12:02 am
ursh
flip and hello all
12:03 am
Rainiqui
Hi Ursh and everyone else
12:12 am
moolingwa
re 7 pr 7
12:14 am
Stitchknit
artree
12:17 am
moolingwa
drinks on me :)
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:28 am
sprite
thanks Lickety. Morning babblers.
1:12 am
sprite
fireflies and poofing
1:50 am
mich_pdx
thanks Lickety! Hallo babblers
7:44 am
hokie carla
phantom pedigree
7:49 am
hokie carla
and emigre
7:51 am
hokie carla
and empire
7:51 am
hokie carla
and ampere. I could go on and on.
7:54 am
hokie carla
and rampage
8:06 am
hokie carla
stuck at 18 left. 3-9-2-3-0-1 TTFN
8:41 am
rururocks
aaaaagh.. couldn't see the other nine until the last word
8:42 am
MollyL
The other nine?
8:42 am
rururocks
i mean the nine
8:43 am
rururocks
would love to make a joke but it's too early
8:43 am
rururocks
this was a weirdo grid but fairly easy
8:44 am
MollyL
Yeah, yeah it's hard (and I do mean hard) to keep track of your nines.
8:44 am
phaeton
can't find the stupid ge5
8:45 am
rururocks
the shape of the world phaeton ge5
8:47 am
ChampFit
I just remembered it a few minutes ago.
8:47 am
ChampFit
Does it build off of anything ru?
8:48 am
ChampFit
Also, may I please have stats for the bottom O, 4th column?
8:49 am
rururocks
oo5 a babblet
8:50 am
rururocks
no idea what it means
8:50 am
ChampFit
I have that one...what's the other one?
8:50 am
rururocks
oi + day in spanish
8:50 am
ChampFit
I have an oo 5/10
8:51 am
ChampFit
Thank you! I couldn't remember it...
8:52 am
rururocks
a museum exhibit
8:52 am
rururocks
of a war scene maybe
8:58 am
phaeton
any clues wanted
9:06 am
ChampFit
I can't how long it took me to find that damn 9! I have one of those every Friday. Good grief!
9:18 am
rururocks
only one?
9:21 am
MollyL
She has to stay perky so she can use all those !!!!!
9:25 am
rururocks
I don't drink Tequilla anymore but did love margaritas in those days
9:26 am
MollyL
Tequila makes me gag
9:28 am
crosshair
Good morning, Babblers. :) I hate tequila, but back in the day my favouite mixed drink was a long island iced tea. You make them right you don't taste any booze, but after two of them you find your legs don't work. :)
9:36 am
crosshair
A splash of Beefeater gin, a dollop of Appleton Estates spiced rum, a modicum of Smirnoff blue label vodka, some Triple Sec (sp), 3/4 fill the glass with pink lemonade, add a splash of coke for colour, add crushed ice, and garnish with lemon slice (to keep scurvy away during long binge sessions.)
9:36 am
rururocks
last time I drank tequila I was 16...
9:39 am
rururocks
oops.. wrong.. I did once as an adult...on a vacation.. it's not my booze of choice though
9:39 am
MollyL
The bar I worked at used simple syrup and lemon juice and added tequila to the list of alcohols. Bars don't usually stock pink lemonade.
9:42 am
crosshair
I did at our bar because demand was so high, that and caesers. The ladies used to gobble those up like they were going out of style.
9:43 am
crosshair
I will die a happy man if I never make a caeser again. :)
9:45 am
rururocks
I love Caesar salads.. delish
9:45 am
MollyL
Whoever though liquor and Clamato belonged together was a lunatic
9:46 am
MollyL
Ru he's talking about a Bloody Mary made with Clamato juice. It's a thing in Canada. Go figure.
9:46 am
rururocks
oh jeez never heard of that
9:46 am
crosshair
Yet at our peak I was making over fifty of them in a shift. Ugh.
9:46 am
MollyL
They are disgusting
9:46 am
rururocks
they sounds pretty f-ing awful
9:47 am
rururocks
sound that is
9:50 am
crosshair
My main tipple used to be Segrams Seven Star--water back. The fancy mixed drink were generally not my thing--with the exception of the forementioned iced tea on a hot summers day.
9:51 am
origami
My husband used to drink clamato with beer. Ugh.
9:51 am
crosshair
Now I get gut rot if I drink water the wrong way--how times have changed.
9:52 am
crosshair
A hangover cure used to be beer, clamato juice, a raw egg and three drops of tobasco.
9:55 am
crosshair
It either cured you, or it made you purge all that poison out of your stomach.
9:56 am
MollyL
A regular Bloody Mary with extra tabasco will fix you right up
10:02 am
crosshair
Now I am craving some V8 juice.
10:17 am
hurshy
i didn't know people ever craved V8
10:18 am
rururocks
I like tomatoes in a salad or hot as in pasta sauce. Cold Tomato juice sounds disgusting to me
10:19 am
hurshy
i have never tried it, but now i wonder if they put something in it to tone down the acidity of the tomatoes
10:20 am
crosshair
I got it a lot with weekend breakfasts as a child, hurshy.
10:20 am
crosshair
Been years since I have tried it. Would probably burn a hole through my stomach now.
10:21 am
hurshy
yeah it wasn't something that it ever occurred to my mom to buy. she had her repertoire of things and did not try other things beyond those.
10:22 am
hurshy
should i be seeing this top E or is it something weird
10:22 am
penquis
ordinary word....
10:23 am
penquis
hello and goodbye for now... ;o)
10:23 am
hurshy
ah there it is
10:23 am
crosshair
Howdy, and come back soo pen. :)
10:23 am
hurshy
talk about a flying visit lol
10:24 am
crosshair
Blink and you miss it. :)
10:24 am
hurshy
why did i think "ramage" was a word
10:25 am
crosshair
I keep trying pedigree
10:25 am
hurshy
well at least that IS a word
10:25 am
varumba
any clue for Di7?
10:25 am
hurshy
phantom: rampart
10:26 am
hurshy
you make them in primary school
10:27 am
hurshy
to show scenes from history
10:27 am
crosshair
The top e is "not full"
10:27 am
hurshy
i know, i got it after being assured it was normal
10:28 am
varumba
diempty is not a word lol
10:28 am
hurshy
they are not RELATED lol
10:28 am
hurshy
crossy was saying about the E because i asked about it earlier
10:29 am
hurshy
phantom: egret
10:30 am
MollyL
V8 is a combination of vegetable juices as opposed to tomato juice which is just from tomatoes
10:30 am
hurshy
do kids not make di7s in british school? maybe it is an american thing?
10:31 am
varumba
I just can't think of any word right now
10:31 am
varumba
I would bet it's an american thing too - though I don't know what I'm talking about so...
10:31 am
hurshy
ok it ends like a cartoon show (also american) called Futu****
10:31 am
MollyL
UK kids make di7s
10:32 am
crosshair
Babble blindness is real, varumba. :/
10:32 am
varumba
arf you're telling me!
10:32 am
hurshy
see additional clue i just gave, maybe it will help
10:32 am
crosshair
Them you go do something for five minutes, come back, then you see words everywhere.
10:32 am
varumba
aah that ought to help hursh
10:34 am
hurshy
*fingers crossed*
10:35 am
varumba
only found it in the list because I knew the ending
10:35 am
varumba
tx Hursh
10:35 am
varumba
now let's see what it means
10:35 am
varumba
never heard of it
10:36 am
hurshy
name that proper noun! doctor who invented the eponymous test to score the overall health of a baby right after birth
10:36 am
varumba
yeah UK primary kids don't make as many 3D stuff as you guys do
10:36 am
hurshy
ding ding ding!!!
10:37 am
varumba
just a tad slow
10:37 am
crosshair
As was I
10:37 am
hurshy
nothing wrong with slow
10:37 am
hurshy
my spirit animal is the sloth
10:39 am
crosshair
I cannot tell you the name of my spirit animal, but there are signs...
10:39 am
cybernan
good morning - great sized grid for a busy day )
10:39 am
hurshy
of course other times i complete certain tasks very fast and then i say "meep meep!"
10:39 am
varumba
hey there nan
10:40 am
crosshair
I prefer grids in the 100-200 range. Anything more and I never finish.
10:42 am
crosshair
I went back to jigidi.com the other day. Had the urge to do a puzzle. Did the Babble 744 jigsaw I posted there. :)
10:47 am
MollyL
Google must be a liar then. It says UK Kids make di7s
10:48 am
hurshy
perhaps that's a more recent development
10:48 am
hurshy
perhaps it was not yet in vogue when varumba was in school
10:48 am
varumba
I just never heard the word myself
10:49 am
hurshy
it's a lovely word really
10:49 am
varumba
and even though I taught at primary school level, i myself only came on the UK in my 20s...
10:49 am
hurshy
where are you from originally?
10:49 am
varumba
but never used the word diorama myself during my teaching...
10:50 am
hurshy
so english is your second language
10:50 am
varumba
it does sound like a word that would be taught at some point though
10:50 am
hurshy
well then it's natural for some words to perhaps be left out of your vocabulary
10:51 am
hurshy
why did you move?
10:51 am
varumba
indeed hursh
10:51 am
varumba
long time ago and irrelevant now tbh
10:52 am
hurshy
just seems like it would be hard to leave behind fresh baguettes and croissants for... mushy peas and beans on toast
10:52 am
varumba
don't knock beans on toast
10:52 am
varumba
one of the best things one can have when it's damp and cold outside
10:53 am
hurshy
but you have to admit france is known for great cuisine while england is not so much
10:53 am
varumba
I can con firm it wasn't to do with local cuisine
10:53 am
hurshy
i do like banoffee pie tho
10:55 am
varumba
bit sickly for me
10:56 am
hurshy
gosh there are a lot of cool D words in this puzzle, not just di7
10:57 am
hurshy
we have a bug
10:57 am
hurshy
the cats are on high alert
10:57 am
hurshy
who knows what will get knocked down before the saga ends
10:57 am
cybernan
does anyone know what that dr 5/12 means in english -- I always think of it as a french word
10:58 am
varumba
a legal right
10:58 am
varumba
as in something is entitled to legally
10:58 am
cybernan
in english too?
10:58 am
varumba
does come from the French meaning of droit
10:58 am
varumba
G done - time to go cook
10:59 am
varumba
thanks for the help guys and syl
10:59 am
cybernan
always think of droit de seigneur which is a whole new ball game
10:59 am
hurshy
making beans on toast? that would bring things full circle here
11:00 am
hurshy
bottom row grey!
11:00 am
cybernan
bye varumba
11:00 am
varumba
veg soup :)
11:05 am
cybernan
phantom pedigree
11:11 am
hurshy
top row grey!
11:11 am
cybernan
missing one a from there
11:12 am
hurshy
it has am5, ar5, ar6, ar4
11:13 am
cybernan
need the am, ty
11:13 am
cybernan
twisty one
11:13 am
hurshy
left col grey!
11:14 am
hurshy
need one J to complete all the edges
11:14 am
hurshy
have 2 ja5 and je4
11:16 am
MollyL
Another j5
11:17 am
cybernan
just have one ja 5
11:19 am
cybernan
you are missing a je 5 hurshy
11:21 am
hurshy
ok looking
11:21 am
hurshy
ty got it
11:21 am
cybernan
have ja 5/24 stats for the other please?
11:21 am
hurshy
same stats
11:23 am
hurshy
phantom: germ
11:44 am
cybernan
are there a bunch of re 6's I'm missing?
11:50 am
cybernan
and one re 7?
11:51 am
rururocks
on re7
11:51 am
rururocks
one that is
11:51 am
cybernan
ok - have the 7 but not the 6 and still missing one 7 from somewhere
11:54 am
rururocks
it's a tool for drilling holes
11:54 am
cybernan
oh so not an again word
11:55 am
rururocks
PG rated too
11:55 am
cybernan
if it's not a drill then I don't know what it is
11:57 am
rururocks
add to a package of xerox paper word
12:00 pm
cybernan
do you mean the amount of paper?
12:00 pm
cybernan
or a brand name?
12:01 pm
MollyL
What the amount of paper is called
12:01 pm
cybernan
have added everything I can think of to the end, so must be in the middle
12:02 pm
MollyL
re6 is also a kitchen tool
12:03 pm
cybernan
no drilling going on in my kitchen :)
12:03 pm
MollyL
That is not what you use it for in the kitchen. You use it on citrus
12:03 pm
cybernan
got it by guessing - still don't see it though
12:04 pm
MollyL
Comes from the bottom R
12:05 pm
cybernan
thanks for your patience - did not know that term
12:07 pm
cybernan
ah - see it now. starving - time for breakfast
12:07 pm
rururocks
no drilling over here sadly too
1:56 pm
periwinkle
hello all. I have the re6 but not the re7
2:01 pm
cybernan
hello everyone :)
2:02 pm
cybernan
Peri - I have just re 7ed you
2:05 pm
cybernan
Done. hagd everyone
2:26 pm
MollyL
The person at the front of Walmart who says hello will re7 you if you come in again
2:27 pm
periwinkle
got it from nans clue ty Molly
2:27 pm
periwinkle
lone E in 4th column pls
2:28 pm
BzznBea
go figurre
2:31 pm
hurshy
which tells me my last 7 is ar7
2:31 pm
hurshy
but not seeing it
2:32 pm
hurshy
anyone have it and want to clue?
2:38 pm
rururocks
very dry air ar7
2:38 pm
BzznBea
LOL! just found it myself
2:42 pm
hurshy
oh should have thought of that!
2:48 pm
hurshy
oh my favorite bird
2:56 pm
rururocks
You are welcome
3:11 pm
hurshy
oh yes sorry ruru, thanks. sometimes i feel that thanks are implied but i realize not everyone probably thinks that way so i should say it
3:22 pm
MollyL
I think gratitude is important. There is a guy in my office who brings in Friday treats (bagels, muffins, etc). He told me I am the only one who says thank you. Everyone else bitches about how they are being tempted to eat something they shouldn't.
3:59 pm
hokie carla
got the 9 from the chat. not seeing other words on my own.
4:01 pm
BzznBea
Well crap. It's contagious.
4:08 pm
Soodle
Advice sought. Currently babysitting grands. It’s 10.06 pm here. 4 yr old has fallen asleep in living room. Do I wake him & take him to bed, or do I leave sleeping 4 year olds lie undisturbed. (I think I just answered my own questionn
4:10 pm
Soodle
Gonna leave him! Let his parents deal with the tantrums when he is woken. Sheesh. Mother Nature got it right when she decided old ladies shouldn’t have babies. I’m exhausted.
4:25 pm
periwinkle
di7 please
4:28 pm
MollyL
A three D art product made in grade school
4:28 pm
periwinkle
ty Molly
4:37 pm
hokie carla
well it sure is
4:38 pm
hokie carla
rehi again. hey to bea! I think you chose right, soodle. and hi to peri and molly
4:57 pm
BzznBea
I am so glad they are showing more womens college games.
4:59 pm
hokie carla
basketball?
5:03 pm
BzznBea
That's whats playing now. But networks are airing more womens sports across the board.
5:07 pm
BzznBea
Border agents in Charlotte. WTF
5:08 pm
hokie carla
yeah, I've been seeing reports of that for a whiel
5:08 pm
hokie carla
while
5:08 pm
BzznBea
They just got here.
5:15 pm
rururocks
if they arrest you bea... we'll get you out
5:19 pm
BzznBea
I don't live in Charlotte. But I may go there to protest.
5:19 pm
rururocks
it's crazy isn't it?
5:20 pm
BzznBea
I guess instead of here, I should say in NC.
5:20 pm
rururocks
what have we come to?
5:21 pm
BzznBea
It's absurd. Every day it gets more unbelievable.
5:22 pm
rururocks
right out of the Nazi playbook really
5:22 pm
swmbo
What are they doing? I mean what border are they protecting?
5:22 pm
BzznBea
I hope those who vote red are ashamed.
5:23 pm
BzznBea
Exactly, swmbo.
5:23 pm
rururocks
I can't wait till Congress gets their hands on all the Epstein Records
5:24 pm
swmbo
I mean, are they just patrolling the streets? Are they stopping people? Like what are they doing?
5:24 pm
rururocks
stopping people of color.. swmbo.. especially brown people
5:24 pm
BzznBea
They are profiling as they patrol the streets.
5:25 pm
rururocks
how's your mom these days bea better?
5:25 pm
BzznBea
And they don't wait to see if you are legal before they haul you to detention.
5:25 pm
swmbo
Mother of god
5:26 pm
rururocks
yeah.. no shit swmbo
5:27 pm
BzznBea
My mom is amazing. She fell in July and shattered her pelvis and her left arm. She is now using both arms as left is dominate and walking with her walker.
5:27 pm
swmbo
My heart bleeds. And believe me, no one outside the US thinks “this could never happen to us” because we know it could. We are scared for you and we are scared for ourselves.
5:27 pm
Soodle
Four yr old transported to bed -still sleeping.Phew. What do you Americans make of the revelations that the BBC doctored the footage of Trump inciting violence on Capitol Hill? I’d be really interested to know what people think of that
5:27 pm
MollyL
Do people who are legally here have something to fear, or just people who are illegally here?
5:28 pm
BzznBea
If you are brown, you should be afraid.
5:30 pm
BzznBea
Soodle, he incited the riot that killed Capitol police officers. Haven't seen any thing from the BBC, but I watched it in real time on US networks.
5:31 pm
rururocks
um soodle he did incite the riot
5:31 pm
rururocks
the secret service prevented him from joining the riot
5:31 pm
MollyL
Why did the BBC doctor the footage?
5:32 pm
swmbo
The tape was spliced to make his words seem more inflammatory. The BBC was greatly at fault. This kind of tampering gives credence to those who scream Fake News
5:32 pm
BzznBea
Now he wants to attack Venezuela in their own country.
5:33 pm
swmbo
Mind you, his words were inflammatory, but they took them out of order and made them seem worse
5:34 pm
BzznBea
I don't know how his words could have been made worse.
5:34 pm
Soodle
I understand that Bea & I watched it myself. However, the BBC spliced footage to make him look like he was fanning flames. God knows, I’m no Trump supporter, but it was a shameful move by the BEEB
5:35 pm
Soodle
Exactly, Swmbo!
5:35 pm
MollyL
What I am reading says the BBC editor admits he doctored the footage shown
5:35 pm
BzznBea
I will have to look at it.
5:35 pm
swmbo
I agree Soodle. And what makes it worse is that the BBC is supposed to be this paragon of broadcasting
5:36 pm
Soodle
It is well worth a Google. Sadly - it gives credance to Trump’s claims of Fake News.
5:36 pm
MollyL
And yeah, this is just more support for the fake news people
5:38 pm
swmbo
In these perilous days, it behooves those who feed us the news to be as careful and truthful as possible. I am always careful to “consider the source” but when the source, the BBC, does something like this it undermines people’s trust badly.
5:42 pm
Soodle
As I said, I’m no Trump supporter, so it really pisses me off when a supposedly reputable broadcaster exposes themselves as purveyors of fake news & lends weight to Trumps claims. A classic case of shooting themselves in the foot.
5:43 pm
swmbo
Exactly Soodle
5:45 pm
Soodle
But in REAL news. All 3 grands are tucked up in bed, their temples rubbed, with Grandma intoning ‘Good Dreams, Good Dreams’. I may even chance a glass of wine now to enjoy the peace & quiet.
5:47 pm
swmbo
Now THAT is good news! And on that note I must depart. Goodnight Babblers.
5:49 pm
BzznBea
Enjoy that wine. They will be up and running soon.
5:50 pm
hokie carla
is the GE5 a word I should get? I can't even find it on a lookup site
5:51 pm
penquis
three vowels in the middle...
5:52 pm
penquis
anyone have the ad 6?
5:52 pm
hokie carla
you have to be able to see it
5:52 pm
moolingwa
very good at something...or in french "to right"
5:52 pm
hokie carla
mooo!
5:52 pm
hokie carla
got the G, thx
5:52 pm
penquis
ty, mool...
5:52 pm
moolingwa
I'm not really here, but do have only 3 left :)
5:53 pm
hokie carla
9 here but on the list now
5:53 pm
moolingwa
0-2-1
M J R
5:54 pm
hokie carla
well I have an idea on your J but not finding it myself
5:54 pm
hokie carla
got it
5:55 pm
penquis
anyone have the ti 6?
5:55 pm
hokie carla
neater
5:55 pm
moolingwa
comparative
5:55 pm
penquis
i have lost patience with this grid....
5:56 pm
hokie carla
well that's a real word at least. the J wasn't.
5:56 pm
penquis
ha....thought of that word earlier but didn't siee it...i am done...ty for the help....
5:56 pm
hokie carla
congrats
5:57 pm
BzznBea
Thanks, pen. Closed that T out.
5:57 pm
hokie carla
I need moo to find the M so I can have a clue.
5:57 pm
moolingwa
not sure if it's a 5 or a 6
5:57 pm
penquis
the ma 6.30?
5:58 pm
penquis
the ma 6 murders were on PBS not that long ago...
5:58 pm
penquis
it's a bird...
5:59 pm
moolingwa
oh boy, shoulda got that
5:59 pm
hokie carla
I was going to say, maybe moo's is a different one.
6:00 pm
penquis
i figured it had to be that one...
6:00 pm
hokie carla
but he knows birds
6:00 pm
penquis
the other words are all ordinary...
6:02 pm
penquis
well i am heading out....goodnight all...
6:02 pm
hokie carla
'night, pen!
6:04 pm
moolingwa
not sure what my last word is
6:04 pm
hokie carla
I have R PP R left
6:04 pm
hokie carla
can't find any of them
6:04 pm
moolingwa
yeah, bottom r for me
6:04 pm
moolingwa
what lengths you got left?
6:05 pm
hokie carla
I can't tell from the list which R I need
6:05 pm
hokie carla
lol, well done
6:05 pm
hokie carla
I have ra5 and re5
6:05 pm
moolingwa
probably r5 off the bottom
6:05 pm
moolingwa
probably re5
6:05 pm
hokie carla
see it now, thx
6:06 pm
hokie carla
and I know the 3rd letter of the ra5
6:06 pm
moolingwa
maybe pa5
6:06 pm
moolingwa
yeah, that's a new one for me that ra5
6:06 pm
hokie carla
oh, got the R
6:06 pm
BzznBea
I have two ra5. are there more?
6:06 pm
hokie carla
no, I need pr6 and pr7
6:07 pm
hokie carla
found the 7
6:07 pm
hokie carla
yes, bea. there are 3
6:07 pm
moolingwa
well you might find the 6 then :)
6:07 pm
hokie carla
one is almost the noodles
6:08 pm
hokie carla
ok, got the 6
6:08 pm
BzznBea
got it. thanks
6:08 pm
moolingwa
so that's fw?
6:09 pm
BzznBea
Time for a very late dinner. May be back for 27
6:10 pm
hokie carla
I'm out, good luck bea! and moo was never here
6:10 pm
hokie carla
this is not very late for our dinner :D
6:23 pm
mkg
any clues for fourth column o or e words welcome. stats too. thanks.
6:39 pm
MollyL
morewords.com
6:52 pm
mkg
ty molly. got the o AND THE e words but 5 r words missing. must go look at stats. not sure i can figure those out.
6:54 pm
mkg
sincer i dont have all r words for any of the r's cant quite figure this one out.
6:58 pm
mkg
got an R. so now no blank tiles. ty.
8:04 pm
BzznBea
Back just in time. I see.
8:13 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hi all, lessee how many words i can find before I conk out
8:42 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
except for the lone O i have HOET, woot
8:58 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
(i mean one of the lone Os)
8:58 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
(which I just found)
8:59 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
30 words to go. that's it for me. nighty night to all you lurkers