July 4, 2024
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mi8
good one!
don't see it but looking
it was a satisfying word, I thought
ho7
hello everyone - good find freep
en 7
fl8
surprised that isn't a proper noun
(I have never, ever seen this as a word other than proper
Clues are up
ty lickety
thanks, lickety
nbt, nbs
nbt/nbs too
not seeing the d
dh5 kinda babblet
dh 5
ty freep and ursh - forgot that one
well, it won't take one forcep
I guess you really do need a pair
phantom mermen
morning babblers
crashing - good night
night, nan. Hi, sprite.
hi freep!
you are almost in the grid today
Instead, I am the Phantom of the Grid
true :)
ks killed
good evening
hi jane
found a bird
yay! No grid is complete without its bird
I fill an odd niche
we need a bird and a fish in every grid
and Scottish slang
preferably archaic
indeed
and some obscure currency won't go a miss either
oh, true.
still, birds and fishes are far more fun
I agree
fireflies. Not a bad grid at all. Bye, jane and freep and all!
why is the fl8 allowed??? Surely whichever way you look at it it is a proper noun?? Like Pele
And if you are allowed tong - singular of tongs why arent you allowed forcep ??!!
forceps are what is known as an acceptable plural with no singular
tong is an American word for a group of criminals
well look at who's here... g'day son
Morning Mum! I'm ailing, so I've been keeping quiet for a while - how's you?
going very well. what's got into you? haven't seen many posts in FB either.
I came down with a cold about 2 weeks ago and don't generally like to complain about my ailments, but this one is a bugger. Just when I think it's clearing it comes back with a bang and I'm fed up with it now lol
is it a cold? we have microplasmic pneumonia going around over here.
Never heard of that, sounds a delight! I was so bad over the weekend I decided to take a Covid test but it's not that thankfully. I just think as I get older colds last longer. Funnily enough I haven't had a cold for about 5 years
perm
perms
oh panties, sorry!
roflol..
have you been to your doc? what did they say?
Won't bother the doc its just one of those bugs. Besides, if I waited for an appointment on the NHS I'd be dead before the appointment haha!!
* giggle *
please take care of yourself, mate. how's the gorgeous missus? please give her my love.
She's good, and I will. I did pass the bug on to her, but thankfully she seems to have had very mild symptoms, lucky devil. The worst part (sorry about this) is all the mucus - nose and chest are like a flipping hosepipe of the stuff!
ahhhh, that sounds like RSV. usually only kids get it, but the virus has mutated and now is able to give adults a good run ( pardon the pun ) for their money. the good news is as you have had it for so long already, you are actually on your way to being over it.
What are the symptoms of RSV? runny nose. cough. wheeze. difficulty breathing. fever. cyanosis (bluish or greyish colour of the skin).
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
Just Googled it, sounds similar (apart from the blue skin bit, which can wait til I'm dead haha!) Hopefully, like you say, it's on it's way out now. My big downfall I believe is that I vape and that is probably slowing the recovery, silly boy!
i didn't have the fever or cyanosis, but i had all the other symptoms. felt as sick as a dog. haven't had anything like it for nearly 40 years.
Anyway Mum I'm off for a bit, need to get a coffee and go and wake lovely Diane so I shall speak to you soon and you and Dad take care xx
love ya sweetie. get better soon.
Election Day here in UK think i@ll hide under the blankets till it is all over
Just make sure you vote first! I shall go out and do that shortly
Somebody said to my daughter yesterday 'I shan't bother'. She said that is because no-one ever had to die to give you a vote because you are a privileged white man'. So proud of that firl!!
girl!
Indeed!
You're daughter sounds excellent
right! Down to 24. I'm off to vote!! bbl
I think I shall do the same - I've 34 left
Happy 4th of July to all those in these United States. 248 years of being the greatest country in the world.
And God bless all of our service men and women and their families. Their sacrifices are what keep us free and safe.
FWs. Happy 4th of July to those who celebrate
here's to forming a more perfect union every year, and to the crazy idea that we're all in this together and the people's voice should matter!
The Declaration of Independence says it best: Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
first thing I see when I get here: coerce
and Happy Independence Day, USA!
was going to do a NTPN but glad I checked it first!
nearly got hokie in the grid today :-)
well moo does call me ho4
based on that.. we should eliminate the supreme court molly
Well, the early colonists Kicked King George's butt, so I guess anything is possible.
i hope we get a democratic house and Senate this coming election. it might save our country
we don't have hokie in the grid but we have her sister in the grid
Ho? 😋
no... Hokee
Oh, her Asian sister
Phantom: the lost Lenore
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!
simp
sorry
anybody have stats for the E in column 4?
en 5/10
aha brit spelling gets me every time ty dos
Can anyone help me? I played 112 words from the grid and I saw them listed.Today they are gone?…..
i think you'd have to ask doc
Thanks
kind of a yucky grid today
Ps Pummelled! for a wonder
ooh got an 8 and Ms Mangled!
Ns Nailed! 4th row grey!
Os Overturned!
last col grey!
thanks to freep for the fo8
i mean FL8
namaste
Happy 4th to my American Babble friends.
well i took a walk and now i'm back, wonder if i will be any less stuck on these last 9 than i was before i left
I have:
FF
E
K R P
M
S I
did you get en7
it is a normal word
yes
and can you guess my lower C
how about en4/10
no wait that's the other E
and i meant 5/10 anyway
en4/4, 5/12, 2 sea bird words
ep4
yes - actually the E I'm missing is from the first tile
i have 4 CR5 and cannot find another word from there
rehi
Do you have cr6/21?
no i do not
ahhh thanks
now i feel like a doof
hi hokie
I didn't have that one either, thanks
did you get pe6/21 gillie?
what about L, can you guess my L?
I need 1 L
le5/10
but gillie doesn't need an L hokie :D
le4/8 or le5/10
I don't either now
i have both of those :(
but was going to guess that 4 if you have the 5
and lo5 and 2 lo4
the other 4 are very normal
dang it
must have just mistyped when i was doing the Ls earlier
i can't help with K or R, i need 2 of each, plus two F and one S, same as you Gillie
the i has in4 and is6
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ty for pe6 hursh
yw
and for is6
I haven't even done a full first pass yet 🤣
yw
and en5
well then plug away hokie, plug away
34 left
3-3-1
i got an F!!
I've gone to the list - 2-2 now
I just need one F
by adding an E to fo4/8
and another F! by adding ANOTHER E
must be french
add another E
I had the 6 but not the 5
mebbe you can help us with the K then gillie
ke5/18 (there are 2)?
I only have 3 K's 😥
Actually 3
have ... 3
just found a ko4
is that the only ko?
ko4/8 (two vowels in middle) is the weirdest
There's another one
ahh thanks
2R and 1S left!!
last word sm5/20 that I don't remember seeing before (there are 2)
ok i have the one that sounds like a mocking smile
got both, thanks
got the other now, thanks!
re5/14 or re5/16?
r5 and 6, i suppose it's too much to hope for a pair
there's no r6, unless I'm blind
have the 5/16 but not 5/14
well, I have all R4, so I reckon I need those too
hello everyone :)
oh man i meant 4 and 5 not 5 and 6
yeah, my statement fits with gillie's
hey nan
double consonant in re5/14
ok got the 5
do you have the muppet one, hurshy?
the dog that plays the piano? yeah
yeah
oh it was just another one i thought i put in but hadn't
babblet plural re4/5
done!!
And me too! Congrats to us both!
congrats
^5
still 23 here
well you started later
not your fault
most of the ones I found with the list were easy
I just typed a VERY normal K word on a whim and was surprised when it took and then it hit me.
hi all. Happy independence day! May we be independent always.
thanks, mkg. you too.
Any clues for i words?
one is an i4 babblet we have all the time and the other is an is6 sciencey word
what's something an animal could eat that's "tree ***" and it isn't nut or sap
is this a crossword clue or you are cluing i words for mkg?
Hmmm. Ok thinking. Actually raindeer eat bark of birch trees. Minor fact from travel to alaska
A tree part that starts with i? Hmmm
it's more like a crossword
no, nothing to do with the babble grid
I have the i words and that doesn't make sense, so I don't think that's what she was doing
so 3 letters?
three letters, so not bark.
yes
Ooooh. Ok. Sorry. I thought that was a clue for the i word bottom corner. Any clues for that welcome.
Mos? Should be moss but they do eat tree moss.
hokie clued them for you, 12:23
I have no idea on that, hurshy
I guess the piano playing dog came along after my kids outgrew sesame street
he was on the muppets, not sesame street
and your kids are younger than me
it's like a slang word for throwing up
I think thay are about the same age or older carla
according to your profile, my youngest is 2 yrs older than you
ah
ok had that ro 4
he can also be clued from Sound of Music
sad, that. young love cut off because of Nazism.
just realized I don't have the lowest E
en 5/10 carla
oh that old gem, thanks
Young love given up on because the young woman in question was smart enough to see her boyfriend was a loser.
yep
these M's are kinda sneaky
found my last f -- fe 5/16
down to 9 here. 1-4-2-1-1 N C H K PP M MM
yes - missing 4 of them -- think it's time to list
still have 17 to go here
found an M - my last 4 letter
found my N
found another M
0-3-2-1
there are a lot of 4 letter words I've never seen before
but if there hadn't been the Nazis, perhaps he wouldn't have BEEN a loser
Got the is 6./ ty.
Erne
Ooops sorry
I mean, if he's that easily swayed by evil he would've just been a loser with something else
found my H
One last clue needed for the E word in third row. Clues welcome.
I missed something. Who is a loser?
the hitler youth character in the sound of music that Liesl liked.
Oooh. Ok. Well, today we have thousands who believe hitler was a good person and call the holocaust fake news.
yeah, craziness
EASILY swayed? it was really really hard to stand up to the nazis. most people did not do it. and Milgram's electric shock experiments demonstrated that most people will obey orders just from like a person in a lab coat, nevermind someone who can arrest you, torture you and your family, etc.
done - hagd everyone :)
But there are so so many that as a jew i find it very scarey.
bye nan
The u.s. could easily be overtaken because nothing is being done about these protests which are becoming violent.
i'm sorry you have to deal with that mkg :(
the protests could be stopped very easily if the US would stop funding Israel's genocide of Palestinians though.
The cockwomble running for president is equally as scary as hitler, to my mind.
cockwomble is new to me 🤣
he's less intelligent than hitler, but one doesn't know whether that makes him less dangerous or more...
it is another delightful scottish word carla -- see my profile for the def.
they are such a delight
the only comforting thing is that he's old and eats unhealthily, so how much longer can he last anyway?
I can't figure out why no one is talking about his obvious signs of dementia. And I am talking about Trump.
I don't understand how neither party can actually have a good candidate
AND, if you want to be an effective dictator, you really need the military on your side. he's made his disdain for those who serve pretty clear, so hopefully that will prove to be an obstacle too
well molly, it's hard to pick out the signs of dementia from his pre-existing stupidity and inability to speak in coherent sentences, i think that's part of the issue
He s looking so old and frail
trump? I try not to look at him.
no - don't you think Biden has been looking pretty frail lately?
The way I see it, either way we're screwed. One way will just be more painful than the other.
the trouble is, most good people do not want to deal with the headache of politics, particularly at the level it reaches with the presidency.
I completely agree, molly
that's probably why michelle obama has always said she wouldn't do it, for instance
i heard chris murphy speak in person at yale and he said that he has to spend fully half his working time on fundraising/staying in office, which is a huge pain
Do what? Run for President? We really don't need Michelle Obama as President.
can you blame them? Who in their right mind wants to put up with all the threats not only to themselves but their families, never mind all the garbage printed in the media about them.
whether you like michelle obama or not, the point is, the massive annoyances of high level politics are probably why she would never want to run.
well, listed for last 5. my last was cr5/14 - thought it was a phantom all day.
and those massive annoyances probably also deter a lot of other people
and that's why neither party has a good candidate
The biggest reason keeping good people running for President is the amount of money it takes to run a successful campaign.
on my way... you are not alone -- we have problems with our own political leaders and there are more of them!
yes, money is the root of all the problems
Hmm, I thought it was the root of all evil
I heard it's the Love of money that is the root of all evil. I get that!
Sometimes . . . Molly, my state has, by far the richest politician in this country. Finally, we have a fantastic governor. It's not money keeping good people from running, it's ethics. They've started floating his name around, NO!!! Is he a terrific governor, YES. Why? Because he has the appropriate skill set. Has he spent any time at the Federal level, I don't think so. He's not keen on having his name thrown around. Just because you're fantastic at one job, does not mean you're going to be fantastic at another, unrelated job. On a more appropriate turn, whatever happened to having an exam for president? Lawyers, doctors, census workers all have to take tests. What about for the most important job in the country? Squat. First tests, then spend yuor money.
Well, just came in the room and looked over the chat. I am feeling delighted, no doubt because hurshy and molly are echoing my own sentiments. I remind myself, if they were not doing that, my hope is I would at least be respectful enough not feel the need for unnecessary 'correction'. Anyway, continue by all means! :)
Sadly both candidates are terrible and it’s a sad state of affairs that those two are,the best US has to offer we are the laughing stock of other countries now. I,really don’t want Harris as president either when Biden fails more. Curious to see who Trump is saying his running mate will be
speed, given that in this particular election, both the candidates for VP have a good chance of becoming President, I think voters deserve to know as early as possible so we can factor that into our decisions. I've never understood why VP candidates were not taken more seriously.
That is exactly how I feel so I might be basing my decision on who Trump says his is but neither one is any good sadly
JDVance will be his running mate and he is an idiot
I disagree that we will ever be the laughing stock of other countries. And I wouldn't disrespect the good people who serve and work to make this country better by agreeing.
I So nice to see a calm political discussion for once
Yes! In our small town, there is an annual parade of cars waving the U.S. flag on the 4th of July. There are no politics involved, no campaigning, just folks waving a flag as they motor down the street. It's our version of a 4th of July parade. We also don't have a public display of fireworks. Because ... yes, the town is that small. lol!
We also have to stop sending money overseas and start taking care of our own. Sadly I am a single mother and can barely afford food and other necessities and trust me I never spent a lot. I never drank or smoked and my wardrobe is basic but now I count every penny🥺😡
I agree that we need to start taking care of our own.
I'm queer. I'm voting for Biden because the Republicans' Project 2025 Platform (https://www.project2025.org/policy/) wants to allow employers to discriminate against LGBTQ folks. They're also looking to increase privatization of veteran's healthcare, outlaw universal free lunches in schools, and make librarians register as sex offenders if people object to the books in the kids section.
Unlurking...Bookgrrl--thank you for posting about the Project 2025. And I'm riding with Biden...his brain could be in a jar next to his body and I'd still vote for him as the alternative is terrifying.
All good reasons for voting "against"
emusing, thanks for posting something I completely agree with.
Yes I agree with that emusing and I hate Trumps stand on women’s issues. Roe vs Wade should never have been overturned
that is totally Mitch McConnell's fault
he prevented a more balanced court
now look at our court.. grifters, liars, pro-life freaks, on the take, and now empowering the next president to weaponize the government fully
√ rururocks
(oops, that's supposed to be a checkmark)
Ooo, Ru, you got a checkmark
Bout time
✔ there, that's a proper one
Just putting this out there: "Shiny Happy People" on Prime. Eye opening, shocking & disgusting!
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