12:00 am
Minveryork
Flip flip hooray!
12:00 am
westford
flip. tiny is as tiny does
12:00 am
Jacula
http://tinyurl.com/ybz5zy6
12:01 am
Minveryork
I am diving into the grid. I will be back halfway finished.
12:01 am
westford
hi jac is that a lullaby?
12:01 am
jillibus
hi bugs
12:01 am
westford
hi bugs
12:01 am
Jacula
Danke, that's exactly what I was trying to say.
12:01 am
Bugsaw
Hi westford and jilli and everyone else.
12:02 am
jillibus
bugs, that's a really great icon
12:02 am
westford
thank you bugs for putting the poem about exhaustion in your profile awhile ago
12:03 am
westford
I requested and received his book for my birthday
12:03 am
Minveryork
ra 6/33
12:03 am
Bugsaw
how wonderful westford! I love that book!
12:04 am
westford
he is such an amazing writer too bad he's no longer with us
12:04 am
Bugsaw
I love your poem westford
12:04 am
westford
thanks but not mine just one I received
12:05 am
Bugsaw
I don't know what happened. He was so young and I knew of no health problems. He just woke up in Heaven as my Dad would say.
12:05 am
westford
it does have a visual quality though lol
12:05 am
grannyrose
co7, cr7
12:05 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:05 am
westford
I'm so happy I found him (thanks to you)
12:06 am
westford
much obliged lickety
12:06 am
grannyrose
thanx lickety
12:06 am
Jacula
I ned to go now before I post The Yetii Song too much still thiking my Daugher should have chosen that guy. Howerver, the mad scientist looks promising.
12:06 am
Bugsaw
I have discovered some good books thru recommendations on this site too.
12:06 am
flosey
ty lickety
12:07 am
westford
don't judge the book by its cover jac
12:07 am
jillibus
Thanks Lickety yet again!
12:07 am
jillibus
Icon clue posted (refresh)
12:08 am
westford
thanks jilli always forget that one
12:08 am
Bugsaw
thanks jilli.
12:09 am
westford
spanish rice is not accepted
12:09 am
jillibus
oreo is here again to taunt us
12:09 am
Minveryork
I am stopping at 60 words and 603 points. Bye to all!
12:10 am
Minveryork
Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow
12:10 am
westford
bye min sleep well
12:10 am
jillibus
bye min
12:10 am
flosey
goodnight Min
12:10 am
stidmama
hello all, just getting back in.
12:10 am
stidmama
sweet dreams min
12:10 am
stidmama
how's the new grid
12:10 am
westford
hi stid hope your T day was nice
12:11 am
stidmama
thanks west, I slept most of today (flu), and we watched a lot of TV. how was your day?
12:11 am
stidmama
go flosey go!
12:12 am
jillibus
wtg flosey!!!
12:12 am
westford
about the same flu here too lol
12:12 am
Bugsaw
well done flosey
12:12 am
jillibus
oh dear, stid -- sick again!
12:12 am
westford
hubby said he was thankful for me and I said I was thankful he didn't know any better
12:13 am
stidmama
((west)) sorry to hear that! hope you feel better soon. I was just glad to be able to sleep and not worry about having to be anywhere.
12:13 am
stidmama
rofl west!
12:13 am
jillibus
not a nice way to spend a holiday!
12:13 am
westford
I know what you mean sometimes it is nice to just stay home
12:14 am
westford
we'll do Thanksgiving at Christmas when CA daughter and her husband come home
12:14 am
jillibus
I stayed home and spent about 4 hours deleting old emails and trying to clean up stuff in the computer.
12:14 am
stidmama
we don't actually celebrate holidays, though so it's not a big deal that way, jill --
12:15 am
westford
will have all the kids and grandkids and my mom here
12:15 am
stidmama
sounds productive, jill! LOL I will do that when I am done with this quarter (as of 2 pm dec 11)
12:15 am
stidmama
sounds like a BIG gathering, west! mccurlschool was having a big "do" at her place today
12:15 am
Bugsaw
do you not delebrate for religious reasons, stid? or is that too personal a question.
12:15 am
Uneaixoise
had a so-so visit with family but a wonderful, long visit with an old friend who's my mom's age -- in a wheelchair but still sharp as a tack!
12:16 am
westford
sounds nice une
12:16 am
stidmama
it's a little of religion (we are not judeo-christian) and a little bit of rebelling against the excesses of our society, Bugs -- I don't mind the question.
12:16 am
Uneaixoise
long history of work in theatre and in politics :-)
12:16 am
stidmama
bonsoir, Une! excellent that you had a nice visit with your "old" friend, sorry about the so-so visit.
12:17 am
Bugsaw
there definately are a lot of excesses in society
12:17 am
jillibus
but I stupidly d/l'd an emoticon thing and can't get rid of it. Went to Control panel and removed it, so now it doesn't show in the list of things I have, but it's still there, even after restarting. Grrrr.
12:17 am
Uneaixoise
hey, stid, sorry you were under the weather but glad you were able to take it easy :-)
12:17 am
westford
it will haunt you forever jilli
12:18 am
stidmama
that is strange, jill -- I probably know how to get to it. You mean it's showing up on the desktop, or that it is showing up in your list of programs from the start menu?
12:18 am
jillibus
it only shows up when I go to Firefox -- nowhere else
12:19 am
stidmama
hm. did you try clearing the cache/cookie thingy under "tools" in firefox?
12:20 am
stidmama
iratis = the inflammation that occurs when anger is suppressed?
12:20 am
jillibus
Not yet, stid. Will try.
12:21 am
westford
good one stid
12:21 am
jillibus
Although I ran Norton cleanup ans WinDoctor etc.
12:21 am
westford
that's why I yell a lot lol
12:22 am
stidmama
btw west, your granddaughter's first turkey looks WAY better than mine did! I forgot you were supposed to defrost for two days in the fridge first... (it was a BIG turkey). my mother in law still thinks I don't know how to cook.
12:22 am
westford
a turksicle? lol
12:23 am
stidmama
*grin* pretty close, actually! LOL
12:23 am
jillibus
No change, stid.
12:23 am
Uneaixoise
west LOL
12:23 am
westford
she was so proud
12:23 am
stidmama
sorry jill -- not sure what else to suggest.
12:24 am
stidmama
oh! Tom says I can come up for a couple of days by myself toward the end of the month... if you will be around? I was thinking the week before the new year.
12:24 am
jillibus
thanks anyway -- I need to get a techie here anyway
12:24 am
stidmama
I know that Bugs wants to get together too --
12:25 am
stidmama
but I don't know what the weather and such will be like. Last time I made plans to see you-all in December... LOL not sure YOU want to risk it again!
12:25 am
joshuavorbis
hi and nbt
12:25 am
stidmama
hey joshua!
12:26 am
Bugsaw
If Jilli is up to it, I will come down unless the RCMP says not to.
12:26 am
Uneaixoise
hey, joshua -- NBT here too
12:26 am
westford
hi josh good job!!
12:26 am
jillibus
Well, I may be back from Mission by Dec 27 -- still working that out so can't confirm anything now.
12:26 am
westford
wtg une too!
12:26 am
westford
I have one to go
12:26 am
stidmama
how far north of jill are you? assuming you're not on SSI -- past comox?
12:27 am
jillibus
still 3BT here -- I chat too much, and CNN is on too
12:27 am
stidmama
okay, it's just a thought -- and not fully formed yet. let me know when your plans are complete!
12:27 am
stidmama
go jill go!!!!
12:27 am
Bugsaw
at Comox stid. It is a small valley with smaller places circling it.
12:27 am
westford
if only some words didn't start with vowels
12:27 am
flosey
exactly half way, off to bed, very tired tonight
12:27 am
flosey
be back in the morning
12:28 am
stidmama
yes, I know comox. :-)
12:28 am
flosey
goodnight all
12:28 am
Uneaixoise
50 to go and off to bed as well -- byeee
12:28 am
Bugsaw
I have kids and friends in Victoria so I can be closer to SSI if need be
12:28 am
stidmama
sweet dreams flosey, love to mr flosey! ((hugs))
12:28 am
stidmama
sweet dreams une!
12:28 am
Bugsaw
I live in Courtenay
12:28 am
Uneaixoise
tx stid :-)
12:28 am
westford
goodnight flosey and une pleasant dreams
12:28 am
stidmama
yes, I know where courtenay is also!
12:29 am
ursh
hooray nbt found the lone e
12:29 am
Bugsaw
I don't know which community you live in tho. Is it a long drive for you to come north?
12:29 am
Uneaixoise
tx west . . . looooong day :-)
12:29 am
jillibus
Stid, the ferry situation here has deteriorated -- they've changed the Swartz Bay accesses and we can no longer count on making the connection to the mainland, so may have a 2-hour wait if we miss it. The ferry bosses don't give a damn about the people, just the money.
12:29 am
westford
good job ursh!! peeking over your shoulder
12:30 am
stidmama
I live at the very southern end of the Sound, Bugs -- near Olympia. It takes a good half day to rich Victoria.
12:30 am
ursh
audience calling for more
12:30 am
stidmama
oh no! that is rotten, jill -- I remember you-all were worried about that the last time I visited.
12:30 am
stidmama
ursh! ((hugs))
12:30 am
Bugsaw
Still you live in the pretty part of WA
12:30 am
westford
big hug for ursh!!
12:30 am
jillibus
hi ursh!
12:31 am
jillibus
and thanks, ursh
12:31 am
stidmama
a couple years ago I took the ferry across from Pt Angeles with the kids (carless) and used the city bus to reach swartz bay so we could get picked up by Jill and flosey at supper time. THAT was an adventure! LOL
12:31 am
stidmama
go west go!
12:31 am
Bugsaw
thanks ursh
12:31 am
ursh
now that I have had my clever moment for the day - better get off to work see you all later
12:31 am
jillibus
wtg west!
12:32 am
stidmama
yes, it is a nice part of the state, close enough to both Seattle and Portland for the occasional times we want things only cities have and far enough from Olympia that we don't feel too citified.
12:32 am
Bugsaw
This time i could meet you and we could get to jilli's ferry together if you like
12:32 am
stidmama
see you later ursh!
12:32 am
westford
take care ursh and here's some applause from me
12:32 am
westford
thanks jilli are you 2 away now?
12:33 am
jillibus
just missing the O in the centre column now, west
12:33 am
westford
under the c ?
12:34 am
Bugsaw
me too jilli. I am blind to it
12:34 am
stidmama
that is the root they use in perfumes, jill, I think.
12:34 am
jillibus
bugs, that doesn't make sense for you, when you could get the Crofton - Vesuvius ferry 5 minutes from me.
12:34 am
jillibus
ty stid
12:34 am
stidmama
that might be nice, bugs, thanks. let's figure out the details once we know what day(s) suit jill?
12:34 am
westford
yippee yay jilli!!
12:34 am
stidmama
that is true also -- crofton is a nice quick ferry ride, too.
12:34 am
Bugsaw
But if it make travelling easier for stid, I don't mind. I could spend the night before in Victoria to make it easier for everyone
12:35 am
Bugsaw
good job jilli
12:36 am
jillibus
well, bugs, let's work that out later. Would you and stid mind sharing my guest room (twin beds)?
12:36 am
stidmama
there are also raelite and saanichcat who would like to get together, will see hetty separately so she doesn't have to leave home.
12:37 am
Bugsaw
I am happy with that, jilli
12:37 am
jillibus
well, that sounds like a Sidney gathering again, stid, with flosey too -- but at the end of December???
12:40 am
Bugsaw
I am off school then and have to go back Jan 4
12:40 am
stidmama
I was thinking maybe I would let them know when I am coming and let them decide if it works to meet me in Sydney for lunch on my way to SSI.
12:40 am
jillibus
Sydney is in Australia ;)
12:40 am
stidmama
that is, if hetty will be available. I haven't heard from her in a long time.
12:40 am
westford
lol jilli that is a long detour
12:41 am
jillibus
Sidney is in BC ;)
12:41 am
stidmama
sorry, sidney.
12:41 am
stidmama
yes, I am feverish again. my tyops are increasing and I am not catching them quickly
12:41 am
cybernan
*!*~*!* ta da *!*~*!*
12:42 am
stidmama
YAY nan!!!!!
12:42 am
jillibus
I haven't heard from Hetty lately eithre but will be having lunch on Sunday with some of her friends who may have. She still plays Lexulous though.
12:42 am
westford
very nice nan!!
12:42 am
jillibus
YAY nan!!!
12:42 am
cybernan
ty - good night all -- see you tomorrow :)
12:42 am
Bugsaw
Have you finished nan! Wow, I had better head off to bed now.
12:42 am
jillibus
Just teasing, stid, about Sidney ;)
12:42 am
stidmama
glad she still plays lexulous! I will try to write to her tomorrow.
12:43 am
stidmama
I know jill -- some days I get it right, some days not!
12:45 am
Bugsaw
Nite all. PLease keep me posted on travelling plans asap so my kids don't plan to come up here to see me at the same time I am down there! It has happened before :(
12:46 am
stidmama
sweet dreams, bugs! and always put your kids first. I will definitely come next year when the weather is predictably nice!
12:46 am
Bugsaw
sounds good. I hope you feel better soon.
12:46 am
jillibus
Will do, bugs, but right now I'm a bit overwhelmed at new Xmas plans I have no say in :(
12:46 am
DR1965
stats for the lone e please?
12:47 am
stidmama
not again, jill! *stern mama look* what say you and I go the bahamas instead, and just let other folks join us if they want?
12:47 am
stidmama
that is the french applause word, DR
12:47 am
stidmama
I have always wanted to visit the bahamas...
12:47 am
DR1965
ty both- NBT
12:48 am
DR1965
not really GOing Stid- more like relaxing
12:49 am
stidmama
ah, too much turkey?
12:50 am
DR1965
no- just long day and had all th efamily over..
12:50 am
DR1965
neck is sore and I am ready for bed
12:50 am
jillibus
stid, Xmas dins will be with granddaughter's bf's family -- 6 people I don't know and I have to get small presents for them! And the travelling is a nightmare. Grandson won't be there -- going to Montreal to be with his gf.
12:50 am
stidmama
hope it was fun, though exhausting?
12:51 am
stidmama
*
offers warm lavender neck pillow*
12:51 am
DR1965
it was fun! Dan, Darth, my other brother and his kids
12:51 am
stidmama
glad to hear it was fun!
12:51 am
DR1965
ah- thanks Stid.. much appreciated
12:52 am
stidmama
I am sure you will enjoy yourself, jill -- you excel at social situations (unlike me
)
12:52 am
westford
jilli will there be an announcement at Christmas dinner do you think?
12:52 am
rururocks
anyone have the co 6/21 tha last one?
12:52 am
stidmama
that must have been quite the housefull! I bet Jake loved having the cousins over.
12:52 am
rururocks
(appears out of lurking mode)
12:53 am
jillibus
Don't think so, west -- they don't seem to believe in marriage :(
12:53 am
jillibus
hi ruru
12:53 am
westford
hi ruru and no
12:53 am
DR1965
yes Stid- They play Nintendo DS and Wii all afternoon
12:53 am
stidmama
hey ruru!
12:54 am
westford
I have one it's the guy at the helm
12:54 am
DR1965
I am off to bed.... gnight all
12:54 am
stidmama
perfect for young kids, DR!
12:54 am
stidmama
sweet dreams DR! see you tomorrow
12:54 am
westford
sweet dreams DR
12:54 am
jillibus
west and stid -- this was the arrangement at our Thanksgiving in October. I hae nothing in common with them.
12:54 am
rururocks
hi guys..
12:54 am
DR1965
gnight Stid- Be Well
12:54 am
westford
ah jilli youth is wasted on the young
12:55 am
stidmama
well, you can always call in sick... LOL
12:56 am
westford
I feel badly asking my mom to travel the mile and a half to my house
12:56 am
westford
especially is there is that dreaded white stuff
12:56 am
stidmama
yes, and Jill has to either fly or take a multi-hour ferry ride to get to her children and grandchildren, west. It's not convenient at all.
12:57 am
westford
and the alternative is not so great
12:57 am
stidmama
I plan on settling so far away from my offspring that there are no hard feelings if I don't make it to family gatherings... *wondering if my prepaid condo on the moon will be ready by then*
12:58 am
jillibus
Can't fly -- danger of fog. It's the hour and three-quarters drive in possible pouring rain that I dread.
12:58 am
westford
great idea stid !!
12:58 am
stidmama
not that I don't love my children... LOL
12:58 am
jillibus
After the ferry trip. It really takes a full day.
12:58 am
stidmama
then don't go, jill. stay home where you are safe and warm and dry.
12:59 am
westford
we get them all together once a year and then it's every person for themselves
12:59 am
jillibus
But Xmas with my little family has always meant so much to me.
1:00 am
stidmama
true, jill. It's quite a puzzle.
1:00 am
westford
it does to me too jilli I am trying to get it legally changed to Sept
1:00 am
stidmama
why not xmas in july? warmer weather...
1:00 am
westford
preferably on my birthday lol
1:01 am
westford
july can be brutal some years
1:02 am
westford
next year we are going to San Diego
1:02 am
stidmama
you mean the humidity? or the thunderstorms? or the tourists...
1:02 am
jillibus
Maybe we should all move to Oz
1:02 am
stidmama
DR lives near San diego, so does Tor!
1:02 am
westford
that's an idea !!
1:02 am
stidmama
no, OZ has dust storms drought and frog plagues.
1:03 am
westford
I know would be fun to meet up
1:03 am
stidmama
oh. and about a gajillion camels just invaded one of the towns in Oz , too.
1:03 am
westford
how funny where'd they come from?
1:03 am
jillibus
I was just thinking of a warm sunny Xmas
1:04 am
stidmama
the camels were imported a long time ago for work in the outback apparently...
1:04 am
stidmama
warm sunny xmas... cancun?
1:04 am
stidmama
we could all bring our cabana boys!
1:05 am
westford
speaking of oz just received this from a friend over there
1:05 am
westford
http://www.fwdder.com/player/video/184
431/0
1:06 am
westford
it's graphic but amazing
1:07 am
stidmama
watching...
1:08 am
stidmama
it's taking a long time to buffer. but so far she looks as uncomfortable as I did!
1:09 am
westford
nature is wonderful
1:11 am
lynxxx
Hello all...did T'giving go off with a bang?
1:12 am
stidmama
hello lynxxx!
1:12 am
westford
hello lyn more like a whimper here
1:12 am
stidmama
I slept through most of the day...
1:13 am
lynxxx
You OK Stid?
1:13 am
westford
yay ruru !!
1:13 am
lynxxx
congrats Ruru
1:13 am
westford
was my co the one you needed?
1:13 am
stidmama
YAY ruru!!!
1:14 am
rururocks
I didn't see your clue.. I finally found it on my own
1:14 am
stidmama
I have a flu, lynxxx, I don't think it's H1N1, but it definitely not a lot of fun.
1:14 am
rururocks
thanks if you clued it west. I didn't see it
1:14 am
westford
I did and you're welcome lol
1:14 am
rururocks
puts plastic bag over head
1:14 am
lynxxx
poor Stid - you had better swap notes with Ata or Jacq
1:15 am
stidmama
ruru! *stern mama look and shake* you behave your self!
1:15 am
stidmama
*hides all plastic bags*
1:15 am
jillibus
just finished watching the elephant -- had seen it before but it's still fascinating. What wonderful creatures.
1:15 am
stidmama
yes, it's going around all right, lynxxx! I hope you are keeping good hygiene. *offers hand sanitizer*
1:15 am
westford
wasn't it great jilli she knew just what to do
1:16 am
rururocks
I wash my hands a zillion times a day
1:16 am
rururocks
I sometimes feel OCD
1:16 am
jillibus
Wow, ruru -- really! Well, that's what you get for lurking I guess.
1:17 am
westford
we washed our hands on the cruise about that many times and we probably caught the flu at the airport
1:17 am
lynxxx
We went thru the worst of it some 3/4 months ago Stid. Not flu season here anymore. But we have enough vaccine now to do the entire population, I just need to do something about it
1:17 am
rururocks
on the plane is more likely west
1:17 am
rururocks
jilli.. do you know what the circus elephant said to the naked clown?
1:17 am
stidmama
I need to get my vaccination still -- in case it's not what I think it is.
1:18 am
westford
yes the one where we were packed in like sardines
1:18 am
stidmama
oh oh... *waiting for punchline*
1:18 am
jillibus
no, ruru, tell me
1:18 am
westford
this is going to be good
1:18 am
rururocks
"how do you ever pick up peanuts with that thing?"
1:19 am
westford
you made my day ruru
1:19 am
stidmama
okay, I am down to 34, and need to get to sleep again. see you-all tomorrow at some point. **Hugs**
1:19 am
stidmama
be well! *poof*
1:20 am
jillibus
wtg stid the speedy!
1:20 am
westford
good night stid feel better
1:20 am
lynxxx
bye Stid - hope you get better soonish
1:20 am
rururocks
nite stid feel better
1:20 am
rururocks
glad I made you laugh westie
1:20 am
westford
that one got 5 stars
1:21 am
rururocks
*beams*
1:23 am
rururocks
heading out to bed. .. big tennis tournament tomorrow..if it doesn't rain..be well all..
1:24 am
jillibus
good luck tomorrow, ruru :)
1:24 am
rururocks
I will need it..
1:24 am
westford
good night, sleep well and win the big prize
1:24 am
rururocks
thanks that is..
1:25 am
rururocks
bye for now.
1:25 am
jillibus
why isn't reno a word?
1:25 am
westford
same reason las vegas isn't?
1:26 am
jillibus
no -- people do renos on their houses
1:27 am
westford
oh yes !!
1:27 am
westford
I was using the long e
1:27 am
jillibus
so I saw, lol!
1:30 am
westford
that was strange..I lost my babble
1:32 am
jillibus
Hmph! But you got it back!
1:32 am
westford
I did thank goodness
1:32 am
o-o
Phantom: huckery
1:32 am
westford
is that finn related bab?
1:33 am
westford
hello bab
1:33 am
jillibus
hi babrab
1:33 am
westford
there isn't even an h
1:33 am
o-o
the art of being a huckster
1:33 am
westford
I have missed your phantoms
1:34 am
o-o
my phantoms are the real deal
1:34 am
westford
bab doesn't let those things bother him lol
1:35 am
jillibus
well, over halfway
1:35 am
westford
me too and bed is calling
1:35 am
o-o
How is that possum doing, west?
1:36 am
westford
haven't seen hide no hair of him bab
1:36 am
jillibus
same here -- some dishes too :(
1:36 am
westford
waiting for wolverines now
1:36 am
westford
I refuse to take dishes to bed
1:36 am
o-o
wolverines are fierce critters
1:37 am
westford
they play good football
1:37 am
o-o
not this year
1:37 am
westford
I'm mostly excited about Brett Favre
1:38 am
westford
talk about a comeback kid
1:38 am
o-o
yeah, I never thought he would be doing so well
1:38 am
jillibus
yes, west, that's the problem -- have to wash them and put them in their own beds.
1:38 am
westford
comeback old person
1:39 am
jillibus
night all -- enjoy your football talk
1:39 am
o-o
be well, jilli
1:39 am
westford
I really like babble dishes and football
1:39 am
westford
good night jilli sleep well and dream of clean dishes
1:41 am
westford
time for me to check out too goodnight bab and all
1:41 am
o-o
be well, west
1:52 am
Andree
hi everyone
1:53 am
lynxxx
Hi Andree & BabRab
1:56 am
Andree
how are you lynxxx, is it hot in melb
1:57 am
lynxxx
Its been like Queensland the last few days, torrential downpours, muggy, and high twenties. My sarongs are getting a workout
1:58 am
lynxxx
You have had the storms too haven't you? how is the boy with them?
1:59 am
Andree
we have had only storms threatening, no rain for ages, last nights predicted storm never came
2:02 am
lynxxx
That's odd - Sydney usually gets lots of rain - maybe that's the El Nino effect
2:09 am
Andree
whatever wish we would get some rain
2:10 am
lynxxx
You aren't on restrictions are you?
2:13 am
Andree
not many, we can water daily evenings and wash cars
2:14 am
lynxxx
That's good, may not be a good downpour but..
2:31 am
lynxxx
That's 40 and seeing much more, bye Andree and all
2:31 am
Andree
bye lynxxx
2:37 am
melonheadjujube
hi! I was in bed by 9:30 EST, then bounced awake a bit ago - it's 3:30-ish a.m. and what else to do but Babble? :)
2:41 am
melonheadjujube
wow - did I miss everybody? I see jilli is poofed, and lynxxx. . .
2:44 am
melonheadjujube
short of NBT by the sill right of center E - will got o lickety.
2:45 am
melonheadjujube
d'oh! I should have known that word, and I feel rather nuttily that I'm talking to myself. . .
2:49 am
Preethi
g/m andre lynxxx and eveybody there
2:52 am
melonheadjujube
hi, Preethi.
2:52 am
melonheadjujube
Is it just the two of us? I'm about to head back to bed myself.
2:55 am
Preethi
hi,melon how are u
2:55 am
melonheadjujube
I'm OK, but I a am about to quit. It's almost 4 am here, and I have housework to do in the morning. You?
3:01 am
melonheadjujube
hakfway, NBT, and the 7s, mediocrity retained. goodnight and good morning! {poof!}
3:13 am
jaeleigh
I am here, lurking and solving...
3:14 am
jaeleigh
Have 12 left
3:29 am
Ticky
Good morning everybody,does anyone know the web address of Babble so that I can contact them regardind my account? I am being logged in on an old member name therefore I am not getting the full pro game details that I used to get. I have paid for the upgrade a couple of years ago. Thanks
3:30 am
jaeleigh
www.playbaqbble.com
3:30 am
jaeleigh
www.playbabble.com
3:30 am
Sally-catlover
If you scroll right down to the bottom of the screen, you will see a message, got any comments? Send them. Click on that to send an email (which I think is what you mean).
3:31 am
Ticky
Thanl you jaeleigh a great help
3:31 am
Ticky
Thank you also Sally-catlover
3:33 am
Preethi
hai sally
3:33 am
Sally-catlover
Hi Preethi
3:34 am
jaeleigh
Does anyone have si6 the first?
3:34 am
Sally-catlover
There are way too many vowels in this grid.
3:34 am
Preethi
can i have re6/33 pls
3:34 am
Sally-catlover
Not yet jaeleigh, sorry.
3:35 am
jaeleigh
re+ zo4/9
3:36 am
Dianne
Hi All - si6 - think mountain range
3:37 am
Preethi
thanks jae
3:37 am
jaeleigh
Dianne, i still do not get it...
3:39 am
Dianne
si + mistake + vowel
3:40 am
jaeleigh
si 5/10. I have two- need a third?
3:41 am
Dianne
Do you have the Ravi Shanker (?) thing?
3:41 am
jaeleigh
i don't think so
3:42 am
Dianne
si + black, gooey road stuff
3:42 am
jaeleigh
yes, i have that.. also fire si*** + si+ two co ns. + a
3:43 am
jaeleigh
need another 5/10
3:47 am
Dianne
Just got it - man's title + 3 letter word for male goat but drop last letter
3:49 am
Dianne
Have to go now - muct stop at the market and then get home and cook some dinner. Bye all
3:51 am
Haz1558
si5/10 - Add another vowel to the end of the si4/4, or add a double helping of a vowel to a knight.
3:53 am
jaeleigh
Haz, I have all those- it's hiding, cuz it's not in the dictionary, either
3:54 am
unfriend
do u have the way to the second floor?
3:54 am
jaeleigh
I found it- it's like si^/18, only drop the double cons. in middle
3:57 am
Haz1558
See you later, jaleigh, back shortly.
4:04 am
jaeleigh
All done!
4:04 am
jaeleigh
Anyone need clues?
4:14 am
FMitch
Morning babbleland, anyone around?
4:17 am
Atalante
just got here
4:18 am
FMitch
Morning Ata, lovely sunny morning here.
4:18 am
Haz1558
And I'm back as well, though only for a minute or two.
4:18 am
FMitch
Greetings Haz!
4:18 am
Atalante
here too! just been for a walk with the mutt followed by trip to farm shop for nice veggies and stuff
4:19 am
Atalante
La Haz! La Glitterata!
4:19 am
Haz1558
Good morning! Ata, you win the prize for most activity so far this morning. Unless FM can do better?
4:19 am
FMitch
I'm steeling myself for a session of unpacking, will get the kitchen sorted today and then try and find any of my phones!
4:19 am
Atalante
I saw the fattest Welsh Springer earlier. It poddled, not walked
4:19 am
FMitch
Um, well I've been out and done the shopping but not much more than that.
4:20 am
Haz1558
Phone....
4:20 am
FMitch
poddled - great word.
4:20 am
Atalante
it very describes an old plump dog walking
4:21 am
FMitch
yup. Oh Ata guess what ... there is a craft shop in the village, found it yesterday.
4:21 am
Atalante
oh wonderful!!
4:22 am
FMitch
*happy crafting grin*
4:22 am
Atalante
yayyyy :)
4:23 am
Atalante
8 Z words!!!!!
4:23 am
Atalante
I don't know 8 z words!
4:24 am
FMitch
Well I guess I had better get on, rather a lot to do. See you later and bye to HAz too when she comes back. I will babble later.
*hugs*
4:24 am
Atalante
will do! have a wonderful day!
4:24 am
Haz1558
Darn, have I missed her?
4:24 am
Atalante
by about a millisecond
4:25 am
Haz1558
Phone call was slightly excited husband reporting the aftermath of an attempted cash point robbery in a local village.
4:25 am
Atalante
goodness me!
4:25 am
Atalante
the excitement of life in Ballymena!
4:26 am
Haz1558
There's been a spate of these throughout NI - they used a digger from a building site to knock down a wall in the Post Office - it's not clear whether they got away with much. (How can they not know? Have they not got their blue CSI torches on?)
4:26 am
Atalante
maybe they have to send off for special torches from Belfast
4:27 am
Haz1558
Maybe. It happened about 3.30 this morning and the place is still cordoned off.
4:27 am
Atalante
special reinforcements arriving, I'm sure
4:28 am
Haz1558
I imagine so. I always joke that the emergency services like to get to a scene quickly and it takes forever to get them away again.
4:28 am
Atalante
am doing my last MSc assignment of the year at the moment, in a group with 2 girls from Portrush. Random NI fact
4:28 am
Atalante
yep, they start building tents and bedding down at the scene
4:30 am
Haz1558
Do you remember the whole anthrax scare a few years ago? We had a really funny incident where a wee granny opened a letter, found some powder, panicked and found herself being hosed down by men in white suits. She was interviewed afterwards by TV people and she couldn't have been more shaken if she had been abducted by aliens.
4:30 am
Atalante
loooool poor lady!
4:31 am
Haz1558
In the background, said men in white suits were plodding solemnly in and out of an inflatable tent, still intent on finding anthrax.
4:31 am
Atalante
and really it was a bit of french lavender scented talcum?
4:32 am
Haz1558
I can't remember what it was, but it certainly wasn't anthrax!
4:32 am
Atalante
shell be telling that tale to the grandkids for ever more
4:34 am
Atalante
is a kitten a neocat?
4:34 am
Haz1558
I always like to hear firemen interviewed. They never speak in plain language, it's always 'We were alerted to the incident at 03.30 hours and we proceeded quickly to evaluate and assess the dangers.' etc etc. And that will be to a background of fully suited firemen hosing down what was once a fire, not even smoke coming from it any more.
4:34 am
aslindy
morning, all
4:35 am
Haz1558
And if there's a paint tin anywhere around, the whole place for miles around has to be evacuated.
4:35 am
Haz1558
Good morning, aslindy.
4:35 am
Atalante
and you get some that obviously *love* all the official language and some that look like that want to stamp on it
4:35 am
aslindy
well, it is 5:35 AM... not sure I'd call it "good" yet
4:35 am
Haz1558
The ones that want to stamp on it are the ones gloomily hosing down the ashes so that the PC man can talk procedures.
4:36 am
Haz1558
We'll be optimistic and call it good.
4:38 am
Atalante
I'm having great "fun" with this assignment - it's to produce a presentation about something or other to do with sea level changes. I can do this in my sleep, hands tied behind my back and goodness knows what else. They can't. It's quite amusing to listen to them come up with really stupid ideas. Then I feel really awful telling them things don't work that way!
4:38 am
aslindy
actually, it is going ok... my husband took our daughter to a Black Friday sale to get her a computer... she got the last one! and the store opened at 5:00
4:38 am
Haz1558
Hooray for husband!
4:38 am
Haz1558
Are these girls a lot younger, Ata?
4:39 am
aslindy
yep... they got up at 3 am so they could stand in line for 90 minutes before the store opened
4:40 am
Haz1558
At least they didn't camp out.
4:41 am
aslindy
they were in the store 12 minutes... picked up the 3 items they wanted, and were done and home by 5:25
4:41 am
aslindy
now they went back to sleep
4:41 am
Haz1558
That's pretty efficient shopping by any standards.
4:41 am
Haz1558
The fun will be getting it put together.
4:42 am
aslindy
yes... I am wondering who that guy is... he NEVER comes out of a store with ONLY the items he went in to buy! LOL
4:42 am
Atalante
a few years younger, but not fresh from university
4:42 am
Preethi
hai haz how are u
4:43 am
Haz1558
Hello, Preethi, I'm well. How are you?
4:43 am
aslindy
so I was highly amused that the first word I found here today was the cr 5, 22
4:44 am
Haz1558
That was a completely new word for me, never seen it before.
4:45 am
aslindy
really? interesting!
4:46 am
Haz1558
No, the meaning says something to do with a groove in a barrel. Is there another meaning?
4:46 am
Atalante
are you talking about the same word???!
4:47 am
Atalante
no, you aren't LOL
4:47 am
aslindy
I don't think so... cr 5, 22
4:47 am
Haz1558
Aha! There must be two cr5/22 and I've got the one with the barrel meaning, got the other one now.
4:47 am
Atalante
there are at least 2 of them
4:48 am
aslindy
oh, sorry.. .meant the first cr
4:48 am
Haz1558
The cr5/22 barrel thing can be extended to a 6 and 7.
4:48 am
Haz1558
I've not looked at the list yet, so didn't realise. It just shows you how you can miss the obvious.
4:48 am
Atalante
well goodness me
4:49 am
Haz1558
So, yes, I DO know the first cr5/22 word!
4:50 am
Atalante
have you got the nice Welsh co6?
4:50 am
Haz1558
I don't think so...
4:51 am
Haz1558
I do now, I think.
4:51 am
Atalante
such a pretty word
4:51 am
Haz1558
The side of a mountain one?
4:52 am
Haz1558
The Scots are claiming it.
4:52 am
Atalante
gah! they would.
4:52 am
Atalante
I suppose they say that the Welsh equivalent is a cwm, but they aren't quite the same geologically
4:53 am
Haz1558
I hated yesterday's grid, as you know, but did get satisfaction out of knowing scunner. It aptly described the grid - an nuisance, annoying etc.
4:53 am
Atalante
yesterday's grid was foul
4:53 am
Haz1558
Please tell me that you had to use a list.
4:54 am
aslindy
yes, it was terrible.. I didn't even finish
4:54 am
Atalante
I didn't finish it. Got to about 30 left and just couldn't be bothered to get out the list and plod through them
4:54 am
Haz1558
*smug* I did finish but it was nasty.
4:55 am
Atalante
I really hate not finishing, but with that grid I just couldn't face another 20 minutes of trawling through the list!
4:55 am
Atalante
you should be very smug
4:56 am
Haz1558
I couldn't have done it without either the list or morewords combined with a stubborn streak.
4:57 am
Atalante
nice sneaky use of morewords.com there
4:58 am
Haz1558
Subtle. Practically subliminal.
4:59 am
Haz1558
I was actually thinking with pity of anybody attempting to give clues for lots of the grid, but maybe people just gave up or never started.
5:00 am
Atalante
everyone was too busy eating turkey
5:00 am
Haz1558
That's what will have happened, you're right.
5:01 am
Atalante
the tryptophan lulled them all to sleep
5:02 am
aslindy
I think it put my brain to sleep, that's for sure
5:02 am
Haz1558
Milk of Magnesia not good enough?
5:03 am
Atalante
they don't have that, it's too low tech
5:04 am
aslindy
I had it once... it was gross
5:04 am
Haz1558
Am I right in my impression that the US people love their drugs, in the prescribed and legal sense?
5:05 am
aslindy
some do, I'm sure
5:05 am
Atalante
why use simple milk of magnesia when peptobismol has 10 COOL chemical things in!
5:06 am
Haz1558
The only time I was in the States, I was mesmerised by the number of adverts on TV for drugs. It was amazing, especially when they trotted out all the side-effects as well.
5:06 am
aslindy
yes, the ads are a bit much
5:06 am
Atalante
I think (this is generalising madly) that we rely more on tried and tested things, simple things that work, whereas in the US they have New and Exciting Drugs
5:06 am
jaeleigh
Hello from the Hospital. Anyone need clues???
5:07 am
Atalante
for example, none of the big supermarkets / chemists in Astoria sell arnica cream. We had to go to a shop called "Gypsy's Whimsy" to buy some!
5:07 am
aslindy
I know I am thankful for certain medications... else I'd be sitting here with constant pain and tingling in one foot, and fighting to stay awake every day
5:07 am
Haz1558
There's a mindset among older people over here that some drugs are not to be trusted. So, they don't take the full dose of pain meds just in case their pain gets worse and they might need an extra kick later.
5:08 am
Haz1558
I'm okay, jaleigh, thanks.
5:09 am
jaeleigh
talk about drugs...
5:09 am
Atalante
and (these are just examples from people I know) when best friend's husband had flu recently, he sent her out to buy some special temperature-reducing medicines. Me: take a paracetamol! For goodness sake!
5:10 am
Atalante
we're very simple over here! :P
5:10 am
Haz1558
I'm probably influenced by my mother who adopted a 'wait and see' policy with lots of things. Husband, on the other hand, gives no sympathy until you've swallowed some medication.
5:10 am
jaeleigh
good ol' acetaminiphen!
5:10 am
Atalante
absolutely! it's what's in most of the fancy meds anyway!
5:10 am
jaeleigh
8 I SPELLED THAT WRONG. ON TOO MANY DRUGS!LOL!
5:10 am
aslindy
good stuff
5:11 am
jaeleigh
sorry about caps lock
5:11 am
jaeleigh
for pain
5:13 am
Haz1558
Going back to the ads on TV, there's one on here for Immodium and every single time it's on, husband remarks on how he can't understand why an actress would take on such a role. 'How much did they pay her?'
5:13 am
Atalante
ok, next subject!
5:14 am
Atalante
more than unemployment does!
5:14 am
jaeleigh
I am finally going home from hospital...
5:14 am
Haz1558
Just when it was getting interesting....
5:14 am
Haz1558
When do you get to go home, jaleigh?
5:15 am
jaeleigh
After breakfast!
5:15 am
Haz1558
And do you have help at home?
5:15 am
aslindy
sorry you've been in the hospital... you are ok now?
5:16 am
jaeleigh
<sighs> Two self-absorbed young adults and their two year old....
5:16 am
jaeleigh
No, I am going to need two more surgeries before I will be okay
5:17 am
aslindy
sorry to hear that
5:18 am
jaeleigh
I had a strep-womean-eating-germ that ate my leg and knee...had to close the wound a bit
5:18 am
Haz1558
So, the answer is' not really' to the question of help.
5:19 am
Haz1558
I'm sure the two year old will give lots of hugs and kisses, but hugs and kisses don't feed or wash you.
5:19 am
jaeleigh
Yeah. I stayed thru Thanksgiving because there was no point- they were going to be gone...
5:20 am
jaeleigh
Those kids do not let Lily into my bedroom at all...they are afriaD SHE WILL GET INTO MY "STUFF"... AND THEY LIKE MY DOOR CLOSED... IT IS REALLY AWFUL
5:20 am
aslindy
well, I'm going to sign off for a bit... you all have fun
5:20 am
jaeleigh
dammit I keep hitting the caps lock key!
5:20 am
aslindy
good luck, Jae
5:21 am
jaeleigh
Thank you- gonna need it
5:21 am
jaeleigh
bye asl!
5:22 am
Haz1558
It sounds like things aren't ideal for a speedy recovery. Hope it goes better than you expect, jaleigh.
5:23 am
Haz1558
I should go as well, I had only intended to stay for a minute or two. I'll blame FM, she's a bad influence.
5:23 am
Haz1558
See you later, Ata!
5:23 am
Atalante
she is. it's awful
5:24 am
Haz1558
Terrible. It's a wonder we associate with her at all.
5:24 am
Atalante
she's lucky to have friends
5:24 am
Haz1558
Very fortunate indeed, she doesn't know she's living.
5:25 am
Atalante
I do hope she's reading this LOL
5:26 am
Haz1558
She'd not be able to resist joining in.
5:26 am
Atalante
I know ... she must be busy. Outrageous
5:26 am
Haz1558
We'll tell her to be sure to read back later - it's for her own good. She needs to know.
5:27 am
Atalante
She does indeed
5:27 am
Atalante
I suppose I should go and read about sea level change *sigh*
5:27 am
Haz1558
Okay, I'm going! See you later, Ata, and enjoy putting those Portrush girls on the right track.
5:27 am
Atalante
I'm trying :D
5:31 am
Merk
Good morning, gang.
5:48 am
Merk
Everyone's gone to bed, is not up yet, is eating lunch or supper. Is anyone here?
5:49 am
flosey
good morning everyone
5:50 am
flosey
oh, Merk, are we the only ones in here?
5:52 am
Merk
Yes, we are. And I am stuck on the last co 5,12 ... the one after the center of the apple.
5:53 am
NonoNanette
Good morning Merk and Flosey
5:53 am
flosey
I do have that one, co5/12 same first 3 letters + 2 vowels
5:53 am
Merk
No, the 6, 21 I mean.
5:54 am
flosey
sorry, don't have it
5:55 am
NonoNanette
co6 = first 3 letters again, double the cons. and add two vowels
5:55 am
Merk
The 5 has no double letter.
5:55 am
Merk
And a different vowel at the end.
5:56 am
flosey
thankyou nono
5:56 am
NonoNanette
your most welcome flosey
5:56 am
crosshair
good morning everyone:)
5:56 am
NonoNanette
morning Crossy!
5:57 am
flosey
morning Crossy
5:57 am
Merk
Morning Nono and Cross ... Flosey and I thought we were here alone.
5:58 am
crosshair
just dance
d my way out of bed 5 min ago
5:58 am
NonoNanette
had my nose in the grid and wasnt watching the chog
5:58 am
Merk
Another unusual grid today ... I'm almost half done and haven't decided yet if I like it or not.
5:59 am
flosey
you dance at this hour of the morning - WOW
5:59 am
Merk
Yes. It's OK, I guess. Lot's of unusual words.
5:59 am
flosey
I drag myself to the coffee machine, then to the computer!
6:00 am
NonoNanette
yes lots of unusual words but most can be monkied
6:00 am
crosshair
so the thing is full of babblets..lovely;/
6:00 am
NonoNanette
and that lonely little s gets tacked on to the end of lots of words today
6:02 am
NonoNanette
***
FIREWORKS ***
6:02 am
crosshair
yaa for nono!
6:02 am
flosey
WTG Nono, good for you
6:03 am
Merk
38 left and my stomach is growling
6:04 am
NonoNanette
any clues needed before i get breakfast going?
6:05 am
flosey
the last co5 please?
6:05 am
Merk
It has the big pointer.
6:06 am
flosey
ty, got it
6:06 am
Merk
Think of how baby birds feel in a nest, but don't use the last vowel, change it to the 2nd one and add a consonant
6:07 am
NonoNanette
think of being by a nice warm fire all warm and co** take off the last letter and put in **ter into the room thru the door
6:07 am
flosey
thanks Merk and Nono
6:12 am
Merk
ra 6,21 clue please
6:13 am
NonoNanette
i wonder how many babblers are out shopping this morning, joining in the madness of Black Friday?
6:13 am
flosey
sorry Merk, missing that one also
6:13 am
flosey
that must be a US thing Nono, have never heard of Black Friday
6:13 am
NonoNanette
ra6-21 someone who shows discrimination against others
6:14 am
Merk
Ah, yes of course. ty so much
6:14 am
Preethi
the one who is very fond of the skin colorwill be re6/21 merk
6:14 am
NonoNanette
It may be Flosey, its the kick off of the Christmas shopping season
6:14 am
NonoNanette
stores offer a lot of good deals but quantities are usually very limitied
6:15 am
NonoNanette
hi Preethi
6:15 am
Preethi
hai nano how are you
6:15 am
flosey
thanks Nono, hmmm, good idea to get shopping early, but limiting quantity seems unfair
6:16 am
NonoNanette
good thanks, just relaxing today after a busy Thanksgiving day yesterday
6:16 am
Preethi
how about christmas shopping nano
6:16 am
NonoNanette
not for me Preethi, too many crazy people out there today trying to find the bargains
6:17 am
Scrabbler
Good monring/day to all. Yes, Black Friday shopping began a few hours ago. The TV news station showed people camping out last evening just to get a place in the front of the lines.
6:17 am
flosey
sort of like the boxing day specials - too many shoppers going crazy
6:17 am
flosey
good morning Scrabs
6:17 am
Scrabbler
Your name is in the grid, Nono!
6:17 am
NonoNanette
morning Scrabs!
6:18 am
Scrabbler
I stay away from all stores today.
6:18 am
sukee
Morning all, let's hope no one is killed in the shopping this year
6:18 am
NonoNanette
yes I saw that Scrabs, I only wish it was accepted by enable :)
6:18 am
NonoNanette
same here, I don't like the crowds
6:19 am
NonoNanette
for sure Sukee
6:19 am
Scrabbler
I will do all or almost all shopping via internet---calm, at my pace, viewing all choices
6:19 am
Scrabbler
Hi Sukee
6:20 am
NonoNanette
thats how I do most of mine too Scrabs
6:20 am
Scrabbler
I started already--working on my list.
6:21 am
Preethi
fireworks
6:21 am
NonoNanette
congrats Preethi!
6:22 am
NonoNanette
well, must go get breakfast ready...... happy babbling everyone
6:22 am
Scrabbler
Yahoo Preethi!
6:22 am
Scrabbler
Bye Nono
6:22 am
Preethi
thanks nano hai scrab how are you
6:24 am
Merk
... and Fireworks!
6:24 am
Scrabbler
I am staring at bright colors on my new flat screen monitor. My nephew got a laptop and gave me his monitor from his desktop PC set. My old monitor was bought in 2001 and the colors have been fading for 18 mo. This is wonderful!
6:24 am
Preethi
congratsmerk
6:24 am
Scrabbler
Yippee Merk!
6:24 am
Merk
Time to start thinking of breakfast
6:24 am
Preethi
enjoy with the new laptop scrab
6:25 am
Merk
ty for the help on the sticky ones; see you in the morning, I hope.
6:25 am
Scrabbler
Bye Merk
6:31 am
Aussieme
Morning Babble Family :)
6:31 am
Aloyisius
phantom: cornea Happy Friday, Babblers
6:32 am
flosey
morning Aloy
6:32 am
Scrabbler
Hi Aussie
6:32 am
Scrabbler
And GM Aloy
6:33 am
flosey
morning Aussie and Preethi, and any others I missed while burried in the grid
6:34 am
Aussieme
Morning Flosey.
6:34 am
Aussieme
Morning Aloy.
6:34 am
Aussieme
Morning Scrabs.
6:34 am
Aussieme
and Morning Preethi.
6:34 am
Aussieme
Did I miss anyone ?
6:35 am
Aloyisius
hi Aussie, flosey, Scrabbs, Preethi, Merk and lurkers! (-:
6:35 am
Scrabbler
Yes, the lurkers.
6:35 am
Aussieme
Morning Lurkers :)
6:36 am
Scrabbler
We know you are there, lurkers. Sometimes I am a lurker.
6:37 am
flosey
fireworks! last word, one I often miss, ci4/5 !! Italian greeting!
6:37 am
Aussieme
YAY Flosey !!
6:37 am
Aloyisius
I'm usually a lurker until I've gone through the grid.. I close the chat.. like yesterday, I had the thrill of finding the 10 letter word before seeing a clue in the chat.. but today I'm not doing that. YAY for flosey, congrats!
6:38 am
Aussieme
I am down to 81
6:38 am
flosey
now must run off some pics for hubby, bye for now my friends, be back at flip
6:38 am
Aloyisius
bye flosey, havgd!
6:39 am
Aussieme
bye Flosey... have a good day xoxox
6:39 am
littlebit
alright, you've drug one lurker out...morning all!!
6:39 am
Aussieme
littlebit !!
6:40 am
littlebit
aussie!!
6:40 am
Aloyisius
hi littlebit, welcome to the light of the chat log
6:40 am
Aloyisius
hi to Kallia too!
6:40 am
Aussieme
HEy Kallia :)
6:40 am
littlebit
thanks aloy!
6:40 am
Kallia
just done my first sweep and left myself with 21 for later....nice grid!
6:40 am
Aloyisius
wtg, Kallia!
6:41 am
Kallia
must have found me brain cell lol
6:41 am
Aussieme
See, it was all that looking yesterday Kallia :)
6:41 am
Aloyisius
my brain cell (singular) hasn't kicked in yet
6:42 am
Kallia
yepmust have been...
6:42 am
Aussieme
My brain cell has to go to work this afterno4
6:42 am
Kallia
off for lunch and then some painting...back later
6:42 am
Aloyisius
aww.. no three day weekend for Aussie
6:42 am
Aloyisius
ttfn Kallia
6:42 am
Aussieme
Nope, I gots to work ALL weekend !
6:43 am
Kallia
shame Aussie...I love not working any more
6:43 am
Aloyisius
ouch, Aussie!
6:43 am
Kallia
all weekend...poor you!
6:43 am
Aussieme
Oh, believe me, if I didnt have to, I wouldnt :)
6:43 am
Aussieme
Price I pay for having 5 days off every 3 weeks....
6:44 am
Kallia
anyway gotta go make sandwich and coffee...hubby home in about 10 mins
6:44 am
Aussieme
Mine will be home in 20 minutes Kallia.... Laters...
6:45 am
Scrabbler
Congrats Flosey. hi Kallia + littlebit
6:46 am
littlebit
hey scrabbs!!
6:46 am
Aussieme
left myself 74 for later on..... Got to get Smurf ready for Day-Nursery..... Later all xoxox **poof**
6:46 am
Aloyisius
bye, Aussie
6:47 am
Scrabbler
Bye Aussie
6:47 am
littlebit
and i'm off for now...meeting up with a friend soon. have to go put my face on so as not to scare anyone ;) bbl!!
6:47 am
Scrabbler
Haha, Littlebit--good luck.
6:47 am
Aloyisius
later, littlebit!
6:56 am
Aloyisius
h'mm, haven't found any infections yet for the "itis" ending
7:02 am
hurshy
name that proper noun! mediterranean isle
7:02 am
Aloyisius
hiya hurshy. thinking
7:02 am
Scrabbler
Not Crete. Not Malta
7:03 am
Aloyisius
not elba
7:03 am
Scrabbler
Not Elba, not Sardinia, not Sicily...
7:04 am
Scrabbler
First letter, hursh?
7:04 am
Scrabbler
greek? italian?
7:05 am
Scrabbler
Ciris? Looks like the name of a Greek isle
7:05 am
hurshy
maybe french
7:05 am
Aloyisius
think I need an exploratory trip
7:05 am
Scrabbler
There are many Italian islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea
7:06 am
Aloyisius
cairo is in the grid
7:06 am
hurshy
it's french officially but the name comes from italian. i think it has been disputed territory, historically.
7:07 am
Aloyisius
hi hego
7:07 am
hego
I'm glad to see we all survived Thanksgiving and hope all had a good one.
7:08 am
hurshy
ding ding ding!
7:08 am
Aloyisius
excellent, hego... nj, Kallia
7:09 am
Scrabbler
Found it on the map
7:09 am
Scrabbler
Hi Hego
7:09 am
hego
Didn't Italy give Corsica to France in some treaty deal?
7:10 am
Kallia
It is French
7:11 am
hurshy
the romans had it. the people of genoa had it (before italy was italy, i guess). the franco-ottoman empire had it. it briefly got independent. then france absorbed it and that's where it stands.
7:11 am
Kallia
birthplace of Napolean Bonaparte
7:11 am
hurshy
apparently the french did secretly pay off the genoese to get them to leave.
7:11 am
hego
Because the people there still have Italian names and speak a stange French-Italian dialect.
7:12 am
hurshy
while independent they were speaking italian.
7:13 am
hurshy
yay for wiki
7:14 am
Kallia
source of much information:)
7:14 am
hurshy
it does facilitate learning a lot of random stuff.
7:15 am
hego
How is this grid?
7:15 am
Scrabbler
Whoa! It's snowing! Really hard! Woo hoo! My snowshoes will be arriving in the mail today or tomorrow!
7:16 am
Kallia
got down to 21 on first sweep
7:16 am
hurshy
*envious of the snowshoes*
7:16 am
hego
If the mail gets through.
7:16 am
Aloyisius
what kind of snow, Scrabbs? light and fluffy or big and wet?
7:17 am
hurshy
the grid: i have done the top two rows. missing two c's, got all the others. embarking on row 3.
7:18 am
Kallia
I dont actually have any rows completed
7:18 am
hego
Are you in the upper tier Scrabs?
7:18 am
hurshy
well i just do it systematically, that's all. most people don't.
7:18 am
Kallia
1 a missing from top and 2 o's and an n from 2nd
7:19 am
Aloyisius
snowshoes are a workout.. but so much fun too
7:19 am
Kallia
thats how I do it hushy...start top left and work through it
7:19 am
Scrabbler
Small flakes. It won't stick though as it is 36 F outside
7:19 am
Scrabbler
Hego, I live 35 miles southeast of Buffalo, in "snow country"...ski resort across the valley from me
7:20 am
hurshy
i never would have thought it would be better but i tested it and it repeatedly produced better results than just finding words, so i stuck with it.
7:20 am
crosshair
mmm,snowing i see..;/
7:20 am
hego
Sounds nice, Scrabs
7:20 am
Scrabbler
Hi Crossy!
7:20 am
Aloyisius
howdy crossy
7:20 am
Kallia
never thought of doing it any other way...
7:20 am
crosshair
howdy scrabbs,aloy;)
7:21 am
hego
Hi Crosy. Did you have bacon for TG
7:21 am
crosshair
lol hego,our thanksgiving was a while ago
7:21 am
hurshy
originally i just typed really fast all the words i could see, looking for rhymes to get a lot - that's the way to do well in boggle. but when your goal isn't speed, but finding all the words, and with the tile stats, this really does work better.
7:21 am
hego
I didn't realize that.
7:22 am
hurshy
the canadians sensibly celebrate in october
7:22 am
Scrabbler
I must get ready for tennis. I shall return here this afternoon. Bye all.
7:22 am
hurshy
avoiding the too-close-to-christmas problem and being able to still enjoy more color on the trees.
7:23 am
Aloyisius
bye, Scrabbler.. gl in tennis
7:23 am
crosshair
had to check hego,was second monday in oct
7:23 am
crosshair
tc scwabby
7:23 am
hego
Do you eat turkey also?
7:24 am
crosshair
yes we eat turkey,but ham may also be used
7:25 am
hego
Ahhh, the bacon family. LOL
7:25 am
crosshair
big homey glazed ham,a nice veggie,stuffing,mashed tatties and gravy and of course yorkshire pudding
7:26 am
crosshair
honey even
7:26 am
EspritdJean
homey glazed is always good too
7:26 am
hego
Yuuuummmmmm!
7:28 am
crosshair
you make the yourkies hollow so you can put a dab of butter and a bit of mashed in em lol
7:28 am
Gail
Mmmmm, sounds good. I'm still stuffed from yesterday.
7:30 am
Aloyisius
hi Gail.. me too
7:30 am
Gail
I did manage a small piece of pumpkin pie for breakfast, though.
7:30 am
hego
Aloy, do you have the 7?
7:31 am
Aloyisius
not yet, hego.. sorry.. almost ready for the list though
7:31 am
crosshair
not to worry gail,it,s a veggie and thus guilt free;))
7:32 am
HarryHood
I have one 7. are there more?
7:32 am
hego
Crossy, I love the way you think!
7:32 am
hurshy
there are 2.
7:32 am
Aloyisius
there are two 7's
7:32 am
hego
Only 1 Harry
7:32 am
hego
Oh, sorry two
7:33 am
Gail
We were eating Tim Tams before we went to bed last night, while watching Dr. Who specials. I had very strange dreams.
7:33 am
Aloyisius
ooh, got one... people who try to fool others.. co7
7:33 am
crosshair
tim tams?
7:33 am
HarryHood
yeah that's the one I got
7:34 am
hurshy
ok, i have 4 left, all C's, 2 top, 2 bottom, 2 4's, 2 5's... it's all very symmetrical
7:34 am
Gail
Wonderful chocolate fudge filled Australian cookies.
7:34 am
hurshy
the other is cr7/52 and is a plural also.
7:34 am
Aloyisius
got the other!
7:34 am
crosshair
fudge filled cookies?..dont tell my mrs lol
7:35 am
Aloyisius
cr7 is pl for a tool used in barrel making, as if that is in your everyday vocab. lol
7:35 am
Gail
And you dip one end in your tea, suck up the tea and then pop it in your mouth just before it melts.
7:35 am
HarryHood
me too...though I've never heard it b4
7:36 am
Aloyisius
time for the list, 17 to find
7:37 am
hurshy
for four little words, these are hard to find...
7:38 am
Aloyisius
tg for the list.. I would be monkeying all day
7:39 am
HarryHood
49 down...bbl
7:51 am
Aloyisius
done de done done..
7:52 am
Aloyisius
ty, fun grid.. any clues needed?
7:53 am
hego
I think i'll just plod along. tx Aloy
7:54 am
Aloyisius
Okie dokie.. happy Babbling.. and Happy Friday! see you next grid, bye for now..
8:04 am
gramma
1 out and 1 in. Hi everybody.
8:05 am
72 Temple Owl
hello all
8:06 am
hego
Hi to and Gramma
8:07 am
hego
And right to the pb.
8:07 am
gramma
Coffee brb
8:08 am
hego
I'm having trouble with this one, but I think it's just me.
8:12 am
godthaab
How many words today?
8:12 am
hego
How was your holiday, jmc?
8:13 am
72 Temple Owl
hi je
8:13 am
jmcnrick
delightful, how was your?
8:13 am
jmcnrick
hi TO did you get home?
8:13 am
hego
really good. sil home from hospital and all well.
8:14 am
jmcnrick
that is good, never want to be in hospital for the holidays
8:14 am
72 Temple Owl
i am at my father's house
8:14 am
jmcnrick
Ah I thought you had been at your bother's house
8:15 am
gramma
Okay...I'll start again.
8:15 am
72 Temple Owl
at bro's bro in laws. 45 min away. now must drive home becvause i need to get to body shop. else I would stay. and MUST go to mall today.
8:15 am
jmcnrick
hi gramma
8:16 am
hego
Is the coffe good in the pb today gramma. LOL
8:16 am
gramma
back at cha
8:16 am
jmcnrick
you are going to the mall -- how brave!
8:17 am
72 Temple Owl
well my glasses finally arrived. no choice.
8:17 am
Boobear
How was everyone's Thanksgiving
8:17 am
jmcnrick
man, i would so wait until tomorrow
8:17 am
72 Temple Owl
tomorrow wont be mych better. depends on when theopticion is there.
8:18 am
gramma
hego, it's delicious. I reccomend you accidentally post a few words
8:18 am
jmcnrick
i had a wonderful thanksgiving boo --how about you?
8:19 am
gramma
LOL isn't in the grid? Work with me here.
8:19 am
Boobear
it was great. We actually had two thanksgiving dnners
8:20 am
Boobear
one was because my sister was visiting and she had to leave thanksgiving day and we had leftovers yesterday
8:20 am
jmcnrick
sounds good boo
8:20 am
Boobear
it was a definite yum
8:21 am
zoozzoom
Hello, All
8:21 am
zoozzoom
And fireworks for me :-)
8:22 am
zoozzoom
I found this grid to be rather hard today.
8:22 am
jmcnrick
whoo hoo zooz
8:23 am
hego
Tx Zoom I thought it was just me.
8:23 am
jmcnrick
help with the w please
8:23 am
hego
I don't do well with lots of vowels.
8:24 am
zoozzoom
Hey Jmc..i was looking at the folding website lastnight..and some people on there are well into folding ...making there computers into super ones just to fold.
8:24 am
Dorens
what are you we**ing right now jm? i'm still in my jammies
8:24 am
jmcnrick
really how interesting.
8:24 am
zoozzoom
we4 what clothes should i we***
8:24 am
zoozzoom
then plural
8:25 am
jmcnrick
ty zooz -- smack me with a fish!
8:25 am
zoozzoom
Hello, Dorens
8:25 am
Dorens
hello zoo. and congratulations on finishing
8:25 am
Boobear
Hi Dorens
8:26 am
jmcnrick
i am dressed and ready for work dorens
8:26 am
Dorens
glad to hear that j, but really was just trying to clue for you :)
8:26 am
jmcnrick
how do make your computer a super computer? i thought that in effect all the computers folding made a super computer
8:26 am
Brookie
Hello everyone!
8:26 am
jmcnrick
I know dorens :-)
8:26 am
jmcnrick
hi brookie
8:27 am
Boobear
Hi Brookie
8:27 am
zoozzoom
this is true...but they put about 5 top of the range graphic cards & top of the range processors into theres, so it can calculate quicker.
8:27 am
Brookie
Hi Boo, Hi JMC
8:27 am
zoozzoom
Hello, Brookie :-)
8:28 am
Dorens
hi boobear and brook
8:28 am
jmcnrick
sounds like more than i am willing to do.
8:28 am
zoozzoom
same here..one guy has spent around $15,000..crazy money just to fold.
8:29 am
jmcnrick
very likely has a close family member with cancer and feels helpless
8:30 am
jmcnrick
*giggle* our conversation sounds odd i think to an outsider
8:30 am
zoozzoom
to be honest Jmc..i think he is more interested in getting the number 1 rank..by the way he was talking in the forums.
8:30 am
Brookie
Hi Dorens!
8:30 am
jmcnrick
really? that is a sad sad story then
8:31 am
zoozzoom
LOL, yes i suppose it would..:-)
8:31 am
jmcnrick
i have not gone on the forums -- what do they discuss?
8:31 am
zoozzoom
I like to try & help as my father died of cancer, so it is nice to know i am at least trying to help.
8:32 am
zoozzoom
they discuss trying to make there computers faster and better than everyone elses..lol
8:32 am
gramma
What do they discuss? If you have to ask that question, you don't need to know! ( I actually have no clue as to what the heck you're talking about..folding?)
8:33 am
jmcnrick
no one in my family died of cancer per se -- although my husband died of a hereditary decease closely connected with cancer
8:33 am
gramma
Please, keep me on a need to know basis. This is way beyond my world
8:34 am
jmcnrick
gramma zooz, ata and i created a babble team to participate in folding@home
8:34 am
jmcnrick
it is a program where you download some software and it allows your computer to help map molecules that will lead to a cure for cancer
8:35 am
hego
Bye gang. bbl
8:35 am
jmcnrick
did i explain it right zooz?
8:35 am
jmcnrick
bye hego
8:35 am
zoozzoom
Bye, Hego
8:35 am
gramma
Oh sure. I knew that. Would you like some of mine?
8:36 am
zoozzoom
yes you did..but it is not just cancer..as it is folding proteins..and so they can find different cures of all types of illnesses
8:36 am
zoozzoom
LOL, Gramma
8:36 am
jacq
afternoon everybody
8:36 am
jacq
how is the grid?
8:36 am
zoozzoom
I found it rather hard..Hello Jacq
8:37 am
Brookie
Hi Jacq. The grid is a little tough today. I can't believe there are 8 "z" words.
8:37 am
jmcnrick
you can sign up for our team 173981 at folding@home gramma and you will never know another thing again if you don't wanna
8:37 am
gramma
Run jacq Run. They're talking about smart stuff. This is no longer a mindless word game. It's becoming an education. Aaaah
8:37 am
jacq
i don;t even know there were 8 z words in the world
8:38 am
jmcnrick
i got one z word
8:38 am
jacq
hello gramma, i also fold proteins
8:38 am
zoozzoom
the good news is 7 of them are `zo` 1 is `ze` :-)
8:38 am
Brookie
I can only think of 2 "z" words in the world, jacq. :-)
8:38 am
Brookie
thanks for the clue, zooz!
8:38 am
jmcnrick
good to know zooz
8:39 am
zoozzoom
zo4 what time zo** are you in
8:39 am
jacq
zo5, one who is in a zo4?
8:39 am
zoozzoom
then extend twice for the other 2 `zo`s
8:39 am
jmcnrick
what team are you on jac?
8:40 am
Anniebrook
actress *** caldwell, add a vowel
8:40 am
Anniebrook
*** caldwell, add 2 vowels
8:40 am
zoozzoom
Hello , Annie!
8:40 am
Anniebrook
Hi zooz!!
8:40 am
jacq
not too sure jmc, have been doing it for a while, when i was at college we joined as a team and apparently i am still there
8:40 am
EvaNadine
mornin babblers!
8:41 am
jacq
but have also joined the babble team, but have never seen any sign that my folding is going anywhere but the old team
8:41 am
Brookie
Morning, Eva!
8:41 am
zoozzoom
would be nice if you came over to the babblers folding team :-)
8:41 am
zoozzoom
Hello, Eva
8:41 am
jacq
i am there too zooz
8:41 am
jmcnrick
very cool jac -- so each new computer you download the software?
8:42 am
jacq
yes jmc, but had forgotten to add it to the laptop till crossy spoke about it
8:42 am
jacq
have persuaded my mum to join too when she gets her new router
8:42 am
jmcnrick
good thing he mentioned it -- it got me to add both of my computers to the babbler team that ata created
8:43 am
zoozzoom
Jacq..are you folding for the team id of 173981?
8:43 am
EvaNadine
folding? what is this?
8:43 am
jacq
it's the number i put in for team babble, so yes but i don;t show there at all
8:43 am
zoozzoom
thats what i see..wonder why that is?
8:44 am
jacq
right now am on 434/1500
8:44 am
zoozzoom
mine is 315/500
8:44 am
jacq
maybe i had already ben working proteins from the pc and it needs to finish those before i can join babble?
8:44 am
harpjane
good morning
8:45 am
zoozzoom
i find the smaller the number my computer takes longer to do...when i do the 2500 ones they are done witthin a day..lol
8:45 am
zoozzoom
thats a point Jacq..you could be right there.
8:45 am
jacq
Report generated on 01:44:24 November 27, 2009
Date of last work unit 2009-11-26 16:17:18
Active CPUs within 50 days 4
Team Id 173981
Grand Score 7741 (
8:45 am
zoozzoom
Hello, Harp
8:46 am
jacq
this is what i get when i go into stats
8:46 am
jmcnrick
today i am 1500/2500
8:47 am
jacq
zo4/9 zo and most of the word for consume
8:47 am
jacq
add another vowel on the end for another z05
8:48 am
jmcnrick
when did you join the babble team jac? it took a few days for my stats to show up on it
8:48 am
jacq
a few weeks ago jmc
8:49 am
jacq
when crossy spoke about it in the chog, the same time ata set the team up
8:49 am
zoozzoom
yes . i was in crossies team..but decided to do the babblers one instead..hope he did not get offended.
8:50 am
Haz1558
The only way you can offend crossy is if you criticise bacon.
8:50 am
jmcnrick
are you denni?
8:50 am
harpjane
how many letters in the lone e?
8:50 am
zoozzoom
HAHAHA...yes you could be right there Haz..hello
8:50 am
jmcnrick
crossy is just happy that we are folding
8:50 am
Haz1558
Hello zooz, hello again to all.
8:51 am
jacq
no jmc i am jacquieg
8:51 am
72 Temple Owl
hi haz...are you guys joining ANOTHER gaming site?
8:51 am
jmcnrick
well that would be what i would assume jac
8:52 am
zoozzoom
en 6 Harp
8:52 am
jmcnrick
no it is a site that is folding proteins for science
8:52 am
72 Temple Owl
uh...ok
8:53 am
zoozzoom
en6 what people say at the end of a great show.
8:53 am
bichon
isn't folding proteins what causes dieases like Mad Cow?
8:53 am
jmcnrick
your computer does it in the extra space it is not using
8:53 am
Haz1558
Hello TO!
8:53 am
Haz1558
Prions are implicated in BSE.
8:53 am
jacq
wow exactly half way, def time for a ciggie break
8:53 am
harpjane
i think my old tired computer needs all it's extra space for babble
8:53 am
72 Temple Owl
i am ever the skeptic about such on line things
8:54 am
jmcnrick
hi bichon and no folding proteins is suppose to find teh cure for cancer and other things -- tho don't ask me how I just trust crossy in this one
8:54 am
jacq
provided you have basic security it is safe TO
8:54 am
zoozzoom
ok, i am going to go and grab a bite to eat..take care all...hope to see your name on the babblers folding team soon Jacq :-)
8:54 am
Haz1558
I haven't a clue what it all means, TO, I'm just glad when the computer switches on.
8:55 am
72 Temple Owl
me too!
8:55 am
Haz1558
So, put me out of my misery, TO. Was one dessert enough?
8:55 am
jmcnrick
i don't really understand it except a vague idea that all the computers working together make a supercomputer that shortens the time to get an answer
8:55 am
72 Temple Owl
i am watching a show segment on using leftovers. with 7 teens we did not have that problem
8:57 am
Haz1558
Leftovers always look a bit.... left over.
8:57 am
72 Temple Owl
well - no, there should have been a finger food like cookies or brownies. and cake. there were two pies a pumpkin cheesecake and traditional swedish rolled cookies.
8:57 am
72 Temple Owl
i know. i tasted all of them
8:57 am
Haz1558
Well, it's kind of your duty to taste them, isn't it?
8:58 am
Haz1558
Just to make sure they're okay.
8:58 am
bichon
Biophysics is what my son did his PhD in. It was using computers to do such a task. However, he didn't end up in that field
8:58 am
jmcnrick
TO is a woman who knows her duty!
8:58 am
72 Temple Owl
yes. elst i would opffend someone wouldn't i?
8:59 am
Haz1558
You would. The person who made the dessert that you ignored might think it was deliberate. You can't run that risk.
8:59 am
jmcnrick
well i am just glad to help especially when it doesn't cost me a thing
8:59 am
jmcnrick
TO is brave and self sacrificing in the extreme!
9:00 am
jmcnrick
help with the top O for nbt
9:01 am
car.eeyore
OR + the cat chased the **t
9:01 am
Haz1558
or4/4, alternatively or6/21 - or plus what's grown in the paddy field.
9:01 am
Uneaixoise
M***** the Cat
9:01 am
Haz1558
an5/10 - add what you listen with
9:02 am
Uneaixoise
hey,all -- lurker extraordinaire here
9:02 am
dan2bit
morning all - happy friday
9:02 am
Uneaixoise
hey, dan :-)
9:02 am
Haz1558
You're welcome, bichon. Hello Une and dan.
9:02 am
EvaNadine
Happy Leftover Day to all the American babblers. :)
9:02 am
Uneaixoise
hey, haz :-)
9:03 am
jmcnrick
ty car and haz
9:03 am
72 Temple Owl
leftover turkey. i only wish.
9:04 am
EvaNadine
hints for the solo E?
9:04 am
jmcnrick
hi une and dan
9:04 am
Haz1558
You're welcome, jmc.
9:04 am
harpjane
how many letters in the i words please?
9:04 am
dan2bit
ir4 & ir5
9:04 am
harpjane
en6 eva, after the final bow the musician did one
9:04 am
car.eeyore
the crowd shouted Bravo! En****!
9:04 am
jacq
i have an i4
9:05 am
72 Temple Owl
the z words were realitively easy
9:05 am
dan2bit
add a vowel jacq
9:05 am
car.eeyore
My husband made me the BEST turkey sandwich I have ever had this morning....YUMMERS!
9:05 am
EvaNadine
TY harp
9:05 am
jmcnrick
well i have nbt and need to leave to go pretend to work
9:05 am
Uneaixoise
morning, jmc :-)
9:05 am
harpjane
does anyone have an icon clue?
9:05 am
Haz1558
Are you going backwards, TO? That's the way FM does the grid.
9:05 am
Uneaixoise
love leftover turkey! wish I had some . . .
9:05 am
Uneaixoise
later, jmc!
9:06 am
jacq
ty dan, have both i's now
9:06 am
jmcnrick
not yet harp
9:06 am
jmcnrick
bye all i will bbs
9:06 am
Haz1558
harpjane, I don't have one, it's not a very inspiring grid for icons. I'll need to think.
9:06 am
Uneaixoise
harp, my daughter's applied for a job in Maine -- think her car will perpetually look like your icon? LOL
9:06 am
harpjane
lol une!
9:06 am
Haz1558
ar5/12 - a plus an anagram of the paddy field grain.
9:07 am
car.eeyore
Bichon, I have the capital of france but drop the P and add an extra consonant in the middle....
9:07 am
bichon
ty again Haz
9:08 am
Uneaixoise
or H*****son Ford, actor
9:08 am
Haz1558
You're welcome, bichon.
9:08 am
car.eeyore
Much clearer Une!
9:08 am
72 Temple Owl
i ofund a 7 letter word. yippee!
9:09 am
Uneaixoise
go, TO!
9:09 am
72 Temple Owl
29 left. but it hink i must start the day. have a visit to make before I drive home
9:10 am
Uneaixoise
co7/32 plural of co6/21
9:10 am
72 Temple Owl
co7 = those who steer the ship. or cheat you.
9:10 am
Uneaixoise
cr7/52 plural of cr6/36
9:11 am
72 Temple Owl
bye all!
9:11 am
Uneaixoise
later, TO!
9:11 am
Haz1558
Bye TO, drive safely!
9:12 am
bichon
those who steer a ship?
9:12 am
Uneaixoise
no idea about THAT clue, bichon :-)
9:13 am
harpjane
back with an icon clue
9:13 am
72 Temple Owl
did you read shogun?
9:13 am
Uneaixoise
and she's back LOL!
9:13 am
72 Temple Owl
ok , ok... *poof*
9:14 am
car.eeyore
The second part of the clue makes more sense....
9:14 am
car.eeyore
....to me anyway!
9:14 am
bichon
I still don't get it
9:15 am
car.eeyore
Also spelling of a popular irish boy's name
9:15 am
Uneaixoise
car, add hospital trauma center to co4/5
9:15 am
Uneaixoise
sorry, i mean bichon!
9:16 am
car.eeyore
another good clue Une!
9:17 am
bichon
I think I understand the Irish boy's name, but I don't get the word
9:18 am
TXZinnia
bichon - last name of Dan and Rosanne on the TV show.
9:18 am
TXZinnia
Good morning everyone.
9:19 am
Haz1558
Good morning, TXZ.
9:19 am
periwinkle
hello all
9:19 am
bichon
TaDa! ty all
9:19 am
TXZinnia
Hi, Haz -- I thought I ran everyone off...
9:19 am
Uneaixoise
morning, zinnia :-)
9:19 am
TXZinnia
yvw bichon
9:20 am
Haz1558
Hello, peri.
9:20 am
TXZinnia
Hi, periwinkle
9:24 am
Uneaixoise
morning, peri
9:29 am
kje
wow, challenging grid
9:29 am
kje
half way done and now just starting at it
9:30 am
Haz1558
Hello, kje.
9:30 am
kje
both yesterday and today i have this urge to write "hazmat" but would like to avoid getting slapped
9:31 am
Haz1558
Why hazmat?
9:32 am
kje
just pops up when I write haz.... and is short for hazardous materials
9:32 am
kje
as in hazmat routes for trucks off the main thoroughfares, etc
9:33 am
gramma
Well, that was a lovely little grid. See you all tomorrow
9:33 am
Haz1558
Now I understand,
9:33 am
Haz1558
Bye gramma, have a nice day.
9:33 am
kje
seriously garndma??? you thought it was lovely? shoot, my brain must be slow today
9:34 am
Haz1558
We don't have special routes for trucks, the most we have are bus lanes.
9:34 am
DR1965
I am not finding it lovely either
9:35 am
kje
trucks carrying toxic things have to take alt routes around cities to avoid having to clean up hazardous spills in the midst of people if in an accident, etc
9:35 am
DR1965
how are you KJE ?
9:36 am
kje
they aren't special lanes or anything, just places the trucks aren't allowed to go
9:36 am
kje
also hazmat stickers on train cars, trucks, closets in buildings, etc so if emergency crews are needed, they know what they are dealing with
9:37 am
Haz1558
You're all very organised.
9:37 am
kje
here, haz - more than you ever cared to know
9:37 am
kje
http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat
9:38 am
kje
so if you ever decide to have a career as a rapper, my vote is "hazmat" as a name - very cool
9:38 am
DR1965
LOL Kje : )
9:38 am
kje
slightly dangerous and edgy - LOL
9:38 am
kje
did you have a nice holiday, dr?
9:39 am
DR1965
yes , thanks. I had the family over. Hubby cooked 2 turkeys etc... then he got up and went to the mall this morning
9:39 am
DR1965
he is nuts
9:40 am
DR1965
what about you?
9:40 am
JBV
hi everyone - happy post-turkey day
9:40 am
kje
ooooo - I avoid that whole black friday thing - madness!
9:40 am
DR1965
Hi JBV and Haz
9:40 am
JBV
coming back for my last 19- this is slow going today
9:40 am
DR1965
yes, Jake wants an IPOD and they were a good price
9:40 am
kje
no joke, jbv... very slow
9:40 am
Haz1558
Hello JBV.
9:41 am
DR1965
extremely slow
9:41 am
JBV
hi haz, kje, DR
9:41 am
JBV
kje - saw an article in today's paper about a study showing the 2 happiest groups of doctors are pediatricians and geriatricians - do you agree?
9:41 am
kje
my sister went as well, 0400 this morning to walmart - HP loaded computer for $300 - she had to do it
9:42 am
kje
that data on geriatricians has been proven several times
9:42 am
bichon
I would think that obstetricians would be in the happy group. Bringing a bundle of joy
9:42 am
kje
but remember, people select their specialty, so whether those careers make you happy vs content people tending to choose those careers is a coin toss
9:43 am
kje
no, OB/Gyns have hard lives, and huge liability
9:43 am
car.eeyore
Fireworks!
9:43 am
DR1965
I agree KJE- OB's are stressed
9:43 am
kje
interesting bias there though... OB bring joy so lives must be good, geriatricians deal with death... etc
9:43 am
DR1965
* She comes from nowhere with the sky in lights... Hello and congrats Car
9:43 am
bichon
I can agree that Ob's work long hours, but for the most part, their patients adore them
9:43 am
kje
yayayayay car!!!!
9:43 am
Haz1558
Congratulations car!
9:44 am
JBV
it said they spend more time with elderly patients, so more satisfying, I guess
9:44 am
jmcnrick
whoo hoo car
9:44 am
jmcnrick
OBs are sued more than any other doctor
9:44 am
bichon
My mom is at a retirement home and I don't find that a very uplifting place
9:44 am
car.eeyore
Anyone need a clue or two before I go?
9:45 am
DR1965
not listed yet CAR_ thanks though
9:45 am
bichon
I can understand the liability of Ob's, but I would think that would be offset by the happiness of parenthood
9:45 am
jmcnrick
it is hard to find the right placement for our parents
9:46 am
kje
OBs are sued more, have higher divorce rates (only surpassed by psych), and do not form long term relationships with most of their patients...
9:46 am
jmcnrick
how about the second I word car -- I have the metal one
9:46 am
bichon
Mom's in a nice place, but so many of the residents have a very angsty expression of their faces and a lot are sitting in wheelchairs with their heads down. Mom likes to go to arts and crafts, but she's usually the only one there
9:46 am
kje
it is fascinating to see the typical bias here though... old people make people uncomfortable, babies do not... thus we would rather avoid places like retirement homes
9:46 am
Krysten
As a counsellor, I can say that bringing peace and comfort to those who are in their last stages of life or their loved ones is satisfying. Death is a natural part of life and helping people through it to make it easier is very satisfying. It doesn't mean that the environment is pleasant for those who visit unfortunately.
9:47 am
Haz1558
Does the problem not lie with the parents who find it hard to accept that not every baby nor every birth is going to be perfect all the time? Expectations are sky high on the part of parents.
9:47 am
bichon
NM on the re 6
9:47 am
car.eeyore
Just add a vowel to the end of it JMC
9:47 am
car.eeyore
RE + zo 4/9
9:47 am
kje
generally a high stress time, haz
9:47 am
kje
thanks car - that was my last r
9:48 am
jmcnrick
i spent hours and hours in nursing homes and other such places with my mother and that assured that my mother got decent treatment
9:48 am
DR1965
that is so true JMC- Families need to be involved
9:48 am
bichon
Mom is treated decently, but so many of her friends are so cranky and critical
9:48 am
DR1965
It makes a difference
9:49 am
jmcnrick
even with me there one nursing home was terrible and so we removed her from there
9:49 am
DR1965
We moved my grandmother 3 times before we found one we were all comfortable with
9:49 am
kje
i think oatier should be a word... describes my breakfast cereal
9:50 am
car.eeyore
OK all! Have a wonderful day!
9:50 am
jmcnrick
the thing i noticed doing elder law for 20 years is that people seem to distill into their basic personality -- so an optimist is happy and a pessimist is cranky and angry
9:50 am
kje
you too, car - bye
9:50 am
DR1965
makes sense to me
9:50 am
jmcnrick
bye car!
9:50 am
DR1965
Bye CAR- have a good day
9:51 am
Haz1558
Time for Spangle's afternoon walk, time for me to get bundled up, it has turned so much colder over the past few days but at least it has stopped raining. Bye for now!
9:51 am
kje
i like some of my cranky old people - you just gotta laugh... they aren't so bad, you have to know how to handle them
9:51 am
DR1965
Bye Haz- Enjoy
9:51 am
jmcnrick
ra4 a staffperson showed up at work and I thought i would have the office to myself
9:51 am
kje
some of the really ornery ones, I swear that ornerinous is all that keeps them alive
9:51 am
jmcnrick
bye haz have a nice walk
9:52 am
jmcnrick
i think that is what kept my mother alive
9:52 am
DR1965
That was my Grandmother KJE- VERY Ornery
9:52 am
DR1965
Lived into her 90's
9:52 am
kje
most of them know they are ornery, so you use it
9:52 am
Nef
Hi Everybody!
9:53 am
Nef
I was reading the conversation and thought I'd add my 2 centds
9:53 am
bichon
I've been watching the Sopranos and the scenes of Tony's mom at the Assisted living place sound so true
9:53 am
DR1965
you can add 10 cents if you want ;)
9:54 am
Boobear
hi Dr and Nef
9:54 am
DR1965
BOO! Welcome
9:55 am
Nef
After working in health care as an RN for 42+ years (and as an aide in nursing homes and hospitals for 4 years before that!); I think my most favorite patients have always been the elderly.
9:56 am
DR1965
I think most of them appreciate your caring for them. younger patients... dont always
9:57 am
Nef
Some elderly are ornery with bad personalities (same as the other ages of life); but most may have bad spelss of orneriness that they can be brought out of by just a bit of attention.
9:58 am
JBV
many people don't realize that "orneriness" is also a symptom/result/side effect of living in chronic pain
9:58 am
kje
they have earned their orneriness... much harder to take that attitude from a smart alec 25 year old who has lots of advantages and opportunities and still complains
10:00 am
kje
wow, i think my brain must be hung over from the cranberry relish, cuz this is hard
10:00 am
kje
I am going to the list with 44 left : (
10:00 am
Nef
Where I currently work (I run a prenatal program for low income women and women in crisis pregnanxcies); the women are so grateful for everything we do that it is a happy environment
10:01 am
kje
yes... in general, I think working with underpriveleged or sicker people is easier... less entitlement a nd less focusing on things that don't matter when you have real problems
10:02 am
kje
oh shoot, some of these babblets I should have gotten, have seen them before
10:02 am
EvaNadine
NBT, NBS, and halfway done. can i go home now?
10:04 am
kje
first si6? what am I not seeing?
10:05 am
Boobear
si5 is a loud noise
10:06 am
Nef
kje, I think the entitlement mindset makes a BIG difference in how much satisfaction we get out of working with different populations of patients.
10:06 am
kje
my phantom for it is sienna
10:06 am
kje
but can't see the real 6
10:06 am
hego
hi again all
10:07 am
Katydid0615
kje, change the double letter
10:07 am
kje
just couldn't see that!
10:08 am
Brookie
My 7-year-old son says that "Arizona" is a phantom word in this grid.
10:08 am
Nef
When I have someone DEMAND something which is not allowed/or appropriate for their care from me and then complains about it; it isn't fun to care for them.
10:09 am
Boobear
cute.. is he helping you, Brookie
10:09 am
kje
yep nef, and in bedside nursing you have to answer that 100x/day for some of those people, I get to tell them once or twice and still want to pop 'em
10:10 am
Brookie
He goes back and forth. He does help me find some words (especially the ones that neither of us knew existed but at least he's willing to try).
10:10 am
Brookie
He loves reading and learning what he can about language.
10:10 am
Boobear
good for him. He is smart
10:11 am
Brookie
Yeah, and he knows it too! :-)
10:19 am
JenMO16
happy black friday, everyone
10:20 am
Brookie
Same to you, Jen!
10:32 am
HarryHood
last word - ar5 - the last?
10:33 am
Brookie
ar + ***e to the occasion
10:33 am
HarryHood
ty brook :)
10:34 am
Brookie
yw. I have 2 words that I'm stuck on... co6 (the last) and si6 (the last)
10:35 am
HarryHood
co6 add a double cons and t** up your boat
10:35 am
HarryHood
si6 add a double cons and a double vowel
10:36 am
Brookie
yeah, fireworks!
10:36 am
HarryHood
I'm still missing the ar5/12...I'd made a mistake
10:36 am
Brookie
sorry, i was clueing the wrong one... let me think...
10:37 am
Brookie
ar + albert **nstein + *up of tea
10:37 am
HarryHood
ty :) DONE
10:37 am
inge
ar 5: ar + vowel + t** tac doe
10:44 am
wht
Hi all, just jumped in for a quick fix this morning.
10:46 am
aslindy
hello all
10:48 am
aslindy
inge... I was trying to use your clue, but I kept putting the t in (t** tac). Got it now. I think I need more coffee!
10:49 am
Kaplan the Magne
Morning- just popping in before another day of family fun
10:49 am
hego
Kaplan! You went pro. Looking good!
10:49 am
wht
Hi Kap, gone pro I see.
10:49 am
Kaplan the Magne
Yep.
10:49 am
Kaplan the Magne
cone
10:50 am
Kaplan the Magne
But not pro enough to avoid this problem
10:50 am
Kaplan the Magne
(Smacks self on the wrist)
10:50 am
wht
Starting your day in the PB. I'm sure there is some leftover turkey and pie in there.
10:51 am
Kaplan the Magne
Tofurkey.
10:51 am
hego
Hey, you're Soupy. All is forgiven.
10:54 am
Kaplan the Magne
I had a feeling you would be a Soupy crowd.
10:56 am
Marc Freeman
Good afternoon all, I have the co7 what is other one, please?
10:58 am
hego
I only speak for myself, Kaplan.
10:58 am
Kaplan the Magne
OK
10:59 am
hego
Marc the other is cr 7.
11:00 am
wht
ty hego. Have to go get coffee but I am half-way.
11:08 am
rururocks
Soupy?
11:08 am
Marc Freeman
Thanks hego got it
11:08 am
hego
The guy in Kaplan's icon. Soupy Sales.
11:09 am
hego
Good marc. It was hard.
11:10 am
Kaplan the Magne
"Bafalafaka. They whisper it all over Turkey."
11:11 am
Spanky
does anyone want to offer a clue for the (2) seven letter words?
11:11 am
Kaplan the Magne
On wordsplay, tiar is a word, but not here.
11:12 am
kje
co7 is a plural of co6 - one who deceives
11:12 am
hego
ruru clue Spanky the 7's.
11:12 am
hego
I'm a lousy cluer.
11:12 am
kje
cr7 is a plural of cr6 - cr + bull d**** moves dirt
11:12 am
VolleymomDee
clue for the cr 7 pretty please
11:13 am
rururocks
hi dee
11:13 am
rururocks
hi kje
11:13 am
VolleymomDee
hugs ru
11:13 am
kje
did you enjoy your TG day, ru?
11:13 am
hego
Great clue kje
11:13 am
rururocks
yes.. I did.. and I have today off too
11:14 am
rururocks
brb need coffee
11:14 am
VolleymomDee
yes ty great clue, got it
11:14 am
kje
I work, yesterday morning, this evening, but did go to family's for dinner and it was nice
11:15 am
rururocks
I am making that salad tomorrow kje... I will let you know how it goes
11:16 am
kje
I modify the dressing a bit too, ru - I add olive oil as the way it is written is quite tart, but the basics are there, just adjust to taste... my brother ate two huge plates of that stuff
11:17 am
kje
6 left - all A's - almost done with this bear
11:21 am
kje
lots of weird words today, but should have seen more of those babblets than I did without the list.... oh well
11:21 am
kje
any clues needed before i go?
11:22 am
kje
hi tor - how was your thanksgiving? did you spend it with your kids?
11:23 am
torgone
It was nice. All were able to attend this year. It was quite good.
11:24 am
kje
that is great tor - hope you have lots of good leftovers too--- the best part ; )
11:24 am
torgone
Oh yeah. The turkey was especially good.
11:24 am
kje
ru - this time I used dried cranberries from whole foods in it, that was better than the pomegranates I think - slightly sweet touch and toothsome
11:25 am
rururocks
I keep them in stock around here too
11:26 am
kje
OK, I am off to try and accomplish something today... enjoy your day
11:27 am
rururocks
bye kje... conquer the world
11:27 am
jmcnrick
bye kje
11:28 am
jmcnrick
hi ru and torg
11:28 am
rururocks
morning JM
11:29 am
ch1212
Morning all. Happy post TG. Jmc - I like your photo collage.
11:30 am
jmcnrick
hi ch haven't seen you in a bit -- collage cheerfully downloaded from the internet
11:30 am
jmcnrick
I thought of you the other day when i was recycling my foil
11:31 am
ch1212
What did you do with it?
11:31 am
jmcnrick
nothing special just washed and dried from cooking steak on it, to use again
11:32 am
Marc Freeman
or6/21, please?
11:32 am
jmcnrick
or+paddy grain
11:32 am
ch1212
Good for you! Saves pennies too :)
11:33 am
Marc Freeman
thanks got it
11:33 am
jmcnrick
I am a penny pincher from a way back! lol
11:35 am
ch1212
Funny story about yesterday: I decided to contribute a fruit salad I had never tried before. The recipe called for the ingredients to be "coarsely chopped" in a food processor. Not having one, I figured it would not matter if I used my blender ......... oh yes, it matters. The 'salad' quickly became chutney! lol!!
11:36 am
rururocks
sounds like a smoothie to me
11:36 am
ch1212
pretty much, ruru. I fessed up at the dinner table and everyone had a good laugh.
11:37 am
rururocks
sometimes short-cuts lead to different things in the kitchen..lol
11:37 am
rururocks
how can you survive without a processor anyway
11:38 am
ch1212
Well, since I'm confessing here... the truth is, I have only learned to cook in the past few years.
11:38 am
rururocks
oh.. well that explains that!
11:39 am
rururocks
I have been cooking since I was a little kid.
11:39 am
ch1212
I used to be a basic utility cook --- open and heat, you know. Now I play with food and experiment with spices. I even baked pumpkin bread from scratch!
11:40 am
rururocks
cooking is so relaxing and good for you
11:40 am
jmcnrick
very cool -- i love to cook myself
11:41 am
rururocks
I love cooking ...
11:41 am
jmcnrick
and cooking saves money!!
11:41 am
jmcnrick
big time!
11:41 am
ch1212
I'm discovering that. My beloved husband taught me quite a bit. In fact, he is playing in the kitchen right now.
That's the other thing, jmc - scratch cooking saves TONS of money.
11:41 am
rururocks
what temperature do you cook yourself at jm?
11:41 am
rururocks
I always make things from scratch.
11:42 am
Shirlockc
making two pies today -- do you guys know about supercook.com? my fav cooking go to
11:42 am
rururocks
IT does save money
11:42 am
jmcnrick
slow with lots of alcohol for basting!
11:42 am
Shirlockc
enter the ingredients you have and want to use up and it'll spit out recipes
11:42 am
jmcnrick
no does it have basic recipes?
11:42 am
Marc Freeman
The first si6/18, please?
11:42 am
Ellen Jean
Okay, I tried but I have 2 N's I can't see the last no 5 and the no4 2 places above. Not double letter one. Please help.
11:42 am
ch1212
I'll check it out, shirlock!
11:43 am
jmcnrick
very cool i have been cooking like that for decades (hmm whats in the ice box)
11:43 am
rururocks
like the california mountain range marc
11:43 am
jmcnrick
i need a recipe for bread and butter pickles
11:43 am
rururocks
no 5 like the mine in the Hobbit
11:44 am
Marc Freeman
Thanks got it. Have to go only 6 left and will get them later. Thanks for all the clues.
11:44 am
rururocks
two no's above it are no 4 high no4 or 12:00p.m.
11:45 am
ch1212
jmc, my mom had one in her cookbook, which I inherited. I will look and send you the one she used through Facebook's email... you are on that one, aren't you?
11:45 am
rururocks
that is how I cook too JM.. what's in the fridge and what can I make out of them
11:45 am
ch1212
That is, my facebook page for the book.
11:45 am
jmcnrick
that would be wonderful
11:46 am
jmcnrick
sometimes it works and I regret i wont be able to duplicate it and sometimes it turns out horrid!
11:47 am
jmcnrick
I am on FB do i need to sign up for your page ch?
11:47 am
harpjane
hello 84 to go
11:47 am
ch1212
mmm... not sure, jmc. I think you might have already friended me. If not, look for Campbell Norwood and shoot me a friend request.
11:47 am
Ellen Jean
I finally got it. Thanks!
11:49 am
jmcnrick
hi harp
11:49 am
jmcnrick
wtg ellen
11:49 am
MPittore
hi all 47 to go
11:50 am
MPittore
hey hmc...how are you
11:50 am
MPittore
i mean jmc...we are better today
11:51 am
jmcnrick
glad you are better MP lol
11:51 am
jmcnrick
ch we are friends on fb
11:51 am
MPittore
aren't these the two happiest dogs you've ever seen?
11:52 am
ch1212
Okay, found 3 of her recipes for pickles; not sure what constitutes 'bread and butter.' They are titled as follows: "Zucchini Bread & Butter Pickles", "Dollar Sweet Pickles" (both involve slicing) and "15 Minute Sweet Pickles" (using small pickles.) Do you want all of them, one of them, none of them?
11:53 am
jmcnrick
probably the first two ch
11:53 am
harpjane
i'd like to be your friend too, ch! if i get around to it!
11:54 am
ch1212
Just realized -- I can post the recipes on my profile here. I'll do that, jmc - should be up in a few minutes. ... of course, harp!!
11:54 am
jmcnrick
bread and butter pickles are sweet pickles with mustard seed and no dill
11:56 am
jmcnrick
the dogs look sleepy to me but what do i know?
11:59 am
MPittore
could be but I thought they were cracking up laughing...my dad always look for the humor in everything...
11:59 am
jmcnrick
ty harp for your icon clue
11:59 am
jmcnrick
did your dad take the photo?
12:00 pm
MPittore
oops my add kicked in...i meant my dad "said always..."
12:00 pm
jmcnrick
well that is good advice MP
12:00 pm
MPittore
no but he would have loved it too
12:03 pm
ch1212
Recipes posted in my profile. Wow, I had no idea my mom went to that much trouble! The first recipe takes 9 or 10 DAYS. Gosh. But I remember how good those pickles were.
12:04 pm
MPittore
he was such a joker...his last words on earth were filled with humor...I think it was a special gift to my mom and I who were there...very very special like him.
12:07 pm
jmcnrick
that is nice MP. my husband was like that too
12:08 pm
jmcnrick
the musician does an en**** at the curtain sometimes
12:08 pm
jacq
en6, what is often said after a good performance or play "bravo!en****!"
12:08 pm
jmcnrick
ty ch I will copy them
12:08 pm
Shirlockc
thx jac
12:08 pm
Wolvie
hi all - good grid today?
12:09 pm
ch1212
hi Wolvie - challenging but fun
12:09 pm
jmcnrick
the zuchinni one looks most like what i am looking for ty
12:09 pm
jmcnrick
hi jac and wolvie
12:09 pm
jacq
heya wolvie
12:09 pm
Wolvie
Hi everybody! :-)
12:10 pm
ch1212
Happy to offer them up, jmc -- my momma passed away in 1980, so it's nice to know her recipes will get some use again.
12:10 pm
MPittore
some people jmc give you so much in life that even tho they must leave what they give can last your lifetime if you let it...not that you don't miss them terribly but it is more than what alot of people ever have...very lucky we are...
12:10 pm
ch1212
MP, that is so true! Thank you from my heart for sharing that wisdom.
12:11 pm
Wolvie
yum. Pickles! ty ch12
12:12 pm
jmcnrick
we are MP
12:13 pm
jmcnrick
my son and i made about a dozen jars of kosher dills this summer but i noticed that since he helped make them he is not devouring them at the same rate as last year when i made them by myself!
12:14 pm
Wolvie
;-) appreciation for the effort!
12:14 pm
jmcnrick
i am going to try to make bread and butter jalapenos for his christmas gift
12:15 pm
ch1212
How inventive, jmc!
12:17 pm
MPittore
I have a recipe for vidalia onion pickles and they are devine...got it from a real down to earth W.Va. woman I know from our place at Lake Anna,Va.
12:18 pm
ch1212
Beloved is calling from the kitchen --- bbl!
12:20 pm
MPittore
yes...my beautiful "merman" just appeared from in front of our tv and announced his desire to eat just to keep his strength up...wifey duties call...brb
12:21 pm
Wolvie
so - i have 5 ne's and 6 no's. I am missing one n. what type is it please?
12:21 pm
Wolvie
bye M Pitt
12:21 pm
jmcnrick
not invented by me -- i saw it for sale in a Texas store
12:21 pm
jacq
ne4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 4
12:22 pm
Wolvie
ah. ty jac. :-)
12:22 pm
jacq
am working on my last ne now lol
12:23 pm
Wolvie
oh yes? i am missing one ne 5. I'll dig it out. :-)
12:23 pm
jacq
missing the last ne 5 too
12:24 pm
harpjane
ra6/21?
12:24 pm
jacq
someone whi is anti anything not blonde haired and blue eyes
12:24 pm
Wolvie
ah. I don't know which it is - one of the last 2 per your list. I have the plural of the clean one
12:24 pm
jacq
it's the one after that before the gas one
12:25 pm
Wolvie
okay - we are missing the same one. :-)
12:25 pm
Wolvie
harp - i don't have that yet, sorry
12:26 pm
jacq
i clued it jane, the blonde haired comment
12:26 pm
harpjane
does anyone have an icon clue?
12:26 pm
Wolvie
ah - missed that jac - ty
12:28 pm
jacq
ne5/10 ne and the ending for that ra6
12:30 pm
jacq
the ra6, not very nice people word, the ne5/10 has the same 3 letter ending as that word
12:30 pm
Shirlockc
first zo5?
12:30 pm
jmcnrick
o ty jac
12:31 pm
Wolvie
oh duh. ty - had turkey for lunch. lol
12:31 pm
jacq
do you have the first zo4?
12:31 pm
jmcnrick
ne+ ra6 ending
12:31 pm
Wolvie
that finished the n's. ty again jac
12:31 pm
harpjane
z plus vowells
12:31 pm
Shirlockc
yes, have the first zo
12:31 pm
jacq
if you have the first zo4 add another vowel at the end
12:31 pm
jacq
the second vowel
12:32 pm
Shirlockc
thx jac
12:32 pm
jmcnrick
i need the last ne 4
12:33 pm
Wolvie
gas for lights jmc
12:33 pm
jacq
gas used in shop signs
12:33 pm
jmcnrick
ty ty I was looking for an ene !
12:34 pm
lynxxx
Goodmorning everyone
12:34 pm
jacq
i did that too then could have kicked myself
12:34 pm
jacq
heya lynxxx
12:34 pm
Wolvie
hello lynxx!
12:34 pm
jmcnrick
hi lynnxxx
12:36 pm
jacq
fireworks!!!!
12:36 pm
Wolvie
WTG jac!!
12:36 pm
jacq
this was a challenging grid
12:36 pm
lynxxx
Congrats Jacq!!
12:37 pm
lynxxx
They all have been lately haven't they?
12:37 pm
jacq
yes, not so bad if you have time though
12:37 pm
jacq
can clue if needed
12:37 pm
wildcat17
some help for the right side A please
12:38 pm
rururocks
an + not pro
12:38 pm
rururocks
ae4 ages ago
12:38 pm
jacq
signed on things when the author doesn't want to be known
12:38 pm
wildcat17
ty 2 more
12:38 pm
Wolvie
i only have 2 so far from that - an - ago, or yesterday say, and the gas
12:38 pm
rururocks
an + not off
12:38 pm
Wolvie
oops. sorry ruru
12:39 pm
jacq
an and hearing organs
12:39 pm
rururocks
a+ not far
12:39 pm
rururocks
+ plural
12:39 pm
wildcat17
ty 1 more
12:39 pm
wildcat17
and ty again
12:39 pm
jmcnrick
hi wild
12:39 pm
wildcat17
hi still missing 2 Cs from the top and 1 C from the bottom
12:39 pm
jmcnrick
whoo hoo jac!
12:40 pm
jacq
one who swindles?
12:41 pm
wildcat17
have those
12:41 pm
jacq
ca6, to bend or list,
12:42 pm
jmcnrick
ice cream co**
12:43 pm
jacq
do you have any idea which ones you need?
12:43 pm
wildcat17
no not using list
12:43 pm
lynxxx
ci4.5 italian farewell
12:44 pm
Wolvie
jac - i don't get the bend or list clue, sorry. I have not listed yet either
12:44 pm
wildcat17
ty always miss that
12:44 pm
jacq
theres an awful lot of c's to cover
12:44 pm
wildcat17
yeah I know
12:44 pm
lynxxx
co5.12 co & what we breathe backwards
12:44 pm
jacq
it can also mean to corner wildly, all of the short word for motorised vehicle, and double vowel and single humped consonant
12:44 pm
Wolvie
oops! i get it now. ty jac for the ca 6
12:45 pm
jacq
the jacket words? co4, add a vowel for co5, then plural for the 6
12:45 pm
lynxxx
co5.22 sounds like your Uncle's child
12:45 pm
jmcnrick
ty lynxx
12:46 pm
jacq
co5/22 uses the high point tile
12:46 pm
jacq
co5/22 uses the high point tile
12:46 pm
jacq
ohh great clue lynxxx
12:46 pm
wildcat17
have all those
12:46 pm
lynxxx
cr5.22 c & burn to the ground
12:46 pm
wildcat17
that was a good clue
12:47 pm
Wolvie
wild, do you have the cr 5/22?
12:47 pm
Wolvie
or cr 5/12?
12:47 pm
lynxxx
cr5.12 an old hag - change the n in that to another cons for another word
12:47 pm
Matches
clue for last co 5/12
12:49 pm
harpjane
co plus mexican river
12:49 pm
harpjane
the wife of the river between mexico and texas
12:50 pm
Matches
ty harp got it
12:50 pm
Wolvie
nice clue harp. :-)
12:51 pm
jmcnrick
okay got to go balance a checking account bbl
12:52 pm
Wolvie
lol - can't type plus wrong box. jeez
12:53 pm
Wolvie
have to stop farmville and babble at same time
12:54 pm
jacq
ok babble time over, have fun and fireworks everyone
12:54 pm
Wolvie
thanks for the clues
12:59 pm
hego
hi Everyone
12:59 pm
Wolvie
hey hego. :-)
1:00 pm
hego
Been in and out today, can't seem to make a lot of headway.
1:01 pm
Wolvie
just like me - probably turkey hangover. ;-)
1:04 pm
Soodle
Hey everybody, and a belated happy Thanksgiving to all my American pals. Hope you all had a great day :)
1:04 pm
Wolvie
hey soodle! thanks
1:05 pm
Soodle
Hiya Lynn - no turkey for you yesterday?
1:06 pm
Soodle
Hows the grid today?
1:06 pm
lynxxx
Not for us. Do you celebrate in Ireland!?
1:07 pm
Wolvie
good grid, soodle
1:07 pm
Wolvie
keeps you interested
1:07 pm
Soodle
Nope - Thanksgiving just passes us by here in watery Ireland!! Still - Christmas is less than 4 weeks off now..........
1:08 pm
Wolvie
don't remind me...
1:08 pm
lynxxx
Xmas is our big thing here too
1:09 pm
Wolvie
gift wise, Christmas is the deal. Meal wise - TG has no equal here, ;-)
1:10 pm
Wolvie
not that i don't pull out all the stops at christmas/new year's either, it's just that there is no gift exchange at TG - not yet anyway. I am VERY thankful for that. :-)
1:10 pm
Soodle
We sort of combine the 2 here for Christmas. Mega-meals and loads of gifts. Murder on the waistline and pocket!!
1:10 pm
wildcat17
happiness really IS a warm puppy ... like the one I have in my lap :)
1:10 pm
Wolvie
when they started decorating bare trees with easter eggs, you knew life was going to get bad.
1:11 pm
lynxxx
Reading what you do for meals for TG is very similar to Xmas here...the family and meal and general goodwill is the thing here, almost more than the gifts (except of you have kids of course)
1:11 pm
Wolvie
we do too soodle. I just meant for meal only, most folks load it up on TG here. Fancier stuff for christmas say, but TONS for TG
1:11 pm
Wolvie
americans don't understand no gifts except for TG - very sad.
1:12 pm
Wolvie
very true wildcat!
1:12 pm
Soodle
I repeat - Murder on the waistline and pocket. (mutters something remarkably like Bah Humbug....)
1:12 pm
Wolvie
lol - i know soodle
1:13 pm
Wolvie
clue for co 6/21 please? ( i gave in and listed with 20 left)
1:13 pm
Wolvie
so lazy. ;-)
1:13 pm
Soodle
Wildcat! Its nice to see somebody enjoying the simpler side of life. Give that puppy a hug from Ireland!
1:13 pm
lynxxx
which one Wild
1:13 pm
Wolvie
me lynxx - last one
1:14 pm
hego
Can someone clue the si 6,18 pls?
1:14 pm
lynxxx
sorry - looked at the wrong W
1:15 pm
lynxxx
co6.21 (my last anyway) co & strawb*****s
1:15 pm
lynxxx
sorry - looked at the wrong W
1:15 pm
Soodle
Theres 2 x CO 6/21. One is somebody who cons, and the other is a shortened version of the word Coronation. As in Coronation Street ( a long-running soap-opera) is affectionally known as Co double cons and two vowels
1:15 pm
lynxxx
si6.18 - Yes Si****
1:16 pm
Wolvie
ty lynx and soodle
1:16 pm
hego
I'm blank on that Lynxx. Not unusual.
1:16 pm
lynxxx
another co6.21 - a garment, with added vowel, then plural
1:17 pm
Wolvie
ahhh - si 6/18 - no si**** bob. ;-0
1:17 pm
Wolvie
american version
1:17 pm
hego
Light bulb ty both of you!
1:17 pm
Wolvie
ty lynx - your other clue took care of my missing c. :-)
1:17 pm
wildcat17
puppy snores
1:18 pm
Wolvie
better than puppy farts! lol ( couldn't resist)
1:18 pm
Wolvie
I luv puppies, so know that i am kidding
1:18 pm
wildcat17
lol she does that too
1:19 pm
Wolvie
i know from puppies wild - i have had doggies all my life, and I am no spring chicken. ;-)
1:19 pm
stidmama
puppies? chickens? *looks around worriedly for ark building* is it raining that much?
1:20 pm
Wolvie
hey stid - better get aboard!
1:20 pm
Soodle
Clearly mixing Babble with Farmville
1:20 pm
lynxxx
hi Stid. Feeling better?
1:20 pm
Soodle
Babbleville, perhaps
1:20 pm
Wolvie
no puppies in farmville - not yet anyway
1:20 pm
stidmama
SOODLES!!! *waves*
1:21 pm
Soodle
Hey Stid!!
1:21 pm
stidmama
a little, thanks Lynxxx. have had enough energy to spend an hour on this paper, though not making as much progress as I would like. Oh well. It's worth it, I am sure.
1:21 pm
Wolvie
do you guys have black friday soodle?
1:21 pm
stidmama
hey hego! is that icon new for you?
1:21 pm
Wolvie
and lynxx?
1:21 pm
Soodle
Wolvie - feel free to add me as a neighbour on Farmville - medickinson@eircom.net. (I can't expand until I get more neighbours, so I am busy canvassing....)
1:21 pm
Scrabbler
Hello all. i am staying safe at home on this wild Black Friday
1:22 pm
Wolvie
it is one scary aspect of over indulgence in america
1:22 pm
stidmama
how are things down under, lynxxx? did I really see a news report about camels invading an Australian town?
1:22 pm
Soodle
What do you mean by Black Friday?
1:22 pm
Wolvie
sure soodle. will do
1:22 pm
stidmama
hello scrabs -- good for you. I sent Tom out to brave the roads, taking younger stidkid to dermatologist about recalcitrant warts.
1:22 pm
lynxxx
Our only Black Friday was a devastating bush fire back in the 30's....but we do have Boxing Day Sales at the shops!
1:22 pm
hego
No, Stid it's my original, but I like it music freak that I am.
1:22 pm
stidmama
the day after our thanksgiving day soodle, massive sales in the stores
1:23 pm
stidmama
it's a good one, hego!
1:23 pm
Wolvie
it is th HUGE sales day after TG day. Folks line up at midnight to get into stores at 4 and 5 am. People have actually died. either crushed or exposure. Darwinism awards abound
1:23 pm
Scrabbler
Intense day of shopping, with sales & bargains, on the day after Thanksgiving Day, with people camping out overnight at store doors, people fighting for deals, and stores' finances go into the "black."
1:23 pm
Wolvie
or darwin awards i should say. lol
1:23 pm
wildcat17
yeesh I'm falling asleep with puppy
1:24 pm
Wolvie
a good time wild. :-)
1:24 pm
Scrabbler
What is your puppy's name, Wildcat?
1:24 pm
stidmama
I refuse to shop between now and the end of the year unless I must...
1:24 pm
lynxxx
Things are good Stid, we are having a bit of Spring rain here so everything is looking beautifully green> Missed the camel news
1:24 pm
Wolvie
i stay home on this day - always
1:24 pm
stidmama
rain is good! we are having a break in rain at the moment, but I never mind it this time year.
1:24 pm
Soodle
Sounds great! No, no such thing here - sadly. Stores madly vieing for the Christmas market at the moment, even though the country is in the depths of a depression!
1:24 pm
Wolvie
camel? camel? what camel??
1:24 pm
Scrabbler
Snowing here since I got up this morning but not sticking on the unfrozen ground
1:25 pm
wildcat17
Lucy ...she's my son's but he's over for the weekend, so puppy is here too
1:25 pm
hego
Is there a camel?
1:25 pm
Wolvie
hi scrabs! didn't see you sneak in
1:25 pm
stidmama
our stores typically "run in the red" (at a loss) until the Christmas panic sets in, hence the name "black friday" -- the day that stores with survival potential should be making a profit for the year.
1:25 pm
Wolvie
lynxx mentioned camel news???
1:25 pm
stidmama
I like the idea of "borrowed" puppies... like "borrowed" kids. send 'em home when you're done! LOL
1:26 pm
Soodle
Isn't it funny, Wildcat? Probably doesn't feel too long ago since your son was snuggled up on your lap!
1:26 pm
stidmama
hold on, I'll find a source for the camel news.
1:26 pm
wildcat17
too true soodle
1:26 pm
Wolvie
I still don't get it hego, lol
1:26 pm
wildcat17
absolutely stid ... I don't want any babies of my own right now!
1:26 pm
hego
Nah, me neither.
1:27 pm
stidmama
http://tinyurl.com/ybemjn2
warning, the news is NOT good for the camels.
1:27 pm
Soodle
Black Friday here has another meaning. Up until very recently, the Catholic church (don't get me started on the catholic church...) banned the eating of meat on Friday, so it was always known as Black Friday!
1:27 pm
Wolvie
uh oh - do i want to look?
1:28 pm
stidmama
probably not wolvie... it's sad- the drought has affected all too many critters negatively
1:28 pm
Wolvie
soodle, the meat ban thing used to be here too - but it was fish friday for my friends, never heard black friday lol
1:28 pm
wildcat17
I lost one of my own this week, so holding puppy is a little therapeutic
1:28 pm
Wolvie
oh stid - and here i was thinking it was some joke i had missed. Sorry. Wolvie hangs head.
1:28 pm
stidmama
oh wildcat... ((((((hugs))))))
1:29 pm
Wolvie
oh no wild! i am sorry to hear that
1:29 pm
Soodle
The you know what has hit the fan here about the Catholic Church. a report has just issued a report on the child abuse scandal that has really rocked the country to its core. It is horrendous.
1:30 pm
Wolvie
we had that experience in the USA a few years ago. Awful. But i suspect it is even worse for Ireland
1:30 pm
stidmama
it's okay wolvie, would be nice if there were a joke. What is peculiar to me is that I NEVER hear of plagues in North AMerica or Europe the way I do for Australia -- frogs, mice, and now camels. I wonder if it's just that the ecosystems in Australia are so much more fragile.
1:31 pm
wildcat17
maybe because it's a small, self-contained ecosystem?
1:31 pm
stidmama
I have been following the news, Soodle, including today's BBC news that the Vatican refused to cooperate with the investigation because the non-governmental agency doing the investigation wasn't authorized to use the channels for communication that the Vatican wanted.
1:31 pm
lynxxx
The camels are another introduced 'pest' species here, originally came with Afghanis and used for transport up North. Were set free many years ago when no longer used. Unfortunately our climate ideal and they bred like crazy hence this town being overrun by some 6000! (and the culling)
1:32 pm
Atalante
we have a very un-newsworthy harlequin ladybird plague at the moment
1:32 pm
lynxxx
Hello Ata!
1:32 pm
stidmama
what worried me most, about these scandals, is that it paints a "group" of people negatively, not the individuals in the organization... there are (I believe) many more kind, gentle, appropriate people in churches than there are monsters. But all we seem to hear about are the monsters.
1:32 pm
stidmama
hello atalante! what is a harlequin ladybird? is that what we call a ladybug?
1:33 pm
Soodle
I am not joking when I say I am thoroughly ashamed to be Irish today. To see the horrors that kids endured, and the level of cover-up by both the clergy and the law-enforcement agencies is disgusting
1:33 pm
Atalante
a particular sort of
1:33 pm
Wolvie
same for everything isn't it stid? so little good news is communicated
1:34 pm
stidmama
Soodle -- remember it's not IRISH people who do this, it's people. It's not CATHOLIC people who do this, it's people. MOST people are not going to do that sort of thing, ever.
1:34 pm
Wolvie
I hear you soodle. During the American broo ha ha - a few higher up (cardinal law of Boston and others) got sent to italy to finish their days. Should have gone to jail IMO for participating in the cover up
1:34 pm
Wolvie
very true stid
1:34 pm
Atalante
absolutely
1:34 pm
Soodle
At least the baddies have been named and shamed, and hopefully the wrong-doers will be taken to court. Little good that will do to the kids whose lives have been destroyed. its the thought that these perverts were standing up on pulpits, preaching to us, that really goes against the grain.
1:34 pm
stidmama
thanks atalante! we get ladybug "blooms" sometimes in the winter indoors around here. People just vacuum them up and put them outside.
1:35 pm
Scrabbler
Our tennis club has many ladybugs inside our bubble.
1:35 pm
stidmama
Our family hasn't had that happen, I think because we don't have an attic for them to "nest" in.
1:35 pm
Wolvie
soodle - did you guys hear about the huge american scandal of the same type a couple of years ago?
1:35 pm
stidmama
down to 30. I think I will list now.
1:36 pm
Wolvie
i listed at 20 and have been chatting ever since, lol
1:36 pm
wildcat17
missing one C from the top ... I have 12 co and 6 cr
1:37 pm
Soodle
I did, Wolvie, but like most people here, I thought...'Never in Ireland'. Huh!!!
1:37 pm
stidmama
yes, with the chatting I am not making progress. Will get to 25 and then go work on the paper a bit more.
1:37 pm
stidmama
I need 6 from that C
1:37 pm
stidmama
*runs to PB*
1:37 pm
Soodle
I have all the C's Stid - can I help?
1:37 pm
Wolvie
people are people, regardless of race,religion or creed. so it is everywhere
1:38 pm
lynxxx
We've just had another 'Apology' day here too. For the neglect and emotional and physical abuse of children in orphanages pre '60s including those children cleared out of English institutions after the war and sent to Australia (really as child labour in a lot of instances). Thank goodness times have changed
1:38 pm
Wolvie
i think you are missing cz 4 wild
1:38 pm
Soodle
You are right, Wolvie. But Ireland thought itself the last bastion of decency. I repeat ...'Huh'!!
1:38 pm
wildcat17
duh now I see it ty
1:38 pm
stidmama
yes lynxxx -- I saw that and was shocked. What a sad thing to do to children!
1:39 pm
Wolvie
i hear you soodle
1:39 pm
stidmama
I was missing that one too! thanks wolvie!
1:39 pm
stidmama
blast. 25 came faster than I thought. oh well... back in 20 minutes... *poof*
1:39 pm
Soodle
Sorry to be harping on, but, up until the 1980's, contraception was banned here!! By the fecking Catholic Church!! And these B*stards were abusing kids???
1:40 pm
Soodle
OK. I have had my rant. Back to babble :)
1:40 pm
Wolvie
you must know how the boys club works soodle - universal - do as i say, etc. :-)
1:40 pm
Wolvie
ranting is good. keeps you sane
1:40 pm
lynxxx
It has happened over here too Soodle - sadly you are not alone
1:41 pm
wildcat17
fireworks
1:42 pm
lynxxx
Congrats Wild!
1:42 pm
Soodle
Wow! Well Done Wild!! AND, with a puppy on your lap? Way to go!!
1:43 pm
Atalante
and on a tangent, it's so horrid for "real" Catholic priests too. Tolkien's eldest son had his life and career screwed because of abuse charges that he was completely cleared of
1:43 pm
hego
The puppy helped. They're very smart.
1:43 pm
Wolvie
i know ata - in something like this, everyone suffers
1:43 pm
Scrabbler
Congrats Wildcat!
1:43 pm
Soodle
I know Ata, but right now, its hard to see the wood for the trees, or more correctly, to see the trees for the wood!!
1:44 pm
Atalante
oh I know .... just randomly saying
1:45 pm
Soodle
Anyway, how are you feeling Ata? Any improvement?
1:45 pm
Atalante
actually FINALLY yes!
1:46 pm
Wolvie
WOOT! good news ata
1:46 pm
lynxxx
Hooray!!! really Ata - are you going to be allowed out now?
1:46 pm
Soodle
Way-hay!!! Earlier this week, you thought you would NEVER feel better! I am very happy for you, Ata
1:46 pm
wildcat17
The puppy just helps period. My other dogs have been very sad.
1:47 pm
Atalante
think so! and I get a flu jab tomorrow *facepalm*
1:47 pm
Atalante
I really had forgotten though how weak you can get through illness. I can hardly walk Hobbit for 40 minutes now and I'm used to taking her on 8 mile hikes!
1:47 pm
wildcat17
gonna run .. thx for the help and the company ... maybe cya tomorrow
1:47 pm
Wolvie
you'll get back to it ata. :-)
1:47 pm
Soodle
Horses and stable doors spring to mind, Ata!!!!
1:48 pm
lynxxx
seeya Wild
1:48 pm
Soodle
Bye Wild, you mind that puppy!!
1:48 pm
Atalante
I know ... it's just sooo frustrating
1:50 pm
Scrabbler
Bye Wildcat
1:51 pm
hego
Just got the last z, thank heaven. Now to got over what I'm missing.
1:52 pm
Wolvie
7 left here
1:52 pm
Scrabbler
63 to go. My eyes/brain do not like this grid..yet.
1:53 pm
Atalante
I like this grid, except for the fact cooee isn't there
1:53 pm
hego
I don't like it Scrabs. I have vowelaphobia!
1:53 pm
Scrabbler
I tried that too, Ata
1:53 pm
Scrabbler
Me too, Hego
1:54 pm
hego
Must be a health care person thing.
1:55 pm
Wolvie
babble highlights my ability for overlooking the obvious. much to my regret.;-)
1:55 pm
hego
Oh, yes. Mine too.
1:55 pm
Wolvie
Fireworks!
1:56 pm
lynxxx
Congrats Wolvie
1:56 pm
Atalante
yay wolvie!
1:56 pm
Wolvie
first grid i have finished in awhile. :-)
1:56 pm
hego
Yay for Wolvie!
1:57 pm
Wolvie
any clues before i head out? doggie need a walkies
1:57 pm
Atalante
go walkies :)
1:57 pm
hego
Can I have the an5,12 pls?
1:57 pm
Wolvie
oh i am going.
1:57 pm
hego
Then go walkies.
1:57 pm
Wolvie
an plus not pro but...
1:58 pm
Wolvie
lol NOW i will go walkies - see you all tomorrow!
1:58 pm
hego
Oh, thanks, I thought I tried that.
1:59 pm
Scrabbler
Yay Wolvie
2:00 pm
Soodle
Bye Wolvie!!
2:02 pm
Soodle
CA 4/5 plural
2:03 pm
hego
Hmmmm. tx Soodle.
2:04 pm
hego
Aha! Tx, I was missing that ca4.
2:04 pm
lynxxx
Must run - bye everyone
2:05 pm
stidmama
bye lynxxx.
2:05 pm
Soodle
Hego, isn't it great when you look for a clue for one word, and you inadvertantly get a clue for another!!
2:06 pm
stidmama
well, I didn't actually write much, but I thought about the paper and wrote to my classmates to ask for advice. I think I will work on it more tonight and just finish the grid and then lie down for a bit.
2:07 pm
Atalante
hi stiddy :) I should writing papers too. Im not. LOL
2:07 pm
Soodle
Stid! You have excelled yourself! Sit down, and enjoy Babble for a while, with a clear conscience!!
2:07 pm
stidmama
good for you, ATalante! Paper Procrastinators Unite! (at some time in the future when it's convenient, of course)
2:08 pm
Atalante
of course :D
2:08 pm
stidmama
is the last CO 6 fishy?
2:09 pm
Atalante
not got the list, sorry
2:09 pm
stidmama
I just wish that I were allowed to be "cheeky" and clever in academic papers. that would make it more fun to write!
2:11 pm
Atalante
you can be, a little bit. for the right journals
2:11 pm
hego
Stid it builds on the 5 before it.
2:11 pm
stidmama
unfortunately, it's not for a journal, for a grade *yuck mama face* LOL
2:11 pm
stidmama
thanks hego
2:12 pm
Scrabbler
I am still trying to pass halfway. My eyes are getting mired in the vowels.
2:13 pm
stidmama
maybe take a break scrabbler? I think you could be diagnosed with presbyvowelia *wicked younger mama grin*
2:13 pm
Atalante
then if it's appropriate, you can usually be a bit clever
2:13 pm
hego
Stid I may have given you the wrong one as usual. I don't have the last one.
2:13 pm
Scrabbler
Nice term stid.
2:14 pm
hego
Scrab, what's the last co6?
2:14 pm
stidmama
*grin* ever since the last eye doctor wrote "presbyopia" on my chart I have had a bit of a chip on my shoulder. The glasses that were prescribed then, give me just the worst eyestrain headaches.
2:14 pm
stidmama
ah, that explains it hego, thanks!
2:15 pm
Scrabbler
I have a co 6 = co + strawbe****s
2:15 pm
stidmama
thanks scrabbler! that was the one!
2:15 pm
stidmama
down to 7 now
2:15 pm
Scrabbler
My eye doc does not advise reading glasses for nearsighted folks like me until age 55. I can read fine without glasses.
2:16 pm
stidmama
I am farsighted... but my eyes don't transition well any more between close and mid or mid and far (and no way to go close to far quickly)
2:16 pm
hego
tx Scrabs, I knew I could count on you.
2:17 pm
Scrabbler
That word happened to be one of the 51 that I do have
2:17 pm
stidmama
or, I should say I was farsighted, now closer to 20/20 (which is frustrating just by itself)
2:17 pm
stidmama
go scrabbler go!
2:18 pm
Soodle
I would be able to read fine, only my arms seem to have got shorter. If only my arms were a bit longer, I would be able to read fine. Strange, that!!
2:18 pm
stidmama
down to one, but it seems to be something I ought to be able to monkey or reason out.
2:18 pm
Scrabbler
So the problem is your arms and not your eyes, Soodle? LOL
2:18 pm
stidmama
*grinning at soodle* sometimes in lectures I take the handouts and put them on the floor next to me so I can read them AND still see the board.
2:20 pm
stidmama
Tom and the kid just got home. brb
2:20 pm
Soodle
Absolutely Scrabbler! Only OLD people need reading glasses, and as I am NOT an OLD person, its clearly the fault of my arms! simple!
2:20 pm
Soodle
And they say Denial is a river in Egypt????
2:21 pm
Scrabbler
Fascinating hypothesis, Soodle.
2:21 pm
Soodle
Thats my hypothesis, and I am sticking to it!!!! (Chin being stuck out in defiant manner)
2:23 pm
tragicstud
hello babblers
2:24 pm
Scrabbler
hi TS. How have you been?
2:24 pm
tragicstud
meh- varied
2:25 pm
stidmama
okay, back. dermatologist gave a prescription for "aldara" and froze off all the warts she could find (the entire heel of one foot...) *sigh* hopefully this will work.
2:25 pm
stidmama
hey STUD! *wicked mama grin*
2:26 pm
tragicstud
it's been a while...
2:26 pm
stidmama
yep, where have you been?
2:26 pm
tragicstud
licking wounds from a breakup
2:27 pm
Scrabbler
Aldara is VERY expensive. I hope you have good health insurance coverage.
2:27 pm
stidmama
oh no! *hot choclit, cookies, movies and books*
2:27 pm
Soodle
Oh Stud - how tragic!
2:27 pm
Scrabbler
Aw, TS.
2:27 pm
stidmama
we do -- at the moment, in January prices for everything nearly double for us. *sigh*
2:27 pm
tragicstud
lol, yes soodle - tis how i got my name
2:27 pm
stidmama
*groan* SOODLE!
2:28 pm
tragicstud
yeah, it's been obnoxious
2:28 pm
Scrabbler
I passed halfway, finally!
2:28 pm
stidmama
go scrabs go!
2:28 pm
tragicstud
i think it's gonna take a while to get over this one i think...but ya know...we live
2:28 pm
stidmama
yes stud, that's the attitude
2:28 pm
Soodle
Tragic, has it passed the point of no return?
2:28 pm
tragicstud
no worries soodle - it was hard to pass up ;)
2:29 pm
tragicstud
yeah, i mean... maybe LONG in the future
2:29 pm
MPittore
an4/4 am monkeyed out....
2:29 pm
tragicstud
but right now - i'm not even sure i like her
2:29 pm
stidmama
hello MPittore!
2:29 pm
stidmama
you shall see this fish an** *VERY fishy shakespearean word*
2:29 pm
Soodle
Ha!! A sense oh humour! Tragic, I get the feeling you will survive this....
2:30 pm
tragicstud
ya know the break up point where you're kinda mourning what you thought you had...not what you had? i'm there...
2:30 pm
MPittore
hey stid....have your dr write for the biggest cont. of aldara and I think they will give you more than one mth supply...maybe???
2:31 pm
MPittore
hi scrab 34 left...starting to groan a little...
2:31 pm
tragicstud
so, ya know, if anyone thinks of any available and worthy women - particularly with accents because i'd like an accent in my life - let me know. and until then, catch me up on you all!
2:31 pm
stidmama
good thought, MPittore -- Tom took the kid to the appt because I don't want to expose people to this putative flu of mine. I suspect it was a substantial amount, though. He goes back in 6 weeks for followup
2:31 pm
Scrabbler
54 to go and finding 60 has been a struggle
2:32 pm
Soodle
Trag - Is the stud short for Student, or is it no short for anything? I ask, purely from interest....
2:32 pm
MPittore
I bought a jar of accent at the grocery store...makes everything taste better...LOL
2:33 pm
tragicstud
nope...stud
2:33 pm
MPittore
as in muffin???
2:33 pm
stidmama
stud, I am SO glad I am not in your shoes. BUT here's the little I remember from my far-distant past: as much as a breakup hurts at the time, you can use the space that is created to re-evaluate both what you want in another person and what you want from yourself. I found that, after my last breakup I focused on making myself better and had soon found my Tom (that was nearly 20 years ago); but I also was in a personal space where I would have been fine without finding anyone.
2:33 pm
Soodle
Cos if its accents your after, begob and begorrah, and the top of the mornin' to you, and all that jazz....
2:34 pm
stidmama
stud for "hawt" and "awesomely cool" and "hunky" and.... *rolls eyes with exasperation* and
2:35 pm
stidmama
gah. dumb old spanish mountain word. *facepalm* *headbang* *fish face*
2:35 pm
stidmama
and firewords
2:35 pm
Atalante
I'm doing an assignment with a really sweet girl from Portrush, and it's so funny seeing her write with an Irish accent
2:35 pm
stidmama
WRITE with an Irish accent? for real?
2:35 pm
Soodle
I read a book once. It was called 'Its called a Break-Up, because its Broken'. I only read the cover! Far too depressing!!
2:36 pm
Atalante
really! it's *adorable*!
2:36 pm
stidmama
you only read one book soodle? gee you babble well, considering! *innocent mama look*
2:36 pm
Atalante
not begorrahs and all, but you can certainly tell she's Irish
2:36 pm
stidmama
Tom thinks you'd probably recognize a book if you saw one again...
2:36 pm
Soodle
Osmisis works wonders!!!!
2:37 pm
tragicstud
i wish i'd asked how hard this grid was before i started it
2:37 pm
Scrabbler
Congrats Stid
2:37 pm
Atalante
this grid is lovely!
2:37 pm
stidmama
:-D I KNEW you'd get the joke!!!!
2:37 pm
Soodle
Its do-able, Tragic!
2:37 pm
tragicstud
oh. then i'm out of practice
2:37 pm
stidmama
but stud! *stern mama look* it's the attempt, not the finish, that is important!
2:38 pm
tragicstud
sigh. aaaaaalriiiiight
2:38 pm
stidmama
yes, stud, you can start with si 6/18: a spanish word for jagged mountain range.
2:38 pm
stidmama
that was my last, fishy, word
2:39 pm
stidmama
okay, I think I shall pretend to need assistance finding food...
2:39 pm
crosshair
lol stid,reading back.it,s actually quite easy to write with an accent.just read the harry potter series and you will see
2:39 pm
Scrabbler
TY, Stid, for that clue
2:39 pm
stidmama
((((hugs everyone)))) I LOVE this babble community. Thanks for being here for me when I am desperate for understanding or diversion from studies.
2:39 pm
Soodle
Ah! Cross! How the heck are you?
2:39 pm
Scrabbler
Hi Crossy! What have you been doing since we were here this morning?
2:40 pm
stidmama
CROSS!! we had some bacon in a potato salad the other day and I thought of you!
2:40 pm
tragicstud
(((((((((((((mama))))))))))))) and ditto
2:40 pm
Scrabbler
Good luck with studying, Stid
2:40 pm
crosshair
YAA FOR BACON SALAD!
2:40 pm
tragicstud
mmm bacon
2:40 pm
crosshair
laundry scrabbs..endless laundry;(
2:41 pm
stidmama
that's true, cross, and now all across North America young schoolchildren say things like "bloody heck" and OWLS and NEWTS....
2:41 pm
Atalante
friend put bacon in under the skin of their turkey yesterday, with apple and orange. apparently was wonderful
2:41 pm
Soodle
Bacon flavoured turkey yesterday, Crossy?
2:41 pm
crosshair
our turkey day is the second monday in october soodles;)
2:41 pm
stidmama
see you-all again soon. I might pop in when I am done revising this section of the paper... *fades to poof*
2:41 pm
tragicstud
bacon makes everything delicious
2:41 pm
tragicstud
bye mama
2:41 pm
crosshair
yaa for bacon!
2:42 pm
hego
Hi again Crossy
2:42 pm
crosshair
howdy hego
2:43 pm
tragicstud
i'm actually gonna op off for a bit - i need to get more concentration...
2:43 pm
tragicstud
have a great day if i don't see you again
2:44 pm
hego
ir 5,10 anuone
2:46 pm
hego
Did I chase you all away?
2:47 pm
Scrabbler
I am still here--surfing other sites
2:48 pm
jmcnrick
add a vowel to the other word hego
2:48 pm
Scrabbler
add vowel to the pressing tool
2:48 pm
hego
do you have the ir scrab?
2:49 pm
hego
never heard that one
2:49 pm
Scrabbler
At 64/50 and the Sabres hockey team having just beat Philly, I am going to shower as I got my hair cut a few hours ago.
2:50 pm
hego
bye Scrabs tx again
2:50 pm
Scrabbler
I always get my hair thinned and if I don't shower it falls out everywhere.
2:50 pm
hego
You're shedding! lol
2:51 pm
Scrabbler
Good luck, Hego. I know you will finish soon. Yep, I shed, but I have such thick hair that it feels wonderful to have it cut and thinned.
2:52 pm
MPittore
co5/22 pls
2:52 pm
hego
tz Scrabs g'nite
2:53 pm
Scrabbler
Hego, sometime I want to talk to you about Italy. I just read your profile. I want to visit Italy someday. My mothers' parents grew up there.
2:53 pm
hego
mp it's co + 12 things are a d****
2:53 pm
Atalante
Italy is looovely
2:54 pm
MPittore
ty hego or grazie!
2:54 pm
hego
I've been there many times ata and right you are.
2:54 pm
Scrabbler
I so want to visit Italy in the next several years and to see the villages where my grandparents grew up.
2:54 pm
Scrabbler
Alright, shower time!
2:54 pm
Atalante
me too, I love it
2:57 pm
hego
I'm missing one of the ne 5,10 s
2:57 pm
Nef
hello again. Time for me to settle down and WORK on this grid! How is everyone doing with it?
2:58 pm
MPittore
26 for me...
2:58 pm
Nef
Go, Go, hego!
2:58 pm
hego
I'm going nowhere right now Nef.
2:58 pm
tijani
ar 5/12 pls
2:59 pm
Nef
but you can do it, hego!
2:59 pm
Soodle
Hiya Nef - 42 left, but was side-tracked by chog. Back now, head down, and will firework very soon (hopefully)
2:59 pm
hego
That's a hard one to clue tijani.
3:00 pm
hego
It's ar 2 voewls and a cons.
3:00 pm
Nef
tijani, I have all of 11 words, and this is the 3rd time I've strated on the grid today. Sorry, I can't help just yet (there's been too many distractions here at home til now)
3:00 pm
Soodle
AR 5/12... ar plus second vowel, plus third vowel, plus 3rd letter of alphabet
3:01 pm
hego
Still tyring to find the ne 5,10 I'm missing
3:02 pm
hego
Soodle you're such a good cluer!
3:02 pm
Soodle
Couple of 5/10's. Which do you need?
3:02 pm
Soodle
Flattery goes such a long way with Soodle!!
3:03 pm
hego
I think it's the last one soodle
3:03 pm
Atalante
ne + m*** and fog
3:03 pm
Nef
hi Soodle. (my first greeting to you was in the WORD box! It didn't work!)
3:03 pm
Soodle
Ne 5/10 the plural of the ne4/4.
3:04 pm
hego
Thanks ata, I would have taken forever to find that.
3:04 pm
Soodle
Rofl, Nef!! Good to see you!
3:10 pm
jillibus
hello all :)
3:11 pm
jillibus
I just thought of a fun clue for er5/12 if anyone needs it -- or even if no one needs it :)
3:11 pm
jillibus
er5/12 - Heather with another girl's name
3:12 pm
Soodle
Clue for the Re4/4 amd re6/33 please
3:13 pm
hego
I'm stuck on the or's for some reason. Think I'm getting tired, but can't quit now.
3:13 pm
jillibus
re4 -- re + I am, you are, he **
3:14 pm
hego
re4 re third vowel and cons
3:14 pm
jillibus
Oh well, that er clue fell flat. :(
3:14 pm
hego
But great re clue!
3:14 pm
Soodle
Not at all, Jilli. Thank you
3:14 pm
Nef
hi jilli (head buried in grid for the last 10 minutes, up for another look at chog now)
3:15 pm
jillibus
oh goody, soodle :)
3:15 pm
zTink
don't get the er clue
3:15 pm
Nef
thanks for the er clue, jilli. I'm just not understanding why it's another namefor Heather.
3:15 pm
jillibus
zTink, it's pretty cryptic. Maybe more of a reminder than a clue
3:16 pm
jillibus
because it is, nef!
3:16 pm
Pinikula
hi all...
3:16 pm
Pinikula
er5 = Er*** Cane from All My Children?
3:16 pm
Atalante
er5 is a type of heather, zTink. not very cryptic :)
3:16 pm
Nef
okay, jilli. I didn't know that
3:16 pm
Atalante
oh, ok maybe it's very cryptic! oops
3:17 pm
zTink
got it. thanks
3:17 pm
Haz1558
Can I give a random cryptic clue as well? For the second co6/21 that leads to a seven - almost all of 007 Sean.
3:17 pm
Pinikula
last ar5? fish?
3:17 pm
Nef
LOL! we don't grow heather in *this* partof the country I guess
3:17 pm
jillibus
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Er5, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
3:17 pm
Atalante
good one, haz
3:18 pm
Haz1558
Thank you! Are you still working on the grid?
3:18 pm
jillibus
Good one, Haz.
3:18 pm
jillibus
snap, ata
3:18 pm
Atalante
yes, cos I've been ignoring it!
3:18 pm
Haz1558
Hello, jillibus.
3:19 pm
Nef
hi Pini, Ata, and Haz
3:19 pm
Haz1558
Good afternoon/evening everyone!
3:19 pm
hego
Still need help with or words.
3:19 pm
Atalante
I'm glad FM liked her flowers :)
3:20 pm
Haz1558
Hello, Soodle. I was reading about Ata's girls who write in Irish accents - faith and begorrah, I could hardly credit it.
3:20 pm
Soodle
Hego! Or words. Or + abbrev for Royal Acedemy
3:20 pm
Haz1558
I know, all's good.
3:20 pm
Soodle
Or + staple diet of the orient
3:20 pm
Atalante
it was so sweet, I didn't know you could write Irish accents
3:20 pm
hego
tx soodle. Do you have the 6?
3:21 pm
Pinikula
last re?
3:21 pm
hego
ty, ty soodle
3:21 pm
Haz1558
What exactly did she write? I'm intrigued.
3:21 pm
Atalante
it was all "will we do this now?"
3:21 pm
Pinikula
hi jmc ;)
3:22 pm
Haz1558
Hello, jmc.
3:22 pm
jmcnrick
the last one i have is re6 using the high point tile
3:23 pm
Soodle
and finally or plus shortened version of Royal Industrial Society (capital letters)
3:23 pm
Pinikula
thx jmc ;)
3:23 pm
hego
last or5 pls
3:23 pm
jmcnrick
yw turkey girl
3:24 pm
jmcnrick
ty soodle that one was evading me all day
3:24 pm
Soodle
Sorry Haz - got sidetracked there,. Oho begob and begorrah, with a shilleghlagh on me back and to be sure and be sure.....
3:24 pm
Pinikula
Unless I make it myself, jmc...it's the only turkey I'm getting this week.
3:25 pm
hego
2 left er4, 4, the first one which is just silly.
3:25 pm
Soodle
JMC - glad to help!!
3:25 pm
Pinikula
er + fir** grade
3:25 pm
jmcnrick
i have had no turkey either i am happy to say
3:25 pm
Soodle
Help with the ra6/21 please...
3:25 pm
hego
And one of the ra5, 20s
3:26 pm
Haz1558
ra6/21 - one who discriminates against people because of ethnic origins
3:26 pm
jmcnrick
many of the people who make negative comments about Obama are ra5,21
3:26 pm
Pinikula
er4 = short for mistakes
3:26 pm
hego
tx for the er Pini
3:26 pm
jillibus
thx, Haz
3:26 pm
Soodle
Lovely clue, Jmc, thank you!
3:27 pm
jmcnrick
ra5/20=you shave with this
3:27 pm
Haz1558
You're welcome, jillibus.
3:27 pm
jmcnrick
yw tit for tat
3:27 pm
hego
got that one jmc, my love
3:27 pm
Pinikula
last si?
3:27 pm
Atalante
I love your pic, jilli :)
3:28 pm
Nef
hi jmc; how are you doing? Don't you like turkey?
3:28 pm
Haz1558
It's a stringed instrument, Pini.
3:28 pm
hego
last si Ravi's instrument
3:28 pm
jmcnrick
i don't like thanksgiving nef
3:28 pm
Pinikula
thx haz! :)
3:28 pm
Pinikula
and hego...
3:28 pm
Haz1558
No problem, Pini.
3:28 pm
Nef
really? May I ask why?
3:29 pm
jmcnrick
sorry that is the only ra5/20 i have
3:29 pm
Pinikula
ra5 x 3 all variations of the ra5 (shaving blade)
3:29 pm
jmcnrick
it has always hung on over consumption and football -- and i find it not about thanksgiving at all
3:30 pm
Nef
Aah! That i understand!
3:31 pm
Haz1558
ta5/12 - ta plus ***k and roll.
3:31 pm
Pinikula
thx again, haz ;)
3:32 pm
Haz1558
You're welcome.
3:32 pm
Haz1558
No problem, jmc.
3:33 pm
hego
Haz, for my last word, I need one of the ra 5,20s. I think it's the very first one. Pls.
3:33 pm
Atalante
are you watching BBC2 by any chance, Haz?
3:33 pm
Haz1558
Add a second helping of the last vowel, hego.
3:33 pm
Pinikula
dbl end vowel of ra4/9
3:34 pm
Haz1558
Switching over to it, Ata.
3:34 pm
jmcnrick
ty pini!
3:34 pm
hego
Fireworks!! Finally tx to all you nice people!
3:34 pm
Pinikula
there are 6 words that start with the same first 3 letters
3:35 pm
Atalante
it's an interesting programme - about the history of a family, 8 brothers, 3 fathers and their lives. It's particularly interesting cos it's all around Cheltenham, where I grew up, and one of the care homes they showed turned into the one of the schools I went to
3:35 pm
Haz1558
Well done, hego!
3:35 pm
Soodle
oh well done Hego!!
3:35 pm
Pinikula
FIREWORDS! :)
3:35 pm
jmcnrick
whoo hoo hego
3:35 pm
jmcnrick
whoo hoo pini!
3:35 pm
Haz1558
Congratulations, Pini!
3:35 pm
Atalante
it shouldn't be remotely interesting, but any family's history is so fascinating
3:35 pm
Pinikula
wtg hego!!!
3:35 pm
Soodle
And PIni..Wooot woooot
3:35 pm
Nef
WTG, hego! :-D
3:35 pm
Haz1558
I take it you don't know the actual family, Ata?
3:36 pm
Nef
WTG, Pini! YAY!!!
3:36 pm
Pinikula
I can clue for a few...
3:36 pm
Atalante
no, but I certainly recognise some of the churches and names etc etc
3:36 pm
jmcnrick
are all the Zs zo?
3:36 pm
jmcnrick
nm just found a ze
3:37 pm
Pinikula
ze x 1; the rest are zo
3:37 pm
Haz1558
I know, it's always interesting to see places that you know. Somehow they look different on TV.
3:37 pm
Atalante
the mum was a maid in Cheltenham, had 2 kids by an American airman stationed exactly where I went to school. She then had 2 kids by another man, then married her life-long partner and had 4 more children
3:37 pm
hego
Veeery fertile!
3:38 pm
Atalante
the first 2 kids were pretty much feral children, living in local toilets and begging food cos she had absolutely nothing and had to give them up. Her husband then tried to adopt all the previous children, but wasn't allowed
3:38 pm
Haz1558
That'll have been fun sorting all that out! (Memories of trawling through microfilms!)
3:39 pm
Atalante
yep! it's a very interesting programme family history wise for anyone interested in that sort of thing. and it just shows how incredible any "normal" family is
3:39 pm
hego
G'nite folks, Have to go before Hubby kills me. Love ya!
3:39 pm
Pinikula
night hego ;)
3:39 pm
Pinikula
the name of it, ata?
3:39 pm
Haz1558
Goodnight, hego.
3:39 pm
Atalante
I should have told you at the start, but didnt realise it would be so interesting!
3:40 pm
Atalante
just called "We Are Family"
3:40 pm
jillibus
Fiery words
3:40 pm
Pinikula
I'll google it and see what I can find...brb
3:41 pm
Nef
WTG, jilli!!!! YAY!!!!!
3:41 pm
Atalante
it's very - alien - to me, having grown up with no siblings, no cousins, a tiny tiny family
3:41 pm
Haz1558
Well done, jillibus!
3:41 pm
jillibus
And I must depart -- lunch is overdue, and it's a rare sunny day so there are things I need to do outside.
3:42 pm
Haz1558
No cousins?
3:42 pm
Haz1558
Have a nice day, jillibus.
3:42 pm
Pinikula
ata...in England?
3:42 pm
Atalante
oh - I'm lying. 1 cousin. LOL. that's all.
3:43 pm
Atalante
yep, over here :(
3:43 pm
jillibus
Wow, that IS a small family.
3:43 pm
Atalante
my mum had a brother, but he died young, and my father was an only child. both of my grandfathers were only children, my grandmothers both had 1 sister who had no children
3:43 pm
Pinikula
Family name: Minchews of Cheltenham?
3:44 pm
jillibus
Thanks all -- back later to clue if needed but you've got some experts here now.
3:44 pm
Atalante
yep! you're a good googler :)
3:44 pm
Haz1558
I kind of grew up alongside my cousins of similar age. We had older ones but most were around the same age. I have 13 cousins, my mother had 30 and could name them all!
3:44 pm
jillibus
I had 21 first cousins
3:45 pm
zTink
last co5,12 please
3:45 pm
Atalante
I have one, he's a year younger than me. I have my mum, my gran, my aunt who doesn't talk to us, and my cousin. that's it bloodwise!
3:45 pm
Haz1558
co5/12 - to rhyme with Miss Gaynor.
3:46 pm
Haz1558
Or Miss Estefan, for that matter.
3:46 pm
Soodle
My father is the eldest of 15!! My mother is the eldest of 9. I have more thamn 100 first cousins. approx 90 of whom I have never met!
3:46 pm
Haz1558
Trust Soodle to be one of a cast of thousands!
3:46 pm
Soodle
Did I mention I am Irish?
3:47 pm
Haz1558
We kind of worked it out. The flag maybe helped a bit but we could work out the accent as well.
3:47 pm
Haz1558
Soodle, your family tree would require a lot of paper if previous generations were as fertile.
3:47 pm
Atalante
my great-aunt, who is no longer with us, didn't have any kids - she was married forever and ever - and we looked at her records and she was officially labelled as "frigid". omg. so awful
3:47 pm
Soodle
Probably not unusual amongst my peers! Scary, or what??
3:47 pm
Nef
I have 56 first cousins on my mothers' side. Not too sure of my fathers' side; but have at least another 10 there (I think)
3:47 pm
redshoes
flag? huh? what? flag on the play? flag down the cops? flagon of ale? huh? huh? huh? what'd I miss?
3:48 pm
Soodle
Yeah Redshoes!!!!
3:49 pm
redshoes
sorry. been proofreading for the past five hours straight. I'm a bit loopy. (even more than usual)
3:49 pm
Soodle
Nef - check your heritage. You have Irish blood. For sure!!!
3:49 pm
Pinikula
I'm an 1/8th Scot...is that ok?
3:49 pm
Atalante
my family come from Norfolk originally. Probably says a lot
3:49 pm
Nef
Of COURSE I'm Irish! --On my mothers' side!! ;-)
3:50 pm
Haz1558
It's fine, Pini, the Scots have given us some fine babble words.
3:51 pm
jmcnrick
i only have about 30 cousins since i am scottish
3:51 pm
Pinikula
Sadly, I'm not enough Scot to know any of those words! :)
3:51 pm
Haz1558
We had one yesterday - scunner.
3:51 pm
redshoes
Norfolk, VA, Ata? =D
3:52 pm
Atalante
haes, haet, haen lol
3:52 pm
Pinikula
alas...I didn't finish yesterday's grid :|
3:52 pm
jmcnrick
i am almost purely scottish but famliy has been in U.S. for at least 6 generations
3:52 pm
Atalante
nooooooo :P Norfolk land of idiots LOL :)
3:52 pm
rbud
Hi, all - I still need that lone E for nbt, though I have 70 words done!
3:52 pm
zTink
help with the or6,21 please
3:52 pm
Pinikula
My dau just moved to Norfolk...
3:52 pm
redshoes
I am Italian, Irish, German, Scottish and Swedish. A regular old American Mutt.
3:52 pm
Haz1558
or6/21 - or plus the grain grown in the paddy field.
3:52 pm
jmcnrick
en6= bravo bravo en6!
3:52 pm
jmcnrick
en6= bravo bravo en6!
3:53 pm
Pinikula
I'm close, red...I'm German, Italian, French, and Scot...
3:53 pm
Soodle
Its amazing how many people have Celtic heritage! Its all good. Be proud of your heritage.
3:53 pm
Pinikula
...I'm 3rd gen American
3:53 pm
jmcnrick
(i gave you an en6) lol
3:53 pm
redshoes
jmc, was that second entry an en6 of the clue?
3:53 pm
Atalante
I'm - English. At least back to about 900AD. My mum actually cant find *anyone* in our family history who wasn't English
3:53 pm
jmcnrick
yes red it was lol
3:54 pm
zTink
thanks! only 7 to go
3:54 pm
Pinikula
I want to learn more about my family's Scottish heritage; I know the location, clan, tartan, etc., but would love to learn more...
3:54 pm
jmcnrick
i can't find anyone who wasn't scottish but you figure 6 generations in the U.S. and SOMEBODY has to have married a non-scot
3:55 pm
Haz1558
When did they first emigrate, Pini?
3:55 pm
redshoes
My mom & aunt took a trip to Ireland to study our Irish heritage.
3:55 pm
jmcnrick
oddly enough my sisters married a burns and a hamilton so even at my general we have been consistent
3:55 pm
Pinikula
Let me look, haz...brb
3:56 pm
Haz1558
Irish heritage hunting is made more difficult because of the lack of government records etc.
3:56 pm
Atalante
Haz, I think you could earn a nice little sideline researching Babblers ancestry!
3:56 pm
redshoes
My grandma said, "you can marry whoever you'd like, just as long as he's an Irish Catholic." Thanks Grams.
3:56 pm
72 Temple Owl
hi all
3:56 pm
Nef
I'm kind of a melting pot mix. Somewhere in our family we are Irish, English, and Norwegian, then who knows what else
3:57 pm
Haz1558
Hello, TO!
3:57 pm
redshoes
TO! hello!
3:59 pm
Soodle
You know what, Nef - You probably got the best of all. A sprinkling of all that is good in all those nationalities!! Good for you£
3:59 pm
Nef
But I'm much less of a Heinz 57 mix than my hubby. He's Scot, Irish, Swede, Chippewa, English, Polish, +++
3:59 pm
Nef
Don't you feel sorry for our kids? ;-)
4:00 pm
Soodle
As I said earlier in the chog - Now is not a good time to be Irish. The you know what has hit the fan with the revelations about abuse by Catholic clergy against children. Not a good time to be Irish
4:01 pm
jmcnrick
soodle we have gone through that in the U.S. -- in fact there is a guy who stands outside the papal embassy every evening with a sign that currently says "The Pope hides pedophiles"
4:02 pm
redshoes
It's not a good time for THEM to be Irish. I'm just fine being Irish, thankyouverymuch. =D
4:02 pm
jmcnrick
he changes the sign from time to time but he has been out there most of the 30 years i have been up here
4:02 pm
Nef
Soodle, it hit the fan here in the States several years ago. I've been a bit out of the loop in the past few months; is there any other great revelations about it now or what?
4:02 pm
redshoes
of course, I'm also all the way in America.
4:02 pm
Soodle
Aaargh! I hear you, Jmc, and I hear you Redshoes. Its still a difficult time here!!
4:03 pm
jmcnrick
okay it is 5 and i am hitting the highway (well actually the city streets) home
4:03 pm
jmcnrick
i am sure it is soodle given the percentage of catholivs there
4:03 pm
Soodle
Oh Redshoes, Its the child abuse thing - absolutely horrific
4:03 pm
Nef
drive safe, jmc!
4:03 pm
72 Temple Owl
later, je
4:04 pm
jmcnrick
hope it doesn't bankrupt the church (or maybe that would be a good thing -- i will have to think about that)
4:04 pm
72 Temple Owl
going now
4:04 pm
Atalante
impossible to banrupt them!
4:04 pm
EspritdJean
that abuse history is horrific, as is what the Brits did to all those children they shipped to OZ, and what happened to them once they got there too
4:05 pm
72 Temple Owl
will return when crew/convo changes
4:05 pm
Soodle
Crikey. Bankrupt the ba**ards. Who has sympathy for the church, and their millions?
4:05 pm
Pinikula
Haz...somewhere between 1866 and 1920
4:05 pm
Pinikula
(I think it was Haz who asked?)
4:05 pm
redshoes
Well, at least it's being brought to light and fought as opposed to all of the hidden injustices people look away from.
4:06 pm
redshoes
bye TO =(
4:07 pm
Nef
I am Catholic too. I read somewhere that everyone thinks the Catholic Church is so rich; but the Vatican makes less $$$ than the Catholic Church in the US. I'm not sure where I read that; but the point was that the Vatican has untold riches in art, etc. but very little cash flow
4:07 pm
Soodle
I agree Redshoes, but, this is only coming to light now. The atrocities happened in the 50's, 60's 70's 80's and even the 90's. Its just unthinkable. I am ashamed to be Irish
4:08 pm
Soodle
Up until the early 90
4:08 pm
Atalante
yep, the Vatican has $$$$$$$ but in art and Stuff
4:09 pm
zTink
last word. ra6,21 please
4:09 pm
redshoes
Every population has its atrocities. You did not do those things. Do not let the acts of others diminish an entire heritage/country, etc. Be proud of you.
4:09 pm
Soodle
Sorry. Up until the early 90's, the Vatican opposed contaception. Yet a substantial part of their empire came from a contaception factory
4:10 pm
redshoes
zTink, someone who hates another due to the color of their skin.
4:10 pm
Atalante
their collections are probably literally priceless. How do you price something like the Michelangelo and Raphael frescos?
4:10 pm
Pinikula
a person who hates others who are not the same ethnicity
4:10 pm
redshoes
(or heritage, etc. doesn't have to just be skin color)
4:10 pm
72 Temple Owl
or religion
4:10 pm
EspritdJean
not to mention real estate
4:11 pm
Pinikula
Sounds like Koda's up to something...best go check on him...
4:11 pm
Soodle
Its the hypocricy, and the fact that these perverts were preaching to me and countless others during the 70's and 80's that is truly killling me
4:11 pm
Atalante
looool be good Koda!
4:11 pm
zTink
fireworks! thanks for the help
4:12 pm
Atalante
I woudl love to see how the priests justify their actions
4:12 pm
redshoes
yes, but don't forget they are not all bad. I'm sure you had good teachers, too, who were upright and honest.
4:12 pm
MPittore
ne4/4, ne5/10
4:13 pm
72 Temple Owl
so get a pic of the pope and burn it. you insult the wonderful priests who instructed my while growing up. as for babble - i think i will pass.
4:13 pm
MPittore
oops the second ne4/4
4:13 pm
Nef
Soodle, how many of the actual perverts do you know?
4:13 pm
Soodle
If you allow me a small rant:- These perverts were standing up on my local Altar, preaching that contraception was wrong, all the while they were abusing children
4:13 pm
redshoes
he is not messy. he is very ne 4/4. and plural for 5/10
4:13 pm
Atalante
as I said earlier TO, this defiles the true priests too
4:13 pm
Nef
good clue, redshoes
4:14 pm
Soodle
Nef - my local curate has been named in the report.
4:14 pm
MPittore
ty red...my face is red on those...*blush, blush*
4:14 pm
72 Temple Owl
well i had one fight on this subject. for a long time i have tolerated the lack of tolerance here.
4:14 pm
redshoes
fishy fishy for MPittore!
4:15 pm
Nef
okay, Soodle. NOW I understand. I have had many good priests in my history.
4:15 pm
Atalante
the actions of a number of priests don't reflect on the wonderful good many others do
4:15 pm
redshoes
how about a subject change? TO, do you like the Owl City album?
4:16 pm
Atalante
has the curate responded to the charges, Soodle?
4:16 pm
redshoes
TO, have you listened to the band Phoenix? I might have to get their album soon.
4:16 pm
Soodle
Sorry. But I am incensed. I would very much welcome a change of subject
4:17 pm
Nef
DONE! Subject changed! I love your profile quotes, TO!
4:17 pm
Atalante
so. what did everyone have to eat yesterday? LOL
4:17 pm
72 Temple Owl
and to me the irish are the worst of the lot. we had to stgart our own ethinic churches to get away from their scrupulosity. soddle whatrever. be who you are.
4:17 pm
EspritdJean
I had read that the Jesuits managed to strike a deal where no names living or dead were to be mentioned in the report
4:18 pm
MPittore
red...still new here (about my 8th grid) what is fishy fishy?
4:18 pm
Atalante
TO, that's not nice dear
4:18 pm
72 Temple Owl
was it on gthe internet? cause if it was it has to be true. f*uck it
4:18 pm
EspritdJean
that means missing an obvious or easy word MPitt
4:19 pm
MPittore
ohhh and that I did...ty
4:19 pm
Atalante
we've all known wonderful priests. I went to a convent school and was taught by a number of them. But in Ireland at the moment? It's complete horror, but tha doesn't affect your experience
4:22 pm
MPittore
first no 4/4
4:22 pm
Atalante
love your pic!
4:23 pm
MPittore
ty...yours is pretty cute too
4:23 pm
Soodle
I am sorry to have hijacked the chog. but what I was referring to is (finally) in the open domain. and I am disgusted. Of course, everybody is entitled to their own opinion.
4:24 pm
Atalante
best friend's fat cat :)
4:25 pm
Atalante
*hugs soodle*
4:25 pm
Soodle
Thanks Ata!
4:25 pm
Atalante
*hugs TO too*
4:26 pm
MPittore
soodle your pic is darling...looks like one of my dolls in my collection!
4:26 pm
Atalante
ok. A question. What is everyone's favourite colour adn why?
4:27 pm
Atalante
I love pink too. And white, and silver.
4:27 pm
Soodle
Hey!! Thank You MP. His name is Dora! Long story about why a boy cat is called Dora, and is wearing a tutu, but....there you have it!
4:28 pm
Atalante
I love baby pink, not bright pinks. White is so pure. And Silver I love cos it's sparkly, but I dislike gold
4:28 pm
MPittore
pink because it is cheerful, like santa's cheeks, like a kitty nose, like a new babies skin, like a good blend of hot and cold, like sooo many things
4:28 pm
Atalante
kitty noses! kitty noses are the BEST
4:29 pm
Atalante
I love the pale strawberry milkshake pink
4:29 pm
Nef
my favorite color is teal; because I can't make up my ind between blue and green! :-)
4:30 pm
Atalante
makes sense! I love mint greens too and turquoise for the same reason
4:30 pm
Atalante
is the colour teal related to the duck teal? Never worked that one out
4:30 pm
MPittore
pink can be so middle of the road or so pale it's almost white or so dark it's almost black...flexibility is attractive to many...it's a life skill I believe
4:31 pm
Soodle
I am thinking Julie Andrews.... Raindrops and roses and kittens with mittens,
4:31 pm
Pinikula
my favs are cobalt blue and silver...reminds me of water and air
4:31 pm
Atalante
pink always amazes me as an artist, cos it's one of very few colours that can't be made from the primary oclours
4:31 pm
Atalante
*colours
4:32 pm
Atalante
pini, I'm doing a pic based around cobalt at the moment :)
4:32 pm
MPittore
yes ata...that makes it special
4:33 pm
Atalante
it does. it's a strange colour. mint green is the same
4:33 pm
Nef
I don't know, Ata. But aren't some species of teal feathers a sort of teal color?
4:33 pm
Pinikula
I'm not sure of what other reasons there may be, but it truely is an incredibly beautiful color all on its won ;)
4:33 pm
Atalante
I *think* so. I wonder if there is a connection
4:34 pm
MPittore
yes I like mint green with pink...
4:34 pm
Atalante
interesting no-one has mentioned darker colours / reds
4:34 pm
Nef
(and that comment of mine was totally messed up! Should I try to make some sort of sence in the near future?)
4:34 pm
MPittore
perhaps we could see a rainbow
4:35 pm
Atalante
lol I understood it! not sure what that says ....
4:35 pm
MPittore
pink can be red
4:35 pm
rolin
red's my fav colour...and blackj...tho its not really a colour..
4:35 pm
Atalante
black is a colour artistically, just not light-wardly :P
4:36 pm
Atalante
and hi rolin!
4:36 pm
MPittore
black can light up pink tho and others too
4:37 pm
MPittore
i love the contrast of one stark color against another
4:37 pm
rururocks
black is a color to a black cow in a dark pasture on a moonless night
4:37 pm
Atalante
I found another song that was made famous by a cover artist today - did anyone mention Hound Dog with Elvis? Going back to old facebook posts!
4:37 pm
Nef
the most beautiful pink I've ever seen is the color in the sky on the clouds at sunset
4:38 pm
EspritdJean
did u see the movie Hound Dog with Dakota Fanning?
4:38 pm
rururocks
me too nef
4:38 pm
MPittore
oh croon a tune...do you remember ol dog shep
4:38 pm
Atalante
oh yes. and at sunrise. sunrise is very special
4:38 pm
Nef
ruru, what about a black angus cow on a black road on a moonless night? (Ne**ly hit one a year ago!)
4:39 pm
Atalante
ouch Nef!
4:39 pm
Nef
I missed! :-) AND called the county sheriff to report it too
4:40 pm
MPittore
nef put it on a black grill and blacken it
4:40 pm
rururocks
didn't know cows figured out camoflage
4:40 pm
Atalante
good for you!
4:40 pm
Nef
LOL! MP! I don't have a grill that big!
4:41 pm
MPittore
maybe it was a camo cow...
4:41 pm
MPittore
nef you know how to eat an elephant don't you
4:42 pm
Nef
no. One bite at a time?
4:42 pm
Atalante
in small pieces?
4:43 pm
MPittore
yes one bite at a time....I used to tell my employees that when they said they couldn't do something...it works on kids too....and husbands...it's almost the perfect plan *grin*
4:43 pm
Atalante
I can eat my husband? You mean he's some use?
4:45 pm
rururocks
Note to self: skip the next invite to Ata's house for dinner
4:45 pm
rururocks
your last name isn't Lecter is it ata?
4:46 pm
Atalante
tis really
4:46 pm
rururocks
ooooooh..........
4:46 pm
MPittore
ok not going there...but when you ask if they can do something and they say they are too busy they can break the deed up into small bits they can do between the tv they are watching etc....mine can get a load of laundry folded during a typical football game! But he is a "merman" I admit!
4:47 pm
rururocks
merman?
4:47 pm
Nef
what's a merman?
4:48 pm
MPittore
yes...kinda like pool boy or cabana boy...very handy...can do almost anything and looks good too...easy on my eyes! LOL
4:48 pm
Soodle
Oh my goodness. Before i go mad... a clue for the Re 6/33 Pl-ease!!
4:49 pm
Pinikula
re + Drop **** (target)
4:49 pm
rururocks
re 6 a voting district...
4:49 pm
Atalante
re + boy****!!!
4:49 pm
rururocks
re 6 a neighborhood
4:49 pm
Nef
Soodle, pl something you shave with
4:50 pm
rururocks
????????????
4:50 pm
Soodle
Errrm...............
4:51 pm
Atalante
big IRISH band, ronan keating etc
4:51 pm
Nef
NM, my clue was a rA 6/33
4:51 pm
Soodle
Aha! gotttit! thanx all
4:52 pm
Atalante
see? there's a reason to be proud to be Irish :po
4:52 pm
Atalante
:P even!
4:52 pm
Soodle
And, sticking head above parapet - the En 6/21 (for fireworks)
4:52 pm
Nef
(too tired to think straight right now; prolly should go nap -or eat!)
4:52 pm
Pinikula
en + apple center
4:53 pm
Pinikula
or what a performer plays after the official performance is over
4:53 pm
MPittore
first no4/4 and or4/4...11 left
4:54 pm
Soodle
OOOOh! National shame assuaged! fireworks for Soodle - thanks to my good Babble friends! Thank you all
4:54 pm
jacko9820
r u irish
4:54 pm
Atalante
yay soodle!
4:54 pm
rbud
yay, Soodle!!!
4:54 pm
Joanne123
si 6 the first please??
4:54 pm
Pinikula
or4 = rhymns with the "imaginary' colors around your body
4:54 pm
crosshair
all these words i have not seen..crossy is blind..fish
4:54 pm
Pinikula
si6 = Si**** Mountains
4:55 pm
jacko9820
i have to wear red socks all the time want to know why?
4:55 pm
Joanne123
dang going in wrong direction
4:55 pm
Atalante
red socks are cool
4:55 pm
Pinikula
no4/4 = italian grandmother
4:55 pm
Soodle
I need to help somebody ......
4:56 pm
crosshair
i wear pink socks all the time,want to know why?
4:56 pm
jacko9820
yeah red socks are cool how many pairs of red socks do you have
4:56 pm
Atalante
go help yourself by eating chocolate!
4:56 pm
rbud
bad laundry experience, crossy? ;)
4:56 pm
crosshair
indeed rbud,a 20 pack of new white athletic socks and a single new red t-shirt
4:57 pm
Soodle
Pink? What colour is bacon???? No brainer!!
4:57 pm
Atalante
red socks are lucky
4:57 pm
jacko9820
i like chocolate
4:57 pm
crosshair
bacon socks!!!
4:57 pm
Pinikula
<-- off to fill gas tank for road trip tmw...back in awhile...
4:57 pm
rbud
my hubby has some pink socks, too, similar reason! *blush*
4:57 pm
Soodle
My Idea. I wanna patent it. I thought of it first!!!
4:57 pm
crosshair
tc pini
4:57 pm
Scrabbler
Hello again
4:58 pm
Soodle
Hi Scrabbs!
4:58 pm
MPittore
pini..got the grandma...can't monkey that or4/4...
4:58 pm
crosshair
scrabbs!..9 loads and the laundry is done!!!
4:58 pm
Pinikula
or + **tion of bacon!
4:58 pm
jacko9820
scabbler do you know my grandma anniebrook
4:59 pm
MPittore
ty pini...hangs head in shame...
4:59 pm
Scrabbler
I did 1 load yesterday.
4:59 pm
Pinikula
(sorry, couldn't resist picking up on the pig convo)
4:59 pm
Scrabbler
Yes, Jack! I love your grandma Annie! And your Uncle Bobby!
4:59 pm
Soodle
Going to bed folks. Sorry for offloading on you all tonignt. Normal service will be resumed tomorrow. goodnight all! :)
4:59 pm
crosshair
went to the laundromat,got the 6 load industril model and stuffed it to the rim!
5:00 pm
Atalante
we love Annie!
5:00 pm
Scrabbler
Sleep well, Soodlebum.
5:00 pm
Atalante
*hugs soodle* sleep well
5:00 pm
Dorens
hello all-- here to steal a few words before going over to ken's for round two of the feast
5:00 pm
Pinikula
no harm, no foul, soodle...have a good evening!
5:00 pm
crosshair
nite soodles
5:00 pm
Scrabbler
Why so much laundry, Cross?
5:00 pm
Atalante
hi Dorens!
5:00 pm
Dorens
night soodle, and hi jack (we all love your grandma)
5:00 pm
Scrabbler
Hi Doren
5:01 pm
jacko9820
why are you going to bed it is only six o clock
5:01 pm
crosshair
dad and dad in law both are ill at same time,been running around a bit;/
5:01 pm
Atalante
it's 11pm over here, jack
5:01 pm
MPittore
scrab...cross tends to get alot of bacon stains *smile*
5:01 pm
jacko9820
is it late in canada crosshair
5:02 pm
crosshair
dad has korsakoff,s and dad in law has just been moved to palative care(his lungs are shot)
5:02 pm
Scrabbler
Of course, MP
5:02 pm
crosshair
lol@bacon stains
5:03 pm
jacko9820
crosshair i thought you were going to bed
5:04 pm
MPittore
jacko...I think that was soodle and "late" it depends where in canada
5:05 pm
Scrabbler
first an please?
5:06 pm
Scrabbler
NM, I found it
5:06 pm
jacko9820
could i get some help please
5:07 pm
Scrabbler
jack, are you with your grandma?
5:07 pm
zoozzoom
2nd one is not eyes or nose but***
5:07 pm
Nef
Soodle's in Ireland; so it's about 5-6 hours ahead of the US
5:07 pm
zoozzoom
then plural it
5:07 pm
jacko9820
no scrabbler i am at home
5:08 pm
Scrabbler
This is a really tough grid, Jack.
5:09 pm
jacko9820
yeah it is pretty hard
5:09 pm
Scrabbler
There are some easy words but mostly there are unusual words
5:10 pm
zoozzoom
ra5 men use them to shave with
5:10 pm
jacko9820
i have some easy ones
5:11 pm
zoozzoom
there are four dif versions of spelling it though in the grid.
5:11 pm
Nef
FOUR, Zooz? (buckling down to find the rest)
5:12 pm
zoozzoom
two are plurals Nef :-)
5:13 pm
Scrabbler
TY, Zooz
5:13 pm
Nef
Got them; just didn't know of alt spelling
5:13 pm
zoozzoom
glad to help.
5:13 pm
Scrabbler
First 2 ar's?
5:14 pm
EspritdJean
doesn't mean the same thing
5:14 pm
Scrabbler
Hi Jean! How have you been?
5:14 pm
zoozzoom
no i agree Jean...but i knew people would get there though :-)
5:14 pm
Dorens
ar + **operation means you might tell mme the third ar?
5:14 pm
Scrabbler
I mean the ar 5's
5:15 pm
Dorens
ah hah! i have neither, sorry
5:15 pm
EspritdJean
been ok Scrabs
5:15 pm
Scrabbler
Any luck finding a job, Jean?
5:16 pm
EspritdJean
I started 3 weeks ago working for an attorney friend of mine
5:16 pm
EspritdJean
it's not an ideal situation, but better than unemployment :-) tks for asking
5:16 pm
jacko9820
thats cool
5:17 pm
Joanne123
ar and ...e and shine scrabs
5:17 pm
Scrabbler
Is it working out, Jean? Longterm situation?
5:17 pm
zoozzoom
are 5 what ar* you doing here+ frozen water minus the last letter
5:17 pm
Scrabbler
Hi joanne.
5:17 pm
zoozzoom
opps PB for me..sorry
5:18 pm
EspritdJean
I think it can be as long term as I want it to be, but at this point it is 30 hours and no benefits
5:18 pm
Scrabbler
TY, Zooz. I knew there was a word like that but I messed up the spelling
5:18 pm
Joanne123
i am missing the other 5/10 zoo
5:18 pm
Dorens
thanks zooz
5:18 pm
Nef
ar 5 #2 is where big concerts might be played
5:18 pm
Dorens
ty nef.. thought i had tried that
5:18 pm
Scrabbler
TY, Nef.
5:19 pm
Scrabbler
OK, on to the co words...argh
5:19 pm
jacko9820
what is ty
5:19 pm
EspritdJean
thank you
5:19 pm
zoozzoom
ar 5,10 ar+ hot air balloons will ***e up into the air
5:19 pm
Scrabbler
TY = Thank You
5:20 pm
Scrabbler
BRB--tea should be done brewing
5:25 pm
Scrabbler
er5 please?
5:25 pm
Joanne123
girls name
5:25 pm
rururocks
woman's name scrab
5:25 pm
Scrabbler
Darn, I always miss that one. It's a flower, right?
5:25 pm
Joanne123
like guys name add vowel
5:26 pm
Scrabbler
Hi Ruru--how was the tennis match today?
5:26 pm
rururocks
rained out.. darn it
5:26 pm
Scrabbler
Will you play tomorrow?
5:27 pm
rururocks
no.. have to go to a birthday party
5:27 pm
Scrabbler
What racket do you play with?
5:28 pm
Joanne123
ohh my i have 114 words
5:28 pm
Scrabbler
Wow, Joanne! That means you're done!!
5:28 pm
Joanne123
yes yes
5:28 pm
Joanne123
i thought i forgot something along the way
5:29 pm
Scrabbler
i have always used Wilson rackets since I was 8 yrs old except for a brief time trying a Prince in the early 90's.
5:29 pm
Joanne123
do you need anything scrabs?? or anyone else??
5:30 pm
Scrabbler
last ne5--making me crazy even though it will be easy
5:30 pm
rururocks
I have prince racquets too.. I don't like wilson's
5:30 pm
Joanne123
zo and 2 vowels then latin it
5:30 pm
rururocks
my tennis teacher swears by wilson however
5:30 pm
Joanne123
don't get fe.... about it
5:31 pm
Scrabbler
It's interesting how tennis players choose rackets
5:31 pm
rururocks
I love my Vokl
5:31 pm
Joanne123
don't get to fe...y about it change to an n
5:33 pm
Joanne123
did that make any sense??
5:33 pm
rururocks
it is..
5:33 pm
Scrabbler
It's not clicking for me, Joanne
5:33 pm
rururocks
I like a lighter weight racquet
5:34 pm
rururocks
what are you looking for scrab?
5:35 pm
Joanne123
think bird baby home and insert a vowel
5:35 pm
Scrabbler
last ne5
5:35 pm
rururocks
like someone who believes in god a th****
5:35 pm
Scrabbler
Got it--finally. TY.
5:36 pm
Joanne123
i hope i could
5:36 pm
Joanne123
i just suck at cluing
5:36 pm
Scrabbler
or6 please?
5:36 pm
Joanne123
or and chinese staple
5:37 pm
Scrabbler
TY, Joanne
5:37 pm
Joanne123
sucks that i have to work Sunday
5:37 pm
Joanne123
I hate inventory
5:38 pm
Scrabbler
I am working all weekend. Office hours tomorrow from 8-???, then on call the entire weekend.
5:38 pm
Joanne123
anything else scrabs
5:38 pm
Joanne123
yuk sorry scrabs
5:38 pm
rururocks
I am off until monday ... yipppeeeeeeeeeeeee
5:39 pm
Joanne123
ohh rub it in ruru
5:39 pm
rururocks
*rubs it in*
5:39 pm
Scrabbler
Yay Ruru! Are things any better at work for you, Ruru?
5:39 pm
Joanne123
scrub it in too
5:40 pm
rururocks
yes.. they are now scrabs.. we got rid of the bad people and are moving forward. The economy out here is the current problem
5:41 pm
Joanne123
i knnow still
5:42 pm
Scrabbler
It helps to get rid of toxic employees. I just left a place loaded with poisonous bullies
5:43 pm
Nef
I bet you feel much better now, Scrabs. Even if you ARE on call for the w/e
5:43 pm
Joanne123
i get rid of them right away if i can
5:44 pm
Scrabbler
I am still in disbelief to be working in a normal, functional, supportive, functional environment. I am So blessed.
5:44 pm
Joanne123
i work in warehouse and guys think they can come in and talk on their cell phones or blue tooths on my time...not
5:44 pm
Scrabbler
But at least we are not open on Sundays at this practice. Sunday hours at the old place were ot of control with parents demanding appts.
5:46 pm
Joanne123
then i get some come in and try to intimidate other from poverety stricken country employee's and i get soo pissed...they be gone
5:46 pm
Scrabbler
I have uno---
5:47 pm
Scrabbler
I am done! I really disliked this grid but the small size allowed me to finish.
5:48 pm
Nef
WTG, Scrabs! YAY!!!
5:48 pm
Joanne123
oh scrabs i would not be there on Sunday if i didn't have to..general manager made that choice..which the the owner was not please that he didn't talk to me about it first
5:48 pm
Scrabbler
TY to everyone that provided clues.
5:48 pm
Joanne123
congrats scrabbs
5:49 pm
Scrabbler
Alright, I am out of here. See you tomorrow morning before I leave for work.
5:51 pm
Aussieme
Hey Babble Family :)
5:53 pm
Aussieme
Hey Nef :)
5:55 pm
Nef
Sorry, AUSSIE! Buried in the grid now)
5:56 pm
Aussieme
Its ok Nef, I want to find 74 more words too :)
5:57 pm
Nef
26 left for me
5:58 pm
Aussieme
well, I just finished an 8 hour shift at work, so home to my grid and 74 more words :)
6:12 pm
Nef
WB, Pini. I'm down to 19; how many do you have left?
6:13 pm
Pinikula
* big grin * None! :)
6:13 pm
Nef
Good for you :-)
6:13 pm
Pinikula
How may I assist you?
6:13 pm
Pinikula
(If I'm overly polite, please let me know, I'll try to act more like a telemarketer!)
6:14 pm
Aussieme
PIIIIIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIII !!
6:14 pm
Pinikula
Aussieeeeeeeeeeee!
6:14 pm
Nef
??? You WANT to be annoying? No, please, Pini, don't do that!
6:14 pm
Aussieme
I'm down to 60 now
6:14 pm
Pinikula
* giggle * thought that might get you! LOL
6:17 pm
Pinikula
git'r dun, girls!!!
6:17 pm
Aussieme
gittin'r dun !
6:18 pm
Aussieme
need a clue for the 2nd cr5/12 please ??
6:18 pm
Pinikula
cr + raw metal
6:19 pm
Aussieme
thanks Pini.... C's done :)
6:22 pm
Pinikula
Just saw an advert for The House of Myrtlewood - celebrating 80 years in business...
6:22 pm
Pinikula
...myrtlewood is nice stuff ;)
6:26 pm
Aussieme
nice Pini.....
6:26 pm
Aussieme
clue for the en6 please ?
6:26 pm
Pinikula
The Myrtlewood Tree is unique to two places in the world: the Holy Land and a small section of the Pacific NW.
6:26 pm
Aussieme
down to 49...
6:26 pm
Nef
myrtlewood is nice, but it would cost $97.50 for a set of alphabet blocks!
6:26 pm
Pinikula
en6 = what a performer does after the performance is over and everyone claps for a long time!
6:27 pm
Aussieme
thanks again Pini !
6:27 pm
Pinikula
gads, nef...let me know, I could probably find it for less since I live out here...
6:27 pm
Aussieme
E's done :)
6:27 pm
Nef
(sorry, slow typing when I was in the wrong box again. I can't chat in the word box)
6:28 pm
Pinikula
When cut, the myrtlewood yields some of the most varied colors and grain patterns to be found in a single species. Colors range from light straw to chocolate brown, mixed with lemon yello to deep ruddy red and streaks of nearly black. The vivid color range can even appear in a single sectin of wood.
6:28 pm
Aussieme
lol... the amount of times I have typed chat in the word box, and words in the chat box !
6:29 pm
Nef
Pini, I was just at the House of Myrtlewood site and each block there is listed at $3.75; I just figured that out from there
6:29 pm
Pinikula
Oh my, Nef...
6:29 pm
Pinikula
...you were here and didn't say, Hello?!?!?!
6:30 pm
Nef
LOL, Pini. You are so LITERAL at times! (I was using your comment as a link)
6:30 pm
Pinikula
oh...gads...I need to pay better attention!!!
6:31 pm
Aussieme
Go Nef, git'r dun !
6:33 pm
Pinikula
go go go Nef!
6:33 pm
Pinikula
I'd like to get a cribbage board...($20.00)
6:33 pm
Aussieme
I'd like to get this grid dun :)
6:33 pm
Pinikula
Nef, check out the Myrtlewood Factory Outlet (all one word .com)
6:33 pm
Pinikula
I'm here for ya, Aussieeee...
6:34 pm
Aussieme
awww, fankoomuch Pini...
6:34 pm
Nef
11 left. Got through those nasty N's! I will check out that site after I finish, Pini
6:35 pm
Pinikula
okey dokey (haven't found any toys there, tho)
6:35 pm
Aussieme
OH BUGGERATION !!!!!
6:35 pm
Pinikula
Yep, those are valid words, Aussie ;)
6:36 pm
Aussieme
**does special slink to PB**
6:37 pm
Pinikula
poor thing...I'm sure there're plenty of leftovers from yesterday in there :)
6:38 pm
Aussieme
do I see a turkey sandwich in there ??
6:38 pm
Aussieme
Mmmmmmmmmmm, its all good !
6:38 pm
Nef
BRB, DH fixed leftovers for me
6:41 pm
Pinikula
hb Nef! (but enjoy)
6:42 pm
Nef
smashed potatoes and gravy, Turkey sandwich, and sweet potatoes and corn. I can Babble and eat he says (told him I was down to 11)
6:42 pm
Aussieme
Mmmmmmmm... sounds good from inside the PB :)
6:42 pm
Pinikula
I want some turkey...might have to make one this weekend (haven't had any yet)
6:43 pm
Nef
Pini, how did you not have any yet?
6:43 pm
rumplestiltskin
Hi Aussieme, not playing today, just too many things to get sewn for Christmas. Maybe tomorrow. Just wanted to say Hello. Fix a turkey sandwich for me,would you? Thanks.
6:43 pm
Pinikula
Hi rumple
6:44 pm
Aussieme
**making turkey sandwich for Rumple**
6:44 pm
Pinikula
Went to a co-worker's house yesterday...she had store-bought roasted chicken
6:44 pm
Aussieme
Hello Sweet Rumple.... How goes it ? Are you still playing your beautiful Harp ?
6:45 pm
Pinikula
but everything else was "authentic" (mashed potatos, yams w/mallows, stuffing, rolls, punkin pie, etc.)
6:45 pm
Nef
Oh, dear Pini. But if the company was good, it could be okay
6:45 pm
Pinikula
it was nice, Nef...
6:45 pm
rumplestiltskin
Yep, when I get a chance. The sandwich is awesome, by the way, Thank you so much.
6:45 pm
Pinikula
('cept for the turkey)
6:46 pm
Aussieme
you are entirely welcome Rumple...
6:47 pm
Nef
did you know ahead of time she'd "cheat" on the bird?
6:47 pm
Pinikula
I knew she was going to serve roasted chicken...but didn't know it would be store-bought...if I knew, I might have set a couple up in my rotisserie
6:48 pm
Pinikula
(her kids don't do turkey)
6:48 pm
Nef
okay. Well, if the company was good; ....
6:49 pm
Nef
she could be forgiven ;-)
6:49 pm
Pinikula
* smile *
6:50 pm
Nef
her kids don't do turkey? Wow! How old are the kids and what's the matter with turkey?
6:50 pm
Pinikula
17 & 19 - they don't like the "must sleep" feeling afterward...
6:50 pm
Pinikula
(other than that I have no idea!)
6:51 pm
Nef
okay. Old enough to know the difference then
6:51 pm
Pinikula
yeah...darn it!
6:52 pm
Aussieme
ok, no4/4 last one please ?
6:52 pm
Pinikula
seafood?
6:52 pm
Pinikula
no + sticky **ce
6:52 pm
inge
Guten Abend, excuse my budding in. I thought the "must sleep syndromE" was casued by an antibiotic in the bird. They have banned that many yers ago
6:53 pm
Aussieme
thanks Pini :)
6:53 pm
Aussieme
Tag inge :)
6:53 pm
Pinikula
That's the reason, Inge...L'triptofan (or something like that) is what causes sleepiness...
6:53 pm
Nef
inge, turkey has a natural chemical in it that causes drowsiness
6:54 pm
Nef
yep, Pini said it
6:54 pm
inge
well, maybe the antibiotic they treated turkeys with, caused stomach upsets to consumers
6:55 pm
Nef
I think some allergy problems too?
6:55 pm
rumplestiltskin
Decided to try anyway wince there are only 114.
6:56 pm
Nef
9 left. All C's
6:56 pm
inge
Wife of my husband's best friend and colleague could never eat turkey, until the 1980's
6:57 pm
Nef
GO, rumple! I'll help clue if you'd like (just a lttle slow with mis-spellings; thumbs in splints
6:57 pm
Aussieme
down to 34
6:58 pm
Pinikula
brb - phone
7:00 pm
Kallia
help please...I have an ar missing and I just cant find it
7:00 pm
DR1965
first zo5/20 please
7:00 pm
DR1965
have to leave in a sec
7:00 pm
Aussieme
ar4, 5, 5, 5... which one ?
7:01 pm
zoozzoom
what time zo** you in + letter
7:01 pm
Kallia
5 12 please
7:01 pm
Aussieme
5/12, 5/10, 5/10..
7:01 pm
Aussieme
ar + 2nd vowel + most of frozen water
7:01 pm
DR1965
the one before that Please Zoom
7:02 pm
Deeha
the zo before + vowel??
7:02 pm
Kallia
thank you Aussie
7:02 pm
Kallia
was driving me mad
7:02 pm
DR1965
weird word! Thanks !
7:03 pm
DR1965
ok bbl for my last 7 words
7:03 pm
Aussieme
you are welcome Kallia :)
7:04 pm
zoozzoom
How are you keeping Aussieme?
7:04 pm
Pinikula
gads, my dau sounds miserable...
7:05 pm
Pinikula
...went to Cali for the week (T-day with her dad) and apparently caught the flu...
7:05 pm
zoozzoom
not nice at all then Pini.
7:06 pm
Pinikula
...she called to ask if I'd put extra blankets in the truck for when I make the drive to pick them up at the airport and then drive home...
7:06 pm
Pinikula
no, not nice at all...
7:06 pm
zoozzoom
should take a hot water bottle too, that would be nice.
7:06 pm
Aussieme
Just fine Zooz.... you ??
7:07 pm
Aussieme
z's done...
7:07 pm
Pinikula
well, I have to drive 2 hours to pick them up, then 2 hours back to my house, and they drive another hour back to theirs...not sure the hot water bottle will last that long
7:07 pm
Aussieme
r's, s's, t's left....
7:07 pm
zoozzoom
not bad at all, thanks Aussieme :-)
7:07 pm
Aussieme
26 left.
7:08 pm
zoozzoom
re6 re+zo4
7:08 pm
o-o
Be safe, Pini
7:08 pm
Pinikula
git'r dun, aussieeeeee; thx BR!
7:09 pm
Pinikula
HBTD, BR
7:09 pm
zoozzoom
Good point pini, extra blankets will have to do then.
7:10 pm
zoozzoom
Hello, BR
7:10 pm
Aussieme
Hola BR !!
7:10 pm
o-o
Howdy, zoozzoom
7:10 pm
o-o
How goes it, Aussie?
7:11 pm
Aussieme
Not bad at all BR.... You ??
7:11 pm
o-o
I am hanging in there, as always
7:11 pm
Nef
Pini, there is something called Thermacare heat packs that would stay nice and toasty warm for her whole trip. I use them for my sore joints so I can work; they'd be very good for her (just don't let her sit on them or use them under synthetic undies, she could get a slight burn)
7:12 pm
o-o
Good evening, Nef
7:12 pm
Pinikula
would WallyWorld carry them, Nef?
7:12 pm
Nef
I desperately need help with that nasty cr 7/52. I can't find it for anything
7:13 pm
Uneaixoise
plural of cr6/36
7:13 pm
Uneaixoise
evening, folks :-)
7:13 pm
Pinikula
c + sounds like red flower (R***) (big tile letter)
7:13 pm
rumplestiltskin
The middle ca4/5 and ca5/12 please
7:13 pm
Pinikula
then add hook for the 6 and pl for the 7
7:13 pm
Pinikula
hey une!
7:13 pm
Nef
Pini, I'm sure they would. I can buy them a taget, Walgreens, KMart etc. (DH won't go to Wally World
7:13 pm
o-o
Beautiful flower, Une
7:13 pm
Uneaixoise
tx BR :-)
7:13 pm
Aussieme
UNEEEEEE !!
7:14 pm
Uneaixoise
hey, pini and aussieme!!!
7:14 pm
Pinikula
Maybe I can hit them on my way out of town in the morning...
7:14 pm
Pinikula
ca + what a bear might say, "G******"
7:14 pm
zoozzoom
ca4 automobile +letter
7:14 pm
Uneaixoise
wow, beautiful outfit, aussieme!
7:14 pm
Pinikula
then pl for the ca5
7:14 pm
Nef
OH MY! That CR 7 is really a fish since I have the cr6!
7:14 pm
zoozzoom
then plural
7:14 pm
Aussieme
thank you Une, it was back in June, the day I turned 35 :)
7:15 pm
Aussieme
**throws whale at Nef**
7:15 pm
Uneaixoise
cool :-)
7:15 pm
zoozzoom
wow you are strong Aussie..lol
7:16 pm
rumplestiltskin
TY
7:16 pm
Aussieme
strong ??
7:16 pm
rumplestiltskin
down to 89
7:16 pm
Aussieme
down to 20
7:16 pm
Pinikula
honey, you'd have to be strong to throw a whale! LOL
7:16 pm
zoozzoom
throwing a whole whale..never mind.
7:16 pm
Nef
throwing whales at me!
7:17 pm
Aussieme
OH !!!! **duh**
7:17 pm
Aussieme
Well it was a big fish word, so it deserves a BIG fish :)
7:17 pm
zoozzoom
oh what a surprise..it is raining.
7:17 pm
Uneaixoise
indeed!
7:18 pm
Aussieme
no rain here Zooz....
7:18 pm
zoozzoom
very heavy here at the moment :_(
7:18 pm
Uneaixoise
no rain here -- thank goodness -- if we had any tonite it would be the frozen kind!
7:18 pm
o-o
a smidgen of sarcasm there, zoom?
7:19 pm
zoozzoom
just a smidge BR..lol
7:19 pm
zoozzoom
sounds like it is very cold where you are then Une
7:19 pm
Aussieme
the radio said there might be rain, sleet or snow this weekend for us :(
7:20 pm
Uneaixoise
beautiful day today but chilly :-)
7:20 pm
lbdawger
hi everyone!
7:20 pm
Pinikula
hi lbd ;)
7:20 pm
Uneaixoise
hey, dawg!!!
7:20 pm
Aussieme
Hello Sweet LBDDDDDDD :)
7:20 pm
Pinikula
50/50 rain here...
7:20 pm
zoozzoom
Hello, Lbd
7:20 pm
lbdawger
AAAUUUSSSIIIEEE!!!
7:20 pm
Pinikula
Koda got caught outside yesterday and looked like a very sad wet rat!
7:21 pm
lbdawger
Unea! and Zooz!
7:21 pm
lbdawger
oh poor koda
7:21 pm
Aussieme
Awwwwww....
7:21 pm
Pinikula
He's doing well now tho...all snuggly right here next to me...
7:22 pm
zoozzoom
sorry is koda a cat or dog?
7:22 pm
Pinikula
he's my 2yo beagle
7:22 pm
Pinikula
wtg kallia
7:22 pm
Aussieme
WOOOOOOHOOOOOO Kallia !!!!!!!!!!
7:22 pm
zoozzoom
WTG Kallia
7:22 pm
Uneaixoise
congrats, kallia!!!
7:22 pm
Kallia
thanks, found that last 20 quite hard
7:23 pm
Kallia
thanks all
7:23 pm
zoozzoom
should of known that really... not often yuo would see a cat soaking wet.
7:23 pm
lbdawger
whooo hoooo Kalia
7:23 pm
Kallia
now I need to sleep
7:23 pm
Pinikula
good point, zooz
7:23 pm
Pinikula
night kallia, sleep well
7:23 pm
Kallia
you're up late zoom
7:24 pm
Pinikula
oh, and I scored on finding a really good xmas video for the whole family...
7:24 pm
lbdawger
sweet dreams, Kalia
7:24 pm
Aussieme
Ooooh, what did you get Pini ??
7:24 pm
Kallia
night all see you tomorrow
7:24 pm
zoozzoom
oh my..it is 01:23am..i had better goto bed also..night everyone, enjoy the rest of the day.
7:24 pm
Pinikula
"Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas" Collector's Edition (under $10 new on ebay)
7:24 pm
Aussieme
night night Zooz, night night Kallia...
7:24 pm
Pinikula
night zooz! sleep well ;)
7:25 pm
Aussieme
Ok, is that good ??
7:25 pm
lbdawger
night night, zooz
7:25 pm
lbdawger
OH PINI!!! that's a great video!
7:25 pm
zoozzoom
WTG for Nef when she finishes :-)
7:25 pm
Aussieme
will have to google it Pini...
7:25 pm
Pinikula
have you seen it, lbd?
7:25 pm
lbdawger
it's a Jim Henson classic
7:26 pm
Pinikula
definitely, lbd....and so very well done!
7:26 pm
lbdawger
Yes, Pini. long time ago, but it's a great muppet movie, without big bird
7:27 pm
Trifioso
hello babble friends!
7:27 pm
Pinikula
I haven't seen it in ages...but loved it the first time around and have been looking for it since.
7:27 pm
Pinikula
hey trif ;)
7:27 pm
Trifioso
Would like to voice an objection: "nooner" is a real word....
7:27 pm
lbdawger
i thought so too, Trif!
7:27 pm
Aussieme
OMG !! I soo want to see it now.....
7:27 pm
Aussieme
Hey Trifs :)
7:27 pm
aknitter
Elizabeth!!!
7:28 pm
Pinikula
did you google it, aussie?
7:28 pm
Aussieme
yeah, I did Pini....
7:28 pm
Trifioso
knitter!!!!
7:28 pm
Pinikula
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmet_Ott
er%27s_Jug-Band_Christmas
7:28 pm
Trifioso
haven't seen you here in ages! how are you?
7:28 pm
lbdawger
Smurf would love the video, Aussie
7:28 pm
Aussieme
Knitter :)
7:28 pm
aknitter
just ducky and yourself?
7:29 pm
Aussieme
I know, she loves Muppet Treasure Island, and Muppets Christmas Carol....
7:29 pm
aknitter
greetings all
7:29 pm
lbdawger
go NEF!!
7:29 pm
Aussieme
go Nef... git'r dun !
7:29 pm
Pinikula
I love the song "Our World" from the production...
7:30 pm
Aussieme
go Knitter.... git'r dun !
7:30 pm
Pinikula
go NEF! (aussie stole my line!)
7:30 pm
Pinikula
wtg nef!!!
7:30 pm
aknitter
oh no I was just counting. nef said 1 ...
7:30 pm
Aussieme
YAY NEF !!!!
7:30 pm
lbdawger
whoooo hoooooo NEF!!!
7:30 pm
Pinikula
and, aussie...young children would really like it!!!
7:30 pm
Nef
And now I can say Hi to all that I missed coming in and YAY!! to all those who finished before me! :-D
7:30 pm
Aussieme
Oh, I see Knitter.... Nef was counting how many she had left :)
7:31 pm
MPittore
only 3 left need clues re4/4, st5/10, first zo5/20
7:31 pm
aknitter
double digits here >Lol
7:31 pm
Aussieme
zo + 2nd, 1st, 2nd vowels
7:31 pm
Nef
hi aknitter; haven't seen you around for--forever it seems!
7:31 pm
Pinikula
re + to be **
7:31 pm
lbdawger
re+ ** this a good grid?
7:31 pm
Pinikula
st + what you breathe
7:31 pm
Good Enough
co6, 21 anyone?
7:32 pm
aknitter
i have been around - lurking mostly trying to keep out of trouble
7:32 pm
lbdawger
st5.10 they both sound alike. one helps you ascend or descend, the other can be a cold hard glare
7:32 pm
Pinikula
co6/21 = like a boy's name
7:32 pm
lbdawger
zo5.20 is zo4.9 with an extra vowel at the end.
7:33 pm
Pinikula
co6 = add *mergency *oom to the co4 before it
7:33 pm
MPittore
pini got the st, 2 left
7:33 pm
lbdawger
co6.21, like sean co****y
7:33 pm
Pinikula
* grin *
7:33 pm
Aussieme
re6/33 please ??
7:34 pm
lbdawger
both are plurals of their 5's, aussie
7:34 pm
Pinikula
re + parachuter's landing ****
7:34 pm
Pinikula
(uses high letter)
7:35 pm
lbdawger
oops, i did the ra's sorry
7:35 pm
Aussieme
thanks Pini :)
7:35 pm
Pinikula
* smile *
7:36 pm
Good Enough
how about cr7, 52
7:36 pm
Aussieme
10 left...
7:36 pm
Pinikula
pl the cr6 before it
7:37 pm
Aussieme
Good, do you have the cr6 ?? plural it
7:37 pm
lbdawger
go aussie!!
7:37 pm
MPittore
still not gettin re 4/4 and first zo 5/20 what is wrong with me tonite...
7:37 pm
Good Enough
duh!!
7:37 pm
Pinikula
cr6 sounds like farm equipment: bull do*** (then pl)
7:37 pm
Pinikula
re + to be or not to be that ** the ?
7:37 pm
Aussieme
zo + 2nd, 1st, 2nd vowel...
7:37 pm
lbdawger
re+ i am you are he/she/it **
7:37 pm
Pinikula
zo + to **ch his own + 2nd vowel
7:38 pm
lbdawger
zo5.20 zo + to *8ch his own + 2nd vowel.
7:38 pm
lbdawger
snap, pini
7:38 pm
Pinikula
* snap * lbd! :)
7:39 pm
Pinikula
* giggle *
7:39 pm
lbdawger
*snugs on foil cap with chin strap!*
7:39 pm
Pinikula
adjusts foil-bodysuit
7:39 pm
MPittore
ok ty everyone finally.....can i help anyone?
7:39 pm
Nef
Pini, I just checked out the http://www.myrtlewoodfactoryoutlet.com site. That is a nice cribbage board.
7:39 pm
Good Enough
Uno! still need co6, 21 - but not the boys name or the jacket plus
7:39 pm
Nef
NOW I can clue
7:40 pm
Pinikula
pl the co5 before it ;)
7:40 pm
Aussieme
YAY MPittore !!
7:40 pm
Pinikula
oh...shorten a girl's name...
7:40 pm
Good Enough
corias
7:40 pm
Pinikula
sorry, that was the wrong clue (the pl)
7:40 pm
Pinikula
alt spelling of the name: Co**** Feldman
7:41 pm
MPittore
taking a bow...throwing kisses...i owe it all to you!
7:41 pm
lbdawger
co + double consonant + t** a yellow ribbon 'round the old oak tree
7:41 pm
Nef
Good enough you need the co6+ co +dble cons +2 vowels
7:41 pm
lbdawger
whooooo hoooooo MP!!!
7:41 pm
Nef
YAY MP! WTG!!!
7:41 pm
Pinikula
wtg Pitt!
7:42 pm
MPittore
I love this place!!!
7:42 pm
lbdawger
MP i love your icon. they look like they are laughing and having a good time! rofl
7:42 pm
Good Enough
woo fireworks
7:43 pm
Pinikula
wtg GoodE!
7:43 pm
Pinikula
first time?
7:43 pm
lbdawger
whooo hooooo GoodEnough
7:43 pm
Good Enough
thanks for the help! good night
7:43 pm
MPittore
isn't it cool...it just spoke to me when I saw it...
7:43 pm
Nef
WTG, GE!!! YAY!!!
7:43 pm
MPittore
yeh good enough
7:43 pm
Good Enough
second time only
7:44 pm
lbdawger
night night, GE
7:44 pm
Pinikula
well, in that case, welcome aboard the fun bus!!!
7:44 pm
MPittore
good enough...the third times a charmer *wink*
7:44 pm
Aussieme
4 to go... gittin'r dun !
7:44 pm
lbdawger
go aussie!
7:44 pm
MPittore
go aussie go
7:44 pm
Nef
Come on Aussie! you can do it!
7:44 pm
Pinikula
fer shur, MPitt...GE will be assimilated; we all know resistance is futile! :)
7:44 pm
Aussieme
all TA's...
7:45 pm
lbdawger
ge aussie, you might just finish before 3am!
7:45 pm
MPittore
do you have the mexican treat?
7:45 pm
MPittore
and the hawaiian root
7:45 pm
Nef
or the Hawiian root plant?
7:46 pm
Nef
and the cigarette gunk?
7:46 pm
Pinikula
ta + **rebelum (brain)
7:46 pm
Nef
and the bone?
7:46 pm
MPittore
and sounds like India's language
7:46 pm
Joanne123
mexican treat and a higher point tile
7:47 pm
Pinikula
ta + ***k, paper, scissors
7:47 pm
lbdawger
chillin' the champers
7:47 pm
Aussieme
F*I*R*E*W*O*R*K*S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7:47 pm
MPittore
YAHOOOOOOOOO!!!!
7:47 pm
Pinikula
wtg aussieeeeeeee!
7:47 pm
lbdawger
whooooo hoooooo AUSSIEE!!
7:47 pm
Nef
YAY!!!! WTG, Aussie!!!!!
7:48 pm
Joanne123
wtg wtg
7:48 pm
Aussieme
*-8-* *-8-* *-8-* There's my pompom girls !!
7:48 pm
inge
bravo Aussieme
7:48 pm
MPittore
aussiee..sliding into home base yelling wahoo what a ride!
7:48 pm
Aussieme
Thank you all so very much for the lovely clues, and for the lovely company along the way....
7:48 pm
MPittore
love your poms aussiiee sooo cute
7:49 pm
MPittore
going serching for my next icon...brb
7:49 pm
Aussieme
thanks MP....
7:49 pm
Pinikula
what's the next theme?
7:50 pm
MPittore
aussie it was as good for me as it was for you *wink*
7:50 pm
MPittore
pini do we have themes and where do we get them?
7:51 pm
Pinikula
Sprite is the theme keeper...
7:51 pm
Pinikula
let me go check what it is
7:51 pm
MPittore
oh I just learned that...cool
7:52 pm
Pinikula
Saturday = Summer Landscape
7:52 pm
MPittore
going fishing brb
7:53 pm
Pinikula
Sunday = Babble Blessings (share a piece of good nees / something you are grateful for)
7:55 pm
Aussieme
Hey Pini..... Got'r dun !!
7:55 pm
Pinikula
icon changed :)
7:55 pm
Pinikula
I know, Aussie!!! I saw and cheered!!! * proud auntie smile here *
7:55 pm
Pinikula
did I leave you speechless?? LOL
7:55 pm
lbdawger
are you speechless, aussie?
7:56 pm
Aussieme
sorry guys, leant on my laptop to reach for something :)
7:56 pm
lbdawger
*puts on another layer of foil to keep Pini outta my head*
7:56 pm
Pinikula
lbd...would you mind tightening the strap on your foil cap, please...
7:57 pm
lbdawger
i think one of us is channeling, Pini
7:57 pm
Nef
My cap is tightly fastened
7:57 pm
Pinikula
* giggle *
7:57 pm
Aussieme
**makes quadruple strength foil caps for Pini and LBD**
7:58 pm
lbdawger
thanks aussie
7:58 pm
Pinikula
...although I think I'd prefer a comfortable lining for this foil bodysuit! :)
7:58 pm
lbdawger
man, even my polar bowling sux tonight
7:59 pm
Pinikula
polar bowling?
8:00 pm
Pinikula
dare I ask you to elaborate?
8:00 pm
Nef
does anyone need any clues still?
8:00 pm
Aussieme
ok, one last thought for the day, as I leave to find my pillows..... **after making soft cotton underlay for Pini's bodysuit**.... I toast you all with my cup of tea...... Never under you, or over you, but always right beside you, thrugh thick and thin, I will be here for you all.....
8:00 pm
Aussieme
**poof**
8:00 pm
lbdawger
hang on. let me get the tiny url for you.
8:00 pm
lbdawger
night night, aussie
8:00 pm
Pinikula
aw, shucks, aussieeeeee...same to you!!!! *cheers*
8:01 pm
rumplestiltskin
Congrats Aussieme. only 50 to go.
8:01 pm
Pinikula
git'r dun, rumple! :)
8:01 pm
lbdawger
http://tinyurl.com/ylgty4k
polar bowler, silly bowling game using a polar bear on an inner tube as your bowling ball.
8:01 pm
lbdawger
go Rumple!!
8:02 pm
lbdawger
brb, need some tea
8:02 pm
Pinikula
Oooooh, might have to check that one out just for the giggles, lbd!
8:04 pm
Pinikula
looks like a d/l...is it free?
8:04 pm
Nef
Well, if no one needs clues; I'm going to wander off for now. Last chance....
8:05 pm
Pinikula
eye bee dun, nef! ;)
8:05 pm
Pinikula
wander back soon!
8:05 pm
forwardbyfaith
can I get some help with the er5 - just can't see it
8:06 pm
forwardbyfaith
nm - just found it :)
8:06 pm
Pinikula
er5 = Er*** Cane (of all my children)
8:06 pm
Nef
it's a girls' name
8:07 pm
Nef
Durn. Can't even clue fast. I'll see you all later. Happy Babbling All!
8:08 pm
Pinikula
ah, nef, u dun gud...it jus hapn'd to be right on my screen...didn't have to scroll...
8:08 pm
Pinikula
* hugs *
8:12 pm
lbdawger
night night, Nef
8:12 pm
rumplestiltskin
norc
8:13 pm
rumplestiltskin
sorry, having trouble with a no4/4
8:13 pm
Pinikula
try Italian grandma
8:13 pm
Pinikula
or no* of my business
8:13 pm
lbdawger
seaweed wrap for sushi
8:13 pm
forwardbyfaith
missing both si6,18 words, clues please?
8:13 pm
Pinikula
or lunchtime (high no**)
8:13 pm
lbdawger
high no**
8:14 pm
Pinikula
si6 = Si**** Nevada
8:14 pm
Pinikula
last no4 = no + fried **ce
8:14 pm
Pinikula
adjust foil-suit
8:14 pm
lbdawger
si +double con + double vowel
8:14 pm
Pinikula
(that was for lbd)
8:14 pm
rumplestiltskin
I think I have those 3
8:15 pm
lbdawger
hehehe, i almost posted the same si clue, pini
8:15 pm
rumplestiltskin
got it, TY
8:15 pm
Pinikula
(clued all the no4)
8:15 pm
Pinikula
that's cuz we think too much alike, lbd! :)
8:15 pm
forwardbyfaith
ty for the si words pini!
8:15 pm
lbdawger
that's really scary, pini
8:16 pm
Pinikula
could be, lbd! LOL
8:16 pm
Pinikula
on the other hand, could be a good thing! :)
8:17 pm
lbdawger
could be really weird if we start finishing each other's sentences.
8:17 pm
Pinikula
twins? separated at birth?
8:18 pm
lbdawger
twins of different mothers, who were separated at birth.
8:19 pm
rururocks
i thought we went to different high schools together lbd
8:20 pm
lbdawger
yup we did, ru
8:20 pm
Pinikula
are a fraternal tripplet of this foil group, ru?
8:21 pm
rururocks
er.. mebbee
8:21 pm
Pinikula
gads, I can't spell
8:21 pm
lbdawger
did you check out polar bowler, pini?
8:21 pm
redturtlehead
afternoon everyone!
8:21 pm
rururocks
why did you mean twwin?
8:22 pm
lbdawger
hiya red!
8:22 pm
Pinikula
yeah, but it says it's a d/l...is it free or do I need to pay for it?
8:22 pm
rururocks
hey redster
8:22 pm
lbdawger
it's free
8:22 pm
redturtlehead
did all of us americans eat well?
8:22 pm
Pinikula
nah, we think lbd and I myte be twwins
8:22 pm
lbdawger
didn't have to cook and ate well, red. and you?
8:23 pm
rururocks
I made a nice meal over here
8:23 pm
rururocks
I made a nice meal over here
8:23 pm
redturtlehead
I'll bet, ruru...
8:23 pm
Pinikula
and Koda needs dinner...brb
8:23 pm
lbdawger
it was so good he's still burping
8:24 pm
redturtlehead
I had a fresh, never frozen 30 pound turkey...and some 25 people all at the table, thank goodness it was at my sisters, but of the dishes.
8:24 pm
rururocks
better the burping lbd.. better the burping
8:24 pm
lbdawger
most definitely, ru
8:24 pm
rururocks
30lb? holy cow
8:25 pm
lbdawger
i'm doing a turkey breast tomorrow, with all the trimmings, wanna make turkey soup
8:25 pm
rururocks
that's a beast
8:25 pm
redturtlehead
well, we shared, but still had half left...
8:25 pm
redturtlehead
my bro in law is a crazy foodie.
8:25 pm
lbdawger
30#'s that's a big TOM!
8:25 pm
torgone
Wow! 30 lb?
8:25 pm
redturtlehead
it looked like the Norman rockwell paintings...
8:25 pm
rururocks
(sounds like steroids to me)
8:25 pm
redturtlehead
even my 91 yr old Grandma came..
8:25 pm
lbdawger
hiya Torg!
8:26 pm
redturtlehead
hi torg!
8:26 pm
lbdawger
Bet grandma enjoyed all the family.
8:26 pm
rururocks
I wish my grandmother were still alive..
8:27 pm
lbdawger
me, too ru. my grams and yours as well.
8:27 pm
redturtlehead
I think Grandma was a bit overwhelmed by the activity, especially the lesbian cousins of my Brother in law...
8:27 pm
torgone
Heyas kids ..
8:28 pm
rururocks
the plot thickens ....
8:28 pm
rururocks
nothing like a couple of lesbians to shake up the dynamics at dinner...lol
8:29 pm
redturtlehead
They are great people, have a beautiful daughter.
8:30 pm
rururocks
no.. it is cool that they came.. and were there..
8:30 pm
rururocks
I think its time for families to accept the lifestyle and stop pretending it isn't there.
8:30 pm
redturtlehead
but at 91, it might have been a bit much for Grandma, the Pastors Widow, she has now been dressing in all black for well over a year!
8:30 pm
renfield
hey torg
8:31 pm
renfield
heya eno
8:31 pm
rururocks
yeah.. sometimes the grandparents are the ones who get it first though
8:32 pm
Enomis65
what are you guys talking about?
8:32 pm
redturtlehead
that, ruru is very true.
8:32 pm
lbdawger
hi enom, RENNIE!!
8:32 pm
rururocks
it happened that way in my family.. I had so many gay cousins ...
8:33 pm
rururocks
gay couples coming to thanksgiving dinner as a couple enomis.. is what we are discussing
8:34 pm
renfield
how about the 7's clues?
8:34 pm
rururocks
my friends up the street had their family over to a fairly wild discussion
8:34 pm
redturtlehead
I think in the family that lives up there, this couple is very well accepted. My Grandma had not been out there before, and so the entire experience of a Holiday with a Large Italian family, with the gay couple, and all of the children running about might have overwhelmed her. Shes very sweet.
8:35 pm
lbdawger
all the 7's are plurals, ren
8:35 pm
renfield
plurals of what 6's?
8:36 pm
renfield
ok thanks ru
8:37 pm
lbdawger
all the noise and the hubbub probably did overwhelm her. My dad says the same thing at christmas.
8:37 pm
rururocks
time to warm up the leftovers...bbl kiddies..have fun
8:38 pm
redturtlehead
my nephews were so much fun, but I am so glad to be back at the quiet house.
8:38 pm
redturtlehead
Bye Ru, enjoy the leftovers.
8:40 pm
torgone
Mmmm .. leftovers ..
8:40 pm
renfield
how long did it take a 30 # turkey to cook?
8:40 pm
rururocks
a month
8:41 pm
lbdawger
2 hours longer than a 20# turkey?
8:42 pm
rururocks
sage advice lbd
8:43 pm
renfield
i'm trying to imagine how one would lift the hot thing out of the oven....
8:43 pm
lbdawger
it's been ages since i cooked a large bird, can't imagine the size of pan nor oven needed for 30#!
8:45 pm
renfield
i think 10 # has been the biggest birdie i ever cooked and it was one given to me
8:46 pm
lbdawger
i hope more than one person lifted that bird to the table!
8:46 pm
Minveryork
Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?
8:46 pm
Minveryork
By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!
8:47 pm
renfield
i'm good min...just thinking about the 30# turkey red had for din din yesterday
8:49 pm
lbdawger
Hi Min! welcome to the grid. how are you tonight?
8:49 pm
Minveryork
I'm well. Had Thanksgiving with my family today in CT
8:50 pm
lbdawger
are you turkeyed out, Min?
8:52 pm
renfield
i want some dressing and cranberry sauce and gravy and smashed potatoes...all i have is cheese and crackers
8:52 pm
Minveryork
Not yet. Didn't celebrate Thanksgiving yesterday so it was the 1st day of Turkey for me. Tomorrow I'll be celebrating it again with hubby's family.Then I will be turkeyed out! Yesterday was just like any other day
8:54 pm
lbdawger
ren you need to go visit, Min. she'll have more than enough for you to eat
8:54 pm
torgone
Poor ren ..
8:57 pm
lbdawger
or you can come to my house and have turkey with us.
9:00 pm
renfield
nutter's making meatloaf
9:05 pm
MPittore
jmc are u here
9:06 pm
Minveryork
E's Eliminated! 5 left
9:06 pm
Minveryork
Hi MPittore! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid
9:07 pm
renfield
i finally found those 7's...what a dunce i am.....thinki can get a frozen turkey and dressing din din?
9:09 pm
Minveryork
O's Obliterated! 4 left
9:11 pm
lbdawger
swanson's tv dinners, ren
9:13 pm
Minveryork
T's Toppled! 3 left
9:13 pm
rumplestiltskin
stuck on the last one, a no5/10
9:14 pm
flosey
there are 2 x no5/10, one adds a vowel to previous word, second is plural of the 4
9:15 pm
flosey
and hi everyone, just in to check out icon theme for tomorrow
9:15 pm
Minveryork
actor Chuck No****, minus consonant rumplestiltskin.
9:15 pm
lbdawger
no + Small spanish river
9:16 pm
lbdawger
no + ***e and shine
9:16 pm
Minveryork
Hello flosey! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!
9:16 pm
flosey
hi lbd and min, great thanks, and you?
9:17 pm
rumplestiltskin
TY. Got it and fireworks. Night all.
9:18 pm
Minveryork
Hi jmcnrick! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid
9:18 pm
Minveryork
Congratulations rumplestiltskin on fireworks! Hooray
9:18 pm
Minveryork
Goodbye rumplestiltskin! I'll see you tomorrow maybe
9:18 pm
lbdawger
whoooo hooooo RUMPLE!!!
9:19 pm
lbdawger
night night, rumple
9:19 pm
jmcnrick
whoo hoo rumps
9:23 pm
Minveryork
I'm here to give clues if you need any clues jmcnrick.
9:24 pm
lbdawger
go JMC!!
9:27 pm
lbdawger
like the old gas station. ar + boys from **mpany B
9:34 pm
jmcnrick
first ar 5/10?
9:35 pm
lbdawger
place where games are played, jmc
9:37 pm
lbdawger
go jmc, go!
9:48 pm
wht
Hi all, back for my last 56
9:50 pm
Minveryork
Go jmcnrick go!
9:50 pm
Minveryork
Hello wht! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle
9:53 pm
wht
Had a good day with family today. Had a good day yesterday too. Hope the Babblers from the USA have been enjoying their holiday.
9:53 pm
stidmama
*wanders in forlornly*
hello
9:53 pm
jmcnrick
how nice wht
9:53 pm
wht
Oh stid. What's the problem?
9:53 pm
jmcnrick
whats up stid
9:54 pm
stidmama
two problems. 1) done with the grid earlier so nothing to distract me
9:54 pm
stidmama
2) just got back from friends' house -- feeding the critters while they are away and their old cat is pretty sick, to judge from the diarrhea she left all over.
9:55 pm
Minveryork
Hi stidmama! How are you doing?Welcome to the grid
9:55 pm
stidmama
can't get hold of my friends, and the vet is already closed for the day. She had good energy, so I am not completely worried, but I don't know ANYTHING about cats!
9:55 pm
Minveryork
C's Completed! 1 left
9:56 pm
stidmama
I don't mind the yuck factor too much, that's what having kids does to a person! but the worry factor is high. I would have brought her home, but she HATES our dog.
9:56 pm
Minveryork
Congratulations stidmama on finishing early! Hooray!
9:56 pm
jmcnrick
poor stiddie
9:56 pm
stidmama
thanks Min!
9:57 pm
jmcnrick
if the cat has good energy then like a kid it probably will -- er -- pass
9:57 pm
kimberblue
is the cat uoset they left? do cats do that when they are worried?
9:57 pm
stidmama
that is a good question kimber!
9:57 pm
Minveryork
Hello kimberblue! How are you? Welcome to the grid!
9:58 pm
stidmama
LOL jmc. if you make a joke, then I won't worry too much
9:58 pm
jmcnrick
hi kimber
9:58 pm
kimberblue
thanks-i am good, family is in chicago and i am home alone for once!
9:59 pm
Dorens
stid, the cat's diet hasn't changed lately, has it?
9:59 pm
Minveryork
Hi Dorens! How are you doing? Welceome to the grid!
9:59 pm
jmcnrick
oo i like that too kimber!
9:59 pm
jmcnrick
hi dorens
9:59 pm
kimberblue
hi dorens!
9:59 pm
Minveryork
I am done! I have fireworks! si6/18 was my last word
10:00 pm
jmcnrick
whoo hoo min!
10:00 pm
Dorens
hi minver fine.. congrats on your firewrks. hi j, kim, and dawg
10:01 pm
stidmama
YAY Min!
10:01 pm
kimberblue
sireen
10:01 pm
lbdawger
well done, MIN!!
10:01 pm
stidmama
good question doren, cat's diet MIGHT have changed, but I don't know, since usually I don't feed it.
10:01 pm
stidmama
go kimber go!
10:01 pm
kimberblue
oops- see i never chat
10:02 pm
jmcnrick
si 6/18 pls?
10:02 pm
stidmama
si 6/18: spanish for jagged mountains
10:02 pm
Minveryork
That's almost like the word that gave me FWs kimber
10:02 pm
Dorens
just monkeyed the or6/21 out of nowhere.. astounded me
10:02 pm
Minveryork
si6/18 is si plus double consonants plus double vowels
10:02 pm
Dorens
si**** nevadas
10:03 pm
stidmama
or, the OTHER si 6/18 that Min just clued, "yes si**** bob!"
10:03 pm
stidmama
go doren go!
10:03 pm
lbdawger
Stid, i bet the cat ate something that didn't sit well. could also be furballs. when you check it tomorrow, if it is still "spurting" you may want to call a vet to see if there's something you could be doing for it. Not being a cat person, i'm assuming a lot what i'd do for a dog
10:03 pm
DR1965
Hi everyone- back for my last 7 words
10:03 pm
lbdawger
and now, i must be heading for the pillows. have breakfast date with hubby tomorrow! :-)
10:03 pm
jmcnrick
go DR go
10:03 pm
stidmama
thanks LBD, that was sort of my thinking (for lack of guidance)~!
10:04 pm
stidmama
Sweet dreams LBD, see you again soon
10:04 pm
stidmama
hey DR!
10:04 pm
Dorens
and why is it bob, stid, do you know?
10:04 pm
lbdawger
early whooo hoooo's for JMC and DR! i know you'll get your firewords!
10:04 pm
Dorens
sweet dreams lbd
10:04 pm
DR1965
Hi and good night Dawger- rest well
10:04 pm
Minveryork
Hello DR1965!How are you doing?Welcome to the grid
10:04 pm
stidmama
I don't know doren, might be a good thing to research. brb again *wearing research hat*
10:04 pm
DR1965
Hi Stid and JMC and Dorens and Min
10:04 pm
Minveryork
Goodbye lbdawger! I will see you tomorrow in the log!
10:04 pm
jmcnrick
leaving lbd?
10:05 pm
Dorens
wonde if it is buffalo bob from the howdy doody show
10:06 pm
DR1965
COuld be Dorens
10:06 pm
jmcnrick
if who i s buffalo bob (later known as Capt. Kangaroo)
10:06 pm
Dorens
capt kangaroo was bob Keegan. different bob (i think)
10:07 pm
jmcnrick
no you are right it was clarabell the clown who was bob keegan
10:08 pm
jmcnrick
nevertheless why are we talking about buffalo bob
10:08 pm
Dorens
sorry... bob keeshan
10:08 pm
Bugsaw
Hi everyone. Just popped up to check for clues and saw stid
10:08 pm
Minveryork
Awesome wht!
10:08 pm
Bugsaw
(sorry) stid's cat problem. I have always had cats....
10:08 pm
Minveryork
Hello Bugsaw!How are you doing?Welcome to the grid
10:08 pm
jmcnrick
last co 6?
10:09 pm
stidmama
back again.
10:09 pm
stidmama
hey Bugs!
10:09 pm
Minveryork
If you have any ca 4/5 now, you can take them with you to the Penalty Box Bugsaw. LOL!
10:09 pm
Bugsaw
She is probably all right and not worth a night vet charge but the best way to tell is to look at her eyes. If they look normal, she is good. If you can see an inner eyelid, phone the vet
10:09 pm
stidmama
bob keeshan was clarabell too, I think.
10:10 pm
Minveryork
co 6/21: another way to spell Co**** Feldman's name.
10:10 pm
stidmama
oh! okay, her eyes looked pretty good -- bright and shiny, not dull or mattery. thanks Bugs
10:10 pm
jmcnrick
yes capt kangaroo and clarabell were the same person
10:10 pm
Bugsaw
Oh MIn I am so sorry!! I will head to the PB right away hoping someone left some pie in there.
10:10 pm
stidmama
LOL I'll sit in the PB too -- I started that line of thought...
10:11 pm
stidmama
*sharing choclit pecan pie with Bugs*
10:11 pm
jmcnrick
I saw some lemon meringue earlier
10:11 pm
Minveryork
It is also my icon clue for today.Not too helpful since it's a fish,but chose my icon this morning at 1:30 A.M
10:11 pm
Dorens
yes they were, and the reason was yes si**** bob... wondering where the expressioin came from
10:11 pm
DR1965
I put some apple Pie ice cream in there earlier
10:11 pm
jmcnrick
min i love your icon clue it is sooooo cute
10:11 pm
stidmama
mmmm apple pie ice cream?
10:11 pm
onyx
stop talking about pie!!
10:11 pm
jmcnrick
oo okay let me think about it
10:12 pm
jmcnrick
hi onyx
10:12 pm
onyx
you're making me hungry!
10:12 pm
stidmama
3.1456 or so onyx.... *wicked mama grin*
10:12 pm
Dorens
right now i am cuddled up with my cat baby on my left side, and son's whippet calvin on my left. peaceful coexistence
10:12 pm
Bugsaw
All my favourite kinds of pie! I am in heaven except I can't figure out the first zo5. Can anyone help, please?
10:12 pm
Minveryork
Thank you jmcnrick. I thought that it was cute also.
10:12 pm
stidmama
zo 5 latin plural germ critters
10:13 pm
Dorens
we had pumpkin, apple, walnut pies tonight and killer vermont maple syrup bread pudding. I am waddling
10:13 pm
onyx
Hello everyone! i can andle the 3.1456...pie
10:13 pm
Minveryork
Hello onyx!How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle
10:13 pm
Dorens
zo + vowels
10:13 pm
stidmama
sounds nice, doren! how are the grands?
10:13 pm
onyx
hey minver, od'ed on pie, picture of the kitties is cute
10:14 pm
stidmama
ah, I see doren... *quickly investing in waistband elastic*
10:14 pm
Dorens
in england, then to switzerland stid.. my silly son insists on draggin them along when he speaks at conferences
10:14 pm
onyx
How you doin?
10:14 pm
Bugsaw
i will try them all again. . .
10:14 pm
jmcnrick
google is no help except to say that it was in use in the late 1800s so that lets out buffalo bob
10:14 pm
stidmama
oh gee! well at least they will know how to travel!
10:14 pm
Dorens
well, thanks or tha j.
10:14 pm
Bugsaw
and this time it works! Thanks . I am done now
10:15 pm
Dorens
yes stid, i realized that at three, this is phoebe's fourth long distance air trip... experienced and enthusiastic
10:15 pm
stidmama
YAY Bugs!!!!
10:15 pm
Dorens
hm. that was supposed to be thanks For thaT j
10:15 pm
jmcnrick
whoo hoo bugs
10:16 pm
Dorens
yay bugs!
10:16 pm
stidmama
just realized maybe it was a greek plural? LOL
10:16 pm
jmcnrick
try again with a clue for the last co6 please
10:16 pm
stidmama
go jmc go!
10:17 pm
stidmama
I don't like travel, stidkid #1 loves it. I think it's far nicer to travel only when visiting people one knows... (or gardens) he just likes to travel
10:18 pm
jmcnrick
good thing i like to travel :-)
10:18 pm
stidmama
last co 6: rachel co6 was an evergreen grad who died in Palestine a few years ago
10:18 pm
jmcnrick
what! they are saying it is going to snow?!?!?!!?
10:19 pm
stidmama
NO. NO SNOW. *stern mama look*
10:19 pm
jmcnrick
I remember her -- a tragic horrible story
10:19 pm
jmcnrick
whew that is west of here
10:19 pm
stidmama
yes, they made a play -- I didn't get to go see it when it was performed recently, but apparently it is very moving. She was an amazing young woman.
10:19 pm
wht
co6 - Rhymes with In England a truck is called a l*****
10:20 pm
stidmama
good clue wht!
10:20 pm
jmcnrick
poor tiger woods can't even fight with his wife without people commenting
10:22 pm
Dorens
firewords
10:22 pm
jmcnrick
whoo hoo dorens
10:22 pm
stidmama
YAY doren!
10:23 pm
o-o
congrats. Dorens
10:23 pm
stidmama
is that what happened today, jmc? I heard tiger was in a car accident
10:23 pm
stidmama
(((BR))) hey there!
10:23 pm
Minveryork
Congratulations Dorens on fireworks! Hooray for you
10:23 pm
Minveryork
Congratulations Bugsaw on fireworks! Good for you!
10:24 pm
o-o
Hello, stid.
10:24 pm
wht
or wtg if you prefer.
10:24 pm
stidmama
*waiting for jmc's firewords...*
10:24 pm
jmcnrick
me too stiddie
10:24 pm
Minveryork
Me too so I can go to bed!
10:24 pm
Dorens
c"mon, jmc
10:25 pm
Dorens
what do you need?
10:25 pm
o-o
Hello, jmc. Has your son safely arrived at his destination?
10:25 pm
Dorens
is it the co 5/22?
10:25 pm
Minveryork
Heard he hit a fire hydrant and that he was laying in the road with bleeding in his mouth or on his lip.
10:25 pm
jmcnrick
so to help the masses: help with co 5/22
10:25 pm
stidmama
nice profile words, BR
10:25 pm
Minveryork
Hello BabbleRabble!How are you? Welcome to the grid
10:26 pm
stidmama
co 5/22: sounds like a family relationship, the child or your aunt or uncle is your co 5...
10:26 pm
jmcnrick
hi BR he made it safely and I have no worries until tomorrow lol
10:26 pm
stidmama
sort of a phonetic spelling
10:26 pm
Dorens
okay, so that is not your last word... (it was mine)
10:26 pm
Minveryork
co 5: rhymes w/what you call a group of 12 jmcnrick.
10:27 pm
Dorens
i just asked if that was what jmc needed... and it appears not.
10:27 pm
jmcnrick
i was sure there was a z in there
10:27 pm
jmcnrick
fire works!
10:27 pm
Minveryork
Congratulations jmcnrick on fireworks! Good for you
10:27 pm
jmcnrick
no dorens you were dead on
10:27 pm
jmcnrick
no everyone can go to bed! lol
10:27 pm
o-o
Hello, Minveryork.
10:27 pm
Minveryork
Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow
10:27 pm
stidmama
YAY JMC!!!!!!!
10:27 pm
o-o
congrats, jmc
10:27 pm
Dorens
hah.. glad you got it j!
10:27 pm
o-o
be well, Minver
10:28 pm
stidmama
sweet dreams Min. enjoy the weekend!
10:28 pm
jmcnrick
bye all
10:28 pm
wht
Night min & jmc
10:29 pm
stidmama
I think I will bow out too -- we are watching Indiana Jones movie #2...
10:29 pm
o-o
be well, jmc
10:29 pm
stidmama
(((hugs all))) see you tomorrow! *poof*
10:29 pm
o-o
be well, stid
10:29 pm
Dorens
nite all. i'm to sleep (or at least to lexulous and sudoku before sleep... happy babbles
10:30 pm
o-o
be well, Dorens
10:33 pm
DR1965
My Computer was taken over by a 10 yr old.. but i have rebeled
10:33 pm
DR1965
* rebelled
10:33 pm
DR1965
4 babble words to go
10:34 pm
DR1965
Hi BR- Nice to see you this evening
10:34 pm
DR1965
thanks you
10:35 pm
DR1965
( my Mew York accent ) LOL
10:38 pm
DR1965
is the last ne5/10 a fish?
10:38 pm
DR1965
oh- nm I see it
10:38 pm
DR1965
Firewords !
10:44 pm
DR1965
ok well- taking my firewords and leaving
10:44 pm
DR1965
gnight lurkers
10:46 pm
harpjane
hello 28 to go
10:46 pm
harpjane
does anyone have an icon clue?
10:52 pm
jillibus
Hi harp :) and all, if any :)
10:53 pm
jillibus
YAY DR!!!
10:54 pm
renfield
late but yay dr....just came back
10:54 pm
rururocks
eye-see + not off
10:55 pm
rururocks
(well ... she did ask for an icon clue)
10:56 pm
jillibus
I just came back too and answered harp's question, but no response
10:56 pm
jillibus
har har ru
10:57 pm
renfield
i'm slow i know - i just got it ru
10:57 pm
harpjane
very funny ruru
10:57 pm
jillibus
hello the renner
10:58 pm
jillibus
so harp, did you get my icon clue?
10:58 pm
renfield
hey ya jilli!
10:59 pm
jillibus
how's mezzie, ren?
11:00 pm
jillibus
I guess harp's not speaking to me :(
11:00 pm
jillibus
gogogo wht!
11:00 pm
Lindrickway
Yahoo I'm all packed! phew
11:01 pm
jillibus
Woohoo, lindy!!!
11:01 pm
Lindrickway
thanks jilli
11:01 pm
renfield
mezzer's doing great! he's walking w/ out a cane - doing laundry - unboxing books - :)
11:02 pm
renfield
when's the move lindy?
11:02 pm
jillibus
oh great, ren! What an ordeal!
11:02 pm
Lindrickway
we move out the house on tuesday, fly out the following monday
11:03 pm
Lindrickway
great news ren!
11:03 pm
jillibus
bye bye tranna!
11:03 pm
renfield
yes it was jilli - and you have all lived through it w/ me - and i thank you all for helping me keep my sanity
11:03 pm
jillibus
what, ren, you had sanity to start with???
11:03 pm
Lindrickway
that is what Babble chat is all about! (0:
11:04 pm
renfield
is the rest of your family going w/ ya lindy?
11:04 pm
Lindrickway
lol Jilli
11:04 pm
renfield
lol jilli...well,,,no - not really
11:04 pm
rururocks
ooooohhh jilli's feeling spunky....
11:04 pm
Lindrickway
Kate & co fly out the day before me, the other 2 will finish uni & then who knows!
11:05 pm
Lindrickway
hi ruru
11:05 pm
jillibus
un peu tiddly -- nice happy hour with nice neighbours :)
11:05 pm
wht
I am not getting the last two co5's
11:05 pm
rururocks
hi lindy.. good luck on your travels.. hope you are happy there.
11:06 pm
Lindrickway
aaww thanks ruru! (0:
11:06 pm
jillibus
co5/12 -- co + spanish river (I think)
11:07 pm
jillibus
co5/22 -- co + Japanese Buddhism
11:07 pm
rururocks
maybe a female spanish river jilli..lol
11:07 pm
Lindrickway
well lots to do tomorrow, so I had better say goodnight & go to bed!
11:07 pm
jillibus
I don't do spanish :(
11:07 pm
wht
ty jili, I figured out the gender of the river.
11:08 pm
wht
ty jili for both.
11:08 pm
jillibus
thanks for small mercies, wht, lol!
11:08 pm
renfield
ok lindy - i guess we will see you when you get settled...or are waiting to get settled
11:08 pm
jillibus
gogogo wht!
11:09 pm
Lindrickway
might get chance to chat tomorrow! (0: night all
11:09 pm
westford
a quick hello have 52 left over from last night so jumping in...
11:09 pm
jillibus
ttfn, lindy
11:09 pm
rururocks
night lindy..congrats on packing it all..what a job
11:09 pm
rururocks
I am (hopefully) never moving again
11:11 pm
jillibus
I plan to be carried out of here feet first. My son disagrees and thinks I should move to some other less independent place.
11:11 pm
rururocks
I disagree jilli.. you like your life as it is.
11:11 pm
wht
Jilli, when we moved into our current house, my wife said that the next time we sell a house it will be an estate sale.
11:11 pm
jillibus
en6 -- come again, wht!
11:12 pm
rururocks
a repeat performance wht
11:12 pm
wht
ty, my brain is mush
11:13 pm
rururocks
(offers brown sugar and cream to wht)
11:13 pm
wht
Mush brain is a regularly repeating performance.
11:14 pm
Christine
Lindrickway ... where are you going ??
11:14 pm
jillibus
Watching the wonderful Jane Goodall on PBS
11:14 pm
renfield
i'm finally down to one house and one boat
11:15 pm
jillibus
I find her absolutely captivatingly calm yet wise and funny
11:18 pm
jillibus
she has "the peace of the forest" in her, and her bond with other primates.
11:18 pm
renfield
watching mission impossible tv series from 60's ( i think)
11:22 pm
jillibus
changing icon to next theme -- summer landscape
11:29 pm
wht
Finally, fireworks
11:33 pm
tragicstud
hey folks... i'm still not really playing - just popping in every few hours to say hello to the folks i haven't seen in a a while
11:35 pm
tragicstud
heh...which seems to not be anyone currently ;)
11:35 pm
renfield
well hey then tragic- i'm just playing at it
11:36 pm
tragicstud
hey ren
11:36 pm
tragicstud
i'm gonna pop off... not much time left on this one. maybe i'll come back for the flip.
11:37 pm
tragicstud
enjoy your night/day...
11:38 pm
renfield
you too tragic
11:42 pm
flosey
Hi there jilli - great icon
11:45 pm
flosey
and hi to everyone - I'd like another small grid - this one was great
11:51 pm
jillibus
hi all -- did my summer icon show up already?
11:51 pm
jillibus
TS -- hope you come back for the flip
11:52 pm
flosey
yes, looks very familiar
11:54 pm
westford
and fireworks!!
11:54 pm
westford
hi jilli and flosey
11:54 pm
westford
thank you flosey
11:55 pm
westford
few minutes left will change my icon
11:55 pm
jillibus
hi west :)
11:56 pm
jillibus
lets hope for a nice one, whatever size. Not much time tomorrow.
11:57 pm
westford
hi jilli just looking at your icon to see what the subject was..you always share such interesting pictures and info with us
11:57 pm
jillibus
flosey -- that's about the only not-flat place in the Toronto area, lol!
11:57 pm
flosey
lol jilli
11:58 pm
MLFAN17
awaits flip....
11:58 pm
jillibus
west, as you know, I enjoy learning stuff when doing the icons
11:58 pm
flosey
I was so happy to see the Park that was created at the Bluffs - unfortunately, they
11:58 pm
ursh
Hello all - I prefer grid at about 150
11:58 pm
MLFAN17
jill you mean big right?"
11:59 pm
MLFAN17
lol ruru not even that many for me thank you
11:59 pm
flosey
have far too many ducks and they're very dirty creatures!!
11:59 pm
ursh
oh yuk ruru
11:59 pm
flosey
150 would suit me fine ursh
11:59 pm
jillibus
go away, ruru, bad boy
11:59 pm
rururocks
ok ok ok 713
11:59 pm
flosey
you don't really want that do you ru?
11:59 pm
jillibus
big right?