Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, July 25, 2025

12:00 am

dizgrannie

ed 7, hi all

12:01 am

Rainiqui

Hi All

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

Gillie

to7

12:17 am

Gillie

ty lickety

12:20 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:24 am

sprite

thanks Lickety. Morning babblers

12:32 am

jeanne314

"titbone" should be a word...just sayin'.

12:33 am

grannyrose

good morning dear friends. * hugs * sprite

12:34 am

sprite

*hugs rose* hello dear friend. I am doing a quick babble because we will not have power for the rest of the morning.

12:34 am

jeanne314

good morning, granny!

12:34 am

grannyrose

actually also good evening to my friends

12:34 am

grannyrose

hey jeanne. how are you doing?

12:35 am

grannyrose

understand sprite. it is a fast grid. i'm sure you are just about there already.

12:35 am

sprite

three quarters, but the last part is always slow

12:36 am

jeanne314

doing well. Got to do some sewing today!

12:36 am

sprite

how was the birthday boy and the rest of the family?

12:37 am

jeanne314

struggling to find that to7...

12:37 am

grannyrose

* giggle * jeanne. i moved my sewing machine into a more accessible place over a week ago. it there it stands.

12:37 am

grannyrose

jeanne, think pillow

12:37 am

sprite

ends in the ends of a fork

12:39 am

jeanne314

I sew all the time. It's my zen place. Take a few deep breaths, go over and set your tools out just to where you like them, prepare your fabric and plans....and dive in! It is my catharsis. I tried so many "arts," but somehow fabric clicked. I make actual "things," quilts, and for fun am doing collages. There's the art part!

12:39 am

jeanne314

oh! Thanks for the clue! Was thinking it was what you were going to sew...LOL

12:39 am

grannyrose

all good sprite. found out another lie my ex fed to my kids. he told them he had paid for our block of land on which we built our house. I PAID THE DEPOSIT FROM MY SAVINGS, and then had a bank lend us the rest of the payment,based on MY income.

12:40 am

sprite

he is a big fat liar, he is

12:41 am

grannyrose

was, darling, was. he can't tell lies from the grave. but it does make me wonder what he told my eldest to make hin disinclined to talk to me for 15 years.

12:42 am

jeanne314

Thanks to granny and sprite, I have done learnt me a new word!

12:42 am

sprite

nah he still is. Lying through his teeth in between the flames :)

12:42 am

sprite

"No it is not hot here!"

12:43 am

grannyrose

probably to his parents. i'm pretty sure they were goats...lol

12:43 am

sprite

*giggles*

12:45 am

grannyrose

i know he told my youngest i was a racist. fortunately that son wasn't so gullible. he worked out that i was the opposite for himself.

12:47 am

sprite

yeah it is up to your eldest to grow up and make up his own mind. He is long past the age that believing his father's words without testing is no excuse

12:50 am

grannyrose

i think he has done that sprite. his attitude has changed a lot since his father died. but i still feel intimidated by the threat of him removing his permission to visit his home, and see my grand-daughter.

12:50 am

sprite

*bites tongue*

12:54 am

grannyrose

i have been denied the right to speak my mind about the situation leading up to my divorce. but only with him. the other two accept that it took two to tango. and i openly admit i wasn't the perfect person. i was so young, immature, and lacking in understanding. you see i had thought i could trust everyone. if my mother was cruel it was something i expected. and she was quite open about her attitude to me, and my siblings. but not to my father.

12:54 am

sprite

fireflies. Just in time. 8 am the power will be shut off, lol

12:55 am

grannyrose

WTG SPRITE !!!

12:55 am

sprite

I know, honey. *hugs* and sleep well tonight. See you on the other side, lol.

12:55 am

grannyrose

i hate saying i told you so... giggle.... but i told you so.

12:56 am

grannyrose

hope your day allows you time to rest sweetheart. bye for now.

12:58 am

grannyrose

jeanne, you all good? or may i help you?

12:59 am

grannyrose

nope, she's gone too. ttfn everyone. catch you at the next flip.

6:14 am

LuvWordGames

Phantom nobody

8:15 am

hurshy

how meta

8:19 am

hurshy

"doobie" not FOUND in the DICtionary???

8:20 am

rururocks

yeah.. that one went up in smoke

8:20 am

Dorens

but just drop one letter from it.. how random

8:20 am

hurshy

thanks dorens

8:21 am

rururocks

hey good morning doren

8:21 am

Atalante

I still don't understand how pitot is not a word

8:21 am

Dorens

yw harsh, morning to you both

8:21 am

hurshy

why what is pitot

8:21 am

Dorens

and hi ata!

8:21 am

rururocks

did you finish your grid yesterday doren?

8:21 am

Dorens

yes I did,ru

8:22 am

rururocks

oh great.. didn't know if you were too busy or not again.

8:22 am

Dorens

even though the first day of high dose radiation knocked me around a bit. Second dose today at noon - hope I've acclimated to it already

8:22 am

rururocks

oh boy.. ugh

8:24 am

Dorens

Have tickets to see Johns Oliver and Seth Meyer son Sunday evening and I'm determined to make it

8:24 am

Dorens

oh, only one John.

8:24 am

rururocks

I really like John Oliver brilliant guy

8:25 am

hurshy

yeah love his show

8:25 am

Dorens

He really is. He reminds me of (my son) David, but David doesn't see it.

8:25 am

EvaNadine

morning, babblers!

8:26 am

Dorens

morning eva

8:28 am

EvaNadine

how are we today?

8:30 am

rururocks

David is less silly than John OLiver.. but I see what you mean... I'm looking forward to seeing him..

8:33 am

Dorens

Oh David can be VERY silly when with the family.

8:33 am

Dorens

I'm doing okay here Eva. Been better, but been worse too. How are you?

8:33 am

rururocks

yes I've seen that.. but still

8:34 am

Dorens

now why is bitone not a word? two tone?

8:35 am

EvaNadine

im....hanging in there.
lots going on, not the least of which is transitioning my mother to Hospice care.

8:35 am

hurshy

oh, so sorry to hear that evanadine

8:36 am

Dorens

OH sorry, I know that's rough. But hospice is so much better than the alternatives we had back when my mother in law was dying in the early 70's. It helped so much with my dad. Still, a hard time

8:37 am

rururocks

sorry eva

8:37 am

EvaNadine

my dad passed 2 years ago. he was only in hospice 2 days, but those people are angels on earth. mom is definitely earlier in the process, so i think we've got some time....but its been a rough year with her, so its been a lot on our plate.

8:38 am

rururocks

gosh you seem so young to already be going through that

8:39 am

EvaNadine

im prob older than you think. ;)
but mom is 86

8:39 am

Dorens

yes, the sandwich generation is supposed to be older. Sorry you have to deal with this at this time

8:40 am

Dorens

Eva you're 46. That's around my kids' ages. Too young

8:40 am

rururocks

I agree ... doesn't seem fair

8:40 am

rururocks

my mom just turned 97

8:41 am

EvaNadine

the joy of having older parents. and the gap between kieran + me is only a little smaller than between me + my mom...so im taking lots of notes of how to set things up for myself as he gets older.

8:41 am

Dorens

But unfortunately, we can't pick it. I was 30 when my mother in-law passed and I stayed out there at her house the last week. I definitely was not trained hospice, but we did what we could

8:41 am

rururocks

I hope you do have a lot more time eva...

8:41 am

hurshy

phantom: tiptoe

8:42 am

rururocks

initiation is a phantom to me

8:43 am

Dorens

I tried tipitoe

8:43 am

hurshy

i just have 2 left, a B and a T

8:43 am

Dorens

I can't get that second column, fourth row I

8:44 am

rururocks

loosely independent film doren

8:44 am

hurshy

like a non-hollywood film

8:44 am

Dorens

I'm missing one t, probably the same one hursh

8:44 am

Dorens

oh man I usually find that one too
thanks

8:44 am

rururocks

fork prong and Freud's favorite word

8:44 am

Dorens

yup that was it

8:44 am

hurshy

ah thanks

8:44 am

Atalante

*hugs eva and dorens*

8:45 am

Dorens

back at you, ata

8:46 am

hurshy

phantom: bidet

8:46 am

hurshy

aHA done

8:46 am

rururocks

welki and I were just talking about you the other day ata

8:47 am

EvaNadine

hello Ata!

8:49 am

rururocks

not a bad grid.. just a couple snarky tiles

8:52 am

Atalante

:D

8:57 am

BzznBea

I see the convo about caring for our older parents. So rewarding most times.

9:21 am

rururocks

you've made it work bea.. but I guess that your Mom is a really nice person and easy to get along with.

9:46 am

EvaNadine

my mom is wonderful. but its been really hard to see her decline over the last year or so. and while shes still mostly pretty sharp/lucid, her cognitive skills are definitely declining, so we are reaching the point where we need to just start removing her access to things so we can handle them + she doesnt bugger them...

9:54 am

hokie carla

hello, right out of the gate I'm seeing phantoms, like nobody

10:19 am

periwinkle

Hello all. help with to7 please

10:20 am

hokie carla

thanks, that's that word where a group inherits something

10:20 am

hokie carla

ends in fork part

10:20 am

periwinkle

ty carla. and it has been in grids before

10:21 am

hokie carla

yep, I learned it here, but have seen it on tv shows, etc. since

10:24 am

hokie carla

gotta go deal with whineston and then get ready for golf. TTFN

11:17 am

cybernan

good morning - just have half an hour so here goes

11:38 am

BzznBea

Namaste

11:40 am

cybernan

to 7 is also the title of a Costain novel

1:46 pm

welki

babble time at SFO - hi, everyone!

2:03 pm

ch1212

where are you heading from SFO?

2:10 pm

ch1212

*poof*

2:16 pm

hokie carla

well, I'm back and only 4 posters since I left.

2:16 pm

welki

hey hokie

2:17 pm

welki

(if ch1212 is lurking, on my way back to alberta)

2:17 pm

hokie carla

welki!

2:18 pm

hokie carla

92F, feels like 99 here.

2:18 pm

welki

yuck - too hot for me. weather in CA was beautiful (and it was nearly 90 in alberta while i was away, so glad i was away for it)

2:19 pm

hokie carla

yeah, seems like northern CA is always cold in the summer.

2:22 pm

welki

don’t know why, but my posts aren’t going through. so, sorry if i repeat - how’d you golf today?

2:23 pm

hokie carla

about the same as usual. just played 9. Had some good shots and some not good ones.

2:23 pm

hokie carla

putting terribly still

2:23 pm

welki

same as me. my short game is great, but my drives are generally pathetic

2:24 pm

hokie carla

but this is our neighboring sister course and they just aerated the greens last week. they did something to the fairways too, so there's a lot of sand in holes or lines.

2:25 pm

welki

best tip i ever received (from mr. welki) about putting is to stop aiming for the cup and try to just get within 3 feet of the pin. more often than not, i either get really close or sink them

2:25 pm

hokie carla

my drives are usually good and I can hit a good 2nd shot with 3 wood, but everything else is not great

2:25 pm

welki

my fairway shots are hit and miss - mostly miss :D

2:25 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I definitely overhit most all of my putts, so I should start trying that

2:26 pm

rururocks

sounds like golfing will put a wedge in between you?

2:27 pm

welki

i can’t explain it, but i can do the math on the greens and judge slope/angle really well.

2:27 pm

hokie carla

I did have some good wedge shots today. maybe I'm figuring it out.

2:27 pm

hokie carla

I'm usually decent at reading greens, just can't figure out speed.

2:27 pm

welki

hey ru - the kid really likes you

2:28 pm

rururocks

aw.. thanks she's great too.. tell her thanks for the flowers.. I just trimmed them and put in fresh water

2:28 pm

welki

(and the leftovers made a great salad)

2:28 pm

rururocks

That's what I was hoping... you hardly ate a thing

2:28 pm

welki

i had plenty

2:29 pm

rururocks

and you didn't have much champagne either

2:29 pm

hokie carla

maybe she was afraid you were poisoning her so she had to make sure no one keeled over.

2:29 pm

welki

that’s why i watched him serve and let him eat first

2:30 pm

rururocks

LOL get a food tester like Trump before you come next time

2:30 pm

welki

that champagne was deeelicious, wish i hadn’t been driving

2:30 pm

rururocks

although a food tester for trump would only know diet coke and McDonalds

2:31 pm

welki

is that bottle something i could find up here?

2:32 pm

welki

hmmm … maybe i shouldn’t even ask, you said it was pretty special

2:32 pm

rururocks

I kind of doubt it.. it's a tiny producer.

2:32 pm

rururocks

it's $175 a bottle

2:33 pm

welki

<— is better off with a beer and shot of fireball :)

2:33 pm

hokie carla

I'll stick to my ciders

2:34 pm

rururocks

sorry ..it's $135 not $175

2:34 pm

rururocks

your daughter was hoping you'd make it your house champagne welks

2:36 pm

rururocks

the house you stayed at was right on the water.. looked awesome

2:36 pm

welki

she liked the rose, too - lil wino

2:36 pm

rururocks

the Rose is $15 and one of my favorite house wines

2:36 pm

welki

the views were absolutely amazing. that seal beach was the one you could see

2:38 pm

rururocks

you have nice friends

2:39 pm

hokie carla

sounds lovely

2:39 pm

welki

the kid has good friends, i was the freeloader

2:41 pm

rururocks

well tell her hi and it was very nice to meet her. Great to see you too.

2:41 pm

welki

we loved your pups

2:42 pm

rururocks

thanks.. they're great dogs...

2:43 pm

rururocks

i gotta straighten up before the cleaning lady gets here.

2:43 pm

rururocks

Safe travels Welks

2:44 pm

rururocks

poofskie

2:45 pm

welki

later, toots

2:51 pm

MollyL

Cleaning up for the cleaning lady always makes me laugh

2:55 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I always hated that. it was more like decluttering so the cleaning lady could clean

5:16 pm

Soodle

I would need to get a decluttering lady to sort my house out before I got in a cleaning lady. Sadly I can afford neither, so I’ll continue to be as cluttered and cob-webby as usual

7:11 pm

hokie carla

my biggest problem is the never ending supply of golden retriever hair

9:08 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, diving in

11:27 pm

Jacula

Soodle - You just read my mind. I'm the same these days. x

11:28 pm

Jacula

Bit late to the game BDGwen!

11:31 pm

Jacula

I'm here for a short while to provide clues if anyone needs them.

11:38 pm

cybernan

de 5/16 please

11:38 pm

cybernan

and bi 5/14

11:40 pm

Jacula

Hi cyber nan. de5/26 is a god, ending in the sometimes vowel. Bi 5/14 might be what someone says to you re getting rid of something you've kept for too long.

11:42 pm

cybernan

got the god, ty

11:43 pm

Jacula

The bi5 means binary eight. But also perhaps 'just chuck it away!'

11:43 pm

cybernan

thought chuck away was ditch

11:44 pm

Jacula

Cybernan - where do you put things you want to throw away? In the 'bi*'!

11:47 pm

Jacula

And if it's just one item you would bi* it.

11:48 pm

cybernan

got it ty

11:48 pm

Jacula

Hope you get it as spelled out since it's almost time for the flip.x

11:49 pm

Jacula

Well done, cybernan. Anything more needed or are you done?

11:51 pm

cybernan

pi 6/21 please?

11:53 pm

cybernan

found it - done in the nick of time :) Thanks for the help.

11:53 pm

Jacula

pi5/21 organic compound found in pine trees. Add a consonant and a vowel at the end.

11:53 pm

Jacula

Well done and you're welcome. xx

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