Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, January 20, 2010

12:00 am

Pinikula

Parnelli Pini noses up to the line and....she's off!!!

12:00 am

flosey

flip

12:00 am

jillibus

flip

12:00 am

dart001

flip

12:00 am

pippingeek

man, the flip ate my post!

12:00 am

gremlinn

would you settle for a weak, gristly grid?

12:00 am

car.eeyore

I have been denied!

12:00 am

VolleymomDee

flip and it's a baby...

12:00 am

jillibus

pini, I missed your story

12:00 am

VolleymomDee

hugs jili

12:00 am

Pinikula

my story?

12:01 am

jillibus

hi dee hi ;)

12:01 am

pippingeek

anyway, long story short, i wait tables and my customers like me so much the guy is gonna try and set me up with a job in manhattan when i move to brooklyn in june

12:01 am

melonheadjujube

flip!

12:01 am

jillibus

what happened at work, pini

12:01 am

cybernan

ol 6 -- this is going to be a tough one

12:01 am

Pinikula

huh? confused?

12:01 am

jillibus

hi melon

12:02 am

pippingeek

plus they tipped me $60 on a $220 bill, which is a happy happy thing

12:02 am

Pinikula

did I miss something, jilli?

12:02 am

Pinikula

nice tip, pip!

12:02 am

gremlinn

nbt

12:02 am

jillibus

nm, pippin, you told about your job promise -- I guess that was it

12:02 am

Pinikula

well done, gremlinn

12:02 am

gremlinn

pa 7

12:02 am

jillibus

sorry, pini, I meant pippin

12:02 am

jillibus

wtg gremlin!

12:02 am

pippingeek

so not only did i get a great tip, but i might have gotten hooked up with a job before i even move. score!

12:03 am

Pinikula

* sigh of relief * thought I was losing my mind! :)

12:03 am

Pinikula

very nice, pip

12:03 am

car.eeyore

Oooh! I got the lone 7! Whee!

12:03 am

jillibus

great going, pippin!

12:03 am

cybernan

de 6

12:03 am

pippingeek

okay, not even going to try this one. splitting sinus headache, 2 more days of double shifts to go, i'm popping some ambien and poofing.

12:04 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:04 am

Pinikula

night pip! congrats! (feel better)

12:04 am

gremlinn

aww, get some rest

12:04 am

melonheadjujube

phantom (everyone's i'm guessing) - poodle

12:04 am

jillibus

Oh, thanks, Lickety!

12:04 am

car.eeyore

Ty Lickety!

12:04 am

VolleymomDee

ty lickety

12:04 am

pippingeek

have a great grid, everyone! see you when my work schedule clears up a little

12:04 am

Pinikula

thx lickety ;)

12:04 am

flosey

ty lickety

12:05 am

Erda

Thank you, Lickety!!

12:05 am

gremlinn

phant oomph?

12:06 am

melonheadjujube

26 and I'm dnes. nite!

12:06 am

Pinikula

night melon

12:06 am

kje

wow, small grid, anyone done yet

12:07 am

Pinikula

not that I've seen, but gremlinn already has NBT

12:07 am

gremlinn

16 left

12:07 am

Pinikula

geez, grem...even lightening mcqueen is afraid now!! LOL

12:07 am

cybernan

can't see that upper u or c

12:08 am

gapeach

Clues aren't coming in...someone please advise. Thanks

12:08 am

Pinikula

refresh peach...

12:08 am

VolleymomDee

cu 4/9

12:08 am

car.eeyore

single + pea in a ***

12:08 am

Pinikula

thx dee

12:09 am

Pinikula

thx sistah

12:09 am

VolleymomDee

ty car

12:09 am

VolleymomDee

anyone have the e in the 4th column please?

12:09 am

jillibus

peach, you may have to exit and re-enter

12:10 am

Pinikula

check with grmelinn

12:10 am

dart001

ei 4

12:10 am

Pinikula

*gremlinn

12:10 am

VolleymomDee

ty and hi dart

12:10 am

Pinikula

thx gremlinn

12:10 am

VolleymomDee

nbt

12:10 am

dart001

hi volley

12:11 am

cybernan

anyone have the call for the upper u and c?

12:11 am

VolleymomDee

cu 4/9

12:11 am

gapeach

Thanks, it came in.

12:11 am

VolleymomDee

un 6/27

12:11 am

dart001

volley just gace the c

12:11 am

Pinikula

cu4/9 and un6/27

12:11 am

Pinikula

hiya dart

12:11 am

dart001

gave

12:11 am

dizgrannie

pf 4/9

12:11 am

dart001

hi pini

12:11 am

jillibus

hi dart

12:12 am

dart001

hiya jilli

12:12 am

cybernan

ty pini

12:12 am

Pinikula

oooh, thx diz

12:12 am

jillibus

I certainly agree with the pf4/9

12:12 am

jillibus

ty diz

12:12 am

dizgrannie

yw

12:13 am

Pinikula

lower center e?

12:13 am

gremlinn

now that's a strange word - never seen it before

12:13 am

Pinikula

I'm more familiar with the other spelling of pf4

12:14 am

rururocks

ed + not did

12:14 am

cybernan

ed 4/6

12:14 am

Pinikula

hi ru!

12:14 am

dizgrannie

un 6 NBT

12:14 am

VolleymomDee

hi ru

12:14 am

gremlinn

fireworks

12:14 am

jillibus

wtg diz

12:15 am

cybernan

nbt and 29 nonwords to go

12:15 am

Pinikula

NBT!

12:15 am

jillibus

YAY gremlinn!!!

12:15 am

Pinikula

wtg gremlinn!

12:15 am

cybernan

congrats gremlin

12:15 am

gremlinn

ty - but that pf word is weird, I think it must be newly added, don't remember it from my old edition Scrabble dic.

12:15 am

dart001

nj grem

12:15 am

gremlinn

gonna check the one I just bought

12:16 am

Pinikula

probably the new spelling of the old word :)

12:16 am

anike

13 left but might need lickety now

12:16 am

car.eeyore

Is the single A an AE word?

12:16 am

rururocks

no

12:16 am

kje

no

12:16 am

rururocks

it is an ap word

12:16 am

anike

congrats Gremlin

12:16 am

VolleymomDee

ap 4/6

12:17 am

car.eeyore

TY!

12:17 am

gremlinn

yeah, it is in this new one, I could have just totally forgotten it

12:18 am

jillibus

I think it's a French version

12:18 am

Pinikula

ever evolving language

12:18 am

gremlinn

it says "more than 4,000 new words" included in the 100,000+, that's a pretty hefty percentage

12:18 am

Pinikula

that's a lot of evolving!

12:19 am

gremlinn

but still no "internet" - get on it, dictionary people!

12:19 am

Pinikula

you tell 'em, gremlinn!

12:19 am

jillibus

btw. I've posted a list at the end of my profile of words in morewords not accepted here, and another of words accepted here NOT in morewords.

12:19 am

Pinikula

gonna be a long day tmw, so I'd better hit the hay...

12:20 am

Pinikula

you've been busy, jilli!

12:20 am

jillibus

gremlin, it was pointed out to me a while ago that it's Internet, a proper noun.

12:20 am

Pinikula

happy babbling y'all! * poof *

12:20 am

jillibus

pini, I've been collecting them for ages, and welcome any additions

12:20 am

gremlinn

well, it is for now, but proper nouns trickle down eventually

12:20 am

jillibus

bye pini

12:20 am

gremlinn

and it works on wordsplay (larger dictionary)

12:21 am

jillibus

well, our dear enable has its own ways

12:21 am

gremlinn

enable, I'm gonna have to call you disable

12:22 am

dart001

fireworks

12:22 am

gremlinn

nj dart

12:22 am

kje

woohoo

12:22 am

cybernan

congrats, dart

12:23 am

VolleymomDee

fireworks

12:23 am

VolleymomDee

congrats dart

12:23 am

gremlinn

yay volley

12:23 am

flosey

wow, wtg dart

12:23 am

susanj2

pe

12:23 am

flosey

and Dee

12:23 am

VolleymomDee

ty

12:23 am

jillibus

YAY dart and dee!!!

12:23 am

VolleymomDee

and I have to run... have some typing to do for a meeting.... glad this was a baby one and we had lickety

12:23 am

VolleymomDee

ty jili ty all

12:24 am

VolleymomDee

big hugs til the flip!!

12:24 am

jillibus

ttfn dee

12:24 am

jillibus

brb

12:24 am

VolleymomDee

hugs jili!! *poof*

12:24 am

kje

woohoo d

12:26 am

rururocks

9 left.. well done dee

12:27 am

anike

fireworks

12:27 am

anike

And congrats Dee

12:28 am

cybernan

*!* ta da *!* -- thank you lickety :)

12:28 am

cybernan

^5 dee and anike

12:28 am

kje

yay nan

12:29 am

kje

and anike

12:29 am

gremlinn

haha, I'm looking through the recent Archives and you had one that was only 30 words

12:29 am

gremlinn

December 28, 2009

12:29 am

anike

Well done to you too nan

12:29 am

cybernan

good night everyone :)

12:29 am

anike

Back to the laundry - bye for now

12:30 am

gremlinn

dart had first fireworks at 9 minutes in

12:30 am

anike

Wow!!

12:32 am

mkg

hi all. tough grid?

12:33 am

gremlinn

super easy today

12:33 am

gremlinn

except one word maybe...

12:34 am

mkg

i have 47 and time to quit. not finding all of the words. the n and u on top row arent coming to me.

12:35 am

rururocks

done

12:35 am

gremlinn

nj ruru

12:35 am

flosey

wtg ru

12:35 am

kje

YAYAYAYAYYAYAYAY WOOHOOOOOOOOO ru

12:36 am

kje

LOL, I owed you one of those

12:36 am

rururocks

had trouble with one word and hit it by complete accident

12:36 am

rururocks

lol kje

12:36 am

jillibus

YAY ruru!!!

12:36 am

cjmomma

hello all, I get here late and everyone is done?!

12:37 am

mkg

yeah ruru!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12:37 am

mkg

i wish i were done. still a way to go.

12:37 am

rururocks

yep.. we are all don cj.. just waiting for you now..lol

12:37 am

cjmomma

ok then...

12:38 am

cjmomma

your new pup is adorable

12:38 am

mkg

clues anyone for the n or u top line???????????

12:38 am

rururocks

this one musta taken dart like about three minutes

12:38 am

rururocks

un 6 (one foot or one leg)

12:38 am

cjmomma

sorry mkg, don't have those yet

12:39 am

rururocks

ni 4 ni + not mom

12:39 am

mkg

one leg is still leg i snt it? must think this one.

12:39 am

mkg

ty got ni.

12:39 am

cjmomma

ty ri

12:39 am

cjmomma

ru...

12:39 am

gremlinn

a more scientific word for it

12:40 am

mkg

got it! ty!

12:40 am

mkg

still 21 to go.

12:40 am

mkg

no lickety yet.

12:41 am

jillibus

yes, Lickety is up

12:41 am

jillibus

I'm not nearly finished

12:42 am

mkg

i mean i havent gone to it yet. will go now. have 21 left.

12:42 am

flosey

can't find that un6

12:44 am

rururocks

un + personal pronoun + se4 *** (beans)

12:45 am

pugmama763

please tell me FE5 isn't a fish? last word...

12:46 am

flosey

not getting that bean ru

12:46 am

jillibus

se4 *** (beans)????

12:46 am

pugmama763

like 2 peas in a ...

12:47 am

flosey

ty pugs

12:47 am

flosey

for fireworks

12:47 am

jillibus

thanks, pugs

12:47 am

pugmama763

yw

12:47 am

jillibus

YAY flosey!!!

12:48 am

flosey

and thanks ru

12:48 am

pugmama763

clue for FE5 please so I can go to bed??

12:48 am

rururocks

YAY flosey.. excellent

12:48 am

jillibus

I've been goofing off, watching news and comment (MSNBC, CNN)

12:48 am

pugmama763

yahooo flosey!!

12:48 am

flosey

ty ri

12:48 am

rururocks

fe + you + past tense

12:49 am

flosey

oops, now if I could find the right key! ty ru

12:49 am

pugmama763

ty ru

12:49 am

pugmama763

fireworks was too tired to see it!

12:49 am

dizgrannie

firewords....

12:49 am

pugmama763

yahooo diz!!

12:49 am

cjmomma

ty for those..:)

12:49 am

jillibus

YAY diz!!!

12:50 am

dizgrannie

it wasn't too bad...congrats to all finishers

12:50 am

pugmama763

nighty night & happy babbling all! Le poof!

12:50 am

flosey

wtg diz

12:51 am

jillibus

clue for the northern N, please -- I missed it before, I think

12:51 am

jillibus

night pug

12:52 am

robbie09

hi all! only 71 words.well, good I'll surely finish! Congrats to those who have already finished!

12:52 am

flosey

ni4

12:52 am

mkg

i cant get it: fe 5 is a bean or not????

12:53 am

jillibus

ty flosey -- nbt, so now I can go to Lickety

12:53 am

flosey

no mkg, fe + vowel + lpt

12:53 am

mkg

i got the word but is it a bean? or what is it?

12:53 am

flosey

omit that l - that's a weak finger that is always falling !!

12:54 am

flosey

yw jilli

12:55 am

jillibus

it has nothing to do with a bean, mkg -- click on the ? for the meaning

12:55 am

mkg

i hate it when grid takes it and dict. says no results.

12:55 am

mkg

the dict says no results.

12:55 am

jillibus

so I see, mkg!

12:55 am

flosey

I can't find a definition for it anywhere mjg

12:56 am

flosey

**mkg

12:56 am

jillibus

well, feu is French for fire...

12:57 am

flosey

I'm going to take these tired fingers to bed, they're hitting too many wrong keys, goodnight all, see you tomorrow night

12:58 am

mkg

clue for pe 5 12?

12:58 am

cjmomma

night flosey

12:58 am

mkg

oops clue for the second pe 5 12. there are many

12:59 am

jillibus

g'night flosey

1:00 am

flosey

pe5 + I will ar*** and go to bed

1:01 am

flosey

and pt for the 6

1:01 am

jillibus

ty flosey

1:01 am

flosey

yw jilli

1:01 am

cjmomma

ty ....still nose in grid here

1:01 am

jillibus

nice icon, btw, flosey

1:02 am

flosey

there are 4 pe5/12s

1:02 am

flosey

thanks jilli

1:02 am

flosey

and yours, Jilli - a little more wearable I think!

1:03 am

flosey

but not by me!

1:03 am

jillibus

certainly not by me!

1:05 am

flosey

any more clues before I go?

1:06 am

jillibus

you just go to bed, flosey, and sleep well!

1:06 am

cjmomma

down to 15 but ty

1:07 am

flosey

ok, thanks jilli, and yw cj, poof

1:16 am

GeeGeeW

hello grammagum

1:19 am

joshuavorbis

hi and nbt

1:20 am

cjmomma

hello and wtg

1:23 am

cjmomma

fireworks!

1:23 am

joshuavorbis

grats cjmomma

1:23 am

grammagum

hi ge gee

1:24 am

cjmomma

ty first time less than an hour..

1:25 am

joshuavorbis

phantom diode

1:27 am

cjmomma

night all ...happy babbleing to all!

1:32 am

mixi6

un6 for nbt and fireworks? Help

1:34 am

lynxxx

un6 prefix for one & a pea ***

1:34 am

mixi6

ty ty ty lynxxx

1:34 am

GeeGeeW

what does nbt mean?

1:34 am

mixi6

Fireworks.

1:35 am

lynxxx

Congrats Mixi!

1:35 am

lynxxx

nbt - no blank tiles, or you get at last one word from each tile

1:40 am

jillibus

* * Firewords * *

1:40 am

Arisha

least;

1:41 am

jillibus

YAY mixi and hi!

1:41 am

jillibus

I was a bit late with that -- buried in the grid

1:42 am

jillibus

hi geegee and lynxxx

1:42 am

jillibus

and arisha

1:42 am

GeeGeeW

hello

1:43 am

jillibus

geegee, if you want your flag etc, go to your My Account and click on the little square, upper right, which says Show Profile :)

1:43 am

Arisha

1:43 am

Arisha

i jilli

1:44 am

Arisha

i really need a new keyboard :p

1:44 am

GeeGeeW

ty

1:44 am

jillibus

they don't cost much, arisha!

1:45 am

jillibus

Hooray for GeeGee, flag and all!

1:45 am

Arisha

oh i know, just getting to shops while they are open has been the hard part

1:45 am

GeeGeeW

and one more word

1:45 am

Arisha

though i must say i save money by them being shut

1:46 am

jillibus

arisha -- where's YOUR flag?

1:46 am

Arisha

some one stole it i think

1:46 am

jillibus

LOL! Did you ever get yours?

1:47 am

GeeGeeW

fireworks

1:47 am

GeeGeeW

grammagum are you still there?

1:47 am

Arisha

all better ?

1:47 am

jillibus

YAY geegee!!!

1:48 am

jillibus

Ah, yes, arisha!

1:48 am

Arisha

grats geegee

1:48 am

grammagum

i'm here

1:48 am

jillibus

anyone need clues?

1:48 am

GeeGeeW

how far are you?

1:49 am

grammagum

only 32 words

1:49 am

jillibus

If not, I'll head for bed

1:49 am

rolin

jilli...the single c please

1:49 am

Arisha

night jilli

1:50 am

jillibus

cu4/9 -- cu + no **s, ands or buts

1:51 am

rolin

ty...would never have got that

1:51 am

jillibus

it's an unword

1:52 am

jillibus

such a nice pic of you, rolin!

1:53 am

rolin

ty...it was one of those taken in the middle of summer on a cruise ship...total relaxation helps..lol

1:54 am

rubyfoo

gd morning everybody

1:54 am

jillibus

hi ruby :)

1:55 am

rolin

morning ruby

1:55 am

rubyfoo

hi jilli

1:56 am

jillibus

any more clues needed?

1:56 am

rolin

loads...but you should go to bed..lol

1:57 am

jillibus

well, I should. Several people found this grid pretty easy, but I didn't. i guess if you have a good babblet collection in helps.

1:58 am

jillibus

*it helps

1:58 am

rubyfoo

me, too, but I just started and it wouldn't be fair to keep you up with dumb questions!

1:58 am

rolin

does anyone have a babblet collection...?

1:59 am

jillibus

figuratively speaking

1:59 am

GeeGeeW

what is a babblet collection?

1:59 am

rolin

yeah..but im just wondering if it wouldnt be a good idea...to start a page somewhere where ppl can contribute

2:01 am

jillibus

babblets are rare words which often show up here and hardly anywhere else -- or in US crosswords

2:01 am

rubyfoo

just jotting down odd words as they appear is helpful, I guess

2:01 am

jillibus

and geegee, if you didn't already know, there's always a hiccup at this time

2:01 am

rubyfoo

what's funny here is that many food words aren't accept while many are, I don't get the pattern.....

2:02 am

jillibus

hiccup=time when you can't enter words or chat for a minute or so

2:03 am

jillibus

there's no pattern to enable, ruby. E.g. some French words are ok, others aren't -- no rhyme or reason.

2:03 am

GeeGeeW

okay, thank you. Going to bed now. gnite grammagum

2:03 am

rubyfoo

that just happened to me, jilli, lol

2:03 am

rubyfoo

I'll hold my breath next time

2:04 am

grammagum

nite gee gee

2:04 am

jillibus

btw, I've posted a list at the end of my profile of words ok in morewords which are not accepted here, and another of words NOT in morewords which are ok here. Lots of babblets!

2:05 am

GeeGeeW

I saw that and you sound like a very interesting person. gnite

2:06 am

jillibus

And now I AM going to bed! Happy babbling, all, and -- *poof* (thanks, geegee)

2:25 am

rumplestiltskin

re5 - 5 - and 6 please

2:26 am

lynxxx

re6 where you 'live', lose the vwl on the end for the 5

2:28 am

lynxxx

no? OK try re & not front or back but ****

2:29 am

rumplestiltskin

TY lynxxx

2:29 am

lynxxx

yw

2:41 am

rumplestiltskin

re6/21 please

2:42 am

rumplestiltskin

No, I've got that, I need the re5/10

2:42 am

lynxxx

sight again

2:43 am

rumplestiltskin

Thanks again lynxxx - slap me

2:44 am

rumplestiltskin

2 left, pa7/40 and n6/27

2:44 am

rumplestiltskin

un6/27 sorry

2:45 am

lynxxx

un6 prefix for one and a pea ***

2:45 am

lynxxx

pa7 what they grow rice in

2:46 am

lynxxx

pa7 or an affectionate nickname for Irishmen

2:46 am

rumplestiltskin

Got the rice one

2:48 am

lynxxx

got the pea ***? if s, just read from the un

2:48 am

rumplestiltskin

Got fireworks. TY lynxx and all. Back to bed

2:48 am

lynxxx

Congrats Rumple, nite

3:25 am

Atalante

71 easy words or 71 tricksy words?

3:27 am

Haz1558

Hello, Ata, it's debatable. (I've just started).

3:27 am

Atalante

hi haz! la glitteratinella!

3:28 am

Atalante

well, we will see

3:28 am

Haz1558

Salut!

3:29 am

Haz1558

It looks promising, but these things can be deceptive.

3:29 am

Atalante

and usually are

3:29 am

Haz1558

We sound very wise and a trifle world-weary, don't we?

3:30 am

FMitch

Morning Ladies

3:30 am

Haz1558

Good morning, FM. How are you?

3:31 am

FMitch

tricksy words I suspect.
Fine thanks although there is while stuff falling from the sky again *le sigh*

3:31 am

Atalante

hi FM!

3:31 am

Haz1558

I saw the weather forecast and thought of you. It's not forecast to stay around for very long. Hold off the crampons for the wellies.

3:32 am

FMitch

more snow than sleet but as it is +5 it won't settle she said optimistically.

3:33 am

Atalante

*crosses fingers*

3:33 am

FMitch

Just signed up to the RSPB Brid Watch at the end of the month.

3:33 am

spellit

Morning all - long time no see!

3:33 am

Haz1558

I've got a friend called Brid. I must warn her.

3:34 am

Atalante

is that the Royal Society for the Pretection of Brids?

3:34 am

Haz1558

Good morning, spellit! How are you?

3:34 am

FMitch

Hello spellit!

3:34 am

spellit

Very well thanks Hazel

3:34 am

Atalante

hi spellit

3:34 am

FMitch

lol sorry but you knowwhat I mean :)

3:34 am

spellit

Hi everyone!

3:34 am

Haz1558

That's good to hear. What news for us? How's young Millie?

3:35 am

spellit

Millie is wonderful of course and will be 4 years old on March 5th. Now a very assured little lady!

3:36 am

Haz1558

Goodness! She's growing up fast - school in September, I suppose?

3:36 am

FMitch

4 years old already, how time flies!

3:38 am

spellit

Yes and it's only 200 yards away from their house. I am still with my friend Jane. Did I tell you about that?

3:38 am

Haz1558

We knew there was a romance. Any news?

3:38 am

FMitch

No, do tell!

3:39 am

spellit

Millie still remembers Wendy even though she was only 2 when she passed away

3:39 am

Haz1558

That's lovely, spellit, I hope she retains the memory.

3:40 am

spellit

We exchanged emails for 3 months with no intention of meeting as neither were looking for romance. But after we got to one email a day we thought we should meet. The rest is history!

3:41 am

FMitch

Oh how great is that, and how long have you been together now?

3:42 am

Haz1558

On a scale of 1 to 10, how nervous were you meeting Jane for the first time?

3:43 am

spellit

Nearly 18 months now. Jane's family were very welcoming, but naturally it has taken time for my four children. All OK now so we will move on this year

3:43 am

Haz1558

Get the big hat ready, FM!

3:43 am

spellit

It was very scary! We both promised that if we didn't hit it off, we would still remain email friends

3:44 am

Haz1558

Well, I'm very glad that it has worked out so well and that life can be good again for both of you.

3:45 am

FMitch

Happy for you spellit.
lol Haz - having just put the hat boxes up in the loft, am I going to have to get them down again?

3:45 am

Haz1558

Yes, at least you know where they are, that's half the battle, FM.

3:46 am

Atalante

do you think husband would approve of me having to go out and buy an expensive new hat? :)

3:46 am

Haz1558

You can always hire, Ata.

3:46 am

FMitch

I doubt it Ata

3:47 am

FMitch

You could always borrow one of mine, I have several that have been paraded at Ladies Day at Ascot :)

3:47 am

Haz1558

Or you could write to the Queen and beg.

3:47 am

Atalante

a second-hand hat?! *gasp*

3:48 am

Haz1558

Not second-hand. Previously loved.

3:48 am

FMitch

Quelle horeur!

3:48 am

spellit

Do I have any say in these wedding preparations?!

3:48 am

FMitch

No spellit *grin*

3:48 am

Atalante

nope

3:48 am

Haz1558

None, spellit, just do as you're bid and all will be well.

3:49 am

Atalante

not now Haz is in charge

3:49 am

FMitch

LOL!

3:49 am

spellit

OK then - just let me know the date

3:49 am

Haz1558

I'm getting lists ready. First a list of the lists.

3:49 am

FMitch

June the 14th

3:50 am

Haz1558

That's absolutely the right attitude, spellit. Submission to the inevitable.

3:50 am

Haz1558

A Monday wedding?

3:50 am

spellit

Jane is laughing!

3:50 am

Haz1558

Not so good from the point of view of the florists, but you'll probably get a hotel easily enough.

3:50 am

FMitch

It's a Monday? darn that won't work.

3:51 am

FMitch

*waves at Jane*

3:51 am

spellit

Jane also says I haven't asked her yet!

3:51 am

Haz1558

Maybe slightly later in the month, not too close to Wimbldeon, though.

3:51 am

Atalante

well you'd bet get on with it!

3:51 am

Haz1558

Well, what's stopping you?

3:52 am

FMitch

So what are you waiting for then .... our first babble propsal *holds breath*

3:52 am

Haz1558

(Is this a first? A babble proposal? Try to stay calm, ladies)

3:52 am

Atalante

don't forget Eva!

3:52 am

Haz1558

(Waiting to see how FM's typing fares in all of this)

3:52 am

FMitch

lol HAz, grat minds and all that.

3:52 am

Haz1558

Yes, but EvaN didn't get proposed to live on air, so to speak.

3:53 am

FMitch

*still holding breath*

3:53 am

Atalante

still a babble wedding though!

3:53 am

Haz1558

How about Friday 18th June? It has a nice ring to it.

3:53 am

Atalante

it can double as my bday party

3:54 am

FMitch

*turning blue*

3:54 am

spellit

Worried that FM will faint if she doesn't breathe soon...

3:54 am

Haz1558

Spellit's gone awfully quiet. Do you suppose there's canoodling happening?

3:54 am

macadam

someone resus FM quick.

3:54 am

spellit

No - Jane has gone to serve in her Post Office - saved by the bell!

3:55 am

Haz1558

Hello, mcadam!

3:55 am

FMitch

*gasp* had to breathe Hi macadam

3:55 am

Haz1558

Have these Post Office people no consideration? Has Jane not heard of a closed sign?

3:55 am

macadam

Morning all.Sounds like happy news to start the day.

3:56 am

FMitch

*puts hats back in the loft and wipes away a tear*

3:56 am

Haz1558

We're agog, mcadam. Spellit doesn't appear for ages and then springs all sorts of happiness on us.

3:57 am

macadam

Are you feeling better now FM.Deep breath in and out aaaaah.

3:57 am

Haz1558

And how are you? You've been quiet as well or have I just not been around at the right times?

3:57 am

FMitch

Thanks macadam am better now :)

3:57 am

macadam

Good things happen on Babble.

3:58 am

FMitch

Oh that would be a good strap line if Dr_G wanted to advertise.

4:00 am

Haz1558

You'd have to add 'good things happen, but not to everyone and not guaranteed', because people would complain otherwise.

4:00 am

spellit

I have to go now as I am supposed to be helping in the PO. I will keep you up to date...

4:00 am

Atalante

loooool

4:00 am

Haz1558

They'd finish a dull chat session and file for a refund.

4:00 am

Atalante

and only if you're nice to Haz and FM

4:00 am

Haz1558

We're depending on it, spellit!

4:00 am

spellit

Bye for now!

4:00 am

Haz1558

Spellit's always nice to us.

4:01 am

Haz1558

Bye, spellit and say bye to Jane for us.

4:01 am

spellit

Jane says Bye too!

4:01 am

FMitch

Byee spellit!

4:02 am

macadam

I`m around most days ,popping in and out.Hubby is now retired and still not adjusted to the novelty of no set times for anything.

4:02 am

Haz1558

And have you adjusted to having hubby round all the time?

4:02 am

macadam

Bye spellit .Thankyou for the happy news .

4:03 am

FMitch

phone brb

4:05 am

macadam

I`m sorry to say I`m married to someone who wants to go shopping at lunchtime or just after schools finish for the day.He can`t understand why the shops are so busy.He also has to go to the bank at lunchtime .I hope the light comes on in his head soon.

4:06 am

Haz1558

Mornings are useful?

4:08 am

Haz1558

Maybe it's taking him time to wind down, but he'll get to realising that there are better times than others for doing things. Mind you, things have changed for the better as far as the banks are concerned. Remember when they only opened for two hours, three days a week? (Okay, exaggerating, but you know what I mean)

4:09 am

Atalante

they still do here lol

4:09 am

Haz1558

My bank opens on a Saturday morning. *smug*

4:09 am

Haz1558

AND stays open until 4 most days.

4:10 am

Atalante

ooooooooo

4:10 am

macadam

The good thing is he`s great company and still fun to be with.Not bad after 43 years married.

4:10 am

Haz1558

Frankly, we're so advanced, it's amazing. One shop has escalators.

4:11 am

Haz1558

That's good going, macadam, if you can still laugh together, it's great.

4:11 am

Atalante

my goodness!

4:12 am

Haz1558

We had lessons in how to use it. Farmers came from miles around to see it.

4:12 am

Atalante

was it front page news?

4:12 am

Atalante

did Liam Neeson open it?

4:12 am

Haz1558

Of course.

4:12 am

Haz1558

No, I think Liam was otherwise engaged, unfortunately.

4:13 am

Atalante

what's the point of having a film star from your homw town if he won't open escalators!

4:14 am

Haz1558

That's a good question, Ata. Next time I bump into him, I'll ask him. 'What else was more important than opening the escalator in Cameron's?'

4:15 am

Haz1558

But if he says 'Filming Schindler's List.' what do I say? Valid excuse or not?

4:15 am

Atalante

hmmmm. I'm sure he could have flown over and back again

4:16 am

Haz1558

Maybe his fee was too high and the shop couldn't afford him AND balloons.

4:17 am

Atalante

he should have done it out of the goodness of his heart, giving back to his town

4:18 am

Haz1558

Yes, but he's a Ballymena man. They have a reputation for being a bit tightfisted.

4:18 am

Haz1558

Of course,we've not thought of the possibility that Liam might not like escalators.

4:19 am

Atalante

he might be escalatorphobia

4:19 am

Atalante

*phobic

4:19 am

Haz1558

He might be an old-fashioned kind of man who wants Ballymena to stay as it was with stairs to climb and those whizzy cash things flying round on overhead cables.

4:20 am

Atalante

whizzy cash things??!!

4:21 am

Haz1558

I'll not be able to remember the proper name for it.

4:21 am

Haz1558

Basically, a system where the customer's money is put into a canister, it's whizzed on an overhead cable to a cashier's office, she puts in the change and sends it back.

4:22 am

Haz1558

There was a shop with that system up until just a few years ago.

4:22 am

Atalante

oooo! they still do that in America!

4:22 am

Haz1558

It's great fun to watch!

4:22 am

rubyfoo

It wasike that in NY when I was a kid. BTW, gd morning

4:22 am

Haz1558

I don't think it would work with plastic cards, that's the only thing.

4:23 am

Haz1558

Hello, ruby!

4:23 am

rubyfoo

hello haz. How cold is it there?

4:23 am

Haz1558

We have a shoe shop where they have a variation on the system, it's kind of a closed vacuum system.

4:23 am

Haz1558

It's not too bad, it seems to be colder in England, or at least in FM's part of the country.

4:24 am

rubyfoo

only have a few minutes now as it's almost apero time; that's what you do with a retired husband, ply him with alcohol

4:24 am

Haz1558

It's very dull and rainy.

4:24 am

macadam

We had the same device in co-ops all around Yorkshire years ago.Great fun to watch and amazingly speedy in use.

4:24 am

Haz1558

So, ply him with alcohol and keep him sedated?

4:24 am

rubyfoo

here it's very sunny but in the 20's

4:24 am

Haz1558

What's the proper name for it, macadam?

4:25 am

Haz1558

I can't imagine someone going to the patent office to register 'A whizzy cash thing'

4:25 am

rubyfoo

has a nice ring to it!

4:26 am

macadam

I can`t remember,and neither can hubby.Sorry about that.

4:26 am

Haz1558

PHone..

4:26 am

rubyfoo

it was a pneumonic tube of some sort

4:27 am

rubyfoo

pneumatic?

4:27 am

FMitch

back again

4:27 am

rubyfoo

hello fm

4:27 am

FMitch

Hi ruby

4:27 am

Haz1558

And back again.

4:28 am

Haz1558

Cash railways apparently.

4:28 am

FMitch

Heading out to the shops soon, have cooked up a storm these last few days, freezer is nearly full again but want to make some veggie soup.

4:29 am

Haz1558

Maybe you'll get the catering contract for Spelit's wedding, FM.

4:30 am

FMitch

Glad to say it is now only raining.
LOL Haz, can I employ you for the desserts please?

4:30 am

Haz1558

No problem.

4:31 am

FMitch

excellent!

4:31 am

Haz1558

I hope they like things with cream. Non-dairy people will have to make do with fruit salad.

4:31 am

Haz1558

Okay, so that's the date settled, the catering organised, Ata can take the photographs. A good morning's work, I'd say.

4:32 am

FMitch

*grin*

4:33 am

Haz1558

None of this hanging about, shilly-shallying gets nothing done.

4:33 am

FMitch

and all of this before 10.30!

4:33 am

FMitch

So what is next on the agenda?

4:33 am

Haz1558

I know!

4:34 am

Haz1558

Probably a venue.

4:34 am

FMitch

perhaps we can sort out Enable?

4:34 am

Haz1558

Oh, I thought you meant on the wedding agenda - enable's a lost cause.

4:35 am

FMitch

I think we should let Jane sort out the venue but only with our clearance

4:35 am

Haz1558

Yes, a venue and then I suppose at some stage we'll have to involve the bride and groom, but we'll keep them out of it for as long as possible.

4:35 am

Atalante

as long as they turn up

4:35 am

FMitch

LOL!

4:36 am

Haz1558

Oh, they'll turn up. We'll get Anniebrook on survelillance.

4:36 am

Haz1558

surveillance, even.

4:37 am

Haz1558

We'll let Jane choose the dress, provided she passes the taste test.

4:37 am

Haz1558

She'll be shown pictures of Lady's Day at Ascot and provided she shows due horror at the horrors, we'll let her have a say in the dress.

4:41 am

Haz1558

Okay, time for me to head off and get some work done around here. Enjoy the grid, it's mostly friendly. Bye for now!

4:42 am

Atalante

bye dear!

4:45 am

FMitch

Bye HAz, sorry my PC had to shut down and reboot :)

4:45 am

FMitch

Bye HAz, sorry my PC had to shut down and reboot :)

4:47 am

FMitch

Time for me to head out too I guess, lots to do today - can someone kick my ass into gear please.

4:48 am

Atalante

*kick* :)

4:48 am

FMitch

thanks Ata :) TTFN

5:26 am

herinfernallady

hello

5:27 am

Sally-catlover

Hi herin. Just came and wondered where everybody was :-)

5:28 am

herinfernallady

I had to just go here for a bit

5:28 am

bojazz

morning Babblers

5:28 am

Sally-catlover

Hi bojazz

5:29 am

herinfernallady

I had to go here before i said something bad to a friend

5:29 am

bojazz

you can say it to me - get it off your chest

5:29 am

Sally-catlover

A Babble friend, herin?

5:29 am

PinnyPoppins

can anyone help me with the un word?

5:30 am

Sally-catlover

Not long started, pinny. Didn't even know it was an un word :-)

5:30 am

PinnyPoppins

sorry :(

5:30 am

Sally-catlover

Don't be :-)

5:31 am

Sally-catlover

How many letters?

5:31 am

Anniebrook

hello everyone

5:31 am

PinnyPoppins

6

5:31 am

PinnyPoppins

it's my last word

5:31 am

Sally-catlover

Thinking.

5:31 am

bojazz

hi Annie

5:31 am

Anniebrook

morning, bojazz

5:31 am

herinfernallady

Hi Ann

5:32 am

o-o

un -- start of college + where peas hang out in the garden

5:32 am

Anniebrook

hi herin

5:32 am

Sally-catlover

TY BR, and hallo!

5:32 am

PinnyPoppins

ooh - thanks babblerabble! now i can get on with my day

5:32 am

Anniebrook

thanks, BR and hi

5:32 am

bojazz

thx BR

5:32 am

o-o

Hello

5:32 am

Anniebrook

congrats, Pinny

5:33 am

PinnyPoppins

thanks annie

5:33 am

PinnyPoppins

see y'all tomorrow

5:33 am

bojazz

congrats Pinny

5:34 am

herinfernallady

poo this hapens to be a short grid

5:34 am

Anniebrook

but tricky

5:35 am

lawyer-1

dain

5:36 am

lawyer-1

oops

5:36 am

o-o

no da

5:36 am

herinfernallady

ya since my brain doesn't want to work and I am in a grump

5:37 am

Anniebrook

why a grump?

5:38 am

herinfernallady

Because my friend got into his Law and Commerce uni course and I have to slog it out the hard way as i don't have the right qualifications to get into Uni as i never completed high school.

5:40 am

Anniebrook

herin, that's easy...finish high school and then apply wherever you want. It will take a year or two and then you are done. If you dont do then in a year or two you are in the same situation you are in now. Like the Nike ad says, Do it!

5:41 am

herinfernallady

not just that cash

5:41 am

Anniebrook

do you need money to finish High School?

5:45 am

herinfernallady

No I need a lot for Uni.

5:46 am

herinfernallady

and all in all it really pisses me of. i don't have my parents to old my hand and he said he was going to aim for a 60% pass rate

5:46 am

Anniebrook

Yes, Unis are very expensive.

5:50 am

herinfernallady

sorry I had to get a disprin

5:51 am

Anniebrook

I am sorry that you are upset.

5:54 am

herinfernallady

that is ok hun thank you for your concern.

5:54 am

Atalante

it'll always possible to get scholarships / bursaries

5:54 am

herinfernallady

I also got pudding

5:55 am

Anniebrook

Pudding is a lovely comfort food.

5:55 am

FMitch

herin, you can do it, you have come so far already!

5:55 am

Atalante

every uni department will have secret funds. You need to ask them

5:55 am

FMitch

Hi Annie and Ata too

5:55 am

Atalante

they'll never advertise them

5:55 am

herinfernallady

Annie it would be if it wasn't weight watchers

5:56 am

herinfernallady

Hi Ata and FM too

5:56 am

Anniebrook

Hi FM and Ata!

5:56 am

FMitch

Ata, is it a blizzard here now and is settling:(

5:57 am

Atalante

oh nooooooo

5:57 am

herinfernallady

Ata A lot of universities here operate on $$$. I am going back to classes soon. I just hope I don't get a cold which i feel brewing.

5:57 am

Sally-catlover

Just stopped snowing here, FM. At least it isn't freezing, and my livelihood isn't dependent on the weather :-)

5:57 am

Atalante

universities everywhere operate on $$$!

5:57 am

FMitch

*le sigh*

5:58 am

Sally-catlover

Yup

5:58 am

herinfernallady

I think i know what i meant.

5:58 am

herinfernallady

I thought England stopped being a winter tundra

5:58 am

FMitch

vry good point Sally, I can work what ever the weather so will stop moaning.

5:58 am

Sally-catlover

Had postponed trip to see son and grandson in London from last Friday to this Friday, so fingers crossed.

5:59 am

Sally-catlover

No, I wasn't saying you were moaning. It's just that I had realised today that some people really have no income in this weather.

5:59 am

Sally-catlover

Husband had sent me some flowers, which they could not pick in the snow.

6:00 am

Atalante

but herin, for example, the department I worked in had funds to pay for 2 PhD students and 1 undergraduate each year. Never advertised. You either had to know or had to ask

6:00 am

FMitch

I know, was just giving myself a good reminder that really there is nothing to moan about :)

6:01 am

Sally-catlover

And now I have my go-faster boots :-)

6:01 am

FMitch

awe how nice of Sallys Hubby!

6:01 am

Sally-catlover

Yeah, he's a sweety. He's had a bad health year which has put a lot on me, so I think it was just a bit of luvvin.

6:01 am

FMitch

*grin* this is where we cam e in yesterday wasn't it and wil ardilla's clasic line too :)

6:02 am

FMitch

BRB oven is now heated so time to put the gammon in.

6:02 am

Atalante

that was SO funny

6:02 am

Sally-catlover

lol, yes FM.

6:02 am

herinfernallady

Thank you fror that Ata

6:03 am

Atalante

you get ex-professors setting up bursaries, all sorts of odd things. it's *always* worth any department about such things

6:04 am

tceicher

may I ask....what is gammon?

6:04 am

Sally-catlover

I "so" want to enter doodle into the grid - or doddle.

6:04 am

herinfernallady

thank you.

6:04 am

bojazz

thought gammon was a game???

6:05 am

Atalante

ham!

6:05 am

Sally-catlover

Kind of ham

6:05 am

tceicher

ah, thank you

6:05 am

bojazz

goes with green eggs?

6:05 am

Sally-catlover

Two countries divided by a common language :-)

6:05 am

Sally-catlover

Green eggs??

6:06 am

bojazz

yes - green eggs & ham

6:06 am

Sally-catlover

Backgammon is the game, bojazz

6:06 am

Atalante

dr suess

6:06 am

bojazz

LOL - i know

6:07 am

bojazz

thx Ata

6:07 am

bojazz

figured somebody out there would connect

6:07 am

Sally-catlover

Ah, ty

6:11 am

bojazz

got the cu4/9 - it is not listed in dictionary. does that happen often in babble?

6:12 am

Atalante

yep lol

6:12 am

herinfernallady

It is a real word in a dictionary Bo

6:13 am

bojazz

ok - just not in our cyber dictionary

6:13 am

FMitch

back, gammon is a cut of ham or pig, roasts well and tastes great.

6:13 am

Atalante

unfortunately, a lto of dictionaries don't exactly match

6:13 am

Atalante

tastes more than great :D

6:14 am

Sally-catlover

I can smell it from here :-)

6:14 am

FMitch

smells good when it is cooking too :)

6:14 am

FMitch

cue crossy!

6:15 am

herinfernallady

Bo you can find it if you google it

6:16 am

FMitch

I keep looking out the window and geting mesmerised by the falling snow ...

6:16 am

herinfernallady

Snow is pretty.

6:16 am

FMitch

so pretty!

6:17 am

FMitch

sooooo pretttyyyyy .....

6:17 am

Sally-catlover

Wake up, FM!!

6:17 am

FMitch

oh sorry! thanks Sally :)

6:19 am

FMitch

but it is so pretty *slap* OK time to get on with the grid.

6:19 am

Atalante

FM, check my icon

6:19 am

Atalante

I did some gilding yesterday, for the first time I got a result I liked!

6:20 am

Sally-catlover

Double take. For a moment I read that as gliding.

6:20 am

FMitch

Oh now that is interesting!

6:20 am

Atalante

so does everyone!

6:21 am

FMitch

what size are they?

6:21 am

Atalante

only little

6:21 am

Atalante

A4 sheet

6:21 am

FMitch

what an inch or bigger?

6:21 am

Atalante

and babble squished them

6:22 am

FMitch

Love how they look anyway.

6:22 am

Atalante

4" high? 5". something

6:22 am

Atalante

sent you a decent copy on email

6:22 am

FMitch

will look forward to seeing how they evolve.

6:22 am

Atalante

I'd been experimenting. I was using a particular synthetic size that's meant to be the best thing ever, adn I could never get it right

6:23 am

Atalante

then I saw elsewhere that you could just use PVA, so I thought I'd try. And it's so much easier. You don't get the exact smooth surface though. Swings and roundabous I guess

6:23 am

herinfernallady

Yep i read that as gliding too

6:24 am

Atalante

that's what I keep saying on FB lol. GILDING! GILDING!!

6:24 am

FMitch

Did I bore youalready about how much it costs to join the Guidl of Embroiders? But have found alternative groups under the U3A umbrella.

6:24 am

Atalante

vast amounts!

6:25 am

FMitch

Gliding or parachute jumping - closely related but not to guilding!

6:25 am

herinfernallady

It is ok.. I just need to readjust my glasses

6:25 am

Atalante

wonder if there's a guild of gilders

6:25 am

herinfernallady

O there is a thought speak to a member of SCA?

6:25 am

Sally-catlover

Or a guild of gliding gilders?

6:26 am

FMitch

LOL

6:26 am

Atalante

SCA is probably right

6:27 am

herinfernallady

Just a thought. I have them every now and then

6:27 am

Haz1558

It's always been the cost that has put me off joining the embroiderers' guild.

6:28 am

FMitch

So I didn't bore anyone then yay - Â£575 to join the guild. Can you believe!

6:28 am

Atalante

maybe we'll work it out for your birthday present

6:28 am

Sally-catlover

Well in my case it's also the fact that I can't sew.

6:28 am

FMitch

Oh ha ha HAz, as if!

6:28 am

Deeha

OMG FM what do you get for THAT??

6:28 am

Atalante

not Â£575 worth!

6:29 am

Haz1558

I know. Â£575! Otherwise I'd be there like a shot.

6:29 am

Atalante

we know how disappointed you are

6:29 am

FMitch

No idea Deeha, was so flummoxed with the cost, didn't pursue it further!

6:30 am

Deeha

I am a Lioness our sub is Â£16.50 a year but to join the Lions it is Â£72. Â£72 for the honour of collecting money for charity?? I dont think so!

6:30 am

Haz1558

I take it that's a fee for life? Like babble only with more torture involved?

6:30 am

Atalante

FM! that's life membership!

6:31 am

herinfernallady

err that is a life fee instead of $20 pounds a year

6:31 am

Haz1558

Maybe Dr-G should put price comparisons to show what a bargain babble membership is.

6:31 am

Atalante

Member and Friend of Embroidery 18+ Â£36.00 minimum
Member and Life Friend of Embroidery 18-59 Â£575.00 minimum
Member and Life Friend of Embroidery 60 and over Â£375.00 minimum

6:31 am

FMitch

Oh now that is interesting as we have a Lions shop in the village and I hadn't heard of them nor Lionesses until recently.

6:31 am

Haz1558

So FM could be a Friend, just not for life?

6:32 am

Deeha

That proves what we all say - the Lions Club is international and the biggest non-govermental fund raiser in the world - yet no one has heard of us!!

6:32 am

Sally-catlover

I've heard of the Lions, Deeha, but never the Lionesses before.

6:32 am

FMitch

Fraid not HAz, due to my age I qualify for the high payment band.

6:32 am

Atalante

she could be an annual member. only worth life membership for 16+ years

6:32 am

bojazz

I believe Rotary International is the largest fund raiser in the world

6:33 am

Deeha

Dont know Bojazz but that is what the Lions claim!!!

6:33 am

Haz1558

Charities war!

6:33 am

FMitch

Hi bo

6:33 am

bojazz

that's what Rotary claims

6:33 am

bojazz

hi FM

6:34 am

bojazz

i've got $5.00 US - anybody want to match that?

6:34 am

Deeha

Do you watch Harry Hill?? All I can say is FIGHT!!!!!!

6:34 am

bojazz

diei

6:34 am

Haz1558

Would either Rotary Club or Lions Club take pity on FM and sponsor her membership of Embroiderers' Guild?

6:34 am

FMitch

Anyway, have found alternative possibilites through U3A so watch this space.

6:35 am

herinfernallady

i think i have negative $$$

6:35 am

dromano66

clue for the u, please?

6:35 am

Haz1558

U3A or USA? You're maybe going to end up calling stitches by strange names and weird spellings.

6:35 am

FMitch

LOL Deeha

6:35 am

FMitch

and by the way it is still snowing.

6:35 am

FMitch

U3A

6:36 am

bojazz

U - a single pea in it's enclosure

6:36 am

Haz1558

un6 - three letters at the start of a place of learning, three letters for a pea's place of growing.

6:36 am

Deeha

OH Nooooooo don't tell me that FM-whereabouts are you??

6:37 am

bojazz

yours is much better Haz

6:37 am

Atalante

not in Kent :)

6:37 am

dromano66

ty,haz and bojazz

6:37 am

FMitch

W Sussex

6:37 am

Haz1558

We both had the same thought, bojazz.

6:37 am

Deeha

No it is so mild here I have even had a session in the garden this morning - not before time I may add!!

6:37 am

Atalante

I came down to Sandwich on Monday, Deeha, walked from Sandwich Bay estate up to the mouth of the Stour and back again. gorgeous dog walk

6:37 am

bojazz

yours was clearer - mine sometimes come soaked in mud

6:38 am

Atalante

don't worry bojazz, cryptic clues are fun

6:38 am

bojazz

LOL

6:38 am

herinfernallady

sorry clue for the U again I was too busy watching tv and the screen gone

6:38 am

Deeha

I do miss my dog but not sure I miss it so much at walkie time!!

6:38 am

Haz1558

un plus a personal listening to music device.

6:39 am

Sally-catlover

Oh, clever one, Haz!

6:39 am

bojazz

see Haz's clue at 6:36

6:39 am

Atalante

one day I'll bring Hobbit up to Walmer. She's never been there before

6:39 am

Haz1558

Thank you, Sally.

6:40 am

bojazz

very

6:40 am

Deeha

There are lovely walks across the fields - let me know and I will join you! And make you coffee afterwards!!

6:40 am

Atalante

wonderful! let's wait for some nicer weather and then I will!

6:40 am

herinfernallady

THank you. Sorry Being Human is on tv again. mmmm.

6:41 am

bojazz

Off to work - hope all have a great day (or evening)

6:41 am

FMitch

I have been up since so early o'clock this morning I must go and have a nap.
Hapy Babbling all.

6:41 am

Haz1558

Bye bojazz!

6:42 am

Haz1558

FM's strangely drawn to naps now that she has the bed of wonderment installed. Has anybody else noticed?

6:42 am

Atalante

sleep well dear!

6:42 am

herinfernallady

Later Bo

6:42 am

FMitch

LOL Haz! *poof*

6:43 am

Haz1558

Bye FM!

6:43 am

herinfernallady

Maybe Fm loves the bed.

6:43 am

Haz1558

Right, I must fling the vacuum round the floors. Back later.

6:43 am

Haz1558

*gone*

6:50 am

Atalante

oh joy. fe scottish words

6:54 am

mkg

clue for pe 5 12 seconde one please?

6:57 am

Sally-catlover

pe + what snow turns to when it freezes with different consonant

6:57 am

Sally-catlover

And then pt

6:58 am

mkg

ty. got it.

6:58 am

Sally-catlover

I'm off to make sense of the day. Any more clues needed?

6:59 am

Atalante

I'm ok, just 3 tricksy ones to find

6:59 am

herinfernallady

I have kind of dropped into a sleep

6:59 am

Sally-catlover

TTFN then Ata.

6:59 am

Sally-catlover

*poof*

7:05 am

herinfernallady

laters

7:48 am

EvaNadine

mornin babblers!

7:49 am

Atalante

I'm not really here but I dont want your entrance to be ignored ;)

7:50 am

EvaNadine

well, if youre "really" over on FB, please help with my barn raising. i need 4 more people in the next day, or else i gotta start all over...

7:52 am

Atalante

how do I do that then?

7:52 am

Atalante

*haven't played on farmville for a bit*

7:53 am

Mom

hi all ~~ Farmville? There is a lady that is going to be on Dr. Phil today who is neglecting her family because of the hours she plays Farmville.

7:54 am

Atalante

omg!

7:54 am

Mom

isn't that something

7:55 am

Mom

can't wait for 3:00 to roll around

7:55 am

Atalante

wish I could see that

7:55 am

Mom

Ata, I can tape it for you and mail it to you

7:56 am

Atalante

I'm sure it'll be online :) but if necessary ..

7:57 am

EvaNadine

ata -- there should be a post *somewhere* on my profile about it...scroll through old messages if need be. would be muchly appreciated! :)

7:57 am

Mom

I will tape it and you can let me know if you want me to send it to you

7:57 am

Mom

Eva, that won't be you on Dr. Phil today, will it?

7:58 am

Atalante

found it!

7:59 am

Atalante

done :)

8:02 am

jmcnrick

whoo hoo ata!

8:05 am

EvaNadine

TY ata.

no mom, that wont be me. i dont have any kids to neglect.
its my WORK i neglect by playing farmville all day.
:)

8:06 am

jmcnrick

an addition i have avoided so far

8:08 am

Mom

lol Eva, must be addicting

8:10 am

jmcnrick

goodness gracious this must be a grid of babblets -- i have struggled to 63 left

8:11 am

jmcnrick

having said that i immediately found 10 perfectly normal words!

8:13 am

Atalante

there's a pf4 :)

8:14 am

jmcnrick

ah well there is a word i would be looking for ty

8:14 am

jmcnrick

*would not*

8:14 am

jmcnrick

got it ty ata

8:15 am

hego

Hello All, here for a few.

8:15 am

Atalante

that was my last word

8:15 am

jmcnrick

hi hego a few is all there are

8:16 am

jmcnrick

mmm i was thinking i could knock off nbt before i left for work but i have my doubts now

8:16 am

Mom

off to do the bed linens. Good luck to all of you. {{Hugs}}

8:16 am

hego

;-)

8:16 am

jmcnrick

bye mom

8:16 am

Mom

bye bye jmcnrick

8:19 am

Atalante

mmmm oatmeal

8:20 am

jmcnrick

:-) for supper?

8:20 am

Atalante

late lunch :)

8:21 am

hego

Ata, what is your icon?

8:21 am

jmcnrick

ty for reminding me to make a sandwich to take to work

8:21 am

Atalante

oh, something i wanted to show fm earlier

8:22 am

hego

It's pretty.

8:22 am

jmcnrick

some of your artwork?

8:23 am

Atalante

well ... experiments :)

8:23 am

jmcnrick

has a celtic look to it

8:23 am

Atalante

been playing with gilding

8:23 am

jmcnrick

stats for the n please

8:23 am

Atalante

yes ... that tends to hppen whether I want it to or not lol

8:24 am

grant

ni4,5

8:24 am

jmcnrick

ty grant

8:24 am

grant

yw

8:25 am

jmitch

C - top right corner....

8:25 am

jmcnrick

hi jm

8:26 am

jmitch

gm jmc

8:26 am

grant

cu+ no **s ands or buts

8:27 am

hego

ty Grant

8:27 am

jmcnrick

ty grant

8:27 am

grant

weird word

8:27 am

jmitch

arghh! I know I monkeyed that! T/Y! hate when my fingers and brain are running at 2 different speeds!

8:27 am

jmcnrick

would someone move that L out of the corner please?

8:28 am

hego

Let's put it in the middle somewhere.

8:29 am

jmcnrick

i think it should exchange places with the lower left E

8:29 am

hego

Okay

8:30 am

jmcnrick

:-)

8:31 am

jmcnrick

stats for the A please?

8:32 am

Atalante

ap4/6

8:32 am

jmcnrick

ty

8:32 am

jmcnrick

got it ty -- thought i tried that but apparently not

8:33 am

jmcnrick

nbt! imagine my surprise!

8:34 am

jmcnrick

so off to make a sandwich and then to save the world!

8:34 am

jmcnrick

bbl

8:34 am

hego

YAY jmc!

8:34 am

Atalante

yay jmc!

8:34 am

harpjane

hello

8:35 am

hego

Bye jmc and hello jane

8:39 am

harpjane

could someone get me started on the o's?

8:39 am

Atalante

odx2, olx2

8:45 am

hego

Halfway. bbl

8:46 am

harpjane

thanks

8:50 am

Mom

may I have a clue for the fe 5/20 please

8:50 am

Atalante

three vowels in the midle

8:50 am

LuvWordGames

fe 5/20 a fight or duel but add another vowel before the last letter

8:52 am

Mom

thank you Ata and Luv. That is fireworks for me

8:52 am

LuvWordGames

wtg Mom

8:52 am

Mom

Thank you Luv

8:53 am

Atalante

yay Mom!

8:53 am

Mom

thanks Ata

8:53 am

Mom

now what to do the rest of the day?

8:53 am

Mom

can I help anyone before I leave?

8:54 am

LuvWordGames

are teh pe 5/12 and pe 6/24 fishes?

8:56 am

Joanne123

pe5 think bank he robbery minus last letter add vowel

8:57 am

Joanne123

then past tense

8:57 am

LuvWordGames

hi and thanks Joanne, fireworks for me!

8:57 am

Joanne123

yvw luv and congrats!!!

8:57 am

LuvWordGames

ty

8:59 am

Mom

sorry Fed Ex showed up

9:00 am

hurshy

i have some disturbing news to pass along: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/edu
cation/8468351.stm

9:01 am

Mom

congrats on fireworks Luv

9:01 am

LuvWordGames

ty Mom

9:03 am

Mom

any one need any clues?

9:03 am

hurshy

yeah, maybe for the C ?

9:04 am

LuvWordGames

cu 4/9 sounds like what's on the end of a sleeve but change the 3rd letter

9:05 am

hurshy

thanks

9:05 am

LuvWordGames

yw, couldn't get your link to work

9:06 am

Mom

off I go. Have a good day everyone

9:06 am

hurshy

well it says that kids who are texting a lot and using text speak... it's actually HELPING their spelling and other language skills!!

9:06 am

LuvWordGames

bye Mom have a good day

9:07 am

LuvWordGames

Wow I find that hard to believe

9:07 am

Mom

bye bye Luv

9:07 am

hurshy

i just find it sad that it may take away our selfless-sounding reason for complaining about something that annoys us crotchety old folks.

9:08 am

LuvWordGames

and there's that too!

9:08 am

Gail

I am horrified when I see how 18 and 19 year olds fill out the paperwork at the doctor

9:09 am

Gail

where I work. I should add. They can't spell anything right.

9:10 am

hurshy

well they said that doing things like "l8r" indicates you have an awareness of the actual word and are playing with it. but it seems to me that this would apply at first, but then when everyone's using it, they can be just as stupid as they were in the first place.

9:14 am

hurshy

ok... missing 2 d's, 2 p's and one S - which one has a 7?

9:15 am

hurshy

ooh it's the P!!

9:15 am

hurshy

and i pulled a pe4! lol

9:16 am

hurshy

is there a pu?

9:16 am

oodleberry

hi everyone... yes Biggest Lose = pupu

9:17 am

hurshy

??

9:17 am

oodleberry

sorry just upset with Biggest loser... it is pooh pooh

9:17 am

hurshy

ah. so, unrelated to babble. :)

9:18 am

FMitch

There is no pu hursh.

9:18 am

FMitch

ther is a pf4 however.

9:19 am

hurshy

ahhhh thanks!

9:19 am

hurshy

that leaves D4 and D6

9:19 am

hurshy

got the 4

9:20 am

hurshy

got the 6!

9:20 am

FMitch

yay!

9:20 am

hurshy

little grids can be fun. but then what to do the rest of the day??

9:21 am

FMitch

don't know about you but I am goung to hav e anap.

9:21 am

FMitch

TTFN

9:22 am

hurshy

ah, napping at work is a de4 giveaway.

9:23 am

hurshy

off to sudoku for starters... ttfn

9:39 am

lbdawger

hello, clue for the un6, plz?

9:40 am

grant

one foot

9:41 am

lbdawger

ty, grant. finito!

9:41 am

grant

wtg

9:43 am

lbdawger

anyone need clues before i go do other things?

9:44 am

Joanne123

that was just my last too ibdaw but ty

9:44 am

Joanne123

have a great day all

9:45 am

lbdawger

whoooo hooooo Joanne!

9:45 am

Joanne123

ty and back at ya !!!

9:45 am

lbdawger

bye joanne, later all! hagd!

9:45 am

Joanne123

byee

9:47 am

oodleberry

hi joanne hi lbd hi grant

9:51 am

oodleberry

oh well DUH that's what I get for not reading what was written in chat

9:52 am

grant

hi oodle

9:54 am

oodleberry

eeiiieeeiiiooooooo

9:55 am

grant

old macdonald

9:57 am

oodleberry

and on his farm he had an idiot eieio with a duh duh here and a duh duh there here a duh there a duh everywhere a DUH DUH

9:58 am

grant

LOL

9:59 am

oodleberry

I think the grid should have just a weeeee bit more vowels!!

10:00 am

grant

some consonants are never used

10:01 am

oodleberry

you have a clue for the central lone E?

10:03 am

grant

ed + bride says I **

10:04 am

Christine

Good morning all, from not-so-sunny Southern California/

10:04 am

oodleberry

ty

10:04 am

grant

yw

10:05 am

oodleberry

hi christine I hope you are safe and dry and not flooded... man from fires to floods and nothing in between...

10:06 am

grant

poof

10:06 am

oodleberry

hagd grant

10:12 am

o-o

USDA predicts a 10% decline in the cranberry crop this year.

10:14 am

Christine

Imagine - tornadoes!! But I'm in Hollywood, far from the hillslides slipping and the monster waves. I'm retired and taking advantage of the fact that I don't need to leave the house. Rain watching is good enough, for me.

10:22 am

Christine

What's happening to the cranberries?

10:24 am

Christine

Good grief, 44% vowels.

10:25 am

Christine

and all misplaced.

10:35 am

torgone

It's sunny down here in SD but we're supposed to get rain later ..

10:36 am

rubyfoo

if the ed bride word was good, why isn't edda??? Icelandic epic???

10:37 am

rubyfoo

hello christine, I'm glad you're safe and just looking at the weather like me

10:37 am

rubyfoo

some days I don't go outside at all

10:39 am

Christine

Hello, Rubyfoo and Torgone. This weather is too extreme.

10:40 am

rubyfoo

every place but here, I think, here it's clement with just an occasional unseemly wind storm

10:48 am

rubyfoo

back after din!

11:04 am

hego

Hi Ruby, Hi All

11:05 am

Christine

Hi, hego

11:05 am

Christine

loes

11:06 am

Christine

oops

11:08 am

hego

more than half done and just got nbt. ;-P

11:09 am

Christine

I dunno - I have only 40, and I doubt there really are 71 words.

11:10 am

hego

:-)

11:10 am

bojazz

NBT & 13 grayed tiles @ 45 and struggling

11:10 am

hego

little grids are mean.

11:15 am

Marc Freeman

Good morning, I only need two clues one for pa7 and on for fe5, please?

11:16 am

Marc Freeman

Got the 7 thanks

11:16 am

bojazz

pa7 - cow droppings

11:16 am

hego

really?

11:17 am

hego

Oh, yeah.

11:17 am

bojazz

well, close

11:17 am

hego

;-)

11:17 am

hego

ty

11:18 am

hego

maybe rice fields, Bo

11:18 am

Marc Freeman

fe5, please?

11:19 am

bojazz

don't have yet

11:20 am

bojazz

rice - better, not as smelly

11:20 am

hego

:-D

11:22 am

rururocks

fe + you + past tense

11:22 am

hego

Ruru!

11:23 am

rururocks

gm everyone

11:25 am

bojazz

thx ruru

11:26 am

Marc Freeman

Got the fe5 thanks

11:29 am

bichon

It sure is stormy out here in CA. Never seen anything like it. Have been stuck inside with grandkids since Sunday.

11:32 am

hego

Poor Bichon

11:32 am

bichon

The grandkid part is fine, they are getting restless.

11:33 am

hego

sounds normal.

11:33 am

Christine

Bichon, are you in SoCal?

11:33 am

bichon

No, Bay Area. Couldn't get any worse

11:34 am

bichon

But then, a few weeks ago I was kvetching about the snow in CT

11:35 am

Christine

0ne of my neighbours is truly convinced that this is the end of days - the world is coming to an end.

11:35 am

72 Temple Owl

hello all

11:35 am

bichon

Earthquakes, thunderstorms, sound appocalyptic

11:36 am

bojazz

hi TO

11:37 am

hego

Hi TO

11:37 am

bojazz

erathquakes, thunderstorms, republiccan elected in Mass - yeah, something's afoot

11:39 am

72 Temple Owl

i would be happy if the truck outside stopped bakcing up under my window.

11:44 am

72 Temple Owl

ok folks - happy babbling. i can't take this awful racket, would rather return from lunch early.

11:46 am

hego

Bye Bo

11:46 am

hego

I Mean TO

11:46 am

bojazz

good - i'm leaving too - good luck to all

11:47 am

hego

ty bye

11:48 am

hego

That's it Fireworks! Monkeys tired now.

11:49 am

hego

Bye All. hagd!

12:03 pm

rubyfoo

hello everybody

12:10 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi y'all

12:11 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

and wtg hego ~~~ !!! ~~~

12:15 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

2/3 done already. swift flies the grid

12:30 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

squeak!

12:35 pm

BettyAnne

un6 please?

12:35 pm

sandbox74

betty : single cubicle, perhaps?

12:36 pm

BettyAnne

Thanks sandbox

12:36 pm

pic

un + mp3 player

12:36 pm

BettyAnne

Thanks also pic.

12:42 pm

sixty7stang13

fe 5/20 plz

12:43 pm

bojazz

fe5/20 - fe + you + past tense

12:43 pm

sixty7stang13

ty bojazz

12:48 pm

rubyfoo

some of these words are very strange!

12:48 pm

sixty7stang13

pa 7/40 plz

12:48 pm

HarryHood

rice plantings, sixty

12:48 pm

rubyfoo

rice grows

12:49 pm

sixty7stang13

ty harry & ruby

12:49 pm

rubyfoo

looking for an eastern e word

12:51 pm

rubyfoo

or an n word in the top middle

12:53 pm

pugmama763

ni+ ma's mate

12:55 pm

rubyfoo

thank you pugmama; I'm a chowmama

12:55 pm

pugmama763

ei**r down comforter

12:55 pm

pugmama763

yw- any more clues needed?

12:56 pm

rubyfoo

I'm pathetic, have 50 words but with a lot of help!

12:56 pm

pugmama763

are you using licketys list?

12:56 pm

pugmama763

it helps a lot

12:57 pm

rubyfoo

that pug is adorable. Is the other dog a King Charles?

12:57 pm

pugmama763

ty & no a Japanese Chin

12:58 pm

rubyfoo

very cute

12:58 pm

rubyfoo

I don't know those

12:58 pm

pugmama763

don't see many outside dog shows

12:58 pm

pugmama763

most are black & white there are far fewer red & whites

12:59 pm

rubyfoo

one of our chows is black, I think rare but for good reasons!

12:59 pm

pugmama763

chows are very pretty but lots of coat to groom

1:00 pm

rubyfoo

yes, full-time job and stinky when it rains

1:00 pm

pugmama763

every breed has its draw backs,mine shed like demons year round

1:01 pm

rubyfoo

I am just smitten by chows' faces and characters! however, I like French bulldogs which are a little like pugs but less pretty

1:02 pm

pugmama763

oh Frechies are precious! I agree!

1:02 pm

pugmama763

oops frenchies

1:03 pm

rubyfoo

a lot of them here but virtually no chow chows

1:03 pm

pugmama763

there were quite a few chows where I used to live but not here, regional popularity i guess

1:04 pm

rubyfoo

and, as you saqid, a lot of work

1:04 pm

pugmama763

Indeed!

1:04 pm

rubyfoo

said*

1:04 pm

rubyfoo

we've had 5 over the years, but this one in the icon is my favorite

1:05 pm

pugmama763

used to groom for a living in my youth but I'm all for low maintenance now

1:05 pm

rubyfoo

my whole life is low-maintenance except for my dogs!!

1:05 pm

pugmama763

he/she is lovely

1:05 pm

rubyfoo

she is my ruby and she owns my heart

1:06 pm

pugmama763

this puggy is #6

1:06 pm

rubyfoo

name?

1:06 pm

pugmama763

Chino aka "Fatus Maximus"

1:07 pm

rubyfoo

our other chow is Mi-Pao's Black Maximus!! lol

1:07 pm

rubyfoo

Max

1:08 pm

pugmama763

never gave him a show name as I got him to love (it's just a nick name because he's a little tub) although he is from very good show stock

1:09 pm

rubyfoo

we never thought of showing ours, but they came from a very fancy family, unlike me!

1:10 pm

rubyfoo

our first two were both offspring of int'l champions

1:10 pm

rubyfoo

Rosie and Rufus

1:10 pm

rubyfoo

Those are the three red ones

1:10 pm

pugmama763

as much as I'm enjoying chatting with you dear(truly) I've been ill & suffering from debilitating fatigue.Must take a nap but will gladly give another clue or 2 first if needed...

1:11 pm

rubyfoo

very nice talking with you, but I'm off to bed to watch TV; I'm embarrassed to ask for more clue!

1:11 pm

pugmama763

you sure?

1:12 pm

rubyfoo

ok, A word!!!

1:12 pm

rubyfoo

I feel like a big cheater!!

1:12 pm

pugmama763

a + like 2 peas in a p**

1:12 pm

sandbox74

fireworks

1:13 pm

rubyfoo

omg, too easy lol

1:13 pm

pugmama763

yahoo sand!!!

1:13 pm

rubyfoo

gd nite

1:13 pm

pugmama763

nice to meet you dear!

1:13 pm

sandbox74

ty

1:13 pm

pugmama763

happy babbling all! poof!

1:13 pm

rubyfoo

you, too, a pleasure!

1:24 pm

FMitch

Evening all

1:26 pm

Atalante

fifi!!!

1:26 pm

FMitch

Ata!!!!!!

1:26 pm

FMitch

thought I might be alone here in babble land.

1:27 pm

Atalante

not quite :)

1:27 pm

Atalante

Sily is here too. With the wind up her tail. Zooooom! Mrooooow!

1:27 pm

FMitch

had a npa this afternoon which turned into a 4 hour sleep 'sheesh'

1:27 pm

FMitch

LOL can imagine.

1:27 pm

Atalante

I didn't get a nap today. Tired.

1:28 pm

Atalante

how's the snow?

1:29 pm

FMitch

NOt sure I am happy with this napping thing but needs must.
Snow clearing and not settling thank goodness.

1:30 pm

Atalante

Glos has about 2" *sigh*

1:30 pm

FMitch

oh no, really!

1:30 pm

Atalante

yep! cotswolds are a nightmare for snow at the moment

1:31 pm

FMitch

I just want spring to come along.

1:31 pm

Atalante

omg me too

1:32 pm

FMitch

Intersting grid today, mix of normal words and babblets.

1:33 pm

Atalante

I got so stuck on the pf!

1:33 pm

Atalante

sily: bounce! *explores bag* bounce!

1:33 pm

Atalante

sily: wriggle wriggle mrrrrrooooow!

1:33 pm

FMitch

LOL and (((())))

1:34 pm

Atalante

she's so funny

1:34 pm

FMitch

Oh James May is about to fly in a U2

1:34 pm

Atalante

ooooooo

1:34 pm

FMitch

BBC2

1:35 pm

FMitch

we must set a date forme to come down and visit.

1:35 pm

Atalante

so when are you coming to visit Silvercla?

1:36 pm

FMitch

once the weather has setled down.

1:36 pm

Atalante

lol :)

1:37 pm

FMitch

How about next month?

1:37 pm

Atalante

whenever! just let me know :)

1:37 pm

FMitch

okey dokey :)

1:38 pm

Atalante

sounds good to me!

1:39 pm

Atalante

I think I'm pretty much here in February

1:40 pm

FMitch

Good!

1:40 pm

jmcnrick

*peaks in the chog*

1:40 pm

FMitch

How is C doing btw?

1:41 pm

Atalante

it'll be nice to have someone to talk to :) I'm feeling really lonely at the moment. Which is silly.

1:41 pm

Atalante

omg. she wants me to go look after her for a week on Sunday

1:41 pm

FMitch

awe, hun!

1:41 pm

jmcnrick

{{{ata}}}

1:41 pm

Atalante

D is going to be soooo happy about that lol

1:42 pm

Atalante

I decided that this is the worst bit about marriage. You can be utterly lonely, but can't go out and relieve it elsewhere!

1:43 pm

Atalante

but I have my black blob :)

1:44 pm

FMitch

Hi jmc

1:45 pm

FMitch

Ata do you want to get togethersoner if you are feeling down?

1:46 pm

Atalante

well let's see what the weather does!!

1:46 pm

jesdraggon

hullo

1:46 pm

FMitch

you know you are welcome to come and stay for a while.

1:46 pm

jesdraggon

anybody have the pa7,40?

1:46 pm

Atalante

I know *hugs*

1:46 pm

Atalante

plural rice fields

1:46 pm

FMitch

Hi jess

1:47 pm

jesdraggon

d'oh. thanks ata, that's firewords

1:47 pm

Atalante

hi jess!

1:47 pm

Atalante

yay jes!

1:47 pm

FMitch

so long as you bring Hobbit of course *grin*

1:47 pm

Atalante

how are all your fosterlings?

1:47 pm

Atalante

well of course!!

1:47 pm

FMitch

Congrats Jes.

1:48 pm

jesdraggon

annoying, ata. dumb cat about got herself tossed out in the snow this morning

1:48 pm

jesdraggon

she is NOT getting along with the cats in residence, and i am so very tired of listening to the growling

1:48 pm

jesdraggon

especially at 5am

1:48 pm

Atalante

urf! yes, that can get very wearisome ....

1:49 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo jes

1:50 pm

jesdraggon

know anybody that would like a little black cat and doesn't already have other cats or small childrens?

1:50 pm

jmcnrick

do you have skyp ata?

1:50 pm

Atalante

have you come across cannibalistic hamsters?

1:50 pm

jmcnrick

*pulls on foil cap to protect from cannibalistic hamsters*

1:51 pm

Atalante

noooo. but I'm ok really. just having a *gloom* today

1:51 pm

FMitch

LOL

1:51 pm

Atalante

does foil protect from cannibals?

1:51 pm

jesdraggon

me? yeah. hamsters are evil.

1:51 pm

jesdraggon

i've met... 3? nice hamsters. rest are all pure rodenty evilness

1:51 pm

FMitch

Haz does get some of the best stories doesn't she!

1:51 pm

Atalante

they look so cute

1:51 pm

jmcnrick

okay I wont nag -- that makes me even more blue when people do that

1:51 pm

jmcnrick

FOIL protects me from anything!

1:52 pm

Atalante

lol you're not nagging dear :)

1:52 pm

jesdraggon

what's that, jam?

1:52 pm

Atalante

jes, haz came across a client whose hamster was scoffing her new borns. and got most concerned

1:52 pm

jmcnrick

what's what?

1:52 pm

Atalante

(just to explain the interest in hamsters!)

1:53 pm

jesdraggon

what's "that" which makes you even more blue?

1:53 pm

jmcnrick

a preggers client -- obviously fearful for her own new born to come

1:53 pm

FMitch

Haz has suffered more than most but I guess that is part of being a vets wife.

1:53 pm

o-o

Great work on your icon, Ata

1:53 pm

jesdraggon

yeah. usually when the moms eat the babies means either: overcrowded, underfed, or out of water. unfortunately, once they start, they pretty much don't stop, even if the husbandry is corrected for subsequent litters.

1:53 pm

jmcnrick

oh for example if i mention to my sister i am blue she will then spend the next week asking me how i am feeling

1:54 pm

jmcnrick

hi BR

1:54 pm

FMitch

Oh James May has finally taken off in the U2!!

1:54 pm

Atalante

ty BR! it's ongoing experimentation with gilding - which is ridiculously hard, I've discovered

1:54 pm

o-o

Hello

1:54 pm

jesdraggon

heh. so we shouldn't ask how you are? hmmm...

1:54 pm

jmcnrick

no no never mind jes! lol

1:54 pm

FMitch

Hi BR

1:55 pm

Atalante

it's always such an impossible line between making someone worse through continued questions, or through ignoring them :P

1:55 pm

jesdraggon

we love you, jam! no being blue! :D

1:55 pm

jmcnrick

like hugging I am not good with overly solicitousness

1:55 pm

FMitch

BRB

1:55 pm

jmcnrick

i can seldom stay blue in the chog -- am usually giggling too much

1:56 pm

jmcnrick

i know ata it is a hard line from both si4s

1:56 pm

jesdraggon

*tickles jam*

1:56 pm

Atalante

me too, I think babble has saved many of us many a night!

1:56 pm

jmcnrick

ack!!!

1:56 pm

o-o

Hello, FM -- how is life as a nouveau riche?

1:58 pm

Atalante

she's too busy to stay inthe log for more than 5 sec s at a time :P

1:58 pm

jmcnrick

oo FM has $$$$$$?

1:58 pm

Atalante

millions!

1:59 pm

jesdraggon

seriously? she win the lotto?

1:59 pm

jmcnrick

how did that happen?

1:59 pm

Atalante

lol no, not very seriously

1:59 pm

Atalante

she sold her house though, so she's suddenly comfortable :)

2:00 pm

jmcnrick

ah isn't buying a new one?

2:00 pm

FMitch

I turn my backfor a moment and then see this!!

2:01 pm

Atalante

only a palace or two

2:01 pm

FMitch

I am happy and content but did not win the lotto!

2:01 pm

Atalante

that was jellen :P

2:01 pm

jmcnrick

but it so much easier to gossip about you if your back is turned!\

2:02 pm

FMitch

Personally I blame HAz for multiple rumors.

2:02 pm

Atalante

who blames you ,Im sure

2:02 pm

FMitch

lol jmc, in which case I will go and put the kettle on so youcan all gossip away :)

2:03 pm

Atalante

FM, do you want to hear what cool thing I discovered about Dr Who / Torchwood today? (sorry everyone :P)

2:03 pm

jmcnrick

decisions decisions who to blame?

2:03 pm

Atalante

see? told you she only stayed for 5 secs!

2:03 pm

FMitch

Ata tell me in about 5 mins when I get back.

2:03 pm

jmcnrick

right like we haven't had to sit through Dr Who Torchwood conversations before!

2:04 pm

Atalante

k :)

2:04 pm

Atalante

you have? goodness!

2:04 pm

Atalante

and apparently Torchwood is being remade for an American audience ...

2:05 pm

jmcnrick

why why why? that usually means dumming it down and adding an American hero

2:05 pm

Atalante

I know. It's horrific. But! they are keeping the same writers, so theres hope

2:07 pm

jmcnrick

well i probably won't watch it anyway so i don't know why i care

2:09 pm

Atalante

if you ever decide to, watch the English Version!

2:10 pm

Atalante

we have taste and style

2:10 pm

jmcnrick

i will make a note of it

2:10 pm

jmcnrick

*cough* Monty Python

2:11 pm

Atalante

that had style ..........

2:11 pm

Atalante

a style, anyway!

2:11 pm

jmcnrick

Benny Hill

2:11 pm

torgone

Now there's class ..

2:12 pm

dcseain

why would they remake it here when most have watched it here already?

2:12 pm

Atalante

thats what I wonder

2:12 pm

jmcnrick

you just like the bare naked ladies that Benny Hill chased

2:13 pm

FMitch

Back.
My garden backs onto a churchyard and they are doing bell ringing practice, wonderful sound but some of them do need to get better!

2:13 pm

Atalante

even Benny Hill compared to Paris Hilton

2:13 pm

jesdraggon

moneys, dc

2:14 pm

FMitch

Hi dc

2:14 pm

Atalante

thats why it's practice :)

2:14 pm

jmcnrick

hi dc and torg

2:14 pm

dcseain

hello, FM. They must have a nebie

2:14 pm

dcseain

newbie

2:14 pm

dcseain

hello, jmc, ata, torg

2:15 pm

kimmtoats

hi everybody! Does anyone have a clue for the ri4, 7?

2:16 pm

FMitch

So Ata what about Dr Who/Torchwood?

2:16 pm

Atalante

no ri4/7

2:17 pm

kimmtoats

sorry. re4, 7

2:17 pm

Atalante

oh yes! well. this is very geeky but ... in Dr Who lore, there is a "race" called the Master Vampires - the Time Lords battled them in the time of Rassillon - they went round eating whole worlds. And then! on the Torchwood website, Owen "writes" that TW3 has the last remaining Master Vampire in their storage vaults. I do love these tiny tie-ins

2:17 pm

Atalante

coral re**

2:17 pm

Hawkins

great barrier (re4/7)

2:18 pm

kimmtoats

TY Hawk!

2:18 pm

Hawkins

YW

2:20 pm

FMitch

and you didn''t now this already? Sheesh!

2:21 pm

FMitch

*grin*

2:21 pm

Atalante

I know I know :P

2:23 pm

FMitch

Time for me to go so nighty night all and see you tomorrow.

2:23 pm

Atalante

nigthy night!!

2:23 pm

FMitch

(((Ata)))

2:25 pm

jmcnrick

bye FM

2:34 pm

Atalante

have you finished, jmc?

2:35 pm

jmcnrick

no i have 15 left

2:36 pm

jmcnrick

monkeying the second si 4/5 right now

2:36 pm

Atalante

keep monkeying, it sounds like a word

2:37 pm

jmcnrick

lol well there's a clue

2:38 pm

Atalante

at least more than something like siea or siol

2:38 pm

Sue_777

one more and I can't find it does anyone have a clue for un6/27 Please.

2:38 pm

jesdraggon

one footed, sue

2:41 pm

jmcnrick

it's true many of the words don't sound like words

2:42 pm

jmcnrick

got it

2:42 pm

Sue_777

don't get it.

2:42 pm

jmcnrick

swear i typed that at least three time

2:43 pm

jmcnrick

un*=one+ latin for foot

2:43 pm

Sue_777

Thank you sooooo much

2:43 pm

jmcnrick

think of the tri*** that you place a camera on to keep it steady

2:44 pm

Sue_777

unipod

2:44 pm

Sue_777

sorry wrote it wrong place

2:44 pm

jmcnrick

well its good to know you got it! lol

2:46 pm

jmcnrick

so fireworks for you sue?

2:46 pm

Atalante

grrrrr I've just been told off for not trying hard enough to unblock the sink *facepalm*

2:46 pm

Sue_777

can I help any one

2:46 pm

jmcnrick

i'd fire that plumber then

2:46 pm

jmcnrick

;-)

2:47 pm

jmcnrick

how about the pe4/5 after urinates?

2:47 pm

Atalante

all perfect husband is now fixing it *rolls eyes*

2:47 pm

Atalante

pe + not out

2:48 pm

jmcnrick

well i thought that is what a husband was for -- to fix the plumbing? *looks innocent*

2:48 pm

Sue_777

you dont pee on the outside you pee on the --side

2:48 pm

Atalante

me too! next time I'll leave a stinky sink for him!

2:48 pm

jmcnrick

well whoo hooo sue!

2:48 pm

jmcnrick

ty sue

2:49 pm

lawyer-1

Sue, How do you know where I pee?

2:49 pm

jmcnrick

so sue are you new? i don't remember meeting you before?

2:49 pm

jmcnrick

cute lawyer!

2:49 pm

Sue_777

yes 4 days old

2:49 pm

jmcnrick

welcome to babbleland then

2:49 pm

lawyer-1

Thank you, JM. I've been called that b4.

2:50 pm

Atalante

lawyer is always cute :P

2:50 pm

jmcnrick

because she assume you don't want to be disbarred --exposure may be a crime of moral turpitude

2:50 pm

lawyer-1

Gee, I wish I could blush!

2:51 pm

lawyer-1

Don't you use Turpitude to mix with paint?

2:51 pm

jmcnrick

right lawyer if you got caught urinating outs4 i bet you could blush

2:51 pm

jmcnrick

ask the bar association if that is what you do with turpitude ;-)

2:51 pm

lawyer-1

name your stakes, JM

2:52 pm

lawyer-1

besides, there is a difference between could blush and would blush

2:52 pm

Christine

jmcnrick - what is your icon?

2:52 pm

Sue_777

and should blush

2:52 pm

jmcnrick

too true lawyer

2:53 pm

lawyer-1

touche, Sue

2:53 pm

Atalante

some weird colony she lives in :P

2:53 pm

jmcnrick

lol sue!

2:53 pm

Christine

woulda, coulda, shoulda

2:53 pm

jmcnrick

it is the colonial flag of the District of Columbia christine

2:53 pm

Sue_777

lol

2:53 pm

lawyer-1

Ata, we are no longer referred to as colonies

2:53 pm

jmcnrick

who you calling weird ata? :-P

2:54 pm

Atalante

see! it's a colony!

2:54 pm

jmcnrick

DC is still a colony

2:54 pm

Christine

I thought it was that or a quilt

2:54 pm

jmcnrick

no my quilts are usually lone star quilts

2:54 pm

lawyer-1

DC is a hunk of land stolen from Maryland

2:55 pm

jmcnrick

I personally would be happy to be ceded back to Maryland if I get a voting congressional member and my local laws are not vetoed by Congress

2:55 pm

jmcnrick

where do i sign?

2:56 pm

lawyer-1

you'd rather have them messed up by the jerks serving in our legislature?

2:56 pm

Christine

Is that the whole flag, and is it sqare?

2:56 pm

Atalante

with all you lovely clever americans here, could someone please explain in idiot's language what the big deal with the election thing last night is?

2:56 pm

jmcnrick

hey even the maryland legislature doesn't veto bethesda's laws

2:56 pm

lawyer-1

In case anyone is interested, a calamity befell Baltimore Yesterday

2:57 pm

bojazz

fireworks!!! - second time :)

2:57 pm

jmcnrick

ah well it is that the democrats no longer have a strangle hold on the senate (not that they really did before)

2:57 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo bo!!!

2:57 pm

Atalante

ohhhhhhhh

2:57 pm

Atalante

yay bo!

2:57 pm

jmcnrick

what was the Bal-more calamity

2:57 pm

sajarn

re: election, it breaks the 60-40 lock that the dems had in the senate. it

2:57 pm

bojazz

thought the calmaity was in Mass

2:58 pm

Christine

Bojazz - how did you rate a second set of firebirds?

2:58 pm

lawyer-1

Yesterday was the birthday of Edgar Allan Poe (I don't suppose any of you sent him a card)

2:58 pm

jmcnrick

so that means either the health bill is screwed (screweder) or the Democrats have to get a back bone

2:58 pm

bojazz

???

2:58 pm

Atalante

news is so stupid. we had so much about the Mass election, but no-one bothered to explain the bigger picture like that!

2:58 pm

jmcnrick

I wept a moment for him

2:58 pm

jmcnrick

but how is that a calamity for Bal-more

2:58 pm

Christine

He came to my place & we had a pie full of four and twenty black birds

2:59 pm

sajarn

Dear Edgar, Love you, miss you, want you,

2:59 pm

lawyer-1

For the last 60 years, someone has mysteriously left a half-filled bottle and cognac on his grave

2:59 pm

jmcnrick

*edges away from sajarn*

2:59 pm

jmcnrick

they missed?

2:59 pm

lawyer-1

and roses accompanied the cognac

2:59 pm

Christine

Having drunk the top half on the way to the grave?

3:00 pm

jmcnrick

no doubt christine

3:00 pm

lawyer-1

and this year came and went with no sign of even a cheap wine and weeds, let alone cognac and roses

3:00 pm

Atalante

poor Poe!

3:00 pm

jmcnrick

oh too bad!

3:01 pm

lawyer-1

I think it's worse that none of you probably care

3:01 pm

jmcnrick

when i first moved to DC someone place fresh flowers at Churchills statue next to the British embassy each week but they stopped about 5 years ago

3:01 pm

jmcnrick

well blame the press -- they didn't report it

3:01 pm

Christine

He told me that as he is a recovering alchoholic, allergic to most greenery, he didn't mind.

3:02 pm

lawyer-1

I'm thinking of starting a new tradition by replacing the cognac and roses with a dead raven and a bloody pendulum

3:02 pm

Atalante

every time I go past Rossetti's grave, I leave flowers on it

3:02 pm

Christine

Poe that is, though I guess it could apply to Churchill.

3:02 pm

lawyer-1

or, perhaps a telltale heart

3:02 pm

jmcnrick

the only reason he recovered is he died

3:03 pm

Atalante

at least a lot of new kids will have been exposed t oPoe this year through Warehouse 13 talking about him

3:03 pm

jmcnrick

no then his grave will get covered with teddy bears and cupie dolls

3:04 pm

lawyer-1

but the hearts would be ripped out of the bears and dolls

3:04 pm

lawyer-1

I think Poe would kinda like that

3:04 pm

jmcnrick

lol a wonderful image

3:04 pm

Christine

Bad, bad lawyer

3:04 pm

jmcnrick

so lawyer you going to come to the Baltimore meetup in May?

3:05 pm

lawyer-1

OK, now it's time for me to be nice. I must go to coach my high school mock trial team

3:05 pm

Atalante

I think he would have done!

3:05 pm

jmcnrick

what a saint!

3:05 pm

lawyer-1

JM...depends on when and where

3:06 pm

jmcnrick

keep an eye on DCSeian's profile

3:06 pm

jmcnrick

usually a saturday late lunch

3:06 pm

lawyer-1

depends on how late

3:06 pm

jmcnrick

then we can see who wins the bet about blushing!

3:06 pm

lawyer-1

and where

3:06 pm

jmcnrick

we are open to suggestions in Baltimore

3:07 pm

lawyer-1

odds are that you would blush first

3:07 pm

jmcnrick

you do realize i am a lawyer too? did a bit of criminal law? now do military law?

3:07 pm

Atalante

I think you're probably rigth there :P

3:08 pm

jmcnrick

blush is not in repertoire

3:08 pm

lawyer-1

Only a DC lawyer would challenge me as you did

3:08 pm

Atalante

well you 2 can have a blushing competition :D

3:08 pm

jmcnrick

lol

3:09 pm

lawyer-1

I would suggest the Paper Moon Diner...It would fit this crowd

3:09 pm

jmcnrick

nah that is pretty much any lawyer! lol

3:09 pm

lawyer-1

or a peeing contest

3:09 pm

jmcnrick

I will pass that on to DC then -- where is it?

3:09 pm

jmcnrick

more likely a pissing contest

3:10 pm

Atalante

wherever it is, it sounds nice!

3:10 pm

lawyer-1

It's near Johns Hopkins Univ. and the Baltimore Museum of Art

3:10 pm

lawyer-1

OK...time to run...or drive....bis morgen!

3:10 pm

jmcnrick

okay that sounds doable

3:10 pm

Atalante

byee!

3:10 pm

jmcnrick

cioa lawyer

3:11 pm

jmcnrick

okay i have to go do some filing --bbl to finish my 12 left

3:11 pm

Atalante

I *like* having lawyer around. You know how you lot get people like me and Sprite as having been around *forever*? Well, he's my version of that :)

3:12 pm

Atalante

bye dear!

3:12 pm

jmcnrick

he's been around forever?

3:13 pm

Christine

Off lawyer topic: anyone have a clue for the A?

3:13 pm

Atalante

yep!

3:13 pm

Atalante

forever adn a day. before me!

3:13 pm

jmcnrick

goodness!

3:13 pm

jmcnrick

he is fun to spar with!

3:13 pm

jmcnrick

a+foot

3:14 pm

Atalante

he is, I like him

3:14 pm

jmcnrick

okay really going now *poof*

3:14 pm

Atalante

he's very very very good at babble too lol

3:14 pm

Christine

Well, thank you - I was sur I'd already tried that.

3:15 pm

Atalante

always try things twice :P

3:15 pm

Christine

*sure, even.

3:15 pm

Christine

I keep losing words from my list, and sometimes I don't remember what I entered an hour earlier.

3:16 pm

Atalante

thats soooo annoying

3:44 pm

stidmama

*wanders in an innocently wonders if lawyers coach high school debate so they have someone to be smarter than...*

*wicked mama look*

3:44 pm

stidmama

hello all

3:45 pm

jesdraggon

hi stiddy :)

3:45 pm

stidmama

hey jes! long time no see. you okay?

3:45 pm

cathsains

I'm new to this. I'm stuck, can anyone help?

3:45 pm

jesdraggon

yup. sleepy.

3:46 pm

jesdraggon

hi cath.

3:46 pm

stidmama

have you read the "help" document in the top right cath?

3:46 pm

jesdraggon

have you figured out the tile and word stats below the grid?

3:47 pm

cathsains

will read it now, see if it helps, I'm 24 words short

3:47 pm

stidmama

let us know what you need when you are done cath

3:48 pm

stidmama

this is not an easy grid today.

3:49 pm

cathsains

i've go u6, r6 and d6, can you give me pointers as to where the other 6s are??? tvm

3:49 pm

Mom

hi all

3:49 pm

jesdraggon

sure. there's a pe6

3:49 pm

Mom

Ata, are you still around?

3:50 pm

jesdraggon

and an ol 6

3:50 pm

stidmama

thanks for the OL, my first 6!

3:50 pm

jesdraggon

welcome :)

3:51 pm

cathsains

cool, got the ol, now for the pe!

3:51 pm

stidmama

go cath go!

3:53 pm

stidmama

is the A fishy?

3:54 pm

jesdraggon

no, but it's short. ap4

3:54 pm

stidmama

thanks jes *thinking*

3:54 pm

stidmama

gah. footless, eh?

3:55 pm

stidmama

that gives me halfway and no blanks. I think I will finish my soup and go lie down. it's my "short" day for class. usually I would be studying, but today I am very tired. back later to finish, and thanks again.

3:56 pm

jesdraggon

have a nice nap. :)

3:56 pm

stidmama

oh -- and cath, there is a great resource at angelsong's pages (link below) that helped me a lot when I was fairly new.

3:56 pm

stidmama

*Poof*

3:56 pm

jesdraggon

i have jealousy...wish i could go nap

3:56 pm

o-o

Hello, peeples ... another tiny feel good grid.

3:56 pm

jesdraggon

heya babs

3:56 pm

o-o

Howdy, jes

3:57 pm

jesdraggon

oops. walk-in appt, gotta go

3:57 pm

kimmtoats

si5, 10?

3:57 pm

cathsains

thanks for the a4 too jes, still after pe6. Thanks stidmama for the tips

3:58 pm

dcseain

look for the girl in the red si5

3:58 pm

dcseain

yes si5!

3:59 pm

kimmtoats

not that one, dsc.

4:00 pm

dcseain

hm. looking...

4:00 pm

sprite

good evening all, is it small and sweet or tiny and terrible?

4:01 pm

o-o

There is only one si 5/10

4:01 pm

dcseain

thx, BR

4:01 pm

dcseain

hi, Sprite. So far, it's not too bad

4:01 pm

sprite

thanks seain :)

4:02 pm

o-o

Hello, sprite .... you will finish so quickly the keys will still be cold

4:02 pm

sprite

grin, thanks for the confidence, BabbleRabble.

4:04 pm

sciencegeek

Hi all! Clue for the lone E's

4:05 pm

sprite

hi sciencegeek

4:05 pm

dcseain

hi, science. i've not found them yet

4:07 pm

sprite

it is not eeph. I tried.

4:07 pm

dcseain

ei4 barak

4:07 pm

dcseain

the "ed4' period in Japan

4:07 pm

sciencegeek

ty

4:10 pm

sprite

thanks seain, got them

4:17 pm

sciencegeek

Cannot see the fe 5

4:17 pm

dcseain

yvw

4:18 pm

sprite

past tense

4:18 pm

sprite

of french fire

4:19 pm

dcseain

i always forget that one, ty, sprite

4:19 pm

sprite

yvw seain

4:19 pm

sciencegeek

ty thought i had monkeyed it must have spelled it incorrectly

4:20 pm

sprite

yeah babble isn't forgiving when it comes to typos :)

4:22 pm

dcseain

finally found a 6 :)

4:22 pm

sprite

good job :)

4:22 pm

oodleberry

hi eVeRy1

4:22 pm

sprite

I have one 7 one 6. It is a nice grid so far.

4:23 pm

dcseain

howdy, oodles.

4:23 pm

dcseain

yes, the 7 jumped out, didn't it

4:23 pm

oodleberry

how is DC

4:23 pm

dcseain

i'm glad to be home.

4:23 pm

oodleberry

may I have a clue for the fe5 please

4:23 pm

sprite

yes it did

4:23 pm

oodleberry

oh where did you go

4:24 pm

dcseain

and i'm glad that the weather cleared somewhere in Connecticut on the trip home :)

4:24 pm

dcseain

see sprite at 4:18, oodles

4:24 pm

dcseain

Cambridge, Mass with a friend for a convention

4:25 pm

oodleberry

tyvm dc and ty sprite for the clue

4:25 pm

sprite

yw

4:26 pm

happydan

fireworks!!!

4:26 pm

sprite

wtg happydan

4:26 pm

dcseain

congrats, happydan

4:26 pm

oodleberry

wtg happy... *does the fireword boogie for happy*

4:26 pm

sprite

ah, there come the 6s. All normal words, almost

4:29 pm

oodleberry

why were you up in connecticut dc?

4:29 pm

oodleberry

oh duh... I just saw

4:29 pm

kimmtoats

where do you get fireworks? in here, or in Lickity's?

4:30 pm

dcseain

here, kimm

4:30 pm

kimmtoats

WTG Dan!! I'm almost there for the 1st time ever! 4 words to go!!

4:30 pm

sprite

fireflies. (on the Babble site, kimmtoats, and hi )

Very nice and fast grid. With one of my favo babblets.

4:30 pm

sprite

go kimm goooo

4:31 pm

dcseain

congrats, sprite

4:32 pm

kimmtoats

Hi sprite, and thanks!

4:33 pm

sprite

it is my bedtime (well past it) so I am off. Have fun all, and thanks for the company.

4:34 pm

dcseain

sweet dreams, sprite

4:35 pm

sciencegeek

dc - do you have the un?

4:35 pm

dcseain

i'm seeking it now

4:36 pm

torgone

A one-legged thing

4:36 pm

dcseain

thanks, torg

4:36 pm

sciencegeek

ty tor!

4:36 pm

kimmtoats

un****what you might listen to music on.

4:38 pm

oodleberry

so dc you went for the elections in massechusettesettestteessettes

4:38 pm

dcseain

indeed not, oodle

4:38 pm

dcseain

i learned of the election only on Monday

4:39 pm

oodleberry

what convention

4:39 pm

dcseain

Arisia - a sci-fi/fantasy convention

4:39 pm

oodleberry

oh kewel

4:39 pm

dcseain

http://2010.arisiahosting.org/

4:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello all. can someone pls give stats for the c word? ty

4:43 pm

dcseain

cu4.9

4:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty!

4:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

uh oh. snow again.

4:48 pm

oodleberry

se4 4 please

4:49 pm

Nancy Boy

a psychic who gets visions, Oodle :)

4:49 pm

torgone

Psychic

4:49 pm

oodleberry

ty

4:50 pm

kimmtoats

cu4, 9

4:51 pm

torgone

A clue for the cu4/9 is that it has 9 points ..

4:51 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL Tor :)

4:52 pm

kimmtoats

I need pe4, 5 & si5, 10 please

4:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

OMG here i am watching last nights american id4 recap and did not have the word...

4:53 pm

Nancy Boy

pe 4/5: assessed by a jury of your p****?

4:53 pm

gramma

si 5/10 Yes Si***! double vowel ending

4:54 pm

gramma

FE5/20? please.

4:54 pm

Nancy Boy

Oooh thanks Gramma. I would have been more likely to settle down, get married and have children than I would have been to get that

4:55 pm

gramma

Wow, that's really saying something.

4:55 pm

Christine

NB< if you do, may I be their Granma?

4:55 pm

Nancy Boy

such is the depth of my gratitude, Gramma ;)

4:56 pm

JBV

hello, folks, hope you're all well -

4:56 pm

72 Temple Owl

9 to go

4:56 pm

Nancy Boy

Rest assured Christine, it will never happen :D I'm too selfish for children.

4:56 pm

gramma

14 here, TO

4:56 pm

Nancy Boy

JBV! Good evening :)

4:56 pm

JBV

hi Nancy Boy - haven't talked to you since you were rushing to the emergency room - is everything OK?

4:57 pm

Christine

Oh well, I

4:57 pm

Kaplan the Magne

What's up?

4:57 pm

Christine

I'll just keep looking

4:57 pm

oodleberry

pe5 12 2nd

4:57 pm

oodleberry

please

4:57 pm

JBV

i am close to finishing here - dinner's in the oven - plenty of salmon and roast potatoes for everybody

4:57 pm

kimmtoats

i only need the 4th pe4,5 then fireworks

4:57 pm

JBV

and this is what I think of this grid - pf 4!

4:58 pm

Nancy Boy

ohhhh, all fine thank you JBV :) Leo has just about stopped milking it!

4:58 pm

gramma

Is it the hammer head?

4:58 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Massachusetts...anyone here? Recovered?

4:58 pm

gramma

Did someone clue FE5? and I missed it?

4:58 pm

Kaplan the Magne

un6 please

4:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

and, in a rare show of grammatical sense - enable won't accept its plural

4:59 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I don't have that fe5 either

4:59 pm

oodleberry

2nd pe5 12 please

4:59 pm

JBV

fe 5 = family fe** with an extra vowel

4:59 pm

JBV

un 6 - one-footed creature

4:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

i do not see the hammer head, gramma. not accepted

4:59 pm

dcseain

hello, TO
sigh, silly chog and cat

4:59 pm

gramma

ty. i thought I'd tried that.

5:00 pm

dcseain

hello, kaplan, gramma, jv

5:00 pm

gramma

TO it's a diff. spelling

5:00 pm

april98

2nd pe5= multiple of pe4

5:00 pm

Kaplan the Magne

pe5/12, pe6/24 and un6 please

5:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

gramma are you sure that is the def? because that word as far as i know ends in a n

5:01 pm

april98

pe5=12 a misspell a woman's handbag

5:01 pm

oodleberry

that is the 1st one

5:01 pm

Kaplan the Magne

No, the pe5 in the middle that is next to be6 please

5:01 pm

gramma

Oh dear,TO. I think we're talking about 2 diff. words

5:01 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I mean pe6.

5:02 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I got the pe5- need pe6 and un6 please

5:02 pm

JBV

pe 5/12 - pe + sunr***, sunset

5:02 pm

JBV

then past tense for 6

5:03 pm

Kaplan the Magne

OK got it. Just need the un6 please

5:03 pm

oodleberry

was responding to april

5:03 pm

JBV

un 6 clued at 4:59

5:03 pm

kimmtoats

does anyone have a clue for the fourth pe4, 5 it's my last word.

5:03 pm

oodleberry

ok lets start all over again

5:04 pm

JBV

pe 4/5 - blue color ****winkle

5:04 pm

dcseain

he pe4 his pants all the time.

5:04 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Something that you can have in the neck, only spelled diff, Kimm

5:04 pm

oodleberry

I need the 2nd pe5 12 that goes with the pe6

5:04 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Oh- firworks

5:04 pm

april98

pe6=24 pe+the last 4 letters of the word for when you really hate something

5:05 pm

Kaplan the Magne

This was a fairly low-stress grid- needed that.

5:05 pm

kimmtoats

nope, I have that one dsc, and that one too, Kaplan

5:05 pm

oodleberry

ty april

5:05 pm

oodleberry

2

5:06 pm

kimmtoats

pead

5:06 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I wish I could go back to yesterday's grid and finish up the ten our so I had left. Is there any way to store them?

5:06 pm

april98

the 4th pe4 = to urinate

5:06 pm

Kaplan the Magne

which pe do u need, Kimm?

5:07 pm

gramma

WTG, Kaplan! I just finished also.

5:07 pm

kimmtoats

sorry, I need the fifth one

5:07 pm

april98

i'm glad it was quick too - now i can go watch the Australian Open :-)

5:08 pm

kimmtoats

peif

5:08 pm

gramma

Watch the Australian open? I'm going to go watch the Vodka Bottle open.

5:08 pm

Kaplan the Magne

The one that's like something in the neck, or pe**odontist?

5:08 pm

kimmtoats

sorry, i keep doing that.

5:08 pm

oodleberry

last pe4

5:08 pm

april98

pe4 - pe+opposite of out

5:09 pm

kimmtoats

I have that one April, ty

5:09 pm

oodleberry

have that

5:09 pm

april98

well you can drink your vodka while you watch the open - much more fun that way :-)

5:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

4 left. may be list time

5:09 pm

gramma

Poof

5:09 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Do you have pe**odontist? Are you flossing?

5:10 pm

oodleberry

oh ty kap

5:10 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Flossing is very important.

5:10 pm

Kaplan the Magne

How many people here floss regularly?

5:10 pm

oodleberry

*does the fireword boogie*

5:11 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I got fireworks a while back but I'm just hanging out

5:11 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Congrats oodle

5:11 pm

oodleberry

ty ty

5:11 pm

april98

I floss every night -

5:11 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Does no one floss?

5:11 pm

Kaplan the Magne

There- that's one.

5:12 pm

oodleberry

watched the fireworks for a while

5:12 pm

april98

congrats on the sparklers, oodle!

5:12 pm

oodleberry

yw

5:12 pm

kimmtoats

WTG oodle!

5:12 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I take it all the silent people don't floss?

5:12 pm

oodleberry

don,t metion it :D

5:12 pm

kimmtoats

crap! I'm just not getting it!

5:13 pm

oodleberry

which

5:13 pm

april98

got to go make dinner - AND floss!!

5:13 pm

kimmtoats

I floss!

5:13 pm

72 Temple Owl

happy babbling folks (proudly displaying new b and h keys

5:13 pm

oodleberry

kimm what don,t you get

5:14 pm

Kaplan the Magne

The last pe4- like the TV lawyer Pe*y Mason.

5:14 pm

Kaplan the Magne

With a different ending

5:14 pm

Kaplan the Magne

You can do this, Kim

5:15 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Especially if you floss- you can do anything.

5:15 pm

kimmtoats

I only need one more word. I have never seen fireworks. And cant see the last pe4,

5:15 pm

oodleberry

rah rah rah sis boom bah rahhhhhhhh kim!!

5:16 pm

Kaplan the Magne

It's in the bottom right corner. Did you see my clue? Did you watch pe** mason on TV, or are you too young?

5:16 pm

kimmtoats

YEAH!!!!I DID IT!!!

5:16 pm

oodleberry

wtg"!!!

5:16 pm

kimmtoats

fireworks!!!

5:16 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Hallelujah!

5:17 pm

oodleberry

ok um was jsut going to say bbl but um ... ok bbl hee he ehee

5:17 pm

Kaplan the Magne

It's all that flossing. Works every time.

5:17 pm

Andree

hi everyone

5:17 pm

kimmtoats

Thank you guys! Couldn't have done it without you.

5:17 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Low stress grid.

5:17 pm

torgone

Yay kimm!

5:18 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Don't mention it.

5:19 pm

Good Enough

Congrats on the first time kimm!

5:19 pm

Andree

very stress free, just gone to list with 10 left

5:20 pm

kimmtoats

now I need to get some house work done before everyone gets home and wonders what I've been doing all day! bye...

5:28 pm

meliae

bleh I give clue for the un please

5:29 pm

Good Enough

one footed creature

5:32 pm

meliae

ty Good

5:32 pm

Good Enough

yw

5:32 pm

Christine

Finally found the last D. Licketty's list accepted a word that Enable would not - said it's not in the dictionary -pooh.

5:34 pm

Christine

'bye all.

5:34 pm

meliae

Bye Christine

5:46 pm

meliae

oh my goodness Ijust spent 10 mins looking for a very fishy re 5/10

5:49 pm

crosshair

good evening babble buddies;))

5:50 pm

welki

hello, crossy. hello, everyone

5:50 pm

crosshair

howdy welki

5:50 pm

crosshair

pies

5:50 pm

crosshair

oops

5:51 pm

crosshair

on old rig sans babble expert;/.

5:51 pm

welki

looks like it's only us here ... i'll keep your secret

5:51 pm

jesdraggon

hey crossy

5:51 pm

jesdraggon

hi welki

5:51 pm

welki

hi, jess

5:51 pm

crosshair

howdy jes

5:52 pm

jesdraggon

stupid user question, crossy. i got a reader... and have no problem loading in sony formated books, but tried to add a word document, and it tells me it imported it, but doesn't display it in the library.

5:53 pm

crosshair

now that is strange indeed

5:53 pm

crosshair

try changing the word to a pdf perhaps

5:54 pm

crosshair

there are many free programs out there to change your various doccuments around as needed

5:54 pm

crosshair

i run almost totally in pdf or e-pub

5:54 pm

jesdraggon

yeah... i wold think i shouldn't have to though, since it lists .doc and .docx and .txt as supported formats

5:55 pm

crosshair

apoligize

5:55 pm

crosshair

oops

5:55 pm

jesdraggon

just din't know if it'd stick it somewhere else

5:55 pm

dan2bit

evening all

5:55 pm

jesdraggon

hi dan

5:56 pm

welki

hi dan

5:56 pm

crosshair

usually not an issue with me,but as a habit i run in pdf..if it becomes a real problem,let me know and ill research this

5:56 pm

jesdraggon

well, i'll play with it more tonight and see if i can find it

5:57 pm

jesdraggon

kk, thanks :)

5:57 pm

wurdygurl

hi. does anyone have a clue for the un 6/27?

5:57 pm

crosshair

your trying to carry around nots and or work doccuments i assume

5:58 pm

crosshair

notes*

6:00 pm

crosshair

oh btw jes,i picked up a sd card for the wifes reader and it works amazing.i was able to take pictres from a camera,move them to the reader and then take them all to the in-laws places and then imput them into one of thse digital picture frames we got them for x-mass.very convienient indeed;)))

6:02 pm

crosshair

and what we do now is because of the wifes vision,i dont want her searching through a big list of books in the reader lists,so what i do is keep all her books on the sd card,and and put one at a time on the internal storage so she dosent have to hunt for her current book;))

6:03 pm

crosshair

got a 2 gig card on sale and i think there is about 150 books on there at this time;)

6:05 pm

crosshair

and crossy kills the chat;(((

6:07 pm

welki

nah, i was gridding. and now i'm grrrr-ing because it was so small and went too quickly

6:08 pm

Dorens

hi all. i got half way and now it doesn't look that easy anymore

6:08 pm

crosshair

when they are this small i just enjoy the chit chat and drag the grid out

6:08 pm

welki

i had some extra time this afternoon, so when i got home from work, i made a one-pot supper, put it in the oven and sat down to the grid. and now it's done ... what to do, what to do ... laundry? no! cleaning? no!

6:08 pm

crosshair

howdy dorens

6:08 pm

Dorens

how are you crossy, welki?

6:08 pm

welki

chit chat ... yes!

6:09 pm

welki

doing well, dorens, thanks! and you?

6:09 pm

Dorens

oh welki i wish i had your dilemma... i have a million old ny times magazines that i can't throw out till i read them, and books and all... and when do we have the time for them?

6:09 pm

Dorens

usually when they're this small, i find less chat crossy

6:09 pm

crosshair

not bad at all.dr finally gave me some pills for acid reflux and they are amazing!! i really dont know why they hold back on the good drugs for 5 years before they cough up,but now i have a tummy of a 25 year old;)))

6:09 pm

welki

ohhh, i wish i had them .. i miss the puzzles. i get them up here, but it's just not the same if they're not in the magazine

6:10 pm

jesdraggon

sorry...work happened. going back to read now..

6:10 pm

Dorens

are they those little purple pills cross?

6:10 pm

stidmama

hello all ((cross)) now you won't be so "cross"?

6:10 pm

stidmama

bye jes...

6:10 pm

Dorens

ooooooh, stid

6:10 pm

crosshair

sec ill get the bottle

6:10 pm

welki

a little losec goes a long way, crossy (or prilosec, depends on manufacturer)

6:10 pm

Dorens

nexxium or something like that?

6:10 pm

Rushie

hey all

6:10 pm

welki

hi stid, rushie

6:10 pm

crosshair

not nexium..it was not covered..1 sec

6:11 pm

crosshair

ran-rabeprazole it is called,little oval pills

6:11 pm

stidmama

hey doren!

6:11 pm

Dorens

well glad it works... hi rushie

6:12 pm

stidmama

down to 35 earlier, now playing for a few minutes and then will take a look at reading and such.

6:12 pm

stidmama

hey rushie

6:12 pm

welki

mine (losec) are Omeprazole .. similar, i suppose

6:12 pm

Dorens

well, we're both at 35 stid, but no race please

6:12 pm

jesdraggon

there's no slot for a memory card on my reader, crossy...I got the little one, is that something only the bigger one does?

6:12 pm

pippingeek

hi stid

6:12 pm

welki

hahahaha, what a bunch of old farts, talking about acid reflux medicine ... pretty soon, we'll be chatting about depends *lol*

6:12 pm

pippingeek

apparently i lied yeserday

6:12 pm

crosshair

well it was so bad,every time i rolled over in bed,i would stir it up and it would burn all the way up my throat..nasty

6:13 pm

crosshair

shh welki

6:13 pm

pippingeek

hello all!

6:13 pm

Dorens

hello pip

6:13 pm

welki

yeah, it's awful .. and then the choking. did you get that?

6:13 pm

crosshair

what model # did you get jes?

6:13 pm

stidmama

hello pippin, glad to see you... no double shift?

6:13 pm

pippingeek

double shift got out early since it's chilly and i was working outside

6:13 pm

welki

hello, pippin

6:13 pm

crosshair

yes welki and choking on the liquid that backs up in your throat at night

6:14 pm

welki

...and then you KNOW you're going to die because you can't get any breath in, even though you know there's nothing obstructing your airway. we are kindred souls

6:14 pm

crosshair

i almost sleep sitting upright

6:15 pm

crosshair

yes welki,i know THAT feeling,the air will only come in small sips and your gasping

6:15 pm

stidmama

glad you are now home and warm, pippin. *offers warm cup of tea*

6:15 pm

welki

the pills will help .. that, and try not to eat for a few hours before bed

6:15 pm

welki

(hate it ... and then you're afraid to go back to sleep)

6:15 pm

crosshair

indeed

6:16 pm

stidmama

down to 21 now... and still listless. *hmph* and dog is making more methane than an entire herd of bovines. *sigh*

6:16 pm

welki

even though i'm sorry you suffer with it, it's kind of nice to know i'm not the only one

6:17 pm

crosshair

lol your lucky you have a dog...i have to blame it on the cats lol

6:17 pm

stidmama

*thinking cross probably needs to borrow THIS dog. RIGHT NOW*

6:17 pm

welki

(like mrs. crossy doesn't know who the real culprit is)

6:17 pm

crosshair

indeed welki,and the acid can get so bad in the night,and you try to drink water and that makes it worse;/

6:18 pm

welki

there are foam wedges you can buy that will raise you just a bit

6:19 pm

crosshair

i have the matress raised AND 3 pillows under my head

6:19 pm

crosshair

my stomachs way of saying"stop eating all that crap!" i suppose lol

6:20 pm

welki

not fun if you want to sleep on your side or stomach ... because you know what happens when you sleep on your back. blech!!

6:20 pm

welki

bred .. bacon reflux esophageal disease

6:20 pm

crosshair

on the back?? forget it!!! if i didnt swallow my tongue,my snoring would set off car alarms!

6:20 pm

welki

LOL .. we must be related

6:20 pm

stidmama

*hangs cross up from the rafters to sleep*

6:21 pm

crosshair

lol stid

6:21 pm

crosshair

wanna compare scars now welki? hehe

6:21 pm

stidmama

I keep typing "poodle" and it keeps not working.

6:22 pm

welki

i think you'd win that rotten contest, crossy :(

6:22 pm

pippingeek

sorry, had a phone call

6:23 pm

crosshair

lol,but i think i shall set up a shrine to this refux drug and light a candle hehe

6:24 pm

welki

careful about the candle, crossy ... don't put it near the "CAT"

6:25 pm

crosshair

hehe

6:26 pm

crosshair

and that probiotic/acidophillous is great,wife is taking antibiotics and she can take 2 of theese a day to replace the good bacteria..amazing what they are doing now

6:26 pm

pippingeek

clearly not going to get nbt without the list, but i think at least i will get halfway done first

6:27 pm

pippingeek

well, maybe...

6:27 pm

welki

well, guess i'd better do something around here .. clean the kitchen before supper, play with the dogs, pet the cat ... later folks!

6:28 pm

crosshair

tc welki

6:28 pm

pippingeek

bye welki

6:30 pm

pippingeek

wow, i think i might be stuck. huh.

6:30 pm

stidmama

sorry, stidkid needed a consult on homework (bye welki)

6:31 pm

stidmama

pippin, I got halfway and NBT without the list, I think you can too. holler if you need help on a specific tile

6:32 pm

pippingeek

i'm at 34 and stalled, don't have the top u or n, or the right hand e (i am poor today)

6:32 pm

EspritdJean

I have trouble with the singletons

6:32 pm

EspritdJean

like the u and the n on the top row

6:33 pm

stidmama

top u is a single-footed critter

6:33 pm

pippingeek

ah, ty!

6:33 pm

stidmama

the top N is a babblet: ni 4 (not ma)

6:33 pm

EspritdJean

ty

6:33 pm

crosshair

ty stid

6:33 pm

stidmama

sure thing pippin. I needed help with the no-foot A LOL

6:33 pm

pippingeek

ty again, my generous mistress

6:33 pm

EspritdJean

I would have no trouble with this game if it used normal words

6:33 pm

EspritdJean

ty stid

6:34 pm

stidmama

true that, esprit!!!!

6:34 pm

stidmama

I am down to 17 and seriously stalled. trying to decide if I want to try to cook for dinner or play the sick card and ask tom if spaghetti is okay.

6:34 pm

pippingeek

is the right hand e a 4 letter word?

6:35 pm

pippingeek

spaghetti is always okay!

6:35 pm

stidmama

yes pippin, babblet again

6:35 pm

crosshair

do you have some cream cheese stid?

6:35 pm

stidmama

no cross, have a soy-based substitute maybe

6:36 pm

stidmama

why?

6:36 pm

ericarothman

stid, what do you mean by babblet? (said the newbie lurker)

6:36 pm

stidmama

bah. must help the other stidkid now.

6:36 pm

stidmama

erica, hello! a babblet is a "word" that is fairly common in grids, but not in general use in English

6:36 pm

jesdraggon

back again. discharging patients...

6:37 pm

stidmama

they are usually fewer than 6 letters long.

6:37 pm

stidmama

*mental view of large bore cannon being discharged as patients are sent away...*

6:37 pm

ericarothman

gotcha. thanks for the clues.

6:37 pm

stidmama

back soon

6:37 pm

crosshair

what you do is take a nice flavoured cream cheese or a regular cream cheese put it in a pan,add about 5 tbs of water,and ir regular cream cheese,add you favorite herbs and spices...then on a low/med heat you melt it down into a cream sauce then add your cooked and strained pasta...it is amazing

6:38 pm

jesdraggon

heheh. i've a few clients i'd like to discharge that way, stid ;)

6:38 pm

crosshair

i like the herb and garlic or vegetable creamed cheese for this

6:39 pm

crosshair

lol i missed her

6:41 pm

Bugsaw

HI crossy. I just got here and saw your dinner suggestion. Sounds great!

6:41 pm

crosshair

i use white sauces a lot because red tomato based sauces kill my stomach

6:41 pm

jesdraggon

so i missed your answer about whether it's just my malfunction or if the memory cards are only an option for the bigger readers, crossy...sorry to make you repeat yourself

6:41 pm

crosshair

ty bug..it is very tasty

6:42 pm

crosshair

jes..what model reader did you get?

6:42 pm

Bugsaw

I like that it is easy and fast too

6:42 pm

crosshair

very easy,but they think you slaved for hours lol

6:42 pm

jesdraggon

the little one, the sony ereader 300

6:43 pm

crosshair

just add 4 tbs more water for creamier mixture

6:43 pm

crosshair

ahh thats why jes,now only the 600 or the discontinued 700 have sd card slots

6:44 pm

crosshair

ive not researched the new daily edition reader,but it has all the bells and whistles as well

6:44 pm

crosshair

but the 300 will work fine for you as well jes,it is the multiple file formatt support that is the big seller for me

6:45 pm

jesdraggon

ah; yeah, i went with the 300 cuz it's LOTS less spendy

6:45 pm

crosshair

yes..the 700 cost me 550 dollars by the time all was said and done;/

6:45 pm

jesdraggon

and figured the amount of memory it has is plenty for me. i tend not to keep most of the ebooks i read anyway.

6:46 pm

jesdraggon

ouch. i'll probably get all the way up to 200 by the time i buy a book armor or similar to carry it in

6:46 pm

crosshair

the closest they have to the 700 now is the 600,and it does not have a built in reading light and you have to buy the case and a external light seperate

6:46 pm

crosshair

im glad you found a model that will suit you jess,they are nice dependable machines

6:46 pm

jesdraggon

oh, that reminds me... good sources for free downloads? Project Gutenberg, Mobileread, Baen Free Library.... any others I should know of?

6:47 pm

crosshair

you seem to have the main ones jes,i have one for audio books on the other computer that i will have to get to you later

6:47 pm

crosshair

now what type of books do you enjoy jes?

6:49 pm

jesdraggon

mostly fantasty/sci fi, but snagged the Sherlock Holmes Omnibus last night :)

6:49 pm

jesdraggon

some dickens and poe once in a while

6:49 pm

jesdraggon

no opposed to a little lovecraft

6:49 pm

crosshair

ok my e-mail is chipdip33@hotmail.com go ahead and contact me and ill get you on my i.m list and ill send you a bunch of e-books

6:50 pm

jesdraggon

hmm. not into romance chick-lit stuff, but i do like kid's lit :)

6:50 pm

crosshair

dont forget the mark twains while your in gutenburg.com

6:51 pm

jesdraggon

yeah, i should try more of his stuff. liked tom sawyer, but never could get through huck finn

6:52 pm

crosshair

and dont forget if you like lovecraft that august dearlth is also on the free domain list

6:53 pm

jesdraggon

not familiar with him

6:53 pm

crosshair

but i can get you many sf titles because most of the best ones were written in the 30,s to 50,s

6:53 pm

jesdraggon

excellent :)

6:54 pm

jesdraggon

Baen has a bunch of free downloads, but pretty limited author selection in the free stuff

6:54 pm

crosshair

i have the hobbit and the lord of the rings right now if you wish,as well as the twilight series

6:54 pm

Sudokuaddict

can i get a clue for the pe6 please?

6:55 pm

crosshair

and about 50 stephen king novels

6:55 pm

stidmama

*reading cross' instructions for "cream" sauce*

6:55 pm

stidmama

that looks yummy, cross -- do I need to add bacon, or is that optional?

6:56 pm

crosshair

it is so easy stid;) if using plain creamed cheese,add basil,oregeno,a dash of garlic,some pepper and away u go

6:56 pm

crosshair

lol bacon is optional

6:56 pm

crosshair

but preferred

6:56 pm

crosshair

;0

6:57 pm

jesdraggon

read twilight; much to chick-flicky for my taste, but thanks. stephen king is more my flavor

6:57 pm

crosshair

id add the exra 4 tbs of water to start,cause it comes out a tad stiff otherwise

6:57 pm

jesdraggon

much too, even. i can use English!

6:57 pm

crosshair

i have many stephen kings jes,so be sure to e-mail me

6:58 pm

crosshair

wont be till tommorow though,im on the other computer

6:58 pm

stidmama

I like that id4, cross, will try it (if not tonight, then soon -- have to see whether what's in the fridge is still edible)

6:58 pm

jesdraggon

already sent it, crossy

6:58 pm

jesdraggon

if i don't do it right away, i forget

6:59 pm

crosshair

lol jess,if your on tommorow,ill set you up proper

6:59 pm

jesdraggon

excellent, thanks!

7:00 pm

jesdraggon

assuming my computer does die overnight, i'll at least be around for email :)

7:00 pm

jesdraggon

for now though, it's quittin' time!

7:00 pm

crosshair

thats the great thing about the sony reader,because it is not a proprietary formatt,we can simply share books;))

7:00 pm

crosshair

ok tc jes

7:00 pm

stidmama

(((jes))) have a lovely evening.

7:01 pm

jesdraggon

hugs to everybody! :)

7:01 pm

crosshair

((jes))

7:03 pm

stidmama

well, down to 15 and stuck I think I will list.

7:04 pm

stidmama

and the first one I find is a fish *sigh*

7:04 pm

idicyidikat

any clues with un 6??\

7:05 pm

stidmama

un 6: a one-footed critter

7:05 pm

idicyidikat

any other hints?

7:06 pm

stidmama

un* (one) + like peas in a ***

7:06 pm

idicyidikat

THANK YOU! (it's been a LONG day!)

7:07 pm

stidmama

yw kat

7:08 pm

Sudokuaddict

pe6 please

7:10 pm

stidmama

don't have that yet sudoku

7:10 pm

Sudokuaddict

ok thanks

7:10 pm

stidmama

it's a past tense, for the pe 5/12 that comes before

7:10 pm

stidmama

and firewords

7:12 pm

stidmama

did that work sudoku?

7:12 pm

Sudokuaddict

i don't have that one either but thanks

7:13 pm

stidmama

it's a non-wurd, apparently

7:13 pm

stidmama

or at least archaic... "v. t. To poise or weight. [Obs"

7:14 pm

torgone

Heyas kids ..

7:14 pm

stidmama

hey tor

7:15 pm

Sudokuaddict

he tor

7:16 pm

stidmama

do you want me to clue that pe 5 sudoku?

7:16 pm

Sudokuaddict

yes please

7:17 pm

stidmama

pe + frozen water, mis-spelled.

7:18 pm

stidmama

it's from the P with 9 words

7:18 pm

stidmama

how is your week going tor?

7:18 pm

Sudokuaddict

thank you thought i had tried that

7:19 pm

stidmama

yw, it's a tricky one.

7:19 pm

stidmama

okay, off to put the noodles in the water for my menfolk...

7:19 pm

Sudokuaddict

see ya stidmama

7:21 pm

sixty7stang13

re 5/10 plz

7:30 pm

lawyer-1

look again

7:32 pm

justafreep

sigh. anyone have a clue for the fe5/20?

7:33 pm

torgone

Like the game show - Family Fe** with an extra vowel thrown in ..

7:34 pm

justafreep

thanks torgone!

7:36 pm

torgone

yqw

7:41 pm

VanTheMan

hello everyone, I'm afraid I'm going to ask for 4 clues if you don't mind

7:43 pm

MPittore

pretty good grid today only 6 left...

7:43 pm

VanTheMan

I'm looking for Ol5/12, fe4/8, the second from last pe5/12 and the de6/21 if anyone could help please

7:44 pm

VanTheMan

I hope they're not too obvious to leave me feeling silly

7:44 pm

MPittore

ol5/12...it's an ol*** but a goodie!

7:45 pm

VanTheMan

now you see, I must be stupid to get the plural but not the singular

7:45 pm

VanTheMan

dear oh dear, thank you

7:46 pm

MPittore

fe 4/8 = fe** the children or the other = fe + the **d couple

7:47 pm

VanTheMan

oh sorry I should have said the second fe4/8

7:47 pm

MPittore

pe = the eiffle tower is there but misspell it

7:49 pm

VanTheMan

thank you very much MPittore, I'm down to my last word

7:49 pm

MPittore

de 6/12 = "he'll give you anything you so de****"

7:50 pm

MPittore

go go go Van!

7:50 pm

VanTheMan

yay! thanks ever so much

7:50 pm

MPittore

yw Van

7:51 pm

MPittore

I still have six left...need last lo4/5

7:51 pm

VanTheMan

let's see what I can do

7:52 pm

VanTheMan

if you kept going round in circles, you could be said to be doings a lo**

7:53 pm

MPittore

ty got it, need third pe 4/5, last pe 5/12 pls

7:54 pm

VanTheMan

pe + not out but **

7:54 pm

VanTheMan

and the other it like a ladies handbag but spelt wrong

7:55 pm

MPittore

ty good clues

7:55 pm

VanTheMan

I think I stole both of them, I looked through the chat log checking for clues so they were both given by other people earlier

7:56 pm

MPittore

that's ok...coping is the most sincere form of flattery..*wink*

7:57 pm

MPittore

I meant copying...excuse typo

7:57 pm

VanTheMan

:)

7:57 pm

nrkii

coping is the most sincere form of survival :)

7:57 pm

MPittore

whew, last three...re 4/7, second re 4/4, re 5/12

7:58 pm

nrkii

hi all!
4 left here

7:58 pm

MPittore

giggle ;o} nrkii

7:58 pm

VanTheMan

the great barrier re**

7:58 pm

welki

hello, babblers

7:58 pm

nrkii

hi welki

7:59 pm

MPittore

hi welki

7:59 pm

welki

anyone need a 'good news' story?

7:59 pm

nrkii

all my remaining words are 4-letter words... you'd think I could noodle them out

7:59 pm

VanTheMan

re4/4 it sounds like rice but spelt differently

7:59 pm

welki

(there are some toughies in there)

8:00 pm

MPittore

ty last one

8:00 pm

VanTheMan

for the re5 take the vowel off the end of the re6

8:00 pm

MPittore

F I R E W O R K S !!!!!! Thank you

8:01 pm

VanTheMan

you're welcome, you helped me out!

8:01 pm

nrkii

yay mPitt

8:01 pm

nrkii

and yes on that goodnews story welki

8:01 pm

MPittore

See what people can do together....it's just amazing!

8:02 pm

MPittore

I love my babble friends! We are all so lucky to have this forum to share!

8:02 pm

nrkii

2 left, both P4

8:02 pm

welki

a cat started hanging around my daughter's home, a beautiful black and white cat. no tag, no tattoo, no collar. she looked for "lost' posters, called around .. no owner claimed him. he's the purrrrfect cat, she wanted to keep him so badly,

8:02 pm

VanTheMan

yes the Ps were tricky

8:03 pm

MPittore

nrkii...which ones?

8:03 pm

nrkii

one from each, MPitt... no list, not sure more than that

8:03 pm

nrkii

how many total points tonight?

8:03 pm

VanTheMan

I have a lovely black and white cat

8:03 pm

MPittore

601

8:04 pm

welki

then she thought to look on craig's list ... my daughter lives in eatontown, new jersey ... there was an ad for the cat ... from an owner in pennsylvania!! "bruce" was missing for six weeks and somehow made the 40 mile trip to my daughter's doorstep ... reunion followed, and although my daughter wishes she could have kept him (and thinks that sometimes doing the right thing is pretty crappy), she's happy that he's back home. the end.

8:04 pm

sixty7stang13

re 5/10 plz

8:04 pm

nrkii

thanks!... that helps... 15 points to find

8:04 pm

nrkii

welki, that's amazing!

8:04 pm

Scrabbler

Great story, welki!!!

8:05 pm

nrkii

re 5 10 = to view again

8:05 pm

VanTheMan

wow, that's mad that it travelled so far

8:05 pm

sixty7stang13

TY nekii and thats fireworks.

8:06 pm

car.eeyore

Clue for the second pe 5/12 please?

8:06 pm

sixty7stang13

meant nrkii

8:06 pm

Scrabbler

Yippee sicty

8:06 pm

Scrabbler

or even sixty

8:06 pm

nrkii

yay sixty7!

8:06 pm

VanTheMan

we had a stray cat living in our area and we took it to the vet who scanned it for a chip, and found its owners had been looking for it but they'd since moved and it had been lost for a year so they were also glad to get it back

8:06 pm

nrkii

pe + r*** and shine

8:07 pm

car.eeyore

TY! Fireworks for me too!

8:07 pm

Scrabbler

Yahoo Car

8:07 pm

nrkii

yay car!!!

8:07 pm

nrkii

1 to go now... p4/6

8:08 pm

MPittore

yipee to all the finishers! throws foil cap in the air...spins around...passes out goodies to all!

8:08 pm

VanTheMan

I'm off to bed, thanks for your help

8:08 pm

VanTheMan

bye all

8:08 pm

Scrabbler

Bye Van

8:08 pm

nrkii

bye van!

8:08 pm

MPittore

sweet dreams Van thank you again!

8:09 pm

Scrabbler

I am watching Monday's episodes of "24" and will go to bed very soon

8:09 pm

nrkii

I have 2xPA and 3xPI and 1xPO... any PA, PI or PO missing?

8:09 pm

lbdawger

hi everyone

8:10 pm

nrkii

hi lbd

8:10 pm

Scrabbler

hi lbd

8:10 pm

nrkii

Scrabbler... I'm on the verge of being employed!

8:10 pm

lbdawger

2 pa's, 11 pe's, pf, 3 pi's, 2 po's

8:10 pm

Scrabbler

I have been praying for you, N! Yippee!

8:10 pm

lbdawger

hi nrkii, hi scrabs

8:11 pm

nrkii

okay, so missing PO, thanks

8:11 pm

Scrabbler

What is the position?

8:11 pm

nrkii

fireworks!

8:11 pm

Scrabbler

Yahoo N!

8:11 pm

nrkii

ah, Scrabbler, if only it were that simple

8:11 pm

lbdawger

whoooo hooooo nrkii!!

8:12 pm

Scrabbler

You won't have to move, will you?

8:12 pm

nrkii

as of yesterday, I had one promise of a job offer, but no idea of title, salary or start date

8:12 pm

nrkii

as of today, I have one job offer, and another promise of a job offer with no idea of title, salary or start date

8:12 pm

nrkii

no, both are local... first is 12 miles from here, the other is 1 mile from here

8:13 pm

Scrabbler

But you need more info to make a decision!

8:13 pm

nrkii

maybe just a tiny bit more info, LOL

8:14 pm

Scrabbler

But to have a local job is HUGE!

8:14 pm

lawyer-1

do u at least know the names of the potential employers?

8:14 pm

nrkii

yes. huge is right.

8:14 pm

nrkii

ROFL, lawyer 1... THAT at least I know

8:14 pm

Scrabbler

Maybe you can play them off one another

8:15 pm

Scrabbler

How big is Lambertville?

8:15 pm

nrkii

the offer I did get is decent, but not stunning

8:15 pm

salmocreston1

help please. stuck on the pe6/24,

8:15 pm

nrkii

Lambertville is only 7,000 people

8:15 pm

nrkii

pe6 24 is past tense of pe 5 12

8:15 pm

nrkii

pe 5/12 is pe + r*** and shine

8:15 pm

lbdawger

salmo, pt of the one above it.

8:16 pm

nrkii

of course, after almost a year out of work, a decent offer is kind of stunning in and of itself

8:16 pm

salmocreston1

thank you. fireworks. couldn't see it for looking.

8:16 pm

nrkii

yay salmo!!!

8:17 pm

Scrabbler

I would have lost my mind within a few wks--how have you survived financially?

8:17 pm

Scrabbler

Yippee Salmo

8:17 pm

torgone

Heyas kids ..

8:18 pm

Scrabbler

Hi tor

8:18 pm

nrkii

I was extremely lucky. I refinanced my house a year earlier, and I had money sitting in my checking account for almost a year. I was indecisive about what to do with the money... new windows, central air, etc...

8:18 pm

nrkii

Hi Tor!

8:18 pm

nrkii

so my total lack of decision-making abilities (which is completely out of character for me) paid off -- I ended up living on unemployment + that money

8:19 pm

welki

bruce's owner posted this: http://tiny.cc/75LnL

8:19 pm

nrkii

which is now almost gone

8:19 pm

Scrabbler

I just met with my financial planner today to review things--changes with my new job, etc. I hate money stuff, retirement planning, etc

8:19 pm

welki

nrk, you're in market research?

8:19 pm

nrkii

if someone had just told me that I'd be out of work for a year, I could have really enjoyed this past year

8:19 pm

nrkii

yes welki

8:19 pm

jmcnrick

i was out of work for one week after college and nearly went insane

8:20 pm

welki

<-- already insane

8:20 pm

rururocks

NODS HEAD

8:20 pm

nrkii

I was out of work for 4 months a few years ago, but it didn't phase me because the economy was still okay and I had never had trouble finding work before... I pretty much took 3 of those months off intentionally, and found a job quickly once I started looking...

8:21 pm

nrkii

this was quite different... it was a good lesson in learning to live with ambiguity

8:21 pm

jmcnrick

ru! you a dog daddy?

8:21 pm

nrkii

something I am pretty bad with

8:21 pm

Scrabbler

Yahoo for Bruce + his loved ones.

8:21 pm

rururocks

Sunday is dylan day

8:21 pm

jmcnrick

:-( I thought it was last weekend

8:21 pm

Scrabbler

Woo hoo, Ruru + Dylan!

8:22 pm

welki

he's got bedroom eyes :)

8:22 pm

nrkii

he does!!!

8:23 pm

rururocks

he's a snuggler too..

8:23 pm

jmcnrick

takes after daddy ru

8:23 pm

welki

hahaha ... retirement planning!! me, i'm on the Freedom 95 plan!

8:23 pm

rururocks

what's the freedom 95 plan?

8:24 pm

Scrabbler

I tell pre-med kids that the advantage of being a MD is that you will never be unemployed. There are many disadvantages though.

8:24 pm

jmcnrick

i'll bite "what's that welki?"

8:24 pm

welki

i won't be able to retire until i'm 95 :)

8:24 pm

nrkii

welki, does that mean you'll have to keep working till you're 95?

8:24 pm

jmcnrick

same for being a lawyer -- i can always hang out my shingle

8:24 pm

welki

*ding ding ding* nrk got it!

8:24 pm

nrkii

LOL, that's me too

8:24 pm

rururocks

I am retiring at 60...

8:24 pm

jmcnrick

*flicks a termite off her shingle*

8:24 pm

rururocks

or 62..

8:25 pm

jmcnrick

last year ru?

8:25 pm

nrkii

I was thinking about that today... interviewed a kid for college admission, and he wants to be pre-med

8:25 pm

Scrabbler

OK, I finished watching my "24" tape and now I must get to bed.

8:25 pm

nrkii

and I thought, if I had done that, or law, I wouldn't be in this mess

8:25 pm

welki

'night scrabbs

8:25 pm

jmcnrick

bye scrabbs

8:25 pm

nrkii

night scrabbler, be well

8:25 pm

rururocks

hahhahahah jm.. that was sooo funny I forgot to laugh

8:26 pm

Scrabbler

Pros & cons, N.

8:26 pm

nrkii

as with all choices in life

8:26 pm

jmcnrick

*looks* no you laughed i saw you

8:26 pm

Scrabbler

Night-night everyone!

8:26 pm

nrkii

I never regret a choice I made in the past

8:26 pm

nrkii

and I almost never second-guess

8:27 pm

nrkii

every choice just leads you HERE, which is where you should be

8:27 pm

torgone

Heyas again .. My connection went kerflooey for a minute ..

8:27 pm

nrkii

hi again tor

8:28 pm

nrkii

okay, time to catch up on lexulous

8:28 pm

nrkii

night all!

8:28 pm

jmcnrick

hi torg

8:28 pm

torgone

And I agree nerky .. Here is where you are and where you start from if you want to be somewhere else ..

8:29 pm

nrkii

yep, well said tor

8:29 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for un6-7? Thanks

8:29 pm

nrkii

byeeeeeeeee (poof!)

8:29 pm

welki

one pea in a ***

8:29 pm

jmcnrick

one foot peach!

8:29 pm

jmcnrick

bye nrkii

8:29 pm

torgone

Niters nerky ..

8:32 pm

jmcnrick

help with the second do 4/6 please

8:33 pm

gapeach

Female deer ..plural.

8:34 pm

welki

do**mine ... a drug sometimes given to folks with parkinson's disease

8:34 pm

jmcnrick

hmm sure that isn't the 4/5?

8:35 pm

jmcnrick

ty welki that was the one

8:35 pm

jmcnrick

7 left

8:35 pm

jmcnrick

6

8:36 pm

torgone

Gogo jmc!

8:42 pm

jmcnrick

5

8:42 pm

welki

go go gadget lawyer!

8:43 pm

jmcnrick

wha?

8:43 pm

welki

it's encouragement, jmc. didn't your son watch inspector gadget?

8:44 pm

jmcnrick

no lol he didn't

8:44 pm

jmcnrick

ty

8:44 pm

welki

well by golly, he should have ... so you would have understood my post :)

8:45 pm

jmcnrick

my mistake -- i think he was 12 when that show was on the air tho

8:46 pm

jmcnrick

4

8:47 pm

welki

ahhh, i thought he was younger. the show ran in the mid 80s (my kids watched it sometimes)

8:47 pm

jmcnrick

3

8:47 pm

jmcnrick

2

8:47 pm

welki

*drum roll*

8:49 pm

jmcnrick

you're going to get tired on those drums

8:49 pm

welki

yeah, i feel like i'm playing the snare from bolero

8:51 pm

torgone

*Standing by on cymbals*

8:52 pm

welki

i hear a timpani

8:52 pm

jmcnrick

i am stuck on the two re 5 words :-(

8:52 pm

welki

want help?

8:53 pm

jmcnrick

got one!

8:53 pm

jmcnrick

1

8:53 pm

lbdawger

re+ look! over there...*** the giant monkey hanging off the building?

8:53 pm

jmcnrick

(i promise you i tried that word before)

8:53 pm

welki

i believe you.

8:54 pm

lbdawger

grid has been having burps a lot today.

8:54 pm

welki

that was crossy

8:54 pm

jmcnrick

do get your clue lbd

8:54 pm

jmcnrick

still need the re5/10

8:54 pm

welki

view again

8:55 pm

jmcnrick

*don't

8:55 pm

lbdawger

re + *** Ceasar, the comedian

8:55 pm

jmcnrick

ack! and she leaps out with a fish

8:55 pm

jmcnrick

fireworks

8:55 pm

lbdawger

>*))<<

8:55 pm

welki

and imogene coca! yay!

8:56 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hooooooo JMC!!!

8:56 pm

welki

nice fish!! >*))))<<

8:56 pm

jmcnrick

love imogene cocoa

8:56 pm

welki

finally can put those drumsticks down

8:56 pm

torgone

Yay jmc!

8:56 pm

jmcnrick

there is a great clip of sid ceasar and imogene coco at teh air and space museum -- i still laugh every time

8:57 pm

welki

****confetti**** and conrats!

8:57 pm

lbdawger

must be away now. have a good evening, everyone. see you tomorrow.

8:57 pm

welki

it's about time, it's about space....

8:57 pm

welki

bye, lbd

8:57 pm

jmcnrick

bye lbd!

8:57 pm

welki

i'm off, too ... g'night folks (going to look for that clip)

8:57 pm

lbdawger

it's about.... something and the human race.

8:57 pm

jmcnrick

*gives welki ben gay for arms*

8:58 pm

lbdawger

poof

8:58 pm

jmcnrick

*sweeps up the confetti* a neat chog is a happy chog!

8:59 pm

welki

sneaking through the time barrier?

9:00 pm

jmcnrick

how so welki?

9:01 pm

welki

can't find it online ... will have to go back to the museum! (yippee!! i love the simulator! barrel rollllls!)

9:01 pm

welki

that's what the video is called, je

9:01 pm

jmcnrick

no it is about flying an experimental jet that breaks the sound barrier

9:03 pm

welki

yessss, it's their spoof on "Breaking the Sound Barrier," called, "Sneaking Through the Sound Barrier"

9:03 pm

welki

<-- needs an excuse to get back to d.c. anyway

9:04 pm

welki

g'night again .. 'see' you tomorrow :)

9:06 pm

jmcnrick

come on down

9:07 pm

jmcnrick

and good night

9:11 pm

torgone

Niters jmc ..

9:22 pm

torgone

Apparently niters everybody ..

9:23 pm

JenMO16

i'm heretorgone

9:24 pm

torgone

Hya Jen ..

9:24 pm

gremlinn

streets are flooding here

9:24 pm

JenMO16

i got 34 left

9:24 pm

torgone

or Heya ..

9:25 pm

torgone

Yikes grem .. It's pretty quiet here in the South Bay right now ..

9:32 pm

ericarothman

I'm stumped on the pa7

9:33 pm

torgone

The places where rice is grown ..

9:34 pm

ericarothman

ah. thanks torgone. I was dancing around it, but didn't quite get there.

9:36 pm

torgone

You are quite welcome ..

9:44 pm

torgone

I am like a leaf on the wind ..

9:45 pm

torgone

Watch how I float ..

9:52 pm

pippingeek

yay, i <3 wash!

9:53 pm

pippingeek

i keep falling asleep, so good thing it was a short one

10:03 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

10:03 pm

Minveryork

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

10:10 pm

Minveryork

I can see that I entered an empty chog. *goes off to celebrate fireworks w/her dog* Goodnight everyone!

10:21 pm

gremlinn

can someone explain what "chog" means?

10:29 pm

Pinikula

chat + log = chog

10:29 pm

Pinikula

hi all...

10:30 pm

Pinikula

* knock knock * anyone home?

10:33 pm

westford

I'm here pini

10:33 pm

westford

just finished

10:34 pm

Pinikula

hi west ;)

10:34 pm

Pinikula

wtg!

10:34 pm

westford

going going gone

10:34 pm

westford

just in time lol

10:34 pm

westford

just about to shut down

10:35 pm

Pinikula

* giggle *

10:35 pm

westford

I'd rather chat than clean the kitchen

10:35 pm

westford

have you finished too?

10:36 pm

Pinikula

not quite yet, but have plenty of time to find the last handful (16)

10:36 pm

westford

my last word was the un

10:37 pm

westford

I got fireworks and nbt at the same time

10:37 pm

Pinikula

* congrats! *

10:37 pm

Pinikula

(rather odd to do, but good!)

10:38 pm

westford

victory was mine lol

10:38 pm

westford

is Oregon getting that awful rain?

10:39 pm

Pinikula

not really...have some pretty good winds!

10:40 pm

westford

it's awful glad you're not getting drenched

10:40 pm

Pinikula

I just wish the weather would make up its mind!

10:40 pm

westford

it's nuts everywhere

10:41 pm

Pinikula

definitely happy about avoid torrential downpours!

10:41 pm

Pinikula

*avoiding

10:41 pm

tijani

fe5/20 please

10:41 pm

tijani

ides

10:41 pm

Pinikula

hi tijani...don't have it, but west probably does!

10:41 pm

westford

hatfields and mccoys with another vowel thrown in

10:42 pm

Pinikula

thx west! :)

10:42 pm

tijani

thx

10:42 pm

westford

glad you both got it

10:43 pm

westford

my monkeys worked hard on that one

10:43 pm

Pinikula

* gives banana to west's monkeys *

10:43 pm

westford

yummy!!

10:44 pm

o-o

these easy itsy bitsy grids are so useless

10:44 pm

Pinikula

hey BR!!!!

10:44 pm

Pinikula

how's the weather up there! :)

10:45 pm

westford

they are

10:45 pm

westford

hi bab

10:45 pm

o-o

hello, having a heat wave

10:45 pm

westford

30?

10:45 pm

o-o

Hey, westford

10:45 pm

Pinikula

heat wave, eh?

10:46 pm

o-o

25 Â°F (-4 Â°C)

10:46 pm

Pinikula

yikes!!!

10:47 pm

westford

buds on the trees?

10:48 pm

o-o

no buds ... last weekend some were there but they sobered up

10:48 pm

westford

lol

10:50 pm

o-o

looks like you have a wonderful house, westford

10:50 pm

westford

thanks we like it

10:51 pm

westford

I wish I lived in Babble Land

10:52 pm

Pinikula

might be a bit warmer there!

10:52 pm

westford

and you were all my neighbors

10:53 pm

Pinikula

wouldn't that be fun...oh, to be a babble neighbor! :)

10:53 pm

westford

we could start our own country

10:54 pm

westford

I miss Mr. Rogers

10:54 pm

Pinikula

Perhaps a "monkey" sillouette should don Babble Land's national flag!

10:55 pm

westford

that would be good..a screaming, flying monkey

10:55 pm

Pinikula

* giggle *

10:55 pm

westford

haven't seen Li'l Monkey for quite a while

10:56 pm

Pinikula

me either...but I know she's around somewhere...play lex w/her on FB

10:56 pm

westford

oh that's good

10:57 pm

Pinikula

don't usually catch her online when I'm there, but we keep playing! :)

10:57 pm

westford

you don't have to be online with the person you're playing? I didn't know that

10:58 pm

Pinikula

that's right...you just play when you it's your turn...are you on FB?

10:58 pm

westford

I keep unjoining it takes up too much time

10:59 pm

Pinikula

ahhhh, gotcha ;)

10:59 pm

westford

I wanted to keep track of the kids and grandkids but then I'd start reading everyone's walls and never did play whick is why I joined

10:59 pm

westford

*which

11:00 pm

westford

I hurt my little finger peeling stupid potatoes and typing is challenging

11:00 pm

Pinikula

well, dear...you can hide all of their posts and just play the games! :)

11:00 pm

Pinikula

oooh, sorry! hope it heals quickly!

11:01 pm

westford

I bled like a stuck pig !!

11:01 pm

Pinikula

OUCH!

11:01 pm

westford

new fangled peeler

11:01 pm

westford

that's what I get for cooking lol

11:02 pm

Pinikula

I thought about making something for dinner, but I'm not really interested so may just resort to a bowl of cereal...

11:02 pm

Pinikula

no peeler involved! :)

11:02 pm

westford

that's always good

11:03 pm

Pinikula

* grin *

11:03 pm

Pinikula

tmw the office is buying...I'll save some room for that!

11:03 pm

westford

celebrating something?

11:04 pm

Pinikula

job candidate is coming for a site interview...

11:04 pm

jillibus

hello :)

11:04 pm

Pinikula

hi jilli ;)

11:04 pm

westford

hi jilli

11:05 pm

Pinikula

FIREWORDS!!!

11:05 pm

westford

Yay pini !!

11:06 pm

jillibus

YAY pini!!!

11:06 pm

Pinikula

* beaming * I didn't even ask for clues! :)

11:06 pm

Pinikula

* cursty *

11:06 pm

westford

you did well !!

11:06 pm

jillibus

I didn't either -- just used morewords, lol!

11:07 pm

westford

some strange words in this one

11:07 pm

westford

Yay jilli too !!

11:07 pm

Pinikula

that's for sure!!!

11:07 pm

Pinikula

my last few were pe's

11:08 pm

Pinikula

but while we're waiting for the flip, I'd better go get my "dinner"...will chat as I eat (if I can hold it and type at the same time)

11:08 pm

Pinikula

brb

11:08 pm

jillibus

Oh, I finished last night.

11:08 pm

westford

see you soon cereal girl

11:09 pm

westford

jilli I got fireworks and nbt at the same time..couldn't get that un

11:10 pm

jillibus

I'm trying to lose some more weight -- having half portions (as much as possible -- couldn't have half a lamb chop tonight) and cutting down on booze and sugar.

11:10 pm

lshult

need help....just the u to go....gotta get to work now???

11:10 pm

westford

sounds like a good plan

11:10 pm

westford

un and a popular Apple product

11:11 pm

jillibus

Un + new little listening device

11:11 pm

westford

we think alike jilli

11:11 pm

jillibus

great minds, west

11:12 pm

gremlinn

hope we get a challenging one tonight

11:12 pm

westford

or at least one that's a bit bigger

11:12 pm

jillibus

I didn't find this one easy, grem -- my vocabulary is normal English unlike yours ;)

11:12 pm

gremlinn

yeah

11:13 pm

jillibus

a bit bigger would be ok for me but I'll be playing bridge all afternoon

11:13 pm

lshult

got it thanks

11:13 pm

gremlinn

after a while, I started to find words based on how common the letters were, not how commonly they are used

11:13 pm

jillibus

wtg ishult!

11:14 pm

westford

yay ish !!

11:14 pm

Pinikula

* bowl down for a moment * Gremlinn, I answered your question about, "what is chog." It is CHAT + LOG = CHOG ;)

11:14 pm

Pinikula

* back to bowl *

11:14 pm

gremlinn

sorry I missed it and thanks

11:14 pm

jillibus

*wondering what cereal is in the bowl*

11:14 pm

westford

me too lol

11:14 pm

Pinikula

* frosted flakes *

11:15 pm

westford

I guessed Honey Bunches of Oats

11:15 pm

gremlinn

are they grrreat?

11:15 pm

jillibus

enjoy, pini :)

11:15 pm

Pinikula

* yes, Tony! *

11:15 pm

jillibus

(too sugary for me)

11:16 pm

westford

I just like oatmeal

11:16 pm

Pinikula

kids are grown and gone and I actually get to enjoy a bowl every now and then!

11:17 pm

Pinikula

don't mind oatmeal, but prefer malt-0-meal ;)

11:17 pm

gremlinn

that brings back memories

11:18 pm

westford

oh it does haven't had maltOmeal in years

11:18 pm

jillibus

btw, temp here was 57F (14C) today, partly sunny

11:19 pm

westford

jilli that's wonderful !!

11:19 pm

jillibus

for hot cereals I like Red River cereal best -- you probably don't know it

11:19 pm

westford

never heard of it

11:20 pm

westford

what is it most like?

11:20 pm

jillibus

It's Canadian

11:21 pm

Pinikula

will have to google that one...

11:21 pm

jillibus

it's unique -- I can't describe it and don't have a box handy to give the ingredients. Raw, it's little grains of beige to reddish-brownish

11:22 pm

jillibus

oh yes, google probably knows.

11:22 pm

westford

I just googled it and Amazon has it for $49 must be a misprint

11:23 pm

Pinikula

Red River Cereal is a porridge, or hot cereal, made of wheat, rye, and flax, produced in Canada, with some availability elsewhere. It was first created in 1924 in Manitoba. The cereal takes its name from the Red River of the North, more specifically the valley around Winnipeg. The brand name is currently owned by Robin Hood Multifoods, Inc. of Markham, Ontario, a division of Smucker Foods of Canada Co.

11:23 pm

westford

sounds very healthy

11:23 pm

Pinikula

gotta love google (or bing.com in my case)

11:24 pm

westford

yes, whatever did we do without them

11:24 pm

Pinikula

found a place where a 2-pack is $16.95 (8.48 ea)

11:25 pm

Pinikula

* grin *

11:25 pm

Pinikula

oh, but shipping is $12!

11:25 pm

westford

we can get jilli to send us some

11:26 pm

Pinikula

or I could take a drive up the coast and visit! Jilli, do you serve it in the morning at your B&B??? ;)

11:26 pm

westford

or at least put some in the PB

11:26 pm

jillibus

I will if you come, pini!

11:26 pm

westford

is that Breakfast and Babble?

11:27 pm

Pinikula

might have to pick up stid on the way!!!

11:27 pm

Pinikula

ROFL, good one, west!

11:27 pm

jillibus

Great idea, west!

11:27 pm

jillibus

stid can't have Red River -- she's allergic to wheat.

11:28 pm

Pinikula

but she can come along for the ride!!!

11:28 pm

jillibus

Now you've got me all re-interested and I'll have to put some on my shopping list.

11:28 pm

Pinikula

gotta splurge periodically, jilli...

11:29 pm

jillibus

oh yes -- she thought maybe at Spring Break she'd have time

11:29 pm

westford

are you expecting guests for the Olympics jilli?

11:29 pm

jillibus

It's not expensive here

11:30 pm

Pinikula

I could use a trip to Canada...might have to work on renewing my passport now to make it even possible.

11:30 pm

jillibus

no, west -- they're not really near here and Vancouver will be a zoo. TV will do nicely.

11:30 pm

westford

I tend to agree

11:30 pm

jillibus

do that, pini!

11:31 pm

Pinikula

driver's license won't do anymore, right?

11:31 pm

jillibus

Vancouver residents are somewhat ticked -- roads closed, parking reserved, etc etc

11:31 pm

westford

that's always the way

11:32 pm

jillibus

no, pini, not if you want to get back to the states from this dangerous terrorist-ridden copuntry

11:32 pm

Pinikula

in that case, maybe I'll just have to rent a spare room!

11:32 pm

westford

with contraband cereal

11:32 pm

jillibus

brb

11:33 pm

westford

we made jilli hungry?

11:33 pm

jillibus

at least carry-on baggage is ok again on planes

11:33 pm

Pinikula

* giggle * can you just see me now? Contraband Pini! cha right!! LOL

11:33 pm

Pinikula

apparently ;)

11:34 pm

westford

we renewed our passports last year always go through Canada on our way to Michigan

11:35 pm

westford

it's so much nicer

11:35 pm

Pinikula

west, you're kinda on my way up north, aren't you?

11:35 pm

westford

no I'm in RI

11:35 pm

jillibus

no -- wanted to change TV channels

11:35 pm

Pinikula

too much of a detour to join me and stid then...sorry!

11:36 pm

westford

I know, rats!! always wanted to see BC

11:37 pm

jillibus

Chris Matthews of Hardball on MSNBC annoys me -- constantly interrupting his guests with his own opinions

11:37 pm

Just1Mar

hello and almost goodbye babblebuds...jilli, westie, pini evy1 here

11:37 pm

Pinikula

hi just ;)

11:37 pm

westford

who is he interviewing?

11:37 pm

Pinikula

goodbye?

11:37 pm

jillibus

hi justy -- when do you leave?

11:37 pm

Pinikula

you leaving?

11:37 pm

Just1Mar

hi pini...going on vacation

11:37 pm

westford

hi just!!

11:38 pm

Just1Mar

(((westie))) leaving in less than 7 hours

11:38 pm

westford

been thinking about you thought you might already be there

11:38 pm

Pinikula

where to?

11:38 pm

jillibus

west, he waqs interrupting whatshisname -- the doctor former presidential hopeful who yelled

11:38 pm

westford

that is so nice..have a wonderful time

11:38 pm

Just1Mar

nope off tomorrow til feb 4th

11:39 pm

Just1Mar

Acapulco, pinni

11:39 pm

jillibus

Acapulco, isn't it, just?

11:39 pm

westford

relax and refresh just

11:39 pm

Just1Mar

yup jilli :)

11:39 pm

westford

and NO Cliff diving

11:39 pm

Just1Mar

will try westie...so nice to finally see you again

11:39 pm

Pinikula

oh my...can I sneak into your suitcase?

11:39 pm

jillibus

<--- envious

11:39 pm

westford

you too !!

11:40 pm

Pinikula

<--- turning green, too ;)

11:40 pm

Just1Mar

lol don't even think I can walk to see them (but have seen them before)

11:40 pm

westford

have you checked the weather there?

11:40 pm

jillibus

I have happy memories of Acapulco in the 60s

11:40 pm

westford

I pray it will be perfect

11:40 pm

Just1Mar

sure pini as long as you weigh less than 20kilos or 44lbs

11:40 pm

westford

we were there in 1975

11:41 pm

Pinikula

<-- taint never been to no Alcupolki

11:41 pm

Just1Mar

yes I have westie ...nothing but sun for at least the next 5 days

11:41 pm

Pinikula

sadly, just, I don't think I'm quite there yet!

11:41 pm

Just1Mar

lol I would hope not...not that I don't wanna take you

11:41 pm

westford

so happy to hear that !!

11:42 pm

Pinikula

hrmph!

11:42 pm

westford

will the kids be okay on their own? lol

11:42 pm

Just1Mar

happy new year westie all the best to you and yours! (haven't seen you in ages :(

11:42 pm

jillibus

going to change icon -- Madagascan Animals is the theme

11:42 pm

Just1Mar

oy I think (hope) so west!

11:43 pm

westford

same to you..just can't seem to get it together

11:43 pm

westford

our tree is still up

11:43 pm

Just1Mar

np west....I know we all have our "shtick"

11:43 pm

westford

the Christmas police will be here soon

11:44 pm

Just1Mar

I certainly have mine sigh....

11:44 pm

Just1Mar

better the Christmas police than the tongue troopers (jilli will know what i mean)

11:45 pm

westford

that sounds intrigue-ing

11:45 pm

westford

wasn't sure how to spell that lol

11:45 pm

Just1Mar

Don't sweat it Westie....take it and do it at your own speed and bedamned anyone who tells you otherwise

11:46 pm

westford

that's what we figured..we never go in there ..I suggested leaving it up

11:46 pm

Just1Mar

tongue troopers = language cops :(

11:46 pm

westford

ah

11:47 pm

Just1Mar

Haven't finished this grid (29 left) and don;t think I will, or can for that matter

11:48 pm

westford

we can help if you need

11:48 pm

Pinikula

wee be here fer ya!

11:48 pm

westford

what time do you have to be at the airport?

11:48 pm

gremlinn

you've got about 25 seconds per word, if you wanna give it a shot

11:48 pm

Just1Mar

nah doesn't matter westie but thx anyways....

11:49 pm

Just1Mar

just wanted to poke my nose in to say hello and a bientot

11:49 pm

westford

I'm so glad you did !!

11:49 pm

jillibus

the tongue troopers were (are?) super-vigilant for signs of the despised English language -- no apostrophes allowed, for instance, so Eaton's department store became just Eaton. But my d-i-l had a bar and they called it Grumpys with no apostrophe and it still exists although it's an English word

11:49 pm

Pinikula

well, don't do anything we wouldn't do!!! and have an incredible time!

11:50 pm

Just1Mar

a bientot = see you soon!

11:50 pm

Pinikula

oh, and don't forget to bring back souveneirs!!!

11:50 pm

Just1Mar

me too....missed you west...

11:50 pm

jillibus

Bon voyage, justy, and be careful!

11:50 pm

Just1Mar

sure pini whaddya want...sombrero? tequilia? huh? lol

11:51 pm

Just1Mar

will be careful...been there often enough to know where to go and where not to go

11:51 pm

westford

missed you too just..have the best time..bet they'll treat you like a queen

11:51 pm

Just1Mar

this is gonna be a real laid back one...need to refresh my soul

11:51 pm

Pinikula

I want one of the lousy t-shirts!!!!

11:52 pm

jillibus

Is that house of ill repute on the hillside still there? I've forgotten its name, but it had a Diners' Club sign outside which amused us.

11:52 pm

Pinikula

you know the ones that say, "My friend went to Acupolco and all I got was this t-shirt!"

11:52 pm

Just1Mar

have no idea jilli!

11:52 pm

Pinikula

(so much for spelling)

11:52 pm

Just1Mar

lousy t shirt? any t shirt?

11:53 pm

jillibus

Ah, I remember -- Rebecca's.

11:53 pm

Just1Mar

lol don't think we will buy anything cause whatever there was to buy we've bought! lol

11:53 pm

Pinikula

know the t-shirt now, just? * wicked grin *

11:53 pm

westford

of Sunnybrook Farm?

11:54 pm

jillibus

I hope you all enjoyed my previous icon of Christian Lacroix fashions. This one is rather different.

11:54 pm

Just1Mar

and of course the weather outlook here is to be above normal values lol

11:54 pm

jillibus

hardly of Sunnybrook Farm, west! They put on feelthy shows for tourists

11:54 pm

Just1Mar

but it'll be a lot warmer there I'm sure

11:54 pm

westford

I did. I couldn't decide which LaCroix she meant so I didn't choose

11:55 pm

westford

we see your forecasts here just and it's too cold there

11:55 pm

jillibus

I just guessed, seeing that the previous theme she chose was fashion mistakes.

11:56 pm

Just1Mar

oh not now west....we're above normal temps for this time of year!

11:56 pm

westford

my friend was engaged to Jay LaCroix but he wasn't in google lol

11:56 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)

11:57 pm

westford

justie it's still cold

11:57 pm

VolleymomDee

hi all

11:57 pm

jillibus

hi nan :)

11:57 pm

westford

hi nan

11:57 pm

westford

hi dee too!!

11:57 pm

Pinikula

hi nan

11:57 pm

VolleymomDee

hi west; nan; just; hugs jili

11:57 pm

Just1Mar

hi nan and ((((dee))))

11:57 pm

VolleymomDee

I made it for the flip yipppee

11:57 pm

VolleymomDee

hi pini

11:58 pm

VolleymomDee

hope it's bigger than 7

11:58 pm

VolleymomDee

70

11:58 pm

jillibus

hi dee hi!

11:58 pm

VolleymomDee

a nice big easy grid

11:58 pm

westford

so I guess the clothes won't get folded

11:59 pm

gremlinn

haven't seen anything more than about 270 since I started playing here

11:59 pm

VolleymomDee

mine are still in the dryer

11:59 pm

jillibus

There have been ones around 500, grem

11:59 pm

Pinikula

we had a 550+ once

11:59 pm

VolleymomDee

I have seen in the 400's but it has been awhile

11:59 pm

gremlinn

I want to try one of those

11:59 pm

westford

when are they going to invent a dryer that folds

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