12:00 am
Trifioso
flippedy do dah!
12:00 am
VolleymomDee
flip and hi all
12:02 am
VolleymomDee
hi dart
12:02 am
harpjane
make that flip
12:03 am
dart001
hey volley
12:03 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:04 am
Erda
Thank you, Lickety!!!
12:04 am
VolleymomDee
ty lickety
12:04 am
Pinikula
thx lickety
12:06 am
robbie09
ty lickety!
12:06 am
robbie09
hi babblers!
12:06 am
Trifioso
nbt - wow, not too shabby today!
12:07 am
robbie09
wow that's great trif!
12:07 am
Pinikula
well done, Trif ;)
12:07 am
robbie09
hi pini and dee
12:07 am
Trifioso
oops wait - missed one! almost nbt!!!
12:07 am
Pinikula
hi robbie ;)
12:07 am
MLFAN17
hi robbie
12:08 am
Pinikula
thx ru ;)
12:09 am
robbie09
ty ruru got it!
12:09 am
MLFAN17
RE 7 as well
12:09 am
VolleymomDee
hi ru
12:09 am
dart001
er 7 he 7
12:10 am
Trifioso
I have an he 6 as well
12:10 am
robbie09
ty trif got it!
12:11 am
Pinikula
thx dart ;)
12:11 am
Pinikula
and everyone else for the 6's
12:11 am
Pinikula
has an 8 been found yet?
12:12 am
dart001
er 7 X 2
12:12 am
joshuavorbis
hi and nbt
12:12 am
MLFAN17
not that i know of pinik
12:12 am
Pinikula
thx mlf
12:12 am
robbie09
hi josh
12:13 am
Pinikula
well done, josh
12:14 am
MLFAN17
pinik this grid doesnt have any
12:14 am
joshuavorbis
phant errata
12:15 am
Trifioso
wow, no S today - that's gonna be an adjustment for me!
12:15 am
robbie09
ty dart
12:15 am
Pinikula
phant: erotic
12:16 am
Pinikula
nice find, dart...thx!
12:17 am
dart001
phant zenith
12:18 am
MLFAN17
dar MA 7/32?
12:18 am
Pinikula
that's the one I found, too, mlf
12:19 am
MLFAN17
just checking:)
12:19 am
joshuavorbis
phant martian
12:19 am
joshuavorbis
so many phantoms in this one, maybe even more than yesterday's
12:19 am
MLFAN17
josh i tried to put that in
12:21 am
Trifioso
whooo ha -- found the he 7!
12:21 am
robbie09
wtg trif
12:22 am
MLFAN17
i that HE 7 something we should know?
12:22 am
joshuavorbis
phant citizen, creation
12:22 am
Trifioso
man, I have GOT to go to sleep soon! I am gonna be a draggin dragon tomorrow!
12:22 am
joshuavorbis
if you own land, yes, mlf
12:23 am
Pinikula
me, too, trif...on that note, I'm outta here! night all
12:23 am
Trifioso
night night pini hun
12:23 am
robbie09
nite pini!
12:23 am
MLFAN17
thanks josh gotta thing aboutthat one
12:25 am
Trifioso
gonna try to sleep now. blessings upon you all
12:25 am
robbie09
nite trif sweet dreams
12:25 am
dart001
re 7 X 2
12:26 am
joshuavorbis
x 3 at least dart
12:26 am
joshuavorbis
still missing lots of r's and 7's
12:26 am
joshuavorbis
oops nm that, the other one i have is an 8
12:26 am
MLFAN17
i only have 2 of the 7s
12:29 am
dart001
phant horizon
12:29 am
joshuavorbis
yes mlf?
12:30 am
MLFAN17
did i know you are from NC>?
12:30 am
joshuavorbis
that is an impossible question for me to answer, i think!
12:30 am
MLFAN17
i live in nc too lol
12:31 am
joshuavorbis
where in nc?
12:31 am
robbie09
ok time to get some sleep nite all!
12:31 am
MLFAN17
about a half hour from winston salem
12:31 am
MLFAN17
triad area
12:32 am
joshuavorbis
i'm in downtown raleigh
12:32 am
joshuavorbis
phant climactic
12:32 am
MLFAN17
i think thats about an hour or more from me
12:32 am
MLFAN17
i am closer to boarder of va
12:32 am
momof5
oc7, if not called
12:32 am
MLFAN17
josh i tried that word too lol
12:32 am
joshuavorbis
it's basically 2 hrs to ws from here
12:33 am
joshuavorbis
what town are you in? i have been all over the state
12:33 am
dart001
for jilli..a boarder is someone who stays in a boarding house...border
12:34 am
MLFAN17
mocksville
12:34 am
MLFAN17
thanks momof5
12:34 am
joshuavorbis
i used to go swimming in mocksville all the time when i was a kid
12:34 am
MLFAN17
really? why did you come here to swim?
12:35 am
joshuavorbis
there was a campground on a lake that had a water park
12:36 am
MLFAN17
lake myer?
12:36 am
joshuavorbis
i think so, yeah
12:37 am
MLFAN17
i am not from NC
12:38 am
joshuavorbis
tr8
12:38 am
joshuavorbis
i am from near charlotte by birth
12:39 am
MLFAN17
i am an hour from there
12:40 am
MLFAN17
and i really want to go there
12:40 am
joshuavorbis
it's not a fabulous city, but there are things to do
12:40 am
dart001
phant arithmetic
12:41 am
MLFAN17
i have seen it on tv.. i am a city girl by heart
12:41 am
MLFAN17
dar i thought of that word too
12:41 am
MLFAN17
AR 6 x 2
12:42 am
dart001
pahnt rhetoric
12:42 am
MLFAN17
sadly i have 133 left i am out poof
12:42 am
mpd
have 4xar 6 here so far
12:43 am
dart001
4 now here too
12:44 am
jillibus
hi -- late flip
12:44 am
dart001
hi jilli
12:45 am
joshuavorbis
welcome to phantom city, jilli
12:45 am
jillibus
oh, like that, is it?
12:46 am
jillibus
I already didn't see horizon
12:46 am
joshuavorbis
seems that way
12:47 am
jillibus
any Lickety yet?
12:47 am
dart001
130 down and still 2 bt lol
12:48 am
joshuavorbis
no idea jilli
12:48 am
joshuavorbis
which ones, dart?
12:48 am
dart001
think he was in
12:48 am
dart001
z----bottom i
12:48 am
joshuavorbis
i bet one of them is an i
12:48 am
joshuavorbis
and i might as well call ic5
12:49 am
joshuavorbis
there's 2 ic5's that i know of, one of them gives the bottom i
12:49 am
dart001
keep trying icenic...a street na4 nearby lol
12:50 am
jillibus
phant zenith I guess everyone has hallucinated
12:50 am
joshuavorbis
ooh, ic7 is the other one for the lower i
12:51 am
joshuavorbis
with 2 letters tucked in the middle of the ic5
12:51 am
flosey
Hi everyone
12:51 am
mpd
didn't know either of those, thx
12:53 am
jillibus
hi flosey
12:54 am
joshuavorbis
looks like lickety has indeed done this thing
12:54 am
joshuavorbis
will now list to finish quick and get back to work
12:54 am
flosey
this grid doesn't look too easy??
12:54 am
jillibus
Pretty emyd, flosey :)
12:55 am
flosey
ty jilli, took a while to fine things
12:56 am
flosey
fingers aren't paying attention to commands!
12:59 am
flosey
where is everyone? have they all finished?
1:01 am
joshuavorbis
i'm here but buried in the list, flosey
1:01 am
VolleymomDee
here, just pokey... and definitely not finished
1:01 am
jillibus
ditto here, flosey
1:01 am
flosey
ok, thanks josh, that eye in your icon is a bit hard to look at
1:01 am
jillibus
hi dee hi
1:01 am
joshuavorbis
phant criteria
1:01 am
VolleymomDee
hugs jili
1:02 am
jillibus
not fair, 199 words and no S
1:02 am
Douglas
I'm here flosey, I've typed and typed and typed, and I look up, and I have 62 words and 4 blank tiles
1:02 am
dart001
good one josh
1:03 am
VolleymomDee
help with i in the 2nd column please
1:03 am
joshuavorbis
ic 5 7 dee
1:04 am
joshuavorbis
one begins and ends like the other, but with george clooney tv show from the 90's tucked in the middle
1:04 am
flosey
that was one blacked out tile lol
1:04 am
VolleymomDee
ty looking
1:05 am
jillibus
hah! monkeyed the Z and didn't even know it!
1:06 am
jillibus
1 bt here too -- the I under the Z
1:06 am
joshuavorbis
verrrrrry angry, jilli
1:07 am
joshuavorbis
and then a 6 that ends like roger ebert
1:07 am
jillibus
NBT -- thanks, josh!
1:08 am
flosey
wow jilli, wtg
1:11 am
flosey
hungry, brb
1:20 am
joshuavorbis
fireworks
1:20 am
mpd
me too!, gj josh
1:20 am
jillibus
wtg dee (just got back from reading email)
1:20 am
joshuavorbis
ac5/12 that is the first word alphabetically was my last word
1:20 am
joshuavorbis
well done mpd - tough tiles in this one
1:21 am
mpd
yeah, c's are the worst
1:21 am
joshuavorbis
whenever i see mpd i think of a very crazy japanese movie called multiple personality detective
1:21 am
flosey
and mpd, wtg
1:21 am
jillibus
YAY josh!!! (Missed your finish, I guess)
1:22 am
jillibus
Oh good -- just found Lickety
1:31 am
joshuavorbis
i can give clues for a few minutes before i leave if anyone desires
1:33 am
flosey
just monkeyed tr8
1:34 am
flosey
I've really just barely started josh, but thanks
1:34 am
jaeleigh
Can someone clue me the ni7??? Thanx.
1:37 am
joshuavorbis
ni7 = not day + first three letters of a dry white wine from germany
1:37 am
sprite
morning all
1:37 am
diem
Hi all hows the grid?
1:37 am
jaeleigh
josh, (LOL) I do not drink!
1:38 am
jillibus
hi sprite!
1:38 am
flosey
hi diem, I'm not finding it easy
1:38 am
sprite
hey flosey and sprite, lovely emyds!
1:39 am
sprite
and nice write-ups
1:39 am
joshuavorbis
ok, then not day + consonant + latin abbreviation for "for example"
1:40 am
jaeleigh
Thanks, Josh, now I have it! 3 left!
1:40 am
jillibus
yes, sprite, your emyd and write-up are great!
1:41 am
sprite
:) Will never forget them now. Love the babblet themes, jilli.
1:42 am
jillibus
I'm so glad, sprite -- not many are following, though :( They take a little more googling than usual, I guess.
1:43 am
sprite
I gladly cater to the happy few, jilli.
1:47 am
sprite
oh good! I found the eastern word and the big salt water word. I am learning!
1:48 am
jillibus
ty for the salt water, sprite
1:48 am
jaeleigh
Last one: tr8....help....
1:48 am
sprite
hehehe yvw. It is one I almost never spot. The vowel words... mysteries in mysteries!
1:49 am
flosey
tr8 - same as 6, ad part of frozen water
1:49 am
flosey
oddly enough, it was one of my first monkeyed words
1:49 am
sprite
wtg flosey!
1:50 am
jaeleigh
Fireworks...yawn...bedtime...TY for your hellp!
1:50 am
flosey
but actually, dragging badly sprite, really just too tired
1:50 am
flosey
wtg jaeleigh
1:50 am
jillibus
YAY jaeleigh!!!
1:51 am
jaeleigh
Does anyone want clues before I poof myself???
1:51 am
jillibus
flosey, your tr8 clue would be lovely if I had the tr6, lol!
1:51 am
flosey
only 1/4 done Jaeleigh, but thanks
1:51 am
jillibus
I still have too far to go, thanks, jae
1:52 am
flosey
jilli, first add to the tr4/5 (neat, tidy)
1:52 am
flosey
then more so
1:52 am
jaeleigh
tr6- like ti 5 that measures how long to fcook the cookies, only with a consonant thrown in after the "T"
1:53 am
jillibus
ty flosey and jae
1:54 am
flosey
not getting ti6, any clues please?
1:55 am
jaeleigh
ryhmes with a word that means ferocious
1:55 am
jaeleigh
my spelling stinks tonite...
1:56 am
flosey
thanks jae, looking
1:56 am
jaeleigh
the word would be a fi6 if it was in the puzzle...
1:57 am
flosey
thanks jae, that's one ferocious word
1:57 am
jillibus
ty again jae
1:57 am
jaeleigh
uh, huh!
1:58 am
jaeleigh
well, I am going off to bed...have fun! *poof
1:59 am
flosey
good night jae
1:59 am
jillibus
night jae, and thanks
2:02 am
sprite
my little dog plays in the grid today
2:03 am
jillibus
just saw that, sprite -- how is he?
2:04 am
sprite
very well. Shedding his winter coat and bursting with energy. Sweet as ever.
2:05 am
jillibus
where are all your flickr pix, sprite?
2:06 am
jillibus
brb -- need apple and cheese
2:07 am
sprite
guess I needed to sign in again on flickr
2:08 am
jillibus
that happened to me too
2:09 am
sprite
there they are again :)
Still no new ones, I am too busy with being ill, it seems.
2:10 am
rubyfoo
good morning
2:10 am
sprite
morning rubyfoo
2:14 am
flosey
eyes closing, must get to bed, goodnight all
2:15 am
sprite
sleep well flosey
2:15 am
flosey
be back in the morning
2:15 am
flosey
thanks sprite, and you be well
2:15 am
rubyfoo
is it cold there sprite? Although above freezing, it is still very chilly in the morning
2:16 am
sprite
I will :) thanks
2:16 am
sprite
must try and do the translation of the recipe today, and maybe some pics as well.
2:16 am
sprite
yes it is cold. But clear! Sun is out and later today I expect it will be considerable warmer.
2:17 am
sprite
considerably*
2:19 am
sprite
ok, off to therapy now. back later, have fun all.
2:31 am
rubyfoo
68 and see you later!
2:42 am
jillibus
I'm back -- and I find I'm just over halfway
2:43 am
Sally-catlover
Good morning all!
2:43 am
KatieMcG
i only dream of being half way lol
2:43 am
KatieMcG
morning sally
2:43 am
jillibus
hi katie and saly
2:43 am
Sally-catlover
I have only just arrived, so 5 words so far :-)
2:46 am
mari
morning all - how are you Katie?
2:47 am
KatieMcG
very sore with a bit dose of self pity lol
2:48 am
mari
did you get any sleep?
2:49 am
Sally-catlover
What's up Katie?
2:49 am
KatieMcG
actually I slept really well I was so shattered from the weekend. It isn't as bad as last time but still not good.
2:49 am
KatieMcG
I have got an abscess sally
2:50 am
Sally-catlover
Oh poor you. I had that once and hopefully never ever again. Only time I have actually cried at the dentist, when he lanced it.
2:50 am
Sally-catlover
(I assume teeth, not elsewhere!)
2:50 am
KatieMcG
yes teeth Sally :-)
2:51 am
KatieMcG
I had one about 6 months ago and was up in the night crying with the pain so at least it is not that bad. Not looking good for my meeting this afternoon though
2:51 am
mari
wisdom tooth - obviously overworked :)
3:11 am
diem
poor Katie ,hope it gets better soon,cant you skip the meeting?
3:11 am
diem
hi all again
3:13 am
diem
Hi Jilli how you doing?
3:13 am
jillibus
phant -- criteria
3:19 am
Haz1558
Good morning/evening all. This is an interesting grid, I think.
3:19 am
lynxxx
Hello everyone. I had to come over to Babble as both Gremlinn and Gort were playing @ Wordsplay and I was just too embarassed to stay there
3:19 am
jillibus
and so to bed, 60 left. Goodnight/morning all and
3:19 am
FMitch
Morning/evening all
3:19 am
lynxxx
morning Haz & FM
3:20 am
Haz1558
Poor lynxxx. Hide out here with the other numbskulls.
3:20 am
Sally-catlover
Hallo Haz, FM, everyone
3:20 am
Haz1558
Good morning FM!
3:20 am
FMitch
Hello lynxxx and Sally and Haz!
3:20 am
lynxxx
well - not quite - let's just say they are both bright lads
3:20 am
Haz1558
And Sally and everyone.
3:20 am
lynxxx
morning Sally
3:21 am
jillibus
and nobody says goodnight to sleepy me?
3:21 am
FMitch
It is an intersting grid but has a certain flow to it.
3:21 am
lynxxx
goodnight Jilli
3:21 am
FMitch
Nighty night dear jilli!
3:22 am
Sally-catlover
Night Jill, sorry was looking at grid.
3:22 am
diem
night Jilli sleep well
3:23 am
Sally-catlover
going to get coffee refill, brb
3:23 am
FMitch
Lovely sunny morning here.
3:23 am
jillibus
thank you, lynxxx, FM, sally, diem, old uncle Tom Cobley and all........*poof*
3:23 am
diem
hi FM and all newcomers
3:23 am
rubyfoo
back for a minute, played an hour ago and got 68 words. The first 50 are always easy and then.....
3:24 am
FMitch
Hey ruby, how are you?
3:24 am
lynxxx
hi Diem & Ruby
3:24 am
rubyfoo
hi diem and FM and sally when she comes back....
3:24 am
rubyfoo
it is still chilly here but as soon as it warms up, I think I'll have more tulips!
3:24 am
rubyfoo
helloooo lynxxxx!
3:25 am
rubyfoo
more than 50 salmon-colored dwarfs (dwarves?) so far
3:25 am
Haz1558
Oh look, jillibus and flosey's secret bridge partner is there - but unacceptable. Dear Mr Sharif...
3:26 am
FMitch
How lovely ruby.
lol well spotted Haz.
3:26 am
Haz1558
I'm sure games are ra6/21 when he's around.
3:27 am
FMitch
but I bet he is re8/45 about his skills
3:28 am
Haz1558
Modesty and good looks - almost as good as George.
3:29 am
diem
bed time for me nite all happy babbling
3:29 am
Haz1558
I'm getting thoroughly sidetracked with all the famous names in here. Errol Flynn, Marie Curie, Mr Clapton, Mr Garfunkel. It's like who's who.
3:29 am
Haz1558
Bye diem.
3:30 am
FMitch
James Bonds fav drink is also present today
3:30 am
FMitch
It is a red carpet grid today :)
3:31 am
Haz1558
Absolutely. Name that proper noun will go with a zing.
3:31 am
Sally-catlover
ooh, back in time for James Bond's drink. ty FM!
3:31 am
lynxxx
and Miss Jong
3:32 am
Haz1558
And there's Macca, or does a nickname not count?
3:32 am
FMitch
drop the last letter for a bird sally
3:32 am
Sally-catlover
I already did FM :-)
3:32 am
Haz1558
Mr Bolan's acceptable and we're all old enough to remember him.
3:32 am
Haz1558
But not Mr Polo.
3:33 am
FMitch
or change a vowel Haz for an Islamic site
3:33 am
Haz1558
I bet gremlinn doesn't get distracted like this.
3:33 am
lynxxx
but those things I never did learn how to write in Excel
3:33 am
Haz1558
Or the bingo hall......
3:33 am
Atalante
hellooooo not really here, got to go and discuss seaweeds. Back later!
3:33 am
FMitch
I remember him and still have a vinal LP of his
3:34 am
lynxxx
eww smelly - bye Ata
3:34 am
FMitch
Hi and bye then Ata
3:34 am
Haz1558
Or was it the ballrooms? Mr Miss World contest always had things in me5 ballrooms.
3:34 am
Atalante
not smelly! nice clean lovely seaweeds! :P
3:34 am
Haz1558
Bye Ata! (Why would you want to discuss seaweeds rather than James Bond and Islamic sites?)
3:35 am
Sally-catlover
(or bingo halls)
3:35 am
FMitch
snap Sally :)
3:35 am
Sally-catlover
lol, snap FM
3:35 am
Haz1558
Morley - Er** and Julia Morley, the Miss World people.
3:35 am
Atalante
and Mr Bolan whom I love and adore! I didn't know the grid would be this exciting when I set up this meeting yesterday!
3:36 am
Haz1558
Now, why is it that I can remember that, but I can't take a trip upstairs without forgetting why I was going?
3:36 am
FMitch
It will be here when you get back Ata.
3:36 am
Haz1558
You should know to make any meeting conditional upon the babble grid's excitement quota.
3:37 am
Sally-catlover
Haz, did you know they have invented a new stair lift for the elderly and confused called the Rocket? It gets you upstairs before you forget why you were going.
3:37 am
Atalante
yes, I should
3:38 am
Haz1558
I need a rocket! Does it work both ways? Does it get you downstairs equally fast?
3:38 am
rubyfoo
unfortunately, there's a VERY fast way to get down the stairs and we all had better watch out for that one!
3:39 am
lynxxx
I think FM got dibs on that first Ruby
3:39 am
Haz1558
Ata, you could have people thinking that you're involved in code-cracking/espionage. 'I have to work on deciphering words, so sorry to have to cancel'
3:39 am
rubyfoo
I am juggling many visitors ' schedules for late April, early May. My son is coming and I'm soooo happy!
3:39 am
Sally-catlover
ruby, you really must stop putting trip wires on your stairs. He will notice eventually.
3:40 am
rubyfoo
he is making a big production about my birthday, but all I realy want is a week without sarcasm!
3:41 am
Haz1558
Oh, if it's sarcasm you're wanting to avoid, you've come to the right place, ruby. We're strangers to it here.
3:41 am
rubyfoo
this is another no-noodle puzzles
3:41 am
Atalante
we don't understand sarcasm at all
3:41 am
Atalante
anyway, must *really* go! back this afternoon!
3:41 am
rubyfoo
I just fell off my chair laughing!
3:41 am
Haz1558
We're Brits.....
3:41 am
rubyfoo
do you know moss, too, ata?
3:42 am
Sally-catlover
Now now, Haz, not sarcasm. Irony.
3:42 am
Haz1558
See you later, Ata!
3:42 am
Haz1558
Ata knows everything. She is Einstein's granddaughter, after all.
3:42 am
Atalante
yes, and I say its sarcasm. LOL. How ironic!
3:42 am
Sally-catlover
Bother. Man arrived doing some work here. Back in a little bit.
3:43 am
FMitch
Ruby what date is yr b'day?
3:43 am
rubyfoo
I say it's spinach, and the hell with it!
3:44 am
rubyfoo
that was the punchline of a very old New Yorker cartoon
3:44 am
FMitch
We will have ababble party on the 17th then :)
3:44 am
Haz1558
Headlines in local French paper 'Elderly man admitted to hospital suffering from moss poisoning. Wife claims it was spinach'
3:44 am
rubyfoo
lol. Would you believe that I used a yoghurt solution for planting the moss? The lizards love it!
3:45 am
rubyfoo
which is better, moss poisoning or the trip wire? There are also nightshade that grow next to the raspberries and blackberries, a thought for August!
3:45 am
FMitch
yoghurt and or urine are v good for getting mosses to start and ageing old stones.
3:45 am
rubyfoo
thank you fm and haz, I'll be right back!
3:46 am
Haz1558
You need a method that covers your tracks. Could the dogs be trained to trip him up in dangerous places?
3:46 am
Haz1558
They'll not spill the beans, no matter how much dog food they're offered.
3:46 am
FMitch
well don't give the dogs the beans in the first place!
3:47 am
lynxxx
I know about the yoghurt FM, but urine? wouldn't that kill
3:47 am
Haz1558
I know. I'm wondering about the urine as well. Dare we ask for more details?
3:48 am
FMitch
aparently not lynxxx it is only used as a starter element but I have to say have never tried it.
3:48 am
Haz1558
I've not seen if featured on Gardener's World.
3:50 am
FMitch
probably best that it wasn't Haz
3:50 am
Haz1558
I know. Just can't imagine old Percy Thrower being in approval.
3:51 am
rubyfoo
Evidently that's how you keep deer out of your vegetable garden, urine and hair! No deer here, however, the French have eaten all of them
3:52 am
rubyfoo
and I have no success with growing vegetables. I likved the yoghurt idea as it doesn't smell and seemed very BIO! And the rocks are pretty close to the stairs, bad enough that Max goes there!
3:53 am
FMitch
That is true too ruby.
and on that note I must poof as have things to do this morning but will be back later.
3:53 am
lynxxx
well if Max goes there you will be able to see if FM's theory works
3:53 am
Haz1558
See you later, FM.
3:53 am
rubyfoo
it is very hard to keep the moss alive as it dries out really fast and needs to be watered twice a day
3:54 am
sprite
back, hello all
3:54 am
rubyfoo
are you still here lynxx???
3:54 am
Haz1558
It's FM who's going, ruby.
3:54 am
Haz1558
Hello, sprite.
3:54 am
rubyfoo
hello again sprite
3:55 am
rubyfoo
I'm a little confused this AM, why did I come here? Oh yeah, to learn about rockets and seaweed
3:55 am
Haz1558
ruby, you need to move to Britain, we have NO difficulty growing moss, it sprouts everywhere, unbidden and unloved.
3:55 am
rubyfoo
so that's why it's so green!
3:56 am
Haz1558
Yes, while you're trying to grow it, British gardeners are trying to get rid of it.
3:57 am
rubyfoo
I even like it in the lawn, from this distance, it looks like grass
3:57 am
rubyfoo
and it stays green all winter
3:58 am
sprite
we have many songs about how pleasant one can rest on soft moss. I tried that once. They don't sing about how wet moss is.
3:58 am
sprite
*pleasantly
3:58 am
Haz1558
Yes, it just loves a moist atmosphere.
3:58 am
rubyfoo
or about the small (biting) creatures that live in it
3:59 am
rubyfoo
is today's grid them measurement?
3:59 am
sprite
lol, sin bin for a typo?
4:00 am
sprite
if you click on my profile, rubyfoo, you will see what the theme is
4:00 am
rubyfoo
my excuse is that it is so cold in my studio that my fingers are numb!
4:00 am
Brookie
Hi everyone!
4:00 am
Haz1558
Hello, Brookie.
4:00 am
sprite
hiya Brookie
4:00 am
Brookie
Hi haz, sprite! The grid looks fun today!
4:01 am
sprite
it is fun. Not one of the easiest grid, but smooth until about halfway for sure.
4:01 am
Haz1558
It's got a lot of interesting words, not many long sequences going but still fun.
4:02 am
lynxxx
hi Brookie. You are early
4:02 am
rubyfoo
I didn't know that was a real thing, sprite, thank you
4:02 am
Brookie
That's fine. I'm taking a several-day hiatus from my 2nd job (editing), so I have more time to work on these grids.
4:02 am
rubyfoo
hi brookie
4:03 am
Brookie
Hi lynxxx and ruby. I've been up since 4 a.m. and am strangely feeling well rested!
4:03 am
sprite
hehehe will talk to you at about 15.30 this afternoon... when the man with the hammer pays you a visit...
4:04 am
Brookie
At 15.30 I'll be at work, so I'll just have to tell my coworkers to be quiet while I nap at my desk.
4:05 am
sprite
good idea! Tell th4 they shouldn't snore
4:06 am
sprite
I found a drink!
4:07 am
Brookie
One in the grid or one to virtually share with fellow babblers, sprite?
4:07 am
rubyfoo
my husband's favorite!
4:07 am
rubyfoo
in the grid I think....
4:07 am
sprite
both. Well, you guys can share it, lol, I don't drink and it is only 11 am here, so two good reasons not to touch the stuff :)
4:08 am
Sally-catlover
I take it the drink is shaken, not stirred?
4:09 am
Brookie
found it, thanks to sally's clue!
4:09 am
rubyfoo
for sure, just ask crossy
4:10 am
sprite
wtg Sally and hi
4:11 am
Sally-catlover
hi sprite, been in and out a bit this morning.
4:11 am
Brookie
taking off mud masque... brb
4:11 am
sprite
glad to see you, Sally
4:12 am
Sally-catlover
and you sprite. Is today a good day for you?
4:12 am
sprite
yay my first 8. Withdrawn.
4:13 am
Haz1558
Going to take a break, back later to tease a few more words out of this thing.
4:13 am
sprite
it is, Sally. Am feeling better and doing some fun things and some necessary things. Will feel good about myself this evening too :)
And how are you today?
4:13 am
sprite
bye for now, Haz
4:14 am
Haz1558
The only other 8 I have is tr. It might be a command from Mr Clapton's mother to the barber.
4:14 am
rubyfoo
I'd like to get to half before lunch....
4:14 am
Haz1558
Toodle-oo!
4:14 am
rubyfoo
too funny clue, haz!
4:14 am
Sally-catlover
Better than yesterday :-) Had a very long drive Sunday to visit husband's very sick cousin, and I have to do the majority of the driving, so was tired yesterday.
4:14 am
sprite
great clue!
4:14 am
Haz1558
Glad it worked! Bye!
4:15 am
lynxxx
only half way but over 10% of my words end in ic
4:15 am
rubyfoo
no kidding
4:15 am
sprite
your distances are often so much bigger than ours. Glad today is better!
4:15 am
rubyfoo
only 4 ics, lynxx, putting monkeys to work
4:15 am
sprite
lyn, indeedydeed!
4:16 am
Sally-catlover
ha, ha! Just got Haz's clue for the tr8 :-)
4:17 am
sprite
funny clue isn't it
4:20 am
lshult
Haz, that tr8 clue was Genious
4:20 am
sprite
hey Ishult
4:20 am
herinfernallady
hello
4:20 am
rubyfoo
hi ishult
4:21 am
rubyfoo
hello herin
4:21 am
lynxxx
Hi Ishult & Infernal
4:21 am
herinfernallady
HOwdy howdy
4:23 am
sprite
oh a little poo word, grin. And I spotted it. Must be a first for me.
4:23 am
lynxxx
ooh wavy trim is there ri6.24
4:23 am
rubyfoo
or a soccer player!
4:23 am
rubyfoo
wouldn't you change your name?
4:23 am
rubyfoo
must go make a salade nicoise for DH, see you later
4:23 am
sprite
hehehe lyn to the sin bin. I am coming too, it is getting cozy there.
4:24 am
herinfernallady
we have superfast broadband
4:25 am
sprite
how lovely, lady
4:25 am
lynxxx
good, getting a bit tired to play...hope there is a nice bed in there....bye all
4:25 am
rubyfoo
bye lynxx!
4:25 am
sprite
there is, lyn. Sleep well.
4:27 am
herinfernallady
this isn't right this is all too fast for me
4:29 am
sprite
I could do with a bit more speed
4:29 am
herinfernallady
Man it is like zap done
4:29 am
sprite
I bet you will get used to it soon
4:32 am
herinfernallady
I will my old one was bad
4:33 am
sprite
am happy for you
4:34 am
herinfernallady
I can actually watch Youtube no probs
4:34 am
sprite
hehehe that is great
4:35 am
herinfernallady
before it was a cursing fit
4:42 am
sprite
fireflies. Very good grid.
4:42 am
herinfernallady
loves
4:42 am
herinfernallady
loves
4:43 am
herinfernallady
I am off for a bit
5:15 am
herinfernallady
helo?
5:51 am
bichon
hi, g'day. Was there a clue for the tr8?
5:54 am
Haz1558
Hello, bichon. I clued it earlier as being what the mother of Mr Clapton might have said to the barber.
5:55 am
bichon
got it, ty Haz
5:55 am
Haz1558
Glad you got it, bichon.
6:00 am
herinfernallady
hello
6:01 am
Haz1558
Hello, herin.
6:01 am
herinfernallady
Thank you for the clue
6:01 am
Haz1558
You're welcome.
6:01 am
herinfernallady
my sides still hurt from freaking out the cat and not being blamed for it
6:02 am
Haz1558
I don't understand what you mean?
6:03 am
FMitch
Hi Haz and herin
Just back from the garden centre.
6:03 am
herinfernallady
Ok I moved the cat jumped but because the little black guy was under her I didn't get blamed. HI FM
6:03 am
Haz1558
Hello, FM. Did you purchase anything interesting?
6:05 am
FMitch
Priced up water butts and bought a couple of bits but nothing exciting yet. Have just been on the phone to local handyman who I will employ to bring said water butt and install it next week and link it into the down pipe - v green :)
6:06 am
Haz1558
Your green credentials will be rocketing.
6:07 am
FMitch
seeing as there is no tap for a hose in the garden it seemed like a great idea.
6:07 am
FMitch
Loved yr clue for the tr8 btw, inspired.
6:08 am
Haz1558
It's a very good idea, you just need to hope that we get enough rain.
6:08 am
Haz1558
Thank you! Taking a modest bow.
6:08 am
FMitch
sprinkles a few drops of smugness over NI :)
6:09 am
Haz1558
We're still smug after the Grand National win!
6:09 am
FMitch
Wasn't that something? I didn't actuall see the race but from what I have read it was a great one. How about the horse that really didn't want to take part?!
6:10 am
bichon
what are water butts, may I ask from across the pond
6:10 am
FMitch
Hi bichon - they are big containers for collecting rain water.
6:11 am
Haz1558
I watched a recording of it, it's on BBC iplayer still, I think. He mentioned his old mentor, Billy Rock from Cullybackey, who first took him under his wing - that was nice.
6:11 am
bichon
okay, rain barrels at the bottom of downspouts?
6:12 am
FMitch
yes that the sort of thing bichon
6:14 am
FMitch
unfortunately with modern houses there is no spout so you have to buy a kit that cuts into the pipe and channels the water into the barrel.
6:15 am
FMitch
phone back in a bit.
6:19 am
crosshair
good morning everyone
6:21 am
herinfernallady
hi Crossie
6:21 am
periwinkle
morning all
6:21 am
crosshair
howdy herin
6:21 am
periwinkle
ty, Haz, great clue for the tr8
6:21 am
crosshair
howdy peri
6:21 am
Haz1558
Thanks peri! Hello to you and crossy.
6:22 am
crosshair
howdy haz
6:27 am
periwinkle
help with bottom i pls
6:28 am
Haz1558
The i words are tricky to work out because there are so many i letters. Let me work it out.
6:28 am
periwinkle
can I have the stats pls
6:28 am
Haz1558
One is ic5 - ic plus a nervous twitch
6:28 am
periwinkle
ty Haz, nbt
6:29 am
Haz1558
The other one is ic7/36 - ends in Mr Clapton.
6:30 am
periwinkle
ty Haz, got them both
6:30 am
Haz1558
You're welcome.
6:31 am
herinfernallady
iceric
6:31 am
herinfernallady
opps
6:31 am
crosshair
found mrs clapton anyways
6:31 am
Haz1558
Put another consonant in.
6:32 am
crosshair
ahh there it is
6:33 am
herinfernallady
sorry about that
6:38 am
Haz1558
Okay, walkies time for Spangle and me. Enjoy the grid, it's eclectic (about the only word ending in ic that DOESN'T appear here). Bye for now!
6:46 am
herinfernallady
thanks
7:00 am
evanonut
howza ferny
7:02 am
Flask1
Hi all....clue for re8 please?
7:02 am
herinfernallady
NUTTTTTTTTTTY
7:02 am
evanonut
hey baby cakes
7:03 am
herinfernallady
HOw is you missed you/
7:04 am
evanonut
how is i missed i?
7:04 am
evanonut
or do i miss my eye?
7:04 am
herinfernallady
I missed you.
7:04 am
evanonut
lol, why thank you
7:05 am
evanonut
i miss this here joint i never drop into anymore
7:05 am
herinfernallady
were you been? and I am looking about for a renny
7:06 am
evanonut
mostly work and class ferny, and playing the tourist right down to the i heart ny t-shirt here in nyc currently
7:06 am
evanonut
the renny is hard to come by
7:07 am
herinfernallady
O what you doing ?
7:08 am
evanonut
being a tourist
7:08 am
herinfernallady
Flask not being rude I don't have it
7:08 am
herinfernallady
What you studying I mean
7:08 am
evanonut
and i never have it
7:09 am
evanonut
and graphic design
7:09 am
crosshair
i live in a town with a ski hill and deal with winbter tourists,i work 20 minutes away in a town with ontarios longest freshwater beach and deal with the summer tourists..must be into pain lol
7:09 am
evanonut
trying to get a half a charge into the ipod before i depart
7:10 am
crosshair
ive heard bout them i-pod thingys,may have to give one a try one day lol
7:10 am
herinfernallady
Nutsky you enjoying course?
7:10 am
evanonut
actually, i was a well behaved tourist, and i slammed head first into an obnoxious group of sightseers who weren't paying attention to where they were going. i shouted "heads up" as i rammed into their shoulders.
7:11 am
evanonut
yes, enjoying school ferny, it is what i'm good at after all
7:12 am
herinfernallady
You in NY?
7:13 am
crosshair
lol,my brother took so long at university,i teased him that if he does not finish,he will be the worlds first 65 year old retired student
7:13 am
evanonut
currently in west ny, nj
7:14 am
evanonut
i met a guy who is constantly in school so that he doesn't have to pay the loans
7:14 am
herinfernallady
lovely
7:14 am
herinfernallady
My cousin just turned 40 and she is getting her PHD
7:15 am
crosshair
problem is the loans just get bigger,took my brother 10 years to pay them off and in the end the degree was for naught lol
7:15 am
crosshair
his gf,s degree in nursing carried them through
7:16 am
herinfernallady
my b.fsmum is not amused at the idea of me going further
7:16 am
crosshair
what is your major?
7:16 am
herinfernallady
um no major yet. Just doing a diploma
7:16 am
herinfernallady
and advanced diploma
7:17 am
herinfernallady
sorry. Advanced Diploma in Business Legal Practice / DIploma of bus
7:17 am
crosshair
moon rock gazing? puppy tickling?..lol ahh ok
7:17 am
evanonut
sorry, got caught up ina news article
7:18 am
evanonut
i'm just going for diploma too, i'd like to be able to find just enough freelance work to make the loan payments
7:18 am
crosshair
if you are a newshound eva,there is a site called "newsmap" it is done by google and is very handy
7:18 am
herinfernallady
But the Nut is a smarty
7:19 am
EvaNadine
mornin babblers!
7:19 am
evanonut
and its amazing these stinking amaerican grants, they'll help you, if you're a mom. but if you're a young financially distressed widow...well you can shift for yourself.
7:19 am
herinfernallady
Hi Eva
7:19 am
herinfernallady
Nut of course :(
7:20 am
herinfernallady
A friend of mine lives in NY and she said it is disgraceful the level of help given is so uneven
7:20 am
evanonut
of course it is...i need to be a minority or a mom
7:21 am
Anniebrook
Nuttttyyy, dear!!!!
7:21 am
herinfernallady
What about Crazy? do they help crazy?
7:21 am
herinfernallady
Hi Annie
7:21 am
evanonut
annie baby!
7:21 am
Anniebrook
hi herin!!
7:22 am
Anniebrook
Nutty, What did my little tourista see?
7:22 am
evanonut
i think they'd pay to keep me locked up ferny
7:22 am
evanonut
ground zero of course
7:22 am
evanonut
the met and the frick were closed
7:22 am
herinfernallady
I like crazy it works for me
7:22 am
evanonut
bodies, did the staten island ferry, saw a vigil at a polish memorial
7:22 am
herinfernallady
What about that massive book store
7:23 am
Anniebrook
Dammnnn! On Sunday? I wonder why.
7:23 am
evanonut
on monday
7:23 am
evanonut
i walked past it, does that count?
7:23 am
evanonut
oh! and i got lost in china town, which is intimidating after dark
7:24 am
Anniebrook
Lots of bodies..LOL..Oh Monday then yes all the museums are closed. Walking past does count then ENTER is the next step. Getting lost is Chinatown after dark makes you a native New Yorker.
7:25 am
Anniebrook
herin, Are you referring to the Strand Book Store?
7:25 am
Anniebrook
and hello everyone!
7:26 am
evanonut
does feeling like your body has been run through a meat grinder count for anything?
7:27 am
Anniebrook
nut, yes it does. You must have gone to Times Square then.
7:27 am
herinfernallady
Why are things closed on a Monday in NY
7:27 am
herinfernallady
Yes I am Annie. It is one of my dreams
7:27 am
Anniebrook
herin, Budgets, budgets, budgets
7:28 am
Anniebrook
The Strand is a great book store. If you are ever in NY I will take you there.
7:28 am
herinfernallady
I can dream
7:28 am
herinfernallady
aww that is sweet Annie.
7:28 am
evanonut
hmmm...make sure annie is in ny BEFORE you take her up on the offer
7:29 am
herinfernallady
I saw someone on the train with a Strand Bag I nearly squelled.
7:30 am
Anniebrook
When I go into Manhattan next time ( whenever that is) do you want me to get you a Strand shopping bag. Just the plastic one but it lasts. I will mail it to you. I should be going in next month.
7:30 am
herinfernallady
Squell
7:31 am
evanonut
look out, ferny might pee herself
7:31 am
Anniebrook
Oh good.
7:31 am
Anniebrook
she just did.
7:31 am
evanonut
maybe send her some i heart ny undies
7:31 am
herinfernallady
No that came when I saw they have a copy of INterview with a Vampire
7:32 am
Anniebrook
Sure they do.
7:32 am
bichon
hi, does anyone have the an 6?
7:33 am
Anniebrook
herin, I should be in NY the end of May..I will let you know.
7:33 am
montreal13
singing the national an6 bichon
7:33 am
Anniebrook
bichon is a N Y girl
7:33 am
herinfernallady
I would also like to eat at Brasserie Les Halles
7:33 am
Anniebrook
Hi Luc!
7:34 am
bichon
I sure am. What's up with NY?
7:34 am
montreal13
hi all - just stopped in for a minute
7:34 am
bichon
ty montreal
7:34 am
herinfernallady
HI BIchon
7:34 am
evanonut
i was just in the stompin grounds bichon
7:34 am
Anniebrook
Nutty is being a toutista in NY and I thought you originally were from NY too
7:34 am
herinfernallady
I want to go to The Strand and Brasserie Les Halles
7:35 am
montreal13
hi (Annie) (Lady) (nutty) (bichon)...
7:35 am
herinfernallady
HI Monty
7:35 am
evanonut
fyi, i don't heart ny
7:35 am
bichon
where is the Brasserie, in Paris
7:36 am
herinfernallady
NY
7:36 am
herinfernallady
http://leshalles.net/brasserie/
7:37 am
bichon
I'm a more Zabar's kind of gal
7:37 am
bichon
And Chinatown
7:37 am
evanonut
ok, time to pack my sh*t up...next stop...pa!
7:37 am
Anniebrook
Zabar, I am drooling
7:37 am
herinfernallady
Travel Safe Nutty
7:37 am
Flask1
any clues please for cr7..or cr8 please?
7:38 am
bichon
We used to live right near Zabars in '70-'72
7:38 am
Anniebrook
Nutty, safe trip to home sweet home
7:38 am
bichon
not yet Flask
7:39 am
Flask1
ok bichon, thanx!
7:39 am
montreal13
don't have 'em flask...
7:39 am
montreal13
found the re8 though: being hesitant unsure is being re8 - ends in a 4-letter coin
7:40 am
bichon
ty montreal
7:40 am
guernseygirl
ty montreal
7:40 am
Flask1
thanx Montreal...
7:40 am
Anniebrook
thanks, Luc, your clue did it
7:41 am
montreal13
found it b/c same word in french :)
7:43 am
Sally-catlover
Flask: cr7: first 5 letters of to cr**** something, then not out. For the 8, add a vowel
7:43 am
herinfernallady
Ok kidos love you and leave you. Time for my bed.
7:44 am
montreal13
sleep tight lady
7:45 am
Anniebrook
sweet dreams, herin
7:46 am
montreal13
not getting your clue sally... any further help would be appreciated...
7:47 am
Norma
Can anyone clue the am7 please ;o)
7:47 am
Sally-catlover
OK: In the beginning, God cr***ed the world, then add two letters for not in
7:47 am
bichon
a + male + r*** moreno
7:47 am
montreal13
tx sally that did it
7:48 am
bichon
ci 7/32, the first one?
7:48 am
Norma
Brilliant clue bichon thanks ;o)
7:50 am
guernseygirl
not sure if its the second one, but ci7 to do with lemons
7:50 am
bichon
no. thats the second one
7:50 am
guernseygirl
the other one's to do with lemons also
7:51 am
Sally-catlover
The first ci 7/32: ci plus double consonant, plus verb meaning had a meal
7:51 am
guernseygirl
oh no, sorry, that's the ci6/24
7:52 am
bichon
ty Sally, great clue
7:52 am
Sally-catlover
Apparently it means curly :-)
7:53 am
guernseygirl
hi Bb
7:53 am
Anniebrook
hi boo
7:53 am
Sally-catlover
Hi boo
7:54 am
montreal13
hi and bye boo - gotta go - 1st pass 120/79 - BBL - have a great day all "POOF"
7:54 am
Anniebrook
bye Luc!
7:54 am
Boobear
bye Montreal
8:02 am
jmitch
g'day all....fyi, weather here is lovely!
8:03 am
guernseygirl
and here jm
8:03 am
Anniebrook
today is grey here
8:05 am
Boobear
we had rain for two days here but it looks like sun today
8:05 am
guernseygirl
for us it's real spring at last, after a very long and nasty winter - although obviously our winter's are nothing compared to yours.
8:08 am
redturtlehead
Oh Wow, Montreal was here. Rats would have loved to say hello.
8:09 am
redturtlehead
hello to all who are here.
8:10 am
guernseygirl
hi red
8:11 am
redturtlehead
Hello, it is indeed lovely weather here too, though a bit on the chillier side of things.
8:13 am
redturtlehead
Oh lordy, I killed the chat.
8:13 am
jmitch
nah, I wandered off to find coffee
8:13 am
redturtlehead
breathes huge sigh of relief.
8:14 am
jmitch
one of the managers here has a weekly group meeting in the coffee room
8:14 am
jmitch
locks the door
8:14 am
Boobear
no you didn't
8:14 am
jmitch
at 8:00 am
8:14 am
jmitch
time for revolt!
8:14 am
guernseygirl
sorry, i'm still here too. i was looking for some words
8:15 am
Boobear
me too ..lots of word hunting today
8:15 am
guernseygirl
i am feeling very thick today. can't seem to find even quite short ones.
8:16 am
Boobear
an 6/24 national song
8:17 am
guernseygirl
got that but have you got the first ac5/12?
8:17 am
Boobear
yes thinking of a clue
8:17 am
Sally-catlover
Have that, gg, but have to think how to clue
8:18 am
guernseygirl
clearly its a tricky one.
8:18 am
Sally-catlover
ac plus indefinite article plus **se and shine!
8:18 am
Boobear
ac5/12 a mite
8:19 am
guernseygirl
ty both. now i need am7/32
8:20 am
Sally-catlover
That's a poisonous fungi
8:20 am
Boobear
need that one myself
8:21 am
Anniebrook
hi red, was watering the plants
8:21 am
Sally-catlover
Not the am 7/32 I hope!
8:21 am
guernseygirl
great, Sally. thanks. clue for you, Boobear is am = indef article + not day
8:22 am
guernseygirl
and change last vowel.
8:22 am
guernseygirl
i think i'd better give up cluing and take a break. have lost control
8:24 am
Sally-catlover
sprite's puppy is in the grid, for anyone who hasn't found it :-)
8:25 am
Sally-catlover
And James Bond's favourite drink.
8:25 am
redturtlehead
hello, on tele[hone..
8:27 am
Boobear
stuck on am 7
8:29 am
Sally-catlover
a plus not woman plus Venice is in ***ly
8:29 am
crosshair
ty sally
8:31 am
Sally-catlover
Do you have it now boo?
8:32 am
Boobear
having trouble putting it together
8:32 am
Sally-catlover
Don't know how much clearer I can make it!
8:33 am
Boobear
that's ok
8:33 am
Sally-catlover
A plus three letters meaning not woman but *** plus first three letters of the country that Venice is in
8:33 am
Sally-catlover
It means a poisonous fungi
8:33 am
Cherrypop
worked for me thank you Sally
8:36 am
bethanyej
sally -pretty clear - thanks
8:36 am
Boobear
ty sally finally got it
8:36 am
Sally-catlover
Phew! That's good.
8:37 am
Sally-catlover
Any more clues needed for anyone?
8:39 am
Sally-catlover
Well, if not I will bid you all adieu.
8:39 am
Boobear
bye Sally
8:41 am
Sally-catlover
bye boo, have fun with the grid. Poof! I've really gone ...
9:13 am
Norma
Can anyone clue the ni7 please ;o)
9:14 am
periwinkle
hello all
9:14 am
periwinkle
found my niece's name: er5 but need help with the er7's pls
9:14 am
periwinkle
ni7 a place to go in the evening?
9:15 am
Anniebrook
er7 is wandering off the couse
9:15 am
Anniebrook
*course
9:15 am
poodletoes
ty peri cute clue
9:16 am
Norma
Can you give me anymore please peri ;o)
9:16 am
gran
Last two : ni 7/28 and ra 5/10 any clues please
9:17 am
Anniebrook
peri just clued the ni 7-28
9:17 am
periwinkle
ni8 clued at 9:14
9:17 am
pippingeek
i need a more specific clue for that, sorry
9:17 am
Anniebrook
ra and uncle in spanish
9:19 am
pippingeek
okay, apparently just one clue per word and if we don't get it tough for us...
9:22 am
jmitch
i'm confused....was it NI8 or NI7 clued at 9:14? My monkeys don't know when to quit slapping keys.
9:22 am
pippingeek
i never saw a clue for ni8, and the ni7 clue didn't do anything for me
9:22 am
Norma
I don't think there is an NI8 not according to licketys clues ...
9:23 am
jmitch
cool....i'm still working w/o lickety. will keep searching for 7
9:24 am
pippingeek
but i just got an he7!
9:24 am
Norma
If you find it jm perhaps you can pass on a clue ... I have monkeyed until my fingers are sore lol
9:27 am
pippingeek
grr, phantom arctic and hectic
9:27 am
jmitch
pipping : they aint phantoms!
9:28 am
pippingeek
eep! pb for me...
9:28 am
Anniebrook
pip, not phanthoms. lol. great clues
9:28 am
pippingeek
i kept looking at the wrong i
9:28 am
jmitch
i did too!
9:30 am
gran
Thanks Annie, but got that one
9:31 am
pippingeek
and now we know why i don't clue well, i'm apparently a bit too literal?
9:34 am
flosey
good morning everyone
9:35 am
gran
Still not getting the ni 7/28 - any further clues please
9:35 am
flosey
gran, do you have ni5/10?
9:36 am
flosey
before the ni7?
9:37 am
flosey
mo4. mi4, ni5, ni7 - ni7 is ni5 + 2 vowels
9:37 am
flosey
oops, those were all ni4, ni4 etf
9:37 am
flosey
sorry, my typing is bad this morning
9:38 am
Boobear
clue for the last ar 6/18
9:38 am
gran
I have three ni 5/10
9:39 am
flosey
it's after the first one gran
9:39 am
gran
Thanks will search
9:41 am
Boobear
nm found it
9:51 am
Kaplan the Magne
Phantom criteria
9:52 am
Boobear
clue for the ar 6/21 pls
9:57 am
grant
ar+walking aid
10:06 am
Angelsong
hi, all. anyone have a clue for the ra6/21? I am truly not seeing it.
10:07 am
nbjasmine
i have "more" risque'
10:07 am
Kaplan the Magne
ANgel- something that is more provocative- ra4 with relative ending
10:07 am
Kaplan the Magne
Oh, that's a better clie
10:08 am
Kaplan the Magne
phantom macrame
10:08 am
Kaplan the Magne
Phantom erratic
10:08 am
Kaplan the Magne
Too many phantoms. Break time!
10:09 am
nbjasmine
penalty- not a phantom!
10:09 am
nbjasmine
thanks, lol
10:09 am
Angelsong
thanks! I was looking in the wrong direction for that ra...
10:09 am
Kaplan the Magne
OH, yeah? where?
10:10 am
Kaplan the Magne
Oh yeah- oops.
10:10 am
Kaplan the Magne
I like it when people put in phantoms that are real words- I got 2 from someone else a little while ago
10:10 am
nbjasmine
like what? ;-)
10:10 am
jaeleigh
Anyone need clues???
10:10 am
Kaplan the Magne
Take it as a gift
10:11 am
Angelsong
fireworks
10:11 am
nbjasmine
WTG angel!
10:11 am
jaeleigh
yay, Angel!
10:11 am
Kaplan the Magne
he6 and ar6. Remember there ARE two c's in this grid
10:11 am
gran
Still not getting the ni 7/28 and ra 5/10
10:12 am
nbjasmine
oooh, didn't have the ar6
10:13 am
jaeleigh
short form of darktime of day + **t* of passage
10:14 am
jaeleigh
two ra 5/10's- a person who gives you a score and 2:1 is a ...
10:14 am
wht
Can I have a clue for the bottom row I for nbt?
10:15 am
jmitch
i second wht's request....please?
10:16 am
jaeleigh
it** 4/5
10:16 am
Jen34
i love the ar 6 -- makes me think of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series with Ar**** Jill
10:16 am
jmitch
nope...that uses the center I
10:17 am
jaeleigh
try ic+ small icky bug
10:18 am
wht
ty, that worked for me as well.
10:18 am
nbjasmine
that's one. other?
10:18 am
jaeleigh
yw..sorry I goofed the 1st time
10:18 am
flosey
I need a clue for ca5/14, second one
10:18 am
jmitch
and w/ NBT i can "relax"
10:19 am
wht
no problem jae.
10:19 am
wht
nbt here as well.
10:20 am
jaeleigh
2 ca 5/14- one is pl. of pricly plant- the other uses c+ two vowels+ **ll your mother!
10:22 am
rururocks
oh reluctantly found the re 8
10:23 am
gran
Thanks for the ni 7/28 but still stuck on the ra 5/10 (between ra 4/4 and ra 6/18) any more clues
10:23 am
jaeleigh
were you shy about finding it, ruru?
10:23 am
rururocks
yes.. because I was so cold with the word next to it
10:24 am
jaeleigh
add a consonant to the 4/4- you are going to hit your head...
10:26 am
jaeleigh
pro-ra** something + add consonant
10:27 am
jaeleigh
gran, did you get it?
10:27 am
gran
Not yet I think my brain is dead!
10:28 am
jaeleigh
try going up and diagonally after the root word
10:29 am
rururocks
gm boobear
10:29 am
gran
How stupid can I be but got it and finished
10:30 am
jaeleigh
it's an anagram of te*** firma
10:30 am
jaeleigh
YAY!!!!! Congrats!
10:32 am
rururocks
oh.. I have such a long way to go
10:32 am
pippingeek
me too, ru, and i am tired!
10:33 am
pippingeek
mom is sick and i really don't want to have it too
10:39 am
rururocks
hard not to catch it.. I took care of my wife at New Year's and washed my hands and kept away, but still caught it
10:45 am
bichon
hi, anyone have the he 7?
10:47 am
flosey
he7 is a land measurement
10:47 am
bichon
ty flosey
10:47 am
flosey
yw bichon
10:50 am
Judi
Good morning, Babblers!
10:50 am
Boobear
clue for the first co 5
10:52 am
fuquayvarina
co+ what you do on stage
10:55 am
rururocks
hey Jude!
10:58 am
ursh
dont be afraid - you were made to go out and get her, remember to ....... forgotten the words
10:58 am
jmbdobie2
let her into your heart
10:59 am
fuquayvarina
then you can start
10:59 am
jmbdobie2
then you can start to feel better
10:59 am
fuquayvarina
to make it better
10:59 am
ursh
better better BETTER
10:59 am
Judi
Start to make it better.... And you can stop that nonsence right now.
10:59 am
Nancy Boy
naaa na, na na na na...
11:00 am
ursh
lol - children of the 70's
11:00 am
Judi
Anyone remember the secret words from last night????
11:00 am
Nancy Boy
Hi Jmb :)
11:00 am
jmbdobie2
try this one ... i once had a girl or should i say, she once had me.
11:01 am
Nancy Boy
or 90s in my case, Ursh ;)
11:01 am
ursh
hey jude will never die
11:01 am
jmbdobie2
A more obscure fab four tune... but one of my favs
11:02 am
bethn
norwegian wood
11:02 am
rururocks
secret words from what?
11:02 am
ursh
very familiar jmb - but cant quite get it
11:02 am
Judi
CLAM WORM!!!!!
11:03 am
jmbdobie2
yeah bethn..... she showed me her room isn't it good norwegian wood
11:03 am
jmbdobie2
sorry judi... was that directed at moi? if so... what does it mean
11:03 am
Kaplan the Magne
Hey Jude is obscure?
11:04 am
rururocks
not liking these a words
11:04 am
bethn
loved that whole album, i am having a flashback of sitting in the house and opening the plastic on the album and putting it on the llarge floor stereo (furniture quality, no less : ) )
11:04 am
Kaplan the Magne
Since when?
11:04 am
Judi
It was a clue for a word from yesterday's grid. Some of us were working on it last night around 8:30 ish or so.
11:04 am
jmbdobie2
right you are mage Jude is indeed obscure
11:06 am
jmbdobie2
bethn... i am your age(ish). My phonograph was a small tabletop model that had a lid that closed
11:07 am
ursh
no kaplan - the 'once had a girl, or should i say she once had me' is a more obscure beatles song
11:07 am
rururocks
I need help with one ca 5/14 I have the spiky plant word need the other
11:08 am
bethn
when I was little, we had a victrola, also furniture-like. then when my mom redid the living room we go a danish modern stereo with a well inside to hold your slbums
11:08 am
jmbdobie2
so many beatles memories...
11:09 am
jmbdobie2
sweet bethn.... my friends family had a console that went with their pink & black decor...
11:09 am
Haz1558
The other ca5/14 puts an extra vowel in the ce4/6, if that's of any help, ruru.
11:10 am
rururocks
thank you haz
11:10 am
Haz1558
Or, ca, a vowel, repeat the start.
11:10 am
Haz1558
You're welcome, ruru. Good morning/afternoon all.
11:10 am
rururocks
I will have to come back to the a's later.. too frustrating
11:11 am
bethn
well to be truthful, we didn't get new furniture, just new custom fitted, slipcovers in a space age geometric print that that covered our old forest green and maroon chenille furniture
11:12 am
Judi
Wow, bethn. That hurts my eyes just thinking about it.
11:12 am
Haz1558
Hello, Judi. Are you well?
11:12 am
bethn
our house was .... lovely?
11:12 am
jmbdobie2
what a time to be alive bethn ...
11:12 am
rururocks
My mother had plastic on her couches and plastic runners across the carpeting
11:13 am
rururocks
and never took the plastic off the lamp shades because of the dust.
11:14 am
rururocks
it wasn't long after that she was committed...
11:14 am
Haz1558
Seriously? So she didn't get to enjoy her nice things?
11:14 am
Judi
I'm doing okay, Haz. I'm a little loopy on hydrocodone (for my back pain).
11:14 am
rururocks
my whole childhood haz.. really
11:14 am
car.eeyore
Sorry to interrupt...just need a quick clue for the bottom row i please for NBT?
11:14 am
Judi
*laughing inappropriately at ruru* Sorry, chum.
11:14 am
Haz1558
Sympathies on the back pain, Judi, I've had some experience and it's NOT to be recommended. Keep taking the pills.
11:15 am
bethn
I am not sure, but my dad may have played a large part in that decor. everything after was much more tasteful. my Baba (russian grandma) was very big into plastic. She seemed to fel it relieved her of ever having to actually clean
11:15 am
Haz1558
ruru, I've seen drivers never take their plastic off the new car seats, never people with furniture. Didn't you slip off seats a lot?
11:15 am
rururocks
I felt like walking bacteria when I was younger
11:15 am
Haz1558
ic5/ comes from that i, car. ic plus a twitch.
11:16 am
Haz1558
Also ic7 , ic, a consonant, finish off with Mr Clapton.
11:16 am
Judi
Going back to see the spinal specialist next Thurs. He's probably going to jab me with needles. However, at this point, I'm kind of looking forward to it.
11:16 am
rururocks
we never sat on them haz.. it was pulled off for company... kind of stepford -wives like weirdness
11:16 am
car.eeyore
TY Haz! Off to work now!
11:16 am
bethn
Baba's plastic had little bumps that gave you some traction so slippage was not a problem
11:16 am
Haz1558
Well done, car - have a good day!
11:16 am
rururocks
ouch Judi
11:17 am
jmbdobie2
back to work... break is over. bbl
11:17 am
Boobear
clue for cr 7 pls
11:17 am
Judi
*giggling at plastic covered furniture* Bet it was hot in the summer.
11:17 am
Haz1558
Back pain is so wearying and exquisitely agonising.
11:17 am
SeaSpray
Judi...what is wrong?
11:18 am
bethn
your thighs made a sound when you stood up as they peeled off the plastic
11:18 am
Haz1558
cr7 - like the story of how the world was made in Genesis, but lose a vowel at the end.
11:18 am
Judi
Have ruptured disc at L4/5. Causes lower back pain and shooting pain into my hip.
11:18 am
Haz1558
Or, in the cr5/12 preceding, reverse the order of the vowels and add the opposite of out.
11:19 am
bethn
Judi, have you been to pain specialist? I just had a adio frequency ablation at l4, l5, s1. The burn the nerves at those levels and it really helps abate the pain
11:19 am
SeaSpray
hmmm friend just found out he has 3 herniated discs in upper spine, wondering if they will poke him with needles?
11:20 am
Haz1558
Are you managing to sit in any degree of comfort?
11:20 am
Judi
I'm curently seeing a spinal specialist who is also an orthopaedist and a pain specialist. Thank goodness for overachievers.
11:21 am
SeaSpray
sounds like you are at the righ place Judi
11:21 am
bethn
I hope he helps, mine
11:21 am
bethn
has given me back a quality of life that was priceless
11:22 am
Judi
He had me go to physical therapy. I went to six sessions. The pain got much worse. *shrug*
11:22 am
bethn
PT did'nt help for me either
11:22 am
SeaSpray
was wondering about that, is surgery not an option?
11:22 am
Haz1558
Physiotherapy helped me eventually, but they can find pain you didn't know you had.
11:22 am
SeaSpray
or is it a last resort?
11:23 am
Judi
I'm making a note of that radio frequency ablation, bethn. Sounds better than epidural injections that he mentioned at my consultation.
11:23 am
bethn
surgery on discs can pb problematical. when the repair (fuse ) one, the next one up tends to go bad over the next several years so it is usually a last resort
11:25 am
SeaSpray
he has already had a spinal fusion in his lower back, sounds like he may want to reconsider surgery
11:25 am
Judi
I can sit okay. Just getting up and walking hurts quite a bit. Stairs are a killer. Laying down is somewhat problematic (until the meds kick in and I fall asleep). Been out of work for two days because I don't even want to think about getting in and out of the car.
11:25 am
bethn
epidurals can help but usually not long term. I have had them under twilight sleep. the dr uses a fluoroscope so he can see exactly where to put the needles. No pain & you wake up feeling much better . Itis usually temporary (for me) bur the relief can be amazing. Also ask about facet injections
11:26 am
SeaSpray
ok, will relay the info, ty bethn
11:26 am
rururocks
last cr7?
11:27 am
bethn
did you have a fall ? Or lift something badly?
11:27 am
Haz1558
And even the fact that you can't drive helps to reinforce the feeling of restriction and annoyance.
11:27 am
Judi
Where do they insert the fluoroscope, bethn?
11:27 am
Haz1558
cr7 - starts like the previous cr words, ends in not day (American style)
11:28 am
bethn
that is just like an overhead x ray that reacts to some "ink" that they inject just needles go in
11:28 am
bethn
just need a bandaid afterward, and back to work next day
11:29 am
Judi
Fell down some stairs about 5 years ago. Landed right on me bum. Then did the same thing about two weeks later. Family doctor said it was probably just a bruised tail bone. Later he said "arthritis". Glad I kept after it.
11:29 am
bojazz
Judi - if you can get a referral to Dr. William Rambo in Columbia, SC go see him. Had the same problem as you. Had surgery in '06 and not a lick of pain since and I routinely lift 55-60 lb buckets every day.
11:29 am
rururocks
thank you haz..
11:29 am
Haz1558
You're welcome, ruru.
11:30 am
Judi
I don't think I'm so desperate that I have to seek out of state help yet. But, thanks for the info, bojazz. Surgery hasn't even been mentioned. I just want to get to the point where I don't have pain so I can exercise like I used to.
11:30 am
bethn
ouch! judi, I know what that is like. I fell down the front steps in an ice storm, broke my back and herniated l4, l5, s1. no fun
11:30 am
crosshair
reading back,i also have 3 herniated disks in my neck and it is not pleasant.im sorry your in pain judi
11:31 am
bethn
hi crossy!
11:31 am
Haz1558
I think that's part of the frustration, Judi, not knowing if or how that pain is going to go.
11:31 am
SeaSpray
what did you do about it crossy?
11:31 am
crosshair
howdy beth
11:31 am
Judi
Uhg, bethn. That sounds terrible! So glad you found relief, though.
11:32 am
Judi
Crossy uses bacon therapy.
11:32 am
crosshair
i rode it out seaspray,learn to rebehave.as many have said here,surgery is a vely last resort,for many reasons
11:33 am
crosshair
over time..lots of it,the herniation will pull away from the nerves(somewhat)
11:33 am
SeaSpray
well the person I am referring to is 68 years old and goes nonstop all day long, like a rat on acid, thinks he is superman, he will have a big adjustment
11:34 am
crosshair
last think i want is fusion surgery in my neck
11:34 am
bethn
I am not as physically able as I used to be, I walked 7 miles daily in the past, can usually do 1-2 now a couple times a week if things are not flaring up. I go thru periods where I am very restricted and see my Dr @every 9-10 months
11:34 am
crosshair
he will
11:35 am
Judi
I have a theory that if/when I'm able to exercise properly again, I can lose some weight and that alone will ease some of the pressure on the affected nerves.
11:35 am
crosshair
lol,i heriated my disks exercising
11:36 am
SeaSpray
gives me a good reason not to exercise lol
11:36 am
Judi
*face palm*
11:36 am
Judi
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
11:36 am
crosshair
the famous ab works by nordic track
11:37 am
crosshair
could not use my neck,but had a great 6 pack on my abs
11:37 am
Judi
I hope you sued them, Crossy. Unless of course you were laying upside down on the thing in some weird kinky maneuver.
11:37 am
bethn
there are priorities crossy
11:37 am
SeaSpray
at least you looked good
11:37 am
Boobear
clue for the last cr 7 pls
11:37 am
crosshair
i was rushing the steps and the level increases,all my fault judi
11:38 am
crosshair
i was the best looking guy in emerg seaspray
11:38 am
Judi
Now he's Mr. Pudding Abs.
11:38 am
Haz1558
cr7 - same first three letters as preceding words, end in American style spelling of not day.
11:38 am
Nancy Boy
what's all this about pudding and abs?!
11:39 am
SeaSpray
lol crossy
11:39 am
KatieMcG
afternoon everyone
11:39 am
Judi
Hiya, Katie & Nancy Boy.
11:39 am
crosshair
howdy katie and nb
11:39 am
Haz1558
Hello, Katie. How's the mouth?
11:40 am
Haz1558
Which isn't as rude as it sounds....
11:40 am
Judi
This grid is a pain in the neck. I only have the two z's greyed out so far. 120 words to go.
11:40 am
KatieMcG
I've been in bed all day so it is much better thanks Haz :-)
11:40 am
Nancy Boy
Hi there judi, Crossy..everyone else :)
11:41 am
bethn
hi NB and katie
11:41 am
bethn
50 left here
11:41 am
Judi
Enough about pain and misery! Margaritas all around!!!
11:41 am
Haz1558
It's one of those 'pluck each word from the grid with tweezers' types of grid, but there are some interesting words.
11:42 am
crosshair
crossy runs for limes....
11:42 am
Judi
*gets the extra tall glasses*
11:42 am
KatieMcG
katie grabs the salt....
11:42 am
Judi
Anyone have any of those cute little paper umbrellas?
11:42 am
crosshair
i want the worm!
11:42 am
bethn
I will get chips and salsa
11:43 am
Nancy Boy
and Nancy opens mouth and waits.
11:43 am
KatieMcG
*then remembers she can't drink 'cause of the antibiotics*
11:43 am
Boobear
what's to drink
11:43 am
KatieMcG
tacky umbrellas provided
11:43 am
Judi
Awesome. Uh, Nancy Boy... we're going to see some ID.
11:44 am
bethn
you sound like my son NB, he always provides appreciation
11:44 am
crosshair
lol,a person can borrow beer,tequilia borrows you lol
11:44 am
Nancy Boy
but-but-but, I'm 19!
11:44 am
Nancy Boy
Ohh no, it's 21 in America isn't it?!
11:44 am
bethn
i think the drinking age is lower in Europe isn't it?
11:44 am
Judi
S'okay then. It's only virtual tequilla.
11:44 am
crosshair
they are messing with you nb,its 19 here
11:44 am
Haz1558
Yes, it's about 5 in France.
11:44 am
KatieMcG
18 over here so he is OK :-)
11:45 am
bethn
21 in the US
11:45 am
Judi
21 in most states here. Nazis.
11:45 am
Boobear
yes it is 21 in america
11:45 am
crosshair
lol,in france they get wine in sippy cups
11:45 am
crosshair
come over here nb..19
11:45 am
Flask1
Hi all....clues please for ci7 x 2 please?
11:45 am
KatieMcG
binge drinking here starts at about 13 lol
11:45 am
Nancy Boy
18 for everything here! Thank goodness ;) although obviously, there's nothing that a confident smile and a fake ID won't get you!
11:46 am
Nancy Boy
LOL Katie!
11:46 am
KatieMcG
used to be 16 for smoking but they put it up to 18 a few years ago
11:46 am
Judi
Am4 to that NB. I had my first fake ID when I was 16. It was a much more gullible world back then, though.
11:46 am
Haz1558
Hello, Flask. ci7/32 - the first one looks like c plus a word that means very angry, but use a double helping of the consonant at the beginning.
11:47 am
bethn
it was 18 when I was a teen, I was not a big drinker
11:47 am
KatieMcG
I still can't get over the fact you can't get alcohol in your supermarkets
11:47 am
Haz1558
The second ci7/32 puts a vowel onto the end of ci6/21, think lemons etc.
11:47 am
crosshair
lol,i remember when i became of legal drinking age(was 18 at that time) i was sitting on the curb outside of beer store at 9:55 wasiting for it to open lol
11:47 am
Atalante
they can, katie, at least in some states. just not spirits.
11:47 am
Nancy Boy
Ugh, Katie - I got caught in the middle of that. I started smoking at around 16...and then suddenly when I was 17 I couldn't get them anymore!
11:48 am
bethn
in some states you can buy beer but no hard liquor
11:48 am
KatieMcG
not in Canada they can't
11:48 am
crosshair
the govt is in full control of our beer and liquer,no private sellers;((
11:48 am
KatieMcG
lol crossy
11:48 am
crosshair
nazi,s
11:48 am
Atalante
ohhh, canada. well they are just odd
11:48 am
KatieMcG
our shopping would be soooo cheap if they stopped doing it over here lol
11:49 am
crosshair
you better not be smoking nb...gives stern pappa look....
11:49 am
Flask1
sorry Haz not getting the first one....
11:49 am
bethn
in some states, liquor is avaiable in gov't run "package stores"
11:49 am
Nancy Boy
*shuffles feet sheepishly*
11:49 am
Judi
I got so hosed on drinking ages. When I turned 18, the state of NY decided to raise the drinking age to 19. I was legal for 6 months. When I turned 19, they decided to raise it to 21. I was legal for 6 months. Complet idiocy.
11:50 am
Haz1558
Flask, use the first three letters of the ci4/5 that precedes it, then add a four letter word that describes the speed at which something is done.
11:50 am
Nancy Boy
LOL Judi! what a pain
11:50 am
bethn
where were you from in NY? I grew up in the capitol district
11:50 am
KatieMcG
we are going on a pre hen & stag do this weekend, could worry about how much will be drunk, tablets or no tablets
11:50 am
Judi
Oh, Nancy Boy, smoking is so not sexy. Stop!
11:51 am
crosshair
nb,i smoked for 25 years now i quit in 2002,but shall spend the rest of my life breathing through rattly lungs.do yourself a favor and quit..oik end of speech lol
11:51 am
Judi
I'm originally from Clinton, NY bethn. (Near Utica).
11:51 am
Judi
My sister-in-law lives in Scotia, though.
11:51 am
bethn
out west:)
11:51 am
Atalante
he'll stop when he's ready ...!
11:52 am
crosshair
we are all ready...once
11:52 am
Judi
Shush, Ata. We're being stern and parental here.
11:52 am
crosshair
now ata do not enable the lad lol
11:52 am
Atalante
well yes, but also it takes the person to want to stop :P
11:53 am
KatieMcG
better go and feed my cats, crumble is standing on my arm and won't move
11:53 am
crosshair
easir to stop when your just starting
11:53 am
Flask1
thanx Haz, sorry 'bout that!
11:53 am
Judi
So much easier to give it up now, while he's young.
11:53 am
Haz1558
No problem, Flask!
11:53 am
Judi
BRB. Time to take another happy pill and make a new pot of java...
11:53 am
Haz1558
You should all appeal to his vanity. Think of the skin damage.
11:54 am
Atalante
oh I agree, and I hate anyone smoking, but I also realise that people can say all they want, but it takes being ready to stop to actually succeed
11:54 am
Matches
clue for cr 7/32 please
11:54 am
Atalante
good point haz!
11:54 am
Nancy Boy
what are you implying, Haz? ;)
11:55 am
Haz1558
I'm just saying - younger people are conscious of their looks. Smoke, and you do a great job of wrecking your skin.
11:55 am
Atalante
lines! wrinkles!
11:55 am
Haz1558
cr7/32 - first letters of the process described in Genesis(five) finish with two letters of not out.
11:55 am
KatieMcG
now hubby is back, honestly it's all go!!
11:56 am
EvaNadine
*runs in a absolutely snoggles NB to within an inch of his life*
11:56 am
crosshair
ok nb,just one more thing and i will leave you be on it.when the wife and i both quit in 2002,every day we put the price of a pack of smokes into a large jar i had.we never missed it cause that was what we wasted every day on smokes anyways.at the end of 2 years i counted it up and rolled it(smokes were $7.50 a pack at this time) it came to $12,160.00 and i bough my brand new 2004 toyota echo with it...cash
11:56 am
Nancy Boy
Eva!!! You're still dressed up for St Patrick's day I see ;)
11:56 am
Haz1558
Just about every victim, sorry recipient, of those makeover shows has been a smoker. Combine that with sunbathing and you've got a wreck of a face.
11:56 am
bichon
wtg crossy
11:57 am
EvaNadine
and it looks like someone has a more recent photo posted. ;)
11:57 am
crosshair
and no sun ot tannijng booths either nb,or ill tell you bout my melinoma lol
11:57 am
movieman
I'm 32, and I'm proud to say I've NEVER smoked at all!!!!!
11:57 am
crosshair
yaa for movieman!!~
11:57 am
Haz1558
Dorens. You're allowed to communicate with more than two letters at a time.
11:57 am
Nancy Boy
It felt the time, Eva ;) for my close-up!
11:58 am
Nancy Boy
Oh well I avoid the sun, Crossy! But only because I prefer to be pale and interesting. Haz might have been right with that 'vanity' thing..
11:58 am
Matches
I have that one. I need the last one. ty for the clue for the first one.
11:58 am
EvaNadine
and such a dreamy one it is...
*le sigh*
if i werent engaged, and you werent gay.
;)
11:59 am
Nancy Boy
I think both Leo and your man might have something to say about that! ;)
11:59 am
crosshair
ok that it..eva hit the showers
11:59 am
Haz1558
cr7/32 - the second one - looks like the sort of gown Scarlett O'Hara might wear in the evening. First three letters as with preceding words, finish with hours of darkness, American spelling.
11:59 am
EvaNadine
chris would understand. he knows i have an affinity for pretty boys. ;)
12:00 pm
Nancy Boy
LOL Crossy!
12:00 pm
Nancy Boy
Eva can definitely stay ;)
12:00 pm
Haz1558
Did I catch NB declaring that I might be right? *smug*
12:00 pm
Matches
That's it Haz ty
12:00 pm
EvaNadine
did i catch haz being smug?
i thought that was reserved for ata... ?
12:00 pm
Haz1558
You're welcome, Matches.
12:01 pm
Nancy Boy
perhaps, Haz. But only because Eva distracted me with her compliments ;)
12:01 pm
Haz1558
Ata is always smug. Smugness is more fleeting for me.
12:01 pm
Atalante
Silverclaw is the smuggest today
12:01 pm
EvaNadine
oh, how i missed you all when i was babble-less last week. :)
12:02 pm
Haz1558
What did she do to outsmug you, Ata?
12:02 pm
Atalante
I'd have to show you the photo. hang on a sec
12:02 pm
Haz1558
Did you really, EvaN? So nice to know we're missed...
12:02 pm
Nancy Boy
I'm smug - because of my gorgeous new nearly-niece! (aka Leo's new actual niece)
12:02 pm
crosshair
ok,crossy is done sermonizing,as he has no bad habits(uses foot to slide jug of bacon vodka under the table.....
12:03 pm
Nancy Boy
LOL Crossy!!
12:03 pm
Dorens
hi all. sometimes when at work i play with babble expert a bit - and that always happens... need to remember to check off no chat, sorry
12:03 pm
EvaNadine
id complain about having been in training all week, but in reality, i fought tooth-and-nail to get that training, and i learned a lot!!
12:03 pm
KatieMcG
Oh just seen the photo on FB sily really is the smuggest of them all
12:03 pm
jmitch
Just perused the chog and saw the anti-smoking crusade.....god bless the person who invented CHANTIX!
12:03 pm
Haz1558
You're forgiven, Dorens. Nice to see you!
12:03 pm
EvaNadine
oh! crossy!
that reminds me.
dear fiance showed me this this morning:
http://scifiwire.com/2010/04/
awesome-or-disgusting-sta.php
12:03 pm
crosshair
mine was welbutrin jm
12:04 pm
Judi
Speaking of photos... Crossy, did you get your 20th century film developed so you can show us the pic of your cat with the Pop Tart box on his head?
12:04 pm
EvaNadine
baby niece?
any photos, NB?
12:04 pm
Atalante
yes, that, eva! isn't she smug!! pic changed here too
12:04 pm
crosshair
looking eva...
12:04 pm
carleekat
hi eva
12:04 pm
Nancy Boy
Not yet, Eva, but she's only a day old ;)
12:04 pm
carleekat
crossy!!!
12:04 pm
carleekat
hi hazel
12:04 pm
Dorens
good to see you to, haz.. but only have couple of minutes... one of those crazy days, and 199 words would be hard to face when i get home this evening at 10 pm
12:04 pm
jmitch
I tried wellbutrin and it made me feel very odd....odder than normal odd
12:04 pm
arms
HI all how many words please?
12:04 pm
carleekat
hi dorens
12:04 pm
KatieMcG
199 arms
12:05 pm
crosshair
lol eva,a little much,even for me
12:05 pm
Haz1558
Hello, carlee, nice to see you!
12:05 pm
EvaNadine
oh golly, whats her name??
12:05 pm
crosshair
i was alreay very odd,so it worked well for me
12:05 pm
carleekat
how are things over the pond hazel?
12:05 pm
Haz1558
Silverclaw is indeed VERY smug. She reminds me of Karys' cat icon.
12:05 pm
crosshair
howdy carlee;)
12:05 pm
EvaNadine
i thought youd like it, crossy. :)
12:06 pm
Atalante
yes! a real unphotoshopped version!
12:06 pm
carleekat
hows things up your way crossy?
12:06 pm
Nancy Boy
they're calling her Susie..she's gonna be gorgeous! I think she's going to have the same colouring as Leo and his sister...lucky girl!
12:06 pm
Haz1558
We've had our summer already! Two days at the weekend and it's now dropped in temperature by about 10 degrees. Apart from that, we have a general election but politics are SO boring, we'll not talk about it.
12:06 pm
carleekat
NANCY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
12:06 pm
crosshair
not bad,have not won the lottery yet,but am not being sued either...so we are cruising;)
12:06 pm
carleekat
too bad summer flew by so quickly haz
12:06 pm
Nancy Boy
Gidday Carlee!!!
12:07 pm
carleekat
and glad ur cruising crossy
12:07 pm
EvaNadine
im still waiting for the day when you sneak a photo of leo to us. ;)
12:07 pm
Haz1558
I know. Roll on 2011.
12:07 pm
Atalante
yes, we want to see Leo
12:07 pm
Dorens
hey carlee.. it's been a while, how are you doing?
12:07 pm
Judi
It appears Silverclaw is channeling her mum.
12:07 pm
beachboggle
Hi babble pals... how is our grid, today?
12:07 pm
carleekat
I'm doing..life goes on...
12:08 pm
Haz1558
The grid is one which requires attention, concentration and a reasonable vocabulary.
12:08 pm
Nancy Boy
maybe one day! Until he agrees you'll have to make do with my description of him, which may be biased but he is lovely ;)
12:08 pm
crosshair
and a unreasonable vocab as well;))
12:08 pm
movieman
I've found three movie-based words so far (the ci4, ci6 and cr6)
12:09 pm
Judi
I have a vobabbulary. Does that count?
12:09 pm
EvaNadine
well, if hes anywhere near as dreamy as you, im not sure i could take it. ;)
12:09 pm
crosshair
ty movieman
12:09 pm
Atalante
I think she was, Judi!
12:09 pm
Haz1558
movieman, there's a Michael Caine movie 'Get Ca6)
12:09 pm
Nancy Boy
oh don't Eva, I'll get all big headed. Again ;)
12:09 pm
movieman
yw crossy
12:10 pm
KatieMcG
I know we don't want to talk politics but I just thought I would point out I can't vote because I am away - I feel so angry about it but there is nothing I can do, this must be what disenfranchised means!
12:10 pm
EvaNadine
im sure you hate it, NB. ;)
12:10 pm
movieman
Oh yeah haz, got that one too
12:10 pm
Haz1558
I wonder how many babble points disenfranchised would get?
12:10 pm
Atalante
postal vote???
12:10 pm
Judi
I think NB is worried that we will think Leo is dreamier.
12:10 pm
Nancy Boy
well...:D
12:10 pm
Nancy Boy
LOL Judi!
12:10 pm
crosshair
there is often a early vote available for those that will be away
12:11 pm
EvaNadine
judi, im not sure thats possible!
my head would explode!
12:11 pm
crosshair
is here anyways
12:11 pm
Judi
Actually the truth behind NB's icon picture... Leo is under his elbow, deliberatly squashed out of the camera frame.
12:11 pm
KatieMcG
with us you can do a postal vote but that is only sent out 4 days before. The only alternative is a proxy vote but Mari is with us and I don't really want anyone else to know the way I vote as it is a very private thing
12:11 pm
EvaNadine
hah!
now THAT i could believe! ;)
12:12 pm
Nancy Boy
There is only room for one ego in this frame!
12:12 pm
Haz1558
Movie - Fred Astaire film, Puttin on the ri4/9.
12:12 pm
Boobear
clue for the last er 7
12:13 pm
Haz1558
er7 - er plus a German river.
12:13 pm
EvaNadine
mmmm..... grilled cheese + tomato soup....
so yummy...
12:14 pm
Nancy Boy
well, all I'll say about Leo is that the good-luck fairy spent a very long time over his crib. Hah ;)
12:14 pm
Boobear
does anyone want some egg salad
12:14 pm
KatieMcG
hmmmm that sounds good, trying to decide what to do for dinner, something soft which doesn't need chewing or the mouth wide open lol
12:14 pm
Haz1558
Or, er7 - three to do wrong, two to say a short hello, half a Hawaiian goose.
12:14 pm
Judi
Poor Katie. Sounds like soup for you.
12:14 pm
Boobear
how about a smoothie Katie
12:15 pm
Nancy Boy
oh no, Katie - what happened?
12:15 pm
Haz1558
Soft boiled eggs, mashed up.
12:15 pm
Haz1558
Or custard! Total comfort food.
12:15 pm
crosshair
lol nb just read your profile and jean is just like his daddy.did you know jacques found a sealed greek amphora on one of his dives and it was full of wine.he was offered in excess of 3 million for it as i reacall.he said "no thank you,im going to drink it with my family".and he did!.he had it with a roast beef dinner and he said "it was not bad at all!!"
12:15 pm
KatieMcG
I had boiled egg and soldiers yesterday I do like to regress
12:15 pm
EvaNadine
clearly, NB -- he's got you. ;)
12:16 pm
Nancy Boy
LOL Crossy! Don't know much about them, but that quote always stuck in my mind ;)
12:16 pm
Haz1558
Or porridge. Bring out your inner Scot.
12:16 pm
Nancy Boy
because as we all know - too much of a good thing is simply wonderful
12:16 pm
Nancy Boy
Awww Eva :') ...yeah ;)
12:16 pm
crosshair
lol,my mum used to make soldiers for my soft eggs as a child;))
12:16 pm
KatieMcG
I'm thinking crumble and custard is a really good idea
12:16 pm
Haz1558
Just as long as you don't make drawer porridge, that might involve too much effort.
12:16 pm
carleekat
soup and soldiers....
12:17 pm
Atalante
don't eat your cats!
12:17 pm
Judi
Best just to skip right to the desserts, Katie.
12:17 pm
Haz1558
Back shortly...
12:18 pm
KatieMcG
lol ata, they would be too tough and chewy, hmmmm except crumble who would be very fatty
12:18 pm
Judi
An7 clue, please?
12:18 pm
Atalante
LOL still not easy to ingest
12:18 pm
carleekat
creme brulee
12:18 pm
EvaNadine
potato chips or swedish fish?
decisions, decisions...
12:18 pm
carleekat
THAT I could go for
12:18 pm
crosshair
jello shooters!
12:18 pm
KatieMcG
I'd better go and grab a shower and get dinner, enough self pity for one day!
12:19 pm
Nancy Boy
I second Crossy on that! Might do that for my dinner...are they vegan?
12:19 pm
crosshair
they are indeed..well the certo may have essense of hoof in it
12:19 pm
Judi
Gelatin is made from hooves, Nancy Boy. Nix the jello.
12:19 pm
crosshair
but thats just toenails,so yer ok
12:20 pm
crosshair
snap judi
12:20 pm
jmitch
okay...what are soldiers? soft eggs & soldiers? soup & soldiers?
12:20 pm
Judi
Fish sticks!
12:20 pm
EvaNadine
jello brand is NOT vegan. gelatin is made from animal by-products. i think you can find vegan versions, though...
12:20 pm
Nancy Boy
right you are, Judi!
12:20 pm
Atalante
bread chopped up into slices!
12:20 pm
crosshair
toast cut into strips for egg dippin
12:20 pm
Boobear
nit getting the clue for the other er 7
12:20 pm
Nancy Boy
Jmitch...strips of toast! or bread
12:21 pm
Boobear
not getting the clue for the other er 7
12:21 pm
jmitch
new one to mess with my grand-daughters head!
12:21 pm
crosshair
new?? old as the auld country jm:))
12:22 pm
rubyfoo
I love these food discussions; never knew about "soldiers" too funny
12:22 pm
EvaNadine
awwww dear fiances gchat status:
"short hair, freckles, glasses, pale skin...man I got a great life...:)"
12:22 pm
crosshair
always a new tidbit on babble
12:23 pm
rubyfoo
hi crossy and ata and boo and nancy boy
12:23 pm
jmitch
i use a lot of slang terms and regional names for food items. did it with my daughter too.
12:23 pm
crosshair
howdy ruby
12:23 pm
EvaNadine
(thats ME hes describing, BTW!)
12:23 pm
Nancy Boy
hi, Ruby!
Eva...is that about you or about him? ;)
12:23 pm
rubyfoo
hello jmitch
12:23 pm
jmitch
easier to get them to eat "calamari" than "squid"
12:23 pm
rubyfoo
hahah jmitch
12:23 pm
Nancy Boy
awwww, Eva! in that case you have my blessing to marry him ;)
12:24 pm
crosshair
mm fried breaded squd rings..mmmm a dash of lemon and pepper and dive in!!!~
12:24 pm
Judi
Yum! Extra tentacles, please!
12:24 pm
jmitch
g-day ruby. yes indeed....but try to introduce squid into your daughter life when "THE LITTLE MERMAID" was near & dear to her young heart!
12:24 pm
Ormal
goodness the chog is hopping today.
12:25 pm
EvaNadine
thanks NB. hes a pretty decent guy. :)
12:25 pm
crosshair
lol unless you have had great changes since your motorcycle pics eva,he may need glasses lol
12:25 pm
carleekat
i never knew about soldiers until my husband came along
12:25 pm
crosshair
the tentacles are the best parts;)
12:25 pm
rubyfoo
I really like the tiny squid, not so much the big ones (think of 20,000 leagues etc)
12:26 pm
EvaNadine
whatcha mean, crossy?
i had all those things then...
12:26 pm
Atalante
*love* squid
12:26 pm
crosshair
no giant squid ruby,can only get one ring if fryer that way;)
12:26 pm
rubyfoo
and it might get you first!
12:26 pm
Judi
Calamari is divine! And cheap! Great combo.
12:26 pm
crosshair
lol eva,must of been blinded by your presentation
12:27 pm
Ormal
jmitch: I tried escargot shortly after the Lion King came out. You know I couldn't resist quoting the "slimy yet satisfying" comment, forcing tablemates to spit out their food laughing.
12:27 pm
rubyfoo
ormal, lol lol
12:27 pm
jmitch
good job ormal!
12:27 pm
Nancy Boy
LOL Ormal!
12:27 pm
crosshair
see how they try and fix yucky food? they wrap it in bacon!
12:27 pm
EvaNadine
lol. well, they were all there! :P
12:27 pm
rubyfoo
just don't try to make them from scratch, i.e. alive, because they try to get out of the "purger"
12:28 pm
Judi
Snails? No. Tried them once. That was enough.
12:28 pm
rubyfoo
you can get them here, all prepared and ready to go into the broiler
12:28 pm
Ormal
They cook the snails while they are alive?
12:28 pm
jmitch
I don't think I've ever done snails.....Judi, never quit at once...you may have had bad batch or cook
12:28 pm
Judi
Did I miss a clue for the Am7 or are you all just ignoring my plea for help?
12:29 pm
rubyfoo
no, you have to purge them if you want to make them from scratch. I did it once and didn't eat snails again for several years
12:29 pm
rubyfoo
they're delish if you like butter and garlic!
12:29 pm
Ormal
I don't have it yet Judi. :(
12:29 pm
crosshair
purge =gutting them im assuming
12:30 pm
Nancy Boy
brb, telephone!
12:30 pm
rubyfoo
no, you have to control what they eat because they might have eaten poisonous plants.....
12:30 pm
guernseygirl
am7 is a sort of fungus. am+indef. article + notday
12:30 pm
guernseygirl
not day with a different vowel at the end
12:31 pm
guernseygirl
hi, all
12:31 pm
crosshair
think snails are bad? hand around us at the camp when we are prepping a moose!
12:32 pm
crosshair
howdy guernsey
12:32 pm
guernseygirl
don't eat the am7
12:32 pm
Judi
Ty, guernseygirl. Don't have it yet, though.
12:33 pm
rubyfoo
but you could slip it into somebody's omelet!
12:33 pm
crosshair
you flip a coin to see who has to lay in the chest cavity,reach up into the neck and cut the jugular vein
12:33 pm
guernseygirl
if you hated them very much
12:33 pm
Barb's Horses
hello everyone
12:33 pm
crosshair
howdy barb
12:33 pm
rubyfoo
hi barb's!
12:33 pm
guernseygirl
hello barb
12:33 pm
rubyfoo
we are talking about icky foods!
12:34 pm
EvaNadine
oh dear. just updated my flickr with my very first session of photos... these are either 2 or 3 years old now...
*le sigh*
12:34 pm
Ormal
why not cut it from the outside crossy?
12:34 pm
rubyfoo
although I think snails, prepared by somebody else, are tasty
12:34 pm
guernseygirl
tripe
12:34 pm
Barb's Horses
think I came in at the wrong time...cutting jugulars???
12:34 pm
Judi
Finally got the am7. Oy.
12:34 pm
crosshair
creamed corn!,as a child i once sat in front of a plate of that for 7 hours lol
12:34 pm
Barb's Horses
dogs love tripe can't say I have had it myself though...just the thought ewww
12:34 pm
rubyfoo
hi flosey
12:35 pm
guernseygirl
slimy rubber
12:35 pm
Judi
Totally cave man, Crossy. Sounds like a horror movie.
12:35 pm
crosshair
crossy also passes on the tripe
12:35 pm
flosey
ah crossy, that's just plain cruel - had that happen with a bowl of cream of wheat - but not that long, had to go to school
12:35 pm
crosshair
lol judi,it does not come in clean packages
12:35 pm
rubyfoo
I've eaten it several times. The French make it badly (a la mode de caen) but the Italians fry it and it's not greasy and very good
12:35 pm
guernseygirl
in France once, i had a chicken gizzard salad
12:35 pm
Barb's Horses
cream corn I like...I know sick huh? but it is really good when you make corn fritters
12:36 pm
rubyfoo
yes, barb's
12:36 pm
rubyfoo
yes, yummy girl
12:36 pm
flosey
I use to make corn fritters a lot when the kids were young, they loved them
12:36 pm
crosshair
ive never done corn fritters
12:36 pm
rubyfoo
yummy, girl**
12:36 pm
SeaSpray
I have an amish recipe for baked corn which is delish!
12:36 pm
guernseygirl
oh, i'm so hungry. i think i'm going to go and get fish and chips.
12:36 pm
flosey
but I didn't use creamed corn, I used kernels
12:37 pm
Barb's Horses
they were the treat we looked forward to when we use to go camping when I was young
12:37 pm
Boobear
clue for the second er 7 pls
12:37 pm
Barb's Horses
creamed corn makes them just a bit sweeter
12:37 pm
guernseygirl
could you share your corn recipe SeaSpray?
12:37 pm
SeaSpray
going camping this weekend as a matter of fact
12:37 pm
crosshair
fish and chips! now yer talking! nice big piece of halibut...mmm
12:37 pm
rubyfoo
nice, sea spray, where?
12:37 pm
flosey
ah, another fav. crossy
12:38 pm
guernseygirl
with a beer batter, and a beer
12:38 pm
rubyfoo
sounds wonderful!
12:38 pm
SeaSpray
In PA ruby, spring fling with a bunch of friends
12:38 pm
crosshair
but of course
12:38 pm
Boobear
I am with a guernseygirl
12:38 pm
Barb's Horses
english fish and chips are the best for sure
12:38 pm
crosshair
and malt vinegar!
12:38 pm
rubyfoo
lovely, I went to grad school in Scranton and lived just north of there for many years
12:38 pm
Barb's Horses
but of course crossy
12:38 pm
guernseygirl
not mushy peas though.
12:39 pm
SeaSpray
We are actually going to Gettysburg
12:39 pm
Barb's Horses
no no mushy peas...too much like baby food
12:39 pm
Ormal
malt vinegar???
12:39 pm
rubyfoo
my son has been there, me, never
12:39 pm
guernseygirl
and they turn the chips green
12:39 pm
crosshair
oh ormal...
12:39 pm
Boobear
malt vinegar is very good
12:39 pm
Barb's Horses
Oh yes ormal...so much better than white
12:39 pm
SeaSpray
we live just 30 minutes away from there
12:39 pm
pythonx
i had mushy peas in London and loved them!
12:39 pm
crosshair
malt vinegar is essential in the house!
12:40 pm
guernseygirl
malt vinegar is usually brown and very cheap - but perfect with chips
12:40 pm
Judi
Gah! I just greyed out another box. 95 words left. Jeesh. This is like purging snails.
12:40 pm
Boobear
yes crossy
12:40 pm
rubyfoo
I've never had mushy peas.....
12:40 pm
rubyfoo
but faster!
12:40 pm
SeaSpray
I agree Judi, this grid is rough
12:40 pm
guernseygirl
they're dried peas cooked until they're mushy. i like them, but not with fish and chips
12:40 pm
Barb's Horses
for sure...which reminds me we are just about out hubby will be upset if we run out...loves the stuff all over his fries whether we are having fish or not
12:40 pm
crosshair
malt vinegar is one of those smells that can bring you back 40 years in time in a single sniff:)
12:41 pm
Soodle
Like floor polish...
12:41 pm
Soodle
Evening all :)
12:41 pm
Barb's Horses
well guess I better see how many I can get..so far only one LOL
12:41 pm
rubyfoo
hello soodle!!!!
12:41 pm
guernseygirl
straight back to when the fish and chips were wrapped in a greasy copy of the Daily Mirror
12:41 pm
jmitch
i thought all the malt was used in scotch. ;)
12:41 pm
Barb's Horses
hi soodle
12:41 pm
guernseygirl
hi, soodle
12:41 pm
crosshair
or remember when our mums used to use ammonia on the floors? nasty stuff
12:42 pm
rubyfoo
that sounds good to me!
12:42 pm
guernseygirl
some is saved for malt bread, jmitch
12:42 pm
Soodle
Old fashioned floor polish transports me back to my days in the Convent School. The smell still terrifies me to this day...
12:42 pm
crosshair
we give 99% to the scotch making but have to save a little back jm lol
12:43 pm
jmitch
malt bread? i like the sound of that......off to google.
12:43 pm
guernseygirl
did they make you polish those floors?
12:43 pm
SeaSpray
I like the smell of an elementary school
12:43 pm
Barb's Horses
my dad loved malt bread
12:43 pm
guernseygirl
Sarson's malt loaf - chewy and delicious with butter
12:43 pm
rubyfoo
I went to a Sacred Hearts of Mary graduate school and they hated me.
12:43 pm
crosshair
the pink and green sawdust they used on the floors...
12:43 pm
flosey
may I have a clue for ir6 please
12:43 pm
EvaNadine
anyone want my swedish fish?
i tried the potato chips, but they were icky, so i opened the swedish fish, and they just dont taste how i remember them...
12:44 pm
Soodle
LOL Guernsey! No! But if you were naughty, you got sent to 'The Office'. And they liberally used floor polish there.
12:44 pm
SeaSpray
I remember my janitors name from elementary school, is that weird or what?
12:44 pm
flosey
haven't seen malt bread for a long time, use to come in a small round loaf - chewy crust, yum
12:44 pm
guernseygirl
we used to have to polish our desks on the last day of term
12:44 pm
SeaSpray
he had some fingers missing as i recall
12:44 pm
rubyfoo
oh, seaspray, that's horrible!
12:44 pm
Barb's Horses
my dad made his own ...but I dont have the receipe to share...maybe my mom does
12:44 pm
Soodle
Me too Rubes! I think it was because I wasn't Nun material, even from an early age
12:45 pm
Ormal
oh all these things I've never heard of, mushy peas (aren't they all mushy?), malt vinegar, malt bread, and soldiers...
12:45 pm
SeaSpray
yes ruby, but he was a kind and gentle man
12:45 pm
guernseygirl
all those early memories are so much more firmly fixed than the more recent ones - alas
12:45 pm
Judi
*pictures guernsey girl singing 'It's a Hard Knocks Life' *
12:45 pm
Nancy Boy
not just you, Ormal...I've no idea what malt bread is. But it sounds like carbs, so ew ;)
12:45 pm
rubyfoo
they accepted me to graduate school from my portfolio and my last name (kelley) but had no idea that I was from NY!
12:45 pm
Atalante
malt loaf is yummy
12:45 pm
flosey
great toasted too
12:46 pm
rubyfoo
and kelley with an ey! uh oh
12:46 pm
guernseygirl
2 for the price of one at Tesco's at the moment
12:46 pm
crosshair
lol ormal,every day in babble is a revellation!
12:46 pm
Nancy Boy
what is good nun material, Soodle?
12:46 pm
Judi
BBL, all. Lunch time.
12:46 pm
EvaNadine
oh, my brother LOVES him some mushy peas.
ive never been a big fan, as i dont really care for mint.
12:47 pm
rubyfoo
bye judi
12:47 pm
Soodle
Ha ha ha, NB! You want me to draw you a picture? LOL
12:47 pm
crosshair
when i got mushy peas as a child i used to put them inside the hollow yorkie pudds;)
12:47 pm
guernseygirl
definitely going to have fish and chips. the conversation is making me so hungry. bbl
12:48 pm
EvaNadine
i also never cared much for yorkshire pudding, and my family was *thisclose* to disowning me for it!
12:48 pm
Nancy Boy
well no matter how ill-suited you are, I think we'll all agree I'm worse ;) could have been a monk but there was no way I was adopting those clothes, that hairstyle and that God ;)
12:48 pm
rubyfoo
I log on after dinner and this always makes me hungry
12:49 pm
crosshair
i love god,i have no problem with him at all,its just the fan clubs can be a pain;))
12:49 pm
Ormal
I'm in that wagon crossy :D
12:49 pm
Atalante
well said, crossy
12:49 pm
Soodle
When you think of the atrocities committed by those 'holy men' in this country, I really do wonder!
12:49 pm
rubyfoo
climbing on!
12:50 pm
crosshair
here ruby,have a seat
12:50 pm
rubyfoo
I think we are all shaken by the revelations!
12:50 pm
Nancy Boy
I've got no problem with God, it's just that I grew up with a Buddhist shrine in the living room!
12:50 pm
Soodle
Any room for a little 'un on that wagon!!
12:51 pm
Soodle
And, may I say, that is the only wagon you will see Soodle on!!
12:51 pm
crosshair
climg aboard! watch for splinters though,and the pine sap! lol
12:51 pm
Soodle
Pass the vodka!
12:51 pm
crosshair
but of course,the grains of the earth!
12:51 pm
flosey
could I have a clue for lo6/18 please?
12:52 pm
crosshair
for you vegans i have regualr vodka as well as the bacon vodka
12:52 pm
rubyfoo
I've just reached half but I think this is hopeless. Nice chat, though.
12:52 pm
Barb's Horses
I'll see if the horses will hook to the wagon and take us on a ride too
12:52 pm
crosshair
nice chat indeed,and this grid is kicking my butt
12:52 pm
Dippnall
hang around, flosey
12:52 pm
Nancy Boy
doing better than me Ruby..I'm sitting here with the grid nicely covered by the film I'm watching. Just got the chog open ;)
12:52 pm
rubyfoo
lol nancy
12:53 pm
crosshair
lol nb
12:53 pm
flosey
ah Barb, takes me back, our youth group use to go on sleigh rides, what fun
12:53 pm
mummy
with a tent
12:53 pm
rubyfoo
nice, flosey
12:53 pm
rubyfoo
hi mummy
12:53 pm
Barb's Horses
well might have to teach them how to pull..not to mention finding some harnesses to hook them up with
12:54 pm
crosshair
..mm seems all i have is 3 cans of dr pepper for mix..lol!
12:54 pm
crosshair
oh well should be plenty!~
12:54 pm
rubyfoo
I drink vodka with water, not bad....
12:55 pm
Barb's Horses
dr. pepper ...wow haven't had that in years
12:55 pm
flosey
lol, is anyone here doing the puzzle ?
12:55 pm
crosshair
i drink vodka with a chilled glass,so im good to go
12:55 pm
Ormal
no flo no...too much to talk about today
12:55 pm
rubyfoo
I've hit the wall with 101 words!
12:55 pm
mummy
no, chog is more interesting, and run out of words
12:55 pm
mummy
101 ruby, i've only got 86
12:55 pm
rubyfoo
snails, vodka, sleigh rides.....
12:56 pm
Mary
Hi all, I just listed with 94 left.
12:56 pm
EvaNadine
ho-hum. almost meeting time for me...
12:56 pm
flosey
only have 28 left, but has been that way for a while!
12:56 pm
rubyfoo
hi mary, we're not a very serious group!
12:56 pm
crosshair
ima pepper,were a pepper,wouldnt you like to be a pepper too..be a pepper,drink dr pepper lol
12:56 pm
crosshair
howdy mary,i killed serious about an hour or so ago
12:56 pm
Mary
I've been reading the chat looking for clues but all I see is food and vodka
12:56 pm
rubyfoo
believe it or not, I've never tasted a dr. pepper
12:57 pm
rubyfoo
party time!
12:57 pm
Ormal
oh ruby, you've gotta try one! Yum!
12:57 pm
rubyfoo
I can give you the er7's
12:57 pm
Nancy Boy
which really, Mary, is much more satisfying..
12:57 pm
mummy
dr pepper, rots your teeth, I can't afford any more dental work, just paid £200 for a crown
12:57 pm
crosshair
crossy mixes up a bacon vodka and dr pepper for ruby!
12:57 pm
rubyfoo
or the am7
12:58 pm
EvaNadine
so, if i actually part ways to go to my meet, will you still be here when i return, NB?
12:58 pm
crosshair
dont worry mummy when you mix it with my 280 proof libation it sears the dr pepper right off
12:58 pm
rubyfoo
or the he7
12:58 pm
rubyfoo
what would you like, mary?
12:58 pm
flosey
am + a girls name ruby
12:58 pm
mummy
280 proof libation? what is that?
12:58 pm
rubyfoo
or a nasty mushroom
12:58 pm
flosey
he7 is a land measurement
12:59 pm
rubyfoo
280 proof!!!!
12:59 pm
flosey
chog is very slow moving today
12:59 pm
rubyfoo
especiALLy around here!
12:59 pm
crosshair
my home made bacon vodka mummy
12:59 pm
rubyfoo
but very funny
12:59 pm
Ormal
LOL crossy has no taste buds left from a 280 proof libation!
12:59 pm
Boobear
can you clue the he7 flosey
12:59 pm
EvaNadine
*drags feet to meeting*
1:00 pm
crosshair
you have to frink it fast or it evaporates i find
1:00 pm
rubyfoo
this AM we were talking about stealth poisons
1:00 pm
Ormal
no wonder everything has to have bacon
1:00 pm
flosey
oh ***k, anagram of to rip cloth
1:00 pm
rubyfoo
like a European acre x 2
1:00 pm
mummy
oh no not Vodka, I got so drunk on that when I was 17 I can't touch the stuff now, or gin, or rum, or bacardi ,or .....
1:00 pm
Atalante
mmmm vodka. what a nice idea
1:01 pm
crosshair
have you ever had absinthe mummy? crossy shows an evil grin....
1:01 pm
Nancy Boy
I did once, Crossy. That was an interesting evening.
1:01 pm
rubyfoo
I had the real stuff once in Switz\. I'm still here, so I guess it wasn't as bad as its rep
1:01 pm
crosshair
of that im sure nb
1:02 pm
mummy
no, not fond of green things!!! isn't it illegal in some countries because of the industial strength?
1:02 pm
crosshair
most bars that carry the real thing will limit you to 2
1:02 pm
crosshair
it is mummy,but we carry it here..for 85 dollars a bottle..ouch
1:02 pm
rubyfoo
no, because of the wormwood component which is supposed to make you go mad -- and then you play babble all the time!
1:03 pm
Atalante
absinthe mixed with apple sours is lovely
1:03 pm
crosshair
a mad person in babble would just blend right in eh? lol
1:03 pm
mummy
and grappa, what ever possessed someone to come up with that awful stuff..
1:03 pm
rubyfoo
you think?
1:04 pm
rubyfoo
I love grappa!!!
1:04 pm
crosshair
or strega
1:05 pm
crosshair
whats that one nb,that you float the 3 coffee beans on anf fire it?
1:05 pm
mummy
I think i'll just stick to a nice bottle of merlot or shiraz
1:05 pm
crosshair
the name escapes me atm
1:05 pm
mummy
wih a straw, saves washing up delicate glasses
1:05 pm
Atalante
sambuca!
1:06 pm
rubyfoo
we can depend on you ata!
1:06 pm
crosshair
i once burned half my beard off with those
1:06 pm
Atalante
foul stuff!
1:07 pm
crosshair
foul stuff is that goldshlagger(sp)
1:10 pm
rubyfoo
102 for me and good night everybody
1:10 pm
Atalante
that too!
1:10 pm
crosshair
crossy killed the chat:((((
1:10 pm
crosshair
gn ruby
1:10 pm
rubyfoo
gn crossy, never
1:10 pm
crosshair
gn ruby
1:10 pm
rubyfoo
bye ormal, see you tomrrow
1:11 pm
Ormal
ouzo is the nastiest I've ever had.
1:11 pm
crosshair
uld get a few qords anyways..dives in...sploosh!
1:11 pm
Barb's Horses
by all who are going
1:19 pm
Flask1
hi all....clue please for he7
1:19 pm
Barb's Horses
land measurement not acre but....
1:19 pm
Barb's Horses
sounds like a mans name
1:19 pm
flosey
clue for ic6 please?
1:20 pm
Barb's Horses
sorry flosey don't have that one...I'm stuck on all the 8 letter words
1:20 pm
flosey
nm, got it -
1:21 pm
flosey
we use to have ic6 come around in the days before refrigeration
1:21 pm
Barb's Horses
can't believe I didn't see that thanks flosey
1:21 pm
flosey
lol, that's going back a few years!!!
1:22 pm
Barb's Horses
can't say I remember them...but have definately heard stories about them from my mom and dad
1:22 pm
flosey
lol Barb - we followed the truck on hot days, just to get a chip or two
1:23 pm
Barb's Horses
does anyone have the tr8/50 or re8/45 or cr8/45
1:23 pm
flosey
at last!! Fireworks last word was ci5/14
1:24 pm
Barb's Horses
I love eating ice on hot days
1:24 pm
Barb's Horses
congrats flosey
1:24 pm
scribekd
cr8/45 adds vowel to cr7 above it
1:24 pm
flosey
Barb, it sounds like a dark yellow flavouring
1:24 pm
Barb's Horses
don't have cr 7
1:25 pm
flosey
that was the tr8 clue I gave
1:26 pm
flosey
tr4 + man's name
1:28 pm
Barb's Horses
dang I know I am close...must be typing it wron
1:28 pm
Flask1
thanx for clue barbs!
1:29 pm
Chris P
I'm really stuck with my last word - ni7 - any clues?
1:29 pm
scribekd
cr7-did God cr*** the world? drop last vowel & add not out
1:29 pm
flosey
Chris do you have ni5/10? add 2 vowels
1:31 pm
Chris P
I have several ni5s!
1:31 pm
flosey
ok, the first one Chris
1:31 pm
flosey
the first of 3
1:32 pm
flosey
must get going, busy day, good luck everyone
1:32 pm
flosey
be back tonight for flip
1:32 pm
Barb's Horses
by flosey
1:33 pm
Flask1
hi7 please
1:33 pm
Barb's Horses
think I give up for now..better figure out lunch for a sick kid...bye all
1:34 pm
Barb's Horses
sorry can't help with that one Flask
1:34 pm
Flask1
ok...thanx
1:35 pm
flosey
hi7 - first 3 of next hi4 word, + first 4 of another word for theatre
1:36 pm
Flask1
thanx flosey!
1:40 pm
flosey
hw Flask, off to change icon
1:41 pm
smaandmea
word for theatre?
1:42 pm
HarryHood
hemocrit!
1:42 pm
Ormal
smaa: the first three letters of that mean to do wrong - misspelled
1:45 pm
HarryHood
having extreme trouble getting to 50% today
1:45 pm
Ormal
I have had to list at 74 out because I got stuck. :)
1:46 pm
HarryHood
I'm at 89...not going anywhere
1:46 pm
smaandmea
it's truly foul
1:46 pm
SeaSpray
just listed at 105
1:46 pm
Ormal
I stutter stopped about there too Harry
1:47 pm
HarryHood
oh well I'm gonna list
1:49 pm
Ormal
yay! finally found the tr8!
1:50 pm
flosey
smaan, place where movies are shown
1:50 pm
flosey
lunchtime now, must go, be back tonight
1:55 pm
Riverdance
Hi All - wow tough grid today - how is everyone doing
1:56 pm
Mary
agree on the toughness. clue for the ni7/28 pls?
1:56 pm
Riverdance
add 2 vowels to the end of the 5 above it
1:56 pm
guernseygirl
back again. hi all. not doing well. very grateful for any clues
1:56 pm
Dippnall
sounds like somewhere you might eat in the evening!
1:57 pm
Ormal
ni7: add cutsey ending to the first ni5/10
1:59 pm
Mary
omg, these are killing me but I got it. TY
1:59 pm
Riverdance
help with the ti6/21 please
2:00 pm
Ormal
rhymes and is spelled the same (except the first letter) of the word that means to get holes punched in your ears for earrings
2:00 pm
guernseygirl
ty, ormal
2:00 pm
Riverdance
thanks ormal
2:01 pm
Ormal
:D no prob. glad to help when I can
2:01 pm
Mary
ty ormal, needed that also
2:03 pm
Ormal
the middle three tr words (the 4, 6, 8 combo) look related to each other.
2:06 pm
Riverdance
they are
2:07 pm
EvaNadine
*pokes head into chog, searching for NB*
2:07 pm
inge
any clues for re 8/45 please. i cannot find it noway, nohow, nowhere
2:08 pm
Riverdance
sorry dont have it yet inge
2:08 pm
guernseygirl
it means reluctant to put yourself forward
2:08 pm
guernseygirl
re+spasm+coin
2:08 pm
guernseygirl
yw Harry, just passing on what someone else has done for me
2:09 pm
HarryHood
I need a break...91 left and it's slow going.
2:09 pm
Riverdance
thanks guernsey
2:10 pm
Ormal
yep very muddy grid. c ya harry
2:12 pm
inge
This is funny. Daughter called from Las Vegas, I gave her the clue from guernsey, and she gave me the word at once. Fireworks
2:12 pm
guernseygirl
hoooraay for inge
2:13 pm
Ormal
wd inge! hooray for daughters :D
2:16 pm
Riverdance
clue for the ri6 please
2:18 pm
Mary
it's a weird word meaning the zig-zag trim on clothes
2:18 pm
Mary
ri6/24 that is
2:19 pm
Riverdance
I dont have a clue what that is
2:19 pm
guernseygirl
thanks, Mary. i always thought it had k's in it.
2:19 pm
Riverdance
congrats inge - just noticed your fireworks
2:20 pm
guernseygirl
ri*hard, ra*hel
2:20 pm
guernseygirl
ca5/14 anyone?
2:21 pm
Ormal
ri6: b***ab*** is another word for knickknacks use only the * letters.
2:22 pm
guernseygirl
that word is a phantom stan
2:22 pm
Ormal
criteria: no matter how many times I look I keep seeing it and it's still not there!
2:22 pm
Riverdance
finally got it - thanks all
2:22 pm
Nancy Boy
Count yourself lucky, Ormal; I keep seeing "erotic"!
2:22 pm
Riverdance
thats more fun NB
2:23 pm
Ormal
it's cuz of your dirty mind NB
2:23 pm
Atalante
typical NB :P
2:23 pm
wht
Stan's word isn't a phantom. Thanks Stan.
2:23 pm
Nancy Boy
hey hey hey! leave off :P
2:24 pm
Ormal
I like a dirty mind. I keep seeing that one too :D
2:24 pm
guernseygirl
thought he was trying for enema, wht
2:24 pm
EvaNadine
*smothers NB*
2:24 pm
Nancy Boy
*is smothered* :D
2:25 pm
Ormal
gotta run some laundry. c ya later
2:26 pm
EvaNadine
just in time for me to head out. cant i take you hostage + take you home with me?? ;)
2:26 pm
Riverdance
bye ormal
2:26 pm
Riverdance
bye eva
2:26 pm
sammysmom
er 7/32- i already have the one that means strange behavior
2:27 pm
Riverdance
dont have it sammy
2:27 pm
movieman
clues for the bottom i plz
2:28 pm
Riverdance
but thanks for the other one sammy
2:28 pm
Mary
ic5/12 more colder
2:28 pm
guernseygirl
i think ic+spasm is from the bottom i
2:29 pm
movieman
thatr's one, ty guernsey
2:29 pm
jmbdobie2
the ic**** cometh
2:29 pm
guernseygirl
ty jmb. didn't have that one
2:30 pm
movieman
that's from the middle, jmb
2:30 pm
jmbdobie2
yep - see that now
2:33 pm
Riverdance
clue for ra6/21 please
2:34 pm
guernseygirl
a bit more risque
2:34 pm
guernseygirl
the first cr6/24?
2:34 pm
Riverdance
**slaps head** thanks guernsey
2:35 pm
jmbdobie2
whose head Mom?
2:38 pm
Nancy Boy
LOL Jmb - that's what I was wondering!
2:39 pm
sammysmom
still need that er 7/32 word waaaahh!!
2:39 pm
jmbdobie2
great minds and all that NB
2:40 pm
Flask1
clues please for 2 x re7 please??
2:40 pm
Uneaixoise
tr5/12 again
2:40 pm
Ormal
the other er7: to be wrong+ greeting+**xt in line please?
2:40 pm
Riverdance
Mine of course
2:41 pm
jmbdobie2
"of course" LOL
2:42 pm
Riverdance
thanks ormal
2:42 pm
Riverdance
tr5/12 - three times
2:43 pm
Uneaixoise
tr5/12 again . . . was a clue for re7
2:43 pm
Riverdance
re7/28 add a vowel to the part of your eye
2:44 pm
Riverdance
oh sorry
2:48 pm
Ormal
re7/32: to copy again? re+the first tr5/12
2:48 pm
Uneaixoise
hey, jmc :-)
2:48 pm
guernseygirl
hi jmc
2:48 pm
jmcnrick
hmm i have 15 minutes before I have to do more work
2:48 pm
jmcnrick
is that time enough for nbt?
2:49 pm
jmbdobie2
maybe with a clue to help in a pinch
2:49 pm
jmcnrick
*dives in chog*
2:49 pm
guernseygirl
what does nbt stand forjmc - i've been meaning to ask
2:50 pm
Ormal
okay I always assumed NBT meant nothing but time, but it does not fit the way y'all use it...
2:50 pm
jmbdobie2
no blank tiles
2:50 pm
Uneaixoise
no blank tiles
2:50 pm
sammysmom
thank you ormal
2:50 pm
jmcnrick
no blank tiles -- no tiles in the tile stats without a word found
2:50 pm
jmcnrick
a cheap sub for fireworks
2:51 pm
Ormal
Ahh, I see. Thanks JMC
2:51 pm
guernseygirl
ty for clearing up one of life's small mysteries. i've been on this grid for hours and i've still got 22 bt
2:52 pm
guernseygirl
no, sorry, i mean i've still got 2 blank tiles
2:52 pm
jmcnrick
oooohhh that makes more sense
2:53 pm
jmbdobie2
i move to make a new type of pasta. rozini (I keep typing it). we could make it (wait for it) rose shaped.
2:53 pm
guernseygirl
if you could clue me the z's, i'd be nbt.
2:54 pm
jmcnrick
good idea jmb next time i make pasta from scratch i will do that
2:54 pm
guernseygirl
don't bother, i've got them
2:54 pm
jmcnrick
which will be never
2:54 pm
jmcnrick
bother bother
2:54 pm
jmbdobie2
never say never jmc...
2:54 pm
Nancy Boy
oh, hi Jmc!
2:56 pm
jmbdobie2
btw jmc.... what's up with the epee icon?
2:57 pm
jmcnrick
left over from friday your icon is a word in the grid
2:57 pm
jmcnrick
it is tax season and my e key is broken so some things have to slide
2:57 pm
jmbdobie2
ooooooooo just wondering.
2:58 pm
HarryHood
time to wake up the kids! 28 left! woohoo!
2:59 pm
jmcnrick
wtg harry
2:59 pm
jmbdobie2
Got to go shopping on my way home so I'd better leave with 106 left (I was hoping for 50% - sigh) bbl
2:59 pm
jmcnrick
wtg jmb hb
2:59 pm
Riverdance
i am down to 43 but really hit the wall - leaving work now anyway - maybe see you later - bye all
3:00 pm
jmcnrick
*watched the chog clear out*
3:00 pm
Nancy Boy
On days like today, I have something nice covering the grid and just leave the chog open. Set up a nice film or something!
3:00 pm
lynxxx
Goodmorning everyone. I just found what this grid is - ca4.6!
3:01 pm
jmcnrick
hi lynxxx
3:02 pm
jmcnrick
help with the Z?
3:03 pm
lynxxx
I only have zo & 2/3 frozen nwater
3:03 pm
jmcnrick
ty lynxxx
3:04 pm
SeaSpray
yes lynxxx, it is
3:04 pm
guernseygirl
zo+**chard
3:04 pm
Nancy Boy
thanks, Lynx. I have word-blindness for Z words unless it's zinc or zero. Those are the ONLY two I notice.
3:04 pm
lynxxx
hi SeaSpray
3:05 pm
SeaSpray
Hi lynxxx and jmc
3:06 pm
jmcnrick
ack past my allotted time bbl god willing and the crek don't rise (any more)
3:06 pm
lynxxx
bye jmc, take care
3:07 pm
sciencegeek
hi 7 please
3:09 pm
SeaSpray
goatish odor geek
3:09 pm
sciencegeek
?? dont get
3:09 pm
SeaSpray
thats the meaning of the word
3:10 pm
guernseygirl
he7/36 please?
3:10 pm
sciencegeek
ok well I dont get that one working on others
3:10 pm
lynxxx
TY SeaSpray
3:10 pm
lynxxx
Google it Science
3:10 pm
SeaSpray
he7,36 is a land measurement
3:10 pm
sciencegeek
I might!
3:11 pm
guernseygirl
ty, lynx
3:11 pm
sciencegeek
ty no more h's
3:11 pm
sciencegeek
my heart is not in this today
3:11 pm
lynxxx
TY again SeaSpray
3:11 pm
SeaSpray
yvw lynxxx
3:15 pm
Mooch
any clue for the lo7?
3:15 pm
sciencegeek
pl of lo 6
3:15 pm
SeaSpray
to linger mooch
3:15 pm
sciencegeek
add another vowel
3:16 pm
Mooch
Thanx so much. So simple too!
3:18 pm
poodletoes
Know what you mean sciencegeek about heart not in game. think I will go out in the sun with dog.
3:19 pm
sciencegeek
that sounds better!
3:19 pm
poodletoes
come with me!
3:19 pm
redturtlehead
Afternoon peoples!
3:19 pm
sciencegeek
hi red
3:19 pm
guernseygirl
good evening red
3:20 pm
redturtlehead
How is everyone doing?
3:20 pm
movieman
Pretty good turtle
3:21 pm
sciencegeek
little bummed here
3:21 pm
guernseygirl
progress is so slow as to be almost imperceptible
3:21 pm
movieman
Just been browsing Facebook, and found quite a few of my old classmates
3:22 pm
redturtlehead
I have 114 left, so I can still make progress.
3:22 pm
redturtlehead
Whats up Science?
3:22 pm
SeaSpray
clue for the first er7 please?
3:22 pm
guernseygirl
55 to go and getting fed up
3:22 pm
sciencegeek
to make a mistake plus a two letter greeting and **xt in line
3:22 pm
sciencegeek
79 to go and am fed up
3:23 pm
guernseygirl
clue for other er7?
3:23 pm
sciencegeek
dont have it
3:23 pm
redturtlehead
me neither.
3:23 pm
SeaSpray
the other er7 geek?
3:23 pm
guernseygirl
oh, now i've got both. the other one is to do with making a lot of mistakes
3:25 pm
SeaSpray
care to elaborate guernsey?
3:25 pm
guernseygirl
to *** is human + a spasm
3:26 pm
redturtlehead
Thanks GG!
3:27 pm
redturtlehead
Macrame is almost in this grid, how strange.
3:28 pm
guernseygirl
yw. i'm still stuck on he6/27
3:28 pm
lynxxx
he6.27 ends with the spam and means crazy busy
3:29 pm
crosshair
a confused moment in my house can be this
3:29 pm
lynxxx
hi Cross & Red
3:29 pm
Nancy Boy
ahhh, just found the ma7. happy hour!
3:29 pm
guernseygirl
and the same here. thanks lynx
3:29 pm
redturtlehead
Hi Cross and Lynnx.
3:30 pm
crosshair
HOWDY RED
3:30 pm
crosshair
oops caps
3:30 pm
redturtlehead
Wow, hi cross, what a welcome!
3:31 pm
guernseygirl
i think i must give up. it's clear that i'm not going to finish tonight. bye all and happy babbling
3:31 pm
lynxxx
phantom: necrotic
3:31 pm
lynxxx
bye Guernsey
3:31 pm
redturtlehead
mine ins stil Macrame.
3:31 pm
redturtlehead
Gurnsey, have a good night! dont despair, there is more to life than this.
3:34 pm
gramma
What? I just popped in and did you say, there is more to life than this? What am I missing?
3:34 pm
guernseygirl
ty red. there is. it's my birthday next week and i'm having a party!
3:34 pm
redturtlehead
Ohh Party!
3:34 pm
redturtlehead
Gramma, you are missing GG's birthday!
3:34 pm
gramma
Grandbaby calling. BBL
3:34 pm
guernseygirl
you must all come.
3:36 pm
guernseygirl
old fashioned tea with little sandwiches, cakes and meringues
3:36 pm
redturtlehead
nice
3:36 pm
guernseygirl
and wine
3:37 pm
rururocks
phantom: erotic
3:38 pm
guernseygirl
see you then. bye
3:42 pm
bichon
hi everyone
3:44 pm
lynxxx
hi Bichon and Ruru
3:59 pm
meliae
am 7/32 please and hello everyone
4:02 pm
lynxxx
a & guy & play your gu***r
4:03 pm
meliae
oh the mushroom, thank you Lynnx
4:04 pm
meliae
very twisty word
4:07 pm
bonkler
eroica should count dagnabbit!
4:08 pm
lynxxx
lose a vowel?
4:08 pm
bonkler
oh i got her already lol
4:10 pm
meliae
oh for goodness sake I have been sitting her for a good 5 plus minutes trying to form the 3 em words when I realized there was another em on the lower left
4:11 pm
Good Enough
ooh hate that
4:17 pm
meliae
are the lo 6 & 7 related to the lo 4/4?
4:19 pm
meliae
hmmm ok thank you
4:20 pm
lynxxx
lo & asian grain, change last vowel
4:20 pm
meliae
I got the 6
4:21 pm
meliae
and the 7 thank you
4:29 pm
meliae
this is a very onery grid =(
4:30 pm
lynxxx
really bad, taking a break for a while - bye
4:30 pm
meliae
okies Lynx
4:36 pm
crosshair
more to life than babble? huh,who would of thought? lol
4:36 pm
meliae
lol crossy
4:42 pm
gramma
I'm back briefly. You're not still pushing that silly philosophy about more to life than Babble? Bah Humbug!
4:44 pm
gramma
If you want to push something, how about hi7? Please push it my way.
4:55 pm
SeaSpray
Fireworks!
4:55 pm
SeaSpray
mean grid %&()_*
5:00 pm
Kaplan the Magne
99 left- feh!
5:02 pm
gramma
WTG! SeaSpray.
5:02 pm
periwinkle
hello all, just up from a 2 hour nap
5:02 pm
periwinkle
help with the ac6 pls
5:03 pm
gramma
ac6 some people speak w/a foreign one
5:03 pm
Dorens
do you speak with the typical philadelphia ac**** peri?
5:03 pm
gramma
peri, do you have the hi7?
5:04 pm
Kaplan the Magne
phantom meteoric
5:04 pm
periwinkle
no I don't, people often asked if I am from NY
5:04 pm
periwinkle
and I don'th ave the hi7
5:04 pm
periwinkle
ty gramma
5:04 pm
Dorens
me neither
5:04 pm
periwinkle
100 left
5:05 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Yeah, but Peri always finishes.
5:06 pm
periwinkle
yes I do :)
5:06 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Then it looks like a long evening for you, Peri.
5:06 pm
periwinkle
it does :(
5:06 pm
Dorens
nah, she's pretty quick
5:06 pm
Kaplan the Magne
I usually bail- or is it bale- around dinner d
5:07 pm
periwinkle
I am not that quick but I plod along. there are worse ways to spend an evening
5:08 pm
Dorens
well, i have book club this evening, so I need to finish up, and this is a toughie
5:08 pm
Kaplan the Magne
There are limits even to my OCD
5:08 pm
Aloyisius
hi7: h + she bought a bargain because it was **regular, then went to the ****ma to see the latest flic.. hi babblers
5:09 pm
periwinkle
thank you Aloy for the hi7, new word for me.
5:09 pm
Kaplan the Magne
The hi clue didn't work
5:09 pm
gramma
TY and hi back atcha
5:10 pm
periwinkle
it is a toughie, I am using the list and still stuck
5:10 pm
Aloyisius
yw, it means "pertaining to a goat" (i looked it up)
5:10 pm
periwinkle
an6 pls
5:10 pm
Aloyisius
i agree peri, very tough grid for me
5:10 pm
gramma
sorry, peri. I don't have it.
5:10 pm
Kaplan the Magne
But thanks for the ce
5:11 pm
Aloyisius
an6 = "The Star Spangled Banner"
5:11 pm
Aloyisius
or maybe "Oh Canada"
5:11 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Oh, I got it
5:11 pm
Aloyisius
or Deutschland, Deutschland uber alles
5:11 pm
Kaplan the Magne
the hi that is.
5:12 pm
Dorens
good, I've been looking for a ce....
5:12 pm
periwinkle
ty Aloy, was getting a heahache looking for that one
5:12 pm
Aloyisius
(-: well, i'm glad you found it!
5:12 pm
Kaplan the Magne
an6- not just us, but those other people, us & th**
5:13 pm
periwinkle
ty Kap found it
5:14 pm
Kaplan the Magne
I know but I liked my clue.
5:14 pm
Kaplan the Magne
93 left. VCery slow progress.
5:14 pm
periwinkle
I liked it too
5:15 pm
gramma
nice one ty
5:15 pm
Kaplan the Magne
:)
5:18 pm
Dorens
down to 6. bbl-- happy babbles
5:22 pm
periwinkle
getting another headache, cannot find the cr7 or cr8, even looked in morewords :(
5:23 pm
periwinkle
I do not like c words
5:23 pm
periwinkle
bye Doren if you are leaving
5:24 pm
hurshy
for want of a G...
5:26 pm
Aloyisius
cr + to dine + opp of "out" for the cr7, add a vowel at the end for the cr8
5:27 pm
periwinkle
ty, Aloy
5:28 pm
Aloyisius
yw, funny that the last four letters spell part of a fork
5:32 pm
Aloyisius
whew, am so glad to be done.. going to get a cold cloth for my babble eyes.. see you all next grid, byee
5:33 pm
jmcnrick
whoo hoo aloy
5:33 pm
periwinkle
yay for Aloy
5:34 pm
jmcnrick
back for a few minutes desperately seeking nbt
5:35 pm
periwinkle
what do you need, jmc?
5:35 pm
jmcnrick
the O and the A on the bottom row
5:36 pm
jmcnrick
no i don't the thing was n't recording my O words
5:36 pm
periwinkle
om4/5 it is a bad om4/5 when a black cat walks in fron of you
5:37 pm
jmcnrick
i have that and the sea
5:37 pm
jmcnrick
wow that is annoying
5:37 pm
periwinkle
ac4/6 highest point
5:37 pm
jmcnrick
the words were in the list but not showing up inthe tile stats
5:38 pm
jmcnrick
i wondr if that is a bad om4/5?
5:38 pm
periwinkle
that is annoying
5:38 pm
periwinkle
67 left, bbs
5:38 pm
jmcnrick
bye peri and thanks for the help
5:41 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
shalom y'all
5:43 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Oh- I forgot I'm supposed to be making dinner tonight
5:44 pm
jmcnrick
help with the i on the bottom row
5:45 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
oooh i found an 8 woot! hi jmc
5:45 pm
jmcnrick
wtg book
5:45 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
one piece of inventory. it4
5:45 pm
jmcnrick
alas that come from a higher i
5:46 pm
jmcnrick
oh well i best be off doing tax returns
5:46 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
shoot, you're right. hunting for i's now . . .
5:46 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
i'm taking a break from doing my taxes too LOL
5:46 pm
jmcnrick
i am taking a break from other people's taxes
5:47 pm
jmcnrick
supplements world saving (which doesn't pay that well)
5:47 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
just added up all my receipts that I count as "supplies" and "purchases" and so on
5:49 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
world saving is good. just tryin' to do me saving right now tho
5:50 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hey there are Necco wafers in the grid
5:51 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
and my next phantom: ironic
5:55 pm
redturtlehead
Hi everyone. My Phantom today is Macrame.
5:55 pm
redturtlehead
it is almost in there!
5:56 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
good one turtle
5:57 pm
redturtlehead
I am having double troubel though with the grid. still with 93 left....
5:58 pm
hurshy
it's a hard one.
5:58 pm
redturtlehead
yes, usually now is my go get the list with 40 or so left time.
5:58 pm
redturtlehead
Hi Hurshy, How are you?
5:58 pm
hurshy
i have said it, QED.
5:58 pm
hurshy
um, i'm good thanks!
5:59 pm
redturtlehead
good to hear!
5:59 pm
redturtlehead
Fair to middling, but could be a whole lot worser!
5:59 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
thought i had 30 mins to play but nope, gotta fly, BBL
6:00 pm
72 Temple Owl
please someone..what IS the etiqueete when you are speaking with an off shore cutomer service rep for 15 minutes and you absolutely cannot understand her?
6:00 pm
redturtlehead
I think TO, you may have to simply say good bye and call back hoping for someone else.
6:01 pm
Uneaixoise
my solution is to repeat over and over "i'm sorry, could you please repeat that?" LOLOLOL
6:01 pm
72 Temple Owl
@$#!#^^%$#!!
6:01 pm
EspritdJean
I would say "I'm really very sorry but I cannot understand you clearly, is there someone else who can help me?
6:01 pm
72 Temple Owl
i wonder where enlgush was learned -- seems like from watching moveis of teenagers.
6:01 pm
72 Temple Owl
ggrrrrrrr
6:02 pm
redturtlehead
Jean has the most appropriate idea.
6:02 pm
brid
you can always ask to speak to a boss. without specifying a reason.
6:02 pm
72 Temple Owl
but all she did was keepaplogizing
6:02 pm
EspritdJean
customer service means customer service, if you are not beinghelped, you need to take another approach
6:03 pm
EspritdJean
hey red, btw, I hardly EVER hear that LOL
6:03 pm
redturtlehead
Hi jean and Brid!
6:03 pm
EspritdJean
hya luv
6:04 pm
72 Temple Owl
ty, must go calm down. and call again
6:05 pm
jmitch
back for more abuse from this grid
6:05 pm
redturtlehead
jmithc, I am also here again. 87 to go...
6:05 pm
jmitch
gluttons for punishment?
6:06 pm
brid
lol, i feel like i'm slogging through the 5 letter words. instead of 8s or 7s. the 5s i feel like are beating me today.
6:07 pm
redturtlehead
We are indeed Crazy.
6:11 pm
72 Temple Owl
this is a challenging one
6:11 pm
welki
i spit on this grid *ptui*
6:12 pm
72 Temple Owl
gee welk couldn't you have done that BEFORE i decided to begin?
6:12 pm
harpjane
oops 169 to go and only about ten minutes....
6:12 pm
welki
lol ... it's a toughie
6:12 pm
72 Temple Owl
BTW - "ptui" is NOT accepted.
6:14 pm
harpjane
lol, then I'd better list....
6:15 pm
welki
but .. there are some fun words in there, ones that make you smile when you find them (i am easily amused)
6:16 pm
Uneaixoise
e + ca5/12
6:16 pm
welki
i guess i've missed out on that ec6 fun ... don't have it
6:16 pm
72 Temple Owl
as in" me5/16 lecca hi lecca heinie hi?
6:17 pm
harpjane
help with the ic's?
6:17 pm
redturtlehead
and ta da with 83 left, I now have 3 tiles grayed.... one r and I and an E. :(
6:18 pm
72 Temple Owl
one more than i have, red. and the bottom row i is taunting me.
6:19 pm
brid
ic6/24--he who delivered the frozen substance in the days before freezers.
6:19 pm
72 Temple Owl
i am becoming ir5/10
6:19 pm
redturtlehead
the bottom row O is my problem. I have the easy one.
6:19 pm
EspritdJean
the one who cometh lol
6:19 pm
72 Temple Owl
that cold male is from the other i
6:19 pm
redturtlehead
also a jaundiced person is ic*****.
6:20 pm
72 Temple Owl
LMAO WELK
6:20 pm
redturtlehead
Its sort of hard to clue.
6:20 pm
brid
ic5/14--ic + three letter word for seizure, twitch
6:20 pm
redturtlehead
if it helps, the beginning and the end are the same.
6:21 pm
Boobear
hi all. Clue for er7 (the second one)
6:21 pm
welki
well, off to cook .. later, folks
6:21 pm
redturtlehead
thanks for that one Brid. 4 gray boxes...
6:21 pm
Uneaixoise
later, welki
6:21 pm
Uneaixoise
er7 er + river in Germany
6:22 pm
redturtlehead
there is a river in germany? Ok, looking
6:22 pm
Uneaixoise
a cruise down the *****
6:23 pm
72 Temple Owl
well part of china is in there
6:23 pm
redturtlehead
I found it!
6:23 pm
redturtlehead
Thanks!
6:23 pm
Uneaixoise
yay, red!!
6:23 pm
harpjane
well 143 left and I'm off to see Hairspray, might not be back in time to finish.....
6:23 pm
redturtlehead
and sadly...I already had it!
6:23 pm
Uneaixoise
enjoy, harp!
6:23 pm
Uneaixoise
red LOL!
6:23 pm
redturtlehead
Harp, have a great time, how cool, plus, I LOVE you icon!
6:24 pm
72 Temple Owl
ty so now i have at least one word from that pesky i
6:24 pm
72 Temple Owl
think i will celecrate with dinner
6:25 pm
redturtlehead
I will come up with a different way to clue the ic word.
6:25 pm
72 Temple Owl
oops free clue
6:27 pm
redturtlehead
have a good dinner TO, anything yummy?
6:28 pm
72 Temple Owl
tummy's been a mess past two days. would love to indulge but probably not a wiase idea
6:28 pm
periwinkle
hello all
6:29 pm
periwinkle
wellki, are you here?
6:29 pm
periwinkle
guess I missed her
6:30 pm
jmbdobie2
welki left to cook
6:31 pm
stidgmere
Hi, been here and there. Stidgrandson is here and we've been playing the New World Symphony Largo as a duet. It sounds better when he plays the solo piece. Oh well.
6:31 pm
stidgmere
Missed you peri, hope TO feels better. Sick yucky is no fun.
6:32 pm
stidgmere
tHi, Boo. Day has progressed faster with company.
6:35 pm
stidgmere
Finished the z words. Maybe that means I've done enough. 112 left. Strange not able to get 100 words.
6:37 pm
jmitch
see peri rejoined for more punishment....
6:38 pm
periwinkle
I did, I must finish, I always do
6:40 pm
periwinkle
who me, no, I just like the game
6:41 pm
jmitch
sometimes I get fixated on finishing....sometimes i just set a goal
6:43 pm
periwinkle
if I am pretty sure I will not be able to finish I do not start the game, like if I am away for the day or something
6:43 pm
jmbdobie2
i have 1oo left and have hit a big wall!
6:47 pm
fuquayvarina
evening, all. this is a toughie, isn't it?
6:47 pm
periwinkle
hi fuqua, yes it is
6:47 pm
Uneaixoise
yes, indeed!!
6:47 pm
jmbdobie2
abso ******* lutely
6:48 pm
fuquayvarina
I finally went to the list and it's still hard!
6:48 pm
gramma
ok I'm back. Tell me all the clues I've missed.
6:49 pm
Brookie
Hi everyone!
6:49 pm
fuquayvarina
ci7 anyone?
6:50 pm
Brookie
looking for the ci7...
6:52 pm
jmbdobie2
97 left bbl to list good luck all!
6:53 pm
72 Temple Owl
gemstone
6:53 pm
redturtlehead
ci plus a tr word that could be short for a camping bathroom.
6:53 pm
fuquayvarina
actually it was the other ci7 that i needed, but found it. thanks
6:54 pm
jacq
hello everybody
6:55 pm
72 Temple Owl
only have 1
6:56 pm
toni Glanzer
Hi everyone, I am such a novice and so frustrated by this game.......where are the clues ?????? Help.......
6:56 pm
Boobear
what do you need?
6:57 pm
Brookie
your best bet for clues are the "Lickety's BAbble Clues" link under the tile stats
6:57 pm
toni Glanzer
Just a clue in general......
6:57 pm
Brookie
And trust me, the Babble gets easier (and more fun) with practice
6:59 pm
gapeach
Hey there y'all
6:59 pm
toni Glanzer
Thank you guys for responding to my plea......almost time for American Idol.....
6:59 pm
Boobear
hi yourself
6:59 pm
Brookie
Hi Gapeach
6:59 pm
lynxxx
hi Peach and all
6:59 pm
jacq
hi boo and brooke, sorry was googling
6:59 pm
gapeach
May I please have a clue for ci7-32 the 1st? Thanks
6:59 pm
fuquayvarina
tr8?
6:59 pm
Brookie
Hi lynxxx
7:00 pm
gapeach
Hi Brookie and lynxxx.
7:00 pm
lynxxx
ci & se*****d knives have crooked edges
7:01 pm
fuquayvarina
ci7= like mare's tail clouds
7:01 pm
Brookie
Thanks for the clue! This is a tough grid today!
7:01 pm
redturtlehead
thanks!
7:01 pm
lynxxx
tr8 2/3 of frozen water on end of tr6
7:02 pm
fuquayvarina
thanks, that frozen water is really getting a workout today, isn't it?
7:02 pm
lynxxx
almost as bad as yesterday
7:04 pm
redturtlehead
yesterdays must have been bad, I found ti so un fun I quick.
7:04 pm
redturtlehead
errr quit.
7:04 pm
Brookie
Still have 95 words left and am calling it quits.
7:05 pm
jacq
i have 112 left and was blaming my absence for being so bad
7:05 pm
lynxxx
and where have you been jacq?
7:06 pm
jacq
just life, some good and some bad, like everyone else
7:06 pm
lynxxx
hope more good than bad - nice to have you back
7:07 pm
fuquayvarina
when in doubt, in this grid, just put "ic" on the end of everything
7:08 pm
redturtlehead
I think these grids are tough because they have lacked an S.
7:08 pm
jacq
an s in the wrong place would just make it worse though lol
7:09 pm
lynxxx
Cs always mean trouble too
7:09 pm
redturtlehead
yup jac, it sure would. How are you doing?
7:09 pm
fuquayvarina
fireworks!
7:09 pm
gapeach
Thanks for the clues...words are hiding from me today.
7:09 pm
lynxxx
Hooray for Fuquay!
7:10 pm
jacq
doing ok thanks, and you?
7:10 pm
redturtlehead
ok. things are a bit nutty here.
7:10 pm
gapeach
Congrats, fuquqy
7:10 pm
lynxxx
did you hear anything from the 2 jobs you want Red?
7:11 pm
jacq
same here, teenagers driving me mad, grandchild compensting madly lol
7:11 pm
periwinkle
yay for fuqua
7:11 pm
periwinkle
back to find 17 words
7:11 pm
periwinkle
help with rey/32 pls
7:11 pm
periwinkle
meant re7
7:11 pm
lynxxx
re7.32 your steps when you lose something
7:12 pm
fuquayvarina
when you get lost, you sometimes have to re7 your steps
7:12 pm
jacq
deletes my long winded cue
7:12 pm
periwinkle
ty, found it
7:16 pm
fuquayvarina
OK, off to file my taxes. Later, gators
7:17 pm
lynxxx
bye Fuquay
7:17 pm
Boobear
bye FUQUAY
7:18 pm
lynxxx
Happy to say I've finished too. Must get into my day - Bye all!
7:20 pm
gramma
I've been so in and out of this grid that I don't have a clue what words I've found. I do know re8 is missing. Help,please?
7:21 pm
redturtlehead
it really is a difficult one.
7:21 pm
jacq
sorry gramma, don't have it
7:22 pm
periwinkle
fireworks for me too
7:22 pm
rururocks
re8 is reluctant or re 8 to do something
7:22 pm
rururocks
ec 6/21 ?? please
7:24 pm
72 Temple Owl
builds from re5 before it?
7:24 pm
jacq
ty for the re8
7:24 pm
Boobear
clue for ni 7 pls
7:25 pm
72 Temple Owl
noah wyle on ER
7:25 pm
jacq
ends with US coin
7:25 pm
72 Temple Owl
need more of a clue pls
7:25 pm
rururocks
re + consonant + frozen h20 + most of a penny
7:25 pm
72 Temple Owl
ty. got it?
7:27 pm
rururocks
wow. I can't find a lot of words
7:28 pm
jacq
heya ruru, it's a hard one tonight
7:28 pm
redturtlehead
yes, rur, I am there as well.
7:30 pm
72 Temple Owl
am7 pls?
7:30 pm
scribekd
any clues for the an6/24, please?
7:31 pm
redturtlehead
an indian nanny and a shorter version of a womans na**. starting with an A.
7:31 pm
redturtlehead
ugh, let me try again TO.
7:31 pm
redturtlehead
an indian nanny, a bug on the head and first vowel....
7:32 pm
72 Temple Owl
the deadly mushrooom! ty!
7:33 pm
redturtlehead
it was difficult to clue!
7:33 pm
rururocks
anyone have the ec?
7:34 pm
72 Temple Owl
think of the same fictional doctor ru
7:34 pm
redturtlehead
down to 59, what a slog.
7:35 pm
Boobear
clue for ni 7 pls
7:35 pm
scribekd
my last word-an6/24-any clues, please?
7:36 pm
Boobear
an 6 national song
7:36 pm
jacq
sorry scribe
7:36 pm
scribekd
thanks, anyway
7:36 pm
Boobear
salute the flag
7:36 pm
HarryHood
oh say can you see fireworks
7:36 pm
jacq
don't have the ni7 boo, sorry
7:36 pm
scribekd
many thanks. Boobear!
7:37 pm
scribekd
Yes, I got the fireworks-thanks to all
7:37 pm
HarryHood
ni7 add two vowels to the ni5 b4 it
7:37 pm
welki
fireworks? ha ... probably not tonight :)
7:37 pm
redturtlehead
good job harry and scribe.
7:37 pm
HarryHood
(not me - I still have 24 to go)
7:37 pm
scribekd
ni7/28 ad 2 vowels to ni5 above it
7:38 pm
jacq
w scribe!!, sorry harry
7:38 pm
redturtlehead
hi kje.
7:38 pm
HarryHood
kj nice icon
7:38 pm
rururocks
hola amiga
7:39 pm
kje
hola ru... how are you?
7:39 pm
HarryHood
monkeys are busy tonight
7:39 pm
kje
red - a full day of breaking bad news, I am drained
7:39 pm
Boobear
ty scribe
7:39 pm
lbdawger
hi everyone!
7:39 pm
rururocks
pretty good.. this grid is getting to me
7:40 pm
kje
yes, I am wondering if i should have started... oh well... 104 left
7:40 pm
scribekd
yvw-turn about!
7:40 pm
kje
lbd - i can realte to maxine
7:41 pm
jacq
heya kje and lbd
7:41 pm
lbdawger
i've been miserable with the allergies for the last month! this is why i hate spring.
7:41 pm
lbdawger
hi jacq!
7:41 pm
rururocks
lo 6/21 please
7:41 pm
72 Temple Owl
cr7/8 pls?
7:42 pm
lbdawger
lo + most of white grain + vowel
7:42 pm
Boobear
lo6 a girl
7:42 pm
jacq
i am loving spring, some nice warm sunshine is good for the soul after a hard winter, veggies are growing nicely and kids can get out to play all day
7:42 pm
featherbee
hi kje, i went. can you go so i can play my bingo and catch up to you?
7:42 pm
rururocks
thank you lBD
7:42 pm
redturtlehead
feather!
7:43 pm
featherbee
hi everyone! not touching this one with a ten foot pole, i heard the griping earlier!
7:43 pm
HarryHood
cr7: who cr***ed heaven and earth * not out
7:43 pm
lbdawger
i'd love spring for those reasons too, jacq, except it's snowing right now.
7:43 pm
HarryHood
add a vowel for the 8
7:43 pm
kje
brb... must go see how i can block weed
7:44 pm
featherbee
(she can't)
7:44 pm
HarryHood
gogo welki!
7:44 pm
rururocks
me 5/16?
7:45 pm
lbdawger
unusual order or the letters to make mostly common words
7:45 pm
lbdawger
go welki!
7:45 pm
HarryHood
ruru where moslems pray
7:45 pm
rururocks
thank you.
7:46 pm
redturtlehead
well, i have completed the C.
7:46 pm
lbdawger
excellent, red!
7:46 pm
featherbee
kje, skype?
7:47 pm
HarryHood
I have lots of cs left
7:47 pm
72 Temple Owl
he 7 pls?
7:47 pm
featherbee
don't wanna bug everyone with my turns!
7:47 pm
lbdawger
measurement of land, TO
7:47 pm
jacq
a measure of land
7:47 pm
HarryHood
unit of area to
7:48 pm
lbdawger
np, feather. we like to harrass you and kje with your turns
7:48 pm
kje
n't realize it was off
7:48 pm
Boobear
clue for oa 5
7:49 pm
lbdawger
oa5, grain + one who does ending
7:49 pm
featherbee
hee hee dawg
7:52 pm
redturtlehead
ok H's done.
7:52 pm
welki
i think i'll just scrounge clues from the chog ... i've lost interest
7:53 pm
HarryHood
10 left...going to the chog as well
7:53 pm
redturtlehead
its a stinker of a grid.
7:54 pm
72 Temple Owl
lo6/18 pls?
7:54 pm
72 Temple Owl
a to z is your friend, as is mroewords
7:56 pm
redturtlehead
L done. this is tedious.
7:57 pm
Boobear
yes it is tedious
7:57 pm
lbdawger
lo6.18 to hang around with nothing to do. much like lurking.
7:58 pm
lbdawger
biab, need tea
7:59 pm
72 Temple Owl
hmm i nned a ma7
8:01 pm
HarryHood
chog got me down to 5
8:01 pm
Boobear
ma 7 a drink with an olive
8:01 pm
kje
chog? or lickety?
8:02 pm
HarryHood
lickety got me down to 10. chog got me down to 5 :)
8:03 pm
HarryHood
anybody have the 3rd word?
8:03 pm
HarryHood
ic6 is the fellow who brings you cubes
8:03 pm
72 Temple Owl
ni7?
8:04 pm
welki
ac + she wore a polka dot bik***
8:05 pm
HarryHood
ty welki
8:06 pm
HarryHood
first ar6/18?
8:06 pm
mixi6
ni5 + vowels
8:06 pm
lbdawger
ar6.18 is old. ar + what an old person might use to walk with.
8:07 pm
72 Temple Owl
ty. dfinitley time for a break
8:07 pm
HarryHood
that's ar6/21
8:08 pm
lbdawger
sorry, ar + most of what a pig says + letter after S
8:08 pm
mixi6
ar + put ****ment on a burn
8:09 pm
HarryHood
ty both :)
8:09 pm
mixi6
the other ar6,18?
8:11 pm
redturtlehead
I want to stop but now I am so mad at the grid I seem to have to complete it.
8:11 pm
HarryHood
last word ir6
8:11 pm
HarryHood
kj add two vowels to ni5
8:11 pm
rururocks
ar 5/12
8:11 pm
lbdawger
not day + **s* and shine
8:11 pm
mixi6
dont' have it ruru
8:12 pm
HarryHood
ar + w**rdo * third letter
8:12 pm
lbdawger
i + c****, the one who criticises
8:12 pm
HarryHood
ty lbd :)
8:13 pm
HarryHood
good riddance to that
8:13 pm
lbdawger
whooooo hoooooo HH!!
8:13 pm
redturtlehead
congrats harry!
8:14 pm
lbdawger
am + girl's name ***** Bryant
8:14 pm
HarryHood
any hints b4 I go pay my taxes?
8:14 pm
gramma
a + a guy + amargr***
8:14 pm
kje
i tried ratcam...LOL
8:15 pm
lbdawger
lol, kje
8:15 pm
Ormal
or's I only have the one that means asian and the one about speaking
8:15 pm
gramma
2nd ac 5/12? please
8:15 pm
lbdawger
ormal, there's the whale
8:15 pm
mixi6
ty lb & gramma
8:16 pm
Ormal
well, tried that one twice earlier, didn't go. Lol thanks.
8:16 pm
lbdawger
ac+ itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bik***
8:16 pm
redturtlehead
M is done...
8:18 pm
gramma
am 7/32? please
8:18 pm
gramma
nm I got it
8:19 pm
mixi6
a's done. finnally.
8:19 pm
gramma
It's the an6/24 I'm missing.
8:19 pm
lbdawger
go mixi!
8:19 pm
redturtlehead
no more N.
8:19 pm
72 Temple Owl
te5/12 pls?
8:19 pm
gramma
2 more N's
8:19 pm
lbdawger
we sing the national an6.24 at the ball game
8:19 pm
Ormal
an6/24 is where polar bears live
8:19 pm
gramma
te5 short and to the point
8:20 pm
Ormal
oops i mean ar6/24 duh
8:20 pm
lbdawger
te5/12. 3rd hour of prayers?
8:20 pm
gramma
antarctic?
8:21 pm
herekittykitty
the ar**** circle
8:22 pm
gramma
tr8 what claptons mom said to the barber
8:22 pm
Ormal
that's hysterical gramma!!!
8:23 pm
lbdawger
groan, gramma
8:23 pm
kje
hahahahahahaha - good one gramma! got it
8:23 pm
gramma
I stole it.ty
8:23 pm
saanichcat
great clue gramma!
8:23 pm
gramma
an6/24? did I miss it?
8:24 pm
72 Temple Owl
re5/12?
8:24 pm
Boobear
an 6 national song
8:24 pm
Boobear
salute the flag
8:24 pm
rururocks
1st tr 5/10?
8:25 pm
lbdawger
re + not gloves but ***tens
8:25 pm
LuvWordGames
tr 5/10 one who attempts something
8:25 pm
gramma
I thought I had that 1. ty
8:25 pm
72 Temple Owl
oh lord.... ty ru
8:25 pm
redturtlehead
re 6, 21 please/
8:25 pm
kje
OK, 37 left, time to get serious
8:26 pm
rururocks
thank you.
8:26 pm
Ormal
ar6/18 the 1st one?
8:26 pm
LuvWordGames
re 6/21 to cut something again
8:26 pm
lbdawger
re + **** your hair or your tree?
8:26 pm
redturtlehead
oops, actually I need the ra 6, 21...
8:26 pm
LuvWordGames
ra 6/21 please?
8:26 pm
72 Temple Owl
i am truly brain dead. and p o'd at "lost"
8:27 pm
kje
is that a FW whew ru?
8:27 pm
lbdawger
ar + most of what a pig says + letter after S
8:27 pm
rururocks
ri 6/24 please????
8:27 pm
redturtlehead
well, i needed the re too, thanks.
8:27 pm
rururocks
no..notyet kje
8:27 pm
lbdawger
ra6/21 more risque
8:27 pm
kje
ok, don't want to miss it
8:27 pm
redturtlehead
TY lbd, thanks muchly.
8:27 pm
kje
(plus that means I can still pass him)
8:28 pm
lbdawger
ri6.21 is a criss cross braid for sewing
8:28 pm
LuvWordGames
ty lbd
8:28 pm
redturtlehead
awesome!
8:28 pm
rururocks
that didn't help me lbd
8:29 pm
72 Temple Owl
ru, usually has twok's
8:29 pm
lbdawger
ri*k nelson and ***k 'em up (as in pool)
8:29 pm
LuvWordGames
ri 6/24 = 2/3 of white grain + 2/3 of a speed contest
8:30 pm
rururocks
oh.. thanks
8:30 pm
rururocks
a new one for me
8:30 pm
LuvWordGames
or 6/21 please?
8:30 pm
lbdawger
now you know, ru!
8:30 pm
lbdawger
or + white grain
8:30 pm
Boobear
te 5/12 pls
8:31 pm
lbdawger
ar + vowel + 2/3 frozen water
8:31 pm
rururocks
the first one?
8:31 pm
LuvWordGames
sorry, 1st or 6/21 please?
8:31 pm
lbdawger
ic + eso*****
8:32 pm
Riverdance
HI All - just getting back on since this morning and I see a babbling frenzy going on
8:32 pm
lbdawger
like the or5 but add a vowel in the 4th position
8:32 pm
rururocks
thanks lbd
8:32 pm
redturtlehead
R done
8:32 pm
lbdawger
go go red!
8:33 pm
Riverdance
hey lb - loved your clue on the itsy bitsy
8:33 pm
Riverdance
woohoo red
8:33 pm
Boobear
Hi Momneedshelp
8:33 pm
72 Temple Owl
need one.
8:33 pm
lbdawger
:-) i embellished it from someone elses clue
8:33 pm
Riverdance
hi Boo
8:33 pm
Riverdance
thats acceptable lb
8:34 pm
Riverdance
I am so far behind - need help desperately
8:34 pm
lbdawger
re8, shy
8:34 pm
Ormal
re8: reluctant
8:34 pm
mixi6
ty ormal and lb
8:34 pm
lbdawger
has a better clue
8:35 pm
Riverdance
re+ **me those cookies + penny
8:35 pm
rururocks
anyone have the ne 6?
8:35 pm
mixi6
not I, said the little red hen.
8:35 pm
lbdawger
juice of fruit, ru
8:35 pm
LuvWordGames
ne the juice of a fruit
8:36 pm
Riverdance
sweet Luv
8:36 pm
rururocks
(smacks head)
8:36 pm
lbdawger
wine the ne6 of the gods
8:36 pm
rururocks
thank you.
8:36 pm
rururocks
THis grid has sucked the brains out of me
8:36 pm
redturtlehead
humingbirds like to drink it.
8:36 pm
rururocks
I need help on a few more.
8:36 pm
LuvWordGames
lol Mom
8:36 pm
rururocks
or 6/21 # 2?
8:37 pm
lbdawger
or + white grain
8:37 pm
rururocks
thank you.
8:37 pm
mixi6
or 6/21 #1?
8:38 pm
rururocks
just clued mix
8:38 pm
rururocks
look below
8:38 pm
lbdawger
or + **rulean blue + not out
8:38 pm
lbdawger
ec + **** Lange
8:38 pm
lbdawger
e + c**** blanc
8:39 pm
rururocks
chenin blanc?
8:39 pm
Riverdance
are we talking wine here
8:39 pm
lbdawger
french for blank check, ru
8:39 pm
Riverdance
very slow chat response
8:39 pm
rururocks
cr 7 please
8:40 pm
Riverdance
cr + to make up something + opp of out
8:40 pm
lbdawger
cr + consume + not out
8:41 pm
lbdawger
very focused gridders, mnh
8:41 pm
rururocks
i have the crazy er 7 what is the other
8:41 pm
kje
weird weird monkey words
8:42 pm
gramma
ic6/24 has me babbled. Help,please?
8:42 pm
LuvWordGames
er 7 = mistake + rain and s****
8:42 pm
lbdawger
to er* is human + short greeting + half hawaiian goose
8:42 pm
rururocks
jeeeesus..save me
8:42 pm
Riverdance
To make a mistake + small greeting + first two letters of frozen substance
8:42 pm
lbdawger
the ic^ cometh, gramma
8:43 pm
Boobear
clue for ti 6/21
8:43 pm
rururocks
hi7 (final lap)
8:43 pm
Riverdance
too fast too furious
8:43 pm
lbdawger
ti6.21 rhymes with what some people do to their ears and other body parts.
8:44 pm
redturtlehead
and thank is fireworks for me. Good riddance to this grid.
8:44 pm
lbdawger
hi + consonant + most of theater (****ma)
8:44 pm
lbdawger
whooooooo hoooooooo RED!!!!
8:44 pm
Riverdance
lets start from the beginning - can someone help me with the first word - ac5/12 - I will probably be slapping myself
8:45 pm
mixi6
yeah red!!!
8:45 pm
kje
yayayayay red!!!
8:45 pm
lbdawger
ac + Mr. Onasis
8:45 pm
mixi6
a + auto + vowel
8:45 pm
rururocks
thank you LBD
8:46 pm
Riverdance
thanks guys/gals
8:46 pm
lbdawger
or + ***ematography
8:46 pm
rururocks
need help with two i
8:46 pm
LuvWordGames
or 5/12 most of a whale + not out
8:46 pm
rururocks
ic 5/14?
8:47 pm
LuvWordGames
ic + small bug
8:47 pm
lbdawger
cr****, that poohba that writes about things
8:47 pm
Riverdance
LB? you are over my head honey
8:47 pm
lbdawger
oops no it's not. ic + blood sucking bug
8:47 pm
mixi6
ty luv + lb
8:48 pm
rururocks
thank you
8:48 pm
Ormal
that's another name for filming mom (***ema where you watch movies)
8:48 pm
lbdawger
or5 sounds like mr. wells.
8:48 pm
rururocks
ir 6 for the wrap?
8:48 pm
gramma
2 left. Both of the rascals are or6/21's.
8:49 pm
mixi6
ir6 like the ic6
8:49 pm
LuvWordGames
or 6/21 or + whie grain
8:49 pm
lbdawger
or + ex**llent + not out
8:49 pm
LuvWordGames
re 7/28 to track something again or to re***** your steps
8:50 pm
lbdawger
re + copy lines thru paper
8:50 pm
rururocks
thank you
8:50 pm
gramma
ty, ty, ty.
8:51 pm
rururocks
(holding breath)
8:51 pm
lbdawger
whooooooo hoooooooo KJE!!!
8:51 pm
rururocks
(blows out breath)
8:51 pm
mixi6
oooohhhh kje!!!!!!!!!!
8:51 pm
Riverdance
I dont have a chance tonight - husband is yelling to get off so can go to bed
8:52 pm
kje
i think I need to skip some days.. that was heinous
8:52 pm
kje
sleep well momnee
8:52 pm
mixi6
it's like a cr6 designed it! LOL
8:52 pm
lbdawger
these last couple of grids have not really been fun ones, that's for sure
8:52 pm
Riverdance
Not quite ready to quit yet - will have to kill me to get me off - only had 10 minute on computer tonight
8:53 pm
Riverdance
got to have at least 15 more
8:53 pm
lbdawger
are you finished, ru?
8:53 pm
gramma
G'night all.
8:53 pm
Riverdance
I need am am 7 anyone please
8:53 pm
kje
ru has very quiet FW these days... must be his age
8:54 pm
Riverdance
go mixi
8:54 pm
lbdawger
WHOOOOO HOOOOO RURU!!!
8:54 pm
gramma
a + a guy + a drink margar***
8:54 pm
kje
am + mrs bryant
8:54 pm
Riverdance
SORRY RURU = misssed your fireworks - wooohooo
8:54 pm
Boobear
fireworks
8:55 pm
rururocks
amorange?
8:55 pm
lbdawger
whoooooo hooooooo BOO!!!
8:55 pm
kje
yayayayay boo!!!
8:55 pm
rururocks
mrs bryant?
8:55 pm
rururocks
anita bryant
8:56 pm
Ormal
FINALLY firebugs!!!!!!
8:56 pm
kje
yes... why orange?
8:56 pm
kje
yayayaya ormal!!!
8:56 pm
lbdawger
whooooo hooooo ORMAL!!
8:56 pm
Riverdance
hooray boo
8:56 pm
lbdawger
she was the orange juice lady!
8:56 pm
rururocks
she was a spokesperson for Florida OJ
8:56 pm
kje
eating chinese chicken salad
8:56 pm
rururocks
and a racist
8:56 pm
Ormal
ty I have 5 minutes before my show comes on. anyone want any clues?
8:56 pm
mixi6
fireworks, me tooooooo.
8:57 pm
kje
really? must have been before my time
8:57 pm
Ormal
yay mixie!!!
8:57 pm
rururocks
yeah .. it was
8:57 pm
lbdawger
didn't know about the racism.
8:57 pm
lbdawger
whooooooo hoooooo MIXI!!!
8:57 pm
kje
yayayaay mixi!@!!!
8:57 pm
Riverdance
ruru I love you
8:57 pm
kje
oops, didn't mean to cuss there... just a typo
8:58 pm
kje
wow, momnee! go for it - LOL
8:58 pm
Riverdance
For whoever I missed making fireworks - WOOOOHOOOO - cant keep up anymore
8:58 pm
rururocks
she was anti-black and definitely anti-gay
8:58 pm
rururocks
why's that mommy
8:58 pm
kje
anti-black... so she was white?
8:58 pm
rururocks
what did I do?
8:59 pm
rururocks
White and Right...
8:59 pm
lbdawger
very lily white, kje
8:59 pm
rururocks
she made George Bush look like a Weatherman
8:59 pm
kje
i never knew that... honestly, i am not sure who she is, can't pull up a face, she was a news woman, no?
9:00 pm
rururocks
no.. a pagent winner
9:00 pm
lbdawger
i just remember her as the florida orange juice lady.
9:00 pm
kje
ok, must google
9:00 pm
rururocks
Ms. Florida or something
9:01 pm
rururocks
bye for now.. have to take a walk.
9:01 pm
lbdawger
need more tea. back in a bit
9:01 pm
kje
of course wiki has no picture... figures
9:02 pm
mixi6
must go practice the piano for two hours.
9:02 pm
kje
oh, she sand paper roses... i knew that one, but thought someone else sang it
9:02 pm
Riverdance
way toooo tired - taking celibrix (sp) to quick smoking, worked over time today -cooked supper and cleaned up, laundry detail, watched my favoriate show american idol while folding laundry and took care of dogs, starting to lose it.......
9:03 pm
Minveryork
Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?
9:03 pm
Minveryork
By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!
9:03 pm
Riverdance
but got 32 2words left
9:03 pm
Riverdance
Min, how are you?
9:03 pm
Riverdance
typing skills are going in the drink
9:03 pm
Minveryork
I am well,but I am not going to finish the grid tonight
9:04 pm
Riverdance
can anyone help with the AO
9:04 pm
Riverdance
I really need my babble friends tonight
9:04 pm
kje
oh yes, she looks familiar
9:04 pm
Minveryork
That ao 6/21 has to do with the heart Momneedshelp
9:04 pm
kje
ao - a valve in the heart
9:04 pm
Riverdance
why do I get the feeling I am the only one playing
9:05 pm
kje
ends in facial twitch
9:05 pm
Riverdance
thanks kje - was looking in wrong direction
9:07 pm
Riverdance
need help on the ar6's - first and last
9:07 pm
kje
good luck on the smoking momnee.... that is fantastic!!!
9:07 pm
Riverdance
yes hoot owl and I are doing it together - quit date 4/22 - help us please - I know I will need it - taking meds now - making me feel kind of funky
9:08 pm
lbdawger
you can do it, MNH! good for you!
9:09 pm
lbdawger
ar6, the north pole
9:09 pm
Riverdance
thanks kje - been smoking for 35 years - about time I quit - will be hard - hoping the new meds will help
9:10 pm
Riverdance
telling everyone I know so I dont wimp out - never been one to back down from a project so that is what I have to think this is - life time project
9:10 pm
kje
you can do it, mom.... hang in there!!!
9:10 pm
lbdawger
the other ar6 means esoteric, ar + sugar **** or a blind person uses a white ****
9:11 pm
Riverdance
been taking meds for 4 days now and already having that I dont really feel like a smoke right now - so maybe its working - lets hope
9:13 pm
kje
very proud of you momnee... it is the right thing to do... we will help in any way we can
9:15 pm
kje
OK, i must be off... I need sleep... this coughing has kept me awake a couple nights, but I got a pill for tonight
9:15 pm
Riverdance
night kje - thanks for the encouragement - i need to get to bed too - giving up with 31 - thats ok
9:16 pm
Riverdance
hope you get over that cough
9:16 pm
lbdawger
night night ladies. i'm off too.
9:16 pm
Riverdance
good night lb
9:17 pm
Minveryork
Goodbye lbdawger! I will see you tomorrow in the log!
9:17 pm
Riverdance
Good night Min
9:19 pm
Riverdance
Luv you all fellow babblers - even though you arent chatting
9:20 pm
Minveryork
Sorry Momneedshelp, but I am engrossed in this grid.
9:53 pm
pippingeek
hi babblers
9:54 pm
pippingeek
i hate to tank my rankings but my back is killing me and i think i'm gonna take some painkillers/muscle relaxers rather than finish the grid
9:55 pm
pippingeek
s'okay, earlier today i declared two phantoms that weren't!
9:57 pm
weiik
well, i doubt anybody needed a clue 4 that word
9:58 pm
pippingeek
actually, i didn;t have it yet, so ty!
10:21 pm
toni Glanzer
hi anyone, could you please tell me how to find out the answers tomorrow ?
10:23 pm
Bugsaw
Hi toni. Tomorrow, log in and then click on the box called Archives at the top of the chat log. It will have the list of words.
10:24 pm
toni Glanzer
Thank you bugsaw, love your turtle......
10:24 pm
Bugsaw
how long have you been playing toni?
10:26 pm
toni Glanzer
I just started yesterday, and I think I like it. Very challenging tho. Had been playing Flip words.
10:27 pm
Bugsaw
this gets easier as your brain begins to get comfortable searching for words. Also, some words are just here a lot and you begin to memorize them. Like etui
10:30 pm
toni Glanzer
Etui ???? wow thats a new one. I so appreciate your encouragement and helping me out. Thanks again.
10:31 pm
Bugsaw
most night more people are on helping each other find words and if you need some more help you can click on the green words at the bottom. One is called Lickety's Babble Clues. He provides us with a list of all the words by the first two letters which really helps a lot.
10:33 pm
Bugsaw
they are all nice people who play this game.
10:35 pm
torgone
That's what you will find here toni .. Most people are genuinely friendly and helpful, fun and interesting ..
10:35 pm
toni Glanzer
I really get that feeling, that the people who play this are lovely and have fun with it. It is fascinating to read the notes to each other. What a new world !!!!!
10:36 pm
torgone
It's really kind of a unique community .. Some of us have been coming back for years ..
10:38 pm
torgone
We have a really wide variety of people from all over the world
10:39 pm
toni Glanzer
The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. The Babble journey has begun and I am excited.
10:41 pm
torgone
Welcome, new Babbler .. I predict it won't be too long before you are enticed to pony up the $15 for a lifetime Pro membership ..
10:41 pm
JBV
good evening to all and hi toni - saw your post about etui - one of my favorite words (see my profile)
10:42 pm
toni Glanzer
Guess what ? I already have. I signed up last night after my very first game. It just felt right.
10:42 pm
torgone
Heya jbv ..
10:43 pm
torgone
Cool .. Click on "My Account" and you can add a picture, flag, and profile if you want to ..
10:53 pm
gwenski
Hey eveyone. I'm up way too late. But, it's bugging me that I don't have any CR's after the 8. Any help available?
10:55 pm
torgone
Sorry ..
10:56 pm
JBV
cr 6 - low IQ
10:56 pm
toni Glanzer
What does CR's after the 8 mean ????
10:56 pm
JBV
cr 6/24 change last consonant
10:56 pm
torgone
I got nuthin .. Just dropped by to chat ..
10:57 pm
JBV
cr 5/12 the town cr*** gives the news reports
10:57 pm
JBV
cr 5/14 and punishment
10:57 pm
gwenski
Looking at Lickety's list of the first two letters, I was asking for clues for any of the words beginning with CR that come after the eight-letter word.
10:57 pm
gwenski
And thanks
10:58 pm
torgone
toni .. click the link for Lickety's clues .. lower left .. there is a list ..
10:58 pm
JBV
two more, gwen, do you want clues?
10:59 pm
torgone
Roger Ebert is a movie cr6/24
11:01 pm
gwenski
I really should be going to bed.....
11:01 pm
torgone
Yeah, me too ..
11:01 pm
toni Glanzer
Gwen, there is a medical word that starts with cr.....shall I tell you ?
11:02 pm
JBV
me too - see you tomorrow - good luck to all
11:02 pm
gwenski
I'm still missing the cr6/24 immediately after the 8, and also the 7
11:05 pm
gwenski
But, I must stop. 32 more to go, and I'm up too late. Thanks for the help.
11:06 pm
torgone
toni .. The convention here is to give hints, not give words ..People will ask for help, but they don't want to be just handed the word .. It is considered bad form to type words from the grid in the chat log
11:08 pm
torgone
See my hint for example .. I didn't spell out the word, but gave a hint that most people should understand and get the word on their own
11:11 pm
toni Glanzer
Torgone, ah I see, I will adapt to the culture and appreciate your help. I was just so excited to get a long word and a tricky one.......however I do understand.
11:18 pm
torgone
It's totally understandable to want to share .. You will find as you play and chat that it is kind of one our informal rules .. The "punishment" for typing a grid word in the chat log is to be sent to the penalty box or PB .. It happens when you have your cursor in the wrong spot, or it's a common word used in conversation, but if you see that, that's what it means .. Occasionally we get some trolls who start typing grid words in the chat log or are otherwise obnoxious or abusive, and those people are rather quickly reported to dr_god who built this site, and they can be banned permanently ..
11:20 pm
torgone
We are quite forgiving of honest mistakes though .. Evidenced by the fact that I am still here .. I make regular trips to the penalty box ..
11:24 pm
torgone
I frequently log on, say Hi in the chat, and forget to move my cursor and start entering words, and go RIGHT into the PB ..
11:24 pm
stidmama
(((tor))) hey all!!!!
11:25 pm
torgone
Plus a lot folks here pride themselves on the cleverness of their clues and try to be as cryptic as possible .. It's all part of the game ..
11:25 pm
Bugsaw
HI stid!!! hugs to you too
11:25 pm
torgone
(((stidders)))
11:26 pm
stidmama
hey bugs! I am deciding if I want to try for halfway or the whole thing... how hard is the grid today?
11:27 pm
Bugsaw
don't ask me. I have 47 left and started 1 1/2 hours ago. Spent most of the t4/5 looking not talking
11:28 pm
stidmama
go bugs go!!!
11:28 pm
Bugsaw
you are so fast tho
11:28 pm
torgone
I don't know ..I did not participate today ..
11:28 pm
stidmama
no tor? another long babble-less day at work???
11:29 pm
Bugsaw
say Hi to toni Glanzer stid. She joined up yesterday
11:29 pm
stidmama
hey toni! glad to meet you!
11:29 pm
Pinikula
evening all...
11:30 pm
stidmama
hey pini! how was your tuesday? mine was LONG and I have given up on "getting ahead" in homework *sigh*
11:31 pm
torgone
Yeah . . Trying to improve parts sales in the UK today .. Lots of database lookups and spreadsheets .. and AAAKKK!!!
11:31 pm
stidmama
bah, humbug. Who needs parts, sales and datasheets? *grumpy mama look* tor needs babble!!!
11:31 pm
Pinikula
Extremely busy, stid...got thrown a few loops, but survived until quitting time...going back tomorrow for the next round...
11:31 pm
Pinikula
<--glutton for punishment
11:32 pm
Pinikula
hi bugs, tor, et al
11:32 pm
stidmama
(((pini))) you just throw some loops right back. *offers extra rope*
11:32 pm
stidmama
<-- glutton for choclit
11:32 pm
Pinikula
I really needed babble today, but didn't really get a break (thought about it alot though!)
11:32 pm
torgone
.. and it was MY idea ..
11:32 pm
Pinikula
thx for the rope, stid...will use it tomorrow!
11:32 pm
torgone
.. and it was MY idea ..
11:33 pm
stidmama
ewww tor *checks tor for fever and strange tropical bug bites* you feeling okay?
11:33 pm
Pinikula
tor, I thought it was MY idea!
11:33 pm
torgone
tor needs a vacation ..
11:33 pm
Pinikula
I mean really, W7 was honestly MY idea...
11:34 pm
Pinikula
my dept head told me to spend my vacation down by taking 6 weeks off next summer!
11:34 pm
Pinikula
cha right...like that's going to happen!
11:34 pm
Pinikula
(that next summer is Summer 2011!)
11:35 pm
stidmama
yes pini! you can come here! with Koda! and we can hang out and paint each other's toenails PINK (or cobalt blue) and eat TONS of choclits and gossip about tor!
11:35 pm
Pinikula
tor could be our cabana boy!!!
11:35 pm
stidmama
oh. that's a long way away. BUT if we BOTH survive until then we could take a cruise together!
11:35 pm
Pinikula
sounds like a plan, stid!
11:36 pm
Pinikula
oh, wait...who's going to pay for the cruise?
11:36 pm
torgone
I would gladly be your cabana boy ..
11:36 pm
Pinikula
* giggle *
11:36 pm
stidmama
um.... tor can pay for the cruise, because his wonderful plan to sell fog to Londoners will have paid off by then! *bright mama look*
11:36 pm
Pinikula
* brilliant! *
11:36 pm
torgone
I am planning some vacay time at the end of next month ..
11:37 pm
Pinikula
I'm taking off a minimum of 2 days each month until Xmas break where I'll be taking 2 full weeks (hopefully)
11:37 pm
stidmama
lucky you, tor! going away? or sequestering yourself in the hottub with babble?
11:37 pm
stidmama
that sounds like a great idea pini.
11:38 pm
Pinikula
...I've already allotted extra days in August (babble meet) and September (dau's wedding)...
11:38 pm
stidmama
*confused mama look* WHICH daughter? CAMO mama???
11:38 pm
Pinikula
no, the older dau!
11:39 pm
Pinikula
Did I miss you on the announcement list? eye sowwy!
11:39 pm
stidmama
WOW. she moves to Virginia and hooks up? *faint* I guess Virginia IS for Lovers! rofl
11:39 pm
Pinikula
M's mom!
11:40 pm
torgone
Driving up to San Fran for Maker Faire and staying some to just bum around, explore, take pictures, etc. for a few days ..
11:40 pm
Pinikula
come on up a little further, tor, and you'll us in the PNW!!! I think I'm only another 8 hrs or so from SF!
11:40 pm
stidmama
what a fun thing to do tor. I bet you'll have a grand time
11:40 pm
Pinikula
(along with a few other ORs and then there's WA just a little further)
11:40 pm
stidmama
"only" *choke, chortle* or so...
11:40 pm
GreedyJoseph
Why isn't "iceham" a word?
11:41 pm
Pinikula
(if you get that far, might as well hit up CAN, too!)
11:41 pm
Pinikula
hi greedy...
11:41 pm
torgone
I've driven that route .. It's murder ..
11:41 pm
Pinikula
not sure, but it'd have to be in Enable to be useable...
11:42 pm
Pinikula
but there are so many cool faces along the way, tor! hopefully, we'd not be too brutal!
11:42 pm
GreedyJoseph
Only joking. :)
11:42 pm
stidmama
hey greedy. not all real words count and not all fake words don't... welcome to our world!
11:42 pm
Pinikula
are you new, greedy?
11:43 pm
GreedyJoseph
Yes. Just started yesterday.
11:43 pm
torgone
I don't have that much time (can't afford that long a trip yet) ..
11:43 pm
Pinikula
Well, welcome aboard...you're in for a great ride!!!!
11:43 pm
GreedyJoseph
I "Stumbled" here.
11:43 pm
Pinikula
Glad you made the "trip!" LOL
11:44 pm
GreedyJoseph
Thanks.
11:44 pm
Pinikula
We're all pretty friendly so jump right in!
11:44 pm
stidmama
that's okay tor, I can't afford to go see my grandmother in L.A. right now either. Someday I hope... before it's too late.
11:44 pm
stidmama
oh pini, you're just on fire tonight! LOL
11:44 pm
Pinikula
me? fire?
11:45 pm
TBdood777
This is cool.
11:45 pm
torgone
This will be my first real vacation in many, many years ..
11:45 pm
stidmama
pretty cobalt blue fire, I believe *checks color swatch*
yep.
11:45 pm
Pinikula
hi TB...
11:45 pm
Pinikula
* giggle*
11:45 pm
TBdood777
hi pinikula
11:45 pm
Pinikula
I know the feeling, tor...last trip I took was in 1996!
11:46 pm
TBdood777
It's only 9:45 here.
11:46 pm
Pinikula
(OK..."real" trip anyway)
11:46 pm
stidmama
good for you tor. I hope you will actually take time to RELAX on the vacation, and not just feel you have to fill it with activities (that is what I did on my spring "break" and ended up not resting before the new quarter at all...)
11:46 pm
Pinikula
same here, TB...where are you?
11:47 pm
TBdood777
Washington
11:47 pm
stidmama
what makes "real" -- Tom and I took a trip to see Granny in 2003, and then Mother and I took the boys later the same year.
11:47 pm
Pinikula
Cool! I used to live up there...many babblers up in that area!
11:47 pm
stidmama
same here... state and time, TB
11:47 pm
TBdood777
Where are you now?
11:47 pm
Pinikula
<-- Oregon
11:48 pm
TBdood777
Yeah, i like Washington, very pretty.
11:48 pm
TBdood777
But the weather sucks, on the western part.
11:48 pm
TBdood777
Which is where i live.
11:48 pm
torgone
That's the idea, stid .. a couple activities planned .. then just do whatever or not do for a few days ..
11:48 pm
stidmama
help on the i on the bottom row so I can finish with NBT please?
11:48 pm
Pinikula
Stid...my "real" vaca in 1996 was 21 days traveling through Europe... haven't had a vaca like that since; little 1-2 days every now and then since...
11:48 pm
Pinikula
<-- don't have it
11:48 pm
stidmama
good for you tor *approving mama look* you deserve a quiet, pleasant time
11:49 pm
Pinikula
It's the same one I need for NBT!
11:49 pm
stidmama
oops. *heads to PB*
11:49 pm
Pinikula
I know what you mean, TB...used to live in the Seattle area...
11:49 pm
Pinikula
Gotta love the PNW...our informal motto is: We don't tan, we rust!!!
11:49 pm
TBdood777
Yeah, the weather here is bipolar.
11:49 pm
Pinikula
to say the least!
11:50 pm
TBdood777
Hahaha perfect motto.
11:50 pm
stidmama
I don't rust, I MOLD.... *sprinkles mildew on choclits*
11:50 pm
Pinikula
* giggle *
11:50 pm
TBdood777
hahahah
11:50 pm
stidmama
cake, anyone? *wicked mama look*
11:50 pm
torgone
Rust never sleeps ..
11:50 pm
Pinikula
Greedy, did you finish the grid?
11:50 pm
TBdood777
What am i supposed to do exactly?
11:50 pm
Pinikula
<-- concentrating on that elusive I
11:51 pm
Pinikula
make words, TB...
11:51 pm
GreedyJoseph
Not even close.
11:51 pm
TBdood777
Can you be more specific?
11:51 pm
Pinikula
you've got about 9 minutes before the new grid appears...plenty of ti4 to read the HELP above the chat log to get you started!
11:51 pm
Pinikula
Beware: Babble is addictive!
11:51 pm
stidmama
find words in the yellow tiles and type the words in the "add word" box under the tiles
11:51 pm
TBdood777
oh... duh.
11:51 pm
stidmama
it's a lot like boggle
11:51 pm
Pinikula
me either, Greedy!
11:52 pm
Pinikula
<-- love playing Boggle!
11:52 pm
stidmama
if you wait just 8 more minutes, a new grid will start and then you will have 24 hours to find all the words
11:52 pm
Pinikula
the grid changes every 24 hours (10:00pm PST)
11:52 pm
stidmama
there are 199 available today...
11:52 pm
Pinikula
* snap * stid!
11:52 pm
GreedyJoseph
What if you finish it?
11:52 pm
Pinikula
so, no one has a word from that lone I at the bottom?
11:53 pm
babbz
hi all - is this a tough grid today or is it just me?
11:53 pm
GreedyJoseph
ITEM
11:53 pm
Pinikula
you get fireworks if you finish!
11:53 pm
stidmama
I still don't --- not even halfway, and not NBT. I am never going to live this down!
11:53 pm
Pinikula
hi babbz
11:53 pm
stidmama
hey babbz... seems tougher to me than normal
11:53 pm
Pinikula
it's a toughy, babbz
11:53 pm
Pinikula
I have 87 more to go...
11:53 pm
babbz
i thought maybe the brainwas working at half mast
11:54 pm
Pinikula
(at least I broke 100) ;)
11:54 pm
stidmama
go pini go!
11:54 pm
stidmama
120 here
11:54 pm
babbz
i have like 128 to go!!
11:54 pm
Pinikula
I think it's very tough!
11:54 pm
stidmama
go babbz go!!!!
11:54 pm
stidmama
I mean, I still need 120
11:54 pm
babbz
lol you are funny stid!
11:54 pm
DR1965
Hi Stid and Pini
11:55 pm
Pinikula
still can't find that I! :(
11:55 pm
stidmama
luckily Tom is bringing me choclit cake for consolation
11:55 pm
stidmama
hey DR. how's jake?
11:55 pm
DR1965
just here to check out the flip
11:55 pm
Pinikula
I want some!
11:55 pm
babbz
that sounds good. Do you have a Portillo's by you Stid?
11:55 pm
Pinikula
Hey DR!
11:55 pm
DR1965
Hi Stid! He is happy to be back in school
11:55 pm
DR1965
Hi Pini !
11:55 pm
stidmama
what's a portillo? wine?
11:55 pm
Pinikula
Well, narrowing it down, that I must be an ic6, ic7, ic5, or ir6
11:56 pm
stidmama
I think mine are too, DR. they miss their friends when it's break ti4
11:56 pm
DR1965
Wefound out that his teacher is changing to 8th grade next yeat
11:56 pm
babbz
I can't remember where you live, but around the Chicago area, we have a chain called Portillo's and they have the most amazing chocolate cake
11:56 pm
babbz
everyone orders it for birthdays...it's to die for
11:56 pm
stidmama
thanks pini *thinking slowly*
11:56 pm
Pinikula
I've never heard of Portillo's out here on the West Coast...
11:56 pm
jillibus
Hello all
11:56 pm
Pinikula
hi jilli ;)
11:56 pm
DR1965
me either Pini
11:56 pm
flosey
Hi everyone
11:56 pm
stidmama
oh... I probably couldn't eat it, but will recommend it to sister in law who lives near there.
11:56 pm
Pinikula
hi flosey!
11:57 pm
stidmama
hey jill. glad you caught me
11:57 pm
DR1965
Hi Flosey
11:57 pm
babbz
I think they are in LA now...I'll see if I can get their website. The best Italian beef ever, too
11:57 pm
flosey
Hi Pini, stid, Babb, I'm sitting here drinking tee but your cup of coffee looks awfully good
11:57 pm
stidmama
U.S. just beat Scotland in Torino (Curling)
11:57 pm
Pinikula
ok...I give up on this grid...
11:57 pm
stidmama
hey flosey!
11:57 pm
DR1965
I never started it
11:58 pm
flosey
I did and took all morning to finish it
11:58 pm
Bugsaw
giving up with 12 left. Hi all
11:58 pm
stidmama
I just need an i from the bottom row for NBT... won't get halfway
11:58 pm
stidmama
hey again bugs
11:58 pm
jillibus
Oh my! Curling is catching on!
11:58 pm
Pinikula
hi bugs...
11:58 pm
jillibus
Hi bugs -- cute emyd!
11:58 pm
Pinikula
oh, and congrats to all the finishers!
11:58 pm
flosey
ah, the Ic**** cometh
11:59 pm
Pinikula
and condolences to all the hopefuls!
11:59 pm
DR1965
so kind Pini
11:59 pm
Bugsaw
Hi DR. I haven't seen you in a loooooooooooooong time
11:59 pm
Pinikula
different I
11:59 pm
flosey
remember before refrigeration?
11:59 pm
TBdood777
Im done.
11:59 pm
Pinikula
everyone say hi to Greedy and TB! Newbies!
11:59 pm
DR1965
I was hibernating
11:59 pm
Ormal
ic***:facial twitch
11:59 pm
TBdood777
Well, that was horrid.
11:59 pm
flosey
hi Greedy and TB, welcome
11:59 pm
Bugsaw
Hi everyone. I had to look up what an emyd was jilli. You are good at keeping us learning
12:00 am
DR1965
Hi Newbies