Friday, November 13, 2026

ENTIRE CHAT LOG

12:00 am
dizgrannie

hi all
12:00 am
Rainiqui

Hi everyone
12:02 am
MetFan

Howdy all - as they say, better late than never
12:06 am
ursh

hello all
12:07 am
dofith

G'day folks
12:14 am
dizgrannie

Fs finalized
12:18 am
licketySplitAUS

Clues are up, today has serious potential!
12:18 am
MetFan

TY Lickety
12:19 am
MetFan

spew
12:19 am
MetFan

Sorry
12:29 am
Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, de 7
12:33 am
Rainiqui

de 7 is an adjective if it helps ....
12:34 am
dizgrannie

nbt/nbs, thnx Rain
12:34 am
Rainiqui

yw Diz
12:51 am
MetFan

FW and poofing
12:51 am
MetFan

Unless clues are needed
12:53 am
MetFan

The de7 sounds like the "Runaround Sue" singer, with a chemical ending
12:54 am
MetFan

OK Happy Babbling All
1:14 am
clg47

MetFan - great clue
1:15 am
clg47

Deon
1:15 am
clg47

Oops
2:29 am
dizgrannie

FWs...last word st 5/14...a usual Babble word
8:07 am
crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)
8:25 am
dcseain

took a coffee nap. Now feel ready to get on with the day. Good morning from the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC.
8:32 am
dcseain

phantom odeon
9:03 am
hurshy

morning babblers
9:06 am
hurshy

phantom: capstan
9:12 am
hurshy

Ps Pummeled, for a wonder
9:24 am
hurshy

fourth row grey!
9:32 am
hurshy

3 left!
9:32 am
hurshy

CSU, where my uncle used to be a music professor
9:33 am
hurshy

got the U!
9:35 am
dcseain

Good morning hurshy
9:36 am
hurshy

morning seain
9:36 am
hurshy

what is a coffee nap? i thought coffee kept people AWAKE
9:39 am
dcseain

Drink cofffe, take a 15-20 min nap, awake fully refreshed.
9:41 am
hurshy

interesting
9:41 am
hurshy

do other people do this or is it just a seain specialty
9:42 am
dcseain

i learned from James Hoffman on YouTube. He’s a former world barista champion, and has a coffee-focused channel.
9:42 am
hurshy

TIL there are barista championships
9:42 am
hurshy

and coffee naps
9:42 am
dcseain

I’d never have thought of this on my own.
9:43 am
dcseain

oh, i’m down to needing one P word.
9:43 am
hurshy

where would we be, as a species, if we didn't have our geniuses to think of things, eh?
9:43 am
hurshy

well they are all usual suspects
9:43 am
dcseain

Specialization is a wonderful thing, indeed!
9:43 am
hurshy

if you haven't missed a plural, you probably just need to monkey a 4
9:44 am
dcseain

cool, thanks
9:44 am
dcseain

ah, thanks. Moneys came through quickly.
9:44 am
dcseain

usual suspects, quite so.
9:44 am
hurshy

i suppose that's why we employ monkeys for this work and not sloths
9:44 am
dcseain

Hah!
9:45 am
hurshy

look at us, having an interesting conversation
9:45 am
dcseain

:)
9:46 am
dcseain

that up4 was updo, and monkeys to the rescue again.
9:46 am
hurshy

ummm
9:46 am
dcseain

common word that should’ve been obvious.
9:46 am
dcseain

oops
9:46 am
hurshy

lol
9:47 am
dcseain

i actualy LOL1d once i read what i’d written. I have choc chip cookies in the penalty box.
9:47 am
hurshy

homemade?
9:47 am
dcseain

I’ll be back soon. I’m gonna go make some potatoes and eggs. No, Pepperidge farm. No oven here. Just cooktop and microwave.
9:48 am
hurshy

mmmm, eggs and hashbrowns, one of my faves
9:55 am
hurshy

isn't it funny how random things happen and you end up learning something? i just went to go play the NYT games, and accidentally started to type "newyorktimes" in my URL bar, then was trying to correct it to NY, and ended up with "ney", accidentally hitting enter, and finding out that a ney is a kind of flute used in middle eastern music
9:57 am
dcseain

OH, how cool. These are frozen shredded hash browns, in the pan thawing/crisping now.
9:59 am
hurshy

nice
10:03 am
dcseain

phantom aiglet
10:16 am
dcseain

threw a couple slices of emnthaller over the hash
10:17 am
hokie carla

what in the world
10:17 am
hurshy

cheese
10:17 am
hokie carla

oh, never heard of it
10:17 am
dcseain

proper name for imported swiss cheese.
10:17 am
hurshy

love cheese
10:18 am
dcseain

as it’s from the Emmen Valley, Emmenthal in German
10:18 am
hokie carla

I love cheese as well. actually currently eating pimiento cheese on cheddar bay biscuits. but swiss is probably my least favorite.
10:19 am
dcseain

cool. It’s among my personal favorites.
10:21 am
hokie carla

is this S harder than usual?
10:21 am
hurshy

maybe a little, idk, isn't S usually a bit difficult?
10:21 am
hokie carla

I guess it can be
10:22 am
hokie carla

but I can only find 11. moving on.
10:22 am
hurshy

there are definitely a number of weird ones, but generally monkeyable
10:22 am
hokie carla

oh, found 2 more
10:24 am
dcseain

The cheese made it a heartier and more filling.
10:24 am
hokie carla

right column gray!
10:25 am
dcseain

and this morning i learned that hot and cold in the shower are backward, like they were on my great-aunt Ruth’s farm for decades.
10:25 am
hokie carla

are you not at home?
10:26 am
dcseain

i’m in an Extended Stay America for a week while renos on place i’m moving re completed.
10:26 am
hokie carla

ah
10:29 am
hokie carla

phantom undone
10:29 am
hurshy

funny from Threads yesterday:
Libido killed the Nvidia tsar
10:29 am
dcseain

i saw that! LOL
10:30 am
hokie carla

I just listened to Search Engine podcast about that whole thing
10:30 am
dcseain

quite the brouhaha
10:31 am
hokie carla

funny threads I saw yesterday was some lady announcing to everyone that she was remarried and to update their files. like she didn't know she controls her profile name.
10:31 am
dcseain

LOL
10:31 am
hokie carla

just look up Joyce Roads or Joyce Yoder and enjoy the comments
10:32 am
dcseain

:)
10:33 am
dcseain

This morning i learned that Harris Teeter instant is higher caffeine that Food Lion Café fantastico insntant.
10:34 am
hokie carla

I was going to get coffee at the gym and forgot. mr. homie didn't make any this morning because his stomach was messed up. I will drink coffee whenever it's available but don't have to have it.
10:35 am
dcseain

I wish food lion had spelled café fantástico correctly. If they can do é than can do á. =
10:36 am
hokie carla

well it is food lion
10:36 am
dcseain

fair
10:37 am
dcseain

and both of those instants, as well as Maxwell House instant, all dissolve well in cold water.
10:37 am
hokie carla

many years ago (sometime in the 2000s) food lion tried to make a more upscale store called bloom. we had one very close to us. I think that concept didn't last long.
10:37 am
dcseain

that ad6 is totally escaping me.
10:37 am
hokie carla

there isn't one
10:37 am
hokie carla

oops, there could be
10:38 am
hurshy

not quickly or slowly, those are a different ad6
10:38 am
hokie carla

I didn't see the D next to the A I don't have gray
10:39 am
hokie carla

okay, not getting that at all. different speeds?
10:39 am
hurshy

no, these -ly words are ad_____
10:39 am
hurshy

but another part of speech is THIS ad6
10:39 am
hokie carla

lol, adverb?
10:39 am
hurshy

yes
10:40 am
hokie carla

am I seeing a different grid?
10:40 am
dcseain

that’s what i am wondering.
10:40 am
hurshy

no, i'm saying it's not adVERB, it's ad____
10:40 am
hokie carla

adjective?
10:40 am
dcseain

ah.
10:40 am
hokie carla

oh, I see
10:41 am
hokie carla

that was my missing word from another tile
10:41 am
hurshy

:)
10:41 am
hurshy

tricksy one to clue
10:43 am
Nef

Good morning. I have the 2 right columns blackened, but haven’t a single letter in the 2 nd column black yet.
10:43 am
BzznBea

I was trying to use the wrong A.
10:43 am
hokie carla

yeah, I have at least one in each col except for the 2nd
10:44 am
hurshy

od4, on5, ow4
10:44 am
dcseain

i have 3-1-2-i
10:45 am
Nef

Thanks, hurshy, I was missing the ow! :)
10:45 am
hokie carla

I am missing the on5
10:46 am
hokie carla

finally, thx
10:48 am
hokie carla

need one D for 4th col
10:49 am
Nef

1da, 4 di’s
10:50 am
hokie carla

k, thx
10:50 am
hokie carla

always miss the round one
10:51 am
hokie carla

peacist - one who likes peace
10:53 am
dcseain

that’s a consciencent resistor.
10:53 am
hokie carla

well, gotta go. 4-7-5-1 left for later
10:53 am
Nef

Time to go for now. Back later for last 30. Happy Babbling, everyone!
10:53 am
dcseain

be well both yall
11:29 am
cybernan

good morning/afteroon to whoever is here
11:56 am
cybernan

still puzzling over the adverb that is not an adverb
11:58 am
Gillie

hi nan - it's a different type of word with a similar name
11:59 am
Gillie

an adverb modifies verbs, but ad6 modifies something else
11:59 am
cybernan

so not a word that modifies
12:00 pm
Gillie

actually, you're right, although used differently it would be an adjective
12:01 pm
cybernan

so it isnt something that modifies words?
12:01 pm
cybernan

this whole explanation has lost me ---no idea
12:02 pm
Gillie

like "adverb", ad6 describes a kind of word, and it also ends with a kind of word
12:02 pm
cybernan

maybe when I go to the list I will be able to monkey it
12:02 pm
kittychan

think of another kind of word, like verb, but different
12:03 pm
cybernan

oh - got it, ty - thats a new one for me
12:04 pm
Gillie

I was going to say to dcseain that I think "fantastico" is spelled without an accent in Italian, but I guess "café fantastico" is meant to be Spanish, because Italians apparently don't use the word "café".
12:05 pm
Gillie

and anyway, dcseain is gone
12:05 pm
cybernan

you are in AB arent you?
12:05 pm
Gillie

yes
12:06 pm
cybernan

Did you get a cold snap last night?
12:06 pm
Gillie

not really, that I noticed
12:06 pm
bichon

I'm confused about the ad 6/24 If it's not adverb or adjective, what could it be?
12:07 pm
kittychan

just add the ad to a different part of speech
12:07 pm
cybernan

went down to 5 here -- really heavy fog today as a result
12:07 pm
bichon

tyvm kittychan
12:08 pm
Gillie

it is supposed to get down to -1 tonight, but it's still been getting fairly warm during the day - high of 13 forecast today
12:08 pm
MollyL

Oh gross Nan, that's cold
12:08 pm
Gillie

we had a colder period earlier when we got some snow, but it's warmed up
12:09 pm
cybernan

41 F, Molly. But it
12:10 pm
cybernan

But its been in the 50s until last night and when the air temp drops so much lower than the lake, we get fog
12:10 pm
MollyL

Oh yeah, I always forget about the Celcius thing. We are about that chilly here too.
12:11 pm
cybernan

The lake hasnt really cooled down that much since summer
12:12 pm
hokie carla

cold here today. 54 right now and windy.
12:14 pm
Gillie

I guess between the strong El Nino and the polar vortex having generally gotten unpredictable, nobody's too sure what the weather is going to be like this year
12:16 pm
cybernan

looked up the def for the ad 6 -- makes sense -- just never knew it as another named part of speech
12:18 pm
Gillie

I've seen it before (maybe just in a grid?), but I didn't really remember what it meant
12:18 pm
cybernan

yes - leaves are just about all gone from the trees, but my annuals are still getting new blooms every day
12:19 pm
Gillie

weird
12:24 pm
Gillie

I recently read about a man who fell off a cruise ship who was rescued by a passing ship they think about 9 hours later. The captain of the rescuing ship was quoted as saying that ordinarily the man would have died of hypothermia before they found him, but the water is unusually warm right now.
12:25 pm
hokie carla

yes, the ad6 I've seen here before and only here
12:31 pm
hokie carla

wonder how he fell off
12:32 pm
hokie carla

well, found my missing A's, normal words. not sure why that was so hard to see.
12:36 pm
hokie carla

3-5-5-1 peace out
12:37 pm
cybernan

time to take a a break from this - bbl after I've given my fur baby some attention.
12:38 pm
periwinkle2

hi all help with de7 please
12:43 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

here to Boggle before i ruun off to eat (hi all)
12:44 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

ooh, i'm in th grid!!! 8 - D
12:50 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woot
12:53 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

ll corners do4, woot!
1:01 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

Us are usurped
1:01 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

hoet, and 30 to go! time to eat, bye for now
1:28 pm
kittychan

The de word was a new one for me - it means pertainng to necessity, duty, or obligation
1:57 pm
cybernan

hi again (handing Gwen her tiara)
2:11 pm
cybernan

new one for me too kitty
2:12 pm
cybernan

we have ep 5 in the grid and it is a de 6!
2:21 pm
cybernan

nonfat
2:22 pm
cybernan

oops - sorry -- my last word!
2:25 pm
harpjane

and now it is my FIRST word!i
3:10 pm
FrenchToast

Got all the Ss
3:34 pm
mkg

hi all. help with the 7 please. not getting it even with the meaning....
3:36 pm
mkg

ooops finally found it. wow. never saw or heard it before. new word for me.
4:50 pm
poor richard

pade
4:51 pm
poor richard

owed
5:19 pm
MollyL

Is anyone being affected by the nationwide ground stop issue by the FAA on all flights? Pretty big news.
5:26 pm
mich_pdx

it's awful. Luckily, I'm at home (on a rainy, dark day)
5:30 pm
MollyL

I find it strange that they have grounded all commercial air traffic. I'm probably being an elder who worries too much.
5:34 pm
mich_pdx

Apparently, the FAA's national communication system is down. Yesterday it was Microsoft's system -- it's been a mess for electronic communication!
5:52 pm
mich_pdx

only 2 words left....
5:52 pm
Soodle

I’d be very grateful if any Babble colleagues could share any information on this current situation as it comes to hand We are totally dependant on SkyNews, and updates are sketchy at best. Say safe everybody
5:56 pm
mich_pdx

Soodle, the US govt is saying it's not malicious. Here's a quote regarding international flights
5:56 pm
mich_pdx

FAA asks Europe not to send more flights
U.S.-bound departures from 42 countries − including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain − have been suspended at the FAA's request because of technical issues, according to an advisory posted by Eurocontrol, the European air traffic management organization.

The suspension covers flights departing between 5 p.m. Friday and midnight Eastern time.

Eurocontrol's Network Manager Operations Centre in Brussels said it was closely monitoring the situation and would provide updates. The notice addresses departures bound for U.S. airports; it does not instruct flights already airborne to turn back or divert.

— Josh Rivera
5:58 pm
Christa

Hello and Happy Friday
6:03 pm
mich_pdx

Microsoft says no connection to FAA communication frequency issues and the US Weather Service is reporting its systems are working. Soodle, can you find the AP news site on your browser, or is it blocked?
6:03 pm
MollyL

The term being used in news reports about this that bothers me is "due to extraordinary circumstances.
6:07 pm
mich_pdx

Molly, I think the FAA's use of the phrase "extraordinary circumstances" is perhaps factual but disturbing, I agree.
6:08 pm
mich_pdx

OK, I got fireworks, going to get on with my day. I hope I was able to help Soodle and our International friends.
6:09 pm
MollyL

"This is the first nationwide US ground stop since January 2023, when a key FAA computer system malfunctioned. Before that, the last time had been after the September 11, 2001, attacks."
6:10 pm
MollyL

"The disruption is the latest sign of strain on the US air traffic control system, which has ⁠been beset by equipment failures, communications problems and ⁠shortages of controllers, as the FAA tries to replace ageing infrastructure."
6:10 pm
bichon

on 5/12, pls
6:10 pm
penquis

ends with most of frozen water....
6:10 pm
rururocks

yeah.. ever since Dart quit being an air traffic controller
6:11 pm
bichon

ty pen
6:11 pm
penquis

yw...