Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, July 21, 2025

12:02 am

Rainiqui

fa 7

12:04 am

Rainiqui

re 8 and 9

12:05 am

cybernan

hi rain -- good find

12:05 am

Rainiqui

Thanks Nan !

12:06 am

Gillie

wh7

12:15 am

Gillie

to7

12:16 am

cybernan

not finding anything from the e and t in the 4th col.

12:17 am

Gillie

volcano

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

Gillie

and a couple of ts words

12:17 am

cybernan

ty 0 couldn't see that

12:17 am

Gillie

ty lickety

12:19 am

Gillie

wa7

12:20 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:22 am

cybernan

still looking for that t below the e

12:22 am

Gillie

2 ts words

12:23 am

cybernan

gotit - remembered the babblet

12:24 am

cybernan

nbt,nbs and off to bed

12:24 am

cybernan

good night rain and gillie

12:24 am

Gillie

good night nan

12:25 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs

12:29 am

dizgrannie

hw 4

12:36 am

hokie carla

HOET and falling asleep

12:37 am

sprite

morning babblers

12:41 am

sprite

ks killed

12:43 am

Roses6

clue for the lone S under the T on the righ?

12:45 am

Roses6

nm, found it!

12:45 am

ursh

share rose please

12:48 am

dizgrannie

its st 5

12:49 am

ursh

ty

12:49 am

dizgrannie

yw

12:53 am

hokie carla

had a second wind - 50 left for tomorrow. good night!

1:11 am

grannyrose

good morning, afternoon, evening. please pick the appropriate term...lol

1:12 am

sprite

hiya sweetie *hugs*

1:12 am

grannyrose

hi honey. how was your night?

1:12 am

grannyrose

* hugs * of course. still okay to phone in about 2 hours?

1:12 am

sprite

bumpy. But not a total loss.

1:13 am

sprite

rob is awake so you can call whenever you like

1:13 am

grannyrose

okay. going to another room. xoxox

1:46 am

dizgrannie

FWs

2:09 am

sprite

back

2:13 am

sprite

wa8: the long lost brother of one of Arthur's Knights

2:26 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

6:28 am

periwinkle

morning all. not seeing that st5 in right column

6:29 am

periwinkle

I have 3 st5 but not from that s

6:30 am

periwinkle

nm :)

6:57 am

Sugrraleona

anyone have the first re6/21?

7:02 am

rastapopolous

I don't know if it's the first, but my first out of 3 is "spoke again"

7:04 am

Sugrraleona

thats it, ty

7:20 am

Norma

e

8:28 am

phaeton

phantom: whisker

8:48 am

rururocks

23 left and only 1 8

8:51 am

rururocks

now i have a 9

8:55 am

phaeton

I don't get the King Arthur clue

8:57 am

phaeton

ru...do you have the wa8?

8:57 am

rururocks

no

8:57 am

rururocks

i'm working on the w now

8:57 am

phaeton

k

8:58 am

penquis

it's like a compound word....

8:58 am

rururocks

i got it

8:59 am

rururocks

an empty space between houses with a lot of junk on it

8:59 am

phaeton

ty

8:59 am

ChampFit

great clue!

8:59 am

ChampFit

thx!

9:00 am

Aloyisius

ty ru, needed that one

9:03 am

maccafixx

di 8/45?

9:03 am

rururocks

spanish for day + to take something you don't own

9:04 am

maccafixx

ty!

9:05 am

hokie carla

howdy folks

9:06 am

Aloyisius

hi hokie!

9:06 am

hokie carla

aloy!

9:09 am

penquis

Carla!

9:09 am

hokie carla

pen!

9:11 am

hokie carla

I don't want to make ruru any smugger but I got the 2 clued 8s, thanks.

9:14 am

hokie carla

still 44 left though

9:16 am

penquis

41 here....

9:16 am

phaeton

17

9:16 am

hokie carla

8-13-17-3-1-1

9:17 am

penquis

i have the 8s and the 9...but still missing twelve 4s...guess i should look for those...

9:22 am

hokie carla

funny how I'm finding regular 4 letter words I couldn't see before.

9:23 am

phaeton

FW

9:23 am

hokie carla

congrats

9:23 am

phaeton

any clues wanted?

9:23 am

penquis

no, thanks...congrats...

9:23 am

hokie carla

don't know of any

9:24 am

Aloyisius

wtg, phaeton..

9:24 am

phaeton

ty...hagd

9:29 am

penquis

well i whittled down my fours....down to 27....time for a break....bye all...

9:30 am

Aloyisius

break time for me too! 32 left here, bbl

9:31 am

hokie carla

well my internet disappeared for a few minutes

9:31 am

hokie carla

bye you two

9:38 am

hokie carla

well, completely made up an H word to gray it

9:44 am

rururocks

you mean the game that birds of prey play on ice hookie?

9:45 am

ChampFit

THANK YOU!

9:51 am

hokie carla

yes, that one

9:52 am

hokie carla

stumbled down to 27 left and only one 4. ugh.

9:53 am

hokie carla

wish I could make up my last K

9:59 am

BzznBea

kr6

10:00 am

hokie carla

thanks, bea

10:00 am

hokie carla

1-5-6-2-1-1

10:01 am

hokie carla

M T LLL FF A DD W SS RR R

10:01 am

hokie carla

should prob check my list for plurals and past tense

10:09 am

hokie carla

oh well, maybe later I will see them. TTFN

11:43 am

welki

greetings from san francisco!

11:50 am

bichon

One of favorite places

11:53 am

hurshy

hiya babblers

11:55 am

ch1212

the city of my birth and my mother's birth

11:57 am

hurshy

ahhh i just love babble

11:57 am

bichon

I vwas born at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1946

11:57 am

ch1212

1955 for me

11:57 am

hurshy

so bichon is a classic boomer

11:58 am

hurshy

pregnancy right after the war ended

11:58 am

bichon

I'm a boomer and proud of it

11:59 am

hurshy

phantom: modest

12:02 pm

bichon

My parents didn't have an apartment to live in. They finally found one.

12:03 pm

hurshy

finally like, how long after you were born?

12:05 pm

bichon

My Mom was in the hospital for 2 weeks! after I was born. By then they had one.

12:06 pm

hurshy

ahhh, long hospital stays back then

12:07 pm

bichon

At first she was allowed to dangle her feet. Finally, she got to walk

12:07 pm

hurshy

dangle her feet lol

12:07 pm

hurshy

did something go wrong or was it any ordinary delivery?

12:09 pm

bichon

Normal delivery. I remember that after my son was born, I had to sterilize the bottles. After Mom left, I no longer did it.

12:10 pm

hurshy

wow i just put something that i didn't expect would work and it did

12:11 pm

hurshy

like an endearing way to address your pet ha4 if you had one

12:17 pm

hurshy

woot woot found a di8

12:21 pm

hurshy

woot woot found re8 and 9

12:27 pm

hurshy

gtg... all the Ws and 16 other words left for later

12:40 pm

periwinkle

I have a di7 but not di8

12:43 pm

periwinkle

help pls that is my last 8

12:49 pm

periwinkle

nm

3:29 pm

BzznBea

Is there an re8?

3:30 pm

Kaplan the Magne

yeah and I just got it!

3:31 pm

BzznBea

It was easier than I was making it.

3:37 pm

hurshy

i'm back

3:41 pm

hurshy

got most of the W, now i have 2 left each of that and eight other letters, 18 words total

3:42 pm

hurshy

got my Ns!

4:29 pm

hurshy

2-3-2

5:01 pm

hokie carla

rehi from me with 1-5-6-2-1-1 still

5:04 pm

hokie carla

I guess my missing 8 is the aforementioned easy re8

5:04 pm

hokie carla

ha

5:05 pm

Kaplan the Magne

its right there.

5:05 pm

hokie carla

hiding in plain sight

5:05 pm

Kaplan the Magne

it keeps building on easy words with prefixes and suffixes.

5:06 pm

BzznBea

living right there

5:06 pm

hokie carla

darnit, bea. I had the same thing almost all typed out.

5:07 pm

hokie carla

you're quick and punny

5:07 pm

BzznBea

lol

5:07 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Whatever you do don't replace wood with vinyl

5:08 pm

BzznBea

Have you talked to my husband, Kap?

5:08 pm

BzznBea

He says the same thing.

5:09 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Not that I know of.

5:09 pm

hokie carla

so, waht does the 9 start with and is it easy?

5:09 pm

hokie carla

did you all see Malcolm-Jamal Warner drowned in Costa Rica?

5:09 pm

BzznBea

re9.60 its a plural

5:09 pm

Kaplan the Magne

My city was full of vinyl before it gentrified...mixed blessing

5:10 pm

hokie carla

LOL, how did I miss that?

5:10 pm

BzznBea

I've missed a lot of plurals today.

5:10 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Hiding in plain sight. Kind of gets you right where...oh, I will go no further!

5:12 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I told you over and over again.

5:12 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I like nice big grids

5:12 pm

Kaplan the Magne

where I cam feel like there are options

5:14 pm

BzznBea

I've got too much going on to be able to concentrate well.

5:14 pm

hokie carla

I need to clean the kitchen now

5:14 pm

Kaplan the Magne

me too. Always. Life is a big anxiety pit.

5:15 pm

Kaplan the Magne

My refrigerator can be voted most disgusting in the hemisphere, and I'm not the one who stuffs it full of rotting vegetables. This could cause a divorce.

5:16 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I'm going on an artist residency in Nantucket for 3 weeks in August---alone. No husband.

5:16 pm

BzznBea

That sounds wonderful, Kap.

5:17 pm

BzznBea

We were going to Savannah this weekend and I would see one of my daughters and one of my grandchildren.

5:17 pm

BzznBea

Instead, I'm running back and forth to the hospital.

5:18 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I sipped some art supplies out there from Blacks, and will send a box of my own stuff. And also work on the book that has been killing me, and playing with my new iPad art program

5:18 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Oh, Be a that's painful and I can relate

5:18 pm

hokie carla

oh no, your mom?

5:19 pm

BzznBea

Yes, Mom. She fell on Saturday. Broke her left humerus at the shoulder and broke her left hip.

5:19 pm

Kaplan the Magne

oh that's bad

5:19 pm

Kaplan the Magne

How old is she

5:19 pm

hokie carla

Oh no, bless her.

5:20 pm

BzznBea

She is 85.

5:20 pm

hokie carla

I'm guessing she'll be there a while and then have to go to a rehab place.

5:20 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Oh dear- a broken him at that age...The thing about having a mother who died relatively young is not having decades of eldercare. Though it was indeed traumatic.

5:21 pm

Kaplan the Magne

The rehab places...basically nursing homes. My father was in one in 2001

5:22 pm

hokie carla

The first one my mom was in after her stroke was pretty good.

5:22 pm

BzznBea

They were going to repair the hip today, but there was something in her blood work the anesthesiologist canceled.

5:22 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I hate to say it, but no one makes it out of this alive. Having bright, happy grandchildren who don't know what lies ahead...

5:22 pm

Kaplan the Magne

My dad was already too messed up. He got pneumonia and sepsis.

5:23 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I hope your mom gets good care and comes out on the other side to enjoy her great grandchildren.

5:23 pm

BzznBea

Yes, she will have to go to rehab. But she informed all medical staff this morning that she would NOT be in rehab long.

5:23 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Good for her. Is she feisty?

5:24 pm

BzznBea

She is at Duke hospital. One of the best in this area.

5:24 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Where is that?

5:24 pm

BzznBea

Is she feisty? She's a fireball.

5:24 pm

BzznBea

Duke is in Durham, NC.

5:24 pm

Kaplan the Magne

We brought my dad here to Boston, one of the great medical centers of the world.

5:25 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Siri sais Bette Davis was born in Durham, but that is so not true- she was a Yankee through and through.

5:26 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I watched Dick Cavett's 1971 interview with her last night- WHAT a dame!

5:26 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I hijacked the chat

5:26 pm

BzznBea

You did not. No one else was chatting.

5:26 pm

hokie carla

that's the attitude she needs to get out. we tried to make my mom understand that.

5:27 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Oh. Just me and you. I figure I have 15 good years left to make it to your mom's age and I want to live it creatively doing what I want.

5:27 pm

BzznBea

Mom has the nurses in stitches.

5:28 pm

hokie carla

my bro and SIL went to duke for her vertigo and they were very impressed with the whole thing.

5:28 pm

Kaplan the Magne

My dad wasn't feisty--he was in permanent grief over my mother, married this really cold woman and left New York which was the biggest mistake of his life. But he was only 62--too young to make decisions about marriage.

5:29 pm

BzznBea

I am not impressed with their ER and trauma center.

5:30 pm

BzznBea

My mom came to live with us six years ago otherwise, she would be in a grave.

5:31 pm

Kaplan the Magne

My dad had great care at the end at Beth Israel, but he had had strokes in Illinois and his wife did not act quickly enough. She sort of didn't let us know how bad he was, until she called and said--you take him, I can't take c/o him anymore. So I brought his to assisted living in Boston but he needed a higher level of care/

5:32 pm

hokie carla

that stinks

5:32 pm

Kaplan the Magne

My mom died at 60.

5:33 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I'm turning 70. My diad died at 76 or 7. I do not have their level of health problems though.

5:34 pm

hokie carla

my dad's dad died at 78 so he thought he was going to too, but he made it to 80.

5:37 pm

BzznBea

Mom had an aunt that lived to be 104. They are so much alike.

5:39 pm

BzznBea

Malcom-Jamal Warner died. That's sad.

5:41 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I posted that earlier but it got lost

5:42 pm

hokie carla

gonna have to list for these last 14

5:43 pm

BzznBea

I don't go back through the chat. Don't want to hear the chat ogre grumbling.

5:44 pm

hokie carla

lol, I get it. but this was in our chat just the 3 of us.

5:51 pm

hokie carla

wow, had to look up my missing W and that was very ironic

5:52 pm

BzznBea

My last two are w's

5:55 pm

BzznBea

Namaste

5:55 pm

hokie carla

bye bea

6:40 pm

cybernan

hello everyone - only half way

6:50 pm

periwinkle

hi nan, 75 left here

6:50 pm

periwinkle

another one I will not finish

7:07 pm

cybernan

di 8 please?

7:08 pm

parisla

one of the cardiac rhythm phases

7:08 pm

cybernan

wonder how we are supposed to no that unless we have medical training?

7:09 pm

cybernan

I'm assuming it is latin, then

8:21 pm

rururocks

It is all in vein then nan!

8:26 pm

cybernan

yes - got it a while ago (what would we do without google?)

8:27 pm

cybernan

how are you doing ru? none of the plagues in your area?

8:27 pm

rururocks

No plagues. People here are masking a lot

8:28 pm

cybernan

for measles?

8:28 pm

rururocks

I am doing really well thanks. Loving my new relaxed life

8:28 pm

cybernan

oh - you have officially retired?

8:28 pm

rururocks

I am vaccinated for measels

8:29 pm

rururocks

In 4 months. Now just working part time

8:29 pm

cybernan

lol - I'm old enough that I have immunity resulting from the epidemic when I was a kid

8:30 pm

rururocks

I got it as a kid too but they recommend you get a booster

8:30 pm

rururocks

I think I got it twice actually

8:31 pm

cybernan

I didn't have it (just german measles) but a lot of my classmates did.

8:33 pm

rururocks

How are you nan?

8:34 pm

rururocks

I am coming back to Kelowna in a year I think. Campbell River in June. Kelowna in September

8:34 pm

cybernan

Good as well. Don't like the heat much, but the house has A/C so all is fine. Busy with various groups I belong to. Oh that is a nice time of year to come - hope I wil see you then :)

8:35 pm

rururocks

I just had lunch with the owners of Tutt Street Tapas. We’ve become friends

8:35 pm

cybernan

Buzzer on the oven is letting me know my supper is ready - bbl

8:35 pm

cybernan

Nice

8:35 pm

rururocks

Bye

11:30 pm

Jacula

Hi all. Just been reading back through the chat about childhood diseases. Born in UK (England) in 1957 I had Measles, German Measles (twice!), Chicken Pox, repeated bouts of Otitis Media (inner ear infection causing unbearable ear-ache) and also Tonsillitis (throat infection making eating, drinking, chewing or swallowing extremely painful, especially as the inner ear infection usually accompanied it. Most meds for kids back then contained cocaine or morphine, which is probably why I'm so resistant to it now - they have to give me enough to knock a herd of bison out these days! Had my small pox and TB jabs (painful and in the buttock re the first) during babyhood, since not long after I was born my Dad contracted double pneumonia and a collapsed lung and spent many months in a local sanatorium recovering. The sanatorium also housed TB patients. I remember my mum wheeling me there in my pram, standing outside and holding me up for my dad to see through his hospital window. He was off work for a long time when he finally came home to recuperate further and we spent to much time together whilst my mum was working 3 jobs to pay the mortgage they'd just taken on for the lovely house I grew up in. I didn't need the TB jab aged 13 when they lined us all up after doing the wrist jab test at secondary school. I was still immune and apparently still am. I have asked the NHS and me GP if I can have a Shingles jab so I don't get that having had Chicken Pox in the past, but have been told I'm not old enough yet.

11:31 pm

Jacula

*meant so much time together, not 'to' much. Typing error.

11:34 pm

Jacula

Oh, I also got Whooping Cough in my 30s!

11:36 pm

Jacula

That was a notifiable disease and I had to stay off work for weeks. My Mum came in every day to help me and as I got my strength back, helped me in the garden. We dug a problematic hedge out together.

11:44 pm

Jacula

Both Dad and my ex Ma-in-Law (who had had TB) had to have annual blood tests for about 30 years after that. Sadly, my Dad, who got Lewy Bodies Dementia in later life, which Mum and I think was caused by the mercury poisoning he got from the plane factory he worked out, died before his time. Ex ma-in-law is still going strong, having nursed her hub through dementia (he was in the Air Force during the nuclear tests on Australian Islands) but she does have emphysema due to life-long smoking.

11:46 pm

Jacula

Talking to myself. Time to go and wait for the flip.

11:59 pm

Jacula

Got an old schoolfriend visiting later. She's dying from an operable cancer and has already had an eye removed due to its first visit. She started kitting a toy rabbit for one of her twin granddaughters during Chemo,but doesn't have the strength to finish and stuff and sew it up now and has asked me to do it for her. Probably the last thing I can do for her and the last time we'll meet and I will see her alive.

11:59 pm

Jacula

*inoperable cancer.

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