Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, October 31, 2009

12:00 am

cybernan

oh well, down to 3

12:00 am

dcseain

flop fail

12:00 am

flosey

flip

12:00 am

dcseain

out of puzzles according to errors in my chog

12:00 am

VolleymomDee

ooh had to refresh for new grid; flip

12:00 am

PAV3

ok now it's time..happy hunting and happy halloween y'all!

12:00 am

jillibus

flip???

flip???

12:00 am

MLFAN17

ihad ot refresh i think i have the righ tone now

12:00 am

dart001

flip

12:00 am

shorty

ok its the same grid whats up with that?

12:00 am

VolleymomDee

221

12:01 am

MLFAN17

M P T are those new letters?

12:01 am

VolleymomDee

hugs dart, jili; hi pav, dc, flosey, mlf...all

12:01 am

dcseain

thanks for the refresh tip

12:01 am

jillibus

refresh, shorty -- I had to

12:01 am

VolleymomDee

yw

12:01 am

jillibus

hi dee hi

12:01 am

dart001

hi volley jilli all

12:01 am

MLFAN17

HI Dee ..HAPPY HALLOWSCREAM EVERYBODY

12:02 am

jillibus

If this one is unkind, nuts to it. I have another bridge day tomorrow

12:02 am

justafreep

ta7

12:02 am

jillibus

hi darty

12:02 am

jillibus

PBS is showing the original Pink Panther :)

12:02 am

dcseain

how fun, jilli :)

12:03 am

MLFAN17

dc we fall back tomorrow night right?

12:03 am

VolleymomDee

ooh one of my favorites jili

12:03 am

MLFAN17

Saturday that is

12:03 am

dcseain

correct, mlf

12:03 am

VolleymomDee

ar 6

12:03 am

justafreep

"Does your dog bite?"

12:04 am

dcseain

i'm opposed to the time change, myself. I like this time zone MUCH better.

12:04 am

MLFAN17

thought so jsut double checking:)

12:04 am

jillibus

so I may be somewhat distracted

12:04 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:04 am

dcseain

ty, lickety

12:04 am

Bugsaw

Thank you LIckety. I will start now

12:04 am

dcseain

and understandably, jilli

12:04 am

flosey

thankyou Lickety

12:04 am

VolleymomDee

ty lickety

12:04 am

jillibus

me too, dc -- HATE the darkness of Standard Time

12:04 am

dcseain

sing it, jilli :D

12:04 am

VolleymomDee

ea 6

12:04 am

cybernan

ouch -- another monster!

12:04 am

jillibus

YAY Lickety!!!

12:05 am

rururocks

te7

12:05 am

dart001

nbt

12:05 am

MLFAN17

jill and it doesnt help that nights are colder for some of us either

12:05 am

justafreep

ea6 x 2, dee

12:06 am

jillibus

at th4 latitude it's darker earlier too

12:06 am

rururocks

ar6

12:06 am

jillibus

hoo boy, 10 Ks :(

12:06 am

PAV3

way to go dart! missing the bottom A nad upper left R for NBT...22 for 22 so far...

12:06 am

dcseain

it's dark earlier here, too, though much light than when i lived in boston

12:07 am

VolleymomDee

ty freep

12:07 am

Bugsaw

great icon Jilli

12:08 am

justafreep

po7

12:08 am

VolleymomDee

th 6

12:09 am

jillibus

ty bugs! and ty for the email -- reply later

12:10 am

VolleymomDee

ta 6

12:10 am

vashongin

ro 6

12:11 am

PAV3

dark is dark all over the place...can't see myself without light ...

12:12 am

PAV3

ok much more appropriate picture now...

12:12 am

rururocks

blacker than a black angus tucus on a night with no moon....(the big lebowski)

12:13 am

Bugsaw

great movie

12:13 am

dcseain

traumatized Feldspar with the Advantage application, as always

12:13 am

flosey

great icon Pav

12:13 am

Bugsaw

glad you got the email Jilli. I hoped you would not delete it as spam

12:14 am

MLFAN17

li 6 if not called

12:14 am

PAV3

at least in the shower I know where I am...and I don't need much light in there...

12:14 am

PAV3

like your too flosey!

12:15 am

VolleymomDee

re 6

12:15 am

dcseain

sody is a word in Southern

12:15 am

flosey

ty pav

12:16 am

dcseain

kh4

12:16 am

PAV3

yay! 24 for 24 NBT! now to walk the dogs...hmmm 16 mins, a new record for me..brb

12:16 am

rururocks

or7

12:16 am

dcseain

*2

12:16 am

dcseain

*3

12:17 am

PAV3

where is Southern? DC?

12:17 am

rbud

hi, all, finally looked at the clock!

12:17 am

MLFAN17

AR 6'

12:17 am

dcseain

Richmond, VA and south out to at least rural Louisiana

12:17 am

jillibus

bugs, the email said "from bugsaw" so no way would I think that was spam

12:17 am

PAV3

hey rbud!

12:18 am

dcseain

sody-pop, fully

12:18 am

PAV3

is that the same as so4? the drink?

12:18 am

dcseain

indeed, pav

12:19 am

dcseain

as in "i'll have me a sody"

12:19 am

PAV3

ok brb...

12:19 am

rbud

I agree, seain, I hear that here, too

12:19 am

jillibus

wtg pav, re nbt so fast!

12:21 am

VolleymomDee

nbt

12:21 am

cybernan

wtg dee

12:21 am

VolleymomDee

ty; this one is really moving slowly for me

12:21 am

rbud

yay, Dee!

12:22 am

cybernan

still need the top right e

12:22 am

VolleymomDee

ty rb

12:22 am

Bugsaw

me too cyber

12:22 am

cybernan

got it -- nbt

12:22 am

jillibus

wtg dee too

12:22 am

VolleymomDee

wtg nan ty jili

12:22 am

jillibus

I have 4 words, thanks to David Niven and Peter Sellers

12:23 am

rbud

yay, nan, and nbt here, too

12:23 am

flosey

nbt

12:23 am

VolleymomDee

totally understand that jili; I love all of those movies

12:23 am

VolleymomDee

wtg flosey

12:23 am

jillibus

wtg flosey :)

12:24 am

MLFAN17

was TA 6 called?

12:24 am

cybernan

wtg flosey and rbud

12:24 am

MLFAN17

tgile

12:24 am

MLFAN17

oops

12:25 am

MLFAN17

not a word sorry but didnt mean to do that

12:25 am

jillibus

isn't phart an elegant way of spelling flatulence?

12:25 am

VolleymomDee

sounds good to me

12:25 am

flosey

cute jilli

12:25 am

dcseain

only in hip-hop circles, jilli LOL ;)

12:25 am

VolleymomDee

sorry about my quick exit last nite jili; cj moma's icon totally froze my computer

12:26 am

jillibus

no prob, dee!

12:26 am

justafreep

90 left but I have to go for a spell (or more)

12:26 am

VolleymomDee

wish folks would consider that when they choose icons :)

12:26 am

justafreep

no one eat too much candy!

12:26 am

cybernan

po 7 if not called

12:26 am

dcseain

be well, freep

12:26 am

flosey

wow freep, good for you

12:27 am

flosey

thanks nan

12:27 am

rbud

po 6 and 7, nan?

12:27 am

jillibus

ttfn, freep :)

12:27 am

dcseain

greyed the K :)

12:27 am

dcseain

all fours but for one five

12:27 am

justafreep

it's good timing - I don't see another word anywhere!

12:28 am

jillibus

hooray, dc!

12:28 am

rururocks

oh.. found the ta7

12:28 am

MLFAN17

which TA is it?

12:29 am

rururocks

ta 7/36

12:29 am

dcseain

ph4*2 this is a grid of short words

12:30 am

MLFAN17

ruru which TA do we use to get the 7 lol?

12:30 am

rbud

bottom right

12:30 am

MLFAN17

thank you rbud and ruru:)

12:31 am

cybernan

himalayan goat alert

12:32 am

jillibus

ty nan! that's my job but I fell down on it :)

12:33 am

rururocks

don't let it get your goat jilli

12:34 am

jillibus

groan

12:35 am

rururocks

now I feel sheepish

12:35 am

rururocks

if youcan't bleat them... join them

12:35 am

rururocks

*snicker*

12:36 am

MLFAN17

bleat?

12:36 am

dcseain

bleat - pun on beat; it's the noise a goat makes

12:37 am

MLFAN17

ohhhh

12:37 am

dcseain

my fave li6 is in the grid

12:37 am

MLFAN17

okay 66 words down i am out poof

12:37 am

jillibus

baa, humbug

12:37 am

jillibus

bye mlf

12:37 am

dcseain

oj. i want some oj. But that means getting dressed and walking to the store. I don't think i want it that much.

12:38 am

jillibus

oh dear -- I have lots of oj here, dc!

12:38 am

dcseain

huh. she found the pink mousie. go her.

12:40 am

dcseain

sorry for being all stream-of-consciousness

12:40 am

Bugsaw

Guess what. Lickety's clues are wrong.

12:40 am

dcseain

extra word or so in them today?

12:41 am

Bugsaw

No, just completely unrelated to this grid. I tried to send my found words before I headed off to bed and nothing moved so I looked more closely.

12:41 am

dcseain

clear cache then

12:42 am

rururocks

200 down..I have to head to bed. tennis in the a.m... good night all

12:42 am

flosey

goodnight ru

12:42 am

Bugsaw

ok .....

12:42 am

dcseain

sleep well, ruru, and concuss your opponent with the ball

12:42 am

PAV3

ok 24 down and 197 to go...

12:43 am

dcseain

go, pav!

12:43 am

jillibus

wow, ruru, be as great at tennis as you are at babbling!

12:43 am

Bugsaw

It worked!! Thanks seain. Sorry if I upset anyone. Good night all. Have fun

12:44 am

dcseain

g'night bugs :)

12:44 am

jillibus

pav, you're making me feel good about only having 34 words!

12:44 am

dcseain

i'm halfway now

12:44 am

jillibus

S'ok, bugs -- mine was working ok

12:45 am

jillibus

wtg dc!

12:47 am

PAV3

Ms. Winfrey is in the grid...

12:48 am

PAV3

and Mr. Marx

12:48 am

dcseain

alas, no ka words :)

12:48 am

jillibus

one on tope of the other, woo woo

12:49 am

jillibus

*top

12:50 am

cybernan

141 down -- enough for tonight :)

12:50 am

dcseain

sweet dreams, nan

12:52 am

jillibus

night nan! Happy Halloween :)

12:53 am

cybernan

nite jill, dc

12:53 am

jillibus

nbt!

12:53 am

VolleymomDee

yay jili

12:53 am

dcseain

wtg, jili!

12:53 am

dcseain

hi, dee

12:54 am

VolleymomDee

howdy dc! thot I greeted you earlier!

12:54 am

dcseain

you may have, and i missed it

12:54 am

dcseain

:) i'm a bit loopy tonight

12:54 am

dcseain

cause i had me a coke today

12:54 am

VolleymomDee

sounds like fun

12:55 am

VolleymomDee

cheap high lol

12:55 am

dcseain

it was a treat. i don't usually do caffeinated bevs, other than tea and the odd latte

12:55 am

VolleymomDee

smart man

12:57 am

rbud

you had a sody, seain?

12:58 am

dcseain

yes indeedy. of a stipe i don't usually drink

12:58 am

Pinikula

* tumbling in * better late than never! hi all!

12:58 am

dcseain

and there's a case of cheerwine in the corner, too.

12:58 am

dcseain

that we forgot about and ain't opened yet

12:58 am

rbud

hi, Pini!

12:58 am

dcseain

welcom, pini, how goes?

12:59 am

Pinikula

Well, been busy...just go to my dau's house for the weekend...

12:59 am

dcseain

nice, hope it's a pleasant visit

12:59 am

jillibus

How's Tom doing, dc?

12:59 am

dcseain

i spent part of the afternoon and the evening with my mother

12:59 am

rbud

I don't drink "pop" either, can't imagine how I wound up with 2 kids who drink it all day. :P

1:00 am

PAV3

cheerwine? Hi Pini! how about some freezin warm weather from Phoenix..I'm lookin to trade for some warm warm weather

1:00 am

dcseain

mom, dad, sis and i are not very fond of soda on the whole

1:00 am

dcseain

we use it mostly as a mixer

1:00 am

dcseain

Cheerwine is a soda from NC

1:00 am

dcseain

it's a cherry flavor

1:00 am

Atalante

hi all :) having a quick babble session before starting a marathon day of painting

1:00 am

dcseain

cheerwinecorp.com

1:00 am

jillibus

I'm not fond of sweet fizzy drinks

1:00 am

rbud

mmmm, I like an occasional black cherry sody.

1:01 am

dcseain

painting is a happy. changes and brightens or warms the object.

1:01 am

PAV3

ok...if it's not strawberry, or lemony,,I'll pass...

1:01 am

dcseain

The Pop Shop used to sell a yummy strawberry soda

1:01 am

Atalante

this is quite a strange painting. is angels and demons. I love painting the angels, hate painting the demons

1:01 am

PAV3

I've had a can of paint for the bathroom for years now ready to be opened and used...

1:02 am

dcseain

Ayel is a friend of mine. I keep trying to enter his name

1:02 am

PAV3

one of the ladies at work came dressed as a demon...I told her I wouldn't have known it if she didn't tell me...

1:02 am

dcseain

lol pav

1:03 am

jillibus

dc, I'll ask again -- how's Tom doing?

1:03 am

Atalante

those sort of demons are ok :D

1:03 am

dcseain

well, jilli. we have follow-up in Cleveland on Monday. He's had pain today - possible kidney stone. He's trying to sleep it off now

1:03 am

dcseain

sorry, jilli, i missed your earlier inquiry.

1:03 am

Atalante

poor tom :(

1:04 am

dcseain

er, enquiry rather, i believe

1:04 am

jillibus

Celebes buffalo alert

1:04 am

jillibus

Oh, poor Tom!

1:05 am

dcseain

i had to google that. ty, jilli

1:05 am

PAV3

I like inquiries...kidney stones, thsoe are demonic by themselves...'tis why I drink much lemonade

1:05 am

dcseain

he's cut back on liquid consumption due to reduction in soda intake, without adding in other liquid. and he's prone to the stones, so that was not a good thing overall

1:06 am

jillibus

in- or en- I never know which is when

1:06 am

dcseain

upside, monday he has a sonogram, so they may be able to break it up for him, less he requests ED before then.

1:07 am

dcseain

en- was correct in that usage it seems

1:07 am

Atalante

enquire and inquire is that enquire is to be used for general senses of 'ask', while inquire is reserved for uses meaning 'make a formal investigation'. In practice, however, enquire (and enquiry) is more common in British English while inquire (and inquiry) is more common in US English

1:07 am

dcseain

jane from MT is in the grid

1:07 am

VolleymomDee

wow got all the k's without a li4... unheard of for me :)

1:08 am

dcseain

ty, ata. that matches my general understanding

1:09 am

dcseain

wtg, dee

1:09 am

VolleymomDee

ty ty

1:09 am

jillibus

right on, ata -- makes sense

1:11 am

dart001

fireworks

1:12 am

dcseain

congrats, dart

1:12 am

PAV3

yay dart!

1:12 am

VolleymomDee

wtg dart!!!

1:12 am

jillibus

I get muddled because I speak both English and American

1:12 am

jillibus

YAY dart!!!

1:13 am

rbud

woohoo, dart!!!

1:13 am

Atalante

yay dart!

1:13 am

PAV3

and here I thought I was speaking ENglish...well at least not the Queen's, but then I'm not noble...

1:13 am

VolleymomDee

I think teaskirt would be a good word

1:14 am

Atalante

I keep wanting TARDIS

1:14 am

dcseain

indeed, dee

1:14 am

dcseain

and ty for sk4

1:14 am

VolleymomDee

me too ata

1:15 am

Atalante

glad it's not just me!

1:15 am

VolleymomDee

:)

1:17 am

VolleymomDee

I typed in polarist at le5 10 times

1:18 am

Atalante

and porite - I always think that's allowed cos it's kinda normal if you're a marine biologist!

1:18 am

VolleymomDee

:)

1:19 am

dcseain

change 1st letter, ata

1:19 am

VolleymomDee

I am going to have to li4 soon....

1:19 am

VolleymomDee

oooh ty dc needed th4 one

1:19 am

flosey

94 to go, I'm off to bed, goodnight all, be back in the morning

1:20 am

Pinikula

hi/bye flosey!

1:20 am

VolleymomDee

nite flosey

1:20 am

flosey

pi/bye pini

1:20 am

VolleymomDee

phantom arthritis

1:20 am

jillibus

night flosey (maybe?)

1:20 am

Pinikula

;)

1:20 am

flosey

wish is was just a phantom

1:21 am

VolleymomDee

amen to that flosey

1:21 am

dcseain

g'night flosey

1:21 am

flosey

tha thar

1:21 am

VolleymomDee

ar 6 x 2

1:21 am

rbud

more than 2 kh's?

1:21 am

Atalante

I have 3 so far

1:22 am

VolleymomDee

kh x 3

1:22 am

VolleymomDee

only 3

1:22 am

Atalante

I have the other letter one, dc, ty :)

1:22 am

rbud

ty

1:23 am

swmbo

:) hi all

1:23 am

dcseain

hi, swmbo

1:23 am

Pinikula

thx for the 3 kh's ;)

1:23 am

rbud

ahh, k

1:23 am

rbud

is killed

1:23 am

rbud

lol!

1:23 am

VolleymomDee

wtg

1:25 am

flosey

got 4 more, 90 for tomorrow, 'poof

1:25 am

Atalante

ooo haven't had an ar6/18 for a while. that went through a phase of being in nearly every grid

1:26 am

VolleymomDee

well done flosey

1:26 am

swmbo

slogging away here

1:26 am

VolleymomDee

and an ar 6/24 ata

1:26 am

Atalante

ooo *looks*

1:27 am

Pinikula

upper right E plz/thx?

1:27 am

Pinikula

(for NBT)

1:27 am

Atalante

god of lurve

1:27 am

Pinikula

thx!!!

1:27 am

Pinikula

NBT! too!

1:28 am

VolleymomDee

cannot figure out the o's from that column :(

1:28 am

Atalante

noooo those are odd I fear

1:28 am

Pinikula

I only have 1 O from the right

1:29 am

VolleymomDee

me, too pini

1:29 am

swmbo

me too pini *sniff*

1:29 am

Just1Mar

od 4,5 5,

1:29 am

Atalante

me 3

1:29 am

dart001

volley...picture that O being an i....think of words like that and change back the first letter

1:29 am

VolleymomDee

ty just and hugs to you

1:30 am

PAV3

as do I pini...I'm > halfway and falling asleep at the "wheel".. so off to beddy bye I go!

1:30 am

Pinikula

thx just * looking *

1:30 am

Atalante

tyty

1:30 am

Just1Mar

hugs (((dee))) hi evy1

1:30 am

dart001

hi justy

1:30 am

Just1Mar

hiya dartie! how be you?

1:30 am

Pinikula

night Pav ;)

1:30 am

VolleymomDee

didn't see you slip in just

1:31 am

Atalante

od4: a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.

1:31 am

dcseain

howdy, dart

1:31 am

swmbo

dart EXCELLENT clue

1:31 am

dart001

im good...in the mid recovery time

1:31 am

dart001

hi dc

1:31 am

VolleymomDee

interesting

1:31 am

Just1Mar

(blush) been lurking making sure there's no shenanigans going on :)

1:31 am

Pinikula

oooh, thx ata ;)

1:31 am

Just1Mar

mid recovery?

1:31 am

Pinikula

not sure if the words I found are what you were cluing, but I found 2 more! :)

1:31 am

VolleymomDee

got the o's ty

1:32 am

Atalante

just for your edification :)

1:32 am

dcseain

bon soir, just

1:32 am

dart001

thurs work and morn shift and an overnight into fri...tough on the old bod

1:32 am

Just1Mar

don't you just love that word?....shenanigans hehe

1:32 am

dart001

a morn shift

1:32 am

Just1Mar

and bon soiree to you too dc!

1:33 am

dcseain

that's rough, dart

1:33 am

VolleymomDee

odd al 5 and al 6/24

1:33 am

Just1Mar

wish you the best dartie...at least you have an income...lol more than I can say

1:33 am

dart001

when youre 25 not too hard...getting tougher now

1:33 am

dcseain

oh, are you unemployed too, just?

1:34 am

Just1Mar

sigh for 7 years now...methinks I'm retired

1:34 am

Just1Mar

but I'm old so I guess it's okay

1:34 am

dcseain

my mom's retired, and rather bored, even with the grandkids

1:35 am

Just1Mar

no grandkids...kinda bored...strange lifestyle now...Dee knows of what I speak

1:36 am

VolleymomDee

an 7/36 sounds like the young men who li4 candles in church but an at the 1st

1:36 am

VolleymomDee

ditto that just

1:36 am

Pinikula

I'm sure I could put my grandkids on a periodic rental plan ;)

1:36 am

dcseain

i'm the funky, exotic uncle

1:36 am

dcseain

LOL pini

1:36 am

rbud

ty for the an 7, Dee

1:36 am

Just1Mar

wish I was your niece dc!

1:36 am

jillibus

nice clue, dee -- thx

1:37 am

VolleymomDee

yqw jili

1:37 am

VolleymomDee

and ty

1:37 am

dcseain

only term i know for that task, dee, does not fit this grid

1:38 am

herinfernallady

Hello

1:38 am

Pinikula

we're probably thinking the same word, dc...and it doesn't work for me either :(

1:38 am

Atalante

the word would start with ac not an

1:38 am

Atalante

hi herin

1:38 am

Ben10Babble

hi

1:38 am

VolleymomDee

start with a in 1st column... an 7/36 and go to the right

1:38 am

dcseain

ty, ata

1:38 am

VolleymomDee

hi herin

1:38 am

Pinikula

hi herin ;)

1:39 am

herinfernallady

Hot is not the word for the weather

1:39 am

loredana

hello Babblers belated Birthday wishes for Herin Happy Birthday

1:40 am

herinfernallady

Awww Loppy Dore Thank you

1:40 am

loredana

Did you have a good one Herin

1:40 am

VolleymomDee

happy bday herin!

1:40 am

Just1Mar

now don't be bitching about the weather....no sympathy here as we enter our 6 months of snow and ice and cold

1:41 am

herinfernallady

It was last week but thank you.

1:41 am

dcseain

hi, herin

1:41 am

herinfernallady

Just you live in Canada that is your own fault :P Hi DC

1:42 am

loredana

big hugs for dc s

1:42 am

herinfernallady

We just had our first Trick or treaters and our cat scared them off. Good kitty

1:42 am

Just1Mar

fault...mmmm....shall I emigrate after 4 generations worth? I think not

1:42 am

dcseain

where i live, we're almost to the point of last harvests from our gardens.

1:42 am

dcseain

hi, lore :)

1:42 am

Atalante

a change is always good ;)

1:43 am

dart001

move south to here justy..where you can have crappy weather too

1:43 am

Just1Mar

our last harvests of broccoli and cauliflower which can stand and flourish in cold weather are just about done

1:43 am

Just1Mar

thx dartie but no thx...may as well stay here sigh....

1:44 am

loredana

hey dc s so good to see you

1:44 am

loredana

hey dc s so good to see you

1:44 am

dcseain

we're still weeks from frost, in a normal year. this has been a VERY warm Fall

1:44 am

Just1Mar

plus I'd have to root for the Mn Stars and I CAN"T do that! lol

1:44 am

dcseain

and you, lore, long time. How are you?

1:44 am

dart001

had a nice summer..and about sept 20...went straight into thi4....one of the coldest..wettest and snowiest octobers so far

1:44 am

loredana

Ata and Hobbit hugs

1:45 am

dart001

Stars moved to dallas about 15 yrs ago :)

1:45 am

loredana

good dc s never enough time to get here now

1:45 am

Just1Mar

ohhh dartie we had snow only once so far....it melted on contact even on the lawns....been warm for Oct here...

1:45 am

herinfernallady

I am ready for Beltaine tonidht

1:46 am

Just1Mar

oh well what's the team called dartie...? been imbibing this eveing (blush)

1:46 am

dcseain

have fun, lady :)

1:46 am

dart001

weve had about 5 bouts so far...and it was flurrying on the way home tonight

1:46 am

dcseain

Colorado and Nebraska have LOTS of snow

1:46 am

Just1Mar

so basically you have shittier weather than we have is what you're saying lol

1:46 am

herinfernallady

Well the house outside is clean I just have to find the candle to light

1:46 am

Just1Mar

so I've heard dc....

1:47 am

dart001

was at tonight's game....the Wild won 3-2 over the NY rangers

1:47 am

dcseain

yay Wild!

1:47 am

Just1Mar

wild ! right! lol

1:47 am

herinfernallady

Congrats on going PRo too Dart

1:47 am

Just1Mar

did the Canadiens win over Chigaco? do you know?

1:48 am

dart001

ty herin

1:48 am

Just1Mar

(prob not)

1:48 am

dart001

chicago 3 mtl 2

1:49 am

loredana

yay Dart good to see all of you now

1:49 am

Just1Mar

lol thx dartie....it figures sigh

1:50 am

VolleymomDee

ol 8/40 in case someone needs to know th4

1:50 am

Just1Mar

was proud to get that dee on my own!

1:50 am

rbud

ty, Dee, needed that

1:51 am

VolleymomDee

yw

1:51 am

VolleymomDee

wtg just

1:51 am

Pinikula

* looking *

1:52 am

Just1Mar

it's amazing the words that one absorbs in their (un) conciousness

1:52 am

dart001

more like scary justy

1:53 am

Just1Mar

oooo but when they work and the screen flashes green...how sweet is that! lol

1:54 am

dart001

i used to be a good speller..but with all the enable dictionary words...not sure anymore...start to mix them up a bit

1:54 am

herinfernallady

I just saw there is a trailer for Boondock Saints 2 i hide under the desk

1:54 am

jillibus

hear hear dart!

1:54 am

Just1Mar

well that's the mark or a true wordsmith, dartie

1:54 am

VolleymomDee

so true dart and totally agree just

1:55 am

herinfernallady

HI OSGMA

1:59 am

dcseain

itsy. i does't take itsy.

2:01 am

Pinikula

as in itsy bitsy? ;)

2:01 am

jillibus

hi osgd

2:01 am

jillibus

I tried itsy too, dc ;)

2:01 am

dcseain

yes, pini. the bitsy is dropped around here usually.

2:02 am

dcseain

itsy is smaller than tiny. itsy bitsy teeny weeny is emphatic

2:02 am

VolleymomDee

fireworks

2:02 am

Just1Mar

wow 17c called for tomorrow here (approx 63f)

2:02 am

jillibus

YAY dee!

2:02 am

Just1Mar

wtg (((dee)))

2:02 am

VolleymomDee

ty; may I help anyone before I poof?

2:02 am

jillibus

I saw that on the TV news, justy!

2:02 am

herinfernallady

I dont'think i will do this again

2:02 am

loredana

yay volley well done

2:03 am

Just1Mar

thx Dee but with lickety it's easy peasy (not)

2:03 am

VolleymomDee

ty so much

2:03 am

VolleymomDee

a heat wave just?

2:03 am

jillibus

do what, herin?

2:03 am

dart001

wtg volley

2:03 am

herinfernallady

the grid

2:03 am

VolleymomDee

ty dart

2:03 am

herinfernallady

Yah volley

2:03 am

Just1Mar

yeah dee and now at 3:04 am it's 11c a virtual heat wave

2:04 am

VolleymomDee

well all til the flip hugs to all; have a great day /eve ty herin

2:04 am

VolleymomDee

lol

2:04 am

VolleymomDee

hugs and *poof*

2:04 am

Just1Mar

night dee tc bfn

2:04 am

jillibus

why, herin? too big and tough?

2:04 am

loredana

hugs back volley take care

2:05 am

jillibus

oh, hi lobo!!!

2:05 am

loredana

hugs and hi jilli

2:05 am

herinfernallady

cant be bothered

2:05 am

jillibus

don't blame you, herin

2:06 am

Just1Mar

do what again herin? a babble grid?

2:06 am

herinfernallady

yep

2:07 am

Just1Mar

well hopefully you have a life full of happiness and purpose now

2:11 am

Just1Mar

you don't enjoy babble anymore, jilli?

2:17 am

herinfernallady

This grid has teef

2:18 am

Just1Mar

sigh...teef???

2:18 am

anike

fireworks

2:19 am

dcseain

congrats, anike

2:19 am

Just1Mar

wtg anike!

2:19 am

dart001

nj anike

2:20 am

jillibus

justy, I get annoyed when the grids are full of unwords, but I still plug away and enjoy the chat

2:20 am

Just1Mar

yeah, I hear ya jilli

2:20 am

loredana

well done anike

2:21 am

anike

ty everyone - I'm going to say goodbye now - things to do etc. happy babbling

2:21 am

dcseain

have a great day, anike

2:21 am

jillibus

YAY anike!!! (Sorry, I was in the ktichen for a bit)

2:24 am

Pinikula

* up for air * 1/2 way and now I can list!!! ;)

2:25 am

Just1Mar

gg pini!

2:25 am

jillibus

wtg pini!

2:26 am

loredana

well done pini

2:28 am

jillibus

dc wanted itsy as in itsy bitsy, and I want roly as in roly poly

2:29 am

dcseain

i tried roly too. thought i think it's properly rolly

2:29 am

Atalante

jilli to the PB :)

2:29 am

herinfernallady

I want it not to be so humid

2:29 am

herinfernallady

and apparently someone has to get food and that is so not happening

2:30 am

jillibus

no sir -- rolly would have a short o -- dbl cons following a vowel makes the vowel short. We had roly poly pudding in England.

2:30 am

Atalante

jilli to the PB again :)

2:30 am

Just1Mar

<========wishes for humidity and heat

2:31 am

dcseain

point, jilli

2:31 am

lynxxx

rolypoly pudding! I used to help Mum make that. Hello everyone

2:31 am

herinfernallady

Hi Ata. Move to Aus Just

2:31 am

dcseain

i miss the humidity. we're moving toward the winter desert-dryness :/

2:31 am

jillibus

omg, never thought po4 would be a word! *taking banana and milk into PB*

2:32 am

Just1Mar

where herein..? to Melbourne..where you kvetch about the cold in winter?

2:32 am

herinfernallady

hI Lynxx

2:32 am

jillibus

hi lynxxx! But I see maybe it's all one word or at least hyphenated

2:32 am

herinfernallady

Yep Just. Nothing makes me happy

2:32 am

loredana

hi there Lynxxx and Stewart

2:33 am

Just1Mar

at least here we generate tons of electricity and we pay the cheapest rates in NA for it...so maybe I'll stay here

2:33 am

lynxxx

Hi Lore!! how's things?

2:34 am

loredana

good lynxxx thanks for asking how you been ok

2:34 am

Just1Mar

Herein....evy1's got their sh*t to contend with....it's all about blowing off the small things and dealing with the big ones

2:35 am

loredana

Just1 we pay far too much for our power here my ancestors are from where you are think you have the better place

2:35 am

lynxxx

We've all been good thanks Lore

2:35 am

Just1Mar

your ancestors are from Canada, lobo?? really?

2:35 am

dart001

cept they speak a funny language :)

2:36 am

herinfernallady

Just that i meant to be weather. Last night was amazing. Massive thunder and lightening storm

2:37 am

Just1Mar

heh, monsieur dartie...tu pense que nous parlons une langue etrange? (you think we speak a strange language)? lolol

2:37 am

loredana

long way back Just1 aprox 1500 i believe they sailed the sea in a pea green boat for Greenland

2:37 am

dart001

i was talking about the english...lol jk

2:37 am

Just1Mar

lolol dartie ....

2:37 am

Just1Mar

eh??

2:37 am

Just1Mar

that's amazing lobo!

2:38 am

loredana

of course Dart you are quite right very strange language

2:38 am

Just1Mar

my roots go back to eastern Europe!

2:38 am

dart001

funny...i took spanish in college...and i could figure most of th4 out lol

2:38 am

loredana

thats what happens when you do your family tree Just1

2:39 am

Atalante

my roots go back to - hmm - England lol

2:40 am

Just1Mar

someone in my family did a tree lobo....scary stuff...actually my roots are from Romania, Russia, Poland yikes....totally peasant stock

2:40 am

dcseain

my English ancestors arrived in East Anglia from Netherlands 2 centuries prior to departing for Virgnia

2:40 am

loredana

amazing stuff you know the more you go back the more you are related to the same people?

2:40 am

Just1Mar

but I am 3rd generation Canadian and my son now is 4th...so Canadian we are and that's that! pointe finale

2:41 am

Pinikula

gads, I need to quit falling asleep when convos get good!

2:41 am

lynxxx

what do you mean Lore?

2:41 am

loredana

In my pre school days I always said I was off to Canada now I know why

2:41 am

Just1Mar

and I ain't no spring chicken...so ...ummm....3rd generation is a good thing!

2:41 am

Pinikula

I'm 3rd gen US (have taken my family's history back to mid-1500s)

2:42 am

dart001

you'd barely be 1st gen in NL justy...1949

2:42 am

Atalante

I'm pretty much 100% English back to at least 1500

2:42 am

Atalante

very boring

2:43 am

lynxxx

hi Ata

2:43 am

Just1Mar

but but dartie I don't live in NFLD lolol

2:43 am

jillibus

Back in the 50s the US insisted I was Chinese because I was born there.

2:43 am

jillibus

If a cat has kittens in the oven they're cookies

2:43 am

Just1Mar

not boring Ata.....I think that's just a good as anyone else's roots...hey.......we're all human beings....well most of us

2:43 am

loredana

lol jilli

2:44 am

Just1Mar

maybe you're related to my DIL jilli! (heheh)

2:44 am

swmbo

I am 11th generation Canadian of Acadian heritage. My oldest ancestor came to canada in 1644

2:44 am

jillibus

I'm 100% British Isles

2:44 am

loredana

swmbo amazing

2:45 am

jillibus

Wonderful, swmbo!

2:45 am

Just1Mar

Does the name Cheng fit in anywhere in your family tree jilli lolo

2:45 am

Just1Mar

wow swmbo....nice!

2:45 am

Just1Mar

glad you're family wasn't shuffled off down to Louisiana

2:46 am

swmbo

I have a cousin who did the family tree. From that one couple, tens of thousands of descendants. Some of them did get shuffled to louisianna and Maine and england even, but our branch hid in the woods and survived the Grand Derangemant

2:47 am

Just1Mar

cause you'd have been assimilated and here in the Great White North, we hate assimilation lolol

2:47 am

dart001

would have to change her name to gumbo instead of swmbo

2:47 am

Just1Mar

very interesting swmbo!

2:47 am

jillibus

I don't think the Cajuns are all that assimilated -- ?

2:47 am

swmbo

I dunno, cajun culture seems to be alive and well

2:48 am

dcseain

cajuns in LA today are more assimilated than ever

2:48 am

swmbo

you know what swmbo is for?

2:48 am

Just1Mar

lol dartie...typical American response (JK) :)

2:48 am

Just1Mar

yeah but Cajun is an offshoot of Acadian....so you're the purist

2:48 am

jillibus

I do, I do, swmbo *jumping up and down*

2:49 am

Just1Mar

I don't I don't :(

2:49 am

Just1Mar

at least I can't figure it out now cause I've imbibed tonight

2:49 am

jillibus

Think Rumpole, justy

2:50 am

Just1Mar

so do tell?

2:50 am

swmbo

She Who Must Be Obeyed from Haggard out of rumpole LOL

2:50 am

Just1Mar

Rumpole? Isn't that an old Brit TV show Rumpole and the Bailey?

2:50 am

dcseain

Rumpole of the Bailey i thought

2:51 am

swmbo

The very one. he used to refer to his wife Hilda as She who Must be Obeyed

2:51 am

Just1Mar

I only know the title not the context....(winces in despair)

2:51 am

dart001

one down...still trying to figure out osgma and osgd

2:52 am

swmbo

look up the DVDs, absolutely marbelous stuff

2:52 am

swmbo

The books too of course, great stuff, witth and fine

2:52 am

Just1Mar

well any "she who must be obeyed" is absolutely fine with me!

2:52 am

swmbo

LOL it annoys the heck out of my kids

2:52 am

jillibus

OverSeas GrandMa and OverSeas GrandDaughter

2:53 am

Just1Mar

cause I'm a she and I Must Be Obeyed!

2:53 am

dart001

thx jilli..couldnt figure those out

2:53 am

dart001

typical female response justy jk

2:53 am

jillibus

I'm not surprised, dart!

2:54 am

Just1Mar

lolo dartie....

2:55 am

Just1Mar

sigh...9 left

2:55 am

jillibus

lol, justy -- 99 left here!

2:55 am

swmbo

i have to go do work now, TTFN

2:56 am

dart001

bye sw

2:56 am

jillibus

bye swmbo!

2:56 am

Just1Mar

but I play so many word games jilli and as such I should be as good if not better than Dartie, but I still can't touch him

2:56 am

Just1Mar

bye swmbo!

2:57 am

loredana

Dart The Untouchable

2:57 am

loredana

got all my fours done off for a cup of tea or should i say chai

2:57 am

Just1Mar

Hmmmm Dartie...aka Elliot Ness!

2:57 am

jillibus

He's way above us

2:58 am

jillibus

(a lot of the time)

2:58 am

dart001

im 6' 6" yep lol

2:58 am

Just1Mar

yep jilli....keep reaching but it ain't happening

2:58 am

Just1Mar

oohhh dartie...well that splains

2:58 am

Just1Mar

it

2:58 am

dart001

what's 78 X 2.54 lol

2:59 am

jillibus

I mean dartie is over our heads a lot

2:59 am

dart001

198.12 cm

2:59 am

Just1Mar

2.54 is the equivilant of a cm to and in

3:00 am

loredana

BBL have fun everyone

3:00 am

Just1Mar

bye lore nice to have seen you again

3:00 am

Just1Mar

lobo

3:00 am

lynxxx

bye Lore

3:00 am

dart001

bye lore

3:00 am

jillibus

Bye lobo!

3:00 am

loredana

take care all

3:02 am

Just1Mar

bleh...lots n lots of non-words in this grid

3:02 am

Just1Mar

as in most

3:02 am

jillibus

my monkeys are teaching me a lot of new words

3:03 am

dart001

+1 C and 40 kph winds with rain/snow now justy

3:03 am

Just1Mar

well that's great jilli, now remember them!!!

3:03 am

jillibus

not the kind of grid I enjoy

3:03 am

jillibus

no way, justy :(

3:03 am

Just1Mar

oy dartie....11 c (mid 50's F ?) with winds S 24km

3:04 am

dart001

11=51.8

3:04 am

Just1Mar

well if you remember just 1 (heheh) of them it will be worth it!

3:04 am

Just1Mar

daytime high average is only 10c so we're doing good

3:05 am

jillibus

I doubt it!

3:05 am

Just1Mar

it's amazing what stays in your brain jilli, without you even realizing it!

3:06 am

jillibus

yes -- like the yi4/6 that popped out of my memory bank

3:06 am

Just1Mar

exactly!

3:06 am

dart001

starts with teiid aalii etc...then you remember eyrir like in yesterday's grid

3:07 am

jillibus

and eyrir didn't even have a meaning

3:07 am

Atalante

eyrir = icelandic coin

3:07 am

Just1Mar

lololol dartie...maybe for you but some of those I have absorbed!

3:08 am

Just1Mar

so have you fireworked, dart??

3:08 am

Just1Mar

did I miss it?

3:08 am

jillibus

Oh, maybe it was another unword, ata, that the dictionary didn't know.

3:09 am

Atalante

don't think it knew physed

3:09 am

Just1Mar

oy even McDonalds closed up recently in Iceland...their eyrir's ain't worth sh*t now

3:09 am

dart001

1 hr 11 mins into it

3:09 am

KatieMcG

morning everyone

3:10 am

lynxxx

hi Katie

3:10 am

Just1Mar

hi Katie

3:10 am

dart001

saw th4 too justy on the news the other day

3:11 am

jillibus

Anyway, that's it for moi -- once through Lickety and 86 left (plus watching the Pink Panther) -- so off to bed. Doubt if I'll finish tomorrow.

3:11 am

Atalante

hi katie

3:11 am

KatieMcG

night jilli

3:11 am

Just1Mar

it's so weird cause just a short while ago Iceland was on top of the world (no pun intended) financially

3:11 am

jillibus

hi katie :)

3:11 am

dart001

nite jilli

3:11 am

Just1Mar

night jilli

3:12 am

dart001

so was madoff

3:12 am

jillibus

and . . . . . . *poof*

3:12 am

Just1Mar

yes Dart and our Canadian (or rather Quebecois) equivilant, Earl Jones

3:13 am

Just1Mar

screwed so many Montrealers who are now totally destitute, out of their retirement monies

3:13 am

Just1Mar

to the point where they went from upper middle class to food banks

3:14 am

Just1Mar

the only difference is that Madoff will get a bizillion years in prison and Earl will get a slap on the wrist

3:15 am

Just1Mar

that's justice in Canada...the perp has more rights than the victims :(

3:15 am

dart001

same here

3:15 am

Atalante

why won't he be prosecuted?

3:16 am

Just1Mar

he will be but they sentence crime here way too lightly :(

3:16 am

Atalante

urf

3:16 am

Just1Mar

not the same dart.....your judges and judicial system is much tougher than ours

3:17 am

dart001

they plea bargain so many things down...if you get caught 4 or 5 times for the same crime maybe they sentence you tougher

3:17 am

Atalante

did he do exactly the same as Madoff?

3:17 am

Just1Mar

Hey....wanna kill someone you hate? well just run him over in your car...if you're unlucky you'll spend 5 years in prison...time spent and good behaviour...maybe 18 months

3:19 am

Just1Mar

all jail time spent...before your trial, is time x 2 which is them deducted from your sentence, not including good behaviour etc etc

3:19 am

Just1Mar

in other words minimal time spent...= no deterrent

3:20 am

Just1Mar

but yet we are not a gun toting society and relatively low crime depending where you live in the Great White North

3:21 am

Atalante

aren't they shortening some ppl's sentences in the US cos of overcrowding?

3:21 am

Just1Mar

ie ...to fu**ing cold to be on the streets looking to kill people ;)

3:21 am

Just1Mar

I don't konw that Ata...not too sure on US justice...

3:22 am

herinfernallady

Got one better here. A coroner recomended a policeman be charged for shooting a criminal in the back when he was attacking the police

3:22 am

Just1Mar

Right now the media is bombarding and freaking us out about the H1N1 Swine Flu

3:22 am

Atalante

the only way it seems you can get a long jail sentence here is to torture young children. everything else is a few years

3:23 am

Just1Mar

sounds like Canada herin :(\

3:23 am

dart001

same here justy

3:23 am

Just1Mar

are you gonna take the vaccine dartie?

3:23 am

herinfernallady

the person that the policeman shot was a known criminal and after being shot run away then died so I say stiff

3:23 am

Just1Mar

here people seem to be more freaked out about the vaccine rather than the flu, itself

3:24 am

Atalante

that's the only good thing about having had H1N1. I can now be totally above all the angst!

3:24 am

dart001

prob not...but they dont have any right now...and what they do have they are giving to police...hosp workers etc

3:24 am

Just1Mar

political correctness gone totally bizarre

3:25 am

herinfernallady

Ata does that mean you aer all set now?

3:25 am

Just1Mar

here too dart and even that got f**ked up

3:25 am

Just1Mar

you had the flu Ata??

3:25 am

Atalante

well I guess I should have enough antibodies for a while!

3:26 am

Atalante

yep, just recovering

3:26 am

Just1Mar

ohhh Ata ...so glad you're on the mend!

3:26 am

herinfernallady

Ok so a man that killed his wife after years of abuse gets manslaughter yet a woman that kills her husband and uses battered wife sydrome walks go figure

3:26 am

Atalante

me too! took long enough!

3:27 am

dart001

everyone's a victim...no personal resp. anymore

3:27 am

Just1Mar

so sorry to hear Ata....must have been horrible

3:28 am

Just1Mar

exactly dart....sure ain't the way it was a couple of decades ago........it's gotten totally nuts now...what have we turned into as far as western society is concerned

3:28 am

Atalante

I have to say, it wasn't fun. I felt like death for about 2 weeks

3:28 am

herinfernallady

Poor Ata.

3:28 am

Just1Mar

soooo glad you're on the mend Ata...do you know how or where you contracted it?

3:29 am

Atalante

no idea at all

3:30 am

Just1Mar

do you work? and if so, in what industry?

3:31 am

Atalante

I work from home, but 2 days before I started being ill, I was at the big skydive meet-up, so anyone there could have had it

3:31 am

Just1Mar

oh my ata...a crapshoot for sure :(

3:32 am

herinfernallady

how did the drop go ata?

3:32 am

dart001

thing th4 bothers me is...some schools near here have a 20% absentee rate now because of thi4....we still have people(who have kids in those schools) who will come into work sick (not sure if norm flu or H1N1).....you tell them they should take a few sick days...they say everyone else comes in, why shouldn't I...that's what spreads th4 stuff...and we all use the same keyboards, consoles etc

3:33 am

Atalante

fab :D

3:33 am

Just1Mar

for sure dart so maybe it would behoove you to come to work with lysol disinfectant and paper towels and wipe down the surfaces you will be touching?

3:33 am

herinfernallady

If i feel sick or need a mental health day off class i do

3:34 am

Atalante

hand sanitiser everywhere

3:34 am

dart001

we try justy....but you have the equip...door handles...cafeteria tables etc...cant do them all..all of the time

3:34 am

Just1Mar

but I'm hearing, herin, that Aussie, now coming into summer is a continent that is not threatening.....

3:35 am

herinfernallady

we have it in the Cafe at tafe but I swear you have more chance of getting food poisoning from there than Flu

3:35 am

herinfernallady

It was bad here Just in Winter

3:35 am

Just1Mar

well that's true Dart but being very chilly there now, you can wear gloves and keep and small Purelle in your pocket and keep using it...keep a big refill at home for it

3:35 am

Atalante

what time is it there, herin?

3:36 am

herinfernallady

its 730pm and its nice enough to open the door but I can't

3:36 am

Just1Mar

I know herin but your cold season is gone or going....but I know it was bad there for your winter

3:36 am

Atalante

ty

3:37 am

dart001

cant wear gloves and work too...have to write and have nimble fingers for doing stuff

3:37 am

herinfernallady

People need to be more considerate of others when they are sick, we just have to put up with stinky people on the train or bus

3:37 am

Just1Mar

no I realize that dart but just keep that little bottle of Purel in your pocket and use it!

3:38 am

Just1Mar

that's idealistic Herin...it ain't never gonna happen :(

3:38 am

herinfernallady

I swear at the moment I feel like carrying Glen 20 as people don't know what deoderant is

3:39 am

Just1Mar

I surmise that Glen 20 is an Aussie Brand deoderant? lol

3:41 am

Atalante

or air freshener

3:41 am

herinfernallady

No that is semi industrial air freshener

3:41 am

Just1Mar

finally fireworks

3:41 am

dart001

wtg justy

3:41 am

Atalante

yay just

3:42 am

Just1Mar

ty ty

3:42 am

Just1Mar

not for you yet dart????

3:42 am

dart001

1:11 am cst

3:42 am

Just1Mar

lololo

3:42 am

dart001

2 hrs 31 min ago :)

3:43 am

Just1Mar

what a sap I am , EH?

3:43 am

dart001

you asked b4..still had the chat log open...must not have seen my answer b4 :)

3:43 am

herinfernallady

Sorry my net just died.

3:43 am

herinfernallady

No that is semi industrial air freshener

3:44 am

Just1Mar

well all I can say is sometimes the grid is tantamount, and then sometimes the chat is. That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it!

3:44 am

Just1Mar

I prob didn't see it lol

3:45 am

dart001

3:09 am cdt lol

3:46 am

dart001

have been watching replay of hockey game we were at while chatting the last few hours

3:46 am

Just1Mar

I'm not going back to look, dartie, cause I believe and trust you! :)

3:46 am

Just1Mar

did MN win tonight?

3:47 am

dart001

actually made the tv shot 3 times...wife will get a kick out of th4

3:47 am

dart001

mn 3 Ny rangers 2

3:48 am

Just1Mar

gg! what's the stats ..over .500?

3:48 am

dart001

for mn?

3:49 am

Just1Mar

duh..yeah lol

3:49 am

Just1Mar

all's I know's is...we's suck

3:50 am

dart001

we have brand new coach...new system and lost our all time leading scorer...we are 0-8 on the road....4-1 at home..total 8 pts

3:51 am

Just1Mar

unfortunately, hockey, is such a political thing here :(

3:51 am

Just1Mar

aint' sounding too good dartie...

3:52 am

Just1Mar

you know we still don't have a captain yet...cause who they want don't speak quebecois

3:52 am

dart001

prob wont make the playoffs...but it'll take a while to figure out the new system then it will be a little better.....def. more exciting hockey th4 the defensive style we used to play

3:53 am

dart001

we have permanent capt. now koivu...mikko

3:53 am

Just1Mar

well still hope you enjoy it...it should be all about the sport itself

3:54 am

dart001

i still watch every game...no fair weather fan here

3:54 am

Just1Mar

nice....glad for him...so embarassed the way the CH dumped Saku

3:54 am

dart001

get to see saku 4 times a year now..plays for anaheim

3:55 am

Just1Mar

He did so much for this city...with his charity etc etc what a shame on us

3:55 am

Just1Mar

I know

3:56 am

Just1Mar

I'm a fair weather fan only cause hubby is not really into it...

3:56 am

Just1Mar

and then Montreal fans are notorious for their fickleness...

3:56 am

dart001

wish they would mix up the sked a bit...we still play too many western teams....should spread the travel out a bit

3:57 am

Just1Mar

I feel the same way....I think it's totally unfair...

3:57 am

dart001

a few years ago...we would play 72 games against the west...10 against the ea4

3:57 am

Just1Mar

but economics dictate :(

3:58 am

Just1Mar

because Gary Bettman needs his yearly stipends

3:58 am

dart001

the ea4 teams dont really know what travel is...cause they're almost all in the ea4ern time zone

3:59 am

Just1Mar

not really dartie, cause don't forget there are many western canadian teams...calgary , vancouver , edmonton....

3:59 am

Just1Mar

then the southwest

3:59 am

Just1Mar

teams

4:00 am

Just1Mar

hate bettman.....the bernie ecclestone of hockey( F1)

4:02 am

dart001

if you are the rangers/....you would play half of the games at home...then 4 eachin NYI, Pitt,Phil, NJ....and 2 each in MIA ,Tampa,ATL, Carolina,Wash dc, MTL,TOR,OTT,BUF,BOS....andonly one in CHI,DET,Columbus<Nashville ,St louis

4:03 am

herinfernallady

later gators

4:03 am

dart001

so you could be at home after a lot of those games

4:05 am

dart001

the ea4 used to only play 5 away games against the west....so the travel is mainly to places ea4 of detroit

4:05 am

Just1Mar

I guess....(oh and also the bud selig of NBL) the a**holes

4:06 am

Just1Mar

my greatest pleasure used to be sitting out on my deck in summer with all my flowers listening to The Expos..... :( been a long time now and I don't follow baseball at all anymore

4:07 am

Just1Mar

I the NL I could prob name every player of every team

4:07 am

dart001

i still watch most of the baseball games here too

4:07 am

P.J.

Good Spooky Morning all!

4:07 am

P.J.

Good Spooky Morning all!

4:08 am

Just1Mar

I only know that the Yanks and Phillies are vying for the WS but don't care about the outcome

4:08 am

Just1Mar

although I do have a soft spot for Pedro Martinez...who became a force to contend with as an Expo

4:08 am

P.J.

oops

4:09 am

dart001

we lost to the yanks in the playoffs...hope the phils win...yanks are ruining baseball

4:09 am

Just1Mar

Steinbrenner still involved with them?

4:09 am

Just1Mar

Pedro's with the Phillies, yes?

4:10 am

dart001

if there ever was a salary cap....more teams could compete...and you wouldnt be able to basically buy the championship

4:10 am

dart001

yes/yes

4:10 am

Just1Mar

lol/lol

4:10 am

Just1Mar

Pedro was a Yankie for a while, yes?

4:10 am

dart001

twins payroll...about 65-70 mil...yanks about 205 mil i think

4:11 am

dart001

P.M. played for boston

4:11 am

Just1Mar

it's totally obscene, in my humble opinion

4:11 am

Just1Mar

yes I know that but then he was a Yankie, no? and no Phillie?

4:11 am

dart001

top 2 yankee pitchers make about 39 mil a year between them

4:12 am

Just1Mar

now*

4:13 am

Just1Mar

it's so obscene that people who can hit a f**king ball with a wooden bat make this kind of money while scientists and doctors make sh** in comparison

4:13 am

dart001

he was a ny met i think..not a yankee

4:14 am

Just1Mar

but he's a phillie now, yes? back in the NL?

4:14 am

dart001

LA...MTL...BOS..NYM...PHIL

4:15 am

Just1Mar

LA? really?? before he was an expo?

4:15 am

dart001

born oct 25 1971 lol

4:16 am

Just1Mar

so being a Minnesotan, who you rooting for?

4:16 am

dart001

scroll back

4:17 am

dart001

409 am

4:17 am

Just1Mar

lol no...not tonight....will guess phillies

4:18 am

Just1Mar

409 ain't working dartie...

4:18 am

dart001

still on th4 page of chat

4:18 am

Just1Mar

ok found it...

4:18 am

Just1Mar

arent

4:19 am

Just1Mar

the twins in the AL? and yet you want an NL team to win?

4:19 am

dart001

see chat about yankees ruining baseball

4:19 am

Just1Mar

If I could be a baseball fan again, which I can't, ...I could NEVER root for the Blue Jays! lol

4:19 am

dart001

and size of payroll etc

4:19 am

Just1Mar

saw it

4:20 am

Eva

good morning to the other early morning insomniacs

4:20 am

dart001

hi eva

4:20 am

Just1Mar

as an NL'r I could never root for an AL'r specially the Jays

4:21 am

Just1Mar

even though it's the only CDN team left :(

4:21 am

dart001

as a fan of baseball...i could never root for the yanks...no matter what league they are in

4:22 am

Just1Mar

lol dart,,unless their "philosphy" changes, perhaps?

4:22 am

dart001

nope....salary cap time maybe...prob not tho

4:23 am

Just1Mar

and then there are those who are diehard yanks fans...always were and always will be, the fools!

4:24 am

Just1Mar

it will be very interesting to see how the NHL progresses

4:24 am

Just1Mar

this yest

4:24 am

Just1Mar

(year)

4:25 am

Just1Mar

so dartie, have you decided if you're going to move, yet?

4:25 am

diem

hi all

4:25 am

dart001

year or two we will..i think

4:25 am

Just1Mar

hi diem

4:26 am

dart001

hi diem

4:26 am

Just1Mar

will her job still be available then?

4:26 am

Eva

morning diem

4:26 am

dart001

she's taking a diff one..startingnow

4:26 am

Just1Mar

oh??

4:26 am

Just1Mar

so no Iowa, Idaho??? somewhere near there??

4:27 am

dart001

kansax

4:27 am

dart001

kansas

4:27 am

Just1Mar

lol close, but no cigar (blush)

4:27 am

dart001

alphabetically maybe lol

4:28 am

Just1Mar

so where, now?

4:28 am

Eva

does anyone have the o8 yet?

4:28 am

Just1Mar

sigh...a dumb canunck

4:28 am

dart001

idaho,illinois,indiana,iowa,kansas,ken
tucky lol

4:28 am

Just1Mar

middle states.....n'est pas?

4:29 am

dart001

kansas is about as dead center as you can get in the 48 contig states

4:29 am

Just1Mar

ol + the holiday in the spring

4:30 am

Eva

thanks!

4:30 am

Just1Mar

yw!

4:31 am

Just1Mar

so I take it you're not working today, dartie?

4:32 am

dart001

recovering from my day-mid

4:32 am

Just1Mar

geez think I've been living in French too long

4:32 am

Just1Mar

when do you have to report back?

4:34 am

Just1Mar

my son, who really want's to move to Vancouver, got a job offer in a city called Kelowna, BC about a 4 hour drive to Van....

4:34 am

dart001

mond aft...but i do have to get up at a decent time today...wife's b-day

4:35 am

Just1Mar

right in the Okinagon Valley...a helluva a long way from me :(

4:35 am

dart001

so i'd better sign off....nite all

4:35 am

Just1Mar

ooohhh sure hope you have a nice pleasant surprise for her dartie.....

4:36 am

dart001

lol

4:36 am

diem

night dart

4:36 am

Just1Mar

night dart...enjoy the bd!

4:36 am

dart001

bye diem justy poooof

4:43 am

Just1Mar

night evy1...unless someone wants some help?

4:44 am

pabtrek

o

4:44 am

Just1Mar

hookay...poof

5:24 am

Merk

Good morning one and all

5:24 am

lynxxx

hi Merk

5:24 am

Merk

But the question is ... is anyone here this time of the night/morning?

5:25 am

Merk

It must be a hard grid because everyone's nose appears to be in it.

5:26 am

Merk

Ah, Lynxxx, good to see you.

5:26 am

lynxxx

Nice to see you too Merk. Are you back home now?

5:42 am

NonoNanette

good morning babblers :)

5:43 am

lynxxx

hi Nono

5:49 am

NonoNanette

would like nothing better than to reach the state of NBT before breakfast but as usual the vowels are delaying that

5:50 am

lynxxx

I've at least got that, do you want anything in particular Nono

5:51 am

NonoNanette

let me look a little longer then i might ask for help. I still have 2 blanks

5:52 am

NonoNanette

make that one blank

5:53 am

NonoNanette

and NBT!

5:53 am

lynxxx

enjoy breakfast!

5:54 am

NonoNanette

thank you i will

5:56 am

NonoNanette

be back later

6:00 am

snappyshot

good morning!

6:22 am

KrisE

hi all - I'm in the grid today!

6:24 am

o-o

Hello, Kr 4

6:24 am

KrisE

Hi BabbleRabble

6:25 am

Soodle

Top of the morning to you all :)

6:26 am

KrisE

Good morning Soo

6:26 am

o-o

Hello, Soodlebum

6:28 am

KrisE

Oops - I'm off to the PB for my initial greeting!

6:51 am

periwinkle

good morning all, I need SUN. Looks like another gray and rainy day here

7:12 am

Merk

Morning, Peri. I am so tired of clouds and rain

7:15 am

shorty

LOL KrisE

7:16 am

elder

Good afternoon everyone.

7:22 am

FMitch

Hi elder, how goes the day?

7:24 am

elder

Hello FMitch, not too bad, and yourself?. Well I hope.

7:25 am

FMitch

Fine thanks, such mild weather at the mo! How is yr back?

7:29 am

elder

Its mild but very dull looking here. My is ok but for the last two weeks trying to shake off the most awful cough, apparently I have an upper chest viral infection , so I guess it will take it 's time to go, but I hate being woken up in the night to a hacking cough, so tiring.

7:30 am

FMitch

Good re the back but yuck re the infection. Sleep deprivation is a nightmare.

7:31 am

Merk

Elder, this is weird, but make yourself some onion and garlic soup. Set some raw onions around your house.

7:31 am

FMitch

mmmm onion soup :)
Hi Merk

7:31 am

elder

and I have muscle aches, in places I had forgotten there are muscles :)

7:32 am

FMitch

All that coughing :(

7:32 am

elder

Hello Merk, that sounds tasty and the onions around the house ?? what they give off some healing aroma.

7:33 am

elder

Yes.. :(

7:33 am

FMitch

the smell of onion and garlic keeps you so preoccupied you forget to cough.

7:33 am

elder

But it could be worse ....

7:34 am

elder

:) fortunately, I love the smell of onions and garlic .

7:34 am

FMitch

Hows the grid today?

7:34 am

elder

It looks tricky to me .

7:35 am

FMitch

Ah well, don't think I will have time to do the grid today. HAven't done one now for what seems like an eternity.

7:36 am

elder

Work getting in the way ......how awful is that .

7:37 am

FMitch

LOL and and no - am moving house on Monday.

7:37 am

FMitch

ack that was supposed to be yes and no.

7:38 am

FMitch

Just bought an external hard drive to back up all my data onto and on Tuesday am buying a laptop, Christmas comes early for FM :)

7:39 am

elder

Moving house... exhausting, but exciting, are you staying in the same area.

7:39 am

FMitch

Moving into a hotel for a couple of weeks and then moving to Surrey - as of Mondya my life goes into store!

7:40 am

elder

An early Christmas treat,, lovely and it is so important to have back up up with all your work data.

7:41 am

elder

Surrey.. hob nobbing with the posh set :)

7:42 am

flosey

good morning everyone

7:42 am

elder

FMitch, good thing no cleaning for a couple of weeks.... bliss.

7:42 am

FMitch

LOL I live in Bershire a.t.m will be renting for 6 months to be to elderly Mum and then I am heading for the coast.

Morning flosey.

7:43 am

elder

Hello Flosey.

7:46 am

FMitch

I have to go as the new s/w is asking for a reboot - back in a bit.

7:46 am

elder

FMitch, that time, when we support our parent/s in exchange for all they provided for us . Not easy but needs must.

7:47 am

FMitch

Yes I know what you mean, TTFN.

7:47 am

elder

bye for now.

7:50 am

flosey

need coffee, brb

8:03 am

Merk

ya 4 clue please

8:04 am

o-o

tall tale

8:04 am

elder

ya4. another word for wool.

8:04 am

Merk

I was trying to use the right a instead of the lower, duh! Thanks for waking me up!

8:05 am

Merk

61 left ... I need breakfast and coffee bbl

8:05 am

elder

ok :)

8:17 am

jmcnrick

hi all

8:18 am

jmcnrick

coffe in hand and ready to roll!

8:19 am

elder

Hello jmc.. you will need it :)

8:19 am

jmcnrick

i am seeing that already elder!

8:20 am

elder

odd arrangements of letters today.

8:20 am

hego

Good morning

8:20 am

jmcnrick

lots of phantoms

8:20 am

jmcnrick

hi hegp

8:20 am

jmcnrick

*hego

8:20 am

elder

Hello hego.

8:20 am

hego

I hope the pb is well stocked. It will be crowded in the next few hours.

8:20 am

Anniebrook

hello everyone

8:21 am

jmcnrick

hi annie

8:21 am

EspritdJean

gm youse

8:21 am

o-o

Hello, folks

8:21 am

hego

Hi Annie

8:21 am

elder

Hello Annie.

8:21 am

jmcnrick

why do you think that hego?

8:21 am

Anniebrook

Hi jmc and BR!

8:21 am

flosey

morning Annie

8:21 am

flosey

morning BR

8:21 am

hego

Hi Everybody.

8:21 am

elder

Welcome back flosey.

8:21 am

jmcnrick

hi br and esprit

8:21 am

Anniebrook

and hi to hego, flosey, elder

8:21 am

flosey

hi hego

8:22 am

elder

Hello Espirit.

8:22 am

EspritdJean

hi elder :-)

8:22 am

hego

special hello to the land down under.

8:22 am

EspritdJean

gm jmc

8:22 am

Anniebrook

Hi jean

8:22 am

jmcnrick

hi flosey

8:22 am

hego

And the land up there.

8:22 am

flosey

hi jmc

8:22 am

jmcnrick

heaven?

8:22 am

o-o

knock, knock

8:22 am

EspritdJean

gm annieb ;-]

8:23 am

jmcnrick

who's there?

8:23 am

flosey

is today a special day in Australia

8:23 am

hego

No the maple leaf one.

8:23 am

o-o

Nobel

8:23 am

EspritdJean

nobel who

8:23 am

jmcnrick

Nobel who?

8:23 am

o-o

No bell, so I knocked

8:23 am

flosey

nobel who

8:23 am

flosey

lol

8:23 am

EspritdJean

lol

8:23 am

jmcnrick

what is it in australia?

8:23 am

hego

Knock knocks?

8:23 am

jmcnrick

lol BR

8:24 am

flosey

who's there

8:24 am

jmcnrick

who there?

8:24 am

hego

It's Sunday.

8:24 am

jmcnrick

Sunday who? *giggle*

8:25 am

hego

Oh God!

8:25 am

jmcnrick

hego what's up? its saturday

8:26 am

EspritdJean

fall back the clocks tonite

8:26 am

hego

No, in Australia.

8:26 am

hurshy

is this a laurel and hardy routine?

8:26 am

jmcnrick

an extra hour to sleep

8:26 am

jmcnrick

moer abbott and costello

8:26 am

hego

Yes, Hurshy. I think it is.

8:26 am

elder

Hello Hurshy.

8:27 am

jmcnrick

*more

8:27 am

hurshy

hello all

8:27 am

jmcnrick

my fingers need more caffiene

8:27 am

flosey

hello hurshy

8:27 am

jmcnrick

hi hursh

8:27 am

Anniebrook

hello hurshy

8:29 am

hego

Have you been on long jmc?

8:29 am

hego

phil

8:29 am

jmcnrick

no just got here right before you

8:29 am

hego

I'm going back to bed.

8:30 am

jmcnrick

oprah

8:30 am

jmcnrick

so soon hego?

8:30 am

hego

You were on last night when I looked in.

8:30 am

jmcnrick

i keep strange hours

8:30 am

hego

Maybe I need caffeine too.

8:30 am

hurshy

i try to keep hours but they just keep going on by

8:31 am

jmcnrick

lol hursh

8:31 am

jmcnrick

i try not to kill time because then it gets mad

8:31 am

hego

Good one Hursh.

8:31 am

hurshy

how can it get mad if it's dead?

8:32 am

hego

Vaudeville is not dead!

8:32 am

jmcnrick

zoombie

8:32 am

72 Temple Owl

hi all

8:33 am

elder

Hello TO.

8:33 am

jmcnrick

hi TO

8:33 am

hurshy

of course vaudeville's not dead, it's time-less

8:33 am

jmcnrick

that's because no one watches it

8:33 am

hego

Team looking good TO.

8:34 am

hurshy

no, it's time-less bc you killed time

8:34 am

72 Temple Owl

refresh i am in costume

8:34 am

Anniebrook

TO! good morning

8:34 am

hego

And the hits keep coming. Barump bum.

8:34 am

72 Temple Owl

hi annie!

8:35 am

jmcnrick

your going to wear that box??

8:35 am

blueheron

Good Morning you Boootiful people.

8:35 am

jmcnrick

but it keeps trying to come back to life

8:35 am

jmcnrick

hi blue

8:35 am

jmcnrick

(but i think you need glasses)

8:35 am

elder

Hello blue.

8:36 am

72 Temple Owl

well, i haven't had time enough to find a costume. my octomom costume icon is too distorted to use. however, my profile url goes with the octomom.

8:36 am

jmcnrick

ooo you carrying 8 baby dolls?

8:37 am

72 Temple Owl

yepperand check out my little you tube vid

8:37 am

jmcnrick

I have almost finished my costume

8:37 am

72 Temple Owl

and pray tell what will you be?

8:37 am

flosey

fireworks, and now I'm going to crawl back into bed be back at flip

8:38 am

Anniebrook

YAY for flosey!!!

8:38 am

72 Temple Owl

bye flosey

8:38 am

o-o

congrats, flosey

8:38 am

jmcnrick

whoo hooo flosey and bye

8:39 am

jmcnrick

well i was going as an old person with white shoe polish and a walker (the party is all baby boomers)

8:39 am

hego

Flosey wtg!!

8:39 am

flosey

thanks and enjoy this grid, lots of odd words

8:39 am

elder

Well done Flosey.

8:39 am

jmcnrick

but found out my sister came up with the same idea

8:39 am

72 Temple Owl

ok no!

8:40 am

jmcnrick

so now i am dressing up as the grim reaper with a sign that says "the future of journalism" (the party is mainly former reporters)

8:41 am

hurshy

signs are not good - why don't you just put a newspaper on the reaping thingy

8:41 am

hurshy

you know, stick the blade right through the middle

8:41 am

jmcnrick

ooo good idea hursh

8:41 am

Anniebrook

and a RIP tombstone

8:41 am

jmcnrick

i am making the scythe out of cardboard but i could do that

8:42 am

72 Temple Owl

so je you don't like my michael phelps costume?

8:42 am

jmcnrick

i could make a tombstone out of newspaper and then write RIP on it

8:43 am

jmcnrick

I like the octomom better

8:43 am

jmcnrick

michael phelps isn't scary

8:43 am

72 Temple Owl

but i can't get it to show well. it comes out horribly distorted.

8:43 am

hurshy

he is if you're his opponent in the race

8:43 am

Anniebrook

yes, would get the message across, jmc

8:44 am

jmcnrick

lol hursh you have a point

8:44 am

72 Temple Owl

but michael phelps in caricature and with bong is funny

8:44 am

jmcnrick

I will have to go out to buy a newspaper then -- I only take Sunday's much to my sister's and friends shagrin

8:44 am

jmcnrick

they were all reporters for the Washington Post

8:45 am

jmcnrick

it used to be a newspaper

8:45 am

hurshy

don't you save the old ones for starting fires?

8:45 am

72 Temple Owl

wha is hte ds paper now?

8:45 am

jmcnrick

I recycle them -- i only have gas -- no fireplace

8:46 am

jmcnrick

it is still the washington post such as it is *sigh*

8:46 am

jmcnrick

their news room has gone from 1400 reporters and editors to about 600

8:47 am

hurshy

nobody wants to know what's going on, we just want to know what could be going on if people were forced to live in cramped quarters or out in the jungle.

8:47 am

jmcnrick

I am just hoping the people at the party don't remember that i predicted that

8:47 am

72 Temple Owl

are there any single reporters there? you should have invited me...

8:48 am

jmcnrick

i think it has more to do with the internet hursh

8:48 am

jmcnrick

newspapers tried to compete but by the time the paper comes in teh morning it is old news

8:49 am

jmcnrick

instead of giving indepth coverage that is not available with the internet the went the other direction and lost

8:49 am

jmcnrick

it is a sin and a shame

8:49 am

72 Temple Owl

i have yet to read an on line only sotry that is satisfying

8:49 am

hurshy

i know... i was just kidding.

8:49 am

jmcnrick

sorry TO but there are no single guys anyway

8:49 am

elder

time for a break. bye for now.

8:49 am

jmcnrick

bye elder

8:49 am

72 Temple Owl

LOl true dat

8:49 am

72 Temple Owl

bye elder!

8:49 am

o-o

be well, elder

8:50 am

elder

bye for now girls.:)

8:50 am

hurshy

brabble's here!

8:50 am

Anniebrook

bye elder

8:50 am

o-o

Hello, hurshy

8:50 am

72 Temple Owl

time for me to go. happy halloween and for a cute treat check out my link

8:51 am

hurshy

hello. nice gargoyle.

8:51 am

Anniebrook

bye and happy halloween to you,
TO!

8:51 am

jmcnrick

bye annie!

8:51 am

jmcnrick

whoo hooo nbt!

8:52 am

jmcnrick

i am going to run errands bbl

8:52 am

Anniebrook

bye, jmc

8:53 am

hego

Bye jmc.

8:56 am

Atalante

another quick break from painting :)

8:56 am

hego

Hi Ata.

8:57 am

hurshy

ata ata you've got the wrong pet in your icon

8:57 am

Anniebrook

hello atalante

8:57 am

72 Temple Owl

ATA!

8:58 am

Atalante

not sure where my devil-sily pic is!

9:03 am

hurshy

i am so happy it's saturday

9:03 am

Atalante

was it a long week at work?

9:03 am

hurshy

yeah, kinda

9:06 am

Atalante

:(

9:06 am

hurshy

'sok, focus on the happy it's saturday!

9:08 am

72 Temple Owl

silyis in the grid

9:08 am

hurshy

that's why i said she's got the wrong icon :)

9:09 am

72 Temple Owl

i se...:D

9:09 am

Atalante

there, she's my pic now too :)

9:10 am

hurshy

weird, this time i can now see sily in the log but still hobbit when i open it up

9:10 am

72 Temple Owl

i see a baby sily

9:10 am

hurshy

usually it's the other way around

9:10 am

Atalante

baby baby sily :)

9:11 am

72 Temple Owl

aaaaaaaaaaata, i am sure it is old newsbut i have not really seen you since the jump...how was it?

9:11 am

Atalante

http://www.marquista.com/wblog/?p=105

read alllll about it :D

9:12 am

Atalante

it was amazing and scary and wonderful and and and

9:13 am

hurshy

gonna do it again just for kicks?

9:13 am

Atalante

prolist - those who love Lickety

9:13 am

Atalante

I certainly would do. It's very expensive though

9:14 am

hurshy

i've managed to find four of the 7's but no luck on the 8

9:14 am

Carolryberg

Are my tile stats haunted? I typed in two words and it says I have 59 left out of 93. Help?!?

9:14 am

Atalante

nor me

9:14 am

hurshy

that's yesterday's grid

9:16 am

hurshy

well, i can definitively state that the 8 is not a T

9:16 am

72 Temple Owl

wonderful blog, ata

9:16 am

hurshy

or an H or a K or an N

9:16 am

o-o

ol 8 --- add lily day

9:16 am

Atalante

thank you :)

9:16 am

hurshy

or an i

9:16 am

godthaab

How many words today?

9:16 am

shorty

the 8 is ol

9:16 am

hurshy

'parently it's an o!

9:17 am

hurshy

221 words

9:17 am

Anniebrook

thanks BR!

9:17 am

Atalante

starnge word

9:18 am

shorty

thanks babblerabble!

9:18 am

Atalante

the Russian Olive tree

9:18 am

godthaab

Thanks!

9:19 am

hurshy

strange grid, too - 25 left and 11 of them are 4's! that like never happens!

9:21 am

periwinkle

hi folks

9:21 am

periwinkle

I am excited. Finaly found a scent I like.

9:21 am

periwinkle

Lemon No. 1999 by Bigelow

9:22 am

Atalante

sounds nice!

9:22 am

shorty

and what might that be peri?

9:23 am

periwinkle

according to the boxthius sparkling lemon fragrance blends effervescent citrus notes with greemn lemon leves and sensual creamy undertones of warm white musk.

9:23 am

periwinkle

according to the box :-)

9:23 am

periwinkle

:)

9:23 am

72 Temple Owl

do you wear it or wat it>

9:23 am

hego

Sounds delicious.

9:23 am

periwinkle

I can't spell worth a darn today. I bought it at Bath and Body Works

9:24 am

periwinkle

it really is lovely scent

9:24 am

72 Temple Owl

meant eat doesn't bigelow make tea?

9:24 am

Erda

"Warm white musk" -- now, THERE's an image...

9:24 am

rururocks

sounds like a salad dressing

9:25 am

periwinkle

this is Bigelow Apothecaries, not sure if it is the same company

9:25 am

72 Temple Owl

hi ru

9:25 am

hego

I think I have that. It's called something citrus. right?

9:25 am

periwinkle

it is called: Lemon No. 1999

9:25 am

rururocks

morning TO

9:25 am

hego

Hi ruru.

9:25 am

rururocks

hi hego

9:25 am

periwinkle

they alos make a Lemon Body Cream

9:25 am

rururocks

great icon for today

9:26 am

hego

You said that. I'm sorry.

9:26 am

72 Temple Owl

sounds lovely.

9:26 am

JesDreher

does anyone have the first tr6?

9:27 am

hego

Thanks ruru. Have you ever heard the joke about ruru?

9:27 am

Atalante

can nearly have Alatr****

9:27 am

rururocks

no.. I am all ears

9:27 am

o-o

tr + tornado: tw****r

9:27 am

JesDreher

thanks!!

9:28 am

hego

Too long for here. But it's a good one.

9:28 am

rururocks

post it in your bio sometime

9:28 am

rururocks

kje will use it for years

9:29 am

hego

OK

9:29 am

Joanne123

an7 please

9:30 am

hurshy

ooh, that's my last 7

9:30 am

Atalante

and it's hard to clue

9:30 am

periwinkle

only have one 7, the po7

9:31 am

o-o

an + p**l* wants a cracker + article: *h*

9:31 am

Atalante

there's a word for church people who help out, light candles etc. change the second letter of that to n

9:31 am

hurshy

thanks!!!

9:31 am

periwinkle

thanks so much BR

9:32 am

Anniebrook

thanks!! you two!!

9:33 am

Anniebrook

good clue, ata

9:33 am

hego

Thanks guys and off to the gym now. bbl

9:33 am

Joanne123

tyty

9:33 am

hurshy

where did hego?

9:33 am

Anniebrook

bye hego

9:33 am

Anniebrook

LOL

9:33 am

rururocks

hego workout (oaklandese)

9:34 am

hego

I heard that!

9:35 am

welki

morning, all ... all i want to do now is go shopping for lemon 1999

9:36 am

hurshy

is 1999 shorthand for meringue pie?

9:36 am

Nef

Morning everyone. How are you all today? And how is the grid?

9:36 am

hurshy

i'm good, grid's not bad, but unusual in some ways

9:37 am

harpjane

good morning

9:37 am

periwinkle

I don'' know hursh

9:37 am

periwinkle

do they have Bath and Body Works in Canada?

9:37 am

Anniebrook

hi jane, you are in the grid today

9:37 am

welki

yep, there are two stores

9:38 am

Nef

Unusual? How so? (It doesn't seem to have enough vowels for me!)

9:38 am

rururocks

I keep seeing tostada in the grid.. I must need mexican food today

9:38 am

periwinkle

hope you find it then, welki

9:38 am

welki

two stores here in calgary ...many throughout canada

9:38 am

harpjane

thanks for the clue annie!

9:38 am

welki

ole!

9:38 am

harpjane

mr. marx is in the grid too, my idol

9:38 am

hurshy

usually when i get toward the end i only have one or two 4's that i haven't found, but now i've got lots.

9:39 am

rururocks

I have twenty 4's to go

9:39 am

Nef

So I should start with the 4 letter words?

9:39 am

Anniebrook

the very funny marx brother, yes

9:40 am

hurshy

i don't know what you should start with! :)

9:40 am

shorty

they have this store in canada and its called Lush and it is wonderful products!!!!!

9:40 am

harpjane

start by trying to get one from each tile, nef'

9:41 am

welki

comfort food breakfast today ... i froze blueberries in the summer, so blueberry pancakes and maple link sausages ... just waiting for the berries to thaw

9:41 am

welki

lush? where, shorty?

9:41 am

shorty

aww harpjane go to the PB

9:41 am

rururocks

I made ginger-lemon scones for breakfast

9:42 am

rururocks

they are almost done

9:42 am

Nef

LOL, Hurshy. :-D *Most* of the time I use any words I can to get to NBT first; once I'm done with NBT, I hunt for longer words. Each of us does have our own way of completing a grid, don't we?

9:42 am

harpjane

ok, i tried to be careful but i screwed up anyway....

9:42 am

shorty

theres 1 in Ottawa and i think in Toronto and i cant remeber where else but you could probably google it

9:42 am

hurshy

indeed we do

9:42 am

Nef

thanks for the word, Jane

9:43 am

harpjane

sometime I'm going to try to get everything BUT the four letter words,

9:43 am

welki

ohhhh, i've been in their store!! beautiful soaps!

9:44 am

Nef

that would be hard to do, jane

9:45 am

shorty

yes they are welki

9:45 am

rururocks

got all of the k's now

9:45 am

harpjane

i've tried a few times, and it lasts about 3 minutes

9:45 am

shorty

yes theres quite a few in Toronto

9:46 am

welki

only one here .. at the time, i was looking for crabtree and evelyn patchouli soap (which i guess isn't made anymore), but i think they only carried their own brands

9:47 am

periwinkle

ginger lemon scones sounds delish. can I have thd receipe ruru?

9:47 am

Nef

so many of the larger words have 4 letter words as a base. I do hate it when I open Licketys list and find I had added the bigger words and forgot their base!

9:47 am

rururocks

sure.. they are easy.. the only hard part is chopping the ginger and candying it.

9:48 am

shorty

here ya go http://www.lush.ca/shop/find/list/

9:48 am

cybernan

good morning, everyone :)

9:48 am

Nef

morning cyber

9:48 am

periwinkle

want to check out Lush

9:48 am

cybernan

I guess Mother Nature doesn't know that the weatherman said no rain today!

9:48 am

periwinkle

bbl, going to a new thrift shop :)

9:49 am

shorty

there are 15 stores in Ontario

9:49 am

Nef

bye, peri. Happy hunting!

9:49 am

Nef

aley

9:49 am

welki

mmmmmm ... ginger lemon scones. and i have some ginger lemon marmalade from prince edward island in the pantry ... *looks at watch and considers dumping the pancake idea*

9:49 am

Nef

aliy

9:50 am

Nef

PHOOEY!

9:50 am

shorty

they have AWESOME bath bombs

9:51 am

welki

off to cook ... later, folks!! (maybe a trip to the mall for some lemon 1999 ... can't see that it's available in canada yet on the online store, i'll call first :)

9:55 am

periwinkle

WOW, I found a Lush store downtown, will need to check out. Thanks shorty

9:55 am

periwinkle

what is a bath bomb?

9:56 am

periwinkle

ok, will have to check out the store to find out, now really going, byeee

9:56 am

periwinkle

ok, will have to check out the store to find out, now really going, byeee

9:58 am

shorty

yw have fun!

9:58 am

harpjane

what's lemon 1999?

9:59 am

rururocks

a ten year old lemon harp

9:59 am

harpjane

um, and is that a good thing?

10:00 am

Anniebrook

th4 was funny ruru but off to the PB>>>>>>>

10:00 am

harpjane

oh, i thought he was serious!

10:00 am

harpjane

babble is so educational...

10:00 am

EspritdJean

lush products are strange

10:01 am

rururocks

anyone have the al 5/14?

10:03 am

harpjane

not yet ruru

10:03 am

harpjane

so seriously, what is lemon 1999?

10:03 am

sprite

good afternoon babble friends

10:04 am

cybernan

looking for it as well ruru

10:04 am

Anniebrook

It is a scent that Bath and Body Works sells

10:04 am

welki

muhammad *** + **'ll come back now, y'hear (lurking while pancaking)

10:04 am

rururocks

it is a fragrance that peri likes

10:04 am

rururocks

HIIIIII SPrite!!!

10:04 am

harpjane

hi sprite, so nice to see you now!

10:04 am

shorty

thats the only al I don't have

10:05 am

rururocks

Thank you Welki

10:05 am

Anniebrook

hi sprite

10:05 am

cybernan

ty welki

10:05 am

sprite

:D and vice versa. Finally got my email back to work too! So any icon theme suggestions will reach me again.

10:05 am

cybernan

the a's stymie me every time!

10:06 am

cybernan

hi sprite -- haven't seen you for a long time. How are you feeling?

10:07 am

sprite

reasonably well, nan, thank you. How about you?

10:07 am

cybernan

I'm fine, but my husband had to have a quintuple bypass when we got home -- quite a surprise!

10:08 am

sprite

oh nan, what a scare! Is he recovering well?

10:09 am

cybernan

he had the surgery 4 weeks ago -- every day gets a little better. the docs are all pleased with his progress.

10:09 am

rururocks

that is awfully young to have heart surgery. whoa

10:09 am

shorty

omg take the plural off the one below it

10:10 am

sprite

wish him the very best from me, nan, and may he recover completely and fast.

10:10 am

shorty

I have no clue what it means though

10:10 am

cybernan

ruru -- just how "young" do you think we are? -- he'll be 70 next year! lol

10:10 am

cybernan

Thanks, sprite

10:11 am

Anniebrook

My prayers for a speedy recovery for your hubby, nan

10:11 am

rururocks

oh.. sorry nan.. I think of you as ageless then

10:11 am

cybernan

ty annie

10:11 am

sprite

a la lanterne! Lol, guess what word I just found...

10:11 am

cybernan

never mind ruru -- it's a compliment

10:12 am

sprite

*which word

10:12 am

o-o

dyslogistic?

10:12 am

sprite

hehehe close but no cigar. Hi BabbleRabble, glad to see you.

10:12 am

shorty

thanks BR

10:15 am

o-o

Do you have snow, sprite?

10:16 am

sprite

too early for snow in the netherlands. We are still in the throes of Autumn. Wind and rain and beautiful colours.

10:16 am

harpjane

is the ly a common word?

10:17 am

o-o

add, fill completely

10:19 am

sprite

ah, got it. Thanks BabbleRabble

10:19 am

Anniebrook

33 left..be back later dear babblers

10:20 am

sprite

bye for now Annie

10:20 am

o-o

be well, Annie

10:20 am

Anniebrook

thanks, BR!

10:20 am

cybernan

bye annie

10:23 am

sprite

what is the general verdict on th4 grid? Friendly?

10:24 am

harpjane

friendly, and be careful in the chog

10:24 am

sprite

:D I will!

10:25 am

o-o

the only ones I had trouble with were the ones I could not find

10:26 am

sprite

lol I bet it will be so for me as well. Nice Shakespeare quote, BabbleRabble.

10:26 am

o-o

Hamlet

10:27 am

sprite

many witching moments in Hamlet

10:29 am

sprite

I like the icon too. A moody gargoyle in deep thought.

10:30 am

harpjane

ao6? is it a common word?

10:30 am

cybernan

end's with the occupational suffix, hj

10:30 am

sprite

a common babble word for sure

10:31 am

harpjane

thanks

10:32 am

sprite

why not pharao?

10:33 am

sprite

nm, looked it up. Needs another H.

10:37 am

cybernan

need the an 7/36 for my last one -- any clues?

10:38 am

72 Temple Owl

hello, spritey!

10:39 am

sprite

hey TOwl :)

10:39 am

sprite

nan: it ends in not heavy, but with other spelling

10:40 am

cybernan

ty sprite -- *!* ta da *!*

10:40 am

sprite

and gratz on the fireworks !

10:41 am

72 Temple Owl

not finding this grid particularly friendly

10:41 am

cybernan

neither did I -- listed early and then it was better

10:41 am

sprite

not going very smoothly here either

10:42 am

cybernan

the first 150 weren't bad, but stalled then

10:43 am

dcseain

yeah, i got to 75 last night and stalled. back for last 72 now.

10:43 am

dcseain

hello :)

10:43 am

sprite

wow nan, well done. I had a weird experience, finding the K words fast and easily and then stalling.

10:43 am

sprite

hi seain *hug*

10:43 am

cybernan

a lot of babblets and unheard of 4 letter words

10:43 am

72 Temple Owl

hi seain

10:43 am

dcseain

Good day, Sprite, Nan, and TO :)

10:43 am

cybernan

now that is weird, sprite

10:44 am

Boobear

hi all

10:44 am

sprite

it certainly is. Halloween at work, I am sure of it ;)

10:44 am

dcseain

the Ks were not too bad at all today, Sprite, i concur

10:44 am

cybernan

although the k words weren't too exotic today

10:44 am

sprite

hey Boo

10:44 am

cybernan

oops! -- good thing I've got chocolate cake!

10:44 am

dcseain

howdy, boo

10:45 am

dcseain

hooray for chocolate cake!

10:45 am

sprite

hehehe nan

10:45 am

cybernan

want to join me in the stocks?

10:46 am

sprite

which stocks?
*wipes away innocently all crumbs*

10:46 am

cybernan

see my profile sprite :)

10:46 am

sprite

oh LOL that is a great picture, nan!

10:47 am

Kallia

Nan that is not far from me :)

10:48 am

cybernan

we took our dessert outside, it was so warm that day. as soon as I saw the stocks in the courtyard I handed the camera to my husband to take the pic.

10:48 am

dcseain

charming photo, nan

10:48 am

Kallia

It also has the Fox-Talbot Museum...founder of modern photography

10:48 am

cybernan

where are you kallia?

10:48 am

sprite

hi Kallia

10:48 am

Kallia

In Hampshire...just across the Hants/Wiltshire Border

10:48 am

cybernan

I thought you were in Scotland?

10:48 am

Kallia

Hi all :)

10:49 am

Kallia

nope...born in Scotland :)

10:49 am

Kallia

proud of my heritage!

10:49 am

cybernan

Our guide didn't mention the museum -- where is it? The village is so tiny I don't know how we could miss it!

10:50 am

Kallia

Its just to the side of Lacock Abbey - They used the cloisters for Harry Poter

10:50 am

Kallia

potter even

10:51 am

Kallia

I'm really surprised you din't get to see it

10:51 am

sprite

cool, Kallia

10:51 am

cybernan

yes, I knew that. The abbey was close when we were there.

10:52 am

cybernan

*closed

10:52 am

Kallia

we tried to replicate his picture taken from the 'abbey'...but it was impossible...I have no idea how he managed it

10:52 am

Kallia

oh..that's a shame...it's really interesting

10:53 am

cybernan

Which is probably why our guide didn't mention it. Haven't seen the HP movie.

10:53 am

Kallia

Thats how come you didn't get the museumI guess...it's part of the National Trust

10:53 am

sprite

professional gear, Kallia... they can do things we can only dream of.

10:53 am

dcseain

camera booms, probably ,kallia

10:54 am

cybernan

We only had about 1/2 hour to walk around the village. We were on the sunset inner circle tour to Stonehenge and had just stopped there for supper.

10:54 am

jesdraggon

is it worth starting?

10:54 am

Kallia

don't think they had any back then did they?

10:54 am

Kallia

what did you think of Stonehenge Nan?

10:54 am

dcseain

maybe jes. 1st 150sh go fast

10:54 am

sprite

jesdraggon: yes, absolutely. Interesting grid.

10:55 am

dcseain

it fascinates when i throw one mousie and she brings back another

10:56 am

dcseain

then reappears the week after with the one i initially threw

10:56 am

cybernan

Stonehenge was wonderful -- smaller in diameter than I thought it would be, but those stones are so massive! The breadth of those capstones almost come to my waist or higher and I'm 5'8"

10:56 am

harpjane

is ol8 a compound word?

10:56 am

Kallia

just looked Fox Talbot up...1800-1877...inventor of positive/negative photography

10:56 am

sprite

no harpjane

10:56 am

Kallia

just getting called to go help paper hang :(

10:57 am

Kallia

back later

10:57 am

sprite

bye for now, Kallia

10:57 am

dcseain

ty for OL8 :)

10:57 am

jesdraggon

bye, kal

10:57 am

dcseain

be well, kallia

10:57 am

cybernan

bye kallia -- keep the glue on the paper!

10:58 am

JBV

ok, i've set up the candy, waiting for the bell to ring, our little trick or treaters are already on parade!

10:58 am

JBV

hi everybody

10:59 am

dcseain

so early, jbv. wow.

10:59 am

sprite

hi JBV, in the netherlands they will come on Nov 11, on Sint Maarten.

10:59 am

harpjane

clue for ol8 please?

10:59 am

JBV

it's a neighborhood parade, seain, for the little ones, but this will be going on all day, i'm sure, when the older ones get started

10:59 am

dcseain

ah, gotcha

11:00 am

dcseain

jane, starts oily, end stony

11:00 am

JBV

it's nice to see them all together, and the parents have fun too, a real social event

11:00 am

Boobear

clue for ar 6/18

11:00 am

cybernan

ol 8: spanish cheer slides into season following lent

11:00 am

sprite

OL + arrow on compass + where clooney worked.

11:00 am

harpjane

thanks

11:01 am

JBV

ar 6 - disney movie the ar****cats

11:01 am

harpjane

bat cave?

11:01 am

Soodle

Sprite! How good to see you again! I hope you are well

11:01 am

sprite

a la lanterne les ar6/18s

11:01 am

dcseain

hi, soodle

11:01 am

jesdraggon

thanks guys

11:01 am

sprite

hi Soodlebum :) It is great to be back. Am reasonably well, how about you?

11:01 am

JBV

gee, sprite, my clue looks so gauche now

11:02 am

Soodle

Hiya DC , and everybody else.

11:02 am

sprite

*giggles* I loved that movie. So I love your clue too.

11:03 am

dcseain

ty for that one, sprite

11:03 am

dcseain

oops, jv

11:03 am

cybernan

off to work on some pictures -- finished Stonehenge last night and off to Scotland now!

11:03 am

dcseain

jbv

11:03 am

dcseain

njoy, nan

11:03 am

JBV

we both clued it, seain, at different levels

11:03 am

cybernan

back at the flip :)

11:05 am

jesdraggon

bye, nan

11:06 am

sprite

bye nan!

11:06 am

dcseain

awww, it's windy today. the leaves have mostly fallen from the dogwood.

11:07 am

sprite

same here, seain. Lots of wind, lots of fallen leaves. I like it :)

11:07 am

JBV

here, too, seain, we had peak color on the flaming red maple a few days ago, everything is brown/gold now

11:07 am

dcseain

dogwoods turn a lovely red. one of the few things that turns red here. that and the creeper.

11:08 am

dcseain

usually Fall here is about the yellow. this year has been orangey - a real treat

11:08 am

sprite

we have all colours here. Lots of orange, red and yellow. When I go walk the dog, I walk over red carpet at home, yellow halfway and orange on the way back :)

11:09 am

JBV

i love fall - never take it for granted, appreciate it every year

11:09 am

sprite

my favorite season

11:09 am

JBV

i work with many people who have never experienced this season (from the caribbean), one told me she arrived in winter and thought all the trees were dead and was so amazed and astonished when they were reborn in spring -

11:10 am

dcseain

the teache in my pascal class in HS was from SoCal. One day, we came in and the desks were turned to look out the window. She informed us that we would look at the changing leaves, as those of us that grow up with seasons take such beauty for granted.

11:10 am

sprite

awww! That is special, JBV, she has experienced the cycle from the inside out!

11:10 am

JBV

right kind of teacher, seain

11:10 am

dcseain

jbv, years ago i hired a guy fresh of the plane from Ethiopia. Then it snowed. And his job was to clear the walkways. Poor guy.

11:10 am

sprite

great teacher, seain

11:11 am

JBV

yes, imagine seeing spring for the first time as an adult - I think of that every year, too

11:11 am

dcseain

jbv, you should tell her of persephone and the pomegranate

11:11 am

JBV

my favorite story, seain, my father told me that every year as a child

11:12 am

dcseain

very nice, jbv.

11:12 am

sprite

must love and leave you. *hugs*

11:12 am

dcseain

be well {{{sprite}}}

11:12 am

jesdraggon

bye, sprite

11:12 am

Soodle

Bye Sprite. Look after yourself!

11:20 am

dcseain

i've typed in all the T words in Lickety, but Babble says i'm missing one from the left

11:20 am

dcseain

ah, refreshed and all's well

11:20 am

jesdraggon

i will be of no help, dc, i'm missing 6 from the left!

11:20 am

Soodle

Sorry Seain - havent got near the Ts yet

11:22 am

Soodle

Give me a few minutes (She said hopefully), and I will have a look at them now

11:22 am

jesdraggon

so many phantoms....

11:28 am

Soodle

Aaargh, DC - the Ts are murder!!

11:28 am

dcseain

yes, the Ts were difficult

11:29 am

dcseain

Ks were easy, as were the Ys

11:29 am

dcseain

Ss went w/out too much trouble

11:36 am

ch1212

Hello all! I'll post the same note today that I did yesterday for anyone who missed it. I tried a "select all" option on adding friends to my book's facebook page; several Babblers in the mix, so feel free to ignore the request, or not :). The page is really just for the book.

11:37 am

ch1212

... And, how is the grid today? Looks daunting.

11:37 am

jesdraggon

they told me it was good, but i think they are much smarter than me. i'm stalled out in the 90s

11:38 am

ch1212

I'll jump in and test the waters :)

11:40 am

stidmama

((((ch)))) was thinking about you last night. did you "weather" last night's storm okay?

11:40 am

stidmama

((((ch)))) was thinking about you last night. did you "weather" last night's storm okay?

11:40 am

stidmama

oops, sorry about the double post.

11:41 am

stidmama

hello everyone!

11:41 am

Soodle

Hiya Stid

11:41 am

ch1212

{{{ stid }}} - we did, but wow -- the wind really can blow here!

11:41 am

stidmama

*sad I missed sprite*

11:42 am

jesdraggon

morning, stid

11:42 am

stidmama

it's kicking up down here periodically still -- though we did have some blue skies about two hours ago.

11:42 am

stidmama

hey soodles!!! *happy mama face*

(*big* hugs for jes)

11:43 am

ch1212

dark and grey up north... but I do love the weather in western Washington - especially the rain :)

11:43 am

stidmama

*hands a pretty yellow big-leaf maple leaf to seain*

11:43 am

jesdraggon

does your shepherd need a buddy, stid?

11:44 am

stidmama

oh oh jes... who's in trouble now?

11:44 am

jesdraggon

Norman :) he's a sherrif's dept impound

11:45 am

stidmama

oh gee jes... *wishing very strongly for a bigger house and a fenced yard*

11:46 am

Soodle

Seain - what is the T thats giving you grief?

11:46 am

jesdraggon

he's about a year old, very sweet.

11:46 am

stidmama

I wish I could. Right now is not a good time though. *sigh*

11:46 am

stidmama

Lucky would very much like a buddy.

11:46 am

Atalante

another break from painting :)

11:46 am

jesdraggon

hi ata

11:46 am

Judi

Afternoon, all. What are you painting, Ata?

11:47 am

stidmama

hello Judi! hello Atalante

11:47 am

Atalante

angels and demons :)

11:47 am

ch1212

Thanks for posting the petfinder contest on your profile, jes. We have wonderful / plentiful centers here. I've been browsing their site.

11:48 am

jesdraggon

you're welcome, ch :) if you can't decide on a local shelter, you can always vote for me ;)

11:48 am

stidmama

(vote for Jes) *nudge nudge...*

11:48 am

Judi

What's the icon theme today?

11:48 am

ch1212

I'm hoping we can vote twice, because we have one exclusively for cats, and one for "old dogs".

11:49 am

Soodle

DC Seain - you still there? I finished the T's....

11:49 am

jesdraggon

halloween, i think, judi

11:49 am

stidmama

go soodles go!

11:49 am

jesdraggon

you're only supposed to vote once, but there are ways around it...

11:49 am

ch1212

ah, sneaky.... I knew I liked you :D

11:50 am

Judi

You don't happen to work for ACORN, do you, jes??!!

11:50 am

jesdraggon

you can set your browser not to remember cookies, so youjust close the browser and reopen and vote again, and you can vote from multiple browsers

11:50 am

jesdraggon

also, i vote from all 6 computers at work ;)

11:50 am

ch1212

LOL judi!

11:50 am

stidmama

rofl judi and jes!

11:51 am

jesdraggon

er... who's ACORN? there's a rescue about 30 miles away that was started by a woman whos last name is Acorn

11:51 am

stidmama

up to 74 words already...

11:51 am

Judi

Babble corruption. Tsk tsk.

11:52 am

Atalante

Atrocious Corruption Of Rating Numbers :)

11:53 am

jesdraggon

heh.

11:53 am

Judi

Pretty much, yes. Taxpayer funded organization - gives money to people to buy houses, set up businesses, etc. Recently in the news - activists caught ACORN employee suggesting how a pimp and prostitute could set up a brothel. On YouTube. Very educational.

11:54 am

jesdraggon

oh, them.

11:54 am

stidmama

yay me... NBT!

11:54 am

Judi

Scum bags. Hopefully it's just a few bad apple employees and the whole organization isn't corrupt. However, who can trust them now?

11:54 am

jesdraggon

as long as the instructions include "move to nevada" it shouldn't be a problem, right?

11:56 am

Judi

I'm down to 98. Think I'm going to pack it in. This one is too much of a brain strain. The vacuum beckons. It wants to suck up animal hair.

11:56 am

jesdraggon

have...fun? with the vacuuming judi

11:57 am

Atalante

bit disturbing

11:57 am

stidmama

later judi. enjoy the clean house when you are done!

11:57 am

ch1212

LOL Judi

11:57 am

stidmama

I think I might go help in the kitchen or clear off a space in the office or read... or ???

11:57 am

FMitch

Hi for 5 mins :)

11:58 am

ch1212

I'm with you both. BBL

11:58 am

Judi

*morphs into hideous halloween housecleaning troll* *Slinks off... knuckles dragging*

11:58 am

Atalante

Fiiiiiii!

11:58 am

stidmama

(((((FM))))) how are you?

11:58 am

jesdraggon

bye, judi

11:58 am

FMitch

Ata!!! *grin*
Tired, OK, and happy to see you stiddy and all

11:59 am

Atalante

ready for Monday>

11:59 am

Atalante

?

11:59 am

stidmama

what happens Monday?

11:59 am

stidmama

are you moving next week?

12:00 pm

FMitch

T-44 hours and counting!

12:00 pm

FMitch

yup

12:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

fm1

12:00 pm

FMitch

TO hey there :)

12:01 pm

FMitch

OMG 44 hours - forgive me if I freak out for a moment!!!

12:02 pm

Atalante

woohooooo

12:04 pm

FMitch

Can't wait ata and can't wait to pick up new laptop but feel very unsure about wifi and Windows 7

12:04 pm

FMitch

AND do you know how much it costs to get MS Busiess Office!!!!

12:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

are you moving far, fm?

12:05 pm

Atalante

for me? Â£35, but I'm officially a student :P

12:06 pm

FMitch

Not too far TO prob about 40 miles but will be in a hotel for the next couple of weeks - can't wait.

Student/home user version of Office is cheap but it is missing Outlook single user business user licence is Â£299!

12:07 pm

Atalante

I had Outlook in mine!

12:07 pm

Atalante

not that I ever use the silly thing

12:07 pm

FMitch

well aren't you just the jammy thing!

12:08 pm

Atalante

why do you need Outlook in particular?

12:08 pm

hurshy

what's the occasion for moving?

12:08 pm

harpjane

hello 59 to go

12:08 pm

FMitch

Only cos that is what i have used my entire working life and it interfaces with clients well.

12:09 pm

FMitch

Hi hurshy - have sold apartment am moving on.

12:09 pm

Atalante

there are other nice ones for free, but it would mean getting used to them

12:09 pm

hurshy

yes but i mean, is it downsizing, upsizing, moving closer to family...

12:11 pm

FMitch

Oh sorry hursh *dense moment* actually probabbly all of what you said. Selling now, and moving into rental for 6 months near to aged parents. Long term ... watch this space.

12:12 pm

hurshy

well i hope it goes well!

12:12 pm

FMitch

Thanks.
Must be off for a bit - work is calling.

12:13 pm

hurshy

i can't believe how much trouble i am having with 16 words to go and 7 of them 4's. how dumb am i to5?

12:16 pm

hurshy

ah, there's a couple...

12:17 pm

hurshy

gee, sure is quiet in here

12:17 pm

jesdraggon

finally got 100

12:17 pm

hurshy

ata, how's the grid going for you?

12:18 pm

Atalante

38 to go

12:18 pm

hurshy

yay jes!

12:18 pm

hurshy

who are we sposed to vote for?

12:18 pm

jesdraggon

wayward creatures

12:18 pm

rolin

is this grid hard work ...or is it just me?

12:18 pm

hurshy

ok

12:19 pm

jesdraggon

not just you, rolin

12:19 pm

rolin

oh good..

12:19 pm

rolin

hi all..

12:19 pm

hurshy

there are a lot of funny people running in local elections here. there are some signs that say "Vote April" - and one naturally thinks, no, vote november.

12:20 pm

jesdraggon

hahah :)

12:20 pm

hurshy

then there's finkletter. lots of finkletter fans.

12:20 pm

jesdraggon

the details are in my profile, but it's a petfinder.com contest for rescues

12:20 pm

Boobear

clue for ar 5/10

12:20 pm

harpjane

an7?

12:21 pm

jesdraggon

ar5/10 is like the wall hanging but with a different vowel

12:21 pm

harpjane

sounds like actor Rex last name, shortened

12:21 pm

harpjane

that was for u boo

12:21 pm

hurshy

ata, give your an7 clue again

12:21 pm

jesdraggon

the rescue that gets the most votes gets money

12:22 pm

Atalante

that was an awful clue

12:22 pm

hurshy

i thought it was a nice clue

12:23 pm

harpjane

well give it again, already!

12:23 pm

Atalante

oh ok *tries to remember it properly*

12:23 pm

Boobear

ty harpjane

12:23 pm

hurshy

an awful clue would be... take an5 and stick the first 2 letters of element #70 in before the last letter.

12:24 pm

jesdraggon

that IS an awful clue, hursh. I dn't have the an5! :P

12:24 pm

harpjane

(googling element 70...)

12:24 pm

Atalante

there's a word which would be ac7 that means a person who helps out a leader at a church. change the c to n

12:25 pm

wildcat17

I got it from your "awful" clue hursh

12:25 pm

jesdraggon

got it in one, ata! thanks :)

12:25 pm

harpjane

got it lol

12:25 pm

hurshy

lol

12:25 pm

jesdraggon

and i SHOULD have had the an5, thanks :)

12:25 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

happy halloweenies, all y'all Muricans!

12:25 pm

Atalante

it wasn't my clue, anyway, it was BRs or someone else's :)

12:26 pm

Atalante

don't we get happy halloweens? *sadness*

12:26 pm

jesdraggon

happy all hallow's to you, gwen

12:26 pm

jesdraggon

*hands ata a happy halloween*

12:26 pm

wildcat17

arole

12:26 pm

hurshy

a word! i found a word!

12:26 pm

Atalante

yay!

12:27 pm

hurshy

12 left now

12:27 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

okay, happy halloweenies to thems in England, and Ireland, and Wales, and Scottish-land, and the whole planet!!

12:27 pm

jesdraggon

yay hursh!

12:27 pm

hurshy

5-4-3

12:27 pm

Atalante

ty Gwen :P

12:29 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i didn't think halloween was a "big" deal elsewhere. yes, no?

12:30 pm

Atalante

no as big, but it's certainly a celebration here

12:30 pm

hurshy

obviously it can't be AS big, nobody but americans would buy into commercialism and unhealthy treats to such an extent.

12:31 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oh, aye! LOL

12:31 pm

hurshy

are there any SY words?

12:32 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

my former roommates, who now have their own house, decorate to the hilt, set of fog machines, flashing lights, have friends come over to be zombies, scare the b-jeezes outta the little trick-or-treaters. I get to help hand out the candy 8-)

12:32 pm

hootowl

sy 4-6 Hi everyone

12:33 pm

harpjane

we get 900++ trick or treaters, no time to decorate the house

12:33 pm

harpjane

i have one, hursh

12:33 pm

harpjane

sy4

12:33 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

holy b-jeezes, jane!

12:34 pm

hurshy

my monkeys are malfunctioning

12:34 pm

hurshy

phew, got it at last

12:34 pm

Atalante

don't think we've ever had anyone come round trick-and-treatig here

12:34 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

well, my friends live on the detroit -- but very close to the edge, near a "wealthy" suburb -- trick-or-treating in detroit is a bit diff than "regular" places

12:34 pm

Soodle

Jane - did you say 900?? As in NINE HUNDRED?

12:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

in detroit: you dress up, get in the van, drive down the street to a lit house, get out of the van, get your treats, get back in the van . . .

12:35 pm

wildcat17

hint for the top P please

12:35 pm

hurshy

ph4 - greek letters

12:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

p4, slang for "cool"

12:36 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

p4, plural of a greek letter

12:36 pm

wildcat17

duh ty

12:36 pm

wildcat17

apparently blind

12:37 pm

hurshy

if i had known marty was going to drape himself all over me, i wouldn't have put on a sweater. now i'm hot.

12:38 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

marty is an octopus?

12:38 pm

hurshy

cat

12:38 pm

Soodle

Aw! I was thinking Marty was a man!!

12:38 pm

Atalante

an octopus would be an interesting pet

12:38 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

octopus would be funnier 8-)

12:39 pm

hurshy

by the way gwen, when i first became a babbler, i wouldn't have known what your icon was. but NOW, nice dalek.

12:40 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

aw, gee, thanks. ain't he precious?

12:40 pm

hurshy

oh, just darling, lol

12:40 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i figured anyone with a GB flag would know what a dalek was, no?

12:40 pm

hurshy

i'm a poser.

12:40 pm

hego

HI again gang.

12:41 pm

hurshy

or rather, a loyalist.

12:41 pm

Atalante

she's been initiated now

12:41 pm

EspritdJean

what's a unitarian universalist?

12:42 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i'm an anglophile, and a scotophile (if that's a word), and i can even speak English (i mean, i know most of those words, that we don't have in US)

12:42 pm

hego

Huh?

12:42 pm

hurshy

an agnostic with a fancier name

12:42 pm

EspritdJean

question was for BDG

12:42 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi jean, here's a link, and i'll brb < uua.org >

12:42 pm

skheiny

Dr. Who ROCKS!!!! Happy Halloween all :D

12:43 pm

hurshy

whoops, i always go for the joke answer.

12:45 pm

hego

That's why we love you Hursh!

12:45 pm

hurshy

i'm pretty sure not everybody loves me.

12:46 pm

hurshy

though you'd never convince marty of that.

12:46 pm

Atalante

smarty marty is biased

12:46 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi i'm back. now, who wanted to know about UUism? cuz I'm the "expert" 8-)

12:46 pm

hurshy

he's like seinfeld's mom. "how could anybody not like you?"

12:46 pm

EspritdJean

BDG sounds much like B'Hai philosophy

12:46 pm

Soodle

BDG... Why not a Wales-ophile, or an Irish-ophile?

12:47 pm

EspritdJean

looking at website

12:47 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ah, yes, jean. short answer is, a Protestant-based religion which believes in democracy in religion, freedom of conscience, application of science to problems of life, and ethics based on human need

12:47 pm

Merk

Fireworks!

12:48 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

soodle, yes, i'm a welshophile, too. not much of an eirophile, though, sorry

12:48 pm

EspritdJean

a perfect ideal and why does it have to seem so out of reach!?

12:48 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wtg merk!! ~~ !!

12:48 pm

Soodle

Yay Merk!

12:48 pm

hego

Congrats Merk!!!!!!!!!

12:49 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

jean, yes, baha'i and UUism are both quite liberal, but they have one prophet and one scripture and we don't

12:49 pm

EspritdJean

always happy to learn something new

12:49 pm

Merk

ty, time to get some cleaning done around here. See you in the morning.

12:49 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

jean, why do you say out of reach?

12:50 pm

EspritdJean

because of all the extremes existing in the world today

12:51 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i became even more of a welshophile when they started making Doctor Who in Wales. love those welsh accents!

12:51 pm

EspritdJean

I mean it's so sensible, it should be a no brainer, but mix in the extremists, the greedy and the corrupt and you have some big obstacles

12:51 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

jean, oh, yes. the forces of conformity and authoritarianism. yech.

12:51 pm

Atalante

yay Cardiff :)

12:51 pm

hurshy

ALIENS? in CARDIFF?

12:52 pm

EspritdJean

there is no reason to have the amount of misery and want we have in the world today

12:52 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

what, a secret alien base hidden under a major welsh landmark? nonsense!! LOL

12:52 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

agree jean, except for testosterone poisoning lol

12:52 pm

Atalante

not any more :(

12:52 pm

jesdraggon

oh, there are lots of reasons, jean. they just aren't logical reasons ;)

12:53 pm

movieman

(*puts on Vincent Price voice*) Good Evening everyone......

12:53 pm

EspritdJean

yes, I know about testosterone poisoning

12:53 pm

hurshy

yeah i keep wondering what they're going to do about that. don't you think they'll put it back there? i mean that's where the rift is...

12:53 pm

Boobear

clue for ea 6/24ld

12:53 pm

Soodle

Hiya Scary MovieMan

12:53 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

well, i gotta start getting ready in a few mins, see y'all tomorrow

12:53 pm

EspritdJean

even if we kept the extremists and could eliminate the greed and corruption the difference would be unimaginable

12:54 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hurshy, all they have to do is write a new rift somewhere. maybe near glasgow. 8-)

12:54 pm

hurshy

i found that one ea6/24.

12:54 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

bye bye 4 now, POINK

12:54 pm

Atalante

Torchwood Scotland is already in place :P

12:54 pm

Boobear

can you clue it for me please

12:54 pm

Atalante

she did!

12:56 pm

jesdraggon

is stid still around? i got pictures of my foster dog up...

12:56 pm

EspritdJean

ea6/24 not hardly but ea****

12:57 pm

Boobear

ty

12:58 pm

hego

ty Jean

12:58 pm

EspritdJean

yw

1:07 pm

hego

Having trouble with is4 & 5

1:08 pm

welki

a tiny piece of land in a body of water

1:08 pm

welki

...would be the is5 ... ireland is the emerald **le

1:09 pm

hego

Thanks Welkie and hi. And why didn't I see that. I went all around it.

1:10 pm

movieman

clue for the 8 plz

1:11 pm

Soodle

Its OL 8/40 ScaryMovieMan

1:12 pm

movieman

ta soodle

1:22 pm

hego

the ly6 anyone pls?

1:22 pm

hego

laet

1:22 pm

hego

What?

1:23 pm

Soodle

Ly + to satisfy your hunger

1:23 pm

hego

Thanks soodle sweetie.

1:24 pm

movieman

By the way, soodle, why am I scary?

Is it the icon, or the Vincent Price impression?

1:24 pm

Soodle

Why, its that very impressive impression!! :)

1:25 pm

movieman

Thought so....lol

1:31 pm

Soodle

BBL - gotta take the party-goers off!

1:31 pm

hego

bbl me also

1:34 pm

beachboggle

Hiya fellow babblers

1:36 pm

harpjane

hello back for my last 32

1:43 pm

movieman

need the top p for nbt plz

1:43 pm

harpjane

da6?

1:44 pm

ch1212

movieman, one is a different spelling of overweight

1:46 pm

movieman

da6= illuminated by not the night

1:46 pm

harpjane

thanks mm

1:46 pm

harpjane

yi5?

1:46 pm

movieman

yw harp

1:47 pm

JBV

hi harp - rhymes with our planet

1:47 pm

JBV

hi everyone -

1:47 pm

harpjane

thanks

1:48 pm

harpjane

I have 19 left and I'm not ready for our hlloween onslaught so I've got to ask for help!

1:48 pm

Anniebrook

Fireworks

1:48 pm

JBV

congrats, Annie!

1:48 pm

ch1212

congrats, annie!

1:49 pm

JBV

we had a flurry of the baby trick or treaters this morning - quiet now for a while

1:49 pm

harpjane

you have them in the morning?

1:49 pm

harpjane

we live in a vortex, have around 1000, starting at 4:30 or so

1:50 pm

welki

re-hi folks

1:50 pm

JBV

we have a neighborhood parade for the little ones - starts at 11:00 - I guess the parents took advantage of the Saturday holiday to make it a daytime event

1:50 pm

welki

1000? i'd leave town and hire a security company to guard the perimeter!

1:50 pm

ch1212

SERIOUSLY, harp? I think the most we've ever had, from Oregon, Washington, California, Massachusetts, Hawaii ... is maybe (maybe) 75. I'm impressed!

1:51 pm

ch1212

Oh, and Idaho, of course :)

1:51 pm

JBV

where are you harp?

1:51 pm

JBV

when Halloween is on a weekday, they also start early, about 3:00 - I think they want to get out of the way before the teenagers take over

1:52 pm

harpjane

a little town in Montana, all the out of towners come to our neighborhood

1:53 pm

ch1212

Does the whole town get together to put on a town-wide display, or pool their money to buy enough treats? :)

1:53 pm

JBV

there are towns that make it a community affair - rather than door-to-door

1:54 pm

harpjane

there's a town party and we are a block away from it, plus some of the neighbors put up haunted houses,etc. but we foot the bill for our own stuff!

1:55 pm

ch1212

Well, kudos to you, harp. I guess I won't complain about the $15 we shelled out for candy this year :)

1:56 pm

Anniebrook

I live in a large apartment house. In the last 10 to 15 years the neightborhood and esp. the building I l ive is has mostly Russian families. So the children coming around trick or treating is sparse. I still have a bowl of candy ready though.

1:56 pm

JBV

back from taking care of Minnie Mouse and Skeleton man at the door

1:57 pm

Anniebrook

I might be eating a lot of Baby Ruths the coming weeks or if I have willpower I will give them to my neighbor who loves chocolate.

1:57 pm

welki

we'd have gone fishing if we weren't paranoid that the house would be papered (or worse) if we weren't home tonight ... sad, but true

1:57 pm

jmcnrick

you can freeze them annie

1:58 pm

welki

nevah! never give away candy, annie!! (unless it's to me)

1:58 pm

ch1212

I try to buy stuff I don't like. This year my Beloved purchased big bags of my favorites... I told him he has to take whatever is left to work on Monday (if I don't eat it all first)

1:58 pm

jmcnrick

that is what i did when my son around the age of 10 started bringing home pounds and pounds of candy

1:58 pm

Anniebrook

The children that do come around are with their parents and the older ones are not destructive.

1:59 pm

jmcnrick

we would eat halloween candy until easter and then freeze some of that and have it until halloween

1:59 pm

JBV

i also bought non-chocolate things that will last - pretzels in individually wrapped packages, stickers for the little kids, etc.

2:00 pm

Anniebrook

Yes, thanks jmc I might freeze the Baby Ruths and I will try to forget they are in the freezer.

2:00 pm

JBV

I heard a good suggestion about cutting them into tiny pieces and using them as ice cream topping

2:00 pm

ch1212

ooh, just reminded me I have a pumpkin cupcake with cream cheese frosting in the freezer ... brb

2:00 pm

Anniebrook

I missed being born on Halloween by one day.

2:01 pm

welki

are there really 2 th 4/5? because i found the one that implies a choice (i'd chose chocolate, rather ** vanilla....)

2:01 pm

welki

3 th 4/5 - i have the th**d one, too

2:01 pm

welki

(and the fourth .. i am such a dork)

2:01 pm

ch1212

Or you could choose th** or th**

2:02 pm

Anniebrook

welki---don't give me th**!!!

2:02 pm

welki

thought i tried it ... here i go again...

2:02 pm

welki

nope you mean don't give you sh**?

2:03 pm

rururocks

covers ears

2:03 pm

JBV

back again - that was the Hulk and some cute little girl dressed as a bleeding witch or something

2:04 pm

JBV

aris

2:04 pm

JBV

oops, sorry - but that was not really a word

2:05 pm

Anniebrook

stick another R in there, jbv

2:06 pm

JBV

ok, thanks, Annie :)

2:07 pm

movieman

missing two 7s....have the or7, ta7 and the te7

2:07 pm

movieman

clue me plz

2:07 pm

Anniebrook

MM, po7---to mind your manners more

2:08 pm

rururocks

ri5?

2:09 pm

welki

livin' the life of ri***

2:09 pm

JBV

the life of ri***

2:09 pm

Anniebrook

ru, remember the old TV sitcom with William Bendix

2:09 pm

Soodle

Oh my!! Fireworks here, but a helluva lot more fireworks going on outside!!

2:09 pm

Anniebrook

Congrats, Soodle!!!

2:10 pm

JBV

can i please have a clue for the ta 7?

2:10 pm

rururocks

nope..

2:10 pm

movieman

to do with flavor, jbv

2:10 pm

JBV

thanks movieman

2:10 pm

Soodle

JBV it builds on the ta5/10 and the ta6/18 - ends in the sometimes vowel

2:10 pm

JBV

thanks soodle, got it

2:11 pm

movieman

yvw

2:11 pm

Anniebrook

ta7 --to be delicious

2:11 pm

welki

ri + "you all" in southernese (minus last l)

2:11 pm

Soodle

Any other clues needed before I toddle off?

2:11 pm

movieman

my missing 7 plz soodle

2:12 pm

rururocks

I never remember that word.. thank you annie

2:12 pm

rururocks

skirl

2:12 pm

rururocks

*ignore that*

2:12 pm

Soodle

AN 7/36 ScaryMovie!!

2:13 pm

movieman

ta soodle

2:13 pm

Anniebrook

an7----this is hard to clue----an, vowel, to illuminate using the sometimes vowel as second letter

2:13 pm

movieman

and annie

2:14 pm

welki

(as in fluids and electro****s)

2:14 pm

Soodle

OK folks, I'm outa here. Have a happy and safe halloween : )

2:15 pm

Anniebrook

I'm off to see The Wizard..bye dear babblers

2:15 pm

JBV

back again - gee, don't kids know how to say "trick or treat" anymore? just had one who started with, "I need two - one for my brother"

2:16 pm

JBV

no please, no thank you, some of them are true little goblins

2:23 pm

welki

love when you look at them and answer, "Trick" .. and they stare at you with blank faces, like ... whaatt? i said trick or treat, why's the ol' cow sayin' trick?

2:31 pm

welki

can't say i didn't kill the chog this time! *lol*

2:32 pm

JBV

hi welki - sorry I'm jumping up and down to answer the doorbell

2:32 pm

JBV

that last group was fun - very colorful and original costumes

2:33 pm

JBV

do you have a clue for the ar 5/6 (after Noah's conveyance)

2:33 pm

welki

a lovely ar*** of jewelry, doodads and perfume bottles

2:34 pm

welki

i was going to cook up a nice supper tonight (really nice ... lobsters or crab), but the thought of trying to enjoy when the doorbell will ring every few minutes has me thinking ... pizza.

2:35 pm

welki

ar + a *** of sunshine

2:36 pm

JBV

thanks, welki

2:37 pm

JBV

taking a break now - have a pot of lentil soup on - kind of takes care of itself

2:38 pm

welki

i have three left ... will stay until i find them :)

2:38 pm

welki

2

2:39 pm

welki

1

2:40 pm

welki

ha! that pesky th4/5 ... was starting with the wrong t! yay! firegoblins!

2:42 pm

stidgmere

Good for you welki, I have no excuses and fewer words.

2:43 pm

welki

can i give you a hand for a few minutes?

2:44 pm

stidgmere

Oh, I'm just starting and hardly even have dumb questions yet. I had a birthday yesterday and today is my husband's birthday. So, I'm in a celebratory mood. May i cut you some cake?

2:45 pm

welki

happy birthday to you both!! anything special planned?

2:46 pm

stidgmere

The Stidclan will come over this afternoon for taco soup/salad and jelly roll. All made with ingredients no one is allergic to.

2:48 pm

Shirlockc

ol8?

2:48 pm

stidgmere

I am still a little surprised to find myself not an expert in all areas of culinary arts or any arts. I made grape jelly yesterday for the first time. Well, not exactly jelly but my daughter says it can be salvaged by some well-placed quince or other pectin.

2:48 pm

welki

ol8 = spanish cheer + fall flower

2:49 pm

stidgmere

thank you welki, Bravo!

2:49 pm

Shirlockc

thx welki

2:49 pm

welki

better that it's thin, stid .. you can thicken it and fix it right up. when it's too thick/gelled, all it's good for is ballistic tests

2:50 pm

welki

i stayed away from jelly because it's temperature sensitive ... i'm more of a jammin' sort of gal

2:50 pm

stidgmere

Well, better to err on the side of thin. I guess the only aspect of me that is thin is the jelly.

2:51 pm

stidgmere

Perhaps a garage band for jamming would be our style.

2:51 pm

welki

unlike me, at least you have the jelly *lol*

2:52 pm

welki

guess i should go drag some laundry around ... just had an idea. if i drag a bunch down the stairs and around the house, maybe i won't have to sweep :)

2:52 pm

welki

enjoy your birthdays, stid .. and the (delicious) taco soup and jelly roll!

2:54 pm

stidgmere

Combining tasks is such a great way to exercise your brain and in this case your body. Have a good evening welki--I guess you are eastern Canada. Doesn't matter you're all my northern friends.

2:54 pm

JBV

hi, back again - hello stidgmere - I think I recently met a relative of yours - scrabbler - aren't you somehow connected?

2:55 pm

stidgmere

My daughter is married to a scrabbler cousin. It makes me some sort of in-law or an outlaw. Never sure.

2:56 pm

JBV

ok, I knew it was complicated - I met her at dorens house in NJ on Oct. 17

2:58 pm

stidgmere

I think it is so special to meet fellow Babblers. I have to get back to conversations with the BC friends. Just lack of energy lately.

3:00 pm

JBV

bye and happy birthday

3:01 pm

stidgmere

By JBV. Have a good day.

3:09 pm

Shirlockc

ao6?

3:12 pm

brid

ao6/18 -- ao + joint between arm and hand - w (W****)

3:12 pm

Bugsaw

sorry, no idea

3:12 pm

Bugsaw

thanks brid

3:13 pm

Shirlockc

thx brid

3:13 pm

brid

no prob.

3:22 pm

phaeton

hello

3:25 pm

phaeton

the lights are off and no one is home :)

3:25 pm

Soodle

Hello everybody. Just switching off the puter, and noticed that I was still logged into Babble. Can I clue anybody?

3:26 pm

stidgmere

Trick or Treat Soodlebum. I prefer candy corn. So I bought some. Put some in your trick or treat bag? I have been soldiering on this grid but am about to sign off. Good to see you.

3:27 pm

phaeton

i want some!

3:27 pm

stidgmere

Sure, phaeton. Some for everyone is the virtual way.

3:28 pm

phaeton

great! no i don't have to go out in the nasty weather for treats!

3:29 pm

stidgmere

Our day is dry and has been sunny. The temperatures are being extremely variable.

3:30 pm

phaeton

rainy and cool here

3:30 pm

Soodle

Happy Halloween to you to Stidmere!! All the Soodle-offspring are off doing their own thing. Soodlebum is left at home, alone, with the remote control....Bliss, pure bliss!!

3:31 pm

stidgmere

Empty nest? What empty nest? We have filled it with plants and books. My husband has a new desktop computer with large screen to keep him happy. He needed more memory and such and the computer has more memory than both of us together.

3:31 pm

Joanne123

sunny and windy here in ontario ca.. i hope it lasts

3:32 pm

Joanne123

just finished carving 3 pumpkins

3:32 pm

stidgmere

Windy might mean a change in weather. Do you have the left-over storms from the Caribbean and Atlantic slamming you.

3:32 pm

stidgmere

Three pumpkins--you are ambitious but what fun!

3:32 pm

Soodle

Empty nest? I wish!!! They will all be home, in varying stages of delapidation tonight!! For now, I am revelling in having the remote all to myself!!

3:33 pm

Joanne123

i love seeing little ones dressed up

3:33 pm

stidgmere

Ah, the temporary empty nest. We truely have no one at home but the two of us. I am so blessed to have Stidmama and her family close by and our son is not too far away either.

3:33 pm

Soodle

There is a big turf fire burning, theres a bottle of wine chilling in the fridge, the only fly in the ointment is the pile of ironing in the kitchen, saying 'Do Me, Do Me'

3:34 pm

Joanne123

mine are grown and now i have grandbaby

3:34 pm

Joanne123

3 days ago

3:34 pm

stidgmere

Grandbabies are so fun. Three days old! Oh my. Lots of loving coming and admiration for parents.

3:35 pm

Soodle

PS - the bottle of wine saying Drink Me Drink Me is drowning out the sound of the ironing saying Do Me Do Me. What should I do????

3:35 pm

phaeton

soodle...that sounds like my husband :)

3:35 pm

phaeton

DRINK!

3:35 pm

Joanne123

i bought another house as an investment to keep my daughter out ...but i love her

3:35 pm

stidgmere

The pile of ironing can wait. The turf fire I would love to see. We didn't get that experience in September. The tour was much too fast now that I think about it.

3:35 pm

phaeton

Nice to be able to do that, Joanne

3:35 pm

Atalante

drink!

3:36 pm

Joanne123

power of sale

3:36 pm

Joanne123

in good condition too

3:36 pm

stidgmere

Don't iron and drink. That is a rule of the house. I think the ironing has been overruled by Babblers and commonsense alike.

3:36 pm

Soodle

Ata!! I know your feelings about bogs, and I accept them! But the smell of a real turf fire is possibly the most beautiful smell in the world!

3:37 pm

stidmama

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOTHER!!!!!!

3:37 pm

Joanne123

they pay rent

3:37 pm

stidmama

hello all.

3:37 pm

Atalante

oh yes, absolutely!

3:37 pm

stidgmere

I like bogs. I just didn't get enough time at the Burrens to examine the little flowers in detail. The others in the group didn't get how special that area was. Hellow Stidmama.

3:37 pm

stidmama

I have to go pickup the younger stidkid soon, have been on the phone to our friend riemann.

3:38 pm

Soodle

Oh, the happiest of birthdays to you Stidgmere! And many many more of them!

3:38 pm

stidgmere

Everything okay with riemann?

3:38 pm

stidmama

Don't iron and drink? don't drink what?

3:38 pm

Joanne123

shoot i am not that rich

3:38 pm

Joanne123

far from it

3:38 pm

stidmama

yes, he is fine. I was having some anxiety problems, and decided to check in with him about an unrelated but teaching-related question.

3:38 pm

stidgmere

Thank you Soodlebum I am soooo enjoying life. It only is getting better.

3:39 pm

stidmama

soodles, how do I say happy birthday in Irish?

3:39 pm

Atalante

are you watching x-factor, soodle?

3:39 pm

phaeton

Happy B-Day Stidgmere

3:39 pm

Joanne123

HAPPY BIRTHDAY...

3:39 pm

Bugsaw

Happy birthday Stidgmere!

3:39 pm

phaeton

Joanne, but it was nice you could do it so they would have a place to rent

3:40 pm

stidmama

talking about teaching helped me move into a nicer headspace, and now Tom is talking with him.

3:40 pm

stidgmere

thank you phaeton. Wow. I'll cut the cake and dish up ice cream all around here. I think a nice cup of coffee or tea would be in order, too.

3:40 pm

Soodle

Oh Ata, I am. The whole Jedward thing is just bewildering

3:40 pm

stidmama

:-D *happy to have started a cascade of happy thoughts*

3:40 pm

phaeton

soodle...can I have a clue for the corner E, please?

3:40 pm

Atalante

have they sung yet? I've only just managed to escape to watch it!

3:41 pm

Atalante

when I say "sung" ....

3:41 pm

stidmama

mmm. *standing by the mochajavachocolatte machine* will serve warm beverages now...

3:41 pm

Soodle

Phae think of Cupid, Roman style!!

3:41 pm

Bugsaw

corner e is a fish regarding love

3:41 pm

phaeton

Put the candy corn on top of mine, Stidge, plese

3:41 pm

Joanne123

ty phae..that was the whole purpose..i wanted my grandchild to have a place to live

3:41 pm

phaeton

I could have sworn that was a cherub instead of a fish :)

3:42 pm

jmcnrick

ooo looks like i am just in time for a party!

3:42 pm

Joanne123

of course my daughter too

3:42 pm

jmcnrick

happy birthday Stidmere

3:42 pm

Bugsaw

got me there phaeton.Better go back to pumpkin carving

3:42 pm

Joanne123

everyone says i am spoiling her

3:42 pm

phaeton

Well, joanne, our boy lost his job and couldn't pay his mortgage anymore, and our house was paid for and we don't use it a lot, so we had them move into it. Sorta the same

3:42 pm

jmcnrick

must be an angel fish

3:42 pm

stidmama

yep, it's actually my father's bday, Mother's was yesterday...

3:43 pm

stidgmere

No error on your part phaeton. Cupid springs up even at Halloween. Yes ymcnrick, we are celebrating and my typing is showing I have had more than coffee--not true.

3:43 pm

Soodle

Nope Ata - that is still a 'treat' still in store for you. Poor old Simon is going to skedaddle if they get through tonight!

3:43 pm

stidmama

wow phaeton

3:43 pm

Atalante

phew. didn't want to miss the horror

3:43 pm

stidgmere

Families need to hang together in these times.

3:43 pm

Bugsaw

OK Happy Birthday MR. Stidgmere!!

3:43 pm

stidmama

see you later Bugs ((hugs)) thanks again for yesterday.

3:43 pm

Joanne123

not mine

3:43 pm

jmcnrick

too ea5 for me stidmere -- but in 20 minutes the bourbon comes out

3:44 pm

stidgmere

Goodbye Stidmama. See you later.

3:44 pm

jmcnrick

ata I signed up on your folding@home team

3:44 pm

Joanne123

i m happy without them

3:44 pm

stidmama

((hugs mother)) about an hour. *poof*

3:44 pm

Atalante

:D

3:44 pm

phaeton

It's all about family, just like we are on our way to stay with the sick daughter and take care of her and the little ones for the winter.

3:44 pm

jmcnrick

happy birthday stiddaddy

3:44 pm

Soodle

Ata, you watching the bitch-fight between Simon and Louis?

3:44 pm

phaeton

Bye Stid

3:44 pm

Joanne123

that's great phae

3:45 pm

Atalante

yes!!

3:45 pm

stidgmere

Take your computer so we can keep up with you phaeton. Let us know if there is something we can do.

3:45 pm

phaeton

You do what you can for family. Anybody else, pi** on em! ;D

3:45 pm

Joanne123

phae what is wrong??

3:45 pm

jmcnrick

now phae!

3:45 pm

Joanne123

sorry missed it

3:46 pm

phaeton

Thanks Stidgmere...she is doing better, after her last PETscan it showed the cance almost gone

3:46 pm

jmcnrick

good news phae

3:46 pm

phaeton

Joanne, she has Hodgkins lymphoma

3:46 pm

Joanne123

aww sorry

3:46 pm

phaeton

Yes, jmc...all the prayers and good thoughts are working!

3:46 pm

stidgmere

Well, then my thoughts and prayers are with you, Phaeton.

3:47 pm

Joanne123

amen

3:47 pm

phaeton

TY Stidgmere...we all know how we feel about our offspring :)

3:47 pm

Joanne123

prayers are with you

3:47 pm

jmcnrick

I am glad -- we will continue to keep her and you in the Light

3:47 pm

phaeton

ty Joanne...It's been a rough year

3:47 pm

Joanne123

i sure do

3:48 pm

Joanne123

so sorry for you

3:48 pm

Joanne123

you will be ok..you and yours

3:48 pm

phaeton

TY...I'll make it, i'm an optimist

3:48 pm

Joanne123

haha so am i

3:48 pm

phaeton

We have to be these days

3:49 pm

Joanne123

always find good in a bad situation

3:50 pm

phaeton

yay! NBT!

3:50 pm

jmcnrick

wtg phae!

3:50 pm

Joanne123

what is nbt

3:50 pm

phaeton

ty jmc

3:50 pm

Atalante

I see Stacey's still really glued to the stage

3:51 pm

phaeton

No Blank Tiles

3:51 pm

phaeton

in the tile stats...have a word for every tile

3:52 pm

jmcnrick

brb i need to put up some bats

3:52 pm

Joanne123

ahhh ty

3:52 pm

phaeton

joanne, since you are not pro, do you have the stats?

3:52 pm

phaeton

in the belfry, jmc?

3:52 pm

Joanne123

yes

3:53 pm

phaeton

are you pro?

3:53 pm

Joanne123

well i go to babbs

3:53 pm

Soodle

Sorry Ata, was distracted there for a mo.

3:53 pm

phaeton

bye joanne

3:53 pm

Joanne123

no

3:53 pm

phaeton

ok

3:54 pm

Soodle

As I said before, I fireworked earlier, so I am available to clue. I am deliberately ignoring that pile of ironing which is growing, as I type!!

3:55 pm

Atalante

yay! ignore it!

3:55 pm

Soodle

From the corner of my eye, I see shirts, trousers and miscellaneous articles of clothing marching towards the ironing basket...............

3:56 pm

phaeton

SHUT YOUR EYES!!

3:56 pm

Soodle

Its growing ever higher..........

3:56 pm

Atalante

you're imagining it. drink more

3:57 pm

Soodle

If I could clue somebody, it would justify my existence here on Babble....

3:57 pm

Joanne123

phae byeee

3:57 pm

Joanne123

sorry stepped for minute

3:58 pm

fuquayvarina

great, clue me the top right corner E word, please?

3:58 pm

fuquayvarina

hello everyone!

3:58 pm

phaeton

it's a fishy cupid

3:58 pm

phaeton

hi fuqua...heading your way

3:58 pm

phaeton

sorta

3:59 pm

fuquayvarina

oh nuts. thanks phae

3:59 pm

stidgmere

Soodle, any clue for an od word would help me.

3:59 pm

Soodle

Greek Cupid

3:59 pm

Soodle

Od + sometimes vowel + cons

3:59 pm

fuquayvarina

OK, how about some O words from the bottom. I suck at words beginning with vowels.

4:00 pm

Joanne123

great talking to you phae see ya all soon

4:00 pm

phaeton

or...out loud

4:00 pm

phaeton

bye joanne...enjoy the evening

4:00 pm

jmcnrick

no bats on the front door

4:01 pm

jmcnrick

rather: no, bats on the front door

4:01 pm

jmcnrick

bye joanne

4:01 pm

phaeton

ok, that made more sense :)

4:01 pm

Soodle

Theres an or 4/4 - spoken

4:01 pm

stidgmere

thanks that got me two. Now for the middle one. I think I can I think I can.

4:02 pm

jmcnrick

what is the top p word that is not the overwieght one

4:02 pm

phaeton

i'm stuck on the al's

4:02 pm

stidgmere

Yes, I could, yes i did!

4:02 pm

phaeton

yay stidgmere

4:02 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo stidgmere

4:02 pm

Soodle

theres an oror7/28 the spoken word, and one who does it

4:02 pm

Atalante

I love Jamie

4:02 pm

fuquayvarina

p**losoophy + plural

4:02 pm

stidgmere

Just the ods, not the whole grid. Sorry, I don't want to misrepresent my small victory.

4:03 pm

Soodle

Theres or 5/10 Spoken tests, rather than written

4:03 pm

jmcnrick

p**losoophy? LOL

4:03 pm

fuquayvarina

thanks for that 7, soodle

4:03 pm

fuquayvarina

oh well, you know what I meant...

4:03 pm

Soodle

Yvw

4:03 pm

Atalante

what the HECK is Cheryl Cole wearing?

4:04 pm

jmcnrick

lol yes and thank you but that was a funny typo to me

4:04 pm

jmcnrick

what are you watching ata?

4:04 pm

Atalante

lol awful prog called x factor

4:04 pm

Bugsaw

I got the od words with monkeys. The all are related and use the 3 point letter.

4:04 pm

jmcnrick

besides i think i can tease you a little since you crush me in lexulous

4:04 pm

Soodle

Ata, X factor is the bizz tonite, isnt it?

4:05 pm

jmcnrick

X factor? is it sci fi?

4:05 pm

Atalante

no!

4:05 pm

Atalante

cheryl is wearing mickey mouse ears

4:05 pm

Atalante

soodle can explain :P

4:06 pm

fuquayvarina

np, jmc. tease away

4:06 pm

jmcnrick

;-)

4:06 pm

stidgmere

Sneaking out the back door and being happy to have done just over 100 words. Everyone have a great evening. Back to Daylight savings time tonight in the U.S.

4:06 pm

jmcnrick

bye stidgmere

4:06 pm

Soodle

theres a show on UK/Ireland TV called xfactor, which is a glorified talent show. (talent being a loose term)

4:06 pm

phaeton

bye Stidg

4:07 pm

jmcnrick

how does the daylight savings affect the flip?

4:07 pm

jmcnrick

ah and so wearing mickey mouse ears is talent?

4:08 pm

Atalante

cheryl;s one the judges. she's wearing something rather interesting

4:08 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo the sun is over the yard arm *pouring a bourbon*

4:08 pm

Soodle

There are 2 horrors, (from Ireland, needless to say) who are so diabolical that they defy description) but who keep getting through. they are going to be on TV in the next few ninutes. (ATA - have I described it accurately?)

4:08 pm

Atalante

yep!

4:08 pm

Atalante

twin horrors with Vanilla Ice hairdos

4:09 pm

autumn moon

hi all!

4:09 pm

Soodle

JMC = I will have a double, please...

4:09 pm

jmcnrick

ack! someone with vanilla ice hairdos should be put away

4:09 pm

jmcnrick

hi AM

4:09 pm

jmcnrick

*pours soodle a double Jack but hesitates*

4:09 pm

Soodle

THe awful thing is, there is two of these feckers!!!

4:10 pm

phaeton

hi autumn

4:10 pm

jmcnrick

Jacq always lectures me that Jack is not technially a bourbon or a whiskey both of which is true

4:10 pm

jmcnrick

so behave yourself *gives soodle the glass*

4:10 pm

autumn moon

aha - one of my fav "d" words!

4:11 pm

Soodle

Soodle barges her way in, and grasps the Jack, slurps in a very unladylike way, and sighs a huge sigh of relief

4:11 pm

autumn moon

still knitting, soodle?

4:11 pm

jmcnrick

brb i got to go look at the dent on my son's car

4:11 pm

Soodle

Ata - Danni's eyebrows are highly suspect.....

4:12 pm

Atalante

not as suspect as Louis' lack of wrinkles

4:12 pm

Soodle

Autumn...I have a night off! No knitting. No kids, No hassles. Having a very nice night Saturday nite!

4:13 pm

Atalante

Rachel is murdering this song!

4:13 pm

autumn moon

It's mid-afternoon so I haven't even started my knitting yet for today. I went to Costco this morning to fill my freezer

4:13 pm

phaeton

oh-oh! dent on a car

4:15 pm

Atalante

jmc: http://tinyurl.com/yljgj5j

4:15 pm

Soodle

Phaeton - who's car?

4:16 pm

Soodle

Ata - they have to be up soon...

4:16 pm

phaeton

jmc's son's car..i think it's his car

4:16 pm

Atalante

next I think

4:18 pm

Soodle

OMG>>>>>>>>>>>>>

4:18 pm

phaeton

ly6?

4:20 pm

Atalante

OMG

4:20 pm

Atalante

O.....M.....G

4:21 pm

Soodle

we will, we will rock you???

4:21 pm

Atalante

this is beyond scary

4:21 pm

Soodle

Ata. Its Halloween. Its supposed to be scary!

4:22 pm

Atalante

Freddie must be turning in his garve

4:22 pm

Soodle

spinning!

4:23 pm

fuquayvarina

phae, ly6= ly+s4

4:23 pm

Soodle

But, in all fairness, if it meant that Simon was to vamoose for 6 months.................

4:24 pm

Atalante

it's not worth it. just!

4:25 pm

Soodle

Simon, and his questionable teeth, Louis and his qustionableness,, oh my goodness...............

4:26 pm

Jacula

Hi all. I'm back from my week's hol.

4:26 pm

Atalante

all 4 are questionable. ear-dress, eyebrows, lack of wrinkles and teeth

4:26 pm

Soodle

Watch this space, you just might see Soodlebum on XFacto one of these days!!!

4:27 pm

fuquayvarina

hi jac, where did you go and was it wonderful?

4:28 pm

Soodle

Who do you reckon is going to go this week, Ata?

4:28 pm

Jacula

We went to North Devon and it was okay, thanks fuquay.

4:28 pm

Atalante

JEDWARD! ok, maybe not

4:28 pm

Atalante

Jac!!

4:29 pm

Atalante

Rachel maybe

4:30 pm

phaeton

bbl...maybe...headed for the casino

4:30 pm

Jacula

Ata - I 'saw' you in Devon. 'You' were staying in a neighbouring chalet. However, I said it couldn't be you 'cos you didn't have a spaniel with you and you wouldn't go to the coast without Hobbit. Next day, I saw 'you' WITH a spaniel - but it was Spangle not Hobbit.

4:30 pm

Atalante

ooooo!!!

4:30 pm

Atalante

promise I haven't kidnapped Spangle

4:31 pm

Jacula

Ata - I did see one part of the chog on Paul's cell phone last week - about Hobbit falling and landing on rocks. Is she okay? I've been worried.

4:32 pm

Jacula

Ata - I thought maybe you'd done a doggy swap with Haz. LOL

4:32 pm

Atalante

she's fine :) I still can't quite believe she's ok, but she is :)

4:32 pm

Atalante

she managed to fall down a 5m ladder *facepalm*

4:32 pm

Jacula

How?

4:33 pm

Atalante

being too enthusiastic to get to the beach. which was down the ladder (path down the cliffs)

4:33 pm

Jacula

Glad she's okay!

4:34 pm

Atalante

me too!!!

4:36 pm

Jacula

She's very lucky.

4:36 pm

Atalante

very. the only hurt she sustained was a 1/8" inch cut under her chin. Incredible

4:37 pm

Jacula

She must have a guardian angel.

4:37 pm

Atalante

I think so!

4:38 pm

Jacula

We thought a little dog was going to jump off the path onto the beach boulders about 10 feet below to join its owner yesterday. Luckily, it decided to use the steps.

4:38 pm

Atalante

glad at least one dog is sensible :D

4:39 pm

Jacula

We were on tenterhooks for a minute while it made up its mind!

4:39 pm

Atalante

I'm sure! and those moments seem to last forever

4:40 pm

Jacula

They do.

4:42 pm

Jacula

55 words to find and I'm sure someone's hiding them from me.

4:45 pm

Jacula

Ah! Found one the little blighters.

4:46 pm

Atalante

go go Jac!

4:47 pm

Jacula

...and another.

4:49 pm

Jacula

I think the kids round here have got Hallowe'en mixed up with Bonfire Night, the amount of fireworks going off!

4:50 pm

Jacula

There was a Hallowe'en 'do' in Devon last night. I saw quite a few skeletons and witches, and the devil in a red tutu.

4:50 pm

Jacula

And, no, I hadn't been drinking.

4:50 pm

Atalante

red tutu! impressive

4:51 pm

Jacula

Red tights, too, Ata.

4:51 pm

hydra

Jacula! Thought you weren't back till tomorrow. How was your holiday?

4:52 pm

Jacula

Hello, Hydra. I've been telling Ata a bit about it if you scroll back. Hope you're okay?

4:54 pm

hydra

I'll have a look now. Hi, Ata. Loads of fireworks here, too. Drinking? I'm on my second glass of wine. I'm okayish. Tell you about it some other time. Bad things happened this week. Knocked me for six.

4:56 pm

Atalante

*hugs hydra*

4:56 pm

Jacula

I read your blog earlier, Hydra, but we'll have to catch up with a chat very soon.xxx

4:56 pm

hydra

31 left. Don't think I'm going to finish. Thanks, Ata. I needed that. I've been very down indeed.

4:57 pm

Atalante

*more hugs* and chocolate

4:57 pm

hydra

Yes, let's catchup, Jac. Text me and I'll ring you back on landline if you like. I can talk for an hour free, on one of those deals.

4:57 pm

Jacula

Will do, Hydra. Probably tomorrow if that's okay?

4:58 pm

Jacula

I just heard geese flying over the house. Hope no one sends a firework up.

4:58 pm

hydra

Yes, should be fine. Speak then.

4:59 pm

hydra

Just remembered I have a friend coming but don't know what time. Probably not before 12.

4:59 pm

jmcnrick

back

4:59 pm

hydra

Hi jm.

5:00 pm

Jacula

Would Monday be better?

5:00 pm

Jacula

Hi jmc.

5:00 pm

hydra

No, tomorrow#s fine. If you text me, I'll tell you if the coast is clear!

5:00 pm

Jacula

Okay Hydra.x

5:02 pm

jmcnrick

so are fireworks a halloween thing in brit?

5:02 pm

hydra

No they're not. I suppose some people are celebrating 5th Nov early.

5:02 pm

jmcnrick

what is nov 5?

5:02 pm

Jacula

Stepdaughter nearly drove us bonkers taking pics of almost everything we did on hol. At one point I asked her if she wanted to follow me into the loo! Got my own back on the way home when she and her cousin fell asleep in the back of the car. I shall put the pic on Facebook for all their friends to see. LOL

5:03 pm

jmcnrick

(i could look it up but am lazy)

5:03 pm

periwinkle

hello everyone

5:03 pm

Atalante

bonfire night

5:03 pm

jmcnrick

now jac be kind!

5:03 pm

jmcnrick

hi peri

5:03 pm

jmcnrick

you are finally not in the grid!

5:03 pm

hydra

You do that, Jacula! I'd love to see it. Hi per

5:03 pm

jmcnrick

what is bonfire night? Guy Hawkes?

5:04 pm

Jacula

Nov. 5th is Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes night. We've been burning the poor man every year since he was hung,drawn and quartered for the Gunpowder Plot.

5:04 pm

periwinkle

I know :( but I am wearing a lovely perfume :)

5:04 pm

jmcnrick

its good that step dau had a good time

5:04 pm

periwinkle

hyrdra, don't know what is wrong with you but here are some hugs ((((((((hydra))))))))

5:04 pm

Jacula

Hi Peri.

5:04 pm

jmcnrick

okay never heard it called bonfire nite but i am woefully ignorant

5:05 pm

jmcnrick

*sniff* peri smells like lemon with a hint of white mush *giggle*

5:05 pm

periwinkle

went to a really nice thrift store, only been open 6 weeks, lots of nice stuf but I did not get anything

5:05 pm

Jacula

Thing is, he wasn't guilty. He was set up. Poor man.

5:05 pm

jmcnrick

what restraint!

5:06 pm

periwinkle

hope you mean musk, jmc :)

5:06 pm

jmcnrick

i did not know that jac!

5:06 pm

jmcnrick

sooo sorry yes musk not mush

5:06 pm

periwinkle

not sure what mush smells like

5:06 pm

Jacula

I hope she means musk, too!

5:06 pm

jmcnrick

i know what mush smells like!

5:06 pm

jmcnrick

lol

5:06 pm

hydra

Thanks, peri. A very dear friend died last week. She was like a sister to me, but her husband has turned on me and been really nasty, so it was like a double blow. But enough of that. I don't want to bring everybody down. Guy Fawkes was born in 1570. He tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament.

5:07 pm

periwinkle

so sorry for your loss, hydra

5:07 pm

hydra

Right. Must go. Speak soon, Jac. x

5:07 pm

jmcnrick

i must admit i am still trying to understand what "white"musk is as compare to what? black musk?

5:07 pm

Jacula

I suppose it depends what sort of mush it is. Best avoided if it's melting yellow snow, though!

5:07 pm

jmcnrick

I know the official story of Guy Fawkes

5:07 pm

periwinkle

I hate halloween, hope we don't get any kids

5:08 pm

Jacula

'Bye Hydra. ((HUGS))

5:08 pm

jmcnrick

I was thinking of oatmeal mush

5:08 pm

hydra

Thanks, peri. Life can be a b****, can't it?

5:08 pm

jmcnrick

is there purple musk?

5:08 pm

jmcnrick

red?

5:08 pm

jmcnrick

o peri you are my sister!

5:08 pm

periwinkle

yes it can, hydra

5:08 pm

jmcnrick

i hate halloween too!

5:08 pm

periwinkle

I don't know about purple musk

5:09 pm

jmcnrick

well there has to be something if there is white musk

5:09 pm

periwinkle

ok, jmc, we can be cyber-sisters

5:09 pm

jmcnrick

do we have to nick our thumbs and mix blood?

5:09 pm

periwinkle

I will have to google musk now, well after I finish babble

5:09 pm

periwinkle

no, we will skip that ritual, jmc

5:10 pm

jmcnrick

o good because i would probably pass out

5:11 pm

periwinkle

just finished reading a very good medical thriller by Michael Palmer. The SEcond Opinionlm The lead character has Aspergers. Did not expect the ending.

5:11 pm

periwinkle

*

5:11 pm

periwinkle

*Second*

5:11 pm

JBV

hi jmc and peri - I was enjoying Halloween when the cute little princesses and ladybugs were here, but now the teenagers have taken over

5:11 pm

periwinkle

the little kids are cute, the teenagers are not

5:12 pm

JBV

especially when you open the door, and there about 12 of them all together

5:12 pm

jmcnrick

jbv, are you the one i saw earlier with 1000 people running through?

5:12 pm

JBV

at least the last batch were wearing costumes - good ones, too, sometimes they don't even try

5:12 pm

periwinkle

that would be overwhelming, JBV

5:12 pm

JBV

no, thank goodness, that was harp i think

5:13 pm

jmcnrick

i don't mind the young teens it is the HS ones i reject

5:13 pm

JBV

i was the one with the early (11:oo a.m.) parade of the tiny tots

5:13 pm

periwinkle

that is part of the reason I hate Halloween, at least wear some sort of costume

5:13 pm

Jacula

I'm just hoping we don't get eggs thrown up the windows and on the cars this year. It's a real pain! That's not the spirit of Hallowe'en, is it?!

5:13 pm

jmcnrick

i have very few any more. DC is the kind of place where parents really protect teh kids

5:13 pm

periwinkle

the high school one should know better and not treat or treat, it is really for the little one

5:14 pm

JBV

ok, peri, let's start a campaign - we'll be real popular with the HS crowd

5:14 pm

jmcnrick

actually that is in the spirit of halloween before it was taken over by the candy industry jac

5:14 pm

jmcnrick

i am going to a party myself tonight

5:15 pm

jmcnrick

my sister (birth not cyber) is going as an old lady -- which is pretty scary to the boomers

5:15 pm

jmcnrick

iwas going as that too until i found out she was

5:15 pm

JBV

that's funny, jmc

5:16 pm

jmcnrick

so i am going as the grim reaper with a washington post (the "national" newspaper) tombstone -- the future of journalism

5:16 pm

pythonx

Good evening Babbler, how's the grid?

5:16 pm

jmcnrick

the party is mainly boomer ex-reporters

5:16 pm

jmcnrick

hi pyth

5:16 pm

pythonx

*Babblers

5:16 pm

pythonx

Hi jmc

5:17 pm

JBV

good costume idea, jmc

5:17 pm

JBV

i haven't been to a costume party in ages - I am so lacking in ideas or know-how, it always seemed so overwhelming

5:18 pm

jmcnrick

okay i am getting dressed bbl

5:19 pm

Bugsaw

Have fum jmc

5:20 pm

Jacula

My son (25) has gone to a party as one of the 4 Horsemen of The Apocalypse. A fellow 'horseman' has apparently got him a black hobby horse to ride. The friend in question (also a 25-yr-old male) has a pink one named 'Sugarlump' who's been his Hallowe'en horse for several years now. LOL

5:23 pm

Atalante

fab!

5:25 pm

Jacula

I'm hoping for pics, Ata, but I'll probably have to bribe my son's friends to get them.:-)

5:26 pm

Atalante

I would think so :P

5:29 pm

Jacula

My son's a bit strait-laced, not at all like his sister (22), who loves dressing up. I wonder what she's gone out as tonight? No doubt I'll see it on Facebook tomorrow.

5:30 pm

jmcnrick

back

5:31 pm

periwinkle

bl. stil 27 to find

5:31 pm

jmcnrick

my son is emailing a photo of my costume shortly

5:31 pm

momof5

1 left, need help: st5,10 (before shopping bldg)

5:32 pm

Jacula

st5.10s I have are 'place to step over in a fence' and 'a shop'.

5:32 pm

Jacula

Still got 46 words to find.

5:33 pm

pythonx

rhymes with in a little wh***

5:34 pm

momof5

I have that one. I need the one after 5/18 and before grocery st***

5:34 pm

pythonx

that's a st5.12, i don

5:34 pm

Atalante

isn't the grocery before st5/18?

5:35 pm

pythonx

*don't have it

5:35 pm

momof5

It's sandwhiched between two st5,18's

5:35 pm

Jacula

I think she means the other st5/18, Ata, st + 'to annoy or irritate'.

5:35 pm

Atalante

ah ty

5:36 pm

Jacula

I'm not listing yet, so I don't know what should be where.

5:36 pm

sprite

*just popping in and out to say: icon theme updated, and hi jac, (xxx) hi python, hi Ata, and hi all*

5:36 pm

momof5

Thanks, anyway.

5:36 pm

Atalante

nor me, as you can probably tell

5:36 pm

hshliz

did you get the baby bird?

5:36 pm

Jacula

Hi Sprite.

5:36 pm

pythonx

hi sprite

5:36 pm

Atalante

hi spritey!

5:36 pm

sprite

the baby bird with another vowel

5:37 pm

Bugsaw

Hello Srite. Welcome back. I have not seen you here in a long time. I hope you are well

5:37 pm

Atalante

st5.12 - as the above 5.18, different last letter

5:37 pm

Bugsaw

Sprite, sorry

5:37 pm

jmcnrick

hi sprite

5:38 pm

sprite

hi Bugsaw, am relatively well and very happy to be back. My laptop died on me and now I have a new computer. Very nice :)

5:38 pm

Jacula

st5/12 - anagram of an st word meaning to take all your clothes off.

5:38 pm

Bugsaw

Oh good news. I thot you were very ill. Should have gone to a more fixable problem - no computer

5:38 pm

sprite

*hugs jmc and Jac and Ata and Bugsaw and pythonc on her way out*
Bye all, sleep well and/or enjoy your day.

5:39 pm

Jacula

BRB - washing to see to. (I have 3 big basketsful of the stuff.)

5:39 pm

jmcnrick

i am waiting for my silly son to send photo of me in costume to meet the icon theme

5:40 pm

jmcnrick

interesting clue

5:41 pm

momof5

Ahhh... found the problem. Was looking for st5/10 and should have been looking for st5/12. BIG fish slap

5:41 pm

jmcnrick

*imagining jac overveiwing her domain of clothing hills*

5:41 pm

Jacula

5:41 pm

Atalante

we did say ...!!

5:42 pm

jmcnrick

very nice jac!

5:42 pm

Jacula

That was for momof5.

5:43 pm

jmcnrick

how do you get the gradient on the dots?

5:46 pm

Jacula

Sorry, I was up the garden listening to a very noisy tawny owl.

5:46 pm

Jacula

No idea, jmc, I pinched it from somewhere years ago.

5:48 pm

jmcnrick

i have pinched it from you

5:48 pm

jmcnrick

refresh to see my costume

5:48 pm

Jacula

LOL. What goes around comes around.

5:48 pm

Atalante

fab!

5:48 pm

redshoes

man, I wanna make one

5:49 pm

Uneaixoise

jmc, fabbo costume!!!

5:49 pm

Jacula

Great costume. I've got a pic of me in same get-up somewhere.

5:49 pm

jmcnrick

my son's gf said -- that's really scary

5:50 pm

jmcnrick

i said => if there is a single guy i doubt i will get a da4

5:50 pm

Jacula

LOL

5:52 pm

jmcnrick

ty ty for recognizing my greatness in costume making

5:52 pm

jmcnrick

the base is the inside out of a future caftan

5:54 pm

jmcnrick

omg i may upchuck my son's gf is soooo cutesy poo

5:55 pm

jmcnrick

if this is a sign of him rejecting me he has succeeded

5:57 pm

Atalante

poor jmc!

5:57 pm

jmcnrick

lol I keep telling myself he is only 24 and there is plenty of time for him to find someone with a brain

5:58 pm

Atalante

hopefully!

5:58 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

5:59 pm

pythonx

jmc, my son has reached that phase finally, he is dating a very lovely and smart girl, finally!

5:59 pm

hego

Hi everyone. Jmc, you did it. You made the costume we dicussed here. It's great!

5:59 pm

jmcnrick

didn't work with my nephew who married a mindless but very sweet woman

5:59 pm

Jacula

Hi hego.

5:59 pm

jmcnrick

you give me hope pyth

5:59 pm

jmcnrick

glad you like it hego

5:59 pm

hego

Very sweet counts too.

6:00 pm

Jacula

I can't find my old Hallowe'en party pics right now, so I've put one of my old favourites up. (And I've just opened a bottle of wine, so I'd better heed the advice. LOL)

6:00 pm

Atalante

very sweet is good; intelligent is better!

6:01 pm

kje

yo

6:01 pm

hego

Maybe not in a daughter in law.

6:02 pm

jmcnrick

i would rather have a snarky funney dil than a sweet one

6:02 pm

jmcnrick

*hangs my head in shame*

6:02 pm

Jacula

I was going to watch 'Ghost Ship' on ITV1 with stepdaughter, but we're recording it now as we've both got other things to do.

6:02 pm

kje

intelligence not good in a d-i-l?

6:03 pm

jmcnrick

nice jac

6:03 pm

kje

seriously? is that what I walked in on?

6:03 pm

hego

Just a conjecture kje

6:03 pm

pythonx

My son brought her over for Thanksgiving and she fit in like she was part of the family, funny, teasing, and able to be teased. We all loved her.

6:03 pm

jmcnrick

intelligence is good in a dil -- i was talking about the cutesy poo my son is dating right now

6:04 pm

jmcnrick

there is th4 of God in cutesy poo girls

6:05 pm

jmcnrick

i keep trying

6:06 pm

kje

i say when the chips are down, intelligent beats cutesy any day... unless he is looking for someone to daddy the rest of his life

6:07 pm

hego

Oh well, so much fir cute.

6:07 pm

Atalante

intelligence is good in mothers-in-law too :P

6:07 pm

jmcnrick

:-P

6:08 pm

kje

nah, m-i-l's should be cute

6:08 pm

kje

LOLOL - jk

6:08 pm

Atalante

I had a cutesy one, and it was a nightmare!

6:08 pm

hego

I assure you, I wouldn't know, she should rest in peace.

6:08 pm

kje

i think cutesy would get grating

6:09 pm

jmcnrick

my mil is like katherine hepburn in bringing up baby

6:09 pm

Atalante

it did. and I had nothing to talk to her about. she was utterly uninterested in everything but her darling children

6:09 pm

kje

LOL jmc

6:09 pm

Jacula

BRB - laundry calls again.

6:09 pm

jmcnrick

*pulls hair out of head with both hands*

6:12 pm

kje

*pieces hair back over jmc's bald spot*

6:12 pm

kje

really need to be careful jmc - intelligent or cute - either is less attarctive when bald

6:12 pm

Atalante

loooooool

6:13 pm

jmcnrick

lol

6:13 pm

jmcnrick

thanks for the help with the bald spot

6:13 pm

kje

anytime

6:13 pm

Atalante

she's andre agassi in disguise

6:15 pm

kje

: )

6:16 pm

kje

i need one more form that top r - how many re?

6:16 pm

jmcnrick

only 2 re

6:17 pm

kje

ty

6:17 pm

crosshair

whew! 1400 kilometers in 15 hours going through my dads apt and going through everything he ownsand deciding what is important,what is not,what is owed to others..sigh...crossy is tired/.all the hospitals up there are on lockdown,seems everyone has the flucouldnt een see my dad

6:17 pm

jmcnrick

yw

6:17 pm

jmcnrick

crossy!

6:18 pm

jmcnrick

{{{{crossy}}}}

6:18 pm

kje

they don't want sick visitors infecting their patients

6:18 pm

jmcnrick

I spent the morning with the hospice nurse myself

6:18 pm

kje

we have stopped all visitors younger than 18 for the same reason

6:18 pm

kje

they are little germ factories

6:21 pm

jmcnrick

help with the te 7

6:21 pm

kje

no idea - just starting jmc

6:21 pm

jmcnrick

tharp

6:21 pm

jmcnrick

oops

6:22 pm

kje

not a word anyway... durn it

6:22 pm

jmcnrick

doubly sorry then! lol

6:22 pm

Atalante

te7 - in a weeping manner

6:22 pm

kje

ha!

6:23 pm

jmcnrick

ty ata

6:23 pm

kje

ty ata

6:25 pm

jmcnrick

bourbon break

6:26 pm

hego

brilliant, ata. ty

6:26 pm

hego

Go jmc!

6:27 pm

kje

diet coke break

6:27 pm

Enomis65

Hello! trick or Treat! LOL

6:27 pm

Jacula

chardonnay break

6:27 pm

kje

smell my feet!

6:27 pm

hego

I'm with you jacq

6:28 pm

Jacula

Must I??

6:28 pm

hego

Hi Enom

6:28 pm

Enomis65

give me something good to eat!

6:28 pm

Enomis65

how is the grid tonight?

6:29 pm

Jacula

It's an okay grid, Enomis.

6:30 pm

Enomis65

Looks big but not that much fun... no -ing no -ed!

6:30 pm

hego

no6/18 clue pls

6:31 pm

dan2bit

samhain blessings to all!

6:31 pm

scribekd

no6/18--no + opp of wrong (spelled differently)

6:31 pm

kje

hi dan2!

6:32 pm

Jacula

Hi dan.

6:32 pm

hego

6:32 pm

hego

6:32 pm

hego

6:32 pm

hego

6:32 pm

hego

Did it again, sorry

6:32 pm

kje

oh no - the ghosts gor hego!

6:32 pm

hego

ty scribe

6:32 pm

kje

got

6:33 pm

dan2bit

finally got our first trick-or-treaters of the evening

6:33 pm

scribekd

you're welcome, hego-

6:33 pm

Jacula

spoOOOOoky!

6:33 pm

Enomis65

here too! Beautiful costumes this year.

6:33 pm

kje

were they dressed cute?

6:34 pm

LuwandaHL

we have a the cutest trick or treater

6:34 pm

dan2bit

yes the red fairy princess was the best :-)

6:34 pm

LuwandaHL

we had a three -year-old Elmo :)

6:35 pm

kje

aaaawwwwww

6:35 pm

kje

did elmo giggle?

6:35 pm

kje

i loved tickle me elmo

6:36 pm

dan2bit

an7 clue?

6:37 pm

scribekd

an7-an + vowel+opp of dark (spelled differently)

6:37 pm

kje

first i heard of it dan

6:37 pm

Jacula

an7 = part of an electro****.

6:38 pm

hego

Luwanda who is the gorgeous baby girl?

6:38 pm

dan2bit

tx jac and scribe

6:39 pm

LuwandaHL

grandbaby!!!

6:39 pm

hego

Lucky girl! (i Meant you)

6:41 pm

kje

hmmmm

6:41 pm

Jacula

30 to find. How are you doing, Ata? (If you're still here.)

6:41 pm

hego

What's her name?

6:41 pm

kje

oh

6:42 pm

Atalante

I forgot to announce firebirds a while ago. ooops! then got sidetracked scanning a pic :)

6:43 pm

kje

woohooo atatatata!

6:43 pm

pythonx

yea ata

6:43 pm

Jacula

Oh, must've missed it. Well done Ata.

6:43 pm

LuwandaHL

Madelyn Audrey - Audrey after my mom

6:44 pm

dan2bit

belated woo hoo atalante!

6:44 pm

LuwandaHL

wgt ata

6:44 pm

Atalante

now I'm going to bed :) night all!

6:44 pm

kje

sleep well, ata

6:44 pm

Jacula

'Night Ata. Sweet dreams.

6:46 pm

Enomis65

clue for the 8?

6:46 pm

Jacula

It's a type of shrub, Enomis, ol8.

6:47 pm

Mary

ol8 Spanish cheer + fall flower

6:47 pm

Jacula

ol + Christian festival now often celebrated with choc eggs and bunnies.

6:48 pm

Enomis65

ty

6:48 pm

kje

thanks

6:49 pm

dan2bit

ly6?

6:49 pm

Jacula

ly6 is a biochemistry word. ly + to satisfy.

6:50 pm

dan2bit

tx again Jac

6:50 pm

hego

po5 & 6 Pls pls.

6:50 pm

hego

I mean 6 & 7

6:51 pm

dan2bit

courteous and more courteous, hego

6:51 pm

Bugsaw

re 6, please

6:51 pm

hego

Oh gosh! I'm blind. Ty ty dan

6:52 pm

pythonx

lay a floor again, bugsaw

6:52 pm

Bugsaw

Thank you pythonx. I am getting blind now

6:53 pm

dan2bit

da6?

6:53 pm

Jacula

19 to go and laundry calls again. BRB

6:54 pm

pythonx

ri5.14 & ri6.24?

6:54 pm

Bugsaw

compound word dan

6:54 pm

Bugsaw

not night and not dark

6:54 pm

dan2bit

got it bugs thanks

6:55 pm

dan2bit

ri5/6 is like kings and queens with a different first vowel

6:55 pm

Bugsaw

ri words are weird. They look like the name for the Queen and her family but the first vowel is i

6:55 pm

pythonx

ty, got them

6:55 pm

kje

thanks, that grayed my d

6:56 pm

pythonx

ro6 ?

6:56 pm

dan2bit

last as5?

6:57 pm

pythonx

nm got it

6:59 pm

Jacula

Bug - the ri words are Saudi Arabian currency units.

7:00 pm

JenMO16

hi all

7:01 pm

pythonx

as5 is weird, just monkeyed it, it uses the 3 point letter

7:01 pm

Jacula

Hi Jen.

7:01 pm

crosshair

danr isp is giving me grief:/

7:01 pm

dan2bit

yeah python I guessed that, but my monkeys are lame

7:02 pm

Bugsaw

Thanks Jac.

7:02 pm

Jacula

y/w Bug.

7:02 pm

pythonx

my best clue is plural of mental hospital

7:03 pm

hego

What?

7:03 pm

dan2bit

that worked! thanks python and all cluers - firewords

7:04 pm

pythonx

as5.14 plural of mental hospital, latin plural

7:04 pm

Jacula

Well done, dan.

7:04 pm

pythonx

woohoo dan

7:04 pm

hego

I got it.

7:04 pm

Jacula

good clue, python.

7:04 pm

hego

Congrats dan

7:05 pm

Jacula

12 words to go and laundry calls AGAIN! Last load for tonight, since it's 5 past midnight.

7:05 pm

dan2bit

go jac go

7:05 pm

hego

That was a good clue python. ty

7:06 pm

pythonx

yw

7:07 pm

crosshair

lol dont even know why im starting this with 4 hours to go

7:07 pm

Bugsaw

Might be a good way to let go of the day crossy

7:08 pm

crosshair

indeed ugsaw

7:08 pm

hego

You'll do well Crossy.

7:08 pm

crosshair

bugasw even

7:08 pm

crosshair

lol..i give up

7:09 pm

Bugsaw

not yet crossy. It is a dumb name anyway.

7:12 pm

pythonx

al5 & 6?

7:13 pm

Bugsaw

muhamed al* + slang for 'yes'

7:14 pm

pythonx

ty, got it

7:18 pm

Bugsaw

fireworks finally. Anyone need clues before I try to get something done before the kids come?

7:20 pm

pythonx

any of the sk5's?

7:20 pm

pythonx

have the ladies wear

7:21 pm

Bugsaw

sk4 a short play

7:21 pm

pythonx

got that

7:22 pm

Bugsaw

sk5 = sk4 with a vowel

7:22 pm

pythonx

got it, ty

7:22 pm

Bugsaw

when bagpipes play it is the sk*** of the pipes

7:23 pm

pythonx

ty, got them all now

7:23 pm

Bugsaw

yw

7:25 pm

Bugsaw

ok bye. Happy babbling everyone

7:25 pm

pythonx

night bugsaw

7:29 pm

Jacula

2 to find...

7:29 pm

pythonx

i only have 83 left

7:30 pm

Jacula

1...

7:30 pm

pythonx

go jac go

7:30 pm

jesdraggon

evening all

7:31 pm

hego

Hi Jes

7:31 pm

Jacula

FIREWORKS!:-)

7:31 pm

pythonx

woo hoo, jac

7:31 pm

hego

Excellent Jac

7:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello all

7:32 pm

Jacula

Hi Jess and TO.

7:32 pm

pythonx

hi jes, hi TO

7:32 pm

Jacula

Thanks Hego.

7:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi jacs, py

7:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

now i ask you...if a house has no light on its porch, why would you go up to the door and knock for halloween?

7:37 pm

Jacula

Likewise, if it has a polite notice in the window asking people not to call for Hallowe'en purposes, why would you?

7:38 pm

FMitch

Hi Jacs and TO :)

7:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

i give up...however, jacs TRICK OR TREAT! :D

7:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

fm!

7:39 pm

FMitch

:) TO - had a nap earlier and now am wide awake and doing work stuff

7:39 pm

Pinikula

0

7:40 pm

hego

Hi Pini

7:40 pm

Jacula

Hi FM.

7:40 pm

FMitch

Hello Pini

7:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

pini is that an exclamation? or have you finished?

7:40 pm

Jacula

Treat please, TO.

7:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

*taps foot waiting for treat fro jacs*

7:40 pm

hego

ri

7:41 pm

Pinikula

...sure WISH I had 0 left ;)

7:41 pm

Pinikula

how's everyone?

7:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

i AM a trwat jacs..what more could you want? :D

7:41 pm

hego

Disregard

7:41 pm

Jacula

cinder toffee do for you, TO?

7:41 pm

FMitch

Oh what the heck, how about champagne and cholates and all the best reats we can imagine.

7:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

lovely! do you like my costume?

7:41 pm

Jacula

You are a twat, TO? Or did you mean treat? LOL

7:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

LOLjacs i KNEW you would POUNCE on that typo

7:42 pm

Jacula

Hi pink.

7:42 pm

Pinikula

(I don't think my chog is working!)

7:42 pm

FMitch

LOL

7:42 pm

FMitch

Hi hego

7:42 pm

Jacula

What is that costume, TO? Are you a babyeater?

7:42 pm

hego

what did jac say?

7:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

or were you referring to octomom, jacs? ;)

7:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

OCTOMOM

7:43 pm

hego

Hi Mitch

7:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

what on earth did you think ?!

7:43 pm

Jacula

No, I meant you TO.

7:43 pm

Jacula

What the heck is octomom?

7:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

*readies egg*

7:44 pm

Jacula

BRB - laundry calls again...

7:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

jacs, the woman in california who had the octuplets? who already had 6 kids and no husband?

7:44 pm

FMitch

a mom with 8 babies?

7:45 pm

Pinikula

OK...I think I'm here now...

7:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh darn jacs, now it isn't funny at all...you mean you have not heard of this?

7:45 pm

FMitch

who the heck does laudry at this time of night?

7:45 pm

Jacula

Oh HER! I see. She's become a horror character now, I guess.

7:45 pm

Pinikula

I've heard of Octomom...sad situation for all those kids!

7:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

http://yublog.org/wp-content/uploads/2
009/08/octomom.jpg

7:46 pm

Jacula

FM - I do when I've just come back off holiday and have 4 people's laundry to get through and it'll probably take 3 days.

7:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

*raises hand* i think my washer stopped brb

7:46 pm

FMitch

Ahh hoidays, where did you go Jacs:)

7:47 pm

Jacula

I do keep suggesting that we should all become naturists, but no one seems keen...

7:47 pm

Jacula

Westward Ho! again, FM.

7:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

conserce water, shed your clothes

7:47 pm

FMitch

lol and hope you had a great time

7:48 pm

Jacula

We took my partner's niece with us to keep stepdaughter occupied. She was a gem!

7:48 pm

FMitch

TO yr typing is getting a s good as mine!

7:50 pm

Jacula

I just shut the cat in the utility room with the washing machine on spin. He hates that. Hope he doesn't throw up (or worse) in revenge. I thought I heard my son coming home from his Hallowe'en party and I don't want the cat going out since it's like Bonfire Night out there tonight, so many kids setting fireworks off.

7:50 pm

Jacula

Machine's reached the 'going into orbit' sound stage now. Let's hope cat doesn't do likewise.

7:50 pm

FMitch

Hope you had some good r&r Jacs, you deserve it.

7:54 pm

Jacula

I got a lot of reading done, FM.

7:55 pm

FMitch

thats a good thing! any writing?

7:55 pm

Jacula

I also 'saw' Ata in a neighbouring chalet, as I told her earlier.

7:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

jacs couldn't you just lock him in the loo?

7:55 pm

FMitch

you 'saw' Ata?

7:55 pm

Jacula

Though I said it couldn't be her because she didn't have a spaniel with her and I knew she wouldn't go to the coast without Hobbit.

7:56 pm

Jacula

TO - No, we don't have a downstairs one.

7:56 pm

Jacula

He sleeps in the utility room.

7:56 pm

72 Temple Owl

or a bedroom? poor kitty.

7:56 pm

FMitch

Ahh OK

7:57 pm

Jacula

Anyway, I 'saw' Ata again next day WITH a spaniel, only it was Spangle not Hobbit.

7:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

ly clue pls?

7:57 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

7:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

wait, you were in northern ireland?

7:58 pm

Minveryork

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

7:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi min

7:58 pm

Minveryork

Happy Halloween all!Hope it's fun & safe for everyone

7:58 pm

Jacula

Ata assures me she hasn't kidnapped Spangle and I was relieved to hear that Hobbit's okay after her 5m fall to the beach. (The only bit of chog news I managed to see on Beloved's cell phone during the week when he was picking up the grids for me.)

7:58 pm

FMitch

Ack - just cos it Halloween there is nothing but horror movies on TV. Am going to have to find some soothing music to listen to.
Hi minvr

7:59 pm

Jacula

TO - No, I was in North Devon.

8:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

night of the living dead is on. i saw cat people but missed retuin of cat people. i am disappointed i have never seen that one

8:00 pm

Jacula

ly6 = ly + 'to satisfy to the full'.

8:00 pm

FMitch

Met up with Ata and Hobbit on her way back home after she did the parachute jump

8:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

8:00 pm

Jacula

I've recorded 'Ghost Ship' to watch at another time with 'Step'.

8:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

i love the old vincent price movies.

8:01 pm

Jacula

Did you, FM? Were Ata's legs still shaking? Mine would have been.

8:01 pm

Jacula

TO - I love his voice.

8:02 pm

FMitch

LOL TO I do like you :) - that is exaxtly the sort of thing I would have said if I wasn't crnching spreadheets right now (lost my sense of humour somewhere in the last month).

8:02 pm

72 Temple Owl

we went to all of his movies as kids, sat matinee

8:02 pm

FMitch

Nah Jacs - she was already talking about loving to do it again.

8:05 pm

Jacula

TO - try to get the dvd 'The Uncanny' a trilogy of feline terror. You might find it on play.com. It's a film from carltonvisual.com.

8:05 pm

Jacula

FM - she's nuts.

8:06 pm

Jacula

TO - the star is Peter Cushing, another Hammer Horror hero.

8:06 pm

FMitch

Yup , as is Lizsark as she was terrified of doing the jump but want to do another one now and is off to Nepal for the next charity walk

8:07 pm

72 Temple Owl

jacs, cat people is by val lewton, i love his films. made during the war

8:07 pm

72 Temple Owl

oooh, peter cushing :)

8:07 pm

Jacula

I guess once you jumped (or been pushed) the sensation of flying is wonderful and, provided you land okay, would be a high you want to experience again.

8:07 pm

hego

Good night guys

8:08 pm

Jacula

'Night Hego., See you again.

8:08 pm

pythonx

night, hego

8:08 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye hego

8:08 pm

hego

Enjoy the aurora borealis. My new icon

8:09 pm

Jacula

Thanks, hego. Missed that when I visited Iceland.

8:09 pm

FMitch

Bye hego and thanks for the pic

8:09 pm

hego

Night jac

8:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

re6/18 clue pls?

8:10 pm

pythonx

lay a floor again, TO

8:10 pm

Jacula

FM - who the heck does spreadsheets at this time of thre day? *grins as she goes off to check on her washing*

8:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

8:11 pm

pythonx

yw

8:12 pm

FMitch

LOL I know Jacs, and even funnier I am prepping football results - but work is work and I am happy to keep gainfully employed.

8:13 pm

FMitch

Couldn't sleep so got a head start on the stuff I need to email to a gazillion people tomorrow.

8:17 pm

FMitch

Talking of which I had better get back to it - so TTFN and Happy Babbling!

8:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye, fm!

8:18 pm

FMitch

((TO))

8:18 pm

Jacula

'Bye FM.

8:19 pm

Jacula

Son's just arrived home.

8:19 pm

Jacula

I'm going to sign out now. Happy Babbling all.

8:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

night jacs, nice to see you/

8:23 pm

renfield

hey owl

8:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

and fireworks and good night,

8:26 pm

lbdawger

RENNIE!!!

8:27 pm

renfield

hey dawg

8:27 pm

lbdawger

i was just thinking about you. how are you doing?

8:28 pm

renfield

i'm doing good...not being good - just doing good

8:28 pm

lbdawger

that sounds like a good idea! :)

8:28 pm

renfield

how be you?

8:28 pm

lbdawger

it's been ages since you or nutty have been in the chog!

8:29 pm

lbdawger

i'm doing well. too pooped to do much else!

8:30 pm

renfield

nutter started a new job - mezzer had his knee replaced - finally after nearly 3 years - and i've been living at the lab - too much work for to few peeps

8:30 pm

renfield

i understand the word pooped...not like nutter would use pooped - buttttttt as in tired

8:31 pm

lbdawger

(((RENNIE))) good to hear Mezzie has a new knee

8:32 pm

lbdawger

nutty out of the mountain?

8:33 pm

renfield

yuppers - and we even go out and walk....at night....he's motoring now

8:33 pm

renfield

yup - she's outta the mountain

8:33 pm

lbdawger

great news about him being mobile. just keep him off motorized machines for a while

8:34 pm

renfield

nutter's coming back to my part of the world in feb

8:34 pm

lbdawger

she'll be ready for some thawing out by then. tell her to pop in her on occassion

8:34 pm

renfield

oh yes - doc won't let mezzer even ride a bicycle

8:35 pm

lbdawger

yah for doc!

8:38 pm

JenMO16

i am lurking

8:38 pm

lbdawger

hi jen

8:39 pm

pythonx

firewords

8:39 pm

JenMO16

hey

8:39 pm

renfield

hey jen - how be you?

8:39 pm

lbdawger

whoooo hooooo pyth!

8:40 pm

renfield

wtg py

8:40 pm

JenMO16

i be fine, i have 108 left

8:40 pm

renfield

i had to start this one - i've not missed a fall back game

8:40 pm

renfield

all i see are 4 letter words tho

8:41 pm

renfield

not bad 4 letter words -

8:41 pm

lbdawger

well, when you're ready for the bigger words let me know. ;-)

8:41 pm

pythonx

night all, happy babbling

8:42 pm

renfield

well now that i see there's an8 - i'll take a clue

8:42 pm

lbdawger

night night, Py

8:42 pm

renfield

niter py

8:43 pm

lbdawger

you want the clue for the 8? ol8

8:44 pm

pythonx

ol8 = ol + spring Christian holiday

8:44 pm

renfield

thanks dawg and py

8:45 pm

lbdawger

i need to shut down and reboot. brb

8:45 pm

renfield

ouch - a rod just got nailed ouch ouch ouch

8:45 pm

renfield

k dawg

8:51 pm

jillibus

BOO, everybody :-]

8:53 pm

lbdawger

hi Jilli!

8:54 pm

jillibus

hi dawg! I thought I'd scared everyone away!

8:54 pm

renfield

boo to you too

8:54 pm

Verucasalt

Hi Jilli - love your skull

8:55 pm

jillibus

hi ren, ty veruca!

8:56 pm

jillibus

Uh-oh, Phillies homered

8:56 pm

lbdawger

mmm, maybe that's what's wrong with my puter tonight. it's got the spooks.

8:56 pm

renfield

yup they did

8:56 pm

Verucasalt

multi-tasking Jilli!

8:56 pm

Pinikula

hi again all...trying to stick around long enough to finish (darn wifi in the boonies)

8:56 pm

jillibus

as usual, veru!

8:57 pm

renfield

hey ya pini

8:57 pm

jillibus

hi pini!

8:58 pm

Pinikula

al5,6 combo (plz/thx)

8:58 pm

jillibus

I just got here, slightly distracted by the game I just started watching, with 81 left, lol!

8:59 pm

renfield

i started w/221 left

8:59 pm

jillibus

*watching for the reply to pini's request*

8:59 pm

lbdawger

al + 3rd vowel + **'ll come on down

8:59 pm

Pinikula

git'r dun, ren!

9:00 pm

jillibus

lol, rennie! (nice to seeya!)

9:00 pm

jillibus

ty lbd :)

9:00 pm

Pinikula

thx lbd! :)

9:00 pm

renfield

thanks dawg

9:01 pm

lbdawger

yw, wasn't sure how to clue it.

9:01 pm

jillibus

so is this grid full of stuff like those?

9:01 pm

Pinikula

an5/10?

9:01 pm

Pinikula

I'm down to 37, jilli...and I've only come across a few of that type...

9:01 pm

lbdawger

an+ spanish cheer

9:01 pm

renfield

hey daw'g - you're among pirates- we'll take anything - anyway we can get it

9:02 pm

jillibus

ty again, lbd :)

9:02 pm

lbdawger

good to hear, rennie.

9:02 pm

Pinikula

and the 7 following?

9:03 pm

lbdawger

same first four letters then sometimes vowel + **a for two

9:03 pm

autumn moon

hello all you trick or treaters

9:03 pm

lbdawger

hi autumn

9:03 pm

jillibus

hi autumn -- are you having visitors?

9:04 pm

renfield

hey autumn

9:04 pm

Pinikula

gads, would never have gotten that one, lbd! :)

9:04 pm

Pinikula

hiya AM! :)

9:04 pm

renfield

thanks dawg...that word was a trick

9:04 pm

Pinikula

we've had 8 T/Ts so far

9:04 pm

autumn moon

hi y'all. Jilli - we've had about a dozen kids

9:04 pm

lbdawger

we beat you...ZERO!!

9:05 pm

renfield

us 2 - zilch

9:05 pm

jillibus

I played bridge this afternoon, so because there would be lots of tricks I took some treats -- little round choclits wrapped in pumpkin foil :)

9:05 pm

renfield

he walked in a run....omg...

9:05 pm

Verucasalt

yum

9:05 pm

jillibus

bases-loaded walk by Yanks? Sheesh!

9:06 pm

Pinikula

I'm at my dau's house (town pop 3,000); don't think we'll see many!

9:06 pm

autumn moon

going to look for another 46

9:07 pm

jillibus

I don't get Halloweenies here up on the hill.

9:07 pm

jillibus

Time for a pitching change, ren?

9:07 pm

Pinikula

that's what I'm guessing here, too, jilli...house are spread too far apart and too many ups/downs for younger folk

9:07 pm

Pinikula

ar 5 6 5 (at the end)? fishies?

9:08 pm

renfield

think so jilli - and andy was once so hot...what a few years ago that is

9:08 pm

jillibus

No kids in the area either, lbd

9:09 pm

jillibus

I even rmember when he was hot and I haven't followed baseball really since the death of the Expos

9:09 pm

Pinikula

<--- watching local football game (being broadcast on ESPN today) ;)

9:10 pm

lbdawger

ar5.14 and 6.24 are kinda fishy, ar + manta ***

9:10 pm

Pinikula

(college ball)

9:10 pm

jillibus

Hope the right team for you wins, pini!

9:10 pm

Pinikula

they've dubbed our stadium "Fright Night Football" :)

9:11 pm

lbdawger

ar5.10 har***son ford

9:11 pm

Pinikula

you're right, lbd...rather fishy...I need to remember to change directions!!! :)

9:11 pm

jillibus

Lovely creepy tag, pini!

9:11 pm

Pinikula

Left A done

9:11 pm

Pinikula

And they sold Fright Night Football shirts (all black); so the stadium will be dark! :)

9:12 pm

Pinikula

oh, and spectators, if not wearing black, were invited to wear costumes (just nothing offensive or with weapons)

9:13 pm

jillibus

weapons?

9:13 pm

jillibus

who would wear weapons to a game?

9:14 pm

renfield

pirates? ninjas? gunslingers?

9:14 pm

lbdawger

people are strange, jilli, and halloween brings out all the weirdoes, along with full moons

9:15 pm

rbud

Our dau and I went out and drove arond with the candy, passed it out to the kids - small town, all the ones I used to take around in my van now have toddlers - so cute!

9:15 pm

rbud

*around

9:15 pm

lbdawger

brb

9:15 pm

lbdawger

and hi rbud

9:15 pm

renfield

hey rbud

9:16 pm

rbud

they never come down our long street to us, so we went to them, lol!

9:17 pm

rbud

hi, all! 79 left, here I go...

9:17 pm

Pinikula

sorry, wifi broke...back (I think)

9:17 pm

Pinikula

...and those are fake weapons etc...

9:18 pm

gortmold

hey babblers

9:18 pm

gortmold

can i please have a clue for the pesky hi5?

9:19 pm

rbud

had to laugh, one of our son's friends was going around with a big full face mask and a plastic baseball bat, trying to look mysterious, but he's 6'5", and was wearing his usual jacket, we knew him right away & gave him candy.

9:20 pm

renfield

heya gort

9:20 pm

gortmold

how are ya, ren?

9:20 pm

gortmold

phone call, brb

9:20 pm

jillibus

great icon, rbud!

9:20 pm

Pinikula

I think I'm broken again...

9:21 pm

Pinikula

as5/14?

9:22 pm

jillibus

gotta go cook supper -- back later

9:22 pm

renfield

k jilli

9:24 pm

lbdawger

as5.14 is like the crazy place, but with a vowel at the end

9:24 pm

lbdawger

hey gort!

9:25 pm

lbdawger

hi5 hi + moe, curly and ***ry

9:27 pm

rbud

ty, jilli, and dawger for the clues

9:28 pm

renfield

thanks dawg

9:33 pm

renfield

it was a home run....

9:34 pm

renfield

home run!!!!!!!!!

9:40 pm

autumn moon

Well, I guess the good thing about halloween is that you get to meet all the people who have moved into the neighbourhood in the past year

9:41 pm

autumn moon

I just wish they'd let me finish this grid :P

9:41 pm

Pinikula

me too!!!

9:42 pm

Pinikula

(and we've only had 18 kids)

9:42 pm

Minveryork

NONE here!

9:42 pm

autumn moon

maybe 18 kids

9:43 pm

autumn moon

are the al5/14 and 6/24 related?

9:43 pm

Pinikula

yes

9:44 pm

lbdawger

whoooo hoooooo MIN!!

9:44 pm

Pinikula

sounds kinda like a girl's name, but change the squiggle to a sometimes vowel

9:44 pm

Pinikula

then plural

9:44 pm

Minveryork

No,I meant no trick-or-treaters lbdawger,but thanks

9:45 pm

mrpresident

th

9:45 pm

Pinikula

hi mrp

9:45 pm

lbdawger

hi (((MRP))

9:45 pm

Pinikula

and min ;)

9:45 pm

autumn moon

('tupid word)

9:45 pm

autumn moon

Hi Min, Mr P

9:46 pm

Minveryork

Hi Pinikula! How are you?I'm here, but not really here

9:46 pm

Pinikula

2nd po5/12?

9:46 pm

renfield

back - had to locate all of our books on vaudeville - still unpacking after a year

9:46 pm

renfield

mrp!!!!!! hey ya min

9:46 pm

Minveryork

Hi autumn moon! How are ya doing? Happy Halloween!

9:46 pm

Pinikula

I think I'm sorta here, too...only because the wifi has hiccups! :(

9:47 pm

Pinikula

nm...got it ;)

9:49 pm

alibabas

PO5 LIKE THE FIRST...ALT SPELL

9:50 pm

autumn moon

ol8?

9:51 pm

Pinikula

ol + lent season

9:51 pm

autumn moon

thx pini. I wouldn't have found that....

9:52 pm

renfield

py gave us the clue ol + christian holiday...actually constitine made it the holiday

9:52 pm

Pinikula

I fell on a clue earlier today...

9:52 pm

Pinikula

...I've never heard of it myself.

9:54 pm

autumn moon

yi5 related to the 4?

9:54 pm

Pinikula

don't know, don't have it

9:54 pm

Pinikula

...yet :(

9:54 pm

autumn moon

same first 3 letters...

9:54 pm

autumn moon

(found it)

9:55 pm

Pinikula

clue plz?

9:56 pm

autumn moon

yi+double letter

9:56 pm

Pinikula

thx AM

9:56 pm

autumn moon

5 rhymes with heaven and *****

9:57 pm

Pinikula

oooh, thx!

9:57 pm

Pinikula

19 more to go and I can call it a night!

9:57 pm

autumn moon

first TR6?

9:57 pm

lbdawger

go Pini! git r dun!

9:57 pm

autumn moon

23 left here

9:57 pm

Pinikula

* giggel *

9:57 pm

Pinikula

working on that one, too

9:58 pm

Pinikula

gads, I can't spell * giggle *

9:58 pm

lbdawger

tr + what your hand is attached to wr*** + vowel

9:58 pm

autumn moon

thx lbd

9:58 pm

Pinikula

thx lbd ;)

9:59 pm

autumn moon

and on to the missing s's

9:59 pm

Pinikula

I'll join you so I don't miss anything...

9:59 pm

Pinikula

how about that sy4?

10:00 pm

autumn moon

odd spelling for being ridiculous

10:00 pm

lbdawger

sy + **ly of the valley

10:00 pm

Minveryork

An sy4/6 word is sy plus boxer Muhammad A** Pinikula

10:02 pm

lbdawger

it's a coin from Guinea...sure, have a pocketful of them!

10:02 pm

Pinikula

and lbd

10:02 pm

Pinikula

and AM

10:04 pm

autumn moon

s's done

10:04 pm

renfield

did you all know that a person who stands on toilet is high on pot?

10:05 pm

Pinikula

ROFL ren...

10:05 pm

lbdawger

lol, ren

10:06 pm

Pinikula

st5/18 and 5/12? fishies?

10:06 pm

Pinikula

got the 18

10:07 pm

autumn moon

r's done

10:07 pm

autumn moon

add consonants to the 4

10:08 pm

lbdawger

st + anagram of *** Torn's name

10:08 pm

Minveryork

st 5/18 is like baby delivering bird but change vowel.

10:08 pm

Pinikula

I think my wifi's hiccuping again...

10:10 pm

Pinikula

thx for those...si6?

10:11 pm

lbdawger

add a letter to the si5

10:11 pm

lbdawger

to the end of the si5

10:12 pm

Pinikula

got it ;)

10:12 pm

Pinikula

oh no...says I don't have all of them, but my list is all filled in...brb (after I check to see what's missing)

10:13 pm

Pinikula

S done!

10:13 pm

autumn moon

down to 10

10:13 pm

lbdawger

go autumn!

10:13 pm

Pinikula

11 here

10:13 pm

Minveryork

Super Pinikula!

10:13 pm

Minveryork

Go Autumn moon go!

10:14 pm

lbdawger

go Pini!

10:14 pm

autumn moon

ly?

10:14 pm

Pinikula

ly + fed appetite

10:14 pm

lbdawger

ly + being full or contented

10:15 pm

Minveryork

That ly 6/24 word is ly plus sa 4/4 word autumn moon

10:15 pm

Pinikula

ro6? does it extend the ro4 before it?

10:15 pm

renfield

thanks dawg and min

10:15 pm

autumn moon

thx

10:15 pm

Minveryork

yw

10:16 pm

autumn moon

pini - extends the one after

10:16 pm

lbdawger

ro + anagram the sy word.

10:16 pm

Pinikula

thx!

10:18 pm

Pinikula

last ri5,6

10:19 pm

lbdawger

ri + *'**l come back now, ya hear?

10:19 pm

autumn moon

ea6/24

10:19 pm

Pinikula

wouldn't have gotten that on my own either!

10:19 pm

Pinikula

thx lbd ;)

10:20 pm

Pinikula

1 T and 7 As to go

10:20 pm

autumn moon

nm found it

10:20 pm

lbdawger

it is ea6 missed that word.

10:21 pm

autumn moon

2 left - ao and ar6/18

10:22 pm

autumn moon

found the ao

10:22 pm

lbdawger

ar****crat

10:22 pm

Minveryork

ar 6/18 is a movie called the Ar****cats autumn moon.

10:23 pm

autumn moon

thx lbd. That's firwords for me and back to homework. Hopefully the kids have all got to bed now.

10:23 pm

Pinikula

wtg AM!

10:23 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hoooooo AUTUMN!!!

10:23 pm

Pinikula

as5/14?

10:23 pm

autumn moon

(wow! 2 complete grids is 2 days... pats self on back)

10:24 pm

Uneaixoise

latin plural of where they used to send people with mental problems

10:24 pm

Uneaixoise

go, autumn!!

10:24 pm

lbdawger

like the crazy loony bin, but not um at the end, try a vowel instead

10:24 pm

lbdawger

hi Unea!

10:24 pm

Pinikula

thx!

10:24 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, dawg :-)

10:24 pm

Pinikula

7 now

10:25 pm

renfield

wtg autumn

10:25 pm

Minveryork

Go Pinikula go!

10:25 pm

autumn moon

Hey - Une. Long time no see

10:25 pm

renfield

go go pini

10:25 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, autumn :-)

10:25 pm

Pinikula

ta7?

10:26 pm

lbdawger

first four of the ta5.10 + l*** of the valley

10:26 pm

autumn moon

one is crying

10:26 pm

Uneaixoise

ta7 is like ea6

10:27 pm

Uneaixoise

(ea6/24)

10:27 pm

Minveryork

ta7: builds off ta5/10&6/18;ends in sometimes vowel

10:27 pm

autumn moon

oops... forget me... I have to shut this down now

10:27 pm

lbdawger

lol, night night, autumn

10:28 pm

renfield

later autumn

10:28 pm

Pinikula

thx ;)

10:30 pm

Pinikula

te7?

10:31 pm

Uneaixoise

te7 in a weeping fashion

10:31 pm

Pinikula

thx! :)

10:32 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

10:32 pm

Pinikula

4 more!

10:32 pm

lbdawger

go Pini! git r dun!

10:32 pm

Pinikula

* giggle *

10:33 pm

Pinikula

2

10:33 pm

Pinikula

1

10:33 pm

lbdawger

chillin

10:33 pm

lbdawger

the

10:33 pm

Pinikula

* firewords *

10:34 pm

lbdawger

champagne! whoooo hooooo PINI

10:34 pm

Pinikula

* major sigh of relief *

10:34 pm

Pinikula

(thx for all of the clues!!!)

10:34 pm

lbdawger

and now, i think i'll go collect my book and read. see you all tomorrow!

10:35 pm

Pinikula

have a good read, lbd!! cya tmw!

10:35 pm

Pinikula

(may be back later...we'll see if the wifi holds out)

10:35 pm

stidmama

(((pini....)))

10:35 pm

stidmama

bye LBD

10:35 pm

stidmama

gee, I guess they all saw me coming!

10:36 pm

lbdawger

night stiddy.

10:36 pm

Lindrickway

fireworks!

10:36 pm

stidmama

(((LBD)))

10:36 pm

stidmama

YAY LINDY!!!!! (how many days left?)

10:36 pm

Lindrickway

to which landmark stid!

10:37 pm

Lindrickway

I left work yesterday!

10:37 pm

lbdawger

oh sure, everyone comes out of lurk mode! whooo hooooo LINDY.

10:37 pm

lbdawger

*poof*

10:37 pm

Lindrickway

hey dawg!

10:37 pm

stidmama

until you shake the sorry dust of North Am off your feet?

10:37 pm

Lindrickway

oh bye dawg! )0:

10:37 pm

stidmama

I know you are now officially unemployed...

10:37 pm

stidmama

I was NOT lurking. Only just got home.

10:37 pm

Lindrickway

we fly out on 7th dec!

10:38 pm

Lindrickway

out on the town?

10:40 pm

Lindrickway

oh oh did everyone leave?

10:40 pm

stidmama

so... *counting on figners* That's a month and 7 days! *proud mama look*

10:41 pm

stidmama

sorry lindy, got distracted.

10:41 pm

Lindrickway

lol

10:41 pm

Lindrickway

no worries!

10:41 pm

stidmama

dog was VERY angry to be left alone for several hours, and got into everything he could.

10:41 pm

Lindrickway

how are you doing stid?

10:41 pm

Lindrickway

aaww

10:42 pm

stidmama

I am so-so, lindy... hip hurts badly some days, some days I can now walk from the car TO classes without a cane (and then always need the cane to get back to the car at the end of the day).

10:42 pm

stidmama

Classes are alternately challenging and easy, sometimes both difficult and fun.

10:43 pm

Lindrickway

doesn't sound too good stid, ((stid)) sending healing vibes (0:

10:43 pm

stidmama

my kids are healthy and don't fight too often (being in different schools helps); Tom is wonderful. If you go to my website, you can see a pic of me and my Tom on Thursday when he took me on our first date in years.

10:43 pm

stidmama

that's about it in a nutshell...

10:43 pm

stidmama

LOL

10:43 pm

Lindrickway

what is your url?

10:44 pm

stidmama

stidmama.com (of course!)

10:44 pm

Lindrickway

lol

10:44 pm

Lindrickway

aaww how cute

10:45 pm

Lindrickway

was it your anniversary?

10:45 pm

stidmama

LOL thought you'd think so!

10:45 pm

Angelsong

hi, all. any clues for re6?

10:45 pm

stidmama

not really -- we fell in love on a Sept 8, and married 6 months later on Mar 8.

10:45 pm

stidmama

But we have only rarely been apart more than a day or two since then!

10:45 pm

stidmama

hello angelsong!

10:45 pm

Angelsong

hi, stid.

10:46 pm

stidmama

to put ceramic on your floor again I think?

10:46 pm

Lindrickway

re & put the squares back on the bathroom walls

10:46 pm

Angelsong

I'm pooped. I've been moving virtual furniture

10:46 pm

Lindrickway

aaww sounds lovely

10:46 pm

stidmama

*considers level of actual pooped-ness for angelsong*

10:46 pm

renfield

lin - so are you moving now that ye be retired?

10:46 pm

Lindrickway

we have been a couple for almost 28 years!

10:47 pm

stidmama

would you like a virtual backrub for a pick me up? *Grin*

10:47 pm

Lindrickway

yes ren we are moving to just south of London UK

10:47 pm

stidmama

REN!!!!! ((((((many many hugs))))))

10:47 pm

renfield

you've got a new virtual house angel

10:47 pm

renfield

stid(((((huggys)))))

10:47 pm

stidmama

how are YOU? are you and mr. ren both well? I TOTALLY couldn't keep up with anything from anyone since I started school this autumn. *very ashamed look*

10:47 pm

Angelsong

I do, indeed, Ren...and it's wonderful.

10:48 pm

Angelsong

stid...how about some virtual Ben Gay?

10:48 pm

stidmama

Lindy, I hope my Tom can put up with me that long!

10:48 pm

Lindrickway

how could he resist stid!

10:48 pm

Angelsong

this week is our 11th wedding anniversary

10:49 pm

stidmama

happy anniversary, Angelsong!

10:49 pm

renfield

i have been to busy to post anuthing stid - mezzer had his knee replace on 9/11 - and he is motoring

10:49 pm

Lindrickway

aaww congrats Angel

10:49 pm

stidmama

motoring? *confused look* fancy wheelchair?

10:49 pm

renfield

congrats angel

10:50 pm

renfield

' motoring' is walking really good - sorry for the punk slang

10:50 pm

Lindrickway

oh that is cool ren (0:

10:50 pm

stidmama

ah! *extremely very happy mama look* what wonderful news! Please give him my very best. Should I take him off my "list" or leave him there for a while?

10:51 pm

stidmama

okay, stidkid is ready to teach me how to factor polynomials... back in 20-30 minutes.

10:51 pm

renfield

he's good to go stid

10:51 pm

stidmama

(((((((hugs everyone a lot)))))))

*Poof*

10:51 pm

Lindrickway

bye stid, take care, hugs!

10:52 pm

Lindrickway

oh ren that is wonderful news ((hugs))

10:53 pm

renfield

why did you guys decide to move lin?

10:54 pm

Lindrickway

well the choice for me was working 50 hours per week here or retire over then! not much of a decision really!

10:55 pm

Lindrickway

*there

10:55 pm

renfield

ah ha - really - not a choice

10:56 pm

Lindrickway

yeah, with the exchange rate we couldn't bring the money from the sale of our house over here, and the depression over there makes the houses cheap over there

10:56 pm

Lindrickway

we made a bomb on our house here cos the depression hasn't hit here

10:56 pm

Lindrickway

it was win win win really

10:57 pm

FMitch

Hey lindrick!! long time no see, and see that things are on the move for you!

10:57 pm

Lindrickway

hi fm, how are you?

10:57 pm

Lindrickway

where have you moved to fm?

10:57 pm

FMitch

Find and dandy but tired it is 4am here

10:58 pm

renfield

that's nice that you have a place to go to - we've - sold all of our property w/ the exception of this place

10:58 pm

Lindrickway

midnight here but we change our clocks back so get an extra hour in bed

10:58 pm

FMitch

ren! now I havent seen you in a long time, hello!

10:58 pm

nrkii

hi all

10:59 pm

Lindrickway

hi nrk

10:59 pm

Lindrickway

FM where are you going?

10:59 pm

renfield

hey fmitch - howdy do to you too!!! so you moved as well?

10:59 pm

renfield

hey nrkii

11:00 pm

nrkii

I am so so so so so tired tonight after a crazy Halloween, but can't go to bed till the baseball game is over, so trying to get this grid done anyways

11:00 pm

FMitch

am moving on Monday

11:00 pm

FMitch

!

11:00 pm

Lindrickway

but where will you be moving to?

11:00 pm

Lindrickway

go nrk go

11:01 pm

FMitch

Surrey Lind - gonna rent a place for 6 months to be near elderly Mum.

11:02 pm

Lindrickway

oh cool FM we are moving to Kent!

11:02 pm

Lindrickway

we will be neighbours! LOL

11:03 pm

FMitch

Excellent - we will have to meet up!

11:03 pm

Lindrickway

for sure!

11:03 pm

Lindrickway

oh I mean certainly! lol

11:03 pm

FMitch

brill, having mt up with Haz and Ata I would love to meet another babbler :)

11:04 pm

Lindrickway

I am going back to my English English! lol

11:04 pm

Lindrickway

oh I would love to meet them too

11:04 pm

FMitch

*grin*

11:04 pm

Lindrickway

I am hoping to find a house in Ata's home town, hopefully before she leaves

11:05 pm

renfield

is ata moving too?

11:06 pm

FMitch

Funny enough that was the area I was looking at buying in before i decided to rent - it is a wonderful part of England.

11:06 pm

Lindrickway

I believe so

11:06 pm

Lindrickway

oh then we could really be neighbours FM!

11:06 pm

FMitch

ren - she is thinking of moving to the US next year :(

11:07 pm

Lindrickway

I think she heard I was moving to her town and so................. )0: lol

11:07 pm

nrkii

why are the A's so tough in this grid (whining)

11:07 pm

Lindrickway

how come you are up so late FM?

11:08 pm

renfield

lol lin....well we are all still connected via the virtual :)

11:08 pm

FMitch

Oh don't ask! Had a nap yesterday and woke up at midnight and have been working and doing stuff eversince.

11:08 pm

Lindrickway

yes and thank someone that we are ren!

11:08 pm

renfield

i can't even think of this grid w/ the yankees hitting so well tonight

11:09 pm

nrkii

ren, I know, I keep getting distracted by the game

11:09 pm

Lindrickway

need to get my sleep pattern sorted now I am retired! lol

11:09 pm

Lindrickway

oh pooh the leafs lost again tonight, although they did get one point and played pretty well (0:

11:09 pm

FMitch

Am just so tired that I had to have a nap but knew it would en d up in tears!

11:10 pm

Lindrickway

AND get an extra hour in bed tonight (0:

11:11 pm

renfield

sorry for the tears fmitch

11:12 pm

FMitch

No probs ren - will go and get a couple more hours shortly :)

11:13 pm

FMitch

Just waiting for a presentation to finish printing and then I am off.

11:13 pm

Lindrickway

ok I think I will call it a night

11:13 pm

Lindrickway

will catch you all again tomorrow

11:13 pm

Lindrickway

FM hope your move goes very smoothly

11:13 pm

renfield

ok lin - enjoy your sleep

11:14 pm

Lindrickway

Ren, hugs, take care

11:14 pm

FMitch

Nighty night Lind and yours too,!

11:14 pm

nrkii

bye lind!

11:14 pm

Lindrickway

night all Babblers ((hugs)))

11:14 pm

Lindrickway

night nrk (0:

11:15 pm

Uneaixoise

nite, lin :-)

11:16 pm

FMitch

Printing has finished so I will bid you all adieu

11:16 pm

Lindrickway

night Une! (0:

11:16 pm

Uneaixoise

nite, fmitch :-)

11:16 pm

Lindrickway

*poof*

11:16 pm

FMitch

Hi/bye Une :)

11:17 pm

Uneaixoise

just ran around house changing clocks!

11:19 pm

renfield

sweet sleep fmitch and "poof" lin

11:44 pm

flosey

Hello everyone, just in to update icon

11:49 pm

rururocks

runs around une's house and changes them back ahead...

11:49 pm

Uneaixoise

no way, ruru! LOL

11:50 pm

rururocks

you are getting up extra early tomorrow...lol

11:51 pm

Uneaixoise

I hardly sleep as it is . . . quelle torture!

11:51 pm

rururocks

hey everyone... une is making coffee and breakfast for everyone tomorrow..

11:52 pm

Uneaixoise

why not? i'm sure I'll be up!

11:52 pm

rururocks

yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:52 pm

Uneaixoise

Babble flip is still in 8 minutes, right?

11:52 pm

Uneaixoise

(so confused)

11:52 pm

rururocks

you would have loved my tennis playing today une..

11:53 pm

Uneaixoise

ruru, in fact I've got goat cheese -- how about scrambled eggs with onion and goat cheese?

11:53 pm

MLFAN17

une thats what i was about to ask

11:53 pm

Uneaixoise

why is that, ruru?

11:53 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

11:53 pm

rururocks

throw some red peppers in that and some olives and you got a deal

11:54 pm

Uneaixoise

yum!!!

11:54 pm

rururocks

14 aces in three sets

11:54 pm

MLFAN17

i want the goat cheese and eggs please

11:54 pm

Uneaixoise

WOW!!

11:54 pm

MLFAN17

scrambled

11:55 pm

Uneaixoise

have you been getting pointers from my rafa??

11:55 pm

rururocks

yep.. in everything..

11:55 pm

Uneaixoise

oh my

11:55 pm

rururocks

I am wearing pik tennis shirts and yellow head bands..

11:55 pm

Uneaixoise

very funny

11:55 pm

rururocks

*pink*

11:56 pm

Uneaixoise

NOT

11:56 pm

rururocks

yup

11:56 pm

rururocks

LOL

11:56 pm

Uneaixoise

man, I'm ending the day so much better that I started it . . .

11:56 pm

Uneaixoise

*than

11:57 pm

rururocks

are you staying for the fliperooo?

11:57 pm

Uneaixoise

yup

11:57 pm

rururocks

I got my hair cut too short today..

11:57 pm

Uneaixoise

uh oh

11:58 pm

MLFAN17

no photo ruru?

11:58 pm

rururocks

I look nerdy

11:58 pm

rururocks

shows the grey too much too..lol

11:58 pm

Uneaixoise

*biting tongue furiously*

11:58 pm

MLFAN17

dont make your tongue bleed une lol

11:59 pm

Uneaixoise

was your stylist distracted by your tennis ensemble?

11:59 pm

MLFAN17

i hve a feeling this grid will be small

11:59 pm

rururocks

hmmm don't know

11:59 pm

flosey

hope so mlf

11:59 pm

rururocks

I did get whacked pretty good

12:00 am

Uneaixoise

flosey, your icon is sooo beautiful

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