Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, August 19, 2010

12:00 am

Minveryork

Flip flip hooray!

12:00 am

vashongin

di 8/9

12:00 am

pcal2

flip

12:00 am

Minveryork

The next icon theme is wingdings suggested by Sprite.

12:00 am

MLFAN17

RE 6/7

12:01 am

Minveryork

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

12:01 am

MLFAN17

thanks

12:01 am

Minveryork

Hello pcal2! How are you doing? Welcome to the chat log!

12:01 am

vashongin

ty...i am ok as long as i stay on meds

12:01 am

MLFAN17

what is a wing ding?

12:01 am

vashongin

di 7

12:01 am

Minveryork

I am diving into the grid.Will be back halfway finished

12:01 am

vashongin

how are you?

12:02 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:02 am

pcal2

Hi Min. Kind of sleepy...will probably only be here a few before I disappear.

12:02 am

Minveryork

Wingdings are a series of dingbat fonts which render letters as a variety of symbols. They were originally developed in 1990 by Microsoft by combining glyphs from Lucida Icons, Arrows, and Stars licensed from Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes.

12:02 am

Erda

Thank you, Lickety!!!

12:02 am

Minveryork

Thanks Lickety!

12:03 am

pcal2

ty Lickety

12:03 am

MLFAN17

ohhhh those thanks

12:03 am

Minveryork

Look at my icon to see example of wingding MLFAN17

12:04 am

MLFAN17

TA 5 6 6

12:05 am

jillibus

flip late!

12:05 am

MLFAN17

RE 7/8

12:05 am

MLFAN17

nice and small jill

12:05 am

jillibus

flip too

12:06 am

jillibus

that was bugsaw wo is here withme :)

12:06 am

Erda

pe8

12:07 am

MLFAN17

PR 6/7

12:07 am

justafreep

pr9

12:07 am

MLFAN17

PR 7 X 2

12:08 am

MLFAN17

PR 7/8

12:08 am

MLFAN17

freep is that a PR 9 by itself?

12:11 am

MLFAN17

jill i dont believe it.....!

12:13 am

jillibus

yes, bugsaw is here and we're leaving tomorrow for the gathering in Olympia

12:13 am

justafreep

mlf - there's no pr8 with my pr9 if that's what you mean

12:13 am

MLFAN17

thank you freep:)

12:13 am

MLFAN17

jill you have the wrong icon up:)

12:13 am

vashongin

i hope i can make it...i am currently on painkillers for an injury

12:14 am

jillibus

oh dear, vash -- try hard!

12:15 am

jillibus

bugs says have a good sleep tonight, vash

12:15 am

vashongin

thanks! it's just a finger, but I can't drive

12:17 am

MLFAN17

did anybody miss me?

12:18 am

MLFAN17

HE 6

12:18 am

jillibus

vas, can you mooch a ride with someone from seattle?

12:18 am

vashongin

i'm hoping hubby will drive me

12:18 am

Pinikula

* flip *

12:19 am

jillibus

yay for husbands!

12:19 am

jillibus

hi pini from me and bugsaw

12:19 am

Pinikula

Oh, I'm here! :)

12:19 am

Pinikula

jilli/bugs!!!!

12:20 am

Pinikula

* can't wait to join you *

12:21 am

Uneaixoise

halfway

12:21 am

Pinikula

well done, une

12:21 am

MLFAN17

ES 7 X 2

12:21 am

Uneaixoise

:-D *poofing*

12:22 am

jillibus

mlf, I don't have a wingding because I haven't had time to change icons and won't be on much anyway.

12:22 am

Minveryork

I am stopping at 170 words and 2008 points.Bye to all

12:22 am

jillibus

une is a fast woman

12:22 am

Minveryork

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

12:22 am

MLFAN17

mIN?

12:22 am

jillibus

min too

12:23 am

Erda

st7, st8

12:23 am

Minveryork

Nice wingding Pinikula! Very appropriate for today's grid.

12:23 am

Pinikula

* curtsy * Thanks!

12:24 am

ffs

pr10

12:24 am

Pinikula

nice find ffs

12:24 am

Minveryork

*POOF*

12:25 am

MLFAN17

I found the same one Min has and Min dindt see it lol

12:26 am

MLFAN17

i am still looking for that gj ffs

12:26 am

MLFAN17

TR7

12:27 am

Locks99

whew! half done, NBT, and I'm heading to la la land

12:27 am

Locks99

good night all

12:27 am

Pinikula

well done, locks

12:28 am

MLFAN17

okay 100 down and 1226 points i am out poof

12:28 am

Pinikula

well done, mlf

12:31 am

flosey

hi everyone

12:31 am

Pinikula

hi flosey!

12:32 am

jillibus

hi flosey

12:32 am

flosey

have been chasing a noisy fly - didn't get him but he's out of here

12:32 am

flosey

hi jilli, have a great time

12:32 am

flosey

and Pini and Bugsaw

12:33 am

anike

half way but must stop to do lunch for hubby - its his 60th birthday today

12:33 am

flosey

and anyone else who's going to meet

12:33 am

Pinikula

hbd to MrAnike!

12:33 am

flosey

wtg anike

12:34 am

flosey

oh, happy birthday anike's hubby

12:37 am

pcal2

can anyone clue lower right n for me plz?

12:37 am

pugmama763

goose

12:37 am

Pinikula

ne4

12:38 am

Pinikula

hi pug

12:38 am

pcal2

duh! thx

12:38 am

pugmama763

hi pini

12:38 am

Cosmo Kramer

only 2 letters.. repeating..

12:38 am

pcal2

got it, thx all

12:39 am

Pinikula

lower left O?

12:39 am

Pinikula

top E, 4th column?

12:40 am

pugmama763

got neither of those pini sorry

12:40 am

ffs

ok4, 8

12:40 am

Pinikula

's ok

12:40 am

Pinikula

thx ffs

12:41 am

pugmama763

ok the E is to have gentled something into place

12:41 am

flosey

wow 24 pr words

12:41 am

Cosmo Kramer

E- ea5/6

12:41 am

Pinikula

thx ... looking

12:41 am

jillibus

nbt

12:42 am

jillibus

thanks cosmo!

12:42 am

flosey

wtg jilli

12:42 am

Pinikula

NBT!

12:42 am

jillibus

oh no -- it was pugs, gentling :)

12:42 am

flosey

wtg pini

12:42 am

pcal2

NBT and to bed I go! Nite all.

12:42 am

Pinikula

I'd better be off to sleep ... leaving work early to finish up getting ready to head north!!!

12:42 am

Pinikula

night pcal

12:42 am

flosey

well done pcal2

12:43 am

pugmama763

wow just found the Israeli congress!

12:43 am

flosey

sleep well Pini and have fun

12:43 am

Pinikula

will miss you flosey!

12:44 am

Pinikula

night all! * poof *

12:44 am

flosey

I'll be thinking of you

12:44 am

pugmama763

nite flose

12:45 am

pugmama763

by pini

12:46 am

jillibus

we'll miss you too, flosey

12:46 am

flosey

ah, thanks jilli, but I know you'll all have a great time

12:47 am

flosey

I'm filling in for you Saturday at bridge

12:47 am

jillibus

wow, that's great, flosey!

12:48 am

flosey

looking forward to it, jilli

12:49 am

jillibus

it's a great group, flosey

12:49 am

flosey

yes, enjoy them all

12:56 am

flosey

aha, finally killed that noisy fly

12:56 am

jillibus

go flosey!

1:03 am

flosey

se words done

1:08 am

flosey

oh, passed half way

1:08 am

flosey

gosh, jilli, are we the only ones in here?

1:09 am

flosey

guess everyone else isl deep into this grid

1:11 am

jillibus

this is Bugs. Jill is packing. we had a lovely dinner tonight and then encountered an accident on the way home so we were late for the flip

1:12 am

jillibus

skat

1:12 am

jillibus

sorry everybody!

1:12 am

rururocks

accident?

1:12 am

dizgrannie

thanx Jilli

1:12 am

flosey

oh dear, no one hurt?

1:13 am

flosey

hi ru and diz

1:13 am

rururocks

hi flosey.. where are you going?

1:13 am

jillibus

yes, a car went off the road and hit a telephone pole. Someone was injured badly so the road was closed until the ambulance could extricate them. We don't know how badly but there were firemen everywhere

1:14 am

dizgrannie

hey flos

1:14 am

flosey

ah, sorry about that - sorry for the person but it is also unnerving to everyone there

1:19 am

dart001

fireworks

1:19 am

jillibus

well done Dart!

1:19 am

flosey

wtg dart

1:20 am

flosey

ru, just reading back - I'm not going anywhere, unfortunately, had hoped to go to Olympia for the meet

1:20 am

rururocks

Mel Gibson got in a car accident too

1:21 am

rururocks

oh..

1:21 am

flosey

oh my, today?

1:21 am

rururocks

yesterday I think..

1:21 am

flosey

was he badly hurt, do you know?

1:22 am

rururocks

my guess is that someone said his car was newish and he thought they said jewish...

1:22 am

rururocks

no .. Flosey.. I don't know..he is a train wreck right ow

1:22 am

jillibus

ruru you are bad

1:22 am

flosey

naughty boy!

1:23 am

jillibus

te

1:23 am

rururocks

*giggle*

1:25 am

flosey

wow, look at all the te words!!

1:26 am

jillibus

a lot of them have to do with examinations tho

1:26 am

flosey

ah, thanks jilli/bugsaw

1:27 am

rururocks

well.. not exactly examinations unless you are a urologist

1:28 am

jillibus

keep looking ruru and try not to take everything personally

1:28 am

flosey

yes, a few related there too ru

1:28 am

rururocks

lol jilli

1:28 am

hpb

I have 6 words with the exam root. Are there more?

1:29 am

jillibus

(actually I am still on Jilli's computer. Please don't scold her) - Bugs

1:29 am

jillibus

there are 12 hpb

1:29 am

rururocks

I knew you were groin to tell me that jilli

1:29 am

flosey

I have 9 so far

1:29 am

hpb

wow, and I thought I was doing pretty well! lol

1:29 am

rururocks

er.. bugs

1:30 am

flosey

11

1:31 am

flosey

12

1:31 am

jillibus

there are some others with a lot of common roots in the te section

1:32 am

jillibus

Nite all, I am passingthis back to Jilli

1:32 am

flosey

feeling pretty good about those, then looked before - miles of them!

1:32 am

flosey

ok, goodnight Bugsaw and have a great time

1:38 am

rururocks

oh.. I found the 10

1:39 am

flosey

wtg ru

1:40 am

flosey

are there any words leading up to it ru?

1:40 am

rururocks

yes.. boxes under the xmas tree

1:40 am

flosey

oh, thanks ru

1:45 am

flosey

does it have anything to do with those boxes ru?

1:45 am

daykat

Hello, and thank you ru for the 10!!

1:46 am

flosey

hello day

1:46 am

daykat

hi flosey

1:46 am

rururocks

yes flosey.. not the future or the past

1:47 am

flosey

ty ru

1:47 am

flosey

tyty, got it

1:51 am

rururocks

okay.. heading to bed.. 96 to go

1:51 am

flosey

g'night ru

1:52 am

flosey

well done

1:52 am

daykat

goodnight ru, well done, sleep well!

1:52 am

flosey

I have 108 - think I'll head off to bed when I get down to 100

1:58 am

sandrafrances

morning all how many words today please

1:58 am

flosey

morning sandra

1:58 am

flosey

331 words today

1:58 am

sandrafrances

a big grid

1:59 am

flosey

yes, but I have 241 words in less than 2 hours

1:59 am

sandrafrances

my.. you did well

2:02 am

daykat

wow flosey how quick are you? 119 words here but i am popping in and out a bit

2:02 am

daykat

wow flosey how quick are you? 119 words here but i am popping in and out a bit

2:02 am

jillibus

Well, bugs had gone to bed and now I'm going too. We (mostly she) got 218 words. See you anon! *Poof*

2:02 am

flosey

was chatting a bit too sandra, so lots of words coming from a root

2:03 am

daykat

hi sandra

2:20 am

flosey

70 words to go and I'm off to bed

2:20 am

flosey

goodnight all

3:05 am

diann

good morning everyone, including sandrafrances. How many words today please??

3:08 am

Sally-catlover

Sorry, no time to chat. 331 words

3:14 am

pen

seta

3:14 am

pen

setae

3:21 am

dizgrannie

thanx Pen...lol

3:21 am

City 17 dweller

thank, pen - 329 ;)

3:23 am

dizgrannie

diann 331 words

3:38 am

pen

oops. sorry

4:17 am

redturtlehead

morning people

4:19 am

redturtlehead

oh just saw the word count, guess thats what comes from having 3 s tiles.

4:20 am

lynxxx

Hi Red and all

4:20 am

redturtlehead

Hi Lynn and stewart!

4:24 am

rubyfoo

good morning. What a huge grid! I only have 10 minutes now, but I know where I'll spend the afternoon

4:25 am

redturtlehead

hi Ruby.

4:25 am

lynxxx

morning Ruby - 10 minutes, you'll probably get 100 words, they come thick and fast

4:26 am

dizgrannie

I find its not too bad a grid...have 69 left

4:26 am

lynxxx

evening DizGrannie

4:27 am

dizgrannie

the re's aren't too bad for once...plenty of big ones, just place re in front of any words...LOL

4:27 am

dizgrannie

hi Lynx

4:30 am

sandyloo

hi guys

4:31 am

lynxxx

hi Sandy

4:32 am

rubyfoo

hello sandy!

4:34 am

rubyfoo

apero time for DH, see you after lunch (out!)

4:34 am

rubyfoo

65 words in 10 minutes - yay, love this grid!!!!

4:35 am

sandyloo

hi ruby

4:35 am

sandyloo

hi lynx

4:36 am

sandyloo

Lynx , is it cold over there, nice sunny days here and very cold nites

4:36 am

daykat

hi sandy, ruby, lynxxx

4:37 am

sandyloo

hi daycat

4:37 am

lynxxx

we have some very cold days and nites - but today was lovely in the afternoon

4:37 am

lynxxx

hi Daykat

4:37 am

lynxxx

BBL

4:37 am

daykat

bit nipply oops nippy down south

4:42 am

Haz1558

Good morning/evening all. A nice big grid!

4:45 am

sandyloo

If one has the time Haz!

4:46 am

sandyloo

I bet it is cold at nite, daycat

4:46 am

Haz1558

Oh, you can make time for a nice grid.

4:47 am

sandyloo

well , I cant resist it

4:54 am

lynxxx

Gee, you asked about the weather here Sandy, tomorrow is cloudy, showers, hail, snow flurries in nearby hills and gale warnings for the Bay. Think I'll be staying home and cooking

4:54 am

lynxxx

Morning Haz

4:54 am

Haz1558

Hello, lynxxx.

4:55 am

sandyloo

sounds great Lynx, my son lives in Melbourne so I am always curious

4:57 am

lynxxx

where did he end up getting a place to live Sandy? graphic artist wasn't he?

5:00 am

sandyloo

no lynx, he is doing a cabin making pre apprentiship, he has some health issues , so I hope he will do ok at it. He is living in St Kilda - is that a nice area?

5:01 am

lynxxx

an extremely nice area!

5:01 am

sandyloo

I know I didnt spell that correctly

5:01 am

sandyloo

I am glad to hear that, I worry about him, but he is determined to be independant

5:02 am

lynxxx

I live in Elwood which is part of St Kilda

5:02 am

sandyloo

If I come to Melbourne next year, I hope we can meet up for lunch

5:03 am

lynxxx

We'll speak sooner to the date. What street is he in?

5:04 am

sandyloo

hmm I dont know- I speak to him every week, but I have never asked(bad mother)

5:05 am

zoozzoom

Good eveing Lynxxx & Sandyloo :-)

5:05 am

sandyloo

hi zoozoo

5:05 am

zoozzoom

evening*

5:06 am

Haz1558

Hello, zooz.

5:06 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Haz!!

5:06 am

lynxxx

well he is in a great area, lots of young people and lots of places to go, good night life. Some seedier parts but they add to the charm and attraction - and are easily avoided. A safe suburb all in all

5:07 am

lynxxx

Hiya Zooz

5:08 am

sandyloo

glad to hear that Lynxx, I am dying to get there and see him, but we are bringing him home for xmas so I will go at a later date.

5:08 am

sprite

good afternoon all

5:08 am

zoozzoom

Hello,Spritey

5:08 am

lynxxx

morning Sprite

5:09 am

Haz1558

Hello, sprite.

5:09 am

sandyloo

hi sprite

5:09 am

sprite

oh this is nice, good company and a big grid just when I have time for both

5:10 am

lynxxx

I am sure he will show St Kilda off to you proudly when you get here Sandy, it's quite the tourist spot

5:10 am

Haz1558

It is a nice grid so far, sprite. How are you today?

5:11 am

sandyloo

I will look forward to it, I have been to melbourne three times but only for short visits so I have not seen a lot of it

5:12 am

sprite

better, thanks for asking :)
We will have to sit out the waiting, and staying in the now is the best way to do that. We are both calmer.

5:12 am

Haz1558

That's good.

5:12 am

sandyloo

Sprite, what has happened? what is this waiting?

5:13 am

lynxxx

Is something happening Sprite? (only if you want to tell)

5:13 am

sprite

lung specialist has found a spot on my love's lung. He went in for testing for apnoea. Now we are waiting for blood test results and an appt for MRI scan.

5:14 am

herinfernallady

Sorry to Interrupt but Sandy and Lynx SBS 1 Heston Chocolate adventure on at 830pm

5:14 am

Haz1558

I just happened to be in babble when sprite talked about it yesterday - she was quite shaky at the time, understandably.

5:15 am

sprite

could be nothing, could be nasty. Must wait until we know, but ofcourse are worried and afraid.

5:15 am

herinfernallady

O Sprite. Thinking of yous

5:15 am

sprite

yeah, but calmer now. Thanks for caring, all.

5:15 am

sandyloo

deja vu, sprite, that was the same for me , they found something on my husband's lung but he says he is better and wont go for another scan!!

5:15 am

lynxxx

Thanks Infernal, but the man annoys me. Clever though

5:16 am

zoozzoom

sorry to hear that sprite..hope it turns out be nothing.

5:16 am

sprite

oh dear, that doesn't sound too smart from his part, sandy :(

5:16 am

sandyloo

no kidding Sprite - he is so stubborn

5:17 am

zoozzoom

I agree...should try & make him go again Sandy.

5:18 am

lynxxx

I hope it turns out to be nothing Sprite, spots on lungs do come and go, there can be remnants of infections that will disappear in a few months. (Happened to me, was very worrying but 3rd scan over 5 months and it had gone)

5:18 am

sandyloo

One of my best friends has just got the all clear after chemo so the sky is the limit!! it was great news and it is about time Babble had some great news, so hang in there Sprite

5:18 am

sprite

that is a good thing to keep in mind, thank you lyn

5:18 am

zoozzoom

does any one know how many the `o` word is please?

5:19 am

sprite

oh sandy that is wonderful.

5:19 am

lynxxx

ok4.8 Zooz

5:19 am

zoozzoom

thanks lynxxx

5:19 am

sprite

oh there is a K. Grin, am I being blind or what.

5:20 am

lynxxx

Just for you Sprite because otherwise it would be too ea** for you

5:20 am

sandyloo

it is Sprite, and it is so nice to get good news , I am sick of doom and gloom , I think things are on the up and up and that means your husband will be ok -

5:20 am

sprite

lol lyn xx

5:21 am

sprite

will keep that in mind as well, sandy :)

5:21 am

herinfernallady

brb

5:21 am

sprite

cbs lady

5:23 am

zoozzoom

yeah just got a 9

5:23 am

sprite

wtg zooz

5:23 am

sandyloo

zoos, I love your icon , its hilarious

5:24 am

zoozzoom

lol..thanks Sandy

5:25 am

sandyloo

I can relate to it

5:25 am

sprite

I hope it does not show how you play babble ;)

5:25 am

zoozzoom

it was me..just before i bought my new laptop..lol

5:25 am

zoozzoom

hahaha i like that sprite...could be me when i am monkeying

5:26 am

sprite

could be me trying to find Ks. 6/12 and nowhere to go, grinnnn.

5:27 am

herinfernallady

I have a funny

5:27 am

lynxxx

Yay - got the 10!

5:27 am

sprite

wtg lyn!

5:27 am

sprite

tell us the funny, lady

5:27 am

zoozzoom

does it start with di lynxxx?

5:27 am

lynxxx

nope

5:28 am

herinfernallady

I got kicked out of Aldi for refusing to show them my hand bag

5:28 am

zoozzoom

yes lets have a funny Herin?

5:28 am

zoozzoom

you are joking!!

5:28 am

sprite

oops. That is not so funny.

5:29 am

herinfernallady

nope. My hand bag is about A4 size. It is funny. I just told them I would be calling the ACCC in the morning and they would be in trouble you can check shopping bags not personal

5:30 am

zoozzoom

and what did they reply to that?.

5:30 am

lynxxx

really? they are so understaffed and their staff don't even seem to care about much

5:30 am

sprite

here they can ask to check all bags, and if you don't agree, they can call the police to do it for them.

5:30 am

zoozzoom

what is this world coming too geez

5:30 am

sandyloo

here too, they can check all bags

5:31 am

herinfernallady

Asked me to leave and refused me sale of goods even though the b.f was buying even he agreed

5:31 am

sprite

awful experience, lady :(

5:32 am

zoozzoom

unbelievable

5:32 am

sprite

oh I found a big K combo. Yay me!

5:32 am

herinfernallady

Not really Sprite.

5:33 am

herinfernallady

O Lynxx even though Heston is annoying they are doing Chocolate Factory feast

5:33 am

zoozzoom

nice one sprite

5:33 am

zoozzoom

please don`t talk about chocolate in front of me..lol

5:33 am

herinfernallady

wooty sprite

5:35 am

sprite

Ks killed... bring on the chocolate.

5:36 am

herinfernallady

Sprite I think you can see this on tv

5:36 am

herinfernallady

on internet

5:36 am

sprite

don't want to see it. Want to eat it.

5:36 am

zoozzoom

i have not eaten or drank anything for for days now..lol

5:37 am

zoozzoom

four*

5:37 am

lynxxx

why Zooz?

5:37 am

sprite

oh zooz, how come? Nothing at all?

5:38 am

zoozzoom

no nothing..something wrong with my stomach i think..plus i have a bit of depression that i have had on & off for a few years now..lol

5:38 am

lynxxx

the man needs some chicken soup!

5:38 am

zoozzoom

lol

5:39 am

Haz1558

You're not meant to not eat or drink anything, zooz. You need to at least drink something.

5:39 am

sprite

hm that is not much lol ;)
I hope you know that not eating brings down the sugar lvl in your blood, which can make depression worse. You are worth to take better care of yourself... as they tell me all the time.

5:40 am

zoozzoom

yes i know..but ..hey...the doc told me that his hands will be tied if i continue like this...lol

5:40 am

lynxxx

see Sprite knows - so eat something Zooz or we'll all come over and mother you - and that's a threat!

5:40 am

Haz1558

I had to fast for my op on Tuesday for nearly 24 hours and spent all day yesterday trying to get rehydrated again. Drink!

5:41 am

sprite

listen to Haz, zooz. Please drink something.

5:41 am

sandyloo

what was your op Haz (if you want to share?)

5:41 am

lynxxx

operation? something minor I hope Haz

5:41 am

sprite

did it go alright, Haz?

5:41 am

Haz1558

I had my gall bladder removed - keyhole surgery, one night in the clinic and home yesterday morning.

5:42 am

zoozzoom

oohh..are you sore?

5:42 am

Haz1558

It went fine, I'm a wee bit sore, but otherwise up and about.

5:42 am

zoozzoom

good for you Haz..glad it went well.

5:42 am

Haz1558

I've got painkillers so any discomfort is under control.

5:42 am

lynxxx

Wow - you make it seem so minor! ai am pleased it went so smoothly

5:43 am

sandyloo

Haz, I hope you will be fine, why your gall bladder?

5:43 am

zoozzoom

Thanks lynxxx..that is what i meant.

5:43 am

sprite

I hope it will heal up quickly and fully.
A friend of mine had hers removed and she says she can eat and drink everything now, only she must take care not to get a totally empty stomach.

5:43 am

Haz1558

It's so minor now compared to the open surgery - 4 puncture wounds instead of an open wound.

5:44 am

lynxxx

BBL

5:44 am

Haz1558

sandy - I had gallstones which were causing pain.

5:44 am

zoozzoom

4..i thought it was one...ouch

5:44 am

sprite

it is an amazing improvement over open surgery, that is for sure. But still pretty intense for your body to handle, I guess.

5:44 am

sandyloo

oooh, that can be very painful I believe

5:45 am

Haz1558

Anyway, zooz, to get back to you. You'll make yourself ill if you don't eat or drink. Don't make your body suffer!

5:45 am

sandyloo

zoos, you have to eat immediately and get a drink

5:46 am

zoozzoom

to be honest Haz..i am trying to end it all...lol............sorry to sound sio negative as there has been alot of bad news here already...hence why i have not mentioned it before..lol

5:46 am

Haz1558

Poor zooz. He made the mistake of owning up to women who will nag him to death.

5:46 am

zoozzoom

lol

5:47 am

Haz1558

zooz, I know what you mean. Sometimes the chat log can make me feel quite negative and cross, especially when there don't seem to be any answers to some of the problems.

5:47 am

sprite

zooz, ending it all is not a solution. Try to take one hour at a time, but don't give up. Things will get better. They always do.

5:48 am

zoozzoom

hahaha..i love being here..i really do...the one place i enjoy :-)

5:48 am

Haz1558

However, it is also a place where you can get advice and help. And since we are the most sensible women in the world, you'd do well to listen to us.

5:48 am

MollyL

Sending a cyber hug to zooz

5:48 am

sprite

yep, sensible women. And we can get incredibly cross if you do not listen to us.

5:49 am

zoozzoom

Thanks Sprite..but i have made up my mind..i have too much badness happing to cope...but still i have this grid to finish first..hahaha

5:49 am

zoozzoom

aww Thanks Haz & Molly :-)

5:49 am

Haz1558

Have you got that drink of water yet?

5:50 am

sprite

(((zooz))) don't know what to say. Except, even coping isn't necessary... just don't give up.

5:50 am

zoozzoom

nope..and will not.

5:50 am

dizgrannie

'Huggles' from Downunder to Zooz and everyone else...xxx

5:51 am

zoozzoom

Sprite..to be honest..i am happy to be going..now i know that sounds soo terrible for those who have lost loved ones...but for me..i will be at rest..thank goodness.

5:51 am

zoozzoom

thanks Diz :-)

5:51 am

dizgrannie

Zooz...SNAP OUTA IT!!!

5:51 am

sandyloo

zoos, I want to see more of your funny icons, I need them

5:52 am

zoozzoom

lets go back to happy thoughts shall we..i am feeling uneasy..lol

5:52 am

zoozzoom

Sandy if you right click my one in the profile and save as

5:53 am

dizgrannie

Zooz, may I ask your age?

5:53 am

zoozzoom

46...and i know what you are going to say next :_-)

5:54 am

dizgrannie

and what is that...pray tell

5:54 am

zoozzoom

46 young and a life ahead of you etc etc...lol

5:55 am

dizgrannie

anyways ya only a baby compared to me....

5:55 am

zoozzoom

i should be in PB as i said a word that is in the grid.

5:55 am

Christine

Zooz, I have a daughter your age, so you MUST do as I say. Think of what you mean to us - get a cuppa, look for the next icon to share, and tell us you love us as much as we love you. God bless.

5:55 am

dizgrannie

what word was that

5:56 am

zoozzoom

the word you do with food in the mouth..lol

5:56 am

sandyloo

hang in there zooz, things will improve , we have all been in positions that seem untenable but things get better , hang in there

5:57 am

lynxxx

Zooz - we need you

5:57 am

zoozzoom

Christine..believe me when i say i love almost everyone here in babbeland..i do not share personal stories much...but i really do love it here :-)

5:57 am

sprite

I hope you will take the babble chat words to heart, zooz. I have been in situations like you described too. And I promise: if you go on living, you will find that things will happen that were worth surviving for.

5:57 am

dizgrannie

oh thanx Zooz, now behave and hsve a drink an sumfink to eat...

5:59 am

zoozzoom

come on now peoples lets get back to the grid..i still have 269 words to find :-)

5:59 am

Haz1558

Am I right in remembering that you're a chef, zooz? Are you still working?

6:00 am

Christine

Subliminal messages in the grid, Zooz - tea, tasty, eat, and kiss (from us) ... so, off to the pb

6:00 am

Haz1558

Don't anybody give zooz any clues. Or give rubbish ones.

6:00 am

Haz1558

Just don't let him finish!

6:00 am

zoozzoom

no Haz..am too depressed to work..and now the benefits have stopped too..lol...still i have paid for my house & have some savings..that will last me.

6:00 am

zoozzoom

LOL HaZ..not fair :-)

6:01 am

Haz1558

OKay, work isn't working at the minute. You're on medication or getting treatment?

6:01 am

lynxxx

good words for Zooz Christine

6:01 am

zoozzoom

i am on tafaxin or something like that & diazepan too..lol

6:02 am

Haz1558

And have you found any relief with them?

6:02 am

zoozzoom

ooh look a grid..must find words.

6:02 am

Anniebrook

id

6:02 am

zoozzoom

none what so ever..but i told the doc they are..just to shut him up..lol

6:03 am

Haz1558

There's Annie showing us her id.

6:03 am

sandyloo

zooz , you have paid for your house ? fantastic - you have savings? fantastic you have babble? fantastic and as well as that you have a great icon!

6:03 am

lynxxx

hi Annie

6:03 am

zoozzoom

lol..wondered what that was

6:03 am

Haz1558

Then you need to change either your doctor or your tablets until you find something that helps.

6:03 am

sprite

lovely id, Annie. As beautiful als your ego.

6:03 am

Christine

Don't make me come over to IoW and deal with you.

6:04 am

zoozzoom

you are all very kind to me..but my mind is made..i am very stubborn type of person...lets end it there :-)

6:04 am

Anniebrook

Hello Haz and zooz..what is this? Haz had hergallbladder removed and zooz wants to remove himself? Not good news today. Zooz, we need you here with your icons and your nice comments.

6:04 am

Haz1558

So many of us have suffered with depression and know the feeling that other people would be better off without you. That comes from irrational thinking - what seems real to you isn't always the case.

6:05 am

sprite

let's not end it here, we will not let you go that easily.

6:05 am

Haz1558

Hello Annie, yes, I'm minus a gallbladder and plus four holes.

6:05 am

Anniebrook

Haz, how are you feeling? No pain I hope.

6:05 am

Christine

Oh, Baby, you don't know stubborn -- and you're just one man against the will of many women. Give up, just do as we tell you.

6:06 am

Haz1558

So, if you think that doing away with yourself is going to be good for other people - you're wrong.

6:06 am

Haz1558

Annie, I'm fine - slightly sore but painkillers are great things.

6:07 am

Christine

Serious thought -- even if you think no-one will miss you (emotionally) think of the clean-up that must be undertaken by someone.

6:07 am

zoozzoom

made my will yesterday..got my plot sorted..am ready..believe me i am ready...hope they have babble where ever i am going though..lol

6:08 am

Christine

Oh Gawd, that sounds nasty-minded, now that I re-read it. Note to self: preview BEFORE hitting send.

6:08 am

Haz1558

We'll not be there.

6:08 am

Anniebrook

What is this, Zooz? You cant do this. Call your doctor right now. Listen to us, we are too strong to resist.

6:08 am

sprite

zooz, you have babble here. I am pretty sure if you end your life yourself, you will be made to watch us play, without being able to read chat or find words.

6:08 am

sandyloo

zooz, cut this out at once , I love it when you are on! I would miss you

6:08 am

zoozzoom

i understand what you are saying Christine..i really have thought about everything..but i just cannot cope anymore...and i am NOT going to any mental hospital.

6:09 am

Haz1558

Can I tell you a funny story about a mental hospital?

6:09 am

zoozzoom

oh Sprite that was cruel..lol

6:09 am

lynxxx

Michael - please don't do this, it is extremely distressing to think that such a nice person could 'go'. Please go back to your doctor and tell him you need help

6:09 am

Christine

No mental hospital, Honey - think about a change of place (pace?). Visit somewhere nice, soak up some sun (Califormia's nice).

6:09 am

zoozzoom

please do Haz

6:10 am

sprite

hey, anything that might work :)
We want you around, zooz. You can cope. Get help.

6:10 am

Haz1558

A friend of ours was visiting his brother in a mental hospital - he had only just be admitted and his brother was waiting to see him. Another patient came along and expressed his fear of what was going to happen to him.

6:10 am

Christine

Michael, you've upset my gremlins, and they misspelt California.

6:11 am

Haz1558

My friend tried to be reassuring and told him that he would be assessed, people would talk to him and would put him on the right medication. Soon, he said, he would feel so much better. The patient looked at him for a while and said 'Well, right enough, it seems to have worked for you.'

6:12 am

sprite

roflol Haz!

6:12 am

sandyloo

We dont even know what the trouble is michael, maybe we might have some suggestions, but I agree with Haz, tell your doctor

6:12 am

zoozzoom

LOL

6:12 am

Haz1558

A true story!

6:12 am

zoozzoom

love it

6:12 am

sandyloo

or give us your doctor

6:13 am

Haz1558

And a medical student friend treasured the memory of his first day at a psychiatric unit where the record playing in the background was Paul Simon's 'Still crazy after all these years'

6:13 am

sandyloo

'or give us your doctor's email address

6:13 am

sprite

ohhhh Haz, that is lovely. He must have laughed so hard!

6:13 am

zoozzoom

ok i am tired ..am going for a lye down..i really am greatfull to you all..i really am..but no change for me..will be back later to finish the grid.

6:14 am

Haz1558

Have a drink of water, your mouth must be so dry.

6:14 am

sprite

good. You come back for the grid. And for tomorrow's. Etc.

6:14 am

sandyloo

come back today and tomorrow and the next day like the rest of us!

6:15 am

zoozzoom

lol love you all *poof*

6:15 am

Haz1558

Bye, zooz.

6:15 am

Anniebrook

zooz, you are part of this family..so have a good lie down, sip of water and come back refreshed.

6:15 am

Christine

While you have a nap, think about what we've said ... we may not have medical training, but we've all had life-training, and know that in many cases, things can and do get better.

6:16 am

Christine

If that doesn't convince you, let me share my Grandma's one-and-only joke (that I remember) "The told him 'cheer up, it could be worse' so he did - and it was".

6:17 am

sprite

ohhhhhhh! Grim, but funny.

6:20 am

Haz1558

I'm going to take a little walk and will be back shortly. I'm not a little disturbed.

6:22 am

sprite

same here. Very disturbing thing. ((Haz))

6:22 am

Trifioso

take a walk to a phone box and call the isle of wight constable already!!!!

6:22 am

sandyloo

very worrying

6:25 am

EspritdJean

someone in trouble today?

6:26 am

sprite

zoozzoom just let slip he doesn't intend to live much longer.

6:27 am

EspritdJean

and has everyone convinced him to get some help?

6:27 am

Trifioso

no, he seems firm in his intention

6:27 am

sprite

nope. But we sure as hell tried.

6:28 am

EspritdJean

yesterday my train line was delayed because a young man decided to do just that

6:28 am

EspritdJean

I couldn't help but think of the broken hearts that he surely left behind by that decision

6:29 am

herinfernallady

Hi Trifs can I speak to you on fb?

6:30 am

Trifioso

yes

6:30 am

sprite

oh dJean, how awful. Yes, in a certain way, taking one's life is a very aggressive action. It always hurts other people.

6:31 am

EspritdJean

of course it does. I can certainly understand his drear at the thought of a mental hospital, but that doesn't have to be the only other answer

6:31 am

EspritdJean

is he still on?

6:31 am

EspritdJean

zooz?

6:31 am

Mom

Good morning everyone.

6:31 am

EspritdJean

*dread*

6:31 am

herinfernallady

Hi mom

6:31 am

Mom

Was on my way back to bed but had to check how many words and saw Zoozzoom's conversation.

6:32 am

Mom

Zoozzoom, if you are lurking please know how dear you are to me and the wise ladies here earlier. I have enjoyed you and your sense of humour. {{Hugs}}

6:33 am

Mom

Hi {{Herin}}

6:33 am

Mom

oh and Zoozzoom, please stay with us

6:33 am

Mom

oh Espritdjean that is terrible

6:34 am

EspritdJean

only 17 years old

6:34 am

Anniebrook

Hi ((Mom)) We are telling zooz how much we love him . Jean, that is awful.

6:34 am

Mom

{{Annie}} and we do love Zoozzoom

6:35 am

sprite

how are you, dJean?

6:35 am

Anniebrook

Mom, Zooz is part of the babble family.

6:36 am

EspritdJean

sprite, I am fine ty

6:36 am

Mom

I young man in Cincinnati did just that as well last week. Told his mom he was going to harm himself and he got into the car, had speeds up to 120 mph, crashed and died. **Sigh** why didn't his mom stop him

6:37 am

sprite

a very nasty thing to go through, even if one doesn't know the person. Am glad you can deal with it so well.

6:37 am

lynxxx

Hi Mom & Espritd, This is all very sad and wasteful

6:38 am

Mom

{{Lynxxx}} and {{Sprite}} hello

6:38 am

sprite

wasteful... such an apt word for this.

6:38 am

Mom

Lynxxx, I hope you will post some pictures on Ravelry of your knitting projects

6:38 am

MonkeyGames

Hi folks! Lurking at work and see the conversation that's been going on. There is a Zooz Zoom on Facebook, but completely without info-- anyone know if that's the right one? I think Trif's idea that someone call the Isle Of Wight constable is a good one. I'm not in the UK; can anyone do that?

6:39 am

Mom

Hi MonkeyGames

6:39 am

herinfernallady

I have

6:39 am

Mom

thank you Herin

6:40 am

EspritdJean

I'm just reading on the internet that this young man recently lost his mother to cancer and that seems to be tied in to his suicide

6:40 am

Jacula

I went into 192.com to check Z's real name is listed for the Isle of Wight. It is, but I couldn't see the address as not registered with the site.

6:41 am

Jacula

I hope he'll be okay.

6:41 am

Mom

Hi Jacula

6:41 am

sprite

I can really understand how people can feel like it is the only way left. But if you are in that state, you HAVE to seek help. Life is precious. Even when it hurts so much you think you cannot bear it anymore.

6:41 am

MonkeyGames

I hope so too.

6:41 am

sprite

hi Jac *hugs*

6:41 am

sprite

hi MonkeyG

6:41 am

Jacula

Hi. I was lurking and worrying, too. No need to ring police now if Herin's done it.

6:41 am

MonkeyGames

Hi Sprite!

6:42 am

EspritdJean

amen sprite. The psychic pain is crushing, but if he could reach out for someone's hand

6:42 am

MonkeyGames

Herin, did they sound like they're taking it seriously?

6:42 am

lynxxx

Mom - you are a nag! lol. Wearing a just completed jacket/cardigan , found pattern on Berroca via Ravelry

6:43 am

sandyloo

Sprite, i sent you an email

6:43 am

Mom

wow Lynxxx, that is great.

6:43 am

sprite

checking right away, sandy

6:43 am

lynxxx

hi Jac & Monkey

6:43 am

Mom

**so jealous**

6:44 am

Jacula

Monkey - I have a pic of your dog and the kitten on my desktop. Pinched it off Facebook. Makes me laugh every time I look at it. Huge dog/tiny kitten.

6:45 am

herinfernallady

Why doesn't someone in the UK call 101

6:45 am

MonkeyGames

Awww, is it the one where he's sitting up in front of her waving his forelegs around?

6:45 am

MonkeyGames

Awww, is it the one where he's sitting up in front of her waving his forelegs around?

6:45 am

Jacula

Monkey - Yes, it is.

6:46 am

MonkeyGames

I like that one too.

6:46 am

Jacula

Herin - I was going to if I could find an address to send them to.

6:46 am

herinfernallady

Jac can you get on FB I have details

6:47 am

MonkeyGames

Do you know his last name? They should be able to find him if you can give them that much.

6:47 am

Mom

his full name is posted on his Babble profile

6:48 am

herinfernallady

but I have other details if someone wishes to speak to me on FB

6:48 am

Christine

Don't we give our addresses to Dr.God when we register? I know we give our email address, and surely the police can track his address from that - assuming he's at home.

6:49 am

MonkeyGames

Someone in the UK should call! I can't call from my work. I'm not in the UK anyway, but if I was at home I could call anyway.

6:50 am

Jacula

Herin - I'm in FB now.

6:51 am

MonkeyGames

Posting about it on here can be seen as a cry for help. If he wanted to be absolutely certain nobody could interfere he wouldn't have brought it up.

6:51 am

Mom

I would call, but don't have a clue how to call from here.

6:51 am

sprite

exactly, MonkeyG

6:53 am

redturtlehead

hello all, seems we have a small dramatic babble crisis here?

6:54 am

Christine

Maybe a major crisis

6:54 am

sprite

yup red. Glad to see you :)

6:54 am

Haz1558

I'm back again. Ever felt useless?

6:54 am

MonkeyGames

Yes, Red, Zoozzoom said he is aiming to shuffle off this mortal coil and we're trying to stop him.

6:55 am

sprite

very much, Haz. Powerless.

6:56 am

Jayk

didn't herin call the constable?

6:56 am

herinfernallady

No.

6:56 am

herinfernallady

But I am talking to Jac

6:56 am

herinfernallady

Have more details

6:56 am

MonkeyGames

To briefly bring up the grid, you've all noticed there's a word with no vowels, right? Back to the crisis now...

6:57 am

Jayk

reste

6:57 am

Haz1558

I'm hoping that he's looking for help, just how to get it for him is another matter. If an ambulance turned up on his doorstep, he could refuse to go.

6:57 am

redturtlehead

actually I would think that UK laws are similar to ours here, we can committ someone for 72 hours if someone calls the police with the information of wanting to self harm.

6:57 am

hurshy

i just popped in to see how big the grid is before i'm off, but, if it's any consolation, i believe that statistically, the real and successful suicides often say nothing before hand - the people that tell people ARE looking for help and often don't follow through. so have hope.

6:58 am

MonkeyGames

Maybe they send out social workers in this kind of situation? Someone to try to talk him down? Or maybe the p[olice can contact his doctor?

6:58 am

sprite

he told us, that must have a reason.

6:58 am

Jayk

but can't someone in the UK call the Isle of Wight constabulary?

6:58 am

herinfernallady

Jayk working on it now

6:58 am

Jayk

OK, good

6:58 am

redturtlehead

the issue of course is having the persons real name and address so the police can go and get him.

6:59 am

herinfernallady

I can't make my mad leet skills work over time

6:59 am

redturtlehead

herin, what are leet skills?

6:59 am

sprite

*hugs lady*
You are amazing, hun.

7:01 am

Christine

Someone mentioned 192.com - is that a way to find an address if you have a name/email address?

7:02 am

herinfernallady

Computer skills

7:02 am

herinfernallady

Have to subscribe to that Christine

7:02 am

Haz1558

I think it's a way of finding a telephone number if you have a name, but not everyone is listed, many choose to be ex-directory.

7:02 am

redturtlehead

ahhh.

7:03 am

redturtlehead

Haz, condolences on your loss of gall bladder.

7:03 am

Haz1558

Thanks red, gone and not mourned.

7:03 am

Christine

Well, she didn't really lose it - gave it away to a good home.

7:04 am

featherbee

herin, with your skillz, did you find his phone number? perhaps someone could call him directly?

7:04 am

redturtlehead

the bin?

7:04 am

Mom

{{Haz}} good afternoon. Sorry to hear about your operation. Glad you are up and about

7:05 am

Mom

{{Red}} good morning. Have you made a decision about the day job?

7:05 am

Haz1558

Hello, Mom. It all happened very quickly and am glad that it's all worked out well.

7:05 am

Mom

yes, very good news that it did

7:06 am

redturtlehead

Oh yes, Mom, I took it. I have been struggling with sleep, so I might as wel get my health in order, Now I am waiting for the Manager to tell me when I can go.

7:06 am

redturtlehead

looking forward to sleeping at night again!

7:06 am

lynxxx

Haz - our recently deposed PM just had the same op - he was on deaths door, obviously he isn't of stoic irish stock

7:07 am

featherbee

herin?

7:07 am

Mom

congratulations Red

7:07 am

lynxxx

You are changing jobs again Red? or just shifts

7:07 am

Haz1558

No, it can be pretty serious if the gall bladder gets infected etc - thankfully I had no such dramas.

7:08 am

redturtlehead

just shifts. I like the job, but a day shift came open, so that is good news.

7:09 am

lynxxx

very good news and a much happier Red

7:09 am

redturtlehead

My Mom's GB ruptured after a visit to her GP. He asked if she was having martial difficulties! She did end up fairly ill, but is fine now.

7:09 am

periwinkle

hello all

7:09 am

Haz1558

Hello, peri.

7:10 am

periwinkle

FYI: Zoe-Anne is fine. no diarrhea or vomiting since yest am. and she is eating!!! took her to the vet yesterday and they did some blood work. awaiting the results.

7:10 am

sprite

hello periwinkle

7:10 am

lynxxx

marital difficulties? thats a bit obscure isn't it?

7:10 am

sprite

wow periwinkle, that is very good news.

7:10 am

lynxxx

Hi Peri

7:10 am

redturtlehead

My parents have a new physician now...

7:10 am

Haz1558

That'll be a relief for you, peri.

7:11 am

lynxxx

lol, no wonder!

7:11 am

sandyloo

good to hear peri, nice to hear good news

7:11 am

periwinkle

she may have gotten better on her own but did not want to take any chances.

7:11 am

periwinkle

is Mom here?

7:11 am

periwinkle

is Mom here?

7:11 am

redturtlehead

glad she is doing well Peri!

7:11 am

sprite

am happy for you, red, so nice you can get back to a healthier schedule.

7:11 am

periwinkle

ty everyone. Vet is ruling out diabetes or kidney disease

7:11 am

Mom

I am here Peri, went to get some breakfast

7:12 am

redturtlehead

as an added benefit, I get to get away from one person I dislike. Of course, i will get to know someone else to dislike....:D

7:12 am

periwinkle

pls see 7:10 Mom

7:13 am

Mom

excellent news Peri, I hope the blood results come back negative. Good morning

7:13 am

periwinkle

Haz, nice to see you, it has been a while

7:13 am

periwinkle

ty Mom, hope so too

7:13 am

Mom

oh Red, it is a Catch-22, isn't it

7:13 am

periwinkle

it only cost me $185 and that was with a discount and credit

7:13 am

Anniebrook

Im back, peri, so glad Zoe-Anne is doing much better...and red, happy your shift will be better for your well being

7:14 am

periwinkle

I was being sarcastic re the cost

7:14 am

sprite

or maybe not, red :) You may end up in a wonderful team.

7:14 am

Mom

welcome back Annie

7:14 am

periwinkle

ty Annie

7:14 am

Haz1558

Yes, I hadn't been chatting much for a while, peri.

7:14 am

m9f9l

hi all!

7:14 am

Mom

and why is that Haz? I have missed you

7:14 am

Mom

Hi M9

7:14 am

Anniebrook

hello m9

7:14 am

sprite

hi m9

7:14 am

periwinkle

I'ave missed you Haz and your excellent clues

7:15 am

Anniebrook

Yes, Haz, you were missed

7:15 am

m9f9l

331!

7:15 am

MonkeyGames

Can someone give me the letter counts for the y's?

7:15 am

lynxxx

ye4.6 & 5.14

7:15 am

Mom

I suppose NB is packing for his trip. I do hope it goes well

7:15 am

Haz1558

I've been quite busy with other things and wasn't in chatty mood, I suppose.

7:16 am

MonkeyGames

Thanks!

7:16 am

Mom

thanks Lynxxx

7:16 am

Mom

Haz, when is your daughter getting married?

7:16 am

sprite

thanks lyn

7:16 am

m9f9l

had those y words just yesterday??

7:16 am

Haz1558

August 5 next year.

7:17 am

Mom

plenty of time to plan. :)

7:17 am

Haz1558

Loads of time.

7:19 am

redturtlehead

Oh Mom, I have met the day crew, they are not very nice people, but the key is as always simply to do the job and ignore them!

7:19 am

Mom

oh Red, there is no cause for that and in that profession to boot.

7:20 am

Mom

my sweetie tells me the best revenge is living well

7:20 am

redturtlehead

Well, it's alright. I got the day shoft because one is being fired for prescription forgery. good gracious!

7:20 am

Mom

**cough cough** oh my gosh

7:20 am

herinfernallady

Red you moved again?

7:20 am

jmcnrick

hi all

7:21 am

Mom

is day shift 7-3:30 5 days a week?

7:21 am

redturtlehead

No just changing shifts at the same job.

7:21 am

sprite

Mom, that is a beautiful saying

7:21 am

Mom

HI jmcnrick

7:21 am

m9f9l

hi jmc!

7:21 am

lynxxx

hi jmc

7:21 am

sprite

hi jmc

7:21 am

redturtlehead

we work 12's 3 days a week...

7:21 am

Haz1558

Phone.

7:21 am

lynxxx

How did you get on with Michael Infernal?

7:22 am

jmcnrick

glad for the good news peri

7:22 am

Mom

Sprite, my sweetie, he is a wise man

7:22 am

periwinkle

ty

7:22 am

redturtlehead

Herin?

7:22 am

Mom

Red, that will leave lots of time for other things

7:22 am

sprite

tell your sweetie I have taken those words to heart, Mom. They will help me.

7:23 am

jmcnrick

where is NB going?

7:23 am

Mom

I will do that Sprite

7:23 am

herinfernallady

Red did you move hospitals?

7:23 am

Mom

Korea, Jmc

7:23 am

Mom

to let his grandparents know that he is alive and well

7:23 am

redturtlehead

No I only am changing shifts.

7:23 am

ChampFit

Morning all!

7:23 am

redturtlehead

Hi Champ!

7:23 am

herinfernallady

Lynxx no but contacts have been exchanged with Jac who may be able to do more as she is in the Uk and i am typing fingers off

7:23 am

jmcnrick

oh dear i hope he doesn't get drafted

7:23 am

herinfernallady

Red that is a good thing?

7:23 am

Mom

Hi Champ

7:23 am

sprite

to Korea, to show his family he is alive, contrary to what his parents told them.

7:24 am

m9f9l

hi champ!

7:24 am

jmcnrick

hi champ

7:24 am

sprite

hi Champ

7:24 am

lynxxx

Good work Infernal!!

7:24 am

herinfernallady

Trifs started it

7:24 am

sprite

lady, you are a special person. *hugs*

7:24 am

Mom

Herin is indeed {{hugs}}

7:24 am

periwinkle

knee

7:24 am

sprite

Trif is a special person too.

7:25 am

redturtlehead

yes, it is a fairly good thing. good for health not so good for the paycheck.

7:25 am

Mom

as is Trif

7:25 am

Mom

oh Peri, I have that one. :)

7:25 am

Zorg

r

7:25 am

herinfernallady

Red that is good

7:25 am

Zorg

tether

7:25 am

Zorg

seethe

7:25 am

sprite

hi Zorg

7:25 am

Zorg

oops - sorry!

7:25 am

redturtlehead

thanks Zorg! and hello!

7:25 am

jmcnrick

ty peri

7:25 am

Mom

thanks Zorg, keep 'em coming

7:25 am

m9f9l

thanks zorg!

7:25 am

jmcnrick

ty zorg

7:26 am

Mom

Zorg, plural the se words as well

7:26 am

herinfernallady

I just remembered a few things from my days of dealing with someone that is a low life cheater. Learned allot about searching for things online and how much didgital finger prints we leave

7:26 am

jmcnrick

and hi zorg and m9

7:26 am

sprite

here is a freebee: bad fly that makes people ill.

7:26 am

m9f9l

thanks peri too!

7:26 am

m9f9l

can't tell you how many times in other grids I've thought of that one but it wasn't there sprite!

7:26 am

jmcnrick

ty sprite

7:27 am

herinfernallady

Hi M9

7:27 am

sprite

lol m9, so have I!

7:27 am

m9f9l

cool to have that one and the hawaiian goose together!

7:27 am

Mom

Sprite, what does the bad fly start with?

7:27 am

herinfernallady

Peri you here?

7:27 am

jmcnrick

ts mom

7:27 am

sprite

Mom: Ts

7:27 am

redturtlehead

Well, I must go do some more exercise. I really have no more desire...but I am also out of dog food, so will pick that up and swim...

7:27 am

Christine

Big cricket just moved across the laptop - well, the table, but near enough to scare the collywobbles off me.

7:27 am

Mom

have a good day Red

7:27 am

redturtlehead

see you later. good luck to Heirn and all and best wishes to zooz....let me know if I can do...

7:27 am

m9f9l

NBT!

7:27 am

sprite

grats m9

7:28 am

jmcnrick

hi christine

7:28 am

sprite

all the best, red

7:28 am

m9f9l

yikes Christine!

7:28 am

jmcnrick

wtg m9

7:28 am

herinfernallady

Peri how is Kitty kitty

7:28 am

jmcnrick

bye red have agood day

7:28 am

Christine

what is the wod that has no vowels -- not the word, just a clue.

7:28 am

sprite

aw Christine! Is it gone and are you better now?

7:29 am

sprite

plural sound of disgust or contempt

7:29 am

Mom

Annie, your last name is in the grid :-)

7:29 am

periwinkle

Zoe-Anne is fine herin, ty for asking. she is eating ! waiting for test results from vet

7:29 am

Anniebrook

So it is.

7:29 am

sprite

well at least disaster is a phantom... that has got to be a good ome.

7:29 am

sprite

omen

7:30 am

m9f9l

I don't think of that sound as disgust OR contempt.. but of disapproval.

7:30 am

herinfernallady

ok great. My friends kitty returned home 24 hours after her aventures

7:30 am

Christine

I saw one a few weeks ago, so put a (clean) jar with lid, near my bed, but by the time I remembered the jar, I'd shooed it away. Don't mind, as lonmg as it doesn't sit on me.

7:30 am

m9f9l

or admonishment

7:30 am

sprite

ok m9 :) Thanks.

7:31 am

lynxxx

works for me as a sound of contempt - thanks Sprite

7:31 am

herinfernallady

mmmmph brb have to wash dishes

7:31 am

Anniebrook

can I get the first 2 letters of the word w/o vowels

7:31 am

Mom

I need to get busy and get on with my errands. If any hears about Zoozzoom would you mind to send me a note? I am on FB and my email is KLD1057@fuse.net {{Hugs}} to all of you and prayers for Zoozzoom

7:31 am

sprite

same as the fly, Annie

7:32 am

Anniebrook

thanks sprite

7:32 am

Christine

Thank you, I tried that word, putting an I in the middle - didn't work.

7:32 am

sprite

I am afk for a bit, want to check on my love and hug him some

7:32 am

Anniebrook

bye ((Mom)) will do and pray for zooz

7:32 am

Jellen

Hello...

7:32 am

jmcnrick

what's up with zooz?

7:32 am

jmcnrick

hi jell

7:32 am

ChampFit

thanks for the clue!

7:32 am

Mom

{{Annie}} thanks you

7:32 am

m9f9l

Hi {{{Jell}}}

7:32 am

herinfernallady

Hi Jellen

7:32 am

Mom

bye bye {{Sprite}}

7:32 am

Mom

Hi {{{{{Jellen}}}}} hope all is going well for you

7:32 am

m9f9l

bye sprite!

7:32 am

lynxxx

hi Jellen, good to see you! I have been thinking of you

7:33 am

Anniebrook

hello ((Jellen))

7:33 am

Anniebrook

bye spritey

7:33 am

Jellen

Hi and bye, sprite!

7:33 am

Christine

He's contmplating suicide - not eating or drinking. He seems to be distressed about how his life is going/not going.

7:33 am

m9f9l

oh no!!

7:33 am

lynxxx

jmc, read back in log about an hour, lots there

7:33 am

Jellen

Oh, no!!!

7:34 am

Anniebrook

someone tell me please, what does "afk" mean?

7:34 am

jmcnrick

how terrible

7:34 am

ChampFit

Hopefully by mentioning it in the chog, he's really asking for help...

7:34 am

lynxxx

jmc, think NB is too young for Draft, unless they hold him there!

7:34 am

Anniebrook

Yes, Jellen, very very upsetting...hope he is asking for help

7:34 am

Jellen

Away from keyboard

7:34 am

jmcnrick

i hope so -- I am sorry I missed him

7:34 am

herinfernallady

bye mooomy

7:34 am

Anniebrook

thanks Jellen

7:35 am

EvaNadine

mornin babblers!
frightening news about zooz, do hope it is just a cry for help.

7:35 am

jmcnrick

does anyone have his email?

7:35 am

herinfernallady

And if they held NB I would fly over there and kid nap him

7:35 am

m9f9l

hi Nadine!

7:35 am

herinfernallady

Steps have been taken JM and others

7:35 am

Jellen

Hi, EvaN

7:35 am

Christine

Someone pointed out talking about it is a cry for help, but there would need to be a face-to-face for someone to help him.

7:35 am

m9f9l

today's theme right up your alley! or aisle as the case may be

7:35 am

ChampFit

Very comforting to think that this chog can handle ANYTHING!

7:36 am

EvaNadine

oh? what is todays theme?

7:36 am

m9f9l

weddings!

7:36 am

herinfernallady

I would like someone to come to my house I can't get up and do dishes the grid is too good

7:36 am

Jellen

Awww...weddings!

7:37 am

EvaNadine

oh, well, then. yes, thats right up my aisle. ;)

7:37 am

m9f9l

phant foist

7:37 am

herinfernallady

I may be making my besties wedding cake

7:38 am

Christine

Not a phantom, and thgere's two words after that.

7:38 am

m9f9l

although.. I learned on QI that it's not the aisle that the bride walks

7:38 am

jmcnrick

i thought it was wingdings

7:38 am

MonkeyGames

That's not a phantom, M9

7:38 am

m9f9l

ack! you're right!

7:38 am

Christine

Bride walks the nave, no?

7:38 am

Jellen

Has anyone contacted Dr. G for help re: Zooz?

7:38 am

m9f9l

I was looking at other s and t!LOL

7:38 am

m9f9l

no

7:39 am

EvaNadine

hints on the O word?

7:39 am

JBV

just reading back in the chat, some disturbing news today

7:39 am

Anniebrook

ok4

7:39 am

Jellen

I know he can't release Zooz's email to us, but he could contact Zooz and encourage him to post his email in his profile...

7:39 am

jmcnrick

well if no one has zooz's email then maybe some one should contact dr. god

7:40 am

Anniebrook

okie

7:40 am

Anniebrook

scratch that...not a word

7:40 am

Anniebrook

ok + ** You Like It

7:40 am

EvaNadine

heh, yes, i keep wanting it to be "okay"

7:40 am

m9f9l

they called it the central passageway or something like that...

7:41 am

m9f9l

I guess you say the nave..since that's all the public area.

7:41 am

m9f9l

could say I meant

7:41 am

Anniebrook

I think Jacula is trying to reach a constable since she is in the UK

7:43 am

sprite

back, hi EvaN, hi Jellen

7:43 am

sprite

*hugs Jellen*

7:43 am

Jellen

((sprite))

7:44 am

Jellen

Sprite, I downloaded skype, hope to catch you online sometime...

7:44 am

periwinkle

ooh, I want to get skype too

7:45 am

sprite

I don't have skype yet, but I can get it. I am on msn where you added me

7:45 am

Jellen

My brother (actually my SIL) called me from Berlin on my cell phone using skype!

7:45 am

EvaNadine

has anyone heard from NB? curious how his trip to Korea is going...

7:46 am

JBV

he was here yesterday, Eva, leaves on the 20th

7:46 am

Jayk

he leaves on the 20th

7:47 am

featherbee

herin, still here?

7:47 am

EvaNadine

ahh, tomorrow. i thought he was already there.
cant keep dates straight these days -- so many dates in my head!

7:47 am

m9f9l

hi feather

7:47 am

m9f9l

what was yesterday's theme??

7:47 am

m9f9l

I see all these characters..;.

7:47 am

featherbee

hiya. i've been in and out this morning, watching the chog

7:47 am

sprite

modern cartoons was yesterday

7:47 am

sprite

hi featherbee

7:48 am

EvaNadine

yesterdays theme was modern cartoon characters.

7:48 am

Jellen

Hi, feather!

7:49 am

featherbee

wanted to catch herin to ask her what exactly has been done

7:50 am

m9f9l

oh. then why the ampersand and the B and other graphics?

7:50 am

m9f9l

<<---changed my icon

7:50 am

sprite

today's theme is Wingdings.

7:51 am

m9f9l

Wingdings??? I thought it was weddings!!LOL

7:51 am

featherbee

i'm always a B. had been a dandelion for a while in honor of "weed". but this is my usual icon.

7:51 am

EvaNadine

wingdings. and someone read it as weddings. lol

7:51 am

featherbee

it's a feathered B.

7:51 am

Christine

t's the graphic for at - @ - I believe it begins with a?

7:51 am

m9f9l

guess I have weddings on the brain!

7:51 am

sprite

cute bears

7:51 am

m9f9l

well poop. maybe it can be the theme later??LOL

7:52 am

EvaNadine

sprite -- someone had suggested we have a wedding theme on my wedding day.
but i wouldnt be here to see it!

7:53 am

sprite

of course. Weddings in general? Animal weddings? Wedding dresses? What is your fancy?

7:53 am

sprite

oh I love that idea. What is the date, EvaN? Maybe we can do it one day earlier, or when you get back from honeymoon?

7:54 am

EvaNadine

oh golly, i guess weddings in general. people can put up what they would wear, what they would eat, what gifts they would bring...heh

the wedding date is october 23

7:55 am

lynxxx

would be fun to see wedding pictures of Babblers themselves perhaps?

7:56 am

lynxxx

or their parents or even grandparents!

7:56 am

sprite

EvaN, which would be a good date for you so you can see? And maybe show yourself on your own icon?

7:56 am

jmcnrick

i am sorry i am dealing with a downed hotline and having trouble keeping up with the nine conversations

7:57 am

jmcnrick

why is jac trying to reach a constable?

7:57 am

sprite

babble chat can get pretty crazy, jmc.

7:57 am

lynxxx

losing it jmc? come on, keep up!

7:57 am

jmcnrick

is that for zooz?

7:57 am

lynxxx

yes

7:57 am

EvaNadine

hrm. well, we dont know exactly what days we will be taking off before and after the wedding just yet, so maybe for now, something the friday a week beforehand would be good?

7:58 am

jmcnrick

i just spent 15 minutes yelling at my phone providier while i am packing for the Washington to Washington meet up

7:58 am

jmcnrick

m9 i love your bears

7:58 am

jmcnrick

and I already know what icon i will use for weddings

7:58 am

beachboggle

hi babblers

7:58 am

jmcnrick

hi beach

7:58 am

lynxxx

calm now - deep breathing in order

7:58 am

EvaNadine

ooh, gotta run. meeting time!
back soon. :)

7:58 am

m9f9l

hi beach

7:59 am

lynxxx

hi Beach

7:59 am

jmcnrick

is now one worried about NB except me?

7:59 am

sprite

hi beach, bye EvaN

7:59 am

jmcnrick

bye evaN

7:59 am

sprite

fridays are a bit tricky, EvaN, because of the clue icons. Would thursday be good too?

7:59 am

Jellen

Bye, EvaN

7:59 am

m9f9l

I'm VERY worried about NB

7:59 am

ChampFit

Are you really worried about the draft jmcnrick?

8:00 am

jmcnrick

the south korean government has drafted several korean nationals when they went there on vacation

8:00 am

lynxxx

about the draft jmc? he is too young unless they detain him

8:00 am

ChampFit

that's crazy?

8:00 am

jmcnrick

i thought he was 20

8:00 am

sprite

yes he just turned 20

8:01 am

jmcnrick

it is crazy but they have done it even if the person is a citizen of another country

8:01 am

lynxxx

Googling says it is 21-29 y.o.

8:01 am

jmcnrick

whew!!

8:02 am

jmcnrick

ty lynxxx if i had a brain i would have googled

8:02 am

jmcnrick

<==knows way too much about military drafts around the world

8:03 am

msideb01

oh my... massive grid today

8:03 am

sprite

hi mside

8:03 am

jmcnrick

okay now i can concentrate my worrying around my hotline and zooz

8:03 am

jmcnrick

hi mside

8:03 am

Jellen

Hi, mside

8:04 am

jmcnrick

bbl must run downtown so the a^&**(s can't say no one is at the office to let them in

8:04 am

m9f9l

what I just googled says between 18 and 35

8:04 am

sprite

good luck, jmc!

8:04 am

lynxxx

bye jmc, hope it gets fixed quick

8:04 am

jmcnrick

ack!

8:05 am

Jellen

Later, jmc!

8:05 am

jmcnrick

you googled korean draft? that sounds like the US m9

8:05 am

jmcnrick

*pulling hair out on running out door*

8:06 am

lynxxx

oh no, I think M9 is right!

8:09 am

lynxxx

Where is George or JC when you do need them!

8:10 am

Haz1558

Grammar, lynxxx, grammar. Where ARE....

8:10 am

Haz1558

Or maybe not. I'm confused.

8:10 am

Jellen

I must go now...prayers going up for NB and zooz...

8:11 am

Jellen

Hello, Haz!

8:11 am

sprite

bye Jellen *hugs*

8:11 am

Haz1558

My sister got an e-mail from someone claming to be overcome by confusing. I know how they feel.

8:11 am

Haz1558

Hello, Jellen.

8:11 am

lynxxx

lol

8:11 am

m9f9l

I read it at "ask a Korean"

8:11 am

lynxxx

bye Jellen

8:11 am

EvaNadine

meeting over. im back!

8:12 am

lynxxx

Eva - have you an email for NB?

8:12 am

Jellen

Bye and ((hugs)) to all!

8:12 am

m9f9l

however... my reading has me thinking that the military might not want him since "there are no gays in Korea" !LOL

8:12 am

sprite

wb EvaN. Can we make it the thursday before? Fridays are clue icon days, so usually bad for other themes.

8:12 am

sprite

that is Korea's loss then!

8:13 am

lynxxx

No, they just give gays dishonorable discharges after a year!

8:13 am

m9f9l

oh shoot. didn't read that!

8:13 am

Christine

Where are George & JC - where is George or JG

8:13 am

Haz1558

Exactly, Christine.

8:14 am

Haz1558

It's the et5/12 in my brain.

8:14 am

lynxxx

so what I wrote was OK then?

8:15 am

sprite

always, lyn

8:15 am

Christine

Now, I can't get into the chat for the time I was making a cuppa, so - does anyone know the name of the sign @ ? I just can't remember, and a neighbour's child asked me.

8:15 am

Haz1558

Yes, and I'm heaping coals of shame on my head.

8:15 am

lynxxx

hardly, but thanks

8:15 am

sprite

in dutch we call it a monkeytail

8:15 am

Christine

No coals, spoils the hairdo.

8:16 am

m9f9l

it's the "at" sighn

8:16 am

Haz1558

Or should it be 'where is G or J when you need him?'

8:16 am

m9f9l

sign

8:16 am

lynxxx

you aren't confusing it with ampersand are you?

8:17 am

m9f9l

In English, it is usually pronounced as at. Its official, typographic character name is 'commercial at'

8:17 am

sprite

I don't, Haz

8:17 am

sprite

ah great, thank you m9

8:17 am

Cosmo Kramer

also "at the rate of"

8:18 am

EvaNadine

lynxx, i dont have his email address, but i am friends with him via Myspace and on Flickr -- i could potentially send him messages through them, which i think should send him an email.

8:18 am

EvaNadine

sprite -- thursday would be fine. :)

8:18 am

EvaNadine

just make sure it is thursday a WEEK before, not the thursday just before -- im not likely to be online that day. ;)

8:19 am

sprite

The symbol developed as a mercantile shorthand symbol of "each at"â€”the symbol resembling a small "a" inside a small "e"â€”to distinguish it from the different "at" (symbolized by the mere letter "a") or "per."

8:19 am

lynxxx

I think you should Eva - and tell him he is possibly be picked up for draft in Korea as there have been some instances of that

8:19 am

m9f9l

some conjecture that it is an a and an e together... meaning "at each"

8:19 am

m9f9l

"each at" I mean

8:19 am

sprite

ok EvaN!

8:20 am

lynxxx

'could' missing

8:20 am

EvaNadine

will do.

8:21 am

m9f9l

I found the word asperand associated with the symbol... but I'm not sure how much and where that has been used.

8:21 am

lynxxx

I am getting quite a stiff neck - too much happening here today

8:22 am

sprite

*hugs lyn*

8:23 am

Erda

you mean ampersand, right?

8:23 am

sprite

EvaN, Oct 15 it is :)

8:23 am

sprite

m9, my icon is the ampersand

8:23 am

m9f9l

no.. I do NOT mean ampersand. LOL

8:24 am

m9f9l

I mean asperand.

8:24 am

sprite

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampersand

8:24 am

m9f9l

because ampersand is the AND symbol

8:24 am

sprite

oh yes, sorry. You are right, that is another name for the @

8:25 am

m9f9l

and the each at theory has fallen... because there is evidence of the symbol being used in the Italian renaissance

8:26 am

sprite

symbols and their history are fun

8:26 am

Pinikula

morning all...popping in for a few

8:26 am

m9f9l

yup

8:26 am

sprite

hi Pini

8:27 am

lynxxx

hi Pini

8:27 am

Haz1558

I'm heading off - enjoy the grid and see you tomorrow, hopefully.

8:27 am

EvaNadine

sounds good, sprite.
:)

8:27 am

Pinikula

;)

8:28 am

sprite

bye Haz, all the best. Take care of you.

8:28 am

Boobear

good morning all

8:28 am

Pinikula

ciao haz ... have a good one!

8:28 am

lynxxx

bye Haz, take care

8:28 am

Pinikula

hi boo

8:28 am

sprite

morning Boobear

8:28 am

Haz1558

Bye - will do.

8:28 am

lynxxx

hi Boo

8:29 am

m9f9l

was reading about the wingdings controversy

8:29 am

Pinikula

controversy?

8:30 am

EvaNadine

ok, sent NB a message through flickr explaining our concerns and asking him to be in touch. :)

8:30 am

Pinikula

Is someone changing language rules again?

8:30 am

Pinikula

* blink * what's wrong with NB, eva?

8:30 am

lynxxx

terrific Eva

8:31 am

EvaNadine

pini -- long story short, there are some concerns in babble-land that when he visits his family in korea, the government may try to draft him.

8:31 am

Pinikula

OMG! I didn't know that!!! * fingers crossed it doesn't happen! *

8:31 am

sprite

you mean the alleged messages built in in wingdings, m9?

8:32 am

m9f9l

it was discovered that the symbols for N Y and C (new york city) are a skull and crossbones, star of david, and thumbs up, causing some to accuse microsoft of anti semetic sentiment

8:32 am

Christine

I'm back, after spending my time looking up the @ symbol - apparently it's called an ampersat or asperand. I favour the first -

8:32 am

Pinikula

interesting, m9

8:33 am

sprite

they changed that though, in later versions, right?

8:33 am

Pinikula

me, too, christine

8:33 am

Pinikula

brb

8:33 am

m9f9l

yes. eye, heart, skyline

8:34 am

m9f9l

changed my icon...again!LOL

8:34 am

m9f9l

cause couldn't we all use a little more balance?

8:34 am

Boobear

clue for ae 6 pls

8:35 am

sprite

same kind of story about 9/11... that if you typed in the flight number Q33NY, you would see a plane, two buildings, a skull and a david star. But that was not a flight number of any plane involved.

8:35 am

sprite

I like that one a lot, m9 :)

8:35 am

Christine

If ampersand means in place of and, it would follow that ampersat means inplace of at.

8:35 am

sprite

Boobear: stuff used to sedate ppl. Alt. spelling.

8:36 am

m9f9l

nice christine.

8:37 am

m9f9l

I have 150 words now. worried about making 1/2 way

8:38 am

Mr Bob

Morning all

8:38 am

sprite

morning Mr Bob

8:38 am

m9f9l

hi bob

8:38 am

Boobear

Hi Mr Bob

8:39 am

m9f9l

ok.. 161... working out some re's

8:40 am

sprite

don't forget to try with a P as well

8:40 am

m9f9l

yes..got a bunch of those too

8:41 am

Judi

Good morning, Babblers. What's cookin?

8:41 am

sprite

hi Judi, quite a lot today, actually

8:41 am

Anniebrook

ampersand...means "and" as in Lord & Taylor...

8:42 am

Anniebrook

I must go get ready...hi judi, sprite will fill you in

8:42 am

Christine

I was asking about the name for @ - we've decided on ampersat, which means in place of at.

8:43 am

sprite

me? ok... in very short th4 and not in any specific order

8:43 am

Anniebrook

christine, the symbol you have might also mean "at"

8:44 am

Anniebrook

the symbol that sprite has means "and"

8:44 am

Christine

Yes, apparently it was referred to aas commercial at, but google shows it waasa used in a bill ogf lading in 16c Italy.

8:45 am

sprite

zoozzoom told us he is not eating and drinking anymore because he wants to die. Nancy Boy is going to South Korea and it appears he can be drafted if he goes there.
Haz had her gall bladder removed and is a bit sore, but healing up now.
They found a spot on my husband's lung and we are waiting for more tests etc to know what it is.

8:45 am

m9f9l

I'm over 1/2way!

8:46 am

sprite

gratz m9

8:46 am

cbr1965

Geez, sprite, what a post to come into Babble and see. Lots going on.

8:46 am

m9f9l

I've refreshed a few times...and don't see a symbol at Christine's?

8:46 am

Pinikula

* need to find something to cheer sprite up *

8:46 am

Judi

Hokey-smoke! That is a lot going on.

8:46 am

sprite

hi cbr, yes sorry for that, I was asked to fill Judi in

8:46 am

City 17 dweller

Sprite - sorry about your worries... fingers crossed & hugs!

8:47 am

Anniebrook

sprite has the symbol

8:47 am

m9f9l

hi cbr

8:47 am

Boobear

How is the weather were you Live?

8:47 am

lynxxx

maybe some hokey-smoke would cheer Sprite up, sounds pretty good

8:47 am

sprite

thanks City, we are scared of course, but there is no reason so far to believe it is something really bad. Might still be nothing to worry about.

8:47 am

cbr1965

Hi m9. Hope everyone is doing okay except for worrying about everyone else.

8:47 am

Anniebrook

sprite, did not know about your husband and I pray that the news is good..

8:48 am

sprite

now I need to google hokey'smoke

8:48 am

sprite

thank you Annie

8:48 am

Anniebrook

I have to leave now and I will pray for everyone. bye.

8:48 am

lynxxx

I think it was a typo Sprite (holy smoke)

8:48 am

Judi

Here's hoping for negative test results for Sprite's hubby. As for Nancy Boy being drafted... PUH-LEEZ! For Haz, get well soon. And, ZoomZoom - WTF?!

8:48 am

Pinikula

ciao annie

8:49 am

sprite

quote:
Bullwinkle: Humble, that's me... Mr. Modesty. When it comes to humility, I'm the greatest.

8:49 am

Pinikula

cute one, sprite ;)

8:49 am

sprite

lyn, I googled hokey smoke and see what I found! Something to smile about. A holy typo :)

8:49 am

Pinikula

well said, judi ;)

8:49 am

lynxxx

Hi Judi, the NB draft is a real possibility

8:49 am

sprite

http://bullwinkle.toonzone.net/quotes.
htm

8:50 am

sprite

thanks Judi

8:50 am

Pinikula

don't doubt that it's possible, but wonder if they have the same rules as the US ... hmmmmm

8:50 am

cbr1965

Sprite, will be thinking about your husband and hope all is okay. One of my doctor friends has a spot on his lung and has chosen not to biopsy it because it is probably nothing. They are just watching to see if it grows. I

8:50 am

Judi

I thought NB was a naturalized UK citizen now? What the hell are the Kooky Koreans thinking?

8:51 am

sprite

thank you, cbr

8:51 am

lynxxx

I know Greece used to do the same, even for boys not born there but of Greek born parents (though it was a long time ago)

8:52 am

Pinikula

phantom: pheasant

8:52 am

Judi

And, isn't he going to South Korea?

8:52 am

sprite

yes he is

8:53 am

sprite

I am not a pheasant plucker
I'm the pheasant's plucker's son
I am only plucking pheasants
till the pheasant plucker comes

8:53 am

Judi

That just sounds wacky. I can see North Korea trying to do that, but not SK.

8:53 am

cbr1965

Say that five times fast.

8:53 am

HarryHood

phantom: saskatoon....not really

8:53 am

Pinikula

* trying so hard to avoid repeating that quickly! *

8:53 am

lynxxx

No wacky Judi, true

8:54 am

sprite

I am not the pheasant plucker
I am the pheasant plucker's wife
And when we're plucking pheasants
it is a pheasant's plucking life

8:54 am

HarryHood

rofl

8:54 am

sprite

I am really good at saying things like this fast without making embarrassing mistakes, but with the pheasants I tend to slip!

8:55 am

Judi

So, is NB still going? I imagine once he shows them his passport, they'll know he's a native son.

8:55 am

Boobear

Hi Harry

8:55 am

HarryHood

love your ampersand, sprite

8:55 am

sprite

thank you and hi, Harry

8:55 am

m9f9l

yikes!!! I'm not even going to attempt it!

8:55 am

HarryHood

hi boo

8:55 am

m9f9l

I really like your icon Harry... painting or photo?

8:56 am

HarryHood

photo...haven't chagned it in ages

8:56 am

Cosmo Kramer

any clues for the kn7 and kn8 words?

8:56 am

sprite

Judi, people have contacted him through facebook and email, I believe, and asked him to let us know.

8:57 am

Pinikula

* looking, Cosmo *

8:57 am

EvaNadine

i have sent NB a message to let him know our concerns and ask him to be in touch with us so we know everything is ok.

8:57 am

HarryHood

new icon.

8:58 am

sprite

kn combo: the unicameral parliament of Israel and plural

8:58 am

HarryHood

ty sprite

8:59 am

sprite

nice one Harry

8:59 am

HarryHood

I'm batman

8:59 am

sprite

you look like one

8:59 am

Cosmo Kramer

tx Sprite

9:00 am

sprite

yvw Cosmo

9:00 am

HarryHood

193 left....bbl with fresh eyes.

9:01 am

sprite

bfn Harry

9:02 am

lynxxx

Gosh, just realised the time...Goodnite all, hope our 'boys' fare well

9:02 am

sprite

night lyn, I hope so too. Sleep well. xxx

9:05 am

Pinikula

135 / 196 here and best be looking at getting up and ready for work...have a great day all (and ditto on lynxxx's comment - fare well!)

9:05 am

Pinikula

* poof *

9:06 am

sprite

bye Pini!

9:07 am

Judi

So, I'm assuming ZoomZoom is just being dramatic and doesn't really want to die.

9:07 am

Christine

How can we know?

9:08 am

sprite

he must have had a reason to tell us, Judi. We just aren't sure which one.

9:09 am

Judi

I have to say, there are certainly more pleasant ways to go than starvation and dehydration.

9:09 am

sprite

I fully agree.

9:11 am

sprite

fireflies, in spite of everything. Am glad this grid was so big today.Very intense day on chog.

9:12 am

NonoNanette

Good morning Babblers :)

9:13 am

m9f9l

hi nanette!

9:13 am

NonoNanette

congrats Sprite!

9:13 am

m9f9l

WTG sprite!!!!!!

9:13 am

Judi

There. I changed my icon. Far too many serious subjects today. Let's get silly, dammit!

9:13 am

sprite

morning Nanette :)
Good bye all, take care of you please and know that you are precious, just because you exist.

9:13 am

sprite

LOL Judi, I love it

9:14 am

Judi

YAAY, SPRITE!!!

9:14 am

NonoNanette

have a good day Sprite I hope all goes well

9:14 am

m9f9l

cute Judi!

9:14 am

m9f9l

I just uploaded new pics to fb.

9:16 am

m9f9l

anyone wanna see my cutie pie??LOL

9:17 am

NonoNanette

would love to m9 but, alas, I do not have facebook account

9:18 am

m9f9l

http://tinyurl.com/2ejwhku and http://tinyurl.com/285225e

9:18 am

Judi

I don't do Facebook either. *pout*

9:18 am

m9f9l

don't need one. just follow those public links

9:19 am

NonoNanette

awe what a cutie!

9:20 am

Judi

Phoo. Can't get tiny.url's while at work.

9:20 am

m9f9l

thanks!

9:20 am

m9f9l

bummer judi! can you get normal links?

9:21 am

JBV

beautiful m9!

9:21 am

m9f9l

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=
1557446&l=218e34e433&id=1062296810

9:21 am

m9f9l

It's a long one...

9:21 am

JBV

I have not signed up for facebook either - willing to listen to reasons why I should

9:21 am

JBV

or reasons why I shouldn't

9:21 am

m9f9l

thanks JBV!

9:22 am

Judi

I can get mos links. Just not stuff that sends me to "social networking", music, video, etc.

9:23 am

m9f9l

1. you can set privacy settings 2. long lost friends can find you 3. you don't have to allow any of them! or even acknowledge their trying to contact you. 4. can share pictures. 5. voyeurism, if you're into that!LOL

9:23 am

m9f9l

not in the nasty way.. I just mean seeing into other people's lives..

9:24 am

NonoNanette

and if you ever quit the site facebook retains the rights to everything you have there

9:24 am

NonoNanette

thats why i wont do it

9:24 am

m9f9l

it can be a big time sucker...but that's up to the person.

9:24 am

JBV

well I'm interested - I guess I have to find out more about the privacy settings

9:24 am

Judi

Sure, totally into voyeurism. Just can't do it at work! Our server is proxied throught State server. Those Nazis don't let anything good through.

9:24 am

Dorens

hey jbv.. the best reason why you should is to play lexulous (scrabble) with all your babble buddies. owl, scrabbler and I have a long standing game going on

9:24 am

JBV

retains the rights - means what? they can use your photos, etc.?

9:25 am

JBV

ok, I'm tallying the votes....

9:25 am

JBV

hi doren

9:25 am

NonoNanette

yep exactly jbv

9:25 am

Dorens

well, you don't have to put up photos if you don't want to

9:26 am

Judi

BBL. Time for more java.

9:26 am

NonoNanette

check out the following link: http://www.rocket.ly/home/2010/4/26/to
p-ten-reasons-you-should-quit-facebook
.html

9:26 am

EvaNadine

ahh, a nice hot cuppa vanilla caramel tea. now im warm and caffeinated. :)
not bad for day 1 of 2 days at work without email!

9:26 am

Cosmo Kramer

clues for the a5/18 ..??? cant think anymore..

9:27 am

NonoNanette

? with a couple of vowels Cosmo

9:28 am

Nancy Boy

pssst - I'm out and about at the minute, but kind of here - Eva, I just got your message! How sweet of you all to worry :')

9:28 am

Dorens

as + fish

9:28 am

rururocks

ask a question to a goldfish

9:28 am

m9f9l

they have to say they have a right to publish it.. or they couldn't make it available to your friends. It's not like they're going to sell your photos. The main header is that you own the rights. But let's say you put something out there into public land and someone else copies it. THey have to be able to have had the right to put it out there...

9:28 am

Dorens

hi ru

9:28 am

rururocks

kind of like dear abby

9:28 am

rururocks

gm e

9:29 am

m9f9l

and we ARE worrying NB!

9:29 am

rururocks

has anyone seen haz.. is she on vacation?

9:29 am

m9f9l

Googling away at "ask a korean" and stuff!LOL

9:29 am

Dorens

had her gall bladder removed

9:29 am

m9f9l

I think Haz was on just about an hour ago???

9:29 am

JBV

thanks, NoNo, an interesting perspective - have facebook users noticed an increase in emails or spam? (from advertisers?)

9:29 am

rururocks

omg.. is she okay?

9:29 am

Dorens

was on yesterday morning, i think.. doing fine

9:29 am

EvaNadine

anytime you post anything to the web, you have to understand that you have given up certain rights to it. even just posting a photo in your profile here, anyone could copy it and post it elsewhere.
sure, you could sue them, and even win, but at that point, the damage is done.

for me, if i dont want people to have access to it, it doesnt get posted, period.

9:30 am

m9f9l

exactly Eva!

9:30 am

Nancy Boy

LOL M9! Well I'm sure I won't run into trouble in that respect - can you really imagine me in the army?!

9:30 am

Dorens

i can't think why anyone would want to use any of my pictures, but if so, i hven't posted anything that would embarass me ( i don't think)

9:30 am

m9f9l

but it's not up to you..... perhaps?

9:30 am

m9f9l

and I must say... that was my response.. they probably won't want you...

9:30 am

EvaNadine

NB! hello love!!

9:31 am

rururocks

well.. they are certainly neat and tidy NB..lol

9:31 am

Nancy Boy

Eva, I just got your message! How sweet of you to contact me about it - no need to worry :)

9:31 am

Dorens

ruru in pb

9:31 am

rururocks

Sargent Nancy Boy ...has a certain ring to it actually.

9:31 am

m9f9l

yes. one stateswoman said "Korea has no gays"

9:31 am

rururocks

ooops

9:31 am

m9f9l

that gave me hope..

9:32 am

Nancy Boy

Ah yes M9, and that is precisely what I'm up against, where my family is concerned!

9:32 am

m9f9l

until one of the babblers said that they DO have gays in the army.. they give them a dishonorable discharge after one year!

9:32 am

m9f9l

which got me worrying again...

9:32 am

Nancy Boy

As far as being drafted into the army on a flying visit - it seems to be just Korean nationals. My passport, accent, language (and apparently even my sexuality) says I'm definitely British!

9:32 am

Dorens

yes, sergeant nancy boy definitely has a ring... don't ask, don't tell.. or maybe you actually want to ask

9:33 am

EvaNadine

thats generally how i felt, dearest, but i wanted to pass along the concerns of everyone else.
we just wanna make sure youre safe. :)

9:33 am

m9f9l

LOL!!!

9:33 am

Judi

*poink* I'm back.

9:33 am

m9f9l

Dorens,... what a cutie!

9:34 am

rururocks

I think about our Army tossing away all th5 qualified soldiers because they are gay.. it's ridiculous

9:34 am

m9f9l

wants the camera?

9:34 am

Dorens

hello judi

9:34 am

Nancy Boy

well that's very kind of you all, thank you :) I was very touched...though I think getting swept into the army is the least of my problems. Sending me away to live with a big group of men? Well, I'll manage...;)

9:34 am

Dorens

ty mf

9:34 am

Cosmo Kramer

tx for the clues.. done.. fireworks..

9:35 am

m9f9l

YAY kramer!!!

9:35 am

Judi

Sgt. Nancy Boy. Very butch.

9:37 am

Nancy Boy

LOL Judi. I thought we gays were bad for morale, or whatever?

9:37 am

rururocks

maybe morals..

9:37 am

rururocks

lol

9:38 am

EvaNadine

yes, when i think NB, i think butch. ;)

9:39 am

Judi

"There are no heterosexuals in fox holes." Er, um... is it, "there are no ampersats in fox holes" ?

9:41 am

bichon

hi there all

9:41 am

rururocks

how are they going to have sex in the fox hole with all that gear.. ?

9:41 am

bichon

Clue or hint for the 10?

9:41 am

Nancy Boy

I'm sure if I joined the army, we'd be part of the DPRK before we knew it...

9:41 am

rururocks

boxes under the xmas tree + a tooth doctor ending

9:42 am

rururocks

what is the DPRK?

9:42 am

Nancy Boy

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - North Korea, basically! Just quicker to type

9:43 am

rururocks

oh

9:43 am

EvaNadine

hints for the 9s?

9:43 am

rururocks

I only have two.. one is a bad feeling about something di9

9:43 am

Erda

hint for en6,27 please???

9:43 am

rururocks

as in behaviour

9:43 am

Nancy Boy

Plus, that's the official name - just as we're officially the Republic of Korea. But somehow, North and South just stuck.

9:44 am

rururocks

the other i have is pr9 something checked out previous to release

9:44 am

m9f9l

no, no.. NB... THEY are officially the Republic of Korea.... you're british...remember????

9:45 am

EvaNadine

thanks ruru. got the Di, still noodling the PR

9:46 am

rururocks

like drugs approved by the FDA eva

9:46 am

rururocks

pr * (before) exams + past tense

9:46 am

Nancy Boy

Right, M9 :P sorry, of course. Well, I am, but officially I'm a mix between the two. There is some N. Korean blood in me - no chance of contacting any family there though, terrifiying country!

9:47 am

rururocks

I am guessing Nipple rings would stand out i North Korea

9:47 am

EvaNadine

ahh, got it. thanks!

9:47 am

hydra

Hello all. Hi ruru, Eva, ancy, M9, Erda. Hope I haven't missed anybody.

9:47 am

Cosmo Kramer

di 9 - something to do with food when in mouth.. bad one..

9:47 am

m9f9l

hy dra!

9:47 am

bichon

ty ruru for the 10

9:48 am

rururocks

hello Hydra

9:48 am

Judi

I wouldn't mind going to Bermuda and being drafted into their army. Actually, I don't think they have an army. *bummer*

9:48 am

m9f9l

NB, I posted links to a couple pics earlier.. of my boy

9:48 am

rururocks

yw

9:48 am

Erda

Hello hydra

9:48 am

hydra

Ooh! Thanks for the di clue, Cosmo. Hello to you as well. An I meant Nancy, not ancy! (or even antsy!)

9:48 am

garyandjulie

hello everyone, hows the grid going today?

9:48 am

rururocks

I would think the Jamaican army would be more fun..wink wink

9:48 am

Nancy Boy

I think you guess right, Ruru ;)

9:48 am

hydra

Judi, I missed you out of my cheery hello. Sorry. Hi garyandjulie

9:49 am

Nancy Boy

And hello, Hydra! Nice to see you around :)

9:49 am

m9f9l

since I'm past 1/2way I"ve listed.. so I see that there are 2 pr9's

9:49 am

NonoNanette

past tense of warming up beforehand pr9

9:49 am

Judi

*waves to new-comers*

9:50 am

hydra

Good to see, too, Nancy Boy. :-)

9:50 am

Nancy Boy

Although - I'd better get back to my packing! Especially if I'm going to be staying long enough to go to war ;)

9:50 am

hydra

*waves back to Judi*

9:51 am

garyandjulie

take care NB

9:51 am

hydra

Where are you going, Nancy?

9:51 am

NonoNanette

NB you take care and try to enjoy your trip

9:51 am

m9f9l

leave room for souvenirs!

9:51 am

EvaNadine

i have to do some packing of my own, though mine is only for an overnight and not 2 weeks to my homeland! hehe

9:51 am

m9f9l

(and whatever family heirlooms you can grab..)

9:52 am

Erda

en6,27 anybody???

9:52 am

hydra

Gosh, everyone's going somewhere. Not me!

9:52 am

rururocks

I can't find it either erda

9:52 am

Cosmo Kramer

en + sounds like what you do in sea (beach) with a board..

9:53 am

Erda

That makes me feel a bit better, ruru

9:53 am

garyandjulie

im hoping kids forget im sat in corner with laptop hydra, got told off for looking like i had a naughty face on earlier???

9:53 am

Nancy Boy

LOL M9! Well if they don't accept me, I may as well snatch a couple for my trouble ;)

9:53 am

EvaNadine

im headed to NYC after work tomorrow. have my first dress fitting bright + early saturday morning!

9:53 am

rururocks

Oh.. en + servant

9:53 am

m9f9l

thanks cosmo!

9:53 am

Dorens

en +fly the friendly ***** of united

9:53 am

hydra

Thanks for that clue.

9:53 am

NonoNanette

en + another word for a servent

9:53 am

Erda

Thank you, thank you everybody!!

9:53 am

Dorens

oh sorry, that is a 7

9:54 am

rururocks

72 left.. need to list now. crap

9:54 am

m9f9l

but it's a good one and thanks!

9:54 am

Nancy Boy

but ciao, everyone - I'll probably find myself back here this evening, shaking with nerves ;) take care!

9:54 am

Dorens

i have 123 left... not listing yet.. being a stoic

9:54 am

GraceM

could someone clue the Kn7 and 8 pls?

9:54 am

garyandjulie

140 to go here, least ive got nothing better to do tonight

9:54 am

m9f9l

I'm impressed anyway ruru!!!

9:54 am

EvaNadine

(((huggles NB)))

9:54 am

Dorens

israeli gov't, grace

9:55 am

bichon

How does that get to be an acceptable word and spam isn't?

9:55 am

hydra

Hug from me too, NB (()))

9:55 am

Cosmo Kramer

israel prliament - kn7 and 8

9:56 am

GraceM

thank!

9:56 am

Dorens

yw

9:57 am

EvaNadine

ok kids. meeting time for sami!
back later. :)

9:58 am

m9f9l

bye!

9:58 am

Dorens

shower time for doren... later all

10:01 am

garyandjulie

take care doren

10:01 am

m9f9l

bye doren

10:06 am

rururocks

2nd at 6? please

10:07 am

garyandjulie

only got the first one so far

10:07 am

m9f9l

more of that exam stuff

10:07 am

Judi

At6: swear to + past te5.

10:07 am

garyandjulie

end it with an exam ruru

10:07 am

m9f9l

it's the at8 I'm not getting

10:08 am

garyandjulie

past tense ending

10:08 am

m9f9l

nvm

10:08 am

garyandjulie

of the 6

10:08 am

rururocks

thank you judi

10:08 am

rururocks

and gary

10:08 am

m9f9l

it's the pathway that matters!

10:08 am

Judi

*yawn* Is it lunch time yet?

10:19 am

EvaNadine

well, that meeting was quicker than expected. :)

10:19 am

m9f9l

great!

10:19 am

EvaNadine

which is lovely, because my stress level is rising these days, and i dont need any more meetings...heh

10:19 am

m9f9l

I like your icon. did you take that pic?

10:19 am

Boobear

clue for de 5/12

10:20 am

m9f9l

person into god

10:28 am

Boobear

hmmm

10:28 am

garyandjulie

took a while for that one to sink in m9 thank you

10:29 am

m9f9l

yw!

10:30 am

Boobear

ty

10:30 am

m9f9l

uh oh. gotta go tutor! bbl!

10:30 am

m9f9l

112 to go!

10:31 am

garyandjulie

95 here and starting to flag a bit but the day is young yet

10:31 am

EvaNadine

m9 -- i didnt take it. found it online, but quite liked it myself. :)

10:39 am

Boobear

clue for the first di 7/32 please

10:40 am

garyandjulie

think of an illness

10:40 am

garyandjulie

nasty bug, sorry not to good giving clues

10:41 am

crosshair

worked for me ty g&j

10:41 am

Boobear

thats ok

10:41 am

garyandjulie

good glad cross

10:42 am

Boobear

got it ty

10:43 am

crosshair

uh oh..big ole thunder storm rolling over.actually i love them,as long as it is someone else minding the service station and getting soaked when it happens:))

10:44 am

garyandjulie

i have a friend literally shakes in her boots cross, i think they are great myself.

10:45 am

Boobear

I hate thunderstorms especially when I get woken up with one

10:46 am

garyandjulie

not a problem for me I'm deaf as a post without hearing aid in so i sleep like a baby :)

10:46 am

Judi

I'll be back after lunch to finish the S's and T's.

10:47 am

garyandjulie

take care judi

10:49 am

crosshair

well it has almost 4 hours to do its thing ,then it can stop;))

10:50 am

garyandjulie

wish you luck, rarely have one anyone near that long here!

10:55 am

redturtlehead

afternoon evening babblers! ANy word on Zooz??

10:55 am

garyandjulie

hi red

10:56 am

redturtlehead

hi.

10:57 am

joshuavorbis

i think once you finish the p's r's s's and t's on this one you're nearly done

10:58 am

redturtlehead

with 153 left i have NBT.

10:58 am

featherbee

i see zooz is online, any word since this morning?

11:02 am

garyandjulie

better go get kids fed, back later hopefully for last 61. happy babbling everyone

11:03 am

rururocks

et 6/21?

11:03 am

Uneaixoise

gas

11:03 am

rururocks

thanks une

11:04 am

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

11:05 am

Uneaixoise

no list yet, 214 down, 117 to go -- BBL *poof*

11:06 am

flosey

could I have a clue for et6 please,

11:07 am

redturtlehead

flosy its the gas from yesterday.

11:07 am

flosey

thanks red

11:09 am

Boobear

hi flosey

11:09 am

flosey

Hi Boo

11:12 am

zoozzoom

ok back to see if i can find 178 words..hello all :-)

11:13 am

featherbee

zooz! glad to see you're back!

11:14 am

featherbee

i was lurking at the very tail end of things this morning

11:14 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Feather..yes still chugging away at the grid

11:14 am

zoozzoom

oh i see...yes i am still here..lol

11:15 am

featherbee

are you feeling any better about things?

11:15 am

zoozzoom

no change..but thanks anyway :-)

11:16 am

featherbee

there are phone numbers you can call, to just talk to people.

11:16 am

zoozzoom

done all that :-)

11:16 am

Sev

i don't chat often, but i sure am glad to see you back zooz!

11:16 am

featherbee

what brought everything up, if you don't mind me asking? like i said, i was at the tail end of things.

11:17 am

zoozzoom

Thanks Sev.

11:18 am

zoozzoom

nothing brought it up as such feather..just how things are escalating for me..thats all...just too much to bear.

11:18 am

bichon

zooz, I don't know what issues you are facing, but I was there many years ago. I've taken an SSRI for those years and have much improved

11:18 am

featherbee

i was there once. i know the feeling.

11:19 am

featherbee

i had just had a miscarraige, the house we were buying was putting us through the ringer with closing hassles, and i wanted to just escape.

11:19 am

Kazzer99

Hi all been lurking for a little bit as i had my diabetic eye check today and i am on my main pc with a very large font

11:20 am

zoozzoom

sorry to hear that you babblers have been through it too...did not mean to start all this off to be honest..i am also a bit embaressed about it too..but my mind is made.

11:20 am

featherbee

do you have family nearby?

11:21 am

featherbee

that's the main thing that stopped me. thinking of what the people around me would go through.

11:21 am

flosey

don't ever be embarrassed about it zooz, best thing is to get it out, let friends know what's going on with you - and for you to know that you do have friends who care

11:21 am

bichon

I found a really great doctor who has helped me through a lot and I can't imagine that I once was severely depressed

11:22 am

featherbee

please look at it this way....you're going to have a LOT of people here in babble very sad and hurt if you do this. you're not alone in the world, you're more connected to other people than you think.

11:23 am

zoozzoom

i agree..that friends are so important..and they are to me too...but i just don`t want to go through with it any more.....thanks feather..i do realise that i really do..but enough is enough...still i feel ok at the moment...so plenty of time left yet.

11:23 am

featherbee

what exactly is going on? is it medical? again, tell me to hush when you want to.

11:25 am

zoozzoom

it is a combination of things really some i cannot mention as it hurts me too much..others are just family related so cannot speak to them much.

11:25 am

featherbee

ok. please, see if there's someone, anyone, that you can talk about that is near you. or call one of those numbers.

11:26 am

featherbee

talk about it with....you know what i meant.

11:26 am

zoozzoom

most of it is just mental i fear..also when wife & son moved away.

11:27 am

featherbee

oh dear. please don't do that to your son.

11:27 am

zoozzoom

i do know what you meant Feather..and thank you for your concern..but i am rather happy to know (hope) it will be over sometime soon :-)

11:27 am

scribekd

zoozzoom-you should try to call the help lines again-this time with a different counsellor-it could work--you're different every day, too & the comboination might just be the ticket

11:27 am

bichon

Zooz, there IS help out there. This is just a temporary state. You don't need a permanent solution

11:27 am

JBV

zooz, I don't know you but I feel very deeply that you need and want help - please listen to the wisdom of babblers, there is hope

11:28 am

flosey

and zooz, if you get someone who is not right for you, or helping you, ask for someone else

11:28 am

redturtlehead

On top of that Zooz, kids who have parents who take their own lives are much more likely to do it also themselves, so please do not do that to your son.

11:28 am

redturtlehead

and I agree with JBV, you apparently want help, or you wouldnt be here. let us help you.

11:29 am

zoozzoom

my son does not care any more Feather..i know he told me so himself ok no more about that..sorry can`t see the bloody type here...lol

11:29 am

blueheron

((((Zooz))))We are all here for you.Let us know how we can help.

11:30 am

scribekd

your son might care more than you know & needs you the more than ever-you could help each other

11:30 am

featherbee

even if he says he doesn't care any more, and even if he is mad at you right now, you're still going to do one hell of a number to him mentally if you do this. guilt, regret, loss, what ifs.

11:30 am

bichon

Or you might just need a little distance for a while and then pick up again

11:31 am

flosey

Zooz, please keep in mind, we all care, my dear man, my heart goes out to you - perhaps your son is being influenced by someone else but he could, in time, think things out for himself

11:31 am

blueheron

ok group hug time!

11:31 am

flosey

big hugs, zooz

11:32 am

ch1212

{{{{ hugs and prayers and hope }}}}

11:32 am

zoozzoom

{{{{{{{{{{{{{{love you alll}}}}}}}}}}}

11:32 am

flosey

oops, company

11:32 am

featherbee

((((hugs and prayers)))))

11:32 am

cbr1965

zooz, I told my parents similar things when I was growing up and I'm sure my father thought I meant it because I certainly acted like I did. But I didn't. I was just mad. The old saying "Time heals all wounds" is mostly right.

11:33 am

blueheron

(((((((((Hugs)))))))))))

11:33 am

zoozzoom

i will speak to some-one tomorrow..just to keep you all from going at me..although i know you all mean well..i do appreciate it thoough.

11:34 am

featherbee

oh, thank you! that's all we ask. well, that, and to not do it of course.

11:34 am

zoozzoom

sorry to hear that cbr..i am glad it all worked out for you though.

11:34 am

ch1212

So tomorrow, you will let us know that you spoke to someone? What time will you let us know, so we can be expecting you?

11:35 am

featherbee

thank you ch1212. good idea, so we don't all lurk all day!

11:35 am

zoozzoom

not sure the time to be honest..but will speak with my doctor tomorrow probably this time tomorrow.

11:36 am

ch1212

Thank you, dear. We will be waiting, and meantime wrapping you safely in our hearts.

11:36 am

featherbee

ok, will be looking for you tomorrow then.

11:36 am

Nancy Boy

just got here and been reading back. oh, please let us know! I won't be here by then, but as soon as I land I'll be combing the chat log to check you're okay.

11:36 am

featherbee

meanwhile, i've gotta go paint! bbl.

11:37 am

blueheron

yes we will be here.

11:37 am

blueheron

yes we will be here.

11:37 am

zoozzoom

NB!! hope you had a great time over there..bet they got a shock when they could see you were still alive..lol

11:37 am

zoozzoom

Bye feather

11:38 am

Nancy Boy

Oh I haven't been yet - I'm just getting ready! I set myself as being in South Korea to get myself psyched up ;) since I'm pretty nervous..

11:39 am

zoozzoom

you will be ok my friend....sock it too them...i would love to see their faces..lol

11:39 am

Nancy Boy

By the same token Zooz, so will you ;) we are both cared for. As for my family, I don't think they'll believe it's me!

11:40 am

zoozzoom

this is true NB..babblers are bloody amazing people..they care more than my family do..lol

11:41 am

zoozzoom

ok really must get this grid done.

11:41 am

ch1212

zoo and all, I have to leave; bbl. Will definitely be checking back tomorrow. {{ hugs and love }}

11:42 am

zoozzoom

Bye {{{Ch}}}

11:42 am

blueheron

see you ch12

11:43 am

redturtlehead

Oh Hello NB! I have been thinking about you!

11:43 am

Nancy Boy

Hey, Red! Thinking about me - should I be worried? ;)

11:43 am

stidmama

(((HUGS ALL))) hello

11:44 am

redturtlehead

No No, I have been thinking about how you are doing with your trip...

11:44 am

brid

what is that saying about "not picking your family, but picking your friends?"

11:44 am

blueheron

hey stid,red nb

11:44 am

stidmama

{{{{Nancy Boy}}}} are you okay? have you packed extra undies? sweater? jacket? socks???

11:45 am

stidmama

oh my, this is a BIG grid!

11:45 am

Nancy Boy

Ohhhh, well I'm packing as we speak, Red! Trying to bully this bag into holding, like, 3x the amount of clothing it was intended for. Kitchen sink to follow separately...

11:45 am

redturtlehead

it goes quick stidm.

11:46 am

Nancy Boy

Hey, Stiddie!! :) I will NOT need a sweater - the humidity puts the 'feels like' temp there at 40C at the moment!

11:46 am

stidmama

quick is good.

11:46 am

Nancy Boy

oh, and hey Blue! Don't know how I missed you :)

11:46 am

stidmama

hmph. you'll need to borrow probably...

11:46 am

redturtlehead

hello all coners and goers.

11:47 am

blueheron

is a coner related to a conehead?

11:47 am

stidmama

LOL red and blue!

11:47 am

blueheron

lol

11:47 am

redturtlehead

probably!

11:48 am

blueheron

that is so conercal.

11:48 am

blueheron

sorry people

11:48 am

brid

hmmm..."you can't choose your family...." "sometimes you pick your friends, sometimes they pick you"?

11:49 am

redturtlehead

Oh I need to go take a nap.

11:49 am

brid

my mind is not functioning right today

11:49 am

Nancy Boy

lol Brid...I know what you mean ;)

11:49 am

blueheron

nb, you have a safe trip and keep in touch with us:)

11:49 am

brid

but once you've picked Babble, you're part of the community.

11:50 am

brid

even if you lurk all the time....

11:50 am

brid

or just talk once in awhile (they way i do)

11:50 am

brid

or talk all the time (the way some members do)

11:50 am

Nancy Boy

Thank you, Blue :) yes, I am under strict instructions to keep everyone updated!

11:50 am

blueheron

same here brid.

11:51 am

redturtlehead

we loooove the lurkers, they never offend anyone!

11:51 am

stidmama

some of us talk just to keep ourselves company...

11:51 am

stidmama

there. NBT. but still 263 to go.

11:52 am

redturtlehead

good job! stid, I didnt get to NBT until 180 to go.

11:52 am

brid

they're your people. whether you realize it or not.

11:53 am

Nancy Boy

anyway, back to packing for me! urgh...I am so close to wimping out of this right now.

11:54 am

redturtlehead

NB you can not wimp out....its time to go! and then soon time to come back. but you are going to get some really nice Korean food too!!!

11:54 am

stidmama

(((Nancy Boy))) you are in my heart.

11:54 am

Nancy Boy

((quick hugs)) thanks you two! and everyone else :)

11:54 am

flosey

back again, hi there NB, have a safe trip and I do hope things go well with your family. We're all pulling for you, you know that

11:55 am

stidmama

hey flosey! (((Hugs))) it's raining here a little... *sigh8

11:55 am

redturtlehead

Oh rain, soething I love.

11:55 am

flosey

oh dear, well stid, it won't dampen any spirits, am sure everyone will have a wonderful time

11:56 am

stidmama

oh! 100 words!!!! down to 230. Need to check email and get back to sprucing up the house a little...

11:56 am

redturtlehead

I want to nap, if only I did not have to put clean sheets on the bed.

11:56 am

stidmama

My goal today is to have my personal workspace ready to go. I want to get all the things out of the yard and into the office today...

11:57 am

stidmama

red! is it hot there?

11:57 am

flosey

no rain here but it's quite cool

11:57 am

stidmama

throw a sheet over the mattress, put a pillowcase on a pillow, and nap! the making the bed can happen later.

11:57 am

redturtlehead

thats the thing, I am too lazy to shee the mattress!

11:58 am

stidmama

yes, definitely more cool than warm... My plants love it. But I am chilly and back to turtlenecks.

11:58 am

flosey

me too stid

11:58 am

redturtlehead

but I am doing it, turtlenecks!!!!! wow.

11:58 am

redturtlehead

its 93 so far here.

11:59 am

flosey

ooh, take it easy kind of days red

11:59 am

stidmama

you can DO it, red!!!

12:00 pm

redturtlehead

yes, very restful, I did all y morning activity in the morning.

12:01 pm

stidmama

sounds nice, red.

12:02 pm

redturtlehead

ok, I must go and make the bed...

12:02 pm

stidmama

later red.

12:04 pm

Deeha

What a shame it wont allow oiks - a good description word for a ruffian!!

12:04 pm

stidmama

hey deeha!

12:04 pm

flosey

hi Deeha

12:04 pm

Deeha

hi folks I have been around lately - I just keot quiet!! Not like me I know!

12:05 pm

stidmama

are you okay?

12:05 pm

flosey

dear little girl in your icon, Deeha, your granddaughter?

12:05 pm

Deeha

Bright eyed and bushy tailed thanks. And you?

12:06 pm

stidmama

doing okay. another episode in a couple of ongoing family crises... *sigh* but not impossible to surmount, I think.

12:07 pm

Deeha

Yes, it is my grand dauighter not bad eh? Obviously takes after her nana - not - as the young people say!!!

12:08 pm

stidmama

:-D she is very sweet, deeha

12:11 pm

Deeha

Sorry you are having problems Stid sometimes you think 'families-who'd have 'em' then you remember!!

12:11 pm

stidmama

LOL true enough, deeha!

12:12 pm

Deeha

Specially when a little girl says when are you going to come and play with me Nana

12:12 pm

stidmama

well, past halfway, time to get going again.

12:12 pm

stidmama

:-D it must be nice to have grandchildren!

12:13 pm

stidmama

see you-all again soon. *Poof*

12:14 pm

Deeha

I thoroughly recommend it - sadly she is likely to be my only one. Think my daughter thinks motherhood isnt all its cracked up to be!!

12:16 pm

Christine

Have we heard from zoozoom

12:16 pm

flosey

Deeha, my daughter had her first and will be only, beautiful boy, they are a beautiful family and are just making sure he will have playmates amongst their friends

12:17 pm

flosey

we had quite a chat with Zooz this morning Christine

12:17 pm

Christine

That's why I wondered if we have news

12:17 pm

flosey

all babblers standing with him and reassuring him as best we can

12:17 pm

flosey

nothing new, Christine

12:18 pm

Deeha

Yes, luckily she made several really good friends in her pre-natal group so there are several children all the same age. Also Esther goes to nursery two days a weeks and she loves it

12:18 pm

Christine

As a family, we worry for him, but we're just not close enough to help him.

12:18 pm

flosey

good, that is a great experience Deeha, 3 of mine went and loved it

12:19 pm

Deeha

Makes it easier when they eventually go to school

12:19 pm

flosey

true Christine - very hard to want so much to help but dependent on him coming online to chat

12:22 pm

Christine

Whenever I hear of anyone in a suicidal frame of mind, I wonder what I could've done to dissuade him - even if I don't know him - rich/famous, for example. Plus, I remember that we were taught despair is the great sin, thinking you can't get God's help.

12:24 pm

Deeha

My twin sister made 15 suicide attempts - she was sent from the hospital to have a filling pout back, dated the dentitst asnd has been married to him for 30 years - no further problems. We complain about the NHS but look what you get!!!

12:26 pm

Christine

That's the thing - often treatment can help, but Zooz doesn't want to try. However, his idea is to not eat or drink, and I think that must be a hard way to go - I'm sure I'd give in for a last slice of brad or something.

12:28 pm

Christine

Unless someone restrained you, how could you not eat/drink.

12:28 pm

rubyfoo

gd evening everybody

12:28 pm

Mom

hi everyone

12:28 pm

Christine

Hello, Dear.

12:28 pm

flosey

hi ruby

12:28 pm

Mom

Zoozzoom was on a little bit ago, he said he would go and speak with someone face to face tomorrow

12:28 pm

Christine

And hello to another Dear

12:29 pm

Mom

{{Ruby}} hello

12:29 pm

Christine

Still worrying about Zooz

12:29 pm

Deeha

The only consolation is that you can be drip fed if you get like that. If you take more drastic measures there might be no return.

12:30 pm

zoozzoom

i`m sure they cannot force you to have a drip?

12:30 pm

Christine

Zooz ...

12:30 pm

Mom

{{{{Zoozzoom}}}}

12:30 pm

zoozzoom

sorry..trying to finish this large grid..lol...got 21 left

12:30 pm

Haz1558

zooz - hello again.

12:31 pm

flosey

Hello again Zooz

12:31 pm

flosey

wtg zooz

12:31 pm

Haz1558

Quickly, somebody jiggle the board around to stop zoozoom finishing.

12:31 pm

flosey

26 here

12:31 pm

rubyfoo

hello zzoozz

12:31 pm

Mom

Hi Flosey and Haz

12:31 pm

anneadams10

how many total today?

12:31 pm

rubyfoo

hello haz, haven't seen you lately

12:31 pm

zoozzoom

Hello Haz& all..look i did not mean to upset you all..i will see a doctor tomorrow and see what can be done with my head..lol

12:31 pm

zoozzoom

331

12:31 pm

Mom

331 Anne

12:31 pm

anneadams10

thanks

12:32 pm

flosey

go mom, go

12:32 pm

rubyfoo

hello deeha, that is an inspirational story about your twin and the dentist! I think I'll get a tooth filled....lol

12:32 pm

jmcnrick

hi zooz REALLY GLAD to see you

12:32 pm

bichon

hi ruby, jmc et al

12:32 pm

rubyfoo

hi jmc

12:32 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

12:32 pm

rubyfoo

hello bichon

12:32 pm

Haz1558

That's all we want, zooz. Please know that we don't want to bully you, but we are really concerned.

12:32 pm

Christine

Honey, I found something for you ---- Christopher Roibin to Pooh: "Promise me you'll always remember you're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." Plus you've got us.

12:32 pm

Mom

Hi Bichon and jmc

12:32 pm

zoozzoom

hello , Jmc :-)

12:32 pm

jmcnrick

WOW what a crappy day it has been for me already!

12:33 pm

Haz1558

Hello, ruby. I've been otherwise engaged with a health thing, but am fine.

12:33 pm

Mom

Christine, how lovely

12:33 pm

jmcnrick

ich zooz grim icon there!

12:33 pm

rubyfoo

what happened, jmc?

12:33 pm

zoozzoom

I underdtand Haz..thanks..and thanks Christine thats really nice..thanks all of you :-)

12:34 pm

jmcnrick

i have spent all morning yelling at the phone company that provides the hotline

12:34 pm

rubyfoo

12:34 pm

zoozzoom

hey whats wrong Jmc?

12:34 pm

jmcnrick

this is after talking briskly to them yesterday

12:34 pm

zoozzoom

oh dear

12:34 pm

jmcnrick

they seem to have a problem with the concept that a hotline needs to know if its phones are going to wrok

12:34 pm

Christine

Zooz -- would you want to give you wemail address to someone, to stay in touch when you're not on babble. My email address is on my profile.

12:35 pm

Christine

*email*

12:35 pm

zoozzoom

spikewillow@tiscali.co.uk

12:35 pm

zoozzoom

probably get loads of spam now..lol

12:35 pm

Haz1558

Yes, and if a helicopter hovers overhead and paratroopers jump out, you'll know that babble has succeeded in alerting the authorities....

12:36 pm

Christine

Lovely boy - I'mn going to put it in my e-address book, so any time ...

12:36 pm

jmcnrick

lol haz

12:36 pm

zoozzoom

i don`t have a cold Haz..hahaha

12:36 pm

jmcnrick

the delete button works wonders on spam

12:36 pm

Mom

Oh Zoozzoom, you will only get loving and caring emails from here. :)

12:37 pm

Christine

And I expect you'll have all your babble aunties contactiung you.

12:37 pm

Haz1558

Maybe if we give Dr G a nudge he can get the new babble up and running. That would be motivation to hang around for a while longer, wouldn't it?

12:37 pm

zoozzoom

i have mailwasher..so that sorts the junk out for me.

12:37 pm

jmcnrick

*gives mom a pot of tea* will you pour mom?

12:37 pm

zoozzoom

new babble?

12:37 pm

Mom

I would be delighted to

12:38 pm

Haz1558

Yes indeed. There's a radical new design coming up. Maybe all the talk about it happened when you weren't around.

12:38 pm

Mom

**cream? sugar?**

12:38 pm

Haz1558

He's going to incorporate some nice new features - including spin the board.

12:39 pm

Mom

Zoozzoom, there is a babble community on Facebook and Dr_God has shown some of the designs there

12:39 pm

jmcnrick

oooo spin the board

12:39 pm

zoozzoom

sounds exciting

12:39 pm

Haz1558

I wanted a running transcript to tell all news so that it wouldn't have to be repeated all the time.

12:39 pm

jmcnrick

i can spin the board now but it is a bitch to type upside down

12:40 pm

zoozzoom

lol

12:40 pm

jmcnrick

me too haz I miss some gossip when i am on planes all the time

12:40 pm

Haz1558

Okay, i've been called in for my gourmet meal prepared by my husband. Look after yourself, zooz. You don't want to make a sick woman worse, do you?

12:40 pm

jmcnrick

bye haz

12:40 pm

Haz1558

Off I go - bye for now!

12:40 pm

zoozzoom

no i don`t ..thanks Haz..take care & enjoy your meal :-)

12:41 pm

jmcnrick

i gots to go too and drive to the airport for the washington to washington meetup

12:41 pm

jmcnrick

see you all from the other side of the country

12:41 pm

jmcnrick

(or maybe from the airport the way things are going today)

12:41 pm

zoozzoom

bye, Jmc

12:42 pm

jmcnrick

I'd give you a hug zooz but i am not that type

12:42 pm

jmcnrick

*waves*

12:42 pm

zoozzoom

lol..no probs

12:42 pm

jmcnrick

*poof*

12:42 pm

rubyfoo

have a safe trip and a lovely meet-up, jmc, BON VOYAGE!

12:42 pm

zoozzoom

*waves back*

12:42 pm

Christine

I am, so big hugs to you, and all bablers, from California.

12:43 pm

Mom

have a safe trip jmc

12:43 pm

Mom

I will give you a Jmcnricks hugs, Zoozzoom.

12:43 pm

Dorens

just got the word~~ my job is back!!!!!

12:43 pm

zoozzoom

thanks Christine.

12:43 pm

Christine

My neighbour's little girl tells me these are waves ~~~~~~~

12:43 pm

Mom

{{{{{DORENS}}}}} CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

12:43 pm

zoozzoom

yay..nice one Dorens!!

12:43 pm

rubyfoo

that is wonderful news, dorens!!!! and hello

12:44 pm

Christine

Dorens - new job?

12:44 pm

flosey

great news Dorens

12:44 pm

Mom

I am with Christine there, I am a big hugger

12:44 pm

flosey

me too Mom and Christine

12:44 pm

Dorens

the old job (well, actually my job + that of the other counselor, but that's ok)

12:45 pm

Mom

Dorens, jus the one school?

12:45 pm

Mom

just*

12:45 pm

Christine

Working with children, Dorens?

12:45 pm

Dorens

don't really have time to chat... but the superintendent just called and told me and I promised I would let you know... (both schools mom)

12:46 pm

Mom

at least it is a job. That has to be a huge relief. Now when you go to california you will be relaxed

12:46 pm

Christine

Coming to CAlifornia?

12:47 pm

flosey

22 to go and I need a break, bbl

12:47 pm

Mom

bye for now Flosey

12:47 pm

rubyfoo

bye flosey

12:47 pm

rubyfoo

this is a fun grid but it's huge!

12:48 pm

flosey

yes, ruby, I've quite enjoyed this one

12:48 pm

Dorens

does this icon look celebratory enough?

12:49 pm

rubyfoo

I need two days for this one

12:49 pm

flosey

great icon, Dorens

12:50 pm

Mom

very celebratory!

12:50 pm

Police

I am a police officer from Hampshire Constabulary, England. Can the person profile named ZooZoom please contact Ryde Police Station on 0845 045 4545 ASAP.

12:55 pm

jmcnrick

police i think we are all a little stunned but glad we were able to reach out to our friend zooz

12:56 pm

jmcnrick

zooz has since come on the chat log and is clearly feeling better

12:56 pm

rubyfoo

it got very quiet in here

12:56 pm

zoozzoom

i am trying to find my last word

12:57 pm

jmcnrick

i just was coming back to turn off my computer

12:57 pm

Mom

not quite sure what to say.

12:57 pm

jmcnrick

police nothing bad will happen if zooz calls you, right?

12:58 pm

Christine

Zooz -- which word are you looking for?

12:58 pm

zoozzoom

And fireworks for me :-)

12:58 pm

zoozzoom

it was te6/21

12:58 pm

Christine

Yay, you -- call that policeman, okay?

12:58 pm

helensgirlkid

Good luck zozz

12:59 pm

rubyfoo

I'm puzzled

12:59 pm

Mom

congrats Zoozzoom

12:59 pm

Christine

Hey, that's the one I just found, altho' I've had te5 since 6am

12:59 pm

rubyfoo

are the police monitoring the chog?

12:59 pm

zoozzoom

the police can be busy else where..i will see my doc tomorrow

1:00 pm

jmcnrick

wooo hooo zooz

1:00 pm

Christine

And you'll contact us, on babble, okay? Stay in touch. God bless.

1:00 pm

Mom

Love you Zoo

1:00 pm

rubyfoo

1:00 pm

jmcnrick

police is still online but I am not *poof for real*

1:00 pm

Mom

bye jmcnrick

1:00 pm

Police

I am glad, but my colleagues and I have spent the several hours conducting enquries for Micahel Rutherford. We need to ensure the person profile name zoozoom is safe and well. I am a Police Officer based at Ryde. Please zoozzoom can you call the number I posted earlier. You will find it IS Hampshire Constabularys number. Please ask for the Duty Sgt at Ryde Police Station. He is Sgt Edwards. A female from AMerica contacted us this morning, concerned with your comments this morning.

1:01 pm

zoozzoom

will do Christine..take care all...and thanks for caring.

1:01 pm

Christine

Bye, Hun.

1:01 pm

zoozzoom

ok will phone.

1:01 pm

Christine

Lots of people caring for you. Big hugs.

1:01 pm

zoozzoom

bye all take care.

1:01 pm

Mom

{{{{{Zoozzoo}}}}}

1:02 pm

Mom

hugs zoo

1:02 pm

Christine

jmcnrick - bye for now.

1:02 pm

Police

Thankyou. This is the only way we could contact you in the end.

1:03 pm

Mom

Police, all the babblers here mean well.

1:03 pm

Mom

we are all like family

1:03 pm

Christine

Police - thanks for reaching out to Michael, we were all ver concerned, of course. Hopefully, his doctor will be able to help him.

1:05 pm

Christine

And now you know where to spend your off-duty hours, playing babble.

1:09 pm

zoozzoom

ok contacted the police..they are satisfied that i am ok...will see a doc in the morning.

1:09 pm

zoozzoom

must go & get some sleep take care all :-)

1:10 pm

rubyfoo

very brave and wonderful, zzoozz!

1:10 pm

Mom

Oh Zoozzoom, I hope that this has not upset you. It is just so many people care.

1:10 pm

Mom

Sleep well Zoozzoom

1:10 pm

zoozzoom

Thanks Ruby..no not upset at all nice to know people care...bye for now.

1:11 pm

Mom

bye bye

1:11 pm

rubyfoo

1:13 pm

Christine

Night, sweetie. Sleep well.

1:14 pm

Christine

Okay, that's our two boys settled for the night -- I'm feeling all motherly.

1:15 pm

Mom

I'm tellin' Christine. It is tough.

1:15 pm

Mom

I'm telllin' ya, Christine. Always worrying

1:16 pm

Christine

Still, it feels a lot better than this morning.

1:17 pm

Mom

it does. I was tempted to call but I have no clue how to call internationally. Heck I still screw up local long distance

1:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello.

1:17 pm

Mom

{{TO}} good afternoon

1:17 pm

rubyfoo

hello TO!

1:18 pm

Christine

Hello, TO.

1:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

what in the world...

1:19 pm

Christine

Back soon - I saw some earrings in a catalogue, and I want to order them.

1:19 pm

Mom

**TO must be scrolling back in the chat**

1:19 pm

Mom

bye for now Christine

1:19 pm

rubyfoo

bye christine

1:20 pm

Mom

does the pr 10/77 work off the pr 7 before it?

1:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

well i saw abit of confusing stuff. it's just that.= well, there have been some strange goings on in babbleonia of late

1:22 pm

Mom

It was all a flutter this morning. Zoozzoom made out his will and has his plot in order. Someone from the US called the constable.
Then jmcnrick was concerned for Nancy Boy that once he lands in Korea he will be drafted

1:22 pm

doseffing

yes ... one who believes in giving ... or one who believes in the here and now

1:22 pm

Mom

Red took the day job (3 12hr shifts) doesn't know when she will start

1:22 pm

Mom

thanks Doseffing and hello

1:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

teak

1:23 pm

Mom

and I think that is about the morning in a nut shell

1:23 pm

rubyfoo

??dose??

1:24 pm

rubyfoo

I got to 174 but have run out of time. Good night and {{{all you caring babblers}}}

1:24 pm

GLC

someone called the police because someone made out his will?

1:24 pm

Mom

got it thanks Doseffing

1:25 pm

rubyfoo

1:25 pm

Mom

no GLC, it was much more than that, but that was it in a nutshell. He didn't want to go on living but has decided to see his doctor again tomorrow

1:25 pm

rubyfoo

*poof*

1:25 pm

Mom

{{Ruby}} take care

1:26 pm

GLC

ah yes i see, Mom, thanks

1:26 pm

Mom

you're welcome GLC

1:26 pm

Mom

welcome to Babble, I don't believe I have met you

1:27 pm

jacq

hello everybody

1:27 pm

lawyer-1

I thought this was PlayBabble, not As the World Turns

1:27 pm

jacq

how is the big grid today?

1:27 pm

Mom

Hi Jacq

1:27 pm

jmbdobie2

ATWT got cancelled... babble is still here!

1:27 pm

Mom

Hi Lawyer-1 all of life is a soap opera

1:27 pm

jacq

heya mom

1:28 pm

jacq

caught your response to a question about a babbler, i hope everything is ok now

1:28 pm

Mom

I think so Jacq, he said he would see his doctor tomorrow, his medication is not helping

1:29 pm

jacq

ty

1:29 pm

Mom

lol Jmbdobie and hello

1:29 pm

Mom

it is a friendly grid Jacq

1:29 pm

GLC

actually i am using my boss's computer, i am mamaz :)

1:29 pm

Mom

your boss plays babble?

1:29 pm

jacq

oh good, yesterdays was so not friendly

1:30 pm

jacq

hellomamaz

1:30 pm

jacq

oops hello mamaz

1:30 pm

Mom

I didn't even get half yesterday.

1:30 pm

jacq

i managed t finish but it took forever to get the last 20 or so

1:31 pm

Mom

I was getting antsy sitting here so I just had to leave it

1:32 pm

jacq

i did that too, went out and took some sunset pics

1:32 pm

Mom

should be in the kitchen but can't seem to pull myself up off this chair

1:32 pm

jacq

i have over 5000 pics on my laptop, mostly sunsets and grandchildren lol

1:33 pm

Mom

can never have too many pics of either

1:33 pm

jacq

nope and where i am just now i can get amazing pics across the water to the hills, fishing boats, the lifeboat and coastguard helicopter doing exercises and the grandchildren at the park

1:34 pm

Mom

oh Jacq, that sounds lovely

1:34 pm

Boobear

clue for en 6 please

1:34 pm

Mom

Hi Boo, sorry I don't have it, but I will help you look

1:34 pm

jacq

it is, i'm very lucky, and at night it's so dark i can sit and stargaze all night if it's clear, have seen many many shooting stars

1:35 pm

Boobear

Hi Mom and tx

1:36 pm

Mom

sounds like a perfect spot

1:36 pm

helensgirlkid

en6 - archaic european practice similar to enslave

1:36 pm

jacq

it is, between the house, the location and the man, not in that order, i am in heaven

1:37 pm

Mom

lucky you

1:37 pm

Mom

thanks Helensgirl, will give it a shot

1:37 pm

helensgirlkid

wonderful jacq - don't often get good look at major stars here!

1:38 pm

jacq

i am lucky

1:38 pm

GLC

yes my boss plays babble, mom :)

1:38 pm

GLC

yes my boss plays babble, mom :)

1:39 pm

Boobear

hmm not getting the en6

1:39 pm

Mom

then the boss can't fuss at you :-)

1:39 pm

jacq

your boss will understand how addictive it is lol

1:40 pm

helensgirlkid

en6 refers to feudal system - will also give you se4/7

1:40 pm

helensgirlkid

Makes use of that lonesome consonant close to the lower left hand corner

1:40 pm

Boobear

ty

1:41 pm

GLC

haha mom my boss can't fuss at me unless she wants to pay me more

1:41 pm

Mom

lol GLC

1:41 pm

Mom

thanks Helensgirl

1:42 pm

GLC

i run the wine tasting room when they need me, and sometimes there's just little else to do but read, etc

1:43 pm

Mom

sounds like a dream Mamaz

1:44 pm

Mom

TO, are you still here?

1:44 pm

GLC

its a lovely rural winery, i enjoy it, but more when its busy

1:45 pm

Nancy Boy

a wine tasting room? am I dead? is this heaven?

1:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes, mom but going soon

1:46 pm

Mom

{{Nancy Boy}} I was hoping to see you before you left for your trip.

1:47 pm

Mom

I want to wish you a safe flight and a lovely visit. Know that you are cared about and we all have your back!!!

1:47 pm

Mom

I forgot to tell you .... the best news of the afternoon

1:47 pm

jacq

finally nbt!! 164 left

1:47 pm

Mom

Dorens got her job back

1:47 pm

jacq

hugggggs NB, please be careful and know we are all thinking about you

1:47 pm

Nancy Boy

hello, Mom :) awww, that's so nice, thank you! I must admit I'm very nervous - but a little excited as well!

1:48 pm

sammysmom

EN 6/27??

1:48 pm

Mom

way to go Jacq, I still need the N in the lower right corner

1:48 pm

featherbee

YAYYYY Dorens!

1:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

that is good news, mom. she is on vacation isn't she?

1:48 pm

featherbee

*drive by comment, back to painting!*

1:48 pm

Boobear

en plus se4/7

1:48 pm

jacq

n and vowel then repeat

1:48 pm

jacq

en and old word for one who is tied to a master

1:48 pm

Mom

I don't know when her vacation is

1:49 pm

sammysmom

THANKS BOOBEAR

1:49 pm

Mom

ugh, feel so stupid, thanks you jacq

1:49 pm

Boobear

en 7

1:49 pm

Boobear

yw sammy

1:49 pm

jacq

took me a few attempts to get it too

1:49 pm

Nancy Boy

aw Jac, thanks!

1:49 pm

Mom

the superintendent called her this afternoon

1:49 pm

Mom

it will be for 2 schools

1:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

i just read that man districts there were holding back those federal funds for next year's shortfall so i am glad to hear that

1:51 pm

Mom

NB, just be yourself and it will all be good

1:51 pm

Nancy Boy

on the contrary, Mom, to not be myself might serve me better ;)

1:52 pm

Mom

oh me to, TO.

1:52 pm

Mom

NB, you know what I mean

1:52 pm

Nancy Boy

I know :) just making nervous jokes now!

1:52 pm

Mom

NB, you kind heart, your giving spirit, that kind of stuff

1:53 pm

Mom

you are bound to be nervous. Does anyone know you are coming?

1:53 pm

jacq

i have 2 en7's Boo en and the big blue thing up above pluralled, and past tense of the big blue thing up above

1:53 pm

Nancy Boy

Oh Mom, that's sweet of you to say :) thank you - I hope that's what they think of, too!

1:54 pm

Boobear

big blue thing?

1:54 pm

Mom

thanks Jacq didn't have either of those

1:54 pm

Mom

oh beautiful for spacious ***** boo

1:54 pm

jacq

yes ona nice day it has little white fluffy thin gs blowing across it

1:55 pm

jacq

it's blue here right now, but it was grey and falling earlier

1:55 pm

Boobear

ty

1:56 pm

Nancy Boy

Oh no, nobody knows I'm coming - not in my family, anyway, apart from my little sister. The rest either think I'm dead or will be...unpleasantly suprised by what I've done ;)

1:56 pm

Mom

who knows NB, they might be pleasantly surprised

1:56 pm

jacq

NB hasn't your sister told them you are coming? for those who think you have died it will be a shock

1:56 pm

72 Temple Owl

wow nb, it must cost a fortune to fly from london

1:57 pm

jacq

remember this NB, no matter what they say about you, you are a good person, caring and gentle and kind and fun

1:58 pm

EvaNadine

(((NB)))

1:59 pm

Christine

Gawd, you must be great, or you've bamboozled all of us -- and that can't be. SO go to Korea, and wow them.

2:00 pm

Mom

as I said this morning ... the best revenge is living well :-)

2:00 pm

jacq

i agree with Mom, live well and thrive

2:00 pm

Christine

really, detsy should be a word.

2:01 pm

Mom

I think I will go and have me a cup of hot tea and maybe a nap. {{Hugs}} to all of you

2:01 pm

Nancy Boy

well thank you, all :) I feel very touched...please be careful or I WILL start welling up!

2:01 pm

Mom

2:02 pm

Mom

Pack you hankerchiefs Nancy Bou

2:02 pm

Mom

boy*

2:02 pm

Nancy Boy

((Mom)) enjoy your tea! I will be doing...bumper packs of tissues coming with me ;)

2:03 pm

Mom

ok, there will be no wiping of the nose on your sleeves.

2:04 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL! er no, none of that. too hot for sleeves, anyway ;)

2:06 pm

EvaNadine

::offers NB some of her cookies-n-cream cupcake::

2:06 pm

helensgirlkid

Christine - glad to see you back - I didn't get your email address, so I haven't been able to send you a copy of Why Can't I Own A Canadian? If you've mislaid it, my email address is helensgirlkid@shaw.ca

2:06 pm

Anniebrook

NB, Have a great trip and you will Wow the family. Just be yourself, they will love you.

2:07 pm

Jellen

Hello...why don't cats understand that sometimes it's too hot to cuddle on my lap?

2:07 pm

Anniebrook

Hi Jellen, because cats own you.

2:07 pm

Nancy Boy

*le gasp at Eva* carbs AND dairy?! what are you doing to me, lady? ;)

2:07 pm

Nancy Boy

thank you, Annie! :)

2:07 pm

Jellen

Ah...I temporarily forgot!

2:08 pm

Christine

Oh, helensgirlkid - it's in my profile but here it is rita.girl@earthlink.net --- I'll put you in my e-address book, so they'll let you in.

2:08 pm

Christine

Thank you, in advance.

2:09 pm

Christine

NB when do you go to Korea?

2:09 pm

helensgirlkid

Thank you - I'll send that as soon as I get my email up and running again - I shut it down just a bit ago!

2:09 pm

Nancy Boy

Erk, Christine...tomorrow!!

2:09 pm

Boobear

clue for et 6

2:10 pm

phaeton

et...type of gas

2:11 pm

doseffing

and the other one is .... just short of forever and forever ...

2:11 pm

Boobear

ty

2:11 pm

phaeton

yw

2:12 pm

Christine

I feel I want to send it to all the people who use parts of the bible to suit their agenda. The big thing here is the right of a same-sex couple to marry. No, say the antis, because marriage is for procreation - it says so, in the bible. I'm 73, and, God willing, I'll have no more babies, so should I not be allowed to marry - if I can convince Sean Connery to leave his wife?

2:12 pm

EvaNadine

i only have a half-a-cupcake, NB. so if i share with you, it will be but a bite. ;)

2:13 pm

GLC

you want to marry sean connery's wife?

2:13 pm

Jellen

Oh, NB...I hope it's a wonderful experience for you!

2:13 pm

Boobear

Has anyone ever made no bake cookies?

2:13 pm

GLC

thank the goddess, customers arriving !

2:13 pm

helensgirlkid

I stuck in a few more sources for Dr. Laura to consult in her newly-freed up time - how are we to be sure, for instance, that our bread is all made with wheat from the same field?

2:13 pm

Christine

awwww.

2:13 pm

GLC

i make them all the tiime helensgirl

2:14 pm

Nancy Boy

thanks, Jellen! :) time will tell, I suppose. Nothing ventured, nothing gained...

2:14 pm

Christine

tether

2:14 pm

Christine

who moved the cursor? My gift to y'all.

2:14 pm

helensgirlkid

Thanks, Christine

2:14 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL Eva, I would not ask you to part with even a crumb of it. 'Specially as I'm a vegan ;)

2:15 pm

Boobear

ty Christine

2:15 pm

Christine

NB what happened to your flag?

2:16 pm

Nancy Boy

well I'm not sure Christine - I changed my location to S Korea, but I don't think Dr G has uploaded a flag for that yet!

2:16 pm

Nancy Boy

(so I slipped the ROK's flag in my icon, instead!)

2:17 pm

Christine

aha

2:18 pm

phaeton

hello...help with the pe8/65?

2:20 pm

jacq

those pe*** kids, and the most pe***

2:21 pm

phaeton

ty jacq

2:21 pm

jacq

think of scooby doo

2:21 pm

phaeton

do you have the pe6 & 7 before that pe8?

2:21 pm

melissamay

I

2:22 pm

Christine

GLC where are you located, and what customers arrived?

2:22 pm

melissamay

I'd love help with the pe 8/45. It's driving me batty!

2:23 pm

phaeton

pe4 and ne4

2:23 pm

Christine

kids that are pests - then moreso.

2:23 pm

melissamay

OMG, thank you phaeton.

2:24 pm

phaeton

yw melissa

2:24 pm

melissamay

That's firewords for me, can I help anyone else?

2:25 pm

Boobear

clue for fi 7

2:25 pm

phaeton

sorry Christine..that isn't making sense to me...need the pe6/7 in between the two pe8's

2:25 pm

phaeton

fi7 centers to get into shape

2:25 pm

Christine

Sorry, I clued a word, then noticed it didn't take ... too many Is.

2:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

mexican coin/s

2:26 pm

Haz1558

pe6 and pe7 - Spanish coin(s)

2:26 pm

Haz1558

TO! hello!

2:26 pm

melissamay

pe + se 4

2:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

HAZ! hello!

2:27 pm

Haz1558

How are you?

2:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

home with something or other - and you?

2:27 pm

Haz1558

I'm fine - reading back in the log and am glad to see that Dorens has got her job back again.

2:28 pm

Haz1558

And that zooz has promised to visit the doctor tomorrow. It's been quite a day.

2:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes, good news.

2:28 pm

Boobear

Hi Haz

2:28 pm

FMitch

Just about to log off but laughing at TOs icon and hello all

2:28 pm

Haz1558

Hello, Boo.

2:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

hey, FM!

2:29 pm

Haz1558

Hello, FM - must check out the icon as well.

2:29 pm

FMitch

TO!!! :)

2:29 pm

Haz1558

I'll have to get the glasses on to read the caption.

2:29 pm

FMitch

I needed a magnifier to read the wordage.

2:30 pm

phaeton

pr9?

2:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

i haev been home all day but have not called the doctor yet

2:30 pm

wht

He Haz, Glad to hear your gall bladder operation went well. That was my surprise birthday present last year - a gall-bladder-ectomy.

2:30 pm

Haz1558

You're right, it is funny.

2:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

fm what 's your icon?

2:30 pm

Boobear

clue for fo 5

2:30 pm

Nancy Boy

ahhh Wht, the gift that keeps on giving, huh?

2:31 pm

phaeton

TO is it rated G?

2:31 pm

Haz1558

Hello wht. That has to be a very imaginative birthday present! Did you find relief afterwards?

2:31 pm

jesdraggon

howdy

2:31 pm

Christine

pr8 - take care of leftovers

2:31 pm

phaeton

fo5 to force something on some one

2:31 pm

Haz1558

Hello, jes.

2:31 pm

FMitch

yay gall bladder celebration cake all round. Does it mean you can eat things you couldn't before?

2:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

why yes, it is

2:31 pm

Anniebrook

It's a tenrec, FM favorite word

2:31 pm

FMitch

((Annie))

2:31 pm

wht

I did. Actually the pain was gone by the time they saw me in the emergency room. Then they wouldn't let me go.

2:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

ah...hi annie!

2:31 pm

phaeton

ty Christine

2:32 pm

Haz1558

Yes, apparently so, but since I don't want to put on any more weight, I'll keep holding back on fatty foods.

2:32 pm

Nancy Boy

good evening, Jes :)

2:32 pm

Christine

fo5 - to impose upon, thgen pl. and pt.

2:32 pm

Haz1558

You can be sure that the pain would have returned,wht. It's not very comfortable, is it?

2:32 pm

phaeton

ty TO have 9 yr old sitting next to me

2:33 pm

Nancy Boy

nice clue Christine, thanks..

2:33 pm

jesdraggon

i've got a lovely comic for crossy, is he about?

2:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

i think it's time to go.

2:33 pm

Christine

see the imaginative spelling of th4

2:33 pm

wht

I have not had any problems eating things afterwards but I did follow my doctor's suggestion that I cut down on the saturated fats and so have lost 25 lbs in the past year.

2:33 pm

Anniebrook

Quite a day today, Haz is OK, Zooz will see the doctor tomorrow, Dorens is employed again, NB is embarking on his adventure, what else? did I leave anything out?

2:33 pm

FMitch

My icon is a really punk rock type Tenrec with a very bad case of bleached highlights :))

2:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

s/he is adorable

2:34 pm

FMitch

Annie I think that would be enough for today don't you?

2:34 pm

Haz1558

I did check with the surgeon if he wanted to fit some liposuction in while he had me on the table, but he just laughed.

2:34 pm

Anniebrook

FM, Yes, it is enough.

2:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

why not, kill two birds with one stone and all that

2:34 pm

FMitch

thats cos there is nothing to lipo suc away Haz dar.

2:35 pm

Anniebrook

Owl, what is bothering you, do you feel ill?

2:35 pm

wht

Is that one gall stone, TO?

2:35 pm

Haz1558

The anaesthetist chimed in that he sometimes assisted at liposuctions but commented that the technique wasn't 'subtle'.

2:35 pm

FMitch

2 gall stones??

2:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes, cannot stop dry coughing and weak in the kn5

2:35 pm

Christine

When I had a kn4 replaced, I told the surgeon I wouldn't complain if the knife slipped, and sliced away some of my rump.

2:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

lol wht

2:36 pm

Anniebrook

Owl, call the doctor, not I am being pushy

2:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

may be post nasal drip but keeping sanitary over 19 days of fest is difficult.

2:37 pm

periwinkle

yes, Annie and my cat is doing better!

2:37 pm

phaeton

the last pr9?

2:37 pm

Nancy Boy

oh, wonderful, Peri!

2:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

10 days - you know what i mena, i thougt it was hay fever

2:37 pm

Anniebrook

peri, great news about Zoe-Anne

2:37 pm

periwinkle

when are you leaving for your trip NB?

2:37 pm

periwinkle

hello all

2:38 pm

Haz1558

pr9 - checked something beforehand.

2:38 pm

Anniebrook

Owl, so the fest is done for this year

2:38 pm

phaeton

ty Haz

2:38 pm

Anniebrook

phone

2:38 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome, phaeton.

2:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes. my eyes began watering last thursday night though

2:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

i still do not have the 10, though i have three 9s

2:39 pm

FMitch

AS I said was just passing through - am shutting down for the night.
Safe journey NB and take care all.

2:39 pm

Haz1558

Do you want the stats or a hint?

2:40 pm

Haz1558

Take care, FM, see you tomorrow.

2:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye, fm. i would like a hint i think

2:40 pm

FMitch

(((Haz)))

2:40 pm

periwinkle

I have di9 and pr9, help with others pls, hints would be nice

2:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

i think it must build from another

2:40 pm

periwinkle

only have di8

2:40 pm

Haz1558

Extend pr7/32 - the gift, perhaps to mean the one who gives it?

2:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty i have struggled with that before

2:42 pm

Haz1558

pr9/66 - checked something out beforehand (past tense of pr7/32)

2:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

and struggle still! :/

2:42 pm

Haz1558

Mix up the three letters of the doggy command and stick it on the end.

2:43 pm

Haz1558

sn9 - superlatively going behind someone's back.

2:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

how i the world did the police get on babble btw? can we now go loook up their st5?

2:43 pm

Nancy Boy

oh sorry - just woke up. Tomorrow, Peri!

2:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty haz

2:43 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome, TO.

2:43 pm

dcseain

hi, NB, so far so good?

2:44 pm

periwinkle

safe trip, NB, will be sending positive thoughts your way. Hope things go better than expected.

2:44 pm

Haz1558

Someone from babble contacted the police re zooz, and must have given the address of the website so that they could 'speak' to him directly.

2:44 pm

Nancy Boy

thank you, Peri :) definitely hoping so too!

2:44 pm

Nancy Boy

ohh, nerves getting to me now, Seain!

2:44 pm

dcseain

oh, what happened w/zooz?

2:44 pm

dcseain

hello

2:45 pm

phaeton

hi DC...are you near maryland?

2:45 pm

dcseain

yes, phae, about 15 min from my house

2:45 pm

Haz1558

zooz gave us cause for concern when he began talking of ending it all, revealing that he hadn't been eating or drinking, was also suffering from depression.

2:45 pm

dcseain

i live in Reston, VA

2:45 pm

dcseain

oh, my haz! I do hope he's okay.

2:45 pm

phaeton

ty...i'm here in NJ til Saturday

2:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh. i have onl been here - wow it is nearly time to move on

2:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

phae you are from where?

2:46 pm

Haz1558

We all hope so, dc, he's promised to go to his doctor tomorrow. This time I hope he tells the truth about how little relief he's getting from medication.

2:46 pm

phaeton

i live in MI,but am visiting NJ

2:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

ah, you got nice weather

2:47 pm

phaeton

here or in MI?

2:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

in nj

2:48 pm

phaeton

Owl...where in PA are you?

2:48 pm

dcseain

oh, i do hope so, haz :/

2:48 pm

phaeton

warm here but sunny

2:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

towards trenton, phila suburbs

2:48 pm

dcseain

oh, you live not far from nrkii, then

2:49 pm

Nancy Boy

hopefully, it will have made a difference that he was able to see how much everyone cares for him here. I love seeing him around!

2:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

towards new hope/lambertville

2:49 pm

phaeton

we're kind of across from you near Ft Dix

2:49 pm

dcseain

yes, he's a lot of fun when we see him.

2:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

ah, not far then

2:50 pm

phaeton

was in Trenton last niht

2:50 pm

phaeton

*night

2:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

did you go to a baseball game?

2:50 pm

phaeton

no...church service

2:50 pm

Nancy Boy

isn't he? such a lovely, genuine bloke.

2:51 pm

Jellen

Hello again...wandered off...

2:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi jellen. i am wandering off myself shortly

2:51 pm

phaeton

Hi Jellen

2:51 pm

periwinkle

Haz, did not get the

2:51 pm

dcseain

hi, jellen

2:52 pm

periwinkle

NM Haz will keep looking

2:52 pm

Christine

Hi Jellen, how are you doing?

2:52 pm

periwinkle

where is Ata, have not seen her in a long time

2:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

well i have 38 left using no list, will deem this grid friendly

2:52 pm

Jellen

I read the chat archive re: zooz. I hope he gets some help.

2:52 pm

Haz1558

She had been at her sister's for a while, peri.

2:53 pm

Haz1558

It is a friendly grid, TO, normal words for the most part and lots of prefixes and suffixes to play with.

2:53 pm

Jellen

Christine, I am doing fairly well...my sister came for a visit, which was lovely...

2:53 pm

Christine

I gather Zooz had lost his job?

2:53 pm

periwinkle

ok, ty Haz, hope her sister is doing all right

2:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

i keep seeing -esthete

2:53 pm

Aloyisius

wtg, Temple.. I have 58 left and am ready for the list.. hi Babblers

2:53 pm

Jellen

Hi, Aloy

2:53 pm

dcseain

i bought my 1st computer on Wed, it'll arrive tomorrow. I got a macbook.

2:53 pm

dcseain

hi, aloy

2:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

and aesthete

2:54 pm

Haz1558

He's probably been unable to work because of his depression. That will feed his feelings of being useless.

2:54 pm

dcseain

poor guy; that's hard

2:54 pm

dcseain

i hope he gets help and things look up

2:54 pm

Jellen

I've been in that position, Haz...It's awful!

2:54 pm

72 Temple Owl

depression just feeds on itself. takes a long time sometimes to get the right meds

2:54 pm

Christine

Glad to hear it, Jellen.

2:54 pm

Haz1558

Also, his wife and son have left and there are other problems he didn't want to disclose.

2:55 pm

phaeton

need help with the re6/7 after to warm up again...any help?

2:55 pm

Christine

And maybe he feels friendless, otherwise he'd have people on-site telling him what we said this morning.

2:55 pm

Jellen

oops! Gotta go!

2:55 pm

Haz1558

re plus where a bird sleeps, phaeton.

2:55 pm

helensgirlkid

re + place to sit on eggs

2:55 pm

phaeton

bye Jellen

2:55 pm

Haz1558

Bye, Jellen, take care.

2:56 pm

phaeton

ty Helen

2:56 pm

dcseain

be well, jellen

2:56 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye jellen. haz you are up late, your sleep is off i see

2:56 pm

dcseain

indeed, Christine
:/

2:56 pm

Haz1558

The problem is that when you're depressed, rational thinking takes a back seat to the voices of gloom and despair.

2:56 pm

Aloyisius

bye for now, Jellen.. tc

2:56 pm

dcseain

very much so, haz

2:56 pm

Haz1558

It's not that late, TO, just before 9 pm.

2:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

ah, i see it is my time translation that is wack

2:57 pm

Haz1558

No problem, TO. I had a wee doze this afternoon so I'm feeling reasonably fresh still.

2:57 pm

Angelsong

hi, all. fun grid today

2:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

i slept until 1130

2:58 pm

Aloyisius

hi Angel, I agree

2:58 pm

Haz1558

It is, Angel.

2:58 pm

dcseain

indeed, angel, heloo

2:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

know need to do housework. local politician sponsoring "night out" in the park tonight, so can have hot dogs for dinner while i berate him for spending our $ on such crap

2:59 pm

dcseain

LOL TO

2:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

well i have been craving hot dogs seince fest, seeing those vienna foot longs

3:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

frankly (hehe) i just hope they have sauerkraut ;)

3:01 pm

dcseain

sauerkraut does make them better :)

3:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

seain i think you would enjoy my icon

3:02 pm

Jellen

Oh! I just received the most beautiful trinket box from feather and other Babblers...

3:02 pm

dcseain

LOL That is funny, TO :)

3:02 pm

featherbee

YAYYY!

3:02 pm

72 Temple Owl

geez feather you lurker you

3:02 pm

dcseain

oh, wonderful, jellen :D

3:03 pm

Aloyisius

very nice, Jellen..

3:03 pm

featherbee

lol, yeah. reading a story to nick, this is on, saw jellen's comment from a distance.

3:03 pm

Jivingjenny0

could some kind person give me a clue for the 10

3:04 pm

Jellen

It's wonderful...It says, "Two hearts joined in love" and our names...

3:04 pm

Haz1558

Jiving, if you have pr7 = a gift, make it the person who gives it (mix up the three letters for when you want a dog to not stand)

3:04 pm

phaeton

pr10...someone who gives the gifts

3:04 pm

Haz1558

I'm impressed with featherbee's eyesight.

3:04 pm

featherbee

jane, i'm sure the clearing up process is going to be hard. i/we wanted to send you something that you can keep special memories of you and tim inside, and also remember that the whole babble community loves you.

3:04 pm

featherbee

hehe, i knew it would come today, i truly was lurking.

3:05 pm

sammysmom

clue please for the last pr 8/45 ??

3:05 pm

Boobear

clue for the kn 7 please

3:05 pm

Haz1558

sammysmom - make the pr7/32 a plural.

3:06 pm

Jellen

Luckily, the air conditioning repairman spotted it...I missed it because I had another box from my niece on the porch...

3:06 pm

sammysmom

kn /7- jewish parliament

3:06 pm

dcseain

ty, sammys

3:06 pm

Jivingjenny0

I've got it, thanks - never heard that before

3:06 pm

Haz1558

No, it's a strange 10, I agree. Glad you got it, Jiving.

3:07 pm

Jellen

And, luckily, the air con is working again!

3:07 pm

featherbee

jellen, later tonight or tomorrow i'm going to catch you to talk about how to divvy up the remainder of what we've collected. i'll catch you on skype at some point for that though!

3:07 pm

sammysmom

thanks haz and i smacked mu self upside my head for NOT seeing it... monkey spit at me also

3:07 pm

sammysmom

and chucklie and sammie are doing catly sneers

3:07 pm

72 Temple Owl

i was surprised to see the israeli parliament accepted

3:07 pm

Haz1558

No worries, sammysmom, in a grid this size you always miss obvious ones.

3:08 pm

sammysmom

me too temple but someone clued it earlier, maybe pini last night

3:08 pm

featherbee

ok, gotta go clean up from painting. laters!

3:08 pm

sammysmom

yup

3:08 pm

Haz1558

Bye, feather.

3:08 pm

Jellen

Bye, feather!

3:08 pm

72 Temple Owl

dont' know, i just found it myself

3:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

ok peeps, i must go take some more benadryl

3:09 pm

dcseain

be well, TO

3:09 pm

dcseain

hasta, feather

3:09 pm

Jellen

Later, TO...take care

3:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye all!

3:09 pm

featherbee

(i updated my icon to jellen's box, for any who didn't see it when we were talking about it last week.)

POOF!

3:09 pm

Haz1558

Bye, TO, maybe see you tomorrow.

3:10 pm

Aloyisius

bye, TO !

3:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

probably saturday but hope you continue to feel comfortable

3:10 pm

dcseain

Beautiful, feather :)

3:11 pm

helensgirlkid

It also means a gathering - not always a proper noun, like parliament of owls.

3:11 pm

Haz1558

That's fine, TO, I'm being good!

3:11 pm

periwinkle

the box is beautiful, feather

3:13 pm

Christine

Beautiful box, Featherbee

3:15 pm

Haz1558

Well, time I was heading off. Enjoy the grid and have a good day. Bye!

3:15 pm

Boobear

Beautiful box,Feather

3:16 pm

Haz1558

*gone*

3:16 pm

Aloyisius

bye Haz, have a lovely evening..

3:17 pm

Aloyisius

brb.. phone

3:24 pm

inge

x

3:27 pm

Jellen

I want feather to do my Christmas shopping for me!

3:27 pm

Aloyisius

she certainly has the "eye" for perfect gifts!

3:28 pm

Jellen

And my niece just sent me a Build a Bear dog...so sweet!

3:28 pm

helensgirlkid

FIRE IN THE SKIES!

3:29 pm

dcseain

congrats, helen

3:29 pm

Aloyisius

LOL.. congrats to helensgirl!

3:29 pm

phaeton

wtg helen

3:29 pm

helensgirlkid

Good luck all - back for tomorrow's grid.

3:30 pm

Aloyisius

bye, helens.. cya

3:37 pm

Trifioso

hello all. wow, what a scarily exciting and weird babble chog day!

3:38 pm

Aloyisius

hi Trif.. haven't read it all but hope zooz gets better soon

3:38 pm

Jellen

Back again...hi, Trif

3:39 pm

Trifioso

I am heartsick over it. But hoping that him telling us all about it is a cry for help...

3:40 pm

Aloyisius

thank goodness he did

3:42 pm

littlebit

i was on earlier...he's going to a doctor tomorrow.

3:42 pm

phaeton

8

3:42 pm

Trifioso

did he eventually call the police?

3:42 pm

littlebit

yes he did call them

3:42 pm

jmcnrick

yes he did

3:42 pm

jmcnrick

hi all at the airport

3:42 pm

dcseain

which airport, jmc?

3:43 pm

Aloyisius

hi jmc, coming or going?

3:43 pm

Trifioso

that is a huge relief, although he did admit he has been lying to his doctor for weeks....

3:43 pm

phaeton

6

3:43 pm

jmcnrick

going to the washington to washington meet up

3:43 pm

jmcnrick

bwi

3:44 pm

jmcnrick

did you see the news about the airplane in SF??

3:44 pm

Aloyisius

go phaeton, go !

3:44 pm

Trifioso

oh, is that this weekend? sooooo jealous!

3:44 pm

Trifioso

I think you are lucky to be flying today, jmc....you know they will be checking every plane twice over, so you are doubly assured a safe flight!

3:45 pm

jmcnrick

rats they have just moved my flight to another gate

3:45 pm

jmcnrick

uh yeah trif on the other hand i got gamma rayed

3:45 pm

dcseain

i like bwi, nicest of the three here

3:45 pm

phaeton

4

3:46 pm

Trifioso

gamma rays did david banner a WORLD of good, remember :)

3:46 pm

Trifioso

go phae go!!!

3:46 pm

jmcnrick

i prefer national since I can ride the subway there

3:46 pm

jmcnrick

lol

3:46 pm

jmcnrick

go phae go!

3:46 pm

dcseain

DCA is more convenient, but BWI is nicer, i think

3:46 pm

Trifioso

oh, wait -- bruce banner, sorry....david was the TV version...my bad

3:46 pm

dcseain

and green line to B30 is a nice way to BWI

3:47 pm

jmcnrick

dulles has been greatly improved

3:47 pm

redturtlehead

good job Phaeton, I have 116 left!

3:47 pm

dcseain

it has, esp since the subway opened i hear

3:47 pm

Aloyisius

hi red (-:

3:47 pm

jmcnrick

was that gamma rays? wasn't there something about marigolds?

3:47 pm

jmcnrick

lol i have 305 left

3:47 pm

dcseain

hi, red and phae

3:47 pm

phaeton

good luck red!

3:48 pm

Trifioso

lol...the effects of gamma rays on man in the moon marigolds....I used to do a mono from that play as an audition piece...back in the DAY

3:48 pm

phaeton

knesset

3:48 pm

jmcnrick

so what were the effects?

3:48 pm

phaeton

sorry

3:48 pm

dcseain

yep, it's in there, phae :)

3:48 pm

redturtlehead

yes there is it phae.

3:49 pm

jmcnrick

ty phae

3:49 pm

Trifioso

don't know -- my monologue was the girl who got the cat from the ASPCA right after it had been gassed, and then boiled the skeleton for HER science fair project.

3:49 pm

phaeton

yw :-)....finishd

3:49 pm

jmcnrick

i think that is illegal in most st****

3:49 pm

dcseain

congarts, phae

3:49 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo phae

3:49 pm

Aloyisius

congrats, phaeton!

3:50 pm

Trifioso

Huzzah for phae!!!!!

3:50 pm

phaeton

ty..had help from grandkid!

3:50 pm

Aloyisius

yay, also done.. phae inspired me

3:50 pm

phaeton

wtg aloy!!

3:51 pm

Trifioso

could you upload said grandchild?

3:51 pm

Trifioso

huzzah for aloy!

3:51 pm

jmcnrick

now I am changing se*** to the new gate

3:51 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo snuffy!

3:52 pm

stidgmere

Hi, just starting 331 words to go. Here in THE Washington the skies are mostly blue with puffy clouds, temperature 67 degrees at our house, zephre (sp) winds. Going to be great tomorrow@

3:52 pm

Trifioso

hello stid. We call those "simpson clouds"

3:52 pm

jmcnrick

i am going to freeze

3:52 pm

Aloyisius

for a biggee grid, it was a fun one.. must scoot.. have a great trip, jmc ! see you all next grid!

3:52 pm

stidgmere

jmcnrick is on the way--that is very super! Simpson clouds, okay I call them something cumulus.

3:53 pm

stidgmere

We have coats here. Bet one or two will fit you jmc!

3:54 pm

Trifioso

Stid, we only call them that because they look like the clouds at the beginning of the Simpsons, not any scientific reasons. we're just a big ol bunch of goofs.

3:55 pm

stidgmere

The guy who started the Simpsons went to Evergreen State College across the inlet from us. I know where he got his inspiration.

3:56 pm

Trifioso

hmmm. I wonder if it is like Franklin Pierce college up north of here, which everyone calls "Fisher Price" College -- even the students

3:57 pm

stidgmere

We have a HS called Franklin Pierce but I don't know anyone who ever went there. Franklin Pierce was a rather easily forgotten President.

3:59 pm

dcseain

My sister went to Gar-Field HS, not named after the president.

4:00 pm

Trifioso

please, I got nothing, my kids go to Vinal Elementary. Vinal. I know, I know, it's not THE vinyl, but still. Who the hell names a school after someone named "Vinal?"

4:00 pm

dcseain

Lemon Rd School is one of my fave school names around here. That and Strongjohn Thompson Elementary.

4:02 pm

dcseain

i'm eating waffles :) my sister made them

4:03 pm

Trifioso

bbs....take care all!

4:04 pm

stidgmere

By tri. Eating waffles--that sounds delicious. I made corn bread yesterday--best I've ever made. The recipe was so simple I was suspicious. Turns out simple is best.

4:05 pm

jmcnrick

i went to milby named after the sunday school superintendent

4:05 pm

redturtlehead

waffles? Did I hear waffles?

4:06 pm

dcseain

you did indeed, red :)

4:06 pm

jmcnrick

everyone must be eating

4:07 pm

stidgmere

No, we finished lunch two hours ago and not needing anything until tea time. I have my water bottle handy.

4:08 pm

redturtlehead

I would like a real waffle. not a virtual one, I need to cook, I think,

4:10 pm

stidgmere

Cooking is a good hobby. It's not like ceramics--lots of things around to dust and filling up the rooms. You cook, eat, clean-up, no mess.

4:10 pm

redturtlehead

true true no clutter...

4:10 pm

jacq

i don't know after i cook the kitchen is always a "oh can't it wait till tomorrow" type mess

4:12 pm

dcseain

i'm good about the dishes, often washing some while i cook

4:13 pm

stidgmere

If only we had a sous chef to handle the chopping, assembling, and washing as we go.

4:13 pm

jacq

i always clean up, but have never been good at organising myself properly while cooking

4:13 pm

jacq

oh yes, so long as they stayed away from my end of the kitchen lol

4:13 pm

redturtlehead

if only i could find the last 108!

4:14 pm

jacq

part of the trouble in my house is that when it's a big meal everyone is there in the kitchen chattering etc so everyone stirs the pot and tastes it etc

4:15 pm

stidgmere

My kitchen is quite small but opens out to the dining area. A long counter separates cook from observers.

4:15 pm

jacq

presto

4:15 pm

periwinkle

red and Aloy are you here?

4:15 pm

jacq

oops

4:15 pm

jacq

orry

4:15 pm

periwinkle

139here :(

4:15 pm

redturtlehead

i am here...

4:16 pm

periwinkle

youlive on the east coast of Fla. red?

4:16 pm

jacq

mine is big too, but it's always been the place the family congregates, and the friends and visitors too lol, must mean it's a welcoming one

4:16 pm

periwinkle

thinking of moving to Fla, either just during the winter or year long

4:16 pm

redturtlehead

nope, i live in central florida...

4:17 pm

periwinkle

oh, ok, my friends son live in Centrasl Fla too but I don't remember what town

4:17 pm

redturtlehead

22 miles from disney, its nice!

4:17 pm

redturtlehead

unemployment is huge here though.

4:17 pm

periwinkle

how fara are you from a beach?

4:17 pm

periwinkle

it is. I am retired but she is not. we were thinking of sharing expenses

4:17 pm

redturtlehead

2 hours, a little less some days.

4:18 pm

periwinkle

I would like to be near a beach

4:18 pm

Mom

Peri, you look far too young to be retired.

4:18 pm

redturtlehead

then not clermont. try Ormond by the Sea. on the east coast, a little rural, but on the beach...

4:19 pm

Mom

Hi everyone, in and out here. baking cookies

4:19 pm

redturtlehead

or ponce inlet is nice lighthouse and all!

4:19 pm

periwinkle

never heard of that town, will check it out. do you know anyhing about the gulf coast of Fla?

4:19 pm

jacq

heya mom

4:19 pm

periwinkle

will check out both

4:20 pm

redturtlehead

I know very little, Have never really been there.

4:20 pm

Mom

Hi Jacq

4:20 pm

periwinkle

MOm, my cata does not have diabetes or kidney disease, still has a uti though.

4:20 pm

jmcnrick

good news then peri

4:20 pm

Mom

that is good news Peri about the diabetes and kidney disease

4:20 pm

periwinkle

I told the vet that she has been on several weeks of antibiotics and I did not want her on any more at the moemtn. he did not argye with me

4:21 pm

periwinkle

cata :)

4:21 pm

dcseain

oh, good news, peri

4:21 pm

periwinkle

moment even

4:21 pm

dcseain

my mom gave a cat vitamin C to raise urine acidity

4:21 pm

periwinkle

really?

4:21 pm

periwinkle

brb

4:22 pm

jmcnrick

could try orange juice

4:23 pm

dcseain

yes, 100 units/day for some while

4:23 pm

dcseain

they HATE orange juice

4:23 pm

dcseain

and orange flavor

4:23 pm

jmcnrick

donno i had a cat that ate everything

4:24 pm

MPittore

Wait....Citrus is poisonous to dogs check if it pertains to cats before you do anything.

4:24 pm

jmcnrick

especially liked brocolli

4:25 pm

stidgmere

I am going to have to go help put the motor boat in the water. It is a short drive to the boat ramp and I come home with the trailer while the boat arrives a little later.

4:26 pm

Mom

have a good time Stidgmere

4:28 pm

dcseain

be well and enjoy, stidgmere

4:28 pm

stidgmere

Ty. Poof.

4:29 pm

Mom

that is halfway for me. Off I go .... {{hugs}} to all of you.

4:29 pm

dcseain

be well, mom

4:30 pm

Mom

Dcseain, thank you, you as well.

4:30 pm

Mom

bye bye Jacq :)

4:30 pm

inge

p

4:31 pm

hurshy

what's the news on zooz?

4:31 pm

dcseain

apparently police were called, and we're hoping he gets the help he needs.

4:31 pm

hurshy

*nod* thanks

4:33 pm

m9f9l

hi all

4:33 pm

m9f9l

cats really like cantelope rinds.

4:33 pm

dcseain

haz had some more bit data earlier in the chog, around 3 chog time

4:34 pm

jacq

is this what was being spoken about earlier? there was a policeman in the chog with the nic of police

4:34 pm

jacq

i can't remember what time though

4:34 pm

jacq

maybe 4 hours ago

4:34 pm

dcseain

yes, jac, an update on zooz

4:34 pm

jacq

zooz was in the chog too

4:35 pm

firefly779

oh my, what happened?

4:35 pm

jacq

i came in when they had just finished speaking

4:37 pm

dcseain

zooz lost his job and is not doing well emotionally

4:37 pm

jacq

thats hard, i knew things had to be bad before someone called the police, but zooz was glad people cared and he said he was going to see his doc tomorrow

4:38 pm

firefly779

suicide threat?

4:38 pm

dcseain

and we pray he goes and they provide meaningful help

4:39 pm

bichon

does anyone know how the police got involved?

4:40 pm

jacq

someone from the states called them and they spent a long time trying to locate zooz

4:40 pm

dcseain

concern about ending it all is what resulted in the police being called, yes.

4:40 pm

bichon

I think that was the right move. He certainly was crying for help earlier today

4:40 pm

jacq

i am glad he wasn't on here alone telling it all to an empty room

4:40 pm

firefly779

wow - that's a shame he felt that way, but really awesome the police got involved and helped him

4:41 pm

periwinkle

how idd they manage to locate him?

4:41 pm

periwinkle

did even

4:41 pm

dcseain

indeed, jacq :)

4:41 pm

jacq

a lot of detective work inclusing on babble trying to trace his nic and his name

4:42 pm

periwinkle

glad they were able to track him down

4:42 pm

JBV

wow, what a great community! I just got home and checked the news to see that all our concern this morning resulted in some action - let's hope and pray that zoom will get the help he needs -

4:42 pm

periwinkle

does he live in the states?

4:42 pm

jacq

no here in the uk

4:43 pm

JBV

that was an international effort

4:43 pm

periwinkle

what did someone in the states contact the police, just wondering?

4:43 pm

dcseain

he lives in England, i think

4:43 pm

periwinkle

why even

4:43 pm

jacq

yes

4:43 pm

jacq

not sure who

4:43 pm

JBV

yes I think it was someone from U.S.

4:43 pm

JBV

it was pretty intense this a.m. - you could go back and read

4:43 pm

jacq

perhaps there was no-one else from the uk playing at the time

4:44 pm

periwinkle

why didn't someonin the the uk contact the police, just curious

4:44 pm

periwinkle

ok

4:44 pm

m9f9l

ok. back. had to read the chog!! phew!

4:45 pm

jacq

or no-one who knew where in the uk he lived, it was a specific location

4:48 pm

periwinkle

te5/10 pls after the te7/32s pls

4:48 pm

dcseain

babies te5

4:49 pm

dcseain

then one who and plural

4:49 pm

periwinkle

nm, ty dc, had that one

4:49 pm

periwinkle

brb

4:51 pm

bichon

I looked at zooz's profile and it has his name and that he lives on The Isle of Wight. That must have simplified things a bit

4:52 pm

jacq

a bit maybe but according to the constable they spent hours looking for him

4:53 pm

bichon

Wonder and joy of the internet

4:53 pm

lynxxx

good morning everyone, read thru the chat, the morning seems much brighter now

4:54 pm

jacq

heya lynxxx

4:54 pm

redturtlehead

jacq, did they find him?

4:55 pm

jacq

yes he is safe and well

4:55 pm

Jellen

Hello again...so glad someone found zooz!

4:55 pm

redturtlehead

well, thank goodness for that.

4:55 pm

jacq

he was on here at the same time as the constable, about 4 - 5 hours ago

4:55 pm

TeaNCrackers

hi all

4:55 pm

lynxxx

hi Jellen

4:55 pm

jacq

it is in the chog

4:55 pm

redturtlehead

good on the police.

4:55 pm

Jellen

Hi, TNC

4:55 pm

jacq

heay tea

4:55 pm

dcseain

hi, TNC, wb Jellen

4:56 pm

TeaNCrackers

package is ont he way to you, jellen

4:56 pm

Jellen

Oh, how exciting!

4:57 pm

m9f9l

in normal house temperature, one can go 10 days without water... so hopefully he's not TERRIBLY dehydrated..

4:57 pm

m9f9l

but it's SO bad for you!

4:58 pm

m9f9l

luckily Gage put a feel-good movie in the player!

4:59 pm

Jellen

Has anyone seen Inglourious Basterds?

5:00 pm

lynxxx

no but it sounds like fun

5:00 pm

Jellen

Wondering if it's worth the time to watch...

5:00 pm

TeaNCrackers

not I

5:01 pm

m9f9l

haven't seen

5:04 pm

TeaNCrackers

brb, have to take cookies out of the oven

5:04 pm

jacq

everybody is making cookies today

5:04 pm

jacq

brb

5:05 pm

periwinkle

rats, still 109 to find

5:05 pm

m9f9l

104

5:05 pm

periwinkle

I like cookies

5:05 pm

m9f9l

I like cookies too

5:06 pm

m9f9l

no cookies here...but Aiden made a pie out of the pumpkin that she grew herself. she's SO proud!LOL

5:08 pm

TeaNCrackers

these are a new recipe - banana oatmeal choc chip

5:09 pm

m9f9l

nummy tea!

5:10 pm

dcseain

ne6 after the bird ne5?

5:10 pm

lynxxx

maybe n & the gas in the grid

5:10 pm

m9f9l

I JUST got that seain!

5:10 pm

m9f9l

ne6 regions

5:11 pm

dcseain

ty

5:11 pm

m9f9l

yw

5:11 pm

dcseain

thank you

5:13 pm

periwinkle

down to 73 left, bbs

5:13 pm

m9f9l

99 left

5:14 pm

lynxxx

67 left and the centre S is giving me grief

5:16 pm

Jacula

Hi all. Back for my final 32.

5:16 pm

lynxxx

hi Jac

5:16 pm

m9f9l

hi jac1

5:16 pm

Nancy Boy

bit late, but I've seen Inglorious! Good film.

5:17 pm

jacq

heya Jac

5:17 pm

dcseain

cool, NB

5:17 pm

jacq

wb NB, all packed?

5:17 pm

lynxxx

hi NB

5:17 pm

m9f9l

hi NB!

5:18 pm

Nancy Boy

that was in response to what Jellen said, of course...I'm not just making announcements about all the films I've seen. And hello, everyone :)

5:21 pm

m9f9l

I see you're showing your colors - getting ready for your trip1

5:21 pm

m9f9l

!

5:22 pm

m9f9l

I'm so tired of typing 1 instead of !... I do it all the time!

5:23 pm

Nancy Boy

oh yes ;) trying to get myself excited for it, rather than nervous. plus, our flag is so pretty, and has a lovely meaning.

5:23 pm

m9f9l

oh? it kind of goes with my icon today!

5:24 pm

m9f9l

why is sky below earth?

5:24 pm

stidmama

hey all!!

5:25 pm

jesdraggon

/me wanders back in for a few minutes

5:25 pm

Jellen

Hi, stid

5:25 pm

stidmama

hey jes

5:25 pm

lynxxx

hi Stid & Jess

5:25 pm

Anniebrook

hi babblers

5:25 pm

jacq

heya annie

5:25 pm

jesdraggon

how is everyone?

5:26 pm

Jellen

Hi, jes and Annie

5:26 pm

Anniebrook

hi jacq, jess, Jellen, stid and everyone

5:26 pm

lynxxx

hi Annie

5:26 pm

stidmama

hey Annie

5:26 pm

stidmama

down to 158 now...

5:26 pm

Cosmo Kramer

5:26 pm

Anniebrook

hi lynxxxie

5:27 pm

jacq

struggling to finish, 112 left

5:27 pm

m9f9l

hi everyone who just entered!

5:27 pm

stidmama

go jac go!

5:27 pm

m9f9l

85 left

5:27 pm

m9f9l

you can do it jac!!!

5:27 pm

jesdraggon

not even trying--too big and i have too little time. i'm jsut hear for the chat :)

5:27 pm

Anniebrook

go jac go!

5:28 pm

jacq

go m9!!

5:28 pm

TeaNCrackers

I'm off - gymanstics time for the kiddos! Have fun all!

5:28 pm

stidmama

later Tea! ((hugs))

5:28 pm

Jellen

Bye, TNC

5:29 pm

jacq

bye tea

5:29 pm

jesdraggon

bye, tea

5:29 pm

Anniebrook

bye tea

5:30 pm

stidmama

down to 148... *sigh* perhaps I will list.

5:30 pm

jacq

heya mama

5:30 pm

m9f9l

oh no... i'm to the re's...

5:30 pm

Anniebrook

go stid go!

5:30 pm

m9f9l

yeah do it stid...you know you wanna....

5:31 pm

m9f9l

*that made me feel so BAD... LOL*

5:31 pm

m9f9l

*<<<<<----- babble pusher*

5:31 pm

stidmama

OM.... EN 7/48. My MONKEYS earned it! *feeds bonus bananas*

5:31 pm

stidmama

I don't need no stinkin'

5:31 pm

stidmama

list... yet.

5:31 pm

hurshy

how many to go, stid? i have 57 left.

5:32 pm

hurshy

having a rotten time with the P's.

5:32 pm

stidmama

down to 144 now ((hurshy))

5:32 pm

stidmama

eek. I have 29 more Ps.

5:32 pm

torgone

Just 331 to go ..

5:32 pm

Anniebrook

hi tor

5:32 pm

m9f9l

are those FLYing monkeys by any chance?!?!?

5:32 pm

stidmama

hey tor! still melting???

5:32 pm

lynxxx

I have 35 of the Ps (smirking)

5:33 pm

lynxxx

hi Tor!

5:33 pm

jacq

i only have 25 p's

5:33 pm

m9f9l

I have ALL the p's.... *picks imaginary lint off shoulder*

5:33 pm

stidmama

*wipes smirk off lynxxx and offers happy smile instead*

5:33 pm

torgone

Wicked hot today .. 100+

5:33 pm

jacq

peen

5:33 pm

jacq

oops

5:33 pm

Nancy Boy

oh, sorry - missed your question, M9! Earth is above heaven to portray the harmony of nature. That is, it's divine - if it were viewed as we as humans see it (heaven above), it would break the harmony. Why, I don't know..

5:33 pm

stidmama

thanks jac. that gave me two...

5:33 pm

hurshy

you say "wicked" on the west coast now???

5:33 pm

m9f9l

ok NB. I'll go with that...

5:34 pm

m9f9l

everyone says Wicked after I mention flying monkeys!!

5:34 pm

stidmama

and if we stood way out in space, we might see the earth below our accustomed horizons...

5:34 pm

jacq

lol i already had that one

5:34 pm

torgone

"Wicked" to keep the chog at a PG rating ..

5:35 pm

stidmama

wicked? *confused mama look*

5:36 pm

hurshy

lynxxx - have you got ph's? i haven't found any... don't know if i should bother looking

5:36 pm

m9f9l

stid! wicked... the musical about the witch from wizard of oz?.... flying monkeys... get it?????

5:36 pm

m9f9l

no ph's

5:37 pm

hurshy

and in boston/new england in general, it's a superlative adjective.

5:37 pm

stidmama

you mean I am a flying monkey? *squeaks and peels a banana*

5:37 pm

hurshy

that show is wicked cool, that car is wicked fast, etc

5:38 pm

hurshy

(can you tell i'm watching top gear, based on my examples?)

5:38 pm

m9f9l

no..... oh. .. nvm.....

5:38 pm

torgone

I need about three showers .. mbbl ..

5:38 pm

stidmama

later tor *hugs from a safe distance*

5:39 pm

m9f9l

bye tor!!

5:39 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL M9. Or, something like that...balance and harmony and other hippie-sounding words.

5:40 pm

hurshy

2 pr9's so far

5:40 pm

Anniebrook

fireworks

5:41 pm

m9f9l

WTG Annie!!!!

5:41 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Annie!!

5:41 pm

jacq

wtg annie

5:41 pm

stidmama

YAY Annie!!!!!

5:41 pm

Cosmo Kramer

wd Annie

5:42 pm

stidmama

cosmo, did you only just go pro?

5:43 pm

m9f9l

hey.. cosmo has a pic!!!!

5:43 pm

Anniebrook

Cosmo, Welcome to Babblelalnd

5:43 pm

Cosmo Kramer

yes.. just now..

5:43 pm

Anniebrook

*Babbleland

5:43 pm

m9f9l

nice to see you cosmo!

5:43 pm

jacq

heya cosmo

5:43 pm

stidmama

congrats! *breaks out the best choclit*

5:43 pm

Anniebrook

Yummy, Choclit!

5:43 pm

Cosmo Kramer

i used to be here a couple of years ago.. as iluvcofee... now back... as a pro :)

5:45 pm

stidmama

welcome back!

5:45 pm

stidmama

my eyes and head are hurting. and there is SO MUCH I want to/need to get done before Jill and Bugs arrive... and pini and jmc and... *sigh*

5:46 pm

stidmama

down to 120. I think I will list when I get back.

5:46 pm

stidmama

see you-all again soon...

*Poof*

5:46 pm

m9f9l

bye stid...wish I were there to help you!

5:46 pm

lynxxx

Poor Stid, take it ea** on yourself

5:48 pm

Jacula

FIREWORKS!:-)

5:48 pm

lynxxx

Hooray for Jac!!

5:49 pm

jacq

wtg Jac!!

5:49 pm

m9f9l

YAYAYAY!!!! WTG Jac!

5:52 pm

m9f9l

a bunch of words I already had...weren't here anymore

5:53 pm

lynxxx

That happens

5:54 pm

Jacula

Anyone need any clues before I wander off?

5:54 pm

rururocks

anyone have the first pe 8/45? please

5:54 pm

m9f9l

done witht he r's!

5:54 pm

lynxxx

Not for me than ks Jac. How are you?

5:55 pm

m9f9l

the quality of being very kathy giffordish!

5:55 pm

Jacula

ruru - a pin-up girl's boobs might have pe8/45 (not droopy).

5:55 pm

m9f9l

nice jac.

5:55 pm

Jacula

Hi lynxx. Injury is slowling mending.

5:55 pm

hurshy

and they might be the pe8/65 also!

5:55 pm

Jacula

*or even slowly mending.

5:55 pm

Jacula

hursh - very true! LOL

5:56 pm

m9f9l

no...ruru is the pe8/65

5:57 pm

rururocks

I don't see it yet

5:57 pm

rururocks

phfttt! m9

5:58 pm

m9f9l

it has teh high pointer in there

5:58 pm

m9f9l

LOL>..you got it..

5:59 pm

Abby Lopata

how many words are there

5:59 pm

hurshy

331

6:00 pm

rururocks

got it.. I feel like a boob.

6:00 pm

lynxxx

you do?!?

6:01 pm

m9f9l

LOL...

6:01 pm

lynxxx

BBL need a break

6:01 pm

m9f9l

Aiden just got home from second hand store.. she is the best shopper!

6:03 pm

rururocks

oh jeez. finally wrapped up the p's

6:04 pm

m9f9l

wtg ru!

6:07 pm

inge

di

6:07 pm

m9f9l

just got my last 9

6:08 pm

jacq

wtg m9

6:09 pm

jacq

i'm getting through them slowly, 80 left

6:09 pm

m9f9l

46 left

6:09 pm

jacq

go m9!!!

6:10 pm

jacq

penset

6:10 pm

jacq

oops

6:11 pm

m9f9l

i tried that one too.

6:11 pm

jacq

lol

6:11 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

6:11 pm

jacq

thank goodness i didn't make a fool of myself in the stationery dept

6:11 pm

Minveryork

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

6:11 pm

jacq

heya minver

6:13 pm

m9f9l

hi min!

6:19 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for pe6-21 the 2nd? Thanks

6:19 pm

Jacula

jacq - I tried that word, too.

6:20 pm

Jacula

gapeach - pe6/21 - something you write with and what your orbs do.

6:20 pm

jacq

pe and when the jello is *** it is good then a vowel, spanish coin, not used since the euro was introduced

6:21 pm

Jacula

Oops! That was the first pe6/21. The second was Spanish money.

6:23 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, Jacula.

6:23 pm

m9f9l

30 left

6:24 pm

Jellen

Go m9!

6:27 pm

m9f9l

just s's and t's now....

6:27 pm

m9f9l

so...many....s's....and....t's......

6:27 pm

Minveryork

Hello Jellen!How are you doing?Welcome to the puzzle

6:27 pm

Jellen

Hi, Min

6:27 pm

Jacula

Must be confusing when jacq and Jacula are posting si4 by si4. Good thing we have different flags. LOL

6:28 pm

gapeach

May Ii please have a clue for pr7-36 the 1st? Thanks

6:28 pm

Jacula

gap - to warm something up before serving.

6:29 pm

Minveryork

A pr 7/36 word is past tense of pr 5/12 gapeach1066

6:29 pm

m9f9l

warm up the over before baking

6:29 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, Jacula.

6:29 pm

m9f9l

oven

6:29 pm

Jellen

Time for a reading break...bbl...

6:31 pm

Jacula

TTFN, Jellen.

6:34 pm

rururocks

r's are done.. whew

6:34 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Jellen! I will see you later on in the chat log!

6:34 pm

m9f9l

feels good huh, ru!

6:34 pm

m9f9l

but all those te's!!!!!

6:35 pm

rururocks

ugh.. thanks for reminding me

6:35 pm

Minveryork

Rock on Rururocks!

6:35 pm

rururocks

yo! minver -dude!

6:36 pm

m9f9l

just here to keep it real for ya pal

6:36 pm

Jacula

Off to play Word Tornado. BBL in about half an hour.

6:36 pm

rururocks

thanks for sharing .... m9

6:36 pm

gapeach

pr7-32 the 3rd please.....thanks

6:38 pm

rururocks

not a teenager gapeach

6:38 pm

rururocks

se 7.32? # 1?

6:38 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, Ruru.

6:39 pm

rururocks

yw

6:39 pm

gapeach

Think oceans, ruru.

6:39 pm

rururocks

got it

6:39 pm

rururocks

thanks

6:39 pm

gapeach

yw

6:42 pm

m9f9l

just t's now

6:43 pm

Minveryork

Terrific m9f9l!

6:43 pm

rururocks

chasing m9 now

6:44 pm

m9f9l

yeah..but do you have a 4 yo that insists you look at HIM while he talks to you?? and he talks a LOT?!?!?

6:44 pm

m9f9l

LOL

6:46 pm

jacq

lol

6:46 pm

daykat

morning everyone

6:47 pm

Minveryork

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

6:48 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

morning kat, and evening my fellow Murikins

6:48 pm

daykat

hi min, struggling a bit with this hooge grid!!!

6:48 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

and my phantom is DISASTER

6:48 pm

daykat

hi Book Doctor Gwen

6:49 pm

rururocks

mine is pretense

6:49 pm

daykat

help with pe8/45 please

6:49 pm

daykat

and hi ruru

6:50 pm

rururocks

pe4 + the loch monster

6:51 pm

daykat

of course!!! ty

6:53 pm

daykat

and that's helped me find another one i was struggling with - so ty ty!!

6:55 pm

EvaNadine

Evenin all!

6:56 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

brb, chore duty calls

6:56 pm

daykat

hi eva

6:57 pm

daykat

bye gwen

6:57 pm

jacq

can anyone help with the ik4 and 5 please?

6:57 pm

Minveryork

Hello EvaNadine! How are you doing? Welcome to grid

6:57 pm

Minveryork

ik 4/8 is i plus alternate spelling of feline and plural it.

6:57 pm

EvaNadine

Just wanted to pop in + get the latest update on zoozzoom... any info?

6:57 pm

jacq

nv got them

6:58 pm

jacq

ty minver

6:58 pm

jacq

nadine if you check the chog at 1pm chog time you will find out

6:58 pm

daykat

i+ another way to spell puss, and plural

6:59 pm

EvaNadine

Is that when the police were here? I was here for that. Nothing further?

6:59 pm

jacq

no hun, sorry

7:00 pm

blueheron

hi all, wheres Zoozoom?

7:00 pm

EvaNadine

Ok, thanks!

7:01 pm

Minveryork

Hello blueheron! How are you doing? Welcome to grid!

7:01 pm

blueheron

worried about him.

7:01 pm

blueheron

hi mini

7:01 pm

m9f9l

how do you do that thing to check what's missing in lickety??

7:01 pm

m9f9l

sifting through these te's is tedium!

7:01 pm

blueheron

hi m9

7:02 pm

jacq

what thing?

7:02 pm

m9f9l

hi!

7:02 pm

jacq

the list?

7:02 pm

Minveryork

What do you mean blueheron? What's going on w/him?

7:02 pm

daykat

wow I just checked the chog what a day you had!

7:02 pm

hpb

m9, copy your word list and paste it in the "bulk add" box at the bottom of the lickety page.

7:03 pm

blueheron

suicidal

7:03 pm

Jacula

I'm back. Yes, daykat, we did have a 'bit of a day'! Hope all's well that ends well now, though.

7:03 pm

blueheron

hi jac

7:03 pm

Jacula

Hi blueheron.

7:04 pm

m9f9l

i did that... but it didn't work..

7:04 pm

daykat

hope zooz will be ok

7:04 pm

m9f9l

I'll try again

7:04 pm

blueheron

what can we do?

7:04 pm

Jacula

day - so do I.

7:05 pm

blueheron

I've been there.

7:05 pm

m9f9l

for some reason it's not showing all my words in my word list.. even though they're grayed out...

7:05 pm

jacq

fireworks!!!!!

7:05 pm

Jacula

blueheron - we know his real name and where he lives and worked. The police were informed by 3 of us and got in touch with him via this site.

7:05 pm

jacq

finally

7:06 pm

Jacula

Well done, jacq!

7:06 pm

blueheron

woohoo jac

7:06 pm

Jacula

m9 - try pressing F5 (refresh).

7:06 pm

blueheron

thx jac

7:06 pm

jacq

and it's only 1:05 am, i thought i would be here till daylight

7:07 pm

m9f9l

i've done that. it stops at the th's... doesn't show the y's at all

7:07 pm

blueheron

I feel so much better now.

7:07 pm

jacq

it stops at the th's? , do you have all the th's?

7:07 pm

blueheron

It"s 8:07 PM here

7:08 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations jacq on your fireworks!Good for you

7:08 pm

Jacula

That's the 2nd time on internet forums I've known such a situation. The last time, a lady from Australia stopped someone in UK dying. He'd done the deed with a blade and the police got there in time. It's lucky she took him seriously in the early hours of the UK morn.

7:08 pm

jacq

ty ty ty, twice this week, have earned a boozy saturday

7:08 pm

Jacula

It's 1.08am here.

7:09 pm

lbdawger

whooo hoooooo jacq!! me too!

7:09 pm

blueheron

yes you have Jacq

7:09 pm

jacq

wtg lbd!!!!!!

7:09 pm

lbdawger

those 7's and 8's were whoppers!

7:09 pm

jacq

have also earned a ciggie, brb to help if wanted or needed

7:09 pm

blueheron

woohoo lbd!!

7:09 pm

Minveryork

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

7:10 pm

Jacula

Hi lbd.

7:10 pm

Jacula

Hi Min.

7:10 pm

Minveryork

Haven't seen Zoozoom in awhile,but had no idea that he was suicidal!Did he post things in chat log about it

7:10 pm

Jacula

jacq - I thought you'd stopped smoking? (I haven't, yet.)

7:11 pm

lbdawger

hi Min, hi jacula and jacq

7:11 pm

Jacula

Min - Yes.

7:12 pm

blueheron

I haven't stopped either.

7:12 pm

blueheron

hi lb

7:12 pm

lbdawger

just read back a bit of the chog. i hope zoozoom is getting help.

7:12 pm

lbdawger

hi blue!

7:12 pm

Jacula

blueheron - i don't know about where you live, but smokers are treated like lepers used to be here.

7:13 pm

Jacula

lbd - he promises he's going to see his doctor in the morning. I think the police will be checking on him.

7:13 pm

blueheron

I live in New Hampshire...same here

7:13 pm

lbdawger

pr7 much the same here, jac. 2nd class citizens.

7:14 pm

blueheron

that's too damn bad isn't it?

7:14 pm

jacq

i have tried and tried, but every time i set out i go well then some drama happens either with my kkids, or the grandshildren or my aby brother

7:14 pm

daykat

same in aussie

7:14 pm

Jacula

What makes me laugh is that the very governments who are pillorying we smokers now, once doled cigs out to soldiers in the war!

7:14 pm

blueheron

I hear you Jacq

7:14 pm

jacq

i got this stuff that makes them taste like the smell of cats pee

7:14 pm

blueheron

yuk

7:14 pm

lbdawger

eeewwww

7:15 pm

Jacula

jacq - doesn't work, I guess?

7:15 pm

daykat

I have made so many attempts to quit, so hard

7:15 pm

jacq

the very governments that are trying to ban them make a fortune from taxes and if all smokers stopped then they would have to get their billions elsewhere

7:15 pm

blueheron

so has it make you quit?

7:15 pm

jacq

it does work, but then another drama with my baby bro

7:15 pm

Jacula

Tell you what, if you smoke when you have a nicotine patch on it doesn't half make your heart thump!

7:15 pm

jacq

it lasts for about two hours

7:15 pm

blueheron

It's our choice

7:15 pm

Jacula

jacq - I agree, and that's why they'll never do a total ban.

7:16 pm

jacq

lol Jac, i always wore mine under my waistband so i could put them back on after

7:16 pm

Jacula

jacq - LOL.

7:16 pm

blueheron

I've tried the patch, the gum

7:16 pm

m9f9l

fireworks!

7:16 pm

NonnieLight

congrats m9 and hello all

7:16 pm

blueheron

congrats m9

7:16 pm

lbdawger

i've watched the taxes go up on smokes twice as much as it does on alcohol! do smokers kill while driving? maybe, but sure not as many as do driving drunk!

7:16 pm

jacq

but... they could introduce measures to make them less harmful, make them less addictive, they say now that to some people nicotine is more addictive than crack or heroin

7:16 pm

lbdawger

whoooo hooooo M9!!

7:17 pm

lbdawger

hi nonnie

7:17 pm

Jacula

Well done m9!

7:17 pm

jacq

wtg m9!!!!

7:17 pm

NonnieLight

hi dawg :o)

7:17 pm

daykat

well done m9

7:17 pm

jacq

the trouble is that i enjoy a ciggie while on the phone, and the dramas lately have meant a lot of time on the phone trying to keep a certain someone sober

7:18 pm

Jacula

jacq - do you remember those herbal type cigs that the government brought out years ago? They were horrible! Didn't last long before they disappeared.

7:18 pm

m9f9l

thanks all. have you read the book Bellwether?

7:18 pm

jacq

they were awful!!!! like smoking weedkiller

7:18 pm

blueheron

I remember those in the usa

7:18 pm

Jacula

m9 - no. What's it about?

7:18 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations m9f9l on your fireworks! Way to go!

7:18 pm

Jacula

blue - they did in US, too? Oh,, that's hilarious.

7:19 pm

m9f9l

I think you'd really like it! what made me think of it was the smoking conversation

7:19 pm

blueheron

jup, and I fell for it

7:19 pm

Jacula

Worse than those herbal things like 'Honeyrose' and can't remember the name of the other brand they used to sell in chemists'.

7:19 pm

blueheron

I remember chewable pills too...

7:19 pm

m9f9l

it's about a woman who's researching fads.

7:20 pm

jacq

i am going to try again after saturday night, will keep you posted on how it goes

7:20 pm

m9f9l

for a company. because they figure if they can find out how a fad starts...well.....

7:20 pm

m9f9l

it's very funny. and well written

7:20 pm

jacq

i have pills, had those ones that are prescribed but they never ever took the edge off the craving

7:20 pm

blueheron

maybe thats why my brain is the way it is:)

7:21 pm

m9f9l

it's by connie willis, a sci-fi writer

7:21 pm

Jacula

blue - just got this from Wiki. LOL! "A bellwether is any entity in a given arena that serves to create or influence trends or to presage future happenings.

The term is derived from the Middle English bellewether and refers to the practice of placing a bell around the neck of a castrated ram (a wether) leading his flock of sheep.[1][2] The movements of the flock could be noted by hearing the bell before the flock was in sight."

7:21 pm

m9f9l

yup. and this is about the book: Bellwether, a 1996 novel by Connie Willis, is a book that can fall into many genres, such as comedy, fairy tale, romance, and science fiction. The novel is broadly based on the unsettling concepts of human culture. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1997

7:22 pm

Jacula

m9 - I will look out for it.

7:22 pm

m9f9l

a lot of the chapters start with a little blurb about fads in history.

7:22 pm

m9f9l

and those are hilarious

7:22 pm

jacq

sounds interesting

7:22 pm

blueheron

I would love to read it

7:22 pm

lbdawger

sounds like a fun read.

7:22 pm

Jacula

jacq - it'll work when the time is right for you. I once had hypnosis and the first thing I wanted when I left the place was... guess what...?

7:23 pm

daykat

anyone got a hint for pr7/36 ?

7:23 pm

jacq

LOL my mum was the same

7:23 pm

blueheron

We have had so many fads.

7:23 pm

daykat

I've tried hypnosis too - didnt work for me

7:23 pm

m9f9l

I try to get everyone to read it!LOL but noone ever does... I think the sci-fi scares them away.. but it really isn't even like your typical sci-fi writing

7:23 pm

jacq

i like my bed to be pr*****ed in winter

7:24 pm

m9f9l

only way I can ever get over addictions is heavy duty prayer!LOL

7:24 pm

Jacula

day - to warm up beforehand.

7:24 pm

m9f9l

jac! I fill lots of soda pop bottles with hot water!

7:24 pm

blueheron

yes day, what you do to your oven before you bake something.

7:24 pm

Jacula

m9 - I've no objection to reading sci-fi.

7:25 pm

daykat

oh ty jacq, I'd got the re ones related to that just didnt get the pr ones!

7:25 pm

m9f9l

and another trick I figured out was to run my blowdryer around under the covers.

7:25 pm

jacq

lol m9, i have some very old stone bottles that were used for that very purpose

7:25 pm

blueheron

pr/plural

7:25 pm

Jacula

My tastes are eclectic.

7:25 pm

jacq

and don't forget the past tense too

7:25 pm

m9f9l

I'll put the title and author in my profile in case someone forgets....

7:25 pm

blueheron

they're electric? whoops

7:26 pm

daykat

ty jacq, got em now

7:26 pm

jacq

i don't own a blowdrier, but i usually send himself up to bed first lol

7:26 pm

blueheron

woops

7:26 pm

Jacula

An English teacher once said that about me in a school report. I think she meant it as a compliment.

7:26 pm

jacq

LOL it is a compliment

7:26 pm

periwinkle

arrggghh, 73 left to find and it is almost 8:30 pm and I am tired of this grid

7:26 pm

Jacula

m9 - I've written it down to key into play.com later.

7:26 pm

blueheron

of course

7:26 pm

Jacula

Hi peri.

7:27 pm

blueheron

hi peri

7:27 pm

lbdawger

hi peri

7:27 pm

m9f9l

I put it there anyway... if anyone will appreciate the book, it's this group!

7:28 pm

Jacula

m9 - I'm sure we will!

7:28 pm

jacq

well time for bed i think, take care everyone and have fun and fireworks please

7:28 pm

blueheron

If you knew how many words I have left...I'm here for the community.

7:28 pm

m9f9l

night jac!! I'm off now too

7:28 pm

lbdawger

night night, jacq

7:28 pm

m9f9l

*poof*

7:28 pm

lbdawger

night night, m9

7:28 pm

blueheron

nite jacq

7:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

can someone pls clue as6-8-7? hi all

7:28 pm

Jacula

'Nigh jacq and m(.

7:29 pm

blueheron

hi 72

7:29 pm

Jacula

TO - do you mean at 6,8 and 7?

7:29 pm

Jacula

as6,8 and 7, I meant.

7:30 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye m9f9l!I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

7:30 pm

Jacula

No I didn't. I did mean at. I'm getting confused. Must be my age. LOL!

7:30 pm

Minveryork

Hi 72 Temple Owl! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

7:31 pm

daykat

at+exam

7:31 pm

blueheron

jac, how young are you?

7:31 pm

Jacula

If we'd been given an edit or delete button here, I could have stopped yammering on a couple of posts ago. LOL

7:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes ty

7:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello blue and min

7:31 pm

Jacula

Speaking of new things - when's the new-style Babble happening? Dr_G's gone quiet lately.

7:32 pm

daykat

hi temple owl

7:32 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty kat

7:32 pm

blueheron

I'm 3 years older

7:32 pm

Jacula

I'm 53.

7:32 pm

daykat

I'm 60

7:32 pm

blueheron

I'm 56

7:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

4th dis 7//32pls?

7:33 pm

Jacula

Yay! I'm the baby!

7:33 pm

stidmama

I'm the babyest!!! *sucks on thumb*

7:33 pm

blueheron

so we are all young!!

7:33 pm

daykat

it was so exciting when I turned 60 - the governement here gives you a Seniors Card and you get all sorts of neat discounts when you flash your card

7:33 pm

car.eeyore

Good evening friends!

7:33 pm

stidmama

<--- points to profile which says "10"

7:33 pm

car.eeyore

May i please have the stats for the single O on the left?

7:33 pm

blueheron

so what stid

7:34 pm

Jacula

TO - sounds like a pudding but means to discuss a subject.

7:34 pm

blueheron

I saw your profile young one:)

7:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

7:34 pm

Jacula

stid is NOT 10, or, if she is with her kids, hubby and all, well...

7:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

de7/32?

7:34 pm

blueheron

she started very early

7:35 pm

bichon

I'm 64 and loving it!

7:35 pm

daykat

pudding TO

7:35 pm

blueheron

I can"t wait

7:35 pm

bichon

de 7 is yummy after dinner food

7:35 pm

Jacula

single 'o' word is an anagram of acorn tr5/10.

7:36 pm

car.eeyore

TY Jacula!

7:36 pm

blueheron

how did I miss that Jac?

7:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty again

7:36 pm

Jacula

Or you could try an anagram of having a long s*** in the bath.

7:36 pm

car.eeyore

Ty also Bichon

7:36 pm

bichon

yvw

7:36 pm

blueheron

Since that is my specialty.

7:37 pm

blueheron

Hey car

7:37 pm

car.eeyore

Hello!

7:37 pm

stidmama

LOL my profile lies... but I am NOT saying by how much! *wink*

7:37 pm

Jacula

Hi bichon and car.

7:38 pm

Minveryork

Hello car.eeyore! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

7:38 pm

Jacula

Oh heck! It's raining like hell here again. Summer has been better this year than the past 3 years but still not great. August has been more like April with all the showers.

7:38 pm

car.eeyore

Hi min!

7:38 pm

lbdawger

i turn my attention elsewhere for just a minute and look who all show up in the chog! hi everyone i missed earlier!

7:39 pm

car.eeyore

Hi Dawg!

7:39 pm

bichon

I would love some more rain. Been a rainless August in the NE. I'm in CA now where it hasn't rained since April

7:41 pm

daykat

stuck on last pr/7 and 8 - help!!!

7:41 pm

Minski

Our flowers and lawn are dead. Not enough rain and away too often to water regularly all summer. Bad combination. Hello everyone.

7:41 pm

Jacula

day - to check out beforehand.

7:42 pm

Minveryork

Jacula, I saw you ask about the new "Babble". Do not know when it will happen,but I noticed that archives page already looks different. Now all of the dates are in yellow boxes. Did anybody else notice new archives

7:42 pm

Minveryork

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

7:42 pm

lbdawger

to be given an exam to measure where you should start the next level of exams, pr7,9,8

7:42 pm

Jacula

Hi minski. It seems the world's rain quota is not falling evenly this year.

7:42 pm

lbdawger

hi minski

7:42 pm

daykat

jacula - sorry not those, got them, the ones before?

7:43 pm

Jacula

Min - I've not been into the archives lately so didn't notice that.

7:43 pm

Jacula

day - not 13 yet words.

7:43 pm

lbdawger

before adolescence

7:43 pm

car.eeyore

Ty Jac for all of those!

7:44 pm

Jacula

y/w car.

7:44 pm

mkg

hi all. have 128 words. wont finish. yuk.

7:44 pm

mkg

would love a clue for the 10. have one 9 so far.

7:44 pm

daykat

ty jac!

7:44 pm

Minveryork

Hello mkg! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

7:44 pm

bichon

I have 11 left

7:44 pm

stidmama

hey LBD (I am distracted, in a webinar with Carol Dweck as the speaker)...

7:44 pm

daykat

phew p's pounded

7:45 pm

lbdawger

hiya stiddy!

7:45 pm

lbdawger

go bichon!

7:45 pm

stidmama

go daykat go!

7:45 pm

Minveryork

Perfecto daykat!

7:46 pm

Jacula

mkg - it's a person who believes that the Apocalypse is happening here and now. Try, pr7/32 (a gift) and add a 3-letter ending like Buddh***.

7:46 pm

MPittore

need clue for fourth st 5/10...monkeys walked out...

7:46 pm

car.eeyore

TY!

7:47 pm

stidmama

oooh. thanks for the ten!

7:47 pm

lbdawger

MP, thing put in the heart to help blood flow

7:47 pm

Jacula

MPitt - the thing they stick into you in hospital to get the drugs in.

7:47 pm

bichon

Anyone needs clues?

7:47 pm

Jacula

Stid - y/w.

7:47 pm

Minski

thanks for those last 6 or so words. needed them all.

7:48 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hoooooo bichon!!!

7:48 pm

stidmama

you finished, bichon?

7:48 pm

Minski

doing well here. lots of laundry and packing before going to the cape for the weekend.

7:48 pm

Jacula

Well done, bichon!

7:48 pm

Minski

whohoo bichon

7:48 pm

stidmama

YAY bichon!!!!

7:48 pm

car.eeyore

Hooray!

7:49 pm

Minveryork

I was channel flipping and saw the movie "Stigmata", but I read it as "Stidmama". LOL

7:49 pm

Minski

this grid's a monster. 127 words and not listing yet. 204 left to go.

7:49 pm

Minski

lol min

7:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye everyone, happy babbling

7:49 pm

Jacula

I didn't list until about 17 words to go. It's not a nasty grid but a fun one.

7:49 pm

Jacula

'Bye TO. See you again.

7:50 pm

Minveryork

Got a long story of clues in my profile if anyone needs

7:50 pm

Minveryork

Bye 72 Temple Owl! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

7:50 pm

MPittore

ty lbd...

7:50 pm

Jacula

Min - lol re the film post. It's amazing how often Babblers names or situations pop into our minds in off-computer life, isn't it?

7:51 pm

MPittore

need clue for pe 8/65 pls....

7:51 pm

car.eeyore

phantom: satay

7:51 pm

mkg

but what a loooooooooooong grid it is. i have 155 words and no list but wow.

7:51 pm

Jacula

MP - the most nuisance like.

7:52 pm

mkg

TY JAC. just saw 10 clue and got it. great clue.

7:52 pm

Jacula

mkg - glad you got it and y/w.

7:52 pm

stidmama

LOL Min!

7:53 pm

stidmama

bye TO... (sorry, drifting away again)

7:53 pm

daykat

r's rolled

7:53 pm

stidmama

woo-hoo daykat!

7:53 pm

MPittore

ty jac

7:54 pm

lbdawger

biab

7:54 pm

NonnieLight

has anyone seen zooz since this morning?

7:54 pm

Minveryork

Rock on Daykat!

7:54 pm

Jacula

I often see number (license plates) when we're out and about with Babbler's names on them. "That'd be go for 'so-and-so'", I say. Beloved either sighs or agrees, if he's knows who I'm talking about.

7:54 pm

stidmama

no Nonnie, but was just thinking about him...

7:54 pm

MPittore

62 left....hate the long grids don't get my other work done...

7:55 pm

Minveryork

Hi NonnieLight. Blueheron was also asking about him.

7:55 pm

NonnieLight

OK, stid...thanks. He's been on my mind all day.

7:55 pm

Jacula

Nonnie - zooz came back in the afternoon and connected with the police who were trying to contact him on here.

7:55 pm

NonnieLight

Thanks min :o)

7:55 pm

stidmama

thanks Jac.

7:56 pm

NonnieLight

Oh thank goodness, Jacula.

7:56 pm

Jacula

3 of us contacted the police about him and I believe the posts were genuine when they came on here.

7:57 pm

Minveryork

I wonder how the police sign onto Babble. I wonder if they have to create an account for an investigation.

7:57 pm

Jacula

He has promised to see his doctor in the morning and I think the police will be checking that he does so.

7:57 pm

Jacula

Min - they do have access to internet sites and can intervene where necessary.

7:58 pm

NonnieLight

I'm so glad you all thought to contact the police.

7:58 pm

NonnieLight

I hope he follows through with this and gets the help he needs.

7:59 pm

Minski

what are you talking about? what happened earlier? sounds a bit scary.

7:59 pm

meliae

331 words and 4 hours to go sure I can do it! and hello everyone

7:59 pm

Jacula

Like I said earlier, this is the 2nd time I've known this kind of situation on the internet. Last time, on another site, a woman from Australia saw a man in UK in real distress and contacted the UK police. As it turned out he HAD 'done the deed' with a blade, and the police were able to get there in time to save his life.

8:00 pm

Jacula

Minski - one of our Babblers was suicidal earlier.

8:00 pm

Minveryork

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

8:00 pm

NonnieLight

I got to work this morning and we had news that the head of our nursing dept. attempted suicide and is on a vent...not likely to make it.

8:00 pm

stidmama

meliae!!!! (((many many hugs))) I haven't seen you in ages.

8:01 pm

stidmama

Oh Nonnie... *gentle mama hugs*

8:01 pm

Jacula

Nonnie - oh no.

8:01 pm

Jacula

What drove him to that, Nonnie?

8:01 pm

meliae

Many hugs back =)

8:02 pm

NonnieLight

It was awful as her son had just commited suicide about 3 months ago! The devastation this does to family and friends is awful.

8:02 pm

stidmama

you can DO it meliae!!!

8:03 pm

Jacula

Life can look so bleak and hopeless at times, with no way out of the black abyss, but, you know, there really IS some sunlight at the end of the tunnel, no matter how weak. 6 days, 6 weeks, 6 months or 6 years on, you can experience a moment which makes you glad to be alive.

8:03 pm

Jacula

Nonnie - I can understand her devastation. Was he her only child?

8:04 pm

NonnieLight

No, she has two daughters and sadly one is the twin of the brother who killed himself.

8:05 pm

Minveryork

I have always said that suicide is the most selfish act anyone can do. Someone does something devastating and is not around to see their family and friends deal with the aftermath.

8:05 pm

NonnieLight

I agree with you Jac. I always cautioned my daughters when they were teens (some difficult years) to just give things time as situations will change and things will get better.

8:05 pm

Jacula

Nonnie - then that is the lever for her to carry on. She has two othe children and, no matter how devasted she is, she has to be there for them, especially the twin. If she is not, she will look down on their double suffering and wish she was.

8:06 pm

NonnieLight

It is selfish, min. But I know for someone to take that step they must be in such pain but I wish they'd stop and think what this will do to those I leave behind.

8:06 pm

meliae

phantom enertia just tried it 3 times lol

8:06 pm

NonnieLight

I = those

8:07 pm

stidmama

LOL mel!

8:07 pm

Jacula

But she's not in her right mind now and certainly not logical. Maybe she also felt that she couldn't talk to anyone about it.

8:07 pm

grammaterri1

I work (volunteer) with a lot of very mentally ill people. they don't "think" they just end the pain the best way they know how, sometimes with alcohol and drugs, sometimes with suicide

8:07 pm

meliae

I kept thinking I was spelling it wrong lol

8:08 pm

grammaterri1

it's never a concious decision to purposely hurt someone. breaks my heart all the time

8:08 pm

grammaterri1

hi btw all ( :

8:09 pm

Jacula

gramma - mine, too.

8:09 pm

stidmama

hey gramma

8:10 pm

Minveryork

Hi grammaterri1!How are you doing? Welcome to grid

8:10 pm

grammaterri1

back in the day these people would be in hospitals that would keep them from hurting themselves, but human rights threw them all on the street...off soap box, Hi Min ( :

8:10 pm

lbdawger

hi meliae, and grammaterri

8:11 pm

Jacula

You get the cases like people whose marriages have ended and they jump off a cliff holding their kids. The have NO right to end their kids' lives but that's not how they're seeing it. They are thinking it's the best thing to stop their children feeling pain and loss etc.

8:11 pm

grammaterri1

exactly Jacula and you usually don't even know it until the person is gone, they just end it. after the fact you say...oh I DID see it coming, they are very good at hiding it

8:12 pm

Jacula

So, they've closed the 'nut houses' down in USA, too? Incidentally, we don't use nut house in UK as a derogatory term necessarily.

8:13 pm

grammaterri1

oh yes long ago. granted there WERE some terrible cases of mistreatment but just closing them all down with no recompense really was way worse

8:13 pm

stidmama

they did that about 20 years ago Jacula, now many mentally ill end up in the prison system because they act out in antisocial ways... and there is little support for people BEFORE they act out, even when it is clear they need help.

8:13 pm

Jacula

Fragile people who cannot cope with everyday life have been turned out onto the st7/28 here in UK.

8:13 pm

lbdawger

a person can be committed to a hospital for observation up to 72 hours, after that, a doctor has to sign the commitment papers, or a legal guardian to commit for longer

8:14 pm

stidmama

there. down to 100. listing.

8:14 pm

grammaterri1

right stid. and they get NO mental help in prison because we just don't want to spend the money....sigh

8:14 pm

grammaterri1

true dawg but rarely longer than a few months. insurance won't pay much

8:14 pm

grammaterri1

that is part of what I do, trying to get long term care

8:14 pm

Jacula

I'm so sad that this so-called 'englightened' world is actually worse in some ways than it was in the past.

8:15 pm

lbdawger

it always boils down to how much it's going to cost someone...governments, agencies, families..

8:15 pm

stidmama

is the AS 5/18 fishy? my last AS word

8:15 pm

grammaterri1

there is no one willing to pay, that's the main problem

8:15 pm

lbdawger

you could say it's fishy, gold fishy

8:16 pm

Jacula

I know that, in the past, girls who got pregnant out of wedlock weer committed to institutions when they grieved for the babes taken away from them and that was bad. But, in some cases, long-term care IS needed.

8:16 pm

stidmama

ultimately, it would cost LESS to be sure people have the treatment they need to a) stay safe; b) keep others safe and c) be as productive as they can be as members of society...

8:16 pm

stidmama

thanks LBD *thinking*

8:16 pm

grammaterri1

right Jac not talking about someone going through a bout of depression, seriously mental people most often will not "get well"

8:17 pm

grammaterri1

amen stid!

8:17 pm

Jacula

My ex and I had to put our daughter into mental health care for 3 long years, as many of you know. If we hadn't doen that, she would not be alive to have just finished her university degree now and be moving towards a PHd.

8:17 pm

grammaterri1

awesome for her!

8:17 pm

stidmama

so glad you were able to do what was necessary for your daughter Jac. ((hugs))

8:18 pm

lbdawger

you take into consideration, the cost of the residence, mortgage, taxes, then the professionals to help those in need, their salaries, health insurance, then you take into consideration overhead costs, lighting, heating, cooling, feeding, clothing...it all adds up, and governments/agencies don't have the money or don't want to spend the money on those things.

8:18 pm

Jacula

I know, stid. Thanks.xx

8:18 pm

NonnieLight

I work for a state-run residential facility for the devopmentally disabled. The feds are trying to close facilities like ours down. They have no idea what they are doing. Most of our people will have no place to go. They will be out on the streets. A lot of our people have dual diagnosis so they are severely disabled. Families have aged and cannot cope with the day-to-day care. My heart goes out the people in these situations.

8:19 pm

grammaterri1

oh for sure nonnie, trying to find care is heartwrenching

8:19 pm

stidmama

I need more help, LBD... *sigh*

8:20 pm

lbdawger

as + big gold fish, stid.

8:20 pm

Jacula

Nonnie - my son, who wouldn't want his sister to have died, does think like the accountants and politicians. His motto his 'Survivial of the fittest'.

8:20 pm

grammaterri1

as japanese fish stid. good fish clue lol

8:20 pm

stidmama

GAH. *eating 24 kt sushi*

8:21 pm

lbdawger

lol, stid. it was a bit vague

8:21 pm

stidmama

As axed!

8:21 pm

grammaterri1

lol I had to look it up then troutslapped myself ( :

8:21 pm

stidmama

is the DE 7 built off the furniture word?

8:22 pm

Minveryork

Awesome stidmama!

8:22 pm

NonnieLight

I guess that motto is OK if every man were an island unto himself.

8:22 pm

lbdawger

no, it's the yummy treat after dinner

8:22 pm

Jacula

No, stid, it's a pudding.

8:22 pm

grammaterri1

nope it's what you have after your sushi lol

8:23 pm

Jacula

Nonnie - my son tries hard to be such an island. he worries me!

8:23 pm

stidmama

my concern is that what is a useful skill or ability at one time is not useful at others... if we devolve to the people who are physically strong, for example, and then a situation comes up that requires more mental finesse...

8:23 pm

stidmama

*eating fishy pudding*

8:23 pm

stidgmere

Hi, can I put blue agave syrup into applesauce? It wouldn't be sugar.

8:23 pm

rururocks

ugh

8:23 pm

lbdawger

eeewwww

8:23 pm

stidmama

I would like to meet anyone who is truly "self made"

8:23 pm

NonnieLight

How old, Jac? I think a lot of us go through some "selfish" years. Hopefully he'll outgrow it???

8:23 pm

stidmama

hey ruru!

8:24 pm

stidmama

yes, Mother, you could, but why?

8:24 pm

rururocks

hi stiddy

8:24 pm

Minveryork

Hello stidgmere! How are you doing? Welcome to grid!

8:24 pm

lbdawger

hi ru. stidgmere, i don't know why not. try it and tell us how it comes out.

8:24 pm

Jacula

stid - it depends upon what your definition of 'truly self-made' is.

8:24 pm

stidmama

and it is, structurally, "sugar" even if it doesn't come from cane.

8:24 pm

Jacula

Nonnie - he's 26.

8:25 pm

grammaterri1

I just lost a little girl a couple years ago. she had had a bad crack habit, got clean and had a great job and was in college. beautiful blondie had all the guys after her. she picked up that pipe again (what the hell was she thinking?) and was so disgusted with herself, she hung herself. But even when she was doing so good, I just knew :(

8:25 pm

rururocks

I wasn't self-made till I was thirteen.. but that is another story.

8:25 pm

stidmama

oh gramma... (((hugs))) it so hard to watch someone go through that.

8:25 pm

Jacula

Oh gramma - that's awful.

8:25 pm

lbdawger

i need someone to tell me to "stop it, and get over it" so i'll quit obsessing over something trivial

8:26 pm

NonnieLight

So very sad, gramma :o(

8:26 pm

rururocks

lbd?

8:26 pm

NonnieLight

Stop it, dawg! Get over it! NOW!

8:26 pm

lbdawger

thank you, Nonnie!

8:26 pm

rururocks

Stop it .. get over it.. forgeddaboutit

8:27 pm

lbdawger

ty, ru

8:27 pm

grammaterri1

it is, but doing this for over 20 years, it helps to know she is at peace. I truly believe that. even if it's not the end "I" or her family would want, she is at peace.

8:27 pm

rururocks

cocaine is a really difficult addiction

8:27 pm

rururocks

especially crack

8:27 pm

stidmama

Babble helps me get through the roughest days, I find. When I really can't pull myself together, I come here and get empathy, stern words or advice, and understanding along with examples of people who have made it through similar situations. As a parent, as a student... having that kind of support makes a HUGE difference.

8:28 pm

rururocks

<---- here to make stid laugh

8:28 pm

grammaterri1

it sure is ruru, makes me want the death penalty for drug pusher

8:28 pm

NonnieLight

indeed it does, stid!

8:28 pm

Jacula

I was with my son, my daughter and her b/f in the centee of the city when we came out of the Ozzy Osbourne concert some weeks ago. A girl with heroin eyes asked if we had 'any spare change'. The kids all walked by her without another thought and grabbed my arms to make sure I did, too. I wouldn't have given her money, I'd probably have tried to take her somewhere safe. She's somebody's daughter.

8:28 pm

stidmama

*grin* and you do, ruru!!

8:28 pm

inge

Babble is failing . Three words which are in teh grid and printed in my words list, will not show in licketys list and get counted. So I am short 3 words and too tired to worry any more.

8:28 pm

stidmama

oh gee whiz, inge! ((hugs))

8:29 pm

Minveryork

Hello inge! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

8:29 pm

stidmama

refresh didn't help?

8:29 pm

lbdawger

gramma, i admire your stick-to-it-tiveness in helping those in need. I was a counselor for 30 years, and burned out. it gets tiresome caring, and watching others sabotage all the work.

8:29 pm

lbdawger

(((INGE)))

8:29 pm

NonnieLight

Aww, Jac. That had to be hard to see.

8:29 pm

grammaterri1

awww (((lbd))) 30 years is gracious of you!

8:30 pm

stidmama

EN 6 please?

8:30 pm

NonnieLight

30 years, dawg? Much admiration coming from me to you!

8:30 pm

aknitter

might i as the groups opinion on a dilemma i have?

8:30 pm

Jacula

Nonnie. it was. I never believed my Taurus horoscope - that I was a natural earth mother, until I had children of my own. After that, everything changed.

8:31 pm

stidmama

(((knitter))) here to listen.

8:31 pm

inge

en + medieval farm worker

8:31 pm

lbdawger

i loved my clients/students, but the bureaucracy and other bs, wore me down, to the point i was affecting my work, and also watching clients continue doing stupid things...i just had enough.

8:31 pm

Jacula

Hi knitter! Haven't seen you for ages! Ask away..

8:31 pm

stidmama

danke, sehr, inge!

8:31 pm

NonnieLight

go for it knitter :o)

8:31 pm

lbdawger

hey, ak!

8:31 pm

stidmama

(((LBD))) and I am about to enter that world... with hope that I will last at least 1/3 of the time.

8:32 pm

inge

Gute Nacht, babblers, I spent too much time on this puzzle already.

8:32 pm

grammaterri1

yes that is the hardest, the bureaucracy, which is why I am glad I am volunteer, I can tell the idiots off ( :

8:32 pm

Minveryork

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

8:32 pm

NonnieLight

bye bye inge, take care

8:32 pm

Jacula

Sleep well, inge.x

8:32 pm

meliae

155 to go brb taking a break my eyes are going crossed LOL

8:32 pm

stidmama

gute nacht, liebe inge!

8:32 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye inge! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log!

8:32 pm

lbdawger

i still love teaching, it's not as bad as what i had to do before. I only answer to one person now, and she's a doll!

8:32 pm

aknitter

reading the local paper... my hair dresser was involved in a car accident and cited for drunk driving (2nd offense) i have a real thing against drunk drivers (my oldest brother was killed by a drunk driver) i think i need to fire her (after 10+ years) am i obligated to tell her why? am i just being over sensitive??

8:32 pm

lbdawger

night night, Inge

8:32 pm

stidmama

later mel

8:33 pm

grammaterri1

I'm going to dive into the grid now that I depressed everyone lol. thanx for the chat. always good to see my babble friends!

8:33 pm

stidmama

knitter, I think it is reasonable to wait for conviction or admission of guilt... or to find a way to support this person to get better.

8:33 pm

stidgmere

Well, I think the applesauce is done. I wanted to sweeten it with something other than cane sugar. So, I've tried the blue agave sugar.

8:33 pm

NonnieLight

aww gramma, I enjoyed chatting with you.

8:33 pm

lbdawger

you don't have to tell her anything, unless she as4. you certainly have due cause to not see her again.

8:33 pm

rururocks

I think so A knitter I would

8:34 pm

Jacula

ak - Yes, I think you can fire her but I also think you have to tell her why whilst also asking her about the circumstances. There's no real excuse for drunk driving. but it may help to hear what she says, or not...

8:34 pm

aknitter

i actually drove by the accident and saw her there

8:34 pm

stidmama

my favorite brother in law was killed by a reckless driver (suspect the driver was drunk, but wasn't found until many hours later bcs hit and run)

8:34 pm

stidmama

hope it turned out, Mother. let me know.

8:34 pm

stidgmere

meanwhile, about ready for dinner. Hope you are all determined to have pleasant evenings.

8:34 pm

stidmama

oh gee knitter.

8:34 pm

rururocks

awful..

8:35 pm

stidmama

later Mother!

8:35 pm

lbdawger

i'm obviously not as kind as others on this subject. I have zero tolerance for drunk drivers.

8:35 pm

rururocks

we have drunk drivers here all the time in the valley

8:35 pm

aknitter

i know guilty until proven otherwise but.....

8:35 pm

Jacula

ak - 2nd conviction, remember.

8:36 pm

rururocks

I don't think there is any tolerance for drunk drivers lbd.. it shouldn't happen

8:36 pm

stidmama

zero tolerance for the driving while drunk, but some concern for the person herself... this is a medical issue (addiction) more likely than purely a decision to do something dangerous.

8:36 pm

lbdawger

(innocent until proven otherwise...)

8:36 pm

NonnieLight

My thoughts...if you're uncomfortable now with her and you would rather not do business with her, then you have the right to not do business with her. If you've known her for 10 years, I would imagine you would be close enough to her to let her know why you're ending your business relationship. Maybe, just maybe, that will be a wake up call???

8:37 pm

rururocks

not a repeat offender.. she has a drinking problem nonnie

8:37 pm

aknitter

dawg i am with you zero tolerance. that is my dilemma stid.

8:37 pm

stidmama

I don't understand addiction myself, but have had family members and friends who struggle. I don't know what your best course is, but I think that if you follow your heart, your instincts are good.

8:37 pm

lbdawger

again, stiddy, you are kinder than i am. I really have no tolerance for drunks, driving, walking or sitting.

8:38 pm

stidmama

I had one friend that I wrote to regularly while he served nearly a year in jail for drunk driving. He is now apparently sober and doing well. Without support from people who love him while he learned to sober up, I don't know the outcome would have been so good for him, or for others.

8:38 pm

rururocks

what about MADK? aknitter

8:39 pm

NonnieLight

ruru, are you saying a repeat offender won't change?

8:39 pm

rururocks

yes

8:39 pm

aknitter

i really think i would be uncomfortable with her cutting my hair. i feel badly that she has this problem but it is her problem and not mine. i really don't even want to talk to her. i am angry that she would do this and that she was driving on a street that my children and i travel on. i think drunk drivers are selfish

8:39 pm

lbdawger

i agree with ru.

8:40 pm

rururocks

no one wants to know what MADK is?

8:40 pm

stidmama

I think you have made your decision, knitter, and for good reasons.

8:40 pm

Jacula

ak - in which case, change hairdressers and don't give an explanation.

8:40 pm

aknitter

she only damaged her own car by hitting a tree but the possibilities.....

8:40 pm

lbdawger

i was going to ask if that was a typo, ru

8:40 pm

aknitter

ruru ...... waiting.....

8:40 pm

stidmama

yes, what Jac said.

8:41 pm

rururocks

Mothers against drunk knitters

8:41 pm

lbdawger

argh

8:41 pm

Jacula

If she's a friend, ak, talk it out with her. If not, don't bother, unless you feel the need to express your concerns.

8:41 pm

stidmama

ET 6/18 please? my monkeys are on strike.

8:41 pm

aknitter

you all have helped me just bu listening...

8:41 pm

periwinkle

help with first se7/32 pls

8:41 pm

aknitter

ruru drunk knitting leads to holes n sweaters!!

8:41 pm

NonnieLight

lol knitter

8:42 pm

rururocks

i don't think I'd tell her anything unless she asks you AK

8:42 pm

lbdawger

e+ sea bird, stid

8:42 pm

NonnieLight

Why not, ru?

8:42 pm

Jacula

peri - Oh I do like to be beside the se7/32 - song. By the ocean on the sand.

8:42 pm

stidmama

KNITTER!!!! I finished the neck cowl-thingy I made for my mother! It's lopsided and clearly was a brand-new pattern for me to follow (three rounds of the pattern, but only the last one actually "worked" -- but it's done and now I know the pattern and will make one for myself for later.

8:42 pm

rururocks

why have a confrontation..? it would be better to find a more responsible person

8:43 pm

stidmama

thansk LBD *eating babblet fish*

8:43 pm

MPittore

awhhh finally only 16 left....I see the light

8:43 pm

lbdawger

go MP!!

8:44 pm

aknitter

neck-cowl-thingy clearly a technical term! LOL
block it into submission stid that is all you need to do

8:44 pm

stidmama

I think I am going to be very grumpy... this allergic reaction from yesterday is still impacting me and the fellas are all eating and I am NOT.

8:44 pm

periwinkle

thatnks Jac, I like to be by the se7 too

8:44 pm

NonnieLight

sorry for you stid

8:45 pm

lbdawger

oh no, stid, what got into you?

8:45 pm

aknitter

histamines!!

8:45 pm

stidmama

*grin* thanks knitter! It will be soft and warm, functional. That was the intention. but I kept thinking of YOU while I worked, remembering that all skills are learned over time and only practice would let me improve.

8:45 pm

periwinkle

14 left, will this grid ever end. but I am determined to finish so will plod on

8:46 pm

stidmama

Cow, LBD. the barista must have not washed out the milk jug before putting the soy milk in it... I only took a few sips, but the reaction has been pretty typical.

8:46 pm

NonnieLight

go peri go!

8:46 pm

Jacula

peri - y/w

8:46 pm

stidmama

Lots of antihistamines. Let them lapse this morning for a while because I thought it was better, but it wasn't.

8:46 pm

stidmama

go per go!

8:46 pm

lbdawger

go peri! ugh, Stid! that's horrible.

8:46 pm

rururocks

that's scary stid.. must have been a starbucks

8:47 pm

stidmama

no, it was a small cafe attached to the museum we went to yesterday afternoon.

8:47 pm

NonnieLight

Need to go pay bills, ugh! Take care all and hope to see you good people later.

8:47 pm

rururocks

I have a nut allergy and no matter what questions about the bakery items you ask .. they never really know

8:47 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye NonnieLight! I will see you tomorrow maybe.

8:47 pm

aknitter

passing Nonnie m bills == pay these too please

8:47 pm

lbdawger

it's obvious it was someone who doesn't know anything about cleanliness let alone about health issues!

8:48 pm

MPittore

wow this is so freeky...12 left and I have one blank tile....ooooo spooky!

8:48 pm

lbdawger

night night, Nonnie

8:48 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams Nonnie (((hugs)))

8:48 pm

stidmama

exactlyk, LBD. usually I am very diligent about watching people when they make lattes -- this time I didn't, and this time I paid.

8:48 pm

torgone

Aaah .. Showered, fed, and tired ..

8:49 pm

rururocks

off to play tennis.. later kids.. good luck with the stylist AK.. dont' pull your hair out over the decision

8:49 pm

lbdawger

TORGIE!!

8:49 pm

aknitter

this is too good to pass up. ruru with a nut allergy? ruru the ultimate babble nut?

8:49 pm

lbdawger

night, ru. hope you win

8:49 pm

rururocks

Ultimate Babble nut? ... me?

8:49 pm

stidmama

enjoy, ruru! ((hugs))

8:49 pm

mixi6

just back from tennis. 62 left. Hi all.

8:49 pm

lbdawger

are you home now, torg?

8:50 pm

torgone

Heyas kids ..

8:50 pm

Jacula

I'm probably about to get very grumpy, too; I can't get up on a chair due to foot/ankle/leg injury to find were Beloveed has hidden the stash of cigarettes to stop his daughter stealing them. I'm going to have to go to my own stash, which comprises of black russians (which make his daughter fell sick - serrves her bloody well right then!) or the 7-year-old stale 'light' ones my ex Ma-in-Law gave me when she stopped smoking.

8:50 pm

stidmama

that's MUCH better tor! I can't smell you from here now!

8:50 pm

stidmama

hey mixi

8:50 pm

lbdawger

hi mixi

8:50 pm

rururocks

*tosses baby powder in TOrg's general direction*

8:51 pm

stidmama

wow. I wonder how severe ruru's allergy is? we eat a lot of nuts around here.

8:51 pm

stidmama

would we have to give up peanuts too, or just tr4 nuts?

8:51 pm

stidmama

or pine nuts?

8:51 pm

aknitter

think he gives himself hives?

8:51 pm

torgone

I'm fine as long as I stay inside with the a/c ..

8:51 pm

rururocks

I generally roll around on the ground and gasp for breath

8:51 pm

mixi6

good time to quit Jacula, since you can't get to them.

8:51 pm

stidmama

No ALMONDS?

8:52 pm

lbdawger

as long as he doesn't lick the screen i think he's safe.

8:52 pm

aknitter

A clue for the lone O in the first column please

8:52 pm

rururocks

<---- used to like AKnitter

8:52 pm

rururocks

lol

8:52 pm

Jacula

mix - maybe so.

8:52 pm

stidmama

I lose blood pressure, and my tongue and face swell (most of the time) -- sometimes I get hives and additional skin problems

8:52 pm

lbdawger

ok + ** the world turns

8:52 pm

aknitter

:)

8:52 pm

mixi6

The first three days are the hardest.

8:53 pm

rururocks

my throat closes up

8:53 pm

stidmama

ruru, you have my empathy. I HATE reading labels three times and STILL discovering I missed something, or it wasn't on the ingredient list.

8:53 pm

Jacula

ak - anagram of acorn trees is the o word.

8:53 pm

aknitter

ty dawg. i am stocking the PB with benadryl, zyrtec, etc

8:53 pm

stidmama

anaphylaxis SUX.

8:53 pm

lbdawger

bees and sometimes skeeters do that to me.

8:53 pm

stidmama

I get hives from flea bites.

8:53 pm

aknitter

why yes stid i can imagine it would!

8:54 pm

wht

Hi all. How is the Babble soap opera tonight?

8:54 pm

rururocks

*puts flea collar on stid*

8:54 pm

Minveryork

Hello wht! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle!

8:54 pm

lbdawger

come to MT, stid. no fleas!

8:54 pm

Jacula

The only allergy I seem to have is to vodkha. Even a tiny sip makes me puke. My daughter is the same. In later life, I have also become allaergic to chopped up grass, i.e. strimmed grass.

8:54 pm

lbdawger

hi wht

8:54 pm

Minveryork

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

8:54 pm

stidmama

hey wht. ruru and I are comparing allergy symptoms... knitter thinks I talk funny about knitting... bichon finished (and disappeared) and Jacula is seeking tobacco products.

8:55 pm

aknitter

ahh we have moved onto allergies wht. please leave your milk, nuts, bees, and fleas at the dooor

8:55 pm

Minveryork

Hello mixi6! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

8:55 pm

wht

Quiet night, then.

8:55 pm

stidmama

*packing up to MT*

8:55 pm

lbdawger

rofl, ak

8:55 pm

wht

My fleas fled long ago.

8:55 pm

Jacula

Good thing Torg isn't here now. He wouldn't want to leave his nuts at the door. LOL!

8:56 pm

wht

So does anyone have a clue for the ae6. My monkeys left with the fleas.

8:56 pm

mixi6

Hi minver, good to hear from you again.

8:56 pm

aknitter

i have stalked the PB with antihistamines and have just added an epi pen

8:56 pm

lbdawger

a + the et5, wht

8:56 pm

aknitter

Jac!!

8:56 pm

Jacula

anaesthetic word with an 'a' at the start.

8:57 pm

herinfernallady

hello

8:57 pm

wht

Fortunately there are no fleas on a fish.

8:57 pm

MPittore

6 to go and still one blank tile, hmmmm

8:57 pm

Jacula

Ak? What?

8:57 pm

lbdawger

*imagines AK lurking thru the pb (stalking)...rofl*

8:57 pm

wht

I should know that one by now.

8:57 pm

stidmama

hey lady! how's the wee child who was burned?

8:57 pm

Minveryork

Hi herinfernallady! How are you? Welcome to the grid

8:57 pm

stidmama

go MPitt go!

8:57 pm

lbdawger

hi herin

8:57 pm

herinfernallady

She is healing better poor kid.

8:57 pm

aknitter

so i can't type / spell / think...... that is my endearing quality

8:57 pm

herinfernallady

Than k you for your welcome Min. Hi Lb

8:58 pm

stidmama

good to hear it. *gentle love to parents and child*

8:58 pm

Jacula

Herin - hi.

8:58 pm

lbdawger

biab

8:58 pm

periwinkle

6 here too

8:58 pm

periwinkle

6 here too

8:58 pm

aknitter

stock stock stock

8:58 pm

Minveryork

Go periwinkle go!

8:58 pm

stidmama

the middle PE 8/6/7/8 are annoying me... is the first PE 8 in that set built on the perky 4/5 that precedes?

8:58 pm

stidmama

go peri!!!

8:59 pm

herinfernallady

HI Peri

8:59 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Jac

9:00 pm

Jacula

stid - the 8 is. the 6 and 7 are old Spanish coins before the euro, and the final 8 is the most nuisance.

9:00 pm

stidmama

got the last PE 8...

9:00 pm

mixi6

yes, stid, but its the only one I have.

9:00 pm

stidmama

got the coins...

9:01 pm

stidmama

and thanks for the help on the other 8 *monkeying*

9:01 pm

aknitter

how can there be 7 words from that I in the first column??? no way

9:01 pm

stidmama

got it!!!!

9:01 pm

Jacula

Herin - I worked out the area zooz lives in, by the school he worked at. I thin the calls worked.

9:01 pm

periwinkle

finally fireworks

9:02 pm

Jacula

Well done, peri.

9:02 pm

stidmama

YAY peri!!!!

9:02 pm

wht

I have no id4 how there can be so many words there.

9:02 pm

periwinkle

ty now off to play letterblox, maybe I will find some babblers thre

9:02 pm

periwinkle

ty now off to play letterblox, maybe I will find some babblers thre

9:02 pm

aknitter

oh fish me

9:03 pm

stidmama

later peri (((hugs))) *kisses to kat*

9:03 pm

stidmama

go knitter go!

9:03 pm

Jacula

SLAPS ak with a frozen fish.

9:03 pm

periwinkle

I saw in the chat that someone finished the grid in less than 1/2 hour. how can that be?

9:03 pm

periwinkle

I saw in the chat that someone finished the grid in less than 1/2 hour. how can that be?

9:03 pm

mkg

well off to read. got to 171 and that is enough for me.

9:03 pm

periwinkle

ty stid, feel better

9:03 pm

aknitter

ouch! suppose i have a fish allergy???

9:03 pm

mkg

peri, anyone can lie.

9:03 pm

Jacula

Peri - who was that? Must be a MENSA member.

9:03 pm

periwinkle

true

9:03 pm

stidmama

PS pooped!!!!

9:04 pm

periwinkle

not sure Jac

9:04 pm

herinfernallady

back soon have to go and vacuum the back of my laptop.

9:04 pm

periwinkle

bye alll

9:04 pm

stidmama

thanks peri, I will. Hopefully by the time Jill and Anne call... (soon, I hope I hope)

9:04 pm

periwinkle

bye alll

9:04 pm

Jacula

Even so, unless they'd gone on a cheat site, I doubt they could have typed in all the words that fast, unlees ex-typing pool from the old days like myself.

9:05 pm

Jacula

'Bye peri.

9:05 pm

stidmama

oh! did I tell you folks that my classmate Anne came to the last show of The Mikado? It was so much fun to have her there. I love getting together with her.

9:05 pm

stidmama

later lady

9:06 pm

featherbee

evening!

9:06 pm

MPittore

only 3 to go.....

9:06 pm

Jacula

stid - it's nice to meet up with old friends, isn't it? I met one of my okld schoolfriends at the Ozzy concert and she told me she'd met up with another also outside the venue. Old loves never die.

9:06 pm

lbdawger

night peri, hi feather

9:06 pm

stidmama

hey feather!

9:06 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye periwinkle! I will see you tomorrow in the log

9:06 pm

aknitter

ozzy? as in osborne??

9:07 pm

Jacula

Hi feather.

9:07 pm

Minveryork

Hello featherbee!How are you doing? Welcome to grid

9:07 pm

Jacula

ak - Yes.

9:07 pm

lbdawger

is there another ozzy?

9:07 pm

MPittore

2....

9:07 pm

featherbee

i'm a fast typist, and i don't think i could do the grid in a half hour

9:08 pm

aknitter

oh! never actually new someone who wet to a concert of his. i like to listen to him speak - can't understand but every other word

9:08 pm

MPittore

1.........

9:08 pm

stidmama

*holding breath for MPItt*

9:09 pm

aknitter

i am sure i could finish in a half hour - someone pointed out my superior typing / spelling skills earlier LOL

9:09 pm

daykat

s's sorted - this is way tedious!!!1

9:09 pm

stidmama

go daykat go!

9:09 pm

lbdawger

i did most of the grid in under an hour, feather

9:09 pm

Minveryork

Stupendous daykat!

9:09 pm

stidmama

oh! Rs removed!

9:09 pm

featherbee

i'm just seeing how many i can bang out before i'm ready for bed

9:09 pm

featherbee

32 in, lol

9:09 pm

Minveryork

Rock on stidmama!

9:10 pm

lbdawger

go stid, go day

9:10 pm

stidmama

37 to go...

9:10 pm

MPittore

woo hoo! fireworks

9:10 pm

Jacula

I did most of the grid in under half an hoour, too, but then chose to get on with things and savour the grid for later.

9:10 pm

aknitter

crap i have 250 left!

9:10 pm

stidmama

go knitter go!!!

9:10 pm

daykat

wtg MPittore

9:11 pm

aknitter

go where?

9:11 pm

stidmama

got my last 9

9:11 pm

daykat

Jac - how on earth do you do it in half an hour? you musst have Flying Fingers

9:11 pm

meliae

back, and diving back in =)

9:11 pm

Jacula

ak - I've seen Black Sabbath a few times but Ozzy and I were the same in the time we'd last been a Birmingham Town Hall together.

9:12 pm

Jacula

day - just seeing words at random and typing them in.

9:12 pm

featherbee

well, i'm up to 65 now. it is pretty fast at first.

9:12 pm

MPittore

I still have my old Black Sabbath records....

9:13 pm

stidmama

good going, feather! you're burning up the bandwidth!

9:13 pm

stidmama

wait. did MPitt finish?

9:13 pm

Jacula

MP - the early version of BS used to play at my college.

9:13 pm

stidmama

YES~! YAY MPitt!!!!

9:13 pm

Jacula

and my old youth club..

9:13 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations MPittore on fireworks! Good for you

9:13 pm

lbdawger

i just got three of the cutest pics of my grands! the baby is walking and big bro is helping her!

9:13 pm

featherbee

aww, cute!

9:14 pm

Jacula

Birmingham UK has spawned so many good rock bands.

9:14 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hooooo MP!!!

9:14 pm

Jacula

Well done MPitt.

9:14 pm

meliae

ok stuck on di 7/32 and di 8/45 clue please

9:14 pm

stidmama

oh LBD, that is EXCELLENT! ((hugs))

9:14 pm

stidmama

go mel go!

9:15 pm

MPittore

ty jac, min, lbd, etc....

9:15 pm

stidmama

last di 7 is like something you eat after supper

9:15 pm

Jacula

di8 - a dislike for something in your mouth.

9:15 pm

meliae

I have that one

9:15 pm

stidmama

the di 8/9 is something you DON'T like to eat because it t5 funny

9:15 pm

lbdawger

not + when you put your butt on a chair you take a ****

9:15 pm

meliae

have that one too

9:15 pm

meliae

need the combo I think above those, at least I am hoping it is a combo

9:16 pm

meliae

thank you LBD

9:16 pm

Jacula

di7 is to discuss something in a group. Sounds like the opposite of as6/18.

9:16 pm

MPittore

But Jac....I'm 9 or 10 years older than you...

9:16 pm

meliae

have that one lol

9:16 pm

meliae

need the one above it the 8/45

9:16 pm

stidmama

down to 24

9:16 pm

lbdawger

go stid!

9:17 pm

stidmama

to "not" put your rear in a chair, mel?

9:17 pm

stidmama

di 7 and plural 8

9:17 pm

wht

OK. I am calling it a night with 53 left. Night all. Happy babbling.

9:17 pm

dan2bit

broke 200 thats probably far enough for me

9:17 pm

lbdawger

di*****, like the dry arid place but with di instead

9:17 pm

featherbee

88, my favorite numbers

9:17 pm

meliae

doh missed the plural thank you

9:17 pm

Jacula

MP - so you should have seen Ozzy in his youth. But you couldn't 'cos I did, 'cos he lived near me. LOL

9:17 pm

lbdawger

well done, Dan!

9:17 pm

MPittore

oh wht...you are so close need any clues....

9:17 pm

lbdawger

night night, wht

9:17 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye wht! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log!

9:18 pm

meliae

last DI I need is the di 7/32 after lose weight

9:18 pm

mixi6

15 left. must go rescue laundry. bbs

9:18 pm

stidmama

well done Dan!

9:18 pm

Jacula

MP - I also moved in the 'right ircles' at the time. LOL

9:18 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams wht!

9:18 pm

lbdawger

smallpox, is a nasty di7

9:18 pm

Jacula

Or eeven circles.

9:19 pm

Minski

PHEW! Conquered the Ts! 200 words found. 131 left to find.

9:19 pm

MPittore

Jac...I was in a few circles back then myself, LOL

9:19 pm

lbdawger

go minski!

9:19 pm

joey

hi everyone. i need help with the en 6/27. please.

9:19 pm

meliae

oh dang I thought I tried that lol thank you

9:19 pm

Jacula

I'm off to bed now. Seee you all next grid. Happy Babbling!

9:19 pm

Minveryork

Tremendous Minski!

9:19 pm

lbdawger

night, jac

9:19 pm

Minveryork

Hello joey! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

9:19 pm

meliae

nini Jac, sweet dreams

9:19 pm

lbdawger

hi joey! how ya doing?

9:20 pm

MPittore

Jac on second thought you were right.... they were ircles....he, he, he!

9:20 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Jacula! I'll see you tomorrow in the chat log!

9:20 pm

lbdawger

en6 en + one who works the land but doesn't own it

9:20 pm

joey

hi minveryoul and lbd. holding my own....... trying to finish with 47 to go

9:20 pm

Jacula

Thewy probably were MPt. Goodnight.x

9:20 pm

lbdawger

go Joey!

9:20 pm

joey

crap. throw me the fish

9:21 pm

stidmama

((Joey)) I was thinking about you today!

9:21 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams Jac

9:21 pm

joey

hi stid.

9:21 pm

stidmama

en + medieval peasant

9:22 pm

joey

one day at a time. on top of everything else, i was in a car accident. not hurt badly though

9:22 pm

lbdawger

oh no, joey!

9:22 pm

MPittore

nite Jac...I'm off to beddy bye myself...and special thoughts for Zooz...include him in our prayers...poofy!

9:22 pm

Minveryork

Oh joey how terrible. I am glad you are okay though.

9:22 pm

lbdawger

night MP

9:22 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye MPittore!I will see you tomorrow in the chog

9:23 pm

Minveryork

Do you mind telling us how the accident occured joey

9:24 pm

featherbee

great, hitting the REs

9:24 pm

joey

i was pulling out of a parking space and some guy came barreling down the aisle, didn't see me and hit my back end

9:25 pm

Minveryork

Did anyone hear about Dr. Frank Ryan's car accident

9:26 pm

lbdawger

did he get a ticket?

9:26 pm

joey

who is Dr Ryan?

9:26 pm

stidmama

oh no joey! I hope you aren't too badly hurt?

9:26 pm

lbdawger

don't knwo who frank ryan is, Min

9:26 pm

featherbee

NBT! not quite to half yet

9:26 pm

joey

it was private property, no ticket

9:26 pm

lbdawger

go feather!

9:27 pm

Minveryork

Ryan was a famous plastic surgeon for celebrities.His car went off a cliff in California a couple of days ago.

9:27 pm

lbdawger

is he going to pay to fix your car?

9:27 pm

stidmama

I just got firewords!!! had to reboot, but I did it!

9:27 pm

featherbee

yay stid!

9:27 pm

lbdawger

whooo hooooo STID!!!!

9:28 pm

lbdawger

was he in the car, Min?

9:28 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations stidmama on your fireworks! Hooray

9:28 pm

Jellen

Yay for stid!!!!

9:28 pm

Minski

having issues with the last several ST7875 have the 4

9:28 pm

stidmama

thanks all!

9:28 pm

dan2bit

yay stid!

9:28 pm

lbdawger

hi jellen!

9:28 pm

joey

lbd, it is up to the insurance companies at this point. i had minimal damage, less than $700

9:28 pm

Minveryork

Yes, he and his dog were in car. Car survived crash.

9:28 pm

featherbee

hi jellen!

9:29 pm

Minski

can someone help please?

9:29 pm

Jellen

Hi, feather

9:29 pm

stidmama

so, my accomplishment today was getting the office boxes out, cleaned under and restacked in a way that lets me get to my desk, workbench and books. But I still got my workspace in the living room ready to go yet... LOL

9:29 pm

Minveryork

He was driving a jeep wrangler which had no top. He had lacerations on his head because of rocks he hit.

9:29 pm

stidmama

what do you need Minksi?

9:29 pm

featherbee

nice job stid!

9:30 pm

joey

minski, the last st 4 has the sometimes vowel, then plural

9:30 pm

stidmama

*ready to help mama look*

9:30 pm

Minveryork

Meant to say that the dog survived the crash not car

9:30 pm

lbdawger

st + ***ired as in doesn't have to work any more + brit slang for thanks, minski, plural and change last vowel to another

9:30 pm

Minski

last 5 st words except for the 4. need the 7 8 7 5

9:30 pm

lbdawger

the st5 is plural of the 4

9:30 pm

featherbee

and over halfway! so, in about a half hour, i got nbt and 166 words.

9:30 pm

Minveryork

Police suspect he may have been texting or tweeting

9:30 pm

stidmama

well done ,feather!

9:31 pm

stidmama

there is st 5 throat

9:31 pm

lbdawger

you are awesome, feather!

9:31 pm

Minski

have that one stidmama

9:31 pm

featherbee

yes, yes, i know. *bows modestly*

9:31 pm

featherbee

*winks*

9:31 pm

stidmama

and same first three letters + e4 james (blues singer)

9:32 pm

lbdawger

last st5 is plural of pigs room

9:32 pm

stidmama

and plural; and same first 6 letters + vowel

9:33 pm

Minski

thx lbd

9:33 pm

featherbee

are there PH words?

9:34 pm

stidmama

no ph words

9:34 pm

meliae

en 6/27 please

9:34 pm

featherbee

good to know. i can stop trying them!

9:34 pm

Minski

thanks guys got the st words. moving on up.

9:35 pm

lbdawger

en + medieval peasant

9:35 pm

stidmama

go Minski go!

9:36 pm

meliae

thank you

9:37 pm

Minski

Who knew there were so many sk words?

9:37 pm

stidmama

mel, are you well? did you find a job, or decide to continue your education?

9:38 pm

Jellen

Hello...

9:38 pm

stidmama

yes! and they are all actual words (that is, words I have personally used at one point or anther)

9:38 pm

stidmama

hey again Jellen.

9:38 pm

Minveryork

Hello Jellen! How are you doing? Welcome back to grid

9:38 pm

stidmama

are you doing okay today Jellen? thought about you several times.

9:38 pm

featherbee

and i think i'm done for the night. tired.

9:39 pm

stidmama

are you okay feather? not ill, I hope.

9:39 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye featherbee! I'll see you tomorrow in the log!

9:39 pm

featherbee

lol, no no, just tired! finished painting the second coat on the entryway today

9:39 pm

featherbee

not leaving quite yet

9:39 pm

lbdawger

night night, feather! are you done painting?

9:39 pm

Jellen

I'm okay...little tired, but glad I spent time with my family...

9:39 pm

stidmama

good for you! ((hugs)) then we'll probably see you tomorrow for a bit.

9:40 pm

lbdawger

how'd the girls poker night go, jellen?

9:40 pm

stidmama

that's an okay tired too, Jellen. ((hugs)) I am glad your family was able to be there for you.

9:40 pm

Jellen

It was fun, lbd

9:40 pm

lbdawger

did you win?

9:41 pm

Jellen

No, I was the dealer...

9:41 pm

Minveryork

Hey are you too tired to play letterblox featherbee?

9:41 pm

featherbee

mmm, give me a minute, i can do a few

9:41 pm

lbdawger

ahh, you should have dealt yourself a few aces, jellen! ;-)

9:42 pm

stidmama

taking an eyeball break to fold some laundry. back soon to help clue more I hope. ((all)) *poof*

9:42 pm

Minveryork

I just signed in and there were no live players to play

9:42 pm

Minski

Hi Jellen {{{{HUGS}}}}

9:42 pm

Jellen

I'm going to try to recruit a dealer for the next time we play...

9:42 pm

featherbee

gotta do my scrabble game with kje first, or she whines. ;)

9:43 pm

Minveryork

Okay, I will not whine if you are too tired after that.

9:43 pm

lbdawger

you could share the dealing

9:43 pm

featherbee

didn't take long actually, saw a good one right away. ok, i'll play for about 15 minutes.

9:43 pm

featherbee

one sec

9:44 pm

lbdawger

interesting to see so many asians playing letterblox

9:44 pm

featherbee

Play me in Letterblox: http://omgpop.com/i/letterblox/1ls5o_1
t5hp

9:44 pm

featherbee

yeah?

9:45 pm

meliae

ne 6/21 please after bird homes

9:45 pm

Minveryork

ne 6/21 is the Ne****lands meliae.

9:46 pm

meliae

thank you

9:50 pm

herinfernallady

back again. HOpe this can be done

9:51 pm

meliae

pe 8/45 please

9:54 pm

herinfernallady

Mel I don't have it

9:55 pm

lbdawger

pe4.5 + scottish loch monster

9:56 pm

herinfernallady

thanks

9:56 pm

featherbee

thanks dawg and min. i'm off to bed now. night!

9:56 pm

Jellen

G'night, feather...

9:56 pm

Minveryork

Thanks for hosting featherbee! Good games! Goodbye

9:56 pm

herinfernallady

Night Feather

9:57 pm

meliae

nini Feather, sweet dreams

9:58 pm

meliae

thank you Lbd

9:59 pm

lbdawger

night night, everyone. i'm off to my pillows. see you all tomorrow!

9:59 pm

meliae

51 to go =)

10:00 pm

Jellen

G'night, lbd

10:00 pm

Minski

se6&7 just before what you did with your letter

10:00 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye lbdawger! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

10:01 pm

meliae

nini Lbd thank you for the clues

10:01 pm

daykat

can someone help me with the en/6/7 and 7 please

10:01 pm

meliae

to se***** with anger and plural......anger oozes from you

10:01 pm

Minski

oops.

10:02 pm

Minski

make that the se6&7 after what your eyes do

10:02 pm

meliae

en + what is above you past tense and plural

10:02 pm

Minski

duh! I was spelling them wrong. thanks mel

10:03 pm

meliae

the blue area above that the sun lives in =)

10:03 pm

herinfernallady

Hi.

10:03 pm

herinfernallady

Day you in WA yes?

10:03 pm

meliae

en 6 is en + what the beach boys did on the beach spelled badly

10:04 pm

meliae

rather in the ocean on waves at the beach spelled badly lol

10:04 pm

daykat

in WA herin, yes in the south

10:04 pm

Shirlockc

kn7?

10:04 pm

jmbdobie2

nice clue meliae

10:04 pm

herinfernallady

Do you have anyone in Victoria that is willing to take a soon to be 3 legged cat (cost of about $1000 for vet treatment)

10:05 pm

meliae

re words are killing me time for a break again be back in a bit

10:06 pm

daykat

hmm, have some in-laws or rather ex-inlaws in Victoria, herin, but not on real can-you-take-a-cat-type terms

10:06 pm

herinfernallady

O well thought I would put it out there

10:07 pm

daykat

now if the cat was in WA.....

10:07 pm

herinfernallady

Cost is about $1000 to fix him poor thing. Had to ask.

10:08 pm

daykat

still cant find the en/6.....

10:08 pm

daykat

whats wrong with the cat herin

10:09 pm

Minski

Got all the S words. Up to the REs. 90 left to find. might not finish tonight. must get some sleep.

10:09 pm

herinfernallady

Long story short got its foot in an old dingo style trap

10:09 pm

Jeff7

kn 7 is the Israeli political body

10:09 pm

daykat

ewwwwwww

10:10 pm

Minski

en + a medieval english dirt farmer

10:10 pm

Minski

se4

10:10 pm

Shirlockc

thx jeff

10:10 pm

herinfernallady

sorry snap style rabbit trap. Very rusty so the little guy wasn't as badly injured as he could have been poor little thing

10:10 pm

Minski

thanks didn't have that kn

10:11 pm

Jeff7

yw

10:11 pm

Minski

make that those kns

10:11 pm

Minski

88

10:13 pm

daykat

got it thank you minski!

10:14 pm

daykat

and Fireworks!!!! yay!!!

10:14 pm

herinfernallady

Day the more people know about this kitty the better the chances I say

10:15 pm

daykat

absolutely herin. Is is your cat or a stray?

10:15 pm

herinfernallady

stray. If it was my cats I would sell everything

10:16 pm

daykat

is there an RSPCA near you? they might be able to help and maybe rehome the cat

10:16 pm

daykat

yes, we have been known to go into penury for our animals

10:18 pm

Shirlockc

as a grad student i paid for dental work and thyroid surgery for my kitty

10:19 pm

herinfernallady

Rspca will put it down

10:20 pm

daykat

as very poor single mother we paid for our old cat to have surgery for cancer on her face - twice! she had to go to the University Vet clinic so we had a car sticker that said "My cat has been to University'!!

10:20 pm

herinfernallady

The kitty is about 12 months old with soon 2 be 3 legs who would want that when you can have a cute little kitten to watch grow up (HEADDESK)

10:20 pm

daykat

will they herin? If the ct is otherwise healthy..?

10:21 pm

herinfernallady

Yep. RSPCA are all about profit and shit. Excuse me but just bugs me

10:21 pm

daykat

ok, any other animal welfare places in Vic?

10:22 pm

Shirlockc

if so then why do i get appeal snail mails (ASPCA) pretty much every week

10:22 pm

herinfernallady

ASPCA is different to RSPCA

10:22 pm

firefly779

over half, literally on pretty much every word length - may i have a clue for the 10 please?

10:22 pm

Minski

Done with the Rs. Up to the Ps. 75 left to find.

10:22 pm

daykat

with that sort of expense you will need to find someone with a bit of money to spare and a very soft spot for 3-legged cats. Difficult

10:23 pm

daykat

go Minski!!!

10:23 pm

Minski

what you get at xmas + dent*** works onyour te5

10:23 pm

Shirlockc

still v. annoying, i've gotten a STACK -- no joke -- of address label stickers. the irony is the only time i've made a donation is online. I don't USE snail mail

10:24 pm

Minski

OMG! there are about 1000 pr words. thinking of turning in.

10:24 pm

herinfernallady

The one that rescued the kitty had a tripod cat

10:24 pm

daykat

you can do it Minski - go go go!!

10:24 pm

firefly779

thx Minski, got it!

10:24 pm

mixi6

de7?

10:25 pm

daykat

pudding mixi6

10:25 pm

Shirlockc

sweet course at dinner

10:26 pm

Shirlockc

2nd re6?

10:26 pm

Shirlockc

ooo, nm

10:26 pm

mixi6

ty daykat and Shirlockc

10:27 pm

Shirlockc

pe6/21 after cuteness

10:27 pm

mixi6

en7? I need both.

10:27 pm

herinfernallady

I think these t's are kicking my bad

10:27 pm

Shirlockc

en + fly the clear blue *****

10:27 pm

daykat

Its 11.30 in the morning and I'm still sitting here in my jammies - not a good look! I'd better go and turn myself into a human sometime soon

10:28 pm

herinfernallady

Day being dressed is over rated

10:28 pm

daykat

en7 - en+the blue stuff up above, plural and past

10:28 pm

mixi6

ty Shirlockc. Fireworks.

10:29 pm

Jillyjill

hi babblers!

10:29 pm

daykat

totally agree herin, jammies are much more comfy

10:29 pm

herinfernallady

hi jill

10:29 pm

herinfernallady

Day if it makes you feel better I am in my pjs and it is 130pm

10:30 pm

Shirlockc

anyone? pe6/21 after cuteness?

10:30 pm

Jellen

Yay, mixi!!!

10:30 pm

Jellen

Hi, Jilly

10:30 pm

daykat

but I might get some very odd looks if I appeared at the local shops in them

10:30 pm

herinfernallady

Day I spent the morning in public on a movie set in my pj bottoms

10:31 pm

Jillyjill

Hi Jellen!

10:31 pm

daykat

pe/6 old unit of money in Spain

10:32 pm

Shirlockc

thx daykat

10:32 pm

daykat

pe + *** the table +vowel

10:32 pm

daykat

herin, yesssssssss! love it

10:33 pm

Jillyjill

Nice clue daykat! ty

10:34 pm

Shirlockc

and the pe8? is it an extension of?

10:34 pm

daykat

ok, at this point I really will go and get something done today. herin - good luck with finding someone to love the kitty

10:34 pm

daykat

cheers everyone, have fun

10:34 pm

Uneaixoise

pe8 most irritating

10:35 pm

Minski

pr7 8 9 the first set near the top please?

10:35 pm

Shirlockc

hmmm, not accepting the most irritating

10:36 pm

Shirlockc

pre + what the stove does

10:36 pm

Shirlockc

aha! has the wrong root for the irritating

10:36 pm

Uneaixoise

try it again, shirl

10:36 pm

Shirlockc

thx une

10:37 pm

Uneaixoise

ah, ok :-)

10:37 pm

Minski

thanks shirl. that helped

10:37 pm

Shirlockc

was using the ant root

10:37 pm

Uneaixoise

aaahhhh

10:43 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Une

10:43 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, herin :-)

10:45 pm

Minski

Done with the Ps. 54 left to find.

10:45 pm

herinfernallady

I was about to cave and use more words still going out of my brain

10:47 pm

Minski

I couldn't do this game without a2zwordfinder's assistance.

10:47 pm

herinfernallady

Min i will get there when i either run out of time or run out of brain goo

10:47 pm

Uneaixoise

morewords for moi :-)

10:47 pm

Jillyjill

I use morewords..

10:47 pm

m9f9l

hi all

10:48 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, m9 ;-)

10:48 pm

Minveryork

Hello m9f9l! How are you doing? Welcome to the chog!

10:48 pm

Pinikula

evening all

10:48 pm

herinfernallady

Hi M9 yes Morewords for me but I have this OCD need to find first then used

10:48 pm

Jillyjill

Hi pini!

10:48 pm

Pinikula

hiya Jilly

10:50 pm

herinfernallady

PINIiiiiiiiiiiiii

10:50 pm

Jellen

Hi, Pini

10:50 pm

Pinikula

hiya Herin

10:50 pm

Pinikula

Hiya Jellen

10:50 pm

Pinikula

How's everyone?

10:50 pm

herinfernallady

tired and waiting for lunch

10:50 pm

Uneaixoise

weary :-)

10:51 pm

Minveryork

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

10:51 pm

m9f9l

I'm a little distracted watching the shaytards.

10:51 pm

herinfernallady

Minski I have a horrid ocd thing that is just has to be done

10:52 pm

Jillyjill

Well, not to complain, but have nasty dental issue and am using babble to take my mind off my pain :(

10:52 pm

Pinikula

Hiya Min

10:52 pm

herinfernallady

Jilly you got clove oil there?

10:52 pm

Pinikula

I'm a bit tired...may not be here too long...gotta get my beauty sleep for the drive tmw morningl..

10:52 pm

Uneaixoise

ouch, jilly :-(

10:52 pm

m9f9l

oh jillyjill...BUMMER!

10:52 pm

Pinikula

oooh, Jilly...sorry to hear...got any whiskey about?

10:53 pm

m9f9l

clove oil..yeah

10:53 pm

m9f9l

warm salt water.

10:53 pm

Jillyjill

LOL, hydrocodone and NSAID and antibiotic

10:53 pm

m9f9l

Youch!

10:53 pm

m9f9l

(and nasty taste?)

10:54 pm

Jellen

((Jilly))

10:54 pm

Jillyjill

Bridge has 3 decaying teeth, we're trying to hold on till appliance made, then pull all of them....if I can make it...otherwise will make an awesome toothless hag for halloween!!

10:54 pm

herinfernallady

i am going to cry if i put detest in one more time

10:54 pm

Minveryork

m9f9l there are lots of goodies in the PB that ta 5/10 good.

10:54 pm

Minski

with midnight quickly approaching and no hope of finishing the grid before that time, it is pumpkin time for me. nini everybody. see you on the flip maybe. thinking of zoozzoom if he's around. we're with you.

10:55 pm

Minski

goodnight....*POOF*

10:55 pm

herinfernallady

night Min

10:55 pm

Pinikula

nothing like making the best of it, Jilly! :)

10:55 pm

Pinikula

night minski

10:55 pm

Jellen

This getting up at a decent hour has worn me out...I bid you all a fond adieu!

10:55 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Minski! I'll see you tomorrow in the chat log.

10:55 pm

Uneaixoise

nite, jellen :-)

10:55 pm

Jillyjill

Well, I won't finish grid but it really does take my mind off things.

10:56 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Jellen!I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

10:56 pm

herinfernallady

love Jellen

10:56 pm

Jillyjill

Good night jellen! Thanks for the hug...back at you!!

10:56 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for et6-18? Thanks

10:57 pm

Uneaixoise

et6/18 poetic word for "always, forever"

10:58 pm

TeaNCrackers

205 left, me thinks I am not going ot make it ;)

10:59 pm

Minveryork

I gave up with 170 words at 12:21 A.M. after the flip.

11:00 pm

Jillyjill

Somehow I like the longer grids, knowing I won't finish takes all the pressure off! Now just having fun finding words...

11:01 pm

Minveryork

That is so true. When I came to babbleland tonight, I just came to chat & clue without worrying about grid

11:01 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, Uneaixoise.

11:01 pm

Jillyjill

I guess this was supposed to be fun....lol

11:01 pm

herinfernallady

1 hour less to go time for more words then lickety at the 30 min to go mark

11:02 pm

Minveryork

I got a story of clues today herinfernallady if needed.

11:03 pm

herinfernallady

Thank you min. Is it in your profile?

11:03 pm

Minveryork

Yes, it is a long story with 42 clues.You have most of the words already probably, but it is about my dog.

11:04 pm

herinfernallady

Thanks

11:07 pm

Minveryork

Has anybody noticed that archives page is different?

11:07 pm

herinfernallady

o it is too. Dr God must be rolling out changes

11:08 pm

m9f9l

off to read the story!

11:08 pm

m9f9l

I almost did that icon min!

11:09 pm

Jillyjill

I like yours m9...my hubby has that as a tattoo

11:09 pm

herinfernallady

woot I got the 10 thank you morewords

11:09 pm

Minveryork

I believe MLFAN17 and I have the same wingding icon.

11:10 pm

herinfernallady

you are right there is a million pr words

11:11 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for ne6-21 the 1st? Thanks

11:11 pm

meliae

DE 7/32 please for fireworks =)

11:11 pm

herinfernallady

Meliae how areyou?

11:11 pm

Pinikula

MEL!!!

11:11 pm

meliae

PINI! HUGS!!!

11:11 pm

Pinikula

still in PDX???

11:11 pm

meliae

doing great how are all of you

11:12 pm

Pinikula

we're havin' a babble meet this weekend...check stid's prof for details!!! (or email me!)

11:12 pm

meliae

ne 6/21 ne**** here nor there minus an 'eye'

11:12 pm

Uneaixoise

after taxes, he ne**** $5000

11:12 pm

Pinikula

(great clue)

11:12 pm

herinfernallady

good grief these P words are a giant pain in my butt

11:12 pm

Pinikula

(both of you)

11:13 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

11:13 pm

meliae

yes still in portland brb g-kids need grammy kisses before bed

11:13 pm

Pinikula

ya thing, herin?

11:13 pm

gapeach

Thanks much meliae.

11:13 pm

Minveryork

P words were a Pain in my Patootie!

11:13 pm

Pinikula

<-- is not a pain!

11:13 pm

Minveryork

They Pissed me off!

11:14 pm

herinfernallady

yep. I was just saying to b.f that I really really miss his creamy mushroom chicken

11:14 pm

Pinikula

yum, mushroom chicken!

11:18 pm

Jillyjill

Well, have 100 done, time for a pain pill and bedtime!! Niters all, see you tomorrow! Remember to keep Nancy Boy in your thoughts...he flies to Korea...

11:18 pm

Uneaixoise

nite, jilly

11:18 pm

Pinikula

Night Jilly

11:20 pm

herinfernallady

Pini I can't eat it any more but the basic recipe is chicken, mushrooms, mushroom soup and crea

11:21 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Jillyjill! I'll see you tomorrow in the chat log!

11:21 pm

Pinikula

that's it, herein...sorry you can't have it anymore...it's one of my kids' favorite :)

11:22 pm

Minveryork

I am heading out too. Remember to keep Zoozoom in your thoughts as well.I hope he got the help he needs

11:22 pm

meliae

ok back and still need the de 7/32 please

11:22 pm

Minveryork

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

11:23 pm

meliae

nini Min

11:23 pm

meliae

sweet dreams

11:23 pm

Uneaixoise

de7/32 pie, cake, ice cream

11:23 pm

herinfernallady

Pini no dramas

11:23 pm

herinfernallady

Night min

11:23 pm

TeaNCrackers

can I get some help with the en words, please? and thank you!

11:23 pm

meliae

hahahaha I saved it for last what a good grammy I am lol

11:24 pm

Pinikula

Mel...did you see my comment about our babble meet this weekend? If you're interested, email me (or check Stidmama's profile)

11:24 pm

Uneaixoise

en6/27 en + medieval slave

11:24 pm

Pinikula

no dramas?

11:24 pm

Uneaixoise

meliae :-)

11:24 pm

meliae

thank you and that is Fireworks for me not too bad 3 hourish for that grid not counting stopping to cook dinner and tend to g -kids

11:24 pm

Pinikula

wtg meli!

11:24 pm

Uneaixoise

congrats, meliae!

11:24 pm

TeaNCrackers

thanks, une

11:25 pm

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

11:25 pm

meliae

well Pini I am having a needle biopsy on a tumor in my breast tommorow at 3 so I am not so sure I would be good company this week-end but we will see

11:25 pm

Pinikula

oh, gosh, Meli...hope all turns out well!!!!!

11:26 pm

Uneaixoise

hugs and good thoughts to you, meliae

11:26 pm

meliae

well the oncologist is farily certain it is a fibroadema which is a non cancerous tumor, and I have had the mamogram and ultrasound already so that is a good thing

11:27 pm

Uneaixoise

sounds good

11:27 pm

TeaNCrackers

mel, have you had one before? the procedure itself is realtively painless

11:27 pm

TeaNCrackers

it's the mammo after they put the clip in that hurts like a mo fo

11:27 pm

meliae

the procedure is painless but the pain afterwards is what I am worried about they are taking 3- 5 samples

11:27 pm

TeaNCrackers

I am FULL of fibroadenomas

11:28 pm

meliae

no mamo after they are doing it by ultrasound

11:28 pm

TeaNCrackers

they should give you something, just take it easy after - take care of yourself!

11:28 pm

TeaNCrackers

are they not putting a clip in?

11:28 pm

meliae

and then it will be coming out soon as it is painful, but that wont be tommorow that will be next week sometime

11:29 pm

Pinikula

* sending good thoughts your way, Meli *

11:29 pm

meliae

nothing was said about any kind of a clip

11:29 pm

meliae

Thank you Pini

11:29 pm

Pinikula

I'm going to call it a night...it's an early road call in the morning...

11:29 pm

Uneaixoise

nite, pini :-)

11:30 pm

Pinikula

...will catch you "live from the babble meet"!!!!!!

11:30 pm

meliae

ok pini I will do my best to catch up with you all this week-end sometime

11:30 pm

herinfernallady

night pini

11:30 pm

Pinikula

(Meli...remember to shoot me a call (if you still have my number) and want details on how to join us!)

11:30 pm

TeaNCrackers

they never said anything about a clip to me, either, but usually they put a titanium clip in to mark the spot(s) that they take samples from, so they have the location for future reference.

11:30 pm

Pinikula

night night!

11:30 pm

meliae

{{HUGS}} Pini sweet dreams and drive safe

11:30 pm

Pinikula

* poof *

11:30 pm

TeaNCrackers

if they do that, they do a mammo after to make sure that it can be seen on films.

11:30 pm

meliae

I have it and I will, hmmm I might not still have it, e-mail it to me?

11:31 pm

meliae

bleh I will e-mail her

11:31 pm

Pinikula

(will do - repoof)

11:31 pm

meliae

well crud I wonder if they will do that to me

11:32 pm

meliae

looking over the paperwork now and I dont see that mentioned

11:32 pm

TeaNCrackers

needle biopsies are ultrasound guided

11:32 pm

meliae

yes I know that =)

11:32 pm

TeaNCrackers

I don't think that they said anything to me about that because I remember being surprised that I had to wait for a film after the procedure

11:33 pm

TeaNCrackers

sorry, I thought I erased the u/s part

11:33 pm

meliae

hmm ok

11:33 pm

TeaNCrackers

that part was a bit painful because you have to lift your arm to get everything positioned right and then of course, they pancake it!

11:44 pm

jillibus

Hi all -- Bugsaw and I are here at the Little Creek Casino Resort near Olympia :)

11:44 pm

TeaNCrackers

yay!

11:49 pm

stidmama

hello all!!!! (((Hugs for jill and bugs)))

11:50 pm

stidmama

about time you ladies showed up! I was worried you had gotten lost somewhere in the Olympics!

11:50 pm

jillibus

hi stiddie

11:50 pm

TeaNCrackers

hi stiddles!

11:50 pm

stidmama

and YAY mel!

11:51 pm

jillibus

We had a nice dinner...

11:51 pm

stidmama

and hey Tea!

11:51 pm

stidmama

I was so glad to get Bugs' phone call a couple minutes ago.

11:51 pm

stidmama

wonderful. where did you dine?

11:52 pm

stidmama

It did occur to me that maybe you need to dial 7 or 9 before you dial out of the hotel...

11:52 pm

m9f9l

hi stid

11:52 pm

TeaNCrackers

I want to be in Olympia :(

11:52 pm

jillibus

Traylor's or something near Port Angeles

11:52 pm

jillibus

we did dial 9

11:52 pm

m9f9l

wahhh...everyone is in olytown!

11:52 pm

stidmama

well come up, then! we'll be partying until Sunday... or the tired babbler equivalent of partying...

11:53 pm

TeaNCrackers

that's a loooooooong drive

11:53 pm

stidmama

oh. bummer. well, I don't know why the phones were wonky then.

11:53 pm

stidmama

yes, I know tea... sorry. but if I ever go visit my great-grandparents' graves in Susanville, I promise to pop across the border and see you...

11:53 pm

TeaNCrackers

my aunt is not doing well, so I would like to be there for her, too!

11:54 pm

stidmama

oh, I am sorry to learn that, tea. anything I can do to help?

11:54 pm

TeaNCrackers

have lots of cousins with her - she is having some issues with a disc in her back

11:55 pm

TeaNCrackers

she is the oldest sister, so she's more like a grandmother

11:56 pm

stidmama

bad discs are rough. well, I will put her back on my list then. how's your parental doing?

11:57 pm

stidmama

jill and bugs -- do you need assistance to finish?

11:57 pm

m9f9l

sigh. I'd love to come.. but gotta pay the mortgage! (late.. I hate that!)

11:57 pm

TeaNCrackers

not bad, 76 left

11:58 pm

TeaNCrackers

he's doing okay. yesterday was chemo, so he feels pretty good - they give him steroids and that helps

11:58 pm

stidmama

oh, that's too bad, m. I know about the mortgage payments... we'll be pushing our finances again this month -- the washing machine repair is around $250. And always when we have already used the savings on planned repairs.

11:58 pm

stidmama

glad he's "okay" -- I know chemo is hard on a person.

11:58 pm

stidmama

is your mother doing okay with all this?

11:59 pm

TeaNCrackers

it appears she is, but she keeps it all to herself until she cracks

11:59 pm

MLFAN17

hello

11:59 pm

stidmama

oof. my mother can be like that too -- not me though, EVERYONE knows when I am stressed out.

12:00 am

stidmama

hey again MLD

12:00 am

stidmama

oops. MLF

12:00 am

m9f9l

guesses! UM.. 147

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