12:00 am
Rainiqui
Hello to all
12:06 am
hurshy
phantoms: front, affront
12:08 am
hurshy
and elite
12:10 am
hurshy
and facilit...
12:12 am
Robespierre
Good morning! Cr 8
12:12 am
hurshy
all hail robespierre!
12:13 am
Robespierre
Vive la republique!
12:13 am
hurshy
vive la liberté!
12:14 am
Robespierre
I was actually in Paris for the Bastille Day festivities this year—it was pretty fabulous!
12:15 am
hurshy
nice! i was in the Champs-Elysées in like 2008 when they won the semifinals in the World Cup, it was so cool
12:15 am
Robespierre
Oooh, that sounds like fun!
12:16 am
hurshy
yeah, lots of singing and chanting and stuff
12:16 am
hurshy
on est en final, on est en final, on est, on est, on est en final...
12:18 am
hurshy
idk if there are any trekkies around but
12:18 am
hurshy
name that extraterrestrial noun! vulcan word for a person's soul, essence, memories, knowledge...
12:18 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:19 am
Robespierre
Katra! (Also, why do all the French people in Star Trek speak with English accents?)
12:19 am
hurshy
ding ding ding!!!
12:19 am
hurshy
do they ALL or is it pretty much picard you're talking about
12:20 am
Robespierre
And his family, but I guess those are probably the only French people we meet.
12:20 am
hurshy
it was worse, i thought, to cast Hugh Laurie as the main character French resistance fighter in "All the Light We Cannot See"
12:20 am
Robespierre
Haven’t seen that one. Does he attempt a French accent?
12:21 am
hurshy
being french isn't that important in star trek but for a WWII flick, come on, you need an actual frenchman
12:21 am
hurshy
and i ADORE hugh laurie
12:21 am
hurshy
i don't actually remember if he did a french accent or what
12:22 am
hurshy
if he did, well, it wasn't as good as his american accent
12:22 am
Robespierre
Either way, yeah, gotta have French actors play French people in WW2 movies!
12:22 am
cybernan
small world hurshy - we were on our way back our hotel in the St. Germain district when they won the world cup in 2008. People were pouring out of the bars, cheering and an impromptu band (trumpet, trombone and a couple of saxes) were leading the parade.
12:23 am
hurshy
no sorry it was 2006
12:24 am
hurshy
i was thinking it was on the same schedule as leap years but i guess not
12:24 am
cybernan
whatever - we went over about every 2 years
12:24 am
hurshy
and they didn't win the world cup, they only won the semi-final, then italy beat them
12:25 am
cybernan
all I remember was asking someone what the hoopla was about, so it was probably the same game. Not a fan
12:25 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs, ai 7 and 8
12:26 am
hurshy
yes i am sure it was the same game :)
12:30 am
hurshy
dang it all, i just need one more right O to vanquish the vowels
12:33 am
gremlinn
did you get ou8 on it?
12:34 am
hurshy
just 7 on the left one
12:39 am
hurshy
oh man i was just not thinking to use that left R for the longest time
12:39 am
hurshy
off to bed, ttfn
12:49 am
cybernan
not liking this one much - not finding the lone i nor the u
12:53 am
dcseain
thanks, thase were easy with those hints
12:54 am
dcseain
vatican is in the grid today
12:54 am
gremlinn
but only va5
12:55 am
gremlinn
they seem to share etymology
12:56 am
dcseain
oh, huh. I never would’ve thought to try that, thanks, grom
12:56 am
cybernan
found the ic, ty grem
12:57 am
dcseain
This game taught me that the word that we pronounce as wral is spellled as ri4
12:58 am
cybernan
and the ut - ty ursh
12:58 am
dcseain
there is a round tuit in the grid :)
12:59 am
gremlinn
I don't get it :)
12:59 am
dcseain
not a clue.
12:59 am
harpjane
oh good, a big one
1:00 am
gremlinn
big without having any obviously good letter combinations, too
1:01 am
dcseain
the -ier is helpful but yeah
1:01 am
dcseain
which suffix ENABLE doesn’t apply to ti6 hmph
1:02 am
gremlinn
probably because it's an -ish adjective?
1:03 am
gremlinn
although the same with F instead of T to start wouldn't abide by that either
1:04 am
dcseain
not without an -erier, yeah.
1:04 am
gremlinn
never mind, it's an adverb, now that I think of it...
1:05 am
cybernan
good night everyone :)
1:05 am
dcseain
sleep well, nan
1:08 am
dcseain
i’m gaing to sleep now too. Happy Babling, yall!
3:13 am
Rachway
sorry guys :(
7:07 am
crosshair
Good morning, Babblers. :)
7:22 am
Book Doctor Gwen
greetings, buddies, diving in
7:46 am
MollyL
IIt's 20 degrees here. It was 17 when I got up this morning. This weather sucks.
8:07 am
Book Doctor Gwen
if we had a P we'd have a pelican
8:07 am
maccafixx
ou 8/45?
8:10 am
Book Doctor Gwen
no points for solfa
8:20 am
Book Doctor Gwen
phantom illicit
8:24 am
Book Doctor Gwen
111 words to go, still missing 3 tiles. later, buds
8:24 am
rastapopolous
I guess vatican is a proper noun, dang it
8:27 am
phaeton
did you get the shorter version?
8:28 am
rastapopolous
I have now, thanks
10:02 am
hokie carla
phantom failure
10:07 am
hokie carla
phantom affront
10:12 am
hokie carla
phantom cartoons
11:02 am
72 Temple Owl
tire
11:02 am
72 Temple Owl
tier
11:32 am
moolingwa
morning all
11:48 am
72 Temple Owl
tihi moo
11:48 am
moolingwa
hey TO, happy Tuesday
11:50 am
72 Temple Owl
feeling the holiday pressure today. stying in on this cold day to get some things done on the home front.
11:50 am
moolingwa
yeah, I went walking and it was blowing a gale...so that wasn't so much fun
11:51 am
72 Temple Owl
tomorrow may bring some icy precip.
11:51 am
moolingwa
oh yay...said no one ever
11:52 am
moolingwa
going to be dry and mild here for the foreseeable future
11:55 am
72 Temple Owl
down to 84 and at a temp stop
11:55 am
moolingwa
well, first pass done and still 60 left...bit of a sticky board this one
11:56 am
72 Temple Owl
yes. looking at that v and only seeing oee, perhaps some lunch would help
11:56 am
moolingwa
nourishment is good
11:58 am
72 Temple Owl
okay, going to take a break from babble to tend to housework. later
11:59 am
72 Temple Owl
a break from my break:)
12:01 pm
hokie carla
rehi
12:01 pm
72 Temple Owl
carla!
12:03 pm
hokie carla
I do have 2 V's, only because one clue was on the screen when I got here
12:04 pm
72 Temple Owl
your photo resembles a black cat with glowing eyes, it's fun to look at the little photos...like a rorschach test.
12:04 pm
hokie carla
yours looks like a cat too
12:04 pm
72 Temple Owl
in fact, it IS a cat.
12:05 pm
72 Temple Owl
the calamityware cat
12:05 pm
72 Temple Owl
which reminds me, i need to order my calamityware stuff. but all shipping is a problem with ups, two purchases are in no where land
12:05 pm
hokie carla
what is calamityware?
12:06 pm
72 Temple Owl
products with the idea things could be worse. calamityware.com
12:07 pm
hokie carla
I ordered something from ETSY in July that I didn't notice was coming from Spain. It got stuck in customs and I've never seen it since. seller claims there is nothing he can do.
12:07 pm
72 Temple Owl
calamities are artfully incorpoarted into the designs
12:08 pm
72 Temple Owl
i am sure etsy has rules about that.
12:08 pm
hokie carla
well I went through them first I think.
12:08 pm
72 Temple Owl
you went to the courier?
12:10 pm
72 Temple Owl
okay i have to go. good luck with that , carla.
12:11 pm
MollyL
I am so done with Etsy. I have had similar experiences to Carla and Etsy will do nothing about it
12:11 pm
hurshy
i love calamityware, i haven't bought any but i have seen it
12:12 pm
72 Temple Owl
wow. i am selling my collections via etsy now, at a friend's shop. it's been great for both of us.
12:12 pm
hurshy
etsy is great until it isn't, basically
12:13 pm
72 Temple Owl
i've only purchased twice. once great, the other not.
12:13 pm
hokie carla
the courier was some euro company I 'd never heard of
12:13 pm
hurshy
my sister had a shop to sell things she made on there, and then they suddenly said she had violated their policies and shut her shop down. she had no recourse and they wouldn't even tell her what policy they thought she had violated.
12:13 pm
72 Temple Owl
is it in customs in nyc?
12:13 pm
hokie carla
I've bought several things over the years and this is the first time I'm having a problem.
12:14 pm
72 Temple Owl
babble is a large sample. am sure there will be some for whom the experience is lacking
12:14 pm
MollyL
Any vendor who is selling from outside the US should be clearly marked as such on any site. It usually involves very long wait times and a no returns policy.
12:14 pm
hurshy
i've never had any trouble with it really as a buyer - when things go wrong, they've always gotten resolved appropriately, but maybe the current admin's customs dept is causing more troubles
12:15 pm
hokie carla
it's Correros - Espana, and I can't read it great because the tracking updates are in spanish, but I think it says the package has entered the customs of the destination country.
12:15 pm
hokie carla
and that was Aug 3
12:15 pm
72 Temple Owl
the rules of the site are subject to update, as a buyer i get notices of policy changes
12:16 pm
72 Temple Owl
well that would be the us, no?
12:16 pm
72 Temple Owl
and then probably to the usps
12:16 pm
hurshy
can't you pop some of the spanish phrases into like google translate, carla?
12:16 pm
BzznBea
Have you seen all the cargo freights at US Customs? And then the govt shut down didn't help either.
12:16 pm
72 Temple Owl
perhaps try the tracking number in the usps system
12:17 pm
hokie carla
yes, I have before, but the only word I didn't really know was customs so I filled that in
12:17 pm
72 Temple Owl
good luck carla and all. happy babbling
12:18 pm
72 Temple Owl
plugging into the radio to help keep the cleaning moving.
12:18 pm
hokie carla
ok, here's what google translate says "The shipment has entered customs in the destination country."
12:19 pm
hurshy
so there you go
12:19 pm
hokie carla
I see I can open a case. Will try that.
12:19 pm
hurshy
when did it arrive at customs?
12:19 pm
hokie carla
Aug 3
12:20 pm
hurshy
yeah i do always try to pay attention now to where stuff is coming from, just so i'm aware
12:20 pm
hokie carla
great, it says my last day to open a case was Nov 15
12:20 pm
hurshy
but i mean i had an order come in from europe recently and that didn't have a problem
12:21 pm
BzznBea
I'd try anyway, Carla.
12:21 pm
hurshy
you can't try, the computer won't let you, i bet
12:21 pm
hokie carla
no way to
12:22 pm
hurshy
maybe you can call Customs itself tho
12:22 pm
hurshy
and say hey you got a pkg of mine 4 months ago
12:22 pm
hurshy
maybe they can dig through piles of old stuff and find it
12:23 pm
hurshy
i wouldn't think it LIKELY but you never KNOW
12:23 pm
hurshy
anyone have the breakdown of S words, in terms of SN, SO, ST?
12:24 pm
BzznBea
I have 9 sn and 8 st
12:25 pm
BzznBea
Guess the rest are so
12:25 pm
hurshy
oh then i definitely need some more ST, only have 4
12:25 pm
hurshy
and btw phantom: suitor
12:26 pm
hokie carla
looks like it's too late to dispute with cc even
12:26 pm
hurshy
yeah i guess usually 90 days
12:26 pm
hokie carla
I still need 10 S
12:27 pm
hurshy
i need 7 but obvs 4 of them are ST
12:27 pm
hokie carla
anyhoo, we are going to the dump and then I'm finishing my xmas decorations, so BBL for last 88.
12:28 pm
hurshy
found one of the ST words!
12:28 pm
hurshy
so far all five of my ST are 5 letters long
12:29 pm
hurshy
aHA there's another, a 6
12:31 pm
BzznBea
finally found the lone I
12:31 pm
hurshy
i did all the vowel words at the flip!
12:32 pm
hurshy
phantoms: cloak, croak, crack
12:33 pm
hurshy
ooh found a 7 letter C word that they have in congress
12:36 pm
EvaNadine
the only C7 i have is in a salad. lol
12:37 pm
hurshy
well, ok, you know how when people break up they often say they want a certain CL7 word? it's just one letter changed from that
12:37 pm
hurshy
and i did not have the salad one so ty for that
12:38 pm
EvaNadine
YW -- plural for the 8!
12:39 pm
hurshy
yes, i know, i got that too
12:39 pm
EvaNadine
TY for the CL7
12:39 pm
hurshy
phantom: traffic
2:38 pm
periwinkle
hi all. not seeing that cl7
2:39 pm
periwinkle
pl of what
2:40 pm
BzznBea
oranges, grapefrruit etc
2:40 pm
MollyL
cl7 starts with what sounds like what blood forms when it forms a blockage
2:40 pm
periwinkle
ty molly
2:41 pm
BzznBea
Ah! so sorry
2:44 pm
mkg
the cl 7. i am confused by the clues. oranges and grapefruits are citrus which is not in grid.
2:44 pm
mkg
help needed please for cl 7
2:45 pm
hokie carla
I guess you won't get closure
2:46 pm
mkg
is that a clue carla? not getting it.
2:46 pm
periwinkle
lone i and lone a please in 4throw please
2:46 pm
mkg
i have cl 4 5. what blood does when it dries. but otheriwse dont see much
2:47 pm
cybernan
good afternoon everyone
2:47 pm
periwinkle
hi nan
2:48 pm
mkg
tried closour, closore, clostrue, etc. you get it but i am not getting it at all.
2:49 pm
periwinkle
mkg change the s in closure to another letter
2:50 pm
BzznBea
Use the cl4 to start, mkg
2:51 pm
WoolyChris
Peri ic 6/33 and af 4/7
2:52 pm
mkg
ty. got it. that did it. now what does that have to do with oranges and grapefruits?
2:52 pm
periwinkle
ty for af4
2:52 pm
BzznBea
It doesn't have a thing to do with it.
2:52 pm
BzznBea
I thought she was asking fo a ci
2:53 pm
periwinkle
ty for ic6
2:53 pm
mkg
bea, i dont see any way citrus is in the grid. am i wrong?
2:54 pm
periwinkle
ou7 or ou8 please
2:54 pm
MollyL
Peri, you just gave six letters of a 7 letter word
2:54 pm
periwinkle
so what
2:54 pm
mkg
just got Etrog fruit! is that what you were clueing?
2:55 pm
hokie carla
never heard of etrog
2:55 pm
hokie carla
ci6 is like the french car co with an extra vowel
2:55 pm
MollyL
clos is not what blood does when it forms a blockage
2:55 pm
hokie carla
I mean the car co has an extra vowel over the ci6 here
2:55 pm
WoolyChris
Peri - ou 8/45 and ou 7/32
2:56 pm
periwinkle
I know the stats not seeing the words
2:56 pm
hokie carla
ends in sci-fi movie with a cool coaster in disneyworld
2:56 pm
BzznBea
compound starting with not in
2:57 pm
hokie carla
btw, I am talking about citrus word, not ou words
2:57 pm
hokie carla
well, outsnot should be a word. I was outsnotting everyone last week
2:57 pm
MollyL
ou8...not in + sleeping sound
2:58 pm
periwinkle
ty Molly
3:01 pm
periwinkle
help with lower F please
3:02 pm
cybernan
is there a clue that does't include sci-fi disney movies?
3:03 pm
WoolyChris
Fa 6/30
3:03 pm
BzznBea
I think it is a yellow gemstone the ci6
3:04 pm
WoolyChris
The ci 6 is also a fruit somewhat like a lemon
3:05 pm
WoolyChris
The third f is also fa 5/24
3:05 pm
cybernan
ou 7 please - haven't been to disney world in 45 years and don't watch sci fi
3:05 pm
BzznBea
That one had nothing to do with disney, nan
3:05 pm
periwinkle
I found an fa5/18 but not the fa6
3:06 pm
BzznBea
ou7 9s to fly higher
3:06 pm
BzznBea
ou7 is to fly higher
3:06 pm
periwinkle
found the fa6/30 ty Wooly Chris
3:07 pm
cybernan
so ou 7 is not a "not in" word?
3:07 pm
BzznBea
yes it is
3:07 pm
periwinkle
ty Bea
3:07 pm
BzznBea
not in fly high
3:09 pm
cybernan
don't know that i would ever use that one
3:10 pm
cybernan
got some great news today -- pension is going up $95/month
3:27 pm
sammysmom
there are deer i my back yard (as usual) but. they are so dark this year.why???
3:37 pm
BzznBea
They have on their winter coats.
3:42 pm
MollyL
Great news Nan
3:52 pm
cybernan
taking a break -- not sure if I will finish or not
4:25 pm
hurshy
ahhh babble
4:26 pm
rururocks
they are trying to go incognito sammy
4:26 pm
hurshy
i love free associating
4:26 pm
rururocks
I'd hate to have to pay for it ... just sayin'
4:30 pm
hurshy
i hate the beep beep beep of trucks backing up when it is nearby and loud
4:30 pm
hokie carla
me too
4:31 pm
hurshy
how many words have you got left
4:32 pm
hokie carla
still 67
4:32 pm
hokie carla
and I almost forgot I have bunco tonight
4:33 pm
hokie carla
so I'm not planning on finishing
4:35 pm
hurshy
do you have the Vs? i have 2
4:35 pm
hokie carla
I also have 2
4:35 pm
hokie carla
va4 and va5
4:35 pm
hurshy
va4 and va5?
4:36 pm
hokie carla
also only have 2 K
4:36 pm
hurshy
there are 3 ka4 and 1 ki4
4:37 pm
hokie carla
found 1, thx. surely I can monkey the other eventuall.
4:40 pm
moolingwa
hi again
4:40 pm
moolingwa
happy tuesday
4:40 pm
hokie carla
thank you, same to you
4:40 pm
moolingwa
toughish board this one
4:41 pm
hokie carla
agreed
4:41 pm
moolingwa
33 left - 8-11-5-6-3
4:41 pm
hokie carla
63 - 18-16-11-12-6
4:42 pm
moolingwa
3OFOET though
4:43 pm
hurshy
21 here, 2-8-5-4-2
4:43 pm
hokie carla
I don't even have HOET. only found 1 lower A
4:43 pm
moolingwa
hey hursh
4:43 pm
hurshy
there is only one lower A
4:44 pm
hokie carla
sorry, upper A
4:44 pm
hurshy
which one did you find
4:44 pm
hurshy
ok there's ai7 and 8, babblets we have sometimes
4:45 pm
hurshy
ao5 and 6, ar6
4:45 pm
hokie carla
ah, airplane related I think
4:45 pm
moolingwa
and I had overlooked those
4:45 pm
hokie carla
I thought the ao words were phantoms this morning
4:46 pm
hokie carla
I mean they're clearly right there
4:46 pm
moolingwa
clearly
4:48 pm
hokie carla
I wonder where hokie savant went
4:48 pm
moolingwa
off having cookies
4:48 pm
hokie carla
he could guess my missing words where I just have one left
4:49 pm
hokie carla
I don't need him. just found my 3rd row R. now if I can just find 11 T's on there...
4:49 pm
moolingwa
yeah, a lot of T's, though I managed to get down to one left
4:50 pm
hurshy
i need 3 in that row, one in the upper T
4:50 pm
moolingwa
2 on the upper T, one on the middle row
4:50 pm
hurshy
i've got 2 ta7, 1 ti7, 2 tr7
4:51 pm
hokie carla
I have all those as well
4:52 pm
moolingwa
I have 3 tr7
4:53 pm
hokie carla
now just need 5 on the lower
4:53 pm
hurshy
my two tr7, one is like a movie preview, the other is plural of Ariel's dad
4:53 pm
hokie carla
those are the ones I have
4:53 pm
moolingwa
yep, figured you didn't have the other one :)
4:54 pm
hurshy
so can you clue it?
4:54 pm
hokie carla
phantom traffic
4:54 pm
hokie carla
phantom torture
4:54 pm
moolingwa
probably be a painful process finding that last one, which normally comes in a plural form in common speak :)
4:56 pm
hurshy
i saw a funny video yesterday
4:57 pm
moolingwa
oh yeah?
4:57 pm
hurshy
it was like a college age kid saying "hey, did you know that the guy who wrote 'Imagine' was also in the Beatles?" and then this sixty year old woman who posts a lot of generation-disconnect type of content is like, aghast and says "bless his heart"
4:58 pm
moolingwa
D's done
4:58 pm
hurshy
what about V? hokie and i only have 2 of the 4
4:59 pm
moolingwa
I have 3
4:59 pm
moolingwa
a 5 and 2 4s
4:59 pm
hurshy
woohoo, found another 4
4:59 pm
hokie carla
I just saw one earlier where a girl was "tricking" her BF with a dress shirt for his 30th birthday but she was so excited she put the real present as a surprise in a birthday cake. he lifted off the fondant when she told him to and it said "we're going to Auschwitz!" It was very weird.
5:00 pm
hurshy
that does seem rather weird
5:00 pm
moolingwa
too soon
5:00 pm
moolingwa
20 to go - 2-10-2-4-2
5:01 pm
hurshy
need one more NA word
5:01 pm
hokie carla
46 - 10-13-7-11-5
5:01 pm
moolingwa
L's 'liminated
5:01 pm
hokie carla
do you have na5/16?
5:01 pm
hokie carla
lucky!
5:01 pm
moolingwa
I didn'
5:01 pm
moolingwa
I didn't have that one
5:02 pm
hokie carla
well I still need one but that one's kinda odd
5:02 pm
moolingwa
yeah, bottom n done...still need one on top
5:02 pm
hurshy
no i do not
5:02 pm
hokie carla
any guesses for my bottom N?
5:02 pm
hurshy
two pairs, plus Mother Na6
5:02 pm
hokie carla
nm, found it
5:02 pm
moolingwa
well it's probably something you like camping in
5:03 pm
hurshy
i need 2 + 1 Ls
5:03 pm
moolingwa
oh, I need 1 L on the top...forgot that one
5:03 pm
hokie carla
thought I had that this morning, but come to think of it I think I entered it 3x and then got red boxes and "less than 1 minute left", so it obviously didn't go in.
5:03 pm
hokie carla
I need 2 + 1 L
5:04 pm
hurshy
aw, we're twins
5:04 pm
hokie carla
what about bottom C? any guesses for one?
5:04 pm
moolingwa
I need one down there, and one on the top too
5:04 pm
hurshy
2 ca, 3 ci
5:04 pm
hokie carla
I need 5 on top!
5:04 pm
moolingwa
nm, found the btoom c
5:05 pm
moolingwa
bottom that is
5:05 pm
hokie carla
are the ci all related?
5:05 pm
hurshy
i'm twins with mool on that one, just need 1 top C
5:05 pm
hurshy
no, one pair of ci and then one singleton
5:05 pm
hurshy
that a lot of us often miss
5:05 pm
moolingwa
like me :)
5:05 pm
hokie carla
yes, pen & I were just talking about that one last night
5:06 pm
hokie carla
alright, gotta get moving. 44 for later or never.
5:06 pm
moolingwa
17 left here
5:06 pm
moolingwa
but only one 4
5:07 pm
moolingwa
I see there's a country from the balkans in there
5:08 pm
moolingwa
ah, found an F finally
5:09 pm
moolingwa
and an S, so now I'm 2OFOET
5:19 pm
moolingwa
n's numbed
5:47 pm
mkg
well i am stumped by the u word. any clues welcome
5:47 pm
mkg
oh just got it.
6:29 pm
hurshy
found that last C
7:13 pm
MollyL
ca4/11 dumb word
7:43 pm
periwinkle
to8 please
7:43 pm
periwinkle
or cr8 please
7:45 pm
periwinkle
got the cr8
7:48 pm
periwinkle
found ta7 but need ta8
7:49 pm
periwinkle
good night all
7:57 pm
NANCY
I was just trying to find that ta 8, anyone have a clue
7:59 pm
NANCY
good grief, where are these stupid words coming from. got it but never saw it before