Monday, October 12, 2026

ENTIRE CHAT LOG

12:00 am
ursh

hello all
12:00 am
MetFan

Howdy all - had to refresh again
12:01 am
FrenchToast

Flip!
12:02 am
Rainiqui

Me too MetsFan
12:02 am
dizgrannie

hi all
12:05 am
Robespierre

Hello!
12:06 am
Onpaki

hello everyone
12:07 am
dcseain

i had to refresh, and was glad to see it was still here. :)
12:07 am
dcseain

hello
12:14 am
Rainiqui

re 7, pr 7
12:15 am
dcseain

pr8
12:15 am
Gillie

hi - ca7
12:16 am
Rainiqui

nbt, nbs
12:16 am
Rainiqui

Thanks Seain
12:16 am
Gillie

sw7
12:18 am
licketySplitAUS

Clues are up
12:19 am
MetFan

TY Lickety
12:19 am
dcseain

thanks lickety
12:21 am
Robespierre

pa7
12:21 am
dizgrannie

nbt/nbs
12:26 am
Gillie

qu7
12:26 am
MetFan

Anyone else still have yesterday's clue list?
12:30 am
Grandma Barb

yes
12:31 am
MetFan

I tried to refresh using all of the methods lickety describes on the page, but nothing is working.
12:32 am
Grandma Barb

same here
12:34 am
dcseain

mine still showed last tuesday.
12:34 am
Grandma Barb

waes
12:35 am
Grandma Barb

sorry
12:39 am
momof5

Po7
12:40 am
MetFan

Can anyone offer a solution other than the ones listed on the page?
12:41 am
MetFan

Well, I found the self-serve clues. That will have to do for now.
12:42 am
Gillie

ec7
12:44 am
Gillie

re7 x 2
12:44 am
MetFan

acre
12:45 am
MetFan

Sorry
1:00 am
MetFan

There's 2 problems with the AI generated clues - no bulk/grab box, and no box to add newly found words. This needs some work.
1:01 am
licketySplitAUS

glad know those features are so handy im retrying
1:01 am
licketySplitAUS

Clues are up
1:05 am
ursh

still getting Sunday clues ?
1:05 am
licketySplitAUS

something is amiss i will try in an hour
1:06 am
grannyrose

have found the clues list on lickety's AI page. but there are two ar5/10 at the beginning of the ar list, and I am only missing one word.
1:07 am
MetFan

If he's not going to try for an hour, there goes my whole evening.
1:07 am
MetFan

Also, the last clue on the AI page for the CA's is the ca7/36, and that comes WAY before the actual last alphabbetical word.
1:08 am
momof5

Found a second pr8
1:09 am
MetFan

Another example of trying to improve something, and it doesn't work???
1:13 am
grannyrose

okay. so the AI list is at the moment kaput. should i list the A's ? have them all.
1:15 am
dizgrannie

all in order for me
1:15 am
momof5

Wa8
1:16 am
momof5

Finished the Rs and the Ws. Only 34 left and calling it a night.
2:01 am
licketySplitAUS

Clues are fixed now. What's the issue with the Self Serve page?
2:09 am
licketySplitAUS

I'm fixing the order to match now - Alphabetically rather than by word size
2:16 am
Grandma Barb

Thanks lickety.
2:17 am
rolin

ar7
2:26 am
Kamanjah

The self-serve page reloads itself in Firefox, and looks just like the lists Lickety puts up all the time. I've only used it twice, but when I was scrolling around looking for a place to paste my words, it reloaded.
2:27 am
licketySplitAUS

Ordering of the Self serve page now matches my normal clues page if you refresh. Note - If you are the first to visit for the day, just click "Grab Grid"
2:37 am
Jacula

I've no idea what the self serve page is and rely on Lickety and another very old site, plus A-z word clues to give me clues to finish the grid. Thank you Lickety! I did ge a bit worried the other day when Babble went down and I wondered if that was it after all these years. My son is a vey high-up tech person these days who could probably recreate Babble with a more up to date dictionary and I did wonder if I should ask him to do it for us all. Fortunately, that wasn't needed in the end. Thank you, Jamie aka Dr God for still being there for us.
2:38 am
licketySplitAUS

I just added Bulk Add and Grab to my Self Serve page. I can see you can do Bulk Add ok, not sure about bulk grab. I might not need to load in a new window for it to work in expert. If someone could help test for me.
2:38 am
licketySplitAUS

Might need to reload Clues page
2:41 am
Jacula

Thank you, Lickety.x
2:42 am
licketySplitAUS

No, Babble Expert is so old, it runs an old browser and can't really deal with the new self serve page - so have to open it in a real browser.
2:42 am
Jacula

I get what you're saying re that Lickety.
2:43 am
licketySplitAUS

But Jacula, it wouldn't be hard to recreate all of Babble, the only tricky thing is getting a good word list and dealing with any support issues etc - plus if you want to store anything - that'll take some storage cost.
2:44 am
Jacula

I know! It would need a new payment list for players.
2:46 am
Jacula

My son certainly wouldn't create it for free. He'd probably run BETA for dedicated members as the original site did, but.. well, you know.
2:50 am
Jacula

What I'm wondering now is what is the best dictionary to attach? Oxford or Cambridge or some other? I know my son would want to use one or the other.
2:56 am
Jacula

Also. is the orginial dictionary including all the misspelled words still needed now?Maybe, since so many spelling errors occur on the internet now, plus young people think thjat word like 'Emosh' (emotionsl' etc., are okay to say now.
3:14 am
Jacula

I think £20 - £25 would cover the cost for long-term members no. Dunno if my son would agree. It's funny really since before he was born or even a twinkle in his father's eye, I worked for a computer company an wrote one of the first 'Idiot's Guides to computing' when we had to use old computer language and there was no quick button for 'save all work' from a department at the end oft he day. But these days he rembemers that and rebukes me for 'not keeping up'.
3:19 am
Jacula

In my eyes these days AI is the enemy. It can be briliant for medical and scientific purposes, but when it spouts crap on internet ads and so-called new sites, not so much o.
3:26 am
Jacula

Anyone who writes for a living, like I once did, espeacilly if writing short stories for womags like I did, has pretty much given up since many are now stealing from our words to produce AI stories in house, so they don't have to pay rea humanl writers to produce real stories for them now.
3:26 am
rururocks

What are womags?
3:27 am
Jacula

Sorry for the typos. I'm very tired and peedoff right now.
3:28 am
licketySplitAUS

fair enough. I'm trying to learn and grow with the times. Plus ways to not have to have my PC on everyday to push clues. 20 years my computer has been running every day.
3:28 am
Jacula

ruru - Womags are women's magazines. I wa using writers;' shorthand when posting before.
3:31 am
Jacula

Lickety - I know! I thank you so much for what you've done n know you've pushed through some hard times in your life to do so.xxx
3:40 am
Jacula

It was very nice to have a proper discussion on here for once.
4:08 am
Jacula

23 words left to go on the grid and I'll be off for now until UK evening,
4:24 am
maccafixx

sq 5/24?
4:26 am
maccafixx

nm
4:30 am
maccafixx

se 6/24?
4:48 am
bookwomen

se 6/24 short for 60 of them in a minute+golf term-last letter
5:48 am
ChampFit

phantom: select
6:12 am
FrenchToast

phantom: careless
9:01 am
hurshy

morning, babblers!
9:03 am
hurshy

name that proper noun! Scottish and English royal House
9:05 am
hurshy

top row grey!
9:12 am
hurshy

where is everyone??
9:12 am
dcseain

Good morning.
9:12 am
hurshy

hi seain!
9:12 am
dcseain

hello, hurshy!
9:13 am
dcseain

oh, found the wa8
9:19 am
FrenchToast

There are 2 pr8s.
9:19 am
hurshy

hmmm interesting
9:21 am
hurshy

aHA got the other one thanks
9:25 am
FrenchToast

I have both pr8s but I can't find the pr7 between them.
9:25 am
phaeton

ends in double cons
9:26 am
hurshy

p + kids play outside the school at re6
9:27 am
FrenchToast

TY Hurshy
9:28 am
hurshy

yw
9:29 am
hurshy

well will you look at that, there's also a FRENCH royal house in the grid
9:36 am
hurshy

corner E?
9:37 am
ursh

ec 6 & 7
9:37 am
hurshy

ah, the 7, thanks!
9:38 am
hurshy

bottom row grey!
9:39 am
hurshy

8 left, mostly 6s
9:39 am
dcseain

nap time. catch yall in a bit.
9:40 am
hurshy

have a nice nap
9:45 am
hokie carla

well I got the last col gray
9:46 am
hurshy

go hokie! :D
9:48 am
hurshy

quite a nice grid on the whole
9:51 am
hokie carla

have managed half on the tiles I've tried
9:55 am
hokie carla

phantom repartee
10:08 am
hokie carla

oh, just found the best part of school
10:35 am
hokie carla

phantom despot
11:00 am
Trifioso

hello friends
11:13 am
Nef

Hello. This is a fun grid so far.
11:23 am
Trifioso

agrred
11:30 am
Trifioso

phantom: parapet
11:32 am
Trifioso

curious - do you say the se5.18 in your head like the underground tunnel, or like the person who makes clothes?
11:36 am
BzznBea

I say it like the underground tunnel. Sewist for the person, even though it isn't accepted much outside sewing circles.
11:36 am
Trifioso

I have tried to adopt saying sewist more, but it does not come natually
11:37 am
BzznBea

What have you been working on lately?
11:37 am
Trifioso

picked up some curtains for a client today, in fact. This week I have to finish a stage costume for a band lead singer, my daughter's wedding veil, and the aforementioned curtains
11:38 am
Trifioso

and what am I doing? babbling.
11:38 am
Trifioso

part of my task avoidance is cleaning up after mr. rock star's outfit - my entire house is awash in sequins
11:39 am
BzznBea

I woukd say that is better than glitter!
11:39 am
Trifioso

only marginally. they are teeny tiny sequins, so when cut, become glitter. I found them in the upstairs bathroom!!!
11:41 am
Trifioso

i need one of those blobs of sticky stuff that collects all sorts and then rinses out again
11:45 am
Trifioso

okay, with 68 left, off I go to sequin land....
11:47 am
cybernan

good morning everyone -- internet really slow here
12:22 pm
periwinkle2

help with either pr8 pls. hello all
12:23 pm
cybernan

ec 7 please?
12:24 pm
cybernan

both are before words peri
12:24 pm
BzznBea

pr8.55 ends with performed on stage
12:25 pm
MetFan

ec7 pl of ec6
12:25 pm
periwinkle2

ty Bea
12:26 pm
cybernan

dont have the ec 6 either
12:26 pm
MetFan

On a menu, full dinner or a la _____, with an e to start
12:27 pm
periwinkle2

not seeing the other pr8
12:27 pm
cybernan

ty met
12:27 pm
BzznBea

another word for opaque
12:28 pm
periwinkle2

hmm
12:28 pm
cybernan

before + performed on stage
12:28 pm
periwinkle2

I have that one nan
12:28 pm
cybernan

before + square away
12:29 pm
periwinkle2

ty Bea and nan
12:29 pm
periwinkle2

new word for me
12:29 pm
periwinkle2

also need wa8 please
12:31 pm
periwinkle2

got the wa8
12:32 pm
cybernan

top row finally done
12:40 pm
MetFan

Not getting the pr8 from your "square away" clue, nan
12:41 pm
cybernan

ok then think about the weather - not cloudy
12:42 pm
MetFan

If it had been a snake, it would have bit me. Thanks nan
12:44 pm
cybernan

need to get the washing switched over and the dry stuff put away -- bbl
12:45 pm
cybernan

Happy Thanksgiving everyone -- hope you have lots to be thankful for.
12:46 pm
MetFan

And Happy Day to all indigenous peoples. But screw Columbus - I don't think he deserves the honour.
12:51 pm
MetFan

Genocidal f**k
1:29 pm
72 Temple Owl

gee, what a pleasant way to enter the game
1:30 pm
dcseain

He did open PR and Cuba to Sefardim. But yeaah. Indigenous People’s Day is common in my circles.
1:35 pm
MetFan

Sorry, TO, but all he did was murder scores of people and bring syphillis and smallpox to this hemisphere. He did NOT discover America. Norse people settled here hundreds of years efore he stepped onto a ship.
1:36 pm
MetFan

I'm an American of Italian heritage, this guy should e eradicated from the history books.
3:05 pm
cybernan

se 6/24 pleasse?
3:06 pm
BzznBea

ends in golf score
3:07 pm
cybernan

ty bea - new one for me
3:09 pm
BzznBea

Finished.
3:10 pm
FrenchToast

Me too! Just got my last word, ar7
3:11 pm
cybernan

grats you two - 3 left for me
3:13 pm
cybernan

done
3:14 pm
FrenchToast

Bravo, nan
5:10 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, diving in
5:21 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

nbs woot
5:27 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

nbt, woot
5:33 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

acid reflux! is not in the grid
5:42 pm
rururocks

hi everyone!
5:42 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

'sup ru!
5:43 pm
rururocks

hi bdg
5:47 pm
saanichcat

hi there ru
5:47 pm
rururocks

hi saanich
5:47 pm
rururocks

good to see ou
5:47 pm
rururocks

you that is
5:48 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

phantom possum