Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, January 15, 2010

12:00 am

stidmama

flip....

12:00 am

flosey

flip

12:00 am

lshult

flip

12:00 am

rumplestiltskin

Did you get it Stid?

12:00 am

jillibus

flip

12:00 am

stidmama

wow. oh boy oh boy. WAY TO GO TEAM!!!!!

12:00 am

rumplestiltskin

Yeah, Congrats. Down to the wire.

12:00 am

melonheadjujube

fleep!

12:01 am

stidmama

*serves choclits and champagne* I did, rumple, thanks to you and jill and... everyone! I did not truly expect to do it!

12:01 am

stidmama

hey melon!

12:01 am

stidmama

shalom lshult

12:01 am

stidmama

I haven't cut it that close EVER. LOL that was sort of fun!

12:02 am

Twentynine Palms

hi y'all

12:02 am

stidmama

and now, to write the paper that I didn't write because I was watching a video with Tom. sometimes we college 'kids' just have to do things the hard way. *grin*

will be back tomorrow. ((hugs for everyone)) *poof*

12:02 am

cybernan

da 6

12:02 am

jillibus

sure was close, stid!

12:02 am

jillibus

bye stid!

12:02 am

Twentynine Palms

wi6

12:03 am

MLFAN17

another small grid?

12:03 am

cybernan

cr 7

12:04 am

Twentynine Palms

thanks nan

12:04 am

jillibus

103, mlf

12:05 am

MLFAN17

ty jill

12:05 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:05 am

jillibus

Thanks much, Lickety!

12:06 am

flosey

thanks lickety

12:08 am

Erda

Thank you, Lickety!!!

12:15 am

cybernan

can't seem to spot those 2 lone i's

12:16 am

jillibus

I have the upper right one -- ir5/12

12:16 am

tempo

ir5 from the upper right, nan

12:16 am

cybernan

ty

12:17 am

harpjane

hi

12:17 am

jillibus

hi harp

12:17 am

sammysmom

there are no c s on lickety s list?????

12:18 am

jillibus

yes there are -- llots of them

12:20 am

sammysmom

i refreshed

12:20 am

cybernan

stuck at 61

12:20 am

sammysmom

deleted and redownloaded the whole game

12:20 am

jillibus

thought maybe that would work ;)

12:20 am

sammysmom

still no cs

12:20 am

sammysmom

hmmmmmmmmmm

12:21 am

jillibus

strange!

12:21 am

sammysmom

yup

12:21 am

cybernan

anyone found the middle i yet?

12:21 am

jillibus

not me

12:22 am

tempo

nope...

12:22 am

jillibus

haven't found the E under it either

12:22 am

Dippnall

i 4 - is it too early to clue more?

12:23 am

jillibus

how about the 2nd letter, dipp?

12:23 am

Dippnall

iz - that should give it away!

12:23 am

sammysmom

now i see why-

12:23 am

sammysmom

mine still comes up as yesterdays-lol

12:23 am

jillibus

why, sammy?

12:24 am

jillibus

ah

12:24 am

tempo

thanks dipp

12:24 am

rbud

em4 - hi, all!

12:24 am

cybernan

ty dip -- monkeys at work

12:25 am

jillibus

hi rbud!

12:25 am

dizgrannie

NBT,ty dip

12:25 am

jillibus

dipp, iz doesn't give it away to me

12:25 am

ursh

nbt and off to work i go tx all

12:25 am

jillibus

wtg ursh!

12:28 am

ursh

oops no i am wrong bottom left e still blank

12:28 am

rbud

me, too, ursh, it's all I need for nbt

12:28 am

jillibus

nbt (thanks, dipp and monkeys)

12:29 am

mixi6

ed4

12:29 am

jillibus

em4 too

12:29 am

dart001

late flip hi jilli all

12:30 am

jillibus

sorry, wrong E

12:30 am

jillibus

hi dart!

12:30 am

ursh

tx mixi6 now I can go to work happy

12:30 am

rbud

fish me! nbt! thanks, mixi!

12:31 am

rbud

hi, dart!

12:31 am

dart001

hi rbud!

12:35 am

cybernan

si 6 if not called

12:35 am

herinfernallady

hello

12:35 am

jillibus

hi herin

12:36 am

herinfernallady

Hi OSGMA

12:37 am

jillibus

hi again OSGD

12:37 am

mixi6

NBT and over 1/2 way!

12:38 am

herinfernallady

I have had to enlarge my screen :(

12:38 am

sammysmom

I M OFF TO BED WITH M POIROT

12:38 am

jillibus

wtg mixi!!!

12:38 am

jillibus

I'm not liking this grid

12:39 am

herinfernallady

I have just started

12:39 am

flosey

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

12:39 am

herinfernallady

night Flosey

12:39 am

cybernan

down to 25 and listing

12:39 am

jillibus

Night flosey

12:39 am

cybernan

I found c's on lickety's list

12:40 am

jillibus

well done, nan

12:43 am

herinfernallady

Yah Nan.

12:49 am

herinfernallady

How are you all?

12:51 am

jillibus

me sleepy :)

12:53 am

herinfernallady

I am needing to have my screen enlarged stupid eye. I have also been hybernating

12:53 am

jillibus

how's the eye doing? any treatment?

12:55 am

rumplestiltskin

Clue for the last z4 please

12:55 am

herinfernallady

No treatment just heat packs. Going to get some herboligy stuff tommorow once I consult the witches book

12:56 am

jillibus

haven't seen a doc? no antibiotics?

12:56 am

jillibus

rumple -- z + not outs

12:56 am

herinfernallady

Dont have it Rumple sorry

12:56 am

jillibus

have you got the z4/10?

12:56 am

herinfernallady

no doctor. I will wait till monday.

12:57 am

rumplestiltskin

TY Jilli, gives me all the 4s

12:58 am

herinfernallady

Jill I have a herbalist bible that is very good for natural cures. AKA my witches bible

12:58 am

jillibus

rumple -- can you clue the zi4/10?

12:59 am

jillibus

well, herin, I'd go to a doctor first

12:59 am

bojazz

zi4/10 is a metal

12:59 am

herinfernallady

I don't like doctors. No offence to my med friends

12:59 am

herinfernallady

I also would have to be sedated if as I can't stand people touching my face

12:59 am

jillibus

ty bo -- should have seen that (tired)

1:01 am

herinfernallady

Jill guess what my two little terrors did today

1:02 am

cybernan

*!* ta da *!* - some weird and wonderful ones in there

1:03 am

herinfernallady

YAH NAN

1:16 am

jillibus

YAY nan!!!

1:16 am

jillibus

What did the little dears do, herin?

1:17 am

herinfernallady

broke a wine bottle

1:19 am

jillibus

and drank the contents?

1:20 am

herinfernallady

no smashed it all over the floor. SO i punished them by bathing and clipping their claws

1:20 am

jillibus

I thought the white one liked baths?

1:21 am

herinfernallady

She does but hates having her claws done. Made me feel better

1:23 am

jillibus

I never had the courage to cut my Susie's claws

1:25 am

herinfernallady

I bath them then they hate me enough to let me do it

1:28 am

Andree

hi everyone

1:32 am

jillibus

LOL herin!

1:32 am

jillibus

hi andree

1:32 am

herinfernallady

hi Andree

1:32 am

herinfernallady

brb

1:32 am

mari

morning everyone - has Diem been on?

1:33 am

Andree

hi mari

1:33 am

Andree

i suppose lots have finished already

1:34 am

rumplestiltskin

FIREWORKS!!!! Going back to bed now. Bye

1:34 am

Andree

bye rumple

1:34 am

Andree

ca5 please

1:35 am

rumplestiltskin

The noise crows make past tense

1:36 am

Andree

thx rumple

1:37 am

jillibus

* * FIREWORDS * *

1:37 am

jillibus

not many have finished, andree -- lots went to bed!

1:38 am

rururocks

GE everyone

1:38 am

rururocks

YAYAY jilli

1:38 am

Andree

yay jilli

1:38 am

Andree

hi ruru

1:39 am

jillibus

hi ruru! This is Thursday here so did you get to see your baby?

1:40 am

rururocks

yes.. I have a new picture. too

1:41 am

jillibus

not the one I'm seeing, is it?

1:41 am

rururocks

I will change my icon and bring it in

1:41 am

Andree

i love the one you have up now, its charming

1:42 am

jillibus

Oh good -- and is he just as wonderful as you expected?

1:43 am

herinfernallady

Ru he is a sweety

1:44 am

Andree

i have just been to doggie park where around 40 dogs come around 5pm and there are lots of golden retrievers, the are a very popular dog for the family that wants a big dog

1:44 am

Andree

they do have a lovely nature

1:45 am

herinfernallady

My neighbours have one and seriously they need a smack upside the head

1:45 am

rururocks

should be up now. jilli

1:45 am

rururocks

He is wonderfull by the way.. very bright and very silly

1:46 am

Andree

perfectly normal in fact

1:46 am

jillibus

awwww-- playing with his mum!

1:46 am

Andree

cute

1:46 am

rururocks

cute isn't it?

1:47 am

jillibus

silly is great :)

1:47 am

herinfernallady

Question who here thinks I should go and try for Australia's Next Model?

1:47 am

rururocks

I would Herin.. you are very pretty

1:48 am

jillibus

Why not! Go for it!

1:48 am

Andree

have you done any modeling ?

1:48 am

Andree

and i too say go for it

1:50 am

herinfernallady

no I haven't had experience and thank you Ru.

1:51 am

rururocks

:) it's true

1:51 am

jillibus

Do you want to do it, herin?

1:52 am

herinfernallady

I do but I would have to think about the criteria. Which is something I will have to do over the next few days

1:52 am

jillibus

What are the criteria?

1:53 am

Andree

what is their criteria

1:53 am

jillibus

(criteria is pl, criterion is the singular)

1:53 am

herinfernallady

height manly and the other fine points

1:54 am

herinfernallady

that and I would have to see if my stupid eye looks better

1:54 am

jillibus

how tall is their minimum?

1:54 am

Andree

you probably have to emaciated

1:54 am

Andree

to be too

1:54 am

herinfernallady

172cm and any weight

1:55 am

Andree

i think some of those models look so hungry, probably live on lettuce

1:55 am

herinfernallady

Andree I am all about food. I would not be one to not eat

1:55 am

jillibus

that's not very tall (5' 6", says my metric converter calculator)

1:56 am

herinfernallady

5'8 Jill

1:56 am

rururocks

I don't understand what is so attractive about such anorexic looking people

1:56 am

Andree

so that lets me out , lol, i am 5ft

1:57 am

herinfernallady

Sorry Jill my mistake.

1:57 am

jillibus

oh yes, maybe -- it's 5.6430445 ft, lol

1:57 am

Andree

me either ruru

1:57 am

herinfernallady

Ru neither do I. The other thing is attitude. If you got it flaunt it. I just don't have any fashion sense.

1:58 am

lynxxx

Hello everyone.

1:58 am

herinfernallady

Plus as much as these shows say that they will cater for all sizes its pure bullcrap as the designs like Wayne Coper says ''No one wants to see a fat arse in a size 16''

1:58 am

jillibus

hi lynxxx

1:58 am

herinfernallady

Hi Lynxx

1:58 am

rururocks

I could never sleep with a model.. I would be afraid I'd break her in two

1:59 am

jillibus

I'm going to be Cinderella and leave this party at midnight out time -- in one minute!

1:59 am

jillibus

*our time

1:59 am

herinfernallady

Ru. I have one very skinny friend and she is like that as she plays soccer. Night Jilly

1:59 am

rururocks

not before you clue the middle i jilli

2:01 am

jillibus

iz4/9, ruru ;)

2:01 am

Andree

i am sure mrs ruru is glad to hear that,lol

2:01 am

rururocks

thanks jilli

2:02 am

jillibus

my carriage is now a pumpkin and my beautiful gown has turned to rags, but will you still love me, Prince Ruru?

2:02 am

Andree

co6/24 please

2:03 am

jillibus

add 2 vowels to the previous word, andree

2:03 am

Andree

ths jilli and sleep tight

2:04 am

gremlinn

fireworks, stuck for a long long time on the co6/42

2:04 am

jillibus

where is my Prince?

2:04 am

Andree

yay gremlin

2:04 am

lynxxx

congrats Gremlin

2:04 am

herinfernallady

ok I am going as my head hurts.

2:04 am

jillibus

YAY gremlin!!!

2:04 am

lynxxx

last seen running around with a pair a glass slippers

2:05 am

gremlinn

a bit more difficult than yesterday

2:05 am

Andree

gone to assure mrs ruru he won't be sleeping with any skinny models

2:05 am

jillibus

LOL, lynxxx! So I guess I can go to bed now -- night all! *poof*

2:05 am

Andree

hi lynxxx

2:05 am

lynxxx

bye Jilli, bye Infernal (PS don't so it)

2:06 am

lynxxx

*do

2:06 am

lynxxx

hi Andree, nice weekend coming up?

2:08 am

Andree

quiet one, sunday night going to see "wicked"

2:10 am

lynxxx

Well I had to look that up, don't really like live theatre - or musicals! - myself. Has it had good reviews?

2:12 am

Andree

i know little about it lynxxx, tickets wer birthday from my D I L

2:13 am

Andree

and i do love a live show

2:13 am

Andree

were a present too

2:13 am

lynxxx

and when was your birthday? I don't remember seeing anything about it!

2:14 am

Andree

end of november, think i didn't babble that week

2:16 am

lynxxx

Happy belated wishes then. Lovely to see your family looks after you so well

2:16 am

Andree

thx lynxxx

2:18 am

lynxxx

mmm glad this is an easy grid, the penny has yet to drop for me

2:18 am

Andree

i am finding it very slow

2:20 am

Andree

one of my best memories of live theatre is taking my dad to melb. for the weekend of his 70th to see "phantom"

2:20 am

Andree

must have been about 1990

2:21 am

lynxxx

just yesterday

2:21 am

lynxxx

scary that it is now 20 years!

2:22 am

rubyfoo

hello everybody

2:22 am

Andree

the years go by so quickly

2:23 am

Andree

hi ruby

2:23 am

lynxxx

hi Ruby

2:24 am

rubyfoo

years, days minutes -- just came in and looking at the chat which sounds very interesting

2:28 am

rubyfoo

hello lynxx and andree

2:31 am

flosey

back again, Hi Lyn, Andree, Ruby

2:31 am

lynxxx

'scuse me for a bit, just going to concentrate on this, surely must be more than 37 words!

2:31 am

rubyfoo

hi closey

2:32 am

Andree

hi flosey

2:32 am

Andree

must be very late for you flosey

2:33 am

Christine

Lots of 'almost' words tonight.

2:33 am

flosey

yes, went to bed at 11, still awake an hour later so might as well look for a few more words

2:33 am

flosey

it's 12:30 now

2:34 am

Andree

i am usually in bed before 11 so that sound late to me

2:35 am

flosey

have always abeen a bit of a night owl

2:37 am

flosey

**been - guess my fingers think it's time to be sleeping!

2:39 am

rubyfoo

what's funny is that so many words that exist in lexulous, aren't accepted here

2:39 am

Andree

lets hope you will be able to go back to bed after a few words

2:39 am

rubyfoo

and then find a really boring book.....

2:41 am

flosey

thanks, I should - but can't turn the light on again - would disturb hubby

2:49 am

flosey

4 words to go!

2:50 am

flosey

3

2:50 am

lynxxx

Go Flosey!

2:51 am

dizgrannie

fireworks....that stoopid de 5 20 word caught me again

2:51 am

flosey

always forget that Italian bye!

2:51 am

lynxxx

Congrats DizGrannie!

2:52 am

flosey

wtg diz

2:52 am

dizgrannie

ty lynx

2:52 am

dizgrannie

and flos

2:52 am

flosey

2

2:52 am

dizgrannie

go flosey

2:52 am

rubyfoo

ty flosey, wd never hv seen that!

2:53 am

flosey

glad I could help ruby

2:53 am

Andree

yay diz

2:53 am

flosey

any clues for the first da6?

2:54 am

dizgrannie

da 6 sounds like a boys name

2:54 am

lynxxx

is that the da & vwl & guys

2:54 am

dizgrannie

swap letters

2:55 am

Andree

thx lynxxx

2:55 am

rubyfoo

tx lynx and grannie

2:55 am

lynxxx

got up to 60 , need to go and organise some dinner. BBL

2:56 am

lynxxx

Congrats Flosey!

2:56 am

Andree

bye lynxxx

2:57 am

rubyfoo

see you later

2:58 am

dizgrannie

gotta go, and another thanx to the guys/galls who sent me my belated chrissy pressie...so much easier....xxxxx

2:58 am

Andree

flosey did i miss your fireworks

2:58 am

flosey

not finished yet lyn, not getting that clue

2:59 am

flosey

have a da5 that sounds like a boy's name but there's a da6 before it that I can't find

3:00 am

Andree

i have 2 d's missing

3:00 am

flosey

ah, got it

3:00 am

flosey

thanks diz

3:02 am

flosey

ah, fireworks, last word, wi5/20

3:03 am

flosey

and now to bed and hopefully to sleep, goodnight all

3:03 am

flosey

thanks for the help and encouragement

3:03 am

Andree

yay flosey, goodnight and sleep well

3:04 am

flosey

ty Andree

3:10 am

Andree

fireworks

3:10 am

Andree

now must get dinner, bye all happy babbling

3:32 am

Christine

dw

3:34 am

Atalante

awww love your hippo, christine

3:35 am

Christine

Isn't he pretty? Somehow I changed it on the v\chat, but not on my profilr.

3:36 am

Christine

Lord above, gremlins are drunk-typing, again.

3:39 am

Christine

Huh, now it is changed in profile.

3:40 am

Christine

Huh, now it is changed.

3:40 am

Atalante

LOL

3:41 am

Christine

What the heck - I'm moving over to add-a-word.

3:42 am

Christine

Pretty little dog; is he enjoying the snow?

3:42 am

Atalante

the snow is going! hurray! but yes, she loved it. until it got too deep and she got lost in it lOL

4:01 am

Christine

The snpw's one thing I don't miss about London. SoCal weather is designed for me - it's 2am, and 53 degrees in L.A.

4:02 am

Atalante

even FLA was colder than London recently :P the snow this year has been hell though

4:03 am

rubyfoo

hi ata!

4:03 am

Christine

For almost two weeks, we've been the warmest place in the 48 contiguos states.

4:03 am

Atalante

hi ruby and ruby!

4:04 am

rubyfoo

lol

4:04 am

rubyfoo

I think now I should put up a picture of Max and confuse everybody

4:04 am

Christine

Hi, rubyfoo

4:04 am

rubyfoo

hello christine

4:04 am

Atalante

looool yes, Max too :) hi Max!

4:05 am

rubyfoo

poor max; every day the snow is a new experiencer for him; it's like Groundhog Day

4:06 am

Christine

Por puppy - but are the good experiences all-new for him?

4:06 am

Atalante

awwww. sounds like my old dog, Jake. He had brain damage. Every day was a whole new experience

4:07 am

rubyfoo

yes, I think so and he lets me pet him now, it only took 6 years!

4:07 am

Atalante

a whole new day to forget he really was house trained, honest

4:07 am

rubyfoo

never that, fortunately, chows housebreak themselves!

4:08 am

rubyfoo

and they are soooo gentle, especially Max

4:09 am

Atalante

Bells got a proper walk yesterday for the first time in a week. She bounded madly round the park and swum in the bit of the lake thats un-iced

4:09 am

rubyfoo

it is so funny that Bella swims! Max drinks from the fish pond, even with snow and ice on it, buthas never fallen in!

4:10 am

Atalante

she looooooooooves swimming :)

4:10 am

rubyfoo

one of our previous chows, Rufus, used to tunnel under the snow

4:10 am

Atalante

awwwwww

4:11 am

rubyfoo

well, I finally made half!!! not getting much better, but really enjoying this room and game anyway -- keeps me humble

4:12 am

Atalante

the fun is what counts

4:12 am

rubyfoo

for sure

4:13 am

rubyfoo

now and then I get a word from the chat, but I don't know how to interpret lickety's list but maybe it's OK this way; ranking is creeping up, point by little point!

4:14 am

Christine

What do you not understand on the list? Perhaps we can help clear-up the problem.

4:15 am

rubyfoo

I think you have to cut and paste it, but I can't even do that! And I look at all the beginnings of words and am overwhelmed. It's just my limitation, not to worry, you are very nice to offer your help!!!!

4:16 am

Atalante

you don't have to cut adn paste, I know that

4:18 am

Brookie

Sorry, I've been feeding the baby and lurking. Ruby, I'm quite technologically challenged, so I just print out the words I've typed here, and then enter them in Lickety's list, and then reenter the new words here.

4:18 am

Haz1558

Good morning/evening all.

4:19 am

Christine

No. darlin, I wouln't be able to help - I don't know how to do that. Perhaps I'll look at it (in the daylight) and see if it makes sense to me. I know zilch about computers, so I've not been able to figure it.

4:19 am

rubyfoo

hi has

4:19 am

Brookie

Hi Haz, ruby, christine, ata

4:19 am

Atalante

hi haz! hi la glitterata!

4:19 am

rubyfoo

lruking with a baby, how cute!

4:20 am

Haz1558

Ruby, Lickety's list is a great help, but sometimes I think it can be overwhelming for new people to see it and to think, all the words are here, I have to find them all. In a way, it can be a distraction from looking at the grid and seeing the words.

4:20 am

rubyfoo

that's certainly my case, haz!

4:20 am

Brookie

ruby, I teach my baby the best lurking habits.

4:20 am

rubyfoo

and since this isn't about winning (like lexulous), it's OK for me

4:21 am

Haz1558

So, if you're happy to build up your own word skills by using the clues given, I think that should be fine. Later on, when you're a bit more comfortable, then use Lickety.

4:21 am

Christine

Hi, Haz and Brookie. Atalante, I tried to acknowledge you, but the gremlins wouldn't cooperate.

4:21 am

Brookie

I haven't tried lexulous... is it fun?

4:21 am

rubyfoo

do you play peek-a-boo games; that always seems to make babies laugh

4:22 am

Haz1558

Back in the pre-list days, I think players built up gradually, nowadays, there's more of a pressure to finish, just because it is more possible. Don't succumb to the pressure if you don't want!

4:22 am

Brookie

Normally yes, but right now he's screaming at me. He needs some more sleep... brb.

4:22 am

Haz1558

Hello Christine, ruby, Ata, Brookie and everyone!

4:22 am

rubyfoo

yex, it's a great game, especially blitz, where you just play against the clock. The bad thing is that the chat is only one minute between games. Regular lexulous attracts some stalkers and bad guys and, although you can chat, I like it less.

4:22 am

Atalante

lol Christine, I forgive you :)

4:23 am

Haz1558

I've never played lexulous, although there must be lots of babblers who do,because it is mentioned often.

4:23 am

rubyfoo

Haz, I don't think I'll ever finish, but once I get to half, I feel satisfied

4:23 am

Atalante

lexulous is great

4:23 am

Haz1558

Then, that's grand, ruby, do whatever makes you happy and content.

4:24 am

rubyfoo

have you played blitz, ata? My lex name is nelliekelley

4:24 am

rubyfoo

and this is a great relief from the day-to-day here

4:24 am

Haz1558

Looking back, when I started babble, there were so many words that I didn't know, that I now enter routinely. You just absorb new words.

4:25 am

Atalante

I play on facebook, ruby, do you?

4:25 am

Atalante

like the lw4!

4:25 am

rubyfoo

yes, you peeps have truly taught me a lot and just in 4 weeks!

4:25 am

Haz1558

Exactly! And the plural.

4:25 am

Christine

Back in the old days, when I found Babble, I felt I had to finish every grid, now I play for a while, then read the chat and pop in and out, through the day/night. If it's not fun, it's not worth spending our time.

4:26 am

rubyfoo

you're kidding about lw, right? I don't like it on facebook as much, because the games go very slowly and I frequently have 4 or 5 going but am winding down on that

4:26 am

Haz1558

You've been a good pupil, ruby.

4:26 am

Haz1558

No kidding about lw4. lw plus two vowels.

4:26 am

rubyfoo

great teachers! and patient

4:27 am

Atalante

I always used to finish, but now because I know I can always finish if I so wanted to, I tend to pay more attention to the chat and just babble happily

4:27 am

rubyfoo

lw must be welsh!

4:27 am

Brookie

Back now... baby is happier now that is older brother is up too. Christine, I agree with you... I used to finish every grid, but now I don't feel the need. It's the overall Babble experience that's enjoyable.

4:27 am

Brookie

Ata, agree with you too.

4:27 am

Christine

lw4/8 yuou recognise the word, even though ypu may not remember the definition.

4:27 am

rubyfoo

pls pls, somebody tell me the 3rd letter of lw!!!!

4:28 am

Haz1558

But you've had a great attitude, ruby, you're here to find words, yes, but also to chat. Some new people get quite affronted that they don't know the words, therefore it is a stupid game. Or else they get so obsessed with finishing that sleep and food is forsaken for days on end.

4:28 am

Christine

See those drunken gremlins, messing-about

4:28 am

Haz1558

lw plus **ther / or.

4:28 am

rubyfoo

but the recipes offered keep me eating extra meals!

4:29 am

Haz1558

And the lw4 isn't Welsh, it's Angolan money.

4:30 am

rubyfoo

how could I not know that!!! lol

4:30 am

Christine

Rubyfoo, the list is useful because it will tell you the value of the points. LW is 6, so you need two letters/.points to fill the space.

4:32 am

Haz1558

Currencies are notorious for throwing up odd words. Like the baht in Thailand, and it'll throw in old French words like ecus and sous.

4:32 am

rubyfoo

now I'll look for it everytime I see lw!!!

4:32 am

Atalante

and the naira

4:32 am

rubyfoo

now, lunch

4:32 am

Christine

I don't remember what the chat was like six years ago, but I'm sure it wasn't as much fun as now. Nor as caring and accepting of everyone as this group - well mostly, but the naysayers seem to have disappeared.

4:32 am

Brookie

my favorite currency is toea

4:32 am

rubyfoo

locals still say "sou", too funny

4:33 am

Haz1558

I don't think they chatted as much six years ago. They were too busy trying to find the words!

4:33 am

rubyfoo

the other night, an experienced scrabbler said"Nobody is holding a gun to your head" when I said that the grid was very hard for me; that's the only snarky comment in a whole month

4:34 am

rubyfoo

I've written down those currencies, ata

4:34 am

Christine

I think you're right, Haz. This is more relaxed/friendly, 'cos we need to know about everyone's pets, and kids. partners

4:34 am

Sally-catlover

*Bounces in clutching late bowl of porridge. Hi all

4:35 am

Brookie

Hi sally

4:35 am

Haz1558

It maybe wasn't said in snarky fashion, ruby, that's the disadvantage of the chat log, you can't see whether the person is smiling as they're making the comment. Perhaps what the person meant was 'don't force yourself to go through this if you're not enjoying it.'

4:35 am

Atalante

certainly were!

4:35 am

Haz1558

You cantell I've been to diplomatic correspondence school, can't you?

4:35 am

rubyfoo

aaah, porridge! Can you believe I've developed an oatmeal allergy in my 60's and that's after eating it my whole life!

4:35 am

Haz1558

Hello, Sally! Hope that porridge doesn't spill with your bouncing.

4:35 am

Sally-catlover

That's serious, ruby!

4:36 am

Sally-catlover

It's pretty solid porridge, Haz.

4:36 am

Atalante

I would die without porridge

4:36 am

rubyfoo

very scary; the second time I had to have a shot, kept in the fridge for my other allergies also developed in the past 11 years

4:36 am

Haz1558

Is it drawer porridge, as beloved of Scots crofters?

4:37 am

rubyfoo

I miss American cream of wheat! Can't find it here or in Switz.

4:37 am

Sally-catlover

Reading back in the chog a bit. There was a time when I was so tired, and only 10 words to go or something that I felt I had to finish. Then I said to myself, this is only a game. And I walked away and left it unfinished. That's what I do now. I finish if I can, but sometimes there is just not enough time.

4:37 am

Christine

Hey, you can't see them and they can't see you, so no-one should assume there was NOT a gunman forcing you to finish the game.

4:37 am

rubyfoo

that's what I answered....

4:38 am

Haz1558

It's more likely that the gun was being wielded by an irate husband saying 'Will you for goodness sake leave that computer and talk to me!'

4:39 am

Sally-catlover

Mine wouldn't dare!

4:39 am

rubyfoo

not this husband!!! He doesn't step one foot into my studio

4:39 am

Christine

Rubyfoo, do you have family in US that can send it to you? If not I'll give yoy my email address, and I can send some to you.

4:39 am

Atalante

mine would LOL

4:39 am

Haz1558

So, I'm the only one with a gun wielding husband...

4:39 am

rubyfoo

I keep it especially messy so it isn't appealing to him

4:39 am

Yvo

GG

4:39 am

Yvo

GG

4:39 am

Haz1558

Good morning, Yvo.

4:40 am

Christine

Rubyfoo, do you have family in US that can send it to you? If not I'll give yoy my email address, and I can send some to you.

4:40 am

Christine

Rubyfoo, do you have family in US that can send it to you? If not I'll give yoy my email address, and I can send some to you.

4:40 am

rubyfoo

thank you Christine, that's a good idea. Usually, when we have visitors, they bring me canned pumpkin and pepperidge farm stuffing mix

4:40 am

rubyfoo

and cheap aspirin for my husband

4:40 am

Christine

Hiccups, sorry.

4:41 am

rubyfoo

see you after lunch

4:41 am

Yvo

good morning Haze Ruby and all you Babble Ladies

4:41 am

rubyfoo

(((everybody))))

4:41 am

Haz1558

Just realised that the gun wi***ing husband might have landed me in the PB...

4:41 am

rubyfoo

hi and bye yvo

4:41 am

Sally-catlover

Oh! TY Haz

4:41 am

Haz1558

How are you, Yvo? Still in Florida or back in Chicago?

4:41 am

Christine

Well, let me know if you need a Cream of Wheat boost.

4:41 am

Yvo

For Ruby the name in german is Gries or Farina

4:41 am

Atalante

typical husbands

4:42 am

Yvo

still in florida freezing

4:42 am

rubyfoo

thank you, I'll look next week in Geneva

4:42 am

Haz1558

Poor Yvo! And I suppose you left all your nice winter clothes behind?

4:42 am

Sally-catlover

Have a good lunch ruby

4:42 am

rubyfoo

ty ty

4:43 am

Yvo

ive been living in my sweatsuit since xmas

4:43 am

Haz1558

Bye ruby.

4:43 am

Atalante

ruby, I'll ask my friends in Geneve if they know of it there

4:43 am

Sally-catlover

Now why can't I have rawl? Don't they use rawl plugs in the USA?

4:44 am

Haz1558

That's horrible, Yvo, such a disappointment for you. No swimming either?

4:44 am

Yvo

its been so cold here have 2 more weeks and then drive home,

4:44 am

Yvo

not once

4:44 am

Atalante

I have to share something

4:45 am

Haz1558

I hope it improves for you, it's horrible if your whole holiday goes past without swimming at all.

4:45 am

Haz1558

Tea? Chocolate? What are you sharing, Ata?

4:45 am

Atalante

I've been taking oregano oil capsules - apparently they are very good at helping to sweep up the remains of viruses etc etc. They seem to be helping cos I haven't had a really bad flu day since starting them. BUT omg one burps oregano

4:46 am

Yvo

last year it was so nice and warm here i have the gulf of mexico in front and noone walking thr

4:46 am

Haz1558

Is it listed on the side as a possible side-effect or have they kept that particular joy a secret?

4:46 am

Yvo

bw

4:46 am

Atalante

a secret, I believe! it's horrid!

4:46 am

Atalante

sorry. I just had to tell.

4:46 am

Sally-catlover

I would have preferred the chocolate, Ata.

4:47 am

Yvo

Beach

4:47 am

Atalante

but! they really do appear to be helping, so I can deal with the "after-taste"!

4:47 am

Haz1558

You'll have appreciated babble to help keep you occupied, Yvo, although the grids haven't been terribly long.

4:48 am

Haz1558

Does the weather forecast predict any improvement?

4:49 am

Yvo

i got a new computer atoshiba notebook and trying to learn but just cant keep up with chat

4:50 am

Yvo

one finger typing so just wanted to say good morning and enjoy the chat as usual.

4:50 am

Haz1558

Was the new computer for Christmas? I've never got the hang of laptops very well, but maybe I've not had long enough to practise.

4:50 am

Haz1558

It was good to catch up with you, Yvo. Fingers crossed that the sun begins to shine.

4:51 am

Sally-catlover

But don't cross your fingers while two-finger typing.

4:52 am

Yvo

mostly i wanted a new one so i can skype with my sisters in germany ,its an awesome thing,just to be able to see them daily

4:52 am

Mudd

Ugh, I think I'm going to be pulling some teeth here. Inspiration has not hit me yet.

4:53 am

Haz1558

Technology is amazing, isn't it?

4:53 am

Christine

Hello, Mudd; welcome to the grid.

4:53 am

Yvo

sure is awesome .im learning .

4:54 am

Haz1558

You're doing very well, Yvo.

4:54 am

Haz1558

OKay, time for me to be off and doing other things. Nice to see you all, and have a good day. Bye for now!

4:54 am

Yvo

o ill say good bye all have a safe day ill be back again, and ruby its spelled Gries

4:54 am

Atalante

bye dear!

4:54 am

Sally-catlover

I don't get on very ell trackpads, Yvo, so have a tiny mouse I plug into a laptop. It has a retractable cable so I can take it travelling.

4:55 am

Haz1558

Bye Yvo, bye all! *gone*

4:55 am

Sally-catlover

? sb well with trackpads

4:55 am

Yvo

bye Haz have a super day

4:56 am

Sally-catlover

Bye Haz, Yvo

4:57 am

Atalante

hate trackpads

5:01 am

lynxxx

Me too. Had to buy a new mouse the other day - 1/3 the price of what they were 3 years ago. Wish all things went down in price like comp equip

5:01 am

lynxxx

Hi all

5:01 am

Atalante

oh I know!

5:06 am

Sally-catlover

brb

5:29 am

kje

is that middle i the weird iw word?

5:29 am

Atalante

weird iw word?

5:29 am

Atalante

its iz4, just got it!

5:30 am

kje

ty ata

5:31 am

kje

isn't there an iw babblet?

5:31 am

Atalante

lw

5:31 am

kje

close enough - LOL

5:32 am

kje

crap - that is a possibility here too!

5:32 am

Atalante

oh, there's iwis too :)

5:32 am

kje

see! you are trying to convince me i'm nuts, but i'm not buying it

5:33 am

Atalante

life is confusing :P

5:33 am

kje

well, babble is anyway

5:34 am

Lindrickway

hi guys, how's it going?

5:35 am

kje

hi lindy

5:35 am

Atalante

hi lindy

5:36 am

lynxxx

hi Lindy & kje

5:37 am

Mudd

Hi folks

5:39 am

kje

hi lynxx

5:45 am

lynxxx

sorry all, not being rude, have connection issues

6:07 am

rubyfoo

back after lunch

6:08 am

rubyfoo

ate a grilled cheese per ata and cross: emmenthal, gruyer and parmesan!

6:08 am

rubyfoo

lynxx, you must have a french server!

6:10 am

Mudd

Finished

6:11 am

Mudd

Didn't take as long as I thought it would.

6:12 am

Mudd

Looks like no one is here so I'll just toodle along. Have a good end to your day.

6:20 am

oodleberry

boo

6:22 am

oodleberry

gee can't even scare anyone ... cause there is no one here to scare... gee

6:30 am

oodleberry

hmmmm need a clue ... anyone there??

6:30 am

EspritdJean

I'm here

6:30 am

sukee

I don't have much, what do you need?

6:30 am

bojazz

hi oodle

6:30 am

oodleberry

hi esprit and bo

6:31 am

EspritdJean

hya

6:31 am

oodleberry

the ir please

6:31 am

sukee

Unfortunately, I don't have that yet

6:32 am

oodleberry

seems to me I have tried every combo

6:33 am

hootowl

ir+lemon***

6:33 am

sukee

oo, found it ir 5/12 Ir - m--- in Japan

6:34 am

hootowl

morning ? everyone

6:34 am

sukee

good morning

6:34 am

bojazz

hi hoot

6:35 am

oodleberry

?? don't get the clue

6:35 am

oodleberry

what does it mean

6:35 am

oodleberry

hi hoot

6:35 am

hootowl

you don't understand my clue oodle?

6:36 am

bojazz

me meither

6:36 am

oodleberry

ohhhh didn't see it

6:36 am

hootowl

ok

6:37 am

oodleberry

too oily I didn't have my cocoa yet

6:38 am

oodleberry

grrrr I tried that

6:38 am

sukee

ir 5/12 - a written edict of a Muslim ruler

6:38 am

oodleberry

*sighs and cries*

6:38 am

oodleberry

ty hoot

6:38 am

oodleberry

and sukee

6:39 am

hootowl

babble gets stubborn sometimes and refuses legitimate words. I find waiting a few minutes works. I think it gets pissed when you try too many times all at once

6:39 am

hootowl

yw

6:40 am

oodleberry

omg ... hoot dear I don't think it has any feelings

6:41 am

hootowl

that was tongue in cheek but after it happens a few times you'll understand. VERY stubborn.

6:41 am

oodleberry

never have had it happen to me

6:42 am

oodleberry

however if I make a space before the word it doesn't take it and that's probably what I did

6:43 am

hootowl

You have to be aware of it.... Think how many times someone say "I was sure I had entered that..."

6:43 am

oodleberry

again that is the space before the word

6:44 am

hootowl

NO. I have entered words - seen the green accepted - gone back an hour later and iy's gone. NO error.

6:50 am

Christine

Hootowl, I've had that happen . . .grrrrrrrrrh

6:50 am

Jacula

Me, too.

6:51 am

hootowl

ty - I don't think oodle believes me.

6:51 am

hootowl

Hi Jac - long time no see!

6:52 am

Jacula

Hi Hoot. I don't always chat in the day as I stay too long and don't get stuff done. LOL

6:52 am

hootowl

Belated Merry Christmas & Happy New Year. Was kind of out of it this holiday!

6:53 am

Jacula

Same to you, Hoot. Did you have 'flu over the holiday?

6:53 am

hootowl

Being retired has some advantages but I'm not usually on this early either. Just could not sleep.

6:54 am

hootowl

BF was sick then I got it milder but not flu. Just general yuck. Plus of course all the running around to get organised makes it worse. What is organized anyway???????

6:56 am

Christine

Read Hydra's entry for today, Hootowl, and you'll find you didn't have a cold - it was co6/42

6:56 am

Jacula

We should be like the Victorians were and not put decorations up until Christmas Eve. Most of the cooking was done in advance. Simpler times.

6:57 am

Jacula

Christine - I read that on her blog before I opened Babble. Guess what the first word I entered was? :-)

6:57 am

herinfernallady

hello

6:57 am

hootowl

Considering it's just the 2 of us here you'd be amazed. We were just totally dis-organised this year. Wacky weather didn't help either

6:58 am

Jacula

Hello Herin. How are things?

6:58 am

Christine

In my parents' house,m we put up the tree on 23rd or 24th, and took it down on 1/6. My neighbours start with the Christmas decorations before they take down Hallowe'en witches.

6:58 am

Jacula

There were only 3 of us for Christmas dinner but there were 9 of us for Boxing Day dinner.

6:59 am

Jacula

Christine - We've got neighbours like that - their houses are covered with flashing santas etc., by Nov. 30th.

7:00 am

hootowl

Oh good! I'm a 12th nighter too. I was the only one on my block to still have decorations up after xmas! And some had put up elaborate displays before Halloween!!!

7:00 am

Christine

Time for a cup of tea - can I get anything for anyone? Cereal, tea, coffee or hot choc.

7:00 am

hootowl

no thank you

7:01 am

Jacula

The Christmas lights are still on our outside tree due to the snowy weather. We haven't been able to get them down yet. They're not switched on though - not since 12th Night.

7:02 am

hootowl

Hi herin - just caught up

7:02 am

herinfernallady

i loath over the top christmas lights

7:03 am

hootowl

New guy across the street put lights on roof, walls, trees and I think set them to music. Lovely sight every time I looked out my window...NOT

7:04 am

Christine

Of course, it looks pretty, but it gets to be a bit annoying when they want me to dig out my lights so that one of the men can put them up. I'm not a curmudgeon, but anytime before mid-December is too early, in my opinion. Still, without one of the husbands or tall sons to put 'em up, mine would be the only dark apartment, and I do appreciate them.

7:05 am

herinfernallady

We don't ahve tress

7:05 am

hootowl

Well they can put them up but you don't have to turn them on!

7:05 am

Jacula

FIREWORKS!:-)

7:06 am

hootowl

congrats Jac

7:06 am

herinfernallady

Yah Jac

7:06 am

Jacula

I'd better go - got apple pie to make. Happy Babbling all. x

7:06 am

Christine

What about the houses that show up on television, every year, flashing lights to loud musuc - okay if it's your house, you can close the curtains, but - those poor people across the street.

7:06 am

herinfernallady

We are very bah humbug. And now we have the kitties it is easy not to bother. THey eat everything

7:07 am

Christine

Hootowl, that's what I do.

7:07 am

hootowl

My cat used to steal the balls from the back of the tree and then play with them at night

7:07 am

Christine

Bah humbug, indeed. Off to get my hot tea.

7:08 am

herinfernallady

I swear if there was music involved I would probably work out a way to disconect the power

7:09 am

herinfernallady

micro

7:09 am

hootowl

The thing that really bothered me was , he put the lights up before thanksgiving, gave a show every night. Then for xmas they went away for a week and no lights! Why bother?

7:09 am

herinfernallady

o poo. To the pb for me

7:09 am

hootowl

it's ok herin - got that one. Try one I don't have please

7:10 am

o-o

Only 345 days until Christmas

7:10 am

herinfernallady

Thank you for that Reminder Babble.

7:11 am

herinfernallady

Does anyone know if there is another puzzle like funny farm out there?

7:11 am

hootowl

If there was music I couldn't hear it. I'm assuming so because he had them choreographed. Otherwise totally senseless and disorganized

7:11 am

hootowl

hi BR

7:11 am

hootowl

What is funny farm?

7:12 am

herinfernallady

Its a meta puzzle on shygypsy. Very addictive

7:12 am

herinfernallady

http://shygypsy.com Look for the game funny farm It was created about 3 years ago it seems.

7:12 am

hootowl

Hey - now that I have people here.....Has anyone else noticed the influx of Viaxx ads all over the bloody place?

7:13 am

hootowl

I'll try that herin. thanks

7:13 am

ladycece920

herin, did you try the Word 300 puzzle?

7:14 am

herinfernallady

is that at the same site?

7:14 am

herinfernallady

and hello

7:15 am

ladycece920

i think it's the same people, but site is:

7:15 am

ladycece920

http://funny-farm.appspot.com/game/lin
x

7:15 am

ladycece920

http://funny-farm.appspot.com/game/lin
x

7:15 am

ladycece920

oops, sorry!

7:16 am

herinfernallady

were did you find that?

7:16 am

gramma

I went to the funny farm site and I have to say, I don't get it.

7:17 am

herinfernallady

Gramma its a word association game. Like err hat links to coat and so on

7:18 am

redturtlehead

Good Morning Everyone! Today I begin my week of complete Unemployment! SO far I am loving it.

7:18 am

herinfernallady

HI Red. your contract up?

7:18 am

gramma

I sort of understand that. I just don't get what makes a word work or not.

7:19 am

redturtlehead

yes, I start my new job on the 25th...

7:19 am

herinfernallady

Um thinks that link. Like Spaggetti and sauce sauce to mince mince to cow cow to farm. That kind of thing

7:19 am

herinfernallady

O new job woot

7:19 am

Anniebrook

hello everyone

7:19 am

redturtlehead

gramma, I think in some ways it is random what associates with what.

7:19 am

Anniebrook

red, a well deserved rest for you.

7:19 am

redturtlehead

hi Annie.

7:20 am

herinfernallady

damn it I now have to reset my game

7:20 am

Anniebrook

red, will you still be in Florida?

7:20 am

gramma

Boy oh boy...I didn't even follow that. sauce to mince?

7:20 am

redturtlehead

Yes, I am just going to a hospital closer to my home. today is cleaning day again and then My mom comes for a vacation on Sunday.

7:21 am

Trifioso

good morning babble friends!

7:21 am

oodleberry

i'm still stuck on the farm and if I don't get another word soon I am going to fergit it

7:21 am

Anniebrook

red, enjoy the visit with your mom

7:21 am

herinfernallady

Oh Oddle its not that bad.

7:21 am

Anniebrook

Hi Trif and Sir Oodle

7:21 am

redturtlehead

I'm really looking forward to seeing my Mom.

7:22 am

oodleberry

what ever herin it is for me

7:22 am

herinfernallady

Gramma. Spagetti has sauce and Mince mince comes from cows cows come from the farm

7:22 am

Trifioso

hi. okay, the right side of this grid is really poopy.

7:22 am

herinfernallady

Oodle there is walk through sites

7:22 am

herinfernallady

HI Trigs

7:22 am

herinfernallady

Triffs opps

7:22 am

oodleberry

hi Miss Annie

7:22 am

Trifioso

and I cannot get the i in the center at all. Any nudges out there?

7:22 am

Christine

Red, give your Mum a hug from thode of ud who've lost our own.

7:23 am

gramma

I think I'm lost. mince mince? cow cow?

7:23 am

Christine

Especially those of us who can't type/spell.

7:23 am

Sally-catlover

Back. Oodle, do you need any hints for the funny farm site?

7:23 am

redturtlehead

Sure thing Christine. My Grandmother died last year, and My Mom really misses her.

7:24 am

oodleberry

I guess it did say you can't do it on your own... and yes I do

7:24 am

Sally-catlover

Where are you stuck?

7:25 am

oodleberry

do you have to get all the words??

7:25 am

Christine

Trifioso - iz4/9, long white garment worn by women in N.Africa.

7:25 am

Trifioso

thank you christine!!!

7:26 am

oodleberry

don,t remember now haven't been in a couple of days... too frustrating... words don,t come that easily for me in that case

7:26 am

Sally-catlover

No, but to solve the whole puzzle you have to get the corner squares. However, I would never have got some of them withoiut some help because it is too American for me.

7:27 am

redturtlehead

Okay, I need to head of and do the cleaning and preparing.

7:27 am

redturtlehead

bbl and everyone have a great day!

7:27 am

Anniebrook

bye red, have a great time

7:27 am

oodleberry

ok now i don,t have the same one cause I didn't save it... ooooops

7:27 am

Christine

If you run out of cleaning & preparing chores, I'll leave the front door unlocked for you.

7:28 am

Sally-catlover

I'm stuck on the food one :-(

7:29 am

Trifioso

ummm - clue for the lone e in the center column, please?

7:29 am

Trifioso

never mind -- thanks to whomever just sent that psychic clue!

7:29 am

oodleberry

ok I am on white

7:29 am

Christine

Sally-cat, is that a word in babble or the other game?

7:29 am

herinfernallady

Sorry I can't explain further without being confusing. TOo tired

7:30 am

oodleberry

other game christine

7:30 am

Trifioso

I was wondering.....has the word "fireworks" ever been in the grid? sometimes we have hint, clue, word, etc....everyone would linger in the PB if "fireworks" was in the grid, lol!

7:30 am

gramma

em 4/6

7:30 am

hootowl

ty gramma!

7:31 am

Sally-catlover

lol. The word game. There are three. Funny Farm, which starts On The Farm, then the Word one, which starts with Paper, then the Food one, which starts with Bean.

7:31 am

hootowl

Can someone explain why italian me NEVER gets the italian hi-bye???????

7:31 am

Trifioso

wooo - thanks hoot! forgot that one!

7:32 am

Sally-catlover

oodle, think of an alcoholic drink which is white

7:32 am

hootowl

seeee!

7:32 am

Christine

Between Babble, blog-reading, and catching up on books, I don't know how I ever found time to go to work.

7:33 am

Trifioso

christine, with just that sentence alone, you just became my new kindred spirit. rock on!

7:33 am

herinfernallady

Christin work is over rated

7:34 am

herinfernallady

also sorry my eye is still giving me grief

7:34 am

hootowl

I have Smithsonians from april 009 to date, about 3 doz books and who knows what else I haven't read yet!

7:34 am

oodleberry

the one drink I knew and it wouldn't take it

7:35 am

Trifioso

I love the smithsonian magazine -- so interesting, every single month. even my kids look at some of the articles

7:35 am

hootowl

I spent a month finally sorting thru recipe collection and realised yesterday I have to redo the whole dammm thing! I'm retired and have no time for anything!!!!

7:35 am

Trifioso

and the photos are amazing

7:35 am

oodleberry

the ones I think it is are two words not one

7:35 am

Christine

My Dad, who worked until he lost his sight (in his 80s) couldn't believe I could spend retirement just lying on my bed, reading. I'd intended to do soooo much, once I had so much free time, but my body decided otherwise. Well, it was good timing, because there's no way I could sit at a desk for 8 hours.

7:35 am

Trifioso

why do you have to redo it, hootowl?

7:36 am

Sally-catlover

It's Wine. Also, leading from White is the stuff we are complaining about (I assume this is in the Wordlink 300, by the way!)

7:38 am

oodleberry

yes

7:38 am

hootowl

I realised my catagories are not right. Please understand this is 8 years of recipes into 8 looseleaf books and now I may have to get two more and move stuff around again. AND try the recipes at the same time!

7:39 am

Sally-catlover

Oodle, just copied your recipe for caramel. Don't think we have corn syrup in the UK. Would any syrup do, do you think?

7:40 am

Trifioso

you can use lyles', sally

7:40 am

oodleberry

hold on lemme check

7:40 am

hootowl

You don't have Karo syrup?

7:40 am

herinfernallady

Sally you have Karo Syrup or you should

7:41 am

herinfernallady

Snap Hoot

7:41 am

Sally-catlover

TY Trif. Think I might try that, love caramel. mmmm

7:41 am

Sally-catlover

Never heard of Karo syrup. Will google.

7:42 am

Sally-catlover

Can buy it online, but quite expensive delivery.

7:43 am

oodleberry

sally ... honey would work but it is much too sweet so I would half it. different taste too

7:43 am

hootowl

There must be something - it's a common sweetener.

7:43 am

hootowl

Google corn syrup

7:43 am

herinfernallady

Sally shall I have a look at Tesco for you?

7:44 am

oodleberry

well it does say one cup honey to sub

7:45 am

Sally-catlover

Thanks herin, but I will look at Tesco later. It is our nearest supermarket, about 6 miles away, so if they have it that's good.

7:45 am

Trifioso

okay friends - please kick my butt a little - i need some compelling reasons to do more than just lay on the couch and read all day.....

7:45 am

herinfernallady

Ok Not Tesco. One sec

7:45 am

Ellen Jean

Is there a list today?

7:45 am

hootowl

honey would be thicker than corn syrup

7:45 am

Anniebrook

n ice

7:45 am

hootowl

yes

7:46 am

oodleberry

sally what you also could do is increase sugar by a cup and add 1/4 cup water

7:46 am

o-o

oodle, why not just substitute onions?

7:47 am

oodleberry

but what you do is melt the sugar with the water

7:47 am

Trifioso

babble, thanks for the kind dinner invitation, btw, but, er, ah....suddenly it seems i have plans....

7:47 am

hootowl

with a long slow simmer BR?

7:47 am

oodleberry

although onions contain sugar it won't be enough for caramel BR

7:48 am

oodleberry

sally?

7:48 am

Sally-catlover

thanks for the tip oodle. There are a few delis in Ludlow, my nearest town, so I can probably get it there. I have just never looked!

7:49 am

Sally-catlover

back soon

7:50 am

oodleberry

ok kewel... well what it is saying is melt a cup of sugar with the water separately... then add when you would add the corn syrup

7:50 am

oodleberry

ok bbye

7:52 am

herinfernallady

Sally you still there?

7:53 am

herinfernallady

Sally Ocado has it at: Â£3.59
(76.4p / 100ml)
Karo Light Corn Syrup (470ml)

7:58 am

Christine

rifioso - keep on keeping on. It's Friday - not our day to save the world.

7:59 am

Trifioso

thanks christine!

7:59 am

herinfernallady

Trifs has madam brat pulled her head in

8:00 am

Sally-catlover

Back. Thanks herin. Can't get Ocado to deliver here, but that means Waitrose would have it and we go there about every 6 weeks. Will put it on list for next visit.

8:02 am

herinfernallady

Ok I found this website that compares prices in the UK

8:02 am

herinfernallady

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/

8:03 am

Atalante

(Sally, use golden syrup)

8:03 am

Christine

Trifioso, love you photo of the nuns playing snowballs. I remember once seeing four nuns seated in the park, eating ice-cream cones.

8:03 am

Sally-catlover

Well I might if I can't wait, Ata :-)

8:04 am

hego

morning corn syrup lovers. Ugh

8:04 am

herinfernallady

Ata they are totally different texture

8:04 am

Atalante

almost exactly the same thing :)

8:04 am

herinfernallady

HI Hego. I found the only good for corn syrup was making fake blood

8:05 am

Atalante

no they aren't herin!

8:05 am

herinfernallady

mmm Ok

8:05 am

hego

lol and more ugh

8:05 am

herinfernallady

heheh. i just piffed my glasses case at the cat.

8:05 am

Atalante

poor kitty!

8:05 am

herinfernallady

Hego It was a regular Friday night make up accessory years ago.

8:05 am

Christine

Yum, treacle tart made with Tate & Lyles Golden Syrup. And my Dad put it (and salt) on his morning porridge.

8:06 am

hego

herin, I think I used to use it to make marshmallow frosting.

8:06 am

herinfernallady

Ata no she was clawing the carpet and I didn't even aim to hit her. I aimed about a foot off her butt.

8:06 am

Christine

Yum, treacle tart made with Tate & Lyles Golden Syrup. And my Dad put it (and salt) on his morning porridge.

8:06 am

Sally-catlover

Syrup on porridge! Ooh, there's a thought.

8:06 am

hego

I like honey on porridge.

8:07 am

herinfernallady

And Ata also they are both in the dark books for getting up somewhere they shouldn't and breaking a bottle of wine.

8:07 am

Christine

See that? Those bloomin' grmlins are at it again.

8:07 am

Atalante

little monsters!

8:07 am

Christine

And they can't spell even their own name.

8:08 am

Christine

Ata, what time is it in UK?

8:08 am

herinfernallady

At least it wasn't my bottle of 2005 Merlot. Then I would be cross. As it was I had to clean up and vaccuum any way and they didn't get glass in their paws nor did they drink it. No real harm done. Other than the pleasure i took in bathing and clipping their claws

8:08 am

hego

It should be around 1 PM

8:08 am

Atalante

14:08

8:09 am

hego

Oops 2 PM

8:09 am

Christine

And Herin, are you in the same time zone as NZ?

8:09 am

Christine

Thank you, Atalante

8:10 am

herinfernallady

No I am not Christine, its 1:10am here. NZ are in front of us time wise

8:10 am

hego

You're up late Miss herin.

8:12 am

herinfernallady

Yes watching videos

8:12 am

Christine

Thank you, Dear - Saturday, right? I have sisters in UK and NZ, and I've lost my note of time differences.

8:12 am

Atalante

silveclaw is demanding fuss. she's sitting next to laptop looking expectant

8:12 am

Atalante

UK is +8 to you christine

8:13 am

herinfernallady

No friday night.

8:13 am

Sally-catlover

Useful site for time zones: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

8:14 am

Christine

I was pretty sure of that, but NZ seems to change each time I call - oh well, on occasion she's called me in the middle of the night.

8:16 am

Atalante

if I wanted to set up a website for a charity auction / lottery I'm going to be running for our Nepal trip for Dogs for teh Disabled, what should I call it?

8:16 am

Sally-catlover

Lame Dogs?

8:17 am

hego

:-)

8:17 am

Atalante

ponders ponders ponders

8:18 am

Sally-catlover

Doglegs?

8:18 am

hego

:-D

8:19 am

herinfernallady

Ata you going with Liz?

8:19 am

Atalante

that's great!

8:19 am

Atalante

yep

8:19 am

Christine

Thank you, Sally-cat. I've bookmarked it.

8:19 am

Christine

Are you taking the dogs?

8:20 am

Atalante

I wish ...

8:20 am

Sally-catlover

I find it useful Christine.

8:20 am

herinfernallady

You two are bloody mad. Is she going with her pal from last time too?

8:21 am

Christine

The gremlins, when the tired of stealing pens, took my daybook - they're probably scribbling on the pages.

8:21 am

Atalante

nope

8:22 am

herinfernallady

Just you and Liz?

8:22 am

Atalante

or more like it we haven't persuaded June yet!

8:22 am

Christine

Atalante, why are you going to Nepal - and I wish I w

8:22 am

inge

I do not like this grid. I do not! But....fireworks. Snow is finally melting on the driveway.'

8:22 am

herinfernallady

hehe.

8:22 am

Atalante

to raise money for Dogs for the Disabled

8:22 am

herinfernallady

Hi Inge

8:23 am

hego

Hi Inge, glad to hear about your melt and congrats.

8:23 am

Christine

And the trip will raise money from the people in Nepal?

8:23 am

hootowl

How will going to Nepal raise money?

8:23 am

Atalante

we're raising money for Dogs for the Disabled

8:23 am

herinfernallady

O I must go to bed night all.

8:24 am

hootowl

nite herin

8:24 am

hego

Nite Herin

8:24 am

Atalante

we have to raise over Â£3000 each!

8:24 am

inge

nitey nite Heron

8:24 am

hego

Hootowl, Have you ever tried software to organize your recipes?

8:25 am

hootowl

but how

8:25 am

hego

Aprogram called Master Chef.

8:25 am

Atalante

how? good question LOL

8:25 am

hootowl

I can't until I sort them, try them and approve them. Then they'll go into the cmp

8:26 am

hurshy

i think what she means is, what is the idea - people in the UK give you money because you're going to nepal?

8:26 am

inge

I am off to see the whizzard............bye

8:26 am

hego

Sounds like a lot of work.

8:26 am

hego

bye Inge :-)

8:26 am

hootowl

8 yrs of collecting and BFs mothers collection on top. I'm trying to figure a way to display some of the old ads.

8:27 am

hootowl

it is!!!

8:27 am

Atalante

http://www.dogsforthedisabled.org/Supp
ortus/OverseasChallenges

8:28 am

Christine

oo early in the day . . . Sounds like a good project, but I can't connect the trip to Nepal as a fundraiser, unless it's a prize at an auction?

8:28 am

hego

I have a lot also, but I've been keeping them on computer for a long time.

8:28 am

hootowl

His mother was a craft nut too and I have a quilt to finish, 2 rugs and desperately need to find someone that knows weaving to figure out the looms I brought back!

8:28 am

Christine

going to look at that.

8:29 am

hego

Buy little owl!

8:29 am

hego

uh busy

8:30 am

hootowl

wize

8:31 am

hootowl

ah

8:32 am

hootowl

sime retirement huh!

8:32 am

hego

Yes, I also am retired and busier than ever.

8:33 am

hootowl

yup

8:36 am

broll

hoot - contact handwoven magazine at interweave.com. They probably can get you in touch with a weaving guild in you area.

8:36 am

broll

your area, I mean.

8:37 am

broll

and Handwoven! sheesh.

8:39 am

hootowl

thank you. She had a couple of them but was not sure they were still around. I'll check today

8:42 am

broll

yw

8:48 am

hego

Bye all. bbl

8:50 am

Christine

'bye, all - must be up and shining by 11:30am, so should get some sleep. See y'all next time.

8:51 am

hootowl

bye bye all

8:51 am

Christine

And ludo is too a word - a board game

8:52 am

Atalante

hi hego, hi christine

8:52 am

Christine

Adios, y'all

8:53 am

Atalante

bye I mean!

8:58 am

hootowl

I have 4 left - all Cs. Need a break. BBL

9:09 am

Sally-catlover

Just found the da 6/36. Nice :-)

9:10 am

Atalante

ty!

9:10 am

Sally-catlover

lol. A very satisfying find, that.

9:11 am

Atalante

I liked the me5/22

9:11 am

gramma

Help,please. I'm popping back in from funny farm. I don't know the etiquette or whatever. Can you out and out say what you have and what you need?

9:11 am

Sally-catlover

In Funny Farm or Babble?

9:12 am

Sally-catlover

And have you got the me 6/36?

9:12 am

gramma

Funny farm. I'm well versed in Babble

9:12 am

Sally-catlover

As I understand it, you can only ever finish Funny Farm if you co-operate. Which one are you doing?

9:13 am

gramma

I didn't know there were more than 1. I suppose there would have to be tho. I'm on the farm linked to religion and magic

9:14 am

Sally-catlover

Can I help?

9:14 am

gramma

yes please

9:15 am

gramma

can I tell you what I have so far?

9:15 am

Sally-catlover

Tell me where you're stuck. Others can look away :-)

9:16 am

gramma

on the north end of the farm, there appears to be a 2 letter word linking to magic

9:17 am

Atalante

not the dreaded farm :D

9:17 am

Sally-catlover

Hang on. Oh! That's BS as in what politicians speak :-)

9:17 am

gramma

and off to the east there is something linked to the barn???

9:17 am

gramma

TY

9:18 am

Atalante

barney

9:18 am

gramma

Do you need to fill them all in or just connect to the next block?

9:19 am

Atalante

fill em in

9:19 am

gramma

mmmmm, okay. I'll try

9:20 am

Sally-catlover

Sometimes when you fill in a box, others appear within the same square.

9:20 am

Sally-catlover

Ata, have you done the food one?

9:20 am

gramma

Really?

9:20 am

Atalante

some of it, but I got bored LOL

9:21 am

Sally-catlover

Sadly so gramma :-( Not sure if that happens on the very first square, thoiugh.

9:22 am

gramma

Oh I see what you mean. More blank ones appear. I thought you meant one word could fill a bunch of them

9:22 am

Sally-catlover

lol, no.

9:24 am

gramma

I better get in the shower before I get busted sitting in my own filth and squallor. Ty for the help.

9:25 am

Sally-catlover

np, gramma. There is a hints page somewhere. I would have never finished without.

9:25 am

gramma

I'll look for it

9:25 am

Sally-catlover

Mainly because it is so American-orientated, and some of the people I had never heard of.

9:26 am

gramma

bye and thnx again

9:26 am

Sally-catlover

I think I found thehints page via Google

9:29 am

sprite

good day all

9:30 am

Atalante

hi spritey! hi terra!

9:30 am

Sally-catlover

Hallo sprite. Love your icon.

9:30 am

sprite

hello dears! Am updating icon theme, so forgive me if my replies aren't fast

9:31 am

sprite

thanks Sally. One of the loveliest smiles I have ever seen. I hate to replace her

9:35 am

sprite

done, there is my icon clue

9:37 am

Atalante

bottoms?!

9:37 am

sprite

terra says hi, Ata. Just back from a stroll through the snow with my love and now lying flat out on the carpet

9:37 am

sprite

lol no, the action

9:38 am

Atalante

awwww what a happy boy!

9:39 am

sprite

he is. Whenever I am out with him, people tell me he looks soooo happy. Oh, which reminds me, I do have new pics. Will put them up on Flickr soon

9:40 am

Atalante

people love spaniels :D

9:41 am

sprite

hehehe even people with their own spaniel tell me Terra is beaming. He loves the whole wide world.

9:41 am

Atalante

ditto Hobbit. she's so smug

9:41 am

sprite

of course she is. She is with you ;)

9:42 am

lbdawger

hello. clue for the lone i in the third column, plz. for nbt

9:42 am

sprite

hello lbdawg

9:42 am

Atalante

so many people come up to me and compliment her. it's so lovely having a good spaniel :D

9:42 am

sprite

all I know for sure is it isn't iwis. Darn.

9:42 am

sprite

I love Hobbit

9:42 am

Atalante

nearly as good though

9:43 am

hurshy

iz4/9

9:43 am

hurshy

yicky grid

9:43 am

lbdawger

lol, okay, wont try iwis

9:43 am

lbdawger

thanks hursh

9:43 am

sprite

ah, thanks hursh. And yes, it is tricky. No speed on this one at all.

9:44 am

lbdawger

no rhyme or reason to it either.

9:44 am

Atalante

I quite like it LOL. But I always like grids everyone else hates

9:44 am

hurshy

i hope you stand ready to assist, then

9:44 am

sprite

oh I like it too. But it is tricky. One with a bite.

9:46 am

Atalante

haven't finished it yet. quite

9:46 am

sprite

hursh, lovely pic from your prides and joys!

9:47 am

lbdawger

i feel like oodles, and having 350 words to find.

9:47 am

sprite

I like you better the way you are, lbdawg, lol

9:47 am

lbdawger

(((sprite)))

9:48 am

sprite

:)

9:51 am

torgone

Geez .. finally monkeyed that iz4 . . .What a word ..

9:51 am

sprite

wtg torg! And once more babble made a men riper and more interesting...

9:51 am

sprite

*a man

9:53 am

torgone

Riper? ..Hopefully I'll be picked soon ..

9:53 am

Atalante

might not want to use the words men and riper together :P

9:53 am

sprite

*stretches out hand towards torg...*

9:54 am

sprite

lolllll Ata! Not good in english? I didn't mean smellier...

9:54 am

Atalante

that would probably be what most people would automatically assume :P

9:54 am

sprite

ok, so what is a better word?

9:55 am

Atalante

trying to think

9:55 am

torgone

Smarter?

9:56 am

Atalante

that would work, ty tor!

9:56 am

torgone

Wiser?

9:56 am

sprite

grin, no, though you definitely are, Torg.

9:56 am

Atalante

I was going to say wiser too

9:57 am

torgone

Though I can't imagine using that word unless I go to North Africa ..

9:57 am

sprite

nah, totally different from dutch then. In dutch, it means that which makes a mature man, who has life experience, more interesting to women than the young ones.

9:58 am

sprite

and I do not mean his money or his exes

9:58 am

Atalante

yes, like mature as in a mature fruit that is ripe

9:58 am

Atalante

I'm sure we have a good word, but I did know exacly what you meant!

9:58 am

sprite

yep, that is the idea. more sophisticated comes to mind, but rijp is more er.... sexy.

9:59 am

Haz1558

We have two words. George Clooney.

9:59 am

sprite

so, torg... you don't smell. Not bad anyway. Just mature-ish.

9:59 am

sprite

lol Haz. I was thinking to say, that quality that seems to make Haz's famous friend so popular.

10:00 am

Haz1558

Exactly. Just typing the name makes me smile.

10:00 am

Haz1558

And good morning/afternoon to all.

10:00 am

torgone

Well, I've got that going for me .. I don't smell ..

10:00 am

Atalante

LOL. can you think of the right word, Haz?

10:01 am

Haz1558

I think sophistication or maturity might cover it. Debonair?

10:01 am

Atalante

I could *draw* the concept, but I can't think of the right word. It's why all the pre-Raphaelites had their women voluptuously holding peaches and pomegranates

10:01 am

torgone

At least not bad enough for someone in the Netherlands to pick it up ..

10:02 am

Atalante

or suave?

10:03 am

sprite

hmmmm I like suave

10:03 am

Haz1558

Yes, suave is good, provided it is not mixed with smarmy.

10:03 am

Atalante

does debonair comes from de bon air?

10:03 am

sprite

torg, you nut. Love you. Like you. Think you are very mature, sophisticated and suave.

10:03 am

Atalante

suave and smarmy = michael winner. suave = roger moore

10:04 am

sprite

*goes to look up debonair*

10:04 am

torgone

My Friday is starting out pretty well ..

10:04 am

Haz1558

Yes, Ata, de bon air. Thank you France.

10:04 am

Atalante

we get debonair. They get le weekend

10:05 am

sprite

wellll I just don't like roger moore. Never have.

10:05 am

Haz1558

We get rendezvous, they get le camping.

10:05 am

Atalante

ok sean connery in a DJ then!

10:05 am

Atalante

and le computer

10:05 am

sprite

yessssssss exactly! That is what I mean. Sean Connery.

10:06 am

Atalante

lmao all this over Tor getting a word

10:06 am

Cherrypop

a bit of a rogue too

10:06 am

sprite

ok, found debonair. Not sexy enough, I'd say, for rijp. I was confused with a word for someone no longer in an offical capacity or something like that, I think.

10:06 am

torgone

I should get words more often ..

10:06 am

Haz1558

Only in babble chat, Ata.

10:07 am

sprite

in babble I would expect no less

10:07 am

sprite

indeed, cherry

10:07 am

Atalante

yes. roguish suavity. with an added pomegranate

10:07 am

Haz1558

Hello, cherrypop.

10:08 am

sprite

Ata, can you imagine the fun we will have if I ever get well enough to seriously start writing in english or translating?

10:08 am

Cherrypop

good morning-sun is out all is right w/the world!

10:08 am

Atalante

:D it's fun enough trying to translate Ayla-speak into English sometimes :)

10:08 am

sprite

oh I bet :) Tell her I said hi, please?

10:09 am

sprite

Cherry how lovely.

10:09 am

Atalante

will do!

10:09 am

Cherrypop

Time for sun, my solar batteries were run down

10:09 am

Atalante

ok, I've got to go and do my half hour of wii fit before I become cemented to my chair. and then husband comes home. oh joy.

10:10 am

Haz1558

There's real enthusiasm in the last statement, Ata.

10:10 am

Cherrypop

Sprite-what have you done w/your clothes?

10:10 am

sprite

*gives Ata some real boxing gloves and suggests waiting a half hour longer before starting*

10:11 am

sprite

I know the feeling, Cherry. Makes all the difference, some sun vitamins

10:11 am

Cherrypop

meld

10:11 am

Atalante

can't you just sense it :)

10:11 am

Cherrypop

ooooooooooooooooppppppppppppppssssssss
ssss sorry

10:11 am

sprite

you mean in my pic? Must have misplaced them there.

10:11 am

sprite

lol no problem, it isn't even valid, alas.

10:12 am

Haz1558

I could sense it even without you using excitement font.

10:15 am

torgone

So the comparing me to Sean Connery is over then? ..

10:15 am

sprite

ok, that Z is rather prominently used after all

10:16 am

Haz1558

We're still enjoying the image, torgone.

10:16 am

sprite

awww torg :) I like you even better - you do talk back.

10:16 am

Cherrypop

Sorry there is NO comparison lol

10:17 am

torgone

Just wondering if should stick around or go toss my falconry gear into the Aston-Martin and head out to the moors ..

10:18 am

Cherrypop

Be still my heart

10:18 am

sprite

head out and enjoy. We'll be here one of the next times you come on babble chat

10:18 am

Haz1558

The moors will be snowbound, no Aston Martin will make any progress.

10:19 am

hego

Back for a few

10:19 am

Haz1558

Hello, hego.

10:19 am

torgone

Right .. Better take the Landrover ..

10:19 am

sprite

wb hego. A few ni4, de4 babblers?

10:20 am

Haz1558

Yes, the landrover would be more sensible.

10:20 am

sprite

or one of those flying suits, torg?

10:20 am

Cherrypop

look who is talking about suits!

10:20 am

torgone

Hard to carry stuff with the jet pack ..

10:21 am

sprite

hahahahaha!

10:21 am

hego

Hey, Sprite I have a clue icon!

10:21 am

sprite

you certainly do, and a good one.

10:21 am

hego

:-)

10:22 am

torgone

I don't get your clue, sprite ..

10:22 am

sprite

with that promising ending that just doesn't work on any other word :(

But... fireflies after all.

10:22 am

sprite

what is the kid doing, torg?

10:23 am

Haz1558

Congratulations!

10:23 am

torgone

Ah ..

10:23 am

hurshy

i have 2 ze and 1 zi, what's the other one?

10:23 am

hego

YAAAYYY!!! Sprite.

10:23 am

sprite

another zi

10:23 am

hego

zi

10:23 am

hego

Hi Hurshy

10:23 am

hurshy

thanks, got it

10:23 am

rubyfoo

hi everybody

10:23 am

hurshy

hi

10:24 am

sprite

hi rubyfoo

10:24 am

Haz1558

Hello ruby and hurshy.

10:24 am

hego

Hi Ruby

10:24 am

rubyfoo

hello hurshy

10:24 am

rubyfoo

hello haz\

10:24 am

rubyfoo

hello hego

10:25 am

rubyfoo

dinner is cooking and I have a couple of minutes (obviously, not much of a dinner!)

10:25 am

sprite

I am off, have fun all :)

10:25 am

rubyfoo

hi sprite; you're not still annoyed with me??

10:25 am

sprite

why should I be, ruby, and why do you think so?

10:25 am

Haz1558

Bye sprite.

10:26 am

hego

Lots of good things can be cooked quickly, Ruby

10:26 am

rubyfoo

because you told me I didn't have to play which stung

10:26 am

Cherrypop

see you nudie

10:26 am

hego

bye sprite

10:26 am

rubyfoo

here, I cook more for dogs then husband!

10:26 am

hurshy

beware of reading tone into type

10:27 am

sprite

sorry you took it that way, ruby, I mean nobody HAS to play, we are here all by our free will.

10:27 am

rubyfoo

OK hurshy, I'll be unstung

10:27 am

rubyfoo

OK sprite, thank you

10:27 am

sprite

(and if you scroll back, you will see I was the 2nd to greet you)

10:27 am

rubyfoo

yes, I saw, sorry for being sensitive

10:28 am

sprite

no problem at all, I am sensitive myself as well. Never meant anything bad towards you and you haven't annoyed me at any time.

10:28 am

hurshy

i hate this grid!!!!

10:28 am

Haz1558

ruby, if it was sprite who said the gun to the head thing, she'll have meant it in the 'don't force yourself beyond what is pleasurable.' As I said this morning, that's the downside of the chat, you can't see facial expression.

10:28 am

hego

Don't feel bad Ruby, Sprite's the best. She wouldn't be mean.

10:28 am

hurshy

(you can read tone into my last post)

10:28 am

hego

I hate this grid too Hurshy!

10:29 am

Haz1558

(Summoning all powers of diplomacy and soothing to persuade hurshy that the grid can be done)

10:29 am

rubyfoo

BTW, I have a wonderful cooking tip for anybody in the US: bridgeford frozen bread dough: thaw it, pull it into a long piece, braid it, put on olive oil and sea salt, let it rise and claim that it's homemade bread. Your guests will be astonished!!

10:29 am

hurshy

well of course it can be done, they can always be done

10:29 am

hego

Lady Haz is very diplomatic.

10:29 am

Haz1558

I've got a diploma in diplomacy, hego. It's signed by Henry Kissinger himself.

10:30 am

rubyfoo

went to diplomacy school, from what I understand....

10:30 am

hego

But, Ruby, it IS homemade. ;-)

10:30 am

Haz1558

Okay, rephrase for hurshy, the grid can be done and I'm sorry that you're not enjoying it more. Is tha better?

10:30 am

hurshy

dishes can be done, lawns can be mowed, floors can be vacuumed...

10:30 am

hego

Oh, that's right Haz, now I remeber. LOL

10:30 am

sprite

well, really off now, things to do and people to insult ---> insert ;-) somewhere in sentence ;)

10:30 am

rubyfoo

that's what I told myself, but, truly, it's terrific, better than "French" bread

10:31 am

hurshy

much better, thank you haz :)

10:31 am

hego

WOW!

10:31 am

Haz1558

Good!

10:31 am

Haz1558

Bye sprite, give Terra a pat from me.

10:31 am

sprite

will do!

10:31 am

rubyfoo

bye spritye, sorry that I misunderstood

10:32 am

Cherrypop

tata sprite

10:32 am

Cherrypop

ewel

10:33 am

rubyfoo

hi cherrypop

10:33 am

Cherrypop

Hi and bye to all see ya

10:33 am

Haz1558

Bye Cherry.

10:34 am

hurshy

might i have assistance with both of the da6 ?

10:35 am

Haz1558

Yes, I will not da6/36 to give you a clue.

10:35 am

Haz1558

I will move quickly instead.

10:35 am

hurshy

ahhh nice

10:36 am

hego

ty Haz

10:36 am

ypsigirl

aaaah very good

10:36 am

Haz1558

da6/24 - d plus an ending to a prayer rudely interrupted by a vowel.

10:36 am

rubyfoo

aah, great clue, tks haz

10:36 am

hurshy

thank ye kindly haz

10:36 am

Haz1558

You're welcome!

10:36 am

rubyfoo

now i'M all the way up to 56 words, lol

10:37 am

hurshy

ro6 is extremely ridiculous!

10:37 am

periwinkle

I do not like this grid either, hello all

10:37 am

rubyfoo

I will never get much more than half, but it's fun anyway

10:37 am

hurshy

there, done.

10:38 am

Haz1558

Agreed, hurshy, a strange word.

10:38 am

Haz1558

Congratulations!

10:38 am

ypsigirl

ro6?

10:38 am

Haz1558

Hello, peri. It's a tweezer kind of grid.

10:38 am

rubyfoo

hi peri

10:38 am

hego

Just have fun, Ruby. That's the important thing.

10:38 am

Haz1558

ro6 - like the cowboy event but with an extra vowel.

10:39 am

rubyfoo

and now I understand sprite better, I am happy

10:39 am

Haz1558

Perhaps it's a cowboy event for an urban street?

10:39 am

rubyfoo

sounds like dfrag racing in the old neighborhood!

10:39 am

Haz1558

You were probably wise to ask, ruby, it's better to clear things up.

10:39 am

hego

LOL, Haz

10:40 am

ypsigirl

thanks finally monkeyed it :)

10:41 am

Haz1558

That's good, ypsi.

10:41 am

hego

bbl. bye

10:41 am

Haz1558

Bye, hego.

10:41 am

rubyfoo

dinner now, see you later, I am very relieved about sprite; I thought I had gravely offended here....

10:41 am

rubyfoo

bye hego

10:41 am

rubyfoo

her

10:42 am

Haz1558

Bye ruby, enjoy dinner.

10:45 am

Haz1558

Speaking of dinner, I'm going to start making some preparations. I'll be in and out for a while. Bye for now.

10:46 am

ardilla

hi all

10:46 am

periwinkle

hi ardilla, how are things?

10:50 am

ardilla

better, i got my stuff from the "boyfriend" and on good terms...though we haven't had the talk yet

10:50 am

ardilla

however, work is still unpleasant

10:50 am

periwinkle

glad to hear that things are better

10:50 am

periwinkle

why is work unpleasant, if you don't mind my asking?

10:50 am

ardilla

hopefully, i will be able to run in 2 months

10:52 am

ardilla

i'm so overtasked with additional crap that i can't do my actual job...and i get fussed at

10:52 am

ardilla

and i got passed over for promotion again

10:52 am

periwinkle

oh, sorry to hear that :(

10:53 am

periwinkle

bbs

10:53 am

ardilla

so i'm about to change my job to an administrative one, since if i ever get promoted, i'll be stuck in a staff/adminstrative position. i'm supposed to be a technician

10:56 am

torgone

I'm in a similar boat .. I've been a mechanic/technician all my life and now I'm writing manuals ..

10:56 am

ardilla

hi tor

10:57 am

ardilla

i'm almost at the halfway mark in my career so it's a good to change jobs

11:03 am

torgone

Change is not a bad thing if managed properly ..

11:11 am

ardilla

very true

11:13 am

redturtlehead

hi all, hi ardilla, have not seen you in years!

11:14 am

ardilla

RTH!!!

11:14 am

redturtlehead

how are you and torg too!

11:15 am

ardilla

lots and lots of work, crazy "boyfriend" stuff, and vacation

11:15 am

redturtlehead

wow! how are the turle? oops is the turtle?

11:15 am

ardilla

well, i had to get new little ones

11:16 am

redturtlehead

oh no.. i hope they are well.

11:16 am

ardilla

si5 an acquired turtle was eating my little one

11:16 am

ardilla

i released the meanie into the wild

11:17 am

ardilla

they are good...with their own personalities

11:17 am

ardilla

their names are houdini and garfield

11:17 am

redturtlehead

good! I have 6 little danios fi** and they have no personality, but pretty to look at. and clean.

11:18 am

redturtlehead

torg? where did you go?

11:18 am

torgone

Here and there ..

11:18 am

redturtlehead

How are you?

11:19 am

ardilla

houdini escaped from the lidded tank the day after i got them and went across my apt and was napping in the bathroom; garfield eats most of the food and might be a girl

11:19 am

torgone

I'm swell ..

11:19 am

redturtlehead

perfect names.

11:19 am

redturtlehead

Good Torg. I am cleaning again today. It is not much fun but very satisfying. I feel like an adult.

11:19 am

ardilla

they made faces at their sitter while i was on vacation

11:19 am

ardilla

they made faces at their sitter while i was on vacation

11:20 am

ardilla

whoops

11:20 am

ardilla

bbl

11:20 am

redturtlehead

See you again, glad things are going along for you.

11:21 am

torgone

Take care, ardilla .. Nice seeing you ..

11:24 am

redturtlehead

ok, exactly half way 52/51 going to now do an exciting scrub of floors and change of shower curtain.

11:24 am

torgone

Fun!

11:26 am

rururocks

az5 anyone?

11:27 am

buffgirl71

a + read a maga****

11:28 am

torgone

Read a magaz***

11:28 am

rururocks

ty

11:28 am

torgone

Jinx!

11:28 am

rururocks

cory

11:30 am

bojazz

anyone got ne5/18 - the last one, not the stairs post??

11:33 am

torgone

A small one?

11:33 am

buffgirl71

ne 5/18: not old but *** + 2 vowels

11:34 am

helensgirlkid

same first three letters, last two are the same vowels as in laying se*** to the castle

11:34 am

bojazz

thx buff

11:34 am

buffgirl71

YW

11:35 am

helensgirlkid

Oh, ru, he's outside acting like a real dog, not just a pup!

11:35 am

rururocks

yup

11:36 am

rururocks

bbl have to go to work.. good luck all

11:38 am

buffgirl71

thanks, ruru

11:40 am

bojazz

anyone enjoy good Scotch?

11:41 am

buffgirl71

Not me, BJ

11:41 am

bojazz

nor do i, but it's in the puzzle

11:42 am

bojazz

minus the ending S

11:42 am

buffgirl71

Duh! You're right - it is! :o)

11:46 am

Atalante

wizcy?

11:47 am

car.eeyore

May I please have a clue for the center i?

11:48 am

buffgirl71

nickname for isabel is **zy + 52 c**ds in a deck

11:49 am

car.eeyore

Ugh! TY!

11:49 am

buffgirl71

YW

11:50 am

KatieMcG

afternoon everyone

11:50 am

buffgirl71

Hi Katie

11:50 am

Atalante

hi katie! hi casty (probably)

11:52 am

KatieMcG

no they are all sleeping upstairs after trying to get their daddy to feed them about 20 mins after I already had!!

11:53 am

Atalante

bratlings!

11:54 am

KatieMcG

at least they are 'speaking' to me today, I've had a lot of cold shoulder this week because of staying in Corby

11:55 am

Atalante

loooool double bratlings. you would think that your life revolves around being their entertainment wouldn't you :P

11:56 am

KatieMcG

crumble has taken it worse than the others, still not happy with me!

11:57 am

Atalante

lol!!

12:04 pm

rubyfoo

good evening everybody

12:04 pm

rubyfoo

speaking of bratlings, I am putting my husband up on e-bay!

12:04 pm

KatieMcG

evening Ruby

12:05 pm

rubyfoo

hi katie

12:07 pm

KatieMcG

my sponsor child is from Haiti, I'm praying for him

12:16 pm

lizmac

HI, anyone got the ZI4/9 ? I've tried EVERY combination, including one that's in morewords, to no avail.

12:18 pm

redturtlehead

z not out but ** ans the plural letter.

12:19 pm

lizmac

AAAAAH, I hadn't tried every combination then. TYVM, Red. Fireworks

12:20 pm

jessmom

snem

12:21 pm

jessmom

oops...

12:36 pm

SamanthaJoy

jess, please to be doing that with something that's actually a word next time ;)

12:37 pm

jessmom

Nothing is jumping out at me right now...

12:38 pm

movieman

Greetings!!!!!!!

12:39 pm

SamanthaJoy

hiya movieman. slow chog today.

12:39 pm

jessmom

hi mm

12:40 pm

movieman

Just returned from seeing 'Avatar'.......

And it blew me away!!!!!!

12:40 pm

jessmom

awesome! I have tickets for tomorrow in IMAX

12:40 pm

ardilla

i'm back

12:41 pm

ardilla

avatar is awesome...all the IMAX showings in Sydney were sold out when i was there

12:41 pm

zTink

the IMAX version is so cool!!!

12:42 pm

SamanthaJoy

Based on what I'm hearing about the plot, I'm considering going with an iPod to supply my own soundtrack

12:42 pm

SamanthaJoy

I won't miss anything important, I hear

12:42 pm

zTink

not my usual choice of movie but loved it

12:42 pm

movieman

And after seeing it, I thought, what's the point of seeing any more films, 'cos surely cinema as we know it can't go any further

12:42 pm

jessmom

I could have gone at 1 AM last weekend...but I chose tomorrow afternoon instead.

12:44 pm

KatieMcG

I couldn't go recently because of the snow but may try this coming week x

12:56 pm

BettyAnne

da5/14 anyone please?

12:57 pm

buffgirl71

da + ***hard Nixon

12:57 pm

KatieMcG

thanks buff

12:57 pm

BettyAnne

Thank you buffgirl.

12:57 pm

ardilla

ty buff

12:57 pm

buffgirl71

YW, All

1:01 pm

Mom

good afternoon everyone

1:01 pm

Mom

{{Katie}} {{ardilla}} hello, how have you all been?

1:01 pm

KatieMcG

afternoon mom

1:03 pm

KatieMcG

I'm good thanks, glad the working week is over and the snow has (nearly) gone

1:03 pm

Mom

I hope you have a lovely weekend

1:06 pm

hego

Hi All and hi Ardilla, long time no see.

1:07 pm

KatieMcG

hi hego

1:07 pm

Mom

Hi Hego

1:07 pm

hego

Back to try and finish.

1:07 pm

rubyfoo

hi again hego

1:08 pm

Mom

how many do you have left Hego>

1:08 pm

Mom

?

1:08 pm

Mom

Hi Ruby

1:08 pm

hego

uby, how was dinner?

1:08 pm

hego

uh Ruby

1:08 pm

rubyfoo

surprisingly good

1:08 pm

rubyfoo

uby is OK lol

1:09 pm

hego

Mom, sorry i have half left.

1:09 pm

hego

:-)

1:09 pm

Mom

that is fine, Hego. good luck

1:09 pm

hego

I'll need it. LOL

1:10 pm

Mom

it is a difficult one, (at least for me)

1:10 pm

hego

I agree.

1:11 pm

rubyfoo

it's always difficult for me but not whining.....like i usually do

1:11 pm

ardilla

sorry, hego, i was lurking

1:11 pm

Mom

Ruby, whine? never

1:11 pm

rubyfoo

61 words but many from the chog!!

1:11 pm

KatieMcG

me too I've just passed half way so i'm going for a break and will list when I come back

1:11 pm

Mom

see you soon, Katie

1:11 pm

hego

try wine instead of whine. works great.

1:11 pm

Mom

33 left here

1:12 pm

rubyfoo

I don't think I can squeeze any more out

1:12 pm

M3

I have been working on this all day, UK mobile phone providers wanted to charge for this service and after a little Tweeting and a FaceBook group they backed down Text "GIVE" to 70077 to donate Â£5 to @decappeal for #Haiti. Â£5 goes to DEC. You pay Â£5+std. network SMS rate.

1:12 pm

ardilla

hi mom, hego, ruby, katie

1:13 pm

Mom

even with the list, I am still struggling

1:13 pm

ardilla

61 left

1:13 pm

ardilla

using lickety's

1:13 pm

hego

lot of odd stuff.

1:13 pm

rubyfoo

hi ardilla, how are you doing?

1:13 pm

ardilla

okay

1:13 pm

M3

no on with the grid,,, it looks nasty

1:13 pm

ardilla

got my stuff from the "boyfriend" and on good terms

1:14 pm

Mom

that is putting it mildly M3

1:14 pm

Mom

oh Ardilla that is wonderful

1:14 pm

rubyfoo

that's a good outcome

1:16 pm

ardilla

he does want to sit down one day and talk about what happened...but with our crappy schedules, it won't be anytime soon...and he insisted before i left that i keep in touch

1:16 pm

rubyfoo

now you should just ignore him, for a long time!!!

1:17 pm

rubyfoo

let him call you

1:17 pm

ibergo

co6,24...?

1:17 pm

ardilla

he said that it might be 6 wks i said that i'm going to be swamped for the next 90ish days

1:17 pm

Mom

Sorry Ibergo, I have not been able to find that one yet.

1:17 pm

ardilla

don't have it either

1:18 pm

rubyfoo

let him twist in the wind!

1:18 pm

hego

Cold, Ruby, cold.

1:19 pm

rubyfoo

that's me! lol

1:19 pm

jessmom

co6 a fish + 3 vowels

1:19 pm

rubyfoo

I think ardilla has suffered enough

1:19 pm

hego

pb for jess, but ty.

1:19 pm

ardilla

we have a major project at work for the network that is the top priority...i'm being pulled away from things i consider more important to work on this

1:20 pm

ibergo

Thnx!

1:20 pm

ardilla

ty jess

1:21 pm

jessmom

ok, so that was a 2-fer

1:21 pm

rubyfoo

still can't get it....duh

1:21 pm

kje

ards - are you back in Japan?

1:22 pm

Mom

thanks you Jess

1:22 pm

hego

Hi kje

1:22 pm

jessmom

co6 the Da Vinci co** + 2 vowels

1:22 pm

Mom

don't use the O or U Ruby

1:22 pm

kje

he hego

1:23 pm

Mom

{{{KJE}}} good afternoon

1:23 pm

buffgirl71

co 6/24 **** of conduct + beauty queens wear a t**ra

1:23 pm

hego

Hard one to clue, good job, Jess.

1:23 pm

jessmom

ty hego

1:23 pm

hego

and Buff

1:23 pm

suefrad625

ty all

1:23 pm

ardilla

i think the situation is kinda funny...he had two of my items ready when i stopped by...he thought i was the room inspectors visiting again...when i reminded him that he also had my HD, he tore his room apart to find it before i had to go to my appt

1:23 pm

ardilla

KJE!!!

1:23 pm

ardilla

yes, i'm back in okinawa

1:24 pm

kje

how are you ardilla? how is the ankle?

1:24 pm

rubyfoo

thank you for spoon-feeding me!!!

1:24 pm

ardilla

i think he's afraid that he will lose me completely

1:24 pm

ardilla

hopefully, i should be running in 2 months

1:25 pm

kje

great news!

1:25 pm

ardilla

i did a 2hr hike while in NZ...was pretty sore afterwards but very proud of myself...that is the longest i have walked si5 my surgery

1:26 pm

kje

good for you! yep... just have to do it to get the strength back

1:26 pm

rubyfoo

gd night everybody, see you tomorrow

1:26 pm

kje

great icon pic, ards

1:26 pm

ardilla

he kept apologizing for not calling...thought that was kinda funny si5 i showed little emotion

1:26 pm

kje

bye ruby!

1:27 pm

ardilla

gn ruby

1:27 pm

ardilla

ty kje, how have you been?

1:27 pm

rubyfoo

v funny!

1:27 pm

Mom

pleasant dreams Ruby

1:27 pm

rubyfoo

ty mom

1:27 pm

kje

doing well

1:27 pm

hego

nite Ruby!

1:28 pm

ardilla

hego, is your icon a cow or a fi4?

1:29 pm

ardilla

in an hr, i would have been awake for 24hrs

1:29 pm

hego

Cow?

1:29 pm

ardilla

been having trouble sleeping...mind wanders a lot

1:30 pm

hego

It is a very famous fi4 and a double clue icon, Ard.

1:30 pm

hego

Think Nemo.

1:31 pm

ardilla

it looks like a holstein cow in the chog, but when i click on it, it's a fi4...her name is almost my mom's

1:31 pm

ardilla

my mom's name ends with i

1:31 pm

kje

nice hego

1:32 pm

hego

that's odd. It looks okay here. Oh,well.

1:32 pm

kje

and looks like a fish to me.... ardilla may be on something seeing cows that way

1:32 pm

ardilla

was it a cow before?

1:32 pm

ardilla

i tried refreshing

1:33 pm

hego

Oh, that's the old one, no, that was a black and white dog. lol

1:33 pm

ardilla

okay, it finally updated for me

1:33 pm

kje

(now she is just hiding the fact that she has a problem ; )

1:33 pm

hego

I thought you were loosing it Ard. ;-)

1:34 pm

ardilla

that's why i asked :)

1:34 pm

ardilla

kje *:P

1:35 pm

ardilla

phantom: crayfi4 - lobster cousin

1:35 pm

kje

I have eaten crayf4

1:36 pm

hego

Ugh, big bugs.

1:36 pm

kje

crayfi4...cr4fi4...cr4dads... depends on where you live

1:36 pm

ardilla

i can't eat things that look like they're looking at me...going be a vet...makes me feel guiltily weird

1:37 pm

kje

take their head off first then

1:37 pm

ardilla

BTW...kangaroo is yummy

1:37 pm

kje

now THAT is something I have never had

1:38 pm

hego

Oh, Lord!

1:38 pm

ardilla

i had a steak while down under

1:38 pm

kje

is that corner I a fi4?

1:38 pm

Mom

off I go, maybe the next I pop in the last 14 will jump out at me.

1:38 pm

Boobear

good afternoon all

1:38 pm

ardilla

bye mom hb

1:38 pm

kje

I would def try it... I haven't really met food yetthat I wouldn't at least try

1:39 pm

ardilla

hi boobear

1:39 pm

Mom

Hi and bye Boo

1:39 pm

kje

bye (((MOM)))

1:39 pm

hego

Bye mom, hi boo.

1:39 pm

Mom

I hadn't heard of it KJE, would you like a clue before I go?

1:39 pm

Boobear

hi hego and bye Mom

1:39 pm

kje

please mom

1:39 pm

ardilla

that's pretty much my only food rule

1:39 pm

Mom

i + Macy's Thanksgiving Pa****

1:40 pm

kje

ty!

1:40 pm

Mom

you're welcome and bye for now

1:40 pm

Mom

bye Hego

1:40 pm

ardilla

ty mom

1:40 pm

hego

bye

1:42 pm

kje

ah- I know that co6

1:42 pm

hego

it's a babblet

1:43 pm

kje

the last one? never seen it here before... it is a medical word

1:43 pm

kje

de5/20?

1:43 pm

kje

oops - wrong!

1:43 pm

kje

da6/36 is what I meant

1:44 pm

buffgirl71

da 6/36 = da + when ducks walk they *ad***

1:44 pm

hego

To take ones time, kje

1:45 pm

kje

ty ty ty - couldn't see it

1:45 pm

kje

good clue hego

1:46 pm

westford

hi all my father used to say that to me all the time lol brings back memories

1:46 pm

westford

and thanks for the word

1:46 pm

hego

yw all

1:46 pm

kje

yep

1:46 pm

kje

I da6'd a lot

1:47 pm

kje

and still do... now we call it procrastination ; )

1:47 pm

westford

or playing babble lol

1:47 pm

hego

I love to da6.

1:47 pm

kje

yep

1:47 pm

westford

me too hego !

1:48 pm

hego

:-)

1:48 pm

kje

that ro6 is suspicious....

1:49 pm

hego

We made the chog pretty in blue.

1:49 pm

westford

cars instead of horses kje

1:49 pm

hego

do you have it kje?

1:49 pm

ardilla

think cowboy event with cars

1:49 pm

saintfranny

oooh pretty house west!

1:49 pm

kje

i have it - just think it is fake

1:49 pm

westford

hi ardi !!

1:49 pm

ardilla

sorry, my icon isn

1:50 pm

hego

it's kinda dumb. lol

1:50 pm

ardilla

't blue

1:50 pm

westford

hi fran thanks we miss it but not the heating bills

1:50 pm

hego

Oooo Stewie!

1:50 pm

ardilla

hi west saint

1:50 pm

kje

actually, it kinda is ards... the whole chog is blue!

1:51 pm

saintfranny

ooh i hear you. we have been Freezing this winter - keeping the thermo. set to about 50 to save $$. thank dog the space heater works well in our room!

1:51 pm

westford

yeah, reading in bed with gloves on lol

1:52 pm

kje

uno

1:52 pm

saintfranny

oil heat Sucks. so antiquated. is it only here on the east coast?? had gas heat where i grew up in the midwest

1:52 pm

westford

it's finally starting to warm up a bit

1:52 pm

ardilla

under a mink blanket with a heat spacer on

1:52 pm

westford

not sure but we've always had clanky radiators

1:52 pm

ardilla

*space heater

1:52 pm

saintfranny

erm.. hope that's Faux mink ard....

1:52 pm

westford

ooh la la ardi mink !!

1:53 pm

saintfranny

i've actually gotten a catalog that sells faux fur everything - clothes and blankets etc. looks cozy!

1:53 pm

ardilla

oh, yes, from korea...i don't do fur

1:53 pm

saintfranny

*whew* good. ;)

1:54 pm

kje

done

1:54 pm

ardilla

woot

1:54 pm

westford

yay kje !!

1:54 pm

kje

woot

1:54 pm

ardilla

i need to get a move on it if i'm going to finish in time to sleep

1:54 pm

rbud

yay, kje! hi, all

1:55 pm

Boobear

clue for the last co 6 pls

1:55 pm

westford

sleep well ardi nice seeing you here again

1:55 pm

kje

add the end of an italian pie to the co4

1:55 pm

ardilla

oh, i'm not gone yet...still have 54 left

1:56 pm

kje

means swolen nose membrane

1:56 pm

westford

oh okay not trying to rush you out

1:56 pm

hego

YaaaYYY!!! kje!

1:56 pm

kje

essentially - a runny nose

1:56 pm

kje

bye ard - sleep well

1:57 pm

ardilla

halfway done

1:58 pm

westford

a nose stuffed with a round pie made with cheese and pepperoni??

1:59 pm

ardilla

middle column greyed

1:59 pm

kje

that will work

1:59 pm

Boobear

LOL WESTFORD

1:59 pm

kje

did you get it boo?

2:00 pm

Boobear

YES

2:00 pm

westford

me too !!

2:00 pm

Boobear

what a weird word

2:00 pm

kje

why are you yelling?

2:00 pm

kje

ah - now she has piped down - LOL

2:01 pm

kje

west - that house looks awesome!

2:01 pm

westford

thanks kje the picture got squished a little

2:02 pm

westford

2 of our daughters were married there lots of really nice memories

2:02 pm

kje

looks like a dream house

2:02 pm

hego

Bearing down now. Monkeying furiously.

2:02 pm

westford

but it was also a money pit

2:02 pm

ardilla

44 left

2:02 pm

kje

hang in there ardilla!

2:02 pm

kje

go hego go!

2:03 pm

kje

OK, any clues needed before I poof?

2:03 pm

westford

I have 15 not listing yet but getting a lot of good clues from the chog

2:04 pm

westford

15 to go that is

2:05 pm

kje

OK, off i go then... happy babbling

2:06 pm

westford

bye kje nice to see you too

2:06 pm

hego

Bye kje.

2:06 pm

ardilla

clue for the si7 pls?

2:07 pm

westford

I need that one too please

2:07 pm

ardilla

bye kje

2:07 pm

Alex7777

i am cr5/26

2:08 pm

westford

lol alex me too

2:08 pm

hego

Oh, well, so are we all Alex.

2:09 pm

ardilla

34 left

2:11 pm

westford

I have the si7 pt of si 5/18

2:11 pm

ardilla

don't have the si5 yet

2:12 pm

westford

used to describe a blacksmith's hands

2:12 pm

ardilla

working my way down the list...on the m's

2:13 pm

bojazz

ardilla - think muscle, si***

2:13 pm

Alex7777

i got it

2:13 pm

Alex7777

evil plus not old plus ed

2:13 pm

ardilla

got

2:13 pm

ardilla

it

2:15 pm

Alex7777

whats today total?

2:15 pm

ardilla

103

2:15 pm

Alex7777

oh my im only on 25

2:15 pm

hego

3 left

2:16 pm

ardilla

27

2:17 pm

Alex7777

sometimes the most obvious ones elude me for ages

2:18 pm

hego

That makes you normal, Alex.

2:18 pm

o-o

Sometimes the most obvious ones are the most obvious

2:18 pm

Alex7777

ardilla your from Japan?

2:19 pm

hego

ok, does anyone have the first wi5, 20?

2:19 pm

westford

hello bab are you keeping warm?

2:19 pm

ardilla

not, just live there

2:19 pm

hego

Hi BR

2:20 pm

o-o

yes, we are having a heatwave

2:20 pm

ardilla

hi br

2:20 pm

ardilla

*no

2:20 pm

westford

I do hego need a clue?

2:20 pm

o-o

Hello, folks

2:20 pm

westford

what's the temp now bab?

2:20 pm

hego

yes,pls Wes

2:20 pm

westford

I have a sword and I do this with it

2:21 pm

o-o

30 Â°F (-1 Â°C)

2:21 pm

hego

Oh, jeez, I knew it would be an easy one! ty

2:21 pm

hego

Fireworks!

2:21 pm

ardilla

stab?

2:22 pm

westford

yw hego and yay !!

2:22 pm

westford

nice bab are you sunbathing?

2:22 pm

o-o

Congrats, hego

2:22 pm

ardilla

woot hego

2:22 pm

ardilla

20 left

2:22 pm

hego

Go Ardilla!

2:22 pm

o-o

Went for a nice dip in a pond

2:23 pm

ardilla

17

2:23 pm

westford

lol bet you had to cut a hole in the ice first

2:24 pm

hego

You mean blast a hole.

2:25 pm

jmcnrick

hello hello hello

2:25 pm

o-o

went ice fishing too .... caught three tons

2:25 pm

hego

Hello, jmc!

2:25 pm

jmcnrick

*shiver* bet you have goose bumps the size of Mt. Everest BR

2:25 pm

ardilla

hi jmc

2:25 pm

westford

our brother-in-law loves ice fi4/8 ing he's certifiable

2:25 pm

o-o

Hello, jmc

2:26 pm

ardilla

of ice?

2:26 pm

westford

hi jmc

2:26 pm

hego

BR's in the PB.

2:26 pm

o-o

yes, ardilla ... amazing what you can do with the right bait

2:27 pm

jmcnrick

*giggle*

2:27 pm

hego

Anyone need clues?

2:28 pm

jmcnrick

well my board concluded that i should continue in my job for another year

2:28 pm

torgone

Heyas kids ..

2:28 pm

hego

Congrats, jmc!

2:28 pm

westford

good jmc!! are you happy?

2:28 pm

jmcnrick

haven't even typed "fi4" yet hego!

2:28 pm

hego

Hi Tor

2:28 pm

ardilla

mi5/22-6/36 combo pls?

2:28 pm

ardilla

hi tor

2:28 pm

jmcnrick

happy enough to stay for another year ;-)

2:28 pm

jmcnrick

hi torg

2:28 pm

westford

hello tor

2:28 pm

torgone

Well done jmc!

2:29 pm

hego

ard It sounds like the mast of a ship

2:29 pm

o-o

Hope you got a raise too

2:29 pm

jmcnrick

cola only

2:29 pm

hego

Mi+ *** yoga

2:29 pm

westford

thanks hego !!

2:30 pm

hego

yw

2:30 pm

jmcnrick

and i so wanted rootbeer!

2:30 pm

hego

And plural

2:30 pm

torgone

A lousy can of soda .. cheap

2:30 pm

westford

lol

2:30 pm

o-o

yep

2:30 pm

hego

Did you get it Ardilaa?

2:30 pm

ardilla

got them both

2:30 pm

hego

Good

2:31 pm

ardilla

13 left

2:31 pm

hego

GO GO

2:32 pm

jmcnrick

go ard go

2:32 pm

hego

I can't believe the ne5 the 2nd one. Dumb

2:34 pm

westford

listing with 10 to go I have to get something done today

2:34 pm

jmcnrick

cewel is not a word? but it gets used so much in the chog!

2:34 pm

jmcnrick

go west go

2:34 pm

torgone

Lots of credibility-stretching words today ..

2:34 pm

hego

I'll be saying bye for today. good weekend, All.

2:35 pm

jmcnrick

bye hego have a nice weekend

2:35 pm

westford

bye hego have a good one

2:37 pm

jmcnrick

is cary -- a cavity in your tooth -- spelled some way i am not thinking about?

2:39 pm

westford

diff ending I think

2:42 pm

movieman

Greetings!!!!

2:42 pm

jmcnrick

hi mm!

2:42 pm

westford

hello movie

2:44 pm

movieman

Just been checking out a site: http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid

2:44 pm

movieman

It's full of completly idiotic PC cock-ups

2:46 pm

westford

looks good

2:46 pm

westford

is the da6/24 more or less normal?

2:47 pm

Atalante

how many of them are real though?

2:48 pm

Atalante

some are just so funny they have to be fake? don't they? please?

2:48 pm

movieman

Well, I can't believe some people can be THAT dense!!!!!

2:49 pm

movieman

I mean, mistaking a cd-rom drive for a cup holder, for one

2:50 pm

jmcnrick

some of them seem to be techies laughing at non-techies rather than people being dense

2:51 pm

torgone

The males who milk cows are da*ry ***

2:51 pm

westford

thanks

2:51 pm

torgone

i.e. not normal

2:51 pm

westford

no usually they're maids

2:52 pm

jmcnrick

males are rarely maids

2:52 pm

jmcnrick

;-)

2:57 pm

jmcnrick

what are the stats for the singleton D on the far left please

2:58 pm

Atalante

de4/6

2:58 pm

jmcnrick

ty hi ata

3:00 pm

Joanne123

start with leftbottom de

3:00 pm

Joanne123

hi all

3:00 pm

jmcnrick

hi joanne

3:00 pm

Joanne123

hi jmc

3:01 pm

westford

hi jo

3:01 pm

Atalante

hi joanne

3:01 pm

Joanne123

which one u looking for jmc

3:01 pm

Joanne123

hi west

3:01 pm

Joanne123

hi atal

3:01 pm

jmcnrick

got it ty joanne

3:01 pm

Joanne123

ok

3:02 pm

jmcnrick

have a fantasy of getting nbt before i have to entertain my board member house guest again

3:02 pm

westford

done !!

3:02 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo west!

3:02 pm

Joanne123

congrats west

3:02 pm

westford

thanks !!

3:02 pm

Atalante

yay west!

3:03 pm

westford

I really do have to go..happy babbling

3:03 pm

jmcnrick

bye west!

3:05 pm

Joanne123

byeee

3:06 pm

jmcnrick

you leaving too joanne?

3:06 pm

Joanne123

nono jmc

3:06 pm

Joanne123

i guess i missed west leaving

3:06 pm

Joanne123

only at 69

3:07 pm

lynxxx

Good morning everyone

3:07 pm

Joanne123

hi lyn

3:09 pm

Atalante

hi lyn!

3:10 pm

lynxxx

Hi At, hi Hobbit. You can never change from that photo, always brings a smile to my face

3:11 pm

torgone

Heya lynxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

3:11 pm

Atalante

*grins* me too, I must admit

3:11 pm

Atalante

there is something so utterly joyful about a 100% happy dog

3:12 pm

lynxxx

hi Tor

3:12 pm

jmcnrick

ji lynxx

3:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello all

3:13 pm

Atalante

hi TO

3:13 pm

lynxxx

Hello jmc & TOwl

3:14 pm

FMitch

Evening lynxx, TO, Ata, jmc, torg et al!

3:14 pm

jmcnrick

hi TO

3:14 pm

jmcnrick

hi FM

3:14 pm

Atalante

FM!!

3:14 pm

FMitch

That is a brill pic of Hobbit I must say.

3:15 pm

lynxxx

Hiya FM!

3:15 pm

Atalante

she's a silly pup :)

3:15 pm

72 Temple Owl

hey fm!!!

3:16 pm

FMitch

Was just outsidie sniffing the evening air and it is +7, positively tropical, snow melting at a rate of knots - YAY!

3:16 pm

FMitch

Hi TO :)

3:16 pm

Atalante

hurrah!

3:16 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo FM! it hit the mid 40s here today (but i was stuck in a board meeting all day)

3:17 pm

Atalante

firebirds!

3:17 pm

FMitch

Took the car out yesterday for the first time in 10 days bit slidy going down the hill,, the rest of the road were fine but sheesh had a huge prob getting back up the hill and parking.

3:18 pm

FMitch

awe jmc!
Congrats Ata!

3:18 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo FM

3:18 pm

lynxxx

Hooray for Ata!!

3:18 pm

Joanne123

wtg atal congrats

3:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

yayata!

3:18 pm

jmcnrick

the + side is the board hired me for another year

3:18 pm

Boobear

clue for da 5/14 pl

3:18 pm

FMitch

HAve to say my dear car started at the first turn of the key.

3:19 pm

Atalante

had to list at the end though :(

3:19 pm

FMitch

Great jmc.

3:19 pm

Atalante

what a lovely car :)

3:19 pm

jmcnrick

say it in the pb FM

3:19 pm

lynxxx

good car! was it under cover at all FM?

3:19 pm

jmcnrick

:-P

3:20 pm

FMitch

nope not at all lynxxx
Oh did I say a word, rats *heads off to the PB*

3:20 pm

jmcnrick

yes de4

3:20 pm

FMitch

Ah well sorry.

3:21 pm

Atalante

FM, you'll laugh. I kept trying my poor little car yesterday, kept yanking on the gear stick and swearing at it that it was taking FAR too long to heat up. After 26 mins, I remembered that really it might work if I had my foot on the brake too. It then worked immediately :P

3:21 pm

torgone

da + ***hard III

3:22 pm

FMitch

lol

3:22 pm

Atalante

even hobbit almost *facepalmed* :P

3:22 pm

lynxxx

I think that's embarassing - ? can you tell I only have a automatic licence

3:22 pm

Joanne123

da and ...ky ricardo

3:23 pm

Atalante

so do I, lyn

3:24 pm

FMitch

Automiatics, de4 me. where is the joy of driving in that? Mine is manual and I love the interaction between the gearbox, the engine and the road.

3:24 pm

torgone

You need a special license to drive a manual trans. car?

3:24 pm

jmcnrick

rmmm rmmm rmmm

3:24 pm

Atalante

the joy is being able to drive at all :P

3:25 pm

FMitch

and I am beginning to sound like Jeremy Clarkson so am going to shut up before I embarass myself :)

3:25 pm

Atalante

but I can drive mine kind of semi-manually if I wish

3:25 pm

jmcnrick

had an automatic for 4 years and will not again until I am too old to drive

3:25 pm

FMitch

No torg, in the UK you just get a diving licence that covers manual and automatic.

3:25 pm

Atalante

both you can get just an automatic license

3:26 pm

Atalante

*but

3:26 pm

lynxxx

they are the ones for special people who can't manage their feet properly

3:27 pm

KatieMcG

if you pass your test driving an automatic you can't drive a manual

3:27 pm

lynxxx

actually feet and hands - looked way too scary and confusing to me

3:27 pm

Atalante

or the people who have panic attacks at the concept of doing both gears and looking at the road at the same time

3:27 pm

lynxxx

hi Katie!

3:27 pm

KatieMcG

I love my automatic

3:28 pm

torgone

Can you get a ticket if you're caught driving the wrong kind of car?

3:28 pm

KatieMcG

especially as I have now found the low gear for snow lol

3:28 pm

FMitch

My licence covers me to drive cars, peopel carriers, cars with trailers and vans/trucks up to a certain weight apaprently!

3:28 pm

jmcnrick

love my hot ticket--me red saab

3:28 pm

Atalante

I have an ice button!

3:28 pm

FMitch

Hi KAtie

3:28 pm

KatieMcG

so does mine FM

3:28 pm

redturtlehead

Hi all. I got an automatic when I got the eletric car. Before that I was a Gear girl, less expensive to purchase and elss expensive to maintain over the years unless you ride clutch. Hi All!

3:28 pm

kimmtoats

Hi! Does anyone have the zi4,9?

3:28 pm

KatieMcG

Hi everyone, not on for long pizza is in the over as I type

3:29 pm

FMitch

lol Katie I only know that as I have a copy of it sitting on the desk at the mo as am applying for a new licence since changing address

3:30 pm

torgone

zi4/9 is a plural

3:30 pm

redturtlehead

yes the za 4, 9.

3:30 pm

KatieMcG

i only had an automatic as it is a hybrid and I pay so little in company car tax, having said that i do love the whole not changing gear thing

3:30 pm

redturtlehead

It's z not out, and use torgs clue!

3:30 pm

jmcnrick

hey red lady of leisure

3:31 pm

kimmtoats

ty! got it.

3:31 pm

redturtlehead

hi jmc! how are you?

3:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

i gave up my manual trans when i moved. not fun in stop and go traffic and i think not as efficient. but i miss it on th eopen ro4

3:32 pm

FMitch

True, if I gt stuck in traffic being manual tires my bad knee very quickly but I love my car and have had it for about 12 years now.

3:32 pm

jmcnrick

i don't mind it in stop and go traffic as i feel i have more control

3:33 pm

FMitch

She and I are growing old *gracefully* together :)

3:33 pm

redturtlehead

I had to meet irritating employee health nurse again today :(

3:33 pm

Atalante

not disgracefully?

3:33 pm

FMitch

LOL yea OK :)

3:34 pm

torgone

Bummer, red ..

3:34 pm

jmcnrick

why?

3:34 pm

redturtlehead

I was going to the gym when she called and said I needed the tb test, just as they were going to close, so ran out the door....

3:35 pm

redturtlehead

in my gym clothes, only to have her inform me that I wasnt going to wear spandex at work....

3:35 pm

FMitch

Heading off shortly, have a lot to do this w/e and want to get an early start.
Happy Babbling and may see you tomorrow.

3:35 pm

jmcnrick

really what a twit red!

3:35 pm

jmcnrick

bye FM

3:36 pm

torgone

She's the dress code patrol too?

3:36 pm

Atalante

bye de4!!

3:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye fm! *waves mournfully*

3:36 pm

redturtlehead

I'm like, well yes, I dont plan on it...

3:36 pm

jmcnrick

apparently torg!

3:36 pm

jmcnrick

*hands TO a hankie*

3:36 pm

jmcnrick

i hope your togs were suitably bright to boot!

3:36 pm

kimmtoats

how about the ar4?

3:37 pm

redturtlehead

nah, black...

3:37 pm

jmcnrick

oooh too bad i had a vision o fyou in bright turquious and purple and her saying that to you. . . . lol

3:38 pm

jmcnrick

sorry kimm I don't have it

3:38 pm

torgone

Gasoline brand ..

3:38 pm

kimmtoats

got it!

3:38 pm

jmcnrick

ty torg!

3:38 pm

redturtlehead

Yes. I give myself credit because I found her less irritating than before.

3:39 pm

jmcnrick

*gives red a gold star* you are showing real maturity!

3:40 pm

redturtlehead

Well, it also may have been because the time was limited.

3:40 pm

jmcnrick

that is the part of teaching i always wanted to do -- give people stars

3:41 pm

redturtlehead

that would be the most fun part. You can't try it as an Attorney?

3:41 pm

jmcnrick

help with the i in the corner please

3:41 pm

redturtlehead

like the earth falling away, but with the i, not the e.

3:42 pm

jmcnrick

i hesitated to answer because i was enjoying the pattern of your blue and my red

3:43 pm

redturtlehead

everyone has left?

3:43 pm

redturtlehead

Breaks out the specialty liquors...

3:43 pm

jmcnrick

i guess -- i can't get that one to work -- i tried already what are the stats

3:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes it is ni4 isn't it?

3:43 pm

jmcnrick

oo ty I am out of Jack at home!

3:44 pm

redturtlehead

Oh oh I am sorry, its more like someone having a tantrum a T*****.

3:44 pm

redturtlehead

TO how are you doing?

3:44 pm

jmcnrick

ty I didn't try that!

3:44 pm

redturtlehead

sorry for the erroneous clue earlier!

3:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

i stumbled onto a grand marnier tasting party last night.

3:45 pm

jmcnrick

yum!

3:45 pm

jmcnrick

grand marnier on ice cream is delish!

3:45 pm

redturtlehead

that must have been very fun and intoxicating!

3:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

happily, i did ot stumble out of it

3:45 pm

jmcnrick

lol glad you were upright TO!

3:46 pm

redturtlehead

upright is good! Was it fun?

3:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

so je when are you coming to md to have a dinner with me?

3:46 pm

jmcnrick

well i had to get past the big board meeting that was today

3:46 pm

jmcnrick

(not to mention the terrible weather)

3:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

red it was interestig. there wer real grown ups there.

3:49 pm

jmcnrick

was there good conversation?

3:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

spoke with a lobbyist for a law firm and some guy who was discussing the bhagavad gita

3:50 pm

KatieMcG

did your big board meeting go well?

3:51 pm

jmcnrick

that's a pretty broad conversation! lol

3:51 pm

jmcnrick

yes katie I have been rehired for the coming year

3:51 pm

KatieMcG

yeahhhhhh well done you

3:51 pm

jmcnrick

i am always happy to be employed ;-) so are my creditors

3:52 pm

jmcnrick

ty ty *curtsies*

3:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes. wish i had gone earlier. was having dinner across the street and kept seeing people entering and leaving

3:53 pm

jmcnrick

but you may have more than stumbled leaving if you went before dinner!

3:53 pm

redturtlehead

good on you jmc. I hope I manage to stay hired at the crazy dress code place.

3:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

hmm this is not an easy grid.

3:53 pm

redturtlehead

No it isn;t I have 46 left and have been in and out inbetween mopping the floors.

3:53 pm

jmcnrick

oo red i thought you liked the new place! don't let that silly woman spoil things

3:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

but i finally got to type a word that is often a phantom: wi5

3:53 pm

KatieMcG

mean and nasty grid

3:54 pm

jmcnrick

ty TO

3:55 pm

jmcnrick

i am almost 1/2 way and still don't have nbt!

3:57 pm

redturtlehead

I need the E from the middle for nbt myself, and am over half!!!

3:57 pm

jmcnrick

em4/6 red

3:57 pm

origami

hi folks ... what does nbt mean?

3:58 pm

jmcnrick

it means "no blank tile" or no tile without one word being found

3:58 pm

redturtlehead

TY jmc. nbt - no blank tiles a word for each block that has words...

3:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

hmm why do some posts in fb seem to disappear?

4:00 pm

jmcnrick

i don't understand fb well enough to answer

4:00 pm

jmcnrick

so i need a G and the corner E

4:01 pm

bojazz

thx jmc

4:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

the middle is is still unfound

4:02 pm

redturtlehead

the corner E is on the Ed** of the grid.

4:02 pm

Good Enough

the e is on the ed** of the grid

4:02 pm

redturtlehead

nice clue Good enogh!

4:02 pm

Good Enough

back at ya red

4:03 pm

jmcnrick

o de4 red i even thought of that word for the E

4:03 pm

jmcnrick

pb though red

4:03 pm

jmcnrick

hi bo and good

4:04 pm

Good Enough

hi jmc

4:05 pm

jmcnrick

TO e+ you need a *** to amplify your voice during karaoke

4:05 pm

bojazz

great clue jmc

4:06 pm

jmcnrick

:-)

4:06 pm

jmcnrick

any G clue?

4:07 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

4:07 pm

redturtlehead

ge 4, 6

4:08 pm

jmcnrick

yw TO

4:08 pm

bojazz

G clue? how about - gee this is a tuff board!

4:08 pm

jmcnrick

ty -- its a pl bo

4:08 pm

bojazz

no hiiden (clue) meaning

4:09 pm

saanichcat

all ge have first same 3 letters, to do with DNA

4:09 pm

jmcnrick

now i have nbt and must go make like a hostess to board member

4:09 pm

jmcnrick

hi saan long time no see! *waves as walking out of the chog*

4:10 pm

saanichcat

HELLO jmc! I've been around, "lirking"

4:10 pm

redturtlehead

ty saani

4:10 pm

jmcnrick

well there you go then :-P

4:10 pm

saanichcat

welcome

4:10 pm

jmcnrick

*poof*

4:11 pm

saanichcat

hi red

4:12 pm

redturtlehead

saani, i just read your profile... light for the Dead? Awesome!

4:12 pm

saanichcat

yes, ahhh... the old days.. (sighs)

4:13 pm

redturtlehead

It must have been quite the experience.

4:13 pm

saanichcat

what I can remember! Just kidding.

4:14 pm

redturtlehead

Oh I was never a follower, but have been to several shows...and don't always remember all of them!

4:14 pm

redturtlehead

I really rather miss them, still.

4:15 pm

saanichcat

PigPen was a riot. We were dancing so long the band had to come and get him. Then I went back to work. Those ancient shows were in their time as fun as the ones now.

4:16 pm

redturtlehead

I'm in total awe. I have nothing so cool on my resume.

4:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

ic...iz...ia...iw...im...ie...ii...ic.
..

4:18 pm

saanichcat

times were different then; no security etc and very few drugs, just pot and LSD. And I was a bit of a free spirit. Love the birds - what are they?

4:19 pm

redturtlehead

I don't even remember the security being particularly tight, in the 1980-1990's. I remember dancing with the guards at RFK once to Sam and Dave after a show...

4:21 pm

redturtlehead

k, i have to go finish cleaning. BBL.

4:21 pm

saanichcat

we could write an article about the old days. People now wouldn't beleive the freedom back then!

4:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye red

4:32 pm

bojazz

anyone get the ar5?

4:33 pm

bojazz

ar4/5 - sorry

4:34 pm

Alex7777

yes

4:35 pm

Alex7777

it ends with a vowel

4:36 pm

bojazz

got it, thx

4:37 pm

bojazz

the one combo i didn't try

4:42 pm

Soodle

Hello folks!Â¬ Getting here very late tonight (22.41 in Ireland). Don't know whether I should start. What does everybody think?

4:43 pm

bojazz

it's a toughie, at least for me Soodle - but give it a go!

4:44 pm

Soodle

Nyahh. Bo, I didn't want to hear that. But, heck, I am here now....

4:45 pm

bojazz

that's the spirit!

4:46 pm

Soodle

Quiet here tonight, isn't it? (or maybe they are all cowering since Soodle marched in...)

4:47 pm

bojazz

sounds right to me

4:48 pm

Soodle

Is it just you and me, Bo?

4:48 pm

o-o

All grids are easy. Some are just easier.

4:48 pm

torgone

Me too ..

4:49 pm

Soodle

Hi Tor, Hi BabbleRabble.

4:50 pm

fuquayvarina

hi folks. this one is not easier, BR

4:51 pm

Soodle

Hey Fuquay :)

4:51 pm

Soodle

BabbleRabble. Its like being at a quiz - all questions are easy if you know the answers...

4:53 pm

o-o

I am but a plebeian plodder

4:54 pm

Soodle

I would describe you as a Patrician Plodder, BR!!

4:55 pm

fuquayvarina

anyone have the de5/20?

4:56 pm

fuquayvarina

nm, got it

4:56 pm

torgone

Like the Scotch

4:56 pm

Soodle

Care to share?

4:56 pm

Soodle

Ah!!

4:57 pm

bojazz

beer drinker, myself - scotch for the cool people

4:57 pm

torgone

It is Scotch, right? I don't drink the stuff ..

4:58 pm

bojazz

de***'s is a Scotch

4:58 pm

Soodle

May I suggest Scotch drinkers try Irish whisky as an alternative? We invented the stuff!!

5:00 pm

Soodle

I am finding this grid a bit tiresome. Any jokes, BabbleRabble?

5:03 pm

torgone

If you can renege, why can't you nege?

5:03 pm

bojazz

that's what i always said tor

5:03 pm

Soodle

Hmmmm. I'll take the silence as a no, then, will I?

5:04 pm

torgone

What's brown and sticky?

5:04 pm

Soodle

Yay!! I don't know, Tor, Whats Brown and Sticky?

5:04 pm

bojazz

brown glue?

5:04 pm

torgone

A stick.

5:05 pm

bojazz

ooooooooh - bad

5:05 pm

Soodle

Oh my! To think I asked for this.....

5:05 pm

Soodle

Which reminds me, what do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back?

5:06 pm

torgone

You did ..

5:06 pm

fuquayvarina

fireworks! thank goodness for lickety

5:06 pm

torgone

A stick?

5:06 pm

Soodle

Yup! You guessed it! A stick!

5:06 pm

bojazz

congrats fuguay

5:06 pm

torgone

Yay fuquay!

5:07 pm

Soodle

Fuquay...If I had a hat on, i would take it off to you!!

5:07 pm

fuquayvarina

thanks, soodle!

5:08 pm

fuquayvarina

must get food. bbiab

5:08 pm

Soodle

Enjoy Fuquay!!

5:09 pm

torgone

Mmmmmm .. food ..

5:10 pm

Soodle

Goodnight all, I am heading for the bed.

5:10 pm

lynxxx

bye Soodle

5:17 pm

lynxxx

the ro6.21 is cute

5:19 pm

bojazz

clue the ro6?

5:20 pm

lynxxx

a ro5.12 for trucks

5:20 pm

bojazz

nite soodle

5:20 pm

lynxxx

(comes after the ro4.5)

5:21 pm

bojazz

got that - need ro6

5:22 pm

lynxxx

ro6 is a play on ro5

5:22 pm

lynxxx

start with the 1st ro4.5

5:23 pm

ardilla

dang it! fell asleep 3 hrs ago with 13 left

5:24 pm

bojazz

there are 2 ro4.5

5:24 pm

lynxxx

hi Ardilla, you must have needed it

5:24 pm

Joanne123

ty lyn

5:24 pm

lynxxx

I said the 1st bojazz

5:24 pm

bojazz

roadew

5:25 pm

Joanne123

mix the tar ro and the ro horse thing

5:25 pm

ardilla

hi lynxxx bojazz joanne

5:25 pm

bojazz

sooooooooorty

5:25 pm

bojazz

hi ardilla

5:25 pm

Joanne123

hi ardil

5:25 pm

lynxxx

hi Jo

5:25 pm

bojazz

need to stop with the beer!!!

5:26 pm

Joanne123

start ro tarred and end with ro5 horse exhibition

5:26 pm

Joanne123

hi again lyn

5:26 pm

Joanne123

went to see grandson

5:26 pm

Joanne123

2 and half months and he has gramma whipped

5:27 pm

lynxxx

but of course

5:27 pm

Joanne123

lyn can you help with the 2 do/6's??

5:27 pm

bojazz

finally figured it out - thx lynn

5:28 pm

Joanne123

he looks at my hair and laughs the little bugger hehe

5:28 pm

lynxxx

you do mean da6.

5:28 pm

lynxxx

da6.36 means to walk slowly or drag your feet

5:28 pm

Joanne123

sorry co/6's

5:28 pm

Joanne123

ty for that one too

5:29 pm

Joanne123

i kept doing only the first 4 letters

5:29 pm

lynxxx

sorry, not yet - 8 left including 5 C's - let you know if I find them

5:29 pm

Joanne123

ok ty

5:29 pm

ardilla

10 left

5:29 pm

redturtlehead

OK I am back to try to wrestle out 35 more words from this odd grid.

5:30 pm

ardilla

9

5:30 pm

lynxxx

co6.24 like the headache stuff but change final n to a vowel

5:30 pm

redturtlehead

Ardilla and I are back onthe same schedule I think...

5:31 pm

Joanne123

ty

5:31 pm

Joanne123

hi red

5:31 pm

redturtlehead

hi joanne, and Go Ardilla!

5:31 pm

ardilla

8

5:31 pm

redturtlehead

33 left! ha!

5:31 pm

ardilla

7

5:32 pm

redturtlehead

33!

5:32 pm

ardilla

6

5:32 pm

redturtlehead

32!

5:32 pm

redturtlehead

Ardilla is running down the finish line!

5:34 pm

ardilla

5

5:34 pm

lynxxx

co6.42 c & tell me a s***y before I go to be & the end and start of the alphabet

5:34 pm

Joanne123

co6 last co boys name ending in sometimes vowel and ..ck one of the kids on home inprovement with tim taylor

5:34 pm

lynxxx

sorry st**y

5:35 pm

Joanne123

ge5 the second please

5:36 pm

ardilla

plural of wish granter

5:36 pm

lynxxx

double vowel on end

5:36 pm

ardilla

clue for 1st si5 pls

5:37 pm

lynxxx

st5 old war thing when they would surround a town - to lay se***

5:37 pm

ardilla

have 3 ne's and 2 si's left...grrr

5:37 pm

ardilla

ty for the fi4

5:38 pm

Joanne123

ty lyn and ardil

5:38 pm

ardilla

4

5:38 pm

lynxxx

sorry about my typo's - obviously that last clue was for si5/6

5:38 pm

redturtlehead

29 ;)

5:38 pm

ardilla

3

5:38 pm

ardilla

go rth go go go

5:38 pm

Joanne123

ardil 5/12??

5:39 pm

Joanne123

how long si... u been looking??

5:39 pm

Joanne123

gooo ardil

5:39 pm

ardilla

ty lynxxx got both si's

5:40 pm

lynxxx

yw

5:40 pm

redturtlehead

I was looking for the T lynxx, but go tit ! thanks.

5:40 pm

Joanne123

ohh i missed the past tense ty lyn

5:41 pm

ardilla

isn't the 1st ne a babbler's name?

5:41 pm

ardilla

2

5:41 pm

redturtlehead

i think I shall get the list.

5:41 pm

redturtlehead

29!

5:41 pm

lynxxx

No i Ardilla

5:43 pm

ardilla

grrr...last one is 2nd ne5

5:44 pm

redturtlehead

go!!!!! you can find it yes you can!

5:44 pm

lynxxx

ne & ***l done Ardilla!

5:44 pm

fuquayvarina

not an oldie, ardilla

5:44 pm

lynxxx

oops sorry, 2nd is a beginner

5:44 pm

ardilla

nm got it

5:45 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Ardilla!

5:45 pm

redturtlehead

fireworks?

5:45 pm

ardilla

first time i've had fireworks in a while

5:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

ia...ic...iz...ii...ie...im...iw...

5:46 pm

redturtlehead

COngratulations!!!!!

5:46 pm

ardilla

hi TO

5:46 pm

lynxxx

iz

5:46 pm

Joanne123

wtg ardil

5:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi ardilla!

5:46 pm

lynxxx

or ir

5:46 pm

Mom

hello everyone

5:46 pm

ardilla

ir

5:47 pm

ardilla

wb mom

5:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am on the trail of the middle i

5:47 pm

lynxxx

Mom! hi

5:47 pm

lynxxx

iz4

5:47 pm

Mom

thanks Ardilla. I am here for just a bit, waiting on Sweetie so we can have supper

5:48 pm

Mom

Hi Lynxxx

5:48 pm

ardilla

it's a white cotton dress

5:48 pm

Joanne123

mi 5/22 please??

5:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty lyn. hi mom

5:48 pm

Mom

Hi TO

5:48 pm

Joanne123

hi mom

5:48 pm

Joanne123

hi to

5:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

b and space bar sticking

5:48 pm

ardilla

wi5/28 with diff first letter

5:49 pm

Mom

Hi Joanne

5:49 pm

Joanne123

tyty

5:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

what do i do?

5:49 pm

ardilla

not sure

5:50 pm

ardilla

any clues needed before i go?

5:50 pm

redturtlehead

canned air

5:50 pm

Mom

my dad spilled soft drink on his key board so he cleaned it up and still some keys stuck so he took those keys off and uses a pencil to push on them and it works. Silly dad

5:51 pm

Mom

Yes Ardilla, please

5:51 pm

Mom

the co 4/6 between the co 6/24 and co 47

5:51 pm

Mom

co 4/7

5:52 pm

redturtlehead

A co** college mom.

5:52 pm

Mom

oh my gosh. If it were a snake if would have bit me

5:52 pm

Mom

thank you Red. Are you finished cleaning for the day?

5:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

watching abc news. diane sawyer makesmesick. how easy does she thinkthis relief mission is?treating it like a fraud investigation

5:53 pm

ardilla

hee hee...my mom uses that saying too

5:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

like there is an easy way to get those supplies exactly where needed and someone is just screwing up

5:53 pm

Mom

:)

5:53 pm

SamanthaJoy

You have to admit it's a bit of a mess, but who didn't know it would be? There's no effective government, no one in charge, and what infrastructure they had is gone.

5:53 pm

redturtlehead

I think so.

5:54 pm

ardilla

that's horrid!

5:54 pm

Mom

HI Samantha

5:54 pm

lynxxx

Suppose I better go do some housework (before Mom gets on my back too) Bye

5:54 pm

ardilla

hi sam

5:54 pm

SamanthaJoy

Hi Mom!

5:54 pm

72 Temple Owl

ardilla,you know how hard logistics are

5:54 pm

redturtlehead

TO, its very difficult and she should realize that. Even in a place with lots of infrastructure, stuff used to just go missing.

5:54 pm

ardilla

any other clues needed?

5:54 pm

Mom

never Lynxxx

5:54 pm

SamanthaJoy

yo ardilla!

5:54 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye lyn

5:54 pm

Mom

that is good Red, now you can rest

5:55 pm

SamanthaJoy

I've been working on this horrid grid off and on since this AM and i'm not halfway yet

5:55 pm

Mom

I agree Samantha, it is horrid

5:55 pm

redturtlehead

til tomorro, tomorro is carpet shampooing day. eeew.

5:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

i likeher until her interview of marla maples when she waspreg by the donald

5:55 pm

Joanne123

si7 ardil please

5:55 pm

ardilla

yep, even over here we have difficulties getting supplies and/or money...something as simple as TP

5:56 pm

SamanthaJoy

I have one six, no sevens, and only 48 words, half of which I monkeyed because I've never seen them before

5:56 pm

Mom

may I have another clue please? The da 5/20, after da 6/36

5:56 pm

72 Temple Owl

maybe they should just go to walmart

5:56 pm

ardilla

past tense of si5/18 muscled?

5:56 pm

eieios

ro 6 clue, please?

5:56 pm

Joanne123

like the early morning add a vowel

5:56 pm

Mom

cr 7/52 is past tense of what a baby does before it walks Sam

5:57 pm

SamanthaJoy

Right! Those stupid Haitians, why didn't they think of that? *sigh*

5:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty for allowing me to vent

5:57 pm

SamanthaJoy

oh, thanks mom!

5:57 pm

Mom

sure Sam

5:57 pm

redturtlehead

When I worked in Sudan, Ardilla, we used to do this weekly food order from Kenya....If it rained, no plane came, so at one point we were eating a lot of local goats, and beans and oddly still had an entire "cabinet full of Bombay Saffire. After that we let someone else do the ordering.

5:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

always the low price...

5:58 pm

Mom

thank you Joanne, got it

5:58 pm

ardilla

ro6 cowboy event with car driving surface

5:58 pm

SamanthaJoy

red, that is a beautiful story

5:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

well red someone had theirpriorities right;)

5:58 pm

ardilla

wow, rth

5:58 pm

Joanne123

mom did u get it??

5:59 pm

Joanne123

da5

5:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty ardilla great clue

5:59 pm

Mom

I did Joanne, thanks

5:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

red,did it warm up there?

5:59 pm

ardilla

yw

5:59 pm

Joanne123

red da early morning add vowel before last cons

5:59 pm

redturtlehead

It was a good diet, as I hate goat.

5:59 pm

redturtlehead

Yup, got my patio door wide open now and am in shorts, *Happy Again* !

6:00 pm

Mom

thanks Ardilla

6:00 pm

Joanne123

still stuck on the si7 tho

6:00 pm

ardilla

me6 add cons in middle of me5

6:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

what are you cluing joanne?

6:00 pm

Joanne123

da5/20

6:00 pm

Mom

10 left, time so serve up the spaghetti and meatballs. (Leaving a huge pot in the PB for all to have)

6:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

6:01 pm

ardilla

si + not old then past tense

6:01 pm

ardilla

go mom go go go

6:01 pm

redturtlehead

Ooooh wants to drop word.

6:01 pm

Mom

I will finish this after the dishes are washed. Hope to see all of you then. {{Hugs}}

6:02 pm

Joanne123

ty and ty

6:02 pm

ardilla

*breaking into PB :)

6:02 pm

eieios

cowboy event with car driving surface? hmmmm.

6:02 pm

Mom

well I will, then you all can just join me in the pb ... hmmm which word to drop

6:02 pm

Mom

that is the one I will drop roadeo

6:02 pm

Mom

there you go, eieios

6:02 pm

ardilla

*leaves door open for rth

6:03 pm

redturtlehead

Oooh thanks Ardilla.

6:03 pm

redturtlehead

and rats...

6:03 pm

redturtlehead

I had that one!

6:03 pm

Mom

(setting up the silverware and plates, I will collect the dishes when I get back) bye for now

6:03 pm

eieios

car driving surface at the beginning.... got it.

6:03 pm

Joanne123

last si5 please

6:03 pm

Joanne123

hi eieios

6:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

stilltrying da5

6:03 pm

ardilla

yummy spaghetti

6:03 pm

Joanne123

byeee mom

6:04 pm

eieios

hi Joanne

6:04 pm

ardilla

s

6:04 pm

ardilla

s + i4

6:04 pm

Joanne123

the movie red da.. and insert vowel before last cons

6:04 pm

ardilla

bye mom

6:05 pm

ardilla

sunrise with extra vowel

6:05 pm

Joanne123

ardil last si5 please

6:05 pm

ardilla

or bad spelling of evolution guy's name

6:05 pm

Joanne123

sorry didn't see clue

6:06 pm

ardilla

s + i4/9

6:06 pm

Joanne123

ty ardil

6:06 pm

ardilla

np

6:06 pm

ardilla

any other clues needed?

6:06 pm

redturtlehead

de 5, 20

6:07 pm

ardilla

de + military conflict

6:07 pm

Joanne123

de and anti combat

6:07 pm

ardilla

*armed conflict

6:08 pm

redturtlehead

oh man, i shoudl have seen that, been going down much.

6:08 pm

Joanne123

wi5 lone one please

6:08 pm

eieios

fireworks

6:08 pm

Joanne123

wtg congrats eieios

6:08 pm

Joanne123

i'm 2 away

6:08 pm

ardilla

to use a wield

6:09 pm

ardilla

*sword

6:09 pm

ardilla

la la la...pb for me

6:09 pm

Joanne123

lol ty

6:09 pm

ardilla

wtg eieios

6:09 pm

Joanne123

and u r finished too

6:09 pm

redturtlehead

aaaaah, words I dont have! there are 11 of them!!!!! ;)

6:10 pm

bichon

hi everyone. ge 5/16?

6:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

ardillajust wants some dinner

6:11 pm

ardilla

not name brand minus 2 letters

6:11 pm

ardilla

hi bichon

6:12 pm

bichon

hi ard and all you Babblers

6:12 pm

ardilla

rth, do you have da6/24?

6:13 pm

bichon

ty ard for the ge 5

6:13 pm

ardilla

or co6/42?

6:13 pm

redturtlehead

I do. When they were cluingit, it wasnt for me it was a clue "red Da**"

6:13 pm

redturtlehead

I do.

6:13 pm

redturtlehead

I'm in the M's

6:13 pm

Joanne123

lu4 grrrrr monkey monkey and done

6:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

azpls?

6:14 pm

Joanne123

and i know i tried that already!!

6:14 pm

ardilla

1st mi5 change last letter of other mi5/14

6:15 pm

redturtlehead

Now 3 left.

6:15 pm

Joanne123

ok i'm out for bit..will be back later,

6:15 pm

Joanne123

gooo red

6:15 pm

ardilla

pre**** inter**** l +d*** where's my car

6:15 pm

redturtlehead

2!

6:15 pm

ardilla

hb joanne

6:15 pm

Joanne123

if i miss fire congrats to u

6:15 pm

redturtlehead

1

6:15 pm

72 Temple Owl

ta,joanne

6:15 pm

ardilla

go rth go go go!

6:16 pm

ardilla

gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

6:16 pm

redturtlehead

all done. very nice.

6:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

yay red!

6:17 pm

redturtlehead

maybe saturdays grid will be lovely and fun?

6:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

and large

6:17 pm

redturtlehead

now i think i shall go do some more cleaning.

6:18 pm

ardilla

woot rth!!!

6:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

wow you are a cleaning fool!

6:20 pm

ardilla

well, i'm going to go and make food-like substance

6:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

co6 pls?

6:21 pm

bichon

da 6/24?

6:22 pm

bichon

which one TO?

6:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

final one pls?

6:23 pm

fuquayvarina

da+not you+not ladies

6:23 pm

bichon

TO another word for a runny nose

6:25 pm

bichon

ty fuqua

6:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

dinnertime

6:26 pm

wht

Hi all. How are the babblers tonight?

6:27 pm

hshliz

az5?

6:28 pm

wht

A + maga**** (a periodical)

6:28 pm

hshliz

ty

6:31 pm

Joanne123

hi wht

6:33 pm

Joanne123

finished and would anyone like clues??

6:33 pm

Joanne123

crappy maybe but i try

6:33 pm

aknitter

hey all ... can anyone clue the lone E bottom row please

6:34 pm

Joanne123

e flea

6:34 pm

Joanne123

change cons

6:34 pm

adubin77

e4 knife has a sharp one

6:34 pm

aknitter

thinking...

6:35 pm

aknitter

ahhhhh

6:35 pm

aknitter

ding ding ding

6:35 pm

wht

I need clues for both co6s

6:36 pm

adubin77

co6/24 T3 ingredient -ne + vowel

6:37 pm

Joanne123

co boys name and ..ck boys name from home improvement with tim taylor??

6:38 pm

Joanne123

co other cons and all vowels

6:39 pm

wht

ty for the boys name. That isa strange one.

6:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

ok...co PLUS boy's name and part of another boy'sname?

6:39 pm

tijani

co6/42 please

6:39 pm

Joanne123

yvw

6:40 pm

wht

The first one is just as strange. ty jo.

6:40 pm

wht

My monkeys are scratching their heads.

6:41 pm

Joanne123

co cons sometimes vowel huge point tile and vowel

6:41 pm

Joanne123

yvw wht

6:42 pm

Joanne123

thank god i make sense to some

6:42 pm

tijani

thx

6:42 pm

Joanne123

someone i mean

6:42 pm

Joanne123

yvw

6:42 pm

Joanne123

hi tij

6:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

si5/14 & si 6 pls?

6:43 pm

Joanne123

i suck at clueing

6:44 pm

Joanne123

that building is under si... by terrorists

6:45 pm

adubin77

any clues on wi5/20?

6:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty,cannot believe i missedthat

6:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

ileft

6:45 pm

tijani

another clue for the co6/24 plese dont get it

6:46 pm

adubin77

co + **e bread + **ck and cody suite life

6:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

co 4/6 + twomore vowels

6:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

oops

6:47 pm

Joanne123

rhymes with prison and plural

6:47 pm

adubin77

oh my oops - i xposed 24 into 42

6:47 pm

Joanne123

wi sorry

6:47 pm

tijani

tyhx finally got it

6:48 pm

adubin77

ope, got the wi5

6:49 pm

Joanne123

and 6 yes adu

6:51 pm

Joanne123

any more clues needed??

6:51 pm

adubin77

any ne please

6:51 pm

Joanne123

ne is like a gem

6:52 pm

Joanne123

ne minus the j

6:52 pm

adubin77

ah, ty

6:53 pm

Joanne123

yvw

6:53 pm

Joanne123

n 2 vowels and f and plural

6:54 pm

adubin77

and ty, ty again!

6:55 pm

adubin77

i can't believe the last one is a word... (final 5/18)

6:55 pm

Joanne123

ne5 and start as plural

6:56 pm

adubin77

thanks mucho for the ne's... any hints on the 2 ro's that aren't homophones of each other?

6:56 pm

Joanne123

??

6:56 pm

aknitter

ro 5 - cowboy carnival

6:57 pm

adubin77

ach - thx akn

6:57 pm

Joanne123

lol ak good clue

6:57 pm

aknitter

:)

6:58 pm

aknitter

any I words out there?

6:59 pm

torgone

ro6 is a homophone of ro5 ..

6:59 pm

adubin77

tor - thx!! would not have guessed that one

7:00 pm

torgone

ir5/12 is a muslim decree ..

7:00 pm

aknitter

ty kindly

7:00 pm

torgone

iz4/9 is just weird ..

7:01 pm

torgone

Or were you asking for L words?

7:01 pm

aknitter

nope eye

7:01 pm

torgone

Because I looks like l in this font ..

7:02 pm

aknitter

lol

7:02 pm

nrkii

hi all

7:03 pm

aknitter

greetings

7:04 pm

torgone

Heya nerky

7:04 pm

dalmatian5

yea - firewords at last

7:05 pm

nrkii

yay dalmatian!!

7:05 pm

nrkii

8 to go here

7:06 pm

torgone

Well done dal!

7:06 pm

torgone

9 ..

7:07 pm

Joanne123

gooo torrr

7:07 pm

adubin77

gj dal!!

7:08 pm

Joanne123

nrkii what do u need??

7:08 pm

Joanne123

i shall try to help

7:09 pm

nrkii

dunno... I need 7 more, but one each from 7 different tiles

7:09 pm

nrkii

6 now

7:09 pm

Joanne123

let me know

7:09 pm

nrkii

thanks!

7:09 pm

Joanne123

yvw

7:10 pm

Joanne123

i will stay til u get done

7:10 pm

rururocks

da 6/36? .. Hi all

7:10 pm

nrkii

hmmm, I better ask for help then :)

7:11 pm

Joanne123

da6 ...walking very slow

7:11 pm

nrkii

nice, that was one!

7:11 pm

nrkii

4 left

7:11 pm

rururocks

thank you

7:11 pm

Joanne123

we tell our parents this

7:11 pm

Joanne123

yvw

7:12 pm

Joanne123

go nr

7:12 pm

Joanne123

what else

7:12 pm

rururocks

I also couldn't find the co 6/24?

7:13 pm

nrkii

co6 24 = co** red + two vowels

7:13 pm

rururocks

thank you

7:13 pm

nrkii

I'm missing one C... I have ca x 2, ci x 2, co x 6, cr x 5... missing?

7:14 pm

Joanne123

anthing else...bedtime soon

7:14 pm

adubin77

any help on da6/36 pls?

7:14 pm

Joanne123

co6

7:14 pm

adubin77

ope got it

7:15 pm

torgone

cz4

7:15 pm

nrkii

UUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH

7:15 pm

nrkii

thanks Tor

7:15 pm

Joanne123

co boys name and high piont tile and vowel

7:15 pm

adubin77

cz4 old russian ruler

7:15 pm

nrkii

2 to go

7:16 pm

Joanne123

come on nr goo

7:16 pm

salmocreston1

fireworks

7:16 pm

nrkii

for Z words, I have zex2 and one zi

7:16 pm

nrkii

missing?

7:16 pm

nrkii

yay salmo!!!

7:18 pm

nrkii

nm, found missing zi

7:18 pm

nrkii

one W left to go

7:18 pm

Joanne123

wtg sal

7:19 pm

nrkii

total points today please?

7:19 pm

torgone

Yay salmo!

7:20 pm

nrkii

fireworks!

7:20 pm

adubin77

Yay! fireworks!!! Thanks for all the help, everyone!

7:20 pm

torgone

Yay nerky!!

7:20 pm

Joanne123

congrats

7:20 pm

torgone

Yay abudin!

7:21 pm

Joanne123

nite all

7:21 pm

nrkii

yay abudin!

7:21 pm

nrkii

tor, how close are you now?

7:22 pm

torgone

Still 9 .. I wasn't trying real hard just now .. Doing other stuff ..

7:23 pm

torgone

8 ..

7:24 pm

nrkii

babble-slacker!!! LOL

7:24 pm

torgone

6 ..

7:25 pm

torgone

I'm multi-slacking ..

7:25 pm

torgone

4 ..

7:26 pm

torgone

2 ..

7:26 pm

nrkii

multi-slacking, I love that

7:27 pm

torgone

1 ..

7:28 pm

nrkii

Anticipation... anticipa-ay-tion is making me wait... keeping me wai-ay-ay-ay-ting....

7:29 pm

torgone

Kaboom ..

7:29 pm

inge

bravo.Torgpme

7:29 pm

nrkii

hmmm, maybe too many ay's there

7:29 pm

nrkii

YAY torgone! Nicely done!

7:29 pm

torgone

Thanks!

7:30 pm

nrkii

okay, now that I've seen that marvellous fireworks display, I'm off to see what other trouble I can get into

7:30 pm

nrkii

have a great night all

7:30 pm

inge

sorry, TORGONE, my eyesight is deserting me

7:30 pm

torgone

Like slaughtering me in lexulous?

7:31 pm

inge

leaving again, *pooF*

7:31 pm

torgone

Byes guys ..

7:31 pm

nrkii

I'll see what I can do tor!

7:31 pm

nrkii

bye!

7:48 pm

rururocks

ro 6? anyone?

7:51 pm

wht

Hi, I'm back. Got called away for technical support.

7:51 pm

wht

4 left.

7:52 pm

torgone

ro6 rhymes ro5 ..

7:52 pm

wht

It's the cowboy carnival with an extra vowel in it.

7:55 pm

stidmama

*rushes in a and sits down next to tor and ruru. how's the grid? shall I try it? I won't read anything in any texts until at least 7 tonight.

7:55 pm

torgone

Some cr5/26 words but not too bad ..

7:55 pm

wht

Lots of funky words for such a small grid, stid

7:55 pm

DR1965

Hi STID

7:56 pm

stidmama

hm. funky, eh? thanks wht, think I'll risk it.

7:56 pm

stidmama

thanks for the CR tor!

7:56 pm

stidmama

hey DR! how's jake?

7:57 pm

DR1965

He is ok. He was prefect of Ravenclaw and has decided he does not like being in charge

7:57 pm

rururocks

not finding the ro 6 yet.. is there another way to clue it?

7:57 pm

DR1965

*was made

7:57 pm

DR1965

ro6- street + 2 vowels

7:57 pm

stidmama

better to learn it now than when he is a manager, I suppose. though he can always change his mind

7:58 pm

rururocks

oh jeezus

7:58 pm

DR1965

I agree. I told him he does not have to be good at everything but when he is the leader he has to be fair

7:59 pm

stidmama

ruru? you called? *wicked mama look*

7:59 pm

stidmama

DR, the pic in my icon today is my younger when he was about 3...

7:59 pm

DR1965

:) I think he got my clue

7:59 pm

stidmama

we're putting this pic in the school yearbook

7:59 pm

DR1965

Its adorable!

8:00 pm

rururocks

that is just about the dumbest word I have ever see

8:00 pm

DR1965

august 1998- Jake was 9 months old

8:00 pm

rururocks

n

8:00 pm

stidmama

P.S. -- ruru, is YOUR baby "home" yet?

8:01 pm

stidmama

:-) it's fun to look back at pics

8:01 pm

rururocks

next friday stid..

8:01 pm

stidmama

I am watching the news, I am just heartsick about Haiti. I just don't know what to think or do.

8:02 pm

stidmama

okay ruru. I'll be thinking of you!

8:02 pm

DR1965

I am the same way Stid. It is so terrifyingly ( sp) horrible

8:02 pm

rururocks

it looks pretty bad in haiti.. i must say

8:03 pm

DR1965

I was surprised the CEO of the company I work for has not sent anything out about it

8:03 pm

DR1965

and we are a health care operation that has hospitals all over

8:03 pm

stidmama

it is awful. Those poor people. we are in earthquake country... but our houses are built for it. Their'n just weren't. and that's the worst part.

8:04 pm

wht

The worst part is how long the aid that has arrived is taking to get to the people who need it.

8:04 pm

rururocks

yeah.. tell that to the people in the SF Marina area stid.

8:04 pm

DR1965

Stid- I said the same thing to my hubby-

8:04 pm

DR1965

IF a 7.0 hit SanDiego, there woukd be damage but noy 3 million people with nothing

8:05 pm

wht

So can someone help me with the da6 for fireworks?

8:05 pm

stidmama

most of the houses where I am ruru, are low, stick-built (so flexible) and since most buildings were put in after the big quake in the 50s (or 60s? -- before my time), MOST places will stand long enough to get people out.

8:05 pm

rururocks

to limp along and stroll slowly whi

8:05 pm

stidmama

go wht go!

8:05 pm

DR1965

wht- hurry up and dont da**** we are late

8:06 pm

torgone

The worst part is that they are so poor and crowded into the city, and have a gov't unequipped to handle any kind of emergency mostly due to US policy and intervention ..

8:06 pm

stidmama

ooh! I understood that, ruru!

8:06 pm

rururocks

there is no government there right now

8:06 pm

rururocks

It is a total disaster... in so many ways.

8:07 pm

stidmama

yes, tor. you are right. I have only just learned about the way the world seems to have conspired against that nation.

8:07 pm

wht

ty DR. That was one twisty word

8:07 pm

rururocks

we sent bags of clothes and food to the collection area here in Napa.

8:07 pm

DR1965

yvw Wht

8:07 pm

wht

I am enjoying my fireworks.

8:08 pm

DR1965

woohoo wht- good job

8:08 pm

stidmama

YAY wht!

8:08 pm

Minveryork

R's Removed! 10 left

8:09 pm

wht

Anyone want some clues before I poof.

8:09 pm

stidmama

go min go!

8:09 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

8:09 pm

Minveryork

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

8:09 pm

wht

get 'er done Min.

8:10 pm

wht

de5,20 A singular kind of Scotch.

8:10 pm

stidmama

needt hte E in the lowere left please?

8:11 pm

Minveryork

S's Stomped! 9 left

8:11 pm

DR1965

ed4 Stid

8:11 pm

torgone

It's on the ed4 of the puzzle ..

8:11 pm

Minveryork

That ed 4/7 word is the rim of something stidmama.

8:11 pm

wht

Live life on the **** stid

8:12 pm

stidmama

thanks wht and min and tor and DR and... *sigh*

8:12 pm

stidmama

how pescine is the center i? dare I inquire?

8:12 pm

wht

We did kind of pile on there stid.

8:13 pm

torgone

Yeah there are some fi4 in there too ..

8:13 pm

stidmama

LOL I think it's funny when I don't see the easy ones.

8:14 pm

Minveryork

That iz 4/9 word is the W****d of Oz Stidmama.

8:14 pm

wht

the center i is not a fi4 at all.

8:14 pm

Mande913

where are the instructions?

8:14 pm

stidmama

thanks wht and min!

8:14 pm

Minveryork

Hello Mande913! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

8:14 pm

wht

click on the Help at the top right corner.

8:14 pm

stidmama

instructions are in the "help" up above dialog, mande.

8:15 pm

stidmama

there are additional hints and helps at angelsong's pages http://www.freewebs.com/angelsong/

8:15 pm

Minveryork

Go to help page at the top of this chat log Mande913.

8:15 pm

wht

Anyway. I need to be going. Happy Babbling.

8:15 pm

DR1965

ByeWht- take care

8:15 pm

stidmama

thanks for the help wht. have a lovely weekend!

8:16 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye wht! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log!

8:16 pm

Mande913

tanks guys

8:16 pm

stidmama

oh! past half way! AND no blank tiles!

8:17 pm

torgone

We're here to help ..

8:17 pm

torgone

Actually, we're here to waste time, but we like to help others do the same ..

8:18 pm

Minveryork

LOL torgone!

8:18 pm

DR1965

that is SOOOO True Torg : )

8:18 pm

stidmama

LOL tor! AND we're here to eat choclits *shares choclits liberally*

8:18 pm

DR1965

* takes choclits for after dindin

8:18 pm

DR1965

ty Stid

8:18 pm

stidmama

(slips a few extra to DR for before dindin too)

8:19 pm

DR1965

lol- thanks

8:19 pm

stidmama

:-D it's friday, we need all the choclit we can get!

8:22 pm

torgone

I've had my din - leftover spring rolls from lunch ..

8:23 pm

lbdawger

hi everyone!

8:24 pm

stidmama

okay tor! offers choclits with whipped cream and maraschino cherries and extra sprinkles.

8:24 pm

Minveryork

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

8:24 pm

torgone

I frequent a nearby Thai restaurant for lunch most Fridays .. Today I ordered spring rolls and Satay chicken .. The owner thought that wasn't enough food for me, so she made me Phad Thai too! I had extra food ..

8:24 pm

stidmama

hey LBD!!! GUESS WHAT? I DID THE ****COOLEST**** thing yesterday!!!!!!!!!

*bounce bounce* (I was hoping to see you)

8:24 pm

DR1965

where is it Torg?

8:24 pm

lbdawger

Hello Min! I'm in the pink! just happier than a clam! and yourself?

8:24 pm

stidmama

what a nice owner, tor!

8:24 pm

DR1965

Hi Dawger

8:25 pm

torgone

Heya lbd

8:25 pm

torgone

Lai Thai in National City

8:25 pm

torgone

I think she likes me ..

8:25 pm

stidmama

of course she likes you tor! you're WONDERFUL!

8:26 pm

DR1965

I will ask my hubby if he has been there. I know he goes somewhere down there for food

8:26 pm

lbdawger

Hi DR, HI Torg! the Thai lady probably thought you were underfed! asian mom's are as bad a jewish mamas!

8:26 pm

Trifioso

hello babble friends, and my dear tor, of course....

8:26 pm

DR1965

or italian mamas

8:26 pm

DR1965

Welcome Trifs!

8:26 pm

lbdawger

hi Trif!

8:26 pm

torgone

..Since I go there almost every week ..

8:26 pm

stidmama

hello trifioso! (((many hugs))) how was your week? how goes the job?

8:26 pm

lbdawger

ah yes, italian mama's too!

8:27 pm

torgone

One look and you can see I'm not underfed!

8:27 pm

Minveryork

I'm well. Just got back from a benefit to raise money for my co-worker's daughter who has leukemia & she is only five months old. benefit went well. I think we raised three thousand dollars for her and her family.

8:27 pm

torgone

{{{{Trifs}}}}

8:27 pm

lbdawger

ahh, but not fed on the "proper" diet! lol

8:27 pm

DR1965

so Stid- what did you do yesterdau that was so cool?

8:27 pm

Trifioso

oh min, I am so glad to hear the benefit went well, but oh! the idea of such a small child suffering so!

8:27 pm

stidmama

oh min... I hope the treatments work. what a hard way to start life. (((hugs baby's parents)))

8:28 pm

Trifioso

Tor, I wish I had Thai food for dinner now....had Burger King with secondo. Bleh.

8:28 pm

lbdawger

wow, Min. what a great cause. I hope they are able to raise more money for the family.

8:28 pm

lbdawger

i can't remember the last time i had a bubu king or smack donalds

8:29 pm

Minveryork

The little girl had her 1st round of chemo. She has to go through 4 or 5 more. The mom is on family medical leave so she is not getting paid so we had a benefit.

8:29 pm

stidmama

I spent the whole day NOT mapping dialog in the 8th grade language arts classroom... I spent it being a grader for the district's 9th grade students on a semi-practice test for expository writing. It was hard, but I learned a whole bunch. was there because the teacher I shadow needed to be there!

8:29 pm

welki

hi, kids

8:29 pm

DR1965

that IS COOL Stid!

8:29 pm

Minveryork

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

8:29 pm

DR1965

Hi Welki

8:30 pm

stidmama

I learned what the expectations are for 9th grade writing, how to interpret the state rubrics, when to notify school counselors about student responses (there were several among the many hundred we scored).

8:30 pm

lbdawger

hiya welki! stid, that's hard work! Shooshoo reads for the state comps. all grades...

8:30 pm

DR1965

writing so hard for so many kids Stid

8:30 pm

stidmama

yes, DR. It was cool. It was "real teacher work" in terms of scoring assessments, and I had the advantage of 8th and 9th grade teachers to help me understand it and validate my understanding.

8:30 pm

DR1965

I know Jake has a hard time with it. He counts every word if hte teacher says 150 words..

8:31 pm

DR1965

I told him the, and , & or do not count

8:31 pm

stidmama

I don't think I could do this for a living. the handwriting of one student was so tiny (well formed but eensy) that I couldn't read it.

8:32 pm

lbdawger

can you let him use the computer to compose? sometimes it's not so much the creative ability but the actual manual writing that is difficult

8:32 pm

stidmama

It is hard, DR. A better way to write is to know that an average line of text is X number of words and consider how many lines you have written. (If he must count).

8:32 pm

stidmama

that's a good idea LBD

8:32 pm

harpjane

hello

8:33 pm

DR1965

they have " response journals" and have to write it by hand. I do have a nephew who has an IEP that says he can use a computer though

8:33 pm

lbdawger

this is especially true for boys. i don't know why, but they have a hard time with the brain hand coordination.

8:33 pm

lbdawger

Hi Harp!

8:33 pm

DR1965

* Not Darthdude

8:33 pm

DR1965

Hi harp

8:33 pm

Minveryork

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

8:33 pm

stidmama

hey harpjane!

8:34 pm

stidmama

jane! I didn't know you do special olympics work! *look of admiration* that trumps judging debate any day!

8:34 pm

lbdawger

well, if he can use the word processor to get his thoughts down, then the actual writing may not be as painful.

8:34 pm

DR1965

I will remember that Dawger- that is a good idea

8:35 pm

harpjane

hi stid, (politely suggests you go to the link in my profile) I'm jumping into freezing cold water to raise money on Feb6 "Freezin for a Reason"

8:35 pm

lbdawger

if he's quite verbal, get him to use a tape recorder for his thoughts, that way he can hear what he's saying. again another part of the developing brain that works faster than the manual dexterity

8:36 pm

Minveryork

D's Done! 5 left

8:36 pm

DR1965

that would work as well- thanks!

8:36 pm

stidmama

I read, harp... will do that in a little bit. ((hugs))

8:36 pm

stidmama

---- or if you can, dragon naturally speaking for the computer might help too -- then he could see the correspondence between the words he "hears" when he writes and what gets onto a page?

8:38 pm

stidmama

down to 34 and totally stalled. listing now.

8:38 pm

lbdawger

Harp, do you have a snail mail i can send a check to? I don't use credit cards.

8:38 pm

DR1965

I am stalled as well

8:38 pm

lbdawger

go Min!

8:38 pm

lbdawger

using the list definitely makes it go better

8:39 pm

stidmama

the CA 5 is hiding....

8:39 pm

Minveryork

That ca 5/22 word is what the raven did stidmama.

8:39 pm

lbdawger

past tense of crow talk

8:39 pm

Trifioso

it'

8:39 pm

torgone

ca5 = What the crow did ..

8:39 pm

Trifioso

it is what the crow did, stid

8:39 pm

Minveryork

or crow

8:40 pm

Trifioso

oh, SNAP tor!!!

8:40 pm

stidmama

gah. thanks min and trifioso and tor and LBD and... LOl

8:40 pm

torgone

Jinx!

8:41 pm

Minveryork

C's Completed! 4 left

8:42 pm

stidmama

go min go!

8:42 pm

Mande913

can u use words you have made up along the way?

8:42 pm

lbdawger

i love the pic of stidkid. he still is a cutie!

8:43 pm

lbdawger

you might be surprised what will be accepted, mande

8:43 pm

stidmama

thanks LBD. he was. he's getting ready for a school dance now. the other one is at a debate tourny...

8:43 pm

stidmama

and you might be surprised at some things that are NOT accepted, too.

8:43 pm

Mande913

what my grandsons have...uhm,a body part?

8:43 pm

Mande913

eary

8:44 pm

lbdawger

you can only use the letters that are in the grid, and they have to touch each other, no repeating of the same letter.

8:44 pm

stidmama

got the big count CO 6, need the other CO 6 (after spy talk) please?

8:44 pm

lbdawger

spy talk + the agency that uses the spy talk C**

8:45 pm

Mande913

oops...that wasn't it

8:45 pm

stidmama

thanks LBD.

8:45 pm

stidmama

LOL keep doing mande, try a d in front of that.

8:46 pm

Mande913

I was thinking 'wenis'

8:46 pm

lbdawger

i felt like oodles today, doing this grid. i put in at least 290 words!

8:46 pm

Mande913

deary

8:46 pm

stidmama

down to 23

8:46 pm

stidmama

this is going so slowly.

8:46 pm

lbdawger

good word, Mande, now put it in the add word box.

8:47 pm

stidmama

okay mande, now put it in the "Add Word" box under the yellow tiles...

8:47 pm

lbdawger

The morning folks felt the same way, Stid. no record breakers with this grid.

8:48 pm

stidmama

Ds done!

8:48 pm

stidmama

did Min get firewords yet?

8:48 pm

lbdawger

go stid!

8:48 pm

Minveryork

Delicious stidmama!

8:48 pm

phandmd

hello everyone; how is everyone doing?

8:48 pm

Minveryork

W's Wacked! 2 left

8:48 pm

stidmama

hey phand! ((hugs and choclit))

8:48 pm

stidmama

go min go!

8:49 pm

lbdawger

hi Phan! doing hunky dorie, and you?

8:49 pm

Minveryork

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

8:49 pm

lbdawger

go min go!

8:49 pm

phandmd

good to hear; me? I am finishing up a 2 week sociology class finished with it on Tuesday can't wait!

8:50 pm

lbdawger

yeah, Phan!

8:50 pm

stidmama

I am tired, phand, just started the new quarter and already overwhelmed. but not giving up!~ *determined mama look*

8:51 pm

phandmd

what are you taking this quarter, Stidmama?

8:51 pm

stidmama

same program, the master's program is integrated and interdisciplinary. but a lot of methodology for literacy instruction.

8:52 pm

phandmd

I will be starting A&P 2 next Monday

8:52 pm

lbdawger

oooh, too much fun, Phan.

8:52 pm

stidmama

A&P? *confused mama look*

8:53 pm

lbdawger

anatomy and physiology

8:53 pm

phandmd

Anatomy and Physiology

8:53 pm

suefrad625

hi all

8:53 pm

stidmama

hey sue!

8:53 pm

lbdawger

hi sue!

8:53 pm

suefrad625

da's are killing me

8:53 pm

stidmama

oh! that WILL be interesting!

8:53 pm

stidmama

is the Mi 5/6 combo pescine?

8:53 pm

phandmd

it is interesting but difficult

8:53 pm

Minveryork

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

8:54 pm

suefrad625

doing well, doing well

8:54 pm

suefrad625

having to write papers for school and keeping busy

8:54 pm

torgone

Mi5 = middle mast on a ship ..

8:54 pm

stidmama

go min go!

8:54 pm

suefrad625

I hope all is well with everyone here

8:54 pm

lbdawger

no, stid. has to do with ships

8:54 pm

phandmd

so, I have one last word; can I get a clue for the GE 5/16 pls

8:54 pm

suefrad625

I pray that the friends and family of people in Haiti are doing well

8:55 pm

stidmama

start with chromosome and end with 2/3 of frozen water phand

8:55 pm

lbdawger

ge + ***e to see you, Phan

8:55 pm

stidmama

aha! thanks tor and LBD

8:55 pm

Minveryork

ge5/16: ge*er** drugs are cheaper than brand names

8:55 pm

stidmama

Ss stomped!!!!

8:55 pm

phandmd

thank you so much, LBD (and min)

8:56 pm

Minveryork

Stupendous Stidmama!

8:56 pm

suefrad625

more info on the mi5 pls

8:56 pm

lbdawger

go stid!

8:56 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hooooooo PHAN!!!

8:56 pm

lbdawger

mi + hight point tile + not out

8:56 pm

suefrad625

yahooooooo

8:57 pm

stidmama

down to three now.

8:58 pm

stidmama

YAY Phand!

8:58 pm

phandmd

you can do it, Stid!

8:58 pm

suefrad625

mizin doesnt work lbd

8:58 pm

suefrad625

go stid

8:58 pm

suefrad625

go stid

8:58 pm

Minveryork

Go stidmama go!

8:58 pm

lbdawger

sorry, misspelled that mi5/6, should be mi + high point + the **d.

8:58 pm

Minveryork

Tried that too suefrad625 and didn't work for me too

8:58 pm

stidmama

two...

8:58 pm

suefrad625

lol

8:58 pm

suefrad625

that worked

8:59 pm

phandmd

Work it, Stidmama!

8:59 pm

stidmama

firewords!!!

8:59 pm

suefrad625

min, do it w/the W

8:59 pm

Minveryork

I am done! I have fireworks!mi6/36 was my last word

8:59 pm

lbdawger

go stid, go

8:59 pm

suefrad625

yahoooooo stid

8:59 pm

stidmama

well. that felt nice!

8:59 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations stidmama on fireworks!Good for you

8:59 pm

Trifioso

okay, I can't get either of the co 6's at all. can anyone help please?

8:59 pm

phandmd

Woot Min!

8:59 pm

suefrad625

yahoooooo minv

8:59 pm

lbdawger

whoooooo hooooooo STID!!!

8:59 pm

stidmama

YAY Min!!!! *shares choclits with co-finisher*

8:59 pm

phandmd

add 2 vowels to the 2 CO 4/6

9:00 pm

phandmd

add high value tile + a vowel to the CO 4/7

9:00 pm

lbdawger

brb, need some tea

9:00 pm

phandmd

* that would be 2nd CO $/6

9:01 pm

suefrad625

had no idea how to clue that 2nd one

9:01 pm

suefrad625

except give the explination

9:01 pm

suefrad625

Pathology. acute inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nasal cavities; cold in the head

9:01 pm

stidmama

back soon. want to check out harpjane's link

9:02 pm

Minveryork

I'll be watching General Hospital,but I will check in to clue during the commercials to see if you want clues.

9:03 pm

torgone

Trifs, did you get the co6's?

9:03 pm

suefrad625

I need DA's pls

9:04 pm

suefrad625

I only have the da5/14

9:06 pm

Trifioso

whew, thanks - eons later, I FINALLY got them. thanks friends!

9:08 pm

phandmd

well, good night guys; we are watching the new Fringe...

9:08 pm

lbdawger

nightnight, Phan

9:09 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for any me? Thanks

9:10 pm

phandmd

They are all cat sounds GA peach

9:10 pm

lbdawger

da6.24, sounds like the pretty sparkly stone. starts out like the stone (first 3 letters) ends with males

9:10 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, phandmd.

9:11 pm

Trifioso

thanks for the psychic cluing lbd, you are cluing the words I need!

9:11 pm

bojazz

thx phan

9:11 pm

lbdawger

da6.36, don't da**** doing those chores, get them done and over with

9:11 pm

Trifioso

oh geez - I just noticed, the squares I have greyed make a little swastika looking thing - how unfortunate!

9:11 pm

suefrad625

ty for the DA clue, I didnt think my computer was working

9:12 pm

lbdawger

da + I ***t to the store.

9:13 pm

lbdawger

da4.10. staring at the grid you might fall into a da**

9:15 pm

suefrad625

ty, great clues

9:15 pm

suefrad625

I think I did lbd

9:17 pm

suefrad625

and it made me cr5/26

9:17 pm

suefrad625

so is my dog barking

9:18 pm

suefrad625

left is da6/24 and de5/50 for the d's

9:18 pm

lbdawger

da6.24, starts out like the sparkly stone (hope ***mond) ends with males.

9:19 pm

suefrad625

I do have that one, sorry

9:19 pm

suefrad625

just the de

9:20 pm

lbdawger

de+ *** is hell

9:22 pm

suefrad625

I have that one, that is the scotch one right?

9:22 pm

suefrad625

I have them all

9:23 pm

suefrad625

dog is making me bonkers, sorry

9:23 pm

suefrad625

down to the IR's

9:23 pm

lbdawger

what's making your dog bark, sue? doggie satelight?

9:23 pm

suefrad625

cats

9:23 pm

suefrad625

stray cats

9:24 pm

suefrad625

during the day I would let her out to annoy the neighbors who feed the damn cats w/o spaying or neutering them

9:24 pm

suefrad625

so they come to my house, in my cat door when we are away and eat all my cats food

9:24 pm

suefrad625

then spray the house and leave

9:25 pm

suefrad625

my dogs wouldnt hurt a cat, but they love the chase

9:26 pm

lbdawger

argh, i'd do a thorough cleaning and send the bill to the neighbors.

9:27 pm

suefrad625

my dogs have done that

9:27 pm

suefrad625

and send the cats to the other block

9:28 pm

suefrad625

it just irks me that they are ok to feed the pore things and then let them multiply when they can get them spay and neutered for free because they are on food stamps

9:28 pm

suefrad625

but noooooooo

9:28 pm

Trifioso

oh, btw - i was wondering - has "fireworks" ever been in the grid? we have had fi4, grid, clue, please, etc....

9:28 pm

lbdawger

can you call animal control?

9:29 pm

lbdawger

not that i can remember, Trif

9:29 pm

suefrad625

no, I hate that

9:30 pm

suefrad625

these cats are farrow to everyone but the lady across the street

9:30 pm

suefrad625

and the witch wont catch them to be fixed

9:31 pm

suefrad625

lw4 clue please

9:31 pm

suefrad625

does it end with vowels?

9:31 pm

lbdawger

lw + 2nd and 3rd vowel

9:32 pm

suefrad625

the only thing I didnt try

9:33 pm

o-o

and plural

9:33 pm

lbdawger

hi BR!

9:34 pm

suefrad625

hi and ty br

9:34 pm

kimmtoats

hi guys! may I get a clue for si5,12, please?

9:34 pm

o-o

Hello, folks

9:34 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for wi5-20? Thanks

9:34 pm

suefrad625

only si5 you asked so ni4ly

9:34 pm

gapeach

Hey there, BabbleRabble>

9:35 pm

suefrad625

and si5 I have it to share with you

9:36 pm

o-o

wi + in canasta and pinochle you lay down your m***

9:36 pm

o-o

Hello, gapeach

9:37 pm

kimmtoats

thanks, peach

9:37 pm

kimmtoats

what is it, sue?

9:37 pm

suefrad625

ne4?

9:38 pm

gapeach

Thanks, BR....still looking.....don't know the games.

9:38 pm

lbdawger

ne + ** I had a hammer

9:38 pm

suefrad625

a knight uses a sword and a sh****, start with a W

9:39 pm

suefrad625

ty lbd, again

9:39 pm

lbdawger

wi 5.20, the triangle street sign says Yi***

9:40 pm

gapeach

Have it now....thanks, suefrad625.

9:42 pm

gortmold

hey babblers, can i pls have a clue for the si5/14?

9:43 pm

lbdawger

lay si5.14 against the castle.

9:43 pm

gapeach

That was the last one. Thanks everyone. Sweet dreams.

9:44 pm

kimmtoats

si5,12?

9:45 pm

suefrad625

si5 you went away, the days grow long

9:45 pm

suefrad625

and soon I'll hear ol' winters song

9:45 pm

gortmold

thanks heaps lbd, that did it for me

9:46 pm

suefrad625

congrats gort

9:46 pm

lbdawger

whoooo hoooooo gort!

9:46 pm

lbdawger

i must be heading off to the pillows. early rising tomorrow. see ya later! good luck with the grid.

9:47 pm

suefrad625

good night lbd and thank you for getting me down to my 2 left

9:47 pm

gortmold

thanks babblers, i'm gonna go and do useful things now cheerio

9:47 pm

suefrad625

just need the ir5

9:48 pm

suefrad625

that is it for me

9:48 pm

suefrad625

going to check the farm and then off to bed

9:50 pm

lbdawger

ir + lemon*** *poof*

9:51 pm

suefrad625

Haiti is finally going to get the help they need

9:51 pm

suefrad625

fireworks for me

9:53 pm

stidmama

YAY sue!

9:53 pm

kimmtoats

oh, for the love of God! I can't get it.

9:53 pm

bojazz

can anyone clue either LW4/8 or 5/18? - am totally stumped

9:53 pm

kimmtoats

Hi Stid!

9:54 pm

stidmama

lw + two vowels

9:54 pm

stidmama

and plural, of course

9:54 pm

stidmama

hey kimm!

9:56 pm

stidmama

si 5/12: related to how long something takes: I have been here si*** yesterdya

9:56 pm

stidmama

or day... *sigh* my figners are tired tonight

9:57 pm

stidmama

back in a few

9:57 pm

kimmtoats

yeah! Thank you stid!

9:59 pm

bojazz

thx stid - finally figured the combination - surely wasn't quick... :(

10:06 pm

Trifioso

my whole body is tired....I am trying to finish this, but I am snoozy

10:09 pm

torgone

Listen to your body ..

10:10 pm

kimmtoats

I only have 35 words left!! this is the closest I've ever been to fireworks!

10:10 pm

Trifioso

i'd rather listen to a clue for the ne5, 18....

10:10 pm

Trifioso

rock on, kim! you can do it!

10:10 pm

Trifioso

nm - got it!

10:17 pm

torgone

What do you need?

10:18 pm

Trifioso

10 more words, and a big nap. have to work tomorrow, which is unusual....

10:21 pm

kimmtoats

mi6?

10:21 pm

Trifioso

make that 6 more words, all s's. sigh.

10:21 pm

torgone

I can do 10 words ..

10:21 pm

torgone

mi6 is a plural ..

10:22 pm

torgone

s's are weird ..

10:22 pm

Trifioso

5

10:23 pm

torgone

Gogo Trifs ..

10:24 pm

Trifioso

yes, I am a dab hand at a gogo

10:25 pm

Uneaixoise

da6/36 please?

10:26 pm

Uneaixoise

nm!!

10:26 pm

Uneaixoise

firewords! hi and bye! *poof*

10:26 pm

torgone

???

10:27 pm

stidmama

YAY Uneaixoise! Au revoir!

10:28 pm

stidmama

well trifioso? I thought I would help clue, but I am SO TIRED. about to head to bed, but will stay if you are close.

10:28 pm

mrpresident

afternoon all :)

10:29 pm

stidmama

mrp! *faint* how are YOU???? (how's your dad?)

10:30 pm

mrpresident

hey stid!! I am trying!! how are you?

10:30 pm

stidmama

how are the kids? how are the parakeets? how are the ... eucalyptus? LOL (((many hugs)))

10:30 pm

mrpresident

dad got really cross with me, but he is ok. The injury has caused issues with possible blood clots, but he is now being looked after

10:30 pm

stidmama

I am really really tired. long week. MUCH studying I "ought" to do but this evening just needed to chill.

10:31 pm

stidmama

I am glad your dad is getting the attention he needs. Good for you for risking his ire in his best interest.

10:31 pm

mrpresident

kids are great, trees are great, parakeets are noisy, goannas are scary, weather is hot... glass of wine is nice!

10:31 pm

Trifioso

3

10:31 pm

stidmama

go trifioso go!!!

10:31 pm

stidmama

are goannas those wierd-looking iguanas?

10:32 pm

Trifioso

1

10:32 pm

mrpresident

no stid, they are massive monitor lizards... massive!!

10:32 pm

Trifioso

FIREWORKS!!! woot woot

10:32 pm

mrpresident

on ya trif!

10:32 pm

torgone

Just let it go ..

10:33 pm

torgone

Yay Trifs!!!

10:33 pm

stidmama

oh! monitor lizards are HUGE! much bigger than the geckos we used to play with in puerto rico

10:33 pm

stidmama

YAY trifioso!!!!

10:33 pm

stidmama

tom says hello to everyone btw

10:33 pm

Trifioso

mr p I am glad to hear that your dad is managing okay....it's so stressful with parents, isn't it?

10:33 pm

mrpresident

well, goanna is sitting outside on the fence... he is about... 7 foot?

10:33 pm

Trifioso

and thanks for the cheers, friends

10:34 pm

mrpresident

parents absolutely shit me!!

10:34 pm

Trifioso

hold on - you have a SEVEN FOOT lizard outside?

10:34 pm

Trifioso

Godzilla!

10:34 pm

mrpresident

yes trif, this is australia. everything is big and deadly

10:34 pm

stidmama

ack. you mean in your actual YARD??? *shiver* that's scary. we just have raccoons and the occasional small bear.

10:35 pm

mrpresident

I tried to hose it off the fence, but it just sat up there enjoying the high pressure shower

10:35 pm

mrpresident

yes stid! I will put it on facebook

10:35 pm

Trifioso

I thought the ones in Dominica were exciting enough, but they never got THAT big....after a while, I stopped noticing them much, to be honest. They are sort of just....squirrels, I guess

10:35 pm

stidmama

I will look at facebook then, when I have a spare moment tomorrow. I am juding another debate tournament, my last one of the year.

10:36 pm

mrpresident

well, our goannas are nasty. I am very scared of them

10:36 pm

stidmama

or I am judGing another tournament. that's proof how tired I am.

10:37 pm

mrpresident

debating is very tiring!

10:37 pm

mrpresident

best of luck with that stid

10:39 pm

Trifioso

I am toddling off to bed. night friends!

10:39 pm

mrpresident

night trif

10:39 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams trifioso

10:40 pm

stidmama

I would rather judge the tournament than participate. I didn't debate in high school, just did individual speech events.

10:40 pm

kimmtoats

ro6?

10:41 pm

stidmama

ro 6 is like the cowboy circus, with extra vowel before the second consonant

10:41 pm

mrpresident

alt spelling of ro5

10:41 pm

stidmama

it's a "STUUPID" wurd, imho

10:41 pm

Minveryork

An ro 6/21 is ro 4/5 plus two more vowels kimmtoats.

10:42 pm

stidmama

well clued min!

10:42 pm

kimmtoats

Got it, ty!

10:43 pm

stidmama

go kimm go!

10:43 pm

mrpresident

back later... need to digest some more tennis!

10:43 pm

stidmama

later mrp ((many more hugs)) be well!

10:45 pm

stidmama

about five more minutes for me.

10:45 pm

stidmama

more clues anyone?

10:56 pm

stidmama

okay, I'm going to get ready for tomorrow. back sunday probably. *poof*

11:08 pm

PAV3

ok I'll be back in a bit...taking Joey for his lat e walk..and then perhaps I'll play...

11:20 pm

pippingeek

i have a question - how does one find out the icon theme?

11:21 pm

Minveryork

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

11:22 pm

pippingeek

doing okay - very sore! i went both running and rock climbing yesterday and i'm out of shape!

11:22 pm

Minveryork

pippingeek, go to Rankings above chat log & click on Sprite's profile. She has a list of themes in her profile.

11:23 pm

PAV3

ok I'm back 37 mins to find 103 words...hmmmm?

11:24 pm

Minveryork

Was just looking for an icon.The theme is funny shoe laces. Did you finish grid yet or still looking for words

11:24 pm

pippingeek

i finished already, just been looking for that

11:25 pm

PAV3

I'm just starting...plan to only get NBT though...

11:25 pm

Minveryork

Hello PAV3! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

11:26 pm

jillibus

here are my funny (funky?) shoelaces -- hi all!

11:27 pm

kje

open the list right away and you can do this one pav, it wasn't horrid

11:27 pm

Minveryork

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

11:27 pm

kje

def can do it in 30

11:27 pm

Minveryork

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

11:27 pm

jillibus

lots of cluers here, I thin, including moi

11:27 pm

kje

hi minver, I am doing well

11:27 pm

PAV3

I'm just looking and the center I already has me stumped...

11:27 pm

jillibus

*I think

11:28 pm

Minveryork

I couldn't find any funny shoe laces in Google Images.

11:28 pm

jillibus

iz4

11:28 pm

PAV3

ok jumping in!

11:28 pm

Minveryork

That iz 4/9 word is The W****d of Oz PAV3.

11:28 pm

jillibus

min, this came from a offshoot

11:29 pm

Minveryork

Hope everyone is feeling fi 4/7 and ready for a story of clues. When I got home from work today I ai 5/14 to finish the puzzle.I am often aw4/9 by how quickly babblers finish the grid. I da 6/36 along while others get their fireworks at lightening speed. Me, I am still learning how to de4/6 the clues.Sometimes the grids drive me absolutely cr5/26 & put me over the ed4/7 Sometimes I am in a da4/10 and do not see the fi 4/8 words. But my ni 4/5 de 4/5 babble friends here are always willing to help & le 4/5 me down the ro 4/5 to my FWs as I wa 4/9 through list. Unlike my monkeys, who I have to du4/6 w/to help me get words.Si 5/12 I have to rise and sh 4/5 erly tomorrow, I'm going to go cr5/20 into my bed.I am hoping for a ni4/5 si 4/9 puzzle tomorrow. ci 4/5!

11:29 pm

jillibus

good clue, min!

11:29 pm

kje

iz4 - almost like a russian ruler

11:29 pm

Minveryork

Thanks jillibus!

11:30 pm

jillibus

gret story as usual, min :)

11:31 pm

Minveryork

de 4/6 in story should be deco4/6, sorry about that.

11:31 pm

jillibus

can't type, obviously

11:32 pm

Minveryork

Me neither jillibus, saw mistakes in my story of clues.

11:32 pm

jillibus

ah well, what the hell :)

11:33 pm

kimmtoats

le4,9?

11:34 pm

jillibus

le4/9 -- prurient

11:34 pm

PAV3

corner e por favor and corner I

11:34 pm

Minveryork

le4/9 replaces the second vowel with consonant in le 4/6 word kimmtoats.

11:35 pm

Minveryork

That ir 5/12 is i plus Macy's Thanksgiving pa**** PAV3

11:35 pm

pippingeek

okay, i've got my shoe "laces", and they are crazy

11:36 pm

PAV3

like a *an*rum wi*hou* *he *'s

11:36 pm

jillibus

pav, ed4/7 -- rim

11:37 pm

jillibus

wow, pip -- crazy indeed!

11:37 pm

Minveryork

That's great PAV3! Where did you find that picture.I am still looking for my icon. I cannot seem to find one

11:37 pm

PAV3

ed4/7 throw me a salmon please...NBT!

11:38 pm

jillibus

min, I think you mean pippingeek

11:38 pm

Minveryork

Is there another website with images besides Google and Yahoo? I really want to find icon before the flip.

11:38 pm

jillibus

wtg pav!

11:38 pm

Minveryork

Oh yes,great icon pippingeek! Those are very wacky

11:39 pm

pippingeek

mine were on google images soemwhere around page 10

11:39 pm

pippingeek

there was one i wanted on page 9 too, but this was more fun

11:40 pm

jillibus

pp, did you google just shoelaces?

11:41 pm

pippingeek

pav3 are you at the ed** of reason?

11:41 pm

pippingeek

is the suspense driving yo over the ed**?

11:42 pm

jillibus

pav already got it, pip ;)

11:42 pm

pippingeek

yup, shoe laces, two words

11:46 pm

kimmtoats

2nd si4?

11:46 pm

jillibus

I found yours on p 14, pip

11:46 pm

kimmtoats

si4,5

11:47 pm

kimmtoats

si7?

11:47 pm

jillibus

si4/5 -- bad action + cons

11:48 pm

jillibus

(all in the corner)

11:48 pm

Minveryork

An si 7/48 is past tense of an si 5/18 word kimmtoats

11:48 pm

jillibus

si7 -- past tense of the previous word

11:50 pm

PAV3

just past halfway!

11:50 pm

jillibus

wtg pav!

11:52 pm

Minveryork

Was very unsuccessful at finding funny shoe laces so my icon is a cartoon about shoe laces.I do not like it.

11:53 pm

jillibus

that's funny, min -- or is it tragic?

11:54 pm

rururocks

ge everyone

11:54 pm

Minveryork

I think it is supposed to be funny,but it's tragic that I could not find a good icon. Really not happy with it.

11:54 pm

jillibus

hi ruru

11:55 pm

Minveryork

Hello rururocks! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

11:55 pm

kje

it fits minver... I like it

11:56 pm

PAV3

44 left

11:57 pm

Minveryork

Thanks kje!

11:57 pm

MLFAN17

hello

11:58 pm

MLFAN17

oops i will be back...

11:59 pm

rururocks

you have to work tomorrow kje?

11:59 pm

sammysmom

get ready, get set. go!!

12:00 am

Minveryork

Hello sammysmom! How are you? Welcome to the grid

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