Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, December 5, 2009

12:00 am

stidmama

flip!!!

12:00 am

stidmama

pini! did you do it?

12:00 am

dart001

flip

12:00 am

flosey

flip

12:00 am

harpjane

flip

12:00 am

Pinikula

no...1 left (and grid didn't flip)...reloading

12:00 am

PAV3

yay flip!

12:00 am

jesdraggon

floppy; did you get it pini?

12:00 am

jillibus

flip

12:00 am

stidmama

ah, a good-sized one. I love it when a nice size accompanies my day "off

12:00 am

stidmama

195 words, that is

12:00 am

Bugsaw

me too stid

12:00 am

VolleymomDee

flip

12:01 am

stidmama

wait. it didn't change???

12:01 am

angelinaxox

flip

12:01 am

jillibus

my tiles are still the same

12:01 am

MLFAN17

umm i am having probs ere

12:01 am

stidmama

*worried mama look* I will be right back.

12:01 am

Pinikula

missed the last one (the first sa5 between sale and salt)

12:01 am

jillibus

going to refresh

12:01 am

stidmama

there's the right one. 179 words, and differnt letters! LOL

12:01 am

stidmama

satem I think pini?

12:01 am

Pinikula

179 words, right (new grid?)

12:01 am

MLFAN17

oh ok i think i got it now

12:01 am

Pinikula

that was the last sa5

12:02 am

jesdraggon

salep

12:02 am

jillibus

ok, now it's ok -- 179 words

12:02 am

MLFAN17

no idea pini i have two words i put in and they are from previous grid i think. was their an F in last grid?

12:02 am

Pinikula

that's a word, jes???

12:02 am

jesdraggon

apparently

12:03 am

Pinikula

oh, well...onward and upward...* diving into grid *

12:03 am

Pinikula

thx for all of the help :)

12:04 am

MLFAN17

CA 6

12:04 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:04 am

Pinikula

thx lickety

12:04 am

jillibus

Thank you Lickety!

12:04 am

flosey

thankyou lickety

12:04 am

stidmama

YAY lickety!

12:05 am

dart001

nbt

12:05 am

stidmama

go dart go!

12:05 am

jesdraggon

Police in Carroll, Iowa, got a "hot" call -- two men
were trying to break into an apartment. Responding officers saw a
vehicle matching the getaway car's description leaving the scene and
stopped it. They were pretty sure they had their men: witnesses said
the burglars had blacked-out faces, and sure enough the occupants of
the car did. But rather than use facepaint, Matthew Allan McNelly, 23,
and Joey Lee Miller, 20, had used permanent markers to blacken their
faces. Both were arrested on burglary charges, and McNelly was charged
with driving while intoxicated. (Carroll Daily Times Herald)

12:05 am

Erda

TY Lickety!

12:05 am

jillibus

holy smoke, dart!

12:05 am

harpjane

thank you lickety

12:06 am

Pinikula

permanent marker? * rolling eyes * "Here's your sign!"

12:06 am

dart001

hi jilli :)

12:06 am

jillibus

jes, that's a candidate for Most Stupid Criminals

12:06 am

Bugsaw

I love it jes!

12:06 am

stidmama

NBT!!!!

12:06 am

Pinikula

well done, dart and stid

12:06 am

Bugsaw

well done stid

12:06 am

jillibus

wow, stid!

12:06 am

dart001

wtg stid!!

12:07 am

PAV3

gee whiz...only eight found and already I'm dozing

12:07 am

jillibus

Scuse me while I get cough med

12:07 am

flosey

nbt

12:08 am

dart001

nj flos

12:08 am

VolleymomDee

nbt congrats dart, flosey, stid, anyone I missed

12:08 am

dart001

halfway

12:08 am

flosey

ty dart

12:08 am

dart001

hi volley

12:08 am

jesdraggon

sleep time, i think

12:08 am

flosey

ty Dee

12:09 am

jillibus

wtg flosey!

12:09 am

Bugsaw

well done all you with nbt. I think O words should be banned

12:09 am

stidmama

go bugs go!

12:09 am

stidmama

go flosey!

12:10 am

stidmama

down to 86 now

12:10 am

VolleymomDee

hi dart

12:11 am

rururocks

*puts radar detector on stid for speeding thru the grid*

12:11 am

stidmama

right coluimn grey!

12:11 am

stidmama

LOL ruru!

12:11 am

stidmama

down to 80

12:12 am

VolleymomDee

po 6

12:12 am

VolleymomDee

so 7

12:12 am

Pinikula

holy cow...another little speed demon!

12:12 am

MLFAN17

stid did you find the 8?

12:14 am

stidmama

go dee!

12:14 am

VolleymomDee

lol ty

12:15 am

VolleymomDee

me 6; me 7

12:15 am

stidmama

no MLF, nothing bigger than 6 yet

12:15 am

MLFAN17

ME 6

12:15 am

MLFAN17

me either stid lol

12:15 am

Pinikula

ditto here

12:16 am

stidmama

oh, there's an ME 7

12:16 am

MLFAN17

ty Dee just got a ME 6/7

12:16 am

VolleymomDee

wtg yw

12:16 am

stidmama

go MLF go!

12:17 am

sammysmom

hit the wall with 65 to go

12:18 am

MLFAN17

okay i have 67 words i am out poof

12:18 am

Pinikula

crap...I haven't even hit 60 words in!!! y'all are killin' me!! LOL

12:18 am

stidmama

well, down to 59 and having trouble seeing the grid and chap.

12:19 am

VolleymomDee

anyone find the 8 yet?

12:19 am

Pinikula

not me...but apparently I'm blind tonight! :)

12:19 am

stidmama

see you-all tomorrow I think. (((hugs pini))) much to do tomorrow, probably won't be back until afternoon, which should give you time to catch up... *wicked mama grin*

12:19 am

jillibus

never mind, pini, between coughing spells I've only found 23 words and not nbt yet

12:19 am

stidmama

*leaves choclits for everyone*

*poof*

12:19 am

Pinikula

night stid!!! :)

12:20 am

Pinikula

* wink *

12:20 am

VolleymomDee

so sorry to hear you are still coughing jili; hope you feel better soon

12:20 am

Pinikula

I'm with you, jilli...between being sick, trying to stay awake, and just "see"...I think I'm going to call it a night...

12:20 am

VolleymomDee

ho 6

12:20 am

jillibus

so do I, dee!

12:20 am

stidmama

*runs back in*

Jill? coughing spells? *very worried mama look* have you seen a doctor? do you need anything? *ready to drive northing ASAP*

12:21 am

rururocks

ch8

12:21 am

vashongin

ty dee

12:21 am

Pinikula

stid...you're only going north if I pick you up with a slight detour to pick up lbd!

12:21 am

VolleymomDee

ty vash; ty ru

12:21 am

Pinikula

(we've already arranged the trip!) LOL

12:21 am

jillibus

no doc yet, stid -- maybe next week if it doesn't bugger off

12:21 am

Pinikula

nice find ru

12:22 am

jillibus

stid, they want to gang up on my jerk of a doc

12:22 am

stidmama

wait -- detour? LBD? what's going on?

12:22 am

stidmama

oh... *joining gang and making extra pink camo jackets for members*

12:22 am

Pinikula

* busting out laughing *

12:22 am

stidmama

I think we need rhinestones on those jackets... *looks for coupon for extra glittery things*

12:23 am

Pinikula

OMG...that's so funny my eyes are watering from laughing!!!!

12:23 am

stidmama

hmph. pink and glitter are NOT laughing matters! *STERN mama look*

12:24 am

Pinikula

* trying to refrain * wiping eyes...sorry mama!

12:24 am

stidmama

*grin* okay, now that jill is laughing so hard the germs don't stand a chance, I shall go away for real. back tomorrow. (((hugs all))) *real poof*

12:25 am

jillibus

bye stiddy!

12:25 am

Pinikula

night stid! :)

12:25 am

Pinikula

are you laughing as hard as I am, jilli???

12:26 am

VolleymomDee

ch 7 as well as ch 8

12:26 am

jillibus

gasp! yes!

12:26 am

Pinikula

can't wait to hear lbd's response!!! * ROFL and still wiping eyes *

12:27 am

Pinikula

can you see us now? a group of not-20-anymores, in pink camo jackets with rhinestones, and foil caps????

12:28 am

jillibus

bearing weapons?

12:28 am

vashongin

ty dee...found them

12:28 am

Pinikula

pink canes, of course!!!

12:28 am

jillibus

like clubs

12:28 am

jillibus

of course

12:29 am

jillibus

maybe pink umbrellas (it might rain)

12:29 am

Pinikula

I could put pink stickers on my rig, too...

12:29 am

vashongin

and with that i have over 50% done on every tile and 13 tiles left

12:30 am

Pinikula

well done, vash ;)

12:30 am

jillibus

wtg vash!

12:30 am

vashongin

ty

12:30 am

rururocks

10 left

12:30 am

Pinikula

we'll have to come up with a suitable name!!

12:30 am

Pinikula

well done, ru!

12:30 am

vashongin

wow ruru

12:30 am

jillibus

see, ruru -- you've become one of the speed demons

12:31 am

Pinikula

jilli...let's put lbd on that task; stid's busy with crafting jackets; I'm driving; and you're awaiting our arrival! :)

12:31 am

jillibus

The Pink Pampereds?

12:31 am

Pinikula

ROFL

12:34 am

Pinikula

off to grab some sleep...will check in tmw to see how everyone's doing...ciao until then!

12:34 am

Pinikula

(feel better, jilli)

12:35 am

jillibus

you feel better too, pini!

12:35 am

VolleymomDee

ca 6 ca 7

12:36 am

sammysmom

camay

12:36 am

rururocks

those I can't find dee

12:37 am

VolleymomDee

all vowels but the 1st c and the 5th letter

12:39 am

rururocks

arrrrrgggh

12:40 am

jillibus

me too ruru

12:40 am

jillibus

did I say I got nbt a while ago?

12:40 am

VolleymomDee

I can't find the stupid a's

12:41 am

ursh

a burrowing animal

12:42 am

VolleymomDee

I found the am 5 and am 6 ty ursh

12:42 am

jillibus

am4 is my Chinese nanny

12:43 am

ursh

ac - common name for a business

12:43 am

VolleymomDee

thx jili

12:43 am

lynxxx

TY Ursh - Hello all

12:43 am

dart001

fireworks..ty for the ca's volley

12:44 am

ursh

wtg dart

12:44 am

VolleymomDee

yqw wtg dart@

12:44 am

ursh

hi lynxxx

12:44 am

VolleymomDee

dart!

12:44 am

lynxxx

Congrats Dart!

12:44 am

VolleymomDee

ha 6/21

12:44 am

jillibus

YAY dart!!!

12:45 am

flosey

wow Dart, wtg

12:47 am

VolleymomDee

wo 6/33

1:01 am

rururocks

ho 6/30?

1:02 am

lynxxx

ho6 - a bit of a trollop - end in a lions house

1:02 am

VolleymomDee

I only have ho 6/24

1:03 am

rururocks

thank you lynxxx

1:04 am

jillibus

yes, ty lynxxx -- got others from that too :)

1:04 am

lynxxx

yw

1:06 am

flosey

could I have a clue for the first ho5 please?

1:07 am

flosey

wow jilli, that is a great write-up you have

1:07 am

dart001

ho 5 looks like a po 5

1:07 am

jillibus

it's a pl, flosey

1:09 am

jillibus

thanks about the write-up -- thanks to Google of course

1:10 am

flosey

got it, thanks jilli

1:10 am

flosey

that's it dart, thanks

1:11 am

dart001

add a letted for the ho 6

1:11 am

dart001

letter

1:12 am

jillibus

sorry about the wrong ho5, flosey :(

1:12 am

flosey

np jilli

1:12 am

flosey

have them all now

1:14 am

flosey

ha5/12, please?

1:16 am

dart001

ha 5/12 native hawaiian

1:17 am

jillibus

no, dart -- it's what native hawaiians call us

1:18 am

dart001

yep..you're right jilli..had that backwards

1:18 am

flosey

got it, thanks

1:19 am

dart001

dont forget the pl

1:20 am

jillibus

ty dart ;)

1:20 am

flosey

yes, thanks dart

1:22 am

lynxxx

BBL

1:27 am

flosey

need a clue for ph6 please?

1:28 am

VolleymomDee

1st 4 letters start like doctor's exam exec often have once a year + horse Mr. ==

1:29 am

flosey

ty Dee, good clue

1:29 am

VolleymomDee

fireworks

1:29 am

VolleymomDee

yw

1:30 am

flosey

wtg Dee

1:30 am

VolleymomDee

ty any other help before I poof?

1:31 am

flosey

me6/21? please

1:31 am

dart001

wtg volley

1:31 am

VolleymomDee

German ...... childhood disease, not mumps (only singular)

1:31 am

VolleymomDee

ty dart

1:32 am

flosey

tyty, Dee

1:32 am

VolleymomDee

yvw... others?

1:32 am

flosey

seems odd to see it as singular

1:32 am

VolleymomDee

I agree

1:32 am

VolleymomDee

I don't think I have ever seen it this way

1:33 am

dcseain

the disease is plural because most get more than one me6

1:33 am

flosey

lol dc, one might look more like a mosquito bite

1:33 am

VolleymomDee

ty dc... have never heard of just one though... interesting

1:34 am

dcseain

quite so, flosey :)

1:37 am

VolleymomDee

well all, I must be poofing; hope you have a great day / eve

1:37 am

VolleymomDee

*poofing with hugs*

1:38 am

dcseain

be well, dee

1:38 am

VolleymomDee

ty dc you, too!

1:39 am

jillibus

flosey, don't you think physio should be a word?

1:39 am

dcseain

i thought physio a prefix

1:39 am

flosey

lol, one of the first I tried jilli

1:41 am

jillibus

lots of prefixes are ok here, dc (and hi!)

1:41 am

jillibus

how's it going, flosey?

1:41 am

flosey

down to 3!! cant get the first ca6

1:42 am

dcseain

that's before the plural dromedaries, yes?

1:42 am

flosey

yes dc

1:44 am

dart001

ends like oklah*** flosey

1:45 am

flosey

thanks dart, looking

1:46 am

flosey

got it, strange words

1:47 am

flosey

and my last, do6 please?

1:47 am

dart001

has two sets of double vowels in it

1:48 am

flosey

tyty dart, for fireworks

1:48 am

dart001

wtg flos!!

1:49 am

flosey

great clues, thanks dart and dc

1:50 am

dart001

yw

1:51 am

dcseain

yvw

1:51 am

jillibus

YAY flosey!!!

1:51 am

flosey

must get to bed, friend is coming in the morning to help hook up router so hubby can use laptop when I'm on computer

1:51 am

dart001

nite flos

1:51 am

dcseain

congrats, flosey :)

1:52 am

jillibus

night flosey :)

1:53 am

flosey

I'm always I'll plug something into wrong port

1:53 am

dcseain

sweet dreams, flosey

1:53 am

flosey

**afraid, I'll plug.........

1:54 am

flosey

see you all tomorrow night

1:57 am

jillibus

flosey, I asked how the physio was going but you were busy

2:02 am

jillibus

guess I missed her :(

2:03 am

jillibus

I'm going to pack it in too -- night all

2:03 am

dart001

me too night jilli

2:15 am

dcseain

g'night jilli and dart

2:35 am

dcseain

HO7 is new to me

2:35 am

fuquayvarina

clue, dc?

2:36 am

dcseain

pl of ho5.12 - sounds like empty inside

2:37 am

fuquayvarina

ah, thanks. I've never seen that spelled that way either

2:37 am

dcseain

yvw

2:39 am

dcseain

ho4.7 saxa - go ho5.16!

2:40 am

Atalante

hello hello lovely people

2:41 am

fuquayvarina

morning, ata! you sound chipper today

2:41 am

Atalante

I think I feel it, too!

2:41 am

Atalante

which is a lovely change

2:43 am

fuquayvarina

great news!

2:44 am

Atalante

what is the bird in your pic, been wanting to ask for ages

2:44 am

fuquayvarina

mountain bluebird, from colorado

2:45 am

Atalante

he's beautiful

2:47 am

fuquayvarina

yes, he is. they were all over the ranch where we stayed on vacation last year and very fun to get to see close up for the first time

2:49 am

Atalante

aww!

2:50 am

fuquayvarina

dc, can you clue that ho 5/16? can't find it

2:54 am

fuquayvarina

oh well. guess dc isn't watching. do you have it, ata?

2:54 am

Atalante

noooo, I'll have a look for it!

2:56 am

dcseain

sorry, back, ate some soup

2:56 am

dcseain

he5.16 is plural. Like Georgetown University sports teams

2:56 am

dcseain

ho5.16 rather

2:57 am

dcseain

ho4 saxa is a standard GU cry, where ho4.7 is singular of the other

2:57 am

fuquayvarina

ah, ty. must look that up

2:59 am

fuquayvarina

thanks, dc. ho4 is also a shrubby climbing plant in the milkweed family. why is the Georgetown team called that?

3:00 am

dcseain

no one knows - their mascot is a grey bulldog

3:01 am

dcseain

are you up early or late, fuquay?

3:01 am

fuquayvarina

early, unfortunately

3:02 am

dcseain

ah, insomniac?

3:02 am

dcseain

or merely sleepless tonight?

3:02 am

fuquayvarina

early awakener. not usually this early, though

3:02 am

fuquayvarina

how about you? what are you doing eating soup at 4 AM?

3:03 am

dcseain

i've been up, and was hungry. picked friends up at airport at Midnight, and agreed to take one a few miles East to pick up a package in a couple hours

3:04 am

dcseain

i'll nap in a bit, and again before my afternoon engagement

3:06 am

fuquayvarina

ah. I'm hoping to go back to bed later too. Rainy day here, good for sleeping I hope.

3:06 am

dcseain

it's supposed to snow here today. A bit early for that, but it's known at this time of year.

3:07 am

dcseain

they say it may start as rain, but should be all snow by noon

3:08 am

fuquayvarina

just flurries here, I guess. I'm heading to DC tomorrow, so hope it won't be too bad

3:09 am

dcseain

only 1-3 inches they're calling for, mostly in grassy areas, so should not be bad, and airports should be open as usual

3:09 am

dcseain

and only rain just a tad bit S and E of here

3:10 am

fuquayvarina

that's the kind of snow I like -- just enough to be pretty

3:10 am

dcseain

any LL words ?

3:11 am

fuquayvarina

fpm

3:11 am

fuquayvarina

don't know, dc. not listing yet

3:14 am

dizgrannie

no ll words

3:16 am

dcseain

ta, diz

3:17 am

dizgrannie

yw

3:23 am

fuquayvarina

could anyone clue the 8 for me? or at least tell me the stats?

3:29 am

fuquayvarina

got it. ch8/60

3:29 am

dcseain

thanks :)

3:42 am

dcseain

What is the plural of Elvis?

3:42 am

dcseain

Costellos. There is only one King.

3:44 am

fuquayvarina

ha

3:45 am

ChrissieDee

not biting dc, sitting here stroking phantom poodle

3:45 am

dcseain

LOL Chrissie, and good morning to you :)

3:46 am

ChrissieDee

hi dc, fuq and all lurkers

3:47 am

fuquayvarina

hi chrissie

3:48 am

ChrissieDee

got the 8, ty fuq

3:49 am

Frances

o

3:49 am

fuquayvarina

yw

3:49 am

dcseain

greetings, frances :)

3:50 am

dcseain

nifty eye animation!

3:50 am

Frances

Oops! Caught out lurking. Good morning all.

3:51 am

Frances

Thanks dc. Like to keep my eye on things.

3:51 am

fuquayvarina

morning, frances

3:51 am

ChrissieDee

hi Frances, it would have been a shame not to share your eye with us

3:51 am

Frances

Morning fuquay.

3:52 am

Frances

Hello Chrissie. Thank you.

3:52 am

ChrissieDee

especially as it gave me the ey4

3:53 am

Frances

Eye have my uses.

3:54 am

ChrissieDee

groan!

3:54 am

dcseain

PO6 want a cracker?

3:54 am

Frances

Yes, sorry about that.

3:55 am

ChrissieDee

ty dc, good clue

3:55 am

Frances

Is that the one that sounds like a parrott dc?

3:55 am

dcseain

indeed so, Frances

3:58 am

Frances

By the way dc, how is Tom now? Haven't been around to chat much recently. So I missed out on any updates.

3:59 am

dcseain

He's quite well, thank you. He returned to work on light duty yesterday, and starts cardiac rehab next week.

3:59 am

dcseain

he had a treadmill test yesterday, which he passed with flying colours :)

3:59 am

Frances

Good news. I'm pleased things are going well.

4:00 am

dcseain

thank you

4:06 am

dcseain

po5 (or ho5) and composure

4:08 am

dcseain

won't you come home Tom Do6, won't you come home?

4:10 am

fuquayvarina

anyone have ph6?

4:10 am

dcseain

PE or gym class, fuquay

4:10 am

fuquayvarina

that is so not a word

4:11 am

dcseain

agreed, but is in ENABLE, FWIW

4:11 am

fuquayvarina

and yet they don't take physio. go figure

4:12 am

dcseain

enable is arbitrary, if nothing else

4:12 am

dcseain

tsk. bad me

4:12 am

fuquayvarina

fireworks! thanks to clues and lickety

4:12 am

dcseain

congrats, fuquayvarina

4:13 am

fuquayvarina

now maybe to try for more sleep. any clues wanted before I go?

4:13 am

DTins

any clue for the ha5/12 please

4:13 am

dcseain

no thanks, i'm nearly done myself, just 6 left

4:14 am

dcseain

ha5 - hawaiian for what person

4:14 am

fuquayvarina

ha5/12: hawaiian word for foreigner

4:15 am

fuquayvarina

hagd, all. poof

4:16 am

dcseain

firewords.

4:16 am

dcseain

i'm going to nap for a bit, happy babbling, yall! {poof}

5:11 am

zoozzoom

Helo , All :-)

5:23 am

Aloyisius

hi zooz.. mighty quiet in the chat room

5:24 am

zoozzoom

Hello, aloy..yes it does seem that way.

5:26 am

zoozzoom

I suppose most people are christmas shopping..lol

5:26 am

Aloyisius

h'mm... sun is not up here yet - what time is it there?

5:27 am

zoozzoom

it is now 11:26am

5:27 am

Aloyisius

ok, five hours diff. since the time changed here.. almost lunchtime for you

5:31 am

Aloyisius

.. so that means.. the flip for you occurs at 6 am?

5:32 am

zoozzoom

yes it is arround that time, but i am usually at work by that time :-(

5:32 am

Aloyisius

ooh, you start early!

5:34 am

zoozzoom

too early for me..lol

5:34 am

Aloyisius

what would be your ideal time to start, if you controlled the workday?

5:37 am

zoozzoom

for me i would like to start about 8am finish for about 1pm :-)

5:38 am

Aloyisius

To alleviate traffic jams and other commuter woes, I wish more employers had flexible work schedules

5:38 am

zoozzoom

but i start work about 05:45am finish approx 10:00am then back in at 4:00pm and finish approx 8:00pm

5:39 am

Aloyisius

.. hope you don't have far to commute

5:39 am

zoozzoom

I`m good for the enviroment as i cycle to work :-)

5:40 am

zoozzoom

no about three miles

5:40 am

Aloyisius

that is terrific! Except.. during bad weather

5:40 am

Aloyisius

so, you cycle 12 mi / day... wow, you must be in excellent shape

5:41 am

zoozzoom

yes i am the type who can eat anything and not put weight on..lol

5:43 am

Aloyisius

lucky ducky, but you need to eat or you would cycle yourself away to nothing, lol!

5:43 am

zoozzoom

i eat lots of food, i am a chef after all..lol

5:44 am

zoozzoom

i do have a problem with chocolate though, i eat at least 10 bars aday.

5:44 am

Aloyisius

oh, zooz... I didn't know! How wonderful! Do you have a specialty cuisine?

5:46 am

zoozzoom

no not at this hotel, it is your average type of food ..it is only a three star hotel, isle of wight is not a place for very rich people ..lol

5:46 am

Aloyisius

did you see the movie Julia/Julie? I loved it.. came home and cooked up a storm!

5:47 am

zoozzoom

Still a beautiful place to be though & the crime rate is very low..we do have problem areas like anywhere i suppose, but better than the mainland UK

5:47 am

zoozzoom

no i have not seen it, i will google it.

5:47 am

Aloyisius

will Google your homeplace later and learn some geography, zooz

5:48 am

zoozzoom

ok no probs

5:52 am

Aloyisius

finding some newbies for me.. brb, coffee refill time

6:00 am

Merk

Good Morning ... thought for the day ... Dew knot trussed yore spell chequer two fined awl mistakes!

6:01 am

Aloyisius

hi Merk! OK .. lol, will remember that

6:05 am

Flask1

Hi all.........Zooz is there not a prison on the Isle of Wight?

6:05 am

Aloyisius

reminds me of the time a friend and I were trying out a translator machine.. her name is Juanita.. the machine said " Jew-AHN-ita", made us both laugh

6:06 am

Aloyisius

hi Flask

6:06 am

Flask1

Hi Aloy, et al

6:09 am

Flask1

obviously not speaking to me.....lol

6:10 am

Aloyisius

may have left the scene, Flask

6:10 am

Flask1

perhaps!

6:11 am

Aloyisius

was going to ask how long it took to bicycle three miles.. maybe 20 min?

6:11 am

Flask1

lol....no idea Aloy.....my mode of transport is a wheelchair!!

6:12 am

Aloyisius

are you motorized?

6:12 am

zoozzoom

Sorry Flask..i was deep into the grid then..yes there is it is called `parkhurst`

6:13 am

periwinkle

sell mels

6:13 am

Aloyisius

double duty time in the pb for peri.. morning, peri

6:17 am

Flask1

Yes Aloy, its electric!!

6:18 am

zoozzoom

Yes Aloy it is around 20 mins..although when the wind is against me as in high winds..it can take a looooong time..lol

6:18 am

periwinkle

ack!! sorry, good morning all. hope there is choclit in the PB

6:19 am

zoozzoom

LOL, helllo, Pri..if there is..i want some :-)

6:19 am

zoozzoom

Peri*

6:19 am

zoozzoom

i cannot spell today it seems..lol

6:20 am

ChrissieDee

chocolate deficiency zooz

6:20 am

zoozzoom

Yes i have only had a few bars today..lol...Hello Chrisse

6:21 am

ChrissieDee

hi everyone

6:21 am

zoozzoom

Chrissie*...geez

6:21 am

Aloyisius

wowee, thanks for the good company, fireworks..

6:21 am

ChrissieDee

throws large cdm to zooz

6:22 am

Aloyisius

hi Chrissie

6:22 am

periwinkle

yay for Aloy!

6:22 am

ChrissieDee

congratulations Aloy ;)

6:22 am

Aloyisius

zooz, ever thought of a scooter for bad weather days?

6:22 am

zoozzoom

WTG Aloy!!

6:23 am

zoozzoom

No thanks, had a bad experience with motors when i was young..hate them.

6:23 am

Aloyisius

ooh, then I don't blame you

6:24 am

periwinkle

right column gray and NBT, woot!

6:24 am

periwinkle

right column gray and NBT, woot!

6:24 am

periwinkle

damn lag

6:25 am

zoozzoom

I have been run over by a car when i was 8 and again when i was 12..then was in a car crash when i was 16..lol..i try and stay away from them

6:25 am

ChrissieDee

off to a flying start peri, wtg

6:25 am

periwinkle

yikes, zooz

6:25 am

Aloyisius

Well, off I go to start my day.. bye to peri, zooz, Chrissie, Merk and Flask.. Happy Babbling!

6:25 am

periwinkle

:)

6:26 am

zoozzoom

Take care Aloy.

6:26 am

ChrissieDee

there seems to be a 4 year pattern zooz, perhaps you should any avoid them on every 4th year, lol

6:26 am

periwinkle

77 words with no prob but no biggies yet

6:26 am

Merk

phooey ... phooy isn't a word!

6:26 am

periwinkle

bye, Aloy

6:26 am

ChrissieDee

bye Aloy

6:26 am

Aloyisius

OUCH... so sorry for those experiences, zooz.. I would avoid traffic too!

6:26 am

zoozzoom

LOL..i had not noticed that Chrissie, you could be right.

6:32 am

movieman

clue for the 8 plz

6:32 am

ChrissieDee

40 left, nice round figure, off for food, bbl

6:33 am

PMS

h

6:50 am

Aussieme

Hey Babblers !

6:51 am

Aussieme

I see its a ch8 MM, but I dont know it yet...

6:53 am

Aussieme

ok, have it now, and the ch7 before it....

6:54 am

Aussieme

**trying to find a clue for it !**

6:55 am

Aussieme

ch**ber pot + lemon*** drink, then plural :)

6:56 am

Aussieme

ch**ber pot is something that went under the bed in days of yore !

6:56 am

Aussieme

is I alone here ?

6:57 am

Aussieme

**luring out lurkers** Hello ?? Is anyone home ??

6:58 am

Aussieme

ok, 116 left to find.... Later all :)

6:58 am

Aussieme

**poof**

7:18 am

lil*monkey

aussie! I jsut missed u

7:18 am

Brookie

hi lil!

7:18 am

lil*monkey

hi Brookie!

7:19 am

lil*monkey

how's the weather in Delaware

7:19 am

Brookie

Very yucky. Thank goodness for indoor climate control!

7:19 am

Brookie

How about in VA?

7:19 am

lil*monkey

yes, yucky here too (coastal Virginia)

7:20 am

gran

ha 5/12 and ha 6/21 - clue please

7:20 am

Brookie

Is it the area near Chicoteague?

7:20 am

lil*monkey

just started gran... i have nothing

7:21 am

Brookie

*thinking of a clue*

7:21 am

lil*monkey

no Brookie, that is the eastern shore of virginia (a peninsula)

7:21 am

gran

OK just seen them and finished

7:21 am

lil*monkey

I am near Virginia Beach

7:21 am

Brookie

congrats qran

7:21 am

Brookie

Thanks, lil. I'm not so hot with my VA geography (which is a sad statement as my boyfriend lives in VA!)

7:22 am

lil*monkey

where does he live, brookie?

7:22 am

Brookie

Although he's very inland -- Lexington, VA

7:22 am

Brookie

He's a professor at Washington and Lee U.

7:23 am

lil*monkey

OK, that's way farther west from me

7:23 am

Brookie

Yes. I'll be driving down there next weekend. 5 hour trip.

7:23 am

lil*monkey

that's a long boring drive :( Wish you were coming to the beach isntead!

7:24 am

lil*monkey

you should have your BF meet you sometime in Wash DC and we could organize a Babbler meet-up

7:25 am

Brookie

That would be great. I've missed all the meet-up's so far, to my regret. I've been telling him how awesome Babble is!

7:26 am

lil*monkey

we're talking about a Babble meetup in Baltimore in the spring, you should try to come to that one!

7:26 am

Brookie

He's a wordsmith too, but not really into the puzzles (more into creating his own play-on-word puns).

7:26 am

Brookie

Baltimore is very do-able!

7:27 am

lil*monkey

great! If you check my profile or dcseain's, you can get details about the Baltimore meetup in the next couple of months, we're talking about meeting in April I think

7:28 am

Brookie

It's great that you two are proactive in organizing these events!

7:28 am

Brookie

I'm taking a break from cleaning my apartment (friend coming over tonight), and my 2-year-old is derailing all my cleaning efforts.

7:29 am

lil*monkey

have a great day! nice chatting with u

7:29 am

Brookie

You too, lil.

7:29 am

PinnyPoppins

hello everybody

7:29 am

Brookie

Hi Pinny!

7:30 am

PinnyPoppins

yesterday was my first babble-free day since stumbling upon this site

7:31 am

Brookie

Congratulations. I can't imagine the willpower it took you... seriously.

7:31 am

PinnyPoppins

i was just super busy!

7:31 am

PinnyPoppins

it was not out of choice

7:32 am

hurshy

it's always a choice.

7:32 am

hurshy

i've driven 14 hours in a day and babbled when i got to my destination.

7:32 am

Brookie

Hi hurshy!

7:32 am

hurshy

h'lo

7:33 am

hurshy

i have also chosen not to babble, on occasion, in order to choose to do other things.

7:33 am

Brookie

We're all clearly dedicated babblers.

7:34 am

PinnyPoppins

ok.... i was just out of the house and couldn'
t get to a computer

7:34 am

hurshy

the advice columnist in "slate" always says, "life is choices".

7:35 am

hurshy

i have felt that that is a good thing to acknowledge.

7:35 am

Brookie

Pinny, you could have broken into someone else's house or place of business and used their computer. :-)

7:36 am

PinnyPoppins

i was in the park

7:36 am

hurshy

but i didn't mean it to be turning a light-hearted convo into a serious one :) ah, there's brookie turning it back

7:36 am

lil*monkey

pinny went to the park with her sister Mary

7:37 am

hurshy

the park?! other nannies take children to the park.

7:37 am

Brookie

Clearly you could have borrowed/stolen someone's cell phone and connect to the Internet that way.

7:37 am

PinnyPoppins

ok - had i wanted to break the law, i could have found my way onto babble yesterday. however, the point of my comment was that after a babble-free day, it's nice to be back

7:38 am

Brookie

Glad to have you back :-)

7:38 am

PinnyPoppins

why thank you!

7:38 am

lil*monkey

pinny, you and Mary could just open Mary's umbrealla and fly anywhere you want... like to an internet cafe

7:39 am

PinnyPoppins

mary is a selfish cow and never lets me use the umbrella

7:39 am

lil*monkey

oh my

7:39 am

hurshy

i guess that's why she's only practically perfect

7:40 am

hurshy

i always wondered

7:40 am

lil*monkey

I hear she cheated on the chimney sweep

7:40 am

PinnyPoppins

don't believe the hype

7:43 am

lil*monkey

evil lurks... bye for now

7:52 am

crosshair

think of me and i appear;0

8:03 am

crosshair

phantom 'camisole"

8:05 am

ChrissieDee

my phantom of the day is poodle

8:05 am

phaeton

ch7 clue please?

8:06 am

phaeton

nm , found it

8:06 am

ChrissieDee

ch + vowel + have a cake, I **** them myself

8:07 am

ladycece920

phaeton -you get the 8 from that also.

8:07 am

phaeton

ty

8:11 am

Jayk

my favorite phantom is polemic

8:12 am

PastorJ

my favorite phantom is cream cheese brownies

8:13 am

PastorJ

I can sm5 them

8:13 am

ChrissieDee

sounds like an american treat, and sounds delicious

8:13 am

PastorJ

but alas, they just aren't there!

8:14 am

ChrissieDee

watch it, you can get fat from the smell of phantom food

8:14 am

Uneaixoise

chrissie to the pb! LOL

8:15 am

ChrissieDee

oh dear, are there any cream cheese brownies in there

8:15 am

Uneaixoise

no doubt!

8:16 am

ChrissieDee

must be where the sm* is coming from

8:16 am

PastorJ

i saw a greeting card once that showed hundreds of donuts on the front; inside it said "this is a rare picture of hips in the larval stage"

8:16 am

Uneaixoise

hurry before I sw*** down and grab them!

8:16 am

Uneaixoise

pastor LOL!

8:17 am

PastorJ

since then I try not to walk near donuts!

8:18 am

ChrissieDee

and finished... enjoyed this grid

8:18 am

Uneaixoise

yay, chrissie!!!

8:18 am

ChrissieDee

off to do something less entertaining. Happy babbling all :)

8:19 am

Uneaixoise

later, chrissie

8:20 am

o-o

phantom: deipnosophist

8:20 am

Uneaixoise

and . . . . he's back!

8:20 am

crosshair

dont forget to pl that as well br

8:21 am

Uneaixoise

crossy LOL

8:22 am

PastorJ

i thought i saw the word hoax, but it was a trick!

8:22 am

Uneaixoise

ok, 60 to go -- taking a breakfast break -- later! *poof*

8:26 am

periwinkle

help with ma5/18 pls

8:26 am

periwinkle

28 left

8:27 am

pabtrek

past tense of the month peri

8:30 am

Anniebrook

Name that classical composer

8:31 am

hurshy

hadyn (or is it haydn?)

8:31 am

Anniebrook

Ding ding ding

8:32 am

hurshy

which spelling?

8:32 am

Anniebrook

haydn

8:32 am

hurshy

thanks

8:35 am

Atalante

helllooooooo

8:36 am

Anniebrook

helloooo, ata

8:41 am

Aussieme

Hey Babblers !!

8:41 am

Atalante

hi aussie!

8:42 am

Aussieme

Hey Ataaaaaaaaa !!

8:42 am

inge

any help with ha 5/12 and 5/21 would be apprecaited.

8:42 am

Aussieme

Annieeee !! Lovely to see you again !

8:42 am

Aussieme

don't have it yet inge, but I will look for you !

8:42 am

inge

Hi Ausie, got my babble expert and am in seventh heaven

8:43 am

Aussieme

isn't it just the greatest inge !

8:43 am

Anniebrook

{{{Ausssieeee}}}}

8:43 am

NonnieLight

Good morning all!

8:43 am

Aussieme

Hey Nonnie !

8:43 am

Anniebrook

inge, were you in the hospital? If so, glad you are back with us!

8:43 am

inge

You dont know how great till you loose it to a virus infection

8:44 am

Atalante

hi nonnie!

8:44 am

inge

no my computer was in repair hospital

8:44 am

phaeton

ha5...ha and spanish cheer

8:44 am

hootowl

the ha is hawaiian for visitors?

8:44 am

hootowl

ansd plural

8:44 am

Anniebrook

hi nonnie, hoot

8:44 am

Aussieme

Hey hoot !

8:44 am

hootowl

hi all

8:45 am

NonnieLight

Remind me again how we get Expert. I lost mine when my computer crashed and haven't put it on the new one yet.

8:45 am

NonnieLight

Hiya Hoot

8:45 am

Aussieme

Nonnie, you have to email Lickety...

8:46 am

phaeton

or someone can email it to you, my daughter did

8:46 am

NonnieLight

OK...thank you Aussie.

8:46 am

Anniebrook

Inge, Thanks goodness it was not you.

8:46 am

NonnieLight

and phaeton

8:46 am

Aussieme

Phae !!!!!! Long time no see :)

8:47 am

phaeton

hi Aussie

8:48 am

inge

you write email to licketysplitAUS@gmail.com

8:48 am

NonnieLight

Thanks inge..I'll do that right now.

8:50 am

phaeton

how is everything with you Aussieme?

8:50 am

ardilla

hi all

8:52 am

hego

Happy Saturday All!

8:52 am

Aussieme

Everything is good right now, apart from my boiler !! the engineer came to service it on tuesday, and I had to call them back out on thursday, because I had no hot water upstairs or down unless I reset the boiler, and it leaked too (this after a service), so they came yesterday morning, it is still leaking, so they are coming out today, sometime between 1 and 8pm.... (it is almost 3pm here)

8:52 am

phaeton

hi hego; ardilla

8:52 am

Aussieme

Other than that, I am fine :)

8:52 am

Aussieme

Happy Saturday Hego :)

8:53 am

Aussieme

Hey Ardilla, long time no see :)

8:53 am

Anniebrook

hi hego and ardilla

8:53 am

hego

Love your snowflake, Phae.

8:53 am

inge

I am diving back in

8:54 am

Aussieme

see you in a bit inge :)

8:54 am

zoozzoom

and fireworks for me.

8:55 am

Aussieme

YAY Zooz !!!!

8:55 am

phaeton

Need a new boiler?

8:55 am

phaeton

wtg zooz

8:55 am

Aussieme

No Phae, just a new condensation trap :)

8:56 am

zoozzoom

these people are supposed to be experts Aussie, and yet they have to come back for the third time to fix what they should of done in the first place.

8:57 am

hego

Hi Zoom. thanks again for all your help last night. You're a doll!

8:57 am

Aussieme

I know Zooz..... what gets me most is... they wanted to charge me again for it !! I flat refused to let them, so they are fixing it for free !

8:57 am

phaeton

Hope they aren't charging you everytime they show up!

8:57 am

zoozzoom

yw Hego :-)

8:57 am

phaeton

Good for you Aussie!!

8:58 am

hego

I was rushing to finish. Had dinner reservations.

8:58 am

Merk

Why isn't 'ades' a word? I use it in crossword puzzles all the time.

8:58 am

zoozzoom

bloody cheeky sods...you should be charging them for having to saty in on your time.

8:58 am

phaeton

enable is very fussy merk

8:58 am

zoozzoom

stay*

8:58 am

Aussieme

They didn't charge me for the service, because I pay a monthly fee for the annual service (this includes a flat fee for any repairs ma4/6)

8:59 am

Aussieme

This is my day off too.... I needed to go food shopping.... (I am NOT a happy bunny, they WILL be getting a snotty letter)

8:59 am

zoozzoom

I don`t blame you.

9:00 am

Aussieme

please may I have a clue for the last po4 ?

9:00 am

zoozzoom

ok any clues needed before i go...as long as they are easy ones..lol

9:00 am

Aussieme

see you were asking as I was typing :)

9:01 am

Anniebrook

po4 is a punch or sock on the jaw in the cartoons

9:01 am

Aussieme

NM !! found it !

9:01 am

Aussieme

lol....

9:01 am

Anniebrook

goody

9:01 am

Aussieme

Thanks Annie !

9:01 am

Aussieme

now I need the po5/12 under the po7....

9:01 am

zoozzoom

great i had to delete all what i was typing..lol

9:01 am

phaeton

clue for the os5?

9:02 am

zoozzoom

plural of the one before the po7

9:02 am

Aussieme

Sorry Zooz, thanks anyway :)

9:02 am

Aussieme

DUH !! **proper fish slap needed for that one !**

9:02 am

zoozzoom

os + i have a brown mark on my skin

9:02 am

Anniebrook

clue for me 6/21 please

9:03 am

Jayk

clues fo the hs5 and ha6? I have 12 to go

9:03 am

Jayk

ha I meant

9:03 am

zoozzoom

os+ little creature that makes mounds of dirt on your lawn

9:03 am

phaeton

red marks on skin...child disease

9:03 am

phaeton

ha...and spanish cheer

9:04 am

zoozzoom

me6 marsh me**** toasted

9:04 am

phaeton

ty zooz

9:04 am

zoozzoom

oops wrong one..me like chicken pox

9:04 am

zoozzoom

me6 like chicken pox

9:05 am

Anniebrook

ah thanks zooz

9:05 am

Aussieme

rofl, I was just thinking, you like chicken pox ??

9:05 am

zoozzoom

yw

9:05 am

zoozzoom

LOL, i have had them so i was told...many years ago now

9:06 am

NANCY

need ha 5/18 please

9:06 am

Aussieme

I had them too Zooz, long ago... and oh so far away.....

9:06 am

zoozzoom

ha+ol4

9:07 am

zoozzoom

not straw Nancy

9:07 am

NANCY

ty, geez, how did i miss that

9:08 am

zoozzoom

lol..i do it all the time

9:08 am

phaeton

ph4 clue please?

9:08 am

zoozzoom

did you understand the clue for ha6 Jayk?

9:09 am

Jayk

zoo--

9:09 am

Jayk

zoo--

9:09 am

Jayk

no

9:09 am

zoozzoom

p+ h** & hers

9:09 am

Aussieme

ph + th** ** it !

9:09 am

Aussieme

or what Zooz says :)

9:09 am

zoozzoom

lol

9:10 am

Jayk

zoos--try me on the ha6 again?

9:10 am

zoozzoom

ha + how **d are you + letter

9:10 am

Aussieme

ha + fire in the h*** + plural for the 6

9:11 am

zoozzoom

Aussie s is better

9:11 am

Aussieme

why thank you Zooz !

9:11 am

Jayk

Thank You!!

9:11 am

hego

Wow! You two are awesome!

9:11 am

zoozzoom

:-)

9:11 am

Aussieme

**blushing at giving a good clue**

9:11 am

phaeton

ty...found both of them

9:12 am

Aussieme

and I still nedd 91 words ! :)

9:12 am

hego

Go Aussie!

9:12 am

zoozzoom

i don`t nedd any ..lol

9:13 am

Aussieme

pthhhhhhht !! **blowing a raspberry to Zooz** :)

9:13 am

Merk

A few odd words today, huh?

9:14 am

Aussieme

Nope, I actually NEED 88 now, I don't nedd any :)

9:14 am

zoozzoom

eww spray that again Aussie..hahaha

9:14 am

Aussieme

Hey Merk, nice to see you :)

9:14 am

zoozzoom

your not wrong there Merk

9:14 am

Jayk

the lo6?

9:14 am

Aussieme

I only got 1 lo word, the first one, I not looking for then yet :)

9:14 am

zoozzoom

plural of the lo5 before it.

9:16 am

zoozzoom

lo5 i need to goto the lo* (toilet) three letter word for frozen water take away the `c``

9:16 am

Jayk

Yes! How stupid of me

9:16 am

zoozzoom

ok i had better get ready for work...bye all, happy babbling.

9:17 am

Aussieme

Later Zooz )

9:17 am

hego

Bye Zoom

9:17 am

Aussieme

*:)

9:17 am

phaeton

bye zooz

9:17 am

Merk

bye zooz

9:19 am

Jayk

missing one ha5 14

9:20 am

NANCY

clue for the ma 5/18 please

9:20 am

Anniebrook

jay, plural the one before

9:20 am

Jayk

past tense of a month

9:21 am

Merk

hoisen is an Asian sauce and not a brand name. Tell 'enable'.

9:21 am

NANCY

ty, good grief that is the month i was born.....

9:21 am

Anniebrook

merk, It's hoisin

9:22 am

phaeton

done

9:22 am

Aussieme

Nancy, I do that all the time too.... I miss such easy fish words !!

9:22 am

Aussieme

YAY Phae !!!!!!!!

9:22 am

Anniebrook

YAY for phaeton!!!

9:22 am

NANCY

well at least for today that is fireworks...

9:22 am

Aussieme

YAY NANCY !!!!!!!!!!!

9:23 am

Anniebrook

YAY for Nancy!!!

9:23 am

hego

Who knew the fifth month is a verb. Jeez!

9:23 am

hego

Congrats you two!

9:24 am

Aussieme

I guess it is hego... please ma* I have a cookie ? See, it fits...

9:24 am

Jayk

oops. i was missing an hO6, not the a

9:24 am

NANCY

aussie, my b' day is almost the same as Georgia's. Mine is the 24th.

9:25 am

Aussieme

Wow Nancy..... thats cool !

9:25 am

hego

No I looked it up. It means to gather flowers.

9:28 am

Aussieme

any way up left...... back in a minute, Georgia needs the toilet....

9:37 am

rururocks

can you re-clue the ma 5/18.. ?

9:38 am

Jayk

missing the ho518. desperate for it!

9:39 am

Katydid0615

ho 5,18 a type of sweatshirt

9:40 am

hego

Ruru, past tense of the 5th month

9:40 am

Jayk

lord! i had it in my head but not in the grid

9:40 am

hego

LOL!

9:41 am

rururocks

thank you hego

9:41 am

hego

Yvw Ruru. Nice I could help you for a change. LOL

9:45 am

Jayk

missing the lo4/4 and the lo5/18

9:46 am

Aussieme

lo4/4 you win some, you lo** some

9:46 am

inge

great fireworks after a six day hiatus

9:46 am

Aussieme

or, plural slang word for toilet

9:47 am

Aussieme

YAY inge !!

9:47 am

hego

Yay!!! Inge

9:47 am

Jayk

i got that one

9:47 am

Jayk

Aussie--I'm an idiot--thx

9:47 am

hego

Jay lo4 is very rich soil

9:47 am

Anniebrook

congrats inge

9:48 am

hego

I need the fist ca6,24 pls

9:49 am

Aussieme

I dont have any ca words yet hego, I am working backwards up the letters....

9:49 am

hego

tx anyway Aussie

9:50 am

Uneaixoise

ca + vowel + not man but w***n

9:50 am

Uneaixoise

and plural

9:50 am

Uneaixoise

hey,everyone! :-)

9:50 am

Anniebrook

I need do 6/21 please

9:50 am

hego

Hi Une! tx

9:50 am

Anniebrook

and hi Une!

9:50 am

Aussieme

Uneeeeeeee !!

9:50 am

Uneaixoise

aussiemmmmeeee!!!!

9:51 am

Uneaixoise

hey, hego and annie :-)

9:51 am

harpjane

good morning

9:51 am

rururocks

while you are at it une. how about the ch5/16>?

9:51 am

Uneaixoise

i have a ch5/16 that's a plural . . . ?

9:51 am

Aussieme

Hey Harp !

9:51 am

Jayk

like the Tom who got hung, poor boy

9:51 am

Aussieme

Hey rurururururururururururururururu !

9:52 am

Uneaixoise

tx jayk!!

9:52 am

Jayk

welcome

9:52 am

Anniebrook

do 6/21 please

9:52 am

rururocks

thank you .. hiya aussie

9:52 am

Uneaixoise

just clued annie

9:53 am

inge

d + duble vowel + cons.+ double vowel

9:53 am

Uneaixoise

like the Tom who got hung, poor boy

9:53 am

Anniebrook

LOL, thanks you two

9:53 am

Uneaixoise

(props to Jayk)

9:54 am

rururocks

lucky Tom

9:55 am

Anniebrook

I am done....that do 6 almsost did me in

9:55 am

hego

RURU!!!

9:55 am

Uneaixoise

congrats, annie!!!!!!!!!!1

9:55 am

inge

I am looking up definitions. The ch 7 is hard to put in a sentence. It is an archaic term

9:56 am

hego

Yay for Annie

9:56 am

rururocks

yes hego?

9:56 am

hego

Lucky Tom. LOL

9:56 am

Jayk

the lo5/18--last one on list?

9:57 am

Uneaixoise

inge, you don't regularly invite enemies to a parley via drum or trumpet?? LOL

9:57 am

rururocks

glad you caught that.. most of my jokes go unnoticed most of the time

9:57 am

Anniebrook

Jay, add a vowel to the word before at the end

9:57 am

Uneaixoise

jayk, add a vowel to lo4/8

9:57 am

hego

Not by me. hee hee

9:58 am

Book Doctor Gwen

morning all (insert time of day) 8-)

9:58 am

inge

that kind of warfare needs to be taught in school

9:58 am

Uneaixoise

hey, gwen! :-)

9:58 am

Anniebrook

Hi gwen

9:58 am

Uneaixoise

inge :-)

9:58 am

hego

Have to go. Have fun kids

9:59 am

Uneaixoise

bye, hego!

9:59 am

Anniebrook

anyone want a clue before I head out?

9:59 am

Anniebrook

bye hego

9:59 am

Uneaixoise

thanks but not right now, annie

10:00 am

Anniebrook

okay then, bye dear babblers

10:00 am

Uneaixoise

bye, annie :-)

10:01 am

Uneaixoise

50 to go . . . BBL *poof*

10:02 am

Jayk

Bless you, une

10:06 am

anike

Annie - can you clue ha5/12 and ha 6/21

10:07 am

Jayk

hawaiian for stranger and then s

10:08 am

inge

ha + Spanish cheer

10:09 am

anike

Got them Ty - fireworks

10:09 am

Jayk

mo4/4--last one?

10:09 am

Jayk

i meant mo4/5

10:10 am

anike

No mo 4/4 jayk

10:10 am

anike

drop the e from little animal and add s

10:11 am

Jayk

fabulous

10:11 am

inge

mo + what e**e is new?\

10:12 am

anike

Gotta go to bed - night all

10:12 am

inge

sleep well, anike

10:12 am

Pinikula

good morning all...

10:15 am

PinnyPoppins

lady pini

10:15 am

Pinikula

hi miss pinny ;)

10:15 am

PinnyPoppins

:)

10:17 am

rururocks

uh oh.. we have a Ping, Pini, and pinny .. it is going to be difficult to sort everyone out

10:17 am

Pinikula

does that make us a triPPPle threat, ru? :)

10:18 am

rururocks

we could have a PIN Ball!

10:18 am

Pinikula

* giggle *

10:19 am

Pinikula

how are you today, ru?

10:19 am

Jayk

why am i getting "word couldn't be added" message?

10:20 am

rururocks

fine..I am thinking about tennis.. but it is 36 degrees outside

10:20 am

rururocks

refresh Jayk...

10:20 am

redturtlehead

hi all!

10:20 am

rururocks

HYA RED

10:20 am

rururocks

Hey red!...

10:20 am

rururocks

My puppy was born

10:21 am

redturtlehead

oh how exciting!!!!!!!!

10:21 am

rururocks

I am soooooo excited..

10:21 am

rururocks

Until he chews up the house..

10:21 am

rururocks

lol

10:22 am

redturtlehead

My Dog let an older man and his wife pet him without getting over stimulated. I am sooo excited!!!!

10:22 am

Pinikula

I think we're ALL excited!!!

10:22 am

rururocks

he should be settling down now red.. it gets better

10:22 am

Pinikula

great news, red!

10:22 am

redturtlehead

He's improving. the vet said she thought he was more active than normal... but whatever.

10:23 am

Pinikula

how long does it take before one settles down in the presence of "new" people?

10:23 am

rururocks

Goldens 3 years

10:23 am

redturtlehead

well pinik, he is 3 now.

10:24 am

rururocks

They are nutballs until they are three... it just comes with the breed

10:24 am

Pinikula

well, that makes me feel better...Koda just turned 2....

10:24 am

Pinikula

(but he's a beagle...so maybe all bets are off)

10:24 am

rururocks

the girls come along sooner 2 & 1/2

10:25 am

redturtlehead

He's show a lot of improvement this year. I think not moving every three months has helped him too!!!

10:25 am

rururocks

Beagles...er.. never

10:25 am

redturtlehead

Ruru, when will you post a photo of your new pup?

10:25 am

Pinikula

gee, thx, ru :)

10:25 am

rururocks

yeah red..part of that is anxiety

10:25 am

rururocks

yes..I will on Flickr

10:25 am

redturtlehead

Awesome!!!! Whats the name?

10:26 am

rururocks

Dylan I think.. that has the inside track

10:27 am

redturtlehead

Nice. Very nice.

10:27 am

Jayk

If you would help with the PO 5/12 third from last and the po 4/5 7th from bottom i would actually have COMPLETED one and would leave you in peace!

10:27 am

redturtlehead

So he will come in March to you?

10:28 am

rururocks

end of Jan I will have him

10:28 am

redturtlehead

Wow, when was he born?

10:28 am

Pinikula

po + to be?

10:28 am

Haz1558

po4/5 - one consonant of the po5/12 that precedes it.

10:28 am

rururocks

plural of swimming place

10:29 am

Haz1558

po5/12 - a plural of po4/5 preceding.

10:29 am

rururocks

He was born Wednesday night..

10:29 am

Pinikula

hi haz ;)

10:29 am

rururocks

HI HAZ!

10:29 am

redturtlehead

So you are getting him at 8 weeks?

10:29 am

Haz1558

*one consonant less (first clue, I'm talkig about)

10:29 am

redturtlehead

hi haz! ruru has news!

10:30 am

Haz1558

Hello, ruru.

10:30 am

rururocks

7 weeks goldens go home

10:30 am

rururocks

8th week is the fear period

10:30 am

Jayk

you guys are the best!! i never thought i'd finish one!!

10:31 am

rururocks

congrats Jayk..well done

10:31 am

Pinikula

congrats, jayk!

10:31 am

Pinikula

enjoying the pretty lights, jayk?

10:31 am

redturtlehead

teulu came to be at liek 11 weeks, which may have added to his problems. I wanted to get him at 12, but....something happened.

10:31 am

Jayk

yes i AM! May spend the rest of the day looking at them

10:31 am

rururocks

have to make mrs. ru some breakfast.. bbl

10:32 am

Pinikula

aren't they fun, jayk?

10:32 am

rururocks

It is better to get pups (Goldens() at 7 weeks

10:32 am

Norma

Hi Babblers can anyone clue the ha5/12 please ;o)

10:32 am

Pinikula

hb ru

10:32 am

Pinikula

hi norma

10:32 am

rururocks

bye for now..

10:33 am

Norma

Hi Pini

10:33 am

redturtlehead

Bye bye Ru and Congratulations on a successful birth of Puppy.

10:33 am

Pinikula

don't have it yet, norma

10:34 am

Norma

Ok thanks for looking

10:34 am

Pinikula

I'll let you know if/when I find it

10:35 am

Norma

Thanks that would be great

10:35 am

redturtlehead

I must clean today. So far I have managed the bathroom. and now I am sitting around. But the kitchen needs me....help!

10:36 am

Pinikula

can't help today, red...I intend to take it totally easy today - may not even get dressed!!!

10:36 am

inge

ha + Spanish cheer

10:36 am

Haz1558

Sorry, didn't mean to ignore anyone, internet had a hiccup.

10:37 am

Pinikula

thx ing ;)

10:37 am

Pinikula

* inge

10:37 am

redturtlehead

LOL Pinik, I am still in Pajamas...

10:37 am

Haz1558

Congratulations to ruru on the puppy, and to Jayk for fireworks.

10:37 am

Pinikula

wb haz ;)

10:37 am

Norma

Thanks inge :-)

10:38 am

Pinikula

stats for the lone E on the right (for nbt)?

10:38 am

Haz1558

ey4

10:39 am

Pinikula

got it! NBT! (THX!)

10:39 am

Haz1558

No problem!

10:39 am

inge

going to get dressed, BBL

10:39 am

redturtlehead

thanks Haz, didnt know I needed it but I sure did11

10:39 am

redturtlehead

I am over half way so going to take a break attempt to clean more.

10:40 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, red.

10:40 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, red.

10:41 am

Haz1558

Chat is playing up with me - I didn't mean to repeat myself, repeat myself. Maybe back later!

10:41 am

Haz1558

Bye!

10:42 am

o-o

I nice calm 8 Â°F (-13 Â°C) today ... good to see the sun

10:42 am

Jayk

norma--

10:43 am

Jayk

like a tree trunk but last letter silent

10:43 am

Jayk

oops

10:45 am

periwinkle

hello all

10:46 am

periwinkle

Haz, I used my new Bissell sweeper! I also dusted!! something I do not do often :)

10:47 am

periwinkle

rats, Haz must have gone. she would appreciate my foray into cleaning

11:10 am

jmcnrick

hi all

11:12 am

welki

hi, jm

11:12 am

jmcnrick

its snowing

11:12 am

Team_Edward

clue on the S bottom right, i have se4,5.. plzzz

11:12 am

rbud

hi, jmc & welki! - just got here - net down at home and was out of town yesterday - now on the PC at work. need...babble...fix! ;)

11:13 am

jmcnrick

poor rbud

11:13 am

jmcnrick

sorry team that's all i have too

11:13 am

welki

hehehe ... you're talking to someone who lives in canada. "it's snowing" is par for the course ... that said .. snow in your neck of the woods is either very pretty (when you're safe at home) or scary (when you're on the road)

11:14 am

jmcnrick

I made a point of getting up to run errands before the snow started

11:14 am

welki

*sets up intravenous babble for rbud*

11:14 am

jmitch

morning all.....just cruised the chat checking weather reports.

11:14 am

Team_Edward

how about the E above it plz

11:14 am

jmcnrick

so its pretty until i have to go shovel the sidewalk

11:14 am

jmcnrick

hi jm

11:14 am

jmcnrick

ey4 team

11:15 am

welki

we had blizzard like conditions yesterday ... more snow and high winds expected today

11:15 am

rbud

ty so much welki, feeling a bit better...

11:15 am

jmitch

it was 1 degree warmer on the Gulf Coast than Portland Maine! Just not right....

11:15 am

Team_Edward

thanks jm

11:16 am

jmcnrick

my poor friends in the south don't have any insulation -- its much harder on them

11:16 am

jmcnrick

yw team

11:16 am

Team_Edward

so happy i live in Florida where it nevers snows, but god does it rain

11:16 am

jmcnrick

it has snowed in florida

11:16 am

jmitch

well we got insulation....need it from the heat. Our heater/furnace is just not up to this tasking!

11:17 am

Team_Edward

not where im at

11:17 am

Team_Edward

and im pretty sure it has been years since it has

11:17 am

rbud

beautiful day here, sunny and now up to 32 deg F from 20 this AM *brrrr*

11:17 am

chrisk

sy4/6 for the bottom right s

11:18 am

jmcnrick

I have stayed in lots of places in Houston, Georgia, Louisiana, and Florida which had slats for doors

11:18 am

jmcnrick

ty chrisk

11:18 am

Shirlockc

first ca6?

11:18 am

chrisk

yw

11:18 am

jmcnrick

my guess would be domedary shir

11:19 am

Shirlockc

got that one jmc

11:19 am

jmcnrick

dromedary

11:19 am

jmcnrick

then house in spanish

11:19 am

welki

ca6 = induced state of paralysis/unconciousness (with the beginning of an eagle's nest thrown in for good measure)

11:20 am

jmcnrick

oops house is only 5

11:20 am

welki

(they're actually little fungus type things ... the word that it looks like is the "induced c*** word)

11:21 am

Shirlockc

thx welki

11:21 am

jmcnrick

isn't that coma?

11:22 am

Merk

c + two vowels + ending for induced co**

11:22 am

welki

succinct and to the point .. thanks, merk :)

11:23 am

Merk

I guess I should say + ending for induced c***. The 7 is the pl.

11:23 am

Merk

... and Fireworks!

11:23 am

jmcnrick

whoo hoo merk!

11:24 am

welsh bookworm

bottom right s: sy as in auld lang sy**

11:24 am

jmcnrick

but still looking for the ca6

11:24 am

jmcnrick

ty welsh

11:25 am

Merk

c + two vowels + ending for induced c***

11:25 am

welki

that is the first ca6, the second is plural of dromedary

11:25 am

Merk

The other ca 6 is a plural of the ca 5, 14.

11:26 am

Merk

I gotta go ... spent enuf time here this morning. See you tomorrow, I hope.

11:26 am

jmcnrick

whew finally got it ty ty!

11:26 am

jmcnrick

bye merk

11:26 am

welki

bye merk

11:26 am

Merk

My computer has been draggingly slow since yesterday. I did a "Go Back", but it didn't help. Best I work on that for awhile.

11:27 am

jmcnrick

bummer merk

11:32 am

jmcnrick

help with the E on the second row for nbt

11:32 am

Scrabbler

Hello all.

11:33 am

jmcnrick

hi scrabs

11:33 am

torgone

To ea** his own ..

11:33 am

Scrabbler

How are you, JM?

11:33 am

welki

el** (letters after k)

11:33 am

rururocks

not no mixed up with an extra vowell jm

11:33 am

jmcnrick

ty torg

11:33 am

welki

el** can i get you anything el**?

11:33 am

jmcnrick

chilly but fine

11:34 am

Sandieangel

ph6/33 anyone. can't find it at all.

11:34 am

Scrabbler

hi Torgone

11:34 am

welki

ohh, i'm off on a wrong e tangent --- oops

11:34 am

welki

ph = abbreviated gym class

11:34 am

rururocks

ph.. is like work out class in school

11:34 am

jmcnrick

but ty welki that got me the last one from that e

11:34 am

torgone

Heyas kids ..

11:35 am

welki

makes you wonder how i manage to dress myself in the morning, eh?

11:35 am

Sandieangel

Oh yes! I see it now. Thanks so much.

11:35 am

jmcnrick

the nice thing about the chog is you don't have to dress yourself

11:35 am

Scrabbler

I am cold too, but we didin't get the predicted 10 inches on snow. Just a covering. So no snowshoeing today.

11:37 am

jmcnrick

suppose to get 2-3 inches

11:38 am

Team_Edward

grrrr still cant get that darn sy 4,6 another clue plz

11:39 am

jmcnrick

auld lang sy**

11:42 am

welki

someone remind me to pick up a nice gift for my monkey ... sure has earned it

11:43 am

Team_Edward

lol diff clue plz, im a dum dum today lol

11:43 am

welki

sy + **vermind, i figured it out myself

11:43 am

jmcnrick

sy+ I want a **w camera for Christmas

11:43 am

Scrabbler

Reminder to all Babblers: give your monkeys holiday gifts as they have helped us out so much

11:44 am

welki

<-- wants a pony

11:44 am

Team_Edward

omg thank you.. didnt think i was goin to get it

11:44 am

jmcnrick

I am watching Curious George's Chirstmas for hints

11:44 am

Scrabbler

*ordering a pony for Welki, from Ponies Unlimited*

11:44 am

Scrabbler

Haha, JM

11:45 am

jmcnrick

(make sure it is a scottish pony to stand up to snow)

11:45 am

Scrabbler

TY, JM. I didn't think of that

11:46 am

jmcnrick

i am going to have to go crank up the heat! brrrrr

11:46 am

jmcnrick

brb

11:46 am

sammysmom

i had to crank up the heat also- put it up to a roaring 64

11:47 am

Scrabbler

I keep mine set at 65 in order to keep gas bill manageable

11:47 am

Team_Edward

i have the ya4,7 clue on the other plz

11:48 am

Scrabbler

I second that request

11:48 am

sammysmom

i was keeping it at 60 but hubby was cold and you can only manage a 1 sweater under a robe so had to do the drastic

11:48 am

Scrabbler

I use layers all winter

11:49 am

Scrabbler

I was thinking of buying a Snuggie but I try to avoid trendy things

11:49 am

welki

yo + **hoti, that babblet

11:50 am

Scrabbler

yo + *ear Santa letter + Merry C*ristmas

11:50 am

welki

snuggies aren't trendy ... they've been around forever. we have a standing joke in my unit that we're going to buy each other one for the holiday exchange :)

11:50 am

Team_Edward

thanks got it

11:51 am

sammysmom

how about a robe on backwards for the front and another on the regular way- that sounds toasty

11:52 am

Scrabbler

Ooh, nice, SM

11:53 am

sammysmom

heh heh- i m an old yankee and if its one thing i learned as a kid in maine- it was to improvise- use whachyagot and don t worry about fashion

11:53 am

welki

problem with snuggies for me is taking it off ... all nice and warm and cozy ... then taking it off when it's time to (1) make tea, (2) change channel, (3) go to bed (or bathroom) .... welki, ove-ranalyzing a $20 purchase (typical)

11:54 am

sammysmom

i bought several bathrobes at garage sales over the summer for a buck each- hubby loves the pink one

11:54 am

welki

<-- loved bar harbor

11:56 am

sammysmom

me too welki- bah haba is for rich folks and fisherman- i grew up poooooor in portland-lol

11:56 am

Scrabbler

I just looked at the Snuggie site--$19.95 and then S & H. I can get a lot more fleece for that price from the fabric store

11:57 am

welki

sammy, i was there 28 years ago .. didn't seem too high-pocketed at the time. but a beautiful area, even if it is :)

11:57 am

sammysmom

20 bucks is way too much to pay for a 10 dollar robe-lol

11:58 am

Scrabbler

Yep, and I am Queen Frugal

11:59 am

sammysmom

it is truly beautiful welki- i would rather live almost anywhere in maine than anywhere else- but things are so expensive there now- i can t even afford to move there-lol

12:01 pm

JBV

hi, babblers! just back from my Chinese class - it's beginning to make some sense (after 8 lessons)

12:01 pm

sammysmom

we go home to visit as often as we can- my family is there- but 5 years between visits is a loong time

12:01 pm

Scrabbler

Hi JBV--good for you. That is a language I would not get.

12:03 pm

JBV

and welki, saw your post about the snuggie - i'm with you - it's not convenient at all for those of us who don't sit still for very long

12:04 pm

JBV

i just wear my good old sweaters and wool socks, and layer up

12:04 pm

Scrabbler

Maybe I will buy a huge piece of fleece, cut ho5 in for head + arms, and have it hang over me...make sense?

12:05 pm

sammysmom

layers is goooooood

12:05 pm

Scrabbler

That's what I usually do--layers with fleece

12:05 pm

sammysmom

yes it does scrabb

12:05 pm

welki

my area is expecting a fair amount of cold weather over the next few days ... will need more than a snuggie to keep warm when the wind chills are in the -30s

12:06 pm

Scrabbler

My mother is on her 2nd call with me--first one lasted 1 hr. She has a lot to say

12:06 pm

welki

sounds like a poncho, scrabbs :)

12:06 pm

sammysmom

yes- a floor length poncho sounds great

12:07 pm

Scrabbler

Yes, a fleece poncho!

12:07 pm

welki

i think the attraction of the snuggie is that it has arms, not just arm-holes

12:07 pm

sammysmom

over a robe of course

12:07 pm

welki

and sweats, too

12:07 pm

sammysmom

yup\

12:08 pm

welki

with morning hair and socks that have pulled down some so the toes are longer than our feet .... yeah, that's us, the fashion makers!

12:08 pm

JBV

i have been known to don a beret to keep the grey cells warm

12:08 pm

welki

talk about trendy *lol*

12:08 pm

JBV

good thing we don't have a video cam here

12:09 pm

welki

the beret covers the morning hair, too ... nice strategy

12:09 pm

Scrabbler

(wearing grey sweat shirt + pants = pajamas)

12:10 pm

welki

later, folks ... going to survey what i should be doing around the house this weekend (aside from the ever-present laundry)

12:10 pm

sammysmom

i have an ancient knitted cap that is so comfy and have convinced friends that it is now back in fashion

12:11 pm

Scrabbler

Bye Welki

12:11 pm

JBV

i think that's the next marketing niche, sammy - caps in fashion colors to match the snuggie!

12:12 pm

sammysmom

yup

12:12 pm

sammysmom

or they will add a hoodie to it and charge another ten bucks

12:13 pm

sammysmom

and lets not forget the tuck-under finger flaps - for an additional fee of course

12:16 pm

JBV

one thing that actually is a good idea is some of those items that you warm up in the microwave - I have a neck cushion that you can wear across your back or neck, feels great for a while - you can also warm up your socks or slippers

12:17 pm

Scrabbler

Smat idea, JBV

12:18 pm

ch1212

I love my 'bed buddy'. I put mine in the microwave, then warm up my bed before I get in. I also have one that goes around my neck, and has scented lavender and other herbs.

12:18 pm

Scrabbler

I need breakfast! I stayed up late (tennis ladies' party last night) and slept till 11. I need to eat! bye.

12:19 pm

sammysmom

when i was a kid in maine- we kept bricks in the oven of the wood stove- you would wrap the hot brick in flannel and take iit to bed with you to keep warn- and god help you if you forgot to bring it doen in the morning i would have frozen to death in my sleep without it- we did not have central heating

12:19 pm

JBV

bye scrabbler

12:19 pm

jmcnrick

how was teh party?

12:20 pm

ch1212

brrrrr, sammy

12:31 pm

sammysmom

ch- i was so acclimated to being cool- that after i moved to ohio i couldn t wear a coat in the winter for the first 10 years- only a sweater-lol

12:31 pm

ch1212

lol!

12:32 pm

JBV

and the reverse is also true - I work with people who are from the caribbean, when the temperature drops into the 50's, they bring out the snowsuits, furlined gloves, etc!

12:32 pm

sammysmom

hubby would sleep on the living room sofa because i would not allow heat in the bedroom-- i would start to sweat if the heat hit 60

12:33 pm

jmcnrick

i have trouble flying to texas and back from December to February because i dress so differently in those months up north

12:33 pm

sammysmom

true-jb

12:34 pm

sammysmom

have a friend from florida and she can t stay in my house in the winter- and i will not go to florida because of the heat

12:34 pm

ch1212

And again (with emphasis) BRRRRR! lol! Now I'm off to the kitchen to bake pumpkin/cranberry bread :)

12:34 pm

sammysmom

i understand jm

12:35 pm

sammysmom

hmmmm- baking- now that soulds like a nice project

12:41 pm

razor

o

12:41 pm

jmcnrick

hi razor

12:46 pm

rbud

2nd Y word? - have sweet potatoes

12:47 pm

jmcnrick

yo+ writer *. *. Lawrence

12:48 pm

rbud

ty!

12:48 pm

jmcnrick

yw

12:48 pm

jmcnrick

I hope one of my neighbors shovel my sidewalk!

12:49 pm

rbud

no snow here yet, really, just some flurries the last couple of days. Not looking forward to it, I'll be the one shovelling here at the library, sigh.

12:50 pm

jmcnrick

:-( that was on e of the things i hated about my law office was having to leave my house and then go to the office and shovel!

12:51 pm

jmcnrick

having my office in a church means someone el4 shovels

12:51 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Yuch- snow.

12:52 pm

jmcnrick

hey kap

12:52 pm

rbud

luckily the town has to do our driveway at home, it's still technically a street. It's a block long. But they leave us till last, usually.

12:53 pm

Kaplan the Magne

'sup?

12:53 pm

jmcnrick

my street isn't really high priority either but i am near enough to a main street that I do okay

12:55 pm

rbud

we're the only ones on our dead end driveway

12:55 pm

rbud

but work is only 2 blocks away for me, I like that.

12:56 pm

jmcnrick

when there was a blizzard here a few years ago, our neighbors paid to have the street cleared it wsa taking so long!

12:56 pm

Kaplan the Magne

hama

12:56 pm

Kaplan the Magne

chaem

12:56 pm

Kaplan the Magne

chaes

12:56 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Yikes- sorry!

12:57 pm

jmcnrick

and none of them useful! lol

12:57 pm

rbud

drat, none of them worked! ;)

12:57 pm

pythonx

at least give some we can use! lol

12:57 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Anyway- those were not words so you don't need to guess them.

12:57 pm

rbud

teehee, we all think alike!

12:57 pm

jmcnrick

hi pyth!

12:57 pm

pythonx

hi jmc

12:58 pm

jmcnrick

i am struggling to 1/2 so I can take a break

12:59 pm

Good Enough

Kaplan, I believe I'm mad at you

12:59 pm

jmcnrick

hi good -- don't be mad at kap!

12:59 pm

rbud

I'm at 98, will try for 100, but it's time to go home - where my net might be down. Don't wanna go! *whine*

1:00 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I said I was sorry. And I didn't give away any vital words.

1:00 pm

jmcnrick

poor rbud -- can't you stay late at the library?

1:01 pm

Good Enough

I believe you were the one touting the praises on babble on wordsplay - now look at me!

1:01 pm

tijani

ca6/24 please the first one

1:01 pm

rbud

I think hubby wants to go somewhere. :(

1:02 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Why- what happened?

1:02 pm

pythonx

does he actually think anything is more important than babble, rbud?

1:02 pm

jmcnrick

think of being unconscious and throw in a couple of extra vowels at the start for ca6/24

1:03 pm

Good Enough

Kaplan, I'm hooked! Spending way too much time on this crazy thing!

1:03 pm

jmcnrick

oooo kap trap good into babble!

1:03 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Which- on wordsplay or here?

1:03 pm

tijani

no idea jm

1:03 pm

jmcnrick

so go pro good!*wrings hands* bwahahahahaha

1:03 pm

rbud

okay, 101, and just got NBT, off I go. (lol, python, if I have to, I'll sneak back here later!)

1:03 pm

jmcnrick

hmmm let me think tij

1:04 pm

jmcnrick

bye rbud, be safe

1:04 pm

pythonx

bye rbud

1:04 pm

Good Enough

You too jmc - telling me to stay up and wait for the flip!

1:04 pm

Kaplan the Magne

You mean what I said on wordsplay got you hooked here? I got here when wordsplay was down for 15 minutes and I was jonesing.

1:04 pm

jmcnrick

wasn't the flip a hoot?

1:05 pm

Good Enough

yes! thats the problem!

1:05 pm

jmcnrick

ca+vowel+ ***ha nebraska

1:05 pm

tijani

thx alot

1:06 pm

pythonx

and plural for the ca7

1:06 pm

jmcnrick

that did it?

1:06 pm

tijani

yah

1:06 pm

jmcnrick

ty pyth i forgot the pl! lol

1:08 pm

jmcnrick

what are the stats on the 8

1:09 pm

pythonx

ch8 / 60

1:09 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Well- this is a bit more satisfying than wordsplay, and the chat is funner. Which is a word, I decided. Welcome to a new addiction

1:09 pm

jmcnrick

ty pyth

1:09 pm

pythonx

yw

1:10 pm

pythonx

made it half way, bbl for the rest

1:10 pm

jmcnrick

wtg pyth c u later

1:10 pm

welki

re-hi folks

1:11 pm

jmcnrick

wb welki

1:11 pm

welki

one load out, one load in ... rest of the house looks like it can wait unti tomorrow (hate cleaning twice over the weekend ... and if i do it today, will have to re-do tomorrow (thank you doggies))

1:12 pm

jmcnrick

lol tell your dogs to clean up after themselves

1:12 pm

welki

did anyone else take pics at your luncheon last weekend, jm?

1:12 pm

jmcnrick

no my camera was stolen when my house was burgled

1:13 pm

welki

they're actually pretty good, but they shed. boy do they shed.

1:13 pm

jmcnrick

my son told me last night that he Stumbled Upon Babble

1:13 pm

jmcnrick

he said he looked for a while to see if I was in the chog and then moved on since this was my space

1:13 pm

welki

i wear black for work most of the time (just because), so if i don't keep up with the hair, i run the risk of looking like i just came from playtime with the pooches

1:13 pm

jmcnrick

he's so sweet

1:14 pm

jmcnrick

my cat is white and dark grey so there is nothing you can wear and not get hairy

1:14 pm

welki

that's pretty classy of him ... guess he's thinking ahead, that he might feel a wee bit 'oppressed' if mom visited his sites

1:15 pm

jmcnrick

his sites are mainly car and motorcycles pages so there is little threat there!

1:15 pm

jmcnrick

but I do talk about babbleland a lot so he knows it is important to me

1:15 pm

jmcnrick

and I would have been really embarrassed if he knew I used his photo for an icon!

1:16 pm

welki

my cat is grey with a little white on her chest

1:16 pm

welki

lol ... 'mom, you're soooo busted'

1:17 pm

jmcnrick

he would have been pissed! lol

1:17 pm

tijani

da6/24 please

1:17 pm

welki

tables would have been turned for sure. 'i am so disappointed in you. how could you have ....'

1:17 pm

jmcnrick

sorry don't have it tij

1:18 pm

welki

a da6 in distress

1:18 pm

jmcnrick

so true I should be better behaved

1:18 pm

jmcnrick

ty welki

1:18 pm

jmcnrick

2 more words to 1/2 way!

1:18 pm

welki

aw heck jm .. there has to be SOME place on the face of this good earth where we don't have to be on our best behavior all the time. this is da place.

1:19 pm

jmcnrick

I am soo not on my best behavior here!

1:20 pm

welki

we spend our time at work dancing around semantics, professional protocol and political correctness ... we deserve to be a little naughty :)

1:20 pm

tijani

thx welki

1:20 pm

welki

'welcome

1:20 pm

jmcnrick

i tell you it is especially hard in the peace community

1:21 pm

welki

yep, i suppose you have some pretty interesting challenges *lol*

1:21 pm

jmcnrick

i am expected to say things like "peace points" rather than "bullet points"

1:21 pm

jmcnrick

makes me gag! :-P

1:21 pm

welki

lawdy

1:22 pm

welki

guess i'm a little freer in my work community

1:22 pm

welki

then again, as you might have guessed, there's not much i won't say .. i just try to say it ~~nicer~~ at work

1:23 pm

jmcnrick

i even got a note from a donor complaining that he had heard my organization was in a dispute with another organization

1:23 pm

jmcnrick

and that we had to stop disagreeing our he would stop donating

1:23 pm

jmcnrick

he donates $10/year!!!!!!

1:24 pm

jmcnrick

*runs around chog pulling hair out*

1:24 pm

welki

because disagreement is a violent action? oh my goodness. always the big spenders who have something to say

1:24 pm

welki

you need to get yerself a gun *lmao*

1:25 pm

jmcnrick

I will pass on the gun but I do get frustrated!

1:25 pm

Angelsong

hi, all..hi, ch12

1:25 pm

jmcnrick

hi angel

1:25 pm

welki

hehehe .. you're a lawyer. the nature of your profession is based on dispute and conflict. no wonder jack is such a pal :)

1:26 pm

welki

ch12?

1:26 pm

jmcnrick

no the nature of my profession is the resolution of disputes!

1:26 pm

jmcnrick

but yes, jack is my best friend at times! lol

1:26 pm

jmcnrick

is ch12 here?

1:26 pm

welki

if no dispute, there'd be no need to resolve. chicken before the egg

1:27 pm

jmcnrick

phone

1:27 pm

welki

no ch12

1:28 pm

tijani

do6/21 plz

1:28 pm

welki

hang down your head, tom do****, but spelled differently

1:30 pm

welki

make sense?

1:30 pm

tijani

thz welki

1:30 pm

welki

ahh, good :)

1:30 pm

welki

well, back to chores. bbl

1:31 pm

Scrabbler

Back from brunch, cleaning

2:04 pm

jmcnrick

back from phone

2:06 pm

jmcnrick

1/2 way so I am going to get some work done bbl

2:06 pm

jmcnrick

*footsteps echo in the empty chog*

2:07 pm

jmcnrick

*poof*

2:11 pm

crosshair

back for a few more;0

2:17 pm

crosshair

crossy streaks neeked through the chog!..fwappity..fwappity!..FWAPPITY!.
.

2:18 pm

joansiebone

crossy it is tooo cold for that!

2:19 pm

crosshair

sun is out today and its 10c!

2:19 pm

sprite

evening all

2:19 pm

crosshair

howdy sprite

2:20 pm

joansiebone

that my point

2:20 pm

inge

back to my old icon, right?

2:21 pm

inge

good, it worked. I had to get it from my sudoku icon

2:22 pm

crosshair

i feel neeked without my refular icon..fwappity..fwappity!

2:22 pm

crosshair

regular even

2:22 pm

inge

crossy, was taht you I say nekkid

2:23 pm

sprite

it is Sinterklaas icon day!

2:23 pm

crosshair

not me,im wearing mistletoe in honour of the season;0

2:23 pm

inge

*saw nekked* even

2:24 pm

inge

Sprite I tried to change to Sinterklaas. My computer is still in recovery mode

2:24 pm

sprite

thanks for trying anyway, inge!

2:24 pm

crosshair

sinterclass ?

2:25 pm

sprite

see my profile, crossy... it is all there.

2:26 pm

o-o

Hello, sprite. Are you humming white christmas?

2:27 pm

sprite

*grins* Not yet, not yet. It is Sinterklaas, so that asks for other songs. Counting down though... how many more days until after Xmas?

2:28 pm

o-o

21

2:28 pm

sprite

almost there then. How are you today, BabbleRabble?

2:29 pm

o-o

I am erect and able to take nutrition

2:30 pm

sprite

I will take that as describing your whole physique and not just a part... sounds not too bad, though not yet radiantly happy.

2:30 pm

o-o

Saw my doc yesterday and he said I talk too much and listen too little ...

2:30 pm

sprite

was he projecting?

2:30 pm

o-o

I told the doc if he had more to say I would listen harder

2:31 pm

sprite

and if he had anything sensible to say, you would listen, period.

2:31 pm

o-o

precisely

2:31 pm

o-o

He describes me as a "difficult" client

2:32 pm

o-o

I like him a lot

2:32 pm

sprite

not very helpful from your doc. But perhaps he likes difficult clients. They are the most interesting.

2:33 pm

o-o

He said he has been helping people for over fifty years ..

2:33 pm

o-o

I told him people are never too old to learn and he chuckled

2:34 pm

sprite

:-)
He sounds very ok. Did he have anything to add that actually might help you?

2:35 pm

crosshair

he called you difficult? i find that hard to believe;))

2:36 pm

o-o

Yes, we changed my meds a bit to accommodate the difficulties I have during winter

2:36 pm

sprite

at least he is fair and square about it.

2:36 pm

jillibus

Hi all -- just got fireworks :)

2:36 pm

o-o

I know, crossy ... I was shocked

2:36 pm

crosshair

well,off to face the hoards..1 present each thats it..pray for crossy

2:36 pm

sprite

Ah good, I hope it will help. *sends a bit of sunshine over*

2:36 pm

sprite

jilli, wtg!

2:37 pm

o-o

congrats, jilli

2:38 pm

sprite

great writeup and icon, jilli!

2:39 pm

jillibus

same to you, sprite!

2:39 pm

sprite

did you know that in some regions scissors are not allowed on Sinterklaas-avond? All packages have to be opened by hand.

2:39 pm

sprite

thanks :)

2:40 pm

jillibus

Oh, wow!

2:40 pm

o-o

Thanks to both of you for the information

2:40 pm

crosshair

lol sprite,ive never seen a cutting tool ever needed at the base of out trees,claws seem to work just fine,as long as you dont mind the paper fallout

2:40 pm

jillibus

You must be busy today, sprite -- or is it pretty well over?

2:41 pm

jillibus

a pleasure, babrab

2:41 pm

sprite

then you have never celebrated a decent Sinterklaas avond, crossy :)

2:41 pm

sprite

you're very welcome, babbleRabble

2:42 pm

sprite

jilli I have been soooo bad about it. I didn't want to celebrate, my love didn't and my son didn't. Only my girl wanted to celebrate. So I asked my sister, who has 2 'believing' kids, if Caya could join them. Everybody loved the solution. So I have been busy with making packages and poems, but this evening is very quiet :D

2:42 pm

jillibus

what does avond mean?

2:43 pm

sprite

evening

2:43 pm

crosshair

hence the reason i have de-comericalized the melbourne family christmass the last 5 years or so,try and recapture the reason for the season

2:44 pm

sprite

sinterklaas is not about commerce. If you read jilli's profile text, it says it all. It is about the fun. And Christmas we don't celebrate with gifts, here. Most don't, anyway, though America's influence is growing.

2:45 pm

crosshair

sound good indeed sprite

2:45 pm

jillibus

What do you do at Christmas?

2:46 pm

sprite

Christmas here is traditionally celebrated at home, with a Xmas tree and decorations, lots of candles, family dinner, singing Xmas songs. If weather allows, a walk through the woods should be part of the fun.

2:47 pm

jillibus

Sounds lovely. I'm not looking forward to Christmas this year.

2:47 pm

sprite

woods or any other part of nature, actually.

2:47 pm

sprite

why is that, jilli?

2:47 pm

o-o

The holidays are fraught with unrealistic expectations, stress and disappointment for many

2:48 pm

sprite

that is exactly it, BabbleRabble. For many it is the stressiest time of the year. What I remember best about the holidays in my youth was the tension between the illusion of how COZY it was and how happy we all were, and the reality of all the fights and beatings and humiliations. It was sick.

2:49 pm

jillibus

Dinner is to be with my granddaughter's boyfriend's family -- six of them, and I've been told I should get little presents for all of them. They are complete strangers, except for a 6-year-old girl I met at Thanksgiving.

2:50 pm

sprite

oh dear, that is not easy. Some neutral little things then... pens, postcards, stuff like that?

2:50 pm

jillibus

I hope I can convince them that there should not be a gift exchange at Christmas dinner. We have out family gift that morning.

2:50 pm

jillibus

*our family gifts

2:51 pm

jillibus

d-i-l suggests gift certificates -- Starbucks for one of them, something called Timmy Ho's for another, ugh!

2:51 pm

sprite

yeah, or go with the flow, maybe? It might be fun, though maybe not really in tune with Xmas dinner?

2:52 pm

sprite

not at all your kind of thing, I suspect? Though it is easy to get, gift certificates.

2:52 pm

jillibus

I have enough to do, with cards and wrapping gifts for the family . . . maybe I'm just lazy

2:53 pm

jillibus

It's not easy to get those gift certificates HERE. Those places don't exist.

2:53 pm

sprite

I'd say be lazy and do the certificates. You will save your energy by not shopping for them and not arguing with them about gifts or no gifts.

2:54 pm

sprite

ouch. Can your d-i-l fix them for you?

2:55 pm

jillibus

Probably. She has also suggested I get a ski pass for my granddaughter at a mountain near them -- but I have no idea how to do that.

2:56 pm

Joanne123

go online and check

2:56 pm

sprite

I will whisper this, so you can ignore me if you don't want to hear it... but can't you claim some help because of your respectable age? If she can do it for you, fine.

2:56 pm

jillibus

D-i-l and son are frantically busy right now with rehearsals and set-building for the play they're doing at the school -- The Importance of Being Earnest, running from Dec 10 - 18.

2:56 pm

Joanne123

find out the ski resort

2:57 pm

jillibus

Thanks, Joanne. Mount Seymour is the place -- don't know if there's a website.

2:58 pm

Joanne123

there has to be

2:58 pm

Joanne123

and your very welcome

2:58 pm

Joanne123

there's a site for everything these days

2:59 pm

sprite

jilli:
http://www.mountseymour.com/pas
ses

3:00 pm

Minveryork

Hi to my fellow babblers!How is everyone doing today

3:00 pm

Minveryork

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

3:00 pm

Joanne123

getting ready for company Christmas party

3:00 pm

sprite

hi Minver

3:00 pm

JBV

Hi, babblers - trying to get to the end of this grid - 32 more to go

3:01 pm

Minveryork

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

3:01 pm

JBV

hi Min!

3:02 pm

Joanne123

i need 31 gruelling words

3:02 pm

Joanne123

ca6 please the first

3:02 pm

sprite

and jilli, there is also a lessons' page. Maybe a little nicer prices.

3:02 pm

JBV

hard to clue, Joanne, thinking....

3:03 pm

Joanne123

ok

3:03 pm

jillibus

I was just at the website, thanks, sprite. I'll keep it in mind.

3:03 pm

JBV

ca + sign after cancer L**, + pa's wife

3:03 pm

sprite

yvw jilli. If I can help in any way, let me know.

3:03 pm

sprite

Minver, I like your icon!

3:04 pm

jillibus

I don't think she needs lessons -- she's pretty expert. Her bf snowboards.

3:04 pm

sprite

oh and your pictures of jack!

3:04 pm

Minveryork

Thank you sprite. Never heard of Sinterklaas before.

3:04 pm

Minveryork

ca 6/24 is ca plus L** the Lion plus not pa Joanne123.

3:04 pm

sprite

for me it is one of the fun things about the icons. We all get to know about new things :)

3:05 pm

jillibus

ca6 & 7 - ca + vowels except for fifth letter. The 7 is the pl.

3:05 pm

Joanne123

tyty

3:05 pm

sprite

great clue, Minver, thanks

3:06 pm

Joanne123

were awsome clues

3:06 pm

Minveryork

yw

3:06 pm

JBV

any ideas for the A on top? all i have is am 4, am 5 and 6

3:06 pm

sprite

and as we all knew, the word means: (in fungi) an aecium in which the spores are formed in chains and not enclosed in a peridium.

3:07 pm

jillibus

I concede to Min's great clue :)

3:07 pm

jillibus

ac4/6

3:07 pm

sprite

ac 4 and 5

3:07 pm

JBV

thanks jilli and sprite

3:08 pm

sprite

one missing in action here

3:08 pm

Atalante

I knew that

3:08 pm

sprite

hi JBV :)

3:08 pm

JBV

hi sprite!

3:08 pm

jillibus

which one, sprite?

3:08 pm

sprite

of course you did, silly Ata. You are the pro on stuff like that.

3:09 pm

sprite

lol jilli, if I knew that, it wouldn't be missing. I have ac x 2 and am x 3.

3:09 pm

Atalante

didnt really lol. probably should have done though

3:09 pm

Minveryork

Hi Atalante! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

3:09 pm

sprite

hehehe well, you would have known where to find the info fast, for sure.

3:09 pm

jillibus

ad4, and another am

3:09 pm

JBV

got the last a - it's am 4

3:10 pm

JBV

indian nurse, sprite

3:10 pm

Atalante

yes, maybe :)

3:10 pm

jillibus

NOT Indian -- Chinese. Indian is ayah.

3:10 pm

cybernan

hi all -- 120 down and still listless, but not for long, I think!

3:10 pm

sprite

I think I have the nurses.

3:10 pm

JBV

ok, thanks, jilli

3:11 pm

sprite

oh no I didn't. Thanks :D

3:11 pm

jillibus

I know because I had the Chinese kind as a kid there.

3:11 pm

JBV

sadh

3:11 pm

Joanne123

ohh just got the ch7/8 on my monkeys

3:11 pm

JBV

oops - sorry, but it's not a word anyway

3:11 pm

sprite

no, sinh is but sadh not :)

3:11 pm

jillibus

hi nan

3:12 pm

sprite

hi nan

3:12 pm

JBV

did you grow up in China, jilli?

3:12 pm

sprite

thnx Joanne

3:12 pm

Joanne123

yvw

3:13 pm

JBV

I'm studying Chinese now - it's starting to sink in after about 3 months of lessons

3:13 pm

jillibus

yes, JBV. See my bio if you scroll down.

3:13 pm

sprite

that is rather fast, JBV. Incredibly different in any way from the languages you knew, right?

3:13 pm

jillibus

I never learned the language but my parents did. My Scottish dad was fluent and could write it too.

3:14 pm

JBV

yes, sprite, it's a big stretch for me, but fun - i'm catching on which is so exciting

3:14 pm

cybernan

what is the alpha numeric for the ch 7, please?

3:14 pm

sprite

wonderful, JBV!

3:15 pm

Joanne123

ch44

3:15 pm

jillibus

ch7/44

3:15 pm

cybernan

ty joanne

3:15 pm

cybernan

and jill

3:15 pm

Joanne123

yvw

3:16 pm

jillibus

yw ;)

3:16 pm

jillibus

nan, the 8 is the pl

3:17 pm

cybernan

got it -- ty

3:17 pm

periwinkle

hello all, I found my sunglasses that have been missing since the end of June! found them quite by accident too.

3:17 pm

sprite

gratz periwinkle

3:17 pm

jillibus

I have to go and get some lunch. Not hungry. Still coughing.

3:18 pm

jillibus

hi peri

3:18 pm

periwinkle

they were in a shoebox with the shoes I wored to a wedding. I had to take the box out of the closet fo put someething under it and decided to open the box to see which pair of shoes were there. had no idea the sunglasses would be there too!!

3:18 pm

jillibus

where were they?

3:18 pm

sprite

take care of yourself, jilli. Drink plenty, at least, ok? *hugs*

3:19 pm

Joanne123

byeee jill

3:19 pm

periwinkle

I was blaming the cats for hiding them

3:19 pm

jillibus

sensible place for sunglasses

3:19 pm

sprite

I am afraid you blamed them for something they didn't do, lol.

3:19 pm

jillibus

I'll be baaaack

3:20 pm

JBV

that's good news, peri - gives me hope that I may still come across a lost set of carkeys - they must be here somewhere

3:20 pm

periwinkle

wow, my typing stinks

3:20 pm

periwinkle

wow, my typing stinks

3:20 pm

periwinkle

wow, my typing stinks

LOL jilli

3:20 pm

periwinkle

wow, my typing stinks

LOL jilli

3:20 pm

periwinkle

wow, my typing stinks

LOL jilli

3:20 pm

periwinkle

wow, my typing stinks

LOL jilli

3:20 pm

sprite

seriously seeking for something el4 often helps, JBV ;)

3:20 pm

periwinkle

rats, I hate when that happens

3:20 pm

sprite

I agree, peri, LOLLLLLLL

3:21 pm

periwinkle

how are you sprite dear. rI read the good news the other day

3:21 pm

rururocks

have I been drinking.. I am seeing triplicate

3:21 pm

periwinkle

spritey, do you ever play scramble?

3:22 pm

periwinkle

uh oh ruru

3:22 pm

periwinkle

uh oh ruru

3:22 pm

periwinkle

uh oh ruru

3:22 pm

sprite

am good. Very relieved, feeling better now that the pressure won't be back for at least 1,5 years. Even went for a walk in the woods today, with Terra and love!

3:22 pm

rururocks

gezz

3:22 pm

sprite

hi rurururururu

3:22 pm

sprite

peri: I used to, but stopped when i quit with facebook.

3:22 pm

rururocks

hi sprite.. my puppy was born wednesday

3:22 pm

cybernan

that's great news, sprite

3:23 pm

periwinkle

oh, ok

3:23 pm

periwinkle

congrats on the puppu, ruru

3:23 pm

periwinkle

puppy, even

3:23 pm

sprite

thanks nan :) I enjoyed it so much! We all did. And tomorrow we will get the results from the neurologist about my feet.

3:23 pm

rururocks

I am sooooo excited

3:23 pm

Joanne123

152 and i must stop to finish getting ready byeee all

3:23 pm

sprite

I know ruru, you told me! A little male it was. And you are gonna see him soon, right?

3:23 pm

rururocks

next week

3:24 pm

Atalante

yay puppy!!

3:24 pm

sprite

bye Joanne

3:24 pm

rururocks

mom is too nervous for visitors yet

3:24 pm

Joanne123

ph 6 is like the gym class

3:24 pm

cybernan

bye joanne

3:24 pm

sprite

I hate to tell you this, ruru, but at this stage your puppy still looks like a little sausage. It will keep ;)

3:24 pm

Joanne123

niteee all and congrats!!

3:24 pm

periwinkle

what kind of puppy, ruru?

3:25 pm

rururocks

see my icon peri.. that's the dad

3:25 pm

cybernan

the dad was your old dog?

3:25 pm

periwinkle

beautiful dog, ruru,

3:25 pm

periwinkle

it is snowing here and I am not happy

3:26 pm

rururocks

thank you.. I hope his son is good looking too

3:26 pm

rururocks

Have to pull a pizza out.. bbl

3:26 pm

sprite

*sends periwinkle a bit of sunlight and happiness*

3:27 pm

cybernan

off to the list

3:28 pm

JBV

me too, nan, 22 left, but i'm at a standstill

3:30 pm

harpjane

hello

3:30 pm

sprite

hello harpjane, good icon!

3:31 pm

harpjane

thanks!

3:31 pm

harpjane

i never heard of sinterklaas until last night!

3:32 pm

harpjane

or Black Peter

3:32 pm

sprite

:)

3:32 pm

cybernan

you're ahead of me jbv -- had 46

3:32 pm

cybernan

ca 6 (first one) please?

3:33 pm

sprite

ca + a very long time is an **n + pa's wife

3:33 pm

JBV

hooray for the list! fireworks here!

3:33 pm

sprite

wtg JBV! That is fast!

3:33 pm

cybernan

congrats, jbv

3:34 pm

cybernan

ty sprite

3:34 pm

JBV

all credit to Lickety

3:34 pm

sprite

with thanks to Minveryork for her earlier clue :)

3:35 pm

JBV

I guess I have to start thinking about dinner - good luck everyone - see you soon

3:35 pm

sprite

bye JBV

3:36 pm

stidmama

(((((((((((SPRITE)))))))))) *CHOCLIT*

3:36 pm

stidmama

hello all

3:36 pm

stidmama

thought about you all week sprite, how are you doing?

3:36 pm

sprite

stiddie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Big hug, dear, how are you?

3:37 pm

sprite

am good, stiddie! Got to keep my invalidity benefit for at least another 1,5 - 2 years. Time to get better!

3:37 pm

stidmama

I am okay sprite, I have a lot of work to do, but taking a short break to eat, then will work until I go to mother's in a bout an hour

3:37 pm

sprite

*unwraps the choclit and starts munching*

3:37 pm

stidmama

excellent news, sprite! *relieved mama look* that is such a good thing!

3:38 pm

sprite

am so darn proud of you, stiddie. WTG!

3:38 pm

DR1965

tell her hello Please Stid

3:38 pm

sprite

hi DR

3:38 pm

stidmama

I will DR, thanks.

3:38 pm

DR1965

Hi Sprite- good to hear you are doing better

3:40 pm

sprite

thank you DR :)

3:41 pm

stidmama

sprite, how is that lovely puppy?

3:41 pm

stidmama

did you hear ruru's puppy was born? He's very excited about it!

3:42 pm

sprite

Terra is 10 months old now, sweet as ever, and so delightful. He has shed almost all his puppy hair. Has a shiny fur, so pretty. He is loved beyond telling, lol.

3:42 pm

sprite

yes I heard, am excited with and happy for him!

3:42 pm

stidmama

wonderful, sprite. I love happy puppy (and baby) stories!

3:42 pm

cybernan

os 5?

3:43 pm

stidmama

I would love to get our Lucky a companion, but Tom just thinks it would be too much work and expense right now. I know he's right, but Lucky is so lonely when I am gone.

3:43 pm

sprite

don't have it yet, nan, sorry

3:43 pm

stidmama

I don't have that one yet nan

3:44 pm

stidmama

*thinking hard*

3:44 pm

sprite

way too much work, stiddie, alas. It takes so much time to train a puppy.

3:44 pm

stidmama

or is that hardly thinking? LOL

3:44 pm

npm_lg

can someone tell me how the clues work?

3:44 pm

stidmama

I don't think we'd get a puppy, we prefer to rescue dogs. But they have their own set of needs that must be addressed.

3:44 pm

sprite

oh there it is. Os + animal that dugs underground, minus last letter

3:44 pm

sprite

which clues do you mean, npm?

3:44 pm

stidmama

thanks sprite!

3:45 pm

cybernan

click on the help button npm -- everything explained there -- welcome to Babble

3:45 pm

npm_lg

like ac 4,6

3:45 pm

stidmama

npm: os 5 means a five-letter word starting with OS

3:45 pm

sprite

yvw stiddie

3:45 pm

stidmama

AC 4/6 would be a four letter word starting AC that is worth 6 points total.

3:45 pm

npm_lg

gotcha.........couldn't figure out the number part...thanks so much!

3:45 pm

cybernan

ty sprite -- put the vowel back on for the 6

3:45 pm

sprite

ah, that means there is a word that starts with ac, is 4 letters long and is worth 6 points.

3:45 pm

stidmama

5 letter words are worth double the point value indicated on the tiles, 6 letter words are triple points, etx.

3:46 pm

sprite

ah thanks nan!

3:46 pm

stidmama

there are good hints in the "help" section for babble, and a whole website of great ideas at angelsong's pages (link below). good luck.

3:46 pm

sprite

all typing in unison, lol

3:47 pm

stidmama

and with that, I must depart. I am more than halfway through this essay question stuff, but it seems to be going slower and slower...

3:47 pm

sprite

*evil grin* My son misbehaved badly yesterday and lost his computer rights for the weekend... it works miracles for his schoolwork! He has done so much already. Just came in to show me, hehehe.

3:47 pm

stidmama

LOL yes sprite, great minds, and all that!

3:47 pm

npm_lg

thank you

3:47 pm

stidmama

(((hugs everyone))) good luck and see you-all again soon!

3:48 pm

sprite

good luck and speed to you, stiddie! Take care of you and I hope to see you soon. *hugs*

3:48 pm

cybernan

what's wrong with physio?

3:48 pm

sprite

wish I knew, nan

3:48 pm

stidmama

Oh sprite, I TOTALLY hear that! I just told the elder son that all internet use is off limits until 7 tonight. He needs to study for TWO college finals and was playing with facebook! *sigh*

3:48 pm

stidmama

later! *poof*

3:49 pm

cybernan

that ph 6 has me stumped

3:49 pm

sprite

I have a 6/33 that is a past tense, nan

3:50 pm

lynxxx

ph6 abbrev for sport at school

3:50 pm

lynxxx

morning all

3:50 pm

cybernan

that's not a word!!!!!

3:50 pm

sprite

hi lyn, is that the one I said?

3:50 pm

cybernan

but ty lynxxx -- just get so fed up with all these nonwords.

3:50 pm

sprite

lol, it IS a word... in enable!

3:51 pm

sprite

lyn, the at the ocean word two days in a row!

3:51 pm

lynxxx

the same Sprite, silly nonword but has been in before

3:52 pm

sprite

thanks lyn!

3:52 pm

lynxxx

I know Sprite - I just found it!

3:52 pm

sprite

so did I, grin, took me quite some time though.

3:52 pm

cybernan

*!* ta da *!* -- thanks for the help :)

3:52 pm

sprite

wtg nan!

3:52 pm

lynxxx

Congrats C'nan!

3:54 pm

cybernan

that you could have ph 6 but not physio is beyond understanding!

3:54 pm

sprite

I agree, physio should be valid

3:55 pm

lynxxx

Stop it Nan, you will drive yourself mad trying to fathom out how it works

3:56 pm

cybernan

I would love the opportunity to question why some prefixes are included and not others, why some foreign words and not others, why some abbreviations and not others, why some anacronyms and not others, etc. etc. etc.

3:56 pm

cybernan

anyway -- off to other pursuits -- see you at the flip or tomorrow :)

3:56 pm

lynxxx

bye C'nan

3:57 pm

sprite

just because it seemed a good idea at the time, nan. Did you read jilli's opinion on the maker of enable?

3:57 pm

sprite

and bye nan

3:57 pm

jmcnrick

bye cyber

3:57 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

3:57 pm

sprite

hi jmc! How are you doing?

3:57 pm

jmcnrick

I am here to avoid pulling all my hair out

3:58 pm

sprite

that answer it pretty clearly. Want me to hold your hands or shall i put out a boxing bag and let you beat it out?

3:58 pm

sprite

*answerS

3:58 pm

lynxxx

hi jmc - you are working?

3:58 pm

jmcnrick

i was buying tickets online and set my card to one side and now I can't find it

3:58 pm

jmcnrick

not exactly lynxxx just setting up travel

3:59 pm

jmcnrick

I had to resort to cleaning! and I still haven't found it

3:59 pm

sprite

argh that is awful. On the floor? On your chair? Somewherein the folds of your clothes? In your wallet, neatly put away?

3:59 pm

jmcnrick

I have looked in all those places and the trash basket too

3:59 pm

jmcnrick

the only good thing is that it HAS to be in the house

4:00 pm

sprite

under keyboard? in your pocket? Did you put away any stacks of stuff and could it be in one of those?

4:00 pm

speedfreak

pls help having terrible time with ha5/12 ha6/21 and ha5/18 been stuck here for awhile

4:01 pm

sprite

ha + spanish exclamation and plural for the 5/6 combo

4:01 pm

sprite

do you have animals that may have played with it?

4:01 pm

jmcnrick

using laptop in lap, checked my pockets (at least three times) and carefully went through ever stack of magazines near the chair

4:02 pm

jmcnrick

my cat is too much of a snob

4:02 pm

speedfreak

thank you so much sprite

4:02 pm

sprite

hah, any snob cat would love to shop online

4:02 pm

sprite

yvw speedfreak, don't have the 5/18 yet though

4:02 pm

jmcnrick

well there is that possiblity sprite -- I will have to watch her like a hawk

4:03 pm

welki

chair w/cushion? in between cushion + side of chair or underneath cushion?

4:03 pm

sprite

hi welki

4:03 pm

welki

hi :)

4:03 pm

jmcnrick

hi welki and I took apart the chair and the nearby sofa

4:04 pm

welki

where do you put card when entering numbers onto site?

4:04 pm

sprite

any shoes sitting on the floor? Could be in one of those... handbag? On table or cupboard where telephone is standing?

4:04 pm

lynxxx

ha5.18 past tense of what horses eat

4:05 pm

jmcnrick

I place it in the fold of my laptop propped against the screen

4:05 pm

sprite

thanks lyn

4:05 pm

jmcnrick

ty lynxxx

4:05 pm

speedfreak

thank you lynxxx

4:05 pm

sprite

silly jmc. Your laptop ate it.

4:05 pm

welki

and .. where do you normally keep it? maybe you put it back in wallet/purse/cookie jar and forgot that you did (but you probably already checked there)

4:06 pm

jmcnrick

my shows are sandals, I took may purse apart and even dumped the trash out of the bottom and I use a cell phone (blackberry) for everything

4:06 pm

jmcnrick

I think you are right --- bad laptop!

4:06 pm

sprite

did you get hungry afterwards? Check fridge and kitchen sink...

4:06 pm

welki

i do this all the time .. i usually find card when talking to guy at visa/mc

4:06 pm

sprite

I once found back my glasses in my fridge. Still don't know how they got there though.

4:06 pm

jmcnrick

I will have to go clean the kitchen now!

4:07 pm

welki

it's not still in between laptop and screen, is it? (that would be a welki place to look)

4:07 pm

jmcnrick

I have done this before or I would be more upset

4:07 pm

sprite

cleaning even! That is pretty intense. Just looking should do it.

4:07 pm

jmcnrick

nope I would see it while babbling

4:07 pm

sprite

it would be a sprite place to look last, too :)

4:08 pm

sprite

at the back of the keyboard, tumbled over?

4:08 pm

jmcnrick

it will turn up I was just on a roll paying bills and making travel plans and it is frustrating to have to stop suddenly

4:08 pm

welki

i came back from kids' and thought i'd lost a good watch. i wore it on trip, but not on the way home. missing for a week when i spotted it in a drawer .. cat might have played hockey with it and it fell in or i put it there in a welkitrance

4:08 pm

jmcnrick

not on the laptop sprite

4:08 pm

sprite

it might be one of those self-exploding card that blow up when the limit is reached, jmc. Did you check that?

4:08 pm

jmcnrick

lol this is why my son doesn't trust me with the car keys

4:08 pm

welki

i know that my credit cards seem to self-destruct every now and then

4:09 pm

Trifioso

hello babble friends - JMC, dear! What a conundrum! Did you have bills in envelopes? Might be in one of those....or in a file, if you filed a bill after paying it?

4:09 pm

jmcnrick

no its my back debit card and I just put money in

4:09 pm

sprite

good ideas, Trif, and hi :)

4:09 pm

lynxxx

must be down the side of the chair, I would look again. It isn't under the chair is it?

4:09 pm

jmcnrick

oo there is a file I could look in (already checked the envelopes)

4:09 pm

jmcnrick

brb

4:09 pm

Trifioso

hi sprite

4:09 pm

lynxxx

hello Trif

4:10 pm

jmcnrick

FOUND IT!!!!

4:10 pm

Trifioso

hello lynxxx, love

4:10 pm

Trifioso

YAY for jmc!!!! where was it?

4:10 pm

sprite

yayyyyy! Where was it?

4:10 pm

lynxxx

and it was where?

4:10 pm

jmcnrick

it had slipped into the chair -- deep in the sides!

4:10 pm

sprite

in the file?

4:10 pm

jmcnrick

ty ty for all your help

4:11 pm

lynxxx

Yay, I guessed right

4:11 pm

jmcnrick

I looked one more time when I stood up to look at the file

4:11 pm

sprite

lol you should look better, we all said it *evil grin*
Gratz on having it back!

4:11 pm

Trifioso

excellent news, jmc!!!! what a relief!

4:11 pm

welki

^5 lynxxx ... i told to her to check there, too .... but noooo, she took the chair APART and it was no place to be found *lol*

4:12 pm

jmcnrick

*gives lynxx a blue ribbon for winning*

4:12 pm

sprite

jmc, my husband and I have this agreement over the lost and found. We used to fight about his being unable to spot stuff. But now he just tells me: "Love, I have searched everywhere. Can you please find it for me now?"

4:13 pm

jmcnrick

I took all of your advice and did look better

4:13 pm

lynxxx

I'll share with you welki, we can take turns wearing it

4:13 pm

Trifioso

LOL sprite - I used to tease mine that when he said he "couldn't find" something, what he meant was "it did not fall from heaven into my outstretched hands."

4:13 pm

sprite

hey hey, I want my share too!

4:13 pm

jmcnrick

the only thing that I am sure in a male trait unlearn in society is the lack of ability to find things

4:13 pm

Trifioso

to say nothing of "male refrigerator blindness" which is a whole 'nother affair!

4:14 pm

sprite

lolll exactly Trif! Mine claims he is great at searching, just not at finding.

4:14 pm

jmcnrick

no no welki and sprite should get each get their own!

4:14 pm

jmcnrick

*gives welki and sprite each a blue ribbon for winning*

4:14 pm

sprite

The Blue Ribbon Babble Trio

4:14 pm

jmcnrick

my son has the same problem

4:14 pm

jmcnrick

You all look lovely in your ribbons!

4:15 pm

Good Enough

I have a friend that charges her kids $1.00 if she has to go and find something and it is exactly where she told them it should be - and she charges her husband $5.00 for the same service!!

4:15 pm

Trifioso

yes, primo seems to be developing it too - must be testosterone driven

4:15 pm

Trifioso

Good Enough has a friend that's a millionaire

4:15 pm

jmcnrick

good idea good

4:15 pm

welki

*graciously accepts a ribbon on behalf of the Canadian Credit Card Search and Rescue Team*

4:15 pm

jmcnrick

I did that once with my son but it was $20

4:15 pm

Good Enough

Ha ha!

4:15 pm

sprite

good one, GE

4:15 pm

jmcnrick

lol welki

4:16 pm

sprite

it is all explained in the great book of the Pease couple " Why men don't listen and women can't read maps".

4:16 pm

jmcnrick

but I taught my son how to read maps

4:16 pm

jmcnrick

and he is a great listener

4:17 pm

lynxxx

Hang on - that should be "why men won't read maps"

4:17 pm

welki

i can read maps better than anyone i know

4:17 pm

Trifioso

women can't read maps because for years they were told that whatever a man had, it was ten inches long.

4:17 pm

jmcnrick

lol trif

4:17 pm

welki

ah, maybe that's the reason .. i grew up in a house with no men

4:17 pm

sprite

read it! Seriously. One of the best books on this that I know. And funny as hell.

4:18 pm

Trifioso

the same reason I never got a gift sweater that fit - Mr. Hate would enter the shop, and WHOEVER waited on him would be told "Oh! My wife is about your size...."

4:19 pm

Good Enough

meel

4:19 pm

jmcnrick

lol good

4:20 pm

sprite

....they call me me6 ye****....

4:20 pm

welki

quite rightly

4:20 pm

sprite

grin

4:20 pm

jmcnrick

. . . that's right. . . .

4:23 pm

Soodle

Oh My.... I see Sprite! I am so happy to see you, Spritey. How are you?

4:23 pm

sprite

hi Soodle! Am good, thanks, and you?

4:23 pm

Atalante

hi soodle boodle!

4:24 pm

Trifioso

hello soodle!

4:24 pm

jmcnrick

hi soodle

4:24 pm

jmcnrick

hi ata!

4:24 pm

welki

i watched three movies on the plane rides last week .. chick flicks extraordinaire, but i liked them for the most part: chocolat, julie/julia and my sister's keeper (more kleenex than case law, but a diversion all the same)

4:24 pm

lynxxx

hi Soodle & Ata

4:24 pm

welki

hey soodle, ata :)

4:25 pm

Soodle

All the better for seeing you, my friend, Sprite. And How the Heck, are you, Ata, Trif, Jmc Wilki and ....oh, my, I really love my Babble friends

4:25 pm

sprite

chocolat is only one I know, I liked it very much

4:25 pm

sprite

good company tonight, Soodle :) Glad you are joining us.

4:25 pm

Trifioso

I had dinner out last week with a friend from Cork, soodle that was here on business. Good to see him!!!

4:25 pm

welki

the gal who played trinity in the matrix flicks was in chocolat

4:25 pm

welki

my father's family was from cork

4:26 pm

Soodle

And if I omitted anyone, apologies. Blame the 2 glasses of wine at lunch :(

4:26 pm

sprite

living the good life!

4:26 pm

Soodle

Ooooh, Welki - cork is the BEST county in Ireland!

4:27 pm

jmcnrick

*imaging a woman dipped in chocolate*

4:27 pm

jmcnrick

hmmm an X-rated chog

4:27 pm

Trifioso

I loved chocolat because one of my fave films of all time is the Unbearable Lightness of Being, in which Lena Olin was the strong woman, and Juliette Binoche was the shy little mouse. It was so so so interesting to see those roles reversed in the Chocolat film. Those two actresses are SO GOOD

4:27 pm

Atalante

I spent most of the day talking to my NI friend who types in her Irish accent. She's so sweet

4:27 pm

sprite

make it a lovely guy and I will eat the chocolat

4:27 pm

jmcnrick

ooo a film!

4:27 pm

welki

i still have family there, but i haven't met them

4:27 pm

Soodle

OOOOh Welki - Cork is the BEST county in Ireland.

4:27 pm

sprite

lol jmc

4:28 pm

jmcnrick

what can I say I have a vivid imagination

4:28 pm

sprite

I watched the McCallum series. Love the accent.

4:28 pm

Trifioso

LOL jmc! Yes, Unbearable Lightness of Being is absolutely a FILM. Weekend at Bernie's is a movie

4:28 pm

sprite

one of the many things I love about you, jmf

4:28 pm

sprite

*jmc

4:28 pm

Soodle

Did anybody see the film Chocolat - Its just wonderful!!

4:29 pm

jmcnrick

:-) it is good to be loved

4:29 pm

sprite

yup saw it and loved it

4:29 pm

Trifioso

I have actually seen two or three different films named chocolat....

4:29 pm

Atalante

read the book

4:29 pm

ch1212

Chocolat is my favorite film. I cry every time I watch it - really relate.

4:29 pm

jmcnrick

hi ch12

4:29 pm

sprite

good book, Ata?

4:29 pm

Soodle

My son went to see Paranormal Activity last night. He is 19 - and, thinks he is invincible. He was seriously rattled when he came home................

4:29 pm

sprite

hi ch!

4:30 pm

welki

what was that book .. mexican chocolate mole ...

4:30 pm

jmcnrick

i saw like water for chocolate

4:30 pm

sprite

aw that is sweet, Soodle. Good for him!

4:30 pm

welki

ahhhh, je!! you are in my head! thank you!

4:30 pm

ch1212

My mom traveled in carnivals, and we constantly moved. Like the main character, I finally found stability (and love) in a small town of quirky folks :)

4:30 pm

Atalante

good book, yes. not one of the best ever, but certainly worth reading

4:30 pm

jmcnrick

mole is ma4 from chocolate by definition

4:30 pm

sprite

thanks Ata, will put it on my list.

4:30 pm

jmcnrick

i did not like it

4:31 pm

jmcnrick

not much of a revenge book fan

4:31 pm

sprite

wow ch, interesting life!

4:31 pm

lynxxx

I've heard that Soodle

4:31 pm

Atalante

all her books are nice

4:31 pm

ch1212

Well, the early part anyway ;)

4:32 pm

jmcnrick

help with the am5 pls

4:32 pm

ch1212

a + the chocolate just discussed :)

4:32 pm

sprite

a + digging underground animal

4:32 pm

welki

a+ that chocolate sauce

4:32 pm

Atalante

loooool jmc

4:32 pm

lynxxx

am5 a & animal that diugs

4:32 pm

Soodle

Ch.... What an interesting life you must have led. Are you happy about it , or was it a pain in the ass?

4:32 pm

jmcnrick

ty sprite and welki

4:33 pm

jmcnrick

ty lynxxx

4:33 pm

jmcnrick

what was so funny ata?

4:33 pm

sprite

fireflies for me, and I have to be off. Bye all, thanks for being here and being who you are. *hugs*

4:33 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo sprite and good bye

4:33 pm

Atalante

you asking for that clue :)

4:33 pm

Atalante

yay spritey!

4:34 pm

jmcnrick

the timing was funny! :-)

4:34 pm

lynxxx

bye Spritey. I am away too, bye all

4:34 pm

ch1212

I'm happy now, soodle. ( big pause ) Truthfully, my mom remarried a wonderful man when I was 9, so the traveling after that was because he was in the military.

4:34 pm

Soodle

Sprite - goodnite, and I am genuinely happy to see you back on babble. (((((Hugs)))))

4:34 pm

Atalante

it was :D

4:34 pm

ch1212

{{{ hugs to you, dear sprite }}}

4:35 pm

Atalante

I'm happy, but not genuinely. only joking :P

4:35 pm

Soodle

Ooooooooooooh Ch - I DO love happy-ever-afters......! (

4:35 pm

Soodle

Genuinely!!

4:35 pm

jmcnrick

hmmm am I happy? most of the time

4:36 pm

jmcnrick

but would like a significant other

4:36 pm

Atalante

you can have mine

4:36 pm

Soodle

Oh, happy....schappy. I think once you can get through the day (and nite), your doing ok!!!

4:37 pm

jmcnrick

too far away ata!

4:37 pm

Atalante

I'll send him to you

4:37 pm

Atalante

you can keep him :P

4:37 pm

jmcnrick

lol

4:37 pm

ch1212

ROFL

4:37 pm

jmcnrick

not having a good day?

4:37 pm

crosshair

CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IS DONE!! YAAA!

4:38 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo crossy

4:38 pm

jmcnrick

I haven't even started mine

4:38 pm

welki

what'd you get us, crossy?

4:38 pm

Atalante

yay crossy!

4:38 pm

Trifioso

crossy! was just thinking of you! well done on the shopping!

4:38 pm

crosshair

lol same as last year,just different colour welki;)))

4:38 pm

ch1212

lol welki!

4:38 pm

Trifioso

tomorrow's headline in Canada: Mysterious bacon shortage reported. In other news, Crossy's shopping is done!

4:38 pm

Soodle

You know what - just looking at the Tiger Woods thing - is there a man on the planet who can keep it in his trousers - (apologies if this is too graphic)

4:38 pm

jmcnrick

*looks out window for mail carrier with crossy's gift*

4:38 pm

crosshair

hehe

4:39 pm

Atalante

yes. castrated ones

4:39 pm

jmcnrick

ata!!!

4:39 pm

jmcnrick

my hubby did

4:39 pm

crosshair

i do

4:39 pm

Atalante

and a few others :D

4:39 pm

crosshair

;)

4:39 pm

Soodle

In which case, ATA, May I suggest general castration?

4:39 pm

jmcnrick

but then he wasn't famous with hundreds of women throwing themselves at him

4:39 pm

crosshair

one woman is enough,who the heck would want two at once??

4:39 pm

Trifioso

as far as I know, my hubby did too - and now he is trying to keep all the money in his pants too!

4:40 pm

Atalante

tiger woods!

4:40 pm

jmcnrick

bill clinton

4:40 pm

welki

david letterman

4:40 pm

Soodle

But, for heavens sake... He had a Gorgeous wife. A Fabulous house, A dream job. He had it all. And he wanted more.....

4:40 pm

jmcnrick

Marion Barry

4:40 pm

welki

hugh grant

4:41 pm

Atalante

I find it highly amusing though than an anti-insomnia drug cause sexual - um - highening

4:41 pm

Atalante

heightening. duh

4:41 pm

Soodle

OK

4:41 pm

jmcnrick

I think it must be hard not to react to beautiful women offering themselves to you

4:41 pm

Trifioso

it's that pesky sense of entitlement that success brings. Laws and rules don't apply to the privileged, you see....or so they seem to think

4:42 pm

jmcnrick

and every one ma4 fun of Jimmy Carter for saying he had only lusted in his heart

4:42 pm

welki

i know i have a hard time fending off all the offers from attractive young men ... some days, i just don't know how i resist

4:42 pm

Trifioso

Not sure, jmc - the men I meet seem to be able to stay sane around ME, so it can't be universally difficult...cough cough

4:42 pm

crosshair

be strong welki

4:42 pm

jmcnrick

you are truely noble welki

4:42 pm

welki

i knew you'd laugh, jm

4:42 pm

Atalante

thats a wonderful reply, jmc

4:42 pm

Soodle

I dont agree, Trif. I think most men have that sense of entitlement....most of them mistakenly!!

4:42 pm

jmcnrick

are you saying you are throwing yourself at them trif? *shocked look*

4:43 pm

jesdraggon

hi all :)

4:43 pm

jmcnrick

hi jas

4:43 pm

Trifioso

not at all! The tide wouldn't take me out, JMC

4:43 pm

welki

not women? this is only a man-thing? i don't think so.

4:43 pm

jmcnrick

opps jes

4:43 pm

welki

hi jess :)

4:43 pm

jesdraggon

how goes?

4:43 pm

Atalante

aha, here's someone who castrates males for a living :)

4:43 pm

jmcnrick

oops oops

4:44 pm

rururocks

(time for me to NOT come in)

4:44 pm

crosshair

my wife made it easy for me,around our tenth year i said to her"hey dear,how about we spice things up and get ourselves a sweet 25 year old honey to share our bed?" and she said "go right ahead,but ill leave you for the other woman after a year,and we will both sue for alimony"..i never mentioned it again after that...;((

4:44 pm

Trifioso

welcome, ruru! Just keep it in your pants, please.

4:44 pm

welki

hi ru

4:44 pm

Trifioso

always liked mrs. Crossy....

4:44 pm

rururocks

I will today.. jeezus

4:45 pm

jesdraggon

indeed, ata. and take the ovaries out of the females too

4:45 pm

jmcnrick

come on in ru this topic has almost run its course

4:45 pm

Soodle

Crosshair.. You are truly a man amongst men....

4:45 pm

Atalante

a very good job :)

4:45 pm

crosshair

yup,trained within a hair of my life now

4:45 pm

welki

heck soodle, don't give him credit .. it's only his wallet he was saving *lol*

4:45 pm

jmcnrick

help with ch7 please

4:45 pm

jesdraggon

hahahahahahah, crossy, that's beautifly

4:46 pm

Atalante

how's your waifs and strays count?

4:46 pm

rururocks

I don't need no stinking training...

4:46 pm

Trifioso

I must admit, I got a kick out of the other golfers they interviewed on tv, speaking about Tiger. One just cracked me up - he was all "see, she should have used a DRIVER, not a putter...." LOL!

4:46 pm

welki

one, to ch* ch* ch* + pl of look what i ma** in school today!

4:46 pm

jmcnrick

*looks doubtfully at ru*

4:47 pm

jmcnrick

ty welki

4:47 pm

welki

that would be the ch8

4:47 pm

jmcnrick

*looks doubtfully at ch8*

4:47 pm

rururocks

mebbee I shudda said it as "I dun need no stinkin' training"

4:47 pm

jmcnrick

lol trif I didn't see that

4:47 pm

Trifioso

I am so tired! I am practically asleep here and it's only 6

4:48 pm

rururocks

(exhausted from throwing herself at men probably)

4:48 pm

crosshair

fight the fight rur

4:48 pm

crosshair

ruru even

4:48 pm

Trifioso

LOLOLOL

4:48 pm

jmcnrick

lol ru!

4:48 pm

rururocks

(a rebel without a cause)

4:49 pm

welki

lookin' for pics, rurur

4:49 pm

Trifioso

no, no, christmas fair at church today -- up early making scones for the bake table, and then helped primo with his caricature station all day.

4:49 pm

rururocks

yes...lemme see if I can set them up.

4:49 pm

jmcnrick

c chopped!

4:49 pm

crosshair

i have fallen ruru,you must carry on and win one for all men,here take my nhl tickeets,my subscription to outdoor mens magazine,and my autographed issue of playboy and run!!!

4:50 pm

Trifioso

there is just something so lovely about a church fair, isn't there? all the yummy baked things, lovely greens, knitted things, craft stuff, etc. Such a tradition for us.

4:50 pm

Trifioso

yes, and pull his finger before you go, would you, ruru?

4:50 pm

welki

what ... no smoker? no snowblower? no remote control?

4:50 pm

jesdraggon

hey crossy, you were the one expounding on the joys of the sony ereader a while back, weren't you?

4:51 pm

Atalante

all the yummy cakes!

4:51 pm

crosshair

indeed jes

4:51 pm

aknitter

howdy olks

4:51 pm

aknitter

folks

4:51 pm

jmcnrick

hi aknit

4:51 pm

crosshair

wife cant live with out her e-reader now

4:52 pm

crosshair

but i can tell you that most of the e-reader are sold out for the christmass season

4:52 pm

jesdraggon

hi knitter

4:52 pm

Trifioso

hi knitter! was thinking of you today - at the church fair, lots of knitty things around...mom had a TON of things she donated

4:52 pm

aknitter

waving

4:53 pm

jesdraggon

eh. i'm not in a hurry, crossy. just contemplating whether i want something to semi-replace my pda

4:53 pm

crosshair

the sony is sold out,the B+N nook is sold out,i havent updated the kindle internationla reader yet but it is close

4:53 pm

jesdraggon

i have a reader program on it, but the battery only lasts a couple hours of reading

4:53 pm

aknitter

i forgot your fair was today. i went the other way to hyannis' fair

4:53 pm

Trifioso

saw katies' dance show up at BC last night - she was great, as per usual

4:53 pm

crosshair

i really reccomend them jes,it is a whole different experience over reading on a pad

4:53 pm

crosshair

pda even

4:54 pm

aknitter

that must have been fun trif

4:54 pm

Trifioso

there were a TON of fairs today. People were making the circuit. I think having lots of fairs on the same day is a great idea - people just go from one to the other

4:54 pm

crosshair

my wife can read 7 novel between charges jes,(if she doent use the led side lighting)

4:54 pm

jesdraggon

yah; i'd like to not carry multiple gadgets though, so had a few questions if you don't mind?

4:54 pm

crosshair

go ahead jes

4:54 pm

Trifioso

it was fun, but I am so tired! Primo had a stand where he would draw cartoons of people, and I helped ink them in, and we were SWAMPED the last three hours of the day

4:55 pm

crosshair

i researched theese readers for a year,so i have most of the info at hand

4:55 pm

aknitter

i like to go to craft fairs. don't buy much but "borrow ideas

4:55 pm

jesdraggon

are there an address book and calendar programs available for the readers? primarily i use my pda for reading books i've downloaded and as my address book

4:56 pm

jesdraggon

i'm inclined to avoid kindle, in good part because of the whole ganking 1984 thing

4:56 pm

rururocks

I need to see if this worked

4:56 pm

Trifioso

oh, yes, knitter, oh yes! Primo did great, but he was just the teeniest bit naughty - one of the "church ladies" got her caricature done, and was all "don't draw my glasses! I am not paying for a drawing of me with glasses!" so he drew her with no glasses, but added a pink feather boa. I rolled!

4:56 pm

harpjane

is the os5 a familiar word?

4:57 pm

rururocks

welki?

4:57 pm

aknitter

LOL seems as though he has your sense of humor

4:57 pm

Trifioso

feh. he's funnier than me!

4:57 pm

welki

yes ru?

4:57 pm

crosshair

the touch screen reader have a stylus notepad type feature to store reminders and such,we got the sony reader because it is all touch screen and no fiddling with little buttons,the sony reader annonates,stores pictures,will store and play mp3,s has internal storage for 350 books and has a regualar and micro sd card slot which can hold up to 10,000 books and manuals

4:57 pm

rururocks

here's a photo of the mom.. my little guy is on her front arm

4:58 pm

Atalante

gorgeous, ruru

4:58 pm

Trifioso

Ruru! Squuueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

4:58 pm

jesdraggon

it plays mp3? excellent :)

4:58 pm

welki

i can only see the tiny icon pic, your profile, even after refreshing, is the same photo as before

4:59 pm

jmcnrick

hi harp

4:59 pm

jmcnrick

sorry don't have the os5

4:59 pm

crosshair

indeed,but the real sell jes,is the suppoorted file formats,the kindle has a proprietary file format,while the sony reader sopports html open format,e-pub,so you can download books from libraries and pdf

4:59 pm

Trifioso

I can't find the os 5 either

4:59 pm

rururocks

I can see it welki..

4:59 pm

jmcnrick

nice looking pup ru

5:00 pm

harpjane

hi

5:00 pm

crosshair

the barnes and nioble nook is much the same

5:00 pm

rururocks

thanks... he has chunky little legs.. which I love in little puppies

5:00 pm

welki

i switched browsers .. i can see him too!

5:00 pm

jmcnrick

good to know that crossy so the sony reader sounds the better deal

5:00 pm

Trifioso

jeesh, ruru -- do us all a favor, okay? if you are getting the pup from a breeder, DON"T tell anyone!

5:00 pm

jesdraggon

what's the battery life for reading and listening to music?

5:01 pm

Atalante

has you-know-who ever been back?

5:01 pm

welki

lol ... mom and baxter look alike!

5:01 pm

Trifioso

a few times right after, ata, and then....I don't know -- not when I have seen, anyway

5:01 pm

rururocks

It is okay Tri.. I am going to rescue another dog later when he is a bit older and we do Show, Agility and competitive obedience

5:02 pm

Atalante

hopefully not :)

5:02 pm

Trifioso

wow, ruru! impressive!

5:02 pm

crosshair

for reading jes,it can read up to 7,500 pages between charges,listening to music id give it 3 days of intermittent use,the reason for the long reading life is that the e-ink readers use no power while displaying a page,only while turning a page

5:02 pm

rururocks

and tracking..(I forgot that one)

5:04 pm

crosshair

but music is not its big thing,just an afterthought they tossed it,as a book reader it icannot be surpassed,the 8 font sizes are a big seller also as thats why i got it for my mrs,so she could read again after not being able to for 10 years

5:05 pm

Soodle

Was temporarily absent whilst dirving 17yr old daughter off for a nite on the town.. Back now...

5:05 pm

jesdraggon

hi soodle

5:06 pm

welki

ru, i've changed icon to a more recent photo of baxter

5:06 pm

Trifioso

LOL soodle, I am about do to the same here, but for the boy child....hm......wonder if their paths will cross?

5:06 pm

Soodle

Hi Jes!! :)

5:06 pm

jesdraggon

got a friend that has a kindle and is ecstatic about the fact that it will read the books to her

5:06 pm

crosshair

any other questions about them jes? you can go to sonystyle.com for more info as well

5:06 pm

welki

...for some reason, it's a little distorted, but you'll see through that

5:06 pm

crosshair

yes this one does audio books as well

5:06 pm

jesdraggon

which isn't nearly as much a draw for me as the music.

5:06 pm

Soodle

Oh, Trif - the role of Mom of teenage kids is not an eay one....

5:07 pm

Scrabbler

Good evening to all. Ruru, your little boy is adorable. TY for the info, Crossy, in case I consider a reader someday.

5:07 pm

welki

hi again, scrabbs

5:07 pm

rururocks

he is one nice looking boy

5:07 pm

Trifioso

thank you for telling me that, soodle. I wasn't aware of that. tee hee!

5:07 pm

Trifioso

hello scrabbler!

5:07 pm

jesdraggon

just if there are existing address book and calendars for the reader. oh! and i don't suppose it has a calculator program?

5:07 pm

jesdraggon

hi, scrabs

5:08 pm

Atalante

do you know what you're going to call him, ruru?

5:08 pm

Scrabbler

I have had a lazy, hibernation day here. Still in pajamas.

5:08 pm

crosshair

dont buy it for the music jes..on an i-pod scale id give its music sound quality about a 4..it is a great reader,audio and visual,but everything else is average

5:08 pm

rururocks

thank you scrabs

5:08 pm

Soodle

All in the course of duty...............

5:08 pm

crosshair

no,no calculator

5:08 pm

crosshair

you can make an adress book and put it in there

5:09 pm

jmcnrick

sounds nice scrabs

5:09 pm

Soodle

Hows things on the domestic front, Trif?

5:09 pm

rururocks

not sure yet ata.. need to see his personality.. Dylan has the inside track

5:09 pm

Atalante

your kids are very lucky, soodle

5:09 pm

Scrabbler

I like having these kind of days, when I just take care of me and relax.

5:09 pm

Atalante

dogs do tend to name themselves

5:09 pm

crosshair

if you read at least one book a week,buy it,it is made for and caters to bibliophiles

5:10 pm

jesdraggon

well, any music is better than my pda, and i don't have an ipod

5:10 pm

rururocks

I think so.. I want something clever for him

5:10 pm

Scrabbler

I met a gorgeous Bernese Mtn Dog puppy named Dylan several months ago--a sweetheart.

5:10 pm

Atalante

you deserve them scrabs!

5:10 pm

jmcnrick

this is sounding good crossy

5:10 pm

Soodle

Ata>>> I am HOARSE telling them that! The feckers wont listen to me , tho'..................

5:10 pm

crosshair

if you have visual problems with regular books,then definatly buy it

5:10 pm

Trifioso

it's been an exciting week on that front, soodle....he closed the joint accounts on friday, and cancelled the joint credit card, so I am effectively cut off from all source of money now. What a prince.

5:10 pm

jmcnrick

I hate how heavy all my books are when I travel

5:10 pm

Trifioso

have a job interview tuesday, so that's good.

5:11 pm

jmcnrick

have you talked to a lawyer trid

5:11 pm

jmcnrick

*trif

5:11 pm

crosshair

i have 200 books on the wife e-book reader atm;))

5:11 pm

Atalante

my mum would have laughed at me if I asked for a lift at this time of night!

5:11 pm

jesdraggon

no, no vision problems...just looking to avoid packing a half dozen books with me every time i travel ;)

5:11 pm

Soodle

And, Trif, do you have independent means?

5:11 pm

Trifioso

have one, jmc, yes, and so does he. mine is LOVELY -- and pissed that mr. hate keeps running off and doing whatever he wants, totally disrespecting the channels we have established, jmc.

5:11 pm

Trifioso

No, soodle

5:11 pm

jesdraggon

so is there anything the kindle does that the ereader doesn't do? and same with the nook?

5:12 pm

Scrabbler

He continues to reveal his character, Trif. Maintain yours. The kids are learning from you.

5:12 pm

Soodle

I am not trying to pry, but, genuine concern..

5:12 pm

jmcnrick

okay then I won't worry too much

5:12 pm

Trifioso

the kids know NOTHNG of us being cut off, scrabbler,and they won't find out, if I can help it. They need to love their dad....

5:13 pm

Trifioso

I understand soodle - I don't mean to sound short. It is more that I worry I have worn out my babble sympathies with my constant whinging.

5:13 pm

jmcnrick

they will find out trif, but you don't need to tell them at this point

5:13 pm

Scrabbler

Yes, best that they not know the details, but they will see the truth as time goes on.

5:13 pm

jmcnrick

*whing*

5:13 pm

Soodle

Trif... I am so sorry. but - nothing is un- get-overable! What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. And I am living proof!!!

5:13 pm

jmcnrick

everybody duck it is ricocheting around the chog!

5:14 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

5:14 pm

Trifioso

if I don't get some income soon they will know sooner than later, as there will be no food, heat or lights!

5:14 pm

jmcnrick

hi min!

5:14 pm

Minveryork

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

5:14 pm

Trifioso

good evening min dear! welcome to YOU!!!!

5:14 pm

jmcnrick

hang in there trif

5:14 pm

jmcnrick

I will say again -- know that you can email me for help

5:14 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Minveryork

5:14 pm

Trifioso

hanging in. Will do!

5:14 pm

Atalante

ok, how are there cat hairs in a newly opened loo roll? cat hairs are everywhere

5:14 pm

Trifioso

I know jmc....

5:15 pm

jmcnrick

lol

5:15 pm

Trifioso

OH GROSS ata!

5:15 pm

Trifioso

I don't even want to know!

5:15 pm

jmcnrick

rolf

5:15 pm

Scrabbler

Ata, I find bunny hair everywhere in my house, on my clothes...

5:15 pm

jmcnrick

ack now I have cat hairs on my sweater!

5:15 pm

crosshair

ok jes.....

5:16 pm

Trifioso

on an unrelated, and yet related topic - have any of you done that "cash in your gold" thing? is it worth it? I do have a friend that sold an old bracelet she had, but at a jewelers, and she got a good deal.

5:16 pm

jmcnrick

did anyone ever get os5?

5:16 pm

Atalante

they'll probably find cat hairs in the large hadron collider

5:16 pm

Soodle

Trif - I dont know if I ever gave you my own email address - medickinson@eircom.net - please feel free to email me....I surely don't claim to offer any suggestions, but I have 2 good listening ears............

5:16 pm

jmcnrick

it is better to take it to a reputable jewler trif

5:16 pm

Trifioso

why, thank you soodle!

5:17 pm

crosshair

the big thig i must stress when buying one of the top 3 readers is that the kindle has a single proprietary file formatt while the sony and barnes and noble readers support 3 or more formatts including e-pub which is what all the libraries doe thier e-books in

5:17 pm

Soodle

Like I said, Trif - I don't have a magic wand, but I can listen.....

5:17 pm

Minveryork

os 5/12 word is os plus actress Gretchen *** jmcnrick

5:17 pm

crosshair

kindle doesn NOT support E-pub or pfd

5:18 pm

Scrabbler

Key piece of info to know, Crossy. TY.

5:18 pm

jmcnrick

hmm if I only knew who that was

5:18 pm

crosshair

you want my suggestion for a reader pick at this time jes?

5:18 pm

jesdraggon

trif, "cash4gold" is a total rip off. you're MUCH better to go to a pawn shop or local jewler--read a report on them recently and you can expect to get anywhere fom 1/3 more, to twice as much from a pawn shop

5:18 pm

crosshair

np scrabbs

5:18 pm

jmcnrick

okay I have a serious and important question

5:18 pm

jesdraggon

sure, crossy :)

5:18 pm

Flask1

Evening all.......clues please for ha5/12 and 6/21

5:18 pm

Minveryork

os 5/12 is os plus a double agent minus the last letter

5:18 pm

jmcnrick

(better a jeweler than a pawn shop)

5:18 pm

Trifioso

thanks jes!

5:19 pm

jmcnrick

is it on a broader plain or a broader plane?

5:19 pm

Trifioso

I am on team edward, jmc, if that what you are asking

5:19 pm

Scrabbler

I bought myself a Flip Ultra Video Digital Camcorder for $89 on Amazon. I'd rather have a bitty, well-rated one than try to save for a superduper one.

5:19 pm

Minveryork

Hello Flask1! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

5:19 pm

jesdraggon

sorry i don't have a link directly to it, trif, but it was a pretty big difference :)

5:19 pm

crosshair

get the barnes and noble "nook" reader,it is 100 dollar less than the top end sony reader and support the same file formats and uses a google operating system and AT&T carrier for book downloads

5:20 pm

jmcnrick

what?!!?!?

5:20 pm

Flask1

Hi Minver do you have a clue for me please?

5:20 pm

Atalante

broader plainI *think*

5:20 pm

jmcnrick

Trif I have no idea what you just said

5:20 pm

jmcnrick

Min that clue confused me even more!

5:20 pm

Minveryork

My monkeys are working on word right now Flask1.

5:20 pm

Flask1

Its my last 2 words....

5:21 pm

jesdraggon

okay. i didn't even know the nook existed until a couple weeks ago, crossy :) has it been out on the market long enough to've worked the bugs out?

5:21 pm

jmcnrick

that was what I was thinking ata but my sister thinks it is a geometric plane

5:21 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Flask

5:21 pm

jmcnrick

hi flask

5:21 pm

Flask1

Hi Scrabbler

5:21 pm

Minveryork

ha 5/12 is ha+a poem and then plural the word Flask1

5:21 pm

Flask1

and JMC

5:21 pm

crosshair

yes indeed jes,the first run of them is currently sold out,then next ship starting january 7th,there are already 1 million preorders,so get your order in;))

5:22 pm

Soodle

Folks. Its 11.30 pm here, and I am heading for the scratcdhe (bed). Trif - keep in touch - and the rest of you - you have my email -add me as a friend on Facebook - ( Seriously impressive for an Irishwoman to have heaps of Americans as friends.....)

5:22 pm

jmcnrick

*scratching head in confusion*

5:22 pm

Atalante

could be either I guess ...

5:22 pm

Minveryork

jmcnrick, think of the reality game show the **** for double agent clue. Someone who isn't what they seem

5:22 pm

jesdraggon

excellent. thanks, crossy :)

5:22 pm

jesdraggon

sleep sweet, soodle

5:22 pm

Scrabbler

Sleep well, Soodle

5:22 pm

redturtlehead

Hey everyone!

5:22 pm

jmcnrick

glad to help you impress your friends soodle

5:23 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Red!

5:23 pm

crosshair

if you order now,you get a certificate of purchace to give as a gift or to hold your place in the distribution line

5:23 pm

jmcnrick

hi red!

5:23 pm

rururocks

hey red

5:23 pm

Soodle

Yay!! Soodlebum! International Ambassador!!!

5:23 pm

jesdraggon

alright :)

5:23 pm

redturtlehead

How is everyone! Wow, everyone is Here. Ruru did you share your news recently?

5:23 pm

Flask1

Min that ha clue doesn't work at all

5:23 pm

crosshair

brb

5:24 pm

jmcnrick

ru even shared a photo

5:24 pm

Scrabbler

ha + Spanish hurrah, then pluralize

5:24 pm

Minveryork

Hi redturtlehead! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

5:24 pm

rururocks

everyone seems to know red..

5:24 pm

rururocks

ha is whitey in hawaiian

5:24 pm

redturtlehead

hi Minver and jmc and scrabbs, and and and

5:24 pm

Flask1

thanx Scrabbler!!!

5:25 pm

Minveryork

Oops! I am sorry! It is ha plus a spanish cheer Flask1.

5:25 pm

jmcnrick

ha is?

5:25 pm

Flask1

Fireworks for flask....thanx all....and g'nite!!

5:25 pm

jmcnrick

so when I write ha ha ha I am writing whitey whitey whitey?

5:26 pm

Minveryork

jmcnrick os5/12 is os plus ***l Flanders (Robin Wright movie).

5:26 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo flask!

5:26 pm

Scrabbler

Yippee Flask!

5:26 pm

rururocks

the ha 5 I meant jm..

5:26 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Flask1 on fireworks! Hooray for you!

5:26 pm

Scrabbler

No, ha5 = derrogatory term

5:26 pm

rururocks

(jmKKK)

5:26 pm

jmcnrick

ooo ru -- *giggle* my mistake

5:26 pm

redturtlehead

Does everyoneknow I think, A charlie Brown Christmas is on tonight (for us Americans....) and us who like the holidays.

5:27 pm

jmcnrick

are you suggesting I am a member of the Klan!?!!? *indignant look*

5:27 pm

Scrabbler

It is? I watched it as a little girl, along with Rudolph, Frosty, etc.

5:27 pm

rururocks

lol.. well you did say whitey whitey whitey

5:28 pm

jmcnrick

I have had my quota treacle today red

5:28 pm

redturtlehead

abc at 8 pm... i will double check...

5:28 pm

redturtlehead

ha ha jmc!!!

5:28 pm

Atalante

just the babble clan :)

5:28 pm

rbud

I have Charlie Brown's Christmas on tape *slightly embarassed*

5:29 pm

redturtlehead

oooh nice rbud, i love the program.

5:29 pm

rururocks

my neighbor used to work for Charles Schulz

5:29 pm

Trifioso

i need a nap....but instead I am taking a break to deliver primo to the high school play....back later friends!

5:29 pm

Scrabbler

I love the music, rbud

5:29 pm

Scrabbler

Bye Trif

5:29 pm

jmcnrick

bye trif

5:29 pm

Aussieme

Hey Babblers :)

5:29 pm

redturtlehead

how many got snow today?

5:30 pm

jmcnrick

what did he do for Charles Schulz?

5:30 pm

jesdraggon

bye, trif

5:30 pm

jmcnrick

hi aussie!

5:30 pm

redturtlehead

hi aussie!!!!!!!!!!

5:30 pm

Aussieme

not me Red :)

5:30 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Aussie--shouldn't you be in bed?

5:30 pm

jmcnrick

me I got snow

5:30 pm

rbud

just happy to be here, net's back up at home, don't have to sneak down to the library after all. :D

5:30 pm

jmcnrick

lol it would be scary if you got snow today aussie

5:30 pm

Aussieme

Nah, not yet Scrabs... I got 59 to find yet...

5:30 pm

jmcnrick

yea! rbud!

5:30 pm

rbud

did anyone shovel your walk, jmc?

5:31 pm

Aussieme

why ?? I live in the U.K JMC :)

5:31 pm

jmcnrick

fortunately it fell in the odd sloppy manner so the sidewalks never got covered only the grass

5:31 pm

jmcnrick

duh! that's right I forget aussie

5:32 pm

Aussieme

lol....

5:32 pm

jmcnrick

I am easily confused today

5:32 pm

jmcnrick

the chog spent five minutes helping me find my debit card!

5:33 pm

Scrabbler

How, JM?

5:33 pm

redturtlehead

oh no jmc.

5:34 pm

Atalante

I was meant to be going to a Smial meeting today, aussie, but not well enough :( Wanted to see Sally Kennett and Angie

5:34 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Hello- I have 27 left. I experienced fireworks twice last week, but now I'm like "whatever." (Can ypou tell I was just talking to a 14 year old?

5:34 pm

Scrabbler

First ca6 please?

5:34 pm

crosshair

ok,any more e-book reader questions before i dive into this grid?

5:34 pm

Scrabbler

Hi kaplan

5:34 pm

Aussieme

Ata !!

5:35 pm

rbud

hey, can I get a clue for the 8? just realized I still don't have it.

5:35 pm

Scrabbler

Dive, Crossy.

5:35 pm

redturtlehead

my first ca 6 is a pl of a hoofed humped animal...

5:35 pm

jmcnrick

with lots of suggestions of where to look

5:35 pm

crosshair

sploosh!

5:35 pm

Kaplan the Magne

first ca has a lot of vowels- now how to clue it?

5:35 pm

jesdraggon

think you answered 'em all, crossy. thanks!

5:35 pm

Aussieme

ch**ber pots (for under the bed) + lemon*** drink, and plural

5:36 pm

Aussieme

thats ch7 and 8 :)

5:36 pm

redturtlehead

ty aussie!

5:36 pm

jmcnrick

gosh I am usually faster at cluing!

5:36 pm

jmcnrick

ca6=unconscious with extra vowels in the first part

5:36 pm

Aussieme

yw red :)

5:37 pm

Scrabbler

TY, Ata

5:37 pm

bubba218

ca + vowel + tumor ending, then pl

5:37 pm

rbud

ca6 = ca + most common vowel + unconscious state (c***tose)

5:37 pm

jmcnrick

hi bubba

5:37 pm

rbud

and thanks, Aussie!

5:37 pm

Scrabbler

TY, Bubba! My monkey would have found that word in several wks.

5:37 pm

redturtlehead

hi Bubba and cross.

5:37 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Hi everyone.

5:38 pm

Aussieme

yw rbud

5:38 pm

bubba218

Hi, All

5:38 pm

jmcnrick

hi kap

5:38 pm

Kaplan the Magne

The ho words are rough

5:38 pm

jmcnrick

ho ho ho

5:38 pm

Scrabbler

Almost done with ch's

5:38 pm

Aussieme

merry christmas Santa :)

5:39 pm

Scrabbler

St Nicholas Day tomorrow

5:39 pm

jmcnrick

santa is taking a break bbl

5:40 pm

crosshair

howdy red and everyone else who came in whilst i was holding forth on e-book readers;))

5:40 pm

Aussieme

Hey Crossy !

5:40 pm

crosshair

aussie!;))

5:40 pm

rbud

I'm a librarian, crossy, I still believe in real books. :)

5:41 pm

bubba218

I pre-ordered the Nook, and am waiting for it to come.

5:41 pm

Aussieme

I love both kinds of book.... I also love Audio Books !

5:41 pm

crosshair

rbud,our library also is offering e-books loans now,and the reason for the e-book for my wife was a visual disability that prevented her from reading standard books

5:41 pm

crosshair

yaa for bubba!!

5:42 pm

jesdraggon

heh. rbud, i love books, but it would be really convenient when travelling to have them all in one and not have to carry 20 pounds of book to get through vacation ;)

5:42 pm

redturtlehead

imust admit, i cant take the screeen glare too much..

5:42 pm

crosshair

indeed,jes,both types of books have a place in my heart

5:44 pm

crosshair

i still read what my son now calls "dead tree " books at home,but when trvelling there is nothing finer that having 50 books at your finget tips

5:45 pm

redturtlehead

Oh gosh, 69 left and its becoming nea impossible to find anything.

5:46 pm

crosshair

everyone say hello to my mrs,;) ive passed on my babble addiction;))

5:46 pm

crosshair

she uses the handle "elegant"

5:46 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I guess Osama is not a word.

5:47 pm

redturtlehead

hi mrs!

5:47 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Hello Mrs Crosshair

5:47 pm

Aussieme

Good Evening Elegant, lovely to see you again :)

5:47 pm

Good Enough

neither is Yoda

5:47 pm

Scrabbler

Hello Elegant, and Good Enough

5:47 pm

Aussieme

Hey GEnough :)

5:48 pm

Elegant

hello everyone. (: i see my Hubby is going on about readers again.

5:48 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I know- I did try Yoda. You never know.

5:48 pm

jillibus

Hi elegant

5:48 pm

redturtlehead

Indeed he is...but its great to hear about stuff like that!

5:48 pm

Aussieme

Hey Jilli :)

5:48 pm

jesdraggon

hullo, mrs crossy :)

5:48 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Goodenough is a fellow transplant from Wordsplay.

5:49 pm

jesdraggon

i started the ereader convo, elegant... he was provoked :)

5:49 pm

Atalante

his 3rd favourite subject

5:49 pm

Scrabbler

He is a wonderful resource, Mrs Crosshair--he taught how to repair my shower tile, he has given computer advie, and now I have learned about e-readers.

5:49 pm

jillibus

Minveryork clued that ca6/24 brilliantly -- ca + L** the Lion + not pa.

5:49 pm

jillibus

I see we can now get the Kindle in Canada

5:49 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I can't get the os's.

5:50 pm

redturtlehead

Hi Goodenough!

5:51 pm

jillibus

os6 is os + the blind burrower. Take off the last letter for os5.

5:51 pm

Minveryork

os5/12 is os + actress Gretchen *** Kaplan the Magne

5:51 pm

Elegant

Let me guess bacon is his ultimate favorite subject. i don't know what I'd do without him.

5:52 pm

jillibus

Scrabs -- TODAY is St Nicholas Day in the Netherlands -- see my writeup.

5:52 pm

Aussieme

We like him lots too Elegant....

5:52 pm

Atalante

well, I would say you, and bacon. Which is number 1 and which is number 2 ....

5:52 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I don't know gretchen. I just got the os6. Not the 5.

5:52 pm

redturtlehead

bacon weaves especially Elegant!

5:52 pm

Minveryork

os 5/12 is os plus a double agent minus the last letter

5:52 pm

jillibus

kap, didn't you see my clue just before Min's?

5:53 pm

Minveryork

Looked back in the chog. I also tried osama and yoda

5:53 pm

Elegant

Better be me or he's in big trouble.

5:53 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I got it, TY

5:53 pm

jillibus

Kap -- take off the last letter of the os6 for the os5.

5:54 pm

crosshair

be warned jilli,the kindle has a single proprietary file format via the amazon e-book site,so explore your options if you go e-reader hunting

5:54 pm

redturtlehead

Oh Elegant he does like to talk about his wonderful wife...

5:54 pm

Atalante

time to speak up crossy!

5:54 pm

crosshair

your my best friend red,just scored me 2 points;))

5:54 pm

Aussieme

do5 please ?

5:54 pm

jillibus

Oh, I'm not hunting, crossy, and I'm a Consumer Reports fan anyway -- but thanks for the advice.

5:55 pm

crosshair

np jilli

5:55 pm

Kaplan the Magne

The thing on wordsplay is you have to be fast, but if you don't get all of the obscure words it doesn't matter- you just have to get more than everyone else in 3 minutes. It's addictive because it goes so fast, but keeps reloading and reloading...

5:55 pm

Aussieme

do5 please ?

5:55 pm

jillibus

do 5 is the museum guide -- do + yearning

5:57 pm

Minveryork

do 5/16:a man who is the eldest or senior member of a group. Put the definition in the reverse dictionary.

5:57 pm

jillibus

What I like about Babble is that you do NOT have to be fast!

5:58 pm

crosshair

indeed jilli,the timed games i do not do well at anymore

5:58 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Even my monkey can't get the yo4- I thought I went around and around

5:58 pm

Kaplan the Magne

This doesn't give me carpal tunnel aches like wordsplay does

5:59 pm

jillibus

yo + Designated Hitter

5:59 pm

Scrabbler

yo + *ear Jo*n letter = cruel

5:59 pm

Scrabbler

The letter is cruel, I don't know what yo4 means

5:59 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Oh- Hebrew letter alternate spelling.

5:59 pm

Minveryork

yo 48 is beginning of star wars character plus chair.

6:00 pm

crosshair

ty scrabbs

6:00 pm

Aussieme

thanks for the do5.... I finally got it !

6:00 pm

Atalante

isn't a museum guide a docent not a do5?

6:00 pm

jillibus

the yo def says it's the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

6:01 pm

jillibus

you're right, ata -- silly me

6:01 pm

Kaplan the Magne

That is correct. Alternate spelling.

6:01 pm

Atalante

phew! I've only just got used to the word docent :)

6:01 pm

Scrabbler

BBS--eating dinner

6:01 pm

Kaplan the Magne

the other do -isn't that something like a matron?

6:02 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Scrabbler! I will see you later on in the chog

6:02 pm

Kaplan the Magne

and i don't have the ho4,9- I HATE it when the 4's hang me up!

6:03 pm

jillibus

there are 2 other do words -- the longer one is alt sp for "Tom Do****"

6:03 pm

Minveryork

An ho 4/9 is what a wherewolf does Kaplan the Magne

6:03 pm

Atalante

ho**'s Moving Castle

6:04 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I have that one, and the plural. There seems to be one that I don't have

6:04 pm

jillibus

the other ho4/9 changes the last letter

6:04 pm

Minveryork

An ho4/9 is plus of a question word Kaplan the Magne

6:04 pm

Kaplan the Magne

thanks

6:05 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Dinner. cu.

6:05 pm

jillibus

byeee kap.

6:05 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Kaplan the Magne! I will see you later maybe

6:07 pm

Aussieme

ha5/16 please ??

6:08 pm

Aussieme

I mean ha5/18 please ?

6:09 pm

Minveryork

ha 5/18: the past tense of what horses eat Aussieme

6:09 pm

jillibus

ha5/18 -- past tense of dried grass

6:09 pm

Aussieme

duh ! Thanks Minver.... Lovely to see you again :)

6:09 pm

Aussieme

Thanks Jilli :)

6:09 pm

jillibus

min types faster than I do :(

6:09 pm

Minveryork

Hello Aussieme! How are you? How many more words?

6:10 pm

jillibus

yw ;)

6:10 pm

Aussieme

22 left Min....

6:11 pm

Minveryork

I am almost done, so I will be here for clues if needed.

6:12 pm

Aussieme

thanks Min... 18 to go now.

6:12 pm

Aussieme

h's, L's, M's left now....

6:13 pm

jillibus

I finished earlier so can clue anything

6:13 pm

Aussieme

Thanks to you too Jilli :)

6:14 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations on finishing early jillibus! Way to go!

6:14 pm

jillibus

Thanks, min :)

6:16 pm

crosshair

the mrs and i are tag teaming this evil grid;))

6:17 pm

Minveryork

Lucky you! Could NEVER get hubby to do this with me

6:17 pm

jillibus

there have been several evils ones lately

6:17 pm

crosshair

lol i was first and got the mrs hooked min;)

6:17 pm

Minveryork

D's Done! 10 left

6:17 pm

jillibus

flosey and mr flosey often use both heads

6:18 pm

jillibus

gogogo min!!!

6:18 pm

Aussieme

15 left for me.... here is the wall !!

6:19 pm

Minveryork

P's Popped! 9 eft

6:19 pm

Aussieme

13

6:20 pm

Scrabbler

Back from dinner. 33 to go.

6:20 pm

Dorens

hi all

6:20 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Doren!

6:20 pm

jillibus

hi dorens

6:20 pm

Aussieme

Hey Dorens

6:20 pm

Dorens

oh jilli. i did try babble expert yesterday- everything you said and more *swoon* I'm in love

6:20 pm

jillibus

re-hi scrabs

6:21 pm

jillibus

Isn't it great?

6:21 pm

Minveryork

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

6:21 pm

Scrabbler

So, Doren, get a netbook just for Babble Expert, use your Macs for everything el4

6:21 pm

crosshair

welcome to babble expert dorens;))

6:21 pm

Minveryork

Hi Scrabbler! Welcome back to chog.How was dinner?

6:22 pm

Dorens

hi aussie, scrabs, minver. I am sitting in my son's house wiating for them to return from switzerland.. drove their dog back up from nj, made them dinner, and still waiting.

6:22 pm

Scrabbler

Dinner was good--salmon fillet, yogurt for dessert.

6:22 pm

crosshair

dorens,you are an angel,

6:22 pm

jillibus

what a wonderful greeting they'll be getting, doren!!!

6:22 pm

Dorens

yes scrabb i think i will probably do that... shameful, isn't it? to buy a notebook just for babble, when i have two lovely macs?

6:22 pm

Aussieme

10 left

6:22 pm

Scrabbler

Did they take the kids, Doren?

6:23 pm

Aussieme

9

6:23 pm

crosshair

buy one of those lil acer netbooks just for babble;))

6:23 pm

Minveryork

Go Aussieme go!

6:23 pm

Dorens

course they did, they always deprive me of the pleasure of longterm babysitting. this is phoebe's fourth long airplane ride (and she's not even 3 1/2)

6:23 pm

crosshair

yaa for aussie!!

6:23 pm

Scrabbler

I have a little bitty Acer Aspire netbook--using it now. Cost me $379 from Tigerdirect.

6:23 pm

Dorens

acer? will look into it crossy, thanks. have to find me a cheap one

6:24 pm

crosshair

acer is the way to go then dorens

6:24 pm

Minveryork

A's Abolished! 7 left

6:24 pm

Scrabbler

www.tigerdirect.com--great deals, Doren!

6:24 pm

Aussieme

8

6:24 pm

crosshair

thats the one scrabbs

6:24 pm

Dorens

how tiny is itty bitty scrabbs? big enough to see the screen with aging eyes?

6:24 pm

Aussieme

7

6:25 pm

Dorens

ok i will. that will be my birthday present to myself. the recumbent bike i ordered yesterdy will be my christmas present. being good to myself!

6:25 pm

Scrabbler

9 inch screen, works for me. My dream was a MacBook but too expensive for me.

6:26 pm

Scrabbler

I bought myself snowshoes and a Flip Digital Camcorder for Christmas.

6:26 pm

Dorens

you're better off this way scrab.. i have the macbook (was a present, a very nice present) and it won't use babble expert

6:26 pm

Uneaixoise

Target has it here, and with free shipping: http://tinyurl.com/yhkyftf

6:27 pm

Scrabbler

I am very frugal and not self-indulgent.

6:27 pm

Scrabbler

hi une

6:27 pm

Uneaixoise

was lurking and zeroed in on discussion of bargain! LOL

6:27 pm

Aussieme

5 left

6:27 pm

Minveryork

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

6:27 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, min

6:27 pm

Aussieme

Uneeeeee !!

6:27 pm

Scrabbler

I look for bargains!

6:28 pm

Uneaixoise

aussiemeeeee!!!

6:28 pm

crosshair

scrabbs,wife wants to know if there is a Mr. scrabbs?

6:28 pm

Uneaixoise

this is what you folks are talking about, right?

6:29 pm

Dorens

thanks crossy, scrabb and une.. i look for bargains too, and am happy to be the beneficiary of your searces. they have them at target as low as 289.99.. will that one be good for me?

6:29 pm

Scrabbler

No Mr Scrabbler. No kids but my sister's oldest son has lived with me since he was 16 and he is 21 now.

6:29 pm

jmcnrick

bargains?

6:29 pm

Scrabbler

Acer Aspire One is what I have

6:29 pm

crosshair

yes dorens,if you want a cheap netbook,the acer is the way to go for headache free laptopping

6:30 pm

Uneaixoise

like the ones on the Target site?

6:30 pm

Uneaixoise

cool! I may have to indulge as well!

6:30 pm

jmcnrick

that is so cheap I may need a second laptop!

6:31 pm

Elegant

Slaps Crossy, liar. Sure blame me and say I wanted to know.

6:31 pm

jmcnrick

elegant is Mrs. Crossy?

6:31 pm

Uneaixoise

wow, amazing reviews on Target site from customers!

6:31 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, jmc :-)

6:31 pm

jmcnrick

howjado howjado

6:32 pm

jmcnrick

hi une back from a short break to cook

6:32 pm

Dorens

very excited... am buying the cheapest one, at 289., basically cause i don't know the dif between that and the 349 one

6:32 pm

Scrabbler

I have had no problems with mine, Une. I downloaded everything that I wanted--anti-virus, anti-spyware, Open Office, Firefox, Babble Expert.

6:32 pm

jmcnrick

probably ram dorens

6:33 pm

Elegant

Yes I am. Sometime I question my sanity on marrying him though. Glares at crossy.

6:33 pm

jmcnrick

good to know!

6:33 pm

jillibus

I heard there's no DVD slot on the little Acer, if that means anything to you.

6:33 pm

Scrabbler

Elegant, I am sure there are more plusses than minuses

6:33 pm

Dorens

would ram matter if this is basically only for running babble expert?

6:33 pm

jmcnrick

so any open know open office really well?

6:33 pm

Minveryork

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

6:34 pm

Uneaixoise

dorens, LOL!

6:34 pm

jmcnrick

ram matters if you open more than a couple of windows

6:34 pm

Dorens

oh good jilli, if that's the main difference, it wouldn't matter...

6:34 pm

Scrabbler

Open Office = free competitor alternative to Microsoft Office

6:34 pm

jmcnrick

I know what it is -- I have it

6:34 pm

jillibus

better make sure, doren

6:34 pm

Dorens

ok, so if i need other windows, will go to other computer?

6:34 pm

jmcnrick

but I am having a problem and I was hoping someone could help

6:34 pm

Minveryork

Is Open Office the one you get from Google Scrabbler

6:35 pm

jmcnrick

sure dorens

6:35 pm

Scrabbler

I haven't used it extensively, JM

6:35 pm

jillibus

my absence just now was courtesy of another coughing fit and now I have a headache

6:35 pm

jmcnrick

how about you crossy?

6:35 pm

Scrabbler

I went directly to the site to download it, Min

6:35 pm

Elegant

Hello Min. thanks for the welcome.

6:35 pm

jmcnrick

*hands jill a cough drop*

6:35 pm

Scrabbler

getting better or worse, jill?

6:35 pm

Uneaixoise

looks like RAM's the same on both

6:35 pm

jillibus

I wish they would help!

6:36 pm

jmcnrick

that was a guess only

6:36 pm

Minveryork

Is it open office.com? Is it user friendly too Scrabbler

6:36 pm

jillibus

about the same, scrabs

6:36 pm

rururocks

crossy is one of the true gentlemen in the chat.. unless someone brings up bacon

6:36 pm

jmcnrick

try warm brandy and milk -- that always works for me

6:36 pm

jmcnrick

it is user friendly

6:36 pm

Scrabbler

Yes, Min--detailed!

6:36 pm

jillibus

hi ruru

6:36 pm

rururocks

(that sounds awful jm)

6:36 pm

rururocks

hi jilli

6:36 pm

Scrabbler

When were the puppies born, Ruru?

6:37 pm

Elegant

Crossy isn't here right now, we're about to eat dinner.

6:37 pm

Uneaixoise

RURU!! how beautiful and how thrilling!!!

6:37 pm

rururocks

Wednesday night scrabs

6:37 pm

Scrabbler

These ho's are killing me

6:37 pm

jmcnrick

I thought so too when my peruvian friend recommended it to me but it is quite nice

6:37 pm

rururocks

Thank you.. thank you thank you

6:37 pm

Dorens

sorry about that jilli, i've had a bad cough for a month now and it is debilitating.. at night i actually take the heavy hitter cough syrup with codeine or hydrocodone or whatever... it does help

6:37 pm

Minveryork

I do not know how Microsoft Office can survive with everyone getting Open Office for free now.

6:37 pm

rururocks

You been pimping Scrabs?

6:37 pm

jmcnrick

oo ty elegant I will wait until later then

6:38 pm

Scrabbler

Yep, Ruru, ho's boost my income

6:38 pm

Dorens

ruru, cute little furballs

6:38 pm

jillibus

I just wish this cough would break up.

6:38 pm

rururocks

thank you dorens.. he is really cute I think

6:38 pm

Scrabbler

Doren + Jill, I have had a cough for almost 4 wks but am improving--some virus

6:39 pm

Dorens

glad it's going scrabbs... as long as i have this postnasal drip, i think mine will not leave me

6:39 pm

rururocks

wonder what's for dinner at crossies house

6:39 pm

jillibus

scrabs, there were no sniffles with this -- just achy and fatigue and no appetite -- you too?

6:39 pm

Uneaixoise

looks like a Dylan, ruru :-)

6:40 pm

Dorens

oh i see that the cheap little asper ones will be available for shipping in two to four weeks... wonder if i can wait that long!!

6:40 pm

jillibus

Sweet, ruru -- what a sturdy little rear end!

6:41 pm

rururocks

that's what I thought jilli nice chunky rear legs

6:41 pm

Scrabbler

Not like a regular cold--has been in my larynx, trachea, upper bronchi, with a wheezy cough.

6:41 pm

Kaplan the Magne

the po's are almost as bad as the ho's

6:41 pm

rururocks

yuck

6:41 pm

Scrabbler

Oh, Doren, they must be very popular!

6:42 pm

Scrabbler

I must finish with my ho's before I do the po's

6:42 pm

rururocks

po's and ho's what's next?

6:42 pm

jillibus

weird virus

6:42 pm

Dorens

weighs 2 and a half pounds! the one you have weighs five, right?

6:43 pm

Minveryork

po 4/5 is po plus to be and po 6/24 is the past tense.

6:43 pm

Minveryork

po4/5: Santa lives in the North Po** and then plural it

6:44 pm

Scrabbler

*must focus on ho's now*

6:44 pm

Minveryork

po 4/5 is a survey. po 6/21 is po 4/5 + double vowels

6:44 pm

Minveryork

po 7/32 is plural of a po 6/21 word Kaplan the Magne.

6:44 pm

Aussieme

3 left... All LO words !

6:44 pm

Minveryork

po5/12 is plural of the po 4/5 word Kaplan the Magne

6:45 pm

Scrabbler

Go Aussie!

6:45 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I got all the po's

6:45 pm

inge

same clues for the no words. h instead of p

6:45 pm

Minveryork

po4/5 is po5/12 minus a consonant Kaplan the Magne

6:45 pm

Scrabbler

ho7 please?

6:45 pm

Minveryork

So sorry Kaplan the Magne.Thought you needed them

6:45 pm

Scrabbler

Guten Abend, Inge.

6:45 pm

inge

* ho I meant

6:46 pm

Minveryork

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

6:46 pm

jillibus

ho7 is pl of ho5/12

6:46 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I just got them quickly. Ho7- sort of empty greetings

6:46 pm

jillibus

hi inge

6:46 pm

Scrabbler

Aha, Jill, TY

6:46 pm

inge

Abend, Scrabbler. Still installing stuff, like spellcheck etc. they REALLY cleaned it.

6:46 pm

Aussieme

1 left...

6:47 pm

crosshair

mmm..i stuffed a 6 pound chicken with cornbread stuffing added garlic and cheddar noodles and tosed a veggie in there;0\

6:47 pm

jillibus

lol, kap!

6:47 pm

Aussieme

F*I*R*E*W*O*R*K*S !!!!!

6:47 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Aussieme on fireworks!Good for you!

6:47 pm

jillibus

YAY aussie!!!

6:48 pm

Aussieme

ty, ty, ty.... Couldn't have done it without your great clues !!

6:48 pm

inge

bravo Aussie

6:48 pm

Dorens

yay aussie

6:48 pm

Aussieme

ty inge..... lovely to see you :)

6:48 pm

Aussieme

ty Dorens :)

6:49 pm

Aussieme

Anyone need clues, or can I go to bed ??

6:49 pm

jillibus

I have some things to do -- back in a bit.

6:49 pm

inge

Schlaf gut, Aussie

6:50 pm

jillibus

You can go to bed, aussie ;)

6:50 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Now back to the lo's

6:50 pm

Aussieme

is that good night inge ??

6:50 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye jillibus! I will see you later on in the chat log

6:50 pm

inge

no, it means sleep well

6:51 pm

Aussieme

oh, ok, that will please me too :) Love and Hugs to all Babblers..... Sweet Dreams..... **poof**

6:51 pm

Scrabbler

Yay Aussie!

6:51 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Aussieme! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

6:51 pm

inge

Bye

6:52 pm

inge

to Aussie, I am still here

6:52 pm

Scrabbler

last ho6 please?

6:53 pm

inge

like the ho 5 preceding, add a vowel

6:53 pm

Scrabbler

NM, monkey found it, under threat

6:53 pm

Dorens

my last one is h+ ** veh (yiddish expression, oh my goodness!! oh no!!) +lions sleep in a ***

6:54 pm

inge

wrong clue, ho + sometime vowel + the fog was really ***se, we couldl not see

6:54 pm

Scrabbler

Yep, Inge clued the first ho6
howl

6:55 pm

inge

and now the last one

6:55 pm

Scrabbler

*sprinting off to PB, wishing for dark chocolate*

6:55 pm

inge

I left some chocolate covered gingerbread coolies tere

6:57 pm

Dorens

i was just at trader joe's ... brought back mucho dark chocolate

6:57 pm

Dorens

ph 6 please? (for a dark chocolate orange ball)

6:57 pm

Scrabbler

I need to shop tomorrow. Today has been a lazy, hibernation day. I am still in my pajamas.

6:57 pm

rururocks

like gym class dorens

6:57 pm

Minveryork

A ph6/33 word is abbreviation for a hym cass Dorens

6:57 pm

Scrabbler

PE class, Doren

6:58 pm

Dorens

oh thanks ruru

6:58 pm

Dorens

and scrabbs and minver

6:58 pm

inge

gym class???

6:59 pm

Scrabbler

PHYSical EDucation = PE class

6:59 pm

Dorens

ph**cal **ucation

6:59 pm

Dorens

how about os5? (only have 25% battery left and didn't bring my charger!)

6:59 pm

rururocks

(rolls some weights in inge's direction)

7:00 pm

rururocks

os + gopher

7:00 pm

Scrabbler

os + underground rodent, and subtract last letter for os5

7:00 pm

inge

I finished this morning at 9. Just wondering about the clues.

7:00 pm

Dorens

ty - got the o's

7:00 pm

Scrabbler

Just don't make me do pull ups, Coach Ruru.

7:00 pm

inge

os + animal that burrows

7:01 pm

rururocks

(lolol just push ups scrabs)

7:01 pm

Scrabbler

I can do a few of those, Coach.

7:01 pm

rururocks

*RURU : Physical trainer from Hell *

7:03 pm

Scrabbler

I need you then, Coach. I am doing a mountain hike to raise $1200 for the American Cancer Society--August. Mount Marcy in Adirondacks--5344 ft high.

7:03 pm

inge

my computer is having a technical problem. Have to find cause. BBL

7:03 pm

Dorens

ho 6/21??

7:04 pm

Scrabbler

Reminder Coach: I am still in my pajamas right now, so I am a slacker.

7:04 pm

rururocks

empty greetings dorens

7:04 pm

Scrabbler

add vowel to ho 5 before it

7:04 pm

rururocks

lol scrabs.. all day?

7:04 pm

Dorens

scrabbler=kayaker=hiker=tennis player=NOT slacker

7:05 pm

Scrabbler

Yep, lazy hibernation day. Blah. Not motivated today.

7:05 pm

Dorens

ty for ho6- unfortunately 7 is not plural of it

7:05 pm

Scrabbler

TY, Doren. I am allowed a rest day, right?

7:06 pm

Dorens

absolutely, but i would never call you a slacker!

7:06 pm

jmcnrick

there is a pl it is a 7

7:06 pm

Scrabbler

ho7 = pl of ho5, as in do--->does

7:06 pm

Scrabbler

s
p

7:06 pm

Dorens

ah, ty

7:07 pm

Dorens

down to five. and 22%

7:07 pm

Scrabbler

How did that happen?

7:07 pm

Scrabbler

6 left for me

7:07 pm

jmcnrick

go dorens go!

7:07 pm

jmcnrick

go scrabs go

7:07 pm

Dorens

it happened to me yesterday when i was trying out expert.. have no idea why though

7:07 pm

Dorens

help with the first three ca's?

7:08 pm

rururocks

c + three vowells and not pa

7:08 pm

Scrabbler

Those are weird, Doren. ca6 = c + 3 vowels in order + Alda show ***H

7:08 pm

Dorens

hoping to order my asper after i finish!

7:08 pm

jmcnrick

ca=unconscious with extra vowels

7:08 pm

jmcnrick

pl for 7

7:09 pm

jmcnrick

spanish houses for 5

7:09 pm

Scrabbler

Oops, that is ca7. Subtract S for ca6. ca5 = neurological states but switch 2nd vowel

7:10 pm

Dorens

thank you!! fireworks!

7:10 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo dorens!

7:11 pm

Scrabbler

Yippee Doren! 4 left for me

7:11 pm

jmcnrick

57 left

7:11 pm

Dorens

go scrabbler go!!

7:11 pm

Dorens

go jmc go!

7:12 pm

jmcnrick

go scrabs go

7:13 pm

Scrabbler

Done! TY for clues. There were many weird words!

7:13 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo scrabs!

7:14 pm

Scrabbler

Anybody need clues before I go?

7:14 pm

jmcnrick

do6?

7:15 pm

sarcasticah

Can I get a hint for the am5 and am6?

7:15 pm

jmcnrick

a+burrowing animal

7:15 pm

Scrabbler

do6 = homonym to Tom Do**** --song

7:15 pm

sarcasticah

Thanks!

7:16 pm

jmcnrick

yw

7:16 pm

Dorens

yay scrabs.. about to place my order!! night all

7:17 pm

Scrabbler

Alright, time to attack the NYT crossword puzzle--we get it in our Saturday newspaper. Yay Doren!

7:17 pm

jmcnrick

ty scrabs

7:17 pm

rbud

yay, I fireworked!

7:17 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo rbud

7:19 pm

torgone

Joy .. Bliss .. Everyone in my house is sick ..

7:19 pm

rbud

awww, torg, what a drag!

7:19 pm

jmcnrick

even you torg?

7:20 pm

torgone

Only slightly ..

7:20 pm

jmcnrick

does the do5 build off the do 4?

7:20 pm

jmcnrick

nm

7:20 pm

torgone

I have a little cold going on but they all have tummy troubles ..

7:20 pm

jmcnrick

yuck

7:21 pm

scribekd

no, jmcnrick-the do5/16 is all by itself

7:21 pm

jmcnrick

ty scribe I got it

7:22 pm

scribekd

i was way slow in responding-glad you got it

7:22 pm

jmcnrick

np scribe

7:24 pm

lbdawger

hi everyone

7:24 pm

jmcnrick

hi lbd

7:24 pm

lbdawger

hi jmc

7:25 pm

lbdawger

torg, you better get well fast, that trip to China is coming up shortly!

7:28 pm

torgone

Yeah .. If I get sicker, I'm not going .. I don't care ..

7:30 pm

lbdawger

if you get sicker, 1) you shouldn't go, 2) airlines might not let you on the planes 3) china might quarantine you!

7:31 pm

jmcnrick

first ho5 please

7:31 pm

lbdawger

rhymes with cacaphony

7:32 pm

jmcnrick

ty lbd

7:32 pm

lbdawger

yw

7:32 pm

jmcnrick

but the chinese sauce is not accepted

7:33 pm

jmcnrick

ah it is hoisin that is why

7:33 pm

lbdawger

nope, try past tense

7:33 pm

jmcnrick

ty again and as usual!

7:34 pm

torgone

I had a flu shot Thurs along with five other shots ..

7:34 pm

lbdawger

maybe you're having a reaction to all them shots. could be you'd been exposed to the flu and the shot has just promoted the symptoms. lots of fluids in ya servo boy!

7:35 pm

jmcnrick

ouch

7:36 pm

tceicher

need ma5/18 and m,e6/21.....help please

7:36 pm

jmcnrick

me 6/21 is the sickness with spots

7:37 pm

lbdawger

month after april + past tense

7:37 pm

tceicher

mayed

7:37 pm

tceicher

oops, sorry

7:37 pm

jmcnrick

ty lbd

7:37 pm

lbdawger

me6.21 is child disease like chicken pox, only one tho

7:38 pm

tceicher

thanks to your last clues, I finallyhave fireworks, thank you very much

7:38 pm

lbdawger

whooo hooo tc!!

7:38 pm

tceicher

now, on to Sudoku

7:38 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo tceich!

7:38 pm

torgone

No worries, lbd .. consuming lots of fluids .. ;)

7:39 pm

lbdawger

good for you, torg. hope you're over the cold quickly.

7:40 pm

jesdraggon

back again

7:40 pm

lbdawger

hi jes

7:41 pm

jesdraggon

how you, dawg?

7:41 pm

lbdawger

bit sleepy, but otherwise fine, how about you?

7:41 pm

jmcnrick

hi jes

7:41 pm

jesdraggon

good. got most of the christmas pressies wrapped

7:41 pm

jesdraggon

still need to do cards.

7:42 pm

lbdawger

wow, i'm impressed, jes. I'm almost done with making all the holiday goodies. hopefully will finish the truffles tomorrow, then i can start on the christmas letter and cards

7:43 pm

jmcnrick

i haven't bought any presents yet :-(

7:44 pm

jmcnrick

maybe I can make my famous bourbon balls tomorrow

7:44 pm

lbdawger

oooh, i made spiced rum balls today. they are setting up in the fridge, i'll roll them out tomorrow

7:45 pm

jmcnrick

I make something similar but with bourbon and cocoa

7:45 pm

lbdawger

do you use condensed milk or corn syrup?

7:52 pm

jmcnrick

sorry MIL called

7:52 pm

jmcnrick

corn syrup

7:52 pm

lbdawger

i was worried, i thought i might have broken the chog

7:52 pm

jmcnrick

i love it because i don't have to cook anything

7:53 pm

lbdawger

i ran out of crumbs, so i'll have to wait for my next batch. i'll try the corn syrup and maybe use bourbon, gotta see what's in the liquor stash.

7:54 pm

jmcnrick

my MIL is essentially Kathryn Hepburn in Bringing Up Baby

7:54 pm

jmcnrick

I double the bourbon

7:54 pm

lbdawger

i like to bake, but i also like no bakes, like booze balls and truffles!

7:54 pm

lbdawger

yeah, i was a little heavy handed with the spiced rum. lol

7:54 pm

jmcnrick

I make my own powdered sugar in the food processor

7:54 pm

lbdawger

*hic*

7:55 pm

jmcnrick

never too heavy handed!

7:55 pm

jmcnrick

mmmmmm bourban

7:55 pm

lbdawger

hubz wants me to make a fruit cake. never tried it before. just think of all the booze i can pour on that!

7:56 pm

jmcnrick

a fruit cake with real fruit instead of the nuclear fruit is good

7:57 pm

lbdawger

i have some home dried fruit, none of that candied stuff. yuck

7:57 pm

jmcnrick

I saw a recipe that Alton Brown did that looked really good

7:58 pm

lbdawger

i'll have to look it up on the foodnetwork site

8:04 pm

lbdawger

brb, need some tea.

8:04 pm

jmcnrick

hb

8:05 pm

JenMO16

hey everyone

8:05 pm

jmcnrick

hi jen

8:05 pm

JenMO16

i need a clue for the 8 letter word please

8:05 pm

jmcnrick

second ow?

8:08 pm

JenMO16

is that the 8 letter word, jm?

8:08 pm

jmcnrick

no the 8 letter word is ch 8/60

8:09 pm

JenMO16

oh, thanks

8:09 pm

jmcnrick

ch* ch* ch* + you have got it ma4/6

8:09 pm

jmcnrick

pl

8:10 pm

JenMO16

got it thanks

8:10 pm

jmcnrick

yw

8:11 pm

crosshair

good night all,the grid has won this time....tc and happy babbling from the mrs and i;)

8:12 pm

JenMO16

do you need the second ow, jm?

8:12 pm

JenMO16

good night crosshair

8:12 pm

jmcnrick

hi crossy I wanted to ask you about open office

8:12 pm

jmcnrick

yes jen I do

8:12 pm

crosshair

yes jmc?

8:12 pm

jmcnrick

I am having trouble with a document that has blue lines runing through it for paragraphs

8:13 pm

jmcnrick

I can't figure out where they came from and how to get rid of them

8:13 pm

lbdawger

hi jen, crossy

8:13 pm

crosshair

open office is a freeware program that is fully compatable with the windows office programs

8:14 pm

crosshair

that is a bug jmc,id uninstall open office including the program file for it and do a clean reinstall

8:14 pm

jmcnrick

yes crossy but is there somewhere to change the settings to get rid of the blue paragraph line?

8:14 pm

lbdawger

night night, crossy and mrs.

8:14 pm

jmcnrick

ty crossy

8:14 pm

crosshair

poof..

8:14 pm

jmcnrick

don't let me keep you and mrs crossy up any longer

8:15 pm

JenMO16

hi ibd

8:16 pm

lbdawger

how's it going, jen?

8:17 pm

JenMO16

going cold, ibd!

8:19 pm

lbdawger

how cold, Jen? it's 19Â°F here

8:19 pm

JenMO16

it's about that if not colder

8:22 pm

lbdawger

i think it's time to break out the flannel sheets!

8:22 pm

jmcnrick

so7?

8:23 pm

lbdawger

so4.6 + l*** not truths

8:24 pm

jmcnrick

ty

8:24 pm

Locks99

a clue please for the last ha5/12 & 6/21

8:25 pm

lbdawger

hawaiian word for mainlander(s) ha + spanish cheer

8:25 pm

Locks99

thank you, thank you very much

8:25 pm

Locks99

fireworks

8:26 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hooooo LOCKS!!

8:26 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo locks

8:27 pm

JenMO16

and i have some ibd!

8:27 pm

jmcnrick

almost your anniversary locks!

8:27 pm

lbdawger

you have some what, jen?

8:28 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo Jen!

8:28 pm

lbdawger

fireworks, Jen?

8:28 pm

Locks99

amazing how fast the time goes.

8:29 pm

jmcnrick

indeed locks

8:29 pm

Locks99

way to go jen

8:29 pm

lbdawger

every year seems to go faster

8:29 pm

jmcnrick

yep lbd

8:30 pm

JenMO16

i didn't get fireworks, i have flannel sheets!

8:30 pm

lbdawger

oh, was wondering...yup i think we both need to put them on for the season!

8:30 pm

jmcnrick

lol!

8:30 pm

JenMO16

oh brother

8:31 pm

jmcnrick

I will stick with my 500 count egyptian sheets

8:33 pm

jmcnrick

first po 4/5 pls

8:34 pm

lbdawger

i like those for the other three seasons, but winter...when it dips below zero...flannels!

8:34 pm

lbdawger

po + i am, he/she/it **

8:34 pm

jmcnrick

i try not to be anywhere it dips below zero!

8:35 pm

jmcnrick

although I have not always been successful with that

8:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

evening all (insert time of day) 8-)

8:35 pm

Minveryork

The po 4/5 is po plus the third person to be jmcnrick

8:35 pm

lbdawger

hi book!

8:35 pm

Minveryork

Hi Book Doctor Gwen! How are you? Welcome to grid!

8:35 pm

jmcnrick

hi min wb!

8:35 pm

jmcnrick

hi book

8:36 pm

JenMO16

hi gwen

8:36 pm

lbdawger

hi Min! saw you earlier, but then you disappeared

8:36 pm

Minveryork

Hi jmcnrick!Did you ever get the os5/12 word before

8:36 pm

jmcnrick

nope never did min! lol

8:37 pm

lbdawger

os + *** Flanders

8:37 pm

jmcnrick

ty lbd!

8:37 pm

jmcnrick

now I get min's clue!

8:37 pm

Minveryork

I used that clue before, guess it didn't help jmcnrick.

8:37 pm

lbdawger

add a vowel to the end and you'll have the os6

8:38 pm

Minveryork

Oh,guess it sounds better coming from lbdawger,LOL

8:38 pm

jmcnrick

I didn't see it before min -- sorry

8:38 pm

jmcnrick

the chog was flying by at that time

8:39 pm

Minveryork

Well,doesn't matter who clues it,as long as you got it

8:39 pm

lbdawger

i hate it when the chog flies by so quickly.

8:39 pm

jmcnrick

there were three themes and one was crossy and the kindle which took a lot

8:40 pm

jmcnrick

I never did understand a comment ata ma4 to me! :-D

8:42 pm

lbdawger

it's easy to miss clues and requests, let alone understand the various topics speeding by

8:43 pm

jmcnrick

second ow?

8:44 pm

lbdawger

ow + oh say can you **e

8:44 pm

jmcnrick

ty lbd

8:45 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i find the third ow is usually the loudest lol

8:45 pm

jmcnrick

cute Book

8:46 pm

lbdawger

lol book

8:47 pm

jmcnrick

17 left

8:47 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

thinking, can i finish before i'm too hungry to go on? 19 to go

8:47 pm

lbdawger

go jmc! git 'r dun!

8:48 pm

lbdawger

go book!

8:48 pm

JenMO16

FYI--i am still here!

8:48 pm

lbdawger

good to know, jen!

8:48 pm

jmcnrick

*waves at Jen*

8:49 pm

Good Enough

Back from going out to dinner - jmc you still here!?

8:49 pm

lbdawger

hi ge

8:49 pm

jmcnrick

i have been in and out good

8:50 pm

torgone

I am not getting sick .. I am not getting sick .. I am not getting sick ..

8:50 pm

lbdawger

you are not getting sick, you are not getting sick, you are not getting sick, you are not getting sick!

8:50 pm

jmcnrick

*pokes acupuncture needles at torg*

8:51 pm

jesdraggon

*hands torg a mug of tea*

8:51 pm

lbdawger

*slips a shot of "recipe" in tea for torg*

8:56 pm

JenMO16

brb-need to go fold clothes

8:56 pm

jmcnrick

hb

8:57 pm

lbdawger

we'll be waiting for you Jen

8:57 pm

jmcnrick

second ha 4/6 pleas

8:57 pm

BettyAnne

How about the ho7 please?

8:58 pm

lbdawger

ha + aunty **, there's no place like home

8:58 pm

Minveryork

An ha4/6 is ha plus **(reversed) myself and I jmcnrick

8:58 pm

Minveryork

H's Heaved! 1 left

8:58 pm

Uneaixoise

ha + Dorothy's Auntie **

8:58 pm

jmcnrick

ty ty

8:58 pm

Minveryork

ho 7/32 word is plural of the ho 5/12 word BettyAnne

8:58 pm

lbdawger

ho5.12 + sh*** are make for walkin'

8:58 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

7 to go, all Ds. wee!

8:59 pm

jmcnrick

ho=pl of ho 5.12 before it

8:59 pm

lbdawger

go Min!!

8:59 pm

jmcnrick

go book go

8:59 pm

jmcnrick

14 left

8:59 pm

lbdawger

go JMC!!

8:59 pm

Minveryork

I am done! I have fireworks!se5/10 was my last word

8:59 pm

BettyAnne

Thanks jmcnrick & lbdwger

8:59 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hooooo MIN!!!

9:00 pm

jmcnrick

yw

9:00 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo min!

9:00 pm

jesdraggon

yay min!

9:00 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wtg minveryork !!! ~~~ !!!!

9:01 pm

lbdawger

back in a nonce

9:01 pm

Minveryork

I'll be here off and on to clue for the rest of the night

9:01 pm

jmcnrick

hb

9:01 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

uno

9:02 pm

DR1965

hi everyone- could I have help with the do6 please

9:02 pm

jmcnrick

hang down your head Tom do****

9:02 pm

jmcnrick

misspelled

9:03 pm

DR1965

ty Jmc

9:03 pm

Minveryork

The do6/21 word is d + double vowels plus consonant plus double vowels DR1965.

9:03 pm

jmcnrick

yw

9:03 pm

DR1965

ty Min!!

9:03 pm

Minveryork

yw

9:04 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ty, jm, how you know that was the word i needed?

9:04 pm

Bugsaw

Hi everyone. I just finished and will try to clue some pretty odd words if needed.

9:05 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

FIREWORKS!!

9:05 pm

jmcnrick

hmm?

9:05 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(first time i've finish in long time)

9:05 pm

jmcnrick

you asked for it book

9:05 pm

Bugsaw

well done Gwen

9:05 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo book!!!

9:05 pm

DR1965

WTG BOOK!

9:05 pm

jmcnrick

*throws confetti*

9:05 pm

jesdraggon

yay gwen!

9:05 pm

DR1965

confrats to you as well Bugs!

9:05 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

me never asked for a do6. just said i needed 7 more, all Ds

9:06 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

confrats, i like that 8-)

9:06 pm

jmcnrick

see 9:02

9:06 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Book Doctor Gwen on fireworks!YAY

9:06 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

weren't me, but thatnks anyway

9:06 pm

Bugsaw

HI DR. If you are here, you are not off on a romantic weekend. Too bad for you guys, lucky for us

9:07 pm

jmcnrick

I see it was DR

9:07 pm

jmcnrick

hi DR

9:07 pm

jmcnrick

hi bugs

9:07 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i'm not a real DR, ya know LOL

9:07 pm

DR1965

LOL _ nope- he is playing poker with th eguys tonight.

9:07 pm

DR1965

Hi JMC

9:07 pm

Bugsaw

Hi jmc. your clues are always good

9:07 pm

Minveryork

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

9:08 pm

DR1965

jacob and I are waiting for our pizza and are going to watch a movie or something

9:08 pm

Bugsaw

Hi Min. Thanks for all the greetings.

9:08 pm

jmcnrick

ty bugs but I usually steal them

9:08 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

guess i'll eat something now. yawning and hungry. bye till the next time POINK

9:08 pm

jmcnrick

mmmm pizza

9:08 pm

DR1965

Bye Book! Take Care

9:08 pm

jmcnrick

bye Book

9:08 pm

jesdraggon

bye, gwen

9:09 pm

Minveryork

Bye Book Doctor Gwen! I'll see you tomorrow maybe.

9:10 pm

lbdawger

bye book

9:11 pm

lbdawger

hi bugs and DR

9:11 pm

DR1965

Hi Dawger

9:11 pm

jmcnrick

9

9:12 pm

lbdawger

go jmc!

9:12 pm

DR1965

go JMC !

9:12 pm

jmcnrick

7

9:14 pm

jmcnrick

5

9:14 pm

jesdraggon

*gets the pompoms ready for jam*

9:14 pm

Minveryork

Go jmcnrick go!

9:15 pm

jmcnrick

don't rush jes lol!

9:18 pm

jmcnrick

3

9:19 pm

jmcnrick

all of them LO words

9:20 pm

melonheadjujube

hi, all.

9:20 pm

lbdawger

hi melon!

9:20 pm

jmcnrick

hi melon

9:24 pm

Minveryork

Hi melonheadjujube!How are ya? Welcome to the grid

9:25 pm

jmcnrick

grrr

9:25 pm

lbdawger

whatcha need, jmc?

9:26 pm

jmcnrick

lo 5/6 after the pl dirt

9:26 pm

jmcnrick

lo 5 after not found

9:26 pm

Minveryork

An lo5/10 is l plus four more vowel and plural jmcnrick

9:26 pm

lbdawger

british toilet + i like apple p**

9:27 pm

Minveryork

lo5/10 word is lo plus I want to ***l my house jmcnrick

9:27 pm

jmcnrick

ty min and lbd

9:27 pm

jmcnrick

1

9:27 pm

melonheadjujube

hi lbd i was engrossed in the grid

9:28 pm

lbdawger

i figured so much, melon! good to see you

9:28 pm

jmcnrick

I swear I typed lo + I want to ***l my house before

9:28 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo me!

9:28 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations jmcnrick on fireworks! Good for you

9:28 pm

lbdawger

whoooooo hooooooo JMC!!!

9:28 pm

jesdraggon

yay jam!

9:28 pm

jmcnrick

ty ty all!

9:29 pm

brandyjack

,m

9:29 pm

lbdawger

hi bj!

9:29 pm

jmcnrick

hey brandy

9:31 pm

Minveryork

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

9:34 pm

jmcnrick

where are the pompoms jes?

9:34 pm

jmcnrick

*-8-*

9:34 pm

brandyjack

oops.

9:34 pm

jesdraggon

*shakes pom poms and whoops*

9:35 pm

brandyjack

could have been worse i guess. trying to monky that 2nd ol4, driving me crackers.

9:35 pm

jmcnrick

fake butter brandy

9:36 pm

Minveryork

That ol 4/4 word is sort of like butter brandyjack.

9:36 pm

jmcnrick

want some tuna for those crackers?

9:36 pm

brandyjack

that was too easy. wonder why i didn't notice that ending..... thanks.

9:36 pm

jmcnrick

;-)

9:37 pm

lbdawger

it's the easy ones that are the easiest to miss.

9:38 pm

brandyjack

this is one of the nastier grids. looks easy, anything but.....

9:39 pm

stidmama

*sneaks in and hugs BJ*

9:39 pm

lbdawger

STIDDY!!

9:39 pm

Minveryork

Hi stidmama! How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

9:40 pm

brandyjack

hey stid.

9:40 pm

stidmama

*wanders back out to eat supper* back soon everyone! I have decided that since I am down to 4 essay answers I can take the rest of the day off!!!! *happy mama look*

*hugs LBD and leaves choclits for later*

*poof&*

9:40 pm

lbdawger

stiddy, melonhead is here too!

9:40 pm

jmcnrick

hi stiddy

9:41 pm

brandyjack

wish i could eat the crackers jmc... problem with wheat, and today, problem with flu bug.

9:41 pm

stidmama

*glances at chog*

(((((MELON))))) how are you? I miss you!!!! *returns to lurk mode*

9:41 pm

jmcnrick

rice flour crackers

9:43 pm

brandyjack

been limiting myself to the odd rice cake... rice crackers cut my gums to pieces.... (wife keeps buying them tho)

9:44 pm

jmcnrick

poor brandy

9:45 pm

brandyjack

at least no one waves a hit under
heroin addicts nose..... tuna sandwich. drool........

9:45 pm

jmcnrick

*substitutes corn crackers*

9:45 pm

jmcnrick

interesting that you should say that brandy

9:46 pm

jmcnrick

when I was nagging my husband to stop smoking his client the heroin addict said to me. . . .

9:46 pm

jmcnrick

that it was easier to quite heroin than smoking since smokes were so easy to get

9:47 pm

brandyjack

I know exactly what he/she meant..... Nice warm round buns..... arrgghhhhhhh

9:48 pm

jmcnrick

http://www.gfmeals.com

9:49 pm

jmcnrick

unless you were talking about a different kind of bun [blush]

9:49 pm

stidmama

I like rice crackers -- and the rice cakes.

9:49 pm

stidmama

I like buns! *wicked mama grin*

9:49 pm

jmcnrick

i like corn crackers but not rice ones

9:50 pm

jmcnrick

[blush]

9:50 pm

lbdawger

i don't think i've tried corn crackers.

9:50 pm

brandyjack

never had corn crackers. have to see if I can find them. rice bases stuff just doesn't cut it with me. too sweet. except the rice cakes. they are just right....

9:51 pm

mkg

hi all. hows the grid? seems tough...........

9:51 pm

lbdawger

i like the sesame rice crackers

9:51 pm

lbdawger

it's a stinker, mkg

9:52 pm

jmcnrick

I think rice cakes are tasteless

9:52 pm

Minveryork

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

9:52 pm

jmcnrick

you have to make them brandy

9:52 pm

stidmama

hey mkg, it's tough after about halfway

9:52 pm

jmcnrick

otherwise corn tortillas toasted

9:53 pm

lbdawger

that's why i like the sesame ones, jmc

9:53 pm

brandyjack

way too much work for me then....

9:53 pm

jmcnrick

where is pini?!?!?!

9:53 pm

mkg

i have 90 and feel stuck....i do agree with ibd. seems like a stinker from here in...89 words not so known.

9:54 pm

jmcnrick

buy corn tortillas, cut into quarters, toast in oven

9:54 pm

brandyjack

haven't eaten much in last 48 hours. corn muffins starting to sound likje not too much work....

9:54 pm

mkg

may not finish. i have ya 4, sweet potatos. clue for other y word plz.

9:54 pm

jmcnrick

yo+ *. *. Lawrence

9:54 pm

stidmama

good question, jmc. I am sure she is somewhere around... *looks between sofa cushions for pini*

9:54 pm

brandyjack

sounds like riding boots

9:54 pm

stidmama

thanks for the yo.

9:54 pm

jmcnrick

brandy eat!

9:54 pm

lbdawger

i hope Pini is resting and getting over her cold.

9:54 pm

stidmama

bj, are you ill? (((hugs))) sorry to hear that.

9:55 pm

jmcnrick

she appears to be lurking

9:55 pm

brandyjack

i want to. tummy wants to. everytime i think of something, tummy says 'noooo. not thaaaatt.. urp......

9:55 pm

jmcnrick

*makes tamale pie for brandy*

9:55 pm

lbdawger

oh, i bet she's working on her scrapbook!

9:55 pm

Minveryork

yo 4/8 is yo plus *ear Abbey plus the chair letter mkg

9:55 pm

jmcnrick

then you should eat anyway

9:55 pm

stidmama

I went through about three weeks of that in November BJ, hope you feel happier soon.

9:56 pm

mkg

ty for yo. now who ever used that word???????

9:56 pm

lbdawger

ooh, tamale pie sounds good! *makes note for this week's menu*

9:56 pm

jmcnrick

grits are good for that

9:56 pm

jmcnrick

not me but then I don't use most of the babble words

9:56 pm

stidmama

down to 49. perhaps I ought to list.

9:56 pm

stidmama

brb

9:56 pm

brandyjack

it seems to be clearing up. yesterday only part that didn't hurt was my head.

9:56 pm

jmcnrick

*stirs up grits and butter for brandy*

9:56 pm

mkg

oh my not even english. it is a hebrew letter. and could be spelled "yud" instead. seems like it is not right to have all these foreign words.

9:57 pm

jmcnrick

do you take brown sugar in your grits, brandy?

9:57 pm

brandyjack

don't think i've ever had them. at least not as described by others....

9:57 pm

jesdraggon

does the so7 build off the 4?

9:57 pm

lbdawger

yes, jes

9:57 pm

Minveryork

yes it does jesdraggon

9:58 pm

jmcnrick

mmmm sorta like oatmeal but better

9:58 pm

jesdraggon

ah, nevermind. foundit

9:58 pm

lbdawger

so4.6 + dont tell l***, only the truth

9:58 pm

stidmama

is the AM 5 fishy?

9:58 pm

stidmama

hey jes!

9:58 pm

Minveryork

so 7/36:plural of lady who had to make a hard choice

9:58 pm

lbdawger

am+ spanish cheer, stid

9:58 pm

Minveryork

The am 5/12 word is a plus the mo4/5 word stidmama

9:59 pm

brandyjack

refried cream of wheat is the description i've heard. off limits to me now, used to love cream of wheat...

9:59 pm

lbdawger

grits is like cream of wheat, brandy

9:59 pm

jmcnrick

both am5 are plurals

9:59 pm

stidmama

thanks for the AM

9:59 pm

stidmama

As accumulated!

9:59 pm

jmcnrick

then you would love grits which are not off limits to you

9:59 pm

stidmama

only grits is corn, not wheat.

9:59 pm

Minveryork

Awesome stidmama!

9:59 pm

jmcnrick

totally made from corn

9:59 pm

stidmama

I miss cream of wheat... still like grits.

9:59 pm

stidmama

how about the first CA 6?

9:59 pm

lbdawger

okay kids, gotta find my pillows. also need a muscle relaxer, the ol' neck is really stiff. see you all tomorrow, and good luck with this beast.

10:00 pm

jmcnrick

cream of wheat is a good discriptor

10:00 pm

jesdraggon

sleep sweet, dawg

10:00 pm

brandyjack

love corn....

10:00 pm

brandyjack

ciao lbd

10:00 pm

jmcnrick

ca6= unconscious with extra vowles

10:00 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams dear LBD *hands nice warm pillow for neck*

10:00 pm

lbdawger

ca + 2nd vowel + *ba*** is our president

10:00 pm

jmcnrick

sweet dreams lbd

10:00 pm

lbdawger

*poof*

10:01 pm

jesdraggon

thanks dawg

10:01 pm

stidmama

thanks for the CA!

10:01 pm

jesdraggon

sleep sweet

10:01 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye lbdawger! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

10:01 pm

stidmama

down to 39...

10:01 pm

jmcnrick

go stiddie go

10:01 pm

Minveryork

Down to 39,
That's mighty fine!

10:02 pm

Joanne123

po6/7 please

10:02 pm

stidmama

that CH 7/8 is weird

10:02 pm

stidmama

Cs complete!

10:02 pm

jmcnrick

indeed stiddie

10:02 pm

Minveryork

po6/21 is po 4/5 plus double vowels and then plural it

10:02 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations stidmama!

10:03 pm

Joanne123

ty

10:03 pm

Minveryork

yw

10:03 pm

jmcnrick

wtg stiddie

10:03 pm

jmcnrick

hi joanne

10:03 pm

Joanne123

hi jmc

10:03 pm

Minveryork

Hello joanne123!How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

10:03 pm

Joanne123

texas got snow...wow

10:04 pm

stidmama

DO 6 please? unless it's very fishy.

10:04 pm

Joanne123

ty min just about there

10:04 pm

Minveryork

I heard they were getting snow. Was it lots of snow?

10:04 pm

jmcnrick

hang down your head Tom do**** spelled oddly

10:04 pm

Joanne123

that i don't have sorry stid

10:04 pm

brandyjack

we just got snow up here the other day. first november in over 16
2 years with no snow.....

10:04 pm

jmcnrick

any snow is a lot of snow in Texas

10:05 pm

Joanne123

ty

10:05 pm

stidmama

thanks, that musical reference was perfect!

10:05 pm

Minveryork

do 6/21:d+double vowels+consonant + double vowels.

10:05 pm

stidmama

down to 29 now.

10:05 pm

Joanne123

watching news and those poor people can't drive in it

10:05 pm

Minveryork

29, almost down to the finish line!

10:06 pm

Joanne123

no snow in a century

10:06 pm

brandyjack

it's not that they can't drive in it, they simply down't have the tires installed
for it.....

10:06 pm

Minveryork

Well I am sure that it will not last long there in Texas.

10:07 pm

jmcnrick

no trust me they can't drive even if they had the right tires

10:07 pm

stidmama

actually BJ, probably a lot of people don't know how to drive safely in it.

10:07 pm

Joanne123

i no but i'm sure more have never had to drive in that kind of weather

10:07 pm

jmcnrick

i still have trouble with it

10:08 pm

jmcnrick

okie doke I am hitting the hay

10:08 pm

brandyjack

that includes us up here. first day we get snow i stay home. let the fools duke it out without me. roads turn into wrecking yards. and i know I would be one of the worst.....

10:08 pm

jmcnrick

*poof*

10:08 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye jmcnrick! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

10:08 pm

Joanne123

nite jmc

10:08 pm

jesdraggon

sleep sweet, jam

10:09 pm

stidmama

I kind of like driving in the snow... sliding around corners can be fun. But not when the drunks in 4 wheel drive are on the roads.

10:09 pm

Jacula

You should all go and learn to be Ice Road Truckers, either in Canada or Alaska. LOL

10:09 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams jmc

10:09 pm

stidmama

first HO 5?

10:09 pm

stidmama

hey Jac

10:09 pm

jesdraggon

but stid, EVERYBODY knows that 4 wheel drive means 4 wheel stop, so you don't need to slow down!

10:09 pm

brandyjack

me, drive 25 miles per hour?? fat chance of that...........

10:10 pm

Jacula

Passing hello here from one suffering from 'flu, unable to sleep due to a cough and a middle of head tennis ball-sized headache made worse by the cough. And NOW I've also got earache.

10:10 pm

jillibus

ho 5 rhymes with loudness

10:10 pm

stidmama

rofl jes! right... *note to stay out of E. Washington in winter*

10:10 pm

Minveryork

An ho 5/12 word rhymes with po 5/12 word stidmama

10:10 pm

jillibus

hi all

10:10 pm

stidmama

hey jil!

10:11 pm

Jacula

Hi jilli.

10:11 pm

stidmama

thanks Min that's the one I needed

10:11 pm

Joanne123

hey

10:11 pm

Minveryork

Hello jillibus! How are you? Welcome back to the grid!

10:11 pm

jillibus

poor jac -- I have a milder form of that

10:11 pm

jesdraggon

I was so pissed driving home last night--stupid little *(&& was so close behind me that I couldn't see their headlights in my rear view!

10:11 pm

jillibus

stid, I clued it first! My clues seem to be invisible.

10:12 pm

stidmama

jill, are ytou feeling any better?

10:12 pm

stidmama

sorry jill -- I am only scanning chat periodically, distracted by TV show and having some trouble with vision tonight

10:12 pm

jillibus

a little, this evening -- actually wanted a bit of supper

10:12 pm

Jacula

jilli - hope you feel better soon! Have you also had the boiling lava pit in your intestines to go with it?

10:12 pm

Joanne123

ok close but no cigar...nite all Christmas party was good but very tired now...nighty nite and congrats to all!!!!

10:13 pm

jesdraggon

sleep sweet, joanne

10:13 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye joanne123!I will see you tomorrow in the log

10:13 pm

jesdraggon

ho7 please?

10:13 pm

stidmama

good. supper is good.

10:13 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams joanne

10:13 pm

Joanne123

u will

10:13 pm

mkg

now with list can get more. at 99 so far.

10:13 pm

Minveryork

ho7/32 word is plural of the ho5/12 word jesdraggon

10:13 pm

Joanne123

as well you jes stid and all

10:13 pm

jillibus

ho 7 is the pl of ho5

10:14 pm

jesdraggon

gah! I swear i tried that!

10:14 pm

jillibus

I give up. Min types faster so it's a waste of time for me to try and give clues

10:14 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, min and jil

10:14 pm

Jacula

ho7 - sounds like greetings or what one does when one takes the middle out of a tree trunk.

10:14 pm

stidmama

down to 18 now. I really want to finish the grid.

10:14 pm

Minveryork

yw

10:14 pm

jillibus

gogogo stid!

10:14 pm

mkg

go stid go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:15 pm

Minveryork

Actually, if you want to clue jillibus, I am happy to go to bed. Sorry, if I am not giving you a chance to clue

10:15 pm

stidmama

Ls listed!

10:16 pm

Jacula

No idea if my 'flue is the dreaded Swine 'Flu because doctors don't like you to go and see them these days if you're ill. (Maybe I'll make an appointment to go to the surgery when I'm better, so I can tell them how well I am.)

10:16 pm

mkg

jilli we need your clues too. sometimes i see two diff. ones and together i get it but only one i dont.

10:16 pm

mkg

,om

10:16 pm

Minveryork

Lovely stidmama!

10:16 pm

mkg

min we need you too!!!!!!!!!!!

10:16 pm

Jacula

*flu NOT flue! LOL

10:16 pm

jillibus

It's ok, min, carry on if you like

10:16 pm

mkg

i need am 5 please........

10:16 pm

Minveryork

That am 5/12 word is a plus that mo 4/5 word mkg.

10:16 pm

stidmama

no flue at our house! LOL (neither chimney nor fireplace)

10:17 pm

stidmama

down to 8

10:17 pm

jillibus

am5 -- a + blind underground animal

10:17 pm

Minveryork

Go stidmama go!

10:17 pm

mkg

ty got it.

10:17 pm

mkg

see two clues are better than one! ty ty both

10:17 pm

stidmama

how phishy ish the ph 6?

10:17 pm

brandyjack

no H1N1 here. just normal nastiness. parts hurt that are never supposed to hurt. but no headache yet...

10:18 pm

mkg

AND I DIDNT HAVE MO 4 EITHER! got 4 words from clues.

10:18 pm

Minveryork

ph 6/33 word is abbreviation for gym class stidmama

10:18 pm

Jacula

am5 is actually a soapy root, if you want the definition mkg.

10:18 pm

stidmama

thanks min

10:18 pm

stidmama

got it. down to 5!

10:18 pm

Minveryork

yw

10:18 pm

mkg

ca 6 first one plz?

10:18 pm

stidmama

four...

10:18 pm

Jacula

BJ - sorry to hear you are ill, too.

10:18 pm

stidmama

three

10:18 pm

mkg

wow stid, go girl go

10:18 pm

stidmama

two

10:19 pm

stidmama

one

10:19 pm

Jacula

ca6 is a rust-coloured fungi. Looks a bit like a cancer word.

10:19 pm

stidmama

firewords!

10:19 pm

Jacula

Well done stid.

10:20 pm

mkg

ugh. dont know it jac.

10:20 pm

jillibus

YAY stid!!!

10:20 pm

mkg

yeah stid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hang out to clue a bit.

10:20 pm

jesdraggon

me6/21 please?

10:20 pm

jesdraggon

huzzah stid!

10:20 pm

Minveryork

ca 6/24: anagram of brief film or tv role plus a vowel.

10:20 pm

stidmama

thanks for the help all.

10:20 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations stidmama on fireworks!Good for you

10:20 pm

stidmama

will clue if I can mkg. *picks up knitting* but eyes are fading already tonight

10:21 pm

pythonx

me6.21 is a childhood illness

10:21 pm

mkg

i actually got it from both clues. ty ty

10:21 pm

Minveryork

me 6: not the chicken pox but the me****s stidmama.

10:21 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, python. i didn't know that could be a single

10:21 pm

Minveryork

me 6:not the chicken pox but the me****s jesdraggon

10:21 pm

Jacula

me6 = the singular form of an infectious childhood illness. One form, Rubella, is known as German Me7.

10:21 pm

jillibus

If you want to go to bed, min, feel free!

10:21 pm

mkg

ch 7 plz?

10:22 pm

mkg

good clues. got the me.

10:22 pm

Minveryork

A ch 7/44 word is ch plus vowel plus ma 4/6 word mkg

10:22 pm

jillibus

ch7 -- ch + vowel + created

10:22 pm

mkg

ty got the ch 7 and 8

10:22 pm

Jacula

ch7 is a drum or trumpet call made in battle to indicate talks are needed.

10:23 pm

jesdraggon

firewords! last one was se5/10

10:23 pm

Minveryork

Okay, there are plenty of cluers here. I'm off to bed.

10:23 pm

Jacula

Well done, jes.

10:23 pm

jillibus

YAY jes!!!

10:23 pm

Minveryork

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

10:23 pm

jesdraggon

sleep sweet, min

10:23 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations jesdraggon on fireworks! Good for U

10:23 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams min

10:23 pm

jillibus

Nighty night, minveryork. Well done.

10:23 pm

Minveryork

*POOF*

10:23 pm

Jacula

Sleep well, Min. I hope to also, in a short while.

10:24 pm

mkg

ch 5 16 plz second one?

10:25 pm

jesdraggon

a canyon, mkg

10:25 pm

Jacula

Big empy deep space, mkg.

10:25 pm

jillibus

ch5/16 -- huge gap

10:25 pm

jesdraggon

anagram of the first 5/16

10:25 pm

Jacula

*empty

10:25 pm

mkg

got it! ty

10:25 pm

mkg

again two clues both help.

10:25 pm

mkg

all c's done

10:26 pm

jillibus

there were 4 clues, lol!

10:26 pm

Jacula

Oh damn! The fluid behind the eardrum of the aching ear is now rumbling.

10:26 pm

jillibus

ouch, jac!

10:27 pm

jillibus

Go see the doc, jac!

10:27 pm

brandyjack

fireworks. now for the corn muffins

10:27 pm

mkg

do 6 plz?

10:27 pm

stidmama

offers jac a warm pillow for the ear

10:28 pm

jillibus

do6 -- hang down your head, Tom Do**** (alt sp)

10:28 pm

mkg

yeah brandy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:28 pm

jillibus

YAY BJ!!!

10:29 pm

mkg

got it ty

10:30 pm

mkg

do 5????????

10:30 pm

pythonx

ho6.30? pls

10:30 pm

Jacula

Oh, now it sounds like I am standing under Victoria Falls.

10:31 pm

Jacula

Well done BJ.

10:31 pm

jillibus

ho6/30 -- a rather loose woman

10:31 pm

jesdraggon

ho6/30 is a tomboy

10:31 pm

mkg

cant get that do 5. darn.

10:31 pm

stidmama

well, I am fading out badly, it seems.

10:31 pm

stidmama

YAY BJ!!!

10:31 pm

mkg

oh got it ...nm.

10:31 pm

stidmama

I will head out and try to be here when I am awake tomorrow. good luck all. (((Hugs))) *Poof*

10:31 pm

Jacula

Interesting. I just hiccoughed and the sound went away but the pain came back. (This is still ear talk, btw.)

10:31 pm

stidmama

oh, do 5 = do + japanese money

10:31 pm

jillibus

do5 -- do + desire

10:32 pm

jillibus

that's better, stid :)

10:32 pm

jillibus

night stid

10:33 pm

Jacula

'Night Stid.

10:33 pm

mkg

ty great stuff.

10:33 pm

pythonx

ho6/7 combo?

10:33 pm

mkg

need ha 5 12 plz.

10:33 pm

jillibus

Jac, you should see a doc asap. Don't mess with ears.

10:34 pm

jillibus

ha5/12 -- what native Hawaiians call us

10:34 pm

Team_Edward

another clue for the ho6,30 plz

10:34 pm

Jacula

jilli - I know I'll need antibiotics to clear the ear infection. I used to get middle ear infection a lot as a child.

10:35 pm

mkg

gee there is a term for us?????????dont know it. honkies???????????no thats not it............

10:35 pm

jillibus

ho + sometime vowel + lion's ***

10:35 pm

Jacula

ho6.30 - rude or bouncy girl, a bit like Fergie (our Prince Andrew's ex wife).

10:35 pm

pythonx

ty jilli, that's a new one for me

10:35 pm

Team_Edward

thanks jilli

10:36 pm

jillibus

ha5 -- ha + spanish cheer and pl

10:36 pm

jillibus

yw, teamE

10:36 pm

mkg

ty got it............whew.

10:36 pm

Jacula

mkg - ho6 - sailor's cry, 'Ah** there!' minus first letter + animal's lair.

10:37 pm

pythonx

how about the ho7?

10:38 pm

mkg

ty jac.

10:38 pm

jillibus

ho 7 is a pl of ho5

10:38 pm

pythonx

ho5? pls

10:38 pm

mkg

need ha 5 18 still plz.

10:39 pm

Jacula

ho7 sounds like what one does when one takes the middle out of a tree trunk.

10:39 pm

jillibus

mkg, didn't you get ha + spanish cheer?

10:39 pm

Jacula

mkg - ha5/18 is perhaps the past tense of bringing in the sheaves, but not of corn.

10:40 pm

jillibus

sorry, I was clueing ha512

10:40 pm

Jacula

It wasn't corned beef, it was ha5/18. LOL

10:40 pm

mkg

jilli that was ha 5 12. now need ha 5 18. sorry did get the spanish cheer.

10:41 pm

jillibus

ha5/18 -- past tense of dried grass (horse feed)

10:41 pm

Jacula

mkg - just clued it in two ways.

10:41 pm

mkg

got the ha 5 18. ty. see it did take two clues. didnt get first one but both helped.

10:41 pm

pythonx

finally
the ho7

10:42 pm

jillibus

just clued the ho7 -- pl of ho5

10:42 pm

Jacula

python - I clued that at 10.:35

10:42 pm

pythonx

finally got the ho7, i meant, ty

10:42 pm

jillibus

oh! good!

10:43 pm

Jacula

ditto what jilli just typed.

10:44 pm

mkg

done with h words. onto l's

10:45 pm

mkg

la words done

10:46 pm

jillibus

no la words, lol, mkg

10:46 pm

mkg

now m words.....oops mean le words. but dont with all l words now jilli

10:49 pm

Jacula

Did you know that you only breathe through one nostril at a time? The nasal openings take it in turn to be in charge. It's about 7 minutes per nostril.

10:49 pm

mkg

m words done

10:50 pm

nrkii

Jac, what's happening with your ear?

10:50 pm

Jacula

You can force breathing through both, but in the natural order of things, they take it in turns.

10:50 pm

jillibus

had no idea, jac -- hard to believe

10:50 pm

Jacula

jilli - when you go to bed, before you go to sleep (obviously!), try to notice it.

10:51 pm

mkg

need os 5 plz?

10:51 pm

nrkii

hmmm, if the nostrils take turns, then why is it so uncomfortable when one side is blocked?

10:51 pm

Jacula

Hi nrkii - it's just hurting now.

10:51 pm

jillibus

I've already tried to notice it

10:51 pm

Jacula

nrkii - probably because when it's the turn for that side of the nose, it's blocked.

10:52 pm

nrkii

os + ***lie RIngwald

10:52 pm

Jacula

jilli - you can only really notice it when you're not doing anything else, which is why I suggested going to sleep time to check on it.

10:52 pm

jillibus

os6 is os + that blind underground animal, and remove the last letter for the os5

10:53 pm

mkg

thats a mo** isnt it???????dont know the animal.

10:53 pm

mkg

who is ringwald?

10:53 pm

mkg

gee two clues and still stumped.............

10:53 pm

nrkii

os + actress ***lie Ringwald (Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles)

10:53 pm

jillibus

yes, mkg -- also a spot on the skin

10:54 pm

mkg

oh i got it!!!!!!!!!!!!!ty.

10:54 pm

Jacula

Re the nostril thing - if you have a deviated or injured septum (cartilage that divides the nose) this may get skewed.

10:54 pm

mkg

now i recall ringwalds name.........ty.

10:54 pm

jillibus

I have a deviated septum, I'm told

10:55 pm

mkg

ph 6 please? 13 left.

10:55 pm

jillibus

ph 6 -- exercise class

10:56 pm

Jacula

ph* (rhymes with the questionig word wh*) + anagram short word for newspaper bosses.

10:56 pm

pythonx

firebirds. ty for clues

10:56 pm

jillibus

(ph**ical **ucation)

10:56 pm

jillibus

YAY python!!!

10:57 pm

Jacula

Well done python.

10:57 pm

pythonx

must go to bed before i fall asleep on the desk, night all

10:58 pm

jillibus

night python!

10:58 pm

mkg

got the py. ty

10:58 pm

mkg

needed all the lcues.

10:58 pm

mkg

night pythonx

10:58 pm

mkg

is the x used at all? not yet here.

10:58 pm

Jacula

jilli - mamy people have damaged septums, I believe. The man whose nose I always want to yank downwards and the left is Stephen Fry's. I've never seen such a bent nose, not even on a boxer!

10:59 pm

jillibus

no, mkg

10:59 pm

mkg

need po 6 21 clue please

10:59 pm

jillibus

He's put on a lot of weight, hasn't he.

10:59 pm

mkg

nm got it. sorry

10:59 pm

Jacula

jilli - he has - probably due to touring USA. LOL

11:00 pm

mkg

5 to go

11:00 pm

jillibus

can't quite see him gorging in McDonald's

11:00 pm

Jacula

Oh, he did gorge though, whilst there. Not on McD.

11:01 pm

jillibus

tsk tsk.

11:01 pm

mkg

firewks...................whew. it wasnt so bad in the end.........ty to all cluers! fabulous clues. cant do it without the clues.

11:01 pm

jillibus

YAY mkg!!!

11:02 pm

Jacula

Can't remember the name of his journey through America show now, which was fascinating. He also starred in a few episodes of the excellent series 'Bones' whilst over there with you lot.

11:03 pm

Jacula

Well done, mkg.

11:03 pm

jillibus

Going to do kitchen clean-up before the flip

11:04 pm

Jacula

Can you come and do mine after you've done yours please, Jilli?

11:05 pm

Jacula

Ear's just popped again - pain and silence, and the sound of the rain outside is all I can hear right now, plus my tapping on the keyboard (which sounds quite loud at 5.09am).

11:08 pm

Jacula

Oh, the right ear (not the one with the pain in it|) just made a bubbling sound. Looks like I'm in for a nasty couple of days aurally.

11:09 pm

Jacula

This 'flu thing had better go away soon! I've got Christmas stuff to do and no one want me touching their food whilst I'm ill. I'm persona non grata at present. I also don't have the will or the energy to either clean or decorate the house.

11:11 pm

Jacula

I've bought almost all of my presents but haven't wrapped them yet, I've got the Christmas cards but haven't written them either, and there'll be no round robin newsletter this year, which some people might be glad about. And anyway, what would I say, given recent events?

11:15 pm

DR1965

me6/33 help please

11:15 pm

Jacula

I 'could' write a spoof letter here, but I think I'll save it for my blog.

11:16 pm

DR1965

nm- I found it

11:17 pm

Jacula

Donovan song - me6 Yellow.

11:17 pm

Jacula

Oh, too late!

11:17 pm

DR1965

ty Jac

11:18 pm

Jacula

DR - guess you found the verb form me7 also then?

11:18 pm

DR1965

yes thanks

11:23 pm

Jacula

I would imagine that the so4.6, 7.36 and 5/18 were hard for we in UK to find, since it's a girl's name to us and not a way of referring to a 2nd year student.

11:23 pm

rururocks

just popping in to see if my icon has changed

11:23 pm

Jacula

I'm going to try to sleep now, earache or not.

11:24 pm

DR1965

Good luck Jac! Hope you feel better soon

11:24 pm

DR1965

Hi Ruru- It changed to me

11:24 pm

Jacula

Thanks DR.

11:25 pm

rururocks

bb at the flipperooni

11:25 pm

rururocks

hi Dr... hope you are having better weather than we are.

11:26 pm

DR1965

It was grey all day but no rain yet

11:27 pm

rururocks

see ya in a bit.. you need any clues?

11:27 pm

tijani

ho 6/21 plz

11:28 pm

DR1965

I am ok- I have 13 to go and can always look at More words- THanks

11:28 pm

rururocks

empty greetings are the ho 6/21

11:28 pm

rururocks

most of empty + a vowell on the end

11:29 pm

rururocks

the 7 is a plural of that sort of

11:29 pm

tijani

ho 7/32 please

11:29 pm

rururocks

pluralize it now

11:29 pm

tijani

thx got it

11:29 pm

rururocks

bb in a bit

11:31 pm

DR1965

c ya Ruru

11:34 pm

Nef

Hello Everybody. Is it a difficult grid, or are you all just chatting (I have all of 8 words found so far; ended up baybsitting all day)

11:35 pm

DR1965

Hi NEF- it is a tought grid- I am down to 5 words but it was like pulling teeth

11:35 pm

DR1965

babysitting was probably more fun!

11:36 pm

Nef

I had fun; but will probably pay for it tomorrow. I'm not used to sitting on the floor anymore

11:37 pm

DR1965

* Understood

11:38 pm

Nef

Oh, boy! I can tell where I work these days! Just starting to look for words and my phantom is Chlamydia

11:39 pm

DR1965

I saw that too Nef- lol

11:39 pm

tijani

********************8fireworks********
*********

11:39 pm

jillibus

LOL Nef! And a great phantom too!

11:39 pm

DR1965

WTG tijani

11:39 pm

jillibus

YAY tijani!!!

11:39 pm

tijani

thx yall

11:40 pm

tijani

wait for flip can clue if neccesary

11:40 pm

Nef

WTG, tijani!

11:41 pm

DR1965

Fireworks for me as well.

11:41 pm

jillibus

YAY DR!!!

11:41 pm

DR1965

last word was the last lo5/10

11:41 pm

DR1965

TY Jilli

11:42 pm

Nef

WTG, DR!!! YAY!! (I got this in the right box this time & not in the word box)

11:42 pm

jillibus

I sure hope the next grid is a kind one.

11:43 pm

DR1965

TY Nef-

11:43 pm

Nef

I just want a nice grid and time to finish it myself

11:43 pm

DR1965

ME too Jilli-

11:49 pm

Nef

any hints for that 8 letter word?

11:50 pm

jillibus

ch + vowel + created is the 7, the pl is the 8

11:51 pm

Nef

Thank you very much, jilli!

11:51 pm

jillibus

yw :)

11:55 pm

flosey

Hi everyone, GREAT Icon Jilli - fingers crossed!

11:56 pm

jillibus

Yes indeed, flosey!

11:57 pm

flosey

have you heard anything yet? I just checked SS News

11:57 pm

flosey

no report there yet

11:58 pm

jillibus

Results just emailed: 1,870 yes votes 519 no votes

The vote has passed with a 78.2% positive result. Wonderful news. He would like to pass on his thanks for the many volunteers who helped out and made this referendum campaign a success for the new library building.

11:58 pm

flosey

sorry for interrupting clues

11:59 pm

MLFAN17

hello

11:59 pm

DR1965

new library is alwasy good news

11:59 pm

DR1965

* always ( sorry)

11:59 pm

jillibus

("He" is Stan Shapiro)

11:59 pm

flosey

WOWEEE, super news, Tilly, and others of course, will be so happy

11:59 pm

jillibus

And so relieved!

12:00 am

DR1965

Hi Mlf

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