hokie carla

the first def when you click on it is adj of the sh5.

12:53 pm

Kaplan the Magne

He said that?

12:53 pm

mkg

Trump said the DEI stuff. I said the other.

12:53 pm

hokie carla

there is no intent in the enable list, so you can't theorize that they mean the slur and not the adj

12:54 pm

mkg

I am lost on clues. Any clues for the D center of grid? Ty

12:54 pm

ch1212

d4/7

12:54 pm

mkg

Forget it. Going to swim

12:56 pm

mkg

De or dy?

12:56 pm

ch1212

there is a de4 and also a dy4

12:59 pm

ch1212

and 2 de5

12:59 pm

mkg

Sorry my brain wants to swim. Bbl

1:00 pm

ch1212

have fun!

1:00 pm

crosshair

Ty for dy4

1:01 pm

cybernan

not seeing that da 6-7 -- guess I have the wrong da 4, and don't even know where to start with the he 6/36

1:04 pm

crosshair

Some of these words are pretty far out there--even for Babble!

1:04 pm

crosshair

Use hurshy's clue at 12:42

1:06 pm

cybernan

that's how I knew there was an he 6/36 -- can't think of another word for highlight

1:06 pm

crosshair

There are also words getting a "latin" ending that you would never nirmally think of.

1:07 pm

HelenaB

hello! clue for el 6/30?

1:07 pm

cybernan

going to list for last 20

1:08 pm

crosshair

I need that one as wel.

1:08 pm

ch1212

me too

1:08 pm

HelenaB

i swear i've monkeyed everything. alas

1:09 pm

cybernan

oh -- it is not just pt of the da 4 -- no wonder I was lost

1:09 pm

ch1212

it's my last one, then I have to start cleaning (alas)

1:09 pm

crosshair

It has been so long since I have u it that I have forgotten how to used licketys babble clues.

1:09 pm

cybernan

(still am)

1:10 pm

crosshair

Used it*

1:11 pm

crosshair

Down to 19, but it is very slow going now.

1:11 pm

cybernan

not sure what to pt, because there is no pt for the da 4

1:12 pm

ch1212

got it!! think LOTR creatures.

1:12 pm

crosshair

No, there is not, but use it anyways

1:12 pm

ch1212

it's like them.

1:13 pm

crosshair

Make it past tense, add a cons, then pl it.

1:13 pm

cybernan

ty crossy

1:13 pm

crosshair

Yaa!

1:13 pm

ch1212

got it crossy? el6?

1:14 pm

crosshair

No, not yet

1:14 pm

ch1212

Start with King of Rock and Roll

1:15 pm

crosshair

Ahh, got it, ty ch1212.

1:16 pm

ch1212

you're welcome. Now off to clean. Have a great one everyone!

1:16 pm

cybernan

ty ch1212

1:17 pm

crosshair

L.O.T.R language. :)

1:21 pm

cybernan

he 6/36 please?

1:26 pm

crosshair

Our town used to host the international Elvis festival. We get people from all over the world for the event, but we ran into a bit of a problem. When we have three hundred Elvis imoersonators in one town, we needed a term for more than one Elvis, so we chise Elvii.

1:26 pm

crosshair

Chise.

1:27 pm

crosshair

Chose**

1:27 pm

crosshair

As in "Look at all those Elvii over by the library."

1:29 pm

crosshair

On a rainy day the streets would run black with hair dye. :)

1:32 pm

cybernan

went to word list -- alt. sp for that he 6 -- american sp I guess.

1:32 pm

crosshair

Clue?

1:33 pm

cybernan

ends in not night

1:33 pm

cybernan

*change last vowel from what I would spell it normally

1:34 pm

crosshair

Ty, cybernan. Not a spelling varriant I would have found on my own.

1:34 pm

cybernan

hagd everyone :)

1:35 pm

crosshair

Tc, Cybernan

1:36 pm

cybernan

crossy if you have had a great time or something momentous happen it was a he 6/36

1:36 pm

cybernan

oh - glad you got it -- me neither obviously

1:38 pm

cybernan

God preserve us from americanization!

1:40 pm

crosshair

I have ran into cases in the past where publishers will refuse to even lok at your work unles you americanize it first--no colour, no arbour, no theatre, no yoghurt, etc.

1:53 pm

wingding

ch1212 12:56 ty for dy 4/7 clue, i missed that and nan ty for he 6/36

2:20 pm

DS927

Cybernan - I've lived in USA for 60 years and have never seen he6 spelled that way.

2:39 pm

MollyL

It's not spelled that way. It's not an "Americanization" it is just an incorrect spelling.

2:56 pm

scatterbrain

Hi aii I know that he 6 has been clued but still not getting it?????

2:57 pm

wingding

back in the he 6/36 day ... just spell it the wrong way .. the ending word

3:01 pm

Kaplan the Magne

DEI reporting another anti-semitic slur in grid. Was identified earlier. Oh, I forgot. There is no DEI. It makes planes crash.

3:02 pm

scatterbrain

Wow thanx wing???

3:02 pm

wingding

i can't believe that's even a joke now .. our commander-in-chief is a real jokester

3:02 pm

wingding

really makes us look stupid

3:03 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Just those who voted for him. The rest of us are traumatized

3:03 pm

wingding

scatter do you have any 'a's from the top row ?

3:04 pm

wingding

sadly, my niece in law is a therapist, and if frustrated when she has to console ppl who are traumatized by the leader we have ... she's all in on the kool-aide

3:05 pm

Kaplan the Magne

you mean a fellow therapist voted for him?

3:06 pm

nrkii

a lot of highly educated people voted for him, don't be lulled into thinking only a certain "type" is on that side

3:07 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I live in a bubble.

3:07 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Somerville Massachusettes.

3:08 pm

nrkii

I live in a multi-political family and friend circle

3:08 pm

nrkii

I lived in Somerville for 3 months after college... right around the corner from the Star Market, if I am remembering right

3:09 pm

nrkii

It's one of the things that makes it painful to read the chat here, is that many people I love dearly are impugned all the time by people's remarks. I know it's easy to think everyone agrees, but... :(

3:10 pm

Kaplan the Magne

nrkii- it's changed A LOT since those days. Super expensive and hip and not Slummerville. Older working class and newer techies. A big art scene, and a lot of dispensaries.

3:11 pm

nrkii

Yeah, it was pretty much all working class in 1990. I shared an apartment with 3 other people and at $400 a month, it was all I could afford. If that house is still standing, the monthly heat alone is probably $400.

3:11 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I have my limits. I couldn't be friends with someone who supported Il Duce or Adolph. What is going on now openly is terrifying. I keep wishing I would wake up and find it is all a crazy dream, and Kamala is President.

3:13 pm

Kaplan the Magne

What street? It went through a major spasm when the subway stations added it to the rest of Boston. There was a lot of town and gown animosity. Plus tons of overdose deaths around 2000.

3:13 pm

nrkii

Well, I sympathize with how you feel. I just don't end friendships over this. I've had others end friendships with me in the past, but I just give them space and time, and they come back. Everyone has to grieve, and anger is a part of that.

3:14 pm

Kaplan the Magne

An affordable apartment is $270,000 in a new building in Union Square.

3:14 pm

nrkii

I don't remember the name of the street. It was walking distance to Star Market and a little ice cream shop, but it was a bike or bus ride to get to the subway.

3:17 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Oh, the original Steve's ice cream! You lived near Porter Sq.. Steve sold his name to another owner, so when he reopened he couldn't use his name Steve. Harvard Square is basically a shopping mall, with most of its many bookstores gone. And its cafes. Very beloved place

3:17 pm

Kaplan the Magne

You lived around Elm St somewhere.

3:18 pm

nrkii

I hate what's happened to Harvard Square. It feels wrong to me.

3:18 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Or Beacon. I have lived here since 1980, but my roots are in Flushing, Queens.

3:19 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Harvard Sq Business Association has let it turn into a shallow mall. Now they are building up Union Sq, an Brazilian neighborhood of flavor and interest. Can't recognize it.

3:20 pm

nrkii

where is/was Lechmere station?

3:21 pm

Kaplan the Magne

It's ok when there's building in New York because it always changes. Lechemere is near the Science Museum, and the Galleria Mall which may still be open. They now have connected the Green Line through Somerville and up to Medford I think. I haven't been on it yet!

3:22 pm

Kaplan the Magne

They call Boston the Hub because to get anywhere you had to go to Park St Station in the middle, and then get another train out of the hub to your destination. Like a wheel. You can't get there from here is the slogan.

3:25 pm

nrkii

I think I lived off of Cambridge St or Somerville Ave because it was a straight shot down a very busy road to get to the Lechmere stop and head to work in Boston that Summer

3:26 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Cambridge St ran from Lechemere to Inman Sq. Then it would veer off into Beacon St which was where the OLD Star Market was.

3:27 pm

Kaplan the Magne

The might be boring to everyone, but it's interesting to me how cities change, and how demographics change.

3:28 pm

nrkii

Yes, I think I must have been off of Beacon. I'm probably just forgetting the Veer. :)

3:28 pm

Kaplan the Magne

When you lived here, the Winter Hill Gang was still in operation.

3:30 pm

Kaplan the Magne

You lived near a brick building with cemented windows, which is where the counseling offices for the methadone clinic were. Where I worked. A lot of gangland children. You know, "Mystic River,"

3:30 pm

nrkii

Not that I would have noticed the Irish mob. I grew up in a city that was very Irish vs. Italian. It was normal to me.

3:31 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Here too. And Flushing too. It's because of the redlining.

3:31 pm

nrkii

Well, back to work. Nice chatting!

3:32 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Work?

3:33 pm

dcseain

yeah, not all of us are retired yet.

3:33 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I am not retired- I just make my own hours.

3:34 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I am tired though.

3:40 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I have a cat that snores louder than my husband. I had switched to another bedroom and this cat was at my head. I forgot she was in that room. I have 3 cats and they all have bedrooms.

3:46 pm

dcseain

nice

3:57 pm

dcseain

29 Helens agree promptness is important.

4:36 pm

Kaplan the Magne

The Empty Nest is full of cats.

4:43 pm

MollyL

So you have a five bedroom house and three of those bedrooms belong to cats?

5:22 pm

crosshair

Lol scrabby has a bedroom just for her rabbits. :)

6:33 pm

Minveryork

Hello to my fellow babblers! How's everyone doing today?

6:33 pm

Minveryork

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers!Way to go

6:33 pm

suefrad625

hi all

6:38 pm

Minveryork

Hello suefrad625!How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

6:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello min!

9:32 pm

mkg

Back to do more.

9:33 pm

mkg

I hope to get no blanks. I need a good clue for the D center of the grid. And for the A top row. Ty.

9:35 pm

mkg

found the A words.

9:36 pm

mkg

still dont see any D words for center D.

9:43 pm

grannyrose

mkg, dy 4/7, dy 5/16. de 5/14, de 4/5

9:44 pm

mkg

Ty. Didnt think of dy.

9:44 pm

mkg

Got one of them. Ty.

9:44 pm

mkg

Just missing the 9 now.

9:45 pm

grannyrose

hang on. i'm going through my word list

9:46 pm

mkg

Got the 9. Ty anyway. It is so not a real word!

9:46 pm

grannyrose

wow! well done mkg

9:46 pm

mkg

Off to sleep. Ty granny rose.

9:47 pm

grannyrose

sweet dreams mkg. and you are most welcome.

9:50 pm

mkg

My daily goal is no blanks and at least one over half way. My bed beckens me

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