Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, January 31, 2010

12:00 am

gremlinn

not too bad

12:00 am

Digby the Westie

flip!

12:00 am

ursh

flip and hello all

12:00 am

rumplestiltskin

flip

12:00 am

flosey

flip

12:00 am

westford

flip and hello everyone

12:01 am

flosey

great icon west

12:01 am

DR1965

happy FLIP

12:01 am

jillibus

flip

12:02 am

MLFAN17

hello

12:02 am

flosey

was searching for your flower jilli, haven't found it yet

12:02 am

jillibus

181, mlf

12:02 am

angelinaxox

co 8

12:02 am

MLFAN17

CL 6

12:02 am

MLFAN17

ty jill

12:03 am

cybernan

bon soir, mes amis

12:03 am

jillibus

flosey I think I've seen the name somewhere -- maybe it will come back to me.

12:03 am

gremlinn

phant nunatak

12:03 am

jillibus

hello nan

12:03 am

flosey

so beautiful jilli

12:03 am

angelinaxox

cy 7/8

12:05 am

MLFAN17

x2 on that CY 7/8?

12:05 am

MLFAN17

TA 6

12:06 am

MLFAN17

SO 6

12:07 am

PAV3

hi folks!

12:07 am

jillibus

we had a babbled by the name of an4/9 -- wonder where she is

12:07 am

angelinaxox

hi pav

12:07 am

pugmama763

EN 7

12:08 am

MLFAN17

got it pug unless we have another one

12:08 am

gremlinn

an 7/8

12:08 am

cybernan

I wonder if that other beverage knows there is no such word as uncola?

12:09 am

gremlinn

et 6/7

12:09 am

MLFAN17

ty cyber

12:09 am

PAV3

un7..

12:09 am

melonheadjujube

hi!

12:10 am

melonheadjujube

phantom - it's a proper noun anyway, but - Chanukah

12:10 am

gremlinn

and phantom tanakh to go with it

12:11 am

jillibus

hi melon :)

12:11 am

melonheadjujube

good one grem! hi, jilli!

12:11 am

Bugsaw

hello everyone

12:11 am

gremlinn

phant halcyon

12:12 am

gremlinn

oops... sorry

12:12 am

MLFAN17

on 5 from previous grid

12:12 am

jillibus

hi bugs :)

12:12 am

gremlinn

was looking at the other AL and thought it wasn't in there

12:12 am

westford

ty grem and nbt

12:12 am

PAV3

phantom - nylon

12:12 am

melonheadjujube

en7/44 if not called. I'm working NBT from the bottom to the top, R to L for a change.

12:12 am

jillibus

thanks, grem!

12:13 am

gremlinn

no problem

12:13 am

jillibus

ty melon

12:13 am

gremlinn

co 8

12:14 am

MLFAN17

CO 6/7

12:14 am

gremlinn

so 7

12:14 am

Uneaixoise

ca6

12:14 am

cybernan

need a bottom a for nbt

12:14 am

jillibus

NBT

12:14 am

Uneaixoise

an4/4

12:14 am

jillibus

an4/4 babblet

12:15 am

MLFAN17

SO 7/40 right grem?

12:15 am

gremlinn

yeah

12:15 am

cybernan

ha 7 if not called

12:15 am

MLFAN17

i just got it

12:15 am

gremlinn

called and spoiled already, nan

12:16 am

gremlinn

I thought it was a phantom

12:16 am

jillibus

PB again, grem!

12:16 am

PAV3

NBT! 23 for 23

12:16 am

gremlinn

LOL, jilli, good eye

12:16 am

westford

gj pav

12:17 am

rururocks

ha8

12:17 am

jillibus

wtg pav

12:17 am

Uneaixoise

is that Dylan with his mom? :-)

12:17 am

jillibus

hi ruru -- that's a sweet picture

12:18 am

rururocks

yes

12:18 am

Uneaixoise

so sweet :-)

12:18 am

Pinikula

oops...better late than never...hey everyone! :)

12:18 am

flosey

hi Pini

12:19 am

Uneaixoise

hey, pini :-)

12:19 am

westford

hey pini !

12:19 am

Uneaixoise

NBT

12:19 am

jillibus

hi pini

12:19 am

jillibus

wtg une :)

12:19 am

cybernan

nbt

12:20 am

Uneaixoise

go, nan!

12:20 am

westford

wtg une and nan !

12:20 am

jillibus

wtg nan

12:20 am

rururocks

co7

12:22 am

gremlinn

an 7

12:22 am

gremlinn

(x3)

12:23 am

gremlinn

la 7/8

12:24 am

MLFAN17

i found one grem.. i have a AN 7/36

12:24 am

gremlinn

7/32 and two 7/36s

12:25 am

MLFAN17

only two more fo those to be found:)

12:25 am

rururocks

semean.... angry sperm..

12:26 am

gremlinn

hehe

12:26 am

jillibus

lol, ruru!

12:26 am

MLFAN17

okay i have my usual 66 with 711 pts i am out poof

12:27 am

jillibus

gnight mlf!

12:27 am

rururocks

if you can have auntie why can't you have uncly

12:27 am

jillibus

I need Lickety

12:28 am

melonheadjujube

ruru - I was thinking just that! Are you stuck on the U - it's all I need for NBT

12:28 am

gremlinn

look for un- prefix words

12:28 am

lynxxx

you could have un4.6

12:28 am

flosey

me too jilli

12:29 am

Uneaixoise

un7/36

12:29 am

jillibus

and a wee scots word -- un4/6

12:29 am

melonheadjujube

I am I am ! not seein'm - are they words I ought to know?

12:29 am

melonheadjujube

ah! got one - if the wind takes your fedora . . .

12:30 am

jillibus

sheesh, got a silly un7

12:30 am

melonheadjujube

NBT

12:30 am

gremlinn

probably the un7/36 is the most common sounding

12:30 am

Uneaixoise

go, jilli ;-)

12:30 am

flosey

that is an odd one melon

12:30 am

jillibus

wtg melon

12:30 am

melonheadjujube

:)

12:31 am

gremlinn

phant santalol

12:33 am

gremlinn

ta 7/32

12:34 am

jillibus

Lickety could help us so5/16 this puzzle

12:34 am

cybernan

100 down -- time for a cuppa

12:34 am

gremlinn

24 left

12:35 am

melonheadjujube

heh - I think plain undies are unlacy.

12:35 am

Bugsaw

I need Lickety too jilli but I never use the list this early.

12:35 am

melonheadjujube

wowie grem

12:35 am

Bugsaw

gremlinn, you are awesome!

12:35 am

Uneaixoise

same here, bugs

12:35 am

cybernan

ty grem

12:35 am

rururocks

40 left

12:35 am

gremlinn

ty bugs

12:35 am

rururocks

crawling

12:36 am

melonheadjujube

got the un7 - tx grem

12:36 am

jillibus

I'm not going to be made to feel guilty for using Lickety after I get nbt

12:36 am

melonheadjujube

there should be un8 - for when don't ask/don't tell is repealed

12:36 am

gremlinn

ooh, phant nunchaku

12:37 am

rururocks

un5

12:37 am

jillibus

have no idea what that means, grem

12:37 am

gremlinn

a ninja's weapon, I think

12:38 am

gremlinn

those wooden sticks connected by a chain

12:38 am

jillibus

thanks, grem

12:38 am

pugmama763

sounds like a bloody pokemon

12:39 am

rururocks

you mean JOhn Edwards Pugs?

12:39 am

pugmama763

huh?

12:39 am

rururocks

pokemon... john edwards.. poke-mon?... nm

12:40 am

pugmama763

pokemon. kids cartoon of 12 ish years ago

12:40 am

rururocks

my own sick humor

12:40 am

Pinikula

nudge for the K plz (for NBT)

12:40 am

rururocks

kn 5 a serf or servant

12:40 am

gremlinn

second Star Trek movie title

12:40 am

pugmama763

too late for me to be quick on the uptake dear

12:41 am

jillibus

Shere Kh**, the tiger

12:41 am

Pinikula

danke...that's NBT and bedtime for me! :)

12:41 am

Uneaixoise

nite, pini :-)

12:42 am

jillibus

wtg pini and nighty night

12:42 am

westford

gn pini and wtg

12:43 am

gremlinn

sy 5/6/6

12:43 am

westford

thanks for jungle book jilli

12:43 am

jillibus

yw, west ;)

12:44 am

westford

and ty grem for the sy words

12:44 am

gremlinn

ac 7/8

12:44 am

PAV3

just found a co8...perhaps a bit later th4 most but nontheless found...

12:44 am

gremlinn

still looking for that co7 called way back, heh

12:44 am

melonheadjujube

this ductionary needs to be updated - halal is a word

12:45 am

Uneaixoise

have a co7/52 . . .

12:45 am

gremlinn

and perhaps "halon" as well, it works on one site I play

12:45 am

rururocks

not seeing the sy's

12:45 am

melonheadjujube

dictionary - a ductionary is a list of all th things you can do with grey tape.

12:46 am

westford

I have co8 I'm sure it has been called

12:46 am

Uneaixoise

great minds, melon -- was thinking the same thing LOL!

12:46 am

jillibus

ROFL, melon!

12:46 am

gremlinn

yeah, I called the co8

12:46 am

cybernan

have sy 5,6,4 but don't see the other 6

12:47 am

gremlinn

8s: ac, an, co, cy, ha, la

12:47 am

Uneaixoise

nan, do you have the latin plural?

12:47 am

melonheadjujube

we are quite a bunch. I wouldn't be surprised if we all started looking alike one day. . .

12:47 am

flosey

need a cup of tea, brb

12:47 am

gremlinn

it's close to the 5/6, nan

12:47 am

westford

I figured it was called but I haven't been paying attention since I found my name in the grid that was so exciting

12:47 am

melonheadjujube

tx grem!

12:47 am

westford

lol melon

12:48 am

jillibus

and it's a real word, west

12:48 am

westford

I know

12:48 am

jillibus

nice triangular fer, west :)

12:49 am

jillibus

*fern

12:49 am

westford

thanks that one wasn't as hard to find

12:49 am

westford

what is your flower?

12:49 am

jillibus

I wish I knew, west

12:49 am

cybernan

no -- not seeing it

12:50 am

cybernan

ah -- got it

12:50 am

gremlinn

10 left

12:50 am

cybernan

only 4 sy's?

12:50 am

westford

I love that word conjures up such pretty pictures

12:50 am

gremlinn

I only have 4

12:50 am

westford

wait, I only have 3

12:51 am

gremlinn

missing one S though

12:51 am

westford

now 4

12:51 am

Uneaixoise

you're using lickety's list, right, gremlinn?

12:51 am

gremlinn

I would if it were up

12:51 am

westford

grem we're almost even I'm missing 9

12:51 am

Uneaixoise

ooohhh

12:52 am

westford

the ooh la la worked

12:53 am

melonheadjujube

is the la8 a common word?

12:53 am

Uneaixoise

nope

12:53 am

gremlinn

no, but find the la6 first, then work from there

12:54 am

melonheadjujube

nevermind, I meant the al8, I have the three la's 6/7/8

12:54 am

gremlinn

phant cloaca(s/e/l)

12:55 am

melonheadjujube

I keep inventing cool words here.

12:55 am

gremlinn

there's no al8, just ac8 and an8

12:55 am

melonheadjujube

so is the al8 common?

12:55 am

melonheadjujube

I'm losing it.

12:56 am

Uneaixoise

ac8 is plural -- common word for candle lighters in church

12:56 am

melonheadjujube

OK, the an8 is IT common?

12:56 am

gremlinn

no

12:56 am

melonheadjujube

I have the others

12:56 am

Uneaixoise

nope

12:56 am

tempo

an 7/8, melon

12:56 am

jillibus

ty une

12:57 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

12:57 am

gremlinn

7 left (all on different starting tiles!)

12:57 am

melonheadjujube

I have an an7, so let's see here. . .

12:57 am

Uneaixoise

jilli, your flower looks like a hybrid dutch iris, no?

12:57 am

cybernan

still need the an and the la

12:58 am

melonheadjujube

I have the Freudian an7, is there another, or does the an8 grow out of it?

12:58 am

melonheadjujube

the la is leaving a hole. . .

12:58 am

gremlinn

an8 is a plural an7

12:59 am

tempo

not the freudian an7 - a different one

12:59 am

melonheadjujube

my an7 is a verb and uses the S anyway!

12:59 am

gremlinn

it's a different an7 (there are three)

1:00 am

melonheadjujube

that's what I was wondering. So, should I know this an7/8?

1:00 am

rururocks

it is an iris of some kind jilli.. we have them in the yard

1:00 am

gremlinn

maybe not

1:01 am

jillibus

thanks, ruru -- I haveirises too but they don't look so triangular

1:01 am

Uneaixoise

japanese or siberian, jilli -- they're triangular

1:02 am

melonheadjujube

Une's doggy has a very triangular face :)

1:02 am

gremlinn

oh, that la combo was actually 6/7/7/8, I missed one earlier

1:02 am

melonheadjujube

OK grem - hint please?

1:02 am

PAV3

so I've fallen asleep already...back in tomorrow

1:02 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

1:02 am

Uneaixoise

bye, pav!

1:02 am

jillibus

true, melon!

1:03 am

gremlinn

it uses almost the same letters as the ac8

1:03 am

westford

bye pav sleep well

1:03 am

jillibus

gnight, pav

1:03 am

cybernan

brain dead here -- leaving the rest for tomorrow

1:03 am

melonheadjujube

tx! I thought I had tried that, 'parently not.

1:04 am

westford

good night nan sleep well

1:04 am

melonheadjujube

3 more 7s and I can gotto bed!

1:04 am

Uneaixoise

nite, nan :-)

1:04 am

gremlinn

two 4s and three 5s left

1:05 am

westford

you can do it grem !

1:05 am

jillibus

over halfway :)

1:05 am

gremlinn

may as well not use lickety now even if it updates

1:05 am

Uneaixoise

go, jilli!

1:05 am

jillibus

brb

1:05 am

flosey

wow, good for you jilli

1:06 am

melonheadjujube

my 7s so far: ac, anX2, co, cy, en, ha, laX2, so, un - anyone {grem-cough-linn-cough}?

1:06 am

Uneaixoise

it's a japanese iris, jilli -- here's its cousin: http://tinyurl.com/yzgqb45

1:07 am

gremlinn

missing et7 and ta7, I think

1:07 am

melonheadjujube

and one more

1:07 am

tempo

also an is x3

1:08 am

gremlinn

yeah, miscounted there, that's the last

1:09 am

melonheadjujube

is the et chemical-ish?

1:09 am

gremlinn

don't know what it means, doesn't look like it

1:09 am

melonheadjujube

ah, just hitting keys til something registers, eh?

1:09 am

gremlinn

it contains a word that animals scratch you with

1:09 am

Uneaixoise

melon -- e + claw (and plural)

1:10 am

melonheadjujube

tx une

1:10 am

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

1:10 am

flosey

thanks Una

1:11 am

Uneaixoise

hi and yw, flosey:-)

1:11 am

flosey

we have a friend who has those, at least, that's what they look like

1:11 am

melonheadjujube

OK I'm down to the ta and the missing an (not the Freudian or the one one letter off)

1:12 am

gremlinn

I'm down to 4 still

1:12 am

Uneaixoise

ta + anagram of "not open"

1:13 am

melonheadjujube

- which is to say I'll e=accept clues. btw, grem I only aim for halfway, NBT, and all 7+s, I'm nowhere near fireworks

1:13 am

gremlinn

ohh, okay...wonder how close west is now

1:13 am

melonheadjujube

whoo - can't even type

1:14 am

Uneaixoise

to the PB, grem!

1:14 am

gremlinn

we playing taboo or something?

1:14 am

Uneaixoise

flosey, are you talking about the flowers? beautiful, eh?

1:14 am

westford

I'm not even grem lol

1:14 am

melonheadjujube

ah, powdery!

1:14 am

melonheadjujube

and that missing an????

1:15 am

Uneaixoise

yay, melon!

1:15 am

flosey

no Une, the word you clued

1:15 am

melonheadjujube

I love having a cheering section

1:15 am

gremlinn

do you have the an4 which was famous in ancient Egypt?

1:15 am

melonheadjujube

yep

1:15 am

Uneaixoise

oh, ok LOL

1:15 am

flosey

the claws

1:16 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

1:16 am

melonheadjujube

I'm looking for the last an7, I have 2 that are only one letter different from one another

1:17 am

flosey

Une, when you get old, I guess the claws get thicker, and when long, they tend to curl - look like a crows

1:17 am

flosey

**crow"s

1:17 am

gremlinn

do you have an an7 which pluralizes an6?

1:17 am

flosey

I don't grem, can you clue it please?

1:17 am

melonheadjujube

no

1:17 am

gremlinn

if not, it must be an an7 which extends an an4

1:18 am

Uneaixoise

an + co5/12

1:18 am

gremlinn

an + pine ***** fall from trees sometimes

1:18 am

flosey

tyty Une & Grem

1:19 am

melonheadjujube

muah! grem -I can sleep now - mediocrity attained!

1:19 am

Uneaixoise

nite, melon!

1:20 am

flosey

goodnight melon

1:20 am

westford

bye melon

1:21 am

gremlinn

2 left: a c5 and an a5

1:21 am

Uneaixoise

more than 3 ey's?

1:21 am

gremlinn

just 3

1:21 am

Uneaixoise

tx

1:22 am

Uneaixoise

oh, good grief, just looked at the time -- with 43 to go, I bid you all good nite! *poof*

1:23 am

dart001

hi all late flip

1:23 am

westford

good night une

1:23 am

gremlinn

as5, tricky one

1:23 am

flosey

have 2 ey4s what is the other please?

1:23 am

gremlinn

another ey4

1:24 am

gremlinn

two are anagrams of each other

1:24 am

flosey

thanks grem

1:24 am

flosey

got it

1:25 am

jillibus

Hi -- I went away to get a Tylenol -- RA flareup

1:25 am

flosey

thanks again grem, got the as5

1:25 am

gremlinn

fireworks, finally

1:25 am

dart001

hi jilli

1:25 am

westford

hope you feel better soon jilli

1:25 am

flosey

wtg, I'm not even half way! really dragging tonight

1:25 am

westford

yay grem !!

1:26 am

flosey

RA?

1:26 am

Bugsaw

well done gremlinn!

1:26 am

jillibus

I don't have the Freudian an7 or ac7 or whatever -- clue, please?

1:26 am

flosey

great icon Bugs

1:26 am

Bugsaw

I changed my icon and made it to halfway but think I must head off to bed. Happy Babbling everyone

1:26 am

jillibus

YAY gremlinn!!!

1:27 am

westford

hi and bye bugs that's pretty!

1:27 am

jillibus

good one, bugs!

1:28 am

jillibus

une, I went to that link and it showed an African iris, not at all like this

1:28 am

gremlinn

Lickety-style word hints in my profile

1:28 am

westford

she's gone jilli

1:29 am

flosey

thanks grem

1:29 am

jillibus

oh, thanks west

1:29 am

jillibus

thanks grem

1:29 am

dart001

hi west

1:29 am

westford

are all the u words un?

1:29 am

gremlinn

they're all in alpha-order, too

1:30 am

westford

hi dart !!

1:30 am

gremlinn

yes, west

1:31 am

westford

I have 7, 4, 5, 5 missing?

1:32 am

gremlinn

another 5 at the end

1:32 am

westford

thanks

1:34 am

westford

u's undone

1:34 am

jillibus

hi dart

1:35 am

dart001

hi jilli

1:37 am

westford

are there 2 sets of cy 7/8's ?

1:37 am

westford

I thought ML called them at the beginning

1:37 am

gremlinn

just one set

1:37 am

gremlinn

yeah, that confused me too for a while

1:37 am

westford

thanks been driving me nuts

1:38 am

flosey

yes, I was desperately searching for the second set when ml called them

1:38 am

gremlinn

sent us on a wild goose chase!

1:39 am

flosey

lol

1:40 am

westford

we'll have to speak to her lol

1:40 am

gremlinn

maybe making false calls can be a theme next April 1.

1:41 am

westford

Dr G will probably have a good grid for us that day..no vowels

1:42 am

gremlinn

cwm, cwms, crwth, crwths, pht, phpht, tsk, tsks, tsktsk, tsktsks

1:42 am

gremlinn

and maybe a brrr as well

1:42 am

westford

I'll write those down lol

1:42 am

dart001

pfft

1:42 am

gremlinn

and a pfft

1:42 am

jillibus

still not finding the an7/8 set

1:42 am

gremlinn

and maybe an alternate of brrr, can't remember

1:43 am

gremlinn

jilli: it ends the same as the ac7/8 set

1:43 am

westford

think freud jilli

1:43 am

westford

unless there's another group

1:43 am

westford

forget what I said

1:44 am

gremlinn

of course, if you don't have the ac7/8 yet, that doesn't help...do you have that?

1:44 am

westford

I'm thinking in Welsh

1:44 am

flosey

I don't have either, any clues?

1:45 am

westford

one is altar boy/s

1:45 am

jillibus

I do have the ac7/8...

1:46 am

flosey

our church didn't use altar boys

1:46 am

gremlinn

change one letter, jilli

1:47 am

jillibus

ah, finally! Thanks, grem

1:47 am

gremlinn

oh, I just looked up the derivation of the an7 - it is formed by taking the "an" from an an5 (not on board) and combining it with the last 5 letters of an el11

1:48 am

gremlinn

a chemical word

1:48 am

westford

of course lol

1:48 am

jillibus

so happy to hear that, grem! :D

1:54 am

jillibus

golly -- too many C words!

1:54 am

dart001

cute kitty pic for you jilli

1:55 am

westford

I like kitties too

1:55 am

westford

how sweet

1:55 am

jillibus

oh darn, dart -- I just get a blank square with a little red x in the corner -- I'll try refreshing

1:56 am

dart001

just got her today

1:56 am

westford

does she have a name yet?

1:56 am

gremlinn

awww....

1:56 am

dart001

my wife likes sasha...so it might stick

1:56 am

westford

I like that too

1:57 am

gremlinn

how about sushi?

1:57 am

jillibus

oh, dear little tiny-wee! (refreshing worked)

1:57 am

dart001

sitting on my lap now along with laptop..kinda hard to type lol

1:57 am

jillibus

naughty gremlin

2:00 am

westford

I like her little white paws

2:01 am

dart001

purring like crazy now...and her tail is shorter than my pinkie finger

2:02 am

flosey

oh, what a tiny kitten, how sweet

2:03 am

flosey

aha, finally got those acs and ans, goggled altar boys

2:03 am

joshuavorbis

hi and nbt

2:03 am

flosey

hi josh

2:04 am

westford

hi josh wtg

2:04 am

westford

great flosey !! I should have said altar girls too

2:04 am

westford

shows my age

2:04 am

flosey

wouldn't have helped west, not familiar with the word at all

2:05 am

flosey

oh, they now use girls?

2:05 am

westford

they do

2:06 am

flosey

things are looking up

2:06 am

westford

yes lol

2:08 am

flosey

hmmm, I presume that is the anglican church? wonder if the catholic church uses girls?

2:09 am

westford

I was talking about the catholic church

2:09 am

flosey

wow, that does surprise me

2:09 am

jillibus

I don't remember altar boys or girls in the Anglican church

2:10 am

jillibus

but then I'm not very churchy

2:10 am

flosey

oh, sorry jilli, that was just an assumption

2:11 am

flosey

well, neither am I, left around 23 or so

2:11 am

westford

I believe most things are the same though

2:12 am

jillibus

depends on the degree -- high church or low church, west

2:12 am

joshuavorbis

halfway

2:12 am

westford

I don't know probably high

2:12 am

jillibus

wtg josh

2:12 am

flosey

wow josh, you're really chugging along

2:13 am

westford

gj josh

2:13 am

jillibus

the churches I went to were low

2:13 am

flosey

I should probably go to bed, this might look better in the morning

2:14 am

westford

I hope so flosey

2:14 am

jillibus

I agree, flosey, and Lickety may show up by then

2:14 am

flosey

I am absolutely hopeless tonight

2:14 am

ursh

catholic church here uses both girls and boys - quite strange cos they were always so "male"

2:14 am

westford

me too

2:15 am

jillibus

so am I

2:15 am

westford

some things are changing but verrry slowly

2:16 am

jillibus

well, RC churches have nuns...

2:16 am

flosey

but I'm still less than half way! after 2 hours

2:16 am

gremlinn

west/jilli - I read your lines after "they were always so 'male'" and got seriously confused

2:16 am

westford

sorry grem

2:16 am

jillibus

that's unusual, flosey -- at least I have 114 words, thanks to gremlin

2:17 am

westford

confusion reigns in babble

2:17 am

flosey

goodnight - be back if not asleep in an hour

2:17 am

jillibus

bye flosey -- hope you can sleep

2:17 am

westford

we'll welcome you back flosey but I hope you can get to sleep

2:17 am

flosey

tks, me too

2:19 am

westford

I have 2 ca words from the c in the corner a cow giving birth and a waterway any help with the other one?

2:20 am

jillibus

if you want to lose weight you have to watch your ca**ries

2:21 am

westford

thanks jilli

2:21 am

gremlinn

do you have "a high-kicking dance of French origin"

2:21 am

jillibus

ty again grem

2:21 am

westford

I do but I got that from the other c

2:22 am

westford

I meant the top corner

2:22 am

westford

that was my ooh la la word

2:22 am

gremlinn

ah, okay

2:22 am

jillibus

oh! I wondered what that was about!

2:23 am

gremlinn

so many Cs and As, it's hard to see what came from where

2:23 am

westford

lol jilli

2:33 am

jillibus

Well, 54 left and I'm going to pack it in. Goodnight whoever's still here!

2:33 am

gremlinn

g'night!

2:34 am

jillibus

and *poof*

2:35 am

westford

I'm here 42 left will get the list when I come back

2:35 am

westford

good night jilli and grem

2:35 am

dart001

bye west

2:40 am

gran

How many words today

2:40 am

dart001

181

2:40 am

gran

Thanks

2:43 am

Andree

hi everyone

2:43 am

dart001

hi andree

2:43 am

Andree

mens tennis final has just started, i'm sure the brits out there are up watching

2:45 am

Haz1558

I have it on in the background.

2:45 am

FMitch

Sorry to disapoint Andree but tennis is not on in this house!

2:45 am

Haz1558

Good morning/evening all.

2:45 am

FMitch

Morning Haz and all

2:46 am

Haz1558

Good morning, FM.

2:46 am

Atalante

hi all!!!!

2:46 am

FMitch

Ata!!!!!!!!!!!

2:46 am

Haz1558

I'd probably support Murray if he were playing against anyone except Federer.

2:46 am

Haz1558

Hello Ata!

2:46 am

FMitch

I had a sleep in this morning, didn't get up til 7.45, bliss.

2:46 am

Atalante

I went past The Glen yesterday, Fi ....

2:47 am

FMitch

oooh

2:47 am

Andree

well i'm hoping murray wins, it would be such a buzz for him and wonderful as federer is he has to lose sometime

2:48 am

Atalante

on the way to The Thatch :)

2:48 am

FMitch

Did you wave?

2:48 am

Atalante

yes!

2:48 am

Andree

and hi fmitch, haz and ata

2:48 am

FMitch

lol

2:48 am

FMitch

Hello Andree

2:49 am

Atalante

murray can certainly beat Fed, but whether he can do it in a competitive environment is another matter

2:49 am

Haz1558

He has a good record against him, just not in Grand Slam finals.

2:50 am

Atalante

yes!

2:50 am

Haz1558

As long as they both do themselves justice, I'll be happy.

2:50 am

FMitch

Would like Murray to win

2:50 am

Atalante

wish they ween't both wearing blue

2:51 am

Haz1558

Yes, especially when the court is blue as well.

2:51 am

Atalante

yes!!

2:52 am

FMitch

How is C doing Ata?

2:52 am

Atalante

good! she was actually pleasant to be with, which makes a change _

2:53 am

FMitch

good to hear that.

2:55 am

Atalante

yes, it made quite a nice change. except I ate too much chocolate and now I feel fat

2:56 am

Flask1

Good morning all tennis fans!

2:56 am

Haz1558

Good morning, Flask. Have you got your face painted blue?

2:56 am

FMitch

Morning Flask

2:57 am

Atalante

hi flask

2:58 am

ursh

if you are early - are you not unlate?

2:58 am

Andree

hi flask, should be a great game

2:58 am

Andree

so far so good

2:58 am

Flask1

Eh, no Haz!......but a wee roar has escaped my mouth!!!..lol

2:59 am

Flask1

yes....so far so good!

2:59 am

Haz1558

It's good that they're broadcasting it live and that it's not on at a silly time through the night for us.

3:00 am

Andree

what time is it there

3:00 am

Atalante

9am

3:00 am

Flask1

I Know, very thoughtful!

3:01 am

Flask1

exactly 12 hrs earlier

3:01 am

Atalante

I have it in a little window next to my babble

3:01 am

Flask1

9 pm you mean!

3:01 am

Atalante

last time I looked it was morning here ...

3:03 am

FMitch

Definitely morning here and -5 but bright and sunny.

3:03 am

Atalante

maybe Scotland is in a time warp!

3:03 am

FMitch

:)

3:04 am

Andree

i am confused which is not unusual

3:04 am

Haz1558

It's morning in Scotland, evening in Australia.

3:04 am

Haz1558

And Flask is so excited, time means nothing.

3:05 am

Andree

its sunday evening, 8.04pm

3:05 am

FMitch

We can always rely on Haz to bring order back to a situation.

3:05 am

FMitch

so Andree is 11 hours ahead of us.

3:05 am

Haz1558

I am the voice of reason.

3:06 am

FMitch

well most of the time Haz but only if you keep taking the pills.

3:06 am

Haz1558

This is true.

3:07 am

FMitch

Totally irrelevant question but how is the grid today?

3:08 am

Atalante

grid?

3:08 am

Haz1558

It's heavily skewed towards the letter c.

3:08 am

gremlinn

a bit harder than usual

3:08 am

Atalante

with a phantom of colcannon

3:08 am

FMitch

Hi gremlinn

3:08 am

gremlinn

hi

3:09 am

gremlinn

I have word hints in my profile if anyone needs them

3:09 am

Haz1558

Hello, gremlinn. You mean you haven't finished or that it took you longer than 3 minutes?

3:09 am

Andree

thx gremlin, i take it you finished ages ago as usual

3:09 am

Haz1558

First question answered....

3:09 am

gremlinn

It took about 90 minutes

3:09 am

rubyfoo

gd morning everybody -- coldest morning so far but bright and sunny

3:09 am

Andree

hi ruby

3:10 am

Atalante

hi ruby! the whole breed of chows are in my bad books!!

3:10 am

rubyfoo

what happened?

3:10 am

Haz1558

Good morning, ruby.

3:10 am

gremlinn

I am usually here and working hard right when the new puzzle is out

3:10 am

FMitch

Was making enquiries yesterday as to how much a taxi would cost from my Mums hour to mine (thinking about Mothers Day in March) - to cover 14 miles will cost Â£35!

3:10 am

rubyfoo

tank

3:10 am

rubyfoo

thank

3:10 am

FMitch

Morning ruby

3:10 am

Atalante

goodness!

3:11 am

rubyfoo

oh, so sorry, too wired up on coffee, need some calming drugs in the pb!!!

3:11 am

Haz1558

Is this taxi gold-plated?

3:11 am

Haz1558

Is Prince Charles driving?

3:11 am

FMitch

I forgot to ask I was so gob smacked.

3:11 am

Haz1558

Is vintage champagne on tap?

3:11 am

FMitch

and that is just one way, not a round trip.

3:11 am

Haz1558

You should try Easyjet, FM.

3:12 am

FMitch

LOL!

3:12 am

FMitch

perhaps a helicoper would be cheaper

3:12 am

Haz1558

That's a pretty ridiculous price, isn't it?

3:13 am

FMitch

It seems rediculous but then again I haven't used a taxi in years so who knows.

3:13 am

Haz1558

Phone..

3:14 am

FMitch

will contact a couple more co's to get a price comparison.

3:14 am

Andree

the are pretty pricey here too especially from the airport with lots of extra taxes

3:15 am

FMitch

oh yes Andree airport taxis you can pretty much double what youwould usually pay.

3:16 am

Atalante

urf, so tired

3:16 am

KatieMcG

from mum's to ours which is 3 miles the taxi is about Â£6 so I'm not sure it is that bad but you should be able to haggle as you are booking it in advance

3:17 am

Atalante

from here to Whitstable is about Â£15 which is 8-9 miles

3:17 am

FMitch

mmm good point Katie and Good morning :)

3:18 am

KatieMcG

morning all

3:18 am

Haz1558

Hello, Katie.

3:19 am

Atalante

hi katie and whichever cats are near

3:20 am

rubyfoo

hello haz and katie and ata and FM and andree. Sorry for my earlier faux pas!!!!

3:20 am

Andree

hi katie

3:20 am

rubyfoo

what happened with the chows, ata?

3:20 am

Atalante

bella bit hobbit! she didn't break the skin but left a bruise!

3:21 am

rubyfoo

that's terrible but could have been much worse. chows have jaws of death when they want

3:21 am

rubyfoo

not mine, of course, lol

3:21 am

KatieMcG

one was sick and had an upset tummy yesterday so none of them are near as I want to check which one was poorly!!

3:22 am

Atalante

they were both in a grumpy mood. monster dogs

3:22 am

Atalante

awwwww

3:22 am

rubyfoo

because you were away?

3:23 am

FMitch

Back in a mo, putting the kettle on and yes Ata will make tea for you and coffee for those that want it :)

3:23 am

rubyfoo

yes pls, fm, with milk

3:23 am

Atalante

Bells is in season and apparently doesn't appreciate other female dogs in her domain right now

3:23 am

Atalante

yay! :)

3:24 am

rubyfoo

aaah, that explains it

3:24 am

Haz1558

What age is Bella?

3:25 am

Andree

ata do you have 2 dogs

3:25 am

Atalante

she's *thinks* 1 1/2 ish?

3:25 am

Atalante

no, Andree, Bella is my friend's chow

3:26 am

Andree

okay

3:26 am

Atalante

oh good, Andy Murray has changed to a white top

3:27 am

Andree

in the second set now murray has changed out of the blue

3:27 am

Haz1558

I texted him.

3:27 am

rubyfoo

good job, haz!

3:28 am

Haz1558

PHone...

3:29 am

Andree

probably the prime minister needing advice

3:29 am

Atalante

Obama maybe

3:29 am

Andree

or george, sick of the italian chick

3:29 am

rubyfoo

he needs all the help he can get!

3:30 am

Andree

don't they all

3:30 am

Haz1558

None of those suggestions. A farmer with a sick cow.

3:30 am

Atalante

awww poor cow

3:31 am

Haz1558

I know. But veterinary medicine will pull her through!

3:31 am

Atalante

oops nearly said that ha7 is a phantom

3:32 am

Haz1558

And it's a plural for some reason.

3:32 am

FMitch

Have to smile, was in the garden whilst waiting for the kettle to boil and the bell ringergers at the church aren't the greatest in the wolrd but there is a joy in hearing the wonderful cacophany none the less.

Tea and coffe are served in the PB by the way.

3:32 am

Atalante

is the intrepid mr Haz off to visit her?

3:32 am

Haz1558

No, just medicine needed.

3:33 am

gremlinn

Ata: I did say it was a phantom by mistake earlier (I was looking at the wrong AL and thought the H didn't connect)

3:34 am

FMitch

ringergers? where did that come from, I swear this keyboard has a mind of it's own!

3:34 am

Atalante

glad it's not just me :) I couldn't see where the Y connected lol

3:35 am

Haz1558

Ringergers. It's bound to be some sort of interesting malady.

3:35 am

rubyfoo

hard, I thought it was a phantom, too

3:35 am

Atalante

ringergivitis

3:35 am

Haz1558

Women who long for marriage are Ringurgers.

3:36 am

FMitch

perhaps that why they can't quite ring in sequence.

3:36 am

rubyfoo

we could get you a job at our loval church, fm, they haven't a clue!

3:36 am

rubyfoo

they even make bells here in the valley, but the local ones all sound cracked

3:36 am

gremlinn

married babies are ringerbers

3:37 am

Haz1558

Would Ringergers combine Tinnitus with Asperger's?

3:38 am

FMitch

LOL!

3:38 am

Atalante

sounds likely

3:38 am

KatieMcG

crumble is sulking now have to work out if it's because she is poorly or just stropy

3:38 am

lynxxx

Hello everyone. I remember Poor Cow!

3:38 am

rubyfoo

hello lynxx

3:38 am

FMitch

Hi lynxxx

3:39 am

Haz1558

Good morning, lynxxx.

3:39 am

Haz1558

Good evening, lynxxx.

3:39 am

KatieMcG

morning lynxxx

3:39 am

Atalante

or both

3:39 am

Haz1558

(Hope lynxxx didn't notice my bad timing)

3:39 am

Andree

hi lynxxx

3:39 am

FMitch

make yr mind up Haz!

3:39 am

Haz1558

I'm covering all eventualities. Belt and braces.

3:39 am

lynxxx

welcome home Ata

3:40 am

FMitch

practical to the last.

3:40 am

lynxxx

Friday went smoothly Haz?

3:40 am

Atalante

tyty :) but I am thinking that I need to go back to bed for a while. Long drive yesterday followed by Ill Husband all night

3:41 am

Haz1558

Yes, it all went well, lynxxx, up the ramp, down the ramp, through the test.

3:41 am

rubyfoo

is he ok now?

3:42 am

Atalante

oh gosh no, he'll be ill for weeks now, I'm sure

3:42 am

rubyfoo

oh no!

3:42 am

Andree

man flu?

3:42 am

lynxxx

lol

3:43 am

Haz1558

Don't worry, ruby, Ata's husband enjoys imagined ill health.

3:43 am

KatieMcG

really ill or man ill?

3:43 am

Atalante

man ill LOL

3:43 am

KatieMcG

good luck with that then!

3:44 am

rubyfoo

unfortunately, I have a very cold heart and when my husband had a painless heart attack and couldn't breath, I thought he was overreacting to an allergy attack and I said "Get a grip!" I'll live with that forever!

3:44 am

KatieMcG

Better go and get ready for church, see you all later

3:44 am

Haz1558

Right, must be practical and get me to the kitchen.

3:44 am

Atalante

I'd be the same, ruby!

3:44 am

rubyfoo

Fortunately, he survived my callousness!

3:44 am

FMitch

Whats on the menu today Haz?

3:44 am

Atalante

bye haz, bye katie, I'm going back to bed for an hour :)

3:45 am

Andree

bye haz and ata

3:45 am

lynxxx

Bye Katie, Haz & Ata

3:45 am

Haz1558

Spicy lentil soup with crusty bread, Leg of lamb, roast potatoes, potato croquettes, braised celery and carrots, sticky toffee pudding and ice cream.

3:45 am

rubyfoo

bye haz and katie

3:45 am

KatieMcG

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

3:45 am

rubyfoo

that sounds wonderful, haz!

3:45 am

Haz1558

So off I go!

3:45 am

Haz1558

See you later!

3:45 am

KatieMcG

*poof*

3:46 am

FMitch

oooh yum!
Bye to all those leaving and I guess I should depart too and start the day.

3:46 am

lynxxx

bye FM too

3:47 am

rubyfoo

see yu later

3:48 am

Andree

bye fmitch

3:50 am

FMitch

Going to walk into the village and get the Sunday papers *poof*

3:54 am

Andree

so7/40 please

3:56 am

lynxxx

so7 very close to the so6.18 before it, make the start like so**e a crime

3:59 am

Andree

thx lynxxx

3:59 am

Brookie

Hello everyone!

4:00 am

lynxxx

hi Brookie

4:00 am

Andree

hi brookie

4:00 am

Brookie

Hi lynxxx and andree. How are you today?

4:01 am

lynxxx

Much better after cool change came thru!

4:02 am

Andree

i am fine

4:02 am

Brookie

Has it been hot the last couple days? The reports I had been getting in Melbourne were "perfect weather". Good to hear you're both fine.

4:03 am

lynxxx

Just today - got up to 37c - a bit too much

4:03 am

Brookie

Wow! It

4:03 am

Brookie

It's been 18F here.

4:04 am

lynxxx

brrrr

4:05 am

Brookie

My youngest son hasn't woken up yet, so I'm enjoying solo babble time. :-)

4:06 am

Andree

wow thats hot lyn, we have had a stiff breeze all day

4:06 am

lynxxx

He's getting better then...what time is it now?

4:06 am

Brookie

It's 5 a.m. here.

4:07 am

Brookie

What's the weather difference, in general, between Melbourne and Sydney?

4:07 am

Andree

if murray doesn't pick up his game this match will be over

4:08 am

Andree

sydney is much more temperate, lynxx might not agree, its never as hot or as cold

4:09 am

Andree

ofcourse we get our heat waves too

4:09 am

lynxxx

Sydney has ocean breezes whereas Melbourne is in a large bay. We also get Sydneys leftover weather...it come in from ocean into NSW and goes anticlockwise overland...so we are last cab off the rank as far as rainfall goes

4:09 am

Brookie

Just wondering. My friend in Melbourne reports that the weather is perfect all the time there.

4:09 am

o-o

Pretty nice day: -3 Â°F (-19 Â°C) Wind Chill: -18 Â°F (-28 Â°C

4:10 am

Brookie

Sounds lovely where you are BR. We shall all visit you!

4:10 am

rosalind230

ao

4:10 am

Karys

Hello everyone, with al this talk of weather I just had to tell you, we fly out to Perth tomorrow !

4:10 am

Brookie

Hi Karys!

4:10 am

o-o

We can have a picnic

4:10 am

lynxxx

He is right, it is pretty good. Probably about 10-20 really hot days each year.

4:11 am

Brookie

Of course, BR, there won't be any ants at our picnic, because they'd be too sensible to be outdoors!

4:11 am

o-o

no pismires to worry about

4:11 am

Andree

well brookie i hope thats all your friend is lying about, lol

4:11 am

lynxxx

Hi Karys...Perth! we'll tell them to expect you

4:12 am

Karys

Thank you lynxxx, we go from there to Adelaide and Melbourne.

4:12 am

Brookie

Well, compared to the weather in Newark, DE, I guess it is "perfect". :-)

4:12 am

Andree

hope you enjoy your visit karys

4:12 am

lynxxx

Not driving I hope Karys!

4:13 am

Karys

Thyank you Andree, I must say I am gett
ing quite excited

4:14 am

Brookie

Do you have friends out there, Karys? Or just taking a nice vacation to a nice place?

4:14 am

Karys

No, flights, but we will
be driving from Brisbane to Cairns

4:14 am

o-o

phantom : thaumaturgy

4:14 am

rumplestiltskin

clue for the na5/16 please

4:14 am

Brookie

BR, I saw the same phantom!

4:14 am

lynxxx

That will be lovely Karys. You must be here for a while?

4:15 am

Brookie

I don't have it yet, rumple

4:15 am

o-o

na 5 -- sluggo and na 5

4:15 am

o-o

or mrs reagan

4:15 am

Karys

I have a stepson living in Brisbane with his family, and we ar making a 'trip' out of our visit, going to New Zealand and Phuket

4:15 am

rumplestiltskin

Got it, guess that dates me, huh?

4:16 am

rolin

hey all...karys.....brisbane to cairns..thats quite a hike..

4:16 am

o-o

I followed that one in the paper for many years

4:16 am

lynxxx

Fab trip Karys

4:16 am

Andree

wow what a great holiday, how long will you be away

4:16 am

Karys

Taking a few days to do it tho' rolin.

4:16 am

lynxxx

hi Rolin

4:17 am

rolin

yeah.... youll need it...but the coast roas should be lovely...

4:17 am

Brookie

hi rolin!

4:17 am

rolin

hey lynxxx..hows things?

4:17 am

Karys

We wil be gone for 7 weeks, I have never been away from home for so long before !

4:17 am

rolin

hi brookie

4:17 am

Andree

the brisbane cairns drive is great taken over a few days

4:17 am

Andree

hi rolin

4:18 am

rolin

hi andree

4:18 am

o-o

With a maximum speed of 160 km/h, the full journey between Brisbane and Cairns is 24 hours and 55 minutes over a distance of 1681 kilometres.

4:18 am

Karys

Some great sounding places Andree

4:18 am

rolin

we are thinking about landing in perth this year...i wanted to take the train across the nullabor...but its so expensive

4:18 am

Karys

LOL... thank you BR !

4:19 am

Andree

160km/h karys would spend her few days in the clink

4:19 am

lynxxx

160km! I am not sure any of our roads allow that speed

4:19 am

rolin

karys...have you thought about taking the train??... its a hoot

4:19 am

Karys

I have not been to Western Australia before, so I wanted to se that side.

4:20 am

Andree

thats a train ride i am wanting to take also the ghan

4:20 am

Karys

No, we hadn't rolin, but al is in place now.

4:20 am

rolin

andree...me too..the ghan and the nullabor...but travelling with a smoker is a pain..*sigh*

4:20 am

o-o

about 1044+ miles

4:20 am

rolin

and in any case the cost is rediculous..

4:20 am

Karys

As you can se, I am having a little trouble with this keyboard.

4:21 am

Andree

so is the ghan but i will take that one of these days

4:21 am

rolin

yup...lotto travel i call it

4:22 am

Andree

and babble slow down, we like having you around

4:22 am

o-o

What us the speed limit there, Andree?

4:22 am

Andree

50 in built up areas 60 and 70 on most roads and 110 on the expressways

4:23 am

Karys

back later, packing to finish.

4:23 am

Andree

speeds i obviously have a problem with as i have hardly any points left on my licence

4:24 am

rolin

which having just checked the lotto results...is being put off til next week..lol

4:24 am

rolin

ooooh andree....how many points are you allowed these days?

4:25 am

Andree

12

4:25 am

rolin

ok..like here

4:25 am

rumplestiltskin

la5/10 - next to last la word please

4:26 am

Andree

you get the points back after 3 years so i think i am okay at the moment as i would have got 6 points back on christmas day

4:27 am

lynxxx

is it the coffee Rumple (not listing)

4:28 am

rumplestiltskin

TY lynxxx, that was it.

4:28 am

lynxxx

terrific - yw

4:32 am

o-o

the la 6 7 7 8 are gap-related words

4:33 am

o-o

this one was a kind of fun one

4:34 am

lynxxx

Congrats BabRab

4:34 am

Andree

i have un5/14 and need help with the other 2 please

4:35 am

Andree

oops no there are 5 u words

4:35 am

lynxxx

un7.36 far away

4:35 am

o-o

ty, lyn

4:36 am

o-o

un 5 -- take the stetson off

4:36 am

o-o

un + the real deal: real Mc***

4:37 am

Andree

thx bab

4:37 am

o-o

un 4 + old king **le was a merry old soul; pl

4:37 am

Andree

thx lynxxx

4:39 am

Andree

u's done, 17 left

4:39 am

o-o

How does hugo handle the heat, Andree?

4:41 am

Flask1

I have un4..un5 x2..and un7...whats missing please?

4:41 am

Flask1

and good morning all.....

4:42 am

lynxxx

another un5 Flask, clues just under

4:42 am

Andree

i keep him inside when its very hot so he sleeps on the cool tiles and i take him for a swim sometimes

4:42 am

Andree

hi flask

4:43 am

o-o

he has a thick coat looks like

4:43 am

Andree

we don't have aircon but its cool downstairs inside even on the hottest day

4:44 am

Flask1

I have the stetson and the shy one....whats the third please......well, I mean a wee clue please?

4:44 am

rumplestiltskin

I must not be awake, can't find the ca5/18, have the 5/12

4:44 am

o-o

plural of the un 4

4:44 am

Andree

it is thick, i decided he was too young to clip except for the bad job i have done on his head and chin

4:45 am

Flask1

thanx babrab!

4:45 am

lynxxx

ca5.18 a baby cow is born!

4:45 am

o-o

what a cow begats, rumple

4:46 am

rumplestiltskin

TY BabbleRabble. Im not sure if I'll finish this one.

4:46 am

o-o

great picture of hugo, Andree

4:46 am

o-o

nice clue, lyn

4:46 am

o-o

congrats, rumple

4:47 am

o-o

Sure you will .... just need to find the next one

4:47 am

Andree

he is a cutie and has the most lovely nature, the poodle/spaniel mix is a winner

4:48 am

o-o

great

4:49 am

o-o

rumple, are those your daughters?

4:51 am

Andree

hi rumple

4:54 am

rumplestiltskin

Hi BabbleRabble and Andree. That is my and my Swedish daughter. Picture taken in 1987 when she was aforeign exchange student here. Love her as my own.

4:57 am

Flask1

clues please for the 2 v words please?

4:57 am

Andree

do you still keep in touch?

4:57 am

lynxxx

one is unborn calf

4:58 am

Andree

ve** from the butcher

4:58 am

rumplestiltskin

Absolutely, we have been to Sweden twice and she and her family have been here 3 times.

4:58 am

rumplestiltskin

Stuck on the first ca4/5

4:59 am

rumplestiltskin

Trying to tye up loose ends to finish

5:00 am

lynxxx

ve5.20 is the other V - like ve4.7

5:00 am

Flask1

thanx lynxxx!

5:00 am

lynxxx

ca4.5 could be ca & Hel**

5:01 am

Andree

as5 please

5:02 am

rumplestiltskin

Ty again lynxxx, that was it. Wipes out the 4's, have 22 left, going back to bed a while. It's 5:00 A.M.

5:02 am

lynxxx

bye Rumple

5:03 am

rumplestiltskin

*poof*

5:04 am

lynxxx

what is the point value on the as5 Andree?

5:05 am

Andree

as5/14

5:05 am

Andree

these c's are driving me insane

5:06 am

Deeha

got it Andree but it is hard to explain! As+ sometimes vowel+ohh ** **

5:06 am

VolleymomDee

hi all popping in for a bit

5:07 am

lynxxx

as5 they used to put the insane in as**ums & vwl

5:07 am

lynxxx

hi Volley and Deeha!

5:08 am

VolleymomDee

as + sometimes vowel + note after do, re, me, fa, so, _ _.....

5:08 am

Andree

thx lyn

5:08 am

VolleymomDee

hugs lyn

5:08 am

Andree

hi deeha and dee

5:08 am

VolleymomDee

hi andree

5:09 am

Andree

and thx deeha

5:16 am

lynxxx

an4.9 hasn't been in here for years! used to be in all the time

5:16 am

VolleymomDee

a 60's word...

5:16 am

Andree

and my memory is so bad i thought it was a new word

5:18 am

Jayk

Yikes! There's no list!

5:18 am

VolleymomDee

yipes, might not have started this one if I had noticed there is no list...

5:19 am

Anniebrook

la ve

5:19 am

Andree

dee there is a list in gremlins profile

5:19 am

Anniebrook

hello everyone..going to make coffee

5:19 am

VolleymomDee

awww ty so much very good to know when I get stuck

5:19 am

VolleymomDee

and I know I will with these letters

5:19 am

lynxxx

hi Annie

5:20 am

Anniebrook

hi lynxxxie

5:20 am

Andree

this is the most incredible tennis

5:20 am

Jayk

can't find gremlin's profile

5:20 am

Andree

look under rankings

5:21 am

Jayk

Ah! Thanks!

5:22 am

Deeha

TENNIS OMG I forgot all about it!!Well, Murray may not win but at least he is making Federer sweat!!

5:23 am

Andree

its over federer wins

5:23 am

Deeha

Oh poo he's won!!

5:23 am

Haz1558

Hooray!

5:24 am

Haz1558

(I'm awfully fond of Federer)

5:24 am

Deeha

Hooray??? Mur5ray may be a grumpy Scot but he is British!!

5:24 am

Andree

a great game and the best man won

5:24 am

Haz1558

They say he's not that grumpy at all. But Federer is a wonderful tennis player.

5:25 am

Andree

is he grumpy

5:26 am

Haz1558

He gives the impression of grumpiness because he speaks in such a monotonous way, but that's not the real him, apparently.

5:26 am

Deeha

Let us say he isnt exactly gracious and he has taken a lot of stick for it - at least he tries to smile occassionly now!!

5:26 am

Haz1558

Grumpy or not, he (Murray) is still a brilliant player as well.

5:27 am

Haz1558

Company has arrived, I'd better go....

5:27 am

Andree

bye haz

5:30 am

VolleymomDee

help with the n in the 1st column for nbt please

5:31 am

lynxxx

Babbler Na*** Boy

5:31 am

Anniebrook

Andree, Hugo is a lovely dog..very huggable

5:32 am

VolleymomDee

ooo ty lyn nbt

5:32 am

Andree

yep i hug him all the time

5:33 am

Anniebrook

lyn, I can only think of Nat King Coles song Nature Boy

5:34 am

lynxxx

Frank Sinatra's daughter

5:34 am

Anniebrook

thanks, lynxxxie

5:34 am

Andree

fireworks

5:35 am

lynxxx

but anything Nat King Cole did was fantastic - esp Nature Boy

5:35 am

lynxxx

Congrats Andree!

5:35 am

Anniebrook

lyn, I didnt read your clue correctly..too early

5:35 am

VolleymomDee

wtg andree!

5:35 am

Anniebrook

congrats, andree

5:35 am

Andree

and now the tennis is over, grid finished, all is well with my worldso i will go to bed

5:36 am

Anniebrook

night, andree

5:36 am

lynxxx

Goodnight Andree. Have a good week

5:37 am

VolleymomDee

are there only 2 la 7's?

5:38 am

lynxxx

not sure, I have 2 la7.36

5:38 am

VolleymomDee

ty that is what I have, too

5:39 am

VolleymomDee

I honestly didn't think un 7 was a word

5:39 am

roncook

stats for the 8s please.

5:39 am

oodleberry

Hi evEryoNe :D hi miss annie

5:40 am

Anniebrook

Hi Sir Oodle

5:40 am

lynxxx

hi Ron, hi Oodle

5:40 am

VolleymomDee

I only have 5 8's so far: an 8/50; co 8/65; cy 8/60; ha 8/60; la 8/60

5:41 am

roncook

Hi lynxxx

5:47 am

VolleymomDee

the last 8 is ac 8/55

5:48 am

lynxxx

TY for those Volley, only had 2 8s before

5:48 am

VolleymomDee

yqw

5:49 am

roncook

ty got them now.the wife is very upset now that Andy lost the tennis, will have to let her finish the babble.

5:50 am

VolleymomDee

aww sweet

5:50 am

lynxxx

he was very upset too!

5:52 am

VolleymomDee

here are the 7's: ac, an x 3; co, cy, en, et, ha, la x 2; so, ta, un

5:53 am

lynxxx

Goodnight from me, looking forward to a cool nights sleep

5:54 am

VolleymomDee

sleep well lyn

5:54 am

Anniebrook

sweet cool dreams, lynxxxxie

6:05 am

gran

Has anyone posted a list

6:05 am

VolleymomDee

in grem's profile and babanon

6:05 am

gran

Thanks

6:06 am

VolleymomDee

yw

6:07 am

oodleberry

you mean no lickety???

6:07 am

VolleymomDee

no but list is in grem's profile and babanon

6:10 am

oodleberry

nbt

6:10 am

VolleymomDee

wtg

6:19 am

VolleymomDee

off to start the day; have a great day all!

6:19 am

Anniebrook

bye Dee

6:19 am

VolleymomDee

bye *poof*

6:19 am

oodleberry

bbye dee

6:26 am

oodleberry

boo

6:30 am

oodleberry

Annie have you seen mrpresident lately?

6:31 am

Anniebrook

no oodle, was just thinking about her too

6:31 am

Anniebrook

I cant finish this grid without a list. Hope all is well with Lickety and family

6:31 am

oodleberry

I mean lickety is her husband... I hope she/they are alright

6:32 am

FMitch

Andree said she saw them last week I think and all is well with them.

6:33 am

redturtlehead

Hi All. Lickety is on Facebook Oodle, you could FB them, but I think I saw MrP here and they are fine.

6:33 am

Anniebrook

Hi FM! That is good news.

6:33 am

FMitch

Hello Annie :)

6:33 am

oodleberry

ty

6:33 am

redturtlehead

hello FM Annie and Oodle.

6:33 am

Anniebrook

hi red!

6:33 am

FMitch

Hi red!

6:34 am

oodleberry

hi red

6:34 am

redturtlehead

I have been wanting a grid over 200, Dr God doesn't seem to want to oblige.

6:36 am

hurshy

he doesn't control it. it's random, the computer just generates them.

6:37 am

redturtlehead

I know Hurshy, but I always like to think of him as in control of it....

6:37 am

hurshy

oh dear, red, you're a walking argument for atheism.

6:38 am

redturtlehead

perhaps. I'm not a good Atheist!

6:39 am

hurshy

so, you are an atheist? and what defines a good one?

6:39 am

redturtlehead

No I am not an Atheist, which I think makes me a bad atheist! I am a regular Christian, participating right now in the 64 days of non violence. It's Awesome!

6:40 am

hurshy

well in that case, you should certainly try to avoid being a walking argument for atheism. :)

6:40 am

redturtlehead

I would think so.

6:40 am

hurshy

(are you normally very violent?)

6:41 am

redturtlehead

No Not really, Im every day a Quaker. It's the season of Non violence, for some of us, we have 64 days of meditation and action.

6:42 am

hurshy

it is just a funny name - like, the rest of the year, you can be violent, but for these 64 days...

6:42 am

redturtlehead

I always wonder about the random number 64...but...

6:42 am

redturtlehead

I agree. the rest of the year, do we have a season of Violence?

6:43 am

hurshy

64 is square, which is lovely, but it doesn't seem to have any biblical significance, i agree.

6:43 am

redturtlehead

I thought halon was a gas. If it like Freon a brand?

6:43 am

hurshy

halon is not a gas that i know of.

6:44 am

oodleberry

are you thinking of halogen red?

6:44 am

redturtlehead

Oh no... must go goole it and find out if it is anything.

6:44 am

TheLegend

halon is a fire extinguishing agent

6:45 am

redturtlehead

No No Halon. I googled it, the reason I know it is that it is a type of abbreviation fo a halide fire extinguisher.

6:45 am

redturtlehead

As Legend says!

6:45 am

redturtlehead

Hi Legend.

6:45 am

TheLegend

hi red

6:45 am

TheLegend

its used mostly on aircraft...to put out engine fires

6:46 am

redturtlehead

We have it in some parts of the hospital. I guess all that preparation for the JACHO inspection wore off on me.

6:48 am

redturtlehead

Hurshy, how are you ? And Oodle, how goes it in the frozen North?

6:48 am

hurshy

red, i have googled your 64 days in the meantime. it wasn't chosen for the number, but because jan 30 is the day ghandi was assassinated, and april 4 is the day MLK was assassinated, and in 1998 it was the 30th anniv. of one and the 50th of the other and ghandi's daughter or granddaughter suggested creating this "season" based on those dates.

6:48 am

hurshy

i'm fine red, got my mitty kitty all cuddled up with me

6:48 am

redturtlehead

Hurshy, you are amazing. You would think I would have noticed that.

6:48 am

redturtlehead

I have had too many houseguests and life changes.

6:48 am

redturtlehead

THanks!!!

6:49 am

redturtlehead

oh no, is that PB for me?

6:49 am

hurshy

the ability to google isn't that amazing :)

6:49 am

redturtlehead

No, its that you bothered.

6:50 am

TheLegend

the list is NOT up in babanon...:(

6:50 am

hurshy

i don't believe in the PB, so if nobody else wants to enforce it, you're off the hook.

6:50 am

oodleberry

yeah!!! hurshy

6:51 am

hurshy

i don't often get a yeah!!!
i'm having a real good day so far i guess

6:51 am

oodleberry

i am with you hurshy on the PB and red you are safe

6:52 am

redturtlehead

sometimes i like the food in there....

6:54 am

oodleberry

think I asked about your name before hurshy but where is it from...I don,t buy hershey candy anymore since they moved the one and only hershey canadian factory to mexico.

6:54 am

oodleberry

think you said it was german?

6:54 am

hurshy

in the good old days, there was a button you had to click to enter your chat, so there was much less of the whole entering-a-word-in-chat-because-you-fo
rgot-to-move-your-cursor. we complained to doc when the new format was introduced, but he said people would get used to it. they did not. therefore i blame the system for those types of incidents and don't want to lock up the individual drug user, to analogize. and in those good old days, if someone used a word in conversation, we just said, red said a woooooooord, and that was that. and if it was a very common word like THAT, my feeling was that it should be exempt anyway.

6:55 am

hurshy

yes, it's related to my married name, which is germanic.

6:56 am

oodleberry

oh ok i amember now :D

6:56 am

hurshy

hershey chocolate isn't very good anyway, so i have never really been a major consumer of it.

6:56 am

redturtlehead

I think it allows for a lot of fun if people take it the right way..

6:56 am

oodleberry

I will sleep well tonight knowing that hurshey :D

6:57 am

oodleberry

they use wax

6:57 am

hurshy

well that explains it

6:57 am

oodleberry

red, it is not fun for me, more frustrating

6:57 am

hurshy

we had fun before. we just had a jacuzzi filled with champagne instead of a penalty box.

6:58 am

redturtlehead

Well, the PB as I see it now has lots of snacks, and coffee, and cabana boys and dancing girls...

6:58 am

oodleberry

it is an honest mistake and should be dealt as such

6:58 am

KatieMcG

still has the jacuzzi and champs as well

6:59 am

oodleberry

never heard of the jacuzzi

6:59 am

hurshy

and if doc would just GIVE US BACK THE BUTTON we wouldn't HAVE so many honest mistakes!

6:59 am

Anniebrook

I believe the jacuzzi was moved into the PB

6:59 am

redturtlehead

oh yes and stid put a bed in there for me some time back.

7:00 am

KatieMcG

usually bacon sandwiches as well

7:00 am

Anniebrook

FM has a great picture of the PB

7:00 am

redturtlehead

she does.

7:01 am

redturtlehead

I guess I just don't see it as punishment at all, which is why I am not frustrated, alsi the occasional dropped word can be nice...

7:01 am

KatieMcG

couldn't agree more red

7:01 am

oodleberry

think I made enemies by reacting so negatively to the PB

7:02 am

hurshy

i really really don't like it when a long but not obscure word is accidentally typed into the chat because someone didn't move the cursor. some of us would like to actually find those words.

7:02 am

KatieMcG

not at all oodle, just trying to show that it can be taken as fun, but won't ever put you in there as you don't like it

7:02 am

Anniebrook

PB as punishment? when you can get chocolate and champagne? Oodle is taking the PB seriously I think?

7:02 am

oodleberry

well someone doesn't acknowledge me anymore

7:02 am

redturtlehead

But it is usually some little piddling 4 letter thing..

7:03 am

Mudd

an 7,8 clue please

7:03 am

KatieMcG

is it just me finding this one a pig today?

7:03 am

hurshy

an7 to think about critically

7:03 am

Anniebrook

me too, Katie

7:03 am

redturtlehead

Mudd, some chemists an***** material. and come to a conclusion about it.

7:04 am

Sally-catlover

Hi Hurshy, Katie, red, Annie, oodle and everyone else

7:04 am

KatieMcG

hi sally

7:04 am

Anniebrook

Hi Sally!

7:04 am

Mudd

I think I need a later one than that red.

7:04 am

hurshy

the A's are giving me trouble at the moment, katie, if that counts.

7:05 am

Sally-catlover

My phantom: unclean. Does that say something about me?

7:05 am

hurshy

that you've read the bible a lot?

7:05 am

KatieMcG

i have on** got 58 and it has been a long hard slog!

7:05 am

redturtlehead

well, its the only one I have so far Mudd.sorry/

7:05 am

oodleberry

brb

7:05 am

Sally-catlover

lol huurshy

7:06 am

Mudd

I have the scientist's an 7. I need the third an 7 and I assume the 8 is a plural. Another clue please.

7:06 am

hurshy

my phantom is nuance

7:06 am

redturtlehead

Mudd, I do not have the other one, so I can not give you another clue.

7:06 am

Sally-catlover

an + vowel + could be spelling of not dark

7:06 am

hurshy

same here

7:06 am

redturtlehead

Very sorry.

7:06 am

KatieMcG

whereas I am obsessed with getting 'uncle

7:07 am

KatieMcG

ty sally

7:08 am

hurshy

cry uncle! and let slip the dogs of war

7:08 am

Sally-catlover

np

7:08 am

hurshy

no, that makes no sense. i must rephrase the latter bit too.

7:08 am

hurshy

cry uncle! and restrain the dogs of war

7:08 am

Sally-catlover

So now we have the nuance of an unclean uncle

7:09 am

redturtlehead

Oooh, the "Creepy uncle?"

7:09 am

Mudd

I think I have to go to bed. I can't figure out the sweetest of clues.

7:10 am

Mudd

Oh, I got it ... bless you!

7:10 am

KatieMcG

I would like to state for the record that my uncles are not creepy (Diem if your lurking!!)

7:10 am

Sally-catlover

:-)

7:10 am

redturtlehead

Oh my!

7:10 am

Sally-catlover

Is Diem your uncle Katie?

7:10 am

hurshy

i have one semi-creepy uncle-by-marriage

7:10 am

KatieMcG

yes sally

7:11 am

KatieMcG

he is Mari's brother

7:11 am

Sally-catlover

I only ever had one uncle and he is long long sadly :-(

7:11 am

Sally-catlover

Sorry, long gone

7:12 am

Sally-catlover

Though he was quite tall :-)

7:12 am

hurshy

i've had... 11 uncles total... one left my aunt, then she remarried, so i currently have 10.

7:13 am

Sally-catlover

:-( Feeling uncle-less

7:13 am

KatieMcG

I only have two sally and Diem is half a world away

7:14 am

hurshy

i'm not that close to any of them, if it makes you feel any better

7:14 am

oodleberry

back front top bottom and both sides

7:14 am

KatieMcG

ironically I probably see more of him and speak to him more often that my other uncle who lives about 15 miles away

7:14 am

Sally-catlover

It's nice you all play Babble Katie. None of my family do.

7:14 am

Uneaixoise

good grief, hursh!! I just had 2 and both are long gone . . .

7:15 am

Sally-catlover

Oodle, is that a new dance, or a haircut?

7:15 am

oodleberry

no it is another way of saying I am back

7:15 am

oodleberry

Salut Une

7:15 am

Uneaixoise

salut, oodle!

7:16 am

redturtlehead

Not very close to any of mine and I did have one creepy one, but now he has cancer, and is very ill, so I feel for him, creepy or not.

7:16 am

hurshy

my mom has 2 brothers, and my dad is one of 9 kids, so i'm swimming in uncles and aunts, and even more so in cousins. 33 of those.

7:18 am

Uneaixoise

FYI here be BrandyJack's grid stats for today: http://tinyurl.com/ybjgkmo

7:18 am

Sally-catlover

My mum had one brother and 2 sisters. Brother and sister each had one child, other sister had none. My father had a half-sister who had no children - so I just have two cousins.

7:18 am

FMitch

33 good heavens hershy!

7:19 am

hurshy

i never understood how people could keep track of second cousins and so forth, i have enough to do keeping track of the firsts.

7:19 am

Michnick

hi all

7:19 am

Uneaixoise

ok, BJ's stats are now in my profile is anyone's interested :-)

7:19 am

Uneaixoise

hey, mich :-)

7:19 am

FMitch

Hi Mich

7:19 am

72 Temple Owl

hi all

7:19 am

hurshy

did he post them somewhere other than babanon?

7:19 am

Michnick

I just read about a woman, 91 yrs old who had over 2500 descendents. She was a holocaust survivor and she herself had about 15 kids!

7:20 am

hurshy

why wouldn't he just put them there?

7:20 am

oodleberry

and people get the second cousins mixed up with the first cousins once removed

7:20 am

FMitch

TO!!! how nice to see you :)

7:20 am

Sally-catlover

Ooh, the ha 7/44 just leapt out at me :-)

7:20 am

Michnick

hi unea,FM, TO , hurshy, all

7:20 am

Uneaixoise

hursh, was just giving a direct link

7:20 am

hurshy

2500 descendants... wow.

7:20 am

hurshy

oh, ok.

7:20 am

Michnick

Well nothing is leaping out at me. I have 69 words but I am breaking my head looking.

7:20 am

72 Temple Owl

hi fm!

7:21 am

oodleberry

hi mich

7:21 am

Michnick

hi oodle

7:21 am

KatieMcG

i'm off to do some work, will be back to have fun later!

7:21 am

FMitch

It's a bit of a toughy today mitch.

7:21 am

redturtlehead

i'm at 72, but need to take abreak to prepare for house guest number 2. grrrr.

7:21 am

Uneaixoise

ac7/8 candlelighters at church -- an7/8 almost the same

7:21 am

Sally-catlover

Hi Mich, FM

7:21 am

Uneaixoise

cy7/8 severe storms

7:21 am

FMitch

Hey Sally :)

7:22 am

Michnick

Thanks unea, never knew what that word meant, only that it was church related.

7:22 am

FMitch

oh flip pinger is going off in the kitchen so I guess lunch is about ready BRB

7:22 am

Michnick

hi Sally

7:22 am

Uneaixoise

ha7/8 calm, peaceful

7:22 am

72 Temple Owl

hi mich

7:22 am

Uneaixoise

mich, I worked for the United Methodist Church for 30 yrs! LOL

7:22 am

redturtlehead

ha***** days of summer....

7:22 am

Michnick

Ah, I guess you would know then!

7:22 am

Sally-catlover

Finished the h's. Happy.

7:23 am

Uneaixoise

un7 open

7:23 am

Uneaixoise

ta7 like baby powder

7:23 am

Uneaixoise

go, sally!

7:23 am

oodleberry

that is the only U I could see Une

7:23 am

72 Temple Owl

ooh that was the name of my high school yearbook - ha7

7:23 am

Michnick

thanks une

7:23 am

Uneaixoise

un4/6 is a babblet

7:23 am

Uneaixoise

and plural

7:23 am

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

7:24 am

Uneaixoise

un5/14 take off the beret

7:24 am

Uneaixoise

un5/18 stop flirting

7:24 am

Michnick

not getting the ta7, | assume it builds from the powdery ta4?

7:24 am

Michnick

not getting the ta7, | assume it builds from the powdery ta4?

7:24 am

Sally-catlover

Visitor. Have to go.

7:24 am

72 Temple Owl

going now - not ready for cluing. happy babbling

7:24 am

Uneaixoise

ta + anagram of not open

7:24 am

kje

gm

7:25 am

Uneaixoise

i'll stop, TO!!!

7:25 am

Uneaixoise

hey, kje

7:25 am

kje

hell no, une... my opening word was ha7! LOL

7:25 am

Michnick

got, ty!

7:25 am

redturtlehead

Hello kje.

7:26 am

Michnick

THat's a great way to start the grid, kje

7:26 am

hurshy

i had a terrible dream last night

7:26 am

Uneaixoise

so7/40 Sherlock Holmes figured it out, then consumed it!

7:26 am

Uneaixoise

oh, sorry, hursh!

7:27 am

kje

nice clue une - LOL

7:27 am

Michnick

Does anyone remember the un+ co4? Not a word here though

7:27 am

redturtlehead

I dreamt abuout work

7:27 am

redturtlehead

I tried it Mich.

7:27 am

hurshy

was that dr pepper?

7:27 am

kje

i don't remember dreaming

7:28 am

oodleberry

oh red sorry you had a nightmare

7:28 am

redturtlehead

OK half way... ime for a break, house guest preparation.... errrrrr. I love them I love them I love them.

7:28 am

oodleberry

oh talking about kkje

7:28 am

oodleberry

NEVERMIND

7:28 am

FMitch

Grat clue there for the so7 Une!

7:28 am

kje

hagd red

7:29 am

oodleberry

yes une ty

7:29 am

Uneaixoise

yw LOL

7:30 am

periwinkle

it was 7 Up
hello all

7:30 am

periwinkle

it was 7 Up

7:30 am

Uneaixoise

et6/7 e + claws

7:30 am

kje

there is an art to making a clever clue that people can still understand... some do it better than others

7:30 am

Uneaixoise

hey, peri!

7:30 am

Uneaixoise

it's so much more fun than "spelling it out"

7:31 am

hurshy

see i thought of that but then i thought ,7 UP isn't even brown, so why would they compare themselves to co4 anyway?

7:31 am

FMitch

So agree Une but I am not that clever.

7:32 am

FMitch

I have the odd occasion of clue greatness but then I piffle out the rest of the time.

7:32 am

Uneaixoise

pish posh!

7:32 am

oodleberry

because it is not that's why UN hurshy

7:33 am

hurshy

piffle is a great word

7:33 am

hurshy

you know what else is a great word? rannygazoo

7:33 am

FMitch

oh now that is a good word hursh!

7:34 am

Uneaixoise

is that a real word? LOL

7:34 am

hurshy

well, i am not sure if PG Wodehouse made it up but i feel like i have heard it used elsewhere too...

7:35 am

FMitch

Enable probably won't like it but I do.

7:35 am

Uneaixoise

<<<<<<one of my birdbaths with meringue on top! LOL

7:37 am

kje

how much snow did you get, une?

7:37 am

Uneaixoise

ooohhh, google says it's a prank or joke -- great word, hursh :-)

7:37 am

FMitch

Oh dear Une, a tad too much meringue!

7:37 am

Uneaixoise

kje, 4-5 inches with a one-inch crust of ice on top!

7:37 am

Uneaixoise

my pups do NOT like crashing thru the crust!

7:38 am

FMitch

The birds in my garden asre keeping me active with feeding them and making sure the water is not frozen.

7:38 am

hurshy

north and south have flipflopped this year

7:38 am

hurshy

in the eastern US that is

7:38 am

Uneaixoise

true, hursh!

7:38 am

kje

i had a flock of robins come through yesterday - never seen anything like it... must have been almost 100

7:38 am

Uneaixoise

fmitch, I know the feeling -- I'm making sure mine have plenty of seed and suet!

7:39 am

Uneaixoise

oh, how cool, kje!!

7:39 am

FMitch

wow kje!

7:39 am

Uneaixoise

i only see huge flocks like that of blackbirds -- ugh

7:39 am

kje

they flew around the backyard (and small wooded area nehind the house) all day, singing, pecking at the ground... and crashing into my windows

7:39 am

Uneaixoise

oohhh, clear skies and the sun is out-- wahoo!!

7:40 am

Uneaixoise

wow, kje!

7:40 am

kje

I had to look them up and read on them because I didn't realize they traveled like that - I usually only see 1-2 at a time, but they likely live here perm

7:40 am

FMitch

That must have been something kje!

7:40 am

Uneaixoise

did you do your Tippi Hedrin reenactment??

7:40 am

FMitch

LOL

7:40 am

hurshy

man, my cats would go crazy if that happened.

7:40 am

kje

yes.. the thunking was a little unnerving

7:40 am

Uneaixoise

i can imagine!

7:40 am

Uneaixoise

hursh, same with my dogs!

7:41 am

kje

it took me awhile to realize the sound was the birds crashing... then I saw one

7:41 am

kje

just flew off again

7:42 am

kje

had a dozen or so perched on my deck railing at one point... beautiful orange to red chests all in a row

7:42 am

hurshy

one time while we lived at a boarding school, a falconer came with various birds of prey to show the students. he did the demonstrations right in front of our house so me and the cats watched. the students then saw us watching and asked who would win in a cat vs bird-of-prey fight.

7:42 am

Uneaixoise

ooohhh, how beautiful

7:43 am

kje

apparently my little creek is a way-station... they are heading towards you, une, so watch out ; )

7:44 am

FMitch

ooo who would win hursh I hate to think of the battle that would ensue.

7:44 am

Uneaixoise

I had a few robins right before this cold/snow front hit but right now it's mostly cardinals in the backyard and peckerwoods/itty bitty birds in front

7:44 am

kje

the birds would def win

7:45 am

kje

cardinals are gorgeous!

7:45 am

hurshy

yeah, the guy said that it would be tough to call, which is why the birds wouldn't attack a cat - they MIGHT win, but the cat would certainly do it some damage in the process.

7:45 am

Uneaixoise

i've seen mockingbirds chasing away cats in my front yard!

7:45 am

Uneaixoise

kje, esp. in the snow -- just breathtaking

7:45 am

kje

Ihave seen blue birds attack cats... the bird usually comes out ahead

7:46 am

Uneaixoise

the mockingbirds were chasing AND divebombing LOL

7:46 am

hurshy

element of surprise probably helps.

7:46 am

kje

mostly cuz they freak the cats out... can't really get to them when they can swoop attack and then fly away

7:46 am

oodleberry

hee hee hee YEAH BIRDS

7:46 am

Uneaixoise

true

7:47 am

Uneaixoise

my sentiments exactly, oodle!

7:47 am

FMitch

Phone bbl

7:48 am

hurshy

my cats have lived with humans too long. last night i left a mediocre salad from a pizza place on the floor next to me and my cats were licking it. tomatoes, i knew they liked, but mitten was licking the GREEN PEPPERS! i said, you're a cat, you're not supposed to like salad!

7:48 am

oodleberry

what I don,t understand is why a cat can climb a tree but it cant get back down

7:48 am

Uneaixoise

ok, BBL -- gonna try to get Shelby to pee once again -- she's not crazy about trying it on a sheet of ice, poor girl

7:49 am

hurshy

because when it's climbing up it's not looking down and thinking about the height.

7:49 am

kje

later une - thanks for the clues

7:49 am

kje

I could climb a tree and def not get back down - LOL

7:49 am

oodleberry

Ã tantÃ´t Une

7:51 am

oodleberry

ok gotta go see you after church... HAPPY SUNDAY!!

7:54 am

Uneaixoise

she found a green leaf to pee on -- yay!! LOL

7:54 am

Uneaixoise

later, oodle

8:00 am

bojazz

hi Babblers - hope all except southern Austrailia) are fining warmth today :)

8:00 am

periwinkle

help with la8 pls

8:01 am

bojazz

lath

8:01 am

bojazz

oooooops - sorry

8:02 am

periwinkle

or the co8 pls

8:03 am

bojazz

i'd clue for you, but don't have them - just started

8:03 am

suefrad625

dont have

8:03 am

periwinkle

that's ok, bo. I will keep looking

8:05 am

Uneaixoise

la7 is almost a body of water (Lag*** Beach) -- then latin plural

8:06 am

Uneaixoise

then change ending to "consumed food"

8:06 am

Uneaixoise

la6/7/8

8:06 am

Uneaixoise

oops, the body of water is la6

8:06 am

periwinkle

got the la7/8, merci, Une

8:07 am

Uneaixoise

yw ;-)

8:07 am

periwinkle

and the la6

8:07 am

Uneaixoise

cool

8:09 am

suefrad625

ty unea

8:09 am

Uneaixoise

hi and yw sue :-)

8:09 am

suefrad625

hi all

8:09 am

suefrad625

cold and iced up here

8:10 am

suefrad625

more comming tues maybe

8:10 am

Uneaixoise

poor you, sue! we're starting a big thaw midweek

8:11 am

suefrad625

naw, the kids love it

8:11 am

suefrad625

we took the lining out of the pool this past summer and now there is about a foot of frozen water, Ice RINK

8:12 am

Uneaixoise

what fun for them!!

8:13 am

Uneaixoise

ok -- 30 to go and taking a break -- later, boys and girls! *poof*

8:16 am

gran

ca 6/21 please

8:17 am

regis

good morning is there a list anywhere

8:18 am

gran

Brandy Jack posted in Babanon

8:18 am

lil*monkey

gran, it's a type of cooking oil

8:19 am

regis

thank you gran

8:19 am

FMitch

and Gremlin has one in his profile

8:21 am

gran

Thanks lil* and finished!

8:21 am

littlebit

morning monkey

8:21 am

lil*monkey

littlebit!

8:21 am

lil*monkey

are u digging out?

8:22 am

lil*monkey

yw gran & woo hooooooooooo!

8:22 am

littlebit

it's slow typing one handed with a 15 lb cat on yur lap

8:22 am

littlebit

no, i'm staying inside!!

8:23 am

lil*monkey

i'm going out soon to clear off my car... I'll let the sun work on it for a while first

8:23 am

mom2han8

try it with a 25 lb cat... lol

8:23 am

anike

I can't find either of those lists

8:23 am

littlebit

sounds like a plan

8:23 am

mom2han8

where are you guys that you got a lot of snow? We have not had too much this year (she whispers...)..

8:24 am

littlebit

oh my!! i just thought mine was big!!lol

8:24 am

lil*monkey

mom2, littlebit and I are both in Virginia

8:24 am

Uneaixoise

anike, the list is in my profile now

8:24 am

mom2han8

So, it could be headed our way.

8:24 am

Uneaixoise

mom, we're in Tennessee -- lots of snow and ice

8:25 am

mom2han8

My cat is enormous... part mountain lion, we think, LOL.

8:25 am

anike

TY Unea

8:25 am

mom2han8

Yuk, yuk, yuk.... just in time for the work week.

8:26 am

bojazz

Une - did you watch the championship?

8:26 am

FMitch

Anike -have put the list in my profile but i see that Une has got there first!

8:27 am

Uneaixoise

watched the last 5 minutes, bo -- it started here at 2;30am :-)

8:28 am

Uneaixoise

would have watched the whole thing if my Rafa had been playing! LOLOLOL

8:28 am

bojazz

same here - watched end of 2nd set, went back to bed

8:29 am

bojazz

Rafa will be back - i hope the injury heals, he's too talented to be pushed back now - it would be a shame

8:29 am

Uneaixoise

he's planning on returning after 4 weeks off -- hope that does the trick . . .

8:30 am

hego

Hi gang just dropping in for a mo

8:31 am

Uneaixoise

morning, hego!

8:31 am

bojazz

a classic match, i think, would be Rafa vs. Laver - two lefties going at it

8:31 am

Uneaixoise

true . . .

8:38 am

lil*monkey

NBT

8:49 am

sixty7stang13

Okay been wondering what does NBT stand for?

8:51 am

dan2bit

No Blank Tiles

8:51 am

dan2bit

means monkey has found at least one word for every tile that has words

8:52 am

sixty7stang13

Ooh, okay makes sense Thanx dan2bit.

9:00 am

periwinkle

help with the co8 pls

9:02 am

sixty7stang13

co* + cl5/18

9:02 am

periwinkle

thanks, sixty, already had the cl5 did not see the longer word

9:03 am

sixty7stang13

yw

9:13 am

JBV

Hi, Une - are you still here? just wanted to say "merci beaucoup" for the list in your profile - could not have finished without you!

9:23 am

o-o

I always try for NBB = no blank blanks

9:25 am

sixty7stang13

ac 7/40 plz

9:25 am

Scrabbler

Good morning Babble buddies!

9:25 am

o-o

Hello, Scrabble

9:26 am

sixty7stang13

hello every1.

9:26 am

hurshy

ok, back for round two after a bit more sleep. i dreamed that suddenly i saw a whole bunch more words.

9:26 am

Scrabbler

It was 2 F when I got up at 0630 and 4 hrs later it is now 12. And snowing.

9:26 am

o-o

ac + silent night h*** night + definite article *h*; pl

9:26 am

rumplestiltskin

Hello again BabbleRabble, back to try to finish. Looking for the so6/18

9:27 am

sixty7stang13

ty BR

9:27 am

hurshy

the white rabbit was so6 !!!

9:27 am

Scrabbler

Hi Hurshy + rump

9:27 am

o-o

so + not timely

9:28 am

rumplestiltskin

TY, TY, down to 19

9:29 am

anike

fireworks

9:30 am

o-o

congrats, anike

9:30 am

sixty7stang13

WTG anike!

9:30 am

o-o

When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's "off with her head!"
Remember what the dormouse said;
"Keep YOUR HEAD

9:30 am

gramma

1 left. Help,please. AS5? I'm sure I'll feel like an idjit; but, I can't find it.

9:31 am

rumplestiltskin

Way to Go Anike

9:31 am

hurshy

insane as*** (tis a latin pl)

9:31 am

Scrabbler

Yahoo Anike

9:32 am

anike

as 5/14 - as + why? + ** te da

9:32 am

Scrabbler

TY, hurshy

9:32 am

gramma

TY

9:32 am

o-o

congrats, gramma

9:32 am

Scrabbler

Yippee Gramma

9:32 am

anike

Congrats gramma

9:32 am

gramma

May I attempt to return the favor?

9:33 am

sixty7stang13

Congrats gramma

9:33 am

anike

I'm in need of my bed so , unless any quick clues needed, I will say g'night

9:34 am

Scrabbler

Sleep well, Anike!

9:34 am

gramma

anike, G'night.

9:34 am

hurshy

just tell me if co7/8 are weird or normal

9:34 am

sixty7stang13

nite nite anike

9:34 am

gramma

You're off to bed and I'm off to breakfast.

9:35 am

gramma

co's are normal words

9:35 am

JBV

hi hurshy, not weird if you live in the Pacific and are used to extreme weather

9:35 am

hurshy

ok, ty

9:35 am

anike

co 7/8 are not related but are normal

9:35 am

sixty7stang13

Have a nice breakfast gramma.

9:36 am

gramma

CO 6 & 7 to carry or to express an idea

9:36 am

JBV

oh, so sorry, hursh, i was on the wrong letter!! (cy)

9:37 am

gramma

CO 8 is a gathering of Cardinals (not the birds)

9:37 am

JBV

back to have another cup of coffee, before offering any more clues......

9:37 am

Scrabbler

You helped me, JBV. TY

9:37 am

JBV

hi, scrabbler!

9:37 am

anike

co 8 - a secret meeting = criminal + cl 5/18

9:38 am

Scrabbler

TY, Anike

9:38 am

anike

Must go - happy babbling

9:42 am

FMitch

JBV, you must have smiled on Friday whe etui was in the grid.
Hello all just passing by.

9:43 am

Scrabbler

Hi FM

9:43 am

FMitch

Hi scrabs

9:45 am

o-o

Is that a picture of your home, FM?

9:45 am

hurshy

if it is i shall die of jealousy

9:46 am

Scrabbler

It is probably ONE of her homes

9:46 am

FMitch

No BR, am just following the icon theme again.

9:46 am

sixty7stang13

an 7/36 plz

9:47 am

sixty7stang13

the 1st 1

9:47 am

hurshy

if someone were to die and leave you property in england in their will, would it make it easier to get citizenship there?

9:47 am

FMitch

lol nice try hursh!

9:47 am

o-o

amn 7 -- to examine critically

9:48 am

hurshy

my great dream in life has always been to have someone leave me a house in their will.

9:48 am

FMitch

I think the answer would be no tho

9:48 am

sixty7stang13

ty BR

9:49 am

o-o

zsa zsa said she was a good housekeeper ... every time she got divorced she kept the house

9:50 am

hurshy

what about really loving england and wanting to be british? does that count for anything?

9:50 am

Scrabbler

I agree, Hurshy. I dream of a cute English cottage, peacefully isolated, surrounded by beautiful gardens...

9:51 am

hurshy

it's not MY fault my stupid ancestors fought a revolution. i didn't sanction it.

9:51 am

o-o

Might get you a lifetime membership in monty python's fan club

9:51 am

FMitch

That counts for everything and is much appreciated but you will still have to fill in a load of forms :(

9:52 am

bojazz

hi all

9:52 am

Scrabbler

Hi Bo

9:52 am

o-o

Hello, bojazz

9:52 am

bojazz

BR - really interesting thoughts in your profile - very good

9:52 am

hurshy

i don't mind filling in forms. i just don't know that i'd be considered a valuable enough commodity for contributing to the economy.

9:53 am

o-o

ty, bojazz

9:53 am

FMitch

Bring enough money with you and they will probably let you in regardless

9:53 am

hurshy

but i haven't got money

9:54 am

FMitch

OK Ican see we are going to have to work on this.

9:54 am

hurshy

i could teach maths, but i don't have any certification

9:54 am

o-o

I have been living in East Overshoe .... been wanting to make the step up to West Overshoe

9:54 am

rumplestiltskin

co6/36 and 7/52, down to 8

9:55 am

hurshy

what i am trying to co6 to you, rump, is that i want to be british

9:55 am

bojazz

co6/36 - express something to another - then plural

9:55 am

o-o

co 6 - to deed or transfer ownership; pl

9:55 am

FMitch

Hi bo

9:56 am

FMitch

As I was just passing thought i must be off for a while. Happy Babbling all.

9:56 am

bojazz

keep trying to get uncle in the board

9:56 am

bojazz

bye FM

9:56 am

o-o

be well, FM

9:57 am

rumplestiltskin

TY TY May finish this yet. My brain must be fuzzy today. I was up most of the night with my knee pain.

9:58 am

bojazz

rumple - smash your big toe with a hammer - you'll forget all about your knee

9:58 am

o-o

rumple, some of my friends call me Grumplestiltskin

9:58 am

rumplestiltskin

TY bojazz. Great solution. I'll try it. (LOL)

9:59 am

o-o

Have no idea why

9:59 am

Scrabbler

BRB--must switch laundry around in basement

9:59 am

rumplestiltskin

I had a goose named Grumplestiltskin because he wouldn't let us go near the mama geese without biting us.

10:07 am

redturtlehead

Hello all. Is the icon Houses? I should change then.

10:07 am

redturtlehead

or is it topiary.

10:07 am

bojazz

hi red

10:08 am

redturtlehead

Hello Bo Rumple, BR and Scrabbs. and all otehrs who are lurking or I missed.

10:08 am

Scrabbler

Hi Red

10:09 am

redturtlehead

Looks like you have been having a lot of winter fn Scrabbler.

10:10 am

rumplestiltskin

now I need the ca6/21

10:12 am

sixty7stang13

an 7/36 2nd 1 plz

10:13 am

bojazz

an7/36 - to thoroughly check out?

10:14 am

sixty7stang13

rumple it is a brand of cooking oil

10:16 am

Scrabbler

Yes, Red, it has been a great winter for snow sports! I am getting a ton of exercise, but, alas, not losing wt yet despite eating well + carefully.

10:16 am

sixty7stang13

bo is that not the 1st? I ha4 th4 need 2nd.

10:16 am

rumplestiltskin

I only use Crisco

10:16 am

Scrabbler

I just passed halfway!

10:17 am

bojazz

sorry - only one i got

10:17 am

sixty7stang13

ty bojazz.

10:17 am

rumplestiltskin

TY sixty7stang13, got it. I had 2 65 stangs once upon a time.

10:18 am

bojazz

i'm halfway to halfway lol

10:19 am

sixty7stang13

wish I had a 65 stang had a 67 years ago.

10:19 am

bojazz

went on my honeymoon is a 65 stang

10:20 am

bojazz

*in

10:21 am

periwinkle

have 52 left and stuck

10:21 am

bojazz

i'm at the other end & stuck

10:21 am

Scrabbler

Hi peri

10:21 am

periwinkle

hey Scrabs, how are you and the bunnies?

10:23 am

sixty7stang13

had to sell 67 stang when son came along.

10:23 am

periwinkle

I had a 67 Camaro, kept getting stolen. the fourth time I never got it back ;(

10:24 am

Scrabbler

The bunnies are doing well. I grabbed Miss Bea this morning when she was eating her salad (she is tough to catch) and I was smooching her up!

10:24 am

periwinkle

awww, Scrabs, give them all hugs from me

10:25 am

periwinkle

how many bunnies do you have, Scrabs. I forget

10:25 am

Scrabbler

And I took a nap in Tucker's room a few days ago so I snuggled with him. He is the big 10-pounder.

10:25 am

Scrabbler

4 bunnies

10:25 am

sixty7stang13

traded a 69 camaro for the 67 stang

10:26 am

periwinkle

for some reason I thought you had more bunnies Scrabs

10:26 am

periwinkle

I have one cat but there is another cat here in the house

10:26 am

Scrabbler

My first car was an '88 Jeep Cherokee. I got 197K miles out of it.

10:26 am

rururocks

four bunnies are a lot of bunnies

10:26 am

rumplestiltskin

Bad move Sixty7stang13

10:27 am

rumplestiltskin

Finally, I've got fireworks. Going to take some pain meds and lay down a bit.

10:27 am

Scrabbler

One bunny has the downstairs' bedroom and 3 boys each have their onw upstairs' room. My nephew has his own room.

10:27 am

rururocks

any more and it would be a hare-raising experience

10:27 am

Scrabbler

Bye Rump. Congrats!

10:27 am

Scrabbler

Hahaha, Ruru!

10:27 am

periwinkle

haha, ruru

10:27 am

rururocks

how was skiing yesterday scrabs?

10:27 am

periwinkle

bbl

10:28 am

sixty7stang13

the 69 camaro was not mine. Sons father trade it without me knowing to get me my 67 stang as a gift. I did not know whether to hit him or hug him. I loved both cars.

10:28 am

Scrabbler

It was GREAT! I did 3 loops = 6.75 miles! My friend chickened out due to 14 F temp so I went al5. Me and my iPod = fun in the woods. There were lots of people on the trails.

10:29 am

Scrabbler

Ruru, it was 2 F when I awoke 5 hrs ago but it is now 17.

10:29 am

rururocks

whoa.. it is finally nice here. I am playing tennis this afternoon.. we've have lots of rain ..endlessly

10:31 am

72 Temple Owl

hello all

10:31 am

redturtlehead

hi to ru ru.

10:32 am

redturtlehead

peri gone? she beat me at scramble...

10:33 am

rururocks

hi TO good morning Red

10:33 am

72 Temple Owl

hi red hi ru hi scrabs

10:34 am

rururocks

I played wrod rampage a lot yesterday TO

10:34 am

rururocks

Jazno kicked my butt inside out

10:34 am

72 Temple Owl

he will, he will!

10:35 am

rururocks

that is word rampage

10:35 am

rururocks

I only won one game out of 20

10:35 am

72 Temple Owl

he abd jean are the best

10:37 am

rururocks

yeah.. well you are pretty quick too

10:37 am

72 Temple Owl

i used to think they had a program or something

10:37 am

72 Temple Owl

i can rarely beat jaz. then he gets all 'let's put on the game face" which used to annoyu me

10:38 am

rururocks

game face? I don't understand?

10:38 am

72 Temple Owl

well it annoys me beauce it implies that he wasn't really trying so i beat him

10:38 am

rururocks

oh

10:39 am

72 Temple Owl

but if he tried at all he would always win

10:39 am

72 Temple Owl

now i just play and when i get tired of getting beat i make an excuse and leave

10:40 am

rururocks

oh.. I don't care if I win or lose... I enjoy the game

10:40 am

Ouwachita

any clues for the na5/16 and the ca6/21...last two I need? plz

10:40 am

72 Temple Owl

i am annoyed at the left column n!

10:40 am

72 Temple Owl

ouwa! ltns

10:40 am

bojazz

i'm annoyed with all 5 TO

10:40 am

Ouwachita

been doing it weird hours lately

10:41 am

72 Temple Owl

lol i saw a kid with a t shirt that said ouwachitga and i so eanted to follow him and ask him about it! i didn't, though!

10:42 am

sixty7stang13

ca 6/21 is a brand of cooking oil

10:42 am

Ouwachita

thanks 60

10:42 am

sixty7stang13

an 7/36 the 2nd 1 plz

10:43 am

Ouwachita

an + vowel + no heavy

10:43 am

rururocks

the one I have 67 is the shrinks process

10:44 am

sixty7stang13

ty Ouwachita & ruru

10:44 am

bojazz

thx Ou - got it

10:45 am

Scrabbler

Hi Owl + OU

10:45 am

Ouwachita

hi scrabbler

10:46 am

Ouwachita

still need the na5...cant seem to even monkeytype it

10:46 am

rururocks

from which n?

10:46 am

Scrabbler

I don't ha4 it, Ou

10:47 am

72 Temple Owl

from left column n

10:47 am

Scrabbler

I need a break. BBL

10:47 am

torgone

Babbler Na*** Boy

10:47 am

72 Temple Owl

later, scrabs.

10:48 am

Ouwachita

finally got it...its a girl's name

10:48 am

Ouwachita

duh!!!!!

10:48 am

72 Temple Owl

ty tor.

10:49 am

72 Temple Owl

this grid is haunted by ghostly demons of almost present words.

10:50 am

torgone

Indeed

10:50 am

bojazz

yes TO it sure are

10:51 am

rururocks

yeah like enclose

10:51 am

bojazz

like uncle?

10:52 am

bojazz

consent?

10:52 am

72 Temple Owl

if i list them will they be exorcized and will i stop typing them?!

10:52 am

bojazz

don't work for me

10:52 am

72 Temple Owl

LOL nor for me

10:52 am

72 Temple Owl

i HAVE finally quit uncle though

10:53 am

72 Temple Owl

ca4 ment

10:53 am

72 Temple Owl

sa4ly

10:54 am

kje

on4 type them in if ral, TO... this is no help at all

10:54 am

kje

real

10:54 am

maccafixx

help with the na 5/16 please

10:55 am

72 Temple Owl

not typing any

10:55 am

o-o

na 5 - Sluggo and na5 or mrs reagan

10:56 am

maccafixx

ty!

10:57 am

rururocks

I have discovered something about this grid..

10:57 am

bojazz

yes?

10:58 am

o-o

Quite a comfy grid

10:58 am

rururocks

it is a difficult little grid.

10:58 am

bojazz

tell me about it!

10:58 am

kje

indeed... well, not at first, but def towards the end

10:58 am

kje

new recipe for you ru

10:59 am

kje

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food
/views/Chicken-Soup-with-Asparagus-and
-Shiitakes-Served-with-Roasted-Fennel-
Matzoh-Balls-351689

10:59 am

rururocks

oh the chicken and shitake thing.. sounded good

11:00 am

kje

it is very good... best matzo balls ever! and the house smells phenom all day with the roasting fennel, then adding garlic and thyme.. later the matzo balls, then the soup - sensory overload!

11:00 am

redturtlehead

I think I may have to turn the heat on...

11:00 am

redturtlehead

kje, you sure you dont want to visit soon?

11:00 am

kje

my heat is on red, and a fireplace as well

11:00 am

kje

speaking of which, red... I am in Orlando in May - how far is that?

11:00 am

72 Temple Owl

mine is blaastin - leaky front windows

11:01 am

redturtlehead

You can cook in my kitchen. I will clean up.

11:01 am

redturtlehead

kje, we are getting together in May!!!!!

11:01 am

kje

deal! i love to cook, but am not a fan of the clean up - LOL

11:01 am

redturtlehead

I live about 36 miles away, until last week I drove into orlando each time I worked!!!!

11:01 am

redturtlehead

What are you doing in "wh" orlando.

11:02 am

kje

cool!!! we must do something then!

11:02 am

kje

AGS anual mtg

11:02 am

redturtlehead

Ahhhh....

11:02 am

redturtlehead

Well, you will be quite busy then, but we can definitely get together for a meal, and if you want to go somewhere, we can try!

11:02 am

redturtlehead

Babble get together in May in Orlando...

11:02 am

kje

they have it in Orlando every 5-6 years or so - I hate it there, would much rather do SF, Chicago, DC, etc

11:03 am

kje

I won't be too busy... as I plan to skip a lot - LOL

11:03 am

redturtlehead

Well, I am glad for our economy that you all are coming to Orlando.

11:03 am

72 Temple Owl

may is a nice month there

11:03 am

kje

I was just reading how FLA is one of the least hit economies

11:03 am

redturtlehead

We have a very high, I think it might be up to 15% unemployment...

11:04 am

redturtlehead

really?

11:04 am

rururocks

there is a salad you must make in the Ad Hoc cook book kje.. the faro-squash salad

11:04 am

kje

yep

11:04 am

redturtlehead

Disney has had to offer all sort of incentives, and there have been Nurse Hiring freezes at several large hospital systems n Florida. WHo stops hiring nurses?

11:04 am

kje

I do not have the ad hoc cookbook, ru... but I like squash and faro

11:05 am

rururocks

I made it for New Years with Swordfish and leveled the room.

11:05 am

redturtlehead

In truth though, we did not have a good economy before. Prior to the big alarm we already had a 10% unemployment rate in Orlando.

11:05 am

rururocks

I can print the recipe for you somehow.

11:05 am

rururocks

13% unemployment rate here in CA

11:05 am

kje

what kind of squash?

11:06 am

rururocks

Delicata, Kabosh, and butternut

11:06 am

redturtlehead

Ok must return to my cleaning duties. and sure, kje...you can also come visit my backwards hospital....where we treat mostly geriatrics.

11:06 am

kje

maybe that is what they meant, red... I wasn't really paying attention - maybe it was declined less

11:06 am

bojazz

unemployment in my community is 17%

11:06 am

kje

I will send you the details once set, red

11:06 am

redturtlehead

who knows. It seems one can twist statistics any way they please.

11:06 am

kje

man, that sounds awesome ru!

11:06 am

redturtlehead

Cant wait!

11:06 am

rururocks

where's that Bojazz?

11:07 am

wurdygurl

OMG YAY I found the 8 all by my self!!!!!

11:07 am

redturtlehead

just dont come and be a month long houseguest, this one coming net week is going to drive me nuts.

11:07 am

redturtlehead

bye all.

11:07 am

kje

"the" 8? try 6 of 'em! ; )

11:07 am

rururocks

it is really great.. my wife's friend eats like a bird and had three helpings...(proud chef smile)

11:07 am

kje

red - I only wish I could be a month-long guest... would love to escape work that long!

11:08 am

kje

def send it to me ru... is it long? can yiou stick it in your profile?

11:08 am

72 Temple Owl

bye red

11:08 am

rururocks

I think so.

11:08 am

kje

is the ad hoc cookbook good? a lot of those star chef/restaurant cookbooks are beautiful, but not practical

11:09 am

rururocks

this one you can cook with as opposed to his other books that you'd have to be a scientist to make those things

11:09 am

72 Temple Owl

who is the chef ?

11:10 am

kje

I will check it out

11:10 am

rururocks

I have done 5 of the recipes.. and they have all come out perfectly. ... Thomas Keller

11:10 am

kje

Keller

11:10 am

72 Temple Owl

hubert?

11:10 am

rururocks

no.. although he is great too

11:10 am

kje

thomas keller

11:11 am

72 Temple Owl

lol but on a different plane

11:11 am

kje

I have never been to a H keller place

11:11 am

rururocks

yes.. but Fleur du Lys is really a wonderful restaurant too

11:12 am

kje

maybe I'll check it out next time I'm in SF

11:12 am

rururocks

he does a Xmas time Alsacian menu that is to die for

11:12 am

kje

I bet

11:12 am

rururocks

roasted chestnut soup... ooooooooooooooooooo

11:12 am

Uneaixoise

joy joy joy . . . I was able to get out of my street and go to the grocery, gas station, library, post office . . . blessed freedom! LOL

11:12 am

kje

I have 60 left

11:13 am

kje

nice une! just be careful

11:13 am

Uneaixoise

snow and ice be conquered! :-)

11:13 am

rururocks

I'm stuck

11:13 am

kje

needed in the kitchen - bbiab

11:13 am

72 Temple Owl

have much, une?

11:13 am

Uneaixoise

i was, kje -- but cabin fever had taken me over!!!

11:14 am

Uneaixoise

4 inches of snow with a cap of about an inch of crusty icy snow on top of that

11:14 am

Uneaixoise

and the sun is shining -- yeehaww!

11:14 am

o-o

four inches is just a little dusting

11:14 am

Uneaixoise

ok, gotta put up groceries . . . BBL

11:14 am

Dorens

everything is relative :-)

11:15 am

Uneaixoise

i know it is for you, BR, but we had a lot of ice with it AND I live at the bottom of a very steep road

11:15 am

72 Temple Owl

hello doren!

11:15 am

Uneaixoise

hey, doren :-)

11:15 am

o-o

Just kidding, Une

11:16 am

Dorens

hi owl, and everyone else. i'm sitting at the membership drive for local jazz station. we just gave out autographed cd's of tony bennet's greatest hits.. phones were off the hook!!

11:16 am

Uneaixoise

i know . . . :-)

11:16 am

Uneaixoise

ohmygod, how wonderful, dorens!!

11:16 am

SISI

lone

11:16 am

72 Temple Owl

doren i think i wrote you about a jazz performer, did you get the email>

11:17 am

Dorens

he was here for a really cool interview a couple of weeks ago, and signed them then. if youlike that kind fo music... sunday mornings from 10 - 2. listen to wbgo.org

11:17 am

Dorens

yes, owl, sorry i didn't reply. haven't heard of her but that doesn't meananything.. .will listen

11:17 am

72 Temple Owl

he is a marvel.

11:18 am

72 Temple Owl

s'ok. if nicole henry we can't affort her for fest but will bring her to the indorr theatre when complete.

11:22 am

Kaplan the Magne

No Lickety?

11:23 am

sixty7stang13

no Lickety but I have a list in my profile.

11:23 am

hootowl

no lickety - list in my profile

11:24 am

sixty7stang13

en 7/44 plz

11:24 am

sixty7stang13

nm found it thx

11:26 am

rururocks

ty hoot that helps a lot.. I am so stuck

11:26 am

72 Temple Owl

i am stopped at 37

11:27 am

72 Temple Owl

around 9:15 grid time clues were flying

11:28 am

rururocks

I never go back for clues...I like them fresh.. so I can think about it

11:28 am

jmbdobie2

hoot - i grabbed your list - hope you don't mind

11:28 am

72 Temple Owl

no one goes back for clues anymore

11:30 am

Mom

Good afternoon everyone :)

11:30 am

kje

how many left ru?

11:30 am

Sandieangel

Ha7/44 anyone plz?

11:31 am

72 Temple Owl

hello mom!

11:31 am

Mom

{{TO}} hello. Do you get to stay home this week? I sure hope so.

11:32 am

Sandieangel

Nm got it.

11:32 am

72 Temple Owl

ha7 = calm and peaceful; a mythical bird

11:32 am

72 Temple Owl

mo: i am home for good

11:32 am

Mom

excellent, TO. That is good news

11:33 am

72 Temple Owl

only if if the extra stipend continues.

11:33 am

72 Temple Owl

will lose travel and meal allowance

11:33 am

Mom

true/

11:34 am

72 Temple Owl

banked over 6K but now need new car so it really doesn'te even out

11:34 am

rururocks

45 kje.. but no list yet

11:34 am

rururocks

kje?

11:35 am

kje

what?

11:35 am

kje

I am at 57, no list

11:35 am

Mom

oh man, no that it doesn't. It always seems to work that way.

11:35 am

kje

but mostly just staring aimlessly

11:35 am

Mom

{{KJE}} hello

11:35 am

rururocks

have you hear of Pensee's (Sp?) Spice company ?

11:35 am

kje

(((MOM)))!

11:35 am

Mom

HI Ruru

11:35 am

kje

staying warm, mom?

11:35 am

kje

penzey, yes

11:36 am

rururocks

they opened a store out here and I shopped there for spices. they are fresh and unbelievable.

11:36 am

hootowl

Right down the road from me ru

11:36 am

rururocks

HI MOM

11:36 am

Mom

yes, KJE, have a fire going in the fireplace as we speak.

11:36 am

rururocks

oh.love their stuff. especially the Vietnamese cinnamon ...

11:36 am

Mom

going above freezing this week. How about you>

11:36 am

Mom

?

11:36 am

72 Temple Owl

for those of us who cook a little more homely, mc cormick has begun to market here apice blends with specific recipes. have any of you seen them?

11:36 am

kje

yes, we have a retail location here in Dallas, too ru - very good spices

11:36 am

rururocks

(just had cinnamon toast with Coffee)

11:37 am

Mom

I have seen those here, TO

11:37 am

Mom

but have not bought any

11:37 am

kje

I am sitting at exactly 32 right now, mom

11:37 am

hootowl

mc cormick sucks

11:37 am

sixty7stang13

ha 7/44 plz

11:37 am

rururocks

yes..

11:37 am

Mom

KJE, did you get snow or ice?

11:38 am

72 Temple Owl

why so hoot?

11:38 am

kje

it can be hazardous though... you walk into that penzeys store and think you need everything they sell - LOL

11:38 am

kje

no mom, not this time - just cold

11:38 am

Mom

th** is good

11:38 am

hootowl

usually stale and grade b at most

11:38 am

rururocks

they have a great ginger powder I use too..

11:38 am

72 Temple Owl

not everyone is able to cook on a gourme tlevel or afford to use premium ingredients

11:38 am

rururocks

the sage is great... and the maple syrups are really good...

11:38 am

kje

pager - bbiab

11:39 am

rururocks

although I Java Co has them beat on Syrup

11:39 am

hootowl

I have a drawer full. Dangerous to be so close

11:39 am

Mom

I have found the McCormick spices I have bought to be quite good. But we don't have a fresh spice store anywhere near here

11:39 am

rururocks

I use them.. trying to use less salt these days

11:39 am

hootowl

not really that expensive. You can buy just what you need.

11:39 am

Kenny Chuck

Any clue for ac4/7? Tx

11:40 am

72 Temple Owl

and if one does not have the store you do?

11:40 am

Kenny Chuck

Got it!

11:40 am

hootowl

stuff isn't pre=packaged

11:40 am

Mom

Hi Kenny, sorry I don't have it

11:40 am

72 Temple Owl

are you sayinhg you can buy an ounce at a time or so?

11:40 am

rururocks

order a catalog from I think wisconsin

11:40 am

Jayk

Kenny--what is it? JUST what I'm looking for

11:40 am

hootowl

mailorder but then sizes are set

11:40 am

aslindy

does someone have the list, please?

11:40 am

hootowl

yep

11:41 am

hootowl

in my profile

11:41 am

rururocks

a + the beginning of the second half of a bike

11:41 am

72 Temple Owl

well i don't know. kind of snobby you think?

11:41 am

aslindy

thank you, hootowl

11:41 am

hootowl

yw

11:41 am

rururocks

snobby?

11:42 am

rururocks

it'

11:42 am

rururocks

it's food.. how is food snobby>?

11:42 am

72 Temple Owl

to say that only a certain company is a viable purveyor of flavorings.

11:42 am

hootowl

I don't think so. Here in back of the beyond it's nice to find something familiar

11:42 am

aslindy

I do not understand why, when I click someone's profile, it opens in IE 8, when my default browser is Google Chrome. Weird.

11:42 am

rururocks

no.. I didn't mean it that way

11:43 am

Kenny Chuck

ac4/7 is a chemical. Look for the botton and left.

11:43 am

72 Temple Owl

time to get on with the day. happy babbling all

11:43 am

hootowl

no - only one around here. and I do use other than mc cormick

11:43 am

rururocks

I just found their products really fresh and with spices that is important.. like hoot says the mccormick stuff is all tired and dead tasting

11:43 am

Jayk

Thx Kenny!

11:44 am

Mom

bye bye {{TO}} glad I got to see you

11:44 am

72 Temple Owl

i just have a very plebian palate

11:44 am

hootowl

tu ru

11:44 am

Mom

thanks Kenny

11:44 am

hootowl

ty

11:44 am

rururocks

I am into cooking TO.. sorry

11:45 am

hootowl

me too

11:46 am

sixty7stang13

clue plz ha 7/44

11:46 am

aslindy

I am having some delicious leftover soup that I made on Friday. mmmm

11:46 am

rururocks

sleeping drug no longer used

11:46 am

rururocks

is the ha 7

11:46 am

rururocks

can someone clue the as 5?

11:47 am

Mom

sorry Ruru, I don't have it

11:48 am

o-o

as + clapton: la***

11:48 am

sixty7stang13

ty ruru

11:48 am

Mom

Hi BabbleRabble

11:48 am

Jayk

anosym

11:48 am

Jayk

Sorry!

11:48 am

rururocks

thank you br.. made it through the a's

11:48 am

o-o

Hello, Mom

11:50 am

aslindy

my brain must be half-dead today.

11:50 am

aslindy

I can't even decipher the clues I am seeing

11:51 am

aslindy

I spent 5 minutes looking at yesterday's list, trying to find some ae words... and I did know the list was wrong, too.

11:53 am

Jayk

It's not you, aslindy: it's this miserable grid

11:53 am

aslindy

then I put on my cloak of invisibility, and spent the next few minutes talking to myself =0

11:53 am

aslindy

dang, that was meant to be a smile: =)

11:53 am

o-o

asllindy, hurshy put a list at babanon

11:53 am

aslindy

I have the list now, thanks.

11:54 am

aslindy

but it's not helping...

11:54 am

jmbdobie2

80 left - need a break bbl

11:54 am

Pinikula

good mornin'...good mornin'...

11:54 am

bojazz

hi Pini

11:54 am

aslindy

hiya pini

11:54 am

o-o

then the grid should be vroom vroom vroom

11:54 am

o-o

Hello, Pini

11:55 am

Pinikula

hi bo, as, BR...

11:55 am

aslindy

oo oo... a couple brain cells woke up, I found the ha7 & 8!

11:56 am

o-o

I had to use at least 8 letters to find the eights

11:56 am

Pinikula

smart thinking, BR :)

11:57 am

o-o

took awhile but I am catching on, Pini

11:58 am

Pinikula

better late than never, eh, BR? :o)

11:58 am

aslindy

lol BR

11:59 am

bojazz

then i can assume the 7's will take 7??

11:59 am

o-o

I figure in a couple more years, I might even start remembering five letter words

12:00 pm

Pinikula

and maybe the 6's will take 6?

12:00 pm

o-o

worth a try, bo

12:00 pm

bojazz

you might be on to something Pini

12:00 pm

Pinikula

I'm not so sure about 4's tho...they still kinda stump me

12:01 pm

bojazz

no wonder didn't get any of the 7's yesterday :(

12:01 pm

o-o

could be a knotty problem, Pini

12:02 pm

Pinikula

but I'm not bad, BR

12:02 pm

rururocks

go out on a limb for this grid pini

12:03 pm

rururocks

you can root out the words

12:03 pm

o-o

oh, OH ... so sorry

12:03 pm

Pinikula

so, what you're saying is I should dig out words?

12:04 pm

Vicuna

eyes

12:04 pm

bojazz

*looking for shovel*

12:04 pm

Vicuna

Oh, err... hello, all.

12:04 pm

Pinikula

already have that one, Vi

12:04 pm

bojazz

yes Vi, i have two

12:04 pm

bojazz

oh, htat wasn't a question was it?

12:05 pm

Pinikula

* giggle *

12:05 pm

Vicuna

If it was a question, it was only, "why can't my ey4 see any more words?"

12:05 pm

bojazz

open them first?

12:05 pm

rururocks

et 6 ?

12:05 pm

Pinikula

I think we need to dig bigger holes...

12:06 pm

Pinikula

...so these darn words sprout up!

12:06 pm

rururocks

nm

12:06 pm

Vicuna

Well, there's no shortage of BS in the chat for fertilizer! ;)

12:06 pm

o-o

e + a hawk's claw

12:06 pm

rururocks

e's are eliminated..

12:06 pm

rururocks

Thank you BR.. I just found it

12:07 pm

bojazz

BS - is that a clue, Vi

12:07 pm

Jayk

the na 4/7 pls. i've tried everythin!

12:08 pm

Pinikula

na4 = military service branch?

12:08 pm

Boobear

hi all

12:08 pm

Pinikula

oops...wrong one

12:08 pm

bojazz

or part of a church?

12:08 pm

Jayk

got that one

12:08 pm

Pinikula

well, could be same, just change last letter

12:08 pm

o-o

Hello, Boobear

12:08 pm

bojazz

hi Boo

12:08 pm

Pinikula

hi jay, boo

12:09 pm

Pinikula

phantom: nylons

12:09 pm

Jayk

no it's from the bottom n

12:09 pm

bojazz

hi Jay

12:09 pm

Mom

Hi Boobear

12:09 pm

Jayk

Hi bojazz and pini

12:09 pm

Pinikula

na + *perating *ystem?

12:10 pm

Dorens

thanks for that pini... n's are finally finito here

12:10 pm

Jayk

i'll be damed. was sure i tried that!

12:10 pm

Pinikula

well, shoot...I'm still missing 103 words...guess I need to dig my hole deeper

12:11 pm

Jayk

now i'm left with the completely impossible long ls, cs, and as

12:11 pm

kje

back, should prob list so I am not here all day

12:11 pm

Pinikula

me, too, since I have to go to dau's house in a bit...

12:11 pm

Jayk

you'll be here all day anyway!

12:12 pm

kje

no way

12:12 pm

Mom

welcome back KJE

12:12 pm

hootowl

I just monkeyed the first 4 la - missing part of a manuscript

12:13 pm

harpjane

hello

12:13 pm

o-o

Hello, harpjane

12:13 pm

bojazz

hi harp

12:14 pm

Dorens

hi harp

12:14 pm

harpjane

i can't even find one word, not a good sign!

12:14 pm

Pinikula

* hands harp a shovel *

12:14 pm

o-o

Hello, Dorens

12:14 pm

bojazz

LOL

12:15 pm

Dorens

hi babrab

12:15 pm

harpjane

hand me some coffee and then we'll talk pini!

12:15 pm

Jayk

lacnose

12:15 pm

Dorens

someone with a hole in the middle of their face, jayk?

12:16 pm

bojazz

no, i've got one

12:16 pm

Pinikula

hey, jay...if you're going to offer words, could they at least be good ones?

12:16 pm

rururocks

can you elaborate on that la manuscript thing hoot

12:16 pm

o-o

You talking about my icon, Dorens

12:16 pm

Jayk

Lord no** i'm tryin!

12:16 pm

Dorens

i was kinda wondering about that too (manuscript).
no, babrab, jayk's lacnose entry. :)

12:16 pm

o-o

la 6 7 7 8 involve gaps

12:17 pm

kje

last an7 and 8?

12:18 pm

Pinikula

how about the first, kje?

12:18 pm

hootowl

well I actually started thinking greek mythology - think it was the guy who faced a sea monster? Then winged it

12:18 pm

Dorens

speaking of your icon pictures babrab... i always like your quotes, or writing, but not always the pictures. (but then again, youmight not like mine)

12:18 pm

rururocks

a religious worshipper kje

12:18 pm

o-o

same as ac 7 and 8

12:18 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:18 pm

kje

ty!

12:18 pm

Pinikula

guess I should look for the ac7, 8

12:18 pm

rururocks

sorry that was the ac 7

12:18 pm

bojazz

hi nan

12:18 pm

Dorens

hi nan

12:19 pm

hootowl

laundry ca;;s - bbl

12:19 pm

o-o

hello, cybernan

12:19 pm

cybernan

still looking for my last 7 -- someone clued it as 'to leave a hole' last night, but the only thing I can think of is excavate

12:20 pm

Pinikula

6 more to list....throw something?

12:21 pm

Dorens

i made it to 35 listless, but major stall now

12:21 pm

harpjane

how many letters in the v words please?

12:21 pm

Dorens

4 and 5

12:22 pm

o-o

en 7 -- at bottom of letter to indicate an insert: en* + to wash

12:22 pm

cybernan

and the 5 doesn't make any sense at all

12:23 pm

o-o

ca 6/24 -- tin tin or French dance

12:23 pm

Boobear

Hi BR.

12:23 pm

Pinikula

yeah, I got a clue!!!

12:23 pm

Pinikula

thx br ;)

12:24 pm

o-o

ca 5 -- offspring of kine

12:25 pm

o-o

cy -- violent wind storm and pl

12:26 pm

Boobear

gc BR

12:26 pm

o-o

un 7 --- open

12:26 pm

o-o

un 5 -- doff the fedora

12:27 pm

inge

Ln

12:28 pm

kje

cy5/18? I have the one that is the start of the storm

12:28 pm

Dorens

the beginning, kj

12:28 pm

Pinikula

doff?

12:29 pm

Dorens

oh sorry, you just said youhave that one

12:29 pm

o-o

cy + momma ***s

12:29 pm

kje

wow, I was thinking hard on that dorens - LOL

12:29 pm

o-o

or ***s elliot

12:29 pm

movieman

clues for the la7s plz

12:29 pm

Dorens

ty bab.. never would have found that one

12:31 pm

kje

don't get it

12:31 pm

o-o

cy + ***per the friendly ghost

12:32 pm

kje

ty

12:32 pm

Pinikula

got that one!

12:32 pm

Pinikula

(would never have guessed or monkeyed that one in this life time)

12:33 pm

rubyfoo

hello everybody, what a w4ealth of clues in the chat! thank you everybody

12:33 pm

kje

20

12:33 pm

Pinikula

1/2-way!!!! finally...to list go I

12:33 pm

cybernan

la 7, please?

12:34 pm

Dorens

26 listless... think maybe i'll come back later for the rest, with fresh eyes

12:34 pm

kje

ya dorens

12:34 pm

kje

I only made it to 35 listless

12:34 pm

Dorens

maybe it depends on what clues are put in the list at which time

12:34 pm

rubyfoo

I have 78 listless but don't know how to do lists, so never get much more than half, no matter what

12:35 pm

Jayk

clue for the last ans pls? the 7 and the 8

12:35 pm

Pinikula

uh oh...no list?

12:35 pm

Dorens

oh i don't know, i just haven't used one yet, pini

12:35 pm

rubyfoo

uh uh

12:35 pm

o-o

without la*k + what the earth revolves around: s** + free from harm: s*f*

12:35 pm

Pinikula

ruby...would you like step-by-steps again? :)

12:35 pm

cybernan

I guess no one has the la 7, movieman

12:35 pm

o-o

bananon, Pini

12:36 pm

rubyfoo

if you don't mind, pini, you are kind to offer!

12:36 pm

Pinikula

thx BR

12:36 pm

Pinikula

not at all, ruby!

12:36 pm

Dorens

an+ n*e* is christmas + sometimes vowel + this is *h* end, my only friend

12:36 pm

o-o

without: la*k + what the earth revolves around: s** + former vp gore's first

12:37 pm

Pinikula

y'all rock on the biggies!!!

12:37 pm

kje

ty - that gave me 4

12:37 pm

movieman

clues for the v's plz

12:37 pm

Pinikula

brb - going to write instructions...

12:37 pm

Dorens

cool babrab, I had the six, never knew there was a seven, thanks

12:37 pm

Dorens

baby cow, mm

12:38 pm

o-o

and 8, Dorens

12:38 pm

rubyfoo

ty pini

12:38 pm

rururocks

baby beef

12:38 pm

cybernan

ty babrab -- that gave me the 6 -- latin plural, I presume

12:39 pm

cybernan

oh -- consumed

12:39 pm

movieman

ty dorens

12:39 pm

bojazz

thought it was baby lamb

12:39 pm

Dorens

ty bab- got them all now... 23 left!

12:39 pm

Dorens

mm. add another letter for the 5

12:39 pm

Dorens

uh, bo... lambs are babies already, yes?

12:39 pm

rubyfoo

hi bo

12:39 pm

cybernan

still missing 2 7's -- guess they weren't all called last night

12:39 pm

bojazz

halfway there - time to leave - meetings, meetings, meetings

12:40 pm

rururocks

last un5 anyone>?

12:40 pm

Dorens

bye bo

12:40 pm

kje

take your cap off

12:40 pm

rubyfoo

bye bo

12:40 pm

o-o

un + doff the fedora

12:41 pm

rururocks

thank you.. took me a minute

12:41 pm

Bugsaw

good morning everyone. Great thot again today BabbleRabble. I agree completely

12:41 pm

kje

10

12:41 pm

rururocks

I need help on the ca 6/24 please

12:42 pm

Bugsaw

go kje!

12:42 pm

rubyfoo

french dance

12:42 pm

rubyfoo

ca6

12:42 pm

cybernan

how many plural 7's are there?

12:43 pm

Dorens

i was befuddled before by that french dance.. finally got it. 21!

12:43 pm

cybernan

ca 6: dance performed at the Moulin Rouge

12:43 pm

rururocks

thank you ruby..

12:43 pm

rubyfoo

some of the clues are so hards, e.g. an....

12:43 pm

Jayk

Babble--was that business about the earth revolving to do with the long ans?

12:44 pm

o-o

four 7s are plural (one a latin pl)

12:45 pm

Dorens

name that proper noun! popular destination in mexico

12:45 pm

o-o

Part of la 7 clues

12:46 pm

Jayk

so....could you help with those ans?

12:46 pm

cybernan

ty babrab

12:46 pm

kje

uno

12:46 pm

o-o

do you have the ac 7 & 8, Jayk?

12:46 pm

cybernan

have the co and the et plural 7's, missing?

12:47 pm

Jayk

yes

12:47 pm

kje

and done

12:47 pm

o-o

change the c to n

12:47 pm

Jayk

anolyte

12:47 pm

o-o

Congrats, kje

12:47 pm

kje

yes,jayk - LOL

12:48 pm

Jayk

i will, WILL, stop making that mistake

12:48 pm

Dorens

yay kje!

12:48 pm

cybernan

good clue jayk!

12:49 pm

o-o

la 7/36

12:49 pm

Dorens

ok. made it to 20 listless now... be back later with fresh eyes (and brain!)

12:50 pm

cybernan

la 7'36 is a plural?

12:50 pm

o-o

an 7/32

12:50 pm

cybernan

ah -- the latin one -- ty babrab

12:51 pm

cybernan

one more to go

12:51 pm

Jayk

an + what's on pine trees

12:51 pm

o-o

be well, Dorens

12:51 pm

kje

plenty of cluers here, so I will go get some work done... bbl

12:51 pm

cybernan

have that one

12:52 pm

cybernan

ok -- have the 4 's that are plural -- ty

12:53 pm

kthdsn

hi all, I've been lurking, 57 to go

12:53 pm

sixty7stang13

ta 7/32 plz

12:54 pm

o-o

hello, kthdsn

12:54 pm

cybernan

ta7: ta + anagram of not open

12:55 pm

lynxxx

Goodmornng everyone.Hi Kate!

12:55 pm

kthdsn

hey lynxxx

12:55 pm

sixty7stang13

ty cybernan

12:55 pm

cybernan

good morning lynxxx

12:55 pm

cybernan

yw

12:55 pm

o-o

hello, lyn

12:55 pm

kthdsn

oh dear, brb

12:56 pm

cybernan

from the bottom e, et 6-7 combo -- missing?

12:57 pm

o-o

en 4/9

12:57 pm

kthdsn

back, overtired children :(

12:57 pm

oodleberry

HAPPY SUNDAY EVERYONE???

12:58 pm

kthdsn

en 4/9 jelousy

12:58 pm

o-o

Hello, oodle

12:58 pm

cybernan

oops have that one babrab and kate

12:59 pm

lynxxx

en4.4 and an7.44

12:59 pm

lynxxx

sorry , en7.44

12:59 pm

cybernan

haven't seen you for a while, kate -- did Montreal not work out for you?

12:59 pm

lynxxx

hi Oodle

12:59 pm

rubyfoo

hello oodle

12:59 pm

rubyfoo

bon dimanche to you, too

1:00 pm

kthdsn

it was toronto actually, we enjoyed it but Ric didn't get PR so we came back to england

1:00 pm

cybernan

oh I see, the et's don't come from the bottom e.

1:00 pm

oodleberry

merci bien

1:01 pm

o-o

en 4/4

1:01 pm

cybernan

Thats, too bad -- still I suppose you are pleased to be back home?

1:01 pm

oodleberry

how long hav eyou been in France Ruby?

1:01 pm

cybernan

ty babrab

1:01 pm

rubyfoo

11 years

1:01 pm

kthdsn

it doesn't really feel like home after 3 years, I'm sure it will when we get our own place and settle in properly though

1:01 pm

cybernan

another babblet I should have found

1:01 pm

rubyfoo

but I spent a lot of time here over the years prior to moving here

1:02 pm

cybernan

have ye 4 x2 -- missing?

1:02 pm

oodleberry

that is quit a lot of time

1:03 pm

r23

ar6,18

1:03 pm

Worquey

o/

1:04 pm

lynxxx

hi r23, Licketys list is not there for today's puzzle. Sorry

1:05 pm

Worquey

alone

1:05 pm

Worquey

lone

1:05 pm

Worquey

oops

1:05 pm

rubyfoo

you are up really late, lynxx, or is it very early?

1:05 pm

Worquey

>_<

1:06 pm

sixty7stang13

I ha4 a list in profile

1:06 pm

Jayk

the co 5/12 almost at the end? I'm desperate

1:06 pm

lynxxx

6am here, but not especially early for me Ruby

1:06 pm

rubyfoo

I refuse to get up earlier than 8; I put my head under the covers and pretend I'm sleeping

1:06 pm

rubyfoo

it was different when I worked

1:06 pm

cybernan

co 5 12: they drop all over my yard from the pine trees

1:07 pm

cybernan

... and fir tree

1:07 pm

Jayk

i have that

1:07 pm

lynxxx

Jayk, is it where you put your coats less L?

1:07 pm

Jayk

right before the warm and fuzzy

1:07 pm

rubyfoo

we have shrubs with tiny ones

1:08 pm

Jayk

Yes!! FWs!!

1:08 pm

Jayk

Thx Lynxx

1:08 pm

lynxxx

Congrats!

1:08 pm

rubyfoo

great clue, lynxx, ty ty

1:08 pm

cybernan

down to 35 and stalled

1:08 pm

Jayk

could NOT have finished without mammoth help--thx all

1:08 pm

kthdsn

I stalled a while ago and still have 55 to go, I'm out of practice and this grid is mean!

1:09 pm

cybernan

ty jayk

1:09 pm

rubyfoo

just made half and that was with A LOT of help from this lovely chat!

1:09 pm

Jayk

must go help my neighbor; have to poof for a bit

1:09 pm

rubyfoo

by JK

1:10 pm

cybernan

may have to consult 67's list

1:10 pm

r23

need help. for anything. im desperate!!!!! im new 2 this

1:10 pm

nanachichi

how many words are in this puzzle

1:11 pm

lynxxx

This is a hard one R23

1:11 pm

sixty7stang13

181 words

1:11 pm

rubyfoo

181 words

1:11 pm

r23

181

1:11 pm

nanachichi

thanks

1:11 pm

r23

i know. its so mean

1:12 pm

sixty7stang13

un 5/18 plz

1:13 pm

oodleberry

bbl

1:13 pm

lynxxx

un5.18 not shy

1:13 pm

rubyfoo

nice, lynx

1:14 pm

SeaSpray

clue for the na5 please

1:14 pm

r23

cant think of anything

1:14 pm

sixty7stang13

ty lynxxx

1:14 pm

lynxxx

na5 Mrs Reagan

1:14 pm

rubyfoo

na5: effeminate

1:14 pm

lil*monkey

Hi Babblers!

1:15 pm

rubyfoo

or, my real name lol

1:15 pm

lynxxx

hi Lil

1:15 pm

SeaSpray

wow, ty ruby, or uh...nancy

1:15 pm

rubyfoo

lol, sea

1:16 pm

lil*monkey

hi lynxxxie

1:16 pm

lil*monkey

seaspray said a worrrrrrrrrrrrrd

1:16 pm

rubyfoo

why doesn't enable accept anse or halal?

1:16 pm

rubyfoo

my name, lol

1:17 pm

Dachef

its haalal. But to be honest, it doesn't accept that either.

1:17 pm

SeaSpray

oh poop, pb for me

1:17 pm

rubyfoo

ty dachef, too funny, but that's where we buy lamb here

1:18 pm

r23

HELp!!!!!! my brain hurts

1:18 pm

lynxxx

Did you get a list R23?

1:19 pm

Dachef

actually, now I come to think of it, theres about 10 different ways of spelling it, I believe according to particular dialect: hallal, halaal, etc. Whatever the spelling, Enable just sticks two fingers up at it and lets psoae in instead.

1:19 pm

r23

YEah

1:19 pm

cybernan

so 7 clue please?

1:19 pm

r23

the same one as yesterday

1:19 pm

r23

the same one as yesterday

1:19 pm

rubyfoo

hahah dachef

1:19 pm

SeaSpray

down to 49 and my brain hurts too

1:20 pm

lynxxx

R23 - That list is NO good. Look at Gremlin or 67Stang's profile for a list

1:20 pm

SeaSpray

bbl have to go put bread in bread maker

1:20 pm

r23

yeah i have 166 left so i wouldn't be talking

1:20 pm

rubyfoo

my brain's OK; it's my eyes! I give up with 92 words. Good night everybody

1:21 pm

Haz1558

Good afternoon/evening/ morning all.

1:21 pm

rubyfoo

hi and bye haz, how was your splendid lunch?

1:21 pm

Boobear

clue for the last kh pls

1:21 pm

kthdsn

hey haz

1:21 pm

lynxxx

so7.40 like the so6.18 but change it to start like to so**e a crime

1:21 pm

Haz1558

It wasn't too bad at all. No reports of food poisoning so far, but we need to give it at least 12 hours, don't we?

1:21 pm

sixty7stang13

ha 7/44 plz

1:22 pm

cybernan

ty lynxxx

1:22 pm

lynxxx

Good evening Haz

1:22 pm

rubyfoo

sixty: lovely old times

1:22 pm

Haz1558

See you tomorrow, ruby. Hello kth and lynxx and everyone.

1:22 pm

cybernan

ha 7: those lazy hazy days of summer

1:22 pm

rubyfoo

and plural

1:23 pm

Atalante

I'd love to see what Haz would do for a splendid lunch, not just her normal Sunday lunches

1:23 pm

sixty7stang13

ty ruby & nan

1:23 pm

Atalante

or the scientific name for a kingfisher *random info*

1:24 pm

lynxxx

hi Ata

1:24 pm

Haz1558

Ata,mentioning birds, did you do the RSPB bird spot thing today?

1:25 pm

Atalante

noooo I spent most of the day in bed recovering from a week in the Cotswolds!

1:25 pm

Atalante

but I did see a pigeon fly past

1:25 pm

Atalante

does that count?

1:26 pm

Haz1558

Only if you enter it in your little sheet. Husband filled in his and was promptly bettered by his sister who sees all sorts of more interesting birds at her house in the country.

1:26 pm

Boobear

Hi Ata and Haz

1:26 pm

Haz1558

Hello Boo.

1:27 pm

Atalante

I only have "things on the seashore" sheets here. Kent Wildlife might get a bit cross if I put birds on them

1:27 pm

Haz1558

You don't want to get Kent Wildlife cross.

1:28 pm

Atalante

not when they are nice to me

1:29 pm

sixty7stang13

un 5/14 2nd 1 plz

1:29 pm

lynxxx

un5.15 what a man does when a lady walks by

1:30 pm

Kenny Chuck

caca

1:31 pm

Kenny Chuck

sorry!!!!!!!

1:31 pm

stidmama

hello all! (((KENNY CHUCK!!!!))) long time!

1:31 pm

stidmama

how's the grid today?

1:31 pm

Jellen

Hi, all!

1:31 pm

sixty7stang13

ty lynxxx

1:31 pm

Haz1558

Hello, Kenny, Jellen, stidmama.

1:31 pm

Kenny Chuck

First ca4/5, please?

1:31 pm

stidmama

hey jellen!

1:31 pm

lynxxx

hi Stid, Jellen, Kenny

1:31 pm

torgone

It's unlovely stid ..

1:32 pm

lynxxx

...and Tor!

1:32 pm

lynxxx

ca & hel** Kenny

1:32 pm

stidmama

hey tor. I am discovering this sad fact... and not lickety either it seems.

1:32 pm

stidmama

oh well. it's not about the finish, it's about the fun.

1:33 pm

Kenny Chuck

Tx lynxxx

1:33 pm

Jellen

I'm not having fun with the grid right now...

1:34 pm

lil*monkey

I am not finding ANY of the 8s... feeling like a doofus

1:34 pm

stidmama

hello monkey -- snowed in again?

1:34 pm

r23

HELP

1:34 pm

Jellen

Hey, lil*monkey...long time!

1:34 pm

lil*monkey

no, stid, all dug out now. I just got home from Trader Joe's

1:34 pm

stidmama

what do you need r23?

1:35 pm

lil*monkey

I need clues for 8s please

1:35 pm

stidmama

ah! I need to stop by TJ's this afternoon. glad it wasn't too bad for you this time.

1:35 pm

lynxxx

cy7/8 a weather thing

1:36 pm

Jellen

Wishing we had a TJ's close...

1:36 pm

stidmama

thanks for hte CY!

1:36 pm

sammysmom

no lickety today?????

1:36 pm

lil*monkey

cool, thanx lynxxie

1:36 pm

Jellen

ac 7/8 young church celebrants

1:36 pm

stidmama

almost to NBT... *squints at grid*

1:37 pm

lynxxx

co8.65 secret meeting

1:37 pm

lil*monkey

ah thanx for that jellen!

1:37 pm

stidmama

great clues! (keep 'em coming)

1:37 pm

Haz1558

co8 - from where the white smoke rises. (Think cardinals)

1:37 pm

lynxxx

ha7/8 perfect days!

1:37 pm

stidmama

wow. that secret meeting wurd was hard to remember!

1:37 pm

torgone

an7&8 same as ac7&8

1:37 pm

helensgirlkid

unexoise has a list on profile

1:37 pm

Jellen

Thanks for the ha8!

1:38 pm

stidmama

thanks for pointing that out helensgirl

1:39 pm

lil*monkey

thanks tor & lynxxie... i'm stalled on the co8, the one where white smoke rises

1:39 pm

Haz1558

A bit like the opposite of convex but with an extra letter.

1:39 pm

lynxxx

la6.24 then 7,7,8 .....la & Babbler Vi****

1:40 pm

cybernan

cy 5/16 following the colours?

1:40 pm

Atalante

yay for Vi!

1:41 pm

stidmama

got the whole LA series! thanks lynxxx

1:41 pm

stidmama

first part of hurricane word nan?

1:41 pm

sammysmom

but how do i get une's profile??

1:41 pm

cybernan

no that's a 5/18

1:42 pm

o-o

the list is at babanon

1:42 pm

stidmama

if she is on your friends list, sammysmom? if not... hold on.

1:42 pm

lynxxx

Sammy - do a Find in the Rankings

1:42 pm

cybernan

looking for the cy 5/19 between colours and the first part of the storm

1:42 pm

cybernan

*cy 5/16

1:42 pm

stidmama

thanks BR, that was my other thought. bt my computer is slow today.

1:42 pm

stidmama

gotta go now, back later...

1:43 pm

Jellen

Hi, BabbleRabble!

1:43 pm

Jellen

Later, stid!

1:43 pm

o-o

Hello, Jellen

1:44 pm

Jellen

cy + That was a ***se call!

1:44 pm

lynxxx

Cybernan, cy5.16 both start with color, one plural end, the Other a vowel

1:45 pm

cybernan

ty lynxxx

1:45 pm

cybernan

c's slain

1:45 pm

Jellen

thanks lynxxx!

1:47 pm

lil*monkey

is anyone going to watch the Grammys tonight?

1:48 pm

Lady Biotch

love to watch the Grammys

1:48 pm

o-o

Do they need a babysitter?

1:48 pm

lil*monkey

me too, Lady Beeeeeeyotch

1:48 pm

Jellen

Most of them do, BR...

1:49 pm

lil*monkey

was that supposed to be clever, BR?

1:49 pm

Lady Biotch

was away on business couple of weeks ago and drove into LA saw "someone" famous on Rodeo Dr but don't know who it is hope by watching the Grammy's I might see who it was lol

1:49 pm

lil*monkey

what did they look like, Lady B??

1:50 pm

Lady Biotch

you arent seious are you?

1:50 pm

Lady Biotch

I thought it was one of the guys in Rascal Flatts, but don't think so

1:50 pm

lil*monkey

is who serious?

1:51 pm

Lady Biotch

he was kind of a big guy brown hair that looked to have blond streaks or highlights just in the front

1:51 pm

lil*monkey

that sounds like the Nickelback guy

1:52 pm

Atalante

brb

1:54 pm

Lady Biotch

just googled not him I got excited for a minute

1:55 pm

Lady Biotch

it's going to drive me crazy (crazier) until I find out who it was

1:55 pm

lil*monkey

watch the red carpet show, it starts at 6pm EST

1:56 pm

Lady Biotch

what network?

1:56 pm

lil*monkey

hmmm, i think E! network

1:57 pm

lil*monkey

lady, are u on Facebook?

1:57 pm

Lady Biotch

will do running out to Outback to use a xmas gift card very hungry......ciao for now

1:57 pm

Lady Biotch

yes I am on Facebook

1:57 pm

lil*monkey

I am Laurie Jones on Facebook, same lil*monkey pic as on here, Virginia Beach network, if you want to add me

1:58 pm

lil*monkey

enjoy Outback, have a bloomin onion for me :)

1:58 pm

Lady Biotch

will do when I get back see ya

1:59 pm

r23

trade 1 for 1. here is my clue: i t**** you for the present.

1:59 pm

r23

I will take anymore

2:01 pm

lynxxx

Birds of prey have ta***s on their feet

2:01 pm

Jellen

ca5= man-made waterway

2:02 pm

lynxxx

ca6 a very common cooking oil

2:02 pm

Jellen

Keep 'em coming, lynxxx! lol

2:02 pm

lynxxx

cl5.20 the sound chains make when dragged along the ground

2:03 pm

lil*monkey

la5, my favorite coffee drink :)

2:03 pm

lil*monkey

me5, the club that only people with high IQ can be in

2:03 pm

lynxxx

cl5.12 the type of sheep Dolly was

2:04 pm

lil*monkey

ve4 parmigiana

2:04 pm

lil*monkey

ta4 baby powder

2:04 pm

Jellen

cl5= not open

2:04 pm

lynxxx

ve5 parmigianey

2:05 pm

Jellen

cl6= put your clothes here

2:05 pm

lynxxx

then lose the L

2:05 pm

lil*monkey

lynxx, did you mean ve4 ? when you said parmagiana???

2:06 pm

lynxxx

no, meant ve5

2:06 pm

lil*monkey

oh never mind, I just got it hahahahaha

2:06 pm

lynxxx

un7 open!

2:07 pm

lynxxx

ta7.32 baby powder on your n***

2:08 pm

lynxxx

is that enough now?

2:08 pm

lil*monkey

th5 you for all those!

2:08 pm

Jellen

Yes, th5 you!

2:10 pm

mixi6

th5 you all

2:13 pm

cybernan

*!* ta da *!* - th5s for the help :)

2:13 pm

lynxxx

Congrats C'nan!

2:14 pm

cybernan

off to watch the curling -- have a great day, everyone :)

2:14 pm

Jellen

Yay, nan!!!

2:14 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo cyber

2:14 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

2:15 pm

lynxxx

hi jmc

2:15 pm

lil*monkey

hi jmc :)

2:15 pm

Jellen

C's conquered!

2:15 pm

Jellen

Hi, jmc!

2:16 pm

jmcnrick

wtg jell

2:16 pm

wht

Hi all

2:16 pm

jmcnrick

hi wht!

2:16 pm

lil*monkey

hi wht :)

2:17 pm

jmcnrick

has the snow gotten up there yet?

2:17 pm

jmcnrick

than

2:17 pm

jmcnrick

ooopsie

2:17 pm

jmcnrick

*grabs a sweater and heads to the pb*

2:18 pm

Jellen

Hi, wht

2:18 pm

lil*monkey

snow here, jmc... about 6 inches (near Williamsburg) *puts chips & guacamole in the PB*

2:18 pm

jmcnrick

jalapeno in the guac?

2:19 pm

jmcnrick

we got 6 inches in DC too

2:19 pm

Erda

Help on ca6,24 please??

2:19 pm

Jellen

E's ended; H's hacked!

2:19 pm

lil*monkey

i mixed pico de gallo + 1 avocado... i'm assume there is jalapeno in the pico

2:19 pm

lil*monkey

it's pretty hot

2:19 pm

lil*monkey

i got it at Trader Joe's

2:20 pm

Jellen

ca6= French dance

2:20 pm

wht

Erda, it's a dance

2:20 pm

jmcnrick

yumm tasty

2:20 pm

Jellen

Think Moulin Rouge

2:20 pm

lynxxx

ca6.24 high kicking french dance

2:20 pm

wht

Kinda repetitive

2:20 pm

jmcnrick

its a dance dance

2:21 pm

Jellen

K's kicked

2:21 pm

Erda

Oh for goodness' sake -- I kept looking for it but didn't think it was THERE -- Thank you!!

2:21 pm

inge

Clue for cl 5/12 please. I have the copy one, and to shut the door.

2:22 pm

Jellen

cl 4/5 pluralled

2:22 pm

lil*monkey

inge, take the last vowel OUT of the copy word

2:22 pm

lynxxx

cl5 Dollys without the e

2:23 pm

inge

thanks

2:24 pm

inge

I had typed it in and did not notice.

2:27 pm

lil*monkey

anyone have the as5 ?

2:28 pm

welki

hi folks

2:28 pm

lil*monkey

never mind

2:28 pm

lynxxx

hi Wellki

2:29 pm

Jellen

Hi, Welki

2:29 pm

inge

fireworks. That was hard work. Does anyone know what lickety is up to>?

2:29 pm

oodleberry

ok I am back and front and both sides and top and bottom

2:29 pm

Jellen

Yay, inge!!!

2:30 pm

Jellen

Hi, oodle

2:30 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Inge!

2:30 pm

Jellen

I don't have the as5, but would love to get it!

2:30 pm

welki

no list today, inge? (and wtg on fireworks :)

2:31 pm

lynxxx

as5 where they used to put crazy people, change um for a vowel

2:31 pm

Jellen

Th5 you, lynxxx!

2:31 pm

inge

as + D***n, Rurus dog

2:32 pm

lynxxx

nice clue Inge!

2:33 pm

lynxxx

BBL

2:39 pm

Jellen

M's mastered!

2:42 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo inge

2:42 pm

jmcnrick

hi oodle

2:43 pm

oodleberry

hi

2:55 pm

HarryHood

isn't halal what moslems eat?

2:56 pm

welki

yes, but it's a proper noun

2:56 pm

jmcnrick

yes

2:56 pm

HarryHood

bummer

2:56 pm

jmcnrick

it's not a proper noun -- neither is kosher

2:56 pm

torgone

Not proper, just not accepted ..

2:56 pm

jmcnrick

it is a legal term in islamic law

2:57 pm

HarryHood

is kosher acceptable?

2:57 pm

jmcnrick

donno

2:59 pm

wht

If I type kosher I get kosher does not exist in the puzzle - so it is in Enable

2:59 pm

jmcnrick

very clever wht

3:00 pm

HarryHood

you're always thinking :)

3:00 pm

welki

<-- learns something new every day :)

3:01 pm

welki

(but also learned today that, once daughter and grand-baby leave to go back east, the house is awfully empty and quiet)

3:01 pm

torgone

Not sure that's conclusive though .. Still might not be in enable ..

3:02 pm

Jellen

Hi, Harry and tor

3:02 pm

HarryHood

hi hi

3:02 pm

Vicuna

Yes it is. If it weren't it would tell you "not found int he dictionary."

3:02 pm

Vicuna

Hello, all.

3:02 pm

HarryHood

how sad welki

3:02 pm

Jellen

Hi, Vicuna

3:02 pm

wht

If it's not in the dictionary it says that, and it checks the dictionary before it checks the grid.

3:03 pm

jmcnrick

we should try something we know enable doesn't take

3:03 pm

Jellen

Need help, please...an 7/36, the second?

3:03 pm

jmcnrick

i tried mosh and got the same thing so wht is correctomondo

3:03 pm

jmcnrick

hi vic

3:03 pm

welki

it really is. i miss so much, being far away. on the other hand, visits are always a joy

3:04 pm

HarryHood

my inlaws only see my kids about once a year or less

3:04 pm

Vicuna

Mosh is "not found int eh dictionary" as is halal. Kosher is "doesn't exist int he puzzle" therefore it is int he dictionary.

3:05 pm

Vicuna

an7- just like the ac7

3:05 pm

welki

they're far away, too, hh?

3:05 pm

Vicuna

One of these days I will learn to type "In the".

3:05 pm

Jellen

Th5 you, Vicuna!

3:05 pm

Jellen

1 left...

3:05 pm

wht

ty vi

3:06 pm

HarryHood

not really - but we can't travel too much - kids and wife get carsick, and it's a hassle, and they choose not to come up. Which is all really for the best.

3:06 pm

Vicuna

Go, Jellen, go!

3:07 pm

jmbdobie2

Hello all - back again to try & finish... 80 left

3:07 pm

HarryHood

105 here

3:07 pm

jmcnrick

125 left

3:07 pm

jmcnrick

hi jmb

3:08 pm

jmbdobie2

hi - did you get the list?

3:08 pm

Aloyisius

ty, Vicuna.. logged on in time to get your great clue. Hi Babblers! am in the "slo go" modality at present, 37 left to find

3:08 pm

Jellen

Fireworks!

3:08 pm

HarryHood

woohoo jellen

3:08 pm

Jellen

Hi, jmb and Aloy

3:08 pm

Vicuna

Yay for Jellen!

3:08 pm

Vicuna

Hello, Aloy.

3:08 pm

Aloyisius

yay for Jellen, congrats!!!!

3:08 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo jell!

3:09 pm

jmbdobie2

congrats! jellen

3:09 pm

jmcnrick

hi aloy

3:09 pm

Vicuna

Hello, jmdobie.

3:09 pm

welki

hehehe, vicuna said, "an7- just like the ac7," so now i'm looking for both

3:09 pm

welki

wtg jellen!

3:09 pm

Jellen

ac7= young church celebrants

3:09 pm

Vicuna

Yeah - it's only a good clue if you already have the ac7. It's an altar attendant.

3:10 pm

welki

thanks!

3:10 pm

jmcnrick

pb welki

3:10 pm

Jellen

welki, th5 is a word...

3:10 pm

welki

*sigh*

3:10 pm

jmcnrick

*shoves welki in the pb and slams the door*

3:10 pm

Vicuna

No, she's safe on a technicality - there's only one of them in the grid! ;)

3:10 pm

jmcnrick

hahahahahahahahaahaa

3:11 pm

lil*monkey

ac + vowel + not dark

3:11 pm

Jellen

off for a bit...

3:11 pm

jmcnrick

to la4! already pushed her in

3:11 pm

jmcnrick

bye jell

3:11 pm

Vicuna

Uh oh, jmc's gone lo4/5!

3:12 pm

Vicuna

Do we have any as5/14 that will take her?

3:12 pm

jmcnrick

dance dance dance

3:12 pm

jmcnrick

shake shake shake

3:12 pm

HarryHood

aah ty vic for the as5 :)

3:12 pm

Vicuna

=)

3:13 pm

jmcnrick

no th4s for the as5 :-P

3:13 pm

Atalante

Vi!!!!!!!11111!!!! :)

3:13 pm

jmcnrick

hi ata

3:14 pm

Vicuna

Ataaaaaa!

3:14 pm

Atalante

not really here, as I'm sure you can tell. Just saying hi :):)

3:14 pm

Vicuna

Hi hi hi! =D

3:15 pm

Atalante

you were being used as a clue earlier :)

3:15 pm

Vicuna

Hope all's well with you, here or not.

3:15 pm

Aloyisius

hi Ata!

3:15 pm

HarryHood

bbl...kids are frekaing out

3:15 pm

Vicuna

Was I? As in, "kn5 - what Vi is"?

3:16 pm

Atalante

nooooo! as is la6 = la + vi**** :)

3:16 pm

Vicuna

ac4 - what Vi thinks it is utterly unfair to suffer from at the same time as grey hair?

3:16 pm

Vicuna

Oh, lol! That makes sense. I couldn't think of any words that applied to me today! =)

3:18 pm

Atalante

nooo there's no lovely and sweet and clever :)

3:18 pm

Vicuna

Awwwww. *blushing*

3:18 pm

Atalante

and hi aloy! hi jmc! lovely to see you!

3:19 pm

Atalante

and vi, look at my icon pic. silly cat!

3:19 pm

Vicuna

Wow, what magnificent paws! lol

3:20 pm

Atalante

*grin* she was in mid catch

3:20 pm

Vicuna

She looks pretty darn pleased with herself, too.

3:21 pm

jmcnrick

nice pic ata

3:21 pm

Atalante

she always is LOL. A true CoG

3:21 pm

jmcnrick

CoG?

3:21 pm

Atalante

Cat of Glory :)

3:21 pm

Vicuna

Cat of Glory

3:21 pm

jmcnrick

lol

3:21 pm

Vicuna

My cat, on the other hand, is more of a CoWB: Cat of Walnut Brain.

3:22 pm

Atalante

there are CoGs, KoGs and ToGs at last count

3:22 pm

jmcnrick

K and T?

3:22 pm

Atalante

mine is both

3:22 pm

Atalante

Kittens of Glory

3:22 pm

Atalante

Twins of Glory - especially for Vi, that one

3:22 pm

Vicuna

True, they are not mutually exclusive. But there's very little Glory about mine.

3:23 pm

Aloyisius

phantom: enemy, could have sworn it was there.. paranoid, lol

3:23 pm

jmcnrick

mine is a CoF (Cat of Fumblepaws)

3:23 pm

Vicuna

The ToG are my progeny! How honored I am to have brought them forth upon an admiring world.

3:23 pm

jmcnrick

*hands aloy a valium*

3:23 pm

Atalante

jmc! LOVE it!

3:23 pm

jmcnrick

lucky vic

3:23 pm

Aloyisius

ty, ty, gratefully swallows valium

3:23 pm

Vicuna

lol, Aloy!

3:24 pm

jmcnrick

she is such a cluntz

3:24 pm

jmcnrick

sorry clutz

3:24 pm

Vicuna

Mine's a klutz, too. No dignity whatsoever.

3:25 pm

Atalante

mine has all their dignity and more

3:25 pm

lawyer-1

Farwerks! (that's fireworks in Bawlmer)

3:25 pm

jmcnrick

mine tries for dignity but then trips

3:25 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo lawyer!

3:26 pm

Vicuna

So there's some kind of COnservation of Dignity among cats, then.

3:26 pm

Vicuna

Yay for lawyer!

3:26 pm

Aloyisius

congrats to lawyer-1 !!!!

3:26 pm

jmcnrick

this morning she lept on a table and slide off backwards

3:26 pm

lil*monkey

woo hooo lawyer... i love Balmer! I went to elementary school there

3:26 pm

Atalante

mine's Burmese, so she has Dignity engraine

3:26 pm

Atalante

yay lawyer!

3:26 pm

Vicuna

DId she bring down anything on top of her head int he process?

3:26 pm

lawyer-1

ty, jmc

3:26 pm

jmcnrick

several books

3:26 pm

lawyer-1

ty, jmc
ty, ata

3:27 pm

Vicuna

Oh yeah, that's how it's done!

3:27 pm

lil*monkey

i heard a cracking noise, and discovered that it's icicles falling off my window sills

3:27 pm

jmcnrick

poor kitty walked away trying to look regal but not carrying it off

3:27 pm

Vicuna

Mine doesn't even try.

3:28 pm

jmcnrick

there is a giant radio tower near my house and after teh first icestorm after moved in i kept hearing banging against the side of my house

3:28 pm

Atalante

pooooor kitty!

3:29 pm

jmcnrick

i went running out to yell at the rotten kids and it turned out it was these huge sheets of ice coming from the tower melting in the sun

3:29 pm

Vicuna

The best was when she fell off the toilet tank and flushed it on the way down and scared herself half to death. (At least she didn't fall in and flush herself down.)

3:29 pm

jmcnrick

they are amazing to watch spiralling down and smashing into my house

3:29 pm

Vicuna

Yikes, jmc!

3:29 pm

Atalante

I'm surde Sily must have done something undignified *thinks*

3:29 pm

lil*monkey

LOL jmc.......LOL vicuna !!!

3:29 pm

jmcnrick

poor vic kitty!

3:30 pm

Vicuna

SHe once jumped onto the table and landed spang in the middle of a hot pizza. She left perfect paw prints int he middle of the cheese. She didn't jump up again for years without checking first.

3:30 pm

Atalante

oh, she once ran away from a field mouse. that was fairly undignified

3:31 pm

Aloyisius

lacuna

3:31 pm

jmcnrick

i keep expecting a window to be smashed out but in 25 years hasn't happened yet

3:31 pm

Vicuna

That's good, Ata. Did the mouse chase her?

3:31 pm

Aloyisius

ouch, off to the PB and back to the other window.. sorry folks

3:31 pm

Atalante

yes LOL!!! Sily hid behind the door

3:31 pm

Mary

clue for na5/16 pls?

3:32 pm

Vicuna

na5/16 - Mrs Reagan

3:32 pm

Mary

ty Vicuna

3:33 pm

Vicuna

How'd she dignify herself out of that one, Ata?

3:33 pm

Atalante

she didn't. that was the one time I think I've seen her completely flummoxed

3:33 pm

Vicuna

=)

3:34 pm

Atalante

it was the first time she'd ever seen a mouse :)

3:34 pm

Vicuna

Well, I'm sure it was a very fierce mouse. =P

3:35 pm

Atalante

utterly. huge, it was

3:35 pm

Atalante

all of an inch

3:35 pm

Vicuna

Ours never has seen a mouse. I don't know what she'd think of it. She likes scolding chipmunks through the window though.

3:36 pm

jmcnrick

mine has brought me a mouse or two

3:36 pm

Atalante

sily does the same with birds that fly past

3:36 pm

jmcnrick

but she is afraid of the coffee grinder

3:36 pm

Vicuna

There, now, jmc. That's respectable cat behavior!

3:36 pm

Atalante

my ex-cat used to bring me rabbits!

3:37 pm

Atalante

sensibel cat. I'm scared of coffee grinders :P

3:37 pm

jmcnrick

the day i was to graduate from law school my cat at the time Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a great comfort

3:37 pm

Vicuna

Impressive. Wonder if any of Scrabbler's rabbits has ever brought her a cat! 0oO

3:37 pm

welki

whoa i need glasses ... i read, "my ex-cat used to bring me rabbis!" shalom :)

3:38 pm

Vicuna

lol, welki!

3:38 pm

jmcnrick

i woke with 104 temp and was too sick to go to the graduation and my car brought me two mice and a bird to cheer me up

3:38 pm

lil*monkey

an7 please??? I have the one that means to observe, and the one that ends with "not dark."

3:38 pm

Atalante

awwwwww what lovely presents!

3:38 pm

welki

would make a great Far Side cartoon ... with an occasional priest thrown in for good measure

3:39 pm

Vicuna

Your cat, I presume. Otherwise it was a strange car! lol Very sweet!

3:39 pm

jmcnrick

it was very sweet

3:39 pm

Aloyisius

an + they grow on pine trees

3:39 pm

Vicuna

an + ice cream holders

3:39 pm

jmcnrick

yes cat

3:39 pm

Aloyisius

lol, Vicuna..

3:39 pm

lil*monkey

ah th5 you vic!

3:39 pm

jmcnrick

and she was extra sweet to take them away and eat them out of my sight

3:39 pm

Atalante

even better. no entrails to clean up

3:39 pm

Vicuna

Very considerate indeed.

3:40 pm

jmcnrick

she was quite the hunter, Cady was

3:40 pm

jmcnrick

help with the U please

3:40 pm

Vicuna

un7 - far

3:40 pm

harpjane

hello 143 to go

3:40 pm

Atalante

Nutty was just quite a fighter. He fought rabbits, foxes, cats, German Shepherds ...

3:41 pm

Vicuna

un5 - what the judges tried to do to George Fox ;)

3:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello

3:41 pm

jmcnrick

hi harp

3:41 pm

Vicuna

Hello, harpjane.

3:41 pm

jmcnrick

hi TO

3:41 pm

Vicuna

And hello, TO.

3:41 pm

jmcnrick

they jailed him mainly

3:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi je hi vi!

3:42 pm

Vicuna

Ah, but first they tried to make him take off his headwear.

3:42 pm

Atalante

hi to, hi harp!

3:42 pm

wht

ty jmc. That is probably a pretty obscure clue for non-Quakers.

3:42 pm

wht

Actually, ty vic

3:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

who is george fox?

3:42 pm

jmcnrick

ty vic

3:43 pm

Vicuna

Glad someone got it! ;)

3:43 pm

jmcnrick

he is the founder sorta of quakers

3:43 pm

wht

Founder of Quakerism

3:43 pm

jmcnrick

wht is a quake too

3:43 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I hate it when there is no Lickety. I will just hang out and pick up a few clues.

3:43 pm

jmcnrick

hi kap

3:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

a clue for someone who isn't?

3:44 pm

Kaplan the Magne

'tsup?

3:44 pm

Vicuna

Excellent! The more the merrier!

3:44 pm

Vicuna

TO, un5 - remove headgear

3:44 pm

harpjane

is there a joke about oatmeal in there?

3:44 pm

Vicuna

Hello, Kaplan.

3:44 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Hello Vic

3:45 pm

jmcnrick

hmmm i don't see one harp

3:45 pm

harpjane

there is no lickety list today?

3:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty/ still missing one un

3:45 pm

Kaplan the Magne

No. Too bad for me.

3:45 pm

Vicuna

No fair - I'm still missing 3! lol

3:45 pm

Vicuna

No lickety, but there's a list in Babblers Anonymous.

3:46 pm

Atalante

I think I should probably be a Quaker. But I'm not religious to want to declare myself into any particular denomination!

3:46 pm

jmcnrick

i am still missing 4

3:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

have un7/36, un4/6 & plural, un5/14

3:46 pm

jmcnrick

quakers in England are somewhat different from U.S. quakers

3:46 pm

Vicuna

Well, Ata, you can always hang out with us! =)

3:46 pm

lynxxx

un5.18 not shy

3:47 pm

Atalante

yes, they are!

3:47 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Richard Nixon was a Quaker.

3:47 pm

Vicuna

And even more different from Kenyan Q's.

3:47 pm

lynxxx

un5.14 plural of the 4

3:47 pm

Vicuna

Not really, Kaplan. But his mother was.

3:47 pm

jmcnrick

so was herbert hoover

3:47 pm

jmcnrick

and dolly madison

3:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty lyn must chew on that one

3:47 pm

Atalante

\I grew up a strange mix of Church of England, Catholic and Quaker LOL. Depending on who I was living with / going to school with at the time :D

3:47 pm

jmcnrick

no he was a member of the church in Whittier

3:47 pm

Vicuna

Ah, thanks, all!

3:47 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I stand corrected.

3:47 pm

wht

You are missing un5/18. Forthright.

3:48 pm

jmcnrick

so wht are you going go to the meeting in kenya?

3:48 pm

Aloyisius

brb- phone

3:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

i may be but still cannot see it

3:48 pm

Joanne123

ty wht

3:48 pm

jmbdobie2

64 left... back later

3:49 pm

Joanne123

hi all

3:49 pm

lynxxx

hi Jo

3:49 pm

jmcnrick

hi jo

3:49 pm

wht

No, jmc. I told my wife that I would not use all of my vacation time for Quaker travel.

3:49 pm

Vicuna

Hello, goodbye, as appropriate!

3:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

hey jo you were in yesterday's grid!

3:50 pm

wht

And visiting hospitals and schools in Kenya is not her idea of a vacation.

3:50 pm

Joanne123

bathroom cleaning..i mean cleaning!! ugh

3:50 pm

jmcnrick

that seems fair to me

3:50 pm

jmcnrick

my son wants to join me after the meetings

3:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

perhaps one could tell me where the unshy fits in?

3:50 pm

Vicuna

Are you going, jmc?

3:50 pm

jmcnrick

i have another month of "sabbatical" coming

3:50 pm

Joanne123

i was and i gave..tired for babysitting

3:51 pm

Joanne123

he was grumpy when he left

3:51 pm

Joanne123

i layed down on couch and i was out

3:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

finally! ty!

3:51 pm

wht

un + Hatfields and Mc***s

3:51 pm

jmcnrick

yes i am going for about 2 weeks of meetings and then 2 weeks of travel

3:51 pm

sciencegeek

sounds, fun jmc!

3:51 pm

Vicuna

Wow, should be really interesting.

3:51 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I like making up un words that should be, but aren't.

3:52 pm

jmcnrick

ty wht i was still looking for the forthright

3:52 pm

jmcnrick

hi sicience

3:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

more than one sn word?

3:52 pm

Joanne123

hi sg kap and vic

3:52 pm

jmcnrick

i have friends in South Africa and in Tansania

3:52 pm

Vicuna

Yeah, Enable is so arbitrary with the un- and re- words, the possibilities seem limitless.

3:52 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Hello Hello and Hello

3:53 pm

Vicuna

You're going to hit Tanzania, Kenya, and SOuth Africa???

3:54 pm

jmcnrick

two weeks in Kenya, one in South Africa and one in Tanzania

3:54 pm

Kaplan the Magne

There should be one that means early.

3:54 pm

Atalante

SA is soooo wonderful

3:54 pm

Vicuna

Whew! *whistles*

3:55 pm

Joanne123

brb ribs pre done ,made my own sauce.potato in oven for stuffed potato..now gonna clean deep fryer for son

3:56 pm

Vicuna

OH, glad you mentioned dinner prep, Joanne. I would have forgotten to start the rice.

3:56 pm

wht

So are you going to catch the World Cup in South Africa?

3:56 pm

Atalante

whereabouts are you goingin SA, jmc?

3:56 pm

72 Temple Owl

for the o wrods i have on4/4, on4/6, on5/10

3:56 pm

lynxxx

oc4.5

3:57 pm

jmcnrick

no i am going to Tanzania first to avoid the last dregs of the world cup

3:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty lyn

3:57 pm

jmcnrick

i have friends there and the email of one babbler to meet up with

3:57 pm

wht

The last dregs - like the finals?

3:57 pm

Kaplan the Magne

My daughter is in Copehnagen this semester. I would love to go but don't think I can swing it.

3:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

for top left c i have the oils

3:58 pm

jmcnrick

the real issue is my friends may have moved back to DC before then

3:58 pm

Atalante

a lot of my family live in SA, jmc. Just let me know if you ever need a friendly face around Cape Town

3:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

opps that is not right

3:58 pm

jmcnrick

the last game is scheduled for July 11 so my thought is to give them a week to clean up the mess and then go

3:59 pm

Vicuna

lol! Just picturing jmc and her friends waving to each other from passing airplanes.

3:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

i have to bring forth bovine issue and the waterway

3:59 pm

Mary

stuck again, clue for the ca6/21 pls?

3:59 pm

jmcnrick

how nice ata. I will get contact info when i get closer to the event.

3:59 pm

lynxxx

might be ca4.5

3:59 pm

lynxxx

Mary - a common cooking oil

4:00 pm

r23

HELP FOR ANYTHING PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

4:00 pm

Atalante

you'll have a blast - they are all such amazing countries

4:00 pm

Mary

ty lynxx got it

4:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

ihave ca4.5 walking stick and ca4.5 container and ca4/5 tin container

4:00 pm

jmcnrick

well part of it will be paid by other quakes to help us stay connected

4:00 pm

jmcnrick

i am very excited about it

4:00 pm

jmcnrick

hi r23

4:01 pm

jmcnrick

there have been lots of clues given

4:01 pm

r23

jo5,20,,,, i think my list is from yesterday because there are no j's in the puzzle

4:01 pm

jmcnrick

do you have teh dance dance

4:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty lyn!

4:01 pm

jmcnrick

yes, sorry the lickety did not do a list for today r23

4:01 pm

Atalante

you can go see lions and show your kitty how to behave properly with dignity and pride

4:01 pm

jmcnrick

hi lynxxx

4:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

i did not! who'd a thunk it

4:02 pm

Mary

you are correct r23, that was yesterday's list.

4:02 pm

r23

come on

4:02 pm

r23

today is so hard

4:02 pm

jmcnrick

did you get the dance dance clue r23?

4:02 pm

lynxxx

r23 - you have already been told there is no zlickety today and where to find lists. You need to follow the chat

4:02 pm

r23

no

4:02 pm

nrkii

hi all

4:03 pm

nrkii

oh no... no lickety list today?

4:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi nrk

4:03 pm

r23

i havnt

4:03 pm

jmcnrick

that is the clue r23

4:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

myse

4:03 pm

nrkii

this grid is a bit of a beast

4:03 pm

nrkii

hi TO, how's home?

4:03 pm

jmcnrick

a dance with a double name like the chacha

4:04 pm

jmcnrick

hi nrkii

4:04 pm

r23

my brain hurts today. i cant follow anything

4:04 pm

r23

my brain hurts today. i cant follow anything

4:04 pm

sciencegeek

can someone clue the v's please cannot seem to get them

4:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

home is cold!!! i am leaking heat from the front windows, the only ones not replaced last year

4:04 pm

nrkii

I've got 35 to go... not sure I have the patience for this today

4:04 pm

Jellen

Hi again...

4:04 pm

nrkii

r23, some days it's better to just get what you can and move on to more fun things

4:05 pm

Jellen

Une posted a list in her profile...

4:05 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Do you remember the ads for D. Pepper- the unco**?

4:05 pm

nrkii

ve4 = meat from baby cow

4:05 pm

jmcnrick

ve4 parmigiana

4:05 pm

lynxxx

ve4 unborn calf ve5 like unborn calf

4:05 pm

Mary

ve4/7 cut of meat, and add the sometime vowel for the 5

4:05 pm

sciencegeek

ty a FISH

4:05 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I have 57 left but no patience without Lickety

4:05 pm

jmcnrick

ve4 parmigiana is very ve5/20

4:05 pm

72 Temple Owl

you are making me hungry

4:06 pm

sciencegeek

missing two y's also

4:06 pm

jmcnrick

ve4 is not an unborn calf

4:06 pm

jmcnrick

it is a calf

4:07 pm

nrkii

there are 4 ye4

4:07 pm

jmcnrick

110 left

4:07 pm

sciencegeek

ty just need one more

4:07 pm

r23

139 left

4:08 pm

72 Temple Owl

i went to fresh market and ate too many samples. they are having a fight in my tummy

4:08 pm

jmcnrick

*makes TO a sammie*

4:08 pm

jmcnrick

go r23 go!

4:08 pm

wht

Need to go to prepare dinner. I may or may not be back later to finish up.

4:08 pm

nrkii

lol, temple, I hope you win the fight

4:08 pm

sciencegeek

well one more y - i have 92 left dont think i shall finish this one

4:08 pm

jmcnrick

bye wht

4:08 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Where does Lickety go when Lickety doesn't play Babble?

4:08 pm

jmcnrick

*makes TO a ginger tea*

4:08 pm

72 Temple Owl

they have something yummy called choco dipped thin moravian cookies

4:08 pm

nrkii

ye4/7, it's a toughie science

4:09 pm

jmcnrick

Lickety spends time with his family

4:09 pm

lynxxx

Lickety doesn't play Babble

4:09 pm

Kaplan the Magne

How bizarre.

4:09 pm

Atalante

Lickety has a life

4:09 pm

Kaplan the Magne

What's that?

4:09 pm

jmcnrick

i have a t-shirt which says "the few the proud the moravian"

4:10 pm

Atalante

ask lickety

4:10 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Lickety is not here to ask.

4:10 pm

Kaplan the Magne

So I can only imagine what a life must be.

4:11 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Actually, I have a life, but I like to ignore it.

4:11 pm

jmcnrick

well stick around for the flip and you might be able to ask lickety or Mr. President

4:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

they certainly make great cookies

4:11 pm

nrkii

list time... Une, right?

4:11 pm

JBV

hello, everyone - stopping in to say hi

4:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

now i am thinking about going back to get some

4:12 pm

Jellen

Hi, JBV

4:12 pm

Kaplan the Magne

As in Happy Birthday, Mr President?

4:12 pm

jmcnrick

hi jbv

4:12 pm

nrkii

hi JBV

4:12 pm

r23

help

4:12 pm

Jellen

Yes, Une

4:12 pm

JBV

Owl, I thought of you today, I was waging war against a furry creature who is getting the best of me -

4:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi jbv

4:12 pm

JBV

hi nrkii!

4:12 pm

Atalante

my life appears to entirely revolve around Arabic knotwork at the moment

4:12 pm

jmcnrick

what's up r23?

4:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

uh oh.. and i have had traps all weekend and nothing!

4:13 pm

r23

trying to figure out this meany puzzle

4:13 pm

Vicuna

Well, must be off to the kitchen. Farewell, all!

4:13 pm

72 Temple Owl

i cannot believe only one exists from the mess i saw

4:13 pm

JBV

it's maddening isnt' it?

4:13 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye, vi!

4:13 pm

nrkii

bye vi

4:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

good luck jbv

4:14 pm

jmcnrick

well you used a variation on a word in the grid in your comment r23

4:14 pm

jmcnrick

bye vic

4:14 pm

Jeff7

i work with plenty of speech disorders and "yet" SHOULD be a word!

4:14 pm

r23

thank you so much. u r my hero

4:14 pm

JBV

thanks, TO - I'll keep bringing news from the battle front

4:14 pm

Jellen

Bye, Vi

4:14 pm

Jeff7

"yeth"

4:14 pm

jillibus

TO -- my cousin in Winston-Salem sent me some Moravian cookies for Xmas -- never heard of them before -- very good!

4:15 pm

JBV

try a different final consonant, Jeff

4:15 pm

Jellen

Hi, jilli!

4:15 pm

r23

because it is a word. it doesnt have 4 letters

4:15 pm

nrkii

ac7 help please?

4:15 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi jili, what were they like?

4:15 pm

Uneaixoise

oohhh we used to receive those every Xmas -- deelish!!

4:15 pm

jmcnrick

add a double letter to yet jeff

4:15 pm

jillibus

Hi all

4:15 pm

jmcnrick

hi jill

4:15 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Moravian cookies from Winston- Salem? Is that like getting bagels from Scotland?

4:15 pm

Uneaixoise

kinda like very thin molasses sugar cookies . . .

4:15 pm

72 Temple Owl

ac 7 = altar server

4:16 pm

jmcnrick

there you go r23

4:16 pm

Jellen

ac7= young church attendants

4:16 pm

nrkii

thanks

4:16 pm

Jellen

Une! Th5s for posting a list!

4:16 pm

72 Temple Owl

i love benne seed cookies

4:16 pm

nrkii

yes, thank you Une!

4:16 pm

jillibus

Kap, I believe there's a settlement there (must google)

4:16 pm

Uneaixoise

didn't post it, jellen -- was posted by Brandyjack :-)

4:17 pm

Uneaixoise

me too, TO!

4:17 pm

jmcnrick

r23 did you see that you can look at uneaixoise's profile for a list?

4:17 pm

Jellen

Th5s for reposting, then!

4:17 pm

jillibus

Une, is BJ's list in BabAnon too?

4:17 pm

r23

no. im new

4:17 pm

Uneaixoise

yep

4:17 pm

jmcnrick

it's not as easy as lickety but it is a big help

4:18 pm

jmcnrick

she just posted it so open her profile and you will see it

4:18 pm

r23

thank u so much

4:18 pm

Uneaixoise

yw jellen :-)

4:18 pm

jmcnrick

you are welcome

4:18 pm

nrkii

does the last an7 start with "not none"?

4:18 pm

r23

la6.18 PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!

4:19 pm

brucie

hints please

4:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

it rhymes with ac7

4:19 pm

Uneaixoise

la + man's first name

4:19 pm

JBV

an7 looks like ac7

4:19 pm

nrkii

thanks!

4:19 pm

jmcnrick

hi brucie

4:19 pm

nrkii

can't believe I didn't try that

4:20 pm

jmcnrick

pb nrkii

4:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

freezing. must see what i can put over window sills bbl

4:20 pm

nrkii

I refuse to go to the pb... can't let the pot roast burn :)

4:20 pm

jmcnrick

it warmed up to 32 here today!

4:21 pm

JBV

jmc what is that photo in your icon?

4:21 pm

jmcnrick

we're having a heat wave; a tropical heat wave!

4:21 pm

jillibus

44 C words is a bit much

4:21 pm

bojazz

hi Babblers - can anyone clue the ta7/32?

4:21 pm

jmcnrick

it is squares in nature

4:21 pm

r23

ac8,55 please. i will give you all one even though u probably have them, but co** is a type of soday

4:22 pm

Jellen

ta4/5 + a r*** is a flower

4:22 pm

JBV

ok, but do you know where it is? looks like an archaeological dig somewhere

4:22 pm

jmcnrick

ty r23 i didn't have th4 one yet

4:22 pm

periwinkle

hello all

4:22 pm

jillibus

I hope ata is appreciating your squares in nature, jmc -- and my triangle in nature, which were her suggestions for icon themes ;-)

4:22 pm

periwinkle

jilli, did you want the pumpkin bread recipe?

4:22 pm

JBV

hi peri

4:22 pm

jmcnrick

no sorry jbv i seem to recall it is in the U.S. somewhere

4:22 pm

nrkii

hi peri!

4:23 pm

jmcnrick

ac8 is a pl of the ac7 or the guy who helps at the altar during mass

4:23 pm

jmcnrick

I could probably look it up

4:23 pm

jillibus

peri, it sound good but I don't bake :)

4:24 pm

periwinkle

onion dip and potato chips, mmm

4:24 pm

Jellen

Hi, peri

4:24 pm

periwinkle

ok, I forget who asked me for the recipe. have not put it in my profile as yet

4:24 pm

jmcnrick

duh! hi peri

4:24 pm

sciencegeek

i found the best chips - purple onion! baked

4:24 pm

jmcnrick

th4 sounds great science!

4:25 pm

periwinkle

sound greast, where do you buy them, science?

4:25 pm

sciencegeek

they are absolutely delicious

4:25 pm

sciencegeek

got them at HEB in the natural foods section - called Sun something or other. They have sweet potato, onion, and green beans! all very tasty

4:26 pm

periwinkle

HEB?

4:26 pm

sciencegeek

HEB is a chain of groceries in Texas

4:26 pm

periwinkle

ok

4:27 pm

JBV

I googled it, jmc, looks like a limestone quarry between England and Wales

4:27 pm

sciencegeek

probably have them at Whole Foods as well

4:27 pm

jmcnrick

Sun Chips? they are pretty good generally but not enough salt for me

4:27 pm

periwinkle

there is a whole foods market near me

4:27 pm

jmcnrick

well there you go them jbv

4:27 pm

jmcnrick

*then

4:27 pm

jillibus

Moravian spice cookies are a traditional kind of cookie that originated in the Colonial American communities of the Moravian Church. The blend of spices and molasses, rolled paper thin, has a reputation as the "World's Thinnest Cookie." They are related to German Lebkuchen; original recipes can be traced back to the 1700's.

The cookie is especially popular around, and usually associated with, Christmas in communities with a strong Moravian background such as Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, which still maintain the two largest Moravian communities in the United States. Although there are a few bakeries that still roll and cut the cookies by hand, some now use a mechanized process for making the cookies in order to meet the demand. While this does not affect the taste, the machine-made cookies have been criticized for not being as thin as their handmade counterparts.

While the spice recipe is the most traditional and well-known of the Moravian cookies, other versions have appeared over the years, including sugar, lemon, black walnut, and chocolate varieties.

4:27 pm

sciencegeek

not sun chips - the Brand is "SUN something" which I cannot remember

4:27 pm

sciencegeek

yum!

4:27 pm

jmcnrick

the Moravians are a peace church

4:28 pm

jmcnrick

Sun Chips is a brand

4:28 pm

jillibus

Now back to the word hunt!

4:28 pm

nrkii

co8 help?

4:28 pm

JBV

never had moravian cookies, but we used to sing Moravian music in choir

4:28 pm

jmcnrick

ty for clearing that up jill! lol

4:28 pm

bojazz

co8 - a meeting of Cardinals (church type)\

4:29 pm

Jayk

Afternoon (late) all! I finished earlier (not without enormous effort and a lot of help), and came to be helpful. I spent the afternoon with my Chinese neighbor whose husband has had a major stoke (well, 2, actually) and whose English is limited. Turns out that among many other complications, she and her husband hate each other and have actually NOT SPOKEN in 6 years.

4:29 pm

jmcnrick

ty bo and hi

4:29 pm

jmcnrick

hi jayk

4:29 pm

sciencegeek

wow!

4:29 pm

nrkii

drawing a blank bojass... sorry

4:29 pm

periwinkle

not spoken in 6 years, how is that possible?

4:30 pm

jmcnrick

oh dear what a sad story jayk

4:30 pm

periwinkle

do they live in the same house?

4:30 pm

Jayk

They use email. I am just blown away by this situation

4:30 pm

jmcnrick

similar to the en7/44 nrkii

4:30 pm

JBV

oh, my what a story, Jayk!

4:30 pm

periwinkle

so they do communicate then

4:31 pm

Jayk

Yeah, they do. They live in a tiny house with their son, so i am assuming they probably share a bed

4:31 pm

nrkii

ugh, thanks jmc

4:31 pm

Lady Biotch

hmmmmm email....might have to try that

4:31 pm

bojazz

jmc - did not decipher the squares in nature - anything else?

4:31 pm

jmcnrick

squares in nature was an icon theme bo

4:32 pm

72 Temple Owl

so a queen balnket does not reach acorss this window i am stumped. i have one of those door draft thinkgies on one it's not helping. guess I need plastic stoem windows

4:33 pm

nrkii

duct tape TO

4:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

they ruin the molding though

4:33 pm

jmcnrick

too bad to you will ha4 to bundle up

4:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

duct tape will pull the veneer off

4:33 pm

bojazz

stoem windows? is this something new? lol

4:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

they are even better than storm windows

4:33 pm

lynxxx

Can you put masking tape around the window TOwl?

4:34 pm

periwinkle

hi Owl, I had Bassett's ice cream last week. went to the Home show and then went to Reading Terminal after

4:34 pm

bojazz

aaah - gotcha ya'

4:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

i should have paid someone to wrap the screens in plastic sheeting

4:34 pm

jmcnrick

i roll up newspaper and shut the window on it TO

4:34 pm

lynxxx

or Blue Tac

4:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

peri i want so to go to see becky shaw this week but not alone

4:34 pm

periwinkle

who is becky shaw?

4:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

my dad suggested newspaper but it gets wet

4:35 pm

jmcnrick

then stick some down inbetween ugly but effective

4:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

a play at the wilma

4:35 pm

Uneaixoise

roaring fire has warmed up living room nicely :-)

4:35 pm

welki

whew .. this grid is a grunt. 11 minus 1 left (b/c jmc is on pb duty today ... i need to be extra careful)

4:35 pm

periwinkle

never been to the wilma theater

4:35 pm

jmcnrick

if it is wet and frozen it will be a great insulator

4:35 pm

nrkii

TO is it just this week?

4:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

funsavers ahs half price tickets

4:36 pm

jmcnrick

*puts on pb police badge*

4:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

nrk I beleive this is the last week. have you heard of it?

4:36 pm

periwinkle

what iis it qbout, Owl and where is the theatre?

4:36 pm

jmcnrick

*taps billy club in hand*

4:36 pm

nrkii

no, but I was going to say I'd go, just not this week

4:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

broad st. google it

4:36 pm

JBV

anybody like beef stew? I'm making enough for a crowd

4:36 pm

periwinkle

crap, can't type, must be tired

4:37 pm

nrkii

I can offer spicy pot roast

4:37 pm

jmcnrick

yum

4:37 pm

nrkii

almost deadly spicy, but I saved it at the very last second

4:37 pm

welki

well heck, jbv, if i'd known, i'd be on the same plane as my daughter (eta 6:30 in newark!)

4:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

"raises hand" after six months of restaurant me4s i must now cook!

4:37 pm

JBV

mmm, we could have a feast

4:37 pm

jmcnrick

help with the C in the top left corner please

4:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

i can go get some of those moravian cookies

4:37 pm

jmcnrick

I can offer Hoppin John

4:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh you made it for new year's?

4:38 pm

JBV

ca 5 - cows do this when giving birth

4:38 pm

jmcnrick

party party!

4:38 pm

jmcnrick

good clue jv

4:38 pm

welki

if you're on a diet, you must reduce your ca**ric intake (and plural)

4:38 pm

jmcnrick

*jbv

4:39 pm

nrkii

what is hoppin john?

4:39 pm

welki

sorry, no plural

4:39 pm

jmcnrick

ty welki

4:39 pm

bojazz

thx welki - grayed one for me!! yay

4:39 pm

Jellen

ca5= man-made waterway

4:39 pm

jmcnrick

it is black-eyed peas and rice and onion and you serve it with hot sauve

4:39 pm

jmcnrick

ty jell

4:40 pm

bojazz

i cna be hot & "sauve" - didn't know it was edible

4:40 pm

jmcnrick

now i have nbt and the C greyed

4:40 pm

bojazz

*can

4:40 pm

Jellen

c + h*** (above angel's head)

4:41 pm

jmcnrick

oops sorry i turned my head away at a sound ==sauce

4:41 pm

sciencegeek

h clues????? i am missing two

4:42 pm

bojazz

NBT - but not cl*** to finishing - 69 to go

4:42 pm

nrkii

sci, which ones do you have?

4:42 pm

nrkii

10 left

4:43 pm

sciencegeek

i have ha 4/6, 4/5, 4/5, 5/12, 5/18, 4/9, 4/5

4:43 pm

sciencegeek

and 4/8

4:43 pm

jmcnrick

go nrkii go

4:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

i got a fab recipe for pork with sauerkraut and beer with apples and onions at wegman's yesterday. they had a food and beer pairing sampling

4:43 pm

Uneaixoise

ha7/8

4:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

i loved the trappist ale

4:43 pm

sciencegeek

clue please une

4:43 pm

nrkii

ha7/44 = bright and perfect, like the sky

4:44 pm

nrkii

and then plural

4:44 pm

sciencegeek

?

4:44 pm

jmcnrick

sounds tasty TO

4:44 pm

movieman

the ha7 is also a fancy name for a kingfisher

4:44 pm

bojazz

thx nrkii - forgot to "s" that one

4:44 pm

jmcnrick

hi movie

4:44 pm

sciencegeek

i dont understand either clue

4:45 pm

movieman

hiya all

4:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

it was! had home ham and kielbasa in it too

4:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

for seasoning

4:45 pm

bojazz

ha7 - ha+ trip cons + not off

4:45 pm

nrkii

OH MY GOD... I didn't even find my own blasted name

4:45 pm

Uneaixoise

science, calm, peaceful

4:45 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, mm!

4:46 pm

jmcnrick

bbl

4:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

lol

4:46 pm

nrkii

ha7 = ha* Linden + poison - ide (change last vowel)

4:46 pm

sciencegeek

brain not working. I am going to do something else for a while.....bbl!

4:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

final ac4 pls?

4:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

nm doh!

4:48 pm

nrkii

a + abbreviation in text speak for see you later

4:48 pm

nrkii

oh wait, that was a bad clue anyways

4:49 pm

welki

finished

4:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

25 left and struggling

4:49 pm

bojazz

congrats welki

4:49 pm

nrkii

yay welki!

4:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

wtg welk!

4:50 pm

nrkii

fireworks!

4:50 pm

welki

can i lend a hand?

4:50 pm

bojazz

congrats nrkii

4:50 pm

Jellen

Yay, welki and nrkii!!!

4:51 pm

bojazz

yeah welki - you could do my last 68 - i won't tell

4:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

yay nrk!

4:51 pm

Jellen

a + I have a 6 c**inder engine in my car...

4:52 pm

Uneaixoise

yay, nrkii!!!

4:52 pm

welki

wtg nrk :)

4:52 pm

nrkii

okay, I have some chores looming that I have to take care of this evening

4:52 pm

nrkii

happy babbling everyone

4:53 pm

welki

later, nrk

4:53 pm

Jellen

Bye, nrkii

4:53 pm

Uneaixoise

world's smallest public library: http://tinyurl.com/yemwk8t

4:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

see you tomorrow, nrk!

4:55 pm

welki

cute, une

4:56 pm

Uneaixoise

compliments of my daughter, the librarian :-)

4:56 pm

pippingeek

hi everyone

4:56 pm

Uneaixoise

clue for en7?

4:57 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, pip :-)

4:57 pm

pippingeek

how is today's grid?

4:58 pm

Uneaixoise

not tooooo bad --- FYI clues are in my profile, pip

4:58 pm

JBV

en 7 - a secluded group or community

4:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

en + cl5

4:58 pm

JBV

and I love that phone booth library!

4:59 pm

Uneaixoise

me too, jbv!

5:00 pm

Uneaixoise

doh! thanks!

5:00 pm

welki

une? do you know anything about bass lake properties down in your neck of the woods? remote and cheap ... feasible?

5:01 pm

Uneaixoise

Bass Lake? nope, sorry

5:01 pm

Uneaixoise

did you google it?

5:01 pm

welki

not Bass Lake .. lakes with bass :)

5:01 pm

Uneaixoise

ooohhh LOLOL!

5:01 pm

Uneaixoise

there IS a Bass Lake :-)

5:02 pm

welki

if i ever retire, i'd like to move back to the states if we can afford to ... just can't put a finger on where

5:02 pm

suefrad625

hi all

5:02 pm

welki

hello, sue

5:02 pm

suefrad625

more than 5 cy's?

5:02 pm

welki

8 i think

5:02 pm

lil*monkey

there are 8 cy's

5:02 pm

suefrad625

make that 7

5:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello monk!

5:03 pm

lil*monkey

wassup Babblettes?

5:03 pm

Uneaixoise

welki, check this out: http://tinyurl.com/ye5e5wa

5:03 pm

welki

hi, monkey :)

5:03 pm

Uneaixoise

monkey, sounds like backup singers :-)

5:03 pm

Uneaixoise

Dr. God and the Babblettes

5:04 pm

lil*monkey

owlie, are those the Winter Olympics mascots? Looks like one of my relatives got in that pic

5:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

lol yes!

5:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

there is an online quiz to tell you which mascot you are like

5:05 pm

lil*monkey

Une, I went to that link... why are you sending me to a website for trout fishing

5:06 pm

lil*monkey

oh sorry I mean BASS fishing

5:06 pm

lil*monkey

either way, WTF

5:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

why the face?

5:07 pm

welki

the link was because i'd asked une about bass lakes in her area

5:07 pm

lil*monkey

LOL oops sorry, I thought that was a msg to me

5:07 pm

lil*monkey

hehe

5:07 pm

lil*monkey

monkey so silly

5:07 pm

72 Temple Owl

hey how much snow do you have?

5:08 pm

lil*monkey

6ish inches

5:08 pm

suefrad625

ac7?

5:08 pm

72 Temple Owl

yuck can you gete around?

5:08 pm

lil*monkey

i'm annoyed that my base has not announced a closing yet for tomorrow

5:09 pm

suefrad625

we are all closed up here in Concord nc

5:09 pm

suefrad625

kids are happy

5:09 pm

JBV

ac 7 - altar server

5:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

which base?

5:09 pm

lil*monkey

well we should be closed up too... they announced closings at Langley AFB and Norfolk Naval. My base should close too!!! dammit!

5:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

damn norfokl is closed? for only 6 inches?

5:10 pm

lil*monkey

yes!

5:10 pm

suefrad625

more clues for ac please

5:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

wips

5:10 pm

suefrad625

garbage put off for a day too

5:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

wimps even

5:10 pm

lil*monkey

all the schools are closed tomorrow

5:10 pm

lil*monkey

side roads are still covered, not plowed

5:10 pm

jillibus

Cs crushed at last!

5:11 pm

lil*monkey

woo hoooo jilly pooooo

5:11 pm

welki

ac + electr***** (found in gatorade so you won't get dehydrated)

5:11 pm

suefrad625

you go jil

5:11 pm

lil*monkey

jilly i am missing a ca5 please for the love of God help me

5:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

lucky you! i have to go back to home base for the firs time in 6 months

5:12 pm

lil*monkey

ca5... i have the waterway, the cow child, plural the candy stick, what am I missing?

5:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

we should have met somewhere

5:12 pm

JBV

ca 5 - plural of soup tins + vowel

5:12 pm

welki

can not! ca* **!

5:13 pm

72 Temple Owl

good clues!

5:13 pm

jillibus

there are 4 ca5s, lil*monkey -- do you have the tins + vowel?

5:13 pm

lil*monkey

TH5 YOU SO MUCH

5:13 pm

jillibus

clue not needed :(

5:13 pm

lil*monkey

just got it from JBV's clue, jillibus... th5 you all

5:14 pm

lil*monkey

now my Cs are crushed

5:14 pm

lil*monkey

finally

5:14 pm

jillibus

now for the Ls...

5:14 pm

welki

jilli, i think your flower is a trillium

5:14 pm

JBV

taking a break for now - dinner's ready - good luck everyone

5:15 pm

jillibus

welki, trilliums have only 3 petals

5:15 pm

welki

hmm ,, maybe not, the purple centre

5:15 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

5:15 pm

Minveryork

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

5:16 pm

jillibus

someobdy suggested a Japanese Iris but the pix I've seen don't match

5:16 pm

jillibus

hi min!

5:16 pm

lil*monkey

clue for en7 please?

5:16 pm

welki

lol .. so it does :)

5:17 pm

Minveryork

I got a list in my profile if anybody needs to use a list

5:17 pm

pippingeek

oh, are we lickety free today?

5:18 pm

Minveryork

Hello pippingeek!How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

5:18 pm

pippingeek

hi min. doing well, finally done with work for the week

5:19 pm

pippingeek

only 47.5 hours this week, could have been worse

5:19 pm

louuol2004

hi all. could i have a clue for the na5 please

5:20 pm

suefrad625

an7 clue plsa

5:20 pm

Minveryork

Hello louuol2004!How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

5:21 pm

Minveryork

I just spaced out that list so it is easier to read now.

5:22 pm

torgone

en7 could be where the co8 happens ..

5:22 pm

louuol2004

im ok thanks min.x

5:22 pm

Judi

Afternoon, all. An7: to study something - like the chemical composition.

5:22 pm

Minveryork

na 5/16 word is a girl's name: Na*** Drew louuol2004.

5:23 pm

Minveryork

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

5:23 pm

louuol2004

ahh, no wonder .lol. thanks

5:23 pm

periwinkle

jilli, your flower is beautiful

5:23 pm

periwinkle

21 left and tired of this grid

5:23 pm

Minveryork

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

5:24 pm

welki

i'm looking, jilli ... it's a beauty. there's got to be a match somewhere on the internet that will lead me to its name

5:25 pm

lil*monkey

did anyone clue the en7? i can't find it

5:26 pm

Minveryork

That en7/44 word is en plus a cl5/18 word lil*monkey.

5:27 pm

louuol2004

i keep wanting to put colony! lol

5:27 pm

lil*monkey

th5 YOU minver

5:28 pm

lbdawger

hi all, clue for the ca6.21 plz?

5:28 pm

Minveryork

yw

5:28 pm

Minveryork

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

5:28 pm

Lady Biotch

kind of cooking oil

5:29 pm

Minveryork

That ca 6/21 word is a kind of oil lbdawger and hello!

5:29 pm

lbdawger

ty, lady and Min

5:29 pm

Minveryork

yw

5:29 pm

Minveryork

Hello Lady Biotch! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

5:30 pm

Lady Biotch

doing well....and U?

5:30 pm

Minveryork

Lady Biotch, would like to congratulate you on going pro right away. It took me a year to upgrade to pro.

5:31 pm

Lady Biotch

you guys have so much fun chatting, I couldn't resist you all have your own babble family

5:31 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the co 8/65 word please

5:31 pm

Jayk

Gotta go soon. Anyone need clues/

5:32 pm

Minveryork

Never mind! I just got the co 8/65 word.

5:32 pm

lil*monkey

minver, it's the pope meeting

5:32 pm

Jayk

CO8/65" OK, YOU GOT IT

5:33 pm

lil*monkey

i am stuck on ey4... i have the sight organ and and ey plus half a Hawaiian goose... what the H*LL am i missing???

5:33 pm

gwenski

turn the goose around

5:33 pm

Jayk

ey_e+n

5:34 pm

lil*monkey

th5 you and bless you all... whew! FISH me for th4 one

5:34 pm

Minveryork

The ey4/6 is ey plus half of hawaiian goose reversed.

5:34 pm

lil*monkey

I love JayK's clue, so subtle LOL

5:35 pm

Jayk

well, OK, not the greatest!

5:36 pm

Jayk

I'm outta here--see you tomorrow

5:36 pm

lil*monkey

byeeeeeeeeee JayK

5:36 pm

Minveryork

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

5:37 pm

Jayk

OK. bye. Know when I'm being dissed

5:37 pm

lil*monkey

Not offense meant, JayK

5:37 pm

lil*monkey

oops, i mean "no" offense meant

5:37 pm

Jayk

None taken, monkey

5:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

so7/40 clue pls?

5:38 pm

redturtlehead

Hello all, I am back for 70. hope I find at least some.

5:38 pm

lbdawger

phew, pyroclastics phinally

5:38 pm

Jayk

TO--sol+v +had eaten

5:39 pm

lil*monkey

wooo hooooooooooo lbd

5:39 pm

Minveryork

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

5:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

5:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

yay dawg!

5:39 pm

movieman

the ca6/21 plz

5:39 pm

Jayk

yw

5:39 pm

lbdawger

now must go start burning dinner before hubby realises he hasn't seen me for 2 hours! lol bbl

5:40 pm

Jayk

a kind of cooking oil, moviieman

5:40 pm

Judi

Ca6/21: a type of cooking oil.

5:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi judi

5:41 pm

lil*monkey

Lady Biotch, do you have the E channel on??? Red carpet!

5:41 pm

Minveryork

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

5:41 pm

movieman

ty jay and judi

5:42 pm

Jayk

yw

5:43 pm

Lady Biotch

no the remote control horder is watching the news

5:43 pm

lil*monkey

throw some food in the opposite direction of the TV and grab the remote when he bolts for the food

5:43 pm

Lady Biotch

did you friend me yet?

5:43 pm

periwinkle

12 left, all c words

5:43 pm

lil*monkey

yes I friended and I sent u a msg

5:44 pm

lil*monkey

i'm looking for a la7

5:44 pm

redturtlehead

Or throw beer, may work better than food...

5:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

fireworks

5:44 pm

lil*monkey

i have one la7, which is a latin plural

5:44 pm

Jayk

Per--h cs are a bitch

5:44 pm

Minveryork

Come'on Periwinkle!

5:44 pm

periwinkle

thinking of taking a class at the night school near me. What to take: belly dancing, tap dancing or botancial drawing?

5:44 pm

Jayk

the cs

5:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

other is adjectival monk

5:44 pm

lil*monkey

woo hoooooooooooo Owlie

5:44 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations 72 Temple Owl on fireworks! Hooray!

5:44 pm

Judi

Belly drawing!!

5:44 pm

lil*monkey

OK thx, owl

5:44 pm

Lady Biotch

he said to tell you he has eyes in the back of his head lol he's still full from dinner at the Outback

5:45 pm

redturtlehead

COngratulations!!!!!! TO

5:45 pm

lil*monkey

OK then throw a Playboy magazine

5:45 pm

Lady Biotch

which to me sucked by the way

5:45 pm

redturtlehead

Lady, throw a beer....

5:45 pm

Judi

Botanical dancing!

5:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

outback does suck big time

5:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty, ty, *takes a bow*

5:46 pm

Jayk

not getting this insider talk, so poofing

5:46 pm

lil*monkey

i vote for botanical tap dancing

5:46 pm

redturtlehead

I had outback on Friday night, it was OK...

5:46 pm

periwinkle

LOL< Judi and monkey

5:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

peri you did express an interest in botanical drawing

5:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

peri are you still in the city?

5:46 pm

Lady Biotch

I had the sirloin and scampi "special" for $10.95 so I guess I got what I paid for

5:47 pm

Lady Biotch

sirloin was more like shoe leather

5:47 pm

lil*monkey

Lady B, did u get the onion?

5:47 pm

Lady Biotch

I did but it was sooooooooooooooo greasy

5:47 pm

periwinkle

I did, Owl, tha tap dancing and drawing classes overlap. so may take the belly dancing and the drawing

5:48 pm

Judi

Yick. Outback only leads to the outhouse.

5:48 pm

periwinkle

YAY for you Owl for fireworks.

5:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

lol @ judi

5:48 pm

lil*monkey

LOL Judi... It should be called "Out yo backside"

5:48 pm

periwinkle

never ate at outback

5:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

peri are you in the city or out?

5:48 pm

Judi

lol, monkey! So true.

5:48 pm

periwinkle

Wynnewood, Owl, not far from the train station

5:49 pm

Judi

Gotta go. Time for cocktail hour.

5:49 pm

Lady Biotch

cheers!!!

5:49 pm

periwinkle

I can always take the train into center city but would not want to do that alone at night

5:49 pm

movieman

the co8 plz

5:50 pm

periwinkle

mm, co ends in the cl5/18

5:50 pm

redturtlehead

it is a gathering of Priests, Cardinals specifically.

5:51 pm

periwinkle

red, are you still play8ng scramble or are you into other games on FB?

5:51 pm

Minveryork

That co 8/65 word is co plus a cl5/18 word movieman

5:51 pm

periwinkle

I am not happy with the C words

5:51 pm

redturtlehead

I am still playing scramble, you recently beat the stuffing out of me, well, it was actually close...

5:51 pm

Minveryork

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

5:51 pm

movieman

ty peri

5:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

whta is scramble?

5:52 pm

redturtlehead

facebook game, like boggle.

5:53 pm

periwinkle

it is a word game similar to babble but each round is 3 minutes long. do you want to try it OwL. I really like it. Ping, FranMag, and Jacual play. also red and torgone

5:53 pm

Minveryork

I just played boggle on wordtwist.org.Got 324 today.

5:53 pm

periwinkle

I don't win all games though. Ping beats me and others to. But I do like to win

5:53 pm

redturtlehead

It is fun, rapid but fun.

5:54 pm

periwinkle

Owl, you can play solo, with friends or live games with people from around the world.

5:54 pm

redturtlehead

sometimes I win, sometimes i lose.

5:55 pm

periwinkle

actually had my first tie game with Ping last week

5:55 pm

periwinkle

red, how was your visit with your mom?

5:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

i would.

5:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

so it is like boggle?

5:56 pm

redturtlehead

very much like boggle.

5:56 pm

redturtlehead

Peri, it was nice. We both got very very tired, but my Mom had a really good time.

5:56 pm

redturtlehead

I hear we are all getting a cold front again...

5:57 pm

periwinkle

yes, do you want me to start a game and invite you, Owl> there are 5 rounds. you take a turn then me. it can go on for days or very quick.

5:57 pm

periwinkle

glad to hear that red

5:57 pm

Merk

... and Fireworks!

5:58 pm

periwinkle

yay for Merk

5:58 pm

pippingeek

this grid is not friendly to battlestar galactica fans!

5:59 pm

Merk

ty ... it is a sticky grid in places. See you later.

5:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

ok peri

5:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

must go eat dinner, happy babbling all

5:59 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations merk on your fireworks! Good for U!

6:00 pm

Minveryork

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

6:00 pm

Mudd

Finished

6:00 pm

Minveryork

Bye 72 Temple Owl! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

6:00 pm

periwinkle

ok, Owl.

6:00 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Mudd on fireworks! Hooray for you!

6:00 pm

periwinkle

help with ca6/24 pls

6:00 pm

lil*monkey

help w/ ly5 please?

6:01 pm

Mudd

ty, glad to be finished ... ca 6 is three letters that repeat themselves

6:01 pm

Mudd

You can wear one and it might be a dance ... I don't remember and have to leave so I can't look it up.

6:01 pm

Mudd

bye

6:02 pm

lil*monkey

peri, it's the French high=kicking dance

6:02 pm

Minveryork

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

6:02 pm

periwinkle

doh, thanks monkey

6:02 pm

periwinkle

brb

6:03 pm

lil*monkey

ly5 anyone?

6:03 pm

torgone

ly + You work on an Army b***

6:03 pm

Minveryork

ca 6/24: Every year ShopRite has a ca 6/24 sale peri

6:03 pm

lil*monkey

bless u, tor :)

6:03 pm

lil*monkey

i'm so annoyed that the local air force base is CLSOED tomorrow and the local navy base is CLOSED tomorrow, and my base is open

6:04 pm

redturtlehead

Is tomorro a holiday? Martin Luther King weekend?

6:04 pm

lil*monkey

no, red... there's still snow here

6:05 pm

Minveryork

No, that happened on January 18,but I wish it was a holiday tomorrow so I would not have to go to work.

6:05 pm

redturtlehead

Oh, I hate going to work in snow, but since the hospital never closes I've driven in some odd stuff.

6:06 pm

redturtlehead

the 30th is the day the MLK was shot, it was the beginning of my 64 days of peace, etc...

6:06 pm

movieman

the na5 plz

6:07 pm

redturtlehead

its a female name movie, na*** Drew mysteries.

6:09 pm

Minveryork

An na5/16 word is a girl's name:Na*** Drew movieman

6:09 pm

redturtlehead

TO are you going to play Scramble?

6:12 pm

periwinkle

she said yes, red

6:14 pm

torgone

syeta

6:16 pm

torgone

oops ..

6:16 pm

lil*monkey

not in the dictionary, tor

6:17 pm

redturtlehead

ahhhh another convert....

6:17 pm

torgone

I know .. I was trying to monkey the sy's ..

6:17 pm

periwinkle

:)

6:17 pm

torgone

Finally found the sy6 glade etc.

6:17 pm

redturtlehead

Peri I need to start another game with you. I have this problem I start and then sometimes if I work alot I dont get back to the game for a while...

6:18 pm

lil*monkey

i need a me5 *grumble grumble*

6:18 pm

redturtlehead

i need 61 words. :(

6:19 pm

Minveryork

An me5/16 us me 4/5 plus sometimes vowel lil*monkey

6:20 pm

lil*monkey

OK thanks minver ... ARGH *kicking self in the head*

6:20 pm

Minveryork

An me5/12 is me+the opposite of daughter lil*monkey

6:20 pm

periwinkle

that's ok red as long as I know you are not forgetting entirely or ignoring my "nudges"

6:20 pm

Jellen

Take it easy on yourself, lil*monkey!

6:21 pm

lil*monkey

now just need the me6, minver, and then the MEs are conquered

6:21 pm

redturtlehead

Peri I like playing with you !

6:21 pm

periwinkle

aww, ty. the feeling is mutual, red

6:22 pm

Jellen

me6= me 4/5 + adverb ending

6:23 pm

lil*monkey

thanx jelly

6:26 pm

periwinkle

2nd ca5/12 pls

6:27 pm

Minveryork

A ca5/12 word is plural of the ca 4/5 word periwinkle

6:28 pm

periwinkle

don't hve the ca4 tho

6:28 pm

Minveryork

ca4/5 is walking stick and ca5/12 is plural periwinkle

6:28 pm

periwinkle

ooh crap, just fouind the ca4 and the ca5
thanks min

6:28 pm

periwinkle

ooh crap, just fouind the ca4 and the ca5

6:29 pm

Minveryork

yw

6:29 pm

periwinkle

can't believe I didn't see them earlier

6:31 pm

lil*monkey

just spent 10 mins looking for the oc4 word and i already had it ARGH ARGH ARGH *kicking head again*

6:31 pm

redturtlehead

thanks Monkey, I didnt have it...

6:32 pm

periwinkle

don't you just hate when that happens, monkey

6:32 pm

redturtlehead

53 now....this is slow going, but at least its still going...

6:33 pm

lil*monkey

yes peri :) ... now must focus... only 15 left

6:33 pm

periwinkle

4 here :)

6:33 pm

Minveryork

Go periwinkle go!

6:33 pm

redturtlehead

cheers on peri and monkey.

6:33 pm

torgone

17 ..

6:35 pm

redturtlehead

cheers on torgone...

6:36 pm

lil*monkey

9 left

6:36 pm

lil*monkey

I'm in SY hell!

6:36 pm

redturtlehead

49 here, cheers more for monkey. getting out of breath....

6:37 pm

periwinkle

fireworks!!!

6:37 pm

lil*monkey

woo hooooooo peri

6:37 pm

periwinkle

go red, go monkey

6:37 pm

redturtlehead

Congrats Peri!!!!!!!!!!!!

6:38 pm

wht

Hi, back to try to finish. 24 left

6:38 pm

wht

wtg peri

6:38 pm

periwinkle

ty red, see you on Scramble., going to check out 50 minutes. ty wht

6:38 pm

redturtlehead

hi wht.

6:38 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations periwinkle on fireworks! Good for U!

6:38 pm

periwinkle

and ty monkey and Min

6:39 pm

Minveryork

Hello wht!How are you doing?Welcome to the chat log

6:41 pm

wht

Hi Min. I'm doing well.

6:42 pm

lil*monkey

2 left!

6:42 pm

Minveryork

Go lil*monkey go!

6:42 pm

wht

21 left - e's evicted

6:43 pm

torgone

la6/18 - normal word?

6:43 pm

Minveryork

Excellent wht!

6:44 pm

Minveryork

la 6/18 is having or consisting of wooly hairs torgone

6:44 pm

lil*monkey

one left! OMG

6:45 pm

wht

tor - la6 Local Area Network + what you did to dinner yesterday.

6:45 pm

torgone

Thanks Min!

6:45 pm

lil*monkey

my last word was OH YE4......... YAY I GOT FIREWORKS

6:46 pm

Minveryork

yw

6:46 pm

wht

wtg lil monkey

6:46 pm

torgone

Yay monkey!

6:46 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations lil*monkey on fireworks!Good for you

6:46 pm

lil*monkey

O M G what a strain that was!!! I think I might have a hernia!

6:46 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

6:46 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo lil!

6:46 pm

pippingeek

hi jmc

6:46 pm

wht

h's hacked k's knocked off.

6:46 pm

wht

Hi jmc

6:47 pm

Minveryork

Hooray wht!

6:47 pm

wht

But I still have some la7's in the l's

6:47 pm

Minveryork

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

6:49 pm

jmcnrick

hi min

6:50 pm

wht

l's lapped

6:50 pm

grammagum

en6 please.

6:50 pm

Minveryork

Lovely wht!

6:50 pm

lil*monkey

en + cl5

6:51 pm

Minveryork

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

6:51 pm

grammagum

Hi

6:51 pm

jmcnrick

th4 is en7 lil

6:51 pm

lil*monkey

there is no en6

6:51 pm

jmcnrick

hi gramma

6:52 pm

grammagum

I meant en7.

6:52 pm

lil*monkey

well i just clued it

6:52 pm

lil*monkey

any other clues needed?

6:52 pm

jmcnrick

oh well i am not listing so didn't know

6:53 pm

lil*monkey

the list is available in BabAnon

6:53 pm

jmcnrick

i know lil ty

6:53 pm

grammagum

Thank you lil*monkey.

6:53 pm

lil*monkey

yw gramma

6:54 pm

jmcnrick

i could use some u clues I have take the cap off and forthright

6:54 pm

lil*monkey

lil*monkey is feeling crabby from the exertion of reaching fireworks... I kicked myself in the head so many time I think I have some burst blood vessels

6:54 pm

lil*monkey

un + not near = un7

6:54 pm

wht

un7 not open

6:54 pm

jmcnrick

*hands lil an ice pack*

6:54 pm

wht

or actually open

6:55 pm

lil*monkey

un + coca **la

6:55 pm

jmcnrick

lol th4 is a silly word wht!

6:55 pm

lil*monkey

un + shy

6:55 pm

lil*monkey

un + headgear

6:55 pm

wht

Un + the people you work with, jmc

6:55 pm

jmcnrick

i don't get the un+not near

6:56 pm

wht

And then plural

6:56 pm

lil*monkey

un + don't open the door, cl*** the door

6:57 pm

jmcnrick

ty i have them all now but still don't get the un+not near clue

6:57 pm

jmcnrick

lol!

6:57 pm

jmcnrick

ty all

6:57 pm

lil*monkey

jmc, i think i clued it wrong due to my apparent traumatic brain injury

6:57 pm

jmcnrick

no i saw that clue earlier too lil

6:59 pm

lil*monkey

any other clues before i go lie down?

6:59 pm

pippingeek

i'm not sure we trust you to clue anymore till after you've lied down!

7:00 pm

jmcnrick

a y clue -- i have ye 4/6 x 2

7:00 pm

pippingeek

or even lain down, sez grammar nerd

7:00 pm

jmcnrick

ty ty ty pip i was biting my tongue!

7:01 pm

lil*monkey

ye4/6, there are 3 of them.... ye + open a c** of beans

7:01 pm

lil*monkey

ye + double consonant

7:01 pm

redturtlehead

I was avoiding making any grammatical comment, because I didnt know exactly the correct correction!

7:01 pm

lil*monkey

the other one is plural of a craving

7:01 pm

jmcnrick

ty lil

7:02 pm

lil*monkey

OK i'm off to lain now

7:02 pm

jmcnrick

lol lil!

7:02 pm

redturtlehead

enjoy your laying

7:02 pm

jmcnrick

so what is the last Y?

7:02 pm

jmcnrick

ys?

7:03 pm

jmcnrick

got get laid lil

7:03 pm

redturtlehead

there is a ye with a double consonant jmc? have it.

7:03 pm

jmcnrick

yep

7:03 pm

wht

Can someone clue the na5?

7:04 pm

redturtlehead

think of the teen detective Na*** drew.

7:04 pm

jmcnrick

nb full name

7:04 pm

jmcnrick

you've met nb the korean kid in london?

7:05 pm

wht

ty.

7:05 pm

jmcnrick

yw

7:05 pm

wht

Usually I just enter any names I see in the grid bucause you never know.

7:06 pm

jmcnrick

never seems to hurt wht

7:06 pm

wht

I was just having temporary blindness

7:06 pm

redturtlehead

thank goodness there are no points subtracted for my wrong guesses!

7:06 pm

jmcnrick

indeed red! me too!

7:06 pm

pippingeek

red, that would make monkeying horrible!

7:07 pm

redturtlehead

exactly!

7:07 pm

wht

That would make the game impossible

7:07 pm

jmcnrick

no kidding wht

7:07 pm

jmcnrick

i would be at a million points negative!

7:08 pm

redturtlehead

especially today...I am just whittling away, was hoping for a large grid, but now I wonder why...

7:11 pm

pippingeek

sweet, got all the cl's

7:14 pm

redturtlehead

cheers for Pippin.

7:14 pm

jmcnrick

wtg pip

7:15 pm

redturtlehead

well, I have finished the M's

7:15 pm

jmcnrick

wtg red

7:15 pm

TeaNCrackers

hallo all

7:15 pm

Jellen

Marvelous, red!

7:15 pm

jmcnrick

hi tea

7:16 pm

Jellen

Hi, Tea

7:16 pm

redturtlehead

ty jellen, and HI Tea.

7:16 pm

TeaNCrackers

sleepin "baby" on my lap

7:16 pm

redturtlehead

How odd, my television jsut suddenly turned itself off...

7:16 pm

TeaNCrackers

he's almost five ;)

7:17 pm

jmcnrick

th4 is odd

7:17 pm

Jellen

Fidgeting cat on my lap...

7:17 pm

jmcnrick

nice feeling tea

7:17 pm

jmbdobie2

greetings - back on to try last 40

7:17 pm

TeaNCrackers

it's been a long time since he's done this

7:18 pm

redturtlehead

not a believer in ghosts though so, I assume it was something odd, people are using power tonight.

7:18 pm

redturtlehead

Hi jmdob

7:18 pm

Jellen

Hi, jmb

7:18 pm

jmcnrick

hi jmb

7:19 pm

pippingeek

dood, there is nothing leisurely about this grid today!

7:20 pm

redturtlehead

no there is not.

7:20 pm

pippingeek

congrats on the m's red, hello jmb

7:23 pm

HarryHood

ok 23 to go - end is in sight.

7:24 pm

redturtlehead

excellent Harry, not for me I have 38 left.

7:24 pm

jmcnrick

go harry go

7:24 pm

jmcnrick

84 left

7:28 pm

Jellen

Hi, Harry

7:28 pm

Jellen

Hi, Harry

7:28 pm

pippingeek

79 left here, but making solid progress

7:28 pm

HarryHood

hi jellen

7:28 pm

HarryHood

18 now

7:28 pm

jmcnrick

go harry go

7:29 pm

HarryHood

done with the As finally

7:29 pm

HarryHood

and haven't opened the chog....yet

7:29 pm

jmcnrick

are all the y words ye4/6

7:29 pm

jmcnrick

i got three

7:30 pm

HarryHood

one ye4/7

7:30 pm

HarryHood

first

7:30 pm

Jellen

ye 4/7

7:30 pm

HarryHood

oh ye4? ye4!

7:30 pm

Jellen

Ye 4/7, it's a toughie...

7:30 pm

jmcnrick

lol ty harry

7:30 pm

HarryHood

she loves you

7:31 pm

HarryHood

a myriad of hints for th4 one

7:32 pm

lbdawger

hi again everyone!

7:32 pm

HarryHood

hi lbd

7:32 pm

inge

harry Hood, do you live anywhere near Danbury?

7:33 pm

lbdawger

i love opus! hi HH

7:33 pm

jmcnrick

hi inge

7:33 pm

HarryHood

about an hour away inge

7:33 pm

Jellen

Hey, lbd and inge

7:33 pm

jmcnrick

hi lbd

7:33 pm

lbdawger

hi inge, hi jmc

7:33 pm

lbdawger

hi jellen

7:33 pm

HarryHood

us flightless waterfowl have to stick together

7:34 pm

inge

hmmm, I grew up there. Parents had a home at Lake Candelwood / Brookfield

7:34 pm

HarryHood

nice!

7:34 pm

HarryHood

(not danbury per se, but lake candlewood :)

7:34 pm

Jacula

Hello all. We've had about half an inch of snow here in UK. That probably means the country will grind to a halt later. (It's 1.35am at present.)

7:35 pm

jmcnrick

hi jac

7:35 pm

HarryHood

sounds like fun jac

7:35 pm

Jellen

Hi, Jac

7:35 pm

lbdawger

hi jac. we got about 3 inches last night and light flurries throughout the day

7:36 pm

jmcnrick

we got about 5 to 6 inches

7:36 pm

Jacula

I think my cousin right up in the north of Scotland has had more snow. She went sledging earlier.

7:37 pm

inge

no new snow in SE Michignan

7:37 pm

Jacula

So.. global warming. Any thoughts? LOL

7:38 pm

jmcnrick

climate Change . . . . .

7:38 pm

inge

dont tell Al Gore, but I think thre is none

7:38 pm

jmcnrick

but i know what you me4

7:38 pm

Lady Biotch

although we haven't had any snow, it has been bitterly cold in New England

7:38 pm

Jacula

Actually, on second thoughts, don't start a discussion on that because there are probably people here who want grid clues.

7:38 pm

jmcnrick

hi lady

7:38 pm

lbdawger

nah, just the earth wobbling. ;-)

7:38 pm

jmcnrick

*ties herself down*

7:39 pm

HarryHood

this must be obvious....any help on the ca6/24?

7:39 pm

Jacula

sexy dance from France, Harry.

7:39 pm

lbdawger

a type of cooking oil

7:39 pm

jmcnrick

dance dance

7:39 pm

lbdawger

oops, ye4, what jac said

7:39 pm

inge

ca 6 a dance of the 1920's

7:39 pm

HarryHood

ah! ty jac :) and jmc

7:39 pm

buffgirl71

Could I get a clue, pls, for the ca 6/21?

7:40 pm

Jacula

Heh! He got the 'dance clue! *grins*

7:40 pm

jmcnrick

common cooking oil

7:40 pm

lbdawger

the one that i clued buff, type of cooking oil

7:40 pm

buffgirl71

Got it - thank you all!

7:41 pm

Jacula

ca6.21 = rapeseed oil.

7:41 pm

Lady Biotch

I finally got the dance clue also I think it was given hours ago also......

7:42 pm

Jacula

:ady B - then you'd better hitch up your skirt, throw your legs in the air and reveal your frilly knickers! (Though knickers were not worn in the original form of the show.)

7:42 pm

inge

I want to clue as 5/14: as + ruru's dog D***n

7:43 pm

Lady Biotch

7:44 pm

Jacula

Lady B is speechless?

7:44 pm

jmcnrick

lady is speechless

7:44 pm

jmcnrick

snap

7:44 pm

Lady Biotch

When I was a young girl, I took dance lessons. I was in a "Line Group" and we actually did the cancan

7:44 pm

Jacula

LOL, jmc.

7:44 pm

lbdawger

and you may do it all the way to the PB, Lady B

7:44 pm

jmcnrick

pb ;ady

7:45 pm

Lady Biotch

minus the knickers

7:45 pm

jmcnrick

*shuts eyes*

7:45 pm

Jacula

I've danced the ca6/24 (PB for you Lady B!) in public, too. For charity at work, many moons ago (WITH knickers).

7:45 pm

Lady Biotch

lol

7:46 pm

jmcnrick

many moons in the dance too

7:46 pm

Jacula

jmc - lololol.

7:46 pm

jmcnrick

nice photo jac

7:48 pm

jmcnrick

so is it true that the crossboards on the telephone poles in England are always on the side nearer London?

7:48 pm

Jacula

jmc - for a moment there, when you said 'nice photo' I almost panicked. I was wondering if you'd somehow got hold of the old photo a salesman pinned on the board at work after the charity event. I ws 'a boss' (that's A Boss, not The Boss) and it wasn't seemly to have a pic like that of me on the board. LOL

7:49 pm

jmcnrick

yikes! no! lol

7:49 pm

redturtlehead

what are crossboards exactly?

7:49 pm

HarryHood

done with C!!!

7:49 pm

Jacula

jmc - re the telephone poles - I've no idea!

7:49 pm

jmcnrick

the things th4 make the telephone pole look like a T

7:50 pm

redturtlehead

hmmm, our poles just look like poles, I will have to go look it up...

7:50 pm

jmcnrick

oh well no matter just something silly i read

7:50 pm

BookGirl

sniff...getting sick I think....

7:51 pm

Jacula

It's probably true, jmc, since London thinks there is nowherenorth of The Watford Gap.

7:51 pm

jmcnrick

the poles may not look like th4 anymore

7:51 pm

jmcnrick

poor book

7:51 pm

redturtlehead

Oh no Book, best to go to sleep!!!

7:51 pm

lbdawger

the crossbars usually hold the transformers which connect the wires to the power.

7:51 pm

lbdawger

hope not book girl. drink lots of liquids and get plenty of rest.

7:52 pm

BookGirl

can't quit....wheeze...want to finish...

7:53 pm

ann

hey bookgirl!

7:53 pm

Jacula

Book girl - drink lemon with hot water, honey and paracetemol and go to bed.

7:53 pm

redturtlehead

sadly I may have to go and look through the chog for some clues...

7:53 pm

BookGirl

woo hoo, hey ann, welcome to the grid!

7:54 pm

redturtlehead

hello ann

7:54 pm

lbdawger

whatcha need, red?

7:54 pm

HarryHood

woohoo done with this !

7:54 pm

Jacula

Well, there are plenty of cluers here...

7:54 pm

lbdawger

welcome, ann

7:54 pm

Jacula

Hello ann.

7:54 pm

redturtlehead

I need some C's some e's some U's anome Ls and some s;s

7:54 pm

HarryHood

suppertime

7:54 pm

lbdawger

whoooooo hooooooo HH!!

7:54 pm

redturtlehead

congrats Harry...

7:54 pm

Jacula

Well done, Harry. *~*~*~*~*~

7:54 pm

HarryHood

tyty

7:55 pm

ann

hi, all

7:55 pm

BookGirl

I love the black eyed peas....

7:55 pm

Jacula

Red - just yell when you want a specific clue.

7:56 pm

redturtlehead

I'm good....thanks all.

7:57 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo harry

7:57 pm

jmcnrick

hi ann

7:58 pm

Jacula

la6.24, which the next 3 words after that stem from is a gap or a space, or a lagoon. Hope that helps.

7:58 pm

redturtlehead

Well the right half of the grid is done, on to the left half... hate to complain, but it is a bit chilly here..

7:59 pm

jmcnrick

*cough cough*

7:59 pm

wht

Does anyone have a clue for the sy5/20

7:59 pm

Jacula

That's a new way of doing it, red - right half and then left. I tend to work in word blocks.

7:59 pm

wht

nm. Monkeys just woke up.

8:00 pm

redturtlehead

Actually it just kind of happened Jacula, I am not systematic at all...

8:00 pm

lbdawger

most of tweety birds nemosis sy**ester + first vowel

8:00 pm

Jacula

wht - sounds like a me5 that isn't gold.

8:01 pm

redturtlehead

clue for the N words from the bottom row that do not relate to the thing on our faces?

8:02 pm

Jacula

na4 = a temple.

8:02 pm

Jacula

na4.7 following - part of a church.

8:02 pm

redturtlehead

TY Jacs...

8:03 pm

redturtlehead

yes have that its from the other N... ;( but thanks.

8:03 pm

Jacula

y/w red.

8:03 pm

redturtlehead

ok all N's are done.

8:04 pm

Jacula

red - I just get the words and don't always remember where they come from. I'm the artistic type, not the mathematical type. LOL

8:04 pm

redturtlehead

I think at times it is very hard to tell which letter a word came from ...

8:05 pm

Jacula

Sometimes a word can appear to come from 2 or 3 ways.

8:05 pm

redturtlehead

exactly..

8:05 pm

Jacula

Just like British buses. LOL

8:05 pm

wht

FIreworks

8:05 pm

Jacula

Well done wht.

8:06 pm

Jacula

*~*~*~*~*

8:06 pm

redturtlehead

COngratulations Wht!!!!!

8:06 pm

wht

ty to Une - I couldn't have done it without the list.

8:07 pm

Jacula

Oh, was there no Lickety today then?

8:07 pm

Jacula

Did BJ do a list?

8:09 pm

Jacula

I guess kind Babblers posted lists? Sorry I wasn't one of them. I had no idea it was a listless day. Me and Belove decided to 'hibernate' for part of it. We snuggled up and slept and slept and slept, then we got up and he watched the darts final on TV and I roasted a leg of lamb etc.

8:09 pm

Minveryork

I have a list in my profile Jacula if you need that list.

8:09 pm

wht

Don't know. I didn't go to Babbleanon. I just saw in the chod that Une had one.

8:09 pm

wht

It was in the chog, too,.

8:10 pm

Jacula

Min - Thanks, but I finished the grid mid hibernation.

8:10 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations wht on your fireworks! Good for you

8:10 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Jacula on finishing early! Good for U!

8:10 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo wht

8:10 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo jac

8:12 pm

Jacula

I spent hours making that me4 and then everyone emerged from the woodwork and demolished it within about 20 mins. LOL

8:13 pm

Jacula

That's what makes me happy - people arriving on time at the table to eat my food. I get quite cross if they don't.

8:13 pm

wht

Isn't th4 the way it always goes.

8:13 pm

jmcnrick

sounds good jac

8:14 pm

Jacula

wht - Yes. You spent hours and hours and hours baking and cooking and then people EAT it! They're only forgiven for demolishing hours of work if they offer to wash up afterwards.

8:16 pm

Jacula

I AM kidding, you all know? (Not about the washing up bit, though.)

8:17 pm

jmcnrick

you sound very pleased to me

8:17 pm

redturtlehead

finally down to 29. golly it is so so cold.

8:17 pm

jmcnrick

go red go

8:17 pm

wht

It sounds like it was a very good meal. Though it doesn't sound like you got to hibernate very much.

8:17 pm

lbdawger

*hands red a blanky and a cuppa hot tea*

8:18 pm

pippingeek

okay, m's managed!

8:18 pm

Minveryork

Marvelous pippingeek!

8:18 pm

jmcnrick

go pip go

8:18 pm

lbdawger

go pip!

8:18 pm

Jacula

I got to hibernate until about Midday, wht.

8:20 pm

redturtlehead

clue for the an 6 and 7 combo?

8:20 pm

Jacula

Other half went back to hibernate until about 2pm, when his daughter went in there to wake him up for the day.

8:21 pm

jmcnrick

an+the things on the pine tree or what you eat ice cream in

8:21 pm

lbdawger

an + ice cream ****, an inverterd triangle rolled to a sweet goodness.

8:21 pm

redturtlehead

TY lbd and jmc!!!

8:21 pm

Jacula

an + icecream container & plural.

8:23 pm

jillibus

Whee -- all done :)

8:23 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo jill!

8:23 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hoooooo JIlli!

8:23 pm

wht

wtg jilli

8:24 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations jillibus on fireworks! Hooray for you!

8:24 pm

gremlinn

congrats jilli

8:24 pm

pippingeek

yay jilli!

8:24 pm

pippingeek

hey grem, what's up?

8:24 pm

jmcnrick

hi grem

8:24 pm

gremlinn

hey, not much

8:24 pm

Minveryork

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

8:25 pm

jillibus

Thanks to cluers and those who posted the list -- gremlinn, BJ, and une -- there were others, I know, but those are the ones I saw. Also thanks to morewords.

8:25 pm

Jacula

Re other half's re-hibernation after getting up aat about 8am. If I try to get all stern with him and tan his hide to get him up, it seems to send him into fantasy filled sleep again. I know when to bring reinforcements in... Stepdaughter did the trick.

8:25 pm

gremlinn

hi Min, thanks

8:25 pm

Jacula

jilli - love that link you sent me.

8:26 pm

jillibus

thanks, jac -- I got your email :)

8:26 pm

jillibus

I'll post the link here for anyone's amusement -- just a mo . . .

8:26 pm

Jacula

Okay jilli.x

8:27 pm

jillibus

http://vimeo.com/3829682 -- on English as she is spoke -- very clever ;)

8:28 pm

Jacula

Jilli, shouldn't you have posted, 'I'll like post the link here afor anyone's amusement?' *grins*

8:28 pm

pippingeek

down to 30 and quite slowing

8:28 pm

jmcnrick

lol

8:28 pm

Jacula

And shouldn't you have said 'okay?' after saying you'd post the link?

8:29 pm

pippingeek

you know, we all notice when someone accidentally posts a word in the chog, but nobody sees the brazillion times (ty dubya) folks post chat stuff in the add word field!

8:29 pm

jillibus

I'm like "oh yeah, shoulda done that, y,know?"

8:30 pm

gremlinn

brazillion - isn't that the largest cup size available?

8:30 pm

Jacula

jilli - LOLOLOL.

8:30 pm

jmcnrick

an i am glad they don't pip

8:30 pm

pippingeek

um, i really wouldn't know.. ;)

8:30 pm

jillibus

good one, grem!

8:31 pm

jmbdobie2

16 left

8:32 pm

lbdawger

go dobie!

8:32 pm

gremlinn

nice video there

8:32 pm

Jacula

Which reminds me... I wanted to buy a teeshirt for my 15-year-old stepdaughter not long ago, because she is 'sad' enough to use the word 'LOL', not that it is a word, in her everyday speech. But the LOL tee-shirt was yellow and everyone knows that girls her age only wear black.

8:32 pm

jmcnrick

*giggle*

8:32 pm

gremlinn

she actually speaks "LOL"?

8:32 pm

jillibus

I have to go and warm up supper (beef stew I made the other day -- comfort food)

8:33 pm

Jacula

gremlin - she does.

8:33 pm

herinfernallady

hi

8:33 pm

gremlinn

once I saw a poll about how that should be pronounced (individual letters vs. "lawl")

8:33 pm

jmcnrick

hi herin

8:33 pm

Jacula

Hi Herin.

8:33 pm

gremlinn

oh, and here is that poll: http://www.rinkworks.com/poll/results.
cgi?q=620

8:34 pm

Jacula

jilli - comfort food is always welcome in times of snow etc.

8:34 pm

jillibus

My granddaughter Lois's nickname has been Lolly, then Lol, for 25 years

8:34 pm

gremlinn

"Lawl": 28.6% "L.O.L." 17.7% ...and 53.8% thought it was just ridiculous

8:35 pm

herinfernallady

Hi OSGMA and everyone

8:35 pm

jmcnrick

i am with the 53.8%

8:35 pm

jillibus

No snow here, jac -- lovely spring-like weather, temp about 10C.

8:35 pm

Jacula

gremlin - to post a web address that doesn't take 2 attempts to read use tinyurl.

8:35 pm

jillibus

Hi OSGD

8:36 pm

gremlinn

What do you mean? It copies/pastes in one go for me.

8:37 pm

Jacula

Before the internet days, LOL was a Brummie and Black Country diminuitive of the male name 'Laurence' or 'Lawrence'.

8:37 pm

jillibus

ttfn, gang -- back after supper and 60 Minutes

8:37 pm

jmcnrick

bye jill

8:38 pm

Jellen

Hi again...

8:38 pm

Jacula

Having said that, the only Lawrence I ever met was worthy of being a 'LOL'. He was a moron. He was a former b/f's brother.

8:38 pm

lbdawger

enjoy your dinner, jilli

8:38 pm

herinfernallady

HI JM and Jac too. arrr sorry brain not working

8:38 pm

jmcnrick

hi jell

8:39 pm

gremlinn

So many "j" names in here!

8:40 pm

herinfernallady

Hi jellen

8:40 pm

gremlinn

Just like yesterday's grid (joe, joanna, jones, jason, etc.)

8:40 pm

Minveryork

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

8:40 pm

jmcnrick

lol herin

8:42 pm

jmcnrick

help with the ac 4/7 please

8:42 pm

herinfernallady

Its too warm again. And heat turns my brain into goo

8:42 pm

gremlinn

jmc and herin both need help with the AC, it seems.

8:42 pm

gremlinn

jmc: chemical-type ending

8:42 pm

Jellen

a + my car's engine has 6 c**inders

8:42 pm

jmcnrick

*hands herin a popsicle*

8:43 pm

torgone

A v8 motor has 8 c**inders

8:43 pm

Jacula

After his failed attempt to seduce me in the aftermath of hs parents' 25th wedding aniversary party, he was a bit cross, not to mention very drunk. He tried to accuse me of 'seducing' him by arriving at the door in a mini skirt and blue suede boots. (This was in the 70s, folks.) I don't know how many ives he's got through now, but last I heard the third had left him 'because he was mad'.

8:43 pm

lbdawger

ac+ 2nd to last letter of alphabet + Letter before M

8:43 pm

herinfernallady

mmmm poppsicle

8:43 pm

herinfernallady

Jac did you wear the micro minis?

8:43 pm

jmcnrick

ty torg and lbd

8:43 pm

jmbdobie2

fireworks - TG - this puzzle frustrated me!

8:43 pm

gremlinn

Is "popsicle" general-use now or still a proprietary term?

8:44 pm

jmcnrick

hi torg

8:44 pm

jmcnrick

both gremlin

8:44 pm

lbdawger

whooooooo hooooooo DOBIE!!!

8:44 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo jmb!

8:44 pm

Jacula

Herin - I did! I ha the figure for it then. However, as you can see, wearing them had a downside.

8:45 pm

jmbdobie2

thanks lbd jmc night all

8:45 pm

jmcnrick

i wore them then too

8:45 pm

Jellen

Yay, jmb!!!

8:45 pm

lbdawger

night night, Dobie! sweet dreams

8:45 pm

herinfernallady

My mums Micro minis in the 60s was so short dad had to pick her up to put her on the motor bike. And my mum still has the legs to wear the skirts darn her

8:46 pm

Jacula

I must just mention again that the Lawrence in question was my boyfriend of a years' brother.

8:46 pm

jmcnrick

alas i no longer have the legs

8:46 pm

Jacula

I've still got the legs Herin, but not the flat tummy.

8:47 pm

jmcnrick

but i did up until i was 45

8:47 pm

jmcnrick

i had a friend who had the legs until she died at 85

8:47 pm

pippingeek

grr. 18 more and not feeling it

8:48 pm

jmcnrick

she was amazing

8:48 pm

herinfernallady

If my mum wasn't in her 60's she would wear the skirts. She is still very fashionable though

8:48 pm

torgone

My legs are better now than they ever were ..

8:48 pm

jmcnrick

go pip go

8:48 pm

Jellen

Go pipping...you can do it!

8:49 pm

jmcnrick

but you never wear miniskirts torg

8:49 pm

pippingeek

hey, random question, does anyone here know a babbler by the name of nabdancer?

8:49 pm

pippingeek

(i think that was the name she used)

8:49 pm

Jacula

jmc - unfortunately,mankind has lost it's 60s laiisez faire and gone more puritanical. And who can blame the men when you see aggressive, drunken women in micro, micro miniskirts, worn with thongs, rolling drunk on the pavements.

8:49 pm

lbdawger

but torg in speedos! wowzer!

8:49 pm

herinfernallady

Torg I would be interested in seeing you in a skirt :P

8:49 pm

torgone

Don't know that one pip ..

8:50 pm

Jacula

I worry about these girls.They are all daughters of someone.

8:51 pm

torgone

Skirts and speedos no, but I look okay in shorts .. My legs that is . The rest is pretty much a train wreck ..

8:51 pm

herinfernallady

Jac we got told at tafe if we are in the building 5 which is for the builders then we are not allowed to wear skimpy clothes as its distracting to them Since we have been told that most of the girls wolf whistle and cat call teh boys

8:51 pm

Jacula

My stepdaughter came down to talk to me tonight, when her Dad had gone to bed.

8:51 pm

jmcnrick

i was at a meeting and the young woman i was speaking stood up from the chair and I could see her crack her jeans were so low!

8:51 pm

jmcnrick

if she worked for me she would never wear those jeans to work again

8:52 pm

herinfernallady

Jax is that a good thing?

8:52 pm

lbdawger

eeeeewwww, but crack. you need to get some crack spackle

8:52 pm

jmcnrick

i hope you had a good talk jac

8:53 pm

jmcnrick

i had a young girl interview with a blouse that didn't cover her bra

8:53 pm

jmcnrick

but my favorite was my staff who wore jeans with a rip where i was able to see his frank and beans!

8:54 pm

Jacula

She's worrying me big time again. I'm glad she's getting therapy soon, because, despite her thinking that I'm SuperMum, I can't guarantee that I can put her together again once she's fallen apart. If I could even begin to tell you all how ANGRY I am with her pathetic mother for puitting her, and alll of us, in this position, I would halt the chatlog. So, not going to go there.

8:54 pm

jmcnrick

*hands jac a cuppa and a soap box*

8:54 pm

herinfernallady

Jac is it possible for you to have her living with you?

8:54 pm

jmcnrick

we are always willing to listen jac

8:55 pm

Jacula

She's self-harming again. I knew she was because I'v had to wash the bathroom mats twice in 2 weeks.

8:56 pm

jmcnrick

oh dear jac {{{hugs}}}

8:56 pm

herinfernallady

O poor thing. I do understand that Jac. Words here can't express my sadness to you

8:57 pm

Jacula

Like I said to her, 'I COULD take care of your penknife set for you, but, if you want to hurt yourself, doing that won't make any difference.'

8:58 pm

lbdawger

can you make a pact with her Jac. A promise that she wont hurt herself? I used to do that with some of my clients who were damaging themselves.

8:58 pm

Jacula

I've been on this road before with the girls I got too involved with when my daughter spent years in the clinic after starving herself to near death.

8:59 pm

Jacula

lbd - I've given her a pact. And a plae to either throw away or burn the clothes she was wearing when the paedo thing happened with her Mum's b/f.

9:00 pm

Jacula

She's not ready to let go of him or the PJ's yet.

9:00 pm

jmcnrick

burn them

9:02 pm

Jacula

jmc - that's what I said AND what her cousin, just a year older told her. I've told her she should burn them, when she's ready, asa symbol of a new start. I can't tell her Dad about this 'cos he'll jut probably tear in there, grab the garments and burn them right off. She needs time.

9:02 pm

jmcnrick

i understand both parts

9:03 pm

jmcnrick

i hope someday she can tell her dad

9:04 pm

Jacula

She was wearing the offending pj's tonight whilst talking to me in person and her cousin on line. I'm hoping that her cousin won't be troubled too much by all of this. Will talk to cousin's Mum tomorrow.

9:04 pm

jmcnrick

oh poor thing have you bought her new pretty PJs? I am sure you have

9:07 pm

Jacula

I've bought her lots of pretty pjs. I'd never seen those horrible wash-faded things before she came down wearing them earlier.

9:09 pm

Jacula

She must have kept those out of the equation when we did the 'throw all the horrible grey whites away if I can't get them bright again with my magic wash potions'. (Her Mother never bothered to separate things for the wash, so everything ended up either grey or khaki etc.)

9:10 pm

Jacula

herinfernallady
ProfileAustralia

Jac is it possible for you to have her living with you?

9:11 pm

Jacula

Herin, she's been living with us since last May.

9:14 pm

jmcnrick

okay i am heading to bed

9:14 pm

herinfernallady

Ok sorry Jac.

9:14 pm

jmcnrick

jac i will continue to hold you and your family in the Light

9:14 pm

jmcnrick

byw all

9:14 pm

herinfernallady

Night Jm

9:14 pm

jmcnrick

bye all that is

9:14 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye jmcnrick! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

9:14 pm

gremlinn

g'night

9:15 pm

Jacula

Thanks jmc and sleep well.

9:15 pm

lbdawger

night, jmc. sweet sleep

9:15 pm

Jellen

G'night, jmc

9:15 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations gremlinn on going pro! Hooray for U!

9:16 pm

herinfernallady

I must go and at least attempt to read one of my text books for classes before they start

9:16 pm

gremlinn

Totally worth it.

9:16 pm

Jacula

Read well and prosper, Herin.

9:16 pm

lbdawger

yay, grem!

9:16 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye herinfernallady! I'll see you tomorrow maybe

9:16 pm

lbdawger

bye bye, herin

9:16 pm

Jellen

Bye, herin

9:17 pm

Jacula

Abd I will shut up about trials with a stepdaughter now.

9:17 pm

herinfernallady

Thank you Min. Yes Jac funny one. ITs on Commercial Law. Very exciting

9:17 pm

Jacula

Eh? Herin.

9:21 pm

Jacula

Seeing Hern's post to me about 'could I have Step living with me?' I wonder how many of the invited ones to my private blog actually bother to read it.

9:23 pm

Jacula

Ther are times when I think Bablbler Hydra and myself should just exchange daily 'phonecalls or weekly snail mail letters.

9:28 pm

Jacula

Hydra wanted me to do a blog. I did, which got me writing again most days. I might get a wider audience if it wasn't a private blog, but I had to make it private after some stupid local hospital DJ thought it was in his remit to have a go at me for not knowing the guy in person when I commented on the death of an almost 21-year-old friend of my daughter , a dead guy who was also the best friend of my daughter's b/f at the time. I saw how it effected him and her. But, apparently, according to Mr Hospital DJ, I had no right to do that.

9:29 pm

Jacula

And the last thing I want is notriety like that.

9:30 pm

r23

HELP!!!!!!!!! please... trade 1 for 1. another word for bad people that are in jail

9:31 pm

lbdawger

change the last letter to the sometimes vowel, r23

9:31 pm

Jacula

Erm... sorry r23

9:32 pm

Jellen

r23, you've been at this a long time...

9:32 pm

Jellen

an + same word, singular

9:33 pm

Minveryork

Hello r23! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle!

9:35 pm

Jacula

I think I should slink off to bed now. Nuff said and all that.

9:36 pm

Jellen

G'night, Jac...I wish you the best...

9:37 pm

BookGirl

night Jac...

9:38 pm

Nef

Hello Everybody. How are you all tonight? I'm regretting the fact that I started this grid this AM; I've been busy all day and haven't had time til now

9:38 pm

Jellen

Hi, Nef!

9:39 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Jacula! I'll see you tomorrow in the chat log!

9:39 pm

BookGirl

hello nef...staying warm?

9:39 pm

Minveryork

Hello BookGirl! How are you? Welcome to the chat log

9:39 pm

Minveryork

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

9:39 pm

jillibus

Hello all again (back from supper)

9:40 pm

Minveryork

Hello jillibus!How are you doing?Welcome back to grid

9:40 pm

Jellen

Hi, jilli!

9:40 pm

BookGirl

i'm still a baby at this, but it is getting a little easier each time I work on the grid!

9:41 pm

jillibus

hey, book girl -- you need your flag! Go to your My Account and check the little square, upper right, where it says Show Profile :)

9:42 pm

Jellen

Good for you, BookGirl! But it never gets too easy...

9:42 pm

welki

jilli, i've looked high and low for your flower .. the best i can come up with is some sort of siberian iris, but i really think it's something else .. have you had any luck identifying it?

9:42 pm

Minveryork

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

9:43 pm

Nef

Dang! Thought I could play, but have a sick neighbor who has to go to the hospital (he just called about his wife). I need to go babysit.

9:43 pm

jillibus

no, welki! There was a suggestion that it's a Japanese Iris, but I went to Google Images and they don't look the same at all.

9:43 pm

Nef

Good luck all. Happy Babbling!

9:43 pm

jillibus

Sorry about that, Nef!

9:44 pm

Jellen

Ouch Nef...hope everything turns out okay!

9:44 pm

Minveryork

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

9:45 pm

Jabber

jilibus's flower looks like a trillium to me.

9:45 pm

welki

no, they don't .. and the yellow splashes and purple throw more cogs into the machine

9:45 pm

jillibus

Trilliums have three petals

9:45 pm

welki

it did to me, too, jabber .. until jilli reminded me that a trillium has three petals

9:46 pm

Minveryork

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

9:46 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations BookGirl on going pro! Hooray for U!

9:46 pm

jillibus

Hi jabber -- you need a flag too!

9:49 pm

pippingeek

oof. i am trying so hard on this one, even going thru the chog history, but i think i'm not going to find more without help

9:50 pm

Minveryork

I ate some me4/5 for my dinner me 4/5 and now I ha 4/8 another story of clues. I hope I can co 6/36 the me4/5ing of my clues in my story. So I do all the food shopping for me and my husband.Sometimes I will ask him to go with me but he says no way so I go al5/10. I only buy whatever is on sale. Love it when Shoprite has their ca 6/24 sale. I seem to buy a lot of ca 6/21 oil. I also buy lots of ca4/5 of soup for husband. I am always looking for co 4/6-co4/5 on sale since that is all I drink. I will also buy extra of whatever is on sale in ca4/5 it does not go on sale again for awhile.Then I come home & put everything away. Some things go in the pantry & some things go in the cl 6/21. I have had my no 4/4 to this grid all day. My monkeys and I don't seem to be in sy 4/7 today. Now it is la4/4 and I am not going to finish the grid today. I am quitting the puzzle before I lo 4/4 my mind and go insa4/4. I ha 4/5 when I don't finish. I on 4/6 got 160 words. I en 4/9 all of you who do finish. Th5/20 you to all who gave clues today. I can feel the on5/10 of tiredness coming on. I can't keep my ey4/6 open so I am going to cl5/12 Babble website and go off to go sleep in my co 4/7 bed. So th 4/5 is the end of my story of clues.

9:50 pm

Minveryork

I hope what I posted helps you out some pippingeek.

9:52 pm

pippingeek

good story tonight, even if i do have all of those!

9:52 pm

Minveryork

Sorry it didn't help you. I can clue what I have so far.

9:52 pm

jillibus

I can clue, pip

9:53 pm

cybernan

Hello everyone -- finished this morning, so just checking in to see how everyone is

9:53 pm

pippingeek

i feel like i have a few too many to clue, trying to clean up my l's with a2z first

9:53 pm

pippingeek

hi nan!

9:53 pm

cybernan

there is a list posted on bab anon

9:54 pm

Minveryork

I also have list in my profile if you need it pippingeek.

9:54 pm

cybernan

3 of the la's begin with the same 5 letters: french lake + not prefix

9:55 pm

Minveryork

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

9:55 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations cybernan on finishing early! Hooray!

9:55 pm

cybernan

ty min

9:55 pm

Minveryork

Since cybernan and jillibus are here to clue,I am gone

9:55 pm

cybernan

make that 4 of the la's

9:56 pm

Minveryork

Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow

9:56 pm

cybernan

Hi jill -- didn't see you here

9:56 pm

BookGirl

thanks min.....later....yawn, signing off!

9:56 pm

lbdawger

night night, Min. sleep well. i'm heading out too.

9:56 pm

pippingeek

okay, got the 3 french lakes, is the la8 connected as well?

9:56 pm

gremlinn

ye4

9:57 pm

cybernan

yes -- made a correction to 4 french lakes, not to be confused with calling birds ;)

9:57 pm

dcseain

i have not ye4 begun to fight

9:57 pm

cybernan

the 8 is consumed

9:57 pm

gremlinn

phantom consume

9:57 pm

pippingeek

sweet, got it

9:58 pm

cybernan

in fact there are a lot of consumed words in the grid

9:58 pm

pippingeek

the phantom caught has been driving me mad

9:58 pm

pippingeek

so i should have ate the 8?

9:58 pm

cybernan

lol

9:59 pm

gremlinn

Do nought!

10:01 pm

pippingeek

okay, l's lassoed

10:01 pm

cybernan

lol grem -- enough before this is called the punbox

10:01 pm

pippingeek

lasered?

10:01 pm

gremlinn

I lambasted my Ls.

10:01 pm

gremlinn

Hehe, sorry nan.

10:02 pm

pippingeek

that puts me down to 6. so troops, ayudame!

10:03 pm

gremlinn

I'm not a dame...ayu?

10:03 pm

pippingeek

how about the last cy6 after dorothy's nemesis?

10:03 pm

cybernan

what do you need pip?

10:03 pm

pippingeek

ayudame is spanish for help me

10:03 pm

dcseain

no hay de ayudarte, eres fuera de salvaciÃ³n

10:03 pm

gremlinn

shorten the nemesis and pluralize

10:03 pm

cybernan

plural the 5 that precedes the storm

10:04 pm

gremlinn

ahh, I no almost no Spanish

10:04 pm

pippingeek

well poop, i didn't have that one either

10:04 pm

gremlinn

*know!

10:04 pm

dcseain

"there is no helping you, you are beyond salvation" :P

10:05 pm

gremlinn

I'm eating dinner, so at least I'm not beyond salivation.

10:05 pm

cybernan

don't know any spanish either other than the words like senor that continually pop up in the grid

10:05 pm

dcseain

LOL

10:05 pm

pippingeek

i'm better at the stuff that gets said in a restaurant - less philosophy, more "hey, stop smacking my ass!" and "give me the spoons"

10:07 pm

pippingeek

nm, it was the 1st cy5/18 i didn't have, now i have all my c's! just s's and t's remaining

10:07 pm

gremlinn

I need to find that restaurant.

10:08 pm

pippingeek

really, you don't. mediocre food, high prices, staff is mostly lifers who are always sharking other peoples' tables, it's a bit of a zoo

10:08 pm

pippingeek

the bartender and i call it the island of misfit toys. every single one of us working there is a freak for some reason or another

10:09 pm

cybernan

think I'll go and watch the emmy's for awhile -- see u later

10:09 pm

gremlinn

ewww...awards shows, boring

10:10 pm

pippingeek

3 more, all t's

10:10 pm

pippingeek

2

10:11 pm

GeeGeeW

Hi Mom, hi everybody

10:11 pm

gremlinn

hello

10:11 pm

pippingeek

hi geegeew

10:11 pm

pippingeek

i left!

10:11 pm

pippingeek

that's 1, not i

10:12 pm

gremlinn

Imaginary i?

10:12 pm

pippingeek

not imaginary fireworks tho!

10:12 pm

jillibus

Emmys? Isn't it the Grammys?

10:13 pm

dcseain

congrats, pippin

10:13 pm

gremlinn

It's the new one, the gremmys.

10:13 pm

gremlinn

congrats pippin

10:14 pm

pippingeek

hey look, i won the first gremmy!

10:14 pm

gremlinn

You win the golden chog trophy.

10:15 pm

pippingeek

i like the way it really looks like fireworks, it's a beautiful trophy

10:15 pm

jillibus

Much to my surprise, I have the Grammys on so I can see who all these Gaga people are etc

10:16 pm

gremlinn

Sorry, we had to explode it after you received it.

10:16 pm

dcseain

i am underwhelmed by lady gaga

10:16 pm

pippingeek

i think gaga is fascinating - the music is throwaway pop, but anyone who's trying to make a metacritical project out of pop stardom has my vote

10:17 pm

jillibus

so far I'm with you, dc, but I'd never encountered her before

10:17 pm

dcseain

hm. pephaps i should deign to watch more than the the half a video i could tolerate.

10:17 pm

gremlinn

I've never metacritic I could stand.

10:18 pm

pippingeek

but that's kind of like modern art - you've got a built in limited audience

10:18 pm

pippingeek

ouch, grem!

10:18 pm

jillibus

oh dear, grem, you sound like my son and grandson -- hopeless cases

10:18 pm

gremlinn

I can't stop once I get started.

10:19 pm

pippingeek

my friend and i were talking a coupleweeks ago that she's sort of using the music as a platform for the fashion and the commentary - and to a large extent the fashion is commentary too

10:19 pm

dcseain

the fashion in the bit a saw was part of the turn-off for me

10:20 pm

pippingeek

she's atalked about growing up feeling ugly, like a monster, and she's out to make the monster beautiful - not by changing it, but by declaring it hip and simply saying, this is beautiful deal with it

10:20 pm

dcseain

the music was a bigger turn-off, as it's a genre i generally dislike. Though i do like Aqua

10:20 pm

jillibus

well, all I've seen is the intro to the Grammys -- weird

10:20 pm

dcseain

that's a great message, pippin :)

10:20 pm

pippingeek

sort of a project of forcing the public to look at other ways of being beautiful or glamorous, or whatever

10:21 pm

gremlinn

Sounds good to me.

10:21 pm

pippingeek

so you know, i don't feel the need to buy or listen to the albums, and i don't always like her fashipn choices, but i support what she's trying to do

10:21 pm

jillibus

well, I guess I need educating

10:22 pm

pippingeek

nah - like i said, limited audience, no need to feel that way

10:22 pm

jillibus

10:23 pm

dcseain

i have cy8 and la8, what are others, pls?

10:23 pm

dcseain

10:23 pm

jillibus

ac8, an8

10:23 pm

pippingeek

i think that's one of the problems with a lot of postmodern stuff, there's this elitism built in, like if you don't agree it's just cause you don't get it, and i don;t think that has to be true

10:23 pm

gremlinn

ac8, an8, co8, ha8

10:23 pm

dcseain

gound the ha8

10:23 pm

dcseain

ty, gremlinn :)

10:24 pm

pippingeek

seain, grem also has a lickety-type list in his profile, cause he's sweet that way

10:24 pm

gremlinn

oops, I erased it already, but Une had it also

10:24 pm

pippingeek

well, it's on babanon too

10:25 pm

dcseain

i only started 25 min ago :)

10:25 pm

Atalante

certainly the case with a lot of art, pippin. and hi :)

10:25 pm

pippingeek

hi ata. sorry, i kind of geeked out there a little, i do that from time to time

10:25 pm

jillibus

hi ata -- like my triangle?

10:26 pm

Atalante

it's beeeaaaautiful!

10:26 pm

jillibus

it's interesting, pip

10:26 pm

gremlinn

Oh, I had never visited that site. Impressive number of views (almost a million).

10:26 pm

Atalante

isnt it an iris of some sort?

10:28 pm

jillibus

Maybe, ata -- that seems to be the general opinion

10:29 pm

jillibus

what site, grem? I guess I missed something

10:29 pm

gremlinn

Babblers Anonymous. I haven't clicked on all those links down there yet.

10:29 pm

pippingeek

huh. so i guess i missed all the grammy stuff since it's credits. morbid curiosity stifled...

10:31 pm

jillibus

Oh -- I haven't either, grem.

10:32 pm

gremlinn

I have clicked on one particular one a lot.

10:33 pm

pippingeek

i think a lot of us have!

10:33 pm

jillibus

10:34 pm

jillibus

or the flashing lights or the tossing of straight hair

10:35 pm

gremlinn

I rather like straight hair.

10:36 pm

pippingeek

too late for me to see what you're seeing, it's over where i am

10:36 pm

dcseain

naturally straight hair is rather fascinating to me, as my family's hair is very much not so.

10:36 pm

dcseain

hint for an8, pls?

10:37 pm

pippingeek

it's the same as the ac8

10:38 pm

gremlinn

it is a chemical word, derived from "anode electrolyte"

10:38 pm

dcseain

thanks

10:38 pm

pippingeek

i have baby fine stick straight hair, you can touch it as much as you like

10:38 pm

pippingeek

very soft and shiny and i don't even comb it (i keep it short)

10:38 pm

gremlinn

pippin: I can?

10:39 pm

pippingeek

people do all the time, what's a couple more?

10:39 pm

gremlinn

heheh

10:39 pm

Atalante

my hair refuses to do anything but be 100% straight

10:40 pm

jillibus

I have nothing against straight hair -- it's the tossing of masses of it so that it gets all tangled in the face that I don't enjoy -- Lady Gaga and BeyoncÃ© both did it -- new fad?

10:40 pm

gremlinn

I'm totally in line with that.

10:40 pm

pippingeek

exactly - did you have years of perms in the 80s too?

10:41 pm

gremlinn

I don't like hair getting tangled in anyone's face. But bangs are nice.

10:41 pm

dcseain

my hair naturally does what some people pay for a body wave to get.

10:41 pm

Atalante

I wish I could have done, my hair is so thick that it refuses to curl LOL

10:41 pm

jillibus

I think I'll change to the next icon theme ata chose -- Fractals in nature

10:41 pm

Jellen

Wish I had thick hair!

10:42 pm

pippingeek

i think we all wish we had different hair...

10:42 pm

Atalante

ata was just throwing suggestions out for sprite and she took the ones she liked :)

10:42 pm

Jellen

Not different, just more of it!

10:42 pm

Atalante

I *think* - Jilli - that that was a Japanese Iris of some variety

10:43 pm

Atalante

thick hair is lovely. until you want to a) plait it, b) curl it, c) do anything with it

10:43 pm

dcseain

have you tried a volumizing shampoo/conditioner, jellen?

10:43 pm

jillibus

Ata, I looked them up in Google but they didn't look the same. I wish the site where I found the image had identified it!

10:44 pm

Atalante

I found one or two Japanese ones that looked very similar, but none exactly the same

10:45 pm

jillibus

Jellen, I have fine, limp hair but recently the hairdresser used some "Curly Sexy Hair" on it and it does wonders for body (no obvious remarks, please, grem)

10:45 pm

Jellen

Oh yes, dc...my hair is just very thin and fine...

10:46 pm

gremlinn

I can't think of one anyway.

10:46 pm

jillibus

LOL, grem ;)

10:46 pm

Atalante

good thing Tor isn't here :)

10:46 pm

Jellen

:-)

10:47 pm

pippingeek

meh. bad movies make me sad.

10:47 pm

Jellen

At least I have more hair than Tim :-)

10:47 pm

Jellen

Me too, pipping!

10:48 pm

jillibus

He has his on the bottom of his face, right, jellen?

10:48 pm

Jellen

I mourn the time lost watching it and the resources wasted making it...

10:48 pm

Jellen

Yes, jilli

10:50 pm

pippingeek

pooning with a purring kitty kind of makes up for bad movie tho

10:50 pm

pippingeek

spooning, that is

10:50 pm

jillibus

brb with a new icon

10:51 pm

GeeGeeW

ac, an, co, cy, what are the other two 8s?

10:51 pm

Atalante

I wish kitties could make up for the horror of Twilight

10:51 pm

gremlinn

I recently introduced my cat to YouTube. She likes videos starring cats, birds, or ferrets.

10:51 pm

dcseain

la8

10:51 pm

dcseain

ha8

10:51 pm

GeeGeeW

ty

10:51 pm

pippingeek

there are 2 an8's

10:52 pm

pippingeek

my cat is utterly fascinated by vidoes with other cats talking

10:52 pm

pippingeek

twilight s beyond horror, i think it is one of dante's levels of hell

10:52 pm

dcseain

nope, one an8

10:52 pm

dcseain

other is ac8

10:53 pm

dcseain

2 an7, though

10:53 pm

gremlinn

3 an7

10:53 pm

Atalante

it has its own level of hell

10:53 pm

pippingeek

sorry, that's what i was thinking of. dumb pip!

10:55 pm

fruittart

Hi all! *waves* popping in for a few. Jilli -- I went looking up irises and I think the one you have is called 'White African Iris' ;-)

10:56 pm

Atalante

ooo yes, well done, fruittart!

10:57 pm

dcseain

well found, fruitttart

10:58 pm

PAV3

95 to go..brb, must take Joey out for his late walk first...

10:58 pm

dcseain

i need to be on the road about 6:30, so i must away for now. Good night and happy babbling, yall!

10:59 pm

Jellen

G'night, dc

10:59 pm

pippingeek

night dcseain

10:59 pm

fruittart

*passes out smiling snowman cookies all around* the husband is telling me I should off to bed or I will regret it in the morning. I know he's right, but resist . . .

11:00 pm

pippingeek

hey gremlinn, has your cat ever seen the simon's cat cartoons? mine likes them http://www.simonscat.com/index.html

11:01 pm

gremlinn

Haven't seen that, will look.

11:01 pm

stidmama

hey all

11:01 pm

stidmama

FRUITTART!!!! (((many many hugs)))

11:01 pm

stidmama

don't be a stranger, fruittart... *wistful mama look*

11:02 pm

Jellen

Hey, stid!

11:02 pm

pippingeek

stidmama!

11:02 pm

stidmama

I missed seain too, I see. *sigh* oh well. too many pink panther cartoons!

11:02 pm

fruittart

hi stid! I play a bit here and there but haven't been chatting much. Too many distractions to feel 'coherent'.

11:02 pm

gremlinn

Well, I don't know if she'll be able to recognize what's going on, but I'll show her one later.

11:03 pm

stidmama

ah, I understand that, fruittart. I am only here because my brain is frazzled from studying.

11:04 pm

fruittart

which classes are you taking this semester?

11:04 pm

pippingeek

ronia likes the sounds. the "fly guy"one is a great starter, with the buzzing. grabs attention right away

11:05 pm

stidmama

law and schooling, more learning theory, a once-a-week practicum in a real classroom, and workshops on teaching practice. :-D a full week!

11:05 pm

stidmama

I know they say actual student teaching is harder, but I am not sure how it could be more time consuming!

11:06 pm

fruittart

is the real classroom part the most fun for you?

11:06 pm

gremlinn

I was a teaching assistant in grad school, and that was enough for me. I don't think I'd be good at real teaching.

11:07 pm

stidmama

absolutely! LOL I MUCH prefer being in contact with the kids. that's the energizing day. Everything else is soul-draining.

11:07 pm

jillibus

fruittart -- I hope you're still here -- thanks for the White African Iris -- most of the pix don't look like my icon but a couple do so I guess that's what it is/was.

11:07 pm

Atalante

were you teaching undergrads, gremlinn?

11:07 pm

gremlinn

Yeah, in math, mostly first-year calculus.

11:07 pm

jillibus

New cion now (refresh)

11:07 pm

stidmama

I actually do pretty well with actual teaching, having done some unofficially as well as tutoring. But getting the additional ideas is nice too -- just wish they were more mixed in with actual practice.

11:07 pm

stidmama

hello jill

11:07 pm

jillibus

hi stid

11:08 pm

Atalante

oh yes ... that's a whole new level of hell LOL. when they don't even have to pay attention

11:08 pm

fruittart

I've had several friends who have gone the ed route and many describe the 'soul draining' part of theory courses. A necessary evil to get the piece of paper that lets you do what you are gifted at.

11:09 pm

fruittart

glad to help jilli :)

11:09 pm

stidmama

LOL fruittart! at least I am not the only one!

11:09 pm

gremlinn

Hurry up and change, Mr. Puzzle!

11:09 pm

stidmama

oops. *runs to PB and rummages for choclits*

11:09 pm

jillibus

stid -- granddaughter is now working on her MA and teaching full time too -- but she's 25 ;)

11:10 pm

stidmama

yep. about half my age. *grin* but don't let anyone know I said that!

11:10 pm

pippingeek

interesting, because i throve (thrived?) on the theory part of my ed classes, as much as i loved the teaching

11:11 pm

gremlinn

Thrivened.

11:12 pm

pippingeek

i thought of it as answering the question what schools/classes are for, and therefor what we want from teachers and students and curricula, all of which tells you what you want to do on monday morning because you know what your goals is (for you and them)

11:12 pm

jillibus

fruittart, your icon and flickr pix are making me hungry, and I'm on a diet!

11:12 pm

Atalante

I hated the teaching I had to do during my phd. Dreaded it every term!

11:12 pm

stidmama

*decides to not share sugar cookies the stidkids made with jill*

11:13 pm

jillibus

awww, stid!

11:13 pm

gremlinn

I was in the Ph.D. program, but I gave up and just got an MA - I didn't have any interest in pursuing research, and I wasn't cut out for teaching.

11:13 pm

PAV3

uh oh, what did I miss?

11:13 pm

herinfernallady

hello again. Back after doing borring chores

11:13 pm

jillibus

I was given all kinds of cookies and candy for Xmas!

11:14 pm

stidmama

I would share, jill, just they're um... not diet-ready!

11:14 pm

dalmatian5

can anyone give me a clue for the en 6/18 and is the en 7/28 plural?

11:14 pm

stidmama

hey lady!

11:14 pm

stidmama

hey PAV!

11:14 pm

Atalante

though actually I loved lecturing, I just hated teaching in practicals

11:14 pm

gremlinn

et 6/18 you mean?

11:14 pm

PAV3

yum! sugar cookies...I have my annual physical in two weeks...and I'll need to celebrate with something cuz I've lost about 25 lbs...

11:14 pm

gremlinn

e + sharp thing animals claw you with

11:14 pm

pippingeek

i loved most of the teaching, and am a definite theory geek, but didn't do well with the lack of structure at that level nor with all the paperwork and accountability teaching entails

11:15 pm

stidmama

you could celebrate with a movie... or a walk somewhere nice?

11:15 pm

jillibus

you, pav! I've only lost 16 so far.

11:15 pm

jillibus

mostly when I had that mild flu and didn't want food.

11:16 pm

stidmama

I am still trying to get my weight to stabilize... still losing slowly, and I don't want to lose any more. I decided that yesterday when I realized that almost everything I own is now too big.

11:16 pm

jillibus

(that was supposed to be "good for you, pav")

11:16 pm

stidmama

well done jill -- but don't go overboard!

11:16 pm

PAV3

I was thinking sugar treats, stid, but I do walk daily, in & out, up and down,

11:16 pm

herinfernallady

Hugs PAV

11:16 pm

PAV3

I understood Miss Jilli..ty

11:16 pm

Atalante

I lost about 50lb last year, and aim to do about half of that this year

11:17 pm

gremlinn

Theoretical question: if you weigh 205 pounds and are decapitated and your head weighed 5 pounds, does that count as losing 200 pounds or 5?

11:17 pm

jillibus

I wish I could shed another 10 or so.

11:17 pm

fruittart

well, if I get started now picking up things between here and my bedroom, I might make it to bed by midnight, so I'd best be off ;-) nice chatting with you all. *poof*

11:17 pm

stidmama

that is a HUGE amount of weight to lose Atalante!

11:17 pm

PAV3

I cut out most sugar from my diet and drinks...

11:17 pm

stidmama

LOL ((fruittart)) be well.

11:17 pm

Atalante

I was a good girl!!

11:17 pm

stidmama

ewww gremlinn!

11:17 pm

jillibus

grem, do you write for Stephen Wright?

11:18 pm

gremlinn

I think that the "you" is the head, so you're losing the 200.

11:18 pm

PAV3

are we chickens? grem, or human...?

11:18 pm

gremlinn

No, but I do write my own stuff.

11:18 pm

PAV3

cuz if we're chickens , we'd be losing the 5

11:19 pm

gremlinn

That'd be a pretty big chicken.

11:19 pm

stidmama

so, if I dump the body, I could eat all the choclit eclairs I want... *considers new alternative*

11:19 pm

herinfernallady

Ata I just read that you lost a lot of weight. First thought: wow what did hubby do.

11:19 pm

PAV3

well, you'd still not gain any weight, but you have much nourishment either...

11:20 pm

gremlinn

Yeah, eating at all would become quite difficult.

11:20 pm

Atalante

didn't notice, lol!!

11:20 pm

PAV3

*wouldn't have *

11:21 pm

herinfernallady

I just figured that cordial and soda water = fizzy drink no cals

11:21 pm

Atalante

I don't think he even once said anything flattering or encouraging

11:21 pm

herinfernallady

Ata I was hinting that you kind of dumped the hubby

11:21 pm

jillibus

no cals in the cordial, herin?

11:22 pm

Atalante

thats this year, herin :P

11:22 pm

stidmama

is he really that unkind and unsupportive atalante? *worried mama look*

11:23 pm

Atalante

yep. he just doesn't notice. it's not that he deliberately is mean, he just has other priorities

11:23 pm

stidmama

(((atalante))) well from my perspective, you look fine, of course!

11:23 pm

herinfernallady

Yes there is in Cordial Jill but it beats drinking coke

11:23 pm

herinfernallady

Gee Ata just knock me off my chair

11:24 pm

Atalante

which is why I've spent the last week or so trying to talk to OSU about research positions there ... :D

11:25 pm

stidmama

oooh atalante! *sending hopeful stern determined YES thoughts to everyone at OSU*

*you need to hire atalante*

11:25 pm

pippingeek

oooh, great people there, good luck!

11:26 pm

Atalante

they have a perfect fit research-wise. they do coastal zone management, practical and theory stuff. so hopefully ...

11:26 pm

PAV3

ok 1000 pts 89 left

11:26 pm

stidmama

go PAV go!

11:26 pm

jillibus

OSU? (parm my ignorance)

11:26 pm

gremlinn

1531 pts left, PAV

11:26 pm

stidmama

ORegon STate University

11:27 pm

jillibus

thanks, stid

11:27 pm

stidmama

stidkids and bluebird are going to sleep now... and Lucky is BORED TO TEARS

11:28 pm

stidmama

(he wanted you to know that)

11:28 pm

Atalante

hopefully they'd at least take me on as a visiting research fellow, that doesn't involve any money or real commitment on their end and gives me an official research position

11:28 pm

Atalante

pooooor Lucky

11:28 pm

pippingeek

oof, i am so tired. i feel compelled to ring in the flip but i don't see being able to actually find any words

11:28 pm

stidmama

I would love that atalante. I would really really love to have you nearby!

11:29 pm

stidmama

no worries about that pippin -- wanted to ask, were you in school in Tacoma/Seattle at some point? you said you used to live around here

11:29 pm

Atalante

it's all in the pipeline ... we're trying to sort out the practicalities now - especially visas *sigh*

11:29 pm

jillibus

(Interesting group on Grammys -- missed the name -- semi-electronic singing, if you get my drift)

11:29 pm

pippingeek

too bad i wasn't doing this when i still lived in tacoma, i would have loved to know more than one person when i was there

11:29 pm

GeeGeeW

clue on what the last 7 starts with please: ac, an x3; co, cy, en, et, ha, la x2; ta, and un.

11:30 pm

stidmama

LOL ... well you just have to come back and visit, pippin!

11:30 pm

pippingeek

i moved to wa after i dropped out of my phd program - spent 6 months in oly and 6 in tacoma and both were very bad for me

11:30 pm

stidmama

I am sorry you had a bad time here.

11:30 pm

gremlinn

so7, Gee

11:31 pm

pippingeek

but i have lots of great friends in seattle, i just couldn't see myself starting over again for the 3rd time in a year in an even more expensive city

11:31 pm

GeeGeeW

ty

11:31 pm

Atalante

would you have had a bad time wherever you were then? PhD programs tend to screw with the mind

11:31 pm

stidmama

yes, seattle's living expenses are prohibitive

11:31 pm

herinfernallady

Ata what about fur kids?

11:32 pm

pippingeek

i was a little screwed up, i will admit, but i think ultimately i am not buildt for the west coast. i found people to be less emotionally open with strangers than i am used to, and that the label of stranger lasts a lot longer

11:32 pm

Atalante

furkids are coming with me

11:32 pm

stidmama

yes! what about silverclaw and hobbit??? (how could I forget that)

11:32 pm

Atalante

I could never leave my Hobbit behind!!

11:32 pm

herinfernallady

yah

11:33 pm

herinfernallady

Will they get their own passports?

11:33 pm

stidmama

they can do that? isn't quarantine hard?

11:33 pm

Atalante

they have passports!
nope, no quarantine from UK -> US

11:33 pm

stidmama

oh! that is nice.

11:34 pm

stidmama

a long trip, but not a tremendously long separation.

11:34 pm

herinfernallady

Yah. My b.fs parents floormop dog has a passport

11:34 pm

Atalante

cos we have no rabies etc. all our animals are internationally accepted :)

11:34 pm

stidmama

passport? for critters? *shakes head*

11:34 pm

stidmama

NO rabies. wow.

11:35 pm

herinfernallady

Ata have you talked to hubby about this?

11:35 pm

Atalante

no rabies. the joy of being an island!

11:35 pm

herinfernallady

We don't have rabies here either

11:36 pm

herinfernallady

but we do have tiny little critters that kill

11:36 pm

jillibus

No rabies on this little island either

11:36 pm

stidmama

you have some rather "interesting" critters, lady

11:37 pm

stidmama

that's nice jill -- rabies is such a worrisome disease

11:37 pm

Atalante

we have no rabies, no deadly creatures! well, nothing properly deadly.

11:37 pm

herinfernallady

Proud to live here

11:37 pm

stidmama

no anymore, at least atalante -- didn't there used to be bears and wolves and lions in England?

11:38 pm

Atalante

wolves definitely in scotland

11:38 pm

jillibus

there were/are? wild boars in the UK

11:39 pm

herinfernallady

Paris had wolves

11:39 pm

Atalante

wild boar in ireland, I think

11:39 pm

Atalante

maybe UK too

11:40 pm

Atalante

we have a few things that can kill you. but you'd be unlucky to come across them - eg an adder can kill with it's venom, but youd generally have to be a very tiny child or an elderly person with heart problems to start with

11:40 pm

Atalante

most adder bites are just painful

11:41 pm

jillibus

hubby's ancestor in Wales c 1400 saved the King's life by shooting a wild boar and was granted lands in Ireland and a coat of arms with wild boars on it which I have.

11:41 pm

Atalante

the welsh king or english king?

11:42 pm

jillibus

English, I think -- could a Welsh king award lands in Ireland etc?

11:42 pm

herinfernallady

See Jill you need to right this stuff down.

11:43 pm

flosey

as in correctly?

11:43 pm

Atalante

I doubt the English king could!

11:43 pm

jillibus

I should take a picture of the family crest thing which I carved in wood.

11:43 pm

Atalante

but I'm not sure about whether we ever governed Ireland

11:43 pm

flosey

hi everyone, sorry herin, couldn't pass that one

11:44 pm

flosey

that would make an interesting icon jilli

11:44 pm

stidmama

the english kings granted lands in ireland for centuries, with no regard for the people who already lived there... it presaged the granting of lands in the americas with no regard for the people who already there.

11:44 pm

stidmama

started with king john, atalante, he was given ireland as his so he wouldn't be lackland anymore (or so I have heard)

11:45 pm

jillibus

hi flosey -- lovely fractal

11:45 pm

stidmama

hey flosey!

11:45 pm

flosey

ty jilli - yours too, and interesting story, yes, thanks

11:45 pm

flosey

hi stid

11:46 pm

jillibus

flosey, we lifted the same bit from wikipedia :)

11:46 pm

Atalante

lol that sounds about right!

11:46 pm

stidmama

I keep typing words like alcove and love and ... *sigh* down to 61 and seriously stuck

11:46 pm

flosey

yes, but I left more out

11:46 pm

herinfernallady

HI Flossey.

11:47 pm

pippingeek

this one was harder than it appeared at first, stid

11:47 pm

flosey

that's what my Dad called me herin

11:48 pm

herinfernallady

awww. Pardon my typo

11:48 pm

flosey

yes it was pippin

11:48 pm

Jellen

Une posted the list in her profile...also at Bab Anon

11:48 pm

herinfernallady

Pippin like the Run lola run ion

11:48 pm

herinfernallady

icon

11:48 pm

flosey

no problem herin, I rather liked it

11:48 pm

pippingeek

ty!

11:48 pm

Atalante

The papal bull Laudabiliter of Pope Adrian IV, a native of Hertfordshire, England, was decreed in 1155. It granted the Angevin King Henry II of England who ruled from Anjou in France, the title Dominus Hibernae. Laudabiliter enabled the king to invade Ireland, in order to bring the country into the European sphere. In return, Henry was required to remit a penny per hearth of the tax roll to the Pope.

11:48 pm

stidmama

I am not going to list, too hard for me to run back and forth these days. but thanks

11:49 pm

Jellen

Ahh...just thought you might want the option...

11:50 pm

flosey

Jilli, did David take that picture?

11:50 pm

jillibus

Interesting, ata

11:50 pm

stidmama

thanks atalante, that squares with my recollection

11:50 pm

Atalante

our 1 English pope :)

11:50 pm

stidmama

yes, options are nice jellen! how are you? is the weather getting any better?

11:51 pm

jillibus

my icon? No, flosey. He works in black and white -- very rarely, recently, in a bit of colour

11:51 pm

PAV3

ok > 100 words found, > 1000 points, so am off to do bad things...we'll see y'all on the weekend next..ciao!

11:51 pm

pippingeek

enjoy!

11:51 pm

flosey

ah, interesting, but it is a clever pic

11:52 pm

jillibus

bad things, pav? Have fun!

11:52 pm

stidmama

well done PAV! see you again next weekend!

11:52 pm

herinfernallady

Pippin random fact the guy I flatted with is related somehow to the music producer of the film

11:53 pm

pippingeek

oh cool, i love random stuff like that

11:55 pm

herinfernallady

I was living with him when it came out. Good movie

11:56 pm

jillibus

big lag here

11:56 pm

herinfernallady

I want a veeeeery large grid please

11:56 pm

flosey

I don't, thankyou

11:56 pm

gremlinn

999 words, please

11:57 pm

flosey

grem, wash your mouth out with soap

11:57 pm

herinfernallady

I second that Gremlin. THis is my last week to play

11:57 pm

flosey

oh, ok then herin, you can have it

11:58 pm

flosey

I might have to pass

11:58 pm

herinfernallady

By the way Pip I have to disagree with you not wanting to become a Professor. my cousin is on her way to doing that and said its great excuse to dress badly

11:58 pm

jillibus

why is it your last week, herin?

11:59 pm

herinfernallady

Classses start up next monday

11:59 pm

pippingeek

that was one of the things that appealed to me too, but the other issues proved insurmountable

11:59 pm

stidmama

I want 56 words for the new grid

11:59 pm

herinfernallady

Sometimes things happen

11:59 pm

jillibus

Oh, I see

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