Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, October 25, 2009

12:00 am

flosey

flip

12:00 am

flosey

darn, another biggie

12:00 am

Minveryork

Flip flip hooray!

12:01 am

Minveryork

I guessed 236 words so I was off by just twelve words.

12:01 am

Minveryork

I am diving into the grid! I will be back half way finished.

12:01 am

Minveryork

I am diving into the grid! I will be back half way finished.

12:02 am

flosey

good guess Min

12:02 am

Minveryork

Wow! I have never seen so quiet here at the flip time!

12:02 am

MLFAN17

GL 6

12:03 am

VolleymomDee

flip late a bit & howdy all hugs flosey; hi mlf

12:03 am

MLFAN17

him dee

12:03 am

MLFAN17

hi oops

12:04 am

VolleymomDee

be 6; em 6

12:04 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:04 am

rhaydon

how do the clues come up so fast?

12:04 am

rbud

thanks, lickety!

12:04 am

Erda

Thank you, o Lickety!!!!

12:04 am

flosey

thanks Lickety

12:04 am

rhaydon

and thank you

12:05 am

justafreep

re7 and good evening

12:05 am

Atalante

nbt :)

12:05 am

VolleymomDee

hi freep st 6 x 2

12:06 am

justafreep

de7

12:06 am

MLFAN17

DE 6

12:07 am

VolleymomDee

pu 6

12:08 am

dizgrannie

pu 6 x 2

12:08 am

cybernan

ouch!! -- good evening, all

12:08 am

rhaydon

ladies' handbag- pl

12:09 am

VolleymomDee

ty

12:09 am

rbud

yay, Ata - what's the lone E? (all I need for nbt)

12:10 am

Atalante

er5/10

12:10 am

VolleymomDee

bu 6 x 2

12:10 am

VolleymomDee

de 6 x 2

12:10 am

rbud

ty! *looking*

12:11 am

rhaydon

er 5 - rhymes with curses

12:11 am

Atalante

rhaydon, we don't tend to clue that obviously here

12:11 am

rbud

yep, got it, nbt

12:11 am

MLFAN17

EM 6

12:12 am

rhaydon

really? I've heard worse

12:12 am

justafreep

so7

12:12 am

rhaydon

what is nbt

12:12 am

VolleymomDee

sp 6

12:12 am

VolleymomDee

nbt = no blank tiles

12:13 am

rhaydon

i'll try to keep it vague, atlan

12:14 am

MLFAN17

ST 6

12:14 am

Atalante

I don't mind, but some ppl here will get a bit pissy otherwise

12:14 am

VolleymomDee

st 6 x 2 mlf

12:14 am

MLFAN17

ty dee

12:15 am

VolleymomDee

yqw

12:16 am

MLFAN17

ty freep got it

12:16 am

VolleymomDee

on 6

12:16 am

TraderKate

better late than never....

12:17 am

MLFAN17

kate did you get fertilzer today?

12:18 am

TraderKate

yes i did...finally...but most plants were already done when i was there... and got sent 3 times to same farm to help????

12:18 am

VolleymomDee

of 6

12:19 am

MLFAN17

weird kate

12:19 am

TraderKate

did you get my note re:wolvie?

12:19 am

mkg

almost half way'

12:19 am

TraderKate

go mkg!!!

12:19 am

VolleymomDee

pr 6

12:19 am

MLFAN17

i used all i had on the farms i went to but i dont know what the benefit is to thoe who put it on neighbors farms

12:19 am

MLFAN17

i think i responded kate?

12:19 am

TraderKate

all my planting reverted today...had to do it all again

12:19 am

VolleymomDee

nbt

12:20 am

MLFAN17

reverted?

12:20 am

MLFAN17

why?

12:20 am

TraderKate

i don't know...not to me.

12:20 am

MLFAN17

gj dee

12:20 am

rbud

yay, Dee!!

12:20 am

TraderKate

were planted then...they weren't

12:20 am

VolleymomDee

ty ty

12:21 am

rhaydon

what's the difference between nbt and fireworks?

12:21 am

MLFAN17

i had so much to do at once on my farm i was shocked lool

12:21 am

TraderKate

it makes them bigger..maybe more coins at harvest?

12:21 am

MLFAN17

rhay fireworks is you are done

12:21 am

mkg

what> someone is done???????????who?

12:21 am

MLFAN17

kate i noticed the ones that still sparkle are bigger but didnt notice anything else about them

12:21 am

rhaydon

so what's nbt? sorry - lots of wine here

12:22 am

Atalante

no blank tiles

12:22 am

lynxxx

hi Rhaydon...nbt means getting at least one word from every available square on the grid

12:22 am

mkg

stuck at 124.

12:22 am

TraderKate

you say that like it's a bad thing rhay... =)

12:22 am

lynxxx

Hello everyone

12:22 am

Jellen

Hello, all!

12:22 am

Jellen

Hi, lynxxx!

12:22 am

lynxxx

hi Jellen!

12:22 am

justafreep

nbt means you have one word (at least) for each tile. Fireworks means you have ALL words for each tile

12:22 am

MLFAN17

i am stuck at 80

12:22 am

rhaydon

thanks for the explanations...

12:23 am

TraderKate

you'll see the fireworks when you finish rhay

12:23 am

MLFAN17

make that 81

12:23 am

TraderKate

good job for just a few minutes mlf

12:23 am

justafreep

if you can preempt something why can't your reempt it?

12:23 am

Jellen

I haven't seen you in ages, lynxxx...did you hear about Tim's not-so-good news?

12:23 am

MLFAN17

ty kate

12:24 am

Minveryork

I'm stopping at 145 words and 1384 poiints.Bye to all!

12:24 am

Minveryork

Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow

12:24 am

Just1Mar

hi jellen...what is Tims' not so good news :( :( :( and long time no see

12:24 am

MLFAN17

145 words???sheesh i am at83

12:24 am

Jellen

He had another cancerous growth removed...

12:24 am

Jellen

Hi, Just1Mar!

12:24 am

jillibus

Oh boy -- another biggie! Is it nice?

12:25 am

Just1Mar

oh jel so sorry...what is the prognosis?

12:25 am

TraderKate

(((((( jane)))))

12:25 am

lynxxx

Jellen...I saw in in the chat when I was scanning for clues. He was having a PET scan, any results yet?

12:25 am

TraderKate

gn min.. thanks for sticking and cluing

12:25 am

MLFAN17

jill i have found 83 words so far

12:25 am

TraderKate

did you get my e-mails?

12:25 am

mkg

127 and g night all.

12:25 am

Minveryork

Not too bad jillibus. I found 145 words pretty quickly

12:25 am

Just1Mar

hi lynxx, jilli kate evy1

12:26 am

Jellen

That was last month...no PET scan results yet...his doctor is sending him to the university hospital in St. Louis...we have an appointment Nov. 10.

12:26 am

Minveryork

Starting to need list, but I'll continue w/it tomorrow.

12:26 am

cybernan

half way and nbt

12:26 am

jillibus

Hi all -- jellen, I just saw Tim's not-so-good news :(

12:26 am

cybernan

but stalled now

12:26 am

rbud

yay, nan!

12:26 am

Just1Mar

I so wish you and Tim all the best Jellen!

12:26 am

jillibus

wtg nan

12:27 am

MLFAN17

kate my restaurant doesnt have any food everytime i go in there i have customers. i have heard others say that even if you take the door off they come in anyway

12:27 am

Jellen

Thanks, Just!

12:27 am

MLFAN17

gj cyber

12:27 am

lynxxx

Jellen - hope they hit it with radiotherapy and knock the bastard around. The interferon would have weakened it. Hugs for Tim and you, hang in there!

12:27 am

justafreep

best wishes from here, too, Jellen

12:28 am

Just1Mar

please keep us updated Jellen...

12:28 am

Jellen

Thanks...still hanging in!

12:28 am

VolleymomDee

and here jell

12:28 am

TraderKate

i'll write or chat with you about the cafe problems when you're in need of a break here..

12:28 am

MLFAN17

meet you in fb?

12:28 am

Just1Mar

hi (((Dee)))

12:28 am

TraderKate

now?

12:29 am

MLFAN17

i am going there now but will wait lol

12:29 am

VolleymomDee

hi (((just)))

12:29 am

MLFAN17

:)

12:29 am

Jellen

Hmmm...to Babble or not to Babble...that is the question...

12:30 am

MLFAN17

Jellen i say Babble lol

12:30 am

Jellen

I'll just dip my toes in, lol...

12:30 am

MLFAN17

87 words found i am out....poof

12:30 am

rbud

bye, MLF!

12:31 am

VolleymomDee

em 6 x 2

12:32 am

cybernan

100 for tomorrow -- good night everyone :)

12:32 am

Jellen

Bye, nan

12:32 am

lynxxx

nite C'nan

12:32 am

VolleymomDee

gn nana

12:32 am

VolleymomDee

oops nan

12:32 am

cybernan

before i go - did anyone call the 9?

12:33 am

rbud

em 6 x 3

12:33 am

jillibus

well, I'd better get started!

12:34 am

Andree

hi everyone

12:34 am

flosey

hi jilli

12:34 am

VolleymomDee

sounds like a good idea jili and hugs

12:34 am

Jellen

Hi, Andree

12:34 am

VolleymomDee

hi flosey andree

12:34 am

VolleymomDee

pu 6 x 3

12:34 am

lynxxx

hi Andree!

12:34 am

jillibus

hi andree

12:35 am

Just1Mar

hi Andree!

12:37 am

Jellen

Okay, toes have been dipped...plenty to do tomorrow! G'night/day to all!

12:37 am

rbud

nite, Jellen!

12:37 am

Just1Mar

night jellen all the best to you and Tim

12:37 am

VolleymomDee

sleep well jell

12:37 am

lynxxx

bye Jellen, lovely to see you again

12:37 am

Andree

bye jellen

12:37 am

Jellen

Lovely to see you all!

12:37 am

Andree

rags

12:38 am

Andree

oops

12:38 am

Jellen

Y'all are a great support system!

12:39 am

jillibus

NBT :)

12:39 am

rbud

yay, jilli!

12:39 am

VolleymomDee

wow wtg jili; that was fast

12:40 am

jillibus

was quick, but there's a loooong way to go!

12:40 am

flosey

that was fast jilli

12:40 am

flosey

still missing one here

12:40 am

rbud

hey, how's Hugo doing, Andree?

12:41 am

jillibus

which one, flosey?

12:41 am

jillibus

(I bet I know)

12:41 am

flosey

second e first row

12:41 am

Just1Mar

wtg jilli! still have one here

12:42 am

Just1Mar

think that's the one I need too flosey

12:42 am

jillibus

that's what I thought -- er5/10

12:42 am

flosey

top row

12:42 am

lynxxx

ef4.7

12:42 am

Just1Mar

ef? am I not seeing an f in the grid?

12:42 am

Just1Mar

oy

12:43 am

jillibus

It's the pl of a Gaelic language which shows up in all kinds of crosswords -- the singular doesn't work here

12:43 am

jillibus

er5/10

12:43 am

Just1Mar

pl? jilli?

12:43 am

lynxxx

sorry that's 2nd e ist column...don't know my columns from my rows today!

12:44 am

VolleymomDee

btw, we saw Mama Mia in Indy Friday night, and it was fantastic!!!

12:44 am

Just1Mar

nice Dee! glad you enjoyed!

12:44 am

flosey

wasn't it great Dee, I loved it

12:44 am

jillibus

yes, justy -- as I said, the singular doesn't work here

12:45 am

VolleymomDee

great seats

12:45 am

Just1Mar

oh pl for plural ...sorry stupid me

12:45 am

Just1Mar

guess I'm not too up on my gaelic languages :(

12:46 am

flosey

not getting it jilli

12:46 am

jillibus

I was at a baroque orchestra concert this evening -- just got back -- a Montreal group, the Arion Ensemble

12:46 am

flosey

but thanks for the clue

12:46 am

Andree

the live show volley?

12:46 am

VolleymomDee

did you enjoy it jili?

12:46 am

Just1Mar

lol me neither flosey! (don't feel that stupid now) ty

12:46 am

jillibus

er5/10 -- poems are made up of v*****

12:47 am

Andree

i saw Julie Julia last night, a really good movie

12:47 am

jillibus

oh yes, dee -- fabulous!

12:47 am

VolleymomDee

yes andree; broadway series at Clouse Theatre

12:47 am

ursh

good morning all - tx for the er jilli gave me nbt

12:47 am

justafreep

su8/9

12:47 am

Just1Mar

thx jilli...but never knew that was a gaelic language

12:47 am

jillibus

loved Julie and Julia -- it's back for a second run here

12:47 am

flosey

thanks Jilli

12:47 am

VolleymomDee

so glad you like it jili; cannot wait to see that andree

12:47 am

Just1Mar

yay nbt/s and exactly halfway

12:47 am

Just1Mar

deme

12:47 am

flosey

now have NBT

12:47 am

Andree

wow volley, what fun

12:47 am

rbud

ty, freep!

12:47 am

Just1Mar

oops

12:47 am

jillibus

the singular is, justy.

12:48 am

jillibus

wtg justy and flosey :)

12:48 am

VolleymomDee

birthday present and even got to see our daughter; sooo lovely

12:48 am

Just1Mar

lovely Dee! happy for you

12:49 am

jillibus

great, dee!!!

12:49 am

flosey

lovely birthday present Dee

12:49 am

VolleymomDee

it sure was... nice find su 8 and 9... new ones from me

12:50 am

justafreep

the su's were a guess

12:50 am

VolleymomDee

great guess

12:50 am

VolleymomDee

running out of guesses here on the u's...

12:51 am

jillibus

*trying to guess the su8 and 9*

12:51 am

Just1Mar

for the su 8 and 9 are the first three letters a prefix?

12:51 am

VolleymomDee

go diagonally jili...

12:51 am

VolleymomDee

yes

12:51 am

Just1Mar

thx dee

12:52 am

Just1Mar

will be looking but it ain't coming quickly tonight heh

12:52 am

VolleymomDee

yw

12:52 am

Just1Mar

have only 5 u's dee...of 11

12:53 am

Just1Mar

sorry meant 6

12:53 am

rururocks

below a bus stop or train stop jilli

12:53 am

VolleymomDee

up to 9, think I am gonna have to list soon; stalling at 65 left

12:53 am

Just1Mar

upx 2 ur x2 us x2

12:53 am

VolleymomDee

hi ru!!

12:53 am

jillibus

I'm trying all sorts of things but so far no luck :(

12:54 am

VolleymomDee

2 up 3 ur 4 us so far

12:54 am

flosey

same here jilli

12:54 am

rururocks

hello dee...

12:54 am

VolleymomDee

see ru's clue jili at 12:53...

12:54 am

rururocks

look at my clue jilli

12:54 am

jillibus

I did! Waaa!

12:55 am

rururocks

where do you pick up a bus?

12:55 am

Atalante

4 ur here

12:55 am

Just1Mar

oh my thx very much for the su 8/0

12:55 am

Just1Mar

err 9

12:55 am

rururocks

at the de5.. so now go below it

12:56 am

jillibus

I tried that but it didn't work

12:56 am

Just1Mar

do you have the de5/14 jilli...if so put the prefix su* in front of it

12:57 am

Just1Mar

de5/14 another way of saying station

12:57 am

jillibus

ah, got it -- tyvm. I was thinking you pick up a bus at a bus st4, duh.

12:57 am

Just1Mar

sortof Frenchish

12:57 am

rururocks

ooooo french.. zee de5

12:58 am

jillibus

I had the de5

12:58 am

flosey

got it, thanks ru

12:59 am

flosey

that's what I was working on too jilli

12:59 am

Just1Mar

zee de5?

1:00 am

jillibus

we only have bus st4s on this island. No de5s.

1:00 am

Just1Mar

is that an americanization of something French?

1:00 am

rururocks

but of course...

1:00 am

jillibus

Justy, diff pronunciation!

1:01 am

Just1Mar

the french station?

1:02 am

jillibus

yes

1:02 am

Just1Mar

ok thx..thought maybe something else as well

1:02 am

VolleymomDee

me 6/24

1:03 am

rbud

as 8 - or was it called?

1:03 am

VolleymomDee

not called ty rb

1:03 am

Just1Mar

don't know rbud but wtg!

1:04 am

Atalante

good one rose!

1:04 am

rururocks

can I stop trying absurd?

1:04 am

jillibus

me too, ruru

1:04 am

VolleymomDee

so I have as 8 and su 8 and 9... anyone have the last 8

1:05 am

rururocks

I don't see a large as..

1:05 am

Just1Mar

neither do I but that's par for the course

1:06 am

rbud

*elbows ru* lol!

1:06 am

VolleymomDee

think material that gives cancer in lungs when breathed when removed from buildings

1:06 am

VolleymomDee

te 6

1:06 am

Andree

thx volley

1:06 am

Just1Mar

great clue thx Dee!

1:06 am

flosey

thanks Dee

1:06 am

VolleymomDee

yqw

1:07 am

jillibus

tyvm dee!

1:07 am

VolleymomDee

yw

1:07 am

rururocks

can I stop with preempt and temper too?

1:07 am

VolleymomDee

I keep seeing usurp

1:07 am

Just1Mar

don't even have 1 7 yet :( (blushes with shame)

1:08 am

VolleymomDee

I only have 3... and just not seeing the sevens :(

1:08 am

jillibus

just, anagram the french station and pl it

1:09 am

VolleymomDee

ty jili one of the few I have :)

1:09 am

VolleymomDee

phantom temper

1:09 am

jillibus

for a de7, that is

1:09 am

Atalante

there;s a very fruity me7

1:10 am

VolleymomDee

ty looking ata

1:12 am

Atalante

how can there be 31 B!

1:13 am

VolleymomDee

no idea ata... what is the count please on the me 7?

1:13 am

Atalante

me6/24, me7/36

1:13 am

rururocks

I have 22 b's so far

1:13 am

Atalante

I have 11. woe!

1:13 am

VolleymomDee

ty looking

1:14 am

Just1Mar

have 18

1:14 am

Just1Mar

err 19

1:15 am

Atalante

I'm obviously B-blind today

1:15 am

jillibus

I have 12

1:15 am

jillibus

13

1:15 am

Just1Mar

20 b's but I'm ntb (not too bright) so shouldn't be a prob for you lynxx

1:16 am

VolleymomDee

there are 2 me 6/24's

1:16 am

Just1Mar

21 b's now :)

1:16 am

lynxxx

(how did she know B was a problem for me?)

1:17 am

Atalante

18 bs now :)

1:17 am

jillibus

wtg, justy!

1:17 am

Andree

i'm the winner i have 6 b's

1:17 am

jillibus

lol andree!

1:17 am

rururocks

28 b's now

1:17 am

Just1Mar

ooo 23 now monkeys working well (ie I'm lucky)

1:19 am

Just1Mar

24! (now I'm just being silly)

1:19 am

jillibus

18 here -- some lucky guesses

1:19 am

VolleymomDee

go just goooo

1:19 am

Just1Mar

25!

1:20 am

flosey

just had to shoo a racoon off the deck outside of my office

1:20 am

Just1Mar

27! lol

1:20 am

Just1Mar

ohh flosey....bet it was so mangy looking!

1:20 am

jillibus

well, at least it was outside!

1:21 am

flosey

no, quite healthy looking

1:21 am

flosey

when the cat doesn't want to come in we put his food just outside the office door

1:21 am

flosey

guess he'll just have to come in for a while

1:22 am

jillibus

bad idea!

1:22 am

flosey

right jilli, but there are times when he won't come in

1:22 am

rbud

drat, was sure bespot would work, no luck! :P

1:23 am

Just1Mar

well, one day a few years ago, a raccoon walked up to the deck door (I live in the suburbs of Mtl but only a 10 min car drive from downtown) but he sure didn't look like a raccoon from the cartoons!

1:23 am

jillibus

so let him eat mice?

1:23 am

flosey

lol, he's welcome to all the mice he can find around here

1:24 am

Just1Mar

yay 28 b's now

1:25 am

jillibus

remember I had a raccoon come in through the cat flap and eat her food which was near there.

1:25 am

jillibus

I have 23 Bs now

1:25 am

flosey

oh jilli, that's scarey

1:26 am

Just1Mar

29 b's now have have renewed faith in myself :)

1:27 am

justafreep

just came back and got a strange be7

1:27 am

VolleymomDee

impressive stuck on 26 b's and doubtful of budging lol

1:27 am

VolleymomDee

ty freep ... looking

1:27 am

jillibus

Well, I moved her food to the other end of the house, and I'd been given one of the boot brushes that looked like a raccoon so I put it on the stairs to the deck. No more raccoon invasions. Guess they thought it was the boot brush's territory.

1:27 am

Just1Mar

that's what I need a be 6 and be7

1:27 am

Just1Mar

to complete my b's

1:27 am

VolleymomDee

creative idea jili

1:28 am

justafreep

that's just what I found, just

1:28 am

flosey

just be happy jilli

1:28 am

Just1Mar

I know freep and wtg!

1:29 am

jillibus

I am :)

1:29 am

flosey

lol jilli, that was a clue

1:30 am

VolleymomDee

wow what a word freep; great finds

1:30 am

jillibus

OH! Lol!

1:30 am

jillibus

well, thanks, flosey -- whoda thunkit!

1:30 am

Just1Mar

yes thx free! b's done..

1:31 am

flosey

yw

1:32 am

rururocks

missing two b's

1:32 am

rururocks

are there more than one br's?

1:32 am

jillibus

brb

1:32 am

Andree

ghfd

1:32 am

Andree

sorry , thats my dogs offering

1:33 am

Just1Mar

no ru only 1

1:34 am

Just1Mar

the rest are be's and bu's ...16 be's 1 b4 the rest bu's

1:34 am

flosey

can't get the de8

1:35 am

rururocks

missing 1 be then

1:35 am

VolleymomDee

probably a good word andree lol

1:35 am

Just1Mar

there is no de8....

1:35 am

Just1Mar

oop's sorry there is sigh.

1:37 am

rururocks

I have be 4, 4,4, 6, 5,6, 7, 4, 4, 5, 6, 4, 5, 5, 6, 4 and missing one

1:39 am

Just1Mar

you have all the be's ru....

1:39 am

flosey

you hae all the bes ru

1:39 am

rururocks

I need bu's then?

1:39 am

Just1Mar

16 be/s and 14 bu's

1:39 am

flosey

do you have 14 bu words?

1:40 am

grannyrose

and 1 x br4

1:40 am

Just1Mar

hi granny :)

1:40 am

rururocks

I have 12 bu's

1:40 am

rururocks

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaghhh

1:41 am

grannyrose

hey just, ruru,dee and flosey

1:41 am

Just1Mar

so you need 2 more ru...?

1:41 am

flosey

hi grannyrose

1:41 am

lynxxx

hi Rose

1:41 am

jillibus

hi granny (I'm back)

1:42 am

Just1Mar

monkey stuff, ru...you'll see it works!

1:42 am

forwardbyfaith

can someone help me with the be 6,7 please?

1:42 am

VolleymomDee

hi granny

1:42 am

Andree

hi rose, still wheelchair confined

1:42 am

rururocks

don't worry forward.. be happy

1:42 am

Just1Mar

be as a prefix with gl4 and plural

1:42 am

jillibus

hi faith -- be happ[y, as flosey advised

1:42 am

Just1Mar

lol ru good cryptic clue!

1:42 am

grannyrose

another 3 weeks, but am trying to walk a little each day.

1:43 am

forwardbyfaith

thanks - just have 5 bu's to find now

1:43 am

Just1Mar

it'll come granny, even though I'm far from "normal" I can walk on my own now! will happen for you too!

1:44 am

grannyrose

hydrotherapy is bliss, i stand by the water jet and have a warm water massage

1:45 am

Just1Mar

yes I had that too granny, was wonderful!

1:47 am

Andree

so is thaat everyday rose

1:48 am

rururocks

48 for tomorrow.. night all. I am brain twisted and can't think...

1:48 am

grannyrose

3 times a week,andree, thank goodness, i need the weekend to recover.* grin *

1:48 am

Just1Mar

gg ruru...g'nite tc

1:48 am

grannyrose

nite ruru

1:49 am

Andree

bye ruru

1:51 am

grannyrose

finally!!!! found all those pesky s's.

1:53 am

grannyrose

and i'm done.....with lots of time to chat and help if needed

1:54 am

VolleymomDee

wtg granny

1:55 am

Just1Mar

wtg granny...!

1:55 am

Andree

yay rose

1:56 am

grannyrose

thankee all. andree, that pup is soooo cute.

1:56 am

flosey

30 to go and they'll have to wait for morning

1:56 am

flosey

goodnight all

1:57 am

Just1Mar

vng flosey,,,g'night

1:57 am

grannyrose

nite flosey, sleep tight, and don't let the bed bugs bite!

2:01 am

forwardbyfaith

am missing one of the bu6,27's - not sure if it is the first or second one - are they related?

2:01 am

Andree

he is rose, he has grown so much in 3 weeks, i must post another pic soon

2:02 am

Just1Mar

sorta related forward...

2:02 am

Just1Mar

each end in a diff cons

2:02 am

VolleymomDee

fireworks

2:02 am

Just1Mar

wtg Dee!

2:02 am

grannyrose

WTG DEE!!!

2:02 am

forwardbyfaith

thanks - found it! B's are done

2:03 am

VolleymomDee

ty ty

2:03 am

Just1Mar

slowpoke here has yet to find 66

2:03 am

VolleymomDee

well I need to be my ar4 moving... want to make it to church in the a.m.... had to use lickety for my last 43

2:03 am

Andree

yay dee

2:04 am

VolleymomDee

big big hugs to all!!!

2:04 am

VolleymomDee

ty andree

2:04 am

Just1Mar

have a peaceful day Dee

2:04 am

grannyrose

bye dee

2:04 am

VolleymomDee

see ya at the flip *poofing* you too (((mar)))) and ((rose))

2:04 am

Just1Mar

ty :)

2:09 am

jillibus

Well, I'm off -- early start tomorrow -- night all, and thanks for the help!

2:09 am

jillibus

YAY dee and all who finished while I was elsewhere!

2:09 am

Just1Mar

night jilli

2:09 am

Andree

bye jilli and dee

2:10 am

grannyrose

nite jilli, sleep well

2:10 am

jillibus

:) and *poof*

2:17 am

Andree

and with b's done i will take a break, back later

2:17 am

Just1Mar

bye andree..gg

2:21 am

grannyrose

later andree

2:29 am

mari

morning all - have the clocks gone back in Canada?

2:30 am

grannyrose

morning mari

2:34 am

Just1Mar

no not yet, mari...we will change then Sun/Mon Nov1/2

2:35 am

Just1Mar

at least we will here in the east....

2:37 am

Just1Mar

g

2:38 am

Just1Mar

err...g'night evy1 have fun babble on..must go with 42 left

2:41 am

grannyrose

nite just

2:42 am

warthog

how many total words are there?

2:43 am

millsbooks

248

3:16 am

grannyrose

well, i see the chog hasn't moved for a while, so off i go. if anyone is here, i'll see you at the flip.

3:17 am

grannyrose

* poof *

4:15 am

forwardbyfaith

anybody still here that has the de8?

4:17 am

o-o

de + shakespeare: the ***chant of venice + ***t and pepper

4:25 am

forwardbyfaith

ty Babble

4:42 am

forwardbyfaith

two words left and I am stuck on the em7 and the last me6,24

4:45 am

o-o

em + to **r is human, forgive divine + what you plant in the spring: **e*s

4:47 am

forwardbyfaith

thanks again Babble

4:47 am

o-o

me + ** be or not ** be, that is the question + ballpoint **n

4:48 am

forwardbyfaith

thanks so much BR - that's fireworks for me!

4:49 am

o-o

congrats, forwardbyfaith

5:22 am

Merk

Reading the chat ... didn't get their of BR's clues. Do I need coffee first?

5:23 am

Merk

Got the me now.

5:23 am

Merk

What do I plant in the spring?

5:24 am

lynxxx

like Johnny Apple**e*

5:25 am

o-o

johnny apple****

5:25 am

lynxxx

snap BR

5:26 am

Merk

Oh, I was thinking of the full word, forgetting that it was a 7 letter word. Thank you for helping me through my density.

5:26 am

o-o

Hello, lyn

5:27 am

lynxxx

2 tough grids in a row...good to see Dr G is keeping our standards up

5:29 am

Merk

as 8 clue please.

5:31 am

lynxxx

Hardy were sued as the manufacturers of as8

5:31 am

lynxxx

or is that Hardies

5:32 am

Merk

Do you mean the fast food place Hardees? I've never heard of Hardy or Hardies?

5:32 am

o-o

fibrous material used in insulation now outlawed

5:32 am

Merk

But then I've never heard of Hardees' being sued either.

5:32 am

lynxxx

Hardies - building supplies

5:33 am

lynxxx

google Hardies sued

5:33 am

Merk

asbestos

5:33 am

lynxxx

that it

5:33 am

Merk

oops, typed it in the wrong place. I meant to thank you, too. I hope no one else is here, but I will go in the penalty box.

5:34 am

Atalante

I think you're safe, Merk, we've all got it :)

5:34 am

Merk

Whew! Otherwise I've been enjoying this grid. It is somehow different.

5:34 am

lynxxx

hi Ata

5:35 am

Atalante

and hi :)

5:36 am

o-o

Feeling better, Ata?

5:36 am

Merk

Hi Ata and others. I arrived a while ago and immediately stuck my nose in the grid b/c I have a busy day.

5:36 am

Atalante

no! and gettig VERY bored of being ill!

5:37 am

o-o

Hello, Merk. Have any snow?

5:37 am

Atalante

a bti better - enough to be grumpy but not better enough to do anything about it

5:39 am

o-o

This flu stuff seems to never end

5:39 am

Atalante

I was talking to my aunt yesterday and she was literally bedridden for 3 1/2 weeks, and she's a tough lady

5:40 am

Merk

We had snow twice since Oct. 9, but I'm in MI now and all it has done is rain, rain, rain. I can't walk outside and have had to do it in the mall.

5:40 am

Merk

I want to be out in the fall colors.

5:41 am

o-o

President Obama declared swine flu a national emergency

5:41 am

Merk

Wow, I hadn't heard that.

5:43 am

Atalante

especially because it's starting to hit ppl harder now

5:43 am

Atalante

I'm actually almost glad I got it now

5:45 am

lynxxx

It seems it has been here so long no-one talks about it anymore

5:47 am

Atalante

it does seem a never ending thing

5:48 am

Atalante

how is Mr Stew today??

5:48 am

Merk

My nephew's children all had it at about the same time and there were so many ups and downs associated with it. My poor niece thought she'd never get back to work for all the child-sitting.

5:50 am

Merk

Well, I finished my interesting tour through the b words. Two tiles filled in.

5:50 am

Atalante

that seems to be a real symptom - feeling better, then feeling like hell, then better, then not, etc etc

5:50 am

lynxxx

Stew is flat out sleeping as usual

5:51 am

Atalante

*grins* the taxing life of a greyhound!

5:51 am

lynxxx

but you have been able to take Hobbit on his walk OK?

5:52 am

Merk

I finished my first cup of coffee and my brain is alive. It was alive before, but now it is also thinking.

5:52 am

Atalante

not really, I did a few days last week, but not for long. When I was feeling really really rotten, husband got up early and took her before going to work. Which I did greatly appreciate

5:53 am

lynxxx

Lots of brownie points for that!

5:54 am

Atalante

it really was only because he could take the car down the train station - he normally walks - so he saved an hour each day driving down there ;)

5:54 am

Atalante

he doesn't do nice things like that unless is beenfits himself somehow!

5:55 am

lynxxx

Now now, I am sure it was so he could pitch in!

5:56 am

Atalante

oh yes of course, I shouldn't be cynical at all :)

5:58 am

lynxxx

Anyway I can't get below 50 on this, guess I'll be listing (again) in the morning. And a horrible morning anyway as well. See you then perhaps - have a good Sunday all

5:59 am

o-o

be well, lyn

5:59 am

Atalante

bye!!

6:04 am

FishFishGarden

mornign all

6:04 am

Atalante

morning Fish

6:28 am

KatieMcG

morning everyone

6:30 am

Norma

Morning all

6:31 am

o-o

Hello

6:32 am

Atalante

hello hello

6:36 am

KatieMcG

Hi Norma, how's the foot?

6:37 am

Norma

Very sore ... I can put my weight on it now but can't bend it... you would be surprised how many times you bend your foot lol

6:37 am

Atalante

what have you done to yourself, Norma?

6:37 am

KatieMcG

oh dear, that will teach you not to get drunk on holiday lol

6:38 am

Atalante

I think Katie just answered that one!

6:38 am

Norma

I probably wouldn't have hurt myself so much had I been drunk... I would have bounced lol

6:38 am

jacq

hello everybody from a dreich scotland

6:39 am

Atalante

hi jacq

6:39 am

jacq

heya ata

6:39 am

jacq

how is he grid today?

6:39 am

KatieMcG

lol I was only joking, Norma was poorly and fainted it was nothing to do with drink honestly!!

6:39 am

Norma

Hi jacq from sunny Tamworth

6:39 am

KatieMcG

mean and nasty jacq

6:39 am

Atalante

poor Norma!

6:39 am

KatieMcG

It's lovely and sunny here

6:40 am

Atalante

and here

6:40 am

Norma

Thank you thank you for all your commiserations as if I am not sorry enough for myself lol

6:41 am

Norma

How is your new job going katie? Are you enjoying it ?

6:41 am

jacq

i hope it heals fast norma

6:41 am

Norma

Thank you jacq

6:41 am

jacq

and :oP to thpse of you with sunshine, we here in the north have forgotten what it's like it's been awful for a week

6:42 am

KatieMcG

it's great Norma, we have just interviewed for my team so hopefully by the end of November I wil have a fully staffed team which will mean I only have to do the new job and not both that and my old one.

6:42 am

KatieMcG

I have just dyed my hair brown and gone for a bob as I'm not sure I could get away with a punk red crop in the new job lol

6:43 am

Atalante

give it a few months first :P

6:43 am

Norma

You thrive on adversity Katie ... good luck with your interviews. I thought you were leaving your hair light ... it looked lovely at Bry's party

6:44 am

KatieMcG

it shows the roots too much lol

6:44 am

Norma

You only have to worry when the roots are grey lol

6:44 am

KatieMcG

we are not doing a firework night this year but do you want to come to Tamworth Bonfire with us

6:44 am

KatieMcG

Trust me they are!

6:45 am

Norma

Rofl

6:45 am

jacq

agrees with norma, i wouldn't mind being grey but the regrowth from my dye looks awful so i have to keep covering it

6:46 am

Norma

I wish I had the courage to let mine grow out to see what colour it is .... I can't remember its been so long ... vanity it is a bad vice lol

6:47 am

KatieMcG

I've gone like Mari, really grey at the front but still brown at the back

6:47 am

Atalante

this is ever so confusing, am talking to a friend on facebook and we're talking about her dog. Which is called Norma

6:47 am

Norma

Woof Woof lol

6:47 am

jacq

it's not always vanity norma, when i dye my hair a new colour i feel like i had a holiday, especially when it was flourescent pink, i loved that

6:47 am

KatieMcG

lmao

6:47 am

Atalante

are you really a poodle?

6:48 am

KatieMcG

does the dog have a limp?

6:48 am

Norma

No a rotweiler lol

6:48 am

Atalante

does after the cat catches her

6:48 am

Norma

Katie you are pushing your luck ... I will get my own back

6:49 am

jacq

lol

6:49 am

Atalante

Norma is a standard poodle (accidentally) crossed with a scottie

6:49 am

KatieMcG

I know lol, seriously what about your head?

6:50 am

KatieMcG

My colleagues had a hard time at work on Friday when I explained that mum had called me Kitt and the cats katie and kirsty

6:50 am

Norma

The lump has gone down but it has left a very sore spot at the base of my skull, I am seeing the doctor on Tuesday

6:50 am

Atalante

had she been drinking at the time too??? :P

6:51 am

KatieMcG

thank god you didn't break anything, I know it was bad but it could have been so much worse

6:52 am

Norma

That was the scary part if the toilet seat had been up ... i would have hit the ceramic then it would definitely been worse ... and Mari would have had a hard job lifting me then ... Dead weight lol

6:54 am

jacq

half way tme for a break

6:54 am

Norma

No Ata I was stone cold sober ... if I had been drinking I might have bounced lol

6:54 am

jacq

have fun everyone

6:54 am

Norma

**** FIREWORKS ******

6:54 am

Atalante

were you at least somewhere where you could get quick and easy medical attention?

6:54 am

KatieMcG

I'm off to facebook for a bit, see you later

6:54 am

Atalante

yay Norma!

6:54 am

KatieMcG

Oh congrats norma

6:55 am

Norma

We were on holiday in Turkey Ata... with Mari and Mr Mari

6:55 am

Norma

See you later Katie

6:55 am

Atalante

I hope they were lovely to you - the ppl there, not Mari and Mr Mari! I think we can take that for granted!

6:56 am

Norma

They hospital was an experience I don't want to repeat.. the medical attention is second to none but the nursing is robotic lol

6:57 am

Atalante

oh dear .... well suppose you want good drs as the priority

6:57 am

Norma

Must go and try and do some washing see you all later

7:03 am

Wolvie

good morning all

7:03 am

Atalante

morning wolvie!

7:03 am

Wolvie

how is the grid today? didn't get back to finish yesterday's and it was fun!

7:04 am

Wolvie

hey ata

7:05 am

Atalante

it's challenging

7:05 am

Wolvie

good - maybe i can get back today off and on to finish. :-)

7:07 am

Wolvie

hey - at least i grayed the f tile. :-)

7:08 am

Uneaixoise

go, wolvie! :-)

7:08 am

Wolvie

morning une. :-)

7:09 am

Wolvie

31 b's - just my luck

7:09 am

Atalante

hi une

7:10 am

Uneaixoise

hey, ata and wolvie -- just changed my icon to a Halloween theme :-)

7:11 am

Wolvie

pretty neat looking une!

7:12 am

Uneaixoise

Claudia's costume was hilarious -- she was wearing big brown trash bag with eyes taped all over it :-)

7:12 am

Wolvie

is that what that was? I couldn't quite make it out. ;-0

7:17 am

o-o

Two months until Christmas

7:17 am

Uneaixoise

yay!!!!

7:17 am

Trifioso

and I have finished all my shopping! good morning, by the way...

7:17 am

Wolvie

morning BR! and I am looking forward to it. :-)

7:17 am

Uneaixoise

one month till I go nuts decorating!

7:17 am

Wolvie

hey trif!

7:17 am

Uneaixoise

hey, trif!

7:18 am

Uneaixoise

howdy, BR :-)

7:18 am

Wolvie

at least you wait until after the bird une - cool. :-)

7:18 am

Uneaixoise

usually decorate that weekend :-)

7:18 am

zoozzoom

Hello everyone :-)

7:18 am

Wolvie

I know - I get the tree that weekend, lol

7:19 am

Wolvie

hiya zoo!

7:19 am

Wolvie

so - I have all but 7 b's. le sigh. are some of them compound words?

7:19 am

Uneaixoise

hey, zoom!

7:20 am

Uneaixoise

wow, only have 19 b's -- kudos to you, wolvie!

7:20 am

zoozzoom

just started Wolvie so no help this side :-)

7:20 am

flosey

good morning everyone

7:20 am

Wolvie

hey flosey!

7:20 am

Uneaixoise

hey, flosey!

7:20 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Flosey

7:20 am

Atalante

If I knew, I would tell you

7:20 am

Wolvie

me too zoo - i attacked the worst first!

7:20 am

zoozzoom

Hello Ata :-)

7:20 am

o-o

road runner

7:20 am

zoozzoom

beep beep

7:21 am

Atalante

hi zoozy!

7:21 am

zoozzoom

oh poo..sorry..undertood that know..lol

7:21 am

Wolvie

pb for you zoo, lol

7:21 am

zoozzoom

now*

7:22 am

zoozzoom

going into pb with my held in shame

7:22 am

zoozzoom

head*

7:22 am

Uneaixoise

any br's?

7:22 am

Wolvie

nah - just get a refill of libation and come back out. :-)

7:22 am

zoozzoom

just cannot type today, whats wrong with me..lol

7:22 am

Wolvie

type of libation maybe? ;-0

7:22 am

EspritdJean

I have a br4/6

7:22 am

Wolvie

I have one une

7:22 am

Uneaixoise

aahh, tx

7:22 am

Wolvie

hi jean

7:23 am

Trifioso

I am sort of speed babbling - have to leave for church on time today, as I am teaching, and trying to cram in as many as I can before I have to go

7:23 am

Uneaixoise

85 to go, no list yet -- making a coffee run -- BRB

7:23 am

Wolvie

go trif go!

7:24 am

zoozzoom

got windows 7 yesterday..just realized that it does not have outlook express on it..or any webmail at all, have to buy another program now to ues

7:24 am

zoozzoom

use*

7:25 am

Wolvie

really? wow. I am on a mac now, so no windows update for me. :-)

7:25 am

NonnieLight

how are you liking it so far zoom?

7:25 am

NonnieLight

good morning all!

7:25 am

Trifioso

need the lone e for nbt - please????

7:26 am

zoozzoom

to be honest, not much different to vista, apart from it is faster than vista.

7:26 am

Wolvie

hi nonnie

7:26 am

Wolvie

trif - i don't have that e - sorry

7:26 am

NonnieLight

hi wolvie and I don't either, tri

7:27 am

Atalante

can't you download thunderbird or something similar/

7:27 am

Haz1558

er5/10 - babblet

7:27 am

Wolvie

got it trif - oh - j=haz beat me. ;-0

7:27 am

Wolvie

morning haz!

7:27 am

zoozzoom

not heard of it, will have a look ata..thanks

7:27 am

NonnieLight

thank you haz

7:27 am

Haz1558

Good morning/afternoon all! Just passing through, en route to kitchen.

7:28 am

zoozzoom

Hello Haz

7:28 am

Trifioso

gah! not helping haz....sorry for densa this morning

7:28 am

Atalante

search for mozilla thunderbird. It's a good email program

7:28 am

Atalante

hi haz and la glitteratina!

7:28 am

Haz1558

er5/10 - with a v in front, you'd be singing a hymn

7:28 am

Haz1558

Or reciting a poem.

7:29 am

Wolvie

er 5 - a plural trif - sounds like word for lines in a poem

7:29 am

Wolvie

lol snap haz

7:29 am

Haz1558

Hello Ata - still germridden?

7:29 am

Atalante

*cough splutter*

7:29 am

Haz1558

Dettol at the ready.

7:29 am

Trifioso

hymn clue did it! thanks all! now i *can* go sing hymns in peace! five more minutes til I have to motor

7:29 am

Atalante

don't think it'll ever go *mournful*

7:29 am

o-o

Windows Live Mail too

7:29 am

zoozzoom

ohh it is free as well Ata, i take it you use it, if so and you think it is good, i will give it ago?.

7:30 am

Haz1558

Bye Trif. Guests arrived, must go!

7:30 am

NonnieLight

Take care Haz

7:30 am

Wolvie

bye haz

7:30 am

Atalante

yep, it's free :) I've used it for years and love it. Certainly have a go and see it you like it

7:30 am

zoozzoom

i have windows live , but it does not have mail on it..wonder why?.

7:30 am

Wolvie

bye trif

7:30 am

NonnieLight

uh oh...I just heard something hit the floor. I better go check and see what the cats have gotten themselves into. bbl

7:31 am

o-o

i use windows live mail basically hotmail

7:31 am

Wolvie

ata - hope the doc helps you out. :-)

7:32 am

Wolvie

bye nonnie

7:32 am

zoozzoom

ahh ok, thanks for that BR.

7:32 am

Atalante

I should go and hunt out some lunch too. Hungry! bbs

7:32 am

Wolvie

bye ata

7:47 am

sprite

goo9d afternoon all. How manyth am I to complain that pedestal is a phantom?

7:47 am

Wolvie

Hi sprite!

7:48 am

sprite

hiya Wolvie, how's it going?

7:48 am

flosey

fireworks

7:48 am

sprite

gratz flosey

7:48 am

Wolvie

good sprite - and you?

7:48 am

zoozzoom

no but you can have the first three + a letter :-)

7:48 am

Wolvie

WTG flosey!

7:48 am

zoozzoom

WTG Flosey

7:49 am

Wolvie

even the first 3 plus 2 more letters. ;-0

7:49 am

zoozzoom

true :-)

7:50 am

flosey

going back to bed, was up too early, be back at flip

7:50 am

Wolvie

bye flosey

7:50 am

flosey

have fun all, this was an easier grid than yesterday's

7:50 am

zoozzoom

have a good sleep Flosey

7:50 am

sprite

lol yes, but I want that one ;)

Sleep well, flosey.

7:50 am

Merk

me 6,24 ... the first one ... clue please

7:51 am

Wolvie

hi merk - i don't have any me 6. must be the 2 i am missing. ;-)

7:51 am

flosey

me6 - a person who doesn't mind his/her own business

7:51 am

flosey

sounds like

7:51 am

zoozzoom

and plural

7:52 am

Merk

You mean like nosey?

7:52 am

Wolvie

ooh - ty flosey - and zoo

7:52 am

flosey

yes Merk, sounds like

7:52 am

Merk

Dumb me, I still did not get it.

7:53 am

flosey

or perhaps interferes with others affairs

7:53 am

Wolvie

me consonant, then first three of fat la 4 word

7:53 am

Merk

ty

7:53 am

zoozzoom

almost the same as me5 just change the last two letters around + a letter

7:53 am

o-o

officious quidnunc

7:54 am

sprite

hi zooz, hi BabbleRabble

7:54 am

zoozzoom

Hello, sprite

7:54 am

flosey

ok, am off, poof

7:54 am

zoozzoom

i almost always have to google your words BR..lol

7:54 am

o-o

Hello, sprite

7:54 am

Wolvie

so I have me 5,6,7, 4,4 - what am i missing?

7:54 am

sprite

bye again, flosey

7:54 am

Wolvie

bye flosey

7:54 am

zoozzoom

bye Flosey

7:55 am

Merk

bye flosey

7:56 am

hootowl

another me6 Wolvie

7:56 am

crosshair

poor br and his Logorrhoea ;)

7:56 am

Wolvie

ty hoot

7:56 am

sprite

hello crossy

7:56 am

Wolvie

and hi

7:56 am

Wolvie

hi crossy

7:56 am

crosshair

howdy everyone

7:56 am

hootowl

Morning peoples.

7:56 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Crossy

7:56 am

hootowl

yw

7:56 am

Merk

Hey, the pe 6 rhymes with the me 6 we just clued.

7:56 am

zoozzoom

Hello hoot

7:57 am

crosshair

howdy hoot et al:)

7:57 am

sprite

hi hootowl

7:57 am

hootowl

I need 2 more words to finish. de 8 and em7 - help please

7:57 am

hootowl

hi crossy

7:59 am

Wolvie

don't have those hoot - sorry

7:59 am

hootowl

ok

7:59 am

zoozzoom

em7 another word for placing under water.

8:00 am

o-o

Have not seen you in a long time, sprite. Hope you are well.

8:00 am

zoozzoom

you i was so em7 into this book i did not hear you come in.

8:00 am

Wolvie

ty for the em 7 zoo

8:00 am

zoozzoom

yw

8:01 am

o-o

de + the ***chant of venice and ***t and pepper

8:01 am

hootowl

seems like I tried that a few times and it said no. This game has a mind of it's own! Bet it will allow it later!

8:01 am

sprite

my laptop had died on me, BabbleRabble, and it took some time to get me a new one. Am glad to be back and glad to see you again.

8:01 am

Wolvie

ty for the de 8 BR

8:01 am

sprite

thanks for the de!

8:01 am

hootowl

thank you BR!

8:04 am

Wolvie

congrats to you hoot!

8:04 am

hootowl

done!

8:04 am

o-o

congrats, hootowl

8:04 am

sprite

ah there is that em7. Thanks zooz, I was looking to use the G there, lol.

8:04 am

sprite

gratz hoot

8:04 am

Wolvie

i have 100 left and am going to take a break for bit - see you all later. :-)

8:04 am

zoozzoom

Well Done Hootie

8:04 am

zoozzoom

Bye for now Wolvie

8:04 am

sprite

bfn Wolvie

8:04 am

hootowl

tytytyty - one led to the other

8:05 am

sprite

lol they always do... until they don't.

8:06 am

hootowl

ok - anyone else need words? Can clue for a while then my cooking show comes on

8:07 am

zoozzoom

i got too many to find at the mo, but thanks from me Hoot

8:07 am

sprite

zooz, love your icon

8:07 am

sprite

hoot, I just started and still need way too many, but thank you.

8:07 am

hootowl

ok - bbl - have fun. A he** of a lot easier than yesterdays!

8:07 am

zoozzoom

lol, thanks sprite :-)

8:08 am

sprite

I just tried hell, grin

8:08 am

zoozzoom

Bye, Hoot

8:09 am

hootowl

just being polite - Bigger grin Poof

8:09 am

movieman

clue for the 9 plz

8:09 am

Scrabbler

Hello all. This looks like a fun grid.

8:09 am

sprite

hi movie my man

8:09 am

zoozzoom

Hello MM & Srabs

8:09 am

movieman

hi sprite and everyone else

8:10 am

sprite

hi Scrabs, so far it is great, but am in the early 100 still

8:10 am

Scrabbler

There is a front age article in our newspaper today about the H1N1 epidemic in our local schools. This area has been hit hard.

8:10 am

sprite

is that the swine flu?

8:11 am

zoozzoom

does not sound good then Srabbler

8:11 am

Scrabbler

*page

8:11 am

movieman

anyone got the 9?

8:11 am

Scrabbler

Yep, widespread here--office has been overwhelmed. No terribly ill kids but parental anxiety is sky jihj

8:11 am

sprite

not me yet movie

8:12 am

Scrabbler

*high......jeez, I can't type this morning

8:12 am

Scrabbler

glad

8:12 am

zoozzoom

just found it MM, we all live ina yellow *** marine + french word for deposit

8:12 am

Scrabbler

And I can't type in the right place. I should go back to b**.

8:12 am

sprite

here the problem is more in the numbers than in the severity of the illness. How's the new job going, Scrabs? Apart from the epidemic of course?

8:13 am

zoozzoom

i can`t type at all and i ahve been up for hours...lol

8:13 am

Scrabbler

New job is great--total contrast to life with Richard.

8:13 am

sprite

am really gl4 for you!

8:13 am

movieman

ta zoo

8:14 am

zoozzoom

yw

8:14 am

Scrabbler

I slept more than I needed to and woke up delirious. I am drinking coffee now and gaining consciousness. My first st** erery morning = Babble, even when I am barely conscious like now

8:14 am

crosshair

howdy scrabbs,re: h1n1 vaccines.saw a report that the states ordered a little light on the doses,so all you babblers get out there and get yer flu shots.trust me you dont want it.wife and i had it;((

8:15 am

sprite

you look so cute while still half asleep, Scrabs.

Crossy, how awful. Getting back your strength yet now?

8:16 am

crosshair

oh we are all good now sprite..but was 11 days of hell

8:16 am

Scrabbler

And H1N1 vaccine is prioritized for certain groups besides being in short supply. It's too late for most people in our area as the virus has been widespread for 3-4 wks.

8:16 am

Uneaixoise

in Nashville last week, in 2 days they distributed all 33,000 doses . . .

8:17 am

crosshair

so ive heard,funny,our doc advised getting the reg and the h1n1 shots anyways,but we have full supply up here im told

8:17 am

Scrabbler

Cute, huh? Bedhead. Eyelids at halfmast. Fingers struggling with typing.

8:17 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Uni

8:17 am

zoozzoom

ene :-)

8:17 am

Scrabbler

Wow, Une, and GM to you.

8:17 am

sprite

I had my regular flu vaccin, but not this virus yet.

8:17 am

72 Temple Owl

i knew i should have taken french ot spanish...*yawn*

8:17 am

sprite

hey Une

8:17 am

Uneaixoise

hey, all :-)

8:17 am

crosshair

love your fuzzy bunny slippers scrabbs

8:17 am

sprite

Scrabs: exactly! *hug*

8:17 am

zoozzoom

lol, hello, TO

8:17 am

sprite

hi TOwl

8:18 am

Scrabbler

Hi Owl. I just woke up too.

8:18 am

72 Temple Owl

hi spritey and all

8:19 am

Scrabbler

I am wearing my sneakers, Crossy. Bunny slippers would scare Miss Bea downstairs here. She would think there are 2 intruders.

8:19 am

72 Temple Owl

hmm cbs sunday morning is showing renoirs etc to show how ideas of the ideal woman have changed. no supermodels here!

8:19 am

JBV

good morning, sunday sleepers, I've been up since 6:30, read the newspaper, two magazines, had my coffee and breakfast and the house is still quiet...

8:19 am

sprite

beautiful round and full women :)

8:19 am

zoozzoom

Morning JBV

8:19 am

sprite

morning JBV

8:19 am

JBV

bring back renoir, I say!

8:20 am

72 Temple Owl

yes.women whom, if you saw them on the street clothed now, would be called fat.

8:20 am

crosshair

lol jbv,you will be like my inlaws soon,they get up at 4 am ,drink coffee and listen to news radio.then they are cooked by 7 pm;))

8:20 am

72 Temple Owl

hi jbv

8:20 am

sprite

I'd have been a supermodel back on those days

8:20 am

Scrabbler

Hi JBV! I initially awoke at 7 but as this is my only day to sleep in til next Saturday I wanted to stay in my nest. I stayed another 2 hrs

8:20 am

JBV

hi, TO

8:21 am

JBV

I can usually make it to 11 p.m., need about 7 hours sleep

8:21 am

sprite

*in those days, not on

8:22 am

zoozzoom

bbl

8:22 am

crosshair

need about 8 myself

8:22 am

sprite

bye zooz

8:22 am

72 Temple Owl

lol sprite

8:22 am

Scrabbler

I need 9.

8:22 am

crosshair

but as time goes on,i find i do more cat napping that actual long periods of sleep;((

8:22 am

72 Temple Owl

uhoh, washer has stopped, time to go hang laundry

8:23 am

crosshair

come do mine T.O? :)

8:23 am

Scrabbler

I wish I could nap but I cannot fall asleep easily during the day.

8:23 am

72 Temple Owl

laundry is an ok chore if you can hang it out

8:23 am

Scrabbler

I have lots of laundry to do too

8:24 am

JBV

good exercise, too, TO - and great for the clothes

8:24 am

72 Temple Owl

is the french word for deposit a stand alone word?

8:24 am

crosshair

i wish i could hang laundry outside here..but then again no point now as it dosent rise much above 6c and is raining every day now:((

8:24 am

Scrabbler

But I must gain full consciousness first

8:26 am

crosshair

have a cuppa of my stong english tea scrabbs,i steep it till the spoon stands up;))

8:26 am

Scrabbler

nrkii, are you lurking, trying to get 80% of each tile?

8:27 am

sprite

don't know yet, TOwl, am still looking for that one

8:27 am

72 Temple Owl

me , too and the em word also

8:27 am

JBV

de 5 - a warehouse

8:27 am

Scrabbler

I am sipping my coffee, but often when I oversleep I awake in this state of delirium.

8:27 am

72 Temple Owl

rebus

8:28 am

Uneaixoise

tx TO!

8:28 am

sprite

good one

8:28 am

Scrabbler

TY, Owl

8:28 am

72 Temple Owl

yw. plural it, also

8:28 am

Scrabbler

TY again, Owl

8:29 am

sprite

thanks JBV, now I see them :)

8:29 am

72 Temple Owl

OMG i am so old, i have forgotten what goes in front of that! :/

8:30 am

sprite

*giggles* Try under

8:30 am

JBV

*** prime mortages

8:31 am

72 Temple Owl

doh! goign to do those chores bbs

8:31 am

Scrabbler

TY, now I have an 8 and the 9!

8:31 am

72 Temple Owl

i did not know that was a french word.

8:32 am

Uneaixoise

yup

8:32 am

sprite

it is

8:33 am

JBV

mais, oui

8:34 am

JBV

did I tell you all that I am taking Chinese? decided to challenge myself a little bit - wow! hats off to the billions of Chinese who learn it with no headache!

8:34 am

Uneaixoise

cool, jbv!!

8:35 am

EspritdJean

my son is in china for 2 years now

8:35 am

Scrabbler

Tough language! Plus the symbols! Aaaahhh. Good luck, JBV!

8:35 am

EspritdJean

he said the chinese don't even understand each other

8:35 am

Scrabbler

GM, Jean!

8:35 am

sprite

JBV, wtg! I studied japanese and a tiny bit of chinese and it is amazing. Your mind really has to change just to be able to get such different languages inside.

8:35 am

JBV

and the tones! 4 different ways to say each syllable

8:35 am

EspritdJean

hi scrabsm everyone

8:35 am

JBV

I'll remember that, esprit

8:36 am

sprite

hi dJean. Usually they can read eachothers texts, but the pronunciation of the characters can be totally different from part to part.

8:36 am

JBV

sprite, that's exactly what's so interesting about languages - how they see the world

8:36 am

EspritdJean

he has been totally immersed for 2 years and still learning

8:36 am

EspritdJean

very difficult language

8:37 am

sprite

exactly, JBV!

8:37 am

JBV

i'm not immersed, so not much hope for really mastering it ever, but we have a very big and active Chinese community here - they run a Saturday school which is very successful, hundreds of children and families taking language and culture courses

8:38 am

EspritdJean

and they so appreciate your attempts to speak their language, it's wonderful

8:38 am

sprite

you'll be able to come quite a way then, JBV.

8:38 am

JBV

is your son teaching English, esprit?

8:38 am

EspritdJean

yes

8:39 am

EspritdJean

when I travel, if I can find food, shelter and a toilet, I consider it a good day

8:39 am

Scrabbler

At 108/140 I need a break. BBS.

8:39 am

JBV

there's a great article by an English-CHinese speaker in a recent issue of Teachers and Writers - not sure if it's online - he would love it

8:39 am

sprite

bye for now, Scrabs

8:39 am

EspritdJean

I will google

8:40 am

72 Temple Owl

iread that for those hoping to work in international business (is there any other kind these days) convcersatonal chinese is a must

8:40 am

EspritdJean

yes, for when they take over the world :-)

8:40 am

72 Temple Owl

and spritey, i heard your voice on babblebooks and i am ashamed this ugly american is not fluent in any other language

8:40 am

JBV

here's the link, esprit: http://www.twc.org/assets/41-1_DeWoski
n.pdf

8:41 am

EspritdJean

gtg for now see u all

8:41 am

EspritdJean

ty jb

8:42 am

sprite

TOwl, don't be! America is so big and english is such a common language, you guys don't really have to. But we Dutchies, we must. We are just a little fly poo on the worldmap.

8:44 am

72 Temple Owl

sprite, a dutch band applied to play at Musikfest. Profuna Sun.

8:44 am

sprite

ah good! We are a small country, but we go everywhere, grinnn

8:44 am

72 Temple Owl

i liked them!

8:45 am

sprite

and I bet you could hear I am dutch, on babblebooks. I wish I could speak without an accent, but I cannot seem to get there.

8:46 am

JBV

sprite, if you are multilingual, you may enjoy the article I mentioned - see link below

8:48 am

sprite

LOL! Am downloading it, but must install a reader before I can read it. new puter huh.

8:48 am

JBV

it's about the "space between languages" when you know you are not expressing what you have in your head and realize that the person others are trying to talk to is not really the real you

8:48 am

sprite

oh I will like that!

8:50 am

periwinkle

good morning all, help with as8 pls

8:51 am

Joanne123

nasty stuff in old paint peribad for breathing in

8:51 am

JBV

oh, thanks Joanne! didn't have that

8:51 am

periwinkle

thankjs Joane, don't know it, would look in morewords

8:51 am

periwinkle

thankjs Joane, don't know it, would look in morewords

8:51 am

Joanne123

yvw

8:52 am

JBV

has to be removed from old buildings, peri

8:52 am

NonoNanette

was often used to wrap pipes for insulation and also found in old siding

8:52 am

NonoNanette

and good morning babblers :)

8:53 am

sprite

good clue

8:53 am

periwinkle

found it in morewords, thanks, the old paint clue threw me off

8:53 am

sprite

hi Nanette

8:53 am

NonoNanette

hi Sprite, how are you? havent seen you lately

8:54 am

sprite

had my laptop die on me, Nanette, and took me a while to get a new one. Am ok, and you?

8:55 am

NonoNanette

sorry about the laptop, but bet the new one is nice. I am doing well thanks

8:56 am

sprite

new one is astounding. Regular pc now, no laptop because I want to be able to replace stuff when it breaks down. Huge screen! Very good graphics card. Had it built for me by a friend and ended up buying his old stuff for a great price. " old" for him, still pretty new though.

8:57 am

NonoNanette

my son just ordered a new laptop for himself. His old one is on its last legs and he can't be without one during swim seasons

8:57 am

sprite

why especially not during swim seasons?

8:57 am

NonoNanette

oh thats fantastic Sprite!

8:57 am

sprite

yeah I am really happy with it :)

8:57 am

NonoNanette

he does all the programing and records keeping ect for the district swim teams

8:58 am

sprite

oh! Quite a job that must be. And indeed, he must have a reliable one then.

8:58 am

NonoNanette

runs all their meets and also the sectional meets

8:58 am

sprite

did he get that organisational mind from you?

8:59 am

sprite

organisatorial... well, something like that

8:59 am

NonoNanette

that is really all he uses it for so he didnt order anything special on it just the basics with good ram and memory. He uses the desktop at home for web surfing and so on

9:00 am

geli01

hey someone know how many words are in the puzzle?

9:00 am

JBV

248 today, geli

9:00 am

NonoNanette

possibly, I do enjoy doing that sort of thing as well. Used to do it for Little League baseball

9:00 am

NonoNanette

248 geli

9:00 am

sprite

those were my first priorities. Good ram and memory, and fast, able to do a lot of things at the same time, and good graphics. lol.

9:00 am

sprite

hi geli, 248

9:00 am

geli01

wow, i have ten of them. Haha but thanks Nono

9:01 am

sprite

I admire you both, Nanette

9:01 am

geli01

Hey guys :]

9:01 am

NonoNanette

ty sprite

9:01 am

sprite

geli, that's where we all started! Don't let it dazzle you, every word counts :)

9:01 am

geli01

Haha, but of course. Any hints?

9:02 am

NonoNanette

lots of easy words in this one geli just keep looking

9:02 am

sprite

if you check out the link under Friends of Babble, Lickety's Babble Clues, you will find the 2st 2 letters of the words.

9:02 am

geli01

*scoff* , thats now a hint! Haha..

9:03 am

sprite

and if you like playing without extra help, finding the 4 letter words is a great start.

9:04 am

geli01

I try to find short words and things like "ed" "te" "an" "nd" and basic letter combos because usually those are linked to other words,

9:04 am

geli01

I've only ever finished a Babble puzzle...4 times. I've been on here for about a year now.

9:04 am

o-o

another word for "eructation" and its plural are in the grid, geli01

9:05 am

sprite

that is a very good way to go about it. Also prefixes etc like up, sub, on, might get you a few.

9:05 am

crosshair

lol geli,after a while finishing a grid becomes secondary;0

9:05 am

sprite

lol geli, that makes you almost a pro.

9:05 am

sprite

*grins at BabbleRabble's smart clue*

9:06 am

geli01

Thanks for thee clues :]

9:06 am

crosshair

just cherry pick all the big point words,get your 2 or 3 thousand points ,and coast to a finish on the 4 letter words;)

9:07 am

72 Temple Owl

gel: don't fret, so what you can and if you need clues there are those who can help you

9:07 am

sprite

and most important advice on babble: have fun

9:08 am

NonoNanette

chuckling at that clue BR had to look up "eructation" only to learn I already had the words

9:08 am

crosshair

crossy streaks across the babble room with a armload of bacon....

9:08 am

Kallia

m to NOno lol

9:08 am

sprite

can I have mine with eggs and bread and cheese, crossy?

9:08 am

NonoNanette

crossy STOP!! I want some of that bacon!

9:08 am

Kallia

afternoon all

9:08 am

geli01

I honestly still havent found the plural and other words for "erucation" yet...

9:08 am

NonoNanette

hi Kallia

9:09 am

sprite

hi Kallia

9:09 am

72 Temple Owl

i'l take mine with cheese only o n a multigrain bgel

9:09 am

phaeton

hello

9:09 am

sprite

geli, you might want to look up eructation first, or to eruct. It is in the dictionary of the questionmarks.

9:09 am

crosshair

lol sprite,just so happens im doing scrambled eggs with peameal bacon chunks and topped with shredded extra old cheese

9:09 am

sprite

hey phaeton

9:10 am

sprite

crossy, darling, you know I love you. And you are my bestest friend.... please? ;)

9:10 am

phaeton

having blt's for lunch, minus the L

9:10 am

geli01

Ahaha, I've figured it out now...

9:11 am

crosshair

flattery will get you everywhere sprite;)

9:11 am

sprite

I almost learned more words from BabbleRabble than from Babble itself.

9:12 am

sprite

*hugs crossy while trying to keep fatty mouth away from crossy's clothes*
Tastes wonderful, cross!

9:12 am

o-o

a mendicant be 4/8, geli01

9:12 am

phaeton

Hey! I can finally see my pumpkins! They hadn't been showing up

9:12 am

welki

hi, folks ... so if one can be be-dr 4/7-gled, why can't someone be-dr 4/7 me?

9:12 am

geli01

Found my first 7-letter word *victory*

9:12 am

sprite

wtg geli!

9:13 am

NonoNanette

wtg geli

9:13 am

sprite

another good one BabbleRabble

9:13 am

geli01

Heehee, I'm on a roll now. I get stuck at first but once I start thinking outta the box I get in the groove. LOL

9:13 am

NonoNanette

morning Welki

9:14 am

sprite

that is one of many things babble is good for, making you think outside the box. Am not kidding now.

9:14 am

sprite

hey Welki

9:14 am

geli01

Yes,it sure is. But after a while I get bored and lose my earlier excitedness to find all the words.

9:15 am

geli01

first 9-letter word!

9:15 am

NonoNanette

90 words left time for a break

9:15 am

sprite

I think finding all the words should never become a duty. If you want to stop, just stop. It is just a game, and meant for fun, right?

9:16 am

sprite

and wooot for the 9-er

9:16 am

geli01

*hint* One word is a chemical that has 8 letters and can give you cancer...

9:16 am

geli01

*hint* Opposite of "hardest"

9:17 am

geli01

I'll be on the later ... the babies crying.

9:17 am

sprite

bye geli

9:18 am

geli01

bai

9:19 am

72 Temple Owl

LOL crossy! cbs cundsy morning is having a story on fair foods ncluding chicken fried bacon!

9:20 am

sprite

fireflies. Must be off too, bye all

9:20 am

72 Temple Owl

sunday morning

9:20 am

o-o

be well, sprite

9:20 am

72 Temple Owl

yay sprite! nice to see you back.

9:20 am

Dorens

morning. chicken fried bacon? how about bacon fried chicken?

9:20 am

crosshair

bacon brings
the world together;)

9:20 am

Dorens

hi and bye sprite. good to see you even if for a moment

9:21 am

72 Temple Owl

hi doren!

9:21 am

72 Temple Owl

i actually have a pic of it

9:23 am

72 Temple Owl

deep fried coke, deep fried cookie dough

9:23 am

Dorens

hi owl. beautiful day today, and yesterday, with the pouring rain and wind, was the day I spent in the city with my daughter.

9:23 am

welki

hi owl ... read your profile today. i had a cup of coffee with soupy sales many years ago ... we used to go to the same diner in the morning. nice guy.

9:23 am

72 Temple Owl

deep fired butter!

9:24 am

72 Temple Owl

the soup man was a mensch ! doren how was your day?

9:24 am

welki

(when you live in nyc, you end up chatting with folks you wouldn't normally run into ... for me, johnny cash (breakfast at kennedy airport), kurt vonnegut (ale at mcsorley's old ale house)

9:25 am

Dorens

I really don't understand all this deep fried everything - our national diet is so unhealthy. I like french fries, etc. once in a while.. but this obsession with frying.. yuk

9:26 am

72 Temple Owl

texas state fair food. novelty stuff. the corn dog was allegedely invented there.

9:26 am

Dorens

having time alone with my daughter was the best part of the day, actually. don't get to see her enough.
and she lives and works in nyc, welki, almost once a month tells me about interesting people she's run into in bars, etc. Keanu Reeves was watching her hockey game when I was there in the summer.

9:26 am

welki

keanu - yummy

9:27 am

Dorens

I see people in the audiences of broadway shows a lot.. Dustin Hoffman, James Earl Jones.. last month barbara walters

9:27 am

welki

will be in your neck of the woods next month, dorens for an extra long weekend .. 19 - 24th

9:28 am

Dorens

well then welki maybe we can meet. you'll be in nj? where? (there are couple of other nj babblers)

9:28 am

welki

visiting with the kids ... somerset, mostly

9:29 am

JBV

hi dorens, hi welki - welki you reminded me of the time I sat behind John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the movies - of course, I remember nothing about the movie!

9:29 am

Dorens

oh keanu was not yummy when we saw him.. it may have been a disguise, but very scraggly hair and beard, looked so unkempt, messy and almost scary

9:29 am

JBV

i think that's part of his protective disguise, doren

9:29 am

Dorens

now THAT is a sighting J.. I'd have just died with excitement

9:29 am

72 Temple Owl

i have read that is what he is really like.

9:29 am

welki

*crossing keanu off 'yummy' list*

9:30 am

72 Temple Owl

scruffy and unkempt

9:30 am

Dorens

but everyone knew who he was, so it wasn't much of a disguise

9:30 am

welki

my friend was a nurse at roosevelt hospital, where john lennon was brought when he was killed

9:30 am

crosshair

i have seen several celebreties and they are quite adept at being chameleons

9:31 am

welki

yeah, i guess it's that 6 or 7 degree thing .. we're all related

9:31 am

72 Temple Owl

hmm last celeb i bumped into was flo rida

9:32 am

72 Temple Owl

of6 clue pls?

9:32 am

crosshair

last one i saw was tom selleck

9:32 am

Dorens

that is a name, not a state?

9:32 am

welki

most frequently

9:32 am

Dorens

most frequent owl

9:32 am

crosshair

he had no moustache..wife was crushed

9:32 am

72 Temple Owl

ty

9:32 am

72 Temple Owl

yes he is a rapper. wholesome image tho

9:34 am

72 Temple Owl

flow-ryda

9:34 am

welki

for the longest time, crossy, i thought that the guy on the iPhone commercial was selleck .. and it was really the coach of the chicago bulls, phil jackson

9:34 am

72 Temple Owl

bu6/27 # 2 please?

9:34 am

crosshair

lol

9:34 am

Dorens

yes, i recognized him as phil, but was surprised welki

9:35 am

Joanne123

same as one above it change last letter

9:35 am

72 Temple Owl

ty joanne

9:35 am

Joanne123

yvw

9:36 am

72 Temple Owl

me6/24?

9:37 am

Joanne123

m pain stuff and la4

9:37 am

JBV

a type of pear TO

9:37 am

Joanne123

i suck at clueing

9:37 am

72 Temple Owl

ok ty do you have the other me6 pls/

9:38 am

Joanne123

never heard of that type jbv..learn a new thing everyday

9:38 am

JBV

no, I need one more M - I guess that's it

9:39 am

Dorens

i'm not even listed yet, sorry owl

9:39 am

welki

same here

9:39 am

72 Temple Owl

still looking for em 7. i listed with 48 to go

9:39 am

72 Temple Owl

pretty fast grid though

9:39 am

Uneaixoise

me + to4/5

9:40 am

Joanne123

ty

9:40 am

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

9:40 am

Dorens

hi une and thanks

9:40 am

Uneaixoise

hey, doren :-)

9:41 am

Joanne123

to put under water TO pluraled

9:41 am

72 Temple Owl

ty une. going now, must get a cardigan, test lab room is dreadfully cold while outside it is to be quite warm next week

9:42 am

Uneaixoise

bye, TO!

9:42 am

Dorens

later owl

9:42 am

72 Temple Owl

i have pondered that clue and it is not computing yet. perhaps while at the mall i will figure it out!

9:42 am

Joanne123

don't subm.... it em.... it but pluraled

9:43 am

crosshair

took me aq bit with that one as well..not a normal spelling of that action

9:43 am

Uneaixoise

e + Beatles song Ferry Cross the *****y + pt

9:43 am

phaeton

not pluraled...past tense

9:43 am

72 Temple Owl

all i can think of is the word that begins with i

9:43 am

Uneaixoise

see my clue, to

9:44 am

phaeton

use the E instead of the i

9:44 am

Dorens

yes that's it owl, but only past tense not present

9:44 am

welki

(gerry and the pacemakers)

9:44 am

72 Temple Owl

ty! *poof*

9:44 am

Uneaixoise

60 to go, no list yet -- BBL *poof*

9:44 am

Dorens

and thanks for the clue, joanne and une

9:44 am

Uneaixoise

oh, sorry, welki, you're right! LOL

9:45 am

Joanne123

yvw

9:45 am

o-o

were gerry and the pacemakers cardiologists?

9:46 am

welki

trivia about the song is that in the late 80s paul mccartney sang in a charity version of it to raise money for the folks involved in that football stampede in hillsborough

9:46 am

welki

so you're right, too, une :)

9:46 am

jacq

hello again everybody back hoping to finish

9:47 am

Uneaixoise

whew, thanks! LOL

9:47 am

Uneaixoise

BR :-)

9:48 am

phaeton

yes BR...they got everybody's heart racing :)

9:48 am

beachboggle

Hi babble friends! How's the grid today?

9:48 am

Joanne123

222 down26 to go and de's are being nasty

9:49 am

welki

hi beach!! seemed to go pretty quickly, until i started chat

9:49 am

gramma

Hi all :) I just finished. That was a fun grid.

9:49 am

Joanne123

last de6 please\

9:50 am

gramma

Joanne, did you remove the sodium?

9:50 am

dcseain

is that DE to remoe sodium chloride?

9:50 am

gramma

An evil ruler.

9:50 am

Joanne123

i got that

9:50 am

dcseain

ty, gramma

9:51 am

gramma

ok remove the stain

9:51 am

gramma

yw

9:51 am

Joanne123

that's it ty

9:52 am

gramma

Anything else before I run off with my boyfriend?

9:52 am

dcseain

there is a VERY loud wren moving between our balcony railing and the dogwood beside it

9:52 am

dcseain

have fun, gramma

9:53 am

Joanne123

no but ty gramma

9:53 am

JBV

hi seain - that's better than the sound I just heard - a loud thwack - bird hitting the window in the family room - he's stunned but still alive

9:53 am

Joanne123

have fun!!!

9:54 am

gramma

Thanks, we will. We're going to a craft fair. I'll walk around and not buy anything; but, I will steal ideas. Me bad

9:54 am

Joanne123

nice

9:54 am

Uneaixoise

pileated woodpecker at my mom's yesterday sounded like something from a jungle movie!

9:54 am

Uneaixoise

cool, gramma!

9:54 am

dcseain

agreed jbv. i had one fly into a bus shelter and land in the newspaper i was reading. Soft fall at least. He then sat on my finger for an hour, and it took some time to get him on a branch from my finger. I do wonder whether it survived. in the end. Very bad concussion at least.

9:55 am

dcseain

woodpeckers make neat noises

9:55 am

gramma

Bye ;)

9:55 am

JBV

it's amazing but I have seen them recover from the crash

9:56 am

Joanne123

i had squirrel nesting in our bird house and her babies were dropping out. I made a makeshift platform and offered the baby back and she scooped it right up.

9:56 am

dcseain

nifty joanne

9:56 am

phaeton

we have a pilieated fly into the yard for the suet

9:56 am

JBV

love those stories, Joanne

9:57 am

Joanne123

i tried

9:57 am

Uneaixoise

same thing at my mom's phae -- I keep suet in a feeder on her patio PLUS there's a half dead magnolia that he's made into swiss cheese! LOL

9:57 am

Joanne123

we tried to just put it back in the nest but they kept falling out

9:58 am

harpjane

good morning

9:58 am

JBV

woodpeckers are like deer and a few other creatures - nice to see them in other people's yards, not my own!

9:58 am

Joanne123

hubby was up the ladder and me below, when momma came back

9:58 am

Joanne123

i think hubby wanted me to jump off the ladder

9:58 am

dcseain

morning, jane

9:59 am

dcseain

are you having issues with Dave, jane?

9:59 am

Uneaixoise

but, jbv, the pileated is just stunning

9:59 am

phaeton

Une..don't ya love the screeching they do before they come in to eat?

10:00 am

Joanne123

all he kept seeing was a squirrel attached to his face lol

10:00 am

JBV

absolutely, une, but better when they are not rat-a-tatting right next to your bedroom window

10:00 am

harpjane

lol, it's from yesterday, computer appreciation day!

10:00 am

Uneaixoise

yes, phae! that's what i meant -- sounds like a jungle creature! LOL

10:01 am

Uneaixoise

must run *poof*

10:01 am

dcseain

lol, gotcha

10:01 am

dcseain

i grew up with woodpeckers going at the tree and the side of the house outside my widow.

10:02 am

phaeton

clue for the de8?

10:03 am

phaeton

dc...good thing you didn't live in a glass house :)

10:03 am

Joanne123

d start of e7 and ...ly struthers

10:04 am

rbud

ty Joanne, and hi, all!

10:04 am

phaeton

ty Joanne

10:04 am

Joanne123

yvw

10:04 am

dcseain

top floor had wood siding back then. It eventually got replaced with nylon.

10:04 am

Joanne123

hi

10:05 am

phaeton

nylons?

10:05 am

dcseain

nylon siding

10:06 am

phaeton

is that like vinyl siding? never heard of it

10:06 am

NonoNanette

hello once again babblers

10:06 am

dcseain

yes, phae

10:06 am

NonoNanette

Phaeton I was wondering the same

10:07 am

NonoNanette

nylon does not seem like it would be sturdy enough to be used for siding but then I guess its possible

10:07 am

phaeton

was it a hard material?

10:08 am

dcseain

it's possible i'm confused :) no,n to hard, moderatly pliable

10:09 am

phaeton

huh, should google that

10:09 am

phaeton

clue for the of6?

10:09 am

welki

most frequently

10:10 am

phaeton

ty welki

10:10 am

dcseain

apparently i did mean vinyl

10:11 am

welki

*picturing the side of seain's house plastered with nylons*

10:12 am

crosshair

for those who need a better defrag program than the one that comes with windows,this one is amazing and free!! http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag

10:13 am

phaeton

aah! that makes more sense, but was quite a picture with nylons on the side of your house :D

10:13 am

NonoNanette

thank you Crossy, I have not been overly happy with the windows version on Vista

10:14 am

dcseain

well, Vista is rather not very useful in general :)

10:14 am

NonoNanette

I totally agree dc and wish I had waited for windows 7

10:14 am

crosshair

this one will remind you of the very effective one in 98 se

10:15 am

beachboggle

I purchased my poor little laptop when vista was all they came with :-(

10:15 am

crosshair

when you start it,select optimize and defrag,you can do any or all drives,or just c drive

10:16 am

crosshair

i gained 3 gig back over just using the one that comes with vista

10:16 am

NonoNanette

thanks Crossy will run that later today

10:18 am

crosshair

i will be upgradinbg to windows 7..as soon as i get the 17!!!!! gig of free space it needs in my c drive;/

10:19 am

dcseain

the people upstairs always wear shoes and stomp. it's tiresome. /whine

10:20 am

crosshair

poor dc;((

10:21 am

rbud

I got the local W-mart distribution center to donate a free new Dell to my little library, pick it up Tues., but the guy says it comes with Vista, sort of worried about that.

10:21 am

rbud

the ones we have now are all XP

10:21 am

crosshair

i know a friend in the same boat dc,he strung up two traynor amps to the ceiling for a day and had them thumping out the tunes all day..they go the point.personally i dont like getting into that kind of war,but it was fun to watch

10:22 am

dcseain

rbud, it'll come with free upgrad to 7, as do all PCs right now

10:22 am

crosshair

yup,any o8 or 09,s get the upgrade

10:22 am

rbud

oh, good, thanks for the info, dc

10:22 am

dcseain

usually it's periodic, but it's been hours on end now. from my POV, part of living in multi-family dwelling is keeping quiet for the neighbors

10:22 am

rbud

and crossy :)

10:23 am

NonoNanette

some just arn't that considerate dc

10:24 am

dcseain

alas not, nono

10:24 am

crosshair

our ceilings are pre cat concrete slabs,so its not too bad

10:24 am

Christa

ty crosshair for the defrag hint

10:24 am

crosshair

cast

10:25 am

rbud

some never learn, our dau tromps around like a horse no matter how hard I try to teach her to walk "gently" - she seems unable to do so.

10:25 am

crosshair

it works vey well christa,and you can run it while doing other things without issue

10:25 am

dcseain

yes, concrete here, but they laid wood subfloor over the concrete instead of getting bust padding :/

10:25 am

crosshair

my son also had lead feet

10:26 am

Joanne123

daughter was living in a basement apt. and the couple and there small kids were up at all hours banging around.. i just bought another house for her to live in..and she's due with her own today

10:26 am

NonoNanette

lol my cat has lead feat.... I swear she sounds like a herd of cattle running thru the kitchen

10:27 am

crosshair

yaa for daughter and grammy joanne!

10:27 am

rbud

congrats, Joanne, you are saying new grandbaby, right?

10:27 am

Joanne123

awww ty

10:27 am

welki

growing up in apartments in nyc meant learning how to walk softly so you don't disturb your neighbors

10:27 am

Joanne123

yes rb

10:27 am

Joanne123

first one

10:27 am

welki

congrats, joanne!

10:27 am

Joanne123

some people don't think that way welk

10:28 am

Joanne123

ty

10:28 am

crosshair

grand kids are our best revenge..love me,feed em,pump them full of sugar and send em home;))

10:28 am

Joanne123

hehe

10:28 am

welki

nope, and that's why, as an adult, i had a hard time living in places where people shared walls/floors

10:28 am

Joanne123

that's what i was thinking cross

10:29 am

hurshy

assuming you don't care about their health or anything crazy like that...

10:29 am

welki

my mother and grandmother, if we kids clumped around, would yell at us, 'what?! were you born in a barn?!" ... what i would have loved to say to some ex-neighbors of mine :)

10:29 am

Joanne123

i always said if i was to buy , i would never go townhouse or apartment. Just for that reason

10:29 am

crosshair

when they are 3 or 4 joanne,i find that sugar frosted marshmallow star(now with frosting!) work well in this regard;))

10:30 am

Joanne123

and i own a single house paid in about 5 and some years

10:30 am

welki

well done, joanne .. wish i could say the same :)

10:30 am

Joanne123

well i will remember that one cross

10:30 am

crosshair

ahh,counting down for the mortgage buring:)

10:30 am

Joanne123

ty and yes cross

10:31 am

Joanne123

my sister in law bought before me and didn't go bi-weekly and we will be paid off before her

10:31 am

Joanne123

i keep stressing that she should

10:32 am

crosshair

lool,when my in-laws had thier mortgage burning,they got all excited and did a big bonfire..and well a party happened..too much booze,hehe and as well as the mortgage they ended up setting the tool shed roof on fire!

10:32 am

Joanne123

lmao

10:33 am

dcseain

LOL

10:33 am

Joanne123

i thought u were gonna say...they burned the house down

10:33 am

crosshair

no no,but i did end up putting new plywood and shingles on the shed for them

10:34 am

Joanne123

nice,hung over??

10:34 am

crosshair

like a horse

10:34 am

Joanne123

or days later??

10:34 am

Joanne123

lol

10:34 am

crosshair

was thier fault anyways,they had enough timber in that bonfire to fill the back of a pick up

10:35 am

Joanne123

got a little carried away did they

10:35 am

crosshair

a tad

10:35 am

Joanne123

where are you cross??

10:35 am

crosshair

the whole thing ended up getting me some brownie points anyways

10:36 am

crosshair

im in ontario joanne,3 hour drive north of toront

10:36 am

Joanne123

lol well that's always good

10:36 am

crosshair

toronto even

10:36 am

Joanne123

where??

10:36 am

crosshair

collingwood..well not quite 3 hours but still nice

10:36 am

Joanne123

i'm in Brampton

10:37 am

Joanne123

i heard collingwood was nice

10:37 am

crosshair

i lived in bramalea long ago

10:37 am

crosshair

though i think bramton sucked it up long ago

10:37 am

Joanne123

our company had a Christmas party there last year

10:38 am

Joanne123

i live by chingousy park

10:38 am

crosshair

cool

10:38 am

crosshair

been a long time for me joanne,now i only go south of hwy 89 for the big toronto hospitals and thats it

10:38 am

Joanne123

my long ago ex's parents have hotel in collingwood

10:39 am

Joanne123

cross you may not be missing anything anyway

10:40 am

crosshair

i know im not lol,except for forks of the credit area

10:40 am

Joanne123

i remember snelgrove fleamarket as a kid

10:40 am

crosshair

lol as do i joanne

10:40 am

Joanne123

beautiful up there

10:40 am

Joanne123

it's a new developement now cross

10:41 am

crosshair

you know flapjacks in the caledon area?

10:41 am

crosshair

oh wonderfull,plowing all that under now;(

10:41 am

Joanne123

it burned down once

10:41 am

crosshair

yup

10:41 am

Joanne123

my in laws are in Dundalk

10:42 am

crosshair

though they are doing the same up here,high end condos,urban sprawl..almost time to move north again:(

10:43 am

crosshair

pave paradice..put up a parking lot indeed;((

10:43 am

Joanne123

lol

10:44 am

Joanne123

hubby's uncle had farm outside Dundalk, he passed( but brother in law bought it from the family and i love it up there

10:44 am

Joanne123

my kids grew up there over the summers

10:45 am

crosshair

now we are so touristy that no one can afford a house except for rich tourists,so all the big industry goes and you have to get 2 or 3 mcjobs to make a living

10:45 am

Joanne123

happy memories

10:46 am

dcseain

that sucks, crossy

10:46 am

crosshair

my da did it smart,he got a retirement cottage in callander on lake nippising

10:46 am

crosshair

he can fall out his back door and right to his dock and his boat:))

10:46 am

Joanne123

i keep hoping to win a cottage in the Princess Margeret

10:47 am

crosshair

as do i joanne,one of thier prize home packages is 5 minutes from me

10:47 am

Joanne123

cross,my mom was from Manitoulin Island. Now that is beautiful country

10:47 am

Joanne123

really

10:48 am

crosshair

very mush so joanne,that area is still amazing

10:48 am

Joanne123

i can get an acre up there, but i can't afford now to put up a house

10:49 am

crosshair

lol,in town lots are now in the 30-50 thou range,on to of blue you can get a unserviced lot for 15-20

10:49 am

Joanne123

Canadian Indian here

10:49 am

Joanne123

free acre

10:50 am

crosshair

ahh first nation..wish we could give it all back;)

10:50 am

Joanne123

yes Ojibway

10:51 am

crosshair

anyways chores await,nice chatting with you joanne,tc everyone!..poof!

10:51 am

Joanne123

u2 tc byeee

10:51 am

Dorens

have you read any books by Louise Erdrich? amazing writer, and part Ojibway herself

10:52 am

Dorens

and hi and bye to crossy

10:53 am

phaeton

my mother's family came from Canada...French-Canadian, married into the Chippewa in the UP of Michigan

10:57 am

welki

(loved the beet queen)

10:58 am

Dorens

i'm presently reading the master butcher's singing club.. in fact. between that, babble and today's paper i will have no time for housework!! want to get back to the book

10:59 am

phaeton

clue for the su8?

10:59 am

dcseain

no D&D tonight. Early music concert it is! :D

10:59 am

welki

now you have me wanting to read her again ... off to indigo today :)

11:00 am

redturtlehead

Afternoon all!

11:00 am

Dorens

below Home ***** (big hardware store). go read, welki

11:01 am

dcseain

aka a whistle stop, dorens?

11:01 am

Dorens

hi red. and phae, that clue was for you..yes, dc. probably a better clue, too

11:01 am

welki

that's a title, dorens? below home *****?

11:01 am

dcseain

hi, red, welki, phae, dorens

11:02 am

welki

ohhhhh hahahahahaha what a dumba%% i am! hahahahaha!

11:02 am

Dorens

no, lol, that is a clue for phaeton!

11:02 am

dcseain

big orange hardware stores at least here in the States, welki

11:02 am

redturtlehead

hi seain

11:02 am

redturtlehead

and welki, dorens, and and and lurkers!

11:02 am

welki

that's a clue for ME ... to get outta here! later, all!

11:03 am

dcseain

take care, welki :)

11:03 am

redturtlehead

By Welki....I may be getting fish for my tank on Tuesday!!!

11:03 am

Dorens

i'm down to 13 and I'm going outside to survey the grounds ... figure out what needs to be cut down.. and figure out how to do it

11:04 am

phaeton

no clue for the su8?

11:04 am

Dorens

i did, phae. and that is what started a whole misunderstanding

11:04 am

Dorens

below home ***** (big hardware store)

11:05 am

redturtlehead

TY dorens, nice one!

11:05 am

phaeton

Sorry Dorens...thought you were cluing the de5 word...ty

11:05 am

dcseain

have fun, dorens

11:05 am

kje

gm

11:05 am

Dorens

indeed seain, i will try. happy babbles all

11:06 am

phaeton

any clues for the ur words...i have the last ur4

11:06 am

phaeton

hi Rd

11:06 am

phaeton

Red

11:06 am

redturtlehead

i have no u words at all! in fact, I only have 84 words.

11:07 am

phaeton

found them!

11:08 am

redturtlehead

Yaaay Phaeton!

11:08 am

dcseain

us5, us5, us4, ur4 is what i have so far

11:08 am

dcseain

of Us that is

11:09 am

rbud

I have up x 2, also

11:09 am

lawyer-1

there is also a up6

11:10 am

phaeton

done

11:11 am

phaeton

us4 x 2

11:11 am

phaeton

ur5 ur6 ur4x3

11:12 am

dcseain

congrats, phae

11:13 am

rbud

yay, phae!!!

11:20 am

phaeton

ty...gotta start lunch..good luck and happy babbling!

11:20 am

dcseain

njoy, phaeton

11:23 am

hego

Hi Everyone. Does anyone have the so7 pls?

11:24 am

dcseain

the so7 pillow or blanket

11:24 am

hego

snope

11:25 am

hego

Sory, just fooling around

11:25 am

dcseain

meaning you need a different clue, or as that wrong box?

11:25 am

Scrabbler

Yay, bottom row is grey. 115 to go

11:25 am

Scrabbler

Crossy, are you around?

11:26 am

hego

Wrong box. Sorry dcs and thanks for the clue.

11:26 am

dcseain

:) all good, hego

11:26 am

hego

You're a peach dc

11:26 am

dcseain

crossy is not online right now, scrabbs, at least at this site

11:27 am

Scrabbler

TY, Seain.

11:27 am

Scrabbler

aldest

11:28 am

dcseain

auldest you mean?

11:28 am

Scrabbler

113 to go and I am really not seeing anything

11:28 am

hurshy

phantom: perusal

11:28 am

Scrabbler

I am just grabbing at anything

11:28 am

Scrabbler

hi Hurshy!

11:29 am

hurshy

hiya

11:29 am

hurshy

it's a bit of a toughie today, sc, it's not just you.

11:34 am

NonoNanette

i'm back yet again

11:34 am

NonoNanette

hi Scrabs, was reading the chat log earlier and saw your comments about h1n1 being rampent up there

11:35 am

dcseain

nono, here too, to point of some schools closing due to number of cases

11:35 am

NonoNanette

seems it has just beginning here, 5 confirmed cases in the last 3 days and the Early Childhood Center has closed for a couple of days due to high absenteeism

11:36 am

NonoNanette

officials seem to have no idea when the vaccine will be available if at all

11:36 am

dcseain

indeed so, nono

11:38 am

NonoNanette

and because they are scrambling trying to come up with vaccine for H1N1, the reg. flu vaccine is also scarce. We waited in line almost 3 hours the other day for ours. The doctors offices don't have any

11:39 am

dcseain

around here, Safeway about the only place with any.

11:39 am

NonoNanette

we got ours at a state run clinic run at a local drug store

11:40 am

rbud

maybe Walgreen's, I think they have some here

11:40 am

NonoNanette

My son works for Wegmans and they had one for employees only

11:40 am

dcseain

i know here that CVS is out. Wegman's here didn't even offer it

11:41 am

NonoNanette

our Walgreens did not rbud we got ours at Rite Aide

11:41 am

NonoNanette

dc as I said Wegmans was for employees only

11:46 am

Scrabbler

I was on phone with friend whose 3 kids are all ill with H1N1. Oldest 2 are better, toddler is in midst of illness. Yes, Nono, newspaper has frontpage article on widespread H1N1 disease in Buffalo area over last 3-4 wks.

11:47 am

NonoNanette

glad the two are getting better and pray the toddler follows them soon

11:48 am

Scrabbler

These are my late friend Mary's kids. Husband is a doc so knows possible complications. I checked the kids last Tuesday and made daily phone calls.

11:50 am

Scrabbler

H1N1 vaccine is available too late for majority of our local population.

11:53 am

Scrabbler

Nono, are we FB friends? I cannot keep Babble + real names connected.

11:57 am

dcseain

it is hard to keep track

11:58 am

NonoNanette

sorry got called away, No Scrabs, I am not on facebook

11:59 am

NonoNanette

other than the kids being sick with flu how are the coping Scrabs, I think of them often

12:00 pm

harpjane

hello 195 to go

12:00 pm

NonoNanette

hi jane

12:00 pm

dcseain

go, jane, go! wb

12:01 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Jane

12:02 pm

Scrabbler

Nono, overall OK, but who knows what is in their heads. They will process her death forever. And the 2 yr old doesn't get it yet.

12:03 pm

NonoNanette

I am sure. It is so hard on youngsters to lose a parent, I speak from experience

12:03 pm

Scrabbler

How old were you?

12:04 pm

NonoNanette

I was 8 when my mom died from cancer

12:04 pm

NonoNanette

she was ill for about a year and a half leading up to that

12:05 pm

Scrabbler

I was at a funeral home visitation on Friday night--father of a patient. Boy is 11. Dad had multiple myeloma x 4 yrs.

12:05 pm

Scrabbler

Nono, Mary's oldest was 8 at time of Mary's death and illness was 12 mo. Any suggestions to help the kids?

12:05 pm

NonoNanette

there were periods of feeling abandoned and periods of self blame even tho I knew I had nothing to do with her being ill

12:06 pm

dcseain

agreed, it's awful when parent dies when one is young. very difficult.

12:06 pm

NonoNanette

just be sure they get the attention they need without spoiling them but be there for them when they need to talk or cry or what ever

12:08 pm

NonoNanette

help them to remember their mom in a positive light, recalling the fun times and the sad times too

12:08 pm

Scrabbler

They know they are loved by so many, and their lives are not out of control.

12:09 pm

Scrabbler

Father has done "well" with death--he remains very functional and focused on contining to enjoy life despite sadness.

12:09 pm

NonoNanette

thats good. I think the most important thing is just be alert to their mood and let them talk things out if they need to

12:09 pm

NonoNanette

It can't be easy for him either. He has the kids to consider in about everything he does

12:10 pm

Scrabbler

The now 5 yr old is comprehending the reality of death now. At some point the 2 yr old will want to learn about this woman, her mother, that she has no knowledge of

12:11 pm

NonoNanette

Yes and hopefully she will ask her questions and recieve all the information she can handle at the time considering her age

12:12 pm

Scrabbler

Ty for sharing, Nono

12:12 pm

NonoNanette

yw, scrabs, the tears are now rolling down my cheeks

12:13 pm

NonoNanette

even to this day I miss my Mom

12:13 pm

inge

Guten Tag, Babblers. Is there a clue for the as 8/50?

12:13 pm

Scrabbler

((Nono)) It stinks, doesn't it.

12:13 pm

Scrabbler

hi Inge

12:13 pm

NonoNanette

yes, it is the sucky reality of life

12:14 pm

inge

I am down to my last four and am stuck

12:14 pm

Scrabbler

go Inge go!

12:14 pm

NonoNanette

hi Inge it is the stuff used years ago to insulate pipes and such and was in siding also no is illegal to use

12:14 pm

Scrabbler

Ty, Nono

12:15 pm

NonoNanette

FIREWORKS here...... think I'll go light a candle for my Mom

12:15 pm

NonoNanette

happy babbling everyone

12:15 pm

dcseain

congrats, nono

12:15 pm

Scrabbler

Wooo hoooo Nono!!

12:15 pm

dcseain

hell, Inge

12:15 pm

Scrabbler

Go talk with her, Nono!

12:16 pm

NonoNanette

thanks scrabs I will

12:16 pm

inge

are we allpwed to type the word yet?

12:16 pm

NonoNanette

bye now

12:16 pm

Scrabbler

What word, Inge?

12:16 pm

dcseain

take care, nono

12:16 pm

dcseain

the word?

12:17 pm

inge

the stuff you are not allowed to have in your walls

12:18 pm

inge

I am afraid my sarcasm fell on deaf ears

12:18 pm

dcseain

lead?

12:19 pm

dcseain

apparently, Inge, sorry bout that

12:19 pm

Scrabbler

Dense here, Inge

12:21 pm

Scrabbler

Finally under 100. Time to do some chores now. 150/98. Where are 98 more words hiding?

12:22 pm

inge

how about po 6/21?

12:23 pm

dcseain

plural latinate bridges

12:24 pm

inge

thanks

12:24 pm

inge

:ast word is te 5/12. Clue Please

12:25 pm

EspritdJean

clue for the 9?

12:25 pm

dcseain

de9 - it's a plural

12:26 pm

EspritdJean

definition?

12:26 pm

inge

su (: U boat + where the bus stops

12:26 pm

dcseain

oops. Se9 - it's a plural. a minor place to deposit stuff, or a whistle stop

12:28 pm

EspritdJean

got it in spite of you trying to confuse me!

12:28 pm

inge

We are cluing the su 9 not se 9

12:28 pm

dcseain

yay. sorry about that.

12:28 pm

dcseain

no, SU9

12:29 pm

dcseain

only SE9 this grid

12:29 pm

EspritdJean

!!!!

12:30 pm

inge

You lost me on that one. But I onlyl eed one more clue , for th te 5/12

12:30 pm

dcseain

i don't have it yet, Inge

12:31 pm

montreal13

indian lodging maybe ? for te5/12

12:32 pm

dcseain

that's it, lucien! i'm still not used to that spelling. thanks

12:32 pm

harpjane

Don't you hate it when you get a recipe out for a meal and the first step is---marinate for 6 hours?

12:32 pm

montreal13

yvw dc !

12:32 pm

harpjane

guess it will be dinner instead of lunch

12:33 pm

dcseain

yes, jane, that is disappointing

12:33 pm

inge

Thansk that did it

12:33 pm

dcseain

how have you been, montreal?

12:33 pm

dcseain

Congarts, Inge

12:34 pm

montreal13

quite busy dc and wasn't feeling well for a while - better now thx - how about you ? - way to go inge !

12:34 pm

inge

montreal, good to see you. I missed your French contribuitosn to the chat.

12:35 pm

montreal13

merci beaucoup inge, danke shun !

12:35 pm

dcseain

still unemployed, but generally well, thanks.

12:35 pm

montreal13

sorry to hear that dc...

12:36 pm

harpjane

for cryin' out loud....what does the 9 start with? There is only one, correct>

12:36 pm

montreal13

su9 harp

12:36 pm

Atalante

se9 - not - su9 - not de9 -

12:36 pm

Atalante

su9 :)

12:36 pm

harpjane

thank you!

12:36 pm

montreal13

lol ata

12:37 pm

dcseain

SE9

12:37 pm

harpjane

ok, TELL ME THE TRUTH OR THE PUPPY GETS IT!

12:38 pm

montreal13

dc, u must be kidding aren't you ? - i only have 1 9-letter word in my grid and it is a SU9...

12:38 pm

dcseain

SU9 gah! We'll get it right, really will. And it's a plural

12:38 pm

bubba218

su9 under + where a train leaves from

12:39 pm

dcseain

train leaves from a station :D

12:39 pm

bubba218

that is correct!

12:40 pm

harpjane

we don't have train stations here, Amtrack went away years ago

12:40 pm

Atalante

and hi Luc! lovely to see you!

12:41 pm

inge

same here harp, we have bus stations though

12:43 pm

Atalante

am just passing through. had to say hi to Luc :)

12:43 pm

montreal13

bonjour chÃ¨re Ata ... only have a coupla minutes as we're leaving to celebrate birthdays for 3 of our grand-sons - 1 turned 11 on oct 13th, 1 turned 10 on cotober 17th and 1 turned 1 on the 19th - a 3 for 1 celebration !

12:44 pm

dcseain

oh, how wonderful, luc!

12:45 pm

montreal13

the 1 thta turned 11 was "an ice-storm baby" as we had a small "baby boom" 9 months after our famous ice-storm of January '98...

12:45 pm

dcseain

heh. that makes sense

12:45 pm

montreal13

that* even "le sigh"...

12:47 pm

montreal13

must go with 93 to go - BBL - take care dc, ata, inge harpjane, bubba et al - tata for now and happy babblings "POOF"

12:50 pm

harpjane

we have a bunch of kids named Helen, born 9 months after the Mt. St. Helen's eruption in 1981

12:51 pm

montreal13

not a coincidence jane !! -nice seeing you - "ACTUAL POOF"

12:51 pm

dcseain

be well, luc

12:53 pm

Sandieangel

can anyone clue the de8 plz? Can't seem to get it at all.

12:54 pm

dcseain

extend the de4.6 to and adj

12:54 pm

dcseain

"de8" of fortune

12:56 pm

Sandieangel

Thanks - got it at last.

12:57 pm

Atalante

lovely marine biology word :)

1:03 pm

dcseain

neat. learned something. thanks, ata

1:04 pm

Atalante

the "opposite" of pelagic. another good babble word!

1:07 pm

dcseain

so de8 is to pelagic sort of like nadir to zenith?

1:08 pm

Atalante

pelagic fishies lurk at the top of the sea or lakes etc, de8 fishies live right down at the bottom

1:09 pm

Atalante

not so much lurks in the middle

1:09 pm

harpjane

reminds me of a black and white 8mm short we watched as kids "demons of the deep"

1:09 pm

Atalante

yep! wolf eels and gulper eels and things with BIG teeth

1:14 pm

harpjane

and every now and then you could see the side of a creature brush against the aquarium wall

1:14 pm

Atalante

big pale eyes and all fishies from down there look ghostly and flabby

1:18 pm

Atalante

apart from Riftia which is a worm that looks like a huge red penis

1:23 pm

dan2bit

goodness what a line to walk in on!

1:25 pm

Atalante

lmao

1:25 pm

Atalante

I'm just talking to myself dan

1:25 pm

Lizsark

and I'm just listening lol :)

1:25 pm

Joanne123

i was kinda waiting....

1:25 pm

lynxxx

they all sound revolting....eeeyyyyech. Morning all

1:25 pm

Lizsark

Hello everyone

1:26 pm

Atalante

hi lyn! hi liz!

1:26 pm

Atalante

Megan looked very happy on her ride this morning!

1:26 pm

Lizsark

She was :)

1:26 pm

Lizsark

She adores that pony

1:26 pm

Lizsark

She adores that pony

1:26 pm

Atalante

awww :) he looks lovely

1:27 pm

Lizsark

oo I didn't do that!!!

1:27 pm

Lizsark

He is. Did I not introduce you?

1:27 pm

Atalante

no :( the only horse I got close to was the one that tried to eat me

1:28 pm

Lizsark

oh yes lol

1:28 pm

Lizsark

Victor belongs to a friend of mine and I look afte him for her as she is away a lot

1:28 pm

Atalante

where does he live?

1:28 pm

car.eeyore

me 6/24 please?

1:29 pm

lynxxx

me & climp to the *** & vowel

1:30 pm

lynxxx

climp? climb

1:30 pm

Atalante

oh Liz - I keep meaning to ask you - did you ever get that card I sent you *ages* ago, before peru? the black lab card? Am suddenly paranoid about all post in the last forever cos of the postal problems

1:30 pm

Lizsark

on Sark rofl

1:30 pm

Atalante

well duh! :P

1:30 pm

car.eeyore

TY!

1:30 pm

Lizsark

sorry being facetious

1:31 pm

Lizsark

sorry being facetious

1:31 pm

Atalante

bratling :)

1:31 pm

Lizsark

hes near the mill mostly. Why does chat keep sending my messages twice?

1:32 pm

Atalante

because your every word is so precious that we deserve to hear it twice

1:33 pm

Lizsark

*giggles*

1:33 pm

Lizsark

*giggles*

1:33 pm

Atalante

how odd!

1:34 pm

car.eeyore

Has anyone else had trouble changing their icon today?

1:34 pm

Lizsark

You expect fb chat to play up, this one is usually good

1:34 pm

Atalante

fb chat is hell

1:35 pm

Lizsark

I know :(

1:35 pm

Atalante

I even - perish the thought - had to start running fb in IE to get it to work

1:35 pm

Lizsark

eek! Not firefox?

1:35 pm

car.eeyore

Does the first me 6/24 build off the me 5/14?

1:35 pm

dcseain

fb won't run in firefox for me. i use safari instead

1:36 pm

Atalante

no, poor beloved firefox

1:36 pm

Lizsark

hi dc :)

1:36 pm

Lizsark

never tried safari

1:36 pm

harpjane

i wish i knew, car

1:37 pm

Atalante

safari's nice

1:37 pm

Lizsark

Holiday tomorrow :))

1:37 pm

harpjane

ff has been crashing on me, only at home. it's fine at work

1:37 pm

Atalante

me + babbler whose name starts with 12 + I need to **e

1:37 pm

car.eeyore

me 5/14 is gold, silver, bronze.... but I cannot get the next me 6/24...

1:37 pm

harpjane

em7?

1:37 pm

Atalante

yu're going to the big wide world?

1:38 pm

Lizsark

No. Jersey. ROFL

1:38 pm

Atalante

thats what I meant :P

1:39 pm

car.eeyore

I am sorry Ata, I am not getting your clue.

1:39 pm

Deeha

I think it is the old friut cer |same as previous word but with an additional const. in the middle

1:39 pm

car.eeyore

Harp...I don't have EM 7 yet.

1:39 pm

Atalante

is that as full of drug dealers as Guernsey?

1:39 pm

Lizsark

Just till Friday :) But I'm taking my new netbook with me

1:39 pm

Deeha

No it isnt ignore the last biot but it is a fruit!!

1:39 pm

Lizsark

Probably more. Guernsey really isn't despite what tv would have you believe.

1:40 pm

Deeha

An anagram of previous with an additional const. at the end

1:40 pm

Atalante

oooo looked it to me! there were drug dealers on every corner! I saw 'em! Hobbti sniffed them all out. LOL

1:40 pm

car.eeyore

TY! Got 'em!

1:40 pm

Lizsark

U sure you were in Guernsey???????

1:41 pm

Lizsark

I reckon you went to the Isle of Man by mistake!

1:41 pm

Atalante

loooooool

1:41 pm

Atalante

Isle of Man? Is that full of drug dealers too??

1:41 pm

dcseain

hint for SE4.6, pls?

1:41 pm

lynxxx

TY Deeha

1:41 pm

Lizsark

Jersey has its share of dodgy characters - its why we fit in so well lol

1:41 pm

Atalante

orange se*ment*

1:42 pm

dcseain

oy gevalt. thanks, ata

1:42 pm

Atalante

I loved Lihou *random*. Really really loved it

1:42 pm

Lizsark

uh oh dying fire alert. Be back after a bit of pyromania and stoking....

1:43 pm

Deeha

preblar as my granddaughter would say ( translated - pleasure!)

1:43 pm

car.eeyore

May I please have a clue for the as 8?

1:43 pm

lynxxx

lol, how lovely

1:44 pm

Atalante

as8 - nasty stuff in buildings that isn't allowed any more

1:44 pm

car.eeyore

TY Ata!

1:44 pm

Atalante

that one is easy to clue!!

1:44 pm

dcseain

it's an insulator, mostly produced today in Morroco

1:45 pm

dcseain

aw, it ate my mesothelioma comment :(

1:46 pm

stidmama

hello all! I am taking a mini break from doing very little... *grin*

1:46 pm

stidmama

how's the grid today?

1:46 pm

car.eeyore

Hi Stid!

1:46 pm

dcseain

a tad challenging, but not impossible, stid. hello

1:46 pm

lynxxx

hi Stid! tough

1:46 pm

stidmama

and thanks to atalante I start today with AS 8!

1:46 pm

periwinkle

hi there stiddy

1:47 pm

periwinkle

hello all

1:47 pm

car.eeyore

Hi Peri!

1:47 pm

dcseain

hi, peri

1:47 pm

stidmama

hey peri

1:47 pm

lynxxx

hi Peri

1:47 pm

Atalante

hi peri

1:47 pm

car.eeyore

Fireworks!

1:47 pm

dcseain

congrats, eeyore

1:47 pm

stidmama

YAY car!!!!

1:48 pm

dcseain

1st RU5.12, pls?

1:48 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Car!

1:48 pm

Sandieangel

su5/16 anyone plz?

1:48 pm

dcseain

found it:)

1:48 pm

dcseain

su5man, different middle cons

1:48 pm

car.eeyore

Good bye to all...have to get ready for work! have a great night!

1:49 pm

periwinkle

yay for car!

1:49 pm

stidmama

later car! be well!

1:49 pm

periwinkle

47 left bbs

1:49 pm

stidmama

later peri

1:50 pm

dcseain

be well, car

1:50 pm

Sandieangel

hmmm still can't get that su5/16 at all.

1:51 pm

dcseain

below not him, perhaps, sandie

1:51 pm

lynxxx

su5.16 Potato is a tu***

1:51 pm

stidmama

thanks for the su!

1:52 pm

stidmama

is the lone E in the second column fishy? if not, help with second letter please, it's my last untouched tile

1:52 pm

Sandieangel

AHA thanks for that. Got it.

1:52 pm

Atalante

er5/10

1:53 pm

stidmama

thanks atalante

1:53 pm

stidmama

*thinking*

1:53 pm

stidmama

got it! NBT!

1:53 pm

stidmama

down to 172...

1:53 pm

Atalante

yay!

1:54 pm

PAV3

hi folks...es

1:55 pm

stidmama

hey PAV!

1:55 pm

lynxxx

hi Pav!

1:55 pm

dcseain

hi, pav

1:56 pm

stidmama

yippee! past 100! my goal is met (of course, the goal is getting easier and easier as I have less time to play regularly...)

1:57 pm

dcseain

well done, stid

1:58 pm

stidmama

how are you doing these days, seain? are you taking care of yourself? I still have you and your tom on my list...

1:59 pm

dcseain

i'm alight.

1:59 pm

dcseain

he's still healing. we follow up with cardiologist in Cleveland on the 2nd

2:00 pm

stidmama

it will take a bit I know for him to feel truly alright... my hope is that he will feel much better than before (eventually) I know he's had poor health for quite a while.

2:01 pm

dcseain

well, the crohn's has been under control, which helps.

2:02 pm

stidmama

that's good. I am told that is a rotten problem to have.

2:02 pm

PAV3

22 for 22 NBT!

2:02 pm

Atalante

crohn's can be hell

2:03 pm

dcseain

my sister has ulcerative colitis. it's a bit easier than full-blown crohn's

2:03 pm

PAV3

wow, and in less than 10 mins...

2:03 pm

stidmama

go PAV go!!!

2:03 pm

stidmama

neither one sounds "fun" to me!

2:04 pm

Atalante

all my sister's multiple and life-threatening problems are corhn's based

2:05 pm

dcseain

yes, it has many a a co-morbidity

2:05 pm

stidmama

YES! HALFWAY!!!!

2:06 pm

dcseain

go, stid, go!

2:06 pm

Matches

clue for as 8/50 pleas

2:07 pm

stidmama

I am learning more and more about these BIG (but hidden/rarely discussed) illnesses.

2:07 pm

dcseain

insulator, the breathing of which causes mesothelioma

2:07 pm

stidmama

AS 8 is the fire-retardant that causes cancer

2:07 pm

Atalante

actually drs now think sister has a so far undescribed form of Crohn's - her symptoms are so much more problematic than nearly every other crohn's case they've ever seen

2:08 pm

stidmama

that must be very frustrating for her, atalante.

2:09 pm

Atalante

less frustrating, more worrying that's she likely to collapse and die at any moment!

2:09 pm

stidmama

I know how frustrating my hip problems have been, and they are hardly life-threatening.

2:09 pm

dcseain

Tom was diagnosed at 13. He weighed i think it was about 70 pounds starting high school. He had a full resection at 27. He still takes about 15 medicines to keep it in line, and he minimizes his fibre intake

2:09 pm

stidmama

((((gentle hugs for atalante))))

2:10 pm

stidmama

oh golly, that poor, poor child! *sad mama face for teen-age tom*

2:10 pm

Atalante

sister was diagnosed at 18. she's now on about 70-80 tablets daily + a bottle of oral morphine

2:11 pm

dcseain

omg! poor thing.

2:11 pm

stidmama

*stomping feet at unfairness*

2:11 pm

dcseain

has she had a colonic resection?

2:12 pm

Atalante

total resection, double mastectomy, bladder removed, currently they are deciding whether to amputate her left arm, her mastectomy wounds are still open and infected after 6 years

2:12 pm

lynxxx

....as we all count our blessings and think how unbelievably brave people are who face these issues every day of their lives

2:12 pm

Matches

ty stid

2:12 pm

Atalante

I really don't know how she manages!

2:12 pm

dcseain

Â¡ay yay yay!

2:13 pm

stidmama

sure thing matches

2:13 pm

stidmama

I can't imagine it at all, atalante. I have such a fear of medical people and hospitals myself.

2:13 pm

alibabas

I have seen a show about open wounds and there was some invention that stretched the skin so that the wound would heal

2:13 pm

Matches

surd

2:13 pm

dcseain

very sorry to hear, ata. :(

2:14 pm

stidmama

go matches go!

2:14 pm

Atalante

she really has no choice. she has a 30 - 40 min long nurse / dr appt every day apart from Sundays. and is in hospital maybe 3 months a year

2:14 pm

Matches

sorry pb

2:14 pm

stidmama

those can work, ali, but only if the infection is taken care of as well.

2:15 pm

alibabas

huh....why does the infection not heal?

2:15 pm

Atalante

they have tried everything with Claire's wounds *sigh*. They just won't heal. She has no immune system to speak of

2:15 pm

dcseain

alababas, chrohn's is an auto-immune disorder often kept in line with strong immune suppressors. It can make healing hard.

2:16 pm

alibabas

I see. I know this may seem trite but does she keep a good diet?

2:16 pm

Atalante

no, but she can't eat most foods

2:16 pm

Atalante

she eats what she can

2:16 pm

alibabas

oh...because of the disease

2:16 pm

Dorens

reading back, ata, sorry about your sister... it so difficult to understand why some people have such terrible and sad burdens

2:16 pm

dcseain

http://wakingupnow.com/blog/rep4that the video at the top is hilarious commentary about the Republicans in Congress.

2:16 pm

stidmama

hello doren

2:17 pm

Atalante

hi doren!

2:17 pm

stidmama

LOL great non-sequitur seain!

2:17 pm

alibabas

what foods can she eat?

2:17 pm

dcseain

and people with crohn's don't get much nutrition from what they eat, as it passes through system so quickly unless a colestid or anti-dirrheal regimen slows the sytem.

2:17 pm

lynxxx

hi Dorens

2:17 pm

Dorens

oh yes, and hello stid, seain and all else

2:17 pm

dcseain

hi, dorens

2:17 pm

alibabas

i see.

2:18 pm

alibabas

is she basically on liquid diet?

2:18 pm

stidmama

well, I am down to 113 and stuck. probably time to go back to my schoolwork. I hope that you-all will take care of and appreciate the health you have (as I do!) and see you-all soon!

2:18 pm

alibabas

by std

2:18 pm

lynxxx

bye Stid

2:19 pm

stidmama

with luck the servers at school are back up and I can get in to the services I need...

*poof*

2:19 pm

dcseain

have fun, stid

2:19 pm

Atalante

no, but most stuff she eats as soft, because she also has half a jaw remaining and not many teeth

2:19 pm

Dorens

that was wuick. bye stid.

2:19 pm

Dorens

jmm wuick.. nice looking word. meant quick

2:19 pm

Dorens

do you live near her ata?

2:20 pm

Atalante

about 3 hours away by car, so not so bad

2:20 pm

alibabas

we have issues with our son who has cerebral palsy and does not eat by mouth. We have blendtech blender and he drinks lots of pediasure. The blender purees lots of stuff while keeping vitamins

2:20 pm

alibabas

this may be something that helps

2:21 pm

alibabas

probiotic food like yogurts and even capsules that you can sprinkle in your food are good for digestion.

2:21 pm

Dorens

does she have interest in things ata? wondering what sort of life she has.. she must really enjoy your visits

2:22 pm

dcseain

all true, but when what you swallow passes through in 30-60 minutes, and your GI tract is shortened, not much helps aside from volume and certain supplements.

2:22 pm

Atalante

she has a Cat. the cat is a monster, and keeps her alive, I'm sure. She's devoted to the monster

2:22 pm

dcseain

:) yay for her kitty

2:22 pm

Atalante

she has - some - interest. she has fits and starts

2:23 pm

Atalante

I keep telling her not to die cos I get the monster cat when she dies and I don't want it! :P

2:23 pm

Atalante

(of course, I do really, squeaker is a gorgeous cat, but an utter monster)

2:23 pm

Dorens

well good about that cat. and i can imagine you don't want it!

2:23 pm

dcseain

heh

2:24 pm

Atalante

squeaker really is the one thing that keeps her alive. it's amazing what animals can do

2:24 pm

Dorens

change in topic. Ken's grandson who is 7 and has asperger's syndrome caught a snake and he is so excited about it. I'm going over there in a bit to admire the snake (baby garter)

2:25 pm

Atalante

awwwww! I LOVE garter snakes

2:25 pm

dcseain

yes, animals do miracles for people.

2:25 pm

dcseain

how cool is that, dorens!

2:25 pm

Dorens

he has a cousin with a pet snake and he is all puffed up now that he has one himsself and he even caught it himself! i don't love garter snakes, but i will love this one

2:26 pm

dcseain

and they're easy to care for

2:26 pm

Atalante

that's adorable

2:26 pm

Atalante

are they keeping it?

2:27 pm

Dorens

apparently it has already eaten an earthworm.. thinking that if it has eaten in captivity, they might be able to

2:27 pm

Atalante

you must take some photos :)

2:27 pm

Dorens

he does love animals... of course both my cats go into deep deep hiding whenever he comes into the house, cause he just won't leave them alone

2:27 pm

Dorens

ok ata.. for you, i will take photos!

2:28 pm

Dorens

can i please have a clue for the be word (words, hopefully) before what the mendicant does?

2:28 pm

Atalante

brave Doren :)

2:29 pm

dcseain

be4 and 6 and 5 - road runner be4! be4!

2:30 pm

dcseain

be5/6 at end like language in NW France, without the r

2:31 pm

Dorens

thanks seain it was the be5/6

2:31 pm

harpjane

hello 35 to go

2:31 pm

dcseain

wtg, harp

2:32 pm

Dorens

and my daughter was just talking about croque monsieurs at a place in NYC with the name of that language yesterday

2:32 pm

dcseain

i'm up to the Es, with 27 to go

2:32 pm

hego

Hello again

2:32 pm

Atalante

mmmm croque monsieur

2:32 pm

dcseain

oh, neat, dorens

2:32 pm

dcseain

wb, hego

2:32 pm

Dorens

oh, no. wrong. i already had those... i am loking for the 6/7 before be 4/8

2:33 pm

Dorens

indeed mmm croque monsieur.....the first thing i have to eat every time i get to paris!. so this place in ny supposedly wraps it up in a crepe and then fries it. can't quite imagine, can you?

2:33 pm

dcseain

don't worry, be6 :D

2:33 pm

lynxxx

be6.33 I think we all should BE **** we have our health

2:34 pm

Atalante

be6/7 - be happy!

2:34 pm

Dorens

oh... funny... thanks seain. and lynxx

2:34 pm

Atalante

croque madames are nicer, but any croque is good,. though not wrapped in a crepe!!!

2:35 pm

dcseain

huh. had never heard of croque madame

2:35 pm

Dorens

and thansk also to ata. i dont' think i ever heard that word before/ i know, i can't imagine it wrapped in a crepe-- but i'm not a fried egg kinda gal, so i prefer the monsieurs

2:35 pm

dcseain

wrapped in a crepe seems wrong

2:35 pm

hego

There is a croque madam, but I don

2:35 pm

hego

t remember wht it is.

2:36 pm

Dorens

am rushing like a fiend, so my typing made no sense. i haven' heard the be6/7 before, i don't think
and i can't imagine the croque in crepes

2:36 pm

PAV3

so I take it croques are not hte same as crocs or croaks and the diff between a croque monsieur and madame is the size?

2:36 pm

Dorens

monsieur with an egg is a madame... is there some deep symbolism there?

2:36 pm

dcseain

diff is the egg, pav

2:36 pm

Atalante

croque madame has a fried egg on top of it

2:36 pm

welki

fancy for grilled cheese :)

2:37 pm

Atalante

about a millino calories and worth every one of them

2:37 pm

dcseain

battered grilled cheese with ham

2:37 pm

welki

don't forget the bechamel sauce

2:37 pm

Dorens

oh no i am getting hungry now. grilled ham and cheese with bechamel sauce... and thanks, i did get my fireworks, and need to go make the salmon patÃ© before going to see Adam's snake. bye all and happy babbles

2:37 pm

Atalante

with cheese cause

2:37 pm

Atalante

*sauce!

2:38 pm

Atalante

say hi to the snakey :P

2:38 pm

hego

I need the last s in the bottom corner. the one that isn't so, pls

2:38 pm

lynxxx

bye Dorens. and congrats!

2:38 pm

welki

save a small piece of salmon for the snake .. they love fish :)

2:38 pm

Atalante

ok, I gotta go eat LOL. Have fun Doren! :)

2:38 pm

dcseain

you blow it out our nose, hego

2:39 pm

Atalante

(ewww lol)

2:39 pm

PAV3

well, I don't think I'm a snake, but I do love salmon...does that count?

2:39 pm

harpjane

my sister's cat brought in a garter snake and it had babies

2:39 pm

dcseain

did the cat eat the babies?

2:39 pm

PAV3

the cat or the snake?

2:39 pm

hego

Thanks dc, Don't know how I missed that lovely word

2:40 pm

hego

Oops that wasn't it. I think it's an st word.

2:42 pm

dcseain

do you have the so7 hands?

2:42 pm

dcseain

or he so4 his soup with bread

2:42 pm

hego

Yes dc

2:42 pm

dcseain

or those stupid so4 will not shut up

2:43 pm

hego

Got all the so4's. I think. Thanks

2:43 pm

dcseain

no STs from that S

2:43 pm

dcseain

all SO or SN

2:44 pm

dcseain

did you plural the sn?

2:44 pm

hego

I'm stumped. Will keep trying until it's grey.

2:44 pm

PAV3

there's 4 x sp4 from that tile

2:44 pm

lynxxx

plural the so4.7?

2:44 pm

PAV3

4 x so4

2:45 pm

welki

where in jersey are you, hego? lots of jersey babblers

2:45 pm

hego

plural sn is the other s

2:45 pm

dcseain

oh, right

2:45 pm

dcseain

no SP from lower left though

2:45 pm

dcseain

plural so4?

2:45 pm

hego

At the shore Ocean Township, near Asbury Park.

2:46 pm

PAV3

yeah that was my bad...fat(ter) fingers , dimly lit room, poor eyes,, you name it I have it...

2:46 pm

welki

one of my kids leaves in eatontown, not too, too far

2:47 pm

harpjane

this is embarassing, just found some Christmas towels at the bottom of the laundry pile

2:47 pm

hego

I'm just a stone's throw from Eatontown, literally. Welki.

2:47 pm

harpjane

the last two bu5's?

2:47 pm

welki

lol ... yeah, you were starting to get ready for the holidays early (that would be my story)

2:48 pm

hego

Thanks for all your help, dc

2:48 pm

harpjane

well I'm already practicing christmas music....

2:48 pm

welki

greyhound has lots of 'em ... and if you took one, you'd have bu*** it

2:48 pm

lynxxx

Ride on the bu* - past tense & plural

2:49 pm

welki

will be visiting there next month, hego (that's why my icon is a plane heading east .. an AC EM190

2:49 pm

harpjane

thanks

2:49 pm

Anniebrook

hello everyone!

2:49 pm

lynxxx

hi Annie!

2:49 pm

welki

hi annie

2:50 pm

harpjane

how about the bu 6 after the bu6?

2:50 pm

dcseain

hello, annie

2:50 pm

Uneaixoise

welki, it's a fishing lure . . . ?

2:50 pm

Anniebrook

hi lynxxxie and welki

2:50 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, annie :-)

2:50 pm

dcseain

bu6's office where one pays bills at uni

2:50 pm

Anniebrook

Hi Une!

2:50 pm

hego

That's a long trip for you welki. But welcome.

2:50 pm

Shivs Fitz

Hiya.

2:50 pm

hego

Hi Annie

2:50 pm

harpjane

thanks, got the b's

2:51 pm

dcseain

howdy, shivs :)

2:51 pm

Anniebrook

hi hego

2:51 pm

lynxxx

hi Une & Shivs

2:51 pm

welki

hi shivs, lyn (everyone)

2:52 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, lynxxx :-)

2:52 pm

Shivs Fitz

Hiya Seain, lynxxx and welki.

2:53 pm

harpjane

me6 after what you get in the olympics?

2:54 pm

dcseain

one who sticks one's nose into something and makes trouble

2:54 pm

dcseain

weird spelling

2:54 pm

lynxxx

me6 an allternative speeling of the guy who sells door to door

2:54 pm

Shivs Fitz

Thanks Seain... got it.

2:54 pm

harpjane

thanks, that gave me some P's too!

2:55 pm

Uneaixoise

tx lynxxx!

2:55 pm

dcseain

ar5.16, pls?

2:56 pm

lynxxx

ar & Miss ***bie Reynolds

2:56 pm

Uneaixoise

and plural

2:56 pm

dcseain

ty, lyn and une for firewords

2:56 pm

Uneaixoise

yay, seain!!!!!!!!!!

2:56 pm

lynxxx

Congrats DC!

2:57 pm

dcseain

i must get ready. 6PM concert of 12th century Flemish music, and it'll take an hour to get there

2:57 pm

dcseain

happy babbling, yall! {poof}

2:57 pm

welki

boy, i love this lil monkey

2:57 pm

Uneaixoise

enjoy, seain!

2:57 pm

Shivs Fitz

WTG, Seain!!

2:58 pm

lynxxx

I must find something to do too...Bye all!

2:58 pm

Shivs Fitz

Sounds interesting...enjoy the concert!

3:02 pm

hego

DC, I finally got the st that's the s in the corner. It's the plural of the opposite of goes.

3:03 pm

Shivs Fitz

I think he left?

3:03 pm

Uneaixoise

hego, he had to get ready for a 6:00pm concert

3:03 pm

hego

Oh, too bad. He was so helpful.

3:04 pm

Shivs Fitz

Yeah, he is.

3:04 pm

Uneaixoise

yes, he alway is . . . a real sweetie

3:04 pm

Shivs Fitz

Lovely person!

3:04 pm

hego

OH, YES, NOW i REMEMBER.

3:04 pm

hego

Oops caps lock.

3:06 pm

Shivs Fitz

Phantom: TEMPEST

3:09 pm

harpjane

ra6? for the win?

3:10 pm

welki

ra + i am **** you will get this clue.

3:11 pm

kje

ty welk

3:11 pm

kje

and woooooooohooooooo harp!!!

3:11 pm

Uneaixoise

tx welki and hey, kje!

3:11 pm

welki

hi kje :)

3:11 pm

kje

hi all

3:11 pm

Uneaixoise

yay, harp!!!!

3:11 pm

Shivs Fitz

Thanks welki, that was a big help!!

3:12 pm

rururocks

good afternoon all..

3:12 pm

welki

hi ru

3:12 pm

harpjane

got it, at first wouldn't enter because I kept putting an exclamation point after it!

3:12 pm

harpjane

thanks for the help!

3:13 pm

Uneaixoise

howdy, ruru

3:14 pm

Anniebrook

hi ruru

3:17 pm

Shivs Fitz

Good evening, rururocks.

3:17 pm

rururocks

ar 5/16 anyone?

3:17 pm

Anniebrook

ar + ***ie reynolds and olural

3:18 pm

kje

ty annie

3:18 pm

rururocks

thank you.. breaks into musical ...

3:18 pm

kje

and good timing ru - i was looking for that too

3:18 pm

Anniebrook

youre welcome and hi

3:20 pm

kje

hi annie - how is NYC?

3:20 pm

Anniebrook

just a lovely day today. had lunch with friends today.

3:20 pm

kje

nice - feeling like autumn?

3:21 pm

Anniebrook

yes, quite autumnish..

3:21 pm

welki

annie, do you live in manhattan or one of the boroughs?

3:22 pm

rururocks

oh.. I finally have all the b's....yeahhh

3:22 pm

Anniebrook

welki, I live in brooklyn, hence my name

3:22 pm

kje

be6/33 ru?

3:22 pm

rururocks

dont' worry... be happy

3:23 pm

welki

well, hello then! i was born in maimonides hospital, lived in bensonhurst, canarsie and sheepshead bay!

3:23 pm

kje

it is finally sunny here - we have had so much rain!

3:23 pm

kje

ty - good clue

3:23 pm

rururocks

wooo ooh oooh oooh oh aaaah.. don't worry ... be happy

3:23 pm

kje

oh no - he is in one of those moods

3:23 pm

hego

Need help with su5 16, pls.

3:23 pm

welki

he even sounds a little like bobby mcferin

3:24 pm

Anniebrook

ruru is giving a great clue for that be6/7

3:24 pm

Shivs Fitz

I only have the su5/14.

3:24 pm

welki

s + enormous, giant, economy size in german

3:25 pm

Shivs Fitz

Oh so he is...thank you, ruru!!

3:25 pm

Shivs Fitz

That found me 2 more.

3:25 pm

hego

Ty Welki

3:25 pm

welki

'welcome

3:26 pm

Shivs Fitz

Thanks welki...got it.

3:27 pm

hego

I don't have much German.

3:27 pm

welki

neither do i. pig latin is more my speed :)

3:28 pm

periwinkle

hi, help withme6/7 pls

3:28 pm

Shivs Fitz

I have what I remember, from school. Not as much as I'd like to remember, LOL.

3:28 pm

hego

I think you're being too modest.

3:28 pm

kje

de8? is it fishy?

3:28 pm

welki

crazy spelling for someone who interferes (and pl)

3:29 pm

welki

no, not fishy at all

3:29 pm

rururocks

interferes?

3:30 pm

kje

someone who me6s in other's business

3:30 pm

welki

yeah .. someone who sticks their nose where it doesn't belong (stop me****** in my affairs!)

3:30 pm

hego

You know ruru, like a busy body.

3:30 pm

kje

or someone who wins gold

3:31 pm

kje

de8?

3:32 pm

welki

de 4/6 +french for ocean + my gal ***

3:33 pm

kittychan

I can't believe I got that clue!

3:33 pm

welki

echh ... de + french for ocean + my gal ***

3:33 pm

welki

i can't believe it either, it was all buggered up! lol

3:33 pm

rururocks

I can't believe I got that clue

3:34 pm

kje

ty welki!!!

3:34 pm

kittychan

yeah - ty

3:34 pm

rururocks

buggering ?

3:34 pm

hego

What can that word mean?

3:35 pm

hego

RURU!

3:35 pm

welki

ruru, could you please explain it for hego? seems like my defining abilities are compromised today.

3:35 pm

rururocks

welki said it not me?

3:35 pm

Anniebrook

it means deposited on the bottom of a body of water

3:35 pm

hego

It was a great clueWelki.

3:36 pm

crosshair

here is a sad note,first place ive heard of this happening.. http://tinyurl.com/l7qv3v

3:36 pm

rururocks

de8 means behind

3:36 pm

hego

Yes he did Ruru.

3:37 pm

kittychan

Now tell us what buggered means ;-)

3:37 pm

hego

Thanks for the definition, ru. you do rock.

3:37 pm

welki

crossy, that's pathetically sad. how could it happen :(

3:38 pm

rururocks

buggered is british slang for doing the wild thing

3:38 pm

kje

es?

3:38 pm

rururocks

what happened crossy?

3:38 pm

welki

well, think it's time to go .. take care, folks

3:38 pm

kje

bye welk - hagd

3:39 pm

rururocks

e + not go kje

3:39 pm

Shirlockc

be7?

3:39 pm

hego

Bye, Welki, ty.

3:39 pm

rururocks

bye welki

3:39 pm

rururocks

(hope I didn't run her off)

3:39 pm

kje

well, your use of buggering was rather shocking

3:39 pm

crosshair

a state wide library closure due to funding

3:40 pm

kje

ty ru

3:40 pm

rururocks

zips lip from putting out rude comment to kje

3:40 pm

periwinkle

hi follks, help with me6 and me7 pls

3:41 pm

rururocks

just clued peri..look below

3:41 pm

kje

that zipper is usually broken, have you been fixed?

3:42 pm

rururocks

**mmumpf*

3:43 pm

kje

LOVING this zipper thing!!!

3:43 pm

periwinkle

must have missed the me6/7 clue :(

3:43 pm

kje

its like i can stand in front of you, stick my thumbs in my ears, wiggle my fingers, stick out my tongue and laugh!

3:43 pm

Shivs Fitz

If you can em5/18 something, why can't you do it again?

3:44 pm

Shirlockc

me = someone who is nosy -- alt spelling of

3:45 pm

periwinkle

thanks so much

3:45 pm

periwinkle

shirl

3:49 pm

Atalante

have we finally managed to quieten Ruru???

3:50 pm

kje

he is zippered!

3:50 pm

Atalante

how - miraculous!

3:51 pm

rururocks

and not for the first time either

3:51 pm

Takuma Sato

Good afternoon, everyone. Fun grid today?

3:52 pm

rururocks

(takes down Atalante shrine in office now)

3:52 pm

Atalante

miraculously bad, of course

3:52 pm

kje

not horrid takuma

3:54 pm

kje

how many left, ru?

3:55 pm

rururocks

** mummfpf*

3:57 pm

kje

poke your nose on the dot key however many times, ru

3:58 pm

rururocks

I am not a freaking parrot kje...

3:58 pm

hego

Oh, please come back Ruru.

3:58 pm

hego

3:58 pm

hego

3:58 pm

hego

3:58 pm

kje

oops - the zipper broke

3:58 pm

hego

ll is forgiven.

3:58 pm

Atalante

no, cos parrots obey zipper commands :P

3:59 pm

hego

Now you got me all shook up.

4:01 pm

kje

uno

4:02 pm

kje

and finito

4:03 pm

Atalante

yay kje!

4:05 pm

Anniebrook

YAY for kje!!!

4:05 pm

rururocks

yay kje.. nice going.

4:07 pm

kje

thanks

4:08 pm

kje

anyone want a clue?

4:08 pm

Atalante

Im fine ty, nearly finished

4:08 pm

rururocks

done....

4:09 pm

Atalante

yay ruru

4:09 pm

Anniebrook

clue for ru 5/12, please

4:09 pm

kje

wow, you zipped right through those!

4:09 pm

kje

woooooohoooooo ruuuuuuu!!!!!

4:10 pm

rururocks

not urban is the ru5

4:10 pm

Anniebrook

YAY for ruru!!!

4:10 pm

kje

plural, annie

4:10 pm

rururocks

not bad in one hour.

4:10 pm

kje

oosps - ru is right

4:10 pm

kje

not bad at all ru

4:11 pm

Anniebrook

first ru 5/12, please, have the other one

4:11 pm

rururocks

and I politely finished after you

4:11 pm

rururocks

I just clued it annie

4:11 pm

Shirlockc

last me6

4:11 pm

rururocks

me + not bottom+ vowell

4:11 pm

kje

ru5 - not urban... out in the country past the city limit sign

4:12 pm

Anniebrook

thanks, ru...fishy

4:12 pm

Shirlockc

thx ruru

4:12 pm

kje

that's a line from a song, btw - anyone know the next one

4:13 pm

Atalante

*sings* nutbush city limits

4:13 pm

Shirlockc

be7?

4:13 pm

kje

uh, don't know that one, but OK, I'll go along

4:14 pm

rururocks

nutbush?

4:14 pm

rururocks

isn't that anywhere in texas?

4:14 pm

Atalante

lool sorry, I typed that in before yours cam eup

4:14 pm

kje

be7 is plural - be6 is be + happy

4:14 pm

Shirlockc

thx kje

4:14 pm

Shirlockc

didn't know that could be a word

4:15 pm

kje

yw

4:15 pm

rururocks

shirloc beangry about that

4:15 pm

kje

I need a nap.... happy babbling - later

4:15 pm

rururocks

bye napster

4:16 pm

Shirlockc

ha! ruru LOL

4:16 pm

kje

lol - poof

4:16 pm

Anniebrook

I am done.

4:17 pm

Atalante

yay annie!

4:17 pm

rururocks

yeah.... annie.. well done

4:19 pm

Anniebrook

would anyone like a clue before I leave?

4:19 pm

Atalante

firebirds!

4:20 pm

Anniebrook

YAY for Atalante!!!!

4:20 pm

Anniebrook

and so I am off, bye dear babblers

4:20 pm

Takuma Sato

cognacs!

4:21 pm

Anniebrook

YAY for Takuma!!!!

4:21 pm

Atalante

yay everyone!!

4:24 pm

Takuma Sato

heh, not yet, for me. I was just cognac'g you guys

4:25 pm

Atalante

well yay anyway :)

4:27 pm

Takuma Sato

I'll take it ;) thanks!

4:28 pm

redturtlehead

hi all!

4:28 pm

Atalante

hi red! hi teulu!

4:29 pm

redturtlehead

Hi Ata, how is everything?

4:30 pm

Enomis65

good evening babblers

4:30 pm

Atalante

you've just missed the hugest fireworks display ever seen in babble history :)

4:30 pm

Enomis65

mets

4:30 pm

Enomis65

oops sorry

4:30 pm

redturtlehead

Really? oh shucky darn!!

4:30 pm

redturtlehead

hi Enomis.

4:31 pm

Atalante

everyone - except Takuma LOL - got fireworks

4:32 pm

Takuma Sato

lol

4:32 pm

Takuma Sato

lol
You're a cruel one, Ata

4:32 pm

redturtlehead

and me, i hae 134 left...

4:32 pm

Atalante

lol sorry :P I did cheer you anyway!

4:34 pm

redturtlehead

i love being cheered..

4:34 pm

Enomis65

This is an interesting grid - anybogy else found it tough?

4:34 pm

Atalante

yay red!!

4:34 pm

Takuma Sato

I'm finding it tough but fun, Eno

4:35 pm

Takuma Sato

opted

4:35 pm

Takuma Sato

yow

4:35 pm

Enomis65

ty takuma!

4:35 pm

redturtlehead

takuma, Yow is now in the grid...

4:35 pm

Takuma Sato

sorry about that -- first time I've done that in awhile. I guess that's my cue to lay off the chatting :|

4:36 pm

Enomis65

no no keep going! :) lol

4:37 pm

Takuma Sato

Time for me to split for awhile. thanks for the cheering. I'll be back later to inadvertently give away words in chat ;)

4:38 pm

Enomis65

I'll be waiting!

4:39 pm

redturtlehead

bye tacuma.

4:48 pm

nrkii

hi all

4:48 pm

nrkii

"shucky darn," red? been watching a little Monk recently?

5:04 pm

redturtlehead

I did watch Monk this Friday, did he say Shucky Darn? that must be where I got it from.

5:05 pm

nrkii

a few episodes ago... the one with the former child star who wrote the tell-all book, and Monk was a huge huge fan of the show, and everyone tried to keep him from reading the book

5:05 pm

Scrabbler

Hello all. I am home from a tennis match. Watching our inept Buffalo Bills, doing laundry, cooking salmon.

5:06 pm

Scrabbler

96 to go. List is up. ar 5-6 combo clue please?

5:07 pm

nrkii

ar + ***bie Reynolds

5:07 pm

nrkii

hi Scrabs!

5:07 pm

nrkii

I am home from our town Halloween Parade

5:07 pm

nrkii

much fun!

5:07 pm

Scrabbler

TY + HI N!

5:07 pm

Scrabbler

Was it great?

5:08 pm

nrkii

24 left to go ...

5:08 pm

nrkii

it was wonderful... I posted pics up on FB

5:08 pm

Scrabbler

Go N go!

5:11 pm

nrkii

you know, every time I question the sanity of the list, as in, "How can there possibly be an AS8 in this grid?"... I end up wrong

5:13 pm

Scrabbler

It was clued earlier. Do you need a clue?

5:13 pm

nrkii

no, I found it

5:13 pm

nrkii

I just had to argue with it for a while first

5:16 pm

Scrabbler

I am struggling with the be's

5:16 pm

nrkii

car noises for 3 of them

5:17 pm

Scrabbler

TY, N

5:17 pm

periwinkle

hello all

5:17 pm

nrkii

hmmm, there are a ton of be's... any in particular I can help with... I have them

5:17 pm

nrkii

hi peri!

5:17 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Peri

5:17 pm

JenMO16

hi everyone

5:17 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Jen

5:18 pm

periwinkle

nrkii, do you ever get to downtown Phila?

5:18 pm

nrkii

hi Jen

5:18 pm

nrkii

peri, once in a while, yes

5:18 pm

nrkii

just went last week, but hadn't been in a long time

5:18 pm

nrkii

it takes me about an hour to get there

5:18 pm

nrkii

longer if I go in rush hour, of course

5:19 pm

periwinkle

well, I was thinking of a mini babble get together in Nov. There is usally a craft show at the convention center. it is near China town. I am going. I will check with owl and marigold. are you interested?

5:19 pm

JBsAnno

Hi, everyone! nrkii, peri, Scrabbler!!, JenMo

5:19 pm

Scrabbler

Hi JB

5:20 pm

nrkii

definitely peri!

5:20 pm

nrkii

hi jbs!

5:20 pm

periwinkle

hi there JB. are you interested in goin to the craft show downtown in November?

5:20 pm

JBsAnno

Peri, sounds like fun! but if SEPTA goes on strike like they're threatening

5:20 pm

JBsAnno

(con't) it won't be easy!!

5:21 pm

periwinkle

ok, I will keep looking in the paper and on line for ads and let you both know. what, a strike> did not hear about that. was planning to take the train or a bus.

5:21 pm

Scrabbler

be6-7 after car noises?

5:21 pm

JBsAnno

And before that, it will definitely hurt the Phillies games

5:21 pm

nrkii

be + happy

5:21 pm

JBsAnno

Yeah, peri, I just heard it on Ch 6 noon news today

5:22 pm

Scrabbler

That's a word?? TY!

5:23 pm

periwinkle

thanks for the heads up ,, JB< I will keep checking the news. hope it does not happen

5:23 pm

Scrabbler

3rd be4/7?

5:23 pm

JBsAnno

Thanks for the be! Tho' I was wondering if your clue was an order or a suggestion!

5:23 pm

Scrabbler

NM, found it. I was going the wrong way?

5:23 pm

nrkii

:) jb

5:24 pm

nrkii

be6/33, dammit!

5:24 pm

nrkii

fireworks!

5:24 pm

periwinkle

yay for nrkii!!

5:24 pm

JBsAnno

For the Phila Babblers - wasn't it fantastic weather today? I'm loving the foliage brilliance in the sun!

5:24 pm

JBsAnno

Yay, nrkii!

5:25 pm

periwinkle

it was a lovely day, went for a long walk

5:25 pm

Scrabbler

Yahoo nrk!

5:25 pm

Scrabbler

We had a very sunny day here.

5:25 pm

JBsAnno

NOW she's be6/33!!

5:25 pm

nrkii

It was perfect today out there. I walked to the flea market (4 miles round trip) and then went to the town Halloween parade. Very sunny and just cool enough.

5:25 pm

JBsAnno

Which town, nrk?

5:26 pm

nrkii

Of course, last night I completely destroyed my sneakers when I went out to grab dinner. Walked through a RIVER on Bridge Street (lambertville)

5:26 pm

nrkii

I heard they closed Bridge Street for a while last night because the water was so bad

5:26 pm

Shivs Fitz

Hiya, Scrabbler!

5:27 pm

JBsAnno

How much rain did we get anyway? Definitely over an inch, I'm sure

5:27 pm

Scrabbler

Hi shivs!

5:27 pm

nrkii

which I believe, because as I was opening my car door, a car drove by and splashed a WAVE of water on me... I was dripping wet, like I had just jumped in a pool with my clothes on

5:27 pm

nrkii

hi shivs!

5:27 pm

Scrabbler

Poor N!

5:27 pm

JBsAnno

I wonder if I can see your town fireworks from my balcony, nrk, I'm gonna go check...

5:27 pm

nrkii

I could only laugh Scrabbler... stupid me to not think of it

5:28 pm

JBsAnno

Oh, so true, nrk, when I wait for the bus, I have to watch the puddles. I swear some cars TRY to drench me!

5:28 pm

nrkii

do we have fireworks here? I'm never here on 4th of July... it's my mom's birthday

5:28 pm

Scrabbler

Good attitude, N! Laughing is always better than crying or getting angry.

5:29 pm

nrkii

I was so wet from the waste down, that I left my sneakers on the porch, and stripped off my socks and pants the second I got inside the house

5:30 pm

nrkii

I don't think my sneakers will recover, but they were dangerously close to being done anyways

5:31 pm

JBsAnno

If you do have fireworks (usually I see them on 4th of July and New Years), then I can probably see them on the horizon, nrk. I counted one year about 20 firework shows.

5:32 pm

periwinkle

fireworks

5:32 pm

nrkii

you must have an incredible view JB!

5:32 pm

nrkii

yay peri!

5:32 pm

periwinkle

??????

5:32 pm

periwinkle

thanks, see you all tomorrow

5:33 pm

dan2bit

as8?

5:33 pm

JBsAnno

Yes, nrk, we do, and I'm very thankful, because my work office has no windows.

5:33 pm

Scrabbler

Yay Peri!

5:33 pm

nrkii

as8 causes mesothelioma

5:33 pm

Scrabbler

as8 = banned insulation that poses cancer risk

5:33 pm

nrkii

and hi dan!

5:33 pm

JBsAnno

And now I must go, too. Wait, peri!!! I'll catch up with you.......

5:33 pm

Scrabbler

hi Dan

5:33 pm

dan2bit

hi nrkii and thanks!

5:34 pm

nrkii

see you peri and jb!

5:34 pm

Scrabbler

N, wash your sneakers in the washer. I did that with a pair in August after hiking in mud and the results were surprising.

5:34 pm

nrkii

okay, I'm off to forage for tonight's dinner

5:34 pm

Scrabbler

Bye Peri & JB

5:35 pm

nrkii

will do scrabs... thanks!

5:35 pm

nrkii

bye all!

5:35 pm

Scrabbler

Bye N

5:35 pm

dan2bit

9 to go, all 6 or longer

5:36 pm

Scrabbler

Go Dan go!

5:37 pm

dan2bit

I know how the su8/9 start, but can't monkey the finish

5:37 pm

Scrabbler

Train de5

5:38 pm

Scrabbler

Last bu5/18 please?

5:38 pm

dan2bit

ty scrabbs

5:38 pm

dan2bit

took public transit

5:39 pm

dan2bit

em7?

5:43 pm

suefrad625

hi all

5:43 pm

suefrad625

em7, sunk in water

5:43 pm

suefrad625

ar5&6 ?

5:44 pm

dan2bit

tx suefrad, so me6 isn't linked to that one :-(

5:44 pm

dan2bit

ar + southern girl coming "of age"

5:45 pm

suefrad625

me6, switch the last two letter from the one before and add an r

5:45 pm

Scrabbler

TY, Dan and hi Sue

5:45 pm

suefrad625

a redneck wife?

5:45 pm

dan2bit

have that one - need the last me6

5:46 pm

Scrabbler

BBL, must work on laundry and dinner

5:46 pm

suefrad625

I am not getting the ar5

5:46 pm

suefrad625

bye scrab

5:47 pm

dan2bit

ar + ***bie Harry from 80's music

5:48 pm

crosshair

blondie;)

5:48 pm

mo

me6 ... me + not bottom + vowel.

5:48 pm

dan2bit

ty mo

5:48 pm

mo

and hello everyone.

5:48 pm

mo

yw dan.

5:49 pm

dan2bit

de8?

5:50 pm

suefrad625

just got the ar, ty dan

5:50 pm

suefrad625

hi mo

5:50 pm

mo

de8 ... I think its to do with things at the bottom of the sea. ... I will check.

5:51 pm

mo

hi sue ... yes I was right about the definition of the de8.

5:51 pm

dan2bit

so far that's not helping my monkeys :-)

5:52 pm

crosshair

the one you know is to im**** in water,just use a d instead

5:53 pm

mo

de8 ... the 1st de4 + consonant + short girls name.

5:53 pm

crosshair

good one no

5:53 pm

crosshair

mo that is

5:54 pm

crosshair

crossy puts on hsi typo club jacket

5:54 pm

mo

lol ... ty cross!

5:54 pm

crosshair

darn

5:54 pm

dan2bit

got it! thanks mo & all cluers - firewords

5:54 pm

mo

congrats dan!!!

5:55 pm

dan2bit

tyop makers of the wrold untie!

5:56 pm

mo

crossy ... your clue was great.

5:58 pm

mo

any more clues needed before I hit the "sack"?

5:59 pm

suefrad625

I didnt get the de8

5:59 pm

suefrad625

I guess i am a twit

6:00 pm

mo

no-one here is a twit sue! THINKING OF ANOTHER CLUE .....

6:00 pm

mo

OOPS SORRY FOR YELLING.

6:01 pm

suefrad625

lol

6:01 pm

suefrad625

I loved the passion

6:01 pm

mo

sorry ...

6:01 pm

mo

lol1!!!

6:02 pm

mo

DIDNT CROSSY'S CLUE HELP?

6:02 pm

suefrad625

NO

6:02 pm

suefrad625

lol

6:03 pm

suefrad625

I keep thinking it includes the em7, does it?

6:04 pm

mo

de8 .... de + consonant + reh***** .

6:05 pm

mo

reh***** ...as in practise.

6:05 pm

mo

em7 ... sort of comes into it.

6:06 pm

suefrad625

it ends in an ed?

6:06 pm

mo

wish I could be better at cluing!!!!

6:07 pm

mo

no it does'nt.

6:08 pm

mo

it ends .. ** Gore.

6:08 pm

suefrad625

you are wonderful, like I said i am a twit

6:08 pm

suefrad625

got it

6:08 pm

suefrad625

that is what I needed, the end

6:08 pm

mo

glad you got it sue!

6:09 pm

suefrad625

ty for sticking with me

6:09 pm

mo

yvw ... anytime.

6:11 pm

mo

I think we have frightened everyone else off sue!!! LOL.

6:11 pm

mo

do you need any more help?

6:12 pm

Shivs Fitz

Yeah, I'm frightened and off.

6:13 pm

MetFan

I'm not frightened off, but I need some help...please??

6:13 pm

mo

ooooh ... sorry Shivs ... goodnight.

6:14 pm

Shivs Fitz

Not off that way, yet...not until finishing! LOL

6:14 pm

Shivs Fitz

Off, as in...off my rocker?

6:14 pm

mo

I am here for a few more minutes. and help if I cn MetFan.

6:15 pm

mo

lol Shiv.

6:15 pm

mo

"can" ..

6:15 pm

MetFan

I've monkeyed the me6's and the me7 for, it seems, like the last hour, and cannot come up with anything. Help, please??

6:17 pm

Shivs Fitz

This grids and kids will do that to you, mo.

6:17 pm

LuvWordGames

me 6/24 reverse the last two letters of the me 5/14 and then add sta** and stripes forever, then plural for the 7

6:18 pm

mo

me6 ... someone who interferes and plural for the 7.

6:19 pm

MetFan

TY both very much - anything particular anyone needs a clue for?

6:19 pm

LuvWordGames

yw and de 6/21 and de 7/32 would be appreciated

6:20 pm

mo

Shiv ... I have no kids,so no excuse!!!!

6:20 pm

mo

glad you got ther Met.

6:20 pm

MetFan

To not add the opposite of pepper. Luv

6:20 pm

mo

"there"

6:20 pm

LuvWordGames

thanks MetFan!

6:21 pm

mo

good clue Met!

6:21 pm

MetFan

Just Met is cool with me in the chog - I am not Minveryork

6:21 pm

pugmama763

Blah haha

6:21 pm

Shivs Fitz

You're probably not off your rocker like I am though, mo.

6:22 pm

MetFan

Hi dear - didn't know you were on -

6:22 pm

Shivs Fitz

My two delight in annoying each other (and me in the process) just because they can...fun, fun! LOL

6:22 pm

pugmama763

sorry the last phone died so abruptly

6:22 pm

mo

Shivs ... my husband says I am! lol.

6:23 pm

Shivs Fitz

Oh does he now? LOL

6:23 pm

Shivs Fitz

I wouldn't listen to him...it probably means he is. ;o)

6:24 pm

mo

I think you may be right!!!

6:24 pm

Shivs Fitz

I know I'm at least half right.

6:24 pm

mo

but he's harmless!

6:24 pm

Shivs Fitz

And no more than half right...or I'd fall over.

6:25 pm

mo

ROFL.!!!

6:26 pm

MetFan

Sorry - I hit something by accident and it froze me, so I had to close and re-open.

6:27 pm

mo

welcome back Met.

6:27 pm

MetFan

It's good to be back

6:28 pm

Shivs Fitz

The su8/65 is driving me mad!

6:29 pm

dan2bit

su8 - secondary trainyard

6:29 pm

MetFan

Under train stations, Shivs, and pl

6:30 pm

Shivs Fitz

Oh for goodness' sake...thank you, MetFan!! :o)

6:31 pm

MetFan

yw

6:32 pm

MetFan

You still there, Ms Pug?

6:33 pm

mo

oh .. look at the time! ... I promised myself an early night tonight .... even though we did have an extra hour this morning!! Goodnight everyone ... enjoy the grid.

6:33 pm

Shivs Fitz

Sorry dan2bit...thanks to you, as well.

6:33 pm

Shivs Fitz

Goodnight, mo...off to sleep myself, as soon as I find these last 10 words!

6:34 pm

MetFan

What extra hour - is it Standard Time already??

6:34 pm

mo

bye Shivs ... good luck.

6:36 pm

mo

yes MetFan ... we put our clocks back an hour this morning ... now we have early dark nights....

6:36 pm

MetFan

I hadn't heard or noticed.....

6:37 pm

MetFan

I just noticed now that my VCR has set itself back one hour, so there you are - it's the only clock I have in the house that does that.

6:38 pm

mo

now you have an extra hour to play babble!!!!! lol.

6:39 pm

Shivs Fitz

The te5/12 anyone, please?

6:39 pm

MetFan

An extra hour to sit and monkey...fun, fun, fun

6:39 pm

Shivs Fitz

I am at a loss...can't find it for anything!!

6:40 pm

KrisE

Met, I think we have another week before daylight wasting time...

6:40 pm

mo

te5 ... a tent.

6:40 pm

mo

or wigwam.

6:41 pm

MetFan

Now I'm confused.......

6:41 pm

Shivs Fitz

Oh thanks, mo!!

6:42 pm

mo

yw ... I really must go now .... poof.....

6:42 pm

lawyer-1

try te +urine

6:43 pm

KrisE

http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dsteve
nts.html

6:48 pm

Shivs Fitz

Fireworks!!

6:49 pm

Shivs Fitz

And goodnight...must be up early!!

6:51 pm

MetFan

according to that website, Kris, the time I thought it was is correct. What was Mo talking about?

6:51 pm

MetFan

She's got to be a week ahead of herself, at least!!!

6:52 pm

gwenski

The US doesn't change time until next Sunday.

6:53 pm

MetFan

Thanks, Gwen - someone on here thinks it is today!!!

6:54 pm

gwenski

Didn't it used to be the last Sunday in October? In any case, it's now the first Sunday in November.

6:57 pm

lawyer-1

But, if you live in the UK, today was the fall back day

6:57 pm

Kateq

congress changed it--supposed to save energy

6:58 pm

lawyer-1

Rumor has it, that Cogress did it so that kids would go tric or treating with an extra hour of daylight

6:58 pm

lawyer-1

blame it on the candy lobby

7:00 pm

gwenski

So, the folks in UK who are normally sign on for the flip will be surprised tonight!

7:07 pm

MetFan

If there's anyone on who could clue me the last me6, it would be greatly appreciated.

7:08 pm

gwenski

I'd like that, too

7:09 pm

dan2bit

me + brownish color, misspelled

7:09 pm

MetFan

Oh, well, I guess we're on our own on this one, Gwen

7:10 pm

gwenski

Thanks dan!

7:10 pm

MetFan

Guess I'm just too dense - didn't get it.

7:11 pm

gwenski

"any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze. "

7:11 pm

gwenski

That doesn't help much, does it.

7:11 pm

MetFan

Light went on. Thanks Dan2, Gwen

7:17 pm

gwenski

Any help for us5? (assuming us6 is the pl)

7:20 pm

gwenski

Nevermind.

7:20 pm

gwenski

Anyone need a clue before I go?

7:24 pm

gwenski

Alrighty then. Bye.

7:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

be6/7 pls - hi gwen

7:26 pm

gwenski

Just caught me -- clue I saw earlier was don't worry, be6

7:26 pm

gwenski

(another word for happy)

7:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty gwen and good night!

7:27 pm

gwenski

You're welcome. And **poof**

7:28 pm

Scrabbler

Hello again. 70 left and I don't think I will finish

7:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi scrabs. watching the ball game.

7:29 pm

Scrabbler

I forgot about baseball. I am watching House reruns.

7:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

is the ps word a common one?

7:31 pm

Scrabbler

I don't have a ps word yet

7:31 pm

welki

hi folks ... finished earlier, need a clue? (owl .. ps ... tell you a secret)

7:31 pm

Scrabbler

Aha, a sneaky word. Ty, welki

7:32 pm

72 Temple Owl

aHA! thanks welk!

7:32 pm

welki

:)

7:32 pm

Scrabbler

Our Buffalo Bills pulled off a win today vs Carolina.

7:32 pm

72 Temple Owl

and it was in either yesterday or friday's grid

7:33 pm

welki

i spent too long looking for it myself. can't get accustomed to looking for 'sounds' as words

7:34 pm

welki

scrab, how fare are you from albany?

7:34 pm

welki

and how far, too

7:35 pm

Scrabbler

5 hrs west of albany

7:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

how long did it take to to get home from mahwah?

7:36 pm

Scrabbler

Montvale--6 hrs to here

7:37 pm

Scrabbler

first su5 please?

7:37 pm

Scrabbler

NM, monkey found it

7:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

not bad...are you a speed demon?

7:39 pm

Scrabbler

At most 7 miles over speed limit and cruise control keeps me there.

7:39 pm

Scrabbler

I go across Rte 17/86

7:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

86 = thruway?

7:40 pm

welki

'night, then ... 'see' you tomorrow

7:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

no wait, thruway = n87

7:40 pm

Scrabbler

Not NYS Thruway. It is the major route of southern portion of NYS

7:41 pm

Scrabbler

Bye Welki

7:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

night, welk!

7:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

scrabs, did you hear that welki will be in NJ for thanksgiving? where do you go for the holiday?

7:42 pm

Scrabbler

clues for the sp5-6 combos please?

7:42 pm

Scrabbler

I am on call Thanksgiving so I will be here--must be within 30 min of hospital

7:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

rymes with your babblename

7:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

wait a sec

7:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

s+ a down to earth person can be called p***matic

7:44 pm

Scrabbler

Monkey found second pair

7:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

so you are ok then?

7:46 pm

Scrabbler

I need the first pair--don't get your clue

7:47 pm

Scrabbler

? phlegmatic person

7:47 pm

Shari Roark

s + p*** someone from your own age group, then pl

7:48 pm

Scrabbler

TY, Shari

7:48 pm

Shari Roark

YW

7:48 pm

Scrabbler

Oh, Owl, pragmatic!

7:49 pm

Scrabbler

Where do you live, Shari? and welcome to Babble!

7:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

doh

7:50 pm

Shari Roark

Vancouver, WA (across the Columbia River from Portland, OR)

7:50 pm

Scrabbler

Big DOH for me!

7:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

time to pack for the week. happy babbling

7:50 pm

Scrabbler

Nice to meet you, Shari.

7:50 pm

Scrabbler

Good luck, Owl, and be careful driving.

7:51 pm

Shari Roark

Thanks, you too.

7:52 pm

Scrabbler

At 204/44 I need to take care of laundry and then get to bed.

7:53 pm

Shari Roark

G'night, Scrabbler.

7:54 pm

jillibus

Oh phooey -- just saw a mention of Mahwah NJ, where my uncle and family lived and I visited ages ago!

7:55 pm

jillibus

Is that where Scrabbler works now?

7:55 pm

jillibus

Hi all -- 2 to go . . .

7:57 pm

Jellen

Hi jilli and all!

7:57 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

7:57 pm

jillibus

Fireworks

7:57 pm

Jellen

Hi, jmc!

7:57 pm

jillibus

hi jellen :)

7:58 pm

wht

Hi jmc

7:58 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo jill

7:58 pm

jillibus

hi and ty jmc :)

7:58 pm

jmcnrick

*giggle* wht you are good and truly stuck

7:58 pm

jillibus

hello wht

7:58 pm

Jellen

Yay, jilli!

7:59 pm

jillibus

may I help anyone after I get the other half of my vod-rox?

7:59 pm

wht

It's worse. My daughter has started now.

8:00 pm

wht

Say hi to silversprklbrst, though she might not notice because she is on the phone.

8:00 pm

wht

Hi jilli

8:01 pm

jmcnrick

hi silver *waves real big so she will see*

8:01 pm

jmcnrick

hi shari too!

8:02 pm

jmcnrick

pls jill i just started

8:08 pm

Merk

fireworks and happy for it!

8:09 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo merk!

8:10 pm

Jellen

Yay, Merk!

8:10 pm

jmcnrick

sorry i am at a board meeting so occasionally get distracted

8:10 pm

Merk

ty so much ... enjoy the grid and see you tomorrow

8:11 pm

jmcnrick

bye merk

8:11 pm

Jellen

lol, jmc!

8:12 pm

Jellen

I am playing in an online poker tournament at the moment...

8:12 pm

jmcnrick

that sounds distracting too

8:13 pm

Jellen

Just a little...

8:16 pm

WordsRock

evening all, clue for the de8/50 please?

8:17 pm

Jellen

Hi, Words, not there yet...

8:18 pm

gortmold

hello babblers

8:18 pm

tceicher

de_after I pound the nail with a ham***, I will put some ***t on my french fries

8:19 pm

gortmold

clue for the po6 and the last pu5 pls (last 2)?

8:20 pm

tceicher

po6 = po5 plural

8:21 pm

gortmold

?? po5 already is plural

8:22 pm

WordsRock

thanks for the clue, tc. :)

8:22 pm

Jellen

Thanks, tc!

8:22 pm

tceicher

oops wrong pu 5, sorry

8:23 pm

wht

po6 is past tense of po4

8:23 pm

gortmold

got the pu 5 thanks

8:24 pm

tceicher

softess

8:24 pm

gortmold

i've tried ponses and the mail one, where am i going wrong?

8:24 pm

cybernan

hi everyone -- back for the tough stuff

8:25 pm

silversprklburst

belated hi, jmc!

8:25 pm

Jellen

Hi, nan!

8:28 pm

gortmold

got it, thanks for y0our help tce

8:28 pm

gapeach

Good evening all. May I please have a clue for em5-12? Thanks

8:29 pm

lbdawger

em + b*** and pretzels are a football snack

8:29 pm

gortmold

em 5 = arabic prince (has double vowel in middle)

8:29 pm

lbdawger

hi everyone!

8:29 pm

cybernan

em5: subliminal messages are em 7 -- make it present tense

8:29 pm

Jellen

Hi, peach

8:30 pm

gapeach

Hi there Jellen.

8:30 pm

tceicher

em5-12 Islamic chieftan

8:30 pm

Jellen

Hi, lbd

8:30 pm

lbdawger

hi Jellen!

8:30 pm

tceicher

urps

8:30 pm

tceicher

urem

8:30 pm

tceicher

ureb

8:30 pm

tceicher

uree

8:30 pm

tceicher

oops sorrry

8:31 pm

lbdawger

lol, that's how i let my monkeys roam too, tc

8:31 pm

tceicher

yikes, i hate when that happens

8:32 pm

Jellen

urps should be a word!

8:32 pm

gapeach

Thanks so much, tcicher, lbdawger, gortmold and cybernan.

8:32 pm

jillibus

jellen, start with a b

8:32 pm

tceicher

I thought so too...............NOT

8:32 pm

WordsRock

teehee

8:32 pm

hego

I thought I only did that stuff because i'm new. I feel better now. Ty

8:32 pm

lbdawger

turn the p upside down and it is

8:33 pm

jillibus

Hi again all -- I can clue for a while if I don't get typosis

8:33 pm

Jellen

Got that one, thanks, jilli...

8:33 pm

lbdawger

hi Jilli! how was the concert last night?

8:33 pm

jillibus

It was amazing, lbd!

8:34 pm

lbdawger

what did they perform?

8:35 pm

jillibus

baroque music on baroque instruments -- Vivaldi, Telemann, Fasch, and a composer thought mediocre at the time, J.S. Bach

8:36 pm

lbdawger

ooooh, i bet it was lovely! i love baroque

8:36 pm

jillibus

with an incredible harpsichord performance

8:37 pm

lbdawger

you are so fortunate to get such talent up there.

8:37 pm

jillibus

Its a group from Montreal, the Arion Ensemble. Yes, this is an extraordinary little island.

8:41 pm

jillibus

Doesn't anyone need a clue?

8:42 pm

Jellen

Too many, jilli...140 left...

8:42 pm

gapeach

Yes, please.....de6-21? Thanks

8:42 pm

Shari Roark

Sure... su9,84 please

8:42 pm

lbdawger

de + not pepper

8:43 pm

lbdawger

su9 is plural or the su8

8:43 pm

gapeach

Thanks, lbdawger.

8:43 pm

Shari Roark

duh to me!

8:43 pm

jillibus

su9/84 is a pl of a weird word -- think below a bus station

8:44 pm

lbdawger

yw

8:44 pm

jillibus

oh, didn't realise you had the singular, shari!

8:45 pm

jillibus

there are lots of plurals here!

8:45 pm

Shari Roark

Yep, that's why I can't believe I didn't see it.

8:45 pm

lbdawger

and lots of weird words!

8:45 pm

Jellen

I don't, jilli...working on your clue now...

8:46 pm

lbdawger

su8 under + home ***** counterpart to Lowes

8:46 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for pe6-24? Thanks

8:46 pm

Jellen

Thanks, jilli and lbd!

8:47 pm

jillibus

pe6/24 -- alt sp of one who sells stuff

8:48 pm

lbdawger

pe6, foot + the eyes of **u*a Mars

8:48 pm

jillibus

(pl)

8:48 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, jilli.

8:49 pm

jillibus

yw peach :)

8:49 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, lbdawger.

8:49 pm

jmcnrick

back

8:49 pm

wht

Thanks lbd. I had gone over and not under and was very confused.

8:49 pm

lbdawger

front! hi JMC!!

8:49 pm

jillibus

who is **u*a Mars? Never heard of her

8:50 pm

jillibus

hi jmc

8:50 pm

lbdawger

it's a spooky movie, Jilli

8:50 pm

jmcnrick

that was a movie jill but I forget her name

8:50 pm

torgone

**u*a Ingalls Wilder?

8:50 pm

jillibus

I'm totally out of the spooky movie loop

8:51 pm

lbdawger

i only remember it because of the theme song, it was very haunting.

8:51 pm

jillibus

I'm also totally out of the current songs loop :(

8:52 pm

lbdawger

not that current, back in the 70's? i'll go look it up

8:52 pm

Jellen

Hi, tor

8:52 pm

jillibus

70s is current to me, lol -- remember I'm ancient!

8:52 pm

torgone

Heyas kids ..

8:53 pm

jillibus

hiya torg!!!

8:53 pm

gapeach

Hey there, torgone.

8:53 pm

jmcnrick

hey torg

8:53 pm

jillibus

peach -- why is 1066 in you handle?

8:53 pm

gapeach

me6-24 the 1st please....thanks

8:54 pm

cybernan

descended from Harold or William?

8:54 pm

jillibus

same as the pe6/24

8:54 pm

gapeach

Just some numbers put together, jilli.

8:54 pm

lbdawger

hi Torg! Jilli, 1978 was the year it came out.

8:54 pm

jillibus

oh my, peach -- you don't know the significance?

8:55 pm

jillibus

dawg, in 1976 we were immersed in Dane breedign and not listening to music

8:55 pm

jmcnrick

the battle of hastings?

8:55 pm

gapeach

Thanks jilli.....no, dear, I don't know the significance....please enlighten me.

8:55 pm

jillibus

yep, jmc!

8:56 pm

jmcnrick

yeah i did learn something in HS

8:56 pm

lbdawger

battle of hastings!

8:56 pm

jillibus

As jmc said, the Battle of Hastings, the Norman Conquest of England

8:57 pm

jillibus

There's a wonderfully funny-clever book called 1066 And All That

8:57 pm

gapeach

Oh, my goodness. Maybe I was there, eh?

8:57 pm

lbdawger

and the Bayeaux Tapestry!

8:57 pm

jillibus

You must have slept through it

8:57 pm

jmcnrick

william the bastard

8:58 pm

gapeach

Probably, jilli.

8:58 pm

joey

what is the Bayeaux Tapestry?

8:58 pm

lbdawger

it was a rather noisy affair, Peach! lol

8:58 pm

jillibus

Google it, joey

8:58 pm

jmcnrick

i would think tapestry would be quite

8:58 pm

joey

k, thanks

8:58 pm

lbdawger

the Bayeaux Tapestry depicts the battle of hastings

8:58 pm

joey

thanks

8:59 pm

cybernan

I got some great pics at Stanford Bridge this last trip -- where Harold had just defeated the Danish king before racing south to get an arrow in is eye at Hastings.

8:59 pm

lbdawger

back in a bit, gotta get some tea

8:59 pm

jillibus

British history is so rich

8:59 pm

lbdawger

kewl, Nan. i'd love to see them

9:00 pm

jmcnrick

*zips mouth shut*

9:00 pm

jillibus

why, jmc?

9:00 pm

cybernan

If I can ever figure out how to access by flicker acount, dawger -- have forgotten both my user name and the password!

9:00 pm

gapeach

Tea does sound good, lbdawger....I'll have some too.

9:01 pm

cybernan

stalled at 85 to go here -- guess I should list

9:01 pm

jmcnrick

a) all history is rich

9:01 pm

jillibus

nan, it's your yahoo acct stuff

9:02 pm

jmcnrick

b) british history was made by the rich (lords and roylaty)

9:02 pm

cybernan

yeah -- can't remember that either -- aren't the golden years wonderful?

9:02 pm

cybernan

and american history wasn't, jmcrick?

9:02 pm

jillibus

Well, jmc, Guy Fawkes Day is Nov 5 . . .

9:03 pm

jmcnrick

actually not so much

9:03 pm

jillibus

well, maybe I should have said it's long.

9:04 pm

jmcnrick

well blowing up parliament is a little out of my realm ;-)

9:04 pm

jillibus

I didn't intend to satrt an argument and now I need some supper.

9:04 pm

gapeach

em7-36 please.....thanks

9:04 pm

jillibus

that wasn't done by a rich lord, jmc

9:05 pm

cybernan

ar 5/16?

9:05 pm

jmcnrick

true -- nor were the luddites

9:06 pm

jillibus

em7/36 -- em + Gaelic language + cons. (first attempt at a clue)

9:06 pm

cybernan

ty jill -- good clue

9:07 pm

jillibus

so, jmc, I disagree with your b) british history was made by the rich (lords and roylaty)

9:07 pm

cybernan

do you have one for the ar?

9:07 pm

jillibus

oh, so glad, nan!

9:08 pm

jillibus

ar + girl "coming out" to society and pl

9:08 pm

cybernan

ty again

9:09 pm

jillibus

yw

9:09 pm

jmcnrick

but the battle of hasting, the magna carta (wrongfully identified as the rights of common man), wm penn and jury nullification, the English Civil War (both sides), the War of the Roses, .. ..

9:10 pm

jillibus

So what? Does that make it invalid?

9:10 pm

lbdawger

i like history of all sorts. i find it facinating that humans, really aren't all that different when it comes to taking what they want and fighting for what they believe is theirs

9:10 pm

jmcnrick

no not at all it was just what came to mind when you used the phrase "rich history"

9:11 pm

jillibus

oh, I see, lol!

9:11 pm

jmcnrick

sorry it came out all snarky!

9:12 pm

crosshair

lol,found a interesting article that show you how to set up a copy of windows xp live on a usb stick!!:))

9:12 pm

gapeach

Am down to two and dragging....please de5-16....thanks

9:12 pm

jillibus

Good for you, crossy, and hi!

9:12 pm

jmcnrick

why would you want to crossy???? *baffled look*

9:12 pm

lbdawger

de+ fuel

9:13 pm

lbdawger

hi crossy

9:13 pm

crosshair

in case of a meltdown in your os and you wanted to rescue files,it would be invaluable

9:13 pm

jillibus

de5/16 -- like the artist of ballerinas -- or remove petrol

9:13 pm

cybernan

as 8?

9:13 pm

jesdraggon

evening all

9:13 pm

jillibus

oh, lbd beat me to it so succinctly

9:13 pm

gapeach

Thanks, lbdawger. and jillibus.

9:14 pm

lbdawger

as8 nasty stuff that causes cancer. once used as insulation

9:14 pm

jmcnrick

so if I got a blue screen of death i could use the stick to rescue it?

9:14 pm

crosshair

yes jmc

9:14 pm

jillibus

as8 -- stuff used in construction which caused lung problems including cancers

9:14 pm

jmcnrick

hi jes

9:14 pm

gapeach

Hi there, jesdraggon.

9:14 pm

jmcnrick

wish i had had that a month ago then

9:14 pm

tceicher

garsu

9:14 pm

lbdawger

as8-mesothelioma

9:14 pm

tceicher

garsp

9:14 pm

jillibus

lbd wins again :(

9:14 pm

lbdawger

hi Jes

9:14 pm

Jellen

Hi, jes

9:15 pm

jmcnrick

two of the computers at the office had blue screens of death

9:15 pm

crosshair

mainly is for virus attacks on your main os in c drive,this would allow you to work around the virus and rescue undestroyed files

9:15 pm

jillibus

tc, leave out the r !

9:15 pm

gapeach

Jilli, I've forgotten what you clued for the em7-36...would you mind giving it to me again? Thanks

9:15 pm

jesdraggon

mesothelioma?

9:15 pm

cybernan

ty jill

9:15 pm

jillibus

em + Gaelic language + cons

9:15 pm

lbdawger

the cancer caused by as8, Jes

9:16 pm

gapeach

Thanks, jillibus.

9:16 pm

jesdraggon

ah, thanks dawg

9:16 pm

jillibus

glad it worked, peach

9:16 pm

lbdawger

em +h** royal majesty + ***dative, like vicodin

9:16 pm

crosshair

sorry for the interruption but it had a neatness factor of 10;)..back to babble i go

9:17 pm

jillibus

jes, I did vote -- how's it going?

9:17 pm

lbdawger

kewl info, Crossy

9:17 pm

jesdraggon

8th in the state this morning :)

9:17 pm

rururocks

vicodin isn't a sedative..

9:17 pm

jmcnrick

no where can i find the article I could really use this information

9:17 pm

jesdraggon

we seem to be holding pretty steady there...

9:17 pm

jillibus

should we vote "early and often", jes?

9:18 pm

gapeach

Thank you lbdawger.....that was fireworks. Sweet dreams.

9:18 pm

jesdraggon

daily, jilli :)

9:18 pm

jmcnrick

ty for reminded me jes brb

9:18 pm

Jellen

Yay, peach!!!

9:18 pm

jesdraggon

if you would... that'd be great :)

9:18 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, jam!

9:18 pm

jillibus

ok, jes, will try -- was tied up for the last 2 days -- when does it end?

9:18 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo peach

9:19 pm

rururocks

were you a hostage jilli?

9:19 pm

jillibus

YAY peach!!!

9:19 pm

jesdraggon

you know, i'm not even sure, jilli. i'll have to look. who had you tied up?

9:19 pm

lbdawger

whoooo hooooo PEACH!!!

9:19 pm

crosshair

here you go jmc http://www.trickspedia.com/tips/how-to
-run-windows-xp-from-a-usb-stick/

9:19 pm

jillibus

what, ruru???

9:19 pm

jesdraggon

yay peach!

9:19 pm

rururocks

you were tied up for two days.. was someone holding you hostage?

9:19 pm

Jellen

Hi, ruru

9:19 pm

jmcnrick

ty crossy!

9:20 pm

jillibus

Oh, I see -- various people, like bridge players, musicians, lunch pals, grocers, etc etc

9:20 pm

rururocks

hi jellen.. congrats on the poker winnings I hear

9:20 pm

jmcnrick

send the mounties! save jill!

9:20 pm

rururocks

dudley dooright on the way....

9:20 pm

jillibus

ROFL!

9:20 pm

Jellen

Thanks, ruru!

9:21 pm

jillibus

any time for you, ruru!

9:21 pm

crosshair

here is a full tuttorial for this task jmc...

9:21 pm

lbdawger

did dudley dooright's horse have a name?

9:21 pm

crosshair

http://www.ngine.de/index.jsp?pageid=4
176

9:21 pm

cybernan

eg 5?

9:22 pm

jillibus

May I go and zap something for supper now, please?

9:22 pm

rururocks

uh... I don't remember

9:22 pm

lbdawger

plural the exclamation, nan

9:22 pm

Jellen

eg 4/7, pluralled

9:22 pm

rururocks

yes jilli.. zap away

9:22 pm

jillibus

plural, nan

9:22 pm

jmcnrick

ty so much crossy i take help where ever i find it!

9:23 pm

cybernan

duh ty jill

9:23 pm

jillibus

back soon . . .

9:23 pm

rururocks

bye jilli

9:23 pm

jesdraggon

bye jilli

9:23 pm

rururocks

I did that with another word too nan

9:23 pm

cybernan

bye jill

9:24 pm

rururocks

nice to have you back after vacation nan..

9:25 pm

rururocks

think I should go make din din..

9:25 pm

rururocks

ta ta for now

9:26 pm

jesdraggon

bye, ruru

9:26 pm

Shari Roark

help with me6,24 pls

9:29 pm

lbdawger

it's like the pe6.24 me + 4th letter + letter before M + **e you sleeping, brother john

9:29 pm

lbdawger

bye Ru

9:29 pm

jmcnrick

bye ru

9:29 pm

jmcnrick

bye jill

9:29 pm

Shari Roark

TKS, only 4 left

9:29 pm

lbdawger

bon apetit, Jilli

9:30 pm

jmcnrick

go shari go!

9:30 pm

lbdawger

go shari

9:30 pm

cybernan

the last me 6, please?

9:31 pm

lbdawger

me + not bottom + vowel

9:31 pm

cybernan

ty dawger

9:32 pm

lbdawger

yw

9:34 pm

jmcnrick

so i am thinking that my goal for the night is nbt and am getting no where with the singleton E

9:35 pm

Pinikula

Hi all...jmc...it's er5

9:36 pm

Pinikula

looking for last em5/12? plz/thx

9:36 pm

jmcnrick

hi pini!

9:36 pm

Jellen

Hi, Pini

9:36 pm

Pinikula

hi jellen ;)

9:36 pm

lbdawger

er5.10, the chorus of a song is like a ver** of a poem, plural it

9:36 pm

lbdawger

Hi Pini

9:37 pm

Pinikula

hi lbd ;)

9:37 pm

jmcnrick

ty lbd

9:38 pm

jmcnrick

nbt so everything now is gravy

9:38 pm

Pinikula

git'r dun, jmc! :)

9:39 pm

Pinikula

is that em5/12 a fish?

9:39 pm

jmcnrick

not happening pini i started at 8:30 and have been in a meeting most of the time

9:39 pm

Pinikula

oh my, sorry to hear, jmc...hope all went well! :)

9:40 pm

lbdawger

em5.12 is one that we've seen before, so, yes, it's a fish

9:40 pm

Pinikula

ok...looking ;)

9:40 pm

jmcnrick

it went fine I just could concentrate on babble the way i need to

9:41 pm

Pinikula

I know what you mean ;)

9:41 pm

jmcnrick

*couldn't

9:42 pm

torgone

Meetings on Sunday? Blasphemy!

9:42 pm

jmcnrick

wrong religion torg

9:42 pm

cybernan

su 8?

9:42 pm

jmcnrick

besides we are meeting about conscientious objection to war

9:43 pm

torgone

I thought so ..

9:43 pm

Pinikula

su8 = interim teacher (abbrev) + alt word for bus "station"

9:43 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

9:43 pm

lbdawger

su8, below + home *****, counterpart to Lowes

9:43 pm

jmcnrick

hi min

9:43 pm

Minveryork

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

9:43 pm

Pinikula

hi min

9:43 pm

Pinikula

or what lbd said

9:43 pm

lbdawger

Hello Min! welcome to the grid. how are you tonight?

9:43 pm

jesdraggon

good evening, minveryork! welcome to the grid

9:44 pm

jmcnrick

you thought we were meeting about COs? torg you have been paying attention!

9:44 pm

Pinikula

of6?

9:44 pm

cybernan

ty -- great clue dawger!

9:44 pm

lbdawger

of + exam

9:44 pm

Pinikula

danke ;)

9:44 pm

crosshair

hehe..microsoft now realizing the inherant problems with vista have issued a new keyboard that more accuratly relects what the users of vista will need to operate this os on a day to day basis...hehe... http://tinyurl.com/22tyu9

9:45 pm

lbdawger

what is it, a hammer? lol

9:45 pm

torgone

I always pay attention to everything .. I just don't always comment ..

9:45 pm

Minveryork

I am well lbdawger Just played pinball for many hours It was like a three hour game.I got 72+ million points.

9:45 pm

crosshair

just look

9:46 pm

jmcnrick

*snicker* very cute crossy

9:46 pm

crosshair

i thought so as well;)

9:46 pm

jillibus

oops -- blinking lights . . . shutting down for now

9:46 pm

lbdawger

crossy, how does one run low on virtual memory?

9:46 pm

Pinikula

good one, tor!

9:46 pm

crosshair

do tell

9:46 pm

Minveryork

Gave up on grid at 5:26 with 181 words&2000 points.

9:47 pm

cybernan

te 5/12?

9:48 pm

crosshair

gave up on son cleaning his room june 15th 1996 at 8;45 am

9:48 pm

Pinikula

ROFL

9:48 pm

tceicher

te5/12 home for an american indian

9:48 pm

lbdawger

wigwam, nan

9:48 pm

Pinikula

would that have been at birth, crossy? LOL

9:49 pm

crosshair

naw he was 2

9:49 pm

cybernan

ty tceicher

9:49 pm

jesdraggon

hah. didja one better, crossy. when i got a part-time sorta-stepson, i told him i didn't care if he ever cleaned his room as long as it doesn't stink so badly it spreads to the rest of the house ;)

9:49 pm

cybernan

and dawger

9:49 pm

Pinikula

close enough * wink *

9:49 pm

tceicher

yw

9:49 pm

crosshair

thats where im at now jes

9:50 pm

jesdraggon

heheheh

9:50 pm

crosshair

though i can write the drywall mud,paint and rug off on my taxes every year;))

9:50 pm

Pinikula

Well, now that my kids are grown and out of the house, how do I go about telling Koda to pick up after himself?

9:50 pm

torgone

My son's room looks like a Bangladesh landfill .. I don't go in there ..

9:50 pm

jesdraggon

every year? do you re-do his room every year?

9:51 pm

crosshair

every other year actually,with random rug cleaning and hole patching throughout

9:51 pm

Pinikula

are the supplies deducted from any allowance he might get?

9:52 pm

lbdawger

how old is your son, crossy?

9:52 pm

Pinikula

"might" being the optimal word in there

9:52 pm

crosshair

yes..he is due to get his allowance back in 2034

9:52 pm

jesdraggon

wow. dedicated. you could make him pay for it, maybe that'd decrease the holes?

9:52 pm

Pinikula

ROFL

9:53 pm

crosshair

there is a stipulation in my will that when he finally get caught up,i get a new tombstone

9:53 pm

cybernan

be 6?

9:53 pm

lbdawger

lol

9:53 pm

cybernan

sorry -- be 6/33?

9:54 pm

crosshair

its kind of like a localized bermuda triangle..thing go in there and vanish...never to be seen by man again

9:54 pm

cybernan

nm -- found it

9:54 pm

lbdawger

be + another word for happy, rhymes with V** the Impaler

9:54 pm

crosshair

when i go in there i tie a safty rope around my waist and the wife holds the other end...;(

9:55 pm

lbdawger

do you wear a hazmat suit?

9:55 pm

cybernan

*!* ta da *!* - thanks for the help :)

9:55 pm

lbdawger

whoooo hoooooo NAN!!!

9:55 pm

lbdawger

amd o

9:55 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo cyber!

9:55 pm

lbdawger

and i'm off to the pillows. see you all tomorrow!

9:55 pm

tceicher

nice clue ibdawger, thanx

9:56 pm

crosshair

well i have a porta tank good for 20 min,so i tell the wife 10 min and ill give 3 tugs,if she dosent get that by 15 min,just haul me out

9:56 pm

jmcnrick

by elbd

9:56 pm

crosshair

gn ibd

9:56 pm

cybernan

nite, dawger

9:56 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye lbdawger! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

9:57 pm

cybernan

anyone need clues before I go mack to my photo editing?

9:57 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations cybernan on fireworks!Good for you

9:57 pm

Pinikula

2 hours and 41 more words...I think I'm good for a little while... ;)

9:58 pm

jmcnrick

150 words I may quit soon

9:58 pm

jmcnrick

meeting starts at 8 am tomorrow

9:58 pm

crosshair

151 and im almost done as well

9:58 pm

jesdraggon

yay nan

9:58 pm

cybernan

ok -- see you at the flip, then

10:01 pm

jesdraggon

still annoyed that babble doesn't like degus. :(

10:05 pm

Pinikula

2nd bu5/16? plz/thx

10:05 pm

Pinikula

nm...got it

10:12 pm

stidmama

hello friends!

10:12 pm

stidmama

hey jes! (((degu hugs)))

10:12 pm

jesdraggon

hullo stid!

10:12 pm

stidmama

go cross go!

10:14 pm

stidmama

down to 110...

10:15 pm

jesdraggon

got 76 left here

10:15 pm

stidmama

go jes go! will list in four more words (at 100 to go)

10:16 pm

stidmama

I am taking a deliberate sanity break. Tom is finishing the pancakes for dinner... *sniffs air expectantly*

10:16 pm

stidmama

there we go! listing!

10:16 pm

jesdraggon

late dinner

10:18 pm

stidmama

yes, well we just got back from the second rehearsal, we always eat late Sundays.

10:18 pm

jmcnrick

hi stiddie

10:18 pm

stidmama

hey jmc!

10:19 pm

jesdraggon

rehearsal?

10:20 pm

stidmama

yes, they are both in an orchestra outside of school -- one in the "academy" the other in the "conservatory" BIG investment in time, substantial investment in money... but they love it and they are very good so it's worth it. Usually.

10:20 pm

stidmama

some days, I wish we had two at-home weekend days.

10:21 pm

stidmama

BE 6/33 please?

10:21 pm

stidmama

*sounds of adolescent elephants trying to reach the feeding trough*

10:21 pm

jmcnrick

not looking good it is the top of the 8th with 2 outs and a 3-2 count

10:21 pm

jesdraggon

heheh. but it's good for the, right?

10:22 pm

stidmama

I hope it's good for them! LOL that's why we do it, of course!

10:22 pm

jmcnrick

stiddie dont be sad, be6/33

10:22 pm

stidmama

thanks jmc!

10:22 pm

stidmama

I am now B-calmed (that tile is grey)

10:22 pm

jmcnrick

yw

10:23 pm

jmcnrick

bewitch bothered and bewildered am I

10:24 pm

stidmama

lost my heart, but what of it?
he is ____ I agree (forget that word)
he can laugh,
but I love it
because the laugh's on me....

10:26 pm

stidmama

first DE 5 please? after the young girls "coming out"

10:26 pm

Pinikula

de + fuel

10:26 pm

Pinikula

hiya stid!

10:27 pm

jesdraggon

like degus, but not

10:27 pm

stidmama

hey pini

10:27 pm

jmcnrick

lol still sulking jes?

10:27 pm

stidmama

how was your weekend? did the young-uns ever wake up for their trip?

10:28 pm

jesdraggon

until they admit the degus and tegus, yes! no reason to ban such cute critters.

10:28 pm

Pinikula

they did, but came back with nothing :(

10:28 pm

stidmama

OH! thanks! took me forever, was using the wrong vowel.

10:29 pm

stidmama

how about that DE 8?

10:29 pm

Pinikula

last de6 plz/thx?

10:29 pm

jmcnrick

what should they have brought back? ticks?

10:30 pm

jmcnrick

I would guess de+ not pepper

10:30 pm

Pinikula

de4 + hook + my gal ***

10:30 pm

stidmama

LAST DE 6: a dictator who rules with mean intent

10:30 pm

jmcnrick

which de4???

10:30 pm

stidmama

hm. thanks pini *thinking*

10:31 pm

jmcnrick

oop nm

10:31 pm

Pinikula

* thinking * (last de6)

10:32 pm

stidmama

got it!

10:32 pm

stidmama

Ds done!

10:32 pm

Pinikula

:)

10:32 pm

Pinikula

* still thinking *

10:33 pm

Jellen

Hello again and fireworks!

10:33 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo jell

10:34 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Jellen on your fireworks! Good for U!

10:34 pm

Pinikula

wtg jellen ;)

10:34 pm

Jellen

Couldn't have done it without some great clues!

10:34 pm

stidmama

YAY jellen!

10:35 pm

jesdraggon

yay jellen :)

10:35 pm

stidmama

EM 7 please?

10:35 pm

Pinikula

got the de6/7!!

10:36 pm

stidmama

go pini go!

10:36 pm

jesdraggon

yay pini

10:37 pm

Jellen

em + I am well-v***** in auction lingo now

10:37 pm

stidmama

thanks Jellen!

10:38 pm

jesdraggon

clues for the 5 and 6 right before that 7?

10:38 pm

mkg

that em word, why isnt the present tense in dict? it says it isnt.

10:38 pm

Jellen

Arab ruler + plural

10:38 pm

stidmama

a saudi-type prince word, jes, alternate spelling

10:39 pm

Jellen

Don't know, mkg

10:39 pm

stidmama

I am stuck on the es ... please?

10:39 pm

jesdraggon

grah. alternate spellings always trip me up

10:39 pm

jesdraggon

thansk

10:39 pm

Jellen

e + opposite of go

10:39 pm

jesdraggon

speaking of alternate spelling

10:39 pm

Jellen

:-)

10:41 pm

stidmama

GAH. dumb old fishy babblet thingy. thanks!

10:42 pm

stidmama

last ME 6 please?

10:42 pm

Pinikula

me + not bottom + vowel

10:43 pm

jillibus

Hello all :)

10:43 pm

Pinikula

po6/21 plz/thx?

10:43 pm

Jellen

Hi again, jilli!

10:44 pm

stidmama

hey jill

10:44 pm

Jellen

Po**ius Pilate + two letter plural

10:44 pm

jillibus

jellen beat me to the clue

10:45 pm

Pinikula

nm...got it ;)

10:45 pm

Pinikula

(chog report: mine is extremely slow! so sorry if I overtype someone or am delayed in response)

10:46 pm

crosshair

wow,get ready pet owners in the states someone has written up a bill,if passed in the house would let you write off any and all pet expenses of up to $3500.00 on your yearly taxes..call obama and show your support for this bill! hehe

10:46 pm

Jellen

And she didn't need it anyway :-P

10:46 pm

Jellen

Seriously??

10:46 pm

stidmama

thanks for the ME!

10:46 pm

Pinikula

Sounds good to me, crossy!!!!

10:46 pm

crosshair

seriously...... http://www.npr.org/templates/story/sto
ry.php?storyId=113791908&sc=nl&cc=es-2
0091025

10:47 pm

jillibus

I see there are abundant cluers -- going to get my icon for Pet Monday

10:47 pm

Jellen

I take my cat to a heart specialist...that would be great for me!

10:48 pm

crosshair

th shelters would empty out in 6 months!

10:48 pm

stidmama

thanks for that PO 6!

10:48 pm

Pinikula

I can't get the page to load...and you tinyurl it?

10:48 pm

crosshair

though i imagine you would need recipts

10:48 pm

crosshair

kk..

10:49 pm

crosshair

http://tinyurl.com/ykg2j7n

10:50 pm

Pinikula

thx crossy

10:50 pm

crosshair

np,actually a good idea..though shelter workers would be out of work...

10:51 pm

crosshair

the bill is called ..you will love this.. the H.A.P.P.Y act

10:52 pm

stidmama

Rs removed!

10:52 pm

crosshair

Humanity and Pets Partnered Through the Years

10:52 pm

crosshair

yaa for stid

10:53 pm

Jellen

HuRRah for stid!

10:54 pm

jesdraggon

never met a shelter worker who wouldn't be happy to be un-needed. but i doubt it'll empty the shelters.

10:54 pm

Jellen

I like the idea of the HAPPY Act...

10:55 pm

jesdraggon

the people who would get benefit from it are the people who do enough charity and/or have enough other deductions to bother itemizing, because pet expenses alone wouldn't be enough.

10:56 pm

jesdraggon

and the people who spend enough on their pets to hit that deduction already have enough money to take care of their pets... it wouldn't, in any direct way i can see, help lowincome people with their pets.

10:56 pm

stidmama

I found the 9 by myself!

10:56 pm

stidmama

down to 17 now

10:56 pm

jesdraggon

i mean, it's all feel-good and look we love animals, but it doesn't seem... practical

10:57 pm

jesdraggon

dang stid. i've still got 50 left. you're going more than twice as fast as me!

10:57 pm

Jellen

Awww...jes, the voice of reason...

10:57 pm

jesdraggon

yeah, i know. much much too analytical

10:57 pm

stidmama

I have help *munching on pancakes*

10:58 pm

stidmama

first SU 5/14 please? before the first SU 4

10:59 pm

jesdraggon

which is not to say that i wouldn't take TOTAL advantage of it if it passes, because i spend way more than that every year.

10:59 pm

Pinikula

down to 15 here...and going extremely sloooooooow

10:59 pm

Pinikula

add "humpback" in the following su4

10:59 pm

Jellen

I think it's a Toyota model

11:00 pm

Jellen

s + not down + sun god

11:01 pm

stidmama

I agree, with both sides of this discussion. I have a pet I love and am not fiscally able to do as much as is optimal for health. This bill would help us. AND there are way more things that would help people -- like full pre-tax discounts for paying for post-secondary education and vocational education.

11:01 pm

jmcnrick

go pini go

11:01 pm

stidmama

thanks Jellen and pini

11:02 pm

jmcnrick

game over yankees win pennant and I am going to bed

11:02 pm

Pinikula

us5?

11:02 pm

Pinikula

night jmc!

11:02 pm

Jellen

Yay, my brother and nephews will be happy!

11:02 pm

Pinikula

nm..got it

11:02 pm

jesdraggon

i'm also pretty stoutly a believer that pets are optional. if you >need< a tax break to afford to feed them, you probably shouldn't have them.

11:02 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams jmc

11:02 pm

jmcnrick

and I totally disagree with spending precious tax money on pets when people are still without insurance *poof*

11:02 pm

Jellen

us + how old you are

11:03 pm

jesdraggon

g'night jam!

11:03 pm

Pinikula

thx jellen ;)

11:03 pm

Jellen

Children are pretty much optional, and there are tax breaks for them :-)

11:04 pm

jesdraggon

good point, jellen. i've opted not to have chilluns so i can afford my dogs ;)

11:04 pm

Jellen

I'm also voluntarily childless...

11:06 pm

stidmama

Children are NOT "pretty much optional" though I am sure you are just using an expression -- they are the way our species provides for care of the elderly and creates a future. Being voluntarily childless is wonderful, but for those of us who aren't, what you said was hurtful.

11:06 pm

stidmama

and I wrote that with love in my heart for you, as my friend.

11:07 pm

Jellen

Sorry, stid...I was using hyperbole, I think...

11:07 pm

stidmama

that's what I figured. (((Jellen)))

11:07 pm

Atalante

children are optional ... you *opt* to have them :P

11:08 pm

Jellen

Hi, Ata!

11:08 pm

stidmama

not all of us Atalante... though we love them once they arrive.

11:08 pm

jesdraggon

as a species, that's true. but on an individual basis, it IS a choice stid. I think (correct me if I'm wrong) that was the point of the statement. Some of us, like meself, are just much too aware of the fact that we'd be terrible parents to opt in on that

11:08 pm

jesdraggon

i'm glad that other people have kids, but also very very very glad that i have the option of not doing so

11:09 pm

Atalante

not everyone loves unwanted children, unfortunately. luckily most places allow abortion

11:09 pm

Atalante

me too jes!

11:09 pm

Atalante

but I was really just playing with words

11:09 pm

Pinikula

1st ru5/12? plz/thx

11:09 pm

stidmama

and not all unplanned children are unwanted, too. These are important distinctions.

11:09 pm

jesdraggon

and i would second the earlier opinion that tax money and/or deductions are better directed at children's health or education than deductions for pet food, despite the fact that the pet care deduction would directly benefit me

11:10 pm

flosey

ru5, outside of the cities

11:10 pm

Jellen

ru5 not urban

11:10 pm

Pinikula

thx flosey ;)

11:10 pm

flosey

hello everyone

11:10 pm

flosey

yw Pini

11:10 pm

Jellen

Hi, flosey!

11:11 pm

jesdraggon

hi flosey :)

11:11 pm

stidmama

hey flosey, welcome to the grid! :-D

11:11 pm

stidmama

I am down to 5 fishy words.

11:11 pm

flosey

go stid go

11:11 pm

Pinikula

4 here * big grin *

11:11 pm

jesdraggon

well. that's... hmm. bruce just found a kama sutra poster on an image search for "youth aid"

11:11 pm

Pinikula

(although that won't last long...stid will be flying by soon)

11:11 pm

flosey

btw, can you see my new icon or is it still the computer

11:12 pm

Pinikula

lady holding baby, flosey

11:12 pm

jesdraggon

woman and baby, flosey

11:12 pm

stidmama

it's a lady with a baby, flosey -- your'n?

11:12 pm

flosey

yes, that's my daughter holding William

11:12 pm

Pinikula

very cute! :)

11:13 pm

stidmama

this is a lovely picture! he is growing so fast!

11:13 pm

Pinikula

re5/16?

11:13 pm

flosey

ty, she sends me pics every few days

11:13 pm

Jellen

re5 is a picture puzzle

11:13 pm

flosey

re + public transit

11:14 pm

Pinikula

oooh, new word(s) for me!

11:14 pm

stidmama

now one.

11:14 pm

Jellen

Go, stid!

11:15 pm

stidmama

firewords!!!!

11:15 pm

jesdraggon

32 :(

11:15 pm

jesdraggon

yay stid!

11:15 pm

Atalante

yay stid!

11:15 pm

flosey

still 45 minutes jes, you can do it

11:15 pm

Pinikula

1 here, too

11:15 pm

jesdraggon

hmm. maybe if i had ANY sp words, that would help...

11:15 pm

Pinikula

wtg stid!

11:15 pm

Jellen

Yay, stid!!!

11:15 pm

stidmama

go jes go!!! *holds out bag of doggie treats at finish line*
go pini go!!

11:15 pm

Pinikula

it's a 7

11:16 pm

stidmama

sp: dots on dogs?

11:16 pm

jesdraggon

well thos were easy

11:16 pm

stidmama

(that would give you two)

11:16 pm

stidmama

LOL and there is an SP 5/6 combo that sounds like an arrowhead on the end of a long stick

11:16 pm

Jellen

Boy, stid really sp** through the grid!

11:16 pm

Pinikula

em7...a fish?

11:17 pm

Jellen

em7 not a fish...

11:17 pm

flosey

totally dipped in water pini

11:17 pm

Atalante

not a fish

11:17 pm

stidmama

em 7: sounds like "submerged" imm.....

11:18 pm

Pinikula

OY!!!! I thought I tried that...

11:18 pm

Pinikula

;)

11:18 pm

Jellen

Yay, Pini!!!!

11:18 pm

stidmama

LOL pini!

11:18 pm

flosey

sorry, should have said "sounds like"

11:18 pm

jillibus

Hi -- back with new icon

11:18 pm

Pinikula

thx for the clues...

11:18 pm

flosey

hi jilli

11:18 pm

Pinikula

...going to change my icon, too...brb

11:19 pm

Jellen

Love it, jilli!

11:19 pm

stidmama

I should change, too. Tired of being yellow. back in a few.

11:19 pm

flosey

great story jilli

11:19 pm

jillibus

Ty, jellen :)

11:20 pm

jillibus

flosey -- great picture of your pet baby!

11:20 pm

flosey

thanks jilli

11:21 pm

flosey

he looks so much like his dad

11:21 pm

jillibus

just checked my writeup and there's only a little bit showing! Anyone get the whole thing?

11:22 pm

Atalante

I can see it all

11:22 pm

jillibus

Never mind -- it's ok now.

11:22 pm

flosey

yes jilli, about half a page

11:22 pm

stidmama

back with a Lucky pic for a while.

11:23 pm

flosey

cute Lucky

11:24 pm

Jellen

Okay must go and tell the cats and dog about the HAPPY act...Okay, I'm really just going to feed and pill them as usual :-)

11:24 pm

stidmama

like the icon, jill -- and the explanation

11:25 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams jellen (((hugs for tim))) see you again soon I hope!

11:25 pm

jillibus

thanks, stid -- and say hi to Lucky :)

11:25 pm

jesdraggon

g'night jellen

11:25 pm

jillibus

I see from your flickr pix that kid#2 got a haircut

11:25 pm

stidmama

I am outta here too. Need to catch up on some small tasks.

11:26 pm

jesdraggon

g'night, stid! have a lovely evening :)

11:27 pm

stidmama

(((hugs all))) and yes, stidkid got a haircut to play Col. Pickering this summer. It's a bit shaggier now... *poof*

11:27 pm

Jellen

G'night to all, except Ata, who gets an good early morn...

11:27 pm

jillibus

night jellen and stid

11:29 pm

Atalante

night Jellen!!

11:33 pm

jesdraggon

be5,16, be6,27 please

11:35 pm

flosey

add a vowel to previous word, then pl

11:35 pm

jesdraggon

thanks :)

11:35 pm

flosey

yw

11:35 pm

jesdraggon

de8?

11:36 pm

warthog

when does it change?

11:36 pm

jesdraggon

24 minutes

11:36 pm

warthog

hi all

11:36 pm

warthog

thanks jes

11:37 pm

warthog

how many words are possible in total?

11:37 pm

jesdraggon

248

11:38 pm

warthog

thx

11:40 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi, i only have 20 minutes, dive!

11:40 pm

flosey

de8, de + im****e the dishes to be washed, + Mr. Gore - lengthy but good luck

11:40 pm

jesdraggon

luck, gwen

11:42 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, flosey!

11:42 pm

Pinikula

did it work?

11:42 pm

jesdraggon

got it in one :)

11:42 pm

flosey

yw jes

11:42 pm

jesdraggon

now i just need me6,24 and me7,36 and i'll be done

11:43 pm

Atalante

olde fashionede Englishe fruit

11:43 pm

Pinikula

awooooga awoooooga (diving submarine sound) ;)

11:43 pm

Pinikula

reverse last 2 letters of me5 before and add hook

11:43 pm

Pinikula

then pl

11:44 pm

jesdraggon

thankee... firewords!

11:44 pm

Pinikula

wtg jes ;)

11:44 pm

flosey

WTG Jes, good for you

11:44 pm

Atalante

yay jes!

11:44 pm

Pinikula

<-- photo taken yesterday on a ridge near my dau's home...

11:44 pm

jesdraggon

thanks for the clues!

11:45 pm

flosey

yvw jes

11:45 pm

flosey

cute one Pini

11:45 pm

Atalante

gorgeous

11:45 pm

jesdraggon

g'night all

11:46 pm

flosey

g'night jes

11:50 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

117 to go, opening the list!

11:51 pm

flosey

good luck Gwen

11:54 pm

Pinikula

thx...it was an extremely goregous day to go out and take a drive on the trails...

11:54 pm

Pinikula

gotta luv the PNW where there's lots-o-green all year 'round! :)

11:55 pm

Pinikula

here to help if you need it, gwen ;)

11:57 pm

MLFAN17

hello

11:57 pm

flosey

hi mlf

11:57 pm

MLFAN17

hi flosey

11:58 pm

flosey

hoping for a nice small one for tomorrow

11:59 pm

MLFAN17

i have a feeling it might be

11:59 pm

flosey

hope your feelings are right! 150 would be good

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