Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, July 28, 2010

12:00 am

flosey

flip

12:00 am

MLFAN17

RE6

12:00 am

dart001

flip

12:01 am

MLFAN17

CH 6/8

12:02 am

Good Enough

sm6/21

12:02 am

MLFAN17

be careful of the CL 4

12:02 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:02 am

Aloyisius

is6

12:02 am

flosey

thanks lickety

12:02 am

Aloyisius

ty lickety!

12:04 am

MLFAN17

GU6

12:07 am

MLFAN17

SK8

12:08 am

jillibus

flip a bit late!

12:08 am

MLFAN17

EC 7/8

12:08 am

dart001

hi jilli

12:08 am

flosey

hi jilli

12:09 am

Aloyisius

vn, MLF, ty for the sk8

12:10 am

dart001

phant isthmus

12:10 am

jillibus

and thanks Lickety -- but sorry to se another too-biggie for me.

12:10 am

MLFAN17

yw aloy

12:11 am

Uneaixoise

mu6

12:12 am

jillibus

flosey -- is that your hero or Mr Flosey's?

12:15 am

Uneaixoise

sc6

12:15 am

Good Enough

sa6/24

12:15 am

jillibus

I'm seeing almost nothing but French and Spanish words

12:16 am

Uneaixoise

sa6 x 2

12:16 am

Good Enough

mu6/27

12:16 am

MLFAN17

CH6

12:16 am

MLFAN17

try a CH word jill

12:17 am

jillibus

got one, mlf -- thanks for talking to me

12:17 am

PaddyO

country in SA plural

12:17 am

Douglas

Does it bode well if my first word grays a tile? I think so...

12:18 am

MLFAN17

eek 666 pts not good

12:18 am

jillibus

good for you, douglas!

12:19 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:19 am

Uneaixoise

re6

12:19 am

Uneaixoise

hey, nan :-)

12:19 am

dart001

phant celsuis simile recluse

12:19 am

dizgrannie

don't forget IW 4

12:20 am

Uneaixoise

tx grannie :-)

12:20 am

flosey

nbt

12:20 am

Uneaixoise

re6 x 2

12:20 am

dizgrannie

yw, I usually miss it

12:20 am

jillibus

wtg flosey

12:21 am

flosey

with help jilli, now he's off to bed

12:22 am

jillibus

and did you see my question before, flosey?

12:22 am

MLFAN17

can someone give me the stats for the p please

12:22 am

Uneaixoise

pi4/5

12:22 am

dart001

pi 4

12:22 am

flosey

pi4/5

12:22 am

MLFAN17

thanks flosey jst as i looked over and saw you post thati found it lol

12:23 am

jillibus

didn't know that p was a word -- ty flosey

12:23 am

jillibus

ty dart too

12:23 am

jillibus

and une

12:23 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

12:23 am

Uneaixoise

i'm the queen of tiny words --- but no 7s or 8s :-)

12:23 am

Douglas

I actually saw a Montreal Expos game in the summer of 1975

12:24 am

rururocks

< ----- king of 4'

12:24 am

rururocks

4's

12:24 am

Uneaixoise

:-D hey, ruru

12:24 am

dart001

me too ruru hi

12:24 am

Uneaixoise

52 4's here LOL

12:24 am

MLFAN17

We have no stats for the 7s??

12:24 am

rururocks

hey une

12:24 am

Good Enough

another mu6/27

12:25 am

dart001

86 4's down...no 7's :(

12:25 am

Uneaixoise

go, dart! LOL

12:25 am

MLFAN17

i have one 7

12:25 am

jillibus

doug, we listened to almost every radio broadcast and watched every game possible and went to spring training

12:25 am

Douglas

And what was truly strange was that one of the Expo pitchers in that game, Dale Murray, grew up in my father's home town of Cuero, Texas

12:25 am

MLFAN17

EC

12:26 am

Andree

hi everyone

12:26 am

dart001

hi andree

12:26 am

Pinikula

evening all

12:26 am

Uneaixoise

hey, andree :-)

12:26 am

Uneaixoise

and pini

12:26 am

Pinikula

I have a ch6 and ch8

12:27 am

rururocks

phantom: orgasm

12:27 am

jillibus

I guess that was before we got involved, doug

12:27 am

jillibus

I doubt it, ruru.

12:27 am

MLFAN17

i ahve those too pinik

12:27 am

jessmom

we will just have to pretend it is there ruru

12:27 am

MLFAN17

have

12:27 am

MLFAN17

really ruru?

12:28 am

rururocks

just a thought..lol

12:28 am

MLFAN17

ruru uh huh

12:29 am

Pinikula

nudge for either upper I?

12:30 am

dart001

iw 4 ir 4

12:30 am

Pinikula

make that...nudge for ANY of the outlying I's?

12:30 am

jillibus

missing the 3 Is for nbt

12:30 am

Pinikula

thx dart

12:30 am

rururocks

iw4

12:30 am

jessmom

ir4

12:30 am

dizgrannie

iw 4

12:30 am

Bugsaw

one on the right is an is 6,24

12:30 am

rururocks

ir4

12:30 am

dart001

ic 4 X 2

12:31 am

Uneaixoise

is4 x 2

12:31 am

jillibus

ok, ty, just the one on the left now

12:31 am

Pinikula

common words?

12:31 am

dart001

il 4

12:31 am

Uneaixoise

il4/4

12:31 am

jillibus

got it -- nbt

12:31 am

flosey

distraction - had to go out to see the stars!

12:31 am

dart001

im 4

12:32 am

jillibus

yes, pretty common, pini

12:32 am

flosey

wtg jilli

12:32 am

Pinikula

got one from each I...thx! :)

12:32 am

Uneaixoise

yay, jilli!

12:32 am

Uneaixoise

flosey, we have a gorgeous full moon tonite :-)

12:32 am

flosey

haven't seen it here yet Une but we did go down to the water to see it last night

12:33 am

jillibus

flosey -- please answer my question (3rd time of asking) -- did Mr Flosey choose your sports hero?

12:33 am

Uneaixoise

must have been beautiful reflected in the water

12:33 am

flosey

sorry, must have been while I was out,

12:33 am

flosey

no jilli, but I hear so much about Stan the Man, he was his favourite

12:33 am

jillibus

out or buried in the grid, lol!

12:34 am

jillibus

(still no answer!)

12:34 am

flosey

yes, true

12:34 am

jillibus

ah, thought so, lol!

12:34 am

flosey

and good for you jilli, Yea Expos

12:34 am

Uneaixoise

halfway

12:34 am

Uneaixoise

(thanks to 70 4's!!)

12:34 am

flosey

wow Une, wtg

12:34 am

jillibus

wtg usne as usual!

12:35 am

Uneaixoise

but they're all wee words, jilli! LOL

12:35 am

MLFAN17

157 left i am out poof

12:35 am

Douglas

Perhaps we should refer to the Washington Nationals as "the team formerly known as the Montreal Expos"

12:35 am

jillibus

*une

12:36 am

Douglas

agiler is a perfectly good word, isn't it?

12:36 am

Uneaixoise

re6 x 3

12:36 am

cybernan

can't seem to find a p word

12:37 am

Uneaixoise

i tried it too, douglas :-)

12:37 am

jillibus

I thought so, doug -- well, not *perfectly*, but compared to "worser"...

12:37 am

Uneaixoise

just found the second mu6/27

12:37 am

Pinikula

pi4

12:37 am

cybernan

ty pini -- nbt

12:37 am

Pinikula

nudges for the U and O?

12:38 am

Pinikula

(for NBT and pillows)

12:38 am

Uneaixoise

us4/5

12:38 am

cybernan

ul 5 -- drink milk!

12:38 am

Pinikula

oy vey! thx for the us4 ;)

12:38 am

Uneaixoise

???

12:38 am

Pinikula

both u's gone! :)

12:38 am

Uneaixoise

yw pini :-)

12:38 am

cybernan

oh4 - think electricity

12:39 am

Pinikula

NBT!!!!

12:39 am

Uneaixoise

ooohhhh, got it, nan! LOL

12:39 am

flosey

wtg Pini

12:39 am

Uneaixoise

tx nan

12:39 am

Pinikula

thx much! bedtime for bonzo here ...

12:39 am

jillibus

wtg pini

12:39 am

Pinikula

caught a slight cold on saturday after returning from the coast...

12:39 am

cybernan

yw -- won't be far behind you

12:39 am

Uneaixoise

me too pini, gnite! "poof*

12:40 am

jillibus

my sympathy, pini -- mine's finally over, after more than a month

12:40 am

Pinikula

was about 80F at 11am when I left; wore a sweatshirt and coat at the coast; left at 9:30pm and a temp of 49F; got home an hour later and it was 75F! * sigh *

12:41 am

cybernan

got to 35C here today

12:41 am

Pinikula

thx jilli...I hope this goes away quickly!

12:42 am

Pinikula

not sure abt the conversion, nan (w/o looking it up)...sounds rather hot tho

12:43 am

Pinikula

but anyway...off to find pillows...cya tmw ;)

12:43 am

dart001

50 left time for lickety

12:44 am

jillibus

35C = 95F

12:44 am

cybernan

99 left for me and time for bed!

12:44 am

jillibus

I have several very useful metric conversion calculators

12:44 am

jillibus

wd nan as usual!

12:46 am

flosey

ah, just got sk8

12:47 am

jillibus

clever flosey!

12:48 am

sandyloo

hi just looking in to see if my new icon is working

12:48 am

rururocks

does the sk 8 begin with clothing flosey?

12:48 am

tempo

ch8

12:48 am

sandyloo

it is ! so hi and bye bbl

12:49 am

pugmama763

same 1st 4 ruru

12:49 am

flosey

hmmm, my screen just went blank! back to normal now

12:49 am

jillibus

yes, sandy -- great picture, great guy!

12:49 am

flosey

no ru, think of a football sk8 (I think)

12:49 am

rururocks

got it..thanks pugs..luv ya

12:49 am

sandyloo

glad you have heard of him jilli

12:49 am

pugmama763

hug

12:50 am

jillibus

ty pug -- got the sk8

12:50 am

jillibus

Oh, I hadn't, sandy, until you wrote him up!

12:52 am

pugmama763

nite all I'm cooked...83 left, oh well...

12:53 am

flosey

wow, you're fast pugs

12:53 am

pugmama763

been going slow as hell the last 20 min...

12:53 am

pugmama763

just yawning a lot

12:54 am

jillibus

fantastic, pug!

12:54 am

pugmama763

Hugs to all & POOF !

12:55 am

rururocks

not seeing the ch 8

12:55 am

dart001

someone who ch6's

12:57 am

dart001

think statues ruru

12:58 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

hello

12:58 am

rururocks

thanks d man

12:58 am

jillibus

hi george

12:59 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

halo, Jill!

12:59 am

Andree

hi george

12:59 am

jillibus

oh yes, I deserve a halo ;)

12:59 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

got a snoring woman in my bed, ha! not been getting much sleep--dozed earlier then woke up to find her passed out on my floor!

12:59 am

flosey

hi George

1:00 am

jillibus

and who would that be, george?

1:00 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

my m8 Christine, we were working together all day yesterday, was fun but exhausting!

1:00 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

hello flosey

1:00 am

jillibus

I thought maybe a kittycat

1:03 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

a m8 of mine, does some work for me

1:03 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

kittycat, eh?

1:04 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

not feline, no, she's quite human

1:04 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

and quite safe, ha!

1:04 am

flosey

btw jilli, I forgot to congratulate you on your second place win last week - 1/2 pt out of first

1:06 am

jillibus

ty flosey -- we sure didn't follow up last night!

1:06 am

flosey

well, we've all been there

1:07 am

jillibus

didn't do quite as badly as I thought, though.

1:08 am

rururocks

I have a feeling I would be pretty good at bridge

1:09 am

flosey

no doubt you would ru

1:10 am

jillibus

give it a go, ruru

1:10 am

rururocks

how do I learn though?

1:10 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

ha! just saw what ya said about deserving a 'halo' Jill! why's that, then??

1:11 am

jillibus

find a teacher, get books.

1:11 am

flosey

either with friends ru, or you can take lessons

1:11 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

I reckon I should have one as well, 'St. George'? ha ha!

1:11 am

flosey

Audrey Grant writes very good bridge books ru

1:11 am

jillibus

just because I'm such an angelic person, george, rofl!

1:12 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

yeah, right, if you are then so am I, ha!

1:12 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

you think I am, don't ya?!?

1:12 am

rururocks

ummm... no

1:13 am

jillibus

ruru, google the ACBL (American Contract Bridge League), find a club in your area, contact them and ask about bridge lessons.

1:13 am

rururocks

thanks jilli.. I'll check it out

1:13 am

jillibus

Of course you are, George ;)

1:13 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

ha ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1:13 am

rururocks

When I think of St. George>. I think of cheese

1:14 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

I don't, I think of a dragon! and me! ha!!

1:14 am

jillibus

I think of dragons

1:14 am

jmcnrick

mmmmm cheese

1:14 am

jillibus

snap, george

1:14 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

ooh! I just saw the sk8/70 word!! when I'm half asleep as well, yeah!

1:15 am

ursh

need the 2nd column i for nbt - clue please

1:15 am

jillibus

nice one, george

1:15 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

yeah, ta Jill!!

1:15 am

rururocks

which one is the second column?

1:16 am

flosey

ag6 is a funny word

1:16 am

rururocks

iw 4 ursh I think

1:16 am

ursh

nm found it - a flower with a lisp

1:16 am

jillibus

funny peculiar, funny haha, or funny damn silly?

1:17 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

ooh yeah, thanks for that, ursh!!

1:17 am

flosey

to me anyway jilli - funny damn silly

1:17 am

flosey

I should look it up before I say that!

1:17 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

had seen the word before, but forgot I suppose--didn't twig until you said that, never saw it!!

1:17 am

jillibus

ursh to the PB (cl4)

1:18 am

ursh

oops sorry that is going to be a big pb drawcard

1:18 am

rururocks

okay off to the penalty bed..

1:18 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

ha, yeah, everyone's gonna wind up in there!!

1:18 am

rururocks

for me

1:18 am

jmcnrick

hi all sounds like the pb needs extra stock today

1:18 am

jmcnrick

bye ru!

1:18 am

jillibus

oh, now that's a new wrinkle, ruru...

1:19 am

rururocks

I'm beat I drove 6 hours today

1:20 am

dart001

nite ruru

1:20 am

jillibus

so no wonder you want a bed, ruru

1:20 am

rururocks

hey dart.. I am right behind you now in points..

1:20 am

jillibus

wtg ruru

1:21 am

dart001

see that been holding at about 16000 or so

1:21 am

jmcnrick

*sneaks some lavender under ru's pillows*

1:21 am

jillibus

I don't give hoot about points

1:21 am

rururocks

thanks jm.. I love lavender

1:21 am

jmcnrick

if i looked at points i would get upset so i never do

1:22 am

dart001

why would you be upset?

1:22 am

rururocks

I don't either... I just like chasing dart

1:22 am

flosey

can't get the second ce6

1:22 am

jillibus

lol, ru!

1:22 am

dart001

prob catch me on next vacation

1:22 am

rururocks

(dart needs another vacation with no wifi)

1:23 am

jillibus

I haven't got either ce6 yet

1:23 am

dart001

think chemistry flos

1:23 am

jmcnrick

because it would drag up my competitive spirit -- i just checked and i am in the 200s! lol

1:23 am

flosey

first one sounds like a type of cloud

1:23 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

ooh, only 10 more and I'm halfway, with no list!

1:24 am

flosey

actually it is a cactus with large flowers

1:24 am

jmcnrick

lavender helps you rest better so it is great under pillows

1:24 am

jillibus

cirrus, cucmulo-nimbus...

1:24 am

flosey

sounds like the first one jilli

1:25 am

jillibus

got it, ty flosey

1:25 am

rururocks

aren't those the palin kids names jilli?

1:25 am

jmcnrick

white fluffy, horse tail, big black ugly,. . .

1:25 am

flosey

yw jilli

1:26 am

jillibus

no idea, ruru -- someone mentioned "hollyweird" names -- good word, lol!

1:26 am

rururocks

at least nimbus is.. or is that nimrod? I can never remember

1:26 am

jmcnrick

okay i am off to pretend i am actually volunteering here

1:27 am

jmcnrick

*wonders if ru is a nimbus or a nimrod*

1:27 am

jmcnrick

*poof*

1:27 am

jillibus

I can't remember any Palin names but Bristol.

1:27 am

rururocks

:P

1:27 am

jillibus

night jmc

1:28 am

dart001

fireworks

1:28 am

jillibus

YAY dart!!!

1:28 am

flosey

wow, wtg dart

1:29 am

flosey

I just passed half way

1:29 am

Andree

yay dart

1:30 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

how does dart do it?? must be such a genius?!!

1:30 am

dart001

there are some i haven't ever seen before....was happy to find the mi 5/6 combo before lickety

1:31 am

jillibus

dart, I patted myself on the back for those too <smug>

1:32 am

dart001

wtg jilli......i always think of these words together...meow...miaow...mi5 in this puzzle

1:33 am

dart001

forgot miaou too

1:34 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

oh yeah, Jill, funny you should mention that, cos I was playing scrabble a few weeks ago online -- well actually it was yahoo's version, called Literati, when this f***wit accused me of 'cheating' for putting down the word 'miaou' spelt that way, which is one of the possible spellings, commonly seen here!!

1:34 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

yeah, nothing like showing your ignorance, eh? that's what I said to him, ha!

1:34 am

jillibus

good for you, george.

1:34 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

he resigned on me right away, saying 'wtf!' ha!

1:35 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

then proceeded to give me an earful, well eyeful, so I blocked and booted him from my table!

1:35 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

after telling him that............

1:35 am

flosey

but I bet he'll use it in future George! lol

1:36 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

oh yeah, probably, but you know how some folk are in those games, eh? you must be cheating if your beating them!!

1:36 am

jillibus

I prefer playing Lexulous in facebook with people I know who won't behave like that

1:36 am

flosey

George, how do you block someone from your table? I play bridge on yahoo and can boot but don't know how to block - we have a few table wreckers in Yahoo

1:36 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

yeah, well I do meet up with my brother Kevin or sister Siobhan for games on there, we play Literati, sometimes two or the three of us, or we play with different mates who play as well--better that way!

1:37 am

flosey

didn't realize Siobhan is your sister George, lovely lady

1:37 am

jillibus

I haven't tried Literati or bridge on Yahoo. Scary.

1:37 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

oh yeah, that's easy, flosey -- just double click their name in the list on the left of the chat under the table there, then when the little box pops up, you'll see a little square to put a tick in, to 'Ignore' them!

1:38 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

Literati's good, it's yahoo's versioon of Scrabble!

1:38 am

jillibus

I realise what it is, it's Yahoo that scares me.

1:39 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

yeah, flosey, she's the baby of us all and the only girl!

1:39 am

flosey

thank you George, will try that in future - one fellow, in particular comes in, bids 7 no trump and leaves

1:39 am

jillibus

hics should be a word. Hiccups cause hics.

1:40 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

oh yeah? well I'm afraid I don't know anything about Bridge so don't understand that, but if he's causing you bother then yeah, you can iggy him but all that does it make it so you won't see anything he says!

1:40 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

if you don't want him at your table, you will still have to boot him out of it

1:41 am

flosey

sorry, he just overbids when the opponents have a good game bid

1:41 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

yeah, well that's allowed though isn't it??

1:41 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

and iggying him won't stop him doing that

1:41 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

at least I don't think--never seen the game?

1:42 am

flosey

iggying?

1:42 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

yeah, 'ignoring' -- clicking 'ignore' to send him to the 'iggy bin'! ha!!

1:42 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

that's the slang lingo for it, they use in the games

1:43 am

flosey

ok, going to try next time

1:44 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

if you don't like the way he plays, flosey, don't have games with him -- you don't have to agree to play with him, do ya??

1:45 am

jillibus

warnings -- don't ask for a cl4 and don't talk about using Lickety's li4

1:45 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

I don't have any problem saying 'no ta!' when someone I don't want to play sits at my Literati table!

1:45 am

flosey

oh, we always boot, but he keeps coming back - once we have a full table, we can make it private

1:45 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

yeah, ha! bet the penalty box is full up this morning?!!

1:46 am

flosey

lol, thanks jilli, didn't have the second one

1:46 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

need 4 more words for half way now!!

1:46 am

jillibus

ruru made it a penalty bed <nudge nudge wink wink>

1:46 am

flosey

lol jilli

1:46 am

jillibus

wtg george!

1:46 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

well I'd keep booting -- actually didn't think they could come back, once you boot them from your table? At least not to that game or session?!?

1:47 am

flosey

trust ru

1:47 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

ooh, did he now? any gorgeous fit blokes in there?? ha!

1:47 am

flosey

Yahoo has asked players to report unpleasantness

1:48 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

yeah, sure they have Jill, but where exactly's this 'report abuse' button they say you should use, cos I've yet to see one?!!

1:49 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

oh sorry, was you that said it, flosey!

1:49 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

that's how tired and not awake I am, dunno how I'm finding words!?

1:49 am

flosey

yes, Jilli doesn't play bridge online

1:50 am

flosey

I email them George

1:51 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

oh yeah, I see

1:51 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

half way now!

1:51 am

flosey

they do respond, but advise you to become "all star" - which, I think, is expensive

1:51 am

flosey

wtg George

1:51 am

jillibus

wow, george!

1:51 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

don't see any advantage to that, so never done it

1:51 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

and actually I've never been asked to do it!

1:52 am

jillibus

I'm sleepy at the other end of the day, only found 98 words so far.

1:53 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

I've had very little sleep all night, what with Christine snoring beside me, ha!

1:53 am

flosey

I'm very tired tonight but hoped to get more than this, we're going to Nanaimo tomorrow, meeting with a group of Hubby's old H.S. grads

1:53 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

she's up now, we're gonna be busy again today

1:54 am

flosey

will probably be late coming home

1:54 am

jillibus

have fun, flosey!

1:54 am

flosey

thanks jilli

1:54 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

we were filming yesterday, for a new doc, but it's top secret so not saying what it's about or anything, ha! it was fun, went to Eltham to my old school, met up with some old school chums there who I've not seen in that many years as well!!

1:55 am

jillibus

I wonder which mi5/6 dart was talking about -- I see there are lots of them in Lickety

1:55 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

they weren't gonna permit me to film there at the school at first, was very upset, then they finally granted us permission to go in!

1:55 am

jillibus

George, my dad went to the Eltham College for The Sons of Missionaries.

1:55 am

flosey

I only have 6 mi words

1:56 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

oh yeah?

1:56 am

flosey

sounds like fun George, will we get to see it?

1:56 am

jillibus

me too, flosey, and happy to have seen the first two.

1:56 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

well my school is the Eltham Green Sports College

1:56 am

flosey

first one I have is a measure of distance

1:57 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

Eltham Green when I went, now it's focuses on sports

1:57 am

jillibus

It seems there are several Eltham schools.

1:57 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

well if you can from there, yeah, once it's finished

1:57 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

yeah, of course

1:58 am

jillibus

I'm talking about the first 2 mi words in Lickety

1:58 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

I was born in Eltham and grew up partially there, first several years of my life, then we moved to Woolwich

1:58 am

flosey

don't have them, jilli

1:59 am

flosey

do now!

2:01 am

jillibus

good for you, flo :)

2:01 am

flosey

I'm just too tired, off to bed, goodnight all

2:02 am

jillibus

g'night flosey, have a great day tomorrow

2:02 am

flosey

99 words to go, maybe have a chance in the morning before we leave

2:02 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

yeah, I had better get busy here!!

2:02 am

jillibus

well done!

2:02 am

flosey

thanks jilli and happy babbling

2:02 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

this is too bloody addictive!

2:03 am

flosey

it is indeed but we meet so many great friends

2:04 am

jillibus

hahah!

2:04 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

what's so funny??

2:04 am

jillibus

addiction, lol!

2:05 am

KatieMcG

morning all

2:05 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

yeah, well you know what a problem I have with that, ha!

2:05 am

jillibus

something we can't re6/18

2:05 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

yeah, it's morning all right!

2:05 am

jillibus

hi katie :)

2:13 am

anike

fireworks

2:13 am

jillibus

YAY anike!!!

2:14 am

anike

TY - I'm going to do some cutting out - need to make myself some clothes. Happy babbling

2:15 am

jillibus

happy sewing, anike!

2:16 am

jillibus

there are some nice words here we don't often see

2:17 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

the ch6/27 and the ch7/40 after it are odd words, is that when 2 of those little clay animals covered in herbs get together and, well, you know?? ha!

2:18 am

jillibus

oh, something more growing out of the ch4s?

2:18 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

yeah, ha!

2:18 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

sorta climactic, ha ha!!

2:19 am

jillibus

thx, george, gottem!

2:19 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

can't cl4/6 you any more than that!!

2:19 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

yeah, good!

2:19 am

jillibus

that was enough, ty

2:22 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

I suppose ch6,27 is like when one of those is a cat and makes sounds, sorta, minus one typical vowel!

2:23 am

jillibus

I thought it was me in a bottomless pit

2:24 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

eh?

2:24 am

jillibus

think about it (cryptic clue)

2:25 am

kangabrat

like it, jilli!

2:25 am

jillibus

I'm talking about the first ch6/27

2:25 am

jillibus

thanks, kanga ;)

2:27 am

jillibus

ah, george, you were talking about the second ch6/27 -- got that too now

2:27 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

oh yeah, think so?

2:27 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

yeah

2:30 am

jillibus

ok, I've had it for tonight -- bedtime. 129/95.

2:30 am

KatieMcG

night jilli

2:30 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

ha, Jilli, look at the update I've just posted on my Twitter and Yahoo pages! it's cos of those ch4 words in this grid!!

2:31 am

jillibus

ok, george, then bed for me!

2:31 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

oh blast, I typo'ed 'raisins', ha! too tired!!

2:31 am

jillibus

Happy babbling all and
*poof*

2:31 am

kangabrat

g'night jilli

2:31 am

kangabrat

g'night jilli

2:33 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

good night, Jilli, sweet dreams to ya! xx

2:36 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

still here, Jill? found 'em yet!?

3:04 am

Christine

86 to go - see y'all tomorrow. Goodnight, all.

3:10 am

sprite

morning all

3:11 am

lynxxx

morning Sprite

3:11 am

Sally-catlover

Hi Sprite.

3:12 am

sprite

hey lyn, hey sally :)

3:12 am

lynxxx

morning Sally

3:12 am

Sally-catlover

Finding this grid a bit slow today.

3:13 am

sprite

can't say anything intelligent about the grid yet, but the Ks were fast for once

3:13 am

Sally-catlover

Yes, have the Ks, and some of the others have been really nice, but have slowed down now and not even half way.

3:15 am

sprite

sounds like a tough one then

3:15 am

Sally-catlover

Not for you sprite :-)

3:15 am

lynxxx

I am listening to good music whilst I peck away, past halfway but no big ones yet

3:16 am

sprite

you better believe it, for me too.
Sounds lovely, lyn!
I see someone I have not met in this chat, George. Is he a 'new' one or only new and improved?

3:17 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

eh?

3:17 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

no, hardly new at my age!

3:17 am

lynxxx

He was around a bit a year ago when he first joined, I remember a he was a raw foodie

3:18 am

sprite

hello George. New to babble or back from a year ago?

3:18 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

yeah, just enjoyed a semi raw breakfast

3:18 am

lynxxx

George meet Sprite, Sprite meet George

3:18 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

not back, ben babbling on and off

3:18 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

just don't normally get much time for any of this!

3:18 am

Sally-catlover

Think sometimes it depends when you are on, sprite. Sometimes I am on but not chatting so I "know" people but they don't know me!

3:18 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

hello sprite

3:19 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

make that 'been' -- can't type for toffee! good job I hate it, eh? ha!

3:19 am

Atalante

*flop*

3:19 am

sprite

nah I seemed to have a memory of a George, but had not seen you in a while.

3:19 am

sprite

hiya Ata :)

3:20 am

Sally-catlover

Hi Ata!

3:20 am

lynxxx

morning Ata

3:20 am

Atalante

it's hot here already!

3:20 am

Sally-catlover

Wasn't on at the same time as you a couple of days ago, Ata, but I'm sure you saw that "Tardis" was in the grid.

3:20 am

sprite

yes here as well, it is an unforgiving summer ;)

3:21 am

Atalante

I did! I did!!

3:21 am

sprite

but not valid :(

3:21 am

sprite

hehehe cuties in your icon, Ata... at first I thought it was a dog poo!

3:21 am

Atalante

LOL! POor meerkats :D

3:22 am

Atalante

aren't they adorable!

3:22 am

sprite

absolutely!

3:24 am

Atalante

I went up to LOndon Zoo last week and stood watching them for about 1/2 an hour!

3:25 am

sprite

they always look like little zorro's to me

3:26 am

Atalante

they do! little masked bandits

3:26 am

gremlinn

did Lickety go to the PB today?

3:28 am

Sally-catlover

Because he was giving cl4s?

3:29 am

lynxxx

I am sure I have told you the story but it bears repeating. Our oldest department store in Melbourne has large display windows (much loved for their Xmas displays). When our Zoos meerkats enclosure was undergoing huge renovation, they put the meerkats into the display windows for a few months. Everyone - including the meerkats! - loved it. The meerkats seemed fascinated by all the people passing by a few feet away. No expense spared ... they had their usual surroundings

3:29 am

sprite

just like Terra, I can watch them for hours too

3:29 am

Atalante

really????! how *wonderful*!

3:30 am

City 17 dweller

that's a fabulous story, lynxxx!

3:30 am

sprite

oh that is such a wonderful story, lyn.

3:30 am

Sally-catlover

That's lovely.

3:30 am

Atalante

Bet the zoo felt very boring for them after that!

3:31 am

gremlinn

he said the plural of cl4, anyway

3:31 am

gremlinn

not sure if plurals count

3:31 am

lynxxx

hi Grem

3:31 am

gremlinn

hi

3:32 am

sprite

I would think the people in Melbourne would demand the meerkats would be back every year :)

3:32 am

gremlinn

I found a Muslim in the grid

3:33 am

Sally-catlover

ishmail?

3:33 am

gremlinn

"lumpia" is a word

3:33 am

gremlinn

I'm sure someone's tried "hotmail"

3:34 am

Sally-catlover

lol

3:34 am

Atalante

everyone will now :P

3:34 am

Sally-catlover

Doesn't work - but what do you expect :-)

3:34 am

lynxxx

I found a Spaniard (in the Works?)

3:35 am

gremlinn

Miguel?

3:35 am

gremlinn

I found him too

3:35 am

lynxxx

Yep

3:36 am

gremlinn

phants: muesli, samshu

3:37 am

lynxxx

miasma, climate

3:37 am

Sally-catlover

and sugar

3:38 am

Jayk

and miasma

3:38 am

gremlinn

phants: osmium, holmium

3:38 am

gremlinn

take off the A

3:38 am

lynxxx

thanks!

3:39 am

Jayk

wow. who knew? well, you obviously

3:39 am

sprite

Ata, did you take Hobbit to the zoo?

3:40 am

Atalante

I wish :P Nooooo, no dogs allowed, she would have had far too much fun chasing all the birds!

3:40 am

gremlinn

phant religious

3:40 am

lynxxx

hi Jayk - are you up early?

3:40 am

sprite

aw too bad :(

3:40 am

Jayk

very early. ridiculous

3:40 am

sprite

hi Jayk!

3:41 am

Jayk

morning all, through the gloom of night

3:41 am

Atalante

check your email, spritey :P

3:41 am

gremlinn

I got up at about 4:30 PM - I don't know if that was late or early for tomorrow

3:42 am

Jayk

couldn't sleep. subconscious at work. very exciting day: husband off for NINE days and i have the whole house to be ALONE in!!

3:42 am

lynxxx

hope you have both had enough sleep

3:42 am

gremlinn

I had stayed up all night and went to bed at 10 AM

3:42 am

Sally-catlover

Uninterrupted Babble!

3:43 am

gremlinn

phant ramilie

3:43 am

lynxxx

so what's lined up Jayk?

3:43 am

Jayk

also i can have liver for dinner

3:43 am

gremlinn

phant melismas

3:43 am

Sally-catlover

Just found a lovely sk 8 :-)

3:43 am

lynxxx

!!

3:43 am

Atalante

liver ... nice .... lol

3:44 am

gremlinn

<--- revile liver

3:44 am

Sally-catlover

I understand, I love liver but OH doesn't.

3:44 am

Jayk

oh so much!! replacing significant amounts of furniture and throwing away three years of old Newsweeks. For starters. the man has hoarding tendencies

3:44 am

gremlinn

(liver = evil)

3:44 am

Sally-catlover

Esp lambs' liver done in casserole with tomatoes and bacon.

3:45 am

Jayk

probably your mother cooked it to a shoe leather state gremlin

3:45 am

Jayk

never had lamb liver--can't get that here

3:45 am

gremlinn

Never had it, I just wanted some easy palindromes.

3:46 am

Sally-catlover

So what liver can you get Jayk? Find it fascinating what different countries have and don't have.

3:46 am

Jayk

calves or beef

3:46 am

gremlinn

learned a few new words in this one (including first mi7 and the mi8)

3:46 am

sprite

sounds nice, the house to yourself for 9 days!

3:46 am

Jayk

of course chicken livers as well

3:47 am

Sally-catlover

Calves liver is good too. I do a pilaff with chicken livers, or pate.

3:47 am

gremlinn

other one I learned was the seconed ch6/27

3:47 am

Jayk

gremlin, what is your gift?

3:48 am

gremlinn

someone's birthday today?

3:48 am

Jayk

i mean for babble

3:49 am

gremlinn

I am fairly good at memorizing the words

3:49 am

lynxxx

do you have a photographic memory?

3:49 am

Jayk

"fairly?" something of an understatement

3:49 am

gremlinn

no

3:50 am

gremlinn

"Lumiere" in there, just a name and not a word

3:50 am

gremlinn

actually, it's a French word too

3:51 am

Atalante

and used to be a standard unit

3:55 am

redturtlehead

Good morning Babblers

3:56 am

Jayk

Hi red. you're up early too

3:57 am

Atalante

hi red! you might want to spell check your profile :P I don't think you meant "Sara is fast, so fat"

3:57 am

sprite

hiya red!

3:57 am

redturtlehead

running in Florida in the summer, its already 80 deg with 91% humidity!

3:57 am

redturtlehead

Hi Jay! and Sprite.

3:57 am

redturtlehead

Oh crap. thank you Atalante,

3:58 am

Atalante

:P

3:58 am

sprite

hehehe fun typo. But quite the sport's hero, red, good one!

3:58 am

redturtlehead

I'm a big Sara fan, she was my first friend here in Florida.

3:59 am

sprite

that is very special

4:00 am

redturtlehead

I was going to go with some of the older more traditional ones, then decided to be original.

4:00 am

gortmold

how do you spell homile - you know the mini-sermon thing?

4:00 am

redturtlehead

I am trying again to participate in the icon themes more regularly.

4:00 am

sprite

I love it, red.

4:00 am

redturtlehead

Hi Gort, I think it is with a y.

4:00 am

sprite

hi gortmold!

4:01 am

Atalante

it's a good choice!

4:01 am

gortmold

heya sprit, red, assorted others

4:01 am

lynxxx

hi Red & Gort

4:01 am

gortmold

lynx!!

4:01 am

redturtlehead

Yes and for one day my icon matches the words.

4:02 am

redturtlehead

Hello Gort and lynxxx, wow I get to see all the Aussies!

4:03 am

gortmold

must be a dodgy night on the telly, cos here we all are

4:04 am

lynxxx

or avoiding all the election talk perhaps, or MasterChef even

4:04 am

sprite

it is as red said, homily.

4:04 am

gortmold

ahh, thanks sprite and red

4:04 am

gortmold

i thought masterchef was all over now

4:05 am

redturtlehead

Ahhh, and we have Mu**** in the grid very appropro for a theme day on atheletes.

4:05 am

lynxxx

probably is, didn't watch the local one

4:06 am

gortmold

oddly, you can't have mu***ier, and yet i know people who are mu***ier than thou

4:07 am

sprite

maybe because we cannot be mu***y

4:07 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

yeah, gortmold, noticed that!

4:07 am

gortmold

a gymful of them in fact

4:07 am

redturtlehead

ok I must go now, see you all in a few hours...

4:08 am

sprite

bye red, take care

4:08 am

Sally-catlover

Bye red.

4:08 am

lynxxx

bye Red

4:08 am

gortmold

i bet my biker bro-in-law would say you can be mu***ly, and who would argue with 150kg of tattooed biker?

4:08 am

sprite

not me!

4:09 am

gortmold

wise woman, sprite, you will live long and wordfully

4:10 am

sprite

my son though... he might.
When he was about 4, he looked at a skinhead in the supermarket and told him out loud: "You don't have any hair!"

4:10 am

sprite

then he looked at the man's arms and said: "And you need to wash your arms better too."

4:10 am

Atalante

looooool

4:11 am

gortmold

awesome, sprite, and he lived to tell the tale?

4:11 am

Sally-catlover

rofl sprite! Hope he doesn't try that when he's 24 instead of 4!

4:11 am

sprite

lol no

4:11 am

gortmold

did you try to explain it to the skin head as a touch of turets?

4:11 am

sprite

the guy was a great sport, he said to my son: "You don't have much hair either, but at least you are cleaner than me."

4:12 am

Sally-catlover

Good for him sprite!

4:12 am

gortmold

article in the paper this week about bikers trying to clean up their image...one bar brawl at a time

4:14 am

sprite

I spent my late teens and most of my twenties with a gang of rock'n'roll guys and we got along pretty well with most bikers. So I know a lot of them are nice people. But I was very glad we had not run into somebody agressive.

4:15 am

Atalante

ooo rock and roll sprite!

4:15 am

gortmold

iii wanna rock and roll all niiiight and babble every day, iiii...

4:15 am

sprite

you got it!

4:18 am

sprite

about the only time in life I spot 'umiak', it is a phantom

4:19 am

gortmold

is that what a moose says when it vomits?

4:19 am

sprite

it is what an Inuit canoes in.

4:19 am

sprite

if I am not mistaken, lol

4:21 am

gortmold

my apologies to the entire indigenous canadian population (but mooses could possibly vomit into canoes, couldn't they?)

4:21 am

Atalante

I think I like gort's definition :P

4:21 am

sprite

personally, after having seen moose, I think they can do about everything they want

4:22 am

gortmold

lol sprite, 150kg bikers and chundering mooses - they get R-E-S-P-E-C-T!

4:22 am

sprite

I might try to argue with a biker, but never with a moose

4:24 am

gortmold

they look docile, but i gather they get stroppy if you get between them and a juicy clump of pond weed

4:24 am

gortmold

and that's just the bikers! (ho ho ho)

4:24 am

sprite

*quickly hands over all pond weed*

4:25 am

gortmold

lol sprite, you really will live long and weed free

4:25 am

sprite

lol gort

4:25 am

sprite

weed free? Tell that to my garden!

4:26 am

gortmold

*sending moose round to sprite's garden to deal with weed*

4:27 am

sprite

guess I better get all marihuana out of the garden before the bikers follow the moose for weed

4:27 am

lynxxx

lots of mu5.18 will help with that (couldn't resist just found it)

4:27 am

gortmold

* moose gets addicted and loses interest, gort sends biker*

4:28 am

sprite

lol lyn, good one

4:28 am

gortmold

*biker goes potty (very droll, gorty), gort sends lyn with mu5s*

4:29 am

sprite

lyn is always welcome. Tea or coffee, lyn?

4:30 am

lynxxx

Tea I think, have just had dinner..thanks Sprite

4:30 am

sprite

*hot fresh cuppa coming up*

4:31 am

gortmold

is it just me or is the grid loathe to relinquish its goodies?

4:32 am

sprite

anybody else trouble with greying out the leftmost M? I need one more and I am out of options.

4:32 am

Sally-catlover

It isn't just you :-(

4:32 am

sprite

not just you, gort, it is a slow one

4:32 am

lynxxx

you are way ahead of me Sprite

4:32 am

gortmold

ahh thanks sally, sprite, the fellowship of suffering

4:33 am

gortmold

did you get the donkeylike one, sprite?

4:33 am

Sally-catlover

Usually with a grid this size, I can romp through the beginning.

4:33 am

sprite

yes, 3 of them, right?

4:34 am

gortmold

yeah, how bout the french version of the mi5?

4:34 am

sprite

me too, Sally. Not this time, slowed down before halfway

4:35 am

gortmold

or the german cow juice?

4:35 am

Sally-catlover

Have you got the squashed up peas one?

4:36 am

sprite

one german cow juice, 2 french mi, plus a latin looking one and its plural

4:36 am

gortmold

or the garden fertiliser? or the many legs on a caterpillar

4:36 am

Sally-catlover

ty for the caterpillar legs:-)

4:37 am

Atalante

german cow juice! LMAO!

4:37 am

gortmold

yw

4:37 am

sprite

not sure about the squashed pea one! How many letters?

4:38 am

Sally-catlover

4

4:38 am

gortmold

what about the 3 wise men who have a noodle company named after them?

4:38 am

Sally-catlover

You would add the sometimes vowel to make the peas.

4:38 am

gortmold

oh no, sorry, that's the other m

4:38 am

sprite

oh, ok yes, got it. Thanks for trying all! Will finish the other tiles and then ask for the length :)

4:39 am

lynxxx

You have the mi8 Sprite?

4:39 am

sprite

yes, the italian looking one, lyn?

4:39 am

lynxxx

yep

4:40 am

gortmold

hmmm, gorty hunts frantically for italian miliasmo, no...

4:40 am

sprite

very close, gort

4:41 am

Atalante

not machismo ...

4:41 am

lynxxx

Starts with Frasier Cranes brother

4:41 am

gortmold

praise be to saint tagliatelli, i got it! thanks lyn and and sprite

4:42 am

Atalante

gosh. what a word!

4:42 am

lynxxx

you are a dag Gort, in the nicest way of course

4:42 am

gortmold

gotta go and herd the offspring, cheerio

4:42 am

sprite

bye for now, gort

4:43 am

lynxxx

byee

4:43 am

sprite

those latin endings are very rewarding today

4:44 am

herinfernallady

Hello

4:44 am

sprite

hi lady

4:44 am

lynxxx

hi Infernal

4:44 am

herinfernallady

how you?

4:44 am

Atalante

h herin

4:44 am

herinfernallady

How goes you?

4:45 am

sprite

not too bad today, you?

4:45 am

herinfernallady

I applied for a job today

4:45 am

lynxxx

you are not throwing in school are you?

4:45 am

herinfernallady

No.

4:46 am

herinfernallady

It is an admin job. Haven't thought that far ahead

4:46 am

sprite

what kind of job and how many hours?

4:46 am

herinfernallady

It is full time. But there is all sort of incentives for employers to hire student

4:47 am

sprite

ok the missing M is now the final word, it is M7. I already have the french plural centre.

4:47 am

herinfernallady

Admin job

4:48 am

sprite

I hope you will keep your study as 1st priority, lady, you are doing so well!

4:48 am

herinfernallady

It is Sprite. There is only 14 weeks left

4:49 am

sprite

good :)

4:49 am

herinfernallady

well I got the top Pi just from monleying it

4:50 am

sprite

can anybody help me with the other M7, please?

4:50 am

herinfernallady

Have just started sorry

4:51 am

Atalante

wouold if I could!

4:51 am

sprite

lol ok, a2z to the rescue then

4:51 am

lynxxx

ditto

4:51 am

Sally-catlover

You don't know how reassuring it is to us mere mortals that you occasionally resort to a2z sprite!

4:52 am

sprite

lolllll of course I do! Have been looking for that word for ages.

4:53 am

sprite

ow ok there it is. Shall I clue it?

4:55 am

Atalante

yep!

4:56 am

sprite

it is the german cow juice word, extended to a jewish adjective. It ends in the last two letters of not small.

4:56 am

Atalante

wow

4:57 am

sprite

new one for me!

4:57 am

Atalante

yes .........

4:57 am

herinfernallady

Ata you must enter that comp

4:58 am

Nancy Boy

"cow juice"...bleurgh!

4:58 am

Atalante

I wll :)

4:58 am

sprite

hey Nancy Boy *hugs*
How are you in total and how is your ankle?

4:59 am

herinfernallady

NB hugs

5:00 am

Nancy Boy

Mornin', Sprite :)
Ankle is alriiight, but the nancy boy himself is the level of hungover that requires sunglasses to look at the computer screen!

5:00 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

Jesse, messy

5:01 am

sprite

hehehe glad the ankle is alright, and no pity from me for hangovers :) Drink more water in between drinks and you won't have that problem.

5:01 am

herinfernallady

snort NB. you goose

5:01 am

Nancy Boy

It's not been letting me sign in for the past hour or so George :S

5:02 am

sprite

anyway, a2z gave me my fireflies today. Bye all, thanks for the fun :)

5:02 am

Nancy Boy

Ooh, I'll try yahoo!

5:02 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

well keep trying, you might get on

5:02 am

lynxxx

bye Spritely

5:02 am

GÐµÐ¾Ð³gÐµ

yeah, I'll let him know!

5:03 am

Nancy Boy

Oh, am I missing J? Thanks, George :) if you'd let him know I'm logged into yahoo, I'd be very grateful!

5:05 am

herinfernallady

NB I also suggest that you check your Yahoo status updates. I can see them. Good knows why

5:09 am

Nancy Boy

How'd you find my Yahoo page, Herin? I've never posted the link here.

5:11 am

herinfernallady

I have no idea

5:11 am

herinfernallady

I have hidden mine but I can see yours (don't ask me how I have never ever searched for you

5:12 am

lynxxx

150 down for me. Night all

5:13 am

Nancy Boy

But then how did you find me? I prefer to keep these things private, and many of my friends on there like to keep it that way, too.

5:13 am

Atalante

probably the spies :P

5:14 am

herinfernallady

I have no idea NB. I would check your settings. I would not repeat anything any way. It is not my business nor directed at me so I haven't paid attention

5:17 am

herinfernallady

NB I noticed it the other day and haven't had a chance to say anything

5:20 am

sandyloo

hi everyone

5:20 am

herinfernallady

Hi Sandy

5:21 am

sandyloo

hi herin, when do you finish your study

5:21 am

herinfernallady

November

5:21 am

herinfernallady

Applied for a job today

5:22 am

sandyloo

fantastic, you must be so proud of yourself, I remember when you started

5:25 am

herinfernallady

Thank you Sandy. It feels like forever sometimes

5:26 am

sandyloo

you will never regret it, well done

5:27 am

herinfernallady

I want

5:29 am

herinfernallady

opps wont

5:36 am

dizgrannie

fireworks here, last word was sk 5/18 DERRRR!

5:37 am

sandyloo

lol gran, I do have that one and well done

5:39 am

dizgrannie

ty sandy...for the life of me I couldn't see it...lol

5:40 am

sandyloo

I am really bad at finding the four letter words....

5:41 am

dizgrannie

don't forget the iw 4...got it first up today

5:41 am

rubyfoo

gd morning, I just wanted to stop in and say "hello"

5:41 am

herinfernallady

Hi Diz

5:41 am

rubyfoo

will come back after lunch

5:41 am

dizgrannie

ello ruby

5:42 am

dizgrannie

hey herin!

5:42 am

sandyloo

hi ruby

5:42 am

Sally-catlover

Hi ruby! But I won't be here after lunch :-(

5:42 am

sandyloo

hi sal

5:42 am

Sally-catlover

Hi sandy. Was deep in the M words and didn't see you there :-)

5:43 am

dizgrannie

that MI 8 is a bugga..

5:43 am

Sally-catlover

Am on second day of my new health regime - only one mug of real coffee in the morning, and then water. Not doing much for my brain power.

5:44 am

Sally-catlover

Withdrawal symptoms :-(

5:44 am

dizgrannie

oh and so is the MI 7...for me anyways

5:44 am

rubyfoo

how hard it must be to limit the coffee! I only drink it in the morning, but it is double or triple expresso and perks me up for the day (or at least half). Will jump in later, off to lunch!

5:45 am

rubyfoo

ello to you diz grannie!

5:45 am

herinfernallady

Hi Rubby

5:45 am

herinfernallady

Hi Dizzy

5:47 am

dizgrannie

herin, 5 more sleeps and I'll be in Tassie. g/kids are counting..

5:48 am

herinfernallady

awwww cute

5:49 am

sandyloo

LOL I only drink instant coffee with half a teaspoon of coffee - when I go out i have the real stuff - I am a coffee bogan

5:49 am

herinfernallady

Instant is horrid

5:49 am

sandyloo

gran are you going to Tassie on holiday, and have you been before?

5:49 am

sandyloo

I know Herin, all my friends scoff at me

5:50 am

herinfernallady

I would not be on a diet that limits coffee unless that involves me killing someone for mot drinking coffee

5:53 am

dizgrannie

Sandy, dtr and g/kids moved there 18mths ago, went down last yr - loved the place. If it wasn't for other dtr here me an hubby would mve down there.

5:53 am

dizgrannie

mve = move

5:54 am

bichon

diz, have heard lots about Tasmania here in the States. Would ove to go

5:56 am

herinfernallady

HI Bichon

5:56 am

bichon

hey Herin

5:56 am

sandyloo

we drove around Tassie once , I loved it so much, yummy wine, yummy chees, nice walks, lots of history - I love tassie

5:57 am

sandyloo

yummy restaurants

5:57 am

bichon

I'd like to see wildlife

5:58 am

sandyloo

hmm, saw lots of dead wombats, but not much wildlife, I think the forrests are too thick and the wildlife hides there

5:58 am

herinfernallady

Wild life there is that. My parents have wallabies on their property

5:59 am

sandyloo

we had a huge kangaroo in our paddock the other day

5:59 am

bichon

where would you go to see devils

5:59 am

sandyloo

there are places that have them in captivity

5:59 am

sandyloo

they are fierce little things

6:01 am

sandyloo

Our jack russel is out trying to catch bandicoots at the moment ,we are trying to get her in

6:02 am

sandyloo

here she is , bandicoots are safe!

6:02 am

herinfernallady

Bichon devils are rather rare. They have them at Wildlife parks

6:02 am

sandyloo

no devils or wombats in west aus

6:02 am

bichon

Yes, and they have a terrible disease and may be all wiped out

6:04 am

bichon

what is a wombat? Is it like a devil?

6:05 am

herinfernallady

Devils are native only to Tassie. No wombats are marsupials

6:05 am

herinfernallady

Wombats are well brick shaped on legs

6:07 am

bichon

they're cute looking

6:07 am

sandyloo

wombats are fat and furry and have short legs

6:09 am

herinfernallady

They are. My friends have 2 on their farm named Buster and Keats

6:17 am

daykat

Evening everyone - I see we are having an Aussie wildlife lesson:)

6:20 am

herinfernallady

Hi Day

6:21 am

daykat

We have several tame and semi tame kangaroos on our property - two of them we raised from Joeys and they are now all grown up and have wee joeys of their own - teeny ones at this stage and not out of their pouches but we are waiting with bated breath to be fur grandparents!!

6:21 am

herinfernallady

awww Day

6:21 am

Norma

Oh you are so lucky .... thats sounds amazing

6:22 am

daykat

"Roos are really affectionate when they are hand reared, they come home every day for a cuddle and their wheetbix and then spend the rest of their time in the bush

6:22 am

herinfernallady

Day that is pretty damn cute

6:23 am

daykat

it is amazing Norma, it is such a privilige to be so trusted by wild animals

6:23 am

herinfernallady

Bah I wish my b.f wasn't sick he is driving me nutso

6:23 am

herinfernallady

HI Norma

6:24 am

daykat

whats the matter with bf herin?

6:24 am

herinfernallady

nasty cough thingy. Woke me at 6am not breathing well. Freaked me out

6:25 am

daykat

ewww.. not nice

6:25 am

daykat

ewww.. not nice

6:27 am

herinfernallady

No it isn't on the place side one hour of rapid warming house

6:30 am

herinfernallady

opps Plus not place

6:32 am

daykat

does he need hot lemon drink? or do you need a stiffer version?

6:32 am

herinfernallady

He is allergic to lemon

6:33 am

daykat

hmm

6:34 am

daykat

so maybe you could use something stiffer herin

6:34 am

herinfernallady

Nothing in the house

6:35 am

daykat

{hugs} for herin - looking after a sick bf is no fun

6:36 am

Norma

Hi everyone .... sorry I am a bit late responding I am 'concentrating' lol .... the only wild animals we get in our garden are our two cats .... that is the problem with living in a town and not out in the country ... you are so lucky day

6:39 am

Sally-catlover

lol Norma. Badgers, foxes, wild ducks, tame hens, tame(ish) cats here.

6:39 am

Sally-catlover

Not so far any wallabies though.

6:39 am

Sally-catlover

Oh! and grass snakes :-)

6:39 am

Sally-catlover

Lots of frogs, toads and newts as well.

6:42 am

herinfernallady

Day I have more pressing concerns my father is having surgery on Friday.

6:43 am

daykat

Oh so sorry to hear that herin - do hope all goes well. Worrying time

6:43 am

herinfernallady

He will be fine. Leg op and crutches and pic line for 6 weeks. Going to be mums pain in the arse

6:43 am

daykat

what sort of surgery is he having?

6:44 am

daykat

pic line?

6:44 am

herinfernallady

It is a catheter that they put in to deliver antibiotics.

6:44 am

daykat

oic ta

6:44 am

Sally-catlover

Must be off. Talk to you all later perhaps.

6:45 am

Sally-catlover

Sorry to hear about your Dad herin.

6:45 am

daykat

bye sally

6:45 am

Norma

Bye sally

6:45 am

herinfernallady

It will be good. Bye Sally

6:46 am

daykat

herin I hope all will go well for your dad

6:46 am

daykat

I have to go now - talk later

6:46 am

herinfernallady

I hope so too.

6:46 am

herinfernallady

peripherally inserted central catheter is what PICC stands for

7:04 am

Angelsong

hi, all. I just got an e mail confirming that the proof copy of my book has been shipped and is on it's way to me.

7:07 am

herinfernallady

Hi Angel. O WOW. YAH

7:09 am

Angelsong

I ordered the proof yesterday morning, and it shipped last night

7:10 am

herinfernallady

Weeeeeeee

7:12 am

Angelsong

https: //www.createspace.com/3402609 here's the link to view the front cover of the book. remove the space...

7:15 am

herinfernallady

Well done

7:15 am

rubyfoo

hello everybody

7:16 am

rubyfoo

about to jump in; the idea of tame kangaroos is enchanting!

7:16 am

rubyfoo

I am sorry for all your troubles, herin, and all piled up at the same time.

7:16 am

rubyfoo

tell B.F. to "Get a grip"

7:21 am

herinfernallady

Ruby it is because he doesn't stop for five minutes

7:21 am

EvaNadine

mornin babblers!

7:22 am

rubyfoo

whiskey, honey and hot water! (lots of whiskey!)

7:23 am

sandyloo

hi everybody, again

7:23 am

herinfernallady

We don't have whiskey

7:23 am

herinfernallady

Hi Eva

7:23 am

rubyfoo

hello sandy again

7:23 am

rubyfoo

any alcohol?

7:24 am

herinfernallady

nope

7:24 am

herinfernallady

Well I have a witches brew he wont touch.

7:24 am

rubyfoo

put in enough honey and maybe he will. It would certainly settle his cough

7:25 am

sandyloo

daykat are you still here?

7:26 am

rubyfoo

I want a knagaroo for my garden!!!!

7:26 am

daykat

hi sandy i've just come back

7:26 am

herinfernallady

I would love too but he is just snotty

7:26 am

sandyloo

kangaroos are nice as babies but not suitable pets when they grow up

7:26 am

daykat

ruby I can send you a picture!

7:26 am

rubyfoo

let him sleep on the couch

7:27 am

rubyfoo

please! daykat

7:27 am

daykat

male roos can be quite aggressive

7:27 am

rubyfoo

nelliekelley50@yahoo.com

7:27 am

rubyfoo

how big are they

7:27 am

rubyfoo

e-mail address will disappear soon, I hope.....

7:28 am

sandyloo

they vary Ruby, but when they mature they often become aggresive

7:28 am

sandyloo

we used to have baby joeys on the station and they were so gorgeous

7:29 am

rubyfoo

bigger than 100 lbs?

7:29 am

daykat

female roos less so but they are very touchy and flighty, we dont try to enclose our girls, they are totally free to come and go as they please

7:30 am

daykat

male roos can get >6 feet tall, and very muscular. females are smaller, dont know how much they weigh really

7:30 am

sandyloo

daycat, sorry i left in the middle of our conversation yesterday but I had a phone call, I see you are on 18 acres - how fabulous and I see that Liz is a teacher - I have a daughter who is teaching in Broome

7:31 am

rubyfoo

it's nice that they are tame enough to come around, but they are bigger than I realized. 6 ft tall is scary in itself!

7:31 am

daykat

they have dangerous claws on back legs - the males can kill a dog with their back legs if they are angry or cornered

7:31 am

sandyloo

we used to keep them in a pillowslip on the end of our beds and feed them with a bottle

7:31 am

daykat

we dont have tame males - too unpreedictable, the only tame-ish ones we have are females.

7:32 am

daykat

There is a sanctuary nearby where males can be safe

7:32 am

rubyfoo

that is too cute!

7:33 am

rubyfoo

when they show kangaroos on FR TV, I think they romanticize them and make them seem more gentle than they really are

7:33 am

daykat

yes sandy - we used to carry ours around in shoulder bags!!! One of them even came to our daughters wedding in her bag as she was still being fed every few hours!!

7:34 am

rubyfoo

best word so far: mu6/27!

7:38 am

daykat

rubyfoo I've just emailed you a couple of pictures

7:39 am

rubyfoo

thank you, I can't wait, and I'll forward them to my Fr friend whose daughter is obsessed with kangaroos, even spent a year in Australia, after college, to try to see them

7:39 am

daykat

as babies they are very gentle rubyfoo, but can be ver flighty and b=nervous when they are bigger - you have to respect them

7:39 am

rubyfoo

without success, lol

7:40 am

daykat

there were some pics doing the round of u-tube a while ago of a roo in a cage in an american city - cant remember which one now, and the pics we saw indicated a severely stressed roo - they can die very quickly from stress

7:41 am

herinfernallady

night

7:41 am

rubyfoo

that is horrible!

7:41 am

daykat

theyre not supposed to be caged.

7:41 am

daykat

and yes mu 6/27 is a great word!!!

7:42 am

daykat

and now I'm going to watch a program o the telly so I'll talk later

7:42 am

rubyfoo

night, hein, maybe you should drink the withc's brew and honey and hot water, and then you won't hear the coughing!

7:42 am

daykat

ave a good night everyone

7:43 am

rubyfoo

I had a friend who, when her babies (11 mos apart) were small, used to take the paregoric prescribed for them herself, when they went on car trips -- she didn't mind their fussing....

7:47 am

Kaplan the Magne

paragoric=opiates

7:48 am

sandyloo

ok i have been forced to do dishes (daughter from broome is here and she is a clean freak) but now I must go!! bbl

7:48 am

rubyfoo

I didn't know how to spell it, never having used opiates myself (lol)!

7:49 am

rubyfoo

7:51 am

Kaplan the Magne

I don't kniw if it is spelled with an e or an a, but it was one of the many forms of legal opiates incorporated into medicines before the Narcotics Act

7:52 am

rubyfoo

and they gave it to fussy babies in the 60's

7:54 am

jmcnrick

sandy tell her to do them herself if they bother her

7:54 am

jmcnrick

hi all

7:55 am

rubyfoo

hello jmc, I agree with you!

7:55 am

rubyfoo

or give her some paregoric to relax! lol

7:55 am

rubyfoo

skirt

7:55 am

rubyfoo

whoops

7:55 am

jmcnrick

ooh zelda and dobie!

7:56 am

rubyfoo

sorry, got all excited when I saw jmc! :(

7:56 am

jmcnrick

[blush]

8:04 am

rubyfoo

94 hard-earned words and time for the IHT and a lie-down

8:05 am

rubyfoo

8:12 am

jmcnrick

have a nice nap ruby

8:21 am

rururocks

*tucks ruby in*

8:22 am

rururocks

what are you volunteering to do over there JM?

8:26 am

Mr Bob

Morning all

8:26 am

rururocks

gm bob.. pretty quiet around here

8:28 am

gran

Clue please for mi 8/50

8:29 am

cwestexan

morning bob!

8:29 am

rururocks

don't have it gran..

8:31 am

gran

OK I will keep looking

8:32 am

rururocks

I found the 6 is it related?

8:33 am

gran

Found it!

8:34 am

rururocks

what is it?

8:36 am

NonoNanette

good morning babblers

8:37 am

rururocks

hi nono

8:37 am

FishFishGarden

mi 8/50. 16 furlongs, shortly in my opinion

8:37 am

NonoNanette

ruru, use the plural distance add a vowel and the start of your female parent

8:38 am

NonoNanette

strange word and there is no meaning that I can find

8:39 am

NonoNanette

it looks like a foriegn word

8:39 am

rururocks

weird one

8:39 am

rururocks

thank you both..

8:39 am

FishFishGarden

Portuguese

8:39 am

rururocks

2 more 8's to go

8:40 am

NonoNanette

do you have the ec7, 8 combo?

8:40 am

rururocks

no

8:41 am

NonoNanette

and i have a ch6, 8 combo too

8:41 am

NonoNanette

extend the ec4

8:42 am

rururocks

all the 8's are done .. thanks

8:42 am

NonoNanette

your welcome

8:43 am

Haz1558

Good morning/afternoon all.

8:45 am

rururocks

gm your hazness

8:45 am

Haz1558

Hello, ruru.

8:46 am

NonoNanette

Hello, Haz

8:46 am

Haz1558

Hello, Nono. This isn't the fastest grid I've ever done.

8:46 am

rururocks

I am slogging along here myself

8:47 am

Haz1558

I keep thinking I must be missing some obvious key to the whole thing.

8:47 am

NonoNanette

no it really is a bit more challenging than some we have had lately

8:48 am

rururocks

<---- has all the 8's put away

8:48 am

NonoNanette

yeah I have the 8's but only 1 of the 7's so far

8:49 am

Haz1558

I've got an awful lot of 6 letter words to find. Le sigh of deep resignation.

8:50 am

rururocks

it is boards like these that make me wonder why I play this game..lol

8:50 am

Haz1558

But then, if we didn't have more difficult boards, the easier ones wouldn't be such a joy in contrast to them.

8:51 am

Haz1558

I'm trying valiantly to be optimistic here.

8:51 am

rururocks

lol

8:52 am

rururocks

more coffee needed..brb

8:52 am

NonoNanette

coffee sounds like a good idea

8:53 am

FMitch

It is a bit of a brain befuddler isn't it!

8:54 am

Haz1558

FM! Hello, come join the befuddled.

8:55 am

FMitch

Oh I am already there Haz, perhaps the Home for the Befuddled and Bewildered will have some spare capcity today :)

8:56 am

NonoNanette

hello FM!

8:56 am

FMitch

Hello Nono, how are you?

8:56 am

Haz1558

I reckon we'd get in on an emergency/compassionate basisi.

8:56 am

FMitch

basisi? Heavens - see what it has done to your brain already.

8:57 am

Haz1558

I know, fingers out of control and everything.

8:57 am

FMitch

LOL

8:58 am

FMitch

There there dear, here, have some of yournice medicine, it might help and if not you won't care anyway.

8:58 am

Anniebrook

I have a large apartment in the Home for the Befuddled and Bewildered...be my guest FM

8:58 am

FMitch

Annie!!! Hello :)

8:58 am

Anniebrook

and hello everyone

8:59 am

NonoNanette

hi Annie

8:59 am

Haz1558

Hello, Annie. you make it sound so attractive.

8:59 am

FMitch

Can I bring Haz with me Annie?

8:59 am

Anniebrook

hi Nono and Hazel

8:59 am

rururocks

are basisis related to the dog basinjis?

8:59 am

Anniebrook

Of course bring Haz

9:00 am

Haz1558

*smug*

9:00 am

rururocks

what a concept.. a babbler rest home

9:01 am

Haz1558

For the select babbler.

9:01 am

Haz1558

We'll keep the riff raff out.

9:01 am

rururocks

Dr God's Acres...

9:01 am

NonoNanette

definitely needed after grids like this one

9:01 am

Dorens

morning... babbler rest home? great idea

9:01 am

Anniebrook

and for the very discerning babbles

9:01 am

Anniebrook

*babblers

9:01 am

Haz1558

Good morning, Dorens.

9:01 am

NonoNanette

Morning Dorens

9:01 am

Anniebrook

Hi dorens, ruru

9:01 am

Dorens

uh oh,,, if it is elitist, I thoroughly approve, but only if I make the cut.

9:02 am

FMitch

That is an intersting dog ruru, just looked it up on wiki.

9:02 am

rururocks

all the rooms could be lettered with points

9:02 am

FMitch

Oh you are in Dorens.

9:02 am

Dorens

i had a friend with a basenji when i was young

9:02 am

Haz1558

You'd get in without any problem, Dorens.

9:03 am

Dorens

ahhhhhhhhhh *breathing great sigh of relief* now I know who I would exclude personally, but will yield to the majority

9:03 am

rururocks

my cousin breeds them and I still can't spell them correctly

9:03 am

FMitch

Their bark soulds like a yodel! That must be a very confused dog. (still reading wiki).

9:04 am

Dorens

that's ok ruru, my ex is a brilliant neurologist, but I doubt that he's learned to spell medicine

9:05 am

Haz1558

I wonder if said dog is banned from Swiss slopes?

9:05 am

rururocks

I play tennis with some neurologists.. they are all self-absorbed type people..

9:05 am

FMitch

I would imagine so as it would be too much competition for the lonely goatherds.

9:06 am

Haz1558

I know, the lonely goatherd would feel mocked.

9:06 am

rururocks

Is that what they yodel for .. goats?

9:07 am

rururocks

I always thought it was a mating call for lonely Swiss men

9:07 am

Dorens

perhaps he would feel less lonely?

9:07 am

FMitch

mmm I think it developed as a sort of code so that people could communicate from one mountain top to another.

9:07 am

rururocks

hence the lady -huuuu on the end

9:09 am

rururocks

wow.. I can't find a single word

9:10 am

FMitch

Ive given up even lloking at the moment.

9:10 am

Dorens

they are somewhat elusive today.. interesting grid actually

9:10 am

Trifioso

good morning friends. the idea of a babbler rest home is EXCELLENT, but I must admit, I fear I would not make the stringent entrance requirements

9:10 am

NonoNanette

Morning Trif

9:11 am

Trifioso

morning nono!

9:11 am

FMitch

Hi Trif.

9:11 am

Dorens

doubt that they've actually been determined yet, trif

9:11 am

Anniebrook

Trif, are you baffled, befuddled and bewildered?

9:11 am

rururocks

how many points would befuddled be?

9:12 am

Anniebrook

I believe one third

9:12 am

Dorens

i think life befuddles and baffles me... the grid is my sanity

9:12 am

KatieMcG

hi everyone

9:12 am

Anniebrook

shows how befuddled I am

9:13 am

Dorens

hi katie

9:13 am

FMitch

Braeks into song *Bewitched, bothered and bewildered*
Which 1940 musical film did that song come from?

9:13 am

Anniebrook

hi Katie

9:13 am

Haz1558

Hello, Katie, Trif and fellow befuddled babblers.

9:13 am

rururocks

*brings meds over to annie...here you go dear*

9:13 am

Anniebrook

*takes meds gratefully* thanks ru

9:13 am

rururocks

*brings extras for FM*

9:13 am

Anniebrook

Brigadoon

9:13 am

NonoNanette

hi Katie

9:13 am

FMitch

Afternoon Katie

9:14 am

Haz1558

Pal Joey

9:14 am

rururocks

yeah FM ..everyone knows it is brigadoon

9:14 am

FMitch

Yay Haz!

9:14 am

jmcnrick

hello

9:14 am

Haz1558

*smug*

9:14 am

jmcnrick

are there meds for me too?

9:14 am

Anniebrook

I am more befuddled than I thought, Haz

9:14 am

Haz1558

Hello, jmc.

9:14 am

FMitch

*smacks ruru with a trout*

9:14 am

rururocks

oops

9:14 am

KatieMcG

honestly this is an evil grid! not helped by the fact i have just painted my nails so typing not easy

9:14 am

Dorens

i need no meds ruru, just a nice bordeaux please

9:15 am

FMitch

Hi jmc.

9:15 am

jmcnrick

i am not suppose to drink while i am here so i will have to use meds

9:15 am

jmcnrick

hi fm

9:15 am

Dorens

hello jmc.. how is the trip going?

9:15 am

Anniebrook

Thanks for "sticking up" for me, but alas I was wrong re: Brigadoon, ruru

9:15 am

rururocks

why is that jm?

9:15 am

Haz1558

Hello, jmc.

9:16 am

jmcnrick

very intresting but I am ready to go home

9:16 am

FMitch

You can make up for it at your birthday/home comming party jmc.

9:16 am

rururocks

hands trout to annie

9:16 am

jmcnrick

the local quakers have a strong testimony against drinking

9:16 am

jmcnrick

*sulks thinking about jack daniels**

9:17 am

FMitch

*pictures jmc on the plane home with a glass of JD*

9:17 am

rururocks

jm?

9:17 am

Anniebrook

*takes trout and hands it off to Haz*

9:17 am

jmcnrick

especially since there was a major storm that knocked my power out at home and my food is all spoiling

9:17 am

jmcnrick

ru?

9:17 am

Dorens

with a full bottle, more likely

9:17 am

rururocks

How do those quakers feel about oatmeal?

9:17 am

FMitch

lol Dorens

9:18 am

FMitch

*groan*

9:18 am

jmcnrick

i don't think i can get a full bottle on a plane dorens

9:18 am

jmcnrick

they have never heard of it ru

9:18 am

rururocks

oh

9:18 am

rururocks

*calls wilferd Brimley up*

9:19 am

jmcnrick

but the young members of my meeting protested the popeye the oatmeal man campaign of Quaker oats

9:19 am

NonoNanette

yes if anyone can clue them in about oatmeal, Wilferd can

9:19 am

Atalante

hello :):)

9:19 am

NonoNanette

hi Ata!

9:19 am

Haz1558

Hello, Ata!

9:19 am

jmcnrick

hi ata

9:19 am

KatieMcG

{{{ATA}}}}

9:19 am

FMitch

Ata!!!!!!

9:19 am

Dorens

hello ata!

9:19 am

Anniebrook

hi Ata

9:20 am

Atalante

Katie!!!! FM!!! Haz!!! Annie!!! JMC!!! Spanglettina!!! Nono!!!

9:20 am

jmcnrick

now i am sorry i didn't maintain my african photos icons

9:20 am

FMitch

Oh dear there is about to be a world shortage of ! thanks to Ata.

9:20 am

Haz1558

Dear goodness, now Ata needs some calming meds before we run out of ! entirely.

9:20 am

jmcnrick

spanglettina?

9:20 am

rururocks

... ahem.. ATA...

9:20 am

Atalante

:D

9:20 am

Atalante

RURU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9:21 am

Haz1558

<---------spanglettina

9:21 am

KatieMcG

dashes for the rescue remedy

9:21 am

jmcnrick

ru a man with questions!

9:21 am

rururocks

..thank you...

9:21 am

Dorens

and moi? chopped liver?

9:21 am

Atalante

DORENS! Sorry dearest!!

9:21 am

jmcnrick

ah ty haz i still don't know all the nicknames

9:21 am

jmcnrick

mmmm chopped liver

9:21 am

Atalante

I don't like you after playing snowpack anyway :P

9:21 am

Haz1558

She has so many, jmc, it's not surprising.

9:21 am

FMitch

Heaven help yo uif you forget anyone else Ata as you are barred from using any more ! .

9:22 am

Dorens

:)

9:22 am

FMitch

steady jmc, stop drooling.

9:22 am

KatieMcG

must have used all the !s available for the day

9:23 am

Atalante

I have a special never-ending supply. For just in case Vi appears

9:23 am

rururocks

yes she did /.. I can't even get one:

9:23 am

jmcnrick

*carefully wipes mouth*

9:23 am

Haz1558

I know, she's just so uncaring about the world ! shortage. Let's hope VIcuna doesn't make an appearance while Ata is around.

9:23 am

FMitch

*giggles*

9:24 am

Haz1558

Not that I wouldn't welcome the appearance of dear Vi (provided she's left her singing voice behind her).

9:24 am

FMitch

My singing earlier didn't bring her out (thank goodness) but she could be lurking.

9:24 am

jmcnrick

There are Kenyans who have never seen a ! but does ata care?

9:24 am

KatieMcG

(nails dry resumes normal typing)

9:24 am

Atalante

bit early for Vi yet

9:24 am

Haz1558

I worried about that. Lonely goatherd AND Bewitched, bothered and bewildered. Talk about tempting fate.

9:25 am

FMitch

lol Haz same train of thought.
Hows Kent today Ata, warm?

9:25 am

jmcnrick

lol

9:25 am

Dorens

is 6/24 is a lovely word

9:25 am

Atalante

nope, don't care less about the poor !less Kenyans

9:25 am

FMitch

We should recycle some of Atas ! so that jmc can share them around.

9:25 am

Atalante

very very warm!

9:26 am

jmcnrick

*passes basket to collect recycled !!*

9:26 am

EvaNadine

*enters chog with a bag full of !*

9:26 am

Haz1558

I'm so sparing in my use of ! that I have none to spare.

9:26 am

FMitch

here too but at least the humidity has gone.

9:26 am

KatieMcG

here you go !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9:26 am

jmcnrick

see there ata goes again tsk tsk

9:26 am

NonoNanette

hi Eva

9:26 am

Haz1558

Greetings, EvaN.

9:26 am

FMitch

Hey EvaN

9:26 am

jmcnrick

ty eva the poor in Kenya will sing your praises

9:27 am

Atalante

hi eva!

9:27 am

NonoNanette

here's a bag full of !'s that I collected

9:27 am

jmcnrick

unfortunately unless you konw swahili you won't understand it

9:27 am

EvaNadine

*hands Ata some ! so she can be more excited to see me*

9:27 am

Anniebrook

I am hoarding all my !'s. So there!!

9:27 am

jmcnrick

ty ty nono your generosity is too noted

9:27 am

KatieMcG

it's not warm here, cloudy dull and miserable

9:27 am

jmcnrick

:-P annie the miser

9:28 am

Atalante

does written swahili have !s in? Some South African languages do

9:28 am

Haz1558

Annie and Ata are being rebellious on this score.

9:28 am

redturtlehead

Hola!!!!!! Hi Annie!!!! Hi Eva, how is the shoe search? Hi Katie! Jmc! Nono!!!

9:28 am

Angelsong

jmc...I got an e mail from createspace, timestamped 11:28 PM last night...my proof copy of my book has been shipped.

9:28 am

Anniebrook

oh dear, jmc, off you go >>>>>!!!

9:28 am

NonoNanette

Morning Red!!

9:28 am

jmcnrick

ata the spendthrift

9:28 am

Haz1558

Honest to patience, you'd think red, having been in Africa, would have mercy on those poor Kenyans who have never seen a !.

9:28 am

NonoNanette

Angel thats wonderful!

9:28 am

KatieMcG

lmao Hi Red

9:28 am

EvaNadine

mornin red. managed to find a pair on super-sale. not sure if they are *THE* pair (as they dont match all of my perfect-wedding-shoe criteria) but they are cute and i like them. :)

9:29 am

jmcnrick

good news angel

9:29 am

Anniebrook

Red, good morning

9:29 am

jmcnrick

*grabbing all the flying !!! and putting them in the basker*

9:29 am

redturtlehead

Sorry Haz, I was not up on the conversation. My Swahili is hideous. I can say a few things.

9:29 am

jmcnrick

*basket

9:29 am

jmcnrick

this charity work is hard

9:29 am

Dorens

sometimes cute and I like them is good enough evaN. and hi red, angel

9:29 am

KatieMcG

EvaN, don't forget to scuff the soles so you don't slip over

9:29 am

FMitch

my chog froze :( Hi to those that have just come in.

9:29 am

redturtlehead

CUte and Like is GOOD.

9:30 am

redturtlehead

Keep it up JMC, there is a reward in the end right?

9:30 am

jmcnrick

all the printed swahili i see outside of signs and dictionaries is in hymnals

9:30 am

Haz1558

Well, to recap, Ata and others waste ! , which is appalling considering that there is a world shortage. jmc is going to gather up and recycle ! for the poor Kenyans.

9:30 am

Vicuna

Hello, all.

9:30 am

Anniebrook

Vicuna!!!

9:30 am

Atalante

VI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9:30 am

Haz1558

Ducks for cover from the onslaught of !

9:30 am

FMitch

LOL Vi!!!!!!!!!!!

9:30 am

Haz1558

Hello, VIcuna!

9:30 am

KatieMcG

OMG here it comes

9:30 am

Vicuna

Swahili has no clicks, which are what the letter ! is.

9:31 am

NonoNanette

hello Vi

9:31 am

jmcnrick

bad ata! bad!

9:31 am

redturtlehead

I have some Swahili books, I did learn a lot when I was in Sudan...but really dont use it.

9:31 am

FMitch

ROFL

9:31 am

KatieMcG

Hi Vic

9:31 am

Anniebrook

Hazel used an !

9:31 am

Vicuna

Lucky I brought my ! umbrella.

9:31 am

redturtlehead

Swahili is interesting as it has some roots with the portugese language and so sometimes there are odd comparisons.

9:31 am

KatieMcG

I will keep typing wisk until the grid gives in and allows it

9:31 am

Haz1558

Yes, but sparingly, Annie, from my special supply.

9:31 am

EvaNadine

oh, i quite like these, and would be very happy with them.
since ive got the time, im still gonna hold out some hope that i find something even better, but if i end up using these, i will still be quite a happy gal indeed. :)

9:31 am

FMitch

jmc you are going to need more baskets at this rate.

9:32 am

jmcnrick

ty vic but the Kenyans speak and write English so I will continue my work

9:32 am

bichon

HI folks

9:32 am

redturtlehead

Annie, how are you, I have not seen you in a long time.

9:32 am

Haz1558

Hello, bichon.

9:32 am

KatieMcG

Hi bichon

9:32 am

jmcnrick

hi bichon

9:32 am

Vicuna

SO, let's get up to speed here... there's been singing, accompanied by the requisite Vicuna abuse... There has been exclamatory overload...

9:32 am

jmcnrick

obviously i made a mistake by not going to turkana and getting baskets

9:32 am

Haz1558

We're opening a rest home for babblers.

9:33 am

FMitch

and we were hoping that you would appear dear.

9:33 am

bichon

I am watching the birds chow down on the bird seed I got for them

9:33 am

Vicuna

... there has been complaining about the grid... EvaN has found acceptable if imperfect shoes...

9:33 am

KatieMcG

anyone fancy going to my meeting for me?

9:33 am

Vicuna

Anything else I need to know?

9:33 am

Atalante

and on the side I'm reading about parasitic castration in shrimps. Just so you know!

9:33 am

jmcnrick

that about sums it up vic

9:33 am

Haz1558

And no riff-raff allowed.

9:33 am

redturtlehead

Oh JMC< did you go to Turkana?

9:33 am

FMitch

Hi bichon.

9:33 am

Atalante

and I recently saw a shaved llama

9:33 am

FMitch

parasitic castration, hmmm interesting.

9:33 am

jmcnrick

no but others did

9:33 am

Anniebrook

red, I have been reading some interesting news re:flowers from a new man in your life. How nice.

9:33 am

Vicuna

SOunds lovely, Ata. =)

9:33 am

Haz1558

Personally, I don't think we've moaned about this grid enough.

9:33 am

jmcnrick

i went to masai mara instead

9:34 am

NonoNanette

we have started a resthome for babblers as well Vi for those of us who are befuddled

9:34 am

redturtlehead

Oh you should have, it's definitely an interesting place.

9:34 am

FMitch

The answer to life, the universe and everything is 42 Vi.

9:34 am

jmcnrick

mmmooooooaaaaaannnnn

9:34 am

Trifioso

sorry had to get the phone..."Bewitched, bothered and bewildered" is from Pal Joey....

9:34 am

Vicuna

I refer to the parasitic castration in sarcastic tones. A shaved llama is still lovely.

9:34 am

redturtlehead

Thanks Annie, it is proving for me to be difficult to get used to , but I am working on it.

9:34 am

jmcnrick

well i had to choose so i chose masai mara and the animals

9:34 am

FMitch

*tries not to hum bewitched, bothered .... *

9:34 am

Vicuna

Oops, must rescue TOG-girl from yellow jacket inthe house...

9:34 am

Haz1558

Oh look, we can re5/12 our !.

9:34 am

KatieMcG

Ata if you can read about parasitic castration you are fully qualified for my meeting

9:35 am

redturtlehead

Masai Mara though is also nice, probably a lot nicer of a destination for observation.

9:35 am

jmcnrick

i didn't think it was brigadoon but that is a musical i do not know well and it can come from more than one musical

9:35 am

redturtlehead

Turkana I only went to because of the location up north.

9:35 am

Haz1558

We know, Trif, ruru thought it was Brigadoon which proves that he's only to be consulted on wine issues.

9:35 am

Atalante

LOL, I suspect castration might be more interesting ....

9:35 am

jmcnrick

speaking of castration i saw an interesting event today

9:35 am

KatieMcG

same skills as far as I can see

9:35 am

FMitch

good spot Haz.

9:35 am

redturtlehead

oh my!

9:35 am

Atalante

ooo do tell

9:36 am

KatieMcG

*holds breath in anticipation*

9:36 am

FMitch

*holds breath*

9:36 am

Good Enough

hmm odd time to enter the chog

9:36 am

NonoNanette

Morning, Good Enough

9:36 am

jmcnrick

apparently the village in which i am staying is about to have its big annual event of circumcising the boys

9:36 am

Anniebrook

morning, GE

9:36 am

KatieMcG

*turning purple*

9:36 am

Good Enough

morning :)

9:37 am

jmcnrick

hi good

9:37 am

Haz1558

Have we got enough sick buckets at the ready?

9:37 am

KatieMcG

morning good enough

9:37 am

Anniebrook

*sits down, am faint*

9:37 am

Atalante

ooooo

9:37 am

jmcnrick

so to prepare for the event they go dancing and marching down the street for several days in advance

9:37 am

Trifioso

Oh, JMC dear, do you want to bring along a man to offer to the ceremony? I have to suggest....tee hee!

9:37 am

jmcnrick

previously it has only been men and women but today. . . .

9:38 am

Judi

Good morning, all. I'd MUCH rather hear about Eva's shoes.

9:38 am

Vicuna

I can't imagine you were invited, jmc. Are you crashing the party?

9:38 am

Anniebrook

Trif, you dog! LOL

9:38 am

KatieMcG

tell me it was only the dancing you saw

9:38 am

EvaNadine

*keeping fingers crossed that the package the post office tried to deliver monday didnt get lost due to the power outages*

9:38 am

EvaNadine

heh, good answer, judy. ;)

9:38 am

Haz1558

Hello, Judi.

9:38 am

jmcnrick

they had 30 naked little boys with veils of leaves dancing with them

9:38 am

Anniebrook

hello judi

9:39 am

FMitch

Hey Judi!

9:39 am

KatieMcG

gosh

9:39 am

jmcnrick

i ran out to take a photos but my camera was out of memory :-(

9:39 am

Good Enough

did you dance too jmc?

9:39 am

jmcnrick

maybe tomorrow the event is for August 2

9:39 am

Trifioso

gtg bye

9:40 am

Haz1558

Bye, Trif.

9:40 am

jmcnrick

i danced at a distance -- Kenyans love to have their pics taken

9:40 am

FMitch

and i bet you are so sad that you will miss it ;)

9:40 am

jmcnrick

bye trif

9:40 am

Anniebrook

bye, Trif

9:40 am

Vicuna

Bye, Trif.

9:40 am

NonoNanette

bye trif

9:40 am

KatieMcG

bye trif

9:40 am

jmcnrick

er since the boys ranged from 8 to 16 i am happy to miss it!

9:41 am

jmcnrick

(anyone notice how quiet ru has gotten?)

9:41 am

FMitch

Good point jmc.

9:41 am

redturtlehead

Is RU here?

9:41 am

KatieMcG

have to say I don't blame him on this one

9:41 am

Haz1558

He's probably revising his musicals so that he doesn't make that mistake again.

9:41 am

m9f9l

that's cause I haven't been around egging him on. hi all.

9:41 am

KatieMcG

hiding no doubt red

9:41 am

KatieMcG

Hi M9

9:41 am

NonoNanette

hi m9

9:41 am

FMitch

shoes and castration - what level could a guy join in on?

9:41 am

redturtlehead

JMC, I am pleased you have Jesse Owens as your sports hero. I considered him, but decided to go modern!

9:42 am

Vicuna

Hello, m9.

9:42 am

Atalante

even men need shoes

9:42 am

jmcnrick

I thought about Jackie Robinson too

9:42 am

jmcnrick

and Cal Ripken

9:42 am

FMitch

true but they don't talk about them.

9:42 am

KatieMcG

OK nobody has offered I'll need to go and do the bloomin' meeting myself. See you all later (much later after will to live has returned)

9:42 am

Anniebrook

*hangs head in shame" I dont want Ruru to take the *rap* for me...I offered Brigadoon incorrectly *sigh*

9:42 am

Vicuna

Bye, KatieMcG. Be strong, be brave!

9:42 am

Good Enough

lol katie

9:43 am

FMitch

Bye Katie.

9:43 am

redturtlehead

I thought about Jim Thorpe, and Jesse Owens and a few track people.

9:43 am

Haz1558

See you later, Katie. I'd have offered but they'd know it wasn't you.

9:43 am

NonoNanette

bye Katie

9:43 am

jmcnrick

i would assume a guy would have a lot to say about circumcision at such an age

9:43 am

FMitch

Phone.

9:43 am

crosshair

good morning everyone:)

9:43 am

KatieMcG

you just needed to paint your nails a stupid colour and you could have got away with it

9:43 am

Haz1558

Oh, Annie, let ruru take the blame - it saves FM for a day.

9:43 am

redturtlehead

and Cross arrives, almost on Cue!!!

9:43 am

rururocks

shoving off for tennis.. au revoir mes amis

9:44 am

NonoNanette

Morning Crossy

9:44 am

jmcnrick

sorry katie but the commute is too great -- take a laptop and sign in to babble

9:44 am

Haz1558

Yes, but they'd have wondered about the accent, Katie.

9:44 am

NonoNanette

bye ruru

9:44 am

crosshair

uh oh..what did i step into?

9:44 am

Good Enough

now you got me singing Brigadoon in my head *tries to shake the music out of her head*

9:44 am

Anniebrook

Hazel, Gladly! There goes another !.

9:44 am

jmcnrick

hi crossy

9:44 am

KatieMcG

true *tarra a bit*

9:44 am

rururocks

oh.. glad I missed that..whew

9:44 am

Haz1558

Single ! use is acceptable, it's when they spray them about that I worry.

9:45 am

Haz1558

Phone...

9:45 am

jmcnrick

think of the Annie song Tomorrow Good that will do it

9:45 am

Judi

Still wanna see the shoes.

9:45 am

rururocks

leave for a minute and then the girl talk goes to castration and circumcision.. jesus

9:46 am

NonoNanette

lol jmc, now we will all be humming "Tomorrow"

9:46 am

Jellen

Just stopping by to say hi...

9:47 am

NonoNanette

hello Jellen

9:47 am

hpb

nbt!

9:47 am

jmcnrick

it is better than my waking up singing born under a bad sign

9:47 am

redturtlehead

hi jellen and hob congrats.

9:47 am

jmcnrick

hi jell

9:47 am

NonoNanette

congrats hpb

9:47 am

Anniebrook

Hi Jellen, how is Tim?

9:47 am

m9f9l

wow..I'm so impressed with my daughter..she just gave me the gu 5/16 word!

9:47 am

jmcnrick

wtg hpb

9:47 am

Jellen

Tried to follow the conversation, but failed on shoes...

9:47 am

m9f9l

wtg hpb!

9:48 am

Judi

Eva's wedding shoes! Wanna seeeeeee!

9:48 am

Atalante

the yellow gu?

9:48 am

Jellen

He's feeling yucky and discouraged...we go to chemo today...

9:49 am

jmcnrick

eva why don't you show us your shoes -- judi is getting cranky

9:49 am

m9f9l

LOL..I really wanna see! ever since we were talking a bout them that one day, I get orange shoe ads everywhere I go online!

9:49 am

jmcnrick

too bad jell

9:50 am

Anniebrook

jellen, so sorry jellen..sometimes ice pops can help

9:50 am

Vicuna

(Psst, Ata. Check your heraldry - the gu is red.)

9:50 am

crosshair

i know ruru,i came in here and they are grumbling about shoes and castration ,so im just keeping my head(both of them) down and tackling this grid;)

9:50 am

Anniebrook

with the nausea, Jellen

9:50 am

Atalante

is it? O.o, I always thought it was yellow!

9:50 am

m9f9l

lol crossy!

9:50 am

jmcnrick

red and yellow gus hmmm

9:51 am

EvaNadine

yay! they have my package, and i will be picking it up after work!

9:51 am

Jellen

Well, I need to run...Thanks Annie...

9:51 am

Jellen

((hugs)) to all!

9:51 am

Anniebrook

Jellen, I hope you have an easy day

9:51 am

Vicuna

yellow+gold+or

9:51 am

NonoNanette

bye Jellen take care hun

9:51 am

EvaNadine

::happy dance::

9:51 am

m9f9l

bye {{{jell}}}}

9:51 am

Vicuna

(I meant = not +)

9:52 am

Jellen

Yay, Eva!

9:52 am

Anniebrook

(((Jellen and Tim))))

9:52 am

Vicuna

Bye, Jellen! Good luck!

9:52 am

Good Enough

just returned to chog, thanks a lot jmc, great idea - NOT

9:52 am

Jellen

*poof*

9:52 am

m9f9l

gish should be aword.

9:52 am

jmcnrick

which? good I forget

9:52 am

Good Enough

please use in a sentence..

9:52 am

jmcnrick

ooo singing Tomorrow!

9:53 am

jmcnrick

bye jell

9:53 am

jmcnrick

I sing it in spanish and that slows me down

9:53 am

m9f9l

I'm gonna gish that bug. use it all the time.

9:54 am

jmcnrick

squish

9:55 am

Vicuna

I would probably smish it, but Enable doesn't know it either. (Actually, I would most likely put it outside in a glass, unless it was a mosquito. then... smish with extreme prejudice.)

9:55 am

jmcnrick

i have found 40 words and i swear 39 of them are 4 letter words

9:56 am

car.eeyore

Whoa...way too many i's for only 1 cup of coffee! YIKES!

9:56 am

jmcnrick

my brother kept a pet spider to help keep the mosquito population down

9:56 am

jmcnrick

hi car

9:56 am

NonoNanette

morning Car

9:56 am

m9f9l

I've found 58.. but my daughter has found the longer ones.. ;-)

9:57 am

crosshair

best thing to keep the mosquitos down are a few nice bats;))

9:58 am

Vicuna

I've tried to get bats to live in a bat house, but it wasn't up to snuff, I guess. Still, they wander by from time to time.

9:58 am

jmcnrick

ACK! BATS!!!! *runs around in circles with hands covering head*

9:58 am

NonoNanette

very true Crossy!

9:59 am

NonoNanette

they are ok jmc as long as they dont get in my house

9:59 am

crosshair

mm a nic sc 6/27 word we do not get too often in da grid

9:59 am

jmcnrick

i am a bit phobic

10:00 am

Atalante

I love bats

10:00 am

plaayyyer

Hi, I'm new at playing this game and I have a question

10:00 am

m9f9l

thanks crossy

10:00 am

Vicuna

There there, jmc. We won't let the nice bats get in your hair.

10:00 am

jmcnrick

there was a rabid bat epidemic in my neighborhood when i was young

10:00 am

m9f9l

ask away

10:00 am

jmcnrick

hi plaay

10:00 am

Vicuna

Hello, plaayyyer.

10:00 am

NonoNanette

we'll answer if we can plaay

10:00 am

plaayyyer

Under tile stats..Why are there 2 of some of the letters?

10:01 am

jmcnrick

of course we can play

10:01 am

Vicuna

The tile stats correspond with the tiles above. One for each.

10:01 am

Haz1558

The tiles reflect the grid. One word beginning with p comes from that p tile.

10:01 am

NonoNanette

each tile stat letter represents a tile in the grid

10:01 am

plaayyyer

Ohhhhh ok

10:01 am

m9f9l

because there's two of the same letter in the grid

10:01 am

jmcnrick

check out the help ^ it is very helpful

10:01 am

plaayyyer

ok thank you

10:02 am

gremlinn

I've wondered if it would be beneficial if the tile stats were printed on the tiles themselves somehow.

10:02 am

gremlinn

I guess it would probably be too distracting.

10:02 am

jmcnrick

hmmm with the points already there i think it would be too much

10:02 am

NonoNanette

gremlinn i almost think that would make it more confusing

10:02 am

Good Enough

phantoms: uglier and wigwam

10:03 am

jmcnrick

it would work if you got rid of the points on the tiles though

10:03 am

jmcnrick

you could li** them on the side like in scrabble

10:04 am

jmcnrick

brb

10:04 am

gremlinn

I think today's probably a full PB

10:04 am

car.eeyore

Phantom: sugar

10:05 am

FMitch

We will have to wait and see what Dr_G comes up with for the new layout.

10:06 am

FMitch

whenever that is going to be.

10:07 am

jmcnrick

he did provide me with this lovely Kenyan flag on days after I put Kenya as my residence

10:07 am

car.eeyore

May I please have a clue for the single i in the top row?

10:07 am

gremlinn

PB!

10:07 am

Haz1558

iw4.

10:07 am

gremlinn

iw4

10:07 am

Vicuna

iw4 - atchaic ceertainly

10:07 am

jmcnrick

a lisping flower

10:07 am

Haz1558

Oh, gremlinn, have a heart. With a grid like this you can be mercifiul.

10:07 am

Vicuna

(archaic)

10:07 am

car.eeyore

Miss that one every time. TY!

10:08 am

NonoNanette

oh good clue jmc!

10:08 am

jmcnrick

but i stocked up the pb first thing this morning!

10:08 am

plaayyyer

...what does iw4 mean?

10:08 am

car.eeyore

Hey all, my icon is my kitty, Reilly, that has been missing. Please keep good thoughts for him, OK? We are all missing him terribly.

10:08 am

m9f9l

pb!!!

10:08 am

plaayyyer

Sorry. I'm trying to understand this all

10:08 am

Haz1558

It means a four letter word that begins with iw.

10:08 am

gremlinn

It means "iw" are the first two letters, and 4 letters total.

10:08 am

NonoNanette

oh crap, slinking off to PB

10:09 am

jmcnrick

iw means the word starts with those two letters and 4 means there are four letters in the word

10:09 am

plaayyyer

Oh ok thanks

10:09 am

Good Enough

i'm starving! craving a really yummy muffin

10:09 am

car.eeyore

NBT!

10:09 am

jmcnrick

oh i hope he comes back soon car

10:09 am

jmcnrick

mmmm muffins

10:09 am

FMitch

What an elegant kitty car.

10:10 am

gremlinn

you may also see the notation "iw4/8" - the 8 would be the points for the word

10:10 am

jmcnrick

omg i can't wait til i get back stateside!

10:10 am

car.eeyore

He is a big 'un...15 lbs!

10:10 am

Vicuna

Oh, good luck with Reilly, car.

10:10 am

Good Enough

blueberry or maybe cinnamon

10:10 am

jmcnrick

i found the points confusing until i had been at it for a while

10:10 am

car.eeyore

JMC...can we send you some muffins where you are? I would be happy to overnight them.

10:10 am

NonoNanette

Awe Car, I hope Reilly comes home real soon. You must be beside yourself with worry

10:10 am

car.eeyore

Cranberry orange...my favorite!

10:11 am

crosshair

mm i see we have cl 4/6 in the grid...pb is going to be stuffed all day lol

10:11 am

jmcnrick

it would take a week for them to arrive "overnight"

10:11 am

car.eeyore

Thanks Nono...it is hard on the kids too.

10:11 am

jmcnrick

but thanks car

10:11 am

FMitch

Vi - yr icon a new one of your creations? don't remember seeing it before.

10:11 am

Good Enough

banana walnut or chocolate chip or double chocolate

10:11 am

jmcnrick

i will be on the road on Friday

10:11 am

NonoNanette

mmmmmm NY cinnamon chip muffins! I haven't had one of those in ages

10:11 am

car.eeyore

Anything for a fellow Babbler!

10:12 am

jmcnrick

omg you guys are killing me

10:12 am

car.eeyore

phantom: lucious

10:12 am

Good Enough

a new grocery store opened by us and they have an amazing bakery, muffins are delish!

10:12 am

Vicuna

Relatively new, FM. A few months ago now. It was the last animal for my new animal alphabet book.

10:12 am

jmcnrick

i think i will go make something for supper and let this train of thought die down brb

10:12 am

Haz1558

OKay, time for me to depart. Shopping to be done. Today just keeps getting better and better....

10:12 am

FMitch

It is lovely Vi, so delicate.

10:13 am

FMitch

lol Haz, see you tomorrow.

10:13 am

car.eeyore

Vi...it is beautiful. Is the book out?

10:13 am

crosshair

i make these carrot muffins,you should see them,things rise 2 inches over the top of the muffin pan:)) a little real butter when they are warm out of the oven and...mmmmmm

10:13 am

NonoNanette

Our cats have always been indoor kitties, car and about a year ago one of them got out. She was a very skitterish kitty and got scared. We didnt see her for almost 2 weeks but finally came back home so hang in there

10:13 am

Haz1558

Toodle-oo!

10:13 am

NonoNanette

bye Haz

10:14 am

FMitch

((crossy))

10:14 am

crosshair

((FM))

10:14 am

car.eeyore

Nono, I have heard so many stories like that and I want to believe, but I am not usually a person who gets a happy ending, so I am doing my best.

10:14 am

NonoNanette

hang in there ((((Car))))

10:15 am

car.eeyore

Thank you. Trying.

10:15 am

Vicuna

Book here:

10:15 am

Vicuna

Book here: http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/
amazing-beguiling-curious/11020385

10:15 am

Vicuna

(Sorry not tinyurl)

10:16 am

Vicuna

Yes, don't lose heart yet, car. Chances are still very good.

10:18 am

FMitch

all this talk of muffins has made me hungry, think i will go and raid the fridge. TTFN and Happy Babbling.

10:18 am

Good Enough

oh crossy you are killing me....must go find food - i'll see what's in the breakroom

10:18 am

Vicuna

Goodbye, FM! See you later!

10:18 am

m9f9l

bye fm

10:19 am

m9f9l

help with the o please?

10:19 am

Vicuna

I need to go make some sandwiches for the minions. So I'd better be off, as well.

10:19 am

m9f9l

bye vi

10:19 am

Vicuna

oh4- a fish (literally), and oh5 = pl

10:20 am

Vicuna

oh4/6 - units of electrical resistance

10:20 am

m9f9l

thanks..I"ll look

10:20 am

car.eeyore

Hey Vi! TY! Just ordered!

10:20 am

car.eeyore

My kids will LOVE this!

10:22 am

crosshair

ty vic

10:22 am

rubyfoo

hello everybody

10:23 am

crosshair

howdy ruby

10:23 am

rubyfoo

back for 20 mins while dinner cooks

10:23 am

m9f9l

hi rub y

10:23 am

car.eeyore

Hi ruby!

10:24 am

car.eeyore

I need a clue for the second R word in the right column. I have the chancy one ri4.

10:24 am

gremlinn

another ri4

10:24 am

gremlinn

and PB

10:24 am

crosshair

that cl 4 is gonna fill the pb ;))

10:25 am

car.eeyore

crud

10:25 am

rubyfoo

I looked over the chog, car, I hope that the outcome is happy!!!

10:25 am

car.eeyore

TY gremlinn

10:25 am

rubyfoo

hi crossy

10:25 am

rubyfoo

I don't think the French have a word for muffin

10:26 am

car.eeyore

TY Ruby. Me too, but it is hard to believe that.

10:27 am

car.eeyore

Too many coyotes and fisher cats around.

10:27 am

rubyfoo

what's a fisher cat?

10:27 am

rubyfoo

I've been reading about coyotes in Manhattan! astonishing

10:27 am

car.eeyore

Nasty creature! Somewhere between a weasel and a badger I think.

10:27 am

jmcnrick

geez i thought we would be past muffin by now

10:27 am

car.eeyore

They just want bagels!

10:28 am

rubyfoo

weadgers, or beasels!

10:28 am

car.eeyore

No, I was astonished about the one that came through the Lincoln Tunnel. Poor thing.

10:28 am

rubyfoo

my sister sends me clippings from the NYT, always about animals in the city

10:28 am

jmcnrick

I thought all cats were fishers

10:28 am

car.eeyore

No, JMC. Just saw the Muffin Seinfeld episode the other day too....Top of the Muffin to you!

10:29 am

rubyfoo

you're all making me homesick for the US!!! :(

10:29 am

jmcnrick

not a seinfeld fan

10:29 am

jmcnrick

so come visit ruby

10:29 am

m9f9l

""Muffin...a term connected with moufflet, an old French word applied to bread, meaning soft....The word muffin first appeared in print in the early 18th century, and recipes began to be published in the middle of the 18th century." someone else says"For a muffin in French is un muffin." hmmm......

10:30 am

jmcnrick

there are lots of beds for you to sleep in across the country

10:30 am

rubyfoo

I just looked it up in my FR/Eng dictionary. You're right, "un muffin" (petit pain, plat et rond)

10:31 am

m9f9l

I keep thinking I have words for the middle "i"... but then grid gives it to a diff tile!

10:31 am

rubyfoo

ty JMC!!

10:31 am

gremlinn

want a hint?

10:31 am

m9f9l

yes please gremm

10:31 am

car.eeyore

I have the one...land amid the sea...is 4

10:31 am

rubyfoo

small piece of land in the ocean

10:31 am

jmcnrick

try an add on meaning belief

10:32 am

gremlinn

im5, Arabic word

10:32 am

rubyfoo

or....un muffin!

10:32 am

m9f9l

oh doh! thanks!

10:32 am

gremlinn

religious leader, I think

10:32 am

car.eeyore

Any help with the E's in the lower left corner? I have the sea snakes and reverberation.

10:32 am

gremlinn

el4

10:33 am

gremlinn

ec7/8 - add suffixes to the reverb

10:33 am

NonoNanette

extend the reverberations car for a 7 an 8

10:33 am

rubyfoo

hello hello, no no!

10:33 am

car.eeyore

TY! Stats on the EL?

10:33 am

NonoNanette

hi Ruby!

10:34 am

m9f9l

nbt!

10:34 am

jmcnrick

how's going plaayer?

10:34 am

NonoNanette

el 4/4

10:34 am

jmcnrick

wtg m9

10:35 am

rubyfoo

far from NBT, far from half even....I'll come back after dinner

10:35 am

jmcnrick

ty for the fish nono

10:35 am

rubyfoo

maybe with new eyes!

10:35 am

jmcnrick

bye ruby

10:36 am

rubyfoo

10:36 am

NonoNanette

bye ruby

10:36 am

car.eeyore

Good grief! Can't believe I didn't get that el 4! So embarassing!

10:36 am

rubyfoo

I'm going to go and pick some tomatoes {{no no}}

10:36 am

jmcnrick

i tink plaayyer played out

10:36 am

rubyfoo

and (((car)))

10:36 am

NonoNanette

omg fresh tomatoes!! I want some

10:37 am

jmcnrick

mmmm tomatoes you don't wash in antibaterial soap

10:37 am

car.eeyore

OK, I am off for the day. I hope you all have a good day. JMC... get yourself a muffin as soon as you get the chance!

10:37 am

car.eeyore

Ty Ruby ((hug))

10:37 am

NonoNanette

bye ((Car)))

10:37 am

jmcnrick

first thing when i get back car! lol

10:37 am

car.eeyore

And I want to hear about every bite!

10:37 am

car.eeyore

((Nono))

10:37 am

jmcnrick

have a good day car

10:38 am

crosshair

trying to avoid the travellers trotts jmc?? lol

10:39 am

Jayk

back again briefly. can anyone clue the VERY IRRITATING mi 7/48?

10:39 am

jmcnrick

never get them but then i try avoid eating things that are very high risk in underdevloed countries

10:39 am

bichon

yes, someone do that, please

10:39 am

jmcnrick

hi jayk

10:39 am

Jayk

Hi all!

10:39 am

Jayk

what are you doing in kenya?

10:40 am

jmcnrick

pb for you jayk -- there is a revovling door today

10:40 am

NonoNanette

mi8 plural distance = a vowel add the beginning of your female parent

10:40 am

bichon

I thought you had returned from Kenya

10:40 am

phaeton

mi...distance...not them but **

10:40 am

jmcnrick

right now eating fried rice

10:40 am

gremlinn

mi5 + it's tough to f**ure out

10:40 am

crosshair

lol that cl 4/6 is gonna get em;)

10:40 am

jmcnrick

don't come to kenya if you don't like rice

10:40 am

phaeton

oops...add vowel in after the l

10:41 am

Jayk

oh yes--sorry about that

10:41 am

gremlinn

that is, mi5/16

10:42 am

jmcnrick

sigh i don't have mi 5/16 i was using mi 512

10:42 am

bichon

hint for the mi 5/16

10:42 am

jmcnrick

i came for some international meetings and stayed to safari and volunteer jayk

10:42 am

gremlinn

mi + a be*** is a big burp

10:43 am

Jayk

Noni, that's the 8/
50

10:43 am

bichon

Okay, I know that work. It's Yiddish for being in the dairy stae

10:43 am

Jayk

Noni, that's the 8/50

10:43 am

bichon

*word

10:43 am

bichon

TY grmlin

10:43 am

gremlinn

It was a new word for me

10:44 am

bichon

*dairy state

10:44 am

jmcnrick

got it ty grem

10:44 am

bichon

The opposite of that word is fleischig

10:44 am

crosshair

and the wife lauged when i bought a yiddish/english dictionary lol

10:44 am

NonoNanette

oops sorry JayK i guess i misread your request

10:44 am

Jayk

NM--found it!

10:45 am

bichon

Enable is big on Yiddish/Hebrew words. don't ask me why

10:46 am

crosshair

i just you tube clips of crusty the clown and his dad;)

10:47 am

jmcnrick

if it is the word i got it is not yiddish

10:47 am

jmcnrick

it is old english according to the ?

10:48 am

gremlinn

the definition I see says it comes from Yiddish "milkhik"

10:48 am

bichon

I'll go look in the OED. The pronounciation does have the "g" ending.

10:48 am

m9f9l

1/2 way!

10:48 am

crosshair

if it takes all this yiddish and hebrew,why does it not take "lumiere"??

10:49 am

gremlinn

crossy: I saw that one earlier, too

10:49 am

m9f9l

ok. since I'm nbt and 1/2way, gonna take a break

10:49 am

jmcnrick

isn't that french? enable LOVES french

10:49 am

crosshair

favoritism i tell you....crossy grumbles

10:49 am

m9f9l

cause disney made it a proper noun! LOL

10:49 am

jmcnrick

wtg m9

10:50 am

crosshair

lol m9

10:50 am

jmcnrick

lol m9

10:50 am

bichon

Not in the OED

10:50 am

crosshair

damn candlestick

10:51 am

weiik

hey all, just here for a moment b4 heading off to work, M9, did you get the movie?

10:51 am

jmcnrick

i may need one soon

10:51 am

jmcnrick

hi weiik

10:51 am

m9f9l

which movie?

10:51 am

crosshair

howdy welik

10:51 am

weiik

HI jmc

10:51 am

weiik

HI jmc

10:51 am

weiik

HI crossy

10:52 am

weiik

M9, lathe of heaven

10:52 am

m9f9l

skirmish

10:52 am

jmcnrick

get two, get two, get two hi's in one!

10:52 am

jmcnrick

ooo ty m9

10:52 am

weiik

like double mint gum

10:52 am

crosshair

ty m9,i like your cl4,s the best

10:53 am

m9f9l

no....should i have?

10:53 am

jmcnrick

exacatly weiik

10:53 am

jmcnrick

lathe of heaven sounds dangerous

10:53 am

jmcnrick

what if god's hand slips?

10:54 am

crosshair

we are just here on sufference anyways lol

10:54 am

weiik

M9, I thought we may have spoken previously about a science fiction movie, lathe of heaven, I may be confused, been looking at job boards for the last 3 hrs, only here to clear my mind b4 I leave and go to work

10:54 am

m9f9l

ursula k leguin.

10:54 am

weiik

right you are cross

10:54 am

m9f9l

not me.. but sounds interesting

10:55 am

weiik

sorry .....

10:55 am

jmcnrick

i can face death but being lathe to death seems too much

10:55 am

jmcnrick

or is that lathed?

10:56 am

weiik

my mind is in a fog over computer lingo and filling out applications by the score .. probably for jobs the host will chuck in the round file anyway, but, I do have to make an effort either way

10:56 am

crosshair

i think i will get taken out by getting creamed by a schniders truck loaded with bacon one day

10:56 am

m9f9l

better than blathed to death?

10:57 am

jmcnrick

i felt that way about the spread sheets i was working on allday weiik

10:57 am

weiik

crossy , what a thought

10:57 am

crosshair

do what i did weilk,make up a nice resume...open the phone book get every business within a 20 mile radius and fire our a fax to them all

10:57 am

weiik

jmc, awwww, spread sheets

10:57 am

jmcnrick

i will probably get crushed by demonstrators running from the police

10:57 am

weiik

cross, did that work for u?

10:58 am

jmcnrick

kenyan taxes to boot weiik -- like i know anything about it

10:58 am

jmcnrick

i throw faxed resumes away

10:59 am

weiik

that was what the '70s was like JMC, running from the police during Vietnam protests ...

10:59 am

crosshair

no,..well sort of..what actually worked was a old trick from a depression era book i have on finding work.i offered any prospective employer 8 free hours on me with no strings and no commitment on their part.then they could judge if i was right for the job

10:59 am

jmcnrick

only if you are making a showing for unemployment would i recommend that

10:59 am

jmcnrick

trust me the 70's were not the end of it weiik

11:00 am

crosshair

i hhave gotten a job twice now using that method

11:00 am

weiik

yes JMC, I'm waiting for the next revolt, over the financial problems here in US .... been looking for work and mostly coming across a lack of interest in older males with legacy skills

11:00 am

Nancy Boy

on break at work...taking notes...!

11:01 am

crosshair

howdy nb:))

11:01 am

jmcnrick

if you want a job, find a friend or acquaintance and ask them if you can come talk about work prospects with their firm even if there are not job openings, sound knowledgeble, and when they say there is no job ask them for three names of people in the field.

11:01 am

Good Enough

back from the breakroom. that's a cool idea crossy!

11:01 am

weiik

hi nancy

11:01 am

crosshair

it is indeed good enough:)

11:01 am

jmcnrick

then make appointments with those three people, drop the first persons name, and do it over again -- just keep track of who referred you

11:02 am

Nancy Boy

hi Crossy, Weiik :) sounds like a good idea, Crossy...I need a different job, desperately

11:02 am

jmcnrick

people start to be impressed by your diligence and when there is a job they remember and refer you

11:02 am

weiik

I'll try that jmc ... did not think of that, I have offered a free week to make a determination

11:03 am

crosshair

nb.any job that is stable with regular hours is a good job these days

11:03 am

jmcnrick

well the thing is -- you can give me a free week but if i don't have a job opening it just means i get free work from you

11:03 am

jmcnrick

i have been a boss for 30 years and i know what works for me

11:04 am

Ouwachita

crossy...I am an employer and if someone offered 8 free hours, I would be worried about them getting hurt on the job...my worker's comp would not cover them and then I could be sued by them

11:04 am

weiik

well, now I'm working for myself, but, not getting my rate, but, I'd take a chance in a office for a week to network

11:04 am

crosshair

and do not be afraid to hunt for jobs that others dislike..cleaning out port-a-potties pays 15 per hour,scraping alge and slime off of boats at the marina,night shift polishing floors in supermarkets pays 14 per hour etc

11:05 am

jmcnrick

lol i was a professional envelop stuffer for a while

11:05 am

crosshair

mm,did not think of that,but we do not usually sue at the drop of a hat,especially if we are hunting for work.but i get your drift if you are in a hazard industry

11:05 am

weiik

Cross, I'm a computer jockey from the '70 days, and trying to get in for financial and programming work

11:05 am

jmcnrick

and took in mending to get through college

11:06 am

crosshair

sometimes in theis job market,you may have to stray out of your usual field

11:07 am

weiik

yes cross, that is why I'm doing a stone porch today at the shore, so I get a little money and some beach time, and maybe a referral since it is on board walk

11:07 am

jmcnrick

not so much need for programmers like there once was since there is so much software that is specialized now

11:07 am

Ouwachita

I used to work an 8 hour job, then go to a 2 hour job and then a 4 hour job every day.

11:07 am

weiik

wow ouwa, why 3 jobs?

11:07 am

jmcnrick

sh*** the lights went out again

11:07 am

Ouwachita

wanted the money

11:08 am

m9f9l

jmc..I don't see that in the grid...

11:08 am

weiik

I always tried to find a job that paid well, but, I do admire your effort ouwa

11:08 am

Ouwachita

<<<greedy...now worth considerable amount of money

11:08 am

Nancy Boy

Ouwa, I'm doing something very similar just to keep myself afloat in this crazy, expensive city ;)

11:08 am

jmcnrick

i try to always be aware there may be minors

11:09 am

m9f9l

lol

11:09 am

jmcnrick

i still work two jobs because if i don't i gets bored

11:09 am

m9f9l

there's a word that's close...

11:09 am

m9f9l

i don't really have a job.

11:09 am

Nancy Boy

I have two M9, want one of mine? ;)

11:09 am

crosshair

i was doing my regular job running the service station,them working at a submarine sandwich shop for 6 hours and doing a close shit at a friends convienience store for 4 hours lol

11:10 am

m9f9l

I got licensed as a tax preparer and did that through April. I clean house for a woman with fibro every other week or so.

11:10 am

m9f9l

crossy doesn't care if there are minors, apparently!LOL

11:10 am

Good Enough

lol typo crossy

11:10 am

crosshair

what did i say???

11:10 am

jmcnrick

*wonders how you do a closed sh** *

11:11 am

crosshair

oops

11:11 am

m9f9l

jmc..it hurts.

11:11 am

weiik

cross, i think it should have been shift

11:11 am

Good Enough

for 4 hours!!

11:11 am

crosshair

my bad

11:11 am

jmcnrick

no doubt m9 no doubt

11:11 am

jmcnrick

lights back on

11:11 am

jmcnrick

rain and electricity do not function well here

11:12 am

weiik

cross how did you like the submarine shop, I did that alittle and gained weight, had to leave it

11:12 am

crosshair

running on generators?

11:12 am

Pinikula

morning all (popping in for a few)

11:12 am

m9f9l

and I've never once had a job using my degrees.

11:12 am

crosshair

i got so sick of smelling them weilk,i never touched them after a month

11:12 am

weiik

hi pini

11:12 am

Good Enough

halfway finally!

11:13 am

godthaab

How many words today?

11:13 am

jmcnrick

no but Kenyan Power is not particularly well run

11:13 am

Nancy Boy

The thing is, so many jobs that pay well require a university degree. I need a job that pays well so that I can afford to get a university degree!

11:13 am

jmcnrick

PINI!

11:13 am

m9f9l

ha! Try working pizza while having morning sickness.

11:13 am

Pinikula

224

11:13 am

Pinikula

JMC! :)

11:13 am

godthaab

Thanks.

11:13 am

crosshair

my brother built up 32 g,s in debt getting his degree,and i do believe it has never been used as well lol

11:13 am

jmcnrick

i was happy at the big boy because there was enough variety

11:13 am

weiik

M9, i'd find another job quick, or that the day off for delivery

11:13 am

Pinikula

Nothing like being caught in a Catch-22, eh, NB?

11:14 am

m9f9l

that was when spaceballs came out. My husband took me to see it at theater... when Pizza the Hutt came on, I about ralphed on him.

11:14 am

jmcnrick

aren't there scholarships in the UK?

11:14 am

jmcnrick

government loans?

11:14 am

Nancy Boy

well, it's not the only reason. I feel totally cheated that I worked so hard to get those stupid A grades, and all for nothing!

11:14 am

crosshair

sometimes a degree ends up being nothing but very expensive wallpaper

11:14 am

m9f9l

oh pfpft. Gage woke up not feeling so great.

11:15 am

m9f9l

and he has friends coming over!

11:15 am

Pinikula

Pursuing a college degree after high school in my day was an "option"

11:15 am

weiik

I'm glad I got my degree, when it meant something, now, I have friends who leave the job, get the degree and debt, and when interviewing, the manager tells them it does not matter,

11:15 am

jmcnrick

the stupid As are what might get you a scholarship NB

11:15 am

m9f9l

I'm glad i got my degrees, even though I've never used them.

11:16 am

jmcnrick

trust me it matters in the sense that they would not have gotten the interview without the degree

11:16 am

Nancy Boy

there are grants etc, but they're allocated on the basis of your parents' income - since my parents are rich but cruel, I don't qualify ;)

11:16 am

m9f9l

which reminds me that I need to phone someone about doing some tutoring for her foster child.

11:16 am

jmcnrick

i use mine every day -- shines like the sun!

11:16 am

weiik

jmc ur right

11:16 am

m9f9l

nancy.. can you divorce them?

11:17 am

EvaNadine

*speeds into chog to snoggle NB*

11:17 am

jmcnrick

NB after you have been out of home for a year they may not look at your cruel rich parents (not counting the babble ones)

11:17 am

m9f9l

;-)

11:17 am

crosshair

its like the millitary,spend all that time in basic,all that blood and sweat,then the first person you meet with a few stripes says" ok , first tihik i want you to do is forget all that crap they taught you cause it is no good here" lol

11:17 am

jmcnrick

then you would be considered emancipated

11:17 am

Pinikula

sounds familiar, crossy!

11:17 am

m9f9l

eva~ everyone wants to see the shoes.

11:17 am

jmcnrick

brb

11:18 am

weiik

good bye all, heading off to work, bbl this evening poof

11:18 am

Nancy Boy

Eva found the shoes?!

11:18 am

m9f9l

I have two bachelor's... I'm full of bs.

11:18 am

Pinikula

cya l8r weiik

11:19 am

EvaNadine

found *some* shoes that will work.
still keeping an eye out for absolutely perfect shoes, but i do quite like these. :)

11:19 am

jmcnrick

bye m9

11:19 am

m9f9l

that's what i heard nancy

11:19 am

Pinikula

took me 22 apps to finally land a job at the Uni...it took them that long to figure out that 30 years worth of mgmt experience was equivalent to a college degree...

11:19 am

m9f9l

bye!

11:19 am

Christa

area those wedding shoes?

11:19 am

Nancy Boy

what are your degrees in, M9?

11:19 am

EvaNadine

these are just simple "leather" peep toes. nothing fancy, but they ARE orange. and i got an amazing deal -- supposed to be $80 and i paid just over $20.

11:20 am

m9f9l

sweet eva!!

11:20 am

m9f9l

general bs with emphasis on applied physics, and bs mechanical engineering.

11:20 am

stidmama

hello all *notes that m's eval is accurate*

11:20 am

stidmama

mostly bs though... *wicked mama grin*

11:20 am

Nancy Boy

Smart one! English literature was my choice. One dayyy..

11:20 am

stidmama

how's the grid today?

11:20 am

m9f9l

yup!

11:21 am

Pinikula

* snicker *

11:21 am

Pinikula

hi stid ;)

11:21 am

Pinikula

JMC...you still down south???

11:21 am

EvaNadine

ive got a bachelors.
dear fiance has a masters, and is hoping to go back for his phd!

11:21 am

m9f9l

english lit?? I thought you wanted a job?!?!?

11:21 am

EvaNadine

heh, MY degree was in english lit. ;)

11:21 am

m9f9l

my mom got her master's when she was 62. I may go back someday.

11:21 am

m9f9l

what's yours in eva?

11:22 am

m9f9l

nvm

11:22 am

jmcnrick

my mother got her english lit masters when she was 52

11:22 am

stidmama

hey jmc

11:22 am

jmcnrick

south what? no I am in the western provinces -- near kisumu

11:23 am

jmcnrick

i stiddie

11:23 am

jmcnrick

*hi

11:23 am

Good Enough

wow M i'm impressed

11:23 am

Pinikula

well, south of the equator?

11:23 am

Nancy Boy

I have a job; I want a better job so I can afford to get a degree! I got accepted at some -very- good universities here and damn it I want to attend them!

11:23 am

stidmama

hey Nancy Boy -- no scholarships?

11:24 am

Pinikula

NB...do they have any work-study opportunities that you can check out?

11:24 am

saralise

what uni's nancy ??

11:24 am

m9f9l

hit up the fam for college money while your visiting!LOL

11:25 am

Nancy Boy

LOL M9, that'll go down well, the three points of my speech: 1) I'm alive, 2) I'm gay, 3) give me money!

11:25 am

m9f9l

yes! sounds good to me!

11:25 am

Nancy Boy

I've looked into it a lot Pini, Stid, but there's no route I can work out in which I can both study and support myself

11:26 am

stidmama

*sews rainbow jacket for nancy boy to wear proudly in Korea*

11:26 am

m9f9l

a rich sugar daddy?

11:26 am

jmcnrick

have you applied for financial aid? NB it may not work the way you think

11:26 am

Nancy Boy

I'd armour-plate that if I were you Stid ;)

11:27 am

m9f9l

I'd talk to the councelors at the colleges you've been accepted to.

11:27 am

stidmama

already got it covered, nancy boy *demonstrates james-bond style super-supple armored lining with hidden pockets for stink bombs, laughing gas and choclit stash*

11:28 am

m9f9l

meltproof even!

11:28 am

stidmama

help for the i in the center so I can NBT?

11:28 am

jmcnrick

start by talking to financial aid at the school you want to go to -- tell them your da booted you for being gay and you are self supporting and ask them what to do

11:28 am

crosshair

nb,reading back..my brother wallpaper degree is a masters in english..do not go there lol

11:28 am

Nancy Boy

lol M9...a rich sugar daddy is probably actually the most workable solution ;)

11:28 am

jmcnrick

if that doesn't work go speak to a solicitor www.legalservices.gov.uk about emancipation and educational loans

11:29 am

crosshair

you want to go where the money is nb?? anything in the medical field,nursing,lab tech etc

11:29 am

Pinikula

stid...think small land mas

11:29 am

m9f9l

il4s in the stream..that is what we are..

11:29 am

jmcnrick

are you listening NB? I am giving free legal advice here

11:29 am

Pinikula

* mass

11:29 am

Nancy Boy

I'm listening and noting :) thanks you!

11:29 am

Pinikula

you rock, jmc!

11:30 am

crosshair

free legal?? my lawyer charges 200 just to hang up on me!! lol

11:30 am

Atalante

or talk to th eNUS, NB

11:30 am

jmcnrick

okie doke i feel better then -- there is usually a way if you want something badly enough

11:30 am

Good Enough

yay nbt!

11:30 am

Becca Lorum

Hello everyone

11:30 am

Good Enough

hi becca

11:30 am

crosshair

howdy becca

11:30 am

jmcnrick

:-P crossy there is legal aid in every english speaking country i know of

11:31 am

jmcnrick

wtg good

11:31 am

jmcnrick

hi becca

11:31 am

EvaNadine

must go forage for food.
shall be back soon.
*quick like a bunny*

11:31 am

Nancy Boy

Crossy, I can't tell you how terribly, horribly wrong I'd be for anything scientific or medical...though my little sister wants to be a doctor. I think she'll do it too, she's smarter than her bro ;)

11:31 am

jmcnrick

hb evan

11:32 am

m9f9l

there's prolly a disinherited gay scholarship out there somewhere!

11:32 am

Becca Lorum

NB - do what you want to do - I did a degree based on getting a job after and now I wish I'd just done what I loved instead.

11:32 am

jmcnrick

you didn't get those As for being dumb NB -- but do what makes you happy and the money will come or at least you won't care

11:32 am

jmcnrick

i figure there is a gay korean scholarship

11:32 am

crosshair

bah nb<anyone can run a mri or ct scanner,its all computer programs and digital lol

11:32 am

m9f9l

true becca

11:33 am

crosshair

do what you love for a living and you will never work a day in your life;))

11:33 am

Nancy Boy

A gaysian scholarship? ;)

11:33 am

jmcnrick

i am glad i do what i love (most of the time)

11:33 am

m9f9l

yes! that's what I was thinking jmc!

11:33 am

jmcnrick

probably NB

11:34 am

Atalante

do talk to the NUS though, they'll know stuff like that

11:34 am

crosshair

crossy is still working on doing what he loves,getting that book shoppe up and running:)

11:35 am

jmcnrick

George Choy Memorial / Gay Asian Pacific Alliance Scholarship
The purpose of the George Choy Memorial / Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA) Scholarship is to provide financial assistance to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (l/g/b/t) Asian and Pacific Islanders (API) who are in the process of applying to, or are currently attending, a post-secondary institution. The maximum grant award is currently $1000.

11:35 am

jmcnrick

you tell him ata!

11:35 am

crosshair

wow! there is one:))

11:36 am

crosshair

will buy the text books anyways

11:36 am

jmcnrick

of course there is a scholarship for the descendants of a conn. signer of the constitution that my son qualifies for

11:36 am

m9f9l

bows down to jmc's google skills!

11:36 am

Atalante

and all unis have odd scholarships depending on who taught there. we used to have ones for students who wanted to study geology that came from Berkshire

11:37 am

Good Enough

as my daughter says m9 get out of my head!

11:37 am

Becca Lorum

THere will be a way NB, you just have to find it.

11:37 am

jmcnrick

not to mention the Teagle Foundation which paid for my education at Rice U. as a child of an Exxon employee (only Rice U and Tulane need apply)

11:37 am

m9f9l

i know a woman whose dd's got full college scholarships just because of their last name. they moved back to that town so their other dd could go to same high school and get the scholarship

11:38 am

Atalante

dd's?

11:38 am

jmcnrick

there is a scholarship for quakers to go to quaker colleges and another one for non-quakers to go to quaker colleges

11:38 am

m9f9l

ge you wanted to bow down to jmc too?

11:39 am

m9f9l

dd's = dear daughters

11:39 am

Atalante

ohhh

11:39 am

Good Enough

exactly!

11:40 am

jmcnrick

no no -- no obeisance necessary (gosh i hope that is the right word with all these masters in english around)

11:40 am

m9f9l

lol!

11:40 am

m9f9l

ok. i really gotta get going.

11:40 am

m9f9l

*poof*

11:41 am

jmcnrick

bye m9

11:41 am

Becca Lorum

Bye m9

11:41 am

Becca Lorum

Argh, Shaun the Sheep (again).

11:41 am

jmcnrick

we will expect a report on this next week NB

11:41 am

Nancy Boy

I'd better get back to work too! Thanks for the advice, all :)

11:41 am

Good Enough

oh no report im reconciling isn't. must go give full attention. later

11:42 am

jmcnrick

bye NB and Good

11:42 am

jmcnrick

i should go work on this spread sheet for a while longer before i get too sleepy

11:42 am

Becca Lorum

Bye NB, bye GE.

11:42 am

jmcnrick

bbl

11:43 am

Becca Lorum

Bye jmc

11:46 am

Becca Lorum

Is anyone still here?

11:46 am

Aloyisius

hi Becca, hi all

11:47 am

Becca Lorum

Hi Aloy.

11:47 am

EvaNadine

*BACK!*

11:47 am

blueheron

Hi Becca and Aloy! Eva too!!

11:47 am

stidmama

hey all

11:47 am

blueheron

hi dtid

11:48 am

Becca Lorum

HI blue, Eva, stid.

11:48 am

stidmama

I wandered off, was hoping to spend more time here

11:48 am

blueheron

stid, sorry

11:48 am

Atalante

hi stiddy!

11:48 am

blueheron

hi ata!

11:48 am

Vicuna

Hello, everyone.

11:48 am

Becca Lorum

Hi Vic.

11:48 am

blueheron

hi vic!

11:49 am

stidmama

need that center i?

11:49 am

stidmama

hey vicuna

11:49 am

stidmama

I am here sans glasses at the moment, need to get into the garden soon.

11:49 am

Atalante

yay! Vi's back!

11:49 am

blueheron

I'm in Germany right now, heading back to the states on Saturday

11:50 am

Vicuna

one is4 is surrounded by water

11:50 am

stidmama

how has the weather in germany been?

11:50 am

stidmama

gah. thanks vi

11:50 am

stidmama

that's NBT for me

11:50 am

Vicuna

Yay, stidmama!

11:50 am

redturtlehead

Afternoon Babblers. I am here but annoyed because I need to be sleeping and I can't.

11:51 am

blueheron

Great! 3 weeks of sunshine and only 2 days of rain so far.

11:51 am

Aloyisius

ooh, night shift, red?

11:51 am

stidmama

hey red

11:51 am

stidmama

sounds lovely blueheron!

11:51 am

blueheron

hi red!

11:51 am

redturtlehead

yes, I got up and run this morning and the pool was too crowded for swimming and now I can't sleep but I am tired.

11:52 am

Atalante

awww poor red :(

11:52 am

redturtlehead

How are you Aloy? and Stid and Heron and Vicuna...and and and lurkers?

11:52 am

Aloyisius

have a book to read yourself to sleep?

11:52 am

blueheron

It's been fun spending time with my daughter and granddaugher.

11:52 am

Becca Lorum

CLue for the p please.

11:52 am

stidmama

pi + ** you like it (play)

11:52 am

redturtlehead

I think I just need to maybe have a little more sugar, or something.

11:53 am

Becca Lorum

TY stid.

11:53 am

Vicuna

rearrange the leaning tower for pi5

11:53 am

Vicuna

I mean pi4

11:53 am

blueheron

ty stid

11:53 am

Becca Lorum

Sugar to help you slepp red?

11:53 am

Aloyisius

am fine, red.. enjoying the summer, heat and all

11:53 am

Vicuna

Gak, late anyway. Serves me right for trying to multi-task. Never works.

11:53 am

Becca Lorum

*sleep

11:53 am

redturtlehead

you know the sugar high and then the almost near immediate drop?

11:53 am

stidmama

yw. see you-all later. *poof*

11:54 am

redturtlehead

Aloy you clearly aren't in Florida? It's getting to be horrible here.

11:54 am

Becca Lorum

Oh yeah, that could work.

11:54 am

Vicuna

Bye, stidmama!

11:54 am

Becca Lorum

Bye stid

11:54 am

Atalante

Vi, I'm currently painting up the most amazing knotwork thing ever :D

11:54 am

Aloyisius

bye, stid.. hagd !

11:54 am

Vicuna

Most amazing thing ever? Excellent! When can I see?

11:55 am

Becca Lorum

I suppose I ought to go and cook something.

11:55 am

Atalante

when I've painted it :P

11:55 am

Vicuna

Harrumph. What's the theme?

11:56 am

Atalante

oh wait, I'll show you the lineart. 2 secs

11:56 am

Vicuna

Cool.

11:56 am

Aloyisius

right, red.. am in OH.. had some bad storms, but not the heat of Fla.. lightning hit the cottonwood behind the house a few days ago.. BLAM.. whew

11:56 am

Vicuna

ooh, exciting, Aloy! Maybe a bit too exciting.

11:56 am

Aloyisius

wood is scattered all over

11:56 am

Atalante

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

11:57 am

redturtlehead

Oh no. It has just been humid hot no rain this week. I am getting very sick of battling it for the running.

11:57 am

Aloyisius

am so allergic to cottonwood fluff, but grateful to this tree for taking the hit

11:57 am

redturtlehead

better the tree than a home or person.

11:58 am

Vicuna

Oh wow, Ata. That *is* the most amazing thing ever!

11:58 am

Vicuna

What's the color scheme going to be?

11:58 am

Aloyisius

for sure, red

11:58 am

Atalante

dark green, gold, silver :D

11:58 am

redturtlehead

Ata that is sooo complex.

11:58 am

Atalante

and a bit of dark red for accent

11:59 am

Vicuna

Gorgeous.

11:59 am

Atalante

I seem to have been spending hours painting dark green LOL

12:00 pm

Becca Lorum

Right, off to be a good mother. Bye all.

12:00 pm

Vicuna

I can well believe it.

12:00 pm

Vicuna

Goodbye, Becca Lorum.

12:00 pm

Atalante

bye Becca!

12:00 pm

Aloyisius

bye, Becca.. happy mothering!

12:00 pm

Vicuna

When's the move, Ata? Did you get all your visas and all taken care of?

12:01 pm

Atalante

I did another one recently, smaller, and it was far too colourful. this is going to be very plain colour-wise

12:01 pm

Atalante

don't talk to me about visas LOL!!

12:01 pm

Vicuna

Uh oh.

12:01 pm

Atalante

I am finally, maybe getting somewhere with them!

12:02 pm

Vicuna

Progress is good.

12:02 pm

Atalante

yes, I was getting rather downhearted

12:03 pm

redturtlehead

thats excellent news Ata.

12:03 pm

Atalante

yes! found someone at OSU who is interested in having me along on their research team. very good start!

12:03 pm

Vicuna

Nothing like bureaucracy to beat the heart out of anyone.

12:04 pm

Vicuna

OSU being Oregon State U?

12:04 pm

Atalante

yep!

12:04 pm

redturtlehead

Corvallis is a great little town, I have a masters degree form there Ata.

12:04 pm

Atalante

its really very very very hard to just want to go and live in the US. without x, y, z, a, b, and c consitions met

12:04 pm

Atalante

really? cooool!

12:05 pm

Atalante

I like Crvallis too

12:05 pm

Atalante

but if this works I'd hopefully be based aroun dNewport

12:05 pm

redturtlehead

though I have to admit, even thouhg its Oregon that area is conservative. to a large degree...

12:05 pm

redturtlehead

I love Newport, Agate Beach is my favorite place.

12:06 pm

Atalante

Agate Beach is great

12:06 pm

periwinkle

hello all, Ata. are you moving permanently to the USA?

12:06 pm

Atalante

I love all around there

12:06 pm

Atalante

possibly, hopefully, probably!

12:06 pm

periwinkle

will you bring DH along?

12:07 pm

Atalante

no! it would be to escape!

12:07 pm

periwinkle

oh :)

12:07 pm

Atalante

Hobbit is coming though

12:08 pm

periwinkle

what about Sily?

12:08 pm

Atalante

probably her too :D

12:08 pm

periwinkle

:-)

12:09 pm

Atalante

they are far more important than husband :P

12:09 pm

redturtlehead

it sounds as if things may be looking up Atalante.

12:09 pm

Atalante

I hope so :)

12:10 pm

periwinkle

wow you will get to meet Pin, Stid et al

12:10 pm

periwinkle

wow you will get to meet Pin, Stid et al

12:11 pm

Atalante

yep!!!

12:12 pm

Vicuna

So, what's your time frame? Any idea?

12:12 pm

periwinkle

but none of us on the east coast :( unless we have a babble meetup in the middle somewhere

12:13 pm

Atalante

it really depends on research grant schedules etc, Ill have a better idea in a few weeks I think

12:13 pm

Vicuna

Well, keep us posted! =)

12:13 pm

EvaNadine

Ata is scared of the east coast because *I* live there.
*assumes bad-ass pose*

12:14 pm

Atalante

more scared of the orange shoes!

12:14 pm

Vicuna

That's it, EvaN. I'm considering moving away myself.

12:15 pm

EvaNadine

course, if you DID make it over this way, maybe you could BE there when i finally get my tattoo you drew me. :)

12:15 pm

Atalante

wheeeee :D

12:15 pm

Atalante

that would be fun

12:15 pm

EvaNadine

anywho, since i missed the beginning of this chat, where and when?

12:16 pm

periwinkle

help nwith ch words pls. only have the ch5/6 in the middle

12:17 pm

Vicuna

there is a leafy pet, and pl

12:17 pm

redturtlehead

hot peppers peri

12:17 pm

Vicuna

a spicy spice and pl

12:17 pm

Vicuna

a tex mex dish

12:17 pm

Aloyisius

five of the ch words start with the pet that grows and is advertised every holiday with an annoying jingle to boot

12:17 pm

Atalante

when? not sure yet!

12:18 pm

Vicuna

a sharp-ended tool and the one who carves with it

12:18 pm

periwinkle

ty Vi and Aloy

12:18 pm

periwinkle

first ch6/2 pls

12:19 pm

periwinkle

ch6/27

12:19 pm

Aloyisius

yw, think big gap

12:19 pm

Vicuna

ch6 - like a deep crack int he ground with an extra vowel

12:19 pm

Aloyisius

no, sorry.. the cross

12:19 pm

EvaNadine

and where...?

12:19 pm

periwinkle

ty Vi

12:19 pm

periwinkle

and Aloy

12:20 pm

Aloyisius

you have an optic one in your brain, so the left side of the brain responds to the stimuli of the right hand for example

12:20 pm

Atalante

Oregon - OSU

12:20 pm

EvaNadine

ahh. way over THERE...

12:20 pm

redturtlehead

I am finding it a bit difficult to believe that there really are 118 left in this grid.

12:21 pm

Atalante

yep, as far that way as possible!

12:21 pm

EvaNadine

course, in most parts of the country, if you say "OSU" they will think you mean Ohio State. :)

12:21 pm

Vicuna

Yeah, probably shouldn't have started this one. Oh well.

12:21 pm

Aloyisius

that's what I thought, Eva

12:22 pm

redturtlehead

I don't know about most parts, it does help that I am familiar with Atas topics and know that hio would not be a place for an Ocean person.

12:22 pm

Atalante

I don't even know where Ohio is :P

12:23 pm

EvaNadine

ohio is in the middle of the country. far from oceans...heh

12:23 pm

Aloyisius

right below Lake Erie, Ata

12:23 pm

Atalante

ohhhhh ty

12:24 pm

Atalante

to the right of Illinois?

12:24 pm

Aloyisius

yes! and left of Pennsylvania and W. Va

12:25 pm

Aloyisius

shaped like a heart, the "heart of it all" as the slogan goes

12:25 pm

Vicuna

Indiana is in between them, though.

12:25 pm

Atalante

aha! now I can picture it TY. And hopefully I'll remember it. One day I'll get the hang of teh states!

12:25 pm

periwinkle

gu5/20 pls

12:26 pm

redturtlehead

under the Gu*** of being friendly, the gentleman moved in slyly...

12:26 pm

Aloyisius

western distch, peri

12:26 pm

EvaNadine

i dont even know where some of the states are....lol

12:26 pm

Aloyisius

ditch I mean, sorry

12:26 pm

redturtlehead

I have trouble mostly with the ones out west that are like squares, they all look alike.

12:27 pm

Atalante

I get very confused up and down the middle of the US! West Coast is ok, south is OK

12:27 pm

periwinkle

I have thata for the gu5/16

12:27 pm

Vicuna

Ah, Wicked Witch of the West back in Kansas. Thanks, Aloy.

12:28 pm

Aloyisius

trying to think of a western with the word in the title.. no recall

12:28 pm

redturtlehead

alas, I do nt have a 5, 20, just a few others.

12:28 pm

Vicuna

rhymes with what you put on your garden

12:29 pm

periwinkle

got it ty

12:29 pm

redturtlehead

fertilizer?

12:29 pm

Aloyisius

gu5.20: good clue, Vicuna!

12:29 pm

Vicuna

(which I didn't have, either, so thanks for that, too)

12:29 pm

Aloyisius

anyway, a deep ravine

12:30 pm

periwinkle

not liking this grid

12:31 pm

redturtlehead

pleased that I have gottne over half way.

12:31 pm

Atalante

there;s a famous fossil site called Bear Gu***

12:32 pm

redturtlehead

Finally got it thanks Ata.

12:33 pm

Aloyisius

fireworks at last!

12:33 pm

redturtlehead

impressive aloy!

12:33 pm

rubyfoo

hello everybody

12:33 pm

periwinkle

hey ruby

12:33 pm

Vicuna

Yay for ALoy!

12:33 pm

Vicuna

Hello, ruby.

12:34 pm

Aloyisius

started on the grid last night.. have to get to my domestic duties now.. hi and bye to ruby - Happy Babbling all, poof

12:34 pm

Atalante

hi ruby!

12:35 pm

periwinkle

sk8 is what the cats do here :)

12:36 pm

rubyfoo

this chat is hilarious! I used to put myself to sleep by trying to think of all the states. How boring is that?

12:36 pm

Atalante

aww hobbit is running in her sleep

12:37 pm

Vicuna

States and state capitals were fourth grade and I was out of the country that year. Never have learned them very well.

12:37 pm

redturtlehead

I want sleep. Soooo cranky now,

12:37 pm

rubyfoo

my first chow, Rosie, used to have running dreams, too. Adorable

12:37 pm

Atalante

it's sooooo cute

12:37 pm

rubyfoo

you'd fit right in here, Red

12:38 pm

rubyfoo

I can't even get to half of this grid!

12:40 pm

redturtlehead

97 left, but i am going to go in a few min to take a shower and try again.

12:40 pm

periwinkle

71 left

12:41 pm

redturtlehead

gooo peri.

12:43 pm

wildcat17

I hit the wall at 64. Hope you get some sleep red

12:44 pm

stidgmere

Hello all. Coffee cake in oven. Love the cinnamon scent in my kitchen.

12:44 pm

Atalante

opooo how lovely!

12:45 pm

rubyfoo

cruel stidg!!!! hello

12:46 pm

stidgmere

Oh, rubyfoo. You can certainly have a slice with tea or coffee. Of course Atalante I am guessing tea for you? With milk?

12:46 pm

periwinkle

bbs

12:46 pm

rubyfoo

thank you, stidg!!!

12:47 pm

stidgmere

Well already 11 words in the bag. Some days are like that snicker, snack.

12:47 pm

Atalante

tea, milk pls!!!

12:48 pm

stidgmere

lots of french words in this grid. Too bad they don't count.

12:49 pm

Atalante

some do though

12:49 pm

stidgmere

True, true, friend Atalante.

12:50 pm

rubyfoo

if I get 3 more words, I'll have half!

12:50 pm

rubyfoo

any 7's would help

12:50 pm

Atalante

I need 2 more for half way

12:50 pm

rubyfoo

or top p and left i

12:51 pm

Vicuna

ec7 - a belief in sounds bouncing back?

12:51 pm

Vicuna

and pl it for ec8

12:51 pm

Vicuna

pi4 - rearrange the leaning tower

12:51 pm

Vicuna

iw4 - archaic certainly

12:51 pm

Vicuna

oh, that's top left i

12:51 pm

stidgmere

Vicuna, great clues, ty.

12:52 pm

Vicuna

left halfway down i is im4 - sounds like a goblin

12:52 pm

rubyfoo

oh, wow, thank you! 113 now

12:52 pm

Vicuna

My pleasure.

12:53 pm

rubyfoo

im one is funni

12:53 pm

Vicuna

Yeah. "unit of Zulu warriors," sez disctionary

12:54 pm

rubyfoo

good night everybody and ty for getting me to half!

12:54 pm

Vicuna

But having never sk8-ed with Zulu warriors, I don't find that the word comes up in conversation much.

12:54 pm

Vicuna

Goodnight, ruby!

12:55 pm

rubyfoo

12:56 pm

Atalante

sk8! ooo!

12:56 pm

stidmama

thanks for the sk word.

12:56 pm

Atalante

what a nice word!

12:56 pm

Vicuna

=D

12:56 pm

stidmama

hello all, here for a few minutes' respite from myself... *STILL feeling low self-esteem and NO talking about it doesn't help*

*grumpy mama look*

12:57 pm

stidgmere

Oh, don't be grumpy. Cheer leader is aboard and ready to shake pom poms.

12:57 pm

stidmama

I want to get to halfway. up to 80 so far.

12:57 pm

stidmama

how is france today ruby?

12:57 pm

wildcat17

(((stiddy)))

12:57 pm

Vicuna

Poor stidmama. Talk about something else instead then. What sounds interesting?

12:57 pm

stidmama

hello Mother. ((hugs)) I'll be over in about an hour.

12:58 pm

stidmama

I got a little more of the garden cleared out this morning with the boys' help... amazing how much compost the weeds will make for us! LOL

12:59 pm

Vicuna

It's nice to get some help with it!

1:00 pm

stidmama

I wish I had taken "before" pics. There is a lot or progress even with my limited energy and time for gardening.

1:00 pm

stidmama

yes, it is nice. And if I don't ask too much, they don't complain the whole time!

1:01 pm

stidmama

how is your life going vi? I have read a couple of your blogposts. They are interesting! I am hoping to read the early ones later this week.

1:01 pm

Vicuna

Mine give me nice company sometimes, but I have to go back after their "help" and fix it. =)

1:02 pm

Vicuna

Life is dandy, as always, thanks, Stidmama. Here's a question for you re: the blog...

1:02 pm

Vicuna

Did you say you set it to notify you of a post? If so, you don't get a million notifications when I repost a million times trying to get the formatting right, do you?

1:02 pm

stidmama

:-D it gets better over time, vi... they'll get there! and then you can sit in the shade and sip mint juleps (or lemonade) like the lady of leisure we all deserve to be.

1:03 pm

stidmama

yes, I do have it on my newsreader, and I only get one notification. I think they are set to read "updates" as "not new"

1:03 pm

Vicuna

lol, that's right, stidmama. And I won't even have to crack my whip, because they'll just be so happy and cheerful to do their chores! ;)

1:03 pm

Vicuna

Good. Thanks very much.

1:04 pm

stidmama

:-D thanks for asking me about something I might know about. *wry grin* when I grow up...

1:04 pm

stidmama

oh well. The stidkid has to get to rehearsal soon.

1:05 pm

Vicuna

I'm doing more shuttling than usual this week. Not liking it, but I suppose it's a taste of what's to come.

1:05 pm

Vicuna

What's he rehearsing for in the summer?

1:06 pm

stidmama

yes, the older they get, unless you are wealthy enough to afford cars for each.

1:06 pm

Vicuna

Hah. They have bikes.

1:06 pm

stidmama

he is in Elton John's "Aida" (chorus member) and as Pooh Bah in The Mikado.

1:06 pm

stidmama

Aida opens in a couple weeks, Mikado the week after that.

1:07 pm

stidmama

we are quite a ways from town... bikes work okay some days, but not when it's really wet or really hot.

1:07 pm

Vicuna

Oh, wow! Two shows at once! You must all be going crazy!

1:07 pm

stidmama

he'll do three next summer. He is VERY good at memorizing and acting and such.

1:08 pm

Vicuna

Around here the limiting factor on bicycling is snow. (And of course age at present.)

1:08 pm

stidmama

It's not bad now that I am not in classes. I like being able to read whatever I want... I dread going back to school in four weeks, even if I will be student teaching.

1:08 pm

Vicuna

And again, I say "wow." He must be a veritable prodigy.

1:08 pm

stidmama

yes, the age factor -- now that mine are older adolescents age isn't such a concern. But rural roads (often no shoulder) and distance are.

1:09 pm

stidmama

gotta go. See you-all again soon! (((hugs))) *Poof*

1:09 pm

Vicuna

Yeah, we have a few routes around here that would be plenty close enough to bike, but I'm afraid to myself, not to mention with kids, because of lack of shoulder.

1:09 pm

Vicuna

Goodbye, good luck, have fun, chin up! =)

1:14 pm

Vicuna

And I've had enough for now. Wandering off...

1:14 pm

Atalante

bye dear!

1:23 pm

bichon

is anyone finding this grid to be irritating

1:23 pm

Atalante

yep

1:24 pm

stidgmere

Irritating? Irritating? Yes. I'm going to put berries into the freezer now.

1:40 pm

Ormal

ci

1:45 pm

Erda

Not just irritating; it's downright nasty. I am thinking of leaving this place forever...

1:46 pm

Riverdance

I love morewords, I love morewords, I love morewords..........

1:48 pm

Riverdance

of course I love lickety first and foremost - thats a given.....

1:48 pm

Good Enough

home from work. now i can really concentrate on this trying grid

1:55 pm

Good Enough

silly me. just found the ee4 after so many hours

1:56 pm

Jellen

Hello...from the comments, I'm not sure I want to start this grid...

1:56 pm

Riverdance

Hi Jellen - it is challenging today - be brave and jump in...

1:56 pm

bichon

I'm just finding every word takes stamina which I don't have on this hot day

1:57 pm

Jellen

All righty then...but don't expect me to finish!

1:57 pm

Good Enough

although the grid is difficult, i found the big words first which i never do

1:59 pm

Erda

Help on re6/24 please???

2:00 pm

Riverdance

re + hear back the same thing

2:00 pm

Erda

Oh dear -- Thank you very much, River...

2:02 pm

bichon

is 6/7?

2:03 pm

Riverdance

is + **** pet - thing that grows hair like grass

2:03 pm

bichon

ty, the 7 is/is not related to the 6?

2:03 pm

Good Enough

that pet gets a lot of use

2:04 pm

bichon

nm, got it

2:05 pm

ren8

evening all

2:05 pm

Riverdance

hi ren8

2:05 pm

Jellen

Hi, ren

2:06 pm

ren8

Hi River and Jellen

2:09 pm

bichon

Hi ren

2:09 pm

CiociaJudy

This grid is not pretty . . . need to get to halfway to list (my personal goal each grid).

2:10 pm

ren8

Hi Bichon

2:10 pm

Christine

Goodmorning -- back to find the last 85 words.

2:11 pm

Jellen

Hi, Judy, Christine

2:11 pm

CiociaJudy

Hi Ren, Jellen, River, Christine, Bichon. Jellen, how's Tim?

2:11 pm

Riverdance

Hello Judy and Christine

2:11 pm

ren8

Hi Judy and Christine

2:12 pm

Jellen

Feeling pretty rotten...having chemo today...

2:12 pm

CiociaJudy

{{hugs}} to you and Tim :(

2:12 pm

kje

jellen - I just sent you a FB message - can you read it and answer? thanks! will chat soon, but busy right now

2:13 pm

Jellen

Thanks, I will, kje

2:13 pm

kje

OK, poofing again

2:17 pm

CiociaJudy

honestly, there cannot be 224 words in this crummy grid. grrrr

2:18 pm

Riverdance

very strange words indeed - lots with the two endings ism and ish

2:18 pm

lbdawger

ahh, but there are CJ, and many of them are not your usual suspects.

2:18 pm

CiociaJudy

Hi dawg!

2:18 pm

Jellen

Hi, lbd!

2:18 pm

lbdawger

hi CJ and everyone else

2:19 pm

lbdawger

oh bells, heading off to PB

2:19 pm

Riverdance

hello lbd

2:19 pm

lbdawger

hi river! how's your son doing?

2:19 pm

jmcnrick

hi again

2:19 pm

CiociaJudy

I'm sure there are drinks and chocolate in there, dawg!

2:20 pm

CiociaJudy

Hi JMC!

2:20 pm

lbdawger

JMC!!

2:20 pm

Riverdance

good - we went for followup today - EKG was good - he need to wear a 24 hr holter monitor and run run run to see what is happening. If that is good, then he can resume all normal activities... we are getting there...

2:20 pm

Jellen

Hi, jmc!

2:20 pm

jmcnrick

i made sure there was plenty in the pb today under the circumstances

2:21 pm

jmcnrick

sounds good river

2:21 pm

Riverdance

very kind of you jmc

2:21 pm

lbdawger

Are you still in Afrika?

2:21 pm

jmcnrick

i am ^ see my flag

2:21 pm

CiociaJudy

wonderful news, River. Glad to hear things are looking up.

2:21 pm

lbdawger

that's encouraging news, river

2:22 pm

jmcnrick

i leave on friday

2:22 pm

CiociaJudy

WOW jmc! How exciting!!

2:22 pm

lbdawger

i do see your flag, just wasn't sure if you were flying it cuz you were there, or wished you were still there.

2:22 pm

Riverdance

it is - we were hoping he would have gotten the OK today but a few more days wont matter and better be safe than sorry

2:22 pm

Good Enough

river i'm so happy the good news keeps coming

2:23 pm

jmcnrick

oh lord i wish i was home! i am ready for pizza and fresh veggies and jack daniels

2:23 pm

Good Enough

and muffins!

2:23 pm

jmcnrick

but i am being useful so that is something

2:23 pm

jmcnrick

lol and muffins!

2:23 pm

Riverdance

a month is a long time to be away espcially so far and such a different culture

2:24 pm

jmcnrick

i worked all day on spreadsheets for kenyan payroll taxes

2:24 pm

lbdawger

oh gee, that sounds like fun....NOT

2:24 pm

jmcnrick

a month just gets me to the point of acclimating with the culture

2:24 pm

lbdawger

have you seen any wild critters?

2:25 pm

jmcnrick

well it was a beautiful day and i took my laptop outside

2:25 pm

jmcnrick

i have seen lots and this is the first day i have not had one of my photos as an icon

2:25 pm

jmcnrick

there are columbus monkeys in the trees around this college

2:26 pm

lbdawger

you'll need to upload them on flicker so we can see all the lovely things you experienced there, jmc

2:26 pm

jmcnrick

and today i saw part of the local tribes circumcision ceremony -- bunch of nekkid boys with veils made of leaves dancing down the street

2:26 pm

CiociaJudy

Awesome jmc. When do you come home?

2:26 pm

jmcnrick

i will be home satuday

2:27 pm

lbdawger

she'll be comatose til Monday.

2:27 pm

CiociaJudy

Nothing like celebrating your birthday on an airplane, jmc!!

2:27 pm

jmcnrick

just in time to clean out the rotten food from the electricity being off in my house for 2 days so far

2:27 pm

Good Enough

ewww

2:27 pm

jmcnrick

maybe they will sing happy birthday to me

2:28 pm

CiociaJudy

OMG--what happened? storms?

2:28 pm

lbdawger

ugh! send you son over there to clean it up before you get home!

2:28 pm

jmcnrick

there was a terrible storm that hit my neighborhood on sunday

2:28 pm

jmcnrick

i will be waiting for him at the airport -- his plane gets in an hour after mine

2:29 pm

jmcnrick

my sister got caught in the storm saving my cat

2:29 pm

CiociaJudy

I saw your post about the cat. Both doing okay?

2:29 pm

lbdawger

yeah for sister!

2:30 pm

jmcnrick

yes they are both fine she borrowed my shoes so i am wondering which shoes and are they ruined

2:30 pm

jmcnrick

yeah indeed for sister

2:31 pm

Jellen

Going to get a snack...bbl...((hugs)) to all...

2:31 pm

CiociaJudy

hugs to you too Jellen and to Tim

2:32 pm

periwinkle

hello all

2:32 pm

periwinkle

CJ and lbd, love your icons, gotta love Maxine!

2:33 pm

jmcnrick

just got an email from sister that electricity is on again so food should be okay!

2:33 pm

jmcnrick

bye jell

2:33 pm

CiociaJudy

thx Peri and Hi!

2:33 pm

CiociaJudy

good news jmc!

2:34 pm

periwinkle

CJ will you be able to meake the babble meetup in Phila on 9/11?

2:34 pm

periwinkle

Make even

2:34 pm

lbdawger

later, Jellen

2:34 pm

lbdawger

whew, jmc. i hope the food will be okay and not all stinky and slimy

2:34 pm

CiociaJudy

WOW--didn't know about that Peri. What's up?

2:35 pm

CiociaJudy

gotta find one more word to get halfway and then I'll grab the list!

2:35 pm

jmcnrick

it was only 36-48 hours and no one to open the fridge door

2:35 pm

jmcnrick

ooo can i come too peri?

2:35 pm

CiociaJudy

*keeping my fingers crossed for jmc's frig contents*

2:35 pm

jmcnrick

pb ciocia -- maybe that is the word you need

2:36 pm

jmcnrick

i especially want to meake

2:37 pm

CiociaJudy

what am I not seeing? *looking in grid while sipping margarita in pb*

2:38 pm

CiociaJudy

aha; have that one jmc

2:38 pm

jmcnrick

did you understand what sent you to the pb

2:38 pm

periwinkle

of cours jmc.

2:38 pm

CiociaJudy

what's the plan peri?

2:38 pm

periwinkle

there is inform on facebook on my page and also under events.

2:38 pm

jmcnrick

*jealous of margarita and wonders if she can get one on the plane*

2:38 pm

CiociaJudy

k

2:39 pm

periwinkle

1 pm at at Italian American Rest and Bar at 7th and Chestnut. free parking, w/c accessible

2:39 pm

jmcnrick

going to facebook is too hard right now -- remind me closer to the date

2:39 pm

jmcnrick

not to mention subway accessible

2:39 pm

periwinkle

I will mention it in babble closer to the date

2:40 pm

CiociaJudy

ooooo Peri. Is that the Italian restaurant where you can order "group" meals--like a couple entrees to shaer?

2:40 pm

CiociaJudy

*share

2:40 pm

periwinkle

LaScala's Italian American Rest. don't know if that is the one. never been there but it was recommended to me

2:41 pm

periwinkle

dc is coming and his friend also recommended it

2:41 pm

periwinkle

she lives in Phila

2:42 pm

periwinkle

im5 pls

2:42 pm

periwinkle

nm

2:43 pm

CiociaJudy

wrong place :( The place I've been at is Maggiano's but I hear LaScala's is excellent too.

2:43 pm

Good Enough

oh the agony of doing laundry

2:43 pm

periwinkle

have been to Maggianos in King of Prussia, they give you a lot of food

2:44 pm

Good Enough

and yummy cosmos at maggianos

2:44 pm

periwinkle

have not had a cosmo in a long time

2:44 pm

CiociaJudy

LOVE COSMOS

2:45 pm

Good Enough

i don't indulge in them often but that is a fine place to (over) indulge

2:45 pm

CiociaJudy

Well, I hope to get there Peri but that may be my nephew's birthday party :( Will keep you posted.

2:46 pm

periwinkle

ok, hope you can make it

2:46 pm

jmcnrick

there is a maggianos near my house in dc

2:46 pm

jmcnrick

not a cosmos fan though

2:46 pm

CiociaJudy

gee. didn't know it was a chain.

2:48 pm

jmcnrick

i suspect it is less a chain than there are a couple of them -- a mini chain

2:48 pm

jmcnrick

i suspect it is less a chain than there are a couple of them -- a mini chain

2:48 pm

CiociaJudy

YAY--halfway and getting out the list!

2:48 pm

Good Enough

ours is owned by the lettuce entertain you franchise

2:49 pm

CiociaJudy

and the word that made it for me could be associated with drinking!

2:49 pm

Good Enough

re6 perhaps

2:50 pm

Good Enough

jmc you like cosmos, you just substitute the vodka and juice with jack

2:51 pm

jmcnrick

lol good plan

2:51 pm

CiociaJudy

s4 good enough

2:51 pm

jmcnrick

ciocia goes back to the pb

2:52 pm

jmcnrick

i was betting it was lu4

2:52 pm

CiociaJudy

DAMN--well, the drinks are good in there, jmc!

2:52 pm

Good Enough

of course!

2:53 pm

Riverdance

OMG - I have 16 M's left - they are a killer today

2:54 pm

Good Enough

16! i'm impressed

2:54 pm

Good Enough

i finally finished the last of the ch** pet ones

2:55 pm

Riverdance

lickety and morewords is taking care of me today

2:57 pm

jmcnrick

there are more than 2 ch** pets?

2:58 pm

Riverdance

there are 5 words that start with that

2:58 pm

ren8

my goodness still got another 100 words to find

2:58 pm

Good Enough

5 start the same

3:01 pm

jmcnrick

well i am getting pretty much nowhere fast with this grid

3:01 pm

ren8

annoying is'nt it!!!

3:02 pm

Kalyn

it is rather mu6

3:03 pm

Good Enough

nice one kalyn

3:04 pm

jmcnrick

ty kalyn

3:05 pm

Kalyn

welcome :)

3:05 pm

jmcnrick

at this rate i will be happy with 1/3

3:06 pm

Riverdance

one lousy word left - ugh - cant flex my mu6 until I find it

3:07 pm

ren8

thanks River - did not have that one

3:07 pm

Kalyn

thank you river :)

3:07 pm

Riverdance

maybe if I play some soothing Mu5 it will help

3:07 pm

Lady Biotch

thanks river

3:07 pm

ren8

oh and that one river thanks

3:08 pm

Riverdance

and in li4 of flowers, I will just take your praises

3:08 pm

ren8

feel free river to drop some more into the chat log

3:08 pm

hpb

Not getting that fifth ch** pet word. Hints?

3:09 pm

Kalyn

the fever and ag** is doing me in

3:09 pm

Riverdance

ch4 + you and me

3:09 pm

Kalyn

so are the other ag words :P

3:09 pm

Good Enough

add two letter word like we

3:10 pm

hpb

wow, might never have monkeyed that one. thanks!

3:10 pm

Riverdance

ag6 is like the ag4/7

3:11 pm

Riverdance

ag5/16 = ag + me + would sure like a **oke

3:11 pm

jmcnrick

no ciggies!

3:12 pm

ren8

can I have a clue for li4/6 please

3:12 pm

Riverdance

no ciggies - 3 months and counting

3:12 pm

ren8

not to worry just found it

3:12 pm

jmcnrick

:-)

3:12 pm

Riverdance

it was a clue girlfriend....

3:12 pm

bichon

Yeah River. I quit 32 years ago next mont

3:13 pm

jmcnrick

pb river my love

3:13 pm

Riverdance

help with the last mi6/21

3:13 pm

jmcnrick

and ren too

3:13 pm

Matches

clue for mi6/24 the last one.

3:14 pm

jmcnrick

and matches

3:14 pm

Riverdance

Very impressive bichon. April 22 2010 - earth day for me

3:14 pm

Riverdance

just looking for a reason - love the PB

3:15 pm

Kalyn

still hot baked taters in there?

3:15 pm

jmcnrick

absolutely kalyn

3:15 pm

jmcnrick

with sour cream and butter

3:15 pm

Kalyn

I brought bacon bits and cheddar too

3:15 pm

Riverdance

bacon bit???

3:16 pm

jmcnrick

9 more words would bring me to 1/3

3:16 pm

jmcnrick

i have some chive flowers for the top

3:17 pm

Riverdance

mi6/24 is a french word - I think it means the middle place

3:18 pm

Kalyn

and then pl that

3:18 pm

joshuavorbis

hi and nbt

3:18 pm

Riverdance

noone has my mi6/21?? pretty please

3:18 pm

Kalyn

thanks river :)

3:18 pm

jmcnrick

hi josh

3:18 pm

Riverdance

glad you got that - was going to clue the in **** of flowers again

3:19 pm

jmcnrick

pb again river

3:19 pm

Matches

That was a great clue but it was the second one. I need the third one.

3:19 pm

periwinkle

stuck in the mi words and not happy

3:19 pm

Kalyn

lol but she didn't 'say' it..

3:20 pm

jmcnrick

and matches

3:20 pm

ren8

mi6/21 river is - if you mi* someone and when you go to bed you *** down, sorry if that does not help much

3:20 pm

jmcnrick

she said cl**

3:20 pm

Riverdance

mi6/24 - dont hit the target

3:20 pm

Kalyn

oooops lol so she did rofl

3:21 pm

jmcnrick

and you have to watch out for li** and el**!

3:21 pm

Good Enough

river is a cl**r, why doesn't that work

3:22 pm

Riverdance

I needed company

3:22 pm

ren8

River has my clue helped you for mi6/21

3:22 pm

jmcnrick

I would come over but I have to get back to Kenya by morning

3:22 pm

jmcnrick

pb ren

3:22 pm

Riverdance

FIREWORKS thanks for the cl** ren8

3:23 pm

Kalyn

YAY River :)

3:23 pm

Good Enough

yay river!!

3:23 pm

Riverdance

join me in the PB ren8

3:23 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo river

3:23 pm

Kalyn

now come get some bacon bits

3:23 pm

ren8

well done River congrats

3:23 pm

Matches

still don't understand the ending for the 6/24.

3:24 pm

Riverdance

what el** can I help with - hmmm - do you all like re6 on your hot dogs

3:24 pm

periwinkle

ty for the re6 River

3:24 pm

Riverdance

I just couldn't re6 saying that word one more time

3:24 pm

ren8

mi* when you throw a dart you *** at the board Matches

3:24 pm

Kalyn

an artist can create in many different mi7/36

3:24 pm

periwinkle

saw your news River, hopefully all will go wel with the monitor, fingers corssed

3:25 pm

periwinkle

crossed, even

3:25 pm

Riverdance

sa6 - more wise than others

3:25 pm

jmcnrick

good cl** kalyn

3:25 pm

periwinkle

bbs

3:25 pm

Matches

TY ren. got it great clue.

3:25 pm

Riverdance

sa5 = sa + chewing ***

3:25 pm

jmcnrick

hb peri

3:26 pm

ren8

looks like everyone is stuck on the MI words,

3:26 pm

ren8

your welcome Matches

3:26 pm

Riverdance

but we all sm5 when we get the words

3:27 pm

Kazzer99

evening all - some lovely cl**s

3:27 pm

jmcnrick

yay me 1/3 of the way and that is it for tonight

3:28 pm

jmcnrick

too many spread sheets

3:28 pm

ren8

I have got 1 more mi7/48 to find any clues??

3:28 pm

ren8

Hi Kazzer

3:28 pm

Kazzer99

ive got 106 left

3:28 pm

jmcnrick

hi kazzer

3:29 pm

Riverdance

mi7 = drink your ***k + that ***a pet + not stop but *o

3:29 pm

jmcnrick

i am off (and it hardly shows) *poof*

3:29 pm

Kazzer99

byr jmcnrick see you around

3:29 pm

ren8

thanks river

3:30 pm

Riverdance

I need to go as well - may check in this evening if kids will allow me to use computer - have fun all

3:30 pm

Riverdance

yw - strange word isnt it ren8

3:30 pm

ren8

bye jmc and river and thanks for the help

3:30 pm

Riverdance

bye for now - poof

3:31 pm

ren8

ohms

3:31 pm

ren8

oh fudge sorry all

3:31 pm

Kalyn

thanks ren.. and have some cheddar on the taters :)

3:33 pm

Gamer714

ty ren

3:35 pm

Jellen

Hello again!

3:35 pm

Gamer714

Hi jellen

3:36 pm

Jellen

Hi, Gamer

3:37 pm

Good Enough

someone was saying isthmus is a phantom. Is is6 the plural of that?

3:38 pm

Jellen

Looks like it, doesn't it?

3:39 pm

Jellen

Yes, it is...

3:39 pm

Good Enough

hmm learn sumthin new ever day

3:40 pm

Jellen

Phantom: recluse

3:41 pm

Good Enough

i was fixated on that this morning, had to leave bc i couldn't get past it

3:43 pm

Jellen

I do that sometimes...all I see are phantoms, and it drives me batty!

3:44 pm

Good Enough

i'll keep trying it and trying it like i think it will suddenly work

3:44 pm

Jellen

Do you have a word for the 3rd column I, please?

3:44 pm

Gamer714

but it should work...........lol

3:45 pm

Gamer714

not me

3:45 pm

Gamer714

oh...a smal isl***

3:45 pm

Good Enough

the believe ending plural

3:46 pm

ren8

60 words to go now, wonder how long those are going to take??

3:46 pm

Jellen

I think that comes from the top 4th column I

3:46 pm

Good Enough

it is a marathon today

3:46 pm

Gamer714

wow ren, I just go to 61 words

3:46 pm

Good Enough

oh you are correct jellen

3:48 pm

ren8

I just keep looking until it is time for bed or I cant see anymore for yellow and green squares

3:49 pm

Jellen

I still have 162 left...but 2 more hours in the oncology unit...

3:50 pm

Gamer714

gtg bbl

3:50 pm

Jellen

Later, Gamer...

3:50 pm

ren8

bye Gamer

3:52 pm

Jellen

Oh! Finally got nbt!

3:56 pm

bichon

Did anyone here know that there is a word in More Words "sagbut". I think that's what I have

3:56 pm

Jellen

lol, bichon

3:56 pm

ren8

I think I have too bichon

3:57 pm

bichon

the things you find Babbling

3:57 pm

Kalyn

oh no..it's contagious... cuz i have...

3:57 pm

Christine

The word that worries me is asswages.

3:58 pm

ren8

what on earth does that mean Christine?

3:59 pm

Christine

There's no definition, but I'm hoping it's an alternate spelling of assuages, otherwise ???

3:59 pm

Jellen

Tee hee!

3:59 pm

bichon

sc 6/27 and/or 6/24?

4:00 pm

ren8

sorry dont have sc words yet bichon

4:00 pm

Jellen

sc 6/27= a division or break

4:00 pm

bichon

ty Jellen

4:01 pm

ren8

thanks Jellen

4:01 pm

bichon

I got the 6/24, kind of rock formation

4:02 pm

Kazzer99

this is a hard grid tonight = still got 72 to go - will have to give up soon - need more sleep tonight

4:03 pm

bichon

you got that right Kazzer. Every word is like pulling teeth

4:03 pm

Jellen

Thanks, bichon

4:03 pm

ren8

has it been just as warm there as it has in the SE of England and sleep is impossible Kazzer

4:05 pm

Kazzer99

i managed to give myslef a frozen shoulder so i cant really sleep anyway but i must stop going to sleep in the afternoon in work

4:05 pm

bichon

It's hot here too ren, 90F or close to it every day and very humid

4:06 pm

ren8

sorry to hear that, hope it is better soon and sleep will not be a problem, I sometimes feel like feeling alseep at work too through boredom

4:07 pm

redturtlehead

I am hating all over the grid. 91 left, been picking at it all day...

4:08 pm

Atalante

tis a horrid grid!!

4:08 pm

Jellen

140 left here...not enjoying it, but enjoying the company...

4:09 pm

redturtlehead

Well, I am going to work soon, it's going to be a struggle as I was really unable to sleep///

4:10 pm

ren8

gosh bichon nowhere near as hot as that here anything between 70F and 82F over the last few weeks but really cooled down over the last few days thank goodness

4:10 pm

Jellen

So sorry, red...*hands red a supply of long-lasting super-energy*

4:10 pm

redturtlehead

thanks Jellen. wishes it would help, but its on,y 12 hours.

4:11 pm

Good Enough

laundry is killing me today, the basement is a good 20 degrees cooler but then I have to come back upstairs...arg!

4:12 pm

periwinkle

15 left here, hello

4:13 pm

ren8

hi peri

4:13 pm

Jellen

wtg, peri!

4:13 pm

periwinkle

just picked up more gel med for my cat. this time it is premeasured. should be easier. keep your fingers crossed that it works please

4:14 pm

Jellen

Will cross fingers and toes, temporarily...then send healing thoughts...

4:14 pm

Christine

Crossing our eyes, teeth, fingers, toes, and any other dangly things.

4:15 pm

periwinkle

thanks so much Jellen, how are you and Tim doing today?

4:15 pm

periwinkle

ty Christine, LOL

4:16 pm

Jellen

Tim is still feeling poorly, but we're in chemo today, and they administered more nausea meds...hope we can get it under control...

4:16 pm

periwinkle

I hope so too, Jellen

4:17 pm

Good Enough

jellen do you work on top of being caregiver?

4:18 pm

Kaplan the Magne

This seems like a tough grid.

4:18 pm

Jellen

Not really, GE...I'm in the process of renovating a building to house an antique/collectible store, but I'm not sure we'll go through with the store...

4:18 pm

joshuavorbis

fireworks, tough grid indeed

4:18 pm

Good Enough

i don't know how you manage

4:18 pm

Kazzer99

i am now down to 54 - have been on a roll

4:18 pm

Jellen

So I may have a really nice retail space for lease!

4:19 pm

Jellen

Yay, josh!!!

4:19 pm

Kazzer99

wtg josh

4:19 pm

Jellen

Go Kazzer!

4:21 pm

periwinkle

I cannot see the sa5/12

4:22 pm

ren8

right i'm off, cant see through the grid anymore, thanks for all the help and might see you tomorrow

4:22 pm

Good Enough

he became a christian plural

4:22 pm

periwinkle

ty GE, did not know that was a word, thought it was a Man's Name

4:23 pm

Jellen

Sleep well, ren

4:25 pm

PinnyPoppins

Hi BabbleBuds

4:25 pm

PinnyPoppins

This is a stinky grid

4:26 pm

periwinkle

re6/24 pls

4:26 pm

Jellen

Hi, Pinny...agreed!

4:26 pm

Nancy Boy

hi all. agreed, Pinny!

4:26 pm

periwinkle

hey NB

4:26 pm

Jellen

re + sound coming back, as is a canyon

4:26 pm

Jellen

Hi, NB

4:26 pm

PinnyPoppins

Ooh - I shared the wonder that is Babble with my new colleagues today

4:27 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Yeah, crappy all right. I am on a "vacation" with too many inlaws and I would like to zone out with something more satisfying.

4:27 pm

Nancy Boy

hey Peri, Jellen :) urgh, I've barely made a dent in this monster.

4:27 pm

PinnyPoppins

Reckon they'll get hooked too - then I can legitimately slack off at work!

4:28 pm

periwinkle

ty Jellen, never see that word and fireworks!!

4:28 pm

periwinkle

thank goodness for lickety and morewords

4:28 pm

periwinkle

now off to read for a while h appy babbling

4:28 pm

Jellen

Spectacular, peri!!!

4:29 pm

periwinkle

ty Jellen, hugs to you and Tim

4:29 pm

periwinkle

byeeee

4:29 pm

Jellen

Aw...sorry about the inlaws, Kaplan...

4:30 pm

Kaplan the Magne

The inlaws are named Kaplan, which is why I should change my screen name.

4:31 pm

Atalante

sclere is the scientific base name for the bits of a sponge skeleton

4:31 pm

Jellen

Because Tim sleeps a lot, and likes me around, I've taken to reading ebooks and watching movies/tv shows online...

4:32 pm

Jellen

With headphones on so the noise doesn't bother him...

4:32 pm

Kaplan the Magne

That's what I need here- headphones. Thank god for ambien.

4:32 pm

Jellen

The comedies on BBC Radio 7 can be quite diverting, too...

4:34 pm

Jellen

I listened to this one last night: Ring around the Bath
Sitcom about a mother who battles with her grown-up children to leave home

4:34 pm

Kazzer99

ooh folks i am down to 30 i might get there

4:35 pm

Jellen

Go Kazzer go!

4:36 pm

Good Enough

ha! just got sc5 and sh4. who knew

4:40 pm

Good Enough

17 left. all m's and s's. blah

4:41 pm

Jeff7

hiho SHOULD be a word

4:42 pm

Jellen

Yes, it should

4:42 pm

Jellen

Go GE!

4:42 pm

Christine

Howelse woild people know where you're going ??

4:44 pm

Jellen

lol, Christine

4:46 pm

Jellen

Whoohoo, just got sk8!

4:48 pm

Good Enough

m's done. time to face the s.

4:49 pm

lynxxx

TY Jellen. Morning all

4:49 pm

Jellen

Morning, lynxxx!

4:50 pm

Jellen

If you'd like to cl4 the si's, I just have the first and last. ;-D

4:52 pm

Good Enough

that's what i'm working on. my last ones

4:53 pm

Kazzer99

just 6 re left now

4:54 pm

Good Enough

FIREWORDS

4:54 pm

Jellen

Great, Good Enough!!!

4:54 pm

Kazzer99

congrats GE

4:54 pm

lynxxx

congrats GE!

4:55 pm

Good Enough

do you still need the si's. i'm not good at cluing but i can try

4:56 pm

Jellen

Yes, I still do...

4:58 pm

lynxxx

one set is si & partner of Pa

4:58 pm

wildcat17

Ineed the other U

4:58 pm

Jellen

Just got those, thanks, lynxxx

4:58 pm

wildcat17

NM

4:59 pm

Jellen

Hi, wildcat

4:59 pm

wildcat17

hi I need another O

4:59 pm

lynxxx

si & fish breathe through their ***ls

5:00 pm

Jellen

Thanks, lynxxx! That does it for the si's!

5:00 pm

wildcat17

NM again

5:00 pm

wildcat17

sigh I can't see them until I ask for the clue

5:00 pm

lynxxx

oh4.6 electric things I think but sounds like what you chant when you meditate

5:00 pm

wildcat17

I need Is tho - top, middle, bottom

5:01 pm

Jellen

sc 5/16, please?

5:02 pm

Kazzer99

a patsy i think can be spelt wihout the c

5:02 pm

Jellen

One weird I is... is + ch4 pet (the kind that grows grass)

5:02 pm

lynxxx

go to sc*ool when young and one of the 3 stooges

5:02 pm

wildcat17

ty

5:03 pm

Jellen

Thanks, Kazzer and lynxxx

5:03 pm

Kazzer99

resile

5:03 pm

Riverdance

hello - stopped in to see you anyone needed help but see you have lynxxx here

5:03 pm

Kazzer99

oops - silly of me

5:03 pm

Riverdance

Kaz and you were doing so well.....

5:03 pm

Jellen

Another I is the landmass that's almost an island, plural

5:03 pm

wildcat17

kazzer is being very helpful

5:04 pm

Jellen

Hi again, River

5:04 pm

lynxxx

hi River, thanks for the compliment but hardly true!

5:04 pm

Riverdance

the mi's killed me today was mopping my brow through the worst of it

5:05 pm

Jellen

S's smacked down! Roar!

5:06 pm

Riverdance

jellen thumps chest

5:06 pm

Kazzer99

fireyworks for me - off to bed - need sleep

5:06 pm

Riverdance

the rest isnt bad if you got that far jellen

5:06 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Kazz!!

5:06 pm

Jellen

Congrats, Kazzer!!!! Sleep well...

5:06 pm

Riverdance

whoohoo kazzer and sweet dreams

5:06 pm

Matches

need one more for fireworks. Clue please su5/14

5:07 pm

Jellen

Oh, my! Working backwards...just saw the ma's and mi's...

5:08 pm

Atalante

s + first three letters of a painful stomach condition + vowel

5:08 pm

Kazzer99

good cl** ata - couldnt think of anything

5:08 pm

Jellen

Some people say I have a su*try voice + **nema (movies)

5:08 pm

Atalante

that was clutching at straws!!

5:08 pm

lynxxx

TY Ata

5:08 pm

Kazzer99

if this helps its furrows in the brain

5:09 pm

Kazzer99

and i beleve it is a latin plural

5:09 pm

Jellen

It's good to have furrows in the brain, isn't it?

5:09 pm

Kazzer99

yes very jellen

5:10 pm

Kazzer99

much better than in your brow or in my double chin

5:10 pm

Jellen

*guessing Jellen's brain's been ironed out*

5:11 pm

Kazzer99

must go now - good luck all - specialy jellen with the ironed brain

5:12 pm

Matches

ty jellen. I never would have gotten it without your clue.

5:13 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Matches!

5:13 pm

Jellen

*hoping Jellen's brain is wrinkled as the rest of her person*

5:13 pm

Jellen

Marvelous, Matches!!!

5:17 pm

Jellen

I'm repressing an urge to jump on Tim's bed as he's been snoring for over an hour...

5:17 pm

wildcat17

still majorly stuck on I

5:18 pm

Jellen

ic 4/5 the cake

5:18 pm

wildcat17

have that need the other one from center

5:18 pm

Jellen

il 4/4 il + ch** pet

5:18 pm

Jellen

is 6 hinted before

5:18 pm

lynxxx

is6.24 narrow neck of land, said with a lisp - usually ends in 'us' but just a single vowel

5:19 pm

wildcat17

have those ty

5:19 pm

Jellen

is 4/4 land surrounded by water

5:19 pm

lynxxx

is4.5 beliefs

5:19 pm

wildcat17

have that one

5:19 pm

Jellen

is 4/5 = suffix for beliefs

5:20 pm

Jellen

iw 4/8 = iw + he **, they are

5:20 pm

wildcat17

have those

5:21 pm

Jellen

That's all I have so far...

5:21 pm

wildcat17

ty anyway

5:21 pm

lynxxx

im5.16 photographic ***ge, and I am a M** to 2 kids

5:22 pm

Jellen

Thanks, lynxxx

5:22 pm

wildcat17

ty

5:22 pm

Atalante

what sort of word is that!

5:22 pm

Jellen

ic 4/6 = I in German, plural

5:22 pm

wildcat17

2 more from the bottom and 3 more from the side

5:23 pm

wildcat17

and i'm out of 4 letter words with 35 more to go

5:23 pm

wildcat17

ugh

5:23 pm

lynxxx

il5.14 il & vwl & you and me

5:23 pm

Jellen

il + personal pronoun + not a m** (no kids)

5:23 pm

wildcat17

ty

5:24 pm

wildcat17

ty

5:24 pm

lynxxx

ake Jellens cl** and change the second vwl for another

5:25 pm

wildcat17

ty just one more from the bottom

5:26 pm

lynxxx

you have 2 ic?

5:26 pm

wildcat17

yes

5:26 pm

lynxxx

5 is?

5:26 pm

wildcat17

no 4

5:27 pm

lynxxx

is 6,7,4,5,6 - what are you missing?

5:27 pm

wildcat17

the 7

5:27 pm

epitone

ag6/30 clue?

5:27 pm

lynxxx

sorry 6,7,4,4,6

5:27 pm

Jellen

I'm missing is7...

5:27 pm

wildcat17

I was gonna say ...

5:28 pm

lynxxx

is7 is the latin(?) plural of the 6, change last letter to M**

5:28 pm

wildcat17

ty

5:28 pm

wildcat17

I hate those

5:28 pm

lynxxx

ag6.30 if it was ang**** it would mean great sorrow

5:28 pm

Jellen

Thanks, lynxxx

5:28 pm

wildcat17

thankfully I is done

5:29 pm

lynxxx

I am just confused by all these words

5:30 pm

Riverdance

sorry - got distracted with facebook - anyone need help *looking guilty*

5:30 pm

Riverdance

congrats wildcat on finishing

5:30 pm

wildcat17

need another for the bottom E

5:30 pm

Jellen

im 4/6, please?

5:30 pm

wildcat17

just finished I not the whole grid

5:31 pm

Riverdance

im + I love blueberry **e

5:31 pm

Jellen

Thanks, River

5:31 pm

Riverdance

yw

5:31 pm

lynxxx

bottom e all start with the sound that goes on and on

5:32 pm

wildcat17

what's the 4th 8? have sk, ch, mi

5:32 pm

lynxxx

ec7/8

5:32 pm

Jellen

Methinks I shall go play for a while...this is too much like work! BBL... ((hugs)) to all!

5:32 pm

Riverdance

sk8

5:33 pm

lynxxx

bye Jellen

5:33 pm

wildcat17

ty

5:33 pm

wildcat17

answered both questions with one clue

5:33 pm

wildcat17

bye jell

5:33 pm

lynxxx

ec7/8 I would clue as the sound with belief ending/s

5:34 pm

Riverdance

there are alot of those *like* endings

5:34 pm

jacq

plural it too for an 8

5:34 pm

jacq

hello everybody

5:35 pm

Riverdance

hello jacq

5:35 pm

lynxxx

hi Jacq

5:36 pm

Riverdance

I think my favorite word for the day is sw5 - the hindu honoree

5:38 pm

Riverdance

its most definately not le5 - those disgusting things that suck onto your body

5:41 pm

wildcat17

need 2 more 7s - have ch, ec, is

5:42 pm

lynxxx

mi7.48 mi5.16 german milk & Mr B** from Sex and the City

5:42 pm

wildcat17

ty

5:42 pm

lynxxx

mi7.36 plural of mi6.24

5:43 pm

wildcat17

the only mi6/24 I have is a plural

5:44 pm

lynxxx

mi6.24 french for surroundings...or mi & word for instead of eg in **** of wages

5:44 pm

Riverdance

mi6/24 french word - think it means middle

5:45 pm

wildcat17

tyvm

5:45 pm

kje

means like a soup or mix doesn't it?

5:45 pm

kje

swamp or something

5:45 pm

Riverdance

mi6 = mi + in **** of flowers you can send your donation.....

5:45 pm

kje

teh whole massive mixture?

5:46 pm

kje

ah, surroundings, yes, that makes sense

5:46 pm

lynxxx

hi kje

5:46 pm

kje

to add to the mi6

5:46 pm

kje

hola

5:49 pm

kje

i had a biology teacher that loved the mi6 word

5:49 pm

lynxxx

mi6.21 to make a mistake while telling an untruth, such a weird looking word

5:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello all

5:53 pm

Riverdance

good night all - will concentrate on facebook - not doing a very good job here - lol

5:53 pm

kje

hi

5:54 pm

Riverdance

Hi and Bye TO

5:54 pm

lynxxx

hi TOwl

5:54 pm

kje

last ai5?

5:54 pm

lynxxx

bye River

5:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi reiver hi kje hi lyn!

5:55 pm

Riverdance

the bride goes down the ai****

5:55 pm

lynxxx

walk down the ai***

5:55 pm

kje

wow, fishy

5:55 pm

Riverdance

bye all

5:55 pm

kje

poor bride, smells fisht

5:55 pm

kje

fishy

5:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

gird is icky

5:58 pm

kje

not the funnest, no

5:58 pm

lynxxx

grid is very tough

5:58 pm

Jillyjill

Ouch, comments making me cringe as I come onto play

5:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

my advice: don't unless you are not ocd about finishing

5:59 pm

daykat

morning all

6:00 pm

lynxxx

morning Daykat

6:00 pm

Jillyjill

I am not hooked on finishing...lol...love the word finding and great company on the chog! :)

6:00 pm

daykat

lynxxx;)

6:01 pm

daykat

lolJill I read that as "I'm not hooked on fishing"!!!

6:01 pm

Jillyjill

rofl...true babbler eh?

6:01 pm

gortmold

clues for last 2 pls gvfjakhja (weary head drops onto keyboard): 2nd sh5 and 2nd sh4?

6:01 pm

Soodle

Oh my. I never thought I would get here, but FIREWORKS!!!!

6:01 pm

welki

<--- IS hooked on fishing! hi, all!

6:02 pm

daykat

hi welki

6:02 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Soodle

6:02 pm

Jillyjill

Hi Welki...how are you, haven't been on with you for awhile!!

6:02 pm

daykat

onya Soodle!!! WTG

6:02 pm

Jillyjill

Wow Soodle, I am VERY impressed, nice job

6:02 pm

kje

yayay soodle!!! well done!!! i am jealous ; )

6:02 pm

welki

i'm well, thanks ... but this grid. OIKS!

6:03 pm

Soodle

Thank you all. Gort - 2nd sh 5 is sh plus you can can use Lickety's L*** if you want to

6:04 pm

gortmold

thanks soodle, fireworks!

6:04 pm

daykat

stuck on the im5/16 and 4/6. any clues?

6:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

grats!

6:04 pm

Jillyjill

after re6/21 I think I might have hot dogs for supper!! lol

6:04 pm

lynxxx

sh4.6 sh & one of the 3 stooges

6:04 pm

gortmold

thanks lyn, i can now die peacefully

6:05 pm

Soodle

IM 5 is IM plus indefinite article and M**'s the word.

6:05 pm

lynxxx

im5.16 im & season **t**n

6:05 pm

Soodle

IM 4/6 - Playful little goblins, and me myself and *

6:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

that sounds good jilly

6:06 pm

Jillyjill

Hey Welki, we had another tornado here up in the north east corner, leveled several homes and killed 2 people...what a summer!

6:06 pm

Soodle

Thats goblin - singular, btw.

6:07 pm

daykat

TY both. Cant see why I didnt spot those very common words!!

6:08 pm

welki

same storm that blew through here, too, jilly. funnel clouds, unconfirmed tornados, lots of flash flooding and hail damage .. we're expecting more tonight, so batten down the hatches!

6:08 pm

kje

last is6?

6:09 pm

welki

phantom: recluse

6:09 pm

Jillyjill

We had quite the banger last night here!! Going on right now too. Had sheet lightening last night, several right over our house! Yikes!

6:10 pm

stidmama

hello all *hides under sofa to escape sheet lightning

6:10 pm

welki

hate to chat and run, but have to run an errand .. later, folks!

6:10 pm

Soodle

Kje, First 5 letters of the word immediately preceeding it, plus the final 2 letters of my username

6:10 pm

stidmama

SOODLES!!!! (((hugs)))

6:11 pm

Soodle

(((((Mama)))) How are you?

6:12 pm

stidmama

I am well this afternoon. I think I am making progress on the yard *sternly ignoring house* AND the silk scarves came today, along with the frames Mother got me, so I can paint some scarves tomorrow!!!!

6:12 pm

kje

no, that is the 7, which i have (anatomy word), i need the last is6... please?

6:12 pm

lynxxx

is6.24 narrow neck of land, sounds like a bad lisp, usally with us on the end, change that to vwl

6:12 pm

stidmama

I have washed the scarves, just have to dry them and then they will be ready. *bounce bounce*

6:12 pm

Soodle

Oooh, stop. You are making me feel very lazy. I spent the day in Dublin Zoo. I am tired, but happy :-)

6:13 pm

lynxxx

hi Stid, what a lovely thing to do

6:13 pm

stidmama

zoo??? that's a LOT of walking. supposed to be a lovely zoo though... *wistful look*

6:13 pm

stidmama

hey lynxxx. I am so excited, haven't painted a scarf in two years.

6:14 pm

kje

ty

6:14 pm

Soodle

Yup! In the company of 3 toddlers, neice & nephew, and 82 year old father. Very tiring!!

6:14 pm

Jillyjill

well, *eyes closing* gonna stop and either take a nap or finish dinner...bbl

6:15 pm

Soodle

Bye Jilli. I'm toddling off now.... Enjoy your painting, Mama, and bye, everybody else. See you all soon. Poof

6:16 pm

lynxxx

bye Soodle

6:16 pm

kje

ma5/18?

6:16 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams soodles. (((hugs))) see you next time!

6:16 pm

lynxxx

ma5.18 magician, ends in you and me

6:17 pm

kje

ty again

6:21 pm

lynxxx

hmmff - you need to be very st5.12 to finish this grid "submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity"

6:21 pm

stidmama

thanks for the magic word!

6:21 pm

stidmama

YES! got an 8!

6:22 pm

stidmama

thanks for that one also, lynxxx

6:23 pm

lynxxx

Finished - what a shocker!

6:23 pm

stidmama

YAY lynxxx~!!!!!

6:23 pm

stidmama

up to 98...

6:23 pm

stidmama

this is a slow grid

6:24 pm

stidmama

99...

6:25 pm

stidmama

LOL

6:25 pm

stidmama

one hundred!!!!

6:25 pm

lynxxx

1 a minute so another 2 hours Stid?

6:25 pm

Minveryork

I just got to 100 words too stidmama and hello there!

6:26 pm

stidmama

go Min go!!!

6:26 pm

lynxxx

hi Min

6:26 pm

stidmama

guess what I am trying to make??? (you'll never guess) I am pickling green papaya to make summer rolls with. It's a grand experiment. We'll see how it tastes in a couple days

6:27 pm

lynxxx

I'll be off, got to renew my subscription to Morewords after this one. Bye all

6:27 pm

stidmama

tonight, I will practice using store-bought pickled leeks...

6:27 pm

stidmama

later lynxxx! ((hugs))

6:27 pm

kje

last mu6?

6:27 pm

kje

bye lynxx!

6:28 pm

stidmama

is that the "meat" mu? not ligament or tendon

6:28 pm

kje

sheesh, yes, ty

6:29 pm

stidmama

yw. almost to halfway... 119 now

6:32 pm

daykat

86 left

6:32 pm

stidmama

go daykat go!

6:33 pm

stidmama

lumiere doesn't count. *sigh*

6:34 pm

stidmama

need ONE more for halfway... *squints at grid*

6:34 pm

stidmama

there. HALFWAY!!!!

6:36 pm

stidmama

oh, there are some stumpers.... list definitely helps. down to 100

6:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

stid!

6:37 pm

stidmama

TO!!! ((hugs)

6:37 pm

dan2bit

evening all

6:39 pm

stidmama

hey dan

6:39 pm

stidmama

how's baby2bit? and mama2bit?

6:42 pm

dan2bit

baby2bit having kind of a cranky evening - worn out from her first trip to the shopping mall, I do believe

6:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

clue for the u besides us 4/5 pls?

6:42 pm

dan2bit

mama2bit seems to be taking it in stride

6:42 pm

stidmama

oh, that could be. shopping is exciting, but also exhausting.

6:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

dan: she's a girl. it's part of her training. ;)

6:42 pm

stidmama

one of my boys loved to shop, the other was not so interested in it. Still true...

6:43 pm

dan2bit

TO: hahahaha, yes she was reportedly fascinated. But probably overstimulated as well

6:44 pm

Neliamne

ul5/14 TO

6:44 pm

daykat

Temple - what you get in your stomach from worrying too much:)

6:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

i'll bet you thought it was genetic ;)

6:44 pm

dan2bit

stomach ailment ul5

6:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty nel and kat and dan

6:44 pm

stidmama

thanks for the tummy trouble! LOL

6:45 pm

dan2bit

I only like to shop if I have a quest. I can't stand to just shop for its own sake

6:45 pm

stidmama

I like to shop, but don't often make time for it. Much more interested in babbling these days...

6:46 pm

dan2bit

my sister in law will go "just to see what's out there"

6:47 pm

jacq

i only like to shop when i have money

6:48 pm

stidmama

hey jac

6:48 pm

stidmama

if I shop when I have money then I don't have money...

6:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

i was like that for a while. shopping as amusement

6:49 pm

jacq

heya mama

6:49 pm

jacq

this grid is so hard

6:49 pm

jacq

i have 72 left and am struggling so much

6:49 pm

stidmama

go jac go!

6:49 pm

stidmama

yes, this is not the most friendly grid

6:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

i have 57 left and am bored to tears. later, all

6:52 pm

stidmama

me too TO! just got there.

6:53 pm

stidmama

I have about 5 minutes left to play, then will need to go work on supper. and rest my eyes.

6:53 pm

stidmama

it's hard to not be able to sit all day and read...

6:59 pm

stidmama

down to 50. and my time for now is up. (((Hugs all))) hope the grid turns easier for you. I will be back to bed for clues later... *Poof*

7:02 pm

sciencegeek

only found 95!

7:08 pm

wvteach

fireworks here

7:09 pm

sciencegeek

yay teach

7:09 pm

daykat

65 left and this is painfully slow!

7:09 pm

daykat

wtg teach

7:10 pm

daykat

bbl to see if i can finish

7:17 pm

Gadget

Just got here - how is it?

7:17 pm

jacq

bad

7:17 pm

jacq

it's bad

7:21 pm

sciencegeek

I am quitting - not fun when it is so slow ....good night all!

7:24 pm

anneadams10

u 5/14 getting one, struggling with this grid

7:25 pm

LuvWordGames

worrying about finishing this grid could give you an ul 5/14

7:30 pm

lbdawger

hi again, no, this isn't the most friendly grid. lots of oddball words

7:30 pm

jacq

down to 42 but it's 1:30 am here time for bed

7:31 pm

jacq

so many odd words this one

7:31 pm

jacq

good luck everyone

7:31 pm

lbdawger

argh, definitely not worth losing sleep over, jac

7:31 pm

lbdawger

sweet dreams, jacq

7:32 pm

torgone

My brain is turning to mu4/7 ..

7:33 pm

lbdawger

you know it's a bad grid when the first word says it all! pi4

7:33 pm

LuvWordGames

if you can readd why can't you resum?

7:34 pm

lbdawger

good question, Luv

7:35 pm

LuvWordGames

never seems to be any logic to the re words

7:35 pm

torgone

The only p word I can make is a bad word in Chinese ..

7:36 pm

lbdawger

pain in **s is the pi4

7:37 pm

torgone

Ah thanks ..

7:38 pm

torgone

Heh .. nbt now ..

7:40 pm

lbdawger

go Torg!

7:40 pm

saralise

any one have any clues for words ??

7:40 pm

torgone

95 left ..

7:41 pm

anneadams10

mu6/27 donkey-like

7:41 pm

saralise

thanks!!

7:41 pm

Bugsaw

Mr. Miagi is in the grid

7:41 pm

saralise

saim

7:42 pm

saralise

any more clues :P

7:43 pm

Bugsaw

keep trying saralise. There are lots of words with only 4 letters

7:43 pm

Riverdance

hey I got a few clues - anyone need one.....

7:43 pm

rururocks

ag 6/30 anyone?

7:44 pm

LuvWordGames

ag 6/30 sounds like great pain but remove the n

7:44 pm

Bugsaw

sorry ruru

7:44 pm

rururocks

thank you luv

7:44 pm

Riverdance

I was going to clue that one - uhmmm luv

7:44 pm

saralise

im trying but ive hit a wall bugsaw !!!

7:45 pm

LuvWordGames

hi Riverdance

7:45 pm

Riverdance

lol

7:45 pm

Riverdance

word for word actually ....

7:45 pm

Bugsaw

don't forget to add the endings to the words you have. s, er, ed, ish and so on

7:45 pm

Riverdance

Hiya Luv

7:46 pm

saralise

ahh ok ill try that thanmks :)

7:46 pm

Bugsaw

and sometimes you can put a re in front of some words you have

7:46 pm

Riverdance

lots of words here with ish and ism

7:46 pm

daykat

mi7/48 please?

7:46 pm

Bugsaw

River is your son outside being active yet>

7:47 pm

lbdawger

like the mi5.16 + gerund minus the N

7:47 pm

Uneaixoise

fab tribute to Paul McCartney on PBS right now -- Obamas in front row :-)

7:47 pm

Riverdance

sort of bugs - see profile

7:48 pm

Riverdance

actually out there now kicking soccer ball around with neighbors daughter (hmmm) also on school team getting ready for tryouts in a couple weeks

7:48 pm

rururocks

any of his ex-wives in the theater?

7:48 pm

Uneaixoise

don't think so :-) . . . altho perhaps Linda in spirit

7:49 pm

Jillyjill

Oh river, what you two have been thru!! glad he is better

7:49 pm

saralise

argh im stuck its only my second grid

7:49 pm

Bugsaw

such great news River! and thanks for the profile tip. It is so much handier for those of you with continuing stories.

7:49 pm

Uneaixoise

wow, river . . .

7:49 pm

daykat

ty lbdawger got it but can you tell me what a gerund is?

7:50 pm

Riverdance

gerund is an ing ending

7:50 pm

lbdawger

gerunds are ING endings

7:50 pm

lbdawger

snap, river

7:50 pm

daykat

aaah - ty River - I always wondered what that was

7:50 pm

Riverdance

I got that tip from Jellen - good tip too - I kept stopping the chog trying to answer questions

7:50 pm

LuvWordGames

don't get discouraged saralise, this is a tough grid, they usually are this tough

7:51 pm

Bugsaw

It gets easier the more you do saralise. It is a matter of training your brain to read around corners so it won't happen overnight. Be patient and keep trying

7:51 pm

rururocks

ch 6/27?

7:51 pm

saralise

thanks :)

7:51 pm

Riverdance

do we have a new recruit? If so , welcome saralise - it does get easier

7:51 pm

lbdawger

this is not a grid to cut your teeth on. it's a bugger

7:52 pm

saralise

thankyou :)

7:52 pm

Uneaixoise

a definite bear, saralise

7:52 pm

lbdawger

put a double hump on the end of the plural plant pet, ru

7:52 pm

saralise

i really enjoy it but i need to get my head round it !!

7:52 pm

Riverdance

ch6 = ch** pet + you and me

7:52 pm

anneadams10

ch7/40 hebrew poety feature

7:52 pm

daykat

hi saralise - yes it does get easier as your brain and eyes get used to it and you start to realise that not all the words make much sense

7:53 pm

Riverdance

dont fret saralise - I was confused too

7:53 pm

lbdawger

i'm still confused

7:53 pm

Riverdance

we all were - and still are - lol

7:53 pm

Jillyjill

lol daykat...nice summary of babblers!

7:53 pm

rururocks

is the ch7 related?

7:53 pm

Jillyjill

welcome anneadams

7:54 pm

anneadams10

that heb poetry one is the plural of ch6/27

7:54 pm

Bugsaw

lbd, think of a deep cut in the land and add the third vowel in the middle

7:54 pm

daykat

I've only been on a few weeks and it is easier - but it is also very very addictive, and much more fun and more interesting that doing the housework!!!

7:54 pm

anneadams10

ty

7:54 pm

Riverdance

the one before it ruru - only the first 4 letters

7:54 pm

lbdawger

it doesn't help much to have to use enable for a reference dictionary.

7:54 pm

saralise

ye

7:54 pm

saralise

yeah its much more fun than cleaning my increasingly messy house :)

7:54 pm

lbdawger

ty, bugs. i finally finished around 2 this afternoon.

7:55 pm

Jillyjill

nice job dawg, how are you tonight?

7:55 pm

Riverdance

sara - need help - check out licketys babble clues below and then go to morewords.com - HUGE help for me

7:55 pm

Bugsaw

you mean you have already had firewords?

7:55 pm

daykat

one of the joys of Babbling is that you are in such a constant state of confusion that you dont ever notice the dust bunnies any more.

7:55 pm

Jillyjill

oh well, going to list....

7:55 pm

lbdawger

doing okay, Jilly. how are you? are you affected by the fires?

7:56 pm

Riverdance

I did this afternoon at 4:30 or so pm that is

7:56 pm

rururocks

I think I need the first ch 6/27 then? I am confused

7:56 pm

Riverdance

my sentiments exactly daykat....

7:56 pm

lbdawger

bugs, yeah the phoenix has plopped its wings

7:57 pm

daykat

and if anyone else does, then its their problem

7:57 pm

Riverdance

ch** pet + I dont **oke anymore

7:57 pm

Bugsaw

well done for you two then!!!! I am not even halfway yet...

7:57 pm

anneadams10

ch6/27 hebrew poetry feature feature poetry hebrew

7:57 pm

rururocks

thank you river.. whew..tough those c's

7:57 pm

anneadams10

ch7/40 it's plural

7:57 pm

Jillyjill

list made me feel even worse...lol

7:57 pm

lbdawger

halfway wasn't too bad, it was the last 1/3 that nearly pushed me over the edge

7:57 pm

rururocks

sorry anne not jewish.. but I have it now thank you

7:58 pm

Riverdance

there are 5 that start with the ch** pet

7:58 pm

lbdawger

brb

7:58 pm

Riverdance

lol lbd

7:58 pm

Bugsaw

I am not Jewish either ruru. Can you give a gentile clue for that word please?

7:59 pm

Riverdance

I just did bugs - sorry to say I have to go with the grass growing statue

8:00 pm

Bugsaw

I have the grass growing ones, but not the last 6 or 8 word

8:00 pm

rururocks

like caverns bugsaw spelled weirdly

8:00 pm

pam

hi, all

8:00 pm

rururocks

uh.. I hate this grid

8:00 pm

rururocks

HI PAM...

8:01 pm

pam

RRURURURURURURU

8:02 pm

pam

So, I have to tell you, since it's so hot this summer, that Loosen Riesling has served me well.

8:02 pm

pam

I went to buy a beaujolais for my beloved sangria, but didn't bother

8:02 pm

rururocks

nice.. loosened you up then?

8:02 pm

pam

LOL!

8:02 pm

pam

It has a nice zing

8:02 pm

pam

flavor-wise that is

8:03 pm

pam

But, I am stocking up on the garnachas, too, when they are on sale

8:03 pm

pam

I am feeling brokish, so am being carefuller

8:03 pm

rururocks

Try the Borsao red..

8:03 pm

pam

I turn 50 in November, so be prepared; I think I want to try a GOOD wine fo rhtat, LOL

8:03 pm

pam

Borsao is the maker?

8:04 pm

periwinkle

hello all, just stopped in to say hi

8:04 pm

periwinkle

housework, what is that?

8:04 pm

pam

Hi, peri

8:04 pm

rururocks

yes

8:04 pm

Bugsaw

hi peri

8:04 pm

pam

I have seen Borsao on several labels; can you get me more distinct info?

8:04 pm

Riverdance

*wish I could be just 50 again - no wish I could be 40 again - no no no, wish...

8:04 pm

Riverdance

Hellooo Peri

8:04 pm

pam

I hated a NZ wine that was recommended to me. Blech. So want to be careful

8:04 pm

pam

Hi, river

8:04 pm

pam

LOLOL

8:04 pm

rururocks

yeah.. I have to look at the producer

8:05 pm

pam

Thanks

8:05 pm

pam

How's the pup?

8:05 pm

pam

Pearl is loathing the summer heat

8:05 pm

periwinkle

restarted my cat on the gel antibiotice, pls keep your fingers etc. crossed and hope that it works

8:05 pm

pam

but she is doing reallllllly well

8:05 pm

rururocks

Some New Zealand wines are really nice.. but you have to pay a pretty penny for them.

8:05 pm

pam

paws crossed, peri

8:05 pm

periwinkle

ty pam

8:05 pm

rururocks

Dylan is great.. he gets to play with other goldens tomorrow

8:05 pm

pam

Boots, I think? It might have been Australian? It sucked

8:06 pm

rururocks

gi5/16 anyone?

8:06 pm

daykat

the mi8 has no dictionary dedinition!!!

8:06 pm

pam

YES. Love play dates.

8:06 pm

rururocks

Boots is Austrailian

8:06 pm

periwinkle

ruru gi5 is a gadget

8:06 pm

pam

OK, it sucked.

8:07 pm

rururocks

thanks peri

8:07 pm

daykat

*definition

8:07 pm

pam

gimlet is my phantom

8:07 pm

periwinkle

did that help ru?

8:07 pm

periwinkle

it did, great

8:07 pm

rururocks

Oh.. ugh don't you hate it when you waste $ on wine

8:07 pm

periwinkle

I like gimlets :)

8:07 pm

rururocks

yes thanks peri

8:08 pm

pam

It was better than turpentine, worse than thunderbird

8:08 pm

rururocks

perfect clue

8:08 pm

daykat

NZ wine is bewdiful!!!

8:08 pm

daykat

Aussie wine is even better

8:08 pm

periwinkle

glad I could help

8:08 pm

periwinkle

now off to play scramble, see you later

8:08 pm

pam

OK, now an imperfect one, please, ru, as I don't see the gadget... thanks

8:09 pm

pam

I'll be honest, I poured the bottle down the drain

8:09 pm

rururocks

professor gi5 on cartoons pam

8:10 pm

pam

that is over my head, ru

8:10 pm

Jillyjill

gi+consonant+ i want ***e please

8:10 pm

Uneaixoise

a thingamajig

8:10 pm

rururocks

gi + cons + give me ** (in oakland)

8:10 pm

rururocks

a whatchamacallit

8:11 pm

Jillyjill

whoops...make that **re

8:11 pm

Uneaixoise

a doololly

8:11 pm

rururocks

hi 5/14 please

8:11 pm

pam

Thank you, thank you!

8:11 pm

pam

thought that middle consonant was a "z." Heat addling my brain

8:11 pm

daykat

hi+ raving sexual desire minus the l

8:12 pm

lbdawger

hi + it's a ***ty month of may

8:12 pm

Nancy Boy

raging sexual desire sounds like a good place for me to come in. Good evening all.

8:12 pm

daykat

minus the s sorry

8:12 pm

pam

month o fmay?

8:12 pm

pam

I am so gone

8:12 pm

lbdawger

lol, hi NB

8:13 pm

Jillyjill

Hi nb!! great entrance

8:13 pm

lbdawger

from the musical Camelot, Pam

8:13 pm

daykat

hi NB?

8:13 pm

pam

LBD, UNE, NB

8:13 pm

Uneaixoise

PAM :-)

8:13 pm

rururocks

un can you dumb that down lbd?

8:13 pm

lbdawger

hi + letter before M + you and me=**

8:13 pm

pam

got it, thanks!

8:14 pm

rururocks

I have that one lbd.. thansk

8:14 pm

Nancy Boy

Thank you Jilly, I aim to please ;) how is everyone this evening?

8:14 pm

pam

Jilly, we haven't really met! I have babbled since 10/04 but recently have lurked. I missed everyone too much, so have begun chogging again. My brother lives in Missoula, so I have been known to ask LBD and harpjane for montana reports!

8:15 pm

lbdawger

hi 5.16 change the last letter to letter after L

8:15 pm

pam

well, nb, you?

8:15 pm

Jillyjill

Nice to meet you pam...I haven't seen Jane around much this summer, but I haven't been around much either!! Nice to meet you

8:16 pm

pam

:6)

8:16 pm

pam

;^)

8:16 pm

pam

Where in MT are you? or what part, if you don't wish to get specific?

8:16 pm

rururocks

pam has a t-shirt that says "I'm a Lurker"

8:17 pm

Jillyjill

south of Missoula, actually I am going there tomorrow!

8:17 pm

pam

Cool

8:17 pm

Jillyjill

LOL ruru you always bring such life to the chog

8:17 pm

pam

LOL, ruru. I have a love of t-shirts... my great pal brought me one from A16....

8:17 pm

Jillyjill

some nights with a grid like this, it's more fun to chat than babble....

8:17 pm

rururocks

did he like it?

8:18 pm

pam

RURU is one of the reasons I had to stop lurking. LBD, and une, too.... OK, lots of folks

8:18 pm

rururocks

the restaurant I mean?

8:18 pm

pam

yes; loved it

8:18 pm

rururocks

*smug look*

8:18 pm

pam

He might have to go west again next summer. if i decide to go, I will let you know

8:18 pm

rururocks

these I's are worse than the c's

8:19 pm

pam

i am not invited, lol, it would be a see some people thing...

8:19 pm

lbdawger

think bones, ru

8:19 pm

rururocks

bones?

8:19 pm

rururocks

Oh.> I would love to meet you pam out here

8:19 pm

lbdawger

skeleton, anatomy

8:20 pm

rururocks

*bewildered look*

8:20 pm

pam

Will let you know, ruru!

8:20 pm

Bugsaw

I found one that means guts ruru

8:20 pm

Jillyjill

*same look as ruru*

8:20 pm

pam

I am also thinking of dragging a friend to per se in October. Pre-birthday me-day.

8:20 pm

rururocks

dorens is coming out..and we are going wine tasting together

8:21 pm

rururocks

oh.. you are going to love per se

8:21 pm

lbdawger

il5.14 is the upper portion of the hipbone

8:21 pm

pam

Oh, that will be a blast, ruru. I can't wait to meet her!

8:21 pm

lbdawger

il4 is the plural form fo the il5.14

8:21 pm

pam

Someone I know has an in to per se; we shall see.

8:22 pm

Jillyjill

lord, and I'm a nurse!!!

8:22 pm

pam

You know how I feel about Mr Keller, LOL

8:22 pm

Bugsaw

thanks lbd. I thot that was the small intestine! that is what I learned today...

8:22 pm

pam

you should hear me at work, ruru, LOL

8:22 pm

lbdawger

il5.14 and 5.12 have to do with the small intestine

8:23 pm

Jillyjill

intestines were yesterday with chyme....lol

8:23 pm

lbdawger

the first ones have to do with the intestines

8:23 pm

Bugsaw

ok then, I AM on the right track then,,, just blind. Blindness makes Babble much more difficult

8:23 pm

lbdawger

im5 is an alternate spelling of muslim religious leader

8:24 pm

daykat

mi6/24 please?

8:24 pm

Jillyjill

bugs...you know how letters tend to disappear...

8:24 pm

pam

i can't finagle that one, LBD, been trying as i thought it would be there...

8:24 pm

daykat

the second mi6/24

8:24 pm

herinfernallady

Hi. NB you fixed the Yahoo Problem?

8:24 pm

Jillyjill

Hi herin, how's ur dad?

8:24 pm

lbdawger

plural the 2nd mi5.14, daykat

8:24 pm

pam

HERIN!

8:25 pm

herinfernallady

Jilly tomorrow thanks for asking. Last time they said 7 days he was there for weeks

8:25 pm

lbdawger

pam add another vowel in the middle of the im

8:25 pm

rururocks

*banging head on keyboard *GQ{FI"QF#GHQ{"RHF
#HN}) Qth|

8:25 pm

herinfernallady

Hi PAM

8:25 pm

lbdawger

take it easy, ru.

8:26 pm

lbdawger

hi herin

8:26 pm

daykat

got that one lbd - it is the ummm 4th mi6/24

8:26 pm

Bugsaw

I am right behind you ruru

8:26 pm

daykat

settle ruru

8:26 pm

lbdawger

im4 is a zulu warrior regement

8:26 pm

daykat

its only a game:)

8:26 pm

rururocks

il 5/12 please

8:26 pm

Jillyjill

keep repeating that

8:26 pm

pam

got the im5, thanks!

8:26 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

8:27 pm

Minveryork

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

8:27 pm

herinfernallady

RU breath. Have a cookie.

8:27 pm

herinfernallady

HI Mini welcome to Us

8:27 pm

rururocks

hi minver

8:27 pm

Bugsaw

hello MIn

8:27 pm

daykat

hi min

8:27 pm

lbdawger

daykat, not married female minus one S + ready take *** at the target

8:27 pm

pam

MIN!

8:27 pm

herinfernallady

Jilly it is a worry. I have emergancy money and avenues to go to them if lords forbid there is a problem

8:27 pm

lbdawger

Hi Min! welcome to the beastly grid, how are you tonight?

8:27 pm

rururocks

I am finishing this grid and never playing this ever, ever again

8:28 pm

Jillyjill

ya right ruru

8:28 pm

daykat

ty lbd

8:28 pm

lbdawger

until tomorrow, right ru?

8:28 pm

pam

ROFLMAO, RU

8:28 pm

Minveryork

It is defnintely a beastly grid. Odd for it being so big

8:29 pm

pam

Oh, herin, I had no idea... hope he's ok

8:29 pm

Jillyjill

hi min

8:29 pm

Minveryork

This is the kind of grid you would expect with a small grid. Anyway,I am well and am not going to finish this

8:29 pm

lbdawger

is6.24 is plural form of is7, which is the butt bones you sit on

8:29 pm

pam

Glad you are well, min!

8:29 pm

Jillyjill

sorry herin, just got to reading back on your response...so he's back in the hospital?

8:30 pm

Minveryork

Remember the grid that was 243 words few days ago

8:30 pm

daykat

50 left

8:30 pm

Minveryork

Well the night before that I guessed it would be 242.

8:30 pm

Jillyjill

I started it with the resolve just to pluck at this grid...no winning focus

8:30 pm

daykat

I am joining ruru's head on the keyboard - move over ruru

8:31 pm

daykat

mantra - its only a game - it's only a game......

8:31 pm

herinfernallady

Ok tommorrow AM Dad has to have a lower leg operation. The doctors need to remove floating bone from his shin so it stops infecting the skin. Last year they did something and he was in hospital for ages.

8:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

i can quit anytime i want ...i can quit anytime i want...

8:31 pm

rururocks

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

8:31 pm

Minveryork

Two phantom words for me today are glue and milage

8:31 pm

pam

I can't get the is7, have the 6. Joining the headbangers.

8:32 pm

pam

mine is gimlet, min

8:32 pm

72 Temple Owl

same here

8:32 pm

Jillyjill

Oh Herin (((hugs))) How old is your dad?

8:32 pm

Uneaixoise

ditto

8:32 pm

herinfernallady

70

8:32 pm

lbdawger

pam is7 is the singular form of the is6. think in latin terms

8:32 pm

herinfernallady

He has had a bad leg since he was 3 he got hit by a truck when he was little.

8:32 pm

car.eeyore

Herin, I will be sending good thoughts and prayers your way for your dad and you ((Hug))

8:33 pm

pam

thanks, lbd--used wrong vowel...

8:33 pm

Uneaixoise

tx, got it, dawg

8:33 pm

rururocks

what does the is have to do with?

8:33 pm

Uneaixoise

herin, so sorry about your dad -- hope all goes well

8:33 pm

pam

your butt, ruru

8:33 pm

lbdawger

the first two have to do with butt bones

8:33 pm

daykat

herin - all digits crossed for your dad

8:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

still looking

8:33 pm

Jillyjill

Herin, will keep you and your dad in my thoughts and prayers

8:33 pm

Riverdance

Ok, what did I miss - herin?

8:34 pm

herinfernallady

Thanks everyone. I have apologised for head up butt for the next couple of days

8:34 pm

herinfernallady

Caree hugs on the kitty.

8:34 pm

lbdawger

is4.4 Gilligan's Is**

8:34 pm

Riverdance

dont - backing up and reading chog

8:35 pm

rururocks

well that one should be easy since I seem to have my head up my ass today

8:35 pm

herinfernallady

Pam are you PF on Fb?

8:35 pm

Jillyjill

break time....bbl

8:35 pm

rururocks

*looks around for bones*

8:36 pm

pam

I am pam fradkin on facebook

8:36 pm

pam

LOL, ruru

8:36 pm

car.eeyore

Thank you Herin.

8:36 pm

pam

later, jilly

8:36 pm

daykat

i hate words that arent in the dictionary mumble grumble

8:36 pm

herinfernallady

is that your GF in your photo?

8:36 pm

pam

No, that is one of my closest friends.

8:36 pm

pam

I am single

8:37 pm

herinfernallady

Very cute pic

8:37 pm

rururocks

mi 7 Please

8:37 pm

lbdawger

last is6 is latin plural form of strip of land between two larger pieces of land or...what a kid with missing front teeth says to his mom when he gets home from school

8:37 pm

pam

thank you!

8:37 pm

Riverdance

really ruru???

8:38 pm

lbdawger

mi7.48 (first mi7) having to do with dairy products. mi5 + gerund minus the N

8:39 pm

Riverdance

mi + I **ke Richard....+ the smell of **calypti* is very soothing

8:41 pm

herinfernallady

Ru I don't have it

8:41 pm

rururocks

I am done for with words like this

8:41 pm

rururocks

Yikes

8:41 pm

Riverdance

did I give a really bad cl**?

8:41 pm

pam

It's yiddish for the non-meat type food

8:42 pm

Riverdance

letme try again

8:42 pm

stidmama

*comes in and hugs River* GOOD NEWS at last!!!

*waves at everyone* hello!

8:42 pm

rururocks

I got it thanks river

8:42 pm

car.eeyore

Hi Stid!

8:42 pm

mcurlschool

*waving back to stid* HI!

8:42 pm

Riverdance

fooled us ruru

8:43 pm

pam

stid!!!

8:43 pm

Riverdance

**not so hard stid***

8:43 pm

stidmama

hey mcurl!

8:43 pm

stidmama

hey car!

8:43 pm

herinfernallady

Stidddddddie

8:43 pm

stidmama

hey lady!

8:43 pm

stidmama

wow. it's like a late-night party!

8:43 pm

herinfernallady

It is early morning

8:43 pm

Riverdance

encouragement hug for ***ruru**

8:44 pm

mcurlschool

Party, Party, Party

8:44 pm

rururocks

this grid is racist

8:44 pm

rururocks

It takes yiddish words but not muslims

8:44 pm

stidmama

go ruru go!

8:44 pm

Riverdance

whoohoooo - are we doing the 24 hour party - we can you know

8:44 pm

stidmama

is the ch 6 before the hot peppers fishy? my last C

8:45 pm

stidmama

*puts on party hat and puts up streamers*

8:45 pm

Riverdance

no = its a ch** pet + you and I

8:45 pm

mcurlschool

don't know if it's fishy but more of a country

8:45 pm

KIMMYDEE

Why is Muslim "not found in the dictionary"? ???

8:45 pm

stidmama

thanks river!

8:45 pm

pam

BBL

8:45 pm

stidmama

hey kimmy

8:45 pm

stidmama

muslim is proper noun

8:46 pm

stidmama

later pam (((hugs)))

8:46 pm

herinfernallady

Byee Pam

8:46 pm

KIMMYDEE

"Jews" was in the puzzle the other day....

8:46 pm

Riverdance

Keith NEEDS the computer DESPERATELY - must go - gave a good night all (girlfriend must be on) shhhh

8:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

but which mi 5?

8:46 pm

lbdawger

bye Pam

8:46 pm

lbdawger

night night, river

8:47 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams river! (((more hugs)))

8:47 pm

rururocks

not getting the latin ending on the is

8:47 pm

rururocks

I feel like MKG on this grid

8:47 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Riverdance! I'll see you tomorrow in the log!

8:47 pm

Riverdance

(((hugs))) to All babble friends ( that means you too ruru)

8:47 pm

rururocks

bye river

8:47 pm

herinfernallady

Bye River

8:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am trying chocolate cheerios. they are awful.

8:48 pm

Riverdance

is + the **** pet

8:48 pm

rururocks

I have that one

8:48 pm

Riverdance

is + **urch on sunday + that **pire made a bad call

8:48 pm

rururocks

I am soooo confused.. let me regroup

8:48 pm

stidmama

choclit I like, cheerios I like... too bad they always ruin the flavor of both.

8:49 pm

lbdawger

glad to hear that, TO. I'll be sure NOT to buy them

8:49 pm

mkg

did i see my name? huh? what am i like? asking for lots of clues??????

8:49 pm

Minveryork

Does anyone have a clue for the cl 5/18 word please?

8:49 pm

lbdawger

is + **e end + **ssion impossible!

8:50 pm

Riverdance

cl5/18 is a cl*** of hair

8:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

not choco like at all even dry

8:50 pm

Riverdance

need to go now - have fun all

8:50 pm

lbdawger

Min, chunk of stuff

8:50 pm

rururocks

I did that one ten times lbd

8:50 pm

Riverdance

Poof

8:50 pm

herinfernallady

Ru how is you going?

8:50 pm

rururocks

I am sucking on this grid herin

8:51 pm

lbdawger

and did it work this time, ru?

8:51 pm

rururocks

I need one more m the last mi 6/24 please

8:51 pm

stidmama

is the im 5 fishy?

8:51 pm

rururocks

yes.. it's weird I did it over and over and it didn't go

8:51 pm

Minveryork

Thank you for the cl 5/18 clue! I just found the word

8:51 pm

stidmama

go Min go!

8:51 pm

herinfernallady

Awww Ru

8:52 pm

KIMMYDEE

7/26/10 archives, "jews" was accepted - fyi babblers and today "muslim" and "muslims" is not.... I am very annoyed

8:52 pm

lbdawger

as you point and shoot, make sure you don't mi6 and hit the wall.

8:52 pm

Jillyjill

well, the one good thing about this grid is usually when you finally see a word, several more jump out...I actaully have only 49 left!!

8:52 pm

stidmama

thanks for that one LBD

8:52 pm

stidmama

hey Jilly

8:53 pm

lbdawger

go Jilly!

8:53 pm

herinfernallady

HI Kimmy

8:53 pm

Jillyjill

Hi stidm, thanks dawg

8:53 pm

rururocks

oh .. god.

8:54 pm

pythonx

jews was accepted because it is used as slang for haggling

8:54 pm

lbdawger

words that are in the grid but don't register as accepted only means that Dr G didn't add them into that grid list. We'd have really monster grids otherwise

8:55 pm

lbdawger

not to mention that enable is a quirky dictionary

8:56 pm

herinfernallady

lots of babblets today

8:56 pm

rururocks

il 5/12 please

8:57 pm

Jellen

hello...

8:57 pm

lbdawger

il + vowel + me and you = **

8:57 pm

daykat

il+vowel+you and me

8:57 pm

lbdawger

hi jellen

8:57 pm

Minveryork

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

8:57 pm

daykat

snap!!

8:57 pm

Jillyjill

ok, pi4/5 is probably under my nose, but I can't seem to find it!! Clues please?

8:57 pm

daykat

re6/24 please

8:58 pm

rururocks

thanks dayK

8:58 pm

pythonx

pi + ** you like it

8:58 pm

lbdawger

Pain In **s or plural ballet diva Isadora

8:58 pm

daykat

a girl's name +s Jill

8:58 pm

Minveryork

*puts herself into the Penalty Box after realizing her mistake of spilling cl4/6 word twice 20 minutes later*

8:59 pm

Jillyjill

tyvm!

8:59 pm

lbdawger

re + little sir **** how do you do

8:59 pm

daykat

dumb down please lbd

9:00 pm

lbdawger

i think that cl4 has been given a bye, tonight, Min.

9:00 pm

herinfernallady

Hi jellen

9:01 pm

Minveryork

That re 6/24 word is re plus that ec 4/6 word daykat

9:01 pm

lbdawger

repeated sound that reverberates off hard surfaces is an ****. re**** do the sound again?

9:01 pm

lbdawger

brb

9:01 pm

herinfernallady

Ok this is driving me nuts. I give in

9:01 pm

daykat

ty lbd got it now

9:01 pm

stidmama

second mi 5 please?

9:01 pm

herinfernallady

later gators

9:02 pm

Jellen

Bye herin

9:02 pm

Jillyjill

brb

9:02 pm

Jillyjill

nite herin, *fingers crossed*

9:03 pm

stidmama

later lady

9:03 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye herinfernallady! 'll see you tomorrow maybe.

9:03 pm

rururocks

re 5/12?

9:04 pm

Minveryork

That re 5/12 is to handle something again rururocks.

9:05 pm

Minveryork

I am stopping at 152 words and 1700 points.Bye to all

9:05 pm

Minveryork

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

9:06 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams Min ((hugs)) see you tomorrow!

9:06 pm

mungekin

I got that beat

9:06 pm

o-o

A follower of the former Chinese Chairman: ma + o***

9:07 pm

mungekin

ANYONE got a single 7 letter word?

9:08 pm

rururocks

going the wrong way on that one.. thank you minver

9:09 pm

daykat

there are 2 re6/18 that i can't get - trade for a 7letter word or two!

9:09 pm

o-o

is + young ones: ***ldren +wrigley's spearmint g**

9:10 pm

lbdawger

hi br!

9:10 pm

o-o

re + the act of putting fodder in the tower next to the barn

9:11 pm

o-o

re 6 -- to fight against

9:11 pm

o-o

Hello, ibd

9:11 pm

stidmama

(((BR))) so good to see you tonight!

9:12 pm

o-o

my definition for the fodder clue is wrong but I used it thinking it might be easier to find

9:12 pm

daykat

got the fodder one now thanks babble

9:12 pm

o-o

Hello, stid

9:13 pm

rururocks

sc 6/27?

9:13 pm

stidmama

still mystified by the second mi 5... help please?

9:13 pm

pythonx

a nasty grid like this can give you a ul5.14

9:14 pm

o-o

sc -- a division within a religion

9:14 pm

stidmama

a rift, ruru, usually between religious factions

9:14 pm

rururocks

thanks

9:14 pm

lbdawger

mi + u h*** rental trucks

9:15 pm

stidmama

thanks LBD. *sigh* monkeyed all around that one

9:15 pm

stidmama

how about the first mi 7?

9:16 pm

72 Temple Owl

and the mi 8 pls?

9:16 pm

daykat

re6/18 (not the fodder or the fight one)

9:16 pm

lbdawger

first mi7 is mi5 + first and last part of gerund

9:16 pm

stidmama

pickle re 6/18 on a hot dog?

9:17 pm

stidmama

oh no... sorry daykat, that is the 6/21

9:17 pm

lbdawger

mi8 distances + In My Opinion

9:17 pm

stidmama

you want the re + lickety's secret weapon

9:17 pm

stidmama

thanks LBD

9:17 pm

daykat

no got that one stid

9:17 pm

stidmama

weird word, that mi 8

9:18 pm

daykat

yessssssss ty stid

9:18 pm

lbdawger

re****ence is futile

9:18 pm

stidmama

how about the last fishy mi 6?

9:18 pm

rururocks

si 5/14 ?

9:18 pm

stidmama

:-D I helpeded!!!!

9:18 pm

lbdawger

si + fish breathe thru ***ls

9:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

9:19 pm

stidmama

thanks for that one also LBD

9:19 pm

lbdawger

not married female + not truth

9:19 pm

rururocks

you are saving me today LBD
thank you

9:20 pm

stidmama

gah. LOL LBD to the rescue!!!

9:20 pm

rururocks

final lap

9:20 pm

lbdawger

:)

9:20 pm

stidmama

down to 25....

9:21 pm

daykat

40 left - the last 10 took forever!!!

9:21 pm

lbdawger

go stid!

9:21 pm

stidmama

did the im 5 get clued and I missed it?

9:21 pm

o-o

Not the easiest grid ... rather a fun one

9:21 pm

stidmama

there are some interesting words, which is nice.

9:22 pm

lbdawger

alternate spelling of religious muslim leader add another vowel in the middle

9:22 pm

rururocks

ul 5 please

9:22 pm

Uneaixoise

im + author of Wizard of Oz, L. Frank B***

9:22 pm

lbdawger

go daykat!

9:22 pm

o-o

Hello, Une ... how you be?

9:22 pm

pythonx

what this nasty grid can give you ruru think stomach

9:22 pm

stidmama

merci bien, chere Une! bonsoir!

9:22 pm

Uneaixoise

ul5 what you get in the tummy when you have long-term stress

9:23 pm

Uneaixoise

hey BR :-)

9:23 pm

rururocks

done

9:23 pm

pythonx

wtg ruru

9:23 pm

Uneaixoise

ALL done? Congrats!!

9:23 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hooooooo RU!!!!

9:23 pm

stidmama

YAY ruru!!!!!

9:23 pm

rururocks

thank you une and LBD.. and Day kat and minver and everyone else

9:23 pm

rururocks

what a bruiser of a grid

9:23 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

9:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

sa6/24 pls?

9:24 pm

Uneaixoise

indeed . . . and still far from finished

9:24 pm

o-o

congrats, ruru. How is here-comes-trouble doing?

9:24 pm

lbdawger

more wise, TO

9:24 pm

rururocks

he's great BR.. he gets a play date with some other dogs tomorrow

9:24 pm

Uneaixoise

ruru's little social butterfly :-)

9:25 pm

o-o

the first time?

9:25 pm

lbdawger

dylan's a babe magnet

9:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

9:25 pm

rururocks

yes..

9:25 pm

rururocks

he played with his sister recently though

9:25 pm

Uneaixoise

how cool!

9:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

sa5/18 pls/

9:25 pm

rururocks

this will be with 4 other boys

9:26 pm

rururocks

sa + wrigley's TO

9:26 pm

lbdawger

sa + chewing ***

9:26 pm

lbdawger

is he a rough tumbler or a gentle player?

9:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty fading fast

9:27 pm

stidmama

is the su 5 fishy?

9:28 pm

lbdawger

su + stick + **namon rolls

9:28 pm

o-o

su + *u**lle ball

9:28 pm

stidmama

thanks BR and LBD!

9:28 pm

stidmama

down to 5

9:29 pm

lbdawger

go stiddy!

9:29 pm

rururocks

he's a woosie lbd

9:29 pm

stidmama

two...

9:29 pm

lbdawger

lol, he'll be good to socialize with. hope the other boys don't bully him

9:29 pm

rururocks

wow stid.. amazing

9:29 pm

stidmama

firewords!!!

9:30 pm

rururocks

I'll supervise it..

9:30 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hooooooo STID!!!

9:30 pm

Uneaixoise

yay, stiddy!!!

9:30 pm

rururocks

wow.. stid that is really amazing..

9:30 pm

rururocks

you blew through it

9:30 pm

stidmama

most of the last ten were plurals (or singles) I had missed.

9:30 pm

o-o

Is Dylan going to bigger than you thought, ru?

9:30 pm

daykat

well done stid

9:30 pm

o-o

Congrats, stid

9:31 pm

lbdawger

my doberman was a woosie, but my minpin would take on rotties

9:31 pm

rururocks

not really BR.. I expect him to be about 80 pounds

9:31 pm

stidmama

I blew it all right, ruru! LOL

9:31 pm

lbdawger

need pictures of him, ru!

9:32 pm

stidmama

80 lbs is a good size. you can still haul him around if you need to.

9:32 pm

o-o

stid, you still glad to be in grad school?

9:32 pm

rururocks

he is looking pretty good..

9:32 pm

rururocks

he's very handsome

9:33 pm

rururocks

he'll start dog shows at 1 year old

9:33 pm

lbdawger

he's got good genes. still want to see pictures of him.

9:34 pm

stidmama

NO BR, I am NOT. but I am going to persevere. at least that's how I feel tonight.

9:34 pm

rururocks

I'll try to get them on soon

9:35 pm

stidmama

I am scared and disillusioned and worried that my health won't hold up for another year.

9:35 pm

o-o

Does Dylan have to join the actor's guild to be in dog shows?

9:35 pm

lbdawger

will hold you to that, ru

9:35 pm

lbdawger

i'll nag you as much as i nag my kid for pics of the grands!

9:35 pm

stidmama

please define "soon" ruru... before hockey sticks in hawaii?

9:35 pm

wildcat17

awww stid .. you can do it! hang in there!

9:35 pm

rururocks

lol no BR

9:36 pm

rururocks

within a week howsthat

9:36 pm

stidmama

thanks wildcat. I am going to try. IF I give up I won't know. All I can do is my best.

9:36 pm

stidmama

that is a good time frame ruru ((hugs))

9:36 pm

wildcat17

that's right. take it one day at a time and see how the days add up

9:36 pm

wildcat17

yay! dylan pics

9:37 pm

lbdawger

when i did my masters, we all had to take the MMPI, it was a matter of course that we all scored in the schizophrenic and sociopathic areas.

9:37 pm

o-o

stid, be kinder to yourself. Reduce that stress. Work on that self-esteem ... you can do this ... believe it and lose the stress

9:37 pm

stidmama

LOL LBD! if I were to take it right now my anxiety/panic score would be off the charts

9:37 pm

wildcat17

get the kids and hubby to help out more at home

9:38 pm

lbdawger

lose the stress...send the kids to another planet! ;-) but BR's right, got to be kinder to yourself.

9:38 pm

stidmama

thanks wildcat. I am trying to set things up this summer so that I don't have to do much over the next school year... I think they CAN help more, but a lot of it will depend on how much energy I have.

9:39 pm

wildcat17

I bet they'd be more motivated if they knew your success depended on them helping. Kids are funny like that

9:39 pm

wildcat17

they need to help so you can rest when you can and save up that energy for what you need it for

9:39 pm

stidmama

thanks BR. stress I can't reduce (having MAJOR issues with one of the kids) but I am working very hard at correcting negative self talk. AND I am trying very hard to not use my sleeping pills... trying to get outside in the sun and work steadily through the day.

9:40 pm

stidmama

note, the stress over one of the kids is about challenges not of his own creation -- and the lack of will by the schools to address his needs.

9:40 pm

wildcat17

ugh I am so stuck ... need all 5 and 6 letter words - m,g, a, h, r, c

9:40 pm

lbdawger

ahh, but you're going to kick ass on that issue, Stid.

9:41 pm

o-o

That is so unfortunate, stid

9:41 pm

wildcat17

I know that can be very frustrating stid .. do what you can and try not to worry about the rest

9:41 pm

stidmama

I am going to kick ASSES (plural) LBD. I am so steamed... just waiting to get more data before I start making waves

9:41 pm

stidmama

I think I just mixed three metaphors...

9:41 pm

wildcat17

maybe taking out your frustration on them will help with the stress level

9:42 pm

lbdawger

not waves...tsunami!

9:42 pm

wildcat17

mix as many as you want stid

9:42 pm

stidmama

actually wildcat, I am LOVING weeding this summer... LOL great stress relief

9:42 pm

wildcat17

come weed here too then ... plenty to do

9:42 pm

o-o

And remember, stid, we are here to listen too

9:43 pm

stidmama

and of course babbling. I am getting such great support from my friends here.

9:43 pm

wildcat17

always

9:43 pm

wildcat17

and offer friendly advice

9:43 pm

stidmama

thanks BR ((hugs)) I am afraid you-all will have to develop babble-ear-plugs before I am done!

9:44 pm

wildcat17

we'll be fine

9:44 pm

stidmama

the advice I get here is marvelous. Even when I have already tried something, I feel as if it validates my decisions.

9:45 pm

stidmama

and my tom is wonderful, too. He eats anything I cook, and cooks when I don't have the energy.

9:45 pm

o-o

Well, you know, a soft-spoken woosie like me, has NEVER confronted anyone about a perceived wrong.

9:45 pm

stidmama

oh! BR! today I made spring rolls!!! all by myself! *proud mama look* they were lumpy, but they held together, and tom and the boys took care of all the evidence...

9:45 pm

stidmama

rofl BR!!!

9:46 pm

o-o

Yay for you, stid.

9:46 pm

stidmama

I learned how to make them last Saturday, from a friend. I can hardly wait to make them again.

9:46 pm

wildcat17

sounds yummy

9:47 pm

stidmama

one of my coping strategies is trying new things -- one thing each day. that feels manageable.

9:47 pm

lbdawger

i like spring rolls, except for the frying. wonder if i could bake them?

9:47 pm

stidmama

Mother says that feeling nervous about the upcoming teaching year is normal... she says I am "exceptional" LOL

9:48 pm

stidmama

these are the kind that aren't cooked.

9:48 pm

wildcat17

something from the upper H please

9:48 pm

stidmama

I think maybe I meant summer rolls.

9:49 pm

o-o

May be of some interest, stid: http://tinyurl.com/yzhbhqu

9:50 pm

stidmama

rofl BR! that's the one you refered Jellen to! and you're right, it applies to me too. *offers choclits* you're very perceptive.

9:50 pm

stidmama

upper H. hi 4/5

9:50 pm

gremlinn

hi

9:51 pm

wildcat17

5 or 6 letters

9:51 pm

wildcat17

hi gremm

9:51 pm

stidmama

hey gremlinn

9:51 pm

lbdawger

not cold, ho4

9:51 pm

lbdawger

hi grem

9:51 pm

gremlinn

hi + a***inum foil

9:51 pm

o-o

and here: http://tinyurl.com/2gy8r7l

9:52 pm

wildcat17

tyty one more

9:52 pm

gremlinn

another hi5, change last letter of that

9:52 pm

wildcat17

tyvm

9:52 pm

gremlinn

and Latin plural

9:52 pm

wildcat17

I need 5 from the M right above it

9:53 pm

stidmama

:-D BR, you're an angel *polishes BR halo and adds rainbow glitter to make it pretty*

9:53 pm

gremlinn

mi + first li4/5

9:53 pm

wildcat17

13 ma, 16 mi, 2 mo

9:54 pm

wildcat17

8 mu

9:55 pm

lbdawger

must be heading off to the pillows. see you all tomorrow, pray for an easier grid or at least one not so full of weird words! night everyone!

9:55 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams LBD

9:55 pm

o-o

Be well, lbd

9:56 pm

stidmama

I am going to head out also, tom and I have a "date" playing on the wii...

9:56 pm

stidmama

(((hugs all))) thanks for listening, and thanks for the support. LBD, I have bookmarked both pages.

9:57 pm

wildcat17

tc stid and have fun

9:57 pm

stidmama

oops. BR I meant. *sigh*

9:57 pm

o-o

be well, stid

9:57 pm

stidmama

*poof*

9:59 pm

stidmama

p.s. the wikihow page is also appropros today.... thanks again BR *real poof*

10:03 pm

Jillyjill

night dawg will think of you on my drive to Missoula tomorrow!

10:07 pm

Jillyjill

are we froze again?

10:07 pm

Jellen

Hello again...

10:07 pm

Jillyjill

Hi Jellen, how are you?

10:07 pm

Jellen

I'm feelling well, thanks...

10:08 pm

Jillyjill

((hugs))

10:08 pm

Jellen

Just typed up Tim's med schedule so he can take some responsibility for his own health...

10:09 pm

Jellen

Up to now, he hasn't shown much interest...

10:09 pm

Jillyjill

Good idea, good for him too...

10:10 pm

Jellen

Good grief! I have 83 left...

10:10 pm

Jillyjill

47, but I am not going to stress and try to get it done tonight, have learned my limitations!! lol

10:11 pm

Jillyjill

besides, I'm happy to be finding words as it is

10:11 pm

wildcat17

one of the first two mi5/14 please

10:11 pm

Jellen

Ooh, ooh I have those!

10:12 pm

Jellen

mi + Enthusi***

10:12 pm

wildcat17

tyvm that was firewords

10:13 pm

Jillyjill

WTG wild cat...was trying to figure how to clue that one...

10:13 pm

Jellen

Whoohoo, wildcat!!!!

10:13 pm

wildcat17

ty how are you and tim doing?

10:13 pm

Jellen

<--helped someone get fireworks!

10:13 pm

Jillyjill

all by yourself!!! *smiles at jellen*

10:13 pm

Jellen

Doing okay...had 2nd chemo session this afternoon...

10:15 pm

wildcat17

and you?

10:15 pm

Jellen

I'm doing okay, too...Think I'll bring a chair cushion next time, lol

10:17 pm

Jillyjill

Ya, hospital furniture has a butt life of 30 minutes...

10:17 pm

Jellen

Meanwhile, Tim's snoozing comfortably in a bed!

10:18 pm

Jellen

A's archived!

10:18 pm

Jillyjill

Besides the fact that it's as hard to watch someone go thru this as it is to go thru it!!

10:18 pm

Jillyjill

Sweet jellen, I still am missing some

10:18 pm

wildcat17

yeah it's not comfy for the supportive person

10:19 pm

wildcat17

you make sure you're taking care pof yourself

10:20 pm

Jillyjill

and we'll all be right behind you with positive energy and prayers!!

10:20 pm

wildcat17

gonna run hagn e1

10:20 pm

wildcat17

gonna run hagn e1

10:22 pm

Jellen

Thanks, Jilly! (ducked out to log-in the support group chat)

10:23 pm

Jellen

to, not the

10:23 pm

Jillyjill

ahhh, that's good for you too!!

10:23 pm

Jellen

Yes it's a very useful group...at www.melanoma.org

10:29 pm

Jillyjill

well, gonna take another break, be back to work on it some more and maybe watch the flip...ttyl Jellen

10:30 pm

Jellen

Later, Jilly!

10:32 pm

Jellen

C's cut down!

10:33 pm

Jellen

E's eliminated!

10:34 pm

Jellen

*hopes no one minds Jellen celebrating small victories*

10:35 pm

torgone

You go, girl! *throws confetti*

10:35 pm

Jellen

lol, Thanks, tor!

10:36 pm

Jellen

brb

10:37 pm

hpb

help with the ce6's?

10:38 pm

gremlinn

ce6, an element

10:38 pm

gremlinn

another ce6 sounds just like "serious"

10:40 pm

hpb

got 'em! thanks gremlinn.

10:45 pm

torgone

That's my c's .. Thanks grem

10:46 pm

Uneaixoise

clue for sk8 please?

10:48 pm

torgone

A confrontation

10:48 pm

Christine

I don't care if they are in Enable -- a lot of those words were concocted by Dr.Seuss !!

10:49 pm

Uneaixoise

tx tor

10:52 pm

Jellen

back...

10:54 pm

Jellen

gi 5/16, please?

10:55 pm

Jillyjill

gadget

10:55 pm

Jellen

Thanks, Jilly

10:56 pm

Jillyjill

yvw!! ^-^

10:56 pm

Jillyjill

how many left Jellen?

10:56 pm

Jillyjill

or maybe I shouldn't stress you!

10:56 pm

Jellen

51 left

10:57 pm

Jellen

It's doable, if there are cl4rs about...

10:57 pm

weiik

hi all, just in for a few before the evening is over, how is everyone?

10:57 pm

Jellen

Hi, weiik! I'm well, thanks

10:58 pm

weiik

hi jell, how is everything at home??

10:58 pm

Jillyjill

Good, welcome to the grid Weiik!

10:58 pm

weiik

hi jill

10:59 pm

Jellen

G's gone!

10:59 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, tryin' to get halfway, stuck with 114 to go, OY

10:59 pm

Jellen

You can do it, Gwen!

11:00 pm

Jillyjill

Tough grid tonight, I started by telling myself I wasn't going to get FW 2nite!!

11:00 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

finally, got to halfway, woot

11:01 pm

Jillyjill

Nice Gwen

11:01 pm

Jellen

Woot! Woot! Gwen!

11:02 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for cl5-18? Thanks

11:03 pm

weiik

gape, did you slip on the cl4/6????

11:03 pm

Jellen

A cl*** of grass or weeds

11:04 pm

gapeach

Ah, thanks weiik and Jellen.

11:04 pm

Jellen

H's hurdled!

11:05 pm

Jellen

I's, er, um, isolated (weak, I know)

11:06 pm

hpb

is6 and is7?

11:06 pm

Jellen

is + ch** pet (the kind that grows grass)

11:07 pm

Jellen

K's are kaput!

11:07 pm

hpb

that word keeps popping up! who knew it had so many uses? :)

11:08 pm

Uneaixoise

lst mi6/24 please?

11:08 pm

Uneaixoise

*last

11:09 pm

Jellen

mi* (wrong) + Ready, ***, fire!

11:10 pm

Uneaixoise

tx jellen!!

11:11 pm

Jellen

One of the few mi's I have...

11:12 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

11:12 pm

Jillyjill

like the rest of my needs, probably totally blind, but clue for am4/5?

11:13 pm

Jellen

French male friends

11:14 pm

Jillyjill

hmmmm, dumb it down any further?

11:14 pm

Jellen

Am + he **, they are

11:15 pm

Jillyjill

got it ty Jellen

11:16 pm

Jellen

L's left in the dust!

11:16 pm

Jellen

Uh oh! Starting the M's...

11:16 pm

Jillyjill

let me try...heading to mash the m's!!!

11:16 pm

Jillyjill

what a load....

11:20 pm

Jellen

ma 5/18, please?

11:22 pm

Jellen

nm, found it!

11:22 pm

hpb

ooh, please share a clue!

11:23 pm

Jellen

ma*azine + you and me

11:23 pm

hpb

danke!

11:23 pm

Jellen

bitte

11:23 pm

mungekin

I dont havea single 7 letter word

11:23 pm

Jillyjill

whoops, sorry, not paying attention...

11:24 pm

Jillyjill

mea culpa

11:25 pm

Jillyjill

ch7/50 is plural of ch6/27

11:25 pm

Jellen

Starting to get a headache...

11:26 pm

Jillyjill

(((sympathy hugs)))

11:26 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ch6 = ch + vowel + are you faking an org***?

11:28 pm

hpb

ec7-8 would be the worship (& plural)of the ec4/6

11:30 pm

mungekin

there must be some kind of code written here I am lost

11:30 pm

mungekin

This is my first day

11:31 pm

Jillyjill

ahhh, look down to links, click onto lickety, provides lists for clueing

11:31 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

mung, are you familiar with Boggle?

11:31 pm

Jillyjill

WELCOME!!

11:31 pm

mungekin

yes

11:32 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

we try not to say a word in the chat room that appears in the grid. Thus the "hints" of 1 or 2 letters plus a number (number of letters in the word)

11:32 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

so, for example, I can't say **** today but I can say CL4 instead

11:34 pm

Jellen

brb

11:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

so, mung, this game give one Boggle-type grid per day, and the goal is to find all the words if you can. Today there are 224 words to find.

11:36 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

We get a new grid at midnight, US Central time, so there are only 25 minutes left to finish this one (!)

11:36 pm

TeaNCrackers

howdy!

11:36 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

mung, also, you should be aware that this game is highly ADDICTIVE lol

11:36 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi there Tea

11:37 pm

Jillyjill

Hi tNc!! here for the flip...did you finish this grid today?

11:37 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i'm givin' up with 60 words to go. brain cells are dying. bye bye and POINK

11:37 pm

TeaNCrackers

oh heck no - this is the first time i've been on today

11:38 pm

Jillyjill

You won't be the only one w/o fireworks today!! LOL

11:39 pm

jillibus

Count me in for the fireworks fizzle. 93 left -- had no time today and am half asleep now.

11:39 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for ch6-27 the 2nd? Thanks

11:40 pm

TeaNCrackers

ooooh, peach!

11:40 pm

jillibus

Hi all!

11:40 pm

TeaNCrackers

hi jilli

11:40 pm

Jillyjill

ch** pet + you and I

11:41 pm

J. C.

Good morning, Jill. ;)

11:41 pm

Jillyjill

Hi Jilli, how is my name sister doing?

11:41 pm

jillibus

And now I'll go and get the next icon theme -- Vincent Van Gogh.

11:41 pm

gapeach

Thanks so much, Jillyjill.

11:41 pm

jillibus

Oh! Heloo JC!

11:41 pm

Jillyjill

yvw peach!

11:42 pm

jillibus

Nice bio, JC!

11:43 pm

mungekin

well I think 175 words my first try is ok

11:43 pm

hpb

wow, impressive mungekin.

11:44 pm

jillibus

Very good indeed mung!

11:44 pm

mungekin

I scored 2044......but not a single 7 letter word

11:44 pm

hpb

I'm stuck at 168.

11:44 pm

jillibus

back soon...

11:45 pm

Jillyjill

good job mung, now welcome to our addiction...bwahaaaaa

11:45 pm

Jillyjill

see you jilli

11:46 pm

Jillyjill

I might be able to clue a few for you hpb

11:46 pm

mungekin

I cannot believe I cant get a single 7 letter word and I am missing two eight letter words

11:47 pm

hpb

I can't get the 3 ma's between "wound/disfigure" and "disguise"

11:47 pm

hpb

they don't look like they should be hard, but I'm just not seeing them

11:47 pm

mungekin

huh?

11:47 pm

Jillyjill

okay, one is in the CH catagory, clue would be: ch** pet + org***

11:48 pm

mungekin

chiasm

11:48 pm

TeaNCrackers

thanks, mung!

11:48 pm

hpb

oops, wrong box mung!

11:48 pm

Jillyjill

lol...we all do that from time to time

11:48 pm

mungekin

yeah sorry

11:49 pm

mungekin

its my first day.....where are you guys getting this info?

11:49 pm

Jillyjill

missing those too hpb

11:49 pm

Jillyjill

sorry

11:49 pm

hpb

oh well. thanks anyway.

11:50 pm

Jillyjill

mung, did you look at lickety?

11:50 pm

mungekin

no

11:50 pm

hpb

what about si's? I only have the last one.

11:50 pm

Jillyjill

we use those to identify the word/pts, the clues come from our little own minds..

11:50 pm

Jellen

I'm back...with 7 left!

11:51 pm

Jellen

s + frozen water

11:51 pm

TeaNCrackers

hi jellen

11:51 pm

TeaNCrackers

151 left here

11:51 pm

Jillyjill

blank there to hpb, hit and miss throughout the list

11:51 pm

Jellen

si + ***lian Anderson of Scully fame

11:52 pm

Jillyjill

tu jellen and WOW!!!!

11:52 pm

hpb

yeah, me too. this is a tough grid.

11:52 pm

jillibus

OK, here's the new icon.

11:52 pm

hpb

thanks jellen. Gotta love Scully

11:53 pm

Jillyjill

mung...hang in there...it'll make sense after a few grids!

11:53 pm

Jillyjill

there are still things I'm learning

11:54 pm

Jellen

Drawing a total blank on series name...

11:54 pm

hpb

X Files.

11:54 pm

Jellen

X-files, duh!

11:54 pm

daykat

12 left and I give up:(((

11:55 pm

mungekin

I have 44 left I SUCK

11:55 pm

Jillyjill

28 and me too, don't need the pressure, I do much better on smaller grids!

11:55 pm

Jellen

That's great for your first time!

11:55 pm

hpb

no way! I still have 52 left.

11:55 pm

Jellen

mu 6/27, the second?

11:56 pm

Jillyjill

Mung! never say that!! You did really well; no help, no lickety!! you should pat yourself on the back!

11:56 pm

daykat

mungekin - this is your first time and youve only got 44 left!! what a champpen!

11:56 pm

TeaNCrackers

I need an I from the middle I for NBT

11:56 pm

daykat

champion

11:56 pm

TeaNCrackers

please and thank you

11:56 pm

Jellen

4 left...re's

11:56 pm

TeaNCrackers

never mind - got it

11:56 pm

TeaNCrackers

NBT here

11:57 pm

hpb

Jell, you flex it.

11:58 pm

Jillyjill

gonna quit and watch the flip....

11:58 pm

Jellen

!!!Fireworks!!!

11:59 pm

daykat

let it be a nice one

11:59 pm

daykat

woot jellen!!!

11:59 pm

Jillyjill

WTG Jellen!!!

11:59 pm

gremlinn

941

11:59 pm

TeaNCrackers

yay jellen!

11:59 pm

TeaNCrackers

grem, you knock that off!

11:59 pm

TeaNCrackers

183 is my guess

11:59 pm

gremlinn

149

11:59 pm

Jellen

Thank you!

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