Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, July 26, 2010

12:00 am

flosey

flip

12:00 am

cybernan

Good evening, all -- hope this one is under 200

12:00 am

dart001

flip

12:00 am

dcseain

flop 243

12:01 am

cybernan

darn

12:01 am

cybernan

th 7

12:01 am

dcseain

this one gives me deja-vu

12:02 am

cybernan

sw 7

12:02 am

Douglas

deja-vu? Again?

12:03 am

jillibus

late flip and groan

12:03 am

dizgrannie

sw 7 x 2

12:04 am

VolleymomDee

flip; hi dart, nan, flosey; diz; dc; hugs jili

12:04 am

jacq

hello everybody

12:04 am

flosey

hi Dee

12:04 am

dizgrannie

hi Dee, thanx for the list yesterday

12:05 am

VolleymomDee

yqw

12:05 am

flosey

beautiful red flower, Jilli, is it a type of lily?

12:05 am

dart001

hi volley

12:06 am

VolleymomDee

hope your day was good dart

12:07 am

dart001

was pretty good...yours?

12:08 am

VolleymomDee

nice; still pretty humid here... would love a break weather wise

12:08 am

jillibus

flosey, I've posted a writeup now.

12:08 am

dcseain

we had our 43rd day of 90+F. Humidity was only about 80% though, so a nice day nonetheless.

12:09 am

cybernan

hi dee (just came up for air)

12:09 am

jillibus

Lovely weather here -- high 70s, low humidity. Had another swim in the sea.

12:09 am

VolleymomDee

:~)

12:09 am

VolleymomDee

sounds familiar dc

12:10 am

jillibus

I'm not going to bother with this if there's no Lickety -- too much to do tomorrow and I want to savour this weather.

12:10 am

jillibus

hi dee hi.

12:10 am

flosey

interesting Jilli, would not have guessed related to iris

12:13 am

Douglas

Uh-oh, Hamas is in the grid, Hiding Among Mosques And Schools

12:17 am

VolleymomDee

least today we aren't searching for an 11...

12:19 am

cybernan

nice jill -- we have a week in the high 80's to hide from

12:19 am

justafreep

er8

12:19 am

dart001

phant thyroid

12:19 am

justafreep

er9

12:19 am

VolleymomDee

hi freep ty

12:19 am

NonnieLight

back...flippity flop!

12:20 am

justafreep

hi, dee. and yw.

12:21 am

justafreep

he7/8

12:21 am

flosey

bautiful lily Nonnie

12:22 am

cybernan

crashing here at 130 *poof*

12:22 am

jillibus

I second that, nonnie -- and love your rose too, flosey

12:23 am

NonnieLight

thank you flosey and your rose is beautiful also. It looks like a peach color, is it?

12:24 am

flosey

yes nonnie, it is peach

12:24 am

NonnieLight

Thanks, Jilli. I really like your flower also. I have never seen one of those before.

12:24 am

flosey

thanks Jilli

12:25 am

jillibus

I hadn't either until my neighbours got some!

12:26 am

Douglas

Tash, the Inexorable, from the Chronicles of Narnia books, is also in the grid

12:26 am

VolleymomDee

nbt

12:26 am

flosey

wtg Dee

12:27 am

VolleymomDee

ty

12:27 am

NonnieLight

nice job dee

12:27 am

VolleymomDee

ty

12:27 am

Douglas

Tash was the deity of the Calormens, a kind of bird-man-like fiend, evil beyond, well, beyond anything you could imagine

12:28 am

Douglas

At this point, I expect someone to say "I don't know, I can imagine a lot"

12:30 am

VolleymomDee

lol...

12:30 am

VolleymomDee

mi 7/40

12:31 am

dart001

mi 7/8

12:31 am

Douglas

On the other hand, the second best shortstop on the NY Yankees, Derek Jeter, is in the grid

12:32 am

NonnieLight

Who is the first best, Douglas?

12:32 am

VolleymomDee

not sure I have ever seen your mi 7/8 in real life...

12:33 am

Douglas

Alex Rodriguez, of course

12:33 am

NonnieLight

Is that the one nicknamed A-Rod?

12:34 am

dart001

a-roid

12:34 am

NonnieLight

ahahhaa dart!

12:34 am

Douglas

Recalling Jessica Rabbit "I can't help being bad. I was dr5 that way."

12:34 am

dcseain

heh

12:34 am

NonnieLight

I love that line from Roger Rabbit.

12:34 am

flosey

thanks Douglas

12:35 am

Douglas

That's right, Nonnie

12:35 am

jacq

change that d for a th too

12:36 am

NonnieLight

ty jacq

12:37 am

justafreep

mi8 x 2

12:38 am

justafreep

and good night!

12:38 am

Douglas

They did this all over the dam, repeatedly I might add

12:39 am

VolleymomDee

ty freep nite

12:39 am

NonnieLight

good night just

12:39 am

NonnieLight

a boop boop dittle dawdle why don't you?

12:39 am

rururocks

he 8 called?

12:40 am

dart001

yrp

12:40 am

dart001

yep

12:40 am

VolleymomDee

yes, and 7

12:40 am

VolleymomDee

hi ru

12:40 am

lshult

morning all

12:41 am

NonnieLight

hello Ishult

12:41 am

Aloyisius

re

12:41 am

rururocks

hello dee

12:42 am

VolleymomDee

here are the j's: ja 4, 5, 4, je 4, 4

12:45 am

dizgrannie

ty Dee, was missing the 5

12:45 am

VolleymomDee

yw

12:46 am

MLFAN17

hello

12:46 am

NonnieLight

hello mlf

12:47 am

VolleymomDee

hi

12:47 am

NonnieLight

I can't seem to monkey that j5

12:48 am

MLFAN17

sw 7 assume was called

12:48 am

sandyloo

is there a list any where?

12:49 am

Douglas

Joan Jett is in the grid...I love rock 'n roll, Put another dime in the jukebox, baby!

12:49 am

MLFAN17

i love that song Doug

12:50 am

NonnieLight

and so is Jethro from the Clampetts

12:50 am

MLFAN17

sandy i dont know if its up or not i havent looked

12:50 am

VolleymomDee

fighters get clobbered in the ja (bone) + 2 letter conjunction

12:50 am

sandyloo

now its in my head!

12:50 am

VolleymomDee

no list yet sandy

12:50 am

Douglas

I noticed that too, but I seem to be going on and on about people in the grid

12:50 am

dart001

di 9 if not called

12:50 am

sandyloo

I have 130 left

12:51 am

sandyloo

thanks vollee

12:51 am

VolleymomDee

yw ty dart

12:52 am

MLFAN17

Di7

12:53 am

MLFAN17

thank you dar

12:53 am

MLFAN17

RE7

12:57 am

VolleymomDee

dart what are stats on the di 9 please

12:57 am

dart001

9,90

12:57 am

MLFAN17

9/90

12:57 am

VolleymomDee

ty... not popping out at me

12:57 am

MLFAN17

its a combo

12:58 am

ARB

compound word. dee

12:58 am

dizgrannie

Dee compound word

12:58 am

VolleymomDee

ty

12:58 am

rururocks

after dinner stuff dee

12:58 am

dart001

dont throw the baby out

12:58 am

MLFAN17

yeah that lol

12:58 am

NonnieLight

ty for the di9--got it!

12:58 am

VolleymomDee

aww ty ty

12:59 am

VolleymomDee

9's then are di 9/90 and er 9/66

12:59 am

NonnieLight

looking for er9...

12:59 am

jillibus

hi mlf

1:00 am

MLFAN17

hi jill

1:02 am

Aloyisius

wa 8 if it has not been called

1:02 am

MLFAN17

nonnie thanks for letting me know what the other 9 began with

1:02 am

VolleymomDee

not called ty aloy

1:03 am

NonnieLight

you're welcome, mlf but I got that from Dee and I'm still looking. Were you able to find it, mlf?

1:03 am

Aloyisius

yw, have a good start, time for snoozin..

1:03 am

NonnieLight

bye bye aloy

1:04 am

MLFAN17

WE7

1:04 am

MLFAN17

Nonnie i sure havent found it yet i dont even know which one it would begin with ie which one to use

1:04 am

VolleymomDee

nite aloy

1:04 am

NonnieLight

same here, mlf

1:05 am

NonnieLight

OK--the bed is calling my name. Night all :o)

1:06 am

VolleymomDee

anyone have all the m's?

1:06 am

jacq

er, vowel, **** and that and the abbreviation for text messages sent on cell phones

1:06 am

jacq

top far left e

1:06 am

MLFAN17

ddont get it jacq

1:06 am

jacq

sorry shoddy clue but the best i cna do with so little sleep

1:07 am

MLFAN17

dont oops

1:07 am

jacq

er, second vowel, a little bit of **** and that then not mrs or miss but **

1:09 am

dart001

et 8 if not called

1:09 am

MLFAN17

i am missing soemthing in that lol

1:09 am

jacq

it means to irrittae according to maerriam webster

1:10 am

VolleymomDee

ty dart, not yet

1:10 am

jacq

**** word is hard to clue

1:10 am

MLFAN17

dar which ET?

1:10 am

MLFAN17

LOL jac

1:10 am

MLFAN17

jac i got most of it i think just ntothe ending

1:11 am

jacq

ok i will try again

1:11 am

jacq

it ends with the same as raci**, the hatred of other races

1:11 am

MLFAN17

GOT IT

1:11 am

jacq

it's a plural too

1:12 am

sammysmom

miracle jacq- i got that word from your clue.... then i remembered it from school

1:12 am

MLFAN17

i got both thanks plural and singular

1:12 am

jacq

it's a miracle you got it from my clue lol

1:12 am

jillibus

ty jacq for that er clue -- great one!

1:12 am

MLFAN17

i was missing a vowel lol

1:12 am

sammysmom

the clue was great!!

1:13 am

jacq

i hate when i know words but can't remember definitions

1:13 am

MLFAN17

we are such id5's sometimes lol

1:14 am

MLFAN17

which would make that a 6 but its really a 5

1:15 am

jacq

well this id5 didn't have that word, but ty

1:16 am

MLFAN17

rotfl jac

1:16 am

MLFAN17

jac its right there and it took me this long to find it even though it was kind of obvious

1:17 am

rururocks

ih 5

1:17 am

VolleymomDee

ty ru

1:17 am

gran

How many words today please

1:17 am

VolleymomDee

243

1:17 am

jacq

243 gran

1:17 am

VolleymomDee

don't miss hw 4...

1:17 am

ARB

I have 5 of the 9 8's: er he mi mi wa Does anyone have any others?

1:17 am

jacq

brb need that coffee

1:17 am

gran

Thanks

1:18 am

MLFAN17

243

1:18 am

rururocks

dee would you clue the ja 5 pleas

1:18 am

rururocks

pease

1:18 am

rururocks

please

1:18 am

VolleymomDee

at 8/50

1:19 am

VolleymomDee

ja 5 ... part of face hit by a fighter + 2 letter conjunction

1:19 am

jillibus

ty for the hw, dee! Who'd a thunk it?

1:19 am

VolleymomDee

monkeys found that one and the at 8

1:20 am

jillibus

I just need the bottom a for nbt now

1:21 am

ARB

ty Dee

1:21 am

VolleymomDee

aw 5/20 maybe... I am so bad at remembering from where they originate

1:21 am

rururocks

thanks dee

1:21 am

dart001

aw 5/6

1:21 am

jillibus

and ty for the ja5 too, dee

1:22 am

MLFAN17

aw 5/6?

1:22 am

Christine

Jillibus - think Oscar/s

1:22 am

VolleymomDee

yw

1:22 am

MLFAN17

me too dee

1:22 am

MLFAN17

but the one i have is 5/20

1:22 am

VolleymomDee

really struggling with this grid... yesterday's was tons easier

1:22 am

jillibus

ty dee, dart, and Christine -- NBT

1:23 am

MLFAN17

dee i have been here about an hour and am stalled at 75 words found

1:23 am

VolleymomDee

well done... toughy

1:23 am

ARB

yes ma'am Dee. I have 67 left

1:23 am

flosey

oh my, I have nbt too

1:23 am

jillibus

I have 57, mlf, but have been distracted.

1:23 am

jillibus

wtg flosey!

1:24 am

VolleymomDee

wtg flosey

1:24 am

VolleymomDee

58 left here arb

1:24 am

dart001

ma 7/8

1:24 am

flosey

you too jilli, was so busy finding all these words that have been called, I didn't notice nbt

1:24 am

MLFAN17

RE 6/7 x 2

1:24 am

jillibus

well, it took long enough!

1:26 am

jacq

et8/50 if it hasn't been called

1:27 am

dart001

already been called

1:27 am

jillibus

another one, jacq???

1:27 am

MLFAN17

okay 85 down 158 left and 1100 pts i am out poof

1:27 am

jacq

dunno it's related to the gas

1:28 am

VolleymomDee

stats on the ma 7 /8 please dart

1:29 am

dart001

ma 7,52...ma 8,70

1:29 am

jillibus

oh sorry, I was thinking of the er8/9 which I think you clued, jacq!

1:29 am

VolleymomDee

ty looking

1:30 am

jacq

yucky weather here again today, warm but wet

1:30 am

jillibus

Is there a list now?

1:30 am

VolleymomDee

k, I have all the m's... list coming of m's..

1:31 am

jillibus

I meant a Lickety list.

1:31 am

VolleymomDee

ma 7, 8, 6, 6, 5, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4 me 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4 mi 4, 5, 7, 4, 7, 8, 8

1:31 am

VolleymomDee

no

1:32 am

VolleymomDee

I am short one 8... so far 8's are: at, er, et, he, ma, mi x 2, wa

1:35 am

VolleymomDee

e's are: ea 4, 5, 5, 6, 4 ee 4 er 8, 9, 4 et 4, 5, 8

1:37 am

VolleymomDee

anyone have all the a's?

1:37 am

dart001

no

1:38 am

VolleymomDee

I am 3 short... here is what I have: ae 6; am 4, 5, 4 ar 4, 5, 6 at 8, aw 5, 6, 5

1:38 am

ARB

missing 2 -- I have ae 6 am 4,5,4 ar 4,5,5 at 8 aw 5 6 5

1:39 am

dart001

same he4

1:42 am

VolleymomDee

so one a short he4... ae 6, am 4, 5, 4 ar 4, 5, 5, 6 at 8 aw 5, 6, 5

1:42 am

anike

53 to go but must take mother to doctor's appt so will have to finish later. Bye for now

1:42 am

VolleymomDee

have a great day anike

1:44 am

grannyrose

there is an aw8, dee

1:44 am

VolleymomDee

lol I just found it!!

1:45 am

ARB

ty granny

1:45 am

grannyrose

yay dee

1:46 am

Andree

hi everyone

1:46 am

ARB

missing 2 d's: I have di 4 4 5 4 4 9 7 dr 4 5 6 4 4 5 5

1:46 am

VolleymomDee

so 8's are: at, aw, er, et, he, ma, mi x 2, wa

1:46 am

VolleymomDee

hi andree

1:46 am

jacq

this is not an easy grid

1:47 am

VolleymomDee

o's are or 4 and 5

1:48 am

VolleymomDee

y's are: yi 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, yo 4

1:50 am

VolleymomDee

anyone have all the d's I am 2 short?

1:51 am

dart001

do you have di 6,27 and di 7,32?

1:52 am

ARB

h's are: ha 4 4 6 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 he 4 6 6 4 7 8 hi 4 5 hw 4

1:52 am

VolleymomDee

yes dart

1:52 am

VolleymomDee

ty arb

1:54 am

Christine

Until it's missing, you don't rea;lise how much you rely on Lickety .

1:54 am

dart001

d's are di 4,4,5,6,4,4,9,7....dr 4,5,6,4,4,5,5

1:55 am

jillibus

I always realise, Christine!

1:55 am

VolleymomDee

ty dart and arb

1:55 am

flosey

just passed half way, off to bed, goodnight all

1:55 am

Christine

After a while, I like to enter my wods against his list, to see what's missing.

1:55 am

dart001

bye flos

1:56 am

Christine

or my words

1:56 am

VolleymomDee

can't believe I was missing dr 5 and 6... we always called our daughter a dr queen

1:56 am

VolleymomDee

nite flosey

1:56 am

jillibus

well done, flosey -- goodnight!

1:56 am

flosey

thanks for all the clues, etc.

1:56 am

ARB

ty dart

1:56 am

VolleymomDee

yqw

1:56 am

Andree

bye flosey

1:57 am

jillibus

thanks for the dr 5/6 -- that's the sort of clue I can understand

1:57 am

VolleymomDee

I have id 5, ih 5, is 4... missing?

1:57 am

VolleymomDee

LOL me, too jili

1:57 am

Christine

Meanwhile, thanks to everyone that posted her/his llist.

1:57 am

ARB

i am missing 2 w's : wa 4 4 5 4 4 5 8 6 4 we 4 5 7 6 wh 4 wr 5

1:57 am

dart001

ir 5/6

1:57 am

VolleymomDee

oops i's are coming

1:58 am

VolleymomDee

i's are id 5; ih 5; ir 5; ir 6 is 4

1:58 am

jacq

time to go wish me luck

1:58 am

jacq

have fun and fireworks everyone

1:59 am

VolleymomDee

nite jac gl

1:59 am

jillibus

WOW jacq!!!

2:01 am

jillibus

Oh -- you were wishing us fireworks, jacq?

2:01 am

dart001

think she was wishing everyone foreworks

2:01 am

dart001

think she was wishing everyone fireworks

2:02 am

dart001

ha4 that 2 am burp

2:04 am

jillibus

well, it's over with now ;)

2:06 am

jillibus

no wonder kids stay in diapers so long when "toidy" isn't in the dictionary

2:07 am

Andree

jilli, i think they stay in nappies so long because mothers no longer have to wash them

2:08 am

VolleymomDee

my wa's are different... I have wa 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 5, 8, 6, 4... what am I missing?

2:11 am

dizgrannie

I have the same as you...missing 1 w

2:11 am

dart001

missing one w volley...same as you th5

2:11 am

VolleymomDee

ty ... looking

2:11 am

jillibus

you're probably right, andree

2:13 am

broll

w's are ...wa 4,4,5,4,4,4,5,8,6,4 we,4,7,5,7,6 wh 4 wr 5

2:13 am

VolleymomDee

ty ty bro!

2:13 am

broll

it's that first we 7

2:13 am

dart001

thx broll

2:13 am

ARB

ty broil

2:14 am

dizgrannie

ty ty broil

2:14 am

VolleymomDee

stupid word

2:14 am

broll

yw

2:14 am

VolleymomDee

hi bro

2:14 am

broll

hi all

2:14 am

VolleymomDee

I am down to r's, s's, and t's

2:14 am

dart001

down to those and still missing an a

2:15 am

VolleymomDee

do you know which a?

2:15 am

VolleymomDee

I can list a's for you

2:15 am

dizgrannie

plz Dee

2:15 am

dart001

sure if you dont mind :)

2:15 am

jillibus

hi broll

2:16 am

VolleymomDee

ae 6; am 4, 5, 4 ar 4, 5, 5, 6, at 8 aw 5, 6 5, 8

2:17 am

dart001

thx voll

2:17 am

VolleymomDee

yw

2:18 am

ARB

I have 5 to's . Does anyone have anymore?

2:19 am

VolleymomDee

5 he4, too

2:19 am

dart001

have 7

2:19 am

ARB

6 to's

2:20 am

VolleymomDee

I am 3 r's short... listing...

2:21 am

VolleymomDee

ra 5, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 6, 4 re 6, 6, 6, 7, 4, 6, 6, 7, 5, ri 4, 4, 6, ro 4 (2 short)

2:22 am

dart001

rh 6 ry 4

2:23 am

VolleymomDee

ty ty!!!

2:23 am

dart001

had the ri4..forgot the 6 lol

2:23 am

VolleymomDee

lol

2:24 am

VolleymomDee

I am short 5 s's...

2:24 am

dart001

short 9 t's

2:24 am

VolleymomDee

oops 3... listing

2:25 am

Andree

later all, 97 left

2:25 am

VolleymomDee

sa 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 4, sh 4, 5, 4 si 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 4 sr 4 sw 4, 4, 5, 6, 5, 6, 4, 5, 6, 7 5, 5, 7

2:25 am

dart001

sa 5

2:26 am

dart001

sh 5

2:28 am

rubyfoo

gd morning everybody, about to leap into this big grid.

2:28 am

dart001

hi ruby

2:29 am

VolleymomDee

complete s's are: sa 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, sh 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, si 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 4 sr 4 sw 4, 4, 5, 6, 5, 6, 4, 5, 6, 7, 5, 5, 7

2:29 am

rubyfoo

hello dart

2:30 am

VolleymomDee

hi ruby

2:31 am

rubyfoo

hi momdee

2:31 am

rubyfoo

this is a yummy puzzle,so far

2:33 am

rubyfoo

but why no ra5 Japanese noodles when tou and nori are accepted (not today)

2:38 am

rubyfoo

that's my fastest 60 ever! I'll probably hit a wall soon....

2:38 am

VolleymomDee

wtg

2:39 am

VolleymomDee

short 11 t's... anyone closer?

2:44 am

jillibus

Well I have 100 words in spite of many distractions and it's bedtime. Probably won't do much more tomorrow -- the weather is too nice and I have errands to do plus a swim and bridge in the evening.

2:44 am

VolleymomDee

sounds fantastic! have a great day jili

2:44 am

jillibus

Goodnight all and thanks for the help!

*poof*

2:45 am

rubyfoo

best word (on my own) so far, he7/36 bravery *chuffed*

2:45 am

VolleymomDee

wtg

2:45 am

jillibus

as it says in the bottom left corner -- "mwah"!

2:46 am

VolleymomDee

lol

2:47 am

rubyfoo

hah, jilli! but still don't have 100! sounds like you'll have a better day than mine!! bye

2:47 am

VolleymomDee

dart you still here?

2:47 am

dart001

yep

2:48 am

dart001

getting sleepy tho

2:48 am

VolleymomDee

I have 9 t's left... should I list

2:48 am

dart001

sure

2:48 am

VolleymomDee

7 left

2:48 am

VolleymomDee

k listing

2:50 am

VolleymomDee

ta 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, 4 te 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 6, 5, 6, 6, 4 th 4, 4, 6, 5, 7, 4, 5, 6, 4, 6, 5, 6, 5, 4 to 4, 4, 4, 6, 4, 6, 4 tr 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 7, 5, 4, 5

2:53 am

rubyfoo

back soon

2:58 am

dart001

duh....missed choppers for my last one fireworks

2:58 am

VolleymomDee

LOL

2:58 am

VolleymomDee

have only one left... haven't found it yet... it is a t 5 something...

2:58 am

dart001

which t?

2:59 am

VolleymomDee

t in the second column

2:59 am

dart001

th 5? like in passion?

3:00 am

VolleymomDee

LOL that was it fireworks

3:00 am

VolleymomDee

I'll go post in my profile

3:00 am

dart001

only one from th5 that wasn't a plural

3:01 am

lynxxx

Congrats Dart & Volley!! Hello all

3:01 am

dart001

hi lynxxx

3:08 am

sandyloo

hi guys how is every one going with no list? 95 left here....

3:08 am

sandyloo

hi lynxx

3:08 am

VolleymomDee

okey dokey should be in my profile

3:08 am

VolleymomDee

couldn't have finished this one without you and arb

3:08 am

grannyrose

2 left he4 sandy, dearest dee is posting in her profile now

3:09 am

grannyrose

thanx dee

3:09 am

VolleymomDee

check to be sure it is there

3:09 am

lynxxx

hi Sandy & Rose

3:09 am

VolleymomDee

crap pb ... it is th5

3:09 am

grannyrose

hi lyn, and yes dee it is

3:10 am

VolleymomDee

ty for checking

3:10 am

sandyloo

wow you guys are going really well

3:10 am

VolleymomDee

could never have finished this solo... too many weird words

3:11 am

sandyloo

thanks for that dee

3:11 am

VolleymomDee

well all need to get going... have a great day / eve

3:11 am

dart001

me too...nite all volley poof

3:11 am

VolleymomDee

yw sandy glad we could help

3:12 am

lynxxx

bye Dary, bye Volley - thanks for leaving a list too

3:12 am

lynxxx

(should put my glasses on!)

3:13 am

VolleymomDee

nite dart... yw lyn... hugs all! *poofing*

3:13 am

VolleymomDee

lol

3:17 am

rubyfoo

hi lynxx! glasses? I thought you were a kid (like me! lol)

3:17 am

grannyrose

whoot! that's me done also!!!

3:17 am

lynxxx

Hooray for Rose!!

3:17 am

rubyfoo

sandy! did you watch the "funeral procession" yesterday?

3:18 am

rubyfoo

yay rose!

3:18 am

lynxxx

hi Ruby, must be a kid too, think we are a similar age

3:18 am

rubyfoo

hahah

3:22 am

sandyloo

Ruby I did but I enjoyed it . lots of great cameraderie and fun

3:22 am

sandyloo

look at my icon!

3:23 am

sandyloo

you would think that Andy might have gone for a breakaway? that would have added a lot of drama

3:23 am

rubyfoo

what did you think of Lance's jersey "statement"? As he said to the announcer at the end, "I think we got more publicity by breaking the rule and having them make such a big deal, than we would have gotten if they had just let it go!"

3:24 am

rubyfoo

I looked at your icon. Yes, I agree, Alberto is a great rider and I thought Andy was too limp and dull

3:24 am

sandyloo

I thought it was great! I was disappointed they made them change. It wouldn't have hurt to let them wear the jerseys

3:25 am

rubyfoo

now what do we do with out free time?

3:25 am

sandyloo

Al did have a really strong lot of domestiques around him

3:25 am

sandyloo

the world championships of road racing are in Australia this year so I will look forward to that

3:26 am

rubyfoo

at least they wore them on the podium! Did you watch Sarkosy's speech on Thursday? He said a lot of good things about Lance and the Announcer who has cancer. It was a very touching and nice off-the-cuff speech. I wish Obama was that articulate!!!!

3:26 am

lynxxx

what are domestiques?

3:26 am

Haz1558

Obama not articulate? An interesting viewpoint.

3:27 am

rubyfoo

I thought Vino might do a sneaky run for it but he only wanted his one-stage victory for vindication, I think, and durned out to be a good teammate for Alberto

3:27 am

lynxxx

morning Haz

3:27 am

sandyloo

Actually, I am only up to the third circuit on the champs d'eelyse deleeesee delese ???

3:27 am

Haz1558

Hello!

3:27 am

rubyfoo

I think Obama is a great disappointment for a lot of us. He is arrogant and talks down. Just because he went to Harvard, doesn't make him smart! And I am a life-long Democrat!

3:28 am

sandyloo

Domestiques are his team that help him win by getting his food and drinks, leading out on sprints and leading out on the long runs ie the rest of his racing team

3:28 am

Haz1558

You still can't say that he is not articulate.

3:28 am

rubyfoo

I don't know how to spell it either and I live hre! No, the speech was on Thrusday, after the stage

3:28 am

lynxxx

what are domestiques?

3:28 am

sandyloo

I like Obama, did not like Bush at all

3:28 am

lynxxx

TY

3:28 am

Haz1558

Champs Elysees.

3:29 am

rubyfoo

he is only articulate when it is scripted. On his own, like on the shore of Louisiana, he says "folks" and "gonna" and "gotta". AAargh!

3:29 am

rubyfoo

I detested Bush but at least there was never any pretense of his being smart.

3:29 am

sandyloo

Ha Haz! is that it!! thanks

3:29 am

rubyfoo

I tried to write it in an e-mail to my son and could spell it

3:29 am

sandyloo

I dont think many people the world over liked Bush

3:29 am

Haz1558

Make up your mind, ruby. One minute you criticise hijm for talking down, the next you're criticising him for not talking down.

3:30 am

rubyfoo

When he's scripted he talks down; when he is trying to just talk, he slips into an unacceptable (for a president) vernacular.

3:31 am

lynxxx

BBS must wash some pots - I hate washing dishes!

3:31 am

rubyfoo

Bush was definitely a disaster. This one is so cautious, he just doesn't do anything. I wish either his wife or Hillary was president

3:31 am

rubyfoo

Michelle is much smarter

3:32 am

sandyloo

I think Hillary would be a good president - I did like Clinton

3:32 am

sandyloo

but I do like Obama

3:32 am

rubyfoo

and Hillary seems to have been put in a box. I think Biden is the best of the lot!

3:32 am

sandyloo

Lynxx, I hate washing dishes too , the dishwasher in the shed has broken down - it's a living hell washing up by hand

3:33 am

rubyfoo

I liked Clinton, also. I don't care what anybody says about his personal life; I think he had a good heart and has done some wonderful things for 3rd world people

3:33 am

Atalante

helllllo

3:33 am

rubyfoo

ya, ata! haven't seen you for ages!

3:33 am

sandyloo

hi Ata

3:34 am

Haz1558

Hello, Ata.

3:34 am

rubyfoo

how is your leg?

3:34 am

Atalante

been painting :)

3:34 am

rubyfoo

you are often in the grid and in our thoughts!

3:34 am

Atalante

hurting, like normal :P but ok :D

3:35 am

Atalante

been having a bit of a mad week trying to get paintings done for an exhibition which is rather soon!

3:36 am

rubyfoo

are any of your paintings on FB?

3:36 am

Atalante

there's some on www.marquista.com, though I must must upload more recent things!

3:37 am

rubyfoo

I'll loke in a little while

3:37 am

rubyfoo

or even look

3:41 am

Atalante

did you watch Sherlock last night Haz?

3:41 am

Haz1558

No, was it good?

3:42 am

sandyloo

fantastic ata, wonderful you clever girl

3:42 am

Atalante

remarkably good!

3:42 am

sandyloo

is there a series of 'sherlock' happening over there?

3:42 am

Atalante

TY sandy :D

3:42 am

Atalante

I think it's a series of 3 programmes, Sandy, SHerlock Holmes meets the 21st century

3:43 am

Haz1558

I should make a point of watching it. Is each episode stand-alone?

3:43 am

sandyloo

I will be watching it when we get it

3:43 am

rubyfoo

I wonder if it will come to Fr

3:43 am

sandyloo

I love morse, sherlock, midsommer murders, agatha, etc

3:44 am

Atalante

I'm not sure, Haz. It really was very cleverly done though. And written / directed by one o fthe Dr Who writers :)

3:44 am

rubyfoo

there was a bizarre one about Jack the Ripper the other night with Johnny Depp[ and Robbie Coltrane and Ian Holm

3:44 am

Haz1558

I'd seen it in the listings, can't honestly remember what I watched/was doing instead.

3:45 am

Atalante

From Hell? That's scary!!

3:45 am

rubyfoo

it may have been called Into Hell, but I'm not sure as I didn't see the English title

3:45 am

sandyloo

and star trek - Ata it is my ambition to do a painting of a wormhole

3:45 am

rubyfoo

or go through a wormhole!

3:46 am

sandyloo

ruby, I love stories about Jack too

3:46 am

Atalante

oooo that would be fun sandy

3:46 am

rubyfoo

It was scary but I love Johnny Depp and learned that using opium was "chasing the dragon". Didn't know that before

3:46 am

sandyloo

I knew that, but I might add, I have never chased it

3:46 am

rubyfoo

this was very gory but interesting, too. Husband couldn't bear to watch

3:47 am

rubyfoo

I didn't think so, sandy! hahah

3:47 am

rubyfoo

Back in the 60's I had a girlfriend who tried opium once and burned off her eyebrows and eyelashes! that was her only foray into the "dark world"

3:47 am

sandyloo

I have to start lurking, or I will never finish - have 85 left

3:48 am

Atalante

lol!

3:48 am

rubyfoo

I haven't reached half, but I don't care. This is an interesting chat and a nice grid!

3:49 am

Atalante

I havent even started yet :)

3:49 am

sandyloo

Vollee has just posted a list in her profile ata

3:50 am

Atalante

I thought of you the other day Haz when I was on the train up to London and the LED board thing spelled "Immediately" as "Immediatelly"

3:50 am

Haz1558

Did you speak to someone in authority?

3:50 am

Atalante

not yet, but I am going to email them!

3:51 am

rubyfoo

that's a little like cake disasters -- non-English-speakers trying to write English

3:51 am

Atalante

I did however tell a local restaurant that coulis was spelled coulis not "coolly"

3:51 am

Haz1558

Excellent!

3:51 am

rubyfoo

but did it have a pointed hat?

3:51 am

Haz1558

I saw the vole-vounts again.

3:51 am

sandyloo

lol, I hate those boards with mistakes, I have to tell them too

3:51 am

rubyfoo

yum, haz!

3:52 am

Atalante

they always have amusing mistakes in their menus. the last one was the dessert of chocolate mouse

3:52 am

rubyfoo

hard enough to spell English, let alone French food!

3:52 am

rubyfoo

did it have a little tail?

3:52 am

Haz1558

Canopies instead of canapes?

3:52 am

sandyloo

have to go and feed nags and get food for dinner - blaaaaa, I want to laze about and do this-

3:52 am

rubyfoo

awnings over the plate?

3:52 am

sandyloo

I shall return

3:52 am

rubyfoo

I'm not even dressed yes, but too bad!!!!

3:53 am

Atalante

the chocolate mouse was very tasty though :D

3:53 am

rubyfoo

did it squeak when you bit it? eeeew

3:53 am

Atalante

nooo it looked suspiciously mousse like

3:55 am

lynxxx

Hello Ata! how lovely of you to pop in, I'll put the kettle on

3:55 am

rubyfoo

I like the idea of foods looking like other things, e.g. the Japanese making fish look like flowers in Kansei dinners. An excellent way to feed a recalcitrant toddler

3:55 am

Atalante

hi lyn! hi stew!

3:57 am

Atalante

I like the fish shaped soy suace bottles

3:57 am

rubyfoo

me, too, in take-out sushi!

3:57 am

Atalante

yep!

3:57 am

rubyfoo

tarsi

3:58 am

lynxxx

I don't! they are worst litter items than cigarette butts nowadays - everyone tosses them

3:58 am

rubyfoo

whoops, sorry

3:58 am

rubyfoo

did Lynxx put the kettle on in the PB

3:58 am

lynxxx

there goes my English again

3:58 am

rubyfoo

I'm surprised they are so common. I've only seen them twice here and put them in with plastic for recycling!

3:59 am

rubyfoo

my husband's pet peeve is gum wrappers in our road.

3:59 am

Atalante

they are everywhere here too, but thats peoples faults, not the poor innocent fishies :P

3:59 am

rubyfoo

and cigarette butts

4:00 am

Atalante

and herons

4:00 am

rubyfoo

hahah no problems since we put in "sally's nets"! The fish are breeding like crazy!!

4:00 am

lynxxx

so are the French giving up smoking like the rest of the world Ruby?

4:01 am

Atalante

the Spanish certainly aren't

4:01 am

rubyfoo

I don't know, but the women are a lot fatter than they were 20 years ago, that's for sure!

4:01 am

rubyfoo

and they've banned it in bars and restaurants, so that's a blessing, not having to walk through a smoky cloud!

4:01 am

sprite

morning all

4:02 am

rubyfoo

I had better get dressed!

4:02 am

lynxxx

morning Sprite!

4:02 am

rubyfoo

hallo sprite!!!

4:02 am

Atalante

spritey!!

4:02 am

rubyfoo

did you go canoeing and picknicking with your husband?

4:02 am

rubyfoo

[sp???]

4:03 am

sprite

yes we did and we had a marvelous day

4:03 am

rubyfoo

that is lovely!

4:05 am

rubyfoo

*poof* and not quite half

4:05 am

sprite

how are youdoing, lyn and Ata and rubyfoo?

4:06 am

Atalante

tired but happy :)

4:06 am

Haz1558

sprite, hello, I'm here as well but just about to leave.

4:06 am

lynxxx

Very well, the sun has been out the last 2 days, makes everything seem so much better

4:07 am

sprite

that sounds great, Ata :)

4:07 am

lynxxx

tired and happy and not too achy Ata?

4:08 am

sprite

hi Haz, nevertheless glad to have your company, however short

4:08 am

Haz1558

Well, enjoy the grid, I'll be back later. Bye for now.

4:08 am

sprite

lyn, I understand that so well :) Having the sun out makes a big difference.

4:08 am

sprite

bye Haz

4:08 am

lynxxx

bye Haz

4:09 am

Atalante

not toooo achy, though I did manage to freak myself out a bit this morning when I put all my weight on my bad leg and it just gave way. But I know that's to be expected for a good while, it's just a bit scary realising how badly you did hurt yourself!

4:09 am

Atalante

bye dear!

4:09 am

sprite

knees are such complicated joints, Ata ;(

4:10 am

sprite

did you manage to stay up or did you fall? Hope not!

4:10 am

Christine

I'm missing an 8; I have at, er, et, he ma, mi (2), and WA.

4:10 am

lynxxx

crazy how such a small slip can have such dire consequences

4:10 am

Atalante

oh, stay up fine. just grabbed the nearest surface. It doesn't give way *that* badly anymore. Thank goodness!

4:10 am

sprite

hello Christine, I have none yet, just started

4:10 am

lynxxx

well done Christine, I have zero

4:11 am

sprite

that is a good sign of progress, Ata!

4:11 am

Atalante

but my physio and dr keep saying it's doing as well as could ever be expected, I just get impatient!

4:12 am

sprite

you, Ata, impatient? Never.

4:12 am

Atalante

:P

4:14 am

Christine

Well I think I'll get a cuppa, and read for a while, then sneak-up on the grid; perhaps the other 8 will jump at e.

4:14 am

Christine

or even at me ...

4:14 am

sprite

or maybe by that time one of us has found the missing one. Have fun Christine.

4:15 am

Christine

Back soon.

4:18 am

sprite

I want to use that lower right corner ending so much.

4:18 am

Atalante

I should pop off too, pup wants a walk :) back soon!

4:18 am

sprite

enjoy, Ata :)

4:18 am

lynxxx

me too, that and ish - trying it on everything - not working!

4:19 am

sprite

yes that one too!

4:19 am

lynxxx

bye Ata, bye Hobbit - don't walk her too fast

4:20 am

sprite

I have one for your ending, lyn, if you want a clue

4:20 am

Christine

Local television is showing a program on Pancho Barnes, a pioneer womn in flying; she tested planes for Boeing, and participated in the first Powder Puff Derby.

4:21 am

lynxxx

no thanks Sprite

4:21 am

sprite

sounds interesting, Christine. Shall I make it into an icon theme?

4:22 am

Christine

Oh, I don't know about that, but she showed little girls they too could grow up to fly planes, and I think that's pretty great.

4:22 am

lynxxx

but I did just find the e8, is that the one Sprite?

4:22 am

sprite

it certainly is

4:23 am

sprite

not the one I have, lyn

4:23 am

lynxxx

mmmm back to the drawing board

4:24 am

sprite

hehehe but now you have an 8... I am not that far!

4:24 am

sprite

Christine, I will make it into a theme, just googled and there is more than enough info and pics on her. Very interesting.

4:25 am

lynxxx

aviatrix?

4:25 am

sprite

september 8, unless something date related comes up

4:27 am

sprite

ah found that e8, thanks lyn. Too bad it doesn't work with the other ending!

4:27 am

dizgrannie

christine aw 8

4:28 am

lynxxx

or with the a on the front

4:29 am

lynxxx

H Sprite?

4:30 am

lynxxx

forget that

4:30 am

sprite

oh good one! Thanks.

4:30 am

sprite

now I am happy, having at least one word for each ending.

4:33 am

Christine

Sprite, she led such a fascinating life, moneyed, landed family, made a 'good marriage' but was so unhappy, then she started flying - she's my new heroine. She organized the union so stunt flyers were protected, and - well, you'd need to read the book about her.

4:34 am

sprite

sounds like a marvelous lady! Far ahead of her time.

4:36 am

lynxxx

BBL show I want to look at is on

4:36 am

sprite

bfn lyn :)

4:37 am

Christine

I love all the bee pictures - along with firemen, and sax players, these are among my favourite things. (after DD, of course).

4:39 am

sprite

wow, those are also good themes! Am stealing them right away, Christine.

4:40 am

sprite

I just know that jillibus is going to LOVE the theme about Pancho Barnes. If I were a betting person, I would bet she is going to read the book.

4:44 am

sprite

Christine, what is DD? Dungeons and Dragons?

4:44 am

Christine

Usedto tell my former husband, if he'd been a sax-playing firemanof Italian heritage, who kept bees, there's a chance we'd make a go of things --- if he'd not eanted a divorce to marry someone else.

4:44 am

Christine

DD is dear daughter.

4:45 am

sprite

lol! Wonderful thing to say to him. And aw, DD :) That is sweet.

5:18 am

sprite

fireflies. Very nice grid! Bye all, have fun.

6:27 am

Jayk

anyone home? I can't seem to load lickety

6:28 am

lynxxx

hi Jayk. No Lickety. Try Bab Anon

6:29 am

millsbooks

dont worry...no lickety today

6:29 am

Jayk

rats! i don't like the way bab anon is set up. however...

6:29 am

millsbooks

volleymomdee has a list in profile

6:30 am

lynxxx

If not Bab Anon, try Volleymomdee

6:30 am

Jayk

bab anon has yesterday

6:31 am

lynxxx

Volleymomdee then

6:36 am

Jayk

thanks--got it!

6:39 am

Bremen

Go to Gremlin's info. He has it listed better than Bab Anon. :D

6:40 am

NonoNanette

Gremlinn still has yesterdays list

6:42 am

lynxxx

hi Nono. Love your paper cutting (can't remember what that is called)

6:42 am

Bremen

Oh, well that's not good. :D

6:49 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

6:49 am

welki

ty, lickety. hope things are well on your side of the screen

6:50 am

lynxxx

TY Lickety!

7:06 am

licketySplitAUS

Just! thanks!

7:06 am

lynxxx

? everyone is well I hope

7:08 am

licketySplitAUS

Oh life is never dull, mrp is probably about to go through another round of crap

7:08 am

lynxxx

oh jeez, not the arm again. PS congrats on the job

7:09 am

licketySplitAUS

thanks! gotta run.

7:09 am

roncook

Hi Lickerty my p/c is still showing saturdays stats.

7:09 am

lynxxx

bye - love to all

7:10 am

lynxxx

mine's OK Ron, do you need to refresh

7:10 am

roncook

Gottit at last TY Lickerty

7:14 am

EvaNadine

*yawn*
mornin babblers! happy monday!

7:15 am

lynxxx

hi Eva

7:28 am

Aloyisius

hi Babblers.. out of lurk mode, interesting grid!

7:30 am

lynxxx

hi Aloy, I'm doing marginally better than yesterday. Been good grids lately for a change

7:30 am

Aloyisius

yes, this is a nice mix of newbies and oldies

7:30 am

herinfernallady

Hello

7:31 am

Aloyisius

hi herin!

7:31 am

herinfernallady

Hello Aloy

7:31 am

lynxxx

hi Infernal

7:32 am

herinfernallady

Hi Lynxx

7:35 am

Frances

t

7:35 am

herinfernallady

Lynxx cold enough?

7:37 am

lynxxx

It's OK tonight, nice day

7:41 am

rubyfoo

hello, I'm back

7:42 am

Aloyisius

hi ruby (-:

7:42 am

herinfernallady

Hi Ruby.

7:43 am

rubyfoo

weren't you in the grid yesterday herin?

7:43 am

rubyfoo

hi aloy

7:44 am

rubyfoo

got 120 words this AM but don't see a lot more now

7:46 am

jmcnrick

hi all

7:46 am

lynxxx

lots of sw words

7:47 am

jmcnrick

rats i forgotto change my icon brb

7:47 am

lynxxx

hi jmc!

7:47 am

Aloyisius

hi jmc

7:47 am

herinfernallady

Hi Jm

7:47 am

herinfernallady

Hi Ruby

7:47 am

herinfernallady

Yes I was ruby

7:47 am

Uneaixoise

hey, jmc, having a wonderful time??

7:49 am

Uneaixoise

ok . . . off to feed the pups . . . back in a mo

7:49 am

jmcnrick

hi back with appropriate icon

7:49 am

herinfernallady

Hi Une

7:49 am

jmcnrick

i am having a wonderful time, ty

7:50 am

herinfernallady

JM what are you doing there?

7:51 am

jmcnrick

today i spent the day cataloging new books for the Quaker college lobrary

7:51 am

herinfernallady

ok

7:52 am

jmcnrick

I came for an international quaker women's meeting, then a board meeting of an international quaker org. then screwed around with my son

7:52 am

herinfernallady

Ok why are you there?

7:52 am

herinfernallady

O snap.

7:52 am

jmcnrick

I am finishing up doing some volunteer work

7:52 am

tceicher

amid

7:52 am

tceicher

amet

7:52 am

tceicher

amas

7:53 am

tceicher

amen

7:53 am

tceicher

man

7:53 am

tceicher

amash

7:53 am

jmcnrick

lol i realise i did not answer the question

7:53 am

tceicher

sorry,

7:53 am

jmcnrick

tceicher is heard from! lol hi!

7:53 am

herinfernallady

o bugger. I need to see if I can get tickets for a show

7:53 am

herinfernallady

Hi Tc

7:53 am

Aloyisius

hello tceicher

7:54 am

tceicher

ssorry, guess I wasn't paying attention to where I was typing

7:54 am

herinfernallady

and I need to try and get money for about 5 other things

7:54 am

jmcnrick

happens sometimes tc

7:54 am

jmcnrick

money hmmm that sounds like a plan

7:55 am

rubyfoo

sorry, DH was lurking in the doorway. It is nice to be in a group with the famous JMC!

7:55 am

Aloyisius

h'mm, wonder if Dr_G has figured a way to prevent that as he revises the website

7:55 am

herinfernallady

We got about $1000 in bills

7:55 am

Aloyisius

ouch, herin

7:56 am

Uneaixoise

sounds like a terrific summer, jmc! :-)

7:56 am

rubyfoo

bonjour, une!

7:56 am

herinfernallady

You have to love an approximate hike of $100 on gas

7:56 am

Aloyisius

done de done done, thanks to Lickety.. anyone need a clue before I head off to the library?

7:57 am

Uneaixoise

congrats, aloy, and hey, herin :-)

7:57 am

rubyfoo

yes, pls, any 8's or 9's

7:57 am

Aloyisius

hi Une!

7:57 am

Uneaixoise

ditto!

7:58 am

Anniebrook

er 8 and 9 would be welcome

7:58 am

Anniebrook

and hello everyone

7:58 am

rubyfoo

hi annie

7:58 am

Aloyisius

aw8 = a + how is the ******* today, rainy or sunny?

7:58 am

Aloyisius

hello Annie!

7:58 am

Anniebrook

hi ruby

7:58 am

Anniebrook

hi Aloy

7:58 am

Uneaixoise

tx, aloy, and gmorning, annie :-)

7:58 am

rubyfoo

nice aw clue, aloy!!

7:58 am

Riverdance

di9 - dont throw out the baby with the di9

7:59 am

JesDreher

anyone have the tr7?

7:59 am

rubyfoo

why not? lol hi river

7:59 am

Uneaixoise

tx river and hi!

7:59 am

Riverdance

good morning - can only stop for a minute

7:59 am

lynxxx

er8/9 mix up the et*** gas & make it a belief word

7:59 am

Anniebrook

Hi River, how is your son doing?

7:59 am

rubyfoo

great clue!

7:59 am

Riverdance

doing great - waiting for his followup appointment this Wed

8:00 am

Aloyisius

tr7: prefix for three + she rode the rick**** in Dhaka

8:00 am

JesDreher

thanks so much!

8:00 am

lynxxx

TY Aloy

8:00 am

Anniebrook

thanks lynxxxie for the er 8 and 9

8:00 am

Aloyisius

yw, don't remember seeing that one before

8:01 am

Riverdance

thanks aloy

8:01 am

rubyfoo

monkeys are looking at the er......why are they laughing?

8:01 am

lynxxx

yw Annie

8:01 am

herinfernallady

Hi River

8:01 am

Anniebrook

river, happy to hear he is doing great.

8:01 am

Uneaixoise

tx lynxxx and aloy!

8:01 am

car.eeyore

Good morning all.

8:02 am

Uneaixoise

yes, good news, river!

8:02 am

Uneaixoise

morning, car :-)

8:02 am

Aloyisius

at8: a + indefinite article + he went ** the store to get some hemmorh*** ointment

8:02 am

Aloyisius

(that one was a tuffy)

8:02 am

Riverdance

thanks - now I need to get to work - ugh - so far behind with all the time I took off - see you all later

8:03 am

car.eeyore

May i please have a clue for the O on the right?

8:03 am

Uneaixoise

later, river :-)

8:03 am

lynxxx

TY Aloy, you took all the pain out of it

8:03 am

car.eeyore

...or the only O in the grid! Duh!

8:03 am

Anniebrook

later river

8:03 am

Uneaixoise

or4/4

8:03 am

rubyfoo

bye {{river}}

8:03 am

Aloyisius

or5: or + ***e and shine on a lovely day

8:03 am

Uneaixoise

and or5/10

8:04 am

rubyfoo

part of gin

8:04 am

Aloyisius

lol, lynxx - glad you got it

8:04 am

Uneaixoise

really? is that the root, ruby?

8:04 am

Anniebrook

et8 ?

8:04 am

car.eeyore

TY! NBT. BBL!

8:04 am

Uneaixoise

later, car

8:04 am

rubyfoo

yup, used in witchcraft, too, I think or witches who drink gin

8:05 am

Uneaixoise

LOL!!!!

8:05 am

Uneaixoise

alternative broom fuel?

8:05 am

Aloyisius

start with the old gas for putting you to sleep and end with an "iffy" suffix

8:05 am

Uneaixoise

tx aloy!!

8:05 am

Aloyisius

um that was for et8..

8:05 am

Anniebrook

Aloy, great clue, thanks

8:05 am

herinfernallady

Caree did you find drat cat?

8:06 am

bichon

could I have a hint for the mixed up gas + belief system

8:06 am

rubyfoo

hello bichon; I can't get that one, either, monkeys have passed out trying

8:06 am

Uneaixoise

Annie, do a lot of people use the "cooling stations" in NYC and Brooklyn? Can they stay as long as they like?

8:07 am

bichon

too funny

8:07 am

gortmold

i'm stuck on that one too; let me save you the bother of typing etherism which i've done a squillion times

8:07 am

Uneaixoise

me too, gort LOL

8:08 am

Anniebrook

Une, From what they say on the news they have come as a lifesaver for many and I believe they can stay as long as they want.

8:08 am

lynxxx

move the 2 center letters to the front gort

8:08 am

bichon

Une, NYC and Brooklyn really aren't two different places

8:08 am

Uneaixoise

can't imagine having no AC in this ongoing extreme heat :-(

8:08 am

herinfernallady

Hi BIchon

8:09 am

Uneaixoise

ok, Manhattan and Brooklyn

8:09 am

gortmold

ahhh, thanks lynx, you always come thru 4 me!

8:09 am

bichon

Hi everyone

8:09 am

lynxxx

hi Bichon

8:09 am

bichon

lynxx, it's an er word right?

8:09 am

Anniebrook

er + **** is my Country ( patriotic song), vowel, plural letter

8:09 am

rubyfoo

hello gort -- darn telephone!!!!

8:10 am

lynxxx

yes Bichon

8:10 am

gortmold

hey ruby

8:10 am

herinfernallady

Hi Gort

8:10 am

Anniebrook

screwed up the clue again...er, then a vowel

8:11 am

gortmold

getting late, time to hit the sack? hay? bucket? some sort of farm equipment that's enigmatically related to sleep; nighty nigh

8:11 am

gortmold

nighty night herin

8:11 am

bichon

still don't get the er.

8:11 am

lynxxx

Goodnight Gort. I'm off to bed too, bye all

8:11 am

rubyfoo

I am so confused!!!!

8:11 am

rubyfoo

8:12 am

Aloyisius

..sorry, phone.. must scoot.. Happy Babbling all, see you next grid!

8:12 am

rubyfoo

bye aloy

8:12 am

Uneaixoise

er + backwoods m*** lab + belief system ending

8:12 am

Anniebrook

er8----word meaning before, **** or that + cons.

8:12 am

Anniebrook

plural for the er9

8:12 am

periwinkle

hello all

8:12 am

bichon

wait, got it. Anyone need elp?

8:12 am

periwinkle

Annie, what is a cooling station?

8:13 am

Anniebrook

just clued again hopefully clearer than before

8:13 am

herinfernallady

Hi Perri

8:13 am

rubyfoo

yay!! ty annie

8:13 am

bichon

A big air conditioned place, like a school, where the public an come to get cooled off

8:13 am

Anniebrook

hi peri, airconditioned places where people can go who do not have AC

8:13 am

periwinkle

oh, ok

8:13 am

Uneaixoise

where people who have no AC can go to get cool, drink water, have a snack, etc.

8:14 am

periwinkle

like senior centerse and libraries, I see

8:14 am

Anniebrook

ruby, so glad you got it

8:14 am

Uneaixoise

some of the churches are doing that here

8:14 am

Anniebrook

yes, peri

8:14 am

rubyfoo

did everybody google jmc's article?

8:14 am

periwinkle

no, what do I google?

8:14 am

Uneaixoise

noooo . . . what's the url??

8:14 am

rubyfoo

it was a struggle, annie, dumb ruby!

8:15 am

rubyfoo

I did google/pleas by conscientious objectors

8:15 am

rubyfoo

et, voila!

8:15 am

rubyfoo

she is famous!

8:15 am

Anniebrook

ruby, NOT dumb at all, that word was tough

8:16 am

sciencegeek

the Tardis is here today

8:16 am

rubyfoo

I am starting to have ripe tomatoes from my little "potager"

8:16 am

rubyfoo

hello science, how are you?

8:16 am

Anniebrook

going to google it now..be back later

8:16 am

sciencegeek

i am ok

8:16 am

herinfernallady

OVER LASSSSSSS

8:17 am

sciencegeek

Under Lass!

8:17 am

rubyfoo

?? herin ??

8:17 am

herinfernallady

yes.

8:17 am

Uneaixoise

here's the url: http://tinyurl.com/2edttbg

8:17 am

herinfernallady

I was talking to SG

8:18 am

rubyfoo

you are too funny, I feel like a non-English speaker

8:18 am

Uneaixoise

ruby, congrats on les tomates!

8:18 am

sciencegeek

Ruby, Aussies are Under Lasses and Lads to me since I am in the US.....

8:18 am

Uneaixoise

one of my mom's caregivers gave me a big bag of tomatoes and baby eggplants from her garden -- yum!!!

8:18 am

rubyfoo

that's a riot!

8:19 am

sciencegeek

I suppose you would be a Side Lass LOL

8:19 am

rubyfoo

nice sort of small accomplishment for a city girl

8:20 am

rubyfoo

baby eggplants! I forgot about eggplant this year (as DH does grocery shopping); time to make ratatouille

8:20 am

rubyfoo

and you're an uber lass

8:20 am

Uneaixoise

LOVE eggplant and LOVE ratatouille

8:21 am

rubyfoo

I tried growing it the first year and although the plants were lovely and flowered, I got fewer than 3

8:21 am

gran

Clue please for tr 7/48

8:21 am

rubyfoo

soon the blackberries will be ripe and there'll be a second round of raspberries

8:21 am

rubyfoo

I love my garden!!!!

8:21 am

Uneaixoise

am including eggplant in my veggie lasagna I'm serving at my friend's bday lunch next week :-)

8:22 am

sciencegeek

dont ahve gran

8:22 am

Uneaixoise

oohhh, those sound wonderful, ruby!

8:22 am

rubyfoo

great idea! have you ever made moussaka?

8:22 am

rubyfoo

tri + rick****

8:22 am

Uneaixoise

tr7: 3 prefix + in Asia some folks ride in a rick****

8:23 am

rubyfoo

I made another clafouti today with last week's cherries; it's a great way to use up cherries that have gone soft

8:23 am

Uneaixoise

ruby, we used to have the most delicious moussaka on the Left Bank in my student days . . . sigh :-)

8:23 am

gran

Thanks and finished

8:23 am

rubyfoo

and it makes me feel like a real cook. Unfortunately, I didn't put the blender top on tightly and got flour all over the wall

8:24 am

Uneaixoise

ooohhh, my ex-MIL used to make delish clafouti -- neighbor had a cherry tree and . . . well, she helped herself LOL

8:24 am

rubyfoo

it's a lot of work and hard to find ground lamb (harder to grind it yourself!!!)

8:25 am

herinfernallady

Yah Gran

8:25 am

rubyfoo

it is really easy and nourishing, to boot

8:25 am

Uneaixoise

ruby, that reminds of my mom telling me about making applesauce in my grandmother's kitchen -- she didn't put the top of the pressure cooker on tight enough and BOOM!

8:25 am

Uneaixoise

congrats, gran

8:25 am

JBV

hi, babblers - you're making me hungry!

8:25 am

sciencegeek

bbl

8:25 am

rubyfoo

hahah, my mother did that once with spinach and a pressure cooker

8:25 am

JBV

that happened to me once cooking lentils, une - yuk

8:26 am

rubyfoo

the clafouti is still warm, c'mon over!

8:26 am

Uneaixoise

eewww LOL!!!

8:26 am

Uneaixoise

j'arrive, ruby!!!!

8:26 am

JBV

ruby, did I catch the tail end of the chat yesterday where you said you were from Queens? me too - grew up in Astoria

8:26 am

rubyfoo

j'attends!

8:26 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

8:27 am

rubyfoo

I grew up in Queens Village (way east) and went to Martin Van Buren HS and Queens College

8:27 am

rubyfoo

are you Greek? Astoria has great restaurants!

8:27 am

JBV

no, Italian, ruby, but yes I lived in the heart of the Greek community- great place

8:28 am

rubyfoo

did you know that Queens county has more languages spoken than any other county in the US?

8:28 am

JBV

haven't lived in queens since 1979 but my heart is there

8:28 am

rubyfoo

something like 137!

8:28 am

JBV

yes, actually, I know that, ruby, my career has been in the field of ESL (English as a Second Language)and bilingual education :)

8:28 am

rubyfoo

I left when I got married

8:28 am

Uneaixoise

that's amazing, ruby

8:28 am

herinfernallady

something tells me getting up in the AM is going to be a pain in the arse

8:28 am

rubyfoo

no kidding

8:29 am

rubyfoo

hard to find an English-speaker in Jackson Heights, but I haven't been back in years

8:29 am

Uneaixoise

my daughter went to a public high school here in Nashville where 38 nationalities were represented but you've definitely got THAT beat! LOL

8:29 am

rubyfoo

and Flushing is totally oriental

8:29 am

JBV

my mom lived on 90 st. in jackson heights after they sold the Astoria house

8:30 am

rubyfoo

when I lived in Queens, it was much more limited: my neighborhood was Irish, Italian and Jewish, now it's black, Indian and Chinese

8:31 am

rubyfoo

I found a facebook site for my old neighborhood, but only knew one person

8:31 am

rubyfoo

it was called growing up in Queen Village. Everybody remembered my father's candy store, though

8:31 am

JBV

when did you learn French ruby - in school? or when you moved to France?

8:31 am

Uneaixoise

ruby, that's so cool!

8:32 am

JBV

that's cool - nothing like the neighborhood candy store to call up memories

8:32 am

Uneaixoise

did your dad have an old-fashioned "penny candy" store?

8:34 am

JBV

ruby's lost in memories of penny candy

8:34 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

8:34 am

jmcnrick

whew! got my internet up an running again

8:35 am

jmcnrick

did i miss any good stories?

8:35 am

JBV

hi jmc - are you still in Africa?

8:35 am

Uneaixoise

one of my fondest memories: we would ride our bikes to the drugstore on the square on Saturdays, buy a Coke and a little bag of Fritoes, and spend HOURS reading their magazines! LOL

8:35 am

Uneaixoise

jmc, your NYT article is wonderful -- what a celebrity you are!!!

8:35 am

jmcnrick

yes jbv i am

8:35 am

JBV

we're reminiscing about our old neighborhoods in Queens

8:35 am

jmcnrick

glad you liked it

8:36 am

Uneaixoise

and Tennessee small town :-)

8:36 am

JBV

yes, we read your story - very interesting problem

8:36 am

herinfernallady

JM post the link again I was stuffing aobut trying to find the 9

8:36 am

jmcnrick

hmmm wonder if my homogeneous old neighborhood in Houston compares

8:36 am

bichon

We were allowed to walk to the candy store [about 1 block] at recess. This was the 50's. Never happen now

8:36 am

Uneaixoise

http://tinyurl.com/2edttbg

8:36 am

bichon

I grew up in Rockaway, part of Queens

8:36 am

rubyfoo

I had to go and get a "fish feeding lesson" from my husband.

8:36 am

bichon

di 7?

8:37 am

Uneaixoise

bichon, our candy store was across the street from our elementary school and was "off limits" (yeah, right!)

8:37 am

jmcnrick

how are his fish doing?

8:37 am

rubyfoo

my sister and I used to take the railroad to Rockaway when I was around 10, just after the polio vaccine came out

8:37 am

bichon

We did a lot of things in the 50's that would be vorboten today

8:37 am

rubyfoo

he has 100's again and feeds them a huge amount.

8:37 am

Uneaixoise

totally, bichon!!

8:37 am

bichon

I loved growing up at the beach

8:38 am

JBV

I used to walk to Astoria Park, which involved crossing the Triboro Bridge traffic (over the elevated subway) - age 10!

8:38 am

Uneaixoise

i can imagine . . .

8:38 am

Uneaixoise

we rode our bikes all over town . . .

8:38 am

rubyfoo

ok, French: 2 yrs in jr high, 2 yrs in high school and 2 yrs in college. But I really didn't start speaking until 1964, my first time in France with my baby

8:38 am

herinfernallady

INteresting article JM

8:38 am

herinfernallady

I want to work in your office

8:38 am

jmcnrick

ty herin

8:39 am

bichon

di 7?

8:39 am

Uneaixoise

don't have it, bichon, sorry

8:39 am

jmcnrick

come on over (but I probably can only get you a short term visa)

8:40 am

jmcnrick

Brethren Volunteer Service is the source of many of my interns and they get them from around the world

8:40 am

herinfernallady

First the qualifications

8:40 am

rubyfoo

you walked across the Triboro Bridge, OMG!!!! that is too scary

8:40 am

jmcnrick

qualifications?

8:40 am

herinfernallady

I want to get my law degree

8:40 am

JBV

no, ruby, not across the bridge, but the EL station that crossed the bridge plaza - :)

8:41 am

rubyfoo

oh, just read it again, crossed OVER it! phew!

8:41 am

bichon

there's a walkway

8:41 am

jmcnrick

oh okay -- not needed to work for me but i totally understand

8:41 am

o-o

denigrate: di* + the pay scale shows the **** of pay you are entitled to

8:41 am

Uneaixoise

BR!!!!

8:41 am

sspiecher

hards

8:41 am

jmcnrick

hi BR!

8:41 am

rubyfoo

how did you come to teaching esl, jbv

8:41 am

JBV

but imagine sending a 10-yr-old into a subway station to cross the street -

8:41 am

o-o

Hello, Une

8:41 am

bichon

ty BR

8:41 am

herinfernallady

BR hellol..

8:41 am

Uneaixoise

yikes!!!

8:42 am

rubyfoo

hello BR

8:42 am

o-o

and everyone

8:42 am

herinfernallady

Jm Getting the paper means i get teh money as I am not interested in being a coffee runner

8:42 am

JBV

funny, ruby, I prepared to be a French teacher - no jobs (in 1971) so I was offered ESL and that was that

8:42 am

rubyfoo

very scary!

8:42 am

herinfernallady

snuggles BR long time no see

8:42 am

Haz1558

Good morning/afternoon all.

8:42 am

JBV

I majored in French, Spanish and English at Hunter College

8:42 am

herinfernallady

hi Haz

8:42 am

o-o

Hello, Haz

8:42 am

jmcnrick

i did my time as a coffee runner so i totally agree

8:42 am

Uneaixoise

howdy, haz!

8:42 am

bichon

JBV, I went to Queens College and majored in Sociology

8:42 am

rubyfoo

it is a great thing to be doing, really important, more than teaching French, I think

8:42 am

jmcnrick

now i have men running for coffee for me! lol;

8:43 am

jmcnrick

hi haz

8:43 am

rubyfoo

when did you graduate, bichon?

8:43 am

herinfernallady

JM I mean Legal admin secretary. Not something I want to do

8:43 am

JBV

I just retired, ruby, had a great career - loved it

8:43 am

Haz1558

Hello!

8:43 am

rubyfoo

I was an art major there

8:43 am

JBV

hi Haz, Herin, BR

8:43 am

rubyfoo

hi haz

8:43 am

rubyfoo

and my first husband taught history

8:44 am

jmcnrick

I was a proof reader and then a paralegal before i went to law school

8:44 am

bichon

Ruby, I graduated in '68

8:44 am

rubyfoo

this is like 6 degrees of separation

8:44 am

Mr Bob

Morning all

8:44 am

rubyfoo

I graduated in '63, pretty close

8:44 am

bichon

I lived in Israel for a year after that and then returned to NYC where I was a casework at the Bureau of Child Welfare

8:44 am

JBV

better not start listing names of husbands and exes

8:44 am

Uneaixoise

hey, mr. bob

8:44 am

herinfernallady

Paralegal I think is different here

8:44 am

jmcnrick

hi bob

8:45 am

JBV

I graduated from college in '71

8:45 am

herinfernallady

Bichon how did you do that job without going mad?

8:45 am

herinfernallady

HI Bob

8:45 am

jmcnrick

could be

8:45 am

bichon

I only worked there from ''69 to '72 and then we moved to CT.

8:45 am

jmcnrick

<===graduated college in 1973

8:46 am

herinfernallady

I wasn't even born then :D

8:46 am

Uneaixoise

graduated, French major, '69 . . .

8:46 am

Uneaixoise

oh, shut up, herin LOL!!!

8:46 am

rubyfoo

when my husband and I were courting, he told me about his college girl frield who turned out to be a close friend and colleague of my 1st husband and who had even been in my house. When I told husband no.1 about it, he said "So?"

8:46 am

JBV

Une, one of my favorite French professors was from Aix-en-Provence -is that where your family is from?

8:46 am

jmcnrick

:-P somebody has to be the youngest in the crowd!

8:46 am

Uneaixoise

ruby!! that's amazing!

8:47 am

Uneaixoise

JBV, that's where my ex's family is from :-)

8:47 am

rubyfoo

but you def sound mature for your age!!!

8:47 am

JBV

most people would rather not know all those background details

8:47 am

herinfernallady

I can be as old and grumpy as the next person though

8:47 am

Uneaixoise

I'm from a little town in Tennessee . . . but I escaped LOL!!

8:47 am

rubyfoo

and you're probably tall, too lol

8:48 am

herinfernallady

Ruby was that at me?

8:48 am

jmcnrick

probably shot a bear when she was only 3

8:48 am

Uneaixoise

if you watch "Last Chance Highway," they're based in my hometown

8:48 am

Uneaixoise

jmc LOL!!!

8:48 am

rubyfoo

aix-en-provence is beautiful, not like aix-les-bains near here!

8:48 am

Uneaixoise

my brother definitely had a coonskin cap!

8:48 am

rubyfoo

yes, herin, you sound both mature and tall!

8:48 am

Uneaixoise

haven't been back in a very long time, ruby . . .

8:49 am

jmcnrick

davy davy crockett , king of the wild frontier!!!!!

8:49 am

Uneaixoise

born on a mountaintop in Tennessee

8:49 am

herinfernallady

awww Thanks Ruby. Yes I am tall about 5 10

8:49 am

rubyfoo

born on a mountaintop in Tennessee....

8:49 am

Uneaixoise

ah, the inimitable Fess Parker

8:49 am

jmcnrick

so did my sister -- as an adult I have some to dislike davy crockett for the mercenary drunk cheat that he was

8:49 am

JBV

ruby, remember the '64 world's fair - I picked up a french pen pal there that I corresponded with (in French!) for about 4 years - she lived in Pau

8:50 am

Uneaixoise

snap, ruby! LOL

8:50 am

jmcnrick

but fess parker i admired

8:50 am

JBV

greenest state in the land of the free

8:50 am

rubyfoo

I went to that, in Flushing Meadow Park

8:50 am

o-o

Never thought a woman from a little town in Tennessee would be sporting an afro

8:50 am

rubyfoo

son was a baby, right before we came to Paris

8:50 am

Uneaixoise

oh, BR, it was the '60s!!

8:51 am

rubyfoo

I couldn't remember the adjective....

8:51 am

Uneaixoise

once I left town, I LEFT!

8:51 am

rubyfoo

if the phone rings one more time for my husband, I'm going to scream! He refuses to pick up the phone!

8:52 am

o-o

let it ring

8:52 am

jmcnrick

then let it ring and he misses the call

8:52 am

rubyfoo

they showed Pau on the Tour de France and it looked beautiful

8:52 am

rubyfoo

I've never been in the Pyrenees

8:53 am

rubyfoo

do you still have family in TN?

8:53 am

o-o

end of the sixties I was getting ready to do 1 2 3 4 what are you fighting for

8:53 am

Uneaixoise

yes, my mom and brother

8:53 am

jmcnrick

aren't they in spain? (typical american shows geographic ingnorance)

8:53 am

JBV

between spain and france

8:53 am

Uneaixoise

between Spain and France

8:54 am

jmcnrick

i was singing it BR and watching my friends not come back

8:54 am

Uneaixoise

snap!

8:54 am

rubyfoo

Pau is the French-side "gateway to the Pyrenees"

8:54 am

herinfernallady

Ruby unplug the phone or answer it with (husbands name) answering service

8:54 am

rubyfoo

what is snap?

8:54 am

jmcnrick

lots of twinsies today

8:54 am

Uneaixoise

ruby, saying/writing the same thing at the same time :-)

8:54 am

rubyfoo

aaah

8:54 am

jmcnrick

when two people say the same thing at the same time more or less

8:55 am

rubyfoo

just unplugged my phone; now I won't hear it if it rings

8:55 am

jmcnrick

yeah! ruby

8:55 am

Uneaixoise

tres bien, ruby!

8:55 am

o-o

Answer the phone, "Sparklies Funeral Home ... you kill em we chill em."

8:55 am

rubyfoo

I hate to leave this wonderful group, but it's cocktail time in Dixie East!

8:55 am

rubyfoo

hahah BR

8:55 am

Uneaixoise

BR LOL

8:56 am

jmcnrick

lol BR

8:56 am

Uneaixoise

bye, ruby -- et a tes souhaits!

8:56 am

rubyfoo

I answer the phone "Hello", and when it's a telemarketer I say I can't speak French

8:56 am

jmcnrick

make mine a margarita ruby

8:56 am

rubyfoo

au revoir, mes amis!

8:56 am

rubyfoo

*poof*

8:57 am

Uneaixoise

gotta run as well -- BBL -- enjoyed the great group chat!!! *poof*

8:57 am

JBV

bye ruby and une!

8:59 am

jmcnrick

bye ruby and une

9:06 am

herinfernallady

sorry I got lost

9:07 am

JBV

hi herin you didn't miss anything

9:07 am

herinfernallady

I was just talking to a high school friend and how one of the high school sweethearts broke up :( made me feel sad

9:10 am

jmcnrick

too bad

9:11 am

herinfernallady

It is sad. I just don't know what I would do. Himself went away for 2 weeks and I pined and these guys have known each other since 1990

9:17 am

herinfernallady

right bed time. Night all

9:17 am

Haz1558

Good night, herin.

9:23 am

ursh

hello all - is there a list up somewhere - getting frustrated with 36 left

9:24 am

Haz1558

LIckety's is available, ursh.

9:24 am

ursh

oh ok tx haz

9:25 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

9:25 am

EvaNadine

hello haz! i feel like i havent seen you in quite some time. :)

9:26 am

Haz1558

Hello, EvaN, I've been here maybe just not at the same time.

9:26 am

EvaNadine

yes, i have been busy with *gasp* work lately -- can you believe??

9:27 am

Haz1558

You need to nip that sort of thing in the bud.

9:27 am

jmcnrick

*tries to imagine evan working*

9:27 am

EvaNadine

seriously. very much getting in the way of my babble time, wedding planning, and blog reading.

9:28 am

jmcnrick

you need priorities evan

9:28 am

Haz1558

Are you into the greenweddingshoes and 100 layer cake blogs?

9:30 am

EvaNadine

ooh, no, i havent heard of those

9:30 am

EvaNadine

ooh, no, i havent heard of those

9:30 am

Haz1558

I shouldn't give you the addresses in case you're further distracted.

9:31 am

Haz1558

But there's nothing to stop you googling them...

9:31 am

jmcnrick

so thoughtful haz ;-)

9:31 am

Haz1558

I can say 'Don't blame me' with completely straight face.

9:32 am

EvaNadine

oh yeah. those will keep me entertained for a little while. :)

9:32 am

jmcnrick

whether you deserve to be blamed or not! lol

9:33 am

Haz1558

I will deflect all blame in FM's direction, as is the babble way.

9:33 am

jmcnrick

lol of course it is always FM's fault!

9:33 am

Haz1558

Absolutely, it's a comfort to know, isn't it?

9:34 am

jmcnrick

indeed

9:34 am

EvaNadine

i shall tell the same to my managers if/when they question why things are not getting done...

9:35 am

jmcnrick

i want hisn to be in the grid

9:35 am

jmcnrick

i am sure they will completely understand and hold FM accountable

9:36 am

Haz1558

There's a wanted poster in every police station in the world with FM's face on it.

9:36 am

jmcnrick

goodness!

9:37 am

Haz1558

That's why she's had to become a mistress of disguise. And have you noticed she rarely posts a picture of herself?

9:37 am

rururocks

i didn't know I was consorting with hardened criminals here

9:37 am

jmcnrick

hmmm that is true of many babblers *looks at haz's icon*

9:37 am

EvaNadine

they dont get more hardened than FM. shes the hardenedest.

9:37 am

Haz1558

I know! Hello ruru.

9:38 am

jmcnrick

wow the bird out side my window has this amazing beak

9:38 am

Haz1558

Two ticks...

9:39 am

jmcnrick

it looks like a leather needle --- you know thin and arced?

9:40 am

rururocks

is it a suede sandpiper?

9:40 am

jmcnrick

do they have sandpiper's inland? I am close to lake victoria though

9:41 am

jmcnrick

i wish this house had a bird book *sulks*

9:43 am

Haz1558

We've got 'Birds of East Africa' but that's not a lot of use to you.

9:43 am

jmcnrick

i could describe it

9:45 am

jmcnrick

a mocking bird size all shiny black with an even shinier green glaze to the head and then the black curved slender bill

9:45 am

Haz1558

Let's have a look.

9:47 am

crosshair

good morning everyone;) there may be hope for me this grid as my first word for the day is he 6/21=legaleze for he 4/5 :)

9:48 am

jmcnrick

hi crossy

9:48 am

crosshair

howdy jmc:)

9:49 am

jmcnrick

i ha** it when I don't see legalese

9:49 am

jmitch

and a "th" version of the legalese

9:50 am

Haz1558

jmc - I'm being distracted, sorry for slow response on bird identity.

9:50 am

crosshair

ty jm

9:53 am

jmcnrick

hi jm!

9:53 am

jmcnrick

no worry haz

9:57 am

crosshair

a rare phantom "thyroids'

9:57 am

jmcnrick

rare indeed! lol

9:58 am

FMitch

I see my name was being bandied about again :)

9:58 am

FMitch

Greetings all!

9:58 am

crosshair

(((FM)))

9:59 am

rururocks

Not me FM.. *innocent*

9:59 am

jmcnrick

absolutely FM

9:59 am

LynnNate08

ae 6, 21 clue?

9:59 am

FMitch

(((crossy)))
LOL ruru, yea butter wouldn't melt.

9:59 am

rururocks

knock out gas lynn

10:00 am

FMitch

Hi jmc :)

10:00 am

LynnNate08

ty

10:00 am

LynnNate08

ty

10:01 am

FMitch

and Haz has disappeared (conveniently).

10:01 am

jmcnrick

i think i will buy a copy of the birds of east africa as a bread and butter gift for the house i am staying in

10:01 am

rururocks

at 8 anyone?

10:02 am

Haz1558

Google amethyst sunbird to see if it's anything like what you have, jmc.

10:02 am

jmcnrick

ok brb

10:02 am

FMitch

Ah there she is!

10:03 am

FMitch

HAven't got it yet ruru.

10:03 am

Riverdance

at8 = at + I am going to **a* up my soup + the infamous robot ending

10:03 am

Haz1558

at8 - a, definite article, frog like creature, change one vowel (infamous robotic ending)

10:03 am

jmcnrick

yes! that is it! ty ty haz!

10:03 am

FMitch

now I have, thanks River and Haz.

10:03 am

Haz1558

Hooray!

10:04 am

rururocks

thank you both.

10:04 am

FMitch

Nifty piece of dectective work Dr Haz :)

10:04 am

rururocks

<-- haz knows everything...

10:04 am

jmcnrick

shee ty for the at river and haz

10:05 am

FMitch

Don't encourage her ruru!

10:05 am

LynnNate08

didnt get the at 8 ....hmmmm

10:05 am

Haz1558

ruru is a very wise man.

10:05 am

jmcnrick

if i were a european living in a non-european country where other europeans come to stay in my house i would have a bird book

10:05 am

mixi6

ty for the at8 haz

10:06 am

LynnNate08

got it ty

10:06 am

Haz1558

I have a very keen bird-watcher husband so that when we were in Africa he was ticking off each species in the book. K for Kenya, T for Tanzania.

10:07 am

Haz1558

He has a T beside the Amethyst Sunbird.

10:07 am

LynnNate08

di 9?

10:07 am

jmcnrick

i should have brought a book but i was carrying so many other books for the library here i couldn't even bring enough paperbacks to read

10:07 am

Riverdance

dont throw out the baby with the di9

10:07 am

jmcnrick

ty Mr. Haz

10:07 am

Haz1558

di9 - what you throw out when you've finished washing up.

10:08 am

rururocks

*my admiration hasn't dropped a notch knowing that haz*

10:08 am

rururocks

(pandering now FM)

10:08 am

LynnNate08

ty

10:08 am

wht

Hi jmc, welcome back. Habari za safari.

10:08 am

jmcnrick

personally i never wa**ed my baby in di9

10:08 am

FMitch

Haz takes the phrase 'utilise all resources' to a higher plane.

10:09 am

mixi6

ty for two words haz.

10:09 am

FMitch

lol ru.

10:09 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, mixi.

10:09 am

LynnNate08

the 7 that follows after di 9?

10:09 am

LynnNate08

lol i wouldnt wash my babies in that either

10:10 am

rururocks

*wouldn't eat off plates at JM's house if she did*

10:10 am

Haz1558

di9 - prefix (three letters) then a word that can mean speed or the amount you're paid.

10:10 am

FMitch

Haz did you see Sherlock last night?

10:10 am

jmcnrick

my mother used to be my best source of obscure information :-(

10:10 am

rururocks

<---loves Sherlock Holmes books

10:10 am

Haz1558

I didn't, FM, Ata was asking about it earlier. Apparently it's good!

10:11 am

jmcnrick

a new version of sherlock? who by?

10:11 am

FMitch

This is a new series ruru, Sherlock in the 21st centuary. It was very good but as I was watching in bed I fell asleep and missed the end. Will have to i-player it.

10:12 am

FMitch

Directed by one of the directors of the New Dr Who series I think.

10:12 am

rururocks

not one actor really fills my view of Sherlock yet

10:12 am

jmcnrick

hmm well since they had him in the 20th century with basil rathbone i guess they can have him in the 21st century but i think google does him in

10:12 am

jmcnrick

i liked jeremy whatshisna**

10:13 am

Judi

Morning, cats and kittens.

10:13 am

rururocks

Meeeeeeeeowwww judi

10:13 am

jmcnrick

meow

10:13 am

rubyfoo

hello for a second. DH is trying to change a lightbulb and I am seeking cover!

10:13 am

rubyfoo

mrow

10:13 am

FMitch

prrrrr Judi :)

10:13 am

jmcnrick

how many dh does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

10:13 am

rubyfoo

happy cats doing happy dance!

10:14 am

rubyfoo

raofl

10:14 am

rubyfoo

he is now turning a light switch off and on!

10:14 am

FMitch

lol I was just trying to work something out along those lines too jmc but can't think of a good punchline.

10:14 am

jmcnrick

very talented dh

10:14 am

Judi

Hmm. 21st Century Sherlock, eh? Robert Downey Jr. tried. But, I don't see him as the real deal. I think Jude Law would be a better Sherlock. He looks more like Basil Rathbone.

10:14 am

rubyfoo

I can't stand it; someone, pls, hand me a gun!!!!~

10:15 am

jmcnrick

robert downey was terrible

10:15 am

rubyfoo

what do you REALLY think of Jude Law?

10:15 am

jmcnrick

sorry ruby i support non-violence

10:15 am

FMitch

This new version is interesting as Sherlock is rather psycho/on the edge and Dr Watson has just got back from Afganistan.

10:15 am

rubyfoo

what was watson doing there?

10:16 am

Judi

I'm not a big Jude Law fan. He's too girly looking.

10:16 am

LynnNate08

the last yi?

10:16 am

FMitch

Army Dr.

10:16 am

jmcnrick

sherlock was rather psycho on the edge and his brother mycroft (who was completely messed up in the robert downey film) was completely over it

10:16 am

rubyfoo

I think so, too, he is in all these French homoerotic perfume commercials eeeew

10:17 am

Judi

Well, thank goodness we haven't been subjected to those commercials, ruby!

10:17 am

rubyfoo

he had a good movie with Robin Wright Penn where he had an autistic daughter -- I have no idea of the name in English

10:17 am

FMitch

phone BRB.

10:17 am

rubyfoo

talk about lucky!!!

10:18 am

jmcnrick

who is lucky?

10:18 am

Norma

Can anyone clue the tr7 please :o)

10:18 am

Norma

Can anyone clue the tr7 please :o)

10:18 am

rubyfoo

anybody who hasn't seen the Jude Law commercials

10:18 am

Norma

Sorry hiccups

10:19 am

rubyfoo

tri + rick ****

10:19 am

jmcnrick

ah well then lucky me

10:19 am

jmcnrick

i am annoyed that i can't watch my netflix while in kenya

10:19 am

Norma

Thanks ruby

10:20 am

jmcnrick

all that comes to mind is rick ricks and tricky dick

10:20 am

anike

Can anyone help me with th 7/36?

10:20 am

rubyfoo

there is another strange one with Alain Delon, very young, also home-erotic but taken from an old movie of his. It's really a great commercial, probably from the 60's or 70's

10:20 am

rubyfoo

the movie, that is

10:20 am

jmcnrick

ah ty ruby i got it

10:20 am

rubyfoo

don't have th7

10:20 am

bichon

he 7/8?

10:21 am

rururocks

I don't get the rick clue

10:21 am

rubyfoo

the act of being brave, bichon

10:21 am

jmcnrick

think of a chinese conveyance ru

10:21 am

rubyfoo

man-propelled vehicle

10:21 am

bichon

ty ruby

10:21 am

rubyfoo

I'm good at clues, terrible at grids~!

10:22 am

mixi6

ty jcm and rubiy

10:22 am

rururocks

thank you ruby.. how's the light now?

10:22 am

jmcnrick

yw

10:22 am

Norma

th7/36 .... first four letters of th7/32 + aster***

10:22 am

anike

Got the th 7/36

10:22 am

rubyfoo

I'm afraid to go upstairs....

10:23 am

rururocks

anyone know how many pyschologists it takes to put in a lightbulb

10:23 am

jmcnrick

let's talk about it ru

10:23 am

rubyfoo

I'll just sit here in the dark and load my gun! just kidding, jmc!! hahah, ruefully

10:23 am

FMitch

Back again.

10:24 am

jmcnrick

puts on kevlar jacket

10:24 am

rubyfoo

there's probably a Freudian answer, rururu

10:24 am

jmcnrick

now if i only had th7/32

10:24 am

sandrafrances

clue for th 7/32 please

10:24 am

rubyfoo

me, too

10:24 am

jmcnrick

snap sandra

10:25 am

Judi

Jethro aint allowed.

10:25 am

rubyfoo

at least I now understand |"snap"

10:25 am

FMitch

Take the th5/12 and make it an old fashioned/legal expression.

10:25 am

jmcnrick

that's a clue?

10:25 am

bichon

huh?

10:25 am

rubyfoo

and your marguerita is getting watery, jmc!

10:25 am

sandrafrances

thanks

10:25 am

jmcnrick

oh neither is jeb clampet

10:26 am

Judi

No. I'm just throwing out non-sequiters.

10:26 am

bichon

which th 5/12?

10:26 am

sandrafrances

by the way how many words today please

10:26 am

FMitch

The one that is over th***

10:26 am

jmcnrick

oh sorry i didn't see it ruby *adds another cube and sips*

10:26 am

Haz1558

243

10:26 am

jmcnrick

243

10:26 am

FMitch

243 sand

10:26 am

rubyfoo

243 and it's really easy raofl!!!!

10:26 am

anike

fireworks

10:26 am

sandrafrances

thanks

10:26 am

FMitch

Congrats anike

10:27 am

jmcnrick

whoo hoo anike

10:27 am

Haz1558

th7/32 - old fashioned part of wedding ceremony 'And th7 I plight thee my troth'

10:27 am

rubyfoo

oh, anike, too smart!!!! yay

10:27 am

FMitch

I plighted my troth but it didn't get me very far :(

10:28 am

rubyfoo

me, too

10:28 am

bichon

now I'm more confused than usual

10:28 am

Haz1558

You just ended up in a plight.

10:28 am

anike

TY everyone. Can I help with any clues before I go?

10:28 am

rubyfoo

ok, dinner, see you later

10:28 am

jmcnrick

hubby probable thought it was a trouth

10:29 am

rubyfoo

*poof*

10:29 am

FMitch

Bye ruby

10:29 am

nurse1000

anyone help with te5/12, please?

10:29 am

bichon

yes anike, the th7 which has to do with a wedding

10:29 am

FMitch

or a trough

10:29 am

rubyfoo

or trough

10:29 am

rubyfoo

SNAP!!!@!

10:29 am

FMitch

snap!

10:29 am

Haz1558

te5/12 = mouth choppers

10:29 am

anike

What we bite with

10:29 am

jmcnrick

th7/32 is a compound word

10:30 am

anike

That was te 5/12 by the way

10:30 am

nurse1000

Oh for heaven's sake. How stupid of me!! ty

10:30 am

rubyfoo

hey, FM twinnie!!!

10:30 am

FMitch

I do like shopping from home - just bought a couple of pairs of espadrilles and they will be delivered on Wednesday.

10:30 am

jmcnrick

hey did i ever say i could spell?

10:30 am

jmcnrick

hi nurse

10:30 am

bichon

finally, it sunk in. TY

10:30 am

rolin

afternoon all..

10:30 am

FMitch

Im sure you must have at some point jmc, someone of your eloquence and all that :)

10:31 am

Haz1558

Hello, rolin.

10:31 am

FMitch

Hi rolin

10:31 am

nurse1000

Hi everybody. Down to lat 20 or so and just struggling!

10:31 am

jmcnrick

i am eloquent but can't spell worth a damn -- never could

10:31 am

rolin

this is bliss...i chopped up fresh strawberries..raspberries..half a banana...and a plum...and cover it with yoghurt...mmmmmmmmmm

10:31 am

jmcnrick

hi rolin

10:31 am

nurse1000

last would be the word. See what I mean!!

10:31 am

anike

I'm off to bed then. G'night.

10:31 am

rubyfoo

I love espadrilles. I found really cheap ones at Carrefour and they are already falling apart. Usually, they should cost around $15 (8 llbs) and last a couple of years

10:32 am

Haz1558

Sleep well, anike.

10:32 am

jmcnrick

I was so happy when my son got the spelling genes that everyone else in my family has -- i started asking him how to spell words when he was in the 3rd grade

10:32 am

FMitch

8 lbs??? - how many cocktails ahve you had ruby?

10:32 am

rubyfoo

I don't have a pound sign in my keyboARD

10:32 am

FMitch

Bye anike.

10:32 am

jmcnrick

bye anike

10:32 am

FMitch

LOL

10:33 am

rubyfoo

demon gin!

10:33 am

jmcnrick

i don't buy shoes online -- feet to hard to fit

10:33 am

jmcnrick

oo i'll take a martini!

10:33 am

jmcnrick

*holds out glass for demon gin*

10:33 am

rubyfoo

I have absolutely average feet - 7B, 37 in FR

10:34 am

rubyfoo

great martinis chez nous!

10:34 am

FMitch

I only do though this one store and only espadrilles as I have bought from them before.

10:34 am

smaandmea

I have one mi8/70 plural of the 7. Clue for other one please?

10:34 am

rubyfoo

how expensive were they? (indiscreet question, you don't have to answer

10:34 am

Haz1558

The other one is just the same save for the last letter.

10:35 am

Kaplan the Magne

I would like to announce that the word "tree" is cleverly hidden in this puzzle. I didn't want you to knock yourselves out trying to find it, so I will go to the PB where it is nice and cool, and eat chocolate.

10:35 am

Haz1558

The first is descriptive, the second a verb form of mi7.

10:35 am

FMitch

Â£15 a pair but as I am a 43 shoes are not that easy to get.

10:36 am

jmcnrick

poor kap is it that hot?

10:36 am

rubyfoo

hello kaplan, going to hv din now, see you later

10:36 am

smaandmea

Thank you - moving housw on Thursday so popping in and out of boxes!

10:36 am

Kaplan the Magne

:) No, but the chocolate is good.

10:36 am

jmcnrick

There was a terrible storm in DC where two people were killed and my sister drove out in it to save my cat

10:36 am

rubyfoo

sounds liike a fair price, FM, delivered, too

10:37 am

jmcnrick

bye ruby

10:37 am

rubyfoo

brave sister

10:38 am

jmcnrick

i thought so -- but now i really owe her!

10:38 am

FMitch

Good luck smaa, hope it all goes well.

10:38 am

jmcnrick

okay a group of kenyans are marching down the street singing and with drums and bells -- must go watch

10:38 am

rururocks

ma 7/52?

10:38 am

nurse1000

Where is that tr7/48 hiding???

10:38 am

Haz1558

Bye jmc.

10:38 am

Haz1558

ma7/52 - in the direction of a male

10:39 am

Haz1558

tr7 - a cross between a child's wheeled toy and a Chinese mode of transport.

10:39 am

rururocks

thank you haz

10:39 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

10:39 am

rururocks

is that where Mel Gibson is now?

10:40 am

jmcnrick

back --- lots of red hats and shirts so the vote no on the constitution crowd

10:40 am

nurse1000

HMM. Can't seem to figure that one out, Haz.

10:41 am

FMitch

BRB

10:41 am

Haz1558

Prefix for three, then the ending of rick****.

10:41 am

rururocks

it ends in George bernard nurse

10:41 am

jmcnrick

and pb for haz after all that kindness

10:41 am

nurse1000

nm Haz. got it. Ty eveyone. Told you brain has gone for the day.

10:42 am

jmcnrick

*fluffs pillows in pb for haz*

10:42 am

Haz1558

Entrapment. A good lawyer will get me out.

10:43 am

jmcnrick

*looks at feet*

10:43 am

rururocks

what do the large mi words relate to?

10:44 am

Haz1558

They relate to artists' mistakes.

10:44 am

Haz1558

mi7/40 - ends in spotty misery.

10:46 am

rururocks

got the last ones..but don't see the misery part

10:46 am

jmcnrick

not measles but a skin . . . .

10:47 am

Haz1558

Four letters meaning spotty itch or a foolish decision.

10:47 am

FMitch

Leave for a couple of mins and comes back to find Haz in the PB - what is the world coming to?

10:47 am

Haz1558

It's a disgrace, FM, that's what it is.

10:48 am

jmcnrick

*looks at feet*

10:48 am

jmcnrick

i need a pedicure

10:48 am

Haz1558

Just two words. Amethyst sunbird. And what thanks do I get?

10:48 am

FMitch

Tsk tsk jmc?!

10:49 am

jmcnrick

not me!!!

10:49 am

jmcnrick

she got in the pb on her own!!

10:49 am

Haz1558

Let us hope that jmc's feelings are those of the pe11 the other day. Penitential.

10:49 am

rururocks

thank you .. got it finally

10:50 am

jmcnrick

better that than penitentiary

10:50 am

FMitch

hmmm *scribbles notes in The Book*

10:50 am

Haz1558

Well done, ruru!

10:50 am

jmcnrick

wtg ru

10:50 am

rururocks

penitentiary or peditentiary?

10:50 am

jmcnrick

*looks at feet*

10:51 am

FMitch

Oh Haz, didn't tell you I got stung by a big wasp on Saturday. 1st time I have ever been stung by an insect in my life - interesting experience.

10:51 am

jmcnrick

ouch!

10:51 am

Haz1558

It's really sore, isn't it?

10:51 am

jmcnrick

damp baking soda if it ever happens again

10:52 am

FMitch

It hurt more than having an injection but thanfully was gone in about 4 hours. Was worried incase I had an adverse reaction but no.

10:52 am

FMitch

I'll remember that thanks jmc.

10:53 am

jmcnrick

we used to play chicken with the bees on the honeysuckle when i was a kid

10:53 am

FMitch

Wouldn't mind but wasn't even in the garden but sitting at my desk and hadn't noticed that darn thing had landed near the mouse.

10:53 am

jmcnrick

we would catch them barehanded until the first kid got stung

10:53 am

Haz1558

It's coming up to the time of year when we get lots of puppies being stung by wasps. It can look very dramatic but swelling usually goes down in a few hours.

10:53 am

jmcnrick

Mother ha**ed that game

10:53 am

Haz1558

Wasps seem to sting just for the sake of it sometimes, or so it seems.

10:54 am

FMitch

I think I was about to crush it with my arm, so can't blame it.

10:54 am

jmcnrick

wasps are more vicious than bees for sure (except maybe killer bees)

10:55 am

Haz1558

I just think of bees as fuzzy buzzers but wasps are more sinister looking.

10:55 am

FMitch

but it was a big one as it ended up upside down on a ruler on the desk and was an inch long.

10:55 am

Haz1558

Goodness! That's big for a wasp.

10:55 am

jmcnrick

wow

10:56 am

FMitch

This grid seems to being going on and on and on.
I know thats what I thought!

10:56 am

jmcnrick

my guard just walked by -- what was that about being in a penitentiary?

10:56 am

FMitch

lol jmc

10:56 am

jmcnrick

i felt so bad for him last night when it was pouring rain

10:57 am

FMitch

When are you heading back to the US jmc?

10:57 am

jmcnrick

Friday -- arriving Saturday

10:57 am

jmcnrick

i am more than ready

10:58 am

Haz1558

A month is a long time to be away.

10:58 am

smaandmea

and help with the di7, 32. Have the 9

10:58 am

FMitch

I bet! but all those memories and photos too I hope?

10:59 am

jmcnrick

and i want fresh veggies and cheese and decent coffee and Jack!

10:59 am

Haz1558

di7/32 - negative prefix, then the speed at which you do something or the amount you get paid per hour?

10:59 am

jmcnrick

all my icons this week have been my photos including this one

10:59 am

crosshair

mmmmm jd.....

10:59 am

jmcnrick

great memories too but i am ready to be home

10:59 am

FMitch

party at jmc's at the weekend then.

11:00 am

jmcnrick

*sigh* jack

11:00 am

Haz1558

Hello, crossy.

11:00 am

jmcnrick

a party for sure it is my birthday

11:00 am

crosshair

howdy haz

11:00 am

jmcnrick

I will pull out the grills (I have one reserved for veggies) and chill up some beer

11:01 am

FMitch

Oh a home coming and a birthday - excellent!

11:01 am

smaandmea

but there's no g! 4th letter pls

11:01 am

jmcnrick

y'all come

11:01 am

FMitch

wouldn't that be great jmc.

11:02 am

jmcnrick

brb

11:02 am

Haz1558

The speed at which you do something, the amount per hour, the ending after i which means cross, an anagram of moisture from your eye.

11:02 am

Haz1558

Or negative prefix plus a rodent plus a vowel.

11:02 am

crosshair

....

11:02 am

smaandmea

Haz - got it thanx

11:03 am

Haz1558

Good! You're welcome.

11:03 am

crosshair

i think i need a shot of jack for this one:)

11:03 am

FMitch

It certainly has it moments crossy.

11:03 am

Haz1558

Right, time to head to the kitchen to start getting some food made. Enjoy the rest of the grid, and always remember not to make a dr5 out of a crisis. Just keep calm and carry on.

11:04 am

Haz1558

Toodle-oo!

11:04 am

FMitch

lol Bye HAz have a good evening.

11:04 am

crosshair

lol,my brood live on tempests in teacups lol

11:05 am

crosshair

morning is not good unless there is a crisis brewing

11:05 am

FMitch

How is the new way of eating going Crossy? and have you seen any improvements in yr sleep pattern?

11:06 am

crosshair

my sleep is slowly improving and the cpap machine and i are starting to get along...as for the diet..there has been some slippage i am afraid

11:06 am

crosshair

and i love breathing normally in the night;)

11:07 am

FMitch

good re sleep and slippage is OK, so long as you dont slide too far.

11:08 am

FMitch

bet Mrs crossy loves you breathing normally too ;)

11:08 am

crosshair

other night i decided try try and go without the cpap just to see how i was getting along and woke up 20 minutes later gasping and choking..so it is my life long buddy now

11:08 am

crosshair

of that im sure,she does not have to stand guard over me anymore

11:10 am

FMitch

well done for getting things sorted before she murdered you!

11:10 am

crosshair

and the threat of stoke or heat attack is now greatly reduced

11:10 am

crosshair

stroke*

11:10 am

FMitch

even better.

11:11 am

FMitch

The sun is just starting to edge off the main part of the garden so I had better go and get some watering done.
Lovely to chat and Happy Babbling.

11:12 am

crosshair

tc fm

11:12 am

FMitch

you too hun *poof*

11:16 am

jmcnrick

bye FM

11:17 am

EvaNadine

dare i complain about this, but i think the lunch lady actually put TOO MUCH ham on my ham-n-swiss...

11:17 am

helensgirlkid

Is this not a wonderful grid? The aw 8 for instance; and who knew that et 5 could be on e of the is 4?!

11:17 am

beachboggle

hiya fellow babblers!

11:19 am

jmcnrick

hi beach

11:19 am

jmcnrick

odd complaint evan

11:21 am

helensgirlkid

Too much ham vis-a-vis the swiss, or just plain too much, EEvaN?

11:21 am

EvaNadine

i cant even taste the cheese or veggies. all i taste is ham and honey-mustard.

11:22 am

jmcnrick

if you can't taste the cheese i will have to agree -- that is too much ham (or not enough cheese)

11:23 am

helensgirlkid

Yeah - if you ask for ham and swiss, it's because youva lue the swiss!

11:24 am

EvaNadine

i quite like ham, but this is a littler overkill...heh

11:24 am

crosshair

swiss is so mild..leave the ham and remove the swiss and add 7 year old extra old sharp cheddar

11:24 am

helensgirlkid

I'm blaming the keyboard for the odd intrusion and omission of spaces!

11:24 am

jmcnrick

mmm cheese

11:25 am

EvaNadine

yknow, im thinking it might not so much be the ham, as the honey mustard! definitely too much of that.

11:25 am

crosshair

opps sorry jmc:/

11:25 am

jmcnrick

well you can scrap off the mustard

11:25 am

jmcnrick

its okay crossy i like to dream

11:25 am

EvaNadine

yup. heres hoping i can re-wrap it correctly. :)

11:26 am

jmcnrick

*scrape

11:26 am

jmcnrick

is it a flat bread sandwich then?

11:26 am

jmcnrick

(does anyone think we talk too much about each of our meals?) ;-)

11:27 am

crosshair

nope;)

11:27 am

EvaNadine

its a wrap...

11:29 am

jmcnrick

i don't like the bread on most wraps that are not pita bread or indian bread

11:29 am

EvaNadine

i like the spinach wraps. they used to have really yummy jalapeno wraps, but the knew caf company doesnt buy them. :/

11:29 am

crosshair

i do not mind using naan as a wrap but i dislike most others

11:30 am

EvaNadine

new*

11:31 am

jmcnrick

most of them seem to stiff to me

11:32 am

jmcnrick

of course a warm flour tortilla works

11:32 am

EvaNadine

apparently, not when you douse them with honey mustard. ;)

11:32 am

jmcnrick

yippee i found a kenya tax form webpage -- who'd of thought

11:34 am

EvaNadine

uhhh, yay?
*looks at crossy in confusion as to why we are celebrating this*

11:37 am

jmcnrick

i was asked to help with the forms since i am a tax attorney but of course i am a US tax attorney and well these are kenyans

11:37 am

EvaNadine

ahh

11:37 am

jmcnrick

I prefer to know what i am doing even when i volunteer

11:39 am

EvaNadine

makes sense. :)

11:40 am

jmcnrick

so were you out in the big storm yesterday?

11:42 am

EvaNadine

we were in the house. lost power for a little bit.

11:43 am

jmcnrick

my sister apparently was driving over to my house to let the cat in when it hit in my neighborhood

11:43 am

EvaNadine

yipes

11:44 am

EvaNadine

there are random shutters, pieces of siding, and gutter drainpipes scattered throughout our neighborhood now

11:44 am

jmcnrick

she said that the sky turned orange and she was completely dry for a moment

11:45 am

jmcnrick

she had to make more than two tries to get on my block because of downed limbs and then found the cat huddled between my attached neighbors porch and mine

11:45 am

EvaNadine

awww, poor kitty!

11:46 am

jmcnrick

and poor sister! She had to borrow shoes to get back to her car since she only had on flip flops

11:47 am

EvaNadine

heh, yes, flip flops are definitely NOT heavy storm shoes!

11:48 am

jmcnrick

she has lost several of them over the years in running wa5! lol

11:50 am

jmcnrick

is the he8 connected to the he7?

11:51 am

EvaNadine

no idea. i dont have an 8 yet...

11:51 am

EvaNadine

or an HE7, for that matter...heh

11:51 am

jmcnrick

thanks anyway

11:54 am

Kallia

he7/h8 is the plural

11:54 am

Kallia

hello

11:55 am

jmcnrick

ty kalia

11:55 am

Kallia

do you want a clue?

11:55 am

jmcnrick

no ty i got it I had the 7

11:56 am

Kallia

ah ok :)

11:56 am

jmcnrick

maybe evan?

11:58 am

EvaNadine

im always game for a clue. :)

11:59 am

crosshair

day was hot...puppy was hot and miserable..3 bags of ice cubes later and voilia!! http://asset.soup.io/asset/0925/7737_f
425.jpeg

11:59 am

EvaNadine

awwwwww

12:00 pm

Kallia

he7/8 acts of he * often wins medals

12:00 pm

jmcnrick

very cute

12:00 pm

EvaNadine

TY kallia :)

12:00 pm

Kallia

yw

12:00 pm

crosshair

puppy on the rocks;))

12:01 pm

jmcnrick

okay 1/2 way I think I will take a break and see what i can learn about kenyan taxes -- fun fun fun!

12:08 pm

stidmama

JMC!!!! ((((hugs))))

12:09 pm

stidmama

hey all...

12:09 pm

stidmama

guessing that JMC is gone. *sigh*

12:09 pm

stidmama

how's the grid?

12:10 pm

crosshair

lol not sure stidmama,i am 59 in but hiding the grid total from myself lol

12:11 pm

stidmama

((cross)) okay, I'll not worry about it.

12:11 pm

crosshair

if the total is 60 then it is a great grid..if it is 460,then it sucks

12:11 pm

stidmama

I have enough to worry about anyway.

12:11 pm

crosshair

whats up stiddles..tell uncle crossy;)

12:13 pm

stidmama

you know cross, it's probably not something to be overly upset about. I had time when I got my evaluation from my faculty member to try to re-negotiate parts of it. BUT. I thought I had some time so I could finish the summer classes first. NOW this morning I read that the whole shebang has to be complete by Wednesday... and I don't even know if she is in town. All that, and it's really minor things that are bothering me. I think it's just that I want to quit this master's program. I really hate it.

12:13 pm

stidmama

And today... I actually hate myself for taking up so much of the family's money and the time in something that may be a dead end for me.

12:13 pm

stidmama

anyway, that's what's up.

12:14 pm

crosshair

mmm..i see

12:15 pm

crosshair

well if your near the end of it,grit your teeth,dive into it and see it through to the end

12:15 pm

stidmama

I have another year. I have been gritting my teeth for the last 9 months already.

12:15 pm

crosshair

ig you are destined to go down,then go down fighting and clawing and take whoever bumped your deadline along with you:)

12:16 pm

stidmama

(((cross))) LOL thanks! I'll go down fighting.

12:16 pm

crosshair

you paid for it,so make sure they cough up every last second you have coming to you

12:16 pm

jmcnrick

stiddie! *stern mama look*

12:17 pm

mirandapan

Oh, Stid--you brought me out of lurk mode--would any words of encouragement help? I often felt like giving up on my advance degrees--and I did take time from my family, too. Everyone survived that, however. And my girls (now w/ children of their own) said they learned from my own determination to finish (although they didn't feel that way at the time). Hi everyone.

12:17 pm

stidmama

*cowers from jmc*

12:17 pm

stidmama

*hides behind miranda* (thanks miranda?

12:17 pm

jmcnrick

hi mira!

12:17 pm

jmcnrick

don't be a quitter!

12:18 pm

crosshair

make sure you finish...do not make me come down there...

12:18 pm

stidmama

*stomps foot* I am NOT a quitter. Just feeling completely like a LOSER. *engraves L on forehead*

12:18 pm

jmcnrick

er that means lesbian in sign language

12:18 pm

stidmama

rofl... that is too funny, cross!

12:19 pm

stidmama

besides, jmc is already going to be here in a few weeks. I think.

12:19 pm

crosshair

what? the foot stomp or the l on the forehead?

12:19 pm

mirandapan

Hi, jmc--yes, it's not being a quitter--it's more like "what in the world did I ever think I wanted to do?"

12:19 pm

stidmama

well, whatever fits, right jmc?

12:19 pm

jmcnrick

so not a loser stiddie -- a loser is a quitter

12:19 pm

jmcnrick

does Mr Stidmama know?

12:20 pm

mirandapan

--and of being overwhelmed with hoops to jump through.

12:20 pm

stidmama

I think I would be able to do what I want just being a paraprofessional, to be honest. I do NOT need the angst of becoming a certified teacher.

12:20 pm

stidmama

yes, he knows. poor man.

12:20 pm

jmcnrick

I think that every day mira

12:21 pm

mirandapan

Yep--I think the world of certified teachers needs you, Stid, if you can hang in there.

12:21 pm

crosshair

just do this stidmama..imagine in your mids eye the degree you get at the end..now imagin that degree naild with 3 inch spikes to the forehead of people who get in your way

12:21 pm

crosshair

minds

12:21 pm

jmcnrick

but i then i have a day when i talk to the press or give a speech or a soldier says thank you and it is all worthwhile

12:21 pm

stidmama

nope. that one didn't work cross, how about the i in the lower right corner?

12:21 pm

stidmama

really jmc??? you REALLY have days like this? *astonished look*

12:21 pm

smithlady

Could I please get a clue for the tr7,48?

12:22 pm

stidmama

hey smith.

12:22 pm

jmcnrick

you are astonished i have good days!?!?!

12:22 pm

crosshair

teaching degree is it?

12:22 pm

smithlady

Hello

12:22 pm

jmcnrick

more than two+chinese rick ****

12:22 pm

stidmama

no. *stomps foot again, peevishly* I am astonished you have awful days when you feel rotten about stuff*

12:23 pm

jmcnrick

hi smith

12:23 pm

jmcnrick

geez stiddie everybody with a brain does

12:23 pm

smithlady

Great! Thank you. I've been looking for that for what seems like hours!

12:23 pm

stidmama

yes cross, and stupidly I chose to get a Master's rather than just update my existing bachelor's with teacher certification. I could have had all this done in a single year. less money, less stress, etc etc etc and quicker earnings.

12:23 pm

jmcnrick

yw

12:23 pm

stidmama

thanks for the tr7!

12:24 pm

crosshair

lol,i am having a rough decade,but i have hopes for the next ten;0

12:24 pm

jmcnrick

but the masters means more $$$

12:24 pm

stidmama

then I must have an uber-brain because MOST days feel like this.

12:24 pm

jmcnrick

yw stiddie

12:24 pm

jmcnrick

lol stiddie

12:25 pm

stidmama

On the plus side, jmc -- you weren't here for this. I went for a more-than-an-hour walk with Tom Friday evening. It was heavenly. And I didn't need the cane. AND I have been working in the garden and managed to get the irrigation for the beds by the front door working again.

12:25 pm

crosshair

now that is n ice to hear;))

12:25 pm

stidmama

(((jmc))) (((cross))) (((miranda))) you are the BEST pep-talkers ever. I think I will just see if my faculty member is even responding to email. brb.

12:25 pm

jmcnrick

it does sound heavenly -- can't walk here after dark -- might be shot

12:26 pm

jmcnrick

go stiddie go!

12:26 pm

stidmama

that doesn't sound like a very friendly place, jmc. I hope you are home soon.

12:27 pm

jmcnrick

it is very friendly except after dark

12:27 pm

jmcnrick

of course being on the equator that means 12 hours a day 365 days a year

12:27 pm

crosshair

remember,there is no past,no tomorrow,live for the now stiddles,and get in there and fight because if this should be a last day you want the world to remember you;))..if you have any problems,give me his e-mail and ill send him a nice virus ;))

12:27 pm

smithchick

Thanks again. I guess I'd better go stop ignoring my family now. :)

12:28 pm

jmcnrick

yw smith

12:28 pm

crosshair

nothing says forever lake a trojan wormhole exploit virus;)

12:29 pm

jmcnrick

okay i am back to learning about kenyan tax law but wanted to cheer stiddie on

12:29 pm

jmcnrick

(crossy keep your wormholes to yourself)

12:30 pm

jmcnrick

*smacks crossys keyboard*

12:34 pm

stidmama

okay, message sent. *figners crossed* Now I know I have done what I could once I realized something needed doing.

12:34 pm

Judi

Oh dear. I unintentionally lurked while I was away at lunch.

12:34 pm

stidmama

I just wish I had realized the faculty contact had to happen weeks ago...

12:35 pm

stidmama

rofl cross -- faculty is a she, and it's going to be okay. Or not. But I am doing the best I can at each point in time, even if my "best" is a variable... *sigh* and even if I miss important details on occasion.

12:36 pm

stidmama

This is probably a sign that I was smart to not pursue brain surgery as a profession.

12:36 pm

stidmama

hey Judi

12:37 pm

stidmama

"tardism" the practice of being religiously late to events.

12:41 pm

stidmama

YES! found the "moron" word that starts with the i in the lower right corner. Have been looking for that for ages.

12:46 pm

stidmama

okay, back later. down to 137. *poof*

12:51 pm

Jellen

hello...

12:57 pm

rubyfoo

hello everybody! back to try to chip away at the remaining 113 words (doubtful).

12:57 pm

rubyfoo

How are you, Jellen?

12:57 pm

Jellen

Hi, ruby!

12:57 pm

Jellen

I am well, getting a late start to my day...

12:58 pm

rubyfoo

and my day is almost over!

12:58 pm

Atalante

hello all :)

12:58 pm

crosshair

((jellen))

12:58 pm

crosshair

howdy ata

12:58 pm

Jellen

Hi, Ata!

12:58 pm

rubyfoo

hello ata

12:58 pm

rubyfoo

hello crossy

12:58 pm

crosshair

howdy ruby tuesday:)

12:58 pm

Jellen

Hi, crossy :-)

12:59 pm

rubyfoo

ruby tomorrow

12:59 pm

jillibus

And a pre-breakfast hello to all -- 130 to go and glad to see Lickety :)

12:59 pm

rubyfoo

hello jilli!

12:59 pm

Jellen

Hello, jilli!

1:00 pm

crosshair

reading your updates jellen,are they going to give tim blood and meds to bring his white count up?

1:01 pm

Jellen

They just gave him a week off, crossy...hoping that will do it...

1:01 pm

JBV

hi folks - just got back from grocery shopping - my most unfavorite chore of the week

1:01 pm

Atalante

mum's just found out how long she'll have radio for - luckily only 3 weeks!

1:02 pm

Jellen

Hi, JBV

1:02 pm

Kalyn

hello Babble :)

1:02 pm

crosshair

mm,i have to go and get 3 pints of blood from the hospital..i felt much better afterwards...with a low count i could hardly bend ove and picl a panny off the ground without the room spinning

1:02 pm

Jellen

That's good, Ata

1:02 pm

JBV

radiation therapy, Ata?

1:02 pm

Jellen

Hi, Kalyn!

1:02 pm

crosshair

had

1:02 pm

Atalante

yep, JBV. JUst had a mastectomy

1:02 pm

crosshair

damn typos

1:03 pm

JBV

oh, sorry to hear that about your mom, hope she will recover quickly

1:03 pm

Jellen

((Ata and Ata's mum))

1:03 pm

crosshair

as do i..my mil also went throught that recently

1:03 pm

Kalyn

cross, how long did it take? they keep talking about 2 units packed for my son..and he's terrified to do it (he's 20)

1:03 pm

rubyfoo

1:03 pm

crosshair

((ata,s mum))

1:04 pm

Atalante

she'll be ok. luckily. none of her lymph nodes were at all affected, and hopefully the radio should clear everything up properly

1:04 pm

crosshair

4 hours per pint

1:04 pm

rubyfoo

we can share the good stuff, the bad and the awful!

1:04 pm

JBV

very good news, Ata - best wishes to her and to you

1:04 pm

Kalyn

so 8 hours? wow :(

1:04 pm

rubyfoo

my niece in London had her mastectomy and was home in less than a week (last Thursday). She's going to be fine.

1:04 pm

crosshair

tell your son he will feel much better afterwards kalyn..i had so spend the night one other time

1:05 pm

Atalante

or less, Kalyn. depends how quickly they want to transfuse

1:05 pm

crosshair

total of 7 pints in 2 weeks

1:05 pm

Kalyn

hmmm so ..they could keep over night and he could try and sleep?

1:05 pm

crosshair

yup

1:05 pm

rubyfoo

I had 2 bad nodes, stage 2A, and it will be 20 years in November! Give your mom a big hug from another survivor!

1:06 pm

Atalante

my sister always goes in over night, but she ends up with 6 or 7 units

1:06 pm

Kalyn

he's just hating needles now, so much testing and blood samples

1:06 pm

Atalante

I will ruby!

1:06 pm

crosshair

ask your doc to arrange for a stay over it is much easier kalyn

1:06 pm

Kalyn

thanks cross I'll talk to them about that

1:07 pm

Jellen

Could I have a clue for one the words from the H in the bottom row, please?

1:07 pm

Atalante

but poor mum;s had her radio schedule and nearly every appt is at 5pm. horrid timing!

1:07 pm

crosshair

lol@ needles,dont i know it!! damn chemo needles have a bore like a ball point pen!

1:08 pm

Jellen

Didn't you have a port, crossy?

1:08 pm

crosshair

bad timing indeed ata

1:08 pm

Kalyn

keep telling him..they really only need ONE vial to test..rest are for the vampires that live in the back rooms

1:08 pm

crosshair

no jellen every day 4 sticks for blooks,one stick for anti nausea and 1 stick for chemo

1:09 pm

crosshair

blood

1:09 pm

Jellen

Oh, how awful! Tim has a port...

1:09 pm

Atalante

and she lives nearly an hour from the hospital. thank goodness it's only 3 weeks!

1:09 pm

crosshair

i wnet out of that time looking like a needle freak my arms and hand were pockmarked

1:10 pm

crosshair

i am sure she will do great ata:))

1:10 pm

rubyfoo

siree

1:10 pm

rubyfoo

whoops

1:10 pm

crosshair

lol off you go ruby

1:10 pm

rubyfoo

sorry

1:10 pm

FMitch

hw4/9 and ha4/9 Jellen

1:10 pm

Atalante

oh she will :) she's so copletely determined that nothing would dare go wrong :P

1:10 pm

rubyfoo

darn monkeys!

1:10 pm

Jellen

H in bottom row, please?

1:10 pm

crosshair

thats the way to go at it:))

1:10 pm

Atalante

FM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

1:10 pm

FMitch

(((Ata)))

1:10 pm

Jellen

Thanks, FMitch and hi!!!

1:11 pm

crosshair

lol! easy ata!

1:11 pm

Atalante

Sily caught a bird today!!

1:11 pm

FMitch

*steady Ata you nearly knocked me over th4

1:11 pm

Jellen

nbt

1:11 pm

FMitch

Bad Sily :(

1:11 pm

Atalante

you desevre that many :)

1:12 pm

Atalante

her first ever bird! indoors!

1:12 pm

FMitch

HI all.
Indoors oh dear - what happened?

1:12 pm

rubyfoo

what kind of bird and why was it in the house?

1:12 pm

Kalyn

indoors? Not the budgie!!!

1:12 pm

Atalante

a sparrow flew through the window ...

1:13 pm

FMitch

Glad to hear the news re yr Mum Ata but bu**er re the timings.

1:13 pm

periwinkle

hey all

1:13 pm

Jellen

Hey, peri!

1:13 pm

Atalante

Cue cat launching herself at window at 100 miles an hour, knocking aside anything and everything in her way, catching the bird, running around the house with the bird, of course not killing it just pouncing on it and toying with it and being very pleased with herself. Total comedy of errors. I finally get the bird off her - after having chased her round the room about a hundred times only for the bird to fly rather dazedly straight at the dog. End of bird.

1:13 pm

crosshair

howdy peri

1:13 pm

periwinkle

I am looking for a no kill cat facility. my sister is getting to the end of her rope re my cat

1:14 pm

periwinkle

and I am beside myself (my favorite expression)

1:14 pm

FMitch

Ah sparrows are not my fav a.t.m - they keep using the geranium flowers to launch themselves at insects and are breaking every stem when they do that.

1:14 pm

Jellen

((peri)) I'm sorry...

1:14 pm

FMitch

LOL mental image of Ata in leg brace chasing bird and animals round the hosue.

1:14 pm

rubyfoo

a green finch committed suicide in my geraniums this AM and DH wouldn't touch it.

1:14 pm

periwinkle

yeah, me too. hope I find one soon. she will resart her meds this week. special order tho

1:14 pm

Kalyn

((peri)) I understand the problem :(

1:15 pm

Atalante

no brace :)

1:15 pm

FMitch

Oh peri dear, so sorry to hear that.

1:15 pm

crosshair

we have no kill facilities..but too far from you i am afraid peri

1:15 pm

periwinkle

yay no brace for Ata :)

1:15 pm

rubyfoo

I wish I lived closer, peri, I would take the cat!

1:15 pm

periwinkle

I looked last year before I moved here and they were all full

1:15 pm

periwinkle

aw, ruby, don't make me cry

1:16 pm

rubyfoo

I would love to have a cat here

1:16 pm

crosshair

ok,everyone,who lives near peri and can foster a kitty?

1:16 pm

Atalante

I'd move out, ideally. Seen enough people get rid of beloved pets .... I would too, peri ...

1:16 pm

FMitch

Get on the phone peri and make those calls if you haven't aready, as painful as it may be hun.

1:16 pm

rubyfoo

don't cry, let's try to find a solution.

1:16 pm

periwinkle

I willFM

1:16 pm

periwinkle

ok, ruby

1:16 pm

bichon

I'm stumped. te 6/18, first one after dentition

1:17 pm

periwinkle

can't afford to move out at the moment, that is the problem

1:17 pm

rubyfoo

I have a cousin in Eugene and will e-mail him

1:17 pm

periwinkle

I live in PA

1:17 pm

JBV

latin plural, bichon

1:17 pm

FMitch

1st te6/18 is the 5/10 with a vowel added

1:18 pm

rubyfoo

why did I think you were in Oregon? duh....

1:18 pm

Atalante

if you were West Coast, I could help :(

1:18 pm

FMitch

2nd te6/18 is the 5/10 + pl.

1:18 pm

rubyfoo

nice clue, jbv

1:18 pm

joey

peri, where in PA?

1:18 pm

bichon

No, the first te 6/18

1:18 pm

rubyfoo

hello joey

1:19 pm

periwinkle

outside Phila

1:19 pm

Jellen

Hi, joey

1:19 pm

JBV

oops, sorry, that's the first one I have

1:19 pm

joey

hi everyone.

1:19 pm

JBV

hi joey

1:19 pm

crosshair

howdy joey

1:19 pm

joey

peri, where outside PHL? NSEW?

1:19 pm

Jellen

Hi, JBV

1:19 pm

FMitch

Hi joey

1:19 pm

periwinkle

wynnewood

1:19 pm

blueheron

Peri,

1:20 pm

blueheron

How old is the kitty?

1:20 pm

periwinkle

14 and 1/2

1:20 pm

JBV

hi Jellen

1:20 pm

periwinkle

she is a sweetheart and my heart is breaking

1:20 pm

blueheron

I have one 16 and 20.

1:21 pm

periwinkle

wow

1:21 pm

Jellen

Hi, blue...wow, 20?

1:21 pm

FMitch

te6/18 the one you are looking for sounds like that syndrome where the sufferer has facial and body tics and can do involuntary swearing.

1:21 pm

blueheron

would she be able to fly to NH?

1:21 pm

periwinkle

found some names on the internet of shelters, some are closed today, some are full. will keep checking

1:21 pm

periwinkle

don't know, she has never been on a plane

1:22 pm

Kalyn

sedate her

1:22 pm

periwinkle

I would have to go with her, would not let her go alone

1:22 pm

bichon

ty FMitch

1:23 pm

joey

peri, i wish that I knew people in that area. mine are much farther away......sorry

1:23 pm

FMitch

yw bichon

1:23 pm

periwinkle

that's ok, joey

1:23 pm

periwinkle

bbs

1:23 pm

joey

i know someone who is driving to NH in September. From near Trenton to the NH coast, if that helps.

1:23 pm

FMitch

((peri))

1:24 pm

periwinkle

wiil think about it joey

1:24 pm

periwinkle

bye for now

1:24 pm

rubyfoo

1:25 pm

Jellen

I must go, too...bills to pay, etc...((hugs to all))

1:25 pm

rubyfoo

[[jellen]]

1:25 pm

FMitch

Bye Jellen

1:26 pm

FMitch

and I must go and get dinner before it gets too late.

1:26 pm

rubyfoo

gd night everybody, giving up with 102 left!

1:26 pm

rubyfoo

*poof*

1:27 pm

blueheron

bye peri

1:32 pm

redturtlehead

good afternoon babblers. Heron, I have not seen you in a while.

1:33 pm

redturtlehead

Oh I must off for a flower icon...

1:34 pm

blueheron

Hello Red,

1:35 pm

blueheron

I've been travelling. I'm in Germany right now with my daughter and granddaughter.

1:38 pm

blueheron

We've been to Poland (for Pottery of course), Italy, the drivers are nuts!!! Austria, Wow what a ride up and down the Alps!

1:39 pm

Atalante

pottery in poland??

1:39 pm

JBV

sounds great, blueheron, did you go anywhere near Torino? one of those drivers may have been my cousin! :)

1:39 pm

blueheron

We went on a Rhine river cruise and saw many castles.

1:42 pm

redturtlehead

Ok I am back, with Fresia.

1:43 pm

redturtlehead

blue that sounds like a great trip...neat o!

1:43 pm

blueheron

ha ha! we went to Lake Garda. The largest lake in Italy I am told. The food was great though. Dinner at 7:30 is a little too much for me, but those are the traditions.\

1:43 pm

Atalante

7:30? that early!

1:43 pm

JBV

7:30 is actually early

1:43 pm

blueheron

at nite?

1:44 pm

Atalante

8 or 9 or 10 is more normal

1:44 pm

JBV

try SPain = dinner at 9:00 or 10:00 is not unusual

1:44 pm

redturtlehead

boy, I could never have too much food on vacation!

1:44 pm

blueheron

For a 3 course meal?

1:44 pm

Atalante

yep, finsih maybe at midnight or later

1:45 pm

blueheron

not to worry, I've had plenty of food for this trip

1:45 pm

KatieMcG

in crete we were starting our meal at 11pm

1:45 pm

Atalante

even here I generally eat at 8 or 9

1:45 pm

blueheron

wow!

1:45 pm

JBV

la comida reposada, y la cena paseada - spanish saying means "after lunch you sleep, after dinner, take a walk"

1:45 pm

redturtlehead

I am missing something, what is going on with Peri and the kitty?

1:46 pm

KatieMcG

we are lucky to have dinner by 9pm. Take tonight I still don't know what we are having let alone started cooking it yet

1:46 pm

blueheron

do you eat a light meal?

1:46 pm

redturtlehead

I go to sleep around 9 each night, but then I am crazy and get up at 4 am...

1:46 pm

Atalante

I'm actually eating now, which is unheard of early!

1:47 pm

KatieMcG

I was so pleased with manwear as a word.......unfortunately enable was not!

1:47 pm

Atalante

change it v slightly, katie

1:47 pm

redturtlehead

manwear is awesome katie.

1:48 pm

KatieMcG

ohhhh got it, still think manwear was better though lol

1:48 pm

Atalante

me too lol

1:49 pm

redturtlehead

The new man in my life just emiled me that he was going to call around 9 and I must admit...I can;t find a nice way to say NO, no I want sleep.

1:50 pm

Atalante

txt him saying youre sorry but you're too tired

1:51 pm

KatieMcG

hmmmm difficult one but best to be honest

1:51 pm

redturtlehead

I think he'll get it that I actually have to get up at 3 am tomorro for running and MD appointment....He runs also. I'm still freaked out by him. He is a good match for me and that has me all befuddled.

1:52 pm

Atalante

anyone that doesnt get that isnt worth it anyway

1:52 pm

redturtlehead

true. SO far Ata he has been very worth it.

1:53 pm

Atalante

apart from the clothing? :P

1:53 pm

redturtlehead

yes, apart from the clothing, but that can be changed. I mean, he's a man, you can always give men clothing for Christmas and they blindly wear it.

1:53 pm

wildcat17

yay for red and her new beau!!

1:54 pm

Atalante

absolutely! if that's the worst, you're doing brilliantly!

1:54 pm

redturtlehead

We come from extremely similar backgrounds and share very similar values. So it is nice, I just have to sort of figure out how to live life with another person in it...if you know what I mean?

1:55 pm

Atalante

omg absolutely, its a huuuuge adjustment, especially if you're used to livng completely independently

1:56 pm

redturtlehead

He seems more than ready to give that up, but I have grown very accustomed to making my own schedule, and I was very happy that way as well. It seems most people are looking for a mate constantly, but I sort of gave up on it...and voila.

1:57 pm

Atalante

all you can do is see what happens. either he'll be worth giving up some of that independence for, or your own schedule and way of life will be more important

1:57 pm

redturtlehead

And then I have a tendency to get a bit wound up about what if's in the future, I mean, how do you handle things like Money earned, and such...

1:58 pm

JBV

listening quietly..... red, you've found the secret - same thing happened to me, settled in to being single (lived alone for 8 years), then boom! met hubby and everything changed

1:58 pm

JBV

but can I just add, take one small step at a time, you don't have to change your whole schedule now, dont' think about those joint checking account problems now, take it slow

1:59 pm

redturtlehead

yes, I am trying to slow him down...though I have to admit, it is nice to feel appreciated and get flowers and such...

1:59 pm

Atalante

worry about those things when it's time to worry about them :)

1:59 pm

wildcat17

yup work on being friends right now

2:00 pm

redturtlehead

those ideas seem to pop in my head. The last long term relationship I had no money etc....

2:00 pm

Atalante

wonder, yes, but don't fixate on them :)

2:00 pm

redturtlehead

So nw that I do actually have equity, I don't particularly want to give that up, and I think I do make more money than he does so thats always a bit odd...

2:00 pm

KatieMcG

he sounds lovely red, the clothes issue can be sorted and remember this is a new relationships and you can learn from mistakes made in the past and don't repeat them

2:01 pm

Atalante

just see whether you enjoy *him* first. worry about the rest after that!

2:02 pm

redturtlehead

We'll see how things go. We do enjoy the same things, outdoors stuff, indian and thai foods, and I was so worried as his sister (My friend) is an atheist...and I am not, but it turns out he is not either, so that doubly confirmed my interest.

2:02 pm

Atalante

mmmmm thai foods

2:03 pm

redturtlehead

perhaps it will only be a to**** affair ( ha ha ha)

2:03 pm

Atalante

well that's always fun :P

2:03 pm

redturtlehead

I just found the word. though I would use it.

2:04 pm

redturtlehead

I am liking the grid!

2:05 pm

redturtlehead

but it is Pizza monday so I am going to go order before the place gets crowded...

2:06 pm

redturtlehead

thanks all for the advice! I am not good at the relationship thing yet.

2:06 pm

Atalante

just enjoy it :)

2:09 pm

stidmama

hello all! (((red)))

2:10 pm

Atalante

stiddy!

2:10 pm

stidmama

any time it's pizza time, it's a good time. *wise mama look*

2:10 pm

welki

hi folks .. just popping in to say a quick hello (and hello, ata! thinking of changing my icon to a georgia o'keefe flower! LOLLOL)

2:10 pm

Atalante

do NOT give up *VERY stern Dr look*

2:10 pm

stidmama

hey atalante! I was having a hissy fit earlier about grad school. jmc and cross and miranda talked me into staying. for today.

2:10 pm

stidmama

hey welki!

2:10 pm

Atalante

welki! yay!!!

2:11 pm

Atalante

yes, I saw! all grad degrees involve such angst. the hardest part of them is always surviving them, not the actual work!

2:12 pm

stidmama

*sniffle* so I gather. but when I am in the middle of it, I feel VERY awful. it's not as much fun as I had hoped.

2:12 pm

Atalante

I know ... I totally understand ...

2:12 pm

stidmama

I guess that sounds pretty silly, but honestly. Even parenting rarely feels this awful!

2:12 pm

stidmama

how about you? are you making progress on your visa?

2:13 pm

Atalante

it WILL be worth it. just get through it somehow, it's always the hardest part of any grad degree

2:13 pm

Atalante

well actually!

2:13 pm

Atalante

am talking to a lovely man in OR fish and wildlife who has possible projects that need doing, so that's a good start!

2:13 pm

stidmama

thanks atalante. I am glad I know a lot of folks who have been through this sort of thing before.

2:13 pm

stidmama

oooh. fish and wildlife -- lots of outdoor stuff to do, and beautiful country to do it in!

2:14 pm

Atalante

yep! hopefully something on invasive species, I'm hoping

2:14 pm

stidmama

you want me to seed goldfish in the Willamette for you? *crafty evil mama look* at least if they really escape they'd be pretty...

2:15 pm

stidmama

*JOKE* btw...

2:15 pm

Atalante

looooooool :D

2:15 pm

stidmama

okay, there's my H2O for tea... brb

2:15 pm

Atalante

there;s enough around OR /WA!

2:15 pm

Judi

Firetwirps!!

2:15 pm

Atalante

yay JUdi!!!

2:17 pm

stidmama

YAY Judi!!!!

2:17 pm

stidmama

rofl twirps....

2:18 pm

stidmama

yes I know, Capitol Lake has some invasive micro snails that they can't seem to get rid of. Of course the lake is artificial... but if they get moving up the Deschutes river then it could be a real disaster.

2:18 pm

Judi

Or, if you prefer... twerps.

2:19 pm

Judi

*sigh* real work awaits.

2:19 pm

stidmama

either way, it's a funny variant of "firewords!"

2:19 pm

Atalante

you might like this: http://www.science.oregonstate.edu/~ya
madas/

2:19 pm

Judi

I also like "fireburps", "firenerds", etc.

2:20 pm

Jellen

Hello again...

2:20 pm

stidmama

*gasp* oyster drills aren't NATIVE???? oh dear.... there are thousands of them in the waters of Puget Sound.

2:20 pm

stidmama

hey again Jellen ((hugs))

2:21 pm

stidmama

*indignant mama look* hey! if you get that job, I will send the elder stidkid to volunteer to count critters next summer....

2:21 pm

Atalante

exactly! I like having research assistants!

2:21 pm

stidmama

Judi, I may have to borrow your invention, it seems so fun!

2:21 pm

Jellen

Taking a break after writing checks for the building renovation...exhausting! lol

2:22 pm

Atalante

to be serious for a moment, if I *do* get a research opportunity, if he wants to come help for a week or two, I can teach him marine bio!

2:23 pm

Jellen

What a great opportunity that would be!

2:23 pm

stidmama

I think he would like that Atalante, being completely honest -- it would be a good way for him to explore a different kind of science while actually doing good work. He is turning into a very good worker. *proud mama look*

2:23 pm

Atalante

awwww :) well, let's hope and then discuss further :)

2:24 pm

stidmama

btw, these "Marys Gone Crackers" Sticks and Twigs are really addicating... *munch munch* I am so enjoying the curry flavored ones I got.

2:25 pm

Atalante

oooo they sound nice!

2:26 pm

stidmama

it's funny, but in a way I am glad I am dealing with restricted diet. It makes me appreciate the things I can eat, and has pushed me out of my comfort zone (used to eat wheat with everything) to try new combinations.

2:26 pm

stidmama

how's the leg now atalante? how's our dear hobbit?

2:27 pm

Atalante

leg is getting there VERY slowly. I shouldn't complain, it just seems to take forever!!! And Hobbit is so well :) She has a very smart new collar and is very smug

2:27 pm

stidmama

good for hobbit! nothing like new jewelry to make a girl feel pretty. ;-)

2:28 pm

Atalante

it's red wine colour and very beautiful :D

2:28 pm

stidmama

and about the leg... you have my empathy. I FINALLY felt well enough Friday night to walk. that was the first time in over two years, but when I tried to push it before it made things worse.

2:29 pm

stidmama

you WILL get back to being your usual active self. In the meantime, are you doing more artwork and reading?

2:29 pm

Atalante

it's really getting better as quickly as it can, it just seems to take forever

2:29 pm

Atalante

but YAY for you!!!

2:29 pm

Atalante

oh yes, I have a new completely insane knotwork in progress :D

2:30 pm

stidmama

:-D AND there are now parts of the garden that are not totally in ruins again. So there is hope...

2:30 pm

Jellen

I love knotwork...

2:30 pm

stidmama

very good for you! I have a knitting project that is in knots... does that count?

2:31 pm

Jellen

brb...

2:31 pm

stidmama

hm. something keeps rattling. must investigate. back soonish.

2:33 pm

Jayk

Oh dear. I hate to interrupt but I cannot find the first 2 ma--the 7 and the 8. Any help for a poor soul?

2:34 pm

periwinkle

hey all. St. Gertrude is the patron saint of cats and the people who love them. Did not know that.

2:34 pm

periwinkle

I am not a Christian or even religiouis but I sent a prayer up to St. Gertrude. Thought it would not hurt.

2:34 pm

stidmama

hey Jayk and peri!

2:34 pm

Jayk

REALLY? My cat will certainly be glad to know he HAS a patron saint!

2:34 pm

stidmama

I think it might be a sapsucker or woodpecker sending a signal from the side of the house... LOL

2:35 pm

Jayk

he certainly needs one!

2:35 pm

stidmama

that's a good idea, peri. no problem in covering all the bases. is your cat doing any better?

2:35 pm

Jellen

St. Gertrude...will have to remember that!

2:35 pm

Atalante

stiddy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/elegaer/4
831271835/

2:35 pm

Jayk

perhaps St Gertrude could help with the mas?

2:36 pm

bichon

hi there, babling buds. at 8?

2:36 pm

bichon

and or aw 8

2:36 pm

Jellen

Gorgeous, Ata!

2:36 pm

Atalante

ooh jell, yay, I'm glad you could see :) got to start painting it tomorrow :)

2:36 pm

Jayk

an a in front of what's outdoors

2:37 pm

jessmom

ma7 adult male + this grid will put you in the psych ****, and pl

2:37 pm

bichon

Jy, there's lots of things outdoors

2:37 pm

Jayk

what everyone complains about

2:37 pm

bichon

heat, mosquitos?

2:38 pm

stidmama

wow atalante. wow, oh wow, oh wow.

2:38 pm

jessmom

rain, snow

2:38 pm

Jayk

heat is closest. heat is a kind of w******

2:38 pm

Jellen

I like it just as it is...

2:38 pm

Atalante

ty ty :) hopefully I'll paint it prettily!

2:38 pm

stidmama

ha! "if" indeed! rofl

2:38 pm

Jellen

Thanks, Jayk

2:39 pm

Jayk

adult male?

2:39 pm

bichon

ty Jay

2:39 pm

stidmama

thanks for the MA words!

2:39 pm

bichon

at 8?

2:39 pm

stidmama

not a boy, but a ma*...

2:39 pm

Atalante

I do too, but to sell it, I need it coloured

2:39 pm

jessmom

yw

2:40 pm

Jellen

Understood...what colors are you using?

2:40 pm

Jayk

Thanks Stid and Jess! FW at last

2:40 pm

stidmama

YAY Jayk!

2:40 pm

Atalante

dark greens and golds mainly

2:40 pm

Jellen

Yay, JayK!!!!

2:40 pm

stidmama

hmph. no PINK???? (or a light salmon?)

2:40 pm

Jellen

Mmm...rich looking!

2:41 pm

Atalante

it's a Rohirric design for Tolkien things ... so green and gold :)

2:41 pm

stidmama

*grin* I would paint my house pink if tom would let me. but there are a few things he puts his foots down about, and that is one.

2:41 pm

stidmama

it will be lovely, atalante. ((hugs))

2:41 pm

Atalante

lol me too :)

2:42 pm

bichon

at 8?, please

2:42 pm

stidmama

tonight I am going to cut his hair... wonder if your design will inspire me? *wicked wifely look*

2:42 pm

stidmama

I am still looking bichon, sorry.

2:42 pm

Atalante

ooooo :)

2:43 pm

Jellen

Hmmm...purple brick...I don't think so...I'll stick to clothes and toenails for my favorite color...

2:43 pm

Angelsong

hi, all. I'm stuck on the tr7/48, my last word. clues, please?

2:43 pm

stidmama

probably a good idea, jellen, though there are some LOVELY deep purples available these days. :-D

2:43 pm

stidmama

hey angelsong!

2:44 pm

Jellen

Hi, Angelsong...sorry don't have it...

2:44 pm

stidmama

latin 3 + asian taxicab, rick****

2:44 pm

stidmama

*holds breath for angelsong*

2:44 pm

bichon

prefix for 3 + rick**** [asian transport]

2:44 pm

bichon

Angelsong, do you have a hint for the at 8?

2:45 pm

Angelsong

at 8 sounds similar to an astral body

2:46 pm

Angelsong

got it, thank, bichon

2:47 pm

Jellen

Got it, thanks, Angelsong!

2:47 pm

bichon

does it have the robot ending?

2:47 pm

stidmama

I don't got it... I suspect it ends like a robot?

2:47 pm

Angelsong

yes, bichon

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2:47 pm

Jellen

3 letters of the robot ending

2:47 pm

bichon

got it ty Angelsong

2:47 pm

stidmama

oh! similar... thanks daykat and jellen

2:48 pm

stidmama

and hello daykat!

2:48 pm

Jellen

Hi, daykat

2:48 pm

daykat

omgoodness what happened there!!1 sorry

2:48 pm

stidmama

*offers warm tea to daykat to help wake her up*

2:48 pm

daykat

thank you stidmama - tea is just whats needed

2:49 pm

stidmama

I learned a new aussie word from your profile... *tries it out on the stidkid who visited Oz last summer*

2:50 pm

daykat

chook?

2:50 pm

stidmama

he says it's an animal, it's a bird....

2:50 pm

stidmama

he guesses a native australian bird.

2:50 pm

stidmama

I asked if they would still be chooks after baking or frying...

2:51 pm

Atalante

chooks are chickens!

2:51 pm

daykat

they are indeed - there is a variation of a chicken shop like KFC here called "Chook"

2:51 pm

stidmama

LOL he was pretty close, though, given no additional visual cues

2:51 pm

stidmama

very cool! thanks for the new terminology daykat!

2:52 pm

daykat

listen to chickens - they say "chook chook"!!

2:53 pm

stidmama

ah... very onomatopoetic!

2:53 pm

stidmama

okay, well past halfway and STILL have the E in the fourth column top row to find before I can list. any help?

2:53 pm

daykat

good morning everyone by the way - its 3.53am here in Oz

2:54 pm

stidmama

oh, you are up VERY early! hope you are okay?

2:54 pm

stidmama

brb door

2:54 pm

Gamer714

wow...it is 3.53pm on the east coast of US

2:54 pm

daykat

got a very sore back stidmama, cant sleep

2:54 pm

Gamer714

sorry to hear about back

2:55 pm

daykat

ty gamer, its a pain in the a*** , literally

2:55 pm

stidmama

hey gamer

2:55 pm

ren8

evening it is 8.55pm here in the uk

2:55 pm

Gamer714

hi stid

2:55 pm

firefly779

hiya stiddy!

2:55 pm

Jellen

Hi, gamer and ren

2:55 pm

Jellen

Hi, firefly

2:55 pm

stidmama

I am sorry daykat, I have dealt with back trouble in the past. ice packs helped me sometimes, hot packs other times. sometimes only walking around made it better

2:56 pm

stidmama

FIREFLY!!! ((hugs)) *offers popsicles* hot enough for you? it's in the 80s here, I imagine you're scorching!

2:56 pm

stidmama

hey ren!

2:56 pm

Gamer714

hi jell

2:56 pm

Christa

Hi Jellen.. send thoughts to your husband..

2:56 pm

Gamer714

torrid

2:57 pm

firefly779

100's here - miserable for the pregnant lady :(

2:57 pm

ren8

hi jellen ans stid

2:57 pm

Gamer714

oops....did it again...lol

2:57 pm

Jellen

Hi, Christa...thanks

2:57 pm

stidmama

hey christa!

2:57 pm

daykat

this is a chronic condition, stid, lots of degeneration, Osteoarthritis, just got to manage it best I can

2:57 pm

stidmama

oh gee firefly. you can come over here and soak your feet in the Sound if you like.

2:58 pm

daykat

oh ty gamer - I didnt have that one:)

2:58 pm

Christa

I do really like the chat on babble.. words aren't coming to my mind today...

2:58 pm

firefly779

i'd love to stid, but we just vacationed to the Oregon coast two weeks ago - 60's were sure nice!

2:58 pm

stidmama

oh, daykat, that stinks. I hope your day will be good otherwise then. *gentle hugs*

2:59 pm

Gamer714

sorry to hear that daykat...not me but hubby has same prob and I can reall sympathize (?) not sure of spelling on that one

2:59 pm

daykat

ty stid:)

2:59 pm

stidmama

yes, I wasn't happy about the really cool weather we were having, but now I am glad at least the hot waited until I was done with classes for the summer

2:59 pm

daykat

ty too gamer - and sympathies to your hubby too

3:00 pm

Jellen

Must go...hear Tim downstairs...

3:00 pm

daykat

mid winter here - rain and coolth -

3:00 pm

stidmama

how are the already-kids, firefly? getting so big, I bet!

3:00 pm

stidmama

later jellen. love to tim

3:01 pm

firefly779

5 going on 15 and nearly 3 with the terrible 2's still in full swing. It's fun! LOL Two girls, one on the way in October - we're in trouble I think when the teens hit... :)

3:01 pm

crosshair

aussie in the winter=spring in canada lol i must get down there and visit soon

3:01 pm

Nancy Boy

evening, all. I'm about ready to drop :)

3:02 pm

periwinkle

hey NB

3:02 pm

stidmama

oh man, firefly! you're in for it for sure!

3:02 pm

ren8

Hi NB

3:02 pm

crosshair

howdy nb

3:02 pm

stidmama

(((cross))) thanks for the pep talk earlier

3:02 pm

daykat

cross - come on down! I want to see Canada one day too - praps we can swap

3:02 pm

stidmama

hey Nancy Boy! are you overdoing it again? how's the ankle? did you eat a good supper? *worried mama look*

3:02 pm

daykat

heelo NancyBoy

3:02 pm

sammysmom

did anyone post a list??

3:02 pm

crosshair

i want to visit the city named after my great great great and so forth grandpappy

3:03 pm

stidmama

lickety's list is working sammysmom

3:03 pm

KatieMcG

hello everyone, back from eating dinner for the last 90

3:03 pm

KatieMcG

lickety is up sammy

3:03 pm

stidmama

hey katie!

3:03 pm

crosshair

anytime stiddles

3:03 pm

Nancy Boy

nice welcome - hi all! Stid, define 'overdoing' ;)

3:03 pm

stidmama

I need that top E next to the T for NBT please?

3:03 pm

KatieMcG

hi stidmama :-)

3:03 pm

stidmama

*stern mama look* you know EXACTLY what I mean! on your feet all day, not taking breaks, not paying attention to how you feel and adjusting your activity level.

3:04 pm

sammysmom

licketys list is not working for me..........

3:04 pm

stidmama

sit. eat. rest. *fuss fuss*

3:04 pm

crosshair

all you dr who fans will note that the tardis is in the grid today:)

3:04 pm

stidmama

and you with your bad ankle. *fuss fuss, scold*

3:04 pm

KatieMcG

I tried it crossy

3:04 pm

stidmama

the first word I saw, cross!!!

3:04 pm

Christa

love dr who

3:05 pm

crosshair

lol,give him hell stidmama

3:05 pm

Nancy Boy

It's alright Stid, got a cup of green tea and the cats on my lap - sorted ;)

3:05 pm

ren8

Hi Katie

3:05 pm

KatieMcG

We have just started watching the last series

3:05 pm

KatieMcG

Hi ren

3:05 pm

Atalante

yay TARDIS!

3:05 pm

crosshair

lol ata

3:05 pm

stidmama

hmph. cats, indeed!

3:05 pm

daykat

NB - whats with your ankle?

3:06 pm

daykat

??why isn't tardis in the dictionary? Its a REAl word

3:06 pm

KatieMcG

not much a cat sitting on your knee can't help

3:06 pm

stidmama

so true, daykat, so true. tardis ought to count for sure.

3:07 pm

Nancy Boy

quite, Katie ;)
Daykat, I overpartied on my birthday and tore some ligaments in my ankle. Oops..

3:07 pm

periwinkle

help with ma8, don't have the ma7

3:07 pm

stidmama

"teasiot" someone who won't stop playing practical jokes until they backfire?

3:08 pm

KatieMcG

seriously I can't get any of the si words after the si4s

3:08 pm

stidmama

peri -- adult boy + to protect, or ho**** the duck...

3:08 pm

daykat

ouch NB - RICE Rest, Ice, C*?< Elevation (Cant remember what the C is for - perhaps Chocolate?

3:08 pm

sammysmom

i am down to 112 and neeeeeed help.. lickety is not working for me i tried refreshing......... no gremlin.......... wahhhhhhhh

3:09 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL Daykat! No chocolate for me until my ankle is well enough for me to run the calories off ;)

3:09 pm

periwinkle

ty stid, new words for me

3:09 pm

stidmama

(compression) he is supposed to have a brace on it

3:10 pm

stidmama

yw peri

3:10 pm

crosshair

lol@ calories nb..looks like you could use 20 kilo

3:11 pm

KatieMcG

so why doesn't he have a brace? *getting the truth from stiddy*

3:11 pm

daykat

Thanks Stid - but Chocolate is probably more fun than a brace. and why arent you wearing your brace NB?

3:11 pm

stidmama

I may have to list before NBT....

3:12 pm

firefly779

stid - i've been looking at your E, but I can't find anything for it either...

3:12 pm

Nancy Boy

but I do have a brace, I do!
I also have crutches, but they freak the cats out, and it's impossible to work on them. Worse than useless!

3:12 pm

daykat

3:12 pm

crosshair

lol crossy used to love howard the duck;))

3:13 pm

Nancy Boy

One vice at a time, Crossy ;) I'm smoking again so only healthy food. Making bargains with myself to try and stop it killing me!

3:13 pm

Kazzer99

evening all - does anyne have a clue for he di 9 please

3:13 pm

stidmama

hey kazzer!

3:13 pm

KatieMcG

OK enough with the cats, even I'm not stupid enoughh to risk my health for some cats

3:13 pm

daykat

I use a walking sstick when my back is bad - and its purple and floral and way cute - I figured if I had to have one it was going to make a STATEMENT

3:13 pm

stidmama

compound word, di (plate) + liquid

3:14 pm

stidmama

my cane is PINK with flowers all over it. actually both canes do, but the folding one also has red and blue flowers. :-D

3:14 pm

Kazzer99

thnx vm stid

3:14 pm

crosshair

daycat i love the walking stick vs regular canes.we have a old fella near here who hand carves custom walking sticks;))

3:14 pm

stidmama

:-D glad to help kazzer

3:14 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL Katie - the cats rule this flat. They're the only meat-eaters here so I guess that puts them at the top of the food chain.

3:14 pm

Kazzer99

i have a crutch for when my leg and hip is too bad but i try not to use it

3:14 pm

stidmama

stidkid is watching The Gods Must Be Crazy. I think that's true

3:15 pm

firefly779

my hubby loves that movie!

3:15 pm

crosshair

but the cat cannot go to work for you if you really bugger up that ankle by not wearing your brace...

3:16 pm

crosshair

listen to uncle crossy nb and take care of the ankle properly

3:16 pm

periwinkle

di9 pls

3:16 pm

KatieMcG

exactly crossy you need to keep fit to keep them in Felix (sometimes this is the only thought that gets me out of bed at 6am lol)

3:16 pm

stidmama

just clued at 3:13 peri

3:16 pm

daykat

NB paint some colourful flowers on your brace - make it a fashion statement who knows you may start a whole new trend

3:16 pm

crosshair

dont make me come over there..and yes i still have my U.K passport

3:16 pm

periwinkle

ty stid

3:16 pm

stidmama

paint it like a rainbow...

3:16 pm

bubba218

tr7 please, my last word

3:17 pm

Nancy Boy

Rest assured, my flatmate has already painted it as a rainbow...

3:17 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL Stid. Didn't see you'd said that. Obviously, great minds think alike when it comes to you and Frank!

3:17 pm

stidmama

or paint it purple so it just looks like the bare ankle *stern mama look* really kiddo -- if you don't take care of it now you are likely to have trouble for a very long time.

3:17 pm

daykat

bubba tr -3- + rick**** an asian taxi

3:17 pm

crosshair

so i can stay as long as i wish and pester the heck out of you:)

3:18 pm

stidmama

hey bubba latin 3 + asian taxicab rick****

3:18 pm

stidmama

daykat, you're too quick for me! LOL

3:18 pm

daykat

lol

3:18 pm

bubba218

Thanks Stid, finito

3:18 pm

stidmama

YAY bubba!

3:18 pm

firefly779

congrats bubba!

3:18 pm

bubba218

Thaks daykat

3:19 pm

stidmama

okay, must turn off the chicken stock I was reducing.

3:19 pm

Nancy Boy

lol Crossy! You'd be very welcome, I assure you :)

3:19 pm

ren8

please can I have a clue for ar6/24

3:19 pm

crosshair

i have a uncle in london i could stay for month and make sure you wear that brace;))

3:19 pm

crosshair

months*

3:19 pm

crosshair

lol

3:20 pm

daykat

its the thing your blood runs through

3:20 pm

daykat

we couls all come over and take turns in bullying you NB

3:20 pm

Gamer714

darn....everytime I study grid I lose track of chat...guess it's like walking and chewing gum...can't do that either....lol

3:21 pm

stidgmere

Hi all. Just coming on the grid. Still washing clothes but too hot for outside and no use dusting.

3:21 pm

daykat

until your ankle is better

3:21 pm

periwinkle

bbs laundry

3:21 pm

Nancy Boy

It's alright, there's plenty of people here in England who are more than happy to bully me about it ;)

3:22 pm

daykat

when do you go to Korea (?) NB

3:22 pm

crosshair

i also had a ankle injury around your age nb..thought i was bulletproof.now it is full of artritis and i have had it opened up twice now to remove bone spurrs

3:23 pm

crosshair

damn,damn typos!

3:23 pm

stidmama

okay back

3:23 pm

Gamer714

typos ? what typos ??

3:23 pm

stidmama

hello Mother.

3:24 pm

stidgmere

Hi stidmama. Quiet day?

3:24 pm

Gamer714

team

3:24 pm

crosshair

lol,for forget us babblers can read typoneese

3:24 pm

Nancy Boy

Oh my god, Daykat...25 days. Hands shake at the thought!

3:24 pm

stidmama

pretty quiet. getting a few things done, trying to be mostly a lady of leisure today. Will be more active tomorrow.

3:25 pm

stidmama

how about your side of the peninsula?

3:25 pm

stidmama

go gamer go!

3:25 pm

Gamer714

LOL

3:25 pm

Nancy Boy

I know you're right Crossy, it's just aggravating that I can't run anymore!

3:25 pm

stidmama

*puts choclits and iced tea in the PB*

3:25 pm

crosshair

lol nb,getting out of bed without falling over is a victory for me now

3:26 pm

stidmama

the more patient you are now, Nancy Boy, the sooner you can run later.

3:26 pm

crosshair

what stidmama said

3:26 pm

daykat

lol cross!!!

3:26 pm

stidmama

speaking of which, how are you doing with sleep, cross? still getting at least five hours?

3:27 pm

stidmama

hoping your health is improving

3:27 pm

crosshair

i am up to 6!! count them 6!! solid hours of sleep where i am breathing all the way through:))

3:27 pm

stidmama

did that E ever get clued?

3:27 pm

firefly779

it has not stiddy - i'm curious now too

3:27 pm

crosshair

and the cpap machine and i are getting along better

3:27 pm

stidmama

good for you cross!!! *very happy mama look* it's about time. doesn't that just make ALL the difference in the world?

3:27 pm

Nancy Boy

aw, glad to hear that, Crossy!

3:28 pm

crosshair

it does indeed! no more stopping breathing 45 tiimes a night

3:28 pm

stidmama

I am finding that I can't sleep longer than about 7 hours at a time these days, but that and a nap in the late afternoon seems to be getting me through.

3:28 pm

daykat

er8 means 'an unusual or excessive degree of irritability or stimulation in an organ or tissue.' difficult to clue but reverse dict?

3:29 pm

crosshair

so nm me,are going going to put that brace on Nb?..crossy taps his foot.....

3:29 pm

stidmama

thanks daykat *thinking*

3:29 pm

daykat

er9 is plural

3:29 pm

crosshair

his good foot...

3:30 pm

stidmama

got them!!!!

3:30 pm

Nancy Boy

Well I do wear it at work. Otherwise I'd fall over ;) Also the rainbow design goes down very well there.

3:30 pm

stidmama

would have had it er* now, take **** job and shove it + camel-back letter

3:30 pm

crosshair

;)

3:30 pm

stidmama

and plural, as daykat said!

3:31 pm

daykat

NB where do you work?

3:31 pm

stidmama

NBT and down to 92. listing.

3:31 pm

daykat

camelback letter? I love it!!!

3:31 pm

firefly779

thanks for the spelled out clue stid - now i have them too ;)

3:31 pm

crosshair

ty all cluers for the er and and 9:))

3:32 pm

stidmama

actually, should rest my eyeballs. have been playing quite a while. back later to finish. Nancy Boy, wear the brace, put your foot up as often as possible, heat when you can, anti-inflammatories on schedule (don't wait for it to hurt, that just means the inflammation is back).... etc etc

3:32 pm

Nancy Boy

In a helluva club, Daykat ;)

3:32 pm

firefly779

nap some for me stiddy!

3:32 pm

Nancy Boy

aww, I will, Stid :) thank you!

3:33 pm

stidmama

*fuss fuss, stern mama look, fuss fuss*

3:33 pm

stidmama

will do firefly, stay cool, and see you again soon. ((hugs))

3:33 pm

stidmama

later all! *poof*

3:33 pm

stidgmere

bactrian or dromedary camel?

3:34 pm

stidmama

(bactrian)

3:34 pm

Gamer714

I must really be slow....still can't get er*

3:34 pm

Gamer714

errthisam

3:34 pm

Gamer714

ther I go again!!!!!!!! lol

3:35 pm

daykat

speaking of napping - its now 4.34am and i really should try to get some more zzz's - so cheers all, later*poof*

3:35 pm

stidgmere

bye daycat.

3:36 pm

Gamer714

bye daykat tc

3:38 pm

crosshair

here is a bit of intereting (though trivial) info

3:38 pm

crosshair

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_
of_the_Lake

3:42 pm

crosshair

sate

3:42 pm

crosshair

oops

3:43 pm

jesdraggon

howdy folks

3:43 pm

Nancy Boy

evening, Jes :)

3:47 pm

cbr1965

er- poetic before + not that but **** + ending for a belief

4:03 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, cbr

4:03 pm

stidgmere

ty dbr for the er. sometimes I know who the slow one is in the room.

4:03 pm

cbr1965

Hope it helped!

4:14 pm

ren8

please can I have clues for the two mi8/70 please

4:18 pm

Good Enough

they end with the two dr5/20s

4:20 pm

ChrissieDee

ty GE

4:20 pm

ren8

Thanks GE

4:20 pm

Good Enough

yw

4:24 pm

wildcat17

something from the bottom A please

4:25 pm

LuvWordGames

aw 5/20 something you receive in recognition for a good job

4:25 pm

wildcat17

ty

4:25 pm

Christine

I need one 8 -- I have at, er, he, ma, 2/mi, and wa.

4:26 pm

periwinkle

di6/27 pls

4:26 pm

periwinkle

aw8

4:26 pm

Good Enough

aw8/65

4:27 pm

Good Enough

don't have it peri

4:27 pm

periwinkle

I do, want a clue, stupid word

4:28 pm

Christine

Thanks, I'll look for it.

4:29 pm

Good Enough

yeah, hit me

4:29 pm

periwinkle

a and climate

4:29 pm

periwinkle

if you want a dummy clue, I am ready

4:29 pm

wildcat17

there's one more 8

4:32 pm

periwinkle

et8

4:32 pm

periwinkle

di6/27 anyone?

4:33 pm

ren8

right giving up as it is now 10.30pm and that my friends is bedtime. 79 left but never mind a good try. See you all tomorrow

4:33 pm

redturtlehead

sorry dont have it peri, hello babblers!

4:34 pm

wildcat17

lclue for et8

4:34 pm

LuvWordGames

di 6/27 ends in a type of pork - green eggs and ***

4:34 pm

Uneaixoise

clue for the ma8?

4:34 pm

Uneaixoise

et8: O. R. gas + sorta ending

4:35 pm

wildcat17

ty

4:35 pm

wildcat17

what do the 9s start with?

4:35 pm

wildcat17

pl ma7 une

4:35 pm

periwinkle

ty Luv, new word for me

4:35 pm

Uneaixoise

er9 is plural of er8

4:36 pm

LuvWordGames

yw peri, new for me too

4:36 pm

wildcat17

ty

4:36 pm

Uneaixoise

ok, don't have ma 7 :-)

4:36 pm

wildcat17

male + wa4

4:36 pm

redturtlehead

Ty une.

4:36 pm

periwinkle

Une I thought you dog was wearing a flower hat, LOL

4:36 pm

redturtlehead

how goes the shoe search Une?

4:36 pm

Uneaixoise

manwash??

4:37 pm

Uneaixoise

red, I was never searching for shoes -- don't know why you or others thought I was -- maybe "uni"?

4:37 pm

Uneaixoise

LOL!!!

4:37 pm

sammysmom

i have ni 8 letter words, but the stat sheet says i only have 8 ?????

4:37 pm

periwinkle

Une, an orphan is a w*** of the state

4:37 pm

Uneaixoise

ooohhh, still a really funny word!

4:38 pm

redturtlehead

oh yes, I have gotten the two of you confused, very sorry....

4:38 pm

wildcat17

very

4:38 pm

Uneaixoise

no prob, red :-)

4:38 pm

periwinkle

crap, I still have 100 words to find

4:38 pm

Uneaixoise

74 here peri . . .

4:39 pm

redturtlehead

I have 131...but I have time!

4:39 pm

Uneaixoise

back in a mo . . .

4:39 pm

wildcat17

21 and thunderstorm brewing

4:40 pm

wildcat17

clue for bottom H please

4:41 pm

periwinkle

the sort of ending makes for stupid words, IMHO

4:41 pm

redturtlehead

all i have is the plural of a country western show Hee *** add a plural for ha4.

4:41 pm

redturtlehead

oh wrong h.

4:41 pm

wildcat17

I have that ... comes from top H

4:42 pm

periwinkle

Hw4/9

4:42 pm

Christine

Thank you for the aw8/65 clue -- I should've guessed it, since had the we7/48 word, and added the a prefix where I could.

4:42 pm

redturtlehead

try a different ha 4, ha plus not you but, **

4:42 pm

periwinkle

yw

4:42 pm

wildcat17

have that one peri and red

4:43 pm

periwinkle

we6 pls

4:43 pm

redturtlehead

the two that peri and I clued are the only two for that bottom H.

4:44 pm

wildcat17

no yours came from top H again red

4:44 pm

periwinkle

NM

4:44 pm

Nancy Boy

hi, ladies :)

4:44 pm

ChrissieDee

we7 minus third letter

4:44 pm

wildcat17

hi nance

4:44 pm

redturtlehead

oh, well, i have both so let me look...

4:45 pm

periwinkle

hey NB

4:45 pm

wildcat17

please it's bugging me

4:45 pm

Kallia

we**** the we***** be hot or we**** the we***** be cold , we'll we**** the we***** whatever the we*****, we**** we like it or not

4:45 pm

redturtlehead

Oh its the bone in your hand.

4:45 pm

Nancy Boy

Peri, how is your cat getting on?

4:45 pm

redturtlehead

Better clue is the porky meat plus what some british people call a friend ****.

4:45 pm

Kallia

hello all

4:45 pm

wildcat17

ty

4:46 pm

periwinkle

the same, NB, ty for asking, will get more gel med some time this week. hopefully it will work. otherwise will have to find her a new home ;(

4:46 pm

redturtlehead

sorry I am not the best cluer.

4:46 pm

Nancy Boy

awww Peri, my fingers are crossed :(

4:46 pm

ChrissieDee

ty red, it was a good clue

4:46 pm

periwinkle

ty so much NB

4:48 pm

Nancy Boy

you're very welcome Peri :) I went to pick up some stuff from Leo's the other day and had a good cuddle with Lola - breaks your heart!

4:48 pm

redturtlehead

Once I figured out hte word, I think I clued all the other H's first, but I like the hand bones so that was one of my first words.

4:49 pm

wildcat17

I need one more J

4:49 pm

wildcat17

just about red ...

4:50 pm

periwinkle

do you have ja5/28 new word for me

4:52 pm

wildcat17

ja + pale

4:53 pm

lynxxx

Morning all

4:53 pm

Kallia

hi lynx

4:53 pm

wildcat17

hi lynxxx

4:54 pm

periwinkle

when in doubt try adding ish to the end of a word

4:55 pm

periwinkle

77 left, bbs

4:57 pm

rururocks

re 6/24?

4:58 pm

stidmama

hey all! ((hugs and choclits))

4:58 pm

Kallia

to go over something again...re+h4

4:58 pm

lynxxx

re & **** browns, yum

4:58 pm

lynxxx

hi Stid

4:59 pm

rururocks

thank you.

4:59 pm

rururocks

if they are obvious.. I never see them

4:59 pm

stidmama

hey ruru -- how is your friend that you took supper to?

5:00 pm

rururocks

she's doing well.. chemo is a bitch

5:00 pm

rururocks

she gobbled up everything though..it was delish

5:01 pm

stidmama

I am glad you were able to bring something she could enjoy. She is lucky to have you for a friend.

5:01 pm

rururocks

I would do anything for her

5:01 pm

Nancy Boy

Ruru, that's so sweet of you.

5:01 pm

redturtlehead

Oohh Peri, you really helped with the ish...

5:02 pm

stidmama

hey red!

5:02 pm

stidmama

hello again Nancy Boy. are you behaving yourself? still have cat on lap? *stern mama look*

5:03 pm

stidmama

red, you are lovely this evening. I do think freesia (?) is a lovely flower.

5:03 pm

redturtlehead

yes, it is a fresia, for flower mondya, the man brought me them yesterday.

5:04 pm

stidmama

flower monday, what a wonderful idea!

5:04 pm

lynxxx

nice! and how was the date Red?

5:04 pm

redturtlehead

it was very nice. I am still adjusting to the idea of regularly spending time with another person...

5:05 pm

stidmama

good for you red! it's so nice to be with other folks sometimes.

5:06 pm

wildcat17

I have a nice pattern going here ... all the outer tiles are grayed as is the very center one

5:06 pm

stidmama

cool, wildcat!

5:07 pm

carleekat

hi all... <crushing hug for stiddy>

5:07 pm

redturtlehead

neat-o wild!!

5:07 pm

redturtlehead

Hi Carlee.

5:07 pm

lynxxx

hi Carlee

5:07 pm

stidmama

hey carlee!!! ((hugs and backflip))

5:08 pm

stidmama

oops. forgot to let go before I flipped. you okay? *grin*

5:08 pm

carleekat

how is everyone

5:08 pm

stidmama

down to 83 I think I will list.

5:08 pm

carleekat

i'm good < dusting self off >

5:08 pm

redturtlehead

111 here, I am still hunting and pecking.

5:08 pm

wildcat17

hi car

5:08 pm

Nancy Boy

ooh sorry, I was playing with the cats. Hello again, Stid! Have a good break? :)

5:08 pm

carleekat

oh..so....can i have a proud mam moment????

5:09 pm

stidmama

YES! *waits for lovely news from carlee*

5:09 pm

lynxxx

waiting

5:09 pm

Christine

redturtlehead -- beautiful Freesia, that and Chrysanthemums were my Mum's favourite flowers. But your profile says it's a Waterlily?

5:09 pm

stidmama

playing on your hands and knees, right??? *stern mama look* and yes, I moved a few more pots around outside, and got the area that needs weeding next accessible. it's VERY hot outside.

5:09 pm

carleekat

ok..u all know i went away for a camp for 10 days with the teenagers...( 3000 of them)

5:09 pm

stidmama

hey Christine!

5:09 pm

lynxxx

yep

5:10 pm

stidmama

yes, thought you were a bit addle-pated about that...

5:10 pm

carleekat

anyway..there was a talent show...

5:10 pm

carleekat

and theo tams judged 9 a canadian idol winner)

5:10 pm

wildcat17

did you win?

5:10 pm

Christine

hey hey - popping in to find 99 left.

5:10 pm

carleekat

( not 9

5:10 pm

wildcat17

oooh how fun

5:10 pm

carleekat

anyway...the girls I took... ( including my daughter)...came in 2nd for the whole camp

5:10 pm

stidmama

who is theo tams??

5:11 pm

lynxxx

hooray!!!

5:11 pm

wildcat17

wonderful!

5:11 pm

carleekat

a canadian idol winner

5:11 pm

stidmama

woo-hoo! well done girls!!!

5:11 pm

wildcat17

(a canadian idol winner)

5:11 pm

carleekat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZWxeIo
JH14

5:11 pm

carleekat

that the performance...i know is blurry..but u can hear the screams etc...

5:12 pm

stidmama

oh! I see! okay, going to watch the video... brb

5:12 pm

Nancy Boy

Oh, and I missed Christine coming in...hello!

5:12 pm

carleekat

hi nancy... u might get a kick out that vid too...

5:13 pm

Nancy Boy

Hi, Carlee :) sure, why not.

5:13 pm

Christine

Hello, all - I've been in-and-out since the flip.

5:13 pm

Nancy Boy

or even, "why not??"

5:14 pm

carleekat

hi christine

5:14 pm

Nancy Boy

Hi, Christine :) good to see you're still here - how are you?

5:14 pm

redturtlehead

hello Christine.

5:14 pm

stidmama

that is so very very funny... how cute, carlee! the winner must have been really something, because those girls are so much fun!

5:14 pm

carleekat

the winner was a soloist

5:14 pm

carleekat

there a link below to judges comments

5:14 pm

carleekat

but it is cute isnt it...the girls wrote that themselves

5:15 pm

stidmama

they did a fine job

5:15 pm

carleekat

( my fav is the crowd going nuts for the "mittens" and they allhave the olymipic mittens that were so popular here)

5:16 pm

Nancy Boy

Unfortunately whenever I think of Katy Perry I just think of "You're So Gay" ;)

5:16 pm

carleekat

oh...my daughter is 3rd from the right

5:16 pm

redturtlehead

I like Kay Perry in very small doses.

5:16 pm

redturtlehead

err katy

5:17 pm

carleekat

oh...sorry NB... i am not..musically current..i had no idea she sang that

5:17 pm

stidmama

is the AW 8 fishy>?

5:17 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL Carlee, if I got offended by that, I could never live in London ;)

5:18 pm

stidmama

I am so not "hip" to modern singers...

5:18 pm

Christine

aw8 is a nautical term.

5:18 pm

lynxxx

aw8 ca be sunny or rainy or cloudy

5:18 pm

Nancy Boy

slightly, Stid. Add an A to your w7 meaning climate..

5:18 pm

carleekat

well..the lyrics are diff...and they sang it....the used the karyoke version

5:19 pm

stidmama

thansk Nancy Boy, that was my last A word

5:20 pm

wildcat17

need one more I from upper one

5:20 pm

rururocks

ih 5

5:20 pm

mkg

hi all. any clues for the 9s? i dont have either.

5:20 pm

wildcat17

ty

5:21 pm

lynxxx

TY Ruru

5:21 pm

wildcat17

ruined my pattern tho

5:21 pm

Nancy Boy

One nine is a compound word - plates + what you wash them in

5:21 pm

stidmama

LOL wildcat!

5:22 pm

wildcat17

ty nancy

5:22 pm

stidmama

di 6 please?

5:22 pm

mkg

ty nancy will try to get it. got the plates. not the pan word

5:23 pm

lynxxx

er8/9 mix up the et5 gas and make it a belief on the end

5:23 pm

stidmama

NVM, monkeyed it

5:24 pm

wildcat17

need 2 As from upper one please

5:24 pm

mkg

erthism

5:24 pm

mkg

oops sorry

5:24 pm

Nancy Boy

ummmm ;)

5:24 pm

stidmama

not quite mkg...

5:25 pm

mkg

not getting the er 8 9. sorry.

5:26 pm

mkg

sorry guys, i have the et gas word, and cant figure it out.

5:26 pm

rururocks

last yi 5/16?

5:26 pm

lynxxx

you left out an e mkg

5:26 pm

rururocks

nm

5:26 pm

rururocks

found it

5:26 pm

stidmama

is the JA 5 fishy>?

5:26 pm

wildcat17

ja + pale

5:27 pm

mkg

ty got both!

5:27 pm

mkg

how about the other 9 please? and any more 8s. i only have 2.

5:28 pm

stidmama

thanks wildcat

5:28 pm

stidmama

down to 61 now

5:28 pm

wildcat17

yw

5:28 pm

stidmama

is the first MA 6 fishy?

5:29 pm

Nancy Boy

Oooh, looks like it's time to run to the offy. Back in 15 minutes, I make it pimms o'clock.

5:29 pm

wildcat17

the end of a really bad dream stid

5:29 pm

lynxxx

I think I had better list too

5:29 pm

Christine

imms, yesssss!

5:29 pm

rururocks

1st te 6/18? anyone have it?

5:30 pm

wildcat17

I have te + re4

5:30 pm

stidmama

thanks wildcat

5:30 pm

Christine

Oh, a Pimms, too

5:30 pm

stidgmere

The first ma 6 is sea-like (think French).

5:30 pm

wildcat17

yw

5:30 pm

rururocks

that was it.. thanks wild

5:30 pm

stidmama

trying to get down to 50 before I break to start supper.

5:30 pm

wildcat17

yw

5:31 pm

stidmama

bonne afternoon, Mother

5:31 pm

lynxxx

Wild - did you have the Indian nursemaids for your As?

5:32 pm

rururocks

a kingdom for the th 7/36...

5:32 pm

rururocks

nm

5:32 pm

rururocks

(save the kingdom)

5:32 pm

rururocks

I found it

5:33 pm

wildcat17

yes

5:33 pm

wildcat17

lol ruru

5:33 pm

stidmama

Ms mastered

5:33 pm

carleekat

so what all is new here?

5:34 pm

stidgmere

Hi all. Down to 64 and finding my concentration has finished before the grid.

5:34 pm

stidmama

well done Mother

5:34 pm

stidmama

I am trying to not overthink things today carlee. my kids are well however.

5:35 pm

carleekat

yay for healthy kids

5:36 pm

Nancy Boy

Oooh never mind, found a surprise wine stash.

5:36 pm

wildcat17

nice surprise

5:36 pm

carleekat

yay for wine stash... i am sippin home made ginger beer

5:36 pm

stidmama

that stuff is NOT great for you Nancy Boy...

5:38 pm

Nancy Boy

A lovely surprise Wild ;) looks like my luck is changing

5:38 pm

carleekat

enjoy nb :)

5:39 pm

stidmama

((Nancy Boy))

5:39 pm

Nancy Boy

I feel I should be offering everyone a glass ;) Stid?

5:40 pm

stidmama

no thanks Nancy Boy, too early in the day here

5:40 pm

stidmama

*puts self in PB*

5:41 pm

carleekat

how about some home made ginger beer stiddy...made it myself...grated the ginger and everything with my own little hands ( promise.i washed them first :p~~)

5:41 pm

Nancy Boy

I have no concept of it being too early to drink anymore ;) what time is it there?

5:42 pm

stidmama

mmmm. thanks carlee. just a bit. so refreshing on a warm day.

5:42 pm

stidmama

it's about 3:30 in the afternoon Nancy Boy.

5:42 pm

stidmama

Rs removed

5:42 pm

stidmama

down to 40.

5:42 pm

carleekat

its not too sweet...very bubbly :)

5:42 pm

stidmama

should head out.

5:43 pm

stidgmere

Homemade ginger beer sound sgreat carleekat! I have in mind to make root beer but have to find the bottles, caps, capper, sugar, and check on my little stock of extract. Better get it done before it is winter--like next week.

5:43 pm

stidmama

thanks so much carlee -- and for sharing your video!

5:43 pm

stidmama

Nancy Boy, will see you soon.

5:43 pm

stidmama

Mother, we have bottles, a capper and I think enough caps.

5:43 pm

carleekat

welcome stiddy..have a nice evening...

5:43 pm

stidmama

back later *poof*

5:44 pm

Nancy Boy

Take care, Stid :)

5:44 pm

wildcat17

fireflies

5:44 pm

Nancy Boy

oh, well done, Wild!

5:44 pm

carleekat

i've never made root beer..this was my first try at ginger beer...i should have poured it all out at once into a pitcher....its a little sedimenty now...but still tastes rather yum..not at all sweet like the stuff in the store

5:44 pm

stidmama

YAY wild! *repoof*

5:44 pm

carleekat

woot for wildcat

5:44 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Wild!

5:44 pm

stidgmere

Congrats wildcat. !!!! Some gingerbeer all around (from carleekat).

5:45 pm

stidgmere

I shall look up a recipe for gingerbeer since gingerale is a favorite drink.

5:45 pm

carleekat

<passing it around>...will make more in a few days

5:45 pm

mkg

a clue for the i word from bottom left corner please.

5:45 pm

stidgmere

Do you have Canada Dry gingerale in Canada? couldn't find it it Montreal and areas east.

5:46 pm

carleekat

yes..we do.... but i prefer vernors....more gingery

5:46 pm

wildcat17

and good night all

5:46 pm

Nancy Boy

Good night Wild, enjoy your evening

5:46 pm

carleekat

http://theunreserved.com/blogs/Liv/pos
ts/diy-ginger-beer

5:47 pm

Christine

Bottom right? id5/112

5:47 pm

carleekat

there u go Sgm

5:47 pm

stidgmere

Good night wildcat and all. Mee too, time to fold clothes and think about dinner--no already did. Shrimp salad.

5:47 pm

carleekat

i adjusted for 1.5 L bottle as that was what i had...

5:47 pm

carleekat

and instead of raw sugar i used demera...used fullammount of ginger tho

5:54 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello all! is there a list today?

5:56 pm

lynxxx

Lickety is up TOwl

5:58 pm

m9f9l

hey everyone!

5:59 pm

Nancy Boy

Hello, M9 :)

5:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty lyn

6:00 pm

m9f9l

I haven't been on here since yesterday afternoon

6:01 pm

m9f9l

*for reference it is now 4 pm here*

6:01 pm

Nancy Boy

I haven't been in bed since...hmm, since I'm too sleepy to work it out, perhaps I had better head there.

6:02 pm

jesdraggon

indeed. sleep, silly boy!

6:02 pm

m9f9l

LOL

6:03 pm

m9f9l

ohhh! look at your icon!! being all sexy and everything

6:03 pm

Nancy Boy

But the cats are having their crazy hour around my room ;)

6:03 pm

m9f9l

I need a new icon.. what's the theme?

6:03 pm

Nancy Boy

Sexy...hungover, more like ;) hence the disgruntled expression.

6:03 pm

Magyk

eveing

6:04 pm

Magyk

evening*

6:04 pm

m9f9l

ha! you can't fool me. that pic was taken with a filter. someone was getting all artsy fartsy.

6:04 pm

Nancy Boy

Hey, Magyk!

6:04 pm

m9f9l

hi magyk

6:04 pm

jesdraggon

NB is the only person around that can look that sexy when hung over ;)

6:05 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL Jes - thank you, I suppose ;) but those are definitely hangover clothes - the mandigan is a giveaway!

6:06 pm

m9f9l

sweater? like cardigan? OH! cardigan for a guy.

6:06 pm

m9f9l

like guyscara... murse...

6:06 pm

Nancy Boy

lol, M9! Sorry, yes, that's right. You cracked my code ;)

6:06 pm

Nancy Boy

guyliner! eyeliner..

6:07 pm

m9f9l

I like guyscara better!LOL

6:07 pm

m9f9l

*on some..it's VERY scary!*

6:07 pm

Nancy Boy

I'm trying to think of more words now :P mankini? no...I'll leave that out..

6:08 pm

m9f9l

ack!

6:08 pm

m9f9l

please do!

6:08 pm

Magyk

you two are...too much! :)

6:09 pm

Nancy Boy

You say that now Magyk, you haven't seen me in my guyscara and mankini yet ;)

6:09 pm

Dorens

can someone explain to me how je4/13 is not a proper noun? arabs doesn't work, neither does christians... don't understand

6:09 pm

jesdraggon

because it's slang for cheats someone

6:09 pm

Magyk

oh baby! *fans my face* haha

6:10 pm

m9f9l

now I'm looking it up. boytox! mirdle, mantyhose!

6:10 pm

jesdraggon

or drives an excessively hard bargain, i guess.

6:10 pm

m9f9l

noone said the grid was pc

6:10 pm

Dorens

hmmmm. rather offensive --

6:11 pm

Magyk

I agree Dorens...

6:11 pm

Nancy Boy

No mantyhose, I beg you!

6:11 pm

jesdraggon

yup. occasionally see a hawaiian word that's an insult for white non-islanders too

6:11 pm

m9f9l

oh? what's that jes?

6:11 pm

jesdraggon

as well as some curse words

6:11 pm

rururocks

what a weird time for me to roll in..

6:11 pm

jesdraggon

hi ruru :)

6:12 pm

rururocks

hiya jess

6:12 pm

m9f9l

hey ruru!

6:12 pm

m9f9l

got your mancessories?

6:12 pm

Nancy Boy

Do other racist terms work? I kind of want Gook to be a word. I deserve to be represented ;)

6:12 pm

rururocks

hello m9 and dorens

6:12 pm

Dorens

i've seen a few that are often used as derogatory, but they're just words... dago, spic, they are pretty nasty. but i don't know if any of them actually impugns an entire ethnic group as being "cheats" ... unethical or criminal

6:12 pm

Dorens

hello ruru. and others

6:13 pm

rururocks

it also accepts homo too dorens.. which is more than a little offensive

6:13 pm

jesdraggon

but it takes hetero, also, ruru

6:13 pm

Nancy Boy

Oh, so I'm represented anyway...gook or no gook.

6:13 pm

m9f9l

yeah! as a homo sapien I protest

6:14 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL!

6:14 pm

rururocks

(not sure about that all the time m9)

6:14 pm

Magyk

NB..I could just hug you

6:14 pm

rururocks

I'll go with homo sap.. though

6:14 pm

Dorens

yes nb... gook does. Yes ruru, but homo is merely short for homosexual. which is factual, right? it has taken on a connotation that is negative... same as spic, gook, etc... but is it saying that this group does something specifically wrong to people, or is it just mean and derogatory (not that that is ok)

6:16 pm

m9f9l

pfpft ruru~!

6:16 pm

rururocks

lol

6:16 pm

m9f9l

how about wetback?

6:16 pm

Haz1558

To welsh on a bet - refuse to pay up. Does that fall into the category of insulting a race?

6:17 pm

m9f9l

ohhh...good one haz

6:17 pm

m9f9l

gyp

6:17 pm

Dorens

dunno... sounds somewhat more benign than to cheat someone

6:17 pm

rururocks

I don't know dorens.. I never understood how black people call each the n word.. but anyone else.. watch out

6:17 pm

Haz1558

To scotch a rumour - except that Scots don't like to be called anything other than Scottish or Scots.

6:17 pm

Dorens

special code, ruru, my brotha

6:17 pm

m9f9l

so scotch tape is offensive?

6:18 pm

Nancy Boy

I wouldn't even say it had a negative connotation - not generally, anyway. Not in the same way as fag, etc...

6:18 pm

Dorens

i thought it was squash a rumor...

6:18 pm

rururocks

lol dorens

6:18 pm

m9f9l

I've never heard scotch a rumor

6:18 pm

rururocks

that will upset vegetarians now dorens

6:18 pm

Nancy Boy

hop scotch? butterscotch?

6:18 pm

Dorens

haha ruru

6:18 pm

rururocks

(I think haz has been drinking)

6:19 pm

Nancy Boy

Suddenly reminded that the grid will accept "wino"

6:19 pm

rururocks

scotch does sound good...mmm

6:19 pm

Lady Biotch

scotch and water?

6:20 pm

rururocks

hey!!!!!! I am offended by wino

6:20 pm

m9f9l

when I google it, it comes up "scotch a rumour".. notice the spelling. must be brit slang

6:20 pm

jesdraggon

heh. ruru, i sometimes find winos offensive, is that the same?

6:20 pm

Nancy Boy

(now waiting to see gook, wino and homo all in one grid so I can feel suitably offended)

6:20 pm

m9f9l

To Scotch a rumour is to expose a rumour. Scotch here has nothing to do with Scotland, but rather the old French word "escocher" ...

6:21 pm

m9f9l

lol jes.

6:21 pm

rururocks

escocher sounds nasty

6:21 pm

m9f9l

phant hetero!

6:22 pm

rururocks

uh.. m9?

6:22 pm

jesdraggon

that et8 is weird

6:22 pm

m9f9l

uh....ruru?

6:22 pm

rururocks

psst.. the grid is gay.. pass it on

6:23 pm

m9f9l

ROFL!

6:23 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL Ruru. It's alright. Out is in.

6:23 pm

jesdraggon

oh, good, ruru. I like happy grids :)

6:23 pm

rururocks

(who else would put chartreuse with bright yellow)

6:23 pm

m9f9l

just because it has geo michaels

6:23 pm

m9f9l

??

6:23 pm

m9f9l

oops. band

6:25 pm

daykat

morning all - what a lively conversation!!!

6:25 pm

m9f9l

hey day!

6:25 pm

rururocks

m9 is having bathroom humor

6:25 pm

mkg

anyone have clue for second 9? i have er 9

6:25 pm

rururocks

gm day

6:26 pm

Dorens

what you wa** things in after dinner, mkg

6:26 pm

m9f9l

just because I exposed a rumour?

6:26 pm

Nancy Boy

Thanks for George Michael's band...didn't have that one.

6:27 pm

mkg

di**wa**er not in grid.

6:27 pm

rururocks

I'm not sure that is what George exposed

6:27 pm

m9f9l

yw

6:27 pm

Dorens

why don't you just try it mkg?

6:27 pm

mkg

ooooooooooh got it! ty ty ty

6:27 pm

m9f9l

think more old fashioned mkg!

6:28 pm

mkg

ty.

6:28 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, m9

6:28 pm

mkg

how about clue for i word bottom right corner?

6:29 pm

Dorens

beliefs... suffix, actually

6:29 pm

jesdraggon

stupid person, mkg

6:29 pm

Nancy Boy

this conversation is a little close to home...literally, hampstead health is only a few km away

6:29 pm

m9f9l

oohhhhh.. I should have gone to pb earlier!!!

6:30 pm

Dorens

really nancy boy? my friend lived there many years ago and a couple of us went over and stayed with her... so lovely there... she was a couple of doors down from john le carrÃ©'s house, and a block or so from boy george

6:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

doren, when is your vacation?

6:31 pm

Dorens

to sonoma? 8/21 - 8/28 owl

6:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

you are taking more than one? god for you!

6:32 pm

m9f9l

oh.LOL I thought doren was cluing!

6:32 pm

Dorens

couple of little trips to the shore between now and then... not real vacations, but then again, i'm not working, am I?

6:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

i thought that was fixed

6:33 pm

Nancy Boy

Oh yeah Dorens, I love it! It's about...let me think...probably about 5km away. Nice to have so much open space. If you google earth where I live, you'll see that there is NOT a lot of room!

6:33 pm

Dorens

nope. just hopeful that it will be, but won't here until later in august...

6:34 pm

m9f9l

it's 4:30 pm here. Gage just came stumbling out saying "good morning mom"LOL he's not used to napping

6:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

need to do something in the way of a chore but lawn mowing woere me out

6:35 pm

Dorens

we were silly and a little tipsy one night and walked by boy george's house calling "oh, boy!! boy!!" tipsy ladies in their thirties... so pathetique (of course this was 25 years ago

6:35 pm

daykat

have just eaten a lovely juicy grapefruit - now have grapefruit juice all over keyboaard

6:35 pm

m9f9l

ohh.. there's a non pc here for the mentally challenged too.

6:36 pm

Nancy Boy

ew, actually, don't google earth where I live - the first photographs you see are of public urinals and sex shops. we're classy here.

6:36 pm

Dorens

well, it is actually a real word though. and originally it described the mental condition as they understood it.

6:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

time to go. bye

6:36 pm

Dorens

bye owl

6:36 pm

daykat

bye owl

6:37 pm

Nancy Boy

well, they are all real words ;) every derogatory term describes something as others understand it; the problem is, they don't really understand it at all!

6:38 pm

daykat

and often words are derogatory because of the attitude or even nonverbal cues which accompany the word

6:40 pm

daykat

rather than the word itself

6:40 pm

Nancy Boy

I completely agree, Daykat - especially in regard to the discussion of homophobic terms, earlier. Lots of my friends call me fag, poofter etc all the time - intention is everything, I think!

6:40 pm

Nancy Boy

And of course, "nancy boy" itself ;)

6:42 pm

daykat

and we can call ourselves terms such as dyke, lessie ets with love and affection and then its not derogatory - but let someone else say the same word with a sneer -

6:42 pm

rururocks

I went to my first gay wedding last year..

6:42 pm

rururocks

it was really fun and moving..

6:42 pm

daykat

are gay marriages legal in the states ruru?

6:43 pm

daykat

sadly they arent here in Oz

6:43 pm

rururocks

they were briefly in California

6:43 pm

Nancy Boy

indeed, Daykat. It's quite a common term to say that we're "reclaiming" these words - queer and the like - but I don't think that works when people still use it as an insult.

6:43 pm

EspritdJean

they are in Massachusetts

6:43 pm

rururocks

they are legal in Vermont, Mass., and Hawaii I think

6:43 pm

Nancy Boy

It's ridiculous...can't believe it isn't legal in the USA. On what grounds??

6:43 pm

rururocks

YEAH BOSTON!

6:44 pm

rururocks

no grounds just the religious right

6:44 pm

rururocks

the Mormons and the christian right

6:44 pm

daykat

my partner and I had a 'wedding' after we had been together for 20 years - it was a wonderful occasion, but not legal!

6:44 pm

rururocks

plus a dumbshit for a president back then

6:44 pm

jesdraggon

well, it's not illegal, exactly. you can have all the ceremonies you want, but the states don't have to grant you the same benefits as for het marriages

6:45 pm

rururocks

sorry I can't stand him

6:45 pm

daykat

same here in Oz, the legal rights attached to het marriages are not accorded to us

6:45 pm

Nancy Boy

People will judge and judge and blindly quote bible verses - the bible also says that you shouldn't marry a woman who isn't 'pure' - guess they don't pay attention to that one...

6:46 pm

jesdraggon

the bible also says you can sell your daughters into slavery

6:46 pm

daykat

we cant be each others Next of Kin for example

6:46 pm

jesdraggon

and that you cannot eat dairy and meat in the same meal

6:46 pm

rururocks

yeah .. well how many times has Elizabeth taylor been married

6:46 pm

jesdraggon

that women can't leave the house without a veil

6:46 pm

daykat

or plant two differnet crops in the same field!

6:46 pm

jesdraggon

and that eating shrimp is an offense about on par with violent assault.

6:47 pm

jesdraggon

obviously the bible is the literal word of god to be taken literally and followed to the letter in all things. Except, you know, for all of those parables and the things that are inconvenient.

6:47 pm

rururocks

is that out of Crustaceans IV

6:47 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL Jes, hear hear!

6:48 pm

jesdraggon

Leviticus 11, actually

6:48 pm

jesdraggon

11:9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
11:10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
11:11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
11:12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.

6:48 pm

rururocks

Laviscious is more like it

6:49 pm

daykat

I prefer Crustaceans IV myself

6:49 pm

jesdraggon

it's an abomination. ABOMINATION!!!! to eat shrimp or shellfish.

6:49 pm

rururocks

as long as you don't prawn it off on someone who cares

6:49 pm

Nancy Boy

Interestingly, there is no anti-lesbian rule in the bible that I'm aware of.

6:49 pm

hurshy

so much for that lobster and scallop dinner i just ate

6:50 pm

daykat

and no Brit law against it either - Queen Vic could not even imagine it and so did not legislate against it!! Poor Queen Vic - no imagination

6:50 pm

rururocks

hmm never thought of that Nancy

6:50 pm

jesdraggon

Also interesting from Leviticus--apparently, camels had single hooved feet at the time of the writing: 11:4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

6:50 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL Daykat!!

6:50 pm

jesdraggon

funny how there's no evolution, but camels have 2 toes now...

6:51 pm

rururocks

you are scaring me a bit jess..

6:51 pm

jesdraggon

why's that, ruru?

6:52 pm

Nancy Boy

As far as I know it's true, Ruru - there is that well-known verse in Leviticus about how a man shall not lie with another man; that is a wicked sin! But nothing about lesbians.

6:52 pm

rururocks

all these quotes right out of your head?

6:52 pm

rururocks

Leviticus was into threesomes probably

6:52 pm

Nancy Boy

Jes, that's SO funny!

6:52 pm

daykat

again - no imagination NB!!

6:52 pm

jesdraggon

no, i just know where to look for them. i learn these things in self defense, i have the uber bible-thumping conservative christian in laws.

6:53 pm

rururocks

oh.. whew...

6:53 pm

jesdraggon

mostly i just avoid discussing politics or religion with them, but once in a while it's fun to drop something like that on them...

6:53 pm

hurshy

there is a little about lesbians in the NT, though. it talks about how even their women were inflamed with unnatural passions for each other in one of paul's letters.

6:53 pm

rururocks

we have a weird christian church near us

6:53 pm

Christine

The Bible was translated by men, so they might've been a bit upset by what their sons were up to??

6:54 pm

daykat

there's a delicious funny 'letter' which does the rounds - someone writing to a Dr Laura someone asking whether he should stone his neighbours because they cut their hair, that sort of thing. Its a hoot but it does make you think

6:55 pm

daykat

poor old Paul was a terrible misogynist

6:55 pm

Christine

The people who oppose same-sex marriage quote the Bible injunction that marriage is for procreation -- which rules out older people, those who have medical problems that preclude carrying a child full term, and a host of other things.

6:55 pm

rururocks

McCartney you mean?

6:55 pm

jesdraggon

alrighty. it's quittin time. i'm'a head home and get dinner, be back in a bit to find those last lurking 88 works...

6:55 pm

Nancy Boy

Ew, Conservatives. I'm a gay immigrant living in a red light district who was, until recently, part of a committed inter-racial relationship. Conservatives rarely get on with me ;)

6:56 pm

Christine

Oh Paul - what a pain in the ear'ole.

6:57 pm

rururocks

bye jess

6:57 pm

daykat

oh, NB, you are a Conservative's nightmare!!!

6:57 pm

rururocks

*giggle... I'll say*

6:57 pm

rururocks

did we lose M9?

6:58 pm

bonkler

applause for jesgraggon!

6:58 pm

bonkler

d

6:59 pm

Nancy Boy

I'll join you in that, Bonkler!

6:59 pm

daykat

Christine - agreed

7:00 pm

Nancy Boy

and proud, Daykat ;)

7:00 pm

bonkler

love that canada has sane policy regarding marriage. despite the constant attacks by creepy religious zealots and conservative hate mongers.

7:01 pm

flosey

hi all, back for a few more

7:02 pm

Christine

I'm not a citizen (I'm British) but, obviously I'd vote to extend rights to everyone -- that's the opeative word, and because it is right. 'All men are created equal' - except ...

7:03 pm

Nancy Boy

religion is a scarily powerful tool, really. I was raised in a buddhist household - buddhism has no real teachings against homosexuality, so people twist words until they can make some!

7:04 pm

jillibus

hi all -- 36 to go and it's bridge night -- won't have time, waahhh!

7:04 pm

Christine

Forty-odd years ago, many friends (almost white men & women) fought for the civil rights of black people, because it was right. Now we need people to fight for the rights of gasys & lesbians, even if it doesn't directly affect you & your family.

7:04 pm

flosey

it is interesting NB, I believe a good number of religions do just that - twist until it fits their way of thinking

7:05 pm

flosey

hi jilli

7:05 pm

Nancy Boy

hi Jill, Flosey :)

7:05 pm

flosey

you can do it - call out what you need

7:05 pm

daykat

agree Christine. And probably it affects more families than one would imagine. All those single maiden aunts?

7:05 pm

Christine

weell, they weren't actually almost men & women -- as far as I know, they were AlLL white ...

7:06 pm

bonkler

organized religion is a mechanism of social control that sows false comfort by playing on fears, guilt and insecurity. quite diabolical.

7:07 pm

flosey

amen to that bonkler,

7:08 pm

Christine

There was a Protestant pastor, who said something to the effect that this time they(Nazis) came for Jews/gypsies/homosexuals etc. next time it could be for us, therefore we should fight against discrimination. Next time, 'they' could interpret the Bible to say we can't marry redheads, or short people ...

7:08 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

7:08 pm

flosey

speaking from personal experience

7:08 pm

Minveryork

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

7:08 pm

Christine

Daykats - remember 'lifelong bachelors'

7:09 pm

daykat

exactly!

7:10 pm

rururocks

well.. I don't know about those short people...

7:10 pm

Christine

Two things to consider -consenting adults and not hurting yourself or others.

7:11 pm

rururocks

well most conservative people want to control what goes on in everyone's bedrooms

7:12 pm

rururocks

those are ususally the guys who get caught with hookers and expense accounts

7:12 pm

Christine

Rururocks - that's why I'm still unmarried - I've shrunk over 4inches since I came to America

7:12 pm

rururocks

lol

7:12 pm

Nancy Boy

And what EXACTLY is wrong with short people, Ruru? ((pulling self up to full height of 5'4")) ;)

7:12 pm

bonkler

funny how the conservatives and bible belt states seem to have the highest rates of divorce and infidelity.

7:12 pm

rururocks

*drags over platform for christine and NB*

7:13 pm

Christine

He;s so bigoted - one of those 5'5" giants

7:13 pm

Nancy Boy

lol Ruru, I'll stick with my soapbox.

7:14 pm

flosey

lol, like our deep south 'friend' who blamed that nasty hooker for his 'sins'

7:14 pm

Christine

Oy Bonkler - I'm divorced but was never infidelious!!

7:14 pm

pam

Hi, all

7:14 pm

rururocks

wel...this is more of a stage nb

7:14 pm

mkg

ty fo id clue. got it.

7:14 pm

rururocks

oh.. PAMMO.. what a time to walk in

7:14 pm

Anniebrook

hello everyone...can I get a clue for the first re 6/21 ?

7:14 pm

bonkler

marriage is a leading cause of divorce

7:14 pm

pam

I haven't scrolled back, ruru

7:15 pm

rururocks

how are you?

7:15 pm

sixty7stang13

hello all

7:15 pm

rururocks

hello 60

7:15 pm

pam

ok; lurking more than chogging

7:15 pm

pam

how are you, ruru?

7:16 pm

Minveryork

Hello pam! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

7:16 pm

rururocks

tired...

7:16 pm

pam

headache recovery mode today, so a bit goofy

7:16 pm

pam

hi, min!

7:16 pm

Minveryork

Hello Anniebrook! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

7:16 pm

daykat

much as I would love to stay and continue this most wonderful chat I have to go and do stuff. Keep some room on the soapbox for me !!

7:16 pm

daykat

bye all

7:16 pm

sixty7stang13

diving into grid

7:16 pm

rururocks

well chogging beats flogging I guess

7:16 pm

Christine

Time for a cuppa - please don't talk about me when I'm gone.

7:16 pm

pam

LOL, ruru!

7:16 pm

sixty7stang13

bye daykat

7:16 pm

Minveryork

Hello sixty7stang13!How are you?Welcome to the grid

7:16 pm

rururocks

PSSSSST!

7:16 pm

Christine

Bye-bye Daykat

7:16 pm

Nancy Boy

Yes...funny that they will let a straight couple be married for all the wrong reasons, but won't let a gay couple be married for the right ones!

7:17 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye daykat! I will see you tomorrow in the chat!

7:17 pm

rururocks

well that is sort of the situation in the Palin family no?

7:18 pm

tceicher

ha

7:18 pm

rururocks

Bristol fell in love with a hockey player (druggie) and now they don't know what the puck they are doing

7:18 pm

pam

the palin family.... a situation alright

7:19 pm

rururocks

apparently Bristol was out getting more than just votes...

7:19 pm

sixty7stang13

I am good Min. How are you.

7:19 pm

Anniebrook

hi Minver, I am well, hope you are too

7:20 pm

Nancy Boy

lol Ruru. makes me think of that movie that was made during the campaign..."Who's Nailin' Palin?"

7:20 pm

Anniebrook

The Palins--Let's put the "fun" back in dysfunctional

7:20 pm

sixty7stang13

I agree NB. I wish someone would have stopped me and told me to take a longer look before getting married.

7:20 pm

pam

Bristol bops? Rocks? or was that brixton?

7:20 pm

rururocks

lol annir

7:20 pm

rururocks

lol annie

7:21 pm

lbdawger

may i have a clue for the tr7, plz?

7:21 pm

EspritdJean

Bristol Palin

7:21 pm

Minveryork

I am well, but was feeling neglected when I came here

7:21 pm

Anniebrook

(((Minver))))

7:21 pm

Minveryork

Hello lbdawger! How are you? Welcome to the chat log

7:21 pm

rururocks

tr (3) + mr. george bernard

7:22 pm

lbdawger

hi Min, i'm being very poky with this grid. too hot to think

7:22 pm

lbdawger

ty, ru!

7:22 pm

bonkler

feel sorry for the palin kids, little blork, snerblit and trungo or whatever the hell that nut named them

7:22 pm

rururocks

lol

7:22 pm

rururocks

ROFL

7:22 pm

Anniebrook

lol, bonkler

7:23 pm

EspritdJean

nowhere near as bad as some of the Hollyweird baby names

7:23 pm

rururocks

OMG..LOL

7:23 pm

Anniebrook

clue for the first re 6/21 ?

7:23 pm

rururocks

the laugh of the day.. thanks bonkler

7:23 pm

pam

neglected, min? ick. You are the most welcoming of welcomers!

7:23 pm

EspritdJean

Like Apple, Moses, Zuma and Pilot Inspektor

7:24 pm

Minveryork

Guess peeps were engrossed in the grid when I came.

7:24 pm

pam

ahhhh....

7:25 pm

bonkler

true enough esprit the religious crazies don't have a patent on stupid names

7:25 pm

Nancy Boy

Zowie Bowie ;) a personal favourite

7:25 pm

Minveryork

Usually I kill the chog,so at least that did not happen.

7:25 pm

tceicher

re

7:25 pm

Anniebrook

I am begging now...my last word..I need the first re 6/21 ? Will work for words/

7:25 pm

pam

Chogkillers of the world unite!

7:25 pm

Minveryork

Hello tceicher! How are you? Welcome to the chat log

7:25 pm

bonkler

though i rather like pilot inspektor, who inflicted that on a kid?

7:26 pm

pam

I like Apple. Gwyneth outdid herself...

7:26 pm

lbdawger

sparkles! finally with famished monkeys!

7:26 pm

tceicher

re 6/21 take into employment again

7:26 pm

Nancy Boy

I think it was in New Zealand that a kid was made a ward of the state because her father named her "Tallulah does the hula in hawaii"

7:27 pm

Nancy Boy

here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/2
4/talula_ruling/

7:27 pm

Anniebrook

thanks tceicher, throw the flounder at me

7:28 pm

Anniebrook

YAY for dawg!!!!

7:28 pm

Anniebrook

I am done

7:28 pm

pam

congrats, lbd, and all finishers

7:28 pm

flosey

wtg Annie

7:28 pm

tceicher

glad to help out

7:28 pm

tceicher

retears

7:28 pm

tceicher

oops

7:28 pm

tceicher

sorry

7:28 pm

Anniebrook

How about the parents who wanted to name their child with numbers instead of letters

7:28 pm

sixty7stang13

wtg lbdawger & Annie

7:29 pm

Nancy Boy

True Annie, or the guy who was told he couldn't name his son "@"!

7:29 pm

Anniebrook

LOL

7:30 pm

flosey

I need a clue for sa5 please? the last sa5

7:30 pm

Anniebrook

going to watch the yankee game...bye dear babblers

7:30 pm

jesdraggon

i have returned!

7:31 pm

rururocks

sa + most of the ambient outside stuff

7:31 pm

Nancy Boy

welcome back Jes :) but I think it is bed time for me..

7:31 pm

Anniebrook

sa5----sa + he/she is a hothead--has a ***per

7:32 pm

jesdraggon

yeah, wasn't it bedtime for you several hours ago?

7:32 pm

flosey

and Annie, thanks

7:33 pm

Nancy Boy

yes it was ;) so I'll be off. Bye, all!

7:33 pm

pam

hi, jes. Long time!

7:33 pm

flosey

hmm, what happened to my ty to ru?

7:33 pm

Christine

I am returned - did I miss anything on which I would have an impotant and insightful comment?

7:34 pm

flosey

goodnight NB

7:35 pm

Christine

Sleep well, NB, God bless.

7:36 pm

jesdraggon

still around, ruru? i never got to my favorite bible verses before i left work...

7:37 pm

jesdraggon

hi pam :)

7:40 pm

Christine

What is your Bible verse, Jesdraggon?

7:40 pm

jesdraggon

Ephesians 5:22, but not for itself. For the sake that everyone always ignores 5:25...

7:41 pm

jesdraggon

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

7:41 pm

jesdraggon

but they always leave off: Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

7:42 pm

jesdraggon

so to make it a fair bargain (and you can't have a bargain if you only have half of it!) the husband has to be willing to be nailed to a post and hang for 3 days and 3 nights. or how can he possibly expect the wife to obey him?

7:44 pm

pam

bbl

7:44 pm

jesdraggon

bye,pam

7:45 pm

Christine

0oops, almost fell off the bed, reaching for the Bible. Verses 28 & 29 are also important.

7:45 pm

flosey

finished! this one wasn't as bad as yesterday's - but sure hope tomorrow's is smaller

7:46 pm

jesdraggon

yes... but nobody ever quotes them, Christine. I couldn't begin to count how many times I've heard 5:22, maybe with 5:23 too, but nothing past it

7:46 pm

sammysmom

WNDER WHAT HAPPENED TO GREMLIN????

7:46 pm

jesdraggon

too much pick and choose and only quote out the verses that are convenient :P

7:46 pm

sammysmom

HOPE HE IS OK

7:47 pm

flosey

he shows as being online S'smom

7:47 pm

sammysmom

teamward

7:48 pm

flosey

I'm off for supper, be back for flip

7:49 pm

jesdraggon

bye, flosey

7:52 pm

Christine

Gonna look for my missing words.

7:52 pm

jillibus

YAY for flosey!!! I have to go and get supper too, with 17 left -- then rush out to bridge. Back after the flip, hoping for a smaller one too.

7:52 pm

jesdraggon

bye, jilli

7:53 pm

jillibus

btw, the next icon theme is Scherenschnitte. Be good and google it -- lots of images!

8:04 pm

Locks99

can someone clue me for tr7/48? need for fireworks

8:05 pm

redturtlehead

hey all, Jilli, I have my scherenschnitte image all picked out.

8:06 pm

Christine

Three prefix + George Bernard

8:07 pm

Locks99

thank you Christine

8:07 pm

BettyAnne

I need the th6/33s please?

8:09 pm

BettyAnne

Never mind. Got them.

8:10 pm

BettyAnne

Last one. ha6/24 please?

8:10 pm

redturtlehead

that one Betty is a small bone in the hand, or a parky meat, and past tense of consumed (What you did to the proky meat).

8:11 pm

lbdawger

pork product + consumed, betty

8:11 pm

periwinkle

red what have you been drinking?

8:11 pm

periwinkle

parky, proky haha

8:11 pm

lbdawger

lol

8:12 pm

BettyAnne

Thanks red. Fireworks. Night all. Thanks lbdawger.

8:12 pm

lbdawger

night night, BettyAnne

8:12 pm

lbdawger

oh and whoooo hooooo BETTYANNE!!

8:13 pm

periwinkle

red you still here, was only kidding

8:15 pm

lbdawger

hope red comes back, i want to know how her marathon and date went.

8:16 pm

Minveryork

I just went to goole scherenschnitte in GI and google changed they way they do their images. Don't like it.

8:17 pm

Anniebrook

dawg, I dont know about the marathon but her date brought her flowers and she said it went well

8:17 pm

Anniebrook

just came back on for a minute..passing thru

8:20 pm

periwinkle

th6/27 pls

8:22 pm

lbdawger

ahh, flowers! not a bad way to start a night out!

8:22 pm

lbdawger

hypothesis, peri

8:22 pm

Anniebrook

there were freesias.

8:23 pm

Jellen

Hello...

8:23 pm

periwinkle

ty lbd

8:23 pm

periwinkle

hey Jellen

8:23 pm

Anniebrook

Hi Jellen

8:23 pm

Jellen

Just got home from the ER...Tim still vomiting and dehydrated...

8:23 pm

periwinkle

8 re words left, only have the re4

8:23 pm

periwinkle

8 re words left, only have the re4

8:24 pm

periwinkle

yikes, sorry to hear that Jellen

8:24 pm

Jellen

*was

8:24 pm

Anniebrook

*they

8:24 pm

Anniebrook

Jellen, I am sorry to hear that...

8:25 pm

Minveryork

Hello Jellen!How are you doing?Welcome to the puzzle

8:25 pm

periwinkle

is Tim home or in the hospital?

8:25 pm

Jellen

Me too! But they were very nice and efficient...We're home...

8:26 pm

Jellen

On top of everything else, he has a UTI :-(

8:26 pm

Anniebrook

peri, re + ***pus fugit

8:26 pm

periwinkle

ty Annie, one re left, the first one pls

8:27 pm

Anniebrook

re--- I love **** browns with my eggs and toast

8:27 pm

periwinkle

ty Annie

8:27 pm

Anniebrook

Jellen, did he get an antibiotic for the UTI?

8:28 pm

periwinkle

fireworks

8:28 pm

Anniebrook

congrats, peri!

8:28 pm

lbdawger

whooo hoooo peri!

8:28 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations periwinkle on fireworks!Good for you

8:28 pm

Jellen

Hooray for peri!!!

8:28 pm

Jellen

Yes have antibiotics

8:28 pm

periwinkle

tyty, now off to play scramble. Jellen will think good thoughts for Tim and you

8:30 pm

lbdawger

i know Tim probably doesn't want much to eat or drink but he really needs to keep the electrolytes up. propel or gatorade or you might try pedialyte a plain unflavoured one, with lots of ice!

8:31 pm

Jellen

We have Gatorade...he still has an appetite...

8:32 pm

lbdawger

oh good, lots of small meals might help keep the food down. (((TIM and JELLEN)))

8:32 pm

Anniebrook

You and Tim will be in my prayers tonight. Going to get into bed and read. Goodnight everyone.

8:33 pm

Jellen

G'night, Annie

8:33 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Anniebrook!I'll see you tomorrow in the chat

8:38 pm

lbdawger

night night, annie

8:39 pm

jillibus

Wow -- made it! Gotta go now! See you after the fliep :)

8:39 pm

jillibus

*flip

8:39 pm

Jellen

Going to read a bit, too...later, perhaps...

8:40 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye jillibus! I'll see you tomorrow in the chat log.

8:41 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Jellen!I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

8:44 pm

lbdawger

night night, Jellen

8:44 pm

lbdawger

night night, Jilli

8:46 pm

stidmama

hello all!!!!

8:46 pm

stidmama

bye Jill

8:46 pm

stidmama

bye Jellen

8:46 pm

stidmama

hey Min!

8:47 pm

stidmama

hey LBD

8:47 pm

Minveryork

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

8:48 pm

stidmama

Min, I am always better when I see you!

8:48 pm

Minski

greetings all. How goes it tonight?

8:48 pm

stidmama

hey Minski!

8:48 pm

Minveryork

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

8:48 pm

Minski

OK. I'll fess up. I've been lurking for a while and babbling away but now I need some help.

8:49 pm

Minski

I am missing the first TE6/18. The one just after those things in your mouth. Does anyone have it please?

8:49 pm

stidmama

LOL go for it Minski, and if you have the Di 6/27, we can consider it a trade

8:49 pm

stidmama

okay, thinking about TE

8:50 pm

lbdawger

te + do ** me + echo the first two letters

8:50 pm

stidmama

thanks LBD

8:50 pm

Minski

Sorry, I don't have it Stid.

8:51 pm

stidmama

that's okay Minski, it's always worth asking!

8:51 pm

lbdawger

di6.27 sounds like a city in North Carolina, or chewing tobacco, Bull d(u)i****

8:51 pm

stidmama

hope your day has gone well? Mine has had some nice moments, but feeling like a very bad mama right now

8:51 pm

stidmama

thanks LBD

8:52 pm

stidmama

got it!

8:52 pm

lbdawger

you a bad mama? never!

8:52 pm

Minveryork

I am stopping at 163 words and 2003 points.Bye to all

8:52 pm

Minveryork

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

8:52 pm

lbdawger

night night, Min

8:52 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams Min. see you tomorrow!

8:53 pm

Minski

Thanks lbd. Got it.

8:53 pm

stidmama

actually, maybe. elder stidkid got angry this evening, took off on his bike after I explained how hot it was, refused to say where he was going. I made enough tamales for me, tom and the other stidkid... if he wants tamales he can make them when he gets home. *sad mama look*

8:53 pm

lbdawger

glad to hang around and clue when needed

8:54 pm

stidmama

I just hope that he took enough liquids and doesn't get into trouble. *sigh*

8:54 pm

lbdawger

ahhh, not a bad mama, just a learning situation for stidkid1

8:54 pm

stidmama

(((LBD))) I needed that thanks. Today seems to be my day for getting my hand held...

8:55 pm

lbdawger

well, you certainly will be holding a lot of young hands in the teaching situation. I'm glad I can be he4 for you.

8:56 pm

stidmama

LAST SH 5 please?

8:57 pm

lbdawger

it's a name sounds like sean

8:57 pm

stidmama

*gasp* how could I miss THAT???? (thanks)

8:58 pm

Magyk

ae6?

8:59 pm

rururocks

knockout gas mag

8:59 pm

stidmama

hey ruru and Magyk

8:59 pm

lbdawger

hi magyk and ru

8:59 pm

Magyk

hey all

9:00 pm

lbdawger

lol at your icon, magyk

9:01 pm

wvteach

clue for the tr 7 / 48 please

9:01 pm

Magyk

thanks ruru!

9:01 pm

stidmama

very cute icon indeed! LOL

9:01 pm

stidmama

hey teach!

9:01 pm

Magyk

haha thanks lbd and stid! taken at the st. louis zoo :)

9:01 pm

stidmama

latin 3 + asian taxicab rick****

9:01 pm

lbdawger

prefix 3 + george bernard **** (courtesy of ru)

9:01 pm

wvteach

hi all

9:02 pm

lbdawger

hi teach

9:02 pm

stidmama

*wondering which one is Magyk's kin....*

*wicked mama look*

9:02 pm

wvteach

thanks ibdawger (and ru)

9:02 pm

stidmama

need the fishy te 5/12... please?

9:03 pm

lbdawger

chompers, stid

9:03 pm

stidmama

(not expecting help from Magyk after that remark...)

9:03 pm

stidmama

GAH!!!! here fishy fishy fishy!

9:04 pm

lbdawger

>*))<<

9:04 pm

Magyk

Of course I'll help...but I just got started! All the kids at school ask me to make my monkey face. :)

9:04 pm

lbdawger

what grade do you teach, Magyk?

9:04 pm

Magyk

at8?

9:04 pm

stidmama

rofl.... kids, monkey face, orangutan....

9:05 pm

Magyk

5th grade

9:05 pm

stidmama

a + definite article + preposition go ** the movies + opposite of ego

9:05 pm

stidmama

5th grade is a grand age!

9:05 pm

lbdawger

a + *** end + al****s...the strongest little breath mint

9:06 pm

Magyk

thank you for the clue! and yes 5th grade is wonderful...I have so much fun.

9:06 pm

lbdawger

that's a great age group to be with. keeps you young, and it's okay to be silly with them

9:07 pm

Magyk

I sure hope so because I'm quite a silly person...all the time.

9:09 pm

stidmama

down to two.

9:09 pm

stidmama

one is definitely fishy, the other possibly so.

9:09 pm

lbdawger

go stiddy!

9:10 pm

stidmama

one....

9:11 pm

stidmama

firewords. and they were definitely fishy

9:11 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hoooooo STIDDY!!

9:11 pm

stidmama

thanks for the help tonight LBD

9:11 pm

lbdawger

no problem, stid.

9:14 pm

Magyk

half way and saying goodnight! thank you for the clues and laughs. :)

9:14 pm

stidmama

how is your family doing these days?

9:14 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams Magyk, see you again soon!

9:14 pm

lbdawger

night night, Magyk

9:14 pm

lbdawger

family is doing okay, i guess. haven't talked to the grands in a while. they keep busy

9:16 pm

lbdawger

are classes done for the summer?

9:16 pm

stidmama

sure. it's rough to stay connected unless you are involved in real-time activities, I find.

9:17 pm

stidmama

I am tired. made tamales this evening, by myself since I was the only one home. Hoping they turned out okay. I cheated and used carnitas from the store instead of making my own filling.

9:17 pm

lbdawger

they sound yummy!

9:17 pm

welki

hi, babblers!

9:17 pm

stidmama

hey welki!

9:17 pm

lbdawger

hi welki!

9:18 pm

stidmama

I think they will taste fine. There is a recipe for a "pumpkin pie" style tamale -- dessert/snack of course. THinking I might try that next time.

9:18 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for di7-32? Thanks

9:19 pm

welki

enjoying a quiet night here .. other half is away on biz, so i spent the evening READING .. ahhh, blessed quiet! (caveat: cannot live without him, but this is nice once in a while)

9:19 pm

stidmama

quiet is nice

9:19 pm

lbdawger

prefix for not + percentage **** on mortgages are still low

9:19 pm

welki

like the movie bull du**** (ends with porky meat)

9:19 pm

stidmama

hey peach

9:20 pm

welki

oops, wrong di

9:20 pm

gapeach

Hey there, stidmama.

9:20 pm

lbdawger

i hear ya, welki. i love my quiet down time! i love my hubz too, but he's got to have noise on all the time!

9:20 pm

stidmama

the di 5 is like raleigh-du**** north carolina

9:21 pm

stidmama

my tom just puts his ipod thingy in his pocket and hie earbuds in when I am at home.

9:21 pm

stidmama

that way we can be together but I don't need to hear the things he listens to.

9:21 pm

welki

mine, too .. a radio, the television. when there's other noise, it's as if my head can't process everything going on, like when two people are trying to talk on either side of you. q.u.i.e.t. i love it :)

9:22 pm

lbdawger

i'm starting to fade...well not starting, been fading in and out all evening, so going to go get ready for bed. see you all tomorrow.

9:22 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams LBD. thanks again. ((hugs))

9:22 pm

welki

i listen to people talking all day. when i come home, i really like my quiet time

9:22 pm

gapeach

Have that one, stidmama, thanks. Just need the last di.

9:22 pm

welki

g'night dawg

9:22 pm

stidmama

oh, that's the one that LBD clued

9:23 pm

lbdawger

at di***** i'll be in bed before he knows i'm there! lol

9:23 pm

welki

the last one, dawg clued

9:23 pm

welki

lol

9:23 pm

lbdawger

poof

9:24 pm

gapeach

Oh, thanks, I just buzzed right over it....Thanks Ibdawger.

9:25 pm

welki

how's the babble-meet shaping up, stid?

9:26 pm

welki

seems like there are a few happening .. one or two on the east coast, one in your neck of the woods. time for the canadian contingency to get their acts together!

9:26 pm

stidmama

not much yet welki, I think I will do some reconnaissance tomorrow or Wednesday. Only about ten people have actually expressed interest, so it's easy to find a venue

9:26 pm

welki

(flippin' air fare is so expensive compared to inter-u.s. flights)

9:27 pm

stidmama

absolutely time for the canadians to do a babble event!

9:27 pm

welki

there's at least one other here in calgary .. helensgirlkid (i think that's her name), but i don't 'know' her well at all

9:28 pm

Shirlockc

er8?

9:28 pm

stidmama

funny thing about that welki... *grin* have found that as soon as I am with another babbler that we are almost as good as family! has been most interesting

9:29 pm

stidmama

shirlock: you'd have it er* now, if you took **** (possessive article) + camel-like letter

9:29 pm

stidmama

and plural for the ER 9

9:29 pm

stidmama

that's a two-hump camel, btw

9:30 pm

welki

er8 = poetic before + a****** (no belief in a higher power) + plural

9:30 pm

stidmama

but no E in the higher power word, welki

9:30 pm

welki

i've organized a couple of internet gatherings .. they do work out well ;)

9:31 pm

stidmama

I am just dreading being an event planner again. Last summer's big meeting at the college worked out, but it was nerve-wracking.

9:31 pm

welki

sure there is

9:31 pm

stidmama

I am much happier with the small size of this one!

9:31 pm

welki

ohhh, i see what you mean

9:31 pm

Shirlockc

okay, got it, thx for the er clues

9:31 pm

welki

<-- no help

9:32 pm

stidmama

anyway... I am outta here for now. see you tomorrow?

9:32 pm

welki

have a peaceful evening, stid

9:32 pm

stidmama

see you! *poof*

9:33 pm

welki

shirl, i'm a native new yorker .. where in the city do you live?

9:33 pm

Shirlockc

i live in brooklyn actually

9:34 pm

Shirlockc

are you in TO welki?

9:34 pm

welki

ahh ... i was born in maimonides

9:34 pm

Shirlockc

and i know where that is!

9:34 pm

Minski

rh6?

9:34 pm

Shirlockc

i've been *exploring* BK, want to buy eventually so doing a LOT of walking

9:34 pm

welki

calgary, alberta (lived in bensonhurst, bay ridge, sheepshead bay and canarsie .. then moved to queens and then to nj (even went to kingsborough for a while!)

9:35 pm

Shirlockc

when did you move?

9:35 pm

welki

to canada? 1997

9:35 pm

welki

rh --- think, "that's a rh****ical question"

9:36 pm

Shirlockc

rh+ vowel + most of the t4 for ripped

9:37 pm

Minski

thanks Shirlockc & welki. got it

9:37 pm

welki

time for this ol' welki to hit the road .. g'night folks

9:37 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for et8-50? Thanks

9:38 pm

gapeach

Sweet dreams, welki.

9:38 pm

Shirlockc

cya welki

9:38 pm

gapeach

NM found it.

9:39 pm

Pinikula

evening all

9:42 pm

gapeach

Hi there, Pinikula.

9:42 pm

Jellen

Hello....

9:43 pm

Jellen

Could I have a clue for the et 8, please?

9:44 pm

Pinikula

wish I had it :)

9:45 pm

flosey

et - omit the i from ******/or, + I fin***ed the puzzle earlier

9:46 pm

Jellen

Thanks, flosey!

9:46 pm

Pinikula

thx flosey! :)

9:46 pm

flosey

yw Jellen and Pini

9:47 pm

flosey

there is another, do you have it? also the 9 plural

9:47 pm

Jellen

No, I don't...

9:47 pm

flosey

sorry, no that one is er8 and 9

9:47 pm

Pinikula

I have the er 8, 9

9:48 pm

Jellen

I'd love a clue...

9:48 pm

flosey

good, it would be hard to clue!

9:48 pm

Pinikula

er + ** phone home + not hers + dbl hump cons

9:48 pm

Pinikula

(then pl)

9:49 pm

Pinikula

that's my attempt at cluing it

9:49 pm

Jellen

Thanks Pini!

9:49 pm

Shirlockc

th7/36?

9:49 pm

flosey

ok, Jellen, er here and ****e, +

9:49 pm

Pinikula

did it work???

9:50 pm

Jellen

Yes, got it!

9:50 pm

Pinikula

* sigh of relief *

9:50 pm

Pinikula

hope I didn't step on your toes, flosey...

9:50 pm

Pinikula

just thought I'd take a shot

9:50 pm

flosey

not at all Pini

9:50 pm

Pinikula

don't have it, shirl

9:50 pm

flosey

glad you did

9:50 pm

Jellen

I'm kinda pooped...spent later afternoon/evening in the ER with Tim...

9:51 pm

Pinikula

thx flosey...sorry to hear, Jellen, how's he doing?

9:51 pm

flosey

th7 previous word + ** and fro

9:51 pm

Pinikula

(and how are YOU doing?)

9:51 pm

Pinikula

ih5?

9:51 pm

Shirlockc

got that one, need the one after

9:51 pm

flosey

oh Jellen, sorry to hear that

9:52 pm

Shirlockc

ih+ male sheep

9:52 pm

Pinikula

thx shirl

9:52 pm

Jellen

He was dehydrated and vomiting...sleeping now...won't be pleased in ten minutes when I wake him to give meds...

9:52 pm

Pinikula

poor guy...thoughts and prayers continue to be sent your way!

9:52 pm

flosey

ah, isn't it frustrating to have to wake him for it

9:53 pm

flosey

yes indeed, my thoughts and prayers with you

9:53 pm

Jellen

Yes, but don't want him to get back on the nausea cycle again :-(

9:53 pm

flosey

of course, Jellen

9:54 pm

flosey

there are times when intervenous would be handy

9:54 pm

Jellen

Yes, almost wish I could do that at home...

9:55 pm

Minski

Not getting the MIs. I am missing the mi7 and the 2 mi8s. Can someone help?

9:55 pm

flosey

Shirl, th7 ends with a drug used illegally by some athletes ste****

9:56 pm

Shirlockc

great, thx flosey

9:56 pm

flosey

yw shir

9:56 pm

flosey

mi7 neg + **** me a picture

9:57 pm

flosey

mi8 add cons

9:57 pm

flosey

the other, pl

9:57 pm

Shirlockc

mi7/40? it's the first mi7

9:58 pm

Minski

Thanks. Got them. Wasn't looking in that direction.

9:58 pm

Minski

Got all the Mi words now. Moving on up. 45 left to find.

9:58 pm

flosey

first one (center) + poison ivy gives you a terrible ****

9:59 pm

Shirlockc

wouldn't have thought that was a word, thx flosey

9:59 pm

flosey

yvw

9:59 pm

Jellen

Lucky me! Time to give Tim a pill!

10:00 pm

Jellen

bbs

10:00 pm

m9f9l

hi all! Jell..don't forget..stroke it down his throat!LOL

10:00 pm

Pinikula

* sending luck wishes *

10:02 pm

Shirlockc

1st ha6?

10:03 pm

flosey

ha + partner (hubby

10:03 pm

flosey

strange word

10:05 pm

flosey

or, when you don't agree with someone, you might reach a stale****

10:05 pm

Shirlockc

the lightbulb goes on!

10:05 pm

dicktrickle

it's a bone in the hand near the wrist...baseball players often break it and need it removed

10:05 pm

flosey

good

10:06 pm

flosey

oh, thanks dick

10:06 pm

flosey

hmmm, when removed, can they still play baseball?

10:07 pm

dicktrickle

just a bit of knowledge i've accrued from being a diehard red sox fan....oh yes, quite well....david ortiz doesn't have that bone, for one

10:07 pm

dicktrickle

some players say it actually helps their swing because they have more flexibility in the wrist without the bone

10:07 pm

flosey

ah, hubby has been a Cardinals fan since he was very young kid

10:08 pm

dicktrickle

good team to be a fan of

10:09 pm

Minski

Does anyone have the MA7&8? The 1st 2 MA words?

10:09 pm

flosey

ma7 (male) + on**** / for****

10:10 pm

flosey

and pl

10:10 pm

m9f9l

strange word.

10:10 pm

flosey

yes

10:11 pm

m9f9l

*imagines group of spinsters raising fists and setting off... "ma7 ho!"

10:11 pm

Minski

very odd. thanks flosey.

10:11 pm

flosey

yw

10:11 pm

m9f9l

i have two bts

10:11 pm

Shirlockc

ar6?

10:12 pm

flosey

a large vein, or ar6

10:13 pm

m9f9l

bottom a please?

10:13 pm

Shirlockc

duh, thx flosey, can't believe i missed that

10:13 pm

flosey

am4 and 5 - nursemaid?

10:14 pm

flosey

yw Shirl

10:14 pm

m9f9l

thanks flosey!

10:14 pm

flosey

yw m9

10:14 pm

Jellen

aw 5/20

10:15 pm

flosey

you receive as5 for good behaviour or doing something well

10:15 pm

m9f9l

those all came off other a. wahhhh

10:15 pm

m9f9l

thanks flosey!

10:15 pm

flosey

oh, sorry, that' aw6

10:15 pm

flosey

aw5 a + what you do with dirty clothes

10:16 pm

TeaNCrackers

good evening all

10:16 pm

flosey

hi tnc

10:16 pm

m9f9l

hi tea!

10:16 pm

m9f9l

and tghe right e??

10:16 pm

flosey

I have to take a break, bbs

10:16 pm

Jellen

Hi TNC

10:18 pm

Jellen

It's er 8/50 and 9/66, m9

10:19 pm

Jellen

er + Elizab*** + de*** (belief in God)

10:19 pm

sammysmom

lickety won t load for me and i am down to 7

10:19 pm

sammysmom

wahhhhhh

10:19 pm

m9f9l

wow. thanks!

10:20 pm

m9f9l

oh sammy. someone may have it in their profile..

10:20 pm

sammysmom

grem is not here

10:20 pm

m9f9l

NBT

10:20 pm

m9f9l

but not halfway

10:20 pm

sammysmom

minver didn t do it

10:20 pm

TeaNCrackers

what letters do you still have sammy?

10:21 pm

sammysmom

nah.....

10:21 pm

sammysmom

need i e from the top middle

10:22 pm

m9f9l

i only have the mistake from there

10:22 pm

m9f9l

oops. pb for me

10:22 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for to6-27? Thanks

10:22 pm

o-o

Try here, sammy: http://tinyurl.com/lx5lon

10:23 pm

m9f9l

phant diarrhea

10:23 pm

o-o

to 6 -- like a child's play thing

10:24 pm

m9f9l

huh. br i didn't know that was a word

10:24 pm

gapeach

Oh, thanks, BabbleRabble.

10:25 pm

sammysmom

thanks

10:26 pm

Jellen

Hello, BabbleRabble

10:26 pm

Minski

14

10:30 pm

Jellen

wa 8/65, please?

10:31 pm

stidgmere

Hello all, Jellen BabbleRabble, gapeach!

10:31 pm

Jellen

nm, got it...

10:31 pm

o-o

wa 8 - like aqua

10:31 pm

Jellen

Thanks, BR

10:31 pm

Jellen

Hi, stidgmere

10:32 pm

o-o

Hello, stidgmere

10:32 pm

Minski

9

10:32 pm

stidgmere

Back on and still looking for words. argh.

10:32 pm

m9f9l

stidgmere.... is that like a grandmother to a stidkid?

10:33 pm

Jellen

Go, Minski!

10:33 pm

m9f9l

maybe?

10:33 pm

m9f9l

wtg min~!

10:33 pm

Minski

7

10:34 pm

m9f9l

gogo go!

10:34 pm

stidgmere

Yes, I am stidmama's mama. Therefore the stidkids are my petites fils.

10:34 pm

m9f9l

bien sur!

10:35 pm

Minski

5

10:36 pm

Minski

aw8?

10:36 pm

Jellen

tr 5/10 after tr 7/48, please?

10:37 pm

o-o

a + hot cold front temp rain etc

10:37 pm

Jellen

a + we 7 (isn't it hot this summer?)

10:37 pm

Minski

french 3

10:37 pm

Jellen

Merci, Minski!

10:37 pm

Minski

yw

10:39 pm

Jellen

Phanton thyroid

10:40 pm

Minski

2

10:40 pm

Minski

1

10:41 pm

m9f9l

drum roll.......

10:41 pm

gremlinn

fireworks

10:41 pm

stidgmere

Cymbals clashing. Thunder smashing.

10:41 pm

Minski

!!!!!FIREWORKS!!!!!

10:41 pm

gremlinn

listed at 6, gave up

10:41 pm

Jellen

Marvelous, Minski!!!

10:42 pm

stidgmere

Gremlinn enjoy the cannons spouting.

10:42 pm

Jellen

Great, grem!!!

10:42 pm

m9f9l

yay min!!!!!!

10:42 pm

m9f9l

grem..no! you?!?!?!

10:42 pm

gremlinn

3 of them I hadn't heard of, so that was good

10:42 pm

m9f9l

oh wow.. I'm way past halfway. I can list!

10:42 pm

stidgmere

Minski, 1812 Overture at finale!!!! How special is that?

10:42 pm

m9f9l

sweet! which 3?

10:42 pm

Minski

and since midnight is very quickly approaching, I must announce pumpkintime and sign off for the day. Good night all. *POOF*

10:43 pm

Jellen

th 6/24 after not that?

10:43 pm

gremlinn

th6/24 the first was one

10:43 pm

gremlinn

tr7 was the second

10:43 pm

Minski

almost as good as the 4th of July! and now....good night for real.

10:43 pm

gremlinn

and at8

10:43 pm

gremlinn

however, it doesn't take "atheroid" which is a word

10:44 pm

mymuseisme

hi all ... can I get a clue for my last one please?

10:44 pm

mymuseisme

tr7

10:45 pm

Jellen

Muse! Greetings!

10:45 pm

gremlinn

that was one of my last too!

10:45 pm

mymuseisme

Hi Jellen! How's Tim doing?

10:45 pm

gremlinn

actually, that WAS my last one

10:45 pm

Jellen

tr7= 3 + rick**** (Asian transport)

10:46 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for th6-24 the 3rd? Thanks

10:46 pm

Jellen

We spent the evening at the ER, but he's better now...

10:46 pm

gremlinn

****tan and Isolde + a ***k is a hunting bird

10:46 pm

mymuseisme

that's sparklies for me ... thank you! :)

10:46 pm

gremlinn

th6/24 the third means to flail about

10:46 pm

m9f9l

tks!

10:46 pm

Jellen

Yay for muse!!!

10:47 pm

Jellen

Thanks, grem

10:47 pm

gremlinn

th + a **** is a red patch of skin

10:48 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, gremlinn.

10:48 pm

mymuseisme

Keeping my fingers crossed that the med regimen cures it!

10:48 pm

gremlinn

<--- was pleased to monkey the er8/er9 with many words and tiles still open

10:48 pm

Jellen

Thanks, muse

10:49 pm

mymuseisme

an early day for me tomorrow ... thanks again for the help ... catch you tomorrow night all

10:50 pm

Jellen

<-- was pleased to get er8/9 at all :-)

10:51 pm

m9f9l

well.. gotta go. 95 left. Tim wants puter.

10:51 pm

Jellen

Bye, m9

10:51 pm

gremlinn

Jellen: I was still 0/2 there fairly late and I thought it was probably a long word that I was missing, probably something with a plural for there to be 2, so I tried stuff that ended at the bottom and used certain common suffixes

10:52 pm

gremlinn

tried a whole bunch of -ism, -ish, and -oid possibilities throughout the puzzle

10:56 pm

Jellen

I can monkey shorter words through point count and logic, but longer word usually elude me...

10:57 pm

gremlinn

one of my last 6 was a four letter word

10:58 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for si6-18 the 1st? Thanks

10:58 pm

Jellen

ta 5/16, please?

10:59 pm

gremlinn

si6/18 is a plural of previous si5/10

10:59 pm

gremlinn

ta5/16 = teacher's word for "late for class"

11:00 pm

Jellen

Of course! Thanks, grem

11:00 pm

gapeach

Don't have that one grem, but thanks anyway.

11:00 pm

Jellen

May be back later...

11:01 pm

gremlinn

si5/10 = *** or Madam, plus Egyptian sun god

11:01 pm

gapeach

Thanks so much, gremlinn.

11:01 pm

gapeach

Thanks so much, gremlinn.

11:09 pm

gapeach

ma6-24 please....thanks

11:09 pm

Uneaixoise

ma6/24 kinda like a female horse

11:10 pm

gapeach

Thanks so much, Uneaixoise.

11:10 pm

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

11:11 pm

Matches

di 7/32 clue

11:12 pm

gremlinn

when people ***respect me I get i****

11:12 pm

Matches

ty gremlinn got it

11:21 pm

gapeach

he6-21 the 2nd please....thanks

11:24 pm

Uneaixoise

he6/21 Brit writer James He**** -- stories used to be on PBS

11:24 pm

Uneaixoise

stories about a vet

11:24 pm

gapeach

Thanks, Unea, I love that series.

11:25 pm

Uneaixoise

me too! :-)

11:26 pm

Uneaixoise

ma4/5 after arithmetic?

11:26 pm

Uneaixoise

nm!!!

11:26 pm

gortmold

can anyone tell me if the wa8 starts with h2o pls?

11:26 pm

mkg

any quick clues for me before sleep?

11:26 pm

Uneaixoise

yes!

11:27 pm

gremlinn

it does, gort

11:27 pm

gortmold

ta une

11:27 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

11:27 pm

gortmold

thanks grem; here are some suffixes that it isn't: ham, rid, tee...

11:28 pm

gremlinn

it's sort of like H2O

11:28 pm

mkg

i cant get that wa 8 either. tough one.

11:28 pm

mkg

wa***y is not in dict. strange.

11:28 pm

gortmold

ahhh, got it, thanks grem

11:29 pm

gremlinn

depends on what the *** is

11:29 pm

mkg

gortmold, so need a clue. is the first 5 letters the h2o? or not?

11:29 pm

gortmold

yes mkg

11:29 pm

mkg

the *** is the h2o stuff.

11:30 pm

gremlinn

mkg, it does work - might be the game screwing up again

11:30 pm

gortmold

last 3 letters are kind of slangy for "sort of" or "almost but not exactly"

11:30 pm

mkg

ty got it.

11:31 pm

gortmold

jolly good, did you hurt some neurons?

11:31 pm

Uneaixoise

whew! Firewords . . . off to take pups out to pee -- nite, all! *poof*

11:31 pm

gortmold

well done une

11:31 pm

gremlinn

neurons transmit pain signals but don't initiate them, as far as I know

11:32 pm

gremlinn

unless you just mean "damage" them

11:32 pm

gapeach

si6-18 the 2nd please.....thanks

11:33 pm

gremlinn

change last two letters of first si6/18 to vowels

11:33 pm

gapeach

NM found it....fireworks...thanks for all the help.

11:34 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)

11:34 pm

gremlinn

hi nan

11:34 pm

gortmold

i can feel my neurons groan and snap with the weight of a multitude of manic monkeys

11:36 pm

gortmold

clues for the yas that don't end in 2 consonants pls?

11:36 pm

gortmold

sorry, that's yis

11:36 pm

gremlinn

they all end in 2 consonants

11:37 pm

cybernan

any clues for the at 8?

11:37 pm

gremlinn

including 3 of them, which end in 3 consonants each

11:37 pm

gortmold

meant double the same consonant

11:37 pm

gremlinn

****ists don't believe in gods, plus rheuma**** arthritis

11:37 pm

gremlinn

yi5/16 the last is y + a mother gives b**** to a baby

11:38 pm

cybernan

ty grem

11:38 pm

gremlinn

yi4/7 the first is y + an eagle is a b***

11:38 pm

gremlinn

that's the second one, actually, first is a plural

11:39 pm

gortmold

thanks grem

11:39 pm

gremlinn

nan: "atheroid" is also a word, but the dictionary here doesn't have it

11:39 pm

gremlinn

means "shaped like an ear of grain"

11:40 pm

gortmold

thanks to grem, got enough words to light a match, but have to go now so now fireworks, thanks and cheerio

11:51 pm

cybernan

ma 7-8??

11:52 pm

gremlinn

adult male + a gold medal is an a****

11:52 pm

cybernan

ty grem

11:54 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

11:55 pm

jmcnrick

oh look Dr. God added the Kenya flag!

11:55 pm

sandyloo

1 left here , clue for the first ra5 please

11:56 pm

gremlinn

battering *** + phone home guy

11:56 pm

jmcnrick

sorry sandy don't have ti

11:56 pm

jmcnrick

ty grem

11:57 pm

sandyloo

fireworks thanks grem

11:57 pm

jmcnrick

whooo hoo sandy!

11:57 pm

sandyloo

good clue

11:58 pm

MLFAN17

hello

11:58 pm

sandyloo

didnt think I would finish today so i am pleased

11:58 pm

jmcnrick

hi mlf

11:58 pm

jmcnrick

it is always nice to finish!

11:58 pm

sandyloo

hi mlf

11:59 pm

MLFAN17

hi jmc

11:59 pm

MLFAN17

hi sandy

11:59 pm

sandyloo

it is, strangely enough

11:59 pm

MLFAN17

thinking might be small grid next

11:59 pm

gremlinn

144

11:59 pm

sandyloo

i say 153

11:59 pm

flosey

I'd b happy with either of those

11:59 pm

jmcnrick

why do you think that is strange?

12:00 am

jmcnrick

200 -- i expect to have time on my hands

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