Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, May 17, 2025

12:00 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:01 am

Rainiqui

ra 7, hi Nan

12:01 am

justafreep

The Return of the Large Grid

12:02 am

SuzeeQ24

in7

12:03 am

SuzeeQ24

in8

12:04 am

SuzeeQ24

di7

12:05 am

SuzeeQ24

ev7

12:06 am

dizgrannie

in 8 x 2

12:07 am

deanoz

re8

12:10 am

Robespierre

un8

12:10 am

SuzeeQ24

re7

12:14 am

Robespierre

un 8 x 2

12:15 am

Stitchknit

rse

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, tu 9

12:24 am

deanoz

de8

12:28 am

dizgrannie

th 9

12:43 am

sprite

morning babblers

12:55 am

Gillie

th8

1:11 am

lynxxx

de8

1:21 am

dizgrannie

un 8 x 2

1:22 am

dizgrannie

teth

1:22 am

dizgrannie

oopsie

1:49 am

dizgrannie

st 8

2:45 am

Deeha

what fun the d's are!

3:02 am

grannyrose

lovely chunky grid for once. lots of lovely extensions to stem words.

3:02 am

sprite

hiya rose *hugs*

3:02 am

grannyrose

* hugs * sprite. how are you doing sweetie? any improvement?

3:03 am

sprite

Rob's foot seems to be better. Last AB pill today. I am hanging in here.

3:04 am

grannyrose

yay for Rob. soon honey. it will be your time to relax for a few days. you are doing so well. proud of you.

3:05 am

sprite

thank you :) Am pretty stoked about how I navigate this too. How are you and Don doing?

3:06 am

grannyrose

be proud of me please. Don's leg is getting worse. he wakes from a deep sleep with shin splints. and can only move around limping badly. i am pretty worried. good thing?? second injection, the one into the left hip, seems to be working. i have NO hips pain, for the first time in years.

3:07 am

sprite

oh my, that is amazing news about the hip. Sorry to hear about Don's leg. Not really helping with sleeping either, I think. And I am always proud of you.

3:07 am

grannyrose

i am walking straighter. but still taking it very easy with physio. about 3 more weeks should see the torn muscles repaired. i hope...lol

3:08 am

sprite

easy does it. Muscles take time to heal

3:09 am

sprite

fireflies

3:09 am

grannyrose

PT has new leg weights. i won't start with them for 3 more weeks, and then only with 0.5kg for a few weeks, before increasing by 0.5kg.

3:10 am

grannyrose

WTG SPRITE!!! yummy grid, huh?

3:10 am

sprite

yes, mini steps. You don't want to retear them

3:10 am

sprite

very nice grid. I kept hoping someone would ask for a clue for the ev7 so that I could say: I thought that was rather obvious

3:11 am

grannyrose

* giggle *

3:11 am

grannyrose

nice way to leave a clue. lol

3:11 am

sprite

*grins*

3:11 am

grannyrose

what's on today?

3:13 am

sprite

filling up medicine dose boxes for the next 3 months :( Rotten job but worth it, no need to think or anything the rest of the time

3:14 am

grannyrose

wow. that will keep you off the streets for a bit. * grin * how's the weather holding up?

3:14 am

sprite

tomorrow we will go over our finances with Tim and discuss what he can do to help us find a home. I managed to get a full overview of our finances into a spreadsheat. Yeah me, lol.

3:14 am

grannyrose

well done Sprite. did you use excel?

3:15 am

sprite

pretty good weather. We have extremely little rain, it is very dry which is amazing in the netherlands, also known as our little frog country

3:15 am

sprite

excel WITH formulas *smug*

3:15 am

grannyrose

whoa !! you have earned that smug look. i'm impressed.

3:16 am

grannyrose

Don hates excel. i love it. i find it so easy to use.

3:16 am

sprite

so was I, grin. Had to look up in google how to get it to add up over a whole bunch of cells.

3:16 am

sprite

oh I love it, I just am not very experienced with it. But google helps.

3:17 am

grannyrose

oh yes. let's all thank the good guys who programmed it.

3:18 am

sprite

well, I guess it is time to play apothecary here. Love and hugs!

3:18 am

grannyrose

all those lovely extra bits you can do, on the same screen.

3:18 am

grannyrose

love and hugs back at you, with bells on.

7:03 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

7:09 am

periwinkle

Good Morning, Crossy

7:35 am

Atalante

tooooo many words today

8:01 am

Christa

Good Morning to all

8:02 am

crosshair

Good morning, Christa. :)

9:04 am

Wendrie

Afternoon all

9:06 am

crosshair

Afternoon, Wendrie. :)

9:20 am

wvteach

Hello all!

9:24 am

Wendrie

Hello Crosshair & WVTeach

9:33 am

hurshy

woooot

9:41 am

Wendrie

:waves: Hi Hurshy!

9:42 am

hurshy

hello

9:44 am

Norma

ne

9:54 am

hurshy

oh this U is gonna be tough isn't it

9:55 am

phaeton

the U's are pretty normal

9:55 am

hurshy

yeah but what makes it tough is all the other Us that don't work but seem plausible

9:57 am

hurshy

and i just found ur5 and 6 which aren't normal lol

9:59 am

MollyL

Yeah but we have those all the time

10:02 am

hurshy

i guess we have them pretty often yeah. but again the tough part is really knowing which UNs will work and which won't.

10:08 am

hurshy

haha like i just got a un8 that i really didn't expect to work

10:08 am

cybernan

good morning all

10:09 am

hurshy

morning nan!

10:12 am

hurshy

ooh nice no8

10:14 am

MollyL

It's like the flip, only hours later

10:14 am

hurshy

whenever you start is the flip for you

10:15 am

Deeha

nice to have one you can get your teeth into havent had one for a while

10:15 am

hurshy

yes!

10:17 am

Atalante

except I'm meant to be writing a grant proposal today :(

10:18 am

hurshy

i have always thought writing grant proposals must be the most boring task

10:19 am

cybernan

lots of nice sets in this one

10:19 am

Atalante

it really is. I know in my head that this is a great project, why do I have to agonise over having to write it down against visions and outcomes and stuff

10:21 am

hurshy

what is the project (if it can be put in terms a layperson can understand)?

10:22 am

Atalante

developing a set of ecological models that will help understand what decommissioning options are best for oil and gas / windfarms in the North Sea

10:23 am

hurshy

that sounds very useful

10:23 am

Deeha

oh that one!!!

10:23 am

Atalante

it would hopefully be very useful!

10:24 am

hurshy

see now if grant proposals could be that short it would be so much easier lol

10:25 am

Atalante

I agree. we have to write 1000 words about how it fits with a project vision and 1000 words about outcomes and a few sections of 500 words about teams and stuff, and that's just to be allowed to write a full proposal

10:32 am

hurshy

yesterday i saw a post pointing out that in French, with "chat" being "cat" and GPT sounding like "j'ai pété", ChatGPT sounds like you're saying "Cat, I farted"

10:36 am

crosshair

Seems like many are of the view that partion deconstruction of the upper portion of the structure is a viable alternative, leaving the lower structures in place to encourage undersea reef revitalization. Sounds like a tall order though.

10:36 am

crosshair

Partial*

10:37 am

hurshy

way to make my comment seem irrelevant, crossy

10:38 am

crosshair

Sorry, Hurshy, was not my intent. :)

10:38 am

hurshy

i joke (since my comment was obviously completely irrelevant with or without any contrast)

10:41 am

crosshair

Back in the day, when I was in high school, we were forced to take french for at least two years in irder to graduate. Because it was forced upon us we hated it with a passion, so as soon as we got the credits we failed to keep up with it. Now the only french I rememer would get my face slapped at a club. :)

10:42 am

hurshy

yeah we humans do not take well to being forced into things

10:43 am

periwinkle

I took French in high school and college. Je parle francais un petit peu

10:44 am

crosshair

That I understood. :)

10:44 am

hurshy

i mean the trouble is, nobody can really develop or keep up strong skills in a foreign language without regular opportunities to actually practice it

10:44 am

periwinkle

I have a friend who is fluent in French and he often responds to my text in French. Some of which I understand

10:45 am

periwinkle

I will not finish this grid but would like to find all the big words

10:45 am

cybernan

took french in high school then brushed up on it when my son married a french girl and we were travelling to France a lot. Now I'm losing it again as I haven't been over there for 10 years or more

10:45 am

periwinkle

so far ony have 3 8s and no 9s

10:46 am

periwinkle

need to figure out what to have for lunch

10:46 am

periwinkle

bbs

10:46 am

cybernan

11-3-1 on the 7+ ones

10:46 am

crosshair

It does not help that for several decades Elglish-speaking tourists to Quebec were treated very poorly indeed, though this has eased somewhat over time.

10:47 am

crosshair

Outside of Old Quebec City that is.

10:47 am

hurshy

another rusty skill - i hadn't used a sewing machine in years and yesterday i tried and it's funny how i forgot so many basic things. since what i wanted to do didn't need to be pretty, i was successful at my goal, but i definitely didn't do it WELL

10:48 am

crosshair

I read once that it take 10,000 to master a skill.

10:48 am

crosshair

10,000 hours*

10:48 am

hurshy

yeah that's what they say

10:48 am

cybernan

yes, crossy - we were living in Montrel during the FLQ crisis. The chips on shoulders were the size of logs.

10:49 am

cybernan

* Montreal

10:49 am

hurshy

so i saw Rosalind Chao (who i knew from ST:TNG) on the Daily Show a little while back, talking about her current show the Three Body Problem, and i guess i came away with the mistaken impression that season 2 was just coming out. so this week i watched it and discovered not only was that wrong but season two isn't expected until next year. so that's a bummer.

10:50 am

Atalante

sorry - I had to go and chase the dog - you're right, crossy, people are definitely looking at how underwater structures could be beneficial if left in place. It can be a hard sell legislatively and politically though

10:50 am

crosshair

I do not see why, though, Atalante;the old hulls of ships are commonly sunk for the same purposed.

10:51 am

Atalante

because we're agreeing that environmental damage is "acceptabel" doing that. governments find that tricksy

10:52 am

Atalante

some schemes have got it really right, like rigs to reefs in the gulf of mexico

10:52 am

crosshair

Of course the vessel/ windfarm structures must be stripped with care so that nothing toxic is left behind.

10:52 am

Atalante

ships are always different because they have different legislatory requirements

10:52 am

hurshy

but i suppose that something that works in a warm marine ecosystem might not be exactly the same as what works in the north sea, eh?

10:53 am

hurshy

different organisms, different needs?

10:53 am

crosshair

You are correct, hurshy. I am sure the methidology would vary from location to location.

10:54 am

crosshair

Damn typos. :/

10:54 am

Atalante

and that is the fun bit - trying to strip out everything toxic when for a lot of things, noone really worried when putting toxic stuff in. for example, we have some huge oil and gas platforms in the north sea that are stuffed full of toxic sludge so they can't be taken out because we can't get the sludge out

10:54 am

cybernan

It seems like it was just yesterday that they were building oil rigs for the North Sea

10:54 am

Atalante

to be honest, it's pretty much the same warm or cold

10:54 am

hurshy

interesting

10:54 am

Atalante

there's just more divers happy to dive on structures on warmer waters :D

10:55 am

crosshair

Yes, I imagine ckeaning up these toxic sites present great challanges.

10:55 am

hurshy

well if it helps at all, i'm happy to proofread your proposal ata :)

10:56 am

Wendrie

The articles I've seen about 'what do we do with old north sea rigs/platforms' have focused on how rough the seas are and how things will decay if not maintained/taken down carefully.

10:56 am

crosshair

Ata, do you know the average depth of these sites?

10:57 am

Wendrie

and how far away from mainland - because the supply chains/distance on some in the north sea were quite long and convoluted.

10:57 am

crosshair

Ineed--many factors to consider.

10:57 am

Atalante

I'll take you up on that hurshy :)

10:58 am

Atalante

average depth? in North Sea probably about 60m. but we are looking at decommissioning in several 1000s of metres elsewhere

10:58 am

crosshair

Ugh.

10:58 am

Atalante

wendrie, the southern north sea is WAY easier to deal with than the northern part because of all that!

10:59 am

Wendrie

Ata - yes, I had friends who were doing research up using the rigs as bases and it was astonishing how they got there and how rough the sea was.

11:00 am

Atalante

west of shetland in particular is a nightmare for weather and rough seas

11:00 am

crosshair

I am sure they cannot continue to allow them to decay while doing nithing. Their hand will be firced one way or another.

11:01 am

Atalante

for our US neighbours, west of shetland is similar latuitude to Hudson Bay / Juneau

11:02 am

Atalante

ha, they are doing exactly that around the world unfortunately ....

11:02 am

hurshy

hey, i watch Shetland, i see how grey it always is there

11:02 am

Atalante

(but gorgeous too!)

11:03 am

hurshy

and having a cake fridge pretty much makes up for anything

11:03 am

Atalante

yes, equally important in orkney too

11:03 am

hurshy

i don't think i'm responsible enough to live somewhere with a cake fridge tho

11:04 am

crosshair

My beloved can no longer have cake. Her diabetes has her numbers all over the place this last year. :(

11:06 am

crosshair

She has only been diabetic for the last two years, so it is a steep learning curve for her.

11:08 am

crosshair

So, being a good husband I eat the cake so it is not hanging around being a temptation. :)

11:08 am

hurshy

Hs Hacked!

11:09 am

cybernan

just found another 8 -- time for breakfast :)

11:10 am

Atalante

I wish I had such a good excuse to eat cake

11:12 am

Wendrie

run out of time and 101 words left... maybe I'll get back

11:13 am

hurshy

first pass complete, 22 words left, no more than 2 from any given tile. did not find either 9 though.

11:13 am

hurshy

ooh make that 21 now.

11:15 am

hurshy

i have one of the classic problems now. have to pee but have an angel kitten sitting on me

11:15 am

Atalante

thats a big dilemma

11:16 am

hurshy

she sensed there was a problem and got up

11:17 am

cybernan

want the call for the 9 hurshy?

11:20 am

crosshair

Ugh, of course our dogs waited until there was a rip-roaring thunderstorm going on to decide they needed to pee. :(

11:20 am

hurshy

sure nan

11:20 am

cybernan

tu 9 (compound)

11:21 am

ChampFit

Thx nan!

11:21 am

hurshy

ty!

11:21 am

crosshair

Ty for tu8/60

11:22 am

crosshair

9/60*

11:23 am

hurshy

5-1-2-3-4-1

11:27 am

hurshy

redote

11:27 am

hurshy

scuse me, wrong anyway

11:29 am

hurshy

wait wait wait what

11:30 am

hurshy

just watching F1 qualifying and they just said something about it might be the last time F1 goes to Emilia Romagna!?

11:31 am

crosshair

It has been many years since I have watched F1 racing.

11:32 am

hurshy

you know what surprises me, i haven't found any words in this grid that end with -ive in the adjective kind of format

11:33 am

hurshy

like "meditative" or words like that

11:35 am

crosshair

I have found two

11:35 am

hurshy

really??

11:35 am

crosshair

Yup

11:36 am

penquis

adjectives?

11:43 am

MollyL

The words in this grid that end in ive are not adjectives

11:43 am

penquis

none of mine are...

11:44 am

hurshy

ok, crossy must've just not read what i was saying carefully

11:45 am

MollyL

Well you were pretty clear using an example like meditative

11:57 am

penquis

Dorens has a crown today...

12:03 pm

hurshy

ok i see the other 9 is a th (and prob plural since there is an 8 before it)

12:03 pm

penquis

yes...not a word i have seen before...

12:04 pm

penquis

it's an alt spelling of a funeral song....looked it up...

12:04 pm

hurshy

hmmmmmmmmmmm

12:05 pm

penquis

not a compound...

12:08 pm

hurshy

ok got it with MW

12:08 pm

penquis

i am stalled at 60....taking a break....bye all...

12:08 pm

hurshy

2 left here

12:27 pm

hurshy

gotta love it when your computer stops being able to see the internet with 2 words left

12:29 pm

hurshy

ok, done

12:30 pm

hurshy

out of 13 when i went to the list, only 2 or 3 made me kick myself

12:31 pm

ChampFit

wtg hursh!

12:38 pm

hurshy

quite a good grid!

12:38 pm

cybernan

hi again :)

12:38 pm

ChampFit

It's been entertaining!

12:38 pm

cybernan

grats hursh

12:43 pm

cybernan

thought a funeral song was a dirge

1:02 pm

MollyL

It is Nan the th8 is a weird synonym for dirge. Never heard the word before.

1:08 pm

cybernan

yes - had to google the def to find it'

1:08 pm

cybernan

de 8 please? -- Hope that 8-7-6 are related

1:10 pm

ChampFit

It's de 6-7-8-7 all from the same root. Start with the first 6/30.

1:13 pm

cybernan

got them -- sure I typed in the others too and got the shrimp ready to cook as well

1:14 pm

ChampFit

:) I'm making pinto beans as we speak! InstantPot.

1:15 pm

MollyL

Nan is talking about the de shrimp prep word

1:15 pm

ChampFit

Oh...........duh.

1:16 pm

MollyL

So Champ, you are a part of the Instapot cult

1:17 pm

cybernan

what is an instapot?

1:17 pm

ChampFit

For some things. It's a jacked-up pressure cooker. I can make a pot of beans in and hour and a half, with no presoaking. It's also great for risotto.

1:18 pm

cybernan

never did use a pressure cooker

1:18 pm

ChampFit

Just found the no8. DUH.

1:18 pm

MollyL

I am not a fan of pressure cookers

1:19 pm

cybernan

didn't know there was an no 8 - ty champ

1:19 pm

ChampFit

It's a compound nan

1:19 pm

cybernan

yes I found it immediately - not sure how I missed it either

1:20 pm

ChampFit

same

1:22 pm

cybernan

Is there a patch to download so that expert will work again?

1:23 pm

MollyL

I have no idea. Email Lickety.

1:34 pm

ChampFit

Done. My last word was from the bottom corner e, and I'm a blind woman for not seeing it earlier!

1:35 pm

cybernan

grats cham - still have 69 to go here

1:35 pm

ChampFit

Go nan, go!!!!! C U tomorrow

1:35 pm

cybernan

bye - hagd :)

1:50 pm

cybernan

ne 7-8 please

1:52 pm

cybernan

nm - found

5:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

tu 9 pls?

5:54 pm

MollyL

Compound word. Ends in rock

6:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

6:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

i know i will come home later and find words disappreaed...

6:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

done! last word was one that disappeared,

6:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

happy babbling, time to go

6:11 pm

MollyL

Words are dropping out of word lists on a regular basis. Best idea is to copy and save your word list every time you leave the game. Time consuming, but it's helpful.

8:55 pm

BzznBea

Namaste

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