Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, October 7, 2021

12:02 am

cybernan

ch 7

12:04 am

jessmom

to8

12:06 am

cybernan

cr 7

12:07 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:08 am

jessmom

he7

12:11 am

cybernan

ad 8

12:12 am

crayola

thanks, nan

12:13 am

cybernan

yw

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

cybernan

ty lickety

12:20 am

Uneaixoise

Ch7

12:21 am

cybernan

check call's une - unless this is a 2nd one?

12:22 am

Uneaixoise

Sorry!!

12:23 am

cybernan

stll need 7x2 here

12:31 am

cybernan

crashing - 42 for tomorrow. Goodnight everyone :)

3:08 am

rbud

the last 7 is ed7

5:28 am

ItalianGreyhound

Odd grid - maybe 10 of these words I might use in conversation

6:02 am

Scrabbler

Well, I will dive in.

6:16 am

HarryHood

hi scrab! first pass done here. nbt and nbs, 48 to go.

6:17 am

Scrabbler

My nephews are getting ready for school...photo day today.

6:17 am

HarryHood

no funny faces!

6:19 am

Scrabbler

That's what I told them.

6:19 am

HarryHood

40 to go. bbl!

7:23 am

MollyL

I love those "bad school photo" sites. Hilarious.

7:53 am

BzznBea

Good morning, friends.

7:57 am

MollyL

Home again, home again, jiggety-jig

7:58 am

BzznBea

Yes, and I'm glad to be here.

8:07 am

welki

'morning folks

8:08 am

BzznBea

Hey, welki.

8:10 am

welki

restless night here - 8 year old grand-daughter fell from an apple tree yesterday afternoon. comminuted fracture of distal humerus - took the end of the bone right off.

8:11 am

BzznBea

Oh, no!

8:11 am

BzznBea

How do they treat that?

8:12 am

BzznBea

Is this the one that broke her leg on the trampoline?

8:12 am

welki

they transferred her from rural hospital in vermont to albany, ER was jammed, so she spent the night in a waiting room - surgery was this morning, three pins

8:12 am

welki

nope, that's her sister

8:12 am

welki

(and amazing that you remembered!)

8:13 am

BzznBea

I'm sorry they had to wait that long. How long will she be out of commision?

8:14 am

welki

actually, it wasn't a rural hospital, she lives in a big town

8:14 am

welki

splint for 2 weeks, then a cast for two weeks - then pins get removed and another cast for two-three more weeks

8:15 am

welki

bea, the worst of it was that, when they arrived, the ER was treating multiple youth stabbing victims and the screaming scared and upset her badly

8:16 am

BzznBea

I'm sure she was scared! I would have been as well.

8:16 am

welki

(not to take downplay the other patients)

8:17 am

welki

my daughter is waiting to see her in recovery - apparently she's freaked out that the pins stick out of the skin (and she's a nurse)

8:18 am

BzznBea

I'm sure your daughter is tired and distraught.

8:21 am

welki

no doubt - i'm sure the words, 'she'll need to see a pediatric orthopedic specialist.' scared the crap out of her

8:24 am

Uneaixoise

Of6 please?

8:24 am

BzznBea

It's a compound word, Une.

8:24 am

ChampFit

Not on + what you do with scissors

8:25 am

Uneaixoise

Got it...

8:25 am

Uneaixoise

Thanks!

8:31 am

MollyL

Random poll: Brian Laundrie. They will catch him or he's gone with the wind.

8:32 am

BzznBea

They will catch him eventiually. May be years though.

8:34 am

BzznBea

He has some psych/mental problems so he won't be long with out meds, if he stays on them.

8:39 am

MLFAN17

hello

8:39 am

MLFAN17

ty for the of6

8:39 am

phaeton

hello...stats for the bottom middle E pls

8:40 am

mael

that guy is probably floating face down in the everglades right now

8:40 am

mael

eu4/5

8:40 am

phaeton

ty mael

8:40 am

MLFAN17

eu4

8:40 am

hokie carla

nobody floats in the everglades that long, the gators get 'em

8:41 am

mael

good for the gators, in this case

8:42 am

MLFAN17

L stats pls?

8:42 am

mael

la5/14

8:43 am

MLFAN17

hi mael ty

8:45 am

MLFAN17

bzz we had a lot of wind yesterday with heavy downpour

8:45 am

MLFAN17

thankfully it didnt last as long as i thought it might

8:47 am

MLFAN17

ED 7 clue pls?

8:49 am

rururocks

I avoid ed clues

8:49 am

phaeton

sounds like the guy who leads the orchestra

8:49 am

mael

remove a vowel from teacher

8:49 am

MLFAN17

perfect clue ty phae

8:50 am

phaeton

yw

8:51 am

BzznBea

He's not in the Glades. He is probably on a boat in the Bahamas.

8:53 am

rururocks

i think he's in the appalachian mountain area since he knows it so well

8:54 am

MollyL

He had plenty of time to flee the country. If he didn't, he's an idiot. You can't hide out in the wilderness forever.

8:54 am

rururocks

shame on his parents for aiding him

8:55 am

rururocks

he doesn't seem to be that bright molly

8:55 am

BzznBea

I agree, ru. Funny that he had a lawyer as soon as he got back to FL.

8:57 am

BzznBea

While they were searching for Gabby, they found another body of a man that had been missing since the first part of Sept.

9:00 am

rururocks

what a tremendous loss of life for two young people

9:04 am

hokie carla

there was also a married couple found murdered at a campground in Moab around the same time but they don't think it was Laundrie now

9:04 am

hokie carla

well, they never thought it was laundrie

9:05 am

hokie carla

they thought originally whoever killed petito might have killed these other 2 women

9:05 am

BzznBea

I'm of the opinion that he only killed Gabby. There are so many park preditors.

9:06 am

hokie carla

agreed. the 2 women said they were going to move campsites because there was a creeper next to them and they even told their friends if they disappeared they were murdered by that guy

9:07 am

rururocks

i would have left.. I read about that story...

9:08 am

hokie carla

yeah, I don't know if it was an actual campground or campsites along a trail or what

9:09 am

HarryHood

unreal. It's been decades since I've taken extended road trips, but it never used to have this dangerous feeling

9:11 am

hokie carla

sure it did. so many murders in the 70s. it's actually known as the golden age for serial killers.

9:11 am

aslindy

hello all

9:12 am

rururocks

especially here in nor cal.. the zodiac etc

9:12 am

BzznBea

Hello, lindy.

9:12 am

HarryHood

I was on the road alot in the late 80s and the 90s. Admittedly, I was not (and still am not) female, but I never felt threatened. And encountered some women travelling alone.

9:13 am

mael

I just think we hear more about it these days

9:13 am

welki

never really thought much about how dangerous it was to take that magic bus trip cross-country in 1972

9:13 am

hokie carla

yeah

9:13 am

mael

just how far and wide the news spread, something that might not even have made it past the local papers is all over the internet

9:13 am

HarryHood

I never heard of "park predators"

9:13 am

BzznBea

I think they were just starting to figure out serial killings in the 70's.

9:14 am

BzznBea

There are lots of them, HH.

9:14 am

hokie carla

so many hitchhikers in the 70s/80s

9:15 am

mael

it's opportunistic killing, also why unfortunately a lot of homeless are victimized, as well as runaways

9:15 am

HarryHood

how do you know? do they have societies? has somebody done a census?

9:15 am

mael

if no one is looking for you... well

9:16 am

hokie carla

and in the 70s they immediately classified kids as runaways, even when their parents were like, there's no way

9:16 am

HarryHood

that show about the behavioral analysis unit seems to imply that it's all over the place. but what do we really know about this?

9:16 am

BzznBea

There is a popular podcast about murders in national parks.

9:16 am

hokie carla

harry, google murders in state and national parks

9:17 am

mael

again, there's murderers everywhere (by, you know, sensible definitions of everywhere) it's just that parks provide a good opportunity for killing and getting away with it

9:17 am

hokie carla

yes

9:18 am

mael

isolated, a significant chunk of time before victim is reported missing, plausible reason for being alone in the wilderness if questioned or spotted...

9:18 am

hokie carla

no cell service in those places to call for help

9:19 am

rururocks

that's what happens when they took all those phone booths out :D

9:20 am

hokie carla

there was a phone booth at our grand teton campground back in 2014. I made sure to show the boys and tell them what it was. don't rem. if it was operable or not.

9:21 am

HarryHood

my son went on his first solo hiking trip today up to NH. I'm more worried about him getting lost than foul play

9:25 am

BzznBea

Stuck at 14...

9:25 am

hokie carla

108 left here

9:25 am

rururocks

stuck at 6 and i still have 2 fours to go

9:26 am

hokie carla

harry, how old is he? does he have maps and compass and/or GPS not phone related?

9:26 am

BzznBea

found my last 4...13 left.

9:26 am

hokie carla

I would be worried too but I am a worrier. I'm sure he'll be fine.

9:28 am

mael

I mean, I go hiking alone all the time

9:28 am

HarryHood

He's 17. Just a five hour hike. He's in very good shape and I hope he'll be fine.

9:28 am

mael

it's still incredibly statistically unlikely

9:29 am

HarryHood

I did this all the time when I was his age. But I did lots of much stupider things when I was his age. I am lucky to be alive.

9:29 am

mael

you're much more likely to have a car accident on the way to the grocery store... but we're just confirming that yes, "park killings" are unfortunately a thing

9:30 am

MollyL

My brain cannot wrap itself around "golden age for serial killers"

9:30 am

hokie carla

unfortunately I didn't come up with that

9:32 am

HarryHood

26 to go. later all!

9:32 am

hokie carla

bye harry

9:36 am

rururocks

i hate it when the grid loses words you've entered previously

9:37 am

hokie carla

yes

9:38 am

MollyL

It is kind of creepy how obsessed the people on Reddit and Twitter are about this case.

9:39 am

LuvWordGames

if ad 8/60 is a word why can't de 8 be a word?

9:40 am

mael

I asked myself the same thing, luv

9:40 am

hokie carla

ad8 is a muscle instead of one who does?

9:42 am

hokie carla

molly, "they" get like that with a lot of cases and it is creepy.

9:42 am

mkg

Any clues for top row e words? Ty

9:43 am

mkg

Oops sorry just found one. Ty anyway

9:43 am

LuvWordGames

ed 5/16 & ed 7/40

9:43 am

mkg

Ty found the 7

9:43 am

mkg

Got the 5 too ty.

9:44 am

mkg

Only missing bottom row e word for E in third column of bottom row. Clues welcome. Ty.

9:45 am

LuvWordGames

eu 4/5

9:46 am

mkg

Ty

9:46 am

mkg

Got it.

9:46 am

mkg

Euro

9:46 am

mkg

Ooops so sorryt

9:52 am

MollyL

Carla are "they" the pajama people who stay home all the time and never see the light of day?

9:52 am

mael

"they" are a representative of society

9:53 am

mael

the fascination with murders when the victim is female, pretty, and white is... not exactly a new thing

9:54 am

mael

sure, some of them fancy themselves internet detectives, but most of them are just rubbernecking

9:57 am

MollyL

I have a friend who uses the term "news junkies"

9:57 am

BzznBea

You would be surprised at the people who follow true crime stories.

9:57 am

BzznBea

I think this is different than a news junkie.

9:59 am

mael

far be it from me to say I never enjoyed Law and Order or the like, it's the mystery of it. But as to why some particular murders get picked up by the news while others don't, well...

10:00 am

mael

I'm, personally, far more fascinated by that lawyer in the carolinas who seems to have a veritable cloud of suspicious deaths following him and his family around

10:00 am

MollyL

It is all about marketabliity. What the news people think will attract viewers

10:01 am

BzznBea

Is that the one that hired a hitman to kill him?

10:01 am

mael

yeah, molly, we're back to the "young, white, pretty" equation

10:01 am

mael

yeah bea, that's the one

10:01 am

MollyL

Alex Murdaugh? That is so going to be a movie

10:02 am

BzznBea

I saw it on the cover of People the other day.

10:02 am

MollyL

It is not just that. The Petito case got a lot of news splash because those two had an audience on social media

10:02 am

BzznBea

I've read that he had a lot of enemies.

10:03 am

MollyL

Well, you steal over a million dollars, you are going to make some enemies

10:03 am

mael

I remember seeing the first article back when it was still "lawyer shot only months after family suspiciously murdered!" and uh huh, sure buddy. I remember telling my husband that I would bet a whole lot of money that a) he planned the "hit" and b) he had something to do with the murders in the first place

10:04 am

BzznBea

Didn't know he was a thief. I thought the same thing, mael.

10:05 am

mael

I think, the MOST innocent explanation for all of this, is that he got himself into some huge trouble embezzling money from his lawfirm. the least innocent, well, is that he made some enemies protecting his family from crimes they committed

10:05 am

mael

or he committed. or they committed together even

10:14 am

BzznBea

One more C and 2 H's

10:20 am

penquis

morning all....was up after the flip....16 left here...

10:20 am

penquis

almost half are Cs....

10:23 am

Uneaixoise

16 left for me too :-)

10:24 am

penquis

hi Une...

10:27 am

Uneaixoise

Hey :-)

10:33 am

bichon

ch 5/22, pls

10:34 am

penquis

ends with one of the two high point letters in the grid...

10:34 am

aslindy

clue for either re6 please?

10:35 am

penquis

don't have those....will look....

10:35 am

penquis

re + a form of fuel....

10:36 am

aslindy

thanks pen

10:36 am

penquis

i didn't think that was a word...

10:36 am

penquis

yw...

10:37 am

penquis

the other re 6 is sound returning to you like in a canyon....again....

10:37 am

MollyL

My phantom re6 is put the stopper back in the wine

10:37 am

aslindy

thanks again pen

10:37 am

penquis

ty for helping me finish my Rs... ;o)

10:37 am

penquis

yw...

10:38 am

bichon

ty pen

10:39 am

penquis

yw...

10:41 am

MollyL

I don't clue when Pen is around. She is a very "aggressive" cluer
: D

10:41 am

penquis

it's hard for me to believe that there are six more Cs that I have to find...

10:41 am

penquis

:oD

10:43 am

penquis

clueing is a nice distraction from way to avoid trying to find pesky words... ;o)

10:43 am

penquis

sorry about the awful english....i was trying to correct the sentence when WHOOSH it went through...

10:45 am

MollyL

There is something weird about the chat box these days

10:45 am

penquis

it seems a bit touchier...

10:45 am

penquis

or should that be more touchy...

10:47 am

MollyL

Maybe we should send it to The Sensitive Room

10:47 am

penquis

perhaps...

10:47 am

rururocks

as long as it isn't touchy feely

10:51 am

penquis

that makes sense to me... ;o)

10:54 am

penquis

i am down to six and they are all Cs...

10:55 am

bleugirl2

CE 6?

10:56 am

MollyL

Careful Ru, you might incite a tirade

10:56 am

penquis

ends with a religious event like confirmation...

10:56 am

rururocks

ce 6 not cewrong

10:56 am

penquis

that was for the ce 6...

10:56 am

MollyL

See? She SWOOPS right in with the clues. Almost answering before you are done asking.

10:57 am

rururocks

pen is really efficient

10:57 am

penquis

:oD

10:57 am

bleugirl2

lol thx

10:58 am

MollyL

That is why she is the saint and we are just the heathens and Phillistines

10:58 am

penquis

+ + + ....

10:58 am

rururocks

exactly.. Saint Penquis

10:58 am

rururocks

I heard she walks on water in the pool room

10:59 am

MollyL

She gives them a run when she plays at the flip. I am always rooting for her to beat the Mensa group

10:59 am

rururocks

they are amazing aren't they Freep, Rainqui, Jessmom, Grannyrose, Diz.. it's amazing

11:00 am

penquis

ty, molly....last night i was by myself because it was an hour after the flip....

11:00 am

penquis

yes, they are really good....

11:02 am

MollyL

I liked the flip better when people were not blurting out stats for the first hour. It seems kind of like a show-off hour now.

11:02 am

penquis

well it is what it is....people who show up seem to like it....it's not my favorite part of the game....

11:03 am

rururocks

it's like big game hunting for them.. .exciting

11:04 am

MollyL

I heard that once some other game shut down and we got a lot of new imports from it, that is when the flip changed. Just because the new people didn't like the unwritten "no blurting in the first hour" rule.

11:04 am

Jeff7

stats on the solo E at the bottom pls

11:05 am

joym999

Hi all. I agree w/ Molly. They're kind of show offs. And the way they correct someone who calls a word that's already been called is just weird. Like they're keeping score.

11:05 am

penquis

eu 4/5...

11:06 am

penquis

one can always turn off the chat and just play normally if they don't like the flip....

11:06 am

penquis

hi joy...

11:06 am

rururocks

I'm actually a bit tired of rules around here .. but that's me

11:07 am

MollyL

It reminds me of what I used to hear when I had 4 and 5 year olds in my house. "I got it FIRST!"

11:07 am

penquis

i am stuck with four left...

11:07 am

joym999

hi penquis! Yes, I often do that when I first start, so that I'm not distracted by the relentless clueing.

11:07 am

MollyL

Oh I always turn off the chat if I am up at the flip.

11:07 am

penquis

same here...

11:07 am

rururocks

you are up at the flip Molly? Really?

11:07 am

MLFAN17

i have the af 5 meaning before.. i need a clue for the other af5 pls?

11:08 am

rururocks

do you ever sleep?

11:08 am

MollyL

No Ru, I just hang upside down in my cave. Yes, there is an occasion or two on weekends when I am just getting home at the flip.

11:09 am

penquis

i often have trouble sleeping...

11:09 am

rururocks

(mumbles party girl)

11:12 am

MollyL

Well, it beats staying home and downing whiskey while I stalk young'uns on the computer. But then, what do I know...I have no life.

11:12 am

rururocks

LOL (literally)

11:12 am

hokie carla

hey, what'd I miss?

11:13 am

penquis

not much...

11:13 am

rururocks

confessionals hokie.. must be because of Saint Pen

11:13 am

periwinkle

hi all. would every one please send postive vibes/thoughts my way that I find another apartment before my building is sold. thanks

11:14 am

MollyL

I have been Peri and will continue

11:14 am

penquis

will do, peri....sorry for your trouble....

11:14 am

periwinkle

thanks so much

11:14 am

penquis

yw...

11:14 am

periwinkle

will keep you posted

11:15 am

periwinkle

I have ad6 but not the ad8

11:15 am

rururocks

we'll all be references for you Peri

11:15 am

joym999

vibes have commenced vibrating for you, peri. There's an apartment out there with your name on the door.

11:15 am

MollyL

I know the feeling. In the past, I had two landlords tell me I had two months because they wanted to sell the property I was living in

11:15 am

periwinkle

thank you joy

11:15 am

penquis

ad 8 has one of the "one who" endings....

11:16 am

periwinkle

it is unnerving and unsettling

11:16 am

MollyL

That is when I bought my condo. I was tired of the landlord thing.

11:16 am

periwinkle

ty for ad8

11:17 am

penquis

yw...

11:17 am

rururocks

I've only had that happen once in Oregon

11:17 am

periwinkle

it has never happened to me before. two people have come to look at the property this week

11:17 am

joym999

owning property is a much better deal than renting, but both can be expensive. There is ALWAYS something wrong with my house that needs fixing.

11:18 am

MollyL

Moving is one thing when you make the decision to do it. It's another when it is forced on you

11:18 am

periwinkle

I am hungry. bbl

11:19 am

MollyL

Oh trust me Joy. I wish I could afford to rent again. I have a list of things that need to be fixed/replaced a mile long.

11:19 am

joym999

Is the CH8 a normal word?

11:19 am

MollyL

There is no Ch8

11:19 am

MollyL

There is no Ch8 s

11:20 am

penquis

I don't think there is a ch 8...

11:20 am

joym999

Right, Molly? Now that we've saved up enough to do all the house repairs and changes we want, it's like we have a new roommate, because the contractor is ALWAYS here.

11:20 am

penquis

did you hear that there is no ch 8?...lol

11:20 am

joym999

No wonder I can't find it!

11:20 am

MollyL

See what I mean about the chat box?

11:20 am

joym999

I have an AD8. What's the other one?

11:20 am

hokie carla

hey, is there a CH8?

11:20 am

penquis

there is a ch 7...

11:20 am

MollyL

TO

11:21 am

penquis

i have three left....all Cs....a five and two sixes... :o(

11:22 am

hokie carla

58 left here. haven't even finished a first pass

11:22 am

hokie carla

but we got some new shades installed

11:23 am

hokie carla

still need 15 c's

11:23 am

joym999

OK, just to recap: Both owning and renting property has its problems, the 8s are AD and TO, the 7s are CH, CR, ED, and HE, peri needs good apt. vibes, carla has new shades, molly is a bat or at least sleeps like one.

11:24 am

hokie carla

LOL, sounds accurate

11:24 am

hokie carla

good vibes to peri

11:25 am

MollyL

Oh, how did I miss that Carla has new shades? That is earth-shattering news.

11:25 am

hokie carla

11:22, keep up

11:25 am

joym999

So, it the TO8 a normal word?

11:26 am

rururocks

Calls guano control in Maryland ...

11:26 am

MollyL

Ha! I thought she meant sunglasses.

11:26 am

penquis

no, joy....not a normal word for me anyway...

11:26 am

hokie carla

no idea about TO8 or HE7 joy

11:27 am

MollyL

I think the to8 is French

11:27 am

rururocks

he7 is to get money from an estate will

11:27 am

hokie carla

any NTPN yet?

11:27 am

penquis

not since i have been here...

11:28 am

rururocks

yes.. Teamster boss

11:28 am

hokie carla

thanks, ru

11:28 am

hokie carla

famous missing person in the grid

11:28 am

hokie carla

yep, that one

11:28 am

MollyL

Not unless you want to do Sonny's wife

11:28 am

hokie carla

ex-wife!

11:28 am

hokie carla

cher

11:29 am

MollyL

The teamster boss is the missing person

11:29 am

hokie carla

yes, that's why I said "that one"

11:29 am

rururocks

he's gotten to participate at a lot of Giants football games

11:30 am

hokie carla

that's the word on the street

11:30 am

hokie carla

if by participate you mean RIPing under the field

11:30 am

penquis

*picturing carla on the streets of new jersey*....

11:30 am

hokie carla

but can you really RIP with football games all the time

11:31 am

penquis

are there any CHR words?

11:32 am

joym999

my dad used to teach a labor history class and he told me every single class someone asked him what happened to Hoffa.

11:32 am

hokie carla

I don't have any

11:32 am

rururocks

for him it really was the end zone

11:32 am

hokie carla

like he had some line on it that the feds didn't, joy?

11:32 am

MollyL

Ahahaha...Carla on the Jersey streets..."Are youse
LOLing at my HOET? TWSS yo"

11:33 am

hokie carla

I went to Jersey once, but it was to a wedding on the ritzy shore

11:33 am

hokie carla

oh, found the TO8. tried it as a 7 earlier.

11:34 am

rururocks

I've only been to Hoboken and hopefully will never be back

11:34 am

MollyL

The ritzy shore is a world apart from the guts and grime of Jersey

11:34 am

hokie carla

41 left now, 20 are 4's, so I got that going for me, which is nice

11:34 am

MollyL

Seacaucus is a real adventure (not)

11:35 am

joym999

please share your insights on that TO8, carla.

11:35 am

hokie carla

like the brits call a flashlight but then make it french

11:35 am

joym999

Parts of NJ are nice.

11:35 am

hokie carla

like the ending of the candle in beauty and the beast

11:35 am

joym999

For some reason the beach in NJ is called "the shore."

11:37 am

MollyL

It is called that a lot of places. In Maryland, they talk about going "down the shore" which comes out sounding like Downey Shore. I thought Downey Shore was a real place for a long time.

11:37 am

hokie carla

where's nan? maybe the canadians call a flashlight that too.

11:37 am

penquis

here it is referred to as the coast...

11:37 am

MollyL

The Canadians copy all the stuff the French do
: D

11:37 am

hokie carla

we call it the beach

11:38 am

joym999

I tried the british flashlight with a French ending a zillion times. Maybe I'm spelling it wrong.

11:39 am

hokie carla

are you sticking an i in?

11:39 am

joym999

Yup, that was the problem. Thanks, carla.

11:39 am

hokie carla

no prob. it does seem like it goes there.

11:39 am

MollyL

But that would be a 9

11:40 am

hokie carla

yes

11:40 am

hokie carla

but maybe joy's like me. I don't actually count the letters when I'm trying to find big words.

11:40 am

gemini_J13

deuct

11:40 am

MollyL

Well I can see where that would be a problem

11:41 am

penquis

i am done....had to list for the last three....aggravating....

11:41 am

hokie carla

still an excellent job, pen

11:41 am

hokie carla

still have 36 here

11:41 am

MollyL

Damn, why doesn't orienting work for or6?

11:41 am

penquis

ty, carla...

11:42 am

joym999

I did at some point notice I had too many letters, but I was monkeying around the wrong way.

11:42 am

hurshy

i think the duke of york is way dukier than the duke of lancaster

11:43 am

hokie carla

great, now duke of york stuck in my head

11:43 am

MollyL

I think the Dukes of Hazared are dukier than both of them

11:43 am

joym999

I tried dukier too

11:43 am

hokie carla

I tried wakier

11:43 am

joym999

and cukier and tukier

11:43 am

MollyL

♪♫Just a good ole boy♫♪

11:43 am

joym999

Persian cucumbers are delicious. So much cukier than the larger ones.

11:44 am

MollyL

I can't wait for the tukier sentence

11:46 am

hokie carla

still no HOET here

11:46 am

MollyL

NHOET

11:46 am

hokie carla

HOET!

11:46 am

joym999

OK, I admit, I can't come up with a possible meaning for tukier.

11:48 am

joym999

I can't believe I missed the CH7 my first time through the grid.

11:49 am

hokie carla

don't forget the 6

11:49 am

joym999

ty carla. I'm not up on my Englandish.

11:53 am

hokie carla

is that outlandish english?

11:56 am

penquis

heading over to the spelling bee....bye all....

11:56 am

MollyL

At least it's not UKish

11:56 am

hokie carla

bye pen

11:59 am

hokie carla

harry's son is hikier than the rest of us right now

12:13 pm

rosalind230

Fire

12:14 pm

rosalind230

Cote

12:14 pm

rosalind230

Croft

12:14 pm

rosalind230

Crofted

12:15 pm

rosalind230

sorry

12:22 pm

Flask1

rOSALIND we all do it or have done it at some point.....so no need to apologise....

12:42 pm

mrloser

detire

12:44 pm

MollyL

They had to detire my car on Saturday before they put the new ones on

12:45 pm

mael

i totally tried detire too

12:46 pm

Flask1

Any clues please for re6/21 and re6/24 ??

12:47 pm

adubin77

re6/21 dirty fuel again

12:48 pm

MollyL

After they detired my car, they stood around drinking coffee and chatting for 20 minutes. This is what I paid the $200 in labor for

12:48 pm

mael

reiki is too a word, enable

12:49 pm

Flask1

thanks for that adubin....kept lookin' at it, but didn't believe it could be a word!!

12:49 pm

MollyL

The other re6 is sound bouncing off a mountain again

12:50 pm

Flask1

thanks Molly!

1:01 pm

hokie carla

I am stuck on 12 left. in case molly needed an update.

1:03 pm

hokie carla

2-3-7

1:10 pm

MollyL

Me? Why everyone hangs on your every inch of progress.

1:23 pm

hokie carla

good point

1:28 pm

joym999

I had to go work for a while. Did I miss any brilliant commentary?

1:28 pm

hokie carla

doubtful

1:30 pm

MollyL

You just go to work for "a while"? I want that job

1:32 pm

joym999

No you don't, trust me.

1:51 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)

1:53 pm

Uneaixoise

Hey Nan :-)

1:55 pm

joym999

all done. Anyone need clues?

2:02 pm

hokie carla

yes, what are my last 12 words?

2:02 pm

hokie carla

and hey nan

2:07 pm

cybernan

your last 12 are probably some of the 41 that I still need to find :)

2:07 pm

hokie carla

phantom troika

2:23 pm

hokie carla

almost auction

2:27 pm

cybernan

you did well to get to 12 carla -- going to list at 26

2:28 pm

MollyL

Heiku...haiku for guys

2:29 pm

hokie carla

thanks nan, super stuck at 12. not sure these words actually exist.

2:30 pm

hokie carla

nm, found the K - 11 left!

2:30 pm

hokie carla

and the A - 10 left!

2:35 pm

cybernan

are you missing the cu 4/9?

2:35 pm

hokie carla

nope. well, I have one at least.

2:36 pm

hokie carla

C F TT O CCCC H

2:36 pm

cybernan

I'm sure you must have the cu 6

2:37 pm

cybernan

co 6 x2 as well

2:37 pm

hokie carla

I do not

2:37 pm

hokie carla

I do know it's not cukier

2:37 pm

hokie carla

ah, I see it now

2:37 pm

cybernan

oh -- have you never made shorts by taking a pair of scissors to an old pair of jeans?

2:38 pm

hokie carla

thanks

2:40 pm

cybernan

some of my missing ones were ones I know I entered last night

2:40 pm

hokie carla

just now noticed your co6x2 post. so weird how posts show up later.

2:41 pm

hokie carla

ru said today he had some missing he'd already entered too

2:42 pm

cybernan

there are a few questionable ones as well

2:42 pm

cybernan

a lot of new words -- monkeyable however

2:43 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I have made up a few already

2:45 pm

cybernan

is your missing h the creatures great and small vet?

2:45 pm

hokie carla

possible since I don't get the clue

2:45 pm

cybernan

tv show -- all creatures great and small -- name of the vet

2:46 pm

cybernan

james h

2:46 pm

hokie carla

ok, no idea on that.

2:46 pm

hokie carla

I'm a little embarrassed nan is giving me a tv clue I don't get

2:46 pm

zoozzoom

Not seen that TV series since I was a teenager!

2:47 pm

MollyL

I only know that character because my Dad loved the books.

2:47 pm

cybernan

google all creatures great and small

2:47 pm

hokie carla

ok, just googled. I do have that.

2:47 pm

cybernan

they are running a remake of the tv series now

2:47 pm

MollyL

It is obviously not spelled the same

2:47 pm

hokie carla

yeah, that's what came up when i googled

2:48 pm

cybernan

I was a lot older than that, zoom, but we don't get the british shows until they are at least 3 or more years old.

2:48 pm

MollyL

Carla probably thought it was a disturbance in the streets by females

2:49 pm

hokie carla

ah, my last H was the much simpler 4 letter version of the HE7

2:49 pm

hokie carla

guess I thought all day that I had entered it already

2:51 pm

MollyL

Or you did enter it and the grid ate it. It has been doing that a lot lately

2:51 pm

hokie carla

yes, nan & ru mentioned that today

2:51 pm

hokie carla

Name that Monkee in the grid!

2:51 pm

zoozzoom

I get that on every single grid. I end up entering a quarter of the words again. So annoying.

2:52 pm

MollyL

Tork

2:52 pm

zoozzoom

I thought the reason was me doing babble on the xbox one. It seems it is not just me then.

2:52 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!*

2:53 pm

hokie carla

✅✅✅ for molly

2:53 pm

MollyL

How in the hell do you know about The Monkees. They were WAY before your time.

2:53 pm

zoozzoom

Congrats, Nan!

2:53 pm

hokie carla

it usually happens on the bigger grids with me, zooz

2:53 pm

hokie carla

well done, nan

2:53 pm

cybernan

suppose I should put some lunch together. Got the grocery shopping done this am so don't need to go out again till next Tuesday after Thanksgiving.

2:54 pm

hokie carla

I probably saw every episode in reruns when I was a kid.

2:54 pm

zoozzoom

Have a lovely lunch, Nan!

2:54 pm

hokie carla

I need to head out to the grocery store soon. working on my list now.

2:56 pm

hokie carla

per wikipedia - the Monkees were aired on MTV in 1986, so that is where I watched it.

2:57 pm

cybernan

I don't know about you folk, but I am just so sick and tired of people who won't get vaccinated. Our provincial gov't has mandated that all senior home care workers and all nurses must get vaccinated or they will be put on leave without pay. Can't believe that some of the nurses are protesting this. What kind of nurse puts their personal likes and dislikes ahead of the welfare of their patients? They need to find a different profession! If I were ill enough to be hospitalized I certainly wouldn't want to be cared for by a "me first" nurse. (End of rant)

2:58 pm

zoozzoom

I did not mind some of their songs. Did not enjoy the comedy series they made though.

3:00 pm

cybernan

hagd everyone :)

3:05 pm

hokie carla

agreed, nan. and healthcare workers have been required to get flu shots in the past, so why complain now?

3:05 pm

hokie carla

zooz, I loved the tv show, but I was like 13 when I watched it.

3:07 pm

zoozzoom

It was comedy I did not quite understand. A bit like faulty towers. I could never understand why people found it so funny.

3:18 pm

zoozzoom

Fireworks. Toodle pip!

3:47 pm

hurshy

i haven't seen the monkees but i did like fawlty towers - esp the ep with the german guests - Don't Mention the War!

3:51 pm

mab

it's sort of bad of me, but i did love how mr fawlty battered the poor bellhop/waiter.

3:55 pm

hurshy

i've also loved "A Bit of Fry & Laurie" and recently discovered another comedy variety show they were both on, called Alfresco, which also had Emma Thompson! these are on Britbox

4:01 pm

hurshy

oh another good old one is 'Allo 'Allo, set in France in WWII - anyone seen that? so funny.

4:03 pm

mab

i like fry and laurie together too. i've watched QI with fry which wasn't too bad. fry is an interesting person.well, laurie too. it was you who put me onto house.

4:03 pm

hurshy

do you know the story about him auditioning for House?

4:04 pm

mab

no

4:04 pm

hurshy

he sent in a taped audition and the casting director or whoever, who had been frustrated with the other performances he'd seen, was like, "now there's a real American character actor!"

4:05 pm

mab

wow! that /is/ acting.

4:05 pm

hurshy

lol

4:06 pm

Soodle

Fry & Laurie's 'Jeeves & Wooster' was terrific.

4:06 pm

hurshy

yes, one of the few film versions of any book that FEELS very true to the books.

4:07 pm

hurshy

although the constant changing of actors for the lesser characters was a bit annoying

4:07 pm

hurshy

but that's my only complaint

4:08 pm

mab

love anything, almost, pg wodhouse, and did like fry and laurie a lot. wonder if i where could stream it again.

4:08 pm

mab

public tv maybe

4:09 pm

hurshy

that and i can't find a poster to buy of that painting of Hugh-as-Bertie that his friend Corky made

4:09 pm

hurshy

i have them on DVD mab, definitely a worthwhile purchase

4:09 pm

mab

good idea.

4:11 pm

mab

my only box set is the dick van dyke show, which says a lot about me... endlessly enchants me.

4:12 pm

hurshy

oh i have lots. house, gilmore girls, friends, monk, psych, star trek (original), doctor who (2005-present), who's the boss, newhart, family ties...

4:12 pm

Soodle

Stephen Fry was interviewed for a TV show here called The Meaning of Life. He caused ructions! He lambasted 'God'. It is well worth a google. A very articulate intelligent man.

4:13 pm

mab

have watched gilmore girls a zillion times, adore monk, and must get dr. who.

4:13 pm

mab

fry does seem to get into trouble.

4:13 pm

Sophie512

hello, he7 clue please

4:14 pm

hurshy

he7 person who is left money in a will

4:14 pm

Uneaixoise

Re6/24 please?

4:14 pm

hurshy

i have no re words! must find

4:14 pm

hurshy

aha got that one

4:15 pm

hurshy

the sound came back again... and again... and again... and again...

4:15 pm

mab

to here your call again in the mountains again

4:15 pm

mab

hear...

4:15 pm

hurshy

hear hear hear

4:15 pm

Uneaixoise

Thanks!!

4:15 pm

Sophie512

cute clues

4:16 pm

hurshy

what is the other 8 besides to8?

4:16 pm

mab

ad 8

4:16 pm

hurshy

thanks, got it!

4:17 pm

hurshy

i had tried co4 + fi4, since that made sense as a possible compound, but, oh well

4:23 pm

hurshy

also if you have netflix and you like comedy, Derry Girls is a ri4

4:28 pm

mab

i've never given derry girls a proper try.

4:29 pm

hurshy

it is SO delightful

4:30 pm

mab

will try it again. of course now that seinfeld is there, well, i can watch that who endlessly.

4:30 pm

mab

show. that show.

4:31 pm

hurshy

don't worry, i'm excellent at deciphering through typos

4:46 pm

mab

oh. ra4, my ex's nickname.

4:46 pm

mab

dear old ra4.

4:48 pm

mab

ri4, the guy in west side story.

4:56 pm

periwinkle

hi all help with to8 please

4:57 pm

periwinkle

nm

5:43 pm

MollyL

Ooo lah lah, Peri got the Frenchified word

5:49 pm

mkg

Wasnt the west side story guy Rico? Not seeing that in grid

5:49 pm

Sophie512

ri4 also used in guitar type words

5:50 pm

Sophie512

you prob already have it

5:50 pm

mkg

Oooh ok. I did already have it. Ty

5:58 pm

Q

there was a ri4 in the spacetime continuum, leading to a ti4 that turned into a ri4, but the ch5 played the opening ri4 of a river song and they all floated away in a ra4

6:12 pm

Sophie512

Q, nicely done. But I'm still struggling with the 8s.

6:13 pm

Sophie512

Taking a break. I like to watch British people killing other British people. Vera right now. But can give recommendations for others.

6:58 pm

MollyL

You can always count on Babble chat this time of night to bend your brain. Space time continuum?

7:02 pm

dan2bit

our instacart shopper just delivered someone else’s groceries to our house, and I want to know who is partying in our ’hood.
a gallon of breyer’s vanilla, a squeeze bottle of smucker’s caramel sauce, a tub of cool whip and TWELVE 2 liter bottles of Pepsi zero sugar. That’s the whole order

7:18 pm

ItalianGreyhound

those are my Pop tarts, Dan

7:21 pm

dan2bit

hahaha yep it's a lot of pepsi

7:23 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Ive gotten weird un-ordered stuff on instacart as well

7:23 pm

hokie carla

rehowdy. I'm back to not find my last 7 words.

7:23 pm

dan2bit

we've gotten random individual items, but never a whole different person's order

7:24 pm

hokie carla

I've never done instacart. the stores I order from all have their own shoppers.

7:24 pm

ItalianGreyhound

I try to call them back, then just take it to food bank

7:25 pm

dan2bit

actually instacart has a chat support that kicks in if you report a whole missing order and they called the shopper so we got our actual order eventually. had to pitch the dairy

7:26 pm

ItalianGreyhound

mine was extra items added to the order

7:26 pm

ellenin

hello all. any clue for the re6 that doesn't involve putting the garden hose away?

7:27 pm

hokie carla

I don't think either of them involve that, but maybe you need the one that is a sound in a canyon again

7:27 pm

ItalianGreyhound

hello hello ?

7:29 pm

ItalianGreyhound

that word is visually odd

7:29 pm

ellenin

I can't believe that that is an actual word (seems redundant?) and that at the same time the babble lords don't accept capping off the leftover wine.

7:29 pm

hokie carla

IG, what do you think my missing lower F is?

7:29 pm

hokie carla

agree, ellen on the wine one

7:30 pm

ellenin

thanks, HC. I keep seeing the phantom word and the word that isn't accepted. Sorry about that.

7:30 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Hi, Carla - clue me in again?

7:31 pm

hokie carla

is that a clue?

7:32 pm

ItalianGreyhound

sorry - which are you missing?

7:32 pm

hokie carla

the lower F

7:32 pm

ellenin

neither are clues. I was thanking you for your clue and your correction on the not-a-word-in-today's-grid.

7:33 pm

hokie carla

lol, sorry. I was wondering if IG was trying to clue me. I got your post, but you had no need to apologize, ellen.

7:35 pm

ItalianGreyhound

theres an F version of the CR5/12. if that clue is allowed

7:35 pm

hokie carla

ah yes, didn't have either of those, thx

7:36 pm

hokie carla

now 5 left - all 6's. will definitely have to list for those.

7:47 pm

ItalianGreyhound

go Carla go

8:21 pm

HarryHood

16 here. hi!

8:23 pm

HarryHood

listing.

8:23 pm

dan2bit

36 left, mostly C's

8:23 pm

HarryHood

yes. lots of cs.

8:28 pm

HarryHood

done!

8:29 pm

dan2bit

woo hoo HH

8:29 pm

HarryHood

tyty

8:29 pm

HarryHood

must do work. hagn!

8:32 pm

dan2bit

listed for my last 29. aka how many pt words did I miss?

8:39 pm

dan2bit

firewords here as well - thanks lickety and all cluers

11:13 pm

Uneaixoise

Co6/24....both?

11:14 pm

Uneaixoise

My last words

11:17 pm

MollyL

To get money from a will, jointly

11:17 pm

MollyL

To stick together

11:18 pm

Uneaixoise

Fw!!!! Tx!

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