Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, November 23, 2007

12:00 am

dart001

flip

12:00 am

dcseain

flop at 120

12:00 am

mymuseisme

flip

12:00 am

jillibus

flip -- nice I hope

12:00 am

stidmama

and here we are, a nice little grid

12:00 am

Minveryork

Flip flip hooray!

12:00 am

joso

flip

12:00 am

MNDYM67

yayyyyyyy

12:00 am

ursh

oh goodie - stid - vat = sales tax

12:00 am

MNDYM67

lol min

12:00 am

dcseain

hello, minver! Hope you had a lovely holiday

12:01 am

stidmama

oh, of course, but why would that influence your playing time?

12:01 am

jillibus

min! Great icon!

12:01 am

stidmama

hello MIN! welcome to the new grid! how was your day off?

12:01 am

Hugabugs

flip, Hi everyone

12:01 am

lshult

bit late , but ......flip

12:01 am

mymuseisme

da6

12:01 am

mymuseisme

hi hugs, min, ish

12:01 am

bananafour

how many words?

12:01 am

stidmama

120 words

12:01 am

ursh

true stid - will have to squeeze doing the VAT in between playing time

12:01 am

bananafour

wa6

12:01 am

stidmama

hi {{{hugs}}}

12:01 am

jillibus

120

12:01 am

rolin

de6

12:01 am

dcseain

120, banana

12:02 am

dcseain

3*7 is max today

12:02 am

bananafour

ty

12:02 am

jillibus

VAT -- Value Added Tax?

12:02 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up!

12:02 am

bananafour

mi6

12:02 am

joso

thx lickety

12:02 am

stidmama

YAY lickety!!!!! *speedy guy*

12:02 am

dcseain

danke, lickety!

12:02 am

jillibus

YAY Lickey!!!

12:02 am

Erda

Thank you, lickety!!!!!!!!!!!

12:03 am

mymuseisme

hi lickety and thank you :)

12:03 am

dart001

hi lickety thx

12:03 am

MNDYM67

ty lickety :-)

12:03 am

flosey

late flip

12:03 am

ursh

yes jilli and business' have to pay it over every second month to SA Revenue

12:03 am

mrpresident

hello everyone :)
thanks lickety!

12:03 am

stidmama

okay, now I really really must go off and write... I only got 1600 words earlier, need another 2000 to get to the baseline. *sigh* by tomorrow afternoon I need about 75% of my goal.

12:03 am

joso

by the way lickety, checked tour tracking and the parcel has left vancover, on ship now

12:04 am

stidmama

(((((mrp))))) you're looking sunny tonight!

12:04 am

mymuseisme

hi mrp!

12:04 am

mymuseisme

wow stid! that's quite a feat

12:04 am

licketySplitAUS

Oh wow Joso - cool - thank you!

12:04 am

dcseain

mo6

12:04 am

joso

hi mr p

12:04 am

dcseain

hi, mrp!

12:04 am

jillibus

hi ursh, mrp and all

12:04 am

chic

flippin'!

12:04 am

licketySplitAUS

everyone thank jacula for her videos

12:04 am

stidmama

oh -- so you have to calculate and pay tomorrow. I get it. Glad my business never got off the ground... I would hate to do that task!

12:04 am

jillibus

will indeed when she shows up

12:05 am

dcseain

hi, chic!

12:05 am

stidmama

hey chic, bye all -- back later.

12:05 am

licketySplitAUS

enjoy the grid - have to pack up and leave work - catch the 1 hour train ride home.

12:05 am

chic

Hi dc and stid!

12:05 am

jillibus

here we have the same idea, GST, Goods and Services Tax, bummers

12:06 am

joso

also discovered tracking works later, had notice of sprites arrival in holland, but bye the time I got ahold of her and told her it was already at her place, lol

12:06 am

cybernan

ty lickety

12:06 am

herinfernallady

Hi

12:06 am

jillibus

ttfn stid

12:06 am

mrpresident

have fun lickety
de7

12:06 am

jillibus

hi lady, joso, chic

12:07 am

chic

Hi jilli and Mrp!

12:07 am

joso

hi jilli

12:07 am

jillibus

I keep seeing "desex"

12:07 am

joso

hi herin

12:07 am

herinfernallady

Hi

12:07 am

mrpresident

hi hi hi chic and jilli and joso and nan and infern et al :))

12:07 am

herinfernallady

Just got kitty back. She is stoned and has a cone on her head

12:08 am

dcseain

hi, lady

12:08 am

mrpresident

is dcs here?

12:08 am

jillibus

oh, what happened, lady?

12:08 am

mymuseisme

hi herin

12:08 am

dcseain

i am

12:08 am

mrpresident

hi muse :))

12:08 am

herinfernallady

Desexed her. She has horrid manners. Hissed at me hissed at the nurse hissed at the vet

12:08 am

jillibus

I think you got your answer about dc, mrp.ol

12:08 am

mymuseisme

hi ch4 you're in the grid!!!

12:09 am

chic

Yes and I'm a word too!

12:09 am

mrpresident

hi dcs :)) ((hugs))....
hi joso :)) ((hugs))....
luke is growing more and more excited as xmas comes upon us... he is looking forward to the mail!
just thought I would let you know

12:10 am

jillibus

poor kitty, lady. When mine got spayed she hunched around and hid under things for a couple of days

12:10 am

jesdraggon

hello all. everyone have a good thanksgiving (or thursday, if you're not a stater?)

12:10 am

mrpresident

what a bad mannered kitten! but if you got 'fixed' you would be yelling all obsenities too

12:10 am

herinfernallady

She climbed the couch being all stoned it was funny

12:10 am

mrpresident

hi jes :))

12:10 am

herinfernallady

HI Jess

12:10 am

mymuseisme

hi jes, yes very nice and you?

12:10 am

jillibus

hi jes -- nice Canadian Thursday, sunny skies :)

12:11 am

jesdraggon

yep. quite thankful for the lack of emergency calls :)

12:11 am

mymuseisme

en6

12:11 am

mrpresident

gray and cold friday evening here

12:11 am

mrpresident

en7

12:12 am

herinfernallady

Mr PRes she was lovely with me before vet. Hissed at the nurse. I picked her up and she hissed at me. Yes Mr Pres i would do the same. I missed her.

12:12 am

jillibus

mrp, I heard your temp was about 19C, grey skies, and ours was 6C and sunny :)

12:12 am

dcseain

hm en6/7 apparently

12:12 am

mrpresident

and su7 .... is happening now here :)

12:13 am

mrpresident

there seems to be a collection of compound words

12:13 am

herinfernallady

Jes how is the pets

12:13 am

mymuseisme

en6x3

12:13 am

jillibus

as usual I'm not seeing the biggies yet

12:14 am

mrpresident

en8 is not related to any other en

12:14 am

dcseain

en7, you mean?

12:14 am

mrpresident

I mean en7 is not related to any other

12:14 am

mrpresident

yes dcs

12:14 am

jillibus

ah, gotcha, mrp -- our su7 was about 5 hours ago

12:14 am

dcseain

:)

12:15 am

mymuseisme

thx for the su7

12:18 am

herinfernallady

I thought maxed was a word but not accepting it?

12:18 am

dcseain

enable, lady *headdesk*

12:18 am

mymuseisme

mi6 if not called already

12:18 am

mymuseisme

mi6x2

12:18 am

herinfernallady

mi 6 x 2

12:19 am

herinfernallady

SNap My

12:19 am

dcseain

ty, muse & lady

12:19 am

mymuseisme

lol bmta

12:19 am

herinfernallady

Cone head cat is off

12:21 am

herinfernallady

DC someone hasn't told enable that maxie is a word to

12:21 am

dcseain

yeah, i was thinking that too

12:21 am

brandyjack

and since when is axim not a word....

12:21 am

mrpresident

un6 x 3

12:22 am

dcseain

i tried that to, bj.

12:22 am

mymuseisme

thx mrp finally got the en7 :)

12:22 am

chic

add and o

12:22 am

dcseain

yes, too, indeed, ch4

12:23 am

mymuseisme

or add another consonant in the beginning

12:23 am

brandyjack

hmmm, guess though does work.... confusd by my PDA name I guess....

12:23 am

mrpresident

pretty sure it is ax5

12:25 am

herinfernallady

Yea gads its sounds like Freddy Krugar is in my house

12:26 am

jesdraggon

eeeh. i am the suck tonight. can't see even easy words :(

12:26 am

herinfernallady

Hey Jess question

12:26 am

jesdraggon

take it to a vet ;)

12:26 am

bananafour

do6

12:27 am

cybernan

got the su and en 7's, but haven't spotted the de 7 yet

12:27 am

herinfernallady

How is the puppies? No the cone head is indignant and sounds like Freddy on the tiles.

12:27 am

jesdraggon

mine? they're doing well

12:27 am

herinfernallady

Yah

12:28 am

jillibus

well, all your 6/7 clues are finding me 5s, lol

12:29 am

herinfernallady

I feel that at least with the cat being still a bit dozy its providing me with entertainment

12:30 am

mrpresident

de7 comes off the de6... zombifies

12:30 am

herinfernallady

Oh and im $316 in the hole

12:30 am

jwr

cyber - the de7 is plural of de6 (unless there's another one I don't know about)

12:32 am

cybernan

don't have that either, but looking

12:32 am

dcseain

i must say that expert is proving to be quite brililant.

12:32 am

herinfernallady

Thanks Mr Pres

12:32 am

mymuseisme

he6

12:33 am

cybernan

got it

12:33 am

dcseain

one of my favourit co5s is here today.

12:33 am

jillibus

yes indeed dc

12:34 am

jillibus

sheesh, I didn't think that co5 was a word!

12:34 am

herinfernallady

I thuoght there was another vowel in that co word

12:35 am

dcseain

hm. i do wonder which co5s yall two found

12:35 am

jillibus

I'm talking about co5/24

12:36 am

dcseain

last one, i'm guessing, jilli?

12:36 am

dart001

firewords

12:36 am

herinfernallady

I have no idea what i need

12:37 am

jwr

if you're in a skull you need a co

12:37 am

dcseain

OH, Very well done, dart!

12:37 am

jwr

scull sorry

12:37 am

jillibus

no, dc, 3rd one

12:37 am

rururocks

mo 6

12:37 am

mymuseisme

congrats dart!

12:37 am

jillibus

wow, dart!!!

12:37 am

dcseain

ah, don't have 3rd yet

12:37 am

bananafour

wtg dart!

12:37 am

bananafour

i'm at 76 found

12:37 am

herinfernallady

Kitty has given up and is sleeping.

12:38 am

jillibus

good for kitty, lullaby baby

12:38 am

dcseain

me, too banana

12:39 am

herinfernallady

Yah Dart

12:39 am

dcseain

damn isn't in enable

12:39 am

dcseain

oh, not in grid, my bad :">

12:40 am

herinfernallady

want to work out a way to pick up kitty

12:40 am

jwr

the mi

12:41 am

jillibus

why not leave her be, lady?

12:41 am

DRBERNABO

fireworks

12:41 am

mymuseisme

wtg doc!

12:41 am

herinfernallady

I am but later. I am leaving her alone in her own little stupor.

12:41 am

jwr

sorry, slipped onto the Return key. what I started to say was the mi5 and its 6's is totally new to me. Is it a word in use, Britpeople?

12:41 am

dart001

yay drb

12:41 am

jillibus

hah, DrB -- dart beat you for a change!!!

12:42 am

dcseain

congrats, drb!

12:42 am

herinfernallady

cats have a very odd way of getting up into high places when not all there

12:44 am

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

12:44 am

jillibus

funny, lady -- as I said when my girl was a baby and spayed she liked low dark sheltered places

12:44 am

dcseain

that was weird. coworker got a call, he told caller 'probably becaues it's thanksgiving', then caller apparetly hung up.

12:44 am

dcseain

i wonder what that was about.

12:44 am

Minveryork

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!

12:45 am

dcseain

hi, minver, welcome back!

12:45 am

jillibus

howyadoin, min?

12:46 am

cybernan

ox ic

12:46 am

dcseain

is that a disease of cattle, nan?

12:46 am

cybernan

sorry -- good thing it's not a word!

12:46 am

jwr

My musician friends let their Burmese wander whither they will -- among pianos, drum sets, bass fiddle, et al. Scared them to pieces one dark night when one of them discovered how to activate the lever on the player piano & the other pranced on the keys.

12:47 am

dcseain

LOL, jwr

12:47 am

dcseain

i keep my keyboard covers down just for that reason, just as i keep the piano closed if not actively playing

12:47 am

herinfernallady

JWR that is so very typical of a cat

12:49 am

herinfernallady

My exes little black girl had a habit of scaring the hell out of us in the dark

12:50 am

jillibus

no R again, I see

12:51 am

jwr

dc - all the other instruments were covered but the player piano had no top -- they were restringing it -- so it was not only vulnerable but exceedingly weird sounding. Thing is, this duet turned out to be their favorite thing which means they have to be shut out of that room during rehearsals!

12:51 am

herinfernallady

Kitties love to play too

12:51 am

dcseain

LOL :)

12:52 am

dcseain

have to be 17 to see an R, and there are minors about, jilli :D LOL

12:52 am

dcseain

(i'm in the teehee zone, don't mind me)

12:52 am

jillibus

giggle, dc

12:52 am

jwr

herin - whatchu mean "too" -- aside from sleeping, that's mostly what they do, no?

12:52 am

herinfernallady

Were as im pretty sure mine is seeing some funky stuff coming off what they gave her

12:53 am

herinfernallady

Yes Play a lot they do but i meant play on the instruments.

12:53 am

jwr

what a serious bunch you are

12:53 am

flosey

off to bed, goodnight all

12:53 am

flosey

back in the morning

12:53 am

dcseain

g'night flosey, sleep well :)

12:53 am

herinfernallady

Night Flosset

12:54 am

dcseain

jwr, you're being tongue-in-cheek or sardonic, no?

12:54 am

herinfernallady

Flossey even

12:54 am

Minveryork

Goodbye flosey! I'll see you tomorrow in the chat log!

12:54 am

cybernan

too tire to finish -- see you tomorrow *poof*

12:54 am

jillibus

night flosey -- didn't see you arrive -- congrats on Monday night :D

12:54 am

mymuseisme

nite flosey and nan

12:54 am

flosey

ty, was a close one

12:54 am

o-o

I don't necessarily think ... and get in a lot trouble as a result

12:55 am

jillibus

lady, it's flosey -- only one S

12:55 am

dcseain

only way to live, babrab!

12:55 am

jillibus

hi babrab

12:55 am

herinfernallady

I have the brain cells to think but i choose not to

12:55 am

mymuseisme

hi babrab

12:55 am

o-o

hello, peoples

12:55 am

jillibus

dc, did you get the 3rd co5 yet?

12:56 am

jillibus

I mean co5/24

12:56 am

Minveryork

Hello BabbleRabble!How are you? Welcome to the grid

12:56 am

dart001

hi bab

12:56 am

dcseain

yes, jilli, last co i found, and it's a word i learned working in groceries.

12:56 am

jwr

dc LOLLL -- better leave the chat now -- I'm working on a crisis hotline and it's slow right now but I'd rather not get into a call-n-response thing because I may have to leave at any min

12:56 am

Minveryork

The co 5/24 word is co plus to stir something jillibus.

12:56 am

jesdraggon

sleep sweet all. i'm off to pillowland

12:56 am

jillibus

dc, I thought it referred to funnies, haha

12:57 am

dcseain

gotcha, jwr. i'm on a helpdesk, but it's very quiet so far tonight, knock wood

12:57 am

mymuseisme

nite jes

12:57 am

herinfernallady

NIght Jess hugs the pets for me

12:57 am

dcseain

hm, it could, jilli

12:57 am

dart001

nite jes

12:57 am

Minveryork

Goodbye jesdraggon! I'll see you tomorrow in the log!

12:57 am

o-o

thanks, Minveryork bubble is a tad off center today

12:57 am

jillibus

min, I got it ages ago, thx, lol

12:57 am

MNDYM67

bbl :-) happy thanksgiving to all the us peoples!!!

12:58 am

bananafour

24 to go, and I have to get to bed, good night all. night dart

12:58 am

mymuseisme

nite banan

12:58 am

dart001

bye nana

12:58 am

jillibus

night banana

12:59 am

Minveryork

Goodbye bananafour! I'll see you tomorrow in the log!

12:59 am

bananafour

*poof*

1:01 am

herinfernallady

I laugh my butt off. I have been watching the Biggest loser and they have been exercising like stupid and i have lost the same amount of weight as them a week. (about 2 pounds)

1:02 am

rururocks

laughing a lot is a grat way to take weight off the butt

1:03 am

rururocks

great

1:03 am

herinfernallady

Thanks

1:03 am

Minveryork

Hello rururocks! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

1:04 am

rururocks

hi minerv.. doing well today with plenty of rest

1:04 am

rururocks

how are you?

1:04 am

rururocks

finally found that last infernal c

1:04 am

rururocks

no offense herin

1:06 am

rururocks

phantom word: Amino

1:06 am

herinfernallady

None taken. I just find it amusing i have been really sensible eating about 30min to 2hours a day exercise and its all good

1:06 am

dcseain

back againg, hey ruru

1:06 am

rururocks

I just saw that show for the first time... kind of mean spirited if you ask me

1:07 am

rururocks

hi dc

1:07 am

jwr

holiday nights, dc, always slow. so is the computer here so I can't play with the lists and the font is teeny tiny. ruru: wouldn't mind laughing my butt off but it seems to work the other way ... except maybe when you're laughing you can't eat at the same time!

1:08 am

herinfernallady

I am also working out my emotional problems as that is the problem with most people that are on that show.

1:08 am

rururocks

hmmm

1:08 am

rururocks

usually that DOES have a lot to do with eating excessively

1:09 am

rururocks

or not eating enough in many cases too

1:09 am

jwr

so are you saying that thin people have better senses of humor??

1:09 am

herinfernallady

One of th contestants lost every thing in Katrina i thought that it was stupid to put her under added stress of that show.

1:10 am

herinfernallady

JWR i don't know about that :P

1:10 am

rururocks

actually some of the funniest people I know are heavy

1:12 am

herinfernallady

that is true

1:12 am

jwr

just (: ruru. Herin --- the contestants are very much on those shows voluntarily. some people want to air their tragedies on tv, the more exposure the better.

1:12 am

herinfernallady

Cat can only hiss at me she has had her claws trimmed

1:13 am

jwr

does she arch her back when she hisses?

1:13 am

herinfernallady

cant

1:14 am

jwr

ohhhh/ sorry for her

1:14 am

rururocks

sn 5

1:14 am

dcseain

put it up ur nose, ruru

1:14 am

dcseain

clue, not insult, that

1:14 am

rururocks

lol

1:14 am

rururocks

ewwwwwwww

1:15 am

herinfernallady

Not really. I have her on one leg at the moment. Had to clean her face with the yuk on her face.

1:15 am

Minveryork

An sn 5/24 is sn + a vowel plus double consonant ruru

1:16 am

rururocks

I have un 4X6 (2), un 6 (2) us 4, un 5/22 what am I missing

1:16 am

jwr

sn -- another way of saying That's All Folks

1:17 am

rururocks

Oh I had it Minerv. I thought I was being cute in calling it out

1:17 am

dcseain

un 6/33, un6/24, un6/27

1:17 am

mymuseisme

stalled at 10 and pillow awaits me, nite all

1:17 am

rururocks

oh un 6/27?

1:17 am

dcseain

pleasant dreams, muse

1:18 am

Minveryork

The un 6/33 word is un plus the sa 4/8 word dcseain.

1:18 am

jwr

nite muse

1:18 am

dcseain

yes, ruru, like a snake not yet molted

1:18 am

dcseain

or at least its skin

1:18 am

Minveryork

Tehe un 6/24 word is un plus the se 4/5 word dcseain

1:18 am

rururocks

yeah... u's are done..they usually kill me

1:18 am

herinfernallady

thanks

1:19 am

Minveryork

Goodye mymuseisme! I'll see you tomorrow in the log!

1:19 am

herinfernallady

cant chat n babble only have one free hand

1:19 am

rururocks

you are up late tonight minerv

1:20 am

herinfernallady

cat on lap needs hugs

1:20 am

Minveryork

Yes, I am up VERY late! I'm showing my sister-in-law how to play the game. I have a head start for today.

1:20 am

MVA

hi all!

1:21 am

dcseain

morning, MVA!

1:21 am

rururocks

uh oh Minerv.. another future babble-addict on the way?

1:21 am

jillibus

hi min's sis-in-law!

1:21 am

rururocks

HIYA sis in law

1:21 am

dcseain

recruiting! very good, minver, do carry on! and hello to your sis-in-law

1:21 am

Minveryork

Hello MVA! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

1:22 am

jwr

WHAT game, Minver? Aren't you getting paid like the rest of us?

1:22 am

MVA

hi mins sister in law!

1:22 am

rururocks

lol

1:22 am

rururocks

OH god IF I could get paid by the hour for this game.. I would retire already

1:22 am

dcseain

supervisor on other helpdesk has commented how playing this make me look like i'm working hard.

1:23 am

rururocks

lol

1:23 am

MVA

what a dream, paid to play!!!

1:23 am

jillibus

well, you ARE wroking hard, dc!

1:23 am

jillibus

working

1:23 am

dcseain

heh, good point, jilli :)

1:23 am

jillibus

maybe wroking too, lol

1:24 am

dcseain

and i do do my work as it comes in.

1:24 am

rururocks

sexman should be a word..darn it

1:24 am

jwr

lovely, dc. One of mine thought it looked really easy. I know he tried it in private and couldn't catch on. After that, he looked at me with more respect!

1:24 am

rururocks

or even seximan

1:25 am

jillibus

or heximan?

1:25 am

rururocks

that too

1:25 am

jwr

and why not maxed?

1:25 am

dcseain

only one other person here has shown interest after asking about it. Very much not for everyone

1:26 am

rururocks

I wondered about that ...ma 5/22 yes... maxed no.. maybe too much of a surfer term

1:26 am

jwr

guess I shouldn't be a babblesnob. tried the Sudoku and went slowly mad.

1:26 am

jan

Anyone have a clue for the se/6, please? It's my last one and I want to go to bed.

1:26 am

dcseain

we maxed out the volume, dude

1:26 am

rururocks

fer sure dc

1:26 am

dcseain

ocean pale, jan

1:27 am

jwr

beautiful clue dc

1:27 am

jan

Thanks, dcseain...! ANyone need anything before I'm out?

1:27 am

dcseain

i'm good, ty, jan

1:28 am

jillibus

I have ma5/24...

1:28 am

dcseain

ty, jwr

1:28 am

jillibus

yeah, jan, ad5/20?

1:29 am

Minveryork

The ad 5/20 word is a plus the opposite of up jillibus.

1:29 am

rururocks

a + do 4/9

1:29 am

joey

jilli, a plus not up

1:29 am

dcseain

we're going ad5/20 stream

1:29 am

MVA

odd word!

1:29 am

jillibus

thanks, dc -- weird words, the ad and the se

1:30 am

dcseain

indeed so

1:30 am

rururocks

I dont get the ocean pale clue though dc

1:30 am

jwr

ad5.20 is SO ballad chorus, dilly dilly

1:30 am

dcseain

ocean lukewarm maybe?

1:30 am

jan

Yeah, the se/6 means unstrung wampum. Now to find a way to casually slip that one into conversation!

1:31 am

rururocks

wha?

1:31 am

FranMag

Aloha Babblers!

1:31 am

joey

how about body of water and pale

1:31 am

jillibus

hi fran!

1:31 am

dcseain

aloha, fran!

1:31 am

FranMag

hi jilli!

1:32 am

MVA

bore da fran!

1:32 am

FranMag

hi dc!

1:32 am

rururocks

ok found it weird one

1:32 am

rururocks

thanks dc

1:32 am

jillibus

thanks for the clue(s) fran

1:32 am

FranMag

thanks for the se6

1:32 am

FranMag

yw jilli!

1:32 am

herinfernallady

help with that se 6 dont get clues

1:32 am

FranMag

hi mva!

1:32 am

dcseain

:) both of yall are quite welcome

1:33 am

FranMag

hi infernal!

1:33 am

jan

Try googling the definition...

1:33 am

herinfernallady

hi fran

1:33 am

herinfernallady

I cant

1:33 am

MVA

hi herin

1:33 am

jan

Oh, sorry....

1:33 am

herinfernallady

i eill trye

1:34 am

jillibus

by the se*side you might ***t to go for a swim

1:34 am

herinfernallady

got it

1:34 am

jan

Time for one last load of dishes and then to bed. Night all...

1:34 am

dcseain

sweet dreams, jan!

1:35 am

jillibus

night jan

1:35 am

MVA

nite jan

1:35 am

FranMag

night jan!

1:35 am

herinfernallady

The net is on slow until we pay bill, boy is on the net too. Cat on lap so very trickey

1:35 am

FranMag

i just found our "fashionably smart" babble friend

1:36 am

jillibus

well, over halfway and no blanks, eyes slamming, old cat telling me to go to bed...

1:36 am

jillibus

yes, she was on earlier, fran :)

1:36 am

rururocks

what do you mean fran?

1:36 am

dcseain

good night, jilli, sleep well

1:36 am

FranMag

if you're going to sleep then sleep well jilli!

1:37 am

FranMag

ch4 ruru

1:37 am

MVA

ahead of me jilli, still have blanks jilli

1:37 am

dcseain

ch4 isin the grid tonight, ruru

1:37 am

rururocks

oh ... yeah I read that one earlier... Im sorry

1:38 am

rururocks

dc is in the grid too

1:38 am

rururocks

sorta

1:38 am

jwr

frustration: letters that link up nicely and then ... the big let-down, like C H I M N E ....

1:38 am

FranMag

he's kind of all over the place ruru, but he's all there. :-)

1:39 am

dcseain

looking at the correct E makes finding the en7 easier :D

1:40 am

FranMag

those are what we call phantoms jwr, very frustrating indeed!

1:40 am

rururocks

yes it do

1:40 am

jwr

ah. so That's what a phantom is. Thanx Fran

1:40 am

FranMag

thanks dc, that helped me find it!

1:41 am

dcseain

douane is phantome tonight

1:42 am

FranMag

yw jwr, our jargon can be confusing to new babblers

1:42 am

jillibus

just thought of an icon -- back soon...

1:43 am

jwr

so. "babblejargon" ... is that the same as jargoonbabble?

1:43 am

rururocks

now if someone could explain what a babblet is ..

1:43 am

dcseain

it's a silly word that one doesn't really find in contexte other then babble

1:43 am

FranMag

good def dc

1:44 am

rururocks

that covers alot of bases round these parts....

1:44 am

jwr

I was guessing that a babblet was a word that didn't appear in (most) dictionaries

1:44 am

FranMag

that too jwr

1:44 am

dcseain

OED is your friend in babbleland

1:45 am

rururocks

LOL

1:45 am

jwr

that idea came from hitting on the question mark to the left of the word and having it come up with - - - nothing.

1:45 am

rururocks

sometimes ADD too

1:45 am

dcseain

i must say i prefer
the 'night' crew to the day one, relative to my time zone.

1:45 am

dcseain

good point, ruru

1:46 am

rururocks

do you mean at work on here on the grid

1:46 am

rururocks

or here

1:46 am

jwr

I hope you're not serious dc. Digging into the OED while babbling would be like baling out the rowboat during a heavy storm

1:46 am

FranMag

words like inia, etna, anoa, iwis, etui, oorie... all babblets

1:46 am

dcseain

here in the chat

1:46 am

dcseain

lwei, too

1:47 am

joey

ok, i will ask. what is oed?

1:47 am

dcseain

Oxford English Dictionary

1:47 am

FranMag

how could i forget lwei? :-)

1:47 am

jwr

The Final Word

1:47 am

joey

thansk

1:47 am

joey

oops, thanks

1:47 am

rururocks

yeah how about phyllas

1:47 am

jillibus

don't forget naoi

1:47 am

rururocks

naos

1:48 am

dcseain

which turns out to be the plural of naos

1:48 am

rururocks

olea

1:48 am

FranMag

actually singular i think dc

1:48 am

MVA

really enjoying chat and i've got to go!!!!

1:48 am

MVA

good luck all, bbl!

1:48 am

dcseain

have a great day, MVA

1:48 am

FranMag

i hate when that happens mva!

1:48 am

FranMag

have a good day!

1:48 am

dcseain

i looked them up earlier. naos is Greek for templo, naoi is plural

1:48 am

joso

icon test

1:48 am

jwr

okay okay -- so these really ARE words? i.e. ME or Chaucerian or such? ok. Do you just find out after years of babbling or is there actually a list?

1:49 am

rururocks

unfortunately in all of our heads now

1:49 am

FranMag

hi joso!

1:49 am

rururocks

looks good joso

1:49 am

dcseain

middle English, lots of Scots - haes, haen, haed, gaes, &c

1:49 am

jillibus

nice icon, joso

1:49 am

jwr

mg, what amazing heads you must have!

1:50 am

herinfernallady

Feed up kitty says 'Pet me;

1:50 am

jillibus

Anybody see mine?

1:50 am

joso

hi fran, ruru

1:50 am

FranMag

you're right dc, i read your post wrong, i was saying the same thing you did. :-)

1:50 am

rururocks

don't forget tref

1:50 am

jwr

the Scots I get -- years of British TV and mystery reading

1:50 am

rururocks

and nief

1:50 am

dcseain

comes with much playing, jwr, your head, too will embrace them in time. :)

1:50 am

FranMag

cool jilli!

1:50 am

rururocks

neif

1:50 am

dcseain

tref is Hebrew - means '
not kosher'

1:51 am

FranMag

very nice joso!

1:51 am

jillibus

dc, I'm too sleepy to get your pretty clues!

1:51 am

rururocks

ther you go again dc

1:51 am

jwr

tref I grew up with. grandparents kept two sets of dishes

1:51 am

dcseain

beautiful, jilli, and nice one, joso

1:51 am

dcseain

that was Hebrew, not Yiddish that time :P

1:51 am

joso

we all get to know obscure 4 and 5 letter words over time jwr, obscure 8, 9, and more letter are tougher

1:51 am

rururocks

we are really cluing we are chatting about babblets

1:52 am

rururocks

sure like ellipsis

1:52 am

dcseain

that was trying earlier with French Fry, ellipsis

1:53 am

dcseain

nice kid, seems well-mannered, but must be younger than seemed.

1:53 am

lshult

Morning fellow babblers, how are we all doing this bright & sunny morn???

1:53 am

dcseain

hopefully we'll see more of her/him

1:53 am

FranMag

hi lshult!

1:53 am

rururocks

cupcake was a little ....

1:53 am

dcseain

not looking forward to going out into the cold when i get off work, but well otherwise, you ishult?

1:53 am

jillibus

hi ishult on this dark and sleepy night :)

1:53 am

FranMag

thanks for your clue lshult!

1:54 am

joso

umm, dc, there is no wo6 in today's puzzle

1:54 am

rururocks

there is ice cream though

1:54 am

jwr

now I'm truly confabulated. tref and ellipsis are in (common) use. never mind, going back to the grid. Delighted to chat with you all awhile.

1:54 am

lshult

I'm still seeing the old icon!!!

1:54 am

dcseain

huh ?

1:55 am

FranMag

lol, i didn't even notice that joso! i just looked at the label on the soda!

1:55 am

FranMag

i had to refresh my screen lshult, seeing it now

1:55 am

FranMag

your profile text dc. you said wo6

1:56 am

herinfernallady

I will put up a video soon of one very out of it kitty

1:56 am

dcseain

corrected, now that i get what u wer saying, joso, ty

1:56 am

lshult

had to go out completely from babble for it to change

1:56 am

rururocks

sorry jwr they seemed like bablets to me

1:56 am

dcseain

that word gave me fits, ishult

1:56 am

joso

if you mean wa 6 who wa6es in pop, do they want to atract flies

1:57 am

joso

ah, I see now, tnx dc

1:58 am

jillibus

oh, had the 2nd mo5/22 anyway, lol

1:58 am

dcseain

oh, that word is Portugues, not English ,that's why not valid.

1:59 am

dcseain

ellipsis is cerntainly more common than diaresis

2:01 am

FranMag

hiccup!

2:01 am

jillibus

tref is not exactly a common word around here

2:01 am

dcseain

tref is common in my world, but i gather that outside of the DC-Boston Corridor, and Montreal, probably not that common in most other areas, at least in North America

2:02 am

dcseain

yes, the hiccup was early today

2:03 am

jwr

ruru, that was a silly thing for me to say and I apologize. Obviously Babblers come from all Eng-linguistic parts of the globe and generations and experience so we all have different words that fit the Babblet category -- except some of you who seem to be channelling the OED. good on ya.

2:04 am

dcseain

you from the western great lakes, jwr?

2:06 am

dcseain

as4 to me is a babblet

2:06 am

jillibus

jwr, have you met sprite? She's a shiz from the Netherlands and her first language is Dutch of course but she beats us all hollow (except DrB and dart)

2:06 am

jillibus

whiz, not shiz!!! I wonder what a shiz would be, lol -- doesn't sound nice!

2:07 am

jillibus

haven't got as4 yet :(

2:07 am

jwr

oh it is complicated. born/raised on a little island off the east coast (Manhattan), time in Maine, Vermont, 20 years off and on in Colorado, 3 years India, 7 years Japan, 28 yrs in San Francisco -- I think that about covers it

2:08 am

FranMag

jilli, don't worry, you'll find a port soon. :-)

2:08 am

rururocks

wow

2:08 am

dcseain

i associate that 'good on you' usage w/ western great lakes, which is why i asked.

2:08 am

FranMag

(that's a clue for as4)

2:08 am

rururocks

if you can see it jilli

2:08 am

dcseain

firewords :)

2:08 am

jillibus

I associate "good on you mate" with Oz ;)

2:08 am

FranMag

yay dc!!!

2:09 am

rururocks

wow wtg dc... that was quick....

2:09 am

rururocks

now what?

2:09 am

jwr

I've been "listening" to you all for some time but rarely get involved -- enough to get an idea of your dear personalities. Never had the slightest desire to 'chat' before -- but you (Sprite and all) sucked me in, darn it!

2:09 am

jillibus

got the as4, thx fran - too sleepy

2:09 am

dcseain

i obseserved for 18 monhs before i jumped into the chat

2:09 am

FranMag

yw jilli

2:10 am

rururocks

not me.. jumped right in

2:10 am

dcseain

yes, that was quick for me.

2:10 am

dcseain

it's only 0300

2:10 am

FranMag

i jumped in the first day i think! couldn't resist

2:10 am

jillibus

YAY dc!!!

2:10 am

jillibus

I jumped right in too

2:10 am

FranMag

2200 here dc

2:10 am

lynxxx

hello everyone

2:11 am

dcseain

i'm rather shy at first, and observed to get a feel before i started participating.

2:11 am

dcseain

hi, lynxxx!

2:11 am

FranMag

you were introduced by a friend though jilli, but i remember you jumped in before hetty introduced you to all of us.

2:11 am

jillibus

hi lynxxx

2:11 am

FranMag

hi lynxxx!

2:11 am

jwr

the "good on" was indeed Ozzie -- and my best friend is currently rambling in the Dales and feeds me Yorkshire. I guess I sponge. Pick up whatever's going and use it as appropriate.

2:11 am

mrpresident

ah, back after a little nap... how hard is it?

2:11 am

mrpresident

the grid I mean ;)

2:11 am

FranMag

dc, that's quite shy if it took you 18 months! :-)

2:12 am

rururocks

hi mr. p

2:12 am

FranMag

hi mrp! not hard at all (especially not for you)

2:12 am

mrpresident

hi ruru :)

2:12 am

lynxxx

wow DC I didn't realise you had been playing for so long. you predate Fran & me!

2:12 am

dcseain

this is a happy grid, mrp!

2:12 am

mrpresident

hi fran :)

2:12 am

FranMag

mrp, you're so naughty. ;-)

2:12 am

dcseain

only took me 2 hours

2:12 am

jillibus

yes, hetty is to blame. BTW, she hasn't given up but has been SO busy writing and directing a play which will be performed here Nov 30 and maybe elsewhere later.

2:12 am

lynxxx

Hi MRP

2:12 am

mrpresident

hi dcs :)

2:13 am

mrpresident

hi lynxx :))

2:13 am

FranMag

we understand jilli, you SPI folks are quite busy bees!

2:13 am

dcseain

a friend of mine pointed this game out to me at a dinner meeting in 2005. i don't know if he still plays or not - i forget his handle

2:13 am

mrpresident

well, I might finish then

2:13 am

FranMag

i think i found this through a link at boingboing or some other blog.

2:14 am

herinfernallady

Hi mr pres

2:15 am

dcseain

i have a friend who uses the handle forexample online because his initials are e.g.

2:15 am

rururocks

someone mentioned it to me after boggle went away .. i actually enjoy this as much as boggle

2:15 am

Marmar

Good morning one and all...or evening or day! It's another foggy grey morning in central Germany. Hope it's better for the rest of you!

2:15 am

jillibus

Hope so, mrp -- it's reasonably friendly -- but I'm too sleepy to see so must detach myself from this seductive chat -- zzzzzzzzzzz and good night all

2:15 am

mrpresident

my lickety found it... he was searching for web technologies (ajax) and stumbled across it... he knew it was something I would love, and now we have fireworks and babble expert :))

2:15 am

dcseain

i like this better than boggle.

2:15 am

FranMag

hi mary!

2:16 am

mrpresident

nite nite jilli :))

2:16 am

FranMag

night jilli!

2:16 am

lynxxx

My house is feeling rather empty, we finally had to have our Bob put down this afternoon. A series of seizures even the vet had trouble managing. Poor baby

2:16 am

rururocks

did you play boggle dc

2:16 am

mrpresident

hi mar :)

2:16 am

dcseain

cold and windy here in east-central US. Welcome, mary

2:16 am

lynxxx

Hi Marmar

2:16 am

Marmar

Hi Fran! I like the 2 minute online Boggle for a few minutes then I start to feel dumb.

2:16 am

dcseain

*hugs lynxxx* so sorry ot hear :(

2:16 am

FranMag

aww lynxxx! (hug)

2:16 am

rururocks

oh sorry lynxxx

2:17 am

dcseain

very briefly ruru, just before it went away.

2:17 am

jillibus

Oh dear lynxxx -- I know how it feels

2:17 am

Marmar

My goodness lynxx, sorry.

2:17 am

FranMag

a lot of babblers play tanglewords and facebook has a version of boggle that i play.

2:17 am

mrpresident

poor bob! I am sorry lynxx... **hugs**

2:18 am

jillibus

now *poof* for sure

2:18 am

lynxxx

Bye Jilli

2:18 am

lshult

running out of steam, getting harder to find words

2:18 am

dcseain

g'night jilli

2:18 am

FranMag

suede is bothering me

2:19 am

dcseain

yes! i kept trying that too, fran

2:19 am

lynxxx

hello Ishult

2:19 am

mrpresident

hi ishult :))

2:19 am

lshult

hey lynxxx

2:19 am

Marmar

Ishult, pardon the ignorance but what's "kibbutz" mean?

2:19 am

lshult

mrp

2:20 am

FranMag

and then i thought, babble is so found of alt spellings, maybe suade will work...but noooo

2:20 am

dcseain

yeah, i went there too :D

2:21 am

FranMag

mrp, the movie quiz in facebook says lickety and i are soulmates! isn't that funny?

2:21 am

dcseain

i wanna go home, i'm so looking fwd to the weekend, even though i need to go home and pack 1st, as the drier wasn't done by time i had to go to work

2:22 am

jwr

Never kibbitz in the kibbutz!

2:22 am

lshult

Marmar, a kibbutz is a collective. Probably the only true form of working socialism in the world, although I would prefere to be called a collective capitalist (I want a rich life, but am prepared to work for the whole community to acheive it)

2:22 am

mrpresident

he is a hoot with choosing movies! fantastic fran!

2:22 am

dcseain

lol, jwr

2:22 am

rururocks

aw 5 clue anyone?

2:23 am

FranMag

ruru, a + w*** your hands

2:23 am

FranMag

unless there's another one

2:23 am

dcseain

aw5 in money

2:23 am

Marmar

Ah ha, sounds ideal!

2:23 am

rururocks

thanks fran

2:23 am

FranMag

yw ruru

2:24 am

rururocks

10 left

2:24 am

lshult

nothing is Ideal, but I enjoy the life and it's a great enviorment to raise kids

2:24 am

FranMag

i have 32 left, but i always find the weird ones first! :-)

2:25 am

rururocks

9

2:25 am

dcseain

go, ruru, go!

2:25 am

lshult

still 42 left for me

2:25 am

Marmar

Everyone def. has to be on the same page for that to work, or? Have you read Atlas Shurgged? Sounds like what they strived for.

2:25 am

FranMag

your su6 is making me hungry lshult, i might have to go get some chocolate

2:25 am

lshult

not heard of it

2:26 am

dcseain

i've been meaning to read Atlas Shrugged, but haven't gotten a round tuit for it yet

2:26 am

Marmar

I've heard it's the second most influencial book ever written. I love it. "...who is John Galt?"

2:27 am

rururocks

6

2:27 am

lynxxx

Ayn Rand - interesting/good philosophies - she was big in the 50s & 60s

2:27 am

Marmar

DC, I imagine you would LOVE it.

2:27 am

FranMag

go ruru go!

2:28 am

dcseain

my attitude toward books is 'anything is better than Dune'. :)

2:28 am

rururocks

4

2:29 am

Marmar

good one!

2:30 am

joso

wow, dune is one of my favorites, and I think Ayn Rand is a hack, am I in the right group

2:30 am

dcseain

lots of people love Dune, i gave up the 4th time i tried to read it.

2:31 am

lynxxx

can I like both and be OK?

2:31 am

joso

funny, I am the same way with Lord of the Rings

2:31 am

FranMag

no lynxxx, pick a side! :-)

2:31 am

Marmar

Joso, it takes all kinds to make life interesting. Even kinds like me!

2:31 am

joso

naa, you can't be ok if you like Ayn Rand, lol

2:32 am

Marmar

aaaaarrrrrggg

2:32 am

dcseain

yes, lynxxx, you can

2:32 am

dcseain

i've not tried an Tolkein yet

2:33 am

Marmar

OK, how do we all feel about A. A. Milne?

2:33 am

lynxxx

I really tried to read Lord of the Rings...I read too fast to get into it if you know what I mean . Love the movies though!

2:33 am

dcseain

i read some milne when i was young, and liked it well enough

2:34 am

joso

I got toltaly involved with D&D in high school, thought I should read the books it's largely based on, couldent get through the after many tries

2:34 am

rururocks

he 6/36 clue?

2:34 am

Marmar

I have reread it now with my kids and have a whole new appreciation for him!

2:34 am

dcseain

change a cons in the 6/39

2:34 am

FranMag

ruru, spell + "gas" ending

2:35 am

joso

milne is outstanding, I'll never forgive disny corp for making a heffalump

2:36 am

Marmar

I have to agree. My kids laugh themselves silly as I read Pooh stories out loud! Me too.

2:37 am

mrpresident

my daughter read wind in the willows aged 6... that was amazing!

2:37 am

dcseain

i loved wind in the willows

2:37 am

Marmar

we love that one too!!! nothing beats the classics.

2:38 am

dcseain

dr. doolittle, anyone?

2:38 am

joso

also very good,good reason these classics last, jungle book also

2:38 am

mrpresident

love dr dolittle!

2:38 am

rururocks

done

2:38 am

Marmar

Just the movie when I was little. That is worth a read I am sure.

2:38 am

dcseain

YAY RURU!

2:39 am

lynxxx

Hooray for Ruru !!

2:39 am

dcseain

i read lots of Jules Verne when i was young, too.

2:39 am

mrpresident

well done ruru :)

2:39 am

FranMag

yay ruru!!

2:39 am

rururocks

thanks for the gas clue...dc... I was going the wrong direction on that one. thanks mr p

2:39 am

Marmar

all you finishers rock

2:39 am

rururocks

thanks fran

2:40 am

rururocks

we rururock

2:40 am

rururocks

lol

2:40 am

Marmar

I was just about to say that!

2:40 am

lynxxx

lol Ruru

2:40 am

dcseain

fran gave the gas clue, not i

2:41 am

Marmar

ruru, I saw you on another wordgame site the day babble was out of commission. I was mad there was no chat so I could say "hi". We're spoiled here.

2:41 am

rururocks

I am giving thanks that I finished the grid today.. hallelujah...

2:41 am

rururocks

oh sorry fran.. thank YOU for the gas clue..

2:42 am

FranMag

yw ruru, thanks dc. :-)

2:42 am

rururocks

nite all I have a tennis tournament tomorrow and need to be sharp.. happly babbling all thanks for the chat

2:42 am

mrpresident

dinner has arrived! chat to you all later! :))
bye ** wave **

2:42 am

FranMag

night ruru! good luck!

2:42 am

FranMag

later mrp!

2:42 am

Marmar

Bye ruru, mrp.

2:42 am

lynxxx

bye Ruru and MRP

2:43 am

rururocks

bet her dinner is lickety good

2:43 am

FranMag

lol ruru

2:43 am

dcseain

ciao, ruru & mrp

2:44 am

dcseain

lol ruru

2:44 am

rururocks

*poof*

2:45 am

FranMag

can someone point me in the right direction for that right corner i?

2:45 am

dcseain

plural German "I"

2:45 am

FranMag

sheesh, thanks dc!

2:46 am

FranMag

i kept trying to stick an E in there! :-)

2:46 am

Marmar

danke dc

2:46 am

dcseain

Icies, are yummy, but proper nouns

2:47 am

dcseain

bitte, marmar

2:49 am

dcseain

huh. wo4 flowers yellow.

2:50 am

FranMag

but the dye from it is blue, interesting.

2:50 am

FranMag

or from the leaves

2:51 am

Marmar

My cute little boy wants to play online games at the Playmobil website so it's goodbye for now. Happy babbling!

2:51 am

FranMag

bye mary!

2:51 am

dcseain

could be either. adding urea is what makes blues, based on my herbal dyeing classes, many start in the yellow-to-green range

2:51 am

lynxxx

bye Marmar

2:51 am

dcseain

ciao, marmar!

2:51 am

dcseain

or berries from the flowers. hm

2:52 am

FranMag

i'm missing a 7, i have de7 and en7, what is the third one please?

2:52 am

dcseain

new icon that's less obvious

2:53 am

FranMag

lol, definitely less obvious. :-)

2:53 am

dcseain

i included formula so it'd be googleable

2:54 am

FranMag

good idea dc

2:59 am

dcseain

did u need points for the su7, or you find it already?

3:00 am

FranMag

oh su7? let me see if i can find it

3:01 am

dcseain

oh! I'd thought of typing it, but failed to do so before :"> LOL

3:01 am

FranMag

got it! thanks dc. :-)

3:01 am

lynxxx

aw, how sweet, I left some carrybags at the vets and Donald, our vet, just returned them - with some flowers! such a nice guy

3:01 am

dcseain

Pakistan has been suspended from the Commonwealth

3:02 am

FranMag

i was wondering if i had missed something. :-)

3:02 am

dcseain

that was very nice of hum.

3:02 am

FranMag

that was nice lynxxx

3:02 am

FranMag

those compound words always elude me

3:03 am

lynxxx

just the clue I needed - TY Fran

3:03 am

FranMag

finally finished Us!

3:03 am

dcseain

*lays out butternut donuts and gingerbread donuts*

3:03 am

dcseain

go fran!

3:04 am

FranMag

yw lynxxx!

3:04 am

FranMag

gingerbread donuts? yum!

3:04 am

FranMag

i love ginger anything

3:04 am

dcseain

seasonal special at Dunkin Donuts

3:05 am

FranMag

darn, we don't have dunkin donuts anymore here. they were poorly managed and all went out of business along with the other franchises the company owned

3:06 am

dcseain

krispy kremes are better anyway. Just happens that there's Dunkin, not Krispy here in Springfield, VA

3:06 am

lynxxx

pumpkin donuts DC? are they good, imagine they would be

3:07 am

dcseain

the pumpkin were okay. the gingerbread ones are better.

3:07 am

FranMag

that de5/14 always throws me of*, i want it to rhyme with what you walk your dog with.

3:08 am

dcseain

:)

3:08 am

dcseain

black friday is a weird phenomenum, and i think unique to the US

3:09 am

FranMag

the fighting over stuff makes me ill

3:10 am

herinfernallady

DC we have a dozen of Krispy Krack here

3:10 am

dcseain

coworker plans to go furniture shopping today - he has a house to furnish

3:10 am

lynxxx

Hi Infernal

3:10 am

lynxxx

black Friday?

3:10 am

dcseain

There's a Krispy Kreme 2 towns over - grew up near there. I hate Krispy' original glazed

3:10 am

FranMag

i would find it very nerve-wracking to shop like that

3:11 am

dcseain

the day after thanksgiving, lynxxx. Stores open at 5 or 6 in the morning, and have HUGE sales to jumpstat the xmas season

3:11 am

FranMag

lynxxx, day after thanksgiving, all the stores open really early and have big sales

3:11 am

FranMag

it's called black friday because that's the day most of the retailers go from the "red" into the "black"

3:12 am

dcseain

i avoid shopping that day, other than for groceries, as it's not worth the crowds to me.

3:12 am

FranMag

we avoid even leaving the house. :-)

3:13 am

lynxxx

ahhh, we used to have those on Boxing Day here...but now the 'sale' seems to go on till end january

3:13 am

dcseain

we're talking HUGE 1-day sales leading to okay sales leading to just past Xmas

3:13 am

FranMag

it's so bad here, walmart was threatening lawsuits to anyone that leaked their planned specials.

3:14 am

lynxxx

back in a bit - just getting coffee

3:14 am

FranMag

k lynxxx

3:14 am

dcseain

k

3:15 am

dcseain

were they really? But if people don't know what sales there will be, why would they go there?

3:15 am

FranMag

yay! finished Cs!

3:15 am

dcseain

go, fran!

3:15 am

FranMag

they put them in the ads for that day, but they didn't want them getting out too early for the competition to find out about

3:16 am

FranMag

last year someone posted their newspaper ads on the internet and other retailers put up competing specials.

3:16 am

dcseain

gotcha

3:17 am

dcseain

i pay little mind to wal-mart. unless they're in the news, they're not on my radar

3:19 am

FranMag

quality isn't the best, but their kids' clothing is really cheap. which is fine when they are growing so quickly

3:19 am

dcseain

true

3:22 am

FranMag

the second E from the middle tile is irritating me, i have the test, but the other one is hiding, any idea which one it is dc?

3:23 am

Haz1558

It's the anagram of the garden tool store, Fran.

3:23 am

dcseain

the left E?

3:23 am

FranMag

of course! thanks haz! :-)

3:23 am

FranMag

and good morning!

3:24 am

dcseain

morning, haz :)

3:25 am

Haz1558

Good morning to all.

3:25 am

dcseain

oh! 2nd e-word from the middle tile :) caught up now.

3:26 am

FranMag

hee! no problem dc, it is 0400 there.

3:30 am

mrpresident

oh, time for 'pirates of the caribbean' at world's end.
bye all **kisses**

3:30 am

FranMag

bye mrp!

3:31 am

dcseain

bye, mrp! i'll likely 'see' you when i get back next week

3:33 am

lynxxx

goodmorning Haz

3:34 am

Haz1558

Hello lynxxx.

3:36 am

o-o

if you get the letters in the right order you can make words!

3:36 am

FranMag

that's what i've heard babrab, hi!

3:36 am

FranMag

where are you off to dc?

3:36 am

dcseain

Well the game's in English, so getting the letters in the wrong order also often makes words.

3:37 am

lynxxx

Hi BabRab

3:37 am

o-o

Hello, lynxxx

3:37 am

dcseain

Darkover - a small convention in Timonium, MD

3:37 am

FranMag

cool

3:38 am

dcseain

babrab, is that a window in ur icon?

3:38 am

o-o

an abstract evil eye

3:39 am

dcseain

i looks like it wants to be a window

3:39 am

FranMag

it would make a cool window

3:39 am

o-o

I think it once belonged to evileye fleagle

3:41 am

FranMag

4 left, but not seeing anything new ... going to save them for tomorrow.

3:42 am

FranMag

have a good night or day wherever you are!

3:42 am

dcseain

g'night then, fran

3:42 am

o-o

which ones, Fran?

3:42 am

o-o

good night

3:42 am

FranMag

don't know babrab, haven't looked at the list yet

3:42 am

FranMag

bye all!

3:43 am

lynxxx

goodnite Fran. might get going myself, feeling really off - think the reaction to Bob is kicking in. Bye everyone

3:43 am

dcseain

ciao, lynxxx! feel better

3:43 am

o-o

be well, lynxxx

4:20 am

herinfernallady

Hi

4:22 am

herinfernallady

Hello is anyone here?

4:23 am

herinfernallady

DC are you here?'

4:24 am

dcseain

hi

4:31 am

cool girl

morning everyone how is everyone could i have the stats please

4:31 am

dcseain

120 words

4:31 am

dcseain

6*17, 7*3

4:32 am

herinfernallady

Hi

4:33 am

cool girl

ty i didnt think it was going to be big today

4:33 am

dcseain

why is that cool?

4:34 am

cool girl

it just looked hard im missing my rs

4:35 am

herinfernallady

HI

4:35 am

dcseain

jilli misses the Rs too

4:35 am

dcseain

i feel neutral on the issue of the R

4:35 am

cool girl

hello hern

4:35 am

dcseain

hello, lady.

4:36 am

herinfernallady

Stupid page crashed

4:36 am

herinfernallady

Hi Cool how are you

4:36 am

cool girl

im used to using rs to conect

4:36 am

lshult

ohay, time for another bash at this grid

4:36 am

dcseain

wb, ishult

4:37 am

herinfernallady

HI Ish

4:37 am

lshult

39 still to find and not a sign of those 7's, could use some help??

4:37 am

herinfernallady

I had my game interupted due to kitty cuddles

4:37 am

cool girl

odes

4:37 am

dcseain

su7 - compound - end of day

4:38 am

dcseain

en7, from the lower-right E + w5

4:39 am

dcseain

de7 - plural of the 6, which builds on 1st de4

4:39 am

herinfernallady

Now the cat is doing the screw you all attitudes

4:40 am

dcseain

that's their speciality, lady :)

4:41 am

JFB

Hi everyone and thanks for the clues - greyed the 7s!!

4:41 am

dcseain

morning, jfb, yw

4:42 am

herinfernallady

HI JFB.

4:42 am

herinfernallady

Dc if you got drugged and neutered im sure youd be pissy too.

4:43 am

dcseain

indeed so

4:43 am

lshult

thanks dc, now have the 7's

4:43 am

dcseain

:)

4:44 am

herinfernallady

She is hiding under the table at the moment

4:46 am

cool girl

is the w7 to do with cleaning yourself cause its not letting me have it

4:46 am

herinfernallady

SO how are you all

4:46 am

dcseain

i'm tired and quite ready to leave

4:47 am

dcseain

no w7

4:47 am

herinfernallady

Cool i dont have it

4:47 am

dcseain

en + w5 = en7

4:48 am

cool girl

i no it starts with en its the next part im talking about

4:48 am

JFB

cool girl - the 7s are de 7.36 en 7.52 and su 7.52

4:48 am

dcseain

oh, wo5/22 - to injure

4:48 am

cool girl

ty ive got all except the en 7

4:50 am

cool girl

ty dc ive got it

4:50 am

herinfernallady

Ha ha

4:50 am

dcseain

:)

4:50 am

herinfernallady

Sorry watching BIgest losser I am losing more than some of them in a week

4:53 am

herinfernallady

Man that macaroni and cheese was good :P

4:54 am

dcseain

mac and cheese i can mostly take or leave.

4:56 am

herinfernallady

I used a weight watchers recipe. I love it.

4:57 am

herinfernallady

I have to get up stupid early tomorrow to Yoga and Gym

4:58 am

herinfernallady

oh opps that was Yoga and voting

4:58 am

dcseain

it's friday here now. i have dinner at 18, then martinis at 14 tomorrow. i'm part of the Hallelujah Chorus at midnight Sat/Sun. beyond that, no structure until Monday

4:59 am

herinfernallady

Nice what do you do in the Chorus sing? Play? if sing what range

5:00 am

dcseain

i sing bass

5:01 am

herinfernallady

NIce I am alto

5:03 am

dcseain

the chours is pick-up, and usually about 200 or so of us sing

5:03 am

herinfernallady

Nice cool. I haven't sung since about 94

5:04 am

dcseain

we gather around the indoor pool, they pass out parts as we enter, we do some warmups, then once through on the chorus. then some of us retire to another room to sing xmas carols

5:04 am

herinfernallady

Lovely. I miss proper Christmas. I am so over the over commercialism of it all.

5:05 am

dcseain

i'm not xian, but i agree wholeheartedly

5:06 am

herinfernallady

Its a bit hard to be Merry Christmas when by December first trees are already up and carols are already playing (which pisses me off_

5:07 am

dcseain

yes. today marks the start of traditional xmas season, though stores have had some degree of xmas up for 3 weeks already :\

5:07 am

herinfernallady

I agree with early cards as that sort of thing has to be sent os and all that

5:10 am

herinfernallady

I cant find words

5:10 am

dcseain

such tasty words

5:10 am

dcseain

what letters might you want clueing on?

5:10 am

herinfernallady

I think i have all the vowels at scrable

5:11 am

dcseain

i have a few games like that.

5:12 am

herinfernallady

tomorrow is our election also. If you hear a mega curse word across the atlantic thats just me

5:12 am

dcseain

:) local, state, and/or nat'l?

5:12 am

herinfernallady

National for the new PM.

5:13 am

dcseain

ah, parliamentary then. fun. clear leader, or likely a coalition?

5:13 am

herinfernallady

I dont know

5:13 am

herinfernallady

We have a Prime Minister and a senate and a whole bunch of other morons

5:14 am

dcseain

PM comes from party w/majority in parliament, or coalition head, like in Canada, no?

5:15 am

herinfernallady

I dont know. In all honesty i dont have a clue. i know that there is one Puppet Master and his minions

5:17 am

herinfernallady

I dont mean to sound ignorant but its not my strong point

5:18 am

dcseain

no, didn't think it ignorant, most people don't care about that level of detail :)

5:19 am

herinfernallady

I know how they work and what they do its just very complicated

5:19 am

dcseain

yes, majority party or coalition head of the House of Reps is PM

5:20 am

dcseain

so like in Canada and Britain

5:20 am

herinfernallady

Yes. British System same as law. Now law i could probably talk your leg off about

5:21 am

dcseain

in most of the Americas, Head of State and Head of Gov't are embodied in the President, elected directly in most countries.

5:22 am

herinfernallady

And that President is a dick and atleast you get a new one after a period of time. We have been stuck with this arsehat for about 10years and if he gets in tommorow add another 4

5:22 am

dcseain

true, we have at most 8 godawful years, as with the current asshat.

5:23 am

lideola

lol i'v enever heard the term arsehat or asshat

5:23 am

lideola

good morning

5:23 am

herinfernallady

but there is 2 serving terms yes?

5:24 am

herinfernallady

HI LIdeo. Sorry no one was here so we were being a tad borring.

5:24 am

dcseain

yes, one may be president twice consecutively, for 4 year terms each.

5:24 am

dcseain

morning, lideola! did you have a nice holiday?

5:25 am

lideola

it was wonderfully relaxing and delicious. and yourself? (besides having to work, i mean)

5:25 am

dcseain

that's true of governors of most states, though in Virginia, and i think California, governors may not serve consecutive terms.

5:26 am

dcseain

i slept, came to work. still at work, will go home, pack , go to convention, dinner tonight with friends.

5:26 am

lideola

thank goodness for term limits- because if there was even the smallest chance that our current president could be president AGAIN, i would seriously start thinking about moving to a new country

5:26 am

lideola

which convention?

5:26 am

dcseain

Testify, lideola!!

5:27 am

dcseain

i'm hoping the next adiminstration is able to undo much of the damage this admin has done, especially domestically.

5:27 am

herinfernallady

Ok LIdeo how are you

5:27 am

herinfernallady

shoot its late

5:28 am

dcseain

Darkover is what i'm going to, in Timonium, MD

5:29 am

dcseain

need to sleep, lady?

5:29 am

herinfernallady

YEs

5:29 am

herinfernallady

Yes its 1030pm

5:29 am

dcseain

it entertains me that my life is in synch w/my friends in China and Australia

5:30 am

lideola

fat chance dc- nothing much seems to get done- its all just a big continuous pissing match in between elections. I've been thinking of changing my party affilliation to Republican so that I can have at least a little say as to which of those increasingly narrow minded politicians gets elected in the primaries

5:30 am

dcseain

well, pleasant dreams to you; i won't likely be on line much until Tuesday your time, lady.

5:30 am

lideola

oh i'm not familiar with it dc, but have a wonderful time!

5:30 am

dcseain

ty, lideola, i'm sure i will. :)

5:30 am

herinfernallady

OH dc :( busy

5:31 am

dcseain

yes, i'll have very limited online access through the weekend.

5:31 am

herinfernallady

Ok

5:32 am

herinfernallady

Sorry to abandon you all but i must sleep Also need to check on kitty

5:32 am

lideola

have a good night herin

5:32 am

herinfernallady

Going to sleep

5:32 am

dcseain

g'night, lady

5:32 am

lideola

i have to dive into the grid - busy day ahead between working/taking care of the kids/ getting ready for daughters 4th birthday party

5:33 am

dcseain

oh, enjoy!

5:41 am

dcseain

i'm off to do shift turnover and what. I hope all of yall have a great weekend!

5:41 am

lideola

have a wonderful time with your friends and at the convention dc!

5:41 am

dcseain

ty! {poof}

5:54 am

Merk

Good mornng.

5:54 am

Merk

So many early risers here this morning ... babbling instead of shopping on Black Friday.

5:55 am

Merk

Oh, I missed Herin. G'night if you're here after checking kitty. Have a wonderful night's sleep and weekend, Herin.

6:00 am

Merk

'maxed

6:00 am

Merk

maxed should be a word, as in you "maxed" out your credit card.

6:01 am

Merk

This is a hard grid. Either I'm the only one doing it or all of you have your nose in the grid.

6:01 am

inge

Guten Morgen , Babblers. Hi Merk. We told our daughters to go shopping for their Christmas presents and we would pay for them. They are going for a TV and a camera. We will see

6:04 am

Merk

Sounds like a wonderful way to do it.

6:04 am

o-o

I suspect that Fridays that occur on Friday are about what one should expect

6:04 am

Merk

We already gave our son his gift so he and his wife could use it.

6:05 am

Merk

Has anyone been here long enough to clue the am 5, 14 please

6:05 am

lideola

think of actor Don Am***

6:06 am

lideola

have a great day all, i am off to work

6:06 am

inge

thanks lideola

6:06 am

o-o

you too, lideola

6:06 am

Merk

ty ... I should have coffe before I do a hard grid, but I don't want to awaken anyone. We had a tiring day yesterday and I hope my guests can sleep in.

6:06 am

inge

bye Lideola

6:06 am

Merk

You have to work today ... so sad.

6:06 am

Merk

bye then

6:17 am

Merk

Clues please for the ch 4 and 5.

6:18 am

KristineNas

The 5 is spanish for boy and for the 4 take off the last letter

6:19 am

Merk

I started with the wrong c. I hate it when I do that. I did it a moment ago with the aw too. I am so blind. Thank you, Kristin

6:19 am

KristineNas

yvw

6:20 am

Merk

Someone heard me say I like the challenge of 'c' words. Lots of co words today.

6:21 am

KristineNas

Not too bad !

6:22 am

LoriP

Merk must be in co heaven.... :)

6:22 am

LoriP

G'd morning Babblers!

6:22 am

KristineNas

GM Lori

6:23 am

LoriP

The point values in this grid certainly made my monkeys job easier.

6:25 am

Merk

If co5,24 is a word, couldn't you make a co7 out of it two, perhaps even two of them? I seem to be making up lots of new words today ... and they make more sense than actual words.

6:25 am

Merk

Morning, Lori ... and no r again today.

6:27 am

LoriP

Lovin' that whole lack of r thing Merk. Tomorrow there's be like 31 re's...... :(

6:33 am

inge

first pass, found all but 26 words, now the list

6:34 am

KristineNas

GO INGE GO

6:34 am

Merk

Inge, you are so good. I am finally at 55, but I have been here half an hour and started the list awhile back.

6:38 am

evanonut

i am now going to sacrifice myself on the alter of black friday for the sake of my nephews, please pray that i don't kill anyone...thank you.

6:39 am

Merk

Or be killed yourself, Evan

6:41 am

Merk

Those double 'ff' tiles ended up being in a nice location.

6:45 am

movieman

clues for the 7s plz

6:46 am

Merk

The only 7 I have yet is the en and it uses one of the high pointers.

6:47 am

Ragalla

there is a de7 - builds on the de4/6

6:51 am

Ragalla

also a su7 - dusk

6:51 am

joanne0334

ty raga

6:53 am

montreal13

hi there babblers everywhere !

6:53 am

joanne0334

gm mont

6:53 am

montreal13

minus 6 degrees C but the sun is coming out...

6:54 am

movieman

ty ragalla and merk

6:54 am

flosey

good morning all - still pretty black here !

6:54 am

joanne0334

i know brrrr

6:54 am

o-o

oh my, from the closet?

6:54 am

flosey

lol

6:55 am

montreal13

lol BR

6:55 am

flosey

4:55 am

6:55 am

flosey

and what on earth am I doing up at this hour!!

6:55 am

montreal13

good question flosey !

6:55 am

Merk

Not many babblers here today. They are already in bed, not up yet, or out shopping for Black Friday, I think.

6:55 am

flosey

lol, once I wake, that's it

6:56 am

flosey

what's this about Black Friday, have never heard of it

6:56 am

montreal13

am getting that way flosey... lol

6:57 am

Merk

Stores open at 4 am or earlier and crazy people go Christmas shopping.

6:57 am

Merk

It's always the day after Thanksgiving.

6:57 am

Merk

It's become the busiest Christmas shopping day on the calendar.

6:58 am

flosey

ah, sort of like Boxing Day in Canada?

6:58 am

evanonut

hey, i resent that, i'm only going for a specific toy that is on sale

6:58 am

Merk

Yes, we have that, too.

6:58 am

evanonut

i'm not crazy, just poor

6:58 am

Merk

Sorry, Evan.

6:58 am

montreal13

hi merk and nut !

6:58 am

flosey

I tried it ONCE - that was enough - crowds were far worse than just before Christmas

6:58 am

evanonut

ok, well maybe i'm crazy too

6:58 am

NonoNanette

Morning Babblers!

6:59 am

flosey

diving into the grid, busy day

6:59 am

montreal13

good morning Nono !

7:00 am

montreal13

brb - need tea...

7:01 am

NonoNanette

nut your going after a toy thats on sale today??? and you havent already left??? i wish you luck, girl,
that its not already sold out!

7:02 am

evanonut

if it's sold out nono, then they are sharing one instead

7:03 am

NonoNanette

around here everything that is on a really good sale the stores are limited to just a few of each item....... you almost have to stand in line overnight to get what you want

7:03 am

evanonut

but you know how that works right?

7:04 am

evanonut

well, if that happens, my mom will be happy she got to go at least

7:04 am

movieman

the am5/14 plz

7:04 am

NonoNanette

oh for sure, if you can't get the desired item you have to improvise somehow

7:05 am

NonoNanette

actor Don Am***

7:05 am

joso

am5/14 you put your lawnmower in * ****

7:06 am

movieman

Didn't get that clue before nono, and I don't get it now

7:06 am

joso

oops, haven't woken yet, mine was for as5/14

7:07 am

montreal13

tx joso ! - dont get the am5 clue either...

7:07 am

movieman

I thought that actor's name was Don Ameche

7:08 am

joso

it is, alt spelling

7:08 am

montreal13

same here MM...

7:08 am

montreal13

ahh tx joso !

7:08 am

NonoNanette

its not spelled quite the same mm but sounds like it he stared in 'Sins of Man' and 'One in a Million'

7:08 am

movieman

And 'Cocoon' and 'Trading Places'

7:09 am

montreal13

got it nono - thought it was a direct clue is all - tx anyway

7:10 am

ursh

Hello all back for 54

7:10 am

Merk

Whoever was looking for the su ... I finally got there ... compound word for dusk.

7:10 am

montreal13

hi ursh

7:10 am

NonoNanette

hi ursh

7:10 am

Merk

su7

7:11 am

montreal13

yes my icon Merk...

7:11 am

ursh

Nono was looking at your pics - what gorgeous fat spoilt cats you have

7:11 am

NonoNanette

thanks ursh and yes they are spoiled LOL

7:12 am

o-o

fatcats are epedemic

7:12 am

Merk

My icon choice any day would be the su 6.

7:13 am

o-o

here we call then congress

7:13 am

ursh

my next post was to be "or is it spoiled"

7:13 am

KristineNas

~!~!FIREWORKS!~!~

7:13 am

montreal13

wtg kristine !!

7:13 am

NonoNanette

WTG Kris!!

7:13 am

NonoNanette

either way ursh, I knew what you meant

7:13 am

pabtrek

congrats Kris

7:13 am

KristineNas

ty ty

7:13 am

o-o

congrats, Kristine

7:14 am

KristineNas

ty

7:14 am

ursh

I often look at mine curled up with a full belly on someone's lap or bed and think how easily his life could have been soooo different - farm born red tom which my husband happened to spot and brought him home for me - lives in the lap of luxury

7:17 am

NonoNanette

is that him in your icon, ursh? he is beautiful

7:23 am

flosey

any clues for en7 please?

7:23 am

montreal13

only got en6s flosey...

7:23 am

NonoNanette

not gotten it yet flosey sorry

7:24 am

flosey

me too thanks Luc, and nono

7:24 am

montreal13

:) flosey

7:26 am

NonoNanette

en + an injury

7:27 am

pabtrek

de7 please

7:27 am

montreal13

extend de 4/6 pab

7:27 am

Uneaixoise

novocaine de7 your gums

7:28 am

NonoNanette

pl of the de6

7:28 am

montreal13

bonjour Une !

7:28 am

pabtrek

thanks montreal, Une and Nono, kept going from the wrong d

7:29 am

Haz1558

en7 - add what a soldier may receive in battle, or the past tense of what you do to a clock.

7:30 am

bbnaz

hello all and thanks for that en7 clue

7:31 am

NonoNanette

hello Haz and bbnaz

7:31 am

montreal13

hi bb - u r better than me - not getting the en7 word...

7:31 am

flosey

finally got it - en7 from right side e

7:31 am

montreal13

good morning Hazel !

7:31 am

bbnaz

anybody else have a grid clue in their icon today?

7:32 am

Haz1558

Good morning/afternoon all.

7:32 am

flosey

Fireworks

7:32 am

montreal13

ahhh right side - will try again tx flosey

7:32 am

montreal13

wtg flosey !!!

7:32 am

NonoNanette

congrats flosey!!

7:32 am

Haz1558

Congratulations flosey.

7:32 am

bbnaz

good onya flosey

7:32 am

pabtrek

congrats flosey

7:33 am

bbnaz

nice one pab! i needed that word

7:35 am

Anniebrook

hello everyone!

7:35 am

bbnaz

Happy day Annie

7:35 am

Haz1558

Hello Annie! Safely belted in?

7:35 am

montreal13

finally got the 7 - tx nono, hazel and flosey

7:35 am

flosey

thanks all, now must get on with my day, bridge here this afternoon, have to ice my cake and tidy up

7:35 am

montreal13

Hi ANnie !

7:36 am

montreal13

have a great day flosey

7:36 am

NonoNanette

hi Annie

7:36 am

Anniebrook

hello Haz and montreal, belt on! hi Nono

7:36 am

flosey

thanks Luc, you too - see you all at flip

7:36 am

NonoNanette

have a good day flosie

7:36 am

bbnaz

good bridge flosey!

7:36 am

Anniebrook

congrats flosey

7:36 am

Haz1558

Have a good day, flosey.

7:36 am

Anniebrook

hi bbnaz!

7:37 am

montreal13

what's this about a belt annie ?

7:37 am

flosey

thanks everyone

7:37 am

Anniebrook

montreal, Haz made me laugh so hard the other day I fell off my chair

7:38 am

Haz1558

So, for once, FMitch could not be blamed.

7:38 am

montreal13

yes, besides being smug, our hazel can sometimes be funny as well !!!

7:38 am

Anniebrook

In fact, FM picked me up

7:38 am

EvaNadine

mornin babblers!
hope all the American babblers had a lovely Thanksgiving yesterday!

7:38 am

montreal13

good morning Eva

7:39 am

bbnaz

excellent thank you Eva

7:39 am

bbnaz

and you too

7:39 am

NonoNanette

Morning Eva

7:39 am

Haz1558

Good morning Eva - did you get through the day without too much guilt?

7:39 am

EvaNadine

it was quite relaxing. :)

7:39 am

Anniebrook

montreal, It is Atalante who had the smugness title, Haz is our Chief of Police

7:39 am

EvaNadine

i called my mom and she sounded "over it" so all is right in the world. :)

7:40 am

Anniebrook

glad to hear, Evan

7:40 am

NonoNanette

Very good Eva

7:40 am

Haz1558

That's great, Eva and she has Christmas to look forward to.

7:40 am

montreal13

there's that 3 letter word, right in the middle of the grid, that seems to be yelling at me... wonder why...

7:40 am

Haz1558

But I can be smug sometimes, just not as smug as Atalante.

7:40 am

Haz1558

Into observation mode, Annie.

7:41 am

bbnaz

funny i was just thinking that i was offsex myself

7:41 am

montreal13

yes Annie true, but aside from official titles, smugness can be seen plainly in hazels, chat...

7:41 am

montreal13

hazel's chat even...

7:41 am

Anniebrook

I wonder if I should stalk Montreal today, hmmm?

7:41 am

montreal13

dont see any flying nuns around yet...

7:42 am

Haz1558

Shall we run through your wardrobe of incognitoness?

7:42 am

Anniebrook

*hovering*

7:42 am

montreal13

lol annie

7:42 am

periwinkle

Good Morning All

7:42 am

Anniebrook

hi peri

7:42 am

montreal13

i didn't make up the grid ! what can i say ?

7:42 am

Haz1558

Good morning peri.

7:42 am

montreal13

good morning peri

7:43 am

NonoNanette

good morning Peri

7:43 am

bbnaz

morning peri

7:43 am

bubba218

good morning all, de5,14 please

7:43 am

periwinkle

It is Black Friday and no I am not out shopping. Can't believe how early some of the malls and stores opened.

7:43 am

montreal13

dont have it bubba

7:43 am

Anniebrook

some stores opened at 5 am...

7:43 am

periwinkle

Most opened at 6 am but a few opened at 4 am and even midnight. I can't stand crowds though

7:44 am

EvaNadine

many around here opened at 4am!

7:44 am

Haz1558

de5/14 - what Cinderella was meant to do. de plus the remains of the fire

7:44 am

periwinkle

I feel soory for the people who have to work in these stores and deal with crazed shoppers

7:44 am

NonoNanette

4 am seemed to be the magic hour around here as well

7:44 am

EvaNadine

the outlet malls opened at midnight -- the BFs brother was planning on not sleeping!

7:44 am

periwinkle

*sorry*

7:45 am

montreal13

tx haz

7:45 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

7:45 am

EvaNadine

hints for the solo E or solo i over on the right side?

7:45 am

bbnaz

ta for that haz

7:45 am

bubba218

Thanks Haz, that gives me fireworks

7:46 am

bbnaz

woohoo for you Bubba!

7:46 am

Haz1558

Eva - the e on the right hand side yields en7 - describes a mummy, Egyptian variety.

7:46 am

NonoNanette

congrats Bubba!

7:46 am

Anniebrook

congrats to bubba!!!

7:46 am

montreal13

thats the en7 eva

7:46 am

bubba218

en + injury

7:46 am

montreal13

wtg bubba !

7:46 am

EvaNadine

thanks!

7:46 am

Haz1558

ic4/6 - German I plural

7:47 am

Haz1558

Congratulations bubba.

7:47 am

EvaNadine

really?
thats a word?
thanks haz!

7:47 am

Haz1558

Apparently! You're welcome.

7:47 am

montreal13

tx again hazel

7:48 am

Haz1558

No problem, montreal.

7:48 am

EvaNadine

i REALLY want *chime*

7:49 am

bichon

Happy shopping, dieting or whatever anyone celebrates after Thanksgiving. Anyone have the aw 5?

7:49 am

bubba218

a + clean yourself

7:49 am

EvaNadine

AW5 = a + what you do to dirty dishes or clothes

7:50 am

bichon

ty eva and bubba

7:50 am

montreal13

merci bubba and Eva

7:50 am

EvaNadine

i also really want *mime* and *mimic*

7:56 am

jwr

Shopping: on my way to work at 5pmlast night, passed a single-file line of about 50 scruffy young'uns settling in for the night along the block of closed stores, bundling against close to freezing temps, awaiting the 8am opening sales of CompUSA. Hardy nerds; tough techies.

7:58 am

Haz1558

Madmen?

7:58 am

NonoNanette

amazing what some will do in the quest for good deals

7:58 am

periwinkle

hope they got want they wanted, jwr.. the stores usualy only carry a limited supply of stuff that is a really good price

7:59 am

bbnaz

okay anybody have any help for the ch4?

7:59 am

Haz1558

Okay, with my icon changed to reflect one of the words in the grid, I shall toddle off to get some lunch.

7:59 am

periwinkle

one store near me said if you buy one winter coat you can have another for just one cent!

7:59 am

joanne0334

not a guy

7:59 am

periwinkle

cu later Haz

7:59 am

Haz1558

ch4/7 - a French adjective to describe all that is elegant.

7:59 am

NonoNanette

enjoy lunch Haz

8:00 am

Haz1558

I will, bye for now.

8:00 am

periwinkle

bbnz, if you add a vowel to the end of the ch4 you get the store that I worked in for a short time

8:00 am

montreal13

later haz

8:00 am

bbnaz

where is that bloody fish?! thank you Haz

8:01 am

Anniebrook

enjoy lunch, Haz

8:01 am

bbnaz

wow peri...i LOVE your store!

8:01 am

Scrabbler

Hello all!

8:02 am

bbnaz

hello Scrabs

8:02 am

NonoNanette

morning Scrabler!

8:02 am

Anniebrook

Hello Scrabbler!

8:02 am

periwinkle

HI Scrabs

8:02 am

Scrabbler

I stayed up to 1:30 AM and just woke up. I have to work from 12-5.

8:03 am

montreal13

hi scrabs !- gotta go - BBL with 37 left - happy babbling all !

8:03 am

Scrabbler

Words are NOT jumping out at me...is this a toughie?

8:03 am

jwr

Just looked so strange to see such a militantly NON-shopper crowd doing the shopping thing. What's next? Four year olds queueing at Toys 'R Us?

8:03 am

periwinkle

I am stuck with 70 words to find

8:04 am

bubba218

some unusual words, bot all in all, once you look closer they aren't too bad

8:05 am

NonoNanette

some take a bit of coaxing to find

8:05 am

jwr

when I look close, they blur!

8:05 am

jwr

coax is a phantom nono

8:06 am

Scrabbler

Aha, I found one hiding on me.

8:06 am

NonoNanette

yes it is jwr

8:06 am

bbnaz

but the anagram isn't

8:07 am

jwr

lol

8:07 am

bubba218

there is an ax5,22, that you never see the word, until you ask for it on the chat, then it is very obvious

8:08 am

carleekat

hi all

8:08 am

Anniebrook

there are two, bubba, I have one but the other is not easy to see

8:09 am

bubba218

the other is a male with a hatchet

8:09 am

Anniebrook

{{{carlee}}}

8:09 am

periwinkle

two ax5/22?

8:09 am

Anniebrook

bubba, thank you!!!!

8:09 am

periwinkle

((((carlee))))

8:09 am

Anniebrook

yes, peri

8:09 am

periwinkle

thanks bubba

8:09 am

EvaNadine

one AX is the person who wields the weapon

8:10 am

periwinkle

and Annie

8:10 am

NonoNanette

morning (((carlee))))

8:10 am

periwinkle

and Eva

8:10 am

Anniebrook

the other ax is a rule or a principle

8:10 am

carleekat

oh..I did have that one eva

8:10 am

EvaNadine

the other AX5 is a self-evident truth

8:10 am

carleekat

DIDN"T have that one

8:10 am

carleekat

i had self evident truth...was the first word I found...I'm mental

8:11 am

EvaNadine

ok, actually have to do work now. :(

8:11 am

carleekat

bye eva

8:11 am

Anniebrook

later, evan

8:11 am

NonoNanette

take care Eva, dont work too hard

8:12 am

NonoNanette

and FIREWORKS!!

8:12 am

periwinkle

yay for NoNo

8:12 am

carleekat

<POMOM TWIRL> for NONO....yippee

8:12 am

Anniebrook

congrats to Nono!!!

8:12 am

bubba218

congrats!!!!Nan

8:14 am

periwinkle

taking a break with 57 left to find

8:15 am

bbnaz

Hello Carlee and anybody else who slipped in...

8:15 am

joanne0334

can't monkey that ax5 help please

8:15 am

bubba218

ax5,22 a male with a hatchet

8:16 am

bubba218

ax5,22 a self evident truth

8:16 am

bbnaz

ax + small particle in atom

8:16 am

bbnaz

change last cons

8:19 am

joanne0334

tyvm that was it

8:22 am

Scrabbler

I was checking e-mail. Congrats Nnono!

8:29 am

Scrabbler

Am I alone here with the lurkers?

8:30 am

raelite

I'm here :)

8:31 am

bbnaz

me too. just went for some Peet's

8:31 am

Anniebrook

me too, just came in from kitchen

8:31 am

Anniebrook

Peet's?

8:31 am

Scrabbler

What is "peet's"?

8:31 am

bbnaz

coffee

8:31 am

raelite

(((annie)))

8:31 am

praise2him

good morning all

8:32 am

Anniebrook

{{raelite}} how is my ninja storyteller?

8:32 am

Scrabbler

Hi p2h

8:32 am

Anniebrook

thanks, bb

8:32 am

praise2him

how is it going?

8:32 am

raelite

good..it's friday and payday :D

8:32 am

Anniebrook

hi praise

8:32 am

raelite

how are you annie?

8:33 am

Anniebrook

just fine, raelite, payday makes the sun shine brighter

8:33 am

raelite

yes, it definetly does..hopefully will take some of the sting out of getting my flu shot today :S

8:34 am

Anniebrook

I am getting my flu shot next month, not so bad, considering

8:34 am

raelite

I'm glad you're getting one!

8:37 am

Anniebrook

the en's are giving me a headach

8:37 am

Anniebrook

*headache

8:38 am

praise2him

just started

8:38 am

praise2him

doesn't seem like a very friendly grid

8:38 am

Anniebrook

i do not find it friendly eithre

8:38 am

raelite

I found the en's easier when i did some other letters first :)

8:38 am

Anniebrook

*either

8:39 am

Anniebrook

okay, rae, will try that

8:39 am

praise2him

sometimes it's the smaller ones that are the killers!!

8:40 am

Anniebrook

starting to see the words re: en's

8:40 am

raelite

;)

8:43 am

Anniebrook

finished the en's

8:49 am

Jeff7

How could manx not be included?

8:50 am

Anniebrook

It starts with a capital M?

8:51 am

Jeff7

there are versions not capitalised...owh well

8:51 am

Anniebrook

you are at the mercy of Enable

8:53 am

gramma

Hi. Speaking of nonexistent words, I'm pleased to see that maxed isn't a word. So I really have more money on my card. It obviously isn't maxed out

8:53 am

smaller

phantom word: mocha. ohhh, how i love mocha

8:54 am

Anniebrook

yes, gramma, it is here in present tense and not past tense, go figure

8:54 am

smaller

haha gramma!

8:56 am

bbnaz

okay somebody please take pity upon me. i am so stuck on the last three HE words and my monkey is about to fall from the tree

8:57 am

carleekat

hi again all

8:57 am

Anniebrook

bbnaz, only have the one on top of your neck..the others not

8:57 am

bbnaz

that be me too

8:58 am

bbnaz

hello again carlee

8:58 am

Anniebrook

*handing bbnaz more bananas for her monkeys

8:58 am

Anniebrook

welcome, carlee

8:58 am

carleekat

how r u annie?

8:59 am

broll

bbnaz - all he's start with "bad voodoo"

8:59 am

Anniebrook

I'm good. I am thinking about you today. Hope everything goes smoothly and I am happy that Kevin is coming home.

8:59 am

bubba218

he5 curse + tv commerical

8:59 am

carleekat

thanks annie...I'm going ot get my rabid raccoon shortly

9:00 am

bubba218

he6 curse + tv commericial + vowel

9:00 am

bbnaz

tyvm bubba and broll

9:00 am

bubba218

he6 curse + Crazy Eddiee's prices ere ins***

9:00 am

Anniebrook

thanks, bubba and broll

9:01 am

bubba218

**were**

9:01 am

smaller

thanks, bubba and broll

9:02 am

LadyScorpio24

good morning all, thanks to bubba another letter bites the dust!

9:02 am

Anniebrook

hi Lady

9:03 am

montreal13

hi all - back with 36 to go...

9:03 am

bbnaz

rockets red glare! thank you everyone!

9:04 am

Anniebrook

welcome, montreal

9:04 am

bbnaz

and JACULA -- once again another great video!

9:04 am

montreal13

wtg bb !!

9:04 am

carleekat

<POMPOM TOSS> for BBNAZ

9:04 am

Anniebrook

yay for bbnaz!!!!

9:04 am

LadyScorpio24

hi annie lots colder today in NYC than yesterday

9:04 am

montreal13

ty annie !

9:04 am

Anniebrook

bbrrrr, but I like it..more seasonal, Lady

9:05 am

bbnaz

okay. must go and see the horse and take her her jammies. it is due to get cold here (finally!)

9:05 am

LadyScorpio24

got to do the store windows in around 5th last night, very pleasant

9:05 am

montreal13

later bb !

9:05 am

Anniebrook

give the horse a nice pat for me, bb

9:05 am

bbnaz

will do. see you all later

9:05 am

smaller

aw5, please?

9:06 am

bbnaz

a + what you do to your hands after using the loo (we hope)

9:06 am

bubba218

a + clean yourself

9:06 am

Anniebrook

smaller, a + to clean dishes

9:06 am

smaller

oy, i even had the w. thanks!

9:07 am

Anniebrook

I hate to leave but i must get on with life...see you all later

9:07 am

LadyScorpio24

bye annie, enjoy the day

9:07 am

montreal13

later Annie :)

9:07 am

maddline1

lets hope it happens after using the loo

9:07 am

maddline1

:)

9:10 am

smaller

maddline, of course! every third wednesday of the month. heehee

9:10 am

montreal13

whether they need cleaning or not !!

9:11 am

smaller

exactly! i'm all about consistency and protocols.

9:12 am

montreal13

yay smaller !

9:14 am

smaller

may i have a clue for the other ax5/22 that doesn't have 2 vowels in the middle?

9:15 am

Aryn

de 5/14?

9:15 am

LadyScorpio24

smaller - slang - guitar player

9:15 am

Aryn

ax+guy

9:16 am

montreal13

gotta go - bbl - happy babbling all !

9:16 am

smaller

oh my word, this is humbling. sheesh. thanks!

9:16 am

Aryn

yw

9:16 am

smaller

bye montreal!

9:20 am

smaller

aryn, no luck on the de5/14 yet. how about you?

9:21 am

Aryn

just got it, thx

9:21 am

Aryn

de+what u find in the fireplace

9:24 am

smaller

thanks!

9:30 am

cupcake47

did you have a happy thanksgiving yesterday?

9:30 am

gramma

Clue please for the EN 7.

9:31 am

cupcake47

can i have a clue on en-7 please

9:32 am

maddline1

i only have the 6 any 1 else able to help

9:32 am

gramma

Can't help you. I'm begging too

9:32 am

cupcake47

how was turkey day yesterday

9:33 am

Aryn

en+the battle at *****ed knee

9:33 am

cupcake47

i ave 0 words

9:33 am

maddline1

wow thnx aryn!

9:33 am

gramma

TY

9:34 am

LadyScorpio24

tyvm aryn, now really must get to work, have a good day all

9:34 am

Aryn

yw

9:39 am

cupcake47

how was turky day yesterday guys i hade a good time

9:41 am

FMitch

Afternoon all
I have time to actually do the grid today, tell me it's a good one for a Friday please!

9:42 am

periwinkle

Hi FM, I am stuck with 55 left to find

9:42 am

periwinkle

Hi all

9:43 am

FMitch

Hello peri hmmm well I think I will dive in anyway *splash*

9:47 am

Chris P

got the first 69 in about 15 mins

9:47 am

cupcake47

have one word can i have a clue on EN-7

9:48 am

Chris P

having said that - now can't find any!

9:48 am

cupcake47

telll me som chris

9:48 am

Big MaMa DUBI

he5,24 clue please?

9:48 am

cupcake47

im just kiding chiris

9:48 am

FMitch

Thats encouraging Chris and hello.

9:49 am

Chris P

hi fmitch

9:49 am

cupcake47

im just kiding thou

9:49 am

cupcake47

sorry chis

9:49 am

cupcake47

it was just a litte joke can you take one

9:50 am

cupcake47

sorry chris i was just kiding around sorry if im upsetting you

9:50 am

cupcake47

tell me if i am

9:51 am

cupcake47

Hi yall

9:51 am

Chris P

i'm not upset, but you can be very annoying

9:52 am

cupcake47

ok sorry i was just trying to have a litte fun i will not do it any more

9:52 am

brid

he 5/24 - a curse + the latin abbreviation following the year

9:52 am

cupcake47

hi brid

9:52 am

brid

hiya

9:53 am

FMitch

Interesting profile Chris and congrats on 19 years, I've been thinking it's about time I did one too after all this time.

9:53 am

Chris P

thanks fmitch - are you married?

9:54 am

FMitch

No, divorced a long time ago so admire the relationships that endure time.

9:54 am

cupcake47

can i have the clue on en -7

9:54 am

Chris P

I've been quite lucky with my hubby. We are very compatible and basically the best of friends.

9:55 am

bichon

en + open gash on the skin

9:55 am

FMitch

That is the key, strong base of friendship and then work on all the other bits :)

9:55 am

gramma

cupcake, it was clued earlier as en+ bury my heart at *****ed knee

9:55 am

cupcake47

dont get it bichon

9:56 am

FMitch

Look for some of the smaller words then cupcake, easier to find for a youngster.

9:56 am

cupcake47

can you be mor spcif gramma

9:57 am

cupcake47

what im 20 jk

9:57 am

cupcake47

just kiding jk

9:57 am

bichon

sorry Cupcake, I didn't know that you were a bit younger than most of us. did you know that we have a dog named Cupcake. If you go to my profile you can see him

9:58 am

diem

tks bichon

9:58 am

FMitch

bichon, what a cutie you have as yr icon, congratulations.

9:58 am

bichon

Our Cupcake had a mohawk at the time

9:59 am

bichon

OUr second grandaughter in 2007. How lucky can you get. Her name is Savannah

9:59 am

cupcake47

love the dog bichon who is the baby?\

9:59 am

FMitch

Two in one year! What a happy elder you must be :)

9:59 am

cupcake47

bichon can i have help thou

10:00 am

bichon

That's my newest grandaughter born on Halloween. OUr little treat

10:00 am

bichon

ok, if you have a cut you can say that you have a .....

10:01 am

bichon

We are very lucky people. We've been married over 36 years

10:01 am

Sandieangel

hi all - can anyone clue me that last de4/5, de5/12 combi plz?

10:01 am

gramma

de5/12 thick

10:01 am

bichon

not there yet Sandie

10:03 am

cupcake47

as i said a word can be comic its not thou it is prety close thou

10:03 am

Chris P

Am I being de5/15, but I don't get the clues for the en7

10:03 am

FMitch

Thats lovely bichon. all this chatting is fun but I still haven't entered a single word!

10:04 am

bichon

A soldier may get a ..... in battle. Add the en

10:04 am

cupcake47

i9 only have one word

10:04 am

raelite

en7: en + past tense of to wind

10:04 am

Sandieangel

ty for the de words.

10:05 am

brid

finding all your w-words will help

10:05 am

Chris P

Thx bichon & raelite - pass the fish

10:05 am

FMitch

lol helps if you start with the correct pair of en doesn't it.

10:05 am

raelite

that it does :)

10:06 am

bichon

yw

10:06 am

Haz1558

Oh good, is it Keep FMitch from Entering a Word Day?

10:07 am

FMitch

LOL and so far it' working very effectively, have the en7 but haven't put it in yet. Keep getting sidetracked :)

10:08 am

Haz1558

The detective in me has duly noted the absence of lampshade on DoD. Hobbit been released?

10:08 am

FMitch

I removed it in anticipation of tomorrow. Haven't seen Ata today.

10:08 am

Haz1558

She'll be doing something artistic and creative.

10:09 am

Chris P

Okay, hubby home. Off to the coffee shop for us. Bbl to finish

10:09 am

Haz1558

The CoG has one now.

10:09 am

Haz1558

Bye Chris.

10:09 am

FMitch

Bye Chris

10:09 am

Chris P

bye haz & fmitch

10:10 am

FMitch

another good reason for me to remove the DoDs then!

10:10 am

FMitch

Oh she is probably leaping around still with the news of the comission she received yesterday, did you hear?

10:11 am

Haz1558

I caught a glimpse in the log but no details yet. Do tell.

10:11 am

FMitch

should htat be double mm?

10:11 am

Haz1558

Yes, it should.

10:13 am

FMitch

O now you are testing me, the commission is for a book I believe and is from a US Uni. Celtic knots will abound in all their glory.

10:13 am

Haz1558

Well done for her - I'm sure she's delighted and nervous all at the same time.

10:14 am

cupcake47

clue plead

10:14 am

cupcake47

please clue

10:14 am

bichon

cupcake did you get the en 7?

10:15 am

FMitch

cupcake are you going to be like this EVERY day?

10:17 am

bichon

any kind soul have the en 5/20?

10:18 am

raelite

en5.20: what kind souls leave to charity

10:18 am

Haz1558

en5/20 - to give as a gift as in a legacy

10:18 am

bichon

ty Haz

10:19 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

10:23 am

springy

Whtsup teh noobz, lols oh noez im the winner ftw, imho im the best stfu joo fag3t

10:25 am

Robo-bonobo

hi everyone

10:26 am

Robo-bonobo

i have ten words left and could use a little help. does anyone have a clue for the ax5/22 that not like an adage?

10:26 am

praise2him

ax+ a male

10:26 am

Haz1558

That one puts a male person on the end of the hatchet

10:27 am

Robo-bonobo

thank you

10:27 am

FMitch

beat me to it there Haz

10:27 am

FMitch

thanks Robo, was missing the one you had got.

10:30 am

Robo-bonobo

yw

10:31 am

Robo-bonobo

de 5/14?

10:31 am

Haz1558

de5/14 - Cinderella's job. de plus the remains of the fire

10:32 am

FMitch

groan, haven't got any de's. Dives deeper into the grid

10:32 am

Robo-bonobo

thanks haz

10:32 am

Haz1558

There's a lot of mortality in the de world of words...

10:32 am

Haz1558

You're welcome Robo.

10:33 am

balboe

hi Diem,

10:33 am

FMitch

thanks Haz, that put 3 in the pot.

10:34 am

Haz1558

And you'd accuse yourself of being de5/12 if you didn't find the others.

10:35 am

FMitch

Smacks self with many c4/6

10:36 am

diem

HI balboe how you doing?

10:36 am

Haz1558

Don't slap yourself into a co4/6, you'll need your wits about you.

10:38 am

wednesday

nothing like a peak at a board like this to make a person feel really really dumb

10:38 am

cupcake47

wow i got a 30-36 ponint words

10:38 am

FMitch

Ah the light is d4/9ing as I pl your c4/6 and found a mis spelt childs magazine.

10:39 am

cupcake47

then i got a 22 and a 28 ponit words

10:39 am

diem

Balboe just went who ,s online and you have a flag?

10:39 am

Haz1558

You're finding those words faster than a speeding bullet, FMitch.

10:40 am

Deeha

am5.14 please??

10:40 am

FMitch

Warming up to the challenge Haz but still a little rusty, Haven't babbled since the last big one.

10:40 am

Haz1558

am5/14 - Italian for friend, I think.

10:40 am

balboe

diem,did have a flag but it disappeared

10:40 am

cupcake47

i have 6 words better than testerday sortof

10:41 am

Haz1558

a plus the beginnings of plural rodent, wrapped up with a vowel

10:41 am

Haz1558

'The big one' should be accompanied with bass drum beats for effect.

10:41 am

Deeha

why didnt I think of that!!! tyvm all!

10:42 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, Deeha.

10:42 am

FMitch

HAve you found the elegant dress mode c4/7? if you add a vowel to the end of it you get the goat herder who was in X Factor and was Sharons favourtie.

10:43 am

FMitch

a

10:43 am

FMitch

Afternoon Deeha

10:43 am

Haz1558

Cue vomiting noises at the mention of El goat herder.

10:43 am

FMitch

Sudden flashback to yesterday and "Ata dn the brussel sprouts"

10:44 am

Atalante

*puke*

10:44 am

FMitch

Ta daaaa!

10:44 am

Haz1558

She puked, I pretend to vomit. Could I be having a touch of what it feels like to be se6/30?

10:44 am

Haz1558

Hello Atalante!

10:45 am

Atalante

lol I walked in right at the right point there!

10:45 am

FMitch

perfect timing Ata

10:45 am

Haz1558

Impeccable timing.

10:45 am

FMitch

and ours isn't to sloppy either :)

10:46 am

Haz1558

Atalante, I hear congratulations are in order?

10:46 am

FMitch

The x is getting quite a work out today!

10:46 am

Haz1558

I know, not a decoy letter at all.

10:47 am

Atalante

maybe :) we shall see. but there is hope!

10:47 am

FMitch

BRB

10:48 am

Haz1558

You need us to send a petition or anything?

10:48 am

Haz1558

Or write to Jimmy Saville 'Dear Jim, please can you fix it for Atalante to be rich and famous in the artistic world.'

10:50 am

Robo-bonobo

done!

10:50 am

FMitch

Congrats Robo

10:50 am

Haz1558

Congratulations Robo!

10:50 am

Atalante

wheeeee! sounds good :D

10:50 am

Robo-bonobo

thanks. now i have to get some work done

10:50 am

Robo-bonobo

have a good day everyone

10:51 am

FMitch

Will she still speak to us though Haz?

10:51 am

Haz1558

Bye Robo, have a good day.

10:51 am

Haz1558

I don't know, she may be so smug that she won't remember her friends.

10:52 am

FMitch

Thats the worry

10:52 am

Atalante

quite probably

10:52 am

Haz1558

Do you think she'll start to do interviews for Okay and Hello?

10:52 am

Atalante

only for vast amounts of money

10:53 am

Haz1558

Jordan might not be pleased that there's a new kid on the block.

10:53 am

FMitch

Credit her with some taste, or will that all be replaced with smugness?

10:53 am

Atalante

utterly

10:54 am

Haz1558

I don't know. We should really be asking Michael Winner all these questions. He's smug.

10:54 am

FMitch

Ata let him be a warning to you - you don't want to end up like him do you?

10:55 am

Atalante

I could never be as smug as him

10:55 am

FMitch

Pfshaw!

10:55 am

Haz1558

Is that a valid word in enable?

10:55 am

Atalante

might be!

10:56 am

Haz1558

It would be difficult to clue.

10:57 am

FMitch

dictionary.com doesn't like the f so enable probably would be ok.

10:58 am

Atalante

pshaw might be ok

10:58 am

Haz1558

No, enable doesn't like it.

10:58 am

FMitch

Unfortunately you are correct. Steps back to allow room for more smugness.

10:59 am

Atalante

*smirk(

10:59 am

Haz1558

Still, enable is behind the times, as we know.

10:59 am

Haz1558

There could already be pfshaw circulating among the population.

10:59 am

FMitch

I feel so u4/6

10:59 am

Haz1558

'Dear Jim, please can you fix it for pfshaw to be included in the enable dictionary'

11:00 am

Atalante

are we having a Jimmy Savile day today?

11:00 am

diem

60 down 60 to go

11:01 am

FMitch

well Haz appears to be, but the cigar and lame trackies are most unbecomming.

11:01 am

Haz1558

I was just remembering the innocent days when you thought Jimmy Saville could fix most things.

11:01 am

FMitch

66/54 here diem

11:01 am

Haz1558

The trackies are comfortable. They may come back in. And the cigars are menthol flavoured.

11:01 am

Big MaMa DUBI

anyone have the he5

11:01 am

periwinkle

HI all, back to find my last 50, taking a break from cleaning

11:01 am

Haz1558

The jewellery does weigh me down a bit.

11:02 am

Big MaMa DUBI

34 to go here

11:02 am

FMitch

At least stop swigging out of the sherry bottle!

11:02 am

periwinkle

Mind you, I do not clean often, so this is a big deal, the cleaning that is :-)

11:02 am

Haz1558

he5 - the start of a curse, the first two letters of the opposite of subtract

11:03 am

balboe

35/85 diem

11:03 am

FMitch

Well done peri, you can rest on your virtuous laurels when done.

11:03 am

Haz1558

Or, h plus a test taken at school, replacing the last consonant with another.

11:03 am

Big MaMa DUBI

thank you!

11:03 am

Big MaMa DUBI

hehexam

11:04 am

Haz1558

Just one helping of he, and change the consonant at the end, Big Ma.

11:04 am

Big MaMa DUBI

lol

11:04 am

Haz1558

It looks like a test done under the influence of laughing gas!

11:05 am

Haz1558

Back in two minutes.

11:05 am

FMitch

Start the countdown!

11:06 am

diem

balboe told a kid at work i had dial up he did not think you could get it anymore!! i felt old

11:07 am

French fry

can some one give me a clue on a oc, od, or of word except for the words ode* and of*s

11:08 am

raelite

clue for sh 5.14 please?

11:08 am

Big MaMa DUBI

sh*** past tense of shy

11:09 am

FMitch

sh5/14 = y horse was scared, it sh5/14 away from a twig

11:09 am

raelite

oh, of course, thanks much :)

11:09 am

French fry

there is no past tense of shy

11:10 am

Big MaMa DUBI

OD** just change the crooked letter to the first vowel

11:10 am

Big MaMa DUBI

shy the verb

11:10 am

FMitch

clues don't have to be based in reality, much like babble for that matter!

11:10 am

balboe

you are old

11:11 am

periwinkle

back to cleaning, will return to find my last 32

11:12 am

French fry

i have that one od**

11:12 am

FMitch

By peri
think I will take a break too. TTFN

11:13 am

diem

That explains it

11:13 am

admadmadmadm

finally, fireworks

11:13 am

diem

WTG ADMAN

11:14 am

French fry

can some one give me a clue for one of the 7 letter words

11:14 am

admadmadmadm

got hung up on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th en- words. I was pulling my hiar out

11:15 am

Haz1558

I'm back, but it wasn't two minutes, was it?

11:16 am

French fry

it was more

11:16 am

French fry

and can some one please give me a clue on one of the 7 letter words\

11:16 am

stidmama

YAY adman! hi all

11:17 am

Haz1558

Hello stidmama.

11:17 am

stidmama

hello haz! how are you this lovely, misty morning? *grin*

11:17 am

Haz1558

The mummy is de4/6. It is en7/52 to preserve it.

11:18 am

balboe

diem, self and mari going to see mother mon-thurs

11:18 am

Haz1558

Hello stid - I'm well although the lovely misty morning translates into a crisp, cold afternoon here.

11:19 am

stidmama

sounds nice. I think our afternoon will be crisp... if it doesn't rain!

11:19 am

Haz1558

I still haven't got used to it being dark so early. No wonder you feel like hibernating in winter.

11:20 am

stidmama

*snuggles in burrow and munches on stored nibblies*

11:20 am

SamanthaJoy

I'm sad because my phantom word is "sundaes", and I'm sad about it because it's too cold to think of icecream

11:20 am

Haz1558

You can have the singular, Samantha.

11:21 am

stidmama

oh SamanthaJoy {{{hugs}}} *holds out lovely piece of pumpkin pie*

11:21 am

stidmama

thanks Haz! *eating pie a la mode*

11:21 am

SamanthaJoy

really? I thought it was strictly a plural. How embarrassing--put I have pie to make me feel better

11:21 am

diem

want me to send earplugs? if i want to hear the tv in Scotland i just call her

11:21 am

Haz1558

You don't want to take the pie with you to the penalty box?

11:22 am

stidmama

{{diem}} hello!

11:22 am

SamanthaJoy

*snarf snarf snarf* *wipes crumbs from face* What pie?

11:22 am

Haz1558

(Making note to send Samantha Joy to finishing school)

11:22 am

diem

Hi stid

11:22 am

stidmama

I am struggling with the en 7 you clued Haz, got the de 4/6, and a 6/24 from that... but ???

11:22 am

SamanthaJoy

OM NOM NOM NOM NOM

11:24 am

Haz1558

stid - the mummy has bandages around it. en plus the past tense of what you do to a clock or watch, or the term for what an injured soldier receives in battle.

11:24 am

Big MaMa DUBI

20 to go

11:24 am

Haz1558

It comes from the lone e bottom right.

11:24 am

stidmama

okay thanks Haz... (was trying wrong E!) *thinking*

11:25 am

stidmama

FINALLY! LOL got it, thanks to you!

11:25 am

Haz1558

Well done!

11:26 am

jbp

looking for some H love here, folks. Have curse plus and top of your body

11:26 am

lynxxx

Goodmorning everyone. TY Haz

11:26 am

jbp

and hi all

11:26 am

Haz1558

jbp - have you paid any attention to the h's that call(ed) for attention?

11:26 am

stidmama

hey jbp!

11:26 am

stidmama

down to 81...

11:27 am

FMitch

Im back, decided to babble a bit longer with mug of tea.

11:27 am

Haz1558

Hello lynxxx - I read in the chat log about Bob. I'm sorry.

11:27 am

stidmama

good morning lynxxx! how is the spring progressing? lots of flowers everywhere?

11:27 am

stidmama

oh oh -- I missed something... ?

11:27 am

stidmama

hey FMitch!

11:27 am

FMitch

Me too lynxx, ((hugs))

11:27 am

jbp

Mr.jbp here she left to play other games ;)

11:27 am

lynxxx

TY Haz & FM

11:28 am

stidmama

hi mr jbp then! :-)

11:28 am

FMitch

Hi stiddy

11:28 am

Haz1558

he5/24 - put a vowel on the end to become he6/39. Change one consonant to make he6/36.

11:29 am

lynxxx

Stid, flowers, rain ! Yay!, and now nearly Summer!

11:29 am

Haz1558

Stid, lynxxx's elderly dog, Bob, had to be put to sleep.

11:29 am

stidmama

oh lynxxx! (((((hugs))))) I am so sorry, I know you've been worried about him.

11:29 am

diem

Haz i thought the cat with no tail was called a Manx how come it is not found?

11:30 am

lynxxx

TY Stid

11:30 am

stidmama

it's a capital letter diem

11:30 am

FMitch

It is diem, but it is a proper name so enable is being picky?

11:30 am

stidmama

as is one of my fav cereals, Chex

11:30 am

Haz1558

It's from the Isle of Man, and is capitalised.

11:30 am

jbp

TY for the he6

11:31 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, jbp (sir)

11:31 am

FMitch

although the singer of Smooth Operator is in the grid.

11:31 am

diem

tks you all

11:32 am

Atalante

awwwww I'm sorry lynxxx :(

11:32 am

lynxxx

TY Ata

11:32 am

stidmama

there. got the HE set.. LOL

11:33 am

stidmama

atalante, why is hobbit wearing a collar?

11:33 am

Haz1558

Cue violins playing softly in the background.

11:33 am

Atalante

she;s cut her ear :(

11:34 am

FMitch

and the harp joins the music

11:34 am

Haz1558

But it's proved great for gathering extra rainwater.

11:35 am

Haz1558

It's made a big difference to the water shortage in the South of England.

11:35 am

FMitch

LOL

11:35 am

Atalante

and gathering up bits of food she missed

11:35 am

FMitch

and when she wags her tail I can get channel 5

11:35 am

Haz1558

You should go on Dragons Den with it!

11:35 am

stidmama

LOL haz!

11:36 am

stidmama

I hope she feels better soon.

11:36 am

Atalante

people would invest just in the beauty that is hobbit!

11:37 am

Haz1558

I don't know. If there was a competing Spangle product.....

11:37 am

jbp

TY I monkeyed it

11:37 am

FMitch

Careful Ata, a tiny touch more embelishment and we will think you antipoean!

11:37 am

stidmama

what is the I in the top right please?

11:38 am

jbp

he6 petrol byproduct

11:38 am

Atalante

if we put the tw of them together, they'd be unbeatable

11:38 am

Haz1558

Plural German I, stid.

11:38 am

stidmama

we could put tinsel around the edges, Atalante, my theory is that one cannot have too much "glamour" LOL

11:38 am

stidmama

thanks haz

11:38 am

lynxxx

if you had a T you could scratch it

11:38 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, stid.

11:38 am

Big MaMa DUBI

9 to go

11:38 am

Big MaMa DUBI

ugh

11:38 am

Haz1558

That's an idea, Atalante. Customised animal lampshades.

11:38 am

FMitch

Haz, we may have to consider an intervention in Kent before too long.

11:39 am

stidmama

lynxx, that clue was great!

11:39 am

jbp

Still need 2 H

11:39 am

Atalante

thats a very good idea, stid

11:39 am

French fry

can some one please give me a clue for en7

11:40 am

stidmama

I keep trying "damn," but the D is over too far. *wicked grin* at least it's fun to type...

11:40 am

FMitch

Im sorry French we are over the limit, we are only able to clue each word 20 times.

11:40 am

Haz1558

hi4/6 - and hi4/5 - attracted and attracts attention by shouting 'HI!'

11:40 am

French fry

what do you mean

11:40 am

stidmama

that cleared my H word, thanks haz

11:40 am

stidmama

what FM means is that it was clued recently. Hold on...

11:41 am

Haz1558

The en7 has been clued lots of times in various ways.

11:41 am

jbp

en + clock action or laceration

11:41 am

diem

Balboe check your e mail

11:41 am

stidmama

"
en plus the past tense of what you do to a clock or watch, or the term for what an injured soldier receives in battle."

11:41 am

Haz1558

Would Australian animal lampshades have little corks a-dangle?

11:41 am

French fry

but i have been doing this for 5 minutes

11:42 am

Atalante

I would think so

11:42 am

stidmama

no, I think we perch a koala on a digeridoo....

11:42 am

FMitch

corks-a-dangle hmmm was it a nasty accident?

11:42 am

Haz1558

I'll be using unparliamentary language next.

11:42 am

Atalante

and that is what the log history is for

11:42 am

balboe

will do

11:43 am

stidmama

woot! halfway and one from each tile...

11:43 am

French fry

got to go... see ya

11:43 am

stidmama

I'll watch the log as I eat my oatmeal... unless you want to hear a proud mama talk about her kid?

11:43 am

jbp

shed

11:44 am

Haz1558

Now waiting for baked product to appear. I have a theory....

11:44 am

stidmama

*points jbp to penalty box*

11:45 am

FMitch

lol you synich you.

11:45 am

FMitch

what is the correct sp of that please

11:45 am

stidmama

cynic
cynic

11:46 am

FMitch

thaks stid, will write it out 100 times.

11:46 am

stidmama

oops? my lickety add did that, I swear!

11:46 am

jbp

Mr.Jbp here -- my bad thought I was in the entry box not the chat box

11:46 am

Atalante

pshaw as well

11:47 am

FMitch

Its OK Mrjbp, you will like the penalty box, full of edibles, off you go. Can someone show him the way?

11:47 am

stidmama

98 times, FMitch, I did it twice for you!

11:47 am

stidmama

sure *takes mr jbp by hand and walks blindfolded to penalty box* you see, I have my own personalized corner...

11:47 am

FMitch

Ha ha stid.

11:47 am

Haz1558

Funny, I never thought of myself as cynical.

11:47 am

Big MaMa DUBI

2 more to go

11:48 am

stidmama

go big mama!

11:49 am

stidmama

not this grid, but the one before, mr jbp, I didn't see that my "lickety add" feature had disappeared, and entered about twenty words in a row!

11:50 am

Haz1558

And you can be sure that everyone duly entered those words and THEN sent you to the penalty box.

11:50 am

Big MaMa DUBI

Fireworks FINALLY!

11:50 am

FMitch

I think it has all been too much for him stid.

11:50 am

Haz1558

Well done BigMama.

11:50 am

FMitch

Congrats!

11:50 am

stidmama

*grin* no doubt, I would have!

11:50 am

Big MaMa DUBI

ty

11:50 am

stidmama

YAY Big MaMa!

11:50 am

Big MaMa DUBI

twoobvious words were my last lol

11:52 am

Atalante

always happens!

11:53 am

Haz1558

It's like there's always one last teaspoon in the washing up water.

11:53 am

balboe

Diem , thanks for that I will try it after a few glasses of wine

11:53 am

FMitch

1 left to find weeee

11:53 am

Haz1558

Drum roll of anticipation.

11:53 am

stidmama

what is the last AX word please?

11:54 am

stidmama

*holding breath for FMitch*

11:54 am

Haz1558

ax plus a male -

11:54 am

FMitch

it's an m and it's 5 letters looks blankly at the grid

11:55 am

Haz1558

You've got my icon?

11:55 am

stidmama

FMitch -- I have MA 5/22: "the most" a plural form

11:55 am

stidmama

*fishbop!* thanks haz

11:55 am

Haz1558

No problem.

11:55 am

FMitch

Found it, had the pl mo but not the singular!!

11:56 am

Atalante

I already have that word *smug*

11:56 am

stidmama

YAY FMitch

11:56 am

Haz1558

Well done! Breathe, stidmama, breathe!

11:56 am

FMitch

Cherishes the old fashined fireworks as they are not seen so often here these days.

11:56 am

lynxxx

Hooray for FM!!!

11:56 am

stidmama

breathing, and typing MO words frantically

11:56 am

Atalante

YAYYYYYYY FM!

11:56 am

FMitch

*kicks Ata*
thanks all

11:57 am

stidmama

Atalante, you made me look for "smug" ! rofl

11:58 am

Atalante

looooooool

11:59 am

stidmama

DA 5/20 please?

11:59 am

FMitch

is that 'laough on and on and on and on and on out loud'?

11:59 am

Tinascratch2

Hi ya'll. My goodness, are all the other US players recovering from yesterday? :)

11:59 am

Deeha

fireworks have to find something else to do for the rest of the evening!! Open a bottle perhaps!!

11:59 am

stidmama

I can hear her chortling all the way to here, FMitch!

11:59 am

Atalante

yup!

12:00 pm

stidmama

YAY Deeha!!!

12:00 pm

stidmama

hi tina!

12:00 pm

Haz1558

da5/20 da plus the beginnings of Peter Pan's female friend

12:00 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Deeha

12:00 pm

stidmama

*burp* recovering from what, tina?

12:00 pm

Tinascratch2

wtg deeha!

12:00 pm

Deeha

thanks and over and out!!

12:00 pm

Haz1558

Congratulations Deeha.

12:00 pm

stidmama

thanks haz

12:00 pm

FMitch

Oh so ladylike stid!
Congrats Deeha

12:00 pm

Tinascratch2

heheh, food overload. I'm not so bad off myself 'cause i've been sick this week and didn't have too much of an appetite.

12:01 pm

stidmama

oh tina, sorry you've been under the weather. I was so grateful that my kid who has missed one week for each month back at school was healthy!

12:02 pm

Tinascratch2

Oh, stid - I'm glad you kiddo was healthy too! We had TG at my husband's grandfather's house and then at my birth mother's house - got to meet much of her extended family, so it was a wonderful day. I was glad to be feeling up to it.

12:03 pm

stidmama

DE 5/14 please? after the college administrator?

12:03 pm

Haz1558

de5/14 - get rid of the fire's remains

12:03 pm

stidmama

I am so glad you have fun both places! what a treat! (did you go over the river and through the woods to grandfather's house?)

12:03 pm

stidmama

hmph. hardly a "real" word, but thanks haz!

12:03 pm

stidmama

Ds done!

12:04 pm

Atalante

enable likes fire remains

12:04 pm

Haz1558

I'll see your hmph and raise you a pshaw.

12:04 pm

FMitch

Sheesh!

12:04 pm

Atalante

one of them too

12:05 pm

Tinascratch2

lawdy, that IS a bogus word - ty, haz I needed it too.

12:05 pm

FMitch

just threw that in to raise the ante

12:05 pm

stidmama

I think we scared off mr jbp...

12:05 pm

redshoes

Happy Black Friday All

12:05 pm

FMitch

Hi red

12:05 pm

Tinascratch2

Oh, I forgot - THAT's where everyone is :)

12:05 pm

Haz1558

Hello redshoes.

12:06 pm

Tinascratch2

hi red. so glad not to be out there in that madness

12:06 pm

stidmama

hi red!

12:06 pm

Tinascratch2

did you go to kohl's at 4am? :)

12:06 pm

stidmama

I didn't do shopping today... stidkid had to leave the house at 5 am, I got up, but Tom drove him to his school and then ducked out for some tech sales. I stayed home so the other kid could sleep

12:06 pm

redshoes

Our outlet mall opened at midnight. people started lining up at 3 pm yesterday. So sick.

12:07 pm

stidmama

I know that Nut was going shopping though.

12:07 pm

stidmama

well, isn't that what holidays are about? going overboard, into debt and out of your mind?

12:07 pm

redshoes

sad thing is I actually have to go pick something up. bah

12:07 pm

stidmama

Ms munched!

12:07 pm

Haz1558

I have a funny feeling that the babblecast will be about her experiences. Provided she hasn't landed herself in jail for assault and affray.

12:07 pm

hilarymc

why are the shops open so late??

12:08 pm

FMitch

Perhaps she could broadcast from her cell?

12:08 pm

stidmama

I am in the babblecast... LOL but not telling about our idea!

12:08 pm

Haz1558

What will we do if she asks us to bail her out?

12:08 pm

redshoes

they opened at midnight as an event, if you will.

12:08 pm

FMitch

Ask Ata for the money of course.

12:09 pm

stidmama

not late hilary, early. It's a tradition in the United STates that the day after Thanksgiving all the stores are open early with really good sales and just average sales at normal time

12:09 pm

hilarymc

crazy

12:09 pm

stidmama

se 6 perchance?

12:09 pm

Tinascratch2

It really, really is, hilary.

12:09 pm

Tinascratch2

it's a yummy dessert that ends with two vowels and sounds like the day of rest

12:10 pm

Haz1558

se6 - describes what you look like if you suffer from motion sickness on a boat?

12:10 pm

stidmama

no, that's the SU 6 tina. need the SE

12:10 pm

stidmama

it's my last S word

12:10 pm

Tinascratch2

oh no, sorry that's the su6

12:10 pm

Atalante

wait - wait - money? where?

12:10 pm

Haz1558

A compound word - see below.

12:10 pm

Tinascratch2

I don't have the se6 either, hmmm

12:10 pm

Haz1558

You've volunteered to give your money to get Dr Nut out of jail.

12:10 pm

FMitch

You are bailing nutty out of jail if needed, thats all Ata.

12:11 pm

stidmama

a compound word... *thinking*

12:11 pm

Haz1558

Well, two words, body of water, pale?

12:12 pm

Tinascratch2

got it, thanks haz

12:12 pm

redshoes

thanks haz

12:12 pm

Atalante

I see ......

12:12 pm

stidmama

that was it! thanks haz... (almost had it by myself)

12:12 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome.

12:12 pm

stidmama

NINE to go!

12:13 pm

Haz1558

Does the BCOP detect a hint of hesitation in Atalante's response?

12:13 pm

Tinascratch2

6 to go for me (5 of them are en's)

12:13 pm

stidmama

all UN words

12:13 pm

FMitch

Weeeeee, won't hold breath just yet, may expire.
Yup BCOP

12:13 pm

Tinascratch2

my son is climbing all over me, which is affecting my concentration :)

12:14 pm

stidmama

good reason, tina. Does a whiny dog count?

12:14 pm

Atalante

doesn't one have to be an american citizen for such activities??

12:14 pm

periwinkle

HI all, back from a bit of cleaning. Dusted and vacumed bedroom and hallway. Swept and wet mopped kitchen floor. I am exhausted :)

12:14 pm

Haz1558

If the whiny dog is very clever. Was it always good at sums?

12:14 pm

stidmama

ONE!

12:14 pm

Tinascratch2

absolutely ;)

12:15 pm

Haz1558

I don't think so, Atalante. Benefactors can be any nationality.

12:15 pm

Jeff7

de 5/14 please

12:15 pm

stidmama

hi peri! well done! I am going to consider sweeping later today...

12:15 pm

FMitch

Its hard to Yay peri and hold breath for stid.

12:15 pm

periwinkle

:D

12:15 pm

redshoes

um... you have to do one then the other FM

12:16 pm

stidmama

DONE! FINITO! FIRE!

12:16 pm

Haz1558

de5/14 - de plus what dangles from the end of a cigarette dripping toxins.

12:16 pm

FMitch

Such logic :)

Congrats stid

12:16 pm

Jeff7

ty-couldn't see it

12:16 pm

Haz1558

Congratulations stid.

12:16 pm

stidmama

let me guess Haz, you don't smoke? ;-)

12:16 pm

periwinkle

I still have to dust and vacuum living/dining area, clean counter tops in kitchen and change cat litter and clean bathroom floor. Most of that will have to wait til another day.

12:16 pm

periwinkle

Yay for stid

12:16 pm

Haz1558

No and I have the skin of a 3 year old to prove it!

12:16 pm

stidmama

peri, I am exhausted just reading your list!

12:17 pm

FMitch

and don't forget you are doue at my place next Tueaday peri :))

12:17 pm

periwinkle

Me too, stid

12:17 pm

periwinkle

Fat chance, FM

12:17 pm

redshoes

yay Stid!

12:17 pm

periwinkle

I clean very seldom and not all on one day, hence very sporadic cleaning here

12:18 pm

FMitch

What if I got hold of George for you???

12:18 pm

periwinkle

I am not a good housekeeper like Haz

12:18 pm

periwinkle

George is okay but not really my type

12:18 pm

periwinkle

not sure what my type is anymore though

12:19 pm

Atalante

just dont borrow Imran, he's already had a hard week

12:19 pm

redshoes

I'll take a Johnny Depp over here if someone's setting aside actors. Thanks.

12:19 pm

FMitch

Aww red Depps were on special and they all went at 4am.

12:20 pm

periwinkle

Ata, is that your dog, she/he looks so pitiful

12:20 pm

stidmama

so NOW may I boast about my offspring?

12:20 pm

bichon

sh 5/14?

12:20 pm

FMitch

I was going to use his first name but that would have led to possible blushes.

12:20 pm

redshoes

dang! darn me and my love of sleep. However, I think I would have stayed up for that sale!

12:20 pm

periwinkle

sure stid

12:20 pm

Haz1558

sh5/14 - past tense of what the horse did when confronted with Hobbit in her lampshade.

12:21 pm

redshoes

heh heh heh.

12:21 pm

Atalante

yes, thats Hobbit, and yes she's still being pitiful

12:21 pm

stidmama

okay, the reason stidkid had to be at school at 5:30 this morning was, they were the FIRST band in the Seattle parade!

12:21 pm

bichon

ty Haz

12:21 pm

periwinkle

is she still wearing the lampshade and for how much longer

12:21 pm

Haz1558

You['re welcome, bichon.

12:21 pm

stidmama

And we got to watch them live (and TiVo'd so he can see later)@!

12:21 pm

stidmama

hey bichon!

12:21 pm

periwinkle

yay for stidkid!!

12:22 pm

FMitch

Wow, faints! congrats to sidlad

12:22 pm

Atalante

till tomorrow or Sunday I think

12:22 pm

redshoes

I second the yay for stidkid! my mom always wanted me to be in band so she could be a band mom.

12:22 pm

FMitch

*stid lad

12:22 pm

stidmama

He will be home in about four hours... and then I expect him to collaspe and sleep for a few hours

12:22 pm

Haz1558

You keep extending the days!

12:22 pm

stidmama

I am not overly enthusiastic about all the extra driving around, red, but I LOVE to see the kids perform and be happy doing what they enjoy.

12:23 pm

Atalante

lol I know

12:23 pm

Atalante

well I think it could come off tomorrow, husband doesn't agree

12:23 pm

Haz1558

Tell him I said it should come off tomorrow. The ear is healed, isn't it?

12:23 pm

redshoes

yeah. All that schlepping adds up, stid.

12:23 pm

stidmama

we have been lucky, our dogs have not needed collars (yet)

12:23 pm

FMitch

Could you at least get her a velvet evening lampshade for a change?

12:24 pm

Haz1558

Or else, have a midnight ceremony.

12:24 pm

FMitch

Thinks about beading one for the DoD but draws the line there.

12:24 pm

periwinkle

DoD?

12:24 pm

Haz1558

You could paste little bone shapes on it, FMitch.

12:24 pm

Atalante

its scabbed over wonderfully. but we;re just wondering whether the scab could stand up to a spaniel claw scratching it

12:25 pm

FMitch

Ata / Haz over to you.

12:25 pm

Haz1558

Or little haggises running through the heather to reflect his Scots heritage.

12:25 pm

redshoes

ok kids. I have to go take some meds and possibly lay back down. Have a happy black friday, once again. =)

12:25 pm

stidmama

red, have a lovely (quiet) day.

12:25 pm

Haz1558

Bye red.

12:25 pm

Atalante

DoD = FM's icon

12:26 pm

stidmama

I think I need to head out, too. My dog heard me talking about the DAWGS (the college band) and came over to investigate...

12:26 pm

periwinkle

ok, thanks Ata

12:26 pm

FMitch

Bye red

Eer, DoD is the Dog of Doooom

12:26 pm

stidmama

see you-all later. Thanks for al lthe help! *poof*

12:26 pm

periwinkle

thanks FM

12:26 pm

Haz1558

peri, the dog of doom is the mug featured in FMitch's icon. We have one babbler with a cat of glory, a la Edward Monkton, the Dog of Dooooom is FMitch's version.

12:27 pm

FMitch

Thank you ladies.

12:27 pm

periwinkle

thanks Haz

12:27 pm

Haz1558

And doom to be pronounced like Frazer in Dad's Army. 'We're all doooooooooomed'

12:27 pm

Haz1558

We're going to get psychiatric help really soon.

12:28 pm

FMitch

Shhhh HAz, can't you see peri looking at us as though we are mad or something
teehee

12:28 pm

FMitch

LOL great minds again

12:28 pm

Atalante

what does Mrs Vet think about the efficacy of scabs vs the power of spaniel claws?

12:29 pm

Haz1558

It depends on the power of spaniel claw.

12:29 pm

Atalante

spaniel claws are pretty powerful I have found

12:29 pm

Haz1558

Phone, Be right back.

12:32 pm

Tinascratch2

okay, had to run head off the kiddos from some kitchen disaster-making - did stid finish?

12:32 pm

Haz1558

Stid finished.

12:32 pm

FMitch

She had to leave, scroll back a bit to see.

12:33 pm

Tinascratch2

Ah, I see. Neat about her boy's band!

12:33 pm

Haz1558

Maybe if the cut is pretty well healed over, it would no longer feel scratchy and Hobbit wouldn't be so inclined to scratch at it?

12:33 pm

Flask1

Hi all......clue for am5/14 please?

12:34 pm

Atalante

thats what I'm thinking. Husband wants to leave collar on until her fur has pretty much all grown back to normal level. He seriously mentioned 2 months!

12:34 pm

Haz1558

Hello Flask!

12:34 pm

Tinascratch2

am plus French for "here"

12:34 pm

Haz1558

am5/14 - Italian friend, I think.

12:35 pm

Tinascratch2

or am plus the first two letters of frozen water then a vowel

12:35 pm

Haz1558

No, there's no need for that. Once it's healed, it can come off.

12:35 pm

lizmac

Fireworks!

12:35 pm

Haz1558

If she had had stitches, they would be taken out after 10 days.

12:36 pm

Tinascratch2

yay liz!!

12:36 pm

Haz1558

Congratulations lizmac. Lurking, were you?

12:36 pm

Atalante

thats what I keep telling him. I'll tell him you said so and hell believe you!

12:36 pm

lizmac

Yep, lurking away!

12:36 pm

FMitch

Congrats liz

12:37 pm

Haz1558

Yes, tell him I have 25 year's experience of being a vet's wife. That'll impress him.

12:37 pm

Flask1

thanks all....well done Liz!!

12:37 pm

FMitch

Hi Flask, how are you finding Sudoku?

12:38 pm

lizmac

TY. tomorrow all.

12:38 pm

Tinascratch2

bye - have a good day!

12:38 pm

Queenruejean

Well, hello Flask, fancy meeting you here! :)

12:38 pm

Atalante

he will

12:38 pm

Tinascratch2

oh, or night :)

12:38 pm

Atalante

be impressed, that is

12:38 pm

Haz1558

Okay, time I was heading off. Atalante, tell husband that I'll have the cruelty people after him if he keeps Hobbit lampshaded much longer.

12:39 pm

FMitch

Bye Haz *waves* miss you already :)

12:39 pm

Tinascratch2

bye haz and ty for your earlier cluing

12:39 pm

Haz1558

Have a good day, all. BYeeee!

12:39 pm

Atalante

loool hobbit will too!

12:39 pm

Flask1

Hey Queen...lol.....its the same here...am in and out like a yoyo!

12:40 pm

Flask1

bye Haz...and Hi!!!!

12:40 pm

Queenruejean

Same with me, Flask. Enjoy!

12:41 pm

Tinascratch2

fireworks, yay! (finally)

12:41 pm

Flask1

thanks...you too!...:-)

12:41 pm

Flask1

well done Tina!

12:41 pm

FMitch

Yay congrats Tina

12:43 pm

diem

bye all leave with 41 left going to bed worked nightshift happy babbling

12:43 pm

godthaab

How many words today?

12:43 pm

FMitch

Byee diem

12:43 pm

diem

wtg tina

12:43 pm

periwinkle

fireworks for me

12:43 pm

Tinascratch2

bye diem sleep well!

12:43 pm

Tinascratch2

120 words

12:44 pm

Tinascratch2

congrats peri!

12:44 pm

godthaab

Thanks.

12:44 pm

periwinkle

thanks Tina, see you all tomorrow

12:44 pm

FMitch

oh almost missed you there peri, congrats to you too

12:44 pm

Tinascratch2

bye, have a good one (watch out for mad shoppers)

12:45 pm

Atalante

am I the only one not tohave finished LOL

12:45 pm

FMitch

You were too busy being smug Ata, what can I say?
LOL

12:45 pm

cupcake47

robin10 is coming

12:46 pm

garyandjulie

no i haven't yet ata, am post migraine so dopey atm

12:46 pm

DR1965

I have 15 left

12:46 pm

Atalante

awwwww :(

12:47 pm

garyandjulie

how is the grid today ?

12:47 pm

DR1965

IT wasquick to start but has slowed

12:47 pm

cupcake47

12345678910 wods

12:47 pm

FMitch

It's not too bad but the x does get used a great deal.

12:48 pm

garyandjulie

I have a few with the x already. Are there many strange words?

12:49 pm

Atalante

tyhat many? wow

12:49 pm

FMitch

'Fraid so but thats babble and enable all over isn't it.

12:50 pm

Tinascratch2

there are a couple of dozen words that employ the x and yes, some weird ones

12:51 pm

garyandjulie

going to be a long evening here I think lol. Thanks all

12:52 pm

robin10

hi cupcake

12:53 pm

cupcake47

hi how are you rob

12:53 pm

cupcake47

are you there

12:53 pm

robin10

good tay

12:53 pm

robin10

how are you

12:54 pm

robin10

are you there

12:54 pm

cupcake47

i think once youve talked about me once and did not know it was me and you were talking bad about me but i will not care anymore

12:55 pm

robin10

what

12:55 pm

cupcake47

never mind

12:55 pm

cupcake47

yes im here and yes i am good

12:56 pm

robin10

is your mom home wet

12:56 pm

cupcake47

what des wet mean

12:56 pm

cupcake47

do you mean yet?

12:57 pm

robin10

is your mom home yet

12:57 pm

cupcake47

if oos no:(

12:57 pm

cupcake47

are you there

12:57 pm

cupcake47

hello

12:57 pm

cupcake47

bye

12:57 pm

cupcake47

jk

12:57 pm

robin10

ya i am here what s up

12:57 pm

cybernan

hello, everyone :)

12:57 pm

robin10

ui hate you

12:58 pm

cupcake47

nothing

12:58 pm

Atalante

hi nan!

12:58 pm

cupcake47

what

12:58 pm

FMitch

Hello cnan

12:58 pm

DR1965

Hi Nan

12:58 pm

cupcake47

hi Fmitch

12:58 pm

garyandjulie

hi nan

12:58 pm

cupcake47

robin hello

12:58 pm

robin10

ya i said it

12:58 pm

kristin

too bad there isn't a doctor around . . .

12:59 pm

cupcake47

said what

12:59 pm

cupcake47

why kristin

12:59 pm

robin10

i hate you

12:59 pm

cupcake47

why

12:59 pm

kristin

dr god, just a friend of ours

12:59 pm

cupcake47

why do you hate me what did i do wrong

1:00 pm

FMitch

lol kristen

1:00 pm

cupcake47

i did nothing wrong did i

1:00 pm

robin10

because i thought you were gone jk

1:00 pm

cupcake47

FMitchhi

1:00 pm

melonheadjujube

hi, all - I see a Marx bro :)

1:00 pm

cybernan

trolling today, are we?

1:00 pm

cupcake47

Robin10 are you there

1:00 pm

DR1965

Hi Melon

1:01 pm

robin10

yes

1:01 pm

Atalante

I'm a dr. just not a useful one

1:01 pm

FMitch

Why don't you kids take your conversaion to MSN or somewhere else like that so you can hate eachother in private?

1:01 pm

cupcake47

i said JK

1:01 pm

robin10

what that is my line

1:02 pm

cupcake47

we dont hate each other we are friends FMitch

1:02 pm

FMitch

We don't care

1:02 pm

cupcake47

we are just jking

1:02 pm

robin10

my line means my line and you can't say is

1:02 pm

robin10

jk

1:02 pm

melonheadjujube

howdy, DR1965

1:02 pm

garyandjulie

my heads about to explode with this

1:02 pm

cupcake47

well thats RUDE

1:02 pm

DR1965

finished and leaving

1:02 pm

robin10

what i said jk

1:03 pm

garyandjulie

bye dr well done

1:03 pm

FMitch

Tough!

Congrats and by Dr

1:03 pm

cupcake47

im loging off robin10 they are being mean call me

1:03 pm

Atalante

oh at least you understand rude

1:03 pm

DR1965

bye all - good luck bbl

1:03 pm

cybernan

de 5/14?

1:03 pm

cybernan

bye dr1965

1:03 pm

robin10

so don't get mad at me

1:03 pm

cupcake47

im not leaving untill i know why you guys hate me so much ?

1:04 pm

ypsigirl

Fireworks for me!

1:04 pm

cupcake47

im not mad at you im mad at them robin 10

1:04 pm

FMitch

Congrats yps

1:04 pm

scribekd

de 5/14-de + fireplace debris

1:04 pm

cupcake47

they have been calling me names

1:04 pm

ypsigirl

Let it go cupcake.... have a good one everyone!

1:04 pm

garyandjulie

wtg ypi

1:04 pm

robin10

i am joking gosh. are you really leaving?

1:04 pm

cybernan

ty scribe

1:05 pm

scribekd

yvw--i think 'cuppie' & 'robbie' are the same troll

1:05 pm

cupcake47

noty until i know why they calol me names

1:05 pm

cupcake47

just for asking for clues

1:06 pm

robin10

i did not call you anything

1:06 pm

kristin

you are being paranoid cupcake

1:06 pm

hurshy

clue for the i?

1:06 pm

cybernan

cupcake and robin --- this is a chatbox for gameplayers playing the game -- not a place for personal conversations.

1:07 pm

Atalante

german

1:07 pm

cybernan

fish diseases, hurshy

1:07 pm

scribekd

the 'i' was clued as

1:07 pm

hurshy

ty

1:07 pm

hurshy

bottom right e?

1:07 pm

scribekd

sorry-the 'i' was clued as German ofr a plural I

1:07 pm

cupcake47

you are mean

1:08 pm

garyandjulie

i get green when i turn mean and so far am still a deathly white

1:08 pm

cybernan

en + "owie"

1:08 pm

kristin

en7 - en + past tense of what you do to a watch

1:08 pm

hurshy

ty

1:08 pm

cybernan

su 6?

1:09 pm

cybernan

nm -- found it

1:09 pm

Sugerpig

help!! Im down to two and I am stumped. Can someone help me with su 6/24 please

1:09 pm

cybernan

soda fountain dessert, superpig

1:09 pm

FMitch

think icream treats Suger

1:09 pm

hurshy

well i have the 7 but i hain't found the 6

1:09 pm

melonheadjujube

su 6/24 - a treat!

1:10 pm

hurshy

mmm yummy ty melon

1:10 pm

Sugerpig

thanks yall , found it

1:11 pm

Sugerpig

one more now

1:11 pm

melonheadjujube

yw - just got all the 7s :) - i'm stuck home - garage door won't opn & I dont feel like venturing into the weather - i'm supposed to be leaning. . .

1:11 pm

FMitch

then stay here in warm babble land :)

1:12 pm

cybernan

*!* ta da *!*

1:12 pm

hurshy

oh, so there ARE only two ch's, now i don't feel so stupid.

1:12 pm

FMitch

Congrats cnan

1:12 pm

melonheadjujube

it is so cozy here :)

1:13 pm

garyandjulie

wtg nan :o)

1:13 pm

cybernan

did you look at the clay festival site, melon?

1:14 pm

melonheadjujube

oh, yes, cybernon - beautiful. i have some of my things on my flickr site.

1:14 pm

garyandjulie

i should be getting son ready for bed but the cat is peaceful and asleep on arm, so will babble awhile longer

1:14 pm

cybernan

yes, I looked at them.

1:15 pm

Anniebrook

hello everyone

1:15 pm

garyandjulie

hi annie

1:15 pm

FMitch

We can find the best of excuses to babble can't we!
Hi Annie

1:15 pm

Anniebrook

hi gary and FM

1:16 pm

Minveryork

Hello to my fellow babblers! How is everybody today?

1:16 pm

Minveryork

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!

1:16 pm

Anniebrook

hi minver

1:16 pm

cybernan

I really like your designs, melon.

1:16 pm

garyandjulie

hi minver

1:17 pm

cybernan

must run -- have some time to get caught up with our family photo album for a change. Cheers!

1:17 pm

hurshy

se6?

1:17 pm

garyandjulie

take care nan

1:17 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye cybernan! I will see you tomorrow in the log

1:18 pm

cybernan

ocean + pale

1:18 pm

hurshy

ty, i done, ttfn

1:18 pm

Jayde287

clue for am 5/14?

1:19 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations hurshy on fireworks! Hooray for you

1:21 pm

Jayde287

Anyone here?

1:21 pm

Minveryork

Hi Jayde287! How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

1:21 pm

Sugerpig

fireworks!!

1:21 pm

Jayde287

Hi Minveryork! I'm fine, thanks for asking. How are you?

1:22 pm

Jayde287

I have 2 left - am 5/14 and en 7/52

1:23 pm

garyandjulie

en 7 is en + past tense of what you do with a watch

1:23 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Superpig on fireworks! Good for you

1:23 pm

garyandjulie

or en7 en + if you get shot you have a gun shot *****

1:23 pm

Jayde287

Thanks gary!

1:24 pm

Jayde287

got it!

1:24 pm

garyandjulie

yvw :o)

1:24 pm

Jayde287

Now I just need am 5/14

1:24 pm

Sugerpig

thanks minveryork

1:25 pm

Anniebrook

dont have that one jayde

1:25 pm

FMitch

am + french for here

1:25 pm

Anniebrook

ah, thank you, FMitch!

1:25 pm

pmo260

Clue for da/5 for 14

1:25 pm

pmo260

Please?

1:25 pm

Minveryork

I'm doing well Jayde287. Hosted my 1st Thanksgiving yesterday. So how was your Thanksgiving Jayde287?

1:26 pm

FMitch

or a+ 1st 3 letters of a little rodent followed by a vowel.
yw Annie

1:26 pm

Jayde287

It was very good thank you:)We had a very low-key and quiet one . It was nice

1:27 pm

pmo260

dasde

1:27 pm

Jayde287

Thanks FM!

1:27 pm

Jayde287

DONE!

1:28 pm

Anniebrook

congrats, Jayde!!

1:28 pm

Jayde287

Thanks!

1:28 pm

FMitch

d+ fire leftovers + vowel.

Congrats Jayde

1:28 pm

Jayde287

da 5/14 = da 4 + vowel

1:28 pm

Jayde287

sorry da 4/6 + vowel

1:29 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Jayde287 on fireworks!Hooray for U

1:30 pm

garyandjulie

wtg jayde

1:33 pm

garyandjulie

I will bbl for last 33. happy hunting everyone. bye

1:33 pm

Anniebrook

later gary

1:34 pm

pmo260

Can anyone help with de 7?

1:34 pm

pmo260

desawen

1:34 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye garyandjulie!I'll see you tomorrow in the log

1:34 pm

Minveryork

Hello pmo260!How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

1:35 pm

FMitch

It's the pl of the 6 pmo which builds from the 4

1:35 pm

Anniebrook

pmo, plural of the de 6/24

1:35 pm

Minveryork

de 7/36 is de 4/6 plus vowel plus a single hump letter.

1:36 pm

FMitch

BRB time to get hot drink

1:36 pm

pmo260

Thanks!

1:36 pm

Minveryork

The de 7/36 is the plural of the de 6/24 word pmo260

1:36 pm

Anniebrook

come back soon, FM

1:36 pm

pmo260

Can't believe I missed that!

1:36 pm

Minveryork

yw

1:37 pm

pmo260

Thanks Minver! My wife and i share this account so it could be either one of us!

1:43 pm

FMitch

Im back Annie with big mug of tea is is cooooolllddd here :)

1:43 pm

Minveryork

I refreshed. I got a message saying it couldn't catch word list, please try again in minute. Is anybody else having problemss with Babble site today?I don't get it

1:43 pm

Anniebrook

cold here too and quite windy

1:44 pm

Anniebrook

minver, that happens often here, not me today

1:44 pm

FMitch

Babble is fine today so far.

1:44 pm

pmo260

now Im having a hard time with de 5/14

1:45 pm

Anniebrook

de 5/14 ---to remove the debris from the chimney

1:46 pm

pmo260

desau

1:46 pm

pmo260

oops.

1:46 pm

Minveryork

I had 109 words, now it's saying that I have 2 words.

1:46 pm

pmo260

sorry. Thanks annie. didnt help though

1:47 pm

Anniebrook

pmo, when wood burns down - de + the remains

1:47 pm

Anniebrook

pmo, when wood burns down - de + the remains

1:47 pm

Minveryork

de 5/14 is de plus ***tray for cigarette butts pmo260

1:47 pm

pmo260

Perfect! Thanks!

1:48 pm

Nef

Hi, Babblers. how is everyone today?

1:48 pm

Anniebrook

Hi Nef!

1:49 pm

Minveryork

Hello Nef! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle!

1:49 pm

Nef

Hi Annie! It's downright cold here today; I want to stay curled up in my sweater today (and I can, too!) :D

1:51 pm

Anniebrook

Enjoy the comfort, Nef!

1:51 pm

Nef

Hi, Min. Good puzzle today, so far not too tough! (I'm sure it will get worse in a bit for me, however)

1:52 pm

Anniebrook

Nef, it's a friendly grid today

1:54 pm

FMitch

The babblers are friendly but the grid makes you work a little :)

1:54 pm

Nef

All the way through, Annie? That's good! Too much turkey for me yesterday, still a bit slow-thinking! :)

1:55 pm

Anniebrook

Not all the way through, though I wish it were so

2:02 pm

Nef

Well, I now have 72 words left and it's getting tougher. As usual, I spoke too soon! :D

2:03 pm

seano216k

he

2:07 pm

Anniebrook

my last word...sh 5/14, clue pleease

2:08 pm

FMitch

s + h4/6

2:08 pm

Nef

something a horse does (past tense) when they see a snake, Annie

2:08 pm

Anniebrook

Thank you Nef and FM...flounder, please and FIREWORKS!

2:09 pm

FMitch

Weeee congrats

2:09 pm

Nef

And I just realized I've missed a bunch of plurals and past tense words!

2:09 pm

Nef

YAY, Annie!

2:10 pm

Anniebrook

Anyone want clues?

2:10 pm

FMitch

No thanks Annie Im all done and about to disappear for the night.

2:10 pm

bethn

hi all back for final 4

2:10 pm

Anniebrook

FM, then you have the sweetest of dreams

2:11 pm

jakes-mum

evening all could I get a clue for the de5/14 plz? my last word

2:12 pm

inge

de 4: to take the cinders away

2:12 pm

FMitch

Thank you Annie :)
Hi and bye jakes-mum

2:12 pm

Anniebrook

jakes, take the debris out of the chimney

2:12 pm

bethn

de+fireplace debris

2:12 pm

bethn

da5/20 anyony?

2:12 pm

Anniebrook

hello inge and beth

2:12 pm

jakes-mum

ty annie and bethn and F*I*R*E*W*O*R*K*S

2:12 pm

bethn

hi annie!

2:13 pm

Anniebrook

congrats to jakes!!!!

2:13 pm

bethn

woo hoo jakesw!

2:13 pm

bethn

sorry arm in sling cant type well

2:13 pm

Anniebrook

beth, add a vowel toward the end of da 4/9

2:14 pm

Anniebrook

beth, what happened?

2:14 pm

jakes-mum

now must dissapear again and try and convince hubby to get his heavily pregnant wife a cup of tea and maybe go to shops for some cadburys chocolate shots1

2:14 pm

inge

How often does your favorite grocery store forget to put all your purchases into the bags, ro charges moe than the sale price ? I am seething about my latest adventrue at Meijers store , The items the forgot to pack on Wed are no longer on the shelf, so I ahd to take arefund. and all that diriving back and forth, I am livid

2:14 pm

Nef

and don't forget the past tense of da 4/9 either

2:15 pm

Nef

inge, that sounds maddening!

2:16 pm

bethn

annie, i had rotator cuff repair on tuesday

2:16 pm

bethn

ty annie

2:17 pm

inge

Ths store is the closests and cheapest to me. The only solution I can think of is to buy only 12 items at a time and check carefullly before leaving the checkout

2:18 pm

StephieC

is there more that one da4/9?

2:18 pm

inge

bethn, are you allowed to move that arm?

2:18 pm

Nef

OUCHIE, beth! Gentle hugs to you! I've had several friends /acquaintances have that surgery this past month; I hear it's pretty darned painful!

2:18 pm

Anniebrook

no, stephie

2:18 pm

Anniebrook

beth, feel better soon!

2:18 pm

StephieC

then how do you get the past tense of it?!

2:18 pm

inge

only a da 4/6, then a do 4/9

2:19 pm

Anniebrook

there is one da 4/9

2:19 pm

inge

they mean the past tense of da /6

2:19 pm

StephieC

okay, i've got that!

2:20 pm

bethn

cant move the arm, its strapped to my chest. wed. i start pt where they will begin to move it for me. it is very sore right now but babble diverts the mind to other frustrations

2:20 pm

Nef

Ooops! Sorry, steph! I was reading da 4/6. Brain is sluggish tody

2:20 pm

Anniebrook

{{{bethn}}}

2:20 pm

inge

wow, bethn, I feel for you

2:20 pm

bethn

one armed hug back }}}

2:21 pm

Anniebrook

lol bethn

2:21 pm

bethn

ty inge no black friday shopping for me

2:21 pm

Nef

No fun sleeping, is it beth?

2:22 pm

Anniebrook

into the kitchen again for me, be back later

2:22 pm

bethn

i am "sleeping " upright in a chair with a cat who thinks i am fair game for cuddles

2:22 pm

bethn

bye annie

2:23 pm

Nef

I hope she's a gentle cat! did you try laying down and putting a pillow under the arm?

2:24 pm

bethn

the dr says upright for at leat 10 more days so i dont pull apart sutures :(

2:25 pm

bethn

shes gentle but she will not be denied. she will take down a wall to get to me if one is in her way

2:25 pm

Nef

YUK!!! :( Any swelling with that? I think sleeping upright is miserable myself.

2:27 pm

bethn

they gave me what looks like an ice saddle (fits in place over shoulder with pockets for gel packs) so swelling is not too bad the upright part is awful

2:29 pm

Flask1

hi all....en7/52 clue please?

2:30 pm

bethn

en+gun shot ***** . or en+wo5/22

2:30 pm

Nef

en+ another name for a sore; a gunshot *****

2:31 pm

Flask1

thanks nef!

2:31 pm

Flask1

thanks bethn too...

2:31 pm

seano216k

and fireworks here :)

2:31 pm

bethn

yw

2:31 pm

bethn

yay seano

2:32 pm

lilliann

hi all! hope you all had a good thanksgiving!

2:32 pm

lilliann

wtg seano!

2:32 pm

bethn

hi lili great thks!

2:32 pm

lilliann

hi flaskkkkkkkk!!

2:32 pm

bethn

how are you today

2:33 pm

lilliann

i take it your bairns and hubby didn't poison you then beth!

2:33 pm

lilliann

not too bad thankyou beth.hows your shoulder today?

2:37 pm

bethn

fireworks!sorry all i was watching video. dinner was fine a little simpler than usual but still yummy. shoulder is ver sore but dr says is looking god lili thanks. how is your dizzyness today?

2:37 pm

Nef

Just got back from making a turkey sandwich; Yay, Seano! And welcom Lilli

2:38 pm

Nef

Yay, beth!

2:38 pm

bethn

does anyone need help before i go off & whine to family ;) ?

2:39 pm

lilliann

didn't have one today which is nice.glad you enjoyed your meal.no thanks beth,i've just started.take care.

2:39 pm

lilliann

and wtg!!

2:39 pm

lilliann

hi nef

2:40 pm

bethn

see you all tomorrow!

2:41 pm

lilliann

bye beth.

2:41 pm

Nef

bye, beth, Take care!

2:46 pm

Nef

oman

2:47 pm

Nef

Ooopps! Sorry!

2:49 pm

lilliann

next time you do that can you do a word that helps me please!!!lol

2:51 pm

Nef

LOL! I seem to always manage to put some guess into chat by accident everytime I try cluing and chatting. They never seem to be *real* words (according to this dictionary!); and I feel really stupid showing off how dumb I am! :)

2:51 pm

lilliann

did you get the o word nef?

2:52 pm

Nef

I have blacked out that O on the right; can't get the one in the upper left yet

2:52 pm

lilliann

you're not dumb nef,its this game has silly words in it that no-one has ever heard of!

2:53 pm

lilliann

i'm the same nef

2:54 pm

Nef

Just got it! it's 2 od 4/5 words and 1 of 4/10, lilli

2:55 pm

MizHoffle

the 2 left side o words are: Beathoven's *** To Joy (plural) and the other one is the o diagonal

2:55 pm

MizHoffle

The third is not on, but *** (plural)

2:56 pm

lilliann

thanks nef had the beethoven one but not the other

2:56 pm

lilliann

sorry.i meant ty to mizhoffle

2:57 pm

MizHoffle

yw!

2:57 pm

MizHoffle

I had to monkey for those, only knew the first 2 letters from lickety

2:58 pm

Nef

You did well, MizH!

2:58 pm

MizHoffle

TY!

3:09 pm

lilliann

miz, thats a cute little boy, is he yours?

3:10 pm

Nef

has anyone found the last ax 5/22 yet? Any hints?

3:10 pm

MizHoffle

unfortunately he is not, but I am proud to be his aunt!

3:10 pm

MizHoffle

I like to put in pictures of my nieces and nephews

3:11 pm

lideola

az + male

3:11 pm

lideola

i mean ax

3:12 pm

lilliann

ty lide and hi

3:12 pm

lideola

hi lilliann- just trying to monkey my last 2

3:12 pm

lilliann

go go go lide!

3:13 pm

lilliann

how many do you have miz?

3:13 pm

Nef

oh, he is cute! (I wasn't seeing anything before my last post; NOW I see that boy, MizH! And TY lideola for the help! :)

3:13 pm

MizHoffle

I have 8

3:14 pm

lideola

yw

3:14 pm

MizHoffle

6 nieces and 2 nephews plus my husbands 3 nephews and 1 neice. I keep forgetting about them

3:14 pm

lideola

ok i am having no luck

3:14 pm

lideola

se6/30 please

3:15 pm

Flask1

se6/630..please???

3:15 pm

Flask1

Evening all

3:15 pm

lideola

and de5/14

3:15 pm

Minveryork

congratulations bethn on fireworks! Hooray for you!

3:15 pm

lideola

lol Flask

3:15 pm

lilliann

that's alot!i have 4 nieces and my hubby has 2 nephews and i niece.i forget about his aswell as they are grown up

3:16 pm

MizHoffle

well, since I have only been married since June, they are still so new and they don't live nearby. It happens when you 4 siblings

3:16 pm

Nef

Sorry, I don't have the se 6/30 yet.

3:16 pm

lilliann

hi flask i said hello to you earlier.......but you didn't reply....i could get upset you know!!!!

3:16 pm

MizHoffle

I love being an aunt!

3:16 pm

Aryn

se+vowel +pale

3:17 pm

lideola

ty Aryn

3:17 pm

Flask1

I didn't see you sweetie.......

3:17 pm

Minveryork

The se 6/30 is ocean + a word that means pale lideola

3:17 pm

Aryn

yw

3:17 pm

Aryn

de+what you find in the fireplace

3:17 pm

Flask1

where you been?????

3:18 pm

Minveryork

de5/14 rhymes w/what you use to walk a dog lideola.

3:18 pm

lilliann

are you not watching jungle?i only started 7.30pm

3:18 pm

Flask1

thanks Aryn!

3:18 pm

lideola

ty again Aryn- that is it for me

3:18 pm

Aryn

yw

3:18 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations lideola on fireworks! Hooray for you

3:18 pm

Flask1

yes I am...am multi-tasking baby...lolol

3:18 pm

lilliann

wtg lide!!

3:19 pm

Flask1

well done lideola

3:19 pm

Nef

Yay, Lide!

3:19 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the da5/20 word please?

3:20 pm

Nef

sorry, Min. Haven't got it yet

3:20 pm

lilliann

lol flask.....didn't play yesterday as i didn't get up until lunch as dizzy and then i had things to do and hubby and me went out for a meal last night....and been out all day today.

3:21 pm

lideola

da + who, what where, *h**, why

3:21 pm

lilliann

ty lide

3:22 pm

lideola

yw

3:22 pm

Minveryork

Thank you for the da5/20 clue.I just found the word!

3:23 pm

lideola

time for me to log in to work- have a wonderful day/evening all

3:23 pm

lilliann

bye lide.take care

3:23 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye lideola! I will see you tomorrow in the chog!

3:24 pm

Nef

Bye, lide

3:27 pm

renfield

where's ms ch4/7 - she's in the grid today!!!

3:28 pm

lilliann

well,why wont it take manx?!?!

3:28 pm

lilliann

hi ren

3:28 pm

Nef

Hi, Ren. How's things going today?

3:28 pm

MizHoffle

clue for su 6/24 and 7/52 please?

3:28 pm

renfield

hey lil!

3:28 pm

renfield

hey nef! going good nef - howz by you?

3:29 pm

lilliann

don't have them yet miz, sorry

3:29 pm

Nef

Miz H, su 7/52 is sort of a time of day

3:29 pm

chic

you rang? hi Rennie!

3:29 pm

MizHoffle

thanks nef!

3:29 pm

renfield

hey ms ch 4/7! how are you how was your turkey day?

3:30 pm

Nef

going very well for me too, Ren! Except I'm cold today (what do I expect in November in MN, though?) :)

3:30 pm

chic

sans turkey; nice and quiet as usual...

3:30 pm

MizHoffle

ch 4/7 to be stylish

3:30 pm

renfield

we had soft tacos and blue bunny ice cream

3:30 pm

Minveryork

su 6/24: is ice cream treat you might eat on the day after Saturday MizHoffle.

3:31 pm

chic

that's my girl! thinking outside the box!

3:31 pm

renfield

that's our ms 4/7 stylish with a glam!

3:31 pm

Nef

thanks, Min!

3:31 pm

renfield

:)

3:31 pm

lilliann

ty for the s clues nef

3:32 pm

MizHoffle

awesome!! thanks minveryork

3:32 pm

chic

I enjoyed your email you sent the other day. very heart warming...

3:33 pm

Nef

Rennie, was that your Thanksgiving dinner? Or lunch today? (It's SO odd that that whole phrase wouldn't work in the "add word" box!

3:33 pm

mswharton1970

su6/24 = an ice cream su****

3:33 pm

renfield

thanks ch 4/7 - one of myfriends battling cancer sent it to me

3:34 pm

lilliann

i.m sorry to hear that ren

3:34 pm

renfield

nef - that was our thanksgiving dinner :)

3:34 pm

pmo260

Last one... se6 / 30

3:35 pm

pmo260

seimaw

3:35 pm

pmo260

lol

3:35 pm

lilliann

the only se6 i have is ocean and pale

3:35 pm

Nef

well, as we used to say: "If it floats your boat....!" :D Sounds easy to fix at least

3:35 pm

lilliann

i'm not using list yet so i don't know how many there are

3:35 pm

renfield

thanks lil - she and i were at conservatory together as kids - she's now an interior designer - has 2 sons and keeps on going!

3:36 pm

chic

is Nut back from shopping yet? I was wondering how she did....

3:36 pm

pmo260

First completion! Thanks!

3:36 pm

renfield

i haven;t heard from nut since wed nite

3:36 pm

lilliann

i hope everything goes well for her ren and wish her all the best

3:37 pm

lilliann

wtg pmo!!!woohoo!!

3:37 pm

renfield

i sent her a happy shopping day e-mail

3:37 pm

lilliann

there will be many more pmo!

3:37 pm

renfield

i will lil - i'm going to go watch her decorate on of the mega hotels for the hoilday season

3:38 pm

MizHoffle

clues for ed 4/6, aw 5/20 or ax 5/22...my last 3!

3:39 pm

chic

clue for the last 2 de's 4/5 and 5/12, please...

3:39 pm

momof5

ed + abbr. for last four years of school

3:40 pm

MizHoffle

okay, I am a dunderhead, was looking at wrong ed

3:40 pm

renfield

i've been looking through the different babbler's flicr pictures - and adding some of my cats pictures - now i;m going over to work in my parent's house - bbl

3:41 pm

lilliann

bye ren and take care!

3:41 pm

Takuma Sato

hi guys

3:42 pm

lilliann

hi takuma!

3:42 pm

Atalante

hi all :)

3:43 pm

bubblepop!

~~~***FIREWORKS***~~~

3:43 pm

grant

chic 1st de4 is college officer

3:43 pm

lilliann

hi ata

3:43 pm

lilliann

wtg bubble!!

3:44 pm

bubblepop!

thanks lili, best be off now, bye.

3:44 pm

grant

Don't have the other two either

3:44 pm

lilliann

bye bubble,take care!

3:45 pm

lilliann

i have de and what you flick off a cigarette

3:46 pm

Flask1

F I R E W O R K S for FLASK......

3:47 pm

grant

Yup, that's the de6/14

3:47 pm

lilliann

wtg flaskkkkeeeeee!!!woohooooo!!!

3:47 pm

grant

sorry, 5/14

3:47 pm

Flask1

thankyou!

3:48 pm

billmster

54 left enough! goodnight folks

3:48 pm

billmster

54 left enough! goodnight folks

3:48 pm

chic

I have those; need the last 2...

3:48 pm

grant

That makes two of us

3:48 pm

lilliann

nite bill.take care!

3:49 pm

momof5

de = other word for library or office in your house; last de = other word for thick

3:49 pm

chic

nm got it

3:49 pm

lilliann

i don't have any others, sorry

3:49 pm

MizHoffle

fireworks!!!!

3:49 pm

MizHoffle

I had to resort to the dictionary, but I did it!!

3:49 pm

lilliann

wtg miz!!!!

3:50 pm

MizHoffle

now I can enjoy my day off...good day too all!

3:50 pm

lilliann

bye miz and take care

3:53 pm

grant

Thanks momof. Finally seeing it made me feel de512.

3:53 pm

momof5

i'm not always that clear with my clues, but your welcome.

3:55 pm

lilliann

ty mom5 and hi.did you have a good thanksgiving?

3:57 pm

momof5

yw, and yes. I hosted a dozen people (7 were my own fam). We played ate, played games, ate... how about you?

3:58 pm

lilliann

glad you had a great day.we don't have thanksgiving here mom

3:58 pm

lilliann

that was alot to feed mom!!

3:58 pm

momof5

Didn't think about that. Did you have a great Thursday?!

3:58 pm

Flask1

lillian, u done??

3:59 pm

Atalante

we need thanksgiving over here

3:59 pm

lilliann

no flask,i have 59 left

3:59 pm

Flask1

need help?

4:00 pm

momof5

I'm working on the last four... and don't seem to be getting anywhere the last 15 min.

4:00 pm

lilliann

not too bad mom, hubby and i went out last night for a meal and to a pub after which was nice

4:00 pm

lilliann

i don't know what i need flask as not using list!

4:00 pm

Flask1

celebrating something lillian?

4:00 pm

momof5

I could use some help with the aw5/20!!

4:00 pm

Flask1

oh right ok!

4:01 pm

grant

aw5- flooded

4:01 pm

Flask1

a + **** your face and hands before dinner

4:02 pm

Nef

momof, the aw 5/20 is a +wa4/9

4:02 pm

momof5

TY! Been monkeying that one for awhile.

4:02 pm

lilliann

no flask....just decided to have a night out.....we had our wedding anniversary on the 3rd of november and totally forgot about it........who says romance is dead!!!!

4:03 pm

Flask1

lol...well done......am going off just now...ah'll email you!

4:03 pm

lilliann

ty hini...didn't have that one

4:04 pm

lilliann

ok pet...speak to you soon.

4:04 pm

Flask1

will do.............goodnight all...!!

4:04 pm

momof5

bye, flask1

4:05 pm

lilliann

nite...big hug!

4:05 pm

montreal13

nite flask ! - hi all !

4:05 pm

momof5

hi mont

4:05 pm

lilliann

hi mont

4:05 pm

montreal13

hi momo and lill - 26 to go here...

4:06 pm

lilliann

58 here mont

4:06 pm

momof5

3 left, but they're not easy

4:06 pm

lilliann

go for it mom5!

4:06 pm

montreal13

how do you know they are not easy momo ?

4:07 pm

momof5

because, I've been working on them for awhile. Of course, that could be that I am de5/12!

4:07 pm

Atalante

because she cant find them :P

4:07 pm

momof5

Probably sluggish from too much turkey and homemade goodies!

4:07 pm

montreal13

doubt that momo - lol Ata...

4:08 pm

lilliann

no you're not mom5!

4:08 pm

grant

Clue for en7, anyone?

4:08 pm

momof5

Thanks. I was hoping someone would correct me!

4:08 pm

montreal13

en + injury

4:09 pm

lilliann

do you need help mom?i probably havent got them but i'll help if i can

4:09 pm

montreal13

use right side en grant

4:10 pm

grant

Got it, and it's new to me, but thanks

4:10 pm

montreal13

yw

4:11 pm

lilliann

my phantom today is unisex, i've wanted to put that so many times!!

4:12 pm

montreal13

phantom: offend

4:12 pm

momof5

I keep seeing ex4/10 + ine

4:12 pm

grant

mimic

4:12 pm

montreal13

chide

4:13 pm

grant

chime

4:13 pm

Atalante

conman

4:13 pm

featherbee

lol, errrr guys....

4:14 pm

lilliann

infuse

4:14 pm

grant

suede

4:14 pm

momof5

Last 2: AX5/22 (last one); and UN6/33

4:14 pm

lilliann

hi feather

4:14 pm

lilliann

hi feather

4:14 pm

montreal13

feud

4:14 pm

featherbee

GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!

4:14 pm

momof5

phantom: sudden

4:14 pm

montreal13

ax + male

4:15 pm

montreal13

un + sa 4/8

4:15 pm

momof5

now why didn't I see that?!

4:15 pm

grant

ax 5 one who does the cutting

4:15 pm

featherbee

lol, i'm sitting here with nick, idly watching the chat go by.....then watching the grid go by!

4:15 pm

momof5

FIREWORKS! Thanks guys.

4:15 pm

montreal13

must be the turkey momo...

4:16 pm

lilliann

way to go mom5!!!

4:16 pm

montreal13

way to go momo !!!

4:16 pm

momof5

Definitely. I think I was trying to put an 'e' in that word.

4:17 pm

momof5

But what do I do now that I'm done with the puzzle?

4:17 pm

featherbee

wait....were those phantoms or real words?

4:17 pm

montreal13

real feather...

4:17 pm

montreal13

at least my last 2 clues were real...

4:17 pm

featherbee

no, earlier

4:18 pm

momof5

the clues were for real words; the others were words we thought were there, but were phantom

4:18 pm

featherbee

i'm not actually doing the grid right now, just watching

4:18 pm

lilliann

they are real words but not in this grid....wish they were!!!

4:18 pm

featherbee

oops, sorry for yelling then!

4:18 pm

montreal13

a whole bunch of phantoms were chatted...before momo asked for her last 2 words...

4:18 pm

grant

Not real but keep reappearing

4:19 pm

Atalante

lol we forgive you feather :)

4:19 pm

lilliann

my fault feather.....i started it!!

4:19 pm

montreal13

yes grant, they do SEEM real at times...

4:19 pm

featherbee

lol, thanks ata

4:19 pm

montreal13

blame FMitch... oh sorry, blame lilliann !

4:20 pm

grant

Is it worse on the eve of a full moon?

4:20 pm

lilliann

we can blame fm if you like mont!!

4:20 pm

montreal13

probably grant... everything else is !

4:20 pm

momof5

Sometimes the chat appears so rapidly that I can't get my thoughts down before they are no longer pertinent.

4:20 pm

montreal13

well lilliann, she's usually the one to blame...

4:21 pm

lilliann

i'm the same mom5

4:21 pm

montreal13

join the club momo - the chat speed can be astounding at times...

4:21 pm

Atalante

fm is always to blame

4:21 pm

momof5

At least I know I have good company

4:21 pm

lilliann

i was just going to say that mont......that she usually gets blamed for everything!

4:21 pm

montreal13

true ata...

4:23 pm

pinkhatlil

hello babblers!!

4:23 pm

momof5

Hi pink.

4:23 pm

montreal13

hi there pink !

4:24 pm

pinkhatlil

hi mommy, and montreal1 !!

4:25 pm

lilliann

hi pink

4:25 pm

montreal13

the whole city salutes you Pink !!

4:25 pm

pinkhatlil

hey lilliann

4:25 pm

momof5

My family is out raking leaves, etc. Guess I should go help since I finished the puzzle (with help). See you all tomorrow. *poof*

4:26 pm

pinkhatlil

bye mom!!

4:26 pm

montreal13

bye momo

4:26 pm

pinkhatlil

axed

4:27 pm

lilliann

who's been???

4:27 pm

montreal13

yes pink ?

4:28 pm

pinkhatlil

sorry guys i've just realised i typed in the wrong box lol

4:28 pm

Atalante

however while FM is always to blame, today we could blame montreal cos he has FM's icon ...

4:28 pm

montreal13

lol

4:29 pm

pinkhatlil

tough grid!!

4:29 pm

lilliann

i'm sitting here and stuffing my face with crisps....i don't eat sweets but my downfall is savoury..especially crisps and i've just bought some new ones and scoffed the lot and am feeling very guilty now!!!

4:29 pm

montreal13

not so fast Ata - my icon is for today's theme: clue for word in grid...

4:30 pm

Atalante

excuses excuses :P

4:30 pm

montreal13

by the way Ata, how is your dog ? still wering the satellite dish ?

4:30 pm

lilliann

how is your dog doing with her collar on ata and how long has she got to wear it for?

4:30 pm

tygerbryght

hey, peeps

4:30 pm

lilliann

snap mont!!

4:30 pm

Atalante

yes poor babe. maybe its coming off tomorrow!

4:31 pm

Atalante

tomorrow, or certainly Sunday :) woohoo!

4:31 pm

lilliann

hi tyger,did you have a good thanksgiving?

4:31 pm

montreal13

hi tyger !

4:31 pm

montreal13

GMTA lilliann !

4:31 pm

lilliann

ah,thats good ata.....bet she'll be happy!!

4:31 pm

Atalante

ohhhhhhhhhh yes

4:32 pm

tygerbryght

thanks, lilli, it was great

4:32 pm

lilliann

what does that mean mont....i'm not good with abbreviations!!

4:33 pm

lilliann

glad you had a good one tyger

4:33 pm

montreal13

great minds...

4:33 pm

Atalante

great minds think alike

4:33 pm

tygerbryght

my son and I both put a lot of work into it. It might have been amusing to an observer. he had a slight accident recently, fell and hurt his back. my back is bad anyway. two of us groaning around the kitchen as we did various stuff to prepare the meal :P

4:33 pm

lilliann

ty.....i'm de 5!!!

4:34 pm

montreal13

if you insist lilliann, then...

4:34 pm

lilliann

was it just you 2 tyger?

4:34 pm

lilliann

meow mont!!!

4:34 pm

tygerbryght

yes

4:35 pm

tygerbryght

one grandson lives in Florida; the other & wife were doing something with other grandparents, I think

4:35 pm

montreal13

see, i'm useless with the :P or :D or any of those that use a ) or a (...

4:35 pm

lilliann

well you both did it and enjoyed itn so thats the main thing

4:36 pm

tygerbryght

yes, we did

4:36 pm

Bluedilly

can you tell me where you get the clues like de5? (I know what they mean, but not where to find them.) Thanks!

4:36 pm

tygerbryght

I'm very late inquiring, but just occurred to me. do you & family do anything for Guy Fawkes day? (a Brit friend is a fireworks enthusiast)

4:36 pm

lilliann

i don't know what they mean either mont!

4:36 pm

montreal13

again then, GMTA !

4:37 pm

tygerbryght

Bluedilly, let's introduce you to Lickety's page. the link is at the bottom left of this page. it's a great help!

4:37 pm

Bluedilly

thanks!

4:37 pm

lilliann

we don't as i hate fireworks and can't watch them as they make me dizzy

4:37 pm

tygerbryght

yw, blue

4:38 pm

tygerbryght

too bad, lilli. I love to watch them. of course, the implications of gunpowder are unpleasant

4:38 pm

montreal13

our british ex-pats do celebrate Guy Fawkes day...

4:39 pm

tygerbryght

no doubt. it's a big day for many Brits.

4:39 pm

lilliann

we had so many going off here that my daughter just had to look out the window and see them.they went off for 7 days....it gets a bit much after a while!

4:39 pm

tygerbryght

one day I've got to find a link for an audio of the relevant music. I've seen the lyrics

4:40 pm

tygerbryght

seven days, lilli? ouch!

4:40 pm

montreal13

i asked them last week why were they celebrating ? the fact that Guy Fawkes failed or the fact that he tried at all ? !!!

4:40 pm

lilliann

actually, that was a lie, it was 9 altogether

4:40 pm

tygerbryght

that's worse than the people here in the deep south and their enthusiasm for fireworks at Independence Day - AND New Years!! :(

4:41 pm

tygerbryght

LOL, mont

4:41 pm

tygerbryght

plus, of course, the ones who just shoot off their guns instead :( :(\

4:41 pm

lilliann

because he tried mont

4:41 pm

helenkeller

hello babblers !

4:42 pm

lilliann

hi hk

4:42 pm

montreal13

tx lilliann, they weren't too sure...

4:42 pm

tygerbryght

I like fireworks *on the day*

4:42 pm

montreal13

hi HK !

4:42 pm

tygerbryght

hey, HK

4:42 pm

pinkhatlil

hi helen

4:42 pm

helenkeller

hi lill, tyger, mont

4:42 pm

helenkeller

hi pink

4:43 pm

lilliann

i don't mind them on the day but not when they go on and on and especially at 10.30pm

4:44 pm

tygerbryght

then we certainly agree on that part! :)

4:44 pm

helenkeller

are you talking about long fireworks videos?

4:44 pm

tygerbryght

problem with New Years is that they start about 10 pm, and go on until 1am or so

4:44 pm

tygerbryght

no, talking about actual fireworks in the neighborhoods

4:44 pm

lilliann

no hk....proper fireworkes

4:45 pm

helenkeller

oh, LOL

4:45 pm

tygerbryght

snap, lilli :)

4:45 pm

lilliann

gmta!

4:45 pm

tygerbryght

I don't enjoy the videos half as much as the real thing .... in moderation

4:45 pm

lilliann

see, i got it mont!!

4:45 pm

tygerbryght

:D

4:46 pm

tygerbryght

how are you today, HK? have a nice turkey day?

4:46 pm

montreal13

well done lilliann - you catch up pretty fast !

4:46 pm

tygerbryght

oh, lilli's just modest

4:46 pm

lilliann

but i don't understand the d tyger

4:46 pm

tygerbryght

:D is a grin

4:47 pm

tygerbryght

or a very big smile

4:47 pm

lilliann

ahh, i see.ty

4:47 pm

tygerbryght

would you like a link to a page explaining all the different smilies?

4:47 pm

montreal13

what about :P ??

4:47 pm

tygerbryght

I've got one somewhere

4:47 pm

helenkeller

yesterday was a good day - sick doggie getting better, back feeling better, friend sent over plates for us, so no cooking - won on the football games, all in a banner day! how was yours?

4:47 pm

tygerbryght

:P is tongue in cheek

4:47 pm

lilliann

you have to have an a level in babble talk!!!lol

4:48 pm

tygerbryght

wow, HK, sounds pretty good.

4:48 pm

montreal13

tx tyger - i guess i need that link

4:48 pm

tygerbryght

mine was a lot of hard work for both me and my son, but we enjoyed our time together, and the food

4:49 pm

helenkeller

tyger - what did you do?

4:49 pm

prtybrwngrl

good evening all. how may words in the grid today

4:49 pm

tygerbryght

it'll take several minutes. I'm firing up the other PC. this is the new one, and I've had no end of trouble trying to transfer the "settings & files"

4:49 pm

tygerbryght

I'm disabled now. I used to work in university administration

4:49 pm

lilliann

i'm glad to hear that your dog is getting better hk

4:49 pm

montreal13

120 prtygirl

4:49 pm

tygerbryght

hey, pretty

4:49 pm

lilliann

hi prty

4:50 pm

helenkeller

hi prty

4:50 pm

prtybrwngrl

thanks and hi tb & lil & hk

4:50 pm

tygerbryght

yes, always glad when sick pets get better. we tend to worry so much over them

4:50 pm

helenkeller

tyger - sorry to hear that, may i ask what's wrong with
you?

4:51 pm

helenkeller

i know, about the pet thing, it's just that he pooped sooooo much blood, i was really worried, but a snap quick recovery, i'm so relieved

4:51 pm

TXZinnia

Hi, All -- Just went "Pro" today after messing around a while

4:51 pm

tygerbryght

I'm a chronic pain patient. I have old injuries to my neck and low back, and was born with a minor malformation of my left hip, which eventually destroyed the hip and knee joints

4:51 pm

tygerbryght

hey, zinnia

4:52 pm

montreal13

((((tyger)))) - your spirits remain high though...

4:52 pm

montreal13

hi TXZ !

4:52 pm

tygerbryght

I know many people with more problems than I have

4:52 pm

lilliann

hi txz, nice to see you

4:52 pm

helenkeller

oh tyger - you have my sympathies - i had a hip replacement, 2 years dec 1, changed my life completely! i was like a new person - little did i realize how depressed i had become in that last while before the surgery

4:53 pm

tygerbryght

thanks for the hug; they're always welcome

4:53 pm

helenkeller

hiya txz

4:53 pm

helenkeller

& welcome!

4:53 pm

lilliann

sorry to hear that hk

4:53 pm

tygerbryght

I should have waited a bit longer for the hip surgery. it didn't go well. I had to have a revision 7 months later. fortunately, that fixed things

4:53 pm

TXZinnia

Hi, all -- It was fun choosing a photo. Oddly, I couldn't find a Zinnia, of all things

4:53 pm

lilliann

meant tyger

4:54 pm

helenkeller

tyger - oh crap! revision so soon? what happened? was the revision a problem? did they have to break you femur?

4:54 pm

TXZinnia

I'm glad the surgery helped Tyger. Does anyone know why my flag won't show up?

4:55 pm

tygerbryght

did you say where you're from, zinnia?

4:55 pm

lilliann

i like your icon txz, pretty flower

4:55 pm

montreal13

brb

4:56 pm

jillibus

Zinniz -- in your My Account, did you check the little box, upper right, which says "Show Profile"?

4:56 pm

TXZinnia

Thanks lillian -- It's a photo of a lily in my pond from this summer.

4:56 pm

lilliann

bye mont

4:56 pm

tygerbryght

HK, the surgeon goofed, and I wasn't adequately instructed about how to do everything. I had 4 dislocations

4:56 pm

tygerbryght

later, mont

4:56 pm

helenkeller

hiya jili!

4:56 pm

TXZinnia

I'll check that . . .BRB

4:56 pm

helenkeller

omg !!!!! that's terrible! where did you have it done?

4:56 pm

lilliann

hi jilli

4:57 pm

jillibus

Hi all -- just here for a peek -- many errands to do -- back later for the last 18 :)

4:57 pm

lilliann

that sounds very painful tyger

4:58 pm

montreal13

am not gone ! hi jill

4:58 pm

tygerbryght

oh, it was, lilli. when your hip dislocates, the big long muscles in your leg go into a monstrous cramp, and you want to scream

4:58 pm

tygerbryght

hey, jilli

4:58 pm

TXZinnia

jillibus -- That was it. No wonder it never remembered anything I put in that section.

4:58 pm

tygerbryght

LOL, zinnia. glad it was so easy to fix

4:58 pm

TXZinnia

OWWWW Tyger

4:58 pm

jillibus

It happened to me too, Zinnia, lol

4:59 pm

helenkeller

tyger - i was fortunate enough to have had a job in an orthopedic shoe store, so when people came in for stability shoes after joint replacements, i did my own little research project - was confident i had the top guy in the area - minimally invasive too :)

4:59 pm

lilliann

i'm sorry to hear that you've had an awful time of it tyger and hope things improve for you...big hug

5:00 pm

jillibus

mush dash away now -- back in a few (hours)

5:00 pm

tygerbryght

oh, the hip replacement was 1998, lilli. I rarely think about it anymore :)

5:00 pm

helenkeller

geeez tyger - i really feel for you, cause i know how bad the pain is prior to the surgery, you poor thing

5:00 pm

helenkeller

bye jili

5:00 pm

tygerbryght

good for you, HK

5:00 pm

tygerbryght

later, jilli

5:01 pm

TXZinnia

Bye jillibus . . Have a good one

5:01 pm

lilliann

bye jilli

5:01 pm

helenkeller

tyger - well, that's good, that you don't think about it, so that means no pain?

5:01 pm

montreal13

later jill

5:01 pm

tygerbryght

before, it only hurt badly getting up or sitting down IF a crumb of bone got between the femur and pelvis. like I said, I did it too soon

5:01 pm

tygerbryght

very little pain, HK. I don't pay much attention to it

5:02 pm

helenkeller

tyger - that was what they kept telling me, i would have to decide - 'you're so young, you may want to wait' but the pain was so bad, i finally gave in, waited almost 3 years & i'm sorry i did, i should have done it much sooner - quality of life is so important!

5:03 pm

Jeff7

se 6/30 please

5:04 pm

helenkeller

jeff -sorry, can't help, don't have it, not even 1/2 way here

5:04 pm

tygerbryght

se6:/30: ocean + pale

5:04 pm

lilliann

se-ocean and pale, that the only s6 i've got

5:04 pm

helenkeller

thx !

5:04 pm

lilliann

is there more than 1?

5:04 pm

tygerbryght

yw

5:05 pm

montreal13

se6 + ocean + nice bird= s***

5:05 pm

Jeff7

ty both :)

5:05 pm

lilliann

yw and hi jeff

5:06 pm

tygerbryght

I guess there's only one. I'm still working on getting an emoticon link for youse guys :)

5:06 pm

prtybrwngrl

which ocean

5:06 pm

helenkeller

there's a ton of emoticons in yahoo IM

5:06 pm

montreal13

yw

5:07 pm

lilliann

any ocean prty....another word meaning ocean

5:07 pm

prtybrwngrl

thanks lil

5:07 pm

lilliann

yw prty

5:08 pm

helenkeller

i did a geography quiz on-line the other day & one of the questions was where is the South Ocean - heck, I didn't even know there WAS such a thing - but I guess that's what they're calling the waters around antarctica now :)

5:08 pm

tygerbryght

okay, finally: http://tinyurl.com/c2xof (warning: there are cookies)

5:09 pm

tygerbryght

HK, what these people wanted was to know what different keyboard smilies meant :)

5:09 pm

tygerbryght

I'm one of those people who often leave out the nose.

5:10 pm

helenkeller

ah, i see

5:10 pm

lilliann

hubby won't let me go on that cos of the cookies....although he does love to eat them!!!lol

5:10 pm

tygerbryght

they aren't bad cookies. what browser do you use, lilli? with most you can refuse the cookies. I think you can also reject cookies with M$IE

5:11 pm

montreal13

tx tyger for the link

5:11 pm

tygerbryght

very few sites refuse to let you in if you don't accept the cookies

5:11 pm

tygerbryght

yw, mont

5:11 pm

tygerbryght

I rejected most of the cookies on that site

5:11 pm

lilliann

i now have to swap computors as i was on his laptop as he's been putting a new printer onto mine

5:12 pm

lilliann

hubbys going to have a look

5:12 pm

tygerbryght

see you in a few, then

5:12 pm

helenkeller

bye lil

5:13 pm

montreal13

later lilliann

5:14 pm

helenkeller

40 to go, think i'll do the sudoku & then go rest my back

5:14 pm

helenkeller

see you all later, bye

5:14 pm

montreal13

bye Helen !

5:15 pm

tygerbryght

later,HK

5:15 pm

montreal13

fireworks ! - onward to sudoku - bye all and happy babbling !

5:15 pm

helenkeller

yay for mont !!!!!!

5:16 pm

Uneaixoise

congrats, montreal!!

5:16 pm

lilliann

wtg mont!!

5:16 pm

tygerbryght

yay, mont

5:16 pm

lilliann

bye hk

5:16 pm

lilliann

hi une

5:16 pm

montreal13

tx HK and tyger - merci Une and hi ! - will see u HK in sudokuland in a sec "POOF"

5:17 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, lilliann :-)

5:17 pm

lilliann

did you have a nice thanksgiving une?

5:17 pm

montreal13

tx lilliann "REAL POOF"

5:17 pm

Jeff7

2 left: sh 5/14?

5:18 pm

Uneaixoise

yes, thanks! it was chaotic but a great family gathering and my mom had a really good day!

5:18 pm

lilliann

got to check the euro lottery...i might be a millionaire!!!not!

5:18 pm

tygerbryght

sh5/14: when a horse got scared (past tense)

5:19 pm

Jeff7

thankx...it looks so simple after i've been given the clue :)

5:20 pm

tygerbryght

belated hey, Une (my son is calling)

5:20 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, tyger!

5:20 pm

tygerbryght

trying to do 2 things @ once

5:20 pm

tygerbryght

yw, jeff, btw :)

5:21 pm

lilliann

well,my hubby is going to have to keep working!

5:22 pm

tygerbryght

computer not working quite right, lilli?

5:25 pm

Jeff7

can't get it myself...da 5/14 please

5:26 pm

lilliann

no,they're both fine tyger.we thought the printer had died so went and bought a new one today and then when my hubby looked at other one it had one of my bangles in it.it must have dropped off last night when i took them off and put them on computor desk,so now that one is working...typical!hubby was trying to put the new one on the computor as it has a scanner in it aswell so i was using his.....and i didn't winn the euro lottery so he'll have to carry on working!essay finished!!lol

5:26 pm

tygerbryght

da5/14: ad4/6 + vowel

5:26 pm

lilliann

da4 and vowel on end

5:27 pm

tygerbryght

snap again, lilli

5:27 pm

Jeff7

ty-where'd that word come from??

5:27 pm

herinfernallady

Lili that is the best Help Desk excuse on broken machines ever

5:27 pm

herinfernallady

Hi

5:27 pm

tygerbryght

no clue

5:27 pm

tygerbryght

hey, herin

5:27 pm

lilliann

we're just too good tyger!!

5:27 pm

herinfernallady

Hey Tyger

5:28 pm

pinkhatlil

hey herin!!!

5:28 pm

bbnaz

Howdy everybody.

5:28 pm

tygerbryght

LOL, lilli

5:28 pm

pinkhatlil

hey bbnaz

5:28 pm

tygerbryght

hey, pink, BB

5:28 pm

lilliann

hi herin...it's great isn't it and i bet no-one else has used it!!

5:29 pm

lilliann

but its a Â£6o excuse i could have done without!

5:29 pm

pinkhatlil

hi tygerbryght are you new to babble!!!

5:29 pm

lilliann

hi bbnaz

5:29 pm

tygerbryght

no, pink. I joined in 2005, but I was inactive for a long time

5:30 pm

bbnaz

anybody else keep trying to type in "offsex"?

5:30 pm

herinfernallady

LIli can you return the printer?

5:30 pm

lilliann

can't say i have bbnaz!

5:31 pm

pinkhatlil

your an elder lol...everything is well now, i take it?

5:31 pm

tygerbryght

about as well as it ever gets :)

5:31 pm

herinfernallady

PINKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

5:31 pm

taffybach

hey georgia j

5:31 pm

herinfernallady

NO sneaking in

5:32 pm

georgiaj

heya taff

5:32 pm

herinfernallady

I was trying to find something to do today

5:32 pm

taffybach

miss you

5:32 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Taffy

5:32 pm

lilliann

we could herin but its got a scanner in with it aswell which is easier than having them separate so we'll just keep the old ones as spare....and hubby's dead aunt as payed for it !

5:32 pm

pinkhatlil

hey herin how is you?????

5:32 pm

lilliann

hi taffy

5:32 pm

carleekat

hi everyone... HUBBY IS HOME

5:33 pm

herinfernallady

CARLEEEEEEE YAH

5:33 pm

tygerbryght

hey, carlee

5:33 pm

pinkhatlil

hi carlee...that is brilliant news *hugs* to you both!!!!

5:33 pm

lilliann

hi georgia and carlee

5:33 pm

herinfernallady

I am good. Cat got desexed and she is ready to kill every one if she could.

5:33 pm

carleekat

thanks...its been a long haul

5:33 pm

lilliann

glad to hear it carlee

5:34 pm

carleekat

oh oh..poor kitty

5:34 pm

herinfernallady

Taffy and Georgia what is the link?

5:34 pm

taffybach

4 kids

5:34 pm

georgiaj

told you, taff!

5:35 pm

pinkhatlil

herin i'll be back online next week friday..

5:35 pm

herinfernallady

YAH PINK. Hopefully our net will not be strangled

5:35 pm

georgiaj

hi lilli

5:35 pm

pinkhatlil

i hope not i have so much to tell you!!!

5:36 pm

georgiaj

I miss you taff!

5:36 pm

pinkhatlil

hey georgia and taffy!!!

5:36 pm

herinfernallady

YAH. I am hoping that once we pay for the net it will be fixed.

5:37 pm

taffybach

miss you too

5:37 pm

georgiaj

hey lil!

5:37 pm

herinfernallady

Carlee she is no longer a kitten vending machine as my friend puts it. Just a sad little cone head.

5:37 pm

lilliann

do you not pay for it then herin?

5:37 pm

carleekat

is this grid... an anooying one....words didn't come to me this am..and they not popping out at me now

5:37 pm

bbnaz

Carlee -- take care of YOU too. Otherwise, things should smooth out once you can get a routine. Hopefully it also means that the mil went to her home too.

5:37 pm

herinfernallady

Carlee how is hubby settling in?

5:38 pm

carleekat

he's tired... I think sad too... everyone who has been taking care of more of his "care" is "gone" now... its a hard adjustment

5:38 pm

lilliann

hi again georgia

5:38 pm

lilliann

yes it is carlee

5:39 pm

herinfernallady

Lilian i dont pay for bills or rent. Its apparently not my job. Its his to look after me. Hey i try to pay bills every now and then but he doesn't let me. Hence the reason i have a mobile that i pay for (sneaky way about paying for at least something)

5:39 pm

georgiaj

I just looked at the rankings, Taff, you'd better start typing fast!

5:39 pm

carleekat

I know was hard for me after 8 days..he had 8 weeks

5:39 pm

lilliann

it will take time for both of you to adjust but you will get there!

5:40 pm

carleekat

yea..eventually... in time

5:41 pm

herinfernallady

Carlee he is home know it will take time. Just remember to ask for help if you need it. And take time out for yourself. Even if you spend 30min on the computer with a dont disturb sign or hide in the loo. Take time out

5:42 pm

carleekat

I will try herin...

5:42 pm

herinfernallady

Pink how is my number 1 little pink

5:43 pm

lilliann

i have different disabilities to your hubby carlee but my family and i had to readjust to things and t was difficult for all and yes it did take time but we've got there and it is a normal way of life for us now

5:43 pm

bbnaz

remember carlee, you can count on us anytime you need to vent, ask for unsolicited opinions, and just laugh/cry

5:43 pm

dan2bit

whee fireworks! thanks all cluers - off for leftovers. *poof*

5:43 pm

georgiaj

bye taff! talk to you soon.

5:44 pm

carleekat

its funny how abnormal becomes normal

5:44 pm

bbnaz

congrats dan!

5:44 pm

lilliann

wtg dan!!

5:44 pm

tygerbryght

yay, dan

5:44 pm

pinkhatlil

she is well herin she is talking non stop....she now tells me no dont do that .... no, leave me alone and her favourite NO! she is at the loveable monster stage lol

5:44 pm

carleekat

thanks everyone

5:44 pm

pinkhatlil

bye taff

5:44 pm

carleekat

I was htinking today that it will be strange to NOT go to the hospital

5:44 pm

bbnaz

they have such lovely smells

5:44 pm

herinfernallady

Carlee that long drive ?

5:44 pm

bbnaz

oops, did i just type that?

5:45 pm

carleekat

yea..u did

5:45 pm

herinfernallady

Pink got to love that NO and WHy stage. Why is the worst as you cant explain everything

5:45 pm

herinfernallady

BB what was that about?

5:45 pm

lilliann

hospitals or children??

5:46 pm

carleekat

yea..that long drive was my chill out..we have satelite radio in the car and I listened to old classic radio shows... dragnet etc. when was on radio before tv

5:46 pm

tygerbryght

carlee, disabilities are merely impediments. they can't be more important than we let them be. at first they feel like mountains, but we don't have to let them ruin everything. I have a friend who has taught me lots about it

5:47 pm

bbnaz

hospitals although children can have their own delightful odors too.

5:47 pm

herinfernallady

Carlee you need to do that at home Listen to the radio. I have taken to turning off the tv for hours at a time and having silence in the week.

5:47 pm

tygerbryght

I hate hospitals. I love kids.

5:47 pm

Uniquity

Tyger, that is a beautiful sentiment. Hard to believe is at first, but I have had a SMALL taste and can see the sense in it

5:48 pm

bbnaz

and Carlee, you can still go drive about when ever you need that "chill" time. just make sure you have gas in the tank. i tried to run away when kinney was a wee thing and i ran out of gas.............

5:48 pm

carleekat

this was a rehab hospital... no "sickness" smells... is all spinal cord rehab...so no medicinal smells even

5:48 pm

tygerbryght

thx, Une. it was hard for me to adjust to being disabled.

5:48 pm

bbnaz

well then lets blame it on the children

5:49 pm

bbnaz

seriously, just tongue in cheek on the smells

5:49 pm

tygerbryght

my friend Lisa is a cerebral palsy person, but she made a life for herself.

5:49 pm

Uniquity

I didn't know Tyger...if you're dealing with it for yourself, then that is even more impressive

5:49 pm

herinfernallady

BB my friend ran and i think she got to some gawd awful back water town before running out of gas

5:49 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Uni

5:49 pm

carleekat

anyway..thanks everyone..I know in time this new abnormal will become normal... and he is improving daily

5:49 pm

lilliann

tyger's right, the disabilitie changes our life to a certain degree but it not the person

5:49 pm

tygerbryght

well, I do know there are people with worse problems than mine. :)

5:50 pm

lilliann

and mine tyger

5:50 pm

bbnaz

But for now it stinks and that's okay to acknowledge that...........doesn't mean that you don't love your hubby any less than any of us who cycle through good and bad times

5:51 pm

carleekat

yeap... its just going to take time....

5:51 pm

tygerbryght

you and hubby will be able to create a new life for yourselves. it will take hard work, but the results will be rewarding, I promise, carlee

5:51 pm

herinfernallady

Oh and if you want inspiration there is a gym instructed at my gym that i think has mild cerebral palsy or leg problems but she is a freggin energizer bunny. 2 body pump classes and in between teaching that she does the Yoga class to chill out

5:51 pm

carleekat

(o: {{hugs}}

5:52 pm

tygerbryght

there WILL be frustrations, and sometimes you will want to beat your head against the pavement. some depression is almost inevitable, but you can get through it. Just keep plugging.

5:52 pm

carleekat

when u going throughhell..keep on going

5:52 pm

tygerbryght

yup.

5:52 pm

tygerbryght

it's only a problem if you let yourself stay there :)

5:53 pm

herinfernallady

ANd remember one door opens as another one closes. Carlee you amaze me as i think i would have lost my mind 7 weeks ago and im not kidding.

5:54 pm

pinkhatlil

ok ladies and gents im going to bed with 42 left to find.. night night all xx

5:54 pm

carleekat

maybe I DID lose it herin :op~~~~~~

5:54 pm

herinfernallady

Night PInk Hugs

5:54 pm

tygerbryght

we're all fortunate that we don't have other people's problems. we can only deal with our own

5:54 pm

carleekat

nite nite pink {{HUGS}}

5:54 pm

tygerbryght

nite, pink

5:54 pm

lilliann

one thing i forgot when i firdt became disabled was that it wasn't just me that it happened too, it was also my family and once i came to terms with that then things went alot smoother.it is still difficult for my hubby and bairn at times, but we work together as a family and we are all too bloody minded to let it get in the way.we've learnt to cope and you sall will aswell

5:55 pm

carleekat

good point tyger

5:55 pm

lilliann

nite pink and take care

5:55 pm

carleekat

yea..he has not realised that yet...and thinks that this has been a walk int he park for us

5:55 pm

herinfernallady

Feel free to tell me to bugger off but Lili can i ask what happened?

5:55 pm

boo57

It seems you are pretty together carleekat.

5:56 pm

pinkhatlil

--9maxi

5:56 pm

carleekat

thanks boo

5:56 pm

herinfernallady

Carlee its hard to accept others assistance when you feel its 'ALL ABOUT ME damn it'

5:56 pm

tygerbryght

yup. I can't imagine dealing with some other kinds of problems. and lots of other people seem to think they couldn't deal with mine. we're only supposed to handle our problems, not other people's (except our loved ones and friends)

5:59 pm

lilliann

long story short....have menieres disease which is to do with inner ear and dizzy spells,had treatment...didn't work...now i don't have any balance and fall over and bang into things.try and get round house but outside in wheelchair,also deaf and get pressure in the head and spend most of my life lying down,but i still have a life and a family so i don't let it get me down

6:00 pm

carleekat

wow... I can't imagine..but then again..as herin said....she can't imagine what I am going through..u just..go through it...

6:00 pm

herinfernallady

I have heard of that disease Lilian but i didnt realise it was that (probably wrong word) extensive

6:00 pm

lilliann

carlee,it will take time for him to realise that its not just him that this has affected...more so now, that he is at home...once he admits it it will become easier....but he has to admit it 1st!

6:00 pm

boo57

You pick them up and then you put them down. One step at a time, one day at a time. The best you can do.

6:01 pm

carleekat

and until then..we walk on eggshells...yippee yippee joy joy

6:01 pm

herinfernallady

Carlee its hard but yep

6:02 pm

boo57

I don't know. It seems that an occasional egg stomping party would be in order!

6:02 pm

herinfernallady

That is what 'oh gee damn i forgot milk must go to the shops' is for

6:02 pm

carleekat

( and this grid STINKS)

6:02 pm

carleekat

hahaha....good ole "shops"

6:02 pm

bbnaz

YEAH! I am all over that egg stomping stuff. And yes Carlee the grid is icky.

6:03 pm

lilliann

it will probably take a massive argument and alot of shouting which will help in a way as it will get all your stress and his out but don't walk on eggshells,just tell him straight that it is effecting you all.

6:03 pm

carleekat

i've tried lil...he does not hear it and he denies its even apossibility

6:04 pm

herinfernallady

Well i must love you and leave you

6:04 pm

herinfernallady

DOnt forget Carlee men have selective hearing

6:04 pm

lilliann

bye herin,take care

6:04 pm

tygerbryght

it may take a while before he's ready to deal with things. some people have to go through a period of denial, you know

6:04 pm

tygerbryght

later, herin

6:04 pm

carleekat

ur KIDDING herin..really? * picking jaw off floor*

6:05 pm

tygerbryght

LOL, carlee

6:05 pm

carleekat

have a good day herin....

6:05 pm

herinfernallady

I am going to take a shower and then see if 'it lives' to maybe go to the beach for a drive

6:05 pm

herinfernallady

Yer Carlee there was research on that but any woman could have told you that for free

6:06 pm

carleekat

huh..who'd have thunk it herin...

6:06 pm

tygerbryght

I'm sure you have others who are also offering support, carlee, but always remember that you've got a ready-made support group here

6:06 pm

carleekat

yeap..thanks..and on that note...seinfeld is over... I hate seinfeld..so I can go b ack upstairs and make more tea

6:06 pm

tygerbryght

complete with disabled people who've been through and learned to deal with their problems

6:06 pm

carleekat

nite nite all

6:06 pm

carleekat

and thanks

6:07 pm

tygerbryght

nite, carlee, sweet dreams

6:07 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye carleekat! I will see you tomorrow in the log

6:07 pm

tygerbryght

yvw (((carlee)))

6:07 pm

lilliann

i was told by my ot that i had to grieve for the person i use to be as i wasn't that person anymore...i still am inside but not physically and i use to feel guilty that i couldn't do loads of things with my bairn, but now i do different things and your hubby has to grieve for the person he was 1st before he can move on....once he see what you have to do at home for him, he might realise that its not just him that it has affected...it's different in hospital

6:07 pm

tygerbryght

hey, Min. when did you sneak in?? :)

6:08 pm

tygerbryght

that was great advice, lilli

6:09 pm

lilliann

bye carlee

6:09 pm

lilliann

ty tyger

6:10 pm

tygerbryght

people in my family have a great deal of innate athletic ability, including great strength. I still have to check myself for my frustrations at not being able to do things I once did without thinking - heavy lifting, among others

6:11 pm

tygerbryght

but I think the arthritis in my thumbs may be worse. It's made needlework very difficult, and using a screwdriver impossible :sigh:

6:12 pm

tygerbryght

but life goes on, and there is so much in life that has nothing to do with what we can or can't do

6:12 pm

boo57

I have read someone here say that they use accupuncture for that

6:12 pm

tygerbryght

can't afford it, boo

6:13 pm

tygerbryght

and it's not covered by any insurance I have

6:13 pm

tygerbryght

I'd gladly try it

6:13 pm

lilliann

i know what you mean tyger....i've come to terms with my disability but i still miss doing certain things, and my bairn was a year old when i couldn't walk properly. i now have permanent weak wrists and getting arthritis in my fingers so find alot of things hard now and my ot told me to do them but keep resting, but when i can do it i want to carry on not keep stopping!

6:13 pm

boo57

Maybe there is a clinic or something?

6:14 pm

tygerbryght

I live in a low population area, boo. No places here where they might offer it to me under some special plan

6:15 pm

tygerbryght

I understand, lilli. you just want to "get on with it". So do I! :P

6:16 pm

boo57

Shame. I have read wonderful things about it. I don't know who here used it, but I remember reading it here too.

6:16 pm

lilliann

life is too short and we can still enjoy it but have to know our limitations and do other things and get on with life instead of feeling self pity as there are people worse off than us

6:16 pm

bbnaz

Waving from the corner as I have used and am using acupuncture for shoulder bursitis and dodgy joints in my thumbs.

6:17 pm

lilliann

does it work bbnaz?

6:17 pm

bbnaz

My shoulder is AMAZING. The jury is out on the joints but I have only had three treatments.

6:17 pm

lilliann

we are one in the same tyger!

6:18 pm

bbnaz

I was taking 1000mg of naproxen (Aleve) a night before seeing this acupuncturist. Now I take none.

6:18 pm

tygerbryght

yup, lilli. we've both realized that life is still good. we just have to adjust.

6:19 pm

lilliann

exactly tyger.thats good news bbnaz

6:19 pm

tygerbryght

bb, I'm glad for you. Maybe one day I'll be able to try it, too. In the meantime, I've gotten a lot of help from glucosamine AND MSM (didn't get much help until I added in the MSM).

6:20 pm

boo57

Well at least we have babble minds!

6:20 pm

tygerbryght

LOL, boo. you're right

6:20 pm

tygerbryght

anybody need clues?

6:21 pm

tygerbryght

without that X in the grid, there would have been many fewer words today

6:21 pm

lilliann

i still need loads tyger and not used licketys yet so i don't actually know what i want

6:22 pm

tygerbryght

we have a different approach here, lilli. :) I start out from Lickety's page.

6:22 pm

lilliann

i have all the 7's

6:22 pm

tygerbryght

only way I don't is if I start right after flip, and Lickety's late putting it up

6:23 pm

tygerbryght

I've noticed lately that I'm getting a lot more words before I go to the word lists for help

6:23 pm

tygerbryght

I hope that means I'm getting better! ;)

6:23 pm

lilliann

i normally do tyger but i thought i'd try without for a change...silly really as i didn't start the grid until 7.30pm and it is now nearly 12.30 am

6:24 pm

Minveryork

Hello tygerbryght!How are you?I am just lurking here

6:24 pm

Jacula

Evening! I've just arrived for a bit of a lurk, too.:)

6:24 pm

tygerbryght

I'm okay, thanks, Min. kinda tired from yesterday. How are you? have a nice turkey day?

6:24 pm

tygerbryght

hey, jac. How are you?

6:25 pm

Jacula

lilli - 28 of today's 120 words use the 'x' tile.

6:25 pm

lilliann

i've been chatting too much as normal!!you are getting better tyger, i've noticed the same aswell. i have 69 and i would never have had that to start with

6:25 pm

lilliann

hi jac

6:25 pm

lilliann

ty jac

6:25 pm

tygerbryght

is that a hamster, jac?

6:25 pm

lilliann

i thought you left ages ago min

6:25 pm

boo57

Fireworks!

6:25 pm

Minveryork

I check in every now and then for icon clues. I don't see any. I had good Thanksgiving.How are you doing?

6:26 pm

tygerbryght

all right, just tired from yesterday

6:26 pm

lilliann

wtg boo!!

6:26 pm

bbnaz

Mine is a grid clue.

6:26 pm

Jacula

I'm okay thanks, tyger, except for a knee and a neck that keep emitting loud 'cracks'.8( Must start taking Evening Primrose Oil again.

6:26 pm

tygerbryght

yay, boo

6:26 pm

bbnaz

woot woot for boo!

6:26 pm

Jacula

Tyger - No! It's a guinea pig.

6:27 pm

bbnaz

Jacula -- any recommendations for migraines?

6:27 pm

tygerbryght

primrose oil helps with joints, jac? I take it for other reasons

6:27 pm

lilliann

love your icon jac!

6:27 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations boo57 on finishing grid.Good for you

6:27 pm

tygerbryght

okay. I get the two mixed up. thx. it's a cutie, whatever it is. :D

6:28 pm

Marc Freeman

Good evening, I am stuck on he5/24, a clue please?

6:28 pm

tygerbryght

hey, marc

6:28 pm

Marc Freeman

hello tyger

6:28 pm

Jacula

tyger - I used to take it for 'other reasons', too, but after I stopped taking it I realised my joints were 'cracking' so I guess it must oil them!

6:28 pm

boo57

HE a spell plus a spot on the telly selling something

6:28 pm

lilliann

hi marc,dont have it sorry

6:28 pm

tygerbryght

he5/24 - evil spell + commercial

6:29 pm

Minveryork

he 6/24 word is he+high point letter + **vertisement.

6:29 pm

lilliann

i use to take primrose oil for hot flushes but now take something else

6:29 pm

bbnaz

Minveryork. I would imagine that your icon and mine represent the same type of clue

6:29 pm

Jacula

bb - migraines. Not sure about herbal remedies but there's a 'migraine cap' on sale that's supposed to be very good.

6:29 pm

Marc Freeman

Thanks had that before but it didn't work. Must have spelled it wrong

6:29 pm

bbnaz

hot "flushes" or "flashes"?

6:29 pm

Minveryork

Hi Marc Freeman! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

6:30 pm

tygerbryght

probably, marc. that happens to all of us occasionallyl

6:30 pm

Jacula

lilli - does EP oil help hot flushes? I'm definitely going to start taking it again then!

6:30 pm

bbnaz

okay it must be a brit thing to call them "flushes".

6:30 pm

Jacula

bb - you call 'em 'flashes' and we in UK call 'em 'flushes'.

6:31 pm

tygerbryght

I take EP oil with alpha lipoic acid to promote efficient use of my body's natural insulin

6:31 pm

bbnaz

either way, they can be downright annoying.

6:31 pm

Minveryork

bbnaz,what co 4/6 does your icon represent? Mine's braille.

6:31 pm

tygerbryght

the brit version is actually more accurate because a woman's face usually turns red when she's having a flash :)

6:31 pm

Jacula

...and uncomfortable, esp. when they occur at the supermarket checkout or as 'night sweats' on the hour every bloomin' hour!

6:32 pm

lilliann

well my mam use to take it when she had them so i started, but i don't think it worked for me...i take confiance now which helps and i've changed my diet...i don't have dairy anymore, but if i do for some reason then i get a hot flush!

6:32 pm

tygerbryght

very true, bb

6:32 pm

Jacula

I think bb's icon represents a different spelling of a child's cartoon magazine.

6:32 pm

Jacula

Or, rather, magazineS.

6:33 pm

tygerbryght

love your gp, jac. is s/he on a greeting card?

6:34 pm

bbnaz

Mine is the Dresden co5.24. Don't know anything about it other than I thought it was pretty spectacular looking.

6:34 pm

lilliann

i have to have a fan going all night by my head and it drives hubby crazy as he shivers

6:34 pm

Jacula

tyger - Yes, it's a greeting card. I've pinched quite a few from the catalogues I've been getting in the post lately.

6:34 pm

tygerbryght

you're right, bb. it's very impressive

6:34 pm

bbnaz

Jac -- quite a few of your videos have been on Expert of late.

6:34 pm

tygerbryght

I hadn't a clue what it was when I looked at it, but it's pretty

6:35 pm

tygerbryght

don

6:35 pm

tygerbryght

don

6:35 pm

Jacula

Have they, bb? I know you've had the baldy man one and the Victoria Wood one.

6:35 pm

tygerbryght

oops - don't blame you, jac

6:36 pm

tygerbryght

clues?? :)

6:36 pm

lilliann

i use to take a herbal tablet for migraines but it never worked for me but my nan and mam use to swear by them, but i can't remember the name.i'll have to find out

6:36 pm

bbnaz

and the laughing baby watching his dad playing with what appeared to be WII golf

6:36 pm

Jacula

Oh yes, that was a good one, bb. (The laughing baby.)

6:36 pm

tygerbryght

my son saw that video. He said he's seen the man in a QUITE different kind of video

6:37 pm

tygerbryght

I'm mostly not much for watching videos

6:37 pm

tygerbryght

I loved the video of the convertible-riding horse, tho

6:37 pm

Jacula

8-0! Really, tyger>>

6:38 pm

Jacula

Meant ?? not >>

6:38 pm

tygerbryght

yup, jac. he wouldn't kid about that

6:38 pm

tygerbryght

the baby is adorable, tho

6:38 pm

Jacula

The cap for migraines is called the 'Migra-cap', btw, if you want to look it up. It's not cheap, though.

6:39 pm

bbnaz

thanks Lil. I must laugh in that when I try to click on an icon sometimes and I am not fast enough, it seems like that I hit yours and get the gnome's little fanny <<<<lol>>>>

6:39 pm

tygerbryght

that happens to me, too, bb

6:39 pm

Marc Freeman

I am so tired I may go but I have to finish the d's first. Could I get a clue for de6/24, please?

6:40 pm

tygerbryght

except I get different ones all the time\

6:40 pm

Uneaixoise

novocaine de*****s your gums

6:40 pm

bbnaz

that is what your fanny does when it sits down for too long

6:40 pm

tygerbryght

de6/24 - make numb

6:40 pm

Marc Freeman

Got it any way, thanks Une

6:40 pm

bbnaz

numbs it

6:40 pm

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

6:40 pm

tygerbryght

whoa, 3 clues

6:41 pm

tygerbryght

all different

6:41 pm

Jacula

LOL, 'fanny' means something a bit further round here in UK! I know you mean 'bum/backside' though.

6:41 pm

Marc Freeman

How about de5/14, please?

6:42 pm

bbnaz

ooops. that's right. we always get the lecture on not using the term fanny pack but to say bumbag

6:42 pm

Uneaixoise

de + end of a cigarette

6:42 pm

bbnaz

de + fire residue

6:42 pm

tygerbryght

de5/14 remove debris from the fireplace

6:42 pm

Uneaixoise

bumbag?? LOL!

6:42 pm

Marc Freeman

Thanks tyger got it

6:42 pm

Minveryork

de 5/14 rhymes w/what you use to walk a dog Marc.

6:42 pm

tygerbryght

yw, marc

6:43 pm

tygerbryght

LOL, bb. I usually forget that

6:43 pm

bbnaz

The guide on our choir tours always goes through a list of things that do NOT translate well

6:43 pm

Minveryork

I am finished!Got to show my sister-in-law fireworks!

6:43 pm

tygerbryght

yay, min

6:43 pm

Jacula

Well done, Min.

6:43 pm

tygerbryght

I need to take a break. I'll try to come back later

6:43 pm

lilliann

just been to the loo and come back to see fanny....woah...wrong site!!!LOL

6:43 pm

Jacula

bb - Let's hear some examples...

6:43 pm

bbnaz

yeehaw Min! well done

6:44 pm

Jacula

lilli - Yes, I was just explaining that to our friends from over The Pond.:)

6:44 pm

Uneaixoise

woohoo, minver!!

6:44 pm

tygerbryght

later, all

6:44 pm

Uneaixoise

bye, tyger

6:45 pm

lilliann

bye tyger,take care

6:45 pm

Jacula

'Bye, tyger.

6:45 pm

bbnaz

I can't remember other than things like "stuffed" and "fag" and such. I wish I could think of them right now but will do so later when it really doesn't matter

6:45 pm

lilliann

its a good thing that i know the american meaning jac!

6:46 pm

bbnaz

though how you come about that meaning what it does is beyond me..............

6:46 pm

Jacula

lilli - I guess most of us do as we encounter them on TV in US programmes. I'm not sure it it works the other way around though. Do you lot in US get many UK programmes on TV?

6:46 pm

Marc Freeman

bye tyger,

6:47 pm

Uneaixoise

yes, on BBC AMerica

6:47 pm

Uneaixoise

and public television

6:47 pm

Jacula

Sorry, bb! I forget that not everyone's finished. I can clue if anyone wants.

6:48 pm

lilliann

the only programme you would here our meaning jac would be xrated!

6:48 pm

bbnaz

bbc-america

6:48 pm

DREM03

ed 4/6??

6:48 pm

bbnaz

love coupling (I know it is old) but my niece went to school with Jack Davenport

6:48 pm

bbnaz

ed+ abbreviation for grades 9-12

6:49 pm

lilliann

is that british bbnaz..i've never heard of it?

6:49 pm

DREM03

ty

6:49 pm

bbnaz

Coupling? Yes, it appears that it was the UK version of a "Friends" type show

6:49 pm

Jacula

This site might amuse those on both sides of The Pond: http://english2american.com/dictionary
/f.html

6:50 pm

lilliann

i don't get the clue bbnaz, that must be american grades at school is it?

6:50 pm

Jacula

When you get to the meaning of 'floater' you will see why my daughter was a little bemused when she started work at a coffee shop and was asked for a 'floater coffee'!

6:50 pm

lilliann

i must be too young for it bbnaz

6:51 pm

bbnaz

I use
http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/ind
ex.htm

6:51 pm

bbnaz

Lil -- do you know who Jack Davenport is?

6:51 pm

DREM03

de 5 14?

6:51 pm

Jacula

lilli - think High school.

6:51 pm

lilliann

ohhh, nice jac...i wouldn't want a floater coffee!!!!LOL

6:51 pm

bbnaz

de + residue from burned wood

6:52 pm

DREM03

ty

6:52 pm

Jacula

Jack Davenport used to be in the great series 'This Life'.

6:52 pm

bbnaz

hehehe -- that term translates here in the proper context

6:53 pm

lilliann

i might reconise him but i don't know the name

6:53 pm

bbnaz

Think Pirates of the Caribbean -- He was the "other" love interest for Keira Knightley

6:54 pm

Jacula

bb - I was just about to say that. LOL

6:54 pm

lilliann

ohhhh, now i know who you mean!

6:54 pm

praise2him

hi everyone

6:54 pm

bbnaz

hello praise

6:54 pm

lilliann

hi p2h

6:55 pm

Jacula

Hello, praise.

6:55 pm

praise2him

just got back from my 2nd Thanksgiving

6:56 pm

Jacula

2nd Thanksgiving? You must be full of food now!

6:56 pm

praise2him

way too much food

6:56 pm

praise2him

LOL well the first one was last weekend

6:56 pm

praise2him

so I had time to work up an appetite again

6:56 pm

praise2him

LOL

6:57 pm

lilliann

you must be sick of turkey p2h!!

6:58 pm

praise2him

well yeah a little

6:58 pm

Jacula

Mind you, I think we'll be having 3 'Christmas Day's... the real one with just P, me and my Mum, then a repeat performance on Boxing Day with P, me, my Mum, my 2 kids, P's daughter, my daughter's b/f and another on 28th/29th December that has all of the last lot plus my son's girlfriend who'll be over from Holland.

6:58 pm

DREM03

clues for the first 3 mi

6:58 pm

praise2him

LOL although I really love it

6:58 pm

bbnaz

okay........off to rest my bum until the flip. see you all there I hope.

6:58 pm

lilliann

bye bb and take care

6:58 pm

Jacula

DRE - the mi5 rhymes with a microfi***. The rest extend that.

6:58 pm

bbnaz

think of micro FI*** and change the start

6:59 pm

praise2him

Jacula your Christmas schedule sounds a lot like mine

6:59 pm

Jacula

Will you be standing up or lying on your front, bb? LOL.

6:59 pm

bbnaz

dang Jac...I have been emulating you too long. I am not worthy and I bow in your general direction ;~)

6:59 pm

lilliann

you'll definately be sick of turkey jac!!!

7:00 pm

Jacula

LOL, bb!

7:00 pm

praise2him

have we had anymore visits from cupcake?

7:01 pm

Jacula

lilli - I'm not a great fan of turky anyway. I prefer beef, duck or chicken. Might have to get a goose for this lot though, especially if P's parents join us for the 3rd dinner.

7:01 pm

DREM03

still confused with the MIs

7:02 pm

lilliann

wasn't on yesterday and started late tonight but haven't heard anything about cupcake p2h

7:02 pm

Jacula

DRe - try 3 letter word for the mi***phone that you sing or speak through + 2 letter word for 'male'.

7:03 pm

lilliann

we're going to france and my mams doing gammon and capon

7:03 pm

Jacula

That sounds really nice, lilli. Do your parents live in France?

7:04 pm

DREM03

thanks

7:04 pm

Jacula

y/w, DRE.

7:04 pm

lilliann

yes jac, they retired and moved there 13 yrs ago and love it

7:05 pm

Jacula

lilli - I've got to do a separate veggie meal for my daughter. She wants 'something with aubergines'.

7:05 pm

praise2him

what are aubergines?

7:06 pm

lilliann

eggplant

7:06 pm

praise2him

oh okay

7:06 pm

praise2him

never tried eggplant

7:06 pm

Jacula

Whereabouts, lilli? My aunt and uncle are doing up a place in Mohon with a view to retiring there in a few years or so.

7:06 pm

lilliann

i like aubergines and love moussaka

7:07 pm

lilliann

they live in the vendee which is 85 in france

7:07 pm

Marc Freeman

I am done and have to go. Thanks for all of the clues.

7:07 pm

lilliann

bye marc

7:07 pm

Jacula

praise - if you do try it, be sure to put salt on the slices and leave for at least 20 mins so the salt draws the bitter juices out, then rinse well, pat dry and then use in your chosen recipe.

7:08 pm

Jacula

'Bye Marc and well done.

7:09 pm

praise2him

ty jac

7:09 pm

praise2him

I may get ambitious and try that

7:09 pm

Jacula

lilli - I have to put potatoes and tomatoes in my moussaka for son and Other Half, the aubergines only go in 'my end' of the dish. LOL

7:09 pm

praise2him

need some new veggie recipes

7:09 pm

lilliann

that reminds me that i have an aubergine in the veggie basket...it must be a pain though jac, that you're having to do a veggie dish aswell as all the traditional things

7:09 pm

Mom

hi all, just scrolling through the chat ... two letter word for male ? EX?

7:09 pm

Jacula

Mom - LOL! No a little more masculine.

7:10 pm

Mom

It just slipped out while I was reading through.

7:10 pm

lilliann

hi mom.did you have a nice thanksgiving?

7:10 pm

Mom

thankfully I am still on my first hubby.

7:10 pm

DREM03

last 3 Hes??

7:10 pm

Jacula

lilli - not really. I'm used to it and, after all the years when daughter was anorectic it is still such a pleasure to see her EAT.

7:10 pm

Mom

It was a nice day, Lilliann, thanks for asking.

7:11 pm

lilliann

i'm on 2nd

7:11 pm

Jacula

Not worn him out yet then, Mom?:)

7:11 pm

Jacula

I'm with 2nd long-term partner but we're not married... yet.

7:12 pm

lilliann

sorry to hear that about your daughter jac,but atleast now she is enjoying food

7:12 pm

Minveryork

I am taking a little break. I will be back soon to clue.

7:12 pm

lilliann

1 ex hubby and 1 ex fiancee....i get through them!!!lol

7:12 pm

Mom

bye bye Min

7:12 pm

praise2him

Jacula I love the picture on your icon

7:12 pm

Jacula

DRE - he + high point tile + short word for 'commercial'. Add a vowel at the end for he6 and change last consonant for following he6.

7:12 pm

praise2him

cute!!

7:12 pm

DREM03

last 3 hes

7:13 pm

Jacula

See you another time, Min.

7:13 pm

Mom

No, I think I will keep him. We will be married 25 years in January

7:13 pm

Jacula

Thanks, DRE.

7:13 pm

lilliann

bye min...probably still be here!!

7:13 pm

lilliann

thats silver isn't it mom?

7:13 pm

Mom

lol Lilliann

7:14 pm

Mom

Yes it is, Lilliann

7:15 pm

Mom

Jacula, you are a very pretty lady. :)

7:16 pm

Jacula

Mom - I am? How do you know? Oh! I forgot about the Flickr pics. LOL. Thank you, ma'am.

7:16 pm

lilliann

my mam and dad have been married 42 years this year,don't know how they've done it.....saying that my dad does have selective hearing which has helped....bless him!!

7:16 pm

Mom

Yes Flickr. You're welcome

7:17 pm

Jacula

My late Dad was the same, lilli. In fact he was virtually deaf. I think it was a self-defence mechanism 'cos my Mum never shuts up.;)

7:17 pm

Mom

My mom has the same selective hearing, Lilliann. They just celebrated their 52nd anniversary

7:18 pm

Jacula

I've noticed that my Other Half (been together not quite 5 years yet) is developing selective hearing so, hopefully, that means we're in for the long haul trip.

7:19 pm

lilliann

years ago, when i worked in a nursing home, we had a couple who were married for 6o years and redid their vowels, it was lovely to see.

7:19 pm

lilliann

i've got a good excuse as i am deaf, and only lip read when i want to!!

7:19 pm

French fry

can some one help me for the 7 letter word

7:20 pm

Mom

I hope so Jacula

7:20 pm

Mom

welcome back French Fry

7:20 pm

Jacula

Lilli - don't you mean their 'vows'??

7:20 pm

harpjane

they redid their vowels? what about their consonants?

7:21 pm

Mom

wow, that would be great to be married 60 years.

7:21 pm

Jacula

Great minds think alike, Harp! Hello.

7:21 pm

Mom

I will have to live to be 85 and my sweetie 88 to be married 60 years.

7:21 pm

Mom

Hi Harpjane

7:21 pm

French fry

hi featherbee its fench fry

7:22 pm

French fry

hi mom

7:22 pm

Jacula

French fry - Hate to tell you this but there are 3 x 7-letter words.

7:22 pm

lilliann

i have de7- when you go to heaven (past tense) + past tense the word

7:22 pm

Uniquity

My grandparents just celebrated their 60th anniversary

7:22 pm

Uniquity

A happy/sad occasion

7:22 pm

harpjane

hi jac and everyon!

7:22 pm

French fry

can some one give me a clue on one of the 7 letter words

7:22 pm

Scrabbler

Greetings Friends.

7:22 pm

harpjane

does anyone have an icon clue for me?

7:22 pm

lilliann

that doesn't sound right, does it?

7:22 pm

DREM03

se 6/30 please... last one i promise

7:23 pm

Jacula

Lilli - my Great Grandmother used to lip read selectively. If my auntie (the one with the place in France) was rude about her... she'd be sure to hear her!

7:23 pm

lilliann

yes, sorry i meant vows..it is 1.22am here!!

7:23 pm

Jacula

Hi, Scrabbs.

7:23 pm

Scrabbler

Jacula, you were in my dream the other night. I was traveling through the UK and met you.

7:23 pm

Mom

Hello Scrabbler. Happy day after Thanksgiving

7:23 pm

lilliann

hi scrabs, did you have a nice thanksgiving and how are you feeling now?

7:23 pm

Jacula

Hope you liked me, Scrabbs!

7:24 pm

Jacula

Never mind, lilli, you made us smile.

7:24 pm

DREM03

se 6/30?

7:24 pm

French fry

hi scrabbs can you help me with one of the 7 letter words

7:24 pm

Jacula

se6/30 = the ocean + rather place (as in 'why so pale and ***?')

7:25 pm

Scrabbler

I have very vivid dreams and this one spooked me--seeing the highlights in London, then I went to Paris. Such detail that I assume I had a former life in Europe, as I have never been there.

7:25 pm

Jacula

*Meant rather PALE, not place.

7:25 pm

lilliann

i'm the same jac, i have selective lipreading but i know all the swear words!!lol

7:25 pm

Jacula

Too much TV, Scrabbs. LOL

7:25 pm

Scrabbler

Lill--it was a nice day yesterday. My back is almost pain-free--some twinges occasionally. I am going to play tennis on Sunday and I hope I don't regret that decision.

7:26 pm

featherbee

hey gang

7:26 pm

Mom

Hi Feather

7:26 pm

Jacula

Scrabbs - I think you should maybe have a sitting on the sidelines day on Sunday? Try tennis on Wednesday or something?

7:26 pm

Mom

Time to go ... clothes to fold and put away. It was good to see everyone. Hugs to all. Night

7:26 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Featherbee

7:26 pm

lilliann

don't jump around the court as normal scrabs, take it a bit easy

7:26 pm

Jacula

Hii, feather.

7:26 pm

French fry

hi featherbee

7:26 pm

lilliann

hi feather

7:27 pm

featherbee

poor nick. 5 hours in a car, twice, is hard on a baby!

7:27 pm

lilliann

where have you been feather?

7:27 pm

French fry

where were you going that was 5 hours long?

7:27 pm

Scrabbler

I will warm up well, stretch, pre-medicate, and see how it goes.

7:27 pm

featherbee

went to grandma's in PA

7:27 pm

lilliann

just play a short game to start scrabs

7:27 pm

Jacula

So long as you don't overdo it, Scrabbs. If it hurts... STOP!

7:28 pm

French fry

did you go to washington D.C.

7:28 pm

lilliann

where is pa?

7:28 pm

Scrabbler

I will tell the other 3 that I will be playing cautiously.

7:28 pm

featherbee

nope, near altoona area

7:28 pm

French fry

ITS PENNSYLVAINA

7:28 pm

Scrabbler

PA = state of Pennsylvania

7:28 pm

harpjane

just updated my icon with a clue. does anyone else have one?

7:28 pm

featherbee

pa is pennsylvania

7:28 pm

Jacula

PA is Philedelphia, methinks.

7:28 pm

French fry

sorry... left the caps lock on

7:29 pm

lilliann

you can't do cautious scrab...once you get on the court you'll be navratalova!!

7:29 pm

featherbee

philadelphia is in pa

7:29 pm

Scrabbler

I turn into a Tennis Warrior!

7:30 pm

featherbee

sorry, forgot about overseas folk in my 1 handed shorthand

7:30 pm

Jacula

Thought so, feather. The song 'Dancing In The Street' as the line, 'Philadelphia, PA...'

7:30 pm

French fry

what is the ic word, well can some one give me clues please

7:30 pm

lilliann

theres no need to shout frenc fry and i can't hear you anyway!!!lol

7:30 pm

featherbee

oh right jac!

7:30 pm

French fry

wow so funny i for got to laugh

7:30 pm

French fry

ha

7:31 pm

French fry

can some one please give me some clues for the ic word

7:31 pm

Scrabbler

Is the aw5 a "normal" word?

7:31 pm

featherbee

nick RARELY all out cries...well he just had a session tonight poor guy. just wants to be held.

7:31 pm

Jacula

ic word is plural German personal pronoun.

7:31 pm

evanonut

the hold poor little percy!

7:31 pm

Scrabbler

I want to be held and snuggled and placed in a swing.

7:32 pm

Jacula

Is he teething, feather?

7:32 pm

featherbee

jac, french fry is about 10 or so...

7:32 pm

lilliann

hi nut,did you have a good thanksgiving?

7:32 pm

French fry

thank you featherbee

7:32 pm

featherbee

don't think so jac, just stressed from the car ride all day

7:32 pm

evanonut

thanks giving was good lilli, you? have it wherever you are?

7:33 pm

Jacula

Scrabbs - I think you mean ax5? It's a spelling for the mad male with the chopper that leaves 2nd vowel out.

7:33 pm

lilliann

noooo, really, i never would have guessed that!french frie sounds like my 8 year old!!

7:33 pm

featherbee

welcome french...i'd clue you but haven't done the grid yet

7:33 pm

French fry

i know

7:33 pm

lilliann

no nut, i'm english and we don't have it here

7:33 pm

French fry

you just got online about 5 minutes ago

7:34 pm

evanonut

poor you, no excuses to binge on turkey then

7:34 pm

Jacula

I guessed French fry was a child but don't know from where. Might have been a German child.

7:34 pm

featherbee

lol yup

7:34 pm

Scrabbler

No, Jac, I have ax5, but need aw5 and cannot see it.

7:34 pm

featherbee

good point

7:34 pm

French fry

i have been on here for a long time and i only have 6 words!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!

7:34 pm

Jacula

Oh, aw5 = a + what you do to clean your body.

7:35 pm

featherbee

going to go check on scrabble games

7:35 pm

Scrabbler

TY, Jac. That silly H was hiding from me.

7:36 pm

French fry

acually my grandma was a german child

7:36 pm

French fry

i am a american child

7:37 pm

Jacula

nut - the nearest we have to your Thanksgiving is Harvest Festival but we tend to give food to others at that time rather than feast on it ourselves.

7:37 pm

Jacula

Well, French fry - ask your grandma what 'I' is in German.

7:37 pm

Jacula

y/w, Scrabbs.

7:38 pm

lilliann

our local churches in our village don't want food anymore jac, when my bairn's school goes to church they now want money for other countries in the world

7:39 pm

Jacula

See you later, feather.

7:39 pm

Jacula

Really, lil?? Goodness! How the world is changing! What about this country?

7:40 pm

French fry

can some one give me a clue for a 7 letter word please

7:41 pm

lilliann

exactly!don't get me wrong, i donate money to different causes in this country and others but harvest festival was always about the harvest and giving food to people who needed it in this country

7:41 pm

French fry

got to go have dinner

7:41 pm

phandmd

can I pls get clue for AM 5/14?

7:41 pm

harpjane

don't have any yet ff

7:41 pm

P.J.

That is how the states feel. We send our money to other countries and don't take care of our own!

7:42 pm

Jacula

Speaking, or rather typing, about sending stuff to other people... our local newspaper has been asking people to donate shoeboxes of presents for our soldiers abroad. When my Mum took some stuff into their office today the lady behind the desk was telling us someone had put a tub of Philadelphia cheese in one of the boxes. Now how's that going to not be off by the time it gets to its destination?

7:42 pm

Jacula

am5/14 = am + French for 'here'.

7:42 pm

praise2him

that is pretty silly

7:42 pm

lilliann

am and french for here

7:43 pm

lilliann

hi hodag

7:44 pm

P.J.

hi lill!

7:44 pm

Scrabbler

I have to make something for dinner---BRB

7:44 pm

Jacula

de7 = makes numb. en7 = en + to injure. su7 = nightfall.

7:44 pm

phandmd

thank you Jac and Lil!

7:44 pm

Jacula

PING! Is your meal ready now, Scrabbs? LOL

7:45 pm

Jacula

y/w, phan.

7:46 pm

harpjane

could someone clue the ch words?

7:46 pm

lilliann

i sent a couple of shoeboxes off for children...my daughter wanted to do it and we started last year....it could go to children here or anywhere in the world...my bairn spent Â£10 of her birthday money on one of them, but i didn't know they wanted them for the serviceman or i would have sent one as my brother was in the 2nd gulf war and we use to send him food parcels but not philadelphia spread!!

7:46 pm

Jacula

ch4 = fashionable and sassy, and very 'Paris'.

7:47 pm

Jacula

ch5 = same with a vowel at the end - it's a South American name?

7:47 pm

harpjane

got it thanks

7:47 pm

Jacula

y/w, harp.

7:47 pm

phandmd

I am now done, does anyone need clues?

7:48 pm

Jacula

lil - Do you do the 'People's Friend' shoeboxes to Romania thing?

7:48 pm

pam

Hi, All

7:48 pm

Jacula

I'm done, too, phan, thanks.

7:48 pm

Jacula

Hi, pam.

7:48 pm

lilliann

no ty phanmd still way behind...chatting too much as normal!!

7:48 pm

TeaNCrackers

hi, pam. hi, everyone

7:48 pm

lilliann

hi pam

7:48 pm

Jacula

Congrats, phan, btw!

7:48 pm

pam

hi, jac, tNc, and all

7:48 pm

Scrabbler

**PING** Yes, my cheese sandwich has melted sufficiently. It is easier to nuke it than to make grilled cheese. I put sliced tomatoes on it too.

7:48 pm

lilliann

we do the samaritans one jac

7:49 pm

Jacula

Hi, Tea. Not seen you for a while.

7:49 pm

pam

Congrats all finishers!

7:49 pm

pam

Hi, Lill

7:49 pm

harpjane

phan, can you tell me the letter and point count for the bottom right e?

7:49 pm

Scrabbler

Yahoo phandmd!

7:49 pm

pam

Hi, Scrabs.

7:49 pm

Jacula

I KNEW IT, Scrabbs! LOL

7:49 pm

lilliann

hi tea

7:49 pm

TeaNCrackers

Hi, Jac - been here and there

7:49 pm

phandmd

en 5/20

7:50 pm

Jacula

en7/52, Harp.

7:50 pm

phandmd

en 5/14

7:50 pm

phandmd

en 6/27

7:50 pm

pam

wow, not T's in this grid, or R's...

7:50 pm

phandmd

en 6/24

7:50 pm

Scrabbler

I am not into cooking at all, just heating and microwaving. It makes me nuts to gather up lots of ingredients, follow a recipe, cook something, and then it is eaten in 7 minutes.

7:50 pm

harpjane

so, is that 3 different answers to my question? lol

7:50 pm

lilliann

the only thing that sort of gets to me jac, is that we buy the things to go in the boxes and then they want money aswell to send them off

7:50 pm

phandmd

en 5/12

7:51 pm

Jacula

pam - no, but the 'x' is in 28 of the grid words. Let me know when you want the lowdown on 'The X Files'. :)

7:51 pm

phandmd

oh, bottom Right E is en 7/52 sorry

7:51 pm

Scrabbler

I will make soups, pasta dishes, etc, but my way---no recipe.

7:51 pm

harpjane

is it a plural?

7:51 pm

phandmd

HarpJane, the E you want is en 7/53

7:51 pm

phandmd

no, but add a w word to the en

7:52 pm

Jacula

en7/52 - en + injure.

7:52 pm

lilliann

and scrabs, you being a doctor...you should know you are suppose to chew everything atleast 50 times!!!

7:52 pm

Minveryork

I'm having lots of problems with babble so signing off.

7:52 pm

pam

ciao, min

7:52 pm

phandmd

sorry Min, goodnight

7:52 pm

lilliann

bye min and take care

7:52 pm

Minveryork

Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow

7:52 pm

pam

enuff

7:53 pm

pam

I am so sick of these headaches, doc scrab!

7:53 pm

Jacula

lil - Doctors tell you what you should do for the best but don't necessarily do it themselves. A bit like painters and decorators whose houses are an embarrassment to the street. LOL

7:53 pm

TeaNCrackers

how's your blood pressure, pam?

7:54 pm

lilliann

well, you should listen to yourself!

7:54 pm

Jacula

pam - stop holding your jaw so tight! I'm right, aren't I? When you read that you unclenched your jaw.

7:54 pm

French fry

hi pam it is french fry

7:54 pm

harpjane

thanks, i'm taking a break now

7:54 pm

French fry

oh got to go

7:54 pm

Jacula

'Night, Min.

7:54 pm

French fry

i will be back in about an hour

7:54 pm

pam

Me--low, TnC.... just in a cycle...

7:54 pm

Scrabbler

Pam, I am referring you to see a headache specialist--Boston must have a Headache Clinic. And you need a MRI of your brain and paranasal sinuses. If needed, I will prep the OR and clean out your sinuses of polyps. Who would like to assist me?

7:55 pm

TeaNCrackers

low bp can be a cause of headaches - we jsut had this discussion today

7:55 pm

Jacula

I'll do it, Scrabbs. 'Rolls gloves on.*

7:56 pm

featherbee

lol NOT me scrabs!

7:56 pm

pam

LOL, scrabs. The CT scan showed a cyst in the maxillary sinus--right--haven't had an MRI...

7:56 pm

phandmd

well, see y'all later

7:56 pm

featherbee

really tea? i always have low bp

7:56 pm

Jacula

Clenching the jaw is still the main cause of headaches.

7:56 pm

Jacula

I have super low BP as the norm.

7:56 pm

pam

I have to have a new doc--mine went to concierge--and I have one, so I will chat with the new doc...

7:56 pm

pam

I do clench--have a mouth guard...

7:56 pm

lilliann

bye phandmd and take care

7:57 pm

Scrabbler

OK, now who would like to be the anesthesiologist? Of course we are using the Fisher-Price Home Nasal Surgery Kit and Fisher-Price Home Anesthesia Kit.

7:57 pm

featherbee

104/72 was mine tuesday

7:57 pm

Jacula

pam - a cyst? Right! That's it! Lie down and let Scrabbs and me sort you out. Seriously, get it seen to.

7:57 pm

TeaNCrackers

apparently so, we had this discussion while stamping card today with my mom the medical chickie!

7:57 pm

lilliann

me,me,me scrab!!

7:57 pm

Jacula

Scrabbs - this isn't that game 'Operation', is it?

7:57 pm

pam

They don't do anything for it , jac...

7:58 pm

Scrabbler

OK, Lilliann is our anesthesiologist---get out the mallet and knock her out cold.

7:58 pm

Scrabbler

This is not a game, Jacula. We must cure Pam.

7:58 pm

pam

LOLOLOLOL

7:58 pm

Jacula

pam - do your also have Bruxism? In other words do you grind your teeth at night?

7:58 pm

Scrabbler

Pam, you won't remember a thing, don't worry.

7:58 pm

lilliann

i'll just knock her over with my scooter and that'll knock her out!!

7:59 pm

Scrabbler

Jacula, do you have a melon-baller? It should scoop out that sinus cyst.

7:59 pm

pam

Yes, I have Bruxism. I don't grind, as much as I clench so hard, I have cracked teeth...

7:59 pm

Jacula

I know, Scrabbs. Knock 'er out then Lil and then me and Scrabbs will excavate her nasal and sinus cavities.

8:00 pm

Jacula

I do have one, Scrabbs. *Hands implement to Scrabbs.*

8:00 pm

lilliann

saying that, my balance isn't very good, actually its non existent anf i might put scrabs out instead!!

8:00 pm

Scrabbler

We can use a Shop-Vac to suction crud out.

8:00 pm

pam

sounds, well, very invasive, scrab and jac

8:00 pm

Scrabbler

Pam, you must stop clenching your jaw and grinding your teeth...NOW.

8:01 pm

lilliann

i've got a masher...is that any help????

8:01 pm

Scrabbler

Surgery is often invasive, Pam, LOL

8:01 pm

Scrabbler

Great idea, Lil, when the cyst has been removed with the melon baller you can mash it and see what it looks like.

8:01 pm

pam

I know, scrab... I had to learn "lips together, teeth apart" 7 years ago...

8:02 pm

lilliann

oooh lovely....can't wait!!

8:02 pm

lilliann

will it pop scrabs??

8:02 pm

Sidra

Pam, it sounds like you have TMJ

8:03 pm

Sidra

There's a headache clinic in Cambridge, but I can't remember the name

8:03 pm

Jacula

I think I may have to disappear for a short 'comfort break' after all of that. Giggling can be dangerous when you're a 50-year-old mother of 2.

8:03 pm

Scrabbler

Yes, Lill, stand back when you mash it.

8:03 pm

lilliann

hi sidra and what is tmj?

8:03 pm

pam

I do, Sidra. And I have sinus migraines

8:03 pm

Sidra

me

8:03 pm

Sidra

too

8:03 pm

Scrabbler

Haha, Jacula, time for new undies, huh?

8:03 pm

Sidra

oops

8:03 pm

pam

Lol, jac

8:04 pm

Jacula

Tempero Mandibular Joint or The Medical Journal. LOL

8:04 pm

Sidra

TMJ is officially temporomandibular joint disorder

8:04 pm

lilliann

bye jac,hopefully i won't see you until tomorrow, nothing personal but if i do my hubby will tell me off!if he's not snoring already!!!

8:04 pm

Sidra

often, you get it from grinding your teeth at night and clenching your jaw. It can lead to some pretty serious damage though, like scoliosis

8:05 pm

Jacula

*sound of woman staggering up the stairs, bathroom noises (blanked out), undies drawer sliding open and apple catchers (new pair) emerging.*

8:05 pm

Sidra

Pam, my doctor thought I had sinus headaches for years, it turns out they were all TMJ headaches

8:06 pm

praise2him

LOL apple catchers??

8:06 pm

lilliann

ditto praise!

8:06 pm

Scrabbler

Apple catchers? Haha

8:06 pm

Jacula

big knickers, praise.

8:07 pm

praise2him

LOL never heard them called that!

8:07 pm

praise2him

we call them Granny Panties

8:07 pm

lilliann

ohh...i always wear big nics at night jac!

8:07 pm

Jacula

It's A West Country expression, praise. (Cider country. LOL)

8:07 pm

pam

I have a guard for my mouth, and that helps.

8:08 pm

pam

I also have meds for the sinus headaches--the cyst is huge

8:08 pm

Sidra

me too, expensive, but worth it

8:08 pm

Sidra

massages help too

8:08 pm

Jacula

You wear nics in bed, lil? No, don't answer! We won't go there.

8:08 pm

lilliann

why won't they remove it pam?

8:08 pm

Jacula

pam - I cannot understand why they won't remove the cyst.

8:08 pm

lilliann

only nics!!!

8:09 pm

Jacula

Oh, LOL! Okay, Lil.

8:09 pm

lilliann

i can't wear pj's because of flushes/flashes!

8:10 pm

pam

Ask scrabs, jac and lil! Something to do with the risks outweighing the benefit...

8:10 pm

Jacula

Ditto, lil! But I wear cotton tee-shirt type nighties.

8:10 pm

Jacula

(And no nics!)

8:11 pm

lilliann

i used to but i still sweated too much

8:11 pm

Jacula

I guess, pam, that the cyst is located in a place that is fragile and could be damaged?

8:11 pm

lilliann

ooohhh, you dirty little devil!!!lol

8:12 pm

pam

I am not sure, jac....

8:13 pm

Jacula

Lil - I just throw the duvet off, fling my nightie up, my arms the same, legs splayed... Other Half says... 'Damn! I always sleep through that!' I reply, 'If you came near me at that point, when every pore is a5/20 with sweat I'd probably punch you!'

8:14 pm

lilliann

LOLOL jac!!

8:14 pm

Jacula

he's very weird! That sort of remark seems to excite him. Bet it wouldn't if I really did punch him, though. LOL

8:15 pm

Scrabbler

Pam, you need a second and third opinion. You suffer too much.

8:16 pm

lilliann

i do something simlar jac....but hubby doesn't help by throwing the duvet ontop of me, when he does that i turn the fan up even more and point it towards him...he then quickly gets the duvet back over him....nasty i know!!!but i don't care.....its a war where hot flushes are concerned!!!

8:16 pm

Jacula

A flannel soaked in cold water and then wrung out and folded 3 times down to a long oblong and then once across to make a shorter oblong, left on bedside table to apply to forehead when the night sweats strike is v. helpful. My Mum gave me that tip.

8:17 pm

Jacula

War indeed, lil! I know! Have done same myself. I can't sleep with a fan going though... we leave it going until I go up to bed, usually about 2 hours after he does.

8:18 pm

Jacula

I wish I could sleep with noise going on but I can't.:(

8:18 pm

featherbee

your turn scrabs....

8:18 pm

featherbee

i'm curious to see what yo have!

8:18 pm

lilliann

i couldn't do without my fan...i've had it nearly 3and a half years now, and on every night and day if i'm lyoing down dizzy and it's still going...bless it...i'll miss it when it goes!!!lol

8:19 pm

Jacula

Pam - I do agree with Scrabbs. You need to talk to other medicos.

8:19 pm

featherbee

hubby calls me "volcano butt" due to the heat i generate, and i'm not even hot flashing yet!

8:19 pm

lilliann

that's one good thing about being deaf, i can't hear it jac

8:19 pm

pam

I did have a second opinion... And, it was better all summer--better for me is fewer, less acute pain///

8:20 pm

Jacula

lil - Other Half found a batter operating fan that clips to a shelf and bought one for me and clipped it on the shelf over my half of the bed. That is also very beneficial. I just worry that switching it on, though it's quiet, might wake him.

8:21 pm

Scrabbler

Feather, I played my word--I cannot make my bingo without an E, so not an official bingo, I guess.

8:21 pm

lilliann

does he wake up easily jac? my hubby could sleep through a bomb going off!!

8:22 pm

Jacula

feather - We are different in that way, then. Apparently my butt is 'bloody freezing!' even when I have a night sweat going on, as are my feet. That's what Other Half says.

8:22 pm

Scrabbler

I think that the gas company could use me to provide heat during my hot flashes. I swear that my body temp goes up 6-7 degrees in seconds.

8:22 pm

pam

Me, too, Jac

8:23 pm

Jacula

lil - No, he doesn't wake easily since he's an HGV (long distance) driver and well used to sleeping in uncomfortable conditions in laybys next to busy roads.

8:23 pm

lilliann

my feet get hot aswell, but my hands are always cold....but what do they say...cold hands,warm heart!! thats me

8:23 pm

lilliann

so is mine jac

8:24 pm

featherbee

lol, gee scrabs, too bad i didn't play vine instead of vino! i did that deliberately, figured vino would be harder to work with.

8:24 pm

Jacula

Ah, lil! That explains our weird hours and our affinity! xx

8:25 pm

featherbee

i'm always so warm blooded at night. i'm a furnace!

8:25 pm

lilliann

exactly jac!x

8:25 pm

lilliann

sisters unite!!

8:26 pm

lilliann

mine now works 4 on and 4 off so he can be at home more to help me

8:27 pm

pam

My face temp goes up when I flash--though those stopped for the most part once the hormones got regulated 10 years ago... but I have rosacea and during a flare I feel on fire...

8:27 pm

Jacula

When we first got together, me and him, lil, he had a job where I could go out on the road with him and I did so, 3 days a week. It was such fun. Can't do that now though, and he's mainly office-based now with the occasional run.

8:29 pm

lilliann

when we got together i went with him to france and italy a couple of times and it was great, but now i couldn't do it anyway, plus we have the bairn and plus he's now just based in uk

8:29 pm

Jacula

I'm appalled by UK cabs though, Lil. Have you seen the comfort USA and Aussie LGV/HGV drivers have?

8:29 pm

Jacula

All the old transport caffs have also mostly gone.

8:30 pm

lilliann

how long do hot flushes go on for?is it years and years?

8:31 pm

lilliann

yes, the uk lorries are nowt like the american or canadian ones, some of them even have microwaves in them!its all healthy eating now jac

8:31 pm

Jacula

lil - I read on a website about the menopause that hot flushes go on for about 2 years. However, my Mumm ( now 73) still has them, including the night sweats, and so does her friend who's in her 80s.:((

8:31 pm

Scrabbler

Pam, your facial skin must be ready to blister during the hot flashes

8:32 pm

lilliann

my hubby has always said that if he won the lottery he would buy an american cab

8:32 pm

pam

It's funny, scrabs, thats how it was--29 starting menopause and having rosacea flares...

8:33 pm

Jacula

lil - I was thinking more of the B&B transport caffs. Places for drivers to sleep and eat. Many of the roadside vans for drivers in UK offer great food!

8:33 pm

lilliann

i had a hysterectomy 3 and a half years ago which is why they started and i'm still getting them, not as bad as i use to with changing my diet but bad enough to annoy me

8:34 pm

Jacula

Lil - They're just about getting cabs you can stand up in now, if you're taller than 5' 2".

8:35 pm

Jacula

lil - my Other Half drooled over a rig on sale from Australia. It was wonderful. We could have gone off and seen the world in it.

8:36 pm

lilliann

me and hubby have both lay on the same bed in his cab, don't know how we did it as he's not little!!

8:36 pm

Amyjv

aw?

8:37 pm

lilliann

i think i would have fallen off it, the only thing stopping me was the driver and passenger seat infront!!

8:37 pm

Jacula

I 'should' have had a hysterectomy 7 years ago, but, at the time, we had had (sory about that!) yet another house flood, daughter was in a clinic, lots of pets of her I had to deal with plus all else. I didn't have time to be incapacitated for even a day.

8:38 pm

lilliann

a and something you do every day to keep clean amy

8:38 pm

Amyjv

tyty

8:38 pm

lilliann

can you not have one now jac?

8:39 pm

robin10

HI EVERYONE

8:39 pm

Anniebrook

hello everyone!

8:39 pm

lilliann

they get you in and out within 2-3 days and it is now 6 weeks recovery instead of 3 months

8:40 pm

lbdawger

hello everyone

8:40 pm

lilliann

hi robin and annie

8:40 pm

lilliann

hi lbd

8:40 pm

Jacula

We did that, lil, when we first got together, and because my brain was so 'silliyfied' by just being in love, it forgot about me being claustrophobic... until I woke up in the night, clamped to the bad og the cab bunk by something that was snoring. He thought'd I'd flipped when I knocked him off the bunk, flung the window open, stuck my he4 out and gasped for air. I scare the hell out of the poor man!

8:40 pm

featherbee

hey dawg and annie

8:40 pm

Jacula

*Back of the cab

8:40 pm

lilliann

did you all have a good thanksgiving?

8:40 pm

Uniquity

i

8:41 pm

Anniebrook

I had a quiet peaceful TG Day

8:41 pm

featherbee

LOL jac

8:41 pm

lilliann

LOL jac!

8:42 pm

lbdawger

not scared enough, he didn't run away, jac.

8:42 pm

Jacula

lil - Not sure if I want or need one now. The fibroids have probably shrunk! As to can I have one now (a hysterectomy) should I want one... my surgeon died 2 years' ago... so who knows?

8:43 pm

Jacula

Hey, these big, hairy lorry drivers aren't tough all through, you know. LOL.

8:43 pm

Anniebrook

I had a hysterectomy when I was 46 years and it took me weeks to recover...

8:44 pm

lilliann

oh, sorry to hear that jac.how do you know whether they have shrunk?do you have pain or other problems jac?

8:44 pm

Jacula

Annie - I just couldn't take even a day at out the time. It's just the way things were then.

8:44 pm

robin10

HI EVERTONE!

8:44 pm

lilliann

they like to think they are!!

8:44 pm

lbdawger

hi robin

8:45 pm

Jacula

Lil - they shrink during the menopause, and, apparently my hormone levels are at an all time low now, so tests say.

8:45 pm

robin10

hi lbdawger

8:45 pm

featherbee

guess what? my favorite book is oprah's next book club pick!

8:45 pm

featherbee

pillars of the earth, ken follett

8:46 pm

Anniebrook

Is it really that good, feather?

8:46 pm

lilliann

i was just 35 when i had mine annie, and here they now say you can go back to work in 6 weeks, instead of 3 months, but it takes alot longer for your body to recover as you ssay...it took me 3 months to fully recover

8:47 pm

Jacula

Yes, lil, they like to think they are. Show any one of them the film 'Ghost' and watch 'em crumble! Or play 'Radar Love' or 'I'm Comin' Home', or any number of country tracks (which many seem to prefer) to them... get your box of tissues out. My heart melts when a strong man cries.

8:47 pm

Anniebrook

lill, I found it to be a terrible operation and I had 2 teenagers at that time...

8:47 pm

Scrabbler

My aunt gave me that book, feather, and I will get to it soon. I am almost done with "Eat, Pray, Love".

8:47 pm

featherbee

i've reread it several times annie. read it in high school the first time.

8:48 pm

Scrabbler

I had a hysterectomy at 41 and ovaries out at 44---about 6 wks to return to "normal".

8:48 pm

featherbee

it's the reason i got "into" art history in a minor way

8:48 pm

Anniebrook

Okay, will read it then. I just got "The Nine" by Jeffrey Toobin.

8:49 pm

featherbee

he has a sequel to it now, that i almost picked up last week

8:49 pm

Scrabbler

Bunny Callie just came hopping into the room. She says, "Hello, silly Babblers."

8:49 pm

featherbee

but i was afraid the sequel wouldn't be as good

8:49 pm

featherbee

hi callie!

8:49 pm

lbdawger

hi bunny callie

8:49 pm

Anniebrook

Hi to bunny Callie

8:49 pm

Scrabbler

I am officially hating the "UN" words after the first 2.

8:49 pm

Jacula

'm wondering if Mary Lawson's next book after her debut novel, 'Crow Lake' is worth reading?

8:50 pm

lilliann

my bairn was 4 and a half annie.my mam had to come over from france to help me.i had a full hysterectomy scrabs, and because of balance problems it made the recovery worse, but it was the best thing to happen to me and i'm glad i had it done

8:50 pm

Scrabbler

I am glad that my optional parts were removed--nothing but trouble for me and never used.

8:50 pm

Anniebrook

I like Eat, Pray, Love...Scrabbler, what do you think of the book? I dont remember the author's name???

8:50 pm

lilliann

hi callie!

8:51 pm

Jacula

un6 - logs not yet turned into logs. un6 - to take the thing that holds your skirt bottom away, un5 - to unman or unwoman? un6 - not cast off yet (think snake and skin)/

8:51 pm

Anniebrook

optional parts, funny!!!!

8:52 pm

Scrabbler

I am enjoying it for the most part. The 3rd part is not as good as the first 2. The last part is when she is in Indonesia. Author = Eliz Gilbert

8:52 pm

lilliann

right its nearly 3am,i haven't finished, too busy gassing and i'm going to bed.see you all tomorrow.take care all.goodnight

8:52 pm

Scrabbler

Optional parts = tonsils and adenoids, gall bladder, appendix, uterus, and ovaries...oh, and wisdom teeth.

8:53 pm

lilliann

jac, its been lovely chatting to you.take care and nite

8:53 pm

Anniebrook

sweet dreams, lill

8:53 pm

Jacula

It is late, isn't it, LIL? Goodnight to you. x

8:53 pm

Amyjv

da 5,14?

8:53 pm

lilliann

ty annie.

8:53 pm

Anniebrook

no uterus, ovaries, tonsils, wisdom teeth here

8:53 pm

Anniebrook

no uterus, ovaries, tonsils, wisdom teeth here

8:53 pm

Jacula

da5 = da4 + personal pronoun.

8:53 pm

lilliann

bye all {poof}

8:54 pm

Jacula

LOL, Annie.

8:54 pm

Amyjv

ty jac

8:54 pm

Scrabbler

Bye Lill!

8:54 pm

Anniebrook

I agree, Scrabb, the first 2 parts were better than the third...

8:55 pm

Scrabbler

TY, Jac--I am still working on un6/24, in case you would like to make it simpler for my tired brain

8:55 pm

Anniebrook

un 6/24 take a skirt apart

8:55 pm

Scrabbler

NM, got it now.

8:55 pm

Jacula

un6/24 = un = se4/5 (skirt hem etc.)

8:57 pm

Jacula

I assume you all found the su6/24 - knickerbocker glory? (Icecream and fruit dessert.)

8:57 pm

Anniebrook

What a pretty name for a dessert!

8:58 pm

Anniebrook

I finished this afternoon because the grid was friendly

8:58 pm

Jacula

..and wo4/9 - blue make up worn as in Mel Gibson's film role was William Wallace?

8:58 pm

Scrabbler

I am currently working on su6 and 7

8:59 pm

Jacula

Annie - I finished before breakfast in UK and before I went ou to do the weekly shop. It was a nice grid.

8:59 pm

Scrabbler

Elmer Fudd told me what wo4 he lives on.

8:59 pm

Anniebrook

want clues?

8:59 pm

Amyjv

de 6,24

8:59 pm

Scrabbler

I got it now, the su6-7 combo

8:59 pm

Anniebrook

Jacula, you almost always finish the grid quickly, I think that is marvelous

8:59 pm

Jacula

su6 sound like a day when it didn't rain.

9:00 pm

Jacula

su7 = nightfall.

9:00 pm

Jacula

Damn! Too late! LOL

9:01 pm

Jacula

Annie - it just comes from experience of being here since almost the start. Take no notice of the date on my 'pro' bio. I was here long before that.

9:01 pm

Amyjv

oop got it

9:01 pm

Anniebrook

and smarts, Jacula

9:01 pm

Jacula

Scrabbs - any more needed?

9:02 pm

Amyjv

de 5,14

9:02 pm

Jacula

Sorry, Annie! Can I soothe your wo5/22s?

9:02 pm

Anniebrook

LOL

9:03 pm

stidmama

hello babble-pals!

9:03 pm

Jacula

de5/14 is to empty the cigarette container, maybe?

9:03 pm

Anniebrook

de 5/14 ---to clear the chimney of debris

9:03 pm

Anniebrook

Hi Stid!

9:03 pm

Amyjv

ty annie

9:04 pm

Jacula

Hi, stid.

9:04 pm

stidmama

Nut and I are going to try to do a babblecast. We'll see how it goes. Pretty late for her.

9:05 pm

featherbee

hi stid!

9:05 pm

stidmama

Anyone have ? for the moderately good Dr. N?

9:05 pm

stidmama

hey feather!

9:05 pm

stidmama

how's nicky-baby tonight? still cute as a button?

9:06 pm

Anniebrook

He is adorable!

9:06 pm

renfield

i have a question - where the heck is she stid?

9:06 pm

Jacula

Ahm stid, so you will be the one that sounds sane in the Babblecast?

9:06 pm

Jacula

Hi, ren.

9:06 pm

Anniebrook

and so to bed with a good book, good night, dear babblers

9:06 pm

renfield

hi mistress :)

9:07 pm

stidmama

she's at home ren...

9:07 pm

Jacula

'Night, Annie.

9:07 pm

Anniebrook

hi rennie!!!

9:07 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams annie!

9:07 pm

renfield

sweet zzzzzzz's twinnie

9:07 pm

Jacula

Found any good insects for my shoo fly pie, Ren?

9:08 pm

renfield

not today mistress - i found some carpenter ants yesterday tho

9:09 pm

featherbee

of course stid! a very clingy button though, after 2 days of car rides

9:09 pm

Jacula

Pirates of the C 3 is one of my Christmas wish list entries.

9:09 pm

renfield

comes out dec 4th ondvd and blu ray

9:10 pm

Jacula

Just had to buy my Mum the 3rd series od 'Lost' on DVd in Wollworths today. GULP! Â£44. something or other.

9:10 pm

Jacula

Was one of them called Karen, ren?

9:11 pm

Amyjv

da 5,20

9:12 pm

Jacula

Pirates 3 is on sale in UK already, ren.

9:13 pm

Jacula

da5/20 = da + wh** ( what time, where?) minus the 'h'.

9:13 pm

renfield

oh boo hiss - cry cry cry

9:13 pm

Amyjv

ty jac

9:14 pm

Jacula

Or... break of day (da4/9) with a vowel interrupting last 2 letters.

9:14 pm

Jacula

y/w, Amy.

9:15 pm

Jacula

Don't get so jealous and hissy, Ren. I've chosen not to see it until someone buys it me for Christmas.

9:16 pm

Scrabbler

I am back. I was playing Scrabble. su7 is NOT the pl of su6, I discovered.

9:16 pm

renfield

i'm buying it dec 4 for myself! i'm not waiting on anybody or anything

9:17 pm

Jacula

http://tinyurl.com/ns6yn

9:17 pm

Scrabbler

NM about su7, I found it and am now flogging myself with a limp salmon.

9:20 pm

Jacula

I think a frozen salmon would be more apt, Scrabbs. LOL

9:20 pm

renfield

"oh a pirate's liefe for me" - ok be back soon - need to cook din din

9:20 pm

Jacula

Watch the film I just posted now. Enjoy Jack. LOL.

9:20 pm

stidmama

later ren

9:20 pm

Scrabbler

It is 22 degrees F here!

9:21 pm

Jacula

Oh dear! That sent Ren back to domesticity! It must be good!

9:21 pm

Scrabbler

The ski resort on the hill opposite us started making snow today. They want to get a base of snow built up to complement the natural snow we are getting.

9:23 pm

Jacula

Weird, Scrabbs.

9:23 pm

Amyjv

en 7?

9:23 pm

Jacula

No weirderthan peopl;e believing Captn Jack's ral though. LOL

9:24 pm

Uniquity

Finished...thank heavens. Have a good night all

9:24 pm

Jacula

Actually, yhe ski resort think is financially oriented... though I guess PJack Sparrow was, too.:(

9:24 pm

Jacula

Well done and good night to you, uniquity.

9:26 pm

Jacula

But, if no one believes that certain look in Cap'n Jack's eye isn't real, I can assure them that it is. My own dear love has that look in his eye at times.

9:26 pm

Scrabbler

Good work, Uniquity

9:28 pm

stidmama

YAY Uniquity! sweet dreams!

9:28 pm

Emeeeee

hi apparently my 14 day trial expired, so i dont get to know how many words there are.... is anyone allowed to tell me or how does it work, now

9:29 pm

Scrabbler

120 words, with 3 7's and 17 6's

9:29 pm

Emeeeee

thanks

9:29 pm

Jacula

However, I don't need to tell you all that, since Ren once described by Other Half to someone thus...' Remember George Clooney when he was in ER? That is Paul!'

9:29 pm

Scrabbler

Hmmm, jacula--nice.

9:30 pm

Jacula

Welll, he is nice, Scrabbss - as you can see if you check Flicker pics.

9:30 pm

lbdawger

whooo hoooo Uni!

9:31 pm

Jacula

Well done, Uni.

9:31 pm

Scrabbler

I need help with en5/14

9:31 pm

lbdawger

en+ a boy named ***

9:32 pm

Amyjv

howsabout en7?

9:32 pm

lbdawger

oops, change that to en + your books are over *** at the library

9:32 pm

Jacula

en5/14 = en plus a 3-letter word for when a baby's meant to arrive or a bill should be paid.

9:32 pm

Jacula

en7 = en + hur your body.

9:32 pm

Jacula

hurt

9:33 pm

lbdawger

en7 en+ if you are stabbed, shot, bodily damage...

9:33 pm

Jacula

Wel, that's telling it like it is, lbd! Hi, btw.

9:33 pm

moolingwa

de 5/14?

9:34 pm

lbdawger

rhymes with what you put on your dog to take for a walk.

9:34 pm

lbdawger

hi Jac

9:34 pm

Jacula

de5/14 - remove debris from the end of a cigarette?

9:34 pm

Emeeeee

is everyone doing the same one? or do you get a new one when it's over?

9:35 pm

Scrabbler

TY for en5...it got me the en6's that follow

9:35 pm

Jacula

eme - All doing same grid.

9:35 pm

moolingwa

tx dawg

9:35 pm

Scrabbler

Nine to go

9:35 pm

Jacula

Someo f us done and just clueing, me for one.

9:36 pm

Jacula

Ask away, folks.

9:36 pm

lbdawger

eme, it's the same grid, unless you've been imbibing...then who knows what you're working on.

9:36 pm

lbdawger

go scrabs go!

9:36 pm

Jacula

LOL,. lbd!

9:36 pm

Emeeeee

what's imbibing?

9:36 pm

Amyjv

dang i just cant see this one!

9:37 pm

Emeeeee

I haven't been on in a while

9:37 pm

Scrabbler

Four to go

9:37 pm

Jacula

Double vision grids... that's a thought. What on earth would they bring up?

9:37 pm

Jacula

Eme - getting pissed.

9:37 pm

lbdawger

egads, Jac. just the thought makes my eyes water and head spin

9:37 pm

Jacula

Drinking too much.

9:38 pm

Emeeeee

haha, I understand now

9:38 pm

stidmama

go cuz go!

9:38 pm

Jacula

I'm not drinking too much, btw, I was just explaining ot to Eme.

9:38 pm

lbdawger

i've been up since 4 this morning. my eyes are spinning without any outside assistance

9:39 pm

Ping

hi everyone

9:39 pm

lbdawger

hi stiddy!

9:39 pm

lbdawger

PING!

9:39 pm

Emeeeee

i used to play this with some help from the stats panel. its hard without it.

9:39 pm

Scrabbler

You should go on America's Got Talent, dawger

9:40 pm

Ping

hi dawg!

9:40 pm

lbdawger

lol, i don't think so Scrabs. lack of sleep, being on my best behaviour for over 10 hours...i'm not a pretty sight

9:40 pm

Amyjv

any other clues for the en 7?

9:41 pm

Scrabbler

Done! I had to refresh.

9:41 pm

Ping

wtg scrabble!!!

9:41 pm

lbdawger

amy, en + past tense of what you do to your clock (one that isn't electric) cranking it up

9:41 pm

Scrabbler

I don't do well when tired

9:42 pm

lbdawger

whoooo hooooo SCRABS

9:42 pm

Scrabbler

Hey Ping! My Scrabble buddy.

9:42 pm

Amyjv

ah ha! tytytyt

9:42 pm

Jacula

en + he survivived the battle but he did havea wo*** from a spear.'

9:42 pm

Ping

hi - confused scrabble/scrabbler

9:43 pm

lbdawger

i can hold it together for a while, but then i turn into either really silly or down right nasty. Hubby prefers me to just go to bed! lol

9:43 pm

Jacula

lbd - same here for me , LOL.

9:44 pm

lbdawger

and i think on that note, i'm gonna get some popcorn and try and watch numb3rs. we'll see if i get past the first handful of popcorn and the numb3rs intro. lol see you all tomorrow.

9:45 pm

Jacula

You reach either a certain point of not soberness or some kind of' going as far as I can on this situation' nowness..

9:45 pm

Emeeeee

good night

9:45 pm

evanonut

i saw the ren earlier, she still in here?

9:45 pm

Emeeeee

enjoy your popcorn

9:47 pm

Jacula

No idea, nut. Sorry.

9:47 pm

evanonut

*sniff* s'okay jac

9:47 pm

evanonut

just wanted to say hi to her before i went to bed

9:48 pm

cookie.hot

hey guys, ttime babbling

9:48 pm

Jacula

Aw, nut, don't take on! *Hugs nut as her sister is absent.*

9:48 pm

evanonut

tanks jac - that was a nicer hug than you get from a pirate

9:49 pm

Jacula

Snuggly,buggly, nut. xxx

9:49 pm

stidmama

okay, hi! we just finished the B-cast!

9:49 pm

stidmama

ren had to fix their supper. They eat late, but we pirates don't have to follow the rules!

9:49 pm

stidmama

ARRRR

9:50 pm

cookie.hot

first^

9:50 pm

evanonut

we did ! should get it posted tomorrow

9:50 pm

stidmama

*shameless plug for babble-cast* it'll be up tomorrow! it's GRRRRReat!

9:50 pm

evanonut

arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh h h

9:50 pm

stidmama

and in the meantime, visit the babblecast store....

9:50 pm

Jacula

Shurrup, stid. I was just making nut all comfy and resaasured.

9:50 pm

evanonut

he he he, we may have stumbled over ourselves a couple of times eh stid?

9:51 pm

Jacula

reassured.

9:51 pm

stidmama

there is a link to the cafepress store from the babblecast website: babble-cast.blogspot.com

9:51 pm

stidmama

stumble? moi? c'est impossible!

9:51 pm

evanonut

it's a great store, the artwork is tops

9:51 pm

stidmama

nut will sleep nice and tidy tonight, snug as a squirrel in a nest... *wicked grin*

9:52 pm

evanonut

*checks windows for squirrels and bigfoots*

9:52 pm

stidmama

It's all in good fun, nut. Life needs goofy folks like us!

9:52 pm

evanonut

you may have been goofy, i was being serious, and as for calling that squirrel cute, well that was just out of line.

9:53 pm

evanonut

totally uncalled for, dastardly

9:53 pm

stidmama

*blush* well, _I_ thought is WAS cute! but then, I have always been attracted to "bad" boys!

9:53 pm

Jacula

I'm sujre stid jjust tripped up the steps as she came in to type. What a lovely thing to do; so human.

9:53 pm

evanonut

lol jac/stid

9:54 pm

Jacula

Goofy is good!

9:54 pm

stidmama

human? ARRRR. i am not human! i am a PIRATE!!!! grrrrr *brandishes swashbuckle*

9:54 pm

Emeeeee

lol

9:54 pm

evanonut

*flicks stids swashbuckle away with sabre*

9:55 pm

stidmama

hello emeeeeeee.... need any clues? don't mind us, we're just sharing grog and keelhauling badguys

9:55 pm

Jacula

Lol, stid! Should I play the pirates theme again re website on here?

9:55 pm

Jacula

Or can you all hear it anyway?

9:55 pm

stidmama

*pegleg slips out from under me and I land on my well-padded posterieur...*

9:55 pm

Jacula

And see Capn Jack and his biog brown eyes and tthat hair?

9:56 pm

evanonut

i always hear pirates theme music in the background, the midget orchestra says its my theme music.

9:56 pm

stidmama

*flicks line out and catches nut's swordarm and lashes it to the capstan*

9:56 pm

stidmama

rofl

9:56 pm

Amyjv

se 6?

9:56 pm

stidmama

se 6: "ocean" word + "pale" word found in the right hand lower corner

9:56 pm

evanonut

i'm awake now stid

9:57 pm

Amyjv

ty stid

9:57 pm

Jacula

stid;'s come a cropper it seems. Well, as we girls wanting to wind the maabn do,,, let's leave her... eyelashes at the rady girls... Cat'n' Jack is our goal.

9:57 pm

stidmama

awake???? you're supposed to go to sleep! *singing pirate lullaby and rocking nut's hammock gently by wiggling ships wheel*

9:58 pm

evanonut

well heck, i can't get all fired up on things like squirrels and dirties and stay sleepy

9:59 pm

Jacula

Well, I'm about to go to bed now, capn Jack music in the bqack ground as always. Don't need it, but it's a nice extra.

9:59 pm

evanonut

night jaccer poo

9:59 pm

stidmama

lulla - bye, go to sleep, decorate all the TREE-ees;
sleepy-time, pleasant dreams, choclate, ALLL you can eat!
Life is good, christmas comes
pirates bring gifts of RU-um!
Ships a-sail
Lots of mail....

9:59 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams dear Jacula

9:59 pm

Ping

night night jac

9:59 pm

evanonut

*eyes droop*

9:59 pm

stidmama

PING!! ping ping ping!!!!

10:00 pm

Amyjv

un 6,33

10:00 pm

Jacula

Choc mails don't interest me.

10:00 pm

stidmama

un 6/33: not cut with a jaggedy tool

10:00 pm

Jacula

Paul and pirate mails DO!

10:00 pm

Jacula

See you all next grid.

10:00 pm

Ping

hi stid - long time!

10:00 pm

Minveryork

The un 6/33 word is un plus sa 4/8 word Amyjv.

10:01 pm

stidmama

amy -- think of how trees are turned into lumber. if not done, the tree is un6/33

10:01 pm

stidmama

hello Min! welcome to the grid!

10:01 pm

stidmama

hey ping -- are you home for a bit? your blogs make it seem like you haven't been there much lately.

10:01 pm

Amyjv

ty guys

10:01 pm

Minveryork

Hello stidmama!How are you doing?Did you finish yet?

10:01 pm

stidmama

your kids just get cuter and cuteer-er!

10:01 pm

Minveryork

yw

10:01 pm

stidmama

I finished this morning. I was up EARLY.

10:02 pm

stidmama

tomorrow, I plan on sleeping in.

10:02 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations stidmam on your early finish!Hooray

10:02 pm

stidmama

so does nut *removes cup of hot milk from sleepy nut before it spills*

10:02 pm

stidmama

thanks Min. here to help if needed.

10:03 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi all!

10:03 pm

Minveryork

I'm finished too.I finished at 6:41 p.m. game time stid

10:03 pm

Emeeeee

hi

10:03 pm

stidmama

hey woulf! how was your long, lovely day?

10:03 pm

stidmama

YAY Min! well done!

10:03 pm

GreyWoulf

How did it go this am, stid?

10:04 pm

Minveryork

Hello Greywoulf! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

10:04 pm

stidmama

well, the kid was up, on the bus to Seattle, and we got to watch him and hi sschool band on TV. It was very nice.

10:04 pm

Minveryork

Hi Emeeeee! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

10:04 pm

GreyWoulf

it was longer than planned, stid -- Buddy woke up at 6:30 and I couldn't quite make it back to sleep so I spent the morning cleaning the kitchen

10:04 pm

stidmama

oh -- is he teething, or just restless?

10:05 pm

Amyjv

woot fireworks!

10:05 pm

stidmama

I didn't clean anything today. Spent most of my time on the sofa, trying to write. It was not a good writing day. Took forever ... Still need to write a bit more before bedtime.

10:05 pm

stidmama

YAY Amy!

10:05 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi Min - we are doing well, here at the woulf den -- how are you?

10:05 pm

Amyjv

thanks for the help y'all!

10:06 pm

stidmama

the day was lovely, clear and sunny (a bit chilly) but very pretty. And quiet. I like quiet.

10:06 pm

GreyWoulf

don't know for sure, what's up, stid -- I think it is partly due to the fact that he isn't yet fully over the cold he and I shared -- so he still has some coughing issues

10:07 pm

stidmama

mmm hmm. Yes, I remember those days. Actually, Tom still has some issues from his cold... he wakes up sometimes still. Poor little guy, he's only 41 and it's tough to watch them suffer isn't it?

10:07 pm

GreyWoulf

ROFL!! 8-D

10:07 pm

stidmama

*grin*

10:08 pm

stidmama

I wonder if nut has fallen asleep... I hope so. She's been up even longer than I have.

10:08 pm

Minveryork

I just went to Who's online and I did not see my name

10:09 pm

Ping

spooky, min

10:09 pm

stidmama

you're not a WHO???? that's an outrage! LOL

actually, it doesn't show you... if you're online, you know it!

10:10 pm

Minveryork

If anyone was to look, then they would see my name?

10:10 pm

stidmama

yes Min, just a sec...

10:10 pm

Jacula

And, if you know you can write, you can do it.

10:10 pm

GreyWoulf

hi Ping!

10:10 pm

Ping

hi gw!

10:10 pm

Ping

i can see you listed on "who's online" min

10:11 pm

stidmama

you are between minliq and mitsy sue ....

10:11 pm

Minveryork

Ok, just wondering. Not really important. Thank you!

10:11 pm

stidmama

my typing is really bad right now, sorry. I think I am anticipating pumpkin pie...

10:13 pm

GreyWoulf

I don't have to anticipate -- I already had my pumpkin pie for the night :-)

10:13 pm

GreyWoulf

In a bit, I will be having some coconut custard pie

10:13 pm

Minveryork

Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow

10:13 pm

stidmama

good for you! I want to finish this one, and make a fresh one tomorrow... maybe an apple pie too.

10:13 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams Min! see you again soon!

10:13 pm

harpjane

bye (hi) minver

10:14 pm

GreyWoulf

Farewill, MIn -- good to see you -- dream deep

10:14 pm

Jacula

stid - not going to throw a pumpkin in your direction. Going to head of upstaris now and take flack from those in family who got up earlier than I did.

10:14 pm

stidmama

*straps on jetpack and prepares to snag some coconut pie*

10:14 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi harp -- how has the weather been treating you lately

10:14 pm

wordogre

hi. new here

10:14 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams Jac. see you later!

10:14 pm

stidmama

hey harp!

10:14 pm

Jacula

I made an apple pie last night, btw. LOL

10:15 pm

stidmama

*will swim ocean for apple pie next*

10:15 pm

stidmama

hello word

10:15 pm

Jacula

*prepares to meet stid mid oean.* night now, girl!

10:15 pm

GreyWoulf

You don't have to go that far, stid -- we have an untouched apple pie here as well

*waves tin temptingly*

10:16 pm

stidmama

*lands swifly and stumbles to door*

10:16 pm

Jacula

Wolfie - shurrup. LOL.

10:16 pm

stidmama

knock, knock!

10:16 pm

GreyWoulf

sorry Jac -- just trying to help stid save some money this holiday season

10:16 pm

Jacula

Damn! Foiled again!

10:17 pm

Jacula

(I assume you lot are reading the old comic book scripts for this?)

10:17 pm

GreyWoulf

of course, since I am midway between you , we could all meet here and compare recipes!!

10:17 pm

mitsysue

hello

10:17 pm

stidmama

that sounds like a great idea, woulf!!!!

10:18 pm

Jacula

So.. wolfie, whre you youy ,me and sitd end up meeting?

10:18 pm

GreyWoulf

hello to wordogre and mitsysue -- how are you both tonite?

10:18 pm

stidmama

hello mitsy!

10:19 pm

stidmama

We'll need to rent a convention center... the east coast is LOADED with babblers!

10:19 pm

Jacula

My Other Half asked me about 6 weeks ago, 'Do you want to spend New Years' Eve in Times Square (NY city). 'my reply was 'Not really!'

10:20 pm

Jacula

Oh dear! I like to be at home for year change

10:20 pm

GreyWoulf

too true, stid -- but I think we could work something out -- heck, there is a gaming convention that takes place in New Jersey usually in July -- we could work something out there I am sure

10:20 pm

stidmama

you bet we could! I think winter in the new england is too cold... spring or summer is more my style

10:20 pm

stidmama

but not august. It's horrible in august

10:21 pm

stidmama

(august on the west coast, however, is quite nice)

10:21 pm

Cathyar

hi babble buds...still 49 to go...ugh

10:21 pm

GreyWoulf

Jac -- I used to live within 40 miles of Times Square and never once did I ever feel the need to be there for the holiday... watching it on TV was just fine for me

10:21 pm

Cathyar

{{{STIDMAMA!!}}}

10:21 pm

stidmama

hey cathy!!!! how are you?

10:21 pm

GreyWoulf

I have 46 here, Cath

10:21 pm

Cathyar

doing good...tgif!

10:21 pm

stidmama

*staggers and recovers*

10:21 pm

Cathyar

how are u mama lady?

10:22 pm

stidmama

no kidding... nice to have the weekend in front of you, isn't it?

10:22 pm

stidmama

we have had a lovely day cathy -- long weekend you know!

10:22 pm

Cathyar

ahhh...gotta love the long weekends!

10:23 pm

stidmama

I think tomorrow I need to do something with the kids, we did play a game with the one who was home today... might be nice to get a family board game going

10:23 pm

stidmama

anyway, I will clue until 10:30 game time, then take a break and eat my pie.

10:23 pm

stidmama

so ask away!

10:24 pm

GreyWoulf

I am looking forward to Sebastian being old enough to do that with, stid -- right now we are lucky if we can get halfway through a game without him throwing pieces around

10:25 pm

stidmama

let's see -- he's almost one?

10:25 pm

Cathyar

lol...i hear ya...whilst i was waiting for the laundry to go through the wash...chris and I play tiger woods 2007....he got a DOUBLE EAGLE!!! WOO HOO!!! Was sooo proud of him!!! lol for 10 years old and not on a real course at least!!! i got a couple Eagles too! hehe

10:25 pm

GreyWoulf

almost 2, stid -- the year has flown

10:25 pm

Cathyar

ahh...GW...enjoy him while he's young though!

10:25 pm

stidmama

can you set him up in his high chair with some pretty, oversize game pieces and let him take "turns" that way?

10:26 pm

stidmama

oh boy... where have I been??

10:26 pm

stidmama

well done, Chris!

10:26 pm

stidmama

so that must be a video game?

10:26 pm

GreyWoulf

not for long enough -- he is smart enough to know when he is being placated as a distraction

10:26 pm

GreyWoulf

But not willing to talk yet!

10:26 pm

Cathyar

we did celebrate his victory!!! he got first place for the course/challenge...whatever ya call it!

10:27 pm

Cathyar

playstation 2 mama

10:27 pm

stidmama

sure. well, he's smart like his folks!

10:27 pm

Cathyar

he's dying for a Wi for xmas

10:27 pm

stidmama

okay, I have heard of that one...

10:27 pm

GreyWoulf

but he has mastered one word very well and loves to demonstrate his mastery whenever possible ---

"MINE!"

10:27 pm

stidmama

those Wii are intriguing, I like that you actually MOVE with them.

10:27 pm

stidmama

rofl.... yep. TWO!

10:28 pm

Cathyar

awww...gw....my boy was like that too...they seem beyond their years by times...but at others..well...ya gotta soo love what you can teach them

10:28 pm

Cathyar

like virtual reality stid!

10:29 pm

Cathyar

welll...i'm diving bk into the grid....just went to lickety...so hoping for the best b4 i must pass out for the night! lol

10:29 pm

GreyWoulf

Of course it doesn't help that his sister keeps trying to tell him how to play with whatever he is holding... she can't quite grasp the concept that he is happy even if he is not using the item in question as it was originally intended

10:29 pm

stidmama

if a non-real person encounters VR, do they feel like they are "home" ... *cue weird music*

10:29 pm

stidmama

well, she's older, woulf! she knows the rules! 5, 6, and 7 get increasingly interested in rules and order...

10:30 pm

Cathyar

lol...dunno...maybe i can find my virtual man of my dreams on the Wi...if we get itl...depends on the behaviour of the child between now and then

10:30 pm

stidmama

sure. but aren't wii's in short supply up there? they are down here.

10:31 pm

Cathyar

well...i checked 3 weeks ago and they were getting some in at Zellers..$269 canadian

10:31 pm

stidmama

kids need to have things to reach for, but that's a pretty big carrot, cathy!

10:31 pm

stidmama

wow. that's an excellent price

10:31 pm

Cathyar

so i'm racing to the mall tomorrow...of course he'll get it, but will be a surprise till it's opened xmas a.m.

10:32 pm

Cathyar

i thought it was good stid!

10:32 pm

Cathyar

oops "wii" i gues then

10:32 pm

Cathyar

lol

10:32 pm

GreyWoulf

Cath -- I saw a news report from a local store here -- they has just gotten in a large supply of Wii's and were sold out by 7:03 am.... the store opened at 7

10:32 pm

Cathyar

k...off to grid for me

10:32 pm

stidmama

that will be good... I think you will enjoy it too -- from what Tom has told me of his friend who has one it's a nifty gadget

10:32 pm

stidmama

okay, I have to head out too.

10:32 pm

Cathyar

specially for golf or bowling etc

10:33 pm

Cathyar

{{{hugs}}} stild

10:33 pm

GreyWoulf

so long stid -- enjoy sleeping in {{**hug**}}

10:33 pm

stidmama

I'll see you-all again soon!

10:33 pm

stidmama

*poof*

10:33 pm

Ping

night stid

10:33 pm

Ping

hi cathy

10:33 pm

Cathyar

omg..really gw???? i hope i find them stocked when i get there tomorrow!!!

10:33 pm

Cathyar

hi ping!

10:34 pm

Cathyar

nite stiddy baby!

10:35 pm

French fry

can some one give me a hint on the 7 letter words that is not another word for nightfall

10:35 pm

GreyWoulf

Cath -- I am located just outside of Philadelphia so the population base of rabid video gamers is proportionately higher... way too many kids with way too much disposable cash from my perception -- I will keep my fingers crossed for you

10:36 pm

rururocks

one is to muffle sound french fry

10:36 pm

rururocks

de = muffle sound

10:36 pm

Cathyar

hope that's the case...they said they were sold out 2 wks ago when i was there....and at that price i was willing to not shop around and wait...i hope i can get one!

10:37 pm

rururocks

the other is en 7 which is tied up...

10:37 pm

geli01

hellar

10:38 pm

rururocks

using the e in the right corner

10:38 pm

GreyWoulf

Did they offer the option to make a reservation payment? Maybe, if the worst happens, you can do so this time

10:39 pm

Cathyar

i will certainly do a lay-away plan if that's the case GW...

10:39 pm

Cathyar

even if it comes after xmas it'll just be bonus...

10:40 pm

rururocks

find them frenchy fry

10:40 pm

geli01

how many words are in this puzzle???????

10:40 pm

rururocks

120

10:41 pm

French fry

120

10:41 pm

rururocks

dont start now though

10:41 pm

rururocks

you will never make it.....

10:42 pm

harpjane

se6?

10:42 pm

GreyWoulf

oh ye of little faith! -- 120 words in 78 minutes is doable with the support of fellow Babblers!! I know, I have done it!

10:44 pm

harpjane

you can do it!

10:44 pm

rururocks

ocean + a fish called ****a

10:44 pm

rururocks

***da

10:44 pm

harpjane

thanks ruru

10:44 pm

rururocks

yw

10:44 pm

GreyWoulf

help with the aw?

10:45 pm

rururocks

Jeez Grey Woulf if it took Dart and Dr. B and hour and a half.... come on now..

10:45 pm

rururocks

a + car ****

10:45 pm

rururocks

drive through

10:46 pm

GreyWoulf

I never judge myself against others, ruru -- that can get too depressing at times -- I just know that with the right people to give clues and access to lickety's page, I have pulled off what others would call miracles at times

10:47 pm

GreyWoulf

thanks for that one, ruru -- the only one I forgot to put an a in front of!

10:47 pm

rururocks

yeah maybe on some grids... but there are a few wiirdo words on this one

10:47 pm

rururocks

weirdo

10:47 pm

rururocks

yw

10:48 pm

GreyWoulf

thats where the right people part comes in -- there is always at least one wierdo in the bunch, or one that is so obvious that with out a signpost you would run right into it

10:48 pm

rururocks

lol that is true

10:48 pm

ellemicker

de 5/14 anyone?

10:48 pm

rururocks

did Minerv leave the board?

10:49 pm

rururocks

de *** the fireplace elle

10:49 pm

GreyWoulf

yes she did, ruru -- shortly before stid did

10:49 pm

rururocks

i always forget that one elle

10:49 pm

ellemicker

thanks, that was my last one

10:50 pm

rururocks

oh too bad.. she is so nice

10:50 pm

GreyWoulf

same here, ruru -- thanks for it

10:50 pm

rururocks

congrats elle

10:50 pm

rururocks

and grey woulf.. nice going both of you

10:51 pm

GreyWoulf

oh I am not done yet -- still 21 to go -- I was agreeing with your statement -- I always forget that little babblet

10:51 pm

GreyWoulf

I am still having trouble with the second ax5

10:51 pm

rururocks

1 per every two minutes grey....let's go...

10:52 pm

rururocks

ax + he not she

10:53 pm

GreyWoulf

thanks again -- and I tried other words with that ending but not that one!

10:53 pm

rururocks

im used to that one now

10:53 pm

rururocks

yw thogh

10:53 pm

rururocks

though

10:55 pm

Cathyar

am5/14?

10:55 pm

Cathyar

nm..found it

10:55 pm

rururocks

italian friend

10:55 pm

rururocks

like the actor Don Am***

10:56 pm

Cathyar

ty ruru...:)

10:56 pm

rururocks

yw too late....

10:56 pm

Cathyar

lol..not for the am tbough! am5?

10:57 pm

Cathyar

oops...mean am5

10:57 pm

Cathyar

aw5!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sheesh!

10:57 pm

rururocks

a + car **** drive through Cath

10:57 pm

godthaab

FINISHED! VERY EXCELLENT!

10:58 pm

GreyWoulf

a + bathe, Cath

10:58 pm

Cathyar

YAY GODHAAB! GOOD FOR U!

10:58 pm

Cathyar

ty GW

10:58 pm

GreyWoulf

Yayyy for godthaab

10:58 pm

Cathyar

thought i had that one, but i'll take a fish for it anyway!

10:59 pm

rolin

morning all... i hate having a cold..

11:00 pm

GreyWoulf

how bad is it, rolin?

I just got over one that never left my sinuses, but thankfully didn't invade my ears

11:01 pm

Cathyar

Hi Rolin!

11:01 pm

rolin

im all nose and chest... which means i wake up to early coughing..cant get back to sleep...what did i do before having a little laptop and babble/scrabble

11:01 pm

rolin

hey cath

11:02 pm

harpjane

ma4/9?

11:03 pm

rururocks

ma + the da** sunrise

11:03 pm

rolin

alt spelling of opp of night

11:03 pm

Cathyar

da5/20?

11:04 pm

harpjane

thanks!

11:04 pm

Cathyar

found it too...nm

11:04 pm

Cathyar

de7/36?

11:05 pm

rururocks

to de & sound cath

11:05 pm

renfield

clues please for the h 5 and the u 5 :) danke

11:05 pm

rururocks

de 7 sound

11:06 pm

GreyWoulf

sorry to hear that rolin -- my kids had the cold too -- for my son, the worst was the not being able to breathe properly halfway through the night -- cough meds with guafenisin as an expectorant helped greatly, though he abhors the taste

11:06 pm

rururocks

witches he* + place an ** in the paper

11:06 pm

rolin

ok..blame the cold..but can i have some more help with the de7 pls..

11:06 pm

renfield

thanks ru!

11:07 pm

rururocks

un 5 is not sexy

11:07 pm

Katydid0615

de6 + plural

11:07 pm

Katydid0615

extends the de4,6

11:07 pm

renfield

ah ha! thanks again ru

11:07 pm

GreyWoulf

if you hit your hand against a wall for too long, the sensation reduces because the nerves sensitivity de****** -- drop the s for the 6

11:07 pm

rolin

ty katy

11:08 pm

Katydid0615

yw

11:08 pm

LadyScorpio24

hello all, am back to tackle my last 34

11:09 pm

GreyWoulf

good evening, LadyS

11:10 pm

rolin

hey lady...im very jealous about your job..

11:10 pm

GreyWoulf

and FIREWORDS!!!

11:10 pm

rururocks

yay woulfie

11:10 pm

renfield

hey lady! hey wolf and ru and rolin and katy and cath

11:10 pm

LadyScorpio24

hello grey and congrats

11:10 pm

rolin

btw...are there any facebook users here?..and if so...pls join the babblers worldwide group..

11:10 pm

Katydid0615

evening ren!

11:11 pm

GreyWoulf

hi ren!

11:11 pm

Cathyar

rolin...i'm on facebook...already joined too!

11:11 pm

Cathyar

aww.. ro...gotcha on my list already too!

11:11 pm

Cathyar

lol

11:11 pm

LadyScorpio24

hi rolin, katy, ren.... ren love my job but can get very hectic especially this time of year

11:12 pm

renfield

i'm on facebook but i don't belong to anything

11:12 pm

rolin

yeah yeah cath... i got you...but i still have the net out to catch more..lol

11:13 pm

Katydid0615

i just soo want to play enemies with that bottom E, but it doesn't work. can I get a clue for the bottom right corner E please.

11:13 pm

rururocks

hi ren

11:13 pm

Cathyar

trying to help out too ro...when i can... wish we could get stidmama to join...her sis-in-law is there!

11:13 pm

renfield

i imagine it get's very hectic lday - my aunt is currently visiting china - i don;t know when she is scheduled to return

11:13 pm

rururocks

what is facebook?

11:13 pm

rolin

so whats the prob with stid?

11:13 pm

Cathyar

nutty buddy was there..but disappeared....at least from my list

11:14 pm

renfield

i think i wanted to make enema out of that e

11:14 pm

rolin

ruru...its a networking site...a great deal of fun...

11:14 pm

Katydid0615

lol!

11:14 pm

rururocks

ewwwwwww

11:14 pm

GreyWoulf

en +wo5

11:14 pm

renfield

sorry ru

11:14 pm

Cathyar

stid doesn't have time...nor do i...but i let stuff slack to facebook and babble... (shame on me)

11:14 pm

rururocks

how do you get to facebook?

11:15 pm

rolin

www.facebook.com

11:15 pm

Cathyar

facebook.com ruru!!!!

11:15 pm

rolin

ty woulf

11:15 pm

Cathyar

oy

11:15 pm

GreyWoulf

yw

11:15 pm

LadyScorpio24

ren, job will be more insane on Sunday when everyone travels back home after holiday weekend

11:16 pm

rolin

what about that top i?

11:16 pm

Cathyar

oops..it's fun ruru!!! we play scrabulous there too...(aka scrabble)

11:16 pm

Cathyar

and give each other xmas presents

11:16 pm

rururocks

mmmmmmm

11:16 pm

GreyWoulf

plural of what you scratch with out the t in it

11:16 pm

rururocks

the top I is ooky

11:16 pm

renfield

you'll be a busy person lady dor a few weeks lady

11:16 pm

Cathyar

ren....why don't u join too???? :) hmmm????bring the hummer?

11:17 pm

Cathyar

lol

11:17 pm

renfield

or is that for a few weeks

11:17 pm

bbnaz

Hullo to all the Babblers!

11:17 pm

rururocks

hey bb

11:17 pm

Katydid0615

top i is what tropical fish get in your aquarium, pluraled.

11:17 pm

renfield

i'm on face book cath -where's the place you guys are located?

11:17 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi bb!

11:18 pm

bbnaz

did all the yanks have good turkey fixins?

11:18 pm

renfield

hey bb

11:18 pm

rururocks

nah

11:18 pm

bbnaz

GW whoa that is two times i have had the pleasure of seeing you...........

11:18 pm

jillibus

hello all

11:18 pm

renfield

jilli!!!

11:18 pm

rururocks

hi jilli

11:18 pm

LadyScorpio24

ren, luckily i'm on vacation for a couple of days, but will be back in time for christmas rush (sigh)

11:18 pm

bbnaz

i kinda wimped out and gorged on the salad and green beans. the pumpkin soup was stellar too

11:18 pm

bbnaz

jilli

11:18 pm

jillibus

ahoy cap'n ren

11:19 pm

GreyWoulf

8-)

spooky isn't it, bb? I said I would try to be around a bit more this weekend

11:19 pm

jillibus

hi bb

11:19 pm

GreyWoulf

hey hey, jilli

11:19 pm

bbnaz

and I got lucky and have seen you twice........keeping fingers crossed for future sightings as well.

11:19 pm

rolin

ren.... look for the group babblers worldwide

11:19 pm

Cathyar

ren...search "babblers worldwide"

11:20 pm

Cathyar

ro looks after the group

11:21 pm

renfield

ok - thanks

11:21 pm

rolin

ty woulf..strange word

11:21 pm

jillibus

hi ruru, scorpio (like my daughter-in-law), rolin, cath,woulfie, katy -- did I get you all?

11:21 pm

Cathyar

she's the admin person for facebook babblers

11:21 pm

Cathyar

hi jilli!

11:21 pm

rolin

yes ty jilli

11:22 pm

Cathyar

well...i'm off to bed...almost 1 a.m. here...i'm no getting more words tonight...done at 27 to go

11:22 pm

rururocks

bbl got to walk the doggies..

11:22 pm

Cathyar

bye all!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:22 pm

jillibus

I have 13 left and need the de5/14 please

11:22 pm

renfield

sweet zzzzzzzzzzzzzz's cath

11:22 pm

jillibus

nighty night cath

11:23 pm

jillibus

bfn ruru...

11:23 pm

GreyWoulf

sleep well, Cath

11:23 pm

LadyScorpio24

hi jili de + cigar remnant

11:23 pm

GreyWoulf

de + fireplace residue, jilli

11:23 pm

GreyWoulf

later, ruru

11:24 pm

jillibus

thank you scorp and woulf -- no wonder I couldn't see it!

11:24 pm

bbnaz

whoa....i was just yahooed and that hasn't happened in a long time

11:25 pm

jillibus

now I need the first three mi words please

11:25 pm

bbnaz

rhymes with micro fi***

11:25 pm

bbnaz

then past tense and then plural

11:25 pm

jillibus

ta bb

11:26 pm

GreyWoulf

bb -- beat me to the punch, jilli

11:26 pm

LadyScorpio24

tyvm bb just greyed that one out 30 left

11:26 pm

bbnaz

that

11:26 pm

bbnaz

's because i am older than you GW and have more insurance

11:27 pm

GreyWoulf

LOL, bb -- I think it is more because I am busy looking at online ads for stuff I don't really want or need

11:28 pm

GreyWoulf

Border's sends me an email for their Black Friday weekend sale, and while they are really good prices, I don't want any of the books they are offering

11:28 pm

jillibus

must look up the meaning of those MI words...

11:28 pm

bbnaz

and i have been browsing pet adoptions.........

11:28 pm

rolin

hey...has anyone seen the new amazon gadget..the kindle?

11:29 pm

bbnaz

MI5.16 - British Dialect. to lurk out of sight.

11:30 pm

GreyWoulf

no I haven't, rolin -- what is it?

11:30 pm

jillibus

thx bb -- just found it. What can I say about enable?

11:31 pm

rolin

its a device linked with amazon where you can download the latest books...and mags...and have the papers 'delivered' daily to it... new technology means it can actually be read clearly outside in the sunshine..

11:31 pm

rolin

i WANT one..

11:31 pm

rolin

but not thru the pc...thru the phone network

11:31 pm

jillibus

My Lickety Add isn't working for the cahat!

11:32 pm

GreyWoulf

Sounds intriguing that's for sure

it is eerie just how much of the science fiction I grew up reading has come to pass

11:32 pm

jillibus

Haven't seen kindle!

11:32 pm

brendiboo

60 done and 60 to go i do not think i will finish this one

11:33 pm

jillibus

9 left...

11:33 pm

bbnaz

what are they jilli?

11:33 pm

rolin

http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazons-W
ireless-Reading-Device/dp/B000FI73MA

11:33 pm

herinfernallady

http://tinyurl.com/38plqz

11:33 pm

herinfernallady

THats what rolin wonts

11:33 pm

herinfernallady

wants even

11:34 pm

bbnaz

crud. i just joined facebook and i don't like the name it gave me. can you change it?

11:34 pm

bbnaz

herin!

11:34 pm

bbnaz

how is the kitty?

11:34 pm

rolin

bb..what do you mean the name it gave you?

11:34 pm

bbnaz

well i was silly and gave it my "proper" name....ick

11:35 pm

herinfernallady

Hey Kitty is ok. That tinyurl isn rolins device i was just at amazon

11:35 pm

herinfernallady

Kitty hasn't peed in 12 hours getting a bit worried

11:35 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi lady!

11:35 pm

bbnaz

has kitty had any fluids?

11:35 pm

herinfernallady

HI Grey

11:36 pm

jillibus

sh5/14?

11:36 pm

GreyWoulf

The kindle looks very very cool indeed -- now when I get my roleplaying books downloaded to it, I will have to figure out how to get one

11:37 pm

renfield

amazon said they are sold out :(

11:37 pm

bbnaz

what horses do when something jumped out at them

11:37 pm

bbnaz

*did

11:37 pm

herinfernallady

Yes they are

11:38 pm

GreyWoulf

sh5 -- the horse sh*** away from the loud bang beside it

11:38 pm

bbnaz

jilli

11:38 pm

jillibus

ty bb

11:38 pm

herinfernallady

Bb Kitty hasn't hardly touched anything she has just been lounging about

11:38 pm

jillibus

and woulf

11:38 pm

jillibus

5 left now

11:38 pm

bbnaz

I am in such good company. Now I am channelling GW and earlier it was Jacula

11:39 pm

bbnaz

Well Herin, if she hasn't taken in any fluids, it is tough to pass any. I imagine during the surgery they had a catheter in there.......so unless she is drinking and NOT peeing, I wouldn't be too concerned just yet.

11:39 pm

bbnaz

what's next jilli?

11:40 pm

crpw48

help please with am 5-14

11:40 pm

crpw48

its my last word

11:40 pm

herinfernallady

I am not too concerned but i am being a worried mum

11:40 pm

bbnaz

So Grey, how many youngsters have you?

11:40 pm

jillibus

3 un words, bb -- the first un4/6, the un6/33, and un5/22

11:41 pm

GreyWoulf

I am looking at the available items for the kindle -- quite a range in price... from 1 cent all the way to $1079.96

11:41 pm

bbnaz

AM + a sound alike for when you scratch

11:41 pm

rolin

bb/.....channelling?

11:41 pm

jillibus

am5/14 -- am + french "here"

11:41 pm

GreyWoulf

first un4 -- change the vowel of the second un4

11:41 pm

bbnaz

what you wear

11:41 pm

rolin

woulf they were saying the avergae novel was $10

11:42 pm

bbnaz

wood that hasn't been cut

11:42 pm

herinfernallady

Which i pay for a book anyway

11:42 pm

GreyWoulf

the expensive books are various technical texts it looks like

11:42 pm

bbnaz

when you are not sure of the gender

11:42 pm

jillibus

ty woulf -- had tried one but not the other, shame on me

11:42 pm

bbnaz

Rolin -- I was giving identical clues for words....pretty heady company to be in

11:42 pm

rolin

which is just like mhard copy

11:43 pm

rolin

oooh

11:43 pm

rolin

so herin...before i speak to mu mum today..whats the weather like in melb?

11:44 pm

herinfernallady

Nice its really nice here. Went to St Kilda for lunch

11:44 pm

jillibus

thanks all -- 2 left now, both Ws

11:44 pm

rolin

aaah... ackland street on a sunday morning..

11:44 pm

rolin

aaah... ackland street on a sunday morning..

11:44 pm

jillibus

1

11:44 pm

GreyWoulf

my only problem with electronic format for books is that sometimes I like to flip back and forth between pages and doing so on a screen means that I always have to reorient due to the change in light density -- it gives me a headache after awhile

11:44 pm

bbnaz

to trod through water

11:45 pm

brendiboo

61 done and only 59 to go

11:45 pm

herinfernallady

Yep thats why i went today.

11:45 pm

bbnaz

a sound alike for weighing something plural

11:45 pm

bbnaz

the moon wax and wa**

11:45 pm

bbnaz

what you should do to your hands after using the toilet

11:45 pm

bbnaz

then past tense

11:45 pm

bbnaz

past tense of shine your car

11:46 pm

bbnaz

current tense of shine your car

11:46 pm

bbnaz

to take off mother's milk

11:46 pm

bbnaz

a speech impediment pronunciation for another word for street

11:46 pm

bbnaz

and a cut or a wo***

11:47 pm

rolin

ty bb

11:48 pm

jillibus

gottem!!! done!

11:48 pm

crpw48

still cant get the am5-14 word

11:48 pm

bbnaz

yeah jilli!

11:48 pm

renfield

yayayay jilli!!!!

11:48 pm

jillibus

well, that was a truly weird video courtesy of jacula!

11:48 pm

crpw48

feeling real stupid right now, but just dont get the clues

11:48 pm

GreyWoulf

am5/14 -- Actor Don Am*** -- was in Trading Places and Cocoon

11:48 pm

helenkeller

ma 5/22?

11:48 pm

bbnaz

am + frozen water but change last vowel

11:49 pm

jillibus

no woulf -- he was Ameche

11:49 pm

crpw48

tytytyty

11:49 pm

bbnaz

what folks did to theircredit card limits

11:49 pm

GreyWoulf

true, but it sounds similar

11:49 pm

crpw48

fireworks

11:49 pm

bbnaz

yeah crpw!

11:49 pm

helenkeller

oh DUH!!! thanks!

11:50 pm

helenkeller

firewords !

11:50 pm

jillibus

yay crp!!!

11:50 pm

bbnaz

yeah helen!

11:50 pm

renfield

yayayya crpw!!! yayayay helen!!!!

11:50 pm

jillibus

YAY HK!!!

11:50 pm

joso

hi all

11:50 pm

bbnaz

looking like some kind of fireworks party!

11:51 pm

bbnaz

hello joso

11:51 pm

joso

everyone ready for a 500+ monster

11:51 pm

jillibus

th ending of Ameche doesn't sound at all like the French for "here"!

11:51 pm

bbnaz

not funny joso.........

11:51 pm

joso

hi bb

11:51 pm

jillibus

hi joso!

11:51 pm

joso

hi jilli

11:51 pm

bbnaz

besides it will be interesting to see if drG has such in his repetory after running out of puzzles.....

11:51 pm

GreyWoulf

well... it looks like it does! :-D

11:52 pm

crpw48

i hope the am (ice water word) is on the next grid

11:52 pm

joso

of course no bbnaz, wasn't a joke

11:52 pm

crpw48

maybe i can get it then

11:52 pm

bbnaz

i don't have all day to finish a HUGE puzzle although I do like them...............I have to go and buy my dad a couch

11:52 pm

jillibus

woulf, it sounds more like easy -- no ch sound!

11:53 pm

rolin

dr_god ...running out of puzzles???never

11:53 pm

jillibus

he did, rolin, a couple of days ago

11:53 pm

joso

am5, am + I am contracted + one letter for yourself

11:53 pm

rolin

is tha why babble crashed?

11:54 pm

rururocks

how do you know that he ran out of puzzles

11:54 pm

GreyWoulf

I have found a flaw with the amazon kindle store -- I can't find anyway to jump to a particular page of the catalog -- I have to page through one at a time

11:54 pm

bbnaz

yep. that and a storm which took him down too

11:54 pm

bbnaz

he said so himself in the chat log

11:54 pm

bbnaz

told us that he had enough to get us through the end of the year.........

11:55 pm

bbnaz

but not that he wouldn't be creating more so don't panic yet

11:55 pm

jillibus

going to get the next icon...

11:55 pm

joso

no way, 25 to the power of 25 puzzeles, trillions of puzzeles

11:55 pm

rururocks

not like I would remember one to the next anyways

11:56 pm

renfield

i was thinking the same thing ru

11:56 pm

flosey

good evening babblers

11:56 pm

joso

oops, 26 to the power of 25

11:57 pm

rururocks

that is a lot of twenties

11:57 pm

bbnaz

I am just telling you what he said in the chat.

11:57 pm

flosey

I'm picking up some radio/tv interference! have never had this happen before

11:57 pm

DRBERNABO

21 words in tomorrow's grid. Should take 7 minutes...

11:57 pm

rururocks

nah

11:57 pm

flosey

ah, got rid of it

11:57 pm

rururocks

213

11:57 pm

stidmama

hi flosey! hi all! what's the prediction? not 26 to 25 I hope?

11:58 pm

flosey

hi there stid

11:58 pm

stidmama

I am planning on 248

11:58 pm

flosey

159 - how's that

11:58 pm

corpsvalue

hi y'all!

11:58 pm

stidmama

hey corps!

11:58 pm

corpsvalue

hi stid!

11:58 pm

rururocks

dr b is always wrong on the guess

11:59 pm

stidmama

LOL ruru, poor DRB!

11:59 pm

DRBERNABO

I only have to be right once...

11:59 pm

rururocks

lol

11:59 pm

stidmama

I was right once...

11:59 pm

stidmama

I suppose that's it then.

11:59 pm

rururocks

then we would never hear the end of it

11:59 pm

rururocks

then we would never hear the end of it

11:59 pm

rururocks

lol

12:00 am

stidmama

*grin*

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