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12:03 am

un7

12:04 am

ne7

12:04 am

he 7

12:04 am

he7 x 2

12:04 am

en 7

12:05 am

or7

12:08 am

Ne7 x 2

12:14 am

ne7 x 3

12:15 am

du7

12:24 am

he7 x 3

12:28 am

ea 8

12:28 am

huh

12:30 am

Thanks, rose. So obvious once it’s pointed out.

12:30 am

nbt, nbs

12:31 am

;-)

12:34 am

thanks for the calls -- goodnight everyone :)

12:38 am

ge6 for ing words

12:39 am

av7

12:40 am

vewy twisty freep

12:40 am

yeah. satisfying

12:43 am

Phantoms: avenue and devalue

12:47 am

i miss lickity

12:49 am

de 7

12:50 am

me too Q - the players lists are fabulous but hard on my eyes :(

12:50 am

lund

12:50 am

oops

12:50 am

struggling with the orn7

12:51 am

I mean or 7

12:51 am

point yourself in the right direction and you'll find it

12:52 am

anike, not of the west

12:52 am

I still haven't found the un7

12:52 am

TY Rose

12:53 am

un + keen

12:53 am

Got it now

12:53 am

ty anyway!

12:55 am

Well, I think I'm going to check out now and hope that somebody comes up with a list

12:55 am

Good night, everybody, and ty for the clues

12:56 am

sweet dreams gillie

12:57 am

night, gillie

12:58 am

au 7

12:59 am

av 7

1:00 am

i have all the sevens. anyone want me to list them?

1:00 am

Love you to

1:01 am

Yes, please, rose.

1:02 am

7's are AU, AV, DE, DU, EN, HE X 3, NE X 3, OR, UN.

1:06 am

I have been looking for a 3rd he 7 for a while...have 2 similar but can't find 3rd

1:07 am

all creature great and small actor?

1:07 am

Never mind,, just had an epiphany

1:07 am

Same here.

1:08 am

But not the epiphany!

1:08 am

good season for an epiphany.... loll

1:08 am

A guy with this sir name wrote books about vets in Yorkshire

1:09 am

Thank you!

1:09 am

snap, Rose - sort of

1:09 am

we were on the same track, dof

1:10 am

Do you watch The Yorkshire Vet?

1:11 am

yes all the time. it is on the site of the old vet practice.

1:11 am

Great show, if you like real vet stuff.

1:11 am

and called S\keldale House too

1:12 am

Any clue for lone o in bottom row please

1:13 am

anyone have all the d's? missing one. have DE 4, 5, 6, 7, 4, 5

1:13 am

TINK, OS 4/4

1:14 am

DO 4. DU 5, 4, 4, 6, 7, 4, 5, 4, 5

1:14 am

de4 at the very end of de's

1:14 am

Another de4/@ the end, rose.

1:15 am

ta muchly

1:15 am

Do 4/5 du 5,4,,4,6,7,4,5

1:15 am

could have sworn i put that in. duh !!

1:15 am

Sorry, hadn't finished that. Another du 4, 5

1:17 am

Thanks granyrose

1:17 am

yw tink

1:21 am

I'm going to call it a night. Thanks for all the words

1:22 am

sweet dreams freep. xx

1:23 am

Ra4,5,4, 5,4, rh4, ri4,4,5. Ru4,6,4,4

1:26 am

I have ra 4,5,4,5,5

1:27 am

Apologies, you’re right.

1:29 am

ea 5,6,4,8,4,5 en 6,7,6,5 eo 4 er 4,4,4 eu 4 missing 2

1:29 am

en 6 x 2 before final en 5

1:30 am

No clues?

1:30 am

TY Rose

1:32 am

HA 4, 4, 4, 5. HE 6, 7, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 6, 7, 7, 5, 6, 4. HO 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6. HU 4, 4, 5, 5, 6. missing two??

1:32 am

funh, lickety's computer was fried in a big storm.

1:33 am

start ho 4, 5, 4, 4 . . .

1:34 am

ugh a simple plural. thanx broll

1:34 am

Thanks broll

1:35 am

yw

1:41 am

I only have lu 4 x 3

1:45 am

ne 7,6,7,7 no 4,5,4,5,4 nu 4,5

1:47 am

nu 4, 5, 6, 4, 5

1:47 am

LU 4, 5, 4, 4, 4

1:52 am

sa 4,4,5,,5 se 4,5,4 sl4,5,4,5 sn 5,4 so 4,4 st 5

1:53 am

to 4,4,4,6 tr 5,5,65

1:54 am

and done. whew !

1:54 am

5 left. s x 2, t x 2 and 1 e

1:55 am

missing 1 x e, 1 x h, 1 x o

1:55 am

found an s 6

1:57 am

ea 5 6, 4, 8, 4, 5 en 6, 7, 6, 6, 5 eo 4 er 4, 4, 4 eu 4 missing 1

1:57 am

o's are od 4,4 oh 4 on 4 or 6,7 and os 4

1:58 am

thx, got it anike

1:59 am

YW

2:00 am

Missing the same e broll

2:01 am

es6 perhaps?

2:02 am

Thats it Aloy/ Thanks

2:02 am

granny, what was missing h, please?

2:02 am

yw , anike

2:02 am

hello and thx aloy!

2:03 am

essoin

2:03 am

oops, lol broll

2:03 am

crap, sorry

2:03 am

Just need 2 x t

2:03 am

a 4 and a 5

2:04 am

leaving a few for tomorrow.. ty for the help, zzzz

2:04 am

ts 4 & 5?

2:06 am

Of course!! T roll. All finished. Must dash to shops. Any help before I go?

2:06 am

still need an h4

2:08 am

have ha x 3, he x 4, ho x 3, hu x 2

2:08 am

hate it when my last word is a 4!

2:08 am

ha 4,4,4,5 he 6,7,4,5,4,5,4,6,7,7,5,6,4 ho 4,5,4,4,4,5,5,6 hu 4,4,5,5,6

2:11 am

Bye all. Happy babbling

3:26 am

computer(Firefox) crashed as I was trying to enter my LAST word and thank Anike for clueing me! So here I am two hours later- thank you Anike and all others for helping me to fireworks. Will try to do a list.

3:28 am

Thanks Broll. That’d really be appreciated. Thanks too, to everyone who’s clued.

3:40 am

ok, list up. Will someone please check if can be accessed?

i have it Broll thanks so much

3:43 am

yw. bye all.

3:48 am

endure

Thanks! :D

5:21 am

Good day, word nerds.

5:26 am

hello all

5:26 am

Hi aslindy

5:29 am

how are you this morning?

5:33 am

*sigh* Another day of work ahead.

5:35 am

what kind of work do you do, if I may ask?

5:35 am

I am a pediatrician, so we are overwhelmed with COVID.

5:36 am

thank you for your work. I pray your days get easier.

5:36 am

I am in a primary care practice. The ER and ICU docs and nurses are truly drowning.

5:37 am

indeed. I know a few people in the medical field. everyone is overwhelmed.

5:38 am

The anti-science cult is strong out here in the country. Anti-mask, anti-vax, etc. We get yelled at everyday.

5:39 am

Yesterday I saw 2 teen sisters, without their parents, and both want the CoV vaccine but their parents forbid it.

5:39 am

*hugs* from afar.

5:39 am

TY. The last 22 months have been challenging.

5:40 am

I am truly thankful for people like you

5:41 am

I wish I could protect all of "my" kids but so many parents don't care if their kids get infected.

5:43 am

My monkey is finding some odd words.

5:43 am

I just don't understand people.

5:45 am

It has been quite startling to learn how some people think. No fear of this virus.

5:47 am

because for some people, they only feel like they have a 'bad cold'. if everyone got severely ill, it would be different.

5:48 am

not that I wish it were worse, of course

5:49 am

At this point doesn't everyone know someone that died of COVID? Or was seriously ill? Or has long COVID?

5:50 am

you'd think so. I know people in all those categories.

5:50 am

Yes. :-(

5:58 am

I passed halfway and must get ready for work. Enjoy the day. Thanks for listening, aslindy.

5:59 am

Have a good day, glad to listen any time

7:54 am

I can't access Broll's list. Can anyone help please?

7:54 am

It's in Molly profile

7:54 am

Thx Bea

7:55 am

yw

7:59 am

hi all

7:59 am

hi champ!

7:59 am

Hello, jm.

8:00 am

hi bzzn

8:01 am

trying to sneak in some babbling while pushing a deadline

8:01 am

Hi jmc!

8:03 am

couldn't resist saying hi to champ who I met up with (twice?more?) and haven't seen in a while

8:03 am

Yep! Any trips to Houston coming up for you?

8:04 am

We've met 3 times...once twice here and once when I was in DC.

8:04 am

nope. my goal is to come out of the pandemic alive.

8:04 am

I am staying put.

8:05 am

:) We've done some traveling. Allegedly going on a cruise next month. Husband gets stir crazy and needs a getaway from time to time.

8:05 am

hmmm he should try living alone during a pandemic

8:05 am

I don't think you could catch me on a cruise under normal circumstances!

8:06 am

but I would get incredibly restless

8:06 am

It's NOT my favorite thing, but he loves them. I compromise.

8:06 am

I would like to do a small boat cruise of Alaska but not right now. People are getting trapped on those things

8:06 am

my mother loved them

8:07 am

Alaska is definitely worth doing. I prefer warm weather cruises, but if you bundle up, you'll see some beautiful scenery.

8:07 am

the Alaska cruise you get out and see the land regularly Mael. . . otherwise I agree

8:08 am

I'm just not a huge fan of boats either

8:09 am

I'd rather have my feet firmly on the ground, thanks

8:09 am

We definitely did the excursions. And Mael, that's my point too!

8:09 am

I understand I have gotten seasick once and it was terrible

8:09 am

We are going on a river cruise in Europe in the spring. Amsterdam to the Black Forest. Then we take a train to Lake Como and cruise there for 3 days

8:09 am

Yes...I take dramamine and have also used teh patch.

8:09 am

wrong lake, bichon ;)

8:10 am

I can't do an ocean cruise for that same reason.

8:10 am

okay really must turn to my work. nice chatting

8:10 am

jealous bichon!!! That's on the bucket list. You get off a lot on that cruise!

8:10 am

Have a great day jmc

8:10 am

Lake Garda is the real jem, she says, because she's from Lake Garda :)

8:11 am

Maybe next time

8:11 am

I kid, como is wonderful

8:11 am

but Lake Garda is absolutely worth it

8:19 am

I have zero desire to go on any kind of cruise. Especially since we are not even close to being rid of COVID.

8:31 am

and it's not covid on a cruise it's norovirus...

8:59 am

Actually, you can contract either on a cruise. They are two very different things.

9:11 am

you could even get both at once!!! lol

wow, I think I was 9 for 9 on that T, meaning I grayed it with only 9 tries, and I made up 3 of them

HOET!

WTG, I'm still missing 3 with many more attempts

well, they are all TR if that helps

(my guess for your missing 3)

oh thanks

phantom nodule

I have 3 tr's how many are there?

just 3

you are still missing T's? TS?

found them, they were ts's

I just typed that without looking since it's one of my nemeses.

part of my name (pluraled) is in the grid. Don't ever remember seeing that before

9:21 am

oh molly, I'm a dope. I meant to type "and IF it's not covid on a cruise it's norovirus"

yes, was thinking of you earlier when I saw it

9:21 am

I love the tiara ceremony

9:22 am

surprisingly I'm having the most trouble with the Hs today

yeah, I still need 12 H's

yeah, I only found 16 H on first pass. not sure how there's 30.

9:22 am

The H gave me trouble as well.

now 10 H's left.

9:27 am

I've got heavy equipment outside my window pounding the pavement. Just what a headache needs.

ugh

9:28 am

this seems to be a fairly straightforward grid to me

still 37 left here. not straightforward to me but I am sleep deprived.

9:30 am

How did you treatment go yesterday, Carla?

9:30 am

And why are you sleep deprived?

I think it worked. did the maneuver this morning before I got out of bed like she told me to and wasn't really dizzy.

9:31 am

Hello. Has anyone posted a list please?

9:31 am

Molly has it in her profile.

and I heard mr. homie up at 4:30 and I couldn't go back to sleep so read my book til like 7 and then slept for about an hour more. I'm normally a very heavy sleeper, so it was annoying.

9:31 am

Thank you!

9:31 am

arse

9:33 am

backing into the chat eltrev?

maybe eltrev has tourette's

9:34 am

likely just taking a crack at that a

you're such an asset to the chat, ru

9:36 am

otherwise why would they butt in?

hmm, sit on that for a while

9:38 am

true be it far from us to anal-yze another player

if anyone's still reading you've rectum

9:39 am

Hello, what's happened to Lickety?

mummy, lickety's computer got fried and the list isn't updating. find molly in the chat or on who's online and click her profile, she has a list on there.

Hi. Does anyone have stats for the 8 please?

9:44 am

Oh, that's not good. Did it get fried in the exceptional hot weather they are having! Thanks for the link to alternative lists x

9:45 am

I blame it on Novak Jokovich

9:45 am

Nice

I heard a storm took it out

I haven't seen it, matty

9:46 am

The Aussies are pretty angry with him. I can't say I blame them.

9:46 am

ea 8/40

9:46 am

ea8.40

9:47 am

I think they should send him home

Wow. I found it! Thanks

hmm, still need 2 E's from each. which E is it from?

9:47 am

That's 'Novaxx' jockovich

thanks Bea

Hah, Mummy, love it!

9:47 am

ha mummy

left column

compound word

9:47 am

First column E

not earsnots. will try the other word

9:48 am

I used to admire him as an athlete but no longer

9:49 am

he's at best a dumbass

got it

9:49 am

Carla, have you done wordle yet today?

9:49 am

I do like the way quebec is handling the people who aren't vaccinated

9:49 am

wordle was fun and a little challenging today

I started it Bea but I'm having trouble with it today. Going to come back to it

what are they doing ruru?

9:50 am

(waves to dart)

I have not done wordle, but the people on my other board took 5 or 6 tries

9:51 am

I have three letters, two in the correct positions and only one place the third one can go...

9:51 am

they are not allowing unvaccinated people on public transit and they are not allowed to buy alcohol or pot without heavy taxes

lol well that's a start but better that we're doing in this country

9:52 am

they also must be vaccinated to eat in restaurants, go to sporting events etc

9:53 am

significant penalties

9:53 am

we need to not let unvaccinated people fly on jets here in america.. that's a great start

9:55 am

Novaxx is stupid. The Aussies are so strict, we had to abide by their rules when going in and out of Aus when we were living there, just cos he's famous is no excuse. He should have filled in his own forms, I thought it was an offence for someone to do it for you

9:56 am

I agree he's a total idiot.. and he's had covid at least twice now proving that point

I'm desperate to get to Australia. Perhaps I should take up tennis.

9:58 am

There are so many people in so many countries who can not get the vax. Why is there so much press for one guy who is an idiot? Where is the press for the poorer countries? Nigeria just threw out one million vaxxes because rich countries sent them out of date vaxxes. Didn't hear too much about that.

9:59 am

I agree godth.. this pandemic isn't going to be solved until the powerful countries help the poorer countries get vaccinated

9:59 am

I've thought of you, matty, through this mess.

10:02 am

Matty, hope you soon get there to see your granddaughter x good luck with the tennis lessons!

10:02 am

And my grandson due in March!

10:03 am

Italy is doing even more, now there's a flat out vaccine mandate for the over 50, besides all the other restrictions

10:04 am

I sure miss playing tennis

10:05 am

I thought you could only use a letter once in wordle.

10:07 am

over 50 or pasta your prime mael? :D

10:07 am

we had banal one day, so you can repeat

10:08 am

Yes, I finally got it. Five tries.

10:09 am

I think i'll go back to bed. I'm not feeling well. See you al tomorrow.

10:09 am

Welcome to the Babble, Wordle, Spelling Bee Chat.

10:09 am

bye bea feel better

10:11 am

hope you feel better, bea

10:16 am

bye Bea

10:17 am

I think the commonality is that we all love word games :)

10:18 am

welcome back molly, I meant to tell you that I forgot a word earlier about the cruises. I meant to type that IF it's not covid it's the norovirus, not that it's not covid

10:18 am

I know it sounds harsh but I think we need to start putting the unvaccinated in camps; the responsible among us should not have to live in fear of being infected

10:18 am

shew, that wordle was tough, but I got it and kept my streak alive. now back to 23 left here.

10:19 am

oh geez

10:20 am

I would certainly not go that far, justin

10:21 am

We could call them Camp Covid or Camp Infection

10:22 am

mandate vaccines if you will, triage medical care in an emergency, sure, but whenever the word "camp" comes up you're automatically wrong

10:23 am

We need stronger mandates and screw the nutjob republicans creating more deaths in this country

10:23 am

definitely

10:25 am

I say give the unvaccinated Florida and Texas

10:25 am

I mean being conservative is one thing and that balances this country, but this is off the deep end

10:25 am

yeah it makes you sound like a nazi

10:26 am

Oh good Lord, let's not have it come down to putting people in camps.

10:26 am

Origami has a good alternative though.

10:27 am

did anyone know that Hitler considerd sending the Jews to Madagascar, so they would be isolated on an island, cheap labor, away from any surrounding countries that could aid them?

10:27 am

i never heard that

10:27 am

It turned out to be too expensive so he devised the other horrific plan.

10:28 am

you can google it. I lerned this when I went to Madagascar about 10 years ago

10:28 am

I guess tanrecs would then have barmitzvahs

10:29 am

it had been a French dependency and when he knocked over France, he claimed all their territories too

10:29 am

all I know is if the anti-vax nazis get their way we'll all end up dead via climate change if the virus doesn't get us first

10:29 am

wow.. never knew any of this

10:29 am

Yeah, but those pesky British who like to invade and take over did so in Madagascar in 1942.

10:30 am

What a pleasant sentiment Justin. Are you always this cheery?

10:31 am

that is true Molly

10:31 am

I sure wouldn't want beachfront property in lower Florida for a long term investment

10:31 am

I hate anti-vaxers (of all vaccines) as much as the next guy, but how does them getting their way kill us from climate change?

10:32 am

um hokie.. most climate deniers are staunch republicans

10:32 am

I think the climate change policies are related to the same denialism, sure, but they are two separate problems

10:32 am

because the same refusal to accept reality causes people to be anti-vax and deny climate change, sometimes

10:32 am

they've apparently never heard of Science

10:32 am

I don't hate anti-vax people. I don't understand them, but I don't hate them. Some people just like to go around dooming, looming and being Chicken Little.

10:33 am

sadly there are anti-vax nutters on both sides

10:33 am

because individuals have very little power to stop climate change, unfortunately. It's all about the global politics

10:33 am

Or glooming. But maybe they are glooming while they work on their looms.

10:34 am

much fewer on one side than the other, admittedly

10:34 am

coming up next the earth is flat and water is wet

10:34 am

Good Morning Babble Land!

10:34 am

you know how to work the room molls

10:35 am

What gets me the most is the way people like to get up on their pulpits about climate change and yet do nothing actively to work against it.

10:36 am

but ru, water is wet and the earth is not flat, so you are mixing scientific facts and fiction

10:36 am

I'm pro-birth control molly that would help a lot if we could get the Catholic Church out of the dark ages

10:36 am

gm all!

10:36 am

hi Hokie! :)

10:36 am

dolly!

10:37 am

good to see you!

10:37 am

you too

10:37 am

Wait, now climate change, birth control and whether or not to get vaccinated are all in the sane arena? My head hurts.

10:37 am

the only thing you can actively do to work against climate change it to become political, alas

10:37 am

we have far too many people on this planet.

10:38 am

and not have children, you're right

10:38 am

I love the celebrities that talk about climate change and then fly all over the world

10:38 am

That is what I mean mael. Get out there and support candidates that endorse what you believe in. Preaching about it on the internet does nothing.

10:38 am

mael you can use mass transit, get your power from solar/mael directly or indirectly

10:38 am

But then the pope says ... don't have pets when you can have children

10:38 am

I do all that, I have an electric car powered by solar panels

10:39 am

it is still a drop in the bucket compared to any big corporation

10:39 am

I thought the whole thing with catholics is the only reason to have sex is to have kids

10:39 am

I have solar too.. and my next house will be solar powered

10:39 am

there are two different things though 1. doing enough against climate change that if everyone did it, the problem would be solved 2. doing enough to make up for all the people who aren't doing the things they should (which would definitely involve getting political unless you are already in charge of a country or large corporation, and even WITH getting political, like Greta, you might not be able to do enough)

10:39 am

that's what the church says hokie

10:39 am

Well, we can each only do what we are able to do. But I am not really believing that you care if you actively do nothing to work against what you're bitching about.

10:40 am

I recycle, I grow a lot of my own food, use only the power I generate from our solar panels for our car too, and yet even if we ALL did that it wouldn't be enough in the face of polluting mega corps

10:40 am

(agreed mael)

10:40 am

oh, how were your eggs this morning?

10:40 am

well that's what i mean though mael - if the polluting megacorps used renewable power, it WOULD be enough

10:41 am

I also only vote for politicians that want to fight climate change, but I'm in MA so that's easy enough

10:41 am

bye local or grow your own also helps. reuse, recycle, compost, eat less meat. Do I stop climate change? but creating cultural change starts with a few

10:41 am

yeah, but forcing them to use renewable energy is a political problem

10:41 am

happily many of our wineries have gone green and aren't polluting here

10:42 am

not if you buy stock and propose stockholder votes on the issue. That has reduced the corporate money (but not the individual money) in politics.

10:43 am

and you can do it at the state level. Look at California.

10:43 am

Well, as our highways continue to be jammed with people 24/7, I'm not believing most people are actively working to "reduce their carbon footprint".

10:43 am

I manage a lot of stocks for my company and I only trade in green stocks, but again, my power as an individual is limited. :) collective power is political power

10:44 am

that's because we don't have birth control molly, we are just creating more prius drivers :D

10:45 am

we're doing way better at making birth control free and accessible (in the US) than we were 15 years ago though

10:45 am

parents should have to take tests before they have children and also Psychological exams

10:45 am

(lookit me, looking on the bright side)

10:46 am

apparently Hurshy hasn't heard about the Texas, Missouri, and Georgia cases in the Supreme court

10:46 am

yeah, again, incentivizing use of public transportation and enhaving public transportation is again a political problem. I can't build a commuter rail between central mass and eastern mass myself, but I can vote for politicians that want to make that happen and I can talk their ear off after I vote them in

10:47 am

but then there's the idiots that whine that the T (our public transport system) is expensive to run for the state, without considering the fact that the T ought to be a public service, not a for profit enterprise.

10:47 am

Exxon stockholders have been pushing for green targets fairly successfully. EXXON!

10:48 am

i'm not saying we're golden, ru, just trying to look at the bright side for a change :D

10:48 am

usually i'm not good at that

10:49 am

no it's true hursh.. we have made progress with types of birth control.. but this anti-abortion front is getting a little scary

10:49 am

but i did sign up for facebook news postings from "The Progress Network" which tells you bright-side-things

10:49 am

I just need to find 23 more words, but I'm stuck, so I'll take a break. LMK when y'all solve the problems. 😉

10:49 am

Ru has a point about population growth. Since I was born the earth's population has nearly tripled.

10:49 am

I was impressed hursh! hahaha

10:49 am

now if they could work on male hormonal contraceptives that would be great :)

10:49 am

i saw this posting from The Progress Network this morning: No more scheduling doctor's appointments just to access birth control, Illinois! As of Jan 1st, it can be bought straight from a pharmacist, freeing up your day (and co-pay) to do just about anything else.

10:50 am

good job, Illinois!

10:51 am

and once one state passes something like that hopefully other ones borrow the idea

10:52 am

(you can bet that would only be certain states hurshy)

10:52 am

yeah, obvs

10:52 am

Ru, I hate to break it to you, but Catholics who are not practicing birth control are not the primary contributors to over population.

10:53 am

esp since most lay Catholics in the US completely disagree with and ignore the church teaching on it

10:53 am

no that's true.. but they are a significant portion of the problem especially in Latin America

10:54 am

that and the Duggar Family :D

10:54 am

I see ing is in the grid.

10:55 am

yeah i'd say it's more of an evangelical thing than a catholic thing in the US now, to have lots of kids

10:55 am

(on purpose0

10:56 am

I agree, hursh

10:56 am

I didn't have kids... and I appreciate the drive for people to have kids. But they need to be good parents. Far too many children are born to horrible conditions and treatment.

10:58 am

(steps off soap box)

10:59 am

I would cite poverty and ignorance to be the prime contributors to over population. People in poor countries with no access to birth control and the significant amount of people in the US who have kids on purpose to stay on social assistance.

10:59 am

yes

10:59 am

oh i have to find my post about the funny conversation i had with a student about that!

11:00 am

gifted 5th grade student: You know, statisticians say the world population will probably level off at somewhere between 11-13 billion. why is that? me: well, because they have seen that groups of people who have access to birth control are choosing to have smaller families, and so they figure that when other people get that access, they will choose to have smaller families too. g.s.: why don't they have access? me: because they are poor, and it's a medical thing that they aren't being given. g.s.: what IS birth control? me: it is a way to prevent yourself from having babies. g.s.: wouldn't that just be 'not having sex'? me (internal): clearly you haven't hit puberty yet me: well, that's really hard, to get people to not have sex. so birth control is ways of having the sex but NOT having the babies.

11:01 am

I'll join you on the soapbox ru. I don't think having kids because "it's expected" or because of family pressure is a reason either. How many fathers (and mothers) would not be parents if they made the decision solely for themself? Then there's the ones who have a baby because "I want someone who will always love me" -- okay, someone else's turn on the soapbox :)

11:03 am

thanks ch.. for example.. My parents were not qualified to be parents and never should have had kids, but after the war everyone was having children because it was expected. But I guess if they didn't have kids you guys would have missed out on thousands of puns here

11:03 am

true, ru! :D

11:04 am

Well Ru, I'm glad they did the expected. The world would be far less fun without you. 😊

11:05 am

And a well rounded person you are too, Ruru. So I agree with you but it is also great to have you here with us too.

11:05 am

my hubby and I wanted to have 3 kids (he was one of six and I was one of 5) because we thought it would be fun and we would be good parents. Sadly only had one.

11:05 am

amen....hello all....

11:06 am

but his dad was a Mormon and THAT is where a lot of extra children come from. . .

11:06 am

hubby's dad

11:06 am

but he only had one wife?

11:07 am

:D

11:07 am

forgot the smily joke face

11:07 am

even Mormons can't legally have more than one wife

11:07 am

the smily joke face is assumed with you

11:07 am

JM hasn't been to Utah lately I think

11:09 am

I was in Salt Lake and Ogden and met with a Mormon WWII CO (three were only ten and they were all cousins and brothers) and he and his wife had 14 children

11:09 am

but that was 10 years ago and they were not young. . .my f-i-l

11:10 am

nieces and nephews were not that prolific

11:10 am

is there a list somewhere....I am down to 29 words left and don't know what letter they start with.

11:10 am

molly has broll's list aeb

11:11 am

click on her icon

11:11 am

tyvm rururocks

11:11 am

mr. homie is one of 11!

11:12 am

where is he from, carla?

11:12 am

I'm one of two and now the last surviving one

11:13 am

three here....last one was an "accident"....

11:14 am

I think I was an accident too kind of a back seat kind of thing my dad was a little bit randy :D

11:14 am

Let's go to a drive in Theater tonight honey

11:15 am

he is from memphis, his mom was extra catholic

11:15 am

*points to hokie's comment for Molly to read *

11:15 am

growing up, our closest neighbors had 5, 6, 7, and 10 kids....

11:16 am

there's 11.. starting a list

11:16 am

my grandmother was one of 19....two different wives for the great grandfather....

11:17 am

he wore out the first one... ;o)

11:17 am

wasn't anybody amused by my anecdote? :(

11:17 am

well, I went away for a while but I was amused

11:17 am

phew

11:18 am

hurshy's like joaquin phoenix in gladiator - are you not entertained??

11:18 am

sorry, must have gotten distracted when you posted it...

11:19 am

did you grow up in ME, pen?

11:19 am

yes...

11:19 am

mostly catholic neighborhood...

11:19 am

i needs the validation

11:20 am

*points to penquis's comment for Molly*

11:20 am

now at 30

11:21 am

sorry hursh I was amused but was finishing my deadline

11:21 am

are you providing catholic numbers to molly or pointing her to info about us for stalker files?

11:21 am

catholic baby rates in babble :D

11:23 am

yeah catholic rates WERE high decades ago

11:23 am

not as much anymore

11:24 am

bottom row grey!!!

11:24 am

I think stalkers are for now a thing in the past hokie

11:24 am

thankfully

11:24 am

mr. BF's last sibling was born in '86 I think

11:24 am

uh, how do you figure that ru?

11:26 am

I've noticed in the sewing groups I'm in on FB, there are a ton of women with large families. I just assume they are all evangelicals.

11:26 am

well.. the nasty one is gone now.. and has been for a long time. the other two were run out of the game hursh

11:27 am

ohhh i thought you meant like stalkers as a social phenomenon, i didn't know you meant babble

11:28 am

oh sorry I meant babble.. they're gone and good riddance

11:28 am

:)

11:29 am

except the trouble with stalkers is, you never TRULY know if they are gone or just silently lurk-stalking

11:29 am

these guys are gone .. there's nothing that could keep them from their nasty comments in the chat otherwise

11:30 am

regardless of the "support" they get from some players who apparently forgive them for everything

11:31 am

ignoring is the best course of action...

11:31 am

um pen.. this kind of went well beyond ignoring

11:32 am

well, I still haven't found a word and I've had lunch. moving on for now. TTFN.

11:32 am

bye, carla...

11:33 am

all i am talking about is the chat....problem posters want attention....

11:33 am

Hs Hammered!

11:34 am

oh sure..that's a problem too.. I agree pen

11:35 am

but that's been pretty much nil of late too

11:35 am

yes...

11:36 am

not for lack of trying from one poster to feed the flames

11:36 am

any response feeds the flames...

11:37 am

nods head

11:38 am

careful, ru....you don't want to become a bobble head... ;o)

11:38 am

then you would be a babble bobblehead....

11:40 am

I"m already one of those

11:40 am

90% done!

11:40 am

could someone tell me what the 8 starts with?

11:40 am

I guess I better get to work.. what a really nice interesting set of discussions we had today :D

11:40 am

EA - a compound

11:41 am

ea8

11:41 am

bye ru....

11:41 am

thank you! got it!

12:17 pm

Clue for de6 please?

12:17 pm

to take the unicorn's special feature away...

12:31 pm

can someone please clue the av 6/30?

12:36 pm

good moring all -- don't have it pen, but looking

12:37 pm

ty...

12:39 pm

if you put "con" in front of the final five letters you'd have a word meaning muscles contracting spasmodically in laughter or in pain ...

12:39 pm

thanks!

12:40 pm

ty, dose...

12:40 pm

i am done...

12:40 pm

... well done

12:40 pm

ty....

12:40 pm

congratspen!

12:40 pm

ty dos -- grats pen

12:41 pm

64 to go here

12:43 pm

ty...

12:49 pm

I had a much dirtier clue for the de6

12:51 pm

molly is channeling ru

12:51 pm

gotta go.....bye all...

12:53 pm

bye pen

12:54 pm

hah

1:06 pm

I just found a very twist av6/7

1:06 pm

Ru and I hang out in the same gutters

1:07 pm

I think I'm right there with you, given that just reading that there was a dirty clue for a DE got me the word

1:08 pm

Thanks!

1:08 pm

That av twist was just clued a few minutes ago

1:09 pm

I should have read back down the chat, sorry

1:12 pm

You are excused Mael. For your penance, please eat a giant slab of chocolate cake.

1:13 pm

twist my arm, molly

1:19 pm

got stuck here, so took time out to read the chat from earlier this morning - interesting discussion

1:20 pm

finally got all the Hs and Ns

1:23 pm

annnnnnd FW! thanks for the list, Molly

2:01 pm

*!*~*!* Thanks Molly and Broll for the list.

2:01 pm

Hagd everyone and stay safe :)

3:00 pm

Riot

3:00 pm

Oops sorry

3:11 pm

ugh what a tough board

3:39 pm

lots of birds

3:44 pm

Oh, are we playing the HarpJane game?

3:47 pm

sure why not Molls hahaha

another wild day at the food pantry

it would try the patience of a saint. it certainly tried the patience of the most patient volunteer today.

4:01 pm

I am glad you are so patient

no, i was not talking about myself. although i did very well.

one woman insisted that she knew we got gluten free donations drom a certain place three towns over. (we do not which begs the question, why doesn't she go to that town's pantry? she insisted we make up a gluten free bag- never mind the line behind here- of food we did not have.

4:04 pm

give he a bag og rice

4:04 pm

give her a bag of rice

would not stay in her car, gave attitude to the most patient staff, started unpacking the pre packed bags.

touched EVERYTHING

ha d acar loaded with stuff so there was nowhere to put the bags

4:06 pm

y'all don't have any security to move her on?

none. and when we open up for shopping, no one sees the need for any.

anyway, je, you know i can do double duty ad the bouncer...;)

4:07 pm

I might have yelled for security anyway and see if that got her moving

4:07 pm

okay say. . . I am security ma'am and you need to move on . . .

oh heck no. she is a tuesday client who is getting a rude awakening, because the old tuesday crew is no us.

only if i can have one of those blue and gold shirts....

4:08 pm

pretty sure thsi is thursday

lol yes and when she sees us again on tuesday she will get nthe message

the tuesday crew ran a free for all. then complained they had the heaviest workload.

we had the cat lady who asked for chicken and tuna to feed her cats. there was the client who waited till we were getting her someone special and cleaned out what was set out as ones and twos to be unshelved.

4:12 pm

I don't understand about ones and twos but get she grabbed something while your back was turned

there is the woman who shops for her family and her daughter's . her daughter then comes to shop for herself

4:13 pm

if you are desperate enough to steal from a food bank you gotta be pretty desperate. . .

yes. let's say i get things i cannot pack because not everyone would use them. like sardines or food with chinese writing we don't have a clue. or baby food.

4:14 pm

???

we put it out and ask each client what they might like from the offerings. but we never put out more than one so everyone can be served.

4:15 pm

oh I get it. good idea. someone may recognize it or like it. I like anchovies

4:15 pm

if you google image translate there's an app for it

4:16 pm

was helpful when i went to japan

4:16 pm

true but it is not always as accurate as you might hope especially with languages like chinese and japanese.

je, it is interesting. the person who cleaned out that stash did it while i went inside to pack enough beand and rice for her and the other two families she said she was picking up for.

4:17 pm

some times it is a literal translation that doesn't get you very far along in understanding but I use it too

the latin families do not eat things others would, like potatoes and stuffing mix and pasta and sauce.

un 7/40 please?

4:18 pm

I have lived on grits for a month {and ungale which is Kenyan grits for a week) a sardine would have been welcomed

one of the churches had them present to them what they wanted. likewise the church prepared some of the rejected foods for them to try.

nm found it for fireworks

both sides learned a great deal

4:19 pm

sorry luv I do have it

4:19 pm

hi all no 7's or the 8 here

4:19 pm

whoohoo luv!

wait, there are words here? really?

ty jmc, any clues needed?

4:19 pm

(Idon't have it I meant)

4:20 pm

yes TO although this has been a great day for conversations

hahahaha

4:20 pm

how about the un7 if it isn't a fish.

well i guess i should look for a un word then

4:21 pm

help with the 8 pls

4:21 pm

ea840 a compound word

it's confounding. if you ask for something we do try to give it to you.

un 7/40 is not enthusiastic (sp?)

not in a hurry to do something

4:24 pm

ty luv looking

ty i will look

I can elaborate if you wish but don't want to give too much away too soon

4:25 pm

ty for ea8

then I have to go start dinner

4:25 pm

got the un7 too ty

4:25 pm

TO featherbee posted in FB and perfect meme for me: Nothing is normal and you are not okay. You are doing great.

ok then I'm off, HAGD everyone

4:26 pm

thanks luv I prefer to look some :)

4:26 pm

thanks luv I prefer to look some :)

4:26 pm

hic

good one

4:26 pm

got it. ty Luv

byr luv

i am freezing here. where was our nearly 50 degree day we were promised???

4:27 pm

I am planning on making a hanging of it TO. Told it to the boy and he said--that's what I have been trying to say but couldn't think how. That's perfect.

i question what is normal.

4:28 pm

well there is that . . .

4:29 pm

but when I think about how on edge I am and I have enough money and see the boy and I have a roof over my head and enough food I try to have sympathy for people who are struggling either harder than I am.

being human, we are better wired to see what we perceive as abnormal.

4:30 pm

I think what you are doing is wonderful TO and I thank you from the bottom of my heart

oh, i do agree. i remember calming myself in the markets when this began, saying that these people have families to provide for, and i am having enough trouble taking care of just one

gosh for what?

4:32 pm

working at the food bank

i am so at the end of my rope, i think we all have some ptsd about now.

well i would do more but that's too much like WORK

4:32 pm

yes, the boy said that to me last week

i wish i could learn deescalation

4:33 pm

in fact I told him day before yesterday that I think I am developing agoraphobia. So I made a point of getting out.

4:34 pm

the first thing in deescalation is to look at the person who is the target and ask them if they need help. . . of course it is different if you are the target. . . haha

i hear that. staying in was easy. going out again? not so much.

4:35 pm

I doubt I would be doing as well as I am except a friend from the gym and I have gone walking pretty much once a week for two years.

i was just beginning to get out when the omicron came. i actually went to music trivia with a group.

well i am glad for you. i relied on the friend whom you have met and he is not reliable.

4:36 pm

and the stress is also why I decided to make Babbleland a more regular part of my life again. There are a lot of people here I like.

i am glad. good to see you. you are so active, must have been difficult.

4:38 pm

yeah I am a real people person and its been two year since I have attended Meeting for Worship at the Meeting or had guests from outside of my family in my home.

4:38 pm

and no gigantic bbq for 2 years :{

awwww

4:40 pm

BUT my boy comes by and I see my sister and we had Christmas in person after everyone tested negative and I have gardened and organized my house better. . .this is really not a grim life and I just have to remind myself that that is true.

i am amazed at those people who started a whole bumch of projects. i have not even decluttered, painted, not even organized a closet.

4:42 pm

haha I had to or go crazy for sure!

4:42 pm

brb

but i am working slowly and give myself credit for each thing that leaves the house.

4:44 pm

that's the idea. . .give yourself credit

4:45 pm

yeah lots of people planted gardens and then let them die. . . harder than it looks. . hahaha

i joined the local garden club

now THAT'S funny

5:01 pm

well if you enjoy the company. My sister does gardening at the Audubon Society's Gardens and loves it.

5:02 pm

do you drink tea with them?

i do. nice ladies.

5:02 pm

Shall I make you a facinator?

no. but we do have snacks.

5:03 pm

*fascinator

ah, i had a friend who had a high tea. i found the most fabulous hat.

5:03 pm

cool

sadly, that friend was lost over differences over covid

and since i did not get a christmas card, i assume she has moved on.

5:04 pm

oh too bad.

i guess she was a summer soldier. and it's been a long hard lonely winter.

the good thing is she was also an ardent thrifter, i gave it up for lent and did not return. am selling off my collections of years.

5:07 pm

I got invited to high tea with these women and nearly died of boredom

i feel better not acquiring things.

5:07 pm

I made conversation the whole time and they invited me back and I demurred.

no, this tea was lively.

5:08 pm

I have thing but most of them are the size a of a thimble and scattered in places around the house to surprise you if you see them.

5:09 pm

well hope you have another try at high tea then

i don't know. i can be cordial but once someone betrays you..

5:10 pm

well you could chalk it up to a bad time for us all. . . and let it pass if you have the opportunity. . .

she has many friends, one less no problem.

and she put it in writing. kind of hard to ignore that.

or misconstrue.

5:14 pm

that is harder

yes. i was just floored.

hence the summer soldier. for the fun, not for the storm.

5:15 pm

yep. I know the reference.

i surely could use a word. have not found one in half an hour

5:17 pm

well there are a lot of birds on the right side of the grid

i see four bird words

5:18 pm

I have 7

oh. must look harder

5:19 pm

sorry only 6

on the right side?

5:20 pm

yes they are all water birds of one kind or another

okay

5:26 pm

need stats?

I guess the EA 8 is a piece of jewelry (?)

5:47 pm

you got me IG

I liked this grid - how about you, JM

5:49 pm

google reports it to be part of your aural apparatus

5:50 pm

sorry to be slow. . . .it takes me time to find the correct spelling. . .I am a terrible speller

5:50 pm

I haven't finished a grid in so long IG that I am happy with whatever Dr. God sends our way

wow - so the EA is in our head

5:51 pm

so much is in my head. . . . .

yay, i found a word!

Ive heard of ear Crystals - better than not much, JM :)

5:52 pm

yay TO!

5:52 pm

haha probably is better IG

oh good lord. the news has a story about homemade bombs. i don't think that high on my worry list.

for days, i avoid broadcast news.

My mother complained about my dads homemade after dinner bombs all the time

5:54 pm

I don't think those were the same IG

5:55 pm

I refuse to worry about the news. Real journalism is rare. Headline chasing is the new norm.

5:55 pm

anyway I am done for the nonce. Have a good night.

oh yes. and finding dirt everywhere. and problems where they do not exist. time to go. later, je

hmm, shades of babble rabble...

Hi TO

7:03 pm

Shades of Babble Rabble? I truly hope not. Chat has been so much better since he is gone.

7:07 pm

evening all!

8:54 pm

Fw!!

10:13 pm

Hi dan, hi all

10:34 pm

*waves to ori*

11:57 pm

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