Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, January 11, 2010

12:00 am

dart001

flip

12:00 am

crpw48

flip

12:00 am

VolleymomDee

flip and hi dart

12:00 am

flosey

flip,

12:00 am

jillibus

flip

12:00 am

Erda

thud

12:00 am

dart001

hi volley

12:00 am

agzam2

first flip

12:01 am

jillibus

flosey -- lovely icon! Forgot to change mine :(

12:01 am

flosey

thanks jilli

12:01 am

gremlinn

nbt

12:01 am

jillibus

welcome, azgam

12:02 am

VolleymomDee

re 6 tr 6

12:02 am

jillibus

already, grem????? wow!

12:03 am

dart001

nbt

12:03 am

jillibus

you too, dart!!!!

12:03 am

gremlinn

rh 8

12:04 am

dart001

hi jilli

12:04 am

cybernan

this is going to be tough

12:05 am

jillibus

I thinks so, nan, but grem and dart will probably finish is a few minutes

12:05 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:05 am

jillibus

Thanks, Lickety!

12:05 am

gremlinn

I'm getting a little faster each day -- today I will try without viewing lickety's clues

12:06 am

jillibus

buffalo alert

12:06 am

flosey

oh, thank you Lickety

12:06 am

Erda

Thank you, Lickety!

12:07 am

MLFAN17

hello

12:07 am

jillibus

120, mlf

12:07 am

MLFAN17

thanks jill

12:08 am

MLFAN17

this looks ugly

12:08 am

dart001

phant aalii

12:08 am

MLFAN17

TR 6

12:08 am

jillibus

lol, dart!

12:08 am

VolleymomDee

tw 6

12:09 am

MLFAN17

dee is that a 5/6?

12:09 am

agzam2

ra 6

12:09 am

VolleymomDee

yes mlf

12:09 am

MLFAN17

thanks dee must be the same

12:10 am

VolleymomDee

yw

12:10 am

VolleymomDee

phant ihram

12:11 am

gremlinn

li 7

12:11 am

dart001

saw that one volley lol

12:11 am

MLFAN17

pantom mansion

12:11 am

VolleymomDee

:)

12:11 am

gremlinn

must be haunted

12:11 am

dcseain

wi7

12:13 am

VolleymomDee

nbt

12:14 am

jillibus

wtg dee!

12:14 am

VolleymomDee

ty

12:15 am

MLFAN17

jill?

12:16 am

jillibus

yes, mlf?

12:16 am

MLFAN17

jill do we like this grid?

12:16 am

cybernan

anyone found the z?

12:16 am

gremlinn

yeah, everyone who called nbt, I guess

12:16 am

jillibus

I don't, mlf

12:16 am

VolleymomDee

za 6/22

12:16 am

MLFAN17

i second that jill ugghh

12:16 am

gremlinn

it's not a common word, I think

12:17 am

gremlinn

it's za5

12:17 am

cybernan

ty gremlin

12:17 am

MLFAN17

phantom zaniest

12:18 am

VolleymomDee

crap meant za 5 sorry

12:18 am

jacjac

what does 6/22 mean?

12:19 am

jillibus

hah! monkeyed the Z!

12:19 am

gremlinn

it means 6 letters, 22 points

12:19 am

jacjac

thanks!

12:19 am

gremlinn

because 6 letter words are double points, it means the word uses a total of 11 points as given by the numbers under each letter

12:19 am

dcseain

length of 6 with 22 points

12:19 am

cybernan

75 down and think I'll be listing soon

12:19 am

MLFAN17

okay i am stalled at 36 i am out poof

12:19 am

jillibus

6 letters are triple pts

12:20 am

gremlinn

can't be...it was 22

12:20 am

jillibus

bye mlf -- bummer!

12:20 am

gremlinn

oh, I'm wrong, it was a 5 anyway

12:20 am

VolleymomDee

I mistyped ...

12:20 am

jillibus

5 letters are dbl pts

12:20 am

dcseain

6s are triple, 21 or 24 is valid for 6 length

12:21 am

jillibus

3 BTs here -- all vowels :(

12:21 am

VolleymomDee

re 6 x 2

12:21 am

gremlinn

15 left

12:21 am

jillibus

yikes, grem!

12:21 am

dcseain

bun-bun is full of vim and vinegar tonight

12:22 am

jillibus

is that good, dc?

12:22 am

dcseain

well, it's good that he's getting exercise and taunting the cat

12:22 am

dcseain

i'd like him back in the cage, though, so i can sleep

12:23 am

gremlinn

ai 7

12:24 am

dcseain

ty for that, gremlinn

12:26 am

jillibus

what is bun-bun, dc?

12:26 am

gremlinn

phant twosome, twaesome

12:26 am

dcseain

a dutch dwarf rabbit

12:26 am

anike

with 42 to go I think the list is required

12:26 am

dcseain

too many electronics around to leave him loose unsupervised

12:27 am

jillibus

oh -- cute, dc!

12:27 am

gremlinn

growing up my brother had a rabbit that wreaked havoc on cords, I know how that is

12:27 am

dcseain

hi, anike

12:27 am

jillibus

friends of mine had a rabbit they called Mrs Hopkins

12:27 am

anike

hi dc

12:27 am

dcseain

cute, jilli

12:28 am

VolleymomDee

li 6/18

12:28 am

gremlinn

have that and the related li 7/28

12:29 am

rururocks

that one I do not see

12:29 am

jillibus

maze mazes

12:29 am

VolleymomDee

howdy ru

12:29 am

cybernan

great clues, jill

12:30 am

rururocks

lol jill

12:30 am

jillibus

oops

12:30 am

rururocks

hi dee

12:30 am

jillibus

what's in the PB?

12:30 am

VolleymomDee

ra 6 x 2

12:30 am

VolleymomDee

hope you are feeling better ru

12:30 am

rururocks

a little.. stayed in bed mostly today

12:30 am

jillibus

me too, ru

12:31 am

rururocks

are you ill too jilli?

12:31 am

gremlinn

there's one with four consecutive vowels

12:31 am

VolleymomDee

that is what I did yesterday

12:32 am

jillibus

no, ruru -- just hoping you're feeling better

12:32 am

rururocks

thanks gremlin.. have them both now

12:32 am

rururocks

right columns grey now

12:33 am

dart001

fireworks

12:33 am

jillibus

wtg ruru

12:33 am

jillibus

YAY dart!!!

12:34 am

VolleymomDee

wtg dart

12:34 am

gremlinn

nj dart, 7 to go here

12:34 am

dcseain

congrats, dart

12:34 am

flosey

wtg Dart

12:34 am

dart001

there is an ha that is new for me

12:34 am

rururocks

wow.. whatever that guy eats for breakfast I want in on that.

12:34 am

cybernan

congrats, dart

12:34 am

gremlinn

did you know the rh?

12:35 am

dart001

that one is new also

12:35 am

gremlinn

I'm still missing an h - probably the one that was knew to you

12:35 am

dart001

ha 6,33

12:36 am

grannyrose

d you mean the trerra cotta things, dart?

12:36 am

gremlinn

yeah, I don't have that yet - I'll get on it

12:36 am

jillibus

I'm reading a Rebus book and the ha4% is used quite a lot!

12:36 am

dart001

yes gran

12:37 am

grannyrose

very strange word, that!

12:37 am

gremlinn

got it, thanks dart (I'd seen it before, but weird)

12:37 am

dcseain

alright, gonna find the rabbit and off to bed

12:38 am

dcseain

good night/day and happy babbling, yall!

12:38 am

dcseain

{poof}

12:38 am

jillibus

night, dc -- you really are keeping sensible hours these days -- well, sort of

12:39 am

gremlinn

phant eo6/18 from yesterday

12:40 am

jillibus

that I in the botton left corner is driving me nuts

12:41 am

VolleymomDee

down to 17 with no list.. but getting pokey here... what is the 4th 7... I have ai, li, wi...

12:41 am

dart001

im 5

12:41 am

tempo

me too, jilli

12:41 am

rururocks

much like the am 5 jilli like the acid

12:41 am

dart001

ma 7

12:41 am

gremlinn

I've got those 3/4 7s as well

12:41 am

jillibus

ty ruru xx

12:42 am

VolleymomDee

ty dart

12:42 am

gremlinn

got it, thanks dart

12:42 am

jillibus

NBT :)

12:42 am

rururocks

stuck now... at 101

12:42 am

VolleymomDee

wtg jili

12:42 am

VolleymomDee

104 here...

12:42 am

gremlinn

5 left (S, N, N, W, T)

12:42 am

jillibus

well done, dee

12:43 am

dart001

get that t out of there and it looks like you're giving directions

12:43 am

VolleymomDee

stupid word ma 7... ty jili

12:43 am

gremlinn

hehe, noticed that too

12:44 am

lynxxx

Hello everyone

12:44 am

gremlinn

phant nizams

12:44 am

jillibus

hi lynxxx :)

12:44 am

dart001

hi lynxx

12:46 am

gremlinn

I found a "man-o-war"

12:47 am

jillibus

a portuguese one?

12:48 am

gremlinn

could be

12:48 am

jillibus

hmmmm

12:48 am

gremlinn

I found "Noah" too - I must be at sea

12:48 am

VolleymomDee

io 6/18

12:49 am

gremlinn

down to SNT (446 in some order)

12:49 am

VolleymomDee

11 to go.... getting blinder by the minute...

12:50 am

jillibus

I'm over half way

12:50 am

cybernan

missing 4 -- the ai 7, ha 6, im 5 and rh 8 --- any and all help appreciated

12:50 am

VolleymomDee

wtg

12:50 am

rururocks

ai 7 oxegen + smart

12:51 am

cybernan

ty -- what kind of word is that?!

12:51 am

lynxxx

im5 i & ***nie M*use

12:51 am

jillibus

ty ruru

12:51 am

gremlinn

r + thanksgiving food + smelling device

12:52 am

cybernan

ty lynxxx

12:52 am

jillibus

ty gremlin!

12:52 am

lynxxx

Y Grem

12:53 am

cybernan

thanksgiving? thought that was turkey! --- easter, now is another story

12:53 am

cybernan

ty gremlin

12:53 am

gremlinn

I don't know - turkey's the main one, but that one is pretty common at least in my family

12:53 am

gremlinn

I'm in the US, too

12:54 am

jillibus

some have both

12:54 am

cybernan

does the ha 6 also include a porker?

12:55 am

gremlinn

nope

12:55 am

rururocks

i could use help on the ma 7/

12:56 am

flosey

male smart ru

12:56 am

cybernan

ma 7 -- smart guy

12:56 am

VolleymomDee

name for male + sage (smart)

12:57 am

rururocks

ugh.

12:57 am

jillibus

what a word

12:57 am

gremlinn

ha6 = Star Wars pilot + pronoun + Washington

12:58 am

cybernan

ty gremlin

12:58 am

gremlinn

I have sa, si, sn, so, so - which am I missing (just need second letter)

12:58 am

cybernan

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

12:58 am

lynxxx

Congrats C'nan!

12:58 am

jillibus

YAY nan

111

12:59 am

cybernan

si x2

12:59 am

gremlinn

ty

12:59 am

cybernan

both are 4/5's

12:59 am

gremlinn

heh, it's always so fast once I know 2 letters - took me 5 seconds after that

12:59 am

VolleymomDee

fireworks

12:59 am

cybernan

can clue for a few minutes -- tomorrow is hospital day, so have to be up early

12:59 am

jillibus

YAY dee!!!

1:00 am

gremlinn

now I am just missing an N and a T (a 4 and a 6)

1:00 am

cybernan

grats, dee

1:00 am

lynxxx

Hooray for Volley!

1:00 am

VolleymomDee

always forget the ta 5/18... means docile... hmmm

1:00 am

VolleymomDee

ty

1:00 am

gremlinn

is there an N6?

1:00 am

cybernan

tr 6 and tw 6 -- both plurals

1:00 am

VolleymomDee

no

1:00 am

VolleymomDee

oops an no 6

1:00 am

gremlinn

okay, must be the T

1:00 am

rururocks

no 6/30?

1:01 am

gremlinn

don't have that one

1:01 am

VolleymomDee

ty lynx

1:01 am

gremlinn

now I do - now just a T4

1:01 am

VolleymomDee

may I help anyone before I poof?

1:01 am

cybernan

ta 4 x2, tw 4

1:02 am

gremlinn

fireworks, thanks all

1:02 am

VolleymomDee

oh, anyone who likes to play the original boggle... there is an interesting version at pogo.com..

1:02 am

cybernan

well done gremlinn -- and listless, yet!

1:02 am

lynxxx

congrts Grem

1:02 am

gremlinn

yep, listless!

1:02 am

VolleymomDee

can type or use mouse

1:03 am

jillibus

YAY gremlinn!!!

1:03 am

cybernan

are you planning to go pro any time soon?

1:03 am

rururocks

can you mouse ooooo wow.. thanks dee

1:03 am

rururocks

anyone have the no 6?

1:03 am

VolleymomDee

yw... puts folks on random teams... kinda interesting... fast quick games, so not much chatting

1:03 am

gremlinn

negative + smart

1:04 am

cybernan

like all the other smart words

1:04 am

rururocks

is it called boggle?

1:04 am

VolleymomDee

no + sage

1:04 am

VolleymomDee

yes boggle bash

1:04 am

rururocks

can you play with other players?

1:04 am

VolleymomDee

actually I have never seen the no 6 before

1:04 am

VolleymomDee

yes

1:05 am

gremlinn

review time! what was the difficult se9 from a few days ago?

1:05 am

VolleymomDee

room limits are pretty large...

1:05 am

cybernan

good night everyone -- better head out or I'll never be able to get up by 7 :)

1:05 am

VolleymomDee

nite nan

1:05 am

jillibus

night nan -- good girl!

1:05 am

lynxxx

bye Nan

1:05 am

VolleymomDee

I think they limit rooms to 50... but I can't remember at the moment

1:05 am

jillibus

darn, don't remember, gremlinn!

1:06 am

grannyrose

well, that would be the hardest 120 words ever!

1:06 am

gremlinn

sestertia

1:06 am

lynxxx

congrats Rose!

1:06 am

gremlinn

there are often over 100 people playing the same board at once on wordsplay.net

1:06 am

VolleymomDee

wtg granny

1:06 am

VolleymomDee

haven't checked that one grem ty

1:07 am

grannyrose

thanx, kyn, dee

1:07 am

jillibus

oh yes -- Lat pl of sestertium, a Roman coin

1:07 am

VolleymomDee

yw

1:07 am

VolleymomDee

graphics at pogo are pretty cool

1:07 am

rururocks

Think I will check it out.. thanks dee. I loved that game

1:07 am

gremlinn

there are 4x4 and 5x5 size versions, and a single chat room for both at once (which gets confusing sometimes)

1:07 am

lynxxx

Wordsplay used to be WeBoggle - runs more smoothly now (for me anyway)

1:08 am

VolleymomDee

I have played weboggle long ago, and like you lyn, experienced glitches

1:08 am

gremlinn

it's very much redone from scratch

1:09 am

gremlinn

but the guy who made it still has some things to work out

1:09 am

VolleymomDee

I'll check that out ...

1:09 am

VolleymomDee

me, too ru... one of my faves; I think the original boggle was either at a hasbro site or at msn...

1:10 am

lynxxx

Have you played DCs games Volley? nice thing is there is no time limit

1:10 am

VolleymomDee

maybe msn... cuz it got yanked

1:11 am

gremlinn

there was "Boggle" licensed by Atari at games.com

1:11 am

VolleymomDee

too involved for me lynxxx... started ... did about 3 squares, then found the blog with the solution (I know, I know, I cheated)

1:11 am

gremlinn

that was kind of interesting in that you only scored for a word if no one else found it

1:11 am

VolleymomDee

I also liked tanglewords

1:11 am

gremlinn

but the games.com site was VERY buggy and things never got fixed

1:11 am

VolleymomDee

lots of spyware there, too

1:12 am

gremlinn

tangleword was excellent with its huge boards

1:12 am

VolleymomDee

and lots of people; I do miss that one

1:13 am

VolleymomDee

I miss the chat at wordsplay

1:13 am

lynxxx

Where are you Rose, did you melt away?!

1:13 am

gremlinn

there is chat there - you have to click on a button to open it up

1:14 am

VolleymomDee

aww didn't notice that...

1:14 am

gremlinn

to chat, you type a ' or " character at the front of your text in the same box where you guess words

1:14 am

VolleymomDee

how are you lyn?

1:14 am

herinfernallady

Hello

1:14 am

lynxxx

v. hot - so not moving. Do not have AC only fans

1:15 am

VolleymomDee

that could be confusing....

1:15 am

VolleymomDee

hi herin

1:15 am

lynxxx

hi Infernal

1:15 am

gremlinn

people "accidentally" chat guesses a lot

1:15 am

VolleymomDee

ouch... I would be packed in ice ... I hate heat

1:15 am

herinfernallady

Lynxx you could always drive down to my icebox house for a cuppa

1:16 am

VolleymomDee

it was 8 degrees F. here this A.M. (without windchill), so sending lyn... some of our cold

1:16 am

herinfernallady

Volley it is 615pm and 100F

1:16 am

lynxxx

Thats sweet of you Infernal but it will be OK

1:16 am

VolleymomDee

wow herin

1:17 am

grannyrose

have to go, just tried to stand up, need DRUGS. did a lot of walking at work, then did the supermarket shopping on the way home. see you at the flip

1:17 am

herinfernallady

I had a friend say to me to go to her house to go to the beach that is why i just saw the weather temp

1:17 am

lynxxx

Go rest Rose! byee

1:17 am

herinfernallady

Rose stop it would you

1:17 am

VolleymomDee

I saw a really interesting pic from Aus. last week... from red dust... entire air was red... spooky to see, since I had never even heard of it before

1:17 am

VolleymomDee

nite granny

1:18 am

herinfernallady

That happens Volley. It happened in Sydney it was very eerie

1:18 am

grannyrose

* poof *

1:18 am

VolleymomDee

what causes the "red sky"...

1:18 am

VolleymomDee

it would be spooky / scarey

1:18 am

herinfernallady

Dust

1:18 am

herinfernallady

Loves Rose take it easy

1:18 am

lynxxx

Yeah, Sydney & Qld had a couple of huge duststorms before Xmas. Dust from our Red Centre/deserts

1:19 am

VolleymomDee

would be interesting to know if anywhere in U.S. has same situation... we have red clay in Georgia and a few western states

1:19 am

VolleymomDee

very interesting to see

1:19 am

herinfernallady

Lynxx i read that as red centred deserts

1:20 am

herinfernallady

opps desserts

1:20 am

VolleymomDee

I bet it only occurs in Aus due to dust and temps or barometric pressure or something... have never heard of it here...

1:20 am

lynxxx

cherry icecream

1:20 am

dart001

volcanic eruptions and forest fires cause strange skies in the Us volley

1:20 am

VolleymomDee

what color sky, dart?

1:20 am

herinfernallady

drool Lynxx. If i had a car I think I would have driven to Cold Rock by now. Hi Dart

1:20 am

VolleymomDee

is it the same red?

1:21 am

dart001

hi herin

1:21 am

lynxxx

sssh...don't say forest fires!

1:21 am

jillibus

Well, 40 left here and I should go to bed -- goodnight all!

1:21 am

dart001

can be reddish...not sure if it is the same red

1:22 am

dart001

bye jilli

1:22 am

lynxxx

Goodnight Jilli

1:22 am

VolleymomDee

was glad mrp had mentioned it, would never have known about it... learn something new here all the time

1:22 am

herinfernallady

Volley I was watching this doco on France in 1400 and the sky went red and the seasons changed dramatically. The scientists analyised Ice Cores from Greenland and discovered that the sulphur levels increased and temperatures changed by 1C

1:22 am

VolleymomDee

wow

1:23 am

herinfernallady

The winters were harsh and long and summers were short and wolves roamed the streets of Paris looking for food

1:24 am

VolleymomDee

amazing to think about that based on what it looks like now

1:24 am

dart001

whhen krakatoa blew..think most of the North. hemi. lost that summer and there was a lot of dust in the air for a few years

1:25 am

VolleymomDee

well all got to get my butt moving... have to finish my list for the computer folks

1:25 am

flosey

fireworks

1:25 am

flosey

lol, that one crept up on me!

1:25 am

dart001

wtg flos

1:25 am

VolleymomDee

wtg flosey!

1:25 am

lynxxx

Hooray for Flosey!

1:25 am

lynxxx

bye Volley

1:25 am

herinfernallady

Yah Flossey

1:26 am

VolleymomDee

what browsers do you all use here? I

1:26 am

flosey

tytyty, must get to bed now, tomorrow's busier than I like!

1:26 am

dart001

IE

1:26 am

lynxxx

Firefox

1:26 am

herinfernallady

Volley you can see now what is happening. And yes dart that was before Krak

1:27 am

VolleymomDee

ty... so both work well here

1:27 am

VolleymomDee

okey... got to go... poofing with hugs!!!

1:27 am

dart001

bye volley

1:28 am

herinfernallady

Bye Volley.

1:29 am

herinfernallady

I use Google Chrome

1:32 am

dart001

gonna run too

1:33 am

lynxxx

bye Dart

1:36 am

SamanthaJoy

Dee, I use different browsers for different things

1:36 am

SamanthaJoy

I've used, today, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari, and will use Opera before I go to bed; my husband uses Firefox or IE

1:37 am

lynxxx

Volleys well gone Sam. Hi

1:37 am

SamanthaJoy

Oh. I just spotted the question, and was thinking about it so missed the poof. hi backatcha.

1:37 am

Mudd

Good afternoon. I'm curious, Samantha, what you use the different browsers for.

1:37 am

lynxxx

why do you use so many Sam?

1:38 am

lynxxx

Hi Mudd

1:38 am

SamanthaJoy

Part of it's to keep different accounts straight; I have one browser, for example, that is logged into one LJ account and a Flickr account that I keep separate; that's for the photo blog, and keeps me from having to log in and out of different web apps.

1:39 am

SamanthaJoy

My husband uses Firefox by choice but some sites he has to visit for work only display correctly in IE.

1:39 am

SamanthaJoy

So, you know, boring stuff. :)

1:40 am

herinfernallady

pps sorry. I am chatting to my friend

1:40 am

herinfernallady

Back later take care

1:41 am

lynxxx

I had one site that wouldn't display in Firefox for about 6 mths. Latest FF update has corrected that though

1:42 am

SamanthaJoy

Yeah, I also do some web design, and looking at things in different browsers is kinda crucial to the process; they all have their own display quirks

1:44 am

rubyfoo

good morning everybody

1:45 am

KatieMcG

morning everyone, snow OK to travel, road closed *sigh*

1:47 am

Christine

Rubyfoo - what breed is your pretty pup ?

1:47 am

o-o

Hello

1:47 am

lynxxx

hi Ruby, Katie & BR

1:47 am

rubyfoo

she's a shaded-blone chow chow from canada

1:47 am

rubyfoo

blonde*

1:47 am

rubyfoo

hy lynxx

1:47 am

Christine

Beautiful

1:47 am

rubyfoo

hi br

1:48 am

lynxxx

oh Ruby, Ruby is beautiful!

1:48 am

rubyfoo

thank you and her heart is even more lovely

1:48 am

o-o

a 75 pound pup is going to be a large adult

1:49 am

rubyfoo

I think she weighs around 80 but her brother, Max, also a chow, weighs a little less.

1:49 am

Christine

God in Heaven . . . that little thing is 75lbs ?

1:50 am

rubyfoo

chows are very specifically male- or female- looking; the males have much narrowed hips

1:50 am

Christine

How old is she, and what will she weigh when full grown ?

1:51 am

rubyfoo

she's full-grown and is 7 this month; Max will be 6 in February. He's autistic and is on Prozac for it, but holds his own in the household, just has to be hand-fed and can't leave the property

1:52 am

Christine

When I clicked on your profile, to see the picture, my first thought was a lion cub , , , I think I need glasses.

1:53 am

lynxxx

what problems does Max have Ruby

1:53 am

rubyfoo

she looks a lot like a lion and acts like a cat, stubborn, disobedient, but takes care of her brother, which is nice

1:53 am

o-o

How did you determine Max is autistic?

1:54 am

rubyfoo

when he arrived here, at 4 months, he was totally remote, couldn't make eye contact, didn't like to be touched -- all the classic symptoms of autism. I read Temple Grandin and the whole thing jibed and I got him a scrip for Prozac, and he's come a long way. He remains afraid of his food bowl and re-discoveres snow, every morning.

1:55 am

rubyfoo

but he lets me pet him not, licks and sniffs my head (only if I look away) and interacts well with Ruby who opens doors for him and wakes us if he needs to go out

1:56 am

rubyfoo

the vets never heard of autism in dogs

1:56 am

rubyfoo

now, not not*

1:57 am

o-o

Quite amazing

1:57 am

lynxxx

How interesting. Good on you for following through on his issues

1:58 am

rubyfoo

the breeder would have taken him back, but she would have put him down. He is lucky to be with us because we have all the time in th world for him and a safe garden. I think, however, that inbreeding chows for black, results in congenital defects.

1:59 am

lynxxx

Do tell Ata and Haz, I am sure they would be very interested

2:01 am

lynxxx

BBL

2:01 am

rubyfoo

ata is the one who got ruby's pic up for me, she has a chow who closely resembles my ruby

2:02 am

Christine

Inbreeding is to blame for many illsss. We haad a friend who bred Lavender Sealpoint siamese cats - We got one, who lost his points at approx six months, which didn't matter to us since we weren't breeding, but poor Mouse had so many problems - he'd fall over if he closed his eyes was about the least of his problems.

2:03 am

rubyfoo

with chows, this Canadian kennel breeds for beauty and disposition, but we had a little black girl, Cleopatra du Lac (black queen of the Nile lol) who died of a congenital heart defect at 2!

2:04 am

rubyfoo

and all of our 5 dogs have been related to some grand champions, but we don't show them or breed them

2:06 am

Mudd

clue please ha 6,33

2:13 am

rubyfoo

that's sad about Mouse, but I'll bet you loved him all the more. That's how my husband feels about Max

2:19 am

Christine

You know how all little things react when they first see their reflection - he was that way all his life, sometimeshissing, but often crying at this strange cat (did he know it was a cat? the only other cat in his world was tabby-colored) And he didn't know how to clean himse;f: Tabby would clean his paws and whiskers, and scoop the sand after Mouse used the box.

2:21 am

rubyfoo

that is very sad, but Tabby seemed to have stepped up. They are so instinctively good-hearted

2:23 am

Christine

He tolerated me, because I held the can-opener, but he really loved my husband, who rather ignored him, but Mouse would sit close to him, almost burrowing under his legs to find his safe place. Tabby was my baby.

2:24 am

rubyfoo

that's like here with ours, Max stays near my husband, safe and upstairs while Ruby is mine, owns my heart, and always has to know where I am

2:25 am

rubyfoo

it is impossible to imagine life without animals

2:25 am

herinfernallady

HEllo. Been reading the Chog. My cats are my universe

2:25 am

Christine

Speaking of babies, Tabby taught my daughter to walk. By the time DD was born, Tabby was about 20lbs, and DD would grasp his tail in her right hand, and his ear in her left hand, aand off they'd go. World's best babysitter. after an initial bout of jealosy.

2:26 am

rubyfoo

do you have photos? that is just too cute!

2:27 am

Christine

45 yars ago, so only snapshots.
Perhaps DD can figure out how to put them into my computer.

2:27 am

rubyfoo

ruby is my best friend!

2:28 am

Christine

Going to enroll my computer in remedial spelling class.

2:28 am

rubyfoo

my son is 46, but I only had cats when he was around 5, he too is a computer expert, not like his old mom

2:29 am

herinfernallady

Ruby my friend is a dog trainer and all 3 of her dogs are pedigrees and all rescues

2:29 am

Christine

Yay - just noticed the time: I am officially 73 years old.

2:29 am

herinfernallady

Happy Birthday Christine

2:29 am

rubyfoo

rescue dogs are the best! my husband is too much of a snob to every get one, however

2:29 am

rubyfoo

happy birthday!!!!

2:30 am

herinfernallady

Ruby al her dogs are pedigrees and it seems you sort of have a rescue yourself

2:30 am

rubyfoo

I have to go, will be back a little later

2:31 am

Christine

Thank you,

2:31 am

rubyfoo

certainly, in the sense of his having been unacceptable to most people, but he still has that chow magnificence and "cachet" LOL

2:31 am

herinfernallady

Later Ruby

2:31 am

rubyfoo

bye

2:32 am

Christine

Bye for now, Rubyfoo

2:32 am

herinfernallady

I must depart for the kitchen. SOrry to leave you Christine its 730pm here and it is most certainly past tea time

2:34 am

anike

Mud - did you ever work out ha 6/33?

2:36 am

anike

Does anybody have a clue for ha6/33?

2:39 am

anike

Got it!! fireworks

2:42 am

anike

Nobody's talking to me so everyone seems to be asleep. I'll say goodbye to anyone out there.

2:43 am

bojazz

bye anike

3:01 am

rubyfoo

I'm back, had to get dressed

3:01 am

rubyfoo

ho, bo, how are you doing?

3:03 am

rubyfoo

I still don't have ha6!!!

3:04 am

Haz1558

ha6 - a singular Mr Christian Anderson, one letter for a personal pronoun, first two letters of the country famed for rugby and male voice choirs.

3:04 am

rubyfoo

or much else, for that matter!

3:04 am

Haz1558

Good morning/evening all.

3:05 am

rubyfoo

ty haz but what kind of word is that??

3:05 am

Haz1558

It looks Japanese or something, if you click on the ? beside it in your word list, you get directed to the dictionary definition.

3:06 am

Haz1558

Japanese terracotta model, it seems.

3:06 am

rubyfoo

terra-cotta figurine! that's pretty obscure!

3:07 am

Haz1558

Nothing is too obscure for this game. Think of it as a learning experience!

3:07 am

rubyfoo

last night everybody helped me figure out the name of a fruit that my husband bought for me, insisting that it was a mango. It was a sweet pitaya, subtle, but not bad, and very beautiful. This is such a smart group!

3:08 am

Haz1558

I know, there's usually someone around who knows the answer or who knows how to find out.

3:09 am

Haz1558

I think there are a great many of us who enjoy finding out new things.

3:09 am

rubyfoo

3 people got it right away, just from my verbal description

3:09 am

Arisha

my fav fruit is mangosteen, but they are very small and very expensive and only can get aroung qaugust for a few weeks

3:10 am

Haz1558

There you are, your description must have been good to start with.

3:10 am

Arisha

and should not type left handed what a mess :p

3:10 am

Haz1558

Hello, Arisha, not a fruit I've ever heard about.

3:10 am

rubyfoo

where are you arisha? We live in a very conservative area for food, but there is a wonderful, large, fruit vegetable market that caters to our very small African and Asian population -- and to us, lol

3:11 am

Haz1558

I've just googled it - it looks very exotic!

3:11 am

Arisha

is lovely, but the flesh is not much compared to the hard outer skin, so price wise is not good

3:11 am

Arisha

australia

3:11 am

rubyfoo

it's a spectacularly beautiful thing, bright magenta with yellow-green tips, looks like a grenade, and is related to cactus

3:12 am

rubyfoo

my husband kept insisting it was a mango, but he is both very stubborn and not at all scientific of mind

3:12 am

Arisha

love them, wish i could grow here, i bought one for one of my birds, but now if i can get m we go halves

3:12 am

rubyfoo

what does a nelliekelley look like, arisha?

3:13 am

rubyfoo

I've heard of them growing in New Zealand

3:14 am

Arisha

never heard of them

3:14 am

Andree

hi everyone

3:14 am

Arisha

hi andree

3:14 am

rubyfoo

hi andree

3:14 am

Haz1558

Hello, Andree.

3:14 am

rubyfoo

it's evidently a variety of passionfruit

3:15 am

rubyfoo

back in a couple of mins

3:15 am

Andree

sure its not a fijoa

3:16 am

Arisha

ned kelly is a passionfruit, black skin

3:23 am

rubyfoo

they told me it was nelliekelley because that's my name; my friends must have been pulling my leg!

3:23 am

rubyfoo

does anybody else find this grid difficult, or is it just dullard me?

3:23 am

Arisha

no they were not

3:24 am

Arisha

Nellie kellie is the spelling, just went out and looked at label

3:24 am

Haz1558

ruby, it's actually not too bad in terms of babble grids. There are quite a few words that have appeared before - not a lot of help to you since you are fairly new, that's the only problem.

3:25 am

Arisha

nellie kelly im getting every thibg wrong tonight

3:25 am

rubyfoo

hopefully, I'll improve with time (and age -- lol -- not!)

3:25 am

Haz1558

The main thing is that you're enjoying yourself, ruby.

3:25 am

rubyfoo

I've never had a passionfruit; I'll bet they have them in the exotic-fruit market

3:26 am

Arisha

are you serious ruby /

3:26 am

rubyfoo

but I feel really stupid after bein gpretty good at scrabble blitz!

3:26 am

rubyfoo

about feeling stupid or never having a passion fruit, arisha? lol

3:27 am

Arisha

you will have good days and bad, don't worry about it, long as you are enjoying playing

3:27 am

Andree

never had a passionfruit, hard to believe

3:27 am

Arisha

fruit

3:27 am

Haz1558

Don't feel stupid! Many of the words are only ever used here and when you've been doing babble for a while they nearly become second nature. My knowledge of Welsh words has increased greatly over the years.

3:27 am

rubyfoo

and the chat here is wonderful!

3:27 am

Andree

we are so spoilt here with fruit hrer

3:27 am

Andree

here too

3:28 am

Haz1558

Yes, the chat can be good fun.

3:28 am

Arisha

yes we are andree, we don't realise how lucky we are

3:28 am

rubyfoo

I grow fruit in the summer but then it's a long winter

3:28 am

Andree

just eaten with a spoon or over a pavlova its deliscious

3:28 am

Haz1558

We can get passionfruit over here, but it's considered pretty exotic. We're getting more and more new things to try.

3:29 am

rubyfoo

what's a pavlova?

3:29 am

Andree

probably expesive then haz?

3:29 am

rubyfoo

fortunately, I make a lot of jam and eat that all winter

3:29 am

Arisha

merigue

3:29 am

rubyfoo

oooh, you're making me hungry

3:29 am

Arisha

with cream and fruit on top

3:30 am

rubyfoo

oh my

3:30 am

Andree

australias favourite dessert

3:30 am

Haz1558

It's a meringue dessert, named after Pavlova the ballerina. A basic meringue mixture with the addition of vinegar and cornflour, baked slowly, then served with whipped cream and fruit.

3:30 am

Haz1558

It's pretty popular in Britain as well.

3:30 am

Flask1

Morning all........Haz have you been to bed?

3:31 am

Haz1558

Good morning, Flask, yes, I've had a good night's sleep, don't worry!

3:31 am

Andree

its a great option for a family celebration because unlike some desserts the kids will eat it too

3:31 am

Andree

hi flask

3:31 am

Flask1

you were here last night when I went off.....and you're still here.....

3:32 am

Flask1

don't get me wrong.....am not complaining at all...its nice to see you here...

3:32 am

Haz1558

I know - it's unusual for me to be on in the evening, but the chat was good and I enjoyed the chance to clue a bit. I haven't been here all night, honestly.

3:34 am

lynxxx

Hello all

3:35 am

Haz1558

Hello, lynxxx.

3:36 am

Arisha

hi lynxx

3:36 am

Flask1

Hi lynxxx!

3:37 am

Andree

hi lynxxx

3:37 am

lynxxx

Just went out and checked the garden, lots if stuff pretty burnt or shrivelled...all a bit sad. Still 39 here

3:38 am

Haz1558

Will they recover, given time, lynxxx?

3:39 am

lynxxx

The plant will live, but lose the leaves. I have one of those very large Strezlecki's - given they are Sth African I am surprised the leaves shrivelled up. The new leaves are now about a metre accross

3:40 am

Andree

i heard about the temperatures you are having lynxxx, glad its cooler here, about 26 today and 30 yesterday

3:40 am

Haz1558

A metre? Goodness, the plant must be huge. Is that a bird of paradise flower?

3:41 am

Andree

i love those lynxxx, hope they recover

3:41 am

Haz1558

No, just looked up, it's streltizia I'm thinking of.

3:41 am

lynxxx

Yes, its the one with the large grey/purple flowers. they grow to about 30 feet. Will be a good shade plant and I adore the flowers (I must have spelled it wrong)

3:41 am

Andree

oops me too

3:42 am

lynxxx

Bird of Paradise is correct

3:43 am

Haz1558

I've seen them growing in Africa, they're pretty spectacular, aren't they?

3:45 am

lynxxx

Amazing - stunning to draw. I have a couple of the smaller orange ones but can't wait for the big one to get to its full height

3:45 am

Andree

well if they reach full height they will be a beautiful sight

3:46 am

Arisha

lost all my pansies and strawberries from the heat

3:46 am

Haz1558

I assume you're not allowed to water gardens, or can you do it in a limited way?

3:46 am

lynxxx

hi Arisha

3:46 am

Arisha

just went out to water, still like walking into a wall of heat when you open the door

3:46 am

Andree

what state are you in arisha

3:47 am

Arisha

i use grey water

3:47 am

lynxxx

Twice a week only - between 6 and 8 in the morning

3:47 am

Arisha

vic

3:47 am

Haz1558

And are there penalties for disobedience or do people conform pretty well?

3:47 am

Arisha

you can get fined

3:48 am

lynxxx

'cept if you are like Arisha...or if you bucket washing water like I sometimes do

3:48 am

Andree

we can water before 10am and after 5pm daily, our restrictions were lifted about 6 months ago

3:49 am

Haz1558

It's just so interesting to hear about how different communities cope because of weather conditions. I only remember water restrictions here once, in the hot summer of 1976.

3:49 am

Andree

many people have put in water tanks which ofcourse the can use any time

3:49 am

lynxxx

People conform here, we are all vert sensitive to water use and any wastage

3:49 am

Arisha

i use the water i get while shower heats up to fill fish tank and aninal water, i use washing machine to wter the lawn, and grey shower water for pot plants, have not used hose in 5 years. i try to be good

3:50 am

lynxxx

Excellent Arisha!

3:50 am

Arisha

i lived in central australia for 3 yers so learnt there to be careful

3:50 am

Haz1558

That takes some dedication, Arisha, but I suppose it's in your own interests to be careful.

3:51 am

Andree

i do to arisha but do give my veg garden a drink almost daily, although i don't know why i bother the possums eat most of what i grow

3:52 am

Arisha

you can catch alot of clean water while shower is comming though

3:52 am

Andree

so true

3:52 am

Arisha

and my typing has not improved tonight :p

3:53 am

Andree

looking for no6 please

3:53 am

Haz1558

no6 - no plus a word for smart, clever.

3:54 am

Haz1558

Or maybe more knowing about life than anything.

3:54 am

Andree

thx haz

3:55 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

3:57 am

Andree

18 left, will finish tomorrow, I had better have some dinner, bye all happy babbling

3:58 am

Haz1558

Bye, Andree.

3:58 am

lynxxx

Haz - did you read in the chat about RubyFoos boy dog - very interesting

3:58 am

lynxxx

bye Andree

3:58 am

Haz1558

I did, lynxxx.

3:59 am

Flask1

clue for ai7 please???

3:59 am

Haz1558

There must be some sort of neurological condition going on, but it's good that they're coping with it.

3:59 am

Haz1558

ai7 - in terms of what we breathe might be a definition, Flask.

3:59 am

lynxxx

ai7 compound - careful about what you breathe

3:59 am

Haz1558

Or what we breathe plus that ending for the no6.

4:00 am

Flask1

oh aye!....thanx!

4:00 am

Haz1558

You're welcome. That ending appears more often than you'd imagine.

4:01 am

Haz1558

Okay, on second thoughts, not that often. ma7 is another example.

4:01 am

Flask1

I was just wondering about that!

4:02 am

Haz1558

Right, time I was getting on with the day. Lovely sound outside, cars sloshing through wet rather than skidding on ice.

4:03 am

lynxxx

bye Haz, that sounds better

4:03 am

Haz1558

Have a good day/evening and I'll see you later or tomorrow. Bye!

4:03 am

Haz1558

*gone*

4:04 am

Flask1

I no its wonderful......greenery is back!!

4:04 am

Flask1

bye Haz!

4:06 am

Norma

Morning Babblers

4:08 am

Flask1

Morning Norma!

4:08 am

lynxxx

hi Norma

4:08 am

Norma

Hi lynxx n Flask how are things with you

4:09 am

Flask1

ok Norma....yourself?

4:09 am

lynxxx

Very hot here Norma. Have you had the snow?

4:11 am

Norma

Fine thanks Flask... feeling stir crazy .... haven't been out for over a week with the weather as I damaged my foot in October and still struggling to walk properly... so didn't risk walking in the snow ... can we have some of your sun lynxxx lol

4:13 am

lynxxx

ugh, hope you can get some fresh air soon Norma

4:14 am

Norma

Will do soon going to the Domincan Republic for two weeks end of the month .... can't wait

4:15 am

Flask1

Sounds wonderful Norma......hope you enjoy!

4:15 am

Norma

Thanks

4:15 am

lynxxx

nice!

4:17 am

Mudd

two hours ago I asked for a clue for ha 6,33. Then I got called away and do not know if anyone replied. ty if you did, but I still am in need of a clue.

4:18 am

rubyfoo

I just got back, it is a dopey Japanese word

4:19 am

Mudd

Um, that does not really help me, Ruby. Sorry ....

4:19 am

lynxxx

a nasty word to clue - ha & opp of out (reversed) and make peace not **r

4:19 am

rubyfoo

*** Christian Andersen, without the ess, then personal pronoun, then part of a baby's cry

4:20 am

Mudd

:-) ty Lynxxx and Ruby.

4:20 am

Mudd

It does sound Japanese, doesn't it?

4:20 am

rubyfoo

how dumb is that? and then I looked up the meaning

4:29 am

rubyfoo

it is really cold here, minus 6C, but sunny and beautiful otherwise, from behind the glass

4:29 am

rubyfoo

with fires going!

4:30 am

lynxxx

38.3 here, 9.30 at night, keep waiting for it to drop!

4:30 am

rubyfoo

should I fedex you some snow>

4:31 am

rubyfoo

we have plenty to share

4:32 am

lynxxx

You love that snow! where are you from originally Ruby?

4:32 am

Norma

Whereabouts in France are you ruby ???

4:32 am

rubyfoo

originally from NY, then lived in Miami for a long time, then retired here to the mountains

4:32 am

rubyfoo

I used to ski, but no more

4:33 am

rubyfoo

very near to Annecy (look out at the lake), between Lyon and Geneva.

4:33 am

lynxxx

You sound extremely happy so you have chosen very well

4:33 am

rubyfoo

that's the good part of it.... won't go into the whiny parts

4:33 am

Norma

Sounds very nice... beautiful in the summer

4:34 am

rubyfoo

and a very long spring, which is my favorite. It's my first garden and is really beautiful after 11 years of tweaking.

4:35 am

Norma

Wherever you live you can find whiny parts but you need to look at the big picture and the picture you are painting sounds gorgeous

4:35 am

lynxxx

I could whine about that bottom W

4:36 am

rubyfoo

I designed it from books and made a lot of mistakes, but I have fruit and flowers galore. If you want to see, look in my profile and join me in facebook where I have photos

4:36 am

rubyfoo

I just whine about my husband....

4:36 am

rubyfoo

I have ten little w words, but you must have them too

4:37 am

Norma

What is your name on facebook ruby ??

4:37 am

rubyfoo

nancy kelley but there are many, you will need my e-mail: nelliekelley50@yahoo.com

4:38 am

lynxxx

lol, I have you planted in my backyard Ruby

4:38 am

rubyfoo

and yours, norma?

4:38 am

rubyfoo

lol, lynxxx!

4:38 am

Norma

will poke you later ... I am on as Norma Evans email n.ee@sky.com

4:39 am

rubyfoo

I'm sure your garden is much more exotic, lynxx, mine is roses and tulips and peonies and buddliea

4:39 am

rubyfoo

tks, norma, will poke you, too lol

4:40 am

rubyfoo

like an English garden via Martha Stewart, very limited colors, not like a French garden at all

4:40 am

lynxxx

Certainly not as pretty Ruby, I have concentrated more on greenery

4:41 am

rubyfoo

I worked with color but made mistakes with the shrubbery I used for punctuation and for winter interest; those cute tiny shrubs turned into monsters

4:41 am

Norma

I have sent you a request ruby ... email is not the one given it is n.evans1945@yahoo.com

4:42 am

rubyfoo

I have to go make lunch for long-suffering husband, will see you guys after!

4:42 am

Dueces

ty rubyfoo for the 6 ha clue..was stumped but thnx to you...fireworks! Chiao

4:43 am

Norma

Congrats Dueces

4:43 am

lynxxx

Good soil then Ruby...we have very sandy soil, black dust really. Near a beach and basically black sand

4:43 am

Dueces

Thnx Norma

4:43 am

lynxxx

Congrats Dueces

4:44 am

Dueces

TY lynxxx

4:45 am

Dueces

31 degrees here in South Florida...even the tourists were not in the water the past few days.

4:46 am

lynxxx

I heard, but its changing in another week?

4:46 am

Norma

I saw in the papers that it is the coldest spell in Florida for years... we went in February a few years ago and it was freezing then ... and as usual being a tourist we had no warm clothes lol

4:47 am

Dueces

cold for the next 4 -5 days then a warming trend. Nice change from the sweltering summer.

4:48 am

Atalante

remind me never to drive in snow again!

4:48 am

pippingeek

yeah, it was supposed to get down to 25 this morning. all the neighbors have bundled up their bushes to protect them from freezing

4:49 am

lynxxx

hi Ata. you OK? car in one piece

4:49 am

Dueces

good luck all...

4:50 am

Atalante

yes and yes, but barely!

4:51 am

Norma

What did you do Ata ???

4:51 am

lynxxx

Tea?

4:51 am

Atalante

tried to take the dog for a walk LOL

4:51 am

Norma

thanks Dueces

4:52 am

Atalante

just horribly slippy and slidey and imposiible to reverse half the time

4:52 am

Norma

In the car???

4:52 am

Atalante

and I have tea :) all the roads round here are fine now. except our drive LOL

4:52 am

lynxxx

I am sure she won't mind walking locally

4:53 am

Atalante

I needed supplies anyway. Nearly running out of milk!

4:54 am

lynxxx

now, now, read my icon and sit back and breathe deeply - all over now

4:55 am

Atalante

hmmm wonder where our snow chains are! lol I'm fine, just glad to be back indoors!

4:57 am

Atalante

so now an hour or so of babble and dc's food word game

5:00 am

Haz1558

Just passing through - Ata, glad you're home safely. I've thought of a cryptic Brit clue for no6/30 - when Eric Morcambe worked alone.

5:01 am

Atalante

good one!

5:01 am

lynxxx

very good

5:02 am

Haz1558

Thank you! It'll not mean a thing to the Americans, mind you.

5:02 am

Chris P

could you do a clue for ha6

5:02 am

Atalante

well never mind :)

5:02 am

Haz1558

ha6 - a singular Mr Christian Anderson, a personal pronoun (1 letter) and first letters of the land of rugby and male voice choirs.

5:03 am

Chris P

not come across that one before - thanks haz

5:04 am

Atalante

don't you use that word everyday, chris??

5:04 am

Atalante

"any of the terra-cotta models of people, animals, and houses from the Yayoi period of Japanese culture"

5:04 am

Haz1558

You're welcome - Japanese terracotta figures apparently.

5:04 am

Chris P

just looked it up - must try harder ata!

5:04 am

Haz1558

I will look at all terracotta pots from now on and wonder aloud if they are ha6.

5:06 am

Haz1558

Okay, if no other clues are required, I must get on with the day. How are the daleks, Ata?

5:06 am

Atalante

I think I'm 3/4 done with teh tiles of doom

5:07 am

Atalante

then I can start all over again with a second layer of colour. joy!

5:07 am

Haz1558

Excellent! The end is nigh, said in a non-gloomy way.

5:07 am

Atalante

yes. I can see an endpoint now, even if it's a few days off

5:08 am

Haz1558

That's good.

5:08 am

Haz1558

Are you getting paid for this? Focus on what you can do with the money.....

5:09 am

Atalante

no! unfortunately not. it was just a "I know what I can do!" one day idea that kind of snowballed

5:10 am

Atalante

but I know enough Dr Who fans that I might be able to sell it

5:10 am

Haz1558

Oh yes, you can depend on the fans. They'll be fighting over it.

5:10 am

Atalante

hopefully!

5:10 am

Atalante

I can sell it to FM, she's got tonnes of money

5:11 am

Haz1558

I know! She's loaded.

5:11 am

Haz1558

It's interesting knowing a multi-millionairess, isn't it?

5:11 am

Atalante

but I really do know a few dalek fanatics, so if I decide I want to sell it, I probably can do, which is nice

5:11 am

Haz1558

Kind of like knowing Ivana Trump but without the silliness.

5:11 am

Atalante

why isn't she chartering a plane to fly you over here for a special weekend?

5:13 am

Haz1558

That's the thing with multi-milliionairesses, they look after their money. It's probably all in offshore investments and she spends her days yellling 'Sell, sell, sell, or buy buy buy to her long-suffering accountant.

5:13 am

Haz1558

Meanwhile, I'll just have to depend on Aer Lingus to get me across.

5:13 am

Atalante

probably. she can't even be bothered to offer tea any more

5:14 am

Atalante

do you eat spiced beef for your christmases, Haz?

5:14 am

Atalante

changing the subject randomly!

5:14 am

lynxxx

Is there car ferry from Ireland?

5:14 am

Atalante

"Spiced beef is a cured and salted joint of round, topside, or silverside, traditionally served at Christmas in Ireland. It is a form of salt beef, cured with spices and saltpetre, intended to be boiled or broiled in Guinness or a similar stout, and then optionally roasted for a period after."

5:14 am

Haz1558

I know. She's forgetting her manners now that she's rolling in it.

5:14 am

Atalante

not sure that adding saltpetre to beef is really a good culinary move!

5:15 am

Haz1558

There is, lynxxx, mostly from Belfast or Larne to Stranraer or Cairnyan in Scotland, but then you'd have to drive through England. Or there are probably ferries from Dublin as well.

5:15 am

Atalante

there are ferries to north and south wales from dublin

5:15 am

Haz1558

I've never heard of spiced beef being served over here at Christmas, it's maybe more popular down south.

5:15 am

Brookie

Hello everyone!

5:15 am

Haz1558

Hello, Brookie.

5:16 am

lynxxx

hi Brookie

5:16 am

Atalante

am deeply concerned about Irish people exploding from the saltpetre

5:16 am

Uneaixoise

hey, brookie -- so can you actually modify a court transcript??

5:16 am

Brookie

Hi Haz, lynxxx

5:16 am

Uneaixoise

(morning, all!)

5:17 am

lynxxx

It has dropped 1 degree in the last hour, I am getting cranky

5:17 am

Haz1558

It hasn't featured in many news bulletins, Ata, so the risk may be small.

5:17 am

lynxxx

hi Une

5:17 am

Haz1558

Think of your icon, lynxxx, keep calm and carry on.

5:17 am

Atalante

you have to admit, it sounds awful!

5:17 am

Uneaixoise

hey, lynxxx -- sympathies on your heatedness!

5:18 am

Haz1558

It does sound awful, Ata, there's no doubt.

5:18 am

Atalante

hi une! hi brookie!

5:18 am

Haz1558

Hello, une.

5:18 am

lynxxx

oh, I forgot about that, sorry

5:18 am

Atalante

will have to ask Soodle about it

5:18 am

Brookie

Hi Une! Can't exactly modify it... a lot of it is correcting transcription errors, but I do have to make the punctuation as correct as possible for everything, even if the sentence is non-sensical.

5:19 am

lynxxx

I think saltpeter is a usual ingredient in corned or pickled meats

5:20 am

Haz1558

Do they transcribe every 'I was like, he was like, like, like, I was like 'wow'?

5:20 am

Atalante

is it really? goodness!

5:20 am

Brookie

Or sometimes you have to figure out what you think the person is trying to convey, as the "wrong" punctuation can convey a different meaning than intended.

5:20 am

Brookie

Yes, Haz, I have to keep every word. It drives me insane.

5:20 am

Brookie

Yes, Haz, I have to keep every word. It drives me insane.

5:21 am

Atalante

what if someone has Tourettes?

5:21 am

Brookie

However, if an attorney stumbles, we are allowed to ignore it.

5:21 am

Haz1558

I'm sure!

5:21 am

Uneaixoise

sounds like a good way for a clever attorney to jump in and declare a mistrial or reasonable doubt!

5:21 am

Brookie

Not to be unsympathetic, but it would be fun to transcribe someone with that syndrome.

5:21 am

Uneaixoise

brookie!

5:21 am

Atalante

not often you'd get to swear madly in court transripts :)

5:22 am

Brookie

The lawyers are the ones who hire the transcriptionists, and they want to look good in the transcripts.

5:22 am

Uneaixoise

i'm sure!

5:22 am

lynxxx

Interesting - saltpeter is from latin salt of rock

5:22 am

Brookie

(evil grin re: tourettes)

5:22 am

Haz1558

Transcriptionists would get a lot of babble points.

5:23 am

Haz1558

But at 17 letters it would be too long. Darn!

5:23 am

Brookie

I'd be at the top of the Village Elders list if that were possible, Haz! :-)

5:23 am

Brookie

Nm, I see what you were saying.

5:24 am

Haz1558

So, are the transcriptionists the one you see on films or RV pressing away at a funny machine?

5:24 am

Brookie

How would it be too long? Is there a letter limit?

5:24 am

Brookie

I mean, below 25 letters?

5:24 am

Haz1558

Yes, according to word stats only up to 13 letters.

5:24 am

Uneaixoise

did anyone watch the segment on TV last nite where they interviewed the guys who've written a new book, Game Change?

5:25 am

Brookie

Yes, Haz. And it's a funny machine indeed.

5:25 am

Brookie

What's Game Change?

5:25 am

Haz1558

Has the machine changed through time or is it still the same as ever it was?

5:25 am

Atalante

guess that makes sense when you think about it, lyn. so saltpetre really = rock salt!

5:26 am

Uneaixoise

Amazing . . . at the beginning of the vice presidential debate, Sarah Palin asked Biden if she could call him Joe, not to be chummy, but because in the prep with her handlers, she kept calling him "O'Biden"!! LOL

5:26 am

Brookie

I think it's the same machine, but they've progressed as far as what type of disc you can put in it to capture the transcription electronically.

5:27 am

lynxxx

which makes it seem far more innocent Ata, I can enjoy my corned beef

5:27 am

Uneaixoise

and one of the things they had to teach her at the beginning of her candidacy when they realized the massive void in her knowledge of world history and policy was why there's a North and South Korea!

5:27 am

Atalante

yes :) I would hate to be always worried about corned beef!

5:27 am

Brookie

That's funny, Une!

5:27 am

Atalante

you mean she'd actually heard of Korea?

5:28 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

5:28 am

Uneaixoise

ata LOL!

5:28 am

Haz1558

That makes sense, Brookie.

5:28 am

Atalante

could she see it from Alaska?

5:28 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

5:28 am

Haz1558

There was an interesting programme on here the other night, following the Obama campaign.

5:29 am

lynxxx

Who ever selected her as a candidate must be still kicking themselves for being so stupid, she is a joke worldwide

5:29 am

Uneaixoise

haz, did you see the HBO documentary a couple of months ago about the Obama campaign?

5:29 am

Brookie

Yes, bad publicity is better than no publicity.

5:30 am

Haz1558

That may well have been the one that was on, Une, lots of access to behind the scenes, following him around the various states etc.

5:30 am

Eva

good morning. The truly frightening thing is that a lot of people voted for her and that she is being serioudly discussed as the potential presidential candidate for 2012.

5:30 am

Uneaixoise

yes, that must have been it -- VERY interesting

5:30 am

Brookie

Good morning, Eva!

5:30 am

lynxxx

hi Eva

5:30 am

Haz1558

That's democracy. People have a choice to vote for whom they wish.

5:31 am

Uneaixoise

i know, eva -- and she's coming HERE in a couple of weeks -- aacckk!!

5:31 am

Eva

morning lynxx and brookie

5:31 am

Atalante

and a lot of people still love her, somehow

5:31 am

Haz1558

I honestly get frightened that people seem so unwilling to see that others have a point of view, even if you don't agree with them.

5:31 am

Eva

democracy works a lot better when voters are actually informed and educated

5:32 am

Haz1558

Eva, that's patronising. Lots of republicans are informed and educated, surely?

5:32 am

Atalante

doesn't it help when the ppl you're voting for are informed and educated too? :P

5:33 am

Eva

absolutely Haz! But the majority of voters for either party are voting for highly irrational reasons,

5:33 am

Brookie

there are informed and uninformed folks in both of the major parties.

5:34 am

Eva

And I don't think it's patronizing to be in awe of someone who would consider Palin to be presidential material

5:34 am

Uneaixoise

haz, unfortunately, our basic news outlets limit themselves to soundbites that can be sooo misleading and folks don't make the effort to dig in and really get to a deeper level of information

5:34 am

Atalante

and a lot of people still vote on principle. I know at least a few people who refused to vote for Obama because he's black

5:35 am

Haz1558

I agree, but my impressions, gained from listening to debates and discussions on this chat log, are that democrats view all republicans as being stupid. There's an awful lot of disparagement that goes on.

5:35 am

Eva

and people are, for good reasons, frightened, and wanting to be saved, and often more drawn to simplistic answers and those who give them, in a world where things are not simple at all.

5:36 am

gremlinn

That applies perfectly to religion.

5:36 am

Haz1558

But that could be said for Obama. 'Yes we can' sounds wonderful. Set it against world circumstances etc and it trips off the tongue less comfortably.

5:36 am

Uneaixoise

Ata, one of my mom's caregivers voted for him "in spite of herself" -- she told me "I'm from Missisippi and I just can't vote for a ni****" --then later changed her mind

5:36 am

Eva

Things get quite heated and dumb on both sides Haz - but also having had Bush as president for 8 years can make people pretty bitter.

5:37 am

Uneaixoise

a tiny glimmer of hope

5:37 am

Atalante

my best friend's family refused to vote for him - Tennessee outback life ...

5:37 am

Uneaixoise

indeed, eva!!!

5:37 am

Uneaixoise

Ata, Tennesseans didn't even vote for Gore and he's a local boy!

5:38 am

Atalante

and they all love Sarah Palin cos shes cute

5:38 am

Uneaixoise

and a ROGUE!

5:38 am

Atalante

and shoots things

5:38 am

Haz1558

I understand that, Eva, but you do still have to recognise that some people, for whatever reason, still think well of Bush. Democracy is a demanding thing, it's accepting sometimes what you don't want because the majority of other people do.

5:38 am

gremlinn

and a maverick

5:39 am

Atalante

democracy is only easy when you agreee with the ppl in charge

5:39 am

Uneaixoise

never misunderestimate the Bush fans

5:40 am

gremlinn

I like to think that, like driving, voting would work better with license tests. (Testing reasoning skills, basic civics/history knowledge, etc. Nothing biased toward political opinion.)

5:41 am

Uneaixoise

sooooo true, gremlinn!

5:41 am

Eva

Haz, I do understand that. And I also think that not everything is relative or acceptable. That a certain level of compassion, insight, ability to see many points of view, openness to new information, maturity, etc are necessary qualities for a world leader.

5:41 am

Atalante

but I'd rather just have someone *competent* in charge whether I agree with their absolute views or not

5:42 am

Atalante

for example I wouldn't trust gordon brown to run an orgy in a whorehouse, to be impolite

5:43 am

Atalante

ha! that shut you all up :):)

5:44 am

Uneaixoise

LOL!!

5:44 am

Eva

never heard that one before Ata.

5:46 am

Haz1558

Anyway, this isn't getting my work done. I only looked in for a couple of minutes and here I am, working hard to keep my diplomatic accreditation.

5:46 am

Eva

How is the snow situation over there? Is everyone safe? (Switching to the weather....) How many inches of snow have actually fallen in the UK?

5:47 am

Haz1558

It's thawing here at the minute, although we've had some more snow flurries this morning. It won't lie, hopefully.

5:47 am

Uneaixoise

on US news last nite I think they said it had started melting in UK . . . but was refreezing at nite

5:47 am

Atalante

thawing *hopefully*

5:48 am

Haz1558

Our front lawn resembles a quagmire.

5:48 am

Eva

It's very hard to tell from here how much there's been a huge amount of snow and how much is that it is happening in areas not used to dealing with snow at all.

5:48 am

Atalante

we've got about a foot in the fields and 6" on driveways etc etc

5:48 am

Atalante

which is a *lot* for here

5:49 am

Uneaixoise

that would be a lot here too, ata!

5:49 am

Atalante

lyn, are you doing DC's food game?

5:50 am

Haz1558

Off I go, back later, enjoy the grid!

5:50 am

Eva

okay-not considered so much here. Over a foot in a single storm starts to become news here. We generally mount up 3 feet or more over the winter.

5:50 am

Haz1558

*gone*

5:50 am

lynxxx

Yes...its not as interesting as the word one

5:50 am

lynxxx

bye Haz

5:50 am

Eva

what's the food game?

5:50 am

Atalante

I'm puzzling on the pepper link that has 2 normal dots and a very light dot

5:51 am

Atalante

not sure what that is meaning

5:51 am

lynxxx

no help here, wondered too

5:52 am

Atalante

well I'll let you know if I work it out!

5:52 am

hurshy

i bet it's dr.

5:52 am

Uneaixoise

morning, hursh!

5:52 am

lynxxx

is she good or what!

5:52 am

Atalante

you're right. that's ridiculous

5:52 am

Atalante

dr. isn't a correct abbreviation

5:52 am

hurshy

pre-7 AM isn't morning, it's still night, in my book, lol

5:53 am

Atalante

did you speak to your sister, smurshy?

5:53 am

lynxxx

http://funny-farm.appspot.com/game/lin
x - Eva, link for word game, change linx to food for the food game

5:54 am

hurshy

no, she said i could call at a certain time and when i did she didn't answer! sent her a fb msg asking when was a good time to talk today.

5:54 am

hurshy

ata, what do you mean dr. isn't a correct abbreviation?

5:54 am

Atalante

gah! well I hope you get to talk to her today :)

5:55 am

Atalante

because you don't need a . after dr, officially

5:55 am

gremlinn

In US English, you use the period.

5:55 am

hurshy

oh, and i just looked at the logo and there isn't one, so you're really really right

5:55 am

Atalante

because the shortening isn't at the end of the word, it's in the middle

5:56 am

gremlinn

Shortening applies to where apostrophes go.

5:56 am

gremlinn

And I guess it doesn't apply to title abbreviations.

5:56 am

gremlinn

Or it'd be something weird like D'r.

5:56 am

Atalante

I had that one drilled into me during my PhD lol. It's Dr not Dr. It's Dr not Dr. etc etc etc

5:57 am

hurshy

but we do Mr.

5:57 am

gremlinn

I always thought it was British English that would use "Dr" without the period.

5:57 am

Atalante

but you shouldn't, very officially

5:58 am

Atalante

Mr. is a change to the very official proper English rules

5:58 am

hurshy

yeah, i'm not sure the rule is the same in the US, i never heard that.

5:58 am

gremlinn

In the US, we always put the period after abbreviated titles.

5:59 am

Atalante

you weird americans

5:59 am

gremlinn

Indeed.

5:59 am

hurshy

mavericks *she said mischievously, having read the political chat*

6:00 am

Atalante

Dr Pepper understands though:P

6:02 am

gran

ma 7/48 please

6:02 am

gremlinn

male + smart

6:02 am

hurshy

well i am happy to be informed of the british practice at any rate.

6:03 am

Atalante

I think that it's really the very grammatically-correct, old fashioned practice, unfortunately. I just got taught all my picky grammar points by academics, who generally live in the middle ages

6:03 am

Atalante

but I like it, it makes sense to me

6:04 am

hurshy

but in the middle ages they were totally inconsistent about everything, lol

6:04 am

Atalante

well, ok, 1920s :)

6:07 am

tceicher

h

6:08 am

rubyfoo

hello again, ate indecent brioche with butter for lunch! bad nel

6:09 am

hurshy

mmmm

6:10 am

rubyfoo

husband bought me 3 more PITAYAS this morning now that I hit him with one and convinced him it isn't a mango, "cited my brilliant babble friends"

6:10 am

rubyfoo

I don't get that ma clue

6:11 am

rubyfoo

who is that beautiful cat, ata?

6:11 am

Atalante

looooool :D

6:12 am

Atalante

that is my Silverclaw all wrapped up in a duvet

6:12 am

lynxxx

not a mango but it is a very beautiful looking fruit

6:12 am

rubyfoo

and excellent for throwing at recalcitrant husbands!

6:12 am

Uneaixoise

ata, that's too funny -- I have pix of Snowball in the identical "pose"

6:13 am

Atalante

we've got this old duvet thrown on a big chair, she creates little tunnels in it and snuggles up

6:13 am

Atalante

awwwwww :)

6:14 am

Uneaixoise

ata, here's one -- i had just taken this towel out of the dryer LOL

6:15 am

Uneaixoise

do i spoil my babies? just a bit!

6:16 am

rubyfoo

I spoil my dogs much more than I ever spoiled my son....

6:16 am

Uneaixoise

same here, ruby :-)

6:16 am

Uneaixoise

(re my daughter)

6:16 am

Atalante

awwwwwwww! so adorable!

6:17 am

rubyfoo

ma7, please....I am having a horrible game, only 50 words so far and I've played off and on for a couple of hours

6:17 am

ardilla

hi all

6:17 am

Uneaixoise

male + Solomon was a wi** king

6:17 am

Uneaixoise

ardilla! hello!

6:17 am

lynxxx

hi Ardilla!

6:17 am

rubyfoo

thank you so much!

6:17 am

rubyfoo

hi ardilla

6:18 am

ardilla

about to call the boyfriend at work and tell him that i'm dropping off his stuff on wed and expect my stuff to ready at that time :)

6:18 am

Uneaixoise

de rien, ruby

6:19 am

ardilla

*to be ready

6:19 am

rubyfoo

uh oh, maybe you could thwack him with a pitaya!

6:19 am

ardilla

at that time :(

6:19 am

Trifioso

good morning friends - not really here yet, but did want to drop in to say a big hello (with hug) to ardilla...have been wondering how you are....

6:19 am

Trifioso

sounds like the BF thing didn't work out then, huh? I am so, so so sorry!

6:19 am

ardilla

could be better...about to be single again soon

6:19 am

lynxxx

hi Trif

6:20 am

ardilla

thx for the hug, trif

6:20 am

rubyfoo

hello trif, first time I've seen you!

6:20 am

Trifioso

hello lynxx

6:20 am

hurshy

think of it as a relieving new haircut, easier to maintain, not weighing you down

6:20 am

Trifioso

Have to run tertiare up to the bus in a few, but did want to send ardilla some lovin.....

6:21 am

Trifioso

I like what it says in "he's just not that into you..." NEVER waste the pretty on someone who doesn't appreciate it!

6:21 am

Uneaixoise

hey, trif!

6:21 am

rubyfoo

amen!

6:21 am

Trifioso

bon matin, une!

6:22 am

ardilla

i love that movie

6:22 am

lynxxx

Going to try sleeping, although at 36 C do not expect to succeed. Bye all

6:22 am

rubyfoo

bye lynxx

6:22 am

Trifioso

ugh, lynxx, come up here - at 12 degrees Farenheit, you will soon be chilled!

6:22 am

Atalante

bye lyn!

6:23 am

rubyfoo

or here at -6C

6:26 am

Trifioso

I imagine BR and others in his environs take the prize in this contest - last I heard the wind chill in bismarck was -56. that is UNREAL

6:26 am

Atalante

that's just insane

6:26 am

rubyfoo

you walk outside and your nose drops off

6:27 am

rubyfoo

here, it rarely gets colder than this or warmer than 30C

6:27 am

rubyfoo

perfect climate

6:27 am

Trifioso

bus run - bbs!

6:28 am

ardilla

debating whether to call or just show up with the stuff

6:28 am

rubyfoo

try to avoid a scene

6:29 am

Atalante

which is less stressful for you?

6:29 am

ardilla

neither

6:29 am

Anniebrook

Then I would call first or have someone call for you

6:29 am

Anniebrook

and hello everyone

6:30 am

Atalante

yes, I agree

6:30 am

Atalante

hi annie!

6:30 am

rubyfoo

could somebody else do the drop off and pick up?

6:30 am

ardilla

i could call his work and he not be on shift = awkward

6:30 am

ardilla

or i show up and he not be there = awkward

6:30 am

ardilla

no one i trust

6:30 am

rubyfoo

and what message could you leave?

6:30 am

Anniebrook

Hi Atalante

6:30 am

rubyfoo

hi annie

6:31 am

Anniebrook

hi ruby

6:31 am

rubyfoo

how about calling, arranging a time for the exchange and then sending a taxi?

6:32 am

ardilla

best friend left friday...he swore to her and her hubby that he would call me about this...we hadn't talked in a month

6:32 am

ardilla

not sure he would show up

6:32 am

rubyfoo

what a pitayahead!

6:32 am

Atalante

is it rainy at the moment? just go and leave the stuff on his doorstep

6:33 am

Uneaixoise

ata LOL!

6:33 am

Atalante

I mean if its *not* raining!

6:33 am

rubyfoo

but then he could do the same

6:34 am

ardilla

tell me about...it would have be better if he had just broken up with me before my trip instead saying that he wanted to define the relationship but wanted me to keep in touch and that we were not breaking up

6:34 am

rubyfoo

sounds like you are well rid of him!

6:35 am

Angelsong

hi, all

6:35 am

ardilla

i rather not have to wait around for him to get around to return my key, HD, and shaker...he hasn't gotten around to calling...and i live 30 mins away

6:36 am

ardilla

hi angel

6:36 am

Angelsong

I have a non-Babble question: If cats are kept solely indoors their whole lies, would they know how to find home if they ever got outside?

6:36 am

Anniebrook

Youre well off without him. Call and tell him you want your things.

6:36 am

Sally-catlover

Hi all

6:37 am

Atalante

depends how far away they got to

6:37 am

ardilla

debating whether to call him now or in the morning

6:37 am

Atalante

hi sally!

6:37 am

ardilla

dunno angel

6:37 am

ardilla

hi sally

6:37 am

Atalante

call him now, get it over with

6:37 am

rubyfoo

did your cat get out?

6:37 am

Sally-catlover

Don't think they would, Angel, unless they had walked away, then I think they would find their way back.

6:37 am

Anniebrook

Hi Sally

6:37 am

Angelsong

nope. All three of them are safe and sound inside.

6:37 am

rubyfoo

hi sally and angel

6:37 am

rubyfoo

want me to call him?

6:38 am

rubyfoo

I'll say I'm your mother!

6:38 am

Atalante

I think they could manage as long as they could smell you / familiar smells. After that, nope

6:38 am

ardilla

lol ruby

6:38 am

Anniebrook

If he is a night person then call him now. Get it over with.

6:38 am

rubyfoo

I can be very crisp and scary!!!

6:42 am

hurshy

z?

6:43 am

o-o

za 5/22

6:43 am

hurshy

ty!

6:44 am

hurshy

8?

6:44 am

o-o

rh 8/50

6:44 am

hurshy

ugh

6:45 am

ardilla

any male perspective on my situation, BR?

6:46 am

o-o

Sorry, do not know enough

6:46 am

hurshy

5 to go!

6:47 am

hurshy

i have 1 sa, 1 si, 1 sn, 1 so - all fours. what do i need?

6:47 am

Merk

... and Fireworks!

6:47 am

Uneaixoise

so5/18

6:47 am

Merk

G'night all

6:47 am

Uneaixoise

so + not peace

6:47 am

Uneaixoise

congrats, merk!

6:47 am

hurshy

ty une

6:47 am

o-o

congrats, Merk

6:47 am

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

6:49 am

hurshy

and the other S? :) :)

6:49 am

Uneaixoise

missing that one too

6:49 am

o-o

two si 4/5

6:50 am

Anniebrook

another si 4/5?

6:50 am

Uneaixoise

tx BR :-)

6:50 am

hurshy

doh, trig function!

6:50 am

hurshy

that leaves 2 W and an H

6:50 am

hurshy

lower W, left H

6:50 am

Atalante

ha6/33

6:51 am

Trifioso

back from the bus stop,. attempting to thaw....it is so cold out!

6:52 am

hurshy

ty ata

6:52 am

o-o

wi 6/30 7/48

6:52 am

hurshy

so hopefully a nice w5/6 combo will ...

6:53 am

hurshy

i have the 7... and i have a 6/30 that's a plural... is that what you mean?

6:53 am

Trifioso

have to go into work today and tell them they made a mistake on my pay check on friday. dread!

6:53 am

Atalante

thank haz really!

6:53 am

o-o

wr 5/18

6:53 am

hurshy

have one of those also.

6:54 am

Atalante

that's only awful if you end up owing them money, trif!

6:54 am

o-o

wi 5/28; 6/45

6:54 am

hurshy

aha

6:54 am

Trifioso

LOL, ata, just the opposite - they overpaid ME!

6:55 am

hurshy

thankee

6:55 am

o-o

good job, hurshy

6:55 am

hurshy

must get ready for work now :P

6:56 am

o-o

be well

6:56 am

Trifioso

have a good day, hurshy!

6:56 am

hurshy

you too! bye all

6:56 am

Atalante

you really shouldn't notice these things, trif :)

6:57 am

Anniebrook

bye hurshy

6:57 am

o-o

You could thank them for the ra5. Trif

6:57 am

gran

ha 6/33 please

6:58 am

Trifioso

I am so jaded, ata - I am wondering if it was done rather on purpose, to test how honest the new employee is....

6:59 am

Atalante

I'd be out of a job quickly then, I'd never notice unless it was a huge amount out!

6:59 am

o-o

at the end of the wrist: ha*d + des moines's state: *o**

7:01 am

gran

Thanks - finished!

7:02 am

o-o

congrats, gran

7:02 am

Anniebrook

congrats, gran

7:02 am

Trifioso

huzzah for gran!!!

7:03 am

ardilla

i'm too tired for a argument...i'll call him in the morning

7:03 am

ardilla

gn all

7:03 am

o-o

be well, ardilla

7:03 am

Trifioso

good night, ardilla dear, and sleep as well as you can. I know it's a sad time for you....

7:04 am

Anniebrook

good night ((ardilla))

7:12 am

Trifioso

toddling off to work now. see you all later, dear babble friends!

7:13 am

Anniebrook

Bye trif

7:23 am

zoe_girl

morning... help with the ai 7 plzz

7:26 am

Anniebrook

hi zoe, what we breathe and The Three **** Men

7:30 am

zoe_girl

thx annie

7:34 am

inge

thanks Annie, I dropped in just in time for the clue I needed

7:34 am

inge

Guten Morgen, all ye babblers. I am off under water.

7:34 am

Anniebrook

hello inge..good timing..how are you?

7:35 am

inge

I am fine. Awaiting our January thaw tomorrow!

7:36 am

Anniebrook

inge, As I am too. I am going into Manhattan tomorrow and hope for warmer temps.

7:36 am

Marc Freeman

Good morning, need help on ha6/33, please?

7:37 am

Anniebrook

hi Marc..3/4 of Gretel's brother, pronoun (one letter) and 3/4 of not peace (you can thank Haz for this clue)

7:38 am

Marc Freeman

Thanks Annie and Haz

7:39 am

Anniebrook

youre welcome x2

7:40 am

jmcnrick

good morning to you good morning to you good morning dear children good morning to you

7:41 am

Anniebrook

good morning to you too, dear jmc!

7:42 am

Anniebrook

Fireworks

7:42 am

jmcnrick

whoo hoo annie

7:43 am

jmcnrick

whatcha going to do in Manhattan Annie?

7:44 am

Anniebrook

I am going to The Strand Bookstore and then just browse around. Visit the greenmarket in Union Square Park also.

7:44 am

Anniebrook

A friend has a book she might sell.

7:44 am

jmcnrick

sounds nice -- suppose to be warmer in the next couple of days

7:45 am

Anniebrook

That's what I am hoping. I have had enough of this. Any warmer in DC today?

7:45 am

jmcnrick

in the teens last night

7:45 am

jmcnrick

*shiver*

7:46 am

jmcnrick

ack my client showed up 15 minutes early *sigh*

7:46 am

jmcnrick

gotta go

7:46 am

jmcnrick

*poof*

7:46 am

Anniebrook

later, jmc, bye

7:46 am

HarryHood

20% done and I'm stuck

7:46 am

zoe_girl

it was 18 when i got up at 6:30 this morning

7:47 am

Anniebrook

brrrrr

7:47 am

HarryHood

well nm - 30% now :)

7:48 am

Anniebrook

getting there..want a clue, HH?

7:48 am

HarryHood

sure can you clue the 81 remaining words :)

7:48 am

HarryHood

and how come zans isn't a word? It's in a book "have you a zans for cans, you should!"

7:49 am

Anniebrook

and I kept trying zens to no avail

7:50 am

Anniebrook

I am on way..bye dear babblers

7:50 am

Anniebrook

*my

7:50 am

HarryHood

have a nice day :)

7:51 am

Anniebrook

you too HH

7:51 am

HarryHood

I'll bbl too....

7:56 am

Marc Freeman

Need a clue for rh8, please?

8:01 am

montreal13

rh8 = rh + not pm + face part

8:02 am

Marc Freeman

Thanks got it great clue

8:02 am

montreal13

yvw Marc

8:03 am

montreal13

1st pass 81/39 - must go - BBL - happy babblings all - "POOF"

8:09 am

mkg

i cnat even get half way. yuk./

8:16 am

Marc Freeman

ma7, please?

8:18 am

mkg

sorry dont have it.

8:20 am

hego

Hi Kids

8:20 am

inge

na

8:20 am

rubyfoo

not woman + not stupid for ma 7

8:21 am

hego

Hi ruby

8:21 am

rubyfoo

don't feel bad, mkg, I've done this for a couple of hours today and just reached 61 words!

8:21 am

rubyfoo

hi hego

8:23 am

hego

that's because the words are ridiculous

8:24 am

rubyfoo

you don't like the japanese ha 7? raofl!

8:24 am

hego

not much, Ruby. lol

8:25 am

rubyfoo

did you get it marc?

8:27 am

mkg

now at 71

8:28 am

jmitch

wake up to an iced lake....no news to many of you but this lake is only 500 yards from the Gulf of Mexico.

8:28 am

mkg

a clue for the ha 7 plz?

8:28 am

hego

Wow Mitch!

8:28 am

jmitch

i moved here to escape cold winters

8:29 am

rubyfoo

oh my, mitch, we hv a friend who farms clams in the Gulf, I wonder how he's doing

8:29 am

hego

There's no escape.

8:29 am

grant

no ha 7

8:30 am

mkg

ai 7 clue please.

8:31 am

LuvWordGames

ai 7/44 what we breath + not stupid

8:31 am

rubyfoo

music floating by....

8:31 am

mkg

i have japanese 6 so that must be what they meant.

8:31 am

mkg

ty got it.

8:31 am

rubyfoo

anything with z?

8:32 am

grant

za5

8:32 am

rubyfoo

or neo?

8:32 am

rubyfoo

hint, pls, grant

8:32 am

grant

inert gas

8:33 am

grant

z+ ist am4

8:34 am

bichon

a clue for japanese 6

8:34 am

grant

add macad**** nut

8:35 am

hego

these words are just silly. I'm making them up as I go along.

8:35 am

mkg

io 6?

8:36 am

rubyfoo

I lack the patience, see you tomorrow, hoping for a good grid!

8:36 am

hego

Bye Ruby

8:36 am

rubyfoo

bye hego

8:36 am

hego

Sorry, guys, I just started.

8:37 am

rubyfoo

iona

8:37 am

grant

brit spelling of make charged particles =io 6

8:37 am

Marc Freeman

mi5/20, please?

8:37 am

rubyfoo

bad guess! lol

8:38 am

hego

:-)

8:38 am

grant

babblet cat sound mi5

8:38 am

rubyfoo

lovely, marc, ty

8:39 am

Marc Freeman

Thanks

8:42 am

inge

Clue for ha 6/33 please. My last word

8:43 am

grant

ha+ richard **xon*+ north of OR state

8:43 am

mkg

anyone have io 6?

8:43 am

inge

io 6: Brti spelling of verb based onn io 4

8:44 am

grant

**xon

8:45 am

inge

Thanks, Fireworks here

8:45 am

hego

Terrific, Inge!!

8:46 am

grant

wtg

8:46 am

mkg

trying inge.

8:46 am

mkg

got it. ty.

8:46 am

mkg

li 6?

8:48 am

inge

li 6 ends in your fathers male heir

8:48 am

grant

li+walk down the ***l*

8:49 am

inge

oops. I clued the li 7

8:49 am

suefrad625

can I have a clue for the "not stupid" word, please

8:49 am

suefrad625

it seems I am

8:49 am

hego

wi4

8:49 am

hego

sue

8:49 am

suefrad625

nm

8:50 am

suefrad625

duhhh

8:50 am

hego

;-)

8:50 am

inge

got to do email, and go shopping, Bye

8:50 am

hego

Bye inge hagd.

8:52 am

inge

that hagd reminds me of Harry Potters big friennd

8:53 am

inge

*poo*

8:53 am

hego

Yees, Hagrid. lol

8:53 am

inge

I meant *POOF*

8:53 am

hego

LOL

8:54 am

mkg

ty for li clues.

9:00 am

Jayk

Morning all--nearly there but need the middle re 6/21 pls

9:01 am

mkg

re + mi 4

9:01 am

hego

Not to r yet Jay, sorry.

9:02 am

Jayk

Thanks! stupid word

9:02 am

Jayk

My last 2 are the last 2 am

9:03 am

hego

Next to last is French friends

9:04 am

hego

Don't have last.

9:04 am

Jayk

i've screwed up what's last 4 i think

9:05 am

hego

last 4 is the one I clued.

9:05 am

hego

Last is am5

9:06 am

LuvWordGames

am 5/12 am + a type of vitamin is ***cin ( a type of vitamin B)

9:07 am

hego

tx luv, I'd just gotten it.

9:07 am

LuvWordGames

yw, do you have the 1st am 5/12?

9:08 am

jmcnrick

back

9:08 am

Jayk

yes, the first am is am + not you + not yes

9:08 am

hego

yes. a a protein part

9:08 am

hego

am*** acid

9:08 am

hego

Hi jmc

9:09 am

mkg

need wi 5 28 please.

9:09 am

LuvWordGames

thanks Jayk & hego

9:09 am

hego

yw

9:09 am

Jayk

just need the am 4/5 that i think is third from bottom

9:09 am

mkg

last am 5 is like first one but diff last vowel.

9:09 am

mkg

am 4 5 is arab head.

9:10 am

Jayk

an arab head??????

9:10 am

hego

the arab head of tribe

9:10 am

LuvWordGames

am 4/5 am + when your shirts are wrinkled you **on them

9:10 am

hego

am**

9:11 am

Jayk

Thx Hego! THAT head. FW and poof!

9:11 am

hego

yw

9:11 am

mkg

bye jayk

9:11 am

hego

Good for Jay!

9:11 am

mkg

need wi 5 28 please?

9:12 am

hego

Don't have it mkg

9:12 am

mkg

ty. do you have no 6 30? still cant get it.

9:13 am

Kallia

it uses the high scoring letter mkg

9:13 am

Uneaixoise

wi5/28: not lose + my daughter wears a si** small T-shirt

9:13 am

Kallia

the wi

9:13 am

LuvWordGames

no 6/30 no + not smart

9:13 am

hego

Une! our hero

9:13 am

LuvWordGames

oops no 6/30 no + smart

9:13 am

mkg

ty got wi 5.

9:13 am

Uneaixoise

hey, hego! :-)

9:13 am

Uneaixoise

no + Solomon was a wi** king

9:14 am

mkg

ty! got it.

9:14 am

mkg

need ta 5 18 plz.

9:16 am

LuvWordGames

ta 5/18 ta + use the smart word minus one letter

9:16 am

Uneaixoise

ta + Solomon was a **s* king!

9:16 am

Uneaixoise

beating that clue to death LOL!

9:17 am

mkg

ty.

9:17 am

Uneaixoise

hmmm, that ta5 means docile to a Scot . . . interesting

9:17 am

Uneaixoise

yw mkg :-)

9:17 am

mkg

firewks.

9:17 am

Uneaixoise

yay, mkg!!!

9:17 am

mkg

good luck all. any last minute clues?

9:18 am

hego

YAY! mkg

9:19 am

Uneaixoise

25 to go -- car is almost ready to pick up (with new alternator) -- replaced battery a month ago -- hope that's IT for awhile!!

9:19 am

Uneaixoise

BBL *poof*

9:20 am

hego

bye and ty Une

9:32 am

Kateq

anyone have the ha 6/33? tia

9:35 am

inge

ha + richard **xon + state north of oregon

9:36 am

inge

gone again

9:36 am

Kateq

wow--japanese terra cotta images of people, etc!!!! thanks, Inge--new word for me

9:51 am

EvaNadine

mornin babblers :)

9:52 am

redturtlehead

Hi Eva, and everyone who might be here?

9:52 am

torgone

Heya ..

9:52 am

redturtlehead

Hi Torg are you still fat and sassy?

9:55 am

torgone

A little too tired to be very sassy, but I'll perk up ere long ..

9:58 am

EvaNadine

hints for the words stemming from the 2 bottom i tiles?

9:59 am

EvaNadine

ok, got one of them. just need the i in the corner now...

9:59 am

Mom

i + when you *** upon a star ....
hello everyone

9:59 am

redturtlehead

awesome torg, i have none if the i's sorry eva...

9:59 am

Kateq

like the acid that begins with a

10:00 am

Mom

when you ***h

10:00 am

EvaNadine

TY kate. new one for me...

10:00 am

Mom

Thank you Kateq, I have been trying for that all morning

10:00 am

Kateq

YW--new to me too

10:00 am

Mom

come in and immediately screw up giving a clue. :(

10:01 am

redturtlehead

hi mom and kate!

10:01 am

Mom

Hi Red. Are you feeling better?

10:01 am

redturtlehead

finally! thanks for asking mom! how are you?

10:02 am

Kateq

morning all

10:04 am

Mom

I am so glad to hear that, Red. I am doing just fine as well, thanks.

10:04 am

Mom

Morning Kate

10:04 am

Mom

Eva, did you get the I clue from the bottom left?

10:04 am

Mom

darn it ..... the 2nd row.

10:04 am

Mom

ugh

10:05 am

EvaNadine

i did mom. thanks. :)

10:06 am

Mom

I'm glad. I screwed it up so bad, I was just checking

10:06 am

Mom

and on that note, I am going to go dry my hair and do the ironing. Good luck to all of you.

10:06 am

redturtlehead

i got it too Mom!!!

10:06 am

Mom

phew, that is good, Red

10:09 am

movieman

Clue for the z, for NBT plz

10:10 am

bubba218

za5 za + woody allens ex-wife

10:10 am

car.eeyore

Z + I ** still so tired! + 2 vowels

10:11 am

movieman

ty car

10:12 am

bichon

red, how's the weather down there. I'm in CA so it's reasonably nice here.

10:12 am

wht

ty bubba. nbt and halfway - I can go to Lickety - errr back to work.

10:13 am

redturtlehead

Its 34 right now Bichon!!!! but supposed to start a warming trend on Wednesday...

10:16 am

redturtlehead

ok over half. will BBL, Unfortunately, I have to go swimming now.... which is an adventure, but the pool is very heated.

10:24 am

rubyfoo

this is such a hard grid, only 64 words, many of which are nonsense

10:25 am

rubyfoo

which I've only gotten thru the kindness of the chat!!!!

10:26 am

oodleberry

hi everyone

10:26 am

Flask1

hi all....clues please for li6/7 combo please?

10:26 am

rubyfoo

bon soir, oodle

10:26 am

Flask1

hi oddle

10:27 am

oodleberry

clue for the lone I please

10:28 am

oodleberry

uh both I's please

10:28 am

car.eeyore

small fruit with brown skin and green middle...k*****

10:29 am

oodleberry

ty car

10:29 am

car.eeyore

the other is like an acid, but change the first letter to i

10:29 am

rubyfoo

ty car, but what kind of word is that?

10:30 am

car.eeyore

No idea! I got it from someone else's clue!

10:31 am

oodleberry

what is the first two letters please

10:32 am

car.eeyore

im 5/12

10:32 am

oodleberry

ty

10:36 am

Judi

Good morning, world word wranglers. I'm stumped by the ha6/33. Any clues?

10:38 am

helensgirlkid

awful word. ***d me that + i + 88r is hell

10:38 am

helensgirlkid

not a great clue, either!

10:38 am

helensgirlkid

***d me that + i + **r is hell

10:38 am

helensgirlkid

still not great

10:39 am

Judi

Ty. NEVER would have monkied that.

10:39 am

helensgirlkid

Wish I could remember the more sensible clue that led ME to it!

10:40 am

robbie09

hi judi ha+not a dime but a **ckel+**sh your clothes to get them clean

10:40 am

Judi

It worked for me, helen. Fireworks!

10:40 am

helensgirlkid

that im5/12 is what an am*** acid is if it's tied to a group that is not an acid. I guess that makes sense.

10:41 am

car.eeyore

Judi, may I have a clue for the RH?

10:44 am

robbie09

r+where pork comes from+what you smell with

10:44 am

car.eeyore

Good grief! TY Robbie!

10:44 am

robbie09

yw

10:47 am

SamanthaJoy

Sooooo, today's grid is in Esperanto?

10:48 am

robbie09

a few unusual words

10:48 am

SamanthaJoy

"It's English, Jim, but not as we know it."

10:49 am

robbie09

lol

10:51 am

Boobear

good day all

10:51 am

car.eeyore

ma 7?

10:52 am

bichon

male person + smart

10:52 am

car.eeyore

TY Bichon!

10:52 am

oodleberry

hi boo

10:52 am

Boobear

hey oodles

10:53 am

bichon

yvw car

10:54 am

oodleberry

boo, where in the states are you

10:54 am

Boobear

I live in New York near Canada

10:54 am

oodleberry

quebec city here

10:55 am

oodleberry

kewel... platsburg?

10:55 am

Boobear

I live across from Brockville

10:56 am

oodleberry

ok... in the sticks eh... like platsburg isn't the sticks too

10:56 am

Boobear

you could call it that

10:56 am

Boobear

it is a very rural area

10:57 am

car.eeyore

eo 5?

10:58 am

Sandieangel

eo + a bad deed or thought.

10:58 am

car.eeyore

Duh! TY!

10:59 am

oodleberry

ty sandie

10:59 am

bojazz

thx Sandie

10:59 am

oodleberry

it is right by the lake ... do you get a lot of lake affect?

11:02 am

beachboggle

hi guys! How is the grid today?

11:02 am

car.eeyore

A bit icky today. A lot of strange words.

11:02 am

maccafixx

help with the ha 6/33 please

11:02 am

Trifioso

hello babble friends - lunch hour!

11:02 am

oodleberry

hi beach... it is not too good but that is my pea brain talking

11:02 am

car.eeyore

Trif!

11:02 am

beachboggle

hi Trifioso

11:03 am

oodleberry

hi trif

11:03 am

Trifioso

car!!! and all my other bugs too.....

11:03 am

Trifioso

did you go to the website I sent you today?

11:03 am

car.eeyore

Luke Skywalker's friend HA* solo + vowel + the map can show you the **y to your destination

11:04 am

Sandieangel

ha6 - singular of christian andersons name + personal pronoun (single letter) + first two letters of the country attached to England famous for rugby.

11:04 am

pippingeek

haniwa

11:04 am

pippingeek

crap, sorry!

11:04 am

car.eeyore

Yup! That would be it!

11:04 am

Trifioso

good clue pippin!!!

11:05 am

Boobear

anyone have a clue for ai 7 pls

11:05 am

pippingeek

i've never done that before, sorry, i feel like a jerk

11:05 am

oodleberry

i like those kind of clues

11:05 am

origami

good morning ... what is up with these words today?

11:05 am

car.eeyore

Still trying to get it myself Boo!

11:05 am

oodleberry

but I already had it ty anyway pippin

11:05 am

maccafixx

ty!

11:05 am

Trifioso

don't even fret for a SECOND pipping! We ALL do it, from time to time, and trust me on this - it has been done with some VERY bad words!

11:05 am

bojazz

thx Car

11:06 am

pippingeek

wire

11:06 am

car.eeyore

ai* + smart

11:06 am

pippingeek

okay, no more chatting for me, i can't seem to get my boxes straight

11:06 am

Sandieangel

ai7 - what we breath + older and ****er.

11:06 am

car.eeyore

fireworks!

11:06 am

Trifioso

(((resisting urge to say something fresh.....))))

11:06 am

Trifioso

huzzah for car!!! and so early !

11:07 am

oodleberry

wtg car

11:07 am

car.eeyore

I went right to the list halfway through!

11:07 am

Trifioso

are you at home?

11:08 am

car.eeyore

Yup...but need to take a shower and head to the grocery

11:08 am

car.eeyore

do you need me?

11:09 am

Trifioso

well, yes, always, but no, not right this second, if you are heading out, dear one

11:09 am

car.eeyore

Need to eat too...can't go food shopping hungry!

11:09 am

Trifioso

absolutely not! end up with a five pound bag of circus peanuts that way....gross!

11:10 am

car.eeyore

Never! I hate those things...but I do end up buying way too much!

11:11 am

Trifioso

are you playing the funny farm word game, car?

11:12 am

Haz1558

Something tells me that you are, Trif?

11:12 am

Trifioso

well hey there miz haz! look at you, all in the grid today!

11:12 am

Atalante

back for the rest of this weird grid

11:13 am

Haz1558

I know! And I'm worth LOTS of points!

11:13 am

Trifioso

hello again ata!

11:13 am

Haz1558

Hello, Ata.

11:13 am

M3

wr? please

11:14 am

Haz1558

wr5 - being more wr*.

11:15 am

Boobear

clue for the second am 5

11:15 am

Haz1558

It's a plural, Boo.

11:16 am

M3

@haz ty ill monkey a bit

11:16 am

Haz1558

wr plus the last letters of a layer of wedding cake. t***

11:17 am

Boobear

ty haz

11:17 am

M3

@haz thx got it now

11:17 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

11:17 am

Trifioso

the am 5, 12 can't have a plural? that's weird...

11:18 am

Haz1558

This IS babble.

11:18 am

Dorens

it can trif, but it isn't in the grid today

11:18 am

Dorens

and hi

11:18 am

torgone

It's an adjective ..

11:18 am

mari

help please ha 6/33?

11:18 am

Haz1558

Hello, Dorens, how are you?

11:18 am

Trifioso

hello torgone, and yes, i suppose it is....

11:19 am

torgone

Heyas kids ..

11:19 am

Dorens

hi haz, obviously sort of dim.. was looking ad something different. sorry for the mix up trif, i was wrong

11:19 am

Haz1558

Hello mari, ha6/33 - singular Mr Christian Anderson, a vowel/personal pronoun, first letters of the land of rugby and male voice choirs.

11:19 am

Trifioso

how is the weather in Cali today? We are enjoying a balmy 12 degrees, here in Mass

11:19 am

Haz1558

Hello, torgone.

11:20 am

Dorens

we're up to 20 here in nj... just sweltering in comparison

11:20 am

Trifioso

woo! go on out in shorts dorens!

11:20 am

Dorens

and how is great britian faring?

11:21 am

Dorens

or even great britain!

11:21 am

Haz1558

It's getting warmer. It's still not warm but it's getting better.

11:21 am

Trifioso

you should SEE my rhododendron in the front yard! You could give flu injections with the needles, they are curled up so tight

11:21 am

torgone

Mid 70's today ..

11:21 am

SeaSpray

Trifioso I tried the funny farm game last night and i am stuck

11:22 am

Trifioso

I can be packed and ready to go in 15 minutes, tor....

11:22 am

Dorens

glad to hear that haz

11:22 am

Trifioso

great sea spray! It's one of those you have to sit and wait on...go back in a day or two, and new things will come to you. It's so fun!

11:22 am

CadFan

Here in Colorado - people are calling in sick to lay out in their yards and catch rays in our steaming 31 degrees

11:23 am

Trifioso

LOL cad!

11:23 am

SeaSpray

i hope so, i fried my brain last night lol

11:23 am

Trifioso

I think the whole point is not to rush, and to enjoy the humor of it.

11:24 am

SeaSpray

there was definitely some humor and also some obvious that I should have thought of immediately

11:24 am

periwinkle

hello all, help with ma7 pls

11:25 am

Atalante

I found the whole huge puzzle, eeeep http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi

11:25 am

Trifioso

I got one word because, in a fit of desperation I typed in the wildest thing I could think of, and it was right, and I laughed for about five minutes!

11:25 am

Trifioso

it's supposed to be big, ata

11:25 am

mari

thanks a million Haz - that was like pulling teeth - didn't notice "plural letters of land of rugby !!

11:25 am

periwinkle

Ata, is that Sily in your icon

11:26 am

Haz1558

Glad you got it, mari.

11:26 am

Atalante

yes, peri

11:26 am

Haz1558

ma7 - a male and a word associated with Solomen.

11:27 am

Atalante

I got to a section called "poker stars" and I think now I'm stuck lol

11:28 am

Haz1558

You mean you don't know many poker stars?

11:28 am

periwinkle

ty Haz, new word for me

11:28 am

Haz1558

How can you be smug if you don't know poker stars?

11:28 am

periwinkle

Ata, Sily is looking very cute

11:28 am

Trifioso

oh, yes, that one I am stuck forever on. I think I shall have to go to wiki or something and read up on them

11:28 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, peri.

11:28 am

Atalante

give me a quick run-down then :)

11:29 am

Haz1558

Is there a section on Star Wars?

11:29 am

Trifioso

oops - there's the bell! Back to work for me, friends! Chog later, I hope!

11:29 am

Haz1558

I'd probably know more about Star Wars than I do about poker stars.

11:29 am

Atalante

hopefully

11:29 am

Haz1558

Bye, Trif.

11:30 am

EvaNadine

*tiptoes into chog and give Ata a good, solid poke*

11:30 am

Atalante

there's a bit Mr Haz could do - lots of words coming off "cow"

11:30 am

Haz1558

Yes, but there's no calving index or mastitis or anything. It's annoying!

11:31 am

Haz1558

Hello, EvaN!

11:31 am

Atalante

I can't see any of the word off cow, and I'm sure they must be so obvious

11:32 am

EvaNadine

bonjour, haz!

11:32 am

Haz1558

Bonjour, EvaN. How are you, still wafting round in clouds of romance?

11:33 am

EvaNadine

but of course. :)

11:33 am

periwinkle

bbs

11:33 am

Haz1558

Bye peri.

11:33 am

EvaNadine

shared some of my wedding "ideas" with the dear fiance. he told me to stop thinking. :)

11:33 am

Haz1558

Is he not going for the leaving for honeymoon in a hot air balloon?

11:34 am

Haz1558

It's bound to be cheaper than leasing a helicopter.

11:34 am

Boobear

Eva I see you got engaged, congratulations

11:36 am

EvaNadine

TY boobear.
alas, no, haz -- he is what we call "heights-adverse"

11:36 am

mom2han8

OK... just went to that puzzle site... might be amusing.

11:36 am

Haz1558

He's my kind of man. I'm a bit height averse as well.

11:37 am

Atalante

hmmm what connects the dalai lama, sheep and goats

11:37 am

Boobear

a camel

11:38 am

Haz1558

I'll have to have a look.

11:40 am

EvaNadine

*wonders if haz has the dalai lama, sheep and goats in her backyard...*

11:40 am

Atalante

I think she has

11:40 am

Boobear

lol good one Eva

11:41 am

Haz1558

The Dalai lama would have been pretty cold if he'd stayed in my backyard. He wears so little...

11:41 am

Atalante

character forming

11:42 am

Haz1558

Goosebump inducing.

11:43 am

Atalante

he probably shares the kennel

11:44 am

SamanthaJoy

It'sa milk that connects them, which takes you back to cow

11:44 am

EvaNadine

hes the dalai lama. surely he wouldnt be frightened off by a case of the shivers?

11:45 am

Haz1558

He never looks shivery, but maybe he wears thermal vests.

11:45 am

Atalante

but milk doesn't connect to the dalai lama

11:46 am

SamanthaJoy

You think he doesn't drink it in his tea?

11:46 am

Haz1558

llama connects to the Dalai.

11:46 am

EvaNadine

"i will not eat until there is complete freedom and independence....golly, its chilly..."

11:47 am

Haz1558

There must be some connection with liberty and the wearing of little clothes. Look at Gandhi.

11:47 am

Atalante

well that's silly!!

11:47 am

Haz1558

There are llama farms.

11:48 am

Haz1558

We used to have some near here.

11:48 am

Atalante

yes, but the dalai lama -> llama

11:48 am

Atalante

there should be vicunas too

11:48 am

Boobear

clue for ha 4/6

11:49 am

Haz1558

ha4/6 - a pork product plus a vowel

11:49 am

SamanthaJoy

My next door neighbor keeps llamas

11:49 am

Atalante

llamas rock

11:53 am

mom2han8

I'm a bit confused by the horse/cow connection

11:54 am

Atalante

ooo haven't got that one yet (just started it)

11:55 am

Mom

I have the bottom left completed and need one more for the cluckers on the top right.

11:56 am

Mom

Ata, wish you had never posted this site. :)

11:56 am

Haz1558

It was dc who started it. Blame him. At least FM's blame free this time.

11:57 am

Atalante

bet FM told dc

11:57 am

Mom

Seain, if you are lurking, shame on you

11:57 am

FMitch

but I have been sucked in by it! Hate it already :)

11:57 am

Haz1558

You've got KFC?

11:58 am

Haz1558

FM! Don't tell me you're part of this conspiracy?

11:58 am

Atalante

got KFC but not the one off it

11:58 am

Mom

need just one more for the KFC section

11:58 am

Atalante

FM!! see? she can be blamed, somehow

11:58 am

FMitch

No for once I am not!

11:58 am

SamanthaJoy

I have the two letter word down on the lower left of "bull", but not the one straight up from it.....aaaaaggggghhhhhhh

11:58 am

EvaNadine

what website is this? i seem to have been out of the loop...

11:59 am

Mom

neither do I Samantha

11:59 am

Atalante

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi

11:59 am

FMitch

same here Sam and it is driving me buggy.

11:59 am

Atalante

nor me

11:59 am

Mom

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi

11:59 am

Haz1558

BS Samantha

12:00 pm

Atalante

what how why?

12:00 pm

Mom

whoa, I would never have gotten that one. Thanks Haz

12:00 pm

Haz1558

BS, standing for 'male bovine droppings'

12:00 pm

SamanthaJoy

haz, I'm desperate enough to enter it

12:00 pm

SamanthaJoy

DEAR GOD I THOUGHT YOU WERE JOKING

12:00 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome, Mom.

12:00 pm

FMitch

and it works - Haz to the rescue

12:01 pm

Haz1558

Do I ever joke, Samantha?

12:01 pm

SamanthaJoy

I have no idea.

12:01 pm

Mom

well then there should be cow patties too

12:01 pm

mixi6

ha6?

12:01 pm

Haz1558

No, this lot can attest that I am always deadly serious

12:02 pm

mom2han8

Is this up every day... a different puzzle, I mean?

12:02 pm

Haz1558

ha6 - first letters of Mr Solo from Star Wars, a vowel, first letters of the capital of USA.

12:02 pm

FMitch

now I ahve Religions and Magicians as topics - am goin to stop there and get some food!

12:02 pm

Boobear

clue for ha 6 pls

12:02 pm

Haz1558

Tom Cruise is in the religions section....

12:03 pm

EvaNadine

oh dear. this website is dangerous...

12:03 pm

Haz1558

Just clued below, Boo.

12:03 pm

Atalante

cos he's nuts

12:03 pm

Haz1558

It's not a different puzzle every day, mom, it just keeps getting bigger as you get connections to new sections.

12:04 pm

mixi6

ty Haz

12:04 pm

SamanthaJoy

I haven't figured out all the first section yet

12:05 pm

EvaNadine

oh dear. i think my brain is already empty of farm-related items...

12:05 pm

mom2han8

thx haz

12:05 pm

Mom

I see ... I have three blocks on my mini map

12:05 pm

mom2han8

ions

12:05 pm

mom2han8

sorry...pb

12:05 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome.

12:06 pm

EvaNadine

anyone wanna merge games? (she asks hopefully)
hehe

12:06 pm

Mom

I don't mind to tell you what I have Eva

12:07 pm

rolin

hey all...

12:07 pm

Haz1558

Hello rolin.

12:07 pm

rolin

i have just logged into this farm game..can someone tell me what it is about?

12:07 pm

Mom

Hi Rolin

12:07 pm

suefrad625

finally, 1/2 way, I can go to lickety

12:07 pm

mom2han8

hi

12:08 pm

suefrad625

it was only do the the wi4 & 5, which I am going to become because of this puzzle

12:08 pm

mom2han8

I am trying to type one-handed, play two word games... all whilst eating spaghettios out of the pot I cooked them in, LOL.... who says I can't multitask?

12:08 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

12:08 pm

Haz1558

Right, time I was heading to the kitchen to get some food underway. Have a good day and bye for now!

12:08 pm

Mom

bye bye Haz, so good to see you

12:08 pm

mom2han8

bye haz. hi jmc

12:08 pm

SamanthaJoy

oh, goodness, the dalai lama DOES show up in the next section over

12:09 pm

jmcnrick

rolin looking at the word in the center (white?) you find a related word such as paper and type it into the box

12:09 pm

Atalante

bye dear!

12:09 pm

mom2han8

right rolin

12:09 pm

Haz1558

Hello, jmc, just leaving, but enjoy the grid. Bye Mom! And remember, people, you've resisted the temptation to become addicted to one word game (babble) so you can resist this one.

12:09 pm

jmcnrick

then you find a word related to paper and type that until you find all the words -- think, btw, compound words

12:10 pm

jmcnrick

hi haz sorry to be so late that I have no time to chat with you

12:10 pm

mom2han8

kina like that kevin bacon game, lol

12:10 pm

Haz1558

Another day, jmc, bye for now. *gone*

12:11 pm

jmcnrick

bye haz

12:11 pm

rolin

im doing the one called on the farm

12:11 pm

SamanthaJoy

*scowl* What connects barns and crops?

12:11 pm

jmcnrick

sorry rolin

12:12 pm

rolin

do the number od dots correspond to the number of letters?

12:12 pm

SamanthaJoy

I think so rolin

12:12 pm

rolin

oh jmc..any clues are welcome..lol

12:12 pm

SamanthaJoy

Wait, yes, they do, and when there's a space that indicates two separate words

12:12 pm

rolin

cool..thats a help

12:13 pm

jmcnrick

I googled it rolin and it is the same principle

12:14 pm

jmcnrick

the dots do relate to the number of letters

12:14 pm

Mom

Eva? Get your head out of the Funny Farm and come back

12:14 pm

oodleberry

ok anyone have another brain they can spare please?

12:15 pm

torgone

The tall thing next to the barn where crops are stored ..

12:15 pm

Mom

I barely have one of my own but maybe I can help

12:15 pm

SamanthaJoy

oh, of course, thanks torgone

12:15 pm

Mom

thanks Tor

12:17 pm

jmcnrick

so the on the farm one is different from the color one which is exclusively compound words

12:17 pm

Mom

ohh, got a piece of machinery that you drive that attaches to the crops

12:18 pm

Mom

I have nothing off the cow

12:19 pm

SamanthaJoy

mom, neither do I. It's weirdly hard, isn't it?

12:19 pm

Mom

it is indeed

12:19 pm

SamanthaJoy

I'm amusing myself with the Subservient chicken in the meantime.

12:19 pm

SamanthaJoy

http://www.bk.com/en/us/campaigns/subs
ervient-chicken.html

12:20 pm

mom2han8

the game is missing a chog!

12:20 pm

Mom

that would be helpful Mom

12:20 pm

jmcnrick

yes i wish the map games had chogs too

12:20 pm

EvaNadine

sorry mom, had to run to the loo. whats up?

12:21 pm

jmcnrick

lots of animals and then one of them takes you to religion

12:21 pm

oodleberry

uh

12:21 pm

Mom

lol. Was just wondering if you want the words that I have for the funny farm

12:22 pm

EvaNadine

mom -- if you click on "save game" it will give you a link that you can send me + we can merge games...

12:22 pm

mom2han8

anyone want to help with the three that connect to cow... two words each... even one would be great, LOL.

12:22 pm

oodleberry

i have a stupid question

12:23 pm

SamanthaJoy

ask away, and who wants to merga games with me?

12:23 pm

Mom

go right ahead, Oodle. There is no such thing as a stupid question

12:23 pm

oodleberry

about what are you people talking and what are you doing??

12:23 pm

Mom

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi
This is what we are doing, Oodle

12:23 pm

SamanthaJoy

Oodle: http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi

12:23 pm

origami

don't ask oodle!

12:23 pm

mom2han8

OK... I got one off of cow... the disease...

12:23 pm

redturtlehead

Afternoon all. I have come back from a swim, which was rather a mistake.

12:24 pm

Mom

ok, I clicked save now what do I do

12:24 pm

Mom

too cold for a swim Red

12:24 pm

SamanthaJoy

well, mom, you can email me your code

12:24 pm

redturtlehead

Yes, the pool is heated, but. it was too cold.

12:24 pm

EvaNadine

it should give you a link

12:25 pm

SamanthaJoy

samantha@michaelberz.net

12:25 pm

jmcnrick

how do you merge games sam?

12:25 pm

jmcnrick

sounds like a chilly thing to do red

12:25 pm

SamanthaJoy

email me your code, and I'll cut and paste

12:26 pm

redturtlehead

I thought of it as healthy, but it was really only tolerable for about 30 min.

12:26 pm

oodleberry

ok I don't get it

12:26 pm

EvaNadine

ooh! i got one of the cow ones! its a saying/exclamation. think of a religious bovine.

12:26 pm

mom2han8

I want it to take Denny Crane, LOL.

12:26 pm

SamanthaJoy

oh, so holy cow connects but sacred cow doesn't? I call shenanigans!

12:27 pm

jmcnrick

ty eva

12:27 pm

mom2han8

I thought the same thing Sam!

12:27 pm

Mom

Samantha it is on its way

12:27 pm

mom2han8

OK... much to do... and playing two games now... not going to accomplish anything at this rate, LOL... bbl!

12:28 pm

Mom

bye bye Mom

12:28 pm

redturtlehead

I am going to stick with my babble problems!

12:28 pm

Mom

(she'll be back in 1/2 hour, you watch. She won't be able to stay away) lol

12:28 pm

redturtlehead

true true this sometimes occurs.

12:28 pm

oodleberry

I read the directions but don,t know what the hell to do

12:29 pm

jmcnrick

just type random words in the box oodle

12:29 pm

SamanthaJoy

it's free association, oodle, type in words that associate with the words you see

12:29 pm

Mom

Oodle, type in chicken

12:29 pm

Mom

and then you can type in things related to chicken from there

12:30 pm

Mom

I thought Haz was cluing the chicken section earlier but she was actually giving me a clue KFC

12:32 pm

redturtlehead

Could I please have a clue for the 8 please, and if it is a plural I will need a clue for the 7 please..

12:32 pm

Mom

sorry Red, I don't have either of them

12:33 pm

SamanthaJoy

the eight is: r + what traditionally comes from pigs + what you smell with

12:33 pm

redturtlehead

It's because youa re too busy associating Chickens and Cows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12:33 pm

Mom

Samantha, did you get my email?

12:33 pm

Mom

I know it. lol

12:33 pm

SamanthaJoy

I'm telling you the grid is only barely in English today

12:33 pm

Mom

boy did I come in at the wrong time today.

12:33 pm

redturtlehead

Well, a new one for me, thanks Samantha!

12:33 pm

SamanthaJoy

I just now did, Mon

12:33 pm

SamanthaJoy

Mom*

12:33 pm

Mom

ok

12:33 pm

redturtlehead

And Mom, I was just kidding!

12:33 pm

Mom

I know that Red

12:33 pm

redturtlehead

Did you type in Free Range" yet?

12:34 pm

Mom

it isn't one, Red

12:34 pm

redturtlehead

ahhh too bad, thats what I associate with Chickens, that, and eggs and cholesterol.

12:34 pm

EvaNadine

mom -- send me the link you sent samantha?

12:35 pm

M3

li 6 and 7 please ?

12:35 pm

Mom

need your email, Eva

12:35 pm

redturtlehead

M3, I don't habe it but I am now looking.

12:35 pm

Mom

don't have those either M3, sorry

12:35 pm

EvaNadine

sam2979 at gmail dot com

12:35 pm

buffgirl71

li 6/18: li + mayon****

12:36 pm

buffgirl71

li 7/28: change the last vowel for a preposition

12:36 pm

redturtlehead

Ahhhh I always thought that word was spelled differently, thanks Buff!

12:36 pm

M3

@bufgirl hey thx got it

12:36 pm

buffgirl71

YW

12:37 pm

oodleberry

ty buff

12:37 pm

Mom

on it's way Eva

12:38 pm

lynxxx

Goodmorning all from the sauna

12:38 pm

redturtlehead

Hi Lynnxx, good morning from the ice chest.

12:38 pm

mummy

morning lynxx, we're in the ice house, jealous??

12:38 pm

jmcnrick

sauna sounds good

12:39 pm

oodleberry

lyn do you take cold showers in between?

12:40 pm

EvaNadine

TY Samantha and Mom :)

12:40 pm

redturtlehead

Are there cat sounds in this grid?

12:40 pm

mummy

depends who she;s in there with

12:40 pm

Mom

Hi Lynxxx

12:40 pm

Mom

thanks Samantha, you had a bunch

12:40 pm

Mom

you're welcome Eva

12:41 pm

SamanthaJoy

I'm spread out but not very concentrated. I've made it to a bunch of other squares, but I haven't filled up the ones I have very completely :(

12:41 pm

Mom

Geez Samantha, this is great.

12:42 pm

EvaNadine

you gave me a ton, samantha!

12:42 pm

Mom

(I feel so stoopid)

12:42 pm

SamanthaJoy

Heh. I start to see how very subjective it is though; I never, ever, would have entered "KFC" or "BS" on my own

12:44 pm

SamanthaJoy

oh, lordy, my dogs are trying to tunnel under the front door again. I've got to go; see y'all later *poof*

12:44 pm

jmcnrick

okay i have decided i cannot play two words games, work and talk to my sister on the phone all at the same time

12:44 pm

Mom

bye bye Samantha, thanks again

12:44 pm

jmcnrick

KFC! lol

12:44 pm

jmcnrick

I think I will go work. bbl

12:44 pm

Mom

lol Jmcnrick. I am having a rough time with the two games

12:45 pm

Mom

Oodle, how are you doing?

12:45 pm

sprite

evening all

12:46 pm

jmcnrick

well something has to give!

12:46 pm

Mom

Hi Sprite

12:46 pm

jmcnrick

hi sprite!

12:46 pm

Mom

How are you? It seems like ages since I have seen you

12:46 pm

sprite

you guys having a good babble time?

12:47 pm

lynxxx

Hi Sprite! ((hugs))

12:47 pm

Mom

babble? what's that? we are playing http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi
and using the chat log in babble to field clues

12:47 pm

oodleberry

on the puzzle you mean?

12:47 pm

sprite

hey lyn :) *hug right back*

12:47 pm

oodleberry

I am going back and forth

12:47 pm

Mom

on the funny farm Oodle

12:47 pm

Mom

is it making more sense to you now?

12:47 pm

oodleberry

seems like it is logical but then again

12:48 pm

EvaNadine

ooh! opened up the box directly under the religions...

12:49 pm

Mom

smarty pants, Eva

12:49 pm

Mom

how true Oodle

12:49 pm

M3

does the no 6 come of the no 4?

12:50 pm

Mom

no + three **** men

12:51 pm

sprite

lol

12:51 pm

M3

@ mom hehe thx

12:52 pm

Mom

you're welcome M3

12:53 pm

Mom

I think I will go and take a nap. My brain is fried.

12:53 pm

Mom

{{Hugs}} to all of you. Good luck

12:53 pm

lynxxx

BBL Going to find something minimal to wear, sponge down Stew and go for a very early morning walk

12:54 pm

sprite

sleep well, Mom

12:54 pm

Mom

bye Lynxxx

12:54 pm

Mom

thanks {{Sprite}} bye for now

12:54 pm

sprite

bye lyn, hope you can find some coolness

12:54 pm

stidmama

((((((sprite)))))) hello my dear! how are you? was about to run to the little girls room but will wait and chat if you won't be here long

12:55 pm

stidmama

hey all!

12:55 pm

featherbee

hi folks! just taking a quick break

12:55 pm

stidmama

hey feather! shouldn't you be, um,.... TEACHING????

12:55 pm

sprite

hi stiddie! ***Hugs***
Not doing well, &*(&%$*(&% new meds are still more trouble than they are worth, grrr.
Lovely to see you though! How are you doing?

12:55 pm

sprite

hi feather

12:56 pm

featherbee

had to take the day off to take nick in to the dr's. he's a speckled boy! had an allergic reaction to the amoxicillin he was on for his ear infection. head to toe and everything in between is spotted.

12:56 pm

stidmama

oh, I am so sorry to hear that. ((more hugs)) does tea help? tom made me lovely fresh ginger tea last week when I was feeling poorly.

12:56 pm

sprite

aw poor boy!

12:56 pm

featherbee

tea always helps, mentally if not physically.

12:56 pm

sprite

ginger tea. Now that is a great idea. Thanks for reminding me!

12:57 pm

stidmama

oh oh... our younger boy did that when he was about 3. actually started to go anaphylactic, but was okay. So he has a "no penicillin" alert on medical records. Hope Nick won't be as bad,

12:57 pm

featherbee

his palms, ears, even his privates. he seems to have a high tolerance for itching though, rarely scratches.

12:57 pm

stidmama

it's such a worry when our kids do things like get SICKER on medication!

12:58 pm

featherbee

no kidding! the doc said the ear infection has cleared up though, so we won't have to bother with switching to a new antibiotic right now.

12:58 pm

sprite

how brave. Itching is so awful. I hope he will be better very very soon.

12:58 pm

sprite

I know! And they should know better. Tsk.

12:58 pm

featherbee

thanks guys. so how does this grid look?

12:58 pm

stidmama

sprite, is your house staying warm enough? that is something else that makes being sick (or depressed like I get this time of year) worse. I am wearing a blanket and sitting on a heating pad to stay warm while I study today.

12:58 pm

sprite

so far so good, over halfway in notime

12:59 pm

stidmama

not horrible feather, have been here 8 minutes and down t o85 words

12:59 pm

mummy

i'm allergic to penicillin, come out in a rash too

12:59 pm

M3

1st ai? please

12:59 pm

featherbee

cool, i might reward myself by playing it later. right now i'm doing some cleaning while i have no little ones underfoot, and hoping nick takes a loooooong nap!

12:59 pm

stidmama

I don't have the list M3, but is it the wet precipitation without the R in front?

12:59 pm

sprite

same here, stid, am absolutely addicted to my blankets. I am SO ready to feel better!

1:00 pm

featherbee

bbl!

1:00 pm

mummy

minse

1:00 pm

stidmama

good plan feather. you have more discipline than I! LOL

1:00 pm

mummy

oopps sorry

1:00 pm

sprite

busted, mummy

1:00 pm

featherbee

hee, i've already played other computer games and taken a nap. gotta be good now! bye

1:00 pm

sprite

bye featherbee

1:00 pm

oodleberry

I got the tiny particle but I need the other word for the top I

1:01 pm

M3

@stidma its a ai/5 12 !

1:01 pm

oodleberry

please

1:03 pm

jessmom

io6/18

1:04 pm

oodleberry

ty jess

1:04 pm

jessmom

yw

1:05 pm

EvaNadine

ooh, opened up another block in the farm game :)

1:06 pm

pic

io6/18 is io4 singular and the three w***men

1:07 pm

stidmama

oh oh, I think a little bird hit the back window. back in a few.

1:07 pm

pic

minza

1:07 pm

stidmama

man, i typed that and forgot to hit enter! LOL

1:07 pm

stidmama

the little bird is okay, or at least flew away.

1:08 pm

sprite

aw stid :(

1:08 pm

sprite

ah good

1:08 pm

stidmama

I would like NBT before I return to reading... need the Z, the lower right i, and the E in the middle of the bottom row.

1:08 pm

sprite

bottom e is foreign ruler

1:09 pm

stidmama

ah, thanks. had the AM 4

1:09 pm

sprite

lol I know the feeling

1:09 pm

jessmom

iw4/8 is the right i

1:10 pm

stidmama

oops. sorry, meant lower LEFT i. *sigh* my brain is backward to day

1:10 pm

stidmama

but thanks jessmom!

1:10 pm

sprite

i is the babblet that can also be Yw4

1:10 pm

jessmom

left i is like am acid

1:10 pm

o-o

za 5/22

1:10 pm

sprite

im5 is like acid am5

1:10 pm

stidmama

thanks BR and jessmom!

1:10 pm

sprite

hi BabbleRabble, so nice to see you

1:11 pm

stidmama

got the im!

1:11 pm

sprite

za + female na4

1:11 pm

o-o

Hello, friends ....

1:12 pm

stidmama

hm... thanks sprite *thinking

1:12 pm

redturtlehead

Hi BR! and Stid and Jess, and Oodle again

1:12 pm

pic

anyone have the mi 5/20?

1:12 pm

stidmama

hey red

1:12 pm

redturtlehead

and any Lurkers who are remaining incognito.

1:12 pm

sprite

hi red...

1:12 pm

stidmama

got it!!!! NBT and down to 72. I feel quite accomplished!

1:12 pm

sprite

pic, cat sound

1:12 pm

jessmom

mi5/20 cat sound

1:13 pm

sprite

wtg stid!

1:13 pm

pic

miow

1:13 pm

stidmama

got the mi 5, not sure how! LOL

1:14 pm

redturtlehead

and sprite, I guess I missed you!

1:14 pm

stidmama

close pic, think woody allen's former leading lady (miss farrow) and add the boo-boo sound at the end

1:14 pm

o-o

cats seem to have many dialects

1:14 pm

sprite

I seem to have this invisible thing. How are you doing, red?

1:15 pm

redturtlehead

I am well, we are seeing slight warming. Big error in trying to swim today.

1:15 pm

redturtlehead

You Sprite?

1:15 pm

sprite

too cold to swim?

1:15 pm

stidmama

no doubt, BR. *wondering if an icelandic cat would understand one from new zealand*

1:15 pm

redturtlehead

outside, yes. even with the heaters in the pool...

1:16 pm

sprite

probably, stid. Body language should work fine

1:16 pm

stidmama

red, you get bonus points for trying to swim. not sure they offset the "duh" sign you are wearing... *wicked mama grin*

1:16 pm

redturtlehead

Well stid, they probably all speak the language of cat love.

1:16 pm

redturtlehead

I was not the only one! There was one other lady...in a wet suit.

1:16 pm

redturtlehead

I did my 30 min and then got out.

1:16 pm

Ouwachita

any clue for ha6?

1:16 pm

sprite

lollll wet suit makes sense.

1:16 pm

redturtlehead

very very quickly.

1:17 pm

pic

finally got it - thanks stid

1:17 pm

stidmama

well, I hate to go, but 1/2 hour is about my limit for NOT studying today. *sigh* spritely, hope you feel a lot better soon. and red... many people around here wear a dry suit. keeps you warmer than a wet suit. (just a thought)

1:17 pm

sprite

ha + not nephew but **ece + **it a minute!

1:17 pm

pippingeek

i always see NBT and have never been able to figure out what it stands for!

1:17 pm

stidmama

(((Hugs and choclits for all))) see you-all again soon! *poof*

1:17 pm

oodleberry

no blan tiles

1:17 pm

sprite

No Blank Tiles = at least one word for every tile

1:17 pm

Ouwachita

thanks sprite

1:18 pm

sprite

yvw Ouwachita

1:18 pm

o-o

I prefer NBB = no blank blanks

1:18 pm

sammysmom

clue please for the me 7/48....... my monley is soo tired

1:18 pm

sprite

I like NBD = no bad days

1:18 pm

redturtlehead

I still need an e from the bottom...for NBT...41 left.

1:18 pm

sammysmom

the ma 7/48 that is

1:18 pm

sprite

foreign ruler, red. Em4

1:19 pm

o-o

Nice thought, sprite

1:19 pm

sprite

guy + not stupid, sammys

1:19 pm

redturtlehead

Oh the big duh sign continues, TYVM sprite.

1:19 pm

pippingeek

ah. good then, that always bothered me. now i know!

1:19 pm

sprite

hehehe, good you asked, pippingeek.

1:20 pm

o-o

I hold off on NBTs so some have something to look forward to

1:20 pm

sammysmom

thanks sprite

1:20 pm

pic

rahi

1:21 pm

redturtlehead

BR thats thoughtful.

1:22 pm

sprite

where would we be without you, BabbleRabble ;)

1:23 pm

sprite

ok, may I beg a clue for the R8? Last word and I just cannot find it. Probably a big fish coming on, but I don't see it.

1:23 pm

o-o

rh

1:24 pm

redturtlehead

its a crazy chemisty word sprite.

1:24 pm

sprite

thanks BabbleRabble *thinking*

1:24 pm

o-o

male sheep:r** ... + facial feature

1:24 pm

rubyfoo

I would call this a poopy game!

1:25 pm

sprite

ah... ok red, I think I can guess the ending then...

1:25 pm

sprite

brilliant clue. Thanks red and BabbleRabble, new word for me.

1:25 pm

Mary

r + pork + what's in the middle of your face

1:25 pm

redturtlehead

BR's clue is more direct.

1:25 pm

sprite

also a good one, Mary! Thanks. Fireflies.

1:26 pm

o-o

congrats, sprite

1:26 pm

sprite

rubyfoo: but the good part is nobody is holding a gun at your head to make you play it

1:26 pm

redturtlehead

COngratulatiosn Sprite!

1:26 pm

Mary

yeah sprite

1:26 pm

rubyfoo

lol, sprite

1:26 pm

rubyfoo

but what about the guy with the gun?

1:27 pm

sprite

very fast grid and very good clues. Thanks all, must be off to bed, alas, but I really enjoyed your company. *hug*

1:27 pm

o-o

be well, sprite

1:27 pm

redturtlehead

sleep well sprite.

1:28 pm

redturtlehead

I need to get rid of Pinata. icon

1:28 pm

redturtlehead

BRB

1:28 pm

oodleberry

bbl

1:28 pm

pippingeek

i am totally stuck on the ra6/18

1:29 pm

o-o

be well, oodle

1:29 pm

pippingeek

i'm sure it's one of those easy ones i just can't see

1:29 pm

rubyfoo

bonsoir, oodle

1:29 pm

pippingeek

in fact, yes it is, i just saw it

1:30 pm

pippingeek

looking in the wrong direction and all!

1:30 pm

redturtlehead

now my smooshy birds are up, I like them very much.

1:30 pm

redturtlehead

Now back to the grid....

1:31 pm

hego

Hi All

1:32 pm

pic

ra6/18 goes on my cereal

1:32 pm

hego

mine too

1:33 pm

jillibus

hello people :)

1:33 pm

redturtlehead

Hi Jilli!

1:33 pm

redturtlehead

and hego

1:33 pm

rubyfoo

hello jilli

1:33 pm

rubyfoo

hi hego

1:33 pm

hego

Hi again. ;-)

1:34 pm

redturtlehead

and Hi ruby.

1:34 pm

rubyfoo

hello red

1:34 pm

Mary

hi all, must finish putting decorations away with 35 left bbl

1:34 pm

jillibus

hego -- I see your icon picture is huge! Scroll down in my profile for a resizing remedy :)

1:34 pm

redturtlehead

Bye Mary, 35 left here too, getting to be slim picking.

1:35 pm

jillibus

Has anyone heard from ardilla lately?

1:35 pm

o-o

phantom: hebesphalmology

1:35 pm

Mary

got that right, saw your flying birds on your profile - nice

1:35 pm

hego

I think she was here this am

1:36 pm

hego

Showing off again, BR

1:36 pm

jillibus

did she have any news?

1:36 pm

lynxxx

Yes Jilli, she has been on quite a bit

1:36 pm

rubyfoo

saw her this morning

1:36 pm

hego

I missed her, but Annie was saying good bye as I logged on.

1:36 pm

redturtlehead

my phantom today was errrr, heir....

1:37 pm

jillibus

I was wondering about her test results

1:37 pm

lynxxx

Yes Jilli. Negative

1:37 pm

o-o

negative

1:37 pm

Uneaixoise

jilli, she was on early this morning - you could read her comments in the chog

1:37 pm

jillibus

Oh, phew!

1:37 pm

Uneaixoise

oh, sorry

1:38 pm

jillibus

I'll do that, une!

1:38 pm

gramma

Help,please. 4 left IM Ni 5 & 4 RE6 the 2nd one. Clues would be appreciated.

1:38 pm

Uneaixoise

she talked some about soon-to-be ex

1:38 pm

jillibus

Meanwhile, does anyone need clues?

1:39 pm

Uneaixoise

(around 6:00am)

1:39 pm

redturtlehead

I could use a clue for any 7 you want to clue.

1:39 pm

jillibus

gramma, im is like the am*** acid

1:39 pm

gramma

Got the IM

1:39 pm

jillibus

ni5 is the Japanese immigrant

1:40 pm

gramma

TY .Timing is everything

1:40 pm

Uneaixoise

ni5 is the recurring Japanese immigrant word

1:40 pm

lynxxx

re6 re and a ****r hoards all his money

1:40 pm

Uneaixoise

red, ma7: male + smart

1:40 pm

gramma

TY

1:41 pm

redturtlehead

Ooooh thansk Une!

1:41 pm

redturtlehead

thats an actual word??

1:41 pm

jillibus

ai7 is what you breathe + smart

1:41 pm

Uneaixoise

li7 meeting -- remember the play/film "Dangerous Li*****s"?

1:41 pm

lynxxx

ni4.4 decree ni** when yr divorce is final

1:41 pm

Uneaixoise

tx jilli!

1:42 pm

gramma

BBL to help others. Thanks for the clues. My Granddaughter and I are going to write a love story about her Mommy and Daddy.

1:42 pm

Uneaixoise

cool, gramma!!

1:43 pm

redturtlehead

TY UNe, hard for me to spell that one well..

1:43 pm

redturtlehead

Myself I am going to do some Dishes. My Mom is coming next week, must house clean.

1:43 pm

lynxxx

bye Gramma

1:43 pm

Uneaixoise

later, red :-)

1:43 pm

jillibus

wi7 -- telephone wi** + male

1:43 pm

Uneaixoise

thanks again, jilli!

1:43 pm

jillibus

bye gramma

1:44 pm

jillibus

yw une!

1:44 pm

jillibus

bye red -- what a goog girl!

1:45 pm

jillibus

*good (but goog will do)

1:46 pm

rubyfoo

goog sounds goog to me

1:46 pm

jillibus

must go -- electrician coming shortly so power may be off for a bit and I need to do some things first. Back later.

2:00 pm

EvaNadine

anyone here still playing the farm game?

2:01 pm

hego

I'm here Eva

2:01 pm

hego

Oops sorry didn't read the whole thing. No farm game.

2:07 pm

FMitch

I am EvaN for my sins. Hi hego.

2:08 pm

FMitch

but am going very cross eyed.

2:08 pm

hego

Hi Mitch

2:08 pm

EvaNadine

FM wanna trade links?

2:09 pm

FMitch

sure - I have 4 squares left to open up but have found a q few in the ones I have got.

2:09 pm

FMitch

whats yr email?

2:09 pm

EvaNadine

i have several squares open, but it sounds like you may have more than i do...
whats your email?

2:09 pm

EvaNadine

sam2979 at gmail dot com

2:10 pm

FMitch

give me a sec and I will email you with what I have.

2:10 pm

EvaNadine

OK

2:11 pm

pic

does anyone have the wi 7?

2:12 pm

Joanne123

wi4 guy

2:12 pm

FMitch

email on its way to you EvaN.

2:13 pm

hego

it's the guy who checks hte electric wi***

2:13 pm

EvaNadine

wow, you have a TON!
sent mine back...

2:13 pm

pic

ty all

2:14 pm

hego

yw

2:14 pm

Atalante

what's the one off KFC?

2:14 pm

Joanne123

li6 please

2:14 pm

EvaNadine

fast food

2:15 pm

Mom

FMitch, would you share with me as well?

2:15 pm

hego

it's like the movie "dangerous Liaisons"

2:15 pm

Mom

and fries off fast food

2:15 pm

Atalante

tyty!

2:15 pm

Mom

which will take us to Baseball

2:16 pm

Joanne123

ty for the seven

2:18 pm

FMitch

back in a sec just putting the kettle on for us all.

2:18 pm

Atalante

ah, good, you've finally remembered your tea making duties!! :D

2:19 pm

Boobear

clue for ha 6 pls

2:19 pm

jmcnrick

i need a cuppa too

2:19 pm

jmcnrick

*achoo*

2:20 pm

FMitch

OK tea and coffee now being served in the PB :)

2:21 pm

jmcnrick

in that case: neon

2:21 pm

FMitch

Mom if you want to give me yr email I will send you what I have.

2:21 pm

Mom

I hate to grovel, but thank you.
KLD1057@fuse.net

2:22 pm

jmcnrick

can i grovel too?

2:22 pm

Joanne123

hi all

2:22 pm

FMitch

lol Hi jmc

Ata I could have used my time sooooo much better today if you hadn't posted that darn website.

2:22 pm

Mom

Amen to that FMitch. I am suppose to be sewing

2:23 pm

Mom

but nooooooo, I had to stop by here and play babble while I ate lunch

2:23 pm

jmcnrick

hi joanne

2:23 pm

Mom

Hi Joanne

2:23 pm

jmcnrick

my hotline went down for a few hours so it wasn't as damaging to me as it could have been

2:23 pm

Atalante

blame dc, not me :D

2:24 pm

jmcnrick

so ata is to blame for this one?

2:24 pm

Joanne123

boo women like to enha... there their appearance spelled slightly different

2:24 pm

FMitch

yes, for once it s not me to blame.

2:24 pm

Flask1

Hi all....clues please for rh8 please?

2:24 pm

Mom

just wait until Seain gets on here tonight

2:24 pm

Atalante

dc is

2:24 pm

Mom

Hi Flask, sorry I don't have it

2:25 pm

jmcnrick

if women like to enha... why do i keep getting ads to make my member bigger?

2:25 pm

SeaSpray

is someone willing to share funny farm info or am i dreaming?

2:25 pm

jmcnrick

dc started the color one

2:25 pm

Atalante

rh + I ** + thing on one's face

2:25 pm

jmcnrick

hi sea

2:25 pm

SeaSpray

hey jmc

2:26 pm

Mom

thanks Ata

2:27 pm

rbud

ty, Ata, good clue. :)

2:27 pm

jmcnrick

here it is 3:30 and i haven't even gotten nbt because i keep slipping over to funny farm!

2:27 pm

Joanne123

ty atal was looking at wrong side

2:27 pm

SeaSpray

lol same here jmc

2:27 pm

hego

Hiya Sea, I just finished.

2:28 pm

Atalante

awww rhinestone isn't allowed for cowboy

2:28 pm

Mom

Bless you FMitch. Thanks so much. Although I think it is a bit of a stretch to get New York from fries

2:28 pm

SeaSpray

i am perplexed i think hego

2:28 pm

jmcnrick

ty ata

2:28 pm

hego

why

2:28 pm

Mom

Sea Spray, I can share what I have and it will include what FMitch just sent me

2:28 pm

jmcnrick

where are the fries?

2:28 pm

Joanne123

wtg hego congrats

2:29 pm

Atalante

the fries are by the KFC

2:29 pm

FMitch

yr welcome Mom, some of it flows v well and some you just have to suspend logic.

2:29 pm

Mom

after fast food which is after KFC

2:29 pm

hego

ty Joanne

2:29 pm

SeaSpray

that would be wonderful mom, Loisecalhoun@gmail.com

2:29 pm

SeaSpray

ty so much

2:29 pm

jmcnrick

i have kfc so diving back

2:29 pm

FMitch

Ata you want me to email you what I have?

2:30 pm

Atalante

how do you do that?

2:30 pm

Joanne123

yvw hego

2:30 pm

Joanne123

almost there too

2:30 pm

Joanne123

no6 please

2:30 pm

jmcnrick

jmcnrick (at) yahoo.com

2:30 pm

Atalante

oh I see

2:30 pm

hego

ruby are you still here?

2:30 pm

FMitch

you click on save game and it brings up a box with a link that you can copy and plaste

2:31 pm

Mom

dang FMitch, this is great.

2:31 pm

Mom

Sea Spray it is on its way

2:31 pm

Atalante

I sent you mine

2:31 pm

hego

Joanne it's no and the w word for smart

2:31 pm

SeaSpray

thank you mom

2:31 pm

Mom

my pleasure

2:31 pm

Joanne123

tyty

2:31 pm

Flask1

Atal....don't get your clue for rh8

2:32 pm

SeaSpray

i will probably wonder i didn't think of the ones i don't have

2:32 pm

Atalante

I wish you could just get a clue for one of the words

2:32 pm

Joanne123

look from left flask

2:32 pm

hego

yw Jo

2:32 pm

Mom

some are a stretch Sea

2:32 pm

Mom

That would be nice Ata

2:32 pm

jmcnrick

ty hego

2:32 pm

Joanne123

rh and i ++ he is+ thing you smell with

2:33 pm

jmcnrick

a chog over there would be ideal

2:33 pm

hego

Crazy words today

2:33 pm

Mom

I agree Jmcnrick

2:33 pm

hego

yw jmc

2:33 pm

jmcnrick

I should be wizing through the baseball!

2:33 pm

SeaSpray

got it mom, will work on that later

2:34 pm

Mom

you're welcome Sea

2:34 pm

oodleberry

ok I am back

2:34 pm

Mom

hmmm... must take up drinking

2:34 pm

hego

Got to go. Making barley beef soup.

2:34 pm

Joanne123

wi5/28 please

2:35 pm

Mom

bye bye Hego

2:35 pm

oodleberry

bbye hego

2:35 pm

SeaSpray

i just started funny fram, after you solve one puzzle, does it lead into another?

2:35 pm

Joanne123

byeee hego..sounds good

2:35 pm

jmcnrick

bye hego

2:35 pm

oodleberry

some one who wi4s

2:35 pm

SeaSpray

farm even

2:35 pm

Joanne123

done

2:36 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo joanne!

2:36 pm

oodleberry

you finished joanne?

2:36 pm

Joanne123

yes

2:36 pm

jmcnrick

there are 25 boxes

2:36 pm

oodleberry

yay joanne!!!

2:36 pm

Joanne123

ty jmc

2:36 pm

SeaSpray

congrats joanne

2:36 pm

Joanne123

ty oodle

2:36 pm

Joanne123

little lickety help for a change lol

2:36 pm

Joanne123

ty sea

2:37 pm

Atalante

I'm on yahoo if that helps, FM :)

2:37 pm

oodleberry

OK MAY i USE YOUR BRAIN PLEASQE JOANNE HMMMM?

2:37 pm

oodleberry

oopz

2:37 pm

FMitch

I am goin gto head off, tired eyes and tired head. Happy whatever game you are playing :) OK Ata will log on for 5 mins.

2:37 pm

Joanne123

of course

2:37 pm

oodleberry

ty ty

2:37 pm

Joanne123

what do you need oodle?

2:37 pm

Mom

good night FMitch pleasant dreams.

2:37 pm

Mom

Thanks again

2:38 pm

Joanne123

nite fm

2:38 pm

oodleberry

a new brain... I have too many to know what I need joanne

2:38 pm

jmcnrick

bye FM

2:38 pm

Boobear

anyone have a clue for li6/18 pls

2:39 pm

Joanne123

lol oodle..let me know

2:39 pm

oodleberry

ok ty hee hee

2:39 pm

Joanne123

left work early today...hehe sluffoff day

2:39 pm

oodleberry

yay joanne

2:39 pm

jmcnrick

those are nice joanne

2:39 pm

oodleberry

what do you do joanne?

2:39 pm

Joanne123

almost la7 minus the n add e

2:40 pm

Joanne123

warehouse manager

2:40 pm

oodleberry

kewel

2:40 pm

jmcnrick

how can there be an la7?

2:40 pm

Joanne123

slow today so they can manage without me

2:41 pm

Joanne123

check hego's clue earlier

2:41 pm

Joanne123

was a great clue.lol pb worth

2:42 pm

jmcnrick

have to go look at the archive brb

2:42 pm

oodleberry

but if you are the manager then how can they manage when you are not there that is your job eh???

2:43 pm

oodleberry

;-)

2:43 pm

Joanne123

at 2:15 jmc

2:43 pm

Joanne123

lol oodle i do so much more then that but when slow..problems don't arise

2:44 pm

oodleberry

oh ... I hope you don't babysit

2:44 pm

oodleberry

that was meant to have quotations

2:45 pm

Joanne123

lol

2:46 pm

oodleberry

ok I need one more R at the bottom hold on

2:46 pm

Joanne123

Friday i asked a customer of mine if he will be sending me an order today and he said maybe why, so i told him i planned on sending him up some pizza

2:46 pm

Joanne123

so he placed an order for 20,000 dollars lol

2:47 pm

oodleberry

oh never mind

2:47 pm

oodleberry

DUH

2:47 pm

oodleberry

oh wow

2:47 pm

Joanne123

i treat my customers well

2:47 pm

oodleberry

and so how many pizzas did you send him?

2:48 pm

Joanne123

3 slices for him

2:49 pm

oodleberry

ohhhhh

2:49 pm

oodleberry

what is the proucts

2:49 pm

Joanne123

aluminum extrusions

2:49 pm

jmbdobie2

i just finished and i must say i never heard of ha 6,33

2:50 pm

jmbdobie2

had to use the list & monkey like crazy

2:50 pm

oodleberry

i neither jmb

2:50 pm

Joanne123

i know jmb and wtg congrats

2:51 pm

oodleberry

youhave a nice monkey jmb

2:51 pm

Joanne123

oodle you need anything else??

2:51 pm

Joanne123

did ya get the mi5/20??

2:51 pm

Joanne123

that was a funky one

2:52 pm

oodleberry

not right now joanne... tyvm hagd

2:52 pm

oodleberry

???

2:52 pm

Joanne123

after the clue i still had to monkey

2:52 pm

Joanne123

cat sound

2:52 pm

Joanne123

lots of vowels

2:53 pm

Joanne123

m beggining w end and vowels. sound it out

2:53 pm

oodleberry

ty

2:54 pm

Joanne123

yvw

2:54 pm

Joanne123

first ma5 think wrestle ma...

2:55 pm

oodleberry

ty

2:55 pm

Joanne123

ni5 spell the optical change last vowel

2:55 pm

Joanne123

ni vision change last vowel

2:56 pm

Joanne123

ra5 ra and not lose but ... and plural

2:57 pm

Joanne123

si4 like Indian last name

2:57 pm

oodleberry

don't get the ni5

2:57 pm

Joanne123

ni look or not the ocean but the ... change last vowel

2:58 pm

buffgirl71

ni + to catch fish in a net is to ***ne

2:58 pm

oodleberry

omg

2:58 pm

oodleberry

this is NOT english

2:58 pm

Joanne123

lol

2:59 pm

Joanne123

am5 the last a and mi.. mouse mixed up

2:59 pm

Joanne123

sorry that's the an5

2:59 pm

oodleberry

ty for the clues joan... will be back later going to watch ellen

3:00 pm

Joanne123

am5 is the sa4 change last vowel

3:00 pm

Joanne123

ok oodle i will be back

3:00 pm

buffgirl71

am5/12 = an acid; am5/12 - change the last vowel to a plural

3:00 pm

Joanne123

enjoy

3:00 pm

oodleberry

ok ttyl

3:00 pm

oodleberry

ty

3:00 pm

Joanne123

byeee

3:14 pm

jmcnrick

wow reading teh archive pretty much took forever!

3:16 pm

Joanne123

lol jmc

3:16 pm

Joanne123

did ya get it

3:16 pm

jmcnrick

yes! lol

3:16 pm

Joanne123

spelled out huh tehe

3:19 pm

Joanne123

did ya get the 6

3:21 pm

jmcnrick

yes i got the 6 as well

3:21 pm

Joanne123

good

3:22 pm

Joanne123

how many u down?

3:22 pm

jmcnrick

74 left

3:22 pm

Joanne123

gooo jmc

3:22 pm

jmcnrick

:-)

3:22 pm

jmcnrick

how about you joanne?

3:23 pm

Joanne123

i googled 1 word

3:23 pm

Joanne123

i'm done

3:23 pm

jmcnrick

wtg!

3:23 pm

Joanne123

ty

3:24 pm

jmcnrick

i got distracted by work and the funny farm

3:24 pm

Joanne123

where is this, seems like everyone is playing this

3:25 pm

jmcnrick

http://shygypsy.com/farm -- it is fun but frustrating

3:26 pm

jmcnrick

there is another one based on compound words -- but this one is a bit easier because there are other connections and if you misspell it will sometimes include it anyway

3:26 pm

torgone

Anyone have any words in baseball yet?

3:27 pm

oggy

clue for ha6/33 please its my last one.

3:29 pm

jmcnrick

the NY baseball team and a walk-off -----

3:30 pm

jmcnrick

ha+not nephew but **ice + **it a minute!

3:30 pm

Mom

Tor ... Neil Diamond and Girl, You'll be a woman soon

3:30 pm

Mom

now how is that for a stretch

3:30 pm

jmcnrick

got nothing on the magicians either

3:31 pm

Atalante

got some of the magicians

3:32 pm

jmcnrick

whatcha got?

3:32 pm

jmcnrick

did you get my clue oggy?

3:32 pm

Mom

Ata, did you see the two I posted for Baseball? you too, Jmcnrick? Just checking

3:32 pm

Atalante

houdini, blaine, copperfield, penn & teller

3:32 pm

torgone

It's not taking anything ..

3:33 pm

oggy

not yet but thanks.

3:33 pm

jmcnrick

i got penn & teller but it did't like siegfried & roy :-(

3:33 pm

Mom

Tor, I am wondering if you have to have some in place before it takes others. Because I know I typed in hot dog a ton of times and it wouldn't take it

3:33 pm

Atalante

you have to get the midle word to the right colour before it'll take stuff

3:33 pm

jmcnrick

torg try: homer

3:34 pm

Mom

I tried that one too Jmcnrick

3:34 pm

torgone

Tried it ..

3:34 pm

Mom

ah, thanks Ata will remember that

3:34 pm

torgone

I've tried every baseball related word i can think of ..

3:34 pm

jmcnrick

ooooh i didnot understand that then: NY; yankees and that opens it up

3:34 pm

Atalante

not *entriely* sure how that works but ...!

3:34 pm

stidmama

hello all. hey jmc and tor!

3:35 pm

Nancy Boy

Hi everyone :) thanks for all the advice last night!

3:35 pm

torgone

I think i have to connect from the word i have on the edge to the central word ..

3:35 pm

stidmama

jmc, please tell me to finish reading the last three pages in this book ... *sigh* I have no willpower (or won't-power) left.

3:35 pm

Mom

in what FMitch sent in an email there is RObin Hood and Friar Tuck. I guess I have to guess the center word before anymore open up to me

3:36 pm

stidmama

oh oh, WHAT did you get into last night NB? *worried mama look*

3:36 pm

torgone

There we go .. thanks jmc

3:36 pm

oggy

jmc got it now, took a while to sink in, thanks thats me done.

3:36 pm

stidmama

OGGY!!!!! *faint*

3:36 pm

Nancy Boy

oh not me, Stid! Leo fell down our stairs and concussed himself!

3:36 pm

stidmama

YAY oggy, btw. *re-faint*

3:36 pm

Mom

now back to sewing. Bye again.

3:37 pm

stidmama

oh no! is Leo okay? *worrieder mama look*

3:37 pm

Andree

hi everyone

3:37 pm

stidmama

hey andree!

3:37 pm

stidmama

bye mom...

3:38 pm

stidmama

*picking up book guiltily*

*heavy sigh* reading about global economies is very depressing.

3:38 pm

Nancy Boy

He's fine now :D sleepy and miffed at me for laughing at his confusion...I'm such a horrible boyfriend. He's sleeping now though :) his head is about two inches away from me so I can keep an eye on him!

3:38 pm

oggy

stid, how are you and the rest of the babblers, long time now hear.

3:39 pm

stidmama

good. make sure you can rouse him, right? brain damage doesn't always manifest right away (personal experience)

3:40 pm

stidmama

I am well oggy, grad school SUX. not all the time, just when I have to deal with one of the teachers' pet peeves (every week).

3:40 pm

Nancy Boy

I've woken him up, like, five times...he'll start getting annoyed soon. I checked that we were alright to let him sleep, should be fine now :) thanks for the concern!

3:40 pm

stidmama

how about you oggy? snowed in like the rest of the northern hemisphere?

3:41 pm

stidmama

okay. good. *stern mama look* and you know that if his pupils are different sizes you need to get him to a doctor, right? (that's when he's awake...) my boys have had a habit of falling out of, off of, and leaping from... for years. I have learned what to look for. Sort of.

3:42 pm

oggy

been working shifts so dont get a lot of time for babble, we have had some snow and more due tomorrow but not that bad.

3:42 pm

Nancy Boy

Thanks Stid, I'll keep an eye out. The best thing about babblers is that I can benefit from alllll the collective experience!

3:42 pm

stidmama

well at least you can get in to work. that's a good thing. ((hugs))

3:42 pm

Atalante

did you get him to hospital last night, NB?

3:43 pm

stidmama

going silent to finish this old dumb chapter. back in three to five minutes.

3:43 pm

Nancy Boy

I did Stid, yeah...took a LONG time in ER...I haven't been asleep yet!

3:43 pm

Andree

missing 2nd re6/21 , help please

3:43 pm

Nancy Boy

Stid? I meant Ata!!

3:43 pm

Nancy Boy

this is the effect of my sleep deprivation, huh..

3:44 pm

buffgirl71

re + Scrooge was stingy - a ****r

3:45 pm

Andree

thx buff

3:45 pm

Atalante

at least they saw you eventually!

3:46 pm

Nancy Boy

yeah, and I had a nice time there! looooads of people had fallen on the ice so we were sitting all huddled together trading stories and talking :)

3:47 pm

Atalante

what's the 6 straight under "on the farm"?

3:48 pm

Andree

thats so nice NB usually visits to em entails long waits and boredom

3:48 pm

Nancy Boy

it's a weird skill Andree. I could make a stone talk to me ;) no, everyone was really lovely and friendly. Some people had sent relatives home to bring blankets and pillows and stuff

3:50 pm

Andree

it is a skill, my sister has it too

3:50 pm

jmcnrick

i wish i knew ata

3:50 pm

jmcnrick

glad to help oggy torg and whomever -- had to take a silly hotline call

3:50 pm

Atalante

hmmmmmmm

3:50 pm

jmcnrick

stiddie: go read!

3:51 pm

Andree

i guess those of you who have so much of it don't want to hear i just found sn**

3:51 pm

Mom

Ata and Jmcnrick ---- Farmer

3:51 pm

jmcnrick

anyone link NY with on the clock?

3:51 pm

jmcnrick

ty andree i hadn't fond that one yet!

3:51 pm

jmcnrick

*duh*

3:52 pm

jmcnrick

my husband could always make friends -- i just sit and glare at everyone ;-)

3:53 pm

Joanne123

the last one for the chicken is the greasy chicken place lol

3:53 pm

Atalante

minute, jmc

3:53 pm

stidmama

back. reading done, half the notes for tomorrow's seminar are done. I need a break... and a choclit.

3:54 pm

Mom

thanks ata

3:54 pm

Joanne123

what is the 2 letters above

3:54 pm

stidmama

LOL oh dear! thanks for the icy word Andree!

3:54 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL Jmc!

3:54 pm

jmcnrick

geez ata i use that expression ALL the time

3:55 pm

stidmama

hey jmc. thanks for supporting me in my studies. some days it's very hard to be a (middleaged) adult...

3:56 pm

Uneaixoise

jmc, i found 14 of the farm words -- is that any good?

3:57 pm

Uneaixoise

how did you DISCOVER this thing??

3:57 pm

stidmama

bonjour chere Une! comment ca va?

3:57 pm

Uneaixoise

bonjour, stid :-)

3:58 pm

Mom

{Une} hello, I think 14 is great

3:58 pm

jmcnrick

sounds good to me une

3:58 pm

jmcnrick

blame it all on DC

3:59 pm

stidmama

yep. seain definitely is being a bad influence on all of us. I was just lucky I couldn't get that game to work!

3:59 pm

Angelsong

jmc, I just went to the funny farm game...how does it work? there are no instructions

3:59 pm

jmcnrick

did you find the religious leader in exile (not sure why he is down on the farm except the two ll version is a beast)

4:00 pm

jmcnrick

yep that is why

4:00 pm

stidmama

hello angelsong! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

4:00 pm

jmcnrick

you think of words connected with the word onthe farm such as type in farm animals you can think of

4:00 pm

Uneaixoise

ooohhh, this started with DC?

4:00 pm

Andree

hi angelsong, I have no idea what everyone is talking about

4:01 pm

Uneaixoise

go here, andree: http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi

4:01 pm

jmcnrick

when you get into a new box you have to find a word between the word that opened the box and the word inthe center and get the center to turn green to put in random words again

4:02 pm

Uneaixoise

only have 5 on the religious page -- bummer

4:03 pm

Mom

Une, would you like me to send you what I have

4:03 pm

Uneaixoise

so is there a beginning and an end? The farm page is the beginning and it expands from there?

4:03 pm

stidmama

oh oh.... that time the link worked for me. *sigh*

4:03 pm

Atalante

I liked the religious page

4:03 pm

Mom

several of us combined this afternoon

4:03 pm

Mom

oh oh Stid.

4:04 pm

Trifioso

hello friends. DC infected me as well, and I, in turn, infected both Primo AND his lovely companera! That game is so fun!

4:04 pm

Uneaixoise

how do you "combine"?

4:04 pm

Mom

yes, Une

4:04 pm

stidmama

back in a couple... (maybe)

4:04 pm

Trifioso

The poker stars page is KILLING me. Didn't know there were any!

4:04 pm

jmcnrick

you save and then send you link to a friend

4:04 pm

jmcnrick

you have any poker stars?

4:04 pm

Andree

hi trif

4:05 pm

Uneaixoise

no luck with voodoo, hoodoo, or santeria! LOL

4:05 pm

Mom

go to save game and send me your email and I will send you what I have and you copy and paste my link in the merge box

4:05 pm

Uneaixoise

what's a poker star??

4:05 pm

Atalante

I have pretty much all the poker stars

4:05 pm

Mom

Plenty of poker stars, Jmc,

4:05 pm

Atalante

google helped :)

4:05 pm

Mom

Une, that is another box

4:06 pm

o-o

Amarillo Slim is a poker star

4:06 pm

Uneaixoise

ooohhh, NAMES of poker stars! LOL

4:07 pm

Trifioso

thanks br - will let you know!

4:07 pm

Mom

I need one more that shoots off Cow

4:07 pm

Trifioso

nope. didn't take.

4:07 pm

jmcnrick

i have to get the one connected with Jesus first

4:07 pm

stidmama

a query: is everything in the farm box alive, or do tools every show up?

4:08 pm

Trifioso

I know that one, jmc - do you want it, or do you prefer to go it alone?

4:08 pm

jmcnrick

a machine you drive and a lot of other things show up stiddie

4:08 pm

Trifioso

non animates as well, stid

4:08 pm

jmcnrick

tell me trif

4:08 pm

jmcnrick

are at least clue it

4:08 pm

stidmama

okay, thanks jmc. I'll give it another couple minutes, then get ready to head out. a stidkid has an optometrist appointment today. they HAD to get their father's eyes! *sigh*

4:09 pm

Trifioso

chris ferguson

4:09 pm

Uneaixoise

stid, i also have a farm bldg and a vehicle :-)

4:10 pm

Andree

okay have found funny farm, see a grid and a spot to type "your guess" what am i guessing about?

4:10 pm

Atalante

2 farm buildings. well a building and a storage thing

4:10 pm

Uneaixoise

was surprised none of the tools worked: broom, shovel, pitchfork, etc.

4:10 pm

Uneaixoise

yep, have the storage thing as well

4:10 pm

Trifioso

don't forget to put a purple dinosaur on your farm!!!

4:10 pm

Uneaixoise

andree, farm-related words

4:11 pm

Uneaixoise

tx trif!

4:11 pm

jmcnrick

andree you are guessing words related to a farm such as animals

4:12 pm

Uneaixoise

ok, 17 farm words now . . .

4:12 pm

Uneaixoise

trif, how in the world did you think to try the purple dinosaur??

4:12 pm

Trifioso

I live with lots of kiddos....

4:13 pm

Trifioso

poor andree - off she goes, the latest victim of the time sucking black hole that is "funny farm." Hope she fed the dog, the hubs, did her laundry and returned all calls, cuz she will be doing sweet FA until the Farm lets her loose!

4:14 pm

lbdawger

hi everyone, any clue for the rh8?

4:14 pm

Trifioso

mind you, I did find an AMAZING link the other day that had me in giant smiles for an hour, at my dazzling brilliance (ACK)

4:14 pm

Uneaixoise

what's with the purple word in the middle?

4:15 pm

stidmama

okay, that is enough of that nonsense. I have to get going. ((((LBD)))) will be back in just a few to visit once I have everything ready to head out. *mini poof*

4:15 pm

Andree

i have it open and haven't started as i only have 4 words left here

4:15 pm

Uneaixoise

hey dawg!

4:15 pm

lbdawger

hi stid, hi unea!

4:15 pm

Trifioso

that is the theme of that particular square, une

4:15 pm

Uneaixoise

rh8: r + cured meat + what you breathe with

4:16 pm

jmcnrick

wi4 move andree

4:16 pm

Trifioso

bless, you une! NEVER would have monkeyed THAT!

4:16 pm

jmcnrick

but FYI i found http://www.poker-player-profiles.com/

4:16 pm

lbdawger

thank you, that is so not a word!

4:17 pm

lbdawger

firebirds!

4:17 pm

jmcnrick

hi lbd

4:17 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo lbd!

4:17 pm

Trifioso

huzzah for lbd!!!!

4:17 pm

Andree

yay ibd

4:17 pm

lbdawger

hi jmc!

4:18 pm

Uneaixoise

congrats, lbd!

4:18 pm

lbdawger

ty ty ty

4:18 pm

Trifioso

dinner guilt calls - back later to finish, hopefully....cheers, dears!

4:18 pm

Uneaixoise

baseball and the purple dinosaur??

4:18 pm

jmcnrick

so the dinosaur takes you to the color which takes you to: magazines!

4:18 pm

lbdawger

i miss my babble expert. :-(

4:18 pm

jmcnrick

bye trif

4:19 pm

Andree

bye trif

4:19 pm

jmcnrick

so sad lbd :-(

4:19 pm

Trifioso

the magazine page is where I entered my genius clue!!!

4:19 pm

Uneaixoise

but baseball's in the middle with nothing connected to it . . .

4:19 pm

EvaNadine

you kids still playing the Funny Farm game?

4:19 pm

Atalante

i'm working on how to get from purple to magazines

4:20 pm

Uneaixoise

how did you get to the magazine page??

4:20 pm

Mom

which is what Trif?

4:20 pm

Uneaixoise

i must be doing something very wrong . . .

4:20 pm

Mom

no une, you have to guess a word that leads into baseball

4:20 pm

torgone

Une, what word do you have on the margin?

4:21 pm

Andree

last 2 wi5/28 and 6/45 please

4:21 pm

jmcnrick

from building that you keep animals in to the famous annoying dinosaur to the color of that dinosaur

4:21 pm

jmcnrick

let me know ata because i am really and truly stumped!

4:22 pm

Uneaixoise

ok, i did that, jmc . . . do I need to try NAMES of magazines?

4:22 pm

Uneaixoise

tor, on the magazine page, i have the color on the margin

4:22 pm

jmcnrick

that would be my guess but how you get from purple *sigh*

4:23 pm

jmcnrick

une try an easier one

4:23 pm

Uneaixoise

how do i try an easier one? didn't know i had a choice

4:23 pm

jmcnrick

go back to farm then guess the mooing animal; then use it in an exclamation and that gets you to religion

4:24 pm

Uneaixoise

i already have the mooing animal -- one of my first words . . .

4:24 pm

bojazz

thx for the rh8 Une

4:25 pm

jmcnrick

use the mooing animal in a common exclamation

4:25 pm

Uneaixoise

ok, got the exclamation and the related religion

4:25 pm

jmcnrick

hi bo

4:26 pm

bojazz

hi jmc

4:27 pm

stidmama

back - ish now need to find and print out some readings for WEdnesday...

4:27 pm

amelu0218

andree, did you find them?

4:27 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, bo ;-)

4:27 pm

Uneaixoise

so when did everyone start this insanity?

4:28 pm

Andree

fireworks

4:28 pm

Andree

god bless morewords

4:28 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo andree!

4:28 pm

SeaSpray

2 days ago and i am thoroughly confused

4:28 pm

jmcnrick

dc got us start two days ago

4:28 pm

jmcnrick

on a much harder one that i have barely pierced

4:28 pm

bojazz

congrats ANdree

4:29 pm

SeaSpray

what happens after you get all the farm words?

4:29 pm

Atalante

is it rainbow something?

4:29 pm

jmcnrick

torg i had an epiphany about baseball

4:29 pm

stidmama

33 pages of something that I know I have somewhere (but don't have time to look for since it isn't where I thought I put it)

4:29 pm

Andree

okay now i will have a go at funny farm, with all this talk of baseball etc, i have a feeling its an american game that will beat me

4:29 pm

stidmama

YAY andree!

4:30 pm

Uneaixoise

congrats, andree!

4:30 pm

jmcnrick

andree i am an avid baseball fan and it is beating me!

4:31 pm

jmcnrick

ata i thought purple prose which is a magazine but that didn't do it

4:31 pm

Atalante

ok, the purple link is STUPID

4:32 pm

Uneaixoise

so how did you find it?

4:32 pm

jmcnrick

so all we have to do is figure out the word connected with cowboy and farmer

4:32 pm

jmcnrick

dc found it

4:32 pm

Atalante

very very flukily

4:33 pm

Atalante

jmc - it's the name of a film where people are made into food which people eat not knowing where it comes from

4:34 pm

stidmama

yes EvaN, they are. (we are, but I am leaving as soon as my print job is done).

4:34 pm

Uneaixoise

soylent green?

4:34 pm

jmcnrick

what does that soylent green have to do with purple?

4:34 pm

Atalante

yep

4:34 pm

Andree

strange farm, no shed , ducks, dam, pond

4:34 pm

jmcnrick

green and purple are complementary colors

4:35 pm

Atalante

soylent green is purple is another "pseudo" phrase from the film

4:35 pm

Uneaixoise

i tried those too, andree! LOL

4:35 pm

jmcnrick

yet, andree, it has a two L beast

4:35 pm

Atalante

that's the best I can come up with!

4:35 pm

Joanne123

how are goat and sheep related??

4:36 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hoooooo Andree!

4:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello! thinking of goig to screening of the fim "pontypool" tonight

4:36 pm

jmcnrick

wool and milk joanne

4:36 pm

stidmama

yes, thanks for that Une -- just figured it out!

4:36 pm

jmcnrick

hi TO

4:36 pm

stidmama

cow-abunga, jmc?

4:37 pm

Uneaixoise

what, stid??

4:37 pm

Joanne123

in the puzzle jmc

4:37 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, TO :-)

4:37 pm

lbdawger

i am so not going to the funny farm game. i have enough problems with babble and polar bowler. lol

4:37 pm

stidmama

smart woman, LBD. well my print job is done, must punch holes and go get kid. *leaves in a flurry of letter tiles and farm animals*

*Poof*

4:37 pm

jmcnrick

lol probably a good choice lbd

4:38 pm

jmcnrick

the two LL beast joanne

4:38 pm

lbdawger

bye, stiddy! although i did find another word game called word scraper.

4:38 pm

Atalante

silverclaw just tried to turn my laptop off

4:38 pm

jmcnrick

the problem is that the funny farm needs a chog

4:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

has anyone seen or heard of this film?

4:39 pm

jmcnrick

did you feed silverclaw

4:39 pm

lbdawger

subtle hint, Ata?

4:39 pm

Atalante

I've heard of Pontypool

4:39 pm

Atalante

she's had SO much food today, greedy monster

4:40 pm

Atalante

it's meant to be very good, I've seen litle bits of it

4:40 pm

jmcnrick

doesn't look like my cup of tea TO

4:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

well beats sitting in a room

4:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

i will be brave and just up and go

4:41 pm

jmcnrick

i bet you will like it TO -- it is suppose to be quite good

4:43 pm

jmcnrick

anyone get the two letter word directly connected with on the farm and before bull?

4:43 pm

Andree

are the little dots the number of letters, if so what has 2 letters on a farm

4:43 pm

Atalante

an ox :)

4:44 pm

jmcnrick

the dots are the letters and a space means it's separate words

4:44 pm

jmcnrick

*duh*

4:46 pm

Andree

thx ata, now its telling me the web page has expired

4:46 pm

Joanne123

cow offspring giving me trouble

4:46 pm

Atalante

nooo!

4:47 pm

Joanne123

have the crazy cow

4:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

what are you doing?

4:47 pm

Joanne123

chicken all finished

4:48 pm

redturtlehead

Hellllloooooo Everyone!

4:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello red - keeping warm?

4:48 pm

Joanne123

hi red

4:48 pm

redturtlehead

I have 31 to go with this grid which I found a bit weird.

4:48 pm

bojazz

hi red - welcome to farming & insanity

4:48 pm

lbdawger

well, i think i'll leave you all to the funny farm. bbl to chat and clue.

4:49 pm

lbdawger

hi and bye red.

4:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

later dawg

4:49 pm

redturtlehead

I have decided earlier that I didn't want to mess about with any farm game.... :)

4:49 pm

redturtlehead

Hi and Bye lbd....but I need clues?

4:49 pm

Joanne123

i can help i hope red

4:50 pm

bojazz

hung up on ra4/4 - i have the train thingy & precipitation - any clue fore the other? not sure it even exists

4:50 pm

redturtlehead

Hi TempleOwl, we are starting in on a warming trend, it was 51 today. I went swimming.

4:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

LOL

4:50 pm

Joanne123

r and vowels

4:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

we should be above 40 by wednesday

4:50 pm

redturtlehead

I need to go get list, but I have an Li and a Ma 7 but no more sevens

4:50 pm

Atalante

r + three vowels

4:51 pm

redturtlehead

TO, We were a little worried baout you the other day because you dropped off chat shortly after saying that the jet had scared you!!!

4:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

ooh - it is late and i i cannot park reasonably I will have to leave. byE1

4:51 pm

redturtlehead

I really did go simming though, a definite mistake!

4:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty red *poof* later

4:51 pm

Joanne123

byeee

4:52 pm

jmcnrick

bye TO enjoy the film

4:52 pm

bojazz

THANK YOU!!! finally...

4:52 pm

tommy89

clues for the z word?!

4:52 pm

Joanne123

what's after the farmer below jmc??

4:52 pm

jmcnrick

za+female na4

4:53 pm

Joanne123

z and am4

4:53 pm

jmcnrick

i haven't gotten it yet joanne

4:53 pm

Joanne123

oh ok

4:54 pm

jmcnrick

right hand i ?

4:54 pm

jmcnrick

nm

4:54 pm

jmcnrick

nbt

4:54 pm

redturtlehead

Congrats JMC!

4:56 pm

Mom

Joanne, it is Humans on funny farm

4:58 pm

Joanne123

hummm

4:58 pm

jmcnrick

I will take what i can get! lol

4:58 pm

Joanne123

lol mom ty

4:59 pm

jmcnrick

that makes clear what magazine connects with soylent green!

4:59 pm

Joanne123

thinking way to hard to see the dish put in front of me lol

4:59 pm

jmcnrick

It is made of . . . . . .

5:00 pm

Mom

you are so welcome Joanne

5:00 pm

Atalante

stupid soylent green

5:00 pm

Joanne123

barbe chicken and caesar salad lol

5:00 pm

jmcnrick

did you get it ata?

5:00 pm

Joanne123

goat and sheep thing bugging me now

5:01 pm

jmcnrick

*jumps up and down in excitement*

5:01 pm

jmcnrick

do you know ogden nash joanne?

5:01 pm

Atalante

this mags page is really hard!

5:02 pm

Joanne123

no jmc

5:02 pm

Atalante

hmmm. apparently Silverclaw likes coconut milk. Not sure that's normal

5:02 pm

jmcnrick

my cats have always like coconut

5:02 pm

Atalante

really? wow. maybe its totally normal then!

5:02 pm

jmcnrick

there is a poem he wrote:

5:02 pm

Mom

Dr. Doolittle, was on one I think

5:02 pm

jmcnrick

a one L lama is a priest

5:03 pm

jmcnrick

a two L llama is a beast

5:03 pm

jmcnrick

and you can bet your cat's pajama

5:03 pm

jmcnrick

there is no such thing as a three L Lllama

5:03 pm

Mom

I am still searching for the off shoot of Cowboy that takes me to religion

5:03 pm

Mom

sigh

5:03 pm

Joanne123

god am i anal today

5:04 pm

Joanne123

that's what i get for coming home

5:04 pm

Mom

no, Joanne, you are not. This is not an easy task

5:04 pm

jmcnrick

did you find the one off the 2 L beast -- the one L priest in exile?

5:05 pm

Joanne123

off spring from ll not

5:05 pm

Atalante

the priests one is difficult too

5:05 pm

Joanne123

tw4 words

5:06 pm

jmcnrick

the one L priest is the guy from Tibet

5:07 pm

jmcnrick

the _____ L***

5:08 pm

Joanne123

ohhh i give arm twisted and sore now

5:08 pm

Atalante

but what other famous preists are there? *ponders*

5:09 pm

Joanne123

has to get dishes in dishwasher

5:09 pm

Joanne123

ty for all clues see ya all tomorrow

5:09 pm

Joanne123

nite nite

5:10 pm

Haz1558

Father Ted!

5:11 pm

Atalante

apart from Father Ted!

5:11 pm

jmcnrick

but there aren't any spaces for other famous priests

5:11 pm

Haz1558

I have precisely no idea if it appears - is this in the religions one?

5:11 pm

jmcnrick

just his religion

5:11 pm

Atalante

and father Jack!

5:11 pm

Atalante

yes, in the friars / priests one

5:11 pm

Atalante

and Dougal!

5:12 pm

jmcnrick

there is a square devoted to friars and priests????

5:12 pm

Haz1558

Dougal is my favourite, he's so optimistic.

5:12 pm

Atalante

there is, jmc

5:12 pm

Atalante

I love Dougal

5:12 pm

torgone

Anybody on the drugs square yet?

5:12 pm

jmcnrick

try pedophile

5:13 pm

jmcnrick

dave berrigan

5:13 pm

jmcnrick

phil berrigan

5:13 pm

Atalante

what on earth comes off Father Jack though!!

5:13 pm

jmcnrick

not yet torg

5:13 pm

Haz1558

This has been hilarious today, reading back in the log as people struggle with both the grid and the funny farm thing.

5:14 pm

jmcnrick

glad you are having a good time haz :-P

5:14 pm

Andree

are you all somewhere else, i am still struggling on the bloody farm, have some words that have nothing whatsoever to do with a farm!!

5:15 pm

Haz1558

I'm staying pretty clear, I get too frustrated with the farm game. My mind doesn't work the same way as whoever set the puzzle.

5:15 pm

jmcnrick

the farm will take you to other squares

5:15 pm

redturtlehead

Andree, how are you? I have not seen you in a long time!

5:15 pm

jmcnrick

i have learned to be more flexible ever since i started working on the "impossible quiz"

5:15 pm

Haz1558

It's not called the funny farm for nothing.

5:16 pm

redturtlehead

Haz, you are making me glad I decided one game was enough trouble.

5:16 pm

Andree

fine red and you, i have been around but not a lot, having a day off so silly me have started this farm thing

5:16 pm

jmcnrick

andree if you look to the upper left you will see a series of boxes some of which are pink.

5:16 pm

redturtlehead

good luck with the game Andree...

5:16 pm

jmcnrick

if a box is not pink you can click on it and there will be another center word

5:17 pm

Andree

yes jmc, most of mine are pink

5:17 pm

jmcnrick

pink ones you have not unlocked

5:17 pm

jmcnrick

haz you are a linear thinker -- which is a good thing

5:18 pm

Andree

shouldn't i finish this one first jmc, which could be a while

5:18 pm

redturtlehead

with 28 left in the grid, I am going to the list...

5:18 pm

jmcnrick

i find going back and forth works for me

5:19 pm

jmcnrick

i don't know what others do

5:19 pm

jmcnrick

go red go!

5:19 pm

jmcnrick

62 left for me

5:20 pm

jmcnrick

1/2 way

5:21 pm

JBV

hi folks - i see you are all hooked on the funny farm - I am stuck on the one dc seain linked us to the other day but it has different grids and seems to be a different kind of puzzle : http://funny-farm.appspot.com/game/lin
x - the connections are based on compound words and phrases

5:22 pm

redturtlehead

Hi JBV!

5:22 pm

Andree

hi jvb

5:23 pm

JBV

hi red! hi andree! jmc! haz!

5:23 pm

Haz1558

Has anybody got to the British bands yet?

5:23 pm

Haz1558

Hello, JBV.

5:23 pm

Haz1558

It leads off from the magicians.

5:25 pm

Andree

i can only think of 2 magicians and neither fit and haven't finished the farm anyway

5:25 pm

Haz1558

It's not just babblers who are hooked on the funny farm game, if you google funny farm, you get heartrending pleas for help and forums opened up for people to compare answers, give tips etc. This may be the result of a conspiracy to bring the English speaking world to a halt.

5:26 pm

JBV

it's a good brain game, but diabolical without a chat log to go with it

5:27 pm

Haz1558

I know, you're never quite all singing from the same hymn sheet.

5:28 pm

jmcnrick

i find the funny farm easier than the color one but am working on both of them

5:28 pm

jmcnrick

the babble chog is a god send for the funny farm

5:28 pm

JBV

me too jmc

5:28 pm

jmcnrick

don't have the british bands yet haz

5:29 pm

rumplestiltskin

ha6/33 please

5:29 pm

jmcnrick

the funny magicians one of whom never speaks andree

5:29 pm

Haz1558

You'll get to it....

5:29 pm

jmcnrick

ha+ not nephew but **ece + **it a minute!

5:30 pm

jmcnrick

anyone understand the 7:00 on "on the clock"?

5:30 pm

rumplestiltskin

Thanks jmcnrick

5:31 pm

redturtlehead

what jmc?

5:31 pm

JBV

well, I say, thank goodness for babble, at least you know when you're finished and you get a few sparkly fireworks to celebrate !

5:31 pm

jmcnrick

yw rumple

5:31 pm

jmcnrick

yes red?

5:31 pm

JBV

not to mention the friendly hints along the way

5:32 pm

jmcnrick

lol jbv

5:32 pm

jmcnrick

the community here is a god send for many reasons

5:32 pm

redturtlehead

Ahhh the question must have been about your cow game.

5:33 pm

jmcnrick

yes about the cow game red -- sorry

5:33 pm

redturtlehead

Oh no, its Ok, I just didnt understand!

5:33 pm

jmcnrick

if i were cleverer i would write my comments about my cow game in italics and then it would not be confusing

5:34 pm

jmcnrick

54 left here

5:34 pm

Haz1558

We need a funny farm font.

5:34 pm

redturtlehead

Oh no, It's probably more fun this way!

5:34 pm

jmcnrick

exactly haz

5:34 pm

redturtlehead

Or, Funny Farm may need a chog.

5:35 pm

jmcnrick

i wish it did have a chog

5:35 pm

jmcnrick

but so few games have chogs

5:35 pm

jmcnrick

the chog in game may well be Dr. God's greatest contribution to mankind

5:36 pm

jmcnrick

(except they have them kinda in some of the xbox type of violent games my son plays)

5:36 pm

redturtlehead

You know though it took me almost a year before I asked for a clue in Chog.

5:36 pm

Haz1558

If he were British, we'd be nominating Dr-God for a knighthood.

5:36 pm

Haz1558

As it is, does he need to be nominated for a Nobel Prize?

5:36 pm

jmcnrick

here! here!

5:36 pm

EvaNadine

haz -- Fm has the dang thing nearly figured out! only 2 squares that are "undiscovered" and many squares are almost complete...

5:37 pm

jmcnrick

but you have to have won a nobel prize to nominate someone

5:37 pm

Haz1558

That FM. Honestly!

5:37 pm

jmcnrick

FM is amazing

5:37 pm

Haz1558

I didn't know that, jmc.

5:38 pm

jmcnrick

eva do you know that the drill is on the 7:00 on the "on the clock" box?

5:38 pm

EvaNadine

i can send my link to anyone who is interested...

5:38 pm

jmcnrick

well that is at least true for the peace prize since some of my friends help the American Friends Service Committee make nominations

5:38 pm

EvaNadine

the drill?

5:39 pm

jmcnrick

the problem with that eva, is that I don't want all the words

5:40 pm

jmcnrick

do you know what to do with the 7:00 on the "on the clock" square?

5:40 pm

jmcnrick

i would like some clues like and an occasional word like in babbleland

5:40 pm

EvaNadine

no. i see there is one, but its not greened out like the others...

5:41 pm

rumplestiltskin

ma7/48 please?

5:41 pm

jmcnrick

sorry rumple i don't have it

5:42 pm

JBV

taking a break for dinner - see you later - good luck with all the games you're playing!

5:42 pm

rumplestiltskin

ma5/12 also?

5:42 pm

jmcnrick

bye jbv

5:42 pm

redturtlehead

Male plus smart rumple ( smart = A **** owl)

5:42 pm

rumplestiltskin

ma5/12 first ma

5:42 pm

redturtlehead

Bye JBV!

5:42 pm

Haz1558

Bye, JBV.

5:42 pm

jmcnrick

ma 5/12 is the main house

5:42 pm

redturtlehead

or a member of an American "Secret Society"

5:43 pm

redturtlehead

Oh oh no thats the wrong ma5. Ignore me.

5:43 pm

redturtlehead

the first ma 5, 12 is the active phase of a person with Bipolar disorder.

5:44 pm

jmcnrick

ty red

5:44 pm

jmcnrick

one more: spanish for hands

5:44 pm

EvaNadine

jmc -- do you know the deal with the 7:00?

5:45 pm

jmcnrick

nope i was hoping you are FM had figured it out

5:45 pm

Atalante

ooooo comic books!

5:45 pm

jmcnrick

i just figured it out -- you type it

5:45 pm

jmcnrick

darn i am stuck with magazines! so much to find when i get home

5:45 pm

EvaNadine

type what?

5:46 pm

EvaNadine

weird. it was already filled in on mine, but not green. typed it again + now its green.

5:48 pm

jmcnrick

okay i am heading home but suspect i will be back on line the second i walk in the door

5:48 pm

jmcnrick

*poof*

5:48 pm

Haz1558

Bye jmc.

5:49 pm

EvaNadine

cocktails. you think i would have all of these!

5:49 pm

Atalante

oooo I want the cocktails page!

5:50 pm

EvaNadine

if you have the james bond page, cocktails are nearby!

5:51 pm

Haz1558

This is going to confuse mkg.

5:51 pm

Atalante

argh! I don't!

5:51 pm

Atalante

*giggles*

5:51 pm

Atalante

bad Haz!

5:51 pm

redturtlehead

:)

5:52 pm

Haz1558

Sorry, I've slapped my wrist and will be good.

5:52 pm

Atalante

that was the funniest comment of the week

5:53 pm

garamma

help with the 8 ltr word, please

5:53 pm

Andree

well now i really hate you all, i am still on the farm, what connects the farmer to the next square?

5:53 pm

Haz1558

rh8 - r plus a product from a pig, finish off with a feature on the face.

5:54 pm

Haz1558

Humans, Andree.

5:54 pm

EvaNadine

im pathetically cocktail-less. except for those that were allready filled in by FM.

5:54 pm

lkdubb

HA 6/33 please?

5:54 pm

EvaNadine

FM, on the other hand, must really know her liquor...

5:55 pm

Atalante

on the mini-grid, where is the cocktails page?

5:55 pm

EvaNadine

2nd row, far right.

5:55 pm

Haz1558

ha6/33 - three letters of the body part where your fingers are, one letter for a personal pronoun, two letters at the start of the US capital.

5:55 pm

Atalante

oooooo

5:56 pm

Atalante

hmmmm

5:56 pm

Andree

ths haz, how was i supposed to think of that, this is way beyond lateral thinking

5:56 pm

Haz1558

I know, it's mad, isn't it, Andree?

5:56 pm

lkdubb

ty Haz - good clue

5:56 pm

Atalante

so Haz, how do I get from the on the clock to teh cocktails page?

5:57 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome, lk.

5:57 pm

Haz1558

Beats me, Ata, not sure that I've got the on the clock thing yet.

5:57 pm

EvaNadine

on the clock = james bond page. they are linked by one thing...

5:58 pm

Atalante

darn, I hoped you'd absorbed it somehow

5:58 pm

Haz1558

No, not quite perfected the osmosis technique for this.

6:00 pm

EvaNadine

you ladies MUST have the "british bands" page filled out, right?

6:01 pm

Atalante

I have

6:02 pm

Haz1558

I've found a link to the completed puzzle.

6:02 pm

Atalante

bad Haz!

6:02 pm

Uneaixoise

me too

6:03 pm

Haz1558

I know. It's bad of me. I look at the back of detective novels, I can't help it.

6:03 pm

EvaNadine

what is it that links radiohead + oasis?

6:04 pm

rumplestiltskin

Hey everyone, I have been out of it all day, epidurals in my back, and I don't understand what you are saying about "The Farm Game"

6:04 pm

Atalante

ok, so these around James Bond aren't film names ... hmmm

6:04 pm

EvaNadine

rumple -- avoid it like the plague. dont get sucked in!

6:05 pm

Atalante

nothing links Oasis and Radiohead

6:05 pm

EvaNadine

there are 2 film names

6:05 pm

EvaNadine

yeahhuh! theres a word beneath colplay that links oasis and radiohead...

6:06 pm

Haz1558

alternative

6:06 pm

Atalante

oh true. alternative.

6:06 pm

EvaNadine

oh poo. i thought it would be something more useful.
hrmph...

6:07 pm

Atalante

yay cocktails!

6:08 pm

Atalante

hmmmmm

6:09 pm

Haz1558

I'm looking at FM in a new light if she knows most of these cocktails.

6:09 pm

Atalante

tequila tequila hmmmm

6:10 pm

Haz1558

We could do babble clues for them! Or if we were closer play charades.

6:10 pm

Atalante

I only know things with tequila or vodka in!

6:10 pm

Haz1558

What's the name of the Russian who lent his name to a petrol bomb?

6:11 pm

Atalante

ty!

6:11 pm

Haz1558

And what way do the undead get about?

6:12 pm

Atalante

chicken bottoms

6:12 pm

bojazz

Molotov

6:12 pm

Atalante

ummmm!

6:12 pm

Haz1558

Correct bojazz!

6:12 pm

Haz1558

The undead plus to move on legs = ?

6:12 pm

Atalante

there's a cocktail called monkey brains! and zombie

6:13 pm

Atalante

but neither fit

6:13 pm

Haz1558

zombie should.

6:13 pm

Atalante

zombiewalk

6:13 pm

redturtlehead

a zombie is good....from what i recall, dont remember whats ni it...

6:13 pm

EvaNadine

psst. zombie fits. ;)

6:14 pm

Haz1558

Separate words, Ata.

6:14 pm

Atalante

aha yes!

6:14 pm

Atalante

oh that's silly. that was a complete guess

6:15 pm

Haz1558

Okay, time I was heading to bed. See you tomorrow!

6:15 pm

bojazz

nite Haz

6:15 pm

Atalante

bye dear! ty!

6:15 pm

Haz1558

Bye!

6:15 pm

Atalante

hmmm so what's that loooong cocktail name?

6:16 pm

redturtlehead

Long Island Iced Tea? not really a cocktail.

6:16 pm

Atalante

no, it's a ....... ...........

6:17 pm

Arisha

fireworks finally

6:19 pm

redturtlehead

Met too Fireworks! Congrats Arisha!

6:20 pm

Arisha

gratz red

6:21 pm

Arisha

off to play wow, stay safe all

6:21 pm

bojazz

congrats Red & Arisha

6:22 pm

rumplestiltskin

last word needed no5/10 pleeeeeeese

6:23 pm

bojazz

can't give a clue for all the no***

6:24 pm

bojazz

hello???

6:25 pm

periwinkle

zombie = light rum, dark rum, apricot brandy, simple syrup and pineapple juice

6:25 pm

rumplestiltskin

Got it "FIREWORKS" Cans

6:25 pm

rumplestiltskin

Got it "FIREWORKS" Cans

6:25 pm

bojazz

congrats rumples

6:25 pm

periwinkle

Ijust happen to have a bartender's pocket guide

6:25 pm

rumplestiltskin

Can't stand all the no***!!!!!!

6:25 pm

periwinkle

hi folks

6:26 pm

bojazz

it is LOUD in the chog tonite

6:26 pm

bojazz

hi peri

6:28 pm

EvaNadine

if it helps, Ata, the block beneath cocktails is drugs. :)

6:28 pm

periwinkle

bye for now

6:28 pm

bojazz

bye peri

6:29 pm

Mom

Eva, thanks for the update.

6:29 pm

Atalante

ohhhhh! that makes sense

6:29 pm

Mom

and hello everyone

6:29 pm

bojazz

hi Mom

6:29 pm

Mom

Hi Bojazz

6:36 pm

Andree

ha ha, i am still trying to finish the farm, clue me to what connects cowboy to next window please

6:37 pm

Mom

I have been working on that since 2:30 this afternoon Andree. Wish I could help

6:37 pm

Atalante

that's one I don't have :(

6:39 pm

Andree

well lucky i have the day off and nothing on my agenda

6:41 pm

Mom

my husband came home at 6:15 and the house was dark and not a bit of cooking was done. Good thing he is a good sport.

6:41 pm

Mom

just could not get away from that silly thing

6:42 pm

Andree

my kids started working in my office when they were teenagers, now my 14 year old grandaughter is doing the same, she is pretty good and confident on the phone but i can't really go anywhere noisy etc as she phones me frequently

6:43 pm

Mom

that is neat, Andree.

6:44 pm

Mom

WOuld you like for me to send you what I have on funny farm?

6:47 pm

jillibus

Looks as if this funny farm is something to stay a long way from!

6:47 pm

jillibus

Hi all, just checking in for a minute.

6:48 pm

Mom

Oh Jilli, you had better know it

6:48 pm

Mom

want the link?

6:48 pm

Mom

:)

6:48 pm

jillibus

I don't need another addiction!

6:49 pm

Mom

this is bad

6:49 pm

Mom

hopefully I will get it out of system tonight and never look at it again

6:49 pm

kje

(((MOM)))

6:49 pm

jillibus

I have the link to the other game (linx) and know how to get to the farm, thanks.

6:49 pm

Mom

{{{KJE}}} hello. How are you?

6:49 pm

kje

hi all

6:49 pm

kje

good mom... eating sushi

6:49 pm

jillibus

hi kje

6:50 pm

Mom

Sure, Jilli, it is just misery loves company

6:50 pm

Mom

had fish myself, but it was cooked

6:50 pm

kje

hi jilli, cool pic! are those yours?

6:50 pm

jillibus

It's bridge night so I can't stay, darnit.

6:50 pm

kje

OK, mom, but still good for you ; )

6:50 pm

jillibus

yes, kje, long ago.

6:50 pm

Mom

bridge sounds like fun though

6:50 pm

kje

it is a great shot, jilli

6:50 pm

kje

do you have a dog now jilli?

6:51 pm

jillibus

thanks, kje :)

6:51 pm

jillibus

no, don't have a big fenced area so no dogs.

6:52 pm

kje

that is too bad... they were part of your life for so long

6:52 pm

jillibus

Yes, they were wonderful, but I have my memories and I melt when I see a Dane.

6:53 pm

kje

aaaawwww

6:53 pm

jillibus

there aren't very many around these parts or I'd be a puddle.

6:54 pm

kje

a frozen puddle from the looks of the weather

6:56 pm

jillibus

not here, kje -- 50F and raining.

6:56 pm

kje

wow!

6:56 pm

Mom

50F, oh I wish

6:56 pm

kje

we hit 50 today too... finally out of the 20s and back to normal TX

6:57 pm

jillibus

It's crazy -- we're warmer than Florida

6:57 pm

kje

i think we will manage to stay a degree or 2 above freezing tonight

6:58 pm

kje

jilli - we were down in the mid-teens for days... not good in these houses

6:58 pm

Mom

maybe on Wed. we will get above freezing for the first time this year

6:58 pm

kje

yay mom - LOL

6:58 pm

jillibus

we'll probably get a comeuppance before the winter's over.

6:59 pm

DR1965

Yesterdy the city I live in, Santee was the hottest place in the US - 81 degrees

6:59 pm

DR1965

then by Wednesday it is supposed to shower

6:59 pm

Mom

wow, DR, is that unusual for you to be that warm?

6:59 pm

kje

I like the cold... so I have enjoyed it

7:00 pm

DR1965

it is warm for January Mom

7:00 pm

jillibus

I had my fill of cold back east.

7:01 pm

jillibus

I really have to go -- see you well after the flip!

7:01 pm

Mom

bye jilli

7:02 pm

kje

play well jilli!

7:02 pm

kje

bring us home some moolah!

7:05 pm

wildcat17

ad you on?

7:06 pm

wildcat17

someone know what the 4th 7 is? I have ai, li, ma

7:08 pm

inge

wi 7

7:08 pm

DR1965

sorry Wild- just started

7:08 pm

wildcat17

ty

7:08 pm

kje

i have no 7s yet

7:09 pm

kje

but now i do

7:12 pm

kje

have all now but the li

7:13 pm

lbdawger

wi7, wild

7:13 pm

lbdawger

hi everyone!

7:14 pm

wildcat17

I got it

7:14 pm

kje

hi lbd!

7:14 pm

lbdawger

li7 one who does the li6

7:15 pm

lbdawger

how's it going, kje?

7:15 pm

Mom

I had better scoot off here and get the dishes washed up. {{Hugs}} to all.

7:15 pm

Mom

If DCSeain comes on tonight, kick him in the read end for me, please.

7:15 pm

kje

good lbd, how about you?

7:15 pm

kje

ok, happy to do so, but why?

7:15 pm

Mom

rear*

7:15 pm

dcseain

is that about the game, Mom, or did i do something else?

7:15 pm

dcseain

(i just signed in to finish)

7:16 pm

Mom

ah, you dare show your face

7:16 pm

kje

speak of the devil

7:16 pm

Mom

yes, it is about the game

7:16 pm

dcseain

it can be an awful timesink, and quite frustrating

7:16 pm

lbdawger

oooh, DC you are in for big trouble! lol

7:16 pm

kje

z clue?

7:16 pm

Mom

KJE, this is why: http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi

7:17 pm

dcseain

ear-wax-paper-white

7:17 pm

Mom

this one starts out about things on a farm

7:17 pm

lbdawger

za5, za + ms farrow

7:17 pm

dcseain

sheep+goat + llama - dalai lama

7:17 pm

kje

ty lbd!

7:18 pm

dcseain

i'm still lookng for the 6 that is below Farmer

7:18 pm

Mom

I need the one that shoots off the cowboy that goes to religions

7:18 pm

Mom

seain, that is humans

7:18 pm

dcseain

Tom figured out that book club leads to Oprah Winfrey

7:18 pm

wildcat17

I need another a5 from left side please

7:18 pm

dcseain

oh! one sec...

7:18 pm

wildcat17

that sounds like something I do NOT need to get involved with

7:18 pm

lbdawger

am5, wild. am*** acid

7:19 pm

wildcat17

have that

7:19 pm

dcseain

cowboy? I don't have a cowboy there.

7:19 pm

lbdawger

i'm staying way away from that game. heard too many groans and moans about it earlier!

7:19 pm

dcseain

pig leads to something i don't know, islam and judaism

7:19 pm

Mom

on the farm page?

7:19 pm

lbdawger

how about the japanese cartoon? an5

7:20 pm

Mom

thanks LBD

7:20 pm

wildcat17

have it

7:20 pm

dcseain

cool, i lacked that, thanks

7:20 pm

lbdawger

chanage the last letter to another vowel

7:20 pm

Mom

Seain, cowboy is at the top of the on the farm block

7:20 pm

dcseain

so, cowboy - something - something - karma. hmmm

7:21 pm

lbdawger

then there's the licorice flavored herb

7:21 pm

kje

who all tried anwar?

7:21 pm

Mom

thanks again LBD

7:21 pm

wildcat17

have all those so far

7:21 pm

Mom

yes Seain, I lack both of those

7:22 pm

lbdawger

plural the am + not out

7:22 pm

wildcat17

*raises paw

7:22 pm

dcseain

hm. rodeo leads to magacians

7:23 pm

Mom

yes, i have that one. do you want it?

7:23 pm

lbdawger

magacians? people from maga?

7:23 pm

wildcat17

any ah?

7:23 pm

Mom

lol lbd

7:24 pm

lbdawger

no ah.. how about the one who focuses on a target? ai5

7:24 pm

Mom

I don't have any so far, Wildcat

7:24 pm

o-o

no ah in the grid

7:24 pm

wildcat17

any az?

7:24 pm

wildcat17

wrong a lb

7:24 pm

lbdawger

nope. aw4.8

7:24 pm

wildcat17

as?

7:25 pm

Mom

Hi BR

7:25 pm

wildcat17

you've moved to another a lb

7:25 pm

o-o

Howdy, Mom. How are you doing?

7:25 pm

lbdawger

aix4, amx 7, anx5, awx1

7:25 pm

lbdawger

Hi BR!

7:26 pm

Mom

pretty good, thanks and yourself?

7:26 pm

lbdawger

was covering all the a5's, wild

7:26 pm

o-o

Hello, ibd. Get any snow today?

7:26 pm

lbdawger

no snow, predicting more tomorrow along with rain. *sigh*

7:26 pm

o-o

No acute distress, Mom. Thanks for asking

7:27 pm

Mom

that is good BR

7:27 pm

wildcat17

yeesh finally got it

7:27 pm

o-o

The rain will be good for the roses, lbd

7:27 pm

lbdawger

any ugly distress?

7:28 pm

o-o

yes, lbd ... I am plagued with the uglies

7:28 pm

kje

watch the weather

7:28 pm

lbdawger

yup, the roses should love the moisture, hope we get some in the spring and summer.

7:29 pm

o-o

The weather has been rather good lately.

7:30 pm

kje

well... good for the grid anyway

7:31 pm

o-o

ok, toddles off to the PB

7:31 pm

wildcat17

and firewords

7:31 pm

kje

yayayay wild!!!

7:32 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hoooooo Wildcat!!

7:32 pm

kje

26 left here

7:32 pm

o-o

Congrats. wildcat

7:32 pm

wildcat17

tyvm

7:32 pm

Mom

congrats Wildcat

7:32 pm

wildcat17

wasn't a bad grid

7:32 pm

lbdawger

go kje!

7:32 pm

wildcat17

some really obscure words tho

7:33 pm

wildcat17

hagn e1

7:34 pm

o-o

be well, wildcat

7:34 pm

lbdawger

yeah, like the rh8, ha6, no6, za5...just to name a few.

7:34 pm

lbdawger

night night, Wild

7:35 pm

Mom

good night Wildcat

7:35 pm

Mom

think I will wrap it up for the night as well. {{Hugs}} and good luck

7:36 pm

lbdawger

night night, Mom. sleep well

7:36 pm

o-o

Be well, Mom

7:36 pm

Mom

pleasant dreams LBD, thank you, and you too

7:36 pm

kje

GN (((mom))) - sleep well

7:36 pm

Mom

thanks BR, pleasant dreams

7:36 pm

Mom

{{{{KJE}}}} pleasant dreams

7:37 pm

Mom

good night Seain

7:37 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

7:37 pm

Minveryork

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

7:37 pm

Mom

hello and good night Min

7:37 pm

lbdawger

hi Min! welcome to the grid! how are you this evening? i'm doing well, thanks for asking

7:38 pm

kje

hi min!

7:38 pm

kje

lbd - that sounds manic - LOL

7:38 pm

Minveryork

I am well lbdawger, thanks for asking.Hoping to finish

7:38 pm

kje

clue for the rh?

7:39 pm

lbdawger

bwahahhahahahaha

7:39 pm

lbdawger

r+ cured pork product + thing you breathe thru

7:39 pm

oodleberry

hi everyone

7:39 pm

lbdawger

hiya oodle!

7:39 pm

oodleberry

now to finish the 227 more I have left

7:40 pm

oodleberry

hi lbd

7:40 pm

lbdawger

you're almost ahead of yourself, oodle!

7:40 pm

o-o

Hello, oodle, how's your onion?

7:40 pm

kje

ty lbd - not where i was going at all... was thinking along the lines of botany prefix rhima

7:40 pm

kje

down to 20... time for flannel - bbiab

7:41 pm

gapeach

nks

7:41 pm

oodleberry

BR what are you talking about?

7:41 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for ma7-48? Thanks.

7:42 pm

lbdawger

male + smart

7:42 pm

o-o

just chit-chatting, oolde

7:43 pm

oodleberry

how is fargo doing

7:43 pm

o-o

heat wave here

7:44 pm

oodleberry

oh ... is it above 0?

7:44 pm

o-o

yes

7:46 pm

Minveryork

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

7:46 pm

oodleberry

lemme guess 14

7:47 pm

oodleberry

hi min I'm fine n you?

7:47 pm

Minveryork

I'm well,but I am already ready for Friday to be here.

7:48 pm

lbdawger

oh dear, Min it's going to be a really long week for you1

7:48 pm

oodleberry

oh my ... the week just begun... you have 3 days

7:49 pm

lbdawger

min, do you get the 18th off?

7:51 pm

Minveryork

If that is Martin Luther King Day, then yes lbdawger.

7:51 pm

lbdawger

yes, it's MLK day

7:53 pm

Shirlockc

rh8?

7:54 pm

lbdawger

r+ cured pork product + thing you breathe thru

7:54 pm

Shirlockc

wow, thx, never would have gotten that

7:55 pm

oodleberry

I wonder if the definition is suckerpunch

7:56 pm

LeslieAnn

haha

7:56 pm

lbdawger

nope, it's even worse, oodle. deoxymannose; a deoxy hexose sugar, C6H1 2O5, that is an important component of the polysaccharides of plant cell walls.

7:57 pm

LeslieAnn

i'm going with suckerpunch

7:57 pm

oodleberry

that is a cut epic leslie

7:57 pm

oodleberry

what was the cat doing?

7:57 pm

LeslieAnn

cleaning the dog

7:58 pm

oodleberry

awww

7:58 pm

LeslieAnn

:)

7:58 pm

lbdawger

dog looks like he's enjoying it!

8:00 pm

dan2bit

evening all

8:00 pm

LeslieAnn

here is the full series: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9264830@N
08/2379355964/

8:00 pm

lbdawger

hi dan

8:00 pm

kje

last am5?

8:00 pm

lbdawger

am + Ms Peeples

8:01 pm

Shirlockc

ra6?

8:01 pm

kje

ty

8:01 pm

lbdawger

dried grape

8:01 pm

dan2bit

dried grape

8:01 pm

dan2bit

jinx lbd

8:01 pm

Shirlockc

i kept spelling it wrong! ARGH

8:02 pm

kje

wr?

8:02 pm

dcseain

more wr*

8:02 pm

lbdawger

rhymes with the town cr***

8:03 pm

dan2bit

I'll take a clue for either of the lone I words

8:03 pm

Minveryork

The wr 5/18 is more devious is course or purpose kje

8:03 pm

kje

of course - tyh!

8:03 pm

lbdawger

charged particle + surpr***!

8:04 pm

dan2bit

I think that's the top I, lbd

8:04 pm

lbdawger

im5, like the am5.12

8:04 pm

dcseain

im5 like am5 acid

8:05 pm

dan2bit

got it

8:05 pm

o-o

iw 4

8:05 pm

lbdawger

you're right Dan, sorry. iw4, iw + How ** Mama2bit doing?

8:06 pm

Shirlockc

ha6?

8:06 pm

dan2bit

mama2bit doing pretty well - 22.5 weeks. I felt the baby kick 2 nights ago - very cool

8:06 pm

lbdawger

ha + **ce weather we're not having + state above OR

8:07 pm

lbdawger

how exciting for you both, Dan. :-)

8:07 pm

LeslieAnn

that's awesome, dan

8:07 pm

lbdawger

brb

8:07 pm

Shirlockc

thx lbd

8:08 pm

dan2bit

getting the nursery together - furniture on order, paint picked out, need to choose a ceiling fan and some blinds. It's all very exciting :-)

8:09 pm

LeslieAnn

are you going to find out the sex, dan?

8:09 pm

oodleberry

wi7 please

8:09 pm

kje

how fun dan!

8:09 pm

dan2bit

we may, but will probably keep it to ourselves until the baby is born - don't want to be inundated with blue or pink :-)

8:09 pm

Shirlockc

compound word

8:09 pm

LeslieAnn

good plan

8:10 pm

jesdraggon

evening :)

8:10 pm

jesdraggon

grats, dan

8:10 pm

meliae

electric cord+ male Oodle

8:10 pm

elliott13

wi 4/8 plus not female

8:10 pm

Minveryork

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

8:10 pm

oodleberry

ty elliot

8:10 pm

kje

li6?

8:10 pm

jesdraggon

i'm well, min, thanks :) how are you?

8:10 pm

elliott13

wi 5/28 ? help

8:11 pm

dan2bit

uses the high point tile, elliott

8:11 pm

kje

nm

8:11 pm

Minveryork

I am well.I am rushing to try to get this grid finished.

8:11 pm

dcseain

wi5 at the pain, sort of

8:12 pm

oodleberry

a reaction to someone falling hard change the 4th letter

8:12 pm

elliott13

li plus get more money for your job = r****

8:12 pm

oodleberry

and plural too

8:13 pm

Shirlockc

ma7?

8:13 pm

kje

ty, yes found it

8:13 pm

dan2bit

can I have the score & points for the Z word? Don't need a clue (yet)

8:13 pm

kje

and all done

8:13 pm

Minveryork

That ma 7/48 word is male plus wi 4/8 word Shirlockc

8:13 pm

kje

za 5/22

8:13 pm

meliae

5/22 Dan

8:13 pm

Shirlockc

oooo, nm found it

8:13 pm

dcseain

za5.22

8:14 pm

dan2bit

got it, tx all

8:14 pm

dcseain

freaky, thanks, minver for ma7

8:14 pm

welki

hi, babblers!

8:14 pm

elliott13

TY ...all around it. should have looked at the points!

8:14 pm

Minveryork

The za 5/22 word is z plus am4/5 word dcseain & kje

8:15 pm

Minveryork

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

8:15 pm

dcseain

thanks for am4.5, minver

8:15 pm

Minveryork

yw

8:15 pm

kje

dc - just saw your post - I will be in DC at the end of March

8:15 pm

dcseain

stats for the lone E at bottom, pls?

8:15 pm

welki

ma7 seems to be an oxymoron :)

8:16 pm

kje

em4/5

8:16 pm

dcseain

oh cool, kje. We'll have to try to get together while you're here.

8:16 pm

meliae

4/5 DC

8:16 pm

dcseain

d'oh! down that way. thx

8:17 pm

kje

will let you know exact dates closer to date, but I have a mtg 3/25-27

8:18 pm

dcseain

coolio. noted it in my calendar

8:18 pm

lbdawger

hi welki! hi meli!

8:19 pm

meliae

Hiyas LB =)

8:19 pm

lbdawger

are you all moved in now?

8:19 pm

welki

<-- thought she was the last person on earth who says, 'coolio'

8:20 pm

LeslieAnn

what about Coolio's family?

8:20 pm

meliae

yep moved in but still unpacking I think it takes a good year to get things where you really want them, lol

8:20 pm

Nef

Hi everybody! How are you all? And how is the grid tonight? (I went back to work last week and went to bed after work every day!)

8:20 pm

dcseain

agreed, mel. i know it took us that long

8:20 pm

dcseain

today,s is challenging, nef

8:20 pm

lbdawger

hi Nef! grid is okay. some really stoopid words in it tonight

8:20 pm

dcseain

you are not alone in that usage, welki

8:21 pm

welki

i'm in good company :)

8:21 pm

lbdawger

one year to unpack...uhm, i'm still unpacking stuff and we've been in the house for almost 9 years!

8:21 pm

Nef

oh, great. I've already started.

8:21 pm

meliae

one of my dollhouses got stolen in the move I didnt even realize it until yesterday, it was still in the box I am just heartbroken about it

8:21 pm

dcseain

10-letter word relating to cowboy that isn't rhinstone, anyone?

8:21 pm

kje

time to get rid of it if you haven't used it in 9 years

8:22 pm

dcseain

oh, how awful, mel!

8:22 pm

lbdawger

oh no. did you have professional movers?

8:22 pm

lbdawger

that's my feeling, kje. but hubs insists on going thru all the boxes...at his leisure!

8:22 pm

meliae

no it must have happened the day we stopped to get sodas at dairy mart and they lifted it out of the back of the truck that is the only time we can think of

8:22 pm

kje

must run - happy babbling all!

8:23 pm

dcseain

be well, kje

8:23 pm

meliae

what does it start with DC?

8:23 pm

jesdraggon

bye, kje

8:23 pm

dcseain

unknown, mel

8:23 pm

lbdawger

night night, kje!

8:23 pm

meliae

I am trying to think of that word for new cowboys greenhand?

8:24 pm

meliae

but that is 9 unless you plural it

8:24 pm

Nef

greenhorns?

8:24 pm

meliae

yeah there you go!

8:24 pm

meliae

eo 5/10 please

8:24 pm

featherbee

seain, scrabs linked me to this game you guys are doing, but i have no clue what to do

8:25 pm

dcseain

nope neither works. the word also relates to Religions, at least as much as 'holy cow', 'dalai lama' and pig

8:25 pm

welki

cowpuncher?

8:25 pm

dcseain

type in words, feather

8:25 pm

meliae

Feather! hiyas!

8:25 pm

dcseain

see my profile for a help link that works, feather

8:25 pm

lbdawger

hi feather!

8:26 pm

featherbee

oooo, last time i clicked on someone's funny farm link my computer froze

8:26 pm

featherbee

(hi btw!)

8:26 pm

Nef

hi feather

8:26 pm

dcseain

hm. one other person at that problem

8:26 pm

welki

seain? did you see? cowpuncher?

8:26 pm

meliae

cow+pig+cowboy+god it has to be......barbequers! lol I have no idea

8:26 pm

Minveryork

That eo 5/10 word is eo plus a transgression Meliae.

8:27 pm

featherbee

well, i've been entering words that i think relate to the center word, but nada so far

8:27 pm

dcseain

does not work , welki

8:27 pm

dcseain

screen with white?

8:27 pm

featherbee

yeah

8:27 pm

welki

dang .. and you'd think someone from calgary (cowtown) could come up with the right word :)

8:27 pm

Minveryork

E's Executed! 10 left

8:28 pm

dcseain

i have 3 of the core words on the white screen, but bunches of others

8:28 pm

dcseain

the word also relates to Religions somehow

8:28 pm

lbdawger

ranchhands?

8:28 pm

jesdraggon

sorry; confused. is the word you guys are looking for some other game?

8:29 pm

dcseain

yes, jes

8:29 pm

dcseain

and no, lbd

8:29 pm

jesdraggon

what's the riddle?

8:29 pm

featherbee

could i have just one hint? maybe if i get one word, i'll figure out how to get more!

8:29 pm

dcseain

snow

8:30 pm

dcseain

and elephant

8:30 pm

jesdraggon

that's a pretty good clue, dc ;)

8:30 pm

dcseain

oopsie. lost track :D

8:30 pm

dcseain

maybe something in PB will satisfy the belly.

8:31 pm

dcseain

if not, i may have to go wander around harris teeter or wegmans

8:31 pm

welki

ohhh, i've been to a wegman's ... could pitch a tent and spend my vacation there!

8:31 pm

featherbee

ty. will keep trying!

8:32 pm

dcseain

yes, wegmans is lovely

8:32 pm

lbdawger

does the word have to be a noun? can it be something else?

8:32 pm

dcseain

10 letters is only requirement, relating directly to Cowboy and indirectly to Religions

8:33 pm

lbdawger

compassion?

8:33 pm

welki

the lox guy, when he heard i haven't had fresh sliced lox since i moved to canada, cut me some paper thin samples to munch on while waiting for him to slice some to go :)

8:34 pm

welki

so lox (and i) managed to kill the chat

8:34 pm

meliae

ni 5/10 please

8:35 pm

Minveryork

ni 5/10 adds a vowel before the last vowel of ni 4/4.

8:35 pm

dcseain

not compassion

8:35 pm

lbdawger

silvercrow?

8:35 pm

jesdraggon

wow. that ai 7 is just silly

8:35 pm

meliae

thank you

8:36 pm

dcseain

no go, lbd

8:36 pm

Minveryork

yw

8:36 pm

Minveryork

L's Lobbed! 6 left

8:39 pm

Nef

Go, Min! You can do it!!!

8:39 pm

lbdawger

orwellian...no, that's only 9

8:39 pm

lbdawger

go Min!

8:42 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for either of the ni's? Thanks.

8:43 pm

stidmama

hello all! down to 33, not playing just yet...

8:43 pm

dcseain

ni5 is the japanese-like babblet

8:43 pm

dcseain

evening, stid

8:44 pm

Minveryork

ni4/4 word is ni plus to be reversed and ni 5/10 adds a vowel before the last vowel of the ni 4/4 word gape

8:44 pm

gapeach

Thanks dcseain.

8:45 pm

Minveryork

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

8:45 pm

Locks99

need help on ha6/33; anyone?

8:45 pm

lbdawger

hi again, stid! hi lock, hi peach

8:45 pm

stidmama

stidkid #2 just found an Li 7!!!!!

8:46 pm

Locks99

hi lbd

8:46 pm

Nef

hi stid and gape

8:46 pm

lbdawger

japanese pottery, = ha6.33 ha + **ce weather we're not having + state Stidmama is from

8:46 pm

stidmama

rofl... today I am from australia... *grin* new south WAles (there's a hint)

8:47 pm

Minveryork

ha 6/33 is Ha* Solo + vowel + **shington, DC Locks99.

8:47 pm

stidmama

good clue though LBD

8:47 pm

jesdraggon

well, i think so brain, but if we didn't have ears, we'd look like weasels.

8:48 pm

Locks99

thanks everyone, fireworks for me

8:48 pm

stidmama

hey jes!

8:48 pm

stidmama

YAY Lockds!

8:48 pm

lbdawger

whoooo hooooo LOCKS!!!

8:48 pm

gapeach

Thanks, Min. Have the ni4 but lost you on the ni-5.

8:48 pm

jesdraggon

yaus, stid?

8:48 pm

stidmama

great old house in your icon, locks.

8:48 pm

jesdraggon

yay, lock!

8:48 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Lock99 on fireworks!Hooray for you

8:48 pm

lbdawger

ni5, second generation Japanese.

8:49 pm

Nef

WTG, Locks! YAY!!!!

8:49 pm

gapeach

Hi there, lbdawger.

8:49 pm

lbdawger

ni + ***ze the day, carpe deum

8:49 pm

Minveryork

ni 5/10 adds a vowel after the snake letter in ni 4/4.

8:49 pm

stidmama

carpeing diems like anything... *grin*

8:49 pm

gapeach

Good evening, Nef.

8:50 pm

elliott13

ai 5/12 ?

8:51 pm

lbdawger

one who focuses on a target, elliott

8:51 pm

Nef

hi Ga. How are you these days?

8:52 pm

elliott13

TY..knd of fishy? huh?

8:52 pm

gapeach

Thanks, lbd and Min.

8:52 pm

lbdawger

just a little, elliott

8:52 pm

lbdawger

stiddy, melia is online!

8:53 pm

gapeach

Hi, Nef. I'm doing so much better now.

8:53 pm

dcseain

hi, peach

8:53 pm

stidmama

really? where?

8:53 pm

stidmama

*looks for melia in the background*

8:53 pm

lbdawger

she was just here a little bit ago.

8:53 pm

dcseain

mel was around earlier.

8:54 pm

stidmama

probably saw me coming and lit out fer the hills, ... LOL knows I am going to ask about the dollhouses!

8:54 pm

Minveryork

A's Abolished! 4 left

8:54 pm

gapeach

Hi there, dcseain.

8:54 pm

lbdawger

one of them got stolen, stid

8:54 pm

stidmama

oh no!!!!

8:54 pm

stidmama

that is rotten. I am so sad.

8:54 pm

stidmama

go Min go!

8:55 pm

lbdawger

go Min, go!

8:56 pm

Minveryork

H's Heaved! 3 left

8:56 pm

stidmama

down to 23... will stay for min's firewords then work on the paper due tomorrow.

8:57 pm

jesdraggon

alrighty. my brain is just not in it tonight. wimping out with 40 to go

8:57 pm

stidmama

mostly done already, just have to do the gruntwork.

8:57 pm

Nef

GO MIN! GO STID!!

8:57 pm

stidmama

((jes)) me neither. good thing this is optional!

8:57 pm

stidmama

(((Nef))) how are you doing?

8:57 pm

lbdawger

we'll help, jes. whatcha need?

8:57 pm

dcseain

without a no4 LOL

8:58 pm

Minveryork

T's Toppled! 1 left

8:58 pm

dcseain

no6 as ma7

8:58 pm

stidmama

*holding breath for min*

8:58 pm

lbdawger

lol, dc

8:58 pm

Nef

doing good, stid. I felt so good last week I was back to work at 10 days post-op! :-D

8:59 pm

Minveryork

I am done! I have fireworks! ra 6/8 was my last word

8:59 pm

dcseain

how wonderful, nef!

8:59 pm

lbdawger

awesome, neffie!

8:59 pm

dcseain

congrats, minver

8:59 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hooooooo MIN!!!

8:59 pm

Nef

YAY, Min!!! WTG!!!!

8:59 pm

stidmama

wonderful. now then. *stern mama look* be careful you don't overdo. you nurse-types {fill in the blank} ((hugs))

8:59 pm

stidmama

YAY min!

9:00 pm

stidmama

okay, must must must do homework. must must must drink lots of black tea. must must must... get back soon to get my last 20!

9:00 pm

Minveryork

I'll be here off and on to give clues if any are needed.

9:00 pm

lbdawger

yes you must must must, Stid!

9:00 pm

stidmama

*mini (lurk) poof*

9:01 pm

lbdawger

brb, need more tea

9:01 pm

Nef

I did hold back a bit stid. I felt so much better after surgery because I wasn't struggling to breathe. I've had NO symptoms of "asthma" since surgery!

9:02 pm

gapeach

Congrats, Min!!!!

9:02 pm

stidmama

excellent news nef! *happy mama look* just... be careful, okay? *fades back to homework*

9:02 pm

Nef

promise! ;-)

9:06 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for ai5-10? Thanks

9:07 pm

Nef

someone who focuses an arrow or gun, Gapeach

9:07 pm

oodleberry

free brain here free brain here will trade it for yours free brain here!!!

9:08 pm

dcseain

firewords thanks to my an4-5 allergen :)

9:08 pm

oodleberry

wtg dc

9:09 pm

Nef

YAY, seain! WTG!!!

9:09 pm

dcseain

thanks :)

9:09 pm

dcseain

i'm going to off for laundry and what. May be back fliptime

9:09 pm

lbdawger

whoooo hoooooo DC!!

9:10 pm

lbdawger

you must tell me what the 10 letter word is, DC

9:10 pm

dcseain

happy babbling, yall! {poof}

9:10 pm

dcseain

will do, when i find it! {repoof}

9:10 pm

lbdawger

nightnight, DC

9:11 pm

oodleberry

bbye dc

9:11 pm

oodleberry

*cries*

9:12 pm

lbdawger

why are you crying, oodles?

9:12 pm

oodleberry

never can get the last fricking words

9:12 pm

oodleberry

two si words

9:13 pm

lbdawger

si+ not pa

9:13 pm

LeslieAnn

si + two consonants

9:14 pm

lbdawger

hyperbolic sine=the other si4

9:15 pm

oodleberry

ty

9:17 pm

lbdawger

is that fireworks for you oodles?

9:17 pm

oodleberry

am5 after protein

9:17 pm

oodleberry

no

9:17 pm

gapeach

Thanks Nef....but I have that for ai5-12. Is the ai-510 similar?

9:17 pm

lbdawger

plural the am4 before the protein

9:17 pm

oodleberry

oh I have more than two

9:18 pm

oodleberry

don't have it

9:18 pm

lbdawger

ai5.10, more oxygen

9:18 pm

lbdawger

take the last letter off the protein, then plural

9:18 pm

oodleberry

???

9:18 pm

oodleberry

ai?

9:19 pm

Nef

sorry, Gape; the ai 5/10 has 4 of the same 5 letters, (I clued wrong again)

9:19 pm

oodleberry

am lbd

9:19 pm

lbdawger

am4 is am5 w/o last letter

9:19 pm

oodleberry

I have all the ai's

9:20 pm

gapeach

Thanks, ibdawger.

9:20 pm

oodleberry

ty monkey

9:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi all

9:21 pm

oodleberry

2nd am 5 12

9:22 pm

oodleberry

hi peeps lady

9:22 pm

lbdawger

hi TO

9:22 pm

Nef

Hi TO!

9:22 pm

lbdawger

am + ms peeples

9:22 pm

LeslieAnn

how about the a7 while we're on the letter?

9:23 pm

lbdawger

ai7, what we breathe + smart

9:23 pm

oodleberry

ms?

9:23 pm

LeslieAnn

allrighty fireworks!

9:23 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hoooooo LA!!!

9:24 pm

oodleberry

wtg

9:24 pm

stidmama

okay, almost done...

9:24 pm

lbdawger

am + **ce to meet you + first vowel

9:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

is the "smart" a stand alone word?

9:24 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations LeslieAnn on fireworks! Good for you

9:24 pm

stidmama

LESLIE ANN!!!!! YAYAY!!!!!!

(where have you been)

9:24 pm

lbdawger

yes

9:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

nm

9:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

the i words are hiding from me

9:25 pm

LeslieAnn

hi excited stid

9:25 pm

oodleberry

ty

9:25 pm

stidmama

Ts toppled

9:25 pm

lbdawger

im5, io6, io4, iw4. those are the i's

9:25 pm

lbdawger

go stiddy!

9:26 pm

stidmama

well I am "almost" done with my short paper (2 pages) for tomorrow, just need a little detail for a note I wanted to write to the teacher.

9:26 pm

stidmama

you doing okay LA? staying warm enough? I miss you!

9:26 pm

oodleberry

ok I need the 2nd am5 12 please

9:26 pm

LeslieAnn

"Dear Teacher, please give me an A. Love Stid."

9:26 pm

Nef

WTG, Leslie! YAY!!!

9:26 pm

LeslieAnn

doing well!

9:26 pm

oodleberry

the one was the 3rd

9:26 pm

stidmama

LOL good idea! (will include that, too)

9:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

i will find that im word iw4

9:27 pm

lbdawger

am + not out + plural letter

9:27 pm

stidmama

hey oodles! bon soir! bon neige? (good sn4?) bon froid? LOL

9:27 pm

oodleberry

ty

9:27 pm

oodleberry

hi stid

9:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

going to wash ha4/ bbl

9:28 pm

stidmama

p.s. I have a touch of laryngitis right now, so this is the only place my voice is being "heard"

9:28 pm

stidmama

later TO

9:29 pm

lbdawger

sounds loud and clear to me, stid. ;-)

9:29 pm

stidmama

top row is GREY

9:29 pm

oodleberry

3rd am4

9:29 pm

stidmama

down to 16 now. my head is tired. should I list>?

9:30 pm

oodleberry

an 5 12

9:30 pm

lbdawger

list is good, stid

9:30 pm

oodleberry

oops 2nd

9:30 pm

stidmama

oodles: an "Eastern" ruler?

9:30 pm

joey

please, help with the ha 6/33. thanks

9:30 pm

stidmama

oh. Idi AM**

9:30 pm

lbdawger

am + the **s will get you if you don't pay your taxes

9:30 pm

stidmama

((((((joey)))))) hello dear, how are you feeling?

9:31 pm

lbdawger

ha + have a **ce day + state above OR

9:31 pm

oodleberry

ty

9:31 pm

stidmama

ha*ds up! + first person pronoun + the U.S. state north of Oregon

9:31 pm

stidmama

LOL snap, LBD

9:31 pm

joey

hi stid. ok, but have absolutely no energy. sorry to hear about your throat, hope that it doesn't hurt too much

9:31 pm

oodleberry

2nd an5 12 please

9:32 pm

lbdawger

hi joey!

9:32 pm

stidmama

it will recover, I think it's from all the smoke in the air. even though it's raining we also seem to have an inversion layer and the woodsmoke is awful

9:32 pm

lbdawger

change last letter to another vowel, oodle

9:32 pm

joey

thanks for the clues. who the he** ever heard of that word? ridiculous

9:32 pm

stidmama

*sending joey a bit of extra energy*

9:32 pm

oodleberry

nm

9:32 pm

joey

hi lbdawger.

9:32 pm

joey

need lots. i do something and have to lay down. hate it.

9:32 pm

stidmama

that's a weird one for sure joey.

9:32 pm

regis

help with ha6/33 please

9:33 pm

lbdawger

just clued at 9:31, regis by stid and me

9:33 pm

oodleberry

ha 5 12 please

9:34 pm

lbdawger

ha***l and gretal

9:34 pm

stidmama

I wish "snaz" were a word, like "snazzy" only the noun form.

9:34 pm

joey

i am really hoping that when i go for my blood test on Wednesday that they find something wrong, at least that will explain it.

9:34 pm

Minveryork

That ha 5/12 word is Ha**** and Gretal oodleberry.

9:34 pm

oodleberry

ty

9:35 pm

lbdawger

maybe a bit anemic, joey. hope they can get you some relief

9:35 pm

stidmama

could your red blood count be down joey? seems iron levels play a huge role in energy, I am chronically low energy because of very low blood iron

9:35 pm

oodleberry

1st ma4 5

9:35 pm

Nef

hi joey. Sorry to hear that you are still feeling so punk

9:35 pm

joey

my white count was non existent last week. red was fine

9:35 pm

joey

thanks nef

9:35 pm

lbdawger

male + 4th vowel

9:35 pm

oodleberry

nm

9:36 pm

stidmama

oh man, joey. that's harsh.

9:36 pm

oodleberry

ty

9:36 pm

Nef

chemo or radiation, joey?

9:36 pm

torgone

Heyas kids ..

9:36 pm

lbdawger

hi torgie!

9:36 pm

stidmama

I think I shall break down and list. 15 to go...

9:36 pm

stidmama

(((Hugs tor)))

9:36 pm

regis

thank you

9:36 pm

joey

chemo. 5 down one to go, i think that it might be the cumulative effects - at least that is what i have been told

9:37 pm

oodleberry

2nd and 3rd ma5 12

9:37 pm

lbdawger

plural the ma4.5

9:37 pm

lbdawger

add a vowel after the next ma4.5

9:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

clue for the z and the lower left i pls?

9:38 pm

stidmama

my last A is the final AM 5. help?

9:38 pm

Nef

(((joey))) Then you need to rest after that last chemo. Have you thought of treating yourself to something special?

9:38 pm

torgone

wi5/6 combo? ..Is it a combo?

9:38 pm

lbdawger

za + *** Farrow

9:39 pm

lbdawger

am + *** Peeples

9:39 pm

stidmama

thanks LBD

9:39 pm

stidmama

fishy word!

9:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

9:39 pm

joey

not soon, but a cruise in April. also a trip to Florida for a scrapbook shop hop and spring training baseball games. hopefully i will be better by then

9:39 pm

stidmama

TEN now

9:39 pm

lbdawger

torg, yes it's a combo. not lose + high point tile + 2nd vowel, then plural

9:40 pm

stidmama

MA 7 please>?

9:40 pm

torgone

Should have looked at points ..

9:40 pm

stidmama

those sound like lovely treats to look forward to joey! and perhaps by then florida will have thawed a bit!

9:40 pm

lbdawger

male + smart

9:41 pm

torgone

Thanks lbd ..

9:41 pm

stidmama

thanks LBD

9:41 pm

joey

i sure hope so. supposedly by this weekend it is to be 80 degrees

9:41 pm

stidmama

again. thanks!

9:41 pm

lbdawger

keeping you in my prayers, Joey.

9:41 pm

Nef

joey, you will be better by then! Just keep focusing on the earliest special treat that you've planned; and go from there

9:41 pm

joey

thanks lbd

9:42 pm

stidmama

Ms mastered

9:42 pm

oodleberry

ni4 4

9:42 pm

joey

i have to.

9:42 pm

torgone

.. 1 ..

9:42 pm

stidmama

go tor go!

9:42 pm

stidmama

6 here

9:42 pm

lbdawger

ni + spanish yes

9:42 pm

lbdawger

go torg!

9:42 pm

lbdawger

go stid!

9:42 pm

stidmama

4

9:42 pm

oodleberry

ty

9:43 pm

stidmama

two

9:43 pm

stidmama

*trying to catch tor*

9:43 pm

torgone

Boom booms ..

9:43 pm

stidmama

*stops at finish line to help tor get across*

9:43 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hooooooo TORGIE!!!

9:44 pm

stidmama

YAY!!!! firewords all up and down the west coast!

9:44 pm

lbdawger

whoooooo hooooooo STIDDY!!!

9:44 pm

torgone

Monkeyed the so5/18 ..

9:44 pm

kje

yayay stid!

9:45 pm

stidmama

that feels nice, to finish the grid, AND be slightly ahead on my homework for the week (not that I should rest, I have essays due in a week)

9:45 pm

oodleberry

ta 5 18 please

9:45 pm

torgone

Yay stiddy!!

9:45 pm

stidmama

ta + a *** (small) drop? only misspell the small word

9:46 pm

oodleberry

FIREWORDS!!!

9:46 pm

stidmama

YAY oodles!!!!!

9:46 pm

torgone

Yay oodle!

9:46 pm

oodleberry

*does the fireword boogie*

9:46 pm

lbdawger

whoooooohooooooo OOOODLES!!!

9:47 pm

stidmama

all of Quebec marvels at the lovely lights

9:47 pm

kje

yayay oodle!

9:49 pm

stidmama

I am going to change my flag... I think I would like to visit Canada (virtual visit) for a while.

9:49 pm

kje

enjoy stid

9:50 pm

stidmama

that was easy! LOL unfortunately, my plan is to spend at least another hour on schoolwork today. *yawn* see you-all later!

9:50 pm

lbdawger

I wonder how Lindrickway is doing in jolly ol' England? hope she drops by to say 'allo to us.

9:50 pm

lbdawger

night night, stiddy.

9:51 pm

oodleberry

she is doing fine... she was going to look at houses yesterday

9:51 pm

stidmama

joey, I am still keeping you in my heart. I hope that you find a way to have a little more energy. and don't fret overmuch if you just feel like sleeping... let your body take its time and heal. That's the most important thing. ((hugs)) *Poof*

9:52 pm

oodleberry

that funny farm is driving me absolutely batty

9:52 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for tw5-18? Thanks

9:52 pm

lbdawger

oh, i'm glad someone is in touch with her. tell her i said Hi! and HNY to her.

9:53 pm

torgone

Mark and relatives ..

9:53 pm

lbdawger

famous american humourist, Mark Tw*** and plural

9:54 pm

torgone

I opened comic books in funny farm ..

9:54 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, Ibdawger.

9:54 pm

lbdawger

omg, are you hooked too, torg?

9:54 pm

Minveryork

The tw 5/18 word is author Mark Tw*** gapeach1066

9:55 pm

torgone

Don't know if I'm hooked .. I like finding the links to new maps ..

9:55 pm

gapeach

Thanks, Minveryork.

9:56 pm

gapeach

re5-12 please.....thanks

9:56 pm

torgone

re + dude ..

9:56 pm

Minveryork

The re5/12 word is re plus not a female gapeach1066

9:56 pm

DR1965

hi gang

9:57 pm

torgone

Heya dr ..

9:57 pm

gapeach

Thanks, torgone and Minveryork.

9:57 pm

DR1965

Hi Torg- nice to see you

9:57 pm

Minveryork

Hello DR1965!How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

9:57 pm

gapeach

Hey there, DR 1965

9:57 pm

DR1965

Hi Min0 I am well- and you?

9:58 pm

torgone

How is the tony suburb?

9:58 pm

Minveryork

Getting ready to go to bed.Was up too late last night

9:59 pm

DR1965

the suburb was the hottest place in the US yesterday

9:59 pm

DR1965

I was also Min- watching brothers and Sisters on tv

10:00 pm

Minveryork

Was babbling until midnight and then went to bed at 12:30.It was so hard for me to get up for work today

10:01 pm

DR1965

oh- it would be... my hubby gets up at 4 for work and Mondays are always rough

10:01 pm

torgone

Me too .. I was up way too late .. felt like shmutz today ..

10:01 pm

DR1965

lol- My Dog is Schmutz.. he ate m& m's yesterday

10:01 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for li7-28? Thanks

10:01 pm

oodleberry

shmutz? such language tor! ;-)

10:02 pm

Minveryork

Said before in chog was already for Friday to be here

10:02 pm

DR1965

Hi Peach- I did not see your greeting

10:02 pm

gapeach

Hope you are well, DR.

10:02 pm

oodleberry

kidding tor

10:02 pm

Minveryork

An li7/28 word is Dangerous Li*****s(Glen Close movie)

10:03 pm

rururocks

m & m's are bad for dogs

10:03 pm

DR1965

thanks Peach- I am good - hope you are as well

10:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

re6/21 after re+ males pls?

10:03 pm

DR1965

yes Ruru- they are but he was fine.. I was a wreck though

10:03 pm

rururocks

re + most of a stingy person TO

10:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

10:04 pm

rururocks

that is good DR..

10:04 pm

rururocks

DR?

10:04 pm

DR1965

yes, ??

10:04 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, Min.

10:05 pm

rururocks

did he like the red ones or the blues better?

10:05 pm

DR1965

lol- these were halloween ones so they were purple, green and orange... he ate them all- no preference

10:05 pm

DR1965

I like th eblue ones because they can help regenerate spinal cords

10:06 pm

DR1965

* in mice

10:06 pm

rururocks

LOLOL

10:07 pm

rururocks

If that were true Blue M & M's would be BIG in Washington

10:07 pm

72 Temple Owl

ma7 pls?

10:07 pm

DR1965

read a study that said the blue dye from Gatorade and M&M's helped rats with spinal cord issues .. the downside wasit turned them blue

10:07 pm

oodleberry

gn all

10:07 pm

herinfernallady

Hello

10:07 pm

torgone

Small price to pay ..

10:07 pm

Minveryork

That ma 7/48 word is not female plus the wi 4/8 word

10:07 pm

DR1965

: )

10:07 pm

herinfernallady

DR I new that blue M and M's were evil

10:08 pm

rururocks

What about spineless people.. I know a few..

10:08 pm

rururocks

mebbe I should buy them M & M's?

10:08 pm

DR1965

LOL Herin and Ruru

10:08 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye oodleberry! I'll see you tomorrow in the log!

10:08 pm

herinfernallady

My ex would be one and no amount of blue mnms would make him change. Maybe blue cement

10:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty min.

10:09 pm

Minveryork

Hi herinfernallady! How are you? Welcome to the grid

10:09 pm

Minveryork

yw

10:09 pm

gapeach

That is fireworks for me.....thanks to all the cluers.

10:09 pm

rururocks

ah the old Soprano treatment herin?

10:09 pm

herinfernallady

yep

10:09 pm

gapeach

Sweet dreams everyone.

10:09 pm

rururocks

YAY GAP

10:09 pm

DR1965

WTG PEach !

10:09 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Min thank you for your welcome. Night GA

10:09 pm

rururocks

sure ga.. get your fireworks and go..lol

10:09 pm

nrkii

hi all

10:09 pm

lbdawger

time for me to head for the pillows. see you all tomorrow1

10:10 pm

nrkii

rushing through with 14 to go

10:10 pm

lbdawger

whooo hooooo Peach!

10:10 pm

torgone

Yay peachy!

10:10 pm

Minveryork

Congratuations gapeach1066 on your fireworks!YAY

10:10 pm

lbdawger

hi and bye, nrkii

10:10 pm

torgone

Yay peachy!

10:10 pm

torgone

..

10:10 pm

rururocks

night LBD.. :D

10:10 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye gapeach1066!I will see you tomorrow maybe

10:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

night, all!

10:10 pm

torgone

Niters lbd ..

10:10 pm

DR1965

gnight Dawger

10:10 pm

Minveryork

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

10:10 pm

gapeach

You are a mess ruru....but you are OUR mess. Good night.

10:10 pm

herinfernallady

Night LB

10:10 pm

herinfernallady

Night TO

10:10 pm

nrkii

night all you leavers :)

10:10 pm

Minveryork

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

10:10 pm

torgone

Niters TO ..

10:11 pm

DR1965

gnight TO

10:11 pm

herinfernallady

Is anyone here game enough to make this recipe for me:
http://tinyurl.com/y8k83r3 and tell me what it is like

10:11 pm

rururocks

a mess? whadyamean?

10:12 pm

nrkii

herin... ask Crossy

10:12 pm

rururocks

I think I am offended...

10:13 pm

rururocks

Is that some kind of Georgia slang?

10:13 pm

Sudokuaddict

can i get a clue for the ha6 please

10:13 pm

nrkii

ha6 help?

10:13 pm

nrkii

lol, sorry Sudoku... I can't help :)

10:14 pm

rururocks

tough to clue..lessee

10:14 pm

rururocks

most of the end of your arm + not me but * + the state above oregon abbreviated

10:14 pm

herinfernallady

That is a good idea Nrkii

10:15 pm

nrkii

thanks ruru

10:15 pm

Sudokuaddict

thank ruru

10:15 pm

rururocks

:).. glad it worked

10:16 pm

herinfernallady

Anyone asking for help I am beyond help sorry

10:16 pm

DR1965

ty Ruru

10:16 pm

rururocks

I need to make din din.. anything else before I go?

10:17 pm

nrkii

last word... rh8

10:17 pm

nrkii

a tiny nudge would be fine

10:17 pm

DR1965

I have 68 words left.. go make your dinner

10:17 pm

rururocks

rh + I ** you are + facial feature above mouth

10:18 pm

nrkii

I swear I tried that!!!

10:18 pm

torgone

R + Hormel product face center ..

10:18 pm

nrkii

thanks ruru, that's fireworks for me

10:18 pm

torgone

Yay nerkster!

10:18 pm

rururocks

excellent nrkii.. well done..

10:18 pm

DR1965

woohoo Nrkii!

10:18 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations nrkii on fireworks! Hooray for you!!

10:19 pm

nrkii

r + pig sniffer

10:19 pm

rururocks

hi minver!

10:19 pm

rururocks

(nrkii is near a donut shop?)

10:19 pm

herinfernallady

Ru home many pups are in that puppy pile?

10:19 pm

rururocks

Oh.. that isn't PC any more

10:19 pm

rururocks

3 herin.. only three

10:20 pm

herinfernallady

awwww so cute I couldn't tell

10:20 pm

rururocks

they are really cute.. thanks

10:20 pm

herinfernallady

How is your other pup going?

10:20 pm

Minveryork

Hi rururocks! I'm off to bed! Goodnight to all babblers

10:20 pm

rururocks

nite minver.. sleep well..

10:21 pm

DR1965

gnight Min

10:21 pm

rururocks

bbl bye for now..

10:21 pm

rururocks

good luck DR...

10:21 pm

nrkii

have to run... night all!

10:21 pm

rururocks

(and herin)

10:21 pm

DR1965

ty Ruru

10:22 pm

herinfernallady

Bye Ru

10:25 pm

kje

ah, just in time for goodbyes

10:25 pm

DR1965

I am still here Kje

10:25 pm

kje

hi dr! done yet?

10:26 pm

DR1965

nope- 45 to go

10:26 pm

herinfernallady

HI KJE

10:26 pm

DR1965

started late

10:26 pm

kje

hi herin

10:27 pm

kje

how is australia, herin?

10:27 pm

herinfernallady

good grief I just looked at a womens style mag online and realise why I never buy them

10:27 pm

herinfernallady

KJ its 89 F

10:28 pm

kje

nice... 40 here for now

10:29 pm

herinfernallady

Not really KJE its been this warm alllllllllll night

10:29 pm

DR1965

oh YUCK Herin

10:29 pm

kje

well... in summer, 89 is divine in dallas... we hang at 100

10:29 pm

herinfernallady

err Yuck Kj

10:30 pm

kje

i agree herin

10:30 pm

herinfernallady

Kje I can deal with the heat but 24 hours of the same temp is insane

10:30 pm

kje

ok, my bedtime... hang in tere and woohoo!!!! in advance, DR

10:30 pm

kje

herin - go nude! ; )

10:31 pm

DR1965

gnight Herin- Take Care!

10:31 pm

herinfernallady

It has been between 89 -104F all day. and no to the nakid. I have aircon and cotton

10:31 pm

herinfernallady

Night Dr and KJ

10:32 pm

herinfernallady

Well I am going to have a shower

10:34 pm

DR1965

clue for the ai7 if anyone is still here?

10:34 pm

herinfernallady

i dont have it sorry

10:35 pm

DR1965

thanks anyway Herin

10:37 pm

bookwomen

ai 7 stuff you breathe and not dumb

10:37 pm

DR1965

ty Book!

10:38 pm

bookwomen

yw just finished. do you need any other clues?

10:39 pm

DR1965

no6/30 please

10:39 pm

bookwomen

no+not dumb

10:39 pm

Digby the Westie

Clue for ra5/18, please :)

10:40 pm

DR1965

ty again Book

10:40 pm

bookwomen

ra+opposite of lose

10:41 pm

bookwomen

the other is not cooked

10:41 pm

Digby the Westie

Thanks!

10:42 pm

bookwomen

yw

10:46 pm

mkg

hi everyone

10:46 pm

bookwomen

got to walk a dog. good night everyone.

10:49 pm

DR1965

gnight Book Women

10:49 pm

DR1965

Hi MKG

10:50 pm

DR1965

I am off as well- gnight all

10:50 pm

mkg

hows the grid tonight?

10:50 pm

herinfernallady

woohoo cool change is comming

10:51 pm

mkg

why does the dictionary say there is no such word as the ai 7?? why are these in the grid?

10:52 pm

herinfernallady

eerrr legt me find itg and I will tell you why

10:56 pm

rationalimage

ai + consonant + four letters that mean the opposite of stupid

10:57 pm

herinfernallady

No idea MKG maybe it means what it says

10:59 pm

herinfernallady

http://www.lexic.us says: skillful in aviation

10:59 pm

herinfernallady

Thank you Rational for the clue

11:06 pm

herinfernallady

Later

11:41 pm

Digby the Westie

Clue for io6/18? pls & thx! :)

11:42 pm

cybernan

make like a charged particle

11:42 pm

cybernan

hi everyone :)

11:42 pm

Digby the Westie

Thanks cybernan!

11:42 pm

cybernan

here to help with the mad dash for the finish

11:43 pm

Kari Marie

ra 6,30?

11:43 pm

Digby the Westie

ha5/12?

11:43 pm

Kari Marie

and the ra 5 before it

11:44 pm

cybernan

what the senior does to the freshman

11:44 pm

cybernan

or mists

11:44 pm

cybernan

ra + not lose and plural

11:45 pm

Kari Marie

ty.

11:47 pm

cybernan

ha 5/12 rhymes with church house

11:47 pm

Digby the Westie

mi5/20, please

11:47 pm

cybernan

mi 5/20: cat sound

11:48 pm

diem

evening all

11:49 pm

cybernan

hi diem

11:50 pm

cybernan

nice photo diem -- from the islands?

11:51 pm

diem

No Cultis lake

11:52 pm

cybernan

beautiful -- always barrelling through to Van. so have never taken that little side trip

11:52 pm

Kari Marie

wew... fireworks with just 8 minutes to spare. i was getting nervous.

11:53 pm

cybernan

congrats kari

11:53 pm

diem

WTG Kari

11:54 pm

Kari Marie

ty. this one was really tough for me.

11:55 pm

Kari Marie

i don't think i've ever tried to make up so amny words before. :)

11:55 pm

Kari Marie

oops. just did it again. *many

11:56 pm

Bugsaw

Hi everyone. This one had a lot of non-words. I hope the new grid is kinder

11:56 pm

cybernan

the last few have been like that -- I agree

11:56 pm

diem

Hi Bugs

11:57 pm

Bugsaw

Hi diem.

11:57 pm

o-o

I am hoping for 500

11:57 pm

cybernan

sprite says to send icon suggestions to her profile -- followed the link, but don't see how to send a message -- can anyone help?

11:57 pm

cybernan

hi babrab

11:58 pm

diem

Guess265

11:58 pm

Bugsaw

I hope not BR! I have to have some knd of life outside of Babble

11:58 pm

cybernan

96

11:58 pm

diem

Hi BR

11:58 pm

Bugsaw

guess 214

11:59 pm

o-o

email: bin _ there @ planet.nl (leave out spaces and put Babble in the subject line)
URL to my profile: http://tinyurl.com/59gnm3
or http://tinyurl.com/6z7unz

11:59 pm

Bugsaw

I don't remember meeting you before dieam. I am in Comox Valley

11:59 pm

o-o

to contact sprite

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