Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, July 22, 2022

12:03 am

webatx

sn8

12:04 am

rururocks

no7

12:04 am

webatx

pa7

12:04 am

rururocks

pa7

12:05 am

mab

po 7

12:07 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:09 am

broll

ch 7

12:12 am

broll

pa 7 x 2

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:29 am

rururocks

finished

12:30 am

mab

so great!

12:50 am

dizgrannie

FWs

5:20 am

ItalianGreyhound

I keep looking for non-existent compounds in this grid

5:23 am

ItalianGreyhound

the OV 4 and "full orb" 4 are likely compound bases - nothing so far

5:32 am

Mercy

onsa

5:37 am

ItalianGreyhound

is that Italian

6:16 am

Scrabbler

Buon giorno.

6:19 am

ItalianGreyhound

now thats Italian

6:20 am

ItalianGreyhound

HI, Scrabs - watching a raccoon on the security cam - are they pests or cute?

6:21 am

Scrabbler

Both. They have been knocking down my bird feeders all summer.

6:22 am

ItalianGreyhound

squirrels try to get into my feeder - this raccoon is too fat to get off the ground

6:25 am

Scrabbler

I have grey and red squirrels that are acrobats and rascals.

6:26 am

Scrabbler

Just when I think I have a set-up that is safe, the critters outfox me.

6:26 am

ItalianGreyhound

my bird feeder hangs by a cord from the upper deck; squirrel shimmys down the rope to get at it

6:27 am

Scrabbler

Yes! They are so clever and they persevere. When the feeders are empty they come to my front porch and look in the window at me.

6:28 am

ItalianGreyhound

omg, me too! I have a close up photo of one peering in at me

6:29 am

Scrabbler

They jump on the back of my chair on the front porch and stare at me. If I sit out front they get close and stare.

6:30 am

ItalianGreyhound

must admit, my squirrel takes a peanut by hand

6:30 am

sukee

I have a bunny that visits my patio once in a while

6:30 am

Scrabbler

I bet my squirrels and chipmunks would do that. They hop on my feet when I sit out there.

6:31 am

Scrabbler

How sweet, sukee.

6:31 am

ItalianGreyhound

have everything but rabbits here - weird

6:32 am

sukee

The cats love to watch it

6:32 am

sukee

We also get squirrels and chipmunks, never seen a raccoon

6:33 am

ItalianGreyhound

I have a bald eagle but no chipmunks - connection?

6:34 am

Scrabbler

This summer I have adult and juvenile raccoons. One summer I had 3 baby raccoons that would venture out with their mother. So cute!

6:34 am

Scrabbler

Yikes, IG.

6:35 am

ItalianGreyhound

baldy sticks to fish, as far as I can tell; now the redtails go for everything

6:35 am

sukee

Don't remember if I told you the saga of my tV Lost by Purolator, reordered with Best Buy, lost order, re-reordered it with Best Buy. It's finally here and mounted on the wall. It was such a saga.

6:37 am

Scrabbler

I have foxes that run through here and grab chipmunks.

6:37 am

Scrabbler

What a hassle, sukee.

6:38 am

sukee

It was, but, a month later and we are all good. Oh, and the best part? The day after I got the TV, I got a notice that Purolator had found the original tv

6:40 am

Scrabbler

A little late.

6:41 am

sukee

It got returned to Best Buy

6:42 am

sukee

Rethinking doing business with Best Buy, it took them a week to realize they couldn't find the order I placed.

6:42 am

sukee

This was with customer service and IT looking for it.

6:44 am

sukee

But, the Geek Squad helped get some of my faith in the company back. They were great. Oh well, won't need a new TV for a while

6:44 am

sukee

I really, really want to type nation...

6:45 am

Scrabbler

I ordered backpacking meals (dehydrated food in pouches) on June 11. Two weeks ago, after no delivery yet, I emailed the company and was told there were problems with supply chain.

6:46 am

sukee

Nice of them to let you know.

6:46 am

Scrabbler

Yesterday, after still no delivery, I emailed the company and they said the package was just going out. I will never order from this company again.

6:46 am

sukee

It wouldn't have taken them much to let you know

6:47 am

sukee

Next time I want electronics I'm going to order from The Source.

6:49 am

Scrabbler

Customer service matters.

6:50 am

sukee

bbr, groceries are on the way

6:51 am

mael

alas, hoover is not accepted

6:53 am

Scrabbler

I guess it is still a proper name.

6:57 am

windingwake

Phantom panache

7:01 am

Scrabbler

I tried it. You're right.

7:13 am

Scrabbler

I passed halfway. See you tomorrow.

7:17 am

hurshy

phantom: room

7:19 am

windingwake

Yes! Short phantoms don’t usually get me that bad, but I’ve tried it more than once.

7:21 am

hurshy

yeah it is unusual that way

7:36 am

hurshy

oh you were very close with your phantom!

8:10 am

MollyL

Guess that proper noun...Jon's partner on CHIPS

8:15 am

penquis

Ponch?....that's a total guess....

8:16 am

MollyL

And it's totally right. Pen wins a ride along on a motorcycle with the California Highway Patrol.

8:16 am

penquis

yippee!

8:16 am

penquis

it's amazing what useless information lies in the corners of one's brain...

8:18 am

MollyL

There is so much about the brain that they still don't know. Who could guess what lurks in there?

8:18 am

hokie carla

darn, missed one I knew

8:18 am

penquis

a character from Criminal Minds is in the grid, too....but it's also a real word so I can't do a NTPN....

8:18 am

hokie carla

Frank Poncharello

8:18 am

hokie carla

oh, thanks pen, always forget that

8:19 am

hokie carla

I always miss his other tv show partner, dharma, too

8:20 am

MollyL

ONE you knew? You chime in on almost all of them. Especially anything to do with the 80's or 90's.

8:20 am

hokie carla

I don't know many of the super old ones 😜

8:22 am

penquis

i am into super old... ;oP

8:22 am

MollyL

Well then, be glad you weren't here the other day when they discussed 1947 ad slogans for grocery stores. 🙄

8:26 am

hokie carla

I don't think my mom would even know that

8:26 am

hokie carla

they didn't even get electricity until 1948

8:29 am

MollyL

1947 ad slogans...speaking of obscure crap stored in the brain...

8:33 am

MollyL

Ads from the 40's are hysterical. One for Pyrex shouts "Successful Marriages Start In The Kitchen!"

8:34 am

penquis

ewww....

8:37 am

MollyL

Oh, you want "ew"? Lysol used to advertise it was good for (I am not kidding) feminine hygiene. Women actually used to douche with it. With terrible results of course.

8:37 am

penquis

EWWW.....

8:38 am

hokie carla

yeah, that sounds like a horrible idea

8:39 am

hokie carla

well, 3 tiles without half

8:40 am

penquis

i have one of those....the i .....

8:41 am

MollyL

Guess that proper noun...Don Quixote's squire

8:41 am

penquis

Pancho...

8:41 am

hokie carla

I have 4 i's. mine are V, S, P

8:42 am

hokie carla

and bottom O, I guess I have 4

8:42 am

penquis

the bottom O has at least three normal words...

8:42 am

hurshy

V... a word that in physics means you've included both speed and direction

8:43 am

penquis

it's ve 6...

8:43 am

MollyL

Close Pen

8:44 am

hurshy

sancho (panza)

8:45 am

MollyL

Ding! Hurshy wins a lance with which to tilt at windmills.

8:45 am

penquis

ah...i was thinking of Pancho Villa...

8:45 am

hurshy

just what i've always wanted!

8:47 am

hokie carla

got the ve6 finally. of course it makes me think of Airplane!

8:48 am

MollyL

See, 80's

8:48 am

welki

morning, folks - roger, roger :)

8:48 am

hokie carla

maybe 70s

8:49 am

hokie carla

over, under

8:49 am

hokie carla

hey welki

8:49 am

MollyL

Not Airplane. 1980

8:49 am

penquis

hi welki....

8:55 am

hurshy

phantom: epoch

8:56 am

hokie carla

I typed epoch earlier just in case

8:58 am

welki

i did, too

9:00 am

hokie carla

now just need 1 more S for HOET. these are hard to see.

9:02 am

hokie carla

HOET!

9:03 am

penquis

nice....23 left here....stalled...

9:03 am

hokie carla

32 left

9:03 am

Sugrraleona

anyone get the po6/7?

9:04 am

hokie carla

no, will look

9:04 am

penquis

not me...

9:04 am

penquis

got po 6/21...

9:05 am

penquis

and po 7/32...

9:05 am

penquis

are those the ones you want?

9:05 am

hokie carla

got 7

9:05 am

hokie carla

and a 6

9:05 am

penquis

the six and seven are almost the same....one less vowel in the 6....

9:06 am

hokie carla

think boat or float, sug

9:06 am

Sugrraleona

tx hokie, that did it :)

9:07 am

hokie carla

thank you for calling our attention to it 😁

9:07 am

penquis

yes, ty, sugrra...

9:17 am

penquis

down to 20...time for a break....bbl...bye all....

9:17 am

hokie carla

26 here, see ya later

9:21 am

hokie carla

phantom anchor

9:25 am

hurshy

10 left for me

9:25 am

hurshy

2 of them are 8s

9:25 am

hurshy

oh actually look at that

9:25 am

hurshy

2-2-2-2-2

9:26 am

hurshy

and today is the 22nd day of 2022

9:26 am

hokie carla

weird

9:26 am

hurshy

the 8 i have is SN

9:26 am

hurshy

anyone have others?

9:27 am

hokie carla

22 left here for your 2 theme

9:27 am

MollyL

SA and SP

9:27 am

hokie carla

6-5-6-3-2

9:27 am

hurshy

nice

9:27 am

hurshy

oh my, all S8 today, ok

9:28 am

hurshy

got the sp!

9:28 am

hurshy

hmm, i know it would be too long but now i'm wondering why sanctorum doesn't count

9:29 am

hokie carla

lol, just typed in the sp8 accidentally

9:29 am

hurshy

not sanction :(

9:29 am

MollyL

How do you type something accidentally?

9:30 am

hokie carla

I wasn't actually trying it but typed it and then hit enter so I didn't have to backspace

9:31 am

MollyL

I had to use morewords for the sa8. It is a chemistry word

9:31 am

hurshy

ok i will do the same

9:31 am

hokie carla

does it end in chem?

9:33 am

hurshy

lol no

9:36 am

hokie carla

oh, found a foreign spelling

9:40 am

penquis

i am back....

9:40 am

hokie carla

that was fast. down to 16 here.

9:41 am

penquis

got tired with the bee... ;o)

9:43 am

hokie carla

haven't looked yet but I can't wait to see what I missed yesterday. not sure I made it to amazing.

9:44 am

penquis

i got to genius at the last minute yesterday....took forever to see the pangram...

9:46 am

penquis

got to great today and then needed a break from it...

9:46 am

hokie carla

yeah, took me forever too. looks like I missed a ton of words I should've seen. but I didn't play that long.

9:46 am

hokie carla

saw a pangram first thing today

9:46 am

penquis

same here....

9:47 am

hokie carla

holy cow, there are 5 today

9:49 am

penquis

i think i have three....wish they were asterisked in the list...

9:50 am

hokie carla

me too, hard to see once you find them

9:51 am

penquis

exactly...

9:51 am

penquis

must be bingo, too...

9:53 am

hokie carla

yes, there is, but only 39 total I think

9:53 am

penquis

i have 21...

9:53 am

MollyL

News of The Bee!

9:55 am

penquis

it's buzzing... ;o)

9:55 am

penquis

i have SA 8 and SN 8.....what is the other one?

9:55 am

MollyL

SP

9:56 am

penquis

ty...

9:56 am

penquis

monkeyed it.. :oD

9:57 am

MollyL

Well aren't you just the cleverest little thing?

9:57 am

penquis

a 17th century weapon....of course!

9:57 am

penquis

i am not bad at making up words if i do say so myself... ;o)

9:58 am

hokie carla

I am down to 1 WPT

9:58 am

hokie carla

5-2-3-2

9:58 am

penquis

4-4-5-3..

9:59 am

hokie carla

guess I should try some 4's!

10:00 am

penquis

same here....

10:01 am

hokie carla

I keep missing those na4 babblets day after day

10:04 am

MollyL

I thought the SP8 was a combination spit receptacle/boat 😊

10:04 am

penquis

LOL....a better definition...

10:07 am

Robespierre

phantom phantom!

10:08 am

hokie carla

well, I found 4 4's. 1-2-3-2

10:09 am

penquis

i got distracted....still have four to find....14 left here...

10:11 am

hokie carla

H i R V E R S P

10:12 am

penquis

H I RR AA V E R C SS P O

10:15 am

penquis

found my O....

10:19 am

moolingwa

Back for my last 118

10:20 am

penquis

hi mool....

10:20 am

moolingwa

hey pen, we made it to another Friday

10:21 am

hokie carla

moo!

10:21 am

moolingwa

hey hoke, a very happy July 22nd to you

10:21 am

hokie carla

I found out it was friday when I heard the trash or recycling truck

10:22 am

hokie carla

and had to run outside and put the cans out

10:22 am

moolingwa

ah, I have monday pickup :)

10:22 am

penquis

i have a dumpster.. ;o)

10:23 am

moolingwa

I have three bins, but they alternate weeks between compost and recycling

10:23 am

Biltong

Hi all. Clue for the sa8 please?

10:24 am

penquis

starts with most of Mr. Claus....ends with not out...

10:24 am

moolingwa

sounds like spanish saint followed by an abbreviated number

10:24 am

moolingwa

and thanks for the clue

10:25 am

hokie carla

we have recycling every other week and trash every week. yard waste just goes on the curb.

10:25 am

hokie carla

so 2 bins

10:25 am

moolingwa

compost will take a lot more than just yard waste, includes things like pizza boxes and other food waste

10:26 am

hokie carla

our new house is only trash

10:26 am

moolingwa

heh

10:27 am

hokie carla

after years of recycling it's hard to throw it away. but in case you don't know, it's hard for places to find someone to take recycling now. my mom's county stopped doing it too because they couldn't find anywhere to send it.

10:30 am

moolingwa

25 to go

10:31 am

hokie carla

still 8 but I am working on wordle

10:31 am

moolingwa

8-5-5-4-1

10:32 am

hokie carla

1-2-3-2

10:32 am

hokie carla

H i R V E R S P

10:32 am

moolingwa

I need all those and more

10:34 am

hokie carla

well, shouldn't take you long

10:34 am

hokie carla

ooh, found the H

10:34 am

moolingwa

18

10:35 am

penquis

stats?

10:35 am

moolingwa

4-4-5-4-1

10:35 am

hokie carla

it was a 6

10:36 am

hokie carla

alt sp I wasn't expecting, regular sp not in grid

10:36 am

hokie carla

similar to your 5 you gave me earlier

10:37 am

penquis

is it ho 6/27?....i have that one...

10:37 am

hokie carla

yes

10:40 am

moolingwa

perhaps the 6 off the bottom h is one you're missing?

10:42 am

penquis

me?...i am missing an H from the top left...

10:43 am

moolingwa

oh, well perhaps a 5 then

10:43 am

moolingwa

or the 6 which is a plural

10:43 am

hokie carla

ho5/12 was surpirsingly hard for me to see

10:44 am

joym999

enable's choice of which Spanish words to include is just weird. Dinero, but not nino or nina?

10:45 am

hokie carla

I know

10:45 am

hokie carla

i did not try those today but usually do

10:45 am

hokie carla

I must be learning

10:45 am

moolingwa

well dinero has arguably been used in english a lot longer

10:45 am

joym999

lol

10:45 am

joym999

how so moo?

10:46 am

hokie carla

yeah, but there are a lot of foreign words included that aren't even really loan words, so it's really baffling

10:46 am

moolingwa

They used in pop culture a lot more, particularly TV and movies

10:47 am

moolingwa

the use of nina/nino in a broad sense is newer, certainly popularized by the increase of spanish and mexican themed pop culture in the last 20 years or so, which is after Enable was put together

10:47 am

joym999

as if the great Enablemaker just arbitrarily wrote down all the words they could remember.

10:47 am

joym999

but isn't that also true of dinero, moo?

10:47 am

moolingwa

Well no, it was based on the scrabble dictionary

10:47 am

moolingwa

which was based on the six collegiate dictionaries

10:47 am

hokie carla

but there are many, many french words that I've never even seen before that are included

10:47 am

moolingwa

From around 1998 or so

10:48 am

moolingwa

all those armor terms :)

10:48 am

moolingwa

part of the issue is the age of the dictionary

10:48 am

moolingwa

it hasn't evolved in about 15-20 years

10:49 am

moolingwa

By contrast the scrabble dictionary has had a number of updates since then

10:49 am

joym999

I don't remember ever hearing the word dinero used in the U.S. before 2000 or so, outside of my Spanish classes.

10:50 am

joym999

anecdotal, I know, but it just doesn't seem to me to be as common a word as nino/a

10:50 am

moolingwa

I know I was aware of it before I came to the US in 1995, and certainly not much spanish spoken in my part of the world :)

10:51 am

penquis

enable is fond of a lot of foreign money words...

10:51 am

penquis

and weapon words...and chemical and botanical words...

10:51 am

moolingwa

oh yeah, money....obscure indian words, botany and medieval armor

10:52 am

moolingwa

Also hit and miss on tree and bird names...

10:53 am

moolingwa

takahe for instance is accepted, but conure isn't

10:53 am

hokie carla

ancho not a word

10:53 am

moolingwa

kauri is, but rimu isn't

10:53 am

moolingwa

don't mind a good ancho :)

10:53 am

hokie carla

but other peppers are

10:54 am

moolingwa

chipotle not though

10:54 am

moolingwa

nor problamo

10:54 am

joym999

stats for the 3rd column, 2nd row O?

10:54 am

moolingwa

om4 and or5

10:55 am

hokie carla

poblano

10:55 am

moolingwa

yes, problano would be a problem ;)

11:01 am

moolingwa

down to 12

11:01 am

moolingwa

4-1-3-3-1

11:01 am

periwinkle

hello all. help with the V please

11:02 am

hokie carla

over, under. roger, roger. we got ve6, vi6 (not in grid)

11:02 am

moolingwa

v5 and v6 - the 5 isn't a regular word

11:02 am

penquis

ve 6...rhymes with an he 6 that is also in the grid...

11:03 am

hokie carla

still 7 here - 1-2-2-2

11:03 am

hokie carla

and the re6

11:03 am

moolingwa

found a 6

11:03 am

periwinkle

found ve6 ty

11:04 am

periwinkle

and the he6

11:04 am

moolingwa

ah ancient egyptian pharoah in the grid

11:04 am

ch1212

What do the numbers mean? I've noticed people putting them in the chog but haven't figured it out. For example, hokie's 1-2-2-2.

11:05 am

moolingwa

how many words of each length we have remaining...starting with the 4s

11:05 am

hokie carla

I have 1 4 left, 2 5's, 2 6's, and 2 7's

11:05 am

penquis

one four, two fives, two sixes...

11:05 am

ch1212

ah... thank you!

11:05 am

moolingwa

aka hurshian notation...named after the founder

11:06 am

ch1212

She is, as always, quite clever.

11:06 am

moolingwa

quite :)

11:06 am

moolingwa

noverum should be a word, because I need another n

11:07 am

moolingwa

nm, n's 'nihilated

11:08 am

moolingwa

with all the variations on pasta, it's surprising that they didn't have a rotoni

11:08 am

hokie carla

back to our earlier convo, some pasta allowed, some not

11:08 am

moolingwa

I R AA E C SS P O

11:09 am

moolingwa

not sure rotoni is real, just sounds like it could be

11:09 am

moolingwa

former SCOTUS judge first name in there

11:10 am

penquis

antonin?....

11:10 am

moolingwa

yep

11:10 am

moolingwa

and Cheops was the pharoah in case anyone was wondering...built those big pointy things int he desert

11:11 am

aebmusica

io7.....clue please

11:11 am

hokie carla

I was wondering, actually. but forgot already.

11:11 am

hokie carla

aha, my missing i. will look, aeb.

11:11 am

moolingwa

I got ya covered hoke

11:12 am

aebmusica

ty hokie

11:12 am

penquis

io 7....starts with charged partcle....ends with french sea...

11:12 am

hokie carla

thanks, pen

11:12 am

hokie carla

not sure I've seen that before

11:12 am

aebmusica

ty pen and hokie

11:12 am

moolingwa

who doesn't love a good french sea

11:12 am

moolingwa

tx pen

11:12 am

moolingwa

9 to go

11:12 am

penquis

yw...anyone have the pa 7 (first one)?....

11:12 am

penquis

yw..

11:13 am

hokie carla

thank goodness it's one of the few french words I know

11:13 am

hokie carla

I only have one, pen, so I'm going to assume that's my missing P

11:13 am

moolingwa

me too

11:13 am

penquis

most likely...the other is a regular word...

11:14 am

moolingwa

ah found it

11:14 am

hokie carla

what is the points?

11:14 am

moolingwa

sounds like a father in the spanish night

11:15 am

hokie carla

funny, I was just getting ready to try that

11:15 am

penquis

ty, mool...

11:15 am

hokie carla

it is mexican sugar

11:15 am

hokie carla

or vulgar mexican slang

11:16 am

hokie carla

well now I'm down to 5

11:16 am

hokie carla

1-2-2

11:16 am

moolingwa

8 left here

11:16 am

penquis

one here....a five....an elusive five...

11:16 am

moolingwa

3-1-2-1-1

11:17 am

hokie carla

R V E R S

11:17 am

moolingwa

R AA E C SS O

11:17 am

penquis

V... ;o)

11:17 am

hokie carla

found my upper R!

11:17 am

moolingwa

vo5

11:18 am

penquis

yup...

11:18 am

moolingwa

found my o

11:18 am

hokie carla

points?

11:18 am

moolingwa

18

11:18 am

joym999

I used to live in Mexico and I've never heard that word used for sugar. Another example of Enable's weird arbitrary inclusion of foreign words.

11:19 am

moolingwa

yep

11:19 am

penquis

you can drive yourself crazy thinking about the arbitrariness of Enable...

11:19 am

moolingwa

not as arbitrary as the word list on Bee though

11:19 am

hokie carla

it's not even the right spelling per the dictionary link, so it makes you wonder where they saw it

11:19 am

moolingwa

A's done....5 to go

11:21 am

hokie carla

I'm still busy trying every possible vo5 and getting nowhere

11:21 am

penquis

same here...

11:21 am

moolingwa

rhymes with a baseball term

11:22 am

hokie carla

there are so many

11:22 am

amelu0218

the io7 is a polymer

11:22 am

moolingwa

a very common baseball term

11:22 am

penquis

thought i tried that...

11:22 am

hokie carla

oh

11:22 am

penquis

i am done...

11:22 am

hokie carla

as soon as I posted that I saw it.

11:22 am

moolingwa

wd pen

11:22 am

hokie carla

well done, pen!

11:22 am

hokie carla

3 left - surely I can find the 4 letter one

11:22 am

cybernan

good morning all :)

11:23 am

penquis

ty...but i listed for the last few words...

11:23 am

moolingwa

1-0-2-1-1

11:23 am

cybernan

so there is a vo 5 that is a baseball term? Would be nice if I knew anything about baseball

11:23 am

moolingwa

no, it rhymes with a baseball term nan

11:23 am

hokie carla

what about the simpsons cartoon, nan? 🤣

11:23 am

penquis

rhymes with a four base hit....

11:24 am

cybernan

don't watch the simpsons either

11:24 am

moolingwa

wrote the odyssey

11:24 am

hokie carla

or the guy that wrote the iliad

11:24 am

cybernan

no idea what a 4 base hit is called

11:24 am

penquis

i believe in putting people out of their misery....speaking of which...i need to eat!....bye all....

11:24 am

moolingwa

rhymes with that

11:24 am

cybernan

ty carla

11:24 am

hokie carla

bye pen!

11:24 am

penquis

bye!

11:26 am

cybernan

missed that it rhymes with the baseball term -- I have heard that before!

11:26 am

cybernan

Only sports I've ever played are golf and curling

11:27 am

hokie carla

well, can't find my last 4 letter

11:27 am

hokie carla

only 3 tiles to choose from

11:28 am

cybernan

have a long ways to go - quit at half way last night

11:28 am

moolingwa

I have 4 tiles to choose from - R E C and S

11:29 am

hokie carla

E R S

11:29 am

hokie carla

1-1-1

11:29 am

moolingwa

ah, obnoxious former PA Senator in the grid

11:29 am

hokie carla

so you can probably extrapolate your c

11:30 am

amelu0218

1st ec4/6 maybe?

11:30 am

moolingwa

well it's not a 5 :)

11:30 am

moolingwa

same as the second, with a different letter :)

11:30 am

moolingwa

yeah, have that

11:30 am

hokie carla

I have 2, amelu, so unless there's a 3rd...

11:31 am

hokie carla

do you have a c7, moo?

11:31 am

amelu0218

nope, just the 2

11:31 am

moolingwa

econator - a robot designed to police the financial system

11:31 am

moolingwa

ah, found my last E...

11:31 am

hokie carla

please share

11:31 am

moolingwa

it was money :)

11:31 am

amelu0218

did you fish slap yourself?

11:32 am

moolingwa

0-0-2-1-1

11:32 am

cybernan

robots are already running the financial system --- have you ever tried to call your bank and talk to an actual person?

11:32 am

hokie carla

hmm, don't think I have any money

11:32 am

moolingwa

coincidentally I work with a number of banks :)

11:32 am

hokie carla

what is the stat?

11:33 am

moolingwa

e4

11:33 am

moolingwa

found my last r

11:33 am

moolingwa

0-0-1-1-1

11:33 am

hokie carla

my first job was in a foreign accounts receivable and I still don't get most of the foreign money

11:33 am

cybernan

my question still stands, mool

11:34 am

moolingwa

well I talk to people in my bank almost weekly, but not as a customer :)

11:34 am

hokie carla

I just usually keep hitting zero or saying something like "customer service"

11:34 am

cybernan

only have e 4 x3 -- babblet and 2 regulars

11:35 am

moolingwa

speaking gibberish also works

11:35 am

hokie carla

finally found that E, I should slap myself

11:35 am

moolingwa

with a fish? amelu suggested it

11:35 am

hokie carla

so now 0-1-1, R and S

11:35 am

cybernan

me too and you were even talking about foreign currency!

11:36 am

moolingwa

which r?

11:36 am

hokie carla

right side R

11:36 am

moolingwa

oh, probably the 5

11:36 am

moolingwa

possibly the only word I learned from shakespeare

11:36 am

hokie carla

what's crazy, nan, is I tried several times all the 4's from that E but never went that direction.

11:37 am

hokie carla

well it's not romeo

11:37 am

moolingwa

I often find that one late

11:37 am

moolingwa

just don't put those first two letters together all that often

11:37 am

hokie carla

RE, I assume?

11:37 am

moolingwa

nope

11:37 am

hokie carla

oh, RH?

11:38 am

moolingwa

yep

11:38 am

hokie carla

yeah, never crossed my mind to look at RH today

11:38 am

hokie carla

so S6 left

11:38 am

moolingwa

yeah, it was in my last 20 or so

11:38 am

cybernan

not only do the robots not give you the option of speaking to an actual person, they put you on hold so you can listent to the same 5 second piece of crappy music interspersed with ads telling you how wonderful their services are while you wait for the next 40 minutes to 3 hours.

11:39 am

hokie carla

are you a bank robot, moo?

11:39 am

moolingwa

please select one of the following options

11:39 am

hokie carla

sometimes it's good music but their recording keeps interrupting and is super loud

11:39 am

moolingwa

por espanol prensa prima

11:40 am

dauber

FW based on three insanely wild guesses...

11:40 am

hokie carla

lol, huzzah, dauber

11:40 am

moolingwa

insanely wild guesses are the bedrock of babble

11:40 am

moolingwa

congrats daub

11:40 am

moolingwa

actually it'd be para I guess

11:41 am

moolingwa

para espanol prensa prima

11:41 am

EvaNadine

afternoon babblers!

11:41 am

hokie carla

howdy, eva

11:41 am

amelu0218

I usually just keep repeating "No" and hitting # or *... it confuses the bots.

11:41 am

moolingwa

I have learned very little spanish, outside of help lines

11:42 am

moolingwa

I can order a beer or a coffee...not that I drink the latter

11:42 am

hokie carla

what number are you saying para is?

11:42 am

moolingwa

prima - first

11:42 am

moolingwa

para - for

11:43 am

hokie carla

para is for, four is cuatro

11:43 am

moolingwa

yes

11:43 am

moolingwa

not saying press four

11:43 am

moolingwa

I'm saying, for spanish press first

11:43 am

hokie carla

oh

11:44 am

hokie carla

snotan - what my snoburn turned into

11:45 am

hokie carla

darnit, that's not even in here

11:46 am

hokie carla

gonna have to just look at the list unless someone knows my S6

11:46 am

moolingwa

I too am missing an s6

11:46 am

hokie carla

feels like I've tried everything. not as many options from a corner.

11:47 am

cybernan

ooh - just found the moonshine

11:47 am

amelu0218

the only s6 I have goes w/the 8, sorry

11:48 am

cybernan

me too

11:48 am

moolingwa

yeah, not that one :)

11:48 am

hokie carla

well, I just peeked, now to find it.

11:49 am

hokie carla

finally!

11:49 am

hokie carla

i'll just say unexpected plural and moo will get it

11:54 am

moolingwa

good to know...I'm going to take a break, so it'll have to wait :)

11:54 am

cybernan

stuck at 20

11:55 am

cybernan

18

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cybernan

18

11:55 am

cybernan

sorry -- suffered another widows update and still trying to get everthing to work properly again

12:27 pm

mab

I'm enjoying the pictures, nan. Mr. nan had a lovely smile - looking jolly, or maybe merry.

12:35 pm

clg47

I also am enjoying Mr. nan's picture. I will add kind, caring and joyful. All from a charming picture.

12:37 pm

cybernan

Thanks, Mab and Cig. I so miss having him with me.

12:39 pm

clg47

I can see that you would miss him just from the lovely picture.

12:42 pm

cybernan

pa 7 please?

12:43 pm

mael

extend the pa5, who you are when you mend a pair of pants

12:44 pm

emteecee

ch7 anyone?

12:44 pm

cybernan

have that one, ty -- looking for the first one

12:45 pm

emteecee

and 6? I'm sure they are fishy

12:45 pm

mael

ch7 is a square pattern

12:45 pm

emteecee

those are 2 of my last 6

12:45 pm

cybernan

What you write to pay the bill -- don't give a blank one

12:46 pm

mael

british spelling :)

12:47 pm

emteecee

thank you! That British spelling was throwing me off.

12:47 pm

emteecee

down to 4! Thks

12:48 pm

mael

nan, the first pa7 ends like the french pastry, starts with a cooking pot

12:49 pm

BzznBea

Thanks, mael.

12:50 pm

mael

hi bea, you're welcome!

12:53 pm

emteecee

fw!

12:57 pm

mael

congrats!

1:02 pm

mael

my last two words are the S 8s haha

1:06 pm

mael

hm, I could have sworn I'd tried the sp8 already when I got the po7.

1:08 pm

MollyL

Hm, guess you didn't

1:10 pm

periwinkle

not liking this grid but will persevere at least for a while

1:12 pm

MollyL

She will survive, yeah, yeah

1:12 pm

BzznBea

Molly has that Friday late afternoon feeling.

1:13 pm

EvaNadine

someone wanna give me hints for the V words?

1:15 pm

EvaNadine

ahh....just noodled a VO4

1:15 pm

doseffing

ve 6-30 ... a math term or a directed line segment

1:15 pm

EvaNadine

VO5, i mean. lol

1:15 pm

EvaNadine

thx dos!

1:16 pm

EvaNadine

hows about the bottom E?

1:16 pm

EvaNadine

ugh. NM

1:16 pm

EvaNadine

apparently i have friday-brain.

1:26 pm

MollyL

Molly has that I wish I could afford a vacation feeling

1:27 pm

BzznBea

I'm sure you do. You deserve a nice vacay.

1:31 pm

periwinkle

help with irst sa8 please

1:32 pm

periwinkle

first even

1:33 pm

doseffing

do you have the sa5? .... add the first three letters of a number

1:35 pm

Bugsaw

ty dose

1:51 pm

EvaNadine

i listed it, and now i have Firebords!

1:56 pm

periwinkle

ty dose

2:06 pm

periwinkle

pa7 please I do not have the pa5

2:08 pm

periwinkle

nm

2:09 pm

MollyL

See? No need to clue.

2:12 pm

Uneaixoise

Clue for ch7 please?

2:12 pm

BzznBea

One who tallies your groceries. Brit spelling

2:19 pm

MollyL

Extend the Brit spelling of a bank note you use to pay bills

2:31 pm

cybernan

hi again -- share was picking up a cabinet I donated and I decided to finsish cleaning up the garage while I was out there. Thanks, Mael for the the great pa 7 clue

2:34 pm

Uneaixoise

Tx besy

2:35 pm

Uneaixoise

Tx bea and molly!

2:38 pm

MollyL

Bea, we are Besy. That explains the shared brain.

2:43 pm

Uneaixoise

Hee hee :-)

2:47 pm

cybernan

ve 6 please?

2:47 pm

cybernan

nm found it

2:47 pm

HarryHood

it has direction and magnitude

2:47 pm

HarryHood

aww. I've been waiting for a chance to give that clue.

2:47 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* any clues wanted?

2:48 pm

HarryHood

yay nan!

2:48 pm

cybernan

lol - it was too technical for me anyway :)

2:49 pm

HarryHood

done!

2:50 pm

cybernan

hagd everyone -- time for lumch. Grats, Harry.

2:50 pm

HarryHood

have a good weekend!

4:10 pm

mab

great word.

4:12 pm

mab

star trekky sounding

4:46 pm

Gillie

I took courses in both vector algebra and vector calculus at university, and while I remember very little of it all, I am at least familiar with the word vector.

4:47 pm

Gillie

But I can still be pretty dumb, as you can tell.

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wht

gillie, too bad you didn't put in any - you could see if anyone knows Morse Code.

4:53 pm

Gillie

:)

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wht

Or maybe you were just saying e e e e e e e e e e e e e

4:55 pm

Gillie

That looks about right...

5:29 pm

MollyL

Well, that was a great demonstration of what smart algebra and calculus people can do 😊

7:08 pm

spellit

Anyone for sp8 please?

7:10 pm

spellit

Just seen it!

7:10 pm

spellit

're

7:10 pm

spellit

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7:10 pm

spellit

Fireworks

8:41 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all! gonna find 35 words then quit! LOL

8:49 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oops, found 60 already

8:55 pm

Sophie512

don't be a show off Gwen, I logged on early and found 56, but seem to lack the energy to finish :)

8:56 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

showoff? ME??? LOL

8:59 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

yeah, we are having kind of a heat wave, and our air conditioner is kaput, and our refrigerator is on the edge of a crisis

8:59 pm

Sophie512

I had to have AC work done last year & new fridge, so hope they can hold it together this year

9:30 pm

Sophie512

40 left night all

9:38 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

cenotaph (phantom)

9:38 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

and chevron

9:45 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nearly every tile is missing just one word -- argh

11:31 pm

doseffing

... and done ... may I offer any clues for anyone? ...

11:35 pm

doseffing

... ah well ... good night and good luck ...

11:37 pm

mab

oh, to many stops and starts.

11:40 pm

mab

dr. Gwen, found lovely London Folio edition, 1980, Out of Africa, with nice lino-cuts throughout - Goodwill. Rosemary got it for xmas 1988 from D and M, and she seems never to have cracked it open.

11:41 pm

mab

Nice. Map on inside cover. And is in one of those cardboard sleeves. Just like new. Was so happy to find it.

11:42 pm

mab

too, too many stops and etc. Anyway, nice reading copy.

11:44 pm

mab

probably not worth much, but I love it and it cost 1.99.

11:50 pm

mab

it tells you what typeface and paper (sommerville cream wove paper), and who bound it, who printed it.

11:51 pm

mab

printed lithographically - don't know what that is, but sounds like lots of hand setting of type.

11:53 pm

mab

I'm talking to myself, aren't I. That's ok, frequently am.

11:55 pm

mab

oh, and the cloth binding: scholco brillianta, which, of course, I noticed instantly. good old scholco brillianta.

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