Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, February 19, 2025

12:01 am

dizgrannie

either a feast or a famine

12:09 am

cybernan

much rather have this size though

12:09 am

Rainiqui

ou 7 x2

12:10 am

SuzeeQ24

me too nan

12:10 am

SuzeeQ24

the big one wore me out

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, pt 8

12:19 am

cybernan

ty rain

12:19 am

Rainiqui

You're welcome Nan

12:21 am

Rainiqui

I forgot the pt 7

12:54 am

sprite

morning babblers

12:55 am

sprite

ks killed

2:16 am

sprite

fireflies *poof*

7:15 am

aslindy

hello all

7:34 am

periwinkle

hello aslindy, hello all

7:41 am

MollyL

As usual, there are some really weird words in this one.

8:03 am

hokie carla

yeah,already not liking it

8:03 am

hokie carla

have looked at 2 tiles

8:05 am

mael

tough grid and kinda boring

8:07 am

penquis

yuck....hello all....

8:07 am

mael

FW, had to list for the last three or four very stupid 6s

8:07 am

hokie carla

pen! was just thinking about you because I saw your state.

8:08 am

penquis

carla!....first thing I saw, too....

8:08 am

hokie carla

well done, mael

8:09 am

hokie carla

phantom dotage

8:10 am

hokie carla

oh, but I found an 8

8:11 am

penquis

yes, not too bad there....

8:20 am

hokie carla

almost potpie (I only see that word when it's not actually here)

8:20 am

penquis

same here...

8:23 am

godthaab

Name that Proper Noun: we are all waiting for him!

8:24 am

hokie carla

godot

8:25 am

godthaab

Very excellent!!! You win a pair of boots and a picnic basket!

8:27 am

hokie carla

mr. homie & I went and saw that in college on our first date. we both thought it was pretty terrible.

8:29 am

penquis

phantom: stoppage...

8:29 am

hokie carla

NTPN - wolfgang puck restaurant (and yes, I had to google what it actually was. just knew the word)

8:29 am

hokie carla

HOET but still 39 left after first pass

8:30 am

penquis

no idea...

8:33 am

MollyL

Spago...Ru should have been here for that one

8:33 am

hokie carla

was waiting for you to jump in with it before I revealed the answer

8:33 am

hokie carla

âœ…âœ…âœ…

8:34 am

MollyL

Not that I have ever eaten there. I just know of it from the well to do who can afford it.

8:35 am

hokie carla

we have some snow coming down

8:35 am

hokie carla

not supposed to amount to anything

8:36 am

MollyL

It is supposed to snow south of us, but not here. Good. We have had enough snow. And enough freakishly cold weather too.

8:37 am

hurshy

upper R, anyone have it?

8:37 am

hokie carla

ru5

8:38 am

hokie carla

monkeyed it out of the blue

8:38 am

MollyL

And by the way, I second your opinion that Waiting for Godot is an awful play.

8:38 am

penquis

same here....am i supposed to know the Y words?

8:38 am

MollyL

Doubtful

8:38 am

hokie carla

I have ya4

8:39 am

penquis

that's what i thought...

8:39 am

hokie carla

also monkeyed that

8:39 am

penquis

ty...got it...

8:39 am

MollyL

And ya6

8:39 am

hurshy

we read it senior year in high school, and we all kept making fun of it. our teacher kept valiantly trying to make us appreciate it and we just kept mocking it, she never could make us come around.

8:39 am

hokie carla

that's good to know it wasn't just us ðŸ¤£

8:39 am

MollyL

Not many get into existential stuff like that

8:40 am

mkg

Isnt gouda a cheese?????why isnt it in this grid?

8:40 am

hokie carla

thought maybe we just weren't old enough then, but now it seems like it really is awful

8:40 am

penquis

mkg...it's a proper noun...a city...

8:40 am

hokie carla

mkg, some cheeses are allowed, some aren't. that is the nature of the enable list.

8:41 am

MollyL

Because Gouda is the name of the city the cheese is named after. Oh boy, can't wait until clues for the 8 are asked for ðŸ™„ðŸ™„ðŸ™„

8:41 am

hurshy

i suppose it's like how realtor doesn't count in enable because it's trademarked

8:41 am

hokie carla

but how many other proper nouns are allowed because of something from there. a lot.

8:42 am

MollyL

Depends on how it has come to be used, or the amount of common usage. Like the word curie, both a name and something the person is named after.

8:42 am

hokie carla

how many points on that ya6?

8:42 am

MollyL

27

8:42 am

hurshy

thanks molly

8:43 am

hokie carla

still not doing a lot for me, but thanks

8:43 am

hurshy

found an ou7!

8:43 am

penquis

there are two...

8:43 am

MollyL

You might as well start randomly typing Carla. It's a plant I have never heard of.

8:44 am

hurshy

yeah i figured there could be, still monkeying

8:44 am

hurshy

aHA! second row grey!

8:44 am

penquis

found the Y....never heard of it either...

8:44 am

hokie carla

I still need 1 O and that Y

8:44 am

hurshy

we have had the ya6 before, tho not often

8:44 am

hurshy

ya6 ends with spanish aunt

8:45 am

hokie carla

ha, just tried it with spanish uncle

8:45 am

hokie carla

are all 4 O's there ou?

8:45 am

hurshy

no, one is og4

8:46 am

hokie carla

of course, and I had the ag

8:46 am

mkg

Any clues for the 7s welcome. Ty.

8:46 am

hokie carla

oh, top two rows gray

8:46 am

phaeton

pt7

8:46 am

hurshy

ah see now i don't have top row grey, need an A and an M

8:47 am

hokie carla

just found mu6

8:47 am

hurshy

oh DEAR, pt7?? yuck

8:47 am

penquis

i am down to 24 but stalled...

8:47 am

hurshy

thanks hokie

8:47 am

penquis

hursh...it's a word you know...

8:47 am

hokie carla

well the 8 is pt so I wonder if there is a 7 too

8:47 am

hokie carla

or if phae typo'ed

8:48 am

hokie carla

oh, alt sp

8:48 am

penquis

yup...

8:48 am

hokie carla

8-9-8

8:48 am

mkg

i only think of pteradactalâ€¦..

8:48 am

hurshy

all i can think at the moment is pterodactyl

8:48 am

phaeton

no typo

8:49 am

hokie carla

hello muddah hello faddah

8:49 am

mkg

Hurshy spelled it right.

8:49 am

hokie carla

that's where I learned the word

8:49 am

mkg

Hokie, alan sherman is the clue? Hmmm

8:50 am

hokie carla

the word is in that song, yes

8:50 am

penquis

9 of my 23 words are fours...guess that is what i should focus on....

8:50 am

hurshy

thanks, i had to look up the lyrics - i only ever knew the first verse

8:50 am

penquis

mkg....the pt 8 ends with where i live....

8:50 am

hokie carla

I just found a 6, which is always good for me

8:50 am

hurshy

y'all couldn't just say poison/toxin, eh?

8:50 am

mkg

Camp granadaâ€¦.ahhh yes.

8:51 am

hokie carla

lol

8:51 am

mkg

Got the seven. But the 8 is also pt? Not seeing that at all.

8:52 am

hurshy

i have a problem... need to leave for work but my angel is sitting on me and purring

8:52 am

mkg

ooh got the 8,

8:52 am

mkg

Ty for super clue.

8:52 am

penquis

yw...

8:52 am

hurshy

ooh hokie idk if it's the one you just found but i just remembered and found an ag6

8:53 am

hokie carla

no, I do not have that

8:53 am

hokie carla

I found da6

8:53 am

mkg

did someone clue the U word? I missed it.

8:53 am

mkg

oops got the u word. Sorry.

8:53 am

hurshy

it's ud4

8:54 am

penquis

it's a four...ud 4...

8:54 am

mkg

Ty got it. Now looking for the r word .

8:55 am

hokie carla

found a word I always miss!

8:55 am

penquis

it's RU 5...not a word i knew....

8:55 am

hurshy

ttfn

8:55 am

mkg

ty pen.

8:55 am

mkg

By hurshy

8:55 am

penquis

yw...

8:55 am

mkg

Bye

8:56 am

mkg

Got the r word. Ty.

8:56 am

hokie carla

bye

8:58 am

hokie carla

well there's a normal word I missed

9:00 am

hokie carla

and a P6

9:04 am

penquis

what is the second letter?

9:05 am

hokie carla

pa6/30

9:05 am

hokie carla

not finding hurshy's ag6

9:05 am

penquis

ty...

9:06 am

penquis

found a pi 6....

9:06 am

hokie carla

have one of those

9:06 am

hokie carla

I still need 2 + 1 P's

9:07 am

marksdolly

a + go4 + vowel

9:07 am

penquis

i need four from the second P....

9:07 am

penquis

ty dolly...already had that one....

9:07 am

penquis

hate rodents...

9:08 am

hokie carla

thanks and hello dolly! never would have tried those letters.

9:08 am

marksdolly

hi Hokie!! :)

9:09 am

hokie carla

oh, my last c was a present tense I missed

9:13 am

hokie carla

4-4-4

9:15 am

hokie carla

D TT GG A
P P
SSS R

9:15 am

marksdolly

tada!!

9:15 am

marksdolly

any clues needed?

9:16 am

hokie carla

congrats

9:16 am

penquis

5 6 6 here....i have my Ds and my first set of Ps....

9:16 am

hokie carla

wouldn't mind a stat for the other bottom R

9:16 am

penquis

congrats, dolly...

9:17 am

marksdolly

ri 6/27 it's an English form of a 5 letter word that we use

9:17 am

marksdolly

ty

9:18 am

penquis

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

9:18 am

hokie carla

I have no ideas. just know it's not ripage.

9:19 am

penquis

goes from R to R....

9:19 am

hokie carla

ah, thanks

9:20 am

penquis

is that PA 6 a word i should know?

9:20 am

hokie carla

I had a similar issue with the O but finally found that one.

9:20 am

hokie carla

yes

9:21 am

penquis

hmmm....

9:21 am

hokie carla

hindu or buddhist temple

9:21 am

hokie carla

I was thinking it was japanese but what do I know

9:21 am

penquis

oh duh....ty.....

9:23 am

hokie carla

found my D!

9:23 am

penquis

cool....

9:24 am

hokie carla

looking for 4s

9:24 am

hokie carla

3-4-3

9:24 am

penquis

5 5 4 here....

9:26 am

hokie carla

found my left P

9:26 am

penquis

had those...missing a few other Ps...

9:26 am

penquis

just monkeyed two of those right Ps...only missing one there now...

9:28 am

hokie carla

1-4-3

9:28 am

hokie carla

still T GG A P SSS

9:29 am

penquis

i am missing all those, i think....and four others...

9:31 am

hokie carla

think I will take a break and see if I can see more later. TTFN

9:31 am

penquis

me, too...bye....

9:34 am

moolingwa

morning all

9:35 am

penquis

hi mool....distracted here watching Cabin Masters....

9:35 am

moolingwa

I'm on a work call :)

9:36 am

moolingwa

hope your Wednesday is going well

9:36 am

penquis

ok here....hope yours is,too....

9:36 am

moolingwa

as briefly as I've been awake, yep :)

9:37 am

penquis

ah yes...forgot the time difference...

9:37 am

welki

morning, folks. reminded of je (jmcneil) just now - her least favorite word is in the grid

9:37 am

moolingwa

hey welk

9:38 am

rururocks

anyone heard from her?

9:38 am

penquis

hi welki, ru....

9:38 am

penquis

i need a break...leaving 10 for later...bye all...

9:39 am

welki

not for quite some time

9:39 am

welki

hi/bye, pen

9:43 am

rururocks

this is turning out to be a little snarky grid

9:47 am

moolingwa

it is right?

9:47 am

hokie carla

rehi - I feel like jmc was here not too long ago, like maybe around xmas

9:48 am

moolingwa

hey hoke

9:48 am

hokie carla

did all my other puzzles so back now to see my last 8.or not.

9:48 am

hokie carla

hey mooo!

9:48 am

hokie carla

1-4-3 and I remember mael saying she had to look at list for last 3 6's

9:49 am

hokie carla

found my last 4

9:50 am

moolingwa

13-9-12-1-1

9:54 am

hokie carla

GG A P SSS

9:55 am

moolingwa

yeah, a lot more than that :)

10:08 am

hokie carla

wait, I now have 0-4-3 and I don't know what I did

10:09 am

hokie carla

oh, am I having senior moment? I posted at 9:49 that I found it

10:09 am

hokie carla

got 3 things going on at once here

10:10 am

moolingwa

heh

10:12 am

rururocks

wow.. tough one.. had to look up two weird .. make that two really weird words

10:12 am

moolingwa

yeah, it's a sticky grid

10:13 am

hokie carla

so any guesses for me, ruru?

10:14 am

rururocks

I know your g's go6/30 and gi6/27

10:14 am

rururocks

your p is probably pi6/30

10:15 am

rururocks

you might have to back into the two so 5/6 words :D

10:17 am

rururocks

or better yet you might be in arrears in finding the so6

10:23 am

hokie carla

I have that P, was surprised when I tried it

10:23 am

hokie carla

definitely don't have those G's, thanks

10:24 am

hokie carla

got the s's, thanks

10:25 am

rururocks

I knew you'd take a crack at them eventually hookie

10:25 am

rururocks

your other missing s is se6 plant biology

10:26 am

hokie carla

no, have that one

10:26 am

rururocks

maybe sp6 the water faucet?

10:27 am

MollyL

Is it the sp6 that looks downright dirty right under the so6

10:28 am

hokie carla

have the water faucet

10:30 am

rururocks

all the other s's are easy then

10:30 am

hokie carla

think I will just list

10:30 am

rururocks

sp5 you have?

10:30 am

hokie carla

yes

10:31 am

rururocks

there are two sp5

10:31 am

rururocks

the rest are fours

10:32 am

hokie carla

yeah, it's the last one I don't have

10:32 am

moolingwa

finally, 100 words completed, 13 to go

10:32 am

rururocks

a little piece of thyme sp5

10:32 am

hokie carla

duh on that one

10:32 am

rururocks

:D

10:33 am

rururocks

don't ask me to clue the g'

10:33 am

rururocks

they're really weird

10:33 am

hokie carla

never seen my missing P before

10:33 am

hokie carla

I'm saving the G's for last

10:33 am

rururocks

we've had it before

10:34 am

rururocks

many times...

10:34 am

rururocks

to quote hurshy ... it's a babble that shows up a lot

10:34 am

hokie carla

the p5?

10:34 am

hokie carla

no definition

10:35 am

rururocks

you need p5? it's a shortened version of the 6

10:36 am

hokie carla

no, I don't need it now, that was my missing one that I thought you were calling a common babblet

10:36 am

rururocks

I thought my gomorah clues were cute

10:36 am

moolingwa

no ifs nor butts

10:37 am

rururocks

exactly mool ;D

10:37 am

moolingwa

that's my anal-ysis of it anyway

10:37 am

rururocks

it got hookie over the hump though

10:37 am

hokie carla

currently unable to monkey my A but will go back to it

10:38 am

moolingwa

still 13 left here

10:38 am

moolingwa

4-2-5-1-1

10:38 am

hokie carla

finally got it.now just those miserable g's left.

10:39 am

rururocks

which a tile?

10:39 am

rururocks

I can't guess from just an A

10:39 am

hokie carla

I have it now

10:40 am

hokie carla

ruru seems to have a lag

10:40 am

MollyL

Sounds like a personal problem

10:41 am

rururocks

one g is not stop + most of the beginning of On the bounty book

10:41 am

hokie carla

I looked up the first one. have seen it here before but didn't know what it means.

10:42 am

hokie carla

don't think I've ever read that, but thanks anyway. will look it up.

10:42 am

rururocks

a person who doesn't believe in allah

10:43 am

rururocks

I've got to get going as I've dallied here a bit too much today.. have a good day everyone

10:43 am

hokie carla

bye ruru, have a good one

10:44 am

hokie carla

tada

10:44 am

moolingwa

done?

10:59 am

hokie carla

yes

11:10 am

moolingwa

found a word

11:15 am

hokie carla

woot!

11:15 am

moolingwa

found two more, so 10 to go

11:15 am

moolingwa

2-2-4-1-1

11:24 am

crosshair

Good afternoon, Babblers. :)

11:25 am

crosshair

Interesting pt 7 and pt8. Was easy to find--for a change. :)

11:28 am

crosshair

...which usually means the rest will be totally evil. :/

11:33 am

hokie carla

right on all counts

11:37 am

BzznBea

Today would be a good day to curl up under a blanket and sleep all afternoon.

11:38 am

bichon

)))))))

11:39 am

hokie carla

right again

11:51 am

moolingwa

6 degrees here right now

11:51 am

moolingwa

sunny though

12:07 pm

hokie carla

our snow turned to a mix that looks mostly rain

12:08 pm

moolingwa

thanks for the pt clue too crossy

12:08 pm

BzznBea

We are getting a goodly pile of snow.

12:09 pm

hokie carla

omg, I got a word before moo

12:10 pm

MollyL

A goodly pile? Is that like a goodish pile?

12:10 pm

hokie carla

the youngest had his group of besties from HS (I'm sure they don't call each other that) coming for the weekend today. he was worried they might not make it through that, bea.

12:11 pm

BzznBea

Goodly is more than goodish.

12:11 pm

hokie carla

goodly is a right good amount

12:12 pm

BzznBea

When are they leaving, Carla?

12:12 pm

hokie carla

I think he said today

12:12 pm

hokie carla

staying for the weekend

12:12 pm

BzznBea

I think it is only freezing rain in Raleigh.

12:12 pm

BzznBea

That would be worse than snow.

12:14 pm

hokie carla

yep

12:14 pm

hokie carla

I think one is coming from VA north of you, so he might have trouble

12:15 pm

BzznBea

Icy down through Wilmington.

12:19 pm

BzznBea

Namaste

12:19 pm

hokie carla

I think 2 are coming from Wilmington

12:19 pm

hokie carla

bye bea

12:19 pm

mrloser

gomuti

12:24 pm

Aloyisius

gien

12:25 pm

Aloyisius

sorry.. wrong box

12:30 pm

sammysmom

YAY GOD !!!!!!- my number 2 daughter-is in recovery--an aortic valve replacement!!!!

12:30 pm

moolingwa

You always get words before me hoke :)

12:35 pm

hokie carla

not always with the big ones

12:35 pm

Aloyisius

Happy news, sammysmom!

12:36 pm

hokie carla

hope she has a speedy recovery, smom

12:36 pm

hokie carla

but moo, I found these words without getting spoiled

12:38 pm

sammysmom

thank you babies........... i used to think that when the kids were grown, i coild stop worrying about them.............. not so,.... just bigger problems.

12:40 pm

sammysmom

ow for a break. i can go back to talking to GOD..... THANKING INSTEAD,OF BEGGING!!

12:41 pm

moolingwa

Very good hoke, will admit pt words are not ones I ever really look for

12:41 pm

moolingwa

nor the couple of ct words that are out there

12:42 pm

moolingwa

M A A O SS R left

12:42 pm

moolingwa

2-2-3

12:46 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:47 pm

cybernan

I hope all of you have your vaccinations up to date -- read this morning that all covid vaccines are being banned in the states -- what will be next?

12:47 pm

moolingwa

hey nan

12:49 pm

moolingwa

ever see the moving idiocracy?

12:50 pm

moolingwa

how's the tearing down of inter-provincial trade barriers going?

12:51 pm

cybernan

no more on wine which is good news for us

12:52 pm

moolingwa

fun place to start :)

12:52 pm

moolingwa

I suspect this'll mean less revenue for each of the provincial governments though

12:52 pm

cybernan

interesting how booze is one of the first places it starts -- american booze was the first thing to come off our liquor store shelves

12:54 pm

moolingwa

yeah, that is an interesting way to start it off, but probably one that is easier to some extent

12:54 pm

cybernan

not for the producers though -- they will sell more now that other provinces don't have to charge the extra tax.

12:55 pm

moolingwa

well yeah, should see them either make more profit, or see the prices go down, or a bit of both.

But the run on effect is that the province will need to cut spending, or raise taxes elsewhere

12:55 pm

moolingwa

That's the challenge with taxes...especially specialty/niche ones, as opposed to broad-based ones

12:55 pm

cybernan

they will also collect more tax from the producers' increased profit margin.

12:56 pm

moolingwa

well the home provinces of the producers might see a small uptick for sure

12:56 pm

moolingwa

I mean it makes sense to remove the barriers, but there'll need to be some rebalancing of books so to speak

12:57 pm

moolingwa

and some local producers may find they are no longer competitive too

12:57 pm

cybernan

BC only has a few big commercial wineries - we have mostly estate and farm gate wineries.

12:57 pm

moolingwa

protectionism of any kind (including tariffs) just leads to inefficient, less competitive companies

12:59 pm

moolingwa

Is BC amongst the bigger wine producers in CA?

1:00 pm

cybernan

I'm thiking there must be a lot of babblets and new words in this one - not getting very far

1:12 pm

Gillie

Canada's inter-provincial barriers are mostly regulatory - not tariffs

1:13 pm

moolingwa

so less about taxes and more about extra process Gillie?

1:13 pm

hokie carla

had to read that two or three times to realize meant Canada and not California, mooðŸ¤£

1:13 pm

moolingwa

oh yeah...CA is it's own beast :)

1:14 pm

moolingwa

CA - California that is, versus CA - Canada

1:14 pm

hokie carla

I was like is he asking if BC is in CAlif?

1:14 pm

cybernan

BC and Ontario are the biggest.

1:18 pm

Gillie

According to very recent headlines (e.g. hours ago), B.C. wineries are "pushing for removal of inter-provincial trade barriers" - it's definitely not happened yet

1:19 pm

cybernan

oh - I thought it had gone through

1:20 pm

cybernan

I know that some of our VQA wines are sold in private liquor stores in AB

1:21 pm

Gillie

Well, apparently Ontario and Quebec are the worst provinces for controlling alcohol

1:21 pm

Gillie

(based on a brief google search, that is)

1:22 pm

Gillie

It's all at the provincial level, so each province would need to make changes

1:24 pm

cybernan

well at least the provincial governments have more incentive to make it happen now.

1:25 pm

cybernan

how is it that we can have brie but not gouda?

1:27 pm

Gillie

Does Canada make gouda? - I think maybe that has more to do with federal controls on cheese from Europe

1:28 pm

cybernan

I was talking about words accepted by enable. But yes - there is a dairy farm in Armstrong, BC that makes a very good gouda

1:29 pm

Gillie

oh - lol - actually there is apparently gouda made in Alberta too

1:49 pm

cybernan

to

1:54 pm

cybernan

6 left - 1 x5, 5 x6

1:54 pm

cybernan

did that backwards: 5 x1, 6 x5

1:59 pm

cybernan

not seeing any of them -- so I'm done

2:30 pm

cybernan

hello again -- any americans here? I have a question after reading the news (big mistake). Do executive orders have to be ratified by one branch of the govrenment or other before they become law?

2:31 pm

ChampFit

Don't know. It would seem that you should avoid the US news since it distresses you so much.

2:32 pm

ChampFit

I don't think they do though. Hence "executive order".

2:32 pm

ch1212

nan, executive orders don't carry much weight. Congress is the only place where laws can get passed. The shorthand for our Constitution is, Congress makes the laws. The Executive Branch enforces the laws. The Supreme Court interprets the laws. None of that means the current president is paying attention to the Constitution.

2:34 pm

ChampFit

They carry the weight of the president. And of course if they aren't legal, will be overturned or stopped however that happens.

2:34 pm

ch1212

Maybe "carries out the law" instead of "enforces" would be better said.

2:39 pm

ChampFit

pt8? oh for goodness sake!

2:39 pm

rbud

this particular "president" doesn't carry much weight.

2:39 pm

cybernan

So are you saying that all these executive orders that Trump is signing that would effectively dismantle the government and make himself dictator are worth the paper they are written on?

2:40 pm

ch1212

For the moment, yes. So far the courts have stepped in and put a 'pause' on most of his orders while they way the legality.

2:40 pm

ch1212

oops! WEIGH, not way. But adding some humor: Actually Trump weighs a LOT - lololol!

2:41 pm

ChampFit

Ha! I didn't even notice ch1212. He's getting the job done, so far. We'll see how things work out.

2:41 pm

rbud

might be that it eventually depends on how much money his sidekick Elonia is willing to throw at whomever it takes to get behind them, I would guess. Or threaten. Whichever it takes.

2:42 pm

cybernan

ok - that makes me feel a little better. And Champ it would be very irresponsible for Canadians not to pay attention the the US news. What happens in the states ultimately affects us. You have a president who has declared is intention to apply enough economic pressure to try and force us to join the USA and is aligning your country with Russia -- to me this is very concerning.

2:42 pm

rbud

getting what job done? destroying America? yeah, doing a fine job of that.

2:44 pm

ChampFit

He doesn't give a crap if you join us or not. He wants a level playing field and is using tariffs as a negotiating tool. I don't see that he's destroying the country. My opinion, and I won't debate it further. This group generally is against his policies and has been completely intolerant of any other view.

2:44 pm

cybernan

For good reason Champ.

2:44 pm

rbud

because any other view means you're backing a criminal lying cheating traitor. Simple as that.

2:45 pm

ChampFit

Do you even hear yourself? I'm not trying to change your opinion at all. You're welcome to it.

2:46 pm

ChampFit

i could use a clue for the 8 though. anyone?

2:46 pm

rbud

Do you hear YOURself? You're certainly not listening, that's obvious.

2:47 pm

ChampFit

Why would I listen? I'm not changing your mind and you're not changing mine. We can have different opinions. No big dea?

2:47 pm

ChampFit

deal

2:47 pm

rbud

Later, folks, I've had enough. *eyeroll*

2:49 pm

ch1212

Champ, I appreciate much of what he is trying to do, but hate the fact he is violating our Constitution to do it. Article I, Article III, 14th Amendment, etc. Just not okay. And it's a good thing to have different opinions -- If you've read the Jefferson papers or the similar accounts of the Constitutional Congress, there was A LOT of disputes, arguing, etc before they compromised on the final document.

2:50 pm

ch1212

Back to that 8 ... does anyone have stats for that please?

2:50 pm

hokie carla

champ, it's a kind of poison (pt 7 and 8)

2:51 pm

ch1212

what does it start with, hokie?

2:51 pm

hokie carla

the P is silent! I learned the word in Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah.

2:51 pm

ChampFit

YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2:51 pm

hokie carla

LOL, I just said it. PT7 and PT8

2:51 pm

ChampFit

And that dates us both, doesn't it!!!

2:51 pm

ch1212

Here I am at Camp Grenada!

2:52 pm

hokie carla

Ha, thanks, Champ. and that song way predates us.

2:52 pm

ch1212

Got it!

2:52 pm

ChampFit

Well yeah, but it was still around enough for us to be aware. My kids wouldn't know it.

2:52 pm

ch1212

I read your 'pt' as 'past tense' - lolol!

2:52 pm

hokie carla

true dat

2:53 pm

hokie carla

ohh, sorry

2:54 pm

ch1212

no, totally my bad. I'm laughing at myself. My brain works in peculiar ways.

2:54 pm

ChampFit

On that note...weird happenings around here. ON Valentine's day, 2 young guys held up a runner at knifepoint while he was on a run. Of course it iwas in all the neighborhood social media. Fast forward to today...they got one of the kids. An acquaintance of mine's SON! and his sidekick who was a minor. Kids from the 'burbs. IDIOTS committing felonies!

2:55 pm

hokie carla

wow

2:57 pm

ChampFit

When I first heard about it, I thought ," runners don't carry anything!". But this guy actually had his phone, which they didnt' take, so he got a pic of them and shared it all over.

3:03 pm

ChampFit

Still have 26 left...how 'bout you carla?

3:07 pm

ch1212

Back to an earlier discussion about Canadian wine... My husband and I travelled to BC to "pitch" a batch of wine we purchased. According to Canadian law, we had to personally dump a small packet of (something I can't remember), then come back in 3 months to pick up our 30 bottles of wine. Sounded like fun!

Except when we went back to pick up our bottles, we found out that U.S. Customs would require us to be a licensed wine dealer to bring more than 2 bottles back!

A friend of ours in BC was the grateful recipient of 30 bottles of wine. He said it was pretty decent stuff.

LOLOLOLOL! Lesson learned.

3:08 pm

ChampFit

That's annoying, but lucky for your friend!

3:09 pm

MollyL

Champ, you do indeed have a right to your opinion. Whether others agree with it or not.

3:09 pm

ch1212

Yes, and we took the attitude of Hey, we had a fun time in BC.

3:13 pm

ChampFit

I've always thought so Molly. But I'd rather not do that here, because I think of it as my happy place. Not a place of debate.

3:18 pm

ch1212

I agree, Champ, and apologize if my comments added to the debate. Reddit has lots of threads for people to discuss/debate politics. In our Babble community, I like to think we practice respectful acceptance of those we disagree with. Kind of like, when you enter this room, leave the politics, snideness, rudeness, etc outside.

3:20 pm

ChampFit

Much appreciated ch1212! I deal with people all the time, and never bring up politics. It's not my concern where they fall politically. I'm a salesperson, so try really hard to keep my views separate from my transactions. People are people.

3:22 pm

ch1212

I'll bbl to finish -- maybe, my brain is sludge today. :)

3:23 pm

ChampFit

We'll see how far I get. Have a good one!

3:24 pm

Kaplan the Magne

When is it just politics and when is it a crisis for humanity? I ponder.

3:24 pm

ChampFit

Not gonna work, Kap. I'm done.

3:25 pm

hokie carla

champ, rehi - saw your question - I am finished.

3:25 pm

MollyL

That is a good way to approach things Champ. I am sure it is hard not to speak up since this place seems have become very political lately.

3:25 pm

ChampFit

Congrats! Stil at 22.

3:25 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I just got here so I don't know what's been going on.

3:25 pm

ChampFit

I sit on my hands. It's worked up to today.

3:27 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I will allow that speaking out on Babble is not the best forum for protest. No one knows we're here. Is there an actual rule about political or religious discussions?

3:27 pm

ChampFit

No rules...it's the wild wild west! :)

3:32 pm

ChampFit

BBL (maybe) for my last 21. Good luck everyone!

3:32 pm

MollyL

I think there was a mutual agreement among most players to table the political stuff a while back. But most of those players are long gone.

3:32 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Oh, I see- you are coming from a different place from a good chunk of us. People are feeling things intensely. I am generally not interested in billionaires. My father used to say to me- he was a small businessman--that those who really succeed in business and get rich had to cheat somewhere along the way. I know my father was an honest man. The only expense he ever put on the business account was season tickets to the NY Metropolitan Opera.

3:33 pm

Kaplan the Magne

For that I think he can be forgiven.

3:34 pm

MollyL

There are other and better forums for the lengthy discussions that go on here about how Canada is getting screwed by Trump.

4:00 pm

hurshy

second col grey!

4:04 pm

hurshy

tenuous phantom: pageant

4:12 pm

hurshy

pagee

4:12 pm

hurshy

excuse me

4:39 pm

Kaplan the Magne

There are things going on that are so out of the norm and if this is as friendly and happy a community, people should talk about what they feel moved to talk about. These are extraordinary times.

4:40 pm

Kaplan the Magne

If this was Munich in the 1930s and there was such a thing as an internet I would be moved to talk about it, and further moved to start packing my bags.

4:41 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Speaking of which, I am going with a group of arts related people to CUBA next week.

4:43 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I get to see Old Havana, artists' studios, and if I can stay up late, hear Afro-Cuban bands. But as a vegetarian with gastric issues I'm going to have a hell of a time. I'm packing snacks.

4:44 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Hi hursh

4:46 pm

Kaplan the Magne

There's a beach day. I have drawing materials. We are making large donations to the schools- this is an expensive trip but one of those Why The Hell Not voyages.

4:48 pm

Kaplan the Magne

There are about 10 of us- it's curated but I reserve the right to opt out. I have people I like in the group so I can spend time with a couple of friends who are going.

5:12 pm

hurshy

neat

5:16 pm

swmbo

Kaplan, that sounds wonderful!

5:17 pm

swmbo

How long will you be there? I read somewhere recently that Cuba is suffering some pretty bad poverty and living conditions.

5:38 pm

dan2bit

7 left, all 6's Y D GG A P R

5:38 pm

dan2bit

evening all!

5:44 pm

dan2bit

got the Y, A , P

5:47 pm

dan2bit

and the D

5:50 pm

dan2bit

I would never have gotten those G's without help - thanks lickety and all cluers

6:21 pm

suefrad625

hi all

6:39 pm

suefrad625

clue for the ya6,27 please

7:04 pm

scatterbrain

Any clues pls for to 5

7:09 pm

nrkii

Joining a discussion quite late, but this place is not nearly as friendly and happy when people spend a lot of time and energy and space talking about political issues. I used to love joining in chat about people's families, jobs, activities, silly stuff. It was a great place for me to meet friends and to decompress. Now, I just join the chat to scour for clues, and try not to read any discussions. I miss all the laughter from the old days though. But glad to have made the friends along the way.

7:10 pm

suefrad625

me too

7:10 pm

nrkii

scatterbrain, did you try the latin plural of the latin robe?

7:11 pm

suefrad625

I was going to come in before, but it felt like walking into someone else's fart bubble.

7:11 pm

nrkii

heh, yeah

7:12 pm

suefrad625

to5 ends in a vowel

7:12 pm

nrkii

I don't mean to downplay anyone's anxiety or stress. It's real, and I respect it. I just miss the laughter.

7:12 pm

suefrad625

its here now nrkii

7:13 pm

suefrad625

last night I captured a bobcat on my video. I live in central FL

7:14 pm

suefrad625

on that camera: gator, turtles, bear, raccoons, opossum, cats, bobcat, many birds. its like they are looking at me as if i'm in the zoo.

7:14 pm

nrkii

whoa... most I've seen is a coyote in my mom's neighborhood in MA. Here in NJ, a fox made my dog go ballistic.

7:14 pm

suefrad625

ya6?

7:15 pm

nrkii

ya6 ends in spanish aunt

7:16 pm

suefrad625

ty nrkii

7:17 pm

suefrad625

ag6?

7:17 pm

nrkii

trying to find that right now

7:19 pm

nrkii

it's got a nasty, painful disease in the middle

7:19 pm

suefrad625

that sounds like fun

7:21 pm

suefrad625

is the disease in the list also?

7:21 pm

nrkii

yes

7:22 pm

suefrad625

ok im getting it

7:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello

7:23 pm

suefrad625

hi temple

7:23 pm

nrkii

hiya owl

7:24 pm

suefrad625

nope, lost again.

7:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

hiya

7:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

will this cold ever end? not of hearty yankee stock :)

7:28 pm

nrkii

I'm afraid to wish it away because I hate heat more

7:29 pm

nrkii

Down to just the PT words

7:29 pm

nrkii

oh dumb, I tried those without the P

7:29 pm

nrkii

done!

7:30 pm

nrkii

I have to run... good luck folks!

7:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye

7:38 pm

suefrad625

bye temple

7:38 pm

suefrad625

bye nrkii

7:51 pm

suefrad625

ag6?

7:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

see clues 7:19

7:56 pm

suefrad625

does the painful thing start with ti?

8:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

no g

8:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

think toe

8:55 pm

medusa

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