Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, December 8, 2007

12:00 am

flosey

flip

12:00 am

lynxxx

flip.oh well, not quite 300!

12:00 am

cybernan

Good evening, all :)

12:00 am

ursh

flip - hello all

12:00 am

sharona10994

good evening all

12:00 am

renfield

flip out

12:00 am

justafreep

evening all... and I start with a qu7!

12:00 am

dcseain

flop!

12:01 am

lynxxx

Hi Flosey, Nan, Ursh, Freep

12:01 am

flosey

hi lynxxx

12:01 am

MLFAN17

hello

12:02 am

corpsvalue

hi lynxxx, dc, justa ren, ursh, nan, sharona

12:02 am

corpsvalue

hi MLFAN

12:02 am

corpsvalue

hi flosey

12:02 am

lynxxx

Hiya Corps & MLFAN !

12:02 am

flosey

hi corps

12:02 am

dcseain

hello, freep, sha
rona, nan, mlf, flosey, ursh, corps, ren

12:03 am

mrpresident

wow, how do ya get a 9 from a grid with only 5 vowels??

12:03 am

dcseain

with cons clusters, mrp! :D

12:03 am

flosey

hi dc and mrp

12:03 am

dcseain

hiya, flosey :)

12:03 am

jillibus

flip

12:04 am

dcseain

ca7

12:04 am

corpsvalue

someone got a 9?

12:04 am

lynxxx

good afternoon MRP. Hi Jilli!

12:04 am

dcseain

ca7/8 rather

12:04 am

corpsvalue

thanks for that qu7!

12:04 am

flosey

thanks dc, got them

12:05 am

mrpresident

hi hi hi all :)

12:05 am

justafreep

thanks for that, dc

12:05 am

flosey

and qu7, thanks cor

12:05 am

corpsvalue

thanks dc!

12:06 am

dcseain

found the qu7, ty!

12:07 am

jillibus

well, must have a look for the qu7 I guess (just got back)

12:07 am

chic

Howdyall!

12:07 am

corpsvalue

hi chic

12:07 am

flosey

hi there jilli

12:08 am

jillibus

hi chic

12:08 am

dcseain

heya, chic!

12:08 am

jillibus

hi flosey

12:08 am

dcseain

i sthat a StarGate painting, chic?

12:08 am

lynxxx

Hi Chic !

12:08 am

chic

Hiya corps, jilli and dc!

12:09 am

chic

yes dc, that is my mode of transportation from the other day...

12:09 am

dcseain

cool! :D

12:09 am

lynxxx

Qu8&9

12:09 am

jillibus

hmmm -- no E

12:09 am

jillibus

oy yoy, lynxxx!

12:10 am

corpsvalue

wow lynxxx!

12:10 am

chic

Hi Lynxxx!

12:10 am

dcseain

ah, that's what i'm missing. Ty, Lynxxx. *goes searching*

12:10 am

lynxxx

just a little hint q8&9 - Australian! go MRP

12:11 am

MLFAN17

theris a qu 8 and 9?

12:11 am

Geekmeister

Hi MKL, Geek here Pigeon still isn't on

12:11 am

dcseain

yes, mlf

12:11 am

dcseain

hey geek, how u been?

12:11 am

lynxxx

Hi Geek

12:12 am

MLFAN17

so is their a clue yet?

12:12 am

Geekmeister

Hi there DC and LYN....

12:12 am

dcseain

not this early, mlf

12:12 am

jillibus

got a sort of Australian qu6

12:12 am

Geekmeister

At home everybody else gone to bed

12:13 am

dcseain

phantom quahog

12:13 am

justafreep

thanks, lynxxx. news to me

12:13 am

justafreep

err... NEW not news

12:13 am

jillibus

mlf -- too soon for clues

12:13 am

Erda

wxcept that the Australian one does not use the "u"

12:14 am

jillibus

mlf, do you know the difference between their and there?

12:14 am

lynxxx

Jilli - how did the clean up go?

12:14 am

corpsvalue

wow, those q's are not appearing anywahere!

12:15 am

jillibus

erda, that's what I thought, lol!

12:15 am

corpsvalue

OK found the qu8 and 9 finally! sheesh

12:15 am

Erda

yup, jillibus

12:15 am

atbash

I have no joke, I just like saying '"satan" was not found in the dictionary'

12:16 am

lynxxx

well done Corps - you can be a honorary Australian for the day

12:16 am

jillibus

lynxxx - it went well, with many volunteer helpers. Now half the library's ceiling is being torn down, and I don't know what's happening about the seepage in the walls. The restoreres are busy!

12:16 am

dcseain

nor santa, atbash. welcome!

12:17 am

corpsvalue

yay!, although I have no idea what those words mean.

12:17 am

MLFAN17

corpse i found 4 of them

12:17 am

cybernan

did you lose many books jilli?

12:17 am

lynxxx

look at the ? corps

12:17 am

Erda

oops -- there IS an Australian connection, of the arboreal kind...

12:18 am

jillibus

I think about 100 were soaked but are in the grocery store's freezer, drying out.

12:18 am

MLFAN17

Has anyone found more then one C word?

12:19 am

corpsvalue

i found two C words so far

12:19 am

Erda

three here

12:19 am

cybernan

100 isn't too bad.

12:19 am

lynxxx

got the 3, as DC said a c7&8

12:20 am

Erda

quag

12:20 am

jillibus

not too bad, nan -- but repairs are going to cost a lot

12:20 am

Erda

sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry

12:20 am

mrpresident

our santa is in the grid :)

12:20 am

flosey

but not accepted

12:21 am

MLFAN17

yeah mrp i saw that and tried it didnt take it

12:21 am

jillibus

glad glad glad glad glad, erda!

12:22 am

Erda

lol jilli

12:22 am

mrpresident

oh, I have 5 words! now I am slowing down

12:22 am

MLFAN17

5 words?

12:23 am

jillibus

hey mrp -- I beat you! I have 13!

12:23 am

mrpresident

50 words... scuze me

12:23 am

MLFAN17

i have 40

12:23 am

mrpresident

sorry, my arm has tourette syndrome

12:23 am

bbnaz

i have 8

12:23 am

dcseain

37 here

12:23 am

cybernan

35 to go and will do them tomorrow -- all stuffed up with cold and can't concentrate right now. -- see you tomorrow :)

12:23 am

jillibus

yay bb!

12:24 am

dcseain

sleep well, nan, hope u feel better soon.

12:24 am

mrpresident

there is an aussie G-string too

12:24 am

MLFAN17

35 to go how many are their i dont see it anywhere?

12:24 am

jillibus

poor nan -- sleep as well as possible, all stuffed up!

12:24 am

licketySplitAUS

Once upon a time there was a boy named lickety, He did his clues, and then he Split

12:25 am

rururocks

to autralia?

12:25 am

dcseain

But one day, the man in the dark cape followed him.

12:25 am

Erda

Is he about to do it again, right now???

12:25 am

jillibus

mlf, there are 105 words. You have to go pro now to wee how many, and the tiles, and so on.

12:25 am

Erda

"to wee" ???

12:25 am

jillibus

to see how many...

12:25 am

bbnaz

ta for that boy lickety!

12:25 am

MLFAN17

the lsit is up

12:25 am

loredana

good morning afternoon evening babblers

12:25 am

dcseain

see, wee, all the same ;)

12:26 am

jillibus

I knew someone would pick that up...!

12:26 am

mrpresident

hi lore :)

12:26 am

dcseain

thanks, lickety :)

12:26 am

MLFAN17

of course i do jill ty lol

12:26 am

mrpresident

thanks lickety

12:26 am

Erda

Sorry Jilli, I am an editor -- can't help it...

12:26 am

dcseain

hi, lore! :D

12:26 am

FranMag

late flip!

12:26 am

chic

Hi Fran!

12:26 am

corpsvalue

hi fran!

12:26 am

jillibus

I am too erda -- don't blame you!

12:26 am

loredana

hello dc good to see you again!!

12:26 am

mymuseisme

late flip, hi all!

12:26 am

dcseain

aloha, fran!

12:26 am

mrpresident

is that you chic? didn't see you come in... hi!

12:26 am

loredana

aloha lovely lady Fran!!

12:27 am

dcseain

muse, weclome!

12:27 am

MLFAN17

qu 9/84?

12:27 am

jillibus

hi muse

12:27 am

FranMag

hi chic! hi corps!

12:27 am

mrpresident

hi muse :)

12:27 am

FranMag

hi dc!

12:27 am

Geekmeister

Aloha Fran

12:27 am

Erda

Once an editor -- always an editor...

12:27 am

FranMag

hi muse!

12:27 am

loredana

hello twin sister mymuse

12:27 am

mymuseisme

hi dc, jilli, mrp and Fran!

12:27 am

mymuseisme

hi lore!

12:27 am

loredana

hello jilli you been good?

12:27 am

mrpresident

all the t's are gone... good flow

12:27 am

licketySplitAUS

You're welcome - Have a great grid. We are running off soon to a Street Xmas Party - in a culdersac (?? spelling ???). It'll be our last one here. (sob sob)

12:27 am

FranMag

hi lore!

12:27 am

FranMag

hi jilli! hi lickety!

12:27 am

mrpresident

cul de sac

12:27 am

bbnaz

hello fran, geek, dc, erda, mrp, jilli, mlf, muse, lore and everyone i may have nissed

12:27 am

bbnaz

culdesac

12:27 am

dcseain

culdesac

12:27 am

mymuseisme

and thank you as always supertydupity lickety split!

12:27 am

loredana

thankyou lickety we couldnt do it without you ta!!!

12:27 am

jillibus

fran came in? who else did I miss? Hi!

12:28 am

dcseain

from French cul-de-sac

12:28 am

FranMag

hi bb!

12:28 am

licketySplitAUS

hehe - thanks alll. And for the spelling - Tough word that! Even used in a grid?

12:28 am

loredana

mrp hows that arm of yours getting any easier?

12:28 am

mymuseisme

hi bb!

12:28 am

dcseain

i believe so, lickety

12:28 am

jillibus

cul de sac is three words!

12:29 am

DRBERNABO

fireworks

12:29 am

dcseain

not here in the States it's not

12:29 am

mrpresident

wow drb! you good :)

12:29 am

FranMag

yay doc!!!

12:29 am

dcseain

wtg, drb!

12:29 am

loredana

woopee!! DRB

12:29 am

jillibus

oy vay, DrB!!!!

12:29 am

mymuseisme

woohoo doc!

12:29 am

MLFAN17

already???WOW

12:29 am

justafreep

wow. I still have 20, dr. b. That's like not even the same ballpark!

12:29 am

mrpresident

chic, you not speaking to me?

12:30 am

dcseain

oh, jilli, you meant in French, didn't you. silly me.

12:30 am

chic

Hi Mrp! just waiting for you to speak to me...lol...

12:30 am

DRBERNABO

the place across from the ballpark that sells t-shirts?

12:30 am

mrpresident

I said hi !!!

12:31 am

chic

sorry missed that!

12:31 am

mrpresident

have been over the top busy and started new therapy on arm.... sold the house thou! so that is good news.

12:31 am

corpsvalue

so8

12:31 am

licketySplitAUS

drb - that is amazing - so fast!

12:31 am

mrpresident

am here for about 1/2 hour then off to get ready for a street party

12:31 am

corpsvalue

see y'all later! Back to work I go.

12:31 am

licketySplitAUS

I just checked culdesac is not in Enable

12:32 am

licketySplitAUS

jilibus is right - 3 words

12:32 am

bananafour

cul de' sac

12:32 am

DRBERNABO

I though cul-de-sac was all hyphenated

12:32 am

justafreep

ahh, thanks corps. related to the 6....

12:32 am

mrpresident

errrrhem! I told you that earlier

12:32 am

MLFAN17

dr it should be

12:32 am

dcseain

around here, it's not.

12:32 am

licketySplitAUS

Hey - is everyone still enjoying the daily Videos?

12:32 am

corpsvalue

yw , yes it is. *poof*

12:32 am

licketySplitAUS

A cul-de-sac or close is a dead-end street with only one inlet/outlet.

Cul-de-sac literally means "bottom of a bag" in French and Catalan. Despite seeming to be a borrowed French phrase, the expression cul-de-sac originated in England during the period when French was spoken by the English aristocracy

12:33 am

dcseain

when i remember to watch them, lickety, yes.

12:33 am

bbnaz

lickety, the daily videos are the reason i finish the puzzles!

12:33 am

bbnaz

yesterday's was so good that I sent the link to a bunch of non-babblers

12:33 am

bananafour

you are right dr....looked at it again after I typed it....doesn't look right with the apostrophe

12:34 am

licketySplitAUS

Thanks bbnaz - NonoNannette's suggestions have been pretty good lately - but I'm running out. Got a few more from others, otherwise I'll have to go looking again ;-) I updated the history page the other day

12:34 am

mrpresident

sq5 and sq6

12:35 am

bbnaz

i will see what i can come up with. do i just send them to your e-mail?

12:35 am

chic

I sent some videos to mrp in sept did you ever see them, lickety?

12:35 am

dcseain

ty, mrp

12:35 am

licketySplitAUS

bbnaz - yeah to email, and it's best to include the youtube link and a short description.

12:35 am

bbnaz

okey doke.

12:35 am

DRBERNABO

Okay, back to grading. I knew there was a downside to finishing quickly...bye bye, buy bonds

12:36 am

licketySplitAUS

Chic - best to send them to me direct I think

12:36 am

dcseain

ciao, drb!

12:36 am

mrpresident

chic, alot of them had already been on... actually, most of them. need some new ones :))

12:36 am

licketySplitAUS

(no offensive mrp - just that it'll be quicker)

12:36 am

bbnaz

muni bonds -- tax free interest!

12:36 am

chic

ok I will I found the translation to the cats' talking also very funny!

12:36 am

dcseain

yes, bb, and you're point is...?

12:37 am

licketySplitAUS

Over in Australia - Bonds are underpants

12:37 am

Jadeomoan

psssssssssssssssst!

12:37 am

dcseain

jade! twice in a day! :D Hi!

12:37 am

mymuseisme

hi jade!

12:37 am

chic

Hi Jade!

12:37 am

loredana

hi Jade

12:37 am

bbnaz

ummmm -- my name is actually oblio and I don't have a point

12:37 am

herinfernallady

JADEEEEEEEEEE

12:37 am

loredana

hey herin

12:37 am

herinfernallady

Hi im not really here but Jade do you have news

12:38 am

dcseain

hey lady!

12:38 am

jillibus

those cats were adorable

12:38 am

dcseain

oh, thought you were recommending some. :)

12:38 am

mymuseisme

hi herin

12:38 am

jillibus

hi herin -- I've been buried for a bit

12:38 am

bananafour

lo6

12:39 am

Jadeomoan

Shhhhhhhh! I'm not really here.....

12:39 am

dcseain

oh! monkeyed the qu8, forgot to do the 9. heh.

12:39 am

herinfernallady

Hi

12:39 am

herinfernallady

Ok Jade you are not really here. Happy Birthday for later on

12:40 am

MLFAN17

dc did you get the 5/20?

12:40 am

herinfernallady

I am not here either so later gators

12:40 am

dcseain

Qs are done

12:40 am

jillibus

Jade's b'day???

12:40 am

dcseain

ciao, lady!

12:41 am

loredana

later herin

12:41 am

lynxxx

Hi Jade & Infernal (sorry I was on the phone)

12:41 am

herinfernallady

Jades birthday is on the 14th of Decemeber and JADE always vanishes.

12:41 am

herinfernallady

HI Lynxx

12:42 am

bbnaz

one more q for me.......

12:42 am

herinfernallady

Hi Bb

12:42 am

loredana

hello lynxxx

12:43 am

lynxxx

Hi Loredana, haven't seen you for a while

12:43 am

bbnaz

hello herin........even if i cannot see you!

12:43 am

herinfernallady

HI lore and now ill be back in couple of hours.

12:43 am

herinfernallady

Maybe. Hi bb.

12:43 am

herinfernallady

Playing playstation after a busy afternoon shoping

12:44 am

jillibus

ca7 used to be a cigarette brand

12:44 am

MLFAN17

al 4/4?

12:45 am

lynxxx

al4 type of singing voice

12:45 am

lynxxx

My grandfather smoked Thin Ca8

12:45 am

loredana

only get in here in the weekends at the moment lynxxx

12:46 am

bbnaz

al4 are the bottom feeders of the women's choir

12:46 am

MLFAN17

no the other al 4/4 please

12:46 am

lynxxx

Why so busy Loredana? you haven't taken on more work have you?

12:46 am

Juniper726

ns

12:46 am

bbnaz

i keep trying to type atlas

12:47 am

MLFAN17

can someone also help with the ca word i dont know the cigarette brand

12:47 am

loredana

no learnt that lesson i am a metre reader (power) so walking average 30 to 50 kms per day and enjoying my job no stress (smelling the roses now) lol

12:48 am

justafreep

gah. missing one word. an S4

12:48 am

bbnaz

MLF - the other al4 changes the last letter from a vowel to a consonant

12:48 am

dcseain

ca7: A rotating drum used to haul heavy lines and chains. Similar to a winch, but mounted vertically

12:48 am

lynxxx

ca7 is a type of winch

12:48 am

jillibus

ca7 & 8 -- kind of hat + Mr Laurel and pl

12:49 am

bbnaz

thank you jilli

12:49 am

rockstar12

hey

12:49 am

lynxxx

Freep are you 'without' an s4

12:49 am

justafreep

duh. it was an so4/4 no less! Firework!

12:49 am

FranMag

thanks jilli and lynxxx!

12:49 am

dcseain

last SO, freep?

12:49 am

jillibus

YAY freep!!!

12:49 am

FranMag

yay freep!

12:49 am

dcseain

congrats, freep!

12:49 am

bbnaz

good onya freep!

12:49 am

lynxxx

Hoorah for Freep!

12:49 am

mymuseisme

yay freep

12:49 am

bbnaz

sans

12:49 am

lynxxx

Hi Fran !!

12:49 am

rockstar12

get me a word

12:49 am

bbnaz

smack me stupid

12:49 am

FranMag

hi lynxxx!

12:49 am

loredana

yay justa !! well done

12:50 am

jillibus

uh oh

12:50 am

dcseain

well done, rockstar

12:51 am

mrpresident

10 left

12:51 am

dcseain

go, mrp! :D

12:51 am

jillibus

gogogo mrp

12:51 am

bbnaz

go mrp go

12:52 am

bbnaz

i have 72...you want some of them?

12:52 am

loredana

yay 4s all gone!!

12:52 am

MLFAN17

i only have 51 words

12:52 am

justafreep

and yes, dc... it was the last 4

12:53 am

justafreep

in the so's

12:53 am

dcseain

i found it just as i asked you, and laughed. :)

12:54 am

rockstar12

need help plz

12:55 am

bbnaz

well the left side column is greyed out

12:55 am

dcseain

okay, what do you need help with, rockstar?

12:55 am

rockstar12

all of them

12:56 am

VolleymomDee

hi all!!

12:56 am

dcseain

howdy, dee!

12:56 am

FranMag

hi dee!

12:56 am

loredana

hello volley!!

12:56 am

mymuseisme

hi Dee!

12:56 am

lynxxx

Hi Volley!

12:56 am

dcseain

i'll be a moment, rocks, then i'll give you some assistance, okay? iwant to finish first, which won't take me too long.

12:57 am

flosey

last 2, stuck on qu8 and 9

12:57 am

VolleymomDee

hopefully tonight my server won't kick me out!

12:57 am

bbnaz

okay now the bottom row which truly had more letters

12:57 am

rockstar12

ok

12:57 am

loredana

we will cross our fingers for you volley

12:57 am

VolleymomDee

hugs to dc fran lore muse lynxx!!

12:57 am

bbnaz

QU5 and then the pincers you use with salad

12:57 am

VolleymomDee

ty so much

12:57 am

loredana

go Flosey

12:57 am

dcseain

qu's end w/a kitchen implement, flosey, start like airline.

12:58 am

flosey

got them, thanks

12:58 am

flosey

fireworks

12:58 am

bbnaz

good for you Flosey!

12:58 am

dcseain

yay, flosey!

12:58 am

bbnaz

you want some of my remainders?

12:58 am

loredana

woopee!! flosey

12:58 am

jillibus

meanwhile, rockstar, just try to find words by yourself and look at the Help up above. also scroll down to Lickety's Babble Clues under Friends of Babble

12:58 am

mrpresident

only have a couple left...
qu6 and qu7 following it

12:58 am

mymuseisme

congrats flosey!

12:58 am

jillibus

YOY flosey!!!

12:59 am

mrpresident

yay flosey!!

12:59 am

dcseain

relating, to physics, mrp, similar to airline

12:59 am

FranMag

yay! finished the Qs! thanks dc!

12:59 am

jillibus

I mean YAY, lol!

12:59 am

MLFAN17

i just got the 7/40 qu

12:59 am

dcseain

go, fran!

12:59 am

FranMag

yay flosey!!

1:00 am

mrpresident

thanks! fireworks!!

1:00 am

lynxxx

Congrats Flosey !

1:00 am

FranMag

i found 6 of the Qs without clues! ping played one of them against me the other day. :-)

1:00 am

dcseain

congrats, mrp!!!

1:00 am

FranMag

yay mrp!

1:00 am

jillibus

YAY mrp!!!

1:00 am

mymuseisme

yay mrp!!

1:00 am

lynxxx

and MRP!!! congrats too

1:00 am

flosey

wtg mrp

1:00 am

dcseain

well done, flosey!

1:00 am

dcseain

2nd ho5/12?

1:01 am

jillibus

I'm feeling very dumb about the Qus, only have 4

1:01 am

bbnaz

okay, have all of the qu words thanks to mlf!

1:01 am

MLFAN17

Okay i have found 57 words so far am going to bed as hubby is wating..night

1:01 am

dcseain

they're a bit tricky today, jilli, and mostly not very common.

1:01 am

FranMag

dc, do you have the plant that likes shade?

1:01 am

flosey

sounds like the barbarian dc

1:01 am

dcseain

g'night, mlf!

1:01 am

bbnaz

night and thanks MLF

1:02 am

bbnaz

tyvm flosey

1:02 am

bbnaz

and fran

1:02 am

flosey

g'nite mlf

1:02 am

FranMag

night mlfan!

1:02 am

FranMag

yw bb

1:03 am

dcseain

ty, flosey, i shoulda gotten that one.

1:03 am

bbnaz

Fran, I WILL figure out all of facebook!

1:03 am

flosey

wc bb

1:03 am

flosey

was a fan of my son's way back

1:03 am

FranMag

lol, i'm sure you will bb. :-)

1:03 am

dcseain

it's a battle for me too, bb, but i'm getting there w/facebook. :)

1:04 am

o-o

In Greek phero means "to bear." Etymology-wise, what given name means "bearer of the anointed one"?

1:04 am

o-o

In Greek phero means "to bear." Etymology-wise, what given name means "bearer of the anointed one"?

1:04 am

dcseain

down to last 11 ANs now. :D

1:04 am

bbnaz

i am so slow.......i just now entered the endings of the qu7 and 8 as individual words.

1:05 am

o-o

The name Christopher was coined by combining the Greek khristos, the anointed (a translation of the Hebrew mashiah, messiah), and pherein, to bear. The St. Christopher of legend was a giant who helped travellers by carrying them across rivers.

1:05 am

dcseain

chrsitopher, babrab

1:07 am

dcseain

firewords!

1:07 am

lynxxx

Hooray for DC !!

1:07 am

dcseain

rockstar, you still around?

1:07 am

loredana

woopee well done dc s that 11 didnt take you long

1:07 am

FranMag

yay dc!!

1:07 am

bbnaz

congratulations DC!

1:08 am

dcseain

no, the ANs were fairly easy. :)

1:08 am

flosey

WTG DC

1:08 am

MVA

congrats dc, and hi all!

1:08 am

dcseain

morning, MVA :D

1:08 am

mrpresident

yay dcs :)

1:08 am

jillibus

YAY dc!!!

1:08 am

loredana

bore da MVA!!

1:08 am

FranMag

for once i found the an5/14 without a hint

1:08 am

jillibus

Hi MVA

1:08 am

FranMag

hi mva!

1:08 am

MVA

bore da!

1:08 am

lynxxx

Hi MVA!

1:08 am

dcseain

Rockstar, when you're back, i'll work with you.

1:08 am

dcseain

yay fran!

1:08 am

dcseain

that was my 1st word today LOL

1:09 am

mrpresident

time to go get ready for the party. bye all.... say hi to sprite for me if you see her.

1:09 am

loredana

dc s you are such a sweetie !

1:09 am

jillibus

I think rockstar decided it was too much trouble

1:09 am

dcseain

ciao, mrp! Enjoy, and will do!

1:10 am

dcseain

possibly, jilli, or went to bed. we'll see. :)

1:10 am

MVA

enjoy mrp!

1:10 am

FranMag

bye mrp!

1:10 am

jillibus

I suggested he go to Help and Lickety

1:10 am

lynxxx

have fun MRP!

1:10 am

jillibus

he or she

1:10 am

dcseain

:"> ur too kind, lore *looks at feet*

1:10 am

lynxxx

nans

1:11 am

dcseain

help and lickety do wonders, that's for sure. :)

1:11 am

o-o

this one is way too short and not that challenging

1:11 am

lynxxx

oops - wasn't looking where I was going!

1:11 am

justafreep

night y'all

1:11 am

flosey

g'nite justa

1:11 am

lynxxx

nite Freep

1:12 am

dcseain

Types of words not allowed: "...and foreign words that are not in the Enable Dictionary". Nice out :)

1:12 am

dcseain

g'night freep!

1:12 am

loredana

stop blushing dc s only give compliments that are due lol !!! you are a true babbler

1:12 am

MVA

night justa

1:12 am

loredana

nighty justa

1:12 am

FranMag

night freep!

1:13 am

flosey

beautiful icon dc

1:13 am

dcseain

i wonder what F.P.L deli means. Neither Kosher nor Halal, i know

1:13 am

dcseain

ty, fran

1:13 am

loredana

Fran how could i not know the pacific island one my last 5 under my nose lol

1:13 am

flosey

and Jilli - another beautiful icon

1:14 am

jillibus

well, over half way etc etc and must get up early (for me) so going to bed now -- back later tomorrow -- mmmmwwaaah!

1:14 am

lynxxx

nite Jilli

1:14 am

flosey

goodnight Jilli - see you tomorrow

1:14 am

jillibus

thanks, flosey -- I didn't paint it, lol!

1:14 am

loredana

sleep well jilli see you tomorrow take care

1:14 am

dcseain

that is lovely, jilli. i just refershed, what a change! :)

1:14 am

MVA

night jilli!

1:14 am

dcseain

sweet dreams, jilli!

1:15 am

flosey

sleep well

1:15 am

dcseain

sleep well, flosey!

1:16 am

flosey

ty, I too must be up early - lots to do

1:16 am

FranMag

night flosey!

1:16 am

bbnaz

good night all who are going.....i am looking for that elusive 29 before stopping

1:16 am

flosey

see you all at flip tomorrow

1:16 am

MVA

night flosey!

1:16 am

loredana

goodnight flosey sleep well see you soon

1:20 am

bananafour

firewords!

1:20 am

dcseain

congrats, banana!

1:20 am

VolleymomDee

wtg banana

1:20 am

bananafour

ty dc

1:20 am

MVA

congrats banana!!

1:20 am

bananafour

ty dee

1:20 am

dcseain

'imported cinnamon' i live in North America, of course it's imported. sheesh.

1:21 am

bananafour

ty mva

1:21 am

bananafour

bedtime for bananas, good night all! see you tomorrow

1:21 am

dcseain

sweet dreams, banana! :D

1:21 am

VolleymomDee

cya tomorrow hagd

1:22 am

MVA

nos da banana

1:22 am

FranMag

night nana!

1:23 am

dcseain

i can't wait for the cat's antibiotic course to be over. I miss going out to breakfast after work.

1:27 am

loredana

thats me done !! have fun babblers take breakie home dc s share with the cat take care all hope to see everyone tomorrow .... aloha Fran hugs... bye twin sister mymuse bye

1:27 am

mymuseisme

nite lore!

1:27 am

dcseain

ciao, lore! and congrats!

1:28 am

FranMag

yay!! goodnight lore

1:28 am

lynxxx

bye loredana

1:28 am

dcseain

muse, you still have swan-cat! so adorable! :D

1:28 am

mymuseisme

lol yep dc, kinda attached to it now

1:31 am

MVA

night lore and congrats

1:34 am

bbnaz

rockets for me!

1:34 am

mymuseisme

yay bb!

1:34 am

rururocks

I have qu 4/9, 5/20, 5/16,6/27, 7/40 & 6/27 what am I missing

1:34 am

FranMag

yay bb!!

1:35 am

MVA

yay bb!!!

1:35 am

lynxxx

congrats bbnaz!

1:35 am

bbnaz

qu8.65 and qu9.84

1:35 am

mymuseisme

qu8/65 and 9/84

1:35 am

bbnaz

they both use the to4.6 (+ plural)

1:36 am

bbnaz

it is still raining outside. what a lovely sound to go to sleep to. see you all after a while.

1:36 am

FranMag

night bb!

1:37 am

mymuseisme

nite nite

1:37 am

MVA

night bb!

1:38 am

rururocks

can someone guide me towards the qu8? I can find the right way to go

1:38 am

rururocks

can't

1:38 am

FranMag

ruru, start with qu5/16, end with barbecue implement

1:39 am

o-o

glad it is raining outside. if it rained inside, would we have to go outside to escape getting wet?

1:39 am

mymuseisme

wheeee, done

1:39 am

bbnaz

well i could be camping you know

1:39 am

o-o

congrats, mymuse

1:39 am

MVA

yay muse!!

1:39 am

FranMag

yay muse!!

1:40 am

rururocks

thanks...er.. but what does it mean

1:40 am

FranMag

lol, haven't looked it up yet

1:40 am

bbnaz

ruru are you getting technical?!?!?

1:40 am

lynxxx

Its an Australian native fruit Ruru - make jam or sauces with it

1:40 am

rururocks

Uh.. sorry

1:41 am

MVA

ty lynxxx, i like to know!

1:41 am

rururocks

I thought there were salad tossers on the airline

1:42 am

FranMag

oh cool lynxxx! i was wondering how it was found

1:43 am

lynxxx

lol - actually there is no u in the airline. Originally Queensland And Northern Teritory Air Services (I think!)

1:43 am

EnigmaNeko

huh? i've found the word "santa" in the grid but it's not taking it as a word

1:44 am

bbnaz

that is a proper name

1:44 am

FranMag

i actually flew the airline. i think it was from Western Samoa to New Hebrides or something like that

1:44 am

lynxxx

that not in the spirit of Xmas is it!

1:44 am

EnigmaNeko

oh ok

1:44 am

FranMag

in 1972

1:45 am

lynxxx

you're never that old Fran!

1:45 am

EnigmaNeko

well, isn't santa also spanish for saint tho'

1:45 am

FranMag

i was 6 lynxxx. :-)

1:45 am

FranMag

change the last vowel neko

1:46 am

lynxxx

Enable is very picky which foreign words it will allow though!

1:46 am

EnigmaNeko

oh my bad...thanks tho' fran

1:46 am

FranMag

yw neko

1:48 am

crpw48

fireworks

1:48 am

FranMag

yay crpw!

1:48 am

crpw48

ty, goodnight all

1:48 am

MVA

yay crpw!!

1:48 am

lynxxx

Yay for crpw !!

1:50 am

crpw48

i sure will sleep better now that i know what quantongs mean

1:50 am

crpw48

darn, i am so sorry

1:50 am

FranMag

lol

1:51 am

crpw48

forgot , brain is dead

1:51 am

crpw48

better go now----poof

1:51 am

rururocks

to the penalty box with to4/6

1:51 am

rururocks

lol

1:52 am

mymuseisme

your turn Fran, lol

1:53 am

FranMag

okay, your turn

1:53 am

FranMag

i have 3 left, no list

1:54 am

FranMag

yet

1:55 am

FranMag

i have qu8 and ca8, is the last 8 an H or an S?

1:56 am

lynxxx

goodness, I still have 22 left, missing same 8

1:56 am

mymuseisme

so8 Fran

1:56 am

mymuseisme

so8/40 to be exact

1:57 am

FranMag

thanks muse

1:58 am

FranMag

woo hoo! got it

1:58 am

FranMag

thanks again muse

1:58 am

mymuseisme

ya y Fran

1:59 am

FranMag

done!!

1:59 am

mymuseisme

congrats Fran!!

1:59 am

FranMag

my last one was an ho4/5! i had all the words that build from it, just not the 4 letter one.

2:00 am

lynxxx

Congrats Fran !

2:01 am

dcseain

yay Fran!

2:01 am

FranMag

thanks muse and lynxxx. are we the only ones here?

2:01 am

mymuseisme

lol I do that often myself Fran, concentrate on the larger ones and forget to put in the "root"

2:01 am

FranMag

that answers my question, thanks dc!

2:02 am

dcseain

i just reappeared, gave co-worker a primer on dog ownership.

2:02 am

MVA

yay fran!!!

2:02 am

FranMag

thanks mva!

2:02 am

dcseain

any of you have breed suggestions for newlyweds living in a townhouse who are planning children?

2:03 am

dcseain

dog breeds, that is. :)

2:03 am

rururocks

*** bang bang bang*** the sound of my head onthe keyybaord

2:03 am

FranMag

lol ruru, why so hard on yourself?

2:03 am

rururocks

king Charles Spaniels are great for smaller sspaces and children.. plus they have a wonderful disposition and temperament

2:03 am

FranMag

LOL dc!!

2:03 am

MVA

also heard echoed in s wales ruru!

2:04 am

lynxxx

One of the ShitTsu mixes DC

2:04 am

FranMag

that sounds good ruru

2:04 am

FranMag

definitely not a jack russell

2:04 am

rururocks

no no noooo

2:05 am

dcseain

i agree, fran, from what i know of them.

2:05 am

FranMag

my friends got one and he shredded their leather sofa!

2:05 am

lynxxx

no terrier breeds at all actually

2:05 am

rururocks

you need lots of room for those little guys... and very tall fences

2:05 am

dcseain

ty, ruru for the king charles, i'd forgotten about them.

2:05 am

FranMag

too much energy

2:05 am

dcseain

i recommended Welsh Springer Spaniels or Border Collies.

2:05 am

lynxxx

terriers, made for catching rats and digging up rabbit holes...not for babies!

2:05 am

rururocks

no not Border Collies either too hyper

2:06 am

diem

hi all

2:06 am

dcseain

morning, diem!

2:06 am

FranMag

i think ata and haz will recommend the spaniels, i don't know about border collies though

2:06 am

FranMag

hi diem!

2:06 am

mymuseisme

hi diem

2:06 am

MVA

some terriers like yorkies are good with children

2:06 am

dcseain

true, not enough room to roam. good point, ruru.

2:06 am

lynxxx

Border Collies need too much space & mountains of exercise - working dogs

2:06 am

MVA

hi diem

2:07 am

FranMag

they would probably keep the kids corralled though (the border collie)

2:07 am

dcseain

i know from my aunt - a breeder - that welsh springers are good in the house and with kids.

2:07 am

rururocks

especially if they are breeding...lol

2:07 am

MVA

could do with that at work fran!

2:07 am

dcseain

that i know they do fran, as a friend w/7 acres has two to allow for parties, and the dogs keep the kids coralled in the back yard. They naturally corrall, which is useful.

2:09 am

FranMag

i have no experience with indoor pets myself, but i pay close attention when i'm watching dog shows, you pick up lots of useful information. :-)

2:09 am

dcseain

i grew up with, and still keep cats, curretnly have a rabbit, and have kept rats, so dogs are a bit foreign to me, thought i dogsit often.

2:10 am

FranMag

i you see haz, she probably has some great insight. she has a welsh springer

2:10 am

lynxxx

Both terriers I had (in the past) had bitten my kids - who were actually pretty good w. dogs - and unfortunately I know personally of one wire haired fox terrier who savaged/killed a new baby. Would not mix any breed of terrier w. small children

2:10 am

FranMag

wow lynxxx, that wouldn't be good for sure

2:10 am

dcseain

my! ty, lynxx.

2:10 am

lynxxx

I must fly (w. 19 still to find) sa4.4 list...Indian tonite...bye all!

2:11 am

Flask1

Morning folks.......I see its just a wee tiddler today!

2:11 am

dcseain

yes, i will ask her when i see her.

2:11 am

dcseain

morning, flask!

2:11 am

FranMag

later lynxxx!

2:11 am

mymuseisme

bye lynxxx

2:11 am

dcseain

ciao, lynxxx! enjoy!

2:11 am

FranMag

hi flask! it's a good one

2:11 am

mymuseisme

hello flask

2:11 am

MVA

bye lynxx, and hi flask!

2:13 am

dcseain

the pre-rapaelites certainly used a harmonious pallette across the board, no?

2:13 am

FranMag

it appears that way doesn't it?

2:15 am

rururocks

I need help with the last sa 6/18

2:15 am

Atalante

hi all!

2:15 am

dcseain

morning, ata!

2:16 am

FranMag

hi ata!

2:16 am

MVA

hi ata!

2:16 am

FranMag

ata, you can tell dc about spaniels as indoor pets

2:16 am

FranMag

ruru, both sa6/18s are the sa5/10 with a consonant at the end

2:17 am

mymuseisme

hi Ata

2:17 am

FranMag

one is a plural, the other is a fruit, change the last letter

2:17 am

MVA

ty fran

2:17 am

rururocks

I must have tried everything but that thanks

2:18 am

FranMag

yw mva and ruru

2:18 am

FranMag

i was surprised the first time that was in a grid, it's a Filipino fruit

2:18 am

Atalante

spaniels as inddor pets? well they need a good run every day. apart from that, they are darlings in the house

2:19 am

rolin

ruru..one sa is a xmas man with a diff vowel at the end

2:19 am

rolin

i cant get the other

2:19 am

MVA

hi rolin

2:19 am

rolin

hey mva

2:19 am

FranMag

hi rolin! change the last letter of the one you have

2:20 am

rururocks

so 8 and the 6 behind it are my last ones

2:20 am

rolin

ahh..

2:20 am

FranMag

ruru, extend the so6/18 for the so8, add mr. gore

2:21 am

FranMag

the last so6/18 is a piece of music

2:22 am

rolin

so the so8 is before the miusic piece?

2:22 am

FranMag

first so6/18 is the offspring of a picnic pest (just in case you need that one)

2:22 am

FranMag

yes rolin

2:22 am

rolin

hmm

2:23 am

FranMag

(male offspring of a picnic pest)

2:23 am

MVA

ty fran! again!

2:23 am

FranMag

yw mva. :-)

2:24 am

rolin

ooookay... ty fran

2:24 am

MVA

got to go now, may be back later, good luck all!

2:24 am

FranMag

later mva!

2:24 am

FranMag

yw rolin

2:25 am

rururocks

monkeyed them thanks you guys... done

2:25 am

FranMag

yay ruru!!!

2:25 am

rururocks

i can rest easy now...lol

2:26 am

FranMag

ata, dc must have been called away. his co-worker had asked him what breed of dog would be good for a newlywed couple living in a townhouse and were planning children.

2:26 am

mymuseisme

yay ruru!!

2:26 am

rururocks

just needed to shove that n in there..couldn't get it for a long time

2:26 am

FranMag

sometimes Ns need to be pushed around

2:27 am

rururocks

lol

2:27 am

FranMag

brb

2:27 am

Atalante

hmmm. probably not a spaniel. too bouncy

2:27 am

Atalante

I have a pre-raph painting up now :)

2:28 am

rolin

are there any ps words?

2:28 am

mymuseisme

no rolin

2:29 am

rolin

small mercies

2:31 am

herinfernallady

Hello

2:31 am

dcseain

morning, ro! wb, lady!

2:32 am

Atalante

hi herin

2:32 am

dcseain

no, ro, no PS today

2:32 am

FranMag

hi infernal!

2:32 am

herinfernallady

HI was playing the playatation and now Mean Girls is on

2:32 am

herinfernallady

Hi Ata

2:32 am

Atalante

did I choose the pre-Raph theme? probably

2:32 am

dcseain

ty, ata, passed that on to my coworker :)

2:33 am

FranMag

i think it was FMitch this time ata

2:34 am

Atalante

spaniels are utter darlings. but bouncy and demanding when they want a walk

2:34 am

Atalante

oh yay for FM!

2:35 am

dcseain

ty ata

2:36 am

Atalante

I have Beata Beatrix by Rossetti. I have a print of it above my desk and I stare at it for too long every day

2:37 am

FranMag

it's lovely ata

2:37 am

dcseain

very nice, ata :)

2:40 am

Atalante

I adore Rossetti utterly. But that one is my favourite. It was painted after his wife died, and has Lizzie (his wife) painted as Beatrix

2:41 am

herinfernallady

Ok i has my icon

2:42 am

Chris P

morning everyone

2:42 am

FranMag

ooh, nice one infernal

2:42 am

Atalante

oh I love that painting

2:42 am

herinfernallady

Its by J.W.Waterhouse

2:42 am

herinfernallady

I have about 4 of them

2:42 am

FranMag

mine is rossetti also

2:42 am

FranMag

hi chris p!

2:44 am

Flask1

hi again...any clues for so8/40 please?

2:45 am

FranMag

add ** gore to the so6/18 before it

2:45 am

Atalante

that painting, herin, is in Bristol Art Gallery, which is next door to the Bristol Earth Sciences Departmebt where I did my PhD

2:45 am

Flask1

oh thanks Fan!

2:45 am

FranMag

yw flask!

2:49 am

FranMag

i guess this theme is near and dear to your heart ata. :-)

2:49 am

Atalante

ermmmm maybe :):)

2:50 am

Atalante

Rossetti is my all-time idol. and it was the pre-raphs that showed me I wanted to draw

2:50 am

herinfernallady

Oh Ata did you stay there all day and look at it?

2:50 am

Atalante

yup! we used to go over there in our lunch hours and stare

2:52 am

herinfernallady

Nice

2:53 am

herinfernallady

I love the picture Chloe, by Chevalier Jules le Febvre

2:53 am

FMitch

Morning all
Happy Pre Raphelite theme day :)

2:53 am

FranMag

hi FM! great theme. :-)

2:54 am

Atalante

hi FM!

2:54 am

dcseain

morning, Fmitch! :D

2:54 am

Ray100

no "satan" or alter ego "santa"?

2:54 am

dcseain

lovely theme today, i love the coordinated pallette :)

2:54 am

dcseain

alas, not, Ray, i guess they're proper nouns.

2:55 am

herinfernallady

But there is a sith

2:55 am

Atalante

and demons and devils

2:56 am

dcseain

I must say that at this point i've learned more about Harmonized Tariff Schedules than i ever wanted to know. :)

2:56 am

FMitch

Glad you like the theme, my chat is hanging ;(

2:56 am

Ray100

what's a sith?

2:56 am

dcseain

yes, but sith, daemon, demon, devil are not by default proper nouns.

2:57 am

mymuseisme

Fran, me eyes are closing, will continue tomorrow, and gnite all

2:58 am

dcseain

sith: http://tinyurl.com/2sm25q

2:58 am

FranMag

night muse!

2:58 am

Atalante

daemon is such a good word

2:58 am

dcseain

sweet dreams, muse!

2:58 am

herinfernallady

Night My

2:58 am

dcseain

indeed, so, Ata! And i loved the use of it in the His Dark Materials trilogy. :)

2:58 am

Atalante

yes!

2:59 am

herinfernallady

OH Dc i have to get those original books

2:59 am

dcseain

they are so very worth the read, lady. Such lovely prose, well-developped characters, and a great plot arc.

2:59 am

Atalante

agreed

3:00 am

FMitch

Don't think my chat is getting posted.

3:00 am

Atalante

that was!

3:00 am

Jacula

Good morning. This was a lovely grid until I got down to the final 16 (which are hiding from me).

3:00 am

dcseain

hm. if i swing by store, i can get baking powder and breakfas, go home medicate cat, feed cats, sleep for a bit, get up and bake, then go to tea. Sounds doable, no?

3:00 am

dcseain

morning, jac!

3:01 am

Atalante

hi jac!

3:01 am

herinfernallady

Yes it does.

3:01 am

FMitch

Will try again later, sigh.

3:01 am

Atalante

wah!

3:01 am

dcseain

seeing you now, fmitch

3:01 am

herinfernallady

Hi FM and also Jac

3:02 am

FMitch

Oooh I can see me too *grin*

3:02 am

Atalante

YAY!

3:02 am

dcseain

cool, good to have you back :D

3:03 am

herinfernallady

DC i want to get the non movie version of the books

3:03 am

FMitch

How are you dc, busy as ever I think?
Ata hope you like the theme ( had you in mind) I think Mondays will be the most fun K's for Sprite teehee

3:03 am

dcseain

oh, i suppose movie-versions have come out by now, but that's only packaging.

3:04 am

herinfernallady

I don't like it

3:04 am

dcseain

yes, busy. took an extra shift tonight, leading into one of my buisiest weekends in ages. But coworker wanted to attend her son's school event, so here i am.

3:04 am

Atalante

its a WONDERFUL theme!

3:06 am

herinfernallady

Dc that is nice of you

3:06 am

herinfernallady

My head is about to fall off

3:06 am

dcseain

well, she is working next Tuesday for me, though i'd rather'd have monday. But three days off mid-week next week, yay!

3:06 am

Atalante

sounds painful

3:06 am

FMitch

Our gain dc :)
Babble very slow, but did just want to say morning all, lots to do and it raining will return later. Happy Babbling.

3:07 am

dcseain

i was shocked today to learn that parking at the college will run me $65 for the semester.

3:07 am

FranMag

hi jac!

3:07 am

dcseain

ciao, FMitch!

3:07 am

FranMag

later FM!

3:07 am

Jacula

TTFN, FM.

3:07 am

Jacula

Hi, Fran.

3:08 am

dcseain

Jass Whedon is going to be at my favourite bookstore in Cambridge, Massachussetts soon!

3:08 am

dcseain

Joss rather.

3:08 am

Atalante

oh wow!

3:08 am

dcseain

pity i work next Friday, else i'd be tempted to go up there for that.

3:08 am

Atalante

tell him to make Firefly season 2 please

3:09 am

herinfernallady

OH DC DC DC pleeaase can you do something for me

3:09 am

herinfernallady

Can you please get something signed for me i will pay you moneys

3:09 am

dcseain

if i'm able lady, what is it that you desire?

3:10 am

dcseain

i'll ask a friend who works there if that's doable, prefernce as to what, if doable?

3:10 am

herinfernallady

I don't know. Um

3:10 am

dcseain

Full list of who'll be there:
Jaime Paglia, Writer and Exec producer of Eureka
Rob Kutner, head writer of the Daily Show and 'several other writers and possibly reporters'
....Joss Whedon

3:11 am

Atalante

it should be, they normally make the people sign a pile of stuff for ppl who couldnt be there

3:12 am

herinfernallady

OH OH OH poop.

3:12 am

dcseain

I've put in the request, i'll update you as i learn more, lady.

3:13 am

herinfernallady

Dc i don't have a clue as to what to the guys smart

3:13 am

herinfernallady

Sigh

3:14 am

dcseain

I'm confident my peeps at Pandemonium can get you taken care of. Like i said, i'll update you as i learn more.

3:15 am

Flask1

a clue for sn5/10 please...tried everything!

3:15 am

sprite

morning all, any fun today?

3:15 am

dcseain

plural the 4, flask

3:15 am

herinfernallady

Hi sprite

3:15 am

dcseain

yes, great fun, sprite! good morning, how are you? *hug*

3:15 am

diem

Could you tell me what the 9 starts with please?

3:16 am

dcseain

that threw me, too flask as they come from different Ss.

3:16 am

FranMag

hi sprite! it's a great grid today

3:16 am

Flask1

Thanks DC

3:16 am

dcseain

qu 8/9

3:16 am

FranMag

qu9/84 diem

3:16 am

sprite

a bit whobbly inside... it is the birthday of my friend Jom, who died a little over a year ago. Somewhere between missing her terribly and feeling like celebrating her life and what she meant to me.

3:16 am

diem

Tks dc

3:17 am

sprite

hey lady, fran *hugs* Having fun with the grid?

3:17 am

herinfernallady

OH Sprite. Light a candle on a cupcake for her?

3:17 am

diem

and fran

3:17 am

dcseain

*hug* yeah, i know how that is, sprite :\

3:17 am

dcseain

yvw, diem

3:17 am

sprite

yeah, something like that, lady, you got the image very well :)

3:17 am

FranMag

i remember that sprite, you said she celebrated the time she had left, you should celebrate her memory.

3:18 am

herinfernallady

HI Fran

3:18 am

Jacula

((Hugs)) Sprite.

3:19 am

sprite

I do, but I also realise so very clearly that she is gone. No more Jom voice, no more Jom funny words, no more real life Jom. I want to celebrate but I have to cry. Ah well... we have all been there. Mourning takes time.

3:19 am

sprite

Jac! *hugssss* and thanks :)

3:21 am

sprite

does Ata already know she is a phantom today?

3:22 am

Atalante

oh yes!!!

3:22 am

Atalante

I hadnt noticed that!

3:22 am

FranMag

not only is she a phantom, she's scattered over the whole grid!

3:22 am

sprite

hey Ata :) Thought that might stir you out of hiding ;)

3:22 am

Atalante

wheeee!

3:23 am

sprite

see the sunside: we will be thinking of you the whole day, Ata, since you will keep on popping up.

3:23 am

Atalante

just lurking quietly

3:24 am

Atalante

and fussing hobbit

3:24 am

dcseain

hobbit is doing well?

3:24 am

diem

night all last 37 for to morrow happy babbling

3:24 am

dcseain

g'night, diem!

3:25 am

herinfernallady

How is hobbit?

3:25 am

Atalante

very well. collar off soon. the fur is starting to grow back :)

3:25 am

sprite

sleep well, diem

3:25 am

sprite

ah, wonderful, Ata

3:25 am

FranMag

night diem!

3:26 am

dcseain

great news, ata!

3:26 am

sprite

you are all so right, this is a fun and smooth grid!

3:27 am

sprite

hey, funny, fa4/5 combo and ta5/6 combo. Animals rule today.

3:27 am

Jacula

FIREWORKS!:) Which is just as well, seeing as a naked man has just dumped a huge pile of washing at the foot of the stairs. (I think it's P's way of telling me he need some clean clothes.):D

3:27 am

FranMag

it's probably because there are no Rs and only 3 Cs!

3:27 am

FranMag

yay jac!!!!

3:27 am

sprite

LOLLLLL Jac! Don't dress him, jump him ;)

3:27 am

dcseain

LOL jac

3:27 am

dcseain

congrats, Jac!

3:27 am

FranMag

sounds like a pretty big hint jac. :-)

3:27 am

sprite

and congrats on firewording, of course

3:29 am

dcseain

guaynÃ¡bana ta4 is tastier than orange ta4

3:29 am

FranMag

it sounds better too dc. :-)

3:31 am

sprite

lol Fran, so true

3:33 am

Jacula

LOL. He's off to get his hair cut now after leaving me with the thought that we might have to seat 9 for dinner on Boxing Day.

3:34 am

sprite

omg... borders on criminal behaviour :) Especially after showing off his naked butt!

3:34 am

blueruin

satan???? is it to early for me to be doing this or is it weird that satan isn't in the dictionary?

3:34 am

dcseain

how like a partner. :D

3:34 am

sprite

lol blueruin, I have wondered about that several times. Seems the bad guy deserves a capital and is therefore not valid.

3:35 am

sprite

god, on the other hand, has no such limitations.

3:35 am

dcseain

Satan is a proper noun, as is Santa.

3:35 am

blueruin

weirdness

3:36 am

sprite

very proper, since they are eachother's anagrams, dc

3:36 am

herinfernallady

Yah Jac

3:36 am

blueruin

hah!

3:36 am

dcseain

true, sprite

3:36 am

sprite

I agree, blue... join us while kicking the oddities of the enable dictionary and not bothering to try and explain them anymore, lol.

3:36 am

dcseain

g'day, blueruin. (i so want to make a Smurf joke about that )

3:37 am

blueruin

g'day g'day :) it's a tom waits reference

3:37 am

blueruin

however anything you can muster with the smurfs being a metaphor for any societal structure would probably be sufficient

3:38 am

dcseain

neat! i'll have to look it up :)

3:38 am

sprite

hold the smurf jokes until blueruin feels comfortable with us, dc... don't scare off new chatters ;)

3:38 am

blueruin

the ruin of communism? the ruin of

3:38 am

blueruin

middle eastern politics?

3:38 am

KatieMcG

Seriously how can it not recognise santa!!!!!!

3:38 am

dcseain

moi? scare people off? perish the thought.

3:38 am

blueruin

hahaha

3:38 am

dcseain

*blinks innocently*

3:38 am

blueruin

i talk too much

3:38 am

Jacula

Oh well, I'd better to and have a shower now and then get these clothes in the wash. After that, there's the weekly shopping to do (and the shops will be packed) and then 4 Christmas cakes to ice and decorate. Enjoy the grid!

3:38 am

sprite

*grins evilly at dc*
No blueruin, you don't, it is nice to have you chatting!

3:39 am

blueruin

okay awesome

3:39 am

sprite

Jac, will be thinking of you! Hope you have fun (well, after the shopping). *hug*

3:39 am

dcseain

never, blue. we chat :) we share, we support. it's what we do.

3:39 am

sprite

it is probably me who scares of people more easily than dc, anyway. So don't take me seriously, grin.

3:39 am

FranMag

have a great day jac!

3:39 am

dcseain

have fun, jac, best with it all. :)

3:39 am

KatieMcG

and we sulk because santa isn't recognised!

3:39 am

Jacula

Byeee. xx

3:39 am

Fishbulb

morning guys and dolls

3:40 am

sprite

*scares ofF

3:40 am

blueruin

i try not to take anyone too seriously

3:40 am

sprite

hi Fish

3:40 am

dcseain

hey, fishbulb, good morning

3:40 am

blueruin

not to mention satan, katie

3:40 am

dcseain

indeed, katie, and good morrow to you, also. :)

3:40 am

FranMag

hi katie! hi fish!

3:40 am

KatieMcG

I'm keeping in the Christmas mood blueruin :-)

3:40 am

sprite

no matter how well we know them, katie, if they come with a capital, enable pretends total ignorance

3:40 am

blueruin

that's probably for the best

3:40 am

KatieMcG

Hi dc, you well?

3:41 am

dcseain

indeed, katie. you?

3:41 am

dcseain

i am tired of medicating the cat, but only 8 doses left.

3:41 am

blueruin

what's the trouble with your cat, dc?

3:42 am

sprite

poor kitty... and poor dc. Hope you both can leave this behind you soon

3:42 am

dcseain

infection in his mouth, which we're clearing up leading to a dental visit. Seems the acid reflux did a number on his teeth.

3:42 am

KatieMcG

Oh dc you have my symapthy. I was lucky I got liquid which was easy to give, but mari has just had to give one of her cats tablets and it was a nightmare.

3:42 am

blueruin

mmm. poor kitty indeed!

3:43 am

dcseain

i've a liquid, but he's begun resisting now that we're beyond mid-course. ah, well. :)

3:43 am

Fishbulb

oh dc, my heart goes out to you. medicating cats is a nightmare! *hugs*

3:43 am

sprite

we are close to tanstaafl as well today, dc

3:44 am

KatieMcG

It's surprising how quick they learn isn't it. Still at least you know that it's for the kitties good, even if they don't know it!

3:44 am

dcseain

yes, it's gotten harder as he's getting better, as the swelling has gone down, so he can clamp his mouth again. Good that he's healing, though.

3:44 am

dcseain

oh, sprite?

3:45 am

blueruin

babblers seem to have cats

3:45 am

dcseain

exactly, katie.

3:45 am

KatieMcG

LOL dc can just imagine how you found out he could clamp his mouth again :-)

3:45 am

dcseain

a number have dogs, also, blue, like haz and ata, and ruru

3:45 am

blueruin

i have no pets :(

3:45 am

dcseain

i found out when i could no longer pry it open w/the syringe. :)

3:45 am

sprite

we don't have pets, though we are considering taking a dog

3:46 am

hydra

Morning. I have a cat! Only by accident though. He was a stray who kept hanging around the garden.

3:46 am

blueruin

yow that can't have been pleasant

3:46 am

KatieMcG

There are a few fish and hamsters and some rats as well. The common link is that they rule our lives

3:46 am

dcseain

he's been eating more dry than wet food since the antibiotic has been being effective. i do wonder why on that.

3:46 am

sprite

hi hydra!

3:46 am

blueruin

HAH

3:46 am

Atalante

but I have a cat as well ;)

3:46 am

FranMag

hi hydra! your cat is interesting to say the least. :-)

3:46 am

dcseain

that's how we got the 1st cat when i was child, hydra! good morning.

3:47 am

Fishbulb

there's a few Babblers with bunny's too!

3:47 am

KatieMcG

hydra - the cat has obviously chosen you, no doubt your life will be taken over soon.

3:47 am

sprite

I have kids, do they count?

3:47 am

dcseain

i have a rabbit also.

3:47 am

blueruin

awwwww, bunnies!

3:47 am

Fishbulb

kids count sprite

3:47 am

dcseain

kids learn and mature beyond the age of 3.5, sprite, so only sorta.

3:47 am

Fishbulb

except you shouldn't really put them in cages

3:47 am

FranMag

if you want to read about hydra's cat, go to her blog, good reading. :-)

3:47 am

KatieMcG

I suppose the should really sprite :-)

3:48 am

sprite

I think so too :D

3:48 am

blueruin

sprite, you made me giggle

3:48 am

sprite

giggling is good, blue ;)

3:48 am

blueruin

what's your blog's address, hydra?

3:48 am

KatieMcG

The cages was a really good point though

3:48 am

FranMag

blue, it's in her profile

3:48 am

hydra

Hi sprite. And dc, atalante, Fran and blue. Hope your moggy recovers soon. Flad (my cat, aka Felix, he responds to anything, esp dinner) has a swollen shoulder following a fight with a tabby tom. We're keeping an eye on it. Glad you enjoy my blod, Fran. I'm going to add something slightly rude today.

3:49 am

hydra

It's www.toldyouiwasill.blogspot.com

3:49 am

sprite

if you click on hydra's icon, you will see her profile

3:49 am

FranMag

hydra, those are the best posts. :-)

3:49 am

blueruin

thanks, hydra! i'm always looking for new blogs to read.

3:50 am

dcseain

i've been enjoying www.iambossy.com . i really liked her recent Ron Paul or RuPaul post.

3:50 am

blueruin

mine is www.confettiinmyhair.wordpress.com but it's rarely updated

3:50 am

sprite

wow, found the biggies... now I need to know what they are!

3:50 am

blueruin

oh god ron paul

3:51 am

KatieMcG

I'd better go and do something. We have to sort out the garage, go to the tip, fix the fence which blew down yesterday and decorate the tree, so a fun day all round!!

3:51 am

hydra

I'll take a look at yours, blue.

3:51 am

Flask1

fireworks!

3:51 am

hydra

What a busy day, katie! Good luck.

3:51 am

sprite

ok, nothing to do with amounts... just fruit. Shoot me.

3:51 am

blueruin

thanks!

3:51 am

Flask1

thanks for help...see you all tomorrow!

3:51 am

sprite

wow katie, good luck with all that!

3:51 am

FranMag

yay flasks!!!

3:51 am

Flask1

bye all!

3:52 am

dcseain

ciao, flask! and congrats!

3:52 am

FranMag

sprite, it's an australian fruit

3:52 am

FranMag

bye flask!

3:52 am

blueruin

katie that sounds exhausting

3:52 am

dcseain

have fun w/it, katie :)

3:52 am

sprite

just found out, Fran, and realised I did know the name with a D in it. Brain is not working properly, but still, as long as I can find the words, lol...

3:52 am

FranMag

bye katie!

3:53 am

blueruin

out of curiosity, why do people choose to upgrade to pro?

3:54 am

dcseain

stats, blue

3:54 am

dcseain

the stats go away after 14 days.

3:54 am

dcseain

and it's nice to support Dr. God for bringing us the game.

3:54 am

blueruin

i've been considering it for days

3:54 am

dcseain

and it's not much for lifetime.

3:54 am

blueruin

yeah

3:54 am

blueruin

it's really not a lot of money, considering, either

3:54 am

blueruin

haha i just typed that

3:54 am

blueruin

my computer lagssss

3:55 am

FranMag

i did it to help dr_g keep the site going

3:55 am

sprite

we used to do so because we wanted to support the owner of the site!
But since the real pro site came, being pro gives you access to the tile stats, the word stats, and you get a personal flag and purse next to your name

3:55 am

blueruin

I JUST CLICKED THE PAY BUTTON

3:56 am

sprite

you get even to pick the color of your purse... blue, pink or a greyish green :)

3:56 am

FranMag

yay blue!!

3:56 am

blueruin

i feel supportive.

3:56 am

sprite

I think that should have read "... even get to..."

3:56 am

blueruin

now i'm going to have to get good at this game, i've made a commitment

3:56 am

dcseain

either way works, sprite, though the latter is more common.

3:57 am

blueruin

i'm going to go change my colors and things

3:57 am

sprite

congrats, blue! If you fill in your profile, we can see where you are from and all :)

3:57 am

sprite

thanks, dc! I so appreciate your willingness to teach me!

3:59 am

dcseain

though 'get even' is a verb so the latter is generally preferred. your context made clear that you ment get even not 'get even', but i think you understand what i'm getting at.

3:59 am

hydra

Just updated my blog with the new item, Fran.

3:59 am

sprite

absolutely. Don't get mad, get even... so the latter form is all in all preferred!

4:00 am

blueruin

and i am so babble.

4:00 am

sprite

yayyyy blue! Welcome to the pros :)

4:00 am

dcseain

welcome, blue!

4:00 am

FranMag

cool hydra

4:00 am

blueruin

let's see if my intelligence rises! thanks for the welcome :)

4:00 am

FranMag

welcome to pro-dom blue!

4:00 am

sprite

nice icon and a very great quote, blue!

4:01 am

blueruin

thanks, sprite :)

4:01 am

blueruin

i can't remember my flickr password agh

4:02 am

FranMag

cool, you're on last.fm, we have a babble group there too.

4:02 am

blueruin

excellent, fran

4:03 am

sprite

and if you are on facebook: rolin started a babbler's group there as well. It is a lot of fun.

4:03 am

blueruin

i'm everywhere

4:03 am

blueruin

haha i feel so included!

4:03 am

sprite

on facebook it is the group: Babblers Worldwide

4:04 am

FranMag

hydra, you're crazy!! love the new post. :-D

4:04 am

sprite

lol, hope it is a good feeling

4:04 am

blueruin

def, sprite

4:04 am

hydra

I've been crazy for a long time, Fran! :-)))

4:05 am

sprite

and in the best of company, hydra ;)

4:05 am

dcseain

crazy is a prereq, here no?

4:05 am

hydra

Thanks, sprite. Yes, I think it is, dc.

4:05 am

blueruin

oh my god hydra that made me snort

4:05 am

FranMag

i think it is dc, it's in the TOS somewhere

4:05 am

sprite

I'd certainly say so, dc. If not a necessity, then certainly something that helps!

4:07 am

ChrissieDee

hydra that's so funny, sounds like your mum had a real Liverpool sense of humour

4:07 am

FranMag

hi chrissie!

4:07 am

dcseain

morning, chrissie!

4:07 am

ChrissieDee

hi fran and everyone

4:07 am

blueruin

i'm never going to look at a banana the same way again

4:08 am

FranMag

hydra, i'm glad you were shaking when you took the picture of the cat. leave something to the imagination.

4:08 am

hydra

Oh, oh! You've got a Liverbird icon chrissie. I want one! Yes, we all had great cheeky Liverpudlian senses of humour, especially my gran.

4:08 am

sprite

ok, that does it... now I need to read it!

4:08 am

hydra

My gran taught me a rhyme that got me into trouble in school when I was six, and recited it in all innocence in school

4:08 am

herinfernallady

Hi

4:08 am

blueruin

was my description too tantalizing for you, sprite?

4:08 am

herinfernallady

I had to eat dinner

4:09 am

dcseain

seeing the Liverbird, i must find a Temperance Memorial icon at some point. :)

4:09 am

dcseain

wb, lady

4:09 am

ChrissieDee

are we going to get to know this rhyme?

4:09 am

Fishbulb

hi lady

4:09 am

hydra

It went: 1,2,3, mother caught a flea. She put it in a teapot and made a cup of tea. The flea jumped out, mother gave a shout And in came a bobby with his shirt hanging out.

4:09 am

sprite

omg LOL hydra... I am afraid you just changed my perspective of bananas drastically and permanently

4:10 am

hydra

I didn't know the significance of the half-dressed policeman at the time.

4:10 am

herinfernallady

Hi Fish how are you

4:10 am

FranMag

hi again infernal!

4:10 am

dcseain

LOL hydra

4:10 am

hydra

hey'll never taste the same, sprite!

4:10 am

blueruin

oh wow i didn't understand it until you said that, either

4:10 am

ChrissieDee

hydra I remember skipping to that

4:10 am

blueruin

okay hydra that just made it even worse

4:10 am

Fishbulb

great thanks lady! Though my hubby is about to go off to South Africa this afternoon for a week for work - lucky git!!

4:10 am

herinfernallady

Waves I gpt distracted

4:10 am

hydra

Did you know 'the big ship sails through the alley-alley-o' as well, Chrissie?

4:11 am

sprite

lol, yes it was, blue... I try to stay away from blogs, because I spend too much time behind the computer already as it is... but this one was too good to pass up on.

4:11 am

dcseain

mendicant MEN-dih-kunt, noun:

1. A beggar; especially, one who makes a business of begging.
2. A member of an order of friars forbidden to acquire landed property and required to be supported by alms.
3. Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars.

4:11 am

hydra

Oh Fish, isn't he lucky?

4:11 am

herinfernallady

Fish hope he enjoys it

4:11 am

ChrissieDee

yes, but I still don't see the problem with the rhyme

4:12 am

blueruin

oh haha sprite it's just the nature of bananas

4:12 am

sprite

lol Chrissie

4:12 am

hydra

It was a reference to mother having an affair with a policeman. Presumably he came rushing out of the bedroom or something.

4:12 am

sprite

lol blue

4:12 am

blueruin

dc why the definition

4:12 am

sprite

dc shares his odd word of the day with us :)

4:13 am

dcseain

precisely, sprite :) basically, i have a bit of a random streak

4:13 am

blueruin

ohhhh i was looking for it in the puzzle and thinking "hmm, no m."

4:13 am

blueruin

or d for that matter

4:13 am

ChrissieDee

thanks hydra, i'm obviously too innocent ;-)

4:13 am

blueruin

other thoughts one only has too early in the morning etc

4:13 am

Fishbulb

he IS lucky, but its my birthday on 17th so hopefully he'll bring me back something nice as he gets back on 16th ;) i'm very jealous hehe... plus he's leaving me to deal with all the christmas visitors etc this week

4:14 am

sprite

lol blue, dc would never post a grid word in the chat on purpose. It is just sharing words and meanings, since we all love words here.

4:14 am

dcseain

oh, i'd never intentionally put a grid word in the chat.

4:14 am

hydra

So was I. And I'm only assuming that's why i got told off, Chrissie. Whereabouts in Lancs are you?

4:14 am

blueruin

yeah i get it now. i'm just fuzzy-headed today

4:14 am

sprite

it is never too early in the morning for that ;)

4:14 am

blueruin

nah, it'll just take me five minutes to understand! XD

4:15 am

ChrissieDee

Up Holland

4:15 am

sprite

oh, btw, my kids and I finished reading The Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey. And we are now reading the last Harry Potter :)

4:15 am

hydra

Never been there. Is it country or town?

4:16 am

dcseain

the HP will be a let-down prose-wise.

4:16 am

blueruin

i agree, dc

4:16 am

dcseain

only chapter 1 of book 6 was particularly well-written, IMHO.

4:16 am

hydra

I envy all those with small children at Christmas. My grown-up daughter wanted a pair of very expensive goth bondage boots and the trouble I've had getting them!

4:16 am

ChrissieDee

it's a village near Skelmersdale, one of the 70's new towns

4:17 am

sprite

oh yes. A too-many-words-for-everything book, as my kids already judged, lol

4:17 am

blueruin

and the epilogue will make you wonder if jk's been reading too much fan-fiction

4:17 am

hydra

Nu Rock Malicia 9674 if anyone wants to look.

4:17 am

hydra

I'm thinking of leaving London and going back oop north, Chrissie.

4:18 am

sprite

I agree, dc. I have read the book already, as soon as it appeared in english. But I am sure my kids will love the book anyway.

4:18 am

blueruin

http://fotos.marktplaats.nl/kopen/2/39
/z.79cc7448a1b3bf8bec5e3c535dcf811c.jp
g

4:18 am

blueruin

BAM! goth boots

4:18 am

hydra

You like, blue? or hate?

4:18 am

dcseain

yes, i read it, if only for the story arc conclusion. The 20 years later thing was a disappointment.

4:19 am

dcseain

blue, tinyurl.com is your friend in this log

4:19 am

sprite

lol, that is a dutch site, blue!

4:19 am

ChrissieDee

I don't think I'd like to live in London. It's semi-rural here but only half an hour from Liverpool or Manchester by car

4:19 am

hydra

My favourite TV character is Abby the goth in NCIS. I used to be a hippy. I'd probably be a goth if I'd been born a bit later.

4:19 am

herinfernallady

Sorry everyone i have a gold fish brain

4:19 am

blueruin

i don't like the clunkiness of the heel, but that's just because i'm small - it would look ridiculous on me. for tall boots i usually go for something slimmer. but i love that style

4:19 am

sprite

I need a volunteer to kick my butt the next time I want to enter pagan.

4:20 am

ChrissieDee

rubbish for public transport though

4:20 am

dcseain

those are beautiful, blue!

4:20 am

blueruin

ohhhh i love ncis

4:20 am

sprite

we love you for it, lady. And we like feeding the little fishie :)

4:20 am

dcseain

i was a goth-punk back in the day. :)

4:20 am

dcseain

yay, lady!

4:20 am

blueruin

i'd have been a joy division groupie if i'd been around, hydra

4:20 am

hydra

Very handy then, Chrissie. Wish I could wear spike-heeled dominatrix boots, but I'm stuck with flats 'cos of my wonky feet.

4:21 am

herinfernallady

Hydra what are yu doing?

4:21 am

hydra

Love your icon, dc. I'm a fan of Alma Tadema

4:21 am

blueruin

awww hydra

4:21 am

hydra

Whaddya mean, infernal?

4:21 am

herinfernallady

Hydra Abby wears lip sevice clothes

4:21 am

sprite

argh, hydra, that sucks

4:21 am

herinfernallady

Hydra

4:21 am

herinfernallady

http://www.lip-service.com/

4:21 am

sprite

that short, hm lady?

4:22 am

herinfernallady

yep thats the one

4:22 am

hydra

I'll take a look, infernal.

4:22 am

blueruin

lip service! wonderful!

4:22 am

blueruin

so expensive though

4:22 am

herinfernallady

And if you cant wear heels

4:22 am

herinfernallady

http://www.demonia.co.uk/

4:23 am

herinfernallady

OH and you ahve to be a midgit to wear it

4:23 am

blueruin

fun stuff, lady

4:23 am

blueruin

luckily i'm 5'1"

4:24 am

blueruin

only lucky in this case :(

4:24 am

dcseain

great. we might need to move to the other building in 30, if the power upgrade does not go as planned, i.e. the generators don't do what's needed.

4:24 am

sprite

I think I could fit into that scarf though

4:25 am

herinfernallady

Thats what the deamonia boots are for.

4:25 am

herinfernallady

http://www.pierresilber.com/ this is my fav site

4:26 am

dcseain

several of my larger female friends like
www.tiendahogals.com

4:26 am

hydra

Thanks for all those links, folks. I'm busy bookmarking them all.

4:26 am

herinfernallady

also i love these shoes. http://www.pennangalan.co.uk/

4:27 am

sprite

omg dc, that is one incredible site! Lovely!

4:27 am

herinfernallady

Hydra i love playing dress up

4:27 am

dcseain

yes, well put together, nice items, great colour selection for items.

4:28 am

hydra

Thanks, dc, my friend Linda will love those.

4:28 am

herinfernallady

Which one Sprite?

4:28 am

sprite

I better go save money for that site, I definitely want some of their stuff.

4:29 am

dcseain

they're also one of the few places that regularly has A-line skirts.

4:29 am

hydra

I see the mark of the vampire is in the grid today

4:29 am

dcseain

indeed so, hydra :)

4:29 am

blueruin

an5,14? anne rice would make that applicable

4:29 am

dcseain

www.tiendahogals.com, lady.

4:30 am

hydra

I have a TV friend who is into 1950s clothes and is looking for one of those net underskirts. Any ideas?

4:30 am

dcseain

i think she ment fa4/5 combo

4:30 am

herinfernallady

Yes. give me a sec

4:30 am

blueruin

yeah i know but i like mine better

4:30 am

blueruin

lestat is really annoying

4:30 am

dcseain

heh, your point is quite true ,blue

4:30 am

herinfernallady

http://tinyurl.com/2g9bb4
i own this coat

4:31 am

blueruin

:)

4:31 am

dcseain

I that's lovely, lady!

4:31 am

blueruin

lady, you are too cool for words.

4:31 am

bubblepop!

no colloquial father christmas! whatever next

4:31 am

FranMag

cool infernal

4:31 am

hydra

OMG, what a fab coat. I'd love one if I were taller.

4:32 am

herinfernallady

http://www.devildoll666.com/ this is one of my friends modeling.

4:32 am

dcseain

i wear this in the colder months: http://tinyurl.com/34nu5k

4:32 am

sprite

great great coat!

4:32 am

blueruin

hahahahaha bubble

4:32 am

herinfernallady

That is Mr Stinky my coat. I inherited him

4:32 am

FranMag

infernal is tall!

4:32 am

dcseain

proper noun, bubble, and good morning!

4:33 am

blueruin

as established earlier, bubble, there is no lord of the underworld, either

4:33 am

FranMag

cool coat dc!

4:33 am

sprite

dc, that is wonderful! My hubby would LOVE one of those! And he is almost 2 m, so it would look great on him as well

4:33 am

dcseain

the theatre people running the production i was in earlier this year were drooling over it. LOL

4:33 am

bubblepop!

that's a reasonable trade blueruin

4:34 am

sprite

hi bubblepop

4:34 am

FranMag

hi bubble

4:34 am

herinfernallady

this url has one of those flufy underskirts

4:34 am

herinfernallady

http://tinyurl.com/2nxm9w

4:34 am

dcseain

i'm just shy of 2M and bought the long, which comes to my ankles; i trip on it if my posture is not good.

4:34 am

dcseain

but it's warm :)

4:35 am

sprite

babble statement:
enable has done a far better job in getting rid of satan than all the christian churches together

4:35 am

blueruin

LOL sprite

4:35 am

dcseain

LOL sprite

4:35 am

blueruin

jinx, dc!

4:36 am

herinfernallady

I am close to 5ft 9

4:36 am

dcseain

that's how tall my dad was, lady.

4:37 am

blueruin

how is it that, while at a loss for words in babble, typing sounds you find in the grid occasionally works and that is how i learn things

4:37 am

sprite

I am 1.68 m, and have long legs and a very short upper body... nothing with a waist looks good on me. And I am fat at that. But that site dc just gave me, has it all for me! I NEED to save money. A lot of it.

4:37 am

sprite

one of the wonders of babble indeed, blue

4:37 am

blueruin

i'm happy for you, sprite

4:38 am

sprite

why is that, blue?

4:38 am

dcseain

one never knows what will work in this game, blue. I type things in regardless of language, and am amazed at what it takes.

4:38 am

blueruin

your clothes predicament and solution

4:38 am

dcseain

yesterday's etui/etwee was fun :D

4:38 am

hydra

Thanks, infernal. I've just sent the link to him/her.

4:39 am

blueruin

but seriously. to5,10? whaaaaattttttttt?

4:39 am

herinfernallady

I have a thing for shoes

4:39 am

herinfernallady

Hydra if they google loligoth clothes they may have luck

4:39 am

blueruin

"let's go get some shoes!"

4:39 am

blueruin

--youtube

4:40 am

hydra

Thanks, Never heard of loligoth. It's a whole new interesting world for me.

4:40 am

sprite

ah, I see what you mean. Yes, I love to dress in flowing lines and colourfull combos. I feel very happy in my body, don't mind being fat and as a consequence, people always claim I cannot be as heavy as I really am, lol.

4:40 am

blueruin

loligoth will fit right in with your inner goth, hydra

4:41 am

hydra

Well, I have to go for now. See you all later.

4:41 am

dcseain

ciao, hydra!

4:41 am

blueruin

bye hydra!

4:41 am

hydra

Thanks for all your help, everyone. x

4:41 am

herinfernallady

Later hydra

4:41 am

FranMag

bye hydra!

4:42 am

sprite

bye hydra *hug*

4:45 am

sprite

still drooling over that site, dc! I better start finding a conversion rate, lol

4:46 am

herinfernallady

I love perri sibblers as its a transgender site so the sizes of clothes and shoes are human size

4:46 am

dcseain

US$ is weak now, so it's to your bene even more than usual, sprite!

4:46 am

blueruin

are lickety's clues alphabetically ordered?

4:46 am

sprite

oh help! Just discovered I can pay with cc or through paypal. This is wayyyy too seductive...

4:46 am

sprite

they are, blue

4:47 am

dcseain

yes, blue

4:47 am

blueruin

danke

4:47 am

dcseain

don't go running up more debt than you can cover, sprite!

4:47 am

dcseain

bitte

4:48 am

blueruin

ugh these As are driving me nuts

4:48 am

herinfernallady

Blue i am doing them too at the mo

4:49 am

blueruin

i seem to have eight out of eighteen

4:49 am

dcseain

Heads up: we're having a power blip at 11:00 GMT/05:00 Grid, so i may disappear

4:50 am

herinfernallady

Also today i went clothes shopping for new gym outfits. I think i may have lost a dress size. My plan of attack is get to goal weight then spend the cash on designer brand gym cloths

4:50 am

sprite

I am controlling myself, dc... would love to order from the site, but cannot justify it right now. Though I really need clothes, lol, but I don't have the money.

4:50 am

blueruin

good show lady

4:50 am

sprite

blue, are you using IE as browser?

4:51 am

blueruin

nah, firefox

4:51 am

herinfernallady

took me ages to get anything as every thing is hipster pants.

4:51 am

dcseain

i only use IE because Expert uses it. I use Firefox mostly.

4:51 am

blueruin

why?

4:51 am

dcseain

well, at work only IE :(

4:51 am

sprite

ah, ok. Lickety has made a wonderful browser for babble, with all the help available in one click, but it works only for IE.

4:52 am

blueruin

awww!

4:52 am

herinfernallady

Blue do you have the aq water words

4:52 am

blueruin

hmmm

4:52 am

blueruin

i might be able to use it with the ie in firefox tab plugin!

4:52 am

blueruin

yeah, i have all the aq :(

4:53 am

blueruin

no al though lady

4:53 am

sprite

if you want to try it, all you have to do is write lickety an email (addy is on the help page you are using right now). And install IE of course, lol.

4:53 am

dcseain

actually, blue, it pulls up IE on my box, even though Firefox is default, but it makes the browser invisible, as it's an embedded app.

4:53 am

herinfernallady

there is an AL?

4:53 am

dcseain

if running Win, IE is installed, if ignored.

4:53 am

sprite

4 of them, lady.

4:53 am

herinfernallady

There is an AL not soprano but al 4 n 5

4:53 am

blueruin

what do you mean dc?

4:54 am

sprite

and there is an an5/14 meaning deep fear.

4:54 am

blueruin

oh god i'm dumb. al not soprano should have been a given for me!

4:54 am

dcseain

IE is integral to Win98 and later, except in Europe. So, even if you're not using IE, it's on your machine. Babble Expert is an embedded app, meaning an application that runs in a browser. Lickety, being skilled, makes so you don't know it's IE.

4:55 am

herinfernallady

Its grid blindness no worries

4:55 am

sprite

you're a singer, blue?

4:55 am

blueruin

ohhhhhh okay i just didn't understand the last part. that it was an actual browser.

4:55 am

blueruin

thanks, dc!

4:56 am

blueruin

yes, sprite

4:56 am

dcseain

IE - Internet Explorer. Sorry, 15 years tech helpdesk, i fall into jargon sometimes :)

4:56 am

herinfernallady

what is the lenght of the Al please i have 2 4s and a 5

4:56 am

blueruin

haha grid blindness lady

4:56 am

dcseain

al 5,4,5,4

4:56 am

sprite

al5 - 4 - 5 - 4, middle 2 are a combo

4:56 am

herinfernallady

thanks

4:56 am

sprite

or what dc said

4:57 am

dcseain

i use Expert, and am quite thrilled w/it.

4:57 am

dcseain

i wish LJ would make up it's mind and use GMT or Local, and not mix them up seemingly randomly.

4:57 am

blueruin

agreed, dc

4:57 am

sprite

I use the Expert only for the wonderful Chat or Add function. I love it... when I type in one word, it goes to the list. If I type more words, it goes to the chat.

4:57 am

herinfernallady

I missed the by myself one

4:58 am

sprite

lol lady... that's because it is not there

4:58 am

FranMag

hee, where's ata, i just played a great bingo in our game!

4:58 am

dcseain

you mean the move al one?

4:58 am

herinfernallady

Oh blue are you a Tom fan? I love that guys voice

4:58 am

sprite

there is only the together with someone/something one.

4:58 am

dcseain

power blip immenant.

4:58 am

herinfernallady

yes i meant that

4:58 am

dcseain

imminant? eh, u know whati mean :)

4:58 am

sprite

lol Fran, you beast! Oh, Scrab back on line? I need to play my games there as well... where to find the time...

4:59 am

blueruin

that sounds dreamy, sprite. your description of expert, i mean. i'm going to go email lickety now

4:59 am

FranMag

it's working so much better now sprite

4:59 am

blueruin

and YES, lady, i am!!

4:59 am

dcseain

scrabulous is back up? cool, i'll have to log in.

4:59 am

blueruin

rain dogs is my favorite

4:59 am

sprite

you will love it, blue!
And to top it off, it gives you a nice video as reward for finishing a grid.

4:59 am

herinfernallady

Oh i love his voice. He reminds me of the Cookie Monster

4:59 am

blueruin

HAH

5:00 am

FranMag

i'm up way too late!

5:00 am

blueruin

what is scrabulous?

5:00 am

herinfernallady

Hi Franie

5:00 am

sprite

I had a helluva time lately to get my scrab moves in, dc and fran. Kept getting empty pages, or the move would not take. Hope things are better now.

5:00 am

sprite

a great game on facebook, blue! What is your handle on facebook?

5:00 am

FranMag

hi infernal!

5:00 am

herinfernallady

My friend is a huge fan

5:00 am

sprite

I will invite you to a scrabulous game there, if you like

5:00 am

FranMag

scrabble app in facebook blue

5:01 am

Angelsong

hi, all. pretty quick grid, today.

5:01 am

bubblepop!

I have a qu8 and ca8. What's the other one?

5:01 am

herinfernallady

Hi Angel

5:01 am

sprite

hi Angel, it is! And fun too.

5:02 am

FranMag

they made most of the move to the new servers sprite, you'll find it's working much better.

5:02 am

FranMag

so8 bubble

5:02 am

sprite

wonderful, Fran!

5:02 am

FranMag

hi angel!

5:03 am

FranMag

okay, i have to go to sleep, anyone want a clue before i go?

5:03 am

blueruin

what do you mean by handle, sprite?

5:03 am

sprite

blue, did you join the babblers group on facebook already?

5:03 am

herinfernallady

clue for the ca8 please

5:03 am

blueruin

yes yes

5:03 am

sprite

*hugs Fran*
Sleep well!

5:03 am

sprite

the name you use there, blue

5:03 am

blueruin

found the app!

5:03 am

sprite

ok, I will find you then by looking for the new member ;)

5:04 am

FranMag

infernal, headwear + ****d up and be counted

5:04 am

blueruin

haha

5:04 am

FranMag

make it plural for the 8 infernal

5:04 am

blueruin

i mean, i just use my real name

5:04 am

bubblepop!

ca8 is plural for old english cigarette brand

5:05 am

sprite

blue, R.M.?

5:06 am

blueruin

yes yes :)

5:06 am

sprite

great, sent you a friend's request

5:06 am

blueruin

cool cool!

5:07 am

phandmd

morning all; can I have a clue forthe bottom A and the O in that same column pls

5:07 am

sprite

argh, can't believe the letters I get from Scrabulous for that game, lol.

5:08 am

blueruin

phandmd: an5,14 teenage depression

5:08 am

blueruin

think hamlet

5:09 am

phandmd

that comes from the far right A

5:09 am

sprite

I have to be off for a bit, pay attention to my kids. Back later...

5:09 am

FranMag

bye sprite!

5:10 am

herinfernallady

YThanks fran

5:10 am

herinfernallady

Bue i am there too at facebook under natayla can i friend you from sprite

5:10 am

blueruin

okay, sprite. i'm gonna figure out this scrabulous stuff. later, and thanks so much!

5:10 am

blueruin

yes please do lady

5:11 am

Cat9x

ph: plural of the color, and Quaker ***s for the O, hi everyone!

5:11 am

FranMag

yw infernal

5:11 am

FranMag

hi cat!

5:11 am

herinfernallady

I wil do when i am there laters.

5:11 am

Cat9x

Hey Fran!

5:11 am

herinfernallady

Fran i went off again

5:11 am

FranMag

blue, i sent you a friend request too.

5:11 am

blueruin

:)

5:11 am

herinfernallady

I have a serious case of gold fish brain tonigh

5:11 am

phandmd

Thanx! I can't believe I didn't see that O word

5:12 am

FranMag

we gotta do something about that infernal! you have to move to another part of the country that has better internet i think. :-)

5:12 am

Cat9x

LOL, ph! I just myself found it a bit ago, the easy one's I always miss :)

5:12 am

herinfernallady

No not the net i went off elsewhere the net is fine

5:12 am

blueruin

awesome fran

5:13 am

FranMag

okay, i need to go to sleep when all the mainlanders are coming on!

5:13 am

blueruin

i think i just understood what you mean by goldfish brain lady

5:13 am

FranMag

hi phand!

5:13 am

blueruin

swishing along to another part of the bowl

5:13 am

phandmd

morning Fran

5:13 am

FranMag

oh good infernal, glad your net is good again.

5:13 am

phandmd

or should I say g'nite

5:13 am

herinfernallady

Yep i keep being distracted. I have a few ideas why. Stupid anti depressant dosages being moved up.

5:13 am

herinfernallady

Night Fran

5:13 am

Cat9x

But Fran! It's Friday night! :) No Grandson, so I can sleep in, wooo hoo!

5:13 am

FranMag

oh is that what that is? i have that all the time infernal!

5:14 am

FranMag

yay cat!!

5:14 am

Angelsong

not bad. first complete pass through the grid leaves me with 5 words.

5:14 am

FranMag

children just throw off your sleep don't they?

5:14 am

FranMag

woo hoo angel!

5:15 am

herinfernallady

Yah Angel.

5:15 am

FranMag

okay, i really have to go now. angel, i hope you're enjoying your new home

5:15 am

FranMag

night everyone!!

5:15 am

Cat9x

Aloha, Fran :)

5:15 am

herinfernallady

Nope fran i am ok. i just have to think extra hard at the moment. I have noticed i am getting less distracted though

5:15 am

herinfernallady

Night Fran.

5:15 am

herinfernallady

Cat you getting a sleep in

5:16 am

herinfernallady

SO 8 please

5:16 am

Cat9x

Yes! Herin, I am! I love my little Grandson, but love to get top sleep in weekends when Mom and Dad are home :P

5:17 am

blueruin

lady, when my prescriptions were still being increased, i was a total space cadet

5:17 am

blueruin

but i've been on the same dosage for a good year and a half now, and...actually i'm still a space cadet, albeit a healthier one :)

5:17 am

herinfernallady

Lovely. My exs little boy (he was three) thought nothing about making car noises at 8am when i got home at 4am from night clubing.

5:17 am

herinfernallady

Blue yep. I hear you on that

5:18 am

herinfernallady

It was changed 2 years ago now im on a higher dose and it sucks. If i still have brain implosion headaches by the 11th of Jan i will tell the doc

5:18 am

Angelsong

fireworks for me.

5:19 am

herinfernallady

Yah Angel. yuou enjouying your new house?

5:19 am

Angelsong

very much, indeed! Christmas decorating this weekend.

5:19 am

Cat9x

so8/40, Male offspring + picnic pest + first two letters of singing voice, also in grid

5:19 am

Cat9x

Yayyy Angel!

5:19 am

Angelsong

and moving furniture in the living room.

5:20 am

herinfernallady

Lovely

5:20 am

Cat9x

They do that Herin, noise's at all hours, my Grandson at times wakes at 3a.m. and wants to play :)

5:20 am

blueruin

the 11th of jan will be my year-and-a-half anniversary! :D

5:20 am

phandmd

2nd ho /12 pls

5:20 am

herinfernallady

thanks

5:21 am

Angelsong

we bought a vaccuum with a carpet shampooer.

5:21 am

phandmd

blue that very day, I will be 44!

5:21 am

herinfernallady

Angel i love new appliences.

5:21 am

herinfernallady

Oh crap i have to get my laybuy off

5:21 am

Angelsong

we have a house full of them, herin

5:22 am

dcseain

bak. power flip went well.

5:22 am

dcseain

i need to buy a carpet cleaner. Maybe for my birthday in a few months.

5:22 am

blueruin

hey dc

5:22 am

dcseain

hm. still testing power

5:22 am

blueruin

also happy birthday in advance phan!

5:23 am

Cat9x

Have a great day/night all, off to sleep, happy babbling!

5:23 am

phandmd

anyone have a clue for the 2nd HO 5/12?

5:24 am

herinfernallady

Blue I have added you

5:24 am

herinfernallady

No Phan i don't sorry

5:24 am

dcseain

g'night, cat

5:24 am

herinfernallady

Night cat

5:24 am

ch1212

phandmd, it's like Co*** the Barbarian

5:25 am

blueruin

thanks lady

5:25 am

herinfernallady

Blue my photos live at photobucket under herdarkmistress

5:25 am

phandmd

thnx, Ch

5:26 am

blueruin

i shall check them out

5:26 am

blueruin

btw thanks ch

5:26 am

herinfernallady

I tend to be a lot private with stuff

5:27 am

blueruin

understandable

5:27 am

blueruin

did that send?

5:27 am

herinfernallady

I worked out that i get to three people when it comes to 6 degrees

5:27 am

blueruin

wonky internet :(

5:28 am

dcseain

did what send, blue? you said 'understandable'

5:28 am

bonkler

6 degrees of kevin bacon?

5:29 am

blueruin

i was talking to myself in the chat box

5:29 am

blueruin

it's being verrrrrrrrry slow for me right now

5:30 am

herinfernallady

Bonkler i have found that most of my friends know each other on some level. My B.f works at a place my dad worked at in the 70s. My dads boss J son now is my b.fs boss

5:30 am

dcseain

sigh. work wants me to go throught training on how to use an app that i've used for 10 years, and supported for 4 of them.

5:30 am

dcseain

i wonder if i have to.

5:30 am

blueruin

that sounds excruciating

5:31 am

dcseain

that's neat lady.

5:31 am

dcseain

well, i work for the US Gov't, blue ;)

5:31 am

phandmd

lo 6/24?

5:31 am

blueruin

of COURSE

5:31 am

blueruin

my father worked for the goverment for thirty-five years. he is so, so happily retired now

5:32 am

dcseain

and an indef article to the 4/6, phan

5:32 am

dcseain

my dad worked for gov't too, but liked what he did.

5:32 am

blueruin

lucky.

5:33 am

phandmd

thnx, I wondered if it built on that, should have tried something

5:34 am

phandmd

what about the 5 after it?

5:35 am

blueruin

dc, i just looked at your latest lj post, and it was quite depressing.

5:36 am

herinfernallady

Blue i am at lj too under herdarkmistress

5:36 am

dcseain

i'm dcseain.livejournal.com

5:36 am

dcseain

more whistful from my POV, sorry that it left you sad, blue

5:36 am

blueruin

is there a babble lj community?

5:37 am

blueruin

it didn't leave me so much as sad as...well, it seemed a bitter post.

5:37 am

dcseain

lo5/10, phan, is plural, lo5/14, add indeffinite artilcle to lo4/6.

5:37 am

dcseain

or did i misunderstand your question, phan?

5:38 am

phandmd

how do you get the qu 8?

5:38 am

dcseain

hm. interesting. It left me a bit teary, more over grandpa's alzheimer's, and it made me miss grandma.

5:38 am

dcseain

qu8 - begginnig of Austrailian airline + kitchen implement

5:38 am

dcseain

qu9 is plural

5:39 am

blueruin

i can imagine.

5:39 am

phandmd

I got the lo 6 (+ indef artic to lo 4/6) I need the lo 5/14 after that

5:40 am

dcseain

lo5/10 is plural of lo4/4 before it. only 1 lo5/14.

5:40 am

dcseain

lo 4/4 is sort of like ' a bunch of'

5:40 am

phandmd

ok the lo 5/14 is a plural

5:41 am

blueruin

i hadn't gotten lo44 yet, but i had lo510. whodathunkit.

5:41 am

herinfernallady

Not sure on that count blue

5:41 am

phandmd

I had the 5/10 already; thnx DC

5:41 am

dcseain

oh, lo5/14 is plural, yes.

5:41 am

phandmd

kitchen implement

5:41 am

blueruin

well yeah

5:41 am

blueruin

wait. kitchen implement???

5:42 am

dcseain

typical for many of us, blue. i find a 7 or 8, but not the 4 root frequently.

5:42 am

Tanja

cant see the kitchen implement for qu8 sigh

5:42 am

dcseain

yes, like tweezers, the kitchen implement.

5:42 am

blueruin

hi tanja

5:42 am

Tanja

hello

5:42 am

dcseain

morning, tanja

5:42 am

blueruin

i don't know about you dc but i don't use tweezers in my kitchen

5:42 am

dcseain

to4/5 kitchen implement combo

5:43 am

dcseain

no tweezer-like object?

5:43 am

dcseain

like for turning chicken breast in a pan - not a spatula

5:43 am

phandmd

its the to 4/6

5:43 am

Tanja

aha thanx youguys I have 39 left - my best yet

5:43 am

dcseain

but to4

5:43 am

phandmd

thnx so much for that

5:43 am

Tanja

quant

5:44 am

blueruin

OH THOSE TWEEZERS

5:44 am

blueruin

i already had the word ahahaha

5:44 am

Tanja

woops I gotta watch where my cuirsor is sigh

5:44 am

dcseain

:D

5:45 am

blueruin

i'm still stuck on the first and fourth al words. i forgot about them

5:45 am

dcseain

(i'm skilled at mildly obscure clues, which others describe as 'elegant') lol

5:45 am

dcseain

1st al: move al5/14

5:45 am

blueruin

i guess tweezers are kind of elegent

5:45 am

dcseain

last, not the 1st line, but the al4/4, are playing this round.

5:46 am

blueruin

actually no they're just obscure as hell.

5:46 am

dcseain

as i said :D

5:46 am

lideola

al4/4- there is a key next to your space bar - pluralize it

5:47 am

blueruin

I LOVE BABBLE

5:47 am

herinfernallady

HI Lideo

5:47 am

blueruin

hi and thank you lideo

5:47 am

lideola

good morning herin, all

5:48 am

dcseain

mernong, lideola!

5:48 am

lideola

are you getting a tattoo of that blue"

5:48 am

lideola

? not "

5:49 am

blueruin

a tattoo of "I LOVE BABBLE"??

5:49 am

lideola

yup

5:49 am

lideola

bet you would be the only person in the world to have that

5:49 am

blueruin

i'm thinking it'd look good right on my forehead

5:49 am

blueruin

what do you think

5:50 am

lideola

and you can get little monkeys tattooed on each of your fingertips

5:51 am

dcseain

lol lideola

5:51 am

phandmd

SA 5/10?

5:51 am

blueruin

because the fingertips that type my babble answers are monkeylike?

5:52 am

dcseain

sa5/10 Domingo

5:52 am

dcseain

both sa6s build from it

5:52 am

lideola

lol no- because when we are trying to figure out a word and are just using random letter sequences- its called "monkeying"

5:53 am

phandmd

as in the opera singer?

5:53 am

lideola

hey blue i am in philadelphia as well

5:53 am

blueruin

ohhhhhhh

5:53 am

blueruin

i know i was about to mention!

5:53 am

blueruin

we babble in the same hood

5:53 am

dcseain

must run for shift turnover. aloha oe! {poof}

5:53 am

lideola

there are a couple of us

5:53 am

blueruin

farewell dc!

5:54 am

blueruin

are there really?

5:54 am

lideola

bye dc- have a great weekend

5:54 am

blueruin

that's comforting

5:54 am

herinfernallady

Bye Dc

5:54 am

blueruin

also, dc, thanks

5:55 am

phandmd

I am needing more help with the sa 5/10 pls

5:56 am

lideola

The Jolly fellow popular this time of year, with a different last letter

5:57 am

phandmd

thanx that helped and finished out the SA's

5:57 am

lideola

yw

5:57 am

herinfernallady

How are you all going

5:57 am

Tanja

36 left

5:58 am

blueruin

fifty-nine left. i'm pathetic :(

5:58 am

blueruin

thanks lid!

5:59 am

phandmd

10 more here

5:59 am

lideola

i just started- i do a each letter one at a time starting at the top left. After my first pass through I break out lickety. I am at the N in the top right hand corner and have 77 lft

5:59 am

lideola

i am logged in to work too, so flipping back and forth

6:00 am

Anniebrook

hello everyone....clue for ca7/36, please

6:00 am

herinfernallady

Hey i haven't finished a grid for days

6:00 am

blueruin

i've been half-babbling, half-staring off into space. it is eaaaaarly.

6:01 am

blueruin

wow, i only have one ca

6:01 am

blueruin

i've...never finished a grid. n00b!

6:02 am

lideola

i don't have it yet annie, but by glancing, I would say its probably bottle ca* + **** Laurel and Oliver Hardy

6:02 am

herinfernallady

Blue welcome

6:03 am

montreal13

"Have tea...will babble" - hi babblers everywhere !

6:03 am

blueruin

morning, montreal!

6:04 am

blueruin

tea sounds like a very good idea

6:04 am

Anniebrook

lideola, I went to get coffee and when I came back there was your clue, thanks!

6:04 am

montreal13

good morning Blue ! - first time i see you here !

6:04 am

Anniebrook

hi montreal!

6:04 am

blueruin

i am neeeeew

6:04 am

Anniebrook

and blue!

6:04 am

lideola

np- i tried it after i clued it- that should be it

6:05 am

montreal13

well Blue, welcome to Babble Land !

6:05 am

blueruin

thank you! :)

6:05 am

blueruin

lid your clue just clicked for me

6:06 am

blueruin

i couldn't remember his first name, haha

6:06 am

montreal13

yw blue :) - 22 down, 83 to go...

6:06 am

phandmd

and done! anyone need any clues before I go?

6:06 am

montreal13

wtg phan !!

6:06 am

Anniebrook

congrats, phand

6:07 am

blueruin

give me an no

6:07 am

blueruin

any no

6:07 am

blueruin

i'm dying

6:07 am

montreal13

no + ** ** ** he he song at arenas

6:07 am

phandmd

almost repeat the no for the 1st 4 then pllural

6:08 am

montreal13

no4/4 that is

6:08 am

phandmd

no + british thank you

6:08 am

phandmd

all a stick ltr after that

6:08 am

phandmd

*add

6:08 am

blueruin

thanks!

6:09 am

blueruin

no5,10?

6:10 am

montreal13

rhymes with hospital blue

6:10 am

phandmd

add the stick ltr to the 2nd 4/4 I gave you

6:10 am

herinfernallady

Hi Mont

6:10 am

lideola

morewords.com is a pretty good resource to help finish the grid

6:10 am

phandmd

I used a2z

6:10 am

montreal13

hi there lady !

6:10 am

lideola

ok- off to do actual work , be back later to finish. Have a great day all

6:11 am

blueruin

i'm sorry i'm such a pain

6:11 am

montreal13

was not aware of morewords.com lideola - tx

6:11 am

Anniebrook

bye, lide

6:11 am

blueruin

bye lid thanks for the help

6:11 am

phandmd

sall right, did you get the clues?

6:11 am

montreal13

pain ? PAIN ??

6:11 am

montreal13

have a great one lideola !

6:12 am

herinfernallady

Whats up Blue

6:12 am

blueruin

apparently it's preposterous to think i'm a pain for asking for help with easy words. at least that's what i gathered from montreal...?

6:13 am

blueruin

or at least i hope so because i'm probably going to be asking for silly help for daaaays

6:13 am

phandmd

do you need anymoe clues

6:13 am

montreal13

we ALL do at times Blue - and most of us are simply happy to provide clues...

6:14 am

sprite

hi, back for the last few.

6:14 am

montreal13

hello there sprite ! - how are you today ?

6:14 am

sprite

asking for help is never a pain, at least not as long as one uses the help that is given, lol. Feel free to ask!

6:14 am

Anniebrook

hi sprite!!!

6:15 am

herinfernallady

Hi Sprite

6:15 am

phandmd

I am here for another couple if any clues are needed

6:15 am

sprite

teary... it is the birthday of my friend Jom, who died a little over a year ago. But coping ok.

6:15 am

sprite

hey Annie *hug*

6:15 am

blueruin

her sprite!

6:15 am

blueruin

[[[BIG hug]]]

6:15 am

montreal13

(((((((sprite)))))))

6:15 am

phandmd

I am sorry Sprite, do something fun to remember your friend

6:16 am

sprite

we both loved cabaret... I am listening to one of her favorite scenes. It helps a little ;)

6:16 am

Anniebrook

So sorry {{{Sprite}}}

6:16 am

littlebit

s

6:16 am

littlebit

ss

6:17 am

montreal13

that's the spirit sprite ...

6:17 am

sprite

thanks guys, your support helps too :)

6:17 am

herinfernallady

Apparently the QU is a town in Victoria aus

6:17 am

littlebit

sorry, don't know where that came from

6:17 am

blueruin

i'm glad you're listening to something awesome you both liked

6:18 am

phandmd

well, I guess I better run then; girls have an indoor track meet so should get some good food into them

6:18 am

periwinkle

HI all, my words are not being entered. getting a red notice that says word couln't be added.

6:18 am

montreal13

hagd phan !

6:18 am

periwinkle

very frustrating

6:19 am

montreal13

working fine here peri and HI !

6:19 am

blueruin

bye phan

6:19 am

Anniebrook

hi peri

6:19 am

Tanja

oohh I just discovered lickety split - so helpful

6:19 am

sprite

hi peri, not happening here, hope it is over soon for you

6:19 am

sprite

lickety is the best, Tanja :)

6:19 am

periwinkle

I refreshed and words are being entered

6:20 am

periwinkle

(((((((sprite)))))))

6:20 am

sprite

thanks for the hug, peri :)

6:20 am

periwinkle

I read back in the chat, sprite and thought you could use one

6:21 am

blueruin

i need to start getting ready for spanish soon. i will NEVER take a class on a weekend ever again.

6:22 am

sprite

I definitely do, peri, much appreciated

6:22 am

montreal13

have a great day Blue - was nice meeting you !

6:22 am

sprite

blue: my daughter had equitation lessons on saturday and both kids have aikido on sunday morning!

6:22 am

montreal13

hasta pronto Blue !

6:22 am

blueruin

thanks mont

6:22 am

blueruin

thanks mont

6:23 am

sprite

have a great day, blue, and till soon!

6:23 am

Anniebrook

bye blue

6:23 am

blueruin

sprite, those sound a tad more exhilarating than sitting in a stuffy classroom

6:23 am

littlebit

bye blue

6:24 am

herinfernallady

Bye Blue

6:24 am

blueruin

have great days, all, and i'll be back to attempt finishing later in the afternoon

6:24 am

sprite

not for the mum though, lol. Though it is fun to watch them, most of the time.

6:24 am

periwinkle

very timely, Santa is in the grid

6:24 am

blueruin

hasta pronto ;)

6:24 am

blueruin

HAH peri so is satan

6:24 am

herinfernallady

Peri i hate the red line of doom

6:24 am

periwinkle

oh, so he is

6:24 am

sprite

and as unvalid as his anagram satan...

6:27 am

littlebit

squanto is another one

6:27 am

sprite

my hubby and kids have not realised it is Jom's birthday. Hubby is gone for the day and I really feel kinda lonely in my sadness. It helps to share it here.
Also phoned with another very close friend of Jom's and that helped too.

6:28 am

herinfernallady

Sprite why dont you get together with friend of Joms to have a tea/coffee together and have a laugh about the good things

6:29 am

montreal13

i like that herin - great idea !

6:30 am

sprite

wish I could, lady. Her friends are all at the other side of the country, and some of them are coming together tonight and celebrate Sinterklaas, which was a very special holiday for our Jom. It is in her honor that they celebrate it on the 8th this year. I can't be part of that, and that is ok, but nevertheless I feel a little shut out. No logic there, lol, just feelings.

6:30 am

carleekat

good morning everyone

6:30 am

sprite

hi carlee

6:30 am

carleekat

hey sprite

6:30 am

montreal13

being sad AND lonely is the worst sprite...

6:30 am

carleekat

hi herin ..hi mntreal

6:31 am

herinfernallady

SPrite can you msn with the friends? or skype or something

6:31 am

herinfernallady

HUGS

6:31 am

Anniebrook

{{{carlee}}}

6:31 am

montreal13

good morning Carlee - how are u ?

6:31 am

herinfernallady

Carlee hello

6:31 am

periwinkle

hi carlee

6:31 am

carleekat

{{ANNIE}}... I guess am o k ...thanks..hi {{peri}}

6:31 am

sprite

so very very true, montreal. Guess that is why it hurts my hubby does not realise. It IS on the calendar...

6:31 am

periwinkle

(((((((((carlee)))))))))))

6:31 am

sprite

just had a long phonetalk with one of them, lady. Which was great.

6:32 am

herinfernallady

Thats good

6:32 am

periwinkle

not liking this grdi

6:32 am

carleekat

http://www.growinguphockey.com/Your_St
ories.php

6:32 am

periwinkle

*grid* even

6:33 am

montreal13

i'm sure your hubby not mentionning it wasn't intentional Sprite - emotionnally, you were closer to Jom by the sounds of it...

6:34 am

herinfernallady

Cool Carlee

6:34 am

sprite

I know, montreal, and when he realises, he will feel bad for it. I am not blaming him, just feeling very lonely in feeling sad today. Not wanting to bother him thought, as long as he is outdoors and having fun.

6:35 am

carleekat

{{{{sPRITE}}} men can be big dopes...I know it doesn't help...but I can sympathize from other dopy men things

6:35 am

montreal13

((((((((sprite)))))))

6:36 am

periwinkle

can never have too many hugs :-)

6:36 am

periwinkle

we are such a caring community here

6:36 am

sprite

yeah, so true, carlee. It is just that they focus on other things than we. Not better and not worse, just different.

6:36 am

montreal13

MEN and DOPY things in the same sentence ???? it's near impossible carlee !!!...lol

6:36 am

sprite

we are, peri, and it really helps in times like these, I swear.

6:36 am

carleekat

and they are dopes...

6:37 am

carleekat

yeap..it does...

6:37 am

periwinkle

men and women just do not think the same about things

6:37 am

sprite

*grins at montreal*
I am a great admirer of men... and sometimes they drive me right up the curtains. Sounds familiar, right? ;)

6:37 am

herinfernallady

Sprite you probably wont know if he didn't see it on the calendar *sometimes they other species don't see things as clear as day* HIUGS

6:38 am

carleekat

I didn't say I don't admire them....especially a good strong naked back....with a sunset behind them.....that...is a nice pic to admire

6:38 am

montreal13

true herin... and sometimes they see things and will let you feel your emotions without a feeble attempt at consolation...

6:38 am

periwinkle

can someone please clue the 8's and 9's or at least tell me what they start with

6:38 am

sprite

exactly. If I want his support, all I have to do is say it is Jom's birthday and I am having a bad time with it, and he will be there for me. It is a very female thing to sit quiet and wait for the man to come forward himself, and feeling that if she needs to remind him, she doesn't want his support anyway.

6:39 am

herinfernallady

Carlee how is hubby?

6:39 am

montreal13

right on sprite !

6:39 am

sprite

woot carlee! Tasty pic that paints ;)

6:39 am

carleekat

ca8 is one of them peri..not any further through the grid then that

6:39 am

carleekat

annoying... grumpy... demanding...high maintenance

6:40 am

herinfernallady

Oh :( At least hes home even if you want him to shush for a minute

6:40 am

periwinkle

thanks carlee, looking but don't see it

6:40 am

sprite

montreal: if that is what you can do, it is worth a thousand consolations sometimes. Just letting feelings be there, acknowledge them and not try to uplift them can work miracles.

6:40 am

carleekat

me either

6:40 am

sprite

so and qu are the others, I think

6:41 am

periwinkle

will look sprite, thanks

6:41 am

montreal13

:) sprite

6:42 am

EspritdJean

ca8 sounds like the driver of a ship but with another consonant in the middle

6:42 am

sprite

still missing the so myself, just remembered from the chat earlier. My longest so is a 6, lol.

6:42 am

carleekat

peri... lid to a pen/marker+ ****d up at attention

6:43 am

carleekat

then plural it for the 8

6:43 am

sprite

ah, there it is, it actually builds on one of the so6 words!

6:43 am

Katydid0615

how about ca8= hats (note plural), plus what you get when you sit out in the sun (plural)

6:44 am

periwinkle

thanks Katay, carlee and EJ got the ca8

6:44 am

sprite

very good clue, Katydid!

6:44 am

periwinkle

*katy*

6:44 am

Katydid0615

thanks! and good morning everyone

6:44 am

sprite

fireworks for me :)

6:45 am

Katydid0615

wtg

6:45 am

montreal13

hi katy

6:45 am

periwinkle

yay for sprite

6:45 am

herinfernallady

Hi Katy

6:45 am

herinfernallady

WOOT SPrite

6:45 am

montreal13

way to go Sprite !!

6:45 am

periwinkle

have 1 so6 word musical composition, is the so8 build on that one

6:45 am

carleekat

<POMPOM TOSS> for sprite....YIPPEE yowza

6:45 am

sprite

lovely grid today...and a very sweet vid

6:45 am

sprite

peri: it builds on the other, starts the same, ends in picnic pest, make longer for the 8.

6:46 am

periwinkle

go it sprite thanks

6:46 am

montreal13

got it sprite - tx !

6:46 am

periwinkle

may I have a clue for the other 8 and the 9 please

6:47 am

periwinkle

have a qu7

6:47 am

Katydid0615

the qu's, I am missing them also, but I have the 7 before them

6:47 am

sprite

I have to be off, am sorry I cannot hang around to clue. *hugs* to all and thanks for your support and care.

6:48 am

herinfernallady

Hugs sprite

6:48 am

carleekat

try to enjoy the day sprite....{{HUGS}}

6:48 am

montreal13

((((sprite))))) have a great day ... just the same

6:48 am

sprite

Katy: drop last 2 letters, replace with what rhymes with what you can sing.

6:49 am

joso

have a good day sprite

6:49 am

periwinkle

thanks sprite got the qu8

6:49 am

periwinkle

new word for me

6:49 am

Katydid0615

got them, thanks Sprite

6:49 am

EspritdJean

plural for the 9 peri

6:50 am

periwinkle

thanks EJ, didn't even think of doing that

6:50 am

EspritdJean

never heard that word either

6:50 am

periwinkle

I feel much better now that the big ones are out of the way

6:50 am

Katydid0615

oops, lost track of time! gotta get outta here. bbl to finish the last 19.

6:50 am

periwinkle

woo hoo have the left column grayed out

6:51 am

periwinkle

bbs

6:51 am

carleekat

later peri

6:51 am

montreal13

cu l8ter peri

6:53 am

herinfernallady

I am falling asleep

6:53 am

carleekat

nite nite herin... :o)

6:54 am

montreal13

sweet dreams Lady !

6:56 am

carleekat

u know its christmas when chia pet commercials pop up

6:57 am

montreal13

u r right carlee (groan)

6:58 am

herinfernallady

Night night

6:58 am

carleekat

cu later herin

6:58 am

montreal13

sleep well Lady !

6:58 am

carleekat

or tomorrow..or..whatever....time shift weirdness

6:58 am

herinfernallady

I ahve 6 left mmm

6:59 am

montreal13

36 to go here...

7:00 am

angelinaxox

hi all

7:00 am

montreal13

good morning Angelina !

7:00 am

carleekat

hi angel

7:01 am

angelinaxox

gm mont and carlee

7:01 am

herinfernallady

1 more to go

7:01 am

herinfernallady

ANd DOne

7:02 am

montreal13

ahh Herin, you decided to finish before going to bed didn't you ?

7:02 am

montreal13

way to go Herin !

7:02 am

angelinaxox

congrats herin

7:02 am

carleekat

<POMPOM TWIRL with mr sandman dust > for herin..nite nite dear one...

7:03 am

montreal13

now u can go to bed, sleep well and have those sweet dreams !

7:04 am

montreal13

30 left - time for breakfast and stuff - happy babbling all - bye for now !

7:04 am

angelinaxox

bye mont, have a nice breakfast and a good day

7:05 am

montreal13

tx angelina - "POOF"

7:05 am

herinfernallady

Yah thanks

7:05 am

herinfernallady

Mont i had 3 left when i said it

7:05 am

periwinkle

hi all 27 left

7:05 am

carleekat

yeap..me too..I have to get ready for work... with 28 to go..nice little tidy package to work on this afternoon

7:06 am

carleekat

byebye

7:06 am

montreal13

you said u felt sleepy...then u said you had 6 to go hmmm - and then u finished !! -- sleep tight !

7:06 am

angelinaxox

bye carlee, take care and have a good day

7:06 am

angelinaxox

hi peri

7:09 am

periwinkle

down to 17, want to finish now, lots to do today

7:10 am

angelinaxox

ooh, almost there peri

7:12 am

periwinkle

moving right along, 7 left

7:12 am

angelinaxox

very good

7:12 am

jean1953

good afternoon everyone:)

7:13 am

Anniebrook

back from kitchen, hi jean

7:13 am

angelinaxox

hi jean and annie

7:14 am

Anniebrook

hi angelina

7:14 am

periwinkle

fireworks for me

7:15 am

angelinaxox

congrats peri

7:15 am

periwinkle

adorable video

7:15 am

jean1953

congratulations peri:)

7:15 am

periwinkle

sorry can't stay to clue, happy babbling

7:15 am

angelinaxox

hagd peri

7:16 am

Anniebrook

congrats, peri

7:18 am

Aloyisius

ah, hot coffee and Babble.. good way to start the day.. hi everyone!

7:18 am

angelinaxox

hi aloy

7:18 am

jean1953

hi Aloy:)

7:19 am

Anniebrook

hi Aloy!

7:20 am

Aloyisius

hi angelina jean and Annie.. looks like I just missed peri

7:23 am

babsmgl

how many words?

7:23 am

angelinaxox

105

7:23 am

babsmgl

thanks

7:24 am

angelinaxox

yw

7:25 am

littlebit

very cute video today!

7:25 am

angelinaxox

hi littlebit

7:26 am

littlebit

hello

7:26 am

Aloyisius

congrats, littlebit, on finishing the grid!

7:26 am

littlebit

thanks

7:26 am

jean1953

hello littlebit:)

7:26 am

littlebit

hello

7:27 am

littlebit

i have some time this morning. i think i might try to find an icon!

7:28 am

jean1953

right am off to catch the shops, Happy Babbling one and all, hope to bbl:)

7:28 am

Aloyisius

happy hunting... will eagerly await your new "look", littlebit.. (-:

7:28 am

Anniebrook

bye jean, good for you, little

7:29 am

angelinaxox

bye jean, hagd

7:29 am

Aloyisius

bye jean.. happy hunting to you too! (-:

7:37 am

littlebit

yea, it worked!

7:38 am

Anniebrook

love your icon, little!

7:38 am

Aloyisius

lovely! hurray

7:39 am

littlebit

thanks!

7:39 am

Aloyisius

brb.. seeking coffee..

7:39 am

littlebit

kept trying to get a good one of both of my cats togather. i'll keep trying!

7:40 am

angelinaxox

yes, nice icon

7:41 am

littlebit

thanks. so long for now. happy babbling.

7:41 am

angelinaxox

bye little, hagd

7:41 am

hawknoah

morning all.. almost done but need some help. ca 7+8 clues pls

7:42 am

angelinaxox

hi hawk

7:43 am

hawknoah

good morning

7:43 am

Sherylr1961

ca = type of hat + mans name

7:43 am

angelinaxox

ca 7 = hat you wear on your head + if you don't sit you ****d

7:44 am

hawknoah

thanks!!

7:44 am

hawknoah

guess that's the one combo i didn't try LOL

7:44 am

angelinaxox

lol

7:45 am

hawknoah

now some help on the sa5.10 and the sa6's

7:45 am

dan2bit

whee! left column done ;-)

7:45 am

Anniebrook

family coming for dinner, have to get into the kitchen for a while, see you later for my last 12

7:45 am

angelinaxox

nice job dan

7:45 am

angelinaxox

bye annie, hagd

7:46 am

Anniebrook

hawk, sa 5/10 sa*** domingo

7:48 am

boo57

It would appear that my trial period is up so I cannot see how many words there are. Would someone please tell me how many more I need? I have 105 so far, are there many more?

7:48 am

hawknoah

ty

7:48 am

hawknoah

boo57 - go to http://licketysplitaus.googlepages.com
/babbleclues.html

7:48 am

angelinaxox

105 is the total

7:49 am

boo57

Thank you! I guess it won't tell me when I am done either unless I am upgraded.

7:49 am

angelinaxox

down at the bottom under friends of babble is lickety

7:49 am

Aloyisius

welcome to Babble, boo!

7:50 am

angelinaxox

congrats boo

7:50 am

hawknoah

so 6's and 8's pls then i'll stop hounding for clues :)

7:50 am

angelinaxox

yes it doesn't tell you when you are done if you haven't upgraded

7:50 am

hawknoah

oh wait i figured one out

7:50 am

Infinite

congrats boo

7:51 am

boo57

So + pest at picnic

7:51 am

Infinite

Hi all, just passin by until I have to go out. Hope everyones having a nice weekend :)

7:51 am

hawknoah

the first so6.18 and the 8 pls

7:51 am

Aloyisius

.. and congrats on finishing the grid, boo!

7:51 am

angelinaxox

hi infinite, hope you have a great weekend too

7:51 am

boo57

So + pest at picnic + another word for everybody (3 letters - last one)

7:52 am

boo57

Well maybe for the holiday, an upgrade would make a nice gift.

7:53 am

Aloyisius

great idea, boo.. ask Santa

7:53 am

angelinaxox

yes it's a great idea boo, i had gotten mine for a birthday present

7:55 am

joanne0334

gm all ...i got hubby a navigator for christmas so he will never get lost in the van hehe

7:56 am

angelinaxox

gm jo!!!

7:56 am

Aloyisius

hi joanne.. bet he will love it

7:56 am

joanne0334

i hope so

7:57 am

hawknoah

still having trouble with so6.18 and so8.. i got the so + picnic pest, but am having issues past that LOL

7:59 am

Aloyisius

think of Beethoven's "Midnight So****", hawk

7:59 am

Infinite

gm jo

7:59 am

Infinite

or I should say good afternoon, it's past 2pm here

7:59 am

joanne0334

gm infinite

8:00 am

Aloyisius

so 6.18 is a type of musical composition... hi infinite

8:01 am

Infinite

Hi Aloyisius

8:02 am

hawknoah

thanks.. i meant the other 6.18 actually

8:02 am

hawknoah

i have the musical composition one

8:02 am

hawknoah

i'm just stuck on the picnic pest one(s) :)

8:03 am

Infinite

hawk ...so + picnic pest + first vowel

8:04 am

Aloyisius

the first so 6.18: not a daughter + an insect

8:04 am

joanne0334

humm

8:04 am

joanne0334

ty aloy

8:04 am

hawknoah

thanks!

8:04 am

Aloyisius

extend that with Mr. Gore's handle for the so 8.40

8:05 am

hawknoah

thank you so mch- fireworks

8:05 am

joanne0334

ty

8:05 am

hawknoah

couldn't have done it without you

8:05 am

Infinite

well done hawk

8:05 am

Aloyisius

yippee.. glad you found 'em!

8:05 am

hawknoah

i had some help :)

8:05 am

hawknoah

but thanks nonetheless (takes bow)

8:05 am

Aloyisius

congrats, hawk!

8:06 am

hawknoah

may i return the favor and give any clues?

8:06 am

hawknoah

or has everyone else mastered this puzzle as well?

8:07 am

Aloyisius

not stuck enough yet, hawk, but tyvm. (-:

8:08 am

hawknoah

i will make it a point to introduce the so6.18 and so8 words into my vocabulary today

8:08 am

hawknoah

i'll just use those words casually in passing and see if anyone notices i'm speaking in gibberish

8:09 am

Aloyisius

lol, hawk... if you go around using grid words, people will indeed call you a "Babbler" !

8:09 am

Aloyisius

... and call the paddy wagon pronto

8:09 am

angelinaxox

lol

8:09 am

hawknoah

i can impress them with some of those q words i haven't heard of previously as well

8:10 am

hawknoah

lol

8:10 am

Aloyisius

do you play Scrabble, hawk? I have enjoyed using some of the babblets against my opponent, and in that way Babble has helped

8:10 am

hawknoah

i do play scrabble- these words are helpful

8:11 am

hawknoah

i used to play literati on the online yahoo games

8:11 am

hawknoah

except i found that the chatting on the yahoo games was rather annoying

8:11 am

Merk

*Fireworks*!

8:11 am

joanne0334

wtg merk congrats

8:11 am

hawknoah

many x-rated conversations, attempts to "cyber," and just general insults being thrown.. kind of took away from the game

8:12 am

Aloyisius

only trouble is... the Scrabble dictionary and the enable dictionary (used on this site) often differ.. wow, congrats to Merk!

8:12 am

joanne0334

where do i find scrabble that's good?>??

8:12 am

Merk

Good morning all ... and fireworks!

8:12 am

lideola

here the chat is useful and social, i guess because here you aren't playing an opponant

8:12 am

hawknoah

the chats contained things that would shock Oprah

8:12 am

angelinaxox

congrats merk

8:12 am

hawknoah

congrats merk

8:13 am

lideola

whereas chat when you are competing can get annoying and be a distraction

8:13 am

hawknoah

i agree- the chats here are wonderful.. i guess the opponent thing had something to do with it

8:13 am

Aloyisius

have never tried literati, but have seen it mentioned in chat

8:13 am

Sherylr1961

fireworks for ne

8:13 am

Merk

I didn't realize my first transmission went through. I'm having trouble with my connections today ... as usual when away from home.

8:13 am

Aloyisius

yay, sheryl!!!

8:13 am

Sherylr1961

been ages since I had time to finish the puzzle

8:13 am

hawknoah

it was one of the better online scrabble games i found actually

8:13 am

Merk

Congrats, Sheryl

8:13 am

joanne0334

congratrs sher

8:13 am

Sherylr1961

anyone want clues before I go start my day

8:13 am

Sherylr1961

ty merk

8:13 am

pabtrek

congrats Merk and Sheryl

8:14 am

angelinaxox

congrats sheryl

8:14 am

Aloyisius

yes, i think this chat is definitely friendly and supportive.. except for the occasional troll

8:14 am

hawknoah

i haven't noticed trolls here yet

8:15 am

Aloyisius

sooner or later, one will come al*** :-(

8:15 am

hawknoah

shall we try to coax them out now?

8:16 am

hawknoah

TROLLS MAKE YOURSELVES KNOWN AND THEN LEAVE THE CHAT FOREVER

8:16 am

Infinite

congrats Sher & Merk

8:16 am

Sherylr1961

joanne if you are looking for a good internet scrabble sit try wordbiz i love it

8:16 am

hawknoah

that should do it

8:16 am

Aloyisius

ack.. no.. never as far as i am concerned

8:16 am

hawknoah

wordbiz eh? let me check that out

8:16 am

Infinite

lol hawk

8:17 am

Aloyisius

ISC Internet Scrabble Club (think it is the same as wordbiz)

8:17 am

hawknoah

wordbiz.com linked to some corporate blog

8:17 am

Infinite

yay left column done!

8:17 am

Sherylr1961

the url is www.isc.ro

8:17 am

Sherylr1961

it is aloy

8:18 am

Aloyisius

ty Sheryl

8:18 am

Sherylr1961

off I go guys, have my work christmas party tonight and I have a ton to do

8:18 am

Sherylr1961

see ya

8:18 am

joanne0334

byeee

8:19 am

Infinite

see ya Sher, have a great time :)

8:19 am

Aloyisius

next time, Sheryl...

8:19 am

angelinaxox

bye sheryl

8:22 am

Aloyisius

I'm off too.. after I watch the cute video, must organize the pantry in order to fit all the extra stuff in there for the holidays.. see all you Babblers next grid - Happy Babbling!

8:22 am

angelinaxox

bye aloy, hagd

8:25 am

joanne0334

byee aloy

8:30 am

NonnieLight

Hello all!

8:30 am

angelinaxox

hi nonnie

8:30 am

joanne0334

hi nonnie

8:32 am

NonnieLight

hiya angel and joanne...oh good a small grid today! :o)

8:38 am

Infinite

right i'm off for a bit, got a birthday tea to go to. Cya later...good luck!

8:39 am

joanne0334

byeee

8:39 am

NonnieLight

bye bye infinite

8:39 am

angelinaxox

bye infinite

8:40 am

pabtrek

a clue for the 9 please

8:42 am

angelinaxox

nine is plural of qu 8 an it is not quality but *****ity + what you use to get out salad

8:42 am

pabtrek

thanks angel

8:42 am

NonnieLight

ty angel!

8:42 am

angelinaxox

yw

8:44 am

joanne0334

ty ang

8:45 am

angelinaxox

yw jo

8:49 am

Scrabbler

Hello everyone. Small grid so that means I will have to get housework done or find another way to waste time.

8:49 am

angelinaxox

hi scrab, lol

8:50 am

Scrabbler

I am working on the QU words now.

8:50 am

NonnieLight

hello scrabbler

8:50 am

NonoNanette

morning Babblers

8:51 am

angelinaxox

Hi nanette

8:51 am

Scrabbler

TY for that qu8 & 9 clue below, angleina.

8:51 am

angelinaxox

yw scrab

8:51 am

Scrabbler

Hi Nonnie and Nono

8:51 am

NonnieLight

morning nono

8:51 am

joanne0334

haha me too scrabs

8:52 am

NonoNanette

the qu's were easy once i found the gu5/16

8:52 am

NonoNanette

oops that qu5/16

8:52 am

joanne0334

or go and spend money

8:52 am

Scrabbler

I will spend $ online--time to order all of my Xmas presents.

8:53 am

joanne0334

how fast do you get them??

8:53 am

Scrabbler

Usually quickly--Amazon, LLBean, etc are efficient.

8:54 am

NonoNanette

most ship same day as order and arrive within a few days

8:54 am

joanne0334

humm interesting

8:54 am

NonnieLight

I ordered items last weekend and received the last of it yesterday, joanne.

8:54 am

Scrabbler

I know I should support the local economy and indie shops, but online shopping is convenient and less expensive.

8:56 am

joanne0334

wow all the comforts of home

8:56 am

Scrabbler

It is SO much easier, and I can even have stuff mailed right to people that live out-of-town.

8:57 am

joanne0334

beats fighting the crowds

8:58 am

Scrabbler

I don't like malls--crowds, idiots, etc.

8:58 am

NonnieLight

Ugh...I made the mistake of shopping my first and last black friday this year...never again.

8:59 am

Scrabbler

Poor Nonnie---now you have post-traumatic stress disorder. We are here for you, there, there, now.

9:00 am

Atalante

no idiot tennagers with guns online

9:00 am

NonoNanette

omg Ata for sure!

9:00 am

NonnieLight

Wasn't that terrible?

9:01 am

Scrabbler

Yes, that video and info are very disturbing. It is mostly the teens and young adults that make me sad and scared for the future of society.

9:01 am

NonnieLight

lol, scrabbs...online shopping is so much more efficient.

9:02 am

Scrabbler

Yes, click, click, shopping cart, checkout, done. And no cranky checkout people either.

9:03 am

NonoNanette

yipeee FIREWORKS

9:03 am

Scrabbler

Yahooo Nanette!!!

9:03 am

joanne0334

wtg nono

9:04 am

NonnieLight

congrats, nono!

9:04 am

angelinaxox

congrats nanette

9:04 am

NonoNanette

ok off i go for some online shopping! Happy babbling everyone

9:04 am

NonnieLight

ah, the cranky clerks...such a joy to be around during the holidays.

9:04 am

NonnieLight

bye bye nono

9:05 am

Scrabbler

I am going to check e-mail. BBS

9:05 am

angelinaxox

bye nanette

9:05 am

angelinaxox

bye scrab

9:05 am

NonnieLight

bye scrabbs

9:05 am

LadyNatts

I hate shopping at any time of year... no matter what kind of shopping

9:05 am

NonnieLight

lol lady

9:06 am

hurshy

heidy ho

9:06 am

NonnieLight

hello hurshy

9:06 am

joanne0334

105 and done!!

9:06 am

joanne0334

now what do i do with the rest of my day????

9:06 am

LadyNatts

small board today

9:06 am

angelinaxox

congrats jo

9:06 am

hurshy

www.timtang.com/ttt

9:06 am

LadyNatts

they should save the big boards for weekends

9:06 am

NonnieLight

congrats joanne!

9:07 am

joanne0334

hi hursh

9:07 am

angelinaxox

2 left here and trying hard not open up lickety

9:07 am

LadyNatts

wtg joanne

9:07 am

joanne0334

really they should lady

9:07 am

joanne0334

tyvm

9:07 am

hurshy

that's my answer to your ? jo

9:07 am

NonnieLight

no no...I'm thankful the the small grids or I wouldn't get a thing done.

9:07 am

LadyNatts

I just got here...looks like I may be here awhile. I've got less than half the words

9:07 am

joanne0334

lol that's the point hehe

9:08 am

joanne0334

timtang what's that??

9:09 am

hurshy

it is the longest and hardest online puzzle in the world

9:09 am

joanne0334

like this??

9:09 am

hurshy

it can definitely keep you from getting anything else done this weekend.

9:10 am

LadyNatts

what kind of word game is it, hurshy?

9:10 am

joanne0334

ok i shall take a look at it ..not sure if i thank you or hurt you we shall see..lol

9:10 am

hurshy

it isn't a word game. it's all kinds of puzzles. word, logic, etc etc

9:10 am

joanne0334

ok all hagr8d and congrats to all

9:10 am

angelinaxox

bye jo hagd

9:11 am

LadyNatts

bye joanne... hagd

9:11 am

KatieMcG

can I have a clue for the ca 7 please

9:11 am

joanne0334

u2 ang congrats

9:11 am

hurshy

it is a thing on a boat... i think.

9:11 am

LadyNatts

ladynatts watches for the clue....

9:12 am

Atalante

yup. thing on a boat

9:12 am

hurshy

h'lo ata!

9:12 am

Atalante

helloooo!

9:14 am

hurshy

or should i say hola, which i can since it's not a word, even though senor is...

9:14 am

KatieMcG

thought so, just don't know how to spell it!!! Thanks for the clues

9:15 am

angelinaxox

fireworks

9:15 am

KatieMcG

congrats angelina:-)

9:15 am

KatieMcG

yeah, I got it :-)

9:16 am

angelinaxox

thanks katie, and hagd

9:16 am

Atalante

yes, how is hola not allowed

9:17 am

KatieMcG

don't get me started on Santa not being allowed - I don't care about capitals he should be in it!!

9:17 am

o-o

must be a hola in enable's program

9:17 am

hurshy

harharhar

9:17 am

KatieMcG

lol rabble

9:17 am

Anniebrook

hola! back from kitchen again...

9:18 am

Anniebrook

LOL BR

9:22 am

Atalante

how can I be missing 5 N's? I hate N's!

9:22 am

hurshy

really? that's weird, i only miss one.

9:22 am

hurshy

mostly they are grandmotherly words

9:22 am

Atalante

you would lol

9:24 am

hurshy

there, got the last one.

9:28 am

Anniebrook

Fireworks!!!

9:28 am

KatieMcG

congrats annie

9:31 am

Atalante

yay annie!

9:31 am

hurshy

you know you spend all that time learning words that have q but no u and then in this game you never get to use 'em

9:32 am

LadyNatts

lol hurshy, I was thinking that earlier

9:32 am

Atalante

i know!

9:32 am

Haz1558

Well good morning/afternoon all.

9:33 am

hurshy

hazzmatazz!

9:33 am

Haz1558

'Tis I.

9:34 am

Atalante

how's the injured one?

9:34 am

Haz1558

I should be purposeful and find words but I feel more like a rest.

9:34 am

LadyNatts

hi haz

9:35 am

Haz1558

The injured one is putting her paw to the ground now, so progress has been made.

9:35 am

Atalante

got to get the important things out of the way first!

9:35 am

Atalante

oh good!

9:35 am

Haz1558

The weather is so horrible that I've got two good excusesnot to venture out again.

9:35 am

Atalante

any more funny funny jokes about it?

9:36 am

Haz1558

No, he hasn't threatened her with anything toxic since.

9:36 am

Atalante

oh no, today is a stay firmly inside day

9:36 am

hurshy

is there a ps word?

9:36 am

Atalante

nope

9:37 am

Haz1558

I've done my grocery shopping, put it away, helped with a charity collection and watched people beavering about. I need some rest and relaxation.

9:37 am

Atalante

you sure do!

9:37 am

hurshy

beavering? is that like faffing?

9:38 am

Haz1558

No! Faffing is purposeless, beavering is the opposite.

9:38 am

Atalante

beavering is much more indurtious

9:38 am

Atalante

industrious even LOL

9:38 am

Haz1558

Is beavering not a recognised verb in US?

9:38 am

hurshy

ah, i see.

9:38 am

Atalante

thats amusing. cos you have beavers and we don't

9:38 am

hurshy

not that i'm aware of. we have a... um... less than nice connotation for the word beaver.

9:39 am

hurshy

if you don't have beavers why are they in narnia?

9:39 am

Haz1558

Anything with a double vowel or consonant is slightly lazier - faff, pootle, rootling.

9:39 am

Atalante

we dont tend to have fauns or evil queens either

9:40 am

Haz1558

And now I'll start to think of all the exceptions to the rule that I've arbitrarily made up.

9:40 am

hurshy

not true, you have had the occasional evil queen, haven't you?

9:40 am

Atalante

we do, however, have turkish delight

9:40 am

Atalante

no, I think all our queens have been fairly nice. At least compared to the kings

9:40 am

hurshy

but beavers are more ordinary than fauns.

9:40 am

Haz1558

And Pakistani Rapture in the shape of Imran.

9:40 am

hurshy

why don't you have beavers anyway? what happened to them?

9:41 am

Atalante

they never got here

9:41 am

Atalante

I dont think

9:41 am

hurshy

likely story

9:41 am

Haz1558

They applied for British citizenship but couldn't remember all the answers to the questions.

9:41 am

Atalante

never managed to swim over the Atlantic

9:41 am

hurshy

i smell a scandal

9:41 am

hurshy

a cover up

9:41 am

hurshy

what did the brits really do with all their beavers??

9:41 am

Haz1558

Blame FM.

9:41 am

Atalante

we have otters!

9:42 am

Atalante

we never had beavers!

9:42 am

Haz1558

Did we kill them to make hats for soldiers. Atalante?

9:42 am

hurshy

me thinks the lady doth protest too much

9:42 am

Atalante

oh myabe we did. they became extinct in the 16th century

9:43 am

hurshy

i knew it!!

9:43 am

Atalante

The exact date of the beaver's disappearance from Scotland is unknown, but it was certainly still present in the 12th century, when excise duty was collected on the export of its pelt. Written records indicate that it may have survived in small numbers at a few locations until the 16th century.

9:43 am

FMitch

The beaver was hunted almost to extinction for its fur and the pain-relieving properties of its anal gland secretions. 6 European beavers weree released into the wild in 2005.

9:43 am

Haz1558

Aha - the authority arrives.

9:43 am

Atalante

sorry, I thought it was one of those critters that never made it across here

9:44 am

FMitch

Hello :)

9:44 am

Haz1558

Hello FMitch - I've learned something new today.

9:44 am

Atalante

heyyy

9:44 am

MLFAN17

hello

9:44 am

hurshy

haz tried to blame you for the disappearance of british beavers, fmitch!

9:45 am

Inge2

The european beaver is a different species, I believe. But there are some still in Europe.

9:45 am

FMitch

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/glo
ucestershire/4380276.stm
Hello Haz, good to see you, and Ata and hurshy. Ah well hurshy it is my job :)

9:45 am

Atalante

well who else should we blame!

9:45 am

FMitch

Who indeed!

9:46 am

hurshy

are there more than 2 sq's?

9:46 am

Atalante

typical, we get the little brats in gloucestershire

9:46 am

LadyNatts

no, hurshy, there aren't

9:47 am

FMitch

Don't know hurshy the hint and clue shop is shut today

9:47 am

LadyNatts

I don't think.... or maybe there are... I don't have all those S's

9:47 am

Haz1558

Are you being all sensible again, FMitch?

9:48 am

Haz1558

Just the two sq words.

9:48 am

FMitch

My goodness but we have had some rain today.
Moi sensile, should I do you think?

9:48 am

FMitch

*sensible sigh

9:48 am

Atalante

this time next week I'll be in france

9:49 am

Haz1558

Well, if you have been sensible up to now, we can get it knocked out of you pretty quickly. The rain is a pain.

9:49 am

Haz1558

Smug.

9:49 am

hurshy

*starts playing the requisite accordion music*

9:49 am

Atalante

we;re going over for lunch

9:49 am

Atalante

ven smugger

9:49 am

FMitch

You will Ata? Which part and for why?

9:49 am

Haz1558

Or maybe not smug. Not if you get caught up in French strikes. They love their jours de conge and their greves.

9:50 am

Haz1558

Be sure to order something with raspberry and framboise sauce.

9:50 am

hurshy

:)

9:50 am

Atalante

just for lunch over near Calais. JUst to show American friends a smidge of France. and to go food shopping for Christmas

9:50 am

Haz1558

hurshy is going to have some at her Christmas party.

9:51 am

FMitch

and your meat bien cuit (sp)?

9:51 am

Haz1558

cuit is correct.

9:51 am

Atalante

bien cuit? pah! bleu!

9:51 am

sallyds

Anyone have a thought about the first qu, the four letter one?

9:51 am

FMitch

Thank you Ma'am

9:51 am

ursh

hello all - was looking back on beaver conversation and wonder about "pain relieving anal secretions" wonder if that is where the saying "pain in the ar**" come from

9:51 am

hurshy

is it followed by mire, sally?

9:52 am

MLFAN17

i know the word but dont know any definition for it sorry

9:52 am

LadyNatts

ah, good clue, hurshy

9:52 am

FMitch

Hi ursh

9:52 am

sallyds

Can't be. There is no i.

9:52 am

Haz1558

qu4 - usually followed by something that renders it marsh-like.

9:52 am

Atalante

we go to this place: http://www.restaurantducap.com/ its in a little village on the coast. looks very 70s but has gorgeous food and the fattest spaniel in existnece

9:52 am

hurshy

i don't mean in the grid... i just mean... in a word

9:52 am

sallyds

Sorry. You're right of course.

9:53 am

Haz1558

Is the spaniel being fattened deliberately?

9:53 am

hurshy

good heavens, what happened in france in the 70's? was it like elsewhere? i can't picture that.

9:53 am

FMitch

Horreur!

9:53 am

Atalante

I think so! No really, I feel so sorry for this poor spaniel. Its a Springer, but literally barrel like. He wanders round the restaurant getting fed

9:53 am

sallyds

quags

9:54 am

Haz1558

France in the late 60's had lots of students being militant. Did that carry on into the seventies?

9:54 am

sallyds

Sorry. Dumb.

9:54 am

hurshy

no but like i mean in terms of the horrid fashions and things

9:54 am

Atalante

yes. pretty awful I think

9:54 am

hurshy

jeepers.

9:55 am

Haz1558

In the seventies we had the arrival of the maxi skirt, bell-bottom trousers and the hippy, colourful look.

9:55 am

Haz1558

But then punk arrived in the late seventies and I was able to sport a pink mohican.

9:55 am

hurshy

and we had the arrival of me!

9:55 am

Atalante

70s was also blocky concrete architecture-wise wasn't it? how did that work with the hippy style!

9:55 am

Atalante

and me!

9:56 am

Haz1558

I'd been around for years. Not so smug.

9:56 am

FMitch

Haz, you ... pink, hair ... *faint*

9:56 am

MLFAN17

qu 60 and 84 pls

9:56 am

hurshy

dun dun dun... the dreaded 14!!

9:56 am

Haz1558

70's architecture didn't work, full stop. They're pulling lots of it down.

9:57 am

Haz1558

The pink mohican was a joke, just to get a reaction.

9:57 am

Atalante

photo?

9:57 am

Atalante

noooo 70s was not good building wise. not good at all

9:57 am

o-o

are turd blossoms a condition precedent to horse feathers?

9:57 am

MLFAN17

anybody/

9:58 am

hurshy

turd... blossoms...?

9:59 am

Uneaixoise

qu5/16 + to5/14

9:59 am

FMitch

Rhubarb plants love horse manure....

9:59 am

o-o

Turd Blossom, according to partisans of Karl Rove and George W. Bush, is a Texan term for a flower which grows from a pile of cow dung

10:00 am

hurshy

ohhh... wait, there are still partisans of rove and bush?

10:00 am

MLFAN17

i got the 84 qu

10:00 am

Uneaixoise

I was living in France in the early 70s!

10:00 am

hurshy

i thought they had alienated everybody

10:00 am

Haz1558

Speaking of George W Bush, why did he never get any lessons on how to deliver a speech?

10:00 am

MLFAN17

and the other qu please

10:01 am

Uneaixoise

I pretended to be Canadian!

10:01 am

hurshy

i think he did, haz...

10:01 am

Haz1558

So then you can tell us exactly how it was, Une.

10:01 am

FMitch

He did, you should have seen him w/o the lessons :)

10:01 am

MLFAN17

60

10:01 am

o-o

doublethinkers suffer from panglossiam disorder

10:01 am

hurshy

if you've seen the friends episode where phoebe tries to teach joey some french...

10:01 am

LadyNatts

did it work, une? pretending to be canadian?

10:01 am

Haz1558

My word. There was a little bit of him shown at the time of the Queen's visit to Washington. He split up a sentence and made nonsense of the speech.

10:02 am

Uneaixoise

I LOVE that episode! LOL

10:02 am

hurshy

do you think our election hoopla just starts earlier and earlier, or is the earliness a reflection of how much we long to get rid of the incumbent?

10:02 am

Uneaixoise

it definitely started MUCH earlier this time!

10:03 am

MLFAN17

the other big qu word clue please

10:03 am

Uneaixoise

Haz, we all cringe every time he opens his mouth . . .

10:03 am

hurshy

*hopes nobody noticed use of word*

10:03 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

10:03 am

FMitch

*Brushes hurshys word undr the carpet out of view*

10:03 am

Haz1558

I knew he wasn't great, but that was awful! Everything is said in the same monotone.

10:04 am

hurshy

and then he has that horrid smug grin on his face ALL the time, even when he's talking about people dying

10:04 am

hurshy

if he could just stop THAT, that would be something.

10:04 am

Uneaixoise

and is soooo patronizing when anyone dares question his policies . . .

10:04 am

o-o

my view is that campaigns are used to speak volumes about gotchas that result in milquetoast melodramas

10:04 am

LadyNatts

gotta go... bbs

10:05 am

Atalante

the best one recently was when he couldn't pronounce the Israeli and Palestinian delegates names

10:05 am

Haz1558

Yes. That's why I can't take seriously anything that he says, because you're waiting for a little snicker at the end.

10:05 am

Uneaixoise

I know!!!!

10:05 am

hurshy

brabble are you practicing your lewis carroll impression or something?

10:05 am

MLFAN17

qu 45 please

10:06 am

Haz1558

I would be fairly certain that milquetoast would be served in Cranford.

10:06 am

blueruin

greetings babblers

10:06 am

Uneaixoise

Crawford?

10:06 am

FMitch

Indubitably!

10:07 am

Uneaixoise

hey, blueruin--don't think we've met--welcome!

10:07 am

MLFAN17

hi blue

10:07 am

blueruin

i don't believe i've met any of you yet. i'm rather new

10:07 am

o-o

i have on occasion been unjustly accused of being deliberatedly obtuse

10:07 am

Haz1558

Cranford. The most delicious TV series. We all want to go and live there.

10:07 am

MLFAN17

HELLO??????????????

10:07 am

hurshy

*shy hello to blue*

10:07 am

FMitch

Oh Uni, Cranford, the BBC doing period drama, absolutely wonderful series

10:07 am

blueruin

and my addiction is starting to show through. i'm on break from class, just trying to get a few words in before going back :X

10:07 am

Haz1558

Hello blueruin - have to read your profile....

10:07 am

Uneaixoise

ooohhh, sorry! thought we were still talking about Shrub!

10:08 am

FMitch

MLF please don't shout

Welcome blue :)

10:08 am

Haz1558

No - sorry, it was a rather rapid change of subject, wasn't it? It was the mention of milquetoast by BR that set me off.

10:08 am

blueruin

your dog is incredible, haz

10:08 am

MLFAN17

sorrry

10:08 am

Uneaixoise

MLF, if I don't give you a clue, it's because I don't have the word yet . . .

10:08 am

blueruin

hi hi mitch

10:08 am

MLFAN17

hits self on head

10:08 am

MLFAN17

:0(

10:08 am

Atalante

smug dog time!

10:09 am

Haz1558

Isn't she though? She's great fun, 7 year old Welsh Springer spaniel.

10:09 am

blueruin

i'm so jealous!

10:09 am

hurshy

my kittens are great too! only their pics ain't up cause i have to have my nephew up

10:10 am

blueruin

i have such pet coveting problems

10:10 am

blueruin

"the cats are royal" haha hurshy

10:10 am

blueruin

babblers seem to be owned by their pets

10:10 am

Atalante

OOOO I forgot to say, its Hobbit's birthday today!

10:10 am

Haz1558

Atalante - keep a tight hold of Hobbit and SIlverclaw!

10:10 am

FMitch

You can do like I have blue and adopt one or two from Babble

10:10 am

Haz1558

Happy Birthday to Hobbit - how old is she?

10:11 am

Uniquity

Happy Birthday to Hobbit!

10:11 am

FMitch

Yay Hobbit

10:11 am

blueruin

does theft count as adoption

10:11 am

hurshy

happy birthday dear hobbit, happy birthday to you!

10:11 am

kathw

Hi, You would think we could be allowed santa so near to Christmas

10:11 am

Haz1558

You should ask Madonna about that one, blue.

10:11 am

FMitch

LOL no blue!

10:11 am

blueruin

because if i see any more cute animals today some grand theft kitty might have to occur

10:12 am

blueruin

...madonna? did madonna steal puppies???

10:12 am

hurshy

what is the third 8 besides the c and the q?

10:12 am

blueruin

ye gods i'm sure my professor's back by now

10:12 am

Haz1558

so8 - add Mr Gore to a resounding type word

10:13 am

blueruin

i need to go take a test! wish me luck

10:13 am

MLFAN17

byr blue gl

10:13 am

FMitch

Good luck!

10:13 am

hurshy

ty

10:13 am

hurshy

good luck ms. blue

10:13 am

blueruin

and watch out, this might be my alibi to come steal your kittens

10:13 am

Haz1558

No, Madonna didn't so much steal puppies as adopt a child VERY quickly - all the best with the test.

10:13 am

blueruin

byee

10:13 am

blueruin

tyty

10:14 am

Atalante

she's SIX! (oops weird chat lag)

10:14 am

hurshy

now i'm stuckish.

10:14 am

FMitch

It hasn't been right since this morning Ata.

10:14 am

Haz1558

So Spangle is just over a year older, then.

10:14 am

MLFAN17

having probls hursh?

10:15 am

Atalante

yup! The Elder Spaniel of Babbleland

10:15 am

hurshy

no, just stuckish.

10:15 am

Atalante

Elder as in village elder

10:15 am

MLFAN17

on the grid hursh?

10:15 am

hurshy

yesh.

10:15 am

Haz1558

Let's hope the grid rather than a qu** mire.

10:16 am

MLFAN17

me too hurshy

10:16 am

Haz1558

Because then we'd need tractors and trained men and all sorts of things to get her heaved out.

10:16 am

hurshy

aha! a word! i found a word!

10:16 am

o-o

a momentary lull before resumption of inspiration

10:16 am

Atalante

lie down quickly!

10:16 am

hurshy

TRACTORS??? how big d'you think i am?

10:16 am

MLFAN17

what does that mean haz?

10:17 am

Atalante

its sticky stuff!

10:17 am

Haz1558

Do you have to spread your weight evenly in marshland?

10:17 am

hurshy

according to bear grylls, yes

10:17 am

Haz1558

We'd need tractors because health and safety rules would forbid us hurting our backs.

10:17 am

Atalante

yup you're meant to lie down on your back if you get into difficultires

10:17 am

hurshy

i tried to get my family into man vs. wild at thanksgiving time but my sister couldn't handle the eating sheep eyeballs bit.

10:18 am

Haz1558

I suppose lying down on your front would be counter-productive. You couldn't shout for help just so well.

10:18 am

hurshy

bear went on his front, so that he could then crawl out

10:19 am

Atalante

OK. This canoeist guy who vanished. He wanted to see his sons so flew back to England and handed himself in. Why not just send them tickets out to Panama????

10:19 am

MLFAN17

ca 36 and ca 50 please

10:19 am

Haz1558

Was Bear Gryll not found out - sleeps in five star hotels at night.

10:19 am

hurshy

maybe his sons didn't care to see him, ata?

10:20 am

hurshy

he deserves it after the stuff he does, haz.

10:20 am

Haz1558

The whole story is incredible, Atalante. He had been living in England with his wife for years before going to Panama. They''ve been terribly deceitful.

10:20 am

o-o

ca 7 --- hats and skin browning; pl

10:20 am

Haz1558

Yes, but he sleeps in these hotels when he's supposed to be roughing it. So the rumour goes, I know nothing, though, unlike Manuel, it's not because I'm from Barcelona.

10:21 am

hurshy

a word, i found another word!

10:21 am

phaeton

mlf....ca* what you where on your head, then ****d UP

10:21 am

hurshy

well i don't believe it.

10:21 am

MLFAN17

hurshy me too i found a few by accident

10:21 am

hurshy

nasty rumours spread by the jealous, i'd say.

10:22 am

Haz1558

I'm not sure where these five star hotels are in the midst of nowhere.

10:22 am

hurshy

they would have to chopper him in and out.

10:22 am

o-o

this grid is much too short and must to unchallenging

10:23 am

Haz1558

Well, I suppose it's possible. After the case of the disappearing and reappearing canoeist, anything's possible.

10:23 am

Deeha

Just come in on the middle of this Haz what made me laugh was that he came home from Panama because he was ired of pretending he was gay????!!!

10:23 am

Atalante

yes really! the whole story is something you'd think unbelievable in a story

10:24 am

Haz1558

Oh, I hadn't heard that twist to the story. FMItch - have you done anything about the film rights?

10:24 am

hurshy

brabble, did you use the list? if you think a grid is going to be too short you can always go without.

10:24 am

MLFAN17

phae which direction. i got the first part of it 3 letters or 4 though to see if i can go the right direction for that word or not lol?

10:24 am

Deeha

what the betting someone is already planning a film!!

10:24 am

FMitch

Been busy negotiation Haz, been busy!

10:24 am

hurshy

i want to come back from panama because i'm tired of pretending to be gay!

10:25 am

Haz1558

Excellent, FMitch. I should start working on a script, shouldn't I?

10:25 am

phaeton

mlf, pluralize what you wear on your head, then add what the sun does to your skin

10:25 am

hurshy

TWO words, i found two words!

10:25 am

FMitch

HAve you finished the last one yet?

10:25 am

o-o

going without is must more challenging

10:25 am

MLFAN17

woohoo hurshy

10:25 am

Atalante

how many left, hurshy smurshy?

10:25 am

hurshy

*grumbles*

10:25 am

Haz1558

No, I haven't incorporated the cake scene yet. I should do that, shouldn't I?

10:25 am

hurshy

oh, um, 6 left, ata

10:26 am

MLFAN17

i have 72 words now

10:26 am

FMitch

Oh deffo :) and don't forget the cameo role for the tenrec

10:26 am

Atalante

I think our fav cake critic should have a cameo

10:27 am

Haz1558

If we have the tenrec, I suppose we'll have to have a disclaimer that no tenrecs were hurt in the filming of this piece.

10:27 am

FMitch

ROFL

10:28 am

Haz1558

I think you're right, Atalante. You can't have a cake without a critic.

10:28 am

FMitch

Oh BTW MrTenrec does not want to be associated with any of the cutsey wootsey scenes in the petshop prior to the "deed"

10:28 am

Atalante

we could have a stuffed tenrec to avoid animal rights

10:28 am

Atalante

that just looks very very very realistic

10:28 am

o-o

I violate generalities as a general rule

10:28 am

Atalante

and now Spangle can hold up an injured paw to look even more cute!

10:29 am

FMitch

Starts to sharpen the red pencil again ...

10:29 am

Haz1558

Could the tenrec have caused the injury? A tough, streetwise tenrec?

10:29 am

Atalante

quite possibly, I would think

10:30 am

FMitch

With his punk hairstype, see what you can come up with.

10:30 am

hurshy

i don't usually have this much trouble with a's... hmmm

10:30 am

hurshy

ooh there's one!

10:30 am

hurshy

there's another!

10:30 am

Haz1558

Okay, so a tenrec, a cake, a cake critic.

10:31 am

Atalante

sounds good

10:31 am

FMitch

I can see the oscars now!!

10:31 am

hurshy

what is a tenrec anyway? and why is there cake, i think i missed something

10:31 am

Atalante

*gasp*

10:32 am

o-o

al 5 - is usually shorter that an ab 5

10:32 am

hurshy

this reminds me of mr. roger's "operas" ... sweaters, bubbles, wind...

10:32 am

FMitch

hurshy look at my flikr pics for the spikey hedgehog from Madagasgar

10:32 am

Haz1558

The tenrec is the Madagascar hedgehog, the cake is to be used in the film script as a homage to Some Like it Hot, and you can't have a cake without a critic.

10:32 am

hurshy

why can't you have a cake without a critic?

10:33 am

Uneaixoise

fmitch, I saw that and wondered what in the world it was! LOL

10:33 am

hurshy

spiky hedgehog = tenrec *inserts into memory*

10:33 am

o-o

cause it would ruin the story line

10:33 am

FMitch

Isn't he great Uni! only found in Madagasgar

10:33 am

Haz1558

We were having a little brainstorm the other day about the perfect murder, hurshy. And a cake without a critic is just..... wrong.

10:33 am

Uneaixoise

he's amazing! LOL

10:34 am

FMitch

like bread without botter or babble without rabble. just unthinkable!

10:34 am

hurshy

roald dahl already wrote the perfect murder. only in that case, it was a leg of lamb.

10:34 am

Haz1558

And the punky hedgehog has a variant spelling - tanrec, but they come from the dodgy side of the family.

10:35 am

Atalante

the Irish traveller side

10:35 am

Haz1558

PHone...

10:36 am

hurshy

i have two T 6's... is there another, perchance?

10:36 am

Atalante

nope

10:36 am

hurshy

ok.

10:36 am

hurshy

are there any A6?

10:37 am

Dorens

good morning. do we have enough n's in the grid today?

10:37 am

Atalante

nope

10:37 am

o-o

anything that apologizes for or glorifies a heinous crime for me is imperfect ab initio

10:37 am

Uneaixoise

have 13 so far, no 6's

10:38 am

hurshy

the t! i got the t! now i just need ASS, and so, i guess the 6 is an S.

10:38 am

o-o

4 s 6s

10:38 am

o-o

4 s 6s

10:38 am

o-o

4 s 6s

10:38 am

o-o

4 s 6s

10:38 am

o-o

4 s 6s

10:38 am

Uneaixoise

so6/18--got that one, hursh?

10:39 am

hurshy

nuh-uh, if there are no a6 there must be 5 s6

10:39 am

o-o

5 even

10:39 am

hurshy

i have two of those une

10:40 am

Uneaixoise

got sa6/18?

10:40 am

Atalante

why do ppl like watching 2 men hit the crap out of each other?

10:40 am

hurshy

yes i have one of those

10:40 am

o-o

sq 5 & 6

10:40 am

Atalante

two sa6/18

10:40 am

Uneaixoise

i'll never understand, ata . . .

10:40 am

hurshy

i dunno but oh! they are BRINGING BACK AMERICAN GLADIATOR!! and i'm so excited!!!

10:41 am

Atalante

its on the news ALL DAY today. Stupid boxing

10:41 am

hurshy

two sa! are both of them plurals?

10:41 am

Uneaixoise

thanks, BR

10:41 am

Atalante

and I loooooooooove your pic, Une

10:41 am

Atalante

just one pl

10:41 am

hurshy

of course, silly me, the other couldn't be.

10:41 am

Uneaixoise

thanks, ata--and I loooooooove HER! :-)

10:41 am

hurshy

now what is it...

10:42 am

o-o

one sa ends with form whom the bell ***ls

10:42 am

hurshy

ty brabble!!

10:42 am

Atalante

she's *adorable*

10:42 am

Uneaixoise

oohh, starts out with Kris kringle . . .

10:42 am

hurshy

now then, what is the point total?

10:43 am

o-o

1289

10:43 am

Uneaixoise

how's La Hobbit today?

10:43 am

hurshy

hey that's our PO box number at work, 1289!

10:43 am

Atalante

the fur is growing back on her ear, much happiness all round :)

10:43 am

hurshy

20 points. so an even four...

10:43 am

Uneaixoise

excellent!

10:45 am

hurshy

oho, a word i thought went, didn't go before!

10:45 am

hurshy

this leaves an a 5/14... dinna tell me

10:48 am

o-o

german throes

10:48 am

Uneaixoise

oooohhh, thanks, BR!

10:48 am

Haz1558

Can I let my breath out now?

10:48 am

hurshy

oh why do i ALWAYS miss that word!

10:49 am

FMitch

Why are you holding yr breath?

10:49 am

Haz1558

Don't worry about it.

10:49 am

Haz1558

I was waiting for hurshy to get the word.

10:49 am

o-o

congrats

10:49 am

hurshy

it's like the spanish inquisition. nobody expects v-c-c-c-c

10:50 am

hurshy

oh dear haz, i went to switch my laundry, not knowing you were holding your breath!

10:50 am

Haz1558

It's okay, the medics say I'll recover eventually.

10:50 am

hurshy

you should tell a person if you're going to hold your breath!

10:51 am

Haz1558

I should, shouldn't I?

10:51 am

FMitch

Haz did you get The Mail today, free DVD Christmas Carol, am watching it on the PC, not a bad version of the tale.

10:52 am

Haz1558

Yes, got the DVD but haven't looked at it yet. I should really make a start on some soup for tomorrow...

10:52 am

o-o

I have trouble holding my breath since it is a technique difficult to grasp

10:52 am

FMitch

wha cha makin?

10:52 am

Atalante

mmmm soup. what sort?

10:52 am

Haz1558

Parsnip and apple.

10:53 am

hurshy

i love soup, i eat it most every day!

10:53 am

FMitch

hmmm never tried parsnip soup but love soup

10:53 am

Atalante

mmmmmmm

10:54 am

Haz1558

It's good - you can taste both the parsnip and the apple and the curry powder gives it a nice kick.

10:54 am

o-o

minty apple

10:54 am

FMitch

ooh mmmmmmm

10:55 am

hurshy

sounds like you should have gingerbread for dessert.

10:56 am

Haz1558

I'm doing pavlova for dessert, beef with bushmills sauce for main course.

10:56 am

hurshy

what is pavlova?

10:56 am

hurshy

what is bushmills sauce?

10:56 am

FMitch

Hey everyone that wants a seat on my jet get yr passport ready .... Haz we are on the way.

10:57 am

Atalante

since when do we need a passport to get over there!

10:57 am

FMitch

hurshy you will love all of it

10:57 am

Dorens

I love pavlova.. don't know about bushmill sauce tho

10:57 am

Haz1558

Pavlova is basically a meringue mixture with the addition of cornflour and vinegar - it does something in the cooking to make a crisp outside and a marshmallow inside - that's topped with cream and fruit.

10:57 am

Dorens

raspberries?

10:57 am

Haz1558

Bushmills sauce is a creamy sauce made with Bushmills whiskey (from up the road)

10:58 am

hurshy

i need passport to come.

10:58 am

Dorens

i have passport, need jet

10:58 am

Haz1558

Hello Dorens! - raspberry coulis, the pavlova is going to be topped with strawberries, raspberries, blueberries etc.

10:59 am

Haz1558

I'll need to get more seats into the dining room!

10:59 am

Dorens

I am drooling, haz!

10:59 am

Dorens

I will eat standing up

10:59 am

o-o

just wait for the arrivals they will bring their own seats

10:59 am

FMitch

LOL as usual babble is making me hungry

10:59 am

Haz1558

There's an idea - buffet style eating!

11:00 am

Atalante

I dont like pavlova ...... *whine* ... .where's the mint choc cheesecake???

11:00 am

Haz1558

Anyway, this isn't getting the parsnips prepared - I'd better head kitchenward. Nice to talk to all of you..... The mint cheesecake will appear another day, Ata!

11:00 am

FMitch

and the banoffe pie and all those other lovely ones that you have aphoto of Haz

11:01 am

Haz1558

OKay, I'll change my icon just to make you all hungrier!

11:01 am

FMitch

and then I will follow you in your footsteps to the kitchen

11:04 am

Atalante

whiiiiine lol

11:05 am

o-o

Did you hear about the man who fell into the upholstery machine?

11:05 am

FMitch

She fibbed Ata, there is no pic of food :(

11:05 am

o-o

He's all right, now. In fact, he's fully recovered.

11:05 am

Haz1558

Curioser and curioser, can't find the pics!

11:05 am

FMitch

Someone ate the evidence!!

11:06 am

Atalante

blame fm

11:06 am

Atalante

shee snuck over and ate them

11:06 am

FMitch

Im going to make some cookies to compensate. TTFN

11:07 am

Haz1558

This IS strange. Anyway, you'll just have to savour the memories! I'll be back later.

11:08 am

Dorens

i want pavlova... will bring new york cheesecake for ata

11:08 am

Atalante

mmmmm

11:08 am

Deeha

stuck on the qu8.65 help please

11:10 am

o-o

qu 8 -- part of an amount and ding d***; pl

11:11 am

phaeton

Is there only one 9?

11:11 am

o-o

yes

11:11 am

phaeton

thnx, BR

11:12 am

DS927

quantong

11:12 am

DS927

oops...wrong box

11:12 am

Atalante

THATS THE ONE

11:12 am

Deeha

I had found it but thanks DS!!!

11:12 am

DS927

I wish it would default back to the add word box for me.

11:13 am

hurshy

or let's say there were, oh, i don't know, a button labelled "enter chat" that you had to click...

11:14 am

DS927

nice idea. I don't know how it sometimes seems to jump boxes. I hadn't even entered the chat yet.

11:15 am

hurshy

didja hear that, doc??? NICE IDEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:15 am

Dorens

thanks for the q 9... that did it for me. and ditto hurshy's idea!

11:16 am

Deeha

Sa... Father Christmas isnt in the dictionary. They will be saying he doesnt exist soon!

11:16 am

Atalante

OOps silverclaw put caps lock on for me

11:16 am

hurshy

i mean how long has it been? people are still not used to it. and new people come all the time so even if the old people WERE used to it. please please can we have our button back now?

11:18 am

DS927

Did there used to be a button hurshy?

11:18 am

hurshy

hey, these pants have a back pocket! whaddya know

11:18 am

hurshy

YES THERE USED TO BE A WONDERFUL BUTTON

11:18 am

hurshy

AND DOC CRUELLY REFUSES TO REINSTATE IT

11:18 am

hurshy

i'm very upset about the whole thing.

11:19 am

DS927

Hmm....I like that idea. I try to be so careful but sometimes the mouse just jumps to the other box. A button sounds good.

11:20 am

Cherrypop

Button, button who's got the button?

11:20 am

o-o

life's too short I am way imperfect and oops says it all

11:20 am

hurshy

people will get used to it, he said. but he was wrong. wrong, i tell you!

11:20 am

Atalante

what button did we have?

11:20 am

hurshy

ata, YOU haven't forgotten the button??!?!!

11:20 am

Atalante

apparently so!

11:21 am

hurshy

in the old version of the site, the enter chat button, and we were very upset it did not come in the new version because people accidentally put words in chat...

11:21 am

saphyre

hi everyone - what button - I have forgotten too I guess

11:21 am

hurshy

am i the only one who still laments the button???

11:21 am

Atalante

oh yes, I'd forgotten about that

11:21 am

o-o

I am a button newbie

11:22 am

saphyre

ahh yes I think I recall that - I guess I didn't chat much back then :)

11:23 am

hurshy

hurshcule poirot does not forget

11:23 am

o-o

well, there are 3-legged rocks to joust with and windmills to subdue ... so off to off evil I go

11:24 am

hurshy

ttfn don quixote

11:24 am

saphyre

bye BR

11:27 am

billmster

ca/7/36 a winch

11:32 am

EmaMaria

a clue for ST5/14 would be most appreciated..

11:32 am

Dorens

what the bee did, ema

11:33 am

EmaMaria

ty dorens .. I really thought I had tried that one ... but obviously not !

11:39 am

EmaMaria

F I R E W O R K S

11:39 am

saphyre

congrats

11:39 am

EmaMaria

ty

11:47 am

Aryn

any clues for the ca7?

11:49 am

Aryn

nm, i got it

11:59 am

saphyre

very sad news everyone....

11:59 am

saphyre

grannymaxx passed last night

12:00 pm

Haz1558

Saphyre, I'm sorry. Thank you for letting us know.

12:00 pm

Atalante

oh saph ...

12:00 pm

garyandjulie

oh my! was she ill?

12:00 pm

saphyre

Haz please let everyone know - I'm sure the family will appreciate thoughts and prayers

12:01 pm

saphyre

cancer

12:01 pm

Haz1558

I will, saphyre. She had been babbling (quietly) up until quite recently, hadn't she?

12:01 pm

garyandjulie

they are certainly in mine

12:02 pm

saphyre

yes until last week when she was put in the hospital

12:02 pm

Haz1558

What family did she have?

12:03 pm

saphyre

2 sons, husband, 3 grandchildren - and many friends

12:03 pm

Haz1558

Thanks for that information. You were one of her friends and you will feel the loss.

12:04 pm

saphyre

she was the bravest woman I have ever met - always cheerful even thou she knew it was terminal

12:04 pm

Haz1558

That came across, saphyre, and she was much loved and admired here as well.

12:06 pm

Atalante

yes, she was

12:06 pm

saphyre

Her son just called me - I need to go and make some calls

12:08 pm

Haz1558

Bye saphyre - I was just looking at her profile. No pity parties for her, she had babble parties instead.

12:08 pm

Aussieme

Oh My God..... I just logged in and read the news..... I only spoke to Granny last week.... I am so sorry... Please, please pass on my condolences to her family, and to her babble Family too..... Oh gosh, it is so hard to think right now, I have to log off for a while.... I will be back later..... {{{{{God Bless Grannymaxx}}}}}} xx

12:09 pm

Haz1558

Bye Aussie.

12:17 pm

Haz1558

Have to go again. Bye for now.

12:20 pm

blueruin

ahhhhhh hey babbles

12:21 pm

saphyre

I'm back - can someone put something in babanon - I can't log in from work

12:22 pm

Atalante

hi blueruin

12:22 pm

Atalante

urf, saph, nor can I

12:22 pm

saphyre

let me try again

12:24 pm

blueruin

i just read back, i'm so sorry saphyre. i'm new around here but if there's anything i can do... gosh. i'm so sorry. that's terrible. terrible doesn't even begin to cover it.

12:24 pm

Gkmandy

grammaterri here on daughters puter, I can put in babanon if you would like. so sad :(

12:27 pm

jbp

hi all

12:27 pm

jbp

clues on that upper left T???

12:28 pm

Uneaixoise

jbp, teeny tiny panties

12:29 pm

jbp

thanks Une. In honor of my stupidity I will wear said panties on my head

12:32 pm

saphyre

I posted to babanon

12:32 pm

Scarlet

I am so saddened by that news, saphyre... I am sorry that grannymaxxx is gone, but happy that she will suffer no longer.

12:32 pm

Gkmandy

ty saphyre, amen scarlet

12:33 pm

Scarlet

Hello, Gk... it's hard to lose our friends...

12:33 pm

Gkmandy

hi scarlet, grammaterri here on Mandys puter

12:33 pm

Gkmandy

granny was a love

12:33 pm

saphyre

She lost most of her hair during chemo....so she had a hat - that said "HAT" that she showed everyone and laughed about...

12:34 pm

Gkmandy

aww how sweet

12:34 pm

Scrabbler

Oh, no, grannymaxx died... :(

12:34 pm

Gkmandy

(((hugs))) saphyre

12:34 pm

Scarlet

Hello, dear Terri... oh, saph, she was so brave and so "not self-pitying"

12:37 pm

blueruin

:(

12:37 pm

saphyre

yeah, she was a very brave, caring person

12:37 pm

Scarlet

I can feel the love from here, saph...

12:38 pm

Gkmandy

it is amazing the love you develop for people here...you all are very dear to me, so I am telling you now

12:39 pm

Scarlet

I so agree, Gk... I cannot stop the tears... it's a real gift to have this site, and everyone becomes family...

12:40 pm

saphyre

my dog even loved her - if we said we were going to maxx's house he would go crazy

12:41 pm

Scarlet

Animals instantly know the good ones, saph...

12:41 pm

saphyre

very true scarlet

12:41 pm

Scarlet

*hugs to you, saphyre*

12:41 pm

Gkmandy

I am off for now, blessings and (((huggles)))

12:42 pm

Scarlet

Until later, Gk...

12:42 pm

saphyre

thank you scarlet

12:42 pm

saphyre

bye gk

12:44 pm

Scarlet

Blessings to you, Terri.

12:46 pm

lynxxx

good morning all....not as good as it was after just reading of GrannyMax. What a brave and lovely woman, we shall miss her

12:46 pm

Scarlet

Hi.

12:50 pm

melissa28

clue for qu9

12:50 pm

melissa28

please

12:51 pm

blueruin

ooh, wait a second, melissa

12:51 pm

melissa28

k thx

12:51 pm

lynxxx

qu9 is an small fruit native to Australia start with the qu5.16 and finish with the kitchen instrument used fo lift salads - t****

12:51 pm

periwinkle

HI Scarlet, just got your e-mail re granny maxx..I had just sent you an e-mail they must have crossed in cyberspace.

12:52 pm

Scarlet

Hello, dear. I will look. I am really shaken now...

12:52 pm

Uniquity

My condolences to anyone else who knew/enjoyed Grannymaxx...strangely enough, I was thinking about where she had gone just yesterday

12:53 pm

melissa28

thank you

12:53 pm

Scarlet

Hi, Uni. I truly cared about her... and now... I miss her terribly, in that I will never hear her humor again... she was so sweet.

12:55 pm

periwinkle

I didn't really know grannymaxx but my heart and prayers go out to her family and friends

12:55 pm

Uniquity

I didn't really know anything about her...but I certainly enjoyed babling/chatting with her.

12:56 pm

periwinkle

Well I am off to pick up my niece. see you all later or tomorrow.

12:56 pm

Uniquity

SAfe trip Peri...enjoy your day

12:56 pm

Scarlet

I will write later, peri...just read the e-mail... have a nice dinner.

12:57 pm

lynxxx

Bye Peri. Hello Uniquity

12:57 pm

Scarlet

Uni, LoriP also loved grannymaxx... she should know from you to soften the pain.

12:58 pm

Uniquity

Hi Lynx, Scarlet as soon as she comes home I will give her a call

12:58 pm

Uniquity

Don't want her to login and be shocked by it

12:58 pm

Scarlet

You're a good person, Uni. *hugs* But then, there are so many good people here... lynxxx, you used to talke to granny too, didn't you?

1:01 pm

lynxxx

Yes I did Scarlet, I was especially struck by her acceptance and bravery. A very strong lady. At the same time her sweetness and humor was obvious. Will not be forgotten

1:03 pm

Scarlet

I learned from my mother, and I learned from grannymaxxx... in the deepest respect for their acceptance, but not surrender... ah, the gifts of other strong women. You are all so dear to me.

1:04 pm

NonnieLight

Oh no...I'm so sorry to hear of Grannymaxx's passing. My heart goes out to her family and friends.

1:05 pm

Uniquity

Scarlet, you're incredibly dear to my family and many others as well

1:05 pm

cool girl

could i have a clue for the an5/10 please

1:06 pm

lynxxx

Hi Cool - which one? Though I do not have all the As

1:06 pm

Scarlet

Thank you, Uni... that touches my heart so sincerely.

1:06 pm

cool girl

its the first an5/14

1:06 pm

Scarlet

Hi, Nonnie. We are all so saddened... but, we may celebrate her gift to us...

1:08 pm

lynxxx

the first an5.10 I have is the plural of the girls name

1:09 pm

cool girl

its not the right one sorry lynxxx its the an5/14 i want its the first an5

1:09 pm

montreal13

hi all - been reading about granntmaxx's passing - did not know her but my toughts will go to her family and to all her, no doubt, many friends...

1:10 pm

saphyre

back...thank you everyone - I just spoke to her son again, he will let me know once they know when arrangements are made. very sad

1:10 pm

lynxxx

the first an5.14 is a word not often used for anxiety. ends in abbrev for street

1:10 pm

Scarlet

Hello, Luc... you are, as always, the nicest person in any situation... thank you for your kindness.

1:10 pm

lynxxx

Hello Mont

1:11 pm

montreal13

my condoleances also go to the ones that knew her...

1:11 pm

Scarlet

She was a sweetheart, Luc.

1:11 pm

montreal13

this I suspected (((scarlet)))

1:12 pm

Scarlet

{{{Luc}}}

1:12 pm

montreal13

hy lyn

1:12 pm

cool girl

sorry lynxxx still dont get it which an on board is it and can i have another clue

1:12 pm

Uniquity

Incredibly kind and willing to help, from what i saw

1:12 pm

montreal13

another word for anxiety cool...

1:13 pm

godthaab

FINISHED! VERY EXCELLENT!

1:13 pm

montreal13

did you know her Uni ?

1:13 pm

lynxxx

Think it comes from the A on the far right column. Extremely upset and an*ry + on the **reet where you live

1:13 pm

Scarlet

Well done, godthaab.

1:13 pm

Uniquity

ONly through babble. When I started to play again a few months ago she was one of the people I saw most days

1:14 pm

montreal13

wtg Greenland's capital !

1:14 pm

lynxxx

Very excellent indeed Golthaab

1:14 pm

Uniquity

Yay godthaab!!

1:14 pm

Shirlockc

so 8 anyone?

1:15 pm

lynxxx

so8 - not daughter + picnic pest + Mr Gore

1:16 pm

cool girl

ty for your patience finally got it hi montreal and scarlet how are u all

1:17 pm

montreal13

so Uni, a babble friend ! - i'm learning that the babble community is one of a kind...

1:17 pm

Scarlet

Hello, cool girl.

1:17 pm

montreal13

hi cool girl - am better now that snow has stopped...

1:18 pm

Scarlet

It is, Luc... this is a world-community...

1:18 pm

Big Alkie

only 2 left, clues please for 2nd to last an 5/10 and last pa 5/16

1:18 pm

Uniquity

Babble has the msot unique community I have ever witnessed online.

1:18 pm

laurenp

how do i play?

1:18 pm

laurenp

i guess i dont get it

1:19 pm

cool girl

its not started here in the uk yet weve just had non stop rain and gale force winds all week however im really looking forward to xmas

1:19 pm

Uniquity

last pa - could be referred to as labor pa*** (plural of the 4,7)

1:19 pm

Scarlet

In fact, Luc, heres an example: You mentioned going out to shovel. I worried about you. Uni had a test coming up. I thought about her, and that I really wanted to know how she did... Life is full, but never so full that I don't think of, and care about, the wonderful people here in Babble.

1:19 pm

lynxxx

Hi Lauren, read the Help just above as a start. You are essentially finding words by letters that touch each other

1:19 pm

montreal13

welcome laurenp - you have to try to find the 105 words that are in the grid - words are at least 4-letter words...

1:20 pm

montreal13

ahhh ((((((scarlet)))))...

1:20 pm

Shirlockc

thx lynxx for the so, lost my connection

1:20 pm

Uniquity

Lauren, as well as help, below the word grid you will find a list of babble friends - a good resource is angelsong's babble page and lickety's clues

1:20 pm

lynxxx

yw Shirl

1:20 pm

Big Alkie

thanks uni but got that 1

1:21 pm

laurenp

thanks guys

1:21 pm

Scarlet

*

1:21 pm

laurenp

tons

1:21 pm

montreal13

i know you were worried about me shovelling and ... it touched me...

1:21 pm

Uniquity

Scarlet, you are so fantastic! I think the thoughts might be what are getting me through exam period...Lori and I often speak of your kindes and wish you well

1:22 pm

Uniquity

**kindness

1:22 pm

Scarlet

Uni and Luc... you are such wonderful people... how could I not care? Good is good, no matter what else comes after that immediate, heart-swelling "connection"...

1:23 pm

Uniquity

And people ask me why I prefer babble to studying...:)

1:23 pm

montreal13

can't buy kindness...but you can certainly feel it and be uplifted by it

1:23 pm

saphyre

I just want everyone to know that you all made GrannyMaxx's last few months bearable. She was so excited when she finished a grid, and loved chatting with all of you.

1:24 pm

Scarlet

That is the first smile I've had in an hour, Uni... See? From across cyberspace, we comfort one another!

1:24 pm

Scarlet

Oh, saph... it showed... her humor and gentleness were contagious... she was so good.

1:24 pm

Big Alkie

annto

1:24 pm

Uniquity

Saphyre - I have been reading over chat and I want you to know that my heart and thoughts are going out to you especially, doing al this for us. It is a lot for you to do and also keep us informed

1:26 pm

saphyre

Uni - I will fall apart later - right now I need to share with our babble friends

1:26 pm

saphyre

THis is keeping me together - thank you

1:26 pm

montreal13

ty saphyre - good to know that she enjoyed our community so late in her life...

1:26 pm

Uniquity

That is a sacrifice I don't know if I could make...but I applaud your strength and hope it carries you through

1:27 pm

montreal13

brb

1:27 pm

Scarlet

Saph, thank you for your "out of self" gift to us...

1:28 pm

lynxxx

(((lots of hugs)))) for Saphyre.

1:28 pm

saphyre

i need to step away for a bit - thank you everyone

1:29 pm

Scarlet

{{{Hugs from here, too}}}

1:31 pm

harvey

Hi saphyre,

1:32 pm

harvey

<y posting leaves a lot to be desired, meant to say hi saphyre sorry for your loss. Thinking of you with kind thoughts

1:34 pm

lynxxx

Hi Harvey

1:34 pm

montreal13

hello there harvey !

1:35 pm

o-o