Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, September 2, 2022

12:02 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:03 am

justafreep

hi, nan

12:04 am

justafreep

I'm sad that I didn't have time today to come back and finish that monster grid. This one seems more likely....

12:05 am

justafreep

pr7

12:05 am

cybernan

there were a alot of questionable words

12:06 am

cybernan

and a lot of gobbeltygook

12:06 am

justafreep

I'm not surprised to hear that

12:06 am

justafreep

still, I love seeing those words

12:06 am

Queue

pu7

12:14 am

cybernan

ntpn - gunfight at the OK Corral man

12:15 am

justafreep

"Wyatt" is NOT in the grid :-)

12:15 am

cybernan

lol

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:21 am

cybernan

crashing - half way but still no u. See you tomorrow :)

12:21 am

justafreep

you know the U, nan

12:21 am

justafreep

but good night

12:22 am

ursh

ra 7

12:35 am

jessmom

er7

12:35 am

justafreep

er7

12:36 am

rastapopolous

pr7

12:37 am

justafreep

I dare say, fine rasta, is that a second pr7?

12:37 am

rastapopolous

oh, I think not, sorry freep - didn't scroll down

12:38 am

justafreep

only asking so I can look. no worries.

12:38 am

justafreep

it's a word well worth calling, I feel.

12:55 am

jessmom

ar7

12:56 am

dizgrannie

FWs

12:57 am

justafreep

whoa. nice, dizgrannie!

1:05 am

jessmom

ti7

1:06 am

justafreep

thanks, jess

5:38 am

ItalianGreyhound

oddly difficult grid for me

5:52 am

ChampFit

Agree, IG!

5:52 am

ItalianGreyhound

Hi, Champ

5:53 am

ItalianGreyhound

gonna caffeine up for the last 10

6:13 am

ItalianGreyhound

The TU 6 took forever - thx, Lickety

6:13 am

ChampFit

BBL...good luck!

6:38 am

periwinkle

good morning all. help with the Z and the lone A please

6:39 am

periwinkle

found the Z

6:40 am

Uneaixoise

Clue for er7 please?

6:41 am

periwinkle

it means learned or scholarly Une

6:48 am

periwinkle

did you get it Une?

6:51 am

HarryHood

tough grid! just got halfway.

6:51 am

HarryHood

bbl!

6:52 am

periwinkle

I am halfway too

6:52 am

ch1212

And I'm just getting started :)

6:59 am

sukee

just reached halfway

7:05 am

hurshy

phantom: putrid

7:10 am

Uneaixoise

Tx!!

7:29 am

hokie carla

almost gratitude

7:44 am

MollyL

Almost Gratitude sounds like a country western song

7:44 am

hokie carla

or a country band

7:48 am

hokie carla

well, I have achieved HOET. 39 left for later.

8:12 am

MollyL

Saying she "achieved" HOET sounds like a sexual thing.

8:14 am

Shirlockc

stats for the e in the 4th column? i don't have any

8:15 am

MollyL

er7/36 and er5/14

8:17 am

Shirlockc

thx molly!

8:59 am

mael

morning all

9:07 am

Scrabbler

Buon giorno, mael!

9:09 am

mael

hi scrab! come stai?

9:10 am

Scrabbler

Bene. Mi sto preparando per l'escursione

9:11 am

Scrabbler

E tu come stai?

9:13 am

mael

molto meglio, my bronchitis is finally resolving!

9:16 am

Scrabbler

COVID? Or other virus?

9:22 am

rururocks

she's been fencing a lot scrabs.. you know.. lunging around

9:22 am

Scrabbler

Ouch.

9:26 am

MollyL

Hope she doesn't get her hack up against a wall

9:27 am

mael

not covid, some random virus

9:27 am

MollyL

No one will know where she's coming phlegm

9:28 am

rururocks

who knew we could cough up so many puns about bronchitis

9:29 am

mael

about 15 times worse than when I actually had covid, alas. I had gotten used to the lack of regular bugs going around :)

9:30 am

Scrabbler

Phew, I am glad you didn't have COVID.

9:30 am

rururocks

bronchitis is awful i had it a few years back

9:30 am

donnasc6dogs

THAT'

9:30 am

MollyL

First it was bronchitis now it's a random virus

9:30 am

mael

bronchitis caused by a random virus, molly. That's how that happens :)

9:30 am

Scrabbler

Parainfluenza or Human Metapneumovirus are leading contenders.

9:31 am

donnasc6dogs

that's why I keep wearing my mask--I hate bouts of bronchitis

9:32 am

Scrabbler

Yes, I have had winters with 3-5 months of coughing. Pertussis is the 100-day cough.

9:32 am

MollyL

Colds and flu can cause bronchitis as well

9:33 am

rururocks

i caught mine being on a plane with a jerk who was sick behind me coughing the whole f-ing flight

9:33 am

mael

8 year old brought it home from camp, then 6 year old and I got it too over the span of three weeks or so. I had pertussis as a toddler and ever since then my stupid lungs are very susceptible to bronchitis

9:33 am

MollyL

So can bacteria, smoking and pollution

9:33 am

Uneaixoise

Ti7?

9:34 am

rururocks

having a title like Prince Andrew

9:34 am

mael

well yeah, Molly, but I got it from a random virus

9:34 am

rururocks

that's a clue for ti7.. and appropriate too

9:35 am

donnasc6dogs

I've had two serious rounds with pneumonia, so lungs are weakened. then broken ribs made it worse

9:35 am

MollyL

Since it gives you three out of seven letters 😋

9:35 am

Scrabbler

Ouch for broken ribs.

9:36 am

MollyL

It has become clear that some people are never going to stop wearing masks. Even alone in their cars.

9:36 am

donnasc6dogs

I had NO IDEA of how bad broken ribs could be

9:36 am

mael

and good for them if that's what they feel is best

9:36 am

rururocks

some people look better with masks molly :d

9:36 am

mael

yeah donna, it's absolutely terrible!

9:36 am

MollyL

I agree Ru

9:38 am

Uneaixoise

Tx

9:38 am

ChampFit

Saw a guy at the park riding a bike wearing one the other day. It's super humid and gross out there...no clue how he can breathe like that.

9:39 am

rururocks

i see bikers here in 100 degree weather wearing masks

9:39 am

rururocks

speaking of... going to be 112 here this weekend

9:40 am

mael

I just assume that the people I see wearing them in improbable situations either are immunocompromised or have loved ones that are immunocompromised

9:40 am

mael

it as 51 here this morning and it was BLISS

9:40 am

rururocks

that could be mael.. i hadn't considered that.. thanks for that

9:40 am

donnasc6dogs

or they themselves are contagious and not wanting to spew germs on passersby

9:41 am

Scrabbler

Yes, some people are considerate like that.

9:41 am

rururocks

I thought you had to isolate if you were contagious

9:41 am

donnasc6dogs

it was 58 here in central TN--will be suffocating by noon

9:41 am

mael

technically only for 5 days, then you can leave the house if masked at all times

9:42 am

mael

at least, that's how it was when I caught it in January

9:42 am

MollyL

The rules keep changing. Which makes me very suspicious.

9:42 am

rururocks

I've been lucky to avoid it so far.

9:42 am

welki

hi folks

9:43 am

rururocks

hey welki

9:43 am

donnasc6dogs

me too and am afraid of it--type 1 diabetics have reason to fear

9:43 am

Scrabbler

The CDC started the "Let it rip" strategy in 2021 when the mask mandate ended soon before Delta hit. We are disposable.

9:44 am

Scrabbler

Welki is in the building.

9:44 am

mael

hey welki

9:44 am

mael

I'm looking forward to the new booster

9:45 am

MollyL

First time I have ever heard someone say they are looking forward to a shot

9:45 am

rururocks

I hope there aren't any side effects to the new booster.. it's kind of unknown yet isn't it?

9:45 am

Scrabbler

I wish Novavax were approved here in the US. Much more effective.

9:45 am

mael

I look forward to my flu shot every year too, not because I enjoy shots but because I know it's important to get one

9:46 am

rururocks

i never look forward to a needle

9:46 am

mael

I had whooping cough as a kid because the vaccine wasn't available yet in Italy and that's made me a HUGE fan of vaccinations, to be honest.

9:46 am

donnasc6dogs

looking forward to booster and the trivalent influenza vaccine

9:47 am

mael

but it helps that I have zero fear of needles, of course

9:47 am

MollyL

I can't say I look forward to needles either. And I can't get all jazzed about a vaccine.

9:47 am

Scrabbler

My mother is 91 and the only vaccine she had growing up was Smallpox. She was infected with all the childhood illnesses for which we have vaccines now.

9:47 am

mael

ouch

9:47 am

rururocks

I'm happy to have my covid vaccines believe me

9:48 am

mael

looking at the list of childhood vaccinations my kids get makes me so happy

9:48 am

ChampFit

Mine is 88 and had TB. She only has one lung, and is going strong.

9:48 am

rururocks

I also got everything as a kid ... measles etc

9:48 am

donnasc6dogs

been type 1 since I was 10--two sisters and a nephew with type one--no one is afraid of shots in my family; I take 4 shots a day

9:48 am

mael

I had mumps, chicken pox, and whooping cough. That was plenty!

9:48 am

Scrabbler

Good for her, ChampFit.

9:49 am

rururocks

ugh donna I couldn't do it

9:49 am

MollyL

As for Novavax, I have to assume the FDA has good reasons for not approving it.

9:49 am

Scrabbler

Probably Pfizer and Moderna fighting against it.

9:49 am

mael

my dad had TB too, poor guy ended up with a hole in his lung that scarred to his pleura.

9:49 am

rururocks

(nods head and agrees with Scrabs)

9:50 am

Scrabbler

True.

9:50 am

donnasc6dogs

ruru--you could. Our lives depend on injections--and the needles are just a little over skin-deep

9:50 am

mael

I thought it was available in the US, no?

9:51 am

mael

oh, I see that it's still only allowed as a primary vax and not as a booster

9:53 am

donnasc6dogs

"The rules keep changing." Molly, that's the way the medical researchers work--they keep trying to improve on what we know about any infection or virus

9:53 am

donnasc6dogs

insulin has changed and improved so much since I was a child

9:54 am

MollyL

They don't really put out enough information about these vaccines. They say "cases of myocarditis and pericarditis have been reported from receiving the Novavax vaccine. But they don't say how many cases.

9:54 am

rururocks

i hope the price comes down for insulin

9:54 am

MollyL

I was talking about the isolation rules. Seems to me, those should have remained constant.

9:54 am

donnasc6dogs

I took one injection for so mny years, but now with multiple injections, my control of the disease is so much more dynamic

9:55 am

donnasc6dogs

not really; they learned a lot about HOW covid is spread

9:55 am

rururocks

ok.. i'm off to start cleaning the house.

9:55 am

Scrabbler

Donna, have you ever used an insulin pump? My little patients with T1DM all have pumps and glucose monitors. Connected to cell phones.

9:56 am

rururocks

Have a great holiday weekend everyone?

9:56 am

donnasc6dogs

off to can more tomaotes

9:56 am

mael

thanks ru, enjoy the house cleaning!

9:56 am

mael

I gotta do my tomatoes this afternoon too

9:56 am

mael

bye donna :)

9:56 am

MollyL

That Ru, he really knows how to party down on a holiday weekend.

9:57 am

donnasc6dogs

my sister uses a pump--insurance coverage is spotty at best--cost is high

9:58 am

Scrabbler

Oh, I thought an insulin pump was preferred.

9:58 am

donnasc6dogs

it is

10:01 am

donnasc6dogs

insulin pumps cost between $4,500 and $6,500 for individuals without insurance and maintenance is about 1500 a year

10:01 am

Scrabbler

I passed halfway. Time for a hike. Enjoy the day.

10:01 am

Scrabbler

Ouch, donna.

10:01 am

mael

happy hiking!

10:02 am

donnasc6dogs

Have a wonderfilled W/E all

10:27 am

mael

FW! have a great day everyone :)

11:19 am

hurshy

phantom: plaid

11:28 am

hurshy

yeah this grid is definitely on the tough end of the spectrum

11:33 am

Book Doctor Gwen

Hi all, diving in

11:34 am

Book Doctor Gwen

Hair

11:34 am

Sophie512

hello all

11:38 am

hurshy

fans of klingon cuisine will be dismayed that "gagh" doesn't count on the spelling bee

11:49 am

hydra

Why isn't raita allowed? Every Indian restaurant has cucumber raita on the menu.

11:51 am

periwinkle

hi all. help with bottom lone A please

11:56 am

doseffing

... to change to fit a revised situation ad5/14

11:56 am

periwinkle

sheesh, ty, should have found that one myself

11:57 am

doseffing

... ain't that always the way ....

11:58 am

Book Doctor Gwen

Oops, playing on phone, not my usual

12:18 pm

hokie carla

well, I have returned from a fairly painless trip to the DMV

12:20 pm

hokie carla

and found a 6, amahzing! 😁

12:33 pm

MollyL

How did I know that you say "amhazing"? You probably say adorbs too.

12:33 pm

hokie carla

you're so adorbs, molls

12:34 pm

BzznBea

Do you say "that's ridic!"

12:37 pm

hokie carla

no, I still say ridonkulous

12:38 pm

hokie carla

J/K, I say ridic sometimes 😜

12:55 pm

BzznBea

Anyone have a clue for pr7?

12:57 pm

BzznBea

I found it.

12:57 pm

Frances

rd

1:16 pm

hokie carla

praithe jethuth

1:24 pm

granadan

you on the amaretto as well Hokie?

1:43 pm

hurshy

ahhh the weather today could not be more perfect

1:52 pm

origami

Wish I could say the same, hursh

2:06 pm

MollyL

I hear it's a hot box out there on the Left Coast

2:07 pm

origami

Yes, between 103 and 111 for the next 8 days. Brutal.

2:08 pm

MollyL

Makes you wonder how people did it before central air conditioning

2:08 pm

origami

No way I could do it.

2:37 pm

hurshy

well they didn't really have much choice

2:38 pm

hurshy

unfortunately, misery doesn't usually kill us on its own

2:38 pm

hurshy

the heat can, but we hit the misery from the heat long before the death from it

2:43 pm

cybernan

Hi again

2:44 pm

hurshy

h'lo nan

2:44 pm

cybernan

83 in the shade and I have to go out again to pick up some paint - ugh

2:47 pm

cybernan

are the 2 e's from the 2nd, top row, related?

2:48 pm

hurshy

no

2:49 pm

cybernan

have the 5/14

2:49 pm

hurshy

other one is a 7

2:50 pm

hokie carla

rehi

2:51 pm

hokie carla

I found both those E's but can't find the other one on the left.

2:51 pm

cybernan

ty - not seeing it - will have to wait until I list

3:11 pm

hokie carla

are there any PT words? still have 9 P's.

3:11 pm

hokie carla

and I never found bea's PR7

3:52 pm

cybernan

hi again - paint picked up and I can stay inside until (if) it cools down.

3:53 pm

cybernan

58 left and not seeing anything -- at least free bee is a bit of a morale booster :)

3:54 pm

cybernan

pr 7/36 is an old fashioned word -- probably more iin common use a couple of hundred years ago

4:01 pm

cybernan

and found that er 7 I couldn't see before

4:04 pm

cybernan

did you find the pr 7 carla?

4:16 pm

hokie carla

I went to the list at 24 (yesterday I made it to 23!) and still have 9 I couldn't find, incl. the pr7.

4:16 pm

cybernan

did you see my hint below?

4:17 pm

penquis

Worked for me…hello all…

4:18 pm

hokie carla

I didn't, but it's not doing a lot for me.

4:18 pm

hokie carla

pen!

4:18 pm

penquis

Carla!

4:18 pm

penquis

Perhaps you haven’t read a lot of old novels… ;o)

4:18 pm

cybernan

ends with old fashioned word for you

4:19 pm

hokie carla

ok, took me a bit but I got it. never seen that before. thanks.

4:20 pm

cybernan

definetly has never read a regency novel

4:20 pm

penquis

For sure!

4:20 pm

cybernan

stuck on that ea 5/14

4:20 pm

hokie carla

there are a lot of weird p's

4:21 pm

penquis

I am sure some of my missing 8 Ps are weird…

4:21 pm

penquis

Nan….want a clue?

4:22 pm

cybernan

please :)

4:22 pm

hokie carla

looks like UK

4:22 pm

penquis

Is that a clue, carla??

4:23 pm

cybernan

ty carla

4:23 pm

hokie carla

yes

4:23 pm

cybernan

and believe it or not, I got it :)

4:23 pm

MollyL

Carla swoops in

4:24 pm

hokie carla

I really hate to ask for a 5, but I don't understand how I can't get first pa5/14

4:24 pm

penquis

don't have it...

4:25 pm

hokie carla

ok, tried everything around that

4:25 pm

hokie carla

similar to spanish father so I'm going to guess italian, maybe pl.

4:25 pm

penquis

i have one that ends in a vowel...

4:26 pm

MollyL

Wait you asked for a clue and then cluedit?

4:27 pm

hokie carla

yes, I peri'd it and then clued it because pen said she didn't have.

4:27 pm

hokie carla

but if you're dying to clue something, how about ra6/24?

4:28 pm

penquis

and i found it and posted a clue before her second post resolved on my screen...

4:30 pm

penquis

don't have that ra 6...

4:30 pm

hokie carla

I will look up

4:31 pm

hokie carla

oh, we've had that before - the rasping tongue on a snail. ewww

4:31 pm

penquis

ewww....

4:31 pm

cybernan

don't remember it

4:32 pm

penquis

never heard of it...

4:33 pm

hokie carla

just looked up my T6 I couldn't find - a literal fish I don't recall

4:34 pm

hokie carla

now looking up my H6. these are ridic.

4:35 pm

hokie carla

(callback)

4:35 pm

cybernan

h6 ends like ms. bunker

4:35 pm

penquis

ty, nan....

4:36 pm

MollyL

Not dying to clue, my ego isn't that big

4:38 pm

cybernan

was there a clue for that ra 6/24 besides the definition

4:38 pm

penquis

nope...

4:40 pm

hokie carla

80s word for cool + texter's not me + city in southern cal

4:41 pm

cybernan

ty carla

4:41 pm

hokie carla

np

4:41 pm

penquis

i was all around that one...ty...

4:43 pm

cybernan

ra 7 isn't any easier - run out of things to try

4:44 pm

penquis

i have one that builds on the ra 4/5...

4:44 pm

cybernan

ty - don't know why I didn't see that

4:44 pm

penquis

has to be the one since i have all the Rs....

4:45 pm

hokie carla

a big hit by Blondie

4:47 pm

periwinkle

ti7 please

4:47 pm

penquis

well it isn't tithead... ;o)

4:48 pm

Gillie

ti6 head means the head in name only

4:49 pm

hokie carla

now just an a5 and g4 I can't monkey

4:49 pm

cybernan

something in name only, peri

4:49 pm

penquis

ty, gillie...

4:49 pm

cybernan

like the ti 7 head of state

4:49 pm

penquis

i have an ai 5...

4:49 pm

periwinkle

ty nan

4:49 pm

cybernan

oops - didn't see that gillie already said that

4:50 pm

penquis

there is a ga 4/11....

4:50 pm

hokie carla

yes, there are 2, and I can't see how the other one can work

4:50 pm

cybernan

ai 5 is a common babblet

4:51 pm

penquis

one ga 4/11 is common but the other is not...

4:51 pm

hokie carla

no, this is an au5/12. have tried everything possible.

4:52 pm

cybernan

another babblet - ends in 2 vowels

4:53 pm

penquis

ah yes....

4:53 pm

cybernan

tu 6 please?

4:53 pm

penquis

ty...

4:54 pm

hokie carla

tu + scottish boy + no, not *

4:54 pm

cybernan

ty carla

4:54 pm

penquis

ty...didn't have that one...

4:55 pm

cybernan

and done :)

4:55 pm

penquis

congrats...

4:55 pm

penquis

i am going to take a break...bbl for my last 25....bye all...

4:55 pm

cybernan

bye pen

4:56 pm

cybernan

ave you finished carla?

4:58 pm

cybernan

on my way - enjoy the rest of the day everyone:)

4:58 pm

hokie carla

bye pen! no, nan. I was helping mr. homie put a new smart light in my sewing room and now I am trying to pair it to the app. now I have to go hold the ladder for another project.

4:58 pm

hokie carla

good night!

4:58 pm

MollyL

I wish I had a hundred dollars for every time someone was "all around that one"

6:19 pm

penquis

well i am done...*waving to the lurkers*...

6:24 pm

Scrabbler

Yay Penquis!

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