Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, November 24, 2009

12:00 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:00 am

NonnieLight

174 flippity flop

12:00 am

dart001

flip

12:00 am

rbud

hi, guys & gals!

12:00 am

MLFAN17

174?

12:00 am

MLFAN17

QU 6

12:01 am

Pinikula

eq7

12:02 am

NonnieLight

yes mlf

12:02 am

MLFAN17

ty

12:03 am

NonnieLight

You're welcome.

12:03 am

Pinikula

oh, sorry, mlf...didn't realize you were asking for confirmation

12:03 am

Pinikula

hi nonnie

12:03 am

Pinikula

hi rbud, dart, et al...

12:03 am

rururocks

re7

12:03 am

NonnieLight

Hi Pini!

12:03 am

MLFAN17

ialways check pinik lol

12:03 am

NonnieLight

Hello rbud :o)

12:03 am

NonnieLight

hiya cybernan

12:04 am

MLFAN17

RURU which RE is it for the 7?

12:04 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:04 am

NonnieLight

Thanks lickety!

12:04 am

Pinikula

I know, mlf...but I'm used to giving the number ;)

12:04 am

Pinikula

thx lickety

12:04 am

grannyrose

thanx lickety

12:05 am

MLFAN17

Pinik :)

12:05 am

Erda

Thank you, Lickety!!

12:06 am

cybernan

ty lickety

12:06 am

dart001

nbt

12:06 am

MLFAN17

EQ 6

12:06 am

rbud

yay, dart!

12:06 am

Pinikula

well done, dart

12:06 am

MLFAN17

Pinik have you been on FB in the last few hrs or so at all tonight/

12:06 am

NonnieLight

go dart!

12:07 am

Pinikula

I have been, mlf...wassup?

12:07 am

dart001

eq 7 if not called

12:07 am

Pinikula

called (it was my first and only 7) :)

12:07 am

MLFAN17

Pinik i have IE and my connection to it has been terrible tonight ..was yours?

12:08 am

MLFAN17

dar i have a EQ 7 as well and Pini called one earlier

12:08 am

Pinikula

I prefer using Firefox at home...

12:08 am

MLFAN17

dar is yours EQ 7/40?

12:08 am

Pinikula

I've not had any problems at all...

12:08 am

Pinikula

how many eq7's are there?

12:08 am

MLFAN17

Pinik is that what you use on FB?

12:09 am

NonnieLight

mlf, I was just on facebook using IE and didn't seem to have any problems.

12:09 am

Pinikula

yup ;)

12:09 am

rbud

just need the lone U for nbt

12:09 am

MLFAN17

Nonnie i dont always have probs but i know FB isnt really set up as well for IE users..maybe its the version i have?

12:10 am

Pinikula

there were a few others complaining earlier, mlf...but I haven't run into any problems (yet - knock on wood)

12:11 am

MLFAN17

pinik no fair lol

12:11 am

Pinikula

* beaming *

12:11 am

rururocks

ro7

12:11 am

MLFAN17

Pink pffffttt

12:11 am

Pinikula

* giggle *

12:12 am

NonnieLight

I don't know, mlf. I have had problems in the past but tonight seemed to go OK. I wasn't on very long so maybe had I lingered longer, it would have started doing its little facebook glitches.

12:12 am

joshuavorbis

hi and nbt

12:12 am

rbud

ty, ru

12:12 am

rbud

yay, josh!

12:12 am

joshuavorbis

us5 for that u

12:12 am

Pinikula

hi josh (well done)

12:12 am

NonnieLight

congrats josh

12:12 am

cybernan

re 7 x2

12:12 am

MLFAN17

Nonnie probably true..it was fine earlier

12:12 am

rbud

ty, josh

12:13 am

dcseain

eq7

12:13 am

MLFAN17

cyber one of those RE 7's you have goes with a 6 right?

12:13 am

joshuavorbis

weird - my firefox always crashes after i make my first comment in the chat

12:14 am

cybernan

to 7

12:14 am

MLFAN17

firerox always crashes on me or closes i dont liek firefox

12:14 am

Pinikula

My firefox is always open when I'm home in the evenings (FB runs at the same time so I can wander in/out)...no glitches thus far...

12:14 am

dcseain

ty, nan

12:14 am

dcseain

joshua, that why i use Safari mostly anymore

12:14 am

Pinikula

thx nan :0

12:15 am

rururocks

phantom: hiatus

12:15 am

MLFAN17

Pinik multi tasking is never good lol

12:15 am

Pinikula

then you don't want to know how many windows I have open at one time at work!

12:15 am

joshuavorbis

phantom unique

12:16 am

MLFAN17

Pinik YIKES LOL

12:16 am

Pinikula

(today, there were 18!)

12:16 am

Pinikula

so, this measly 2 is easy peasy! :)

12:17 am

dart001

phant vanish

12:17 am

Pinikula

phantom: inferior

12:17 am

rbud

nbt!

12:17 am

Pinikula

nice one, dart

12:18 am

dcseain

ty, dart

12:18 am

Pinikula

well done, rbud!

12:18 am

dart001

phant equation

12:18 am

Pinikula

very nice

12:18 am

Pinikula

phant vanquish

12:19 am

joshuavorbis

phantom points for all

12:19 am

Pinikula

does that mean I can stop now, josh? LOL

12:19 am

rururocks

phantom : quaint

12:19 am

dart001

phant triune

12:20 am

MLFAN17

SQ 6

12:20 am

Pinikula

need the lone U for NBT

12:20 am

joshuavorbis

phant squish

12:20 am

NonnieLight

me too pini!

12:21 am

joshuavorbis

ph sequin

12:21 am

Pinikula

* peeks over nonnie's shoulder *

12:21 am

dart001

phant aorta/aortae

12:21 am

joshuavorbis

ph atria

12:22 am

rbud

us 5, clued at 12:12 by josh

12:22 am

MLFAN17

RE 7 x2 which i think were called

12:22 am

cybernan

re 7 x3

12:22 am

joshuavorbis

ph inferno

12:23 am

MLFAN17

nan i have a 28 and a 40

12:23 am

NonnieLight

did you get it yet, pini...I have not.

12:24 am

Pinikula

not yet, nonnie

12:24 am

cybernan

re 7/40 x2

12:24 am

MLFAN17

ty cyber

12:26 am

cybernan

need that lone u for nbt

12:26 am

Pinikula

nonnie and me, too, nan

12:26 am

MLFAN17

i thought re + QU 5 worked but it doesnt bummer

12:27 am

joshuavorbis

us5.18

12:27 am

NonnieLight

us5/18...if that helps

12:27 am

NonnieLight

oh, thank you josh

12:27 am

cybernan

yes josh and nonnie -- ty

12:28 am

rururocks

I can't find it.. arrrrgh

12:28 am

NonnieLight

Did you get it, nan?

12:28 am

Pinikula

me either

12:28 am

MLFAN17

me either

12:28 am

Pinikula

GOT IT!

12:28 am

NonnieLight

congrats pini!

12:28 am

Pinikula

;)

12:29 am

joshuavorbis

the one tile is a bit tricky

12:29 am

NonnieLight

one tile? I think the whole stinkin word is tricky! :o)

12:30 am

joshuavorbis

100 down

12:30 am

Pinikula

sadly, I must hit the hay....

12:31 am

MLFAN17

gj josh

12:31 am

NonnieLight

wtg josh and good night pini

12:31 am

MLFAN17

i only have 63

12:31 am

Pinikula

...back tomorrow (60/114 here); well done, josh; night all!

12:31 am

rururocks

beginnig to hate u words

12:32 am

joshuavorbis

u words are awful. you're going to shake your head when you find it

12:35 am

joshuavorbis

phantom isthmus

12:37 am

cybernan

ro 7 x2

12:38 am

cybernan

to 7 x2

12:38 am

rururocks

wish taco was spelled "taquo"

12:40 am

NonnieLight

I give up on that u word!

12:42 am

cybernan

think whiskey -- as in scotch and drop 2nd vowel

12:43 am

rururocks

that should help me but it doesn't

12:44 am

cybernan

scots word for whiskey

12:44 am

cybernan

also french, I believe

12:46 am

rbud

danger - early clue alert! ;) ---there's an ri6 which ends the same as the us5

12:47 am

rururocks

finally.. the points didn't add up for me

12:48 am

joshuavorbis

taking a break at 140 - back later

12:48 am

dizgrannie

woohoo...thanx rbud...xxx

12:48 am

NonnieLight

ty ty ty--finally got it AND along with the ri6 :o)

12:49 am

cybernan

stalled at 128 -- may have to list soon, although I would like to get down to at least 30 first

12:50 am

rbud

not even halfway yet... never used a Q so much in my life, lol!

12:51 am

rururocks

40 left here.. need a break for a bit

12:51 am

NonnieLight

I know...16 of the little boogers

12:51 am

dart001

150 down and stuck..time for list

12:51 am

rbud

but even inside of other words, too

12:52 am

rbud

oh, you speed demons! :P

12:52 am

cybernan

well done dart -- you found 21 more than I did

12:52 am

rbud

ro 6/7

12:52 am

dart001

been stuck for about 10 mins

12:53 am

rbud

well, it's really ro 5/6/7, I guess

12:54 am

cybernan

I keep finding one I thought I'd already entered!

12:54 am

NonnieLight

I think "truish" should be a word.

12:54 am

cybernan

I'll buy that

12:54 am

cybernan

ruish too

12:54 am

cybernan

and quish

12:55 am

rbud

and quora

12:55 am

NonnieLight

lol all good ones!

1:02 am

NonnieLight

Half way and nbt...I am going to have to call it a night. Take care all.

1:04 am

jillibus

hello all

1:04 am

dcseain

hi, jilli

1:04 am

rbud

hi, jilli!

1:04 am

dart001

hi jilli!!

1:04 am

rbud

only one Q word left, it's driving me nuts, lol!

1:05 am

rbud

POP! got it, Q's quashed!

1:05 am

jillibus

so what's the grid like?

1:06 am

flosey

hi everyone

1:06 am

jillibus

hi flosey :)

1:06 am

rbud

I think it's interesting - and hi, flosey!

1:06 am

flosey

hi jilli

1:06 am

flosey

hi rbud

1:12 am

jillibus

flosey -- speaking of fog . . . lots up here and near St Lake

1:12 am

flosey

then nasty drive home tonight?

1:12 am

flosey

not bad down here

1:12 am

jillibus

St Mary Lake (this site is very sluggish)

1:13 am

jillibus

oh, not too bad

1:13 am

flosey

it's often bad around Blackburn

1:13 am

dart001

fireworks

1:14 am

dcseain

congrats, dart

1:14 am

jillibus

YAY dart!!!

1:14 am

rbud

woohoo, dart!!!

1:14 am

cybernan

well done dart

1:14 am

flosey

wtg Dart

1:14 am

rbud

very foggy down here in Illinois right now

1:18 am

rururocks

re 7/44?

1:18 am

jillibus

NBT :)

1:19 am

rbud

yay, jilli!

1:19 am

flosey

WTG Jilli

1:20 am

Dippnall

re 7 - someone who looks over things again?

1:21 am

rururocks

thank you

1:26 am

dcseain

thank you, dippnall

1:28 am

cybernan

that ao has me stumped

1:28 am

cybernan

ah -- found it

1:29 am

dcseain

ty, nan

1:29 am

jillibus

not the blood vessel, I guess :(

1:30 am

rururocks

tu 5?

1:30 am

rbud

ao6 - ao + where you wear a watch, the w****

1:31 am

jillibus

ty rbud :)

1:31 am

cybernan

a var. sp. of the canadian knitted cap

1:31 am

rururocks

thank you done.

1:31 am

jillibus

YAY ruru!!!

1:31 am

rbud

wow, yay, ruru!!!

1:32 am

cybernan

fe 5 (first one)?

1:32 am

cybernan

got it

1:32 am

rururocks

fe + cons + either **

1:32 am

cybernan

*!* ta da *!* :)

1:32 am

rururocks

yeah nan... YEE HAH!

1:32 am

rbud

yay, nan!!!

1:33 am

rururocks

where are ya at RB?

1:34 am

rbud

52 left, not in a hurry :)

1:34 am

cybernan

good night, all

1:34 am

dcseain

sweet dreams, nan

1:34 am

jillibus

YAY nan!!!

1:39 am

rururocks

falling asleep now.. night all ...I will see you all tomorrow I hope. Have fun!

1:39 am

jillibus

night nan and ruru

1:39 am

rbud

night ru! night nan!

1:45 am

flosey

too tired tonight, off to bed, goodnight all

1:45 am

flosey

be back in the morning

1:46 am

jillibus

night flosey -- sleep well

1:58 am

jaeleigh

Hi! I need two hu4's. Help?

1:59 am

jillibus

I do too, jae :(

2:01 am

jaeleigh

lol, jili!

2:01 am

jaeleigh

lol, jili!

2:01 am

jillibus

I think most of those who could clue have left

2:01 am

o-o

like attila

2:01 am

jillibus

hi babrab

2:02 am

jillibus

that's a word? that's a word. Thanks!

2:02 am

jaeleigh

pl. of hun does not exist

2:03 am

o-o

hu4 ends as it starts

2:04 am

buffgirl71

hu4/7 Attilla the *** + not low but *igh

2:04 am

jaeleigh

huh!

2:04 am

jillibus

like attila is hu7

2:05 am

jillibus

and THAT's a word?

2:05 am

rbud

ty, jilli, been looking for that last H (the 7 was it!)

2:05 am

buffgirl71

hu 4/6 x 2: to stalk animals; to be sore

2:05 am

buffgirl71

hu 4/7 be quiet; hu 4/6 primitive dwellings

2:06 am

jaeleigh

HUh? Do not get hu7.

2:06 am

jillibus

ty buff -- gottem all now, just need the 3rd hi4/5 to complete the H lot

2:07 am

jillibus

jae, go all around the first H

2:07 am

buffgirl71

hi 4/5: not hers but *** + *ancy Drew

2:08 am

jillibus

oh yes -- ty again buff

2:08 am

buffgirl71

YW. I'm off to bed - happy babbling all -

2:09 am

jillibus

night buff, and thanks!

2:12 am

jaeleigh

Now I need the very beginning qu 4 & 5?

2:14 am

jaeleigh

nvr mind

2:14 am

jillibus

jae, did you get the hu7?

2:15 am

joshuavorbis

somewhere in that hiccup i got fireworks

2:16 am

jaeleigh

hu7- like a hun,

2:16 am

jillibus

YAY josh!!!

2:16 am

rbud

woohoo, josh!!!

2:16 am

joshuavorbis

i had chat hidden to concentrate - i am available for clues if anyone likes

2:17 am

jillibus

ok -- you were having trouble finding it and I wondered if you got my hint at 2:07

2:17 am

jillibus

(that was for jae)

2:17 am

rumplestiltskin

clue for the first 2 no4/4's please

2:18 am

joshuavorbis

one is french word, cinematic

2:18 am

joshuavorbis

the other is an anagram of that one

2:20 am

rumplestiltskin

TY joshuavorbis. Got 'em

2:25 am

jillibus

well, 39 left for tomorrow and bed is calling -- goodnight all

2:25 am

rbud

night, jilli

2:28 am

jaeleigh

to7?

2:30 am

jaeleigh

josh, do you have to7, please?

2:30 am

joshuavorbis

there are two, jaeleigh

2:30 am

joshuavorbis

night jilli

2:30 am

joshuavorbis

to7/32 and to7/40

2:31 am

jaeleigh

Pls clue them both

2:31 am

joshuavorbis

one sounds like you are very firm in what you believe the weight of something very heavy to be

2:32 am

joshuavorbis

the other builds off to5.16 - add a consonant, and PL for the 7

2:32 am

lynxxx

Ty for that 1st one Josh. Hello everyone

2:33 am

jaeleigh

TY!

2:34 am

jaeleigh

Did not get the 7/32 to

2:34 am

joshuavorbis

that's the weight one

2:35 am

jaeleigh

to+ double cons. + f*** (animal in water) does not work!

2:36 am

joshuavorbis

i know, but there are a few words that that ending

2:36 am

lynxxx

Jae - a weight & to be very certain about something

2:37 am

jaeleigh

My last one: tr6/18! Help!

2:38 am

lynxxx

prefix for 3 & take a ***p in the right direction

2:40 am

jaeleigh

TY! That is very sad in French! I am far from very sad! Thank you so much, all!

2:40 am

lynxxx

congrats Jae

2:40 am

rbud

yay, jae!!!

2:40 am

jaeleigh

I am having suregry in the AM...

2:41 am

jaeleigh

and ty!

2:41 am

jaeleigh

doing this is better than thinking about the fact that I cannot drink or smoke!

2:41 am

lynxxx

Good luck Jae - hope all goes smoothly

2:41 am

rbud

good luck with the surgery, jae

2:41 am

robhimself

i am bad at this game

2:42 am

lynxxx

Practice makes perfect (or at least better) Rob. Welcome

2:42 am

jaeleigh

Rob, it takes time and a vast knowledge of goofy words that nobody uses anymore!

2:42 am

robhimself

yeah, probably just words i've never heard of

2:43 am

jaeleigh

This pzzle had a bunch of blatantly French words

2:43 am

jaeleigh

For example, the number three in French- tr+ two vowels + snake letter

2:43 am

lynxxx

You know about Lickety Rob? If not see link below

2:44 am

jaeleigh

Well, I'm off to QP!

2:45 am

robhimself

i stumbled here

2:46 am

lynxxx

It's a good game of you like words Rob...but very very addictive.

2:47 am

robhimself

i only have 51 words... this is tough

2:48 am

lynxxx

It seems a tough grid, the smaller ones are often so. the 300+ ones are a lot easier

3:06 am

rumplestiltskin

38 left, back to bed, thunder woke me up to Babble.

3:07 am

rbud

off to bed with fireworks for me! (listed for the last 15)

3:28 am

Atalante

hi all :)

3:29 am

Haz1558

Hello Ata, good morning/evening all.

3:29 am

hurshy

hey ata. i'm depressed.

3:29 am

Atalante

awww why?

3:29 am

Atalante

Haz! Good news! We finally have another supermarket in Faversham to rival the evil Tesco

3:30 am

Haz1558

Excellent! There's a good reason for hurshy not to be depressed.

3:30 am

hurshy

my husband probably has cancer (although it is also probably quite fixable), my sister's dog may have cancer, and my christmas gift plans keep getting messed up.

3:30 am

Atalante

I thought they hadn't decided it was cancer yet?

3:31 am

hurshy

they haven't decided. it's just the odds are high.

3:31 am

Haz1558

Then concentrate on the positive, it's probably fixable.

3:31 am

Atalante

sadness :( how is he coping?

3:32 am

Atalante

we have a Morrisons! it's so exciting. I went there this morning and it was lovely

3:32 am

hurshy

he's coping fine. if my sister's dog has bone marrow cancer, however... she will not cope fine. i am very worried.

3:32 am

Atalante

and at least you have Christmas plans to mess up :P I don't even have an oven LOL

3:33 am

Atalante

much sadness about the pup :(

3:33 am

Haz1558

Don't meet trouble halfway. The dog might be fine, your sister may cope better than you think, meanwhile you've wasted energy fretting about things you have no control over.

3:34 am

Atalante

good old Haz, ever practical :)

3:34 am

Haz1558

It's just that I have a daughter who could participate in the Worry Olympics.

3:34 am

hurshy

well when you wake up in the middle of the night and you find that you were outbid at the last minute in an auction that ended at 2:30 AM your time for the gift you were going to buy your nephew, it makes you cranky.

3:35 am

Haz1558

Her mind is full of 'what ifs'.

3:35 am

forwardbyfaith

anyone have the to7,32 - it's my last t word

3:35 am

Atalante

yes, that's really annoying

3:35 am

Haz1558

Then don't allow yourself to be outbid if it's going to upset you. Settle for buying things at a fixed price - less cause for anxiety.

3:36 am

Haz1558

forward - to the to5 add the first letters of the Russian Emperor.

3:36 am

hurshy

ok but i can't, it's vintage, the new ones are crappy.

3:36 am

Haz1558

Sorry, that's the other to7 - to7/32 - a hairdo, combine a weight with certainty.

3:37 am

Atalante

how HOW is sq6/27y not allowed?

3:37 am

Haz1558

Because enable has no imagination.

3:37 am

forwardbyfaith

thanks Haz

3:37 am

Atalante

obviously!!

3:37 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

3:38 am

Atalante

what do you want to get him?

3:39 am

hurshy

well in the first place i wanted to get him an heirloom quality rocking horse, but it turned out that my sister's in laws are already saving one for him. so then i thought, i'll at least get him a sit n spin - that was the second of the two things i didn't have as a kid that i really really wanted. and now i'm outbid.

3:39 am

Atalante

awww Haz, Jordan dumped her boyfriend on live tv. isn't that nice

3:39 am

Haz1558

hurshy, I don't want to sound as though I dismiss all your worries, I know they're real to you. I just would like it if you could put some positive strategies in place to counteract the negative thoughts.

3:40 am

Haz1558

Ata, she's pure class, she just keeps demonstrating it.

3:40 am

Atalante

and there will always be another one to bid on - you'll just have to stay up and wait!

3:40 am

Atalante

isn't she just? and she wonders why people dislike her??

3:40 am

hurshy

there won't always, it has to be this certain brand, those were the really good ones. there might be another one before christmas and there might not.

3:41 am

Atalante

hopefully there will be

3:41 am

Haz1558

Then just remember that your nephew doesn't know that he might have had the toy you wanted. He'll be thrilled with whatever he gets. The aim is to please him.

3:41 am

hurshy

there better be. who ends an auction at 2:30 in the morning anyway?

3:42 am

Haz1558

Can we blame FM?

3:42 am

Atalante

sadistic sellers

3:42 am

Haz1558

Does she not set the rules for auctions?

3:42 am

Atalante

bound to

3:42 am

Haz1558

I think I remember something about her doing things like that. No wonder she had to move house.

3:44 am

hurshy

now this is more like it

3:44 am

Haz1558

Besides, there are more things to rejoice over. Tony Blair is NOT president of the EU.

3:44 am

Atalante

Earlier as Alex boarded his flight to Australia he told waiting reporters: 'I'm definitely asking her to marry me.
'One idea is I make the proposal in front of the cameras on the show. But whatever happens I know this is right. I've never felt this way before.'
The source said: 'An hour before she appeared on air Jordan summoned him and told him it was over.
'She was fed up with him making money from her. Friends say he is devastated.'
Miss Price warned producers about her announcement just minutes before filming started.

3:44 am

Haz1558

John and Edward are out of X Factor.

3:44 am

Atalante

Fresh start: Katie Price uses her first day of freedom to hits the shops at the Versace Hotel with her friend Michelle Heaton - Price says she is a changed person after her jungle experience

3:44 am

Atalante

Hurray

3:45 am

Haz1558

Katie Price is losing her looks, has lost her boyfriend and all her credibility.

3:45 am

Haz1558

Peter kay's video for Children in Need is funny.

3:45 am

hurshy

i don't know who any of these people are except for tony blair...

3:46 am

Haz1558

Just know that they are all things to rejoice over. Especially John and Edward.

3:48 am

Atalante

Definitely

3:49 am

Haz1558

What other good news? Is the rumour true that Dr-G is to give us money back if he gives too many small grids in a row?

3:49 am

hurshy

one of my college friends, a professor, just got tenure.

3:49 am

Haz1558

Good for him/her!

3:50 am

hurshy

him.

3:50 am

hurshy

you guys would like him a lot.

3:50 am

Haz1558

Note how gender sensitive I was?

3:50 am

Atalante

Hobbit is finally asleep after bouncing half the night!

3:50 am

Haz1558

Is he tall, good looking and rich?

3:50 am

hurshy

yes, very good haz.

3:51 am

Haz1558

I probably should have been terribly politically correct and included pre-op transgenders and post-op transgenders but that would take up too much space.

3:52 am

hurshy

he is tall, he was ok looking in college, but has put on a lot of weight, and he's a professor so of course he's not rich. his wife, also my friend, is a pediatrician, but was unable to work for awhile due to a noncompete agreement with her boss who apparently went to scrabbler's old boss's school of human resource management.

3:52 am

Atalante

and people of both genders

3:53 am

Haz1558

Darn, it's hard to be inclusive, isn't it?

3:53 am

Haz1558

Oh well, at least if he's a professor he's bound to be threatened with intelligence.

3:53 am

hurshy

threatened?

3:54 am

Haz1558

Sense of humour?

3:54 am

Atalante

some professors aren't remotely intelligent

3:54 am

hurshy

oh, yes, very much good sense of humor, fun and funny guy.

3:54 am

Haz1558

Yes, one farmer once said of a lady vet who was doing work on his farm 'that girls is threatened with intelligence'. It was the closest he could come to complimenting her.

3:54 am

hurshy

and he and his wife have two sons.

3:55 am

Haz1558

Sense of humour is essential.

3:55 am

Atalante

loooool

3:55 am

hurshy

and i think the noncompete is over for the doctoring so things are looking good for them all around i think.

3:55 am

Atalante

how is the Spaghettina today?

3:56 am

Haz1558

She is flat out - her usual morning sleep to get over the trauma of the kennel.

3:56 am

Atalante

not kennel trauma!! it's a hard life

3:57 am

hurshy

i don't know what marty would do if i ever put him in a kennel. he was upset today (well yesterday) that i left him for two hours.

3:57 am

hurshy

his opinion is that i should never leave the house. ever.

3:58 am

Atalante

he'd get on with it like any other animal, then pay you back later

3:58 am

Haz1558

Spangle is accustomed to our cruelty and hardness of heart. For her, a dog's life is reality.

3:58 am

hurshy

well at least she's resigned to her fate

3:58 am

Atalante

poor unloved Spangle

3:59 am

Haz1558

That's right. She expects nothing better.

3:59 am

Haz1558

Just as long as we can stop her comparing notes with other dogs.

4:00 am

Atalante

I got Hobbit a pack of tripe sticks at morrisons today. I keep forgetting how FOUL those things are

4:00 am

Haz1558

If she found out that other dogs get fed and get to sleep inside, we might have trouble.

4:00 am

Haz1558

So, when we see dogs coming, I quicken the pace.

4:01 am

hurshy

how can you forget something like that? isn't there a reason that tripe has become used metaphorically as a synonym for drivel?

4:01 am

Atalante

this isn't just tripe though ... it's tripe sticks. even worse

4:01 am

Atalante

very sensible. hopefully she'll never talk to Hobbit

4:02 am

Haz1558

That would be the end. If she sees Hobbit's purple collar....

4:02 am

hurshy

and heaven forbid she ever find out about a cat's life.

4:02 am

Atalante

and matching purple lead!

4:03 am

Haz1558

No, cats will never stick around long enough to spill the beans. Or maybe she chases them because she resents them and their life of ease and comfort.

4:03 am

Haz1558

Matching purple lead..... They must never meet.

4:03 am

Atalante

Hobbit chased an egret this morning

4:04 am

Haz1558

Poor egret.

4:04 am

Atalante

she was very pleased with herself

4:04 am

Atalante

I, however, was not so pleased because the chase ended on the creek mudflats that are about 2m deep and STINK

4:05 am

Haz1558

Does her purple collar not be infused with perfumes to counteract the stink?

4:05 am

Atalante

It probably should be

4:05 am

Haz1558

That might be a good product. Dog collars with integrated air fresheners.

4:06 am

Haz1558

Dragons Den people would maybe give me some money.

4:06 am

Atalante

bound to

4:07 am

Sally-catlover

OK. Hi all, time to include my favourite joke in my profile - for dog and cat lovers.

4:07 am

Atalante

or pockets on the lead so you can release wafts of frgrance between you and the dog

4:07 am

Haz1558

Hello Sally!

4:07 am

Sally-catlover

Hi everyone.

4:08 am

Haz1558

Good thinking, Ata. Of course we'd have to make sure that we weren't threatening the ozone layer.

4:08 am

Atalante

cockers don't pee on the carpet!! LOL but I love that joke

4:08 am

Sally-catlover

So do I Ata - can't include the pics in my profile though.

4:09 am

Haz1558

It's very funny, just captures the breeds and their characteristics so well.

4:10 am

hurshy

are there any ST words?

4:11 am

Haz1558

No st words.

4:11 am

hurshy

good, then i'll stop trying to find some.

4:13 am

Haz1558

I've just noticed the time! I'd better go and get some things done. Nice to see you, and hurshy, try not to worry too much.

4:13 am

Atalante

bye dear! bye spaghettina!

4:13 am

hurshy

i'm not worrying, i'm just kinda mad

4:14 am

Sally-catlover

hurshy, been reading back in the chog. The antique element of the present probably has more meaning for you than your nephew.

4:15 am

Haz1558

Okay, just don't beat yourself up too much.

4:15 am

Sally-catlover

Bye Haz

4:15 am

Haz1558

Bye!

4:15 am

hurshy

it has more meaning for the laws of physics when he sits on a new one and it breaks because it's cheaply made...

4:17 am

Atalante

soem things aren't badly made today ...

4:17 am

hurshy

but this is - i read the consumer reviews - that's the whole reason i want to get the old one.

4:19 am

Atalante

:(

4:19 am

Atalante

get him a model of the Enterprise. much more important

4:20 am

Sally-catlover

I don't know how old your nephew is, but surely he will be happy whatever you get him.

4:20 am

hurshy

it would have to be a stuffed model, or he'd throw it and break it.

4:20 am

Atalante

bet you can get Make your own cuddly toy Enterprise kits!

4:21 am

hurshy

yes, yes, he will be happy, and i know this is no big deal in the long run but i am just annoyed at the moment

4:23 am

hurshy

and on top of that why isn't quora a word, my perennial Q peeve

4:23 am

Atalante

I know ...

4:23 am

Sally-catlover

Sounds to me as if you need chocolate today :-)

4:24 am

hurshy

yeah, i need chocolate.

4:26 am

Haz1558

Quick revisit - remembered a part of a Frasier episode where Frasier is distraught because a toy he had ordered for Freddie, 'The human brain' had been sent by mistake to a Mr Crane in Kennebunkport. Fearing that Christmas had been ruined he cries 'You know what this means?' Niles replies, 'Yes, the Cranes in Mayne have got your human brain'

4:26 am

Atalante

looooooooool

4:27 am

Atalante

love Niles

4:27 am

Sally-catlover

lol Haz

4:27 am

Haz1558

I know. I just treasure some of his lines. He says of Frasier 'He was already eminent when my eminence was merely imminent.'

4:28 am

Haz1558

Such brilliant writing and acting.

4:28 am

Haz1558

Anyway, this isn't getting my tasks completed, but had to share. Bye again!

4:31 am

Sally-catlover

Bye for now from me too. Have to dash, but be back later to finish.

4:31 am

hurshy

i liked the one where he was subbing on frasier's radio show and he said, "while frasier is a freudian, i am a jungian, so there'll be no blaming of mother today!"

4:34 am

Atalante

loooooool

4:35 am

hurshy

ugh, v's

4:39 am

hurshy

10 to go...

4:45 am

Atalante

go go go

4:45 am

Atalante

80 to go!

4:45 am

hurshy

stuck stuck stuck

4:46 am

hurshy

i found one!

4:48 am

hurshy

i found another one! *gasp* i got all the s's!

4:49 am

Atalante

go go go go go!

4:55 am

hurshy

i can't ... i'm go go go go going back to sleep... see you later

4:56 am

Atalante

lol nighty night!

5:19 am

Scrabbler

Good morning/day to all.

5:20 am

Atalante

hi scrabs!

5:21 am

Scrabbler

I should have come here 4 hrs ago when I woke up. I struggled to sleep ever since, but I was comfy in my nest.

5:21 am

Scrabbler

16 Q words!

5:22 am

Atalante

yes .......

5:23 am

Scrabbler

I bought lots of su4 cakes for my bird friends yesterday.

5:25 am

Atalante

ooo lucky them!

5:26 am

Atalante

how are all the bunbuns?

5:26 am

Scrabbler

I take good care of my bird friends year-round--always a buffet with su4 cakes and feeders all ov4 the yard.

5:26 am

o-o

hu 7 -- more like Attila

5:27 am

Atalante

how ridiculous

5:27 am

Scrabbler

Bunnies are sweet. Sebastian is now 7 yrs 6 mo and my oldest ever was Callie who died at 7 yrs 8 mo. I was cuddling him last night and told him to please live forever.

5:28 am

Atalante

awwwwwww

5:28 am

Scrabbler

Hi BR--how chilly is it out there in your hammock?

5:28 am

o-o

in the thirties

5:29 am

Scrabbler

I can't figure out the ending for hu7

5:29 am

Merk

good morning gang

5:29 am

Scrabbler

Hi Merk

5:29 am

o-o

it ends as it began

5:39 am

Atalante

isn't huevo egg in spanish?

5:40 am

Scrabbler

I think so, Ata

5:42 am

Atalante

yay! i know some Spanish :)

5:43 am

ursh

hello all - no lickety today?

5:43 am

Scrabbler

No hablo espanol.

5:43 am

Scrabbler

There is a list, Ursh.

5:44 am

ursh

oh tx scrabbler will reboot - still yesterdays up

5:45 am

Scrabbler

I often forget to do that, Ursh, and then panic.

5:49 am

Atalante

I'm going back to bed for a bit. guess what, I'm all shivery! Shivering is NOT helpful when you're trying to outline art using a 0.4mm pen!

5:49 am

Scrabbler

Go warm up and nap, Ata.

5:50 am

Frances

s

5:50 am

Atalante

am going to :) I should get blood tests results later to see if this is anything but stupidly prolonged bouts of flu

5:50 am

Scrabbler

let me know

5:51 am

Scrabbler

Hi Frances. Speak up.

5:51 am

Atalante

will do! *poofs*

5:51 am

Frances

Hello Scrabbs. I'm in lurking mode. Sorry about that.

5:51 am

Frances

How are you?

5:52 am

Scrabbler

I am annoyed that I didn't sleep well overnight. I will be tired and cranky today.

5:52 am

Frances

Tired and cranky is not a good look.

5:54 am

Scrabbler

Well, I will try to not be cranky.

5:55 am

Merk

Are there quite a few words ending in that 'ish'?

5:55 am

Frances

I only have one so far Merk.

5:55 am

Scrabbler

I have just one: hu7 = adjective for Attila

5:56 am

Frances

That's the one.

5:56 am

Merk

I have that one, too, and it looks so good there I wondered if there would be mre.

5:56 am

Merk

Kind of a waste with 174 words and only using it once.

5:57 am

Merk

I seem to run into so many potential words that are missing only the final letters.

5:57 am

Scrabbler

I agree, Merk.

5:58 am

Merk

I love ones like the av 4 that you can just keep adding a letter one at a time to make new ones easily.

5:59 am

Merk

Or the sq where you can keep changing the final letters to make new ones.

5:59 am

Scrabbler

av4, 5 and 6, right? Or are there more?

6:00 am

Merk

No, just those. But some days there are numerous ones and I love them.

6:03 am

Merk

The four fa 4 do that today, too.

6:05 am

Scrabbler

Got those

6:14 am

Aussieme

Good Day Babblers :)

6:15 am

Merk

Hi Aussieme

6:15 am

Aussieme

Hey Merk

6:20 am

Scrabbler

Hi aussie

6:20 am

Aussieme

Hey Scrabs xoxox

6:22 am

Scrabbler

And at 106/68 I must shower and get off to work. Enjoy the day everyone!

6:23 am

Aussieme

see ya Scrabs xoxox

6:27 am

Merk

tata, Scrabs

6:28 am

Aussieme

aorist

6:28 am

Aussieme

oh bugger !

6:28 am

FMitch

LOL Hi Aussie

6:29 am

Aussieme

Hey FM !!

6:29 am

FMitch

how ya doing, haven't seen you for a while?

6:30 am

Aussieme

not too bad really, considering.... been a busy bee at work..... not had time for much else.... Babbke or otherwise....

6:31 am

FMitch

well it's good to see you back in babbleland :)

6:31 am

Aussieme

good to be back :)

6:36 am

Merk

Wow, that qu is used readily. It's been fun.

6:37 am

Aussieme

16 qu words !?!?!

6:38 am

FMitch

good lord I hadn't notice the quantity of qus!

6:38 am

Merk

But it is also used with the sq and in the middle of some words.

6:39 am

Aussieme

16 qu's is akin to having a k in the grid :(

6:39 am

Merk

There's also a fair number of the usual babblets.

6:40 am

Aussieme

I have 6 of the 16, so getting there :)

6:41 am

Merk

My phantom is tonnish

6:41 am

FMitch

I just tried that one too Merk!

6:41 am

FMitch

take out a cons for an acceptable word though

6:42 am

Aussieme

my phantom is torment :)

6:42 am

Merk

I think I am up to at least five words where the q is the third letter.

6:44 am

Jacula

Hi. FIREWORKS!:-) If I've counted correctly, 'qu' is used in 34 words today.

6:44 am

FMitch

Hi and congrats Jacs!

6:45 am

Aussieme

YAY Jacs, and 34 words !?!?!?!?!?!?! cor blimey !

6:45 am

Jacula

Hi FM. It's a fun grid.

6:45 am

Jacula

You can do it, Aussie!

6:46 am

FMitch

only started a little while ago so the words are flowing nicely so far.

6:46 am

Aussieme

will have to be in 2 parts, because I have to go to work.....

6:46 am

Merk

12 words left, but I have to leave for breakfast with the girls. bbl

6:46 am

Jacula

I'd better get back to my ironing, baking etc. Happy Babbling all. x

6:46 am

Aussieme

I missed yesterdays grid by 2 words, fell asleep just before the end of time....

6:47 am

FMitch

By Jacs

6:47 am

Aussieme

the first ti and the last ti I was missing :(

6:47 am

Jacula

You mean you can't Babble in your sleep, Aussie?? LOL

6:47 am

Jacula

Bye. x

6:47 am

Aussieme

not that practised yet Jacs :)

6:48 am

FMitch

I dream babble sometimes (not good)

6:51 am

Uneaixoise

ohmygo, CNN broadcaster just said she puts Neosporin in her nostrils before she gets on a plane these day . . .

6:52 am

Uneaixoise

aussieme!!

6:53 am

Aussieme

UNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!

6:53 am

Uneaixoise

so good to see you!!! :-)

6:54 am

Aussieme

Nice to see you too Une, how goes you ??

6:55 am

Uneaixoise

i'm ok, thanks -- looking forward to a long visit from my daughter at Xmas! :-)

6:55 am

Uneaixoise

and you??

6:55 am

Aussieme

**doing happy "seeing daughter" dance for Une**

6:56 am

Aussieme

looking forward to Christmas, period ! :)

6:56 am

Nef

Morning,Fellow Babblers. Any clues for the lone U word for NBTs?

6:57 am

Uneaixoise

tx, aussieme :-)

6:57 am

Uneaixoise

i need it too, nef . . .

6:57 am

FMitch

us5/18

6:57 am

Uneaixoise

hey, fmitch!

6:58 am

Aussieme

gots to go.... take smurf to day-nursery.... laters xoxox **poof**

6:58 am

Nef

Thanks, FM. How is everyone doing today?

6:58 am

Uneaixoise

byeeeeee

6:58 am

FMitch

Hiya Une and Bye Aussie.
Time for lunch or so my stomach is telling me.

6:59 am

Uneaixoise

bon appetit, fmitch!

6:59 am

FMitch

back in a while.

6:59 am

Nef

bye, Unea. Have a great day!

6:59 am

zoozzoom

oops...looks like i fell asleep..lol

7:00 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Une & Nef :-)

7:00 am

Uneaixoise

nef, i was just saying bye to those who were leaving LOL

7:00 am

Uneaixoise

hey zoom!

7:00 am

Nef

zooz, have you been here long? I often fall asleep and leave Babble up

7:01 am

Nef

LOL, Unea! I'm just waking up myself; and am so tired that I want to go back to bed instead of to work!

7:01 am

zoozzoom

Well, i have been here a while, although i never sign out of bable.

7:01 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

7:01 am

zoozzoom

babble*

7:02 am

Uneaixoise

have eq7, hu7, ro7, and re7 . . . missing?

7:02 am

Nef

"never?"

7:02 am

Uneaixoise

oohhh, another re7

7:03 am

zoozzoom

to7

7:03 am

Uneaixoise

tx zoom!

7:03 am

zoozzoom

to7 x2 in fact..lol

7:04 am

Uneaixoise

ok, got one . . . looking for second!

7:05 am

Uneaixoise

oh, and found second ro7!

7:05 am

Wolvie

good morning all - good grid today?

7:05 am

zoozzoom

lol...good going Une

7:05 am

Uneaixoise

howdy, wolvie! yes, a good one!!

7:05 am

Uneaixoise

real words!!!!

7:05 am

zoozzoom

Hello , Wolvie

7:05 am

Wolvie

cool. :-)

7:06 am

Wolvie

hey zoo

7:06 am

gran

Clue please for ro 7/28

7:07 am

Wolvie

hey - nice. signed on to a listing of 7's. Thanks!

7:07 am

gran

Got it and finished!

7:07 am

EspritdJean

rhyme with chicken cro****

7:07 am

zoozzoom

WTG Gran.

7:07 am

Wolvie

Congrats gran!

7:07 am

Uneaixoise

ro7 rhymes with shellfish often used in dressing on Thanksgiving!

7:07 am

Uneaixoise

yay, gran!!

7:08 am

EspritdJean

oops sorry

7:08 am

Uneaixoise

hey, jean!

7:09 am

EspritdJean

hi there une ;-p

7:09 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

7:09 am

Wolvie

hey - jean - hi - and ty for that ro 7.

7:09 am

Uneaixoise

don't worry, i'm su** folks needed that one too!

7:09 am

EspritdJean

hya wolvie

7:10 am

Wolvie

su** did. :-)

7:10 am

Uneaixoise

LOL!

7:12 am

Wolvie

16 qu's? oh man and lol

7:12 am

Uneaixoise

ooohhh, now have 3 re7's!

7:12 am

zoozzoom

and the `q` is used in lots of other words i am finding too.

7:13 am

Wolvie

seems to be zoo - oh well, it's good for me to work i guess. ;-)

7:13 am

Wolvie

le sigh une. rub it in

7:13 am

Uneaixoise

40 to go -- off to get some HOT coffee!

7:13 am

Uneaixoise

wolvie, just stumbling along! LOL

7:13 am

Wolvie

;-0

7:14 am

lbdawger

good morning babblers! any clues for the us5?

7:14 am

Wolvie

hi lbd - sorry,no - just started

7:15 am

Aloyisius

us + ask me no ***stions, I'll tell you no lies. Hi Babblers!

7:15 am

lbdawger

ty, aloy!

7:15 am

zoozzoom

Hello, aloy

7:15 am

Wolvie

ty aloy! and good morning

7:16 am

EspritdJean

dumbass word

7:16 am

Aloyisius

.. just opened chat.. this grid is going a lot smoother than the last two for me.. lol, Jean.. (-:

7:16 am

zoozzoom

And fireworks for me...better find some food, belly rumbling..lol

7:16 am

Wolvie

WTG zoo!!

7:17 am

lbdawger

well done, zooz!

7:17 am

Aloyisius

congrats to you zooz!

7:17 am

zoozzoom

oh..hahaha..i like your icon lbdawger

7:18 am

lbdawger

thanks, zooz. i'm quite the Maxine fan. she's my idol!

7:18 am

zoozzoom

thanks all, happy babbling..unless anyone needs any clues?

7:19 am

Wolvie

need to many to know what to ask zoo - but ty

7:19 am

zoozzoom

just don`t ask for the hard ones...hahahaha

7:20 am

lbdawger

tr 6-18?

7:22 am

zoozzoom

tr+letter + love a nice rump ***ak

7:22 am

lbdawger

nm

7:23 am

lbdawger

ty, zooz

7:24 am

Wolvie

ty zoo

7:27 am

lbdawger

done! thank you for the clues! guess i should go do errands and clean house. bummer.

7:27 am

Aloyisius

yay lbdawger, congrats!!!

7:28 am

Wolvie

WTG lbd!

7:28 am

Aloyisius

the same kind of "fun" awaits me when I finish too (-:

7:28 am

lbdawger

ty, ty, any clues needed before i turn into domestic goddess?

7:29 am

zoozzoom

WTG lbdawger

7:30 am

car.eeyore

The u word please?

7:30 am

lbdawger

brb, gotta get more coffee! this early morning wake up before necessary is reedikulus!

7:30 am

Wolvie

well, at least i have nbt. :-)

7:31 am

lbdawger

us + ask me no ***stions, i'll tell you all sorts of juicy gossip! lol

7:31 am

car.eeyore

LOL! TY Dawg! Now go get some coffee!

7:31 am

Wolvie

hi car

7:31 am

car.eeyore

Me too Wolvie!

7:33 am

car.eeyore

Exactly half way!

7:33 am

Wolvie

not me. getting there tho. :-)

7:39 am

Aloyisius

done.. fun grid.. will poof myself away if no clues are needed.

7:39 am

car.eeyore

Well done Aloy!

7:40 am

lbdawger

well done aloy!!

7:41 am

lbdawger

okay, off to be domestic goddess. see you all later!

7:41 am

Aloyisius

ty.. see you next grid. Happy Babbling! *poof*

7:41 am

car.eeyore

Bye Dawg! Bye Aloy!

7:41 am

FMitch

Awe missed Aloy and ibd!

7:42 am

FMitch

Hi car and Wolvie

7:44 am

Wolvie

bye lbd and bye aloy

7:44 am

Wolvie

hi FM!

7:44 am

car.eeyore

Good morning FM!

7:46 am

sixty7stang13

plz clue 1st FE5/16

7:47 am

car.eeyore

I have plural of the plant for my first one....

7:47 am

Wolvie

fe consonant, then 2 vowels is the first one i have

7:48 am

car.eeyore

TY!

7:48 am

sixty7stang13

ty car & wolvie

7:48 am

Wolvie

but i am missing 3 f's. :-)

7:48 am

Wolvie

yw

7:48 am

car.eeyore

I just got FE + I ***e my pants on a thorn

7:48 am

Wolvie

have that one - but ty car. :-)

7:49 am

FMitch

I din't have that one, thank yo.

7:50 am

Wolvie

taking doggie out for a min - brb

7:55 am

Judi

Good morning, all!

7:55 am

Wolvie

hi judi

7:57 am

hego

Hi all

7:57 am

Wolvie

hi hego

7:57 am

Judi

I am excited to tell you all: I received a post card from Tokyo yesterday. It was from my sister-in-law. And yes, it contains Chinglish!!!!

7:58 am

hego

hi wolvie. Been to bust to play much lately. But like to check out the grid and say hi.

7:58 am

Wolvie

cool beans!

7:58 am

Wolvie

i haven't finished a grid in 3 or 4 days hego. this week doesn't bode well either, as I start baking in earnest tomorrow. :-)

7:59 am

Wolvie

I have 2 re 7's. une said there were 3. I have the needs one and the mighty qu** plural one - what one am i missing?

7:59 am

Judi

On the front is a picture of a group of monkies (apparently they have wild monkies Japan). On the back is written: "A lovely scene of Japanese monkey famiry." Below that: "Monkey Famiry".

8:00 am

anike

I have been popping in and out for a few hours and and nearly finished but stuck on two words - re 7/44 and th 6/27. Can anyone help?

8:00 am

Wolvie

lol Judi

8:00 am

Wolvie

the re 7/44 would be the one i am missing anike, let me check on the th

8:01 am

Wolvie

nope - don't have that either. will look

8:02 am

anike

The th is a number

8:03 am

hootowl

th is a number. continuation of the th4/5

8:03 am

Wolvie

ahhh- ty anike

8:03 am

Wolvie

and hoot - and hello hoot

8:03 am

hootowl

hi there

8:05 am

anike

So now its just the re 7/44 that I need

8:05 am

Wolvie

re 7/44?? anike was looking for that, and so am i - have not listed yet, so i don't know if there are more than that re 7

8:05 am

hego

What , no aeons?

8:06 am

Wolvie

but use a different consonant and you have at least one ae. :-)

8:06 am

hego

Oops! should have looked more closely. (blushes)

8:06 am

mom2han8

its there hego

8:06 am

Wolvie

oops lol - me too

8:06 am

Wolvie

ty hego!

8:06 am

Wolvie

hi mome

8:06 am

Wolvie

mom2 i meant. :-)

8:07 am

mom2han8

hi wolvie

8:07 am

mom2han8

hi all

8:07 am

mom2han8

sorry... lurking this AM... putting off doing the million things I have to do today.

8:07 am

hego

Hi mom

8:07 am

Wolvie

;-) me too

8:08 am

sixty7stang13

clue HU7/40 plz

8:08 am

Judi

16 Q's. That's just sadistic.

8:08 am

Wolvie

amen judi

8:08 am

Wolvie

sixty - to be the most attila like

8:08 am

hego

ya judi

8:09 am

Wolvie

i have 13 of the 16 - and am bogging down.

8:09 am

mom2han8

phantom... hirsute.

8:09 am

sixty7stang13

ty wolvie

8:10 am

Wolvie

yw. does anyone have that re 7/44 that anike was asking for? I need it too

8:10 am

dromano66

me too

8:10 am

Wolvie

hi dr

8:11 am

dromano66

hi wolvie

8:11 am

mom2han8

I am not getting the attila clue... I mean I know he was a hu*... just not getting how to make the word.

8:11 am

Wolvie

go up and then left, then down

8:11 am

mom2han8

nm... got it...

8:12 am

Wolvie

then right

8:12 am

Wolvie

:-)

8:12 am

mom2han8

I think Taoist should be allowed...

8:13 am

Wolvie

;-)

8:16 am

Wolvie

well - i am bogged down - 69 left - need to go run my TG errands - bbl. :-)

8:16 am

mom2han8

bye wolvie... I won't be far behind ya1

8:16 am

hego

Bye Wolvie.

8:17 am

anike

hu 7 -attila the hu** + cod is a f***

8:18 am

hootowl

found an re7/40 but not 44

8:19 am

hootowl

And ty for the hu

8:19 am

mom2han8

sh 6/27 ???? Is that a crazy word, or what??? I tried it on a lark, LOL.

8:20 am

hego

Clue it , mom pls

8:21 am

mom2han8

sh 5/12 + sometimes vowel...

8:21 am

mom2han8

the sh 5/12 that you wear.

8:21 am

hootowl

good grief

8:22 am

hego

ty mom

8:22 am

hootowl

ty

8:22 am

Michnick

It's very British, mom, I see it in novels all the time. It means sassy I think.

8:22 am

mom2han8

Like I said, crazy, right? But Taoist is not allowed. Go figure! Muslim would be allowed.

8:22 am

hego

Hi Mich!

8:22 am

pabtrek

re7/44-a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.

8:22 am

mightyquin

if you get sh6 you get annoyed

8:23 am

mom2han8

I read tons and tons, many, many british authors.. have never seen it.

8:23 am

Michnick

Hi hego, everyone! I am not getting the re7 hint, pab.

8:23 am

mom2han8

I'm not saying its not a word, I'm just saying I have never heard nor seen it...

8:23 am

hego

Me too mom

8:23 am

pabtrek

it's the definition, just google it Mich

8:24 am

Merk

I'm back; how's it going here?

8:24 am

mom2han8

me neither Mich... thought it was just me, LOL.

8:25 am

hego

Hi merk, we're trying to get the re7

8:25 am

hootowl

think it qualifies as archaic.

8:27 am

mom2han8

is it re + qu???

8:27 am

Merk

It reminded me of an alternate spelling for the person whose job it is to evaluate a book or movie again.

8:27 am

pabtrek

no, mom, it sounds like someone who critiques movies

8:27 am

mom2han8

ok...

8:27 am

Merk

No, there's no q. It's the other high pointer.

8:29 am

Merk

It has the vowel team in it that is the same for what a business man wears to the office each day.

8:29 am

mom2han8

ok... that clue did it... thanks Merk

8:29 am

anike

Got it!! Thank you everyone. Fireworks!!

8:29 am

mom2han8

gfy anike

8:30 am

Michnick

I\ve been gone googling and I still haven't figured it out....

8:30 am

Merk

I am now up to at least six words that have a 'q' for the third letter. Qu is used a lot today somehere in words.

8:30 am

Michnick

Ah got it, it's the person that does that parody!

8:30 am

hego

Me niether, mich

8:31 am

harpjane

hello

8:31 am

hego

Hi harp

8:31 am

Merk

Just found another one ... new to me.

8:32 am

mom2han8

there are more than that... don't know how many, but I have 7 already and there may be more.

8:32 am

mom2han8

hurt

8:32 am

mom2han8

sorry... pb... hope there is coffee there, LOL.

8:33 am

harpjane

works for me mom!

8:33 am

harpjane

how many letters in the U?

8:33 am

hego

And with mom in the pb, I have to go. Hope to bbl. Bye now

8:34 am

Uneaixoise

us5 us + *** sera sera, whatever will be will be

8:34 am

Michnick

I made yummy cake with chocolate frosting today for a friend's birthday....sending an extra piece to mom in PB

8:35 am

Merk

... and Fireworks!

8:35 am

harpjane

thanks

8:36 am

Uneaixoise

congrats, merk!

8:36 am

car.eeyore

Yeah!

8:36 am

Michnick

I\ve got to think about making dinner, I have a long way yet to go (96 left) so BBL

8:36 am

Merk

ty, it was a fun, fun grid in many ways.

8:37 am

Merk

See you tomorrow in between baking pies.

8:38 am

harpjane

oooh, pies in the pb!

8:47 am

Gail

What kinds of pies? I have lots of words left...

8:47 am

melonheadjujube

good morning!

8:48 am

melonheadjujube

almost NBT in ten minutes. all excpt the pesky U - should it be obvious or are we in babblet territory?

8:48 am

harpjane

I"m making irish creme chiffon and apple pies, plus I have one in the freezer--Schwann's key lime!

8:48 am

harpjane

(so why am I gaining weight...:?)

8:48 am

harpjane

the u is odd

8:49 am

harpjane

clued at 8:34

8:49 am

melonheadjujube

tx - i think I'll lickety 1st

8:50 am

melonheadjujube

got it via lickety - point count made it obvious! NBT!

8:50 am

harpjane

me too, hope there's a list today?

9:11 am

melonheadjujube

not quite halfway, only 7 of the 7s but I gotta get things done! have a good day, everybody!

9:23 am

mom2han8

I have the yo4/6... what am I missing?

9:23 am

wht

the other yo4/6 and a plural

9:24 am

mom2han8

ok... thank you wht... got em'

9:26 am

wht

yw

9:26 am

EvaNadine

hints for the upper O?

9:27 am

mom2han8

I only have the one... the oa5/10... think spaghetti western.

9:28 am

EvaNadine

TY. saw that, but had myself convinced it wasnt a real word... oh well!

9:32 am

Uneaixoise

ov5 ov + consumed food

9:33 am

Uneaixoise

a small cooked bird may be a C*****h Hen

9:33 am

Uneaixoise

must take blueberry bars out of oven -- BBL!

9:33 am

mom2han8

the ov5 is from the bottom O

9:34 am

mom2han8

thanks Une... the C*****h was the one I was looking for.

9:34 am

Uneaixoise

(just throwing out o's!)

9:34 am

Uneaixoise

cool!

9:34 am

mom2han8

NO... I appreciate them!

9:34 am

Uneaixoise

back to kitchen -- *poof*

9:35 am

zoozzoom

or5 i love c*****h pasties

9:35 am

EvaNadine

hints for the U word?

9:35 am

zoozzoom

ov 4 not under

9:36 am

zoozzoom

ov5 extend the ov4

9:36 am

PMS

e

9:36 am

mom2han8

us5/18.... us + *** sera sera...

9:37 am

mom2han8

these qu's are killing me, LOL.

9:37 am

EvaNadine

interesting word. TY mom!

9:37 am

zoozzoom

qu5 must get a qu*** to see how much it will cost

9:38 am

zoozzoom

then extend

9:38 am

mom2han8

I have 13 out of 16... I am going to have to go to the list... down to 43 and have it the wall!

9:38 am

zoozzoom

also dif ending on that qu5

9:40 am

rumplestiltskin

Bye all, I've got "fireworks"!@#$%^&*()_+

9:41 am

zoozzoom

WTG Runmple

9:41 am

zoozzoom

rumple*

9:45 am

Erda

Having found that last RE word, it made me go into some choice Croatian and Hungarian curses!

10:22 am

aribomb

they even take another word for your rear end

10:39 am

mom2han8

anyone have the ao6/18?

10:39 am

aribomb

not now

10:40 am

aribomb

hard to believe there's 10 7 letter words

10:40 am

Vicuna

ao6 - ends with suffix for one who believes something

10:40 am

Vicuna

(A Greek verb tense, apparently)

10:41 am

mom2han8

tyvm Vicuna

10:41 am

aribomb

there are some jewish names in there that are accepted- starting with Y

10:42 am

Vicuna

my pleasure

10:46 am

jmcnrick

hi all

10:46 am

jmcnrick

nbt!

10:47 am

aribomb

anyone need a clue for a seven letter word?

10:47 am

Haz1558

Good morning/afternoon all.

10:48 am

jmcnrick

since i have nary a one I would gladly pay you thursday for a clue today

10:48 am

Vicuna

Hello, jmc!

10:48 am

jmcnrick

hi haz

10:48 am

Vicuna

Hello, Haz!

10:48 am

Haz1558

I hope MPittore took no4/4 yesterday of the needlecase babblet for here it is again.

10:48 am

Haz1558

Hello, hello!

10:48 am

Vicuna

Oh, thanks, Haz. I hadn't seent hat yet.

10:48 am

Vicuna

eq7 - rings the globe

10:48 am

aribomb

clue- it has to do with latitude and longitude

10:49 am

Vicuna

hu7 - like Attilla's peeps

10:49 am

Soodle

Helllo everybody :)

10:49 am

Vicuna

re7 - need

10:49 am

Haz1558

Hello, Soodlebum.

10:49 am

Vicuna

to7 - monk's coif

10:49 am

Vicuna

There's a smattering to get you started, jmc.

10:50 am

Vicuna

Hello, Soodlebum.

10:50 am

Soodle

Hope all the British Isles babblers are surviving the deluge....

10:50 am

Haz1558

It's kind of soggy, isn't it?

10:50 am

EvaNadine

hola haz. :)

10:51 am

Vicuna

Time to invest in a raven and a dove?

10:51 am

Soodle

a bit dampish, to be sure!

10:51 am

Vicuna

Hello, EvaN.

10:51 am

Haz1558

Hola EvaNadine!

10:51 am

aribomb

140 to go

10:51 am

EvaNadine

hi vicuna. :)

10:51 am

Vicuna

Go, aribomb, go!

10:51 am

Haz1558

Please note that the British Isles people are using understatement when it comes to the weather. Rain in abundance.

10:52 am

Vicuna

Don't tell me we need an understatement font now, too!

10:52 am

Soodle

Reports of a chap gathering pairs of animals, and building an ark are getting through....

10:52 am

Haz1558

Soodle, Fermanagh seems to be the worst affected county in the North, the south looks even worse.

10:53 am

Haz1558

Understatement and tongue in cheek font are the newest offerings.

10:53 am

Soodle

Not as bad as Cumbria - what a disaster for those poor people

10:53 am

Haz1558

I know, flooding has such long-term consequences.

10:55 am

aribomb

thx

10:55 am

aribomb

I have to pick up some dust masks and clean out my horrendous basement- brb

10:59 am

hego

Hi all. Nice to see all the best people are here!

10:59 am

Vicuna

My goodness, if aribomb can clean out a horrendous basement and still be "right back" I am mightily impressed!

10:59 am

Vicuna

Hello, hego.

10:59 am

aribomb

maybe

10:59 am

Haz1558

Hello hego! I've always said you were a woman of great taste and insight.

10:59 am

hego

He may have exagerated

10:59 am

hego

tx haz

11:00 am

aribomb

I moved two boxes

11:00 am

jmcnrick

hi hego and soodle

11:00 am

jmcnrick

whoo hoo ari!

11:00 am

Soodle

Sit down and have a rest Ari! You must be exhausted!! :)

11:00 am

jmcnrick

brb

11:00 am

Soodle

Hi Jmc

11:02 am

jmcnrick

I updated my icon to today's them: my favorite color

11:02 am

Vicuna

Oh, I was going to do that, but I thought today was still Monday. Hmm... time to recalibrate the brain...

11:02 am

hego

We'll miss your son

11:03 am

jmcnrick

lol I am su4 he will be back at some point

11:04 am

hego

He's a cutie!

11:05 am

torgone

Heyas kids ..

11:06 am

jmcnrick

hi torg

11:06 am

Haz1558

Talking of cuties... hello torgone!

11:06 am

periwinkle

hey there tor

11:06 am

periwinkle

hey there tor
hi everyone

11:06 am

Haz1558

Hello, peri.

11:06 am

hego

Hi tor and wolvie

11:06 am

periwinkle

Haz, I just ordered a Bissell Sweeper from a catalog.

11:06 am

torgone

How nice of you to say haz .. Thank you

11:06 am

hego

I mean peri.

11:06 am

jmcnrick

hi wolvie and peri

11:07 am

Haz1558

Is it one of the non-electric ones?

11:07 am

periwinkle

tor, I started a scramble game with you last week. do you want to play?

11:07 am

periwinkle

yes, Haz

11:07 am

jmcnrick

there you got me confused hego! lol

11:07 am

Vicuna

Hello tor, and peri.

11:07 am

Haz1558

They're handy for when you don't want to get the vacuum cleaner out.

11:07 am

Vicuna

Time to eat lunch. Goodbye, all!

11:08 am

periwinkle

yes they are very handy and it was one sale with free shipping!

11:08 am

torgone

I didn't know peri .. I'll play tonight if my interwebs is working ..

11:08 am

Haz1558

Bye, Vicuna, enjoy lunch.

11:08 am

periwinkle

I can always delete the scramble game, tor, no prob

11:08 am

Haz1558

Free shipping is always a bonus.

11:08 am

periwinkle

ok, tor

11:09 am

jmcnrick

I always look to see if I save taxes too

11:10 am

periwinkle

also retairlmenot.com is a good website for coupons. I ordered a watch from Chico's and by going to this website and finding a coupon code I got 20% off the sale price!

11:10 am

periwinkle

the website is: retailmenot.com

11:14 am

periwinkle

I have a knitting question.

11:14 am

Haz1558

I'm glad it's not a sewing question.

11:15 am

Haz1558

What is your question?

11:15 am

periwinkle

just wanted to know if it is easier to learn to knot or to learn to crochet

11:15 am

periwinkle

learn to knit, even

11:16 am

magazinemom

peri- I learned to crochet as a little girl and now I can't seem to pick up knitting

11:16 am

Haz1558

I never learned to crochet, but I can knit, even though notoriously handless when it comes to sewing. Crocheting might be quicker initially in terms of producing things, but knitting would, I think, be more adaptable.

11:16 am

magazinemom

but my daughter learned to knit first and now she isn't having much luck with crochet

11:17 am

jmcnrick

brb

11:17 am

Atalante

I can't do either :)

11:17 am

Haz1558

Even with the two main stitches you can turn out lots of things, you can build up skill as you go along.

11:18 am

Haz1558

Did you not have to do knitting at school, Ata?

11:18 am

Atalante

no!

11:18 am

periwinkle

I found a book in the library: Stitch 'N Bitch. Love the title. It has stitch by stitch instructions. several of my friends are knitters.

11:18 am

Atalante

had to learn to sew though

11:18 am

Haz1558

We had compulsory needlework. I'd rather have done spellings.

11:18 am

Haz1558

Give it a go, peri, you might really enjoy it.

11:19 am

Atalante

we had compusory needlework, but it was all machine sewing

11:19 am

periwinkle

would like to find a knitting clubgroup near me

11:19 am

periwinkle

Ata, thought you would like the title of the book I got from the library.

11:19 am

Haz1558

Machine sewing? Tut, tut, you mean you didn't have to learn chain stitch and blanket stitch and running stitch and all other forms of torture?

11:19 am

Atalante

definitely :)

11:20 am

periwinkle

I have only knitted one thing. An afghan (sp) that I knit in strips and then my sister put them all together. I still have it. I made it many, many years ago

11:21 am

periwinkle

I had to learn those stitches Haz and barely gpt a passing grade in the class

11:21 am

Haz1558

That was the main thing I didn't like about knitting - having to stitch the pieces together at the end.

11:21 am

Atalante

well I can do those too ... I can do fancy sewing, just not normal sewing

11:22 am

Atalante

I love blanket stitching

11:25 am

Atalante

haz now thinks I'm mad lol

11:26 am

Haz1558

Perish the thought!

11:26 am

Haz1558

When do you get your blood tests back, or at least the results?

11:27 am

Atalante

just got them back. they are "satisfactory"

11:27 am

Haz1558

Satisfactory? You can't be smug about satisfactory, can you?

11:28 am

Atalante

I'd be smug if I still didn't feel so rotten!

11:28 am

Atalante

I took pup out for about 40 minutes this morning and could hardly stand afterwards

11:28 am

Haz1558

Satisfactory is what my PE teacher used to put on my report. It meant, this girl is rubbish but she gives me no cheek.

11:28 am

Atalante

ditto!

11:28 am

Haz1558

Has the doctor any suggestions?

11:29 am

Atalante

nope. I'm all fine! blood test says so!

11:30 am

Haz1558

Maybe it's just going to take time for the whole thing to work its way out of your system. The only time I had flu was in 2000 and it was a month before I felt like anything normal and I had a mid dose compared to many.

11:30 am

Atalante

I'll give it a week ad go bug them again

11:31 am

Haz1558

It was so grim, flu is nasty.

11:31 am

Atalante

I really hope so

11:32 am

hego

It takes forever to recover from flu, Ata.

11:32 am

hego

But you will.

11:33 am

Atalante

it's *horrible*

11:33 am

hego

yes, it is.

11:33 am

Atalante

is 5 weeks already!

11:34 am

Haz1558

That's nothing, although it seems like an eternity.

11:35 am

Atalante

I know *grumble grumble*

11:35 am

Haz1558

Think back to when you were at your worst. You're better than that, aren't you?

11:35 am

Atalante

I just want to be able to walk the dog again properly!

11:36 am

Haz1558

I know. It's frustrating when you feel responsible for Hobbit as well.

11:36 am

hego

There, there (she says in best nurse voice)

11:36 am

Atalante

poor Hobbit, she's being so cooped up, and I hate it for her

11:37 am

Haz1558

That frustrated me so much when I had the back trouble and couldn't walk very far very fast. I felt sorrier for Spangle than for me.

11:37 am

Haz1558

But you will get better, you just will have to try to be patient and build up your strength.

11:38 am

Atalante

same here, I can cope with being bleh, I just hate how it affects Hobbit

11:38 am

Haz1558

(I'm using soothing font. Is it working?)

11:38 am

Atalante

just about :)

11:38 am

Atalante

it's just so frustrating! I'm used to walking all morning with her! not 30 minutes and collapse!

11:38 am

Haz1558

Let's face it, Hobbit's life could be worse. She could be asked to sleep outside like some poor dogs.

11:38 am

hego

Good work, Haz!

11:39 am

Haz1558

And she does have a purple collar.

11:39 am

Atalante

she does :P

11:39 am

Haz1558

Thank you, hego. Dorens is my role model for soothing and all diplomacy work.

11:40 am

Atalante

not Jac ;)

11:40 am

hego

You're very good.

11:41 am

Haz1558

Thank you. I'm hoping to pass my Grade 1 in Adoption of Soothing and Concilatory language.

11:42 am

Dorens

hah! just sat down to lunch, after trying to sort out nine argumentative nine year old girls, and read that!!! *feeling much better now*

11:42 am

Haz1558

'If I can help somebody as I pass this way. then my living shall not be in va4'

11:42 am

Haz1558

Hello, Dorens!

11:42 am

Haz1558

Pourquoi the French flag?

11:43 am

Dorens

I think you've always exceeded in soothing language, haz.. french flag because a good friend of mine died recently, and his ashes are now in Aix-en-Provence, so it is my memorial to him (there were no services)

11:44 am

Haz1558

That explains it. I wondered if you'd taken a quick trip to France or something. It's a nice gesture.

11:44 am

Dorens

I'd have loved to tell the superiors at school that I needed to fly off to Europe for a memorial service... would have done too... I adored him and miss him terribly. He is the one who called me Dorens

11:44 am

Atalante

Adoption of Reconciliatory and Soothing Expressions

11:45 am

Dorens

funny ata...

11:45 am

Haz1558

Don't think that I can't put together the initial letters, Ata!

11:45 am

Atalante

*innocent*

11:45 am

Dorens

i don't think so, ata.. not quite

11:45 am

hego

Haz I still can't get the re 7 the show biz one. Can you clue me? tx

11:46 am

Haz1558

Yes, hego, I'll try.

11:46 am

Dorens

is this grid another bear (there have been a few lately) or will I warm up to it?

11:47 am

Haz1558

re7 - sounds like someone who does a critique of a play or TV programme, but it's spelled different. It has the same ending (last three letters as the ao6, Greek tense)

11:47 am

Haz1558

No, Dorens, I liked this grid.

11:47 am

Atalante

how silly

11:47 am

hego

Ty, ty

11:48 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, hego.

11:48 am

hego

Got it. tx again

11:48 am

Haz1558

Glad it helped.

11:49 am

Haz1558

Dorens, is this the friend who died recently, the one who told you he was ill but didn't really want to acknowledge it?

11:49 am

Haz1558

Or am I getting mixed up with someone else?

11:55 am

Atalante

looks like you'll never know :P

11:56 am

Haz1558

I think she's deep in the grid.

11:56 am

Atalante

think so!

11:58 am

Gail

no

11:58 am

Gail

Ooops.

11:58 am

Haz1558

Gail is disagreeing with us?

11:59 am

Gail

No, I am disagreeing with the doctor who just called and said I need shoulder surgery immediately. NO>

11:59 am

Haz1558

Bad doctor! Does he not know you have babble to think of?

12:00 pm

Haz1558

Have you hurt yourself, Gail?

12:00 pm

aslindy

wow, I don't think I've ever seen 16 starting with Q before

12:00 pm

Gail

Exactly. I have things to do. And I am still on crutches from the foot surgery.

12:01 pm

Haz1558

Those surgeons just don't know when to stop.

12:01 pm

Haz1558

There are a lot of qu words, and it's used a lot in other words, asl.

12:01 pm

Gail

I look like frankestein already with all the scars.

12:02 pm

Haz1558

No wonder you don't want any more.

12:02 pm

aslindy

yep haz, I was noticing that

12:02 pm

Trifioso

hello babble friends! just a quick few moments to babble today during lunch

12:02 pm

Haz1558

Hello, Trif!

12:02 pm

hego

hi trif

12:03 pm

aslindy

oh my goodness... Haz, I don't know you, but I had a weird dream last night and one of the people in my dream was named Haz. How bizarre is that?

12:03 pm

Trifioso

hello! soft day here today

12:03 pm

aslindy

=)

12:03 pm

Haz1558

That IS bizarre. Was I well-behaved?

12:04 pm

Haz1558

Soft day = tipping it down.

12:04 pm

aslindy

well... yes... and you were a butler or footman.

12:04 pm

babbz

Hello all, I need someone to kick my behind into gear and get on with my day! I'm in a major procratination mode.

12:04 pm

Haz1558

I'd love to be a butler like Jeeves with a soothing tone and an answer for everything.

12:05 pm

babbz

procrastination, even

12:05 pm

Trifioso

the pillaging of my house has started, Haz - I didn't think it would bother me much, but in the end it rather did. But now that he is (mostly) finished, I am liking setting things up the way the kids and I might like. That has been fun!

12:05 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Hello all

12:05 pm

Gail

Babbz, I used to live in the Chicago suburbs, too. Hinsdale and Lagrange and Oak Park.

12:05 pm

Haz1558

Right, babbz. I don't know why you think you have time to sit here. You have things to do!

12:05 pm

babbz

LOL Now THAT's what I need!

12:06 pm

Haz1558

Just think of it as decluttering, Trif.

12:06 pm

Haz1558

Hello, Kaplan.

12:06 pm

babbz

Gail I went to LT for high school

12:06 pm

Trifioso

indeed, haz, indeed. and that is ALWAYS a good thing!

12:06 pm

aslindy

wow, we almost have tourniquet in the board. that would be a find!

12:06 pm

Soodle

Hi Trif! And Haz, while on holiday last week, I read 'Thank You Jeeves' - absolutely classic

12:06 pm

Gail

I just went back to Hinsdale Central for my 45th reunion last year.

12:07 pm

Haz1558

So, babbz, you have a list made for what you need to accomplish today?

12:07 pm

Kaplan the Magne

This is better than yesterday- but I really shouldn't stay long. I just like to see how many I can get without clues

12:07 pm

Trifioso

hey there soodle!

12:07 pm

Haz1558

Soodlebum - P G Wodehouse was a genius. He has me in tears of laughter so often.

12:07 pm

babbz

OMG Gail, my folks still live in what is now Burr Ridge but it used to be Hinsdale mailing address

12:07 pm

Trifioso

I am the same way, kaplan. In fact, I sort of make it a rule not to chat until I am at least NBT,or least one away

12:08 pm

Soodle

I had forgotten how good the books were. And weren't Fry & Laurie just perfect for the parts?

12:08 pm

babbz

and Haz - I have to grocery shop, clean my house, finish my work but I think I'm too overwhelmed so instead playing babble. There will be hell to pay later!

12:08 pm

Gail

That area has changed soooo much.

12:08 pm

Trifioso

fry and laurie were GENIUS in those roles!

12:08 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I haven't gotten into the appeal of trying to finish, but I like to see how far I can go...

12:09 pm

Haz1558

They were - I didn't see them first time around but have the DVD collection. I still like the books best, Wodehouse's descriptions are so good.

12:09 pm

Trifioso

babbz, try setting a timer - set it for say, 25 minutes. Clean or do a chore till the bell goes off, and then babble for half that time, to reward yourself

12:09 pm

marilyn992

Gail Im in Westchester, right near lagrange

12:09 pm

Trifioso

repeat until finished

12:10 pm

Haz1558

babbz, put down on the list the things you've already done, even if it's brushing your teeth. Bite sized chunks of activity (what's with my mouth obsession?) and you'll get through.

12:11 pm

Gail

Wow, we lived in LaGrange for several year. I enjoyed seeing the area again last year.

12:11 pm

babbz

Hi there marilyn, and haz that's a good idea - in fact, a great idea. Use this as a reward.

12:11 pm

babbz

I bet it's changed, Gail

12:11 pm

babbz

I hardly recognize it when I go back - I'm in Naperville

12:11 pm

marilyn992

Lagrange is very charming, lots of boutiquey shops

12:12 pm

marilyn992

reminds me of oak park

12:12 pm

babbz

It's my adult ADD rearing its ugly head again, Haz - thanks for the good ideas

12:12 pm

babbz

I like the towns where there is a nice downtown area

12:12 pm

aslindy

ok, here are some questions
. when using the Q, must you use the U with it also? could you do a word that is Q not followed by U? Could you use the U next to the Q - so you could use the H, T, or R next?

12:13 pm

marilyn992

naperville is very nice too, my son lives there

12:13 pm

Gail

It's all huge mansions now. My little house is for sale for half a million.

12:13 pm

babbz

really? Such a small world. Where about?

12:13 pm

Trifioso

no, aslindy, and that has come up before. for example, once the word "qats" would have been possible, but I couldn't enter it, as the qu is linked

12:13 pm

Haz1558

If you look, the Q is combined with the u on the tile. You have t ouse qu.

12:13 pm

hego

No lindy, the q and u must stay together.

12:14 pm

marilyn992

i cant think right now exa tly where, he has a condo not far from the high school

12:14 pm

aslindy

ok, thank you for clearing that up.

12:14 pm

babbz

Everything has dropped in value lately all over the chicago 'burbs

12:14 pm

aslindy

I don't get to come on here much. =(

12:14 pm

Trifioso

....makes me wish I had a "qu" key on the keyboard!

12:14 pm

marilyn992

oh mill i think , thats the street

12:14 pm

Scrabbler

Hello all. I worked 8-12 and return for evening hours from 5:30-8:30. So I have some time to Babble with my buddies!

12:14 pm

Trifioso

that is a shame, aslindy - it was a delightful surprise to see your name today!

12:14 pm

Trifioso

scrabbler!!! how are you, dear one?

12:14 pm

Haz1558

Hello, Scrabbler!

12:15 pm

babbz

sure, right by naperville north. This town just opened it's 4th high school this year...it's growth run amuck

12:15 pm

aslindy

well, thank you, Tri =)

12:15 pm

Scrabbler

I am tired--slept poorly last night and will try to nap soon.

12:15 pm

bichon

hI sCRABS, hAZ, tRIF AND EVERYONE ELSE

12:15 pm

Atalante

scrabs - I am officially well! Wish someone would tell my body :P

12:15 pm

bichon

sorry for caps

12:15 pm

Haz1558

Hello bichon!

12:15 pm

Scrabbler

Well, you may have a minor virus occasionally, Ata

12:16 pm

Trifioso

lucky you, scrabbler! today is nap-perfect weather here, but Primo and I are heading out to pick up my nephew at college. Primo is PSYCHED to get to see the campus, see his cousin, etc.

12:16 pm

aslindy

we have 2 daughters in college, one is graduating next month and had a thesis reading last night, and is also getting married next September. the other is in her second year of college

12:16 pm

hego

hi bichon and scrabs

12:16 pm

bichon

Scrabs has H1N1 peaked? Is it true?

12:16 pm

Trifioso

wow, it's all go with you, aslindy!!!!

12:16 pm

aslindy

so, we've been a little busy. =)

12:16 pm

Scrabbler

What college? I love college campuses--little microcosms and often with beautiful buildings

12:17 pm

Trifioso

Holy Cross in Worchester, Mass

12:17 pm

Scrabbler

It peaked locally (Buffalo area) although I saw 2 teens with it this morning

12:17 pm

Scrabbler

Enjoy, trif!

12:17 pm

aslindy

Alma College, in Alma Michigan

12:17 pm

Trifioso

My sister (kadresa) has one kid at Holy Cross and one at Boston College. We tease her no end, as we are Methodists....

12:17 pm

mom2han8

Can anyone clue the qu6/27 and/or the qu5/16???

12:17 pm

Scrabbler

Both are excellent colleges, trif, as you know

12:18 pm

Haz1558

Which qu6/27?

12:18 pm

Trifioso

qu 5/16 sounds like to make the same, missing the first vowel.

12:18 pm

mom2han8

Yes... I just saw where they were saying H1N1 had peaked.... hopefully it will stay away from here, LOL.

12:19 pm

Haz1558

The first one adds a couple of vowels to the qu4/7

12:19 pm

mom2han8

I have that qu5/16... there is one that is quo 5/16.

12:19 pm

Scrabbler

The concern is that the holiday get-togethers (Thanksgiving + Christma)s will lead to increased infection rates

12:19 pm

Trifioso

phone - brb

12:19 pm

Haz1558

The second one is a plural for qu5/16 - sounds and looks like metal money.

12:20 pm

bichon

I'm hoping to get the vaccine soon. I'm 63 and have two underlying conditions

12:20 pm

mom2han8

obviously there are a number of qu5/16... so let me be more precise, LOL.... the one I need is after the qu4/7 that sounds like a girl's name (the girl in Goodbye Girl... the one that played the kid... Cummings was her last name).

12:21 pm

Scrabbler

But you were likely exposed to a similar flu virus in the 70's and have some cross-immunity. H1N1 is particularly hitting kids, and pregnant women

12:21 pm

Haz1558

OKay, the qu6/27 I think you need is French for four. The qu5/16 that precedes it takes out one letter just before the end.

12:21 pm

mom2han8

I call my kid "typhoid Hannah".. she gets nothing, but I swear she carries it all... LOL.

12:22 pm

Scrabbler

TY for Q clues--I need 2 more but haven't looked at the list yet

12:22 pm

bichon

Our University is giving it out to my age group, but only for on campus employees [I'm retired].

12:22 pm

mom2han8

Yeah.. forget my qu's... I have all the ones you guys are clueing and, upon closer inspection, it looks like they are mostly 5/16s and 6/27s.. so forget it.

12:22 pm

Soodle

Whew. Fireworks. Nice grid today!!

12:22 pm

Haz1558

Well done, Soodle!

12:23 pm

Haz1558

And isn't it great that John and Edward are gone?

12:23 pm

Soodle

Happy to help if I can..............

12:23 pm

mom2han8

I never even considered getting the vaccine. I'm not anti-vaccine... just thought they were making a lot of hoopla out of nothing... unless you are immuno compromised, of course.

12:23 pm

Soodle

Oh my, Haz. The shame of them!!!

12:24 pm

Haz1558

I know. They were ghastly.

12:24 pm

inge

AS of yesterday the TV reports that adults over 65 are now eligible for the vaccine. But no clinics near us. Wil have to call my doctor

12:24 pm

mom2han8

Also... I was sick as a dog last year for almost two weeks.. think I probably had it then!

12:25 pm

Shirlockc

hu7?

12:25 pm

hego

Now why would they accept the French word for four? Nuts!

12:25 pm

Atalante

Tthey want a music career now

12:25 pm

bichon

I told my doctor once that I never get the flu [I am asthmatic]. He read me the riot act [including how I could be on a ventilator]. Since then I've gotten the flu shot regularly

12:25 pm

Haz1558

They'll take the French word for three, as well, hego.

12:25 pm

Atalante

something to do with cards I think

12:26 pm

Haz1558

The only way they'll have a music career is to have their stuff digitally enhanced etc. Not a note do those two have in their heads. Vicuna could do better.

12:26 pm

Gail

di

12:26 pm

hego

How about 5 + 6? ;-)

12:26 pm

Haz1558

Sorry, Enable couldn't master the accent beyond four.

12:27 pm

Atalante

enhanced? dubbed!

12:27 pm

Scrabbler

Congrats Soodlebum!

12:27 pm

Haz1558

Yes, that as well. And body doubles for when they do videos.

12:28 pm

hego

btw, Haz thanks for the three word.

12:28 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome, hego.

12:28 pm

Scrabbler

I got my H1N1 vaccine and heartily recommend it as well as the seasonal flu vaccine (has 3 new strains within it each year). 7 healthy kids ages 9-17 have died from H1N1 illness here since June, 5 in last few wks

12:29 pm

periwinkle

help with re7/44 pls

12:29 pm

periwinkle

help with re7/44 pls

12:29 pm

bichon

And I know parents who are refusing it for their children

12:29 pm

Haz1558

Okay, I must depart kitchenward to see about our evening meal. Nice to chat and I'll see some of you tomorrow.

12:29 pm

aslindy

bye Haz!

12:29 pm

hego

I've goot mine. Health care workers can't be too careful and you can put your family at risk also.

12:29 pm

Haz1558

Bye!

12:29 pm

Scrabbler

I would rather get the vaccine than regret not getting it. A chance to boost the immune system is good.

12:29 pm

hego

Bye and tx, Haz

12:30 pm

Shirlockc

re7 sounds like someone who critiques plays etc.

12:30 pm

Scrabbler

Bye Haz

12:30 pm

Atalante

going to have my jab on saturday. seems to be adding insult to injury lol

12:31 pm

Scrabbler

The problem is that the barn door has been wide open for many weeks and the cows are loose. The H1N1 vaccine should have been available in August-Sept in order to save lives.

12:31 pm

hego

orafe

12:31 pm

Shirlockc

hu7?

12:32 pm

Scrabbler

Silly Hego

12:32 pm

hego

OOOOPS! sorry

12:32 pm

Scrabbler

An adjective for Atila

12:32 pm

brandyjack

could at least slip with a real word.....

12:32 pm

mom2han8

Well, Scrabbs... like you are saying... there is not enough out there and no one in my family fits the criteria for receiving it first.

12:32 pm

hego

I'll try BJ lol

12:33 pm

mom2han8

LOL Brandy!

12:33 pm

Scrabbler

It is a public health failure, mom2

12:33 pm

brandyjack

Think the H!N! bit me back in September

12:33 pm

hego

I was hoping someone would give me the right one. LOL

12:34 pm

mom2han8

I could not agree more! I did inquire at the pediatrician's office... and they were laughing... because they call her Typhoid Hannah as well... she is like Teflon... never gets sick!

12:34 pm

inge

well, I am out of luck. My doctor does not plan to have the vaccine. Have to go to the Wayne County Health Dept. which holds its clines near downtown Detroit. That is 30 miles from me.

12:34 pm

periwinkle

still not seeing the re7/44

12:34 pm

Shirlockc

not getting the attila clue, need another hu7 clue pls

12:34 pm

bichon

Scrabs, is it true that if you are asthmatic you can Only have the shot and not the nose one?

12:34 pm

Shirlockc

peri, think of a word that can mean a show, then add the person ending

12:35 pm

mom2han8

Think Atila.. and the jewish potato food minus the k....

12:35 pm

bichon

hu 7, rhymes with make someone sorry for doing something wrong

12:35 pm

mom2han8

I am having trouble with the N's... is it just me?

12:36 pm

Shirlockc

ooo, got the hu7, thx all

12:36 pm

periwinkle

thanks, Shirl, finally got it

12:36 pm

mom2han8

anyone have the ro7???

12:37 pm

mom2han8

the first ro7 I should say

12:38 pm

Scrabbler

Nasla flu vaccine is for ages 2-49 and without underlying medical problems

12:39 pm

mom2han8

Aren't you glad you left work Scrabbs???

12:39 pm

Scrabbler

Haha, that's ok. I always like to make su4 people separate fiction/hype/emotion from facts

12:40 pm

mom2han8

And we all appreciate your expertise!

12:40 pm

EvaNadine

*rubs eyes*
brandyjack? wow, now theres a blast from the past... :)

12:40 pm

hego

Hi Eva

12:41 pm

mom2han8

There is always misinformation or misinterpretation out there, particulary things scientific/medical...

12:41 pm

mom2han8

I mean just look at the current Mammogram/Cervical cancer screening craziness. I really don't know what to make of all that. I hate to be pessimistic, but I wonder how much of that research is insurance company funded?

12:42 pm

bichon

I know a pregnant woman who isn't having the vaccine because she wants to have a "grren" baby

12:42 pm

inge

BJ, thanks for doing the clue lists, especialy when lickety is vacationing

12:42 pm

bichon

"green" even

12:42 pm

mom2han8

Wow Bichon.

12:42 pm

mom2han8

I would think she would opt for healthy over green, but that's just me.

12:43 pm

bichon

yES, AND SHE'S GOING TO HAVE A vbac [VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CAESARIAN] AT HOME.

12:43 pm

bichon

sorry again for those caps <grrr>

12:43 pm

hurshy

if she wants a green baby, she better have had sex with an orion

12:43 pm

mom2han8

Well, I hope she survives it all. Really I do. Seems a little foolhardy to me, but what do I know.

12:43 pm

mom2han8

LOL hursh

12:43 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Hurshy

12:43 pm

bichon

she's a daughter of a friend. Keeping my fingers crossed

12:44 pm

hego

Hi hurshy

12:44 pm

Scrabbler

It is everyone's choice to take risks. Pregnant women are being hit hard by H1N1, and any home delivery is risky, esp a VBAC

12:44 pm

mom2han8

You wonder what gets into people sometimes. Well, hopefully all will go well.

12:44 pm

hurshy

i don't understand. how do you have a vaginal birth after caesarian? you can't put the baby back in...

12:44 pm

hego

Did anyone ever clue the ro7, 28?

12:44 pm

Scrabbler

Silly Hursh

12:44 pm

brandyjack

LIckety's vacationing? He's not allowed....

12:44 pm

bichon

She haw a lot of really weird ideas [she's part of the whole CA subculture].

12:45 pm

Scrabbler

Risk of VBAC = uterine rupture and then mom + baby could die

12:45 pm

brandyjack

if the first doctor did the original ceasaren, she might get away with vaginal this time, but hell of a risk....

12:45 pm

hurshy

ohhh, a PREVIOUS CHILD

12:45 pm

inge

ro 7 /28 rhymes with a shellfish

12:45 pm

mom2han8

I agree that it is one's choice to take risks, but mostly they affect other people. I know a guy who drives like a maniac when his kids are not in the car (this way there is no risk to them from his risky behavior)... but I am like, OK... but what about the other people on the road that you put at risk?

12:45 pm

hego

Tx Inge

12:46 pm

Scrabbler

It's everywhere, bichon--hands-off, natural approaches--home deliveries, no immunizations

12:46 pm

mom2han8

MY SIL had a VBAC and it went fine... of course this was in a hospital setting.

12:46 pm

hurshy

and what about the risk to them of losing their dad??

12:46 pm

brandyjack

hey, they're silly enough to be on the road 8)....

12:46 pm

mom2han8

OOOHH... Good one Hursh... I never argued that one with him. Thanks.

12:46 pm

Scrabbler

Well, yes, one's risky choices do effect others

12:47 pm

bichon

She originally planned a home birth for the first one [she also had bariatric surgery] but ended up at the hospital cause she went into labor 5 weeks early. They had to do an emergency section as the baby's feet were hanging out of the birth canal. She says it was the worst experience of her life so she's ging to refuse to go to the hospital this time.

12:47 pm

mom2han8

I'm just saying that there are few risks that one takes that cannot have an effect on others.

12:47 pm

Scrabbler

So her fear is placing herself and her baby at risk!

12:47 pm

mom2han8

WEll, that's sound reasoning. Blame the hospital for the bad experience.

12:47 pm

bichon

All I can say is that my children have a lot more common sense than her.

12:48 pm

bichon

I think she's intrigued by the idea of home birth and nothing is ging to separate her from that idea

12:48 pm

mom2han8

hmmmm.. it sounds like she has no common sense at all! And is there really a doctor willing to assist her in this craziness?

12:48 pm

Scrabbler

She needs to be grateful for that stat C/S as it saved baby's brain and perhaps life

12:48 pm

jmcnrick

I am su4 it was the hospital's fault that the baby's feet were hanging out

12:48 pm

bichon

No doctor, a midwife

12:48 pm

Scrabbler

probably a midwife

12:48 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

12:48 pm

hurshy

but when it comes to childbirth, there are those who are too extreme one way, but then, the system overall is a little too much the other way, in my opinion. i think a more european balance would be better - as the US does NOT have the top outcomes in this area.

12:48 pm

Scrabbler

Hi JM

12:49 pm

mom2han8

I had a C-section and always felt that I "missed out" on some level... but, to be honest, I would never consider having a VBAC myself and certainly not at home.

12:49 pm

jmcnrick

I agree with hursh

12:49 pm

mom2han8

True Hursh we do not... which is a sin, really.

12:49 pm

mom2han8

But given her medical/surgical history this midwife is really taking a risk with her licensing should something go wrong.

12:50 pm

jmcnrick

even 25 years ago it looked like you had to choose between having the baby in a flower painted bus or under sedation at the hosp. with the doctor in control

12:50 pm

bichon

My d.i.l had a VBAC this summer and had no problem. But she never would have considered it at home. Is it really worth it to put your ideals over the health of your child

12:50 pm

hurshy

my sister has had two babies now in a birth center located on the campus of a hospital. it's like a little house. they have huge tubs for water birth. the mother can move around and do whatever makes her most comfortable. midwives assist, and if anything goes wrong, the hospital is right there. since my sister has severe medical phobias, this has been a particularly valuable option for her.

12:50 pm

jmcnrick

my son was 12 lbs when he was born so I am grateful that c-sections existed

12:50 pm

bichon

I'm not even sure the midwife has a license. It might be a dula

12:51 pm

mom2han8

Nothing wrong with the VBAC... its all the other stuff in this particular case.

12:51 pm

mom2han8

birthing centers are great options for the non-complicated pregnancy.

12:51 pm

jmcnrick

then the dula is putting herself in a position for criminal charges

12:51 pm

mom2han8

JMC... I was just going to say that!

12:51 pm

hego

Bye bbl. going for a manicure.

12:51 pm

bichon

I am good friend with her dad. Her mom died a few years ago and I think if she were still alive, she'd beat some sense into her.

12:52 pm

jmcnrick

brilliant minds, mom

12:52 pm

hurshy

she was saying recently that it is hard for her, with her very positive experiences, to fathom that most women in the US give birth in a very different way.

12:52 pm

mom2han8

I had looked into a birthing center.. but I was insulin-dependent gestational diabetic... so the risks were really too high, in my opinion. They are great options though!

12:52 pm

mom2han8

LOL jmc

12:52 pm

mom2han8

bye hego!

12:52 pm

jmcnrick

bye hego

12:53 pm

mom2han8

A friend of mine used a birthing center.... ended up having some complications... so they wheeled her right to the hospital wing...

12:54 pm

jmcnrick

I was trying for the all natural thing but was very happy when the kid turned out so big that I was at a hospital

12:54 pm

hurshy

it is unfortunate that birthing centers are not more common and that hospital boards see them as more risky even though reports in places such as the new england journal of medicine indicate that that is not true. they considered shutting down the one my sister uses due to worries about risk (of course the risk they are worried about is financial), but luckily a grassroots campaign has kept it open for the present.

12:54 pm

jmcnrick

there are 16 Q words?!?!?!

12:54 pm

mom2han8

Whatever gives you peace of mind JMC.

12:54 pm

mom2han8

Yes... its a happy day jmc.

12:54 pm

bichon

Birthing centers are great, as long as they are close to a hospital. My cousin's daughter gave birth in a hospital and she had [unknown at the time of birth] placent acrecia [where the placenta grows into the uterus, very rare]. The doctor saved her life and her uterus. Wouldn't have happened anywhere else but in a hospital

12:54 pm

mom2han8

The birthing centers that I looked into were both affiliated with hospitals.

12:55 pm

jmcnrick

birthing centers at hospitals are a good balance

12:55 pm

mom2han8

So, maybe not "true" birthing centers in the European sense, but they seemed like the best of both worlds.

12:56 pm

mom2han8

Hackensack University Medical Center has one, as does Valley Hospital... both local and well-rated.

12:56 pm

mom2han8

The only thing I have to admit was a little off-putting, at least for me, was that anyone in your family could be there... I was not sure I wanted anyone just traipsing in and out, LOL.

12:58 pm

mom2han8

Obviously these types of facilities exist more in areas like mine... probably harder to find in more remote areas.

12:58 pm

hurshy

for most women, of course, the desire for "natural" is an ideal but not necessarily a top priority. for my sister - i'm not sure if she would have had kids if she hadn't had the birth center option. for instance, many women think they don't want epidurals but then change their minds and it helps them. but my sister, with her medical phobias, was not a case like that at all. it's like if i was in labor and you said to me, ok, just hold this snake now and your pain will all go away - that would be a major NO THANK YOU. she is that phobic about anything medical.

12:58 pm

bichon

Some hospitals refuse to do VBAC's. I think that's wrong.

12:59 pm

mom2han8

OK.. my ADD and my Carpal Tunnel have kicked in... cannot concentrate or type anymore, LOL...

12:59 pm

mom2han8

Well, bichon, I am sure that is all about liability.

12:59 pm

jmcnrick

okay gotta go write thank you no4s bbl

12:59 pm

mom2han8

OK... must run. I have to hard boil and peel 2 dozen eggs for deviled eggs for Thursday's feast!

1:00 pm

bichon

deviled eggs, ymm!

1:02 pm

bichon

the first fe 5/16?

1:03 pm

phaeton

pl the plant bichon

1:03 pm

LuvWordGames

fe + an opera singer sings an a***

1:03 pm

Scrabbler

TY, Luv

1:03 pm

aribomb

laaaaaaaaaa

1:03 pm

bichon

ty Luv

1:04 pm

LuvWordGames

yw bichon

1:04 pm

aribomb

thx

1:04 pm

phaeton

ty Luv, i was wrong bichon

1:04 pm

LuvWordGames

and yw Scrabbler

1:06 pm

aribomb

any clues for "qu" words? I have 5/16

1:07 pm

bichon

I'm going to go work off lunch now, ttfn

1:07 pm

aribomb

bye

1:07 pm

phaeton

i have 5 qu5/16's

1:08 pm

aribomb

hard to believe there's 16 "qu" words

1:08 pm

aribomb

then again, the sowpods is infamous for having crazy words

1:10 pm

Scrabbler

Hi phaeton + ari

1:10 pm

aribomb

hi

1:11 pm

phaeton

Hi Scrabbler, have the day off?

1:14 pm

Scrabbler

Today, and once monthly, I work 8-12 and then 5:30-8:30.

1:14 pm

aribomb

I have all the a's and y's

1:15 pm

phaeton

good job ari

1:15 pm

LuvWordGames

I just found all the qu's if you can tell me which one you need clues for I'll try to help aribomb

1:16 pm

aribomb

whichever one you have

1:16 pm

aribomb

I need one more

1:16 pm

aribomb

then I have all the qu's

1:17 pm

aribomb

118 to go

1:17 pm

Scrabbler

Time for the list! 56 to go

1:17 pm

aribomb

keep it up

1:18 pm

LuvWordGames

qu 4/7 qu + 2 vowels; qu 5/16 plural the 4/7, qu5/16 = qu + to have consumed something, qu6/27 take the qu 5/16 bove and add an cons. betwen the two last letters

1:18 pm

aribomb

okay, computing

1:18 pm

aribomb

YES! all the qu's are gone!

1:21 pm

aribomb

102 to go

1:21 pm

phaeton

clue for the second qu6/27?

1:21 pm

aribomb

ask LuvWordGames

1:22 pm

Scrabbler

prefix for 5 + 2 vowels; I think it is a grain

1:22 pm

LuvWordGames

qu 6/27 add two vowels to the qu 4/7 above it

1:22 pm

phaeton

got it, thank you

1:23 pm

aribomb

96 left

1:25 pm

aribomb

80 remaining

1:27 pm

aribomb

73 left

1:27 pm

Scrabbler

Go Ari go!

1:28 pm

aribomb

thx

1:28 pm

Scrabbler

ve5/18 please?

1:28 pm

aribomb

I haven't actually got any of the v's :)

1:30 pm

aribomb

63 to go, 1360 points and 111 words found

1:30 pm

CiociaJudy

ve4/7 + vowel Scrabs

1:30 pm

CiociaJudy

and plural

1:30 pm

aribomb

they accept a sushi word... *hint hint*

1:30 pm

Scrabbler

Silly me, I tried a word with last 2 letters reversed and didn't try reversing those.

1:31 pm

aribomb

same

1:31 pm

Scrabbler

us5 please?

1:31 pm

Scrabbler

TY, Judi!

1:31 pm

CiociaJudy

us + ask a ***stion

1:32 pm

Scrabbler

TY, Judy--monkey would NOT have found that one for hours!

1:32 pm

aribomb

time for monkey typing

1:32 pm

phaeton

sh6/27? please

1:32 pm

CiociaJudy

strange word Scrabs

1:34 pm

CiociaJudy

add sometimes vowel to sh5/12

1:34 pm

Scrabbler

th6 please?

1:34 pm

CiociaJudy

my age, Scrabs--ROFLMAO

1:34 pm

aribomb

58 left

1:34 pm

CiociaJudy

I wish!

1:35 pm

phaeton

ty Judy

1:35 pm

jessmom

th6 29 + 1

1:35 pm

CiociaJudy

yw; so far you've all asked clues for ones I have!! still have 55 to go

1:35 pm

Scrabbler

Aha, TY, Judy. I am th6 + 20

1:35 pm

CiociaJudy

and I'm more than that!!

1:36 pm

aribomb

53 left

1:36 pm

jessmom

I'm th6 + 9 today :)

1:36 pm

aribomb

monkey typing works :>}

1:36 pm

Scrabbler

Happy Birthday Jessmom!

1:36 pm

CiociaJudy

Happy Birthday Jess!!! *throws confetti*

1:36 pm

jessmom

thanks Scrabbler!

1:37 pm

Scrabbler

first to6 please?

1:37 pm

jessmom

Thanks Judy!

1:37 pm

aribomb

my sponge dried up

1:37 pm

CiociaJudy

*presents Jess w/cupcake w/candle on it*

1:37 pm

CiociaJudy

everybody sing to Jess now

1:37 pm

Scrabbler

***Happy Birthday to you.....

1:38 pm

phaeton

"Happy Birthday to Jess"

1:38 pm

aribomb

happy birthday to you...

1:38 pm

aribomb

clap clap clap

1:39 pm

jessmom

I type like a monkey, and Babble with you

1:39 pm

CiociaJudy

I think we're ready to go on the road with this show! LOL

1:39 pm

jessmom

Thanks everyone! The cupcake was scrumptious!

1:39 pm

aribomb

all my qu's are down- T-48 before fireworks

1:40 pm

CiociaJudy

go Ari go still have 53 :(

1:40 pm

aribomb

close

1:41 pm

CiociaJudy

yay! finished the Qu's

1:41 pm

aribomb

tough ones, huh

1:41 pm

Scrabbler

Go Babblers go!

1:42 pm

phaeton

virtual cupcake! was the taste virtual too? lol

1:42 pm

CiociaJudy

calories were definitely virtual!!

1:42 pm

aribomb

hi phaeton- 39 left

1:43 pm

aribomb

and sugars

1:43 pm

jessmom

As long as the calories don't count, I'm happy :)

1:43 pm

aribomb

how true

1:44 pm

aribomb

34 left

1:45 pm

phaeton

the best kind, then!!

1:45 pm

aribomb

24 left

1:46 pm

stidmama

hello all! *searching for no-calories treats*

1:46 pm

stidmama

how's the grid today?

1:46 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Stid!

1:46 pm

jacq

hello everyone

1:47 pm

aribomb

grid's easy

1:47 pm

Scrabbler

Hi jacq

1:47 pm

stidmama

hey cousin! how are you?

1:47 pm

stidmama

hey jac!

1:47 pm

jacq

i was told by a babbler that provided you don;t enjoy the foods the calories don't count

1:47 pm

aribomb

I only have 21 left and I only started two hours ago

1:47 pm

stidmama

go ari go!

1:47 pm

aribomb

thx

1:48 pm

phaeton

i heard that, waiting for it to happen :)

1:48 pm

aribomb

haha

1:49 pm

aribomb

7 letter words al gone

1:49 pm

aribomb

all

1:49 pm

aribomb

whoops

1:49 pm

stidmama

well done ari1

1:50 pm

aribomb

thx

1:50 pm

o-o

In Greek its name means "place or shrine of the muses." What building-type is it?

1:50 pm

aribomb

4 five letter words to go

1:51 pm

aribomb

11 four letter words to go

1:51 pm

stidmama

hey BR! (((many hugs))) haven't seen you in a long time. you okay?

1:51 pm

aribomb

2 six letter words to go

1:51 pm

Scrabbler

naoi, mayhaps?

1:51 pm

o-o

the museum

1:52 pm

periwinkle

hello all, back to find my last 21 word

1:52 pm

aribomb

oooh- close

1:52 pm

aribomb

17 left

1:52 pm

periwinkle

*words* even

1:52 pm

car.eeyore

31 to go here Peri!

1:52 pm

stidmama

*facepalm* of course!

1:52 pm

Scrabbler

Oh, duh.

1:52 pm

phaeton

clue for the re7/44, please?

1:52 pm

Scrabbler

Hi peri

1:52 pm

car.eeyore

Bus in 8 minutes though!

1:52 pm

stidmama

hey peri

1:52 pm

Scrabbler

I second that request, phaeton!

1:52 pm

stidmama

go car go!

1:53 pm

Scrabbler

Go Car go!

1:53 pm

aribomb

Go Car!

1:53 pm

car.eeyore

race a car engine + vowel + one who does ending

1:53 pm

stidmama

brb phone

1:53 pm

aribomb

oooh- good clue

1:54 pm

aribomb

15 left- fireworks are calling

1:54 pm

phaeton

ty car

1:55 pm

car.eeyore

YVW

1:55 pm

aribomb

12 left

1:55 pm

o-o

What a wonderful picture of the young men, car

1:56 pm

car.eeyore

TY BR!

1:57 pm

aribomb

I need a clue for the last F-word (not not THE f-word,)

1:58 pm

inge

fr + opp of off + plural letter

1:58 pm

car.eeyore

Very last one is F + i used an i*** to get the wrinkles out of my close + curved letter

1:58 pm

car.eeyore

Wow Inge...your clue is so much easier than mine! I was overthinking it a bit!

1:58 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Inge

1:59 pm

aribomb

sorry inge, i got that one

2:00 pm

inge

I am back from AAA, getting car title notarized for insurance co, who will pay us 3000 for my totalled VW Passat

2:00 pm

Scrabbler

Done. TY for clues. Now I must nap before returning to office for evening hrs from 5:30-8:30.

2:00 pm

aribomb

still 12 left- firework hopes are fading- must move toward Lickety

2:00 pm

phaeton

who totalled it inge?

2:01 pm

inge

which one then, ari?

2:01 pm

phaeton

done

2:01 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams scrabbler

2:01 pm

stidmama

hey inge

2:01 pm

aribomb

GREAT, PHAETON!

2:01 pm

o-o

congrats, Scrabbler and phaeton

2:02 pm

inge

a 19 year old gal who was reading her GPS, and ran into Daughter in my car at an intersection

2:02 pm

phaeton

wtg scrabs

2:02 pm

stidmama

oh no, inge -- hope the "gals" are okay?

2:02 pm

stidmama

YAY phaeton!

2:02 pm

aribomb

inge, it's hard to tell you which ones I have because I'll reveal too many words

2:02 pm

phaeton

if they aren't texting, they are doing something else to distract them

2:02 pm

phaeton

TY Stid and BR

2:03 pm

inge

shall we sing a lullaby for Scrabs?

2:03 pm

aribomb

must move mouse pointer toward boggle solver website

2:03 pm

phaeton

ari...have you tried using lickety?

2:03 pm

inge

Granddaughter had mild whiplash complaints

2:03 pm

aribomb

he isn't helpful today

2:03 pm

phaeton

is there clues on BabAnonymous?

2:04 pm

aribomb

lemme check

2:04 pm

phaeton

my babbleexpert worked today

2:04 pm

sammysmom

TE 4/5??

2:04 pm

stidmama

well, I hope she recovers quickly, inge. that is scary.

2:05 pm

inge

o=lickety is there, maybe BJ posted one in BABANON

2:05 pm

stidmama

sammysmom: like the seagull bird, but diff last letter (2 pts)

2:05 pm

sammysmom

RETS

2:05 pm

torgone

PB

2:05 pm

inge

I never dreamt that my 9 year old car with 160 000miles woudl be still worth 3,000

2:06 pm

torgone

Heyas kids ..

2:06 pm

stidmama

I need the U on the far right to get no blanks... help please? and then I have to start another homework project. *sigh*

2:06 pm

stidmama

hey tor!

2:06 pm

phaeton

sammysmom, turn off your caps

2:06 pm

aribomb

BabAnonymous has clues for the words I have

2:06 pm

aribomb

only- sadly

2:06 pm

periwinkle

last word, tu5/18 pls

2:06 pm

torgone

us5/18 stid

2:06 pm

stidmama

thanks tor.

2:07 pm

phaeton

tu...***stions need answers

2:07 pm

stidmama

got it!

2:07 pm

stidmama

go peri!!!

2:07 pm

aribomb

F's are gone- all I needed was a kind of gas

2:08 pm

inge

tu + ***sera, sera

2:08 pm

stidmama

Vs vanquished....

2:08 pm

stidmama

good clues, tor and inge!

2:08 pm

aribomb

same here

2:08 pm

aribomb

11 left

2:09 pm

periwinkle

thanks phe and inge, new word for me

2:09 pm

periwinkle

fireworks

2:09 pm

aribomb

yay peri

2:09 pm

stidmama

I am down to 92 and homework beckons. *heavy sigh* oh well, if I get this done soon I can play more tonight.

2:09 pm

periwinkle

now off to play scramble

2:09 pm

stidmama

YAY peri!

2:09 pm

stidmama

*poof*

2:09 pm

bichon

a clue for the us 5/18?

2:09 pm

periwinkle

thanks stidmama

2:09 pm

aribomb

oy- scramble- it's terrible today

2:10 pm

o-o

* What do termites eat for breakfast?
* Oakmeal.

2:10 pm

aribomb

haha

2:10 pm

jmbdobie2

fireworks

2:10 pm

aribomb

great jmb

2:10 pm

sammysmom

thanks stid - thought i had it and was too stubborn to try it again-lol

2:11 pm

o-o

congrats, jmbdobie2

2:12 pm

inge

when an eel bites your hand

2:12 pm

bichon

us 5?

2:12 pm

inge

and you have not planned ,,,thats a moray

2:12 pm

o-o

good one, inge

2:13 pm

o-o

us + royalty, not a king but a ***en

2:14 pm

bichon

ty BR

2:14 pm

o-o

yw

2:16 pm

car.eeyore

OK...got kid off bus...both boys off to birthday party....30 minutes before I have to head out for work....19 words left......GO!

2:17 pm

aribomb

still 11 left

2:17 pm

aribomb

i'm at a loss for words

2:17 pm

aribomb

literally

2:17 pm

aribomb

go car

2:18 pm

car.eeyore

Go Ari!

2:18 pm

aribomb

thx- 10 left- all s words gone

2:19 pm

aribomb

need one more R word

2:19 pm

car.eeyore

Just finished the R's....11 to go!

2:19 pm

bichon

in 6?

2:20 pm

aribomb

I have 10 to go- you're ahead of me

2:20 pm

HarryHood

in6 think state farm

2:20 pm

bichon

sorry, the first one

2:20 pm

car.eeyore

What type of company Geico, StateFarm, Blue Cross Blue shield are

2:21 pm

aribomb

yup

2:21 pm

car.eeyore

in + cost to ride in a taxi ...fa 4/7

2:21 pm

o-o

in + the price of ride ... taxi bus train

2:21 pm

aribomb

it should be in7 anyways

2:21 pm

bichon

that's it, ty car

2:21 pm

aribomb

got that one br

2:22 pm

car.eeyore

YW!

2:22 pm

aribomb

R's gone! in single digits- 9 left!

2:22 pm

o-o

si + concord is the capital of this state, abbr

2:22 pm

car.eeyore

Keep in mind Ari...I have the list up!

2:22 pm

aribomb

sorry br, got that one too

2:22 pm

car.eeyore

BR...that is the S word I was just typing in as your clue came up...how DO you know what I need?!??!

2:23 pm

o-o

sq 5 6 6 6

2:23 pm

aribomb

maybe br has telepathy

2:23 pm

aribomb

one thing's for sure- my telepathy powers are telepathetic

2:24 pm

aribomb

how many words left car?

2:24 pm

car.eeyore

7

2:24 pm

aribomb

man! I have 9 left

2:25 pm

aribomb

need one more I word

2:26 pm

o-o

5 in words

2:27 pm

aribomb

wow! thx br

2:28 pm

o-o

in 6 5 5 4 6

2:28 pm

car.eeyore

On my last 1 now....

2:31 pm

aribomb

oh no!

2:31 pm

aribomb

still 9 left

2:31 pm

aribomb

but anway- GO CAR!

2:31 pm

car.eeyore

I am completely stumped...so I'll be here for a bit!

2:32 pm

aribomb

What's your last word start wth?

2:32 pm

car.eeyore

T

2:32 pm

aribomb

okay- let me see...

2:32 pm

car.eeyore

No! I don't want a clue yet!

2:32 pm

aribomb

opp of fat?

2:32 pm

aribomb

sorry

2:32 pm

aribomb

don't look

2:35 pm

car.eeyore

Got it! Fireworks! Pretty!

2:35 pm

aribomb

great!

2:35 pm

car.eeyore

Now...Ari..what can I help you with?

2:35 pm

o-o

well done, Carole

2:36 pm

car.eeyore

TY BR...do you "know" what word it was?

2:36 pm

aribomb

nothing at the moment- thx anyways

2:36 pm

o-o

no

2:37 pm

aribomb

was it... taumataquahdfhfhd?

2:37 pm

car.eeyore

it is such a cold, rainy day here...wish I could take a big old nap!

2:37 pm

car.eeyore

I knew you would know which one! Tee Hee!

2:38 pm

o-o

I generally try to take a nap before I fall to sleep

2:38 pm

car.eeyore

Good practice that BR!

2:39 pm

car.eeyore

Well, I wish you all a wonderful afternoon and evening! See you tomorrow!

2:40 pm

o-o

be well, car

2:40 pm

aslindy

could I get a little hint for the ao 6, 18 please?

2:43 pm

lynxxx

ao & what connects yr hand to the arm - w****

2:43 pm

aribomb

anyone have any hints for an h-word

2:44 pm

aslindy

thank you, lynxxx

2:44 pm

aribomb

the h under the N and left of the U

2:44 pm

lynxxx

hu & *oa* built the ark

2:45 pm

lynxxx

hi4.5 is plural

2:45 pm

aribomb

what?

2:45 pm

Pinikula

afternoon all....

2:46 pm

aribomb

hi pini

2:46 pm

lynxxx

hi4.5 hi* a*d her*

2:46 pm

lynxxx

hi Pini

2:46 pm

lynxxx

hi4.5 - a class in school - hi**ory

2:47 pm

o-o

Hello, ,lyn and Pini

2:47 pm

lynxxx

hi4.5 hi* a*d hers (sorry that first clue was wrong)

2:47 pm

lynxxx

Hi BabRab!

2:48 pm

aribomb

that's what I thought

2:48 pm

Pinikula

hey ari, lynxxx, BR!

2:48 pm

aribomb

hi

2:49 pm

aribomb

how many words left pini?

2:49 pm

Pinikula

106

2:49 pm

aribomb

it's an easy board today- good luck!

2:50 pm

aribomb

9 to go

2:51 pm

aribomb

need a six letter word

2:51 pm

lynxxx

what letter Ari

2:52 pm

Pinikula

well done, ari

2:52 pm

aribomb

thx

2:52 pm

Pinikula

I need 9 7's :)

2:53 pm

aribomb

the letters it can start with are the T in the middle row, the A in the second row from bottom, the I in the middle row, or the N and H in the second from top row

2:53 pm

aribomb

PINI- think latitude and longitude

2:54 pm

lynxxx

hu7.40 - like Atilla the Hu*

2:54 pm

aribomb

got it

2:54 pm

aribomb

it's different

2:55 pm

lynxxx

there is a to7.32 & to7.40

2:55 pm

aribomb

FAMOUS FOODS:

2:55 pm

aribomb

Okra Winfrey

2:55 pm

aribomb

Al Cappucino

2:55 pm

lynxxx

No 7 from that A

2:55 pm

aribomb

Atilla the Bun

2:56 pm

aribomb

good

2:56 pm

aribomb

how about from the T?

2:56 pm

aribomb

Broccoli Spears

2:56 pm

Pinikula

(sorry had to take a phone call) ... scrolling back for hints

2:57 pm

lynxxx

Look at my message below, there may be more

2:57 pm

aribomb

PINI: Think Latitude and Longitude

2:58 pm

aribomb

A seven letter word that encircles the planet

2:58 pm

Pinikula

Oh, I have that one, ari...was the first to clue it last night * big grin *

2:58 pm

aribomb

h

2:58 pm

aribomb

sorry

2:59 pm

Pinikula

no need to be sorry! :)

2:59 pm

aribomb

I'm checking my other 7s

2:59 pm

Pinikula

got the hu7 :)

2:59 pm

Pinikula

working on the to's

2:59 pm

aribomb

Atilla then hu*****

2:59 pm

aribomb

drat

3:00 pm

Pinikula

sadly...must return to work...back later!!

3:00 pm

aribomb

8 hours left

3:00 pm

o-o

be well, Pini

3:00 pm

lynxxx

bye Pini

3:00 pm

aribomb

9 to go

3:01 pm

aribomb

try re7 everyone

3:02 pm

aribomb

re5, sorry

3:05 pm

o-o

Are you asking for a clue for an re 5, ari?

3:05 pm

aribomb

no- it's a clue

3:06 pm

aribomb

but i do need hu2, hu3 or hu4

3:06 pm

aribomb

or i need hi2, hi3 or hi4

3:07 pm

o-o

hu + concord is the capital of this state abbr

3:08 pm

o-o

h + p*** or pull

3:10 pm

o-o

hi 4 4 4 4
hu 4 7 4 4 5 4 4

3:11 pm

aribomb

got those

3:12 pm

o-o

that is all of them

3:12 pm

lynxxx

Ari - if you Bulk Add the words you have into Lickety, then you will be able to ask for exactly what you are missing. Instructions at the bottom of his list

3:14 pm

Atalante

hi again :)

3:15 pm

lynxxx

Morning Ata & Hobbot & Sily

3:15 pm

lynxxx

Hobbit

3:17 pm

Atalante

there are lots of silly words today

3:17 pm

aribomb

7 left

3:18 pm

lynxxx

hope they are the ones I am still missing

3:19 pm

LuvWordGames

could I please have a clue for my last word: to 7/32?

3:20 pm

lynxxx

to7 a weight & to be 'certain' of something

3:21 pm

LuvWordGames

thanks lynx!

3:21 pm

lynxxx

yw - and Congrats Luv!

3:21 pm

LuvWordGames

tyvm!

3:21 pm

aribomb

5 to go

3:21 pm

Atalante

yay Luv!

3:22 pm

LuvWordGames

anyone need clues before I go?

3:23 pm

lynxxx

I'm OK thanks Luv

3:27 pm

Atalante

I'm fine ty :)

3:28 pm

aribomb

3 to go- any clues?

3:31 pm

Atalante

duh, I missed one of my favourite foods

3:31 pm

Uneaixoise

cheese?

3:32 pm

Uneaixoise

yum

3:32 pm

Atalante

qu6 :)

3:32 pm

Uneaixoise

hmmmm

3:32 pm

lynxxx

hi Une

3:33 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, lynxxx :-)

3:33 pm

Atalante

hi Une!

3:33 pm

Uneaixoise

great pic, ata ! :-)

3:34 pm

Atalante

TY :) is best friend's fat cat

3:34 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

3:35 pm

Uneaixoise

hmmm quiche is 6 letters but not in the grid . . .

3:35 pm

Uneaixoise

AH!

3:35 pm

Atalante

:)

3:35 pm

lynxxx

I think I might be missing this qu6 too - what are the points on it Ata?

3:35 pm

Uneaixoise

ok, 30 to go . . .

3:36 pm

Uneaixoise

27

3:36 pm

Uneaixoise

add 2 vowels to qu4/7

3:36 pm

welki

hi folks

3:37 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, welki :-)

3:37 pm

welki

i can clue if anyone needs a hand

3:37 pm

Uneaixoise

served Thanksgiving dinner to 200 at the soup kitchen I'm affiliated with today -- big success!!

3:38 pm

welki

there are places in heaven reserved for volunteers like you, une

3:38 pm

Uneaixoise

nah

3:38 pm

lynxxx

TY Ata & Unea - not heard of that one before

3:38 pm

welki

(yeah)

3:39 pm

FMitch

Appropriate time zone greetings to you all :)

3:39 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, fmitch!

3:39 pm

lynxxx

hi FM!

3:39 pm

Atalante

FM!!!

3:39 pm

welki

greetings, fm!

3:39 pm

FMitch

Hello ladies :)

3:39 pm

Uneaixoise

gorgeous sunflower!

3:40 pm

Becca Lorum

Hi everyone

3:40 pm

FMitch

It is blowing a gale here but having had some quality babble time I am happy.

3:40 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, becca!

3:41 pm

lynxxx

hi Becca

3:41 pm

FMitch

Thanks Une it cought my eye so had to have it.
Hi BeccA

3:41 pm

Uneaixoise

Murray's ahead of Federer 5-3 in the first set, all you Brits and Scots!

3:41 pm

Becca Lorum

Hi Une, lynxxx, FM

3:41 pm

Atalante

yay Andy!

3:42 pm

Becca Lorum

PLease could I have a clue for the u?

3:42 pm

Uneaixoise

Fmitch, a million years ago, I was hitching in Europe and ended up in a HUGE field of sunflowers (in Spain I think) -- just breathtaking

3:42 pm

Uneaixoise

us5 us + *** sera sera

3:42 pm

aribomb

1 LEFT!

3:42 pm

Uneaixoise

go, ari!

3:43 pm

Becca Lorum

Thanks Une. I'm off for a bit to put my late night boy to bed. BBL I hope.

3:43 pm

Uneaixoise

later, becca!

3:44 pm

Uneaixoise

ohmygod, Andy just took the first set!

3:45 pm

FMitch

MM uNE, AND i HAVE DRIVEN PAST FIELDS OF THEM IN fRANCXE AND sPAIN AND HAVE ACTUALLY DONE SOME EMBROIDERIES BASED ON SUNFLOWERS, THEY ARE AN INCREDIBLE FLOWER.

3:45 pm

Atalante

FM the troll

3:45 pm

FMitch

sorry for shouting, didn't check the caps loc :(

3:45 pm

KatieMcG

hmmm at the mini bar me thinks

3:46 pm

Uneaixoise

COOL, FMITCH!!! (sorry, couldn't resist shouting back)

3:46 pm

FMitch

the mini bar has nothing but soft drinks in it Katie :) How are you feeling and Ata too - both you sickies :)

3:47 pm

Atalante

only spend half the day in bed today LOL

3:47 pm

FMitch

*grins* @ Une

3:47 pm

KatieMcG

I'm much better and am back in work, about lunchtime today the cotton wool left my head and I actually managed to do some serious work today :-)

3:48 pm

KatieMcG

Yesterday only cleared my in box which took a total of 6 hours and met my new starter a week late!

3:48 pm

lynxxx

hi Katie

3:48 pm

aribomb

FIREWORKS!

3:48 pm

Uneaixoise

congrats, ari!

3:48 pm

KatieMcG

Hi lynxxx, how you doing, I took your advice last week and didn't go back until Monday

3:48 pm

FMitch

Yay, that is good to hear Katie, Ata dxear you just keep looking after yourself and you will be back to normal soon too.

3:48 pm

aribomb

thx

3:48 pm

Uneaixoise

must go watch the match -- BBL!

3:48 pm

KatieMcG

congrats aribomb

3:49 pm

aribomb

thx

3:49 pm

FMitch

Bye for now Une and congrats arib

3:50 pm

Atalante

I hope so, I'm just SO fed up of not being able to walk Hobbit

3:50 pm

aribomb

thx

3:51 pm

lynxxx

speaking off which, better go walk Stew BBL. Bye for now

3:51 pm

KatieMcG

with our weather at the moment I would have thought missing walks was a good thing. Just had to go outside and make sure everything was either put away or lying down because of the wind

3:51 pm

KatieMcG

Bye lynxxx tc x

3:51 pm

Atalante

it is ... I'm just so used to spending 1 or 2 hours outside striding around, its driving me nutty!

3:52 pm

KatieMcG

you have my sympathy I nearly went mad last week when I wasn't allowed out or to see anyone

3:53 pm

FMitch

I am getting fed up with the galey winds, they are driving me nuts, Can handle the mild temps and rain but the wind gives me a headache :(

3:53 pm

Atalante

anything else I can deal with, but not lack of beach time!

3:54 pm

Atalante

ick I know, I hate wind

3:54 pm

KatieMcG

it's really difficult to drive in as well, I nearly moved a lane on the motorway today just with a gust

3:54 pm

FMitch

*refrains about any jokes relating to baked beans etc*

3:55 pm

Atalante

I'd need an oven for those ;P

3:55 pm

jmcnrick

(good idea FM -- they already have you pegged as a troll)

3:55 pm

jmcnrick

back

3:55 pm

KatieMcG

seriously even i heat them in the microwave

3:56 pm

KatieMcG

hi jmc

3:56 pm

FMitch

Well must love and leave you, incredibly busy day tomorrow 2 client meetings and then prep for the move on Thurs. TTFN and see you on the other side!
Hi and bye jmc

3:56 pm

jmcnrick

bye FM

3:56 pm

Atalante

lol I know. just moaning :P

3:56 pm

Atalante

bye dear!

3:57 pm

KatieMcG

good luck for the move FM if I don't catch you before xxx

3:58 pm

aribomb

Anyone need clues?

3:58 pm

KatieMcG

I'm off to bed, still very tired, see you tomorrow

3:58 pm

jmcnrick

could use a clue for the re7 that is not a need

3:59 pm

jmcnrick

bye katie

3:59 pm

aribomb

okay

4:00 pm

aribomb

o

4:00 pm

aribomb

JMC- CLUE- what do you do when you memorize information?

4:00 pm

welki

hi all (re + come on without, come out within, you'll never see nuthin like the mighty qu**n + plural)

4:01 pm

Wolvie

hi all, back to see if i can finish up

4:01 pm

aribomb

Anyone else need clues?

4:02 pm

bichon

ari, any clues for the re's

4:02 pm

aribomb

yes

4:02 pm

aribomb

which do you need?

4:03 pm

bichon

anything besides the 4,4

4:03 pm

aribomb

okay

4:04 pm

aribomb

bichon- clue- What is the title of a person who reviews things?

4:05 pm

aribomb

re*****

4:05 pm

aribomb

Anyone else need a clue?

4:05 pm

bichon

critic?

4:05 pm

aribomb

close- re*****

4:05 pm

bichon

okay, got the first re

4:05 pm

bichon

and the second

4:06 pm

aribomb

good. need anything else?

4:06 pm

bichon

and the 3rd

4:06 pm

bichon

the re 6/18

4:06 pm

aribomb

great. tell me if you need anything

4:06 pm

aribomb

re 6/18

4:06 pm

bichon

yest, the 6/18

4:07 pm

aribomb

bichon- clue- What do you do when you memorize information?

4:07 pm

aribomb

you re**** it

4:08 pm

bichon

remember

4:08 pm

aribomb

re****

4:08 pm

Dorens

maybe a different clue might help??(and I don't have i either, or I'd clue it)

4:08 pm

aribomb

re4

4:08 pm

aribomb

maybe.

4:08 pm

Wolvie

think of a choo choo but leave out the r in choo choo bichon. :-)

4:08 pm

aribomb

I can think of re4 and that's it

4:08 pm

Wolvie

hi dorens

4:09 pm

bichon

okay, ty ari and Wolvie

4:09 pm

Dorens

there you go. and it turns out I DID have it... hi wolvie

4:09 pm

Wolvie

re choo choo - sort of. lol

4:09 pm

aribomb

thx

4:09 pm

aribomb

Anyone else need clues?

4:09 pm

bichon

now all I need is the 7/44

4:09 pm

aribomb

7/44

4:10 pm

aribomb

I gave you the 7/44, right?

4:10 pm

Wolvie

that is the re I need as well bichon

4:11 pm

aribomb

Wolvie- clue- What do you call someone who reviews things? re*****

4:11 pm

bichon

you did Ari? I didn't get your clue

4:11 pm

aribomb

I just gave it to Wolvie.

4:11 pm

Dorens

and i checked and i really don't have it for real

4:11 pm

aribomb

It's re5

4:11 pm

Dorens

a critic or a reviewer...

4:11 pm

bichon

ari, don't know. Can you reclue it a different way perhaps

4:12 pm

aribomb

ok- it's rev++++. That's the only "re" I have that's 7/44

4:12 pm

bichon

It's another word for review, but I don't know what that is

4:12 pm

Wolvie

ahhhh - ty ari and Dorens

4:12 pm

welki

re + Saturn **e + a nuclear physic***

4:12 pm

aribomb

welcome

4:13 pm

bichon

wait, it came to me, aha. ty very much

4:13 pm

aribomb

your welcome

4:13 pm

Dorens

aha. thanks welki. i actually didn't have it.,. never saw that word before

4:13 pm

Wolvie

hey welki

4:13 pm

aribomb

Anyone else need a clue?

4:13 pm

aribomb

I never saw it either.

4:14 pm

aribomb

Last call- clues

4:15 pm

Wolvie

i haven't listed, so don't know what to ask for - but ty. :-)

4:15 pm

Dorens

same here.. but ready to list now for sure

4:15 pm

Wolvie

any minute now for me as well Dorens. :-)

4:16 pm

Wolvie

when I was on earlier, une gave a list of the 7's, otherwise i would not have known what i was missing. :-)

4:16 pm

Dorens

okay wolvie... ready, set, go!

4:16 pm

aribomb

Lickety also helps

4:16 pm

Wolvie

okay Dorens - i am listing

4:17 pm

Wolvie

yep ari - that is the list i was talking about

4:17 pm

aribomb

Go to the section at the bottom that lists "Friends of Babble" and click on Lickety's Babble Clues

4:17 pm

Wolvie

I have it, ty

4:17 pm

aribomb

great

4:17 pm

aribomb

I won using him

4:17 pm

Wolvie

won?

4:17 pm

aribomb

I'm finished

4:17 pm

jmcnrick

what i call some one who reviews things is a reviewer

4:18 pm

aribomb

Just staying here helping others out

4:18 pm

Wolvie

lol jmc

4:18 pm

Wolvie

and hello

4:18 pm

Dorens

wow.. in just two minutes, i can't even count what i've picked up already

4:18 pm

Wolvie

ah. cool ari

4:18 pm

jmcnrick

or a critic and neither or those work

4:18 pm

jmcnrick

hi wolvie

4:18 pm

aribomb

jmcnrick- reworded clue- re5

4:18 pm

aribomb

rev++++

4:18 pm

welki

trying to upload a pic of my car, je, so they can be friends ... maybe have saablets

4:19 pm

Dorens

yes, j, same here... that didn't help me much. knowing that the ending is one who does... that is helpful

4:19 pm

jmcnrick

dorens i may make it bake to lexulous some time this week

4:19 pm

jmcnrick

good idea welki that will save us money down the road

4:19 pm

Dorens

you will be welcomed... How's your life been this past week, j?

4:19 pm

aribomb

Anyone else want a clue?

4:20 pm

jmcnrick

still hectic but getting under control

4:21 pm

Dorens

no, thanks ari... have to run now for what promises to be a long phone conversation with my son. bbs

4:21 pm

jmcnrick

my sister is causing issues

4:21 pm

jmcnrick

bye dorens

4:21 pm

Wolvie

bye Dorens

4:21 pm

aribomb

oy- there's the phone- my Mom stays on the phone FOREVER. bbiaw (be back in a while)

4:22 pm

aribomb

great- she only needs me to buy her buttermilk. I can do that later

4:23 pm

jmcnrick

can you pick me up some while you are there?

4:24 pm

bichon

I love buttermilk, to cook with and to make creme fraise

4:25 pm

Wolvie

well - must be off to make dinner, bbl

4:25 pm

jmcnrick

how do you make creme fraise from buttermilk?

4:25 pm

jmcnrick

bye wolvie

4:28 pm

bichon

one cup heavy cream, 2 tbs buttermilk, leave in warm place for oe day. Voila

4:28 pm

welki

sheesh, i can't resize the pic properly ... looks like a clown car

4:28 pm

bichon

anyone have the to 6/21?

4:29 pm

jmcnrick

can it be pasturized cream?

4:29 pm

jmcnrick

does look kinda narrow welki

4:29 pm

jmcnrick

sorta a weight bichon

4:29 pm

bichon

Yes, that's what I use. Otherwise it'll go bad in the fridge. I buy a quart of cream and it lasts about 2 weeks

4:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi all

4:30 pm

jmcnrick

hi TO

4:31 pm

jmcnrick

did you get my clue bichon?

4:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

nice wheels

4:31 pm

jmcnrick

:-)

4:32 pm

jmcnrick

man i only have 5 q words

4:32 pm

72 Temple Owl

how are you?

4:32 pm

jmcnrick

i don't think i will ever find them all

4:32 pm

jmcnrick

fine TO how about yourself? Getting to leave early tomorrow?

4:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

clues?

4:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

I AM HOME!!!!!!!!!

4:33 pm

jmcnrick

yay TO!

4:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

my house smells like an old person's house. yuck.

4:34 pm

jmcnrick

*gets out the scented candles*

4:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

i think it needs dusting vacuuming and airing

4:35 pm

jmcnrick

is it still raining up there?

4:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

no. just gloomy. but warmsih

4:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

now i have to deal with the tree company they are dunning me

4:36 pm

jmcnrick

good -- my son is driving to the poconos tomorrow and i will worry the whole way

4:36 pm

jmcnrick

send them a letter with the small claims court rules in it

4:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

?

4:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

they offered me $75 on the $475 bill

4:38 pm

welki

i give up.

4:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

welk are you home?

4:39 pm

welki

yep, got in a few hours ago

4:40 pm

jmcnrick

they offered a $75 discount?

4:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes.

4:41 pm

jmcnrick

on the bill where they cut down a tree you didn't want cut down?

4:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

we prob should not clog chat but ty

4:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

but yes, they overtrimmed it

4:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

want q clues?

4:41 pm

jmcnrick

hang tough TO

4:41 pm

jmcnrick

su4

4:42 pm

jmcnrick

I have 6/36, 4/7, 5/16X3, 6/17

4:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

qu 5/16 usually prefixed with e; qu6/16 warble;qu4/9 islet

4:43 pm

jmcnrick

ack nm gotta go before they ticket my car! bbl

4:43 pm

jmcnrick

*poof*

4:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

qu4/7 the mighty qu**n or actor cummings

4:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

andn plural; qu5/16 24 sheets of paper; qu5/16 riding crop; qu5/16 goal or allotment; qu5/16 to cite; qu6/27 one who cites

4:49 pm

torgone

Are those in order?

4:49 pm

hurshy

businesses should be contactable by phone. grrr.

4:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes

4:50 pm

torgone

Heyas kids ..

4:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

espeically PHONE companies. I cannot get samsung on thier customer service 800 number

4:51 pm

hurshy

TO, you are still missing some q's then?

4:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes. but i just started

4:53 pm

sixty7stang13

plz clue NO5/10 have the plr of 4/4

4:54 pm

hurshy

ok, so the full list goes:
islet (and pl)
make two things the same minus e at beginning
french for four
the hesitancy in the voice
islet, other sp
the mighty qu**
a certain grain ending in 2 vowels
then pl of mighty
i re***** my passport to go to another country
use a water gun minus s at the beginning
pun clue: two sides of the same qu5 (and pl)
sales goal
citation
and one who cites

4:55 pm

Mary

sixty, chg the last letter of the no5/10 (pl) to a vowel

4:55 pm

hurshy

no5 rhymes with dangerous passage in lord of the rings through the mines of M****

4:56 pm

sixty7stang13

ty all

4:56 pm

hurshy

the q's are because tor seemed interested, so if you just started, TO, you might not want to be reading that post! :)

4:57 pm

torgone

Thanks ms. hurshy!

4:57 pm

Mary

clue for the re7/44 pls?

4:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

too late :(

4:57 pm

hurshy

re7/44 one who participates in a variety show, perhaps?

4:58 pm

hurshy

sorry dear, hope i didn't spoil your fun. :(

4:58 pm

Mary

ty hurshy

4:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

s'ok. being home after lving away since the 16 it's all good

5:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

shheshi am so dense i don't even get that

5:03 pm

torgone

One who foments revolt is a re*ol*tion***

5:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty must run bbs

5:08 pm

72 Temple Owl

hm just reading your profile basically take chat as is or leave?

5:14 pm

torgone

Well, what I mean is if you don't like the tone or whatever at any particular moment, don't take it too seriously ..

5:17 pm

aslindy

could I please get a hint for the 2nd re 7,40?

5:19 pm

aslindy

never mind, I found it =)

5:19 pm

autumn moon

just read your profile, tor. Totally agree with you... about chat

5:20 pm

torgone

Clue it aslindy?

5:20 pm

torgone

Please ..

5:20 pm

aslindy

it's a must have

5:21 pm

torgone

Thank you autumn ..

5:21 pm

aslindy

I re----- you to have this

5:21 pm

torgone

Ok must be the first I don't have ..

5:22 pm

aslindy

it's the plural of the re 6, 27

5:22 pm

autumn moon

tor - there are lots of times I just don't take part in chat because of what's being said/discussed

5:23 pm

autumn moon

Well, I am 6 whole words in but off for dinner now. Back later

5:23 pm

aslindy

do you have that, torgone?

5:23 pm

blueheron

there are many times I don't take part in the chat because I feel I don't fit in.

5:23 pm

aslindy

I agree with you, blue and autumn

5:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

just got assignment for holiday dinner. making pumpkin pie. or they would not have one. seems to go with thanksgiving doesn't it?

5:24 pm

aslindy

I love pumpkin pie... mmm

5:24 pm

KrisE

hi everyone

5:24 pm

aslindy

this year, my husband is cooking a turkey on our rotisserie... yum!

5:25 pm

blueheron

hi Kris

5:25 pm

KrisE

hi blueheron

5:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

hey lindy. an easy assignment - hardest part is shoppinjg for the stuff. think i wil avoid the crowds by going late tonight

5:25 pm

KrisE

Pie!

5:25 pm

KrisE

Me, too. I follow the recipe on the can of OnePie

5:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

krise what is your icon/

5:26 pm

KrisE

a 60s computer worker, leftover from a Friday

5:27 pm

KrisE

I'm interested in the "I don't chat ... comments"

5:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

i thought so

5:27 pm

KrisE

sorry "I don't chat" comments

5:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

did not mean to begin a general discussion o chat

5:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

i didn't even know you guys wer ehere

5:28 pm

KrisE

I just came

5:29 pm

blueheron

me too

5:29 pm

KrisE

I worry about being rude

5:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

ourdata center was like that. now i am testing our new sap system which will run on a couple of servers

5:29 pm

KrisE

whether I chat or lurk

5:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

amazing progress in a generation

5:29 pm

torgone

Back .. Phone call .. Sorry to be rude ..

5:30 pm

KrisE

Did you wear shoes like that, TO?

5:30 pm

aslindy

sometimes I am concentrating on the grid so much I don't notice the chat

5:30 pm

KrisE

hi torgone

5:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

LOL no i wear long pants long sleeves and a lap robe, the lab is that cold

5:30 pm

blueheron

hi tor

5:31 pm

KrisE

good for you, aslindy

5:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

it is seriously impeding my flirting with the guy at the next table ;)

5:31 pm

KrisE

LOL

5:31 pm

Atalante

you're worried about being rude when tor is here???!

5:31 pm

aslindy

I tend to notice the chat most when I need a clue... but I hate to just ask for clues and never participate in friendly chat!

5:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

wellput, ata. well put.

5:32 pm

blueheron

same here

5:32 pm

Atalante

tyty :)

5:32 pm

KrisE

is torgone rude? hadn't noticed

5:33 pm

KrisE

there can't be 174 words in today's grid, can there?

5:33 pm

aslindy

like right now, the only ro I can figure out is the last one... any hints on any other ro?

5:33 pm

aslindy

ok, I got the last 2 of the ro

5:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

you have the ro7.28 then?

5:34 pm

aslindy

no, I only have the 2 ro 4,4

5:34 pm

KrisE

i have no ro

5:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

ro6/17 a term from the game cro6/27

5:35 pm

torgone

ro5, 6, 7 are like the lawn game with mallets, balls, and hoops ..

5:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

ro5/16 first part of bleu cheese

5:35 pm

Atalante

Tor? Never LOL .... hmmmmm .....

5:35 pm

lynxxx

Hello all, back

5:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi lyn!

5:35 pm

aslindy

ok, got those... just need the first ro now

5:36 pm

KrisE

thanks all; now I have 4 ros!

5:36 pm

KrisE

the ro7 sounds like Christmas dancers in New York :)

5:37 pm

blueheron

great clue kris

5:37 pm

aslindy

ok, I finally found the first ro, so I have them all

5:38 pm

KrisE

*blush*

5:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

clue for the u please?

5:39 pm

jacq

us and same ending as the ro5

5:39 pm

lynxxx

us & *** sera sera (someone elses lovely clue)

5:40 pm

torgone

If someone is rude, they are brus***

5:40 pm

KrisE

thx jacq

5:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty lyn. ty tor.

5:40 pm

aslindy

good clues, all

5:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty jac

5:41 pm

jacq

yw

5:41 pm

jacq

have been dozing a little sorry

5:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

what time is it there jacs?

5:42 pm

jacq

23:42ish

5:43 pm

KrisE

roses are redish, violets are bluish, if something isn't false, why can't it be truish?

5:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

well you should be more than dozing!

5:43 pm

aslindy

lol Kris

5:44 pm

jacq

lol kris

5:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

uh oh....starting to nod off

5:47 pm

KrisE

nice bonhoeffer quote, TO

5:48 pm

Kaplan the Magne

the last no4 is bugging me...there were the simple ones, but all the monkey typing doesn't seem to help. CLue me

5:48 pm

Kaplan the Magne

NO NO NO NO NO

5:49 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I got it!

5:49 pm

KrisE

congrats, Kaplan - was it cliff's friend?

5:49 pm

lynxxx

better make a no** of that one

5:49 pm

welki

hi, babblers

5:50 pm

KrisE

hi welki

5:50 pm

Kaplan the Magne

You just have to eat a lot of seaweed type stuff

5:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

wb welk

5:51 pm

welki

can i help anyone? just hanging around for a little while.

5:51 pm

Kaplan the Magne

There's an hu4 I also can't get- there are 2 places on the grid where it could start from, but I just don't get it.

5:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

quiet? seek prey? injure?

5:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

grass shacks?

5:52 pm

lynxxx

hu4.7 Atila the Hu* and *ello

5:53 pm

Kaplan the Magne

By Jove, Lynxxx, that's the one

5:53 pm

welki

(thanks, lyn ... was trying to think of a way to clue that one for kaplan)

5:54 pm

welki

has anyone heard how hego's son in law is doing? i've not heard anything since i left for my trip last thursday

5:54 pm

Kaplan the Magne

It doesn't seem to have a plural tho

5:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

did not know anything was going on with him

5:55 pm

welki

all i know is that he was in emergency

5:55 pm

wildcat17

yes welk help me! with the V

5:56 pm

inge

welki, Hego was on today, scroll back and you might get some update

5:56 pm

welki

hi wild ... carly simon, you're so va** .. the next one has same first three letters, different last

5:56 pm

wildcat17

have those .. keep going ...missing 2

5:57 pm

welki

ve 4/7 the union settled, so they a****ed a strike (and plural)

5:57 pm

lynxxx

Finished - last word was an awkward re7.44 , another noun version for a show with dances, comedy, skits etc - very odd

5:57 pm

wildcat17

have those

5:57 pm

wildcat17

congrats lynxxx

5:57 pm

welki

ve 5/18 = the last 4/7 i clued with a vowel at end (and plural)

5:58 pm

wildcat17

that was it ty

5:58 pm

welki

last is ve 4/7 those who've served in war

5:58 pm

Dorens

hi all. i came at a good time; needed those two last ve's thanks

5:58 pm

wildcat17

how bout an F or 2?

5:58 pm

Dorens

and yay for lynxxx

5:58 pm

wildcat17

omg Levi is getting so big!

5:58 pm

welki

sorry we couldn't get together dorens ... we did make it to bridgewater ($$$$)

5:58 pm

Dorens

which f's you need wild? i have them

5:59 pm

wildcat17

the 2 I don't have

5:59 pm

Kaplan the Magne

us?

5:59 pm

wildcat17

have a lot of 4s and 5s

5:59 pm

Kaplan the Magne

us?

5:59 pm

Dorens

i figured you would get there welki, which is only about 25 minutes or so for me so I could have met you.... next time for sure

5:59 pm

wildcat17

want a clue kap?

5:59 pm

Dorens

wild... four fa's, six fe's, four fr's

5:59 pm

Kaplan the Magne

yeah

6:00 pm

lynxxx

Bye everyone, off to have a go at drawing an amazing banksia I bought today - Banksia menziesii

6:00 pm

welki

us + ***bec ... canadian province, francais, s'il vous plait

6:00 pm

Dorens

do you have fr + M***ieur is french for mr.?

6:00 pm

KrisE

bye linxx

6:00 pm

wildcat17

1 fe, 1 fr

6:00 pm

wildcat17

I do now

6:00 pm

Dorens

fe + the guy with the bubblegum machine icon?

6:00 pm

Atalante

make sure you show us the results!

6:00 pm

wildcat17

have it

6:01 pm

wildcat17

good clue

6:01 pm

Dorens

fe + mass hyste***?

6:01 pm

wildcat17

have it

6:01 pm

wildcat17

I'm out of 5s

6:01 pm

Dorens

the greek fromage?

6:01 pm

welki

kaplan? did you find it?

6:01 pm

wildcat17

it's a 4 or 7

6:02 pm

wildcat17

NM got it

6:02 pm

wildcat17

need either a t7 or s7 please

6:02 pm

Dorens

there are no 7/s.. -----oh good wildcat!

6:03 pm

Dorens

to7/32 = heavy weight + certain

6:03 pm

wildcat17

ty

6:03 pm

Dorens

or to7/40 , but you must have that cause it's just a plural

6:03 pm

Dorens

may i have ro 7 please?

6:03 pm

wildcat17

1 more ...

6:03 pm

welki

well, i'll assume he got my clue ... off to unpack. bye for now!

6:03 pm

Dorens

happy unpacking welki

6:04 pm

wildcat17

and firewords

6:04 pm

wildcat17

got to run and go look at a dog crate

6:04 pm

wildcat17

nice to see e1 and thx for the clues

6:04 pm

KrisE

woohoo wildcat

6:05 pm

Dorens

no ro 7 clue?? sniff sniff

6:05 pm

wildcat17

ro7 is like your to7 with a T on the end

6:05 pm

wildcat17

the other one is r + shellfish

6:05 pm

Dorens

sorry, i imeant ro7/28.. have the others

6:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello doren. goign to boston for the holiday?

6:06 pm

Dorens

thanks wildcat.. now go enjoy your dog crate
no owl, i'm here

6:06 pm

wildcat17

:)

6:06 pm

Dorens

i expect you're going to dad's and your brother's?

6:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

family coming to you then!

6:08 pm

Dorens

yes except jeremy and famiily are going to europe.. he's speaking at a conference, then going to geneva to speak to some folks at the World Health ORganization... so i have the rest of the family, and getting together with ken's family too. will be busy

6:08 pm

72 Temple Owl

well i was invited. and so then i guess i will go.

6:09 pm

Dorens

yes, that sounds like a good idea... family id sort of what you are supposed to do on turkey day

6:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

god to be home. really don't want to leave

6:10 pm

Dorens

i can understand,... it's been a while... stay as long as you possibly can

6:11 pm

Dorens

yay firewords....

6:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

there really are no family celebrations since mom died. if i had my way i would be at salvatio army dishing out meals

6:11 pm

KrisE

yay dorens

6:11 pm

Dorens

but your family does get together for holidays, no matter what you call it

6:12 pm

Dorens

ty kris

6:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

we go to another family's celebration

6:12 pm

Atalante

life's much easier when you have an antisocial family :)

6:12 pm

KrisE

I had one family Christmas after my mom died - I swore I'd never do it again.

6:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

who here watched ama's?

6:15 pm

stidmama

dorens, where ARE you? (and why)

6:15 pm

stidmama

hello everyone!

6:16 pm

KrisE

hi stidmama!

6:16 pm

Dorens

my heart is in france because a dear friend's ashes are presently in aix en provence and there was no memorial, but if there were one I would be there

6:16 pm

KrisE

do you get the holiday off from studying?

6:16 pm

Dorens

he is the person who first (and last) called me dorens, in fact

6:17 pm

puffdaddy

temple i watched the ama's

6:17 pm

stidmama

(((dorens))) I am sorry. I hope he is at peace, and that you are also.

6:17 pm

Dorens

owl, should I be ashamed to say I don't know what ama's are?

6:17 pm

puffdaddy

j-lo fell an busted her butt

6:18 pm

Dorens

thanks stid. i miss him terribly, but should be just happy to have known him.... the amazing unique person that he was

6:18 pm

stidmama

LOL I am studying, but not as assiduously (sp?) as most weeks. I slept in today until 9:30!!!

6:18 pm

puffdaddy

american music awards

6:18 pm

Dorens

uh oh.. jlo... ama. thinking it is music awards?

6:18 pm

stidmama

I

6:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

puff - weren't you there? ;)

6:18 pm

Dorens

yup, well then puffdaddy I assume you were there

6:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

jlo looked harsh

6:19 pm

KrisE

nice, stidmama!

6:19 pm

stidmama

I am so NOT "with it" that I don't even know the names of musicians from my own generation *sigh* and yet we are supposed to have a grasp of pop culture.

6:19 pm

Dorens

getting hungry... time for some dinner, such as it is. happy babbles

6:19 pm

puffdaddy

no i watched it on tv

6:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

gaga was a shock

6:19 pm

puffdaddy

they didnt block it over here

6:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

later doren

6:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

were are you puffy?

6:20 pm

puffdaddy

did u see adam lambert

6:20 pm

stidmama

((doren)) have a nice evening.

6:20 pm

puffdaddy

Florida

6:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

no i missed itbut i saw a replay. heis appearance scheduled for molrning tv was cancelled

6:21 pm

puffdaddy

i couldnt even let my daughter watch it it was very sexual

6:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

well what isn't? i feellike a dinosaur. on my work project the young girls all show cleavage. to work

6:23 pm

stidmama

wow TO! (I know exactly how that feels -- I wear turtlenecks under short sleeves...)

6:23 pm

KrisE

me,too - dino

6:23 pm

stidmama

I am the original mamasaurus...

6:24 pm

stidmama

well, down to 67 I think I will list.

6:24 pm

stidmama

As addled!

6:25 pm

KrisE

don't freak when you see the qs, lik I did

6:25 pm

KrisE

like

6:25 pm

KrisE

one-handed; eating

6:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

go back within th ehour and hushy clued them all

6:25 pm

stidmama

mmmm. food. I just stuffed my face with too much sesame treat.

6:26 pm

stidmama

thanks TO. how is hurshy (other than done?)

6:26 pm

KrisE

thx TO - will look

6:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

seemed ok.

6:28 pm

stidmama

good to hear. assume you are pretty much the same? seems like often when you are on, you are on your way OUT as I arrive.

6:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

still on assignment first day hoe since a week ago yesterday

6:30 pm

stidmama

that's a lot of away time.

6:30 pm

stidmama

hu 4 the first please?

6:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

done dec 18

6:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

till then they own me

6:31 pm

Bugsaw

Hello everyone.

6:31 pm

stidmama

that's a long time, TO. still, I suppose it's employment so not completely onerous? I hope anyway.

6:31 pm

aslindy

I have fireworks!

6:31 pm

stidmama

BUGS! what a cheerful, lovely icon!

6:32 pm

stidmama

YAY aslindy!

6:32 pm

Bugsaw

it was colour day

6:32 pm

Bugsaw

well done aslindy. Can you clue the hu for us please?

6:32 pm

stidmama

oh! got the HU!

6:33 pm

aslindy

which hu do you need?

6:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

wtg lindy

6:33 pm

Bugsaw

the first one

6:33 pm

Bugsaw

it wont take huhs

6:33 pm

aslindy

hu**... I dunno

6:33 pm

stidmama

the first hu is the shrug your shoulders question you tried, only the last letter is a diff consonent

6:33 pm

stidmama

or consonant

6:34 pm

aslindy

the first 3 hu start with the same 3 letters

6:35 pm

Bugsaw

Finally! thanks to both of you!

6:35 pm

Bugsaw

dumb word

6:35 pm

stidmama

the hu 7 reminds me of the quality that people like attila might share...

6:35 pm

aslindy

you are welcome. any others?

6:35 pm

stidmama

how about that first in 6?

6:35 pm

Bugsaw

ty stid

6:36 pm

aslindy

in + even

6:36 pm

stidmama

LOL just reached the Q words, only 9 of those left to find!

6:36 pm

aslindy

no, that's wrong.... in + fee

6:36 pm

stidmama

thanks aslindy *thinking*

6:37 pm

KrisE

I'm working through hurshy's clues

6:37 pm

stidmama

got it! down to 41!

6:37 pm

aslindy

in + a word earlier in the list. =)

6:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

tu5/18pls?

6:38 pm

aslindy

anything else?

6:38 pm

stidmama

yes please, the qu 6/27 before the wavery 6.36?

6:39 pm

KrisE

french for 4

6:39 pm

aslindy

tu + a british line-up

6:39 pm

stidmama

good clue aslindy!

6:39 pm

stidmama

thanks kris!

6:39 pm

aslindy

thanks, I had a hard time thinking of a clue for it!

6:40 pm

stidmama

Qs Quacked!

6:40 pm

stidmama

down to 32 now.

6:40 pm

KrisE

hurshy's clue

6:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty lindy

6:40 pm

KrisE

I'm still not getting 2 qus

6:40 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

6:40 pm

Minveryork

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

6:40 pm

stidmama

hello Min! welcome to the grid!

6:40 pm

aslindy

any other clues needed?

6:40 pm

KrisE

Hi Min! Are you blue/

6:41 pm

KrisE

qu?

6:41 pm

KrisE

qu 5,16 and 6, 27, before the sales gaol

6:41 pm

aslindy

which qu?

6:41 pm

KrisE

goal. I can't type...

6:41 pm

Bugsaw

stid, are you sure you are not knitting an Aran style sweater at the same time you are carrying on conversations and zooming thru the grid?

6:41 pm

stidmama

that looks like a metal money kris, only use QU instead of c

6:42 pm

KrisE

thanks, stidmama - just figured out hurshy's clue :)

6:42 pm

aslindy

good one, stid, I couldn't think of one

6:42 pm

stidmama

LOL no sweater. the simple scarf I will work on later is in the car. I am also not trying to think about the essays I was working on before the kid interrupted me...

6:42 pm

Minveryork

My icon is blue because today's theme favorite color.

6:42 pm

stidmama

taking a break from studying for a while. 30 to go...

6:42 pm

aslindy

ok, I should be going

6:42 pm

stidmama

it's a very lovely hue, Min!

6:43 pm

KrisE

bye aslindy - thanks for chatting :)

6:43 pm

Bugsaw

you are amazing!! Will you be able to take some time off during Christmas break to spend a day in Canada?

6:43 pm

stidmama

thanks for all the help aslindy -- good to see you again!

6:43 pm

aslindy

have fun, I'll try to be back soon!

6:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

done.

6:43 pm

Bugsaw

thanks aslindy

6:43 pm

stidmama

YAY TO!!!!!

6:43 pm

Bugsaw

well done TO!

6:43 pm

stidmama

I need to turn on the outside light. brb

6:43 pm

suefrad625

hi all

6:43 pm

KrisE

very nice color, Min!

6:43 pm

KrisE

hi sue

6:43 pm

suefrad625

finished my before break tests

6:45 pm

KrisE

woohoo sue - congrats

6:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

good night everyone

6:45 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye aslindy! I will see you tomorrow in the chat!

6:45 pm

KrisE

good night TO

6:45 pm

Minveryork

Hello suefrad625! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

6:45 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations 72 Temple Owl on fireworks! Hooray!

6:46 pm

Minveryork

Bye 72 Temple Owl! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

6:50 pm

stidmama

bye TO

6:51 pm

KrisE

clue for re7,44?

6:52 pm

stidmama

*sits next to Kris to wait for clue*

6:52 pm

KrisE

sit close, stidmama, I'm chilly

6:53 pm

stidmama

oh! hey sue!

6:56 pm

suefrad625

sorry, I was on the phone

6:57 pm

stidmama

monkeys not working well on the re 6/7 before the 4/4; nor on the 7/44....

6:57 pm

stidmama

oh! got the 67

6:58 pm

stidmama

or the 6/7

6:58 pm

stidmama

the last RE is STOOOPID.

6:58 pm

KrisE

you have to keep? or to hire a lawyer?

6:58 pm

stidmama

think of a "follies" the cabaret re**e (high pt tile)

6:58 pm

KrisE

please - clue for the stoopid

6:59 pm

stidmama

and end with last 3 letters of the ao word

6:59 pm

KrisE

I have to change computers so I can watch the Biggers loser

6:59 pm

Minveryork

re 7/44: a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied KrisE

6:59 pm

stidmama

thanks Min! MUCH better clue than mine.

6:59 pm

KrisE

have to think in a minute. bye for now.

7:00 pm

stidmama

how about that last ri 6?

7:01 pm

suefrad625

clue for ao?

7:01 pm

stidmama

start like the heart valve ao**a, drop the final vowel and end with the last three letters of the joint that connects the hand to the arm

7:02 pm

suefrad625

ty

7:03 pm

suefrad625

a's abolished

7:03 pm

KrisE

back...

7:03 pm

stidmama

hey again Kris

7:03 pm

stidmama

go sue go!

7:03 pm

Minveryork

ri6/27 is suggestive of or bordering on indelicacy or impropriety and it is a French word stidmama.

7:04 pm

Bugsaw

ty Min

7:04 pm

stidmama

thanks Min! for some reason I am not seeing French words today~!

7:04 pm

Minveryork

Awesome suefrad625!

7:04 pm

Minveryork

yw

7:04 pm

stidmama

TEN to go!

7:05 pm

suefrad625

GO STID

7:05 pm

stidmama

worried because the younger kid stayed at school to work with friends on a project and hasn't called for pickup yet...

7:05 pm

suefrad625

e's eaten

7:05 pm

Minveryork

Go stidmama go!

7:05 pm

Bugsaw

go stid!. Can anyone clue the to 5,16 after the first 7, please

7:05 pm

Minveryork

Excellent suefrad625!

7:06 pm

stidmama

it looks like a canadian winder hat, bugs...

7:06 pm

stidmama

go sue!

7:06 pm

KrisE

I'm still stuck on the re--parody?

7:06 pm

gramma

Hi every1. Starting late and not following the clues posted at all. I need to get my mind around this grid.

7:07 pm

stidmama

hey gramma

7:07 pm

Bugsaw

thanks stid. I am humbled. I was sure I already had it!

7:07 pm

suefrad625

re+Saturn **e+piano***

7:07 pm

KrisE

piano?

7:08 pm

gramma

sue, I got re + planet+key. I don't think so!

7:08 pm

suefrad625

person who plays the piano is a pian***

7:08 pm

KrisE

aahhhh! thank you! I kept trying to get qu in it!

7:08 pm

suefrad625

saturn car

7:09 pm

stidmama

down to one.... considering running out to the school to see if kid is there.

7:09 pm

Minveryork

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

7:09 pm

KrisE

hi gramma - welcome

7:09 pm

stidmama

firewords!

7:09 pm

gramma

My goodness! I'm sorry I started this. Maybe I just need to Babble alone for a bit. BBL when my head is on straight.

7:09 pm

suefrad625

no gramma

7:09 pm

KrisE

enjoy - it's not that bad, gramma

7:09 pm

suefrad625

you know I get the same way

7:10 pm

stidmama

(((gramma))) don't go...

7:10 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the ro 7/28 word please

7:10 pm

EspritdJean

rhymes with a nunnery

7:10 pm

suefrad625

re+Parle **e francas+arm to hand by the wr***

7:11 pm

EspritdJean

or a shellfish sometimes put in stuffing

7:11 pm

stidmama

ro 7/28 is like french three tro** + end of large sea crustacean lobs***

7:11 pm

KrisE

Min, it's plural of ro6/27, which sounds like a game with mallets, minus the c

7:11 pm

gramma

I'm going to hang for a bit, but I'm not into it yet.

7:11 pm

stidmama

or what Esprit says! ((hugs for Esprit d Jean)) hey there!

7:11 pm

EspritdJean

:-D

7:11 pm

EspritdJean

Kris that's a different ro

7:12 pm

stidmama

I think I will run to the school, my heart is worried, though I am sure the kid is probably okay. *sigh* being a mom is not the most fun.

7:12 pm

KrisE

thought I had all the ro's

7:12 pm

gramma

Kris, (not heeding my own advice) I got that 1. TY

7:12 pm

stidmama

(((hugs all))) see you again tomorrow! *poof*

7:12 pm

KrisE

crap - have to go back to the list online

7:12 pm

KrisE

bye stidmama

7:13 pm

Bugsaw

be safe stid and stid kid, call you Mum!

7:13 pm

mkg

fantom usher!!!!

7:13 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye stidmama! I will see you tomorrow in the log

7:14 pm

mkg

half way. whew. tiime ofr lickety.

7:14 pm

Minveryork

Yes,I tried that one too along with quiet and quieter

7:16 pm

KrisE

thanks for the ro clues - I have that word now

7:17 pm

wht

Hi all. I have 21 t's to go.

7:18 pm

KrisE

go wht go

7:20 pm

Minveryork

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

7:21 pm

wht

Doing well Min - I am doing well. 14 left now.

7:21 pm

wht

I was working on it when I was supposed to be working today.

7:23 pm

KrisE

slow day, eh/

7:24 pm

wht

Well, let's just say that the grid had more appeal that what I was supposed to be doing.

7:25 pm

KrisE

that happens to me, too...

7:30 pm

inge

Kris, where in MA do you live" Wht might be your next door neighbor.

7:30 pm

Aussieme

**waves to everyone** Hey Babble Family !

7:31 pm

Aussieme

Tag inge !

7:31 pm

KrisE

watertown

7:31 pm

KrisE

where are you?

7:31 pm

Aussieme

Hey Kris.

7:31 pm

Aussieme

Hey wht !

7:31 pm

KrisE

Hi Aussieme

7:31 pm

inge

Hi Auussie

7:31 pm

wht

Hi aussie

7:31 pm

Aussieme

Good Evening Min... Lovely to see you.....

7:31 pm

Aussieme

all my luffly friends :)

7:32 pm

wht

I am in Arlington Heights.

7:32 pm

KrisE

we're neighbors, wht

7:32 pm

KrisE

werdynerdy is in Arlington

7:33 pm

KrisE

I just spent 10 minutes trying to monkey an obvious number in the grid...sigh

7:33 pm

wht

It's a popular place.

7:33 pm

KrisE

nice place, Arlington

7:34 pm

KrisE

Inge, are you our neighbor?

7:34 pm

KrisE

ok, tackling the tos

7:34 pm

Jacula

HI folks.

7:34 pm

Aussieme

Hey Jacs :)

7:34 pm

inge

No, I am in MIchigan. But you and wht are only 3.5 miles apart

7:35 pm

Jacula

Hi Aussie. Lovely to see you again.

7:35 pm

KrisE

we probably shop in the same places

7:35 pm

Aussieme

Lovely to be seen :)

7:36 pm

KrisE

Hi Jacula

7:36 pm

Aussieme

brb, just got to answer my sister on FB, she just sent me a message..... hold that thought :)

7:36 pm

wht

Probably. Do you come over to the Trader Joes?

7:36 pm

KrisE

no, but I could...:)

7:36 pm

Jacula

Hi KrisE. Tackling the tos. You sound like a chiropodist. LOL.

7:37 pm

inge

Hi Jacula. were you or any babblers in that rain delluge area?

7:38 pm

KrisE

I'm a ri4 today (ha ha )

7:38 pm

Jacula

Hi inge - everywhere's been deluged with rain, including here, but I think you're referring to Cockermouth?

7:38 pm

wht

Does anyone have clues for the to6's?

7:39 pm

Jacula

Cumbria (where Cockermouth) is has been very badly hit. Babbler Hydra's sister lives in the Lake District and it's not looking good there tonight.

7:39 pm

inge

do you have the to 5/16 with the high pt tile in it?

7:40 pm

KrisE

got one --to6 sort of like 2000lbs

7:40 pm

Jacula

to6.21 - comparative for tone.

7:40 pm

wht

I have the 5/16. Does it extend?

7:40 pm

Jacula

to7/32 - monk's bald spot.

7:40 pm

inge

if you have the aforementioned jsut add a t

7:41 pm

inge

and plural it for the 7

7:41 pm

KrisE

thanks, Inge!

7:41 pm

Jacula

to6.24 is one of the 34 words in today's grid that uses the 5-point tile.

7:41 pm

Minveryork

Hello Aussieme! Sorry I missed your entrance before.

7:42 pm

Jacula

She's nipped off again, Min. LOL

7:42 pm

wht

Thanks. I got both of them and the 7 as well.

7:42 pm

Minveryork

Oh darn!I missed Aussieme! Hello Jacula! How are you

7:42 pm

wht

I kept trying the r but it didn't work.

7:43 pm

wht

Now I just have 3 tr's and 2 tu's

7:44 pm

Jacula

Hi Min. I'm okay, thanks. Just listening out for rampaging fox cubs. I thought they were knocking the fence down AND trying to steal the car whilst they were play-fighting at 1.20am the night before last.

7:44 pm

inge

thee are three lookalike to 4 words, each ends with a diff. vowel

7:44 pm

KrisE

go wht - right behind you

7:44 pm

Jacula

tr6/18 - French for 'sad' but sounds like a romantic meet-up.

7:45 pm

Jacula

tr5.10 - French for 3.

7:45 pm

Jacula

tu5.18 - another of those 34 words that uses the 5-point tile.

7:46 pm

wht

Got the trs

7:46 pm

Jacula

tu4.6 - USA word for your derriere/bum.

7:47 pm

Minveryork

I hear wolves off in the distance at my house Jacula.

7:47 pm

Aussieme

ok, am back, and crying.... can I share something with you all (ps, they are happy tears)

7:47 pm

dcseain

th6 - one and a half score

7:47 pm

Jacula

tu4/5 - tu + 'exists'.

7:47 pm

KrisE

do!

7:47 pm

Jacula

Wow, Min!

7:47 pm

Jacula

Hi Aussie. Please do!

7:47 pm

wht

tuis

7:47 pm

Minveryork

Hi Aussieme! Said hi before, but you had already left.

7:48 pm

wht

Fireworks and the PB at the same time.

7:48 pm

wht

What a night.

7:48 pm

Minveryork

That's it wht!

7:48 pm

KrisE

thanks wht

7:48 pm

Jacula

LOL wht. Well done anyway.:-)

7:48 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations wht on your fireworks!Good for you!

7:48 pm

Aussieme

My Sister is getting married next year (October 19th) and has asked me to be her chief bridesmaid (called Matron of Honour here, because I am married...)

7:48 pm

KrisE

yes - woohoo wht

7:48 pm

KrisE

How lovely Aussime!

7:48 pm

Aussieme

But thats not why I am crying

7:49 pm

wht

So it is a black New Zealand honey eater. Is there something sweet in the PB?

7:49 pm

inge

same titiles as in the US

7:49 pm

Jacula

Aussie - that's lovely! I've never been either a bridesmaid or a matron of honour. I envy you.

7:49 pm

Aussieme

I am crying because of the lovely message she left me in my book on Facebook

7:49 pm

Jacula

Which was?

7:49 pm

Aussieme

message is....

7:50 pm

Minveryork

Used to ALWAYS be the bridesmaid&NEVER the bride.

7:50 pm

Aussieme

to my darling sister mandy,

you cannot imagine how i would feel if you was,nt there playing a big part of my wedding seeing as you have been a big part of my whole life what made you think i would,nt want you there i love you and i always will because your my big, little sister you,ve always been there for me as i have been there for you and i always will be, and the answer is yes i would love it if you would do my wedding album for me.

roses are red, violets are blue, i will always love you, forever and always.
ps I Love you to infinity, AND BEYOND TOO

7:50 pm

KrisE

lovely

7:50 pm

Aussieme

so, I answered......

7:51 pm

Aussieme

To my Sweet Alexandra,

I wouldn't miss your big day for the World, it was just that I am just so honoured that you chose me to be such a huge part of it. Yes, I will do your hair, yes, I will help with your make-up, yes, I will help with the flowers, yes, I will be your Matron of Honour.

You have been my Sister for the longest, you have played a major part of my history, and I will always want you in my life. I cannot imagine my World without you in it, ever. I am sitting here, crying into my keyboard, thinking of you being so happy, and being able to share in it.

I hope with all my heart, that your future is bright, and that the past is well and truly in the past. You start a new chapter of your life, and I am glad to help in the start of it.

I love you more as each year passes, a little more than the year past, and a little less than the year to come....

I want to ask if I can do the first toast at your reception, if you will allow me that.....

God Bless you both...

Love Always...... Your Sister eternally.... xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

7:52 pm

KrisE

how lucky you both are to have each other!

7:52 pm

Aussieme

I am floating right now,

7:52 pm

Jacula

That's lovely, Aussie.xx

7:53 pm

Jacula

Min - being 'the bride' ain't always that great! However, let's not let pessimism ruin Aussie's floating moment.

7:53 pm

Aussieme

My hubby was a freelance photographer in the past, so she has asked him to take the pictures.... so its a real honour....

7:53 pm

wht

Aussie, I asked for something sweet and you provided in spades.

7:54 pm

Jacula

wht - she certainly did! I needed cheering up tonight and Aussie's done it.

7:54 pm

Aussieme

I have been a Bride, Bridesmaid and now Matron of Honour next year, talk about having my cake **Babble, calorie and sugar-free cake) and eating it :)

7:55 pm

Aussieme

thanks for letting me share my happiness :)

7:55 pm

Jacula

So, Aussie, you won't be partaking of the wedding cake? LOL.

7:55 pm

KrisE

yay Aussieme

7:55 pm

KrisE

firewords...

7:55 pm

Aussieme

now, what I need to do is find the other 117 words in the grid :)

7:55 pm

inge

Iam impressed and happy for you, Aussieme, Now i need to retire though. Gute Nacht, babblers

7:55 pm

Aussieme

I might have a nibble at the edge of the cake.... :)

7:56 pm

Jacula

Aussie - we share happiness and sadness here almost in equal measure but happiness is very welcome.

7:56 pm

Aussieme

Gute Nacht inge......

7:56 pm

Jacula

Sleep well, inge. x

7:56 pm

KrisE

gnite Inge

7:56 pm

Aussieme

I know Jacs, you have all shared my sadness too many times, I am glad to bring Happiness to the table tonight....

7:56 pm

KrisE

Go Aussime go

7:56 pm

Jacula

Aussie - no nibbling at the edges! Just eat a slice.x

7:57 pm

Jacula

Aussie - I, too, have shared sadness and, unfortunately, bitterness on here. It's a great group of people we have here.

7:58 pm

Aussieme

It is the best group of people in the World Jacs, and the best thing is, it is worldwide :)

7:59 pm

Jacula

It's amazing really isn't it, Aussie?

7:59 pm

Aussieme

It is Jacs, it really is.....

7:59 pm

Jacula

World therapy. Almost always someone there to listen or advise.

8:00 pm

Aussieme

They should change the name of the chatterbox to "Babbke Therapy" :)

8:00 pm

Aussieme

**Babble**

8:00 pm

Jacula

It's a shame that anyone searching the internet can find what we say though and also a shame no 'edit' or 'delete' button is available. But mostly it's okay.

8:01 pm

Aussieme

yeah..... I remember troll nights.... Not the funnest thing in the world.....

8:02 pm

wht

Not to mention the oops button to keep us out of the Penalty Box.

8:02 pm

Jacula

Don't mention the 'T' word - it seems to make them appear, and, so far as I knoq, we haven't had an invasion for a whilw.

8:02 pm

Jacula

what - LOL. Yes, that would be very useful.

8:02 pm

Aussieme

rofl.... I had my share of the Penalty Box.... too many times :)

8:03 pm

Aussieme

**rewinds T word sentence**

8:03 pm

Jacula

Though, having said that, some of the 'Oops's are very amusing. Why is it that 'rude' words not only end up in the chog but often in UPPER CASE?

8:04 pm

wht

so you don't miss them.

8:04 pm

Aussieme

who knows Jacs...

8:05 pm

Jacula

Over the years I have seen mild-mannered and maybe religiously devout Babblers enter by 'shouting' something rude at us. LOL

8:05 pm

Aussieme

lol.....

8:05 pm

Jacula

Their mortification is hilarious.

8:05 pm

Aussieme

looking for the fa4 between the animal place, and the bottom burp...

8:06 pm

Aussieme

never mind

8:07 pm

Jacula

Aussie - main airport for Portugal.

8:07 pm

Jacula

Oh, you got it.

8:07 pm

Pinikula

evening all...

8:08 pm

Aussieme

Piniiiiiiiiiiii !

8:08 pm

Jacula

Hi Pini.

8:08 pm

Pinikula

aussieeeee!

8:08 pm

wht

Hi pini

8:08 pm

Pinikula

wassssssup?

8:08 pm

Pinikula

hi wht ;)

8:08 pm

Pinikula

hi jac :)

8:10 pm

Jacula

Good thing we're not a a plane, Pini!

8:10 pm

lbdawger

hi everyone!

8:10 pm

Pinikula

ROFL...I just saw that, too, Jac! :)

8:11 pm

Pinikula

hi lbd ;)

8:11 pm

Aussieme

LBDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD !

8:11 pm

lbdawger

hi Pini! are you done?

8:11 pm

lbdawger

aaauuussssiiiieeeee!!!!

8:11 pm

Pinikula

not yet!

8:12 pm

Pinikula

74 down / 100 to go!

8:12 pm

Aussieme

git'r dun Pini...

8:12 pm

Aussieme

I am 67 down, 107 to go....

8:12 pm

lbdawger

yah, what aussie said! lol

8:12 pm

Pinikula

we can dooooooooooo it, aussie! :)

8:12 pm

Pinikula

* giggle *

8:13 pm

lbdawger

how ya'll doing tonight?

8:13 pm

Jacula

Pini - there used to be a bit of an amusing thing on here some years ago - myself and a lady called Jean often used to sign in at the same time. We'd have 'Hi Jac' and 'Hi Jean'.

8:13 pm

Pinikula

I can't list yet either (not 1/2-way), so help on some of the more obscure words might be useful!! :)

8:13 pm

Jacula

Hi lbd.

8:13 pm

Aussieme

we can do it, we can do it, we can do it Cinderelli **sing to song mice sing in Cinderella)

8:13 pm

lbdawger

hi jac

8:13 pm

Pinikula

Very cute, Jac...I bet that made for some really cute conversation! :-)

8:13 pm

Aussieme

lol Jacs :)

8:14 pm

lbdawger

well the needlecase is back in the grid

8:14 pm

Aussieme

I know lbd, I know.... I saw it :)

8:14 pm

Pinikula

oooh, thx, lbd! and I so know that word, too, but hadn't seen it yet (or its pl)

8:14 pm

Aussieme

just no Hawaiian Goose :)

8:14 pm

Jacula

Can you all stop yelling? I've had a hell of a tension headache all day and, at 2.13am, it's almost dissipated.

8:15 pm

Aussieme

or the volcano :)

8:15 pm

wht

You have the circle around the world

8:15 pm

Aussieme

**whispering**

8:15 pm

Pinikula

* sorry jac *

8:15 pm

Pinikula

volcano? I don't see it :(

8:15 pm

lbdawger

and the to7.32 is a type of hair style for monks

8:15 pm

Jacula

thank you (said quietly).

8:15 pm

Aussieme

yep, got the round the world by Circumference :

8:15 pm

Pinikula

I have the eq7, wht! :)

8:15 pm

wht

No volcano.

8:16 pm

Aussieme

no Pini, no volcano....

8:16 pm

wht

See how helpful I can be.

8:16 pm

Pinikula

Good, thought my monkeys were slacking!

8:16 pm

Pinikula

u dun gud, wht ;)

8:16 pm

wht

do you have the hu7?

8:16 pm

KrisE

sorry everyone, I've been emailing my sister, in honor of Aussime

8:16 pm

Aussieme

got my foot in the Monkey butts....

8:17 pm

lbdawger

and there's the breathing problem, Jac is often telling us her significant other does at night

8:17 pm

Jacula

No volcano today, but there are 'female part and parts' from the Kama Sutra. yo4 and 5.

8:17 pm

Pinikula

* nodding * Yes ;)

8:17 pm

Aussieme

Awww, nice Kris :)

8:17 pm

Pinikula

oooh, thx lbd...got 2 from that one ;)

8:18 pm

Pinikula

thx for those, too, jac (even though I had no idea what they were - apparently the monkeys are smart after all) :)

8:18 pm

lbdawger

if you're feeling bloated it could be you are re****ing water

8:18 pm

Jacula

tu4.5 is a USA bum word.

8:18 pm

Pinikula

btw aussie...how's your arm today?

8:18 pm

wht

qu6/27 is grain.

8:18 pm

Aussieme

not too bad Pini, thanks for asking :)

8:19 pm

Aussieme

cant have it done again till next week Pini...

8:19 pm

Pinikula

thx, wht...I actually know that grain! :)

8:19 pm

Jacula

Pini - not read The Perfumed Garden yet then? 'Lingam' is the male sexual organ and yo4.6 is the female equivalent.

8:19 pm

Pinikula

another 4 words and I'll be able to list...y'all rock!

8:20 pm

Pinikula

well...uh...no...never even seen the book...

8:20 pm

wht

We try to give you what you re7/40

8:20 pm

KrisE

go Pini

8:20 pm

lbdawger

is something is kinda on the seemy side *read that as X-rated* it might be called ri6.27

8:21 pm

wht

So when you are half-way you have met your qu5 to be able to list.

8:21 pm

Pinikula

amazingly, you guys are most cluing words I've missed ;)

8:21 pm

wht

You can qu5 me on that

8:21 pm

lbdawger

ro7.28 rhymes with the sea critter that makes pearls

8:21 pm

Jacula

I don't think I want to go upstairs to bed yet; I just heard the loudest fa4/7 in the world come from up there. It virbrated the floorboards! I knew I shouldn't have made enchilada pie for dinner earlier.

8:22 pm

Pinikula

that's right, wht! :) 1 more and off to list I go...unless you can clue the other 88 words I'm still missing!

8:22 pm

KrisE

and a place where quiet nuns live

8:22 pm

Pinikula

ROFL, jac...I'd avoid it, too!

8:22 pm

lbdawger

re7.44 is someone who gives a report about a show or something similar.

8:22 pm

wht

When you get down to th6 you will be getting close.

8:23 pm

lbdawger

do you like blue cheese or ro***fort dressing

8:23 pm

wht

to5/16 is what you wear to keep your to7 warm

8:23 pm

Pinikula

dang! I've missed alot!!! (thx for all of the great clues!!!)

8:24 pm

KrisE

Have you talked about those people who are like Attila?

8:24 pm

Jacula

ve5/18 = French for Green plus last vowel in vowel ist. ve6 = plural.

8:25 pm

lbdawger

tr** or false?

8:25 pm

Pinikula

looking for the re7/44, to5/16, to7

8:25 pm

Jacula

Good clue, KrisE!

8:25 pm

KrisE

thx jac

8:25 pm

KrisE

to7 haircut for a monk

8:25 pm

Jacula

re7/44 = someone who reviews theatre shows.

8:25 pm

lbdawger

re+ do you feel **lnerable living by yourself + tw*** and turn

8:26 pm

Jacula

A critic.

8:26 pm

Pinikula

I've seen that haircut before, but don't remember how to spell it ;)

8:26 pm

Pinikula

thx for the re7 :)

8:26 pm

wht

to5/16 is a kind of hat. to6 is a smaller one

8:26 pm

lbdawger

poundage + **** is cold out

8:26 pm

KrisE

it ends with a word for certain

8:26 pm

Jacula

to7 - t + first number + 'certain'.

8:26 pm

KrisE

to7 ends with a word for certain

8:27 pm

KrisE

2000lb+certain

8:27 pm

Minveryork

A to 7/32 is a heavy weight plus su 4/5 word Pinikula

8:27 pm

Pinikula

got it ;)

8:27 pm

Pinikula

91/83 now!

8:27 pm

KrisE

can you fight your way out of that pile o clues?

8:28 pm

Pinikula

...and I still haven't listed!

8:28 pm

Aussieme

85/89 to go

8:28 pm

KrisE

Go Aussieme

8:28 pm

KrisE

Go Pini

8:28 pm

Pinikula

I'm giving the ol' college try, Kris! LOL

8:28 pm

lbdawger

go aussie! go pini!

8:28 pm

Jacula

to5/16 - a hat. A posh hat. One of the 34 words in the grid that uses the 5-point tile.

8:28 pm

Pinikula

got it ;)

8:28 pm

Pinikula

thx jac! :)

8:29 pm

Pinikula

and 2 others from that base!

8:29 pm

Jacula

y/w Pini.

8:30 pm

Pinikula

there are so NOT 16 qu words in th4 grid!!! (I've only found 8)

8:30 pm

Aussieme

I have 13 Pini :)

8:30 pm

KrisE

I had the same reaction Pini

8:31 pm

lbdawger

don't forget your plurals, pini

8:31 pm

Minveryork

F's Finished! 10 left

8:31 pm

Pinikula

I'm glad I'm not the only one in shock, Kris!

8:31 pm

lbdawger

go Min!

8:31 pm

Pinikula

git'r dun, min!

8:31 pm

Jacula

qu6/36 - a musical annotation or the name of a crispy cheesy snack.

8:31 pm

Aussieme

little buggers are all 5 letter ones I need :)

8:31 pm

KrisE

Hurshy gave clues for all of the Qs a few hours ago

8:31 pm

wht

It almost makes your voice shake or qu6/36

8:31 pm

Aussieme

wasn't here then Kris :)

8:31 pm

lbdawger

french spelling of our 25 cent piece, qu6.27

8:32 pm

Pinikula

I can only pl 1 of the qu's I have :(

8:32 pm

KrisE

Go Min!

8:32 pm

KrisE

Go Aussime

8:32 pm

Pinikula

* sigh * I really need to learn French!

8:32 pm

Jacula

qu5.16 is the plural of your war film word for Bridge over The River K...

8:32 pm

lbdawger

transpose the last two letters, pini

8:32 pm

Pinikula

had the pl but not the qu4

8:33 pm

Jacula

qu5.16 - First part of the Qu****mass Experiment.

8:33 pm

KrisE

you have ""?

8:33 pm

Pinikula

(btw: good movie)

8:33 pm

Pinikula

* whistling now *

8:33 pm

Jacula

qu5.16 - set of 5 babies.

8:33 pm

Pinikula

I do, Kris ;)

8:33 pm

wht

There is the qu that rhymes with the front of your leg.

8:33 pm

Pinikula

11/16 now!

8:33 pm

Aussieme

2 more qu's to go..

8:34 pm

KrisE

and plural of the leg rhymer

8:34 pm

Pinikula

yep ;)

8:34 pm

KrisE

and the word that sounds like metal money

8:34 pm

Jacula

qu5/16 - 25 sheets of paper.

8:34 pm

wht

and it's plural

8:34 pm

Pinikula

13/16 ;)

8:35 pm

Pinikula

25-sheets of paper?

8:35 pm

lbdawger

qu5.16 is like the sq6, w/o the s

8:35 pm

KrisE

and singing in the qu***

8:35 pm

Pinikula

have those ;)

8:35 pm

KrisE

(old english spelling)

8:35 pm

Jacula

qu5.16 - the airy cream aerosol s****ty cream, without the 's'.

8:35 pm

Pinikula

(I hope y'all are having a good time cluing these!)

8:36 pm

Aussieme

15/16

8:36 pm

KrisE

person who ""s

8:36 pm

lbdawger

to meet certain levels of selling product is to meet a qu5

8:36 pm

Pinikula

you're 2 ahead of me, aussie!

8:37 pm

Jacula

The qu5.16 for 25 sheets of paper is like the sq6 word (lord of the manor) but without the 's'.

8:37 pm

KrisE

consider two things the same, minus the first letter

8:37 pm

Pinikula

ooh, have it, jac, didn't know what it was tho ;)

8:37 pm

Aussieme

16/16 :)

8:38 pm

Jacula

Have we covered all the words between us now?

8:38 pm

Pinikula

pththth!

8:38 pm

wht

wtg Aussie

8:38 pm

KrisE

oh, Jac, your 25 sheets of paper is my singing in the qu5

8:38 pm

Pinikula

My QU list is: 4 5 5 4 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 6

8:38 pm

Aussieme

91 down, 83 to go now.... **blowing fresh raspberries back at Pini**

8:38 pm

wht

the first qu6/27 is the French four.

8:38 pm

Pinikula

* giggle *

8:39 pm

Aussieme

4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 4, 4, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 5, 5, 6 Pini

8:39 pm

Pinikula

oooh, get it now! :)

8:39 pm

Jacula

Kris - that's a ch word! LOL

8:39 pm

lbdawger

25 cent piece transpose last two letters

8:39 pm

KrisE

and lose a consonant...

8:40 pm

wht

qu6/36 a tremble in the voice

8:40 pm

Pinikula

aussie...I'm only missing 2 and your list indicates I'm missing more?? * confuzzled *

8:40 pm

Pinikula

1 more!!!

8:40 pm

KrisE

I know, Jac, but not in the Christmas Carol I keep seeing in my head

8:40 pm

Pinikula

I think it's a 4?

8:40 pm

Jacula

I worked next to a print room for many years, so paper amounts etc., come easily to me.

8:40 pm

KrisE

The Holly and the Ivy

8:40 pm

Pinikula

qu's done!!!!

8:41 pm

Pinikula

103/71 now ;)

8:41 pm

KrisE

Woohoo Pini!

8:41 pm

Jacula

Kris - what Karol is that? LOL

8:41 pm

Aussieme

YAY Pini for the QU'S !!

8:41 pm

KrisE

The playing of the merry organ, sweet singing in the Qu5

8:41 pm

Jacula

Blimey! Kris is psychic. She answered before I asked.

8:42 pm

wht

Night all.

8:42 pm

Pinikula

y'all did say you were having a good time cluing, right? otherwise I'll resort to list for a bit...

8:42 pm

Pinikula

night wht!! thx for the clues!

8:42 pm

KrisE

I'm having fun - everyone else?

8:42 pm

Aussieme

ninite wht....

8:42 pm

wht

I did enjoy cluing but I need to go now.

8:42 pm

KrisE

shall we go to the rs?

8:42 pm

lbdawger

night, wht

8:43 pm

KrisE

one rhymes with the sparkly dress things.

8:43 pm

Pinikula

have a good evening, wht!

8:43 pm

lbdawger

add re to all those qu's

8:43 pm

KrisE

gnite wht gby to Arlington heights

8:43 pm

Jacula

I haven't heard Slades' Merry Christmas yet in shops, so it's not UK Christmas yet. I did see the first Xmas tree in my hairdresser's last Friday.

8:44 pm

Pinikula

I got 2 RE's by doing that, lbd...thx ;)

8:44 pm

lbdawger

i've received my first xmas letter

8:44 pm

Aussieme

I have my trees up Jacs :) and have christmas songs on VH1 classic right now :)

8:44 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

8:44 pm

KrisE

Here they're showing Christmas movies on Lifetime already. Annoying

8:44 pm

KrisE

hi jmc!

8:44 pm

Aussieme

hey JMC :)

8:44 pm

lbdawger

hi jmc

8:45 pm

Pinikula

hi jmc! :)

8:46 pm

Pinikula

re 6 7 7 6 7 7
ri 4 6
ro 7 5 4
ru 4 4 4
that's all I have...missing?

8:46 pm

Jacula

The only other customer in the shop remarked what a pretty tree it was. The shop owner said, 'But it's a very girly tree!' and before I could say it, the customer she said it to replied, 'Well, if you can't have a girly tree in a womens' hairdressing salon, where on earth can you have one?'

8:46 pm

Aussieme

re4 between the last 2 7's

8:46 pm

Pinikula

was it pink, jac? :)

8:46 pm

Aussieme

ri 4, 4, 6

8:46 pm

Pinikula

got the re4 ;)

8:46 pm

Jacula

Aussie - 15th Dec is the earliest I would even think of putting a tre or decs up.

8:47 pm

Aussieme

ro7, 5, 6, 7, 4, 4

8:47 pm

Pinikula

got one ri4 ;)

8:47 pm

Pinikula

same here, jac ;)

8:47 pm

Jacula

Neighbour over the oad will hav all trees, lights and Santas dancing and flashing to order on 1st Dec precisely.

8:47 pm

Aussieme

well, mine used to be Dec 1st, but, I have a 3 and a half year old who is Christmas bonkers this year, so I keep telling myself its for her :)

8:48 pm

Pinikula

keep saying that, aussie! :)

8:48 pm

lbdawger

re4.4, ri4.4, ri6.27, ro 6, 7, 4 ru4x2 ru5x2

8:48 pm

jmcnrick

*imaging a tree in hair rollers*

8:48 pm

Jacula

Hmm, yea keep saying that, Aussie.

8:48 pm

Aussieme

ru 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4

8:48 pm

Pinikula

thx for the short list, lbd...

8:49 pm

Aussieme

ROFLMAO !!! You guys know me so well, I love CHRISTMAS :)

8:49 pm

KrisE

Ho Ho Ho Aussime

8:49 pm

KrisE

How lovely that you have a 3 1/2 yr old to enjoy it with!

8:49 pm

Jacula

But doesn't Christmas pall by the time it actually arrives if you celebrate it too early?

8:49 pm

Aussieme

ok, going to bed, its 10 to 3am...... night night sweet Babble Family.... I have enjoyed your company...... keep Babbling xoxox **poof**

8:50 pm

Pinikula

oh my, aussie...sleep well!!!

8:50 pm

jmcnrick

bye aussie

8:50 pm

Aussieme

Nah, I get too excited.......

8:50 pm

Aussieme

**real poof**

8:50 pm

lbdawger

night night, aussie! sweet dreams

8:50 pm

KrisE

I should go, too. Been done for a while now.

8:50 pm

Pinikula

night Kris...thx for the help! :)

8:50 pm

KrisE

Anybody need a clue b4 I go?

8:50 pm

jmcnrick

hi kris and bye

8:50 pm

Jacula

Sweet dreams of Santa, Aussie, and of satin dresses and bridal veils. xxx

8:50 pm

Pinikula

you don't wanna wait for my 65!

8:51 pm

jmcnrick

any random q clue would be good for me

8:51 pm

KrisE

Pini can clue all the Qs :)

8:51 pm

lbdawger

you just missed our mass qu clues, jmc

8:51 pm

Pinikula

* blink * I can!!!

8:51 pm

Pinikula

are we all ready??? :)

8:52 pm

jmcnrick

TO was cluing them when I had to run out and keep my car from being ticketed

8:52 pm

KrisE

happy babbling:) *poof*

8:52 pm

Pinikula

I'll try to make it quick!

8:52 pm

jmcnrick

give me a second to get my running shoes on

8:52 pm

lbdawger

night, Kris

8:52 pm

Jacula

qu6/27 - goosefoot food plant. Extends the one of 5 bbies qu4 word with 2 vowels at the end.

8:53 pm

jmcnrick

ready steady

8:53 pm

Jacula

*babies, that shouldhave read.

8:54 pm

jmcnrick

ty jac

8:54 pm

jmcnrick

pini?

8:54 pm

Jacula

qu5/16 - sounds like a co word for small change. qu6 is the plural.

8:55 pm

Jacula

Any more needed?

8:55 pm

jmcnrick

first 4/7?

8:55 pm

lbdawger

back in a few.

8:56 pm

Jacula

qu4.7 is one bby of a set of 5.

8:56 pm

Jacula

*Baby. Sorry, my 'a' key is sticking.

8:56 pm

jmcnrick

the first one?

8:57 pm

Jacula

qu + 'not out'.

8:57 pm

Pinikula

qu4 = rhymes WHY
qu5 = pl
qu5 = qu + consumed
qu6 = french four
qu6 = like an arrow qu6 (chg 1st vwl)
qu4 = alt spelling of 1st qu4
qu4 = rhymes with identical tw**
qu6 = grain
qu5 = pl tw**
qu5 = to ask a question, you inQU***
qu5 = sQU*** soap
qu5 = rhymes with money
qu6 = pl
qu5 = to reach a goal is make a qu***
qu5 = ""
qu6 = the person who "s

8:57 pm

Pinikula

(sorry, was a little busy)

8:57 pm

jmcnrick

WHOA!

8:58 pm

Pinikula

was that too much?

8:58 pm

Jacula

qu4/7 (first) rhymes with Bridge Over The River Kw**.

8:58 pm

Pinikula

better clue, jac ;)

8:59 pm

jmcnrick

ty pini and jac

8:59 pm

Pinikula

oh shoot...koda needs food, brb

9:00 pm

Jacula

I'm going to attempt wandering off to bed soon, since no floorboard-shattering fa4/7s have been heard recently. But I do hope he's wafted the duvet around to disperse the malodorous atmosphere.

9:01 pm

jmcnrick

lol jac

9:01 pm

jmcnrick

qu 5/16 to make a goal?

9:02 pm

jmcnrick

nm i got it

9:02 pm

jmcnrick

q quashed!

9:03 pm

Jacula

Going, going, gone.. Goodnight all. Happy Babbling.

9:03 pm

jmcnrick

ty jac and pini!

9:03 pm

jmcnrick

bye jac

9:04 pm

Pinikula

night jac!

9:04 pm

Pinikula

sorry if I hogged the chog!

9:04 pm

jmcnrick

np

9:04 pm

Pinikula

now I should try and finish myself ;)

9:05 pm

jmcnrick

ve 5/18?

9:05 pm

Pinikula

don't have it yet :(

9:05 pm

Lindrickway

ve 5/18 keep your vi 6 intact, sounds the same

9:06 pm

Lindrickway

or ve 4/7 & a vowel

9:06 pm

jmcnrick

vi 6????

9:06 pm

lbdawger

ve4.7 + 5th vowel

9:06 pm

jmcnrick

hi lind

9:06 pm

Pinikula

hmmm * thinking * (hi lindy)

9:06 pm

lbdawger

no vi

9:06 pm

Pinikula

oooh, got it! :)

9:06 pm

jmcnrick

ty lbd

9:06 pm

Lindrickway

hi guys, just popping in after a few drinks!

9:06 pm

lbdawger

hi lindy!

9:06 pm

jmcnrick

i am drinking here

9:06 pm

Lindrickway

no vi, just sounds the same

9:07 pm

Pinikula

just remember to share, lindy! :)

9:07 pm

Lindrickway

*passes a glass of red wine to everyone* (0:

9:07 pm

jmcnrick

want some Jack pini?

9:07 pm

Lindrickway

lol jmc!

9:08 pm

jmcnrick

no thanks lind

9:08 pm

Pinikula

* snicker *

9:08 pm

jmcnrick

tu 4/5?

9:08 pm

lbdawger

tu + ** that really you?

9:08 pm

Pinikula

butt?

9:08 pm

Lindrickway

tu & you are, he **

9:08 pm

Pinikula

oh, wait...that's tu4/6

9:09 pm

Pinikula

thx lindy

9:09 pm

Lindrickway

yvw (0:

9:09 pm

jmcnrick

ty

9:09 pm

mkg

ao clue plz?

9:09 pm

Pinikula

hi mkg

9:09 pm

Lindrickway

I still have 28 to go )0:

9:10 pm

Pinikula

no clue here

9:10 pm

Lindrickway

hi mkg!

9:10 pm

jmcnrick

hi mkg

9:10 pm

lbdawger

ao+ ***e and shine + letter after S

9:10 pm

Pinikula

I'm down to 60!

9:10 pm

Pinikula

thx lbd ;)

9:10 pm

Lindrickway

ty dawg (0:

9:10 pm

jmcnrick

go pini go

9:10 pm

Lindrickway

go pini go

9:10 pm

jmcnrick

i have 81 left

9:11 pm

Lindrickway

go jmc go go go

9:11 pm

mkg

ty got it ibd.

9:11 pm

Pinikula

(just listed)

9:11 pm

Pinikula

well 6 words ago

9:11 pm

Pinikula

git'r dun, jmc!!!

9:11 pm

Pinikula

git'r dun, mkg

9:12 pm

Pinikula

A's done!!!

9:12 pm

jmcnrick

wtg oini

9:12 pm

jmcnrick

*pini

9:12 pm

Pinikula

* giggle *

9:12 pm

Lindrickway

lol I'll have some of what you are drinking jmc!! (0:

9:13 pm

jmcnrick

*passes the Jack*

9:13 pm

Lindrickway

lol pini

9:13 pm

Lindrickway

mmm ty jmc

9:13 pm

jmcnrick

any time lind

9:14 pm

mkg

ar 4 4 pl?

9:14 pm

jmcnrick

ta 4?

9:14 pm

jmcnrick

nm

9:14 pm

Pinikula

you might re**** your maiden name?

9:14 pm

Lindrickway

ta & not out?

9:14 pm

lbdawger

ta + noy out

9:14 pm

Pinikula

ar4 = opera solo

9:15 pm

mkg

nm got the ar word. sorry

9:15 pm

Lindrickway

& pl jmc

9:15 pm

lbdawger

*not*

9:15 pm

jmcnrick

i re****ed my name so did my husband re**** his

9:15 pm

Pinikula

OK...I give, I'll have whatever y'all are havin'!

9:15 pm

jmcnrick

*passes pini some Jack*

9:15 pm

jmcnrick

any for you lbd?

9:16 pm

lbdawger

no thanks

9:16 pm

Lindrickway

good on ya pini *glass of red wine* on it's way

9:16 pm

Lindrickway

*for anyone & everyone* lol

9:16 pm

Pinikula

* giggle *

9:16 pm

jmcnrick

omg that woman cannot have a stitch of underwear on!!! gasp

9:17 pm

Lindrickway

oh pini, have you had enough already?? with all that giggling?

9:17 pm

Pinikula

* covering eyes *

9:17 pm

jmcnrick

how can a mormon boy dance with a nearly nekkid lady?

9:17 pm

lbdawger

with a big smile, jmc

9:17 pm

Pinikula

* stifling giggle *

9:17 pm

Pinikula

ROFL

9:17 pm

Lindrickway

what are you watching jmc?

9:18 pm

jmcnrick

lol lbd!

9:18 pm

jmcnrick

dancing with the stars

9:18 pm

Pinikula

it's not on here yet!

9:18 pm

Pinikula

don't tell me who wins!

9:18 pm

jmcnrick

I wouldn't dream of it pini

9:19 pm

Lindrickway

oh don't watch that! lol

9:19 pm

Pinikula

* grin *

9:20 pm

Pinikula

brb - Koda's up to something!

9:22 pm

mkg

fe 5 16 frist one please?

9:23 pm

lbdawger

fe+smalll spanish river

9:23 pm

mkg

dont know river. sorry ibd

9:24 pm

Pinikula

on the lines of the *** Grande (change last 2 vowels)

9:24 pm

mkg

ty

9:25 pm

jmcnrick

like the river that borders texas and meico the *** grander but change the second vowel

9:25 pm

mkg

got it ty

9:26 pm

jmcnrick

so am trying the 6th time to understand the clue for re 7 = some one who reviews a performance

9:27 pm

Pinikula

re + rhymes with Room with a **** + pian*** (someone who plays)

9:27 pm

lbdawger

re + mr spock was a **lcan + martini with a tw*** of lemon

9:27 pm

jmcnrick

I am open to additional and different clues for that word

9:27 pm

jmcnrick

ty lbd!

9:28 pm

torgone

Someone who foments revolt is a re*ol*tion***

9:28 pm

Pinikula

* sniffle * what about me?

9:28 pm

Lindrickway

ty ty pini & dawg!

9:28 pm

jmcnrick

ty torg

9:28 pm

Lindrickway

hi torg, how's it going?

9:28 pm

Pinikula

;)

9:28 pm

jmcnrick

ty ty pini

9:28 pm

Pinikula

* grin *

9:28 pm

torgone

I'm well ..

9:29 pm

Pinikula

hi tor ;)

9:29 pm

Lindrickway

cool

9:29 pm

mkg

cant get hu 4 7 very fist one please and the hu 7 after it. is the 7 from the 4???????

9:30 pm

Pinikula

hu7 = think of Atill the Hu*****

9:31 pm

jmcnrick

tu 5/18 pls?

9:31 pm

mkg

atila the h** i know but what is that clue about pini?

9:32 pm

Pinikula

end with the piano player (pian***)

9:32 pm

lbdawger

tu + the ***en of England

9:32 pm

Pinikula

nm...wrong ending

9:32 pm

torgone

tu5/18 + to5/16 ..

9:32 pm

mkg

tried hunnist and it wont take it. sorry.

9:32 pm

Pinikula

change last cons

9:33 pm

jmcnrick

ty lbd and torg

9:33 pm

jmcnrick

59 left

9:33 pm

mkg

ty. got it.

9:33 pm

Trifioso

hello babble friends.

9:33 pm

Minveryork

N's nuked! 8 left

9:33 pm

Pinikula

40 more here...

9:33 pm

Pinikula

we can doooooo it!!!!

9:33 pm

torgone

(((Trifs)))

9:33 pm

Pinikula

git'r dun, min! :)

9:33 pm

jmcnrick

go min go!

9:33 pm

Pinikula

hi Trif!

9:33 pm

jmcnrick

hi trif

9:33 pm

Minveryork

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

9:34 pm

mkg

go min go!!!!!!!!!

9:34 pm

Trifioso

((((tor)))) how's my secret boyfriend today?

9:34 pm

mkg

still cant get hu 4 first one.

9:34 pm

jmcnrick

*av5 eyes*

9:34 pm

Minveryork

hu4/7 is hu + Concord is the capital of this state mkg

9:35 pm

mkg

ty ty. whew. couldnt get it.

9:35 pm

Pinikula

thx min!

9:35 pm

Minveryork

yw

9:36 pm

Nef

Hi Everybody. How are you doing tonight? I started about 16 hours ago, then went to work and still have 120 words left

9:36 pm

jmcnrick

hi nef

9:36 pm

torgone

I'm ok .. Getting ready to go to China ..

9:36 pm

Pinikula

hi Nef ;)

9:36 pm

Minveryork

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

9:36 pm

Pinikula

China?

9:36 pm

jmcnrick

when do you leave torg?

9:36 pm

lbdawger

hi nef

9:36 pm

Minveryork

O's Obsolete! 7 left

9:36 pm

Trifioso

wow, seriously! how exciting!!!!!!!

9:36 pm

lbdawger

hi torg!!

9:37 pm

jmcnrick

go min go

9:38 pm

jmcnrick

hu 5/14?

9:38 pm

Nef

be careful there torg. (I heard about your frightening time there before)

9:38 pm

mkg

in 6 27?

9:39 pm

Nef

GO MIN!!!!

9:39 pm

Minveryork

An hu5/14 word is plural of the hu 4/6 word jmcnrick

9:39 pm

Lindrickway

oh Torg I have the oportunity to go to china, just such a long flight................

9:39 pm

lbdawger

in + the price you pay for a taxi

9:39 pm

jmcnrick

:-(

9:40 pm

lbdawger

plural jmc of the boo boo

9:40 pm

Pinikula

thx lbd ;)

9:40 pm

jmcnrick

ty

9:40 pm

torgone

Seriously .. The long bit is 12+ hours ..

9:41 pm

mkg

ty for in 6./ nver heard that word.

9:41 pm

Pinikula

safe travels, tho, tor!

9:41 pm

Lindrickway

I will be going from the UK tho'

9:41 pm

torgone

Yikes ..

9:41 pm

Lindrickway

where are you going to Torg?

9:41 pm

mkg

missing both in 5s. any clues?

9:41 pm

torgone

Qingdao ..

9:42 pm

jmcnrick

it was like that to go to india

9:42 pm

Lindrickway

I will be going to Weifang, flying into Beijing

9:43 pm

jmcnrick

*turning green*

9:43 pm

Lindrickway

hope you have a fantastic time Torg (0:

9:43 pm

lbdawger

in*** red light

9:43 pm

Lindrickway

my parents go to Weifang for 3 months every year, my mum teaches english out there

9:43 pm

Pinikula

14 to go!!!

9:43 pm

torgone

It's going to be a crap trip to a crap place to do a crap job ..

9:44 pm

mkg

ty got the red light.

9:44 pm

jmcnrick

52 :-(

9:44 pm

Pinikula

sorry to hear, tor...making the best of it?

9:44 pm

lbdawger

go Pini! git 'r dun!

9:44 pm

Pinikula

git'r dun, jmc!

9:44 pm

Lindrickway

oh what will you be doing there Torg?

9:44 pm

Pinikula

you can dooooooooo it!

9:44 pm

Lindrickway

go jmc go go go

9:44 pm

Trifioso

crap, tor!

9:45 pm

Trifioso

when do you leave? how long will you be gone?

9:45 pm

Minveryork

in 5/16 word is what you can conclude or guess mkg.

9:45 pm

torgone

Trying to get a piece of equipment my company didn't make working so my company can get paid ..

9:46 pm

Lindrickway

so a work trip then Torg?

9:46 pm

Pinikula

what kind of work do you do, tor?

9:46 pm

torgone

That's why they call me Dirty Harry .. All the dirty jobs that come along ..

9:46 pm

Lindrickway

all paid expenses?

9:46 pm

Minveryork

I's Identified! 3 left

9:46 pm

Lindrickway

go min go go go

9:47 pm

mkg

ri 6 plz?

9:47 pm

torgone

Recycling equipment .. It's a composting plant .. PU ..

9:47 pm

mkg

ty for last in clue. got them all now.

9:47 pm

Lindrickway

yeah but china!!

9:47 pm

Pinikula

ahhhh...

9:47 pm

jmcnrick

cool torg

9:47 pm

torgone

Leaving in a week or two ..

9:47 pm

Lindrickway

hope you have a wonderful time

9:48 pm

jmcnrick

help with the ae words not the plane one

9:48 pm

torgone

China was pretty cool last time I was there .. 15 or so years ago ..

9:48 pm

lbdawger

ri*e and shine + ***en of England

9:49 pm

Minveryork

ri6/27 is suggestive of or bordering on indelicacy or impropriety and it is a French word mkg.

9:49 pm

Pinikula

all related, jmc ;)

9:49 pm

gramma

ae + the ages

9:49 pm

lbdawger

ae4...long time ago

9:49 pm

Pinikula

ae + not off (pl)

9:49 pm

lbdawger

and plural

9:49 pm

jmcnrick

*smack*

9:49 pm

jmcnrick

*hangs head in shame*

9:49 pm

gramma

1 left please put me out! RE7/44?

9:49 pm

Lindrickway

lift you chin up high jmc!

9:49 pm

Trifioso

wishing you traveling mercies, tor dear

9:49 pm

lbdawger

okay kids, i gotta go hit the pillows. see you all tomorrow!

9:50 pm

Lindrickway

bye dawg, sweet dreams!

9:50 pm

Pinikula

night lbd (thx for the help)

9:50 pm

jmcnrick

bye lbd and ty as always

9:51 pm

gramma

nm

9:51 pm

gramma

nm

9:51 pm

Minveryork

re 7/44:one who critiques movies/tv shows gramma.

9:51 pm

Pinikula

wtg gramma!

9:51 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo gramma

9:51 pm

gramma

goodnight one and all

9:52 pm

Lindrickway

yahoo & nanight gramma

9:52 pm

Nef

I'm too slwo to clue tonight. Sorry I couldn't type faster, gramma

9:52 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye lbdawger! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

9:52 pm

jmcnrick

bye gramma

9:52 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations gramma on fireworks! Good for you!

9:52 pm

Pinikula

night gramma

9:52 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye gramma! I will see you tomorrow in the chat

9:52 pm

Nef

nite lbd

9:53 pm

jmcnrick

last fe 4/7 pls

9:54 pm

Trifioso

just out of curiosity, in anyone watching dancing with the stars?

9:54 pm

Pinikula

it's not on here yet

9:54 pm

Lindrickway

my last fe 4 is a cheese

9:54 pm

Minveryork

An fe 4/7 is a kind of cheese that smells bad jmcnrick

9:54 pm

Pinikula

fe4 = goat cheese

9:54 pm

Minveryork

T's Toppled! 1 left

9:54 pm

Pinikula

the 5 after that?

9:54 pm

Lindrickway

go min go

9:54 pm

Pinikula

git'r dun, min

9:55 pm

Trifioso

thanks pini

9:55 pm

Pinikula

don't tell who wins!!

9:55 pm

jmcnrick

go min go

9:55 pm

jmcnrick

ty all

9:55 pm

jmcnrick

I don't even know yet pini

9:55 pm

Minveryork

I am done! I have fireworks!sq6/30 was my last word

9:55 pm

Pinikula

wtg min!

9:55 pm

jmcnrick

i am watching it trif

9:56 pm

Pinikula

* sigh of relief *

9:56 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo min

9:56 pm

Trifioso

congrats min!

9:56 pm

jmcnrick

34 left

9:56 pm

Lindrickway

Yahoo min!

9:56 pm

Trifioso

and I would NEVER do that pini! people who give away endings are EVIL

9:56 pm

Nef

WTG, Min !YAY!!!!

9:56 pm

Pinikula

* smile * thx Trif!

9:56 pm

Pinikula

last fe5?

9:57 pm

Lindrickway

my last fe 5 is pl of the green leafy plant

9:57 pm

Pinikula

last fr5?

9:57 pm

Minveryork

An fe 5/16 word is a very bad smell or stench Pinikula

9:57 pm

Pinikula

there's another after that one, lindy :|

9:57 pm

jmcnrick

there is one after that one and after the cheese

9:58 pm

Lindrickway

oh ok

9:58 pm

jmcnrick

??? there is no d in the grid

9:58 pm

Pinikula

is that the last one, min?

9:58 pm

Minveryork

fr 5/16:Saturday Night Live characters Hans & fr***.

9:58 pm

Minveryork

yes, last one

9:59 pm

Pinikula

got it!

9:59 pm

Minveryork

I'll stay to clue until the flip or I get too tired to clue.

9:59 pm

Pinikula

working on the fr now

9:59 pm

Pinikula

got it ;)

9:59 pm

jmcnrick

hans and franz???

10:00 pm

Trifioso

i still have over 60 left, so I would say FW are tres unlikely for me tonight

10:00 pm

Pinikula

the last fe5 is like Kevin Fe***line (Brittney's ex)

10:00 pm

Pinikula

plenty-o-time, Trif...another 2 hours and plenty of cluers! :)

10:00 pm

Minveryork

Yes that is it jmcnrick, however, spelled differently.

10:00 pm

Trifioso

I should be a lot sleepier, but I am, sadly, pretty awake

10:01 pm

Trifioso

thanks pini, but I hate to be greedy with clues....

10:01 pm

torgone

You're pretty asleep or awake ..

10:01 pm

Minveryork

fr 5/16: the anterior, uppermost part of the head of an insect jmcnrick.

10:01 pm

Trifioso

tor, you are such a gentleman! you always find a way to make me smile, even when I am indigo

10:01 pm

Pinikula

don't be, Trif... (it's great cluing practice for me, at least)

10:01 pm

jmcnrick

okay I finally got it

10:02 pm

jmcnrick

last fr 4/7?

10:02 pm

Pinikula

to and fr**

10:03 pm

jmcnrick

ty pini

10:03 pm

Pinikula

yw

10:03 pm

Pinikula

2nd in5?

10:03 pm

Minveryork

That last in 5/16 word is in***-red light Pinikula.

10:04 pm

Lindrickway

Torg you are soooo sweet

10:04 pm

Pinikula

thx min

10:04 pm

torgone

Though I haven't actually seen you asleep but I'm willing to bet ..

10:04 pm

Minveryork

yw

10:05 pm

jmcnrick

*av6 eyes again* if you want to be alone

10:05 pm

Trifioso

((((scarlet))))

10:05 pm

Trifioso

yet?

10:06 pm

Trifioso

that's hopeful!

10:06 pm

Lindrickway

oooh!

10:06 pm

Trifioso

oh crap. you didn't say yet. (((((crimson)))))

10:06 pm

Lindrickway

LOL

10:06 pm

jmcnrick

*wondering if crimson is darker than scarlet*

10:06 pm

Lindrickway

*scarlet* comes to mind! LOL

10:07 pm

Pinikula

* blinking * wha?

10:07 pm

Lindrickway

LOL great minds jmc!

10:07 pm

big red

fe 5/16 pls the first one - after afraid

10:07 pm

jmcnrick

lol

10:07 pm

Pinikula

last in6?

10:07 pm

jmcnrick

hi big

10:07 pm

Lindrickway

hi big

10:08 pm

torgone

..yet ..

10:08 pm

big red

hi all

10:08 pm

Lindrickway

in & positive

10:08 pm

Pinikula

hi big

10:08 pm

jmcnrick

some one clue quick so that trif can get herslef to gether

10:08 pm

jmcnrick

lol lol

10:08 pm

Pinikula

thx lindy :)

10:08 pm

Lindrickway

yvw pini!

10:09 pm

Pinikula

broke into single digits!

10:09 pm

jmcnrick

in6/21?

10:09 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo pini

10:09 pm

Lindrickway

in & positive!

10:09 pm

Lindrickway

yahoo pini!

10:09 pm

jmcnrick

ooooo ic!

10:09 pm

Lindrickway

lol

10:10 pm

Pinikula

or?

10:11 pm

Lindrickway

or & con & I am, he **

10:11 pm

Pinikula

danke ;)

10:12 pm

Lindrickway

yvw

10:12 pm

Pinikula

3

10:12 pm

Lindrickway

go pini go

10:12 pm

jmcnrick

go pin go

10:13 pm

Pinikula

darn T's

10:14 pm

Pinikula

tr6?

10:15 pm

Pinikula

nm...got it

10:16 pm

Pinikula

2

10:16 pm

Pinikula

1

10:16 pm

Lindrickway

go pini go go go

10:16 pm

jmcnrick

go pini go

10:17 pm

jmcnrick

fb fastest growing demographics is 35+

10:17 pm

Lindrickway

freaky!

10:17 pm

Pinikula

what about us older folks, jmc? :)

10:18 pm

Pinikula

FIREWORDS!!!

10:18 pm

jmcnrick

last time i checked older folks are 35+

10:18 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo pini!

10:18 pm

Lindrickway

Yahoo pini!

10:18 pm

jmcnrick

23 left

10:18 pm

Lindrickway

go jmc go go go

10:18 pm

Lindrickway

Pini, may I be so bold as to ask how old you are?

10:19 pm

Pinikula

Just turned 49

10:19 pm

Pinikula

(I think...yeah, that's right)

10:19 pm

Lindrickway

cool!

10:19 pm

Nef

YAY, Pini! WTG!!!!

10:19 pm

Lindrickway

what month?

10:19 pm

Pinikula

November

10:19 pm

Lindrickway

hey nef!

10:19 pm

Pinikula

thx nef :)

10:20 pm

Lindrickway

aahh what date in nov pini?

10:20 pm

Pinikula

9

10:20 pm

Lindrickway

have a lot of bdays in nov

10:20 pm

Lindrickway

scorpio or sag?

10:20 pm

Pinikula

Scorpion ;)

10:20 pm

Lindrickway

my daugter is 3rd, sister is 27th!

10:20 pm

Nef

hi Lindrick. I'm having trouble typing tonight, so not chatting much

10:20 pm

jmcnrick

tr 6/18?

10:21 pm

jmcnrick

Mother and Daddy were both scorpios

10:21 pm

Lindrickway

i have been drinking nef, so my typing is rough!

10:21 pm

Pinikula

tr4/4 (reverse vowels and pl)

10:21 pm

Pinikula

<-- I'm really nice 'til you piss me off, then my stinger can hurt! LOL

10:21 pm

Lindrickway

tr 6 - I think a meeting in a park with a lover is a tr*****

10:22 pm

jmcnrick

that would really help if I had tr 4/4

10:22 pm

Pinikula

crap...I clued the tr5

10:22 pm

jmcnrick

ty lind

10:22 pm

Pinikula

so much for gridding without glasses

10:22 pm

Nef

suffering from sore joints lately. Doc put me in hand/ thumb splints. Makes typing harder

10:22 pm

Lindrickway

yvw jmc!

10:22 pm

Lindrickway

aaww remember that feeling nef, not nice!

10:23 pm

jmcnrick

poor nef!

10:23 pm

Pinikula

So, what's the concensus...am I one of the old?

10:23 pm

jmcnrick

su4 if you want

10:23 pm

Nef

It's my own fault. Burning candles at too many ends

10:24 pm

jmcnrick

I, on the other hand, am not at 58

10:24 pm

Lindrickway

erm............I am 44, but I think you are either as old as you feel or as old as you act!!

10:24 pm

Pinikula

then I'm a cross between extremely young and very old!

10:24 pm

jmcnrick

*runs nekkid through the clog* *flappity flap*

10:24 pm

Lindrickway

well you have to live nef!

10:24 pm

Nef

You're a spring chickem Pini. :-)

10:25 pm

Pinikula

* covering eyes *

10:25 pm

Lindrickway

jmc is young you see!!!!

10:25 pm

Nef

Woo Hoo jmc!

10:25 pm

jmcnrick

wwwwhhhhhheeeeeee

10:25 pm

jmcnrick

my body may be old and saggy but my soul is a spring chicken!

10:25 pm

Pinikula

* not sure what's going on so someone holler when I can open my eyes *

10:26 pm

Lindrickway

jmc, come help me pack, I need a young 'un!

10:26 pm

jmcnrick

go ahead I got dressed again!

10:26 pm

jmcnrick

i would if i could lind

10:26 pm

Nef

Thank you jmc! ;-)

10:26 pm

Pinikula

* peeking * Is it safe yet?

10:26 pm

Lindrickway

well I still have 8 days left!

10:27 pm

jmcnrick

yw nef but why?

10:27 pm

Lindrickway

will make a start tomorrow perhaps! (0:

10:27 pm

jmcnrick

19 left

10:27 pm

Pinikula

git'r dun, jmc!

10:27 pm

Lindrickway

go jmc go go go

10:27 pm

Lindrickway

I have 20 left but am having too much fun chatting now! (0:

10:27 pm

Pinikula

if the suitcase weight limit is only 50lbs per bag, I don't think I'll fit, Lindy :(

10:27 pm

jmcnrick

su4 lind i believe you

10:28 pm

Pinikula

git'r dun, lindy!

10:28 pm

Lindrickway

I am doing a yard sale/moving sale on saturday too! lol

10:28 pm

Nef

you can keep wondering: am I thanking you for straking so unexpectedly; or fordressing again? ;-)

10:28 pm

jmcnrick

lol nef!

10:28 pm

Lindrickway

oh Pini I am moving continent, suitcases just won

10:28 pm

Lindrickway

't handle it

10:29 pm

jmcnrick

either way my dear!

10:29 pm

Pinikula

If that's the case, I might fit in a wardrobe box!!!!

10:29 pm

Lindrickway

like it nef!

10:29 pm

Nef

:-D

10:29 pm

jmcnrick

(better than incontinent)

10:29 pm

Pinikula

ROFL, Nef!

10:29 pm

Lindrickway

go for it pini

10:29 pm

Pinikula

woot woot!

10:29 pm

Lindrickway

ooh definately jmc )0:

10:30 pm

jmcnrick

tr 5/10??

10:30 pm

Lindrickway

tr 5 - 3 in french

10:31 pm

Nef

I thought the same thing jmc: the idea of moving continent vs incontinence -- well, I'd rather deal with continent people myself (esp. as a nurse)

10:32 pm

Lindrickway

so nef, since I am feeling bold (red wine!), may I ask how old is older than dirt?

10:32 pm

jmcnrick

ty lind

10:33 pm

Lindrickway

yvw jmc! (0:

10:33 pm

jmcnrick

well that would depend on the dirt

10:33 pm

jmcnrick

some dirt is only a few months old

10:33 pm

Lindrickway

jmc, I just love you, I feel like we are on the same plain!

10:33 pm

Nef

definitely older than me! :-D I'm justt the age of dirt (62)

10:33 pm

Lindrickway

oh that is young dirt! lol

10:34 pm

jmcnrick

[blush] well thankyou lind

10:34 pm

Lindrickway

yvw jmc! no need to blush!

10:34 pm

Pinikula

gads...I wouldn't guess anyone around here was off my age but by 5-6 years max!!!

10:34 pm

Pinikula

Lindy, you?

10:35 pm

Pinikula

age?

10:35 pm

jmcnrick

that is the joy of the chog

10:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

je what are you doing up?

10:35 pm

Lindrickway

I am 44

10:35 pm

Lindrickway

hi TO

10:35 pm

Pinikula

no kidding, jmc!!!

10:35 pm

jmcnrick

hi TO! sorry to rush out on you today!

10:35 pm

Pinikula

Either that or I'm really good at not acting my age! :)

10:35 pm

Pinikula

you're a spring chicken, lindy! :)

10:35 pm

Lindrickway

but I have 3 grown kids & 3 grandkids!

10:35 pm

jmcnrick

I act my age.

10:36 pm

Pinikula

I have 2 and 2, Lindy!

10:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am g oing to bed!! MY OWN BED!!!

10:36 pm

Lindrickway

I act my mental age! lol

10:36 pm

jmcnrick

*shocked look at lind* three grandkids?

10:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

see you all tomorrow

10:36 pm

jmcnrick

yay TO

10:36 pm

Lindrickway

my eldest grandaughter will be 10 next!!

10:36 pm

Pinikula

My eldest will be 10 next year, too!

10:36 pm

Lindrickway

my kids are almost 27, 24, almost 20!!

10:36 pm

Lindrickway

bye TO

10:37 pm

jmcnrick

when did you have your first kid? when you were 18?

10:37 pm

Lindrickway

17

10:37 pm

Pinikula

Mine are 26 (9) and 23 (-1)

10:37 pm

jmcnrick

ah!

10:37 pm

Lindrickway

i married at 17 & almost 2 months!

10:37 pm

Pinikula

wow...youngin'!

10:37 pm

jmcnrick

my mother was 35 when she had me and I was 35 when I had my kid --- we are slow developers

10:38 pm

Lindrickway

wow I had my youngest at 24!!

10:38 pm

jmcnrick

the last th 4/5?

10:39 pm

Pinikula

th + not them

10:39 pm

Lindrickway

my last one is th & you and me are **

10:39 pm

Pinikula

or th** or that

10:39 pm

jmcnrick

that is th 4/6

10:39 pm

Pinikula

th** or that

10:39 pm

jmcnrick

ty pini

10:40 pm

Nef

my kids are 30 and 27, I had them both after I was 32

10:40 pm

Pinikula

yeah, we're a bit slow...us youngin's!

10:40 pm

Nef

and my only grandchild is just 6 1/2 months old

10:40 pm

Lindrickway

I became a grandma at 34!

10:40 pm

Pinikula

I foolishly married 2xc

10:40 pm

jmcnrick

yeah when i was in school all of my friends had grandmothers the same age as my mother

10:41 pm

jmcnrick

2xc?

10:41 pm

Pinikula

twice

10:41 pm

Lindrickway

I loved being a young mum!

10:41 pm

Nef

I can't imagine that Lindrick. I was barely "growed up" by then!

10:41 pm

Pinikula

gads I can't type

10:41 pm

Lindrickway

you grow up with them nef!

10:41 pm

jmcnrick

i know i wasn't growd at 17

10:42 pm

Lindrickway

at 17 you do everything by instinct!

10:42 pm

jmcnrick

su after the fat

10:42 pm

mkg

back for last 36 words. sorry if i missed the clues i asked for. so sorry.

10:42 pm

jmcnrick

hmmm i remember that instinct

10:42 pm

Pinikula

su + dbl cons

10:42 pm

Lindrickway

su 4 - positive?

10:43 pm

jmcnrick

ty pini

10:43 pm

Lindrickway

ty pini

10:43 pm

Lindrickway

hi mkg

10:43 pm

jmcnrick

one before that one lind

10:43 pm

Pinikula

su**y side up

10:43 pm

Lindrickway

yep got it ty jmc!

10:44 pm

Nef

su -positive? I don't get that clue

10:44 pm

jmcnrick

su4=positive

10:44 pm

jmcnrick

si 4/5?

10:44 pm

Pinikula

su4 = certain

10:45 pm

Lindrickway

si 4/5 to conceive?

10:45 pm

Pinikula

si + hump + chair (letter)

10:45 pm

Nef

DUH! Thank you (and I had that word already!)

10:45 pm

Pinikula

is that what that means, lindy?

10:45 pm

jmcnrick

ty pini

10:46 pm

Lindrickway

erm......nope wrong one!

10:46 pm

Lindrickway

ty pini

10:46 pm

Pinikula

;)

10:47 pm

jmcnrick

8

10:47 pm

Lindrickway

go jmc go go go

10:47 pm

Pinikula

git'r dun, jmc!!!

10:47 pm

Nef

GO, jmc!

10:48 pm

Lindrickway

ask for clues that I need too jmc!!

10:48 pm

Pinikula

* snicker *

10:48 pm

Pinikula

ask away...I'll clue you guys home!

10:48 pm

jmcnrick

i'll try lind!

10:48 pm

Pinikula

(if ya want me to, that is)

10:49 pm

Lindrickway

thanks jmc! I have no idea what I need! lol

10:49 pm

jmcnrick

re 4/4?

10:49 pm

Pinikula

re + russian **ar

10:49 pm

Lindrickway

brb

10:50 pm

jmcnrick

ty pini

10:50 pm

Pinikula

yvw

10:51 pm

mkg

ri 6 please?

10:52 pm

jmcnrick

6

10:52 pm

Lindrickway

back!

10:52 pm

Pinikula

her outfit was rather ri****

10:52 pm

Nef

GO, go jmc!

10:52 pm

forwardbyfaith

I'm stuck on the re7,44

10:52 pm

mkg

6 left jmc? go go go!!!

10:52 pm

mkg

ty for ri 6. got it.

10:53 pm

Lindrickway

RE & a seer!

10:53 pm

Nef

mkg, it's French for slightly off-color or daring

10:53 pm

mkg

need ro 5 please?

10:53 pm

Pinikula

re7 = re + rhymes with Room With A **** + pian*** (player)

10:54 pm

Pinikula

ro5 = bleu chees or ro***fort dressing

10:54 pm

forwardbyfaith

ty Pini got it!

10:54 pm

Pinikula

;)

10:54 pm

mkg

ty got it.

10:54 pm

jmcnrick

4

10:54 pm

Pinikula

go peeps go!

10:55 pm

jmcnrick

3

10:55 pm

Lindrickway

go jmc go go go

10:55 pm

jmcnrick

2

10:56 pm

Minveryork

Go jmcnrick go!

10:56 pm

Nef

COme On, jmc! I want to celebrate your fireworks (and I gotta go to bed)

10:57 pm

jmcnrick

i am going as fast as i can nef

10:57 pm

Pinikula

I may not be far behind, Nef!

10:57 pm

mkg

i have 19 to go yet.

10:57 pm

Lindrickway

go guys go go go

10:57 pm

Pinikula

let's go peeps!!! time's a tickin'!

10:57 pm

jmcnrick

last two are hi

10:57 pm

jmcnrick

first and third

10:58 pm

Nef

I gotta get up in 5 1/2 hours

10:58 pm

Pinikula

hi* a*d hers

10:58 pm

mkg

su 4 the third one please.

10:58 pm

Pinikula

h + not outs

10:58 pm

jmcnrick

I should have remembered that one pini

10:58 pm

Lindrickway

oh nef you should go get some kip

10:58 pm

Minveryork

hi4/5 is anagram of sh4/5 and 3rd is anagram of 1st.

10:58 pm

Pinikula

su**y side up

10:58 pm

jmcnrick

fireworks

10:59 pm

Pinikula

wtg jmc!!!!

10:59 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations jmcnrick on fireworks! Good for you

10:59 pm

mkg

ty ty

10:59 pm

Lindrickway

Yahoo jmc!!

10:59 pm

Nef

YAY, jmc! WTG!!!!

10:59 pm

Pinikula

oh, crud...Koda needs to go out...

10:59 pm

jmcnrick

hope the clues help you lind!

10:59 pm

mkg

yeah jmc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:59 pm

Nef

Lindrick, what's kip?

10:59 pm

Lindrickway

the company was plenty for me jmc

11:00 pm

Lindrickway

sleep nef!

11:00 pm

Minveryork

The third su 4/5 word is su + double consonants mkg.

11:00 pm

jmcnrick

bye nef go get your kip! ;-)

11:00 pm

Nef

I am off to bed now, Linrick. Good night all; and Happy Babbling!

11:00 pm

mkg

got it min. ty.

11:00 pm

mkg

13 left.

11:01 pm

Lindrickway

nanight nef, sweet dreams

11:01 pm

jmcnrick

go mkg go

11:01 pm

Lindrickway

go mkg go!

11:02 pm

mkg

us plz?

11:02 pm

mkg

8

11:03 pm

Trifioso

FIREWORKS!!! woot woot

11:03 pm

Lindrickway

Yahoo Trif! woohoo

11:03 pm

Trifioso

seriously can't believe I made it!!!

11:03 pm

mkg

yeah trifioso!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:03 pm

mkg

tr 6?

11:04 pm

mkg

did anyone give that us clue please?

11:04 pm

Lindrickway

tr 6 - is a meeting in a park with a lover

11:04 pm

Minveryork

The tr 6/18 word is spanish for sad or sorrowful mkg.

11:04 pm

Lindrickway

us & high point tile & vowel

11:04 pm

mkg

gee tried that and not getting it. must be spelling it wrong.

11:04 pm

Minveryork

The us 5/18 is us plus two letter tile plus a vowel mkg

11:05 pm

mkg

min that is 4 letters..........

11:05 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Trifioso on fireworks! Good for you!

11:06 pm

mkg

not getting the tr word.

11:06 pm

mkg

not getting the us word...........hmmm

11:07 pm

mkg

wow 7 left and cant get any.

11:07 pm

Lindrickway

US & high point tile (which comes with a vowel) & a vowel!

11:07 pm

mkg

6 now.

11:07 pm

mkg

ty. got us word.

11:07 pm

Lindrickway

yvw

11:07 pm

mkg

great clue lindrickway

11:08 pm

Lindrickway

yvw mkg

11:08 pm

mkg

need to 7s both........and the 5 and 6 in between. those are last ones besides that tr 6 i cant get still.

11:09 pm

Lindrickway

to 7 - heavy weight & positive is the only one i have

11:09 pm

mkg

got the tr!!!!!!!!!! was leaving off last letter!

11:09 pm

Pinikula

to7 = heavy weight + certain

11:09 pm

mkg

ty! wow what a word that to 7 is.

11:09 pm

Pinikula

to7 = pl of to6

11:09 pm

Minveryork

tr6/18:put this definition in reverse dictionary:sad; sorrowful;melancholy and it is #5 & add a vowel mkg.

11:10 pm

mkg

ty but got it min. ty ty.

11:10 pm

Pinikula

to6 = rhymes with bo**** of flowers

11:10 pm

mkg

pini dont have the to 6 27 either. or the 5 16!

11:10 pm

harpjane

hello 104 to go

11:10 pm

Lindrickway

ok gotta go

11:10 pm

mkg

ty ty got all the words now pini. ty super clue.

11:10 pm

Lindrickway

catch you all later!

11:10 pm

Minveryork

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

11:10 pm

mkg

firewks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:10 pm

mkg

whew! night all.

11:10 pm

Pinikula

night lindy!

11:10 pm

Pinikula

wtg mkg ;)

11:10 pm

Lindrickway

going down the pub!! lol bye one and all

11:10 pm

Minveryork

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

11:10 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo mkg!

11:11 pm

Pinikula

hi harp!

11:11 pm

jmcnrick

bye lind

11:11 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations mkg on your fireworks! Good for you

11:11 pm

jmcnrick

hi harp

11:11 pm

jillibus

Hello all :)

11:11 pm

Pinikula

hi jilli :)

11:11 pm

jmcnrick

hmmm good luck with that harp

11:11 pm

jmcnrick

hi jill

11:12 pm

mkg

my son hooked me up to stumble for games. but the games are terrible mostly.

11:12 pm

mkg

going to wordsplay to play.

11:12 pm

harpjane

I'm doing fine, had a long but fruitful day at work

11:12 pm

jmcnrick

actually stumble is how i found babble

11:12 pm

harpjane

I see you still have your cleaning implement displayed, jmc!

11:13 pm

Pinikula

I don't remember how I found babble, but glad I did!

11:13 pm

jmcnrick

no no harp refresh I have my color!

11:13 pm

Pinikula

brb - checking email...

11:13 pm

jillibus

nice to see your favourite colours, jmc and min!

11:14 pm

harpjane

ok, i have my color too!

11:14 pm

jillibus

It was Hetty who dragged me into Babble, but now she's unable to play much if at all :(

11:15 pm

jmcnrick

too bad jill

11:15 pm

harpjane

My sister got me into babble 4 years ago, and she doesn't even remember it!

11:15 pm

jillibus

oh, harp -- is that blue beastie your favourite colour?

11:16 pm

jmcnrick

how's it going harp

11:16 pm

jillibus

my second favourite is a rich forest green

11:17 pm

harpjane

yup, i'm a blue freak, with 87 to go!

11:17 pm

jmcnrick

go harp go

11:17 pm

jillibus

clues available here :)

11:18 pm

jmcnrick

since jill is here to clue i will go to bed

11:18 pm

jmcnrick

bye all

11:18 pm

jillibus

night jmc

11:22 pm

jillibus

well, the next icon theme is "Winter landscape" and I'm going to post mine if nobody wants clues.

11:24 pm

Minveryork

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

11:25 pm

harpjane

i probably need clues but i'm not organized enough to know it yet!

11:26 pm

Minveryork

Actually,I was just about to change my icon for next grid. I think it is too early to think about winter so I will do celebrity birthday instead:Christina Applegate

11:26 pm

harpjane

lol too early to think about winter....i had a classic white knuckle winter drive this weekend!

11:28 pm

Minveryork

Had weekends w/temps close to 70 the past 2 weeks

11:28 pm

harpjane

re7/44?

11:28 pm

Minveryork

The re 7/44 is one who critiques a tv show harpjane.

11:29 pm

harpjane

hm...

11:32 pm

Minveryork

re7/44:amount of money regularly coming in is called re*enue + 2 vowels plus snake letter plus cross letter

11:32 pm

jillibus

OK, here's my winter landscape ;)

11:33 pm

harpjane

thanks min

11:33 pm

Minveryork

yw

11:33 pm

mrpresident

afternoon :)

11:33 pm

Minveryork

Hello mrpresident! How are you? Welcome to the grid

11:33 pm

harpjane

hi mr p!

11:34 pm

Minveryork

Was hoping to stay up for the flip, but just too tired!

11:34 pm

harpjane

are you having a nice spring day, mr p?

11:34 pm

Minveryork

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

11:35 pm

mrpresident

it is very hot today! we are having a terrible spring. it is 20 degrees of separation from one day to the next.

11:37 pm

jillibus

hi mrp!

11:37 pm

harpjane

well at least you're not in danger of driving off a slippery road, eh?

11:37 pm

mrpresident

hi jilli :)

11:38 pm

jillibus

Sorry I haven't been here to clue -- this site is very sluggish at this hour and I went to change icons.

11:38 pm

mrpresident

who drove off a slippery road???

11:39 pm

harpjane

nobody but i drove NEARLY off a slippery road, we're having fall, not spring....

11:40 pm

harpjane

well I'm just starting the q's so i might need help jill!

11:40 pm

mrpresident

am struggling to find the hu7... and, that qu tile got a workout today BTW

11:41 pm

jillibus

hu7 -- like Atilla

11:41 pm

harpjane

my favorite grain is qu6

11:43 pm

harpjane

ve5/18?

11:43 pm

jillibus

ve5/18 -- change the last letter of the prvious word to a vowel

11:44 pm

jillibus

and ve6 is the pl

11:44 pm

harpjane

ah, old english! thanks

11:44 pm

mrpresident

looks almost latin

11:45 pm

jillibus

It's also a place name in Montreal!

11:45 pm

harpjane

good to iknow

11:46 pm

harpjane

the first qu6?

11:46 pm

jillibus

Big shopping centre -- Place Ve5/18

11:47 pm

jillibus

qu6 -- four in Franch

11:47 pm

jillibus

French

11:47 pm

harpjane

thanks

11:48 pm

Pinikula

back...

11:48 pm

jillibus

and tr5/10 is three in French

11:48 pm

jillibus

hi pini

11:48 pm

Pinikula

pretty colors in here...what's the theme?

11:49 pm

harpjane

favorite color, pinik

11:49 pm

harpjane

i left mine from an earlier day because blue is myfavorite color

11:50 pm

Pinikula

oooh, let me join the crowd then (brb)

11:50 pm

harpjane

oh dear, 27 to go in 10 minutes....

11:50 pm

harpjane

sh6?

11:51 pm

rbud

the new theme is winter scenes, I think

11:52 pm

jillibus

pini -- the next theme is winter landscape -- only 9 minutes left for the favourite colours!

11:52 pm

rbud

sh 6 is man's "blouse" + sometimes vowel

11:52 pm

jillibus

sh6 -- add the sometime vowel to the clothing

11:53 pm

Pinikula

back and changed ;)

11:53 pm

Pinikula

well, darn...best go searching again...

11:53 pm

rbud

oooh, pretty, Pini!

11:54 pm

Pinikula

;)

11:54 pm

harpjane

tu5?

11:54 pm

flosey

Hi Pini, beautiful colour though!

11:55 pm

Pinikula

thx ;)

11:55 pm

flosey

and hi everyone

11:55 pm

Pinikula

tu + most of british "line"

11:55 pm

Pinikula

hi flosey

11:56 pm

Pinikula

I have the next one picked out, but going to enjoy this one for another few minutes ;)

11:56 pm

harpjane

thanks

11:57 pm

dart001

hi jilli flos pini rbud all

11:58 pm

rbud

hiya, dart!

11:58 pm

flosey

hi Dart

11:58 pm

MLFAN17

hello

11:58 pm

Pinikula

hi dart ;)

11:58 pm

rururocks

guessing 213

11:58 pm

harpjane

the first hu4?

11:58 pm

jillibus

hi dartie

11:58 pm

jillibus

hi flosey

11:58 pm

Pinikula

hi mlf ;)

11:58 pm

rbud

hi, MLF!

11:58 pm

flosey

hi jilli

11:58 pm

dart001

hey ruru

11:58 pm

MLFAN17

hi pinik

11:58 pm

MLFAN17

hi rb

11:59 pm

rururocks

attila + the letter that started it all

11:59 pm

rururocks

hey dartster

11:59 pm

Pinikula

hi ru ;)

11:59 pm

MLFAN17

less then a minute before flip and i just got my usual 66 lol

12:00 am

grannyrose

hi all, sorry for leaving so abruptly yesterday. hubby came home and reminded me, we had a dinner function to go to, with 30 mins left before we were to leave.

11:59 pm

harpjane

lol i finished!

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