Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, January 2, 2026

12:05 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:05 am

Rainiqui

or 7

12:06 am

rururocks

Pi7

12:06 am

rururocks

Hi rain

12:06 am

Rainiqui

Hi Ru

12:06 am

dizgrannie

hi fr 7

12:06 am

dizgrannie

pies

12:07 am

dizgrannie

ogre

12:07 am

dizgrannie

oops

12:08 am

Rainiqui

re 7

12:09 am

rururocks

Fr7x2

12:11 am

jeanne314

de8

12:11 am

rururocks

En7

12:11 am

jeanne314

coot

12:11 am

jeanne314

tooter

12:11 am

jeanne314

soory!

12:12 am

jeanne314

sorry!!!

12:15 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:15 am

MollyL

Missing torgone, who is in the grid

12:17 am

rururocks

What are you doing up so late molly?

12:17 am

MollyL

Sleep issues

12:18 am

rururocks

Oh bummer

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

MetFan

Thanks Lickety. Hey, ruru

12:21 am

rururocks

Hi met

12:22 am

MetFan

How's everyone

12:23 am

rururocks

Good for me. A relaxing day

12:27 am

rururocks

Co 8 is the other 8

12:28 am

sprite

morning babblers

12:29 am

rururocks

Hi sprite

12:29 am

MetFan

Hey sprite

12:30 am

sprite

hi ru, hi MetFan!

12:31 am

rururocks

Some of those B’s are really sticking out in the grid

12:32 am

sprite

it's a beautiful grid. Not a K in sight.

12:35 am

MetFan

If there was, we could get "gherkin"

12:36 am

sprite

hm, that is true. Which would have been an awesome word to find

12:36 am

sprite

and I am a phantom today. Hm.

12:37 am

rururocks

Ep7

12:43 am

MetFan

A 70s competitor of K-Tel is in the grid, should anyone care

1:24 am

MetFan

Well I'm bushed. See y'all manana

1:24 am

sprite

sleep well, MetFan

1:35 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

6:50 am

MollyL

Ronco Records. Had a few

7:16 am

MollyL

Only Ru, our resident Greek, could call the ep7

7:18 am

rururocks

ef haristo

7:26 am

Flask1

A very Happy and Healthy New Year to one and all

7:26 am

MollyL

Can you read Greek when it's written in Greek letters?

7:26 am

rururocks

I'm learning that now

7:27 am

Flask1

tore

7:27 am

Flask1

Sorry!!....

7:27 am

rururocks

haven't seen you in a long while flask

7:29 am

Flask1

You're right Ru....been some big life changes for me......hoping to carry on now...

7:30 am

rururocks

oh.. sorry to hear that

7:32 am

mkg

hi all.

7:33 am

mkg

any clues for the E words for second column fourth row E??? just cant see it.

7:33 am

mkg

ty

7:33 am

Flask1

Thanks.....but I'm finally coming to terms with it now. Coming into Babble yesterday was like banging an old friend, it was lovely!!

7:33 am

mkg

nm got one of the e words. ty anyway.

7:36 am

rururocks

what do you mean by banging.. calling?

7:37 am

rururocks

by the way what part of Scotland do you live in?

7:38 am

rururocks

saanich, origami, Dorens and I traveled the country summer of 2024

7:52 am

rururocks

flask?

8:00 am

Flask1

Sorry Ru, I didn't notice my typo...I meant to say it was like MEETING an old friend...

8:01 am

rururocks

well I enjoy babble a lot, but it's not like banging :D

8:02 am

Flask1

I live in the very south-east of Scotland in wee town called D#unS

8:03 am

rururocks

your country is gorgeous. we all loved everywhere we went and everyone was really friendly in our travels. Such a beautiful country.

8:03 am

rururocks

so south of edinburgh?

8:03 am

Flask1

Duns....but I was born and bred in Jedburgh...

8:04 am

rururocks

oh.. lucky you

8:04 am

Flask1

yes....only 2mls from the English border...

8:05 am

Flask1

However, I did live in Edinburgh for 30 yrs.

8:05 am

licketySplitAUS

A big thank you to Catherine who donated to my Paypal account. Thank you so much. This April it will be 20 years - of having my personal computer running (and a virtual machine inside my PC too) to deliver clues everyday. Thanks to Rose and Liz for letting me know when things didn't go to plan and I had to run it again or fix something.

8:06 am

rururocks

I wish I had a paypal account lickety

8:06 am

rururocks

I'd send a donation too

8:07 am

licketySplitAUS

thank you rururocks.

8:09 am

rururocks

Peter Thiel the founder of paypal is a far right maga nut and I just cannot support him or paypal

8:10 am

rururocks

he's given millions and millions to the wingnuts in the republican party including our mango in chief

8:12 am

rururocks

20 years is a LOOONG time

8:13 am

Aloyisius

lickety.. do you have a Zelle account? Makes it easy to send/receive $$

8:13 am

Flask1

Why do Americans support this horrible man???? It just beggars belief!

8:14 am

rururocks

only half our country flask.. things will change a lot in this next election cycle

8:15 am

Flask1

Oh Ru I sincerely hope so....

8:16 am

rururocks

he's dismantling this country and making it a horrible place to live. I'd move to Canada in a heartbeat if they'd take me

8:19 am

Flask1

Its just dreadful...he's just a self-serving bully!

8:26 am

Onpaki

happy new year everyone

8:32 am

Flask1

And to you too, Onpaki!

8:33 am

Flask1

resh

8:39 am

Atalante

Hi Flask from further up Scotland :)

8:41 am

Flask1

Hi Atalante....so have you the snow??

8:41 am

Flask1

got the snow??

8:42 am

Flask1

roes

8:42 am

Flask1

Sorry folks...

9:13 am

Aloyisius

seems like the C is my challenge for this grid.. still need 10 of them. Taking a break, bbl..

9:17 am

hurshy

morning

9:18 am

hurshy

aw man look, our old pal Torgone is in the grid

9:28 am

hurshy

and if you take the T off he's a word, apparently

9:28 am

hurshy

not to mention if you take the E off and swap the position of two other letters

9:29 am

hurshy

phantom: retro

9:33 am

hurshy

and error and terror

9:39 am

hokie carla

thought I was doing okay on that T but still have 7 left

9:41 am

hokie carla

I see the driving cat in the grid

9:42 am

hurshy

?

9:42 am

hokie carla

I didn't think you would know it - 80s SNL skit

9:42 am

hurshy

ah

9:43 am

hokie carla

toonces the driving cat

9:43 am

hurshy

nice

9:44 am

hurshy

phantom: sphere

9:46 am

hokie carla

so the word you were referring to at 9:28 dropping and swapping, is that a T or an O? what are the stats?

9:46 am

hurshy

i was mentioning 2 words

9:47 am

hurshy

the first was an O, well, a pair of Os

9:47 am

hokie carla

yeah, I got or6 but then you lost me on the next one

9:47 am

hurshy

the dropping and swapping, that is a T

9:47 am

hokie carla

didn't know if you were adding the T back

9:47 am

hurshy

yes, i was

9:47 am

hokie carla

so that is TO6?

9:48 am

hurshy

no because O is one of the swapped letters :D

9:48 am

hokie carla

so... a 6?

9:48 am

hurshy

yes

9:49 am

hokie carla

ok, finally muddled through that

9:49 am

hurshy

:D

9:49 am

hokie carla

but still need 4 T up top

9:50 am

hurshy

i need two

9:51 am

hokie carla

well, found some digits, so now need 3

9:51 am

hurshy

that one is pretty much the weirdest one out of what i have from there

9:52 am

hokie carla

and found another 4, so now 2

9:52 am

hokie carla

name that word that means to add something later in canon to make something make sense

9:53 am

hurshy

retcon

9:53 am

hokie carla

ding ding ding

9:56 am

hokie carla

just noticed 35 C's. yuck.

9:56 am

hurshy

yeah when i came in alo had just said she needs 10 more

9:56 am

hurshy

so i feel good i am down to 5 of them now

9:57 am

hurshy

4

9:57 am

hokie carla

well I was completely blocking it out trying to make tenor over and over

9:58 am

hurshy

found an 8!

9:59 am

hokie carla

nice

10:00 am

hokie carla

this S is not great

10:00 am

hurshy

i need 2 on the left S, haven't done lower one yet

10:00 am

hokie carla

I only found 8

10:00 am

hokie carla

and 2 were weird

10:01 am

hurshy

one of them is sh7/32, that is a lil weird

10:03 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! a trio of writing sisters

10:03 am

Scrabbler

Bronte

10:03 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

10:04 am

hokie carla

lol, missed hurshy's post and was like, why is scrabbler posting random bronte

10:04 am

hokie carla

ugh, 30 B's

10:04 am

Scrabbler

Emily, Charlotte, and ? Anne?

10:04 am

hurshy

yes

10:04 am

hurshy

Bs not too bad, down to 3 here

10:05 am

hurshy

2

10:05 am

Scrabbler

We have received > 2 ft of snow since Monday, with more coming.

10:06 am

hokie carla

wow

10:06 am

hurshy

lake effect

10:06 am

hokie carla

pen and crossy were getting a lot too

10:07 am

Scrabbler

It's beautiful. I am leading a group snowshoe trek tomorrow morning if anyone wants to join us.

10:07 am

hokie carla

alas I am too far away and don't have any snowhoes

10:07 am

hurshy

same

10:08 am

Scrabbler

I have extras. We would have fun if you were closer.

10:08 am

welki

yipes - snowhoes!

10:08 am

hokie carla

yep, I need a hiking buddy here

10:08 am

welki

hi folks :)

10:08 am

hokie carla

welki!

10:08 am

Scrabbler

Hi welki

10:08 am

hurshy

have thought about buying snowshoes but we don't get enough snow dependably for it to make sense

10:08 am

hokie carla

love your sign, welki

10:09 am

welki

thanks, but i'm still waiting for someone to say something about snowhoes

10:09 am

Scrabbler

Haha. Snowhoes.

10:09 am

hokie carla

I thought about buying a sled recently. the problem here is when there is snow forecast the sleds sell out.

10:10 am

hokie carla

ha, didn't even know the snowhoes was going to trace back to me

10:11 am

hurshy

i'll tell you what i'm not a fan of and that's this F

10:11 am

hokie carla

well, I finally found what boys have in the C's to push me over half

10:13 am

hurshy

my 8 is de8, anyone have the other 8?

10:14 am

hokie carla

nope

10:14 am

welki

not me

10:15 am

rururocks

co8

10:15 am

hurshy

i was thinking it might be a C

10:16 am

hurshy

it wouldn't happen to be a compound word by any chance?

10:16 am

rururocks

no

10:16 am

hokie carla

how about a together word?

10:16 am

rururocks

it's like a group of limosines leaving the airport

10:17 am

hurshy

hmmm

10:17 am

hokie carla

I'm sure that'll make sense eventually

10:19 am

hurshy

aHA

10:19 am

hurshy

thanks

10:19 am

hurshy

it's not like a weird pun mysterious clue hokie, it's more literal

10:19 am

hurshy

"a formal procession, especially a funeral procession, or a train of attendants of a distinguished person"

10:20 am

hokie carla

well, all I can think is convoy or caravan

10:20 am

hurshy

think french origin words

10:20 am

hokie carla

oh in that case, moving on

10:21 am

ChampFit

Oooh...just popped back in for that lovely clue...thx carla!

10:21 am

hokie carla

LOL, it certainly wasn't me

10:21 am

ChampFit

oops...it was hurshy...thx hurshy!

10:21 am

hokie carla

but phantom coroner

10:22 am

Shirlockc

happy new year all! been lurking but wanted to respond to Ruru's earlier comment

10:22 am

hokie carla

HNY, shirl

10:22 am

Shirlockc

it's not just the orange one

10:23 am

Shirlockc

it's the partisanship that's been stoked by social media echo chambers

10:23 am

ChampFit

Phantom: pierogi

10:23 am

hurshy

well imma go get groceries, bbl, yw champ :)

10:23 am

hokie carla

I've been saying for years - social media will be the downfall of our society

10:24 am

Shirlockc

i just ended a 2 years (minus 5 day) relationship with someone on the "other" side and it was painful hearing him spout the rhetoric

10:25 am

hokie carla

but both sides spout their own just over and over same stuff

10:26 am

hokie carla

and the bs health stuff just proliferates on there and it baffles me that someone will believe something they read on FB by probably a bot and not belive doctors and scientist

10:26 am

hokie carla

s

10:27 am

Shirlockc

true to the point where neither side want to talk to the other side.

10:27 am

Scrabbler

COVID brain damage will cause societal collapse. It's already started.

10:27 am

Shirlockc

100%, i've worked in research so why are you listening to someone who hasn't?

10:27 am

hokie carla

well, that was going on before COVID, it just got amplified then

10:28 am

Scrabbler

Yes. Low IQ. Low science understanding. Rude society. So many factors.

10:29 am

hokie carla

yep

10:29 am

hokie carla

alright, just finished first pass and need to get moving. already wasted like 3 hours. 66 left for later. TTFN.

10:29 am

Scrabbler

As George Carlin said, "Think about how stupid the average person is. Half of people are stupider."

10:37 am

Atalante

thats always a scary thought

10:37 am

Scrabbler

It sure is, Atalante.

10:38 am

Atalante

there seems to be a continued decline in people's abilities to think for themselves / fend for themselves

10:39 am

Scrabbler

Absolutely. People join a tribe without thinking.

10:40 am

Atalante

even just in everyday life. partner's daughter who is 18 is seemingly incapable of running her own life. she has to be woken up in the morning, got out of bed, taken to college, picked back up, etc etc

10:41 am

Scrabbler

Oh, no. She is unprepared for adulthood. Does she want to become independent?

10:41 am

Atalante

whether she does or not, I don't feel she's ever given the chance! But I don't think she does, why would she when her parents do everything for her and she has no accountability. The sad thing is she's smart and interested in some things

10:43 am

Scrabbler

Most adolescents want to become independent and self-sufficient. But too many enjoy being dependent. They have no shame at failing to launch.

10:43 am

Atalante

I'm scared for her when she finishes college. How is she going to manage in an adult role?

10:44 am

Scrabbler

Many parents, especially mothers, develop a co-dependent relationship with their kids. Mother continues to mother. Kid remains a child and doesn't have to grow up.

10:45 am

Atalante

that sounds about right

10:46 am

Atalante

their life is lived around her "needs"

10:47 am

Scrabbler

Yes. She is treated like she is fragile and needy and then she believes she is fragile and needy.

10:48 am

welki

one can hope that atalante, being the strong, independent woman she is, will have a positive effect on that young woman

10:48 am

Atalante

yep, and she has had a lot of mental health issues, but whether those are real or 'just' discomfort with everything not going right, I'm not sure. But because of them, they wrap her in cotton wool and keep her away from anything that might upset her. Like getting herself to school, for example.

10:48 am

Atalante

I'm trying, and I think failing! But I'm trying :D

10:49 am

Scrabbler

She perceives herself as vulnerable.

10:49 am

welki

your partner must be pretty special for you to put up with that nonsense

10:49 am

welki

<-- is low on patience these days

10:49 am

Atalante

well he's promised that when she finishes college, he will disengage somewhat in a daily basis. We'll see ... but patience is lowering!

10:49 am

welki

ha - who am i kidding, i've been low on patience my whole life :D

10:50 am

Atalante

:D :D

10:50 am

welki

for your sake, i'm hoping she's in the second year of a two year program

10:51 am

Atalante

she is!

10:53 am

Atalante

but she's going to fall off a cliff when she's finished and suddenly has to decide what to do with her life

10:53 am

Scrabbler

Haha, low on patience. I agree, welki.

10:54 am

welki

*shrugs* that's her problem, atalante - she has the tools, whether or not she uses them is up to her. there's always burger slinging at mcdonalds - a buck's a buck

10:55 am

Atalante

it's her problem, but it's my problem if her parents decide they can't separate enough from her to have lives of their own!

10:55 am

welki

yeah, your problem for sure, but only for as long as you want to put up with it. change sucks, but ....

10:55 am

Atalante

yeah, agree ... I'm the world's worst at dealing with unexpected change!

10:56 am

welki

then again, maybe the parents will step up. here's hoping!

10:56 am

Scrabbler

My 2026 is to not try to save others from themselves. No one listens to me anyway.

10:56 am

Atalante

ha. that is very wise

10:57 am

welki

i didn't make any resolutions. it's not been a great end/beginning of the year. no resolutions = no unfulfilled expectations

10:57 am

welki

hehe - good luck to you, scrabbler. can't see it happening; you care too much

10:59 am

Atalante

we listen to you if noone else does!

11:00 am

welki

i didn't mean my post to scrabbler sound so defeatist - it was really meant as a compliment, that someone who gives a damn all the time will have a hard time turning away

11:00 am

Scrabbler

That is my problem. I care a LOT and want to save people from their poor decisions. I need to let my one sister and her 2 sons figure out things without my help.

11:01 am

Scrabbler

I have been grieving their situations, but they are on their own journeys and must make their own choices.

11:03 am

welki

over the years, you've invested a lot of yourself, your time, your energy, your money to those "kids." i understand the grieving - after all that, you'd think the impression you made and help you've given would be respected and considered

11:04 am

welki

i'd guess that most of us have gone through similar experiences - collectively, we can all learn to sing (in harmony), "Let It Go."

11:05 am

cybernan

Good morning everyone )

11:05 am

Scrabbler

My great-nephews who lived with me are now 13 and 11. They are doing well. Their father is not a good human. I do not expect him to improve his character.

11:05 am

Scrabbler

Hi Nan

11:06 am

Atalante

women continuously have bad taste *generalisation!*

11:06 am

welki

nah, good taste, bad choices *lol*

11:07 am

welki

hi, nan

11:07 am

welki

well, time for me to get my big fat ass in gear and get on with the day - 16 left for later. keep on keepin' on!

11:08 am

Scrabbler

Bye welki

11:08 am

Atalante

*waves at welki*

11:14 am

Atalante

Scrabs, am I wrong in expecting an 18 year old to take some responsibility for their own life? I get so much stick for suggesting that said child should be able to work out how to get to college etc if her father needs to be elsewhere for a few days

11:17 am

Atalante

e.g. partner couldn't come up to visit this week as said child needs delivering to college. It feels that he is choosing to not live his life so she can be protected from the world.

11:18 am

Scrabbler

I would expect an 18-yr old to be very independent and responsible.

11:19 am

Scrabbler

Most adolescents want to separate from their parents.

11:19 am

Atalante

I feel in a vacuum - I don't really deal with young people so never quite know whether my expectations are those from 30 years ago, not today

11:21 am

Scrabbler

She should have begun weaning from her parents in the last 2 yrs or so, and wanting to.

11:22 am

Atalante

thank you. as I said, I very much respect your wisdom xx

11:24 am

Scrabbler

YW. I have witnessed adolescent development for decades as a pediatrician and have seen too many bad outcomes.

11:26 am

Atalante

I come from a very small family, with no siblings at my level or my parents level. Being exposed to partner's chaotic big family with underage pregnancies, kids lumbered with expectations that they will follow their psychopathic but dead father's footsteps, autism, ADHD. You name it!

11:26 am

Atalante

it's eye opening

11:27 am

bichon

I am so fortunate that my grandaughters are in colle and grandon a junior in hs

11:27 am

Scrabbler

Hi bichon

11:27 am

Atalante

hi bichon!

11:28 am

bichon

Hi my Scottish friend and my ex pediatrician

11:28 am

Scrabbler

Atalante, my family is into the 3rd generation of mental illness and major character flaws. I hate being a witness.

11:29 am

Scrabbler

My 32 yr old nephew dropped out of HS, never earned his GED, doesn't work, all because of "social phobia" per my sister. So, he needs help. "He won't."

11:30 am

Atalante

sounds familiar. partner's ex-wife son's (!) is spending his life smoking too strong weed and endangering his family. no-one will report him because its "just genetics"

11:31 am

Scrabbler

Oh, yes, lots of weed and alcohol are used "to decrease anxiety."

11:32 am

bichon

One granddaughter is moving out of her dorm next year because the kids are so immature. Too much drinking

11:32 am

Scrabbler

My sister said, "This isn't just social anxiety. This is social PHOBIA." So, he needs help.

11:32 am

Scrabbler

Good for her, bichon.

11:33 am

Atalante

sorry, I know I've made the chat very serious. But these things are worrying me and it's not often I get to have advice from Scrabs

11:34 am

bichon

So do we all

11:35 am

Scrabbler

You may always send me a message, like on FB.

11:35 am

Atalante

true true :) TY

11:36 am

cybernan

been following the chat and wondering whatever happend to tough love. I think a lot of kids today just need to be told to get over themselves and shape up.

11:37 am

Atalante

I think parents are scared to do that now

11:39 am

Scrabbler

Parents don't want their children to experience any discomfort or difficulty. They don't know that self-esteem resilience develop from dealing with adversity.

11:39 am

cybernan

starting to teach kids to be independent in their teens is too late -- it has to start in the pre-school years.

11:41 am

Atalante

she's now 18, vapes, has a nearly finished bottle of vodka in her bedroom. the world is so different from when we were 18

11:41 am

Atalante

I remember panicking because I stole a centimetre of my parents Campari :P

11:42 am

cybernan

so, assuming she is still finacially dependent on her parents, cut her off - she might even have to find a job!

11:43 am

MetFan

Today's kids aren't taught anything at all in the home. Mom and Dad both have to work in order to afford living, so when they come home, they're too tired to deal, even though they should. And the kids suffer for that.

11:43 am

Atalante

dear god, such a suggestion! :P I agree!

11:43 am

bichon

be 6/33, pls

11:43 am

Scrabbler

Parents need to learn what the word enable means and how that harms their kids.

11:44 am

Scrabbler

Agree, MetFan.

11:44 am

Atalante

be6/33 - not after

11:44 am

MetFan

A slang for "did the dirty" from the word before

11:44 am

Scrabbler

be6/33 = oppposite of after

11:44 am

therealblah

be 6 prior

11:45 am

Scrabbler

Time to get chores done. Enjoy the day, friends.

11:45 am

bichon

tyvm blah

11:45 am

cybernan

time for me to get some breakfast - bbl

11:45 am

therealblah

yw

11:58 am

periwinkle

hello all

11:58 am

periwinkle

help with de8 please

11:58 am

periwinkle

nm

12:02 pm

Atalante

hi peri!

12:02 pm

periwinkle

Hi Ata!!!

12:02 pm

Atalante

I clearly need a clue for the de8 :D

12:02 pm

periwinkle

de6/6/8/7

12:02 pm

periwinkle

do you have the 6/27

12:04 pm

periwinkle

to remove the hard bits from a cooked chicken

12:07 pm

periwinkle

did you get it Ata?

12:14 pm

Dookie

phantom: Toronto

12:14 pm

Sugrraleona

hi everyone - anyone get the ab5?

12:14 pm

Sugrraleona

ob5

12:15 pm

periwinkle

bbl

12:15 pm

MBernini

The plural of a woodwind instrument Sugrraleona.

12:16 pm

Sugrraleona

the other one MB

12:17 pm

amelu0218

quite large

12:17 pm

Sugrraleona

oh my goodness, ty

12:18 pm

amelu0218

:-)

12:34 pm

Atalante

ty peri, I didn't think that was a word!

1:01 pm

cybernan

hi again

1:03 pm

cybernan

just found the co 6-7 -- anyone scratching?

1:11 pm

hokie carla

that was what I was referring to this morning when I said boys have them. but I didn't have the singular, so thanks

1:12 pm

cybernan

have a de 8 - what is the other one?

1:16 pm

hokie carla

co8, a word I've never heard of and has french origins so I googled it

1:17 pm

hokie carla

a procession

1:17 pm

hokie carla

of cars or maybe carriages back in the day

1:18 pm

BzznBea

You've never heard that word.

1:18 pm

hokie carla

not that I recall

1:18 pm

hokie carla

was that a question?

1:19 pm

cybernan

probably not - drawing a blank

1:19 pm

hokie carla

maybe I have and didn't know the spelling but I don't think so

1:19 pm

BzznBea

Cars following the hearse in a funeral.

1:19 pm

cybernan

ty bea

1:19 pm

hokie carla

have always just heard that called the funeral procession

1:20 pm

hokie carla

I guess we don't use fancy french words in appalachian english

1:20 pm

cybernan

It is a word i know

1:20 pm

cybernan

it isn't in use as much now as it was 50 years ago

1:21 pm

hokie carla

maybe generational then

1:25 pm

hokie carla

so5/14 is fitting for this time of year

1:28 pm

cybernan

it is?

1:29 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

poking my head out of my burrow to squint at the grid (hi all)

1:29 pm

cybernan

hi gwen

1:32 pm

hokie carla

a lot of people do so5 january

1:32 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woot

1:32 pm

hokie carla

hey gwen

1:42 pm

cybernan

oh duh -- going through lookiing for 4's and found "play it again sam"

1:48 pm

MollyL

Sounds like a boring January

1:50 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

99 to go, bye all

1:51 pm

cybernan

trying to get to 200 be6 I list

2:13 pm

cybernan

stil no overlock stitching machine in enable

2:28 pm

cybernan

tr 6 please?

2:29 pm

cybernan

nm - found

2:31 pm

cybernan

ep 7 please?

2:35 pm

cybernan

or the lasst co 5?

3:27 pm

periwinkle

I need ep 7 too

3:32 pm

Gillie

apparently it's an ancient Greek word for a male adolescent

3:32 pm

Gillie

ends with the first three letters of a the guy you work for

3:37 pm

periwinkle

thank you both

3:39 pm

periwinkle

93 left 25 of them are

3:39 pm

periwinkle

C words

3:40 pm

periwinkle

wrong I only need 8 more C words

4:22 pm

Trifioso

hello friends

4:31 pm

penquis

hi trif....

4:42 pm

hokie carla

hey anyone and everyone

4:42 pm

penquis

carla!

4:43 pm

penquis

oboe

4:43 pm

penquis

sorry...

4:45 pm

hokie carla

well darn, I already have that one

4:47 pm

hokie carla

pen!

4:55 pm

penquis

is it me or are the vowel words tough in this grid?

4:55 pm

dan2bit

evening all!

4:56 pm

penquis

hi dan...

4:57 pm

hokie carla

hey dan

4:58 pm

penquis

any PT word?

4:58 pm

hokie carla

well, I need 2 E, 1 O, and 1 E so not as hard for me as usual on the vowels

4:58 pm

dan2bit

I don

4:58 pm

dan2bit

don't have one, but still missing 2 x P words

4:58 pm

penquis

ok, ty....

4:59 pm

hokie carla

I need 3 P

4:59 pm

penquis

i only need one...

4:59 pm

penquis

there is a pi 7 that is a french word....it was the first word i saw....

5:01 pm

penquis

just found my last top Os...

5:03 pm

hokie carla

well I have no idea on a french word

5:03 pm

Trifioso

dan2! How delightful! Let's see, your kids must be in med school at this point....

5:03 pm

penquis

google french clown....

5:07 pm

dan2bit

ha Trif - HS sophomore

5:07 pm

penquis

hard to believe...

5:07 pm

hokie carla

thanks. that's the kind of stuff that makes me angry about enable. why on earth is that on there and merci isn't? according to wiki that is a proper noun because he was a famous mime.

5:08 pm

dan2bit

we just have to let piegones be piegones ;-)

5:08 pm

penquis

no idea...i remembered it from the song "Au clair de la lune, mon ami Pi7....we sang it in elementary school...

5:12 pm

hokie carla

almost pierogi

5:16 pm

penquis

yes...

5:16 pm

mich_pdx

thanks, Pen! perfect clue

5:17 pm

penquis

yw....i can still see a class of kids singing the song on the stage at school....

5:18 pm

mich_pdx

"ma chandelle est morte, je n'ai plus de feu... Ouvrez-moi la porte, pour l'amour de Dieu!" Such a plaintive end to the song

5:18 pm

hokie carla

must've been before my time. never heard such a song. I know frere jacques.

5:19 pm

penquis

true, mich....

5:19 pm

penquis

it was well known in French Canadian circles....not now, but when i was a kid...

5:19 pm

hokie carla

and aloette or however that is spelled

5:19 pm

mich_pdx

Hokie, I learned it in my first French class in 8th grade

5:19 pm

hokie carla

alouette

5:20 pm

hokie carla

I took Spanish so I know La Cucaracha and Cielito Lindo

5:20 pm

penquis

We also sang "J'ai du bon tabac (sp?) dans my tabatiiere"....i have good tobacco in my tobacco tin...not a song we would sing now....

5:21 pm

hokie carla

ha. we had candy cigarettes that blew a puff of smoke.

5:21 pm

penquis

my class sang that on stage....i brought in a tobacco tin with George Washington on it from my garage....my father kept screws and nuts in it...

5:21 pm

mich_pdx

lol! I learned "Que fait de ma blonde" - a naughty wartime song!

5:22 pm

penquis

lol...

5:23 pm

hokie carla

someone lived with my grandmother when I was a kid. I think it was her stepmother maybe. anyhoo, she dipped snuff so I remember seeing a tobacco tin.

5:23 pm

penquis

my father used to sing "L'amour cest comme la salade..Ca rend tous le monde malade"....but i think he made that up... ;o)

5:23 pm

mich_pdx

Oops, it's "qu

5:24 pm

penquis

my aunt Mandia was a snuff user....still remember those Copenhagen snuff tins...

5:24 pm

mich_pdx

Qu'il fait bon, fait bon, fait bon, Auprès de ma blonde, Qu'il fait bon dormir. Basically, it's good to sleep next to my blonde, wink, wink, nudge, nudge

5:25 pm

mich_pdx

pen - that's too funny

5:25 pm

penquis

ooh....we didn't learn that one....don't think the nuns would have approved...

5:26 pm

mich_pdx

ok, jumping back into the grid

5:26 pm

penquis

well i am down to 59....need to eat....will probably be back later to finish....bye all...

5:27 pm

hokie carla

so what other P am I missing that you have, pen?

5:28 pm

hokie carla

oh, bye

5:29 pm

hokie carla

going to look for my 4s and then quit. 52 left here, only 10 of those are 4s.

5:31 pm

hokie carla

found my top row T! a 6 even.

5:32 pm

hokie carla

well there's a regular P4 I thought I had

6:30 pm

hokie carla

4-14-7-7

6:32 pm

penquis

back without my plume or my tabatiere....hello again...

6:38 pm

penquis

this grid has some bite...

6:38 pm

cybernan

hi again - still looking for the last co 5 and the ep 7

6:39 pm

penquis

it usually has a U in the middle....

6:39 pm

penquis

that's the co 5....

6:40 pm

penquis

ep 7....ends with most of your supervisor at work (whole word not in the grid)....a greek word?...the clue is from someone else earlier...

6:41 pm

cybernan

got it - ty pen

6:41 pm

penquis

yw...

6:44 pm

cybernan

do you have the co that comes between the angles and the funeral procession?

6:44 pm

penquis

stats?

6:44 pm

cybernan

co 5/12

6:44 pm

penquis

that is the one i clued...

6:45 pm

penquis

i am missing the co 5 that comes right before the cob veggie....

6:46 pm

cybernan

feel like I've tried everything that fits alphabetically

6:46 pm

penquis

did you get the one i clued?

6:47 pm

penquis

the previous co 5/12 is a pl...

6:48 pm

cybernan

ah - was off in th wrong direction

6:48 pm

cybernan

tyvm - I'm done

6:48 pm

cybernan

any help wanted before I leave?

6:49 pm

penquis

too many to find....45 left...but ty....

6:50 pm

cybernan

good night then :)

6:50 pm

penquis

goodnight...

7:01 pm

BzznBea

I have 5 left. All R's.

7:06 pm

penquis

hi bea...

7:06 pm

penquis

do you have the RH word?

7:09 pm

BzznBea

Yes, they are all 4 and 5. I hit the list a be done with it,

7:09 pm

penquis

down to 10 here...

7:18 pm

penquis

down to 5...T T GG C...after first pass down the list...

7:29 pm

penquis

i am done....goodnight all...

8:15 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

99 words left. Hmmmm, let's see (hi all)

9:23 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

66 to go, i give up, cheers y'all

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