July 21, 2020
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217 total words
ta7
no7
ta7 x 2
to7
sn8
du 7
co7 x 2
na 7 x 2
di 7
st8
di 8
thanks liz
yw
Clues are up
Thanks, Lickety
vo 8
an 9...nbt/nbs
Thanks, Diz
yw
oi 8 - compound word
Thanks, again
have 4 sy words so far
an8
I would love stats for the lone U
So would I :)
ut4/5
Oh....duh!!! Thanks. How is everyone?
Got it :) Easy one.
Hi Matty. I'm enjoying the slightly cooler weather today, it's been hot.
You're welcome - I'm fine, sun is shining, taking a break before more chores.
Yes! Lovely to have some sun :)
I've moved the plants to get soaking in as much sun as possible, we've had a dreary July so far.
May was the really glorious weather. Shame everything was shut (though, for the record, I fully approved of lockdown)
Yes, May was fabulous and the lockdown meant no traffic - suddenly you could hear birdsong everywhere!
We live spitting distance from Heathrow Airport - things were so much quieter!
I'm sure. Do you get used to the noise of the aircraft or is it always a nuisance?
You mostly get used to it. Sometimes it's more noticable, like if you're standing outside on the phone
I've always lived fairly near to LHR so it's just a thing, really
Yes. As I child we lived near the railway station. We never heard the trains, but visitors always remarked on them.
Right, I must get going, back later to finish. Happy babbling.
had a friend that lived opposite end of platform at St. Johns. Train every minute into London Bridge. Weed grab something to hold onto as they went past. Shed just say nonchalantly 'another train?'
isnt there a word - dissonate?
I think it's dissonant
did check a 'normal' dictionary!!
and now I can't get Pearl Jam's Dissident out of my head. don't ask why. it just happens.
I know how that is, Carla.
Good morning, friends.
morning, bea!
Another scorcher today, I'm afraid.
Need to get out soon to water.
yep, I need to walk the dog as soon as I finish this coffee.
does the an8 start with the picnic pest
IDK, but just found the 9 on a guess!
just found an8 by dropping letter of 9
so, yes to your question
Is it picnic pest or against?
Against one of the 50 of these in the US
well, it's against, but picnic pest is most of against
Phantom: attitude
Thanks.
phantom sonata
hello all
howdy
Tx for an8 and 9!!
just noticed I have 8 other 8's. is there just one an8?
yes just one
ok, thx
finally found a 7
I'm still looking for one of those.
it is na, which is unusual for me to find an n7
ty
found another, it was far away
and another. on a roll here, only 13 7s left :D
well, my 1st pass st5: 80 left, reached at least half on most tiles (no v's), 19 4's to work on when I return. 76F out, feels like 76, so walking the dog before it turns 95F/feels like 106. TTFN
ok, just have to say I'm leaving to find more words. works every time. 61 left now, and really leaving.
Good morning, all.
Good morning, Jidi
Judi
You brought me luck, Bea. Found an 8.
=)
I'm off for the day.
hello...clue for the st8?
st8/45?
morning all
There are 3 St 8's.
St8/45 is the ONE I don't have.
8/45 is like the one before it with different ending, like what annoys a dog
ty Mubner
annoys a dog?
I have none of the st8
I have none of the st8
yeah, they sell a medicine for it
hi all
Blood sucker Peri
situ
I figured that part out ty
not a word
Put a dictation taker in front of it
ty Molly and Mubner
TY.
the pllural is chrisk
yw
thanks - and it can be extended for a 7
I need a clue for the Os/8, please.
ty chris
NM> Found it.
clue pls Judi
Lazy, drowsy.
At least that's the definition I've seen.
Time for a break. 95 left in the bucket.
made it back. walk started out at 76, cloudy, very pleasant. ended 81, sunny, and feels like 89, super muggy. guess I have to get out earlier.
Same here, but it was cloudy. I think we won't hit 90 today. It's a dreary, muggy day.
os8?
looks like a fun grid. I just passed 5 million last night!
we're in the super hot, daily thunderstorm part of the summer.
that clue doesn't help :-(
Congrats Harry!
ty :)
I do not have an os8. have been trying to make bone related words, maybe it's that?
well done, harry
ty carla. I usually try to wrangle the points so I pause at exactly the million spot, but I'm so desparate for boggle with all the isolation that I didn't do that this time
not bony attitude - ossitude
I never even notice my points
I like numbers.
well I quit for like 6 years so my total is way less
ooh, found the os8, hold on
it means yawning or drowsy, who knew
os + 1st part of a ticket (speeding, parking) + picnic pest
Got it...thanks!
np
goooooooooood morning babbleland
wowee i just found an st8 that i didn't know would work!
morning
how goes it, hokie
pretty good. 56 left, but pretty slow
i'm on the second row but i'm doing all the S tiles too kinda
they're kinda hard
yeah, I still have 11 on the big one, 6 + 1 on the others
i got all 6 of the little one, 11 others left
just found a s4 I don't think I've ever seen before. how is that possible?
is it sy4/6?
oh, it's scandanavian herring
no, si4/5
oh, then no... h mmmm
but thx for the sy
and thank you for that one
i guess for Louis XIV, being a st7 was the same as being an egoist
so that second row O has ot4, os8, and...?
still missing that one
mk
got it, think sports like soccer goals that are good and not disallowed
on6
ty
np
liso
oops
tee hee
luckily not a word. I'm in trying all 4's stage
phantoms: antic, attic
do i need to be against anything for the A words?
yes, the usual an4 and 5 + an 8 and 9
aHA i do, against Louis XIV i guess :D
prohate is not a word
but there could be more
well that's good
neither is antilo4
we haven't got p or h anyway tho
that's what I meant carla :)
I just now got it, HH after reading hershey's comment :D
ok, we're thick, sorry harry
lol
hershey :)
lol
I will try to be more obtuse with my humor from now on :)
:O
st6/30 is a word we use to use in high school alot
like "he's so st6/30"?
or "you're so st6" or that haircut is st6
when you were in high school, or during your teaching years?
oh, I see it now
hah - when I was in HS.
using that as a teacher would be.....frowned upon
yes, LOL
not if you just said a celebrity was st6
I did not have the 4 for that either, so thanks
Ithink I would just avoid the word in general.
i have two id4, anyone have the third for that i tile?
oh duh just plural nvm
idly
gah sorry!
haha
but ty hursh.
yes, before I could say so, plural
what about the other v? I have one that is a missing spot
-ish
wow i just totally monkeyed it
i can't believe it
it is a vo8, not a normal word
very similar to the os8
got it, thx
ty
i feel so lucky when that happens
got it too thank you hursh
need 2 S on the bottom to gray out a row
i am also missing 2 S from there
I'm missing 10 from that tile :)
we could compare things
7 now
like, i only have one su, su5/12, have you got any others?
nah - still need to struggle for awhile
i meant hokie :D
that's the only one I have
oops (blush)
got 3 st from harry's high school flashback
3??
aha thanks
one is a small apt
did you get the st8/45
yes
i have 7 sa words
ha! was just about to post the same
lol
i don't have a st 8
well idk what one i have that you are missing
maybe the thing they use for opening up arteries?
st8 = secretary + involuntary muscle spasm
must be an st but there are too many from the other tiles to compare
thanks
i just found a new st8
I have 2
is it the plural of a 7?
yes
cause i have two also, the one i was saying earlier about Louis XIV
i found a third.. that tile is done..
ok, I don't have a plural
one is like your secretary clue but more of a medical problem
helps helps what is the third
that's the one I have
ah thanks
so, my missing 2 are the 7 & 8
i was saying for Louis XIV being a st7 is the same as being an egotist
because he said "l'etat c'est moi"
yeah, but I didn't know what you were talking about ;)
got them now
it means you are in favor of there being a nation-st5 i guess
but I don't think Louis XIV had anything to do with me getting it ;)
anyhoo, bottom row gray!
ah well
I take that back, your statement about the an9 was relating to Louis and I knew that already
louis louis, take me where you gotta go
so tried it with the ending you were referring to
Is "we could compare things" like "I'll show you mine if you show me yours"? : D
sounds like maybe
no wonder i never could understand those lyrics, he's got too many syllables and not enough notes so he's got to squish it all in there
good morning all - just watched the chat flying by -- antoinette is here?
Ooo, I hope so. I could eat some cake.
still have 6 4s left
only 3 here
one more 8 and SEVEN more 7s ack
I still haven't figure out how those lyrics are "filthy".
if we had a B we could make biscotti
except it wouldn't count, apparently
ah ty for the an9
or a fossil with an f
I still have 3 8s and 11 7s!
are there any en's? I still need 5 e's from the right.
I am missing 3, but have no ens
2 en6
well there you go :)
hmm
got one
and hte other
idk why i thought en + tall farm building was one
but it doesn't go
It is with an E at the end, but not here
I've probably entered the word "tonate" 500 times over the last few years, and still doesn't accept it.
ahhh that must be what i was thinking of
ok so 2 ea, 2 en, eo, 3 et, missing just one other
2 ed?
4 et
not sure if all the chat about louis is for the an 9 or the st 7, but not close to finding either
yes harry but that is the other e
I am missing eo, en6x2, and 2 et, but only 4 left. the eo must be the other e.
it is for both cnan
hah. yes. of course I knew that.
no, the eo is the right hand e hokie
aHA got the et7 now
missing one et here.
oh, I do have that eo
so small I skimmed over it
et7 ends in one who believes suffix
ty molly
ha! did not have the plural volcano. and thought I was something when I found the singular this morning. ;D
lots of politics today in the grid
bien. mais louis? il ne m'aide pas
being a st7 and an egotist was the same for him
someday someone will understand that clue...
will someone give me some def. clues for the en6's? just not seeing them.
it isn't helping me hurshy
en6 relating to being related on the mother's side
what is the S in USA, nan
because he said "l'etat c'est moi"...
en6/18 is a medical condition i suppose
carla, one ends in not bro, one ends in lyme carrying insect
merci, hurshy
oh, I think we've had the related on mother's side recently and I didn't know that's what it was but now I can't remember.
thx, harry. was trying the one over and over with the wrong vowel in the middle
so the basic related on mother's side that we have a lot is an en5/10
this makes it end with the spasm instead
thoutght it was maternal or distaff, but apptarently not
got 'em all now, just need 2 a's to finish 5th col
yesss i found 3 t words and now have 201 words!
I still have 35 left!
still 54 to go here
oh, i need two A AND two T above that
looking for louis' an 9 that isn't antoinette now
if you are AGAINST louis
did you see my clue, nan?
S in USA
bbl !
hurshy, do you have the things in your throat?
no, i had them removed and boy was that a painful recovery!
thank you i was missing them both in the grid and in my throat :D
I've heard it's bad as an adult, were you a kid or adult?
adult
aha i got the A words, they look like they would be to do with coffee but i looked it up and it's a small tree or a kind of dye
I could probably get it done due to to6 st5s but don't want to
ty for the to's
phantom: constant
fours finished :(
I still have 4!
i do not like finishing fours before other lengths cause then monkeying is harder
yep
indeed
when hubby had his out all the brokers on Bay Street got together and ordered a gallon of every flavour of ice cream that Baskin Robbins makes and had it delivered to his room in the hospital as a joke. I don't know how much of it he saw, but the occupants in the children's ward thought it was wonderful!
but I try to finish them before listing
moo!
aw, that's nice, nan
morning all
that's a lot of ice cream
53 left here
nais
oops
yes - 51 gallons of it
good thing I keep typing fake words
51?? i thought they had 31
maybe canadian BR has more. is there a poutine flavor?
lol
I'm not sure if the brokers he dealt with on WAll St. were in on it too -- proabably - they were all a crazy bunch
once you get past a couple of gallons does it really matter? ;)
mmm...poutine
oh - maybe it is 31 -- can't really remember
I thought BR is 32 flavors
well the google says 31 apparently
remember in the old days when we couldn't find answers to anything immediately? :D
doesn't matter - the stunt got a lot of laughs and some happy children
not sure how we got by without knowing the number of ice cream flavours at Baskin & Robbins
we saw more tv ads back then, so we just knew
the internet was a thing by the time I came to the US, even if I was using a 2400 baud modem
let the record show that i was correct :D
I forgot, what year was that?
1995
hurshy is now our official ice cream specialist
perhaps you should change your name to hershy
that's what I was thinking. same year I started work after college. we did not have internet at my job until a couple of years later!
I set up an ISP in Australia the year before, and ran our internet connection for the company I worked for
the funniest thing was I had to do a computer test at my interview and it was on a Windows computer, but my dept. still used DOS.
ooh, DOS...get your config.sys and autoexec.bat ready folks
stumped on that an 9-- no antibourbon, antiroi, antiroyal or antiking so I give up
nan, are you completely ignoring my S in the USA?
it's the same root as the st7...
ah thanks for the clues you two
ty hurshy -- don't see how that relates specifically to Louis, but got it :)
because he said "l'etat c'est moi"...
what a faux pas
I'm like ru with acronyms - stop speaking french! though I know what a faux pas is and moi (thank you Miss Piggy)
wonder if the tweeter was Louis in a former life?
or napoleon
ah, but if it was Louis instead of singing "vote him out" it would be "off with his head"
i don't think st. helena is gonna cut it this time, we need exile to Mars
do you really want that as a representative of "earthlings" on another planet?
alright taking a lunch/shower break since I can't find any new words. BBL for last 33.
anyone have stats for the u?
ut4.5 nan
ty aloy
yw nan
half way - time for a break
fw, so I'll leave with a clue for os8, my newbie for today: it is an adj. that means "yawning". Happy Babbling, all !
Tx aloy
not seeing it :(
Ends in picnic pest
got ty Aloy and Une
di8 pls
Peri, think of what your tongue does
vol
Yw :-)
ty I thought I tried that
bbl
:) you're most welcome
name that proper noun - punkish Am. rock band from the 70s and 80s
mostly just weird, not actual punk rock
devo
ding ding ding!
i am not liking this grid much....
we got a winner!! :)
is oi8 a regular word? I know the 3rd letter and still not seeing it
compound word...
yes, think of sharpening a tool, or knife
ok, that's what I've been trying. guess I need to look through my list
odist
sorry....freebee....
nope, that's just 5 ;)
ok, got the 8!
:)
as someone with an accounting degree, I'm a little ashamed at not getting the au5/6
ty hokie!
dols
oops
yw
3 c's left, troublesome with the li4 even.
cone
dish
sorry didn't mean to post that!
np....been there, done that....today even!
well, looked up the last 2 - co7, one was an everyday word, one is weird. but that's fireworks!
congrats....
whoohoo!!
scotid
i have hit a wall....bbl to list for my last 60....bye all....
50 here. also slow going
41 left here...certainly is a slow board
42 now. really stuck
listing :
:)
puzzle's a bit of a grunt today
I listed at 31
no shame in that, this is a doozy
fireworks!!!
hi Welki!!!
marks! how the heck are you?
hello friends
last word - si6/21 - any help?
hi trif :)
hi welki :)
kept grain in that building, harry
hi harry. i have just emerged from the cone of silence --needed to write an eight lesson summer course, so sequestered my silly self. I am sure you know this drill
ty welki :)
you're teaching a summer course?
off to walk the dog - hi/bye
lovely pea pod welki
its a town thing, voluntary.
wow good for you
what course?
there was interest in forming a study group and I was asked to lead
"racism, prejudice. discrimination and white people" -- in seven sessions. God help us all. I will do my best
cool. I hope you have friendly and active students.
for adults? they can be nastier than teens
mostly millies I think.
yeah, should be interesing, to say the least. I am just the messenger thank goodness, but pulling together the writings to use has been a big job - one on two things on the topic exist, lol
have fun with it. It sounds like a really heavy course.
i shall endeavor not to make it so. I am approaching it like more of a tasting menu - here are some things to think about, and lots of resources you can use to explore more on your own (and you should).
I enjoyed the book "black ice" about an african american girl from philadelphia attending a new england prep school
and they might like the henrietta lacks book
any clues for the co7,36? been looking and looking
co7: prison resident + two letter word + not we, but __
not a pretty clue, but then it's not a pretty word.
thx Harry...woulda never got that
ugh. no
hagd all
stuck with 72 left
doit
the volume at which I am blasting opera right now is probably illegal
does it help you to find words?
it helps my soul, which I guess helps me?
that's true
hoping the neighbors will accept that reason
lol
"neatist" needs to be a word. My sister certainly is one
hi trif
hello TO. Im here for about another 15 or so, before my 4:30 kiddo. How are you?
is the fourth column o fishy? Just cannot budge it
There's an easy Babblet ot4/5 and an unusual os8/45 that meaning yawning, and I can't find the third.
*that means
thank you vicuna. Wow, haven't run across you in a while, nice to
"see" you!
Thanks! I never chat any more. *shrug* But since covid hit I've actually had my longest stretch over of being here every day. lol =P I'm sure things are really crazy for you in education!
SUPER crazy. The irony! Every meeting to discuss whether we should reopen schools is held via Zoom - the irony is not lost on me, but certainly seems to be escaping TPTB
yes, babble can be a true oasis when things are nutty
Heh. Well, I'm not sure there are any good answers, so I certainly feel for all the people having to make these decisions. At least MA is, on the whole, one of the reality-based states.
Hi all, have not been here for years. Glad to be back and rediscover my addiction 😄
tis, but because we are so small, we are run through every day by folks from surrounding states. I do not envy the people who have to decide. I keep going back to: whatever the superintendent's choose, people will be angry. But you can get over being angry a lot sooner than you can get over Covid.
Hello lucky!
glad to have you back
I never miss a day of Babble because all my other shows, presentations, activities, etc were cancelled. I am teaching a zoom class tonight - my first time as a presenter via zoom, so I hope it goes well.
Hello, Lucky.
Welcome back!
ooh, I am only DYING to hear how it goes! will be doing the same in a couple of weeks. What is the topic?
Thnx Trifioso and Vicuna
"World-Creation for Sci Fi/Fantasy Writers." If I see you in the next few days, I'll report back.
hello vi and lucky
Hello, TO.
wowza, that sounds fascinating!
I wish you all the best with it
Thanks.
What will your presentation be on?
racism, prejudice and discrimination. It's a town thing - like a town wide book club. I have been asked to facilitate
Oh, good for you! And best of luck. Moderating discussion can be so much harder than just doing your own presentation.
I may be so sorry I agreed - but maybe not. Gotta take risks right?
Big risks, big rewards. If they asked you, they must have confidence that you're the best for the job!
Vicuna - world building is such an integral part of writing, hope your presentation goes well. Are you going to World Con next week?
Trif - moderating that discussion sounds tricky, hope it goes smoothly.
Hello, Wendrie, thanks for the good wishes. No, I was invited to participate in a book reading, but I declined because I'm too many time zones away and didn't want to find myself assigned to a time slot that was three in the morning for me! What about you?
I'm grateful that we're able to watch recorded panels. Although sad not to actually be in NZ
Being in NZ would be awesome, but also out of reach for an awful lot of people. I have yet to do a virtual con and am just having trouble getting my head around what it might be like.
I've not done a virtual con either - I suspect we're going to be in good company. I've just done the Hugo voting
Did you actually read and watch all the nominations, or do you just vote in a few categories of your particular interest, or what?
I only vote in the things I'm interested in. I read through as much of the packet as I can and then make notes as I go along. Good excuse to spend lots of time reading.
If you've got a membership you have until tomorrow night to download the packet and vote
No, I don't have a membership. I have never been to WorldCon! I've only been involved in stuff closer to home. That's why it would have been fun to take advantage of the virtual thing and actually go for once, but as I said, I was afraid I was too many time zones off.
WorldCon next year is in Washington DC - which should be closer than NZ ;)
Absolutely! lol Do you write?
yes - but not fiction or Sci Fi. I have a couple of friends who are up for Hugos, and many that write fiction. I prefer reading. What about you?
I write a variety of stuff - mostly fantasy, much of it for kids. My most recent is a medieval-style bestiary of fantasy creatures (for adults). But I'm very small-time. =D
My youngest writes fantasy for adults and loves bestiaries and similar.
I get so excited about this stuff! lol You could check out "On the Virtues of Beasts of the Realms of Imagination." (Obviously, please ignore self-promotion if not interested!)
Looks lovely - I've sent the link to my youngest.
Thanks. Sounds like you have a very literary family. =)
Well the two of us at least :)
Okay, 5 o'clock here and time to start prepping for dinner. It was nice to meet you, Wendrie. Have fun "at" WorldCon. I hope the virtual format is satisfactory.
thanks Vicuna - enjoy your dinner
Anyone got a clue for the sa 5/6s?
ah ha - got them ;)
Fireworks! Night all :)
hi all. yeah wendrie!
evening all!
I am disappointed that the plural of coitus is not coita
Oh well, coituses.
indeed
I’d be disappointed too
listed with about 40 to go - the number of words i missed with the same adverb ending was astonishing
firewords! thanks hokie carla and lickety and all cluers
Santos
Toss
ty mixi - don't speak spanish, so hadn't spotted that one
lol - just noticed the time lapse
Are we not men?
tor ???
We are DEVO ..
sorry - not following
tor is enjoying the presence of the band Devo in the grid. Whip it good!
any lcues for the 9 or 8s? ty
ty doug - have never heard of them
I saw them in the basement of the Akron Art Institute in the mid late 70's
oi 8 - greasy rock
got it nan. great clue. how bout the 9? ty
loitstone
listone
oops so sorry
any clues for the en 6's please?
found the first one
2nd one ends with "not bro"
ty gillie
et
getting tired of this -- don't think I will finish
any clues for the 9?????? ty
please send clue fo r the 9 before flip!!!!!!!!!! ty
mkg, an9. an**, prefix for against + what arizona, new mexico, utah are all examples of. the united *****s of america
got it! ty granny! ty so much
yay !! well done you mkg
still missing o words for fourth column o and 4th column a words. any clues welcome
got the a. so just the o please granny
PSA: If your crazy neighbors are sitting outside talking at the top of their lungs and laughing maniacally, blaring old school Neil Young really seems to calm them down.
on6/21. on + either your right or your left
got the on! yeah! nbt and nbs! ty ty ty
ready for flip now.
yay mkg.
ty. and more than half way so met my goals .
lolll origami. atta girl !!
we have an issue: neighbors have pool. havent opened it in 3 or 4 years now but mosquitos are there. and our yard is full of them too. ugh.
couldn
UGH
not sure how to approach them with this info.
couldn't you accidentally lob an open bottle of oil into it, mkg?
we have tried to get rid of them in our yard and nothing works and now we know why
or toss over a couple of toads...
you can report them to mosquito abatement MKG
Good advice, ru.
hi ori
Hiya!
hmphhhh, what's wrong with oil and/or toads?? loll
come on flip................
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