Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, April 19, 2025

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, oc 5, 6, 7 and 8

12:24 am

cybernan

hi rain - all related?

12:24 am

cybernan

have a 5-6

12:25 am

Lizlin

Extend them, nan

12:28 am

cybernan

ty - that's just plain silly

12:32 am

cybernan

waste of the superlative

12:38 am

lynxxx

ra8 compound

12:43 am

cybernan

crashing - will look for it tomorrow. Good night.

12:56 am

lynxxx

co6/7

12:56 am

sprite

morning babblers

1:02 am

sprite

how apt, Dutch Easter is in the grid (Pasen)

1:24 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

5:32 am

mael

well, I just heard the dawn battery cannon here in Concord, MA. Expecting 100 thousand people today for the 250th anniversary of the battle of Lexington and Concord and I'm planning not to leave the house lol

5:32 am

ChampFit

That sounds like a very cool thing, if you don't live there. ;)

5:33 am

mael

yep! they shut down all the main roads starting last night at 5

5:33 am

mael

we have passes as residents, but only for the outer roads, downtown is still closed. Most of my friends got out of town

5:34 am

ChampFit

I have a friend that does reinactments here in Texas.

5:34 am

mael

we would have too, but then my father in law would have had to drive in to take care of our animals and that's worse :)

5:34 am

mael

the reenactments are fun

5:34 am

ChampFit

wow...it's early and I didn't even notice I misspelled that!

5:35 am

mael

hehe

5:35 am

MollyL

Does someone do the Paul Revere ride?

5:36 am

mael

I'm sure they do, up through Lexington

5:36 am

mael

though I guess that would have been the middle of the night. They have lanterns out all along the old battle road

5:37 am

MollyL

That all sounds very cool. I'm sure as someone who has lived through it for years, the shine has worn off for you. But I would love it.

5:38 am

mael

oh it's never like this. There are celebrations every year but this is CRAZY. just for the 250th

5:38 am

mael

I think they're expecting some dignitaries too

5:38 am

mael

who may or may not be dignified, we'll see

5:39 am

ChampFit

BBL!

5:40 am

mael

I just don't like crowds, that's my problem :)

5:40 am

MollyL

Well then, get out your tankard and have a blast of ale to the Patriots.

5:41 am

MollyL

I will celebrate anything that commemorates us kicking British ass.

5:41 am

mael

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhq3i4\n1MVVU

5:42 am

mael

hey look, you can watch it live

5:42 am

mael

lol

5:43 am

MollyL

For those interested, take the \n out of the url posted

5:44 am

mael

oh that's weird

5:44 am

Deeha

dont blame you Molly, pretty shameful of the \\b

5:45 am

MollyL

I love it. Get out your fifes, drums and tri corner hats.

5:45 am

Deeha

lost it of the Brits

5:46 am

mael

we drive past the flag commemorating the British dead every day, I always tell the kids there were no bad soldiers, just wrong sides

5:47 am

MollyL

That is why people use tiny url here mael. There is something in the script here that inserts /n's in urls. Probably to keep people from posting links to unsavory sites.

5:48 am

Deeha

and most of the brits were ignorant dregs of society just doing what they were told or they would have been probably shot for insubordination

5:49 am

MollyL

I have never understood the "we must take over the world" mindset of the British rulers.

5:50 am

mael

thanks molly, I never post any links so I had no clue

5:50 am

Deeha

sounds good to me!!!!

5:50 am

Deeha

joking!!

5:51 am

MollyL

It cost a lot of British lives, especially in The Revolutionary War.

5:52 am

Deeha

dont suppose the british government had to worry about transporting many home!

5:53 am

MollyL

What I love about the revolution is that America was vastly outnumbered and they still won.

5:54 am

Deeha

bit like us in ww2.

5:54 am

mael

https://tinyurl.com/2p9n2rnj

5:54 am

mael

here's a link to the actual reenactment. they're showing it on TV lol

5:55 am

Deeha

foca

5:55 am

Deeha

oops sorry

6:09 am

MollyL

Thanks for the link mael. This is fun to watch.

9:03 am

rururocks

is it me or is this the easiest grid ever?

9:05 am

rururocks

nope.. this is the easiest grid ever.. lickety should list it that way

9:10 am

jennyc

could i have a clue pleasefor the ra8, thanks in advance

9:14 am

Sugrraleona

the guys who help you on an off a floating thing LOL

9:15 am

MollyL

It's actually the guys who ride or work on them

9:15 am

MollyL

(Not laughing out loud)

9:16 am

jennyc

thanks a lot

9:16 am

Sugrraleona

your welcome Jenny

9:18 am

jennyc

stats please for the W

9:20 am

BzznBea

wh4.9

9:23 am

jennyc

thank Buzzn

9:24 am

BzznBea

yw

9:54 am

hurshy

g'mornin all

10:02 am

hurshy

left col grey!

10:11 am

hurshy

two left, P and A

10:12 am

hurshy

got the P!

10:12 am

hurshy

so the A is a 6

10:12 am

hurshy

done!

10:12 am

hurshy

nice griid

10:41 am

Atalante

absolutely can't start the grid today. too many presentations to write :(

11:26 am

MollyL

Horrors!

11:59 am

BzznBea

Namaste

12:27 pm

bichon

as 6/24, pls

12:38 pm

bichon

nm, got it fw

1:07 pm

cybernan

good morning/afternoon everyone :)

1:18 pm

cybernan

interesting that you can't uderstand the British colonization policies in the 18C but now you have a pres that wants to take over North America.

1:27 pm

MollyL

Nan, there is a difference between colonization practices and tyranny. And what I find interesting is that what this country was founded on, the rejection of tyranny, is what it just elected back in charge. And I didn't vote for the man and have no use for him or what he's doing.

1:42 pm

cybernan

I think greed has a lot to do with both situations.

1:43 pm

cybernan

that and England had a mad king and you have a mad pres.

1:54 pm

cybernan

Done - hagd everyone :)

2:01 pm

godthaab

cybernan -EXCELLENT ICON !!!!!!

2:33 pm

MollyL

Greed definitely has to do with both situations. I am always amazed at the greedy way England went around usurping countries.

2:50 pm

Soodle

I think in the current global climate, itâ€™s unhelpful to draw attention to the the percieved or actual misdemeanours of any particular nationality. In these unprecedented times, itâ€™s importantant for every right-thinking nation to stand in solidarity with each other & face-off against the bullies.

3:15 pm

MollyL

Exactly. Which is what the people in the American colonies did when they stood in solidarity and faced off against the British bullies. Which is all I said in the first place when the discussion was about The Battle of Lexington and Concord this morning.

3:21 pm

crosshair

Good afternoon, Babblers. :)

3:24 pm

Soodle

Hello Cross. ðŸ˜Š

3:24 pm

crosshair

(((Soodles)))

3:32 pm

Soodle

So!! I see you have retired? You lucky duck. I still have 9 more mortgage payments to make & then Iâ€™m Out. That. Door. I hope you & Elegant are enjoying your free time?

3:56 pm

Sugrraleona

as6 anyone?

4:02 pm

Soodle

Remains of a fire, Sugra & males.

4:06 pm

Soodle

No problem at all. Youâ€™re welcome.

4:49 pm

crosshair

We are doing well, Soodle. More together time, more "staycations." Nothing wild or crazy, just exploring Canada and taking the relaxing slow; however, the "honey-do" list seems to never end. :)

4:51 pm

mkg

I dont get that clue for the 8 below.

4:52 pm

mkg

Oops just got it. Needed the snake.

4:53 pm

crosshair

:)

5:00 pm

crosshair

We have two weeks at a cottage up north on a lake--complete with hottub, then it is a weekend excursion on the Polar Bear Express, then a sunset cruise on the R.M.S Segwun--North Americas oldest operational steamship.

5:04 pm

crosshair

We celebrated our 20th taking the dinner cruise on the Segwun, so I think it is a fine idea to celebrate our 32nd with her this year. :)

5:15 pm

Scrabbler

Wonderful, Crossy.

5:16 pm

crosshair

Back in the mid-1800's the Segwun used to deliver supplies, medicine and mail to the island, and she is still registered as a royal mail ship, so last time out we set a postcard to ourselves to get the elaborate cancellation stamp. :)

5:17 pm

crosshair

Nice to see you, Scrabby. :)

5:18 pm

Scrabbler

Fun idea. I am here to relax and find a few more words. My nephew and his 2 boys (12, 10) are here for the weekend. They are watching a zombie movie and I do not understand the interest in zombies.

5:19 pm

crosshair

The Sgwun also berths with a sister-ship--the Winonna 2, but she is much newer having been built in 1911.

5:19 pm

crosshair

Segwun*

5:20 pm

crosshair

My son loves that genre of movies.

5:20 pm

Scrabbler

I want to resuscitate zombies.

5:21 pm

Scrabbler

orate

5:21 pm

crosshair

They will rot in the summer, scrabby. :)

5:21 pm

Scrabbler

rFree clue!

5:21 pm

Scrabbler

They rot? Then they clearly need medical intervention.

5:22 pm

crosshair

Ty, needed that one. :)

5:22 pm

Scrabbler

Add an S

5:22 pm

crosshair

Yup, got it as well. :)

5:27 pm

crosshair

I read a short story once, where the world had been overrun by zombies that retained all their memories. Turns out that zombies sex involved literally eating pieces off each other for sexual gratification.

5:28 pm

Scrabbler

Ugh.

5:28 pm

crosshair

Gave a whole new meaing to the term "eat me." Lol

5:28 pm

Scrabbler

Haha.

5:34 pm

Scrabbler

55 left and I am done. See you tomorrow, Crossy.

5:36 pm

crosshair

Have a good evening, Scrabby. :)

5:37 pm

wingding

i'm sorry i got on here and read crossy post 5:27pm ... if you have read 'the lathe of heaven' i'd be surprised .. strange but interesting take on life

5:38 pm

crosshair

The story is not familliar, wingding, but I shall look it up.

5:40 pm

crosshair

The story I mentioned in in a short story collection entitled "Tales of Sex and Horror. I believe there are four volumes, but I only have the one.

5:43 pm

crosshair

Quite a bit lot of the books in my bookcase are of the horror genre, along with SF, and a smattering of big titles from the seventies and eighties.

5:46 pm

crosshair

In my youth it was victorian horror, and sea stories of all things.

5:48 pm

crosshair

H.P Lovecraft, and Cpt. Marryat on the same shelf made for interesting conversation starters. :)

6:02 pm

crosshair

I know LeGuin, wingding. I once contacted her family for permission to use a paragraph from one of her novels for a story I was writing.

10:39 pm

moolingwa

evening, just starting

11:46 pm

moolingwa

well, down to 2

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