Tuesday, October 20, 2026

ENTIRE CHAT LOG

12:01 am
MetFan

Howdy all
12:04 am
Rainiqui

Hi everyone
12:05 am
Robespierre

Καλιμέρα!
12:06 am
ursh

hello all
12:07 am
dizgrannie

hi all, twas merrily typing away and then realised oh der refresh...lol
12:07 am
Robespierre

pr 8
12:08 am
Robespierre

al 8
12:14 am
Gillie

hi
12:14 am
Gillie

al7 x 2
12:14 am
Gillie

te7 x 2
12:14 am
SummerBreeze44

di 9
12:15 am
Gillie

sh7 (offensive)
12:15 am
Robespierre

sc 8
12:17 am
cybernan

hi Gillie - how did the vote go?
12:17 am
Robespierre

di 10
12:18 am
Gillie

Oh - I haven't checked yet
12:19 am
Gillie

76% so far to remain, other questions are a bit more evenly split
12:19 am
licketySplitAUS

Clues are up
12:19 am
MetFan

TY Lickety
12:20 am
pcal2

di8
12:20 am
Gillie

76% is a bit lower than I've been seeing in the polls
12:25 am
dizgrannie

di 10
12:26 am
Rainiqui

nbt, nbs
12:26 am
Gillie

di8 x 2
12:27 am
dizgrannie

nbt/nbs
12:29 am
ursh

z ?
12:29 am
dizgrannie

ze 6
12:29 am
ursh

thanks
12:31 am
dizgrannie

yw
12:34 am
cybernan

guess it depended on the turnout
12:35 am
cybernan

stats for the i please?
12:35 am
Rainiqui

in 5?10
12:36 am
Gillie

turnout was quite high, from the sounds of it
12:36 am
cybernan

ty - babble blindness has set in.
12:36 am
Rainiqui

yw Nan
12:37 am
cybernan

surprising that it was lower than expected then
12:39 am
cybernan

Enough for me for tonight -- see you tomorrow
6:48 am
bichon

Alberta voted to stay in Canada
7:01 am
FrenchToast

Fireworks !
7:35 am
MollyL

Where was Alberta going?
7:43 am
ivesyj

clue for the first sh 7 plz
7:44 am
dizgrannie

add ey to the sh 5
7:45 am
ivesyj

ty diz!
7:45 am
dizgrannie

yw and then ie at the end
8:22 am
godthaab

molly - Exactly!
8:25 am
godthaab

robespierre: Chaire (I could not find Greek text)
8:28 am
phaeton

alberta was voting to remain part of Canada or become independent
8:29 am
rururocks

they'd just have welki run the country
8:31 am
Kaplan the Magne

Sh*****, really?
8:56 am
MollyL

I really can't see one province in Canada operating as an independent country.
9:11 am
Madyh

Not exactly a vote to leave. A vote on whether to hold a vote to leave
9:40 am
mkg

any help with the di words welcome. are they chemicals or ?????????
9:43 am
mkg

got the two di 8s....but not the 9 or 10
9:44 am
mkg

ooh just found the 10. so ignore my clue request. ty.
9:47 am
mkg

got the 9 too. ty
10:11 am
rururocks

HI Ori.. check your email this am if you can please.
10:17 am
origami

Hi ru
10:48 am
rururocks

did you see the house link?
10:53 am
origami

Yes. I responded. It
10:54 am
origami

is perfect
11:12 am
MollyL

Name that proper noun...Irish fairy folk
11:19 am
bichon

Molly, I usually use Expert. The found words no longer go to the clues
11:20 am
penquis

they go for me...did you install the latest version?
11:20 am
penquis

to tell you the truth....when i am done, i just refresh the regular babble page and they appear....
11:20 am
bichon

I haven't and how do I do that?
11:21 am
MollyL

Bichon, check in with Lickety on Expert issues.
11:21 am
penquis

the new version was released within the last frew days...
11:21 am
bichon

ty
11:21 am
penquis

have you installed any new version in the last few weeks?
11:22 am
bichon

How do I contact him?
11:22 am
penquis

licketysplitAUS@gmail.com...
11:23 am
bichon

thanks
11:23 am
penquis

yw...the new version is quite nice....
11:56 am
hurshy

are all the G words GA?
11:57 am
penquis

yes...
11:57 am
hurshy

ok ty
11:57 am
hokie carla

only found 4?
11:57 am
hurshy

5
11:57 am
hokie carla

oh, I just found another
11:57 am
hurshy

3 of which form a set
11:58 am
hokie carla

same
11:58 am
penquis

i know there is a ga 8 because I peeked at the longest words....i don't have it...
11:58 am
hurshy

oh ok cool
11:58 am
hokie carla

def don't have
11:59 am
hurshy

but at least now we know what it is
12:06 pm
hokie carla

phantom hotelier
12:06 pm
hokie carla

and as usual I will complain about omission of hiree
12:07 pm
hurshy

i have such a talent for getting all-but-one of things
12:07 pm
penquis

found it....mineral ending....
12:07 pm
hurshy

thanks pen
12:07 pm
penquis

yw...
12:08 pm
hokie carla

got it, thc
12:08 pm
hokie carla

thx
12:08 pm
penquis

yw...
12:13 pm
hokie carla

well, 40 for later. did not get to HOET.
12:13 pm
penquis

36 here....
12:13 pm
hurshy

phantom: eterne
12:13 pm
penquis

missing some Ss for HOET....
12:13 pm
ch1212

44 for later for me. Leaving to get my COVID booster and my annual flu shot. Good health to all!
12:13 pm
hokie carla

I need the i and single e on 4th row
12:14 pm
hokie carla

thanks, ch. need to get mine too.
12:14 pm
hurshy

i got my vaccines already - ON THE SAME DAY WIL WHEATON GOT HIS!
12:14 pm
hurshy

in5
12:14 pm
hurshy

et6
12:15 pm
penquis

hah....getting my covid shot tomorrow....got the flu shot last week...
12:15 pm
hokie carla

I'm just getting flu since the last covid one made me feel horrible
12:15 pm
ch1212

hushy I follow him too on facebook. :D
12:15 pm
hurshy

that might not mean the next one will tho hokie, things are weird like that
12:16 pm
hokie carla

I know. you never know. have also been putting off shingles shot because I've heard mixed things on it.
12:16 pm
hokie carla

madagascar mammal alert!
12:16 pm
penquis

well since i have known people who died from covid and i have a sister-in-law in cancer treatment, i take no chances....
12:16 pm
hurshy

i've heard VERY bad things about actually HAVING shingles so i plan to get it
12:16 pm
hurshy

did you see my hints for you hokie for the singles you requested
12:16 pm
penquis

i know people who have had shingles, too.....horrible thing.....
12:16 pm
hokie carla

yes, I have had shingles. it's not a picnic.
12:17 pm
hokie carla

I did not see hints, will scroll down
12:17 pm
Buggie

I need to go book my flu/covid shots
12:17 pm
hokie carla

I'm honestly not sure I can get covid shot here in sc
12:17 pm
penquis

good....
12:17 pm
penquis

that's weird, carla....
12:17 pm
hokie carla

duh, that i was twisty
12:18 pm
hurshy

phantom: hernia
12:18 pm
hokie carla

as was the E, thanks hursh
12:18 pm
hurshy

the E next to that, i have el4 but need the other one
12:19 pm
penquis

both fours...
12:19 pm
bichon

I got my flu and Covid shot yesterday
12:19 pm
hurshy

no, i just found the other one and it was a five, pen
12:19 pm
penquis

good, bichon....
12:19 pm
penquis

oh...i was looking at the one above that...
12:20 pm
bichon

Shingle are very bad, painful
12:20 pm
periwinkle2

hi . I got my flu and covid shots last week on the same day
12:20 pm
hurshy

so hokie if you had shingles already can you still get it again?
12:20 pm
hokie carla

yes
12:21 pm
penquis

good, peri...
12:21 pm
hurshy

that sucks
12:21 pm
hokie carla

my neighbor at last house had it 3 times and they wouldn't give her the vaccine because she wasn't 50
12:21 pm
hurshy

bummer
12:21 pm
penquis

you have to wait a certain amount of time after having shingles before you can get the shot....
12:21 pm
hokie carla

it's just the chicken pox virus reactivating in your body, so it can reactivate again
12:22 pm
hokie carla

yeah, I think it's been maybe 8 years since I had it
12:22 pm
hokie carla

and I just checked, have to be 65 or a kid or health reasons to get covid shot in sc
12:23 pm
hokie carla

oh, gotta go. BBL
12:23 pm
bichon

Come to CT carla
12:23 pm
penquis

well that sucks....anyone of any age who has covid can give it to a vulnerable person....
12:23 pm
bichon

I've had Covid psneumonia
12:24 pm
penquis

yuck...
12:24 pm
hurshy

that's so rude
12:25 pm
penquis

but easty to do...unfortunately...
12:25 pm
hurshy

no i mean rude that they won't let ppl get the vaccine
12:25 pm
penquis

agreed...
12:25 pm
hurshy

well well if it isn't our old buddy te6/21
12:26 pm
penquis

yes...
12:27 pm
hurshy

but if i have those why am i still missing four Ts
12:27 pm
penquis

anyone want to guess my missing P?...
12:27 pm
hurshy

i would but i'm also missing a P
12:28 pm
penquis

probably the same one...
12:28 pm
hurshy

yeah
12:28 pm
hurshy

i have 2 fours and a set of three that go together
12:28 pm
penquis

same here.....
12:30 pm
hurshy

how about Y, i have ye4, yi4
12:32 pm
hurshy

ooh i found the 9!
12:32 pm
penquis

is that Di?
12:32 pm
hurshy

yes
12:33 pm
penquis

don't have it...saw it listed in the longer words...
12:33 pm
hurshy

i can just barely di7 the outline of the ship through the fog. but if i can, that makes me a di9.
12:34 pm
penquis

ty...
12:34 pm
hurshy

maybe the 10 is a T
12:34 pm
hurshy

or an S
12:34 pm
penquis

remember, i peeked....it's also di....
12:35 pm
hurshy

oh!
12:35 pm
hurshy

hmm
12:35 pm
hurshy

well it's not plural cause already used the S
12:35 pm
periwinkle2

pr8 or ga8 please
12:35 pm
hurshy

pr8 is people who pr5
12:35 pm
penquis

pr 8 is the pl of a "one who"....
12:35 pm
periwinkle2

do you need help with the di10 hursh
12:35 pm
penquis

ga 8 has a mineral ending...
12:36 pm
hurshy

well is it related to the 7 and 9 peri?
12:36 pm
periwinkle2

ty for pr8
12:36 pm
hurshy

oh no, i see, it goes with an 8!
12:36 pm
hurshy

got it
12:36 pm
periwinkle2

no
12:36 pm
periwinkle2

yay
12:36 pm
hurshy

ga8 = ancient medical man + that mineral ending pen mentioned
12:37 pm
hurshy

if that S were more left we might have prehensile
12:37 pm
penquis

the di 10 goes with a di 8?
12:37 pm
hurshy

yes
12:37 pm
periwinkle2

ty for ga8 new word for me
12:37 pm
penquis

ty....
12:38 pm
hurshy

Fours Finished! 10 words to go
12:39 pm
hurshy

well now i know the third Y isn't a four
12:44 pm
bichon

hint for di 8, pls
12:45 pm
penquis

rhymes with a substance like cement....
12:46 pm
bichon

tyvm pen
12:46 pm
penquis

yw....
12:46 pm
hurshy

and there is another di8 homophone of that
12:47 pm
penquis

of course, ty....
12:53 pm
hurshy

ok went to list and it says our missing P is another 8
12:54 pm
penquis

hmmm....
12:54 pm
hurshy

maybe this one is pre- as a prefix
12:55 pm
hurshy

yes, add the kidney word
12:55 pm
penquis

ty....
12:56 pm
hurshy

ah, and my Y was ye6/24, an infrequent babblet
12:57 pm
rbud

I have a pr 7/8 that is someone primping in front of the mirror, sort of. Grooming themselves.
12:57 pm
penquis

can you please clue it?
12:57 pm
penquis

yes, there is another pr 8....
12:58 pm
rbud

aha, thank you.
12:58 pm
penquis

hurshy just clued it...
12:59 pm
hurshy

um, idk how to clue the Y other than it is similar to the name of Humperdinck's security guy in the Princess Bride
1:00 pm
hurshy

oh i know, it rhymes with "la la la la la la la, ________ groovy"
1:00 pm
penquis

ty....found it....
1:01 pm
hurshy

which clue did you use?
1:01 pm
penquis

i googled your Princess Bride clue...
1:02 pm
penquis

google now has AI that works on stuff like that quite quickly....
1:03 pm
hurshy

i see
1:03 pm
penquis

i use Chrome so i just type in what i need into the URL line....
1:04 pm
hurshy

yeah i don't use google anymore because of the AI. i switched to duckduckgo's AI-free version. and i switched off Chrome to Vivaldi.
1:04 pm
penquis

ok...
1:06 pm
penquis

well i am stalled at 23, so it's time for a break....bye all...
1:06 pm
hurshy

ttfn pen
1:41 pm
welki

hi folks - just back from receiving flu/covid vaccinations.
1:44 pm
rbud

Hi! rest up for the afternoon, then - at least I would.
1:45 pm
welki

yep, had a few errands, treated ourselves to a nice breakfast and nothing else planned for the rest of the day :)
1:46 pm
rbud

wondering which company's covid vax you had, if you don't mind telling. Trying to pick a good one, been a while for me.
1:47 pm
rbud

the less side effects the better, of course, haha
1:49 pm
welki

spikevax
1:49 pm
welki

(that's a moderna product)
1:50 pm
welki

the pharmacist says it has protects against an extra variant, but by the time i walked out of the pharmacy, i'd bet there are two more that it doesn't protect against :D
1:52 pm
rbud

No doubt, haha! The same company I had before, though. thanks.
1:54 pm
welki

at my age, if there's a vaccine available, i'm there, in line and rolling up my sleeve
1:54 pm
welki

hern
1:54 pm
welki

oops - apologies
1:57 pm
rbud

I actually went and had a tetanus shot last year when the came to remodel my kitchen and bath on a grant for "aging n place" - I thought back and it had probably been 40 years since I'd had one. Boards with nails and such were everywhere for a little while.
1:58 pm
rbud

*they
2:04 pm
welki

makes absolute sense - proactive v reactive
2:35 pm
hokie carla

phantom hazel
2:36 pm
welki

and it doesn't take hazlet (uses an s, i guess) - hi, hokie!
2:36 pm
hokie carla

welki!
2:40 pm
hokie carla

today our golf course is closed so I did a run/walk. I found a prov1 just sitting on a tee box (I guess the workers found it and put it there) but wondering if I should take that as a sign to use that ball. LOL
2:40 pm
welki

you betcha! they're good balls!
2:41 pm
welki

mr welki uses pro v1x
2:41 pm
hokie carla

I know but not sure if they are for people of my skill level
2:41 pm
hokie carla

I think I do better with the prov1 than the x
2:41 pm
welki

it's all in your head. if you think it'll help, it will
2:41 pm
hokie carla

probably
2:41 pm
welki

but i get it - the way i hit a golf ball, i could use a ping pong ball for all the difference it would make
2:42 pm
hokie carla

my favorite is taylor made tour response stripe. I hit them pretty good and the stripe helps line the putts up.
2:43 pm
welki

this year, i liked taylor made tp5
2:43 pm
hokie carla

yeah, I have found some of those, plus that's what they use on our range. they're nice, but the tp5x is kinda crazy for me too.
2:44 pm
welki

hahaha - but only because they have tacos and hot peppers on them (they were given to me)
2:44 pm
hokie carla

nice
2:45 pm
hokie carla

my friend gave me a dino buddies ball (dino shaped chicken nuggets here) that was a prov1x and I lost it first time.
2:45 pm
welki

i don't lose many balls (again, because i can't hit a long drive no matter what), so if i find a ball i like, it's usually with me all season *lol*
2:46 pm
welki

that said, i have lost balls on the friggin' fairway!
2:46 pm
cybernan

good morning all
2:46 pm
hokie carla

I lose a buttload in the fall. harder to track it, and then sometimes you know exactly where it went but can't find it.
2:46 pm
hokie carla

hey nan
2:47 pm
welki

our course has been closed for a while now, but between the sun setting earlier and the leaves, it was a challenge the last couple of weeks
2:47 pm
welki

hello nan
2:47 pm
hokie carla

yeah, ours will not close. beauty of living in the south.
2:48 pm
hokie carla

phantom herein
2:48 pm
welki

we'll be heading south soon, so golf is in my not-so-distant future
2:49 pm
hokie carla

golf and warm weather!
2:51 pm
cybernan

I do miss those days - 3 winter months in the sun, playing golf
2:51 pm
welki

right now, our course is closed until mid-november for re-seeding, but i can wait :D
2:51 pm
cybernan

where do you go, welki?
2:51 pm
hokie carla

well, have managed to get to 20 left. 1-2-5-5-5-1-1 eek. going to the recycling center. TTFN
2:54 pm
cybernan

bah - most of those al words are bogus
2:55 pm
crosshair

Afternoon, Babblers. :) Just thought to myself that you have been playing Babble for a long time when you know exactly what the dh5 is. :)
2:56 pm
cybernan

lol - and its not english
2:57 pm
Shirlockc

and thx for that nudge crossy
2:57 pm
crosshair

:)
2:59 pm
crosshair

They are a bit bogus, Nan. Too bad that G was not a bit further down in the grid.
3:01 pm
cybernan

there was a 2nd di 8 called last night - have the 8-10 combo and a 7-9 --- anyone have a clue for the other 8
3:02 pm
Shirlockc

i wonder if my di8 is the single as i can't make that the 8-10
3:03 pm
cybernan

clue for the one you have please?
3:03 pm
BzznBea

homophone of the other di8
3:03 pm
Shirlockc

if so then my di8/50 = di + consonant + greek isle
3:04 pm
Shirlockc

aha! got the other one now
3:04 pm
cybernan

the 8- 10 combo is a homophone - do it quietly
3:05 pm
cybernan

😊
3:19 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

many word to go! hi all, diving in
3:24 pm
crosshair

Howdy, Gwen. :)
3:25 pm
cybernan

hi Gwen
3:25 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

caio, buds
3:29 pm
welki

sorry, nan, had to answer a couple of emails. we stay close to salome, which is about halfway between quartzsite and wickenburg
3:30 pm
72 Temple Owl

hey welk
3:30 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

nbt, woot
3:32 pm
cybernan

ah - not an area we went to. Palm Desert was our bailiwick
3:36 pm
BzznBea

A clue for the sh7.32 after the bedding, please.
3:37 pm
cybernan

just found it -- another bogus word - comparative ending
3:49 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

running off, bye all, 60 to go
3:52 pm
welki

hi owl
3:57 pm
MollyL

I don't think of that sh7/32 as a bogus word. It's one who does the 5/12
4:32 pm
cybernan

does what, wash, wear, sew? It just doesnt make any sense at all
4:34 pm
cybernan

I dont think Ive ever seen as many bogus words as in this grid.
4:38 pm
cybernan

left ye 6, pr 8 and ga 8 -- goodness only knows what they are!
4:52 pm
Sugrraleona

cyber - ye6 ha ha ha - I just monkeyed and found it - y plus double vowel then air_ _ _ er - no idea what it means hope this helps
4:53 pm
MollyL

There are sh5/12s of many things. Fabric, concrete, paper.