Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, September 8, 2020

12:00 am

Minveryork

Flip flip hooray!

12:00 am

Rainiqui

po 7

12:01 am

Minveryork

Too late for me to start this monster of a grid.Goodnight all!

12:02 am

jessmom

te7

12:03 am

justafreep

te8

12:04 am

jessmom

te7 x 2

12:08 am

cybernan

lol - who was it that predicted the large grid for the day after the holiday?

12:08 am

justafreep

te9

12:09 am

Rainiqui

mi 8

12:09 am

Rainiqui

mist

12:15 am

justafreep

mi8 x 2

12:15 am

SuzeeQ24

ai7

12:15 am

SuzeeQ24

elain

12:15 am

SuzeeQ24

lain

12:16 am

SuzeeQ24

dammit

12:17 am

dizgrannie

po 7

12:17 am

justafreep

dammit is not in the puzzle. Continue with the good stuff, please :-)

12:17 am

SuzeeQ24

lol

12:18 am

justafreep

li7

12:18 am

Gillie

Have you noticed that it now says that "spam" is not in the puzzle, even though it is (yesterday, too), instead of saying that it isn't in the dictionary?

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

Rainiqui

po 7 x3

12:21 am

Rainiqui

poststamp

12:21 am

justafreep

as 20 people try that in unison now....

12:23 am

Rainiqui

hey, my meds kicked in - what can I say, lol

12:28 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs

12:28 am

dizgrannie

at 9

12:32 am

ursh

phantom - elbow

12:35 am

crayola

gillie, you're right. weird/

12:36 am

justafreep

Yeah. That is odd. maybe... maybe we're just doing this grid wrong?!

12:44 am

dizgrannie

ps 8 x 2. Have 5 ps words so foar

12:44 am

dizgrannie

*fAr

12:47 am

justafreep

thanks for that.

1:01 am

dizgrannie

oa 7 & 8 if not called

3:11 am

Karys

a certain children's favourite TV character with a black and white cat is my phantom

3:56 am

dizgrannie

FWs

5:13 am

mattygroves

Good old Pat ;)

6:49 am

Karys

that's the one matty !

7:14 am

Kaplan the Magne

Unclool anti Italian slur.

7:14 am

Kaplan the Magne

Call Dr God

7:14 am

Kaplan the Magne

Uncool

7:14 am

dan2bit

this is the grid size I was hoping for during the US holiday yesterday! morning all

7:14 am

Kaplan the Magne

ample

7:14 am

Kaplan the Magne

asorry

7:18 am

Kaplan the Magne

what is this thing about span not existing in the puzzle when it's right there?

7:19 am

MollyL

Well, the other day someone said Dr. God was adding spam to the acceptable words. So maybe that is still a work in progress. I still don't get why that gets added and some of the words people are offended by are not deleted.

7:20 am

Kaplan the Magne

Specifically ethnic and racial slurs rather than words that :some are offended by."

7:21 am

BzznBea

If words that offend were deleted, that would be an endless task. Might as well close down the game.

7:22 am

MollyL

Same goes for adding words though. If spam is to be added, why not internet, mosh and some of the other words currently used but not accepted by Enable.

7:24 am

Bremen

sl

7:24 am

BzznBea

That's why he should just leave it alone.

7:24 am

Kaplan the Magne

BzznBea, racial and ethnic slurs are well-known, and do not take up the whole grid. When they're present they jump out, and points are given for them. And they are hurtful and demeaning words with no other potential meaning.

7:25 am

godthaab

babble just accepted the word "spell". Weirdness today

7:25 am

Kaplan the Magne

If it were YOUR ethnic or racial group that was being slurred, would you feel he should just leave it alone?

7:26 am

Kaplan the Magne

It didn't accept spell for me.

7:27 am

BzznBea

How can it accept spell when there is only one L?

7:27 am

MollyL

Well, I'm Irish and mick is accepted in the Enable word list. I don't care because it is a word used in a word game. Not someone intentionally using the word to offend.

7:27 am

MollyL

It is not accepting spell for me.

7:28 am

Kaplan the Magne

Does Mick have any other possible meaning?

7:28 am

JaxH66

Could I have the stats for the top left I please?

7:29 am

rururocks

to the Rolling Stones Mick does

7:29 am

JaxH66

Take the Mick means to take advantage in the uk

7:29 am

MollyL

Nope, only one meaning of mick that I am aware of.

7:29 am

BzznBea

is4.5 and im4.6

7:30 am

JaxH66

Thanks bea

7:30 am

Kaplan the Magne

Again, like the "jewed" example, it brought out that some babblers felt it was not insulting to talk about the Jewish trait of driving a hard bargaining, believing it as an actual trait, and not a centuries old anti-Semitic stereotype that causes harm. I would rule out hicks, cops and Lagos. Other words can be argued as having two meanings.

7:31 am

MollyL

I find it a huge stretch that anyone does not see the contempt in the word jewed.

7:32 am

Kaplan the Magne

I'm repeating myself a lot on this issue, but again, it's not the PRESENCE of the word, but that some do not know the ugly history, and might even think it a compliment that is upsetting.

7:33 am

Kaplan the Magne

Well, Molly, we had that jaw dropping conversation right here.

7:33 am

periwinkle

good morning all. help with T in 3rd column pls

7:34 am

MollyL

Peri, like The Lone Ranger's sidekick, but spelled differently

7:35 am

JaxH66

What are the stats for the 9s please

7:35 am

BzznBea

I have te9.66

7:35 am

hokie carla

love it when the first word that pops out at me is a 7

7:35 am

hokie carla

and hello

7:36 am

periwinkle

ty Molly hi and by carla. off to the market

7:37 am

MollyL

The other is at9

7:37 am

rururocks

i have an at 9

7:37 am

JaxH66

Looking

7:39 am

BzznBea

Ah..Thanks, ru.

7:39 am

JaxH66

Are either of them compound words?

7:39 am

BzznBea

And Molly.

7:39 am

BzznBea

No. But if you get one, you will get the other.

7:40 am

hokie carla

what if you don't get either ;)

7:40 am

BzznBea

LOL!

7:40 am

JaxH66

Ok

7:40 am

BzznBea

Think brain.

7:41 am

Kaplan the Magne

I would suggest that those of us who feel that words nike the n word, jew as a verb, dago, wop and mick be dropped from point scoring words, and contemporary words like spam, and other internet era words be added. Perhaps if more of us addressed the issue, then we could change it. I'm not happy with the cu4 word wither. Other words have double meanings so they could be argued for.

7:41 am

BzznBea

They actually mean space and time relationship

7:42 am

JaxH66

Got a te7 but not the 9 yet

7:42 am

hokie carla

same

7:43 am

MollyL

People have argued for and against words here for years. They have always been told that Dr. God is not interested in modifying the word list. That is why I was so surprised that he agreed to add spam.

7:43 am

rururocks

he hasn't added spam

7:43 am

hokie carla

but I guess he told someone recently he would

7:44 am

hokie carla

I didn't realize he was actually responding to emails

7:44 am

rururocks

that will be the day homie

7:45 am

MollyL

Someone posted the other day that Dr. God agreed to add spam. Now, when you type in spam, it says "Spam is not in the puzzle" not "spam was not found in the dictionary"

7:46 am

hokie carla

but wasn't it in the grid yesterday and still not accepted?

7:47 am

BzznBea

But spam does exist in this puzzle

7:47 am

hokie carla

you are correct

7:47 am

JaxH66

Thanks got them. Carla, you need a vowel after the first 4 letters not a consonant

7:47 am

hokie carla

and it still says it doesn't exist in the puzzle, but I'm looking at it right there

7:48 am

hokie carla

thx, jax. I'm going to have to finish coffee and wake up a while.

7:48 am

rururocks

you're imagining things hokie :D

7:49 am

MollyL

That is what started this discussion. I suggested that maybe Dr. God is in the process of adding spam and that is why is says "doesn't exist in the puzzle".

7:50 am

BzznBea

I thought he could just flip a switch, like the Wizard of Oz does. =)

7:50 am

MollyL

Today's response for typing spam in the ADD WORD box is "spam doesn't exist in the puzzle". It does.

7:50 am

godthaab

Just because you are offended by words, does not mean they should be taken out of the grid.

7:50 am

hokie carla

yeah, like how long should this process take? if it takes days I can see why he doesn't do it more.

7:51 am

MollyL

In order to change what shows up on a web site, you have to rewrite the code for the site. It can take a while. Especially with a complex site like this.

7:53 am

dan2bit

spam began as a proper trademarked name of the meat product. it wasn't *that* long ago that scrabble started allowing it because of the way it began being used to mean unsolicited email. Which name it got from an absurd Monty Python skit about the meat product

7:53 am

BzznBea

I feel the same way about the, godthaab. And I feel the same way about people in the US wanting to erase our history.

7:54 am

MollyL

I agree Bea. You can't pretend words don't exist, or things didn't happen. You can only choose your own words carefully and do your best not to be a part of bad history repeating itself.

7:57 am

hokie carla

ooh, found an 8 all on my own

7:58 am

BzznBea

We were all awakened last night by the sound of gunfire in front of our house.

7:58 am

hokie carla

and another

7:58 am

hokie carla

yikes, what happened?

7:58 am

BzznBea

Just a drive by. No injuries. Just a warning.

7:59 am

hokie carla

they don't like the gardens?

7:59 am

bichon

oy

7:59 am

MollyL

A warning?

8:00 am

BzznBea

There was a domestic disturbance across the street yesterday. The police were called. We think someone did not like that.

8:00 am

hokie carla

ah

8:01 am

BzznBea

I think the gunfire was aimed at that those apartments.

8:02 am

BzznBea

Which is actually just house cut up into five small living areas. Slum lord owned.

8:03 am

hokie carla

my friends who live downtown witnessed a shooting the other morning

8:03 am

BzznBea

It's just getting out of hand everywhere.

8:04 am

godthaab

Bzzn - you know what they say; those who erase history are doomed to repeat it. The same thing is happening in Canada. Name me one problem that tearing down a statue solves.

8:04 am

hokie carla

yep

8:05 am

rururocks

I see both sides of that issue actuall

8:05 am

hokie carla

I can kinda see the point on the statues

8:06 am

MollyL

I don't see the point on the statues. If you find a statue offensive, go through the proper motions to have it removed. It is not your right to destroy public property.

8:09 am

hokie carla

oh, that I agree with. I'm not for destruction of public property. I'm saying I can see why the statues are a problem.

8:12 am

hokie carla

oh, just found an italian slur. is that what started The Discussion again?

8:13 am

BzznBea

Yes.

8:13 am

rururocks

what does the slur begin with?

8:13 am

hokie carla

w

8:14 am

rururocks

oh

8:14 am

MollyL

I love "The Discussion"
: D

8:14 am

hokie carla

I almost made a proclamation that it will henceforth be called that

8:15 am

MollyL

Well, we would put up a statue of you Carla, but someone might tear it down.
: D

8:16 am

hokie carla

just made me think of Jaynetown on Firefly

8:16 am

hokie carla

where my firefly peeps at?

8:17 am

mattygroves

Most of the Confederate statues were put up in the 1920s (ish) specifically to intimidate Black voters. They have no time and place, in my opinion, now. We don't have statues of Hitler to 'remind' us of an unpleasant time. And also, Firefly is brilliant and despite the fact the actor (Adam Baldwin) is a tit, the Hero of Canton is still amazing ;)

8:18 am

mattygroves

And that was one cool hat

8:19 am

hokie carla

was hoping that'd bring you out, matty. ;) and yes, to the statues. as in, I agree with everything you said.

8:20 am

hokie carla

I may need to do a firefly rewatch soon

8:20 am

mattygroves

Me too!

8:20 am

bichon

We did that a few months ago

8:20 am

BzznBea

I'm getting a bit bored with this grid.

8:20 am

mattygroves

Bichon, you're a Firefly fan?!

8:20 am

hokie carla

I was thinking you had seen it, too, bichon

8:21 am

mattygroves

Also, I can kill you with my brain ;)

8:21 am

hokie carla

I'm still on 2nd row, bea! but doing a 9:30 zoom workout so probably should start getting ready.

8:21 am

hokie carla

atmo in the grid today

8:21 am

Wendrie

my dd has that on a t-shirt Matty :)

8:22 am

BzznBea

I still have more liriope to dig out...

8:22 am

Aloyisius

hi all.. I don't agree with the destruction of the statues. I think of the saying, "run it up the flagpole and see who salutes". As we evolve, the "bad" statues are markers of our progress and could be used as teaching tools. A part of our history, not to be adored but as markers of our progress as human beings.

8:22 am

hokie carla

why are you digging it out, too big?

8:23 am

BzznBea

It is taking over my flower beds.

8:23 am

BzznBea

I agree, Aloy.

8:23 am

hokie carla

yeah, I think the statues could be removed and put in a museum and say how/why they got made

8:24 am

Wendrie

Aloyisius - as learning tools they belong in museums or somewhere like that. Not in prime positions.

8:24 am

Aloyisius

that would be a good compromise

8:25 am

Aloyisius

but to destroy them? No, just a toddler reaction.. rage in action. And I do empathize with the rage.

8:28 am

MollyL

Toddler reaction seems to be the rule of thumb these days.

8:29 am

rururocks

how do you feel about those guys driving around with confederate flags on their trucks aloy?

8:30 am

mkg

any clues for the 9s or 8s? ty

8:30 am

Aloyisius

I think they are identifying themselves and I like to know if they are around me.

8:31 am

mattygroves

Statues in parks, in front of court houses, polling places, town halls - they are there to intimidate. Sure, you want to create a museum of stupid statues? Knock yourself out. But there are many that are unregarded and unnoticed...except by those they are specifically meant to intimidate. No-one complained (here) when the statue of Saddam Hussein was famously toppled - no-one said it should be left in place to 'educate' the people. The same is true of the Confederate statues. And also, we have BARELY moved on since the Civil Rights movements in the 60s - indeed, in some cases the US (and other countries) have move backwards - school segregation, for example, is higher than it's been since the 60s and before. Sometimes, direct action is necessary to effect real change. Because real change hasn't really happened.

8:31 am

BzznBea

That would be a lot of clues, mkg.

8:32 am

PastorJ

Totally agree with you, Matty. After waiting so long for justice, I can't call the desire to tear such monuments down a "toddler reaction."

8:33 am

mkg

just one of each please.

8:33 am

mattygroves

I'd love to ask a question - and I will start by answering for myself. I am a middle aged white woman. Are there any people here of colour?

8:34 am

PastorJ

elder white, myself.

8:35 am

rururocks

I used to be black

8:35 am

Aloyisius

have age spots here

8:35 am

PastorJ

I used to be middle aged

8:36 am

BzznBea

te8.50 and te9.66 part of the brain.

8:37 am

MollyL

I used to have game.

8:37 am

BzznBea

LOL!

8:37 am

aslindy

thanks bea

8:37 am

MLFAN17

bzz is the te8/50 from middle t?

8:37 am

mattygroves

I used to be young. But, unless someone says otherwise, we're all white people, many of a certain age. Perhaps we should listen to the folk of colour who are most affected by these statues, and by systematic racism.

I'll get off my soapbox now, but it does, occasionally, need to be said.

8:37 am

PastorJ

Thanks, Matty, for all you've said.

8:37 am

JaxH66

Oa7/8. Think breakfast

8:37 am

BzznBea

No.

8:38 am

MLFAN17

oh sorry i need stat for the middle t pls?

8:38 am

aslindy

yum, thanks jax

8:38 am

BzznBea

ta5.10 is from that t. mlf.

8:38 am

MLFAN17

ty ja

8:39 am

MLFAN17

x

8:41 am

MollyL

I think public displays of symbolism are all going to become a thing of the past. No statues of any kind, because they are bound to offend someone. This stuff started back when people protested public displays of Nativity scenes.

8:41 am

MLFAN17

bzz clue pls?

8:42 am

PastorJ

The most privileged are the least offended.

8:42 am

BzznBea

Books will be next.

8:44 am

PastorJ

(wish we had an eyeroll emoji on here)

8:45 am

mattygroves

Actually, I think arguably, the most privileged are the most offended. Christianity is the most popular religion in the US, to the point where it's a defacto state religion, yet people get terrified that there is a non-existent 'war on Christmas.'

8:45 am

MollyL

Oh they are already taking books out of school curriculum's. To Kill a Mockingbird, Huckleberry Finn and Of Mice and Men to name a few.

8:45 am

MLFAN17

ta5/1o clue pls?

8:46 am

MLFAN17

does the te 8/9 begin with te4/6?

8:47 am

PastorJ

You make a good point, Matty. At the same time, it's the most privileged who are often the most blind to how something can offend a less privileged person or group.

8:47 am

BzznBea

I know, Molly, but soon it will be The Last of the Mohicans, A Raisin in the Sun, The Color Purple.

8:47 am

PastorJ

Anyhow, I'm outta here for now, good day all

8:48 am

mattygroves

White people (of which I am one) get so worried about 'reverse racism', yet we all benefit from the Western society's favouritism towards white people (studies have been done -Identical CVs/resumes have been sent out, one of which has a typically 'black' name and the other a typical 'white' name - inevitably, the 'white' name gets more interviews.

8:48 am

Aloyisius

almost like Lone Ranger's sidekick, MLF for the ta5

8:48 am

MLFAN17

thanks aloy

8:49 am

Aloyisius

yw , hi ho silver

8:50 am

MLFAN17

exactly lol

8:50 am

MLFAN17

aloy do you have the 8/9?

8:50 am

MLFAN17

saw earlier clue not getting it

8:52 am

BzznBea

MLF, it is a love of the brain for the te8

8:52 am

Aloyisius

yes.. it refers to a bone in the skull and ends with the opposite of written. Like a test that is spoken

8:52 am

BzznBea

LOBE

8:53 am

Aloyisius

lol Bea

8:55 am

MLFAN17

ty got them

8:55 am

Aloyisius

good, wtg

8:55 am

MLFAN17

thanks:D

9:00 am

rururocks

i'm glad I didn't clue that Aloy :D

9:00 am

Aloyisius

ooh, ru.. on second thought.. lol

9:04 am

BzznBea

I guess I'll head out to the flower bed. At least it is not street side in case of more drive bys...

9:04 am

BzznBea

34 left but will probably leave those in Judi's bucket.

9:05 am

Aloyisius

hope it doesn't happen again, Bea..

9:05 am

BzznBea

It will. Every couple of weeks.

9:05 am

MollyL

God Bea, that would unnerve me.

9:05 am

Aloyisius

oh no ! that is scary. Need a night camera

9:06 am

Aloyisius

catch those varmints

9:07 am

Aloyisius

motion sensitive night camera

9:09 am

rururocks

*note to self send three bullet proof vests to bea for xmas*

9:10 am

mkg

i think it is bizarre that confederate statues are there to start with. they lost the war and many americans were killed during the battles and so it is time to move on and get rid of honoring these confederate men. there is a you tube by a black man from the ACLU THAT IS BRILLIANT! he is well spoken and he points out why blacks are offended by statues of men who advocated for their enslavement.......the same is true of confed flags. they basically stand for being pro slavery!

9:14 am

mkg

oops sorry to go on so loong.

9:15 am

Aloyisius

don't be sorry.. we are sharing our thoughts

9:17 am

mattygroves

Here's the thing - if we get stopped by the police, or get called in for a teacher meeting, or anything that involves the 'establishment' as white people, we feel safe and that those establishment figures are there to protect us. We look at statues and think 'those people are heroes in our eyes' - they're (typically) white men who, we are taught, died for OUR freedom. But Black people don't have that luxury. They know that they may be shot, knelt upon or arrested for...driving while Black. They know that the school may be calling them to exclude or punish their child...even for transgressions that a white child would get detention at best ... or they may find their six year old has been arrested (yes, that's happened).

9:17 am

mkg

i dont know where it stops but i do agree that it would be like germans having statues of hitler........

9:17 am

mkg

not getting the te 8/9. darn.

9:17 am

mattygroves

It's so easy for we middle aged white people to put our heads in the sand and say because WE haven't experienced it, it hasn't happened. I've absolutely been guilty of that. But it simply isn't so, and we should remind ourselves of that every day

9:17 am

MollyL

The confederate statues were erected to honor men who fought for the south.

9:18 am

mattygroves

No, Molly, with respect, they weren't.

9:18 am

mkg

molly but they fought for slavery. and they fought to divide the nation into two nations.

9:19 am

mattygroves

Most were put up specifically during the Jim Crow era to intimidate Black voters...to keep them from rising up. To keep them from voting. They weren't put up immediately post war. It was way after, during the increase in influence of the KKK and other racist (if more privately racist) organisations.

9:19 am

mkg

hte statues are of the men who were the leaders not those whose lives were on the line. even the generals were in the rear not to front of battles.

9:19 am

mkg

help!!!!!!!!! just not seeing the te 8/9 or is it ta?

9:19 am

mattygroves

This isn't about saying 'well, Robert E Lee was misguided, but basically had a good heart and was fighting for States' rights.' It's about 'let's scare black people and put them in their place and make sure they don't agitate or vote against us'

9:19 am

MollyL

Well, I don't have my head in the sand because "I" haven't experienced those things. I don't think a lot of other white people do either. I see both black and white people at the recent protests.

9:20 am

MollyL

I don't think there are many black people who are currently scared by statues.

9:21 am

LuvWordGames

te 8-a worker who is not permanent + verbal

9:21 am

mkg

molly, please do go to see the talk by this man about racism. it is very subtle. he works for the ACLU and is an attorney.

9:22 am

mkg

ty luv. looking for verbal .

9:22 am

MollyL

Like I said before. It's time to take down all the statues. o matter what the subject, some group of people are going to take offense. It's just that kind of world we live in now.

9:22 am

mattygroves

Not so much scared, but intimidated. When every other statue you see in the South is of someone who literally fought to keep you enslaved, that's going to affect you

9:23 am

MollyL

mkg, I have several black friends and I am very familiar with subtle racism.

9:23 am

mkg

got the te 8/9! ty so much for the clue. great. ty.

9:23 am

mkg

great molly. perhaps ask them their opinions about the statues.

9:24 am

hokie carla

There was a civil war hospital near my parents' house and in turn, a cemetery filled with confederate soldiers. there is a confederate flag flying in that cemetery. not sure how I feel about that. it's not there to intimidate, but just to mark that these real men and boys died in a war they may or may not have agreed with or even understood.

9:24 am

hokie carla

I'm not even sure who owns that land or put the flag up

9:25 am

MollyL

From what I have heard from my friends, they are much more interested in actual change than in statues being taken down or books being banned in schools.

9:25 am

mkg

books banned in schools? this i havent heard of.

9:25 am

mkg

that is bad to ban books.

9:26 am

mattygroves

Oh, Molly. I like you. I really do, but you know things are weird at best when someone says 'I have black friends'. All of us. ALL of US who are white have learned racism from an early age. We have to internally fight against it all the time. We have benefited from it every day. Every single day. Typically (myself included!) our Black friends are the most white acting blacks we can find - we go for Cosby (of the Cosby show, not the creepy actual guy) rather than Tupac. Of course we do - it's what we know. Actual change involves removing Confederate statues - it's a sign, a symbol, a real thing that helps to effect actual change.

9:27 am

MollyL

Matty, I can tell you that my friends who are black would not be offended by my saying what I said in this discussion. They are well aware that they are black and they have said "I have white friends" in similar conversations.

9:28 am

phaeton

Can I have stats for the lone T?

9:29 am

mkg

As a jewish girl, i felt closer to the blacks than to the white christians. i felt a kinship because of the discrimination I felt as a jew. i felt we were both victims of the same whites.

9:29 am

LuvWordGames

ta 5/10

9:29 am

gemini_J13

google Confederate Women ~ I read several of those sites, helped me to understand

9:29 am

mkg

ta 5: sidekick for lone ranger, spelled with diff. first vowel

9:30 am

Aloyisius

I think that t is ta5.10.. well, I have to go - thanks for the good chat, all. Ciao for now!

9:30 am

mattygroves

I'm sure they wouldn't. I suspect they're middle (or upper middle class) Blacks who have played the game and believe it. They hope for the best for their children. But would you want your children to be treated as Black children are? You know what I want? For my grandchild to be treated the same as a Black child of the same age, because I want the treatment of Black children to rise to the level that white children enjoy.

9:31 am

phaeton

TY luv

9:33 am

mattygroves

Remember, people would rather hire a Kate Gowers than a Latoya Washington. Even if we had the exact same qualifications. Think on that. And that's before we get into police killing Blacks, arresting Blacks, imprisoning Blacks disproportionately.

9:34 am

rururocks

Unfortunately Trump is trying to fan the flames of racism to pull off this election

9:35 am

hokie carla

yeah, and unfortunately these flames don't need fanning

9:35 am

rururocks

bringing the wrong kind of attention to the issue

9:35 am

amelu0218

my 2 cents re: the southern states then I'll go back to lurking. https://tinyurl.com/y29brqra

9:37 am

mattygroves

He is. But what he's really depending on is casual racism - not the confederate flag flying, epithet shouting good old boys - he has those. It's the middle class white people who don't want their TJ Maxx damaged. Who say it's a shame that statues are being damaged. Who watch Fox News (or even 'normal' news) and see there are 'riots' in the streets (which most involve graffiti and fireworks - not all, but mostly - I have friends on the ground who are journalists). They don't want to risk their lawns being damaged or Target being shut.

9:39 am

rururocks

that's kind of a broad sweeping statement matty really?

9:39 am

rururocks

i have hopes that a lot of the middle class is a lot smarter than that

9:40 am

mattygroves

Well, yes, Ru, of course it is. These are tiny chat boxes and not a debate stage. But I still think there is a segment of the population (not targeting anyone here!) who will be swayed by Trump's law and order BS and the media painting all the protests as anarchy

9:40 am

hokie carla

if there's one thing I've learned in recent years it's that this country has a lot more stupid people than I reallized

9:40 am

mattygroves

Also, I said that's what he's depending on (and hoping for). I can hope that I'm wrong!

9:40 am

hokie carla

gullible may be a better word

9:45 am

mattygroves

Amelu, it wasn't taxes (and it wasn't Seminole - the word they're looking for is seminal). It was slavery. Have a History.com link, rather than a biased link: https://bit.ly/3293CqB "Growing abolitionist sentiment in the North after the 1830s and northern opposition to slavery’s extension into the new western territories led many southerners to fear that the existence of slavery in America—and thus the backbone of their economy—was in danger."

9:46 am

hokie carla

I don't think I told y'all one of my cousins and his wife refused to wear a mask at my dad's graveside service, even after I asked them to put one on and offered them one.his argument was that he has been working since the beginning (he's a walking postman) of the pandemic and he has 200 stops and is fine. that's even more of a reason you should wear one!

9:48 am

hokie carla

matty, I was expecting that blog post to be written by a southerner, but it was actually written by a northerner. so not sure where his bias is coming from. I was always taught in the south that it wasn't slavery (even took a course in college by a leading expert), but now am being told of course it was slavery.

9:48 am

Sugrraleona

ea7?

9:48 am

hokie carla

and I was like, what does he mean seminole? LOL

9:49 am

amelu0218

Sorry, just going back to my jr high history days, which, by the way, were outside of Flint (yes, the most wonderfully discussed bankrupt city of reknown) Michigan, not here in the south where I choose/prefer to live. You know, back in the day when we honored Pearl Harbor Day, Washington's bday and Lincoln's bday...

9:49 am

hokie carla

hmm, not earlint, sugrra

9:49 am

Sugrraleona

LOL

9:49 am

LuvWordGames

ea 7 is when you get a song stuck in your head (compound word)

9:50 am

hokie carla

thx, luv. surprised that was in the dictionary when enable was made

9:50 am

LuvWordGames

me too carla

9:50 am

mkg

the whole issue was greed! the entire south ran on slave power which was free for the owners. it was totally financial. the war was fought to keep slaves so the owners would continue to be rich as stink.

9:51 am

mkg

luv what is second word? i have first one.

9:51 am

MollyL

Everyone is going to interpret history to suit their argument.

9:51 am

LuvWordGames

bait for fishing

9:51 am

hokie carla

things you might use fishing, mkg

9:52 am

MollyL

But I kind of like the "so the Southern slave owners could stay rich as stink" argument.
: D

9:53 am

hokie carla

that's why the mountain folk were pretty split, they were poor as dirt

10:21 am

mkg

still have no sevens. the one about hearing music i never got second word. clues welcome

10:21 am

mkg

tried google: song stuck in your head and it didnt come up.

10:22 am

mkg

ea 7 more clues please. ty.

10:23 am

mabaker8

temp

10:23 am

hokie carla

are you familiar with night crawlers that people use fishing?? or earth***** that come out onto sidewalks when it rains?

10:23 am

mabaker8

temps

10:23 am

mabaker8

sorry

10:23 am

MollyL

If you do a Google search on what is a song stuck in your head called, it comes right up

10:25 am

amelu0218

not at 45-50% taxation to take care of the rest of the country. J/S, yes, slavery became the issue for the north because they weren't making headway with keeping the taxation going, so let's just bring in social justice. Unfortunately, in the meantime, lobbyists have figured out more and more ways to add pork for their chosen gov't official so now we're not even getting straightforward laws on taxation, lol. The bottom line to everything is the almighty dollar. And I don't have an argument, I just get tired of hearing "slavery" every time I turn around. Blacks were not the only slaves here and around the world, it really doesn't matter how much melanin you have or what your age is, slavery still exists today globally, I just don't see what tearing apart history is accomplishing.

10:25 am

hokie carla

maybe she is using duck duck go instead ;) (inferior search engine that I use)

10:27 am

rastapopolous

why is ddg inferior? I also use it, because of no tracking. Does well for me.

10:27 am

mkg

got the ea 7 and 8.

10:28 am

hokie carla

I just think it doesn't find things as well as google

10:29 am

hokie carla

I also still get ads for things I've searched. the whole reason I started using it was for no tracking.

10:29 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

10:30 am

bichon

A tree company is taking down a tree and it's so loud here

10:30 am

cybernan

Which browser are you using carla? Have to say I am getting awfully tired of all the pop-up ads

10:33 am

rastapopolous

But perhaps it's the page, like amazon, selling your cookies, not ddg

10:33 am

hokie carla

I use safari usually

10:33 am

hokie carla

I have a pop up blocker

10:34 am

cybernan

I do too , but there are so many sites you can't access when it is enabled

10:35 am

hokie carla

I guess, rasta. certainly anything I search for on amazon shows up in ads. esp. annoying when I bought the thing on amazon and don't need to see ads for it now.

10:35 am

rastapopolous

yes, that one confounds me as well

10:35 am

cybernan

guess I need to look into something different. Have never tried safari - will have a look. Does it allow you to set up your preferred news source for the home page?

10:36 am

hokie carla

well, safari is on macs, if you have windows I don't think you can use it

10:36 am

hokie carla

I never use a home page, so I'm not sure

10:37 am

hurshy

hooray my juicy grid is here!

10:38 am

cybernan

my service provider has a local news page that I like to have for "home"

10:38 am

hokie carla

still working on my way through the first pass, hurshy

10:38 am

hurshy

just starting here :)

10:38 am

hokie carla

I'm sure you'll catch me soon

10:39 am

gingin

Good Morning all. Yes, you can use Safari with Windows, but I prefer Firefox

10:39 am

hokie carla

interesting.

10:39 am

cybernan

why is that gingin?

10:39 am

hurshy

for a search engine, try Ecosia. it plants trees for your searches.

10:39 am

hokie carla

I used to use Firefox, then Chrome, then switched to Safari when something wasn't playing right on Chrome.

10:40 am

hokie carla

what does that even mean, hurshy?

10:40 am

hurshy

it means they use some of the ad revenue to plant trees

10:40 am

Uneaixoise

Hello, all! Mi8 please?

10:41 am

gingin

Firefox is lightning fast and has excellent add-ons. I have an anti-popup that is great and really, it has all the bells and whistles I ever need

10:41 am

hokie carla

mi8 youth or mi8 something - say it wrong (there are 2 mi8)

10:42 am

cybernan

is the mi 8/45 the same as fake news?

10:42 am

Uneaixoise

Tx..... got the youth word.....

10:42 am

hokie carla

I guess, nan? if you say something incorrectly you have mi8d

10:43 am

cybernan

I have both words carla -- you just beat me to giving the clues

10:43 am

hokie carla

ah

10:44 am

hurshy

phantom: attempt

10:44 am

hokie carla

also atonement

10:44 am

Uneaixoise

What is the word that's not youth related?

10:45 am

hokie carla

see my 10:42 comment

10:45 am

hurshy

prefix + oklahoma or montana or new york

10:45 am

hokie carla

also phantom mi8ment

10:45 am

Uneaixoise

Tx!!!!

10:46 am

hurshy

phantom: tomato

10:46 am

hokie carla

yes!

10:47 am

hokie carla

lots of big phantoms and almosts today

10:47 am

Deeha

and potato!

10:47 am

cybernan

and elopement

10:48 am

hokie carla

I always try tata just in case

10:50 am

cybernan

did someone say there is an ea 6-7?

10:51 am

hokie carla

IDK, I don't have any

10:51 am

hokie carla

ea7/8

10:51 am

cybernan

nm -- it was a 7-8 -- just found

10:51 am

Deeha

thought you were leaving for a moment hokie

10:52 am

hokie carla

with the tata?

10:52 am

Deeha

thats the one!

10:53 am

hokie carla

slang here for breasts. all the other slang words for that are allowed.

10:54 am

cybernan

I know enable is woefully behind the times but I keep trying spam anyway

10:55 am

hokie carla

well, did you noticed it now says spam is not in the grid, even though we all see it there

10:55 am

hurshy

:O

10:55 am

hokie carla

*notice

11:01 am

cybernan

help - now babble is tweeting lies :D

11:03 am

Deeha

sorry wwasnt reading. Over hear is 'childrens talk' for goodbye

11:03 am

Deeha

o even here it is !

11:03 am

hokie carla

also that here, I say TTFN all the time.

11:04 am

hokie carla

but there is a breast cancer group called save the tatas

11:04 am

hurshy

i really hate it as slang for breasts

11:04 am

hurshy

just like i hate the word "diva"

11:04 am

hurshy

in that inexplicable way that you hate some words

11:04 am

MollyL

Anyone who has seen Officer And A Gentleman remembers the line "did you see that bodacious set of tatas?"

11:05 am

MollyL

Like "moist" Hursh?
: D

11:05 am

hurshy

well, i don't hate moist, but yeah, some do

11:05 am

hokie carla

moist doesn't bother me but a lot of people hate it

11:05 am

hurshy

i knew a gal who really hated the word "smoothie"

11:06 am

hokie carla

I can't think of any words that have that effect on me

11:07 am

hokie carla

awww, NTPN - a giggling muppet

11:07 am

cybernan

missing one w - any guesses?

11:07 am

hokie carla

also missing one w, my guess is it's the same one

11:08 am

MollyL

I can Name That Proper Noun NTPN...Elmo

11:08 am

hurshy

perhaps you guys missed the first 4/9, before the earth wiggler

11:08 am

hokie carla

ding ding ding!

11:08 am

periwinkle

what is NTPN

11:08 am

dianedecoder

maybe the plural of the 5/18 , Nan?

11:08 am

hokie carla

the slur, hurshy? I have that

11:08 am

hurshy

Name That Proper Noun, peri

11:09 am

hokie carla

I have the plural of the 5

11:09 am

periwinkle

ah ty hurshy

11:09 am

cybernan

no - have that one

11:09 am

hurshy

ok then diane's or the last wo4/8

11:09 am

periwinkle

helpwith the at9 or te9 please

11:09 am

hokie carla

I have one wo4/8 after the plural 6

11:10 am

hurshy

well then you're just being very silly somehow, hokie

11:10 am

hokie carla

usually the case

11:10 am

hokie carla

all wo?

11:10 am

periwinkle

yes

11:10 am

hurshy

yes

11:10 am

cybernan

ty - was missing the 6 -- keep forgetting that adjectives and adverbs are often pluralized here

11:11 am

cybernan

first col. blackened

11:11 am

hokie carla

well, I'd say we have a lot of wo6 this year

11:11 am

moolingwa

if that right o was an e, there'd be a 12 letter word in there :)

11:11 am

hurshy

i don't think it's that, cnan, i think it's when it is used as a verb, you can say like, "whichever knight wo6 the other in this duel will win the hand of the princess"

11:11 am

MollyL

Okay, I need to know what Carla's missing w is.

11:11 am

hokie carla

yeah, lots of ifs and maybes today

11:12 am

periwinkle

help witheither 9 please

11:12 am

hokie carla

I have 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 4

11:12 am

hurshy

that's all of them hokie.

11:12 am

hurshy

you are not missing one

11:12 am

hokie carla

LOL

11:12 am

hokie carla

silly indeed

11:13 am

hurshy

yeah let's have that at9 clue pls

11:13 am

MollyL

You didn't notice your W was blacked out?

11:13 am

cybernan

yes - I can see that, but on the other hand we never say we have had a lot of poors

11:13 am

hokie carla

it is gray, but I don't think it was. I must've typed something random that took and didn't notice

11:13 am

MollyL

Put an A in front of the te8

11:13 am

periwinkle

I would if I had the te8

11:13 am

hurshy

well i haven't got to that t yet!

11:14 am

hokie carla

still need 1 M and 2 B to black out first col

11:14 am

periwinkle

bl

11:15 am

hokie carla

it's a lobe of the br5, peri

11:15 am

hokie carla

interesting theme today

11:15 am

hurshy

thanks hokie

11:15 am

hokie carla

weird how this often happens

11:15 am

hurshy

phantom: omelet

11:16 am

cybernan

ty molly -- didn't have the at 9

11:17 am

hurshy

lol

11:17 am

hurshy

this O is so hard i just tried "ottapo"

11:18 am

hokie carla

finally finished a cursory sweep through and still have 68 :(

11:18 am

hokie carla

I have 8/9 o's and 3/6 o's. it is hard

11:18 am

cybernan

you are ahead of me -- still have 98 to go here

11:18 am

hurshy

yeah it's that 3/6 that i'm referring to

11:19 am

cybernan

yes only have 3/6 o's here too

11:19 am

hurshy

suspicious

11:21 am

hokie carla

odd that we all know the same words? :D

11:21 am

hurshy

oooh just remembered the vowel-less p

11:21 am

hokie carla

thx, that was my missing one from there!

11:22 am

cybernan

oh ty - that closed out that square for me

11:22 am

hurshy

:D

11:23 am

hokie carla

just found cleopatra's bane

11:23 am

hurshy

and that was my missing one from THAT tile

11:23 am

hokie carla

still need 16 4's, so I guess I should work on those.

11:24 am

cybernan

just found an om 6 from the right

11:24 am

hokie carla

thx, nan. got it

11:24 am

hurshy

ooh yes, that rhymes with the po7 which is some kind of a grain-based dish

11:24 am

hokie carla

yes, and that was my first word today, just popped right out

11:25 am

bichon

It's hominy

11:25 am

hurshy

phantom: apostate

11:25 am

hokie carla

interesting, did not know that

11:26 am

hokie carla

any guesses on my missing 2 B's? I swear I am really missing them

11:27 am

hokie carla

1 now :D

11:27 am

hokie carla

an easy 4 of course

11:27 am

moolingwa

the two fives that are extensions of the fours?

11:27 am

moolingwa

or maybe another 4 that sounds scottish

11:28 am

hokie carla

I think I have both those 5 you are referring to

11:28 am

cybernan

there should be an sp 6 -- I'm gonna sp 6 how this works!

11:28 am

hokie carla

I have br4 that looks scottish

11:28 am

MollyL

Just had to go look up the difference between cornmeal, grits and po6

11:28 am

hokie carla

lol, I tried that nan.

11:28 am

hokie carla

and you left out hominy, molly?

11:30 am

MollyL

Hominy is grits, isn't it?

11:30 am

MollyL

Nan is talking in her Ricky Ricardo accent again.

11:30 am

hokie carla

I think it's different?

11:31 am

moolingwa

I think there's a kernel of truth in that

11:31 am

hokie carla

I know that my oldest brother threw up once on hominy and therefore would never eat it again. I don't know his stance on grits though.

11:31 am

hurshy

mmmmm, ma5 syrup

11:31 am

hokie carla

now moo is getting corny

11:31 am

hokie carla

ma5 syrup is one of 3 smells that I find disgusting

11:32 am

bichon

Yes, Molly. Also po 7 and in Romania, mama ligga

11:32 am

hurshy

:O

11:32 am

MollyL

"Grits are hominy that’s been dried and ground or chopped into bits. So grits and hominy grits are the same thing."

11:32 am

hokie carla

ma5 syrup, fritos, and honeysuckle

11:32 am

hurshy

i agree on the honeysuckle

11:33 am

MollyL

Here is weird for you. I find the smell of Sharpie markers nauseating.

11:34 am

cybernan

can't imagine that and you have just helped me decide what I'm having for breakfast - bbl :)

11:34 am

hokie carla

yeah, that doesn't bother me. but sharpies don't have that marker smell like that other brand. can't think of it, hardly see them anymore

11:34 am

hokie carla

nan is eating sharpies for breakfast? ewww

11:35 am

moolingwa

Have to mark that one down for future reference

11:35 am

cybernan

nope - waffles and bacon with ma 5 syrup

11:37 am

hokie carla

phantom tamale

11:38 am

hurshy

if anyone is interested in a heartwarming news item:
https://tinyurl.com/y3b8rz85

11:46 am

MollyL

Marks A Lot? I will take those any day over Sharpies.

11:47 am

MollyL

I love the smell of ma5 syrup.

11:55 am

mrloser

hurshy..... great story.

12:00 pm

hokie carla

very heartwarming. I think I got something in my eye

12:03 pm

hurshy

:)

12:11 pm

hurshy

did you ever figure out your missing B hokie?

12:12 pm

hokie carla

nope

12:13 pm

hurshy

i'm in the same boat

12:13 pm

hokie carla

just reading this crazy article about mystery seeds, anyone heard of this? I wish Bea were here. https://tinyurl.com/yxo5oxz9

12:13 pm

cybernan

bo x9, br x6

12:13 pm

hurshy

yes that's been in the news for a bit

12:14 pm

hurshy

ok mine's a br then

12:14 pm

phaeton

help with the ea7 pls

12:14 pm

hurshy

a song you can't stop running through your head, compound word

12:14 pm

cybernan

yes -- do not buy, do not plant --- there was an item on our news about them not long ago -- the packets come from the orient and they contain noxious and poisonous plants

12:14 pm

hurshy

aha, so simple my missing B was!

12:14 pm

hokie carla

okay, mine is a bo then

12:15 pm

phaeton

ty

12:15 pm

hokie carla

in the article, the guy did FOIA requests for all 50 states + DC and PR and shares some things he found out. some people ATE THE SEEDS. why??

12:16 pm

hurshy

they really were hoping to win a Darwin award?

12:16 pm

cybernan

by yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie br4s

12:17 pm

hokie carla

hurshy, see any bo that I might not have? have 2x5 and the rest are 4's

12:17 pm

hurshy

you can plural one of those 5s

12:17 pm

cybernan

b0 6 - a plural

12:18 pm

hokie carla

ah, gracias

12:18 pm

hokie carla

okay, now just need 1 M to gray out 1st col

12:19 pm

cybernan

do you have mi 7?

12:19 pm

hurshy

i don't!

12:19 pm

hokie carla

no that's it, have tried to make several

12:19 pm

cybernan

drop last letter from one of the 8's

12:20 pm

hokie carla

that is not working for either

12:20 pm

cybernan

bombing out on the top a here

12:21 pm

hokie carla

I still need 2 of those a's

12:21 pm

cybernan

need 4 of them

12:21 pm

hurshy

i have all those, lemme see

12:22 pm

hurshy

there's as5/12 and 4/5

12:22 pm

hurshy

at4/5 and pl

12:22 pm

hurshy

at4/5 and related 5/12 that i think are hindi in origin?

12:22 pm

hurshy

and the littlest bit of matter

12:23 pm

hurshy

but cnan we are so confused about your mi7 clue

12:23 pm

hokie carla

so 2 sets of at 4/5?

12:23 pm

hokie carla

yes, let's go back to mi7

12:23 pm

hurshy

yes

12:24 pm

cybernan

mi 7 - drop last letter from one of the mi 8's

12:24 pm

hurshy

we tried that, it doesn't work

12:24 pm

hokie carla

ok, got the a's, thx, hurshy

12:24 pm

hokie carla

you keep saying that, but it doesn't work

12:25 pm

cybernan

oops - sorry that was an mi 6 - no double letter either

12:25 pm

hurshy

aha, ok

12:25 pm

hurshy

that brings me to 250 and i think i will now list

12:26 pm

cybernan

still looking for 2 a's from the top

12:26 pm

moolingwa

only 45 behind you ;)

12:26 pm

hokie carla

I have 51 left

12:26 pm

moolingwa

71 left here

12:27 pm

hokie carla

I need to eat lunch. 1:30 here.

12:27 pm

cybernan

it must be the hindi one -- I have an at 4/5 and plural

12:27 pm

moolingwa

waiting to see if I get snow here

12:27 pm

moolingwa

some sleet before

12:28 pm

hokie carla

we have them every once in a while, nan. the 5 ends in male

12:28 pm

hokie carla

that is crazy swing there, moo. wasn't it like 90 yesterday?

12:28 pm

moolingwa

94 yesterday

12:28 pm

cybernan

oh - have those

12:28 pm

moolingwa

100 on Sunday

12:28 pm

cybernan

just need one more now

12:28 pm

hokie carla

I have another internet friend in Denver area and he was posting about it

12:28 pm

moolingwa

37 right now

12:29 pm

hurshy

yeah wildfires and high temps sunday, snow last night, my sister had ash on her car one day and snow the next

12:29 pm

hokie carla

yeah, as much as I don't like the extreme heat, don't think I'm ready for 30s

12:29 pm

moolingwa

yeah, we had falling last couple of days

12:30 pm

hokie carla

moo, I have 8/9 and 4/6 o's. do you want to make any guesses?

12:30 pm

moolingwa

don't have either 9 yet

12:30 pm

moolingwa

still missing 4 of the 15 o's

12:30 pm

hurshy

missing o's are just something you might have for breakfast

12:31 pm

hurshy

SO MUCH of my missing stuff is turning out to be fishy

12:31 pm

moolingwa

okay missing 2 o's

12:31 pm

hokie carla

sorry, that was unclear. 8 out of 9 o's and 4 out of 6 o's

12:31 pm

moolingwa

oh

12:31 pm

moolingwa

I am 8 and 5 now

12:31 pm

hokie carla

fishy as in fish related or sketchy words?

12:31 pm

hurshy

EASY words

12:32 pm

hokie carla

I do have both 9's but only 4 8's. still need 9 4's

12:32 pm

hurshy

hokie i just clued your missing O words

12:32 pm

cybernan

oh douh - the tiny particle

12:32 pm

moolingwa

perhaps the o6 you're missing off the top o

12:32 pm

hurshy

12:30

12:32 pm

hokie carla

no, we got that one earlier

12:32 pm

moolingwa

okay you got the plural on the 7?

12:32 pm

hurshy

nobody is listening to me

12:32 pm

cybernan

I am at the same place with the o's

12:32 pm

hurshy

sigh

12:32 pm

hokie carla

I have breakfast o's already

12:33 pm

moolingwa

finished out the bottom o

12:33 pm

moolingwa

last one I was missing was a 4

12:33 pm

hurshy

ok so there's 4 oa, om4, om6

12:33 pm

moolingwa

and the related 4 as well on the breakfast?

12:33 pm

hokie carla

me too! bottom o finished

12:33 pm

hokie carla

makes me think of an owl meme (the o4 I was missing)

12:33 pm

moolingwa

finished all the os

12:34 pm

hurshy

good heavens there are two ps8

12:34 pm

hokie carla

I have oa5, oa4, om4, om6

12:34 pm

hokie carla

what the fudge, I'll never get one ps8, much less 2

12:34 pm

cybernan

missing the same as carla

12:34 pm

hurshy

then you DON'T have the breakfast foods which is oa7 and 8!!

12:35 pm

hurshy

which is what i have been trying to tell you for five minutes

12:35 pm

hokie carla

ah, compound word, now I get it

12:35 pm

hokie carla

I don't see compounds well. or easy 4's for that matter.

12:35 pm

hurshy

morewords to the rescue for the ps8s

12:36 pm

hokie carla

I told you I need lunch! how can I think?

12:36 pm

cybernan

can't believe I missed that porrige

12:36 pm

hokie carla

think I will have a fried egg & cheese sandwich

12:36 pm

cybernan

still need an o from the bottom now

12:37 pm

moolingwa

you have the os4 nan?

12:37 pm

hokie carla

or4

12:38 pm

cybernan

yes

12:38 pm

hurshy

does anyone have sp7?

12:38 pm

hokie carla

yes

12:38 pm

hokie carla

kinda like sugar substitute, but change a letter

12:39 pm

hurshy

ty

12:39 pm

hokie carla

ty for getting it with that clue :D

12:39 pm

hurshy

how about st8?

12:39 pm

cybernan

ty carla

12:39 pm

cybernan

have an or 4-5

12:39 pm

hokie carla

nope

12:40 pm

hokie carla

there is another or4

12:40 pm

hokie carla

it has fancy definitions but looks like one is relating to armor

12:40 pm

cybernan

and an or 4 like suns

12:41 pm

hurshy

add a t to the front of the om6 for a 7

12:41 pm

hokie carla

interesting, never seen before

12:42 pm

cybernan

nough of this - going to list now

12:42 pm

hurshy

ending of st8 rhymes with the name Anne Shirley wished she had

12:42 pm

hokie carla

hmm, that may be too clever for me to figure out

12:43 pm

hurshy

or also rhymes with ms earhart the aviatrix's name

12:43 pm

hokie carla

but that does make me think of st9 surname, which is in grid

12:44 pm

periwinkle

found the te8 and at9 thanks. help with the te9 please

12:44 pm

hurshy

plural of te8

12:46 pm

periwinkle

duh thanks hurshy

12:47 pm

periwinkle

I loved Anne of Green Gables but don't remember what name Anne Shirley wished she had

12:47 pm

hurshy

well then use the alternative i gave there at 12:43

12:48 pm

hokie carla

not stamelia

12:48 pm

LuvWordGames

st + large monkey +someone who is not truthful is a ***r

12:49 pm

periwinkle

ty got the st8

12:50 pm

LuvWordGames

just finished, any other clues needed?

12:50 pm

hokie carla

thx, now just the 2 ps for my 8s

12:51 pm

LuvWordGames

ps + spoken or verbal + Maine is on the **st coast

12:52 pm

LuvWordGames

and then change the last letter to get the 2nd 8

12:52 pm

cybernan

ty luv

12:52 pm

periwinkle

ea8 please

12:52 pm

hokie carla

thx, luv

12:53 pm

LuvWordGames

pl of ea 7/48 which is when you get a song stuck in your head

12:54 pm

periwinkle

ty luv, have all the 8's ow

12:54 pm

periwinkle

now

12:55 pm

hokie carla

NTPN! movie superhero played by paul rudd

12:55 pm

hurshy

antman

12:55 pm

hokie carla

ding ding ding!

12:56 pm

MollyL

Somehow, that doesn't have the pizzazz of Batman

12:56 pm

hokie carla

and I think technically there is a hyphen

12:57 pm

MollyL

It's like in Fringe when in the alternate universe, Batman is Mantis.

1:02 pm

hokie carla

ok, one N left on top row

1:02 pm

hokie carla

nm

1:02 pm

cybernan

ooh - monkeyed the ps 8's

1:03 pm

hokie carla

well that's some good monkeying

1:04 pm

MollyL

Nan, I thought you got them from Luv's clues below

1:04 pm

cybernan

well - I have listed and I did have the 2 babblets that come before

1:04 pm

penquis

you inspired me, nan.....found them....

1:04 pm

penquis

didn't know they were there....

1:04 pm

hokie carla

what do y'all think my missing i is?

1:05 pm

cybernan

in 6 maybe?

1:05 pm

hokie carla

from bottom

1:05 pm

hokie carla

I have prisoner

1:05 pm

hokie carla

one that rhymes with swedish furniture giant

1:05 pm

cybernan

in 5 - clumsy

1:06 pm

MollyL

Plural of an ending for a religion?

1:06 pm

hokie carla

yep, describes me right now in this grid, thx

1:07 pm

MollyL

Wait, it will turn out Carla already has all the eye words.

1:07 pm

hokie carla

well, now I do

1:07 pm

hokie carla

but I didn't!

1:07 pm

hokie carla

now just need an A from each bottom A to finish that row.

1:09 pm

hokie carla

don't know who I'm kidding, I am going to have to list eventually.

1:10 pm

periwinkle

99 left and stuck

1:10 pm

penquis

well if you are going to look for help with what you have left to find, you might as well list, LOL.....

1:11 pm

penquis

i am down to 84....

1:11 pm

hokie carla

exactly

1:11 pm

hokie carla

I have 42 left

1:11 pm

hokie carla

will do one more effort. still have 8 4's

1:12 pm

moolingwa

41 left, 12 4s to go

1:12 pm

moolingwa

but also have both 9s, four 8s and six 7s to go too

1:13 pm

penquis

it's too much work to list what i have left....

1:13 pm

cybernan

cannot find that ta 6/21 - clue please?

1:13 pm

moolingwa

heh

1:13 pm

hokie carla

I still have 5 7's but done with 8's and 9's

1:14 pm

hokie carla

not tamale like I want to make, nan!

1:15 pm

cybernan

no - I've tried every possible combo following tam

1:15 pm

hokie carla

moo, I have faith you will see the 9's on your own

1:15 pm

moolingwa

ok, thanks

1:16 pm

hokie carla

ooh, got it nan

1:16 pm

hokie carla

ends like a chinese food

1:16 pm

hokie carla

lo ****

1:16 pm

MollyL

She tried every possible combo but that one
: D

1:17 pm

MollyL

Or chicken chow...

1:17 pm

hokie carla

that's usually what happens to me!

1:17 pm

cybernan

ty - and yes I did try everything but that :)

1:17 pm

hokie carla

of course there is no definition, so we have no idea what it means

1:17 pm

MollyL

This is where we usually get a TITT

1:18 pm

MollyL

It is a draped skirt worn by Burmese women. Everybody knows that, right?

1:19 pm

hokie carla

of course, how could I forget

1:19 pm

moolingwa

wouldn't they myanmarese women now...or whatever you call someone from myanmar

1:19 pm

MollyL

The second most annoying thing about this game (Enable being the first) is that dictionary that doesn't define so many words included in this game.

1:19 pm

hokie carla

good point

1:19 pm

hokie carla

what about pythons?

1:20 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* whew

1:21 pm

cybernan

any clues wanted before I leave?

1:21 pm

moolingwa

you'd have to ask the snake

1:21 pm

penquis

congrats...

1:21 pm

hokie carla

well done

1:22 pm

cybernan

ok - thanks for the help. Hagd and stay safe :)

1:22 pm

moolingwa

ah, found an 8/9 combo

1:23 pm

hokie carla

I knew you could, if you just used your br5

1:23 pm

moolingwa

I left it unplugged last night

1:23 pm

moolingwa

so have to use my old one

1:24 pm

hokie carla

are you an ai? is that why you're so good at this?

1:24 pm

moolingwa

no, purely organic

1:24 pm

moolingwa

well except whatever non-organic compounds I may have picked up along the way

1:24 pm

Sam

Re: Myanmar, they are Myanmartians

1:24 pm

moolingwa

oh, but of course...thanks Same

1:25 pm

hokie carla

finally found another 4!

1:26 pm

moolingwa

It appears they're still kinda called Burmese

1:27 pm

hokie carla

lol

1:28 pm

hokie carla

found another 4! 6 left, 37 total

1:28 pm

moolingwa

still have 9 fours...33 total

1:29 pm

hokie carla

did hurshy finish and leave us without any fanfare?

1:32 pm

MollyL

Perhaps her fare was fanned in another direction

1:37 pm

hokie carla

I'm giving up and hitting the list. still 37 left.

1:37 pm

moolingwa

it's a tough one

1:38 pm

moolingwa

didn't Van Gogh suffer from earloss?

1:38 pm

gramma

AT 9? Clues, please.

1:38 pm

hokie carla

tried earloss earlier JIC

1:39 pm

penquis

and Chekov suffered from ea 8.... ;o)....not Anton.....the Star Trek guy.....

1:39 pm

moolingwa

earbow also somehow not acceptable

1:39 pm

moolingwa

oh, well thanks pen

1:40 pm

penquis

Wrath of Khan....

1:40 pm

moolingwa

now I'm not going to be able to stop thinking about that all day

1:40 pm

hokie carla

RIP Anton, also in the grid

1:41 pm

hokie carla

the youngest just returned from a haircut - first one since like Jan. or Feb. he used a coupon and it was free, but when I asked if he tipped, he was like, uh-oh. so, he thought about it a while and decided to drive back over to leave a tip.

1:42 pm

penquis

how sweet is that!...

1:42 pm

hokie carla

oh, are we talking about the thing that goes into Ricardo Montalban's ear? shivers.

1:42 pm

hokie carla

is it his ear or someone else's? haven't seen in years and years, and that's all I remember

1:43 pm

penquis

i just remember it going into Chekov's ear....

1:44 pm

hokie carla

and when you said anton, I was thinking yelchin, who was in the new star treks

1:45 pm

moolingwa

Also in trollhunter

1:45 pm

hokie carla

did anyone clue for gramma?

1:45 pm

penquis

well i did not want anyone to think that a creature went into Anton Chekov's ear... ;o)

1:45 pm

gramma

Not yet

1:45 pm

moolingwa

Though perhaps that was why the RIP, Chekov has been dead for some much longer time

1:46 pm

hokie carla

gramma, if you have the other 9, it's most of the same letters

1:46 pm

hokie carla

so, I guess it works for both antons. RIP to all antons in all star treks

1:46 pm

moolingwa

oh, duh

1:48 pm

moolingwa

And the writer too of course

1:48 pm

hokie carla

I said I was listing, then my dog put his head on my lap and the keyboard so I haven't been able to copy/paste yet.

1:48 pm

hurshy

ricardo montalban (khan) PUT the things into Pavel Chekov and his then captain. he wouldn't put one in his OWN ear!

1:48 pm

gramma

hokie, ty that worked.

1:49 pm

penquis

exactly, hursh.....

1:49 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I was thinking chekov is a writer, now you all have my br all messed up

1:50 pm

hokie carla

all I remember of the movie is 1) ricardo and 2) ear thing

1:50 pm

moolingwa

well at least you'll be able to chekov the list now

1:51 pm

hurshy

montalban is dead. nimoy, kelley, and doohan. plus the guy who played that captain who got the ear thing, and Carol Marcus. waaaahhh

1:52 pm

hurshy

nichelle nichols i think has a terminal illness, too...

1:53 pm

hokie carla

I always think of quien es mas macho with montalban

1:53 pm

hurshy

shatner is freakin EIGHTY NINE

1:54 pm

hokie carla

holy cow

1:54 pm

hurshy

i thought koenig was the youngest, but takei has him by about 6 months

1:54 pm

hokie carla

did you ever see that show with him and The Fonz and a couple of other old guys? can't rem. who or what the show was called, but I will look it up. he looked really old in that (shatner)

1:55 pm

hurshy

no, i did not

1:58 pm

hokie carla

oddly I can't find it on either's imdb. hold please.

2:02 pm

hokie carla

I swear I didn't make this show up. how can it not be on either's page? it was like 4 older actors traveling the world together (as themselves).

2:05 pm

penquis

i remember it.....didn't 4 or 5 older actors travel around together?

2:06 pm

hurshy

maybe it was just like a youtube video or something that wouldn't go on IMDB?

2:06 pm

hokie carla

Better Late Than Never! finally just googled those 2 together. George Foreman and Terry Bradshaw were the other 2.

2:08 pm

penquis

Yes, that was it....

2:09 pm

penquis

8.5 stars on IMDB...

2:09 pm

hokie carla

looks like NBC maybe. maybe since they played "self" it is listed in another section of the imdb

2:09 pm

hokie carla

I watched some of it, it was entertaining

2:10 pm

penquis

there are choices....."self" is one.....

2:10 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I remember that now from mobile imdb, but I guess I didn't think of it on this computer

2:13 pm

penquis

well i am taking a break.....bbl to finish.....bye all....

2:16 pm

hokie carla

I still haven't made it to the list. LOL

2:18 pm

moolingwa

me either, on with customer now....21 to go

2:24 pm

hokie carla

omg, the volcano was one of my missing 4's

2:24 pm

hokie carla

and I had the poker bet

2:28 pm

marksdolly

fireworks!!

2:28 pm

hokie carla

nice!

2:29 pm

hokie carla

I had to skip 2 a5's on the list! have I ever mentioned I hate the a's?

2:31 pm

hokie carla

wow, I used po7 earlier in the chat and still didn't think it was in the grid. no one sent me to the PB either

2:35 pm

MollyL

It would be bad form to send someone to the PB for a word they used describing funeral services

2:36 pm

hokie carla

well, I was more describing my jackass cousin

2:36 pm

hokie carla

so I wouldn't have thought it bad form

2:38 pm

MollyL

People can choose to believe that masks are effective or not, but if they are asked to wear a mask, they should do so.

2:38 pm

hokie carla

exactly

2:39 pm

MollyL

All of the mail carriers I see around here are wearing masks

2:40 pm

hokie carla

also, he's been sitting on a grand jury once a month and did that the day before the burial. pretty sure he will end up spreading it to my aunt and uncle.

2:42 pm

hokie carla

now down to those 2 a5's. surely I can work this out...

2:43 pm

hokie carla

shew, finished! now to the grocery store for a cookie cake. the youngest turns 18 tomorrow!

2:51 pm

moolingwa

they shoulda really made misspell, misspel...would've been so much more ironic

3:13 pm

hokie carla

so me4 (I also missed that one) (and haven't made it off the couch yet but getting up now)

3:20 pm

moolingwa

Still on customer calls

3:20 pm

moolingwa

Did find one though, so down to 20

3:29 pm

moolingwa

ooh, found a word

3:32 pm

redshoes

Okay...Babble is telling me "spam" is not in the puzzle, but it's right there! Two different ways!!!

3:34 pm

lynxxx

and what about railman - all the other guys are there!

3:38 pm

zoozzoom

Maybe it is railway men or railway man.

3:39 pm

redshoes

So weird

3:39 pm

lynxxx

hi Zooz!

3:39 pm

zoozzoom

I have been called worse, Redshoes lol

3:40 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Lynxxx ❤

3:40 pm

moolingwa

hey z

3:40 pm

lynxxx

oh - the Knights Te7 are here

3:41 pm

moolingwa

thought I'd typed that before, but apparently not

3:41 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Mool.

3:41 pm

moolingwa

happy whatever day it is

3:42 pm

moolingwa

And it was snowing here a few minutes ago..not sticking, but still snow

3:43 pm

lynxxx

really? with all those high temps and fires in California! weird

3:43 pm

zoozzoom

I saw earlier that in Dever it was 34c one day the next day it was going to be 1c then the next day back up to around 27c. Crazy!

3:43 pm

moolingwa

Was 100/37 here Sunday

3:43 pm

moolingwa

94/32ish yesterday

3:44 pm

moolingwa

today it's about 37/3

3:44 pm

moolingwa

going below freezing tonight

3:44 pm

moolingwa

yes, I live 45 mins from Denver

3:44 pm

moolingwa

except tomorrow is going to be cold too

3:44 pm

lynxxx

wardrobe geting a workout

3:45 pm

moolingwa

by the weekend might be back to the 20s

3:45 pm

moolingwa

yes, shorts and t-shirt yesterday, went out walking this morning in the freezing rain and had four layers on

3:48 pm

zoozzoom

Must be Spring for you, Lynxxx?

3:48 pm

zoozzoom

Or close to it.

3:49 pm

lynxxx

Yes - japanese maples have all burst into leaf over this last week - one of the few good things around ATM!

3:50 pm

zoozzoom

That must be beautiful to see up close!

3:52 pm

lynxxx

They are - between myself and my neighbour we have a lot. The neighbourhood favourite is the Chinese Cedar or Chinese Toon I have in the garden - new growth is a brilliant pinky red - people are always stopping and taking photos

3:54 pm

moolingwa

Just looked it up, looks impressive

3:54 pm

zoozzoom

Wow that is a vibrant pink too! Just googled it to take a look.

3:55 pm

zoozzoom

Snap, Moll! haha!

3:55 pm

zoozzoom

Mool*

3:55 pm

lynxxx

OK done - any hints b4 I go?

3:56 pm

zoozzoom

Congrats, Lynxxx! Not for me but thank you.

3:56 pm

lynxxx

Bye guys

3:57 pm

zoozzoom

Have a lovely day, Lynxxx!

3:59 pm

moolingwa

still 17 to go here

3:59 pm

zoozzoom

Six for me.

4:11 pm

zoozzoom

Time for me to retire. Happy babbling everyone!

4:14 pm

Soodle

Zooz - if you are still here - ‘Sociallly Distanced Hugs’. I’ve missed you. I’m happy to see you back on Babble.

4:16 pm

ChampFit

Soodle, your new family member is adorable!

4:19 pm

Soodle

Thanks Champ. I. Cannot. Wait. Till. He. Joins. Us!!

4:21 pm

ChampFit

It's a whole new world, my friend. But it's awesome!

4:26 pm

Soodle

Lol Champ. I’m a veteran of puppies! I’m acutely aware of what’s to come... Aware, and prepared! How is your puppy doing?

4:46 pm

wvteach

hint for single T in 3rd colun pls

5:05 pm

montreal13

i think it's TA5/10

5:07 pm

montreal13

bbl

5:17 pm

periwinkle

still 37 left

5:37 pm

penquis

back to finish.....hello all....

5:45 pm

mkg

hi all. well trying to get half way and not succeeding.

5:45 pm

penquis

hi mkg...

5:45 pm

mkg

stat for the 9 that is not TE 9 please. ty. and clues too because i never get them without clues. ty.

5:46 pm

gemini_J13

at 9/66

5:46 pm

penquis

it's worse.....ps 8/9 combo......not plurals but related.....stats are 45 for each one.....

5:47 pm

mkg

not sure what is correct. is the other 9 an at or a ps??????

5:48 pm

penquis

sorry....not wearing glasses......there are two ps 8 words.....

5:48 pm

tessagram

wopswospwosp

5:48 pm

gemini_J13

I have at 9\

5:48 pm

tessagram

wobs

5:49 pm

mkg

wow tess.

5:49 pm

mkg

at 9. ok now just need clues please. ty.

5:49 pm

penquis

the 9 is at 9/66......just put aan A before the t0\ 0

5:49 pm

mkg

ps 8 word clues welcome too. dont have those either. ty.

5:49 pm

penquis

sorry....A before the te 8....

5:50 pm

penquis

ps + spoken aloud + two vowels.....in the other, the last two letters are a vowel and a consonant....

5:51 pm

mkg

got the a before the te 8 and ty very much.

5:51 pm

penquis

yw...

5:51 pm

mkg

got one ps 8. ty. great clue pen.

5:51 pm

mkg

ty all.

5:52 pm

mkg

still not half way but getting therre.

5:52 pm

penquis

yw...

5:52 pm

hurshy

i just discovered that my parents have a bucket that says LEAKS on it, and then at the bottom of the bucket it says CRACKED

5:53 pm

hurshy

that made me laugh

5:53 pm

penquis

that is funny....

5:53 pm

hurshy

but it actually makes sense, i guess my dad uses it to pick up dead pine needles and little fallen branches and stuff that he's going to burn

5:54 pm

mkg

very funny.

5:54 pm

mkg

ask them for the reason they keep it......would be interesting to know what the use is for a bucket that is cracked and leaks.

5:54 pm

hurshy

what i just said

5:55 pm

hurshy

:D

6:11 pm

mkg

ok i missed the part of its use. now i get it. cute.

6:14 pm

penquis

well i went through the list and i have four words left to find....Ss and Ts....

6:21 pm

penquis

i am down to one......is the st 8 a compound word?

6:26 pm

penquis

used a to z....i am done....

6:28 pm

penquis

heading out.....goodnight all....

6:34 pm

origami

Hi folks. Diving in. Looks like Molly's prediction on the size of the grid today was accurate :D

6:38 pm

periwinkle

37 left here

6:38 pm

periwinkle

hi ori, hi all

6:42 pm

origami

Hi peri

6:42 pm

origami

rope

6:42 pm

origami

Sorry

6:53 pm

periwinkle

10

7:03 pm

periwinkle

help with sp7 please. my last word

7:04 pm

HarryHood

earlob

7:04 pm

HarryHood

heh

7:07 pm

MollyL

sp7...sp + short for Nimoy of Star Trek fame + two vowels

7:07 pm

HarryHood

ooh ra7 not accepted "one minute to wapner!"

7:07 pm

periwinkle

ty and done

7:08 pm

HarryHood

ty molly

7:42 pm

origami

Splain not accepted either. As in "Splain it to me, Lucy" :D

7:55 pm

mkg

ty for sp 7. could use three more cliues please for anything! then i am half way

7:57 pm

mkg

just got over half wayl and gnight all. ty.

7:57 pm

bonkler

I don't now if it has been said today or not but I don't care. It gives me great pleasure to write, phantom potato.

7:58 pm

bonkler

evening all

7:58 pm

HarryHood

wasn't that an encyclopedia brown book "the mystery of the phantom potato" ?

7:58 pm

rururocks

and tomato

8:00 pm

bonkler

star wars: the phantom potato

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