Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, August 26, 2009

12:00 am

Pinikula

fliparooni!

12:00 am

Atalante

flip

12:00 am

jillibus

flip

12:00 am

Trifioso

flippedy do dah!

12:00 am

Nef

flip

12:00 am

jaianniah

flipimartini!

12:00 am

flosey

flip - and hoorrray

12:00 am

Trifioso

so, what was the mi9?

12:00 am

TraderKate

flippentastic

12:00 am

mcurlschool

darn only needed that one word!

12:00 am

meliae

bleh a baby one

12:00 am

jaianniah

midwinter

12:01 am

Nef

midwinter, trifi

12:01 am

meliae

midwinter was the mi 9

12:01 am

Trifioso

thanks jai!

12:01 am

mcurlschool

duh; i must have been blind!

12:02 am

meliae

cl 6

12:03 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:03 am

jaianniah

st8

12:03 am

Atalante

why isn't molify allowed? is it mollify?

12:03 am

Pinikula

thx lickety!

12:03 am

meliae

thank you Lickety

12:04 am

Trifioso

oooh, the alligator shirts are in the grid today!

12:04 am

Erda

because it needs two Ls

12:04 am

Trifioso

thanks and blessings upon your head, lickety!

12:04 am

Bugsaw

Thank you LIckety

12:04 am

jillibus

Thank you Lickety!

12:04 am

Nef

thanks, Lickety

12:04 am

flosey

ah, thankyou Lickety

12:04 am

Erda

Thank you, Lickety

12:05 am

jillibus

Bugs, we were punished for chewing gum!!!

12:05 am

mrpresident

hi all :)

12:08 am

Bugsaw

I think mostly it was because they were cheap. They only had to buy one package and then we ripped in piece in two Jilli

12:08 am

Pinikula

hi mrp

12:08 am

mrpresident

am pretty sure st8 and st9 are medical words ... latin plural for the 9

12:09 am

jillibus

ty mrp *thinking hard*

12:10 am

Pinikula

* thinking really hard *

12:11 am

Nef

thanks mrp!

12:12 am

Uneaixoise

cl6 x 2

12:12 am

westford

here I am back as promised

12:12 am

Pinikula

wb west

12:12 am

westford

thanks pini

12:12 am

mrpresident

and the 7 is latin crap too

12:13 am

Trifioso

a third of the way there and almost NBT. that will have to wrap it up for me for now. nytol!

12:13 am

flosey

hi west

12:13 am

westford

I just noticed the size I don't think I'll like this one

12:13 am

rbud

NBT

12:13 am

westford

gj rbud!!

12:13 am

westford

hi flosey

12:13 am

jillibus

hi west again

12:13 am

westford

nitey -nite trif

12:13 am

jillibus

wtg rbud!

12:13 am

westford

hi again jilli

12:13 am

Trifioso

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

12:13 am

Pinikula

wtg rbud

12:14 am

rbud

2nd row I = io6

12:14 am

Pinikula

night trif ;)

12:14 am

jillibus

night trif -- well done!

12:14 am

Nef

I just came back to check the size for the day; now it's off to bed for me too. Goodnight all.

12:14 am

Pinikula

night nef ;)

12:14 am

flosey

goodnight Nef

12:15 am

jillibus

night nef

12:15 am

Atalante

ca7

12:15 am

Pinikula

ugh...almost 1/2 way and still have BT's...but will work on the rest tomorrow...night all! :)

12:16 am

Uneaixoise

33 to go and bidding you all gnite :-)

12:16 am

TraderKate

nef, such self-restraint..sure you belong here?

12:16 am

jillibus

ty ata -- got it, much to my amazement!

12:16 am

Uneaixoise

31

12:16 am

jillibus

night une -- good going!

12:17 am

TraderKate

go pini...be funny if last grid word finished off for nbt too

12:17 am

Atalante

:)

12:18 am

jaianniah

st9

12:19 am

flosey

jai, good for you

12:20 am

jaianniah

Monkeys had much to do with it!

12:20 am

flosey

lucky!

12:21 am

jaianniah

ending is od4,5 for the 8

12:21 am

jaianniah

latin end for the 9

12:24 am

jillibus

cloy cloyed

12:25 am

flosey

my monkeys aren't the least bit helpful!

12:25 am

jillibus

oh boy :(

12:25 am

flosey

darn, had them jilli

12:25 am

jillibus

sorry ------------> PB

12:26 am

westford

I didn't thanks jilli

12:26 am

westford

lots of candy in the PB

12:26 am

Bugsaw

Jilli those were 2 of the few I have!

12:26 am

jillibus

my monkeys are in morewords

12:27 am

flosey

ah, smart monkeys

12:27 am

Bugsaw

Am I over tired or is this one tough?

12:27 am

jillibus

it's tough, like most this size

12:28 am

westford

and it's not much fun

12:28 am

Bugsaw

OK I will keep trying for another 10 minutes. Thanks.

12:28 am

jaianniah

jilli, want a chocolate martini??? Liquor in the PB!

12:28 am

jillibus

Ted Kennedy just died

12:28 am

jaianniah

OMG!

12:28 am

westford

oh no

12:29 am

abetterjulie

oh, no...how sad!

12:29 am

westford

Ted and Eunice within days of each other

12:29 am

jillibus

just announced on MSNBC

12:29 am

rbud

awww, that is sad.

12:30 am

jaianniah

Chicago Trib just reported it, too

12:30 am

Atalante

and BBC

12:30 am

rururocks

was he driving?

12:30 am

joshuavorbis

hi hi hi hi hi

12:30 am

Bugsaw

NOt nice Ruru

12:31 am

jaianniah

Ruru, I do not know whether to laugh or cry at that one!

12:31 am

jillibus

hi ruru and josh

12:31 am

rururocks

hi jilli

12:32 am

VolleymomDee

hi all!

12:32 am

rbud

hiya, josh, hiya, ru!

12:32 am

rbud

and hi, Dee!

12:32 am

westford

how ironic I'm watching Nova science and they are discussing brain cancer

12:32 am

jillibus

hi dee

12:33 am

VolleymomDee

hi rb ; ru west; hugs jili

12:33 am

westford

hi dee

12:33 am

TraderKate

ruru...irreverent, but funny..rofl

12:33 am

VolleymomDee

help with the a words for nbt please (have I mentioned lately how much I hate words starting with vowels)

12:34 am

westford

yes dee and I am a member of the vowel hating club too

12:34 am

TraderKate

trade you bottom a for right hand a dee

12:34 am

meliae

5 left and stuck as stuck can be

12:34 am

rururocks

it was kind of a sick joke.. but the whole chappaquidick )Sp?) made me ill

12:35 am

VolleymomDee

lol kate... haven't found either yet

12:35 am

jillibus

I'd like both As, please

12:35 am

westford

the right hand a is Sherlock Holmes word

12:35 am

flosey

against

12:35 am

TraderKate

speeding ticket for mel...go to PB and have martini for punishment

12:35 am

VolleymomDee

ty flosey... 1st 2 letters west

12:35 am

westford

you couldn't have been very old when it happened ruru

12:36 am

rururocks

I was plenty old

12:36 am

westford

the game is af***

12:36 am

VolleymomDee

ty west..l always always forget that one

12:36 am

jillibus

folic not in the dictionary? Enable never heard of folic acid? Bah.

12:36 am

westford

I was in the hospital giving birth to our 3rd daughter at that very moment

12:37 am

westford

cue music from Twilight Zone

12:37 am

jillibus

ty west

12:37 am

TraderKate

mary jane kopeckne?

12:37 am

rururocks

lol west

12:37 am

VolleymomDee

what year did that happen?

12:37 am

westford

yes our daughter must be her reincarnation

12:37 am

westford

1969

12:37 am

jillibus

anyone would think that was the only thing Ted Kennedy ever did

12:38 am

westford

the evil that men do lives after them the good is oft interred with their bones

12:38 am

VolleymomDee

I was 14, so only remember bits and pieces, but I do remember being angry like ru said

12:38 am

meliae

3 left sigh

12:38 am

westford

getting there meli

12:38 am

VolleymomDee

pretty big something I think jili :)

12:39 am

TraderKate

most misquoted: Elementary, my dear Watson, elementary"

12:39 am

rururocks

I think manslaughter kinda ranks up there jilli

12:39 am

joshuavorbis

nbt

12:39 am

westford

hi josh happy nbt

12:39 am

VolleymomDee

wtg josh, and I agree ru

12:40 am

jillibus

Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
William Shakespeare (King Henry VIII, IV, ii, 45)

12:40 am

VolleymomDee

wonder what family she has alive... wonder how they feel...

12:40 am

joshuavorbis

ty west - sad to hear about teddy. he did a lot of good to counteract that horrible babysitter thing

12:40 am

westford

that wasn't Ted that was his nephew

12:41 am

westford

and he met a tree while skiing

12:41 am

rururocks

ah.. the old sono bono treatment

12:41 am

westford

poor Cher

12:41 am

westford

dee did you get that bottom A?

12:42 am

TraderKate

*chortle, ruru*

12:42 am

westford

I just did. What a fish.

12:42 am

VolleymomDee

yes, ty west... against

12:42 am

meliae

1 to go!

12:42 am

rururocks

that should have been sonny bono.. sorry

12:42 am

jillibus

I didn't, west -- got the one on the side, though, ty

12:42 am

TraderKate

go mel

12:42 am

rururocks

wow melaie..

12:43 am

Bugsaw

Wow Mel

12:43 am

westford

meli is heading for the finish line...

12:43 am

Bugsaw

struggling to make half way

12:43 am

jillibus

oh -- I see -- got it (fishslap)

12:43 am

jillibus

wow, mel!

12:44 am

jaianniah

Firewords!

12:44 am

jillibus

YAY jai!!!

12:44 am

rururocks

wow. you guys I feel very slow..

12:44 am

VolleymomDee

wtg jai!

12:44 am

Bugsaw

Well done Jai

12:44 am

westford

yay jai

12:45 am

MLFAN17

If someone got fireworks already must be a fairly small grid i assume?

12:45 am

jillibus

94, mlf

12:45 am

VolleymomDee

me, too... still 12 more here...

12:45 am

jaianniah

Just type in crazy stuff...it will oprobably work- like si 4,11- who uses that word in a sentence???? "She was a real si** woman????"

12:45 am

MLFAN17

thanks jill

12:45 am

meliae

woohooo firewords!

12:45 am

jillibus

ty jai!

12:46 am

jillibus

YAY mel!!!

12:46 am

rbud

yay, mel!!!

12:46 am

meliae

dang fa 6/33 was killing me!

12:46 am

jaianniah

YW! LOL!

12:46 am

westford

yay mel

12:47 am

jillibus

lol, mel -- that was one of the first words to jump out at me

12:47 am

TraderKate

WAY TO GO MEL AND JAI !!! such an accomplishment

12:47 am

meliae

yes lots of weird words but the high score tiles really help

12:48 am

meliae

I went to the list with 36 to go just got too hard

12:48 am

rururocks

thanks mel.. i have 35 to go

12:48 am

rbud

not gonna list, want the thrill to go on and on, lol!

12:48 am

jaianniah

and oo***- "I would have worn my galoshes, but they were missing their first letter!"

12:49 am

meliae

some really strange words ruru

12:49 am

jillibus

NBT

12:49 am

westford

shutting down chat

12:49 am

meliae

yay Jilli

12:49 am

joshuavorbis

calling it a night with 30 left - good luck peoples

12:50 am

jillibus

exactly halfway

12:50 am

jillibus

night josh

12:50 am

meliae

are we cluing already? when did that change other than giving out the counts
in the beginning

12:50 am

TraderKate

night josh

12:50 am

TraderKate

you leaving westie?

12:51 am

Bugsaw

Nite everyone.

12:51 am

meliae

west shut off chat

12:51 am

rururocks

nite bugs

12:51 am

meliae

nini Bugs

12:51 am

TraderKate

gn buggy

12:51 am

jaianniah

Sorry....But that rule is only a suggestion, not a rulwe, and you can shut off the chat if you are bothered....We never used to be so stuffy about the first hour

12:52 am

meliae

I have been here for years and I was not being stuffy was just commenting

12:52 am

jaianniah

I was not referringto you, dear mel!

12:53 am

Just1Mar

hi all...I think westie, using a mac, can't chat and do the grid ...I think westie is the least "stuffiest" person I know

12:53 am

jaianniah

Anyway, I will take my offensive self off and go to bed! Have a good night! Love to you all!

12:54 am

jillibus

hi mar

12:54 am

meliae

Hello Mar, oh I didnt realize that and I was just asking about the cluing I rarely make the flips any more

12:54 am

Just1Mar

hiya jilli

12:54 am

jillibus

no, jai -- you are far from offensive!!!

12:55 am

rururocks

anyone know what the 9 begins with?

12:55 am

mixi6

st

12:55 am

meliae

I dont want to get sent to the PB the night crew only leaves ucky stuff in there lol

12:55 am

jillibus

st9 and st8 -- the 9 is a brit spelling of the 8

12:55 am

rururocks

I was afraid of that

12:55 am

VolleymomDee

st 8/50 and st 9/66

12:55 am

Just1Mar

I think she can't do lickety's and chat with her mac...she loves clues! heheh

12:56 am

flosey

fireorks

12:56 am

TraderKate

jai, don't leave!

12:56 am

flosey

last word te6/18

12:56 am

meliae

I keep missing sprite, I want to know how she is doing with her miniatures

12:56 am

jillibus

YAY flosey!!!

12:56 am

meliae

yay Flosey

12:57 am

Just1Mar

wtg flosey...musta been a "flosey" grid!

12:57 am

meliae

I think she left I hope I did not offend her =(

12:57 am

meliae

lol flosey that was close to one of my last words

12:57 am

jillibus

just got that te6, flosey -- ty :)

12:57 am

flosey

guess that means housework tomorrow!! or freezing the garden produce

12:58 am

meliae

I wish we could go back and do old grids we missed

12:58 am

meliae

But then I would never get anything accomplished

12:58 am

TraderKate

good going flosey..new record?

12:59 am

flosey

but will get a chance to read for a couple of hours before hubby gets up

12:59 am

flosey

most likely Kate, thanks

12:59 am

flosey

goodnight all, be back tomorrow night

12:59 am

TraderKate

mel - aren't old grids archived for you pros?

12:59 am

jillibus

nice, flosey :)

12:59 am

meliae

I have tomatoes coming out my ears had a bumper crop this year

1:00 am

Just1Mar

Oh I'd surely take some off your hands mel

1:00 am

flosey

ah, lucky you mel, we don't have much luck with tomatoes - cool breeze up and down the valley

1:00 am

bekki

20 left going to bed

1:00 am

mixi6

fireworks

1:00 am

flosey

wtg mixi

1:00 am

jillibus

YAY mixi!!!

1:01 am

meliae

yes but you do not get points for the old grids

1:01 am

jillibus

good for you, bekki

1:01 am

Just1Mar

wtg mixi

1:01 am

meliae

Yay Mix

1:01 am

flosey

must admit, I used morewords for the 9

1:01 am

meliae

I bet you get lots of peas though, it gets too hot too soon for them here

1:01 am

flosey

would never have found it on my own

1:02 am

meliae

I monkeyed the 8 and morewords for the 9

1:02 am

Just1Mar

I was doing some serious house cleaning today, in the kitchen, with ammonia and everything and ended up stubbing my little toe from my broken foot and think toe is broken for the umpteenth time :(

1:02 am

jillibus

don't see how anyone could find the 8 or 9 without morewords

1:02 am

mixi6

i used the a2zwordfinder for the 8 and 9.

1:02 am

flosey

yes, peas, lots of yellow, green, and broad beans - all of which I love

1:02 am

meliae

oh no!

1:02 am

jillibus

oh geez, mar!

1:03 am

meliae

I got one big batch of peas and a few handfuls here and there, then we had a heat wave and they all burned up

1:03 am

Just1Mar

I can't beleive it..:( but half the kitchen, so far, is spotless...sigh

1:04 am

jillibus

lucky flosey -- and did you freeze lots of berries too?

1:04 am

VolleymomDee

sooo sorry to hear just... I did similarly after I hurt my foot... dropped a can of hairspray on top of side that was hurt :(

1:04 am

VolleymomDee

just about peed my pants

1:04 am

meliae

my kitchen is a wreck getting everything ready for the big camp trip, I just dont know how I am going to be ready to go tommorow afternoon

1:04 am

TraderKate

kitchen half spotless.....NOT.....half dirty.......

1:04 am

meliae

yeeouch Dee!

1:05 am

Just1Mar

achh Dee...sooo know what that's like

1:05 am

flosey

blueberries, blackberries - in my absence, hubby mashed strawberries and froze to make jam later

1:05 am

jillibus

mel, at least you won't have to babble

1:05 am

VolleymomDee

minute I read your note, I cringed... big hug to you

1:05 am

meliae

blackberries are coming good here now when I get back will be making jam

1:05 am

Just1Mar

yes half spotless esp the stove and vent above it...echh

1:06 am

TraderKate

worst job..god job

1:06 am

jillibus

I just don't eat jam

1:06 am

meliae

well I best get back to cooking I think the potatoes are cool enough now to peel and make the tater salad

1:06 am

Just1Mar

the vent is the worst..

1:06 am

TraderKate

keep trying to type cadence

1:06 am

TraderKate

darn ghosts

1:07 am

flosey

I don't either but the kids take it - I love it freshly made

1:07 am

Just1Mar

bon apetit mel

1:07 am

meliae

my phantom word was facmile

1:07 am

meliae

nini all happy babbling

1:07 am

Just1Mar

mine is somolific

1:08 am

TraderKate

keep seeing tizzy as well

1:08 am

TraderKate

<sigh>

1:09 am

rururocks

got the st 8 & 9 finally

1:09 am

VolleymomDee

wtg ru

1:09 am

flosey

oooooh, just notice a big box of apples hubby brought in tonight, perhaps a pie tomorrow

1:09 am

Just1Mar

such patience...

1:09 am

VolleymomDee

down to my last 3, and gonna have to resort to lickety, just cannot find them

1:10 am

flosey

ru, you are some kind of wonder, finding the st9 on your own!

1:11 am

Just1Mar

yep the wunderkind

1:11 am

rururocks

figured it was latin some how

1:11 am

TraderKate

apple pie and coffee in the garden at flosey's tomorrow

1:11 am

rururocks

not feeling so brilliant with 16 to go

1:12 am

flosey

all welcome Kate

1:13 am

TraderKate

i'll check my air miles...was out 2 easters ago. too bad i didn't know of this site then

1:13 am

flosey

just looked up the meaning - oral portion of the alimentary canal of anembryo

1:14 am

flosey

**an embryo

1:14 am

flosey

bet that doesn'

1:14 am

flosey

doesn't help anyone

1:15 am

flosey

goodnight everyone, see you tomorrow night

1:15 am

rururocks

nite flosey.. congrats on finishing quickly

1:15 am

VolleymomDee

fireworks

1:15 am

flosey

ty ru

1:15 am

flosey

wtg Dee

1:16 am

VolleymomDee

ty

1:16 am

Just1Mar

wtg dee

1:16 am

Just1Mar

night flosey

1:16 am

VolleymomDee

well have fun baking pie, reading, and what not...hugs to all

1:16 am

VolleymomDee

have a great day / eve *poof*

1:17 am

Just1Mar

bye dee

1:17 am

VolleymomDee

byeeee

1:17 am

rururocks

bye dee c

1:17 am

rururocks

12 to go damn this is hard now

1:22 am

TraderKate

gn dee

1:28 am

jillibus

hooray for dee and nightnight (left here for a bit)

1:29 am

TraderKate

good night jil

1:29 am

jillibus

no, I was saying goodnight to dee -- I just came back here

1:30 am

TraderKate

i must be getting tired...where'd everyone else go?

1:32 am

TraderKate

the westham game troubles are all over the news...babbler talking about it earlier...it was bad - before, during, and after

1:36 am

rururocks

do 5/14 anyone?

1:37 am

Kazzer99

ruru bit like the fashion designers name change the last vowel

1:37 am

Just1Mar

alt spelling of italian sweet

1:37 am

rururocks

thanks

1:37 am

TraderKate

got it

1:38 am

rururocks

fa 6/33?

1:38 am

TraderKate

nm do 5/16 i do have

1:39 am

Just1Mar

ordinary joe who loves a celeb and the land they would live in

1:39 am

noodle box

fa6/33 is a place for groupies to hang out

1:40 am

Kazzer99

ty noodle

1:40 am

noodle box

ceta

1:40 am

TraderKate

facebook?

1:40 am

ChrissieDee

ty just, nice clue

1:40 am

rururocks

thanks noodle

1:40 am

rururocks

kept trying the z on that one

1:41 am

Just1Mar

yw chrissie

1:43 am

Just1Mar

fireworks

1:44 am

Just1Mar

g'night evy1 gl

1:44 am

TraderKate

wtg just 1. gn

1:45 am

jillibus

YAY mar -- and goodnight

1:50 am

jillibus

fo4/14 -- yikes!

1:51 am

TraderKate

ever watch the muppets jil?

1:51 am

jillibus

this grid is annoying

1:51 am

jillibus

long ago, TK

1:51 am

TraderKate

i concur

1:52 am

TraderKate

do you remember the bear with the hat and bow tie?

1:52 am

jillibus

why do you ask about the Muppets? The fo4/14 has nothing to do with them as far as I can see

1:53 am

TraderKate

very close to his name

1:53 am

jillibus

maybe close, but no cigar

1:53 am

jillibus

totally diff pronunciation

1:58 am

notyamss

hi

1:58 am

rolin

morning all..need some help with the af's

2:01 am

rolin

why is it that at 8am exactly...babble burps..?

2:01 am

rolin

why is it that at 8am exactly...babble burps..?

2:03 am

jillibus

happens always at that time, rolin -- some kind of adjustment at midnight, central time, USA

2:04 am

jillibus

Fireworks

2:05 am

jillibus

not an enjoyable grid imho

2:06 am

jillibus

hi notyamss

2:07 am

jillibus

nobody here? Oh well -- I'm heading for bed.

2:08 am

jillibus

Goodnight, lurkers, if any.

2:08 am

Atalante

i'm here! back from pup walking

2:09 am

jillibus

Well, goodnight, ata, then.

2:09 am

Atalante

night jilli!

2:10 am

jillibus

need any help, ata?

2:11 am

jillibus

no reply, no help -- *poof*

2:12 am

Christine

goodnight Jillibus - looking for that te6 ...

2:21 am

Uneaixoise

renter, lodger

2:21 am

Atalante

I saw that just as you clued it!

2:22 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

2:22 am

Christine

thanks - you know, as soon as you ask for it, you see it - time after time

2:23 am

Uneaixoise

yep!

2:24 am

Atalante

always works that way

2:26 am

Atalante

wish I could find the right ending for the 9!

2:26 am

Uneaixoise

reverse ending of the 8 and make latin plural

2:27 am

Atalante

I tried that! I did! I did!

2:27 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

2:28 am

Haz1558

Good morning all. I hope you're not stamping your feet, Ata?

2:28 am

Uneaixoise

hey, haz :-)

2:28 am

Christine

change the EA to AEA

2:28 am

Atalante

I am I am!

2:29 am

Haz1558

Calm, control, breathe....

2:29 am

Haz1558

Funny looking grid, isn't it?

2:29 am

FMitch

I want to complain, her foot stamping woke me up :(

2:29 am

Uneaixoise

hey, fmitch!

2:29 am

Atalante

fiiiii! haz! spaghettina!

2:29 am

Haz1558

See? See what you've done?

2:30 am

Haz1558

Good morning FM!

2:31 am

FMitch

Hello Haz, Ata and Une, overslept as I kept waking up during the night. Le sigh.

2:32 am

Haz1558

Oh, that's not good.

2:32 am

Atalante

me too. except I just got up at 4am

2:32 am

FMitch

guess you are still jet lagged?

2:33 am

Haz1558

She's too busy stamping her feet to answer.

2:33 am

Atalante

not really now I don't think, just not sleeping properly

2:34 am

Haz1558

Let's hope she's been cured of the toooooooo many oooooooooos.

2:34 am

FMitch

LOL

2:35 am

Atalante

ooooooo!

2:35 am

FMitch

Don't usually see you in the log at this hour Haz?

2:36 am

Haz1558

I'm sometimes around but silently observe.

2:36 am

Andree

hi everyone

2:36 am

Haz1558

Good evening Andree!

2:37 am

FMitch

Ata whilst you were away we snaffled your quota of exclamation marks too so go easy on them please.
Hi Andree

2:37 am

Haz1558

I was intrigued to see Une up and about.

2:37 am

Atalante

*gasp*

2:38 am

FMitch

Im amazed I can even type as I haven't finished first mug of tea.

2:38 am

Haz1558

You're doing pretty well. It's mind over matter or something.

2:40 am

FMitch

lol something like that, am doing sucky duck at the mo but just realised I must go and see to last nights fottie results so back in a bit.

2:40 am

Haz1558

Ah yes, the fottie. Never neglect fottie.

2:40 am

FMitch

*footie even, and I was doing so well in the non typo stakes!

2:40 am

Atalante

bad bad fottie fans today

2:40 am

TraderKate

guess you didn't watch westham game...

2:41 am

Haz1558

Yes, those fottie fans disgrace the name of fotball

2:41 am

FMitch

Oh yes just watching that on the news :(

2:41 am

Andree

i,m not a fottie fan

2:42 am

FMitch

lol I can feel my leg bing pulled from all corners of the globe :)

2:42 am

Haz1558

I suppose keen sailors are yottie fans?

2:42 am

FMitch

LOL! and back in 10

2:42 am

Atalante

LOL

2:42 am

Haz1558

I'd say the Scottie fottie fans are very intense in their support.

2:43 am

Haz1558

I blame the Irn-bru.

2:44 am

TraderKate

mmm irn bru....yummy

2:45 am

Atalante

ewww

2:46 am

TraderKate

you no like?

2:46 am

Atalante

nooooooooo

2:46 am

TraderKate

it's especially good with vodka ...(snicker)

2:46 am

Haz1558

Dear goodness, the o obsession has started again.

2:47 am

Atalante

anything is better with vodka!

2:47 am

TraderKate

are we to take her o's away?

2:47 am

TraderKate

and everything!

2:48 am

TraderKate

you're right...nottie nottie fottie fans

2:49 am

TraderKate

dust-ups before/during/after

2:53 am

Andree

do5/14 please

2:55 am

Sally-catlover

Morning Andree (and all). Italian sweets.

2:55 am

Haz1558

Good morning Sally.

2:55 am

TraderKate

don't have it. clued earlier as alt. sp. of italian sweet or like the designer's name, sort of

2:56 am

Sally-catlover

Hi Haz. Gloomy and rainy day here today. How about you?

2:56 am

Atalante

gloomy down here

2:56 am

Andree

hi sally and thx and thx kate the designer did it

2:56 am

Haz1558

It's pouring here as well.

2:56 am

Haz1558

It's just very unsettled and unsettling weather.

2:57 am

Sally-catlover

How are you feeling today Ata?

2:57 am

Atalante

grumpy and grumbly!

2:57 am

Haz1558

You sound like a representative sample of dwarves.

2:58 am

Sally-catlover

lol haz

2:58 am

Andree

our mood often matches the weather

2:58 am

Atalante

I feel like it too

2:59 am

Haz1558

She's not sleeping well either, so she's dooooooo4/12

2:59 am

Sally-catlover

Well I'm off to Venice and Florence in about 10 days. Weather looks wonderful there atm!

3:00 am

Atalante

yay I'm every single dwarf at once!

3:00 am

Haz1558

I'm turning a delicate shade of green, Sally.

3:00 am

Haz1558

Doc!

3:01 am

OrangeCat

hi all

3:01 am

Sally-catlover

This was a holiday planned for April but delayed cos of husband's heart bypass, followed by his pneumonia, followed by his nearly breaking his neck. So keep your fingers crossed.

3:01 am

Andree

i am green too, bad enough my sister sent me a cheery text frome cologne today

3:01 am

Haz1558

Hello Orange.

3:01 am

Andree

hi orange

3:01 am

FMitch

and back, I am going to pretend it is summer today - no sun yet but it is not raining.

3:01 am

Atalante

eeep! good luck this time round!

3:02 am

Haz1558

I hope it all goes well, Sally. I've been to Venice, never to Florence - it's on my list!

3:02 am

Sally-catlover

Just beginning to allow myself to get excited.

3:02 am

FMitch

good heavens Sally! have a great time.

3:02 am

Andree

sounds like you really deserve this break sally

3:02 am

Andree

i fmitch

3:02 am

OrangeCat

northern italy is amazing. will u go to Pisa?

3:02 am

Sally-catlover

We are going all the way by train (because we went to, not because of his health). Have a little flat booked inboth places.

3:03 am

FMitch

have been to both, wonderful wonderful places both of them.

3:03 am

FMitch

Morning Orange

3:03 am

Sally-catlover

Any tips, nice places to eat FM?

3:03 am

OrangeCat

hiya FM.. sunflower reminds me of Tuscany/Umbria

3:04 am

FMitch

Would love to reel out a list but i am going back 20 years or more.

3:04 am

Haz1558

The single most disappointing thing in Venice was that they have multiple McDonald's.

3:04 am

Atalante

anywhere where the locals are!

3:04 am

Sally-catlover

Not planning Pisa, OrangeCat.

3:04 am

Sally-catlover

MdDonalds in Venice?????? Oh my god. Cancel the plans.

3:04 am

FMitch

ditto what Ata said

3:05 am

Haz1558

At least five of them. Hopefully they've been replaced by something else.

3:05 am

FMitch

what an awful thought!

3:05 am

Sally-catlover

The flats are both where the locals are, so hope to eat locally. No, we aren't stupid enough to eat in St Mark's Square, before anyone says.

3:05 am

Atalante

if you hear american being spoken, head elsewhere :P

3:06 am

FMitch

There is a McD in Windsor but they were only allowed to have the site if they change their livery - which they did.

3:06 am

Sally-catlover

Unless it's Donna Leon of course.

3:06 am

Sally-catlover

Luckily no McD in Ludlow.

3:06 am

Atalante

ditto canterbury

3:06 am

Sally-catlover

Ludlow still really foodie place.

3:09 am

Atalante

is there really an af?

3:09 am

FMitch

How is the grid today?

3:09 am

Andree

af5/16 ata

3:09 am

Sally-catlover

Yes, af 5/16.

3:10 am

Atalante

oh yes. duh. ty

3:10 am

OrangeCat

a - thing u stand on

3:10 am

Sally-catlover

What's up? Something's af*** !

3:10 am

Atalante

it's ok. latin based

3:10 am

Andree

its okay mitch, not too many words i will use anytime soon though

3:11 am

Haz1558

It's crafty, two places where it could start from.

3:11 am

FMitch

I shall look forward to having a go later as only have an hour and a half before I head out for the day.

3:11 am

Sally-catlover

Yes Haz, but the bottom a is a babblet.

3:11 am

Andree

fa5/16 please

3:12 am

Haz1558

Yes, and when I look at it (it's early for me) I have that bottom a done already.

3:12 am

FMitch

eeek, only an hour and a half - I must poof
Happy Babbling.

3:12 am

Haz1558

fa5/16 - Latin plural

3:13 am

Haz1558

Bye FM - and happy birthday to your mum!

3:13 am

Sally-catlover

Bye for now FM.

3:14 am

FMitch

Thanks Haz I will tell her Bye all *poof*

3:15 am

Haz1558

fa5/16 - first letters of old fashioned Tinkerbell spelling, last two **t King Cole.

3:16 am

Sally-catlover

Ooh thanks Haz. Nice clue.

3:16 am

Andree

thx haz

3:16 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, Sally and Andree.

3:22 am

Soodle

Morning all. Ata, how you doing?

3:23 am

Haz1558

Good morning Soodle.

3:23 am

Sally-catlover

Hi Soodle

3:23 am

Andree

hi soodle

3:24 am

Atalante

grumpy but ok *shakes head at general stupidity*!

3:25 am

Haz1558

But you're not shaking your head in our direction, sure you're not?

3:27 am

Atalante

nooooooooo! LOL

3:27 am

Haz1558

Just checking!

3:27 am

Atalante

husband being an idiot. again!

3:27 am

Atalante

(look back in yesterday's log ...)

3:28 am

Sally-catlover

Was here yesterday Ata, but seriously can you do that? Look back in yesterday's log? Didn't think it was possible.

3:28 am

Andree

fa6/33 please

3:29 am

Atalante

yep, you can :) go to archives

3:29 am

Sally-catlover

Andreee, state of being a groupie. TY Ata.

3:30 am

Haz1558

Sally, go to Archives, click on the day you want and it's there.

3:31 am

Sally-catlover

Will do later. Otherwise I may be some time!

3:31 am

Soodle

Ata - I thought a lot about you last night. Delighted to see you babbling this morning! Onwards andupwards, eh?

3:32 am

Atalante

oh absolutely. no point doing anything else!

3:32 am

Sally-catlover

Chin up Ata. He's only a man.

3:32 am

Haz1558

Looks like I'm going to have to read it as well, More than the cookie episode?

3:33 am

Atalante

just the cookie incident and its aftermath

3:33 am

Haz1558

Okay, will get my Miss Marple hat on later.

3:35 am

Andree

thx sally and fireworks

3:35 am

Haz1558

Congratulations Andree!

3:37 am

Atalante

yay Andree!

3:38 am

Atalante

folic isn't allowed ..?

3:39 am

Haz1558

Apparently not.

3:39 am

Sally-catlover

I tried it too :-(

3:42 am

Sally-catlover

I can never understand why earnt isn't allowed, when so many archaic words are. It's a perfectly acceptable variant of earned, as far as I know.

3:43 am

Atalante

who knows with enable

3:43 am

Andree

i tried it too, must be capitalised

3:43 am

Haz1558

You can drive yourself crazy wondering why.

3:44 am

Andree

well i must go, by aal and ata i hope things look up soon

3:44 am

Haz1558

Bye Andree.

3:45 am

Sally-catlover

Bye Andree

3:47 am

Atalante

thanks!

3:54 am

Atalante

well I must go and do something else for a while. back later with 12 left

3:54 am

Haz1558

Bye Ata - going as well.

3:55 am

Sally-catlover

Bye both.

4:16 am

Sally-catlover

Well, I'm done, so ty for chat all. Poof!

5:22 am

movieman

clues for the 8 and the 9 plz

5:25 am

DTins

1st 4 letters of midriff then your od/4, add extra vowel for the 9 letter word movieman

6:02 am

movieman

what are the first 2 letters of the 8/9 combo plz?

6:05 am

ladycece920

st8/9

6:07 am

movieman

ty lady

6:07 am

ladycece920

yw

6:07 am

mrpresident

evening all :)

6:08 am

movieman

hiya mrp

6:08 am

mrpresident

hi movieman!!

6:08 am

mrpresident

I so need to get to bed! I have every next day of football (soccer) taking up my life until Monday

6:11 am

mrpresident

i thought i might come and finish this off, but no chance!
See you all later! :))

6:14 am

Wolvie

good morning all

6:15 am

lynxxx

hi Wolvie and all

6:23 am

Wolvie

wow - tough little grid

6:24 am

lynxxx

just a bit!

6:25 am

Eva

good morning. what

6:25 am

Wolvie

hi eva

6:25 am

Eva

what's wrong with folic?!

6:25 am

Wolvie

wondered that myself. :-)

6:25 am

lynxxx

hi Eva - not sure

6:28 am

inge

Guten Morgen, Babblers. I got the st 8 from an earlier clue. Is the st 9 related to it?

6:28 am

Wolvie

no idea, I just started

6:29 am

ladycece920

yes, Inge.

6:29 am

lynxxx

hi Inge. Yes. add vowel

6:29 am

TraderKate

morgen inge, yes...pl. ending

6:29 am

Wolvie

hi lady, hi trader

6:30 am

Wolvie

so what is the clue for st 8? :-)

6:30 am

TraderKate

hi wlovie, lynnx

6:30 am

lynxxx

hi Kate

6:30 am

lynxxx

clue @ 5.25

6:31 am

TraderKate

thr oral portion of the alimentary tract of an embryo

6:32 am

Wolvie

ty lynxx and trader

6:33 am

Wolvie

got it - ty both again

6:35 am

Anniebrook

hello everyone

6:36 am

Wolvie

hi annie

6:36 am

Anniebrook

hi wolvie

6:36 am

Anniebrook

Got the st8 from clues but cant get the st9 even when I Latin plural the st8

6:37 am

TraderKate

INSERT vowel

6:37 am

Anniebrook

ah thanks, Kate

6:38 am

lynxxx

there is a couple of lAtin plurAls Annie

6:38 am

Anniebrook

hi lynxxxxie...got the st9

6:39 am

TraderKate

think it's greek not latin

6:40 am

lynxxx

its all greek to me

6:40 am

Wolvie

;-0

6:40 am

TraderKate

<grins>

6:40 am

Anniebrook

LOL

6:45 am

Wolvie

the singleton a in the right hand column is keeping me from nbt - any clues for it? or what type it is? I'm sure I'll require fish. :-)

6:45 am

Anniebrook

Not there yet, wolvie

6:46 am

lynxxx

af5.16 12 inches will get it

6:46 am

TraderKate

watson, quickly, the game's a****

6:46 am

Wolvie

ty lynxx - fish for me indeed. :-)

6:46 am

Wolvie

and trader. :-)

6:46 am

Anniebrook

thanks, lynxxxie

6:47 am

TraderKate

that was my last for nbt too. nasty, little vowels...

6:52 am

jacq

afternoon everyone

6:52 am

lynxxx

ca6.21 new one for me, latin plural for the 7

6:52 am

jacq

small grid usually means trouble

6:52 am

Wolvie

hi jac

6:52 am

lynxxx

BBS

6:52 am

lynxxx

hi/bye Jacq

6:52 am

Wolvie

bye lynxx

6:52 am

jacq

heya wolvie

6:52 am

Anniebrook

hi jacq, bye lynxxxie

6:52 am

TraderKate

bye lynn

6:53 am

TraderKate

hi jac

6:54 am

jacq

heya annie and kate

6:56 am

TraderKate

are you slaying dragons today jac?

6:57 am

jacq

dragons?

6:58 am

TraderKate

big tasks you'd rather put off

6:59 am

jacq

ahhh lol, i did the floors and the bathroom still have to do my bedroom, after sorting my wardrobe it looks like a jumble sale

6:59 am

TraderKate

tired just reading what you're doing in a day...puts me to shame

7:02 am

jacq

oh kate, it needed doing, we have a huge leather sofa that weighs a ton and getting under it is impossible when the house ids busy so i did it as soon as they went out today, believe me it needed doing badly

7:05 am

TraderKate

I can believe it Jac. I've no idea what's lurking under my sofa; pretty much afraid to look without an armed guard...I need to hire sa dust-bunny taqmer

7:05 am

jacq

lol

7:05 am

TraderKate

tamer

7:06 am

jacq

oh i found loads of baby bits and hair things and lego bricks and loads and loads of grime

7:06 am

jacq

and some mail too

7:07 am

Aussieme

Hey Babble Buddies ! long time no visit here.... got to go to work in about 10 minutes, so just dropped in to see how grid is today.....

7:07 am

TraderKate

mmmm grime... why do you have men under the couch - doesn't hubby object? (haha)

7:07 am

jacq

heya Aussie, not too bad so far

7:08 am

lynxxx

hi Aussie!

7:08 am

Wolvie

hi aussie - middling, I'd say

7:08 am

jacq

lol

7:08 am

Aussieme

hey Lynx, and Wolvie :)

7:08 am

jacq

just past half way and something tells me it will get harder

7:08 am

Aussieme

And Jacq, sorry I missed you off :)

7:08 am

Wolvie

I am bogging down with 19 left

7:10 am

Anniebrook

Hi {{Aussie}}...How is Georgia?

7:20 am

Wolvie

fireworks

7:20 am

periwinkle

hllo all, help with C pls

7:20 am

periwinkle

yay for Wolvie

7:20 am

Wolvie

had to go to the list for my last 5

7:20 am

jacq

wtg Wolvie!!!!! some bogging down

7:20 am

TraderKate

wooowooo woooolvie

7:20 am

periwinkle

lower right C pls

7:20 am

mama2maddie

well done Wolvie!

7:21 am

Wolvie

which one peri

7:21 am

TraderKate

hi peri

7:21 am

lynxxx

Congrats Wolvie!

7:21 am

louuol2004

sounds like what a chair is peri

7:21 am

Wolvie

ce 4 peri - ce 4/4 sounds like your bottom

7:22 am

periwinkle

got it, thanks

7:22 am

Wolvie

any clues before I head out?

7:22 am

Anniebrook

YAY for Wolvie!!!!

7:22 am

periwinkle

have 4 other blank tiles :(

7:22 am

periwinkle

lone i pls

7:22 am

Boobear

hi all

7:23 am

lynxxx

hi Boo

7:23 am

periwinkle

NM found it

7:23 am

Wolvie

hi boo

7:23 am

Wolvie

okay then folks - have a fun babble day. :-)

7:24 am

TraderKate

akin to what's added to table salt

7:24 am

Anniebrook

bye wolvie, hi boo

7:24 am

lynxxx

bye Wolvie

7:24 am

periwinkle

I am not seeing any of the S words this am

7:24 am

TraderKate

bye, wolvie

7:25 am

louuol2004

peri st5/10.....another chair!

7:25 am

periwinkle

found one of the S words, NBT!

7:26 am

periwinkle

thanks lou

7:26 am

TraderKate

yeah,peri.

7:26 am

TraderKate

2 related st's 8/9 clued sat 5:25

7:27 am

periwinkle

thanks, will keep looking

7:27 am

mama2maddie

fireworks :-)

7:27 am

periwinkle

are they compound words?

7:28 am

louuol2004

st8/50 s + beginning of day after today + when u think of something you have a good i***

7:28 am

louuol2004

how do i make that into a 9 trader?

7:30 am

periwinkle

not getting the clue

7:30 am

TraderKate

peri not compound - medial/ anatomical, greek origin

7:30 am

zoozzoom

WTG Mama2maddie :-)

7:30 am

periwinkle

it is Wed here

7:30 am

Anniebrook

I am done.

7:30 am

TraderKate

8 >> 9 INSERT vowel to plural

7:30 am

periwinkle

yay for Annie

7:30 am

zoozzoom

good going Annie.

7:30 am

louuol2004

not name of day peri, as in yesterday,today, ****rrow

7:31 am

lynxxx

Congrats Annie!

7:31 am

TraderKate

annie, annie, annie!!!

7:31 am

inge

Fireworks. Why is the last word always an obvious one? I will not admit how long I worked on the te word, the guy who lives in your apartment house.

7:31 am

Anniebrook

Kate, Kate, Kate!!!!!

7:31 am

zoozzoom

well done Inge :-)

7:31 am

Anniebrook

congrats, Inge

7:31 am

periwinkle

thanks, got the 8, new word for me

7:32 am

TraderKate

well done inge!

7:32 am

lynxxx

Congrats Inge - I only just got that too, with 7 words to go

7:32 am

Anniebrook

peri, insert a vowel at the end for the st9

7:32 am

periwinkle

I am trying to get the 9

7:33 am

TraderKate

definition: the oral portion of of the alimentary canal in an embryo. go ahead, work that into conversation today. I dare ya...

7:33 am

TraderKate

greek plural peri

7:33 am

louuol2004

extra vowel after the d peri

7:34 am

TraderKate

7:30 plural

7:34 am

periwinkle

finally got it, hate those greek and latin plurals, thanks

7:35 am

periwinkle

bbl

7:35 am

Anniebrook

anyone want a clue before I leave?

7:35 am

inge

Off to sudoku. Back later to clue

7:35 am

lynxxx

bye Inge

7:36 am

Anniebrook

bye, inge

7:36 am

TraderKate

my last word >>lo4/5ed<< before me the whole time. couldn't believe i couldn't see it!

7:36 am

Soodle

clue for the te6, please

7:37 am

Anniebrook

sood, when you rent an apartment you are a te6

7:37 am

TraderKate

renter

7:38 am

Anniebrook

te6--number and picnic pest

7:38 am

zoozzoom

te6 number + garden pest.

7:39 am

Soodle

thanks folks - pass the fish!

7:39 am

Anniebrook

hi Zooz

7:39 am

zoozzoom

sorry, Annie you were faster than me..lol

7:39 am

lynxxx

Goodnight all

7:39 am

zoozzoom

hello Annie, hope you are well.

7:39 am

Anniebrook

flounder or halibut?

7:39 am

zoozzoom

bye lynxxx, sweet dreams.

7:39 am

Anniebrook

night, lynxxxxie

7:40 am

Anniebrook

Just fine, zooz, and you?

7:40 am

zoozzoom

yes , very well thank you :-)

7:40 am

Soodle

Flounder would be most appropriate in my case, Annie!

7:41 am

TraderKate

gn lynn

7:41 am

Anniebrook

that is funny, soodle

7:41 am

Anniebrook

I must go water my plants..they are calling me. Bye dear babblers

7:42 am

Soodle

:)

7:42 am

TraderKate

gb annie

7:42 am

zoozzoom

Take care Annie.

7:54 am

Judi

Good morning, all!

7:54 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Judi

7:59 am

TraderKate

hi, judy

7:59 am

zoozzoom

And fireworks for me, off to do some choirs now, anyone need clues before i go?

8:00 am

TraderKate

anyone need anything before i leave?

8:00 am

zoozzoom

i`ll take that as a no...bye all..happy babbling.

8:00 am

TraderKate

zoozoo... excellent!

8:01 am

kje

imagining zoom singing and working

8:01 am

TraderKate

does it make you smile?

8:01 am

zoozzoom

singing ( well howling) yes..working..well sort of..LOL..hello KJE :-)

8:02 am

kje

: )

8:02 am

zoozzoom

bye Kje & Kate :-)

8:02 am

kje

bye

8:02 am

TraderKate

gotta fly * poof * bye kje

8:02 am

hjst

can't believe how long it took me to get the lower A

8:03 am

kje

some tiles are like that - can't see the forrest for the trees

8:03 am

zoozzoom

true hjst the funny thing is..it is in the grids alot..LOL

8:04 am

Dorens

another thing that's been in the grid a lot lately is mammary glands

8:04 am

Judi

*nodding* I usually miss the goose and the volcano on the first pass. The fish just laugh.

8:05 am

Dorens

i was trained early on to always enter the volcano without even looking

8:05 am

zoozzoom

true Dorens ..judi ..i always miss the volcano one..so annoying..:-)

8:06 am

Dorens

i think the first week that i played it was in 90% of the grids, so I learned to enter it automatically.... these days, at least i wait to see of a couple of those letters are there together first

8:06 am

kje

lower corner c?

8:06 am

zoozzoom

i seem to use the dot alot , i have noticed

8:06 am

Dorens

but there are certainly some words i always miss, just not the goose or volcan

8:07 am

zoozzoom

it is all in the corner Kje.

8:07 am

Dorens

ce- ** adoro, anton (from west side story)

8:07 am

kje

dots are useful.... i use them a lot too...

8:07 am

Dorens

the dot???

8:08 am

zoozzoom

lol...i am not very good with the comma & others to be honest..so just tend to use dots..to seperate my sentences..lol

8:09 am

Dorens

oh, i do too, particularly in emails. i think they annoy some people. I know a lot of grammatical purists.

8:10 am

kje

holy cow that was a lot of monkeying for a 4 letter word

8:10 am

Judi

I find dots... suspensful!

8:10 am

zoozzoom

well at least you have got it now Kje :-)

8:10 am

kje

i can be grammatical ; ) I just find the dots useful... more like a continuing thought as if you are really talking

8:10 am

Dorens

it's a babblet, you've seen it before, k?

8:10 am

kje

LOL judi - love that!\

8:11 am

kje

dorens... you saythat as if it means something - LOL

8:11 am

Dorens

exactly.....helps to separate thoughts... in an informal, conversational sort of day

8:11 am

Dorens

how about way, not day??/

8:11 am

kje

i agree dorens, to hell with the purists, they lack imagination

8:12 am

kje

too funny - i read way

8:13 am

Dorens

can i have the stats for that lone i please? it looks impossible to me, probably a fish

8:13 am

zoozzoom

i think you have hit it on the head there...that is what i am doing...using dots as i am conversing with type...i feel better now....DOTS rule..lol

8:13 am

Dorens

hah just found it, feeling like peri

8:13 am

Judi

As Americans, it is our duty to slaughter grammar and replace it with slang, inappropriate spelling and punctuation.

8:14 am

kje

io6 - related to a halogen

8:14 am

kje

halide

8:14 am

Dorens

well, good thing i found it... that clue wouldn't have helped me, would have been looking for lightbulbs 8-)

8:15 am

kje

LOL

8:15 am

zoozzoom

ok , i must be off to do my exciting (not) house work...happy babbling all :-)

8:15 am

kje

sorry - chem background

8:15 am

Dorens

no prob, k. bye zoo

8:15 am

Judi

Bye, Zooz.... until tomorrow!

8:15 am

kje

bye zoom

8:16 am

Dorens

ok and now i have nbt and 30 left... need to get some stuff done... hasta la vista

8:16 am

kje

ooo - my last l was the british john

8:16 am

kje

later dorens, hagd

8:17 am

ABCDE

hi all

8:17 am

ABCDE

help on the bottom A?

8:17 am

kje

hi

8:18 am

kje

an4 - against

8:18 am

afflamed

good morning babblers

8:18 am

ABCDE

wow! I could have looked for that all day. Thanks.

8:19 am

kje

yw

8:21 am

Judi

Clue for the St 8 & 9, please?

8:21 am

kje

no idea, but will start looking

8:23 am

Uneaixoise

The anterior or oral portion of the alimentary canal of an embryo

8:24 am

kje

thanks une - was thinking it must start with that mouth prefix

8:25 am

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

8:25 am

Judi

Okaaaaay. Still clueless.

8:25 am

kje

LOL judi

8:25 am

Uneaixoise

judi, just google the definition

8:25 am

kje

s + male turkey + od4

8:25 am

afflamed

i spewed coffee on that last clue lmao

8:26 am

afflamed

anterior portion of whaaaa??? bwah-hah-hah...

8:26 am

Uneaixoise

afflamed, when it's something that obscure, someone usually just posts the definition "google-ready"

8:27 am

Judi

I got it. I knew the first five.

8:27 am

Uneaixoise

go, judi!

8:27 am

afflamed

just caught me offguard so ....out there lol

8:27 am

Uneaixoise

indeed :-)

8:27 am

afflamed

soom

8:28 am

afflamed

ackkk ignore

8:28 am

kje

i thought it was a perfect clue. une ; )

8:28 am

Uneaixoise

ok, that's firewords for me -- gotta get crackin' for the drive up to my mom's -- happy babbling, all!

8:29 am

kje

yayayay une! and be safe

8:29 am

dan2bit

wtg une!

8:32 am

Judi

Fa6/33?

8:33 am

kje

no idea yet

8:33 am

kje

gotta run - bbl

8:34 am

dan2bit

me neither Judi

8:34 am

Judi

Got it. Fireworks for me tooooo!

8:35 am

Judi

Fa6/33: the world of celebrity worship.

8:36 am

Judi

I'm out, unless someone needs a clue.

8:43 am

hjst

aww - "zoot" was not found in the dictionary

8:43 am

hjst

thought I had one there

8:46 am

afflamed

I agree! Zoot suit..... shud be in the dict.

8:46 am

afflamed

adey

8:47 am

afflamed

ackk ignore me, i do that all the time - mix up where my cursor is

8:49 am

holly16

Good morning!

8:50 am

afflamed

morn.

8:52 am

periwinkle

not getting the clue for the fa6

8:54 am

periwinkle

got the fa6, stupid word

8:56 am

crosshair

now what in the heck is a word like that doing in a grid? what i really wonder is how the first person found it..morning everyone

8:59 am

crosshair

crossy checks his deoderant...........

8:59 am

EspritdJean

deodorant is overrated

9:00 am

periwinkle

hey crossy

9:00 am

periwinkle

hey crossy

9:00 am

crosshair

howdy peri;)

9:01 am

crosshair

better than smelling like two ferrets fighting in a sewer pipe:)

9:01 am

EspritdJean

ewwwwwwww quite a description

9:01 am

crosshair

was always good at that.that me mr tact;)

9:02 am

periwinkle

hey crossy

9:02 am

crosshair

howdy again pero,whats shaking?

9:03 am

crosshair

peri even

9:03 am

periwinkle

si4/11 is another stupid word

9:04 am

crosshair

sigh..well may as well hunt the idiotic ones down first i suppose:/

9:05 am

crosshair

well we know most of the letters cause of the point value..just have to wake the monkey up

9:06 am

periwinkle

fireworks, now off to an Asian Market. hope to get some neat stuff. byeee

9:06 am

crosshair

got it ty peri

9:06 am

crosshair

tc peri hagd

9:06 am

periwinkle

yw, crossy

9:06 am

periwinkle

bye

9:13 am

Dorens

si 4 isn't a stupid word to anyone who ever had hemorrhoids

9:16 am

crosshair

now this is funny http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2009-08-26
/

9:16 am

crosshair

never heard si4/11 used in conjunction with "roids"

9:16 am

afflamed

lmao todays chat is classic

9:17 am

Dorens

first thing to do! easy, cheap and relieving

9:17 am

crosshair

and im just warming up afflamed lol

9:17 am

crosshair

havent even had my tea or meds yet lol

9:17 am

afflamed

hahaha good to laff as work looms ahead of me lol

9:17 am

crosshair

indeed

9:18 am

afflamed

lofa

9:18 am

Atalante

hi all!

9:19 am

Atalante

what do you do for work in lovely Warrenton, afflamed?

9:19 am

crosshair

see afflamed,with babble pro you can easily hide your money work lol

9:19 am

crosshair

ata!!

9:19 am

Atalante

crossy!

9:19 am

afflamed

costco!! yay!

9:19 am

crosshair

got a funny for you ata....

9:20 am

Atalante

costco! YAY!

9:20 am

afflamed

i think just about everyone in the pac NW works with or for costco lol

9:20 am

Atalante

I love that place. the 7lb chocolate cakes lol

9:20 am

crosshair

http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2009-08-26
/

9:20 am

afflamed

they own oregon and washington

9:20 am

Atalante

I've probably seen you there!

9:20 am

crosshair

still snorting over that strip

9:20 am

afflamed

hahah i walk by the bakery and dont look

9:21 am

afflamed

Ive worked for this company for 20 yrs, worked at this whse 16, and run just about every dept lol

9:21 am

crosshair

we dont have a costco here,we are just waiting for wal-mart so suck the town dry ,then we move north

9:21 am

Atalante

oh that's good! as good as this: http://xkcd.com/627/

9:21 am

Atalante

when's the new super costco going to be finished?

9:22 am

afflamed

we have quite a few whses in canada however they are located in fairly large communities

9:22 am

afflamed

our new building is 137K sq feet and opening day is dec 4

9:23 am

Atalante

one of my friends is just dying of impatience. he looooves costco

9:23 am

afflamed

however my boss keeps threatening me with an earlier opening date since Im responsible for the opening party :((

9:24 am

afflamed

I am currently the mgr of the marketing dept so most of the "hostess" TYPE RESPONSIBILITIES IS MINE ...yikes lol

9:24 am

Atalante

party time!!

9:24 am

afflamed

thank god theres babble to releive my stress lol

9:24 am

afflamed

I havent played wow in 3 days

9:24 am

crosshair

not good

9:25 am

afflamed

my dailies on wow are being ignored for babble, but I think babble is better for my brain

9:25 am

Atalante

a little bit

9:25 am

afflamed

ok Im off to work - Have a great day all

9:26 am

JenMO16

how many words today?

9:26 am

Atalante

say hi to the chocolate cakes for me!

9:26 am

afflamed

I got 34...... ya i am a novice!! hahah

9:27 am

afflamed

Ill smell them and gain 20 pounds for you

9:27 am

Atalante

LOL :)

9:27 am

Atalante

sounds all too realistic

9:27 am

Atalante

omg crossy you should *see* these chocolate cakes. 7lb. hugest choc cakes ever

9:32 am

crosshair

ata sounds good,but i dont have a big sweet tooh,half a slice of cake and i sit there and shake for half an hour lol

9:32 am

Atalante

you dont even have to eat these, just look at them

9:32 am

crosshair

tooth even

9:33 am

Atalante

bacon cake ....

9:34 am

crosshair

someone say bacon?

9:35 am

Atalante

*grin*

9:35 am

crosshair

good grief and we wonder why cancer rates are so high... http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/qf
/c/PopularScience/12-1938/lrg_brand_ba
bies.jpg

9:37 am

Atalante

I'm still just horrified that a chocolate cream pie I had included titanium dioxide and propylene glycol (antifreeze) in

9:37 am

hurshy

good golly

9:37 am

crosshair

limeric of the day...

9:38 am

crosshair

A woman in liquor production
Owns a still of exquisite construction.
The alcohol boils
Through magnetic coils.
She says that it's "proof by induction."

9:38 am

Atalante

smurshy!

9:38 am

Atalante

looool

9:38 am

crosshair

titanium dioxide? in cake??

9:39 am

hurshy

i had a silly adventure this morning.

9:39 am

Atalante

yes! apparently it's used in milk as well as a white colourant

9:39 am

crosshair

mmm

9:39 am

crosshair

well i guess you never know when we may want to chrome plate our innards

9:39 am

Atalante

I want it in my white paint, thank you, not my food

9:40 am

hurshy

what, we can't deal with the natural color of milk?

9:40 am

hurshy

the food industry has odd perceptions of the public.

9:40 am

Atalante

apparently not. I was just horrified

9:41 am

hurshy

dang it, mollify has two L's

9:41 am

crosshair

If you catch a Chinchilla in Chile
And cut off its beard, willy-nilly
You can honestly say
That you have just made
A Chilean Chinchilla's chin chilly

9:41 am

Atalante

lol, I had that trauma this morning

9:43 am

Atalante

are we feeling a little bored, crossy dear?

9:44 am

crosshair

yaaa! my new modem has just arrived in the mail!

9:44 am

crosshair

lol ata

9:44 am

Uniquity

Mm, honey garlic pepperoni. Let's not discuss the items in that...

9:45 am

Atalante

yay!

9:45 am

Atalante

hmmmm let's not!

9:45 am

crosshair

stop...honey garlic pepperoni??

9:46 am

crosshair

does it come with free zantec? lol

9:46 am

Uniquity

It's pretty much a general rule that all meat products can come with honey garlic flavour. I *love* honey garlic pepperoni. It is the only kind I really like.

9:46 am

crosshair

one more limeric and im going to kick this grids butt...

9:48 am

crosshair

everyone over 18?

9:49 am

crosshair

There once was a sysadmin, Eddie,
Who could strip, touch and finger real steady.
But when it came to the mount,
(From his sweetheart's account),
It was always "Device is not ready".

9:49 am

Atalante

lmao

9:51 am

Atalante

I like that one

9:54 am

crosshair

;)

9:54 am

bekki

Help I can't find the st/9

9:57 am

crosshair

dont blame you let me try and clue it....

9:58 am

crosshair

s+male turkey+od4/5 is the 8 letter version of this not do a latin ending for the 9

9:58 am

Haz1558

st9 - s, plus three letters for Jerry Mouse's feline enemy, two letters indicating that someone's had too much of a drug, finish with a raft of vowels, second sandwiched between a double helping of the first.

9:58 am

Atalante

well done Haz!

9:58 am

Haz1558

Hello hello!

9:59 am

Vicuna

Hello, all!

9:59 am

Haz1558

Hello Vicuna!

10:00 am

Atalante

hi vi!

10:01 am

Vicuna

So I see we've been indulging in naughty limericks.

10:02 am

crosshair

lol vic

10:02 am

Haz1558

Not guilty, your honour.

10:02 am

crosshair

i can do clean ones as well

10:02 am

bekki

got the st/8 but still can't figure out the st/9

10:03 am

bekki

folic

10:03 am

crosshair

the 9 is a latin type ending

10:03 am

Vicuna

Stick in the extra vowel immediately after the last consonant.

10:03 am

bekki

sorry

10:04 am

Haz1558

For the st9 , reverse the order of the vowels at the end of st8 and then add another one at the end.

10:05 am

bekki

thank you finally got it

10:05 am

crosshair

ok,a nice clean one... There was a young woman named Bright
Whose speed was much faster than light.
She set out one day
In a relative way,
And returned on the previous night

10:06 am

Vicuna

I've heard that one! =)

10:06 am

crosshair

the clean ones go round and round,not many new ones

10:07 am

crosshair

lol and this one is almost clean

10:07 am

Vicuna

Hmmm... that sounds like a call to action.

10:07 am

crosshair

On the chest of a barmaid at Yale
were tattooed the prices of ale,
and on her behind,
for the sake of the blind,
was the same information in Braille.

10:07 am

crosshair

ok nopw to break this babble wall ive run into

10:07 am

Vicuna

lol

10:08 am

Haz1558

Which leads me to tell Ata that while she was away on holiday, there was a blind participant on University Challenge - they had little Braille notes for her for some of the questions!

10:09 am

crosshair

my wife practices with the braille imprinted on our newer bank notes

10:09 am

Haz1558

I don't think we have any braille notes, or maybe I haven't been taking note properly.

10:10 am

Atalante

really? wow! did her team get through>

10:10 am

crosshair

i say"since your always grabbing it as fast as you can,you may as well get some practical use out of it" :/

10:10 am

Haz1558

I can't remember! Isn't that shameful? She did very well, certainly answered more than her fair share of questions. I was impressed.

10:11 am

crosshair

no totally braille haz,just braille imprints in the top left corners

10:11 am

Uniquity

I suppose if you were blind, you might not waste a whole lot of time watching tv, films adn playing video games. Maybe more time reading :)

10:11 am

harpjane

hello

10:12 am

crosshair

indeed

10:12 am

crosshair

howdy harp!

10:12 am

Haz1558

I must look sometime, cross, it had never occurred to me. It doesn't when you're not directly affected.

10:12 am

Vicuna

Hello, Uni and harp.

10:12 am

harpjane

is today's grid a tiny terrorist?

10:12 am

Uniquity

We did not always have braille on the bills, it is only on the newest generation, I believe. Maybe the last two.

10:13 am

crosshair

some of it is nasty with evil pretentions

10:13 am

Haz1558

It's not too bad, harpjane.

10:13 am

crosshair

as i say,the newer bills

10:13 am

Uniquity

How often does your mint decide to print up a n ew generation of notes, Haz? We seem to get a new one every five years or so.

10:14 am

Uniquity

Now, that is.

10:14 am

Haz1558

No braille on the notes in my purse.

10:14 am

jacq

no notes in my purse :0(

10:14 am

crosshair

lol jacq

10:14 am

jacq

hello everyone

10:14 am

jacq

back again

10:14 am

crosshair

howdy jacq

10:15 am

jacq

heay crossy

10:15 am

Haz1558

Well, that's the thing, we have a muliplicity of banks issuing notes. Northern Bank, Ulster Bank, Allied Irish, First Trust, Bank of Ireland etc along with Bank of England. They probably print them when they feel like it, or when they run out of them because Â£26 million's been pinched.

10:15 am

jacq

bank of scotland also produces it's own notes

10:15 am

Haz1558

Hello jacq.

10:15 am

jacq

heya haz

10:16 am

crosshair

other chartered banks still produce nothe other than at you main mint haz?

10:16 am

Uniquity

Oh my. We get new ones p[rinted all the time, but they redesign them to make the new generations for special things.

10:16 am

crosshair

notes even

10:16 am

crosshair

the last of our chartered bank s stopped producing notes in the 30,s

10:17 am

Vicuna

Hello, jacq.

10:17 am

Haz1558

I'm not sure about the technicalities of the whole thing and English people can be a bit sniffy about accepting our notes.

10:17 am

Atalante

Bank of Scotland too

10:17 am

crosshair

lol love it...sniffy

10:18 am

Uniquity

You've so many people producing them - I think I should declare myself a bank and start printing notes.

10:18 am

jacq

i always have a rave about spending scottish bank notes in london, so i make a point of getting a good few from the bank before i go down :o)

10:18 am

Haz1558

You know,that sniff of disapproval and suspicion.

10:18 am

crosshair

we had banks that produced notes like "the standard bank of canada" the mecintile bank of canada..etc..now the bills from those are very rare and desirable to collectors

10:19 am

EvaNadine

afternoon babblers. :)

10:19 am

crosshair

howdy eva

10:19 am

Haz1558

Good afternoon, EvaN.

10:19 am

jacq

i think the money is all produced by the mint but is ordered by the banks

10:19 am

Vicuna

Hello, EvaN.

10:19 am

crosshair

same as us jacq

10:20 am

Haz1558

Yes, I think it all has to be covered by the Bank of England - that's not the technical term but you'll know what I mean.

10:20 am

EvaNadine

how are we all today?

10:20 am

crosshair

though the east coast of canada continued to use its own currency right up till the mid 40,s

10:21 am

Uniquity

Go East Coast! We're rebels without a cause.

10:22 am

Atalante

brb

10:22 am

crosshair

crossy was a coin collector for 20 years:)

10:22 am

crosshair

lol uni,god bless the newfies

10:22 am

EvaNadine

in case anyone is interested, the rest of the pictures from my last photo shoot are now in my Flickr. :)

10:22 am

jacq

just coinage crossy or notes too?

10:22 am

crosshair

some note in a small way

10:23 am

hurshy

so... nobody seems to have mentioned the 8 or 9 lately...

10:23 am

Haz1558

And the rating, EvaN? Dare we look?

10:23 am

crosshair

collecting good collectable notes can be very $$$$$$

10:23 am

jacq

i have russian notes i found in an old book i bought, very uinteresting was a small leather bound atals showing someones route through europe

10:23 am

EvaNadine

no more risque than the one already shown. :)

10:23 am

kje

well, hursh, kinda hard to work those into everyday conversation

10:23 am

Haz1558

It's because we rarely mention the alimentary canal of an embryo, hurshy.

10:23 am

jacq

i am ignoring them haz because i can't find them if i pretend they aren't there i don't need to find them

10:24 am

hurshy

mmm, ok, but what do they start with?

10:24 am

Haz1558

st9 and st8 in that order

10:24 am

crosshair

lol eva..took me a bit to realize there was a bike in that picture

10:25 am

crosshair

was distracted of course

10:26 am

jacq

ok i managed to find the 8 based it on the st but the 9 confuses me is it a plural?

10:26 am

crosshair

a latin type plural

10:27 am

crosshair

have to play with it

10:27 am

Haz1558

jacq - reverse the order of the last two vowels on the st8 then add another vowel.

10:27 am

crosshair

what haz said

10:27 am

crosshair

A young psychic midget named Marge
Went to jail with the most heinous charge
But despite lock and key
The next day she broke free
And the headlines said "Small Medium at Large"

10:27 am

jacq

ahhh ty and thank you too haz

10:28 am

Haz1558

No problem, jacq.

10:29 am

kje

bad cross

10:30 am

crosshair

may have to list a tad early

10:30 am

crosshair

i have better i promise kje

10:31 am

kje

that is what i am afraid of

10:31 am

hurshy

well that's not a plural, then, that's an alt spelling.

10:31 am

crosshair

here you go kje,and it is almost clean

10:31 am

crosshair

There once was a maid from Madras
Who had a magnificent ass.
Not rounded and pink,
as you'd possibly think;
It was gray, had long ears, and ate grass.

10:32 am

kje

LOL - bad cross

10:32 am

kje

bingo!

10:32 am

kje

oops, wrong game ; )

10:32 am

kje

fireworks!

10:33 am

kje

be sure and share that one with scrab, cross

10:33 am

crosshair

will do

10:33 am

crosshair

mm kje is a tough sell i see....

10:33 am

kje

gotta run - later babblers

10:34 am

crosshair

oops ill stop i promise

10:35 am

hurshy

how is folic not in the dictionary? folic acid... it's a thing...

10:35 am

Haz1558

Anybody want some ideas on how to be creative with dog grooming? http://tinyurl.com/mrz53w

10:35 am

crosshair

ran into that an hour ago..tis annoying

10:36 am

Vicuna

Enable won't take folic because Enable is anemic.

10:38 am

hurshy

haha

10:39 am

jacq

lol

10:39 am

jaianniah

ca 6 & 7 are what cats from Mars have coming out of their ears...

10:39 am

jaianniah

*heads

10:40 am

ch1212

Haz, just looked at that article -- some of those look nearly cruel to the poor dog! Am sending that link on to my daughter, who loves to groom her two shelties. :)

10:40 am

Vicuna

lol, jai. I think that would have a double letter in the middle, though.

10:40 am

jaianniah

<it's a pun>

10:41 am

jaianniah

Yes, I saw that, but I think it still works as a clue....

10:41 am

Haz1558

I know, ch1212, they look to be victims of their owners' enthusiasms.

10:41 am

DR1965

it worked for me!

10:41 am

Vicuna

It worked for me (after I tried the double option!) =D

10:41 am

jaianniah

Cool!

10:41 am

o-o

phantom: rodomantade

10:42 am

DR1965

what does that mean BR?

10:42 am

jaianniah

BR- how can that be a phantom without any "R"?

10:42 am

Vicuna

It means BR needs new glasses if he sees it int he grid.

10:43 am

DR1965

LOL Vic

10:43 am

o-o

Pretentious boasting or bragging; bluster and hence any arrogant act.

10:43 am

crosshair

lol br,glad its a phantom..was going nuts looking for the letter r lol

10:43 am

jacq

not getting the cat clue

10:43 am

jaianniah

I think BR made a pun based on we poor people knowing the meaning of that word- which I do not....

10:43 am

Haz1558

BR's icon looks remarkably like DR-G in old age.

10:43 am

beachboggle

hi fellow babblers!

10:44 am

jacq

heya beach

10:44 am

jaianniah

<My Favorite Martian> Remember that show??? Does that help?

10:44 am

Haz1558

ca6 - Feline plus Mrs Sharples of Coronation St

10:44 am

crosshair

howdy beach

10:44 am

jacq

ty ty ty

10:44 am

ch1212

I thought it was ironic

LOL - I agree, Haz! Good article on guilt, though.

10:44 am

Vicuna

for the ca's cross a feline with the deely-boppers from the 80's!

10:44 am

jacq

now i have the words i get the clue but have short focus today for some reason

10:46 am

jaianniah

A ca5,14 who only drinks coffee and never tea is a ca 4,6 <warning:pun>

10:48 am

EvaNadine

hints for the A or C from the bottom row?

10:48 am

ch1212

a = against

10:48 am

DR1965

a- an4- against

10:49 am

EvaNadine

doh! didnt see that T there!

10:49 am

DR1965

c-ce4

10:50 am

EvaNadine

TY. im missing some basic ones today!

10:50 am

jaianniah

Take your Ce4,5! <warning:pun>

10:50 am

DR1965

yvw Eva

10:51 am

jaianniah

A cl4,6 steals cl5,12 from a bank (then pl.) <warning:pun>

10:51 am

DR1965

you are a punster today!

10:52 am

jaianniah

Just being punny. In a kooky mood. Maybe it was the chocolate martinis last nite....

10:52 am

ch1212

I had to look up the cl5/6 - interesting word.

10:53 am

jaianniah

ch, what does it mean?

10:53 am

ch1212

cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc. - also a word (capitolized) to mean Satan

10:54 am

rururocks

sheep

10:54 am

J. C.

Wow . . . didn't realise I'd left myself logged in here! :P

10:54 am

J. C.

Hello, ruru dahhhling . . . ;)

10:54 am

jacq

here it means a cloth for cleaning or clothing "dinna cast a cloot 'til the gab o' may be oot"

10:54 am

jaianniah

I lurk a lot, so I just leave myslef logged in period....

10:54 am

rururocks

good morning JC... lol

10:55 am

ch1212

Hello JC - darling photo of Albie

10:55 am

crosshair

well im off for a bit,time to refresh the eyes but here is one for all the amreicans before i go....

10:55 am

J. C.

Good late afternoon and nearly early evening, ruru! ;)

10:55 am

jaianniah

K

10:55 am

ch1212

we await, cross

10:56 am

J. C.

Thank you, ch1212 - there are more of him in the photo album, linked to in my bio.

10:56 am

crosshair

Lewinsky and Clinton have shown
What Kaczinsky must surely have known --
That an intern is better
Than a bomb in a letter,
Of the possible ways to be blown

10:56 am

crosshair

poof

10:56 am

J. C.

Him and my other dog, and my cat and some of my chickens.

10:56 am

J. C.

HAHAHA, crosshair!

10:56 am

J. C.

Indeed . . .

10:56 am

jaianniah

LOve it! Haven't heard a good limerick in decades!

10:56 am

ch1212

OH!! OH!!! (rofl!)

10:57 am

jacq

oh crossy!! lol very good

10:58 am

jaianniah

I like the naughty ones best!

10:59 am

ch1212

(still gasping) And on that note, I had best get to work. bbl. Happy babblings!

10:59 am

jaianniah

Me, too. Cannot sit long.*poof

10:59 am

J. C.

You're an author too, ch1212? :)

11:00 am

J. C.

If you're still here . . .

11:00 am

crosshair

well as lewinsky must of thought"tis always best to go out with a bang" real poof

11:00 am

J. C.

I've always thought so, crosshair . . .

11:02 am

holly16

That is great crossy!

11:06 am

phaeton

hello

11:07 am

J. C.

Hello, phaeton . . .

11:07 am

holly16

Good morning! I have been babbling for quite a while but am new to the chat.

11:08 am

J. C.

Well hello to you too then, Holly . . .

11:08 am

DR1965

Welcome to the chog Holly

11:08 am

DR1965

Hi JC!

11:08 am

J. C.

Hi, DR! :)

11:08 am

DR1965

only here for a minute more.... dentist appt... : P

11:09 am

J. C.

Ooh, what fun! ;) Hope it all goes well . . .

11:09 am

phaeton

Hi holly and DR

11:09 am

DR1965

just a cleaning.. the dentist is my cousin

11:09 am

phaeton

I have one of those tomorrow, DR

11:09 am

DR1965

Hi Phae

11:09 am

holly16

Hi phaeton!

11:09 am

J. C.

I see, DR - that's not so bad, then. :)

11:09 am

phaeton

oops...somebody wants lunch...bbl

11:10 am

DR1965

no not usually so bad....

11:10 am

DR1965

just do not like going

11:11 am

holly16

clue for ca6?

11:11 am

J. C.

Oh, I don't mind it - as long as I'm not getting anything major done. I don't mind the cleanings . . .

11:12 am

DR1965

holly- it was clued as what alien felines would have growing out of their heads instead of ears.

11:13 am

J. C.

Thank you, DR - excellent clue! ;)

11:13 am

DR1965

I dont mind the cleaning part- it is th enosy nurse who is always asking questions about our family ..

11:13 am

J. C.

Got it straight away! :)

11:13 am

holly16

tks dr --- will work on it

11:13 am

DR1965

I got that from Jai!

11:14 am

DR1965

well, I am off to renew my smile- will bbl for my lat 19-

11:14 am

jaianniah

<lurk, lurk> TY for the credit, DR!

11:15 am

Soodle

Fireworks. Woot-hoo!!

11:15 am

jaianniah

Wowie ding zowie, soodles!

11:16 am

holly16

thanks, got it and the 7 too

11:18 am

jmcnrick

hi all

11:19 am

KyuJones

G'morning babblers. 'morning jmc

11:19 am

o-o

Congrats, Soodlebum

11:19 am

o-o

Good day, KyuJones

11:21 am

jmcnrick

whoo hoo soocle!

11:21 am

jmcnrick

er soodle

11:21 am

torgone

oofda not found??

11:21 am

jmcnrick

were we looking for oofda?

11:21 am

holly16

why isn't folic a word --- as in folic acid?

11:22 am

jmcnrick

just because holly!

11:26 am

J. C.

Hi, jmc! :)

11:26 am

J. C.

That should be a word, Holly. :/

11:26 am

jmcnrick

hi J.C.

11:27 am

jmcnrick

I just updated my profile to today's theme

11:27 am

J. C.

Looks tasty, jmc. ;)

11:28 am

robbie09

hello all! how is the grid today? anything tricky?

11:28 am

jmcnrick

hi robbie

11:28 am

jmcnrick

dunno just started

11:28 am

J. C.

Not too bad I guess, robbie . . .

11:28 am

robbie09

hi jmc

11:28 am

J. C.

Although I'm starting to get stuck.

11:29 am

J. C.

What are squirrel nut zippers?

11:30 am

robbie09

my favorite candy:-) a bit like Mary Janes..but better because they are softer

11:31 am

J. C.

I don't know what Mary Janes are, either.

11:32 am

J. C.

Looks like a sort of toffee, in the picture?

11:32 am

robbie09

lol..."butterscotchy" tasting

11:32 am

J. C.

Oh yes, I see . . .

11:32 am

jmcnrick

peanut butter taffy

11:32 am

J. C.

That's a nice flavour. :)

11:34 am

J. C.

Now, an4,4 + the 3-letter word for 'pimple', should be a word! Aren't there lost of an4,4z** remedies in the chemists' shops? :P

11:34 am

robbie09

that's it jmc!

11:35 am

jmcnrick

there is a zi4/9

11:35 am

o-o

pustule placaters

11:35 am

J. C.

Yes, jmc - a pasta.

11:35 am

robbie09

that sounds impressive BR

11:35 am

J. C.

Something like that, BR.

11:35 am

jmcnrick

and pimples J.C.

11:36 am

J. C.

Oh yes, I do have that as well, jmc . . .

11:36 am

J. C.

And the plural of the pasta . . .

11:37 am

jmcnrick

ty I hadn't gotten the pl

11:37 am

o-o

* What do you call a snake that makes a lot of noise when it eats?
* A slurpent.

11:37 am

jmcnrick

lol

11:38 am

J. C.

Grrroooaaannn . . . :P

11:44 am

phaeton

back!!

11:44 am

o-o

Hello, phaeton

11:45 am

robbie09

wb phaeton

11:45 am

phaeton

Self portrait BR?

11:46 am

o-o

No, phaeton

11:46 am

phaeton

That's good! :)

11:47 am

jmcnrick

hi phae

11:48 am

phaeton

hi jmc

11:51 am

robbie09

moving along 37 left

11:51 am

phaeton

still 62 here...one of those odd word grids

11:51 am

jmcnrick

go robbi go

11:52 am

jmcnrick

60 left for me

11:53 am

robbie09

go jmc and phaeton

11:53 am

jmcnrick

go phae

11:53 am

jmcnrick

yeah I think I have most of the fish sad to say

11:55 am

o-o

af 5 -- what is in ashoe

11:56 am

jmcnrick

I am guessing that that is a really clever clue BR. lol!

11:56 am

robbie09

lo BR funny clue!

11:57 am

robbie09

lol

11:58 am

jaianniah

Just got some very good news! Have to share! College for the 09/10 school year is completely paid for- woot,woot! AND I qualified for a Pell Grant!! Happy, happy!

11:58 am

jmcnrick

wow how wonderful jaia!

11:59 am

phaeton

Congrats jai...that is great news!

11:59 am

robbie09

congrats jaia!

12:00 pm

o-o

Great news, jaianniah

12:00 pm

jaianniah

Ty! I am a senior now- but going half-time -I should graduate sometime near Christmas of 2010. Yay!

12:01 pm

jmcnrick

that is terrific jaia

12:02 pm

jaianniah

I beat Mr. Obama to the punch...I am a Mommy going back to school after spending 25 years raising 4 kids...

12:02 pm

robbie09

that's wonderful jaia

12:03 pm

o-o

What are you majoring in, jaiannaih?

12:03 pm

jaianniah

Thank you so much, all! You guys are a wonderful bunch of people! ((((hugs)))))

12:03 pm

crosshair

yaa for jaia!!!

12:04 pm

jaianniah

I am mostly a Psych major- Independent studies leading to a Masters in Counseling- so after I finish my BA I will just roll right into the Master's Program (I hope!)

12:04 pm

o-o

Good luck!

12:04 pm

robbie09

*hugs jaia* you go girl!

12:05 pm

jaianniah

My hubby of 33 years abandoned me three years ago...we should all be thanking him! LOL! I would never have done this if he did not do THAT! LOL!

12:06 pm

jmcnrick

what a jerk

12:06 pm

crosshair

some bad things bring good results:) congrats jaia

12:07 pm

jaianniah

uh, huh! Did not like responsibility anymore...and I think he is also a cheater.....

12:07 pm

crosshair

after 33 years...;(

12:07 pm

jaianniah

Huh= Just realized it has been 4 years- He wasn't here when Katrina hit my house....

12:08 pm

jmcnrick

what bad times! glad things are better now

12:08 pm

jmcnrick

34 left I am going to go find out why my MIL is not answering her phone.

12:09 pm

jaianniah

Oh, yes! You should hear him gripe when I mention college....he can't go because he makes too much money.....

12:10 pm

jmcnrick

good for you all around

12:10 pm

jmcnrick

bbl

12:10 pm

jaianniah

See you, jm, and TY!

12:11 pm

crosshair

just think,you can get your degree in counciling,open up an office and charge him by the hour when he calls:))

12:11 pm

jaianniah

ROFL!

12:11 pm

robbie09

bbl...dogs need to go out:-)...bark bark bark..

12:15 pm

jaianniah

How the heck do you use cl6,30 in a sentence??? "I cl**** him all night?"

12:16 pm

o-o

"Cloyed" is a difficult word to use in a sentence.

12:16 pm

jaianniah

I have heard of ****ing, but not the other two...But "pissy" isn't a word...go figure

12:16 pm

jaianniah

PB for BR!

12:16 pm

KyuJones

O.O The wiseman of babble is in the pb!

12:17 pm

jaianniah

But Babble, you are so right.

12:18 pm

jaianniah

Did they finally get "internet" in the dictionary???

12:18 pm

o-o

He had become cl 6 of his existence; the never changing regimen.

12:19 pm

jaianniah

Ah! Archaic usage! I should have figured Middle English!

12:21 pm

o-o

I am often in the penalty box. That is why I rent a space.

12:21 pm

crosshair

as the farmer tasted his wares,he discovered that his milk products had become cl 6/30 from improper recipie measurements :))

12:21 pm

jaianniah

Me, too. I have this problem with switching my cursor...

12:22 pm

jaianniah

Very good, crossy!

12:22 pm

phaeton

done

12:22 pm

crosshair

crossy gets a cookie;)

12:22 pm

crosshair

yaa for phae!

12:23 pm

jaianniah

Yay! for the phae girl!

12:23 pm

o-o

Congrats, phaeton

12:23 pm

phaeton

Thank you! (taking a bow) :D...now on to other less enjoyable tasks

12:24 pm

o-o

be well, phaeton

12:24 pm

jaianniah

A phaeton is a type of carriage...how did you select that for your name?

12:25 pm

phaeton

We have a motorhome with that name

12:25 pm

jaianniah

Ah!

12:25 pm

phaeton

Happy Babbling! 'foop'

12:26 pm

crosshair

rolls royce used that as a badge name for one of thier models as well

12:27 pm

jaianniah

Well, a phaeton was driven only by the most skilled and excellent and rich people!

12:28 pm

crosshair

lol money does not =skill once you get the right hand drive down it is quite easy

12:28 pm

jaianniah

12:28 pm

crosshair

when all my typos cease,you know my cat is doing the typing

12:28 pm

jaianniah

LOL!

12:29 pm

jaianniah

Ah!

12:30 pm

crosshair

here comes one now,our newest kitty 'serius black"

12:30 pm

jaianniah

12:31 pm

jaianniah

Oh, I like that! I presently have just plain Tomtom, who is fascinated by my fingers touching the keys....

12:32 pm

jaianniah

I have 6. How many own you?

12:32 pm

crosshair

took the wife to a rescue zoo the other day and the black jaguar was facinated by the plastic end on her vision cane as it went left and right,she had the thing mesmerized;0

12:32 pm

crosshair

i have 3

12:33 pm

crosshair

monkey,serius black and abracadabra

12:33 pm

crosshair

abby for short

12:33 pm

jaianniah

Wow! Careful! 3...leads to 4....and more....

12:34 pm

crosshair

when i go to the vet with abby,i make them write out her full name;)

12:34 pm

EvaNadine

awww.....i was looking at the kitties for adoption in PetSmart when we were there to pick up crickets for the BFs lizards...
*WANT!*

12:34 pm

crosshair

abracadabra hocus pocus melbourne ;)

12:34 pm

jaianniah

I have Maisy and Dottie, who were born blind; Sugar and Teddy who are sibs; and Gracie, the Mommy cat, and TomTom.

12:35 pm

crosshair

eva,try to rescue a kitty from a shelter first

12:35 pm

jaianniah

I love Abby's name!

12:35 pm

jaianniah

Yes, I agree!

12:35 pm

crosshair

she came with that name from the shelter lol

12:35 pm

EvaNadine

these are shelter cats -- they host them in PetSmart to get them more visible...

12:35 pm

crosshair

well not the last but all the rest

12:36 pm

crosshair

ahh good stuff eva

12:36 pm

jaianniah

Teddy went to the vet as Teddy, and came back with Teddy Bear as his name, minus certain essential parts....

12:37 pm

crosshair

yes,all ours are altered,dont need to add to the burden

12:37 pm

crosshair

as of now,there are over 450 cats in the shelter and foster homes in out town

12:37 pm

jaianniah

He is a a long-haired flame point Siamese with a ragdoll personality...thus the TeddyBear

12:37 pm

crosshair

our even

12:38 pm

crosshair

siamese i tend to find aloof

12:38 pm

EvaNadine

no kitties for me anyway. i had 2 lovelies, but i had to re-home them when i moved in with the BF 2 years ago. (1) he has 2 lizards, (2) our place is just too small for cats, (3) most people i know are allergic, and (4) i knew we would be moving around a bit before settling down + the kitties just didnt deal well with that. they were far too stressed.

would love to get more one day, when life is a bit more settled... *le sigh*

12:38 pm

jaianniah

Not this cat! He is the most affectionate cat I own....Well, and TomTom, too.

12:38 pm

crosshair

they will be there for you when your ready eva

12:39 pm

jaianniah

Yes, Eva..good things come to those who wait

12:39 pm

EvaNadine

my Char (short for Chardonnay, the kitty in my picture) was part siamese. never figured out what else she is...
she was aloof most of the team, but way deep down, she was a cuddler. ;)

12:40 pm

jaianniah

Eva, vous parlez le francais?

12:40 pm

crosshair

lol! abby(3 year old butterscotch female) is giving serius(a 7 month old black male) a full tongue cleaning of his head lol

12:40 pm

EvaNadine

eh, un petit peu... ;)

12:41 pm

crosshair

i speak just enough french to get my face slapped in a bar

12:41 pm

jaianniah

Me, too!

12:42 pm

crosshair

oh! so that was you!!

12:42 pm

crosshair

lol

12:42 pm

jaianniah

Moi aussi!

12:43 pm

EvaNadine

pourquoi demandez-moi, jai?
(hopes i said that correctly!)

12:44 pm

crosshair

Ã©tait juste votre beautÃ© qui a brillÃ© mon esprit et a dÃ©tachÃ© ma langue rÃ©tive

12:44 pm

jaianniah

Vous parlez tres impressif!

12:45 pm

crosshair

i had to cheat a bit for half those words:(

12:45 pm

jaianniah

I asked because of le poof

12:45 pm

EvaNadine

ahh...heh...i tend to say "le"-a-lot-of-things.... hehe

12:46 pm

crosshair

too much pepe-le pew

12:46 pm

crosshair

lol

12:46 pm

jaianniah

I started French in 4th grade and I still blurt it out to this day!

12:46 pm

jaianniah

especially "merde"

12:47 pm

EvaNadine

merde, et merde encore!

12:47 pm

jaianniah

Brain-washed

12:48 pm

EvaNadine

voulez-vous cou--...

12:48 pm

jaianniah

Oui! Quand je attende l'ecole, I was in a special program to prove that kids learn languages better than High Schoolers..it's true

12:49 pm

jaianniah

OMG! avec-moi???

12:49 pm

jaianniah

*j'ai atennde

12:49 pm

EvaNadine

i think im giving you all the french i know...heh

12:50 pm

jaianniah

*j'ai attende

12:50 pm

sammysmom

crosshair- love the limericks--.. have written a few of them down to sent to my sister..we used to make them up when we were kids and still do once in a great while

12:50 pm

EvaNadine

whats funny is that i have a very french last name that ends in -er.
back in school, all the kids tried to conjugate my last name!

12:50 pm

crosshair

ty sammy

12:51 pm

jaianniah

Oh, how funny!

12:51 pm

sammysmom

of course teh faorite of all time has to be the one johnny carseon did on teh tonight show years ago- there once was a hermit named dave....................

12:51 pm

jaianniah

Yes, crosshair, the limericks were great

12:51 pm

jaianniah

Tell it, sammy...don't know it

12:53 pm

sammysmom

There once was a hermit named Dave who kepta a dead whore in a cave hesaid I"ll admit , I'm a bit of a shit,

12:53 pm

sammysmom

There once was a hermit named Dave who kepta a dead whore in a cave hesaid I"ll admit , I'm a bit of a shit,

12:53 pm

crosshair

there once was a lady from maldras...who had a very fine ass..its not what you thing...all round and pink...but grey with long ears and eats grass...

12:53 pm

sammysmom

but think of the money i save\

12:54 pm

jaianniah

I had a very Norwegian last name that ended in "En" , not On", and on school perograms and such, it was ALWAYS misspelled- Johnsen

12:54 pm

crosshair

that a man from belgrave sammy

12:54 pm

sammysmom

that one is at least 30 years old and very risque at teh time

12:55 pm

jaianniah

Great, sammmy!!

12:55 pm

EvaNadine

its not the cough that carries you off
its the coffin they carry you off in

12:55 pm

jaianniah

Oh, I like it! Very pun-ful!

12:55 pm

jaianniah

I meant punderful!

12:56 pm

crosshair

if your a real computer freak you will love this one....

12:56 pm

crosshair

Let's examine the memes of the day
I can haz Cheeseburger's okay
2 Girls gagging shit
sure beats Leeroy's lame bit
ORLY YA RLY NO WAI

12:56 pm

EvaNadine

LMFAO!!
i LOVES it, crossy!

12:57 pm

crosshair

ty ty

12:57 pm

EvaNadine

"Why is Daddy looking pale?" said little Tommy Wiggin.
Mother said "Just shut your mouth and keep right on a-diggin."

12:57 pm

crosshair

mm missing a line

12:58 pm

EvaNadine

mine arent limericks, just little rhymes...

12:58 pm

crosshair

any math fiends in da house?

12:59 pm

EvaNadine

*runs to the loo whilst crossy talks maths*
BRB!

12:59 pm

o-o

you going to insult them next?

12:59 pm

crosshair

If A equals B (so I say),
And we multiply both sides by A,
Then we'll see that A squared,
When with AB compared,
Are the same. Remove B squared. Okay?

12:59 pm

KenTropic

I'm down to 1. Does anyone have a clue for the fa 6/33?

12:59 pm

jaianniah

Yes, I am sorta amath freak- I made it thru Calc, anyweay!LOL!

12:59 pm

Nef

hi everyone. crossy, I like math

1:00 pm

jaianniah

Nice, crosshair! Good to yank out that algebbra once in a while!

1:00 pm

jaianniah

But NOT typing!

1:00 pm

crosshair

k one more in that wein jaia...

1:01 pm

crosshair

A father's geometry kid
in math class said, "Look what I did!
I've understood well
rules for lines parallel!"
Said the father, "Here's looking at Euclid!"

1:01 pm

jaianniah

MJ has a whole group of fa**. This could be called his "fa****."

1:01 pm

Nef

Cute, crossy! :-D

1:02 pm

jaianniah

Crossy, that was really good...punderful...

1:02 pm

o-o

an ardent follower: fa* + housewives sometimes refer to themselves as ***estic goddesses

1:02 pm

jaianniah

lIke kingdom...

1:04 pm

Nef

thanks, jaia and BR; wasn't looking for that one, but i needed it! I hope this grid is fairly friendly; I started it last night but only got about 10 words before I gave up and went to bed

1:05 pm

KnightTime

A go-go lap dancer, a pip,
Was able to peel in a zip.
But she read science fiction,
And died of constriction,
Attempting a Mobius strip.

1:05 pm

jaianniah

No, not friendly at all...

1:05 pm

crosshair

k,one more naughty one and back to the grid i go

1:05 pm

crosshair

lol knight

1:05 pm

crosshair

There once was a man named Sweeney,
who somehow spilled gin on his weenie.
Just to be couth,
he added vermouth,
and then slipped his date a martini.

1:05 pm

jaianniah

go, crossy

1:06 pm

jaianniah

whooie!

1:06 pm

jaianniah

brb

1:06 pm

crosshair

of nayone is under 18,or finds theese offensive please tell me and i shall cease and desist

1:06 pm

KnightTime

If you integrate zee squared dee zee
From one to the cube root of three
Multiplied by cosine
Of three pi over nine
You get natural log of the cube root of e

1:07 pm

crosshair

wow knight!

1:07 pm

KnightTime

for the record, these are limerick i have collected, I am not the author

1:08 pm

crosshair

and this one says for all the rest

1:08 pm

crosshair

Though cleverly writ it may be
>>> if the admin's offended, you see
>>> your verse they will censor -
>>> you'll have no defense, for
>>> your limerick no-one will see.

1:09 pm

jaianniah

Knight, that one was College Algebra!

1:09 pm

jaianniah

The one bfore this one, that is

1:10 pm

jaianniah

And Analytical Geometry, to boot!

1:10 pm

crosshair

note: i am out of my own limerics now,rest are borrowed

1:11 pm

crosshair

here u go knight...

1:11 pm

crosshair

The integral sec y dy
From zero to one-sixth of pi
Is the log to base e
Of the square root of three
Times the sixty-fourth power of i

1:11 pm

jaianniah

I liked Data's limerick that he tried to say- there was a Lady from Venus, who's body was shaped like a- and the captain interrupts him with an order!

1:12 pm

crosshair

think i just cramped my brain on that last 1

1:12 pm

jaianniah

me, too

1:12 pm

KnightTime

beautiful

1:13 pm

jaianniah

*whose

1:13 pm

crosshair

2 syl words from now on lol

1:13 pm

crosshair

no credit on that 1 knight

1:13 pm

crosshair

someone probably shot him after that lol

1:14 pm

jaianniah

How does a faerie say no? fa5,16!

1:15 pm

o-o

Hello, Dr_God

1:15 pm

crosshair

howdy dr_god

1:15 pm

o-o

You are double in the online list

1:16 pm

crosshair

LOLcats you might think are silly;
they're in ur fridge, eatin' ur chili.
But nothing is worse
or as blatantly terse
as that snowy owl asking, "O RLY?"

1:17 pm

crosshair

and on that note biab..semi-poof

1:20 pm

sammysmom

speaking of which- how 'bout a clue for the fa 6/33 after the fa 5/16??

1:21 pm

o-o

an admirer of: fa*; and, housewives sometimes call themselves ***estic goddesses

1:21 pm

Nef

how many fa 6/33's are there? I don't have the fa5, but I do have a fa 6/33

1:22 pm

Nef

(that answers that question! Thanks BR!)

1:23 pm

o-o

fa + a large intestine flush: ***ma

1:24 pm

Nef

ouch, BR!

1:24 pm

jaianniah

<sob> you did not like my faerie pun on that word- how do faeries say no?????>

1:25 pm

Nef

sorry, jai; I didn't get it back then. Now I do

1:25 pm

jaianniah

le <oh>

1:26 pm

torgone

Oh oh ..

1:26 pm

sammysmom

dammmm=- s trying to use the top fa- thanks

1:28 pm

sammysmom

i liked it jai

1:28 pm

o-o

shinglers are doing the roof the apartment building I am in ... a representative of OSHA just announce his presence and wants to take a minute of the contractor's time

1:29 pm

Nef

oh-oh, BR. You may be roof-less for the next 60 months!

1:30 pm

o-o

to start with the guy asked, how do you get on the roof? forklift is the reply. how do you get off the roof in an emergency? silence

1:32 pm

sammysmom

as usual, the last word was a fish

1:32 pm

foxylady*

st 9/66 help please!!!

1:32 pm

o-o

congrats, sammysmom

1:33 pm

Nef

congrats, sammys, WTG!!!

1:33 pm

Nef

foxy, it's a medical term with a latin ending

1:34 pm

o-o

s + a male cat + lyric poem: **e + pi r squared: *r**

1:35 pm

foxylady*

THANKS BR.. you rock

1:37 pm

HollyF

BR, that was an amazing clue! thank you

1:39 pm

o-o

yw

1:39 pm

EvaNadine

hints for the lonely i word in the 2nd row?

1:39 pm

sammysmom

off to father seeds for next years radishes and daisies - i m not really too cheap to buy the seeds but it gives me such great satisfaction to gather my own - eventually i will have a TRULY organic garden- have not used pesticides for 20 years tho but i am sure that store bouught seeds are treated with some damned chemical or another

1:39 pm

o-o

io 6

1:40 pm

o-o

io + a fig-like fruit

1:40 pm

o-o

good for you, sammys'mom

1:41 pm

EvaNadine

TY BRab :)

1:42 pm

sammysmom

it has been lovely waTCHING ALL OF YOU AND CHATTING WITH YOU- HAVE A GREAT DAY............POOF

1:42 pm

o-o

be well

1:43 pm

Nef

why is it that I keep entering words that i know don't work? Grrrr!

1:44 pm

Nef

LOL! 57 words down and I finally got NBTs!

1:45 pm

ABCDE

hello

1:46 pm

ABCDE

what are are NBTs?

1:46 pm

Nef

hi ABC

1:46 pm

Nef

no blank tiles (in other words, I have a word from each tile

1:47 pm

Nef

available!

1:47 pm

DR1965

go NEf!

1:47 pm

Nef

thanks, DR. How are you doing so far?

1:48 pm

crosshair

ahh thats better,nothing finer than a shower for deux

1:48 pm

DR1965

I am almost finished- 10 to go

1:48 pm

crosshair

goo dr go!

1:48 pm

Nef

Go, go DR!

1:48 pm

DR1965

Hi Crossy

1:48 pm

ABCDE

hmm. I never looked at it that way. I'm always trying to grey out 5 in a row (a la bingo)

1:48 pm

foxylady*

af 5/16 please......

1:48 pm

foxylady*

*puppy face*

1:48 pm

DR1965

just got back from the dentist- Jacob has 2 tiny cavities

1:49 pm

DR1965

a+ thing at th eend of your leg

1:49 pm

crosshair

how old is jacob?

1:49 pm

DR1965

* the end

1:49 pm

Nef

ABC, sometimes I purposely grey out tiles in a pattern (symmetrical or not) just for the fun of it

1:49 pm

DR1965

10 and a half

1:49 pm

foxylady*

aaahh...

1:49 pm

foxylady*

thanks

1:50 pm

crosshair

ugh by 15 youll be dumping five grand in his mouth every year;/

1:50 pm

Scrabbler

Hello Babble buddies. I am home from work now, on a rainy, dark day. So Babble is perfect!

1:50 pm

DR1965

I get a discount as the dentist is my cousin but Jake does not do well with pain

1:50 pm

crosshair

scrabbs!

1:51 pm

DR1965

Hi Scrabs- I will send you some of our 100 degree heat

1:51 pm

Scrabbler

TY, DR, it is 63 and yucky.

1:51 pm

crosshair

70 and sunny here;0

1:51 pm

DR1965

well then it is perfect for babble

1:52 pm

Nef

DR, if he doesn't do well with pain, keep reminding him that the better he cares for his teeth, the less the dentist will harm him

1:52 pm

ABCDE

any help with the st9? I have the 8.

1:52 pm

crosshair

any lawyers in the house?

1:52 pm

Nef

err, hurt him, that is!

1:52 pm

DR1965

good point Nef

1:52 pm

Scrabbler

Crossy, sorry about my sudden departure from here last night. I was on call and got paged 4 times within an hour---argh!

1:52 pm

Nef

ABC, try a latin ending

1:52 pm

crosshair

np at all scwabby

1:53 pm

DR1965

was it serious Scrabs?

1:53 pm

Nef

Hi Scrabs, didn't see you come in before

1:53 pm

Scrabbler

Nope, just worried parents.

1:53 pm

o-o

s + a male cat + a lyric poem: **e + pi R squared = *r**

1:53 pm

DR1965

ah- tht part is good then

1:53 pm

crosshair

when i think back to the things we used to bother our doc with when our boy was young;/

1:54 pm

ABCDE

TY!

1:54 pm

Scrabbler

What an odd word!

1:54 pm

ABCDE

yep!

1:55 pm

crosshair

lol scrabbs remember any of your latin ?

1:55 pm

crosshair

There was once a lawyer named Rex,
who was small in the parts used in sex,
When charged with exposure,
He replied, with composure,
"De minimis non curat lex."

1:55 pm

Atalante

we still on limericks, lol?

1:55 pm

crosshair

last one promise

1:55 pm

crosshair

for today

1:56 pm

Scrabbler

I never took Latin---German x 7 yrs, then Italian.

1:56 pm

DR1965

I think it is limerick and pun day today Ata

1:56 pm

crosshair

though i was told to pass one in particular just for you scwabbs....

1:56 pm

Scrabbler

Translation please?

1:57 pm

Atalante

size doesn't matter?

1:57 pm

crosshair

there was a woman from maldras...who has a very fine ass.....its not what you think..all round and pink..but grey with long ears and eats grass

1:58 pm

crosshair

cant remember who asked me but there it is

1:58 pm

o-o

Epictetus: â€œCommon and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people of much wisdom, to no one.â€

1:58 pm

DR1965

it was KJE Crossy

1:58 pm

Scrabbler

Funny story from office yesterday---when checking a 7 yr old girl's "privates" I find that she is wearing boy's briefs! The mother + siblings were laughing hysterically and the girl said, "There were no clean ones so I took Jack's (brother)"

1:59 pm

DR1965

and why not Scrabs!

1:59 pm

Scrabbler

My bunny, Gandalf, is grey, with long ears and he eats grass!

1:59 pm

DR1965

they were celan and they cover everything

1:59 pm

torgone

What's the integral of d(cabin)/cabin?

1:59 pm

crosshair

so a wise person fells there is no one to confer with..unwise because there is always someone out there with more grey cells firing br

1:59 pm

Scrabbler

Yep, her decision made sense. I loved it.

1:59 pm

Atalante

log cabin

2:00 pm

Scrabbler

Hahaha, Tor & ata

2:00 pm

crosshair

someone said bunnies!

2:00 pm

Scrabbler

Miss Bea Bunny is nowhere to be seen now--probably sleeping under the sofa.

2:01 pm

sprite

evening all

2:01 pm

crosshair

howdy sprite

2:01 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Sprite

2:01 pm

o-o

Hello, sprite

2:01 pm

DR1965

Hi Sprite- wonderful to see you

2:01 pm

sprite

thanks all for the warm welcome :)

2:02 pm

Atalante

hi spritey!

2:02 pm

crosshair

too bad you missed todays limerics sprite:/

2:03 pm

sprite

and Ata too :)
How's today? No cookie war this time?

2:03 pm

sprite

lol cross... do I want to scroll back or not?

2:03 pm

crosshair

sokay safer not to i think..your not amish are you?

2:04 pm

Atalante

not yet!

2:04 pm

sprite

you know, BabbleRabble, sometimes it is a bit scary how perfectly your profile texts are timed with my own process. Thanks for sharing, again.

2:04 pm

sprite

hm no, I think I am not amish.

2:04 pm

crosshair

k..1 clean one and thats it for today

2:05 pm

crosshair

My foreshadowing I write distinctly,
Denouement, I can write in a blink, see,
And when irony beckons,
I can write it in seconds,
But I can't finish limericks succinctly.

2:05 pm

Merk

Those st 9 and 8 are weird words. Don't ask me to clue them because I have not a clue in my brain how to do it.

2:05 pm

Scrabbler

Bravo, Crossy

2:05 pm

sprite

lol that is a brilliant one!

2:05 pm

crosshair

br has a good clue for it

2:07 pm

DR1965

is the st8 related to the 9? BR helped with the 9

2:07 pm

Merk

I would like to hear the clue, even though I've found them the hard way. Please?

2:08 pm

o-o

s + male cat + a lyric poem + an indefinite article

2:08 pm

sprite

wow, now that is a clue indeed. New word for me!

2:09 pm

o-o

s + male cat + a lyric poem: **e + pi R squared + *r**

2:09 pm

DR1965

ty BR

2:09 pm

crosshair

that is the 553rd time ive tried to imput cadence

2:09 pm

o-o

should be = *r**

2:10 pm

Merk

My word! What a gift you've been given!

2:11 pm

Scrabbler

*will try the word cadence*

2:11 pm

Scrabbler

Nope, won't work for me either, Crossy

2:11 pm

sprite

*hits crossy on the head* Stop that silly behaviour!

2:12 pm

sprite

hi Merk

2:12 pm

Merk

Fireworks ... and Hi, Sprite

2:12 pm

sprite

and gratz Merk

2:13 pm

nrkii

hi all!

2:13 pm

crosshair

yaa for merk!..crossy rubs his head

2:14 pm

crosshair

howdy nrkii

2:14 pm

sprite

hey nrkii :)

2:14 pm

nrkii

congrats Merk!

2:14 pm

Merk

ty ... not sure if I'll be here tomorrow, but hope so. Tata.

2:14 pm

jacq

hello everbody, back again for my final 19

2:15 pm

o-o

120 Days 9 Hours 47 Minutes until Christmas .. But who's counting?

2:15 pm

nrkii

crossy, is this another one of those delightful small grids you wanted?

2:15 pm

nrkii

hi jac!

2:15 pm

nrkii

bye merk

2:15 pm

Boobear

clue for ca 6/21

2:15 pm

sprite

wwhaaarrrggghhh BabbleRabble!

2:15 pm

nrkii

ca + singer **** turner, change middle vowel

2:16 pm

Scrabbler

Congrats Merk. Hi Nerki

2:17 pm

nrkii

how are you scrabs?

2:19 pm

Scrabbler

Not feeling great today--sore throat/cold starting, dizzy, yucky...I will take a nap soon.

2:19 pm

nrkii

oh, that's not good... echinacea not kicking in yet?

2:20 pm

nrkii

help with the right column A please?

2:20 pm

o-o

You must be within a month of leaving, Scrabbler?

2:20 pm

o-o

a + what is in ashoe

2:20 pm

nrkii

thanks br!

2:22 pm

crosshair

watson! the games sf 5/16!

2:22 pm

crosshair

af that is

2:22 pm

sprite

elementary

2:22 pm

crosshair

indeed

2:22 pm

sprite

is, actually, hihi

2:22 pm

nrkii

nice clue crossy... need to reread SH one of these days

2:23 pm

Boobear

this grid stinks

2:23 pm

kittybat

clue for the y, please?

2:24 pm

nrkii

kitty, like 365 days, but change last cons

2:24 pm

o-o

ya + article

2:24 pm

sprite

hehehe no daffodil

2:24 pm

Scrabbler

4 wks 6 days til new job. Hey, I have a question regarding PTO (personal time off) given that I am departing my job.

2:24 pm

nrkii

yes scrabs?

2:26 pm

Scrabbler

We "earn" PTO each "trimester", e.g. Jan-April, and use that earned time in the next trimester. So, what I have earned for May-Aug should, it seems, be available for me to use in Sept, and then unused PTO can be paid out to me.

2:27 pm

nrkii

yes, that makes sense scrabbler

2:27 pm

crosshair

sounds fair

2:27 pm

Scrabbler

BUT, I was told that I can use only 1/4 of my earned PTO because I am working just 1/4 of the final trimester of the year. This makes no sense to me as we may use earned time anywhere within that trimester.

2:27 pm

nrkii

that makes no sense, you're right

2:27 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for fa5-16? Thanks

2:27 pm

Scrabbler

So I have been told that all I get is 1/4 of my earned PTO!

2:28 pm

o-o

Do you have a written contract?

2:28 pm

nrkii

fa + the ***ble Dictionary is sometimes crazy

2:28 pm

crosshair

tell him he can have anything built up from the next partial trimester,but me must pay may-aug

2:28 pm

Bugsaw

My suggestion, is to remember, that is why you are leaving this place and let it go with grace.

2:28 pm

Scrabbler

And this decision took place during a partner meeting about which I was not informed even though I am a partner through Sept 28.

2:28 pm

nrkii

or an employee handbook?

2:28 pm

Matches

need two for frieworks first fo 5/16 andfa6/33 clues please

2:29 pm

gapeach

Thanks, nrkii.\

2:29 pm

Scrabbler

I reviewed the partner agreement and there is no mention of PTO. Of course the objective of the partnership is to not pay out $.

2:29 pm

nrkii

I think first fo 5/16 = to force upon

2:29 pm

crosshair

this is not a standard pto clause but a specialty clause..may be different in U.S

2:29 pm

Scrabbler

Bugsaw, it translates to just over $1000.

2:30 pm

Atalante

the same thing happened to me, scrabs, I think it's fairly standard

2:30 pm

sprite

Very frustrating, Scrabs

2:30 pm

Bugsaw

Since you are a partner, that changes things for me. DO you have something like our Labour Relations Board in the US?

2:30 pm

crosshair

give him the pto from the next 4 weeks and 3 days,but he should at the very least pay for may-aug scrabbs

2:31 pm

Scrabbler

There is no mention of PTO at all in the agreement. They just created a plan Monday night when I was not there, and I was informed by e-mail today.

2:31 pm

Scrabbler

What do you mean, Ata?

2:31 pm

o-o

If there is no mention of PTO in the partnership agreement, how do you know what you are entitled to?

2:32 pm

Matches

ty nrkii got that one. now only need fa 6/33

2:32 pm

Scrabbler

I agree with your plan, Crossy, and my business attorney sister will advise me. It is another reminder of why I am departing, but it makes me so mad that I am being screwed right til the end of my partnership.

2:32 pm

crosshair

mm one of those cases you could fight and win,but only on principal as it would cost more that that to rake him over the coals:(

2:32 pm

Atalante

that you're only entitled to a proportion of time off, you can't take the whole of what youre entitled to for the year

2:33 pm

Scrabbler

Good point, BR, but maybe I missed it in the legalese.

2:34 pm

crosshair

definatly run it by sis

2:34 pm

Scrabbler

e.g. I have 34 hrs of earned time to use from Sept-Dec, but I am leaving the partnership Sept 28, so they are telling me I can use only 1/4 of 34.

2:34 pm

nrkii

fa6 33 = like a king has a kind*** to rule over, an avid sports fa* has a fa****

2:34 pm

Scrabbler

*trying cadence one more time, Crossy*

2:35 pm

Scrabbler

TY, N

2:35 pm

o-o

Have you received payments according to your understanding, Scrabbler?

2:35 pm

crosshair

lol scrabbs

2:35 pm

Nef

Scrabs, I'm in MN (which has a strong workers' rights history) and since I resigned from my previous job BEFORE I took my PTO; I couldn't get ANY pto.

2:35 pm

Scrabbler

Yes, payments = draws, PTO up to now

2:36 pm

Scrabbler

I wonder why, Nef?

2:36 pm

Matches

ty nrkii fireworkd

2:36 pm

nrkii

yay matches!

2:36 pm

sprite

technically I'd say you should have all the PTO you built up till now, so that would be the portion you could use up from sept-dec, plus 1/4 for Sept buildup.

2:36 pm

Scrabbler

Yahoo Matches!

2:37 pm

sprite

wtg lucifers!

2:37 pm

crosshair

this grid is kickin my butt;((

2:37 pm

nrkii

11 left here...

2:37 pm

sprite

poor crossy, want me to take over?
(the kickin', that is)

2:38 pm

o-o

If so, and you received a payment in the second quarter for PTO in the first -- but now are told PTO is pro-rated for the year if you resign ... what a mess

2:38 pm

crosshair

ahh ty,no sprite

2:38 pm

sprite

awwwwww:(

2:39 pm

crosshair

alreay have a wife for that

2:39 pm

o-o

A good partnership agreement would spell out when PTO has vested, and what resigning partner is entitled to.

2:39 pm

nrkii

9 and listing

2:39 pm

sprite

ah ok, she will know better than me how and where to kick... ;)

2:40 pm

Nef

Scrabs, that company was a HUGE corporate insurance company. I worked for them 10 months, and not only did I not get any PTO, but they forces me to repay all of the sign on "bonus." NOW they just sent out a revised W2 form that says they paid me $1300 less than what their first W2 form said (which doesn't equal the paltry sign on bonus, nor the PTO) and we have to refile our taxes!

2:40 pm

crosshair

lol,all this time i missed what a cow dows:/

2:40 pm

crosshair

good grief nef!!

2:41 pm

nrkii

We're going to have to get you a Fisher Price zoo song toy crossy

2:41 pm

sprite

Nef, that stinks impressively

2:41 pm

nrkii

With an oink oink here and an oink oink there...

2:41 pm

crosshair

yaa fisher price barn yard sounds!!

2:42 pm

sprite

Ol' McDonald had a farm

2:42 pm

Scrabbler

Good point, BR. I must remember that. TY. And, Nef, you have been treated so poorly! I am so sorry for your mess.

2:42 pm

Nef

I've gained some experience along the way. Never resign before using your PTO first!

2:42 pm

o-o

and his doctor fainted

2:42 pm

crosshair

give us the company name so we can boycott thier insurance lol

2:43 pm

o-o

The OSHA dude is taking pictures and taking down names

2:43 pm

crosshair

uh oh

2:43 pm

crosshair

he will be doing a stop work order if he is doing that

2:43 pm

sprite

it wasn't me it wasn't me

2:44 pm

crosshair

reminds me of when we found asbestos in a job we were doing,3 weeks for govt drone to come to site and say"yup,thats asbestos"

2:45 pm

Scrabbler

Ty for input everyone. I am awaiting my attorney sister's input next.

2:45 pm

Nef

yo*U* will *N*ever guess what *I* have gone *T*hrough ov*E*r thispast*D*ual years.

2:45 pm

crosshair

let me know what sis says,very curious now is crossy

2:45 pm

nrkii

fireworks!

2:45 pm

crosshair

yaa for nrkii!

2:46 pm

sprite

wtg finishers

2:46 pm

Nef

Yay Nrkii! WTG!!!

2:46 pm

nrkii

I've come to a decision... the problem with being unemployed is that you have so much time to do great things and buy things, but NO MONEY

2:46 pm

o-o

Good luck, Scrabbler .. what a cutthroat business ...

2:46 pm

nrkii

I get an email every day about cruises I could be taking

2:47 pm

Nef

LOL, nrkii! How long has it taken you to figure that out?

2:47 pm

sprite

*hugs Scrabs*

2:47 pm

nrkii

6 months Nef

2:47 pm

crosshair

in ontario,you cant remove it till govt verifies it and approves the removal company...good grief

2:48 pm

nrkii

good grief is right crosshair!

2:48 pm

crosshair

nrkii,when you run out of money for the internet ill teach you how to do"waredriving" on your laptop :))

2:48 pm

Scrabbler

Congrats N!

2:49 pm

nrkii

too funny crossy!

2:49 pm

Scrabbler

Yes, BR, nasty, nickel+ dime, nitpicking, micromanaging business!!

2:50 pm

Scrabbler

Having enough money sure makes life easier, doesn't it?

2:50 pm

nrkii

yep... and I hate to say it, but nobody won megamillions last night... not even me...

2:51 pm

crosshair

lol scrabbs,the guy who owns all our chlets(144 of them) plus a resort in point-au-barrow(sp) has told us we can from now on only put one packet of coffee in each unit as it costs him too much..talk about penny grubbing micromanagement!

2:51 pm

Nef

{{{nrkii}}} I'm under-paid right now, but am loving my job. I am working in a nonprofit field and make less than half of what I made in the hospital. I loved the hospital job (CV-ICU) but can't ever go back to floor nursing. I hated the telephone triage job; but love this job.

2:52 pm

crosshair

nef,my sis in law did trauma/triage for 15 years,burnt her right out;(

2:52 pm

Scrabbler

It is essential that one finds the job that fits one's talents, temperament, intelligence, etc. A poor fit = unhappy employee.

2:53 pm

crosshair

good to be paid less and have less stress

2:53 pm

crosshair

scrabbs will tell you,stress kills

2:53 pm

nrkii

okay, time to go... happy babbling everyone!

2:53 pm

crosshair

tc nrkii;)

2:54 pm

Nef

trauma triage would burn me out too, crossy. But I did CV-ICU for 34 years and loved almost every day of it. This job I love too, but I am really "wet behind the ears" at times and learning curves are harder to do as we age.

2:54 pm

Scrabbler

Bye N!

2:54 pm

Nef

bye nrkii

2:54 pm

sprite

bye nrkii :)

2:54 pm

Scrabbler

Daily stress is bad physically, emotionally, mentally---the abuse is bad!

2:55 pm

sprite

I can testify to that fully

2:55 pm

crosshair

so you got everything all set for your new practice scrabbs? just slide into the new digs when its time?

2:56 pm

Nef

yep. But what about if it's daily stress from something you love (VS. daily stress in a job you hate)?

2:56 pm

crosshair

would make a difference im sure

2:56 pm

kje

all stress increases health risks... including "good" stressors like weddings, anniversaries, new jobs, graduations, etc

2:57 pm

Nef

I would think it makes a big difference too.

2:57 pm

kje

moral of those studies is to do nothing in life

2:57 pm

o-o

Martin Luther King Jr.: "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

2:57 pm

sprite

doing nothing can be very stressful though

2:57 pm

crosshair

deep

2:58 pm

kje

LOL sprite... then there you go.... maybe the answer is to not live?

2:58 pm

sprite

yeah I think we will

2:58 pm

Nef

I'd rather live life in a happy state than in a job that you hate

2:58 pm

o-o

You must feel betrayed, Scrabbler

2:58 pm

kje

living in general increases health risk... think I can publish that?

2:58 pm

sprite

hey, I think dying is very high on the stress scale!

2:59 pm

sprite

hey, I think dying is very high on the stress scale!

2:59 pm

sprite

darn, fell for the double enter trap

2:59 pm

Nef

I agree with that for most people, sprite

2:59 pm

kje

hmmmm.... you may have a point... but then, is dying the same as not living???

3:00 pm

sprite

not living is being dead alive

3:00 pm

o-o

Life simply is a prelude to death

3:00 pm

crosshair

i used to do courrier for northern telecom in toronto,high pressure,watch the clock,faster,faster,then 16 years ago i said to hell with this quit the job,sold everything i owned,moved up north,got a good job with a bit less pay,more nature and found my wife and lived happier;))

3:00 pm

Nef

working in a job you hate IS a particular form of hell on Earth I think

3:00 pm

Scrabbler

Hi kje

3:01 pm

Nef

death is part of life. We all live til we die (as an old Frenchman once told me)

3:02 pm

kje

hi scrab

3:02 pm

crosshair

death is the next adventure

3:02 pm

kje

my comments were tongue in cheek, btw

3:02 pm

Scrabbler

Yes, BR, I feel betrayed, but I am proud of myself for choosing to depart. Now, if the terms of departure can be settled fairly I will be happier

3:03 pm

o-o

I would too, Scrabbs .. those other partners have no honor

3:06 pm

Scrabbler

Yep, BR, they allow a tyrant to continue the tyranny.

3:06 pm

sprite

I am more afraid of not living than of dying or being dead

3:06 pm

kje

agree sprite.... worse things than being dead... well, no way to truly know that, but that is what I think

3:06 pm

kje

LOL

3:06 pm

sprite

You are worth thousands of them, Scrabs. I hope you will get out of this as a financial winner too, but even if you don't, you are still the winner.

3:07 pm

sprite

wanna try?

3:07 pm

sprite

;)

3:07 pm

crosshair

mmm think ill apply at the canadian mist factoy here in town,see if i can be the official taster.now there is a job to make you smile

3:07 pm

o-o

I do not fear death ... many times I have prayed for it

3:08 pm

sprite

ouch crossy, you really need a NOSE for that, and a specially sensitive pallate etc.

3:08 pm

crosshair

yes,if this place has no honor scrabbs, that filters down to how thier patients are treated.you are definatly better than that ilk

3:08 pm

sprite

yes that is the other side, BabbleRabble, I know that feeling too well too. It is a silent form of heroism to live like we do.

3:08 pm

kje

cross... once i saw a tv special on ice cream tasters... that is what i want to be when i grow up

3:09 pm

sprite

chances of that are small though, kje ;)

3:09 pm

crosshair

i made iced cream for 6 years..cant touch the stuff now;/

3:09 pm

Nef

Scrabs, an NP friend just got let go and they've done some pretty nasty things to her too (including not paying her the severance pay they had promised her). I told her that the best revenge is to move on and be happy in a much better practice. Her patients are now switching just to follow her; so that original practice is losing her plus a good share of their clients.

3:09 pm

crosshair

the best revenge is living well

3:09 pm

sprite

yay Nef, that is justice as it should be

3:10 pm

Scrabbler

Many of my families will follow me and it is such an honor for me to hear that from parents.

3:11 pm

kje

sprite - did Kennedey's demise make the international news?

3:11 pm

Nef

Will any of your clients follow you Scrabs? Or at least change practices too?

3:11 pm

kje

scrab - there was not a no-compete clause?

3:11 pm

sprite

you may feel it as an honor, Scrabs, but it is also reaping what you sowed (sp?).

3:12 pm

crosshair

well the old place cannot dictate what dr a patient chooses to go to im sure

3:12 pm

sprite

I don't know kje, I don't follow the news.

3:12 pm

Nef

Great! That's as it should be for that practice being so nasty!

3:12 pm

Scrabbler

kje, I was given permission to tell parents and the current practice will let parents know where I have gone to

3:12 pm

sprite

nobody can force a patient to stay, and as a doctor Scrabs has sworn an oath to help people who ask her to.

3:12 pm

jacq

yes it did kje, not major news, the football riots were, but it did make the news

3:12 pm

kje

interesting scrab

3:13 pm

kje

hi jac

3:13 pm

sprite

hi jacq

3:13 pm

crosshair

what paiten load do you anticipate scrabbs? i think most dr,s here top out at 400 for thier family practice..but we are a terribly under serviced area

3:13 pm

kje

football riots in the UK? hardly news anymore - LOL

3:13 pm

jacq

hello everyone was lost in the grid

3:13 pm

lynxxx

Good morning everyone

3:13 pm

o-o

Chappaquiddick will be retold again

3:13 pm

jacq

there haven't been any for years

3:14 pm

jacq

but last nights was awful

3:14 pm

kje

it is so disappointing jac... all over a game

3:14 pm

sprite

hi lyn, good morning to you

3:14 pm

jacq

no kje it's rivalry these people are not sports fans

3:14 pm

sprite

football riots aren't over a game. They are about violence.

3:15 pm

o-o

Helo, lyn

3:15 pm

Nef

hello Lynxxx and jacq

3:15 pm

kje

true sprite... just an outlet

3:16 pm

Nef

I guess I don't understand the whole riot thing; not about football, nor religion, nor nationality. I just don't *get* violence!

3:17 pm

sprite

I can get very angry and feel violent, so I get violence. I don't get the part where they don't control their anger.

3:17 pm

crosshair

the religeous violence overseas just blows my mind.not about religeon,but the interpetation of it for god sakes1

3:17 pm

Nef

Good point, kje. But I do get anger; I just don't get violence

3:18 pm

o-o

The wars go on .. more troops to Afghanistan .. darfur .. .Korea wants to start a nuclear holocaust ..

3:18 pm

crosshair

yas,is n korea still playing with isotopes?

3:18 pm

jacq

fireworks

3:18 pm

sprite

it is frightening. Not kidding here, it really scares me. I am scared in any mass, but war is the most scary thing of all.

3:18 pm

crosshair

yaa for jacq

3:19 pm

o-o

If there are no legitimate reasons for fight, illegitimate will do

3:19 pm

sprite

gratz jacq

3:19 pm

jacq

finally

3:19 pm

lynxxx

congrats jacq!

3:19 pm

jacq

ty ty ty

3:19 pm

kje

yayayay jac!!!!

3:19 pm

Nef

YAY, jacq! WTG!!!!

3:19 pm

o-o

Congrats, jacq

3:19 pm

jacq

and now i have to go to the bathroom lol

3:19 pm

crosshair

go tiddle jacq lol

3:19 pm

sprite

alas BabbleRabble, too true.

3:19 pm

sprite

lol jacq, you need a potty chair!

3:19 pm

Nef

TMI, jacq! :-)

3:20 pm

o-o

a Babble pan?

3:20 pm

sprite

fireflies here as well

3:20 pm

crosshair

do what they do at the casinos,waer depends lol

3:20 pm

Scrabbler

Yippee, Jacq!!

3:20 pm

o-o

congrats, sprite

3:20 pm

crosshair

yaa for sprite!

3:20 pm

sprite

lol @ babble pan

3:20 pm

Nef

YAY, sprite!!! WTG!!!!

3:20 pm

Scrabbler

Crossy, the figure I was told years ago is that a full-time primary care pediatrican needs 2500 kids in their panel to make a decent living

3:22 pm

Scrabbler

But insurance reimbursement has changed, so I am not certain about panel sizes

3:22 pm

Nef

YIKES, Scrabbs! Is that what you carry? That's a LOT of kids!

3:23 pm

sprite

although I enjoy the company and chat, I must leave you. Bed time for me. *hugs* to you all and may there be peace.

3:23 pm

Scrabbler

It is hard to sort this out with a group practice--we share the patients.

3:23 pm

o-o

be well, sprite

3:23 pm

Nef

nite nite sprite

3:23 pm

Scrabbler

Sleep well, Sprite!

3:23 pm

lynxxx

goodnight Sprte, sweet dreams

3:23 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Lynxxx

3:24 pm

lynxxx

Hi Scrabs

3:25 pm

crosshair

2500??!!!

3:26 pm

Nef

I could see having about 1200-1500; because many kids would only be seen if they are ill or if they have some sort of required physical; but 2500 sounds overwhelming

3:26 pm

crosshair

well guess that works,there are 6 dr,s working the clinic i go to

3:32 pm

Scrabbler

We have 4 MDs at 3.5 full-time equivalents and 4 nurse practitioners at 2 FTEs

3:32 pm

Scrabbler

and almost 7000 kids

3:33 pm

Nef

so about 6 FTE's and 7000 kids (taking in mind that 2 FTE's are NPs too)

3:34 pm

Nef

oops. Mathis wrong ; 5.5 FTE's

3:40 pm

lynxxx

Bye everyone

3:42 pm

Nef

bye, lynxxx. I need to go too; on vacation and haven't done anything at all so far around the house and it's a mess!

3:42 pm

Scrabbler

Bye Lynxxx

3:42 pm

Scrabbler

I am ready for a nap---bye for now.

3:42 pm

Nef

okay, chos' broken

3:43 pm

Nef

bye now

4:04 pm

mo

hello anyone!!!! Seems very quiet in here tonight!!!

4:06 pm

o-o

Hello, mo

4:06 pm

mo

Is there anyone out there????

4:06 pm

mo

hi BabbleRabble.

4:07 pm

mo

has everyone done for today?

4:07 pm

o-o

On days with shorter grids, there is less chat

4:07 pm

o-o

many have, mo

4:09 pm

mo

but I havent seen it as quiet as this so early in the day!!!!

4:10 pm

o-o

I talk to myself

4:10 pm

mo

at least you will get a lot of sense! lol.

4:11 pm

o-o

perhaps

4:11 pm

mo

he!he!

4:12 pm

mo

so I will go and find something else to do .... goodnight BabbleRabble.

4:13 pm

o-o

be well, mo

4:13 pm

mo

and you too. bye.

4:23 pm

Carolryberg

Just back from a 2 1/2 week vacation and got fireworks. Glad it was a small puzzle.

4:27 pm

o-o

congrats, Carolryberg

4:28 pm

Carolryberg

ty BabbleRabble

4:29 pm

o-o

Very quiet here

4:36 pm

ypsigirl

done ! yay!

4:37 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

4:38 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo ypsi

4:44 pm

KatieMcG

evening

4:46 pm

jmcnrick

hi katie

4:46 pm

KatieMcG

how you doing?

4:47 pm

jmcnrick

pretty good I just figured out a way to triumph over an opponent so that always makes me happy

4:48 pm

KatieMcG

Oh yes I can imgaine

4:48 pm

jmcnrick

what can I say -- if you can stand to lose you should not be a lawyer :-)

4:49 pm

jmcnrick

how are things going for you?

4:49 pm

KatieMcG

i would want my lawyer to have that attitude lol

4:49 pm

jmcnrick

exactly! lol

4:50 pm

KatieMcG

Good just finished work for a week and a half so all is well, once I have finishing the emails tomorrow that I didn't get a chance to send today because i had to leave when the cleaners did lol

4:51 pm

jmcnrick

ah security stuff then so you get some time off?

4:51 pm

jmcnrick

do you get a week and 1/2 off?

4:52 pm

ChloeKat

any help on st8/50?

4:52 pm

KatieMcG

yep thats the plan, flight out is at 5.10 tomorrow evening yeah

4:52 pm

KatieMcG

I get loads of holdiay 35 days, and we can take it whenever, although if I hadn't booked this holiday I wouldn't take time off now as we are mad busy

4:52 pm

jmcnrick

where are you headed?

4:53 pm

o-o

s + male cat + lyric poem + indefinite article

4:53 pm

ChloeKat

thanks babble

4:53 pm

jmcnrick

ty BR your psychic cluing was dead on!

4:53 pm

jmcnrick

hi cloe

4:53 pm

KatieMcG

ty BR

4:54 pm

o-o

s + male cat + lyric poem: **e + pi R squared = *r**

4:55 pm

ChloeKat

hi jmcnrick

4:56 pm

jmcnrick

very cool I would have never monkeyed that!

4:57 pm

Dorens

toom

4:57 pm

Dorens

yikes that was a weird way to enter chat, sorry

4:57 pm

jmcnrick

ty dorens let me know what is in the pb

4:57 pm

jmcnrick

lol

4:58 pm

Dorens

seared ahi tuna!

4:58 pm

jmcnrick

mmmmm tuna

4:58 pm

jmcnrick

I had a wonderful crab cake for lunch today

5:00 pm

Dorens

i had veggie lunch, very yummy. tom yum chicken, but not chicken

5:01 pm

jmcnrick

fo 4/14 wo** was a bear fo 4/14 wo** had no hair

5:02 pm

Dorens

fo4 wo4 wasn't very fo4, wo4?

5:02 pm

jmcnrick

lol

5:08 pm

jmcnrick

should I go take a peak at lexulous doren?

5:09 pm

Dorens

dunno, haven't been since yesterday. will check

5:10 pm

Dorens

yeh, your turn. i'm going out... will check back in later

5:10 pm

jmcnrick

okie doke

5:11 pm

jmcnrick

10 left

5:12 pm

Dorens

hey you have a clue for do 5/14 please?

5:12 pm

jmcnrick

no that is the only do-- I don't have

5:13 pm

o-o

do + latin site: *o**

5:14 pm

Dorens

hm, thanks babrab. not too keen on latin, but will ponder

5:14 pm

jmcnrick

well *o** is not Rome lol! I will continue to work on it too

5:15 pm

Dorens

got it... italian sweets?

5:15 pm

Dorens

well, great thanks. fireworks,, i'm out

5:15 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo dorens!

5:15 pm

o-o

congrats, Dorens

5:15 pm

kc8501

I don't get the site OR teh sweets!

5:16 pm

o-o

barbie: do*l + another word for movie theater: **nema

5:16 pm

Dorens

have a pleasant evening all... see you tomorrow... jm, i'll check your lexulous later tonite!. and kc, just look up sweet in italian. play with the last letter

5:17 pm

o-o

be well, Dorens

5:17 pm

jmcnrick

ty BR my Italian is not much better than my French

5:18 pm

kc8501

heh. I'd tried it with the last 2 letters reversed, thanks babble!

5:18 pm

jmcnrick

actually found out that although you can get by with Spanish with large hand gestures in Italy that the Spanish word for lost is not at all like the Italian word for lost

5:20 pm

jmcnrick

8

5:21 pm

o-o

a foreign country to me is five miles from home

5:21 pm

jmcnrick

that would be Canada

5:21 pm

jmcnrick

yes?

5:21 pm

o-o

I am about 200 miles from Canada

5:22 pm

kc8501

heh. wow. actually finished one!

5:22 pm

TraderKate

darn that continental drift...we're gonna be rammed by antarctica!!

5:22 pm

jmcnrick

so this is a metaphorical statement? or do you have a really crazy China town near by?

5:23 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo kc!

5:23 pm

jmcnrick

but then we will get to play with the penguins Trader

5:23 pm

o-o

congrats, kc

5:23 pm

TraderKate

we can keep them in pens out back of our igloos...

5:24 pm

TraderKate

fireworks? well done kc!

5:24 pm

jmcnrick

6

5:25 pm

TraderKate

6 to go jmc?

5:25 pm

jmcnrick

yes Trader

5:25 pm

TraderKate

you rock

5:25 pm

o-o

I meant I am easily confused and am not allowed to far from home without an escort

5:25 pm

TraderKate

are you well BR?

5:26 pm

jmcnrick

slow and steady with lots of clues from babbler friends

5:26 pm

o-o

too far, that is

5:26 pm

jmcnrick

well that makes every trip a new adventure

5:27 pm

jmcnrick

the flower is a nice change from the old man

5:27 pm

o-o

well, of course, is a deep subject for a shallow mind

5:27 pm

TraderKate

seem rather lucid when babbling,BR...or is that part of the pathology?

5:27 pm

TraderKate

<groan>

5:28 pm

jmcnrick

lol BR

5:30 pm

jmcnrick

4

5:31 pm

TraderKate

go, jmc, go!

5:32 pm

TraderKate

BabbleRabble - loved your post today. a lesson for us all. will reread later for inspiration.

5:33 pm

o-o

Yes, I am going through some intense soul-searching ...

5:34 pm

jmcnrick

I like the posting today too.

5:35 pm

TraderKate

truly, br?

5:35 pm

o-o

Negative chatter is so distructive

5:35 pm

o-o

destructive too

5:36 pm

jmcnrick

I guess I have to wonder what you mean by negative chatter BR

5:37 pm

TraderKate

there is negativity all around us, br. it's very difficult to keep focused on good things in our lives sometimes. why do the baddies always seem larger than the goodies?

5:39 pm

jmcnrick

I would say trader that they only seem larger and that is because we focus too much on them

5:39 pm

o-o

negative chatter here: http://tinyurl.com/mdhn4s

5:40 pm

jmcnrick

brb then

5:41 pm

TraderKate

wait for me! you won't leave will you BR?

5:45 pm

jmcnrick

I am back Trader! sorry to dash away but I wanted to read the webpage to which BR referred

5:45 pm

jmcnrick

very interesting exercise BR. Has it been helpful for you?

5:46 pm

jmcnrick

how many to you have left Trader?

5:46 pm

TraderKate

how do you find all these gems BR?

5:46 pm

o-o

I keep reminding myself to find the fallacy in the talk and correct it

5:46 pm

TraderKate

am actually finished jmc. <smile>

5:47 pm

jmcnrick

I am reading and working through Six Weeks to a Simpler Lifestyle

5:47 pm

jmcnrick

good for you trader!

5:47 pm

o-o

How do you like it, jmc?

5:47 pm

jmcnrick

I work very hard to find that of God in everyone including myself! It is often harder to find God in myself

5:47 pm

o-o

Congrats, Trader

5:48 pm

o-o

yes, and so it is for so many

5:48 pm

jmcnrick

I actually like it a lot. It is not just about possessions

5:48 pm

dan2bit

woo hoo firewords! tx all cluers

5:49 pm

jmcnrick

it is more about priorities and changing habits in small steps

5:49 pm

o-o

congrats, dan

5:49 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo dan!

5:49 pm

o-o

sounds like a book I could use

5:49 pm

jmcnrick

it is my sabbatical book :-) since it requires daily exercises

5:49 pm

TraderKate

we have made our lives unnecessarily complicated, haven't we? As hunter/gatherers we spent a lot less time maintaining our needs than we do now...so are those needs real or artificially/socially manufactured?

5:50 pm

jmcnrick

authors -- Barbara DeGrote Sorenson and David Allen Sorenson

5:50 pm

o-o

The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck, MD, is a favorite of mine

5:50 pm

TraderKate

good going, dan!!

5:50 pm

jmcnrick

today was pretty complicated with cooking squash and tomato sauce to freeze tho!

5:51 pm

jmcnrick

an oldie but goodie BR

5:51 pm

jmcnrick

Did not like his later book though

5:51 pm

TraderKate

I read a few of his back in the 80's br. really liked them at the time, can't remember a thing about them now.

5:52 pm

o-o

he is gone now, I believe

5:52 pm

jmcnrick

okay BR I give up on af5 -- have been unable to find it even with your clue ashole

5:52 pm

TraderKate

jmc: at least you are the ant, not the grasshopper of the fable

5:53 pm

o-o

a + ashoe

5:53 pm

jmcnrick

ooo I have my grasshopper tendencies thank God! lol

5:53 pm

TraderKate

Aha Watsoon, the game is a****!

5:53 pm

TraderKate

Watson

5:53 pm

o-o

a + what is in ashoe

5:54 pm

jmcnrick

argh! a fish after all that!

5:54 pm

jmcnrick

lol I really made that too complicated!

5:54 pm

o-o

sorry if I mislead you

5:54 pm

jmcnrick

kept looking at the lower af -- lol

5:55 pm

jmcnrick

no BR your clue was clever and dead on

5:55 pm

TraderKate

Am going through temporary ant stage right now. being a grasshopper had become an overwhelming experience

5:55 pm

jmcnrick

well I think it is good to balance the two trader

5:55 pm

welki

and here i thought a riot was ashoe when jmc said she couldn't get the clue ashole! LOL .. hi, everyone!

5:55 pm

TraderKate

hi welki

5:55 pm

jmcnrick

lol I really messed up!

5:55 pm

o-o

hello, welki

5:56 pm

jmcnrick

hi welki

5:57 pm

TraderKate

unsucessfullly trying to reclaim balance at present

5:57 pm

jmcnrick

I was reading my thesaurus for synonyms to dust bin!

5:58 pm

jmcnrick

well it is a non-ending task trader

5:58 pm

o-o

living always will be a work in process

5:59 pm

TraderKate

yes, problems only arise when balance is out of kilter too far for too long.

5:59 pm

jmcnrick

oh well, help with fa 5/16 pls

5:59 pm

o-o

fa + colon cleansing: ***ma

6:01 pm

o-o

there will always be problems, change and challenges ... those who are able to adapt to these realities are ahead of the game

6:02 pm

jmcnrick

ty br

6:04 pm

crosshair

yaaa, mrs crossy bought me a bonsai tree;)

6:04 pm

TraderKate

therein lies the trouble. not bending like a willow these days. feeling like an old oak that got caught in maelstrom. not uprooted, but less solidly implanted

6:04 pm

jmcnrick

how nice crossy!

6:05 pm

crosshair

ill have to look at it for a few days and see the shape within:)

6:05 pm

TraderKate

do you know how to prune it crossy?

6:05 pm

TraderKate

have you given it a name?

6:05 pm

crosshair

yes indeed,take ages:/ but thats the idea

6:05 pm

jmcnrick

ooohhhhmmmm

6:06 pm

crosshair

ka zen and all that happy crap;))

6:06 pm

TraderKate

if it's a girl tree, you could call her Patience

6:06 pm

jmcnrick

the name is ka zen and all that happy crap?

6:06 pm

crosshair

i think this one may be like those trees you always see in africa;)))

6:07 pm

crosshair

i will have to think on a name

6:07 pm

jmcnrick

not many bonzai in africa

6:07 pm

crosshair

your a tad too literal jmc lol

6:07 pm

jmcnrick

i seem to be today

6:07 pm

jmcnrick

some days I am literally literal

6:07 pm

TraderKate

long limbs with little clouds of foliage at distal ends?

6:08 pm

o-o

woody is a good name for a tree

6:08 pm

crosshair

thats it kate with the big umbrella tops

6:08 pm

TraderKate

teehee

6:08 pm

welki

lol .. or lief

6:08 pm

TraderKate

ya, saw the lion king...

6:09 pm

jmcnrick

ericson?

6:09 pm

TraderKate

what are they csalled? acara or something like that?

6:09 pm

crosshair

long way to that end though

6:09 pm

TraderKate

welki...<chortle>

6:10 pm

jmcnrick

fa 6/33 pls

6:10 pm

TraderKate

someone said: where groupies gather, but that's a little loose

6:11 pm

o-o

an admirer: fa*; + a housewife may describe herself as a ***estic goddess

6:11 pm

crosshair

there is what i want .. http://bonsaiplantsguide.com/wp-conten
t/uploads/2009/04/bonsai-tree.jpg

6:11 pm

TraderKate

aaak

6:12 pm

crosshair

the bigger pic

6:12 pm

jmcnrick

which one?

6:12 pm

TraderKate

lots to research? make a wrong cut, ten years to fix....not like ugly hairstyle

6:13 pm

crosshair

no cut is wrong,the journey will often make changes in the end result is all

6:14 pm

jmcnrick

fireworks! ty BR and trader

6:14 pm

crosshair

yaa for jmc!

6:14 pm

TraderKate

????? your pronouncements befuddle me

6:14 pm

TraderKate

YAAAAAAAAAA JMC GOOD ON YA!

6:14 pm

o-o

congrats, jmc

6:14 pm

jmcnrick

just in time to go out to dinner with a client too

6:15 pm

o-o

enjoy, jmc

6:15 pm

jmcnrick

ty ty and especially ty BR for the clues -- even the ones I didn't get

6:15 pm

jmcnrick

bbl probably

6:15 pm

TraderKate

see you at the flip then?

6:15 pm

jmcnrick

maybe trader -- we'll see

6:15 pm

TraderKate

BR is the best cluer ever!

6:15 pm

jmcnrick

*poof*

6:15 pm

crosshair

there is not a definate shape within the tree. i look and see what it offers me and if i am good and patient i may be able to release most of it with my pruner:)

6:17 pm

TraderKate

if you don't see a shape crossy, do you just let it grow until something "appears"?

6:17 pm

TraderKate

what are you releasing? it's inner potential shape, or some kind of mystical aura?

6:18 pm

TraderKate

bye jmc

6:18 pm

crosshair

with the other one(now 8 years old,i sit with it once a wekk,and might snip here,or there,or not at all,then one day something will show itself.but it must be done slowly sometimes no more that a single snip in a wekk

6:18 pm

crosshair

week

6:19 pm

crosshair

it is not unlike a jig saw puzzle that never ends

6:19 pm

crosshair

but a creation as well

6:20 pm

crosshair

not aura per-se,but the sharing of life

6:20 pm

o-o

god creates .. man manipulates

6:21 pm

crosshair

so it has always been

6:21 pm

crosshair

but sometimes you can find a balance

6:21 pm

crosshair

i teach the bonsai tree its shape,but it also teaches me

6:22 pm

crosshair

:)

6:22 pm

crosshair

good grief now im sounding like a corny episode of kung-fu with david carradine

6:22 pm

JBsAnno

ah, Grasshopper with clippers

6:22 pm

TraderKate

i feel like little grasshoopper...

6:22 pm

JBsAnno

Hi, everyone!

6:23 pm

JBsAnno

Looks like mainly crosshair with BR

6:23 pm

TraderKate

hi jb

6:23 pm

JBsAnno

Hi, TraderKate!

6:23 pm

crosshair

but its true,half an hour with your tree and you b.p is nice and calm as well as your inner self

6:23 pm

TraderKate

welcome to babble philosophy 101, jb

6:24 pm

JBsAnno

And then the cats would attack the tree, and there goes the BP up again!

6:24 pm

crosshair

clears the chos so you can tackle things with a better mind

6:24 pm

crosshair

cats touch tree,cats dies

6:24 pm

JBsAnno

<bows to TK and crosshair> my thanks

6:24 pm

crosshair

chaos even

6:24 pm

TraderKate

an animal will do the ssame crossy, but it keeps you warm too

6:24 pm

JBsAnno

Therefore, no tree, no death of cats!

6:25 pm

JBsAnno

BRB AFK for a minute

6:25 pm

crosshair

each soothe in thier own way

6:25 pm

crosshair

sokay,not to worry both trees have a safe place

6:26 pm

TraderKate

so bonsai is sort of semi-active meditation?

6:26 pm

crosshair

correct kate

6:26 pm

TraderKate

okay, starting to get picture

6:27 pm

crosshair

took a bit but 1 year in on my first tree i looked up and saw that i had made 3 cuts in 2 hours lol

6:27 pm

TraderKate

what do you feed it?

6:28 pm

crosshair

i have a nice potting soil and fertilize every 3 months with a liquid fertilizer 6 drops per lit of water

6:28 pm

TraderKate

wow...twilight zone time

6:29 pm

TraderKate

an evergreen fert.? or just general?

6:29 pm

JenMO16

hey all...how many words today?

6:29 pm

TraderKate

only 94 jen

6:29 pm

JenMO16

kewl,ty, kate

6:30 pm

TraderKate

hi, how's the wrist, just itchy still?

6:30 pm

crosshair

there are many types kate,look on the net for easy and hard types ill try and find a pic of my type

6:30 pm

KyuJones

94 TOUGH words! I can't pick out simple small words out of this one easily

6:30 pm

KyuJones

(being at work doesn't help... ;))

6:30 pm

TraderKate

tsk, tsk kyu...slacker...

6:31 pm

KyuJones

: O

6:31 pm

KyuJones

I would never slack on babble if I didn't have to!! ;)

6:31 pm

JenMO16

do you see the army newbie, kyujones?

6:31 pm

TraderKate

thanks, crossy. too bone-idle today to look myself

6:32 pm

TraderKate

meant being at work babbling kyu

6:32 pm

KyuJones

I know.. :)

6:32 pm

crosshair

here you go kate(mine is the chinese bird plum) the old one that is http://www.bonsaigardener.org/bonsai-t
ree-types.html

6:33 pm

crosshair

have no i.d on the new one but it is just a wal-mart special so i have no high hope as to perigree lol

6:33 pm

TraderKate

thanks, 5 min to type address, then i'll be off to look...

6:33 pm

crosshair

lol just c+p it

6:35 pm

crosshair

here i made it tiny for u

6:35 pm

crosshair

http://tinyurl.com/lbmoxt

6:37 pm

crosshair

ok im off for a bit so son can have a go.tc all and i hope a bonsai tree speaks you name kate;))) poof

6:37 pm

KyuJones

by crosshair! ^_^

6:39 pm

TraderKate

wow crossy, didn't know there were so many types. yours is very nice. also liked hawaiian umbrella and want a wisteria for myself

6:40 pm

TraderKate

crossy gone?

6:41 pm

TraderKate

anyone tell me what c+p it means?

6:41 pm

o-o

copy and paste

6:42 pm

TraderKate

thank you br...was thinking control +... had no idea..

6:43 pm

TraderKate

didn't realize you could copy/paste an address when it is printed on 2 lines

6:44 pm

Scrabbler

Hello again

6:44 pm

o-o

Have to copy and paste each line separately

6:44 pm

TraderKate

the saga of kate's adventures on the intertron continue...

6:44 pm

o-o

Hello, Scrabbler

6:44 pm

Scrabbler

28 to go. help with te6 please?

6:45 pm

JenMO16

hi scrabbler!

6:45 pm

TraderKate

okay, simple enough, might even retain that tidbit

6:45 pm

o-o

what a landlord needs

6:45 pm

TraderKate

bunny girl! hello

6:45 pm

JenMO16

te6 = apartment dweller

6:45 pm

Scrabbler

TY, BR. Yep, Kate, I am Rabbitlady!

6:46 pm

Scrabbler

last mo5 please?

6:46 pm

o-o

How did work go today, Jen?

6:47 pm

o-o

mo + a spat: ***f

6:47 pm

TraderKate

meant no disrespect scrabbler. of course you're a lady

6:47 pm

TraderKate

theme

6:48 pm

Scrabbler

TY, BR

6:49 pm

Scrabbler

I am more of a tomboy than a lady, for sure.

6:49 pm

TraderKate

some are offended by "girl"....

6:50 pm

JenMO16

work went great today, i put stuff back on the shelves, i helped 2 different customers longer than expected and one lady wanted to pay me for my help!

6:50 pm

Scrabbler

Well, I hear lady, woman or ma'am and think, "Me?"

6:50 pm

Scrabbler

And your wrist feels ok, jen?

6:51 pm

o-o

Well, done, Jen. Good for you.

6:51 pm

TraderKate

am personally offended by ma'am. especially from 20 yr. old....makes me feel soooooooo old

6:51 pm

JenMO16

tomorrow is a longer day!

6:51 pm

TraderKate

is itch gone?

6:52 pm

o-o

I generally only get offended when I am called Priscilla

6:52 pm

Scrabbler

Haha, BR

6:52 pm

JenMO16

i really didn't have a problem with itching, i had more problems with my hand being hot, but luckily no sweat on my arm

6:53 pm

TraderKate

as would i BR.doesn't suit you at all. think you're more of a zelda...

6:53 pm

Scrabbler

fa5/16 please?

6:53 pm

TraderKate

not too sore then jen?

6:53 pm

JenMO16

i have the splint off now to get rid of the marks left on my arm from the bandage and i am typing with both hands!

6:53 pm

JenMO16

no, not really sore

6:54 pm

o-o

fa + a colon cleansing: ***ma

6:54 pm

JenMO16

now when i try to bend it more than 90 degrees, it hurts, ouch

6:55 pm

TraderKate

have to dash for a few provisions myself. be back in a bit * poof * glad to hear you're not hurting jen. two hands? <jealousy peeks out>

6:55 pm

Scrabbler

proper spelling = enema, but I got the word

6:55 pm

Scrabbler

Bye Kate

6:55 pm

o-o

be safe, Kate

6:55 pm

TraderKate

bbs

6:56 pm

o-o

thank you

6:56 pm

JenMO16

bye kate

6:59 pm

KyuJones

ah! time to go home! good eve to you all. ^_^

7:00 pm

o-o

be well, KyuJones

7:00 pm

KyuJones

ah! caught one more word. HA! You, too, BR> ^_^

7:00 pm

KyuJones

poof

7:01 pm

Scrabbler

6 to go--all do's

7:09 pm

lbdawger

go scrabs

7:09 pm

lbdawger

hi everyone1

7:10 pm

Scrabbler

Hi dawger! Two left--monkey is busy!

7:10 pm

lbdawger

good monkeys!

7:11 pm

tedybeth

Hi - does the fa6,33 build off of the fa5?

7:11 pm

lbdawger

no

7:11 pm

Scrabbler

Uno---I cannot ask for a clue on my last word--Scrabble's Rule for Authentic Fireworks.

7:12 pm

tedybeth

OK - tks --- any clues?

7:12 pm

lbdawger

you're a glutton for punishment, scrabs

7:13 pm

lbdawger

fa6 is what those who follow a particular person or subject is all about. that world

7:13 pm

Scrabbler

Yes, but to me it is cheating to ask for a clue on the last word--in my mind.

7:13 pm

tedybeth

oh ... tks ibd!

7:14 pm

lbdawger

i guess for me it depends on the word. if it's a big word and i'm totally clueless, i go for the assist

7:14 pm

lbdawger

yw, tedy

7:15 pm

Scrabbler

Done! Now, dinner! Bye all. See you tomorrow.

7:16 pm

lbdawger

whoooo hooooooo SCRABS!!! enjoy dinner, see you tomorrow

7:20 pm

TraderKate

guess scrabbler scrambled off...belated wtg

7:20 pm

lbdawger

hi TK

7:20 pm

TraderKate

DAWG! fancy meeting you here

7:20 pm

TraderKate

you're sall done?

7:20 pm

lbdawger

lol

7:20 pm

lbdawger

yup, finished a little bit ago

7:21 pm

TraderKate

good on ya!

7:21 pm

lbdawger

looking up the words that i've no clue what they are or mean

7:21 pm

TraderKate

just here for the great company?

7:21 pm

lbdawger

of course!

7:22 pm

lbdawger

have you finished yet, TK?

7:22 pm

TraderKate

there's a lot of that here...i'd do it more ,but it takes so long for everything to reloead each time...drives me nuts

7:23 pm

TraderKate

all finished....good company's all gone...think BR left a while ago

7:23 pm

lbdawger

he'll be back. he likes to check out who's here periodically

7:24 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for do5-14? Thanks

7:24 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hooooo on your fireworks, TK!!

7:24 pm

TraderKate

so often he doesn't alert us to his presence though. love his take on philosophy of life. seen his post today?

7:25 pm

lbdawger

plural for sweet in italian or latin, peach

7:25 pm

TraderKate

ty dawg. don't think anyone was around when i finished.

7:25 pm

lbdawger

no, what did he post?

7:26 pm

lbdawger

these small grids are a mixed blessing. they can be truly difficult or relatively easy. but then it's done and what's left to do?

7:26 pm

TraderKate

about the guilt we all have re: our/society's expectations and how falling short of the impossible is destructive

7:26 pm

Shirlockc

st9 and st8?

7:26 pm

TraderKate

do iron sudoku?

7:27 pm

lbdawger

is that in his profile or did he post that in chat?

7:27 pm

TraderKate

in profile. worth the read

7:27 pm

Atalante

most people mostly lurk until they feel like talking :P

7:28 pm

TraderKate

ata, u lurker, you <grin>

7:28 pm

lbdawger

hi shirl, kinda hard to clue, starts out like tummy, (first half), + long poem + vowel, that's the 8

7:28 pm

lbdawger

hi Ata!

7:28 pm

CiociaJudy

*still lurking but reading chat*

7:28 pm

Atalante

and hi :)

7:28 pm

lbdawger

hi CJ!

7:29 pm

TraderKate

i'm in and out 2 min. at a time. braising short ribs. bbs

7:29 pm

lbdawger

yumm

7:29 pm

CiociaJudy

*whispers* hi Dawg!

7:29 pm

Shirlockc

got the 9, lbd, is the 9 related?

7:30 pm

Atalante

1 letter difference between 8 and 9

7:30 pm

lbdawger

if you got the 9 take out a vowel towards the end

7:31 pm

Shirlockc

got the 9, thx

7:32 pm

CiociaJudy

so what does the 7 start with?

7:32 pm

Atalante

ca

7:32 pm

CiociaJudy

thx ata and Hi!

7:32 pm

lbdawger

love the dog pic, ata. looks like he could take off and fly with those ears! lol

7:33 pm

Shirlockc

fa6/33?

7:33 pm

TraderKate

back for now.

7:33 pm

Atalante

she was trying, I think!

7:34 pm

lbdawger

group of people who follow a craze or fad, like the Harry Potter followers

7:34 pm

TraderKate

any news from the great cookie war ata? hope things have simmered down

7:35 pm

lbdawger

cookie war?

7:35 pm

Atalante

I've hardly spoken to the evil brat. avoiding him is good!

7:35 pm

Shirlockc

cool, thx lbd

7:36 pm

lbdawger

glad you got it, shirl

7:36 pm

Atalante

huge marriage issue over the fact that I dared to buy and eat some cookies *facepalm*

7:38 pm

TraderKate

braised short ribs in spicy brown sugar bbq sauce with garlic, onions, green peppers. simmered til they literally fall apart. served with corn on cob, (pork &) beans garlic toast....maybe some salad..

7:38 pm

Atalante

yes, it really is as silly as it sounds!

7:38 pm

Atalante

mmmmmm

7:38 pm

TraderKate

sometimes the inane blow up to ridiculous proportions though as happened here

7:39 pm

Dorens

oh, hey ata... was wondering how things are over there in cookieland

7:39 pm

TraderKate

so you have entent cordiale or cold war?

7:39 pm

Atalante

frosted ;)

7:40 pm

TraderKate

mmmmfrosted cookies

7:40 pm

TraderKate

put some in PB for me

7:40 pm

TraderKate

back in 2

7:41 pm

lbdawger

ahh, families...can't live with them...be an orphan.

7:41 pm

Dorens

are you speaking ata?

7:41 pm

lbdawger

Hi dorens

7:43 pm

Atalante

vaguely, I'm just trying not to be there much. Actually, it's all very weird. husband "apologised" and apparently that means everything is ok now, and he can't understand why I'm not enthusiastically and happily back to being a little ray of sunshine thinking of long years of happiness together in the future

7:43 pm

Dorens

hi dawg

7:43 pm

Dorens

even the most brilliant of men are sometimes kind of simpleminded

7:44 pm

Atalante

you can say that again!

7:44 pm

Dorens

7:43 pm
Dorens
ProfileUnited States

even the most brilliant of men are sometimes kind of simpleminded

7:45 pm

CiociaJudy

LOL Dorens

7:45 pm

Atalante

*grin*

7:47 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for io6-21? Thanks

7:47 pm

lbdawger

lol dorens, Ata, let him eat cake

7:47 pm

lbdawger

io+ not fig

7:47 pm

Dorens

my daughter just broke up with her live-in bf.... each is trying to stay out of the other's way... he's going on tour with a friend's band for three weeks... and they're dealing that way until Oct 1 when they each move. not an easy time, but they are on friendly terms for now at least

7:47 pm

TraderKate

with some men, that's as good as it gets. work with all men. psychology is different. for most of them. think of couple of guys having dust up in parking lot over whatever...when fight's done....it's done. move on. frequently become friends...a bonding thing. expect he figures it's done, he apologised, now it's forgotten...quite sure he doesn't want to "talk about it". to him it's history. done and buried.

7:48 pm

Dorens

but you two are married, and not broken up, at least not now. and in his mind it's all over... good lluck

7:48 pm

Atalante

I know *sigh*. But when he tells me he doesn't want me in HIS house and quite frightens me, that is NOT done and dusted!

7:48 pm

CiociaJudy

I knew there was a reason I stayed single . . . eating cookies whenever I want to!!

7:50 pm

Atalante

very sensible, Judy. and I will be that way soon, I know now. And actually rather looking forwrad to it!

7:50 pm

Dorens

well, i have to go trudge along on the treadmill for my minimum 30 minutes..... ata... best of luck, and remember that judy and i eat our cookies whenever we want and it is not a bad life at all!

7:51 pm

TraderKate

give me the courage to change the things i can, accept the things i cannot change. and the wisdom to know the difference

7:51 pm

CiociaJudy

oh, Ata. I hope all works out well for you. {{hugs}}

7:51 pm

Atalante

lol Dorens! enjoy your cookies :D

7:51 pm

CiociaJudy

love that quote Kate

7:51 pm

CiociaJudy

Dorens, we'll have to get together for cookies!

7:52 pm

TraderKate

bit paraphrased...brain cramp

7:52 pm

suefrad625

fa6,33 pls

7:53 pm

Atalante

it'll be fine, Judy. I have a habit of landing in the right places through my life, even if those places weren't entirely expected!

7:55 pm

TraderKate

ata, all this well-wishing aside. think very long and hard about your future. work for your marriage. work hard. don't give up. divorce is often a recipe for financial disaster for BOTH of you. give all options careful consideration

7:55 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for mo5-18 the 2nd? Thanks

7:55 pm

TraderKate

brb

7:55 pm

suefrad625

add an almost vowel to the mo4

7:55 pm

suefrad625

how you feel during your period

7:56 pm

suefrad625

fa6,33

7:57 pm

Atalante

I have, for a good while now. Now, I don't want to, and I'm not going to. I've had enough! *stamps feet* :)

7:58 pm

lbdawger

bbin an hour. leverage is on.

8:00 pm

suefrad625

wait, fa6,33

8:00 pm

suefrad625

please

8:01 pm

Atalante

group of people surrounding a cult tv show / book / music etc

8:01 pm

suefrad625

I dont get it atalante

8:01 pm

CiociaJudy

tiring work week . . . going to bed early . . . nite all! Happy Babbling. cu tomorrow

8:02 pm

Atalante

bye Judy!

8:03 pm

TraderKate

bye judy

8:03 pm

TraderKate

stamping feet ata?

8:03 pm

redturtlehead

Hi everyone? How are we?

8:03 pm

Atalante

hi red! hi teulu!

8:04 pm

Nef

sue, fa is people who follow a celeb. and then the whole group of them, like king***

8:04 pm

TraderKate

hi red

8:04 pm

afflamed

arggh the z's are killin me

8:04 pm

redturtlehead

teulu says hi...

8:04 pm

afflamed

oh and HI ALL btw

8:04 pm

TraderKate

z's all normal words

8:04 pm

afflamed

zitso

8:04 pm

TraderKate

so close...

8:04 pm

Nef

hello everyone again (BRB, 1st BLT was good but small, going back for more! Home grown tomatoes; YUM!

8:04 pm

afflamed

new word - means im going crazy :))

8:05 pm

TraderKate

red, nef hi

8:05 pm

afflamed

zitsi

8:05 pm

redturtlehead

Oh Nef, nothing better than tomatos...

8:05 pm

TraderKate

again, so close

8:05 pm

TraderKate

you like pasta?

8:05 pm

afflamed

gosh just ignore me some more - the 2 boxes always get me, my cursor is never in the rite one

8:06 pm

afflamed

i type you all messages in the ADD WORD box too lmao

8:06 pm

Atalante

lol :P

8:07 pm

afflamed

woot woot only 1 more z left

8:07 pm

redturtlehead

Oh yes, I do the same thing.

8:07 pm

TraderKate

mine hopped around a lot too...gremlins

8:08 pm

afflamed

darn keebler elves

8:08 pm

TraderKate

which one you misdsing? haha, if you knew, it wouldn't be missing

8:09 pm

TraderKate

cookies again?

8:09 pm

afflamed

the zi5/20 and its a common word huh (the wheels are spinning)

8:10 pm

TraderKate

you have pasta?

8:10 pm

TraderKate

have some more

8:10 pm

afflamed

yup have the pasta one

8:10 pm

afflamed

ohhhh! lol

8:10 pm

TraderKate

have many

8:11 pm

afflamed

in this game i find some of the plurals are already plurals in their common form

8:12 pm

TraderKate

nef....blt's for PB tonight home grown tomatoes and BACON...everyone will want to come

8:12 pm

TraderKate

true, afflicted...er, afflsamed

8:14 pm

afflamed

lol afflicted is my toon name in world of warcraft. everyone in the guild just calls me AFF, you all can too

8:16 pm

TraderKate

better an "f" than an "s"...aff

8:17 pm

afflamed

lol definitely

8:17 pm

TraderKate

ata do you have a garden?

8:17 pm

suefrad625

st9 pls, I have the 8

8:18 pm

Jacula

Hi all. Just popping in to see how everyone's getting on.

8:18 pm

TraderKate

INSERT vowel to plural

8:18 pm

Atalante

hi Jac!

8:18 pm

TraderKate

brb

8:18 pm

Atalante

sort of ...

8:18 pm

Jacula

Ata - (Hugs)

8:18 pm

Nef

back, sue, add a latin ending to the 8

8:19 pm

Nef

{{{Ata}}}

8:19 pm

suefrad625

?

8:20 pm

Nef

hi jac

8:20 pm

Jacula

Oddly enough st8 was my last word found, not the st9.

8:20 pm

Jacula

Hi Nef.

8:20 pm

redturtlehead

hi jac...

8:21 pm

Nef

TK, my tomatoes are really good this year! <hoarding them right now; don't wanna share!>

8:21 pm

Jacula

Hi red.

8:21 pm

suefrad625

I dont get it, I have tummy(first 4), long poem, + vowel

8:21 pm

Nef

sue, add a vowel for a latin pl.

8:22 pm

Jacula

Nef - sometimes we forget that not everyone studied/studies Latin these days.

8:22 pm

TraderKate

pi r squared = *r**

8:22 pm

Atalante

everyone should!

8:22 pm

TraderKate

greek root actually

8:23 pm

TraderKate

right, should be required in all h.s. english classes

8:23 pm

Jacula

I have to admit that I was cr*p at Latin, well translating English in to Latin, but I could do vice versa very well. It's been one of the most useful languages I've learned, believe it or not.

8:24 pm

Atalante

ditto here, ancient greek too

8:24 pm

redturtlehead

I hate to admit it but I am really really 100% glad I learned Spanish in High school and not Latin. THough my Dad had taught me Latin as a child so alls well there.

8:24 pm

Nef

I never studied any language other than English, but I grew up Catholic before Vatican II.

8:24 pm

TraderKate

sorry i never studied it. most helpful in parsing meaning of words

8:24 pm

Jacula

Ata - I hope you didn't pull away when I hugged you? I was after those cookies you bought the other day. I can make some more if you'd like? They don't last long in our house!

8:24 pm

redturtlehead

and I cant figure out the nine either.

8:25 pm

TraderKate

red, sue take the st 8 INSERT vowel for pl. ending

8:25 pm

suefrad625

so for those who have not studied Latin, are we talking about an ae ending?

8:25 pm

TraderKate

JAC!!!! HI

8:25 pm

Jacula

Yes, sue.

8:25 pm

Jacula

Hi Kate.

8:25 pm

TraderKate

yes sue. but greek this time

8:26 pm

Atalante

the cookies have long gone! :D oh please do! make more! loads more!

8:26 pm

suefrad625

I tried it and not getting it at the end of the word

8:26 pm

redturtlehead

It isnt the ae ending...

8:26 pm

TraderKate

(INSERT VOWEL

8:26 pm

Nef

do you have the st8, red? the ending of the 9 is (as BR and TK have said: pi r squared == *r*ea

8:26 pm

TraderKate

ea ending

8:26 pm

suefrad625

All I know in greek is how to say "hello, how are you"

8:26 pm

Nef

Opps sorry.8R**

8:27 pm

Jacula

Sorry, Sue, yes Greek ending. I get my languages all furgled up sometimes. LOL

8:27 pm

TraderKate

ea ending for st8

8:27 pm

Nef

Oh HECK! Someone ELSE please clue!

8:28 pm

TraderKate

insert vowel for st 9 (pl.)

8:28 pm

Atalante

urf, those words are hell to clue

8:28 pm

Jacula

How about Welsh, Sue? 'Diolch yn fawr?' 'Dda iawn, diolch? A chi?'

8:28 pm

TraderKate

*R** rug for ending

8:28 pm

suefrad625

lol jacula

8:28 pm

TraderKate

aaaaaaaaaaaak

8:28 pm

suefrad625

I am happy I am passing English

8:28 pm

Jacula

Just kidding, Sue, though that is real Cymwraig.

8:29 pm

suefrad625

Got it

8:29 pm

redturtlehead

Yup, jac, I sang in a Gymanfa chorus...

8:29 pm

TraderKate

YEAH SUE

8:29 pm

suefrad625

lol

8:29 pm

redturtlehead

lots of unusual sounds in the welsh language...

8:29 pm

suefrad625

4 left

8:29 pm

Jacula

Ata - e-mail me your address and I will post as many cookies as you want.xx

8:30 pm

TraderKate

welsh is all greek to me

8:30 pm

Atalante

awwwwwww :) but I really need to go back on my diet now. being in america for a month is hell for eating diet-ly *sigh*

8:31 pm

Jacula

The Welsh language isn't difficult once you know the alphabet. It only gets difficult when you are taught the 'proper' way to say something and are then told 'but we don't actually say that, we say this...' and ten there's the difference between North and South Welsh language.

8:31 pm

TraderKate

jac can make you lo-cal cookies

8:31 pm

Jacula

Ata - I can believe that, but a little of what you fancy does you good.

8:31 pm

Jacula

Kate - I can.

8:32 pm

Atalante

yes, yes it does. hence the cookies that sparked the whole she-bang the other day!

8:32 pm

TraderKate

red how did you come to sing in welsh chorus?

8:32 pm

redturtlehead

tell me about it ata, and I live in America all the time!

8:32 pm

Jacula

Kate - LOL. I think Welsh is the one language that contains no Greek.

8:32 pm

TraderKate

may i have recipe jac?

8:32 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

8:33 pm

Minveryork

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

8:33 pm

TraderKate

amen sister jac!

8:33 pm

redturtlehead

Oddly Trader it was in oregon, they had flyers up for it, so I joined up, it was really great!

8:33 pm

TraderKate

hi min

8:33 pm

redturtlehead

hi minver

8:33 pm

Jacula

Ata - I know about that. I mentioned it to reassure you that it's him with the problem, not you.

8:33 pm

Jacula

Hi Min.

8:34 pm

Atalante

it really is. stupid man!

8:34 pm

TraderKate

not the sort of thing you expect to stumble on in oregon....

8:34 pm

redturtlehead

Shall we commence the man bashing?

8:34 pm

redturtlehead

No, Kate, but in a University town all sorts of odd things crop up...I suppose.

8:34 pm

Jacula

Don't let me stay here too late, you lot, 'Cos I have to be out by 3 mins past 12 (noon) to take Stepdaughter to get her school uniform ready for the new school year on 7th Sept.

8:34 pm

TraderKate

let's give it a rest...tell me about your gardens

8:35 pm

redturtlehead

I have no garden. someone has to have one though.

8:35 pm

suefrad625

fa6,33?

8:35 pm

TraderKate

oh, happy days are here again...the kids are back in school again....happy days are here again

8:35 pm

Jacula

30 mins past 12, I meant. My error this time, can't blame it on a dirty keyboard 'cos Beloved took the whole thing apart on Saturday morning and de-ashed and de-crumbed it.

8:36 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for ea5-10? Thanks

8:36 pm

TraderKate

and thououghly berated you for being the cause of his travails...

8:36 pm

Jacula

fa6/33 - the realm the adorers of famous people live in?

8:36 pm

gapeach

NM...found it.

8:36 pm

suefrad625

ea5, after you ate it

8:37 pm

Minveryork

ea 5/10: Have you already ea*** dinner gapeach1066

8:37 pm

gapeach

Thanks, sue.

8:37 pm

Minveryork

Hello gapeach1066!How are you? Welcome to the grid

8:37 pm

Jacula

No , Kate - he'd ashed and crumbed the keyboard as much as I had.

8:37 pm

TraderKate

glad he owned up to his share of keyboard fiasco

8:38 pm

TraderKate

peach, hi

8:38 pm

suefrad625

Jac, can you spell it out

8:38 pm

gapeach

Hey there, Minveryork. I'm OK today....trust you are well?

8:38 pm

gapeach

Hello, TraderKate.

8:38 pm

Minveryork

I am well but tired. Babysat niece and nephew all day

8:38 pm

Jacula

Kate - I've no need to manbash Beloved. He's the guy I found a decade after I'd sworn I'd never be bitten again after my marriage.

8:39 pm

Jacula

Sue - spell what out?

8:39 pm

TraderKate

peachy how many more for you?

8:39 pm

Jacula

Min - how old are they?

8:39 pm

suefrad625

fa6

8:39 pm

JenMO16

hiya minveryork

8:40 pm

TraderKate

he really sounds like a keeper jac. have noticed you extolling his virtues previously

8:40 pm

redturtlehead

hi peach.

8:40 pm

gapeach

6 TraderKate.

8:40 pm

NonnieLight

fa6/33 please?

8:40 pm

TraderKate

8:36 for fa 6

8:40 pm

Jacula

fa* (someone who follows something or someone) + first 3 letters of what's on the top of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, UK.

8:41 pm

gapeach

Hey there, red. How are you this evening?

8:41 pm

Minveryork

Go gapeach1066 go!

8:41 pm

redturtlehead

better now that I am no longer working, and you?

8:41 pm

Jacula

Kate - he is a keeper, though he hit the 40 mark last January and men do go 'a bit odd' then. Fingers crossed, hoping for the best.

8:42 pm

Minveryork

My niece is in 4th grade & my nephew is in 2nd grade

8:42 pm

suefrad625

yahoooooooo fireworks and bedtime

8:42 pm

Atalante

a bit odd. lmao. yep

8:42 pm

gapeach

I'm doing OK today. Thanks for asking.

8:42 pm

Jacula

Min - no idea what age that makes them. Sorry!

8:42 pm

redturtlehead

could I have a cue for the 7 even the first two letters?

8:42 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations suefrad625 on fireworks! Way to go

8:43 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye suefrad 625! I'll see you tomorrow in the log

8:43 pm

Atalante

ca7/32

8:43 pm

redturtlehead

Minvers kidds are 9 and 7 respectively.

8:43 pm

Jacula

Ata - in some cases, 'VERY ODD'. My ex included.

8:43 pm

TraderKate

excellent sue

8:43 pm

NonnieLight

ty and that is fireworks for me!

8:43 pm

TraderKate

yaaaaa nonnie

8:43 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations NonnieLight on fireworks!Way to go

8:43 pm

Jacula

Well done, Nonnie.

8:44 pm

Jacula

Thanks Red for the age info.

8:44 pm

NonnieLight

Thank you very much! I had wonderful help :o)

8:44 pm

redturtlehead

thanks ata, now off to figure it out.

8:44 pm

Jacula

Mine are 25, 22 and 14.

8:44 pm

Atalante

it's a vaguely normal word, red

8:44 pm

TraderKate

red do you have ca 6 / 21 it's the pl.

8:45 pm

stidgmere

Hello all. Latin course is finished. I'm no expert but have time for babble and great to see so many frineds on board.

8:45 pm

Minveryork

A ca 7/32 word is ca 6/21 word plus a vowel Atalante

8:45 pm

redturtlehead

Nope no 6 either. I dont have list so hmmm.

8:45 pm

afflamed

arggg ok an 4/4 means each tile is worth 1 point, correct?

8:45 pm

TraderKate

think mexican/spanish refreshment stand?

8:45 pm

Minveryork

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

8:46 pm

Jacula

ca6/21 = ca + a number + a vowel. ca7 adds another vowel at the end.

8:46 pm

Atalante

what feline ears should becalled :P

8:46 pm

redturtlehead

taco van?

8:46 pm

Jacula

Hi stidgmere.

8:46 pm

TraderKate

that's it red

8:46 pm

Atalante

yes, aff

8:46 pm

Minveryork

ca 6/21 is ca + anagram of Mr. Hawthorne nickname.

8:46 pm

TraderKate

lol

8:46 pm

stidgmere

Thank you Minveryork, I'm fine and feeling frisky without homework.

8:46 pm

Jacula

Ata - LOL! Good clue.

8:46 pm

redturtlehead

but but but, tack van doesnt fit!

8:47 pm

TraderKate

hammer and tongs should be allowed tools for this game

8:47 pm

redturtlehead

oops taco. but I got the other words thanks all.

8:47 pm

Jacula

Stidgmere - frisky? Is that something you want our daughter to read on here? LOL

8:47 pm

Atalante

lol, I'm glad someone understood, Jac!

8:47 pm

Jacula

Your daughter, I meant.

8:47 pm

redturtlehead

Frisky jac,,, not risque!

8:47 pm

afflamed

8:48 pm

Jacula

You can't imagine how many times I've missed the 'y' off that work and worried people. LOL

8:48 pm

TraderKate

aff don't quit

8:48 pm

Jacula

afflamed - as a WoW afficianado, you should be used to quick moves and slow plotting.

8:48 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye afflamed!I will see you tomorrow in the chat

8:48 pm

TraderKate

what do you need

8:48 pm

Atalante

go go aff! it gets easier, I promise

8:49 pm

Jacula

Aff - you CAN do it.

8:49 pm

afflamed

lol i swear Ive forced into play every 1 point tile combo possible with AN being first of 4 tiles

8:49 pm

TraderKate

did she poof ?

8:49 pm

redturtlehead

Ok people, I must go to bed. 29 left, Ohwell, work gets in the way.

8:49 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for te6-18? Thanks

8:50 pm

stidgmere

aff, don't think you have to get all the words all of the time it is a sign of strength to let some just go. And frisky is NOT a bad thing.

8:50 pm

gapeach

Sweet dreams, red.

8:50 pm

TraderKate

an 4 / 4 against

8:50 pm

Nef

aff; go the OTHER direction

8:50 pm

Jacula

'Night red.

8:50 pm

TraderKate

te 6 renter

8:51 pm

TraderKate

gn red sleep well

8:51 pm

gapeach

Many thanks, TraderKate.

8:51 pm

Jacula

stidgmere, I didn't day frisky was bad, but I just had a vision of you chasing the gardener around the lawn. LOL

8:51 pm

afflamed

the other direction (left) is all N's? like annn

8:51 pm

Minveryork

The te6/18 word is someone who rents gapeach1066

8:52 pm

gapeach

Thanks, Min.

8:52 pm

stidgmere

Gardener? Hmm do we have one? No. That would be my husband.

8:52 pm

TraderKate

how many peachy?

8:52 pm

Minveryork

yw

8:52 pm

Jacula

an4 (against) = an* (small pest) + a vowel, afflamed.

8:53 pm

Jacula

Stidgmere - even better! LOL

8:53 pm

TraderKate

very well clued jac! clear and concise

8:53 pm

Jacula

Stig - so long as he isn't runing away in fear of his wallet being emptied.

8:53 pm

stidgmere

Thank you for the an word. I was flailing.

8:53 pm

afflamed

oh my ever loving jesus. how obvious was that? <--retard

8:54 pm

afflamed

i dont know why i couldnt see the jump diagonal

8:54 pm

stidgmere

Wallet been emptied long ago. We are trying to spend it all before it disappears through no fault of our own. We want it to be our fault that we're broke.

8:54 pm

TraderKate

the obvious can be the most elusive...#%@*%%!

8:54 pm

gapeach

3 left, TraderKate.

8:54 pm

Jacula

When I kissed my Other Half 'for being a lovely man' the other night, his hand went to his pocket to cover his wallet and he looked worried at what was simply a loving gesture after I'd read some bad stories about men on the chog here.

8:54 pm

TraderKate

which ones?

8:55 pm

Stephanaki

i am sure it has been clued but i don't know when. any help on the 8 and 9 - letter words?

8:55 pm

stidgmere

Well, there are still a few good men but I have mine and don't want anyone elses.

8:55 pm

afflamed

LOL@ JACULA

8:55 pm

TraderKate

it's nice that you appreciate what you have jac

8:56 pm

gapeach

do5-14 and io6-21.

8:56 pm

TraderKate

that's the bugaboo today steph...

8:56 pm

Jacula

stidgmere - is that because of 'care home' rules like here in UK? They'll take your house to pay for care and if they can 'prove' that you gave everything away to your kids to avoid paying care fees, they'll try to claw it back?

8:56 pm

afflamed

I just ended my 2nd marriage (20 years) and can assure you a good man is a rare thing

8:56 pm

TraderKate

do 5/14 italian sweets

8:56 pm

Minveryork

That io6/21 word is io plus da 4/5 word gapeach1066

8:57 pm

gapeach

Thanks Min and TraderKate.

8:57 pm

TraderKate

still looking (not very hard) aff. never found one

8:58 pm

Jacula

afflamed - Oh, so sorry to hear that. I still haven't got over first 20-year marriage ending.:(

8:58 pm

TraderKate

steph thinking of clue

8:58 pm

Minveryork

yw

8:58 pm

gapeach

TraderKate, don't know Italian sweets. Tanks anyway.

8:58 pm

Stephanaki

appreciate it

8:59 pm

gapeach

Crap...Thanks anyway.

8:59 pm

Minveryork

Hello Stephanaki! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

8:59 pm

Stephanaki

thanks!

8:59 pm

afflamed

actually im ok with it. the x had bipolar disorder and i just became overwhelmed with the disease - his behavior was out of control

8:59 pm

TraderKate

st 8 & 9 s + *** cat + short word for poem + vowel

8:59 pm

Jacula

st8 + st + 'not a rocker but one of the others that fought on Brighton Beach in 60s' + first vowel, then 2nd, then first again.

9:00 pm

Atalante

bipolar is not easy to deal with for anyone

9:00 pm

TraderKate

it's greek the 9 is the pl. INSERT vowel at end for pl.

9:00 pm

Jacula

Autism is also dificult to deal with in a partner.

9:01 pm

TraderKate

how did you manage to cope aff? that's awful!

9:01 pm

afflamed

i believe Ive found the right one this time. we were friends for 2 years before we became interested seriously - and i think thats really the way to do it

9:01 pm

Jacula

Aff - how long did your 1st marriage last?

9:01 pm

TraderKate

a little asperger's isn't too bad....makes life interestin

9:02 pm

dcseain

folic is an adj in chemistry

9:02 pm

Stephanaki

WOW! Those clues worked. Was tough. Would have never got it on my own. thank you.

9:02 pm

afflamed

my first marriage was 10 years - his alcoholism did me in

9:02 pm

Jacula

Aff - I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. Never give up on finding the one.

9:02 pm

TraderKate

agree dc...should be allowed. also as acid supplement

9:03 pm

afflamed

my second husband wasnt diagnosed till 3 years ago, all those years i just thot he was a split personality - sometimes great sometimes horrid

9:03 pm

afflamed

my current BF is a dear dear man. Hes really special

9:03 pm

Nef

Sean, I wonder why it won't take that? Folic acid is in prenatal vitamins

9:03 pm

Jacula

Trouble with many women (myself included and now I see my daughter doing it) is that we often look to men who 'need us'. Thing is... need I say more?

9:03 pm

Atalante

mental health care and stuff in Astoria area *sucks*

9:03 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for do5-14? Thanks

9:04 pm

Jacula

And, oftimes, when you HAVE 'sorted them' out, they don't want you any more.

9:04 pm

afflamed

oh man no kiddin, theres a lady here in town that runs a support group thats great but shes personally funded, no assistance from state

9:04 pm

Jacula

A harsh lesson to learn.

9:04 pm

TraderKate

DO NOT TRY TO PROBE THE MIND OF DR_GOD. you could bring a plague of locusts upon us

9:04 pm

TraderKate

italian sweets peach

9:04 pm

afflamed

lol, when hes healthy he wants me, when hes sick hes off the charts with partying and womanizing. Id had enuf

9:04 pm

stidgmere

I think there was a movie La Vita do***.

9:05 pm

Atalante

one of my friends went to Columbia Memorial a few weeks ago telling them he was homicidal and suicidal. They sent him home with an ativan

9:05 pm

TraderKate

canadian tv show too stidg

9:05 pm

Nef

or la Do*** Vita, stidg?

9:05 pm

gapeach

Don't know Italian sweets, TraderKate, but thanks anyway.

9:05 pm

afflamed

oh my lord. 1 ativan wont do anything

9:05 pm

Atalante

tell me about it! It was SO stupid.

9:05 pm

TraderKate

ata, that's scary

9:06 pm

afflamed

columbia mem hosp is by far the WORST hosp Ive ever encountered

9:06 pm

Jacula

For do5 - put a different vowel on the end of the word stigm just clued.

9:06 pm

TraderKate

will parse out...

9:06 pm

Minveryork

A do5/14 is uses five letters of word meaning readily trained or taught; teachable gapeach1066.

9:06 pm

afflamed

they have more situations of mistakes ever

9:06 pm

Atalante

it's awful. a good friend works there and she hates it too

9:06 pm

afflamed

if u ever are taken there just remember - REFER TO PORTLAND lol

9:07 pm

Atalante

ohhhh yes

9:07 pm

TraderKate

uk unemployment benefits...on the ***E + italian hello **aio

9:07 pm

afflamed

they did a xray of me so i cud take on a referal to a portland dr, the tech got my left and right side mixed up ;-//

9:08 pm

Atalante

oh dear. wow.

9:08 pm

afflamed

ya. ouch

9:08 pm

afflamed

fortunately the area i wish to move to in maryland is very well serviced medically

9:08 pm

Minveryork

D's done! 5 left

9:09 pm

TraderKate

go min!

9:09 pm

Atalante

and it's so inefficient. the staff can't wheel patients between buildings, they have to get an ambulance to come to the front doors and drive them between the buildings

9:09 pm

gapeach

Thanks, Stidgmere, Jacula and Min.

9:09 pm

afflamed

my BF is on his way home so im going to make him help me in babble lol

9:09 pm

Minveryork

yw

9:09 pm

gapeach

Well that does it for this one. Thanks to all of "my peeps". See y'all at the flip.

9:09 pm

Jacula

Anyway, aff, have you been sucked into the chog community totally or are you still looking for grid words? LOL. I take it someone did trot out the usual addiction warning when you entered this site? *grins*

9:10 pm

stidgmere

yw

9:10 pm

Jacula

'Nigh Gap.

9:10 pm

afflamed

my daughter flipped on her atv and i had her immediately air vac'd to emmanuel in portland

9:10 pm

Nef

Go Min! I have 8 left myself!

9:10 pm

Minveryork

Go Nef go!

9:10 pm

Atalante

omg yes

9:10 pm

afflamed

hahaha my BF is brilliant brilliant so i have a walking dictionary to help me teehee

9:10 pm

TraderKate

finished peach?

9:11 pm

TraderKate

go nef

9:11 pm

Jacula

You have more than a few walking dictionaries to help you here also, afflamed.

9:11 pm

gapeach

Yes, TraderKate, thanks for your help.

9:12 pm

TraderKate

congrats peach, see ya tomorrow

9:12 pm

Atalante

*is learnign to be a walking dictionary*

9:12 pm

Jacula

Anyway, how did you know what my kids' nickname for me was, afflamed?

9:12 pm

afflamed

lol'

9:12 pm

Jacula

Ata - I thought you were first a foremost(ly) a dog walker?

9:13 pm

BettyAnne

I need the do5/14 and do5/16 please anyone?

9:13 pm

afflamed

Ive always felt very confidant with my intelligence - till i met my BF, my god hes so bright. Im very proud of him lol

9:13 pm

Jacula

Ata's photostream is fantastic. Anyone who hasn't seen it yet, do take a look.

9:13 pm

Atalante

true, true. can I be both? not sure

9:13 pm

TraderKate

nice aspirational job...

9:13 pm

TraderKate

went and looked, got lost

9:14 pm

gortmold

clues for the first fa5 pls?

9:14 pm

Jacula

do5.14 is the first 4 letters of a former shoe chain (Italian, I think).

9:15 pm

Jacula

do5.16 is a grand old (rich) lady.

9:15 pm

gortmold

do 5/16 = do + japanese dollar

9:15 pm

Atalante

it's all jumbled up at the moment, I need to reorder it. I did a huge great big photo dump when I left the US

9:15 pm

BettyAnne

Thanks Jacula and gortmold. Appreciate your help.

9:15 pm

TraderKate

fa 5 / 16 first part of what tinkerbelle is + slang for no

9:16 pm

Jacula

Sorry - the shoe company name was a UK barrow man and the pinched the name off a swiss sock.

9:16 pm

Minveryork

fa 5/16: 1st three letters of old fashioned Tinkerbell spelling plus **t King Cole gortmold & hi! How are you?

9:16 pm

Minveryork

Hello BettyAnne!How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

9:17 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations gapeach1066 on fireworks! Hooray!

9:17 pm

BettyAnne

Hi Minveryork. Thanks for the welcome. I am now finished so I will say good night everyone.

9:17 pm

gortmold

thanks tra and min, champion cluers both

9:17 pm

Jacula

Goodnight BettyAnne.

9:17 pm

TraderKate

just a newbie

9:18 pm

TraderKate

min's great at clues

9:18 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye BettyAnne!I will see you tomorrow in the log

9:18 pm

gortmold

stid, not getting anywhere with that non-beach rocker st clue, got any others up your sleeve?

9:18 pm

TraderKate

congrats betty

9:18 pm

Jacula

Ata - so many fantastic pics. I wish I had the camera to do mine half as well.

9:18 pm

Minveryork

Thanks TraderKate! I think some would beg to differ.

9:19 pm

TraderKate

seen your clues, always excellent

9:19 pm

Nef

4 left, M's and D's wouldn't you know?

9:19 pm

Atalante

I stole evil husband's camera when I went to Astoria. Hence decent pictures!

9:19 pm

TraderKate

gort what are you looking for?

9:19 pm

Jacula

LOL, Ata.

9:20 pm

gortmold

the st 8 and 9 and the fa6 pls trad

9:20 pm

TraderKate

ok

9:20 pm

Atalante

well, better pics :P

9:21 pm

TraderKate

st 8 & 9 most requested done about 1/h hr. ago

9:21 pm

stidgmere

I'm monkey
ing th st 9 and 8 also and could use a clue or two.

9:21 pm

gortmold

yes i know, but if i access the chog archives, my computer freezes

9:22 pm

Nef

2 left; D's demolished!

9:22 pm

TraderKate

st 8 s+ *** cat + short word for poem + vowel

9:22 pm

Jacula

fa6 = fa* (follower of a rock star/famous person) + first 3 letters of the rounded top on St. Paul's catherdral in London, UK. (Designed by Sir Chirsopher Wren)

9:22 pm

Jacula

Or even Christopher.

9:22 pm

Minveryork

fa 6/30 is past tense of what one might have if they do not have air conditioning. st 8/50 is s + *** Cruise plus od 4/5 word gortmold. Don't have st9 word yet.

9:22 pm

TraderKate

the st 9 is the pl. greek, INSERT vowel at end to pl.

9:22 pm

lbdawger

st8/9 first half of tummy + long poem + vowel, that's the 8.

9:23 pm

TraderKate

what min said...

9:23 pm

Jacula

gort - the best way, believe it or not, to access the chog archives is to do it through Internet Explorer. Firefox always has a hissy fit over doing it

9:23 pm

stidgmere

Thank you minver for the st 8

9:23 pm

JBsAnno

Wheee - fireworks!

9:24 pm

Jacula

I'd never play Babble in IE, but if I want to check back on the archives...

9:24 pm

TraderKate

hissy fit?

9:24 pm

gortmold

i use explorer, but my puter is struggling old dottard who just can't cope with any extras

9:24 pm

TraderKate

woo woo jb

9:24 pm

lbdawger

whoooo hooooo JB!!

9:24 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations JBsAnno on fireworks! Good for you!

9:24 pm

Jacula

Kate - it has a tantrum (hissy fit).

9:24 pm

Atalante

english for tantrum

9:24 pm

JBsAnno

Hey, lb!! Hi, Minver! Hey, TKate, I'm back!! (finally)

9:24 pm

Minveryork

I've always used Internet Explorer with no problems.

9:24 pm

TraderKate

dawg came back!

9:25 pm

Minveryork

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

9:25 pm

Jacula

If Herin's correct - the Aussie term for that is 'pissy'.

9:25 pm

lbdawger

it's nice to see you, JB!! yeah, TK, can't get rid of me for too long! lol

9:25 pm

afflamed

english for tantrum: itching for a spanking?

9:25 pm

TraderKate

yes, just didn't realize they happened in cyberspace

9:25 pm

Jacula

Hi lbd.

9:25 pm

lbdawger

Hi Min, i'm doing well, how about yourself?

9:25 pm

JBsAnno

I flip flop between IE and Firefox, and iPod Touch wireless at work. They block Babble site on desktop, but not on wireless, so I can play on breaks.

9:25 pm

stidgmere

What a nice group to help but I'm prying myself from the keyboard and wandering upstairs. Best wishes to all.

9:26 pm

lbdawger

night night, stidgmere

9:26 pm

lbdawger

Hi jac

9:26 pm

afflamed

nite stidge

9:26 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye stidgmere!I will see you tomorrow in the log

9:26 pm

Minveryork

I am well lbdawger.Had a busy day of babysitting kids

9:26 pm

TraderKate

leaving so soon? flip's only 2 1/2 hrs. away...<snicker>

9:26 pm

Jacula

Hope you didn't lose any skin in the prying off, stidgmere. Sleep well.

9:27 pm

JBsAnno

Night, stidmere! I'm heading off to bed, too, Babble gang, hope all finish well! *poof*

9:27 pm

lbdawger

ahhh, school starting up all over the place. YEAH!!!

9:27 pm

TraderKate

gn you 2

9:27 pm

Jacula

Hi and bye JBs.

9:27 pm

lbdawger

night night, JB!!

9:28 pm

lbdawger

my bedtime will be here in about a half hour. been busy trying to find stuff for an application i'm filling out. job closes friday.

9:28 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye JBsAnno! I will see you tomorrow in the chat

9:28 pm

TraderKate

HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN....THE KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL AGAIN...HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN!!!!

9:28 pm

afflamed

deta

9:29 pm

gortmold

thanks trad and min, got my sts and my fireworks, off to do stuff

9:29 pm

TraderKate

what you appling for?

9:29 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations gortmold on fireworks! Good for you

9:29 pm

TraderKate

sts?

9:29 pm

Jacula

Kate - but I used to enjoy my kids being at home and here with their friends...

9:29 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye gortmold! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

9:29 pm

Nef

Finally! Firewords!

9:30 pm

TraderKate

then they became teens?

9:30 pm

Jacula

I never understood the thinking of the mothers who wanted their kids gone.

9:30 pm

lbdawger

office assistant for the dmv.

9:30 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hoooooo NEF!!!

9:30 pm

TraderKate

NEFFIE!!!!! WTG

9:30 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations NEF on your fireworks! Good for you

9:30 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hoooooo GORT!!!

9:30 pm

lbdawger

i need another word for competent

9:30 pm

Jacula

I mean, why have children if you don't enjoy their company?

9:31 pm

TraderKate

sounds good. secure, benefits, leave the job behind at end of day.....

9:31 pm

TraderKate

able?

9:31 pm

Jacula

able

9:31 pm

lbdawger

yup, and it's working for the state so, state bennies!

9:31 pm

Jacula

'well versed in the..... of'

9:32 pm

TraderKate

sometimes even the best parents need a break

9:32 pm

lbdawger

trying to describe my skill level for access and excell. i'm okay, not excellent

9:32 pm

Jacula

Well done NEF.

9:32 pm

TraderKate

art?

9:32 pm

TraderKate

capable?

9:32 pm

TraderKate

CONVERSANT

9:33 pm

Jacula

Good one, Kate.

9:33 pm

dcseain

zoysia

9:33 pm

TraderKate

ty, jac

9:34 pm

shooshoo

competent...plays well wih others

9:34 pm

TraderKate

sounds like food dc

9:34 pm

Minveryork

S's stomped! 2 left

9:34 pm

Minveryork

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

9:34 pm

lbdawger

not according to the shirt i'm wearing...says "doesn't play well with others!" lol

9:34 pm

TraderKate

stomp stomp stomp

9:34 pm

shooshoo

awwmmmmm

9:34 pm

lbdawger

hi shoo

9:35 pm

TraderKate

hey, that's my shirt!

9:35 pm

shooshoo

hi

9:35 pm

Nef

Thanks, everybody. I had wandered off to eat some grapes (from the garden, also). I will put several baskets of grapes in the PB, they are white table grapes that can be used for wine; but we will use them for jelly and juice

9:35 pm

Jacula

What's grass got to do with, dcs? Sung in Tina Turner tones. LOL

9:35 pm

TraderKate

min what next?

9:35 pm

TraderKate

ty nef...you're so kind

9:35 pm

dcseain

they were mowing along the roads on the way home.

9:36 pm

Jacula

*Snaffles Nef's grapes and puts them in her freezer for future use* My vines aren't old enough to fruit yet.

9:36 pm

lbdawger

how's it going, shoo?

9:36 pm

shooshoo

any one who can talk to her sister and keep her from messing up on the computer is very competent and patient to me!!

9:37 pm

shooshoo

got a huge headache tonight...

9:37 pm

Minveryork

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

9:37 pm

Nef

you FREEZE grapes, Jac? I never thought that would wok

9:37 pm

lbdawger

too bad i can't use you for a work reference

9:37 pm

Jacula

It does, Nef.

9:37 pm

TraderKate

don't they explode?

9:37 pm

shooshoo

yeah

9:37 pm

lbdawger

sorry about the headache. stress, heat?

9:37 pm

Nef

(DARN!! That reminds me I'd better freeze the chicken I cooked before our dtr gets home! BRB!)

9:37 pm

Jacula

You can do it with most soft fruits, including blueberries.

9:37 pm

TraderKate

okay if you're makin' jelly i guess

9:37 pm

lbdawger

ooh, frozen grapes are yummy, especially on a hot day

9:38 pm

Atalante

frozen grapes are yummy

9:38 pm

Jacula

Strawberries don't respond that well, end up mushy like tinned ones.

9:38 pm

shooshoo

I freeze grapes that have been left too long in the bowl and they plump up nicely and taste good and cold when frozen

9:38 pm

lbdawger

toss them in a glass of wine, soda or juice, yummy

9:39 pm

dcseain

i lived in a house for a while where grapes left in a basket in the kitchen pass-through became raisins. yummy yummy fresh raisins

9:39 pm

Jacula

I'd better give you lot my fresh fruit salad recipe soon, I guess.

9:39 pm

jmcnrick

mmmm frozen grapes

9:39 pm

TraderKate

frozen grapes are for making ice wine with..any othe r use is unacceptable

9:39 pm

Jacula

ANyone who reads my private blog will a;aready know it.

9:39 pm

TraderKate

good idea dawg

9:39 pm

jmcnrick

well if it is private why would I read it??

9:40 pm

jmcnrick

I liked conversant lbd

9:40 pm

Jacula

Kaye - grape jelly is wonderful, you make it with your favourite wine and then add fruit and cream.

9:40 pm

shooshoo

gotta go lbd....good luck on filling out the app. night night

9:40 pm

jmcnrick

bye shoo

9:40 pm

lbdawger

night night, hope the headache goes away soon. love ya.

9:40 pm

Minveryork

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

9:40 pm

jmcnrick

hi min

9:40 pm

J. C.

What are you doing up at this ungodly hour, Jacula? Shame on you!!! ;)

9:41 pm

Minveryork

Hello J.C.! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

9:41 pm

TraderKate

when i come over the pond, i'm definitely hoping for an invite...<big smiley face>

9:41 pm

jmcnrick

*looking at the J.C. kettle*

9:41 pm

lbdawger

you should talk, JC

9:41 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye shooshoo! I will see you tomorrow in the log

9:41 pm

LuwandaHL

hi everyone - my kids used to love frozen grapes - round popcicles

9:41 pm

Jacula

jmc - some people on here do read my blog, which is why I said that. I had to make it private after a local hospital DJ picke up on something in my blog and had a go at my daughter about it.

9:41 pm

dcseain

she keeps ours much like yours, JC, and always has in the time i've been acquainted with her

9:41 pm

TraderKate

brb

9:41 pm

jmcnrick

DJ?

9:42 pm

lbdawger

hi Luw

9:42 pm

jmcnrick

hi luw

9:42 pm

lbdawger

TK are you still braising those ribs?

9:42 pm

LuwandaHL

quick babble between writing letters back to my students

9:42 pm

Jacula

Hi, J>C> I could ask you the same question! Incidentaly, I read you funny old world article in this week's WW about vacuum cleaners.

9:43 pm

LuwandaHL

braised ribs?----ymu!!!!

9:43 pm

J. C.

9:43 pm

J. C.

Oh yes, Jacula? :P

9:43 pm

Jacula

Kate - you can come here for a meal any time.

9:43 pm

jmcnrick

Jac what is a DJ? (besides a disk jockey)

9:43 pm

J. C.

9:44 pm

J. C.

You might have a good laugh! ;)

9:44 pm

J. C.

And yes, lbdawger - I should talk, which is why I did. ;)

9:44 pm

lbdawger

disgusting jerk, dirty jack***, dimpled juju?

9:44 pm

J. C.

OH, I've added more photos of my pets to the stream at the link in my bio, now . . .

9:44 pm

Atalante

she meant disc jockey I think

9:44 pm

dcseain

i did, and loved the hamsters!

9:44 pm

Jacula

jmc - I was talking about a disc jockey in that instance.

9:45 pm

Jacula

Okay J.C. Will go and look.

9:45 pm

J. C.

9:45 pm

TraderKate

yes dawg, just went to stir them lovingly. they're starting to fall apart now...getting very tender. soon will be time to reduce liquid to wonderful sauce

9:45 pm

jmcnrick

a hospital disc jockey???

9:45 pm

J. C.

I used to keep guinea pigs, as a boy . . .

9:45 pm

J. C.

Hence my 'angels'. :P

9:46 pm

J. C.

Discos in hospitals now? :P

9:46 pm

J. C.

Boogie on down . . .

9:46 pm

lbdawger

lol at poster child, JC

9:46 pm

jmcnrick

trader you are making me hungry and I just came back from a lovely dinner

9:46 pm

Jacula

J>C> surely you remember bieing interviewed by WW? If not, then I know the column is a sham, since they knew you were in Edinburgh and must've looked it up to make the column seem current otherwise.

9:46 pm

J. C.

HAHAHA - recognise him, lbdawger? ;)

9:46 pm

Atalante

yep, on hospital radio

9:47 pm

dcseain

hamsters and guinea pigs are almost indistinguishable to me, but noted :)

9:47 pm

lbdawger

oh yes, JC. striking!

9:47 pm

Nef

Back again. Now Jac, please tell me how you freeze your grapes

9:47 pm

J. C.

Did I say I didn't? :P

9:47 pm

jmcnrick

how odd (to me) -- why on earth would he attack our daughter??

9:47 pm

Jacula

jmc - Hospital Radio - have you never heard of it? This partcular DJ has delusions of granduer.

9:47 pm

TraderKate

jmc how wad your dinner? what did you have?

9:47 pm

dcseain

figures, the wines of NZ tasting is while i'm at work :/

9:48 pm

J. C.

9:48 pm

jmcnrick

I had gazpacho and a lovely blue cheese burger

9:48 pm

lbdawger

shooshoo brought home a guinea pig from elementary school, to take care of it over the summer, we had that rodent for forever! she died when shoo was in High school.

9:48 pm

jmcnrick

never heard of hospital radio -- maybe it's british

9:48 pm

dcseain

mmmm... gazpacho

9:48 pm

TraderKate

yummy on a summer evening, jmc...beverage?

9:48 pm

J. C.

Yes, they can live several years, lbdawger . . .

9:48 pm

dcseain

i'm sure there is, but i still have trouble telling them apart mostly, JC

9:48 pm

jmcnrick

lots of water and a glass of chardonny

9:49 pm

dcseain

like some can't tell seals from sea lions

9:49 pm

J. C.

9:49 pm

Atalante

must be, it's like community radio for the poor people bored in hospital beds

9:49 pm

lbdawger

she was a good rodent, except for screeching everytime the fridge door opened. hard to raid the larder with her around

9:49 pm

dcseain

you mean lots of chardonnay and a glass of water, don't you, jmc?

9:49 pm

J. C.

You should go look at some, some time - you'd see why.

9:49 pm

jmcnrick

it was quite goo gazpacho even though it looked like Campbells Cream of tomato

9:49 pm

TraderKate

ick jmc. member of abc club

9:49 pm

dcseain

i kept rats for years

9:49 pm

jmcnrick

not tonight dc lol I wasn't paying so I showed restraint

9:50 pm

Jacula

Didn't really matter in the end about the DJ, since most of the 'kids' he was addresing and trying to whip up into a frenzy about 'some woman who didn't even know the dead boy' was talking about it on the internet are friends of my kids and so know me. As I've said before, though I did not know the lad in person, I had has best friend breaking his heart here in my house.

9:50 pm

TraderKate

should gaz. be that thick?

9:50 pm

lbdawger

ergh, rats! college roommate had one. it insisted on napping on my bed pillows! YUCK

9:50 pm

J. C.

Oh, probably because she expected treats, lbdawger. I had one that used to start squealing excitedly at that, because one of us would usually bring out some vegetables, and cut up treats for them . . . they are quite intelligent little creatures, and figure these things out.

9:50 pm

dcseain

how awful, jac :(

9:51 pm

jmcnrick

are you asking trader? no i am not

9:51 pm

TraderKate

dawg! don't you like disease bearing flea- ridden rodents?

9:51 pm

dcseain

i kept my caged but for supervised play time. all the better to taunt the cats with :)

9:51 pm

jmcnrick

I have seen gazpacho a number of different ways including with chunks of bread in it

9:52 pm

lbdawger

TK, NO!!!

9:52 pm

jmcnrick

sad story jac

9:52 pm

Jacula

Guinea pigs LOVE fresh melon and you'll never hear them squeal more excitedly than when they smell that coming.

9:52 pm

TraderKate

only had it once. it was more of a thin broth with the veg. bits in it

9:52 pm

dcseain

gazpacho varies by family/region/ingredients in terms of flavor, texture, and piquancy

9:52 pm

lbdawger

love gazpacho, so easy to make. the one with bread in it is a take on putanesca (sp)

9:53 pm

jmcnrick

most pet rats are small and cute -- but I still don't like them

9:53 pm

J. C.

Oh yes, Jacula . . .

9:53 pm

dcseain

in spain, i learned that gazpacho should be thin enough to drink from a glass. Mexican is thicker and chunkier.

9:53 pm

lbdawger

roomy's rat was clean, i just didn't and still don't think of rats as pets.

9:53 pm

jmcnrick

it is my favorite summer dish except for a vegetable supper -- a southern tradition

9:53 pm

TraderKate

does your g. pig make that funny chirpy purr?

9:53 pm

Jacula

They often look diappointed when apple arrives, don't they J..?

9:54 pm

jmcnrick

I used to gazpacho bloody marys

9:54 pm

J. C.

Mine used to, yes Kate - they all do.

9:54 pm

Atalante

and groundsel. my guinea pig adored groundsel

9:54 pm

TraderKate

thank you for gaz. clarity, dc...

9:54 pm

lbdawger

my "broth" is like a virgin bloody mary. very spicy, then add all the chunks of veggies.

9:54 pm

Nef

lbd,did you know that rats have very poor bladder control?

9:54 pm

dcseain

grondsel?

9:54 pm

Jacula

G/pigs have a whole language, Kate. You learn to interpert it all when you've had them around for mas many years as I have.

9:54 pm

dcseain

groundsel?

9:55 pm

lbdawger

yuck, NEF!! i'm so glad college years and memories are so far in the past!!!

9:55 pm

jmcnrick

my home gazpacho is made with chunks of my homegrown organic tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers and basil, parsley and balsamic vinegar and olive oil

9:55 pm

Nef

I thought that would really help! ;-)

9:55 pm

Jacula

Ata - I've never tried giving them that. It''s the one weed tha t hasn't appeared in my present garden.

9:55 pm

Atalante

um, it's this yellow flowered weed thing!

9:56 pm

TraderKate

only knew one g. pig in passing many yuears ago. they do seem nice

9:56 pm

Atalante

my guinea used to literally climb the walls of her hutch to get to groundsel

9:56 pm

Jacula

ANyone know if 'bitter vress' is okay for g/pigs? Got lots of that at the moment.

9:56 pm

Nef

what IS groundsel?

9:56 pm

lbdawger

google images makes groundsel look like dandylions

9:56 pm

dcseain

i use tomato, cucumber, garlic, basil, olive oil, and a splash of sherry vinaigre

9:56 pm

TraderKate

yummy dc

9:56 pm

jmcnrick

it turns out having a liquidy base with very small chunks of goodness

9:57 pm

jmcnrick

*smack* how could I have forgotten the garlic

9:57 pm

lbdawger

i toss in zuccini along with all you listed, dc

9:57 pm

TraderKate

brb

9:57 pm

jmcnrick

well I need to go pack all the zucchini I grated for the freezer

9:57 pm

Nef

lbd, that's what I was wondering: is groundsel the same as dandylions?

9:57 pm

lbdawger

must go, early morning again. see you all tomorrow!

9:58 pm

jmcnrick

I don't like zuke in my gaspacho

9:58 pm

Jacula

Nef - a form of stonecrop. I would give you a pic to refer to butthe pics on the net could be confused with ragowrt, which is very poisonous/

9:58 pm

jmcnrick

bye lbd

9:58 pm

lbdawger

Nef, that's what the pictures look like, at least for the US variety.

9:58 pm

dcseain

what is stonecrop?

9:58 pm

dcseain

i shall have to do some googling :)

9:58 pm

jmcnrick

bye all see you later! *waves*

9:58 pm

Jacula

'Bye lbd.

9:58 pm

lbdawger

night night everyone! *poof*

9:58 pm

Nef

I noticed that, lbd. That's why I asked in the first place.

9:59 pm

TraderKate

nite dawg

9:59 pm

dcseain

g'night dawg

9:59 pm

Nef

Nite, lbd!

9:59 pm

TraderKate

bye jmc

10:00 pm

TraderKate

stonecrop is a type of sedum

10:00 pm

Atalante

not the same as dandelions, the flowers are much smaller and they have several flowers per stem. but the same basic idea, yep

10:01 pm

Jacula

J.C, - just got the pic you e-mailed, Is that you?

10:02 pm

TraderKate

jac isn't it 4 or 5 a.m. there?

10:02 pm

Atalante

4am ish

10:02 pm

Jacula

Nothing like dandelions realy are they, Ata? Can you find some on your next walk to photograph correctlyu?

10:02 pm

Jacula

4.02am

10:02 pm

Nef

Kate, I don't think Jac sleeps; she's here late most evenings

10:03 pm

TraderKate

ouch! are you all bonkers?

10:03 pm

TraderKate

or insomniacs?

10:03 pm

Atalante

I *think* I might have a pic, let me look

10:03 pm

Jacula

Kate - you're quite right - Myself, Ata and J.C. are all vampires. So watch out!

10:03 pm

TraderKate

jac seems to be going 24/7

10:04 pm

Atalante

here: http://tinyurl.com/kvedja

10:04 pm

Jacula

No Kate - I'm not there in the daylight hours (heh, heh) Check the archives.

10:05 pm

TraderKate

i had to scramble for my coffin this morning. the rays of ra were creeping steadily toward me, trying to obliterate me

10:05 pm

dcseain

yes, no jacula mid-morning through aternoons, EST

10:06 pm

Jacula

Ata - great pic. That's the one. Well done.

10:06 pm

TraderKate

that's why i haven't seen you much...just missing you i guess

10:06 pm

Nef

however, although Jacula isn't here, jacq IS! Maybe that's why you are confused, Kate

10:07 pm

Jacula

No Nef - jacq isn't the same person as me.

10:07 pm

dcseain

oh, that stuff grows in the West, but i've never seen it here in the East. We wondered at it in Oregon last summer, we'd never sen it

10:07 pm

TraderKate

actually, sometimes confuse jai and jac...difficult when no face to match to name. and icons keep changing

10:08 pm

Nef

oh, Jac, I know that; but she was here today and so was Kate. I thought maybe that was why Kate thought you were here 24/7

10:08 pm

Jacula

If you check back long enough in the archives you will see us there together. I know she often sounds and reads like me, but it isn't me. She's from Scotland.

10:08 pm

Jacula

Well my face in on my icon right now (on the left).

10:08 pm

Atalante

she's not as - opinionated - as our dear Jac :P

10:09 pm

TraderKate

see you with who jac?

10:09 pm

TraderKate

ata

10:09 pm

TraderKate

10:09 pm

Jacula

Ata - I'm the Queen of Non-PC.

10:09 pm

Atalante

*grin*

10:09 pm

TraderKate

i'm soooooooooooo confused...

10:09 pm

Nef

Jac and jacq

10:10 pm

TraderKate

love non-pc

10:10 pm

TraderKate

ok thanks nef....

10:10 pm

TraderKate

I NEED A SCORECARD TO IDENTIFY PLAYERS

10:13 pm

TraderKate

must get out tweezers and finish husking corn...slightly o/c...must remove all cornsilk....back soon

10:14 pm

Jacula

*grins back at Ata. Rule Birttania, and rule all our anestors fought for - a country where we could be free to say wht we want, be friends with whomever we choose - whatever colour, creed or religion any of us might be. And let us also be free to have fruit falling on our heads from the trees above, to fall into a canal or a hole without some bloke in Whitehall giviing us guidelines. Do you know that Wirral Council are now running s scheme to teach people how to catch a bus, work out which bus to get to go where and then awarding them a certificate for the achievement. And, no, this scheme is not for the mentally disabled or those with poor english but for teenagers in the main.

10:14 pm

Atalante

oh my ...

10:15 pm

Jacula

Big sigh, Ata?

10:15 pm

TraderKate

<chokes on gin & gatorade> * almost spits it out*!!!

10:16 pm

Atalante

big big sigh

10:17 pm

TraderKate

gotta love the government. they all come up with some pretty hare-brained schemes....here too

10:17 pm

Jacula

*Joins Ata in big sigh* Sorry if an unexpected tornado blasts any of you 'over The Pond'.

10:18 pm

TraderKate

we had 5 confirmed here last week during big heat...extremely unusual...not exactly tornado alley here

10:19 pm

o-o

So eloquent, except freedom of speech does not govern a private site like this one ... Dr_God is the arbiter here.

10:19 pm

Jacula

Kate - don't love the Government, 'cos it's OUR money they're spending on these hair-brained things.

10:19 pm

TraderKate

2 just north of here 1/2 way between crosshair and me

10:19 pm

TraderKate

BRvb's back!

10:20 pm

Jacula

Hi BR. But Dr_God isn't a dictator unless forced to be.

10:20 pm

o-o

Did not say he was

10:20 pm

TraderKate

they do like to spend the cash don't they?

10:21 pm

Jacula

No, I suppose you didn't, BR. But he is the arbiter in the end.

10:21 pm

TraderKate

has he actually had to bar anyone?

10:21 pm

Atalante

all the time

10:22 pm

Nef

he's booted some trolls in the past

10:22 pm

Jacula

I suppose that what I was trying to say, BR, is that he's set this site up ut isn't watching it 24/7 and so he can only go on what he's told when it comes to zapping.

10:22 pm

afflamed

which link is the dictionary?

10:22 pm

TraderKate

really...have to mind my p's and q's then

10:22 pm

Nef

Enable, aff

10:22 pm

TraderKate

i use bing , first listing is good

10:23 pm

o-o

Dr_God was here quite awhile today

10:23 pm

afflamed

kk ty

10:23 pm

TraderKate

really? why?

10:23 pm

Jacula

Enable is the dictionary, but you can also try Atz and MoreWords.

10:23 pm

Jacula

Was he, BR?

10:24 pm

o-o

Both in his Overlord and player outfits

10:24 pm

TraderKate

overlord required?

10:24 pm

Nef

BTW, aff, the little ? before the words you've found takes you to a definition of that word; but the dictionary isn't Enable.

10:24 pm

TraderKate

trolls around?

10:25 pm

Jacula

Actually, considering it's bee the school hols for the past month, we have vey little trol avctivity as far as I've seen.

10:25 pm

dcseain

sigh, more trollin, i suppose

10:25 pm

dcseain

good point, jacula

10:25 pm

TraderKate

heard troll was here the other day . didn't see though

10:25 pm

Jacula

Nomrally, when it's school hols the little buggerd are there after a week into the hols.

10:26 pm

TraderKate

bored i guess?

10:26 pm

TraderKate

they need to be put to work

10:26 pm

Minveryork

M's mashed! 1 left

10:26 pm

o-o

I have my own surmise, but speculation has little purpose

10:27 pm

Jacula

But you do realis that now we have mentioned the word troll, that one sad individual who haas been searching for that word on the net is probabluy going to invade us now with gobbledygook or lots of carraige returns with nothing in them?

10:27 pm

TraderKate

was on one other site few years back...troll ended up shutting us down...nasty person but just barely under the wire for being barred...would have just signed up ande done it again with snother name

10:28 pm

TraderKate

go MIN

10:29 pm

Nef

You know who I haven't seen in a very long while? Yoink. Does he ever play anymore? I knew him from another game and he and another player told me about this game. I don't think I've seen him in over 2 years....

10:29 pm

TraderKate

does garlic work on trolls?

10:29 pm

dcseain

no, but it tastes good

10:29 pm

o-o

Dr_God does wonders with trolls

10:29 pm

TraderKate

brb

10:31 pm

Atalante

he does

10:31 pm

Jacula

Trolls are also always '12 or 13 years old'.

10:31 pm

Atalante

havent seen yoink for ages

10:32 pm

Nef

Hugs was the other player from the other game. I haven't seen her in a while either....

10:35 pm

Jacula

Having said all that, we had a resident troll on one site I was on. We all knew it was actually twin brothers. One would intereact and be fine and the other could be a real sh*t and very insulting. I learned when each brother might be around and I actively engaged with the bad one and made him talk 'properly'. Anyway, all that aside, when the site as it was close down and a book was to be written and we were asked what should be included and which characters and I said the 'troll' should be, since he was part of the dynamic of the sie, I was shot down in flames by all but about 5 of the 6,000+ members (but only about 400 regulars who all actually knew what was going on there each day).

10:35 pm

JenMO16

and fireworks will do it for me!

10:35 pm

Jacula

Well done, Jen.

10:36 pm

dcseain

congrats, jenmo

10:36 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations JenMO16 on fireworks! Good for you

10:36 pm

o-o

congrats, Jen

10:36 pm

Minveryork

I am done! I have fireworks! fa6/33 was my last word

10:36 pm

torgone

Heyas kids ..

10:36 pm

Jacula

I even did a video parodying our 'Scottish' troll.

10:36 pm

JenMO16

good job min

10:36 pm

Atalante

a book about a website?

10:36 pm

o-o

congrats, Minveryork

10:37 pm

JenMO16

hey torgone

10:37 pm

Nef

YAY, Jen and Min! WTG you 2!!!!

10:37 pm

o-o

Howdy, tor

10:37 pm

Jacula

At least one of 'the twins' loved it. Though I got two e-mails thanking me for doing it.

10:37 pm

JenMO16

well got to have my hair done at 8 in the morning, better head off to bed!

10:37 pm

Nef

Wow, Jac. What website was that?

10:37 pm

torgone

One stinkin' word left ..

10:38 pm

Jacula

Ata - Oh yes! Mind what you say on here - it may all be in a book some day.

10:38 pm

o-o

be well, Jen

10:38 pm

Nef

which one, tor?

10:38 pm

Pinikula

hi all...(better late than never)

10:38 pm

Nef

Hi Pini!

10:38 pm

torgone

The Book of Babble?

10:38 pm

Pinikula

hiya nef ;)

10:38 pm

o-o

Good evening, Nonna

10:38 pm

torgone

do5/15

10:38 pm

dcseain

hi, pini and torg

10:38 pm

Jacula

Not written by me, though I confess to being a writer, but I don't write about my friends. But it will come.

10:38 pm

Pinikula

hey BR! :)

10:39 pm

torgone

do5/14 rather ..

10:40 pm

Nef

tor, think La Vita Do***; but change the last vowel

10:40 pm

dcseain

leit mo5

10:41 pm

Nef

(I was looking and looking for the do 5/15 and couldn't find it!)

10:41 pm

Minveryork

do 5/14 word is Italian sweets torgone & hello there!

10:41 pm

Atalante

interesting! I will look out for that

10:42 pm

torgone

Nef is my hero!

10:42 pm

torgone

Thanks!

10:42 pm

Pinikula

<-- still stumped

10:42 pm

o-o

congrats, tor

10:42 pm

Nef

10:42 pm

dcseain

congrats, tor

10:43 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations torgone on fireworks! Hooray for U!

10:43 pm

Jacula

Maybe I should write about my friends,b but I don't since the time I poured my heart out to a so-called friend and then read a short story she won a writing competition with which was almost word for word what I'd said to her (in confidence). I don't think you should profit from your friends in that kind of circumstance or without asking them first.

10:43 pm

dcseain

fo4 bear

10:43 pm

Atalante

urf no!

10:43 pm

dcseain

indeed not, jac

10:43 pm

Nef

WTG, tor! YAY!!!

10:44 pm

torgone

Thanx guys

10:45 pm

TraderKate

helluva friend, jac...

10:45 pm

TraderKate

tor, congrats

10:45 pm

Jacula

I'd better wander off now - school unifrom buying to do,got to meet my Mum at the bustop etc. If we don't meet her, she'll broadcast around the village that we weren't up and awake for the 12.45 bus.

10:46 pm

TraderKate

gotta luv mum

10:46 pm

Jacula

Have I, Kate? S'pose so.

10:47 pm

torgone

Heh .. Niters Jacs

10:47 pm

Atalante

night Jac!

10:47 pm

Jacula

'Night all. xx

10:47 pm

TraderKate

not really, but like BR's profile says today....society decrees...then guilt arises

10:47 pm

o-o

be well, Jacula

10:47 pm

TraderKate

gn jac

10:48 pm

Nef

Well, I'm doing more freezing of food, so I'm off for the night too.

10:48 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Jacula! I will see you tomorrow in the chat!

10:48 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Nef! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log!

10:48 pm

Nef

Good night all; and good luck to those still working on the grid!

10:48 pm

TraderKate

anyone seen stidmamma today?

10:49 pm

o-o

be well, Nef

10:49 pm

Pinikula

* up for air * congrats to winners! night to those leaving!

10:49 pm

Pinikula

* diving back in *

10:49 pm

TraderKate

gn nef

10:49 pm

TraderKate

hi pini

10:50 pm

Pinikula

hi TK

10:50 pm

TraderKate

just visiting?

10:50 pm

Pinikula

looking for 17 more words before flip! :)

10:51 pm

TraderKate

oh.....not keeping up again

10:51 pm

o-o

You be cruisin, Pini vroommmmm

10:51 pm

Pinikula

hey, I still have 9 minutes to tie with yesterday's finish!

10:51 pm

Pinikula

* giggle *

10:51 pm

TraderKate

go pini!

10:52 pm

TraderKate

brb

10:52 pm

Pinikula

13 now :)

10:52 pm

Atalante

an hour and 8 mins!

10:52 pm

Pinikula

I'm trying to knock out the 4 and 5, then I'll break down and check on those biggies!

10:52 pm

Pinikula

true, ata...but I finished yesterday with an hour to spare! (the first time in quite some time)

10:56 pm

Pinikula

down to 10

10:57 pm

TraderKate

pini's countdown is on

10:57 pm

Pinikula

I'm going to be looking for a few clues here shortly!

10:58 pm

Minveryork

Pinikula, I usually stay for you FW's, but I've been up since 7:00 A.M.Had a busy day of babysitting and am exhausted! Good luck finishing the grid.I hope there are cluers here for ya. Goodbye to my fellow babblers

10:58 pm

Pinikula

like ca7?

10:58 pm

Minveryork

A ca 7/32 word is plural of the ca 6/21 word Pinikula.

10:58 pm

Pinikula

oh, gosh, min...no worries!!! Take care of yourself and sleep well!

10:59 pm

Pinikula

thx min :)

10:59 pm

TraderKate

BR's lurking...

10:59 pm

Pinikula

Br's da man!

10:59 pm

Pinikula

fa5/16?

11:00 pm

Pinikula

7

11:00 pm

Minveryork

fa5/16 is start of tinkerbell plus **t King Cole Pinikula

11:00 pm

Pinikula

thx min! :)

11:00 pm

Pinikula

6

11:01 pm

Pinikula

and the 6 following? is it the pl of the 5?

11:01 pm

Minveryork

fa 6/33 is Met*** (babbler) plus Wild King*** (tv show).

11:01 pm

TraderKate

no

11:02 pm

Pinikula

danke!!! 5

11:02 pm

Pinikula

so cloooooose!

11:02 pm

Pinikula

do 5/14 and do 5/16?

11:04 pm

Minveryork

do 5/14 is Italian sweet. do 5/16 is do plus Japanese coin Pinikula. (knew I couldn't resist giving you clues)

11:04 pm

TraderKate

sr. member of group do 5/ 16

11:05 pm

Pinikula

leader?

11:05 pm

TraderKate

gone braising again

11:05 pm

stidmama

hello all, wandering in at the last moment to start. How is this one?

11:05 pm

Pinikula

hiya stid!

11:05 pm

Pinikula

I'm down to 5!!!

11:05 pm

afflamed

HARD

11:05 pm

Pinikula

got the japanese clue...working on the sweet

11:05 pm

stidmama

go pini go!

11:05 pm

stidmama

thanks for hte mi 4

11:06 pm

Pinikula

4 now

11:06 pm

Minveryork

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

11:07 pm

Pinikula

st9 and st8?

11:07 pm

Pinikula

are they compounds or fishes or ???

11:08 pm

Minveryork

st 8/50 is s plus *** Cruise plus od4/5 and st 9 adds a vowel near the end of that word Pinikula.

11:08 pm

Minveryork

Definitely not compunds and definitely not fishes Pini

11:08 pm

Pinikula

yikes! what a word!!!!

11:08 pm

afflamed

i read the clues for fa 5 but im so stuck for that and fa 6

11:09 pm

Minveryork

do 5/14 uses five letters of word that means readily trained or taught; teachable Pinikula.

11:09 pm

stidmama

oooh. got the 8/9 tricky

11:09 pm

afflamed

facli

11:09 pm

Pinikula

(working on the st9)

11:10 pm

Minveryork

fa5 word is the series of final passes performed by a matador preparatory to killing a bull in a bullfight.Put definition in reverse dictionary afflamed

11:10 pm

afflamed

ok ty

11:10 pm

stidmama

is the C in the lower right corner fishy?

11:11 pm

Minveryork

fa 6/33 is Met*** (babbler) plus Wild King*** (tv show).

11:11 pm

stidmama

"izod" ought to count, methinks

11:11 pm

Pinikula

got it!

11:11 pm

stidmama

thanks for the fa 6

11:11 pm

stidmama

YAY pini?

11:11 pm

Pinikula

me thinks, too, stid

11:11 pm

Minveryork

Stidmama, could be fishy for you. It's a 4 letter word.

11:11 pm

Pinikula

2 to finish

11:12 pm

afflamed

babbler like a person that plays here?

11:12 pm

stidmama

go pini go!

11:12 pm

stidmama

thanks min *thinking*

11:12 pm

torgone

Go go Pini!

11:12 pm

Minveryork

Go Pinikula go!

11:13 pm

stidmama

yep, fishy for me. thanks min

11:13 pm

stidmama

one more for NBT. at halfway now.

11:13 pm

Minveryork

yw

11:13 pm

Pinikula

hmmm...still working on the do5/14 (last word will be te6/18)

11:13 pm

Pinikula

at the rate I'm going stid...you still might beat me!

11:13 pm

stidmama

is the O beween the S and M peculiar?

11:13 pm

Pinikula

I'm trying to hurry, min!!!!

11:13 pm

Minveryork

te 6/18 is a person who rents an apartment Pinikula.

11:14 pm

torgone

oo4/11 stid

11:14 pm

Pinikula

what a fish that was, min! THANKS! now I can concentrate on the activity/sweet word! * concentrating concentrating concentra... *

11:14 pm

Minveryork

do 5/14: kids play with do*ls + New York **ty Pinikula

11:15 pm

stidmama

thanks tor. *thinking*

11:15 pm

harpjane

HELLO I ACCIDENTALLY HAD SUGAR AND CAFFEINE TONIGHT! WHOO HOO LET'S HOPE THE NEXT GRID IS A BIGGIE!

11:15 pm

stidmama

O is grey, down to 36 andlisting.

11:15 pm

Pinikula

GOT IT!!!!!!!

11:15 pm

abetterjulie

ack. one word missing..any help for the fa6, 33?

11:15 pm

stidmama

WOO HOO! party at harp's house! LOL

11:15 pm

Pinikula

THANKS MIN!!!! that's FIREWORDS for me!!!!

11:15 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Pinikula on fireworks!Hooray for you

11:15 pm

stidmama

YAY pini!!!!!

11:15 pm

Minveryork

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

11:15 pm

TraderKate

goody pni

11:15 pm

Minveryork

Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow

11:16 pm

Pinikula

fa6/33 = cool off with a fa* + thy king*** come

11:16 pm

stidmama

Cs conquered. 29

11:16 pm

harpjane

hi minver, i'm a little hyper but that's ok, 68 to go

11:16 pm

TraderKate

stiddie came back! *< big cock-eyed grin>*

11:16 pm

abetterjulie

ah, relief and fireworks!! TY Pini!!

11:16 pm

Pinikula

yw julie!

11:17 pm

stidmama

YAY julie!

11:17 pm

stidmama

LOL Kate! usually...

11:17 pm

stidmama

but I am NOT addicated *stomps tootsies to emphasize point*

11:17 pm

Pinikula

(btw: great name) * wink *

11:17 pm

TraderKate

just can't resist us can you?

11:18 pm

Pinikula

that'll be the day, stid! LOL

11:18 pm

stidmama

is the DO 5 fishy? my last D

11:19 pm

TraderKate

Does anyone know if there's a BABBLER'S ANONYMOUS?

11:19 pm

Pinikula

Yeah, the meeting is a constant session right here in Babbleland!!!

11:19 pm

stidmama

LOL yes, Kate, there is... *points below grid to links*

11:19 pm

Pinikula

which one, stid...there are 3

11:19 pm

TraderKate

do 5 / 16 ?

11:19 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams Min

11:20 pm

stidmama

the last one pini. do 5 right after the bigdisaster word

11:20 pm

TraderKate

gone looking, even though thinks leg is being pulled...

11:20 pm

Pinikula

do + japanese currency

11:20 pm

stidmama

thanks pini. ds done

11:20 pm

stidmama

how about first FA 5?

11:21 pm

stidmama

NVM, babblet...

11:21 pm

Pinikula

;)

11:21 pm

TraderKate

ah, she sighed...been there, done that, got the t-shirt?

11:21 pm

stidmama

that fo 4/14 is weird

11:22 pm

TraderKate

brb

11:22 pm

Pinikula

yep!

11:23 pm

stidmama

LOL Kate!

11:23 pm

stidmama

down to 6

11:24 pm

Pinikula

git'r dun, girl!

11:24 pm

harpjane

46 here

11:24 pm

stidmama

firewords. hardly worth logging in some days *wicked mama grin*

11:24 pm

harpjane

io6? for nbt

11:24 pm

Pinikula

u 2, girl!

11:24 pm

harpjane

nm

11:24 pm

stidmama

io + what you go on before you're married

11:24 pm

Pinikula

io + calendar reference

11:25 pm

stidmama

go harpjane go!

11:25 pm

Pinikula

STID!!!! You'd better log in regardless!!!!

11:25 pm

stidmama

rofl. pini, you're a silly-billy! *grin*

11:26 pm

Pinikula

* giggle *

11:26 pm

stidmama

so it looks like the kid who would enjoy visiting your college, pini, can't go with us because of band obligations. So we might give it a miss this time. I'll be in Portland on Sunday, but not sure how long we'll take. I HATE having to change my plans. Was all set for Canada and then that fell through. *sad mama look*

11:27 pm

stidmama

and right now, I just want to stay home anyway and put things to rights while I have strong arms and backs to help me.

11:27 pm

stidmama

I'll grab a pic of the office as it looks today (not nearly as nice as yesterday...)

11:27 pm

Pinikula

Well, I'll be here when you want to come down this far, Stid!!! (I'll also let you know when I'm up your way again, too!)

11:28 pm

stidmama

thanks. I know that all these classes and things will pay off (eventually) but right now I really resent having NO summer two summers in a row!

11:28 pm

stidmama

brb

11:29 pm

Pinikula

I sorta know what you mean...and it too shall pass! :)

11:29 pm

TraderKate

wicked, wicked mama! some of us slaved over a hot pc for hours to complete this....* feels stupid and sorry for self * <kicks clod of dirt in lone desolation>

11:29 pm

Pinikula

awwww, TK...

11:29 pm

abetterjulie

silly question perhaps...is the ezboard username and password the same as my babble one?

11:29 pm

Pinikula

...she's a Babble Master! I just hope I can finish before she does at least a few times!!! LOL

11:30 pm

DR1965

hi babble buddies

11:30 pm

Pinikula

hey DR

11:30 pm

Pinikula

ezboard?

11:30 pm

DR1965

Hi Pini- the icon is still adorable

11:30 pm

abetterjulie

For the Babblers Anonymous

11:31 pm

Pinikula

not sure...never looked there...hold on...

11:31 pm

TraderKate

you are all masters of Babble...I am merely its slave!!!

11:31 pm

DR1965

TK_ we were all slaves once

11:31 pm

DR1965

brb- jake going to bed

11:32 pm

TraderKate

didn't realize i was sooooo masochistic

11:33 pm

TraderKate

stiddie - you didn't miss anything this year...summer was apparently cancelled for the most part

11:33 pm

Pinikula

julie...where are you seeing "ezboard" on that page?

11:33 pm

Jacula

Sunnflower, formarely 'Ferrari' I think, is the one you need to aspire to beat now. Sprite is second, through ill health.

11:33 pm

stidmama

*wanders back in and hugs Kate before wandering off again*

11:33 pm

Pinikula

Oh, there are many, jac...that I aspire to try and match!!!

11:34 pm

abetterjulie

It said to sign in using my ezboard username and psword. That's okay, don't worry about it. I would prob just lurk anyway. *grin*

11:34 pm

Jacula

ezboard is the Babblers' Anonymous board.

11:35 pm

Pinikula

This is the only reference I see on the page: You have been upgraded to Yuku. Please login with your ezboard username and ezboard password. (not sure what it means tho)

11:35 pm

Jacula

That's the firm that took the BabAnon board over a while ago.

11:35 pm

Pinikula

Jac...is it something I/we should know about?

11:35 pm

jillibus

Hello gang

11:35 pm

Jacula

No, just log in as you did in the first place.

11:36 pm

Pinikula

hi jilli

11:36 pm

Jacula

Hi jilli.

11:36 pm

jillibus

TK -- where stid and I are the summer weather has been wonderful but with almost no rain for the plants

11:37 pm

Pinikula

hmmm...will try it another time maybe

11:37 pm

Jacula

Teddy Kenndedy died then, jilli.

11:37 pm

Pinikula

same here, jilli...

11:37 pm

jillibus

Jac, I was the first one to tell the chat that last night -- had the news on.

11:38 pm

TraderKate

thanks, jil. thought most of n. america was cool this year. you are in the same town?

11:38 pm

Jacula

Chappaquiddick.

11:38 pm

abetterjulie

Yes, Jilli...you beat Twitter last night. :)

11:38 pm

TraderKate

thanks for hug, stiddie. was feeling rather dejected

11:38 pm

Pinikula

TK...whereabouts in the US are you? or are you?

11:39 pm

TraderKate

funny, funny stiddie

11:39 pm

jillibus

no, TK -- stid is in Olympia, WA, I'm in Salt Pring Island, BC -- much the same weather.

11:39 pm

TraderKate

i'm in the GREAT WHITE NORTH. where we all live in igloos and haver polar bears for pets

11:39 pm

Pinikula

<-- 4 hours south of stid! :)

11:40 pm

Jacula

I know, jilli - I saw you report that when I checked the archives.

11:40 pm

Pinikula

I used to live up there, TK...could almost see Russia if I were that close to the coast! ROFL

11:40 pm

TraderKate

can't keep you all straight geographically yet. i'm working on it

11:40 pm

stidmama

Jill -- I NEVER post my location. Or the names of my kids, for that matter...

11:40 pm

jillibus

I believe TK is in the Centre of the Universe, aka Toronto, ON

11:40 pm

jillibus

sorry, stid

11:41 pm

Jacula

stid - but you Do, to those that know you.

11:41 pm

stidmama

Fortunately, I do not actually live in Olympia, just attend school there. No harm, no foul.

11:42 pm

jillibus

TK -- do you click on the icons? Lots of info there.

11:42 pm

TraderKate

didn't mean to open can of worms.

11:42 pm

stidmama

only in private communications, Jac -- never in open forums.

11:42 pm

Jacula

Sometimes, we think we;re aying nothing, but when you put all the net stuff together, we've said far more than we think we have. Just an abservation taken from my own experience.

11:43 pm

TraderKate

yes i look at icons, but can't refer to them constantly. will get it all eventuallly

11:43 pm

stidmama

it's okay Kate -- some people are more comfortable disseminating locational information. I would be more likely to be comfortable if I hadn't worked in a field where releasing personally identifying information can be dangerous (don't work there any more)

11:43 pm

Jacula

Sorry for typing errors but i's 5.43 am here.

11:43 pm

Pinikula

I've considered building a spreadsheet to keep track myself, TK!!!

11:44 pm

jillibus

I was amazed that I got an email from someone in England who had, via Google, found me from a remark I made in the chat about a school I went to. Luckioly he was a great guy and a big help to me in a techie way.

11:44 pm

TraderKate

Toronto is NOT center of universe. the CBC did a show last year csalled "Everyone hates Toronto" very good.

11:44 pm

stidmama

I know where people are in general -- states, countries... but we're such a BIG group of people here that my only question usually is "what day is it where you are?" LOL

11:44 pm

TraderKate

pinin, pass one on to me.

11:45 pm

Pinikula

no kidding, stid!!!

11:45 pm

afflamed

its not difficult to click on peeps pics and KNOW where they are - the net is not a secure place ever.

11:45 pm

stidmama

really? EVeryone hates Toronto??? *curious mama look* for why? I thought Walla Walla was the armpit of the universe!

11:45 pm

Pinikula

pinini, eh? there's a new one! * giggle *

11:45 pm

stidmama

brb grumpy dog time

11:46 pm

Pinikula

speaking of...Koda break and jammie time! (back for flip)

11:47 pm

DR1965

ok I am back

11:48 pm

jillibus

When we lived in Toronto 1948-54 it was an overgrown village -- no such thing as an apartment building. So its an upstart compared to Montreal which has a long history.

11:48 pm

Jacula

it is possible to click on pic propeerties to see more than the shower meant to show.

11:48 pm

Jacula

Words of warning.

11:49 pm

jillibus

brb

11:49 pm

TraderKate

there is a perception that people from toronto think canada revolves around them. (cdn financial center). kinda like new yorkers might be viewed in states. everyone loves to hate toronto. well almost everyone...

11:49 pm

stidmama

DR! did hubby recover?

11:49 pm

jaianniah

Hi, y'all

11:49 pm

DR1965

yes Stid- thanks for asking... he is finally no longer coughing up a lung

11:49 pm

stidmama

hey jai!

11:50 pm

jaianniah

Hey, Stid {{{{{hugs}}}}}}

11:50 pm

TraderKate

JAI !!!

11:50 pm

DR1965

Hi Jai

11:50 pm

Jacula

Well Other Half is up now and is p*ed off with me for still being up when I have to take his daughter schoool uniform shopping later.

11:50 pm

TraderKate

thanks for hug stiddie

11:51 pm

Jacula

Did he think I was a saint?

11:51 pm

jaianniah

TKate{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}

11:51 pm

TraderKate

a saintly vampire???

11:51 pm

stidmama

glad to hear, DR.

11:51 pm

DR1965

thank you

11:51 pm

stidmama

oh oh, Jac! (but why does he not take said offspring hisself?)

11:52 pm

TraderKate

< hugs jai back> still workin' on the vibes...

11:52 pm

Jacula

Did he not realise how f*cking p*ssed off I am with her real Mum for still being with that pervert? How can she share a room with him, let alone a life?

11:52 pm

jaianniah

TKate.hen are you going Pro?

11:52 pm

Atalante

I'm staying up to see the flip, then I must walk the mutt before the predicted thunderstorms arrive

11:52 pm

Jacula

stid - he's working and he's given me Â£200 cash to take her to get uniform.

11:52 pm

stidmama

hello Atalante!

11:53 pm

afflamed

17 left - oh well next time lol

11:53 pm

jillibus

hi ata :)

11:53 pm

DR1965

my house is quiet.. hubby and kid are both in bed as is thedog

11:53 pm

stidmama

I am going to depart a little early today. I just realized that in searching for something this morning I COMPLETELY submerged my bed in boxes *sigh* I really must get a handle on this...

11:53 pm

DR1965

oh Stid. :(

11:53 pm

jaianniah

My house is quiet, too {{{{favorite time of day}}}}}

11:54 pm

stidmama

ah. I know he works hard, Jac. Just seems you have a lot to do some days.

11:54 pm

DR1965

me too jai

11:54 pm

Jacula

ta - you've had no sleep. I hope the mutt knows the way to walk.xx

11:54 pm

stidmama

LOL DR! it'll be okay. someday. *stage whisper* (anyone got a match?)

11:54 pm

Atalante

hopefully :P

11:55 pm

jillibus

hear that, everyone? School uniforms in the UK. No fashion competition.

11:55 pm

DR1965

just put it all in the closet

11:55 pm

jaianniah

I have TNT, need a match.....also

11:55 pm

stidmama

well... *dragging feet* see you-all tomorrow. *giggling at Jill thinking no uniform=no competition* jill, you're a silly!

11:55 pm

DR1965

my son wore school unifroms for 4 years Jilli

11:55 pm

jaianniah

*just kidding

11:55 pm

stidmama

*grin* that's where the mess emanated from, DR!

11:56 pm

jaianniah

My kids ALL wore uniforms

11:56 pm

DR1965

we must be related Stid. : )

11:56 pm

stidmama

I would put kids in uniforms in a flash if it meant no more tummies and other body parts flopping out!

11:56 pm

jillibus

I have a good memory of school days there, stid, compared to the US, age 13.

11:56 pm

jaianniah

That's why our schools did it

11:56 pm

stidmama

probably, DR. I bet we're cousins like Scrabs and me...

11:56 pm

Jacula

jilli - are you kidding? School uniforms never stopped any child competing. LOL. I must post my old school pics on flickr one day.

11:57 pm

DR1965

probably

11:57 pm

MLFAN17

hello

11:57 pm

stidmama

U.S. uniforms are still competitive in my experience. The fabrics, the choices of stockings and shoes even. It's a never-ending battle.

11:57 pm

Atalante

also depends how strict the school is with the uniform

11:57 pm

jaianniah

Hi, ML!

11:57 pm

jaianniah

Guesses?

11:57 pm

Jacula

Incidentally, Stid, talking of cousins etc.,a few of mine have come out of the woodwork onf Facebook now.

11:57 pm

MLFAN17

HI Jaia

11:58 pm

DR1965

hi Mlf

11:58 pm

jillibus

I guess it depends on the school.

11:58 pm

MLFAN17

hi DR

11:58 pm

MLFAN17

i hope the next gruid is big and fun

11:58 pm

TraderKate

back now. short rib emergency...

11:58 pm

jaianniah

136

11:58 pm

stidmama

oh well... I am away. *leaves BIG pile of really good choclits on table* that's nice, Jac! Fun sometimes to see people in unexpected places. *poof*

11:58 pm

MLFAN17

grid oops

11:58 pm

TraderKate

hello all newcomers

11:59 pm

DR1965

Bye Stidster!

11:59 pm

TraderKate

bye stidmama

11:59 pm

jaianniah

Bye Stiddie!

11:59 pm

MLFAN17

newcomers?

11:59 pm

jillibus

Our uniforms at Malvern were pretty nice and useful beyond school.

11:59 pm

Atalante

I think our uniforms are generally more specific than yours. It's not "tartan skirt" but tartan skirt bought from this shop in this style in this colour

11:59 pm

Jacula

Ata - Our local high school is strict but tends to ease off later into the year. However, there'es a new headmaster, so he might be a maniacal new broom for a while, hence me getting her 'tailored trousers' later ratther than the 'tight black fashionn trousers' that are not allowed, of which she has at leat 6 pairs.

11:59 pm

TraderKate

how could she go so close to flip?

11:59 pm

jillibus

stid! not staying for the flip?

12:00 am

MLFAN17

jaia 136?

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