Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, October 22, 2010

12:00 am

cosdem

my kind of grid! lets hope we have clues this time

12:00 am

Jellen

flip

12:01 am

hpb

Yea! I'm with you, cos!

12:02 am

flosey

oops, looks like we're on an upswing!!

12:02 am

cosdem

di 4,6

12:03 am

jillibus

flip

12:03 am

cosdem

ti 6

12:04 am

dizgrannie

ne 6...hi all

12:04 am

dizgrannie

te 6

12:04 am

BigFootedMonster

te 7

12:06 am

cosdem

ne 4,6

12:06 am

rururocks

do 7

12:06 am

BigFootedMonster

fr 7

12:07 am

rururocks

di7

12:08 am

Pinikula

fe8

12:08 am

cosdem

id 5,6

12:10 am

flosey

thanks cos, lol

12:11 am

joshuavorbis

hi and nbt

12:11 am

cosdem

stats for last I in 2nd column?

12:12 am

flosey

don't have it cos, sorry

12:12 am

cosdem

how about the O in 4th column?

12:12 am

joshuavorbis

i have io6 so far, but just got here

12:12 am

joshuavorbis

os5

12:12 am

broll

sh 7, 8

12:13 am

cosdem

thansk

12:13 am

jillibus

that's the one I'm lacking, cos, for nbt

12:13 am

BigFootedMonster

od 8

12:13 am

cosdem

ty bigfoot!

12:13 am

BigFootedMonster

yw :)

12:14 am

dizgrannie

NBT

12:14 am

jillibus

wtg diz

12:15 am

cosdem

NBT

12:15 am

flosey

wow, wd diz

12:15 am

jillibus

wtg cos

12:15 am

flosey

and cos, wtg

12:15 am

rururocks

ti7

12:16 am

cosdem

i see lickety hasnt put up clues yet :(

12:16 am

cosdem

not that i want to list yet

12:17 am

dizgrannie

te 7 x 2

12:18 am

jillibus

nbt

12:18 am

cosdem

wtg

12:18 am

rururocks

fireworks

12:18 am

flosey

wtg jilli

12:18 am

cosdem

fireworks?!

12:18 am

dizgrannie

yea Jilli

12:18 am

jillibus

looks as if Lickety's having a holiday

12:18 am

flosey

ru, you are kidding

12:18 am

BigFootedMonster

sh 7

12:18 am

joshuavorbis

is that fireworks for today or yesterday, ruru

12:18 am

rururocks

lol

12:18 am

rururocks

just kidding

12:18 am

cosdem

lol

12:19 am

cosdem

defecation is in the grid again!

12:20 am

dizgrannie

de 6 7

12:20 am

dizgrannie

make that de 6 7 8

12:21 am

rururocks

fe7

12:22 am

jillibus

boobs are here again too (ruru must have noticed)

12:22 am

cosdem

Gomez

12:22 am

cosdem

gomez's brother is in the grid

12:24 am

rururocks

fe8

12:26 am

Pinikula

is that a 2nd fe8, ru?

12:26 am

rururocks

hmm spanking fe?

12:27 am

Pinikula

nope, same one...

12:27 am

rururocks

can't find one word with the bottom i

12:27 am

dizgrannie

io 6...ru

12:27 am

joshuavorbis

i have io 6 7 6 7 so far from that one, ruru

12:27 am

jillibus

think stinging antiseptic, ruru

12:29 am

flosey

thanks josh, and jilli

12:30 am

jillibus

yw, flosey

12:30 am

rururocks

have the same four now josh thanks

12:31 am

BigFootedMonster

sh 8

12:32 am

flosey

can't get the lower right A

12:32 am

joshuavorbis

as6/7

12:32 am

jillibus

as6/21, flosey

12:32 am

flosey

thanks jilli, looking

12:33 am

BigFootedMonster

and as 7/32

12:33 am

jillibus

and what josh and bigfoot said

12:33 am

MLFAN17

hello

12:33 am

cosdem

how am i gonna finish this without a list :(

12:34 am

jillibus

same here, cos

12:34 am

MLFAN17

we are n ot going to have a list or havent gotten it yet?

12:34 am

jillibus

hi mlf -- is this one big enough for you?

12:35 am

cosdem

not yet

12:35 am

flosey

found as6 but it can't pl

12:35 am

MLFAN17

came in late so i hadnt even looked for one thanks cos

12:35 am

MLFAN17

jill oh kinda lol

12:35 am

joshuavorbis

don't plural it, make it more flosey

12:35 am

jillibus

haven't got it yet, but may not -- if Lickety isn't prompt he's often not coming

12:35 am

rururocks

the most ash flosey

12:36 am

flosey

ah, thanks josh, jilli, ru

12:36 am

cosdem

76 words and hitting the wall

12:37 am

jillibus

86 here, same wall

12:37 am

Pinikula

76 words in or left?

12:37 am

cosdem

in

12:37 am

Pinikula

hmmm...

12:37 am

dizgrannie

J's done

12:38 am

flosey

just missing the o, 4th column

12:38 am

jillibus

87 found here now

12:38 am

jillibus

a mere 222 left, lol!

12:38 am

cosdem

82 found

12:38 am

flosey

wtg jilli

12:38 am

MLFAN17

Fi 7 is not a word???

12:39 am

rururocks

200

12:39 am

joshuavorbis

211 here and feeling not so good about this grid

12:39 am

flosey

wow ru, well done

12:39 am

Pinikula

117/192 here...and hitting the pillows for real this time!

12:39 am

dizgrannie

os 5, Flos

12:39 am

flosey

I'd feel pretty darn good if I had anywhere near that josh

12:39 am

flosey

thanks diz

12:39 am

rururocks

re8 if not called

12:40 am

flosey

got it, nbt

12:40 am

jillibus

those numbers sure put me in my place

12:40 am

flosey

not at all, jilli, I just hit 70

12:41 am

cosdem

fe 6,8 if not called

12:41 am

MLFAN17

ruru do you have a 7 as well probably not related

12:42 am

rururocks

i have re 7/8 related

12:42 am

MLFAN17

i had just found a RE 7 which may or may not have been called

12:43 am

joshuavorbis

part of what i am not liking about this grid is the 35 7's. yeesh

12:44 am

dizgrannie

antone got the 9 yet???

12:45 am

dizgrannie

anYone

12:45 am

flosey

not me!

12:45 am

jillibus

100 found

12:45 am

cosdem

i need the last J word .. i cant find it :(

12:46 am

MLFAN17

i need the stats for the I's on the 2ND COLUMN please?

12:46 am

dizgrannie

je 4, jo 4 4 6 4.

12:46 am

cosdem

ok then i need jo4 thank u

12:47 am

cosdem

got it

12:47 am

cosdem

J's done

12:47 am

flosey

thanks, j blacked out

12:47 am

dizgrannie

Cos, think GI

12:47 am

dizgrannie

oops bit late...lol

12:47 am

cosdem

lol thanks though!

12:47 am

jillibus

grey J here too, ty

12:48 am

cosdem

100 words in

12:49 am

MLFAN17

2ND COLUMN i's please????

12:49 am

flosey

mlf, stupid person

12:49 am

joshuavorbis

both the i's are in the 2nd column, mlf. which one do you mean

12:50 am

MLFAN17

Both josh but i got the first one

12:50 am

MLFAN17

flosey i am not that stupid lol

12:51 am

joshuavorbis

i's: id4 5 6 io 5 6 7 6 7

12:51 am

flosey

wasn't calling you that, mlf

12:51 am

MLFAN17

i know flosey:)

12:52 am

flosey

glad!

12:52 am

jillibus

200 left now

12:53 am

MLFAN17

thanks got them

12:53 am

flosey

I'm being distracted by a very loud fly!

12:53 am

cosdem

198 left

12:53 am

jillibus

I need a break -- getting crosseyed

12:53 am

cosdem

i have 8 of the 7 words and 3 of the 8 words...

12:53 am

joshuavorbis

almost 1/3rd of my remaining words are 7's. this is not going to be fun

12:53 am

cosdem

thats it for me.. see u all tomorrow

12:54 am

flosey

goodnight cos

12:54 am

MLFAN17

2ND COLUMN T please?

12:55 am

bookwomen

to 7 plural of hot drink

12:56 am

MLFAN17

thanks book

12:56 am

MLFAN17

i just got two more words

12:56 am

MLFAN17

what does the 9 begin with?

12:56 am

flosey

thanks book

12:57 am

bookwomen

yw. we will all need one after this grid

12:57 am

MLFAN17

i got an OD 8

12:57 am

joshuavorbis

reggae mon peter and plural to4/6

12:57 am

flosey

for sure, but how about now! might help

12:58 am

MLFAN17

i got nbt at 64 words i am up to 69 words now

12:59 am

flosey

well done mlf

12:59 am

MLFAN17

thanks flosey up to 72 now

12:59 am

MLFAN17

PHANTOM either

1:00 am

MLFAN17

i am out poof

1:01 am

jillibus

icon clue posted

1:01 am

flosey

he's a cute one jilli

1:02 am

jillibus

pretty and pretty lame clue

1:03 am

Christine

Whooo, lost track of time, so a late hello to everyone.

1:03 am

jillibus

bye mlf

1:03 am

jillibus

hi Christine

1:03 am

Christine

sleep well,

1:04 am

flosey

hello Christine

1:04 am

Christine

sleep well, MLFAN17.

1:04 am

J. C.

Good morning. Well not such a good one in this dump, but still. :P

1:05 am

flosey

hi JC

1:05 am

jillibus

what dump is that, JC? And hi :)

1:05 am

J. C.

Hi, flosey.

1:05 am

joshuavorbis

phant creosote

1:06 am

Christine

If you woke up this morning in a 'dump', that'sbetter than not waking, or waking in a real dumsterp this morning, even in a 'dump', that's

1:06 am

jillibus

No hi for me, JC?

1:06 am

J. C.

Check updates, Jill. See the photo I snapped with my iphone, looking out of this hotel room window. Yet another 'room with a view'. :P

1:06 am

J. C.

You don't give anyone much chance to answer, do you, Jill? :/

1:07 am

Christine

what tthe heck happened there? I think my laptop drinks

1:07 am

J. C.

And I did speak to you...

1:07 am

J. C.

Sorry - my 'hi' was assumed. It's early!

1:08 am

J. C.

Liquid and computers don't generally mix well, Christine.

1:08 am

Christine

Did you see my post? I was trying to give you an uplifting thought.

1:09 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

1:09 am

J. C.

Ah yes, Christine - sorry, but I'm in a chat window with Laura and Jellen at present. Hard to keep up!

1:09 am

flosey

oh, thank you very much lickety

1:09 am

J. C.

Thank you, lickety.

1:10 am

joshuavorbis

phew - got to 247 but i am so using the list. thanks lickety

1:10 am

Christine

not a problem - nothing of import.

1:10 am

jillibus

Oh thank you thank you Lickety!!! This is a biggie!

1:10 am

flosey

wow josh, wtg

1:10 am

jillibus

JC -- not a lovely view from your room -- good grief!

1:11 am

J. C.

Tell me about it, Jill. I was horrified! As if the one in Jersey wasn't bad enough?!

1:12 am

dizgrannie

YEEHAAA ...OA9

1:12 am

jillibus

Who books these horrors for you, jc?

1:12 am

J. C.

Your comment's amusing, Christine - if you could see the photo I posted of the view out of my current hotel room window, you would see why. 'Dumpster' indeed - that's what the scene resembles.

1:13 am

J. C.

Yes, Jill. I think someone's job's in jeopardy. :P

1:13 am

jillibus

Couln't you post that url here, JC?

1:14 am

J. C.

No, Jill.

1:14 am

J. C.

For obvious reasons. Sigh.

1:14 am

J. C.

Do you have a Yahoo! account, Christine?

1:14 am

hpb

Yea diz! Care to clue us in?

1:15 am

J. C.

I can send an invite to the earthlink address though - will do that now.

1:16 am

J. C.

Check your email, Christine...

1:18 am

ursh

hello all - could I have the stats for the O in 4th column for nbt please

1:19 am

flosey

os5/10

1:19 am

ursh

ty flosy

1:20 am

flosey

yw ursh

1:20 am

J. C.

Hmmm. 'To fa4,7 again' is not 'to re-fa4,7'. Just so you all know. :P

1:20 am

flosey

tried it!

1:21 am

jillibus

lol, JC -- but you never know, with re words

1:21 am

J. C.

Ha! I'm relieved to see I'm not the only one who tried that. Very reassuring. ;)

1:22 am

J. C.

Oh nice. Just found the od8,50...

1:22 am

flosey

lol, doesn't de either

1:23 am

Jellen

nbt, finally!

1:23 am

jillibus

wtg jellen!

1:23 am

J. C.

How would you de-fa4,7 someone? Ah. 'Beano'.

1:24 am

flosey

thanks JC, got the od8

1:24 am

hpb

clue/stats for bottom row I?

1:24 am

flosey

well, that's what a de fa would be

1:24 am

J. C.

You're welcome, flosey.

1:25 am

jillibus

think stinging antiseptic, hpb -- variations on the theme

1:25 am

joshuavorbis

phew, fw thanks to lickety

1:25 am

Jellen

wd, josh!

1:25 am

jillibus

WOW, josh!

1:26 am

Christine

Wow, laptops doze off at the smell of alcohol, which gave me time to find about 20 words, and find my Yahoo password, and accept JC's invitation. Now what do I do?

1:26 am

flosey

well done Josh

1:27 am

helenary

hello all. i cannot seem to raise Lickety's list for today. is there some trick to it as i can only get 2 days ago. Thanks!!

1:27 am

flosey

hello helen

1:27 am

flosey

go out and come back in?

1:28 am

Christine

Maybe if you refresh?

1:28 am

jillibus

hello helenary -- can't imagine what the problem is, sorry! Can you refresh?

1:28 am

hpb

hmmm... not getting it jilli. maybe I'm too tired.

1:28 am

helenary

tried that. hi flosey

1:28 am

helenary

i'll try again

1:28 am

m9f9l

hi all. late flip for me!

1:28 am

joshuavorbis

i can give clues if anyone likes

1:28 am

J. C.

You can fi4,7 someone - as I unwisely joked about doing to our Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1993. If you do, you are not a fi4,7-er, however. Also, you cannot re-peat that act. Better get it right the first time then! ;)

1:28 am

J. C.

Hello, m9...

1:29 am

jillibus

hpb, they're io6,7,6

1:29 am

jillibus

hi m9

1:30 am

Christine

"my" et4/5 word is here, again.

1:31 am

Jellen

Hi, m9

1:31 am

J. C.

Ah. Check your email, Christine?

1:31 am

hpb

finally got a 6 and 7. thanks.

1:32 am

J. C.

I wonder if the et4,5 I just found is the one you lay claim to? If so, sorry - finder's keepers. ;)

1:33 am

hpb

nbt. time for bed.

1:33 am

m9f9l

nite hpb

1:33 am

jillibus

wtg hpb

1:33 am

jillibus

and g'night

1:34 am

Jellen

G'night, hpb

1:34 am

J. C.

Good night, hpb.

1:34 am

joshuavorbis

the oa7/9 is boat tool + underwater critter and plural

1:34 am

Christine

JC, I signed into Yahoo, and accepted your invitation, now what?

1:35 am

joshuavorbis

J.C. - did you request a connection to me on yahoo last night or around then?

1:35 am

carleekat

JC

1:35 am

jillibus

thx, josh -- !

1:35 am

carleekat

i have been WATCHING for u

1:35 am

m9f9l

thanks josh. what an odd one!

1:36 am

J. C.

Yes, carleekat?

1:36 am

J. C.

Ah sorry. Yes, Josh...

1:36 am

flosey

thanks josh,

1:36 am

J. C.

Ah, Ok Christine. Check my updates - you'll see a link to the photo I posted there.

1:36 am

carleekat

i watched your clip...i will bare in mind next t ime i meet anyone not to request last drop

1:36 am

joshuavorbis

ok - i will accept. i did not recognize who it was but i just saw that your avatar is the same guy

1:37 am

helenary

thanks all..i had to go to firefox, and give up on safari

1:37 am

carleekat

and it turns out a friend of mine..here..( fellow i grew up with).... lived for quite some time in england... a bit of a fan

1:37 am

carleekat

just wanted to pass it on

1:37 am

Christine

And will tghat show you supreme living conditions?

1:37 am

J. C.

And you can connect to several other Babblers there as well, Christine - you'll find them all in my 'Connections'. Click the 'More' link to see them all. Click each to go to their pages - the purple 'Get Updates' button to connect with them.

1:37 am

carleekat

( being a NICE people from canada and all)

1:38 am

J. C.

HAHAHA! Erm, very sarcastically speaking. :P

1:38 am

J. C.

It will show you the snap of the view out of my hotel room window, yes.

1:38 am

Christine

Okay, I'll do that, after I post my word list.

1:38 am

J. C.

Oh yes, carleekat?

1:38 am

J. C.

I sent you a connection invite too, by the way...

1:39 am

carleekat

to what dear?

1:39 am

jillibus

JC -- did you ever see my ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM?

1:39 am

carleekat

i dont do yahoo i am afraid...

1:39 am

m9f9l

can I please have stats for bottom i, and non-corner o?

1:39 am

J. C.

Yes, Jill - quite, erm, imaginative. ;)

1:39 am

bookwomen

os 5/10

1:39 am

J. C.

Ah. Well you're on there and connected with others, carleekat? So I hear.

1:39 am

m9f9l

oh.. I am going to have to go look jilli!

1:40 am

m9f9l

thanks book.. looking..

1:40 am

bookwomen

io 5/14 and variations

1:40 am

carleekat

i connected to 2... and i ahve not been back since...i am an avid fb's ( keep track of my kids and their friends that way :) )

1:40 am

lynxxx

Hello everyone

1:40 am

J. C.

Connect with the 'Acrobot Host', Christine - it's a fun acronym game we play. Jill is quite good at it!

1:41 am

jillibus

io6, 7, 6 m9

1:41 am

m9f9l

thanks jilli. .. looking....

1:41 am

J. C.

Thank you, Jill - found them. :)

1:41 am

Jellen

Hi, lynxxx

1:42 am

jillibus

yw JC

1:42 am

jillibus

Hello lyn

1:42 am

Christine

How do I find it? 'tho I must admit I'm trying to cut back on computer time. In and out of Babble, last night from 10pm flip until about 6:30 am - now that's just too too much time.

1:42 am

m9f9l

thanks jilli! found 2 so far..

1:43 am

J. C.

Ah, I'll have it connect with you - hold on.

1:43 am

m9f9l

and 3rd.

1:43 am

joshuavorbis

any other clues before i go?

1:43 am

jillibus

Christine, go to JC's contacts, or mine, and you'll find Acrobot there

1:44 am

m9f9l

the acro thing is nice though because you don't have to be at computer... something to play with while waiting in line....

1:44 am

Christine

Jillibus, I really am the least savvy when it comes to computers, so how do I find your contacts?

1:45 am

jillibus

I mean in Yahoo, Christine -- you'll see me in JC's contacts -- click on that and "get updates".

1:45 am

J. C.

You go to Jill's page and press the 'Get Updates' button to connect with her, Christine. Then once she accepts, you will have access to view everything in her page, including all her contacts - you won't see them until you're connected.

1:45 am

J. C.

Do that for anyone else you recognise there and wish to be connected with...

1:46 am

J. C.

Ah - are you two connected already? :)

1:46 am

J. C.

The third update down from the top, Christine - there's the link. Have you seen the photo?

1:46 am

jillibus

I don't know...

1:46 am

J. C.

Needless to say, they won't be getting any more of my business!

1:47 am

Christine

Okay, I'll file this in my brain, and get to it as soon as I enter the re4 of my word list.

1:47 am

J. C.

Jesse you see there, is 'NB' from here.

1:47 am

J. C.

Ah. OK...

1:48 am

carleekat

anyway JC..i wanted to pass that on... not that it is earthshattering but i thought perhaps u'd like to hear regardless

1:48 am

J. C.

Yes. Thank you, carleekat - always nice to hear. :)

1:49 am

carleekat

good night/ morning all i am off to bed..is 3 am here

1:49 am

J. C.

Sleep well, carlee. x

1:49 am

lynxxx

goodnight Carlee, sleep tight

1:49 am

Christine

sleep well, carleekat.

1:50 am

m9f9l

Jilli... you are aMAZing!!!!

1:50 am

m9f9l

and that is quite the view J.C.

1:52 am

Jellen

G'night, carlee...

1:52 am

jillibus

thanks, m9!

1:52 am

m9f9l

nbt. don't know why that os5 was so hard for me to find.

1:52 am

Christine

back soon - insomniac neighbour needs company.

1:53 am

J. C.

Yes. Yet another 'room with a view', m9. Incidentally, NoÃ«l Coward wrote that about a view from a room in his home at the time - which is now my house. Another coincidence, besides his being gay and an entertainer is that we're both originally from Teddington.

1:53 am

jillibus

wtg m9

1:53 am

m9f9l

very cool J.C. I love the movie adaptation

1:54 am

Christine

Disn't he say "don't put your daughter on the stage, Mrs ??Worthington" ... I'm off.

1:54 am

J. C.

Yes. That's a photo of the house's main entrance in my email signature, by the way.

1:54 am

jillibus

Love Noel Coward

1:56 am

Jellen

I'm fading fast...happy hunting, all!

1:56 am

lynxxx

bye Jellen

1:56 am

m9f9l

night jellen

1:57 am

jillibus

night jellen

1:57 am

m9f9l

a few of the same words as last grid.

1:57 am

m9f9l

off the c

1:57 am

J. C.

Yes. That often happens, I'm finding?

1:59 am

J. C.

Yes.

2:03 am

jillibus

oreo still doesn't work (trade name, I know)

2:04 am

J. C.

You know and know it doesn't work - yet still try it?

2:04 am

J. C.

Never mind. I've done that too. :P

2:04 am

J. C.

It's nice to have an optimistic outlook. ;)

2:05 am

m9f9l

phant distract.

2:06 am

J. C.

Yes, m9!

2:06 am

m9f9l

yay... got an 8!! nbt.. and nbs...

2:06 am

J. C.

The od8,50?

2:07 am

J. C.

Reminds me of a Bowie song...

2:07 am

J. C.

'Ground control to Major Tom...'

2:07 am

m9f9l

no.. sh8/60

2:07 am

m9f9l

Tell my wife I love her very much... she KNOWS....!

2:08 am

m9f9l

thanks for the od.

2:09 am

m9f9l

and I'm floating in the most a peculiar wa-ayy...

2:10 am

J. C.

Hmmm. Well since I gave you the clue for that 8, how about one for the other, please? ;)

2:10 am

m9f9l

need them in manual vehicles.

2:10 am

J. C.

Have you seen our Welsh friend Steve, m9?

2:10 am

J. C.

Who's in our network?

2:10 am

J. C.

He is in David's 'Ashes to Ashes' video...

2:10 am

m9f9l

I don't believe so.

2:11 am

m9f9l

the one speaking the old tongue to you?

2:11 am

J. C.

'Strange'.

2:11 am

J. C.

If you look at my connections - click the 'More' link. You'll see him there near the start, first page.

2:11 am

J. C.

Ah, yes. Taffy...

2:12 am

J. C.

He does that just to be annoying. :P

2:15 am

m9f9l

my husband always told me that nothing is as terrifying as being sworn at in Welsh. Guess it loses something if it's in writing.LOL (and if you're not a little kid being yelled at by your grandfather)

2:17 am

jillibus

ugh -- 30 re words

2:17 am

J. C.

Ah, yes. The non-Welsh speaking Taffies will try to tell you there are no swear words in Welsh, that Welsh is too 'pure' a language. Don't believe it for a moment - Steve swears up a storm in Cymraeg. :P

2:17 am

J. C.

And tells me what all the bad words mean. ;)

2:18 am

m9f9l

oh jilli... that put me onto another 8!! re8/60...

2:19 am

m9f9l

my eldest was trying to teach herself irish gaelic for a while.

2:19 am

jillibus

how nice for you, m9 ;)

2:19 am

m9f9l

the light shining out of me is in lots of colors after that one!

2:20 am

jillibus

oh, ty m9 -- got it!

2:20 am

m9f9l

yay!

2:25 am

jillibus

hmm -- re-sh4 doesn't work...

2:27 am

m9f9l

LOL.. I almost said the same thing!

2:28 am

rolin

ooohh.... 309 words on my day off..perfect!

2:28 am

m9f9l

a diff sh4 works though. as does the pl. I am the person who re7 my 4 yo all through the day.

2:28 am

rolin

fist

2:28 am

Jellen

Hi, rolin

2:28 am

m9f9l

congrats rolin

2:28 am

rolin

oooooh not a good start...lol

2:28 am

m9f9l

yup... that's one of them!

2:29 am

jillibus

I give up for now -- bedtime anyway -- night all!

2:29 am

jillibus

and *poof*

2:30 am

jillibus

(200/109)

2:30 am

flosey

good for you jilli

2:32 am

m9f9l

hi flosey!

2:32 am

m9f9l

wow. I'm at 107/203...

2:33 am

m9f9l

oh.. another 8!! fe8/60

2:34 am

m9f9l

makes me want to go out and buy hundreds of sh4s....... not!

2:34 am

flosey

hi m9, I'm just plodding along

2:35 am

m9f9l

same here..

2:35 am

jillibus

(I peeked and saw that -- ty m9!) *repoof*

2:35 am

m9f9l

1/2way seems a ways off.....

2:36 am

m9f9l

LOL.. jilli.

2:39 am

lynxxx

hi Rolin

2:41 am

Haz1558

Hello, lynxxx.

2:42 am

lynxxx

hi Haz.

2:42 am

Haz1558

We finally got a longer puzzle.

2:42 am

lynxxx

A reward for my good days work

2:42 am

Haz1558

Oh, so you're taking the credit?

2:43 am

Haz1558

What did you do to deserve it?

2:43 am

lynxxx

I deserve it! on my hands and knees scraping back layers of paint

2:44 am

Haz1558

I'll not argue with that! All those programmes showing instant renovations just don't cut it when you're in the midst of doing it yourself.

2:48 am

lynxxx

I always seem to do the prep, not sure how/why that happens. Although I do remember my husbands efforts in our first house armed with a blow torch and scraper - scary...and to top it all off with a circular sander. Those circles always showed through. Maybe I think I can do a better job - certainly not faster though

2:50 am

Haz1558

I know what you mean about the blow torch! I remember my father using one and being convinced that the house was going to go on fire. Preparation takes far longer than you ever think it's going to but it is worth it in the end. Make sure you get your fair share of the glory at the end of the project!

2:52 am

lynxxx

No problems with that

2:53 am

Haz1558

Are the layers of paint ones that you administered or have you inherited them from previous occupiers of the house?

2:55 am

lynxxx

Inherited - problem was that the quick paint job they did to tart up the house for sale involved using water base paint over original oil on all the woodwork - including multi panelled glass doors. The slightest hit/scrap meant that it peeled off

2:56 am

Haz1558

So the proof is there - no preparation = bad job = lynxxx on her hands and knees getting things right.

2:57 am

Haz1558

Will we get nice big grids for every day you're scraping?

2:58 am

lynxxx

I'll see what I can do. Did you see that DrG seems to be back on the revamp of Babble again

2:59 am

Haz1558

No - updates on facebook pass me by, I'm afraid. What's the latest?

2:59 am

flosey

l87/122 I'm off to bed, goodnight all

3:00 am

Haz1558

Goodnight, flosey.

3:03 am

lynxxx

A kind of 'brag book' for each player weirdly enough. abut previously he hadn't said anything for a couple of months. I don't do FB but do look at the site.If you are interested.....http://www.facebook.com
/group.php?gid=106468556072681&v=wall&
ref=ts

3:05 am

Haz1558

A brag book sounds weird, you're right! Thanks for the link, I'll look it up. And now I must disappear to get ready for a dentist's appointment. Just a check up and he's a nice dentist so it should be fine. See you later and enjoy 'your' grid!

3:05 am

lynxxx

bye Haz

3:14 am

rubyfoo

good morning everybody

3:14 am

lynxxx

hi Ruby

3:17 am

rubyfoo

hello lynxx. put plenty of padding under your knees!

3:18 am

lynxxx

How silly - I've got a gardening thing and forgot to bring it in. TY

3:18 am

rubyfoo

if you can believe it, I've ruined my knees just being on the floor petting dogs for an hour a day, 7 years!

3:19 am

rubyfoo

unfortunately, they are too big to pick up

3:21 am

lynxxx

I do miss cuddling a dog. Not only is Stew too big to pick up but he is too bony - and hates being cuddled/constricted. Does enjoy sharing a bed or couch though

3:22 am

sprite

morning all. Too bad you didn't go sit on your bottom all those years, rubyfoo :(

3:22 am

rubyfoo

of course, you're right, I cuddle Ruby as much for me as for her, but it is ruining my knees!

3:22 am

lynxxx

morning Sprite

3:22 am

sprite

sharing a bed/couch is nice too

3:22 am

rubyfoo

what bottom? too scrawny to be useful

3:22 am

rubyfoo

hello sprite

3:22 am

sprite

that is what cushions are for, lol

3:23 am

rubyfoo

for some reason, not one of our chows (5, over the years), has ever gotten up on the furniture

3:23 am

rubyfoo

orca

3:23 am

rubyfoo

oars

3:23 am

rubyfoo

trace

3:23 am

rubyfoo

strafe

3:23 am

rubyfoo

race

3:23 am

sprite

rubyfoo is on a roll

3:24 am

rubyfoo

oh, so sorry!!! slinking away to the pb for some more coffee

3:24 am

lynxxx

I know, wish she would do ones I don't have

3:24 am

jhb

ruby thanks - yu must have known I have just come in and havent started - now I have.

3:24 am

sprite

lol

3:24 am

lynxxx

morning jhb

3:24 am

sprite

hi jhb!

3:24 am

rubyfoo

I'm so sorry, I was just so happy to see sprite, that I lost track of what I was doing!

3:24 am

lynxxx

oops not morning - evening

3:24 am

sprite

omg I found an 8 right away

3:25 am

rubyfoo

notice, I didn't put any 8's in by mistake.....

3:25 am

jhb

Hi everyone. Just come in from a cheap and cheerful dinner with a friend. Now looking at the grid before turning in.

3:25 am

rubyfoo

hello jhb

3:25 am

rubyfoo

what kind of gfood?

3:25 am

rubyfoo

food*

3:25 am

jhb

farce

3:25 am

sprite

life can be good, can't it, jhb

3:26 am

sprite

never eaten farce, how does it taste?

3:26 am

jhb

Oops - sorry. I got carried away and forgot to move the cursor back. But I know you all have that easy one anyway.

3:26 am

jhb

Sure can sprite.

3:26 am

rubyfoo

is gfood a portmanteau word?

3:26 am

rubyfoo

I didn't, so thank you, jhb

3:27 am

rubyfoo

like eating crow? but laughing

3:27 am

sprite

it may be childish but am having so much fun about this, lolll

3:27 am

jhb

And I will get a telling off from my Big sister if she is on tonight. And yes ruby farce can be pretty funny but you need lots of good red to wash it down.

3:27 am

rubyfoo

I love this grid!

3:28 am

jhb

How many words do I have to get tonight?

3:28 am

sprite

just a mere 309

3:28 am

lynxxx

309

3:28 am

jhb

Moving cursor back to rightful place.

3:29 am

jhb

So whats 309 minus 57? Plenty huh?

3:29 am

sprite

304 and counting down

3:30 am

rubyfoo

first 50 were easy; let's see about the next 150!

3:30 am

jhb

Good evening/morning/afternoon

3:30 am

jhb

istine are you there?

3:30 am

jhb

That's supposed to be Christine -

3:31 am

sprite

oh my she will never show this way, jhb. Use her full name, lol.

3:31 am

Christine

Hello, just came back. Jow's everyone this morning, evening, night?

3:31 am

sprite

hi Christine :) See, it helped.

3:31 am

rubyfoo

gd morning, Christine

3:31 am

sprite

am ok, happy to see my girl again this afternoon after a school camp that took all week.

3:31 am

jhb

I guess had too much red tonight ruby but enjoying the chat anyway. And you see my sister cant type/spell either. See asks Joh is everyone.

3:32 am

Christine

Sprite -- you remembered our chat about names and my distaste for abreviations.

3:32 am

rubyfoo

oh, night! you must be a big partier!!!

3:32 am

sprite

it runs in the family, I see, lolol

3:32 am

jhb

Think I'll give it up tonight - spelling gone to the dogs and I really didn't have any red with dinner.

3:32 am

rubyfoo

so you are sisters! how lovely

3:32 am

rubyfoo

I wish my sister would get a computer

3:32 am

sprite

I did, Christine!

3:33 am

jhb

So sprite - are you claiming sistership with Christine?

3:33 am

sprite

huh? No, that would be your job, jhb. I can only claim babble friendship.

3:34 am

Christine

I posted earlier that I was in and out of Babble from the flip at 10pm until about 6:30am. That's really too much time on the computer, and I'm gonna cut down ... but I don't know when.

3:34 am

Christine

I really enjoy the chat as much/ more than the game.

3:35 am

sprite

chat here is often great. Wonderful people.

3:36 am

rubyfoo

I used to love the original scrabulous. Then it eroded to lexulous. now the format has changed and I don't like it any more

3:36 am

rubyfoo

the chat here is much better and more interesting. We all share more, much of it really interesting and helpful information

3:37 am

rubyfoo

and the emotional support is a marvel; many of us need it from time to time

3:38 am

sprite

I like it that sometimes the chat is deep and meaningful, and another time it is funny or even hilarious. And I like it that by far most people are kind and caring here... and intelligent.

3:38 am

rubyfoo

this game is much harder than scrabble

3:38 am

rubyfoo

yes, and frequently it is the only funny spot in the whole day!

3:39 am

sprite

only if you want to finish grids, grin.

3:39 am

jhb

I am delighted to have stumbled across such a caring community. People helping each other whether kind words or a laugh it is genuine friendship.

3:40 am

sprite

yes, for a virtual community this one is really amazing.

3:40 am

rubyfoo

sallyds recommended it to me, but I never see her in the chat. I think she is a sweet, shy lurker! {{sallyds wherever you are}}

3:41 am

rubyfoo

and even in the short time I've been part of it, we have had our share of tragedies and a few joyous things.

3:41 am

rubyfoo

and there is a lost of very good-natured jo**ing

3:41 am

sprite

I'd really wish more of the shy lurkers would chat... they really don't know how welcome they are, to either talk a lot or just drop an occasional line. I love meeting more of us.

3:42 am

rubyfoo

and look whose pup is in here again; sprite is very well connected!!!!

3:42 am

sprite

lol, he is 20 months now, don't let him hear you ;)

3:43 am

Lilecama

hello all! just caught you're last chat sprite... How do you know there ARE lurkers?

3:43 am

Christine

How did y'all find Babble? I read a blog "Chocolate & Zucchini" and the blogger mentioned playing wjhen she lived US. That was back in 2004, and I've been in and out since then. Then Judith & Marianne came in, then we were off for a while, but I'm hoping Otherr Sister can find time to join us.

3:44 am

rubyfoo

hello lilecama! Every now and then a lurker will say "Fireworks"

3:44 am

sprite

hi Lile! Because much more people play than chat, as proven by the rankings.

3:44 am

jhb

There must be loads of lurkers. Look at who's online.

3:44 am

rubyfoo

after we've been babbling and babbling for hours

3:44 am

sprite

Christine, I was told about it by ConXshun, who still plays now and again but hardly ever chats.

3:45 am

lynxxx

You can look at Who's OnLine tab above too...though that will also show all the Babblers who don't log off at all (like me)

3:45 am

rubyfoo

fera is a French lake fish :(

3:45 am

sprite

rubyfoo goes back to the PB!

3:45 am

rubyfoo

but enable didn't accept it

3:45 am

jhb

Not fair - she is only trying to help the laggers like me.

3:46 am

rubyfoo

I tried it twice!

3:46 am

lynxxx

the last word Ruby

3:46 am

sprite

I have to be firm about it, jhb, or chaos will ensue... but the PB is actually a great place to be. Stocked up the cupboards and fridge myself this morning.

3:46 am

sprite

grin rubyfoo... other word

3:47 am

rubyfoo

hahahah I didn't even see that. And still wouldn't have. So thanks, lynxx, and sorry for putting my foot in it again

3:47 am

jhb

Oh alright and I have to admit I got caught - I put the word into the grid after seeing it. Embarrassed grin!

3:47 am

sprite

Well done :)

3:47 am

rubyfoo

but fe** (see how careful I am now?) is the best fi** in our lake

3:49 am

sprite

enable is unpredictable, partial and crazy

3:50 am

sprite

isn't the crew of rich showoffs the j**s**?

3:50 am

lynxxx

phantoms: tenrec and teiid

3:51 am

rubyfoo

for sure! like us raofl

3:51 am

lynxxx

nice Sprite

3:51 am

sprite

yeah but it does not take!

3:51 am

sprite

very good phantoms, lyn! Pro babbler phantoms for sure.

3:52 am

rubyfoo

and what about the cookie, or**

3:52 am

Christine

I know ROFLMAO, but what is RAOFL ?

3:52 am

rubyfoo

rolling around on floor laughing

3:52 am

rubyfoo

close

3:52 am

sprite

rolling ar4 on floor laughing?

3:52 am

Christine

Oh, tolling around on floor, laaughing ?

3:52 am

Christine

snap.

3:52 am

jhb

ROFLMAO Christine?

3:53 am

sprite

*evil grin*

3:53 am

Christine

but I prefer to toll around.

3:53 am

rubyfoo

yes, christine, that's even harder.....

3:53 am

sprite

rolling on floor laughing my ar4 off

3:53 am

rubyfoo

or loll around which is my specialty

3:53 am

jhb

Do you toll before ir after wireforks?

3:54 am

sprite

during, mostly

3:54 am

Christine

Judith see Sprite at 3:51

3:55 am

Christine

Would anyone like a nice cup of tea? or a cup of nice tea?

3:55 am

sprite

I could use both, thanks

3:55 am

jhb

Yes please. Lemon and giner if you have it.

3:55 am

rubyfoo

I would love one, thank you, with milk please

3:55 am

rubyfoo

giner?

3:55 am

jhb

Golly that spirit is in here again - it should be ginger.

3:56 am

rubyfoo

or maybe you meant gin, like a hot toddy of sorts

3:56 am

sprite

you know, jhb, we babblers can read through occasional typos like nobody's business! Don't worry about it.

3:57 am

jhb

Yes but I did train as a Secretary many moons ago. Should be able to type

3:57 am

sprite

lemon, gin and ginger? As my not so dear father would say, you can make sh4 taste good with all that.

3:57 am

sprite

you are able to type. Just not always perfectly, in chat... like most of us, grin.

3:57 am

jhb

Very good sprite and he was probably right

3:57 am

rubyfoo

like Julia Child, just add 1/2 lb of butter

3:57 am

sprite

yep, in that respect he probably was, lol.

3:58 am

rubyfoo

you can eat yuor bedroom slipper

3:58 am

jhb

Think I'll go and make myself a cup of tea as my big sister is all talk.

3:58 am

sprite

nah just give her time, her tea is always so lovely

3:59 am

rubyfoo

104 painless words. Now it will probably get harder.....

3:59 am

jhb

Lovely talking to you all. See you tomorrow maybe. Good luck with the grin, grin and the gin. See how cleaver this babbler is- changes words by changing letters.

3:59 am

Lilecama

Sorry - phone went.. Had to scroll waaaayyyyy down for your answer, Sprite.

4:00 am

rubyfoo

4:00 am

sprite

bye jhb, sleep well

4:00 am

rubyfoo

does anybody have the 9?

4:00 am

jhb

Should have been grid, grin and gin. Oh well lol and rofl

4:00 am

lynxxx

night jhb

4:00 am

sprite

awful when real life interferes, isn't it Lile :D

4:00 am

sprite

not me yet, rubyfoo

4:00 am

rubyfoo

or, as christine said ROFLMAO!

4:01 am

Lilecama

nuisance sometimes, indeed! ;(

4:01 am

Kallia

morning all

4:01 am

rubyfoo

I thought this was real life and the rest was an illusion!

4:01 am

rubyfoo

hello kalia

4:02 am

lynxxx

hi Kallia

4:02 am

sprite

hey Kallia

4:02 am

sprite

close, rubyfoo, very close

4:03 am

Kallia

been lurking this morning, am off for a long weekend and needed my fix before I go lol

4:03 am

Lilecama

ah, that;s it!... when i answer the phone I'm off to dream land.. nice image

4:03 am

sprite

argh, the evil tooth torturer is not a phantom today

4:03 am

Kallia

nope he is not Sprite

4:03 am

dizgrannie

wow one word over halfway...thought I was going well but have hit a blank...lol

4:03 am

ConXshun

ok, ok.... here I am... Just noticed the chat about lurkers. Which I admit I am. Please allow me to explain... If I chat,, I can't hunt. My attention is more on the chat than on the grid. I play because I like to hunt. I get very distracted by the chat. so I don't do it. I DO VERY MUCH appreciate the chat tho.... :)

4:03 am

sprite

where are you going, kallia? Fun plans?

4:04 am

sprite

heyyyy ConXshun :) Sooo nice to see you.

4:04 am

rubyfoo

I missed him. But mine is a sweetie; he has a farm outside of Geneva where he raises St. Bernards and FLAMINGOES

4:04 am

Kallia

I have done all I can manage today...177 words, am happy with that

4:04 am

Lilecama

hello sprite!...

4:04 am

lynxxx

hi ConXshun...nice to see you if only for a moment

4:04 am

lynxxx

BBL

4:04 am

rubyfoo

{{conxshun}} that's OK

4:04 am

sprite

wtg Kallia

4:05 am

Lilecama

see here I go, staring at the chat instead of the grid... and I can't seem to do both together :(

4:05 am

sprite

(conXshun and I are real life friends too)

4:05 am

Kallia

yep Sprite, I am of to Brecon to stay with an arty friend, and we are taking a course in Chepstow Castle

4:05 am

sprite

hi again Lile ;)

4:05 am

Lilecama

is that what it's like Con?

4:05 am

sprite

sounds great, Kallia, what kind of course?

4:06 am

Kallia

it's an arty course...I do mixed media and this is all about using friendly plastic

4:06 am

ConXshun

you recognise the problem lile?

4:06 am

rubyfoo

I hadn't noticed, conX has a Dutch flag, too!

4:07 am

rubyfoo

sounds like fun Kalia, and in a castle, to boot!

4:07 am

sprite

sounds very creative, Kallia. Have a lovely time :)

4:07 am

Christine

Goodnight, Judith, God bless

4:07 am

Kallia

yep, my Friend is the Education officer for the Welsh castles

4:07 am

ConXshun

Sprite and I live in the same part of the netherlands...

4:07 am

sprite

yeah but ConXshun's english is much better

4:08 am

Kallia

well conX's english must be better then mine if that is the case!

4:08 am

ConXshun

but sprite is better at finding words....

4:08 am

Lilecama

yeah I do con.... I say hello - to let everyone know I'm around. help when I can, occassionally put my penny worth's in and hunt inbetween times.

4:09 am

ConXshun

and I grew up in the UK.... :)

4:09 am

Kallia

are you English conX?

4:09 am

sprite

((((ConX)))))

4:09 am

rubyfoo

no body lives near here!

4:10 am

ConXshun

Well, lile, maybe I need to practice....

4:10 am

rubyfoo

and virtually no English-speakers in the village

4:10 am

Christine

Lilecama, what is your icon ?

4:10 am

Lilecama

some kind op nebula. christine

4:11 am

ConXshun

No. Kallia, I'm dutch - moved to UK when I was 7 - moving back to NL at 27

4:11 am

Kallia

got to go get ready for the off...have a great day folks

4:11 am

Kallia

bye

4:11 am

ConXshun

bye kallia

4:11 am

sprite

have a great weekend, Kallia

4:11 am

rubyfoo

have a wonderful time, kalia!

4:11 am

Lilecama

see you kallia

4:12 am

Christine

Beautiful, Lilecama

4:12 am

Lilecama

thanks christine, the universe is indeed beautiful!

4:12 am

sprite

have you read the mole books, ConX?

4:13 am

ConXshun

ok - hearts going apesh*t. Too many conversations in the chat for me to handle. Sorry folks. Off to my lurkers corner.....

4:13 am

Christine

ConXshun, is your icon a Celtic design? it seems to be one long ribbon, winding around.

4:13 am

sprite

bye ConX, take care

4:13 am

ConXshun

Oh - sprite! the mole books were GREAT.... Galen's reading them too, that's why we still have them....

4:13 am

Christine

sleep well, ConXshun.

4:13 am

sprite

oh wonderful! So glad you are enjoying them.

4:14 am

ConXshun

found it on the net, christine. thanks, sprite. Now I must be off. bye all! Till I'm pulled out of my lurkers corner again...

4:15 am

rubyfoo

taking a break at 124. Lovely chat, thanks all. See you later

4:15 am

sprite

*hugs*

4:15 am

rubyfoo

4:15 am

Lilecama

bye con! keep practicing!

4:15 am

sprite

bye for now rubyfoo

4:16 am

Christine

Goodnight, all ... tho' I'm sure to be back in a very little while.

4:16 am

sprite

hurry back Christine

4:16 am

Lilecama

bye christine! see you soon!

4:19 am

sandrafrances

morning all how many words today please

4:19 am

sprite

309 sandra, good morning

4:19 am

sandrafrances

thanks

4:22 am

sprite

and I found the 9, in case anyone wants to have stats

4:23 am

sandrafrances

please

4:23 am

marigold

d

4:23 am

sprite

oa9/78, think sea life. Compound.

4:23 am

diann

morning all including sandrarances. How many words today please?

4:24 am

sandrafrances

309 diann

4:24 am

sprite

hello diann

4:24 am

sandrafrances

how is diann this morning

4:24 am

diann

I am ok - and you?? Only just switched the computer on - aol was down.

4:25 am

sandrafrances

oh dear

4:25 am

sandrafrances

i am ok thanks

4:25 am

sandrafrances

i am ok thanks

4:25 am

sandrafrances

i am ok thanks

4:26 am

diann

u have told me 3 times that you are ok - have you a stutter on your computer???

4:26 am

sandrafrances

oops there are gremlins this morning. it is running a few seconds behind!!!

4:26 am

diann

fist

4:26 am

diann

fish

4:26 am

diann

fishes

4:26 am

diann

tits

4:26 am

sprite

lol you are doing great, both of you

4:26 am

sandrafrances

diann you are typing in the wrong column

4:26 am

diann

oops!!!

4:28 am

sandrafrances

i have the 9. hooray!!!

4:28 am

Lilecama

dreamlife is calling me!!!! see you later everyone!

4:29 am

sprite

have a good day, Lile

4:29 am

sprite

gratz sandra

4:40 am

zoozzoom

Hello, All :-)

4:41 am

sprite

heee zooz!

4:41 am

sprite

how are you today?

4:41 am

zoozzoom

How are you, Spritey, on this sunny cold day?

4:41 am

zoozzoom

I am well thanks :-)

4:42 am

sprite

hehehe :)
I am ok, looking forward to seeing my daughter again after a week of school camp.

4:43 am

zoozzoom

Plenty of hugs will be the order of the day then, plus lots of wonderful gossip, i am sure :-)

4:44 am

sprite

yes for the hugs. No for the gossip... I bet she is dead tired. She'll want to hang on me for the rest of the day, then eat, then sleep. Probably a shower in between somewhere.

4:44 am

zoozzoom

Oh bless her, hope she has had a wonderful time.

4:45 am

sprite

looks like she had. The school has a website and the reports about this week look very good. They had loads of rain and hail, but the spirit was strong.

4:46 am

zoozzoom

You can always trust the weather to get in the way, but sounds good that it did not spoil there fun :-)

4:47 am

Soodle

Hello Sprite & Zooz :-)

4:47 am

sprite

hey Soodle :)

4:47 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Soodle :-)

4:47 am

Soodle

How old is your daughter, Sprite? My 15 yr old is just back from a 'Bonding Trip' - but they were calling it the Bondage Trip!!!

4:48 am

zoozzoom

How are you, Soodle?

4:48 am

zoozzoom

oh my, not sure if i would like to know the details , Soodle..lol

4:48 am

Soodle

I am very well, thank you Zooz. Bank holiday weekend here ..... YAY! How are you?

4:48 am

sprite

it is a good school. They do this week in the first year to help build the class spirit. Bad weather actually helps, I think, lol. They had a nightly orientation walk where they really needed eachother to get through, the weather was so awful.

4:49 am

sprite

she is 12, Soodle!

4:49 am

zoozzoom

I feel good today, thank-you.

4:49 am

sprite

hehehe, Bondage trip! That young!

4:49 am

zoozzoom

orts

4:49 am

Soodle

Zooz - there were 36 x 15 yr old girls. I think it was pretty harmless. Zooz - So glad to hear your in good form!

4:49 am

zoozzoom

oh, poo...very sorry, All.

4:50 am

Soodle

Nope! I didn't have that one, Zooz. Ta!

4:50 am

sprite

fireflies! Anything I may help with before I go do some chores?

4:51 am

zoozzoom

thanks for the offer, Spritey, but i have 251 to find.

4:51 am

Soodle

Yay Sprite! No, thank you - I will bumble along for another while!

4:52 am

sprite

remember to plural, use the robot ending, try comparatives and superlatives and past tenses!

4:52 am

zoozzoom

oh yes, nearly forgot, WTG Spritey!

4:52 am

sprite

Soodlebumbles!

4:52 am

zoozzoom

thanks for the adive, duely noted

4:53 am

Soodle

LOL

4:53 am

zoozzoom

advice*

4:53 am

sprite

*hugs to both of you* and have fun

4:53 am

zoozzoom

(((Spritey)))

4:54 am

Soodle

Sorry to abandon you Zooz - I gotta go and do stuff.....

4:54 am

zoozzoom

thats, ok, will dive into the grid, nice to see you Soodle :-)

5:03 am

redturtlehead

Oooooooh I have to go to work and it is SUCH a nice looking grid.

5:03 am

zoozzoom

Hope work goes well for you, Red, yes the grid is smooth so far.

5:03 am

redturtlehead

see you all tonight.

5:04 am

zoozzoom

take care, Red.

5:12 am

Scrabbler

Hello everyone!

5:16 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Scrabs :-)

5:16 am

zoozzoom

How are you?

5:16 am

Scrabbler

Hi Zoom, how are you doing?

5:17 am

zoozzoom

I am good, thanks :-)

5:17 am

Scrabbler

Very nice. Enjoying this big grid?

5:17 am

zoozzoom

Yes, about time we had a decent sized grid..lol

5:18 am

zoozzoom

it seems to be going smoothly too.

5:18 am

Scrabbler

These big ones are fun, just locating words & typing away.

5:19 am

zoozzoom

i am starting to find, that i am entering words without even thinking about it..lol

5:20 am

Scrabbler

Sometimes, with certain grids, I assume certain words MUST be there, so I type them in and often that works.

5:21 am

zoozzoom

Thank-you Scrabs, that was what i was trying to say..lol

5:21 am

Scrabbler

It's fun, isn't it?

5:21 am

lynxxx

hello Zooz and Scrabs

5:22 am

Scrabbler

Hi Lynxxx. I never finished yesterday's grid. Do you recall what the 10 was?

5:22 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Lynxxx!

5:23 am

Sally-catlover

Hi scrabbler. Tattletale.

5:23 am

lynxxx

That took a bit of thinking - tattletale

5:23 am

lynxxx

hi Sally

5:23 am

Sally-catlover

Ahd hi everyone!

5:23 am

Scrabbler

Aha. TY! Hi Sally!

5:24 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Sally :-)

5:24 am

lynxxx

I haven't seen you for ages Scrabbs...everyone OK?

5:24 am

varumba

hellooo babblers... wow, a big grid today!

5:24 am

varumba

and and and....w e have licketyu's list!!!!! hoooooorayyyyyy

5:24 am

Scrabbler

Hi Varumba

5:24 am

lynxxx

hi Varumba

5:24 am

varumba

hey scrab and lynxxx

5:24 am

zoozzoom

hello, Varumba

5:25 am

varumba

hey zooooooz like your name ;)

5:26 am

zoozzoom

lol, thanks..it was supposed to be `zoomzoom` but i did not enter it correctly at the time..lol

5:26 am

Sally-catlover

lol zooz.

5:26 am

varumba

lmao... have you tried emailing the webmaster to have it corrected? It happened to me on another site... type too quickly and didn't realise i had forgotten a letter... emailed the webmaster asked if my screenname could be changed, and voila!

5:27 am

lynxxx

ahh my daughter is singing while she washes di6.24, I upset her badly yesterday but she seems OK and getting on with it all - whew!

5:27 am

Scrabbler

Oh, now I understand. You can write to Dr_God and have him correct it. Several Babblers have even changed their names.

5:27 am

varumba

lol

5:27 am

varumba

are we making sentences including clues to todayu's words?

5:27 am

zoozzoom

i did think about it, then after alot of people just type, zoo or zooz, i thought it would not make a difference :-)

5:28 am

Scrabbler

Minveryork often does long stories with grid clues.

5:28 am

lynxxx

not me Varumba

5:28 am

Sally-catlover

I don't really like clues unless I'm really stuck. I do take advantage of words mis-typed in the chog though!

5:28 am

varumba

fair enough zoooooooooom

5:29 am

zoozzoom

Glad to hear that you both have made up then lynxxx...nothing worse than the big sulk..lol

5:29 am

zoozzoom

LOL, Varumba.

5:30 am

Sally-catlover

Have to go for a moment, husband back from doctor.

5:30 am

lynxxx

It wasn't quite that Zooz, but I am very relieved that she seems happy today

5:31 am

varumba

syl sally

5:31 am

zoozzoom

bye for now, Sally.

5:35 am

lynxxx

wow - I have hit a brick wall with 100 still to find

5:36 am

varumba

well, it IS big grid

5:36 am

zoozzoom

i am 30 behind you, Lynxxx.

5:37 am

Scrabbler

229 to go

5:37 am

varumba

yes, i've just started too.... 218

5:37 am

lynxxx

stop lagging behind Scrabbs - hurry up

5:38 am

Scrabbler

*typing furiously*

5:38 am

varumba

lol

5:39 am

zoozzoom

nesh

5:39 am

zoozzoom

not a word

5:39 am

lynxxx

neither is neddies

5:40 am

Lilecama

hello all - back again for a while. DID YOU ALL KNOW THAT IT'S INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY TODAY? :)

5:40 am

zoozzoom

oh, hahaha, i did try that one earlier, Lynxxx

5:40 am

Scrabbler

And ditto = phantom. Hi Lile

5:40 am

varumba

hi lile

5:40 am

Scrabbler

Is that for real, Lile?

5:40 am

zoozzoom

NO THANKS FOR TELLING US SO LOUDLY..LOL

5:41 am

lynxxx

hi Lil

5:41 am

Lilecama

LOL! ZOOZZOOM - 'TIS RATHER LOUD, ISN'T IT?

5:46 am

Lilecama

DID I FRIGHTEN EVERYONE AWAY?

5:46 am

zoozzoom

Sorry, i could not type, had my fingers in my ears..LOL

5:47 am

Lilecama

YOU COULD GET SOME EARPLUGS ;)

5:47 am

varumba

seriously lile, are you gonna scream all the way through?

5:48 am

zoozzoom

lol

5:48 am

Lilecama

WHAT ELSE CAN I DO ON INTERNATIONAL CAP LOCKS DAY - TIS ONLY ONCE A YEAR - AND SOMETIMES SCREAMING IS SOOOO MUCH FUN

5:49 am

varumba

<<<<runs to get some eye blinds (or whatever you callt hose things ppl put on their face when trying to block out somethign from their eyes)

5:49 am

Lilecama

LOL VARUMBA... IS IT REALLY THAT DISTURBING?

5:49 am

varumba

<<<<nodds furiously

5:51 am

Lilecama

OOOH :( HAVE YOU GOT A SUGGESTION FOR A SOLUTION?

5:51 am

varumba

easy..... closing down chat box ;)

5:52 am

Lilecama

OK. I'll Tone Down A Bit. Don't Want You To Close Down THe Chat Box Cos Of Me... THere. Is This Better?

5:53 am

lynxxx

much better TY from me too...the caps really jump out

5:54 am

Lilecama

Also Good Practice For 'How To Get Noticed', Lynxxx ;)

5:55 am

lynxxx

I am past that so I'll remember not to 'cap'

5:56 am

zoozzoom

yay, found the 9

5:56 am

Lilecama

YAY, Zoozzzoom.

5:57 am

FMitch

wtg zooz, what are the stats?
Hi lynxxx and shouty person!

5:57 am

zoozzoom

oa 9/78 compound word

5:57 am

lynxxx

hi FM - covering chat - haven't found the 9 yet

5:57 am

zoozzoom

Hello, FM :-)

5:58 am

zoozzoom

s

5:58 am

zoozzoom

o

5:58 am

zoozzoom

o

5:58 am

zoozzoom

r

5:58 am

zoozzoom

r

5:58 am

zoozzoom

y

5:58 am

Lilecama

Ooooh, Shouty Person - Must Be Me... (silent grin). Hello FMitch

5:58 am

zoozzoom

l

5:58 am

FMitch

thanks zooz will bear that in mind

5:58 am

zoozzoom

y

5:58 am

zoozzoom

n

5:58 am

zoozzoom

x

5:58 am

zoozzoom

ok it is safe now Lynxxx

5:59 am

FMitch

Dives back in.

6:00 am

Lilecama

hmmm, seem to have stirred things a bit. I'll pass it on to the inventors of the NCD. Not a good day for Babblers. How sad

6:01 am

lynxxx

How considerate Zooz TY

6:01 am

zoozzoom

lol, your welcome.

6:03 am

zoozzoom

Don`t be dis-hearted lilecama :-)

6:04 am

Lilecama

but I am. zoozzoom.. :( I've upset people, and I can't shout anymore... and i was So Happy with International Cap Locks Day.... Thought it might be so much fun... :'( sniff, sniff

6:07 am

lynxxx

not upset Lilecama, non caps is just a thing here

6:07 am

zoozzoom

i am not upset, either :-)

6:09 am

Kateq

fa 7/44? darned if I can find it....

6:09 am

zoozzoom

fa7/44 not near + on the edge sort of

6:10 am

Lilecama

sniff, thanks both, *blows nose*. Varumba;s disappeared tho. CLosed the chat, she did. I suppose the non caps thing makes it like a library. Quiet for concentration.

6:11 am

lynxxx

Nooooo - that's not after those cartoons is it!! TY Zooz

6:11 am

zoozzoom

fa7/44 not near + whos **** are you on?

6:11 am

bubba218

Thanks Zoozzoom, thats fireworks

6:11 am

Lilecama

Sometimes it's good to do things different tho - even for a short while..... isn't it? Keeps it flexible

6:11 am

zoozzoom

WTG Bubba!

6:11 am

lynxxx

Congrats Bubba - and hello

6:11 am

zoozzoom

this is true, Lilcama :-)

6:12 am

zoozzoom

yw Lynxxx

6:12 am

Lilecama

*whispers* well done bubba.

6:12 am

bubba218

Hi Lynxxx

6:12 am

Kateq

ah---like the comics--I'm slow this sm--ty!

6:12 am

Kateq

*am

6:12 am

zoozzoom

yw :-)

6:15 am

zoozzoom

to be honest, i did not know about the `far side` comics, just googled them..lol

6:15 am

EspritdJean

and how you can go to the pb zooz lol

6:16 am

lynxxx

the page a day calenders were very popular here

6:16 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Jean..i think i should be in living in there..opps, sorry.

6:16 am

lynxxx

hi Espritd, good to see you

6:16 am

EspritdJean

hi lyn

6:17 am

EspritdJean

:-)

6:17 am

EspritdJean

those cartoons did have some good insights

6:17 am

Christine

Poor little Lilecama, wanted to jump up and down, and twirl around ... well, we'll give 'em fair warning next year, and you can SHOUT!!! for two postings on that day, okay??

6:18 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Christine :-)

6:18 am

varumba

hi every1!

6:18 am

varumba

bk for a few

6:19 am

zoozzoom

wb Varumba

6:19 am

varumba

ty :)

6:19 am

Lilecama

*looks up from sodden tissue* Two whole postings, christine? thank you, that's very kind.

6:23 am

Christine

Hello, all. I posted a while ago that I'm gonna spend less time online; yesterday I came in at the 10pm flip, in and out until 6:30am, just too much time. So, tonight, I signed off, put away the laptop and took up my book and tea for a while -- and had withdrawal pangs, so I'm back, in and out, looking for lost words.

6:23 am

varumba

lmao chris

6:24 am

varumba

trying to give up babbles is just pointless, lol

6:24 am

zoozzoom

lol, yes this is soo addictive :-)

6:24 am

Christine

Once a year, two (reasonably sized) postings, I think we can all live with that.

6:25 am

Lilecama

THere's alway the BA, christine....

6:25 am

zoozzoom

most of us are members of the BA..lol

6:26 am

Christine

I'm sorry, what is the BA

6:26 am

Lilecama

*chirps up* Ooooh, *checks back to see length of postings today.... sees there's more than two, slumps back down but not as far as was....*

6:26 am

Christine

Babblers Anonymous --- duh

6:26 am

zoozzoom

lol

6:26 am

Lilecama

Babbler's anonymous. Just think of all the lurkers!!

6:27 am

Christine

thinking of rotten old Bank of America

6:27 am

Lilecama

lol!

6:27 am

lynxxx

Goodnight all

6:27 am

Lilecama

bye lynxxx

6:27 am

varumba

bye lynxxx! sweet dreams and sys

6:27 am

zoozzoom

Take care, Lynxxx

6:29 am

varumba

oh dear, already using lickety's and more words... and still 122 to go!!! this is gonna be a looong onw

6:29 am

varumba

one*

6:30 am

zoozzoom

57 left, and am thinking of listing very soon.

6:30 am

varumba

wow, impressive!

6:30 am

Christine

Sleep well, Lynxxx

6:30 am

Lilecama

i'm on 151 and struggling already.... makes me want to ShOUt... (quietly)

6:31 am

Lilecama

and there's never 7 words from that top left hand C

6:33 am

Christine

What we need, Lilecama is variable fonts, so you can shout in uppercase in very tiny letters.

6:33 am

Lilecama

yeah yeah yeah! :))))

6:34 am

Christine

Must go order some fabric for quilt. Back soon.

6:34 am

varumba

hb chris

6:34 am

Lilecama

bye Christine

6:34 am

zoozzoom

Bye for now, Christine.

6:36 am

Anniebrook

good morning/afternoon/evening everyone

6:36 am

Lilecama

half way... must go and do some things... back later.

6:36 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Annie :-)

6:36 am

varumba

hi annie!

6:37 am

Anniebrook

hi zooz

6:37 am

zoozzoom

Bye for now, Lilecama

6:38 am

zoozzoom

How are you, Annie?

6:39 am

Anniebrook

Im okay..hope you are the same..

6:39 am

zoozzoom

yes, i am well today, thanks :-)

6:39 am

varumba

any1 got the cor 7/36? driving me mad

6:39 am

Anniebrook

Our paths have not crossed in a while

6:39 am

Anniebrook

hi varumba

6:40 am

zoozzoom

co7/36 not wrong

6:40 am

varumba

i can't play this everyday during the week.... as some of the days, only come back home for more than 45 min after 10 pm....

6:41 am

varumba

oh man, that c at the other corner must have been in blind corner!!

6:41 am

varumba

tx zoooooooooom

6:41 am

zoozzoom

lol, yw :-)

6:42 am

inge

t9

6:42 am

Anniebrook

hi inge

6:42 am

varumba

h iinge

6:46 am

zoozzoom

ok, time to list, i am getting no where now.

6:52 am

MollyL

Morning all, Happy Friday.

6:52 am

Anniebrook

hi molly

6:53 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Molly, Happy Friday to you too :-)

6:53 am

MollyL

Thinking of the bride to be. I'm sure she's a mass of quivering butterflies.

6:54 am

Christine

Anniebrook, long time no see. I'm emailing my list of this weeks books, why don't you send your list to me, okay?

6:54 am

zoozzoom

Oh yes, EVA MUST BE ALL OVER THE PLACE, BLESS HER.

6:55 am

Anniebrook

chris, I do not have a list but will send you some of my favorites

6:55 am

zoozzoom

oops sorry pushed the caps lock

6:55 am

Anniebrook

Tomorrow is the big day

6:55 am

Christine

Okay. Has anyone read Little Bee? very touching.

6:56 am

varumba

still 109 to go....

6:56 am

Christine

Lilecama, look what zoozzoom did; good job Lynxxx is sleeping.

6:56 am

zoozzoom

is this by Chris Cleave?

6:56 am

zoozzoom

lol, hey don`t you start, Christine..lol

6:57 am

Anniebrook

chris, what a beautiful church that your daughter was married in..

6:58 am

anawaltgal

h ote

6:59 am

zoozzoom

hello, anawaltgal

6:59 am

anawaltgal

hello - i always sling something stupid in here

7:00 am

varumba

hi ana

7:00 am

Anniebrook

hi ana

7:00 am

zoozzoom

join the club, Anawaltgal..i do that all the time

7:03 am

anawaltgal

good to know zoozzoom

7:03 am

Christine

Anniebrook it's a tiny place, but so beautiful.

7:04 am

Anniebrook

chris, just lovely

7:15 am

varumba

world gymnastics are on... bbl guys

7:15 am

varumba

gl with the grid

7:15 am

zoozzoom

take care, Varumba :-)

7:17 am

Christine

Oh bosh, I tried to change my icon, to show the church's interior, and got the message that it was an unknown formula. However, when I first changed to this icon, I used the interior shot by mistake and changed it. So how can it not take this time? grumble-grumble ...

7:17 am

Christine

format, not formula

7:18 am

zoozzoom

right click on the photo, and make sure it says .jpg

7:19 am

zoozzoom

sorry, right click the photo and goto properties then make sure it says.jpg

7:20 am

Christine

Yes, it does say that, and it accepted it about a week ago, when people posted wedding shots for EvaNadine. Utter bosh!!!

7:21 am

Mom

Good morning everyone!!

7:22 am

zoozzoom

oh dear, sorry to hear that, maybe just closing & re starting babble might work?

7:22 am

zoozzoom

Hello, ((MoM))

7:22 am

Mom

((((Z00zz)))) hello. So nice to see you. How are you?

7:23 am

zoozzoom

I am good today, hope you are well?

7:23 am

Mom

I am. So glad it is a good day for you

7:24 am

jmcnrick

hi all

7:24 am

zoozzoom

hello, Jmc :-)

7:24 am

Mom

I can say ... well sh**, I knew it would be a large grid today because I will be out most of the day.

7:24 am

Mom

Hi jmc

7:24 am

zoozzoom

I am pleased it is a large grid, i find small grids harder..lol

7:25 am

Mom

I do as well. I much prefer a large grid

7:25 am

Anniebrook

Hi (((mom))), jmc

7:26 am

Mom

(((Annie)) good morning. Hope you are feeling better.

7:26 am

Mom

today mom and I are going to the candy store to get our Halloween candy and then to the meat market and out to lunch

7:26 am

zoozzoom

i only need one word an af6/27 got the first one any clues please?

7:26 am

jmcnrick

i haven't had time to finish most of the small grids this week :-(

7:27 am

Anniebrook

Mom, that is so nice..it still hurts but I overdid it yesterday

7:27 am

Mom

I can help you look Zoozz

7:27 am

jmcnrick

*wonders if mom is a dual personality since she is going out with herself*

7:27 am

Mom

oh Annie! :-(

7:27 am

Mom

shhh jmc, don't tell anybody

7:28 am

Christine

Oh boy, this was to be a night thaat I didn't stay on the computer - signed on at 11pm, and it's now almost 5:30am. In and out of Babble, blogs and business. I could've not retired if I wanted to put in this much time on the computer.

7:28 am

jmcnrick

what? did I say that out loud?

7:28 am

Mom

lol jmc

7:30 am

zoozzoom

And fireworks for me.

7:30 am

jmcnrick

i hope you got some sleep between 11 pm and 5:30!

7:31 am

Mom

congratulations Zoozz!!!!

7:31 am

jmcnrick

whooo hoooo zoooz!

7:31 am

Anniebrook

YAY for zooz!!!

7:31 am

Mom

afro is too a word!!!

7:32 am

jmcnrick

totally mom!

7:32 am

Christine

I don't sleep much, but since my time's my own, I could nap if I'm sleepy.

7:34 am

Haz1558

Yes, but it has a capital letter because it's associated with the continent. (I'll stand up for enable, nobody else will)

7:34 am

jmcnrick

and nobody else will haz!

7:34 am

Haz1558

And good morning/afternoon/why aren't you in bed Christine?/all.

7:35 am

jmcnrick

hi haz

7:35 am

Haz1558

I know, I'm a lone voice for enable. I don't know that I'd run for office on that ticket, though.

7:36 am

jmcnrick

not many votes for you in this crowd if you did

7:36 am

jmcnrick

but I would support a save the ! ticket

7:37 am

Mom

good afternoon Haz, thanks for that information.

7:37 am

Atalante

hello :) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7:37 am

Mom

Hello Atalante, how are you doing?

7:37 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, Mom.

7:37 am

jmcnrick

*horrified look at ata*

7:38 am

Haz1558

Hello, Ata!

7:38 am

jmcnrick

hi ata

7:38 am

Atalante

I deserve exclamation marks today cos I finally get to have a shower and a change of clothes!

7:38 am

jmcnrick

well congrats!

7:39 am

Mom

that is excellent news Ata

7:39 am

Haz1558

Good for you!

7:39 am

Atalante

and that makes me very very happy

7:39 am

jmcnrick

I understand no shower after surgery but a little baffled about not being able to change clothes

7:39 am

Atalante

amazing how much difference a shower can make

7:39 am

Haz1558

You probably have disappointed Hobbit, you probably had much more of an interesting odour before.

7:40 am

Atalante

that was just it hurting too much to pull stuff over legs!

7:40 am

Atalante

Hobbit's flopped on the big chair by the window, and a few minutes ago a big pile of cushions cascaded onto her from the back of the chair. Did she move? Not an inch. Kept snoring away buried under the pile.

7:40 am

jmcnrick

ah! well that makes sense -- not hurting so much now?

7:41 am

jmcnrick

probably nice and dark and cozy under the pillows

7:41 am

Atalante

and easier without about 6 foot of crepe bandage wrapped round my leg!

7:42 am

Vicuna

Hello, Everyone!

7:42 am

Vicuna

I haven't seen you for ages, Ata!

7:42 am

Haz1558

Hello, Vicuna!

7:43 am

Mom

have to scoot out of here. So glad to see all of you today. Hi Vicuna
((Hugs)) to all of you

7:43 am

jmcnrick

hi vic

7:43 am

Atalante

Vi11111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!

7:43 am

Vicuna

Do I want to start this grid?

7:43 am

Haz1558

Bye, Mom.

7:43 am

Vicuna

Hello and goodbye, Mom.

7:43 am

Mom

bye bye, Haz

7:43 am

Haz1558

Of course you do, Vi, that's if you can move after the onslaught of !! landing on you.

7:43 am

jmcnrick

not if you want a life today vic

7:43 am

Mom

bye bye, Vicuna

7:44 am

jmcnrick

*sweeps up !!s to recycle*

7:44 am

Haz1558

jmc is my kind of woman.

7:44 am

Vicuna

I do sort of need to have a life today... at least, if you count dressing up for the 1850's and accompanying daughter's class trip as a "life."

7:44 am

jmcnrick

:-)

7:44 am

jmcnrick

sounds fun

7:45 am

Vicuna

Should be interesting. We have a one room schoolhouse in town and the class is going there to find out what life would have been like in 1855.

7:47 am

jmcnrick

well i give up for this morning -- can't even get nbt and have lots of work ahead of me

7:47 am

Anniebrook

I stepped away to wash breakfast dishes and come back to find that Ata is going to have a shower, congrats(!)...dont look Haz and hi to Vicuna

7:47 am

jmcnrick

see you all later

7:47 am

Anniebrook

bye jmc..get it all done

7:47 am

Atalante

hi Annie!

7:47 am

Vicuna

Goodbye, jmc! <- (recycled)

7:48 am

Vicuna

And hello, Annieb!

7:48 am

Haz1558

Hello, Annie, bye jmc.

7:48 am

Haz1558

Gosh, even I wasn't alive in the 1850s. No babble for starters.

7:48 am

Vicuna

(What is this "wash dishes" of which you speak?)

7:49 am

Atalante

there might have been .... if you weren't alive then, how do you know?

7:49 am

Anniebrook

I have been using my hoard of !'s sparingly...Vicuna, you must remember, think back, soap, water, scrub>

7:49 am

Atalante

boggle, at least

7:49 am

Anniebrook

?

7:50 am

Vicuna

Easy, ATa. If there had been such a thing as Babble, then none of the inventions or technological advancements would ever have happened, because everyone would have been Babbling all day instead.

7:50 am

Haz1558

Well, I suppose there might have been an elementary form of babble. Slates and pencils and smoke signals for the chat log.

7:51 am

Atalante

10 letter words would have taken a long time to clue

7:51 am

FMitch

I hate to be the party pooper but di6/24 is in the grid off you go Annie and Vi dear.

7:51 am

Vicuna

I think the nearest equivalent must have been a quilting bee.

7:51 am

FMitch

and greetings all :)

7:51 am

Vicuna

lol, hello, FM! Does it still count if I'm not even doing the grid?

7:51 am

Atalante

*giggle* poor Vi and Annie

7:52 am

Haz1558

Yes, 10 letter words would have been hard, especially if they had to be reclued. Disagreements would have resulted in a lot of choking through the clouds of smoke.

7:52 am

Haz1558

Hello, FM!

7:52 am

Anniebrook

Hi FM!

7:52 am

MollyL

*Sneaks chocolate to Annie and Vi in the penalty box*

7:53 am

FMitch

LOL and Hi Molly

7:53 am

Vicuna

(Thanks, MollyL!)

7:53 am

Vicuna

At least they didn't know at the time that smoking is bad for you.

7:54 am

Atalante

maybe semaphore would have worked

7:54 am

Anniebrook

thanks Molly as I slink off to the PB....I knew washing di6 was bad for you or good if you get to munch on chocolate

7:55 am

FMitch

This grid is a bit of a bind today :(
Hows the knee today Ata, a bit easier?

7:55 am

Atalante

my phantom today is dentifrice

7:55 am

Haz1558

Yes, all those wee flags waving merrily.

7:55 am

Anniebrook

Vic, I love the print of the paper birch trees in your flickr photos

7:55 am

Vicuna

Oh, thanks, Annieb! =)

7:56 am

Vicuna

I think we'd have to wear little Bloomer outfits the better to dance about with our arms waving as we clue each other.

7:56 am

MollyL

This is a great grid for anyone who has a sh 4/5 fe 6/30.

7:57 am

Vicuna

lol, MollyL. Two days in a row now.

7:57 am

Atalante

but no corsets today

7:57 am

Atalante

ooooops

7:57 am

Atalante

LOL

7:58 am

FMitch

Ata the singular is here lol

7:58 am

Anniebrook

>>>>>>>>>>>

7:58 am

Vicuna

lol!

7:58 am

Atalante

I just noticed!

7:58 am

MollyL

Y'all save some of that chocolate for Ata.

7:58 am

Vicuna

(Hands Ata an entire brick of chocolate for that one.)

7:59 am

Anniebrook

sorry, I ate all the chocolate

7:59 am

MollyL

I'm starting to wonder about the grid master. I'm expecting "garter" and "belt" to be in tomorrow's grid.

7:59 am

Haz1558

It has to be the after effects of anaesthesia, no other explanation for the drop in Ata's level of genius.

7:59 am

Atalante

I think so

7:59 am

FMitch

and where you went this morning is in the grid Haz :)

8:00 am

Haz1558

And I'm happy to report no treatment is needed.

8:00 am

FMitch

splendid.

8:01 am

Haz1558

I cringe when he's going over the treatments I've had already, but am always happy to hear 'sound' for some.

8:01 am

Atalante

keep going with the dentifrice

8:02 am

Vicuna

dentifrice is a phantom today

8:02 am

kje

hiya

8:02 am

Anniebrook

hi kje

8:02 am

FMitch

as is tenrec :(

8:02 am

Atalante

exactement :)

8:02 am

Haz1558

I'm very pleased that both daughters have no fillings at all. Sweet and fizzy drink deprivation for children has its rewards.

8:02 am

Haz1558

Hello, kje.

8:02 am

Atalante

did you see the tenrecs on QI, FM?

8:03 am

FMitch

Yes I did!!!

Hi kje

8:03 am

Atalante

wasn't that fab!

8:03 am

FMitch

That is quite an achievement Haz, well done to both girls.

8:03 am

NonoNanette

good morning Babblers :)

8:03 am

Anniebrook

hello nono

8:03 am

Haz1558

I know, long may it continue.

8:03 am

FMitch

Morning Nono

8:03 am

Haz1558

Hello, Nono.

8:04 am

Vicuna

Hello, Nono.

8:06 am

Atalante

hi nono!

8:08 am

Haz1558

Can any of you facebook ladies update us on more babble news from Dr-G? lynxxx gave a link this morning but I couldn't get it to work.

8:09 am

Atalante

all I've seen recently is some page where you get stars for completing 10 grids, 25 grids etc

8:09 am

Atalante

bit too late for most of us!

8:10 am

Haz1558

Goodness, some of the old timers would be positively glowing with stars.

8:10 am

Uneaixoise

a Babblestellation!

8:10 am

Uneaixoise

a Babblaxy!

8:11 am

Uneaixoise

stop me!

8:11 am

Haz1558

Stop!

8:11 am

Atalante

Babbleverse!

8:11 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

8:11 am

FMitch

lol and Hi Une

8:11 am

Haz1558

You'll only get some of them starting to talk about Star Wars and Star Trek.

8:11 am

Uneaixoise

hey, fmitch :-)

8:12 am

Uneaixoise

LOL!

8:12 am

Vicuna

Ooh, time to don my co6 and crinolines and get back to 1855! See you all later! (Good to see you again, Ata!)

8:12 am

Uneaixoise

ok, just passing thru -- heading out to pick up donated food for soup kitchen -- BBL! :-)

8:12 am

Atalante

you too Vi!!

8:12 am

FMitch

Have fun Vi!

8:12 am

Anniebrook

Hi Une..enjoy the 1855's Vicuna

8:12 am

Haz1558

Have a good time, Vi.

8:14 am

NonoNanette

Ata, what is Silly sitting on?

8:15 am

Atalante

the boiler!!!

8:15 am

Atalante

right up by the ceiling, silly cat

8:15 am

FMitch

sensible cat

8:16 am

NonoNanette

ok I couldn't figure out what it was. Is it warm that would attract my cat if she could get there

8:16 am

Atalante

yep, there's a warm pipe running through it

8:16 am

Haz1558

Right, must just take a break to run a few errands. Back shortly, hopefully.

8:16 am

Atalante

she has to jump up onto the worksurface, then up to the boiler

8:16 am

Atalante

she stays there for hours

8:16 am

NonoNanette

that would do it

8:17 am

FMitch

TTFN Haz.

8:17 am

NonoNanette

Missy has trouble jumping tho so I doubt she could get up on it

8:17 am

Haz1558

Bye!

8:17 am

NonoNanette

bye Haz have a great day

8:22 am

Anniebrook

bye Haz have fun.

8:22 am

FMitch

Thankgoodness for lickety today, can't believe how many simple words and pl I missed.

8:23 am

NonoNanette

am still cruising along without the list but sure I will need it before much longer

8:23 am

FMitch

It does help with the bigger grids as I would lose my patience otherwise.

8:29 am

inge

Guten MOrgen. Has anyone printed a clue list for the rest of us?

8:29 am

NonoNanette

good morning INge. Lickety is up

8:30 am

Judi

Good morning, planet dwellers.

8:31 am

Anniebrook

Hi Judi and inge

8:31 am

NonoNanette

hi Judi

8:40 am

Mr Bob

Good morning

8:40 am

Anniebrook

hi mr bob

8:44 am

NonoNanette

hi Bob

8:44 am

Atalante

fishies should be allowed

8:45 am

Judi

I agree, Ata.

8:45 am

Atalante

it's obviously a word! :P

8:46 am

NonoNanette

I totally agree, Ata!

8:46 am

Atalante

glad it's not just me :)

8:55 am

Haz1558

Hello, I'm back again.

8:55 am

NonoNanette

welcome back Haz, that didn't take long at all

8:55 am

Anniebrook

Welcome back, Hazel

8:56 am

Haz1558

I know, just had to sign a few forms at the bank.

8:57 am

Atalante

just for Haz :) http://tinyurl.com/39296m6

8:58 am

Haz1558

Thank you!

8:58 am

72 Temple Owl

hello babblers!

8:59 am

Atalante

a truly awful thing!

8:59 am

Haz1558

Hello, TO!

8:59 am

NonoNanette

hi TO!

8:59 am

Judi

TO!

8:59 am

Haz1558

Goodness, do I need all my courage to look?

8:59 am

Atalante

hi TO!

8:59 am

Anniebrook

Hi Owl

8:59 am

Atalante

oh yes :)

9:00 am

Haz1558

That is APPALLING!

9:01 am

Atalante

told you!!

9:01 am

Haz1558

Grim, on so many levels. Where did you find it?

9:02 am

Anniebrook

I must be off...be back later, bye dear babblers

9:02 am

Atalante

a friend's facebook. he was bewailing everything about it

9:02 am

Judi

Damn! Wish I could see it!

9:02 am

Haz1558

Bye, Annie, hope your back gets better.

9:02 am

Atalante

let me put as my pic

9:02 am

NonoNanette

bye bye Annie

9:02 am

72 Temple Owl

bye annie

9:02 am

Anniebrook

thanks Haz, Im in for the the long haul, it seems

9:03 am

72 Temple Owl

ok guess i have been gone too long, i have no idea what you are discussing

9:03 am

Haz1558

Put it up as your icon, Ata so Judi can suffer as well.

9:03 am

Haz1558

Painkillers and plenty of them, Annie.

9:03 am

Haz1558

TO, Ata gave a link to an awful example of how not to punctuate.

9:03 am

Anniebrook

Oh, I want to suffer too, will wail

9:04 am

Judi

Already in pain. What's a little more?

9:04 am

Haz1558

Please Clean the Benchs and stove's after use. So every one enjoy's our Facility's

9:04 am

Anniebrook

wail and wait

9:04 am

Atalante

there :)

9:05 am

Judi

Ack! Ack! Ack! *must control red pen of death*

9:06 am

72 Temple Owl

*stikes forehead with flat of hand* DOH! what else could evoke such a response!

9:06 am

Haz1558

I'm still reeling. I think a notice like that would put you off eating, wouldn't it?

9:07 am

Judi

Positively heinous.

9:07 am

Atalante

just hideous, isn't it

9:07 am

Anniebrook

Look at the bright si4...not one !

9:07 am

72 Temple Owl

well i am trying to figure out how to get the photo i took of one from my phone to the web. "Patient visitors and staff only"

9:07 am

Anniebrook

LOL

9:08 am

Atalante

lol!

9:08 am

Judi

Arrrgh.

9:08 am

Haz1558

I have a photo taken in Marks and Spencer, no less, proclaiming Hoisery Â£3. I don't know how to get it from my phone either.

9:08 am

Anniebrook

*poof*

9:09 am

72 Temple Owl

ack! photo of wolrd's longest cat on tv!

9:09 am

Atalante

bad M&S!

9:09 am

72 Temple Owl

over 4 ft long!

9:10 am

Haz1558

That's one big cat! Is that with it stretched out to full capacity, front paws to tail?

9:11 am

72 Temple Owl

http://tinyurl.com/28dnwhq

9:11 am

72 Temple Owl

a maine coon

9:12 am

72 Temple Owl

hold on i will post him

9:12 am

NonoNanette

it's measured from tip of nose to tip of tail bone

9:13 am

Haz1558

Someone has put that cat through an old fashioned wringer.

9:13 am

Atalante

that's a long cat!

9:13 am

Judi

Hmm. Cat on a rack.

9:13 am

72 Temple Owl

,maine coons are huge. my firend ha had two. great personalitie, too

9:15 am

NonoNanette

he's a gorgeous cat!

9:15 am

Haz1558

It's quite slim though. If it were fat AND long, it would taken up so much room.

9:15 am

Judi

I'm missing the last J. Have je4/9 and jo4 x 3.

9:15 am

NonoNanette

I had one also. He was big but not that big

9:15 am

72 Temple Owl

they are so bushy it is hard to tell

9:15 am

Haz1558

jo6 is the other one.

9:16 am

susanj2

ed

9:16 am

NonoNanette

pl one of the j04's for a 6

9:16 am

72 Temple Owl

a plural, judi

9:16 am

Judi

Ty, nono.

9:16 am

NonoNanette

hi susan

9:16 am

MollyL

That greyed my J...hooray.

9:18 am

Judi

BBL.

9:18 am

bichon

does anyone have a word for the bottom i?

9:18 am

Haz1558

Bye, Judi. Don't let the stove's and benchs get you down.

9:18 am

72 Temple Owl

bbs must han laundry

9:19 am

72 Temple Owl

hang, even

9:19 am

Haz1558

io6/21 is one, think of stingy ointment.

9:20 am

bichon

ty Haz

9:20 am

72 Temple Owl

three from the substance

9:20 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, bichon

9:20 am

Atalante

5 all related ...

9:22 am

Judi

*poink* I

9:22 am

Judi

I have returned.

9:23 am

Haz1558

Your return is welcome news. (Imagining how 1850s babblers would greet each other in the log)

9:24 am

Judi

(assuming other Babblers even care!)

9:24 am

Haz1558

Care? They're busy wringing out their hankies, soaked with grief upon the news that you were leaving.

9:25 am

Judi

That much is certain. *smug*

9:25 am

Haz1558

Let's hope they don't wave the same hankies when next you bid us farewell.

9:26 am

mrswhiski

hello all - everyone seems very chipper today!

9:27 am

Judi

Any of our French amies here today? Just wondering how they're getting along with all the stikes going on.

9:27 am

Haz1558

Hello, mrswhiski. It's because we've got a decent size of a grid to tackle.

9:27 am

Atalante

and tenrec as a phantom

9:27 am

mrswhiski

doncha just love 4 letter words - NOT

9:28 am

Haz1558

ruby was on earlier, she seems to be managing.

9:28 am

Atalante

not stikes!

9:29 am

Judi

Strikes (dammit).

9:29 am

Atalante

stikes sounded more inventive!

9:30 am

Haz1558

What amuses me is that it's not the old people who are revolting because they're putting the pension age up. No, it's the teenagers who aren't going to be affected for decades.

9:30 am

Atalante

I think they just like revolting

9:31 am

Haz1558

It's in their DNA. What was good enough for Robespierre is good enough for them.

9:31 am

Judi

*snort* True. I think the young ones are protesting just because they have nothing better to do.

9:31 am

NonoNanette

they are protesting having to work longer when they dont want to work at all

9:32 am

Judi

*wondering if the French military only works 35 hours per week* ??

9:33 am

Atalante

if that!

9:33 am

Judi

I know several Americans who would be happy to have their jobs.

9:34 am

72 Temple Owl

really. americans work more hours than any other country

9:34 am

Haz1558

The French military, you mean, or just French jobs in general?

9:34 am

Judi

Odd really, since they have a reputation for showing up late (or not at all) to most revolutions.

9:35 am

72 Temple Owl

returement age here is 65 for those gong now, rising to 67

9:35 am

Judi

Sigh. I can't retire until I'm 68 - or until I hit the lottery.

9:35 am

Haz1558

I think the French retirement age is currently 60 rising to 62 - is that correct, Ata?

9:36 am

Atalante

yep

9:36 am

Judi

Les wimps.

9:36 am

Haz1558

So, I don't suppose they're getting a lot of sympathy from the Brits or the Americans.

9:37 am

72 Temple Owl

i am thinking of going the end of this year. except for the economy i would

9:37 am

mrswhiski

or Canadians

9:37 am

72 Temple Owl

last of the government stalwarts, can go at 55 with 30 years. the amount though is not a lot

9:37 am

Haz1558

Ah, but maybe the French-Canadians are in sympathy?

9:37 am

Aloyisius

hi Babblers.. we already have our tickets to Paris, Nov22-29, so hope things calm down

9:38 am

NonoNanette

hi Aloy!

9:38 am

mrswhiski

none that I know of!

9:38 am

Judi

Hiya, Aloy!

9:38 am

Haz1558

They'll do less rioting as the weather gets colder.

9:38 am

72 Temple Owl

hi aloy!

9:38 am

Haz1558

Hello, Aloy. Your first time to Paris?

9:39 am

mrswhiski

you are so right Haz

9:39 am

Aloyisius

(-: have a confession to make.. yesterday I FORGOT to finish the grid! Must I do some penance?

9:39 am

Haz1558

I'm shocked, Aloy. Shocked. What could have made you forget?

9:39 am

Judi

What happened, Aloy? Were you drugged? Kidnapped? Knocked unconcious?

9:39 am

Aloyisius

yes, Haz.. and I am excited. Hubby has been there before, but this is my first time

9:40 am

Aloyisius

lol.. a busy day of Babble interruptus

9:40 am

Haz1558

It's beautiful. You'll love it.

9:40 am

72 Temple Owl

i just wandered off and quit

9:40 am

Atalante

yes, you will

9:41 am

mrswhiski

may I have a clue for oa9/78 please

9:41 am

Aloyisius

so much to see and do.. am reading about it, wow

9:41 am

Haz1558

oa9 - combine what Michael used to row the boat with what he might have wanted to catch.

9:42 am

Atalante

they are very pretty

9:42 am

72 Temple Owl

ATA!

9:43 am

Aloyisius

ty for that one, Haz.. new to me, great clue

9:43 am

Atalante

I did say hi, TO!! :)

9:43 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, Aloy.

9:43 am

72 Temple Owl

i am unconscious

9:44 am

Aloyisius

rushing to TO with cold compress and smelling salts

9:44 am

72 Temple Owl

lol aloy, more like the walking unconscious. like a zombie

9:45 am

Aloyisius

..hands TO strong cuppa

9:46 am

Aloyisius

speaking of which, somebody drank mine already.. brb

9:47 am

Judi

The nerve! If anyone tries to take my java, they'll pull back a bloody stump.

9:50 am

mrswhiski

ty for the clue Haz - still can't get it!

9:50 am

Haz1558

oa 9 - what you use to row a boat (3) then plural what swims about in the sea.

9:51 am

mrswhiski

you mean I should have notices the "o" at the top and not just the bottom lol

9:52 am

Haz1558

Well yes, it helps a bit...

9:52 am

mrswhiski

**noticed**

9:52 am

mrswhiski

lol

9:52 am

periwinkle

hello all, liking this grid so far, 140 left, no list yet

9:52 am

Haz1558

Hello, peri.

9:54 am

NonoNanette

Morning Peri

9:54 am

mrswhiski

I'm rushing right along with the oa s now! Thanks again as I hang my head in shame!

9:54 am

periwinkle

was watching good morning america this am and they were discussing text messaging by teens. do you know what GNOC means?

9:55 am

Haz1558

No problem, mrswhiski.

9:55 am

Haz1558

No idea, peri.

9:55 am

kje

ope, and I am pretty good at those

9:56 am

Aloyisius

.. back.. hi peri, hi kje!

9:56 am

Jivingjenny0

any chance of a clue for the bottom O and the E in the last right hand column please for NBT

9:56 am

kje

ahoy aloy!

9:56 am

periwinkle

get naked on camera !!

9:56 am

periwinkle

glad I don';t have any tenagers

9:56 am

Aloyisius

aw, gee, shoulda known that, lol

9:56 am

periwinkle

teenagers even

9:57 am

Haz1558

os5/10 - willow

9:57 am

kje

yep, the teeagers I text with would not text that

9:58 am

Atalante

are there any OC?

9:58 am

Lilecama

hello! back for yet another go.

9:58 am

Lilecama

lovely icon kje!

9:58 am

Jivingjenny0

thanks Haz - don't know how I missed it!!

9:58 am

NonoNanette

not that I have Ata

9:58 am

72 Temple Owl

LOL watchin g promo for scared shrekless halloween special next thursday!

9:58 am

Haz1558

No problem, Jiving.

9:58 am

kje

ty

9:58 am

NonoNanette

and I have all o's grey

9:59 am

Atalante

ty nono!

9:59 am

kje

ot a fan of shrek

9:59 am

72 Temple Owl

kje, i thought of you last night while reading about prize winning microphotography. brb will get photo

10:00 am

Jayk

Morning (what's left of it) everyone

10:00 am

NonoNanette

hi Jay

10:00 am

Haz1558

Hello, Jayk.

10:00 am

Aloyisius

hi Jayk

10:01 am

kje

b/c I am a prize-wiining microphotographer?

10:01 am

Jayk

I've been here for a VERY long time and I'm now officially stuck

10:02 am

Jayk

Anyone have the re 7/44, re 8/60?

10:02 am

Jivingjenny0

so am I jayk

10:02 am

Atalante

re7/8 - what light does through a prism

10:02 am

kje

re7 - what one does to eyes to make an Rx

10:02 am

72 Temple Owl

no because the photo reminds me of the paintings, refresh

10:02 am

Jayk

Annoying, idn't it?

10:02 am

kje

or better - what ata said

10:03 am

Jayk

Oh Ata!!! Tank you!

10:03 am

Jayk

thank

10:03 am

kje

ok

10:03 am

72 Temple Owl

the colors i guess, and the swirling

10:03 am

kje

oooooo - pretty!

10:03 am

72 Temple Owl

soap bubbles!

10:04 am

Atalante

it took me about 3 seconds this morning to think those were phantoms, and until 1/2 hour ago to realise they were proper words!

10:04 am

kje

wow!

10:04 am

kje

what is the website?

10:04 am

Jayk

Or the re 7/48 almost at the end?

10:04 am

72 Temple Owl

yahoo story

10:04 am

kje

cool! will look for it

10:05 am

Jayk

Well, yesterday I didn't see leaf for an embarrassingly long time

10:05 am

kje

do ot show these to weed, she will want a new camera - already begging for a micro lens like ata has

10:05 am

Atalante

I <3 my macro lens

10:06 am

72 Temple Owl

do you like the photo?

10:06 am

kje

yes!

10:06 am

kje

TO, I don't see the link on yahoo - what is the link?

10:07 am

kje

nm, just found it

10:07 am

kje

ah, this is light microscopy - makes sense

10:09 am

72 Temple Owl

http://tinyurl.com/2voj472

10:10 am

Judi

Yay. Vowels are done. Down to 88. Time for a break. *POOF*

10:10 am

72 Temple Owl

gee so far we have done punctuation errors, the world's longest cat, and micro photography. Just loike old times ! :)

10:10 am

Haz1558

You're sounding pretty Oirish there, TO.

10:11 am

72 Temple Owl

he he

10:11 am

Atalante

how is spanglettinellarina today?

10:11 am

Haz1558

We haven't blamed FM for anything. That's got to be a bad thing.

10:12 am

Jayk

help, she said weakly

10:12 am

Haz1558

Spangletinareinalellabelinderina is going deaf!

10:12 am

Atalante

noooo!

10:12 am

kje

gotta run - bbl

10:12 am

Aloyisius

oh no, Haz

10:12 am

Haz1558

Yes! She still responds to high pitched sounds but is distinctly unmoving to normal speech.

10:13 am

Atalante

sounds very like willow - she can hear high pitched sounds and hand claps

10:13 am

Atalante

(willow = springer too)

10:13 am

72 Temple Owl

*chuckle*

10:13 am

rururocks

sounds like she's ready for the Oprah show then Haz

10:14 am

72 Temple Owl

ok peeps the dryer stopped and i need to unload it

10:14 am

Haz1558

It doesn't seem to annoy her.

10:14 am

Haz1558

Hello, ruru.

10:14 am

NonoNanette

hi ruru!

10:14 am

72 Temple Owl

oprah annoys nearly everybody these days

10:14 am

Aloyisius

hi there rurru

10:14 am

Aloyisius

ruru that is

10:15 am

Haz1558

She's going to be 10 in November so I suppose it's not surprising that she's not as alert as she used to be.

10:16 am

Atalante

as long as it's not upsetting her, does Mr Haz have more problems getting her to hear him?

10:17 am

72 Temple Owl

good bye for a bit, nice to see you all

10:17 am

Haz1558

He just whistles at her and it seems to work.

10:17 am

Haz1558

Bye, TO, we will put the world to rights again soon.

10:17 am

NonoNanette

bye TO

10:18 am

Sandieangel

anyone have a clue for the co7/36 plz? Can't get it at all.

10:18 am

Aloyisius

bye, TO

10:18 am

Haz1558

co7/36 - all present and ?

10:18 am

Aloyisius

it is not wrong, Sandie.. it is co7.36

10:19 am

Sandieangel

Of course it is!!! It's glaringly obvious now. Thanks a lot.

10:19 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, Sandie.

10:19 am

Lilecama

any clues for the en 6/30 and en 8/40 please?

10:20 am

Aloyisius

well, I'm spinning wheels on fa7.44

10:20 am

Haz1558

en6 - en plus what humans and clocks have.

10:20 am

Haz1558

en8/40 - plural of 'beings' (ends in neckwear plural)

10:21 am

Lilecama

thank you Haz!

10:21 am

Haz1558

fa7/44 - think Gary Larson (spelling?)

10:21 am

Haz1558

fa7/44 - compund word in the distance

10:21 am

Aloyisius

LOL... great clue, Haz! tyvm

10:21 am

Lilecama

fireworks! :))

10:21 am

Haz1558

Well done, Lile!

10:22 am

Aloyisius

needed to look down instead of up

10:22 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, Aloy.

10:22 am

Lilecama

*wipes sweat off brow* that was a longie...

10:22 am

NonoNanette

congrats Lile

10:22 am

Aloyisius

yay for Lilecama.. congrats!!!

10:22 am

razor

sh

10:22 am

Lilecama

thank you :)

10:22 am

Haz1558

I know, I could see what FM meant earlier when she said the grid was a bit of a slog.

10:22 am

Aloyisius

aww, sorry I missed FM

10:23 am

Lilecama

yes, They wouldn't let me distract them either with international cap locks day (today). They said i was shouting and it was too loud!

10:24 am

Jayk

re 7/48 please.

10:25 am

Aloyisius

re + beg. of not north + type of airplane

10:25 am

Jayk

i'm truly desperate

10:26 am

Haz1558

re7/48 - re plus two letters of what farmers do with seed, then leave on a plane with a powerful engine.

10:26 am

Lilecama

bye everybody. goodluck to you all!

10:26 am

Jayk

holy cow!! what kind of word is THAT?

10:27 am

Haz1558

Bye, Lile.

10:27 am

Jayk

You've saved me again, Haz.

10:27 am

Aloyisius

by Lile

10:27 am

Haz1558

Now, Jayk, don't pretend that it's not a word you use and see every day.

10:27 am

Atalante

a mad one

10:27 am

Jayk

sadly, sadly...

10:29 am

roncook

Hi clue for the io 7/36 after io 6/21 please

10:29 am

Jayk

gotta go give a talk. thank god i'm finally done!

10:29 am

Haz1558

Bye, Jayk - well done!

10:29 am

NonoNanette

make it past tense ron

10:29 am

bichon

past tense of the io6

10:30 am

Haz1558

io7 - past tense of the preceding io6.

10:32 am

rururocks

i seem to be missing one io.. are they all io off of that i?

10:33 am

NonoNanette

yes they are

10:33 am

bichon

yes ruru

10:33 am

Haz1558

Yes, ruru., 5,6,7,6,7

10:33 am

NonoNanette

io5, 6, 7, 6 & 7

10:33 am

roncook

thank you got it from the wife.

10:34 am

bichon

ac 7?

10:34 am

Aloyisius

phew, took a while to find hi7.36, fireworks

10:34 am

rururocks

got it thank you.. not listing unless I have to

10:34 am

Haz1558

ac7 - follow a high card with mixed up foot digits

10:35 am

bichon

ty Haz

10:35 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

10:36 am

Aloyisius

today is a self-proclaimed cleaning day, so off I go to dance with the vac; happy Babbling all.. see you next grid

10:36 am

Haz1558

Okay, must head off to do other things. I will bid you all a fond farewell. Bye!

10:36 am

rururocks

a mover with her hoover

10:36 am

Haz1558

*gone*

10:37 am

rururocks

bye haz

10:43 am

susanj2

sh

10:44 am

rururocks

are you telling everyone to be quiet susan?

10:46 am

PMS

ed

10:48 am

NonoNanette

** FIREWORKS **

10:50 am

MollyL

Cheering for Nono

10:54 am

jmcnrick

whoo hooo nono!

10:55 am

bethn

f

10:59 am

rururocks

last af 6/27?

11:00 am

jmcnrick

sorry ru

11:00 am

bethn

a+ not stale?

11:01 am

jmcnrick

ty bethn

11:01 am

rururocks

that's the first one beth

11:01 am

bethn

yvw :)

11:01 am

bethn

how about not begores

11:01 am

westford

hello everyone

11:01 am

bethn

befores *

11:02 am

jmcnrick

hi west!

11:02 am

rururocks

the one af5 that

11:02 am

westford

hi jmc!

11:03 am

rururocks

got it

11:03 am

rururocks

it is a weirdo word

11:03 am

bichon

co 7/36?

11:04 am

bethn

clue ?

11:04 am

westford

I had it but was trying to figure out how to clue it

11:04 am

westford

opp of wrong bichon

11:04 am

jmcnrick

clue?

11:05 am

crosshair

not wrong but....

11:05 am

crosshair

howdy everyone

11:05 am

jmcnrick

nm

11:05 am

westford

opp of fore and end of morning cocktail

11:05 am

jmcnrick

hi crossy

11:05 am

bethn

hi cross

11:05 am

rururocks

hmm hard to clue

11:05 am

westford

hi crossy

11:05 am

bichon

tyvm westford

11:05 am

rururocks

good clue westie

11:05 am

westford

yvw bichon

11:05 am

jmcnrick

first three letters of af before it + sammy s***

11:06 am

westford

leave it to me to get cocktail in there lol

11:06 am

bethn

tyvm !

11:06 am

jmcnrick

strange that baseball came to me first

11:06 am

westford

yours was good too jmc

11:07 am

westford

we just got Ken Burns' Baseball what a great series

11:07 am

jmcnrick

not so good for non-baseball people lol!

11:07 am

jmcnrick

really? I have been given mixed reviews of it

11:08 am

westford

it includes the 10th inning nice to see our Red Sox win the series again

11:08 am

jmcnrick

so west have you read crossy's profile?

11:08 am

jmcnrick

i was totally bummed that SF lost to the Phillies last night

11:09 am

jmcnrick

Are they playing in SF or Philly next?

11:09 am

crosshair

ty jmc,i think they were tired of hearing me yesterday lol

11:09 am

jmcnrick

<==Nationals and which ever team the Phillys are playing fan

11:09 am

crosshair

but my profile is all freshly scrubbed and ready for viewing!

11:10 am

jmcnrick

well I haven't seen west in a while so thought I would put in my two cents!

11:10 am

bethn

cross, i have tried 3 times to join, but cant get to the page where i give a team name and user name

11:10 am

westford

I did jmc I'll read it again

11:11 am

jmcnrick

crossy walk bethn through

11:11 am

bethn

i have installed but nothing comes up after

11:11 am

westford

same here bethn need to try again

11:11 am

jmcnrick

(crossy and I are double teaming people)

11:11 am

bethn

lost my dad last year to cancer, would really like to help

11:12 am

westford

I'm going to read crossy's profile again

11:12 am

jmcnrick

lost my husband to cancer in Oct 16 1993

11:12 am

bethn

read it yesterday, tried again, no joy

11:13 am

bethn

it has touched almost everyone

11:13 am

jmcnrick

CROSSY!

11:13 am

crosshair

which client did you load bethn?

11:13 am

bethn

he is taking a little nonny...

11:14 am

jmcnrick

west needs help too

11:14 am

bethn

the first one for windows , i think it was 62
something or other

11:15 am

crosshair

and when it finished loading you opened or ran the file?

11:16 am

bethn

i opened, and nothing happened. my son is coming this weekend so he should be able to get it set up for me

11:16 am

bethn

i hate being ignorant

11:16 am

crosshair

the file you need may have also gone to start/doccuments/downloads

11:17 am

crosshair

we each have our gifts,not to worry bethn

11:17 am

bethn

could be, it is probably beyond my level of capability without being shown once. Trav will get it going and then next time something like this arises hopefully i won't be such a dunce

11:18 am

crosshair

took carlee 4 tries,but now she is a pro and i think she has 4 computers running the program now!! lol

11:19 am

bethn

i have 2 that can go when i get it figured out

11:20 am

westford

okay I'm back with a few questions

11:20 am

westford

first I can't right click does that matter?

11:20 am

crosshair

both jellen and nono have faster computers and are ahead of me now in the scoring lists,so it is all good and all for a great cause

11:21 am

crosshair

is the icon in yout task bar on the bottom of the screen westford?

11:21 am

westford

second does my computer have to stay on at all times?

11:21 am

crosshair

looks like a bunch of baloons

11:21 am

westford

I haven't downloaded it yet

11:21 am

westford

is it Apple friendly?

11:21 am

crosshair

well load it and no,it remembers your place and you can turn it on and off as you wish

11:21 am

crosshair

it has a apple client on the download page

11:22 am

crosshair

and linux as well

11:22 am

westford

my computer is usually just asleep when I'm not using it

11:23 am

crosshair

you will see 3 different mac clients

11:23 am

crosshair

then that is the perfect time for folding,if you leave it running all the time

11:23 am

crosshair

i shut mine off at night,but jmc runs hers 24/7

11:24 am

westford

so asleep is like it is running?

11:24 am

rururocks

co 7/36?

11:24 am

crosshair

if the power button is on,it is running in one form or another

11:24 am

westford

opposite of wrong ruru

11:24 am

bethn

not wrong ruru

11:24 am

westford

see how much I don't know?

11:25 am

crosshair

just in power save or sleep mode

11:25 am

crosshair

just leave the folding program running and it will do mthe work while you sleep

11:25 am

westford

there are 3 apple clients? does it matter which one I choose?

11:26 am

rururocks

thanks a lot..c's are wrapped up now

11:26 am

crosshair

i am not an apple person,but choose the one that matches closest to your computer

11:26 am

westford

my husband and I share a modem will it slow down his computer which he uses for work?

11:26 am

bethn

i only (?) have 84 left and have ony greyed 4 tiles

11:26 am

crosshair

i share a modem with my mrs,and she notices nothing

11:27 am

westford

he downloads huge files

11:27 am

westford

I'd hate to start and then have to quit

11:27 am

crosshair

and unless he is a draftsman or does lots of autocad,he will not see a difference

11:27 am

ladybug.hill

ac 7/32?

11:28 am

crosshair

and like i say,you can turn it on and off as you wish

11:28 am

westford

he's an engineer

11:28 am

westford

and it will save my place?

11:28 am

westford

or do I need to start all over again?

11:29 am

crosshair

do a test run when he is working,and he he notices a lag,then just right click the folding icon and close the program,and just run it when it does not conflict with his work

11:29 am

crosshair

it will save your place

11:29 am

westford

I'm just curious. What is the professor's name?

11:29 am

crosshair

sec....

11:29 am

rururocks

I need the first de 7/32.. not the tooth doctor

11:29 am

westford

okay, that is doable

11:29 am

bethn

ac+ vowel+ lac****intolerant

11:30 am

crosshair

Vjay S. Pande departments of chemistry and structural biology

11:30 am

westford

oops I have to run when will you be on again crossy in case I need some help

11:31 am

bethn

one who de6

11:31 am

crosshair

i will be here till 2;30 and back at 9:30 but jmc and carlee will also be around to help

11:32 am

westford

ok I'll look for one of you I have all the info

11:32 am

rururocks

wrong one beth?

11:32 am

crosshair

:))

11:32 am

rururocks

got it

11:32 am

rururocks

little gods

11:32 am

wvteach

clue for the fa 7 / 44 please

11:32 am

westford

bye for now

11:33 am

crosshair

tc westford

11:33 am

phaeton

fa7...not near...si4

11:33 am

Kaplan the Magne

fa744- Gary larsen

11:34 am

wvteach

thanks all

11:34 am

phaeton

yw

11:36 am

phaeton

clue for the single O?

11:36 am

Kaplan the Magne

Yesterday I tried to tell people on wordsplay.net about babble but I mis-wrote the link as babble.com, and all they found was a site about babytalk.

11:36 am

Kaplan the Magne

I felt dumb.

11:36 am

JBV

hi phae - os 5 - willow

11:37 am

JBV

hi everybody

11:37 am

phaeton

ty JB

11:37 am

phaeton

hi

11:37 am

phaeton

i finally bookmarked it Kaplan

11:38 am

Kaplan the Magne

I'm still in my pajamas.

11:38 am

phaeton

TMI!! LOL

11:38 am

Kaplan the Magne

I woke up at 4 am, had to go out to pharm and get my sleep med, went back to bed at 7 and slept....

11:38 am

Kaplan the Magne

"I don't want to do anything for the rest of the day.

11:39 am

bethn

we lost our all nite pharm nearest one is quite a bit away now

11:39 am

MollyL

Is anyone else beginning to wonder about the grid creator? sh 4/5, fe 6/30, ho 4/5 and co 6/21 are all in this grid. Hmmmm.

11:39 am

bethn

are you unwell kaplan, or a problematical sleeper>

11:39 am

phaeton

me neither...but that ain't gonna happen.

11:39 am

phaeton

me neither...but that ain't gonna happen.

11:40 am

phaeton

oops...:-(

11:40 am

Kaplan the Magne

Problematical sleeper, without meds

11:40 am

bethn

i dont like how i feel im the morning after i take something

11:40 am

Kaplan the Magne

Do you think there is a Grid Creator, or does it all come about by accident, in a Big Bang?

11:41 am

jmcnrick

i suspect there is a computer program

11:41 am

bethn

i think it evolved from monkeys with tyoewriters

11:41 am

Kaplan the Magne

But does the Computer Program care about us, or is it too busy with the universe?

11:42 am

Kaplan the Magne

I think Beth is right. We are proof.

11:42 am

Kaplan the Magne

Now that that is settled, can we teach Babble in the public schools?

11:42 am

Kaplan the Magne

Or is it "just a theory?"

11:43 am

bethn

i think we are part of someones experiment. "If i assemble a grid with made up words will they come?"

11:44 am

Kaplan the Magne

Isn't our administrator called Dr. God?

11:44 am

jmcnrick

Dr. God uses Enable to pick the words

11:44 am

jmcnrick

I think it is sprite who has discussion about Enable

11:44 am

bethn

no public school teaching, they aren't big on spelling anymore so it would be hard t use morewords

11:44 am

jmcnrick

Dr. God is very nice

11:44 am

Kaplan the Magne

Is Enable like the archangels, then?

11:45 am

Kaplan the Magne

But sometimes Dr. God is wrathful?

11:45 am

bethn

the fallen angel maybe

11:45 am

bethn

see the red box of death

11:45 am

jmcnrick

no I think it is the other way around because Dr. God follows what enable says

11:45 am

Kaplan the Magne

See what happens when my sleep gets screwed up? I'll shut up now.

11:46 am

jmcnrick

I think the red box of death is like the rain that falls on teh just and the unjust

11:46 am

Kaplan the Magne

I made people mad on wordsplay when I responded to the "Tea party Revolution" with -yeah, the Tea Party is Revolting, all right

11:46 am

jmcnrick

Dr. God is wrathful to trolls!

11:46 am

jmcnrick

*giggle*

11:47 am

Kaplan the Magne

If people don't want politics in games they shouldn't name their team Tea Party.

11:47 am

jmcnrick

there is always a risk in talking politics

11:47 am

Kaplan the Magne

Anyway, trolls are like idolators. To continue the metaphor.

11:47 am

jmcnrick

maybe they were referring to the Mad Hatter's tea party?

11:47 am

Kaplan the Magne

Or- gasp- Satan. Satanic trolls!

11:48 am

bethn

is the red box of death indivual punishment? when i get it do you? am i alone in my despair or is it a universal plague on all our houses?

11:48 am

Kaplan the Magne

The Mad Hatter's tea party is most apt.

11:48 am

jmcnrick

satanic trolls-- most trolls would reveal in that title

11:48 am

Kaplan the Magne

reveal and revel too.

11:48 am

jmcnrick

the red box of death only means that either your computer or Dr. Gods computer glitched

11:49 am

jmcnrick

sorry you are right revel!

11:49 am

jmcnrick

i never could spell

11:49 am

Kaplan the Magne

Is the grid random, or is there some intelligent design?

11:49 am

jmcnrick

i joined the spelling club in Jr HS in the hopes of taking their challenges I would learn but alas. . .

11:50 am

Kaplan the Magne

I can spell, but can't do basic math.

11:50 am

bethn

how can i possibly have 73 left?

11:50 am

Kaplan the Magne

Anything with numbers gives me hives.

11:50 am

jmcnrick

It is clearly not completely random as there will often be words going from one grid to the next day

11:50 am

Kaplan the Magne

Therefoer no sudoku

11:50 am

jmcnrick

i can do arithmetic in my head

11:50 am

bethn

truly meaning of life questions being addressed here today

11:51 am

Kaplan the Magne

I've noticed that. But is that just coincidence?

11:51 am

jmcnrick

you could find a sudoku game with letters or symbols kap

11:51 am

Kaplan the Magne

Ah, yes.

11:51 am

Kaplan the Magne

That's all I need, jm.

11:51 am

jmcnrick

it is good for the true meaning of babble to be addressed from time to time

11:51 am

jmcnrick

it happens too often to be a coincidence

11:52 am

Kaplan the Magne

At this high minded point, I should really go and get dressed. It is almost time for my soap opera.

11:52 am

jmcnrick

there is probably a pattern of which letters are used and that leads to the repetition of words

11:52 am

bethn

i think there is a somewhat orderly progression of gridded letters that the program spews out thus the duplicate words on consecutive days, i think it rotates , or adds a letter or some such nonesense

11:52 am

Kaplan the Magne

You don't think the letters just don't get juggled in the little plastic box?

11:52 am

bethn

you can watch soaps in your jammies kap

11:53 am

Kaplan the Magne

:)

11:53 am

jmcnrick

i think you are right bethn but i haven't taken the effort to track the pattern

11:53 am

jmcnrick

lol i never hear the rattling at the flip kap

11:53 am

Kaplan the Magne

I believe it is random, and it is we humans who "see" the pattern.

11:54 am

Kaplan the Magne

I think it's heuristics.

11:54 am

bethn

it would be too easy to lose the letters or the whole box, (at least in my house) so i don't think that particular theory holds water

11:55 am

Kaplan the Magne

Then we tell ourself stories to explain the randomness, and imagine we see consistencies that are not there. The idea of chaos is overwhelming to humans.

11:55 am

jmcnrick

even random with computers is not completely random

11:55 am

Kaplan the Magne

The plastic boxes are only for the 4x4.

11:56 am

Kaplan the Magne

Maybe Dr God sits there thinking- hmm, I haven't given them crwth in a while.

11:56 am

Kaplan the Magne

In the Tower of Babel, did they play Babble?

11:56 am

bethn

i keep looking for atlatl on of my favorite words

11:57 am

jmcnrick

what does that mean bethn?

11:57 am

Kaplan the Magne

The Tower of Babble. In Babbleonia.

11:58 am

jmcnrick

my favorite word will never be on the grid = re = an australian sandpiper

11:58 am

bethn

it is a throwing stick used by aboriginals you put a spear in one end and fling it, and somehow the extra length of the atlatl increases the torque and makes it go far and fast

11:58 am

jmcnrick

*brews up some cocoa for kap*

11:59 am

Kaplan the Magne

I guess you want me to stop babbling...

11:59 am

Kaplan the Magne

BBL *poof*

11:59 am

jmcnrick

just sounded like you could use some cocoa

11:59 am

jmcnrick

oops

12:00 pm

bethn

oooo where'd she go?

12:00 pm

jmcnrick

yes bethn if you think about it as a stick projecting out from the center of a circle

12:00 pm

Kaplan the Magne

"iim not entirely poofed yet. Why are you oopsing? cocoa is not in the grid.

12:01 pm

jmcnrick

then end of the stick on the outsi** has to move faster that the pivot point to keep up

12:01 pm

jmcnrick

didn't want to have driven you away kap

12:01 pm

Kaplan the Magne

o

12:01 pm

Kaplan the Magne

setj

12:01 pm

Kaplan the Magne

HJNEIO:LFJNELuirhfaeoijf

12:02 pm

bethn

thats what it looks like when my parrot runs across the keyboard i hope you are not banging head on desk

12:03 pm

jmcnrick

anyway so when you use a sling you get high velocity than you can with your arm because of the outsi** arc of the sling is moving faster than the arc of you hand

12:04 pm

bethn

isn't it amazing that ancient cultures could figure that out without knowing why

12:04 pm

jmcnrick

well they may have know why intuitively

12:04 pm

jmcnrick

just not mathematically

12:05 pm

jmcnrick

i am disappointed that arfed is not accepted

12:06 pm

bethn

i tried that as well, especially as the pl is ok

12:06 pm

jmcnrick

Little Orphan Annie listened when Sandy arfed!

12:06 pm

bethn

does it not seem that carsi** should be accepted. when the carhop delivers your food it is cars***

12:07 pm

jmcnrick

it may be a hyphenated word

12:08 pm

crosshair

i really do not know why i even start these monster grids:(

12:08 pm

bethn

and jersied, if you can be shod, you should be able to be jersied

12:08 pm

jmcnrick

because you like a challenge and you love the company

12:08 pm

jmcnrick

jersied?

12:08 pm

jmcnrick

cowed?

12:08 pm

crosshair

indeed.though if i get to 200 ,i shall be happy

12:09 pm

bethn

although a farmer might be jersied

12:09 pm

jmcnrick

accepted to the football team?

12:11 pm

bethn

yes, like when in the old days when you got pinned from a frat boy, you could be jersied for a sports team. makes sense to me :)

12:12 pm

rubyfoo

gd evening everybody

12:12 pm

bethn

i got pinned - i was slightly horrified it was not my "thing" but i had to wear the damn thing on my boob. 36 years later we are still married

12:12 pm

bethn

hi ruby!

12:13 pm

bethn

how is your dogs tic?

12:14 pm

bethn

oh my i killed the chog :(

12:14 pm

rubyfoo

that is a nice story, bethn

12:14 pm

rubyfoo

the tic stopped; I think maybe he had an insect in his ear

12:15 pm

bethn

i will send him to you ruby i could have done him

12:15 pm

bethn

in and spent less time in jail

12:15 pm

rubyfoo

are you putting him on e-bay?

12:16 pm

bethn

i am glad to hear that ruby

12:17 pm

rubyfoo

I was too upset and husband was totally unsympathetic

12:17 pm

bethn

no, he will not fit on one price prioity boxes, and no one will pay to have a huge middle aged man who cant find the damn applesauce in the refrigerator when he put it there yesterday, sent to them

12:21 pm

bethn

i am listing with 70 left

12:22 pm

rururocks

en8?

12:22 pm

bethn

beings ru

12:23 pm

bethn

sounds like en+rude word for breasts

12:23 pm

rururocks

thank you

12:24 pm

bethn

y vw

12:25 pm

Deeha

lol Beth good clue but I got it from that!

12:26 pm

bethn

don't want to offend anyone playing with a youngster, but it is what it is

12:28 pm

rubyfoo

hello ruru

12:28 pm

rubyfoo

hi deeha

12:28 pm

rubyfoo

I was on the phone with my sister in NY

12:28 pm

rubyfoo

I still haven't reached half!

12:28 pm

Deeha

Hi folks. How are you all?

12:28 pm

bethn

doing well deeha

12:29 pm

Erda

help for re7,48 -- please, PLEASE !!!

12:29 pm

bethn

where in ny rubY?

12:29 pm

rubyfoo

she lives in Forest Hills

12:29 pm

bethn

re+ just ** stories+kind of fast plane

12:30 pm

crosshair

((ruby))

12:30 pm

bethn

i am in northern nj

12:30 pm

rubyfoo

12:30 pm

rubyfoo

I lived in Princeton for one year a LONG time ago

12:30 pm

Erda

geez -- no wonder I couldn't get it... THANK YOU bethn!

12:31 pm

rubyfoo

that is a wild word, bethn

12:31 pm

bethn

dh used to work in princeton. i still see a dr there for my back

12:31 pm

bethn

awful word erda

12:31 pm

rubyfoo

my 1st husband was at the Institute

12:31 pm

rubyfoo

it was heaven

12:31 pm

Erda

agree, bethn!!!

12:32 pm

rubyfoo

does anybody have the 9?

12:32 pm

bethn

it is a beautiful little town

12:33 pm

bethn

i don't even know what it starts with yet

12:33 pm

vdddvddd

oa

12:33 pm

vdddvddd

compound word

12:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

used two words that are scored

12:35 pm

rubyfoo

thank you TO!

12:35 pm

bethn

oafish toe?

12:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

beth to the pb

12:36 pm

rubyfoo

I tried superlative of oaf NOY!

12:36 pm

Deeha

You speak for you self MY toes arent oafish!!

12:36 pm

Erda

The 9: what you row with + what swims in the seas, plural
(REALLY stupid word!)

12:36 pm

rubyfoo

NOT

12:36 pm

bethn

i am bringing chips and salsa and margaritas

12:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am going.

12:37 pm

rubyfoo

I'll bring the guacamole and some extra tequila

12:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

off, not to the pb

12:37 pm

bethn

sounds like someone with a speech impediment calls a mouth

12:37 pm

vdddvddd

row with this + underwater animals

12:37 pm

ladybug.hill

too many words

12:37 pm

CadFan

Hey - can I go to the PB - the offerings sound great (oafish)

12:37 pm

bethn

see you TO

12:38 pm

bethn

come on down cadfan

12:38 pm

CadFan

LOL - LOVE Guacamole (I'll bring some too - gotta stop by my sister's to grab some Avacados on the way though)

12:39 pm

rubyfoo

OMG, you must live in Florida

12:39 pm

rubyfoo

do you put coriander in your guacamole

12:39 pm

crosshair

someone said tequila...

12:40 pm

rubyfoo

herradura

12:40 pm

crosshair

dibs on the algave worm!

12:40 pm

rubyfoo

I'm feeling generous, you can have the worm

12:40 pm

bethn

you can have it crossy, they are too squishy for me

12:41 pm

crosshair

nice of you to share this time ruby:))

12:42 pm

Babs1

bottom corner a's??

12:42 pm

rubyfoo

superlative of fire remains

12:42 pm

bethn

most fireplace debris

12:43 pm

bethn

more fireplace debris

12:43 pm

Babs1

thanks ruby and bethn...was on that track...eyes just didn't wander enough

12:43 pm

crosshair

ty bethn

12:43 pm

bethn

: )

12:43 pm

rubyfoo

I didn't have them until you asked and I started to monkey

12:47 pm

Babs1

have the penny, but don't see any other c's for left corner

12:47 pm

crosshair

everyone who was kind enough to join our folding at home team yesterday,do not forget to run it today,i want to see some new names on that team list!!:))

12:47 pm

m9f9l

hi all

12:47 pm

vdddvddd

me either

12:47 pm

crosshair

howdy m9

12:48 pm

rubyfoo

crossy: when I went onto the site it asked for a key word....

12:48 pm

bethn

ce4/6 ce +pricness ** then pl

12:48 pm

crosshair

do not enter a key word,just your babble name and the team number i gae you

12:48 pm

crosshair

gave

12:48 pm

rubyfoo

ok, I'll try before I go to bed

12:49 pm

rubyfoo

??beth?

12:49 pm

m9f9l

"it is" french personal pronoun

12:49 pm

crosshair

just follow the insructions in my profile ruby tuesday;)

12:49 pm

bethn

prince charles first wife

12:50 pm

bethn

prince charles first wife ce+**

12:50 pm

rubyfoo

thank you

12:50 pm

rubyfoo

yay, half!

12:51 pm

m9f9l

wtg ruby

12:51 pm

CadFan

oh lordy - 108 words in I finally notice how many words there are today.....

12:51 pm

bethn

woot ruby

12:52 pm

m9f9l

LOL Cad. you can do it.

12:52 pm

rubyfoo

have another marguerita!

12:52 pm

crosshair

do you not just love that cadfan,too far in to run now!!

12:52 pm

bethn

we will help

12:55 pm

rubyfoo

good night with 160. eyes are getting tired!

12:55 pm

rubyfoo

12:55 pm

crosshair

gn ((ruby))

12:56 pm

bethn

nite ruby, see you in the grid tomorrow

12:56 pm

CadFan

fred

12:57 pm

bethn

ethel

12:57 pm

m9f9l

'fred not.

12:57 pm

crosshair

norton..

12:58 pm

jmcnrick

barney

12:59 pm

crosshair

betty

12:59 pm

m9f9l

bethn, 8.7 for the good start. m9 8.9 for style. crossy 8.4.. lost some points for the late start.

12:59 pm

jmcnrick

:-( I guess i was scratched

1:00 pm

crosshair

lol jmc

1:00 pm

m9f9l

oops. Judge didn't even see the play.

1:00 pm

jmcnrick

darn

1:00 pm

m9f9l

*polite consolitory applause from the crowd*

1:01 pm

jmcnrick

*sniff*

1:01 pm

crosshair

di 4/6 sounds like freds purple pet

1:01 pm

m9f9l

*hearty back slaps from coach*..?

1:02 pm

m9f9l

if you have a cold I suppose.

1:02 pm

jmcnrick

dino?

1:02 pm

crosshair

and i do..

1:02 pm

m9f9l

me too crossy.. ;-(

1:02 pm

bethn

s'ok jmc i liked it

1:03 pm

jmcnrick

ty bethn

1:03 pm

jmcnrick

no cold here just too much work and light on the staff

1:04 pm

crosshair

with the economy,light on the staff is the new normal jmc,we are now running 1 person in slots that used to have 3

1:05 pm

crosshair

work sharing,4 day weeks

1:05 pm

jmcnrick

*sigh*

1:06 pm

crosshair

2 year wage freezes...

1:06 pm

crosshair

benifits..what beifits?

1:06 pm

crosshair

benefits

1:07 pm

jmcnrick

i pay benefits but no salary

1:07 pm

crosshair

lol,so you do not make a wage,but if you get the plague while living in thee box under the bridge,you are covered? lol

1:07 pm

jmcnrick

yeap

1:07 pm

varumba

helloooo

1:08 pm

bethn

how does that work jmc?

1:08 pm

crosshair

howdy varumba

1:08 pm

varumba

not so hot... i see you talking about work and wages, lol..... just got a letter from revenue telling me i owe them almost 200 pounds of national insurance!

1:08 pm

jmcnrick

not precisely true bethn but i do pay out really good benefits and comparatively low salaries to my staff (when I have one)

1:09 pm

crosshair

ouch

1:09 pm

varumba

need to query it, and that's what's dragging me down i think: just the thought to have to talk to THEM

1:09 pm

crosshair

we have to be careful here,if you owe revenue canada,they can actually go into you bank account and just take it

1:09 pm

bethn

the benefits are a major plus these days

1:10 pm

jmcnrick

my staff gets Health insurance, health reimbursement of copays up to $50 /month, transportation reimbursement, and generous vacation and sick leave

1:10 pm

m9f9l

i just got an irs letter. telling me how much I have to pay back each year for the first time home buyer credit..that WE DIDN"T TAKE!

1:10 pm

crosshair

good grief m9:(

1:10 pm

varumba

well, the thing is, i shouldn't owe them anything..... my dance busines has been dead ont he ground for a year now.... andn i instructed my accountant to close it as from the 31st of march..... what worries me is that i can't get int ouch with my accountant.... his voice mail is full, left a message on his landline number.... just worried....

1:10 pm

jmcnrick

send the IRS a copy of the tax returns showing that m9

1:11 pm

bethn

do i remember that you are funded by the quakers? or did i completely make that up

1:11 pm

varumba

but then again, i'm a worrier

1:11 pm

m9f9l

oh yes. I know jmc.. it just boggles my mind. This coming week start my continuing ed hours... as a tax preparer.

1:11 pm

jmcnrick

maybe your revenue department will work the same way varumba -- send them a letter saying business was closed in March

1:11 pm

jmcnrick

i forgot m9 that you did that

1:12 pm

varumba

but i have nothing with me,. my accountant has everything, all my books, alll my tax returns.... i don't even know my tax reference number for that business....

1:12 pm

crosshair

lol,m9,if you cannot beat them learn more than they know!

1:12 pm

jmcnrick

bethn I am a quaker but my org is funded by all kinds of people from evangelical Christians to atheist communists

1:12 pm

m9f9l

oh no.. not going there crossy... I'll leave that to my sis! she's put on her armour and picked up her sword!

1:13 pm

jmcnrick

oh dear varumba perhaps a home visit to said accountant is in order

1:13 pm

bethn

that is where i got the quakers from. glad i am not just spontaneously hallucinating

1:13 pm

m9f9l

I dont' know.. that sounds like it could be fun beth

1:13 pm

varumba

thing is.... last time i saw him, i learned that his wife was dying of emphysema...... so i feel slightly uncomfortable here.... I know i've left a message, I know I need to give him till mid week to get back to me.....

1:14 pm

jmcnrick

if said accountant is not there, write the revenue office with all that you told us (including that accountant has disappeared) -- odds are they have that accountant in their sights

1:14 pm

varumba

i'm just worried.... but i'll calm down after a few migraines and start making the phone calls *sigh*

1:14 pm

crosshair

hallucinations are fun,when they happen,you will not know it..well unless it is a elephant in your butter dish smoking a pipe and telling you to burn things....

1:14 pm

bethn

not about legal organizations m9, at least let there be unicorns

1:14 pm

varumba

yeah, a friend of mine just told me that according to UK laws, the accountant is not liable for anything but I am!

1:14 pm

varumba

*sigh*

1:14 pm

bethn

or elehants in my butter

1:14 pm

m9f9l

jmc.. better grow a horn....

1:15 pm

jmcnrick

some would say quakers are as odd as unicorns

1:15 pm

varumba

trying to tell myself that he may just have gone on a holidays with his dying wife...... so i do need to wait and see.... but tx very much for the advice :)

1:15 pm

crosshair

mm corn fed quaker unicorns...

1:15 pm

jmcnrick

no the accountant would not be liable to the government but most government workers have run into these situations before and will give you a break

1:16 pm

jmcnrick

the laws are the same in the US on that one varumba

1:16 pm

bethn

youre going down the bacon path crossy - snapnout of it

1:16 pm

varumba

oh i see jmc.... so i'll wait till Tuesday, and if heard nothing from him, will call the number on that letter and see what they say.... i do have 4 weeks to pay, before they add late payment fines!

1:16 pm

jmcnrick

*gets out Kevlar jacket to protect from attack crossy*

1:16 pm

crosshair

OMG! I AM OUT OF BACON!...must head to work now anyways.tc all and happy babbling...poof!

1:17 pm

varumba

tx very much for saying that jmc.... brought a tiny bit of relief ;)

1:17 pm

varumba

bye crossy!

1:17 pm

bethn

bye crossy

1:17 pm

jmcnrick

bye crossy

1:17 pm

jmcnrick

glad it helped varumba

1:18 pm

varumba

:)

1:18 pm

varumba

the simople enveloppe stating HM Revenue unnerves me ;)

1:18 pm

jmcnrick

trust me varumba you are not alone

1:19 pm

jmcnrick

I actually have had clients in my tax practice to bring me a stack of unopened envelops from the IRS

1:19 pm

varumba

lol i now... somebody below mentionned more than they do before getting in touch, thing is, i know nothing whatsoever about accountacy, taxes and all..... I feel like a lil girl surrounded by big scary men!!

1:20 pm

jmcnrick

well you can learn basics if you want and not be quite so intimidated

1:20 pm

varumba

it's the fact that you're not allowed to make a mistake that unnerves me.... you pay fines if you make a mistake.... and then the jargon they use is completely foreign to poor lil me....lol...... Bah, i'll sleep on it and start thinking clear in a day or so ;)

1:21 pm

varumba

you know what? I think I should..... although i wouldn't need it now, as no more business.. just employed... but what you said makes perfect sense: get rid of the unknown!

1:21 pm

jmcnrick

it will help in other areas

1:22 pm

cosdem

oh thank god the list is up!

1:22 pm

bethn

fireworks !

1:22 pm

varumba

lol cos, i said the same thing this morning... hiya!

1:22 pm

m9f9l

wtg beth!

1:22 pm

varumba

wtg beth

1:23 pm

bethn

any clues needed?

1:23 pm

cosdem

lol hi var :)

1:23 pm

varumba

tx for listening jmc (((((((()))))

1:23 pm

melissamay

Hey beth, congrats.

1:24 pm

melissamay

I'd love clues for the last two ces -- ce7 and ce 6.

1:24 pm

varumba

ce7/32 = ce6/21 before + a consonant

1:25 pm

varumba

ce7 /36 sry

1:25 pm

varumba

and ce6/21 = like the first ce6/21 but change the last vowel into the plural letter

1:26 pm

pcal2

THANK YOU LICKETY!!

1:26 pm

varumba

lol pcal

1:27 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo bethn!

1:28 pm

jmcnrick

happy to listen varumba

1:29 pm

jmcnrick

hi melissa and pcal

1:29 pm

melissamay

holy smokes thanks so much varumba, and hi there jmcnrick!

1:29 pm

varumba

yw :)

1:30 pm

melissamay

I've been having problems with that 7 suffix the whole puzzle, for some reason. Whew.

1:30 pm

Jellen

Hello...

1:31 pm

m9f9l

hi jellen@

1:31 pm

jmcnrick

so is that fireworks for you melissa? should we be dancing?

1:31 pm

jmcnrick

hi jell

1:31 pm

varumba

hi jellen

1:31 pm

melissamay

Howdy jellen! And oh my no, no fireworks, that was just interfering with my orderly progression. I still have many esses and tees to figure out. 17 to be precise.

1:33 pm

bethn

nvc jmnhggl;]\n

sorry, phone call from boss, he just doesnt get that babble takes priority

1:33 pm

jmcnrick

oh a methodical puzzle solver

1:33 pm

jmcnrick

yikes bethn!

1:33 pm

bethn

really sorry, didnt realize parot was on keyboard while was on phone

1:33 pm

varumba

wow, all chat disappeared

1:34 pm

m9f9l

hope you have a keyboard cover!LOL

1:34 pm

bethn

i think he jumps up and down on it now that i have covered the keys so he cant eat them

1:34 pm

jmcnrick

*gets out sanitize wipes*

1:34 pm

melissamay

Which is actually interesting to me and something I wonder about -- how do other people do the puzzle. I go square by square starting at the left top, and then use lickety's list to go in alpha order to pick up what I missed. I think it is all the crosswords I used to do with my grandma that makes me a creature of habit that way.

1:35 pm

bethn

i had to get a "skin" he ate 4 keyboards before i realized they made such an item

1:35 pm

jmcnrick

i let words jump out at me while I try for a start of nbt

1:35 pm

melissamay

Aw, your parrot said hello beth!

1:35 pm

varumba

i usually try to find all the words starting with the same tile, so i start with the tiles that have the lowest number of words.....

1:35 pm

jmcnrick

then i go back to letting words jump out at me until i can stand it anymore and go to lickety which i go from top to bottom then bottom to top

1:36 pm

Jellen

I'm methodical in trying to get nbt, thereafter completely random, until I get halfway...

1:36 pm

varumba

then i move on to tiles with more words.... and when i've gone aroudn them all and don't know anymore which word i've entered, that's when i use lickety, going alphabetically too

1:36 pm

cosdem

clue for af 6/30?

1:36 pm

sadie52

hello all

1:36 pm

m9f9l

first I go tile by tile just seeing what comes quickly.. going for nbt. Then I concentrate on the ones that just stumped me. Then I watch the chog for ones I may have missed of the longer words for nbs.

1:36 pm

varumba

hi sadie

1:36 pm

melissamay

Ok, please don't think I am dumb, but I have wondered this for ages -- what does nbt stand for?

1:36 pm

bethn

i start i upper left and go down. then 2nd column from left then 3rd etc. i try to get into the 30 or 40s before i list then i list from z back to a

1:36 pm

sadie52

hiya varumba

1:36 pm

jmcnrick

when you reboot the computer your start af****

1:36 pm

Jellen

Hi, sadie

1:36 pm

m9f9l

"no blank tiles"

1:36 pm

varumba

af6/30 = another word for starting anew

1:37 pm

sadie52

hiya Jellen

1:37 pm

m9f9l

and nbs = no blank stats

1:37 pm

jmcnrick

no dumb question in babbleland!

1:37 pm

cosdem

ahh thanks :)

1:37 pm

jmcnrick

all questions are available for answering by experts and all

1:37 pm

varumba

yw..... i still havent'found the 9 yet....

1:38 pm

bethn

first time thru, i only get the ones that come easily i do not search that is for second or third or fourth sweep

1:38 pm

sadie52

i get alot of answers off the clues here one clue can lead to several words

1:38 pm

jmcnrick

the 9 is a pl of the oa7

1:38 pm

m9f9l

Hulu has the ed sullivan show. One of them is great moments in opera. wow......

1:38 pm

melissamay

Bless you all, it's one of those things I never want to ask --I think I may have even looked it up on acronym finder once to no success!

1:38 pm

bethn

oa9 stupid compound word

1:38 pm

jmcnrick

not used anyplace but here i think melissa

1:39 pm

m9f9l

take a cons out of that compound word for another oa.

1:39 pm

melissamay

I adore Hulu -- if you don't mind a bit of swearing I suggest watching "Black Books" which is one of the funniest shows I've seen in ages.

1:39 pm

varumba

lol beth, i tried : oafidiot... but nope ;)

1:39 pm

jmcnrick

i guess you just weren't on at the right time when explained to newbies melissa

1:39 pm

sadie52

hehehe

1:39 pm

melissamay

Also *a lot* of swearing for the Louis CK show. And uncomfortable moments.

1:40 pm

jmcnrick

i saw the funniest video of all last night: Proposition 8: the musical

1:40 pm

melissamay

Ah see, I've been around for ages. It's just one of those things I never picked up!

1:40 pm

bethn

i already went to pb for asking if it was oafish toe, and will go back there is good stuff in there

1:40 pm

jmcnrick

I knew you had been around for a long time -- (I read your profile and checked the date) ;-)

1:40 pm

cosdem

pb is like the garden of the gods :)

1:40 pm

melissamay

Kind of like that acquaintance whose name you never recall, and it's 4 or 5 years too late to politely ask. :D

1:40 pm

cosdem

btw thank u for oa6 :)

1:41 pm

varumba

tx beth for oa6 ;)

1:41 pm

jmcnrick

the older i get them more people like that there are melissa

1:41 pm

bethn

yvw do you think there is pepperoni pizza in there? i am craving pepperoni havent had it in forever, don't know why , just want it

1:42 pm

jmcnrick

in fact at my age we tend to say things like : Meet my best friend. . . . uh. . . what is your name again dear?"

1:42 pm

jmcnrick

have teh cabana boy send out for one bethn

1:42 pm

melissamay

Hee hee, something to look forward to -- if I get any worse I'll just have to start issuing name tags.

1:42 pm

cosdem

beth - dominos delivers :)

1:42 pm

cosdem

to the pb box

1:42 pm

bethn

then you have to remember you glasses

1:42 pm

bethn

so you can see em

1:42 pm

jmcnrick

naugh because all your friends will think it is quite reasonable

1:42 pm

sadie52

I just say "you two know each other? I hope?"

1:43 pm

bethn

that is why old ladies call everybody dear

1:43 pm

jmcnrick

well when anyone introduces me these days I offer my name before there can be any confusion

1:43 pm

jmcnrick

certainly part of it bethn

1:43 pm

bethn

i find darlin friendlier

1:43 pm

melissamay

ha ha ha ha! That's why I call everyone Miss Fabulous or whatever. I hope they're not on to me!

1:44 pm

cosdem

carnies should be a word

1:44 pm

jmcnrick

but watch that "old lady" appellate

1:44 pm

Jellen

Oh, and never ask about spouses at my age...

1:44 pm

bethn

i was referring to me

1:44 pm

bethn

; )

1:44 pm

jmcnrick

i often call people dude now

1:44 pm

melissamay

The internet only makes it worse -- half of my friends I think of as their avatar name before their real one.

1:44 pm

sadie52

I always ask about family in general

1:44 pm

varumba

thank god for more words..... found that 9 ;)

1:45 pm

melissamay

Ah, the all-purpose dude. Always a lifesaver.

1:45 pm

jmcnrick

oh that is the down si** of babble meet ups -- I get confused as to whom I am speaking

1:45 pm

Jellen

Duuude...

1:45 pm

bethn

morewords is right there next to cleanliness in the hierarchy of good things

1:45 pm

jmcnrick

if fact I called pini pini during the Westcoast meet up

1:45 pm

melissamay

Duuuuude....

1:45 pm

sadie52

I love morewords

1:46 pm

bethn

kids wont let me use dude the laugh and point fingers

1:46 pm

jmcnrick

i always feel like i am cheating using morewords

1:46 pm

melissamay

Interesting, I've never been to a meetup, but I've been to ones for another site and the same thing happens.

1:46 pm

phaeton

es---

1:46 pm

varumba

i know, but if i didn't, i wouldn't finish the grid! OR, i'd be asking for clues again and again.... and would annoy you all :D

1:47 pm

jmcnrick

well we are having dinner af*** the Colbert/Stewart rallies in DC melissa

1:47 pm

phaeton

fill in the blanks! :-D

1:47 pm

sadie52

if I didnt use morewords I'd rarely finish a puzzle

1:47 pm

bethn

i use morewords when all else fails. i used it for 2 words today

1:47 pm

melissamay

I don't use morewords only because I can't figure out how to do so. My little cheat is to try words in google or dictionary.com to see if they are actually real.

1:47 pm

jmcnrick

I don't think other people are cheating using it varumba -- just me

1:48 pm

jmcnrick

i think people should use what makes the grid give them joy instead of frustration

1:48 pm

melissamay

Very cool jmcnrick, I am unfortunately on the wrong coast! I would *love* to go to the rally/meetup. Oh man.

1:48 pm

jmcnrick

morewords is fairly simple melissa

1:48 pm

Jellen

brb...

1:48 pm

jmcnrick

you put in the letters you know and then a - for every letter you do not know and then it will post the options

1:49 pm

jmcnrick

hb jell

1:49 pm

bethn

it is in the resources box at the top of the page melissa, click on ti, and put in the letters you have followed be the appropriate # of - to fill in the blank letters a list will come up

1:49 pm

varumba

oh it's ok jms, i try not to use it: only use it when i can't monkey the missing words ;)

1:49 pm

bethn

snap

1:49 pm

bethn

phone again back later

1:50 pm

melissamay

Ah, see I was somehow under the impression that you plugged in all the words on the grid and it generated a massive list. Which makes absolutely no sense, in retrospect.

1:50 pm

jmcnrick

well I am sure that the westcoast babblers are going to break down soon. they are getting increasingly jealous of the east coast babblers who meet about once a month or so

1:50 pm

jmcnrick

hb bethn

1:50 pm

jmcnrick

no morewords works best in conjunction with the list

1:50 pm

m9f9l

what area you in melissa?

1:51 pm

melissamay

I am in Portland, OR.

1:52 pm

jmcnrick

BUMMER! you just missed a meet up in Olympia where I flew into portland and pini and I drove up together in August

1:52 pm

m9f9l

perfect milissa!! we'll all meet at your place!LOL

1:52 pm

melissamay

I imagine you usually meet in CA, when you do.

1:52 pm

melissamay

If you don't mind getting covered in cat fur, you're more than welcome!

1:52 pm

m9f9l

melissa,... I'm up the gorge. Stid is up near oly, and there's a few more

1:52 pm

sammysmom

tr 6/21 ?? clue please

1:52 pm

jmcnrick

my cat would be jealous

1:53 pm

m9f9l

I'd just bring cat fur of my own.

1:53 pm

jmcnrick

you guys could have another meet up without me

1:53 pm

melissamay

Ha! Yes, I tend to always bring cat fur as an extra hostess gift.

1:53 pm

m9f9l

ah yes... the Harvey Girl! I'm terrible at keeping track of everybody

1:53 pm

jmcnrick

how thoughtful melissa

1:54 pm

melissamay

I have only a couple but one's a long hair, and not very fond of brushing.

1:54 pm

cosdem

is it me or are the ce words hard?

1:54 pm

m9f9l

I throw in a few dog hairs too for good measure.

1:54 pm

m9f9l

wow! That Beverly Sills! .. just wow.

1:54 pm

jmcnrick

other than the penny they are pretty hard

1:54 pm

melissamay

Yes, I am the Harvey Girl, and it's ok if you can't keep me straight. :D

1:54 pm

m9f9l

not just you cos

1:55 pm

cosdem

i only have the first 3 so far

1:55 pm

jmcnrick

i used to go hear bubbles every time she was in Houston

1:55 pm

varumba

not just them cos!

1:55 pm

melissamay

I found the ce words very hard cosdem, I asked for clues earlier in the grid that varumba provided that might help.

1:55 pm

cosdem

ok lemme scroll down and see thanks

1:56 pm

m9f9l

and now one of my faves!! Anno moffo!

1:56 pm

jmcnrick

pini usually comes on around lunch time melissa and then right before the flip

1:56 pm

melissamay

I'm usually not here this time of day -- I'm more of a night owl but this puzzle just wasn't going to get finished last night!

1:57 pm

m9f9l

nice! I saw Pavarotti in Seattle once.

1:57 pm

jmcnrick

so you usually start right after the flip?

1:57 pm

melissamay

I do see pini at night often though!

1:57 pm

jmcnrick

she lives in Eugene

1:57 pm

melissamay

Yes, that's me. It's become my nightly ritual.

1:57 pm

melissamay

Ah nice, I didn't know that.

1:58 pm

jmcnrick

i have never seen you shout out words like de7

1:58 pm

m9f9l

I like to start at flip.. but this cold has thrown me off.

1:58 pm

jmcnrick

stiddie and family live in Olympia

1:58 pm

jmcnrick

there were a couple of others there too that I didn't know well

1:59 pm

melissamay

No, I'm pretty quiet most of the time -- usually because others have got there first.

1:59 pm

m9f9l

and then there's mich_pdx... guess where SHE lives?? LOL

1:59 pm

m9f9l

I'm not a shouter outer either melissa

1:59 pm

varumba

any luck with the ce's cos?

1:59 pm

cosdem

the chog didnt help :(

1:59 pm

melissamay

Wow, I seriously had no idea there were so many Oregonian babbles.

1:59 pm

jmcnrick

i get giddy if i beat metfan to a word

1:59 pm

jmcnrick

oregon and washington state

1:59 pm

sammysmom

tr 6 /21 still eluding me. clue pleae>?

2:00 pm

varumba

which ones are you missing cos?

2:00 pm

jmcnrick

sorry sammy

2:00 pm

melissamay

Wow, interesting -- I really didn't think that was so. Very cool!

2:00 pm

cosdem

the last 4 ce words

2:01 pm

m9f9l

all start with french "it /that is"

2:01 pm

varumba

ok... ce4/8 = ce4/5 but change last vowel into a high value consonant

2:01 pm

varumba

oops, wrong words cos

2:01 pm

varumba

let me start again, lol

2:01 pm

cosdem

lol ok

2:02 pm

melissamay

Start with ce + curvy letter + vowel.

2:02 pm

melissamay

that is ce 5/12.

2:02 pm

varumba

ce5/12 = ce + ***mulate the intellect is what allows the brain cells to grow ;)

2:02 pm

varumba

you forgot a cons there melissa

2:03 pm

varumba

then ce6/21 = ce5/12 + add a wovel before the last one

2:03 pm

m9f9l

we could meet for lunch sometime melissa! A couple weeks ago I finally sat down and ate at Nicholas's.

2:03 pm

varumba

ce7/36 = ce6/21 + a cons

2:03 pm

melissamay

oh crap. Start with ce + curvy + cross + vowel. All the next words follow those first four letters with some variation at the end.

2:03 pm

varumba

ce6/21 = like first ce6/21 but change the last vowel for the plural consonant

2:03 pm

m9f9l

And it's been a while since I went to Paradox (in case you're a vegan)

2:04 pm

melissamay

That would be delightful m9. I love vegan, or just about anything really.

2:04 pm

m9f9l

me too!

2:05 pm

m9f9l

Have you been to Nicholas's? it's right next to Andy and Bax.

2:05 pm

cosdem

got them all! thanks!

2:05 pm

melissamay

Yay cos!

2:06 pm

varumba

wtg cos and yw

2:06 pm

m9f9l

yay cos!

2:06 pm

cosdem

phew lol

2:06 pm

melissamay

oh that tiny little middle eastern place -- we went there once with friends, it's fabulous! It's just been a long time since I've been.

2:08 pm

m9f9l

yes! We like Andy and Bax.. and I would always walk by there and think.. gotta try this place! So time before last.. we got something to go. and last time it was just me and the 14 yo.. and we ate lunch there.

2:08 pm

m9f9l

the 22 yo really likes Paradox. Found that when she was in her vegan phase...LOL

2:09 pm

melissamay

Ah see, I am terribly lazy and tend to stick to the north side. But we went there once with our vegan pals and it was good.

2:10 pm

m9f9l

I have 55 words left. This is when I go bingo! mode.

2:10 pm

varumba

you've done well m9

2:10 pm

jmcnrick

wtg m9

2:10 pm

melissamay

Cool m9, you're nearly there!

2:10 pm

m9f9l

bingo! bottom row.

2:12 pm

cosdem

co 7/36 clue?

2:12 pm

m9f9l

well.. if you get it you'll be co7.

2:12 pm

melissamay

It's not wrong, it's co******!

2:12 pm

varumba

ah yes, i missed that one out cos, brecause i was blind the the C in the opposit corner co7/35 - right

2:12 pm

varumba

36*

2:13 pm

melissamay

Same here, varumba.

2:13 pm

cosdem

ahhh

2:13 pm

cosdem

thansk varum that hlped!

2:13 pm

cosdem

C words done!

2:14 pm

varumba

lol y w

2:14 pm

melissamay

Well done, cosdem! I found them the hardest.

2:15 pm

Read-Knit-Bake

hi all..I am down to the fa 7,44 and have tried lots of combos, but not getting it...have looked at clues and still seem to be clueless! :)

2:16 pm

varumba

ah well, let us help you then ;)

2:16 pm

varumba

fa7/44 - not near + what you call an edge on a flat square

2:16 pm

varumba

someone said eralier it was the name of a comics?

2:16 pm

melissamay

Do you remember the cartoon by Gary Larson?

2:16 pm

speedfreak

hey RKB I am down to 309 words you want to do mine now

2:17 pm

varumba

hi speed

2:17 pm

Read-Knit-Bake

hi sis!!!!

2:17 pm

cosdem

oh i love these cartoons!

2:17 pm

melissamay

Yes, it was a one-panel comic and hilarious. Lots of cows wearing glasses and whatnot.

2:18 pm

Read-Knit-Bake

OMGOOODNESSSSSSS! what a jerk!!!!! ty big time

2:18 pm

cosdem

i liked the one with the snake all twisted up and the other snake says look mommy hes doing sign language! lol

2:18 pm

varumba

yw

2:18 pm

melissamay

Right on Read! Congrats!

2:18 pm

Read-Knit-Bake

how can something be so simple adn yet be SO difficult!

2:18 pm

melissamay

My favorite was "Cat Fud."

2:19 pm

cosdem

or the obese woman putting up lost dog posters with the little chihauhua in her butt lol

2:19 pm

m9f9l

my fave is the spiders with a web at the bottom of a slide "yeah.. but if we pull this off we'll eat like kings"

2:19 pm

melissamay

In fact there is a Flickr group that reenacts Far Side cartoons in real life -- it is just hilarious.

2:19 pm

Read-Knit-Bake

see that was my problem I was stuck on Garfield!

2:20 pm

speedfreak

we definitely got the fa7 clue now melissamay thanks

2:20 pm

cosdem

i have to check that out melissa!

2:20 pm

sammysmom

te 7/36?? clue please

2:20 pm

melissamay

Oh hell, sorry!

2:20 pm

Read-Knit-Bake

off to fold laundry and close the grid...have a great rest of the day all!

2:20 pm

m9f9l

I gotta see that!

2:20 pm

amelu0218

sexy sleepwear

2:21 pm

varumba

hiya amelu

2:21 pm

m9f9l

ROFL!!!!

2:21 pm

speedfreak

LOL mellisa but I do not have the 9 just in case you want to let me in on that one

2:21 pm

melissamay

Well since the cat fud is out of the bag: http://www.flickr.com/groups/farside/

2:21 pm

amelu0218

*waves* Hi!

2:21 pm

Jellen

varumba check fa7 out :

2:21 pm

Jellen

http://hubpages.com/hub/Gary-Larson

2:21 pm

Jellen

Hi, amelu

2:21 pm

m9f9l

hi amelu

2:22 pm

varumba

will do jellen, tx for the link

2:23 pm

melissamay

The 9 is a compound of paddles and little swimmers. Please forgive me if that's too much clue!

2:23 pm

cosdem

omg i love this one http://www.flickr.com/photos/41526099@
N08/5044133672/in/pool-farside#/photos
/41526099@N08/5044133672/in/pool-19778
266@N00/

2:23 pm

melissamay

hee hee cos!

2:24 pm

dcseain

Son be a de7, you have a talent for causing great pain :)

2:24 pm

speedfreak

not too much of a clue thank you

2:25 pm

melissamay

yw speed!

2:25 pm

cosdem

clue for the first de7/32?

2:26 pm

dcseain

i think that's what i just ponted, cos

2:26 pm

varumba

plural of "god"

2:26 pm

amelu0218

gods

2:26 pm

cosdem

no thats the 2nd de 7/32

2:27 pm

cosdem

hmmmm

2:27 pm

cosdem

got it

2:27 pm

cosdem

thanks

2:27 pm

varumba

rhymes with tahiti (add plur ) ;)

2:28 pm

varumba

cool, yw

2:28 pm

m9f9l

so many are lego

2:28 pm

m9f9l

which one is that cos?

2:29 pm

m9f9l

(don't feel like messing with a long link)

2:29 pm

cosdem

the very first one i think

2:29 pm

cosdem

the fear that somewhere a duck is watching lol

2:30 pm

m9f9l

ah. the first in photostream.. which is the last.... kind of.

2:30 pm

cosdem

lol yeah

2:30 pm

m9f9l

LOL. The first was silverwear heads..

2:30 pm

dcseain

ah, plural gods

2:31 pm

cosdem

i bookmarked it. ill have to look thru them later after i finish the grid,, as a reward

2:32 pm

dcseain

you may like http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/

2:33 pm

m9f9l

the mummy's wrath one is SICK!

2:34 pm

cosdem

lol

2:34 pm

cosdem

ah thanks seain i bookmarked it as well

2:34 pm

dcseain

it's worth reading from the beginning

2:35 pm

dcseain

i'm a fan of Death of Death by Giant Fireballs

2:35 pm

dcseain

various Deaths are characters in the Infinite Featureless Plane sub-series in the comic

2:35 pm

melissamay

woof, fireworks at last!

2:36 pm

dcseain

congrats, melissamay

2:36 pm

m9f9l

YAY melissa~!~~

2:36 pm

melissamay

Woo, thanks so much!

2:36 pm

varumba

wtg melissa! right behind you with 9 to go ;)

2:36 pm

m9f9l

i still have 49..

2:37 pm

melissamay

yay varumba! I couldn't have done it without you.

2:37 pm

melissamay

If I can help with anything before I split just say the word!

2:37 pm

varumba

awww tx sweetie.... you've been v helpful too :)

2:37 pm

varumba

any clue for the last tr?

2:37 pm

vdddvddd

bottom i words

2:38 pm

dcseain

American id5

2:38 pm

melissamay

Well, it's always helpful when someone spills the word right in chat. The last tr is tr + vowel + vehicle.

2:39 pm

varumba

ty !!

2:39 pm

varumba

I'll monkey the other T's ;)

2:39 pm

melissamay

yw :)

2:39 pm

amelu0218

Love me some Green Day!

2:40 pm

melissamay

okee dokee, glad I could help! Have fun finishing and good day/night to all!

2:40 pm

Dorens

as

2:40 pm

m9f9l

bingo! second column

2:40 pm

varumba

bye mel!!!!!! tc and sys (((((((())))))))))

2:40 pm

Dorens

as the world turns?

2:41 pm

melissamay

right back at ya sister! I loved getting to chat with you.

2:42 pm

dcseain

:D amelu

2:42 pm

varumba

fireowrks!!!!

2:43 pm

dcseain

congarts varumba

2:43 pm

varumba

ty ty :) any help wanted before i scoot off?

2:44 pm

dcseain

wow greyed the J first i did. huh.

2:44 pm

m9f9l

wtg varum~!

2:44 pm

varumba

wtg dc

2:44 pm

m9f9l

WTG SEAIN!!!!

2:44 pm

varumba

ok then, gl every1, sys byeeeeeeeeee

2:44 pm

varumba

tx m9 :)

2:44 pm

m9f9l

bingo! 4th row

2:46 pm

Jellen

Back, but not for long...

2:46 pm

m9f9l

hey Jellen. welcome back

2:52 pm

Jellen

One-third of the grid completed...it will have to do for now...

2:53 pm

cosdem

clue for en8?

2:53 pm

m9f9l

people change their iden*********

2:54 pm

cosdem

ah ok thanks!

2:54 pm

cosdem

a good word for halloween too!

2:54 pm

m9f9l

i know. Lame. Did I mention I have a stuffed up head?

2:54 pm

m9f9l

LOL

2:54 pm

cosdem

hey it helped me! so it was a good clue

2:55 pm

Jellen

Icon clue loaded...I know, it's easy, but cute!

2:55 pm

dcseain

ty for EN

2:55 pm

dcseain

hi, jellen

2:56 pm

Jellen

Hi, dc!

2:56 pm

m9f9l

awwwww.....

2:56 pm

Jellen

Someone needs to boot me in the backside so I get to work...

2:57 pm

dcseain

work, schmork i say!

2:57 pm

m9f9l

how bout a gentle shove?

2:57 pm

m9f9l

what's the project today Jell?

2:58 pm

Jellen

Paying bills, finishing unpacking kitchen, and grocery shopping...

2:59 pm

m9f9l

ah. bring all the bill stuff to your puter...

2:59 pm

Jellen

I just did...

2:59 pm

m9f9l

and put something you REALLY really want on the grocery list...LOL

2:59 pm

cosdem

just had a scary thought!

2:59 pm

m9f9l

yay!! see.. you're doing great!

2:59 pm

cosdem

thanksgiving is a month away from today

3:00 pm

m9f9l

argh!

3:00 pm

cosdem

then....

3:00 pm

cosdem

dare i say it?

3:01 pm

m9f9l

NO!! just SHUT UP!

3:01 pm

amelu0218

*fingers in ears* "LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA"

3:02 pm

cosdem

lol *keeps quiet*

3:02 pm

m9f9l

ok. 29 left.. but I told my boy I'd bring something down to his volunteer gig... um.. a while ago...

3:02 pm

cosdem

although im looking forward to the pretty decorations :P

3:04 pm

m9f9l

so.. *poof for now* keep up the good good work Jellen!

3:04 pm

Jellen

Hooray! Someone's coming over to help me with the kitchen in a couple of hours!

3:05 pm

Jellen

Bye, m9...see you later!

3:05 pm

bichon

hi everyone, I need to get the first 3 de words. the 6,7, and 8. I just need a little direction

3:06 pm

Jellen

Hi, bichon

3:06 pm

bichon

Hi Jellen

3:06 pm

lynxxx

hi Bichon and all. They say graffiti artists do this to public property

3:07 pm

bichon

ty so much again lynxxx

3:07 pm

Jellen

Thanks, lynxxx!

3:08 pm

lynxxx

yw

3:11 pm

dcseain

the hopscotch bridge in Washington, DC was done as public service by those grafiti artists who had de6d the bridge prior: http://bit.ly/aIPhah

3:11 pm

dcseain

and ty lyn for those DE words

3:14 pm

lynxxx

Hi DC - a nice work, lots of good stuff around

3:14 pm

periwinkle

hello all

3:14 pm

periwinkle

help with ac7 pls]\

3:14 pm

lynxxx

hi Peri

3:15 pm

dcseain

hello, peri

3:15 pm

jacq

ac, first card in a pack and anagram of digits on foot

3:15 pm

jacq

hello everybody

3:15 pm

periwinkle

ty jacq

3:15 pm

dcseain

ty, jacq

3:15 pm

jacq

was my first word

3:16 pm

lynxxx

hi Jacq

3:16 pm

jacq

so i hope it's what you need

3:17 pm

periwinkle

my first wordd was fart :)

3:17 pm

jacq

lol peri

3:17 pm

jacq

host

3:17 pm

jacq

oops

3:17 pm

jacq

sorry

3:17 pm

dcseain

LOL

3:20 pm

dcseain

don't let your wound fe6

3:21 pm

jacq

lol cute, but can you do that with a word i don;t have?

3:21 pm

lynxxx

or they might go fe5.18

3:22 pm

dcseain

ty, lyn :)

3:22 pm

rosalie4

need help for fa7

3:22 pm

dcseain

a prism re7 light

3:23 pm

zoozzoom

fa7/44 not near + whos **** are you on?

3:23 pm

lynxxx

fa7 compound, another place. Also well known comic/cartoon

3:23 pm

lynxxx

goodmorning Zooz

3:23 pm

rosalie4

aah, thank you lynxxx

3:24 pm

rosalie4

and zooz

3:24 pm

dcseain

hi, zooz. that makes the flicker set make more sense :)

3:24 pm

zoozzoom

Morning , Lynxxx, how are you today?

3:24 pm

jacq

i just got the 9

3:24 pm

jacq

woooohoooooo

3:24 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, DC :-)

3:24 pm

lynxxx

very well

3:24 pm

jacq

not near and loaves and ******

3:25 pm

jacq

the biblical story, sorry

3:26 pm

dcseain

hot to7 are wonderful when sinus are stuffy

3:26 pm

ursh

hello all - back for 64 - eek

3:26 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Ursh.

3:27 pm

jacq

heya zooz and ursh

3:27 pm

zoozzoom

to6 is the same minus a letter, DC :-)

3:27 pm

dcseain

re5ue

3:27 pm

inge

fa

3:27 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Jacq :-)

3:27 pm

dcseain

gracias, zooz

3:27 pm

dcseain

hallo, Inge

3:28 pm

Jellen

Hi, zooz!

3:28 pm

Jellen

Hi, ursh, and all I missed...

3:28 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Jellen :-).....How are you?

3:29 pm

jacq

heya jellen

3:29 pm

jacq

oafish

3:29 pm

jacq

oafed

3:29 pm

jacq

oooooh sorry

3:29 pm

jacq

stupid cursor

3:29 pm

Jellen

Better...just paid my bills, and they totaled less than I anticipated :-)

3:29 pm

Jellen

Hi, jac!

3:29 pm

dcseain

that's always nice ,jellen

3:29 pm

zoozzoom

thats good news :-)

3:30 pm

Jellen

Unless I misplaced one or two :-S

3:30 pm

jacq

i clued the 9 wrong for some pill fillled reason, it's the boat propellor and the loaves and ******

3:31 pm

zoozzoom

or you could say what you row boats with + use a rod to catch them..lol

3:31 pm

Jellen

How are you, zooz?

3:32 pm

jacq

ty zooz, see brain not functioning well at all

3:32 pm

zoozzoom

I am good today, Jellen, i am home for the weekend :-)

3:32 pm

Jellen

Excellent!

3:33 pm

zoozzoom

we all have different ways of cluing, Jacq, mine is very basic way..lol

3:33 pm

dcseain

so, or9 is like the orifices of the body

3:33 pm

zoozzoom

Yes, Jellen, i am pleased with that.

3:33 pm

dcseain

er, oa9

3:33 pm

jacq

mine should be basic, like the oa word i typed in the chog

3:33 pm

dcseain

ty, zooz and jacq

3:33 pm

jacq

brain is taking the scenic route

3:33 pm

amelu0218

nah, but you might use the first part of the word to smack the 2nd part of the word, dc...

3:33 pm

carleekat

hi

3:34 pm

zoozzoom

yw, DC

3:34 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Carlee :-)

3:34 pm

jacq

only smack the bigger ones or there won't be much to eat

3:34 pm

dcseain

indeed, amelu

3:34 pm

Jellen

Hi, carlee!

3:34 pm

zoozzoom

LOL Amelu

3:34 pm

dcseain

hi, carlee, i hope your day is looking up a tad

3:34 pm

carleekat

not really no... but thanks for asking

3:34 pm

carleekat

hi jells

3:35 pm

carleekat

zooz too

3:35 pm

jacq

sorry to hear you're having a hard time carlee (((((())))))

3:35 pm

lynxxx

hi Carlee

3:35 pm

zoozzoom

(((Carlee)))

3:35 pm

dcseain

(((carlee)))

3:36 pm

carleekat

its ok jacqs...life goes on...i just keep plodding through the shit

3:36 pm

carleekat

hi lynxxx

3:37 pm

carleekat

is this a difficult grid..not seeing much for a 300 grid

3:37 pm

Jellen

Me, either...

3:37 pm

lynxxx

Starts very well but then...

3:37 pm

dcseain

i'm beginning to stall out with 134 to go

3:37 pm

ursh

hmmm carlee sometimes here the sh** is knee high

3:37 pm

carleekat

well..i am at 35 words and....

3:38 pm

dcseain

hey there, ursh

3:38 pm

carleekat

ursh its been waist high for 3+ years and it just keep sgetting deeper

3:38 pm

lynxxx

Hello Ursh

3:38 pm

ursh

hi seain

3:38 pm

carleekat

35 words in to this thing

3:39 pm

amelu0218

strap on the waders and keep slogging, I find one eventually comes to the other si**

3:39 pm

jacq

sometimes the sh** dries up and you can actually walk on it

3:39 pm

ursh

and if the sh** is getting deeper - all the more reason to keep your chin up

3:40 pm

carleekat

i better cus 35 more years of this crap and i would say no uh uh..i am getting off the ride now...

3:41 pm

jacq

i hope i'm not speaking out of turn, but my daughter did the same thing at 16, i cried for days and days but we are still close if not closer than ever, but it was hard because she still wanted me to be mom

3:41 pm

jacq

and that meant all the running around too

3:42 pm

bichon

en 8?

3:42 pm

carleekat

all i know jacs...my face feels bruised i have cried so much...and my eyes are slits...and i looked in the mirror and suddenly i am 60 not 40

3:42 pm

dcseain

political en8

3:42 pm

jacq

i can't give you any advice except to say that it will get easier

3:42 pm

dcseain

national en8

3:42 pm

lynxxx

en8 beings

3:42 pm

Jellen

en8 = beings

3:42 pm

cosdem

clue for er5/12>

3:43 pm

ursh

mistaked cosdem

3:43 pm

amelu0218

to do the er4/4

3:43 pm

bichon

ty Jellen

3:43 pm

zoozzoom

er + color

3:43 pm

cosdem

ah duh.. thanks

3:47 pm

Soodle

Hello everybody :-)

3:47 pm

jacq

heya soodle

3:47 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Soodle :-)

3:47 pm

carleekat

hi soodle

3:48 pm

Soodle

Hiya Zooz! Sorry I had to bail out earlier.... pressure of work! Hi Carlie!.. Nice to see you :-)

3:48 pm

cosdem

why isnt farsi a word

3:49 pm

Soodle

Hiya Jacq... Hows the weather in Bonnie scotland?

3:49 pm

carleekat

hows things over there soodle?

3:49 pm

jacq

it's cold as a witches t*t

3:49 pm

zoozzoom

that was nno problem , Soodle, i understand.

3:49 pm

jacq

it maybe is a word somewhere cosdem

3:49 pm

lynxxx

think it is farci

3:49 pm

Soodle

Zippa dee doo dah.... bank holiday here.....Yahoo!

3:49 pm

bichon

fa 7?

3:50 pm

dcseain

hi, soodle

3:50 pm

cosdem

a comic strip by gary larson

3:50 pm

Soodle

And I have taken the precaution of taking Tuesday off as well, so I am looking at a 4 day weekend.... Cant get much better!

3:50 pm

dcseain

The Fa7 by Gary Larson

3:50 pm

dcseain

enjoy, soodle :)

3:50 pm

bichon

ty dc

3:50 pm

Soodle

Sure will, Seain. Haven't seen you for a while. Hows life?

3:50 pm

jacq

nice soodle, hope you enjoy it

3:51 pm

jacq

heya seain

3:51 pm

bichon

How come you guys on the other side of the ponds are always getting these bank holidays and we don't [pout]

3:51 pm

Soodle

Cos we deserve them, Bichon!!!

3:51 pm

dcseain

hi, jacq

3:52 pm

dcseain

they have bank holidays, and we have more holidays overall. Though in UK/IE, the holidays are more evenly spaced than in US

3:53 pm

Soodle

I think the October bank holiday is just here in Ireland - I don't think you English folk have one, do you?

3:53 pm

amelu0218

OMG! I just got my last 4 (with 6 words remaining) and it's the freaking ar4/4! HOW did I MISS THAT??????? Sheesh!

3:53 pm

carleekat

thank amelu.i always miss that one

3:54 pm

jacq

lol amelu

3:54 pm

jacq

there is an english bank holiday in october but i don't think we scots have one

3:54 pm

amelu0218

:o)

3:55 pm

jacq

but that said few employers give them as holidays they offer a lump of 5 days instead, better to now when your workforce are off as a whole i think

3:55 pm

jacq

+k (adds missing letter)

3:57 pm

Soodle

The kids are on mid-term next week - but Hallowe'en is on Sunday week, so their hallowe'en activities will be curtailed by the thought of school the following day.

3:57 pm

zoozzoom

the children here, broke up from school today, for there half-term break.

3:58 pm

jacq

our kids have just finished their tattie holidays, cold and wet and miserable 2 weeks

3:58 pm

carleekat

i am surprised the typical " make hallowe'en on sat instead of sun so as not to offend the religious right" petitions have not yet started here...or if they have... i have not heard..i remember it happening 1ce when i was a kid

3:58 pm

zoozzoom

Do the clocks go back next week end?

3:58 pm

carleekat

ours dont for 2 more weeks

3:58 pm

jacq

you would think the religious right would make a big thing of driving off evil on bobs day

3:59 pm

jacq

yes zooz

3:59 pm

carleekat

ok...i need to make myself feel better..gone to shower...again

3:59 pm

jacq

take care carlee

3:59 pm

carleekat

i'll be back in a bit

3:59 pm

carleekat

but thanks jacs

3:59 pm

zoozzoom

Take care, carlee

3:59 pm

carleekat

thanks all <temporary poof>

4:00 pm

zoozzoom

opps, sorry, just saw your reply..lol

4:00 pm

Soodle

Yuk. Up in the dark, home in the dark - I always feel like a character in The Wind in The Willows - Mole or Badger or some such..... :-(

4:01 pm

zoozzoom

you are not wrong, soodle, hate it when it seems like darkness 20 hours a day..lol

4:02 pm

Soodle

I am a firm believer in the SADS theory - (just cant think of what it stands for right now -Seasonal Affected Disorder Syndrom, or something)

4:02 pm

hurshy

Seasonal Affective Disorder (Affect = Mood)

4:03 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Hurshy.

4:03 pm

jacq

i agree soodle, i always feel miserable in winter, i don't mind the cold so much but the long long nights

4:03 pm

Soodle

Thats it, Hurshy. Thank you.

4:03 pm

Soodle

Ah! As long as we have Babble, eh?

4:04 pm

Jellen

Hello again...computer's acting up...

4:04 pm

hurshy

chin up, you could be like me and just have depression all the year round.

4:04 pm

Soodle

Hey Jane :-)

4:04 pm

Soodle

Oh

4:04 pm

Soodle

Oh

4:04 pm

zoozzoom

I think i am the same then, Hurshy :-(

4:05 pm

Soodle

No idea where the OH's came from, sorry.

4:05 pm

Jellen

Me too...

4:06 pm

zoozzoom

At least we are not alone :-)

4:06 pm

ChampFit

Hi all! Soodle, maybe they were hiccups!

4:06 pm

Jellen

I'm a firm believer in better living through chemistry :-)

4:06 pm

Soodle

Hey... we need cheering up..... A joke, quick.....

4:06 pm

hurshy

i'm working on it, jellen...

4:06 pm

Jellen

Hi, Champ

4:06 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Champfit :-)

4:06 pm

Soodle

LOL Champ!

4:07 pm

Jellen

What did the atheist dyslexic say?

4:07 pm

jacq

what do you call 500 politicians at the bottom of the ocean?

4:07 pm

hurshy

i don't believe in dog

4:08 pm

jacq

lol

4:08 pm

ChampFit

A good start!

4:08 pm

jacq

lol champ !!

4:08 pm

Jellen

Aww...hurshy! That was my line!

4:08 pm

ChampFit

I voted yesterday. So glad to get it done, and it didn't take anytime at all!

4:08 pm

hurshy

sorry...

4:09 pm

Jellen

That's okay...I'm done pouting now!

4:09 pm

jacq

what do you do when you come across a politician buried up to their neck in sand?

4:09 pm

ChampFit

Punt?

4:09 pm

jacq

grab more sand and finish the job

4:09 pm

zoozzoom

i was going to say pee on them.

4:09 pm

Soodle

Mother and baby get on bus. Bus driver says 'Golly what an ungly baby'. Disgruntled mother sits down on bus & says to her fellow passengers 'That driver was bang out of order'. Fellow passenger says ' you go and give that driver 'what for', I'll hold the monkey'....

4:10 pm

ChampFit

Love that soodle!!!

4:10 pm

zoozzoom

LOL

4:10 pm

jacq

LOLOLOL

4:10 pm

Jellen

lol!

4:10 pm

jacq

lol zooz

4:11 pm

hurshy

a man went to the doctor for a routine checkup. the doctor told him he was overweight. the man was annoyed and said, "i want a second opinion." the doctor said, "ok, you're fat AND you're ugly".

4:11 pm

jacq

what's the difference between a politician and a vampire?

4:11 pm

jacq

LOL hursh

4:11 pm

zoozzoom

LOL

4:11 pm

jacq

a vampire only sucks the blood out of people at night

4:11 pm

ChampFit

ba-dum-BUM!

4:11 pm

Soodle

ROFL Hursh

4:11 pm

Jellen

:-)

4:12 pm

Scrabbler

Greetings Babble buddies!

4:12 pm

ChampFit

Welcome Scrabs!

4:12 pm

carleekat

back..hi scrabs

4:12 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Scrabs :-)

4:12 pm

Jellen

Hi, Scrabbs!

4:12 pm

inge

jo

4:12 pm

jacq

wb carlee

4:12 pm

zoozzoom

wb, Carlee

4:12 pm

Soodle

Hello Scrabbler.

4:12 pm

jacq

heya inge

4:12 pm

Soodle

Hey Carlee

4:13 pm

Scrabbler

Anybody finish this grid yet?

4:13 pm

Jellen

wb, carlee

4:13 pm

carleekat

thanks :)

4:13 pm

jacq

brb washing machine finished

4:13 pm

zoozzoom

yep, finished a few hours ago.

4:13 pm

ChampFit

I still have 130 to go. Long way~!

4:13 pm

Scrabbler

Good for you, Zooz.

4:13 pm

Soodle

Yup, Scrabbler. Finished a while ago. Soodle clues available for the asking.....

4:13 pm

Scrabbler

218 left.

4:13 pm

Jellen

I'm aiming for halfway...

4:14 pm

Scrabbler

My aim is halfway, except for small grids, then I try to finish.

4:14 pm

carleekat

hi inge

4:14 pm

ChampFit

I have plenty of time to pick at it, but don't really expect to finish tonight. There will be wine...

4:14 pm

Soodle

Its quite a benign grid today.... not too many horrors!

4:15 pm

carleekat

i'm not seeing much in it scrabs... i need chocolate....

4:16 pm

Scrabbler

I just squirt chocolate syrup on a spoon, several times, to fulfill a chocolate deficiency.

4:16 pm

carleekat

<toddling of to make some kind of hot fudge sundae>....this after eating 1/2 a carrot cake

4:16 pm

carleekat

i ate 1/2 a jar of nutella last night

4:17 pm

ChampFit

Obviously. Otherwise you wouldn't crave it. Deficiency for sure!

4:17 pm

Scrabbler

Carlee is overdosing on carbs today.

4:17 pm

Jellen

carlee is having a bad time...

4:18 pm

Scrabbler

What's going on, Carlee?

4:18 pm

Jellen

She needs hugs and carbs...

4:18 pm

bichon

I can sympathize you carlee. I could do that

4:18 pm

Soodle

(((((Hugs n Carbs))))) straight to Carlee....

4:19 pm

ChampFit

Ditto!

4:19 pm

Scrabbler

((Carlee)) *sending ice cream, fudge, fresh hot bread*

4:19 pm

Jellen

Her 14-year-old daughter announced she wanted to live with her father...

4:19 pm

bichon

a steming bowl of pasta

4:19 pm

Scrabbler

Uggghhhhh. Well, we'll see if that happens or if it lasts.

4:19 pm

Soodle

With Carbonera sauce...

4:20 pm

bichon

I agree with Scrabs. It's more of a statement than a wish

4:20 pm

ChampFit

That's the pits. I'm sorry Carlee. Hormones and big decisions...not good.

4:20 pm

carleekat

no hot fudge... hot caramel..not fudge..dammit..and no car..

4:21 pm

Scrabbler

I hope it was an impulsive, hateful adolescent announcement and that it never happens.

4:21 pm

Soodle

14 year old girls are a law unto themselves.

4:21 pm

carleekat

( scrabs he's pulling the poor pity card and she feels sorry for him..as her brother has had a tempestuous relationship.she is offereing herself up as the sacraficial lamb )

4:21 pm

Girly Girl

help!!!Im 11 an i need help

4:21 pm

Scrabbler

Emotional tornadoes is what they are.

4:21 pm

carleekat

no..its been a long thought out decisison

4:22 pm

mrswhiski

I'm sorry for your pain Carlee but in the short week that I've been on this site I can say you certainly have a lot of friends who care about you!

4:22 pm

Scrabbler

To take care of him due to his physical limitations?

4:22 pm

carleekat

girly...u connect letter like in boggle...

4:22 pm

Scrabbler

Hi GG + Whiski

4:22 pm

mrswhiski

Hi Scrabbler

4:22 pm

Jellen

Hi, mrswhiski

4:22 pm

carleekat

yes scrabs...and his emotional ones...he's alone <DUH..U LEFT>

4:22 pm

Jellen

Hi, Girly

4:23 pm

carleekat

yes...and i treasure them all mrsW

4:23 pm

bichon

I have a daughter and although my husband and I have always lived together amicably under one roof, she always played us off against each other

4:23 pm

mrswhiski

Hi Jellen

4:23 pm

bichon

Now she has a daughter of her own. Just wait

4:24 pm

Girly Girl

okay, i need help finding words though

4:24 pm

carleekat

that is not her style either bichon...she is a goal orientated..mature...straight thinker

4:24 pm

Scrabbler

GG, read the Help section above, and scroll below the Tile Stats to read Lickety's Babble Clues.

4:25 pm

bichon

why, exactly does she think things are better on the other side? Did you not let her do something she wanted

4:25 pm

carleekat

open in another window lickety's babble clues...lists every word by word length and first 2 letters...should help you get started GG

4:25 pm

Jellen

Even straight thinkers can get taken by emotional manipulation...

4:25 pm

Scrabbler

"If______, then______." Life is about choices + consequences.

4:26 pm

carleekat

not better on other side... she is sacraficing herself....

4:26 pm

Scrabbler

But she may realize that her choice was not a good one.

4:26 pm

carleekat

this isnt about being better..or greener grass..she pities her dad...and feels someone either she or her brother ought to live there...he wont..so she is

4:27 pm

carleekat

i think she already realises it...but her sympathetic feelings outweigh that

4:27 pm

Girly Girl

k thx

4:27 pm

Soodle

Oh Carlee..... how difficult for you.

4:27 pm

bichon

Let her do it, even though it might not be a good choice

4:28 pm

carleekat

and he is going to have another built in maid and cook and she is a straight a student..top of her class....and...i just see herself setting herself up for catastrophe

4:28 pm

Scrabbler

I agree. Be emotionally detached. Allow her to make this choice, let her know you love her and she may move home at any time.

4:29 pm

mrswhiski

Carlee I have a 29 year old daughter with several disabilities. She does not speak nor have any other form of meaningful communication. I have never heard a word from her and yet I know everything about her by looking at her face and eyes. Sometimes we mothers miss so much when our children speak!

4:30 pm

carleekat

that just it scrabs....she knows that... she is being a martyr... for him...and he is letting her..encouraging her..and destroying this childs future for his benefit...we finally got my sonon track after being pulled down..and dragged down emotionally cus that is what my ex does to make himself feel better

4:30 pm

Soodle

I agree with Bichon and Scrabbler. She is 14. (Fourteen??? Crikey, my memories or being 14 are positively scary!)

4:30 pm

carleekat

( she is more mature then my 18 year and has always been )

4:31 pm

ChampFit

so sorry carlee! you just have to believe that in the end she'll see what's right. you can't tell them though...it's like we mom's are idiots.

4:31 pm

Scrabbler

This is not a permanent decision. She has the choice to leave a manipulative situation.

4:31 pm

jacq

tell her exactly how you feel about this carlee, let her know she can come back any time, when or if her dad starts dating she may come back because then he isn't lonely

4:32 pm

bichon

It will be her choice, not her mother's and if it doesn't work out, then she can't blame you.

4:32 pm

carleekat

hopefully....she does....i know grandma intends to have a long conversation with her..and grandmas are not the "mom idiots"

4:32 pm

Scrabbler

My sister's youngest son decided at 13 to move in with his alcoholic father, to "take care of him."

4:33 pm

jacq

grandma will not mince her words about dad manipulating her

4:33 pm

carleekat

and????? what happened scrabs

4:33 pm

carleekat

gramma will not jacs

4:33 pm

Scrabbler

He just turned 17 and quit high school.

4:33 pm

carleekat

i didnt need to hear this scrabs

4:33 pm

jacq

brb

4:34 pm

Scrabbler

He calls my sister or his older brothers to ask for rides because either Dad is drunk at bar or drunk at home.

4:34 pm

carleekat

cus that is what i see at the end of this road she is taking

4:34 pm

Scrabbler

But Carlee, your daughter is ambitious and bright.

4:34 pm

Scrabbler

Counseling?

4:35 pm

carleekat

and her father rips down the kids...tells them they cant do...my don for first time afger being free for 7 months has goals...and working..and helping out..and happy...and sees a future beyond wheeling concrete for his dad

4:35 pm

carleekat

he purposely just got himself an all day sat job so he no longer has to help out dad wheeling concrete :)

4:36 pm

Scrabbler

So she will see this when she lives with him.

4:36 pm

Scrabbler

Has your son talked to your daughter re Dad's behavior?

4:36 pm

carleekat

i hope so scrabs... i hope so...between that and grandma giving her 20 cens worth ( much more then 2 )

4:37 pm

mrswhiski

I agree Scrabbler. Have faith in your insightful daughter Carlee.

4:37 pm

Scrabbler

Is your daughter manipulated (turned into maid/cook) when she is at Dad's?

4:37 pm

Soodle

Without a doubt - how long will it take for her to live with her dad before she sees the real story. Carlee - I am far from being a feminist - but, the bond between a mom and her daughter is pretty unbreakable

4:37 pm

carleekat

yes..all the time

4:38 pm

Scrabbler

If she wants to be with her friends or attend social functions she will tire of his demands.

4:38 pm

carleekat

scrabs...finally after all these years..the other day..i thought.." i am ok...i am coping and i feel pretty ok...." then this hit... i had 2 days of "i feel ok"

4:39 pm

carleekat

and now...complete misery

4:39 pm

Scrabbler

But you were married to him, are an adult. She is just 14 and has little life experience.

4:39 pm

mrswhiski

I know you don't know me Carlee, but I truly feel so bad for you.

4:40 pm

Scrabbler

It is similar to situation of girl choosing loser boyfriend. If you criticize the guy she stays glued to him. Over time the girl realizes she deserves better.

4:40 pm

carleekat

thanks mrsW... thank u everyone....seriously...not sure what i would do

4:41 pm

carleekat

i hope she does...

4:42 pm

jacq

i left my mums at 17 to look after my dad, i thought he was helpless and lonely, it took a month for me to realise he was pathetic and selfish

4:42 pm

jacq

i put my mum through hell and i regret it every day, but i didn't see him for what he was till i lived with him

4:42 pm

Scrabbler

Stay in control. Be calm. Hide your shock + disappointment. This is something that SHE must work out for herself.

4:42 pm

carleekat

hopefully... she realises....that we were miserable with him here for reason

4:43 pm

jacq

she will realise

4:43 pm

carleekat

ithink tho scrabs she should know i am upset....to hide that is a lie...controlled but...hurt by this desicion

4:43 pm

Scrabbler

Don't you think that she will lose much freedom + autonomy when she lives with him?

4:43 pm

carleekat

no..i think she will have more....he leaves at 6 am..and does not get home until 8 pm...so..she alone in the apartment..with a computer and web cam etc

4:44 pm

jacq

and housework and cooking and laundry and shcoolwork

4:44 pm

carleekat

if she gets depressed...she will let the schoolwork slide

4:45 pm

jacq

speak to the school counsellor, make them aware of the whole situation

4:45 pm

Scrabbler

And then the school counselor, you, etc intervene.

4:46 pm

carleekat

yea..i will...

4:46 pm

carleekat

i still have not seen her to speak to her about this

4:46 pm

carleekat

she announced yesterday.....saying " its not fair dad is alone and its either taylor or me "

4:46 pm

jacq

they are an uninvolved impartial third party who only have her best interests at heart they may have more sway

4:46 pm

carleekat

and she stayed there last night

4:47 pm

Scrabbler

Write down pros & cons, etc and stress that she has the option to return home.

4:47 pm

carleekat

yea..i will

4:47 pm

Scrabbler

It's that father-daughter thing.

4:48 pm

carleekat

she doesnt remember hiding in the basement with me from his anger..turning up the tv so we would not hear if he yelled at us wanting something

4:48 pm

Soodle

(((((((((((((((Carlee))))))))))))))

4:48 pm

Scrabbler

Does she have friends that will look out for her, tell her that she does not have to take care of him?

4:48 pm

jacq

but she will remember

4:48 pm

carleekat

well...she would if she was reminded...

4:49 pm

jacq

and grnadma will remind her how bad things were

4:49 pm

carleekat

her friends are all into boys fashion makeup boys..football boys... hair boys

4:49 pm

carleekat

grandma will

4:49 pm

jacq

my mum always reminds my girls what their dad was like

4:50 pm

jacq

and she hardly knew anything

4:50 pm

carleekat

same...my mum doesnt know 1/2 of it

4:50 pm

jacq

but what she does know, about the emotional side she will tell her

4:51 pm

carleekat

gone to get tylenol...again...

4:51 pm

jacq

have to go see to the washer again brb

4:51 pm

Jellen

I need to go for now carlee, but I'll be back here and on Facebook...

4:52 pm

Soodle

My son used to go to bed with a golf stick beside him.. in case his father went nuts again. Its a constant source of worry to me, the effect that a mad bas*ard of a father can have on a youngster

4:55 pm

carleekat

later jacs....jells..thanks so much :)

4:55 pm

carleekat

yeap..i hear u soodle... my son..and self esteem..he has pulled himself out of it..thank god

4:56 pm

Soodle

Carlee, my heart is going out to you.....

4:56 pm

carleekat

thanks soodle...

4:56 pm

Scrabbler

"This too shall pass." Your daughter must learn a life lesson by experience.

4:57 pm

Scrabbler

This is very common with divorce--kids decide to switch homes, for various reasons.

4:57 pm

carleekat

i just hope it doesnt mess her up for the rest of her life..she has so much promise

4:57 pm

carleekat

i messed mine up for him....and i dont want to see it repeat

4:58 pm

Scrabbler

He will not be the sole influence. She has you, bro, teachers, school counselors...

4:58 pm

carleekat

and gramma...

4:58 pm

Scrabbler

You did the right thing, Carlee, by choosing to end the relationship.

5:00 pm

Scrabbler

Is she exposed to other kids' fathers, to know how a responsible man behaves, especially toward his daughter?

5:00 pm

carleekat

i tried for so long to make it work... and then..the accident...and the poor pitty...and.. oh man...i will be broke for the rest of my life.penny pinching..but..i wont be 2nd guessing anymore

5:00 pm

Soodle

My sister is a general practioner in a rural community here in Ireland. She encountered a horrific case of abuse last week. The social system here has broken down to the extent that nobody is taking responsibility. She is now left in the position of knowing that a child is in the gravest danger, but utterly incapable of doing anything to rectify the situation. Jeez..... Planet Earth, 2010?

5:00 pm

Scrabbler

Can the police help?

5:01 pm

carleekat

thats horrible,,, and must be crushing for her...

5:02 pm

Soodle

No, they can't, Scrabbler. Wait for this.... the Social services prioritise their cases of abuse on 'penetrative' - number 1, down to Non-penatrative...Number 10. It just beggars belief.

5:02 pm

jacq

i have to go huggggs for carlee be strong hun but be honest with her and let grnadma do her thing

5:02 pm

jacq

take care everyone

5:03 pm

carleekat

thanks jacs..hugging back...and will do...

5:03 pm

Scrabbler

In my work I see kids in awful situations--selfish parents, irresponsible parents, yet not officially neglectful or abusive. I mourn for those kids.

5:04 pm

Soodle

This particular case hasn't even been categorised, so its not on any priority list, even though my sister knows that the most horrific things are happening

5:05 pm

Scrabbler

That is irresponsible of the social system, to allow kids to be abused. What can be done??

5:05 pm

Soodle

Oh my, i am so sorry for darkening the chog.

5:05 pm

Soodle

Carlee.... My thoughts are with you.

5:06 pm

Scrabbler

Well, I must make a decision about dinner. Maybe pasta?

5:06 pm

carleekat

its ok soodle.....i made carrot cake... its in the pb..i bake when distressed..almost made tiramisu today but instead i napped

5:06 pm

carleekat

that was brunch here scrabs..i didnt do dinner and at 3 am i started to crave spaghetti....so..got up this am..and made spaghetti..had that at 11 am

5:07 pm

Soodle

Well,shame on you for not doing the tiramisu, Carlee. Thats all I craved....tiramisu!

5:07 pm

Jellen

*pops back in to give carlee another ((((hug))))*

5:07 pm

Scrabbler

I LOVE tiramisu!

5:07 pm

m9f9l

hi all. carlee, I'm sorry you're going through this.

5:08 pm

carleekat

sorry soodle...i will try for sunday..tomorrow i cook all day for the charity dinner i work at...its nov 8 so..the stuff that can be frozen is tomorrow

5:08 pm

carleekat

thanks m9

5:08 pm

carleekat

{{{jells}}}

5:08 pm

Soodle

LOL - thank goodness I don't bake when upset. I would be the size of 3 small south american countries!!!!

5:08 pm

carleekat

just whati need spending the next 2 weeks preparing to feed 1200 people

5:09 pm

m9f9l

I find that with my kids, the more I can shut my mouth and get them to talk.. the quicker they make good decisions.

5:09 pm

carleekat

well..i havent seen her to exercise that principle... but i intend to... gramma's just ogint o have to work this one out...

5:10 pm

m9f9l

yeah.. that would kind of undermine things... because that getting them to talk part is huge.

5:10 pm

Scrabbler

Good advice, m9--listen, reflect, validate, let them figure things out.

5:10 pm

Scrabbler

BRB, must get water boiling for pasta.

5:10 pm

carleekat

i find long car rides are good...

5:11 pm

Jellen

You know, your daughter is going to have to learn a hard lesson...life isn't fair....Sometimes it's about making the best decisions for yourself...

5:11 pm

m9f9l

yes!

5:11 pm

m9f9l

I have a 14 yo girl too.

5:12 pm

carleekat

i know that jells...its just my fear that this is such a critical time for her...that this is going to make or break her future..i am likely over reacting....in fact i know i am....but i am so afraid...

5:13 pm

m9f9l

ah fear. One thing that you might ask her is what advice she'd give a friend in the same situation.

5:13 pm

carleekat

oooh..good one

5:14 pm

carleekat

pass that one on to gramma after she reminds her of all ths shit that went on

5:14 pm

periwinkle

sorry to interrupt but need help with te7/36, last word

5:14 pm

m9f9l

The hard part is not trying to lead her thinking. You can ask qustions to find out what SHE'S thinking.. but trying to lead her thinking will always backfire.

5:14 pm

m9f9l

i don't have peri

5:14 pm

Soodle

5:15 pm

carleekat

dont have it peri....sorry

5:15 pm

periwinkle

ty, will keep looking

5:15 pm

m9f9l

that's a good clue soodle.

5:15 pm

Jellen

The te 7/36 I have is my icon clue

5:15 pm

m9f9l

oh. I do have that word! how did I miss that?

5:15 pm

periwinkle

ty Jellen, cute icon. fireworks

5:15 pm

Jellen

Hooray for peri!!!

5:16 pm

m9f9l

Whoo Hoo peri!!!!

5:16 pm

periwinkle

ty now off to read for a while, happy babbling

5:16 pm

carleekat

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~*for peri

5:16 pm

periwinkle

(((((carlee and daughter)))))

5:16 pm

periwinkle

thanks for the pom poms carlee

5:16 pm

carleekat

thanks peri....and ur welcome

5:17 pm

carleekat

some positive reikii action this way would be lovely :)

5:17 pm

Soodle

Carlee - Your still tossing those pom-poms. Your good!!!!Things WLL work out ok in the end!

5:18 pm

carleekat

i keep hearing that soodle..been hearing that for years now... hopefully i am more then 1/2 way through

5:19 pm

Soodle

Positive Mental Attitude. Positive Mental Attitude. Positive Mental

5:21 pm

Trifioso

hello again friends. just a few minutes to babble -- it's homecoming night, so have to go out into the frozen night soon

5:22 pm

carleekat

right...pma instead of pms

5:22 pm

carleekat

hi trifs....enjoy the game tho...

5:22 pm

carleekat

at least not raining

5:23 pm

Jellen

Hi, Trif

5:23 pm

Trifioso

heres today's funny tidbit: I had to pay the state tax on Primos' car today, and renew my home town paper subscription. The newspaper was more expensive!!!

5:23 pm

Trifioso

Hello Jellen! Was just thinking of you today....how's things?

5:24 pm

Jellen

Things are okay...house is still a mess...and life goes on...

5:24 pm

ladybug.hill

carlee - been thinking about you

5:24 pm

ladybug.hill

hope things are better today

5:24 pm

carleekat

thanks lady :)

5:24 pm

Trifioso

houses are hard to keep neat, that is for sure

5:24 pm

Jellen

Hi, ladybug

5:25 pm

carleekat

things are the same...but...i am not the mess i was last night..

5:25 pm

m9f9l

but someone is coming to help you soon.. right jell?

5:25 pm

Jellen

Oh, mine's over the top, with stuff partially packed to go to the store building...

5:25 pm

carleekat

especially with teenagers traipsing thru constantly trifs

5:26 pm

Jellen

Yes, m9...with the kitchen...not the rest of the house!

5:26 pm

Trifioso

ugh. know that one carlee! dear secondo wanted me to ask my sister to come to homecoming tonight, as she "is so fun!"

5:26 pm

carleekat

ACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK....i cant take all those re's..NOT today...no

5:26 pm

carleekat

more the merrier....

5:27 pm

Trifioso

usually, but this was more of the AND NOT YOU sort of thing

5:27 pm

Soodle

(((((Trif))))))

5:27 pm

carleekat

ooops

5:27 pm

carleekat

5:27 pm

m9f9l

Jell... maybe we should figure out a buddy system or something.. you got verizon? I'd actually do housework if I had someone to talk to.LOL

5:28 pm

Trifioso

hey there soodle! Btw, since I haven't seen you this week, just want to let you know that the gavel went down on monday, and the divorce is all done. HUGE relief, really.

5:28 pm

Trifioso

Jellen, or M9 - have you checked out the Flylady.net website? She really is great

5:28 pm

m9f9l

I can't do flylady.

5:28 pm

m9f9l

it's too much for me. overwhelming.

5:29 pm

Trifioso

okay. just thought I would mention it

5:29 pm

m9f9l

it works for a lot of people

5:29 pm

m9f9l

so keep mentioning!LOL

5:29 pm

Soodle

Oh Trif...... (((()))) I know its a relief, but tinged with all sorts of sadness and regrets. Huge support coming from Soodles to Trif....

5:30 pm

Trifioso

thanks soodle. I am still getting a lot of fun out of imaging you and your clever daughters stalking mr hate through cavan on his next trip and making him VERY miserable, I must admit....

5:30 pm

carleekat

ooh..i had not seen flylady before..i think..perhaps i will peruse that this weekend..and implement this week....

5:30 pm

m9f9l

the first re says it all..... (think bottoms)

5:30 pm

Trifioso

re ass?

5:31 pm

carleekat

rear

5:31 pm

carleekat

rerear

5:31 pm

Soodle

ROFL

5:31 pm

m9f9l

LOL.. it sounds like it would be the pl of the word for assh***

5:31 pm

m9f9l

LOL

5:31 pm

Jellen

No, I have ATT...

5:31 pm

m9f9l

although it means something else I think.

5:31 pm

carleekat

rearse

5:31 pm

m9f9l

about straight muscles...

5:32 pm

Jellen

But a buddy system works for me...

5:32 pm

m9f9l

darn.

5:32 pm

cosdem

or 5/12?

5:32 pm

carleekat

purpling out the re's they do not exist..i need to find my happy place minus re's

5:32 pm

Jellen

Do you do SKype?

5:33 pm

Jellen

or Yahoo Messenger?

5:33 pm

Trifioso

re utopia!

5:34 pm

Soodle

Or 5/12 - if your kids need a specialist tooth doctor, he would be an *****dontist....

5:34 pm

Jellen

Thanks, Soodle!

5:34 pm

Trifioso

I cannot BUDGE the bottom row i - help please?

5:35 pm

Jellen

io5 = io + *** not, *** too! classic child arguement

5:35 pm

m9f9l

sorry.. was helping Gage get Robin to his underwater suit.

5:35 pm

Trifioso

bless you jellen!

5:36 pm

m9f9l

I tried to set up skype.. but did it wrong...

5:36 pm

ladybug.hill

en 8/40?

5:36 pm

m9f9l

I have yahoo. and we're connected on Facebook too.

5:36 pm

Trifioso

oh, is that what the kids are calling it these days, m9???

5:36 pm

Jellen

en 8 = beings

5:36 pm

m9f9l

but I can't carry that around with me WHILE I work!LOL

5:36 pm

m9f9l

calling what? huh??

5:37 pm

Jellen

True...

5:37 pm

Soodle

Euphamisms!!!!

5:37 pm

m9f9l

My 4 yo is playing lego batman.

5:38 pm

ladybug.hill

?

5:38 pm

Soodle

Hey, Jellen, hows thing ith you?

5:38 pm

Jellen

Same old, same old, Soodle...

5:38 pm

Soodle

err. with...

5:39 pm

Jellen

Not going to James' gig Saturday...upon request...

5:39 pm

Jellen

Because his complication might be there...

5:40 pm

Trifioso

okay, I have to go to the game now. brrrrrrrr. Take care all!

5:40 pm

carleekat

ok..am going to go check out flylady...

5:40 pm

Jellen

Bye Trif...stay warm...

5:40 pm

carleekat

enjoy the match....stay warm

5:40 pm

Jellen

later, carlee!

5:41 pm

m9f9l

bye carlee!!! it will be ok!

5:43 pm

m9f9l

re 7/40... Gage's hair is just kind of re7/40 in certain light.

5:45 pm

Jellen

brb

5:46 pm

Jellen

back...

5:46 pm

Jellen

no, I'm not...brb

5:48 pm

ladybug.hill

last ar 4/4?

5:48 pm

ladybug.hill

sorry second to last

5:49 pm

m9f9l

it's yer bum

5:49 pm

Jellen

Okay, really back...

5:49 pm

m9f9l

and nice to have you back.

5:50 pm

m9f9l

think you and the pal will get all the boxes finished in the kitchen?

5:50 pm

ladybug.hill

ty

5:50 pm

Jellen

Yes, we'll finish the kitchen...

5:50 pm

Jellen

If she ever gets here...

5:51 pm

m9f9l

sweet!

5:54 pm

m9f9l

i'm wallowing in the re's...

5:55 pm

Jellen

Just sent an add request for Yahoo messenger to you m9...

5:55 pm

m9f9l

ok!

5:56 pm

Jellen

That is, if your yahoo ID is the same as this one...

6:10 pm

ladybug.hill

1/3 of the way through

6:10 pm

ladybug.hill

ugh forever!

6:10 pm

m9f9l

LOL lady

6:13 pm

m9f9l

3 to go

6:14 pm

Jillyjill

Wow M(...I just looked at grid and figured I wouldn't even start!!

6:15 pm

Jillyjill

*m9

6:15 pm

Jillyjill

Hi Jellen!

6:15 pm

m9f9l

ah jilly.. it's not great... but it's not terrible...

6:16 pm

m9f9l

I think Jellen has gone.. her friend arrived.

6:16 pm

Jillyjill

I guess I could try, it is Friday night...

6:17 pm

m9f9l

2..

6:17 pm

Jillyjill

Ahhh...

6:17 pm

ladybug.hill

co 7/36?

6:17 pm

Jillyjill

well, guess I can dive in, should be able to do enough to keep my stats...lol..like that's anything great

6:18 pm

m9f9l

1...

6:18 pm

m9f9l

LOL.. it's all good jilly

6:18 pm

m9f9l

yes lady.. that is co7.. there is a co7 in the grid ;-)

6:19 pm

Jillyjill

Hi Ladybug...I just started so no clues

6:19 pm

Jillyjill

Damn...I see Lickety is off yet again today...hmmm wish I hadn't started...who has the list?

6:20 pm

ladybug.hill

i haven't had problems with lickety today

6:20 pm

m9f9l

fireworks! no. lIckety is up. believe me.. I would not have finished without!

6:20 pm

ladybug.hill

can I get a clue for co7/36?

6:20 pm

m9f9l

I did clue it lady!

6:20 pm

m9f9l

at 6:18

6:20 pm

Jillyjill

YAY WooT to m9...I just refreshed clues...whew...yesterday was a pain without Lickety...

6:21 pm

ladybug.hill

I think I missed it

6:22 pm

ladybug.hill

or just don't understand the clue is more like it

6:22 pm

m9f9l

here it is again: yes lady.. that is co7.. there is a co7 in the grid ;-)

6:22 pm

LuvWordGames

co 7/36 co rectify an error

6:23 pm

ladybug.hill

got it ty both - have to go will finish tonight

6:23 pm

ladybug.hill

HOPEFULLY! :-)

6:26 pm

m9f9l

just changed to clue icon

6:31 pm

aknitter

hi all, shamelessly begging for I word clues LOL

6:32 pm

Uneaixoise

id6/7 dolt

6:33 pm

aknitter

well une now I feel like an id -- ty

6:33 pm

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

6:34 pm

Uneaixoise

io6/7 almost the red stuff your mom put on a cut

6:34 pm

Uneaixoise

(brit spelling)

6:35 pm

aknitter

hmmmmm brit spelling

6:35 pm

aknitter

that usually involves adding a u somewhere!!

6:35 pm

Uneaixoise

change last consonant

6:36 pm

Uneaixoise

american's would spell it with a z

6:36 pm

Uneaixoise

aaccckkk!!! *americans

6:36 pm

Uneaixoise

horrified that I made an apostrophe error!!! LOL

6:36 pm

m9f9l

beware the id4

6:36 pm

aknitter

got it ty! crazy americans

6:36 pm

herinfernallady

Hi

6:36 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

6:37 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, herin :-)

6:37 pm

m9f9l

or is that crasy?? LOL

6:37 pm

Uneaixoise

LOL!

6:37 pm

aknitter

grabbing an eraser to remove that apostrophe before the grammar police show up

6:37 pm

m9f9l

well.. I must off. *poof*

6:37 pm

aknitter

bye m9 ty

6:37 pm

Uneaixoise

whew, thanks!

6:37 pm

Uneaixoise

bye m9

6:38 pm

carleekat

who suggested flylady?

6:38 pm

carleekat

and hi again

6:38 pm

herinfernallady

Feather Me and a lot of us

6:38 pm

aknitter

clearly i missed something... flylady?

6:38 pm

carleekat

okie...kokie..i have a clean sink :)

6:39 pm

Uneaixoise

ditto huh?

6:39 pm

herinfernallady

YAH

6:39 pm

herinfernallady

www.flylady.net

6:39 pm

carleekat

hahahah

6:39 pm

carleekat

its over the top...but..i rather like what i see...

6:40 pm

herinfernallady

I like it because you are not farting about the house. You go into a room and think well that and that needs doing and then move on

6:40 pm

carleekat

clearly ineed to buy a timer....and clearly i need a pair of cheapy sneakers for the house

6:40 pm

aknitter

going to read about decluttering in 15 minutes a day

6:41 pm

carleekat

but the light over my sink... if its on...bounces around the room my sink so shiny

6:41 pm

aknitter

passing sunglasses to carle

6:42 pm

carleekat

( and lcearly october for me a good month to start as i have very little paper clutter in my house..i have STUFF..but not paper)

6:42 pm

herinfernallady

I don't Carlee. I hate wearing shoes in the house

6:42 pm

Uneaixoise

same here, herin

6:42 pm

carleekat

so do i herin..but..i will do this...so much other shit out of my control right now..i need something i can control right now..myhouse

6:42 pm

herinfernallady

I also think it is great site for people that have mental health problems because they are doable

6:43 pm

herinfernallady

I find that I take hints from them like micro fiber cloths and buy the car window cleaner ones

6:43 pm

herinfernallady

Carlee little steps follow the daily steps

6:44 pm

carleekat

no..i am going to declutter my house... oh..i am....i will do as it suggests...i just...nothing else is in my realm of control..this...willbe a nice project for me to "control"

6:45 pm

herinfernallady

I have been doing this for about a year. Its a fantastic thing for me having depression.

6:46 pm

Dorens

hi carlee... have read back some and know about your situation. for what it's worth, I'm also one of those whose daughter left to live with her dad at 13, albeit for different reasons. But I went through deep depression, and it was a tough time. And, as so many others have said before... she came back. They always do

6:46 pm

aknitter

carlee i did a big anti clutter of my house. i set a goal - put away 5 things a day. in no time all was organized and i actually found myself putting away more than 5 and looking forward to see what i could accomplish

6:46 pm

carleekat

thanks dorens...

6:47 pm

herinfernallady

Dorens that has to be hard. ANd Carlee every thing has a silver lining at the end even if right now it looks like tin foil

6:47 pm

carleekat

i routinely do a big pitch and throw... but its more then that...i just ...i want to get back to less is more...and just...open things up...

6:47 pm

Dorens

that being said, who is giving out clues for af 6/30?

6:47 pm

Uneaixoise

a + not stale

6:47 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, dorens :-)

6:47 pm

carleekat

( herin....its been greasy tinfoil for a long time..u know about all the crap for years... still waiting for even clean tin foil )

6:48 pm

Dorens

thankee une

6:48 pm

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

6:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello doren and all

6:48 pm

Uneaixoise

hey TO!

6:48 pm

herinfernallady

ANd that is a good goal to havve. I really need to drag my butt off the couch to get hayfever drugs

6:48 pm

carleekat

hi TO..holy..long time no see u

6:48 pm

Dorens

carlee, we are probably closer than we would have been if she hadn't left... i think. hi owl

6:48 pm

herinfernallady

HI TO

6:49 pm

carleekat

dorens..i am not sure how we could be closer...we are very gilmore'ish

6:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

be very very careful ,a ll. i actually COOKEd tonight.

6:49 pm

Dorens

hmmmm clean tin foil. sounds like a good goal.

6:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

the world may shi5 on is axis

6:49 pm

carleekat

ohh....goodie TO..i didnt..what is for dinner?

6:49 pm

Uneaixoise

go TO!

6:49 pm

Dorens

well then carlee, you will weather this. try to keep in mind that "this too shall pass" and don't spend too much time mourning

6:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

chili- it's cooooold out!

6:50 pm

carleekat

my crew doesnt like chili :(

6:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

though i did use the old "cooking for two" betty crocker - and that brought a tear to my eye for a sec

6:50 pm

Dorens

i grilled tuna marinated in lime, olive oil and garlic. brown rice and brussels sprouts. simple. and yes it was chilly out there by the grill

6:50 pm

carleekat

thanks dorens....i am slowly coming out of shock...

6:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

sounds good doren...gee, was it really a year ago we all met at your house? time flies

6:51 pm

wildcat17

I cannot believe someone else here is going through the exact same thing at the exact same time ... we need to talk carlee

6:51 pm

Dorens

good carlee, cause you surely will come through. I've read about girl guides and stuff.. you do have a good relationship, don't let this get in the way.. she is a good girl

6:51 pm

carleekat

ok...<toddling off to find me some kind of dinner>

6:51 pm

Dorens

yes owl, it was last november. so much has happened in that year

6:52 pm

carleekat

wild..if u on fb...tack a hotmail.com to the end of my nic..u will find me

6:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes it certainly has

6:52 pm

wildcat17

I am and you're probably already a friend ... I will message you

6:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

i need 63 words, may be list time

6:52 pm

wht

Hi all, how is Babbleland tonight?

6:52 pm

carleekat

am online

6:53 pm

carleekat

its....typical babble support group therapy time again wht

6:53 pm

Dorens

my foot has healed, i dumped one old boyfriend and reconnected with another, i lost a job, then got to do two jobs for the price of one. how about you?

6:53 pm

herinfernallady

I made a baby spinach with candied maple walnuts and salted ricotta (Mizithra)

6:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

ooo btw what was ken's lat name? i think some one spooled him in email to me

6:53 pm

herinfernallady

HI WHT

6:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

spoofed

6:54 pm

wht

Hi Herin.

6:54 pm

wildcat17

gotcha pulled up car

6:54 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi wht

6:54 pm

Dorens

sounds good herin and hi wht and wildcat, and yes, owl that was him. don't know how, but someone infiltrated and got his entire addressbook

6:55 pm

herinfernallady

I did try and ask for Salted Ricotta but I got a blank look then told the Greek name, it is in a hard ball.

6:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

lol well if he was stranded in london and needed cash he was certainly asking the wrong person! :D

6:56 pm

Dorens

lol

6:57 pm

wildcat17

hi dorens

6:58 pm

inge

yeah! I finally finished.

6:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

so what are you doing home on friday night?

7:00 pm

Dorens

playing babble, silly. how about you?

7:00 pm

Dorens

yay inge!

7:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

wait where is the b ball game if not on fox?

7:00 pm

Dorens

Louie goes to lots and lots of meetings. friday nights i'm tired, working two jobs. i left today after 5:30, second day in a row

7:01 pm

Mom

TBS, ((TO)) and hello everyone

7:01 pm

Dorens

hi mom, it's been a while

7:01 pm

Mom

yes it has been Dorens. A new boyfriend? wow!

7:02 pm

72 Temple Owl

horrible doings up your way, i heard.

7:02 pm

Dorens

an old new one. From about 1992 to 2004. on and off

7:02 pm

Mom

I am not usually on in the evenings. But didn't get much babble time today

7:02 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi mon just thiinking of you, i made chili and thinking next time would be your recipe

7:02 pm

Dorens

you mean ringwood, owl?'

7:02 pm

herinfernallady

Hi MOooooooooom

7:03 pm

Mom

good for you, Doren. I hope you are happy

7:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes. as if there isn't enough bad news here, my aunt had to tell me. it's always i can top this

7:03 pm

Mom

HI TO, it is chilly enough for chili. I hope you will like the recipe

7:03 pm

Mom

((Herin)) hello

7:03 pm

Mom

TO, did you find the ball game?

7:03 pm

Dorens

i think so mom.. i have always loved him, sometimes as a friend, but really love

7:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

wondering if i just put cinnamon in regular recipe ....

7:04 pm

Mom

oh Doren, that is so sweet.

7:04 pm

Dorens

cinnamon is great in chili

7:04 pm

wildcat17

I missed something doren ... Louie?

7:04 pm

inge

Crawling back into my cave to rest up for the next tooo looong Babble. Gute Nacht.

7:04 pm

Dorens

so is half a square of baking chocolate

7:04 pm

Mom

I don't know why not TO

7:04 pm

Mom

guten nacht Inge

7:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes game is nearly beginning ty

7:05 pm

Mom

you're welcome

7:05 pm

Dorens

Louie, my true love, who is a royal screwup, but I don't know, I just love him. doesn't have ken's panache, style, or money. quite the opposite. but i do love him

7:05 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes the rumor was that cincy hili has chocolate but that is not so

7:05 pm

Mom

Doren, how long have you been seeing Louie?

7:05 pm

Dorens

night inge

7:05 pm

Dorens

you mean this time around, or all together?

7:05 pm

wildcat17

wow what happened with Ken, if I may ask?

7:06 pm

Mom

this time around

7:06 pm

Dorens

i have a new york times recipe owl, from back in the 70's, that includes chocolate

7:06 pm

herinfernallady

NIght Inge

7:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

is it called cincinatti chili?

7:07 pm

Dorens

well, he found someone else. i guess we were just a bit too different. problem is, he found the someone else while we were still "together". not very nice. mom, this time around, I guess since the summer. owl, yes

7:07 pm

wildcat17

ugh so sorry doren

7:07 pm

Dorens

so ken actually dumped me about ten days after the school board did, last april. not very nice timing

7:08 pm

Mom

oh Doren, a little slice of heaven. I am so happy for you

7:08 pm

wildcat17

not very

7:08 pm

Dorens

it worked out though wildcat. I was certainly not in love with him, and i think that might have bothered him somewhat

7:08 pm

72 Temple Owl

*sugh* i had a ny daily news recipe for a sour cream coffee cake, with cardamom, that was publushed ln the seventies around jewish holiday. lost it and have never been able to duplicate it. ty doren I will take it when you have time.

7:08 pm

herinfernallady

Any Food suggestions please neeeded at a blank

7:08 pm

Dorens

remind me owl, i'll probably forget

7:09 pm

wildcat17

well that part is good

7:09 pm

Dorens

food suggestions for what herin?

7:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

am considering making some soft molasses ginger cookies this weekend but i cannot cookd AND bake in the same day. there would be fire and pestilence.

7:09 pm

herinfernallady

TO was that from the tymes?

7:09 pm

Dorens

wildcat, i'm sorry to hear about your daughter. what i said to carlee goes for you too then. they come back, they always do

7:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

huh herein?

7:10 pm

wildcat17

I know. I've been through it with another child. It just sucks while it's happening

7:10 pm

Mom

oh TO, that is not true

7:10 pm

Dorens

i hardly ever bake now owl, saving the calories for other stuff

7:10 pm

wildcat17

I didn't realize you'd been through a similar experience

7:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

*wonders what in the world is better than pastry*

7:10 pm

Dorens

yes, it does lisa, but try not to dwell (not that this is easy). Yes, Rachel left for her Dad's when she was 13, and she is one of those all or nothing types.

7:11 pm

sammysmom

fre 7/44 ??..... have one and can t find the other? fish smack me please

7:11 pm

Dorens

i didn't say better, i said other, owl. the occasional pasta, or potatoes, or bread

7:11 pm

wildcat17

I think about it less now that some time has passed, but every once in a while it really smacks me

7:11 pm

Mom

Hi Wildcat and Sammysmom

7:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

i have placated myself with dark chocolate and oats granola bars in lieu of cookies. natur evalley. the crumbs are good i vanilla yogurt.

7:11 pm

wildcat17

hi mom

7:12 pm

Dorens

sometimes i'd see a girl walking to school from behind and think it was her, and then feel like crying

7:12 pm

LuvWordGames

fr 7/44 change the cons. at the end of the other

7:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

my goodness, you are on a low carb diet?

7:12 pm

sammysmom

hi mom an wildcat

7:12 pm

Dorens

oh chocolate, that reminds me. time for my nightly square

7:12 pm

wildcat17

hi sammy

7:12 pm

redturtlehead

hi all, should I start?

7:12 pm

Dorens

i do try to restrict carbs, seems to help some

7:12 pm

wildcat17

it's mostly the worst when I have to take her back

7:12 pm

Dorens

sure thing red

7:12 pm

wildcat17

sure red are you up for a challenge?

7:12 pm

Mom

Hi Red! Sure come on in

7:13 pm

herinfernallady

I am hunting that recipe down

7:13 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi red. no, just chat

7:13 pm

sammysmom

thanks luv, as i said. a fish smack----lol

7:13 pm

redturtlehead

just thinking about finishing...if I can or not...but I will probably start.

7:13 pm

Dorens

oh, when rachel left me, she LEFT me. didn't hardly see her for months (sob, sob). it helps that she is now 29... we're talking about 16 years ago

7:13 pm

LuvWordGames

yw sammie, not a common word

7:13 pm

herinfernallady

TO I am looking for taht recipe

7:13 pm

72 Temple Owl

well herein ty but i have hunted in vain

7:14 pm

wildcat17

no I got the visitation part of the deal ... she's about 10 miles away

7:14 pm

Mom

Hi Luv

7:14 pm

LuvWordGames

hi Mom

7:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

i a sure you will find many sour cream coffee cakes but i want that one

7:14 pm

wht

Sammy, that smack can land you in the PB today.

7:15 pm

Mom

Hi Wht

7:15 pm

wht

Hi Mom

7:16 pm

herinfernallady

Did it have teh cardaman or did you add it?

7:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

it was par tof the recipe, herein

7:18 pm

herinfernallady

Ok

7:19 pm

herinfernallady

I have found this book from NY Times :
http://tinyurl.com/358dhxb I cant see what is in it but maybe you can have a look at the local library

7:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

herein dear: ty but it is from the NY daily news.

7:20 pm

herinfernallady

It says it has a 1968's Coffee cake could it hurt to look (I hate loosing recipes)

7:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty, herein.

7:21 pm

Dorens

http://tinyurl.com/2d8zujv for owl

7:21 pm

redturtlehead

Ok, well I am at 101, so so far not so bad...

7:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty do you have a martini to go with it?

7:21 pm

Mom

wow Red, going to town!

7:22 pm

Dorens

but owl, i have to tell you i usually take certain aspects take from that recipe and combine with others. no two chilis are ever the same with me. I also like chili made with beer

7:22 pm

Dorens

and i hate beer

7:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

i saw somem cute ones with olive sstuffed ito radishes for halloween

7:23 pm

redturtlehead

thanks MOm!

7:23 pm

herinfernallady

I have to find things to cook for this week mmm frownie

7:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

i want cake. luckily i have not been able to perfet the choco cake ina mug recipe and have given up trying

7:24 pm

Mom

:-)

7:24 pm

Dorens

my favorite chocolate cake is flourless .. dense, rich, sinfully good

7:24 pm

Mom

I tried that TO, no success here at all

7:24 pm

Dorens

herin, go to the market and see what looks good.. then create from there

7:24 pm

Mom

Herin, if you like meatloaf, I have a recipe in my profile

7:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

i know, and there are so many recipe out there! they all seem to be old, perhaps microwave tehomogy has changed so that 1he wattage is not at all the same?

7:25 pm

Jillyjill

Anybody heard from Carleekat today?

7:25 pm

Dorens

who likes butternut squash? i found a recipe yesterday that i'm itching to try

7:25 pm

Mom

Hi Jilly, she was on a little bit ago

7:25 pm

Dorens

yes jilly, she sounds like she's doing well

7:25 pm

Mom

not me, Dorens

7:25 pm

redturtlehead

do tell dorens!

7:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

funny you should say that, i had one in my hand, to try roasted with cinnamon and cumin

7:26 pm

wht

I think that there are some od6,27 words in the grid today. Some are odd5,14 than others but oa9 has to be one of the odd6,24.

7:26 pm

herinfernallady

You just missed her Jilly

7:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

have had squash o ly once and hated it, not sure what kind it was mashed

7:26 pm

Dorens

i roast them all the time.. this one had walnuts, vanilla and fresh ginger. i 'll go find it

7:26 pm

redturtlehead

yum!

7:27 pm

herinfernallady

I have had pattypan squash it was yuk

7:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

i saw golden acron squash, they were cute little things. do all squashes taste alike?

7:27 pm

Mom

Wht, care to clue the oa 9 word?

7:27 pm

lbdawger

hi everyone! finito finally!

7:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

compound, both words are scored on their own in the grid

7:27 pm

Dorens

http://tinyurl.com/2ufbwno
no not really, but acorn and butternut can be interchanged, most of the winter squashes can. they are just so wonderful when roasted... get carmelized

7:27 pm

wht

It is the plural of the oa7.

7:27 pm

Dorens

yay dawg!!

7:28 pm

Mom

hmmm. better find the oa 7 first then

7:28 pm

wht

oa 7 is what you row with + what slaps you in this puzzle

7:28 pm

herinfernallady

And that would be what WHt?

7:28 pm

herinfernallady

Hi LB

7:28 pm

herinfernallady

Struggling to think of a fortnights of food

7:28 pm

Mom

thanks Wht

7:28 pm

lbdawger

saw the talk about squash! yummy! pattypan is rather bland, needs a lot of "helpers" to make it taste like anything

7:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

i keep getting the chili, doren

7:28 pm

Mom

Hi LBD, congratulations

7:29 pm

Jillyjill

How is she doing herin? Did she talk with her daughter?

7:29 pm

Jillyjill

WooT dawg!!

7:29 pm

wht

Herin, it is an easy word in the grid.

7:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

was that supposed to be the squash recipe?

7:29 pm

lbdawger

hi Dorens, Herin, Mom, Jilly and thank you all! this was a long weird grid.

7:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello dawg

7:30 pm

Dorens

the second one is the squash owl. the first was the chili

7:30 pm

herinfernallady

Jilly go to archives it was only 30 min ago

7:30 pm

lbdawger

Hi TO!!

7:30 pm

wht

Yes, lbd, it is full of od8

7:30 pm

Jillyjill

ty herin

7:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

no both are the chili

7:30 pm

Mom

I just want to get to half way. 130 down, still have some tiles to blank and absolutely no 8 letter words. **sigh**

7:30 pm

lbdawger

hi wht! that's putting it mildly!

7:30 pm

Dorens

otherwise, go to simplyrecipes.com and look for butternut squash with walnuts and vanilla. it may be your browser... when i try the second one, i get the squash recipe

7:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

crap, ranger scored, 1-0

7:31 pm

Mom

it is early yet TO

7:31 pm

lbdawger

Mom, de8, ones who damage property

7:32 pm

Mom

destroyers are not in the grid :)

7:33 pm

Mom

thanks lbd, will go look

7:33 pm

herinfernallady

If I recall what was said in the chat I will stuff itl Now excuse me whilst I go smack my head trying to find a non citrus recipe

7:33 pm

Mom

thanks LBD

7:33 pm

wht

Goodness, how many re words are in the grid today???

7:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

glad.sorry to hear about the ckae recipe, mom. i am sure it can be mad eto work but after 5 tries i was sick of it

7:34 pm

Dorens

a few more than i'd like, wht

7:34 pm

wht

2 is a few more than I like.

7:34 pm

lbdawger

30re's

7:34 pm

Mom

I would rather have a layer cake anyway, TO. But at least I tried

7:34 pm

herinfernallady

THat is 30 more than I like

7:35 pm

wht

And I have 4 right now.

7:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

so would i. next year i will make myself one for my birthday

7:35 pm

redturtlehead

Ok, off topic, so strange. The Orlando Magic was scheduled to play a preseason game agains thte heat today in Tampa, and apparently they laid the basketball floor over the ice hockey ice. now too wet to play safely... sad for me...and so strange.

7:35 pm

Mom

there are 30 RE words?

7:36 pm

Mom

oh geez Red, I am sure fur will fly over that

7:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

i gave my sil a recipe for a pumkin cake adding pumpkin to spice cake mix. she made it into cupcakes and they were very good

7:36 pm

Dorens

beesting cake, owl. make that!!

7:36 pm

lbdawger

27 of them are fairly easy to find. 2 of them fall in the unusual category, and the 3rd one is just weird!

7:36 pm

Mom

our youngest is anxiously waiting for basketball season to start

7:36 pm

redturtlehead

had no clue you could play ball over an ice rink...

7:36 pm

redturtlehead

I am very excited this year, I am hoping my Dad will come down and I can take him to a game...

7:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

LOL doren, there are tons of recipes for that! just find that NYC restaurant and order it!

7:36 pm

Mom

I wouldn't think you could do that

7:37 pm

redturtlehead

Mom who is your youngest cheering for?

7:37 pm

Mom

he is a Bulls fan

7:37 pm

Dorens

yah, but if you could make that, it would be sooo impressive

7:37 pm

redturtlehead

good team!

7:37 pm

Mom

he likes, I think his name is NOah.

7:37 pm

lbdawger

well, putting the boards over the rink is one thing, putting the boards over ice...priceless

7:38 pm

Mom

OH I can't remember sh**

7:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

well i love to bake and have tons of recipes but no one to make them for

7:38 pm

sammysmom

oa5/12........

7:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

but the ginger sookies will freeze well so i can do th5

7:39 pm

Mom

TO can you bake and take it into work?

7:39 pm

Dorens

re 6/30 please

7:39 pm

LuvWordGames

pt of what you use to row a boat

7:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

no. i have no work group at present, am frelancing

7:39 pm

Mom

we love pumpkin and banana bread both freeze well

7:39 pm

LuvWordGames

re 6/30 re + it's as plain as the nose on your ****

7:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

re6/30: put your makeup on again?

7:40 pm

Mom

how is the free lancing going?

7:40 pm

lbdawger

re + **** the music, you're in trouble now!

7:40 pm

cosdem

or 5//12?

7:40 pm

Dorens

man, that is fi** worthy. thanks all

7:40 pm

Mom

Hi Cosdem

7:40 pm

cosdem

hi :)

7:40 pm

sammysmom

sorry-- i meant oa 5/12

7:41 pm

sammysmom

hi cos

7:41 pm

Mom

what else is new LBD. :)

7:41 pm

LuvWordGames

or 5/12 a surgeon that operates on bones is a or***pedic surgeon

7:41 pm

LuvWordGames

oa 5/12 past tense of what you row a boat with

7:41 pm

wht

ty Lov

7:41 pm

herinfernallady

I hate recipe hunting

7:42 pm

cosdem

aww thanks :)

7:42 pm

LuvWordGames

yw wht

7:42 pm

Dorens

really herin? and i love it

7:42 pm

herinfernallady

I can't find anything that suits our needs

7:42 pm

sammysmom

thanks

7:42 pm

sammysmom

luv

7:43 pm

LuvWordGames

yw sammy

7:43 pm

herinfernallady

I have a dairy intolerance he has a citrus intolerance. Makes it harder

7:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

herein don't you have a repetoire? or are you bored with it?

7:44 pm

cosdem

oh sweet lord im starting the re words.. wish me luck

7:44 pm

Mom

good luck Cosdem

7:44 pm

Dorens

i cook almost everything in olive oil, no butter. and don't add oranges or lemons to everything. what kind of recipes are you looking for? meats, vegs? or is this about baking?

7:44 pm

herinfernallady

I have a lot of recipe magazines it has hit that time of year were citrus is the in thing.

7:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

hardky any of my main di6 use dairy products or citrus

7:48 pm

sammysmom

tr 6/21 ??.... i have been looking for 2 t's for hours

7:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

i have a pkural 6.21

7:49 pm

lbdawger

tr6.21 tr + vowel + automobile

7:49 pm

Dorens

i'm down to two t's also.. that and the te7

7:49 pm

Dorens

just found that, but thanks anyway dawg

7:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

te7 - you have one, doren

7:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

in lieu of a yard

7:50 pm

sammysmom

thanks ib........ the other t is the te 7/36....... prpbably another fish

7:50 pm

Dorens

lol.. had just found that one too, owl . thanks though, i do. you'd think it was my clue for the day, eh?

7:51 pm

lbdawger

lots of snuggly bears= te7.36

7:51 pm

Mom

thanks LBD and TO

7:51 pm

Dorens

sammies mom, my icon

7:51 pm

redturtlehead

OK I am now over half way. 161/148....

7:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

well still ned 52, either list or go home at this point

7:51 pm

lbdawger

the list really helps

7:51 pm

Dorens

i'm done.. time to leave the computer and read.. the imperfectionist.... so far very good

7:51 pm

cosdem

the re words will be the death of me

7:52 pm

Mom

Congrats Dorens, so good to see you again.

7:52 pm

lbdawger

whooo hooooo DORENS!!

7:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

doen i have the styn gart book spelling approoximate

7:52 pm

redturtlehead

good job!!! I need to eventually list.

7:52 pm

Dorens

thanks.. you too mom... see you in lexulous!

7:53 pm

sammysmom

the te 7/36 is the first te word........ adn i still cant find it wahhhhhhh!!

7:53 pm

sammysmom

the te 7/36 is the first te word........ adn i still cant find it wahhhhhhh!!

7:53 pm

Mom

you bet, ((Doren))

7:53 pm

Dorens

hm... styn gart? confused owl

7:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

doren hope ot see you soon. doren are we not laying or have i been banned for taking too long?

7:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

playing lex

7:53 pm

wht

te7,36 sexy nightwear

7:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

my p key is wonky

7:53 pm

Dorens

dunno owl? will chck it out. probably we're all waiting for you, seems to be the usual

7:54 pm

wht

It is plural

7:54 pm

sammysmom

thanks wht

7:54 pm

Mom

Sammy .... te many T. Roosevelts or bears

7:54 pm

lbdawger

sammy, many small bears to snuggle with

7:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

shteyngart" super sad true love story

7:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

well then tha is ok, don't start one with me. i

7:55 pm

wht

Phantom of the day: tenrec

7:56 pm

Mom

would someone mind to clue any of the io words so I can have NBT, please?

7:57 pm

Dorens

the id*** by dostoevsky

7:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

think what is added to salt

7:57 pm

Dorens

(not a very smart fellow, mom)

7:57 pm

Dorens

io pas tense of to do

7:58 pm

wht

The first 4 io words are all like what they put into salt to prevent goiter.

7:58 pm

Dorens

io + pasT tense of to do. then take it from there

7:58 pm

Mom

slap, slap, slap.... thank you all so much. Forget I could use a S. Didn't think about that word since there wasn't a Z.

7:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

mm, looking at book j acket, this looksfunny, think i will read instead of grid

7:59 pm

wht

Does anyone have a clue for the last io7,36?

7:59 pm

cosdem

re7/44?

7:59 pm

wht

nm, My monkeys just woke up.

7:59 pm

Dorens

past tense of having added the io....

8:00 pm

Dorens

i'm off now, happy babbles all

8:00 pm

Mom

bye bye Dorens

8:00 pm

wht

Night Dorens

8:00 pm

Mom

Cos, I have re + first part of the word that uses numerator and denominators

8:00 pm

lbdawger

re + when a lights bounces off like a prism, it doesn't reflect it re*****

8:01 pm

lbdawger

night night, dorens

8:01 pm

lbdawger

biab

8:01 pm

cosdem

hmm

8:01 pm

Mom

hurry back LBD

8:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

ngiht doren

8:02 pm

cosdem

ah yes got it thank u

8:02 pm

Mom

oh good, glad you got it

8:02 pm

Mom

and plural for the 8

8:02 pm

cosdem

how have you been mom

8:02 pm

cosdem

yes i got the plural too :) all my 8 and 9 are done!

8:02 pm

Mom

just fine Cos and yourself?

8:02 pm

cosdem

50 left!

8:03 pm

cosdem

not bad not bad... excited for halloween even though im doing jack squat! :)

8:03 pm

Mom

you could dress up and sit outside to give candy out

8:03 pm

cosdem

thats my plan!

8:03 pm

cosdem

i got my chorkie a costume today.. he will be a candy corn lol

8:04 pm

Mom

:-)

8:04 pm

Mom

I love seeing all the little ones and their costumes. Use to love making ours theirs

8:05 pm

Mom

boys, not chorkies

8:05 pm

cosdem

lol

8:05 pm

cosdem

my chorkie is my boy

8:06 pm

Mom

that is sweet

8:06 pm

cosdem

i adopted him a little over a year ago... he was so abused.. he weighted like 4 lbs... took him to the vet

8:07 pm

cosdem

he said if we waited longer he wouldnt have made it.. so he is perfectly fine and healthy today

8:07 pm

Mom

ahhh, he is lucky to have you

8:07 pm

Mom

and Mrs. Cosdem

8:07 pm

cosdem

he was never allowed inside before and now he can sleep inside and on the bed

8:08 pm

cosdem

i spoil him rotten lol and he loves me

8:08 pm

Mom

that makes it all worthwhile

8:08 pm

cosdem

yeah and he thinks hes so tough he growls and barks at things that moves outside.. and his reflection lol

8:09 pm

Mom

our boys got me a kitten when they both moved out. They said I needed the company. :)

8:09 pm

Mom

oh, that is just so neat

8:09 pm

cosdem

i also have 2 cats... lol paco wants to play with them but they hate him lol

8:10 pm

Mom

can they get along other than for wanting to play?

8:10 pm

lbdawger

hi cos

8:10 pm

cosdem

yes they dont mind each other

8:11 pm

cosdem

they can sleep on the couch or bed together just fine

8:11 pm

cosdem

hi lbd :)

8:11 pm

Mom

welcome back LBD

8:11 pm

lbdawger

chorkie? chow and yorkie, chihuahah and yorkie?

8:11 pm

Mom

they must be a lot of company to one another

8:11 pm

cosdem

i will have to upload pictures soon

8:12 pm

Mom

would love to see him

8:12 pm

Mom

and the cats as well

8:12 pm

herinfernallady

OK I must be off to do house hold tasks

8:12 pm

lbdawger

love seeing pics of family furballs.

8:12 pm

cosdem

definitely... ill do that in a bit

8:13 pm

lbdawger

later, herin. hope you find some good recipes

8:13 pm

Mom

((Herin)) loves!

8:13 pm

Mom

thank goodness, finally NBT and halfway.

8:13 pm

herinfernallady

DOne that and loves

8:13 pm

Mom

Time to call it a night. ((Hugs)) to all of you

8:14 pm

cosdem

night mom :)

8:14 pm

Mom

pleasant dreams Cosdem. Nice seeing you again

8:14 pm

cosdem

likewise!

8:16 pm

wht

Does anyone have a clue for the last af6?

8:18 pm

cosdem

wow... thats a tough one

8:18 pm

cosdem

same first 3 letters as previous word + vowel + to **y something

8:18 pm

lbdawger

sweet dreams, Mom

8:18 pm

rururocks

not fore on the boat and sammy S*** the baseball player

8:18 pm

J. C.

Glad to see you say you rescued a dog, cosdem. :) Both of mine are rescues, as was my last dog - and the cat I lost not that long ago, also. I would never have a pet any other way, with so many needing homes these days...

8:19 pm

welki

af + not from + **y what you will, i'll hear you

8:19 pm

cosdem

yes definitely JC

8:19 pm

wht

ty ruru, cos and welki

8:20 pm

J. C.

You have MSN don't you, cosdem?

8:20 pm

welki

**Best Clue Award** goes to ru!

8:20 pm

rururocks

*bows lowly*

8:20 pm

wht

New candidate for the od6 word in the grid

8:20 pm

cosdem

not yet.. he hasnt szaid ojk yet

8:21 pm

rururocks

is that icelandic language cosdem?

8:21 pm

welki

ru, i've given up. bax is going to the groomer tomorrow for the works

8:22 pm

J. C.

Ah, I see. Yes, ruru - but I understand it. :P

8:22 pm

Jellen

Hello...

8:22 pm

Jellen

ar 7/28, please?

8:22 pm

J. C.

Hi, Jellen - fancy seeing you here? ;)

8:22 pm

rururocks

there ya go welki..let a pro do it

8:22 pm

wht

Hi Jellen

8:22 pm

welki

more creative, jellen

8:22 pm

rururocks

more of an artist jellen

8:23 pm

Jellen

Thanks, welki and ruru

8:25 pm

wht

clue for either of the ce6's?

8:26 pm

welki

ce + sounds like the end of the writer's name, Leo Tol****

8:26 pm

lbdawger

ce + abbrev for street + who, m**s (french me)

8:26 pm

welki

hey dawg

8:26 pm

lbdawger

hi welki

8:27 pm

wht

ty welki

8:27 pm

wht

I wasn't looking in that direction.

8:27 pm

wht

c's done

8:30 pm

wht

hi7?

8:31 pm

carleekat

hi again

8:31 pm

sammysmom

re 7/48 ?

8:32 pm

Jellen

Hi, again, carlee...

8:32 pm

carleekat

hey jells

8:32 pm

wht

Don't have that sammy

8:32 pm

rururocks

re + what a farmer does (mostly) + a plane that flys

8:32 pm

sammysmom

hi 7= nie her + - - and fro + ego

8:33 pm

cosdem

sorry was called away

8:33 pm

lbdawger

hi carlee

8:33 pm

lbdawger

re + do re me fa **...+ really fast plane

8:34 pm

carleekat

hi dawg

8:34 pm

sammysmom

thanks ru

8:34 pm

wht

ty sammy

8:34 pm

wht

ty lbd

8:35 pm

wht

er5 please

8:36 pm

cosdem

re words done!

8:36 pm

sammysmom

er5- made a mistake

8:36 pm

wht

ty sammysmom. Babble blindness strikes again

8:38 pm

wht

Fireworks. Thank you to all the cluers.

8:39 pm

dan2bit

woo hoo wht

8:39 pm

Jellen

Hooray for wht!!!

8:40 pm

lbdawger

whoooo hooooo wht!!

8:40 pm

lbdawger

hi jellen

8:40 pm

lbdawger

hi dan

8:41 pm

dan2bit

hi lbd and all

8:41 pm

J. C.

What an odd word, ruru - thank you for the clue!

8:42 pm

J. C.

The re7...

8:42 pm

cosdem

very odd yes

8:50 pm

cosdem

si 6/18?

8:51 pm

wht

Spanish mountain

8:52 pm

cosdem

ty!

8:52 pm

crosshair

good evening everyone

8:52 pm

Jellen

Hi, crossy

8:52 pm

wht

Hi Crossy

8:53 pm

J. C.

Good early morning, crossy.

8:53 pm

J. C.

And wht...

8:54 pm

crosshair

yes i guess you limeys are 6 hours ahead of my time

8:54 pm

crosshair

what you doing up at that ungodly hour?

8:54 pm

Jacula

Good morning Jellen, Crossy, J.C. , wht , cosdem and anyone else who is here.

8:55 pm

crosshair

howdy jackula?

8:55 pm

Nancy Boy

not an ungodly hour Crossy - the night is young ;)

8:55 pm

Jellen

Hi, Jac

8:55 pm

crosshair

lol

8:56 pm

crosshair

3 am -is the night is aging fast ;)

8:56 pm

Jacula

I will keep getting spirited out of here by the Word Tornado game I'm playing on FB.

8:56 pm

Jacula

OOps, it happened again!

8:56 pm

bethn

crossy ! I am up an folding! son did it this evening

8:57 pm

Jillyjill

Hi Jac, crossy, NB, and Jellen

8:57 pm

crosshair

YAA FOR BETHN!!!!!

8:57 pm

Jillyjill

and bethn!

8:57 pm

crosshair

howdy jilly

8:57 pm

Jellen

Hi, Jilly

8:57 pm

cosdem

hi jesse.. u never came over for the movie the other day :(

8:57 pm

Jellen

Hi, bethn

8:57 pm

Jacula

Hi jillyjill.

8:57 pm

Nancy Boy

lol Crossy. nobody's immortal ;)

8:58 pm

Nancy Boy

Hiya, Cos! LOL - I was TOO scared ;)

8:58 pm

Nancy Boy

Plus it's a heck of a trek for a movie...

8:58 pm

cosdem

aw figures

8:58 pm

cosdem

i sure am one scary guy :)

8:58 pm

crosshair

now bethn,to check how your are doing ,all you do is right click on the folding icon in the task bar,choose status,them team stats

8:58 pm

Jacula

Hi bethn.

8:59 pm

crosshair

but in the case of my slower computer,i can take 3 days for fold a protien

8:59 pm

Nancy Boy

Hahaha!! Scared of the movies, not you ;) though if you are that scary...guess I won't be popping over anytime soon!

8:59 pm

bethn

hi everyone else! i am in and out playing 8 letters in search of a word

8:59 pm

cosdem

haha

8:59 pm

cosdem

:-P

9:00 pm

crosshair

yaa!!jacq is in the list!!!

9:00 pm

cosdem

if any of you have AMC and want to see paris hilton killed... House of Wax is on now :)

9:00 pm

oro

hi are there lickety clues for this puzzle? thanks

9:00 pm

Jacula

Actually, it's quite annoying to keep being zapped out of her by the FB game. BRB

9:00 pm

Nancy Boy

(you can come over to ours for our Rocky Horror night for halloween...but you HAVE to dress up. Rule.)

9:01 pm

cosdem

oooh can i be a transvestive?

9:01 pm

crosshair

donnie brascoe is also on,a very good movie

9:01 pm

Nancy Boy

I don't think anyone's gonna be dressing as anything else, Cos :P

9:02 pm

cosdem

lol well obviously

9:02 pm

Jacula

I was quite sad that most of the audience for the Dr. Who Live show didn't dress up.

9:02 pm

Jellen

Yes, oro

9:02 pm

bethn

crossy, i dont show on team list, but when i hover over icon it says 7/100

9:02 pm

crosshair

tardis outfits are hard to come by

9:03 pm

cosdem

15 left!!

9:03 pm

sammysmom

so 6/18 ??

9:03 pm

crosshair

you will not show bethn,till you finish your first fold

9:03 pm

bethn

i got it, so i am 7% done with my first fold?

9:04 pm

crosshair

yes indeed

9:04 pm

bethn

woot!

9:04 pm

oro

jellen I dont get any when I click on it is there something else to do

9:04 pm

bethn

woot!

9:04 pm

wht

There is no so6

9:04 pm

crosshair

and i will make certificates availabe to the babble team as they come up

9:04 pm

sammysmom

si 6/18

9:05 pm

Jellen

hmmm...I don't know, oro

9:05 pm

Jellen

let me check...

9:05 pm

wht

That is the Spanish mountain.

9:05 pm

oro

ty

9:05 pm

Jacula

Crossy - yu don't get the Dr. Who thing at all, do you?

9:06 pm

crosshair

lol,jacula i last watched the original dr who in 1976 on a public tv channel 17

9:06 pm

Jellen

It came up for me...here's the URL: http://r46.me/BabbleClues.html

9:06 pm

crosshair

it was that or coronation street lol

9:07 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

9:07 pm

Minveryork

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

9:07 pm

Jacula

They say you can tell someone's age by who they think is the 'real Dr. Who'. Min is William Hartnell from series one.

9:07 pm

crosshair

all i remember now is some blonde guy with a curly afro hopping in and out of a telephone booth killing slimy things

9:07 pm

sammysmom

hi minver

9:07 pm

bethn

i love dr who. unfortunately, it whows on syfy channel here and i will have to wait for quite a while for the current one to show. my last show was the final of the season where he dies

9:08 pm

oro

ty it worked when I typed in the link you gave me but not from this page must be my browser

9:08 pm

Jellen

Yw, oro

9:08 pm

oro

btw if anyone is watching house of wax I hope Paris dies first lol

9:09 pm

cosdem

lol.. no she dies a hour into the movie but her death scene is awesome! she gets impaled in the head/mouth

9:10 pm

crosshair

but i remember the theme music with vivid clarity..go figure

9:10 pm

oro

I've been watching amc all week cant wait for next week or when she gets impaled lol

9:10 pm

cosdem

lol i ve been watching amc all week too...

9:11 pm

cosdem

next week is the halloween marathon

9:11 pm

cosdem

with michael myers

9:11 pm

oro

yes!!!!

9:11 pm

gapeach

Evening all. May I please have a clue for te7-36? Thanks

9:11 pm

cosdem

there was a 4 hour special on bio on wed/thurs "the legacy of elm street" it was pretty interesting

9:12 pm

oro

same with micheal myers and it was really good

9:12 pm

cosdem

it will be on again monday so i set my dvr for it

9:12 pm

cosdem

the michael myers bio i mean

9:12 pm

lynxxx

Gapeach - bears

9:13 pm

lbdawger

te7.36 is a lot of T. Roosevelts or bears

9:13 pm

Jacula

te7/36 = women's sexy underwear or plural kids' cuddly bears.

9:13 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, lynxxx, lbdawger and Jacula.

9:14 pm

Jacula

y/w

9:15 pm

Minveryork

I am giving up at 165 words and 1993 points.Bye to all

9:15 pm

Minveryork

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

9:15 pm

Jacula

See you all in a week. I'm off on holiday later.

9:16 pm

gapeach

Sweet dreams, Min.

9:16 pm

Jacula

'Bye mIN.X

9:16 pm

cosdem

to 7/36?

9:16 pm

lynxxx

bye Jac - have a great holiday

9:16 pm

wht

And I am off myself. Happy Babbling.

9:16 pm

lynxxx

bye Min & wht

9:17 pm

wht

to7 is hot drinks for a cold night.

9:17 pm

cosdem

oh i didnt see that O lol thaks

9:17 pm

crosshair

crssy loves hot to***s

9:18 pm

wht

yw. and poof

9:18 pm

crosshair

to****s*

9:18 pm

lbdawger

night, wht

9:18 pm

oro

too many movies not enough time

9:19 pm

cosdem

tr 6/21?

9:19 pm

cosdem

Agreed oro

9:19 pm

cosdem

thank goodness I have two dvrs :)

9:19 pm

lynxxx

tr & vwl & a vehicle

9:20 pm

oro

lol

9:20 pm

lynxxx

Bye all

9:20 pm

cosdem

ty lynx

9:23 pm

stidmama

bye lynxxx, hey all

9:24 pm

Jellen

Hello, stid

9:24 pm

stidmama

down to 210, and that 0 in the fourth column, fourth row down has me stumped. assist please?

9:25 pm

nrkii

like the ho6, without the H

9:25 pm

Jellen

os 5/10

9:25 pm

cosdem

th 5/18?

9:25 pm

Jellen

Hi, nrkii

9:25 pm

stidmama

hm. thanks nrk and jellen! (((hugs))) nice to see you "nellie"

9:25 pm

nrkii

hi Jellen

9:26 pm

nrkii

{stid} good to see you too

9:26 pm

Magyk

evening...

9:26 pm

Jellen

Hi, Magyk

9:26 pm

stidmama

hey Magky!

9:27 pm

Jacula

OS5/10 = a willow.

9:27 pm

stidmama

oh! fiddlesticks!!!! (thanks Jac!)

9:27 pm

lbdawger

hi stiddy, hi nrkii, hi jac hi magyk

9:27 pm

cosdem

fireworks

9:27 pm

nrkii

although I'm not really here

9:27 pm

nrkii

yay cos!

9:27 pm

lbdawger

whoooo hoooo cos!!

9:27 pm

gapeach

Congrats, cosdem!!!!

9:27 pm

stidmama

LOL and I am waiting for my yellow-twig one to manifest in the garden even now, as the deciduous things around it shed their green!

9:27 pm

lbdawger

an imaginary nrkii?

9:28 pm

stidmama

thanks NBT for me

9:28 pm

stidmama

YAY cos!

9:28 pm

cosdem

ty :) i can stay for a while to clue if anyone needs it

9:28 pm

lbdawger

go stid!

9:28 pm

nrkii

yes, just a figment

9:28 pm

big red

hi all

9:28 pm

big red

congrats cosdem

9:29 pm

stidmama

hey red

9:29 pm

Jellen

Late congrats to cos!!!

9:30 pm

Jellen

Hi, big red

9:30 pm

stidmama

"hidiot" the guy in the Red Robin commercial who responds when the cops start the restaurant's theme song?

9:32 pm

Jacula

I'm going to wander off now, 'cos we're off on holiday for a week later. Happy Babbling all.x

9:33 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for oa7-44? Thanks

9:34 pm

stidmama

enjoy, jac! have a lovely time!

9:34 pm

Jacula

Thanks stid. We will!

9:34 pm

lbdawger

paddle for a boat + >*))<<

9:34 pm

nrkii

to try to catch sea bass from a row boat

9:34 pm

stidmama

compound, peach

9:34 pm

lbdawger

have a good time for all of us, Jac

9:34 pm

stidmama

boat part + what you catch with a line or net

9:35 pm

stidmama

oh! and that gave me the 9! thanks peach!

9:36 pm

shooshoo

hi there!!! and howdy lbd

9:37 pm

stidmama

hey shoo!

9:37 pm

shooshoo

hi

9:37 pm

KoolGamer01

Hey everyone. *waving*

9:38 pm

stidmama

hey Kool!

9:38 pm

KoolGamer01

Hey stidmama.

9:38 pm

gapeach

Thanks, lbdawger, nrkii and stidmama.

9:39 pm

stidmama

oh, I am BEAT. back tomorrow evening. Today... down to 177. not bad. see you-all again soon. *poof*

9:39 pm

KoolGamer01

Bye stidmama. Have a good weekend.

9:41 pm

lbdawger

night, stiddy

9:41 pm

lbdawger

hi shoo

9:41 pm

shooshoo

hey lbd

9:41 pm

shooshoo

sorry about not skyping the other day

9:42 pm

shooshoo

had to tend to a the garage door guy

9:43 pm

lbdawger

no problem. off next friday, if you want to try then

9:44 pm

lbdawger

what's wrong with your garage door?

9:44 pm

shooshoo

Ill pencil you in. LOL

9:45 pm

lbdawger

i'm so lucky

9:45 pm

shooshoo

was replacing the weather strip at the bottom of the door and couldn't find the part

9:45 pm

lbdawger

doesn't sound like fun. how was lunch?

9:45 pm

Trifioso

hello friends. I need a nudge for the lonely o in the fourth column please

9:46 pm

lbdawger

hi trif! it's a willow

9:46 pm

Jellen

os 5/10

9:46 pm

shooshoo

so I had to break down and have a real garage person deal with it. Lunch was great. Went to a casino that has excellent mexican dishes.

9:46 pm

bethn

willow trif

9:46 pm

Trifioso

there it is! thanks! nbt, finally!

9:46 pm

shooshoo

didn't even have to use ketchup. LOL

9:46 pm

lbdawger

wtg, trif

9:46 pm

lbdawger

lol, i'm sure your friends appreciated that! lol

9:48 pm

shooshoo

true..the group I was with would have made me move to another table.

9:48 pm

lbdawger

you need to disguise the ketchup with some chilis or something.

9:48 pm

shooshoo

sheeesh this puzzle is a doozie or atleast it is for me.

9:49 pm

lbdawger

nope, it's a doozie!

9:49 pm

gapeach

You are so right, shooshoo.

9:50 pm

shooshoo

yeah i think i am going to call it a day and hope tomorrows will be less challenging

9:50 pm

bethn

when i first got married, i came from a family that was pretty much teetotal, but man did my dad love ketchup.. there was not a meal in our house without ketchup on the table. when i went grocery shopping for the first time after we came home from our honeymoon, i brought home NO BEER, and 10 bottles of KETCHUP. my husband was horrified

9:51 pm

shooshoo

LOLOLOL I like ketchup on some things and LBD likes to give me grief over it. At least I don't use it on my sushi!!!

9:52 pm

Jillyjill

Well, am going to take a break, MAYBE come back to it l9r, but also may be satisfied wtih 185 words, nbt and 2000 pts....

9:52 pm

bethn

i cant abide it, but i thought everyone else liked it. my husband used it on fries etc, so i didnt realize how excessive my dad was

9:53 pm

shooshoo

thats a good story.

9:53 pm

shooshoo

well I'm calling it a day. Good luck everyone!!! Take care and stay out of the wind. POOF

9:54 pm

bethn

if you could have seen his face...

9:54 pm

bethn

nite shoo

9:54 pm

lbdawger

night shoo. talk to you later! bethn, that story is hilarious

9:55 pm

lbdawger

and i'm going to go watch blue bloods with Hubby. see you all tomorrow. gl with the grid

9:55 pm

bethn

he told me it was a lifetime supply

9:55 pm

bethn

nite ibd

9:58 pm

cybernan

ooh 300+ and me just starting

10:00 pm

bethn

its a biggie nan

10:09 pm

cybernan

af 6/30?

10:10 pm

bethn

like anew

10:10 pm

cybernan

ty beth

10:11 pm

bethn

: )

10:13 pm

dianedecoder

yayyyy, Texas Rangers !!! awesome series

10:13 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for ac7-32? Thanks

10:14 pm

dianedecoder

I watched the game instead of babbling.... still have 67 words to go... LOL

10:14 pm

bethn

think nail polish remover with lac*** intolerant ending

10:14 pm

dianedecoder

highest card in deck + anagram of your lower digits

10:16 pm

gapeach

Thanks so much, diane.

10:19 pm

cybernan

stuck on the ce 6-7-6

10:19 pm

gapeach

Thanks to bethn also.

10:19 pm

dianedecoder

hi gapeach.... :-))

10:20 pm

gapeach

How are you, diane?

10:20 pm

big red

de 7/32 pls

10:20 pm

bethn

ce+**op in the name of love+ a robot is an andr**d

10:21 pm

bethn

then use the robot ending

10:21 pm

dianedecoder

I'm very well, thanks peach.... Hubby is not so well tonight... his retina repair surgery of 2 weeks ago was not as successful as hoped... some fluid, etc. and he may have to have it done again :-(((

10:21 pm

cybernan

ty beth

10:21 pm

bethn

i'm sorry to hear that diane, is there no chance it can heal

10:21 pm

dianedecoder

that was a tough one to clue

10:22 pm

bethn

de7 group of gods

10:22 pm

dianedecoder

yes... if he is careful, and does what he's told !! LOL

10:23 pm

bethn

lots of luck with that :/

10:23 pm

NANCY

fa 7/44 please

10:23 pm

dianedecoder

haha... you've got that right, bethn

10:23 pm

big red

thanks bethn

10:23 pm

bethn

think of an odd comic. or the fa***** of the moon

10:23 pm

Uneaixoise

fa7: Gary Larson created the long-lived series of fa***** cartoons

10:24 pm

dianedecoder

brb

10:24 pm

cybernan

co 7, please?

10:24 pm

bethn

could not think of larson to save my life, and i have a calendar of his comics in my desk drawer

10:24 pm

NANCY

oh, thank you so much une and bethn, got it

10:24 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

10:25 pm

bethn

not wrong

10:25 pm

Uneaixoise

co7: not wrong

10:25 pm

Uneaixoise

LOL snap!

10:25 pm

cybernan

ty -- couldn't see that one

10:25 pm

bethn

ws just about to type that!

10:33 pm

cybernan

de 7?

10:33 pm

Uneaixoise

de7: gods

10:34 pm

Shirlockc

or tooth extractor

10:34 pm

cybernan

sorry -- last de 7?

10:34 pm

Uneaixoise

tx shirl!

10:34 pm

Shirlockc

tooth doctor

10:34 pm

cybernan

no idea what a tooth extractor is called

10:34 pm

bethn

tooth dr

10:34 pm

Shirlockc

first di7?

10:34 pm

cybernan

oh -- the person?

10:35 pm

Shirlockc

yep, cyber

10:35 pm

Shirlockc

and nm the di, just monkeyed it

10:35 pm

cybernan

ty -- lol -- they don't extract teeth any more -- just charge you a thousand bucks for a root canal

10:35 pm

Uneaixoise

di + es5/10

10:37 pm

fuzzybunny

clue for tr 6/21, please. Last one!

10:37 pm

Shirlockc

tr + vowel + vehicle

10:38 pm

fuzzybunny

ty Shirlockc, fireworks for me

10:38 pm

cybernan

congrats fuzzy

10:39 pm

cybernan

just got to half way

10:39 pm

bethn

woot fuzzy!

10:39 pm

fuzzybunny

thanks all

10:39 pm

fuzzybunny

glad to help for a while

10:40 pm

Shirlockc

last re7?

10:41 pm

fuzzybunny

re + in**far + type of plane

10:42 pm

Shirlockc

thx fuzz

10:42 pm

fuzzybunny

yw

10:44 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for de6-33? Thanks\

10:44 pm

fuzzybunny

de+visage

10:44 pm

dianedecoder

de + countenance

10:45 pm

bethn

see you all in the grid tomorrow nite all poof

10:45 pm

dianedecoder

nite, bethn

10:46 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, diane and bethn.

10:46 pm

gapeach

Sweet dreams bethn

10:47 pm

cybernan

nite beth -- ty for the help :)

10:48 pm

Shirlockc

di5 before what you eat on?

10:48 pm

gapeach

Pl. the di4 above it.

10:49 pm

Shirlockc

o lord, nm, i forgot the pl

10:49 pm

cybernan

hi 7, please?

10:51 pm

NANCY

cyber, like the hi--before with a robot ending

10:51 pm

cybernan

ty nancy

10:52 pm

NANCY

I am still on the r's so may need some help....

10:54 pm

dianedecoder

30 of them... slogging through them myself !!

10:54 pm

cybernan

io 7?

10:58 pm

Jellen

io 7 is a plural

10:58 pm

hootowl

think of a warm winter drink nan

10:58 pm

hootowl

evening all

10:58 pm

hootowl

sorry saw a t

10:59 pm

hootowl

my eyes aren't too good

10:59 pm

dianedecoder

hi hootowl

10:59 pm

hootowl

all the io's are related

11:00 pm

hootowl

hi - you are new to me

11:00 pm

cybernan

last io 7, please?

11:01 pm

hootowl

pt of the 6

11:01 pm

cybernan

is that the warm drink hoot?

11:01 pm

Jellen

Oh, sorry, nan

11:01 pm

hootowl

I am getting a lot of lag

11:01 pm

cybernan

or were you thinking to 7?

11:01 pm

hootowl

no - the warm drink is the to7

11:01 pm

cybernan

got it -- ty hoot

11:01 pm

hootowl

yw

11:02 pm

cybernan

I really must remember to look at the grid before 7:45 pm -- this is just too much of a rush

11:02 pm

hootowl

Diane you have me by 1 year

11:03 pm

hootowl

pretty easy except for some good monkeying

11:03 pm

hootowl

the endings are helpful

11:04 pm

hootowl

really weird one is the ro7.48

11:05 pm

Uneaixoise

you mean re, right?

11:06 pm

hootowl

yes Une - I am in a funk tonight

11:06 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

11:06 pm

hootowl

Did you get any rain this week?

11:06 pm

Jillyjill

back to plug on until flip...need fa7/44 clue?

11:06 pm

cybernan

oh good heavens! -- how many re's are there!

11:07 pm

Uneaixoise

fa7 Gary Larson cartoon series

11:07 pm

Jillyjill

lots cybernan...

11:07 pm

hootowl

re's are easy

11:07 pm

Jillyjill

tyvm...should have seen it..one of my favorites!

11:07 pm

hootowl

mostly - remember the endings

11:08 pm

hootowl

I think I need to turn off the music. Only thing u-verse is good for!

11:09 pm

hootowl

I lost my header & footer!

11:12 pm

hootowl

Just made it easy - listing Paul McCartney - playing something else...and THEN a commercial for some other shows! Biggest piece of garbage in the country!!!

11:19 pm

Jillyjill

Lord, I am TIRED of this grid...I am quitting with 218 words and 3000+ points, nbt....will be back for flip

11:20 pm

cybernan

re 5/14, please?

11:21 pm

NANCY

last two, re 7 and 8 combo?

11:21 pm

NANCY

to do over, pt

11:22 pm

jillibus

Hello -- finished this afternoon

11:22 pm

jillibus

with the help of Lickety and morewords

11:23 pm

NANCY

cyber, did you get that re 5/14 ckye

11:23 pm

cybernan

well done jill -- still have 71 to go -- not sure that I'll make it

11:23 pm

jillibus

re7 & 8 -- bend light and present tense

11:23 pm

NANCY

*clue

11:24 pm

cybernan

do now nancy -- ty

11:24 pm

NANCY

jillibus, thanks so much and fireworks....at last

11:24 pm

jillibus

YAY nancy!!!

11:25 pm

jillibus

brb (need a drink of water)

11:25 pm

cybernan

if you can levy a tax -- why not do it again?

11:28 pm

hootowl

Don't give them ideas!

11:29 pm

cybernan

last re 7?

11:30 pm

hootowl

Thats the weirdo = re _ **ap + fastest plane

11:30 pm

jillibus

re7 -- re + **ar into the sky on a *** plane

11:30 pm

hootowl

that _ is a +

11:31 pm

cybernan

ty jill -- wow! what a word

11:31 pm

hootowl

I give up!

11:31 pm

jillibus

not in the dictionary, nan, but googleable

11:32 pm

jillibus

why give up, hoot?

11:32 pm

hootowl

reg dictionary is no help either - calls it a pulse ***

11:32 pm

hootowl

Can't type right, can't spell right and I'm too slow!

11:33 pm

hootowl

And I'm talking about the cluing not the grid - I finished a 7pm

11:33 pm

jillibus

that's usually me, hoot, except I can usually spell

11:33 pm

jillibus

well done, hoot!

11:33 pm

hootowl

see what I mean?

11:34 pm

hootowl

So can I - just having a bad night!

11:34 pm

jillibus

yes!

11:35 pm

hootowl

ok - gonna make myself another drink and maybe not spill something....

11:38 pm

jillibus

icon changed to the next theme -- EvaNadine's wedding day. I'm sure she'll be far too busy to see it, but we can think about weddings...

11:41 pm

hootowl

hmmm - for this I have to find a wedding owl - bbl

11:42 pm

cybernan

ti 6/24, please?

11:42 pm

jillibus

Back for the flip unless someone needs clues...

11:43 pm

jillibus

ti6/24 -- cleaned up

11:43 pm

cybernan

5 to go

11:43 pm

hootowl

Founds lots - buts have to wait for BF to trap them

11:44 pm

jillibus

gogogo nan!

11:44 pm

jillibus

don't know how, hoot?

11:45 pm

hootowl

nope

11:45 pm

jillibus

are you using a PC or a Mac, hoot?

11:45 pm

hootowl

no sweat - he does. One of the reasons I love him

11:45 pm

hootowl

pc but I'll wait

11:46 pm

hootowl

I really am in no shape to play around with his cmp

11:46 pm

cybernan

*!* ta da *!* - thanks for the help :)

11:46 pm

jillibus

well, all you need to do is right-click on the image you want and Save As into your My Pictures.

11:46 pm

hootowl

congrats nan

11:46 pm

jillibus

YAY nan!!!

11:46 pm

cybernan

I think that's the first time I've ever done such a huge grid in 2 hours.

11:46 pm

grandy

might I interupt.. I have lost the link to the list of icon themes... could you o

11:46 pm

grandy

please post thanks

11:46 pm

hootowl

ok - I'll try

11:47 pm

jillibus

Wow -- very well done!

11:47 pm

jillibus

grandy, it's in my profile

11:47 pm

grandy

thank you now I remember... poor retention thanks

11:48 pm

jillibus

yw :)

11:51 pm

jillibus

brb

11:53 pm

hootowl

I think I got it

11:54 pm

grandy

me too

11:54 pm

hootowl

I did! Thanks jilli

11:54 pm

cosdem

hi de ho babblers

11:55 pm

grandy

hey there are waiting for the flip... its a party

11:56 pm

dcseain

1st di5, pls?

11:57 pm

hootowl

silly word for a diaper

11:57 pm

Trifioso

hello friends. can't sleep again, so I thought I would watch the flip. haven't seen one since god was a boy....

11:57 pm

hootowl

di+ not alive

11:57 pm

hootowl

then plural

11:58 pm

dcseain

ty

11:58 pm

hootowl

yw

11:58 pm

dcseain

1st ed6

11:58 pm

hootowl

hiTrif

11:58 pm

Trifioso

hello hoot

11:58 pm

Trifioso

dc, I think it might be baby currents

11:58 pm

hootowl

swirls in the water

11:59 pm

m9f9l

hi all! yay I'll be here for flip

11:59 pm

m9f9l

any guesses?

11:59 pm

cosdem

103

11:59 pm

Trifioso

136 is my guess

11:59 pm

m9f9l

189

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