Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, June 5, 2010

12:00 am

Minveryork

Flip flip hooray!

12:00 am

jillibus

flip

12:00 am

cybernan

ooh -- who said 148?

12:00 am

MetFan

Flip-a-dee-doo-dah, Flip-a-dee-ay...........

12:00 am

MLFAN17

hello

12:01 am

Minveryork

Hello MLFAN17! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

12:01 am

Minveryork

I am diving into the grid. I'll be back when I am half done

12:01 am

MLFAN17

In6

12:01 am

cybernan

so 6

12:02 am

MLFAN17

long time no see Min:)

12:02 am

jillibus

room moor

12:03 am

torgone

ma6

12:03 am

PAV3

allo allo!

12:03 am

cybernan

ti 7, pi 7

12:05 am

jillibus

I yi yi! 6 Is!

12:05 am

broll

6 stupid i's!

12:05 am

MLFAN17

cyber is that pi 4 6 7/

12:05 am

MLFAN17

?

12:05 am

gremlinn

disappointing board, too many "almosts"

12:05 am

cybernan

yes

12:05 am

gremlinn

too many same vowels in rows

12:06 am

MLFAN17

adn the Ti 7 i have also has a 6

12:06 am

gremlinn

pi7 x 2

12:07 am

MLFAN17

makes it more fun grem lol

12:07 am

gremlinn

surprisingly potent K though

12:09 am

jillibus

of course, 4 of those Is are blanks

12:09 am

jillibus

and 3 of the Os.

12:10 am

MLFAN17

DO 6

12:10 am

PAV3

17 for 17 NBT ///7 mins

12:10 am

jillibus

dolphin alert

12:11 am

gremlinn

haha, dolphin for NBT

12:11 am

jillibus

wtg pav

12:11 am

jillibus

wtg grem

12:11 am

cybernan

dolphin?

12:11 am

gremlinn

babblet

12:12 am

cybernan

don't remember that one

12:12 am

jillibus

hairy-nosed dolphin

12:12 am

MLFAN17

me either

12:12 am

gremlinn

the I word on the 1/1 tile

12:12 am

jillibus

It was in icon theme not long ago, nan

12:13 am

jillibus

see -- sometimes there's some value to following icon themes, lol!

12:13 am

cybernan

don't remember it jill

12:13 am

MLFAN17

jill what is it this time
?

12:14 am

gremlinn

around here, you gotta know the dolphin, the goose, and the sloth

12:14 am

PAV3

4th column greyed!

12:14 am

cybernan

don't know the sloth either

12:14 am

jillibus

mlf, just click on my icon to see the theme.

12:14 am

gremlinn

unau, right?

12:14 am

MLFAN17

no clue on sloth either

12:14 am

cybernan

anyone have the stats for the lone n?

12:15 am

gremlinn

ni 5

12:15 am

jillibus

nan, we had a whole lot of babblet themes in April.

12:15 am

MLFAN17

anybody know the stats for the i on the fourth column first one under the o?

12:15 am

jillibus

sloth = unau or unai

12:16 am

PAV3

in4

12:16 am

jillibus

mlf, that's the dolphin

12:16 am

cybernan

ty grem -- looking

12:17 am

MLFAN17

that is a dolphin>>????

12:17 am

MLFAN17

begining with N or I?

12:17 am

jillibus

google it, mlf

12:17 am

jillibus

the dolphin is in4

12:17 am

PAV3

first column greyed!

12:18 am

MLFAN17

they need to put the T in another place on the grid

12:18 am

cybernan

nbt

12:18 am

jillibus

wtg nan

12:19 am

gremlinn

just make one of those Is a G for some ings

12:19 am

torgone

"The Amazon river dolphin, alternately Bufeo, Bufeo Colorado, Boto, Boto Cor de Rosa, Boutu, Nay, Tonina, or Pink River Dolphin"

12:19 am

gremlinn

move the S to the middle too

12:19 am

gremlinn

could have had a nice board

12:19 am

Minveryork

I am stopping at 75 words and 681 points. Bye to all!

12:20 am

MizHoffle

Just joined before heading off to bed and holy wow, is there a lot of i's

12:20 am

Minveryork

Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow

12:20 am

welki

national geo had an article on them a few months ago

12:23 am

gremlinn

fi7, strange one

12:23 am

jillibus

too bad people ignored those babble icons

12:23 am

MLFAN17

lol jill

12:23 am

jillibus

NBT (that ni5 was hiding)

12:24 am

jillibus

I mean babblet icons

12:25 am

jillibus

oh -- I don't have nbt after all! Missing the F word (and saying it)

12:25 am

MLFAN17

grem Fi 7/60?

12:26 am

gremlinn

yeah

12:26 am

MLFAN17

jill ou mean fudge?

12:26 am

MLFAN17

you oops

12:26 am

gremlinn

ti7, pi7, pi7 are the other 3

12:26 am

jillibus

of course, mlf ;)

12:26 am

PAV3

well that's the end for Jilli,,,Miss Jilli that is...

12:27 am

MLFAN17

thought so jill or fluck right? lol

12:27 am

MLFAN17

am missing one Pi 7

12:28 am

gremlinn

plural of a pi5

12:29 am

MLFAN17

none that i have

12:29 am

MLFAN17

oh well on that lovely note i have 95 left i am out poof

12:29 am

torgone

Bet it is ..

12:29 am

jillibus

hmf -- "finito" not found in the dictionary.

12:30 am

torgone

Commies ..

12:32 am

jillibus

bye mlf

12:32 am

jillibus

NOW if have NBT for sure.

12:33 am

PAV3

yay Miss Jilli!

12:35 am

cybernan

still looking for that fi 7/60

12:36 am

gremlinn

it looks like a mashup of two Nordic countries

12:36 am

dizgrannie

fi is a compound, Nan

12:36 am

gremlinn

two countries, anyway

12:36 am

jillibus

I'm looking for that too...

12:37 am

jillibus

oh good heavens -- found it! Thanks, grem.

12:41 am

gremlinn

lots of weird K words today

12:41 am

cybernan

ty grem

12:43 am

jillibus

sprite will hate this

12:44 am

PAV3

ok down to 50...off to bed...

12:45 am

anike

37 to go but slowing drastically

12:46 am

jillibus

well done, you two!

12:46 am

jillibus

night pav

12:47 am

cybernan

45 to go and calling it a night -- see you tomorrow :)

12:47 am

jillibus

wtg nan too and g'night!

12:53 am

anike

Has anyone finished?

12:54 am

jillibus

don't think so, anike

12:56 am

gremlinn

fireworks

12:57 am

jillibus

YAY gremlin!!!

12:57 am

jillibus

there you go, anike :)

12:58 am

gremlinn

Clues are up.

12:58 am

jillibus

hugsies and kissies, grem!

12:59 am

gremlinn

what an annoying little grid!

1:01 am

anike

Yay Gremlin

1:07 am

hootowl

grem - what's the point total please?

1:23 am

Aloyisius

hootowl: total points = 1780

1:24 am

jillibus

hello aloy

1:24 am

jillibus

have you finished too?

1:24 am

hootowl

ty

1:24 am

Aloyisius

hi jilli, have been lurking and working.. yup, just finished a bit ago

1:25 am

jillibus

Congrats! I'm in awe.

1:25 am

jillibus

I'm just over halfway.

1:26 am

Aloyisius

gremlinn's list helped..

1:27 am

jillibus

why isn't "mooer" a word? Isn't that what a cow is?

1:28 am

Aloyisius

My eyes are still jiggling from all the i's on the right of the grid.. off to bed for me.. I agree, jilli.. tried mooer too!

1:28 am

jillibus

g'night aloy -- nice tosee you!

1:29 am

gran

How many words today please

1:29 am

Aloyisius

g'nite, jilli.. and good luck ! 149 words

1:30 am

gran

Thanks

1:41 am

anike

Fireworks - TY Grem for last 30

1:43 am

anike

G'night everyone

1:45 am

jillibus

YAY anike and g'night!

1:48 am

jillibus

Well, 49 left and that's enough for now. Goodnight anyone...*poof*

1:49 am

hootowl

down to 12 and really have to get to bed - night jilli

2:29 am

hillary

help with ar6/30 please?

2:33 am

lynxxx

Noahs boat & pantih***

2:35 am

hillary

ty

2:45 am

Kazzer99

Morning all - anyone got the ma 5/12 after the shark

2:45 am

SpellCheck

Hi Kaz, plural

2:46 am

Kazzer99

thnx vm spell

2:46 am

SpellCheck

NP

3:19 am

FMitch

Morning/evening babbleland.
sprite is going to 'love' all those k's!

3:20 am

Haz1558

Good morning, FM.

3:20 am

Atalante

toooooo many k's!

3:20 am

FMitch

Greetings Haz!

3:20 am

Haz1558

I can't say my heart rejoiced when I saw them.

3:21 am

Haz1558

Good morning, Ata!

3:21 am

FMitch

I have finally vanquished them.

3:21 am

gremlinn

too much IOIOIOIOIO

3:21 am

Atalante

phantom: amniote

3:21 am

Sally-catlover

Hi everyone on this lovely sunny morning. Hmm, haven't started the Ks yet.

3:22 am

Haz1558

Hello, gremlinn. It would be even worse if it were eieieo and then we'd all be singing Old McDonald.

3:22 am

FMitch

lol gremlinn and Hi Ata!!!! and Sally!

3:22 am

Atalante

FM! Haz in training! La Glitteratenilla in training!

3:23 am

Haz1558

And Mr Haz is training as well!

3:23 am

Atalante

oh! Mr Haz too!

3:23 am

Haz1558

Thankfully he doesn't ride a bike and shout at me through a megaphone, that would be off-putting in the extreme.

3:23 am

FMitch

Oh great, well done to MrH too. Trust he won't be wearing a pink bra though?

3:24 am

Haz1558

No, and nor will I! He's not necessarily doing the walk itself, but is helping me out when he can with company.

3:24 am

Atalante

and one of those weird coincidences - mum have to have a mammogram the other day after finding a lump and most likely will need a mastectomy

3:24 am

Haz1558

Oh, Ata!

3:24 am

FMitch

Oh no Ata!!

3:25 am

FMitch

so sorry to hear that hun.

3:25 am

Sally-catlover

Oh I'm so sorry Ata!

3:25 am

Atalante

it's strangely ok as she's always had problems with getting benign lumps and I think she's rather glad in a strange way to be able to have the op and stop all that

3:26 am

Haz1558

Even so, it's not something you really want to go through.

3:26 am

Atalante

nooooooooo

3:27 am

Atalante

the funny thing she'll probably end up in hospital at the same time sister is having her op, and hopefullyy the same hospital

3:27 am

Haz1558

I hope, hope, hope that all turns out okay.

3:28 am

Haz1558

If that does happen, Ata, they might as well just make a room for you and Hobbit.

3:28 am

Atalante

if not at the same hospital then at hospitals 10 miles apart which still isn't too bad

3:29 am

Sally-catlover

I'm sure the sight of Hobbit would cure anyone!

3:29 am

FMitch

will make visiting easier *wry smile*

3:29 am

herinfernallady

hello

3:29 am

FMitch

Hows the leg coming along by the way Ata?

3:30 am

Atalante

apart from the poor man who was quietly sunbathing yesterday on the beach that hobbit ran up to and sat on, while soaking wet

3:30 am

Haz1558

Hello, herin.

3:30 am

FMitch

Evening herin.

LOL Ata!

3:30 am

Haz1558

She could probably tell that he was burning and that cold needed to be applied. Hobbit is smart.

3:30 am

Atalante

getting there slowly ;)

3:30 am

Sally-catlover

splutter, ata. I hope you didn't laugh openly :-)

3:31 am

herinfernallady

Awww Ata. Too cute. Sorry about your Mum she will spring back. Best thing I heard about reconstruction from my cousin was she got new boobs and a flatter butt and belly

3:31 am

Atalante

not *quite*

3:31 am

rubyfoo

good morning everybody

3:31 am

Haz1558

Good morning, ruby.

3:31 am

Atalante

I apologised profusely then walked off very quickly giggling madly

3:31 am

FMitch

Morning ruby.

3:31 am

Sally-catlover

Hi ruby.

3:32 am

FMitch

Hobbit was just being her friendly self (wet and all)!

3:32 am

herinfernallady

How could you be mad at a cute dog. I would be like orff get off me. now were is your ball

3:32 am

Haz1558

Exactly, she was just being a cold compress.

3:33 am

Atalante

she was! I just don't think he was a doggy person ... *giggles again at the recollection*

3:33 am

Sally-catlover

How was she to know the man was sunbathing? She probably thought he needed help and was showing him to you.

3:33 am

herinfernallady

Bad Hobbit Bad Hobbit (Good Girl go sit on the man that doesn't like dogs)

3:33 am

FMitch

would quite happily hug a wet dog right now as the thermometer is rising.

3:33 am

Sally-catlover

If he was a nice man you could have said "fetch"!

3:34 am

rubyfoo

ata: I'm sorry to hear about your mom, but as an almost-s0-year survivor of the same thing, I wish her very well and give her some of my hope and optimism!

3:34 am

rubyfoo

that was 20*

3:34 am

Atalante

and the other funny thing is that she's obviously got into her head that if I sit down while out on a walk it means I'm Injured, cos I sat down and couldn't move when I hurt my knee. So I sat down on the beach yesterdya thinking I'd read for a bit and let Hobbit snuffle about. Oh no. She sat bolt upright on my outstretched thighs and glared at anyone or any dog that came close

3:35 am

herinfernallady

Awwwww bless her Ata

3:35 am

rubyfoo

I don't think Hobbit is part chow!

3:35 am

Sally-catlover

Oh, sweet!

3:36 am

Sally-catlover

Good job she isn't a Great Dane doing that, though, or you'd be back in hospital with crushed thighs.

3:36 am

FMitch

LOL Sally

3:36 am

Atalante

bad enough with her! she's very very solid

3:37 am

FMitch

Hobbit is solid but still quite petite.

3:37 am

rubyfoo

how much does she weigh?

3:37 am

Atalante

yes, but she's distinctly heavier than she looks! about 18kg

3:37 am

rubyfoo

but so**ing wet, probably weighs more

3:37 am

herinfernallady

O Hi Ruby

3:38 am

Haz1558

This question always interests me. Americans always seem to know and quote the weight of their dogs - I don't think Brits know.

3:38 am

herinfernallady

My cats weigh 5 -6 kilos respectively

3:38 am

lynxxx

Hi All

3:38 am

Haz1558

Good evening, lynxxx.

3:38 am

rubyfoo

here, every time you go to the vet, the virst thing he does is weigh the dog! maybe because of the meds?

3:39 am

Atalante

are you saying i'm secretly american?

3:39 am

rubyfoo

hello lynxxxx

3:39 am

herinfernallady

Hi Lynxx on this bleak winters day

3:39 am

FMitch

Ha! spotted the god of love without prompting - that must be a first!

3:39 am

Sally-catlover

I haven't a clue how much mine weigh. Not a lot would be the technical answer.

3:39 am

FMitch

Evening lynxxx.

3:39 am

lynxxx

Here you weigh a pet as soon as you enter the vets office - so than can work out any medication I guess

3:39 am

herinfernallady

Mine get weighed once a year so I can worm them properly for the year

3:39 am

Haz1558

No, Ata, although you may have been influenced by summers spent over there. It's just something I've noticed (the weight quoting thing)

3:39 am

rubyfoo

I had a cat once who weighed a stone+a kilo

3:39 am

Sally-catlover

Yes, with certain meds they go on the weight and we have weighed them in the past for that.

3:40 am

herinfernallady

Ruby same as mine

3:40 am

Sally-catlover

A stone plus a kilo? That's a nice mix of metric and imperial measurements ruby!

3:41 am

rubyfoo

and she used to sleep on my chest and purr and knead

3:41 am

herinfernallady

awwww

3:41 am

rubyfoo

Clarissa Reed Fitzrour Kelley

3:43 am

herinfernallady

K's done

3:43 am

FMitch

wtg herin!
BRB got 5 words left to find.

3:43 am

rubyfoo

you're kidding, herin!

3:44 am

Sally-catlover

104 to find here :-(

3:44 am

herinfernallady

I used Morewords after 6 of them my brain stopped working

3:44 am

Haz1558

Have we noticed that jillibus'and flosey's bridge partner is here? Mr Sharif?

3:45 am

Sally-catlover

Oh, no I hadn'. ty

3:45 am

Atalante

and so is a real life dragon

3:45 am

Haz1558

He's strangely unacceptable to enable.

3:46 am

Sally-catlover

yes, just realised :-)

3:49 am

rubyfoo

perhaps enable doesn't play bridge

3:49 am

Atalante

as is the dragon, sadly

3:50 am

rubyfoo

named for a scientiest maybe? well soon have an ata dragonfly!

3:50 am

Haz1558

Most provoking!

3:50 am

Atalante

named for where it lives :)

3:50 am

rubyfoo

ahah

3:51 am

FMitch

... and done, silly re words were my final hurdle.

3:51 am

Haz1558

Well done, FM!

3:51 am

herinfernallady

woot

3:51 am

lynxxx

Clever FM!

3:52 am

FMitch

Thank you, thank you :)

3:52 am

Sally-catlover

Yay for FM!

3:52 am

Atalante

woohooooo FM!

3:52 am

rubyfoo

yay for FM

3:53 am

FMitch

and the ar6/30 led me a merry dance until I looked at gremlinns list.

3:53 am

rubyfoo

aras

3:53 am

rubyfoo

whoops, sorry

3:53 am

Sally-catlover

Just found the lovely fi 7/60 by trying a word I didn't think it would take :-)

3:54 am

Sally-catlover

think that has double R, ruby

3:54 am

herinfernallady

back soon

3:54 am

rubyfoo

I was thinking of the constellation....

3:55 am

FMitch

Todays grid has some lovely babblets in it and the rest the monkeys took care of.

3:55 am

rubyfoo

monkeys are desperate

3:55 am

Sally-catlover

Think I have all the As. Need a particular clue?

3:55 am

FMitch

*passes some bananas over to ruby for the monkeys*

3:55 am

Atalante

I don't like monkeys. I have tapirs instead

3:56 am

Atalante

I think they still like bananas thouhg

3:56 am

FMitch

How can they type for you Ata, given the lenght of their claws?

3:56 am

rubyfoo

I once did a drawing of a tapir

3:56 am

rubyfoo

bananas with ants on top

3:56 am

FMitch

oops sorry thinking of wrong animal there.

3:57 am

Atalante

with their prehensile noses

3:57 am

FMitch

LOL

3:57 am

rubyfoo

great image!

3:57 am

Atalante

we have tapirs locally

3:57 am

Atalante

or should I say typirs?

3:58 am

FMitch

all that gunk over the keyboard must make a mess.

3:58 am

rubyfoo

my husband is walking around the garden with his rifle! I had better be nice.....

3:58 am

FMitch

Is he heron hunting?

3:58 am

Atalante

monkeys are messier

3:59 am

rubyfoo

yes, he's obsessed!

3:59 am

Sally-catlover

A farmer friend of mine shot a fox on his land once, only to find he had also shot one of his hens. Tell husband not to aim at the fish!

4:00 am

Atalante

at least it keeps him out of your hair for a whiel

4:00 am

FMitch

Can't blame him after the loss of so many fish.

4:02 am

Atalante

can just imagine the headlines "local heron population in mysterious crash"

4:03 am

Haz1558

The headline in the Ballymoney Times a few weeks ago was 'Pigeon Poisoned'. It was a slow news week.

4:03 am

Atalante

wonder if heron tastes good

4:03 am

Atalante

oh dear LMAO

4:04 am

Atalante

aha! I have the great cook herself here ....

4:04 am

Atalante

Haz, what should I make with some pheasant eggs?

4:04 am

FMitch

heron stuffed with koi - could be a good recepie.

4:05 am

FMitch

Scotch eggs

4:05 am

Haz1558

I have no idea about pheasant eggs. What sort of size are they?

4:05 am

Atalante

about 2/3 chicken size

4:05 am

Atalante

they had some down at the farm shop and I simply had to get some, now of course I have no clue what to do wit hthem

4:06 am

FMitch

dainty egg and soldiers?

4:06 am

Haz1558

Egg mayonnaise?

4:06 am

FMitch

or use them in a salad nicoise

4:06 am

sandr

last time i had them i poached 1 and fried 1 just to see whjat they are like

4:06 am

sandr

morning all

4:06 am

Sally-catlover

Put them in a salad, Ata

4:06 am

FMitch

Good morning sandr.

4:07 am

sandr

heya mitch hows it going

4:07 am

Haz1558

Good morning, sandr.

4:07 am

FMitch

good and nice to see you again!

4:07 am

Haz1558

Google says that their yolk tastes richer than a chicken egg.

4:07 am

sandr

hiya haz

4:07 am

Atalante

and what were they like???

4:08 am

FMitch

ooh that would make a good mayo then, turn it into aioli by adding loads of garlic.

4:08 am

sandr

yeh its a much stronger taste but worth it you get your moneys worth id recommend them to anyone but its big breakfast,i think they might go well in a cake to!!!

4:09 am

Haz1558

How many did you get, Ata?

4:09 am

Atalante

6

4:09 am

FMitch

scrabmled eggs and pancetta for a Sunday treat?

4:09 am

sandr

1 poached 1 fried 2 for a cake and 2 for mayo problem solved

4:10 am

Haz1558

Oh well, you're not going to have too much difficulty finding something.

4:10 am

Sally-catlover

Scrambled eggs and smoked salmon?

4:10 am

Atalante

oooo smoked salmon!

4:10 am

FMitch

Babblers just love thier food don't they?

4:10 am

Sally-catlover

Or I love scrambled eggs with mushrooms cooked in a little butter and stirred in.

4:11 am

Sally-catlover

Don't you realise that this is displacement therapy? Play Babble instead of eating.

4:11 am

Atalante

this is always the best place to ask food questions!

4:12 am

sandr

i put harrisa in mine i got it from tunisia

4:12 am

FMitch

Nah, babble and eating at the same time is the best :)

4:12 am

Atalante

I think I should get some free. Whichever flock of pheasants they came from, Hobbit is bound to have spent at least a few hours chasing them - like Mr Haz shouting encouragement at Haz. Training them

4:14 am

sandr

right guys im going to get my head shaved then round leeds tonight so speak again sometime bye!!

4:14 am

Atalante

apparently the collective noun for a flushed group of pheasants is a bouquet

4:14 am

Haz1558

I draw the line at the loud-hailer, though.

4:14 am

FMitch

a boquet of pheasants - well you live and learn.

4:14 am

Haz1558

Bye sandr (hoping that it's the r who's getting the head shaved)

4:15 am

sandr

of course haz

4:15 am

FMitch

Bye sandr

4:15 am

Haz1558

Excellent! Nice to see you again.

4:15 am

sandr

bbbbyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeee *poof*

4:15 am

Atalante

and of course all babblers should know the term for a group of pheasants while on the ground ...

4:15 am

Haz1558

Is Dead Meat.

4:15 am

rubyfoo

are pheasant eggs bigger than hen's eggs? ex-city girl here....

4:16 am

Atalante

loool

4:16 am

lynxxx

lol

4:16 am

FMitch

a flush?

4:16 am

rubyfoo

np pheasants here

4:16 am

Atalante

it's a babblet! ni4 :)

4:16 am

rubyfoo

no*

4:16 am

Atalante

no, ruby, a bit smaller

4:16 am

rubyfoo

colored?

4:16 am

Haz1558

I've got one of those Shott's Miscellany books, they're great for odd facts.

4:17 am

Atalante

rather beigey-khaki coloured

4:17 am

rubyfoo

I love quail eggs especially raw in sushi

4:17 am

FMitch

and we just thought you were really clever Haz.

4:17 am

Atalante

there is a pic on my FB, ruby

4:18 am

rubyfoo

all the facts at haz' fingertips!!

4:18 am

Atalante

anyway, it's nye or nide

4:18 am

Haz1558

A nye of pheasants?

4:18 am

FMitch

You are giving your secrets away!

4:18 am

Haz1558

It's a nye according to Shott's.

4:18 am

Haz1558

Between Shott's and Google I can fool people into thinking I know stuff.

4:19 am

Atalante

it's nide according to dictionary.com

4:19 am

Atalante

so I'm assuming both are accaptable

4:19 am

Atalante

and now you'll know next time it's in Babble

4:19 am

Haz1558

I'd assume so.

4:19 am

Haz1558

ruby, if more than one heron turned up it would be a sege.

4:19 am

FMitch

of course we will remember that for next time :)

4:20 am

Haz1558

And I love an exaltation of larks.

4:20 am

Atalante

oh yes, me too

4:20 am

rubyfoo

I think it's the same one; I think they are solitary most of the time and he's unlikely to tell his mates about the great resto!

4:20 am

Atalante

and a murder of crows

4:20 am

FMitch

I think that one is so approriate Haz.

4:20 am

Haz1558

Ptarmigan. Any takers?

4:20 am

rubyfoo

that's my favorite!

4:21 am

rubyfoo

a party?

4:21 am

lynxxx

a new type of cheese?

4:21 am

Haz1558

A covey.

4:21 am

Atalante

a ptarmy?

4:21 am

Sally-catlover

I like a murmuration of starlings!

4:22 am

Haz1558

Yes, and a pontification of priests.

4:22 am

Atalante

and a clowder of cats

4:22 am

Sally-catlover

That sounds too much like soup, Ata.

4:22 am

rubyfoo

lol, haz!

4:22 am

Sally-catlover

What do we think is the collective noun for Babblers.

4:22 am

rubyfoo

eeew

4:22 am

rubyfoo

uh oh....

4:23 am

Atalante

a thesaurus

4:23 am

Sally-catlover

lol, you mean you know what all these words mean?

4:23 am

FMitch

A madness of babblers

4:23 am

Sally-catlover

A bevy

4:24 am

Sally-catlover

A babblet of babblers

4:24 am

FMitch

An enablement of babblers

4:24 am

rubyfoo

a babylon of

4:24 am

FMitch

A great group of people :)

4:24 am

Sally-catlover

A disillusionment of babblers

4:24 am

Atalante

a gridlock of

4:24 am

Haz1558

A cooperative of babblers?

4:24 am

Sally-catlover

Ah! A brick wall of babblers!

4:24 am

rubyfoo

a chattiness

4:25 am

FMitch

An enhancement of....

4:25 am

Atalante

a listing of

4:25 am

Atalante

a kennel of

4:25 am

Haz1558

A harmony of babblers except when there's a row brewing.

4:26 am

FMitch

A harmonly - I like that.

4:26 am

rubyfoo

as long as we stay off politics

4:26 am

lynxxx

a tower of

4:26 am

Atalante

a cluttering of

4:26 am

rubyfoo

best one, lynxx!!

4:26 am

FMitch

lol Ata

4:26 am

Sally-catlover

A discombobulation of babblers

4:27 am

Atalante

lynx wins

4:27 am

lynxxx

cluttering is very good

4:27 am

rubyfoo

yay lynxx!

4:27 am

Sally-catlover

I like lynxxx's best

4:28 am

sprite

morning all

4:28 am

Haz1558

We need ruru here to conduct the vote.

4:28 am

lynxxx

hi Sprite

4:28 am

Haz1558

Good morning, sprite.

4:28 am

rubyfoo

aaah, sprite can decide; she's the smartest!

4:28 am

FMitch

Good morning spritey sprite - welcome to the ks :)

4:28 am

Sally-catlover

Hi sprite. You'll be delighted to see there are 16 K words.

4:28 am

rubyfoo

we're suggesting collective nouns for babblers - read back

4:28 am

Atalante

hi spritey!

4:29 am

rubyfoo

I have 2 minutes for sprite's decision!!! :(

4:29 am

sprite

oh dear, Ks! And a vote! *Kicks mind in gear*

4:29 am

Haz1558

Are we allowed to lobby? Or offer bribes?

4:29 am

FMitch

*passes coffee to sprite*

4:30 am

rubyfoo

bribes! French chocolate?

4:30 am

Sally-catlover

Brings footstool for sprite

4:30 am

sprite

always, Haz

4:30 am

rubyfoo

and pool boy

4:30 am

sprite

I do like the tower of babblers... calls babylon to mind without saying it out loud.

4:30 am

Sally-catlover

Is that how you describe your husband, ruby?

4:30 am

Haz1558

I can get you George Clooney!

4:30 am

rubyfoo

basin-boy! lol

4:30 am

sprite

oooo pool boy, yummy. Chocolate!

4:31 am

sprite

I don't want to shock you, Haz, but that would not work in my case...

4:31 am

rubyfoo

somebody tell me Sprite's decision later, pls, the man with the rifle wants his apero!

4:31 am

Haz1558

But Babylon and the Tower of Babel were different.

4:31 am

FMitch

I have the ultimate card - the PB with fully stocked cupboards and the cabana boys.

4:31 am

Haz1558

(Rethinking bribe strategy)

4:31 am

rubyfoo

((everybody))

4:31 am

sprite

bfn, rubyfoo, and your son's CD arrived safely.

4:32 am

sprite

Haz, you are so right. I need that coffee. I meant the tower of babel, of course. *Drags mind from the gutter*

4:32 am

Haz1558

Bye ruby. Slip a sedative into the drink, that'll calm him down.

4:32 am

rubyfoo

and we can throw in pond-boy. Oh, good, sprite, I hope you like it! *poof*

4:33 am

sprite

FM, that is heaven :)

4:33 am

Haz1558

A tower of babblers is good - it speaks of strength, cooperation and building on each other's knowledge.

4:33 am

Sally-catlover

FM is cheating, for sure.

4:34 am

sprite

I also like the harmony, but always harmony might get boring, and not a chance of that happening in babble anyway. So how about throwing in the occasional dissonant to make it spicier and call it a symphony?

4:34 am

Haz1558

But harmony doesn't consist of the same note - it's tones of notes that work together.

4:34 am

sprite

that is so beautifully put, Haz. My final vote is for Tower of Babblers.

4:35 am

Haz1558

I'm visualising a singing tower. Anybody remember the Singing Ringing tree from Tales of Europe?

4:35 am

KatieMcG

morning everyone

4:35 am

FMitch

I would go for a symphony rather than a tower as that intimates that someone is at the top.

4:36 am

Haz1558

Good morning, Katie.

4:36 am

sprite

morning Katie. Did you have a good birthday?

4:36 am

FMitch

I do Haz!

Morning Katie.

4:36 am

Atalante

but symphonies always have conductors

4:36 am

Haz1558

That programme scared me and fascinated me all at the same time.

4:36 am

Sally-catlover

You can have a norman tower, that doesn't have a point at the top

4:36 am

sprite

true, FM, we should visualise a flowing tower, always moving and bringing eachother to the top.

4:36 am

FMitch

well that is Dr_Gs role then Ata

4:36 am

KatieMcG

a lovely day thanks sprite :-)

4:36 am

sprite

Ata, could that be DrG?

4:37 am

lynxxx

hi Katie

4:37 am

sprite

wonderful, Katie!

4:37 am

Atalante

well then DrG can be at the top of the tower!

4:37 am

sprite

he should be the foundation, I think

4:37 am

Haz1558

Maybe it'll be a one-storey tower with a very wide base.

4:38 am

FMitch

lol Haz

4:38 am

FMitch

In other words babble has just moved in4 a bungalow.

4:39 am

Haz1558

Where's lynxxx, she needs to be the final say on this. What was your thinking behind the tower? A 3000 word essay in the next ten minutes, please.

4:39 am

sprite

I think this tower could reach to the skies as long as we don't bother about who is on top at any time. Just building together, making it sturdy and steady and wonderful

4:39 am

Atalante

and toowers are good cos we can throw people we don't like off the top

4:40 am

FMitch

I want to build out lateraly

4:40 am

Haz1558

Ata! And pour boiling oil on top of their heads?

4:40 am

Sally-catlover

So we'll need a moat and a drawbridge, Ata

4:40 am

Atalante

quite probable

4:40 am

Atalante

probably!

4:41 am

Atalante

got to think of the practicalities!!

4:41 am

sprite

boiling oil, that is not babbly. Molten chocolate?

4:41 am

FMitch

chocolate covered cabana boys :)

4:41 am

sprite

(can I say I only have 2 K words so far and cannot imagine this darn K producing any more? Let alone 16?)

4:41 am

Sally-catlover

We can fill the moat with orcas

4:42 am

Atalante

and inia

4:42 am

FMitch

PB Ata!

4:42 am

Atalante

and have trained anoa pulling the drawbridge up and down

4:42 am

Atalante

not my fault. I blame FM

4:42 am

KatieMcG

but if we did molten chocolate no one would want to be in the tower we would all be attacking it

4:43 am

Sally-catlover

And nenes swimming on the water

4:43 am

FMitch

I don't think so!

4:43 am

sprite

it is lovely to have you around again, Ata! Missed you in chat.

4:43 am

Atalante

exactly, katie ;)

4:43 am

sprite

it would depend on who was chocolate coated. I love my chocolate as much as any girl, but there are people I wouldn't want to lick it from.

4:44 am

FMitch

*pushes Ata in4 the PB*

4:44 am

Atalante

chocloate covered john prescotts then

4:44 am

FMitch

eeeeew

4:44 am

Haz1558

Eeeeeewwww.

4:44 am

Sally-catlover

eeeew!

4:44 am

KatieMcG

ugggg

4:44 am

Haz1558

All sticking to his ermine and his coronet.

4:45 am

Atalante

see? I go back to boiling oil. much better :P

4:45 am

Haz1558

No point starting up a John Prescott fan club among babblers, I see.

4:45 am

sprite

ok, keep this on, it might cure me from chocolate cravings

4:45 am

Atalante

have I got news for you was sooooo wonderful this week

4:45 am

Haz1558

I didn't see it - wasn't he the guest host? I must watch the extended version.

4:46 am

Sally-catlover

When John Prescott's affair was made public, I remember hearing a joke which was that making love to JP would be like having a wardrobe falling on you with the key still in the lock.

4:46 am

Atalante

he was. and Ian HIslop laid into him so so SO much. it was absolutely brilliant

4:47 am

FMitch

Oh willl have to go t iPlayer for that gem.

4:47 am

sprite

lol Sally

4:47 am

Haz1558

Oh, I must see it. He was either very brave or very stupid to agree to do it.

4:47 am

lynxxx

Sally!

4:47 am

Atalante

and there was one moment where you could just see Prescott was sooo nearly going to just smack him but managed not to

4:47 am

Atalante

lmao sally

4:47 am

Atalante

it was like 30 minutes of Ian Hislop saying everything he'd ever wanted to say to Prescott but couldn't while he was in government

4:48 am

Sally-catlover

Must watch it on iPlayer.

4:48 am

FMitch

noooo really?

4:48 am

Atalante

oh yes, really worth it

4:48 am

Haz1558

Didn't he know what was in store for him? Did he not watch the programme?

4:49 am

FMitch

I am going to have to go watch that now - TTFN and I also have things to do so back later.

4:49 am

sprite

bye FM, have a lovely day!

4:49 am

Atalante

he came out of it ok. but just about ok. you could tell he was reading a lot of scripted stuff making gentle fun of himself. but Ian HIslop just laid in to him freom beginning to end

4:50 am

Haz1558

See you, FM. Apparently he twittered or tweeted that his stuff was scripted but the rest was pure ad-lib.

4:50 am

Sally-catlover

bye FM

4:50 am

lynxxx

bye FM

4:50 am

Atalante

it was very very clear his stuff was scripted!

4:50 am

KatieMcG

bye FM x

4:51 am

Atalante

I think he must have seen Lembit Opek on there a few weeks ago, and Lembit came out of the whole thing brilliantly. He was really funny and very self-deprecating

4:51 am

Haz1558

So, that's definitely one for the must watch list. I suppose it was obvious it was scripted if it made sense. His normal English is incomprehensible.

4:51 am

Atalante

and he just simply read off the cards LOL. no attempt to try and look likehe wasn't

4:52 am

Haz1558

I'm going to be good and get ready to go out shopping. Ugh and double ugh but people here insist on eating. Bye for now and I'll be back later. Toodle-oo!

4:52 am

Atalante

bye dear! and bye FM too!

4:52 am

sprite

good luck, Haz, may the stores make a smooth path for you ;)

4:52 am

Haz1558

*gone* Bye!

4:52 am

KatieMcG

been shopping already - be brave Haz!!

4:52 am

lynxxx

bye Haz

4:52 am

Sally-catlover

bye for now Haz

4:52 am

sprite

Ata, how is the email backlog coming along?

4:53 am

Atalante

being complicated by the fact I have a new laptop and I can't get my email on it!! So I had to set up a new gmail account and then I forget I have tonnes of mail on my old lappy!

4:54 am

sprite

ah! Shall I resend my stuff to your new addy?

4:54 am

Atalante

yes pls!!!! elegaer@gmail.com

4:55 am

Atalante

I'm still hopinh to get my normal one back working which is why I havent told anyone I'm switching email yet

4:56 am

sprite

it is always frustrating, juggling with different computers and addies, I know

4:56 am

Atalante

it really is!

4:57 am

Atalante

oh! I saw a year old Terra on the beach yesterday :)

4:57 am

Atalante

the spitting image!

4:57 am

sprite

there you go! All sent.

4:57 am

sprite

oh how lovely! He is so beautiful, isn't he :)

4:58 am

lynxxx

Bye. Giving up for tonight and watching Happy Feet. Have a good day Sprite and Ata and Sally

4:59 am

Atalante

he is :)

4:59 am

Atalante

bye lyn! bye stew!

4:59 am

sprite

have a fun evening with the Happy Feet, lyn, and sleep well *hug*

4:59 am

Sally-catlover

bye for lyn

5:00 am

sprite

are there any K biggies? I have 12/16 and nothing over 5

5:01 am

Sally-catlover

there's a 6

5:01 am

sprite

thanks Sally

5:01 am

Sally-catlover

I just had to monkey some of the Ks - would never have got them otherwise.

5:01 am

Atalante

a 6? joy

5:02 am

Sally-catlover

salts of potassium, apparently

5:04 am

Atalante

katie? anyone? do you know if the World Cup is being shown on normal tv or sky?

5:05 am

KatieMcG

all normal tv, both ITV and BBC

5:05 am

Atalante

oh fab!!

5:06 am

sprite

lol I shamelessly googled salts of potassium. And I still cannot find it!

5:06 am

Atalante

well it's going to start kao .... I would think, hopefully

5:06 am

Sally-catlover

do you want a clue sprite? - and no it doesn't, ata

5:07 am

Atalante

it doesn't? wow. no wonder I couldn't find it that way then lol

5:07 am

sprite

Could I please get the 2nd letter?

5:07 am

Sally-catlover

ka

5:08 am

Sally-catlover

sorry, ka 6/30

5:08 am

sprite

thank you

5:09 am

sprite

found it, thank you. 3 left.

5:13 am

Atalante

ok I'm going to go and do something productive. back later!!

5:14 am

Sally-catlover

bye for now ata

5:14 am

sprite

bye Ata, have a good day

5:18 am

sprite

pfui, Ks konkerred. Thanks for the help.

5:23 am

sprite

everybody gone?

5:28 am

Sally-catlover

sorry sprite, had stepped away for a moment.

5:28 am

sprite

real life comes first :)

5:28 am

Sally-catlover

finding today's grid rather slow

5:28 am

NonoNanette

good morning Babblers

5:28 am

sprite

morning Nanette!

yes, so do I.

5:29 am

Sally-catlover

hi, nono

5:29 am

NonoNanette

any grid with 16 k words would be slow!

5:29 am

sprite

just when I started thinking I could do Ks, this grid cured me from the illusion. Weird K words!

5:30 am

Kallia

i'm stuck now I think...down to 38 with 4 k words

5:30 am

NonoNanette

they are wierd Sprite I've turned my monkies loose and only have 13 of them

5:30 am

Sally-catlover

Also down to 38, but do have all the Ks.

5:31 am

Kallia

I have 3ka, 4kn,4ko and 1kr

5:32 am

Kallia

can you give me 2nd letters of ones I have missing please

5:32 am

millsbooks

morning all.....help with ni 5/10....my last one....ty

5:32 am

Sally-catlover

hant on

5:32 am

NonoNanette

morning mills

5:33 am

NonoNanette

ni5 little bug + not off

5:33 am

Sally-catlover

ka 4,4,6,5; kn 4.5.4.4; ko4,4,4,5,5,4,4; kr5

5:34 am

Kallia

thanks sally

5:34 am

Sally-catlover

np

5:36 am

millsbooks

thank you NonoNanette....FIREWORKS

5:36 am

NonoNanette

wtg mills

5:37 am

sprite

sorry, my love came home and I had to cuddle and kiss for a bit. Congrats on finishing and sorry i did not help

5:37 am

Sally-catlover

was that Terra, sprite? :-))

5:37 am

sprite

lol no, that wasn't Terra, but I wouldn't mind doing the same with him. Almost ;)

5:39 am

herinfernallady

Hello

5:40 am

NonoNanette

hi Herin

5:40 am

sprite

my love had to go to work today. He usually is off on Saturdays, but there was a ceremony for finishing a building. And for once it was good!

5:40 am

Kallia

down to i k now...a ko5

5:40 am

sprite

hey lady *hugs*
How's today?

5:40 am

Kallia

hello herein

5:41 am

sprite

ko + water from the sky minus last letter?

5:41 am

Kallia

exactly Sprite...thank you :)

5:41 am

sprite

yvw :)

5:42 am

sprite

it is a nanu nanu grid

5:43 am

herinfernallady

Hugs. How are you?

5:43 am

Kallia

of to have coffee now, back to finish last 33 later

5:43 am

sprite

am good. How bout you?

5:43 am

sprite

enjoy, Kallia, and see you later

5:43 am

NonoNanette

later Kallia

5:45 am

Sally-catlover

bye kallia

5:45 am

Sally-catlover

this is a really horrible grid I think

5:46 am

herinfernallady

It is a bit

5:46 am

sprite

I wouldn't call it horrible myself, but rather challenging, yes!

5:47 am

lkdubb

how many words in today's grid?

5:47 am

sprite

149, lkdubb

5:47 am

sprite

16 of which are Ks

5:47 am

herinfernallady

Sprite I just got your email and of course.

5:47 am

lkdubb

ty....looks like a real headache

5:47 am

hydra

Hi sprite. How are you? And hi Sally, Nono, herin. Has anyone posted a list today? I couldn't finish yesterday's due to lack of list!

5:48 am

sprite

wonderful, hun. *hugs* to you.

5:48 am

sprite

it isn't easy, lkdubb, that is for sure today

5:48 am

NonoNanette

hello hydra

5:48 am

Sally-catlover

Gremlinn's profile has a list hydra

5:48 am

NonoNanette

gremlinn has posted a list in profile

5:48 am

sprite

hi hydra! Glad to see you.
You might try the profile of gremlinn.

5:48 am

Sally-catlover

You will need it for the K words!!

5:49 am

hydra

Thanks, Sally. I'll take a peek. I have only found one k word!

5:49 am

hydra

Make that 3.

5:49 am

sprite

yay hydra, you are on a roll!

5:49 am

Sally-catlover

you tease, sprite :-)

5:49 am

Sally-catlover

Lots of other words also use the K

5:50 am

sprite

*grins* I? Never.

5:52 am

sprite

but all meant well, hydra knows :)

5:53 am

hydra

Tee-hee.

5:53 am

sprite

we go back a long time, don't we hydra? How've you been?

5:54 am

herinfernallady

Hi Hydra

5:55 am

hydra

Yes we do, sprite. And herin too! I'm fine thanks. House-unting.

5:56 am

sprite

exciting! Hope you'll find the perfect place.

5:56 am

herinfernallady

Hydra you moving?

5:56 am

Sally-catlover

Good luck with that hydra. Staying in London?

5:57 am

sprite

FireFlies! Anything I can help with before I go?

5:58 am

hydra

Not exciting when you haven't enough money for what you really want. I can't stay on at my partner's cos I've been paying Â£2oo a month to the storage company for the last 7 years. Do the math! Yes, staying in London. I want a place near my friends, but close enough to see Mr Grumpy at weekends. I don't drive, so it's all down to public transport.

5:58 am

Sally-catlover

Well done sprite! No thanks, will plod on - 15 to find.

5:58 am

hydra

Well done, sprite!!!

5:58 am

sprite

thanks! And go Sally, so close.

5:58 am

NonoNanette

congrats Sprite!

5:59 am

sprite

not really fun then, hydra. But still - I will hope you will find the perfect place. For a low rent.

5:59 am

hydra

I have 104 to find :-(

5:59 am

herinfernallady

Hydra why don't you live together with your stuff?

5:59 am

hydra

No room in his house!

5:59 am

NonoNanette

have 46 left but I'll find them eventually

6:00 am

sprite

go Nanette :)

6:00 am

hydra

I had a whole house-worth of furniture, loads of books and paintings. He had his own stuff.No room to combine.

6:00 am

sprite

ok I am off then, have fun, and it was great seeing you all.

6:00 am

hydra

By sprite. Have a great weekend.

6:00 am

NonoNanette

take care Sprite have a great day

6:00 am

Sally-catlover

Can you not get something bigger between you?

6:01 am

herinfernallady

Loves Sprite

6:01 am

hydra

He doesn't want to move. He's happily settled, in an area I hate! 25 miles from anyone I know, and an hour and a half to 2 hours on buses and trains. I haven't been out in months!

6:02 am

Sally-catlover

Oh hydra, that's sad.

6:03 am

herinfernallady

Damn Hydra

6:08 am

herinfernallady

Is any one here?

6:09 am

Sally-catlover

Yes, but was concentrating on last few words. Have fireworks at long last.

6:10 am

Sally-catlover

Any clues needed?

6:10 am

herinfernallady

Not I. I am about ot go yell at my neighbour

6:10 am

Sally-catlover

Must be off, then. *gone*

6:18 am

hydra

Sorry, had to go cos my mobile rang and it was downstairs. Bye Sally. What you yelling about, herin?

6:21 am

herinfernallady

My over 50 neighbours are having a party. We are on speaking terms with them I am a lot pissed they didn't tell us.

6:22 am

hydra

Not surprised. That's damn unneighbourly!

6:22 am

herinfernallady

And then one of the guests answered the door and was a total air head. I could have slapped her.

6:23 am

hydra

What are you going to do?

6:23 am

herinfernallady

I think they turned it down. It is fairly crapy when you live in a brick house and can hear them

6:24 am

herinfernallady

There is a stretch of cars down the road. I am liking your middle of no where idea at the moment

6:25 am

hydra

I have had that problem almost everywhere I've lived. except here at my partner's, which is detached. But two doors away there are teenage kids who are always having loud parties so you can't leave the windows open at night. I am a quietness freak. My sister lives surrounded by mountains - then the RAF ruin the silence with low-flying exercises!

6:25 am

herinfernallady

the Raf are noisy

6:26 am

hydra

I have put in an offer for a ground floor flat. But if I can hear too much noise from upstairs, I shall do it up and re-sell it!

6:26 am

hydra

Must go. Hoe you get some sleep tonight!!!

6:26 am

herinfernallady

They turned it down thank goods

6:31 am

Kaplan the Magne

the left side of the grid is Ok, but the right side...

6:33 am

herinfernallady

You are right Kaplan

6:33 am

Kaplan the Magne

So let's just cut this in half, get 75 words and call it a day.

6:34 am

herinfernallady

Fair call

6:34 am

Kaplan the Magne

I have 83. Let me go light a firecracker.

6:36 am

Nancy Boy

just read back a little...I always invite my downstairs neighbours to any parties we have here. Otherwise they complain like crazy...they are allergic to noise, apparently.

6:37 am

herinfernallady

Nancy hun. See the thing is politeness. You tell them instead of being rude and then having an idiot guest to answer the door. I just have a head ache that is the thing

6:38 am

Nancy Boy

sometimes these things get out of hand, though, I guess. how old are your neighbours?

6:39 am

herinfernallady

Over 50

6:39 am

herinfernallady

That is the funny thing. this woman that answered the door was at least over 40

6:40 am

Nancy Boy

haha! good for them. I hope I'm still partying when I'm 50.

6:41 am

herinfernallady

IT is a rare occurrence. There is the whole street with cars. I couldn't care less but right now headache from hell

6:42 am

herinfernallady

I think I am just annoyed with the lack of ding dong we are having a party

6:48 am

skheiny

finito

6:48 am

skheiny

hello all, good morning from Texas

6:56 am

JFB

Hi all! Nancy Boy you should have seen the party I had for my 60th in March - lasted a week!!

6:59 am

NonoNanette

hello agian babblers

6:59 am

Mudd

How many words today please?

7:00 am

NonoNanette

149 Mudd

7:00 am

Nancy Boy

*wakes up* serious, JFB? That's awesome!

7:00 am

Mudd

ty

7:00 am

NonoNanette

16 of whick are k's!

7:01 am

Riverdance

Good Morning all - just got home from baseball field - cancelled game due to thunder storm/rain

7:01 am

Nancy Boy

hi, Mom! :)

7:01 am

NonoNanette

hi Mom

7:02 am

NonoNanette

high school ball Mom?

7:02 am

Riverdance

u13 babe ruth

7:03 am

NonoNanette

ahhhh yes forgot they are still playing too

7:03 am

Riverdance

8 am games every Saturday

7:03 am

JFB

Yup, serious NB - it was great!

7:03 am

Nancy Boy

I wish my old school had cancelled football (soccer) games when it rained. Messy!

7:03 am

NonoNanette

thats a big league, how many teams?

7:04 am

Nancy Boy

well then I'm in awe of you JFB - longest I've gone on without sleeping is a 50-hour bash...I looked like a zombie at the end of that, though

7:05 am

Riverdance

there are 5 teams in our division - furthest is an hour away - luckily today it was the next town over so not a big deal driving out there

7:05 am

JFB

Oh at my advanced age I had to sleep - then party on!!

7:06 am

Nancy Boy

that would have been the wise choice, but if I'd slept I might have missed something - something I was not prepared to do! ;)

7:06 am

Riverdance

I keep getting red boxes today - must be the electrical storms in the area messing up the internet

7:06 am

JFB

Us OAPs have to risk it!

7:07 am

NonoNanette

glad it wasnt any further I would have been miffed to drive that far and have the game cancelled

7:07 am

Riverdance

one Dad was mad - yelled at the other coach - I couldnt believe it - bad example for the kids

7:07 am

Nancy Boy

lol! we should all try and do what Kate Moss does - stay awake partying for however many hours you are old! 20 for me next birthday...easy ;)

7:07 am

Nancy Boy

lol! we should all try and do what Kate Moss does - stay awake partying for however many hours you are old! 20 for me next birthday...easy ;)

7:08 am

Nancy Boy

ooh, there's an echo. Do excuse me :)

7:08 am

JFB

C u all later

7:08 am

NonoNanette

It is usually the parents that set the bad examples like that. It's unfortunate. Then the rest of the parents have to do some damage control with their won kids

7:09 am

NonoNanette

bye JFB

7:09 am

Riverdance

very true

7:10 am

NonoNanette

Used to be quite involved with the local Little League and Babe Ruth Leagues and have seen some pretty messy situations over the years

7:12 am

Riverdance

my kids have always been active in the local recreational league - baseball, softball, soccer, basketball - it all about having fun. Some parents take it so seriously. My kids play school sports too - that is a different situation altogether.

7:13 am

NonoNanette

yes it is. school sports coaches can be real jerks at times. My son is an umpire for high school baseball and he tells me sore horific stories about coaches

7:15 am

NonoNanette

he ejected one coach from a game, which means they must sit out the next game as well. The infraction was so bad the school imposed further sanctions on him

7:16 am

kje

LOL- can't believe enable took that pi5

7:16 am

Riverdance

yikes - this past indoor soccer season - an opposing coach got thrown out - at first he wouldnt leave so the ref had to threaten ejecting the team - coach finally left

7:16 am

kje

must have been written in the 50s

7:17 am

Riverdance

I am finding this to be a tough puzzle

7:17 am

NonoNanette

it is a very challenging grid

7:17 am

kje

I am only 68 in, so OK so far... I'm sure there is a wall waiting for me however

7:18 am

NonoNanette

i got to around 100 and then it really slowed down

7:18 am

Riverdance

I only have 52 so far - do we know if there is a list today - I dont want to look yet

7:18 am

kje

ok... thanks for telling me where the wall lies - LOL

7:18 am

NonoNanette

there is one in gremlinn's profile

7:19 am

Riverdance

just like yesterday - that god for gremlinn

7:19 am

NonoNanette

yes gremlinn always seems to have a list posted if Lickety isn't there

7:20 am

kje

i do hate k words though... 16? really? hmmmm

7:20 am

NonoNanette

yes 16 and most of them rather strange

7:21 am

Riverdance

oh great - monkeys best start warming up

7:22 am

NonoNanette

yes monkies definitely needed for the k's

7:26 am

NonoNanette

yay FIREWORKS!

7:27 am

Riverdance

yay Nono

7:27 am

kje

woohooooooooo nono!!!!

7:27 am

NonoNanette

guess i better get something productive done now :(

7:27 am

NonoNanette

happy babbling everyone

7:29 am

Riverdance

have a great day Nono

7:30 am

kje

yep - nono is correct... there is the wall about 100 in....

7:31 am

kje

can't go under it.... can't go through it.... can't go over it.... have to go around it....

7:31 am

kje

LOL - where is weed... channeling my inner kindergartner

7:34 am

Nancy Boy

oh, wow. I love your picture, Kje! Crazy

7:34 am

kje

thanks - I took it in SF at the Chihuly exhibit

7:35 am

Nancy Boy

it's sooo trippy!

7:36 am

kje

it was called something forrest - i foret now

7:36 am

kje

if you ever get a chance to see his work, take it, it is gorgeous

7:37 am

Nancy Boy

looks it! reminds me of some times at some festivals...but enough of that. I'd better go for a run!

7:39 am

kje

enjoy your run

7:43 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! husband of Mindy

7:44 am

Anniebrook

mork

7:44 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!

7:45 am

hurshy

why does that ma4 me want italian food?

7:45 am

Anniebrook

now I have to search out that ma4

7:46 am

hurshy

ma4 - it just fell in my sentence

7:46 am

hurshy

the ma4 doesn't ma4 me want italian food

7:46 am

hurshy

mork did

7:46 am

Anniebrook

ahh, yes

7:46 am

hurshy

or maybe it was the -tini

7:48 am

Anniebrook

going to make coffee..maybe kick my brain into gear

7:50 am

dan2bit

muslim holy book also proper noun in grid

7:51 am

hurshy

i know, and i checked "bible" and it would count. go figure.

7:51 am

kje

cute pic, dan2!

7:51 am

dan2bit

thanks kje - I should probably pick a newer one

7:52 am

kje

sleep deprived yet?

7:52 am

hurshy

for 7's i have pi and ti, which rhyme. anyone got others?

7:52 am

dan2bit

I was sleep deprived before :-) it all seems to hinge on whether I can manage a "daddy nap" in the afternoon

7:53 am

Riverdance

thats all I have too

7:53 am

dan2bit

I'm not due back to work for 3 more weeks - seniority rocks!

7:53 am

kje

that's all i have

7:54 am

kje

wow! great paternity leave! that is wonderful dan2

7:55 am

hurshy

my friend at work had her baby last spring and her husband had a better paternity leave deal at his job than she had for maternity leave at ours!

7:56 am

Kazzer99

hi all again - any clues for the ko 5/18 that isnt the plural?

7:57 am

kje

no idea - i hate the k's

7:57 am

dan2bit

my company only gives 2 weeks "new parent leave" but I tacked on a bunch of accumulated vacation. mrs2bit had to use all her vacation and then go on "short term disability" and then (if she wants to) unpaid leave

7:57 am

hurshy

don't have it - but thanks for the clue that there are ko5/18s and one's a plural! got two words there.

7:58 am

scribekd

ko5/18-ko _ sun god + vowel

7:58 am

hurshy

woohoo for scribe!

7:58 am

Kazzer99

hooray for scribe - fireworks for me

7:58 am

scribekd

i just monkeyed it-pure luck

7:59 am

kje

in denmark... they get 1 year maternity and paternity that they can use any way they want up until the kid turns 12

7:59 am

Joanne123

government here gives mom a year and dad i think almost the same

7:59 am

scribekd

congrats Kazzer

7:59 am

kje

woohoo kazzer

7:59 am

dan2bit

woo hoo Kaz

7:59 am

greekdiva

Mom!

7:59 am

kje

ty scribe

7:59 am

dan2bit

yes most US companies very skimpy for new babies

8:00 am

kje

mine has nada - just mind boggling to me... they must use their vaca

8:00 am

Kazzer99

thank u all We get up to 12 months for our job and chaps can have2 weeks paternity leave

8:00 am

Joanne123

to me that's very cheesy of the government there

8:00 am

hurshy

most US companies very stingy about everything...

8:01 am

Joanne123

manditory here

8:01 am

Kazzer99

Beautiful Baby Dan

8:01 am

dan2bit

thank you Kazz - I rather fancy her myself :-)

8:02 am

hurshy

yes, but you canadians probably have a spirit of law-abiding. if the gov't made it mandatory here, they companies would do it but find a way to lay the women off completely through some loophole...

8:02 am

kje

LOL! now THAT is an understatement

8:02 am

Kazzer99

i am about to go off somewhere as my poor hubby has just gone into terminal meltdown - washing machine is still playing up.

8:02 am

Kazzer99

i am about to go off somewhere as my poor hubby has just gone into terminal meltdown - washing machine is still playing up.

8:03 am

hurshy

(here= USA, i'm only a wannabe brit)

8:03 am

Joanne123

now that's sad

8:03 am

Kazzer99

man came and fixed the pump but now it switches off when it tries to do anything at all

8:03 am

kje

the understatement is in re: to dan2's statement

8:04 am

Kazzer99

see you all soon byeee

8:05 am

kje

must run... bbl

8:06 am

Mom

when I worked at P&G 26 years ago, we had one week before the delivery date and six weeks after with pay, up to 6 months without pay before you would lose your position

8:06 am

Mom

and good morning everyone

8:07 am

Anniebrook

Hi (((Mom)))

8:07 am

Mom

{{Annie}} good morning!

8:08 am

hurshy

every day around the world
they petting the cute kittencats

8:15 am

dan2bit

who has today's list?

8:15 am

hurshy

gremlinn

8:15 am

dan2bit

ty

8:16 am

Anniebrook

name that proper noun...playwright Garson *****

8:17 am

herinfernallady

hi

8:17 am

Anniebrook

hello herin

8:17 am

Trifioso

good morning friends, and POUNCE herin!

8:17 am

Anniebrook

hi trif

8:17 am

Mom

{{Herin}} hello

8:18 am

Mom

Hi Trif

8:18 am

Mom

off I go .... younger son coming over today. :-)

8:18 am

Anniebrook

bye Mom, have a wonderful day

8:19 am

Trifioso

I had tertiare take a lovely photo of me babbling en plein air yesterday, but I need secondo to help me load it on here, and she won't be out of her crypt for at least another hour.....c'est dommage!

8:19 am

Trifioso

bye mom!

8:19 am

Mom

thank you, Annie, hope your day is lovely. {{hugs}}

8:19 am

Mom

bye Trif

8:19 am

Trifioso

annie, what's the playwright's name? I can't guess....

8:19 am

Anniebrook

Garson Kanin

8:20 am

hurshy

we fail :(

8:20 am

Anniebrook

alas

8:20 am

Trifioso

well done you!!!

8:20 am

hurshy

the only garson i could think of at all was greer garson

8:20 am

Trifioso

lol me too!

8:21 am

Anniebrook

Kanin was the husband of the actress who played in Rosemary's Baby. She played the witch who was the head of the coven--I cant think of her name..Ruth ????

8:21 am

Trifioso

gordon

8:21 am

Anniebrook

thanks!!! that would have hounded me all day

8:22 am

Trifioso

she will always be Maude to me....

8:22 am

Trifioso

as in Harold and Maude, to clarify

8:22 am

Anniebrook

I loved her and her gravelly voice

8:22 am

Trifioso

that scene where they are in the daisy field makes me cry, every time....

8:22 am

Scrabbler

Good morning Babble Buddies!

8:23 am

Anniebrook

Hello dear Scrabbs

8:23 am

Scrabbler

I have been so busy that I have not been here in 3 or 4 days. I missed my buddies.

8:24 am

Anniebrook

trif, I never saw Harold and Maude..now I must get it on Netflix

8:24 am

Trifioso

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0FX_RO
cNV4 here, enjoy.....

8:24 am

Anniebrook

Scrabbs, work related?

8:25 am

Trifioso

it only takes a minute, and it is COMPLETELY worth it. there more truth in the one line she says about daisies than I don't know what.....

8:25 am

dan2bit

fi7 compound word - what you might have if a fish slapped you

8:25 am

Trifioso

hey scrabbs, you were missed!

8:25 am

Scrabbler

Yes, and a dentist appt, volunteering, etc

8:25 am

Scrabbler

TY, Dan!

8:26 am

Anniebrook

trif, I cant open those when I am babbling, dont know how..but copied down address and will open it later. thanks

8:26 am

Trifioso

brb - kiddos

8:26 am

Scrabbler

Trif, what kind of art does Tristan do? Does he want to study art in college?

8:26 am

hurshy

i don't get why that fi7 works but when i earlier tried that with a P, which seems much more sensible, that didn't go.

8:26 am

Anniebrook

bless you, dan

8:26 am

Anniebrook

and a great clue

8:26 am

Scrabbler

Hi Hursh

8:27 am

Scrabbler

Phantoms = inion + anion

8:27 am

Anniebrook

Of course, I had to try pinmark

8:27 am

dan2bit

there is another pi7 still eludes me - I have the plural that rhymes with the ti7

8:28 am

hurshy

commies

8:28 am

hurshy

there are two spellings of the plural

8:28 am

Anniebrook

thanks hurshy, 7's done

8:29 am

dan2bit

aha tx

8:30 am

Scrabbler

Anybody watching the French Open Women's Finals on NBC?

8:31 am

Anniebrook

no, i am in the bedroom, tv in the livingroom

8:32 am

Trifioso

scrabbler, he is working in all mediums at the moment, as he is in an accelerated program and they cover all sorts of stuff. we are thinking that question over a lot. He knows he wants art in his life, but we don't know if what form

8:32 am

Trifioso

and please, with the greatest respect and love -- he is primo in the chog....

8:34 am

Scrabbler

Oops, sorry, I didn't even realize I did that. My friend's daughter majored in art at Carnegie-Mellon Univ. The challenge is earning an income as an artist.

8:35 am

Trifioso

I absolutely agree! he has NO desire to be the enfant terrible of the Soho art scene, or something like that. Will it be design? architecture? graphics? landscape architecture? illustration? education? there are so many ways to work in art....

8:36 am

Trifioso

I feel another challenge is to get him to look at a variety of colleges, with more offerings than just a strict art curriculum...

8:36 am

Scrabbler

Yes, that visual-spatial gift can be used in so many areas.

8:36 am

Scrabbler

Does he want to stay in Boston? New England?

8:37 am

Trifioso

I know he would do better at a small college v. a large university, but which one? a straight art school, or a college?

8:37 am

Scrabbler

BRB, I hear critters on front deck. Raccoons ravaged things overnight and they better not be back.

8:37 am

godthaab

How many words today?

8:38 am

Riverdance

149

8:38 am

Trifioso

I don't seem to be able to get him to look at schools aoutside of New england

8:38 am

godthaab

Thanks.

8:39 am

Riverdance

Trif - check out Chester College in NH

8:39 am

Trifioso

will do!!! thanks!

8:39 am

Scrabbler

I discovered a posse of 4 grey squirrels searching for sunflower seeds that fall under the birdfeeders. Maybe I falsely accused the raccoons.

8:39 am

Riverdance

specializes in the fine art - very small - lot of one on one - my daughter is interested

8:40 am

Scrabbler

I wouldn't want to leave New England either.

8:40 am

hurshy

he's lucky to have a mom who thinks about college as a step towards the rest of life, rather than an end in itself...

8:40 am

Riverdance

tuition is about 27,000

8:42 am

Trifioso

perhaps they are disguised, scrabbler? ha ha ha

8:42 am

Scrabbler

With skyrocketing tuitions in private schools it is tough to choose a major one in interested in, e.g. history, vs a major that will help one get an intact career. Education vs vocation.

8:43 am

Marc Freeman

Good morning, can we go over the 7's again, I have the fi7, there is one pi7 and a ti7 which am I missing, please?

8:43 am

hurshy

it doesn't help when the student has undiagnosed generalized anxiety disorder being hidden and repressed vigorously.

8:43 am

Trifioso

I agree scrabbler. Everyone keeps telling us to "pick the college you want, and the money will follow" which is the same thing I have heard about careers, but to be honest, you can't prove it by me

8:44 am

Scrabbler

A chair was overturned, a plant stand and potted plant were knocked over, the watering jug was knocked over, my newly planted hostas next to the deck were stomped on. I guess that a posse of big grey squirrels can do that.

8:44 am

Riverdance

I know - we have one year of high school left - I'm scared. My daughter is interested in the Arts as well but leaning towards photography/photo journalism.

8:44 am

Trifioso

wait, hurshy - do you know primo? you just described him to a tee!!!!

8:44 am

Scrabbler

Hi Marc, and MNH I never greeted you

8:45 am

Trifioso

that is SO RUDE scrabbler! Herons are the same way in ponds....if they are gonna eat like pigs the LEAST they can do is tidy up after!

8:45 am

Scrabbler

((hurshy))....or depression and being pushed toward med school...

8:45 am

Riverdance

Hi Scrabbs - I have been sort of lurking - should actually be doing chores

8:46 am

hurshy

that was me. but my mom just felt education was worthwhile for its own sake and didn't offer any guidance beyond that. so, my life is basically being wasted.

8:46 am

Trifioso

I should post a photo of Primo's latest art assignment -- it made me roll, it's so funny! They had to do a book cover, and he did a comic book front for a character he invented called "commander commando" ---it's pretty damn hilarious

8:46 am

Ouwachita

how many words today?

8:46 am

Trifioso

it's YOUR life now, hurshy! if you think it's being wasted, YOU can change it!

8:47 am

Riverdance

149

8:47 am

hurshy

work life - unsatisfactory
personal life - unsatisfactory

8:47 am

dan2bit

proper noun ko6 lizard

8:47 am

Scrabbler

hurshy, we are each works in progress! Your life is not being wasted--everything you do is helping you learn about yourself and life.

8:47 am

Ouwachita

thanks

8:47 am

Marc Freeman

Education is not the key, happiness is the key. If you are happy and find bliss in what you are spending your time doing then all else doesn't matter.

8:47 am

Trifioso

I tried that too, dan! :)

8:47 am

hurshy

actually i can't, trif, not for another 3-5 years. my husband is currently doing his PhD. when he's done and gets a real job, then maybe i can make a change.

8:48 am

Scrabbler

So Hurshy, you need to create the life you want and discover happiness. It will take baby steps.

8:48 am

Trifioso

small changes can be accomplished now, hurshy -- the tiniest step in the direction of your souls' bliss will bring instant relief

8:49 am

Marc Freeman

hurshy, where are your passions, what brings you bliss?

8:49 am

hurshy

uh, look guys, i've tried, really. i'm just stuck for now. better to just accept it.

8:49 am

hurshy

i haven't got passions.

8:50 am

Scrabbler

Are you seeing a therapist to discuss your life?

8:50 am

hurshy

no. i did that for three years and got the anxiety sorted but it didn't help with the rest.

8:50 am

Trifioso

that is one frustration I have with that whole "do what you love and the money will follow" == have yet to find a way to get paid to babble!

8:50 am

Scrabbler

Lack of passion suggests to me that you have dysthymia +/or depression.

8:50 am

Marc Freeman

No interest, some things that just come easy for you? Go out and get a book written by two friends of mine called the Passion Test, Chris and Janet Atwood.

8:51 am

hurshy

yes, i have had dysthymia since at least around when i started kindergarten.

8:51 am

Scrabbler

Me too, but you must challenge the negative thinking.

8:52 am

Ouwachita

hurshy, you are intelligent...write your own book

8:52 am

gramma

Hi all. Someone describe passion for me. I'm not really sure what you mean.

8:52 am

hurshy

lots of things just come easy for me...

8:52 am

hurshy

it's easier for people who are only good at one thing.

8:52 am

Trifioso

wait, enable takes the pig noise, but not one who does it?

8:52 am

Scrabbler

Hi Ou + gramma

8:53 am

hurshy

i'm going back to sudoku

8:53 am

Marc Freeman

I have three suggestions that I know work, get the book Passion Test, start doing yoga, the physical movement will help you and go to lecture on Transcendental Meditation. What city do you live it?

8:53 am

Scrabbler

Hurshy, you are only 32, you have lots to figure out still.

8:53 am

Trifioso

hello gramma. I think of a passion as a love you have for something - something that lights you up, makes you feel alive, something that you NEVER have to be "made" to do, but that you can't wait to do

8:53 am

dan2bit

phantom: mania

8:53 am

Scrabbler

Great description, Trif.

8:54 am

Scrabbler

Finally, sunshine after over 12 hrs of rain.

8:54 am

Trifioso

take babble for example -- I never feel it's a drudge to start a new grid. I look forward to the new challenge each day brings, and can't wait to see who is in the chog, what the count is, etc. NOW -- if only I could get paid to do it!

8:54 am

gramma

Trif, I'm going to think about that. My passion is ???

8:56 am

Scrabbler

I agree, Trif.

8:56 am

gramma

Oh, okay. I was looking for something deeper. Silly me. Of course I have passion.

8:56 am

Trifioso

something particular to women though -- studies have shown that if a woman does have a passion -- I will use babble in this example -- and then she gets paid to do it, it becomes a huge buzzkill. Women tend to start to have anxiety about the things they once loved, because they begin to feel layers of expectation that were not there before.

8:57 am

gramma

I love to play cards. But I Will Not play for money. It wrecks it for me.

8:57 am

Marc Freeman

Did we push Hurshy off the grid?

8:57 am

gramma

Yes

8:58 am

Haz1558

I think she has retreated.

8:58 am

gramma

now me too. BBL

8:58 am

Marc Freeman

I hope we did not make her feel badly.

8:58 am

Trifioso

they studied expert quilters, knitters, seamstresses, artists, gardeners, child care providers, etc. When the women were doing it because they loved it and were good at it, all was well. When they started to get PAID to do these things, the joy got sucked right out, as they women began to worry over how good they were doing, if it was good enough, would the "boss" be pleased, etc.

8:58 am

Riverdance

red boxes again - internet is crazy today

8:59 am

Haz1558

Sometimes I think people want to talk but not necessarily be advised. Not all problems can be fixed.

8:59 am

Haz1558

But I may be putting words in her mouth.

8:59 am

Scrabbler

Hi Haz.

9:00 am

herinfernallady

Hello

9:00 am

Scrabbler

Hi Herin

9:00 am

Trifioso

I can't remember what the takeaway was....not that women should not be business owners, etc., but that societal expectations have put layers on women that make them focused outside themselves, i.e., the women stopped finding joy in what they were doing because it was no longer enough that THEY were happy with their output, but that someone else had to approve it. does that make sense?

9:00 am

Marc Freeman

All my kids are around her age and I know what she is going through. There are things that can help but time is the best healer unfortunately.

9:00 am

Haz1558

Hello to all!

9:00 am

Marc Freeman

hello Haz

9:00 am

Mudd

Good morning; is it my imagination or is the grid today a bit of a challenge?

9:01 am

herinfernallady

Hi. Trifs I see your son wants my hallway

9:01 am

Haz1558

You are not imagining anything, Mudd.

9:01 am

Trifioso

huh?

9:02 am

herinfernallady

You seen my FB pics?

9:02 am

Trifioso

yes, but I didn't see a comment from Primo?

9:02 am

Trifioso

did he like it?

9:03 am

herinfernallady

http://tinyurl.com/2cakzdd This one He likes it. Here everyone is my new hall

9:04 am

Trifioso

OH, I see - inside the photo comments! yes, he would enjoy that....I need to put up a photo of his latest art project...

9:04 am

Scrabbler

You make sense, Trif! I had to long ago give up my idealistic dream of being the "perfect" pediatrician because so many parents have no interest in hearing about raising healthy, safe, respectful, responsible kids.

9:05 am

Trifioso

I believe that may be the first time in my entire life, scrabbler, where it has been suggested that I "make sense!" so thanks!!! ha ha ha ha

9:06 am

dan2bit

scrabbler - makes me think of a blog I've been getting a kick out of as a new dad: adequateparenting.com

9:06 am

herinfernallady

Pokes Hurshy and Gives her a hug.

9:07 am

dan2bit

e.g. you don't have to get the $1200 stroller for your kid to turn out ok

9:07 am

Trifioso

dan2, bookmark amalah.com as well - that woman ROCKS

9:08 am

gramma

arles

9:08 am

dan2bit

trif - will check it out thanks

9:08 am

herinfernallady

But Dan it is vital to the child to wrap them in cotton wool keep them away from dirt and make you feel shitty for not being right to your self

9:08 am

gramma

oops

9:08 am

Trifioso

LOL dan! we often say "we would LOVE to offer you the UN seat, ms. secondo, but we see you (fill in blank with whatever potentially ridiculous thing we can think of)"

9:08 am

Trifioso

for example:

9:08 am

gramma

Obviously, I'm back.

9:09 am

dan2bit

herin - and it better be a high enough thread count or she'll never get into Harvard Law!

9:09 am

herinfernallady

lol Dan.

9:09 am

Trifioso

"we would love to offer you a seat at the UN, ms. secondo, but we see you missed two days of school in third grade to go to Maine with your mother."

9:11 am

Scrabbler

Dan, you + Melanie must focus on what kind of child you want to create, based upon Maggie's personality, gifts, strengths, weaknesses, etc. But to me the basics are: respect, responsibility, resilience, resourcefulness, reality...oops, I am giving away my book.

9:11 am

herinfernallady

My sister refuses to let her little boy who is 3 months listen to Yo Gabba Gabba or In the night garden or any kids show that has baby language

9:11 am

Trifioso

3 months? wow.

9:12 am

Trifioso

my friends sister rented Peter Pan for her 5 month old twins, and we gave her SUCH a ration of grief! "How did they find Peter? Different from the book?"

9:12 am

herinfernallady

Yep. She doesn't feel that he needs to hear goo ga and all that shtuff

9:12 am

Scrabbler

Sad, Herin. Kids need to play, explore, be creative....it is so sad that kindergarten has evolved into 1st grade---kindergarten is now a year of intense academics and kids learn to dislike school.

9:12 am

Trifioso

however will she explain it then, when he doesn't speak in full sentences right from the jump?

9:12 am

Haz1558

The child won't know the difference between any sort of language at three months, surely?

9:13 am

herinfernallady

He listens to old school cartoons and has a huge mental if he doesn't get to hear his favourite cooking show

9:13 am

Scrabbler

Trophy Parenting--I see it everyday, as well as the opposite--parents that want life to be easy for their kids.

9:13 am

Trifioso

he is three months old! he should be working on holding his head still. jesus!

9:14 am

herinfernallady

Ok let me make this clear. She doesn't just dump in front of a tv to do what ever. At the moment dad is away so he likes to hear male voices. He misses his dad.

9:14 am

Haz1558

You're saying that a 3 month old baby has a favourite cooking show? 3 months or 3 years?

9:15 am

Trifioso

scrabbler, my mom used to get a HUGE kick out of Plastic Parents in her practice -- the ones that had had every conceivable kind of plastic surgery, and looked perfect at all times. Plastic surgery does NOTHING for the genes, as you know, so those folks had some amazing, ugly-ass, horse faced kiddos.

9:15 am

herinfernallady

3 Months old. It is a male I think he finds the voice soothing as he misses his dad

9:15 am

dan2bit

Hehe Scrab - adequateparenting.com uses "sanctimommiousness"

9:16 am

gramma

You guys are killing me today. Child rearing, passion...Can't we talk about something less emotional? Like politics or abortion.

9:16 am

herinfernallady

I really feel for mums though. I have seen the guilt trip the Mothering Nurse loaded on a friend. I was horrified

9:16 am

Trifioso

hmmm. tampons?

9:16 am

crosshair

good morning everyone:)

9:17 am

herinfernallady

Hi crossie

9:17 am

Haz1558

Hello, crossy.

9:17 am

Trifioso

lol crossy, what a time to make an entrance!

9:17 am

gramma

Hi crossy

9:17 am

gramma

Is there a list?

9:17 am

crosshair

why,what did i do now?

9:17 am

Trifioso

gremlinn has one, i think

9:18 am

Trifioso

scroll down, dear one

9:18 am

herinfernallady

I think my sister will be much happier when her family is back together

9:18 am

gramma

ty

9:18 am

dan2bit

gramma - in gremlinn's profile http://www.playbabble.com/profile_mini
.php?id=51181

9:18 am

Scrabbler

I will check out that web site, Dan.

9:18 am

herinfernallady

Dan I think the most important thing you need to worry about is love. Kids eat snot end of story

9:19 am

Scrabbler

Hi Crossy!

9:19 am

crosshair

scrabbs!!:))

9:19 am

Nancy Boy

afternoon all, back from run and redder in the fact than I've ever been before :)

9:19 am

crosshair

howdy nb

9:19 am

Trifioso

sorry about your "fact" nancy!

9:19 am

Nancy Boy

and by fact...I mean face :(

9:19 am

Trifioso

lololol

9:20 am

Nancy Boy

hi, Crossy! :)

9:20 am

Nancy Boy

some would argue my face IS a fact. It's real, isn't it? :P

9:20 am

Trifioso

can't argue with that, no

9:22 am

Scrabbler

Hi NB.

9:23 am

Nancy Boy

hi, Scrabbs :) I thought my very red face had killed chat there, for a second..

9:24 am

Trifioso

nb, I used to work with a Korean man who's face would turn bright red whenever he had any alcohol at all ---he just could NOT hide a martini at lunch!

9:24 am

Trifioso

he said it happened to all koreans, but I am not sure I believed him

9:25 am

Haz1558

Maybe it predisposes them to electric fan death.

9:25 am

Nancy Boy

haha! he might be right...I tend to flush quite easily. But if the red face doesn't alert you to the drunken nancy boy, then the falling over, slurring and general idiocy will do the job...

9:25 am

Mudd

Most Asians naturally turn red from drinking ... not always a bad thing when you think about it.

9:25 am

Haz1558

Koreans believe that if you leave an electric fan running all night -death!

9:26 am

Mudd

Yes, and air conditioning isn't all that good for you either, according to Asians.

9:26 am

Mudd

Or cold water; it should be warm, or at least room temp.

9:27 am

herinfernallady

no me confused

9:27 am

Trifioso

that's funny, haz, as mr hate would not let me open the windows at night -- he is irish, and was SURE the night air would lead to insanity. hmm....now that I think of it

9:27 am

Haz1558

I read about it in a blog written by a friend who's living in Korea - it's absolutely believed that the fan sucks the air from your lungs. But only at night.

9:27 am

herinfernallady

Lol Trifs

9:28 am

Haz1558

Google electric fan death to see what we're risking.

9:28 am

Trifioso

btw, herin, I had a dream last night that we found more kittens in our garden shed - god help us all!

9:29 am

Nancy Boy

Some restaurants in Korea still serve dog, and you're worrying about the fans?

9:29 am

herinfernallady

awwwww kitties

9:30 am

Scrabbler

I had a dream that I was working in a pet store, managing the rabbits, and I was figuring out how to bring them all home with me.

9:31 am

herinfernallady

My friend has a very ill tempered rabbit

9:31 am

stevedallas

who is going to tell me how may words today?

9:31 am

Trifioso

ill tempered sea bass are something to FEAR.

9:31 am

Haz1558

149

9:32 am

jbp

i thought cats were the ones who sucked the air out of your lungs/ sucked your life force at night/

9:32 am

bichon

Good morning all!

9:32 am

jbp

mind you, we have 4 cats.

9:32 am

stevedallas

thanks Haz

9:32 am

Haz1558

Hello bichon, jbp. Flowers do it too.

9:32 am

Haz1558

Hello bichon, jbp. Flowers do it too.

9:32 am

Nancy Boy

well, I suppose every country has its own oddities..

9:32 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, steve.

9:32 am

jbp

flowers do it??

9:32 am

jbp

149 words

9:33 am

Haz1558

They suck the life force from patients in hospitals.

9:33 am

jbp

wow, i had never heard that

9:33 am

jbp

hmmmm

9:34 am

Haz1558

They always used to move flowers out of wards during the night. Maybe it's a Brit thing?

9:34 am

bichon

to get to gremlin's profile you do Control?

9:34 am

Haz1558

In rankings, go control plus f, type in his name and it should highlight it.

9:34 am

jbp

maybe that's why the republicans here are so afraid of "socialized" health care

9:35 am

bichon

ty Haz, always forget that

9:35 am

Scrabbler

Hi steve, Bichon, jbp

9:35 am

Haz1558

No problem, bichon.

9:36 am

Scrabbler

BBL, time to focus on the tennis match.

9:36 am

Haz1558

Bye, Scrabbler.

9:36 am

bichon

what tennis match?

9:36 am

Nancy Boy

enjoy, Scrabbs :)

9:36 am

Haz1558

Ladies final at the French.

9:37 am

jbp

well, i've got 65 left, and a bad attitude, so I'll bbl

9:37 am

Haz1558

Bye, jbp.

9:37 am

Trifioso

we were GLUED to the scripps spelling bee last night, word nerds that we are

9:37 am

bichon

I am watching the squirrels fight over the birds seeds which have spilled on the gjround

9:38 am

Trifioso

herin, are you still here?

9:38 am

herinfernallady

Yes

9:39 am

gremlinn

I read that as "fight birds over the seeds" and was imagining quite a tough fight for those poor birds (though they could flee quite easily).

9:39 am

herinfernallady

The kitty was on my head but she didn't ill me

9:39 am

bichon

I think those parents grill their children to learn all those obscure words

9:39 am

herinfernallady

kill

9:39 am

Nancy Boy

awww, Bichon! I love watching squirrels - nature's little comedians

9:39 am

bichon

It's creature kill creature at my bird feeder

9:39 am

Mudd

I'm having trouble keeping up with the chat. I keep running to put in a load of laundry or to hang bedding on the clothesline.

9:39 am

bichon

I like the chipmunks better

9:39 am

crosshair

haz,go to you just giving page for a moment;))))

9:39 am

Trifioso

I am changing my icon for you -- primo just emailed me the cover of his comic, which is not real, but was his latest art assignment -- please hold

9:40 am

Haz1558

You need to get your priorities right, Mudd.

9:40 am

Haz1558

Back shortly....

9:40 am

crosshair

im glad the page made it nice and easy to do;))

9:41 am

Nancy Boy

awww, bless you, Crossy ;)

9:41 am

Haz1558

You're a star, crossy, thank you!

9:41 am

crosshair

:)) its also near and dear to me as you know:)) hope you raise 10,000 ;)

9:42 am

Trifioso

should be okay now

9:42 am

Locks99

I'm missing a k 5, and I'm stuck. I have ka5/18, kn5/18, ko5/18 and kr5/18, but there's one more...

9:42 am

Trifioso

kn 4

9:42 am

Trifioso

oops, sorry

9:43 am

Haz1558

I'll maybe not raise that much, crossy, but I'm thrilled with what's happened so far.

9:43 am

Mudd

My priorities are right ... love the smell of air-dried sheets, but I picked the wrong day ... hoping for rain, but that my stuff dries first.

9:43 am

Locks99

has anyone posted clues?

9:43 am

Mudd

Uh, clues, what clues?

9:43 am

Haz1558

Another ko5/18 is needed.

9:44 am

herinfernallady

Trifs I like

9:44 am

Locks99

thanks haz

9:44 am

Trifioso

me too!

9:44 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

9:44 am

Trifioso

thank you herin

9:44 am

Nancy Boy

Have you been getting some good sponsors, Haz? People have been very good around here - gives me lots of incentive to finish the marathon! Anything over 5 miles and you'd need some incentive ;)

9:44 am

crosshair

sa5=a brand of plastic cling wrap used to keep food fresh

9:45 am

Haz1558

I have - people have been very generous and more still to come.

9:46 am

Locks99

fireworks!

9:46 am

Haz1558

Well done, Locks!

9:46 am

Mudd

wty

9:46 am

crosshair

yaa for locks!!

9:46 am

Nancy Boy

wonderful. I was really surprised by the generosity of lots of people...all adds up!

9:47 am

Haz1558

It does.

9:48 am

crosshair

those british pounds are not quite as deadly as they once were,i think i paid only 1.79 cad

9:48 am

crosshair

i remember when we had to pay 2.79 per

9:49 am

Mudd

a beautiful word like 'finikin' so close to being in today's puzzle; just one letter in the way.

9:49 am

Haz1558

Currencies confuse me terribly with exchange rates etc.

9:50 am

crosshair

lol haz,it cost me 2 for one today basically,would do more but cash is not flowing as it once was

9:50 am

Nancy Boy

well, I think it's a very good thing you're doing

9:51 am

crosshair

yes,haz is my hero:))

9:51 am

crosshair

yaa for haz!!

9:51 am

Haz1558

You're fine, crossy, I appreciate it. I've been fundraising for this particular charity for years, this is the first time I've got my walking shoes on.

9:51 am

herinfernallady

Haz best wishes with the Walk too

9:51 am

Haz1558

Thanks, herin.

9:52 am

Nancy Boy

well I don't want to get to the end of my life and wish I'd done more...so I'm throwing myself in at the deep end ;)

9:52 am

Trifioso

ooooh, a james bond movie is ***this*** close to being a phantom today!

9:52 am

Trifioso

Best of luck to you, nancy, and to haz! you are my heroes

9:53 am

crosshair

just a note has on breast cancer,as of 3 days ago,there is a report that they have isolated several key protiens and are actually on their way to a preventative shot much like that one they are giving to teen girls for that other cancer that i cannot remember the name of atm

9:53 am

Haz1558

The impetus for me to do it was listening to a lady at our AGM who told of attending for mammography 'on a whim' - no symptoms or anything. Her cancer was picked up, she was treated and was now well. She looked at us very directly and said 'I owe you my life'. There are maybe thousands like her out there, so it's worth it to save the lives of wives and mothers.

9:53 am

Trifioso

that would be cervical cancer, crossy

9:53 am

Nancy Boy

james bond? I can only think of three james bond films...I'm not good at this "being a man" thing ;)

9:53 am

bichon

HPV Human Papiloma Virus

9:53 am

crosshair

ty trif

9:53 am

Trifioso

it's okay, nancy, this one was WAY before your time

9:54 am

Nancy Boy

oh yeah, my sister got that jab!

9:54 am

bichon

My mother has survived breast cancer twice. In my lifetime, to see a prevention would be wonderful

9:55 am

Haz1558

This particular charity does lots of work in other types of cancer - but the focus of this walk is raising money for mammograms. We don't forget the men either!

9:55 am

crosshair

my m.i.l has breast cancer,my f.il lung cancer,my da has survived prostate,colon and melenoma,my ma passed of cervical,i have had seminoma,lymphnoma and melenoma...so i give to all cancer aids cause im selfish and i want a cure there for me for the next go around lol

9:56 am

Nancy Boy

well men get breast cancer too, don't they?

9:56 am

bichon

Men who carry one of the BRCA mutations are at risk for breast cancer

9:57 am

Haz1558

They can do - but I'm thinking of prostate and testicular cancers for men. My cousin's son has just come through treatment for testicular cancer. He's just 23.

9:59 am

Trifioso

okay, I need to go get ready for secondo's dance recital.....have a great day everyone!

9:59 am

Marc Freeman

I am back, I am missing a 7. I have the ti7, the pi and the fi7 what am I pissing?

9:59 am

Haz1558

Bye Trif.

9:59 am

Haz1558

There are two pi7.

9:59 am

bichon

I don't know Marc what are you pissing?

9:59 am

Haz1558

Both begin with the rosy colour.

9:59 am

SeaSpray

beer?

9:59 am

crosshair

then your son is my brother in arms haz, did he have operation,chemo or both?

10:00 am

Marc Freeman

I have the one which starts with a color for girls.

10:00 am

Haz1558

He had both, crossy.

10:00 am

Nancy Boy

well hopefully the money I raise for Cancer Research will go some way towards that, Crossy ;) I have my first big challenge on Monday...20 mile run. Ulp!

10:00 am

crosshair

no pissing in the chog please

10:00 am

crosshair

good for you nb!!!

10:01 am

Haz1558

Marc, there are two, both plurals.

10:01 am

crosshair

sigh,i still say a prayer for ole "lefty" he has gone to a far far better place lol

10:01 am

bichon

crossy, I didn't know you had melanoma too?

10:02 am

crosshair

indeed bichon

10:02 am

crosshair

that was the last one

10:02 am

bichon

That's really a bear

10:03 am

crosshair

a gentle case,caught early cause of my reg 3 month appts,they only had to cut 4 chunks out of my belly,was small potatos really

10:03 am

Nancy Boy

well you were the inspiration! My body might never get over the shock ;)

10:03 am

crosshair

cause i have lots of belly to spare!! lol!!

10:04 am

crosshair

didnt even lessen my belt size;((

10:04 am

bichon

4 chunks of your belly. That's a mild case. you are a tough one crossy

10:05 am

crosshair

diagnosed at magerettes in toronto one week and next week they carve it out plug the holes,slap a bandage on them and im good to rock and roll

10:06 am

crosshair

no elevated tumor markers so no chemo,almost like free parking in monopoly lol

10:06 am

herinfernallady

Crossy you are not a potato

10:07 am

crosshair

lol herin

10:09 am

crosshair

ro=a chess piece..missed that fish

10:09 am

Nancy Boy

well, I'm gonna go take a nap and then chug a few energy drinks for this evening. Got a big fat bumper shift tonight, joy of joys ;)

10:10 am

crosshair

go easy on those energy drinks hb,they are not good for you

10:10 am

Haz1558

Okay, time I was doing other things. Spangle needs a walk for a start, then there's planting of pots to be done.

10:10 am

crosshair

tc haz

10:11 am

Nancy Boy

they're not? :O

10:11 am

Haz1558

So, I'll say bye for now, and thanks again for the encouragement - it means a lot. Bye!

10:11 am

crosshair

nope,your better of with some fresh fruit,it releases slow sugars which will do you in better stead

10:12 am

Nancy Boy

hmmm...fresh fruit is pretty much half my diet anyway, so I guess that's alright. I think energy drinks have a sort of placebo effect on me - I believe I'll be full of energy, therefore I am!

10:12 am

lkdubb

has anyone posted a word list for today?

10:12 am

crosshair

gremlinn has a list

10:13 am

lkdubb

ty

10:13 am

crosshair

lol nb

10:14 am

Nancy Boy

But, I'll be off for my sad little afternoon nap ;) take care!!

10:15 am

Marc Freeman

No list today?

10:16 am

hootowl

greetings - there is a list in my profile - someone give me a clue for the fi7 that I get. Please

10:17 am

Marc Freeman

It is a compound word if a fish slaps you what would it leave?

10:18 am

hootowl

ty Marc - that was a very large fish!

10:20 am

Shirlockc

great clue marc

10:23 am

gramma

I have 1 re to water again, could I get a clue for the other, please?

10:24 am

hootowl

think yarn and needles gramma

10:24 am

gramma

ty

10:24 am

hootowl

yw

10:25 am

crosshair

oh today is the official crossy diet weigh in day!!..ready for it...drumroll please...from my 6th to june 6th....have lost.....8 pounds!! yaa for crossy!

10:25 am

herinfernallady

Wow Crossie well done

10:26 am

herinfernallady

Ok I am falling asleep here goodnight

10:26 am

hootowl

Very good crossie - keep it up

10:26 am

hootowl

nite heri

10:26 am

hootowl

herin

10:26 am

gramma

Rest well.

10:26 am

Shirlockc

ka6?

10:26 am

crosshair

gn herin

10:27 am

herinfernallady

night

10:27 am

hootowl

ok - I am down to 4 - all K's

10:27 am

hootowl

add article to previous word Shirl

10:28 am

crosshair

90% of the k,s are babblets

10:28 am

hootowl

indef article

10:28 am

Shirlockc

thx hoot

10:28 am

hootowl

I am NOT good at grammer!

10:28 am

hootowl

yw

10:29 am

hootowl

I think I got most of them. Need ka5, and maybe ko4,4,5 but mat be out of order there

10:30 am

hootowl

might, grammar - see!

10:33 am

crosshair

kk,when doing test hole for mining very often they will do a ko4 sample to determine the strat type before future exploration

10:34 am

Shirlockc

ka+ kanga's kid's name

10:34 am

hootowl

have that one

10:34 am

crosshair

then replace the vowel at the end for a cons for ko 4/8

10:34 am

hootowl

TY shirlocke

10:34 am

crosshair

citizen ka 4/8 lol

10:35 am

crosshair

all babblets,im not cluing well today

10:35 am

hootowl

ka's done - have those ko's

10:35 am

Riverdance

help with ar6/30 please

10:36 am

hillary

what's the ka6 please?

10:36 am

hootowl

noahs boat+flower w/o first letter

10:36 am

gramma

Rhymes with dangit

10:37 am

Riverdance

thanks hoot

10:37 am

gramma

I'm off to the garden. Enjoy!

10:37 am

bichon

ka 6 rhymes with dangit or the ar 6?

10:37 am

gramma

ka

10:38 am

hootowl

yw time for a break. need to do some emergency shopping. I'll get last 3 later. Thanks for help

10:38 am

Marc Freeman

I need a clue for ka5, please?

10:38 am

crosshair

ty bichon

10:38 am

gramma

ka+ a baby kanga

10:39 am

crosshair

ty gramma

10:39 am

gramma

yw. Buh-Bi

10:40 am

bichon

I don't get the dangit ka

10:42 am

Marc Freeman

anything on the ka5's, please

10:42 am

bichon

got the ka 6

10:42 am

Marc Freeman

sorry I meant the ko5's

10:43 am

bichon

ko + ***se the Titanic

10:43 am

Kallia

one is a plural and the other ends in 2 vowels

10:44 am

crosshair

ty bichon

10:44 am

bichon

yvw crossy

10:45 am

Marc Freeman

Got them thanks

10:48 am

bichon

k's greyed out yeah

10:49 am

rubyfoo

hi everybody

10:49 am

rubyfoo

didn't even reach half, but will come back after dinner

10:49 am

rubyfoo

v herd grid

10:49 am

bichon

amen ruby

10:49 am

hillary

clue for kr5 please

10:50 am

rubyfoo

hard* harder if you don't type well, lol

10:50 am

bichon

kr 5 is a very venemous snake

10:51 am

hillary

ty bich

10:51 am

Shirlockc

re6? i have the wet again

10:51 am

Riverdance

why why why does it always have to be snakes???

10:51 am

rubyfoo

better than fish?

10:51 am

bichon

funny Mom

10:51 am

rubyfoo

hahah momn How are you?

10:51 am

Riverdance

Hi all

10:52 am

Riverdance

I'm not up on my snakes so will keep monkeying

10:52 am

rubyfoo

I thought the sn*** had two k's

10:52 am

hillary

is there a clue for either or both of the pi7's?

10:52 am

rubyfoo

ahah, I remembered it

10:52 am

bichon

kr 5/18 is a homophone for something that gets packed and shipped

10:53 am

Riverdance

got it thanks

10:53 am

crosshair

omg,forgot the bee gees were ever that young:) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbkbGF2
7JyY

10:53 am

rururocks

there are gay phones now too?

10:53 am

bichon

yw Mom

10:53 am

beachboggle

Hi fellow babblers!

10:54 am

rubyfoo

so were we, crossy! remember learning to do the hustle? let's have a show of hands!

10:54 am

Riverdance

more so of a light color of red (pl) is one pi7

10:54 am

Riverdance

lol ruru

10:54 am

Shirlockc

re6 pl? not the wet again

10:54 am

Riverdance

*raises hand*

10:55 am

Riverdance

I dont have the other yet shirl

10:55 am

rubyfoo

you are too young, momn!

10:55 am

Riverdance

No I am not - the hustle was very big when I was in high school

10:55 am

Riverdance

boys in their silk wide collared shirts - chest hair showing - classy

10:55 am

rubyfoo

I can get the music in my head, nice!

10:55 am

crosshair

i wore platform shoes and bell bottom cords to my graduation :)

10:56 am

Riverdance

flaired pants

10:56 am

rubyfoo

hahah crossy

10:56 am

rururocks

<<< never wore platform shoes

10:56 am

speedfreak

hello momneedshelp where do you live in NH we are heading up for the car races in a couple of weeks

10:56 am

rubyfoo

I had pink suede shots which I wore with tights and platform shoes!

10:56 am

Riverdance

remember landlubber hip hugger jeans - had to have them

10:56 am

crosshair

remember then mens platforms 2 toned with the big bulky toes

10:56 am

rubyfoo

you are probably tall, ruru

10:57 am

rubyfoo

shorts, not shots*

10:57 am

Shirlockc

aha! the other re is to make a sweater again, or heal broken bone again

10:57 am

Riverdance

I am 15 miles west of Concord - if you are going to Loudon, it is less than an hour from where I am

10:57 am

bichon

fi 5/16?

10:57 am

rubyfoo

I used to go disco dancing with my junior high students....bad rugby!

10:57 am

rubyfoo

ruby* can't even spell my own name.....

10:58 am

speedfreak

my son lives right over line in new ipswich and other family lives in plymouth always liked NH

10:58 am

rubyfoo

ty shirl!

10:58 am

rubyfoo

dinner, see you all in an hour or so!

10:59 am

Shirlockc

fi5 is pl of one previous

10:59 am

bichon

ty Shirl

10:59 am

Riverdance

I love it here - plymouth is alittle more than an hour - college town

10:59 am

speedfreak

yes they are actually right outside in bridgewater my nephews went to plymouth state

11:00 am

Pinikula

morning all (hi river)

11:00 am

Riverdance

I need to get lunch - be back later - happy babbling everyone. Enjoy the races speedfreak.

11:00 am

Riverdance

Hey Pini - too funny - as you can see it has not changed yet

11:01 am

Pinikula

it will (I have faith) :)

11:01 am

Riverdance

the Doc must be off for the weekend...

11:01 am

Riverdance

my tummy is rumbling - be back

11:01 am

Pinikula

Well, you know...God can be busy at times! :)

11:03 am

crosshair

lol,going to be one of those day,i was givien the mission of making one tea and one coffee,i putthe tea bag in then proceeded to make a coffee right over the tea bag all in the same cup lol

11:03 am

Pinikula

uh....whoops!

11:04 am

crosshair

a coftea

11:04 am

Pinikula

better patent the idea, crossy!

11:05 am

rururocks

I am sure Starbucks already thought of that one

11:05 am

crosshair

lol

11:05 am

Pinikula

well, day late and a dollar short

11:05 am

crosshair

wife said i did that so i would not be asked again.i said why would i do that as it took twice as long to mess it up as to do it right

11:05 am

crosshair

lol

11:06 am

Pinikula

ROFL

11:07 am

rururocks

wow.. I am stuck

11:07 am

Mom

good afternoon everyone. **sets out delicious lunch spread**

11:07 am

Nef

Good Morning Fellow Babblers! DH is HOME!!! I went to pick him up at 8:30AM and we were home by 9:15AM!

11:07 am

crosshair

yaaa!

11:07 am

Mom

Hi Nef, so good that DH is home

11:08 am

crosshair

kodo

11:08 am

crosshair

lol caught me fishing

11:08 am

Pinikula

norming nef

11:08 am

Pinikula

hi mom

11:08 am

rururocks

kodo aren't in season crossy

11:09 am

Mom

Hi Pini

11:09 am

Nef

(I've got him looking at all the paperwork (and bills) now just so I can have some peace and quiet. He's thinking he has to tell me what to do all ready! :-) It's SO NICE to have him here! :-D

11:10 am

Mom

Nef, music to your ears

11:10 am

Nef

hi crossy, Mom, Pini ruru and all

11:10 am

Pinikula

congrats on the homecoming, Nef!!!

11:10 am

Marc Freeman

Could I get a clue for na5 please? I am coming in and out because I am cooking lunch for some guests

11:10 am

Marc Freeman

Also, ni5, please?

11:11 am

Pinikula

hi marc

11:11 am

Mom

sorry Marc, I don't have either one

11:11 am

Pinikula

ni5 = ni + heavy weight

11:11 am

bubba218

n + I am you ***, then pl

11:11 am

Mom

thanks Pini

11:11 am

SeaSpray

Am happy for you Nef!

11:11 am

Mom

thanks Bubba

11:11 am

Mom

Hi Sea

11:11 am

Pinikula

thx bubba

11:12 am

Pinikula

hi sea, bubba, anyone else I missed

11:12 am

bubba218

hi, all

11:13 am

SeaSpray

Hi Pini

11:13 am

Mom

Hi Bubba

11:13 am

Nef

thanks, SeaSpray

11:13 am

SeaSpray

I can hear the happiness in your "voice" yw

11:14 am

Marc Freeman

bubba thanks for the n clues got the ni but did not get the na clue, could you try again, please?

11:14 am

Pinikula

na5 = nasal passages - i

11:14 am

Nef

the holes in your nose, Marc

11:14 am

Pinikula

(apparently I don't know how to spell)

11:15 am

Mom

may I have a clue for the fi 7, please

11:15 am

Nef

it's okay, Pini. It's a medical term

11:16 am

Marc Freeman

compound word what happens when you get slapped by a fish

11:16 am

Pinikula

compound word, mom...

11:16 am

Pinikula

cute clue, marc ;)

11:16 am

bubba218

na + to get a job you send your ***ume to the employer

11:16 am

Mom

thanks, Pini and Marc will look

11:17 am

hillary

clue for ni5 please?

11:17 am

Pinikula

ni + heavy weight

11:18 am

hillary

thanks

11:20 am

Mom

thank you Marc and Pini. I certainly have that red spot on my face from that fish

11:20 am

Pinikula

Although I'd rather stay here and babble, I should get moving; graduation events today at the uni...

11:20 am

Mom

have a good time Pini

11:20 am

Pinikula

* giggle * mom...happens to the best of us ;)

11:20 am

Nef

could I please have a clue for that second row, 4th column lone I?

11:21 am

Nef

Enjoy, Pini!

11:21 am

Pinikula

nef...it's the dolphin ;)

11:21 am

Pinikula

* poof *

11:21 am

Mom

sorry Nef, I don't have it

11:22 am

Nef

DUH! Now I have that fi7 for missing that fish! Thanks, Pini

11:22 am

Mom

lol Nef

11:22 am

Nef

that made NBT for me

11:22 am

Marc Freeman

mo5/18 please it is the last mo?

11:23 am

Erda

Help om Mo5/20 please?

11:23 am

Mom

Hi Erda

11:23 am

Erda

Hi Mom

11:23 am

Nef

Mom, it's the hairy dolphin, i +cons. + 2 more vowels

11:23 am

Marc Freeman

pl of the mo4 before it follow the value of the letters

11:24 am

FMitch

mo5/18 = an emblem on a T-shirt perhaps Marc

11:24 am

Marc Freeman

mo18, please?

11:24 am

Mom

thank you Nef

11:24 am

Mom

Hi FMitch

11:24 am

FMitch

Hi Mom and all

11:25 am

Nef

hi FM

11:26 am

FMitch

Hey Nef!

11:26 am

Marc Freeman

perfect FMitch thanks

11:26 am

Erda

Mo5/20 please??

11:26 am

FMitch

pl of the mo4/9 Erda.

11:27 am

FMitch

yw Marc :)

11:27 am

Mom

thanks FMitch

11:28 am

Mom

that is halfway for me .... time to get busy. {{Hugs}} to all of you and thanks for the clues

11:29 am

FMitch

TTFN Mom, have a good day.

11:29 am

Marc Freeman

pi6/24 please

11:29 am

Mom

bye bye FMitch, have a good evening

11:30 am

FMitch

Marc - a bloke that works down the mines.

11:30 am

Marc Freeman

thanks got it

11:31 am

rururocks

fi 7?

11:31 am

dan2bit

fi7 - compound word, what you might get if a fish slaps you

11:31 am

dan2bit

clue for either ar6?

11:32 am

FMitch

oh good clue dan

11:32 am

Erda

I seem to have a wrong mo4/9...

11:32 am

rururocks

thanks...I feel like a fish slap

11:33 am

Marc Freeman

have to go cook see ya'll later

11:33 am

FMitch

Bye Marc

11:33 am

FMitch

lol ruru

11:33 am

Riverdance

ar6/30 noah's vessel + I need a new h*** to water the lawn

11:33 am

crosshair

((FM))

11:34 am

FMitch

((crossy)) how goes yr day?

11:34 am

dan2bit

ty mom - thought the monkeys had tried that

11:35 am

crosshair

not bad at all fm,tomorrow is food freedom day and today was the official monthly weigh in day...lost 8 pounds for the first month;))\

11:35 am

FMitch

the other ar6 is ar + the 1st 4 letters of an unction you might put on a wound.

11:35 am

FMitch

wtg crossy!!

11:36 am

Riverdance

a + **w your boat + I have an ***erest in babble

11:36 am

SeaSpray

Wow, congrats crossy!

11:36 am

FMitch

keep up the good work and enjoy tomorrows breakfast.

11:36 am

Riverdance

thats excellent crossy

11:36 am

MizHoffle

Is there a stats list somewhere?

11:36 am

crosshair

lol,i plan therefore to eat 8 pounds of bacon tomorrow lol

11:37 am

FMitch

In Gremlinn's profile Miz.

11:37 am

Riverdance

list is in gremlins profile

11:37 am

MizHoffle

thanks!

11:38 am

dan2bit

re6 that isn't water again?

11:38 am

72 Temple Owl

er, i suppose this would be a bad time to mention friendlys gives away free cones this afternoon?

11:38 am

FMitch

that will be the re that needs needles to make socks

11:39 am

FMitch

Hey to!

11:39 am

dan2bit

ty FM

11:40 am

rururocks

???

11:40 am

Riverdance

or sweaters, or scarves.....

11:40 am

72 Temple Owl

hi fm!

11:40 am

rururocks

ahh

11:40 am

MizHoffle

that helps mom

11:41 am

MizHoffle

I was trying to find 'darn'

11:41 am

FMitch

Nice to see you TO, hope al lis well in your neck of the woods.

11:41 am

SeaSpray

so was I

11:41 am

FMitch

LOL sooy guys.

11:41 am

72 Temple Owl

very hot. was outdoors till 11 at market buying flowers etc

11:41 am

72 Temple Owl

now i am beat

11:42 am

FMitch

*sorry even! I am sticking to the desk with the heat.

11:42 am

Riverdance

help with mo6 - the one before the choc bit

11:42 am

72 Temple Owl

i wanted to trim azaleas today

11:43 am

FMitch

mo + lovely flower with thorns.

11:43 am

Riverdance

duh - thanks FM

11:44 am

FMitch

yw

11:44 am

72 Temple Owl

watching chef make grilled romainesalad.

11:44 am

bichon

ni 5?

11:45 am

FMitch

ni + heavy weight

11:45 am

bichon

ty FMitch

11:46 am

FMitch

Any more clues as I must be of shortly?

11:46 am

Riverdance

last pi6 please

11:47 am

FMitch

guy that works down a mine Mom

11:48 am

FMitch

... and on that note I will love and leave you for now.

11:48 am

72 Temple Owl

bye fm!

11:50 am

Riverdance

thanks and bye fm

11:51 am

bichon

a hint for the person who works in the mine

11:52 am

Riverdance

compound word

11:52 am

MizHoffle

combine 2 nordic countries

11:52 am

bichon

got it, ty

11:53 am

PAV3

I take it ther's not a list?

11:53 am

MizHoffle

Look in Greminn's profile

11:53 am

MizHoffle

go into 'who's online' and scroll down

11:53 am

72 Temple Owl

i forgot to friend him

11:54 am

Riverdance

pick him in the rankings - it will bring up his profile

11:54 am

helensgirlkid

Look in

11:54 am

helensgirlkid

Look in Rankings (Sorry - fingers twitchy, I guess)

11:55 am

72 Temple Owl

luckily he is logged in. i couldn't find him in rankings last night.

11:55 am

Riverdance

clue for the na5 please

11:55 am

72 Temple Owl

nostrils

11:58 am

Riverdance

thanks TO

11:58 am

MizHoffle

ka 5/18 please

11:59 am

Riverdance

Ka + baby kanga

11:59 am

MizHoffle

thanks mom!

12:00 pm

rubyfoo

hello, I'm back

12:00 pm

Riverdance

Hello Ruby

12:04 pm

rubyfoo

I just read over the chog and I am actually a little better than half!! thank you

12:04 pm

Riverdance

I am going crazy looking for one lousy na4/4

12:04 pm

Riverdance

got it **FIREWORKS**

12:05 pm

rubyfoo

yay mom n!!!

12:05 pm

MizHoffle

yay mom!

12:05 pm

Riverdance

Good for you - its a tough grid today

12:05 pm

Riverdance

I had to list to get through

12:05 pm

rubyfoo

today the garden is at its peak!!! so beautiful

12:06 pm

Riverdance

yes, our peonies are gorgeous - delphiniums are in full bloom - daisies everywhere - its nice - we must have the same climate Ruby at same time

12:07 pm

PAV3

to5 clue?

12:07 pm

Riverdance

to + boy grows into ***

12:07 pm

rubyfoo

my delphiums disappeared after only 2 years, but never had many. Now it's roses, peonies, hardy geraniums (did I say roses? lol)

12:07 pm

PAV3

thanks Mom!

12:08 pm

rururocks

ka 6/30? cannot find it

12:08 pm

rubyfoo

our springs must be similar mom, but I think your winters are colder

12:08 pm

Riverdance

we never planted them - some bird must have dropped a seed - now we have a dozen plants growing along the side of my driveway

12:08 pm

PAV3

hiya ruru!

12:08 pm

rururocks

gm pav

12:09 pm

Riverdance

ka + opp of out + lets play tag you are **

12:09 pm

rururocks

thank you mom

12:09 pm

rubyfoo

ty mom, never could have found that!

12:10 pm

Riverdance

me either - someone had to clue it for me this morning

12:10 pm

Riverdance

yw

12:10 pm

PAV3

bottom row greyed!

12:11 pm

cybernan

good morning, all -- any lickety today?

12:11 pm

Riverdance

I really need to get some chores done now - see you all tomorrow (((Ruby)))

12:11 pm

rubyfoo

hello nan!

12:11 pm

Riverdance

no lickety - go to gremlins profile

12:11 pm

rubyfoo

((momn))

12:14 pm

Jacula

Stats are in my profile and on BabAnon.

12:20 pm

nurse1000

re6/30 help please? have the wet again one. TY

12:20 pm

rururocks

re+ make a scarf

12:21 pm

nurse1000

ty, ruru. should have seen that one....

12:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

purchaes chartreuse & magenta nicotiana red gerbera saisies cream marigolds and zinnias to plant. still need sweet potato vine and blue salvia

12:23 pm

PAV3

the last pi6? after the bean/horse

12:23 pm

MizHoffle

crazy, I was just typing to ask for the same on, pav!

12:23 pm

MizHoffle

one

12:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

lighter red

12:24 pm

Bugsaw

compound word meaning a coal miner

12:24 pm

Bugsaw

pinker

12:25 pm

Bugsaw

penalty box for me..... sorry

12:25 pm

MizHoffle

thanks bugsaw

12:25 pm

MizHoffle

sorry for the PB, though

12:25 pm

PAV3

I would say a male who works in the car racing support mechanic

12:26 pm

Bugsaw

I even had the one that sent me there Miz!

12:26 pm

PAV3

Bugs...can you check to see what supplies are needed int he PB? thanks...

12:26 pm

Bugsaw

good point Pav

12:26 pm

PAV3

last column greyed...

12:26 pm

Bugsaw

I just got here. Someone left choclit and I am taking a huge jug of lemonade

12:27 pm

dan2bit

firewords - thanks all cluers

12:27 pm

dan2bit

mo6/21 tiny bite was my last

12:28 pm

Bugsaw

good work dan2. Now have a nap.

12:28 pm

dan2bit

don't mind if I do - thanks Bugsaw

12:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

dan hey how goes it?

12:30 pm

cybernan

stuck on the ar 4/8 and the ar 6/18 -- any clues?

12:31 pm

MizHoffle

ar + last state abb

12:31 pm

cybernan

found the ar 4

12:32 pm

MizHoffle

ar + app****ment

12:32 pm

Bugsaw

ty Miz

12:32 pm

MizHoffle

what you made for the doctor

12:32 pm

MizHoffle

yw

12:33 pm

cybernan

ty miz

12:34 pm

MizHoffle

fireworks!!

12:34 pm

Bugsaw

YAY Miz

12:35 pm

MizHoffle

quite a feat for someone with a nasty head cold...now, back to bed

12:35 pm

MizHoffle

which sucks since it is absolutely gorgeous today and it isn't going to last

12:35 pm

Bugsaw

Left lemonade in the PB Miz. Add a huge gob of whisky to it and have a nap. You will wake up feeling better

12:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

bugs i like how you think!

12:36 pm

MizHoffle

thanks!

12:37 pm

Bugsaw

off to garden a bit. happy Babbling

12:39 pm

PAV3

clues for the ar6 30 and 6 18? please?

12:43 pm

Nef

Ar 6/18 clued at 12:31, Pav

12:44 pm

PAV3

thanks nef...didn't see that

12:44 pm

Nef

ar 6/30 is Noah's boat + r*** Flower)

12:45 pm

PAV3

yay for Nef!...a's done first row greyed!

12:45 pm

PAV3

third column greyed...now just the r k m words to go 19 left

12:46 pm

Nef

thanks, Pav. I just cme back after fixing lunch

12:46 pm

Nef

You are MUCH faster than me today!

12:46 pm

cybernan

ouch, those k's!!!

12:47 pm

PAV3

well I did stop last night with 50 left, so I'v e slowed considerably..

12:48 pm

Nef

Ahh! So you didn't just come online and whipped through this like I thought! :-) Now I don't feel so slow!

12:48 pm

cybernan

clues for the ko 5's please?

12:49 pm

Nef

sorry, I don't have any ko's yet nan (but I'm looking now!)

12:49 pm

cybernan

found the 4-5 combo

12:50 pm

PAV3

I only have a ko5 18 with no 4's attached

12:51 pm

cybernan

clue please, pav?

12:51 pm

PAV3

think a muslim holy book with a diff last lttr (a vow - I- l perhpas)

12:52 pm

Minveryork

ko 4/5 rhymes with christmas song and then plural it

12:52 pm

cybernan

ty pav

12:52 pm

Minveryork

A ko 5/18 is ko plus ***se your hand in class cybernan

12:52 pm

Read-Knit-Bake

Hi everyone...I have one kn 5, 18 missing a second

12:53 pm

Read-Knit-Bake

sorry ko 5, 18

12:53 pm

PAV3

"White Christmas"? nope..."Rudolph"...nope..."Silent Night"..nope...

12:53 pm

Minveryork

It is another word for Christmas song; The First ****.

12:53 pm

cybernan

the first one pav

12:54 pm

Minveryork

Hi to my fellow babblers!How is everyone doing today

12:54 pm

Minveryork

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

12:54 pm

Read-Knit-Bake

thx...asked the same time as cybernan

12:54 pm

PAV3

thanks...your first clue helped, but I thought I'd show my blonde roots a bit...no offense meant...

12:55 pm

Read-Knit-Bake

didn't' finish yesterday..about 47 shy, but finished today...hope all is well.

12:55 pm

Nef

Hi RKB and Min

12:55 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Read-Knit-Bike on finishing! Hooray!

12:56 pm

cybernan

kr 5, please?

12:56 pm

PAV3

a clue for the ma6 21 following the sharks?

12:56 pm

Read-Knit-Bake

Just read your profile NEF...lots going on for you.

12:56 pm

Minveryork

The kr5/18 sounds might like a milk carrier cybernan

12:56 pm

cybernan

sharks?

12:57 pm

Nef

But the good news is I brought DH HOME today for GOOD! :-D

12:57 pm

Minveryork

A mo 6/21 is mo 5/12 code plus a perpindicular letter

12:57 pm

cybernan

ty min -- don't know how I missed that one -- tried every other combo

12:57 pm

Read-Knit-Bake

Thinking of you.

12:57 pm

cybernan

that's great, nef

12:57 pm

Nef

thanks

12:58 pm

Read-Knit-Bake

bye all - off to do some work

12:58 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Read-Knit-Bike! I'll see you tomorrow maybe

12:59 pm

PAV3

thanks Min for that mo6..I was looking for the ma6 21

1:00 pm

Minveryork

Sorry PAV3.I do not have ma6/21 word yet. *looking*

1:01 pm

Nef

I don't have it either, PAV

1:01 pm

cybernan

me too -- found the sharks

1:01 pm

Nef

BRB

1:02 pm

Minveryork

ma 6/21 is male + Judge Robert *** cybernan & PAV3.

1:03 pm

cybernan

ma 6/21 -- a little spanish male?

1:03 pm

PAV3

perhaps a spanish little hand...

1:04 pm

PAV3

thanks...

1:04 pm

Minveryork

That is a much better and more clever clue cybernan

1:04 pm

Minveryork

and Pav3

1:04 pm

PAV3

9 left here

1:04 pm

Minveryork

Go PAV3 go!

1:06 pm

PAV3

m's done 4th row greyed 6 left

1:08 pm

cybernan

what is wrong with moreso?

1:08 pm

PAV3

kr5 "sounds might like a milk carrier" ?...it sould like a "milk carrier" or it "sounds like you might like a milk carrier" ?

1:09 pm

PAV3

evidently moreso is only vaild in certain English tongues...

1:10 pm

cybernan

missing an mo 6 somewhere in the middle -- have the eels and the little bite

1:10 pm

PAV3

the sadness..? mo6

1:10 pm

cybernan

ty pav

1:10 pm

Minveryork

That mo 6/21 word is a feeling of sadness cybernan.

1:11 pm

cybernan

off to plant some beans -- back for the last 15 later

1:11 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye cybernan! I will see you later on in the chat

1:12 pm

Nef

back. In scanning the chatlog just now, I didn't catch a single one of those Mo clues.

1:14 pm

Nef

OH! I just got the mo sadness clue! :-)

1:15 pm

PAV3

1 left the kr5

1:15 pm

JenMO16

hi everyone

1:15 pm

lbdawger

kr + sounds like consumed

1:16 pm

PAV3

which mo's are you needing? Nef?

1:16 pm

PAV3

wow..dawg! that did it!

1:17 pm

Minveryork

Hi JenMO16! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

1:17 pm

Minveryork

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

1:17 pm

lbdawger

whooo hoooooo PAV!!

1:17 pm

PAV3

finito!

1:17 pm

Nef

PAV, don't worry. I don't know what I'm missing yet; I haven't listed. I just was commenting on the fact that I was clueless after those hints!

1:17 pm

Nef

YAY, PAV!!! WTG!!!

1:17 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations PAV3 on your fireworks! Way to go!

1:17 pm

PAV3

and I was perplexed withthe "milkman" clue for the hr5...

1:18 pm

PAV3

kr5 rather

1:18 pm

Nef

Hi Jen and lbd!

1:19 pm

PAV3

well I should begin fixing up the master BDRM seeing as it's a mess...I can leave the 'puter on to help if needed...

1:19 pm

lbdawger

hi everyone!

1:20 pm

Nef

lbd, I like your Maxine today

1:20 pm

PAV3

I had cleared out hte smaller guest bdrm and moved my bed into it...and now the master is in disarray...but I have been sleeping much mire soundly and restfully since I moved the bed..

1:21 pm

Nef

Wow! Moving out of the master bdrm would be a chore here too

1:21 pm

Soodle

HI everybody. :)

1:21 pm

Nef

what is the difference in the rooms, PAV?

1:22 pm

Nef

hi Soodle

1:22 pm

Minveryork

Hello soodlebum! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

1:22 pm

Soodle

Nef - I am so glad your hubbys back home with you,

1:22 pm

PAV3

MBDR = 20D x 13 W...2nd bdrm = 9D x 13 W

1:23 pm

Soodle

Hey Minver. Puzzles with no lickety scare me..........

1:23 pm

Nef

that's a BIG difference! Any other differences besides size? (is direction for different sun exposure or???)

1:23 pm

PAV3

master faced east and the noise...2nd bdrm faces west and get little noise...I'm in the center of our block so to speak, so not much traffic all aorund...

1:24 pm

Nef

thanks Soodle. I'm thrilled myself!

1:24 pm

Minveryork

Soodlebum, I have a list in my profile if you need one.

1:24 pm

PAV3

I have my Meyer lemon tree i nthe smaller bdrm for the window light...bright from 5'ish until later afternoon...

1:24 pm

Soodle

Thanks Min. I will see how far I get without it....

1:25 pm

PAV3

I positioned my bed in the same direction as I had it inthe master..but for some reason...noise?, I actually enjoy my sleep moreso

1:27 pm

Nef

unless you use room darkening curtains, I think it's harder to sleep in an east-facing bdrm

1:27 pm

PAV3

my neighbors are also not using their spaces next to the smaller bdrm as much...one is the sountern neighbors 2nd bdrm which she uses as an office/craft room...my northern neighbor has her kitchen there, again with little usage. Condos can be as bad as apartments' thin walls so for now it seems to work for me...

1:28 pm

cybernan

beans planted

1:29 pm

Nef

that was fast, cyber!

1:29 pm

PAV3

and I have a set of dark blue velvet drapes with a white out in the master...no drapes as of yet in the smaller room , although I have them , just not put up yet

1:29 pm

Minveryork

Hello cybernan! Welcome back! That was very quick!

1:29 pm

Minveryork

F's Finished! 9 left

1:29 pm

Nef

did you just move recently to a new home, PAV?

1:30 pm

Minveryork

Phantom words for me today are anion,inion, & onion

1:31 pm

Nef

you nailed my phantoms too, Min

1:31 pm

PAV3

nope, been here 9 years...I needed a change from the closeness of my neighbors... I like where I live, I don't like the influx of less than caring homeowners/renters

1:31 pm

JenMO16

i have a medical question to ask if i may

1:32 pm

Nef

what's up, Jen?

1:33 pm

JenMO16

i am suffering from severe dry mouth which has caused 2 cavities! i'm 47! has anyone used anything that works?

1:34 pm

Nef

Jen, you may need a complete physical for that one. At least see your regular doc and tell him about it as you should have some blood work done.

1:35 pm

JenMO16

i have nef, i am hypothyroid

1:35 pm

Nef

There is some mouth moisturizers on the market that may help; but you need to see the doctor first

1:35 pm

Minveryork

A's Abolished! 7 left

1:35 pm

Nef

did they check you for diabetes too?

1:35 pm

Minveryork

K's Kicked! 6 left

1:36 pm

JenMO16

yes, no diabetes

1:36 pm

Nef

Go. Min! You can do it!!

1:37 pm

cybernan

re 6/30? -- have put in water again

1:39 pm

cybernan

nm -- found it

1:39 pm

Minveryork

M's Mashed! 5 left

1:41 pm

cybernan

*!* ta da *!* -- thanks for the help. Mrs. Gore the last one!

1:41 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations cybernan on fireworks!Hooray for U

1:42 pm

Nef

Sorry, Jen, had to check on something for DH. Have you tried any of the mouth moisturizer products out there? Your doctor should recommend something similar to Oasis for dry mouth

1:42 pm

Nef

YAY, Cybernan!!! WTG!!!

1:42 pm

Minveryork

R's Removed! 3 left

1:43 pm

cybernan

anyone want clues before I think about lunch and dinner?

1:44 pm

Nef

some clues (word counts) for the P please?

1:44 pm

Minveryork

There are 14 P words in this puzzle today Nef.

1:44 pm

cybernan

pi x14

1:45 pm

Minveryork

I have one one left;starts with P.Will save it for later

1:45 pm

Nef

<BLUSH!> I meant letter counts!

1:46 pm

Minveryork

I am done! I have fireworks! pi7/48 was my last word

1:46 pm

cybernan

pi 4,5,4,4,6,7,5,7,6,5,4,5,6,5

1:46 pm

Nef

YAY, Min!!!! WTG!!!

1:46 pm

cybernan

congrats, min

1:46 pm

Minveryork

So much for saving it for later on. I'll be here to clue for a little bit while longer if needed.Then off to swim

1:47 pm

Nef

Thanks, nan. I appreciate that

1:47 pm

cybernan

do you have commie and commies x2?

1:48 pm

cybernan

the grape?

1:48 pm

Nef

I do have a pi 6/7 combo

1:49 pm

Nef

and I had the grape, the jar, and the horse

1:49 pm

Nef

and the boat

1:49 pm

cybernan

the keyboard instrument

1:49 pm

cybernan

the miner

1:50 pm

Nef

yep, had the guy

1:50 pm

cybernan

pineapple/coconut drink?

1:51 pm

Nef

(I think that that's what I called the boat)

1:51 pm

Minveryork

There are five P words that build off the pi 4/9 color.

1:51 pm

cybernan

pi + indefinite article?

1:52 pm

cybernan

pi + heavy weight?

1:52 pm

Minveryork

Last pi 5/12 is rhymes with the ni 5/10 word also nef

1:53 pm

Nef

GEEZ I had 2 words building off the color but I didn't have the color!

1:53 pm

cybernan

commie combo is 5-7-6

1:54 pm

Minveryork

Aren't you tickled pi 4/9 now since you got the color?

1:54 pm

cybernan

does that clear the pi's for you?

1:55 pm

Nef

THANK YOU! :-D

1:56 pm

cybernan

anything else, nef?

1:57 pm

Nef

No, I'll let you go for now. Thanks so much!

1:57 pm

cybernan

do you have the ro 6/21?

1:58 pm

Nef

not yet; but i have 2 re 6's

1:58 pm

cybernan

everybody loves raymond!

1:59 pm

cybernan

bye all -- back at the flip :)

2:00 pm

Nef

I haven't got that one, nan; but DH wants some help (he thinks he should cook supper tonight!)

2:01 pm

Nef

bye, Nan! Thanks for all the clues!

2:01 pm

Minveryork

That ro 6/21 word is actor Ray Ro**** Nef.

2:01 pm

Nef

bbiab

2:01 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye cybernan! I will see you tomorrow in the log

2:02 pm

Nef

thanks, Min. I've never seen the show

2:04 pm

Minveryork

I'm off to a BBQ at neighbor's house.I'll be back later.

2:06 pm

periwinkle

hello all, back from a lovely time at the beach

2:07 pm

periwinkle

and the winning word was : stromhur in the scripps spelling bee yesterday

2:07 pm

periwinkle

Nef, how is your husband doing, how are you?

2:13 pm

Nef

Hi peri. I brought him home this AM! He's now in a wheelchair or uses a walker for going in and out of the house; but he's HOME! :-D

2:14 pm

periwinkle

glad he is home, hope all goes well

2:15 pm

Nef

and *I* made *him* lunch! (He was giving me grief about it, saying I couldn't do it!) ;-) I hope so too, peri. I really appreciate the info you gave me.

2:16 pm

periwinkle

anytime, Nef

2:18 pm

periwinkle

help with fi7 bpls

2:18 pm

periwinkle

gremlinn, are you here?

2:18 pm

Nef

I worked 34 yrs in ICU; 3 years in county nursing (early 70's); and 42 years as an RN and I still had no clue about how it works on the receiving end til now

2:19 pm

Nef

fi7 is what you get when hit with a fish, peri

2:19 pm

periwinkle

it is always different when you are on the other end. I was a discharge planner for over 20 years so that makes a differnce.

2:20 pm

periwinkle

ty Nef, for the fi7

2:21 pm

Nef

yw :-)

2:23 pm

wildcat17

so glad he's home nef ... and doing better I hope

2:23 pm

wildcat17

amnio

2:24 pm

Nef

thank you wildcat. He is doing better, but won't be walking much anymore. We are getting used to the changes

2:25 pm

wildcat17

that has to be hard for both of you

2:26 pm

periwinkle

90 left, bbl

2:27 pm

Nef

what can I say? We've lived with this disease for 25 years, we'd *hoped* and prayed that it wouldn't go this way; but now it's time to accept and move on. It's a different "normal" now

2:27 pm

Nef

bye, peri

2:27 pm

wildcat17

great attitude nef .. hope his is the same

2:28 pm

Nef

at this point it is. I'll be ready if he has problems

2:50 pm

nomatter

hey lichety hasnt been on yet, how many words are there today

2:50 pm

wildcat17

149

2:50 pm

nomatter

tonar

2:50 pm

nomatter

fuck sorry

2:50 pm

bfdeele

Nef: Three years ago my daughter was diagnosed with MS and CIDP. At this time, after being allergic to just about all treatments she is on Rebif and steroid infusions. She is declining every day and the doctors have told us that she will eventually be paralyzed from the neck down. However, she remains very positive and believes that God has a plan for her. We are actively researching and talking to the University of Pittsburgh researchers dealing with computerized implants for mobility.

2:53 pm

bfdeele

There is a new medicine made available in March called Ampyra. It has shown remarkable results helping people regain walking. If you google ampyra it will give you all the details. I hope this works for your husband. I must go now as we are having bad storms here. Good luck.

2:53 pm

wht

noti

2:54 pm

wht

Ooops. Sorry about that. Hi all. {turns lurk mode off}

2:57 pm

wht

Does anyone have a clue the ar6/30?

2:57 pm

bichon

Noah's *** + cl*** the door

2:58 pm

wht

ty bi

2:58 pm

bichon

yw wht

3:06 pm

bichon

in 5/18?

3:06 pm

bichon

nm

3:37 pm

periwinkle

back to find 87 words

3:38 pm

Jillyjill

back to get a few more of the 120 :( left...lol

3:44 pm

Good Enough

just got fi7, sometimes it's crazy what the monkeys find!

3:45 pm

PinnyPoppins

missing the fi7 - got the other three - anyone want to send a clue my way?

3:46 pm

Good Enough

compound word ending with ma4/9

3:47 pm

Jillyjill

f17 for me too.....

3:47 pm

Jillyjill

gotta be fin....?????

3:47 pm

PinnyPoppins

got it! thanks for the clue, and thanks to Nef for the hilarious clue earlier

3:48 pm

Good Enough

oh that's good

3:49 pm

Jillyjill

sheeesh....I feel stupid now...lol

3:50 pm

joey

i think that i need the second ko5/18. i have the plural of the one that sounds like the department store. thanks

4:03 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Almost have a Jimmy Durante here- inkadoo!

4:09 pm

Minveryork

A ko 5/18 is ko + water from the sky minus last letter

4:15 pm

joey

thanks a lot, Minveryork

4:15 pm

Minveryork

yw

4:20 pm

Kaplan the Magne

kaip

4:20 pm

Kaplan the Magne

maini

4:21 pm

Kaplan the Magne

maios

4:21 pm

Kaplan the Magne

GAK!!!! Just clearing my throat again!

4:21 pm

Kaplan the Magne

All I'm doing is monkeying and waiting for you guys to drop clues.

4:21 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I feel like a scavenger.

4:22 pm

Minveryork

I'm working on a story of clues now Kaplan the Magne

4:22 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Cool

4:24 pm

Kaplan the Magne

no finito.

4:24 pm

Minveryork

Yes, tried that word before as well Kaplan the Magne

4:26 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I i have 74 4-letter words, and I'm seeing if I can monkey all of them.

4:27 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I would have many more words if we could be bi or trilingual.

4:29 pm

LeslieAnn

do you have any idea from which letters you are missing 4-letters, kap?

4:30 pm

periwinkle

4 columns gray!!

4:30 pm

periwinkle

59 left

4:30 pm

Kaplan the Magne

No, I'm not using a list, just monkeying futiley.

4:30 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I have 35 left, but peri will finish and I will flake out.

4:31 pm

LeslieAnn

:)

4:31 pm

periwinkle

that is your choice Magne

4:31 pm

periwinkle

I like to finish

4:31 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Yes it is- I don't have the stamina

4:32 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I am a weak-willed person.

4:32 pm

periwinkle

using a list would make it go faster

4:33 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Yeah- I am very laze when there is no lickety I say Screw It! it's my excuse

4:33 pm

periwinkle

I agree it is much harder and slower without babble expert

4:34 pm

periwinkle

I don't sit here all day, I take lots of breaks, even went to the beach today :)

4:34 pm

Kaplan the Magne

you did more today than I did. What beach do you live near.

4:35 pm

periwinkle

what is the name of the show those kids were in, in your icon, Magne

4:35 pm

periwinkle

Atlantic City

4:35 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Dobie Gillis!

4:35 pm

periwinkle

not near, it takes about 2 hours to get there but it is worth it

4:35 pm

periwinkle

oh yes, Dobie Gillis, I remember that show

4:36 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I was lazy today

4:36 pm

LeslieAnn

pi 6/24?

4:36 pm

Kaplan the Magne

It had Maynard G Krebs

4:36 pm

periwinkle

Leslie, compound word, deep hole and male

4:36 pm

Minveryork

The pi 6/24 is one who works in a coal mine LeslieAnn

4:36 pm

periwinkle

yes Maynard

4:37 pm

LeslieAnn

ah thank you min

4:37 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Who works in a coal mine other than a miner?

4:37 pm

Minveryork

yw

4:37 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I am revealing my ignorance.

4:37 pm

LeslieAnn

it's pretty literal, kap

4:38 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Oh, I got it.

4:38 pm

Minveryork

pi 6/24 word is peach *** plus male Kaplan the Magne.

4:39 pm

Kaplan the Magne

yeah, I just snagged it

4:41 pm

Mudd

I'm surprised that the oi 4 does not have an -er at the end of it and even a plural

4:41 pm

Minveryork

My monkeys were crazy today and ran am 4/9. They were an4/4-Babble. They ra 4/4ed and raved on how they did not want to help.Monkeys wouldn't listen to their ma5/12. I wanted to kick them in the ar 4/4. I tried to lock them up in a ro 4/5, but they would not stay in their do 6/24. Monkeys smelled the ar5/12 of fried bananas and ar 5/10 out of their seats and ran out the do 4/5 down Ma 4/5 Street to ro 4/5 around places unknown. I am so mad at them.I am locking all my do5/12 and will not let them back in4/4 my house when they come back. Wouldn't even give them a mo 6/21 of chocolate if they wanted it. I hope they get bitten by a kr 5/18. They ma 4/9 me so mad and put me in a mo 6/21 mo4/6.Thought I was do4/6ed when they left the house.I got all nervous that I would not finish because of no list and no monkeys.My stomach became tied up in a kn4/8.My monkey troubles are a mo4/5 point now because I finished anyway.It to4/8 me awhile, but I finally did finish. I was tickled pi 4/9 when I finished. However,my ra4/8 is still low.I hope this story of clues ma 5/20 sense to you. I am going to go kn 4/8 my shirt some mo4/5. Then I'm going to go read a book in my no4/8 & drink some pi5/12 noir wine. I will be back later on to give some more clues.

4:44 pm

Mudd

I'm speechless!

4:44 pm

LeslieAnn

thanks min :)

4:45 pm

Minveryork

yw

4:46 pm

bichon

That's lots of fun Min, please treat us to an encore

4:46 pm

Mudd

And congrats on finishing the grid

4:46 pm

Minveryork

I posted story of clues in my profile.Will be back later

4:47 pm

LeslieAnn

tomorrow, bichon! :)

4:48 pm

periwinkle

MIn, you are one smart lady, how do you do that?

4:50 pm

periwinkle

sa5 pls

4:51 pm

LeslieAnn

fi7?

4:51 pm

LeslieAnn

sa*** wrap, peri

4:51 pm

lynxxx

sa5 is the US wrap

4:52 pm

periwinkle

ty lyn, thought I had tried that

4:52 pm

periwinkle

thanks Leslie

4:52 pm

periwinkle

fi7 what you get when you are hit with a fish, stole this clue from someone else

4:53 pm

LeslieAnn

haha thanks peri

4:53 pm

lynxxx

fi7 also ends like De*****, the country near Sweden

4:53 pm

Nef

hi again. Back again after a short snooze

4:53 pm

periwinkle

wb Nef

4:53 pm

periwinkle

it is a funny word, yw

4:53 pm

Nef

thanks

4:54 pm

LeslieAnn

either ar 6, please?

4:55 pm

lynxxx

ar**** your head with oil (not quite!)

4:55 pm

Nef

as 6/30 =Noah's boat and the red, red r***

4:56 pm

periwinkle

47 left, dinner break, bbs

5:04 pm

LeslieAnn

ohh thanks lynxxx and nef - kept monkeying as 6/30, btw none of those :)

5:08 pm

MaMaWA

I think Nef meant ar 6/30 ? Hi Babblers : )

5:09 pm

lynxxx

hi Mama

5:09 pm

MaMaWA

Hey lynxxx

5:11 pm

Mudd

How many words are in the grid today please?

5:11 pm

LeslieAnn

149, mudd

5:11 pm

lynxxx

149 Mudd

5:11 pm

Mudd

ty

5:12 pm

LeslieAnn

3 left, all k5 words, if anyone cares to share...

5:12 pm

LeslieAnn

i hate monkeying k words

5:12 pm

MaMaWA

I only have 2 kn4's

5:12 pm

lynxxx

ko5.18 ko & the ***n in Spain falls mainly on the plain

5:13 pm

LeslieAnn

yay thanks lynxxx

5:13 pm

LeslieAnn

need a ko5 and kr5 now

5:13 pm

LeslieAnn

no i lied. ka5 and kr5

5:14 pm

Mudd

Finished!

5:14 pm

LeslieAnn

congrats mudd!

5:14 pm

lynxxx

Hooray for Mudd!

5:15 pm

Mudd

ty, I am drained ... see you later

5:15 pm

Soodle

ka 5. Like the australian animal, without the 'nga'

5:15 pm

MaMaWA

I can't seem to monkey those ks either LeslieAnn

5:15 pm

LeslieAnn

ha thanks soodle!

5:16 pm

lynxxx

thanks Soodle!

5:16 pm

lynxxx

thanks Soodle!

5:16 pm

Soodle

your very welcome

5:17 pm

lynxxx

kr5.18 kr & you b*** a hook when fishing

5:17 pm

LeslieAnn

i thought i had tried everything possible for that. fireworks!

5:17 pm

MaMaWA

ty very much for those soodle

5:17 pm

Soodle

Yay LeslieAnn.

5:17 pm

lynxxx

congrats Leslie

5:18 pm

Soodle

can I assist anybody else?

5:20 pm

Soodle

Righty Oh. Good night everybody

5:20 pm

lynxxx

night Soodle

5:22 pm

Merk

... and Fireworks!

5:22 pm

Merk

goodnight Soodlebum

5:22 pm

lynxxx

congrats Merk!

5:22 pm

MaMaWA

I had to run over to my cafe and serve some food !! Night soodle and wtg Merk

5:22 pm

Merk

and belated congrats if you are still here Leslie. My nose was in the grid.

5:22 pm

Merk

Can you see the smudges I left on your screen?

5:23 pm

LeslieAnn

no worries! will clue for a bit if needed *wipes off screen*

5:23 pm

Merk

Oh, MaMaW, where is your cafe? I'd love to get there sometime.

5:24 pm

LeslieAnn

... i assume on facebook

5:24 pm

MaMaWA

It's in cafe world (FB) of course. Visit any time

5:24 pm

MaMaWA

thats right LeslieAnn : )

5:25 pm

Merk

Your hobbies/interests sound similar to mine.

5:25 pm

Merk

Sorry, I'm not into abbreviations. What is FB?

5:25 pm

Merk

Other than football.

5:25 pm

MaMaWA

Face Book

5:26 pm

Merk

hehehe

5:26 pm

Merk

Well folks, it is suppertime for me. I hope to see you off and on tomorrow. I'm like some others. I cannot do it in one sitting, too restless and too much to do.

5:26 pm

MaMaWA

I love the football and we live near the ohio state university so gotta be a Buckeye fan LOL

5:27 pm

MaMaWA

Later Merk

5:27 pm

Merk

Oops, I grew up in MI ... arch rivals!

5:27 pm

Merk

But still friends.

5:27 pm

MaMaWA

yes friends for sure ha ha

5:28 pm

LeslieAnn

gross mama... illinois girl here :)

5:29 pm

MaMaWA

sorry LesleAnn : (

5:30 pm

joshuavorbis

hi and nbt

5:31 pm

LeslieAnn

nice entrance joshua :)

5:36 pm

joshuavorbis

it's just how i do it

5:46 pm

stidmama

hello all. down to 149!!!! (that's how I do it!) LOL

5:52 pm

MaMaWA

Hi stid just trying to get 1/2 way before I take a break 72 done

5:52 pm

stidmama

hey MaMa!

5:52 pm

stidmama

I am already down to 85. It's a nice grid, methinks

5:53 pm

MaMaWA

It's not too bad at all

5:53 pm

stidmama

need one more for NBT. do you have the N on the far right?

5:53 pm

MaMaWA

no sorry

5:54 pm

stidmama

how's ohio doing today anyway? We actually have SUNLIGHT! (it hurts my eyes...) *blinking like a bat*

5:54 pm

bichon

to 5/12?

5:54 pm

stidmama

oh gee. I did it again! found it!

5:54 pm

MaMaWA

Lots of stormy weather here

5:54 pm

stidmama

we had storms earlier this week -- I hope they aren't too awful?

5:55 pm

stidmama

to + grown-up boy

5:55 pm

bichon

ty stid 2 left

5:55 pm

bichon

Bingo!

5:56 pm

bichon

anyone need a hint before I poof

5:56 pm

stidmama

YAY bichon!

5:56 pm

MaMaWA

I made to 80 gonna take a break, babble on friends

5:56 pm

Nef

back again. I made penne pasta for supper with sauce; darn pasta kept sliding off our plates!

5:56 pm

stidmama

later MaMa!

5:56 pm

stidmama

I am almost to halfway... is there a list posted somewhere bichon?

5:56 pm

stidmama

hey Nef! is your DH home today?

5:57 pm

Nef

all theu usual people and on Babanon

5:57 pm

stidmama

LOL I adore penne, but admit the methods to get it into the tummy are lacking.

5:57 pm

stidmama

thanks Nef

5:57 pm

Nef

I brought him home this AM, stid! I am SO glad he's home! :-D

5:58 pm

stidmama

WOO-HOO!!!! *celebrating with choclits*

5:58 pm

stidmama

I am very happy for both of you! (((hugs)))

5:58 pm

Nef

I'm thrilled!

5:58 pm

stidmama

now then. will you have the support you need to keep him safe and you sane?

5:59 pm

Nef

you mean 4 point leather restraints? ;-)

5:59 pm

stidmama

(for you, or for him?) *wink back*

5:59 pm

Nef

none of those here; but he will be having his therapies at home for now since getting in and out of the house is not too good yet.

6:00 pm

stidmama

GOOD. at home therapy may be more useful, since the therapists may be able to suggest things to you when they see the actual situation. It was useful for my grandmother, post-stroke.

6:01 pm

Nef

the Metro Mobility doesn't help people exiting or entering their homes; just on and off the transport bus. If I'm working; he can't do it

6:01 pm

stidmama

ah, I see. That makes sense, but not so convenient for either of you.

6:02 pm

Nef

the PT and OT therapists came on Friday and saw the house and watched him enter and leave. THAT was what made them decide for at home therapy for now

6:02 pm

stidmama

Excellent. I am glad they were able to do that.

6:03 pm

stidmama

I think, if I weren't going to be a teacher, PT would be my other choice. I have so much respect for the ways PT and OT helped our elder son when he was younger.

6:03 pm

stidmama

and the ones who came to my grandmother's house were also excellent.

6:03 pm

Nef

me too! I only have a few things I had to change; and we found that if he uses the front door for exiting, we'd have to do a small amount of remodelling (which we don't have the $$ for anyway)

6:03 pm

Nancy Boy

hi, all. I'm on break...yawn!

6:04 pm

stidmama

hey Nancy Boy! how's the training going?

6:04 pm

Nef

what was the matter with your son?

6:04 pm

Nef

Hi NB!!! DH is HOME!!!! :-D

6:04 pm

stidmama

he has CP, Erb's palsy and some other brain damange. all minor, but all together needed help when younger.

6:04 pm

Nancy Boy

Ohhhhh Nef, what great news!!! I'm so happy for you :)

6:05 pm

Nef

:-D Me too. I can relax!

6:05 pm

Nancy Boy

and it's going well thank you Stid ;) well, I have my first big test coming up on Monday...20 mile run around London. Should be interesting. How are you??

6:05 pm

stidmama

technically, the Erb's thing is damage to the nerve between the neck and the shoulder, not brain damage, but the other stuff is.

6:05 pm

Nancy Boy

quite Nef...no more going back and forth all the time :) you definitely deserve a break!

6:05 pm

Nef

WOW, NB! That's ambitious

6:06 pm

stidmama

20 miles? I am exhausted just thinking about it! Do you get to stop at pubs and such for breaks? *innocent mama look*

6:06 pm

stidmama

I am feeling better and better. Actually went out with Mother and the younger stidkid to shop for clothes for his promotion ceremony later this month.

6:06 pm

Nef

It really does help when they can do early intervention on kids.

6:07 pm

stidmama

He is going to have *drumroll* patent leather CONVERSE high-tops to wear with his dress-up clothes! LOL

6:08 pm

Nancy Boy

I wish Stid ;) and you got that right Nef...not as ambitious as the marathon it's in training for, mind you :P

6:08 pm

Nef

WOW! They make those???

6:08 pm

stidmama

We got him three dress shirts, his first pair of really nice dress pants, and two pair of converse (the other are just standard black ones).

6:08 pm

Nancy Boy

oh, good that you're up and about, Stid! Don't wear yourself out though :)

6:08 pm

stidmama

they do! LOL Mother saw them on the display behind the fancy tuxedos, and she insisted he have some!

6:09 pm

stidmama

I am being VERY slow today Nancy Boy, trust me! Even was lying down for a little bit just now. The flu always takes it out of me for an extra week.

6:09 pm

stidmama

oh. and a hat. He looks REALLY good in his hat!

6:09 pm

Nef

Wow! :-D that's really interesting! My brother (56 y/o) still only wears the red converse hightops; I need to tell him about those!

6:10 pm

Nancy Boy

those standard black converse served me well during my school days, Stid. They were against school rules, but when it came to me and uniform, the school had to pick its battles ;)

6:11 pm

stidmama

:-D It is so much fun when a person has a "signature" piece or two. I think my son's are the converse and the hats. The other son loves interesting ties.

6:11 pm

Nef

why would black high tops be against a dress code? They certainly don't stand out that much

6:11 pm

stidmama

those English schools, Nef. they're pretty strict sometimes I think.

6:12 pm

stidmama

I will be student teaching next year in a public school in Tacoma that has a dress code. Should be interesting.

6:13 pm

Nancy Boy

My argument exactly, Nef! I used to always just casually rest my bag over my feet in assembly...I also got in trouble for wearing my tie round my head, but that wasn't really all the time ;)

6:13 pm

Nef

you will do great! DO YOU have to follow a dress code too?

6:13 pm

stidmama

I am hoping the teacher dress code is more flexible...

6:13 pm

stidmama

I will find out on Tuesday, Nef. Will meet with my mentor teacher.

6:14 pm

stidmama

??? tie around the head? like a headband???

(you radical, you)

6:14 pm

Nef

Wow! It seems to be happening fast, stid!

6:14 pm

Nef

I can understand the tie thing, NB

6:15 pm

stidmama

It is happening fast, Nef. When I started back to school (a year before the master's program -- I had so many undergrad classes to meet requirements), it seemed like it would be forever. Now it's only a year away.

6:15 pm

Nancy Boy

well, we had a really strict dress code, so we used to entertain ourselves by doing costume drills. There would be a 'rock' drill and everyone would put on sunglasses and put their ties on like headbands...stuff like that. We had to make our own fun in my day!

6:16 pm

stidmama

LOL Nancy Boy (in your day indeed, you young whippersnapper!)

6:16 pm

stidmama

down to 61 now...

6:16 pm

Nef

what a hoot! That had to have been --what? Last year?

6:17 pm

Nancy Boy

how scary, Stid! I'm sure you'll be a great teacher...just hope your students aren't as naughty as I sometimes was ;)

6:17 pm

stidmama

I can handle them, Nancy Boy. I am a MOTHER! *practices stern mama look on Nancy Boy*

6:17 pm

Nef

stid's got kids of her own. She at least has some idea of how the teen mind works

6:18 pm

Nancy Boy

*instantly removes tie from around head*

6:18 pm

stidmama

oh no, Nef. I don't think ANYONE has any idea of how the teen mind works... LOL

6:18 pm

stidmama

see? it worked! LOL

6:18 pm

Nef

well, Moms at least know that they work in strange ways

6:19 pm

stidmama

that's true enough. And each teen is stranger than the next.

6:19 pm

stidmama

Nancy Boy, are you still a teen?

6:19 pm

Nancy Boy

for a few more months at least, Stid ;) strange indeed!

6:20 pm

stidmama

ah, you're a young'un, all right! when I was your age... *tries to remember* that was more than 25 years ago and I was just leaving my first college because I ran out of money.

6:23 pm

Nancy Boy

well, at first I thought 20 sounded a bit daunting. but I was thinking about my nineteenth year, and it's been pretty messed up - bittersweet is the best way to describe it. maybe my twentieth year will settle it down a little!

6:23 pm

stidmama

I think it will -- do you keep a diary?

6:24 pm

stidmama

I find that, when I take time to journal regularly (maybe not daily) that it helps me gain perspective when I look back later on.

6:24 pm

Nancy Boy

and now look at you, Stid - getting ready to go back into the classroom from the other side!

6:24 pm

stidmama

I know. pretty scary, isn't it? Scarier still, how long it seemed to take me to figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up.

6:25 pm

stidmama

wow. down to 49...

6:25 pm

stidmama

left column grey...

6:26 pm

Nancy Boy

scary, but I can really imagine you as a teacher. and you've worked so hard for it, so maybe it was worth the wait to find that level of dedication :)

6:26 pm

stidmama

well, let's see if I survive student teaching. I have VERY long commutes coming in the fall -- close to two hours each way for about 11 weeks. It will be the hardest part of the year.

6:27 pm

Nancy Boy

ouch! shudder to think of how early you'll be getting up in the morning :S

6:28 pm

stidmama

yes. early starts, and lots of work during the evenings, so will have sleep dep issues I am sure. However, that is a temporary thing, and I can do anything for a couple of months.

6:28 pm

Pinikula

Graduationi is over/done with!

6:28 pm

Pinikula

(hi all)

6:29 pm

stidmama

I will just work hard this summer to make sure that the house and yard are in the best possible shape so that when I am working this autumn it won't take so much time to keep things up at home.

6:29 pm

stidmama

hoorah, pini! (you're in the grid)

6:29 pm

Pinikula

* grin *

6:29 pm

stidmama

pini -- Nef's DH is HOME!!!

6:30 pm

Pinikula

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!

6:30 pm

Nancy Boy

sure you can if you're determined, Stid ;) seems babble is full of inspirational stories recently - new jobs, people quitting smoking, Crossy doing so well with his diet...

6:30 pm

Pinikula

How're they doing?

6:30 pm

Nancy Boy

hi, Pini!

6:30 pm

Pinikula

hi NB :)

6:31 pm

stidmama

I think they're doing okay -- she was here a little while ago.

6:31 pm

Pinikula

glad to hear it, stid!

6:31 pm

stidmama

EEK. I need ELEVEN more K words??? *faint*

6:31 pm

Pinikula

It's always a good thing when the family can be together! :)

6:32 pm

Pinikula

I need 7 more, stid :)

6:32 pm

Pinikula

Didn't know there were that many words that started with K!

6:32 pm

Nancy Boy

actually, on that note, I had to do the conversion maths to figure out how well Crossy had done - turns out, really well! I was having a chuckle over it, 'cause he's lost one fifteenth of my total body weight ;)

6:32 pm

stidmama

*gasp* wow, that is great news! I am pleased he is doing so well. And YOU could stand to add a little young man! *concerned mama look*

6:33 pm

Pinikula

NB, if I lost a pound it would be the equivalent of you losing both legs!!! LOL

6:33 pm

stidmama

pini, we bought the younger stidkid some dress shirts today for his promotion ceremony later this month... The SMALLEST neck size they had was still a little large on him. *sigh* I think he needs more milkshakes.

6:34 pm

Pinikula

I'm sure he'll "grow into his own" (eventually), stid...however, I'm sure he's loving the fact he needs mo4 milkshakes!! :)

6:35 pm

Nancy Boy

it's all the recent trouble Stid, I've been burning off calories through the most vigorous, effective exercise I know - nervous jittering.

6:35 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL Pini! things aren't that dire ;)

6:36 pm

Pinikula

NB, better stop jittering or there'll be nothing left of you!!! :)

6:36 pm

stidmama

I don't think he minds the milkshakes, to be sure. I was just happy that his feet STILL haven't grown (now two years) so his new patent-leather converse don't have to be so large.

6:36 pm

stidmama

well, make sure that you are eating GOOD food, kiddo. I do worry about you, you know!

6:37 pm

Pinikula

patent-leather converse? Didn't know you could get converse in leather!! :)

6:37 pm

stidmama

yep. apparently so. Mother saw them today when we were at the store for the dress shirts and insisted he get some! LOL

6:37 pm

Pinikula

wow! will wonders never cease!

6:39 pm

stidmama

down to 38 now!

6:39 pm

Nancy Boy

s'alright Stid, I know well what my body can take. At my worst and most eating-disorderly, my BMI came out at 12 - I won't go there again!

6:39 pm

stidmama

(that's another wonder!)

6:39 pm

Pinikula

57 to go here...

6:39 pm

stidmama

I would feel overly thin at a BMI of 20...

6:39 pm

stidmama

go pini go!

6:39 pm

Marc Freeman

good evening, I need a clue for the re that is not putting something in water again?

6:39 pm

Pinikula

I'd hate to even venture finding out what my BMI is...

6:39 pm

stidmama

hey Marc

6:39 pm

Pinikula

hi marc

6:39 pm

Pinikula

you, too, stid!

6:39 pm

stidmama

to make a sweater again mark

6:40 pm

stidmama

oops. marc I mean

6:40 pm

Pinikula

I have 2 re6/30's marc...

6:40 pm

Marc Freeman

thanks stid I got it

6:40 pm

stidmama

good for you Marc

6:41 pm

stidmama

so, I think I will lie down again for a while. See you-all again soon I hope! ((Nancy Boy)) remember to eat good COMPLEX carbs and plenty of protein while training for the big run.

6:42 pm

Nancy Boy

well, a BMI of 20 is healthy, Stid. I should know 'cause it's what I happen to be at right now ;)

6:42 pm

Pinikula

take care, stid ;)

6:42 pm

stidmama

Pini, I will be in Portland tomorrow afternoon. want me to pick up anything at powell's?

6:42 pm

stidmama

LOL I'll see you later. *poof*

6:42 pm

Nancy Boy

thank you, Stid! Come to think of it, I should get back to work...hah. Rest well and be good ;) xx

6:42 pm

Pinikula

I'll have to pass this time, stid...but looking forward to going again sometime! :)

6:43 pm

Pinikula

take care, NB...rest easy

7:09 pm

kje

ok, back for my last 38.... may need a list soon, who has it?

7:10 pm

Pinikula

I think Gremlinn does

7:10 pm

Pinikula

hi kje...

7:10 pm

kje

ty pini

7:10 pm

kje

whose name is in the grid

7:10 pm

kje

but unfortunately not a word

7:11 pm

Pinikula

yw (story of my life! :)

7:12 pm

Minveryork

Hello to my fellow babblers! How is everyone doing tonite

7:12 pm

kje

hi min!

7:12 pm

Minveryork

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

7:12 pm

kje

anyone want to point me to some K's... i only have 6!

7:13 pm

JenMO16

wb minveryork

7:13 pm

Pinikula

hi min ;)

7:13 pm

Pinikula

hi jen ;)

7:13 pm

JenMO16

hi pini

7:14 pm

Minveryork

Just wanted to let you know there is a list and a story of clues in my profile if anybody is still working on the grid

7:14 pm

kje

oooo - thanks, min... going

7:15 pm

Pinikula

me, too; me, too!

7:15 pm

Minveryork

The ka4/11 word is/8 ka plus no **s ands or buts. ka 4/8 sounds like Cane and Abel. kn 4/8 is kn plus **e you done?

7:16 pm

kje

oh sheesh.. hadn't even noticed the kn option... thanks

7:16 pm

Minveryork

A ka 5/18 word is the hopping australian animal kanga***

7:17 pm

Minveryork

A kn 5/18 is plural of the kn 4/8 word I clued just before

7:18 pm

featherbee

hi! how's the grid?

7:19 pm

featherbee

uh oh, no lickety?

7:20 pm

featherbee

hmpf. fine. i didn't wanna play anyway. i'll just take my keyboard and go home.

7:20 pm

featherbee

;)

7:21 pm

Minveryork

A kn 4/8 word is a way to make a sweater and kn 4/8 is same word with different vowel in middle. Ko 4/8 is ko plus k plus J*** of Arc. ko4/8 is same but ends with a snake letter. Ko4/8 sounds like Christmas song;the first N*** and ko5/18 is plural.ko5/18 is ko plus water from the sky minus the last letter.ko4/8 is k plus The Peace C***.The next ko4/8 word is the same but ends with snake letter.The kr5/18 sounds like milk carrier

7:21 pm

kje

ty min! the story gave me 4! and thanks for the k clues too

7:21 pm

Minveryork

Hello featherbee! How are you doing? Welcome to puzzle

7:21 pm

Minveryork

yw kje

7:22 pm

featherbee

:) i see you were busy writing a story! thinking i might sit this one out anyway, with no list. i'm lazy.

7:22 pm

featherbee

*kick's kje's shins to get noticed*

7:23 pm

featherbee

*pouts*

7:24 pm

kje

hi weed... nice flower

7:24 pm

Minveryork

kje, I clued all of the k words. Did you find them all yet?

7:24 pm

kje

yes, TY min!

7:24 pm

featherbee

bout time! lol, thanks. i was tired of my B, and felt weed-ish. btw, don't ever do an image search for just "weed."

7:24 pm

Minveryork

Good. What else do you need? I'm here to clue if needed.

7:25 pm

featherbee

gonna wander around elsewhere. skype me kath.

7:25 pm

kje

you need a weed leaf

7:25 pm

Scrabbler

Hello everyone.

7:25 pm

kje

using your list now, min...

7:25 pm

featherbee

hi scrabs!

7:25 pm

kje

hi scrab

7:26 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye featherbbe! I will see you tomorrow in the chog

7:26 pm

featherbee

*wanders off*

7:26 pm

Minveryork

Hello Scrabbler! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

7:26 pm

Scrabbler

After a day of gardening (sunscreen, bug spray, sweat, dirt) I just showered and feel refreshed.

7:27 pm

Minveryork

It was a very hot day to do gardening today Scrabbler.

7:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello scrabs, saw the bunny lady today at the market and thought of you

7:27 pm

Scrabbler

I just put the DVD of "Paranormal Activity" in the DVD player--any good?

7:27 pm

Scrabbler

I love bunnies!!

7:28 pm

Minveryork

Hi 72 Temple Owl! How are you? Welcome to the chat log

7:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

please i am missing the ko5/18 that does not rhyme with christmas

7:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

alas, i do not love tho nes in my yard. i fear for their safety.

7:28 pm

Minveryork

ko 5/18 is ko + water from the sky minus the last letter.

7:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty 2 to go

7:29 pm

Scrabbler

Owl, tell the bunnies to look both ways before crossing the street.

7:29 pm

Scrabbler

96 to go

7:30 pm

Minveryork

Go 72 Temple Owl go!

7:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

well thry tend to hunker down when the hear the lawnmover. i am terrified of hitting one

7:31 pm

Scrabbler

That is how baby bunnies get injured + killed.

7:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

well i know. but wha is there to do? dogs in adjoiing yards.

7:32 pm

Scrabbler

You could check out the yard first, for nests--below ground level.

7:33 pm

Scrabbler

Around bushes, flower beds.

7:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

i beleive it is clear since i think they are undre the shed. i am not thrilled.

7:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

but i saw a big puff of fur in the lawn yesterday

7:34 pm

Scrabbler

It could be from a fight, from a raptor grabbing a rabbit for lunch, the top layer of a nest...

7:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

if just loose sitting on grass hopefully not a nest

7:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

we have hawks

7:36 pm

Scrabbler

Sadly, bunnies are prey animals.

7:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

all small mammals are. i had to watch my cat carefully

7:37 pm

Scrabbler

True, true.

7:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

the rabbit lady also had guinea pigs and rats today

7:39 pm

kje

wow, even with the lsit, this is requiring quite a bit of monkeying

7:40 pm

Pinikula

(back - and I agree, kje!)

7:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

i'll say.missing one mo 4 andone mo 5

7:40 pm

Scrabbler

Yes, this is not an easy grid. I just want to pass halfway. 86 left.

7:40 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Pini (name in the grid)

7:41 pm

Pinikula

* big grin *

7:41 pm

Minveryork

My monkeys bailed out on me earlier kje, as stated in my story of clues today.I am here if you need any clues kje.

7:42 pm

kje

will keep trying, min... down to 18

7:42 pm

Pinikula

a's gone!

7:42 pm

Minveryork

Awesome Pinikula!

7:43 pm

Pinikula

well, better yet...A-J done! :)

7:43 pm

kje

oh crap - missed the pig sound

7:43 pm

Pinikula

* snort snort *

7:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

final mo5 /18 clue pls?

7:44 pm

lbdawger

hi everyone!

7:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

finalmo5/18 clue pls?

7:44 pm

Pinikula

hi lbd ;)

7:44 pm

kje

operas have a leif mo5 - repeating theme

7:44 pm

Scrabbler

Hi lbd

7:44 pm

Minveryork

Awesome! Delightful! Excellent! kje

7:44 pm

lbdawger

mo + breakfast at ***fany's

7:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

7:44 pm

kje

or may be spelled lief - oops

7:44 pm

Minveryork

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

7:45 pm

Scrabbler

TY for mo5

7:45 pm

lbdawger

hi pini, scrabs and Min

7:45 pm

lbdawger

i'm in hog's heaven, eating BR chocolate almond and jamoca almond fudge ice cream! yummmm

7:46 pm

Pinikula

nice score, lbd! :)

7:46 pm

Scrabbler

Oh, sounds wonderful!

7:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

ok mjust resort to listing to obtain final word.i have mo4/9 chap; mo4/9 friar;mo4/6 humor; mo4/5 luna; mo4/5 where heathliff and cathy ran

7:46 pm

lbdawger

is delish! fulfilling my chocolate craving

7:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

mo4/5 en eel lees its final y; mo4/5 additional; mo4/5 additionals less the e

7:48 pm

Scrabbler

I passed halfway so I am done with this grid. Off to FB, Quote Puzzler + e-mail. See you tomorrow.

7:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

wow those pts are wrong

7:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye scrabs

7:48 pm

lbdawger

night, scrabs

7:49 pm

lynxxx

mo4.5 point?

7:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty lyn!!!

7:49 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Scrabbler! I will see you tomorrow in the chog!

7:50 pm

Minveryork

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

7:50 pm

lynxxx

hi Min. Very well, just found my last word. Gotta run, bye all

7:51 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations lynxxx on your fireworks! Good for you!

7:51 pm

Minveryork

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

7:51 pm

Pinikula

wtg lynxxx ;)

7:51 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hoooooo LYNXXX

7:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye all

7:54 pm

kje

3

7:54 pm

Pinikula

git'r dun, kje

7:54 pm

Pinikula

night to

7:54 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye 72 Temple Owl!I'll see you tomorrow in the chat

7:54 pm

Minveryork

Go kje go!

7:55 pm

kje

uno

7:55 pm

kje

and done!!!

7:56 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations kje on your fireworks! Hooray for you!

7:56 pm

Pinikula

wtg kje!

7:56 pm

kje

ty min - couldn't have made it without your clues!

7:56 pm

Minveryork

yw kje

7:57 pm

kje

i should look for food...

7:58 pm

kje

i am in a munchy mo4... but will try to be good...

7:58 pm

Pinikula

<-- found cookies ;)

7:58 pm

torgone

Heyas kids ..

7:59 pm

Pinikula

hiya tor

7:59 pm

Minveryork

Hello torgone! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

7:59 pm

kje

found them? like on the street?

7:59 pm

kje

hi bgh!

8:00 pm

Pinikula

well, not really "on the street"...more like in the kitchen! :)

8:00 pm

torgone

Bit of a sticky wicket this one, what?

8:00 pm

kje

hmmm. wonder what kind of "cookies" they're selling on the streets these days ; )

8:00 pm

kje

it is horrid, bgh... lots of monkey action

8:00 pm

kje

and not in a good fun way

8:01 pm

Pinikula

those sugar wafer kinds...you know..."Mothers"...

8:01 pm

lbdawger

whoooo hoooooo KJE!!

8:01 pm

lbdawger

hiyas, Torg!

8:01 pm

torgone

Heh ..

8:02 pm

kje

ty lbd

8:03 pm

kje

ok... off to hunt and gather - later gators

8:03 pm

torgone

.. and Yay K!

8:03 pm

Pinikula

have fun, kje ;)

8:03 pm

torgone

Laters ..

8:04 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye kje! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

8:06 pm

Pinikula

min...I think your sentiment is cross-wired ;)

8:06 pm

Minveryork

Since nobody is asking for clues I am signing off. May bbl

8:07 pm

periwinkle

hello, need hellp with re6 pls have to put in water again

8:07 pm

Pinikula

hi peri

8:07 pm

periwinkle

hye Pini

8:07 pm

Pinikula

re + **** one pearl two

8:07 pm

Uneaixoise

reknit

8:08 pm

Uneaixoise

oooopppsss!!

8:08 pm

Pinikula

that's the one une! :)

8:08 pm

periwinkle

ty Pini

8:08 pm

periwinkle

and merci to Une :)

8:08 pm

Uneaixoise

jeezomeez :-)

8:09 pm

Pinikula

;)

8:09 pm

Uneaixoise

love the icon, pini!!

8:09 pm

Pinikula

thx une ;)

8:13 pm

periwinkle

help with ro5 and ro6 pls

8:15 pm

gwenski

Friends, RO5s, and Countrymen, Lend me your ears. (I think that's how it goes)

8:15 pm

Uneaixoise

ro6 is a cheese kinda like parmesan

8:15 pm

gwenski

Or, a citizen of a city in Italy

8:16 pm

gwenski

Hello, by the way.

8:18 pm

periwinkle

sheesh, ty, Une

8:18 pm

periwinkle

and gwen

8:18 pm

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

8:19 pm

gwenski

yw

8:19 pm

periwinkle

fireworks, now off to play scramble

8:20 pm

Uneaixoise

congrats, peri!

8:20 pm

gwenski

Congrats! Not sure I'm make it that far tonight, still have 35, and running out of ambition.

8:33 pm

gwenski

20 left. I'm done. **poof**

8:41 pm

rururocks

pi 6/24?

8:46 pm

marysimi

pi6 is center of a cherry plus op of lady

8:47 pm

rururocks

thank you very much.

8:48 pm

marysimi

yw

8:53 pm

Minveryork

Sure, wait to ask for clues AFTER I leave the chat log

8:53 pm

Minveryork

Hi!I am back. Does anybody else need any more clues

8:55 pm

torgone

I need 38 ..

8:56 pm

rururocks

thank you anyway minver

9:00 pm

jmbdobie2

pi 6/33 ???

9:00 pm

Minveryork

pi 6/33 word is p plus the copy store K***** jmbdobie2

9:01 pm

jmbdobie2

ty minver

9:01 pm

Minveryork

yw

9:01 pm

jmbdobie2

i had the plural but not the singular...jeez

9:05 pm

Minveryork

I have story of clues in profile if you need jmbdobie2.

9:08 pm

jmbdobie2

ty but i just have 1 left... although i will check it out later if not too tired.

9:09 pm

Minveryork

Go jmbdobie2 go!

9:09 pm

jmbdobie2

done finally. fireworks

9:10 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations jmbdobie2 on fireworks! Good for U!

9:10 pm

jmbdobie2

last word was se 5/10

9:10 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wtg dobie !!! ~~~ !!! (a nd hi all)

9:10 pm

Minveryork

My last word was pi 7/40 word. New word for me also

9:11 pm

Minveryork

Hi Book Doctor Gwen! How are you? Welcome to grid!

9:11 pm

jmbdobie2

ty gwen & minver... off to bed for me.

9:11 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye jmbdobie! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

9:11 pm

harpjane

ehllo

9:11 pm

harpjane

hello?

9:11 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nighters dobie

9:12 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ehllo ahrp! lol

9:12 pm

Nef

hello again

9:12 pm

Minveryork

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

9:12 pm

harpjane

lol gwen

9:12 pm

Minveryork

Hello Nef!How are you? Welcome back to the chat log

9:13 pm

harpjane

I"m multi tasking, I just got a new ipod game taht's insanely addictive!

9:13 pm

Nef

thanks. I'm down to 23 now; DH is now heading for bed

9:13 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

uh oh, not a new addictive game!!! is it more addictive that THIS game?

9:14 pm

Minveryork

Is it Wurdle?My dad has Wurdle on his iPhone and it's addicting. Fortunately, I do not have an iPhone yet.

9:15 pm

harpjane

yup, Tilt to Win

9:15 pm

harpjane

It cost 1.99

9:16 pm

Minveryork

Wurdle costs 1.99 too.Does anybody babble on their iPhone here? I think I would wear out my battery if I had an iPhone and just babbled on it all day long.

9:16 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(so glad i do not have one of those gadgets)

9:17 pm

Nef

(Me too, Gwen)

9:18 pm

harpjane

it reminds me of the 80's when i would stay up all night playing Tetris!

9:18 pm

Minveryork

Kinda wish I had an iPhone,but don't want to pay for one. I think that they are way too expensive to buy.

9:18 pm

Minveryork

Oh, I LOVED tetris! I used to be addicted to that too

9:19 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i take it the oh4 on lickety's list is a typo?

9:19 pm

Nef

I get drug companies and other companies emailing me asking if I have one and do I want a "free" app for an iphone? SURE, it's free to start, but how much is it after that?

9:19 pm

Minveryork

Lickety's list is from Thursday. I have one in profile.

9:19 pm

harpjane

I don't have the phone just an ipod, which I bought because (drum roll....) my walkman finally gave out!

9:19 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

that's funny -- i hit the "send words to clues" button and a buch of them fit LOL

9:20 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

TY min,, gonna copy yours

9:20 pm

Minveryork

I'd like to have an ipod too, but do 't want to pay for it also. Also, I would be addicted to the games on it.

9:20 pm

harpjane

how's the grid today?

9:21 pm

Minveryork

The first half was easy for me.Then I had to use a list

9:21 pm

sciencegeek

clue for the lone n please, and , hello

9:21 pm

Minveryork

After I went to the list, I found 59 more words easily.

9:22 pm

harpjane

so that makes about 40 difficult words?

9:22 pm

Minveryork

An ni5/10 word is ni plus a heavy weight sciencegeek

9:22 pm

Nef

I think there are some sneaky words in the grid myself

9:22 pm

sciencegeek

ty min

9:22 pm

Minveryork

Hello sciencegeek! How are you? Welcome to the grid

9:22 pm

Minveryork

yw

9:23 pm

Minveryork

There are 5 words that build off the pi 4/9 word harp

9:25 pm

sciencegeek

k's are giving me fits

9:26 pm

Minveryork

Clued all of the k words earlier today.What do U need

9:26 pm

Minveryork

The ka4/11 is ka plus no **s ands or buts sciencegeek

9:27 pm

sciencegeek

missing a slew. I am tired and thing I wil give this up for some sleep.

9:27 pm

Minveryork

ka4/8 is like Cane and Abel. Ka6/30 is ka4/8 plus he, she ** is. Ka 5/18 word is like hopping animal kang****

9:28 pm

Minveryork

kn 4/8 is kn plus **e you almost done with this puzzle

9:28 pm

Minveryork

The kn 5/18 is plural of the kn 4/8 word sciencegeek

9:29 pm

sciencegeek

now only missing 6 k;s thanks I really am too tired to focus. Nite all

9:29 pm

Minveryork

kn4/8 is how you make a sweater.Next kn 4/8 is the same but has different vowel in the middle. ko 4/8 is k plus J*** of Arc.Next ko4/8 is same but ends with a snake letter. ko 4/8 is k + the First N*** sciencegeek

9:30 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye sciencegeek! I will see you tomorrow maybe

9:31 pm

Trifioso

hello friends! min, you are SUCH a good clue-giver!!!

9:31 pm

Minveryork

Hello Trifioso!How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

9:31 pm

Trifioso

I am tired but happy, min, thanks. sunday school lesson all set for tomorrow....how are you?

9:32 pm

Minveryork

I'm also tired but happy. I finished the puzzle earlier.

9:33 pm

Minveryork

You have to teach Sunday School and you are still up?

9:34 pm

Trifioso

born on theatre time....always have been a nightowl. If I ran the world, we would all sleep from 2 am to 10 am. 8 hours, but MY eight

9:34 pm

Minveryork

I am also a night owl which is why I am still here also.

9:35 pm

torgone

I'm turning into one ..

9:35 pm

gremlinn

I slept from 10 am to 5 pm today.

9:35 pm

Trifioso

torgone! how do you always know when I am on?

9:35 pm

Minveryork

If I ran the world,nobody would start work until noon

9:35 pm

Trifioso

amen, sister min, amen!!!

9:36 pm

april98

Thanks for all of your clues, Min! They helped me so much :-)!

9:37 pm

Minveryork

Last Sunday I slept until 2:00 pm.Today,I woke up at 9:00 & then I went back to bed at 11:00 & slept 'til 1

9:37 pm

Minveryork

Oh, did you read a story of clues in my profile april98

9:38 pm

Trifioso

it sounds great, but I always feel so guilty when I do that!

9:38 pm

april98

Yes, as well as your "Lickety List"!

9:38 pm

Minveryork

Sometimes I feel guilty & sometimes I don't feel guilty

9:39 pm

Minveryork

Good april98. I am glad it helped. How many left now?

9:40 pm

april98

NONE - a real rarity for me!

9:41 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations april98n on your fireworks! Hooray!

9:42 pm

torgone

30 left here ..

9:43 pm

Minveryork

Don't suppose they are the 30 words I clued in story?

9:43 pm

torgone

Working through it Min .. 29 ..

9:43 pm

april98

Thank you very much! I play almost every day but don't have the time to finish most nights. I always enjoy watching you guys chat - you all often make me smile!

9:44 pm

Minveryork

I also don't have time to finish most grids too april98.

9:45 pm

Minveryork

Well with such a nice compliment, I won't ma 4/9 you go to the Penalty Box April98. LOL!

9:46 pm

Trifioso

arrrgh -- missing one m, and I don't know which one!

9:47 pm

april98

UH OH - thanks for the pass :-)

9:47 pm

Minveryork

Trifioso, that happened to me earlier too with the m words and it turned out to be just a 4-letter m word.

9:48 pm

Trifioso

think I will just call this one. I am getting quite tired anyway, with 20 left for history. nite all!

9:48 pm

Nef

Welcome to Babble, april98. Pleased to meet you! :-)

9:48 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Trifioso! I will see you tomorrow in the chog

9:49 pm

torgone

Niters Trifs ..

9:50 pm

Nef

(I wish most of the lurkers would peek in and say Hi! occasionally)

9:50 pm

gremlinn

Hi.

9:50 pm

april98

Thanks...your names are all so familar because I am on often - enjoying your chat! You all are helping mo4 people then you know when you clue!

9:50 pm

Minveryork

Like my sister-in-law who just babbles & NEVER chats

9:51 pm

Nef

hi Gremlinn! ;-)

9:51 pm

april98

It's a little intimidating - I never want to intrude!

9:51 pm

Minveryork

Hi gremlinn! How are you? Thanks for your list today!

9:51 pm

gremlinn

I'm fine - no problem.

9:51 pm

Minveryork

I will be rude
and always intrude!

9:52 pm

lbdawger

heading for the pillows. thanks grem for the list! wouldnt have finished without it!

9:52 pm

pooh2

Hi from a long time lurker....I have a hard time multi tasking, so cant chat and work the grid at the same time. I definitely appreciate the clues, tho :)

9:52 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye lbdawger! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

9:52 pm

gremlinn

Not much to say; so why not just play?

9:52 pm

Minveryork

Hello pooh2! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

9:53 pm

gremlinn

Hello there pooh; glad to help clue.

9:53 pm

Nef

april, if people are posting in the chat; we ALL need to remember it is a public chat. Kind of like FB; the whole WORLD sees you there (at least this is just the nice people here! ;-)

9:53 pm

Minveryork

Must check lurkers profiles. May not see them again!

9:53 pm

Nef

Niters lbd!

9:54 pm

Riverdance

Just popping in to say hello

9:54 pm

april98

Everyone does seem so genuinely kind and concerned for each other - I really enjoy playing and watching the chat.

9:54 pm

Minveryork

With an occassional troll every so often. You cannot leave out the trolls.

9:54 pm

Nef

Ands hi to you too pooh! I often can't chat and play at the same time; that's why I'm always putting the wrong words in the wrong box

9:55 pm

Minveryork

Hi Momneedshelp! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

9:55 pm

Nef

Min, don't you think there are less trolls here than other sites?

9:55 pm

april98

off to put my daughter to bed - have a lovely evening everyone!

9:55 pm

Riverdance

hey Min - how are you doing

9:55 pm

Nef

hi Mom

9:56 pm

Minveryork

I don't go onto other websites with chat log.Just this

9:56 pm

Riverdance

gremlinn - thanks for the list today - needed it with this grid

9:56 pm

gremlinn

Yeah, I'm having a hard time remembering a troll in here ever, but maybe I'm just not in at the right times.

9:56 pm

gremlinn

yw

9:56 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye april98! Do come back and visit more often!

9:56 pm

Riverdance

its been a few weeks since I've seen any trolls (knock on wood)

9:57 pm

Nef

LOL! And I have to thank you also, gremlinn. I forgot I was using your list! <blush>

9:57 pm

Riverdance

there were some weekday mid-morning for a couple weeks there - nasty buggers

9:58 pm

Riverdance

if no one needs any help - I am going to scoot over to wordsplay for a bit before bedtime

9:58 pm

Minveryork

Trolls can be amusing sometimes. Who knows maybe they are lurking as we speak. Maybe we should stop talking about them.We might lure them out into chog

9:59 pm

Minveryork

Bye Momneedshelp! I will see you tomorrow in the log

9:59 pm

Riverdance

these were not amusing - very nasty - glad the good Dr God took care of them. I can take alot of abusive language but this was over the top

9:59 pm

Riverdance

Good night all

10:00 pm

Nef

good nite, Momn

10:00 pm

Minveryork

I am off to take a shower. I will be back later to clue.

10:01 pm

Nef

16 left. All K's and M's

10:07 pm

Nef

12 left; all Ma's

10:11 pm

herinfernallady

Hello

10:11 pm

Nef

hi herin

10:11 pm

mixi6

hi herin

10:12 pm

Nef

DH is HOME!

10:12 pm

wht

Hi all, coming in to try to get the last 56

10:12 pm

Nef

hi mixi

10:12 pm

herinfernallady

YAH NEF

10:12 pm

mixi6

hi nef.

10:13 pm

Nef

hi wht

10:13 pm

Pinikula

hi all...here for my last 19

10:13 pm

mixi6

need help with ka5.

10:13 pm

Nef

(I am really tired now. I've been so excited that I just hit the wall)

10:14 pm

mixi6

nm. fireworks.

10:14 pm

Pinikula

add "so be **" to the ka4

10:14 pm

Pinikula

wtg mixi ;)

10:14 pm

Nef

hi Pini

10:14 pm

wht

ty pini

10:15 pm

Pinikula

yw ;)

10:15 pm

wht

wtg mix

10:15 pm

herinfernallady

I am not here I am really doing homework

10:15 pm

Uneaixoise

pi6/33 after commies?

10:15 pm

wht

can I have a clue for the ar6,18?

10:15 pm

Nef

YAY, Mixi!!!! WTG!!!!

10:16 pm

Pinikula

remove the last vowel from the pi7

10:16 pm

Uneaixoise

congrats, mix!

10:16 pm

Pinikula

ar + ****ment on a wound

10:16 pm

Uneaixoise

tx pini!

10:16 pm

Minveryork

pi6/33 is plural of a pi5/20 word before it Uneaixoise

10:16 pm

herinfernallady

I got the PI 7 from a computer game

10:17 pm

wht

ty pini

10:17 pm

Pinikula

yw ;)

10:17 pm

Minveryork

ar 6: ar + a compass p****s you in the right direction.

10:17 pm

Uneaixoise

that's firewords for me! nite, all! *poof*

10:17 pm

Pinikula

wtg une!

10:18 pm

Minveryork

congratulations Uneaixoise on fireworks! Good for U!

10:18 pm

wht

wtg and nite Une

10:18 pm

Nef

WTG, Une!!! YAY!!!

10:18 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Uneaixoise!I'll see you tomorrow in the chog

10:19 pm

Pinikula

9 to go ! :)

10:19 pm

gremlinn

phantom pinikulas

10:19 pm

Minveryork

Go Pinikula go!

10:19 pm

Pinikula

woot woot!!! :)

10:20 pm

Pinikula

great find, grem! LOL

10:20 pm

Nef

could someone please clue the ma 6/21 after the pl sharks?

10:21 pm

Pinikula

don't have it yet, nef :(

10:21 pm

herinfernallady

HI Une

10:22 pm

Minveryork

That ma 6/21 word is male plus Judge Robert *** Nef.

10:23 pm

Minveryork

ma 6/21 word might be a little guy also Nef & Pinikula

10:23 pm

Nef

:-( Sorry I don't know that judge and he isn't showing up in Google for me

10:23 pm

Pinikula

got it! :)

10:23 pm

Pinikula

(nef, the end sounds a bit asian)

10:25 pm

Minveryork

ma 6/21 is ma plus ni 5/10 word minus the last letter.

10:27 pm

Nef

THANK YOU! I have tried nearly every letter combo possible

10:27 pm

herinfernallady

The M's have me stuck today

10:27 pm

Minveryork

yw Nef

10:27 pm

Minveryork

M's were Miserable!

10:28 pm

wht

ka5?18?

10:28 pm

Pinikula

ti7?

10:28 pm

Pinikula

ka5 = ka + end of australian jumper

10:28 pm

Minveryork

The ka 5/18 is Australian hopping animal Kang**** wht

10:29 pm

wht

ty pini

10:29 pm

Minveryork

A ti 7/44 word rhymes with the pi 7/48 word Pinikula

10:29 pm

wht

ti7 Someone who fixes things, pl

10:29 pm

herinfernallady

I got to 25 M wors and then nothing

10:30 pm

Minveryork

So do you need the last ten "M" words herinfernallady

10:30 pm

Jillyjill

thx wht...good clue!

10:30 pm

herinfernallady

It is ok

10:30 pm

herinfernallady

I am watching a Movie

10:31 pm

Pinikula

oh, shoot, had that one...just had it in the wrong place..

10:31 pm

Minveryork

So what movie are you watching now herinfernallady?

10:31 pm

herinfernallady

Sherlock Holmes

10:31 pm

Minveryork

That happened to me today.Had words in wrong spot

10:33 pm

Nef

I'm missing 2 ma words (I think they are both ma4's)

10:33 pm

gremlinn

8 ma4s total

10:34 pm

Minveryork

That ma 4/5 word is Ma** Street. ma 4/9 is to ma** a run for it.ma4/9 is like first one, ends with different vowel. ma 4/5 is spanish for hand. ma 4/5 is a horse.

10:35 pm

Pinikula

5 to go! :)

10:35 pm

Minveryork

ma 4/9 is X ma**s the spot. ma 4/5 rhymes with C*** Saigon. And the last ma 4/5 word is a red planet Nef.

10:35 pm

Minveryork

Go Pinikula go!

10:36 pm

gremlinn

C*** Sagan?

10:38 pm

Minveryork

C*** Sagan was an astonomer,astrophysicist,author, and cosmologist. He had a tv show on PBS for awhile.

10:39 pm

Pinikula

ok, that's it, the monkeys are stumped on the ro5 (please don't tell me it's a fish)

10:39 pm

Nef

Dang! I STILL have Mo words (5 words left!)

10:39 pm

Bugsaw

he was famous for saying "billions and billions" which he never said apparently

10:39 pm

Minveryork

Sagan hosted a show called Cosmos.I know about him because my dad used to watch his show every week.

10:39 pm

herinfernallady

Ok who thought of these M words

10:39 pm

Pinikula

5 to go here, R and K

10:40 pm

Minveryork

ro 5/12: the Ro***s did not build this in a day Pinikula

10:40 pm

Nef

Piniro5 is what Julius Ceasar and the people or that city are called

10:40 pm

Kizah

Are the lickety split clues not working?

10:40 pm

Pinikula

I SWEAR I TYPED THAT!!!

10:41 pm

Pinikula

they aren't kizah

10:41 pm

Pinikula

but Min has 'em in her profile

10:41 pm

Kizah

Ok. Thanks.

10:41 pm

Nef

I'm having the same problem, Pini. I type them in and they are disappearing

10:41 pm

Minveryork

Lickety's list is from Thursday. I have a list in profile.

10:42 pm

Minveryork

Hello Kizah! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

10:42 pm

herinfernallady

I believe LIckety has gone off for a time out

10:42 pm

Pinikula

I'm down to 3!

10:42 pm

Minveryork

Go Pinikula go!

10:42 pm

Minveryork

Last I heard he and his wife were on vacation I think

10:43 pm

Pinikula

1

10:43 pm

Pinikula

I saw that he "found his pot of gold" (FB)

10:44 pm

Nef

GO, go, Pini! You can do it!!!

10:45 pm

Pinikula

my monkeys are sweatin'!

10:45 pm

Minveryork

My monkeys bailed out on me earlier today Pinikula.

10:45 pm

herinfernallady

In winter you need to get out as much as possible whilst the weather is good

10:45 pm

Pinikula

* sparklers *

10:45 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Pinikula on fireworks!Hooray for you

10:46 pm

Pinikula

* rewarding hardworking monkeys *

10:46 pm

wht

wtg pini

10:46 pm

Nef

YAY, Pini!!! WTG!!!!

10:46 pm

Kizah

I'm doing well, Min. I just started playing again a few weeks ago.

10:46 pm

Kizah

It had been over a year.

10:47 pm

herinfernallady

yah Pin

10:47 pm

Nef

well, welcome back, Kizah!

10:47 pm

Minveryork

What made you stop playing for over a year, if I may ask. I go through withdrawal if I miss one day of this.

10:48 pm

herinfernallady

Welcome back Kiz

10:48 pm

Pinikula

* joining the cluers section now * ready when needed :)

10:48 pm

Kizah

My husband has cancer again and I just got to focusing on different things.

10:48 pm

Minveryork

Oh, so sorry to hear that Kizah. Hope it is treatable!

10:49 pm

Kizah

Sadly, it's not.

10:49 pm

Nef

I need clues for the last mo45 and mo5/12 immediately following it

10:49 pm

herinfernallady

Healing Thoughts Kizah.

10:49 pm

Kizah

This is his third time. It's stage four and incurable, but he's beat it twice before so we aren't giving up hope.

10:49 pm

Minveryork

That is my biggest fear for my hubby since he smokes

10:49 pm

Nef

(((Kizah)))

10:50 pm

Jillyjill

last "do' clue someone...my hairs almost pulled out!!

10:50 pm

Minveryork

mo 5/12:mo*** code and mo 4/5 drops the last letter.

10:50 pm

Pinikula

pl the do4?

10:50 pm

Minveryork

A do 5/12 is plural of the do 4/5 word before it Jillyjill

10:50 pm

Kizah

We are celebrating our seventh wedding anniversary on Monday. On our 4th anniversary, he got diagnosed for the second time and they said they could make him comfortable. He beat it though.

10:51 pm

Pinikula

* knock on wood, kizah * thoughts are with you and yours!

10:51 pm

wht

I am going to call it a night with 30 left. Big day tomorrow. My daughter is getting married.

10:51 pm

Nef

thank you Min!

10:52 pm

Pinikula

congrats, wht!

10:52 pm

Minveryork

Happy Anniversary(early)if I don't see you on Monday

10:52 pm

Minveryork

yw Nef

10:52 pm

Kizah

We have a blog where we tell our story as it happens. You can find it at http://TeamZieser.blogspot.com We also have a facebook group. The support is amazing and so helpful during the really hard times.

10:52 pm

Bugsaw

Kizah your man must love you A LOT to have worked so hard to spend so much time with you. Blessings and prayers to you both

10:52 pm

herinfernallady

Awww Wht that is great

10:52 pm

Nef

Kizah, sending healing thoughts and prayers his (and your) way now. I truely believe it helps

10:52 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye wht! Congrats to your daughter. Have fun!

10:53 pm

Bugsaw

wht - did you decide on the music to dance to yet? I never heard the end of that

10:53 pm

Nef

CONGRATS WHT!

10:54 pm

Kizah

Thank you Nef

10:54 pm

wht

I think it will be fun. We just ask for prayers that it doesn't rain between 2:30 and 4:30 Eastern Daylight Time.

10:54 pm

wht

We are going to dance to Isn't She Lovely by Stevie Wonder.

10:55 pm

Pinikula

oooh, nice choice ;)

10:55 pm

Nef

yw, kizah. i don't know where we'd be without the support of all our friends

10:55 pm

herinfernallady

o bless my kitties are actually settled sown

10:56 pm

Minveryork

Well it is supposed to ra 4/4 tomorrow, but hopefully not in the afternoon wht.You're excused from the PB

10:56 pm

Nef

I've never heard of that tune as being the music for a Dad and Bride dance, wht

10:57 pm

Bugsaw

I think it a great choice. Congratulations proud Dad

10:58 pm

Minveryork

At my wedding my dad and I danced to Fun, Fun, Fun.

10:58 pm

wht

Ty for the excuse Min. I have been a little distracted the last day or so.

10:58 pm

Nef

my Dad didn't even come to my wedding; but all my Uncles danced with me!

10:59 pm

wht

And Bugs, I am proud of my duaghter. She and her fiance have done almost all of the planning and arranging. She definately got my wife's organizational skills.

10:59 pm

herinfernallady

Is there any SL words please

11:00 pm

Pinikula

nope

11:00 pm

wht

That is so sad Nef.

11:00 pm

stidmama

Hello all. Hey again Nef

11:00 pm

Minveryork

There are no sl words in puzzle today herinfernallady

11:00 pm

herinfernallady

cheers

11:00 pm

Pinikula

hi stid

11:00 pm

stidmama

wht, many blessings on your daughter and her spouse.

11:00 pm

Minveryork

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

11:00 pm

Pinikula

(the nope was for herin)

11:01 pm

Nef

hi stid

11:01 pm

herinfernallady

Thanks Hi stid

11:01 pm

Minveryork

Hubby is kicking me off computer. See you all manana

11:01 pm

Minveryork

Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow

11:01 pm

Pinikula

night min ;)

11:01 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams Min see you tomorrow

11:01 pm

torgone

Niters Min

11:03 pm

Nef

wht, we were estranged from the time I was 16 til I was 21. I didn't get married til I was 28; he never visited us but once. We visited him every 2 years whether we could afford it or not. I learned to accept the fact that that was the best he could do

11:03 pm

Nef

niters, Min!

11:06 pm

Nef

wht, I wish you and your daughter much happiness tomorrow

11:06 pm

Nef

and forever

11:07 pm

wht

Nef, I figured that there was a story there. I am sorry that your Dad missed out on so much. And thank you.

11:08 pm

stidmama

Kizah, I just looked at your blog. ((hugs))

11:09 pm

stidmama

I am missing one 7. I have two pi 7 and a ti 7 what am I looking for please?

11:09 pm

Pinikula

fi7

11:09 pm

stidmama

thanks pini *thinking*

11:09 pm

Kizah

We've had hard times, but also many good times. We are very very blessed and deeply in love with each other.

11:09 pm

stidmama

that will be my last fi

11:09 pm

Pinikula

(what a fish might leave if it slapped you)

11:10 pm

stidmama

thanks pini! got it!

11:10 pm

stidmama

down to 35! *dance of happy tile greying*

11:10 pm

wht

Night all. Happy Babbling.

11:10 pm

stidmama

Love is so very important, kizah. I am glad you have that.

11:10 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams wht! have an excellent time tomorrow!

11:11 pm

Pinikula

night wht

11:11 pm

herinfernallady

ok that is not a word

11:11 pm

Pinikula

it is if you ask enable! :)

11:12 pm

herinfernallady

Yes well

11:13 pm

stidmama

hm. I think I should find a list... pini do you have it in your profile?

11:13 pm

Nef

I am trying to find the last 3 words I don't have. I've C&P'd the list from Gremlinn; I'm checking them off and falling asleep.

11:13 pm

Kizah

Be back at 12...good luck guys!

11:13 pm

Pinikula

I don't, but could...Min and Grem both have one...

11:13 pm

stidmama

I will grab min's thanks.

11:14 pm

Pinikula

what do you need, Nef?

11:14 pm

stidmama

see you later Kizah

11:14 pm

stidmama

Maybe Nef, and this is just me thinking out loud, perhaps you need sleep more than you need to finish???? *stern but concerned mama look*

11:15 pm

Nef

I don't know, Pini, I need m4 and 2 m5's and am too tired to figure it out. I think I need sleep

11:16 pm

Pinikula

how about ma + *nock *ut punch (then pl)

11:16 pm

Nef

LOL, stid! I think I should go to bed now.

11:16 pm

Nef

Good night all

11:16 pm

Pinikula

night nef!!! sleep well!

11:16 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams Nef *tucks Nef in with a stuffed monkey and a fluffy blankie* see you tomorrow

11:18 pm

herinfernallady

Night Nef

11:18 pm

stidmama

AR 6 please? the first one

11:19 pm

herinfernallady

Just working on that myself

11:19 pm

Pinikula

there are 2

11:19 pm

Jellen

Noah's ar* + pantyh***

11:20 pm

stidmama

thanks Jellen! (((hugs))) how was your Saturday?

11:20 pm

Pinikula

1) noah's boat + red red r*** (flower)

11:20 pm

stidmama

(there is only one FIRST ar.... LOL)

11:20 pm

stidmama

good clues ladies!

11:20 pm

Jellen

It was okay...

11:20 pm

Pinikula

2) ar + put ****ment on your wound

11:20 pm

Pinikula

oh, shoosh, stid...I can't read!!! LOL

11:21 pm

stidmama

okay is better than awful, I suppose.

11:21 pm

Jellen

Thanks, Pini...I needed that one...

11:22 pm

Pinikula

glad someone did, jellen!!! LOL

11:22 pm

Jellen

Yes, it is!

11:23 pm

herinfernallady

This grid is a pain in the arse

11:23 pm

Pinikula

it can be! :)

11:23 pm

stidmama

PB lady! LOL *puts choclit cake and ice cream in PB*

11:23 pm

stidmama

oh lady! I survived the year, AND have my assignment for student teaching in the fall!!!!! I didn't get kicked out! LOL

11:24 pm

stidmama

down to 28 now

11:25 pm

Pinikula

YEAH! Stid! * knew you could do it *

11:25 pm

stidmama

"kanoo" doesn't work... *thinking* I need two more KA I have citizen Ka ** (misspelled) and a ka 5/18.

11:25 pm

herinfernallady

YAH STID

11:25 pm

stidmama

oh. got the ka 4/11

11:25 pm

herinfernallady

So does this mean you are going to be Mrs Stid

11:26 pm

stidmama

of course, I still very much need to get a decent evaluation from my faculty, but not overly worried. YES! I will be "Mrs. S" in the fall for about 10 weeks, then just regular me for a quarter before a second student teaching assignment in the spring.

11:26 pm

stidmama

KA 6... *thinking*

11:26 pm

herinfernallady

YAH

11:27 pm

Pinikula

add "so be **" to the ka4

11:27 pm

stidmama

thanks pini! down to 26!

11:28 pm

stidmama

getting there. won't finish.

11:28 pm

Pinikula

you can do it!

11:28 pm

Pinikula

sure you will!

11:29 pm

Pinikula

whatdya need?

11:29 pm

herinfernallady

bah stil stuck on this

11:29 pm

Pinikula

which one, herin?

11:29 pm

herinfernallady

The last 24 :D

11:30 pm

Pinikula

oh ;) well, if you narrow it down a bit, I'll see what I can do to help (if you want)

11:30 pm

herinfernallady

It is ok if i finish I finish

11:30 pm

Pinikula

;)

11:32 pm

stidmama

one more K, one for hte first two ko. I have a ko 4 that looks like the australian marsupial without the final la...

11:33 pm

stidmama

oops. found it.

11:33 pm

herinfernallady

is there any RE words please:?

11:33 pm

Pinikula

yes

11:33 pm

Pinikula

there are 2, both re6

11:34 pm

herinfernallady

cheers

11:34 pm

stidmama

down to 17!

11:34 pm

Pinikula

go go go

11:36 pm

herinfernallady

is there just 2 res?

11:36 pm

Pinikula

yes

11:37 pm

Pinikula

re6 x 2

11:37 pm

herinfernallady

trhanks

11:37 pm

Pinikula

re + **** one pearl two

11:37 pm

Pinikula

re + drench with water

11:39 pm

herinfernallady

Thank you

11:39 pm

Pinikula

yvw

11:40 pm

stidmama

RA 4/4 after the plural garden tool?

11:40 pm

Pinikula

ra + **ght time

11:40 pm

Pinikula

(not day)

11:41 pm

stidmama

thanks pini. down to 7. all M words

11:42 pm

stidmama

MA 6/21 please?

11:42 pm

Pinikula

big boy + you can do ** + vowel

11:42 pm

stidmama

down to 6...

11:43 pm

Pinikula

ma****ba (canadian province)

11:43 pm

stidmama

FIVE!

11:43 pm

stidmama

thanks pini. four

11:43 pm

Pinikula

woot woot

11:43 pm

Pinikula

best hurry...Koda's getting anxious :)

11:44 pm

stidmama

three...

11:44 pm

Pinikula

told you you could do it!

11:45 pm

stidmama

TWO.

11:46 pm

stidmama

ONE!

11:46 pm

Pinikula

woot woot!

11:47 pm

stidmama

FIREWORDS

11:47 pm

Pinikula

wtg stid!!!

11:47 pm

Pinikula

(koda loves you for finishing!!!)

11:47 pm

Pinikula

brb

11:47 pm

stidmama

thanks for the help pini

11:47 pm

stidmama

LOL go koda go!

11:47 pm

herinfernallady

well this sucks I am still stuck

11:48 pm

stidmama

what do you need lady?

11:48 pm

herinfernallady

about 21 words it is ok

11:49 pm

herinfernallady

amnio

11:49 pm

mkg

need clue for the i which is second line of grid. fourth row please. the one with only one word.

11:50 pm

stidmama

I think that's the hairy nosed dolphin babblet

11:50 pm

stidmama

in + two vowels

11:50 pm

mkg

ty stid. got it.

11:51 pm

mkg

looking for one more d word. have do 6 24, 4 6, 4 5, and 5 12. clue for the last one please?

11:51 pm

mkg

guess i should go to lickety.

11:52 pm

stidmama

lickety isn't there today mkg

11:52 pm

herinfernallady

There is no lickety

11:52 pm

mkg

well lickety not there today. ok.

11:52 pm

jillibus

Hello all -- I've had enough of this stinker -- 31 left

11:53 pm

mkg

is bab anon there?

11:53 pm

stidmama

do 4/5 italian for lady

11:53 pm

stidmama

hey jill

11:53 pm

mkg

yes it is a stinker. too many i's for me.

11:53 pm

stidmama

it wasn't as fun as some, that's for sure!

11:53 pm

jillibus

hi stiddy

11:53 pm

mkg

ty. got it stid.

11:53 pm

jillibus

mkg, gremlin posted a list

11:54 pm

stidmama

Minveryork also has a list in her profile

11:54 pm

mkg

have 4 of 5 f words. have fi 4 7, 5 16, 4 11, 4 7. what is missing please?

11:54 pm

mkg

is gremlin on chat now?

11:54 pm

jillibus

I didn't have much time today -- bridge afternoon.

11:54 pm

mkg

will try.

11:54 pm

mkg

almost done anyway. tiime for sleep when it flips.

11:54 pm

stidmama

how was your day, Jill? I had a bit more energy today than yesterday. If I am still better tomorrow, Mother and I will go to Portland to see a cousin's art at the art show for local artists...

11:55 pm

stidmama

fi 7/60

11:55 pm

mkg

clue stid?

11:55 pm

stidmama

fish paddle + a man's name : matthew, **** luke and john

11:55 pm

jillibus

mkg, gremlin is in Who's Online -- but there are only 5 minutes to the flip...

11:56 pm

mkg

ty got it.

11:56 pm

gremlinn

I am indeed online.

11:56 pm

stidmama

hey gremlinn!

11:56 pm

jillibus

Glad you're a bit better today, stid -- you sure have had enough sickness!

11:56 pm

mkg

ok. well have to go to sleep. ty all.

11:56 pm

gremlinn

Hey stid!

11:56 pm

jillibus

Hi gremlin

11:57 pm

gremlinn

Hey jilli

11:57 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams mkg.

11:57 pm

stidmama

I went all quarter without a virus, and most of the school year (which was a bit of a record for me)... this one just hit at a bad time.

11:58 pm

gremlinn

291 today

11:58 pm

stidmama

*waiting for flip*

11:59 pm

stidmama

291? no, I think 127 would be a better number.

11:59 pm

jillibus

How about the reverse -- 192?

11:59 pm

gremlinn

okay

12:00 am

jillibus

gee, thanks, grem ;)

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