Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, February 11, 2010

12:00 am

jillibus

hahahaha!

12:00 am

Digby the Westie

flip!

12:00 am

Jellen

flip

12:00 am

dcseain

flop!

12:00 am

Book Doctor Gwen

okay, which of you sick minkeys bet on THAT number?

12:00 am

gremlinn

th 8

12:00 am

pugmama763

TR7

12:01 am

Book Doctor Gwen

LOLOL monkeys that is

12:01 am

MLFAN17

what number?

12:01 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ta6

12:01 am

dcseain

69 today, mlf

12:02 am

melonheadjujube

hi!

12:02 am

MLFAN17

dc how are you liking the snow?

12:02 am

jillibus

hi melon

12:03 am

dcseain

eh. rather tired of it. i only excavated 1 car today. I'll bother with the other tomorrow. or after Monday's snow

12:03 am

cybernan

a 5 minute exercise for grem!

12:03 am

Book Doctor Gwen

re6

12:03 am

dcseain

my the th8 was easy

12:03 am

MLFAN17

how much did you get today dc?

12:04 am

MLFAN17

i like the photos by the way dc:)

12:04 am

dcseain

another 10 inches out here by me

12:04 am

dcseain

thanks, Tom actually took most of those

12:04 am

melonheadjujube

phantom: acrimont

12:05 am

melonheadjujube

acrimony!

12:05 am

MLFAN17

we didnt get any snow here today but re expecting something about the same time you are

12:05 am

joshuavorbis

hi and nbt

12:05 am

dcseain

i forget, you're in NC, mlf?

12:05 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:05 am

MLFAN17

yes i am dc

12:05 am

gremlinn

they are up!

12:06 am

dcseain

thanks, lickety

12:06 am

melonheadjujube

wow josh

12:06 am

MLFAN17

i know the southern part of va got hit with snow as did the areas below that in NC

12:06 am

Book Doctor Gwen

finally found the th8, nice one

12:06 am

jillibus

YAY for Lickety!!!

12:06 am

dcseain

how odd that it went around you, mlf

12:06 am

joshuavorbis

mlf - i am also in nc - where in nc are you

12:06 am

Book Doctor Gwen

we got some snow today, nothing to scream about tho (detroit)

12:07 am

MLFAN17

dc its strange where we live we have gotten snow or rain etc BUT the areas AROUND us get worse

12:07 am

melonheadjujube

bottom row grey :D

12:07 am

dcseain

it has indeed ben a weird winter

12:07 am

Book Doctor Gwen

mine too just now

12:07 am

MLFAN17

its kind of disappointing we sure did have a lot wind today though!

12:07 am

MLFAN17

dc people have been without power here for days

12:08 am

joshuavorbis

mlf - did you have crazy wind last night and this morn?

12:08 am

dcseain

it's still windy here.

12:08 am

joshuavorbis

nevermind, i see you just mentioned it

12:08 am

dcseain

been a week w/no power for some around here

12:08 am

Book Doctor Gwen

right side done woot

12:08 am

MLFAN17

winds are supposed to die down tomorrow

12:08 am

MLFAN17

here

12:08 am

dcseain

i sure hope so. the snow stings blown around like that

12:09 am

joshuavorbis

i forget where your home base is

12:09 am

jillibus

bottom row greyed here too

12:09 am

joshuavorbis

phantom ratatat

12:09 am

melonheadjujube

NBT

12:10 am

MLFAN17

dc yeah not fun my hubby said thta it was really cold out there tonight with the wind the weather men said it woudl feel about 30 or so degrees colder with the wind then the actual temp

12:10 am

flosey

missed flip!

12:10 am

MLFAN17

josh how bad si the snow where you are since its not that far from me?

12:11 am

dcseain

hi, flosey

12:11 am

joshuavorbis

haven't seen a flake since a couple of weeks ago the last big storm

12:11 am

melonheadjujube

I'm going to bed - had a bug all week & shouldn't be up. nite all {pouf}

12:11 am

jillibus

hi flosey :)

12:11 am

dcseain

rest well, and feel better, melon

12:11 am

jillibus

night melon -- get better!

12:11 am

Book Doctor Gwen

plenty of fluids, jujube!!

12:11 am

MLFAN17

really josh? how did your area get that lucky?lol

12:12 am

joshuavorbis

dunno - i'm not complaining. snow here turns drivers into hippopotamuses

12:12 am

jillibus

1 bt -- the R on the right

12:13 am

joshuavorbis

jilli - all of them start with the same 4 letters, if you added an e to the beginning it would be a verb for putting up a building

12:13 am

MLFAN17

lol josh.. yeah people start to freak out. we were lucky here and even with the winds being as high as they were wwe only lost power for a short time

12:13 am

cybernan

a's on left are blank for me -- hate a's

12:13 am

Minveryork

I'm stopping at 40 words & 347 points.Hasta manana!

12:13 am

jillibus

ty josh

12:14 am

MLFAN17

cyber for some reason when i am looking at a grid for words the A words elude me for the longest time

12:14 am

jillibus

NBT

12:14 am

Book Doctor Gwen

down to 27 left, gonna stop there. nighty nights all POINK

12:14 am

jillibus

bye min!

12:14 am

jillibus

night gwen!

12:14 am

joshuavorbis

gwen - i think that is because 80% of a words are really strange

12:14 am

flosey

very attractive icon jilli

12:14 am

Douglas

Nighty-night min!

12:14 am

joshuavorbis

sorry i mean mlfan17

12:15 am

jillibus

thanks, flosey -- I almost used yours!

12:15 am

cybernan

25 to go

12:15 am

MLFAN17

josh that could be

12:15 am

rururocks

9 left here

12:16 am

MLFAN17

okay i got 11 words i am out poof

12:16 am

joshuavorbis

13 left here - but i don't have a 7 yet

12:16 am

gremlinn

fireworks

12:17 am

jillibus

flosey -- yours is a "detail from the Aberdeen Bestiary", according to Wikipedia.

12:17 am

jillibus

YAY gremlinn!!!

12:17 am

flosey

ah, thanks jilli, just took the first one I came across

12:18 am

cybernan

nbt

12:18 am

jillibus

wtg nan!

12:19 am

Jellen

nbt

12:19 am

Douglas

You most indisputably rock, grem!

12:19 am

jillibus

wtg jellen!

12:19 am

gremlinn

phant mirza

12:19 am

jillibus

hi douglas

12:19 am

cybernan

12 to go -- time to list

12:19 am

gremlinn

had help today, Douglas!

12:20 am

jillibus

Lickety help, grem?

12:20 am

gremlinn

yep

12:21 am

flosey

is Lickety up?

12:21 am

Douglas

Hello jilli

12:21 am

Douglas

Hello jilli!

12:21 am

gremlinn

it is up

12:21 am

jillibus

yes, flosey

12:21 am

flosey

thanks jilli

12:26 am

Douglas

This is a great Babblet grid

12:27 am

jillibus

over halfway

12:27 am

dcseain

it's funny. i've one guy i know who ping me now and again for dating advice. Maybe i should introduce him to some of my female friends.

12:27 am

dcseain

hi, douglas

12:27 am

cybernan

*!* ta da *!*

12:27 am

dcseain

congrats, nan

12:27 am

jillibus

YAY nan!!!

12:27 am

cybernan

that was short and sweet

12:28 am

Rows

congrats :0

12:28 am

Rows

:)

12:28 am

Douglas

*Bows to nan's most excellent awesomeness*

12:28 am

cybernan

see you tomorrow everyone -- have a great day :)

12:29 am

dcseain

g'night nan

12:29 am

Douglas

Hello dc...You should, you should

12:29 am

joshuavorbis

4 left, and i got my 7's

12:29 am

jillibus

night nan!

12:29 am

jillibus

wtg josh

12:30 am

flosey

nbt

12:31 am

joshuavorbis

wow, when in doubt add a letter to a word you already have, on this grid

12:31 am

Rows

hmm the ao5 is stumping me

12:32 am

rururocks

(heart)

12:32 am

jillibus

wtg flosey

12:32 am

Douglas

The ao5 only appears in crossword puzzles about three times a week

12:32 am

Rows

oh lol

12:32 am

Rows

that was a perfect clue

12:32 am

rururocks

the ac 5/16 is throwing me

12:32 am

Rows

hahaha

12:32 am

Rows

how did i miss that?

12:33 am

jillibus

you don't want an aneurysm in your ao5

12:33 am

joshuavorbis

ding, grid is done

12:33 am

Rows

ruru, ac + what you speak into when you want your voice to be louder

12:33 am

jillibus

YAY josh

12:33 am

joshuavorbis

ac5 sounds like an adjective, ruru

12:33 am

rururocks

thanks..

12:33 am

jillibus

ty rows

12:34 am

rururocks

just need the ta7/28 now

12:34 am

joshuavorbis

add a letter to a word you already have, ruru :)

12:34 am

joshuavorbis

just add it in the middle somewhere

12:35 am

rururocks

bingo!!!!!!!!

12:35 am

rururocks

thanks

12:35 am

jillibus

YAY ruru!!!

12:36 am

anike

To do with your heart rows

12:36 am

Douglas

Good for you, ruru!

12:37 am

jillibus

oh, good for me -- got the th8 all seffins

12:37 am

Rows

i got it already, thanks anike

12:37 am

joshuavorbis

good job, jilli - not an easy one to suss out

12:38 am

anike

To do with your heart rows

12:38 am

joshuavorbis

somebody reboot anike

12:38 am

jillibus

josh, I had a friend whose name was the first 5 letters

12:40 am

Rows

ci5?

12:40 am

Rows

so confused about this one

12:40 am

joshuavorbis

latin

12:41 am

Rows

...

12:41 am

anike

Computer going very slowly - have just refreshed so hope for some improvement

12:41 am

jillibus

hi anike

12:41 am

dcseain

ca 1915 is the ci5

12:41 am

Rows

uh

12:41 am

Rows

not understanding that clue

12:42 am

jillibus

ci5 -- about...

12:42 am

Douglas

Missed opportunity for a great clue using "somewhere around" for ci5

12:42 am

joshuavorbis

it's a latin word. i don't want to give too much away

12:42 am

Rows

ah, got it jilli

12:42 am

Rows

thanks

12:42 am

jillibus

hooray, rows!

12:42 am

Rows

i'd been looking at the wrong c

12:43 am

dcseain

i'm too tired. so, 32 for the morrow

12:43 am

dcseain

good night / day and happy babbling, yall!

12:43 am

jillibus

night dc, hope the snow melts quickly

12:43 am

dcseain

{poof}

12:45 am

Douglas

The horta, that silicon thingy from the Star Trek TOS episode, Devil in the Dark, is in the grid

12:45 am

jillibus

14 to go...

12:45 am

Douglas

NBT - woohoo!

12:46 am

Rows

argh now the first ha4 is stumping me

12:46 am

Rows

seems like i've tried all combos

12:46 am

jillibus

wtg doug!

12:47 am

jillibus

rows, since I've been reading Rebus books, set in Scotland, I know that ha4 word is a sort of mist

12:47 am

jillibus

ha4 contains a dbl vowel

12:47 am

Rows

well i haven't been reading those books, unfortunately

12:47 am

Rows

but jilli, that helped :)

12:48 am

Rows

i have to wonder sometimes how some of these things are considered English words

12:48 am

jillibus

good!

12:48 am

jillibus

some of them don't even pretend to be English.

12:49 am

Douglas

We need a version of Babble where the dictionary is more flexible

12:49 am

Rows

it's kind of silly, really

12:49 am

Rows

i speak Spanish and it would be nice if at least the Spanish words i happen to find at times would work

12:51 am

Gadget

I get the impression this grid sucks?

12:51 am

jillibus

I find lots of French words that don't work -- but then some do. No consistency whatsoever

12:51 am

pugmama763

need a nudge on TA7 please ? last word & want to go to bed......

12:51 am

jillibus

no, gadget, it's really quite nice.

12:51 am

Rows

i don't know it either

12:52 am

jillibus

haven't got ta7 yet

12:52 am

pugmama763

crap hate to pack it in with only 1 left. poop!

12:53 am

Rows

ooh i just got it

12:53 am

Rows

um

12:53 am

Rows

not sure how to describe it

12:53 am

Rows

ta + consonant + Irish girls' name?

12:54 am

FMitch

t + picnic pest + opera song - a vowel

12:54 am

rururocks

t + picnic pest + trains run on ***cks

12:54 am

FMitch

Morning/ evening all

12:54 am

jillibus

Myfanwy?

12:54 am

FMitch

lol

12:54 am

flosey

thanks ru

12:54 am

Rows

ruru that was the ta6

12:55 am

rururocks

t + picnic pest + vowell + ***cks

12:55 am

jillibus

ty ruru

12:55 am

pugmama763

tyes that the 6

12:55 am

rururocks

HI FM

12:55 am

flosey

fireworks

12:55 am

rururocks

I heard a cute superbowl joke.

12:55 am

FMitch

Hi ruru, we think along the same lines :)

12:55 am

FMitch

Congrats flosey!

12:55 am

flosey

so much easier with Lickety

12:55 am

jillibus

aha, go the 7 -- think Gilbert and Sullivan

12:56 am

jillibus

WOW flosey!!!

12:56 am

pugmama763

yahoo flosey!!!

12:56 am

jillibus

Hi FM :)

12:57 am

FMitch

HAve done the grid and soduku and topped up the bird feeders, deiced the bird bath, done email and written my to do list and shopping list - amazing what you can get done when you wake up at 4.30 :(

12:57 am

Douglas

Congrats flosey!

12:57 am

flosey

so now off to bed, goodnight all

12:57 am

FMitch

Evening jilli

12:57 am

Atalante

now go back to bed for an hour or two, FM!

12:57 am

flosey

tyty everyone

12:57 am

FMitch

Morning Ata :)

12:57 am

jillibus

ugh, FM! If I were to wake up at 4:30 I'd go back to bed.

12:58 am

Rows

10 left...

12:58 am

rururocks

A man had 50 yard line tickets for the Super Bowl.

As he sits down, a man comes by and asks if anyone is sitting in the seat next to him.

"No," he says, "The seat is empty."

"This is incredible," said the man. "Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the Super Bowl, the biggest sporting event in America , and not use it."

He says, "Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away. This is the first Super Bowl we haven't been to together since we got married in 1967."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible. But couldn't you find someone else -- a friend, relative, or neighbor to take the seat?"

The man sadly shakes his head, "No, they're all at the funeral."

A man had 50 yard line tickets for the Super Bowl.

As he sits down, a man comes by and asks if anyone is sitting in the seat next to him.

"No," he says, "The seat is empty."

"This is incredible," said the man. "Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the Super Bowl, the biggest sporting event in America , and not use it."

He says, "Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away. This is the first Super Bowl we haven't been to together since we got married in 1967."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible. But couldn't you find someone else -- a friend, relative, or neighbor to take the seat?"

The man sadly shakes his head, "No, they're all at the funeral."

A man had 50 yard line tickets for the Super Bowl.

As he sits down, a man comes by and asks if anyone is sitting in the seat next to him.

"No," he says, "The seat is empty."

"This is incredible," said the man. "Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the Super Bowl, the biggest sporting event in America , and not use it."

He says, "Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away. This is the first Super Bowl we haven't been to together since we got married in 1967."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible. But couldn't you find someone else -- a friend, relative, or neighbor to take the seat?"

The man sadly shakes his head, "No, they're all at the funeral."

A man had 50 yard line tickets for the Super Bowl.

As he sits down, a man comes by and asks if anyone is sitting in the seat next to him.

"No," he says, "The seat is empty."

"This is incredible," said the man. "Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the Super Bowl, the biggest sporting event in America , and not use it."

He says, "Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away. This is the first Super Bowl we haven't been to together since we got married in 1967."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible. But couldn't you find someone else -- a friend, relative, or neighbor to take the seat?"

The man sadly shakes his head, "No, they're all at the funeral."

12:58 am

rururocks

oh crap.. I did it three times. sorry

12:58 am

Douglas

Ba-dump-psst!

12:58 am

jillibus

Oh ruru! Can't help laughing at that!

12:59 am

FMitch

LOL

12:59 am

jillibus

I think I heard something similar about a golfer some time ago

12:59 am

pugmama763

still not getting that stupid Ta 7

12:59 am

flosey

yes, me too jilli

12:59 am

rururocks

Pugs:

12:59 am

Atalante

ta7 - sun ta* + estate in gone with the wind

1:00 am

flosey

with his hat over his heart as the funeral procession passes the golf course

1:00 am

pugmama763

tyvm Ata

1:00 am

FMitch

oh that is a good clue Ata

1:00 am

rururocks

T + picnic pest + vowell + a train runs on its ***cks

1:00 am

jillibus

pug -- what you get from the sun + Scarlett O'Haras's house

1:00 am

pugmama763

nice ez clue for the brain dead

1:00 am

jillibus

great minds, ata

1:00 am

Atalante

I was going to say that earlier, but figured you all could manage by yourselves. Obviously not :P

1:00 am

Rows

8 left

1:01 am

pugmama763

all done and off to bed

1:01 am

pugmama763

Happy Babbling all

1:01 am

flosey

wtg pugs

1:01 am

FMitch

Bye pug

1:03 am

jillibus

YAY pugs and g'night!!!

1:03 am

Atalante

meant to be going to kent wildlife trust today. not sure how sensible an idea it is with weather from hell

1:03 am

Rows

fireworks! :)

1:04 am

jillibus

YAY rows!!!

1:04 am

Rows

:D

1:04 am

Douglas

Yay Rows!

1:04 am

Rows

okay i'm off to watch tv with the bf

1:04 am

FMitch

Don't then Ata, no point in risking it if not really necessary.

1:04 am

Rows

goodnight all!

1:04 am

Douglas

Handing bananas to monkeys for finding an4

1:04 am

Atalante

but the main roads are completely clear, it's just windy and rainy now

1:04 am

Atalante

and I *want* to go LOL

1:05 am

jillibus

bye rows

1:05 am

rururocks

bye for now..night all

1:05 am

FMitch

Oh in which case just wrap up warm and waterproof and enjoy :)

1:05 am

jillibus

bye ruru

1:05 am

FMitch

Bye ruru and Rows

1:06 am

Atalante

AND husband is still ill here :P

1:06 am

FMitch

and still dying?

1:06 am

Atalante

even more so. he's officially ill now. dr gave him antibiotics

1:07 am

FMitch

oh dear.

1:07 am

Atalante

even though he has no temperature or anything, and she didn't even tell him what was infected. stupid woman

1:08 am

anike

fireworks

1:08 am

jillibus

YAY anike!!!

1:08 am

FMitch

Congrats anike!

1:08 am

Atalante

yay anike!

1:09 am

FMitch

Time for breakfast I think, back in a while.

1:10 am

anike

Ty all - computer keeps freezing so will log out foe today

1:11 am

jillibus

too bad, anike, but at least it let you finish :)

1:11 am

Andree

hi everyone

1:12 am

Atalante

hi andree

1:12 am

jillibus

* * fireworks * *

1:13 am

jillibus

hi andree

1:13 am

Atalante

yay jilli

1:13 am

Andree

yay jilli

1:15 am

Andree

has this baby got teeth?

1:16 am

Atalante

a few baby ones

1:26 am

jillibus

I'm here off and on for a bit if you need clues

1:29 am

Andree

at7 jilli if you are still about

1:31 am

dizgrannie

andree, at 7 think magnet

1:32 am

dizgrannie

thor

1:32 am

dizgrannie

haha not a word

1:33 am

jillibus

sorry -- had gone to FB -- at + religious pamphlet

1:33 am

Andree

thx diz

1:33 am

Andree

thx jilli

1:34 am

jillibus

yw, although unnecessary, methinks

1:35 am

jillibus

diz, stretch that thor

1:49 am

dizgrannie

thx jilli

1:49 am

millsbooks

good morning all.....any list anywhere ?

1:53 am

helensgirlkid

Lickety is up!

1:53 am

millsbooks

ok ty

1:55 am

jillibus

Time for bed here -- happy babbling all!

1:58 am

jillibus

and *poof*

2:11 am

dizgrannie

nite jilli

2:39 am

dizgrannie

geez did I put everyone off?

2:40 am

Christine

They're all sleeping, I guess.

2:41 am

dizgrannie

Hi Christine, only 7:40 pm here on Oz

2:41 am

dizgrannie

on = in

2:41 am

Andree

i'm still here

2:42 am

Christine

12:41am in Los Angeles.

2:42 am

dizgrannie

4 left for me

2:42 am

Andree

22 left here

2:43 am

Christine

Just started, about 20 mins. and have only 30 words ... not yet halfway.

2:53 am

dizgrannie

woo hooo firewords!!!!!

2:53 am

Andree

yay diz

2:53 am

Christine

Yay for you !!!

2:54 am

dizgrannie

must be one of the quickest I've done...

2:54 am

Christine

I still need 32

2:55 am

Christine

arant

2:55 am

Christine

od rats.

3:07 am

Christine

Still need 26, so I think I need a cuppa, to nudge the old braincells.

3:33 am

rubyfoo

tiny grid, smallest one I've seen in my 2 months experience (still a tyro!) Good morning everybody

3:34 am

ursh

hello ruby - i am done so will get on with day

3:34 am

FMitch

Morning ruby, it is small but nice reckon you should be able to finish it.

3:35 am

rubyfoo

you are finished? how long did it take you?

3:35 am

rubyfoo

GM FM, if yes, it will be a first!

3:35 am

ursh

oh on and off about 2 hours

3:36 am

FMitch

Lots of people have already finished which means the chat might be quiet but there are some good clues if you need them back in the chat ruby.
Hi ursh

3:38 am

FMitch

Im just getting ready to go out so will wish you good luck ruby. Bye for now.

3:39 am

lynxxx

Bye FM. Hello everyone

3:39 am

rubyfoo

after I go through it once on my own, I'll go through the chat for clues. Then, unfortunately, I have to cook. Trying to make a borscht today. I've made it well in the past but the last time it was so awful (after hours of work), that I had to dump the whole thing!

3:42 am

dizgrannie

ruby, is borscht, beetroot soup?

3:43 am

rubyfoo

yes, with beef ribs, a little bit of cabbage, onions and tomato paste. Wonderful for cold weather if well made but mine will be ify!\

3:44 am

rubyfoo

dh on phone -- from upstairs!!!! annoying

3:45 am

rubyfoo

this grid is very hard!!!

3:45 am

dizgrannie

sounds delis

3:46 am

dizgrannie

need any clue and I'll try to help

3:46 am

rubyfoo

when other people make it, it is. I'll let you know with mine. Winter is back with a vengeance! VERY cold today

3:47 am

dizgrannie

very HOT today.....big difference

3:47 am

rubyfoo

have you ever had snow?

3:48 am

Christine

Rubyfoo, there's a good recipe for borscht on thyme2.typepad.com, February 1. It's listed in the right-hand column.

3:48 am

dizgrannie

nah. seen it a few times but not in my airier

3:48 am

dizgrannie

area....derrr

3:48 am

rubyfoo

I don't go out of the house much, so don't mind the snow. But DH keeps the house too hot and it's very annoying and oppressive.

3:49 am

Christine

Your airier what?

3:49 am

rubyfoo

airier sounds good! maybe from Boston!

3:49 am

rubyfoo

or a kind of dog?

3:49 am

rubyfoo

portmanteau word for terrier and airedale?

3:50 am

Christine

Big ol' scar under my eyebrow from an Airdale, but I do still love 'em.

3:51 am

rubyfoo

oof, how old were you?

3:51 am

Christine

0ooo,

3:51 am

Christine

0ooo,

3:51 am

Christine

pork Chop Hill" is on the television.

3:52 am

rubyfoo

don't know that movie

3:53 am

Christine

I was about seven, and it was my own fault, in a way. We were always taught to ask the dog's "Mum" before we touched it, and I didn't. I just bent over to stroke him, as his owner moved, and the dog snapped - his owner said the dog thought I was attacking her.

3:54 am

dizgrannie

Pork Cop Hill pretty sure its Clint Eastwood

3:54 am

rubyfoo

likely story! I've only known two airedales and they were sweet but dumb and one of them ultimately drowned in the family pool!

3:54 am

dizgrannie

cop=cHop

3:55 am

rubyfoo

we've had 5 chow chows over the years, and even with their terrible reputations, none of them has ever bitten anybody!

3:55 am

Christine

During the Korean War, the hill was considered worthless, but "they" insisted on the American troops taking and holding it. Gregory Peck is in the film. I used to work with his son - a brat if ever there was one.

3:55 am

rubyfoo

cop chop shop - where corrupt police sell impounded vehicles

3:56 am

rubyfoo

grteat at jeux de mots, poop at babble! lol

3:56 am

Christine

The dog was really a sweetie - I'd petted him before (and after) so perhaps he was spooked.

3:57 am

Christine

We had a toy poodle who savaged a hulking great German Shepherd (his head was larger than our little one), because she was defending my daughter.

3:58 am

rubyfoo

that is a nice story. I think my female would kill anybody who laid a hand on me, but, hopefully, I'll never know....

4:01 am

rubyfoo

hah, half!!

4:01 am

rubyfoo

yay

4:01 am

Christine

DD wasabout 3 1/2, and we were walking. Girl Puppy (her love name) sat on DD's feet, and backed up to get her away from the biiiiig dog, and the idiot wit the other dog thought that was funn - and said sic, or somesuch to his dog, who lunged at DD and the puppy.

4:03 am

Christine

Our poodle/giant killer hung on to the other dog's throat, growling what she'd do to him when she let go, while the youth was almost in tears that his dog was being hurt.

4:04 am

rubyfoo

I hope the shepherd was badly injured! With our old chow, Rufus (now deceased), who was a real gentleman, a shepherd, off leash, attacked him (on leash). The shepherd outweighed him by a good 20 lbs and Rufus had him down by the throat in a heatbeat, stook there looking at my husband for permission to kill the other dog. After that, the shepherd would pass our house on his belly, slithering like a furry snake

4:04 am

rubyfoo

I guess the throat is the vulnerable part!

4:05 am

Christine

They know they must defend their family. My parent

4:05 am

rubyfoo

I call Max Puppy Boy and Ruby Puppy Girl and they weigh more than 70 lbs!

4:06 am

Christine

My parent's had a pitbull who thought he was a lapdog - until someone looked twice at his family, then he became very still, and could-be-scary, if you didn't know him for the softie he really was.

4:06 am

herinfernallady

HEllo

4:07 am

rubyfoo

hello lady!

4:07 am

rubyfoo

I think pitbulls have beautiful heads but I've never known one. Not popular here, like chows, the French think they're dangerous

4:08 am

rubyfoo

this is a funny grid, hard, but it slowly seems to reveal itself

4:09 am

Christine

Then-husband pointed out our gir's pedigree was longer and more impressive than ours, but she was Girl Puppy and her litter-brother was Boy Puppy. In my friend's divorce, each took one of the pups, and she kept the Mother. Later, after another house move, she couldn't keep both dogs, so she gabe the puppy to DD. We had her until she was 13, and breast cancer took her from us. Thirty three years later, she's still in our memories, and part of many conversations.

4:10 am

herinfernallady

I have the best good dog story. My friend owns 3 very large dogs. She ordered a pizza and the dumb arse pizza guy tried to open the screen door and her dogs, two who are trained in security, one is a Douge and the other is a Belgium Shephard stalked to the door then did the HI. My friend says she swears the dogs would have pinned the guy to the ground then barked. Mr Pizza guy would have had to changed his shorts

4:10 am

rubyfoo

dogs enter your hearts and when they leave us, that part is still theirs!

4:11 am

Christine

Some owners of pitbulls are dangerous. My G.Grandfather bred pitbulls and Staffordshire pits. Dangerous only if trained by bad guys.

4:11 am

rubyfoo

I completely agree with that, Christine, it's the owners who ruin the dogs. I've seen people here kick their dogs!

4:12 am

rubyfoo

lady, I'm surprised they didn't eat the pizza!

4:12 am

herinfernallady

My friend has been abused for starving her dog when its the dog breed

4:12 am

rubyfoo

Max has mange but certainly hasn't been neglected!!!

4:13 am

herinfernallady

No Ruby they are very well trained in not touching the human food.

4:13 am

rubyfoo

I have to go and cook, will work on this some more after lunch

4:13 am

herinfernallady

Loves Ruby. Hi Christine

4:13 am

rubyfoo

My first chow was an inveterate food-snithc

4:13 am

rubyfoo

snitch

4:13 am

rubyfoo

ciao, chow chow

4:14 am

rbud

hi, all - my hubby used to have a pit bull that would quietly let intruders break into the house, but then wouldn't let them back out, lol! Caught a thief that way once.

4:15 am

Christine

Herinfernallady - looked up Douge - urban definition is marijuana.

4:16 am

Christine

But there was an entry for Dogue de Bordeaus - a mastiff type. Ain't typos great?

4:17 am

Christine

Bordeaux - silly gremlins.

4:19 am

herinfernallady

Yes and we call him a dDouge

4:19 am

herinfernallady

Yes he is a mastiff. He is fantastic

4:21 am

Christine

A pub near my parent's house had two mastiff that were supposed to be guard dogs, but during opening hours, they roamed the garden, and kids would pet them. My Dad tried to explain to the owners you were supposed to keep them away during the day, so that they'd know the pub was the workplace at night. But the owners said they felt mean keeping the dogs and kids apart.

4:22 am

herinfernallady

Hi Rbud

4:23 am

herinfernallady

Christine My friends mastiff is a big sook. Her other dog is meant to be vicious but she is my lap dog

4:24 am

herinfernallady

The mastiff is awesome

4:25 am

Christine

I figure that's why God invented locks and alarm systems, to keep out the bad guys -- and we could continue to keep our dogs as pets.

4:26 am

herinfernallady

Well her 3 dogs are trained as security. More so the Belgium and the Douge the Rotti is too inbred to be smart

4:26 am

Christine

I remember one of the pub's dogs leaning against me, and almost upending me.

4:27 am

herinfernallady

All 3 are rescues.

4:28 am

Christine

One of my nieces had a Rottweiler and a Pitbull. We have a lovely photo ofthe baby lying with his head on one forepaw, while the other was over the baby's chest. The baby was fast asleep.

4:28 am

Christine

One of the bad things about living in an apartment - no petas.

4:29 am

Christine

Not even a pet!

4:32 am

herinfernallady

Wow. My next door neighbour paid a dog bond to have their dog

4:35 am

Christine

DD thinks I should get a dog so that I'll walkj each day (I'm very lazy), and if I got a letter from my doctor stating I needed the dog for health reasons, the owner would have to allow it. One neighbor has one for this reason, but another, who just brought in a dog and started breeding it, had to get rid of it. The thought of sending an animal to the pound sends shivers.

4:36 am

Christine

Bloody gremlins are having a field day, screwing with my spelling.

4:37 am

herinfernallady

we had flash floding today

4:38 am

Christine

Was it near last year's burn sites?

4:38 am

herinfernallady

I am damn irritated that my teacher wouldn't let me out

4:39 am

herinfernallady

Not sure Christine

4:42 am

Christine

This year's fires are one of the reasons for our floods. The fires leave a greasy surface to the ground, the rain can't penetrate, and just slides off. There was a shot of a cachebasin that was so full of mud, the drain pipe, which stands 8.5* was buried in the center of the basin. Fortunately, we've had a few dry days, and the mud dried enough that the frontloaders could scoop it. Now they need to find a place to dispose of it.

4:44 am

herinfernallady

We have had sod all rain

4:46 am

Christine

We're at about 50% over 'normal' rainfall for this year, but after so many years of drought, there's still not enough in store for the coming years. And no-one remembers when was the last 'normal' year.

4:47 am

Christine

hink we're the only two still awake.

4:47 am

Christine

I even THINK so.

4:47 am

herinfernallady

Yes

4:49 am

herinfernallady

1996 decent winter

4:49 am

Christine

Was that good for rain?

4:50 am

herinfernallady

Yep

4:50 am

herinfernallady

Yes. That is why I remember

4:53 am

Christine

Redhat should be accepted - that's a big women's organization.

4:56 am

herinfernallady

I like that idea

5:00 am

herinfernallady

I am going to go Christine Take care ok

5:14 am

Deeha

Oh blow! Why is it only a small one when I am snowed in and have lots of time on my hands!!

5:24 am

roncook

Hi Christine, hopefully it willl be bright and sunny from mid March as we are coming to Ranch Mirage for a month of golf

5:25 am

Christine

Back again - goodbye Herinfernallady, and hello Deeha and roncook.

5:27 am

Deeha

Hi Christine - you probably guesss that us Brits complain about more than1 cm of snow and everything grinds to a halt but we did get about 8 inches last night

5:27 am

Scrabbler

Good morning Babblers. 18 F here and fresh snow, but not the amount that Washington, DC and surrounding areas received.

5:28 am

Deeha

One of our complaints is always 'if Anmerica gets it - it comes over here' so its all your faults!!

5:29 am

Christine

I'm a Londoner, and I tell people the reason I left home is that I saw a travel poster of sun and sand in So.Cal - and now we have this boomin' rain. We know we need it, just not all at once.

5:30 am

Scrabbler

Well, then, Deeha, there's a blizzard coming over.

5:30 am

Deeha

lol - what am I saying lol??!!

5:30 am

Deeha

Londoners should be used to rain!

5:32 am

Christine

But IU've been here for 49 years, so I'm probably more Angeleno than Londoner. My heart's still a Londoner - aaaaaw.

5:32 am

Deeha

Dont fret about it - 'fings aint wot they used to be'!

5:32 am

Christine

IU've -- what kinda word is that?

5:33 am

Christine

Love that song - reminds me of Tommy Steel. Did he sing it?

5:33 am

Deeha

Its an old London expression - I understood it!!

5:33 am

redturtlehead

Hey all!!! Scrabbs are you still here?

5:33 am

roncook

Hi Deeha, i`m back of walmer station,sydney road watching the birds in my garden searching for food i have left out

5:33 am

Scrabbler

Hi Red

5:34 am

Deeha

I have a horrible feeling it was Max Bygraves - but I sdaw the original show at Stratford (with Barbara Windsor would you believe)and his version was considerably cleaned up!

5:34 am

redturtlehead

Scrabbs, how are you? I am in great distress!

5:34 am

Scrabbler

Oh, no, Red, please tell me!

5:35 am

redturtlehead

my houseguest...decided in an experiement in not overplanning a trip... to come to the US with no ability to drive a car

5:35 am

Deeha

Hi Roncook how amazing I am in Reading Close-juat off Station Road.

5:35 am

redturtlehead

without making firm plans on where to stay for several of the weeks.

5:35 am

redturtlehead

SO now...he has not cash for a hotel...and is seemingly stuck with him, and I find him rather demanding and annoying.

5:35 am

Deeha

Obviously with you Red!!

5:36 am

redturtlehead

I;m got a small one bedroom apartment, and so far he has not cleaned anything, cooked anything and he even let the dog have an accident on the floor rather than walking him when I was not here!!!

5:37 am

Scrabbler

How rude of him! Give him a deadline by telling him that you will have another guest coming.

5:37 am

Deeha

That is the house guest from hell

5:37 am

Scrabbler

So he is not really a friend, as you have now learned.

5:37 am

redturtlehead

I just don't know what to do, I just sort of stared at him, and said, yo uknow, I had not planned on this, I can not believe you did this.

5:37 am

Scrabbler

And you will have to change the lock/key?

5:38 am

redturtlehead

Part of the trouble is that he is foreign, and I am know its hard for him, but this was very stupid.

5:38 am

Scrabbler

Good for you. Now give him 2-3 days to make plans to depart.

5:39 am

Christine

What a boor. Print out a list of hotels about 30 miles away, and send him on his way. Not a friend, even by the most lax definition.

5:39 am

redturtlehead

I am taking him to Jacksonville on Friday...And he will at least be gone for one week, but if he intends to just come back here for 2-3 more weeks I am going to scream. I don't get it.

5:40 am

redturtlehead

thank you all for listening to me, He is of course a friend on Facebook, so very hard to express myself there.

5:40 am

Deeha

No Red just be out when he calls back!!

5:40 am

redturtlehead

And now, I must depart to take the man to the Kennedy Space Center for the 4th freaking time.

5:40 am

redturtlehead

I hate hate the space center after this.

5:41 am

Christine

Rant away, honey - no way I'm gonna finish this bloomin' grid.

5:41 am

redturtlehead

Deeha I just can not do that to him, he is very far from home.

5:41 am

Deeha

You and me both Christine!!

5:41 am

redturtlehead

do you have the co funny guy? I just found it

5:42 am

Scrabbler

Good luck, Red!

5:42 am

redturtlehead

Ok I am leaving now, happy babbling all, My day will be spent looking at flipping airplanes and rockets.... all things do pass!!!

5:42 am

Deeha

No I hadnt Red thanks for that it was a long time since I added a word!!

5:43 am

Scrabbler

Bye Red.

5:43 am

Scrabbler

BBL, going to check e-mail.

6:15 am

jean1953

Good morning everyone, I have sneaked in whilst at work again Lol hope everyone is ok:)

6:15 am

westford

hi jean just getting here

6:16 am

westford

trying to decide if I should start or get coffee first

6:16 am

jean1953

Coffee will always help lol

6:18 am

jean1953

Oh bother that was short lived have to dash, Happy Babbling everyone will BBL work gets in the way lol :)

6:19 am

westford

bye jean going to take your advice and get that coffee

6:19 am

jean1953

good choice lol I might grab one too lol

6:21 am

crosshair

good morning everyone;)

6:46 am

bojazz

morning crossy - how you be?

6:47 am

bojazz

coirt

7:06 am

o-o

phantom: lucubration

7:09 am

JBV

good morning, and isn't it funny how words pop up - believe it or not, BR, that word came up in a workshop on Monday - (I was the only one who knew it - are you surprised?)

7:09 am

Brookie

Hi everyone!

7:10 am

JBV

hi Brookie

7:10 am

Brookie

Delaware's in a state of emergency, I'm stuck at home, and only 69 words in the grid...

7:10 am

Brookie

hi JBV!

7:10 am

westford

hello everyone

7:10 am

Brookie

hi west!

7:10 am

westford

hi brookie sometimes these small ones take me all day

7:11 am

westford

I see there is a list though

7:11 am

JBV

here too - nothing's moving - I'm waiting for my "snow man" to come plow my driveway today

7:11 am

Brookie

That's true, west. Oooh, a list! Yeah!

7:11 am

westford

we didn't get as much as they thought we would it just looks all pretty

7:11 am

Brookie

whereabouts do you live, jbv?

7:12 am

JBV

we lost about 12 big branches from the pine trees in the backyard - so far, that's the only damage I can see, thank goodness

7:12 am

JBV

central NJ

7:12 am

JBV

we got more than a foot

7:12 am

JBV

today is my second SNOW DAY - Fri. and Mon. were scheduled as holidays - so I have a very long stretch of quiet time ahead

7:12 am

JBV

o

7:13 am

JBV

oops

7:13 am

westford

JBV I'm glad none of those big branches hit anything

7:13 am

Brookie

you'll have a nice opportunity to catch up on other things

7:14 am

Mudd

And how many words do we have this morning?

7:14 am

Brookie

69 words

7:15 am

Mudd

That's what it felt like to me, too.

7:15 am

Mudd

They are not jumping out at me as they usually do.

7:15 am

Uneaixoise

JBV, glad you're doing OK -- have been watching the news and so much damage to homes, trees, etc.

7:16 am

JBV

the main thing is we have not lost power - so that's good

7:16 am

JBV

thanks Une

7:16 am

Uneaixoise

(and hello to all!)

7:17 am

Uneaixoise

really wanted redhat to be a word!

7:17 am

Mudd

not enough vowels in the right places ... good morning Une, JBV, Brookie

7:17 am

westford

me too une

7:17 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

7:18 am

Uneaixoise

west, is this awful weather hitting you as well?

7:18 am

JBV

there's no one out and about, I find it a little strange, too - don't kids go out and play in the snow anymore - it's a little early now, but even yesterday, while the snow was falling, nobody was out

7:18 am

JBV

I remember spending hours outside getting blue, building snow forts, etc. -

7:18 am

Uneaixoise

can't believe my relatives in Louisiana are gonna get 3-4 inches of snow!

7:18 am

westford

une we didn't get hit as hard as others I guess our time is coming

7:19 am

brandyjack

they are all indoors tweeting and playing wii

7:19 am

Uneaixoise

maybe parents are afraid they'll get lost in the giant drifts!

7:19 am

Uneaixoise

BJ LOL!!

7:19 am

JBV

I guess so brandyjack

7:19 am

JBV

we used to come in, hang up our soaking wet mittens and pants, change into dry clothes and march right out again

7:20 am

westford

I remember those days JBV

7:20 am

Uneaixoise

and my mom would have hot chocolate and snow 'ice cream' for us!

7:20 am

westford

we used to run our hands under the cold water to warm them

7:21 am

JBV

not to mention that they used to put us to work to shovel out the driveway, etc....

7:21 am

brandyjack

or facebooking or some other internet facility designed to let the whole world know exactly what they are doing. Like any of us care. Of course, we won't let them go out and kill themselves with snowball fights or dig snow tunnels in the drifts....

7:24 am

westford

nbt

7:27 am

JBV

15 left but I have to take a break - see you later and good luck with the grid, everyone

7:27 am

Brookie

see you later, jbv

7:28 am

westford

bye JBV don't get your mittens too wet

7:32 am

westford

may I have the stats for the 8 please?

7:33 am

gramma

th8/55

7:34 am

westford

thanks gram

7:34 am

westford

got it !!

7:35 am

Uneaixoise

gotta run -- happy babbling, everyone! *poof*

7:35 am

westford

bye une

7:49 am

car.eeyore

I need help with the right hand R please. I can't get it going....

7:50 am

westford

one is latin plural of colon end

7:51 am

car.eeyore

Got 'em all! TY!

7:51 am

westford

yay !!

7:51 am

car.eeyore

Off to work now! BBL!

7:52 am

westford

drive safely

7:55 am

SeaSpray

gm everyone

7:56 am

westford

gm sea

7:58 am

Anniebrook

hello everyone

7:59 am

westford

hello annie

7:59 am

Anniebrook

hi westford

7:59 am

SeaSpray

Hi Annie

7:59 am

Anniebrook

hi Sea

7:59 am

suefrad625

hi all

8:00 am

Anniebrook

hi sue

8:02 am

westford

hi sue

8:02 am

SeaSpray

Hi sue

8:05 am

72 Temple Owl

snowed in and this teeny tiny puzzle...

8:05 am

Anniebrook

Hi Owl, no work for you today?

8:06 am

westford

hi TO always the way

8:06 am

72 Temple Owl

not till tuesday!

8:06 am

Anniebrook

Owl, a pleasant respite

8:07 am

72 Temple Owl

i am heading to nj later or tomorrow

8:08 am

72 Temple Owl

actually annie, with the advent of pc and cell they expect work from home

8:09 am

Anniebrook

Owl, please drive carefully (of course you will)

8:09 am

westford

my husband works from home

8:09 am

westford

goes to the office about once a week

8:09 am

72 Temple Owl

snow looked lovely in central park

8:10 am

westford

it just got pretty here we didn't get much at all

8:10 am

suefrad625

r on the right side?

8:10 am

Anniebrook

It looked beautiful out my window..live on the 23rd floor and had a great view of the city and all the trees edged in white from above

8:11 am

westford

think church or colon sue

8:11 am

72 Temple Owl

it was terrible to shovel though - very sodden and heavy

8:15 am

westford

don't envy you TO is this the end of it for awhile?

8:15 am

72 Temple Owl

well they are watching something for Monday night

8:16 am

Anniebrook

fireworks

8:17 am

westford

yay annie !!

8:17 am

72 Temple Owl

yay annie!

8:18 am

72 Temple Owl

are both d words de?

8:18 am

72 Temple Owl

nm

8:18 am

Anniebrook

yes

8:19 am

72 Temple Owl

hmm i don't think this grid is gong to be easy to complete. kudos to you!

8:19 am

72 Temple Owl

just sat there is an 8

8:19 am

Anniebrook

Owl, it wasnt that hard once you get the rhythm of it

8:19 am

72 Temple Owl

saw

8:19 am

Anniebrook

th8--think lungs

8:20 am

SeaSpray

good clue annie

8:20 am

72 Temple Owl

ty annie

8:21 am

72 Temple Owl

have one othe ic word so far

8:22 am

Anniebrook

there are only 2 words ending in those 2 letters so you have them

8:22 am

westford

there are 3

8:23 am

72 Temple Owl

ty. down to 13. have you seen any o our riends fro across the pond today?

8:23 am

Anniebrook

yes, west, sorry

8:23 am

westford

I had to check lol

8:23 am

Anniebrook

not a soul from across the pond

8:23 am

72 Temple Owl

i mean ic as ending. sorry for the confusion

8:23 am

Anniebrook

yes, as west said, there are 3

8:23 am

72 Temple Owl

annie how are you doing?

8:24 am

westford

knew that 's what you meant TO

8:24 am

westford

haven't seen any of them so far TO

8:24 am

72 Temple Owl

hmm then i must find another

8:24 am

72 Temple Owl

ac and th so far

8:25 am

Anniebrook

I'm okay and hope you are the same. I see the Philly Flowes Show is opening soon or did it open?

8:25 am

Anniebrook

co5---funny person

8:25 am

Anniebrook

*Flower

8:25 am

72 Temple Owl

no it think it opens feb 28

8:25 am

72 Temple Owl

lol sorry i DO have that one. can't count today!

8:26 am

Anniebrook

phone

8:27 am

hego

Hi TO, why are you coming to NJ?

8:28 am

72 Temple Owl

ti celebrate my father's and my bdays

8:28 am

hego

Well, happy b'day. where in NJ

8:29 am

72 Temple Owl

ne bergen county

8:29 am

hego

I grew up in Bergen. Live at the shore now.

8:30 am

hego

The raods are good. Should be okay.

8:30 am

72 Temple Owl

get much snow?

8:30 am

hego

Uh roads

8:30 am

hego

LOTS of snow.

8:30 am

72 Temple Owl

hmm besides the swear word stillseeking top o

8:31 am

hego

Just started. ty for the clue.

8:32 am

pabtrek

TO, alternate spelling for the playful water mammal

8:32 am

72 Temple Owl

don't try oratorio. it doesn't work.

8:32 am

72 Temple Owl

ty pab, and i had the essence, too! doh!

8:32 am

hego

ty pab. Cute bunny.

8:33 am

pabtrek

yw TO and hego

8:33 am

kje

I have a snow day, and there are only 69 words??? durn

8:33 am

72 Temple Owl

actually it is alternate to the essence!

8:33 am

westford

hi kje snow?

8:33 am

72 Temple Owl

hey kje, my sentiments also.

8:34 am

kje

yes... over an inch so far - LOLOL

8:34 am

72 Temple Owl

wait SNOW day?

8:34 am

pabtrek

really, I had wondered, thanks TO

8:34 am

hego

:-P

8:34 am

72 Temple Owl

or you are kidding and you are off?!

8:34 am

westford

everything will come to a standstill

8:35 am

westford

son is flying to D/FW on Monday hope it's gone by then

8:35 am

kje

I am sick... so I am staying home... no "real" snow day, but in fact, yes it is snowing... here, I'll give you a pic - BBIAM

8:39 am

72 Temple Owl

ooh kje, hoped you would be better by now

8:41 am

hego

phantom acrimony

8:42 am

72 Temple Owl

and acne and oratorios and attic and arctic...

8:42 am

hego

Look at all the good words we could have had. LOL

8:43 am

72 Temple Owl

down to 9 and out of ideas at the moment. perhaps time for rench toast?

8:43 am

hego

OH, I'm jealous.

8:43 am

72 Temple Owl

why? now i will hang to get those last few.

8:44 am

westford

down to 4 here back later to dig them out

8:44 am

72 Temple Owl

or is it the breakfast you want?!

8:44 am

kje

OK, there ya go... that is it now, and it is suppose to snow all day... maybe we'll reach 3 inches!!!! whoa!

8:44 am

hego

Of the French toast.

8:44 am

72 Temple Owl

lol west nice hoice of words

8:44 am

kje

TO - was feeling better, did too much, now wiped out... doctors make lousy patients

8:44 am

westford

oops lol

8:45 am

72 Temple Owl

kje i have an extra shovel...can one buy snow shovels where you are?

8:45 am

hego

Yes Drs do make lousy Pts.

8:45 am

kje

acyually, the snow is just enough to be pretty but not really closing roads... beats shoveling 2 feet as I did in MD

8:45 am

westford

pretty picture kje

8:45 am

hego

However, nurses make good ones.

8:45 am

kje

no, nurses make lousy ones too - LOLOL

8:46 am

kje

they get neurotic... know too much

8:46 am

hego

No, No. I've taken care of nurses. They were all great.

8:46 am

westford

get better kje really going now *poof*

8:46 am

kje

worse patient - a pregnant pediatrician... too much too worry about

8:47 am

hego

LOL

8:47 am

kje

actually - it all depends... I have had good and bad in all.. they are no different than the rest of the population

8:47 am

hego

We nurses at least pretend to follow orders. :-)

8:48 am

72 Temple Owl

my dr's pa urged me to come in right away monday to see another doctor only to hear i should keep doing what i am doing and sinus infections go away in three- four weeks .

8:48 am

kje

we are just less tolerant of the foibles in professionals sometimes

8:48 am

hego

Except, as you said know too much.

8:48 am

72 Temple Owl

apparently they don't treat them routinely any more. or she doesn't.

8:49 am

kje

hmmm... tell that to my research nurse who, despite being told not to, drove herself to the ED while having chest pain... then ended up admitted for stent placement... we almost killed her when we found out

8:49 am

hego

Taht's true TO

8:49 am

hego

Sounds tYpical.

8:49 am

kje

they sent you to a specialist for a sinus infection????

8:50 am

72 Temple Owl

well was not the last time i had one. and i told the pa what i had and what i was doing. he urged me to come in instead of waiting for reg doc later in week

8:50 am

hego

Don't want to make a fuss, you know.

8:51 am

kje

yes hego...that is her... no fuss... but if one of her patients did that she would of course have told them how foolish it was... we are all blind to our own stubborness

8:51 am

72 Temple Owl

so it cost me $ to hear i will get well eventually and i am doing everything right. although i don't generally take sudafed and taking it for a couple of weeks just sounds wrong.

8:51 am

hego

Sounds familiar.

8:51 am

kje

sudafed is safe for awhile TO, no worries

8:52 am

kje

heck, I am major dioped right now... have taken 2 zyrtec, a claritin and a sudafed (no comments from you hego)

8:52 am

72 Temple Owl

kje i had a cousin who took OTC cold meds for a while and developed liver issues. doc was mad at him.

8:52 am

kje

doped, not dioped

8:53 am

kje

maybe he was taking multiple meds with acetominophen and didn't realize he was overdosing

8:53 am

hego

;-)

8:53 am

72 Temple Owl

ty very much kje ofr the "consult" - i in sinuses hopefully not very contagious? dad has breathing issues and don't want to expose him. ty for clariying.

8:54 am

kje

on the other hand, I do know the upper limits of these meds so am careful... and notice, I am not driving... but my nose has stopped dripping!

8:57 am

kje

apparently no one is as excited about my nose as I am - LOL

8:58 am

SeaSpray

kje...be happy you are in texas...in MD we are under almost 4 feet of snow

8:59 am

kje

so I have seen, seaspray... I use to live in b-more, so have been through some of those

8:59 am

72 Temple Owl

*jumps up and does happy dance for kje* yay!

8:59 am

kje

only thing you can do is determine to enjoy it

8:59 am

kje

LOL TO

9:00 am

72 Temple Owl

my issue is pnd. i guess i need the claritin or that more than sudaed?

9:00 am

SeaSpray

this was the worst ever, blizzard on Saturday and another one yesterday, buildings falling down, fire company is presently on fire, son hasn't been home for days

9:00 am

hego

Congratulations on the end of drip kje.

9:00 am

hego

Worst I've seen in a long time Sea

9:01 am

kje

so sorry sea.. stay safe

9:01 am

SeaSpray

yes, daughters fiance was out for 5 days, he is a state trooper

9:02 am

kje

yes, TO, most effective for PND is an antihistamine... claritin or zyrtec are your non to low sedating ones

9:03 am

kje

sea - I have a friend who went to st petersburg this week, she will be there for 6 months... they haul snow out of the city in dump trucks every day

9:04 am

kje

she said she has never seen so much snow in her life, and she lived in denmark for 6 years

9:04 am

Deeha

As ever I am stuck on the last word. Help please?? Re6.21

9:04 am

72 Temple Owl

omg anyone who is on B check out deain's link to storm time lapse.

9:05 am

Deeha

My sister in law was in Finland and St Petersburg recently and was so disappointed she didnt see any snow at all!!

9:05 am

hego

Mean widdle grid.

9:05 am

kje

will look dee

9:05 am

kje

re6 - preacher

9:05 am

kje

his office is often called the 6y

9:06 am

Deeha

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH I see it many thanks kje

9:06 am

kje

re6y i mean... see i am doped

9:06 am

kje

yw

9:06 am

kje

too bad, dee... now they are buried

9:06 am

hego

take another antihistamine, why not?

9:07 am

kje

wettest in years, even for them

9:07 am

Deeha

We had about 6 inches of snow overnight and - as usual South East England has ground to a halt - schools closed no buses no trains!!

9:07 am

kje

*gives hego a dirty look and ignores her*

9:07 am

SeaSpray

sorry phone, kje they will definitely be hauling snow for awhile here

9:08 am

hego

:-P

9:08 am

Deeha

And of course we dont expect snow in the winter so there are no snow ploughs or gritters

9:08 am

kje

it all depends on how much the city can handle... down here, it is about 2-3 inches then full shut down... in B-more, it was a foot, then they ground to a halt... when we had 2 feet one year, the snow plow buried my car

9:08 am

72 Temple Owl

sea i feel for you

9:09 am

kje

NYC is lucky... manhattan just pushes it into the east river! that cracked me up

9:10 am

SeaSpray

did you get a lot of snow TO?

9:10 am

72 Temple Owl

they are dumping into thepotomac i heard but Phila has said they will not river dump. Salt and chemicals ans stuff can't be good.

9:11 am

lideola

TO- where is the link to the time lapse storm? My husband did one and just curious?

9:11 am

SeaSpray

just talked to DIL, son will be home in 3 or 4 hours to rest and go back out tonight

9:11 am

72 Temple Owl

hmm 18-22"

9:11 am

72 Temple Owl

on something called SnoMG

9:11 am

72 Temple Owl

was his set to Fleet Foxes' Winter Hymnal?

9:12 am

kje

bbiab... only 30 words so far, I think I need to sleep

9:12 am

72 Temple Owl

later kje. get some rest.

9:12 am

SeaSpray

20 left and pretty much stuck

9:12 am

periwinkle

hello all

9:13 am

hego

Hi

9:13 am

72 Temple Owl

hi peri. sea does babanon have a list?

9:13 am

periwinkle