Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, December 28, 2010

12:00 am

jmcnrick

flip with 165 left

12:00 am

jillibus

flip, and big again!

12:00 am

MLFAN17

helo

12:00 am

MLFAN17

hello

12:00 am

kimmtoats

flip!

12:00 am

dfmchfhf

*flip*

12:01 am

jillibus

I think I had 152 left. No fun.

12:01 am

jmcnrick

hi mlf

12:01 am

MLFAN17

hi jmc

12:01 am

MLFAN17

TA6

12:02 am

Bugsaw

9 left so not too bad, Hi all

12:02 am

Christine

Hello, all.

12:02 am

jmcnrick

its all fun or i don't do it

12:02 am

jmcnrick

hi bugs!

12:02 am

jmcnrick

hi christine

12:03 am

Christine

Grid's a nice size, tonight.

12:03 am

VolleymomDee

flip and hi all!

12:03 am

Bugsaw

Hi jmc. Good to see you again

12:03 am

jmcnrick

hi volley

12:04 am

jmcnrick

good to see you too bugs -- i have not been quite so obsessive lately so have missed people

12:04 am

joshuavorbis

hi and nbt

12:04 am

VolleymomDee

hi jmc; hi josh wtg

12:04 am

jmcnrick

hi josh and wtg

12:04 am

Bugsaw

me too. Had to get ready for the immoveable date and catch up on sleep.

12:05 am

Bugsaw

josh, what if you sat on one hand? would it slow you down any?

12:05 am

jmcnrick

immovable date?

12:05 am

dcseain

goodness, the H was easy

12:05 am

jmcnrick

lol josh is so fast!

12:05 am

jillibus

Dec 25

12:05 am

Bugsaw

christmas. We can't celebrate when we are ready....

12:06 am

jmcnrick

oh I C

12:06 am

jillibus

I'm still half asleep -- travel is tiring

12:06 am

MLFAN17

AM 5 6 6

12:06 am

jmcnrick

the jack is catching up wit me

12:06 am

dfmchfhf

grimoire is totally a word :o(

12:06 am

dcseain

jmc, i see you posted the map with our hole in the snow in it. :-)

12:06 am

joshuavorbis

it would totatlly slow me down, bugsaw

12:07 am

jmcnrick

yep i thought is was cute when i saw it on DCist

12:07 am

MLFAN17

NO 6 x2

12:07 am

jmcnrick

*wonders how much it would cost to send a hit man to tie down one of josh's hands*

12:07 am

jillibus

You guys don't know from snow -- Mt Washington on Vancouver Island has had a ton and it's still snowing.

12:07 am

dcseain

not as much as you'd think, jmc, but more than you'd want to pay by yourself

12:08 am

Bugsaw

I feel better then josh. I can hardly read as fast as you find words and type them in!!!

12:08 am

VolleymomDee

hugs jili; dc; hi mlf

12:08 am

MLFAN17

Mi 6

12:08 am

dfmchfhf

op 8+8+9+9+9

12:08 am

dfmchfhf

+10

12:08 am

jmcnrick

*sets out collection box for hitman to tie down one of josh's hands*

12:08 am

dfmchfhf

erm, scratch that +10 <.<

12:09 am

jmcnrick

i don't want to know from snow jilli

12:09 am

DR1965

ty DFM!

12:09 am

dcseain

ty, dfm

12:09 am

Bugsaw

tosses in coins to the box...

12:09 am

dfmchfhf

that's an op8+9+9+8+9+9.

12:09 am

justafreep

no, there is an op10

12:09 am

jmcnrick

so op 8 9 9 10?

12:09 am

MLFAN17

i just got 3 Op 9s

12:10 am

DR1965

I have 8,9,9,10,9,

12:10 am

jmcnrick

*JINGLES BOX to get attention of other donors*

12:10 am

jillibus

Mt Washington has had over 7 ft of snow, with drifts to more -- they like snow on that ski hill, but not this much!

12:10 am

dfmchfhf

ugh, said it wasn't a word when I first tried it :o(

12:10 am

MLFAN17

OM 10/119

12:10 am

dfmchfhf

so that's an op8+9+9+8+9+9+10+9. o.0

12:10 am

dcseain

Mt Washington, New Hampshire gets snow year-round

12:11 am

dfmchfhf

OM , mlf? ;oP

12:11 am

Bugsaw

we have more snow on Mt Washington than any other ski resort IN THE WORLD! Down here is has just rained for so long the animals are pairing up just in case...

12:11 am

jillibus

Well, I think Mt W, BC does too

12:11 am

jmcnrick

fading fast

12:11 am

DR1965

* Puts $ in the box for Jmc

12:11 am

dcseain

i'm sure it must, Jilli

12:11 am

jmcnrick

taking a snooze bbl

12:11 am

justafreep

that's a lotta 8,9,10 action from one place

12:12 am

Bugsaw

Mt Washington in NH is just a hill jilli. I have been there. It is like the Laurentians

12:12 am

dfmchfhf

silly American spellings :oP

12:12 am

jillibus

LOL bugs -- rain here too, of course

12:12 am

Bugsaw

DR1965!! I have not seen you in months!!!

12:12 am

MLFAN17

i have OP 8 9 9 9 9 10 9

12:12 am

DR1965

Hi Bugs

12:12 am

dfmchfhf

although I wonder why it's missing one of them (the non-American ones) :o(

12:12 am

DR1965

How are you?

12:13 am

jillibus

Hi dr!

12:13 am

dfmchfhf

mlf missing an op8

12:13 am

Uneaixoise

op 8 9 9 8 9 9 10 9

12:13 am

DR1965

HI Jilli

12:13 am

Bugsaw

how is your boy liking school this year? I hope he got another terrific teacher, DR

12:13 am

dcseain

evening, DR

12:13 am

MLFAN17

i will try to work on this tomorrow i am out poof

12:13 am

DR1965

Thx for asking Bugs. THis years teacher is not as good but we are doing ok

12:13 am

DR1965

Hi DC.

12:14 am

VolleymomDee

am 7 x 2

12:14 am

Bugsaw

as long as you are doing okay.

12:14 am

DR1965

THis teacher is not a reader ( SHOCK) and does not understand his love of books

12:14 am

DR1965

so he talks to last years teacher about his books

12:14 am

jillibus

how can a non-reader be a teacher?

12:14 am

dcseain

how weird, DR, not to mention difficult

12:15 am

DR1965

she is a math and science teacher. has not read any of the books kids read

12:15 am

Bugsaw

I have to work with an English teacher who told her Grade 9s that she hasn't ever read A Midsummer Night's Dream!

12:15 am

DR1965

no harry POtter, Percy Jackson, unfortunate events

12:15 am

jillibus

shame on her -- she should read them as her homework

12:16 am

VolleymomDee

ta 7 x 2

12:16 am

DR1965

that is scary Bugs! Jake tried to read the Tempest over the summer

12:16 am

Bugsaw

Librarians are good for kids to talk to about books when the teacher is weak

12:17 am

Bugsaw

the Dream was the first play I attended. I was 6 and loved Bottom the most but still figured out a lot of the rest

12:17 am

DR1965

The librarian is fresh out of college and is just learning the ropes at the school

12:17 am

dfmchfhf

as8

12:17 am

Uneaixoise

halfway and off to take pups out to pee -- nite,all *poof*

12:18 am

dfmchfhf

night Une!

12:18 am

melonheadjujube

hi - bye une!

12:19 am

dfmchfhf

hi melon! :o)

12:19 am

Bugsaw

Jake might like Sophie's World. It is an introduction to philosophy for kids, written in the form of a story. Very well done for bright kids

12:19 am

DR1965

I will check that out! He is very into the differences in religion right now

12:21 am

jillibus

I left the British school I went to in Shangahi when I was 12 so I know what we did there before that age -- and one was to write the Pyramus and Thisbe play from Midsummer Night's Dream

12:21 am

jillibus

and it was a blast

12:21 am

dizgrannie

Hi All!!! finally NBT's

12:21 am

DR1965

That would be cool Jilli!

12:22 am

dfmchfhf

de8

12:22 am

jillibus

hi diz -- wtg. I'm nowhere near -- mind still wandering sleepily

12:23 am

jillibus

I think some US schools underestimate the capacity of children

12:23 am

rururocks

ta7

12:23 am

dfmchfhf

"some"?

12:23 am

DR1965

I agree!

12:23 am

Bugsaw

even here in Canada the standards have dropped significantly Jilli

12:23 am

jillibus

being polite, dfm

12:24 am

DR1965

one of Jake's classmates is moving to China in 3 weeks.

12:24 am

Bugsaw

but when I was in high school in the US, the English classes were very elementary

12:24 am

DR1965

It will be interesting to Skype with his Mom about school

12:24 am

jillibus

same here, bugs.

12:25 am

jillibus

dr, that school I wnt to in Shanghai is long gone.

12:25 am

dfmchfhf

I think there is a grade at which a Chinese student outperforms a student here in Canada or the US, even in English reading comprehension...

12:25 am

VolleymomDee

nbt

12:25 am

justafreep

ta7 x 3

12:25 am

joshuavorbis

there's a weird th6, new to me

12:25 am

jillibus

wtg dee

12:25 am

VolleymomDee

ty

12:26 am

dfmchfhf

or7

12:26 am

Bugsaw

it is the comprhension and vocabulary that I notice declining here dfm

12:26 am

jillibus

probably, dfm!

12:26 am

jillibus

And grammar is ghastly

12:26 am

DR1965

so is spelling!

12:26 am

Bugsaw

thumb spelling does not help with a good vocabulary!!!!

12:27 am

dfmchfhf

one benefit to American/Canadian teaching is... that they have have more of a social and physical life? I guess...

12:27 am

justafreep

actually, no spelling helps with good vocabulary. it helps with spelling.

12:28 am

rururocks

thumb spelling?

12:28 am

jillibus

what is thumb spelling?

12:29 am

Bugsaw

the phone speak that they type on their phones with their thumbs....

12:29 am

VolleymomDee

op 8; 9; 9; 8; 9;9;10;9...

12:29 am

justafreep

as8

12:29 am

jillibus

ah -- texting

12:29 am

Bugsaw

I am sure it is not what it is called, but they type with their thumbs and leave out all kinds of words

12:29 am

rururocks

thexting I think jilli

12:30 am

jillibus

they leave out all kinds of letters - dint u no?

12:30 am

dfmchfhf

<-- doesn't understand that stuff... and his peers (and supervisors!) use that language in even e-mails and instant messages to me! :o(

12:31 am

Bugsaw

and they use the shortest word possible instead of the most accurate word possible. Hence, very limited vocabulary

12:31 am

jillibus

Lickety is up with an extra word

12:33 am

Erda

Lickety is up?

12:33 am

joshuavorbis

phant simitar

12:33 am

Erda

scimitar?

12:33 am

jillibus

yes, Erda -- unannounced, which often happens when there's an extra word

12:33 am

dfmchfhf

alt. sp. I think, erda

12:33 am

Erda

Thank you, jilli

12:34 am

dcseain

yes, scimitar

12:34 am

joshuavorbis

simitar is also a word, erda

12:34 am

dfmchfhf

can't find any of the ta7s... :o/

12:34 am

VolleymomDee

anyone have all the 8's?

12:35 am

dfmchfhf

I'm missing one

12:35 am

joshuavorbis

oh wow, did you say lickety has an extra word, jilli?

12:35 am

dfmchfhf

8s: as de op op
and one more

12:35 am

dcseain

i hope that sneeze did not just dislodge the medicine i just took through the powdered inhaler.

12:35 am

joshuavorbis

maybe it is shazam. i could have sworn that was a word

12:35 am

VolleymomDee

ty df!!

12:35 am

jillibus

yes, josh -- he shows 196

12:36 am

jillibus

isn't it shazzam?

12:36 am

joshuavorbis

shazzam shows as "not found in dictionary" on babble as well

12:36 am

crystalle

shazam is a word! i think so anyway

12:36 am

jillibus

My Chines nanny is here, pl too

12:37 am

dfmchfhf

hi crys! :o)

12:37 am

rururocks

only if you marvel at it

12:37 am

crystalle

hi dfm hi all

12:38 am

jillibus

hi crystalle, you pro you!

12:38 am

crystalle

Dr God sent me an email this morning informing me that a fellow babbler had given me the gift of pro!

12:38 am

rururocks

mo8

12:39 am

dcseain

oh, how wonderful, crystalle, welcome to prodom

12:39 am

crystalle

Thankyou if you are in here .

12:39 am

dcseain

ty for the dance, ruru

12:39 am

jillibus

How nice, crys! A Christmas (crysmas?) present.

12:40 am

dizgrannie

mo 6/8

12:40 am

dfmchfhf

thanks ruru

12:40 am

crystalle

lol jilli. It was a nice surprise

12:40 am

rururocks

ta6... no strings attached

12:40 am

dizgrannie

crys, I got that last Chrissie...xxx

12:40 am

dfmchfhf

didn't think of pluralising my mo6 <.<

12:41 am

Bugsaw

welcome to prodom crystalle. I am poofing for tonight. Happy Babbling

12:41 am

dcseain

g'night bugs

12:41 am

jillibus

g'night bugs -- so good to see you here

12:41 am

dfmchfhf

night bugs!

12:41 am

Bugsaw

hope to see you in person again soon Jill. It has been too long

12:42 am

Bugsaw

NIte all

12:42 am

dfmchfhf

any etymologies (no clues or definitions please!) for the ta7s?

12:42 am

jillibus

yes indeed, bugs

12:42 am

jillibus

no idea yet, dfm

12:43 am

dizgrannie

Z's Zapped

12:44 am

joshuavorbis

one is french, one is old urdu, and one is late ME

12:44 am

dfmchfhf

thanks josh... ugh, don't know any urdu >.>

12:45 am

dcseain

the late ME one is current outside of the US

12:45 am

joshuavorbis

i just remember seeing it at some other point. i looked it up for the etymology

12:46 am

VolleymomDee

si 6/21 new word for me

12:47 am

joshuavorbis

that must be the s i am missing ty

12:47 am

dfmchfhf

found the ME (+to7 too)

12:47 am

dcseain

hm. i just realized that when the cat lays on my like this, she is saying it's bedtime.

12:47 am

jillibus

Lies, dc

12:48 am

joshuavorbis

the french one is a plural, btw

12:48 am

rururocks

kitties don't lie jilli

12:48 am

dcseain

well, i've been keeping highly irregular hours of late

12:48 am

jillibus

they don't layeither, hens lay eggs

12:48 am

VolleymomDee

yw

12:49 am

jillibus

sorry, the lie/lay thing is a bugaboo of mine

12:49 am

dcseain

ru, my cat is a Siamese-if-you-don't-please, so she may lie sometimes i think

12:49 am

VolleymomDee

mo 8 was the last 8

12:49 am

dfmchfhf

thanks for the sing josh ;o) just found the french 7

12:50 am

rururocks

don't get me started on laying and lying jilli..lol

12:50 am

jillibus

ditto, ruru

12:58 am

jan

Evening all. This grid started out so promisingly, withthe words just flying by, and then, brick wall.

12:58 am

dcseain

grids are like that jan, good evening

12:58 am

jillibus

hi jan -- and what else is new?

1:00 am

jan

Some more so than others--the other night the grid was sticky right from the get-go. And tonight went from easy-as-pie to a stumper in the space of a moment, it seemed.

1:01 am

jan

There is an aesthetic satisfaction in combos like the op sequence, though.

1:02 am

dcseain

indeed so, jan

1:02 am

rururocks

I just have one question

1:02 am

dcseain

yes, ru?

1:02 am

Christine

What is that stun-gun, if it's not a taser or a tazer ?

1:03 am

jan

And a frustration when the latinate nominal ending seems so fruitless, despite plenty of adjacent a's and t's.

1:03 am

rururocks

what is so easy about pie?

1:03 am

dcseain

i think that's stil a proper noun, christine, or at least too new for ENABLE

1:03 am

jillibus

too new for Enable, Christine, and probably a trade name too

1:03 am

Christine

What a pain in the ear !!

1:03 am

jillibus

good question, ruru

1:04 am

dfmchfhf

Enable used for Babble was compiled in 1997.

1:04 am

Christine

Perhaps they mean pi ??

1:04 am

jan

I think it dates from the days when you could tuck any old thing in crust and call it a meal.

1:04 am

dcseain

Lickety uses the newer one

1:05 am

dcseain

ah, like a pastie

1:05 am

dfmchfhf

Lickety's uses Enable Millenium Edition, which has a handful (Enable-si4-wise) of new words.

1:06 am

rururocks

apparently not the pasties I know

1:06 am

jan

Also, according to one of my cookbooks, early piecrusts were just containers, not meant to be eaten. So there was no worry about whether they were sufficiently flaky and tender.

1:06 am

dfmchfhf

what type of pasties do you know, ruru? o.0

1:06 am

dcseain

interesting, jan :)

1:07 am

Christine

Sparkly, sequined, with tassels

1:07 am

dfmchfhf

hey, cool, there is a second M. o.0

1:07 am

jillibus

news just saying Mt Washington BC has snow 5 m (16 ft) deep

1:07 am

jan

As opposed to Cornish?

1:08 am

dcseain

that's good for the water supply, jilli

1:08 am

dfmchfhf

<-- doesn't get it, and probably should not look it up on Google images, right? Seeing from "sequined".

1:08 am

jillibus

ruru's pasties would have tassels

1:09 am

jillibus

which could be rotated in opposite directions

1:09 am

jillibus

you got it, dfm

1:10 am

dfmchfhf

<-- learned that lesson after Google Image Searching ... uhh, a certain article of raiment of seven letters in length, starting with a P. >.<

1:11 am

jan

Now you have me guessing dfm...

1:11 am

jan

Pajamas doesn't sound problematic...

1:12 am

dfmchfhf

hmm... feminine?

1:12 am

jan

*blush* got it...

1:12 am

dfmchfhf

(I also just *had* to do it during a lecture... in the front row...)

1:16 am

VolleymomDee

did anyone figure out which is the extra one in lickety's list??

1:16 am

jillibus

not that I know of, dee

1:16 am

VolleymomDee

ty jili

1:17 am

crystalle

it is shazam

1:17 am

VolleymomDee

ty crys

1:18 am

jillibus

thanks, crys

1:21 am

jan

Hmmm...I would have spelled it shazaam, but a quick google search found only about 90,000 aa spellings as opposed to over 2 million single a ones.

1:21 am

jillibus

I thought it was shazzam

1:23 am

jan

That one only registers 50,000. What's interesting is that google now serves as a huge corpus of English usage.

1:23 am

rururocks

where's DOn Knotts when you need him?

1:24 am

rururocks

<-----convinced that there are only 3 h's

1:24 am

VolleymomDee

ha 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6, 5

1:26 am

rururocks

<--- now convinced there are only 3 d's

1:26 am

dfmchfhf

http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/ is interesting if you want to see the spellings across Google Books and time :o)

1:27 am

rururocks

lol

1:27 am

dfmchfhf

de8 6 6 dr5

1:27 am

VolleymomDee

fireworks

1:28 am

jillibus

can't even get to halfway -- falling asleep again. Goodnight all and *poof*, (93/102)

1:28 am

jillibus

YAY dee!!!

1:28 am

dfmchfhf

http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?con
tent=shazam%2C+shazaam%2C+shazzam&year
_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smo
othing=3
so apparently one use of "shazam" was recorded in around 1900 and the word started really coming into use in 1960... two Zs came after, too

1:28 am

VolleymomDee

tu

1:28 am

VolleymomDee

may I help anyone before I poof

1:28 am

dfmchfhf

congrats dee! :o)

1:29 am

VolleymomDee

ty

1:29 am

ursh

hello all - stats for lower a in second column please

1:30 am

dfmchfhf

A@(2,4) as6/24 as8/50 as6/33

1:30 am

dfmchfhf

hi ursh! :o)

1:31 am

VolleymomDee

well all poofing with hugs! have a fabulous day!

1:31 am

ursh

ty dfm - looking

1:31 am

dfmchfhf

R@(1,1)?

1:31 am

ursh

oh darn another blank tile - sorry dfm

1:33 am

ursh

found a ri5/10 for that corner r

1:33 am

ursh

and a plural for ri6

1:35 am

dfmchfhf

hah, I sorta-hate that word, as its alternative spelling took me two hours to monkey, once >.>
thanks ursh :o)

1:38 am

ursh

I though it was an italian street or square but I see it is a lariat

1:49 am

Atalante

how come grimoire isn't a wod?

1:50 am

dfmchfhf

dunno ata :o( I found it too

1:50 am

Atalante

annoyance

1:50 am

dfmchfhf

grimoire is an awesome word...

1:51 am

Atalante

exactly!

1:51 am

lynxxx

what does it mean? is it English?

1:51 am

dfmchfhf

yeah, it's a type of book

1:51 am

Atalante

a witches spellbook

1:52 am

dfmchfhf

what ata said!

1:52 am

Atalante

fairly common usage too

1:52 am

lynxxx

maybe it is not really a word but just made up for a fictional story - and gathered momentum?

1:53 am

Atalante

no, cos it's used from middle ages onwards

1:53 am

Atalante

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

1:53 am

Atalante

maybe enable thinks its french

1:54 am

dfmchfhf

http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?con
tent=grimoire&year_start=1500&year_end
=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3

1:54 am

dfmchfhf

pretty popular.

1:54 am

lynxxx

I was just reading it in Wiki....maybe because it is 'european' and Enable tends to favor 'American'

1:55 am

Atalante

silly enable :P

1:55 am

dfmchfhf

appears in American English too
http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph
?content=grimoire&year_start=1500&year
_end=2000&corpus=5&smoothing=3

1:55 am

Christine

Ena

1:55 am

lynxxx

silly Enable indeed

1:56 am

lynxxx

anyhow - did you have a pleasant Xmas Ata?

1:56 am

lynxxx

Hello dfm & Christine too

1:56 am

dfmchfhf

hi lyn! :o)

1:56 am

Atalante

it was ok, quite glad it's over now though! I popped in to see FM yesterday as a complete surprise :)

1:56 am

gingentle

dc...i think you mean 'pasty'

1:57 am

dfmchfhf

although I *do* find Ngram *slightly* inaccurate at times...
http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/
graph?content=Internet&year_start=1500
&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3
(w
hat's with that bump in around 1900?)

1:57 am

lynxxx

How lovely! I hope not 'alone'

1:57 am

Atalante

well, just because we use internet in one way, others before could have used it theoretically or practically to mean something else

1:58 am

dfmchfhf

yeah, but check out the actual content...

1:58 am

dfmchfhf

"Many investigators have one or more computers connected to the Internet, often for no purpose other than to exchange electronic information"

2:05 am

crystalle

any clues for mo8?

2:05 am

dfmchfhf

mo8/45 pl. mo6/21 dance

2:07 am

Haz1558

Would a collier who liked to dance drive a Mo6/21 Minor?

2:07 am

dfmchfhf

hi haz! :o)

2:08 am

Haz1558

Good morning/evening all.

2:08 am

lynxxx

Hello Haz!

2:08 am

Haz1558

Hello, lynxxx. How's the day going now that it's almost gone?

2:10 am

lynxxx

It has been a lovely day here, blue skies and just warm - and nothing particular to do but dabble about

2:10 am

Haz1558

Well, sure that's a fine kind of a day.

2:11 am

lynxxx

How was your Xmas Haz - still eating the leftovers? (think we will be for about a week)

2:12 am

Haz1558

We finished the turkey off last night and the leftovers now mainly consist of baked stuff which we can attack at leisure.

2:12 am

Haz1558

Christmas was fine - white and very cold but we've since had a thaw and the snow has gone.

2:15 am

dfmchfhf

I should go to bed... night all! :o)

2:15 am

Haz1558

Goodnight, dmf.

2:15 am

lynxxx

We have had such a mild and wet spring and summer - aiming for 38 on NYE but that will be the one and only hot day so far

2:16 am

lynxxx

night dfm, sleep well

2:16 am

Haz1558

The weather seems to have been strange all over. Russia has had unseasonably warm temperatures. Something to do with air streams. (Just nod and look wise, it's what I do)

2:18 am

dizgrannie

lynxx, we had one day of 38, about 2 weeks ago. Has rained here nearly everyday so far this month. The past 2 days have had slippers on in the arvo.

2:19 am

Haz1558

It sounds like a typical British summer except the temperatures would be lower.

2:19 am

lynxxx

hi DizG, similar down here but hadn't got a high 30 b4

2:20 am

Haz1558

Is it making everyone very dispirited?

2:21 am

dizgrannie

the way it has been, have had to get jumpers out, although Chrissie Day wasn't too bad for a changed, usually tooo hot or tooo wet...LOL

2:21 am

lynxxx

Oh no, it's great! shorts are all the go this year and the mild weather hasn't stopped all the girls wearing them at all

2:22 am

dizgrannie

Nah not dispirited, just want the weather to be whatever the season is supposed to be...if that makes sense...LOL

2:22 am

Haz1558

Well that's good. I'd hate to think of the Australians weeping for the lack of heat.

2:23 am

dizgrannie

LOL Haz...NEVER

2:23 am

lynxxx

and, and, I did some gardening out front and planted a few things - and then I WATERED the garden at about 5pm - the 1st time we have been allowed to do that for about 3 years!

2:23 am

Haz1558

I suppose too much heat is even more dispiriting.

2:24 am

Haz1558

The last time we had water restrictions here (in NI) was 1976.

2:24 am

dizgrannie

lynxx, I know I have prolly asked before, but where abouts are yo?

2:25 am

lynxxx

We are still getting over the dreadful bushfires of 18 months ago, a hot hot summmer would make everyone nervous and uneasy down here too. Melbourne DizG

2:26 am

Haz1558

True, it's not just the temperatures in themselves that are hard to cope with, it's the consequences as well.

2:26 am

dizgrannie

our water restrictions have been lifted as well, and silly neighbours are out hosing plants/gardens in the hottest time of day...tis best to leave it till late arvo when sun goes down.

2:28 am

Atalante

Haz!! La Spanglettinettarina!

2:29 am

Haz1558

Ata! Hobbitellacinderellaredridinghood!

2:29 am

Haz1558

I hear you surprised FM yesterday. She was worried that you would notice she hadn't got her false eye and her dentures in.

2:30 am

Atalante

she did a *brilliant* double take at the door

2:30 am

Haz1558

That'll be her lack of eye!

2:30 am

lynxxx

lol

2:31 am

crystalle

any clues for po5 and po6

2:32 am

Atalante

brb dog pesting

2:32 am

Haz1558

Add a vowel to the financially short po4.

2:32 am

Haz1558

And then plural.

2:33 am

crystalle

thankyou hazel

2:33 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

2:33 am

lynxxx

Crystalle - do you know the word some aboriginals call themselves ko5. po 5 is the same

2:33 am

lynxxx

sorry, too long winded

2:34 am

crystalle

oh i have that one .. thanks anyway lynnx

2:36 am

crystalle

and actually i had no idea that ko5 word was also a word for aboriginals. maybe i need to look up aussie culture

2:36 am

Atalante

back

2:36 am

Haz1558

Did you get a good look round, Ata? Is she living in a suitable neighbourhood?

2:37 am

Atalante

she had a look outside, saw it was raining and decided that maybe her need for a wee wasn't that great after all

2:37 am

Haz1558

FM?

2:38 am

Atalante

oh that was Hobbit lol, FM definitely lives in a good neighbourhood!

2:38 am

lynxxx

thank heavens - I thought she was talking about FM!

2:38 am

Haz1558

Oh, Hobbit? Goodness, I had a fleeting image of FM opening the door, doing a double take, checking for rain etc etc. That WOULDN'T be a suitable neighbourhood.

2:39 am

crystalle

does anyone have sh word that is not a sh** wedding or sh+ thats where i am **

2:39 am

Atalante

she has lots of birds in her garden and a church at the back

2:39 am

Haz1558

You didn't find the cleaner polishing her bibelots?

2:40 am

crystalle

actually the s word that is third bottom but not the two sh ones i just listed

2:40 am

Haz1558

I don't, crystalle, sorry.

2:40 am

Atalante

no cleaner. there were wellies in her living room

2:40 am

crystalle

i wonder if i even make sense lol

2:41 am

Haz1558

Oooh. Did someone make a quick escape to avoid detection and leave his wellies behind?

2:41 am

Haz1558

Or do you mean a cleaner would have shifted the wellies?

2:42 am

Atalante

ooo maybe. I'm sure you could get over the back fence to make a get-away. Maybe the second, but I like the first better

2:43 am

Haz1558

We shall entitle it 'The case of the ownerless wellies'

2:44 am

Atalante

sounds suitably intriguing

2:44 am

Haz1558

I see Miss Marple being the one to solve it. She likes villages and church settings.

2:44 am

Atalante

yes, FM's place is very Miss Marple-esque

2:45 am

Atalante

or Midsomer

2:45 am

lynxxx

Darn - shazam isn't accepted

2:45 am

Haz1558

Too many bodies in Midsomer. It's a bloodbath there.

2:45 am

Atalante

amazing anyone's still alive

2:46 am

Haz1558

Did you see any interesting village characters?

2:47 am

Atalante

only some collared doves. Though I think FM could now be classed as an "interesting village character"

2:48 am

Haz1558

She's bound to be. They'll have been whispering behind their newspapers about the newcomer with the wellies in the living room but she's probably well accepted now.

2:49 am

Atalante

absolutely. wellies in the living room and a sports car. something fishy there

2:49 am

Haz1558

Her redeeming feature is that she feeds the birds. You can't be too sinister if you feed birds.

2:50 am

Atalante

it's all a ploy ...

2:50 am

Haz1558

A front.

2:51 am

Atalante

she has a Shed in the back garden

2:51 am

Haz1558

Well, that's proof positive of shady dealings.

2:51 am

Atalante

absolutely

2:51 am

Haz1558

Maybe that's where the owner of the wellies was hiding.

2:52 am

crystalle

older ladies need a shed to make all the poisons they get from the plants they grow and they need wellies to bury victims in

2:52 am

Atalante

oo maybe

2:52 am

crystalle

they need wellies cos they go out in mud and such

2:53 am

Atalante

she did look a bit dishevelled ....

2:53 am

Haz1558

I wonder who FM's victim(s) might be?

2:53 am

FMitch

err Good? morning.

2:53 am

crystalle

not suggesting that fm is a murderer with poison being her weapon of choice odcourse

2:53 am

Atalante

LMAO :)

2:54 am

Haz1558

Almost in the PB there, FM. (quick, change the subject)

2:54 am

FMitch

Do I need to get my lawyers to check the chat?

2:54 am

Atalante

we're just taking your name in vain, don't worry!

2:55 am

FMitch

Ah nothing new there then *grin*

2:55 am

FMitch

It is +5 this morning, positively tropical.

2:55 am

lynxxx

morning FM (note how I was saying nothing...oops halo slipping)

2:56 am

Atalante

just suggesting you've been making poisons in your garden shed and murdering people and stealing their wellies

2:56 am

crystalle

i have 33 left and have hit a brick wall. see you all later

2:56 am

Haz1558

Bye, crystalle.

2:56 am

FMitch

lol Hi lynxxx and bye crystalle

2:56 am

lynxxx

bye crystalle

2:58 am

Haz1558

So, how are you, FM? Tolerably well?

2:59 am

FMitch

Not too bad at all. I have recovered from the coronary that Ata gave me yesterday and will be forraying forth soon.
Have you still snow?

3:00 am

Haz1558

Snow is all gone, thank goodness.

3:00 am

Atalante

:D

3:00 am

Haz1558

Just think, FM, you never know who you're going to see when you open the door.

3:01 am

FMitch

That is good news indeed Haz. Some semblence of normailty can return.

3:01 am

FMitch

Never opening it again.

3:01 am

Haz1558

You need to get one of those spyholes fitted.

3:02 am

lynxxx

Ooops better get going (daylight saving still confusing me) Going to see The Kings Speech tonite. Bye all

3:02 am

FMitch

Bye lynxxx

3:02 am

Haz1558

Bye, lynxxx. Enjoy!

3:03 am

Atalante

you did a *wonderful* double take at the door

3:03 am

FMitch

I bet I did, I'm not very good with surprises but it was lovely to see you tho.

3:04 am

Atalante

I would have hated for anyone to do that to me, I must admit, but I really didnt know till that morning that I was going to be there

3:05 am

FMitch

Just finished sucky duck so I had better get on with the day, am saving the grid for after errands etc are done.

HAve fun you two and might see you later.

3:05 am

Atalante

*hugs hugs*

3:06 am

Haz1558

See you later, FM! We'll not let anybody talk about you while you're gone.

3:06 am

FMitch

*grin and poof*

3:07 am

Haz1558

So, about FM...

3:07 am

Atalante

just wait for a few minutes to make sure she's gone .......

3:08 am

Haz1558

Good thinking.

3:08 am

sandrafrances

Morning all how many words today please

3:08 am

Haz1558

195 today.

3:09 am

sandrafrances

Thanks

3:15 am

Atalante

I want origami and grimoire

3:20 am

Haz1558

I want tomato.

3:21 am

Atalante

and gnomon

3:25 am

Haz1558

I forgot to ask, how is your gran doing?

3:26 am

Atalante

she's ok ... still in hospital and probably not going home, but into a care home in a few weeks. But she's ok, just looking very old

3:26 am

Haz1558

Is she in bed or is she able to be up and about?

3:27 am

Atalante

she can wander, but not out of the ward, but there's just *nothing* to do there, it would drive me up the wall, but she's (luckily) always been content to just sit and watch the world

3:28 am

Haz1558

If she's contented in herself, that's good and maybe there'll be a bit more stimulation wherever she finally moves.

3:30 am

Haz1558

She still knows you and is able to converse?

3:30 am

Atalante

went down to see her yesterday, hence going back right next to FM, she said that seeing me was the best christmas present she'd ever had - aww! Then spent 30 minutes telling me about a presenter she listened to but couldn't remember his name on radio 2

3:31 am

Haz1558

Question asked and answered!

3:31 am

Atalante

but I did hear everything 3 times over in half an hour :)

3:32 am

Haz1558

That can get wearying. Husband's great-aunt used to ask constantly if her mother was dead. The great-aunt was about 87 at this stage..

3:33 am

Haz1558

After many requests to know whether Mother was dead, Husband's father finally exploded 'Don't name Mother to me again!'

3:33 am

Haz1558

Slight pause and then 'Is mother dead?'

3:34 am

Haz1558

It's sad and funny and maddening all at the same time.

3:34 am

Atalante

it really can, and that's the part I find really hard to deal with - the fact that I find it really hard to stay with her for a long time without wanting to screech. I love her so much, it's so hard to find her difficult to be around

3:34 am

Haz1558

But it's because you're emotionally attached to her and want her to be as she was.

3:34 am

hurshy

hi

3:35 am

Haz1558

Hello, hurshy.

3:35 am

hurshy

*hug* for ata

3:35 am

rubyfoo

good morning everybody

3:35 am

Atalante

I just always feel like I should stay there all day with her, when really an hour is all I can manage, and I hate that!

3:35 am

Atalante

hi smurshy!

3:35 am

hurshy

ata, do you think she would really feel better if you were there all day, or is that just guilt with no basis?

3:36 am

Haz1558

But your gran isn't going to know how long you were there. You came, it was lovely for her and she was happy.

3:36 am

Atalante

Haz said it - I really don't think she'd know if I was there for 2 minutes or all day

3:36 am

Atalante

she thinks she's been in hospital for 2 years apparently when it's 2 weeks ish

3:37 am

hurshy

hospital time is like narnia time...

3:37 am

Atalante

how's your dad, smurshy?

3:37 am

Haz1558

I think you just have to live with those moments you have with her when she knows that she's in the presence of someone who knows and loves her. She'll maybe not remember later, but for that time, it's lovely for her.

3:39 am

hurshy

he's well. he got out of the hospital thursday. it's weird cause i thought i would be spending lots of time with him but then, he sleeps a lot and has low energy so he doesn't actually need people to do stuff with, he just needs his hogan's heroes videos.

3:39 am

Atalante

yes ... and I just have to remember to be very rational about it, and not emotional, because I *know* she's fine there, and wouldn't even want me to be sad / anxious / worried, it's just awful to think about

3:39 am

rubyfoo

uh oh, look whose name is in the grid, as usual

3:39 am

Atalante

well that's good low-maintenance recovery :)

3:40 am

Haz1558

It's good he's making progress, hurshy, he'll build up his strength gradually.

3:40 am

hurshy

yeah, i mean, now that he knows he's going to be ok, and can go back to his job later, he's handling things fine. AND he's become willing to see a counselor, which is huge, because he needed one before anyway!

3:41 am

Atalante

what happens when he runs out of hogan's heroes? :P

3:41 am

Atalante

hi ruby!

3:41 am

Haz1558

Poor man, first an aneurysm and now a counsellor. His world's being turned upside down.

3:41 am

hurshy

he starts them over, ata.

3:42 am

rubyfoo

husband is finally getting INTO his fossils. I got a big box of assorted (mostly fragments but a few good ones) at an auction and he is delighted!

3:42 am

Haz1558

I've never watched Hogan's Heroes but I'm guessing Action and Adventure?

3:42 am

Atalante

excellent! to both hurshy and ruby :)

3:42 am

hurshy

no, the counselor will be a really good thing. he realized that he bottles things up and the stress helped lead to this and i think he feels GOOD about getting help.

3:43 am

hurshy

hogan's heroes is an old sitcom about a group of POWs in nazi germany. i know, how can that be a sitcom? but it is.

3:43 am

Haz1558

Bottling up stress is okay up to a point but he's obviously got beyond that point.

3:43 am

KatieSue91

ha6,36?

3:44 am

Haz1558

One of the most successful sitcoms over here was about the Home Guard in England. It seemed like a strange idea but it worked.

3:44 am

Atalante

well sucky duck wasn't very hard

3:45 am

Haz1558

ha6/36 is a plural

3:45 am

hurshy

they made the guy in charge of the camp a buffoon, so that probably made the viewers feel good.

3:45 am

rubyfoo

what is sucky duck? is it like spotted dick?

3:45 am

KatieSue91

Oh thanks lol

3:45 am

Haz1558

Yes, standard comedy is to make the person in charge to be daft.

3:46 am

Atalante

not only Dad's Army, but Allo Allo too

3:46 am

Haz1558

Yes, even Herr Flick was laughable in his sinisterness.

3:47 am

Atalante

very

3:47 am

hurshy

did you love the doctor who christmas special, ata? i did! they finally gave it to us on the same day as you on BBC america! i hope they continue that when the new season starts!

3:48 am

Atalante

I'm not sure .... loved the shark, didn't like the Dickens, didnt like Katherine Jenkins

3:48 am

hurshy

ah, well, i love dickens.

3:49 am

Atalante

yes, I know .... :P

3:49 am

Haz1558

Don't tell me Katharine Jenkins got onto Dr Who!

3:49 am

Haz1558

Is there no programme safe from her?

3:49 am

Atalante

she did! It was awful!

3:50 am

hurshy

but as i am sentimental and dickens is sentimental, i sort of wished the doctor would have gone back in time to when he shut her up for years and cured the girl and they could get married. and as i have never seen this jenkins woman before, she was just a woman to me.

3:50 am

Haz1558

She even got on Sports Personality of the Year. She must have some dreadful blackmail plot against the BBC.

3:50 am

Atalante

she Sang

3:50 am

Haz1558

She's always introduced as an opera star even though she's never done any proper operas.

3:51 am

Atalante

it was great dr who and then it turned into Katherine Jenkins singing with a bit of dr who on the bit

3:51 am

Haz1558

She always sings. Bad weather prevented her getting to Afghanistan, it's the only thing that can stop her.

3:52 am

Atalante

you probably haven't seen monty pythn and the holy grail, have you Haz?

3:53 am

hurshy

i guess i am lucky not to have seen her before! the novelty allowed me to find her singing lovely.

3:54 am

Haz1558

No, I haven't, Ata.

3:54 am

Haz1558

I don't object to her singing, I object to her being dragged in to sing on any and every occasion.

3:55 am

Haz1558

There are probably lots of singers just as good, but she is pretty as well and so she is favoured.

3:55 am

hurshy

makes sense

3:55 am

Atalante

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3YiPC9
1QUk - the first minute of it!

3:55 am

Haz1558

Do I switch off after the first minute in case I am polluted by the rest of it?

3:56 am

hurshy

lol

3:56 am

Atalante

nooo it's all funny, the Katherine Jenkins analogue is just at about 50 secs

3:57 am

rubyfoo

it sounds like UK TV is better than French....at least funnier

3:58 am

Haz1558

'I'd rather just sing' - sounds like Katherine!

3:58 am

Atalante

yep!!!

3:58 am

Atalante

and the beautiful golden light and fuzzy focussing

3:59 am

Haz1558

I know she's studied music and isn't just one of these X-factor hopefuls who can't keep a note in tune, but it's just that she's everywhere.

4:00 am

hurshy

the arts are not helped by technology in certain respects.

4:01 am

hurshy

i want mo4ri4, but they don't connect :(

4:01 am

Atalante

I think Dr Who wasn't helped by the fact that they obviously recorded her singing *beuatifully*, it was almost too beautiful, it should have been more natural / less operatic, it just sounded like a KJ record in the middle of Dr Who

4:01 am

rubyfoo

nice phantom, hurshy

4:01 am

hurshy

i thought the whole point was that it should sound ethereal, magical, other-worldly

4:02 am

Haz1558

We'll need to get FM's opinion on Dr Who.

4:02 am

Atalante

she didn't lik it much either

4:02 am

rubyfoo

time to re-boot for security

4:02 am

rubyfoo

poof

4:02 am

Atalante

but I don't think it did, it sounded like an opera singer singing

4:03 am

Haz1558

OKay, with the thought of KJ in my ears, I must take a break. Back later. Toodle-oo!

4:03 am

hurshy

well it seems like being acquainted with her career makes one hear it very differently :)

4:03 am

Atalante

bye dear!

4:03 am

Atalante

I think you're probably very right!

4:03 am

Haz1558

Bye!

4:04 am

hurshy

it didn't even occur to me that she HAD a career. but i should have known, the guest stars on the specials are usually famous (at least in the UK).

4:07 am

Atalante

everyone was famous on that special. Michael Gambon, Katherine Jenkins ...

4:08 am

hurshy

i mostly know about gambon from top gear...

4:08 am

hurshy

but is he playing dumbledore lately? i think so but am not that into the movies of HP.

4:08 am

Atalante

yep, dumbledore

4:10 am

hurshy

it is so weird to me that you guys have a whole different set of stars, TV shows, etc, and we hardly see any of it, and you don't see a lot of our shows either. i would think by now there would be much more porousness of borders.

4:10 am

Atalante

I think the borders are fluid now, but tastes are very different still

4:12 am

hurshy

there are still plenty of access issues too though.

4:12 am

hurshy

why did i think "gris" was a word?

4:12 am

Atalante

I did too

4:12 am

hurshy

i guess cause of french

4:17 am

hurshy

i've been awake for at least an hour and i feel bad cause my 3 year old nephew has also been wakeful and i can hear his dad upstairs going to deal with him to try to keep from waking my husband and i, when i couldn't sleep anyway and my husband sleeps like a log and i could have dealt with wesley.

4:17 am

Atalante

how are the cats??

4:18 am

hurshy

good... although possibly lonely right now without us. but we will go back today.

4:19 am

Atalante

awwww poor kitties

4:20 am

ursh

hello all - I know you guys are cold but oh heavens it is sooooo hot and muggy here today - i hate sweaty

4:20 am

hurshy

usually christmas is at my mom's in RI, and i bring the cats there, but with dad's situation they are not there but at the trailer up here near my sister, so, christmas is here, and here, i can't bring them.

4:21 am

hurshy

i hate sweaty too, ursh, and love the snow, so complain all you like!

4:21 am

Atalante

we forgive you, ursh :)

4:24 am

Atalante

LOL best ever fb post from a friend: "had a pheasant leg and some chocolate and orange fudge for breakfast"

4:24 am

hurshy

aaack i am soooo hungry

4:24 am

hurshy

do not be mentioning fudge!

4:25 am

Atalante

so I can mention pheasant legs just not the F word?

4:25 am

hurshy

sure.

4:25 am

Atalante

they taste good too

4:25 am

hurshy

i've never HAD pheasant so i don't know what i'm missing.

4:25 am

Atalante

it's very nice!

4:28 am

hurshy

sigh. i was doing so well in the first row...

4:29 am

KatieMcG

morning all

4:30 am

hurshy

morning katie

4:30 am

Atalante

katie!!

4:33 am

KatieMcG

wow Ata long time no see

4:33 am

Atalante

ditto! how are you? how are the cats?

4:34 am

KatieMcG

we are all fine, how about you and yours?

4:34 am

ivesy3

why do the letters in the tile stats have one or 2 different boxes with the same letters?

4:35 am

Atalante

Hobbit has decided that she's obsessed with CHristmas cake *sigh*

4:36 am

hurshy

they match the grid, ivesy.

4:36 am

KatieMcG

ahhhh I haven't cut ours yet so we haven't got that problem so far

4:36 am

hurshy

amion

4:37 am

hurshy

excuse me... it doesn't go anyway

4:37 am

Atalante

she starts drooling every time I cut a piece

4:38 am

ivesy3

ok, they tell you how many words of that letter rite. but like the o letter has 2 boxes, with diff numbers. i guess im not getting it lol

4:38 am

Atalante

they match up to the grid above, ivesy

4:39 am

hurshy

some of the words that start with O, you can't make from the top O, so they count in the box of the second row O.

4:39 am

hurshy

for instance, imagine that "ogir" was a word. that would have to come from that second O, because the top O isn't next to the G.

4:39 am

KatieMcG

do you mean the 1/12 ones. if so the second number has the amount of words from that letter and the first number is the amount of words you have found. it goes grey when you have them all

4:40 am

ivesy3

oooooohhh, now i get it... ty!! lite bulb turned on lol

4:40 am

hurshy

if a word COULD come from EITHER box, it counts as coming from the first one, left to right top to bottom.

4:40 am

ivesy3

thank you. .u explained the process now so its a bit clearer. ty both

4:43 am

Atalante

gosh what a nice long set of long op words

4:43 am

hurshy

yes, i enjoyed those!

4:44 am

Atalante

they were great!

4:44 am

hurshy

i also have mo8, but not the other two 8's

4:45 am

Atalante

ditto

4:45 am

hurshy

how are you on 7's? i have am x2, or, ta

4:46 am

Atalante

i have 2. hmmmm. the am

4:47 am

hurshy

the am's are more normal than the others... are you saying those are the 2 you have, or not?

4:47 am

Atalante

i have those two

4:47 am

hurshy

oh, well, the others are plurals of 5's.

4:48 am

hurshy

the or you will know but the ta, i did not

4:48 am

Atalante

got the or

4:49 am

Atalante

got the ta

4:50 am

hurshy

armpit promise mission

4:52 am

Atalante

pimento

4:54 am

hurshy

what have you got from the 4th row a? i only have as6.

4:54 am

melissamay

Could you guys drop a clue for the ta? It's making me nutso.

4:54 am

Atalante

me too

4:54 am

hurshy

t + french friends for 5, then plural for 7

4:55 am

hurshy

as6 x2

4:55 am

hurshy

and as8

4:55 am

melissamay

oh sorry, I meant ta 7/36, is it yiddish maybe?

4:56 am

hurshy

oho, i don't know, i need that one then

4:56 am

melissamay

whoops ta 6/36 that is

4:56 am

hurshy

ta7/36 sticks an extra vowel in the feminine protection

4:57 am

melissamay

ok I am officially discombobulated, let me make sure that's right.

4:58 am

hurshy

how about the D, i have de6 and dr5

4:59 am

Haz1558

ta7/36 - to rhyme with Danny ch****** of the world, They had pheasants in that.

4:59 am

hurshy

ooh another de6 for one...

4:59 am

Atalante

yay for pheasants!

5:00 am

Haz1558

It doesn't like derig.

5:00 am

Atalante

it doesn't indeed. enable is very bad today

5:00 am

hurshy

i know, and lol re: pheasants

5:00 am

Haz1558

They're pretty birds.

5:00 am

Atalante

very very pretty

5:00 am

melissamay

ah thanks, but apparently there's one more ta 7/36 that starts off the tas. I think I'm a bit tired because I assumed it had a z, when plainly it can't.

5:02 am

hurshy

ta + what you do to potatoes + vowel

5:02 am

hurshy

thanks for all the help melissamay!

5:02 am

Haz1558

Now, what on earth can that mean?

5:02 am

Atalante

what an odd word!

5:03 am

Atalante

an entertainment

5:03 am

hurshy

something african maybe

5:03 am

melissamay

oh lord, if I am helping it's purely by accident :D

5:03 am

Haz1558

It's a spectacle in the East Indies.

5:03 am

Haz1558

mkg will be thrilled to find it. She loves the inclusivity of the English language.

5:03 am

Atalante

*dies laughing* imagine cluing that one for her

5:04 am

Sally-catlover

Good morning everyone! At last a day with a nice sized grid, time to do it, and no visitors!

5:04 am

Haz1558

I think hurshy's clue would work very well, she'll just be indignant that it's there and acceptable.

5:04 am

Atalante

hi sally!

5:04 am

Haz1558

Hello, Sally.

5:04 am

melissamay

Ok that is officially a very new word for me. Thanks for the fab clue, hurshy.

5:04 am

Atalante

you really think? I think it would be "do what to potatoes?" "roast?" "fry?" "I don't get it!"

5:04 am

melissamay

And good day Sally et al.

5:05 am

Sally-catlover

And how nice to come on in the middle of a clueing orgy.

5:05 am

Haz1558

Well, there is that. She'll get there in the end and be cross that she had to make the effort to find a non-word.

5:06 am

melissamay

I was so proud up to this point because I'd remembered a middle eastern si 6/21 from ages ago. Hubris is never advised in babble -- I need to tattoo that somewhere.

5:06 am

Atalante

this grid could prove interesting for her, lots of odd words

5:06 am

hurshy

she should probably just be content not to finish... just find the words she likes and skip the rest... ah well.

5:06 am

hurshy

oh do clue it melissa!

5:07 am

Sally-catlover

I didn't finish yesterday, grid too big and I was too tired, so I just left it.

5:07 am

Atalante

si + stern of countenance? that one?

5:07 am

melissamay

oooh ok, it's si + the heavenly orb that controls the tides.

5:07 am

Atalante

oh wait, ignore that

5:07 am

hurshy

ty, mm!

5:07 am

melissamay

sorry, I have no clue settings but "obvious"

5:08 am

melissamay

yw hurshy!

5:08 am

Haz1558

They work, melissa, that's the idea of clues.

5:08 am

Sally-catlover

ty melissa

5:09 am

melissamay

True, but some of you are awfully clever with clueing. Far more so than me!

5:09 am

hurshy

well i might be able to sleep again, although i don't know for how long since the nephew will prob soon be up for good - but i'm going to give it a shot. ttfn all.

5:09 am

Haz1558

Ata, you missed me asking earlier if a dancing collier would drive a Mo6/21 Minor.

5:09 am

Haz1558

Nice to see you, hurshy, and say helo to Wesley.

5:09 am

melissamay

tata hursh, thanks for all the fantastic clues

5:10 am

Atalante

oh very good Haz-in-the-grid!

5:10 am

Haz1558

I know! I don't appear often so it feels nice. peri is very blase about it now. You're there as well.

5:12 am

Atalante

peri is constantly in!

5:12 am

Haz1558

I know. Something should be done.

5:13 am

Atalante

has spangle ever been in the grid?

5:13 am

Haz1558

I think she might have been, there's a vague memory.

5:14 am

Sally-catlover

spangle would be a nice high-scoring one :-)

5:14 am

Atalante

ooo a good de8

5:14 am

Atalante

Hobbit has, but enable doesn't accept her

5:15 am

Haz1558

Which goes to show that enable has poor standards.

5:15 am

Sally-catlover

ty Ata!

5:15 am

Sally-catlover

Daisy has, but not Sparky I think.

5:15 am

Atalante

poor sparky

5:16 am

Atalante

Silverclaw hasn't LOL

5:16 am

Sally-catlover

She'll survive!

5:16 am

Sally-catlover

lol Ata

5:16 am

Sally-catlover

But probably her components Ata

5:17 am

Atalante

yes :)

5:17 am

Flask1

Morning all.....hope you're all well!

5:17 am

Sally-catlover

Hallo Flask

5:17 am

Haz1558

Good morning, Flask. I'm fine, how are you?

5:17 am

Flask1

Rain here again Haz!!!

5:17 am

Flask1

Am grand thanx!

5:18 am

Haz1558

I know, but at least all the snow has gone and it's possible to open the door without a sharp intake of breath.

5:18 am

Flask1

And my chair moves in the rain.....such bliss!

5:19 am

Sally-catlover

It's nice to be able to go out without hat and gloves

5:19 am

Haz1558

Oh great, you'll finally be able to get out and about. Don't let anybody knock you over in the rush for the sales.

5:20 am

Flask1

lololol.....not in this wee toon Haz.....that would be such an event!!!

5:21 am

Haz1558

I watch TV pictures of people queuing up for the sales and can't imagine why you'd put yourself through it, especially in such low temperatures.

5:22 am

Sally-catlover

lol Haz. I said to my husband only this morning how glad I was I no longer had to dr5 for work and had reached the age when I could wear jeans and a tee-shirt every day and my idea of dr5ing up was a clean tee-shirt.

5:22 am

Flask1

And if I want to go somewhere bigger...I have to book an adapted vehicle a week in advance!!! They don't go for acting on impulse here, believe me!!

5:22 am

Sally-catlover

I gather you're in a wheelchair Flask. Is that permanent?

5:23 am

Haz1558

No chopping and changing your mind at the last minute, if you say you're going, you go.

5:23 am

Haz1558

I can't keep up with my girls, they form a plan and by the end what actually happens bears little resemblance to the original scheme.

5:23 am

melissamay

Hot dang, that's firewords. Can I help anyone before I collapse in a heap?

5:24 am

Haz1558

I blame the mobile phone, by the time they've consulted with everybody, the plans change beyond recognition.

5:24 am

Haz1558

Well done, melissa!

5:24 am

melissamay

thank you kindly Haz

5:24 am

Sally-catlover

Yay for mellisa! No thanks, haven't long started.

5:25 am

melissamay

and sally! Watch out for those ts is all I can say. Whew.

5:25 am

Flask1

Yes Sally it is!....I took Polio when I was 11 wks old......am now 56yrs old...lolol...so am well used to it.....but it slows you down quite suddenly with age....but hell am happy!

5:26 am

Flask1

Thats it Haz, you've got the idea!!

5:26 am

Sally-catlover

Sorry to hear that Flask. But being happy is the best thing! {{hugs}}

5:26 am

melissamay

So I'll say good night and good day to all. Have fun and a fabulous time of it!

5:26 am

Haz1558

Good night, melissa, sleep well.

5:26 am

melissamay

:D

5:27 am

Flask1

Oh don't be sorry Sal...I really don't know any different.......and I HAVE LIVED MY LIFE TO THE FULL.......[she says blushing]!!

5:27 am

Haz1558

Now we start wondering just what Flask has been up to...

5:28 am

Flask1

lol....

5:28 am

Haz1558

Honestly, between FM and her empty wellies and Flask with her life lived to the full, it's a wonder we get any words here at all.

5:28 am

Flask1

Well I ran away from home when I was 17....so there's a wee hint for you.....lol

5:28 am

Sally-catlover

Remember this is a family group Flask! Seriously it is probably easier in some ways for some who has never known anything else than someone suddenly in a chair at a more mature age - not in any way to belittle what you have had.

5:29 am

Haz1558

Goodness, you HAVE had adventures, Flask.

5:29 am

Sally-catlover

Empty wellies? What have I missed?

5:29 am

Flask1

No Sally I agree completely!

5:30 am

Flask1

'fraid so Haz!

5:30 am

Haz1558

Well, Sally, not that we're ones to gossip, but Ata visited FM yesterday and there were wellies in the living room. Our theory is that someone had made an escape to avoid detection. Like I said, we're not ones to gossip.

5:30 am

Sally-catlover

People who moan all the time are very hard to be around, so I think you must be fun to be with Flask.

5:30 am

Flask1

So you see....I have all my wonderful and not so wonderful memories!

5:30 am

Sally-catlover

Shock Haz! And were there snowy bare footprints leading out of the window?

5:31 am

Haz1558

My aunt had two moaning sisters. She was once heard to say 'Oh, here are Doom and Gloom coming' when she spied them arriving.

5:31 am

Sally-catlover

rofl Haz

5:31 am

Haz1558

Ata didn't say but she did note a shed in the garden.

5:31 am

Haz1558

Garden shed = up to no good.

5:32 am

Sally-catlover

I feel myself very fortunate to feel very happy most of the time. It's a nice feeling.

5:32 am

Sally-catlover

Not a bike shed?

5:32 am

Haz1558

Bike-sheds are a whole different ball game.

5:32 am

Flask1

I do have a sense of humour....which helpsme thro' anything that might be thrown at me!

5:33 am

Flask1

Bike sheds????

5:33 am

Haz1558

A sense of humour is a blessing.

5:33 am

Sally-catlover

Behind which there were many indiscretions at school (or so I am told)

5:33 am

DTins

how many today please

5:34 am

Flask1

I never did the bike-shed thing at school....

5:34 am

Sally-catlover

195 today

5:34 am

Haz1558

I've been told that as well, Sally.

5:34 am

DTins

ty sally

5:34 am

Sally-catlover

Well, no, nor did I. An all-girls school and I didn't smoke, so not much left.

5:34 am

Flask1

I was so slow at walking, when I got there it was always time to move on!

5:36 am

Flask1

Thats not the case now tho'.....my electric chair whizzes me around so fast....its fab!!!....lol

5:36 am

Sally-catlover

Flask, wasn't it your grandson who got bitten by a dog recently? How is he now?

5:36 am

Sally-catlover

You knock them off their feet do you Flask!

5:37 am

Flask1

Yes Sally it was.....stitches came out yesterday...and its looking so much better!

5:37 am

Sally-catlover

How is he in himself?

5:37 am

Flask1

Great!!

5:38 am

Flask1

He's never stopped smiling!!

5:38 am

Haz1558

Great relief all round, that's for sure.

5:38 am

Flask1

Definitely!! Thanx for all your good wishes!

5:39 am

Haz1558

I could fully understand your anxiety, I was so glad that his eyes weren't affected.

5:39 am

Sally-catlover

Good! My little grandson will be 3 in March and they always spend Christmas in Egypt. Santa arrived by boat, Theo rushed out into the water fully clothed, had to remove wet clothes and so met Santa stark naked!

5:40 am

Haz1558

I love their innocence at that age.

5:40 am

Flask1

So were we Haz!....It leaves you feeling so hopeless...

5:40 am

Flask1

Love it Sally!

5:41 am

Sally-catlover

Son thought it was hysterical and rushed up with a towel I believe.

5:44 am

Flask1

can't find any of the biggies here.....are there any clues floating around......[looking around in the air]...lol

5:45 am

Sally-catlover

Biggest I have so far is an 8

5:45 am

Sally-catlover

de 8/45

5:46 am

Atalante

op :)

5:46 am

Haz1558

Lots of the biggest ones come from op - words meaning to make the most of things. Use both British and American spellings.

5:47 am

Flask1

ok thanx Haz!

5:47 am

Haz1558

mo8 - either lots of bell-bedecked dancers or a queue of Minors. the Americans won't have a clue)

5:48 am

Sally-catlover

oh ty Haz. Had the singular, not the plural

5:48 am

Flask1

lol

5:48 am

Haz1558

de8 - mkg viewed the inclusion of ta7 with de8.

5:48 am

Kateq

lovely clue Haz

5:48 am

Haz1558

ta7 - a spectacle or entertainment in East Indies. I know neither of you will need further help.

5:49 am

Atalante

lmao

5:49 am

Haz1558

Hello, Kateq.

5:49 am

Flask1

are you serious Haz??? Am totally bamboozled!!

5:50 am

Haz1558

But in case you do - ta plus what you do to potatoes finish with a vowel.

5:50 am

Sally-catlover

thanks for the op tips Haz. Now have 4 of the 8s!

5:50 am

Atalante

fry? roast? I don't get it!

5:50 am

zoozzoom

Many thanks, Haz got 8 words from the OP :-)

5:51 am

Haz1558

There are 9s and a 10 in among the op words.

5:51 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, good morning, zooz!

5:51 am

Flask1

Got it!....but I was looking for Peel to begin with...lol

5:51 am

Sally-catlover

Yes, have the 9 and 10 now, missing one 8

5:51 am

zoozzoom

make that 9..lol...Hello, All :-)

5:51 am

Haz1558

Well done!

5:51 am

Flask1

Hi Zooz!

5:52 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Flask :-)

5:52 am

Sally-catlover

Hi zooz.

5:53 am

zoozzoom

Hope everyone had a great Christmas, glad the weather has warmed up.

5:53 am

Haz1558

It has, thanks, zooz. It feels positively balmy in comparison.

5:54 am

Sally-catlover

It's grey, wet and disgusting outside. Very slushy and foggy

5:54 am

Jayk

Beg to differ, Haz! SOME Americans know those dancers

5:54 am

Haz1558

Excellent! But do you know the cars?

5:55 am

Jayk

Oh yes. My boyfriend had one when we were 16

5:55 am

Flask1

How was your Xmas Zooz?

5:55 am

Haz1558

They were produced over a long period of time, much beloved and sadly missed. They had indicators that flipped out from a bit in the side.

5:55 am

Jayk

oddly enough

5:55 am

zoozzoom

Hectic, Flask, but enjoyable :-)

5:56 am

Jayk

Yes! I remember!

5:56 am

Flask1

bright orange too!

5:56 am

Atalante

I loved those indicators

5:56 am

Haz1558

You've obviously been hanging round with the right sort of people, Jayk. Did he dance as well?

5:56 am

Sally-catlover

My father's pet name for those indicators was wig-wags :-)

5:56 am

Flask1

lol...Haz!

5:56 am

Haz1558

Those indicators were brilliant. Such character.

5:56 am

Jayk

Indeed--but not that kind. The dancers were a fixture in Vermont

5:57 am

Angelsong

mrorning all. I wonder if any of you who share your homes with cats has encounterd this issue...we have a two year old cat who wets on our bed once every couple of months. She has been evaluated by the vet, and she is not ill. we've changed her diet, which has helped some, because she used to wet every month, instead of every tow months. She has been treated for possible bladder infection, but she does not wet anywhere else inappropriately, and it's usually early in the morning. We're not sure why she doees this.

5:57 am

zoozzoom

You don`t get cars made with wood on the frame anymore..lol

5:57 am

Flask1

I know...they were fab!

5:58 am

Haz1558

Anyone remember the bench seat on the front of the Austin Cambridge?

5:58 am

Sally-catlover

Never had this Angel, but could it be stress of some kind? Some change in the home? If so, in the UK you can get something which plugs into a socket and gives off a calming pheromone.

5:58 am

Flask1

yes!!!!

5:59 am

Flask1

I do Haz!!

5:59 am

Haz1558

I've never seen them in any other car. They'd not be allowed nowadays because of seat belts but I always liked them.

6:00 am

Angelsong

no stress or changes we can identify, Sally. We notieced the behavior about a year ago.

6:00 am

Flask1

I think they were exclusive to the Austins!

6:01 am

Haz1558

There's a to7 with the same structure as another ta7/36 (the one that rhymes with Danny, ch****** of the world)

6:01 am

Haz1558

I think so, Flask, it was such a dignified car, that one.

6:02 am

Sally-catlover

Well you could try one of these plug-in things. Here, I think you have to get them from the vet. I have never used one but a friend had one for her dog.

6:02 am

Flask1

An uncle who lived with us, had an Austin A40 and I loved that too!

6:03 am

Sally-catlover

The only other thing I can think of is that something has changed outside. If there is another cat or animal outside in the early morning who frightens her, she might wet inside instead - or does she have a litter tray? If not, it might be worth providing one for her.

6:04 am

Angelsong

do they work well, Sally?

6:04 am

Flask1

strange words those, Haz!

6:04 am

Angelsong

we have three litter trays, one for each cat.

6:04 am

Sally-catlover

I believe so Angel, but as I said we have never used one but a friend had one and said it was really good.

6:06 am

Haz1558

I know, Flask, not much used in everyday conversation.

6:07 am

Flask1

:-)

6:11 am

Sally-catlover

back in a mo

6:12 am

Flask1

de8...clue please?

6:13 am

Haz1558

de8 - an adjective meaning that you view something with distaste or disapproval.

6:13 am

Haz1558

It has the charged particle ending.

6:15 am

Flask1

ty...got it...

6:15 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

6:16 am

Flask1

....and the as8 please?.....I know, am pushing it..sorry!

6:17 am

Haz1558

as8 - if you've got as6/24 - to give someone a duty, make it the person who does.

6:19 am

Flask1

thanx Haz!...appreciated!

6:19 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

6:20 am

Sally-catlover

Back

6:21 am

Sally-catlover

Really enjoying this grid. There's enough of a challenge, but some nice finds as well. Also, I really don't like the enormous ones just because of the time they take.

6:22 am

Haz1558

Yes, enough of a workout to make you feel you've earned the points but not too much of a slog.

6:23 am

Flask1

back soon .... having lunch!

6:24 am

Haz1558

Enjoy lunch, Flask.

6:24 am

Haz1558

I'll probably be away when you come back. The final chapters of the latest Scotland Street book await me.

6:25 am

Sally-catlover

Scotland Street? Don't know that.

6:25 am

Haz1558

They're by Alexander McCall Smith - based on the inhabitants of a building in Edinburgh.

6:26 am

Haz1558

They're like his Botswana books in that they're very gentle but immensely funny in parts.

6:26 am

Sally-catlover

Are they good?

6:26 am

Haz1558

I like his writing - husband read a couple and concluded that nothing happened.

6:27 am

Sally-catlover

I didn't like the No 1 Detective Agency, which I think is by him.

6:29 am

Haz1558

Yes, he wrote them. I think they're an acquired taste to an extent. I'm not so fond of the Isabel Dalhousie series which he also writes.

6:29 am

Soodle

Hi everybody. I'm reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, which I received as a Christmas present about 3-4 years ago, and never got around to reading. I'm enjoying it immensely.

6:29 am

Haz1558

Hello, Soodle. Are you dried out yet?

6:30 am

Sally-catlover

A friend has recommended those soodle, but I haven't read any yet.

6:30 am

Soodle

Its a long, slow process, Haz. I have totally run out of towels and other mopping up accoutrements, which is frustrating.

6:31 am

EspritdJean

Those Larsen books and movies are great

6:31 am

Soodle

But your reference to feeling like a wet rag wy

6:31 am

Soodle

But your reference to feeling like a wet rag wy

6:31 am

Haz1558

It's bound to be - I take it you're going to have to get insurance involved?

6:31 am

Soodle

yesterday brought a wry smile to my face!

6:32 am

Soodle

Oh yes. It will be an insurance job for sure, but at this stage, its a case of 'Form and orderly queue'.....

6:32 am

Soodle

'an'

6:33 am

Soodle

Hmmm ....typing skills also waterlogged...

6:33 am

Haz1558

Understandable. Our water pressure this morning seems to be low to negligible, I imagine they're mopping up leaks elsewhere.

6:34 am

Soodle

Jean, I haven't seen the movie yet, and I probably won't watch it. I always find the film versions of books I have read a huge disappointment.

6:34 am

EspritdJean

the dragon tatoo was a goog film version

6:34 am

EspritdJean

the played with fire good but not as

6:34 am

EspritdJean

good

6:35 am

EspritdJean

I love the actress who plays Lisbeth

6:37 am

Soodle

As I was reading Dragon Tattoo, there was a bit where the main character was experiencing temperatures of minus 17. We had the exact same weather conditions here, so I had total empathy with him!!

6:37 am

Haz1558

Okay, off I go - enjoy the grid, bye for now!

6:38 am

Soodle

Bye General Haz. Thanks for the clues earlier :-)

6:38 am

Sally-catlover

Enjoy your book Haz.

6:39 am

EspritdJean

didn't know it got that cold in Ireland soodle

6:40 am

Soodle

Jean - we have had unprecedented cold here over the past month. All records have been shattered. It got down to minus 21 last week. My pipes froze, and burst 3 times....... 3 floods in one week. Yuk!

6:41 am

Soodle

<-------- Hence the icon! LOL

6:44 am

crystalle

does anyone have a clue for si 7?

6:44 am

EspritdJean

((((Soodle)))) what a mess!!

6:44 am

EspritdJean

I think I would just sit on a step and cry!

6:46 am

Sally-catlover

Plural Italian men, crystalle

6:46 am

Soodle

Thanks Jean. I sat, I cried, I mopped, I cried again, I mopped again! Crystalle , add a vowel to the end of hte si 6/24

6:47 am

EspritdJean

do you have help?

6:47 am

crystalle

Thanks Soodle

6:48 am

Soodle

The kids are here - but its just been a nightmare. Flood no 3 happened yesterday, and I just felt like throwing in the towel, but I couldn't, because I didn't have a dry towel in the house!!!

6:49 am

Sally-catlover

Oh soodle {{{hugs}}}

6:50 am

Angelsong

the op words were a lot easier than they appeared to be.

6:50 am

MollyL

(((((Soodle))))) Flooding sucks.

6:50 am

Soodle

Aw, heck. **it happens. Nobody died. And the temperatures here have gone to a tropical 7 degrees.

6:50 am

Soodle

Hey Moll (((())))

6:51 am

MollyL

*Handing two dozen dry towels to Soodle*

6:51 am

EspritdJean

Soodle, funny, I use a similar expression "nobody died, nobody got sued, it was a good day"

6:52 am

Soodle

Hmm, Jean. Just wait til I fill out the insurance claim form, and we will see about the whole sueing thing!

6:53 am

MollyL

Y'all know that people out there are scratching their heads about the plural of si6/24. : D

6:53 am

EspritdJean

I don't even HAVE SI6/24

6:53 am

Sally-catlover

I did say Italian!

6:53 am

Soodle

I have to go now, and bring the son and heir into the town, to collect the car he abandoned in favour of a night of drunken debauchery. Sheesh.... Have a good day everybody.

6:54 am

EspritdJean

oooh based on that sally, I just got it

6:54 am

Sally-catlover

OK, what you might call an Italian man (apart from hey buddy). Then add a vowel to make an ITALIAN plural.

6:54 am

EspritdJean

bye soodle!

6:54 am

MollyL

Joking Sally. : D

6:54 am

Sally-catlover

bye soodle.

6:55 am

Sally-catlover

:-)

7:06 am

Jayk

might there be something in error on lickety's list? like no sh 6 but another p?

7:06 am

crystalle

there is an extra word on clues list

7:07 am

Sally-catlover

Presumably shazam, which is sadly not accepted.

7:08 am

crystalle

does anyone have a clue for to7 please

7:08 am

Jayk

altho it's a perfectly good word

7:12 am

EvaNadine

mornin babblers!

7:12 am

zoozzoom

to7 boys name + who ate all the **es + opp of off

7:13 am

crystalle

ty zooz

7:13 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Eva :-)

7:13 am

zoozzoom

yw :-)

7:14 am

Sally-catlover

ty zooz, had the ta equivalent of that but never heard of that one.

7:14 am

EvaNadine

just came face-to-face with a mouse at work. thank god its my friday!

7:14 am

Sally-catlover

Ah, see it is alt spelling.

7:14 am

MollyL

Wait a minute. TUESDAY is your FRIDAY?

7:15 am

EvaNadine

only this week. took a few days off. normally take off the whole week between christmas + new years, but didnt have enough leave left this year, after the wedding...

7:16 am

MollyL

I was gonna say, why bother with Monday and Tuesday.

7:17 am

zoozzoom

I saw a mouse.. where..there on the stair.

7:17 am

EvaNadine

little guy just ran out from between my filing cabinets, sat there and looked up at me until i shrieked. then just ran back...

7:18 am

zoozzoom

lol...little bugger

7:18 am

EvaNadine

i dont mind mice as pets in cages.
but roaming freely in the office, not so much...

7:19 am

zoozzoom

It is rats i am not keen on coming face to face with.

7:21 am

crystalle

can anyone help me with the first ri 5 and ri 6?

7:21 am

Sally-catlover

Sometimes the cats bring in a live one into my office. I have to make sure I have socks on, because I don't like the idea of them running over my bare feet :-)

7:22 am

Sally-catlover

ri plus the nickname of a frequent Babbler who has a dog called hobbit, and plural

7:22 am

EvaNadine

i am generally ok with almost any critter, so long as i know its coming. its when they sneak up on me that i get scared!

except spiders.
spiders are NEVER ok.

7:26 am

crystalle

thanks for the clue sally but i actually dont know much about the people in here yet

7:27 am

Sally-catlover

OK - ri plus indefinite article plus British slang for thank you

7:27 am

bichon

Hi crystalle. We're a lively bunch and very supportive of each other

7:27 am

Sally-catlover

Ah yes, just seen the date on your profile.

7:27 am

Riverdance

Good Morning Babble Friends

7:27 am

EvaNadine

ri + *** girl, you can do it!

7:28 am

Sally-catlover

lol eva, much better clue!

7:28 am

zoozzoom

Hello, River :-)

7:29 am

Riverdance

Hope everyone had a nice Christmas

7:30 am

zoozzoom

Hectic but fun & nice., hope yours went well :-)

7:30 am

Riverdance

also hectic but fun as well - glad it is over though

7:30 am

EvaNadine

must forage for some breakfast...
back in a bit!

7:31 am

crystalle

i finally got ri thankyou

7:31 am

Sally-catlover

Good :-)

7:31 am

Sally-catlover

It's a word frequently found in the grid.

7:34 am

Sally-catlover

Way hay! Fireworkd. Any clues needed before I sit by the fire with Christmas cake?

7:34 am

Riverdance

yeah Sally

7:34 am

Riverdance

just starting so I am fine for now

7:34 am

Riverdance

but thanks

7:35 am

zoozzoom

WTG Sally!

7:35 am

crystalle

to 7 the first one? please and wtg sally

7:35 am

zoozzoom

Only need two more so i should be ok, but thanks.

7:36 am

zoozzoom

ta7 t + crushed potatos + letter

7:36 am

crystalle

ty zooz

7:36 am

zoozzoom

ta+ crushed potatoes + letter

7:36 am

zoozzoom

yw :-)

7:37 am

Riverdance

thanks zooz - new word for me

7:39 am

Kaplan the Magne

is that t-i-o-n really not used for anything?

7:40 am

Riverdance

I have made up many nice words with that t-i-o-n

7:40 am

zoozzoom

Afraid not, Kap, take away the `T` and the rest is used a few times.

7:41 am

Sally-catlover

Sorry, looked away. to7: man's name, then Greek letter then opposite of off

7:41 am

Sally-catlover

Must go, bye all.

7:41 am

Riverdance

bye Sally

7:42 am

periwinkle

hi all

7:42 am

periwinkle

a above the H pls

7:43 am

Riverdance

dont have it yet peri

7:43 am

periwinkle

ok, need it for nbt

7:43 am

Mom

good morning everyone

7:43 am

Mom

((River)) did you get snow?

7:44 am

periwinkle

assed does not work, as in "look at the big assed woman (or man)

7:44 am

Riverdance

Good Morning Mom - yes we got a foot yesterday - didnt make it into work

7:44 am

Mom

lol Peri, good moring

7:44 am

Riverdance

I tried that too peri

7:44 am

Mom

a whole foot, good for you!

7:44 am

welki

as**** a task to, as**** homework

7:44 am

Riverdance

finally - wish we had it for christmas though

7:45 am

Mom

Morning Welki

7:45 am

periwinkle

well, need to do several errands today that I was unable to do yesterday

7:45 am

Riverdance

thanks welki - had the last part - not the beginning - duh

7:45 am

periwinkle

ah, ty welki

7:45 am

Mom

travel much better today Peri?

7:45 am

periwinkle

bbl

7:46 am

Riverdance

bye peri

7:46 am

crystalle

a teacher will as**** homework and then add this ** that

7:46 am

car.eeyore

Hi! In for a quick minute!

7:46 am

Mom

Hi Car.

7:46 am

crystalle

ta6/21 anyone please?

7:46 am

Riverdance

hello car

7:46 am

welki

morning, mom, car, all

7:49 am

Riverdance

Hi crystalle - welcome to babble - if no one has told you yet - a really good site to help find words is morewords.com - I couldnt do this puzzle without it and help from my fellow babblers of course

7:49 am

Mom

sorry Crystalle, I don't have it

7:49 am

EvaNadine

i have returned!
with food -- yay!

7:49 am

Mom

Hi Eva

7:49 am

Riverdance

and what are we having Eva

7:50 am

crystalle

i have discovered more words

7:50 am

EvaNadine

sausage, egg + cheese on an english muffin.

7:50 am

EvaNadine

and pineapple orange guava juice

7:50 am

Riverdance

oh - I'm jealous - will be making my plain toast in a few minutes

7:50 am

Mom

a McD, speciality

7:51 am

EvaNadine

yes, but this one is made in our caf. :)

7:51 am

Mom

no butter on the toast River?

7:51 am

Mom

that's cool Eva

7:51 am

Riverdance

yes I will have butter but no sausage egg or cheese *sigh*

7:51 am

car.eeyore

LOL! TA 6/24 is on my shopping list today!

7:52 am

Mom

tamale is not in the grid :-)

7:52 am

Mom

got it Car :-)

7:53 am

Riverdance

neither is tomato

7:53 am

Riverdance

oh a not o - got it

7:53 am

EvaNadine

no, but "tamata" is...hehe

7:53 am

MollyL

Um...it's not food River.

7:53 am

Riverdance

lol eva

7:54 am

Riverdance

I got it - lucky for me dont need those anymore

7:54 am

MollyL

Me either and I LOVE SAYING THAT

7:54 am

Riverdance

high fives with Molly

7:55 am

Mom

me three

7:55 am

crystalle

Fireworks yay. Thanks for the clues guys.

7:55 am

MollyL

*Mom, River and Molly do a little dance*

7:55 am

EvaNadine

::le sigh::
mine just decided not to do its job last week.
was a fun morning at work...

7:55 am

Mom

congrats Crystalle

7:55 am

Riverdance

whoohoo Mom

7:55 am

crystalle

and stop showing off!!

7:55 am

Riverdance

congrats crystalle

7:55 am

Mom

:-)

7:55 am

Riverdance

time for me to go - get breakfast and work work work - ugh - have a good day all

7:56 am

crystalle

i will need those for awhile yet so stop bragging lol

7:56 am

Mom

enjoy your day ((River))

7:56 am

car.eeyore

Ummm...Eva...what do you mean?

7:57 am

Mom

you really want her to explain that Car.?

7:57 am

EvaNadine

put one in before i left the house. one hour commute to work. by the time i got here... UGH.

7:57 am

EvaNadine

thank the lord i was wearing black that day.

7:58 am

Mom

you commute one hour to work?

7:58 am

Mom

by car?

7:58 am

car.eeyore

Oooooh....

7:58 am

EvaNadine

from the time i leave the house to walk to the shuttle which takes me to the metro, ride the train, and walk into my building...
door-to-door is about an hour.

7:59 am

EvaNadine

i have driven a few times before, and it takes a little less. but DC traffic will always get ya.

7:59 am

Mom

you live in Maryland but communte to DC

8:00 am

EvaNadine

yup

8:00 am

Mom

that sounds kinda neat

8:00 am

EvaNadine

heh. it gets me to the job, which pays the bills...

8:00 am

Mom

which is important

8:01 am

Mom

does Mr. Foster work in DC as well?

8:01 am

EvaNadine

i have actually started to look at other contracts that my company has, closer to home.
would LOVE to shorten that commute!

8:01 am

EvaNadine

no, he works in MD.

8:01 am

Mom

yes, I would think so

8:01 am

Mom

what is it that you do?

8:02 am

Mom

shazam is too a word. Gomer said it all the time

8:02 am

EvaNadine

i work in the IT group on a contract at a federal agency. software/application testing.

8:03 am

Mom

sounds interesting

8:03 am

car.eeyore

OK, I am off to start my car and go to a B'day party with the kids! Have a good day all!

8:03 am

Mom

a b'day party so early? have a good time. ((Hugs))

8:03 am

EvaNadine

it can be. but not so much lately...things are kinda slow, which means i get to do busy work. updating documentation + stuff.
i dont like the busy work. i like breaking stuff. :)

8:04 am

MollyL

I would have thought Car was snowed in today.

8:04 am

Mom

maybe it will pick up after the first of the year. I don't like busy work either.

8:05 am

EvaNadine

we know of a few projects coming our way sometime in the next few months, so we are trying to prepare for them. its work that needs to be done, but its never as interesting as the actual testing is for me.

8:06 am

Mom

but that leaves more time for babbling

8:07 am

Angelsong

there is an extra word in Lickety's list. is it the sh6?

8:07 am

EvaNadine

heh, yes. :)

8:08 am

Mom

not a clue Angel, haven't listed

8:08 am

EvaNadine

me neither, angel.
though i DO hear people mentioning that "shazam" should be a word...heh

8:09 am

crosshair

good morning everyone:)

8:09 am

MollyL

Shazam! Yes it is. sh6/39

8:09 am

EvaNadine

good morning Mr Crossy!

8:09 am

Mom

Good morning {{Crossy))

8:09 am

MollyL

Hi Cross

8:09 am

wvteach

good morning all

8:10 am

NonnieLight

good morning all

8:10 am

crosshair

molly,mom,eva,teach:) top of the morning to my babble ladies;)

8:11 am

MollyL

Why does this grid keep making me sing the Marzy Dotes song in my head?

8:11 am

EvaNadine

hint for the uppermost i?

8:11 am

NonnieLight

lol molly

8:11 am

welki

...and little lambs eat ivy

8:12 am

Mom

Hi wvteach

8:12 am

Mom

((Nono)) good morning

8:12 am

Mom

oops, ((nonnie))

8:12 am

wvteach

hi mom

8:12 am

MollyL

Islamic leader Eva

8:12 am

trentsnana

im 4

8:13 am

EvaNadine

TY molly

8:13 am

welki

until i was an older adult, i thought those were nonsense lyrics (mairzydoats and dozeydoats and little lambszedivies... askidlleeedivie do, wouldn't you)

8:13 am

EvaNadine

hows about the O in the same row?

8:13 am

NonnieLight

im + green h** and eggs

8:13 am

Mom

thanks Molly and Trentsnana

8:13 am

Mom

morning Trentsnana

8:14 am

trentsnana

Good morning all

8:14 am

MollyL

I think we all did Welki. I have now moved onto Hotsot Ralston On The Rillera

8:15 am

welki

*lol* and for years, i couldn't understand why the Beatles would release such an anti-Semitic song as "Hey, Jew"

8:15 am

NonnieLight

Eva, sounds like a man's name only minus the m at the beginning.

8:16 am

trentsnana

hint for the 2nd row O?

8:16 am

NonnieLight

lol welki

8:16 am

Matches

is sh 6/39 an extra word today?

8:16 am

MollyL

Yes, sh 6/39 is extra

8:16 am

Matches

ty molly

8:16 am

NonnieLight

I don't know...it took it for me Matches. Is it not in lickety's list?

8:17 am

MollyL

Nonnie just clued it TNana

8:17 am

NonnieLight

trent, see my clue at 8:15

8:18 am

trentsnana

oops - missed it, sorry

8:18 am

trentsnana

thnx

8:18 am

NonnieLight

You're welcome.

8:18 am

MollyL

Nonnie, shazam worked for you?

8:18 am

MollyL

Nonnie, shazam worked for you?

8:18 am

MollyL

Nonnie, shazam worked for you?

8:18 am

MollyL

Nonnie, shazam worked for you?

8:18 am

trentsnana

got it

8:18 am

MollyL

Oh Lord, hiccups

8:19 am

EvaNadine

hints for the A directly beside the Z?

8:19 am

MollyL

Double a word Eva

8:19 am

trentsnana

teachers as**** homework

8:20 am

NonnieLight

I use the babble expert and the screen turned green when I entered the sh6.

8:20 am

EvaNadine

TY molly :)

8:20 am

EvaNadine

well, it makes sense that babble expert would align with licketys list, since he created both of them...

8:21 am

NonnieLight

Is it not changing within the tile stats?

8:21 am

EvaNadine

not accepted in normal, regular babble.

8:22 am

NonnieLight

Oh, I see...it isn't showing up in the "my word list".

8:22 am

EvaNadine

hrm. turns out that double-A word i used comes from the wrong A...
back to work on that A tile some more...

8:23 am

trentsnana

I clued it at 8:19, Eva

8:23 am

EvaNadine

TY nana!

8:23 am

trentsnana

also 8 letter word comes from it

8:23 am

Mom

I had better scoot off here, going to my parents today:-) ((Hugs)) to all of you

8:23 am

trentsnana

yw

8:23 am

trentsnana

bye Mom

8:24 am

trentsnana

have a good one

8:24 am

Mom

bye bye Trentsnana, I hope your day is a good one also

8:24 am

trentsnana

ty

8:24 am

EvaNadine

hows about the 10 or the 9s?

8:24 am

trentsnana

don't have any of those yet

8:25 am

trentsnana

clue for a z, anyone?

8:25 am

Alex7777

whats up guys?

8:26 am

trentsnana

hi Alex

8:26 am

NonnieLight

I don't have the z words either.

8:26 am

NonnieLight

hello alex!

8:26 am

Alex7777

hey Trent, hey Nonnie...

8:26 am

trentsnana

okay, no z - how about the t in the first column?

8:26 am

Alex7777

hope you had nice christmasses in USA

8:27 am

NonnieLight

I only have one 8, eva.

8:27 am

ladycece920

add the z to the am 4/5

8:27 am

EvaNadine

ZE4 = english Z's

8:27 am

trentsnana

nm, got the t

8:27 am

trentsnana

ty, Eva!

8:28 am

trentsnana

Finally, NBT

8:28 am

NonnieLight

congrats trent

8:29 am

littlebit

oh, just saw you wanted the 10...it works off of the op8 = to make the best out of something

8:30 am

NonnieLight

thanks littlebit!

8:30 am

EvaNadine

TY littlebit! that gave me 3 of the 9s too. :)

8:30 am

trentsnana

got it, thanks littlebit!

8:30 am

littlebit

welcome!

8:30 am

EvaNadine

ooh, actually all of the 9s -- change the Z to an S. :)

8:30 am

Mom

Eva, it will give you all 5 of the 9's

8:31 am

Mom

*poof*

8:31 am

NonnieLight

bye bye mom

8:31 am

NonnieLight

thanks eva! I don't think I would have tried that.

8:32 am

trentsnana

did you just get two of the 8's out of it, eva?

8:32 am

trentsnana

that's all I got

8:32 am

EvaNadine

NBT, NBS, and halfway through!
yay!

8:33 am

NonnieLight

go eva go!

8:33 am

trentsnana

78 to go, here....

8:33 am

NonnieLight

That is all I got too, trent.

8:33 am

EvaNadine

yes -- the 10, 2 8's, and all 5 9's

8:34 am

EvaNadine

listening to my wedding playlist today. didnt get to actually hear much of it on my wedding day, and i gotta say -- i did a DARN good job of putting this selection together!

8:34 am

trentsnana

My daughter got married in October - she said the day just flew by and she wishes she could do it over again!

8:34 am

hailey

help me

8:35 am

EvaNadine

nana -- what date?
my wedding was in october too!

8:35 am

trentsnana

what do you need, hailey?

8:35 am

EvaNadine

my profile pic was taken on my wedding day. :)

8:35 am

trentsnana

they married on the 9th

8:35 am

trentsnana

it was an absolutely beautiful day and an awesome wedding

8:35 am

EvaNadine

ahh. the 23rd for us. :)

8:35 am

trentsnana

You look VERY happy!

8:36 am

hailey

help

8:36 am

trentsnana

If I ever figure out how to use flickr, I'll put some pix of it on there

8:36 am

Trifioso

good morning my dear friends!

8:36 am

EvaNadine

hailey. we will help you, but you need to be a little more specific with what you need help with. :)

8:36 am

Trifioso

show of hands please --- who else tried to enter "shazam?"

8:36 am

trentsnana

me

8:36 am

Angelsong

my hunch was correct. there is no sh6 in the grid today.

8:37 am

trentsnana

your wedding pix look very nice, eva

8:37 am

Trifioso

oooh, and my eldest chidl's internet name is in the grid today! win!

8:37 am

EvaNadine

thankyou. we havent gotten the official ones back yet, but those were taken by friends. :)

8:37 am

NonnieLight

Beautiful, eva!

8:37 am

trentsnana

My daughter has her pix and the video. All turned out quit nice.

8:37 am

trentsnana

quite

8:38 am

trentsnana

It looks like the weather cooperated for your day, too.

8:38 am

NonnieLight

Angel, it is and it isn't! lol

8:39 am

EvaNadine

we really lucked out. it was GORGEOUS that day, and got quite cold very soon afterward!

8:40 am

Trifioso

I kind of like it that while everyone else was praying, your friend was snapping photos.

8:40 am

Trifioso

it's naughty, but in a lovely way....

8:41 am

EvaNadine

heh, well, yknow... someone needs to capture the moment. ;)

8:42 am

Trifioso

GROSS! my big dog just sneezed RIGHT in the puppy's face! LOLOLOL

8:42 am

NonoNanette

good morning babblers :)

8:42 am

EvaNadine

better out that end than the other! ;)

8:43 am

NonnieLight

hello nono

8:43 am

trentsnana

Eva - I've got a flickr account, but not seeing how to put the pix on here - can you help?

8:43 am

Trifioso

ha ha ha eva!

8:43 am

Trifioso

yummmm....oatmeal is ready!

8:43 am

EvaNadine

nana -- off to the right side of the flickr homepage should be a link that says "upload photos and video"

8:44 am

NonoNanette

if you were here yesterday you may remember that I mentioned our local highschool band going to london..... well some of them finally made it out of JFK at about 3:30 thie morning the rest are still waiting for flights

8:45 am

NonnieLight

My grandbaby is here. See you all later.

8:45 am

Trifioso

whew! good to hear nono. The town one next to me is right on the ocean, and they got CLOBBERED yesterday something fierce, and they are using the high school as a shelter....the houses right next to the sea got flooded, and then several burst into flames. it's a mess

8:46 am

NonoNanette

you can see pics and read of their progress here: http://whslondon.tumblr.com/

8:46 am

NonoNanette

omg trif thats horrid

8:47 am

Trifioso

qe`w

8:47 am

Trifioso

sorry - puppy ran across my laptop....

8:47 am

bichon

Where Trif?

8:48 am

Trifioso

scituate, mass

8:48 am

bichon

Yikes. We only got a foot and it was easy shoveling

8:49 am

gran

How many words today please

8:49 am

Trifioso

we have less than a foot, probably, but it's wicked heavy

8:49 am

Trifioso

not to discount it, but scituate always gets nailed. they build houses thiiiiiiis close to the water, and then act all surprised when they flood. well - duh!

8:50 am

Ouwachita

how many owrds today?

8:50 am

Riverdance

195

8:50 am

Ouwachita

ty river

8:50 am

gran

Thanks

8:50 am

Riverdance

the wind was horrid - I am sure the waves were incredible on the ocean

8:50 am

NonoNanette

trif are they able to get insurance under those circumstances?

8:51 am

Trifioso

could it be? Indy is actually chewing on an assigned chew toy? next week -- satan skates!

8:51 am

trentsnana

okay, Eva, once I have them uploaded to Flickr, how do you get them to show up on your profile on here?

8:51 am

Riverdance

they would have to have flood insurance

8:51 am

bichon

I grew up near the ocean. It was always some weather catastrophe

8:51 am

Trifioso

I am not even sure they can get it, river....who would insure them?

8:52 am

EvaNadine

honestly, i dont remember. try clicking "my account" in babble and check if there is something there?

8:52 am

welki

is crystalle still here? she was looking for ta 6/21 - it's a japanese mat, i think. to make lace + french friend

8:52 am

trentsnana

ok, thnx

8:52 am

NonoNanette

its very hard to get flood insurance if your very near the water

8:52 am

Riverdance

you gave to go through a specialty company or a governmental agency - its not sold by regular insurance carriers

8:52 am

NonoNanette

ty welki

8:53 am

Riverdance

thanks welki - didnt have that one

8:53 am

Trifioso

well then I hope they have it, and I would not want to venture a guess at the premiums they pay!

8:53 am

bichon

That's the price you have to pay for a water view

8:53 am

Riverdance

if they can afford the house on the water lets hope they can afford the premuim

8:54 am

welki

i was required to have flood insurance when i lived in nj ... and then found it hard to buy. but when i finally found a carrier, it wasn't too expensive

8:54 am

Trifioso

that's the funny thing - the houses aren't all that nice, and they are literally inches apart. real beach cabins....but they are right on the water!

8:56 am

bichon

Yes, there were lots of bungalows where I lived, but they weren't weatherized. Only used in the summer

8:56 am

welki

what i found out was, in 1955, the delaware river flooded the town i lived in and my house (built in 1840) had been flooded to the second floor!

8:56 am

welki

(you never know these things when you sign on the dotted line!)

8:57 am

bichon

NJ has lots of flooding, especially North Jersey

8:57 am

Trifioso

some are summer ones, some are winterized. my friend grew up in one, and it was a lovely, cozy little home, on stils. the funny thing was, if you stood on the beach and looked back at the houses, his is 90 off the others. Turns out the whole thing was lifted up and turned in a flood back in the 40s!

8:57 am

welki

yep, this was in sussex county

8:58 am

trentsnana

Ok - they are starting to load on my profile. Thanks, Eva! You can see some of my daughter's wedding pix on there.

8:59 am

Trifioso

i am cooking as I babble now, so forgive me if I get a little slow....

8:59 am

Mr Bob

Morning folks

8:59 am

welki

hi mr bob

8:59 am

welki

hi mr bob

9:00 am

NonoNanette

we went thru a flood in 1972, water to the second floor. At that time flood insurance was not available and we got lots of government grants ect. to help recover. But after that they institued flood insurance requirements and it was a bit cost prohibitive for me. We solved the issue by moving to a hill top location and now on the side of a hill

9:00 am

welki

where were you living at the time, nono?

9:01 am

NonoNanette

southern tier of NY quite close to the Chemung River

9:01 am

welki

(and your post ... makes it sound like you started at the top of the hill and are now on the side of the hill ... do you need erosion coverage now :)

9:02 am

NonoNanette

no, lol two totally differnt locations

9:02 am

welki

near elmira

9:03 am

NonoNanette

yes, actually Corning

9:03 am

NonoNanette

grew up in Elmira

9:03 am

bichon

The Connecticut River always floods in Middletown CT, but we live high up. One Middletown was ut off in 3 out of 4 directions

9:04 am

welki

beautiful country, nono ... we don't have trees here like back east, and fall is so lovely in your neck of the woods

9:05 am

NonoNanette

yes it is quite colorful in the fall

9:06 am

EvaNadine

lovely, nana. :)

9:06 am

trentsnana

yes, we were very lucky on the weather

9:07 am

trentsnana

I love your dress, Eva - beautiful. How long did it take you to pick it out. My daughter must've tried on 20-30 before she found hers.

9:07 am

Trifioso

oooh, I think pr5 is about to be very in love with me! leftover roast beef from christmas dinner is now happily ensconced in an omelet with cheese and bbq sauce....good morning, dear son!

9:08 am

EvaNadine

i had gone to 2 other shops before and tried on a few dresses. seen a few that were ok, but nothing i really feel in love with.
this particular designer was one i kept pulling up whenever i would search online, so i actually drove all the way to NYC to Kleinfeld (the store on that tv show!) because this designer was having a trunk show there -- which means the dresses were 12% off!

9:08 am

NonoNanette

oooo that sounds good trif

9:08 am

EvaNadine

i could never have afforded my dress without that discount, and STILL paid twice as much as i had wanted to, but i LOVED my dress!

9:09 am

trentsnana

Well, the dress is the most important thing - at least for the bride.

9:09 am

EvaNadine

i only tried on a few that day.
my dress was everything i thought i DIDNT want, but the designer hand-selected it for me, so i didnt want to insult her by not trying it on!
as soon as it was on, my friend and i just said "oh, wow" and i knew. :)

9:09 am

movieman

will people stop saying the dr5 word!!!!!!

9:10 am

EvaNadine

consider it a freebie, MM. ;)

9:10 am

trentsnana

they seem to know which styles look good on you

9:10 am

Trifioso

yes, it's now official. I am the BMOE

9:10 am

trentsnana

Kristi did NOT want strapless and look what she ended up with. They said with proper fitting, she wouldn't be pulling it up all day/night long, and they were right!

9:10 am

EvaNadine

all of her designs seemed to be created for my shape, so they all looked nice, but that one just spoke to me. :)

9:11 am

EvaNadine

i didnt want strapless, i didnt want lace.

9:11 am

welki

*imagining a little voice coming from a gown, "buy meeeeee, i'm the one for youuuuuuu"

9:11 am

Trifioso

my best friend made my wedding dr5, (he's was the costume designer of the washington opera at the time...) and we had such a good time designing it, putting little touches on it...I had a really long commute in the morning then, and I used to work on the beading and such on the way to work

9:12 am

EvaNadine

trif -- thats so special!

9:12 am

Trifioso

it was a lovely dr5....it's somewhere up in the attic now, in a stereo box!

9:12 am

EvaNadine

my dress did fit perfectly, except that i took my hells off + then it kinda fit strangely + i was tugging at it.
but i think it was more habit of being a small-chested gal with a strapless gown!

9:13 am

trentsnana

It was a heavy dress, but she didn't mind it. She also didn't want the "pick-up" style, and that's what she looked the best in.

9:13 am

Trifioso

what a pick up style?

9:13 am

EvaNadine

mine had just a little bit of beading, along the waistline, but it had a very thin metallic thread that ran throughout the lace + it made the whole thing sort of glow...

9:14 am

Trifioso

I wonder, do you think it would be bad luck if one of my girls wanted to wear it someday?

9:14 am

trentsnana

hard to explain, looks like bits of the material were pulled up and attached at the bottom

9:14 am

Trifioso

oh, I know what you mean

9:15 am

trentsnana

if your girls like the dress, that shouldn't make any difference, Trif

9:16 am

EvaNadine

i still LOVE my dress. i wish i could figure out a way to alter it + wear it again!
but alas, the style of mine doesnt lend itself to alterations. id LOVE for my (someday) children to wear it, but i dont hold out hope that they would ever want to -- its so rare that girls want to wear their mothers dress.
i would love to think of something i would do with it though...

9:16 am

Trifioso

I did wear my mom's headpiece, and she is divorced. oh wait a sec....what is my point exactly? LOLOLOL

9:16 am

trentsnana

ha - I posted a picture with daughter's mouth hanging open - didn't mean to post that one

9:16 am

trentsnana

LOL

9:16 am

trentsnana

styles change so much, Eva, but you never know - it may be back in style by that time

9:17 am

EvaNadine

my mother got married in a pale blue skirt suit. :)

9:17 am

Trifioso

i think wedding gowns (see what I did there?) defy the styles of the time. There are trends that come and go, (butt bows!!!) sure, but there is always a way to work in the gown you want, no matter what

9:18 am

Trifioso

my stepmother got married in a purple designer gown, as pale colors don't suit her at all, and she looked absolutely beautiful.

9:18 am

Trifioso

white for weddings only became the style after queen victoria wore white at hers....

9:18 am

EvaNadine

i didnt even think too much about trends when i chose my gown. if anything, i sort of tried to stay away whatever seemed to be popular.
i wanted a dress that was classic + timeless and really just flattered me and my style.
i *think* i managed that. :)

9:19 am

Trifioso

my friend ava went to a wedding wore black lace over nude. Nude. THAT is a look people are going to remember!

9:19 am

EvaNadine

my dress was "antique ivory" and i think my mother thought that was horrible, until she saw me in true white. i looked ill. then she said "ivory, it is!"

9:20 am

trentsnana

you did a great job, Eva - and antique ivory looked great on you

9:20 am

trentsnana

Kristi looked best in white

9:20 am

MollyL

Eva, why doesn't it lend itself to alterations?

9:21 am

bichon

I had an ivory wedding gown, in 1971

9:21 am

EvaNadine

it has sort of a fish-tail train. doesnt really lend itself to be shortened...
not really sure what else i would want to do to it...

9:22 am

EvaNadine

i think my mother kinda-sorta wanted me to do all things traditional, since she very much didnt do that herself.
but then she realized that she raised a daughter who isnt quite traditional herself. ;)

9:23 am

trentsnana

you can see the bottom of her dress on the first picture I posted on my profile - that's what a pick-up style is

9:24 am

trentsnana

I didn't say anything, unless my daughter asked for my opinion. I figured it was her day and she should have it the way she wanted it. Sounds like your mother did the same.

9:24 am

trentsnana

I didn't say anything, unless my daughter asked for my opinion. I figured it was her day and she should have it the way she wanted it. Sounds like your mother did the same.

9:24 am

Trifioso

trentsnana, what a beautiful wedding! You must have just about burst from pride! And well done you, posting the photos!!!

9:24 am

trentsnana

Oops - didn't mean to post that twice

9:24 am

trentsnana

ty, trif - finally got the hang of posting them, thnx to Eva.

9:24 am

EvaNadine

for the most part, yes. my mother definitely had her opinions, though.
i think she just realized that mine were better. ;)

9:24 am

trentsnana

Pretty proud of all my children that day.

9:24 am

Trifioso

is that you holding the grey dog in the christmas photo?

9:25 am

trentsnana

lol Eva

9:25 am

MollyL

I know someone who had their wedding dress shortened, had a jacket made out of what was cut off, dyed it and wore it to her daughter's wedding.

9:25 am

trentsnana

yes - our "family" now that we are empty-nesters - lol

9:25 am

Trifioso

Wow, you are a stunning woman!!!

9:25 am

trentsnana

and me in the black dress in the wedding pix

9:25 am

Trifioso

that's cool molly! brave, but very cool!

9:26 am

trentsnana

oh, geez - I just cleaned up well - hahaha

9:26 am

Trifioso

and who is the bride, your daughter, or your granddaughter?

9:26 am

EvaNadine

i had a *vision* for my whole wedding.
i think people didnt get it at first, but once it all started coming together, my vision became clearer...
we got a lot of compliments on everything, and i think people had a really fab time, so i think thats what matters!

9:26 am

Trifioso

no, you are very beautiful! Please accept my compliment, as it is most heartfelt

9:26 am

trentsnana

You sound like Kristi. She had it all pictured in her mind. She was very happy with how it all turned out and she, too, got lots of compliments. It all went smoothly - thank goodness.

9:27 am

trentsnana

Well, thank you, Trif!

9:27 am

MollyL

Great pictures TNana!

9:27 am

trentsnana

If you saw me here this morning, with bedhead, sitting here in my nightgown, you might change your mind, though. Ha!

9:27 am

trentsnana

TY, Molly

9:28 am

trentsnana

Remember, though it's only 8:30 a.m. here....lol

9:28 am

EvaNadine

i told people "i want tree stumps for cake bases and centerpieces" and they just looked at my sideways.
then once everything else came together, i heard a lot of "OOH! i get it now -- lovely!"

9:28 am

Angelsong

anyone have a clue for the de8?

9:29 am

trentsnana

Did you go on a honeymoon, Eva?

9:29 am

trentsnana

Don't have that one yet, Angel

9:29 am

EvaNadine

yes, we went to disney world + stayed at the animal kingdom lodge. :)

9:30 am

NonoNanette

de8 means ridicule

9:30 am

trentsnana

OMG - my daughter and son-in-law went to Florida, too, but didn't go to Disney.

9:30 am

Trifioso

okay, gotta run. Bye friends!

9:30 am

trentsnana

Isn't Animal Kingdom awesome? I LOVED the safari.

9:30 am

NonoNanette

bye Trif

9:30 am

trentsnana

Bye, Trif!

9:30 am

EvaNadine

i wanted to go somewhere more exotic, but hubby really hates flying. plus, we totally didnt have the money for it!
so hopefully maybe someday fiji is in my future. ;)

9:31 am

EvaNadine

we really loved it!
the whole african vibe really spoke to my hubs and i love disney -- and we were there over halloween, which is my favorite!

9:32 am

trentsnana

She (daughter) is all excited - they put a purchase agreement on a house yesterday. Hope it all goes through.

9:34 am

EvaNadine

good luck with that!!

we are hoping to look for a place soon, but we need to save up our pennies.

9:34 am

trentsnana

her hubby is a real saver, so he had quite a bit saved up before the wedding and then they received a nice little chunk for gifts

9:35 am

Angelsong

thanks for the help...fireworks

9:35 am

trentsnana

good job, Angel

9:36 am

EvaNadine

i actually bought my own house when i was 23. i rent that out nowadays...
we while we dont really have a ton saved up, i could always either sell that one or borrow against the equity. there are options. :)

9:36 am

EvaNadine

BRB...

9:37 am

trentsnana

wonderful that you bought that at such a young age - good investment

9:46 am

trentsnana

Okay - I've got work to do. I'll be back a little later. Have a great day all.

9:51 am

EvaNadine

back :)

9:59 am

scouser

Hello. Just doing a trial of buddy icon. Anyone want any clues as I just finished grid. Took ages.

9:59 am

EvaNadine

oh no -- am i a chog-killer??

9:59 am

EvaNadine

ahh, hello scouser. :)

10:01 am

scouser

Hello EvaNadine: my grandchild (18 months) is called Eva: she is of course doted upon by me!

10:01 am

scouser

Hello EvaNadine: my grandchild (18 months) is called Eva: she is of course doted upon by me!

10:02 am

EvaNadine

Eva has been one of my most favorite names since about forever!

10:05 am

scouser

The buddy icon came out a bit flattened - looks like its my cat about to snarl, which he does not often do. He is far too lazy for that.

10:08 am

scouser

Guilt has set in - I am going to do a bit of tidying (i.e. clear a path to kitchen and bathroom).

10:08 am

EvaNadine

enjoy. :)

10:15 am

MollyL

The name Eva always reminds me of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Probably because I have seen "The King And I" about 50 times.

10:16 am

gapeach

Morning all. May I please have any of the op's? Thanks.

10:17 am

blueheron

the famous orange kitty is in here!!

10:17 am

mixi6

garfield?

10:18 am

mixi6

you need a way to op8,75 doing the grid.

10:18 am

blueheron

nope, the one who is in the ad for cat food! Mo6/21

10:19 am

blueheron

Or shall I say was in ad.

10:19 am

mixi6

oh :-)

10:19 am

rururocks

and its plural

10:20 am

gapeach

Thanks so much, mixi6 and ruru.

10:21 am

mixi6

ze4 - many zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

10:26 am

gapeach

Not awake enough to concentrate....thanks for the help....be back later.

10:30 am

Shirlockc

too *****ous in your partying gape?

10:38 am

MollyL

Many zzzzzz if you are Canadian or British

10:38 am

Kaplan the Magne

9s and 10- British spellings. But one of the plurals works with the American spelling, and not the Brit.

10:43 am

MollyL

Isn't that weird Kap?

10:45 am

Kaplan the Magne

Phantom ri*** mortis

10:47 am

MollyL

Gruesome

10:47 am

Anniebrook

ri*** is a word

10:49 am

frogface

ooo i dont understand the many zzzzz clue lol

10:49 am

frogface

and im british!!!

10:50 am

EvaNadine

frogface -- what do the english call the letter Z? make it plural.

10:50 am

MollyL

Plural of the letter z the way British and Canadian people say it.

10:50 am

frogface

oh now im with ya lol ty

10:53 am

mixi6

th6?

10:55 am

EvaNadine

TH + upper limb with an extra vowel thrown in

10:55 am

mixi6

ty Eva

10:56 am

MollyL

I use that word all the time, don't you? : P

10:56 am

EvaNadine

totally

10:56 am

MollyL

It annoys me when there is a word in the grid and you look up the definition and there is none.

10:57 am

MollyL

Oh gross. It's intestine used for haggis.

10:59 am

sciencegeek

lol Molly

11:04 am

mixi6

I agree. all words should have a definition!

11:04 am

mixi6

za5?

11:11 am

MollyL

African region

11:12 am

MollyL

Oops, sorry. za + Mama *** a song and movie

11:13 am

mixi6

ty molly. my internet is locking up again. boo hoo.

11:15 am

rururocks

as 6/33 anyone?

11:16 am

mixi6

as + large and small are ****s

11:17 am

rururocks

thank you...was all around it.

11:20 am

rururocks

de8 I can't find either

11:21 am

mixi6

denigrate

11:22 am

Haz1558

de8 - mkg will treat the inclusion of some of these words with de8.

11:22 am

dcseain

thank you haz, excellent clue

11:23 am

rururocks

thank you

11:23 am

rururocks

missed it completely

11:23 am

Haz1558

as6 - to give a job to someone and as8 -the one who gives.

11:23 am

mixi6

si6,21?

11:23 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

11:24 am

dcseain

i'd missed the as8, ty haz

11:24 am

dcseain

got the si6 from it too :)

11:24 am

dcseain

an si6 that is

11:24 am

Haz1558

si6/21 - si plus the controlling tidal orb.

11:25 am

mixi6

ty Haz

11:25 am

sciencegeek

tough grid today

11:25 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, mixi.

11:25 am

Haz1558

It's a bit of a workout, science, you're right.

11:26 am

FMitch

and you forgot to mention that this morning Haz when we were chatting!

11:26 am

FMitch

Hello all.

11:26 am

mixi6

Hi Mitch

11:27 am

Haz1558

Hello, FM. I knew you'd rise to the test.

11:27 am

FMitch

Hi mix

11:27 am

dcseain

hello, FM, SG, mixi

11:27 am

Atalante

hello hello :)

11:27 am

FMitch

Ha off to the PB with you

11:28 am

Haz1558

Entrapment, pure and simple.

11:28 am

FMitch

Ata!! Hi dc.

11:28 am

sciencegeek

to 7

11:28 am

Atalante

i'll laugh the day that entrapment is actually in the grid

11:28 am

mixi6

dont' have it geek.

11:29 am

FMitch

Sally used you as a clue earlier today Ata

11:30 am

Haz1558

to7 - same structure as ta7/36 which rhymes with Danny, Ch****** of the world.

11:30 am

Atalante

*smug*

11:30 am

Haz1558

Or a male cat, a vegetable sounding letter and a charged particle (to7)

11:30 am

sciencegeek

ty gees

11:30 am

mixi6

dont' have ta7 either.

11:30 am

sciencegeek

don't be sumg ata

11:31 am

mixi6

whaaaa

11:31 am

sciencegeek

*smug* oops

11:31 am

Haz1558

It's in Ata's DNA to be smug.

11:31 am

FMitch

Ata is always smug science ;)

11:31 am

Atalante

why not!!

11:32 am

sciencegeek

Well, I am leaving for now. I cannot do this! see you later maybe

11:32 am

FMitch

As LoriP would say it is a poopy grid.

11:32 am

dcseain

ty for TA7 and TO7

11:33 am

Haz1558

Bye, science.

11:33 am

dcseain

hasta, science

11:33 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, dc.

11:33 am

Haz1558

There's also ta7/36 - a spectacle or entertainment in East Indies. Sing out if you need more.

11:34 am

FMitch

Hadn't realised quite how foggy it was when I went out this morning and it was drizzling most of the day.

11:34 am

Atalante

everyone should know that

11:34 am

Haz1558

Well, yes, but it might not just spring to mind.

11:34 am

dcseain

do you mean an additional ta7.36 from the one i found, haz?

11:35 am

Haz1558

Yes! This is right at the start of the ta words.

11:35 am

dcseain

oh, i love lightly drizzly foggy days :) nothing says Christmas quite like that type of weather

11:35 am

Haz1558

ta plus a culinary treatment of potatoes, finish with a vowel.

11:35 am

Atalante

this is the easier one

11:36 am

FMitch

Not so much fun when you can't see too far in front of you when driving.

11:37 am

dcseain

oh, that's a new one to me, ty again, haz

11:37 am

FMitch

but it was an adventure.

11:37 am

dcseain

glad you survived the adventure, FM

11:38 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, dc.

11:38 am

mixi6

ta6,21?

11:38 am

dcseain

bbs, need to tend to the pot on the stove, and i think i'll throw a load of towels in the washer, too.

11:39 am

Haz1558

ta6/21 - to make lace for three, then the ending of the city in Florida Mi***.

11:40 am

mixi6

ty fireworks. Happy Birthday to me!!!!!!!

11:40 am

FMitch

Oh double contrats mix!

11:41 am

Atalante

Happy Birthday Mixi!

11:41 am

Haz1558

Well done, mixi and Happy Birthday.

11:42 am

MollyL

Happy Birthday Mixi! Are you doing anything fun today to celebrate?

11:42 am

FMitch

dinner time yay! TTFN

11:43 am

Haz1558

Enjoy your meal, FM.

11:44 am

Atalante

I bet she's really off to bury someone else under the patio

11:44 am

Haz1558

Or cook up some poison.

11:45 am

Flask1

HI all.......lol....been watching the chat...its funny!

11:45 am

Haz1558

We're on4/4 her now.

11:45 am

Atalante

absolutely

11:45 am

Haz1558

Hello, Flask.

11:46 am

Flask1

clue please for to4/4 right after the 5/10 please?

11:47 am

Haz1558

It ends in a double consonant.

11:47 am

Flask1

...and ma4/5.....right after the potatoes please?

11:48 am

Haz1558

ma4/5 - as conducted by a priest

11:48 am

Flask1

thought that was in already!

11:49 am

Flask1

2 of the same type words!!!

11:49 am

Haz1558

Sometimes words don't 'take' for some reason.

11:49 am

rururocks

si 6/21?

11:49 am

Flask1

thanx Haz!

11:50 am

Haz1558

si6/21 - like Mr Cowell but with more vowels than normal.

11:50 am

rururocks

thank you

11:50 am

rururocks

weird

11:50 am

rururocks

word

11:50 am

Haz1558

No problem.

11:52 am

rururocks

god.. some of these are hard to find

11:52 am

Atalante

it#s a wind, isn't it?

11:53 am

Haz1558

Yes, from North Africa.

11:53 am

Haz1558

At least that means that the ta7 won't be disturbed by the blowing of the si6/21.

11:54 am

Atalante

absolutely

11:55 am

Atalante

not would a pile of am7 ta6s

11:58 am

rururocks

okay.. I give up.. the first ta 7?

11:58 am

Haz1558

That's your East Indian spectacle. ta plus what you do to potatoes and finish with a vowel. (not fry)

11:59 am

Flask1

or peel!!!

11:59 am

Haz1558

Or roast.

11:59 am

Atalante

or roast!

12:00 pm

Haz1558

Or rice

12:00 pm

Atalante

or dauphinoise

12:00 pm

Haz1558

Or croquette

12:00 pm

Flask1

clue for the last ta word please?

12:00 pm

Haz1558

Or bake

12:01 pm

Atalante

or lyonnaise

12:01 pm

Haz1558

ta6 - to make lace (3) then Mi***, Florida.

12:02 pm

dcseain

there. back.

12:03 pm

Flask1

ty Haz!

12:04 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome, Flask.

12:04 pm

Haz1558

Right, must head off to get ready to go out. Husband gave me the choice of him cooking or us going out. Guess which I chose?

12:04 pm

rururocks

thanks again haz..it is actually in a2z

12:04 pm

rururocks

bye haz.. thank you

12:05 pm

Haz1558

It's in morewords as well, ruru, that's how I found it.

12:05 pm

rururocks

you're going shopping to make dinner at home?

12:05 pm

Haz1558

Toodle-oo!

12:05 pm

rururocks

just a guess

12:06 pm

Haz1558

We're eating out. To save him any trouble, you understand. I'm so understanding.

12:06 pm

Haz1558

*gone*

12:06 pm

dcseain

enjoy, haz

12:06 pm

Flask1

sh6/39 please?

12:08 pm

Fiber Art

what, no Shazam!

12:09 pm

Flask1

nope!

12:10 pm

Aloyisius

Flask, that must be an extra Lickety word, bc my bottom S is greyed, and I don't have an sh6.39

12:10 pm

Aloyisius

hi Babblers, popping in to find my final 10

12:11 pm

dcseain

yes, shazam is in new ENABLE, but not the version used by Babble

12:11 pm

dcseain

hi, flask and aloy :)

12:11 pm

wvteach

what is ENABLE ?

12:12 pm

Aloyisius

hi dcs (-:

12:12 pm

Aloyisius

Enable is the dictionary, wvt.. the resource

12:13 pm

Aloyisius

tho some call it disabled, lol

12:13 pm

dcseain

ENABLE is the free dictionary that Babble, and some scrabble sites, etc, use

12:13 pm

dcseain

Jillibus has an apt description of it in her profile

12:13 pm

Flask1

thanx for that info Aloy!

12:13 pm

wvteach

thnx for the information

12:14 pm

Aloyisius

wish this site used SOWPODS

12:16 pm

dcseain

I have learned that a US dictionary is more inclusive :)

12:16 pm

dcseain

a friend and i used to play scrabble with the OED as reference. Great words in there, like qhat, qhen

12:17 pm

MollyL

Aloy made me look up SOWPODS

12:17 pm

Aloyisius

really? ah, I see what you mean.. I'm just used to the Scrabble dictionary..

12:18 pm

Aloyisius

and sometimes when I play word games on FB, messes me up bc they use "illegal" scrabble words

12:18 pm

MollyL

I'm not sure, but I think my niece may have the Scrabble dictionary memorized. She sure has an arsenal of impressive words at her fingertips.

12:19 pm

dcseain

SOWPODS is a good dictionary, i agree

12:19 pm

Aloyisius

so many new words developing related to technology

12:21 pm

Aloyisius

bunch of newbies (to me) in this grid.. hope I can remember them.. finito here.. anyone need a clue?

12:21 pm

dcseain

congrats, aloy

12:22 pm

Flask1

Aloy, do you know what the word is for that space?

12:22 pm

Aloyisius

what space, Flask?

12:23 pm

Flask1

the S word?

12:23 pm

Aloyisius

oh, yes.. shazam

12:23 pm

Aloyisius

just not "accepted" yet

12:23 pm

Flask1

its not taking it tho'

12:24 pm

Aloyisius

no, it won't

12:24 pm

Aloyisius

but that is ok

12:24 pm

Aloyisius

you will still get fireworks without it

12:24 pm

Flask1

but am not!

12:25 pm

Aloyisius

tis an extra Lickety word.. h'mm, double check, Flask.. or reboot?

12:25 pm

Aloyisius

i mean, refresh

12:25 pm

Aloyisius

gheez, ms. techno here, lol

12:28 pm

Flask1

no difference at all......done the whole grid for nothing....soooo annoying!!

12:28 pm

Aloyisius

no, no, no... I would write to Dr. G.. he will fix it

12:29 pm

Aloyisius

.. and congrats to you for finishing!

12:29 pm

Aloyisius

have to scoot now.. will check back with you next time, Flask - you deserve the credit for finishing; I'm sure Dr. G will make certain you get it or be able to tell you what the problem is.. good luck!

12:31 pm

dcseain

be well, aloy.

12:31 pm

dcseain

and shazam is not needed for fireworks -- Babble uses older ENABLE than Lickety.

12:32 pm

LeslieAnn

although it would be a rather appropriate last word to get fireworks.

12:35 pm

Mom

good afternoon / evening everyone

12:35 pm

MollyL

Hey Mom

12:36 pm

Mom

((Molly)) hello

12:36 pm

dcseain

it would indeed, LA, welcome to you and Mom and Molly

12:36 pm

Mom

Hello Seain. How was the job interview?

12:36 pm

dcseain

did not get in person, alas :)

12:37 pm

Mom

oh dear, hopefully something will turn up soon

12:37 pm

dcseain

thank you

12:37 pm

Mom

:-)

12:38 pm

Mom

ooohh, the 9 Lives cat is in the grid

12:39 pm

dcseain

yes, it's a type of English Country Dance, and plurals

12:39 pm

Mom

thanks for the plural Seain, would never have gotten that one

12:40 pm

dcseain

apparently it's a type of pike also

12:41 pm

Mom

hmmmm

12:48 pm

MollyL

Great. Let's all mo6/21 around the Maypole. : D

12:49 pm

LeslieAnn

or mo 6/21 around the mo 6/21

12:52 pm

Trifioso

hello again friends. just here for a quick lunch babble, but delighted to see so many friends in the chog

12:52 pm

Mom

Hi Trif

12:52 pm

dcseain

afternoon, Trif

12:52 pm

Trifioso

***big kiss***

12:54 pm

Trifioso

hmmm. the a in the fourth row is not cooperating. any help please?

12:55 pm

wildcat17

the indian ruler

12:55 pm

dcseain

school as6ment

12:56 pm

dcseain

and one who gives that work

12:56 pm

dcseain

as6 is often pluralized -- the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale

12:57 pm

dcseain

or as6 a task, and as8 - one who as6s the task

12:58 pm

adubin77

Hey Wildcat!

12:58 pm

wildcat17

hey there! ltns

12:58 pm

Mom

Hi Wildcat

12:58 pm

wildcat17

which one r u?

12:58 pm

adubin77

Jep. Been very very busy :(

12:58 pm

adubin77

Me of course (M)

12:59 pm

wildcat17

(like I should know that from waaaaaaaaaay over here)

12:59 pm

Mom

Hi Adubin

12:59 pm

adubin77

Did you get my email about our new family member?

12:59 pm

adubin77

Hi Mom

12:59 pm

wildcat17

ummm no

12:59 pm

dcseain

hi, wild and adubin

12:59 pm

adubin77

hi dc

1:00 pm

wildcat17

hi seain

1:00 pm

LeslieAnn

sigh... halfway. can't put off this trip to the dmv any longer. hope it goes quick and i am back soon!

1:01 pm

dcseain

best with that, LA :)

1:01 pm

adubin77

We got a kitten yesterday - mostly black with some white 4 months old

1:01 pm

wildcat17

no email there ...

1:01 pm

wildcat17

awwwwww

1:01 pm

dcseain

how lovely, adubin :)

1:01 pm

Mom

good luck Leslie, may the line be small

1:01 pm

wildcat17

back to the world of fur huh

1:01 pm

adubin77

our first pet EVER!

1:01 pm

adubin77

So far she has pretty short hair, but yes, fur again

1:02 pm

wildcat17

it still comes off

1:02 pm

adubin77

so true...

1:02 pm

wildcat17

specially the black stuff

1:02 pm

dcseain

short hair does not embed into fabrics like long does, though

1:02 pm

adubin77

that is something, anyway

1:02 pm

wildcat17

no it just drapes itself across everything

1:03 pm

Mom

nap time. ((Hugs)) to all of you!

1:03 pm

wildcat17

well congrats! I'm sure the family is loving her

1:03 pm

redturtlehead

hello all.

1:03 pm

wildcat17

bye mom hi red

1:03 pm

dcseain

true, but if you vacuum at least twice a week, not an issue

1:03 pm

wildcat17

still snowed in?

1:03 pm

dcseain

hiya, red

1:03 pm

adubin77

it's been a challenge keeping the kids off of her. She's a little shy, but nice

1:03 pm

Mom

Hi and bye Red, hope you are enjoying RI

1:03 pm

Mom

bye Wildcat

1:03 pm

adubin77

Vacuum twice a what?

1:03 pm

redturtlehead

We have just come back from Sledding....

1:03 pm

wildcat17

year

1:04 pm

dcseain

There was a donut hole of no snow from DC through Baltimore, Harrisburg up to Allentown, so no snow here.

1:04 pm

adubin77

that's more like it

1:04 pm

dcseain

oh, still in RI, red?

1:04 pm

wildcat17

ooooh fun red

1:04 pm

redturtlehead

til tomorrow at 0550am...

1:04 pm

wildcat17

sorry

1:04 pm

dcseain

sledding is great fun

1:04 pm

wildcat17

I wouldn't know

1:04 pm

wildcat17

it's raining here

1:04 pm

redturtlehead

the boys enjoyed and my sister went down a few times, I had on clogs...so...

1:05 pm

wildcat17

i wondered if you still played here

1:05 pm

dcseain

it's above freezing here today, which is nice

1:05 pm

adubin77

yeah, it's just been a loooooooooong time

1:05 pm

westford

hi everyone and hi red didn't know you were in RI

1:06 pm

adubin77

it's like 72 degrees here

1:06 pm

redturtlehead

yes! I experienced the Nor' easter!!!

1:06 pm

dcseain

howdy, west

1:06 pm

wildcat17

sorry to have been such a slug lately .... things not going so well

1:06 pm

wildcat17

hush

1:06 pm

westford

hi seain

1:06 pm

adubin77

:(

1:06 pm

dcseain

it's 30F cooler that that here, but we'll take what we can get. It's been like January cold here :/ 10-15 cooler than usual

1:06 pm

westford

not me red we're in San Diego

1:06 pm

westford

I almost feel guilty

1:07 pm

wildcat17

don't west enjoy it

1:07 pm

MollyL

Red, you had on clogs in 2 feet of snow???

1:07 pm

adubin77

I wouldn't feel guilty about being in SD

1:07 pm

redturtlehead

its been fun. lots of snow cave building, card games and sledding...

1:07 pm

westford

lol wild I said 'almost'

1:07 pm

westford

I'm sitting in daughter's back yard now and not a cloud in the sky

1:07 pm

wildcat17

r u off this week?

1:08 pm

redturtlehead

I sure did Molly, it was not that practical, but at the top of the hill, things were packed down.

1:08 pm

adubin77

I am off yay!

1:08 pm

wildcat17

the magic of wifi

1:08 pm

wildcat17

nice

1:09 pm

adubin77

Enjoying your time off?

1:09 pm

westford

going back to cold and snow on Thurs

1:09 pm

dcseain

i'm gonna go run some errands, catch some of yall later. :)

1:09 pm

wildcat17

yes it's just never enough

1:09 pm

wildcat17

bye seain

1:09 pm

redturtlehead

a lot of it is melted by now West.

1:09 pm

adubin77

later dc

1:10 pm

westford

bye (( seain ))

1:10 pm

dcseain

a yummy-sounding recipe to consider: http://tinyurl.com/2g8n2y3
Happy Babbling!

1:10 pm

westford

that's good red

1:10 pm

adubin77

actually I need to go feed kids now... so I must step away for a time. Enjoy!

1:10 pm

westford

when are you going back?

1:11 pm

wildcat17

nice to "see" you

1:11 pm

adubin77

you too

1:11 pm

wildcat17

kids need to be fed?

1:11 pm

westford

bye adubin enjoy that kitty

1:11 pm

adubin77

that's the rumor

1:11 pm

adubin77

bye west will do

1:11 pm

westford

kids are like that

1:11 pm

wildcat17

send a pic

1:12 pm

adubin77

i know - you feed them a thousand times, they still want to eat the next meal

1:12 pm

wildcat17

mine eat constantly so I guess I don't notice anymore

1:12 pm

adubin77

Wildcat: send me an email so I have the right one to reply to. I tried two for you, but apparently not the right one

1:12 pm

wildcat17

self feeding

1:12 pm

wildcat17

it's the old juno one

1:12 pm

wildcat17

but I will send

1:13 pm

adubin77

oh, ok I'll try that. Ok, kids are restless gotta go BYE

1:13 pm

westford

may I have stats for the 10 so I can go do something constructive

1:14 pm

wildcat17

bye

1:14 pm

westford

I'm thinking it must be a plural

1:15 pm

Judi

Howdy, neighbors. Anyone have a clue for the sh6/39?

1:15 pm

westford

that's an extra lickety one judi and hi

1:16 pm

redturtlehead

hello Judy

1:16 pm

Judi

Thanks, westford. Glad I didn't spend too much time looking for it!

1:16 pm

westford

it's shazam !! too bad it doesn't work

1:17 pm

Judi

Believe me, I tried it!

1:17 pm

westford

anyone have stats for the 10 please?

1:17 pm

westford

trying not to list just yet

1:17 pm

periwinkle

don't have any long words west

1:18 pm

Judi

Op/10.

1:18 pm

periwinkle

I am trying not to, too :)

1:18 pm

westford

thanks judi

1:18 pm

Judi

Get one Op and you'll get them all.

1:18 pm

westford

hi peri

1:18 pm

periwinkle

ty Judy and hi

1:18 pm

periwinkle

hi to west el all

1:19 pm

hoyamd

thx judi!

1:19 pm

periwinkle

foiund 4 op words

1:20 pm

hoyamd

check all endings

1:20 pm

redturtlehead

op, I will now be looking.

1:21 pm

wildcat17

ty judi

1:21 pm

westford

I have 5 ops so far but no 10 lol

1:21 pm

wildcat17

keep adding endings

1:22 pm

Uneaixoise

west, be sure to use brit AND US spellings :-)

1:22 pm

hoyamd

i have 5 and i DO have the 10...missing something

1:22 pm

hoyamd

optimiser

1:22 pm

wildcat17

that took care of the 9s too

1:22 pm

westford

doing that une and hi

1:22 pm

periwinkle

tu Une, did not think of that

1:22 pm

hoyamd

oops wrong box

1:22 pm

westford

that helps hoya lol

1:22 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

1:23 pm

hoyamd

so sorry! i'm new at this

1:23 pm

redturtlehead

thanks much hoya. we do appreciate :)

1:23 pm

wildcat17

we all do it hoy don't worry. but now you get to visit our virtual penalty box

1:23 pm

westford

yay got the 10 thanks all

1:23 pm

hoyamd

that one doenst work anyway!

1:23 pm

hoyamd

rats

1:23 pm

hoyamd

time to leave work anyway! :P

1:24 pm

westford

the pb is a very nice place

1:24 pm

redturtlehead

indeed cookies.

1:24 pm

hoyamd

are there snacks?

1:24 pm

wildcat17

yeah it's not actually a bad thing

1:24 pm

wildcat17

snacks of all kinds, entertainment, cabana boys

1:25 pm

hoyamd

count me in

1:25 pm

jmcnrick

there are lots of snacks and drinks and two cabana boys

1:25 pm

westford

I put in leftover fruitcake and eggnog

1:25 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

1:25 pm

westford

hi jmc

1:25 pm

redturtlehead

a sauna and a feather bed that stid put in for me ages ago.

1:25 pm

jmcnrick

my world famous bourbon balls are in the cabinet

1:26 pm

wildcat17

some have been know to enter words into the chog on purpose to gain entry

1:26 pm

hoyamd

nice! i'll be in there for awhile - catch y'all later

1:26 pm

hoyamd

haha

1:26 pm

wildcat17

bye hoy nice to meet you

1:26 pm

jmcnrick

so is there an 9 that does not begin with op?

1:26 pm

westford

bye hoya tc

1:26 pm

jmcnrick

bye hoya

1:26 pm

hoyamd

u2

1:26 pm

wildcat17

no jmc

1:27 pm

jmcnrick

hmm then i am missing one

1:27 pm

jmcnrick

got it

1:28 pm

MollyL

JMC, I LOVE your icon. I swear, I have been chanting a no snow mantra for months. IT WORKED!!!

1:28 pm

jmcnrick

clearly you are a woman of power molly

1:28 pm

jmcnrick

i stole this from dcist

1:29 pm

wildcat17

need a z clue please

1:30 pm

westford

Brit last letter plural

1:30 pm

jmcnrick

ty west

1:31 pm

westford

and z and French friend and vowel and plural

1:31 pm

wildcat17

ty

1:32 pm

jmcnrick

??

1:32 pm

westford

for the 2nd and 3rd z's

1:33 pm

MollyL

za + Mama *** song and movie

1:33 pm

westford

much better molly

1:33 pm

Judi

Fireworks! I hated this grid!

1:34 pm

wildcat17

yay judi

1:34 pm

wildcat17

not getting your first z clue

1:34 pm

westford

Yay judi !! it is stinky

1:34 pm

wildcat17

need clue for top i please

1:34 pm

westford

the Brits don't say zee they say z**

1:35 pm

westford

z and mr horse

1:35 pm

Judi

I'm going to go screw my eyeballs back into my head. I'll see you kids tomorrow! *POOF*

1:35 pm

wildcat17

ah ty

1:35 pm

westford

bye judi you look so pretty with your eyes in

1:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello babblers

1:38 pm

wildcat17

so top i clue?

1:38 pm

wildcat17

hi to

1:38 pm

westford

hi TO

1:38 pm

jmcnrick

hi TO

1:38 pm

westford

I'm so sorry about your dad

1:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty wes

1:39 pm

wildcat17

my sympathies as well to

1:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty cat

1:40 pm

Atalante

*pops in* I'm sorry too, TO *hugs*

1:41 pm

MollyL

How are you doing today TO?

1:41 pm

wildcat17

it's hard any time but around the holidays it especially sucks

1:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty ata, so nice to see you

1:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am ok. probably will be better when i return to work

1:42 pm

bubba218

top i clue, im4 Moslem religious leader

1:42 pm

Atalante

I meant to email you earlier but my email was playing up :(

1:42 pm

MollyL

I understand. Sometimes being busy helps.

1:42 pm

wildcat17

ah ty nbt

1:42 pm

jmcnrick

hi ata

1:42 pm

jmcnrick

hi bubba

1:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

i heard, ata. snow troubles?

1:44 pm

Atalante

everything troubles! internet, snow, ice, you name it!

1:44 pm

westford

leaving for a bit bye for now and hugs to all

1:44 pm

jmcnrick

bye west

1:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye wes, nce to see you

1:45 pm

Michnick

I need 2 more for NBT, the 2nd O and the A on the 4th line, any clues??

1:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

je i have some snow to send yo if you want it

1:45 pm

Atalante

I'e got to go too, just wanted to give you hugs!

1:45 pm

jmcnrick

isn't the zappy thing a taser?

1:45 pm

jmcnrick

uh gee TO I appreciate your thoughtfulness but please keep the snow for yourself

1:45 pm

Atalante

change the first letter

1:45 pm

jmcnrick

hi mich

1:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye ata!

1:46 pm

Michnick

Hi all.

1:48 pm

jmcnrick

sorry mich not yet

1:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi much

1:49 pm

jmcnrick

the o is or6/21

1:50 pm

jmcnrick

drop the first letter off the british dancers with boots mor*** -- sorry that is or5/10

1:50 pm

jmcnrick

I have no idea where the or6/21 clue came from

1:51 pm

spellit

ed

1:51 pm

jmcnrick

hi spell

1:52 pm

periwinkle

hello all

1:52 pm

jmcnrick

*sweeps the or6/21 clue under the rug*

1:52 pm

jmcnrick

hi peri

1:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello spell peri

1:52 pm

periwinkle

would you unsweep the or clue pls

1:52 pm

Michnick

hmm, now I'm stuck on an or6 and an or51

1:53 pm

jmcnrick

no no forget the or6 i made that up!!!

1:53 pm

spellit

Hi all - sitting down for a quiet babble...

1:53 pm

periwinkle

Hi, Owl, so sorry to hear about your dad

1:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty peri.

1:53 pm

jmcnrick

there are british dancers with bells and boots called mor*** dancers for or5/10

1:54 pm

jmcnrick

*stomps on rug trying to obliterate the fake clue*

1:55 pm

periwinkle

fake clue?

1:55 pm

periwinkle

have an or5 and or7

1:55 pm

periwinkle

have an or5 and or7

1:55 pm

jmcnrick

i accidently gave a clue for an or6 and there is no or6 and now it keeps growing and growing

1:56 pm

periwinkle

ah, you are just trying to confuse me, jmc, which is easy to do

1:56 pm

jmcnrick

*hangs head in shame*

1:56 pm

Michnick

Ah, got it, no 6, it was a 5 & a 7! Thanks jmc.

1:56 pm

Reader951

Hi all

1:57 pm

jmcnrick

*meekly* yw

1:57 pm

jmcnrick

hi reader

1:57 pm

Michnick

See, I missed the correction in the chog while obsessing over grid.

1:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

12\6ro si o eht that should do it

1:57 pm

periwinkle

Haz and Ata are both in the grid today

1:57 pm

Reader951

Could someone please clue me the top left R for NBT

1:57 pm

Reader951

Hi JMC

1:58 pm

periwinkle

lasso, Reader

1:58 pm

Michnick

Still no A for the 4th row, I am just passed halfway, and I want to go to bed with NBT.

1:58 pm

jmcnrick

an indian dish of yoghurt and cucumber

1:58 pm

periwinkle

is that what it is?

1:58 pm

jmcnrick

sorry mich i am still looking for that one too

1:58 pm

periwinkle

lasso has an e in it I think

1:59 pm

Reader951

argh! Thank you - large fish here

1:59 pm

jmcnrick

one of my all time favorite dishes -- i make it all summer long with a little cumin it is heaven

1:59 pm

periwinkle

I was right, lasso or lariat, spelled with an i or an e

2:00 pm

periwinkle

it may also be an indian but not in the definition here

2:00 pm

jmcnrick

how very odd peri

2:00 pm

periwinkle

98 left, would someone like to volunteer to finish the grid for me :)

2:00 pm

Reader951

An A is AS 6/24

2:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

what is the indian dish, the ri?

2:01 pm

periwinkle

yes Owl, also means lasso

2:01 pm

redturtlehead

131 eft here peri...

2:02 pm

redturtlehead

tipon

2:02 pm

redturtlehead

oops

2:04 pm

jmcnrick

could i have the clue for dummies for the as6 please?

2:05 pm

Michnick

Donkey + small medium or large

2:05 pm

jmcnrick

ty mich i was looking for that word but didn't know how to spell it

2:06 pm

Michnick

YW

2:06 pm

jmcnrick

nbt

2:07 pm

jmcnrick

now i am going to do some of the things on my 200+ item to do list!

2:07 pm

72 Temple Owl

grat

2:07 pm

72 Temple Owl

s

2:07 pm

jmcnrick

bbl

2:10 pm

Soodle

Hello everybody :-)

2:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi soodle

2:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

zhat

2:11 pm

Soodle

Hiya Temple :-). How you doing?

2:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am well and you?

2:12 pm

bichon

His Soodle, flood all cleaned up

2:12 pm

periwinkle

bl

2:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh no, bichon, what happened?

2:13 pm

redturtlehead

Oh no A flood!

2:13 pm

Soodle

Hi Bichon. Dehumidifiers going 24/7! Could have been worse.

2:13 pm

Soodle

Hello Red, Peri et all..

2:14 pm

redturtlehead

hi soodle, did you have a nice , if wet holiday?

2:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

this does not sound good.

2:14 pm

bichon

no, not my flood, Soodles. I'm assuming it was frozen pipes

2:15 pm

Soodle

I have had better..... 3 floods in 4 days.... all down to frozen pipes. But, heck.. thats why I pay insurance, no?

2:15 pm

redturtlehead

Soodle, is it extra chilly? How unpleasant.

2:16 pm

Soodle

Red - unprecedcented cold round tese here parts. Lowest temps since records began.... ou

2:17 pm

redturtlehead

Even more unpleasant, glad your heating is ok?

2:18 pm

Soodle

Yup... heating all working again, but its been a damp and dreary holiday!!

2:19 pm

Soodle

Sorry - me and my 'cold' problems ave been monopolising the chat for days.... Hows

2:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

let's hope this means you will leave 2010 troubles behind

2:19 pm

Soodle

everybody else doing?

2:19 pm

Soodle

((((((TO))))) Onwards and upwards!

2:20 pm

Soodle

Anybody on babble affected by the dreadful snow storms on the east coast of the US?

2:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

ok. time to get a move on. i have christmas shopping to do. even if a minimum to go with gift ards

2:21 pm

Soodle

Thinking of you, Temple Owl..(((())))

2:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty soodle.

2:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

*raises hand*

2:22 pm

redturtlehead

we got it where I am for Christmas, Soodle, but it seems to have been quickly handled.

2:23 pm

Soodle

High Five!!

2:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

the traffic is awful today, all those pent up gift cards from yesterday.

2:23 pm

Soodle

Jeepers, looking at the TV News, it was pretty awful....

2:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

the wind was brutal. elizabeth nj had over 30 inches

2:24 pm

redturtlehead

It was amazing when it was happeneing, the house actually shook in the wind, 55 MPH winds....but now its cleared and people can get round.

2:25 pm

Soodle

((((If i was in a flippant mood, I might be tempted to say 'Lucky old Elizabeth', but that would just be school-boy humour....)

2:26 pm

Soodle

And I am neither a school boy nor humoursome, so I will refrain......

2:26 pm

redturtlehead

:)

2:27 pm

Soodle

Red, seriously, it must have been terrifying?

2:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

!

2:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

as long as the heat/electric holds, it is bearable

2:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

well , i cannot think of another single word. will save the rest for tonight.

2:30 pm

Soodle

Stay warm, TO. My flippancy was in no way intended to cause you more pain. Just my weird sense of humour. (((())))

2:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

no, no, no worries.

2:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

actually took me a minute

2:31 pm

Soodle

((((()))))

2:32 pm

72 Temple Owl

hope the cold abates soon. we are thawing through the weekend. all that runoff...

2:33 pm

Soodle

Temps here have gone up to 8 degrees. Positively balmy!

2:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

yikes!

2:35 pm

Soodle

I had to restrain myself from donning my bikini and lying spreadeagled in the back garden ..... not!

2:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

just try to hang on, soods. catch you later.

2:37 pm

Soodle

Temple Owl, Red, and assorted lurkers, I have to go. Stay warm and well and happy. Poof

2:57 pm

vdddvddd

i'm looking for at 5/12. I have at + to tear.

2:58 pm

Shirlockc

pl of at + female parent

2:58 pm

Riverdance

at + abbrev for christmas X-***

2:58 pm

vdddvddd

thank you

3:03 pm

vdddvddd

does anyone have mi 5/22 and 6/36?

3:04 pm

lynxxx

mi & Ta***n, King of the Apes

3:05 pm

vdddvddd

thanks, i would have never gotten that!

3:16 pm

sammysmom

hi babblers.........

3:27 pm

crosshair

howdy everyone;) back for a few more words;)

3:28 pm

Ormal

hiya Riverdance. How's everything been going?

3:31 pm

crosshair

howdy ormal

3:31 pm

Ormal

hi crossy. How have you been?

3:33 pm

crosshair

not too bad.had my computer die and had to build a temp replacement from old parts.it works,but i miss my old rig..sniff...

3:33 pm

Shirlockc

first as6?

3:35 pm

Ormal

awww, sorry to hear that. I moved into a new home and was unable to get anyone to hook up internet to my house for 1 month - said they didn't offer services.

3:35 pm

Shirlockc

nm, found it

3:41 pm

dcseain

Whew. Had left the phones at home. Was scared when i realized they were missing.

3:41 pm

dcseain

Hey, Shrilock, Ormal, crossy, et al

3:41 pm

pcal2

Hi all. Where does one find Enable list or book or whatever it is??

3:42 pm

dcseain

hi, pcal. email licketysplitaus, link for that on Lickety's babble clues, below the grid

3:42 pm

pcal2

thanks much!

3:42 pm

dcseain

may the new machine serve you well, crossy

3:43 pm

crosshair

one month no internet?? now that is scary!

3:43 pm

Shirlockc

so complaining works, i complained on American Airlines about the mess that happened because of the blizzard

3:43 pm

Shirlockc

and they gave me a $100 voucher!

3:44 pm

crosshair

it is just a temporary fill in dc,it is a mix of parts from 2 old dead machines and a spare parts box i keep..lol frenkenputer

3:44 pm

crosshair

frankenpuyer*

3:44 pm

crosshair

dammit

3:45 pm

crosshair

i hate this old keyboard as well

3:45 pm

crosshair

well done shirloc!

3:46 pm

Ormal

so spoiled in the internet age, I felt like I was in some weird episode of the Twilight Zone.

3:46 pm

Shirlockc

well it's ridiculous, they had an empty plane ready to go here in Toronto to fly to NYC -- only needed to wait until the airport reopened and they cancelled

3:47 pm

Ormal

hiya back dc. wtg shirlock!

3:49 pm

Shirlockc

i was restrained in my complaint :)

3:50 pm

dcseain

American has been WAY overly cautious through the snow. They even cancelled flights to BWD, DCA, and IAD, and we got only flurries with less than an inch of accumulation, that blew away within a few hours.

3:50 pm

dcseain

er, BWI, not BWD

3:51 pm

crosshair

i have not flown(commercially) in years and it seems i am better off lol

3:51 pm

Shirlockc

wind is a problem, which i get but if i'm supposed to be at the airport 2 hours before my flight, what's the point of canceling > 1 hour before flight time? esp. if even i know the airports were closed

3:51 pm

Shirlockc

sorry, < 1hour

3:52 pm

crosshair

i have hot air balooned,used a float plane,done tours in bi0planes for photo shoots but that has been it for the last few years

3:52 pm

Shirlockc

i wouldn't have gone to the airport at all if they didn't keep saying that the flight was still going

3:52 pm

crosshair

now that is not good form ,i agree shirloc

3:53 pm

Ormal

when the airlines stranded my two children (unaccompanied minors program) in Germany due to a mistake on the airlines' part, then got them on another plane a few days later after much argument, then forgot to fill in the customs forms for the kids - which scared my kids to death because they thought they couldn't come home because they had been to their Oma's farm, I did not get even so much as an apology for my kids!

3:53 pm

Shirlockc

that's awful ormal!

3:53 pm

crosshair

terrible indeed ormal

3:55 pm

Shirlockc

some people are really incompetent at their jobs

3:55 pm

crosshair

speaking of annoyances,i am fighting with a few of the dr,s we use on a regular basis.seem all of them conspire to call me one hour after i have missed an appt,just to tell me i have missed an appt>i say "would it not be more usefull to call 2 hours before and remind me of the appt,so that it is not missed?"

3:55 pm

Shirlockc

and sometimes, it really is luck of the draw when it comes to service

3:56 pm

Ormal

but the kids made it home safely, if a few days late, which was the important part.

3:56 pm

Ormal

lol, oh crossy if only common sense were so common.

3:57 pm

crosshair

I MEAN WHY CALL JUST TO TELL ME I MISSED IT/?? headesk

3:57 pm

dcseain

My doctors here all call a day or two before my appointment to make sure i remember. How rude of yours, crossy.

3:58 pm

Shirlockc

lol crossy

3:58 pm

crosshair

your dr,s office crew are smart then

3:59 pm

dcseain

i meant ALL of them, MD, dentist, optometrist...

3:59 pm

JBV

hello, folks, sorry to hear about all your troubles with airports, etc. and annoyances with doctors -

3:59 pm

wildcat17

crossy guess what? my computer just finished a 2000 protein

3:59 pm

dcseain

hi, JBV

3:59 pm

JBV

but crossy if you want to laugh, think about my most recent "annoyance" with the car insurance company - did you hear?

3:59 pm

dcseain

cool, wild!

4:00 pm

wildcat17

it was

4:00 pm

wildcat17

doing a "baby" 250 now

4:00 pm

JBV

hi seain

4:01 pm

dcseain

i've not hear, JBV. what happened?

4:02 pm

JBV

just a minor outrage, seain, the kind that makes you either laugh or cry - I reported my husband's death to the car insurance company and they sent me a bill for $46 - it seems he was getting a Senior Discount which has now been removed!!

4:02 pm

wildcat17

oooh it's an alzheimer's one

4:02 pm

wildcat17

oh no jb

4:02 pm

wildcat17

how insensitive

4:02 pm

Shirlockc

OMG, that's ridiculous jbv

4:02 pm

JBV

I also received a customer satisfaction survey from the hospital where he passed away

4:02 pm

wildcat17

really. does no one read the chart?

4:03 pm

JBV

thank god I have some inner resources to deal with all this crap (oops, excuse me, did I say that?)

4:03 pm

JBV

exactly, wild

4:03 pm

wildcat17

you're allowed jb cuz that's exactly what it is

4:04 pm

dcseain

I remember when my father died, stupid shit like that all the time. My mom's phone is still in his name, 25 years later because the wanted a deposit to change the name.

4:04 pm

JBV

wow

4:06 pm

dcseain

so, i wish you luck sorting through such things.

4:06 pm

JBV

thanks, and it seems you lost your father at an early age - so sorry to hear that

4:06 pm

dcseain

i was 15 and my sister was 12, he was 41, and thank you.

4:08 pm

dcseain

you been doing well?

4:09 pm

JBV

too young for all of you. Yes, thanks, seain - I have my husband's example to look up to - he was a fighter til the end, never backed down from a challenge, and always looked forward to the future

4:09 pm

JBV

so I had a good teacher

4:10 pm

dcseain

"tentar al futuro con el corazÃ³n" is roughly 'reach tactilely to the future with the heart' and is excellent advice

4:11 pm

JBV

he used to say "Sempre pa'lante!" very Puerto Rican

4:12 pm

dcseain

:) indeed

4:14 pm

dcseain

4:14 pm

sciencegeek

hey all. Sad chog.

4:14 pm

dcseain

sorry, that was the cat. Feldspar purrs at all yall

4:14 pm

dcseain

hiya, science.

4:15 pm

dcseain

we didn't mean to hijack it

4:15 pm

sciencegeek

no problem. I could add to it, but will refrain. Actually, I cannot get into this grid today. Too hard

4:15 pm

Shirlockc

what is it about cats and keyboards?

4:16 pm

dcseain

it's equivalent to laying on the newspaper, i think, Shirl

4:16 pm

Shirlockc

same Q what is it about cats and anything that i'm doing? rhetorical :)

4:18 pm

JBV

hi science - we weren't sad, just philosophical

4:18 pm

crosshair

they took the 45 dollars back? omg

4:18 pm

JBV

I had to write a check, crossy!

4:19 pm

crosshair

i would of paid them in monthly installments of 5 dollars lol

4:19 pm

JBV

I wish I had thought of that!

4:19 pm

Ormal

just coming back in - what a ridiculous thing to do to you JBV

4:19 pm

Shirlockc

seriously, jbv? you had to pay them?

4:20 pm

sadie52

Hello

4:20 pm

wildcat17

of course she did ... a policy is a policy

4:20 pm

JBV

I know - everyone says the same thing

4:20 pm

wildcat17

it's not about the people involved

4:20 pm

wildcat17

I'll bet they would've cancelled you if you didn't pay

4:20 pm

JBV

I probably should never have called to report it

4:21 pm

JBV

they didn't really need to know

4:21 pm

wildcat17

you did the right thing .. they didn't

4:22 pm

dcseain

i don't get how removing him should make the discount not apply retroactively, I'd contact the state insurance reculator

4:22 pm

crosshair

remember..we are just a number...lol

4:22 pm

JBV

I thought I might be due a refund, but they said, no, the premium is not based on the number of drivers, but on the number of cars

4:22 pm

wildcat17

it's a combination of both jbv

4:22 pm

JBV

you know that's right, seain, I did not think of that - they should have at least prorated it - ok, more homework for me

4:23 pm

crosshair

in the business i run or have ran,i try to treat people like people,not a number,ir a statistic,and when you call my business,you get a real person,everytime and my help support is not in tibet or india lol

4:24 pm

Shirlockc

what was the biz, crossy?

4:24 pm

crosshair

probably why i go broke,but you have to treat people correctly

4:25 pm

crosshair

i am running a service station and have ran a bar and a motel in the past

4:25 pm

lil*monkey

evening all my peeps.... jbv so sorry to hear you are going through a rough time *hugs*

4:25 pm

MollyL

JBV, I'm sorry to hear about what you've been dealing with today. I've been dealing with similar things, and I would suggest that you always call, and ask to speak to a supervisor.

4:25 pm

lil*monkey

good advice, Molly :)

4:25 pm

crosshair

((lilm))

4:26 pm

dcseain

evening, lil*m

4:26 pm

lil*monkey

{{{ cwossy }}}

4:26 pm

JBV

ok, team, you've given me good advice - I'll give you a progress report after my next go-around with the evil car insurance people :)

4:26 pm

crosshair

and i dream of getting a used book store going as well but we shall see

4:26 pm

lil*monkey

hi dcseain!

4:27 pm

MollyL

Oh Cross, you would be SUPERB owning a book store. I'll dream that for you too.

4:28 pm

crosshair

used and collectable hardcovers for gift giving as well as an artists nook with all manner of art supplies and i shall provide space for local artists to display their wares on consignment

4:28 pm

lil*monkey

i only have one Z word... are the other 2 "normal" words? I have ze4,10

4:28 pm

crosshair

a working name is "Pen and Parchment"

4:28 pm

MollyL

No Lil, they are not normal words.

4:29 pm

lil*monkey

Molly could I have stats pls?

4:29 pm

Shirlockc

with a coffee shop appendage called De-parch

4:29 pm

MollyL

za 5/22 and za 6/36

4:30 pm

lil*monkey

thanks Molly... hey! how about those 'Skins?!

4:30 pm

crosshair

lol,i will have coffee and an assortment of home made snacks

4:30 pm

Shirlockc

which i would bake for you, my dream to bake and bake and bake

4:30 pm

MollyL

Oh Lil...those Skins.

4:31 pm

lil*monkey

at least they won, Molly!

4:31 pm

crosshair

a small shade awning with a couple of tables and umbrellas for in season lounging with a newly purchaced book that could not wait to make it home;0

4:31 pm

Shirlockc

yep, can see it now

4:32 pm

dcseain

the 'Skins won? huh.

4:32 pm

crosshair

soothing music,a few of those serenty fountains placed here and there and a shop cat named "itallics"

4:32 pm

lil*monkey

i always thought it would be cute to call a bookstore "BookMark" ... esp if your name is Mark

4:33 pm

Shirlockc

et and al if you have more than one cat

4:33 pm

dcseain

bbs, gonna make some pasta.

4:34 pm

crosshair

ahh yes,and a wide selection of free and custom book marks

4:34 pm

lil*monkey

yes, good idea, cwossy!

4:34 pm

sammysmom

mo 5/ 16 ??

4:35 pm

crosshair

clicp on book lights etc

4:35 pm

crosshair

and always a dish of werthers on the counter

4:35 pm

lil*monkey

dcseain, pasta sounds good! and YES the skins won

4:35 pm

lil*monkey

werthers, yummmmmmmmmmmm

4:36 pm

crosshair

i would do unshelled peanuts as of old,but you get shells all over the place

4:37 pm

lil*monkey

i need that mo5,16 too, sammy

4:38 pm

crosshair

free gift wrapping if needed and nice fabric book bags with the company logo for cost

4:38 pm

Shirlockc

mo + vowel + to leave

4:38 pm

lil*monkey

oh i just found the mo5... it's mo + Belgians in the C**** (country in Africa)

4:39 pm

crosshair

ty lilm;)

4:39 pm

lil*monkey

sammy did u get it?

4:40 pm

sammysmom

no. - i am thick headed today

4:40 pm

lil*monkey

yw cwossy poo

4:40 pm

sammysmom

yup... got it

4:40 pm

sammysmom

thanks

4:40 pm

lil*monkey

mo + play the B**** drums

4:41 pm

lil*monkey

i am still looking for that damn za5

4:41 pm

Shirlockc

za + momma ***

4:42 pm

lil*monkey

ah finally! tank u shirlock :)

4:43 pm

lil*monkey

i'm so annoyed that POOT isn't a word

4:45 pm

sadie52

yea i tried POOT also lol

4:46 pm

crosshair

i also tried poot

4:46 pm

lil*monkey

hehe

4:46 pm

Shirlockc

i always try poot, makes me feel better :)

4:47 pm

lil*monkey

i always try poot , and i may or may not have just pooted

4:47 pm

crosshair

as in "men fart,women poot" lol

4:47 pm

Shirlockc

sh6?

4:47 pm

lil*monkey

heehee

4:48 pm

periwinkle

Shirl, I believe that is an extra word in lickety at least that was said earlier

4:48 pm

lil*monkey

OMG why isn't is SHAZAM

4:48 pm

periwinkle

hello all

4:48 pm

Shirlockc

hmmm, seems the sh6 is a lickety extra

4:49 pm

sadie52

lol lil

4:49 pm

periwinkle

sh6/39 that is

4:49 pm

lil*monkey

Hi peri!

4:49 pm

sadie52

hello periwinkle

4:49 pm

Shirlockc

rightio then, even better

4:49 pm

periwinkle

it is a neat word too

4:50 pm

lil*monkey

i keep typing ORGIES

4:51 pm

periwinkle

not touching that one :)

4:51 pm

periwinkle

oops, haha

4:51 pm

lil*monkey

c'mon peri, jump in LOL

4:52 pm

Shirlockc

th6 then?

4:53 pm

MollyL

So close on orgies Lil.

4:54 pm

lil*monkey

dammit i keep typing TOMATO now

4:55 pm

Shirlockc

i kept doing that too

4:56 pm

lil*monkey

so many phantoms here...

4:58 pm

periwinkle

de6 pls

4:59 pm

Shirlockc

which one? one de is de + john hancock action

4:59 pm

ch1212

to create something, peri

4:59 pm

lil*monkey

i don't have de6 but i have de8

4:59 pm

periwinkle

first one

4:59 pm

Shirlockc

other de rhymes with carnival ride that goes round and round

5:00 pm

Shirlockc

th6 anyone?

5:00 pm

periwinkle

carousel?

5:01 pm

dianedecoder

ferris wheel ;-)

5:01 pm

frogface

no peri, the wheel that goes round

5:01 pm

ch1212

no, the wheel, peri

5:01 pm

lil*monkey

merry-go-round?

5:01 pm

periwinkle

got it, thank

5:01 pm

frogface

****** wheel

5:01 pm

periwinkle

frog, ch and dian and Shir

5:01 pm

lil*monkey

oh thanks ! got it

5:01 pm

lil*monkey

hi frog , ch12 and dianed

5:01 pm

dianedecoder

th 6 th + what we breathe + double hump letter

5:02 pm

frogface

hi lilm

5:02 pm

lil*monkey

that TH word is WACK

5:02 pm

dianedecoder

Hiya lil*monkey :-)

5:02 pm

ch1212

I go up and I come down, and land in the place where the circle goes round :)

5:03 pm

welki

hi, folks

5:03 pm

frogface

lol i give up - clue for the big 10 pls lol

5:04 pm

welki

folks who make the best of things are op 10/119

5:04 pm

frogface

ooo ty

5:04 pm

lil*monkey

frog, it starts with same first 5 letters as the other op words

5:04 pm

dianedecoder

that one had a lot of endings !

5:05 pm

lil*monkey

frog, use the high-point tile

5:05 pm

sadie52

ohhhhhh sh6 is a lickety extra means tis not realy there?? she asks hopefully after going somewhat nuts tryin to figure it out....

5:05 pm

periwinkle

remember to use both Amer and Brit spellings

5:05 pm

lil*monkey

not really there, sadie :)

5:05 pm

periwinkle

yes, not a word in the grid, sadie

5:05 pm

sadie52

oh ty ty sheesh

5:06 pm

lil*monkey

ae there any GN words?

5:06 pm

dianedecoder

and it wasn't sheesh or shazam .... LOL

5:06 pm

periwinkle

no monk

5:06 pm

lil*monkey

OK thanks, peri

5:07 pm

lil*monkey

i feel certain that SHAZAM is a word

5:07 pm

Pinikula

Gomer Pyle thinks so, too, lil* ;)

5:07 pm

Pinikula

hi all ;)

5:07 pm

dianedecoder

it may be shazaaaaam !! also from some TV cartoon recall LOL

5:07 pm

lil*monkey

pini!

5:07 pm

welki

hi pini

5:07 pm

dcseain

it is monkey, and in the newest ENABLE, but not the version Babble uses

5:07 pm

dcseain

hi, pini.

5:08 pm

dianedecoder

hi Pini.... I remember Gomer saying it too !!

5:08 pm

dcseain

i'll be in and out, as i'm cooking

5:08 pm

dianedecoder

Hi welki

5:08 pm

Pinikula

:)

5:08 pm

periwinkle

hi Pini

5:08 pm

periwinkle

whats for dinner, dc?

5:09 pm

Pinikula

hi di, dc, peri, welki, lil*, et al

5:09 pm

dcseain

gemelli in veggie meat sauce -- basically homemade beefaroni

5:09 pm

lil*monkey

dcsein is cooking pasta

5:09 pm

welki

snow tomorrow, diane *yuck*

5:09 pm

periwinkle

sounds good, dc

5:10 pm

Pinikula

the neverending rain here would be taken better if there were some snow in it... :-/

5:10 pm

periwinkle

I bougha a book on vegan cooking today

5:10 pm

frogface

yay got the ten - along with all the other op's lol

5:10 pm

periwinkle

snow, feh!!would be happy if I never saw it again

5:10 pm

frogface

ty all 4 ur clues

5:10 pm

lil*monkey

yay froggie!

5:10 pm

lil*monkey

i'm with you peri, i cannot stand snow

5:11 pm

frogface

going for a celebratory ciggy now - bbl

5:11 pm

lil*monkey

froggy, nooooooooooooooooooooo!

5:11 pm

periwinkle

froggy, you get right back here, missy!!

5:11 pm

MollyL

SNOW HATERS UNITE!!!

5:12 pm

Pinikula

I was just hoping for a little snow, molly!

5:12 pm

periwinkle

YAY, Molly, Peri and Lil Monkey doing the no more snow dance together!!!

5:12 pm

lil*monkey

i nominate peri as president and molly as VP

5:12 pm

periwinkle

and you will be the mascot, monkey :)

5:13 pm

welki

peri, did you say you practice reiki?

5:13 pm

lil*monkey

OK i can do that! i will wear a sweatshirt that says CANCER STICKS SUCK

5:13 pm

periwinkle

yew, welki

5:14 pm

MollyL

No, Lil will be the Seductive Secretary. : D

5:14 pm

lil*monkey

oh my! i'm not really very seductive

5:14 pm

periwinkle

yes welki, is waht I meant

5:14 pm

welki

for how long? (i've been reading about it)

5:14 pm

Kaplan the Magne

In my opinion, winter in the Northeast has nothing to recommend it.

5:14 pm

periwinkle

13 years

5:15 pm

lil*monkey

well i must go jump in the shower now and wash my ha4... BBS

5:15 pm

welki

a long time :)

5:15 pm

periwinkle

need to find more clients

5:15 pm

dcseain

njoy, monkey

5:16 pm

dcseain

two people i know are quitting. One is 7 weeks without, other is planning to stop on Friday.

5:17 pm

MollyL

Peri, I'm amazed that more people are not turning to alternative medicine with insurance being the way it is.

5:17 pm

periwinkle

as far as I know insurance does not pay for Reiki but it may pay for massage

5:17 pm

welki

even alternative medicine can be cost-prohibitive to some folks

5:18 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, and shazam!

5:18 pm

periwinkle

dc, what are you talking about? quitting what?

5:18 pm

welki

shazam, salami and baloney, gwen :)

5:18 pm

periwinkle

I offer discounts to senior citizens and those who are homebound

5:19 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i play another online boggle (wordsplay.net) and that one takes shazam

5:19 pm

dcseain

quitting smoking :) i was away for a bit

5:20 pm

periwinkle

ok, now I understand, dc, that is good

5:20 pm

periwinkle

my god daughter quite also and has not smoked in over 4 months

5:20 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I play wordsplay Gwen. Who are you on Wordsplay. Do you do 4x4 or 5x5?

5:21 pm

periwinkle

I play wordsplay too sometimes, I am periwinkle :)

5:21 pm

periwinkle

usually 4x4

5:21 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Wordsplay also takes tiar.

5:21 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oh, i play 5x5. 4x4 is just not that fun

5:21 pm

Kaplan the Magne

goa wae?

5:22 pm

suefrad625

I quit 14yrs ago

5:22 pm

gabiim

How many words are there

5:22 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Quit cigarettes or Boggle? I quit cigarettes in 1987.

5:22 pm

Kaplan the Magne

195 words.

5:22 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

haven't quit either one. but then i don't smoke lol

5:22 pm

Pinikula

I got a great xmas pressie from my dau...

5:22 pm

suefrad625

best advise I can give is: find something or someone more important to you then a cigarette and keep a diary.

5:23 pm

suefrad625

love boggle

5:23 pm

Pinikula

...now just need to find people to play it with me...

5:23 pm

suefrad625

you can play online too

5:23 pm

Pinikula

My dau found Big Boggle online and ordered it for me!

5:23 pm

Kaplan the Magne

What is Big Boggle?

5:24 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

no one will play boggle with me any more cuz i cream everyone mercilessly (evil laugh)

5:24 pm

suefrad625

love big boggle

5:24 pm

Kaplan the Magne

That's what I need- another form of Boggle to play.

5:24 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

big boggle is 5x5

5:24 pm

Pinikula

Boggle = 4x4 grid game; Big Boggle = 5x5

5:24 pm

Pinikula

You can still buy regular Boggle in the stores...but not Big Boggle...

5:24 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

it's a commercial board game, which this game is based on

5:25 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Playing it manually is so slow.

5:25 pm

Pinikula

...makes me wonder why...don't people use 'big' words anymore or are we that much into textese that people just don't know how to spell anymore...

5:25 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Writing with a pen.

5:25 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Idky. Do u?

5:25 pm

periwinkle

either ta7 pls

5:25 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

if it sold well they would keep making it. i wouldn't read anything sinister into that

5:26 pm

Pinikula

that's just it, Kappy...none of your words were over 4 letters!

5:26 pm

welki

ta + you ***** da patata

5:26 pm

gortmold

ta+ ****ed potato (pulverised) + 1st vowel

5:26 pm

Kaplan the Magne

:)

5:26 pm

Pinikula

I don't much, gwen...but it is nice to have a good game with people sitting across from you...along with some munchies and assorted beverages...

5:27 pm

welki

ta + not negligees, but lightweight che*****

5:27 pm

suefrad625

I have one I cant find and feel like I am going to be fished, but here goes. second ai4 please

5:27 pm

periwinkle

I'd play with you Pin if we lived closer, I miss board games

5:27 pm

Kaplan the Magne

How quaint. Live people? Doesn't that spread germs?

5:27 pm

gortmold

ta + rhymes with queen song "we are the cha*****s"

5:27 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

pini, yes, i agree. something i don't get to do much

5:27 pm

suefrad625

Peri, do it by skype

5:27 pm

Pinikula

* giggle * Kappy...too funny!

5:27 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Don't be putting on ai**, Sue.

5:27 pm

periwinkle

ty for that ta7, new word for me as was the to7

5:28 pm

welki

i used to play scrabble competitively ... i'd suck wind at it today

5:28 pm

suefrad625

duhhhhhh

5:28 pm

periwinkle

I don't have the game or skype

5:28 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ty for the ta7s, peri!

5:28 pm

periwinkle

I am not good at scrabble tho

5:28 pm

suefrad625

wait, isnt that the first ai4

5:28 pm

dcseain

funny comments about American English dialects in the comments: http://tinyurl.com/2eg6l7l

5:28 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Oh. Let me look.

5:28 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ack, i mean gortmold, ty!

5:28 pm

suefrad625

you can download skype and all you need is a pair of dice

5:28 pm

welki

(change the last letter, sue)

5:29 pm

periwinkle

ty gort

5:29 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Change the last letter. It's a babble word.

5:29 pm

Pinikula

I like skype...another way to connect with others when you can't connect in person...

5:29 pm

gortmold

you're all welcome

5:29 pm

periwinkle

I also need a camera which I do not have

5:29 pm

Pinikula

skype? dice? did I miss something?

5:29 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

my theory is that scrabble is actually based on anagrams, which boil down to math. we who are good at boggle and not good at scrabble prove that scrabble is not really a word game

5:29 pm

periwinkle

I want skype, then I can see other babblers!

5:30 pm

periwinkle

hear, hear, Gwen

5:30 pm

Pinikula

you can skype without cameras, too, peri ;)

5:30 pm

sadie52

i have skype i like it alot

5:30 pm

periwinkle

or is it here here?

5:30 pm

gortmold

think you've got a point there book, scrabble's all about strategic placement

5:30 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Interesting theory BDG. I thought I am better at Boggle because I am basically a monkey.

5:30 pm

periwinkle

you can, Pini?

5:30 pm

Pinikula

of course, peri...

5:30 pm

sadie52

yes you can peri

5:30 pm

Pinikula

<-- camera shy! :)

5:30 pm

sadie52

im not pini but knew the answer to something lol

5:30 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

my former roommate, a puter geek who can barely spell or write with a pen, i can cream him at boggle, but he can cream me at scrabble

5:31 pm

sadie52

i do skype alot with out cam

5:31 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Sudoku isn't supposed to be really about numbers, but I can't do anything that APPEARS to me numerical.

5:31 pm

periwinkle

whenever I play scrabble in person or on line, I like to spread my letters and words out and then someone comes along and puts two letters and messes up the board

5:31 pm

Pinikula

the only thing skype requires is a computer (you can type a conversation, voice a conversation, and/or video a conversation)

5:31 pm

suefrad625

good googgly mooggly

5:31 pm

periwinkle

sudoku looks like numbers to me and I do not play

5:31 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Same here.

5:31 pm

periwinkle

really, and it is free right, Pini

5:32 pm

Pinikula

yes, peri...very free

5:32 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nope, no interest in sudoku here either.

5:32 pm

periwinkle

why not just use IM then

5:32 pm

Pinikula

if you want to try it, I can find the d/l link for you...and you can use me as a 'test' if you like

5:32 pm

sadie52

skype works better in my opinion

5:32 pm

periwinkle

is very free like being a little pregnant?

5:32 pm

Shirlockc

was called to dindin, did someone clue the th6? or the to7?

5:32 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Sort of dead.

5:33 pm

Pinikula

that's it, peri! LOL

5:33 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Must go nourish myself.

5:33 pm

periwinkle

yse pls, Pini. but I still want a camera so I can see the other person. they are not too expensive and I may treat myself

5:33 pm

periwinkle

yse pls, Pini. but I still want a camera so I can see the other person. they are not too expensive and I may treat myself

5:33 pm

periwinkle

yse pls, Pini. but I still want a camera so I can see the other person. they are not too expensive and I may treat myself

5:33 pm

periwinkle

yse pls, Pini. but I still want a camera so I can see the other person. they are not too expensive and I may treat myself

5:33 pm

Shirlockc

trying very hard to ignore the praline and chocolate call

5:34 pm

periwinkle

so sorry

5:34 pm

Pinikula

not too expensive at all...(brb - getting link)

5:34 pm

suefrad625

peri, go to big lots, they have cam and mic for $15

5:34 pm

suefrad625

or www.dealextream.com

5:35 pm

periwinkle

need to find one near me, sue, ty

5:35 pm

suefrad625

or if you have a phone you can use that

5:35 pm

Pinikula

http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-sk
ype/on-your-computer/windows/

5:35 pm

suefrad625

www.dealextreme.com

5:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ooh, found the tenner

5:36 pm

periwinkle

thanks PIni, will look into it later

5:36 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hey, i use skype. completely stopped using the phone for all outgoing calls. because ATT sucks, that's why.

5:36 pm

periwinkle

ty sue

5:37 pm

Pinikula

I don't have a house phone anymore...it's either my cell or skype

5:37 pm

Pinikula

np peri

5:38 pm

periwinkle

I have heard it is always good to have a landline tho

5:38 pm

periwinkle

like in a power outage

5:38 pm

Pinikula

but the kids moved out and I'm out/about

5:39 pm

dcseain

i opted out of landline a decade ago.

5:39 pm

periwinkle

really, any problems, dc?

5:39 pm

periwinkle

what do you use, cell?

5:39 pm

Pinikula

I haven't had my landline in about 6-7 years now

5:39 pm

dcseain

so far, so good. i have two cells, one on Sprint and one on AT&T. Sprint i use for voice and some data, the other only for texting and data

5:39 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

yes, i'm keeping a landline. no way am i giving that up. too many issues with cell phones

5:40 pm

periwinkle

but you need a landline for your computer

5:40 pm

Pinikula

my computer is thru my cable service and or wi-fi

5:41 pm

periwinkle

ok

5:41 pm

Ormal

I have a satelllite dish on the roof and a radio signal for my internet now

5:41 pm

dcseain

nope, computer uses cable modem. and even with FIOS, the assign number, but you don't have to have phone service to get TV or Internet from them.

5:41 pm

Pinikula

it's pretty amazing how far technology moves...

5:41 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

what i really love is getting a new printer (or whatever) and speding 4 hours with their idiot "tech support" people. GRRRRRR

5:42 pm

Pinikula

perhaps you should work with one of use here, gwen...might reduce the process to 1-2 hours! :)

5:42 pm

periwinkle

did not know that dc

5:43 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

well, i don't call "tech support" unless i've already tried everything else!

5:43 pm

Pinikula

;)

5:43 pm

dcseain

with FIOS, at least here, it's cheaper to get the phone line, even if you won't use it.

5:43 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

in fact, someone here helped me with weird puter thing only a few weeks ago. i could not resize something becase the taskbar was actually covering it

5:44 pm

dcseain

oh, the famous minimized and/or offscreen window. Ah, windoze

5:44 pm

Pinikula

that's cool, gwen! nice to know there are brilliant people around here!

5:45 pm

Pinikula

now now, dc...

5:45 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

please tell me why they keep redesigning Windows instead of actually fixing it LOL

5:46 pm

dcseain

Win and Apple both have their shortcomings. I happen, by and large, to find Windows shortcomings more annoying

5:46 pm

Pinikula

that's the question that will probably never be answered, gwen

5:47 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

windows shortcomings are 10x worse than apple! (i only use windows because i do a lot of file sharing)

5:48 pm

Pinikula

although I've used MAC in the past, I still prefer my PC...

5:48 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

and my new phamtom is amortize

5:49 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

crepe, i mean phantom

5:49 pm

periwinkle

I don't know enough about computer to realize windows has shortcomings

5:49 pm

Pinikula

I like crepes!

5:50 pm

periwinkle

me too Pini

5:50 pm

periwinkle

tired of this grid

5:50 pm

periwinkle

help with re6/18 pls

5:50 pm

periwinkle

meant ri6/18 pls

5:51 pm

periwinkle

Nm stupid plural

5:51 pm

Pinikula

Apparently, I've not had bad experiences with my PC to want to convert to MAC

5:51 pm

periwinkle

ri6/24 then pls

5:51 pm

Pinikula

I don't have either one, peri

5:51 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

you lucky pini!

5:52 pm

dcseain

ri6.24 is a plural of difficulties

5:52 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

well, i'm getting hungry and gonna stop here. 72 to go. bye bye and POINK

5:52 pm

Pinikula

* knock on wood * gwen...been on PCs since 1982

5:52 pm

Pinikula

have a good evening, gwen! :)

5:52 pm

periwinkle

don;'t have the ri6, will look

5:52 pm

dcseain

ri6.18 is plural of ri5.10 -- sort of like yacht race

5:53 pm

Pinikula

thx! :)

5:53 pm

dcseain

the ri6.24 of climbing a mountain -- travails, difficulties

5:53 pm

periwinkle

need the ri6/24 and the 5 before it, looking

5:53 pm

periwinkle

found them

5:54 pm

Pinikula

same here, peri

5:54 pm

periwinkle

32 left, bbs

5:54 pm

Pinikula

* still looking *

6:01 pm

dcseain

pini, ri5 ends with your state abbrev

6:02 pm

Pinikula

got it!!! :)

6:02 pm

Pinikula

thx dc

6:02 pm

babbz

o

6:03 pm

lil*monkey

oh that pic is so cute, babbz

6:04 pm

lil*monkey

well i can't find any of the 3 A words from the A right above the H

6:04 pm

Pinikula

a very cute *smiley* :)

6:05 pm

lil*monkey

i tried ASSED

6:05 pm

Pinikula

I only have one from that one, lil*

6:05 pm

dcseain

as6 a task, which was give by the as8

6:05 pm

Pinikula

the one I have is as6 = as + what is your shoe ****?

6:05 pm

redturtlehead

Hello everyone! I get to go home tomorrow.

6:05 pm

dcseain

as6.30 is the regulation of weights and measures used for the sale of goods

6:05 pm

Pinikula

hi red

6:05 pm

lil*monkey

thank u both :)

6:06 pm

MollyL

Lil dropped her pants and assed the orgies. : P

6:06 pm

dcseain

cool, red!

6:06 pm

lil*monkey

OMG mollyL!

6:06 pm

lil*monkey

Molly you forgot the part where I pooted

6:06 pm

redturtlehead

yes, I am looking forward to it. I enjoy children but not for forever and today they are especially bad.

6:06 pm

MollyL

I'm such a slacker.

6:07 pm

dcseain

indeed, MollyL, do recall that youngins play here too.

6:07 pm

lil*monkey

NBT!

6:07 pm

redturtlehead

Molly is letting loose.

6:07 pm

Pinikula

I need 2nd row O for nbt :(

6:08 pm

lil*monkey

try om4, meaning to delete

6:08 pm

dcseain

or5 like mo6

6:08 pm

Pinikula

that's from the top O, lil*

6:08 pm

dcseain

and plurals the same, too

6:08 pm

lil*monkey

Molly is always loose, LOL

6:08 pm

rururocks

*crosses chest.. digs out rosaries*

6:08 pm

Pinikula

thx dc

6:08 pm

redturtlehead

Hello Ru.

6:08 pm

MollyL

Um...I think the words assed and orgies have already been discussed. Sorry I was offensive. I'll take off now.

6:09 pm

Pinikula

2nd row O ousted!

6:09 pm

lil*monkey

oops sorry my bad

6:09 pm

redturtlehead

this grid is hard...

6:09 pm

Pinikula

feeling rather priestly, ru?

6:09 pm

lil*monkey

MOly NO!

6:09 pm

lil*monkey

Molly stah here dammit

6:09 pm

Pinikula

offensive? where? who? molly, sit your butt back down!

6:09 pm

rururocks

come on molly.. the kids in school use really bad language.. big deal

6:09 pm

lil*monkey

Molly sit your ASSED down

6:09 pm

rururocks

...heavenly father..

6:10 pm

lil*monkey

hi wuwu

6:10 pm

rururocks

hi lil..

6:10 pm

rururocks

you guys snowed in back there?

6:10 pm

lil*monkey

me? no, not really... we had about 6 inches

6:11 pm

SeaSpray

+

6:11 pm

Pinikula

hi sea

6:11 pm

Pinikula

0" here ... darn it

6:11 pm

lil*monkey

what up with that, seaspray?

6:11 pm

rururocks

glad you are positive sea...lol

6:11 pm

lil*monkey

LOL wuwu!

6:12 pm

lil*monkey

Mooooooooooooolly! Molly!

6:13 pm

redturtlehead

Temple Owl got a great deal of Snow and we also got a bit in RI, it was highly exciting for me.

6:13 pm

lil*monkey

littlebit (in Virginia beach) got a foot of snow

6:14 pm

lil*monkey

there was no need for Molly to leave

6:14 pm

Pinikula

I'm sure she'll be back, lil*...* sending 'return' thoughts to her now *

6:16 pm

Jillyjill

Hey there Babblers...way too long since I've been on!!

6:16 pm

Pinikula

hiya JJ

6:17 pm

Pinikula

* must take Koda out for a few moments...back momentarily *

6:19 pm

Good Enough

whew, just played a few rounds of just dance. what a blast!

6:20 pm

crosshair

lol,amazing where chit chats lead,i came across a line on the computer about 'watership down" and the wife says she never heard of or read it!! so of course i had to goodle it which in turn lead to the song they play on that movie called "bright eyes" by art Garfunkel ,whom she did not know had any sort of carear after Simon and garfunkel,which he did..but anyways enough of my typos.just want to share this song with you and those who may have forgotten it....

6:20 pm

crosshair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrYjhf9
8pqQ&feature=related

6:21 pm

Jillyjill

I remember it!!

6:21 pm

crosshair

yaa for jilly! remember the poem to the wire?

6:21 pm

Pinikula

back - it's wet outside

6:22 pm

dianedecoder

I have it on my computer :-) Nice, nice song !!

6:22 pm

Jillyjill

Here too pini...warming so raining and not snowing! dislike+ice

6:23 pm

dianedecoder

giving me goosebumps right now.

6:23 pm

crosshair

i like arts voice

6:23 pm

crosshair

it has held up well over time

6:23 pm

Pinikula

cold rain here, but not cold enough to freeze...wish it would make up its mind!

6:24 pm

dianedecoder

you probably like James Taylor then... voices are a bit similar, but Art's is more mellow

6:24 pm

Pinikula

as6?

6:24 pm

lil*monkey

James Taylor singing "Carolina" is so beautiful

6:24 pm

crosshair

a good song will achieve a involuntary emotional response,or still a memory yes i like james taylor

6:24 pm

crosshair

going to carolina in my mind?

6:24 pm

lil*monkey

pini you better do your homework as6ment

6:24 pm

lil*monkey

yes cwossy

6:25 pm

Pinikula

<-- was born in the Carolinas...

6:25 pm

Pinikula

thx lil*!

6:25 pm

lil*monkey

<--- lived on the Outer Banks for 13 years

6:25 pm

crosshair

i like 70,s "folk" tunes as well as the classic guitar rock,i found the 70,s and never left lol

6:25 pm

Pinikula

de8?

6:26 pm

lil*monkey

OK taking a break to dry my ha4 now

6:26 pm

dianedecoder

I have 192 Art Garfunkel on my computer... he was VERY prolific after the breakup !!

6:26 pm

crosshair

here you go diane,an eary taylor vid...

6:26 pm

crosshair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXmgkvI
gc0w

6:27 pm

dianedecoder

do you like Cat Stevens, crossy ?

6:27 pm

crosshair

i do indeed,oh very young,morning has broken etc

6:27 pm

Pinikula

love that song, crossy!

6:27 pm

dianedecoder

I've got every James Taylor song I could find on my computer..... told you that was my "hobby"

6:28 pm

crosshair

lol

6:30 pm

crosshair

boy is james young there..lol;)

6:31 pm

m9f9l

hey all.

6:31 pm

Pinikula

hi m9

6:31 pm

m9f9l

shazam!

6:31 pm

dianedecoder

134 Cat Stevens

6:31 pm

dianedecoder

time to make supper.... 47 left and will be back to finish later

6:31 pm

crosshair

howdy m9;)

6:31 pm

dianedecoder

Hi m9

6:32 pm

m9f9l

everyone get on the Peace Train!

6:32 pm

crosshair

sorry got caught up in tunes

6:32 pm

Pinikula

first mo5?

6:32 pm

dianedecoder

I didn't like some of the things Cat did after he changed his name, but I still love his music and appreciate his talent.

6:32 pm

m9f9l

my kids are listening to Weird Al's Albuquerque

6:33 pm

crosshair

lol that vid was courtesy of a live bbc show in 1970

6:33 pm

dianedecoder

a type of watered silk, pini

6:33 pm

crosshair

i have never heard anything from after the name change

6:33 pm

Pinikula

* thinking *

6:33 pm

dianedecoder

mo + anger

6:33 pm

dianedecoder

I love watching your wheels turn ;-)

6:33 pm

Pinikula

danke ;)

6:34 pm

Pinikula

thx di * giggle *

6:34 pm

dianedecoder

welcome :-) and now I go

6:34 pm

crosshair

now i am on do jimmy buffet..common parrotheads!:)

6:34 pm

suefrad625

as8?

6:34 pm

Jillyjill

am 5/16? the last one?

6:34 pm

Pinikula

the person who as6s

6:34 pm

dianedecoder

oh .... Jimmy Buffet.... I have scads of his !!

6:35 pm

Pinikula

am5 = in the midst of

6:35 pm

suefrad625

just shoot me

6:35 pm

Pinikula

;)

6:35 pm

Jillyjill

*fish slap*

6:36 pm

crosshair

here is a bit of buffet...

6:36 pm

crosshair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0---Q9
7pG4&feature=fvsr

6:36 pm

crosshair

mm bad copy but oh well:)

6:39 pm

m9f9l

stats for z please?

6:39 pm

Pinikula

za5/22, 6/36, ze4/10

6:40 pm

m9f9l

thanks... looking

6:43 pm

Pinikula

(nudge?)

6:43 pm

crosshair

clue on the z/36 please

6:43 pm

m9f9l

got one of them! whoo!

6:43 pm

m9f9l

and another

6:43 pm

m9f9l

it's a pl

6:43 pm

crosshair

6/36*

6:43 pm

Pinikula

za6/36 = pl

6:44 pm

crosshair

ty pini

6:44 pm

m9f9l

and the last!

6:44 pm

m9f9l

Weird al clued that one in his "don't wanna be a canadian idiot" LOL

6:44 pm

crosshair

i should of seen that :)

6:45 pm

m9f9l

sstill 4 bt

6:45 pm

Jillyjill

I went to college with Weird Al...too big to know him though

6:45 pm

m9f9l

stupid puter..

6:45 pm

m9f9l

still 4 bts that should have said

6:45 pm

m9f9l

cool

6:48 pm

Pinikula

down to 11 and feeling the pain of this grid :(

6:48 pm

m9f9l

my daughter just came up and found the 10. just like that.

6:48 pm

Pinikula

wtg dau!!! :)

6:48 pm

LeslieAnn

get that girl an account! :)

6:48 pm

cosdem

first 2 letters of the 10?

6:48 pm

Pinikula

op10

6:49 pm

suefrad625

op

6:49 pm

cosdem

ty sue

6:49 pm

suefrad625

the 9 also

6:49 pm

cosdem

and pini

6:49 pm

Pinikula

in fact op 8 9 9 8 9 9 10 9 (all similar)

6:49 pm

suefrad625

op6,8,9,9,10

6:49 pm

cosdem

tyvm :)

6:50 pm

suefrad625

de8?

6:50 pm

Pinikula

don't have that one yet, sue

6:50 pm

suefrad625

tyaw

6:51 pm

LuvWordGames

de 8/45 de + ***e and shine + charged particle

6:52 pm

Pinikula

thx luv!

6:52 pm

m9f9l

ohh... thanks!

6:52 pm

suefrad625

ty luv

6:52 pm

crosshair

ty luv

6:52 pm

LuvWordGames

yw everyone!

6:52 pm

Pinikula

how about the de6/27?

6:53 pm

stidmama

Hey all!

6:53 pm

crosshair

now you all have me looking for all those big op,s

6:53 pm

LuvWordGames

don't have the de 6/27 yet

6:53 pm

Pinikula

hi stid

6:53 pm

crosshair

((stidmama))

6:53 pm

m9f9l

hi stid

6:53 pm

stidmama

Tom iis bringing me my mac and glasses...

6:53 pm

LuvWordGames

hi stid!

6:53 pm

suefrad625

just op****** your time and you will do fine.

6:53 pm

LeslieAnn

they are normal words, crossy.

6:54 pm

suefrad625

de+si**

6:54 pm

crosshair

still looking for the first one to break though...

6:54 pm

cosdem

ok found the 10

6:54 pm

stidmama

thanks sue! that is my first word today.... down to 194!

6:54 pm

gramma

The 1st 3 TA's are alluding me. If I could get a foothold I might be able to puzzle it out. Help, please?

6:54 pm

suefrad625

lol

6:55 pm

suefrad625

yw

6:55 pm

LeslieAnn

go go stiddy :)

6:55 pm

Pinikula

thx sue!

6:55 pm

Pinikula

ta7 = hat + fire residue + vowel

6:55 pm

cosdem

now to find the other two op9s :)

6:55 pm

LeslieAnn

the first one i have is ta + don't make a ***take (error)

6:55 pm

cosdem

found em!

6:56 pm

gramma

ty

6:56 pm

Jillyjill

Wow, sailed right thru the ha set...

6:56 pm

cosdem

the has were EASY lol

6:57 pm

cosdem

too bad the rest arent like that

6:57 pm

stidmama

hey jilly!

6:57 pm

gramma

Now I just need the 1st 1. ty for the clue

6:57 pm

Pinikula

ta7/32?

6:58 pm

Pinikula

first one what, gramma?

6:58 pm

gramma

Pinkula, look down at the clue for the 5 and make it pl

6:58 pm

suefrad625

de6,21?

6:58 pm

Pinikula

oooh, thx, gramma!

6:58 pm

gramma

1st TA

6:58 pm

Pinikula

had inverted the last two letters...no wonder it wasn't working!

6:59 pm

Pinikula

clued at 6:55 ~ ta7 = hat + fire residue + vowel

6:59 pm

Jillyjill

Hi stid, sorry buried in grid...how ARE you?

7:00 pm

gramma

ty

7:00 pm

Pinikula

si6/21?

7:00 pm

suefrad625

de6,21?

7:01 pm

Pinikula

de6 = rhymes with fair "wheel"

7:01 pm

LuvWordGames

de 6/21 rhymes with an ammusement ride a f***** wheel

7:01 pm

suefrad625

ty

7:02 pm

m9f9l

stats for bottom e?

7:02 pm

m9f9l

uh... only e

7:03 pm

LeslieAnn

er 4/4, m9

7:03 pm

LuvWordGames

er 4/4

7:03 pm

Pinikula

e4 = mistakes

7:03 pm

m9f9l

oh doh!

7:03 pm

m9f9l

thank you

7:04 pm

LuvWordGames

to 7/36 please?

7:05 pm

m9f9l

hope the other two I'm missing aren't that obvious!

7:05 pm

gramma

SH6? I tried the Gomer Pyle to no avail. What do you suppose it is?

7:05 pm

m9f9l

got one!

7:05 pm

Pinikula

sh6 = extra word in lickety's list

7:05 pm

m9f9l

is it Shazam!

7:05 pm

gramma

Luv, I don't have it, sorry.

7:05 pm

stidmama

yep. shazan just doesn't work...

7:06 pm

stidmama

oops. shazaM

7:06 pm

Pinikula

working on it myself, luv

7:06 pm

gramma

extra word! shazam

7:06 pm

stidmama

hah. N.B.T.

7:06 pm

LuvWordGames

I think it starts with man's name, Pini

7:07 pm

Pinikula

I think so, too, luv...working on the remainder now...

7:07 pm

Pinikula

what's 36 div by 4?

7:07 pm

Pinikula

9 right?

7:07 pm

gramma

yes

7:07 pm

stidmama

yes, pini. 9

7:07 pm

LuvWordGames

yep

7:07 pm

cosdem

as 6/34?

7:07 pm

Pinikula

ok ... working on that!

7:08 pm

Pinikula

homework as****ment

7:08 pm

gramma

Let me know if you get it 1st.

7:08 pm

cosdem

tyvm

7:08 pm

lil*monkey

as + what si4 shoe do you wear?

7:08 pm

Pinikula

will do

7:08 pm

suefrad625

gr5,14

7:08 pm

Pinikula

g + uproar

7:08 pm

LuvWordGames

g + civil disturbance

7:09 pm

suefrad625

ty

7:09 pm

m9f9l

to7: man's name.. WE are the cham****s my friend.....

7:09 pm

gramma

NO 5/12? please

7:10 pm

Pinikula

thx m9!

7:10 pm

gramma

ty

7:10 pm

m9f9l

weird one

7:10 pm

LuvWordGames

thanks m9, I was all around that word!

7:10 pm

Pinikula

gramma...same no I'm missing

7:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello babblers!

7:10 pm

Pinikula

hi TO

7:10 pm

stidmama

hey (((TO)))

7:10 pm

m9f9l

a plug or stopper placed in the muzzle of a piece of ordnance when not in use, to keep out dampness and dust.

7:11 pm

LuvWordGames

no 5/12 no + slight wetness is ***stness

7:11 pm

Pinikula

danke ;)

7:11 pm

stidmama

thanks Luv

7:11 pm

gramma

ty

7:11 pm

Pinikula

last at5?

7:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello pini

7:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi stid

7:12 pm

LuvWordGames

I can't monkey those za's-any clues please?

7:12 pm

gramma

I strongly dislike the word mo***. It makes my skin crwal

7:12 pm

LuvWordGames

at 5/12 a + journey

7:12 pm

Pinikula

za + Abba's Mamma *** (pl)

7:12 pm

cosdem

de 6/27?

7:12 pm

Pinikula

thx luv ;)

7:13 pm

LuvWordGames

thanks Pini!

7:13 pm

Pinikula

de + stop ****

7:13 pm

m9f9l

i still have a stinkin' bt

7:13 pm

stidmama

thanks pini

7:13 pm

stidmama

go m go!

7:13 pm

72 Temple Owl

you know today is the first time i remember seeing theword that is that minus z

7:13 pm

cosdem

oh wow.. i shld have seen that.. ty :(

7:13 pm

cosdem

:)

7:13 pm

LeslieAnn

ok down to 50 listless, now to lickety's i go

7:14 pm

Pinikula

well done, LA

7:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

go la

7:14 pm

Pinikula

mo8?

7:14 pm

stidmama

go LA go!

7:14 pm

m9f9l

ok.. stats for the right o? pleeeeeeze?

7:14 pm

stidmama

down to 79 here. how are you doing pini?

7:14 pm

Pinikula

or5 and or7

7:14 pm

Pinikula

4 to finish! :)

7:14 pm

LuvWordGames

mo 8-more than one cat on the old commericals

7:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

an herb.

7:15 pm

Pinikula

thx luv! :)

7:15 pm

cosdem

8,9,10 done!

7:15 pm

Pinikula

didn't know you could pl that one!

7:15 pm

m9f9l

argh... I konw that one! arghhhhhhh

7:15 pm

stidmama

go pini go!!!

7:15 pm

m9f9l

ty

7:15 pm

72 Temple Owl

or what luv clued minus first letter

7:15 pm

stidmama

thanks for the cats!

7:15 pm

Pinikula

remember, cos, op 8 9 9 8 9 9 10 9 are all very very similar!

7:15 pm

cosdem

yes got em all with ur help :)

7:15 pm

Pinikula

and the op6 is also related

7:15 pm

m9f9l

rion

7:16 pm

stidmama

not quite m...

7:16 pm

m9f9l

pfpft!

7:17 pm

stidmama

rofl.... how is your family, m? haven't been on at the same time as you for a while.

7:17 pm

m9f9l

we're all good

7:18 pm

m9f9l

they put the wrong date on Aiden's save the date magnets.LOL

7:18 pm

redturtlehead

too funny and unpleasant, will they fix them?

7:18 pm

stidmama

oh no M! I hope you get a refund?

7:18 pm

Pinikula

* sparklers *

7:18 pm

LeslieAnn

so it's a save A date, not necessarily a save THE date :)

7:19 pm

m9f9l

she didn't know until after she mailed them all out!

7:19 pm

stidmama

but then, that's really a minor thing, all considered...

7:19 pm

m9f9l

WTG pini!!

7:19 pm

stidmama

YAY pini!!!

7:19 pm

suefrad625

congrats pini

7:19 pm

Jillyjill

WooT WooT WooT pini

7:19 pm

redturtlehead

oh my!

7:19 pm

stidmama

oh well -- hopefully easily remedied.

7:19 pm

m9f9l

not my project. Something she did with her future MIL. I'm sure everyone will figure it out. only thing wrong is they say 2010.

7:20 pm

m9f9l

I think it's funny

7:20 pm

stidmama

*grin* so already everyone is showing up late? LOL

7:21 pm

m9f9l

pretty much!

7:21 pm

m9f9l

so long as they don't use it as excuse to act married already!LOL

7:21 pm

stidmama

(just what I was thinking....)

7:22 pm

m9f9l

so Taser is a proper name....

7:22 pm

stidmama

okay, the cable repair guy is heading out... sounds like everyone on our street is having the same problem. intermittent outages of the "on demand" feature...

7:22 pm

m9f9l

nah.. they wouldn't anyway

7:23 pm

m9f9l

guess you're not demanding enough. be more authoratative..

7:23 pm

m9f9l

show that cable who's alph!

7:23 pm

m9f9l

oops. alpha

7:23 pm

Pinikula

* snicker *

7:23 pm

rururocks

*snicker 2*

7:24 pm

Jillyjill

okay, hitting a wall..time for supper...bbl

7:24 pm

stidmama

LOL... yes. So we actually use the "on demand" about three times a year, so we didn't notice it until we tried to watch the Dr Who Xmas special

7:24 pm

stidmama

hey ruru!!!

7:24 pm

stidmama

later jilly

7:24 pm

Jillyjill

RuRu!!! ((hugs))

7:24 pm

Pinikula

wb ru :)

7:24 pm

m9f9l

hey ru

7:24 pm

rururocks

hi jilly.. welcome back

7:24 pm

m9f9l

wow.. I'm nbt, nbs and 1/2way!

7:24 pm

m9f9l

and SO ready for lickety!

7:24 pm

stidmama

I am down to 60. and need to get up before I decide to take a nap... was at the science fiction museum with four teenagers all day. *yawn* back later.

7:25 pm

stidmama

go m go!

*poof*

7:25 pm

Pinikula

well done, m9; cya l8r, stid ;)

7:25 pm

rururocks

hi and bye stid

7:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

m9, did you get the o words i clued?

7:25 pm

rururocks

don't forget to be alph

7:26 pm

redturtlehead

Temple how are things at the Philly airport?

7:26 pm

m9f9l

don't know... don't see you scrolling back...

7:26 pm

cosdem

2nd ma 5/12?

7:26 pm

m9f9l

I have all the big ones

7:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

not sure, red...are youthinking of flying out of here?

7:27 pm

redturtlehead

No I am flying into to Philly and out of Philly tomorrow, a layover.

7:27 pm

m9f9l

actually I'm done with the o's

7:27 pm

redturtlehead

So far it says it is fine, but...

7:27 pm

cosdem

nm found it

7:27 pm

Pinikula

2nd ma5/12 = ma + ***pent (snake)

7:28 pm

cosdem

ty anyway :)

7:28 pm

Pinikula

timing's everything, cos ;)

7:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

800-PHL-GATE

7:28 pm

redturtlehead

Ahhh thanks!

7:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

long layiver?

7:29 pm

rururocks

as opposed to 800 BIL GATE.. where you get really bad haircuts

7:29 pm

redturtlehead

:)

7:29 pm

redturtlehead

not very.

7:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

:P

7:29 pm

m9f9l

or 800-WTR-GATE. They tape all your calls

7:29 pm

Pinikula

thought that was 800-DLD-TRMP

7:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

it is warming up tomorrow

7:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

LMAO

7:31 pm

wvteach

fireworks here

7:31 pm

cosdem

wtg!

7:31 pm

Pinikula

wtg teach

7:31 pm

m9f9l

wtg teach

7:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

yay teach!

7:33 pm

cosdem

M's done!

7:34 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

7:34 pm

Minveryork

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

7:36 pm

Pinikula

hi min ;)

7:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi min

7:38 pm

Minveryork

Debating if I should quit with 164 words&1991 points.

7:39 pm

m9f9l

lickety?

7:39 pm

Pinikula

still plenty-o-time to finish, min

7:39 pm

redturtlehead

i'm soon to stop and I have only 102.

7:39 pm

LeslieAnn

no way min! what do you need?

7:39 pm

Pinikula

you, too, red

7:39 pm

Minveryork

Phantom words for me today are promotion & pronto

7:39 pm

redturtlehead

i have an early flight out, sooo.

7:40 pm

Pinikula

in that case, red...

7:40 pm

Minveryork

Taking a dinner break. I might be back later to finish.

7:40 pm

redturtlehead

I am looking forward to my own bed indeed.

7:41 pm

Pinikula

are the flights running where you are, red?

7:41 pm

rururocks

there is nothing like sleeping in the airport to make you appreciate home

7:41 pm

cosdem

re 6/24?

7:42 pm

redturtlehead

they are running at least from Providence to Philly.

7:42 pm

Pinikula

quit your job, cos

7:42 pm

Pinikula

no kidding, ru!

7:42 pm

cosdem

i keep forgetting abut the G.. ty

7:43 pm

Good Enough

hmm. i have the house to myself. start the grid, watch the blackhawks, or play Just Dance on wii?

7:43 pm

Pinikula

* giggle * interesting choices, GE!

7:43 pm

cosdem

or do all 3!

7:43 pm

redturtlehead

agree with cos, all 3.

7:44 pm

Pinikula

ditto...nothing like multi-tasking! LOL

7:44 pm

cosdem

with a nice bottle of alcohol of course

7:45 pm

Good Enough

i think i might hurt myself...but i am willing to try!

7:45 pm

jillibus

I see Min and I picked the same icon for Four Calling Birds -- hi all, and fireworks

7:45 pm

Pinikula

wtg jillli ;)

7:46 pm

jillibus

thx pini

7:49 pm

cosdem

si 6/21?

7:49 pm

suefrad625

mi5,22 is driving me bonkers

7:49 pm

jillibus

I must say thx to morewords too. I was sooo tired last night -- thought I'd need much more morewords help but lots of words popped out today all by themselves.

7:49 pm

Pinikula

si + sun's partner

7:49 pm

cosdem

ty

7:50 pm

wildcat17

russian spaceship + high point tile + 1st vowel

7:50 pm

cosdem

the sh 6/39 is extra right?

7:50 pm

Pinikula

mi5/22 = mi + hook + ** ** gabor

7:50 pm

Pinikula

yes, cos

7:50 pm

jillibus

mi5/22 -- mi + Ta***n, Jan's pal.

7:51 pm

jillibus

*Jane's

7:52 pm

suefrad625

no idea

7:52 pm

wildcat17

missing an 8

7:52 pm

suefrad625

oh

7:52 pm

suefrad625

got it

7:53 pm

wildcat17

pl too sue

7:53 pm

jillibus

yay sue :-)

7:53 pm

suefrad625

yes, ty so much

7:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

who is jan?

7:53 pm

suefrad625

working on mo's

7:53 pm

cosdem

ta 6/21?

7:53 pm

suefrad625

jane of the jungle

7:53 pm

jillibus

I did correct it to Jane, TO

7:54 pm

cosdem

never mind

7:55 pm

jillibus

ta 6/21 -- Japanese sleeping mat

7:55 pm

cosdem

ty though jilli :)

7:55 pm

jillibus

yw cos

7:57 pm

cosdem

with 12 left,, NBT lol

7:59 pm

cosdem

to7?

8:00 pm

suefrad625

mo5, first one?

8:01 pm

LeslieAnn

cos, to + we are the cha*****s

8:01 pm

suefrad625

to (mans name) + dale earnhart was a cham****

8:01 pm

bichon

a watery silk walpaper or material

8:01 pm

LeslieAnn

mo + anger, sue

8:01 pm

cosdem

ty leslie and sue

8:01 pm

bichon

re 6?

8:01 pm

suefrad625

that is exactly how I felt about that word leslie, ty

8:02 pm

suefrad625

dong have bichon

8:02 pm

suefrad625

re+si**

8:02 pm

bichon

huh?

8:02 pm

cosdem

FW

8:03 pm

suefrad625

re+si**4,6

8:03 pm

LeslieAnn

th6?

8:03 pm

suefrad625

dont have leslie

8:04 pm

Pinikula

th + what you breathe + dbl hmp

8:04 pm

bichon

ty sue

8:04 pm

LeslieAnn

thanks pini

8:04 pm

suefrad625

txs pini

8:04 pm

LeslieAnn

fireworks!

8:05 pm

suefrad625

congrats leslie

8:06 pm

jillibus

YAY LA!

8:07 pm

suefrad625

mo 5,16?

8:08 pm

72 Temple Owl

wtg la!

8:08 pm

LeslieAnn

mo + consonant + not stop, sue

8:08 pm

suefrad625

ty ty ty

8:08 pm

suefrad625

i love closing a letter

8:10 pm

jillibus

I see there are lots of cluers here so I'll toddle off and get some supper. Back later :-)

8:11 pm

suefrad625

enjoy jili

8:12 pm

wildcat17

need help for the D

8:13 pm

suefrad625

which one

8:13 pm

suefrad625

d+f***** wheel at the fair

8:13 pm

lil*monkey

clue for si6,21 ... not the italian man

8:13 pm

suefrad625

de+si4,6

8:13 pm

wildcat17

ty and have 2nd clue

8:14 pm

wildcat17

si + not sun

8:14 pm

lil*monkey

thank u wild... what a WACK word

8:14 pm

lil*monkey

1 left

8:15 pm

kje

th?

8:15 pm

suefrad625

clue the italian man please lil

8:15 pm

Jillyjill

need help with the mo6/21 and mo 8/45 please

8:15 pm

lil*monkey

FIRE WOILS

8:15 pm

suefrad625

th+*** we breath + cons

8:15 pm

suefrad625

congrats lil

8:15 pm

Pinikula

mo6 = mo**** the cat (and pl for mo8)

8:15 pm

Jillyjill

yay lil* WooT WooT WooT

8:15 pm

wildcat17

yw and yay

8:15 pm

lil*monkey

mo6,21 is the cat in the commercial

8:15 pm

LeslieAnn

jilly, mo**** the cat and plural

8:16 pm

wildcat17

need 1 more D

8:16 pm

wildcat17

not the garment

8:16 pm

Jillyjill

duh...

8:16 pm

Jillyjill

ty

8:16 pm

kje

ty

8:16 pm

kje

to7?

8:16 pm

wildcat17

seains's friend + we are the cham****s

8:16 pm

Pinikula

to + cha***** (winner)

8:17 pm

kje

ty

8:17 pm

Pinikula

brb

8:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

ta7/36 pls? hi kje!

8:17 pm

lil*monkey

suefrad, the italian man is si4 your name + either/**

8:17 pm

kje

hello

8:17 pm

kje

and FW!

8:18 pm

lil*monkey

ta7,36 ... add another vowel in the middle of the ta6 below it (women's sanitary thingie)

8:18 pm

wildcat17

yay kj

8:18 pm

suefrad625

dont get it sorry

8:19 pm

lil*monkey

sue do you have si4? which means writing your name?

8:19 pm

suefrad625

yes

8:19 pm

suefrad625

oh, i got you

8:19 pm

lil*monkey

OK

8:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

sorry, first ta 7/36.

8:19 pm

lil*monkey

then add another vowel for the si7

8:20 pm

lil*monkey

first ta7,36 is ta + do the Monster **** + vowel

8:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty! i must look that up

8:20 pm

suefrad625

ty

8:21 pm

lil*monkey

the Monster **** is a kooky song

8:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh, GREAT word

8:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

kje have you ever eaten pandoro?

8:22 pm

wildcat17

help for D - not the wheel, to make, or garment

8:25 pm

redturtlehead

dissapointed, shaza not in dictionary?

8:25 pm

redturtlehead

errr shazam...

8:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

to denigrate, put down

8:27 pm

Jillyjill

oh my...just got to the op sections...8dives iin*

8:28 pm

suefrad625

or7?

8:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

cat that was for you, an 8

8:28 pm

Pinikula

pl or5

8:29 pm

suefrad625

its getting late

8:29 pm

suefrad625

ty pini

8:30 pm

suefrad625

20 left

8:31 pm

periwinkle

back to find my last 32 words, hello all

8:32 pm

periwinkle

what is pandoro, Owl?

8:32 pm

Jillyjill

okay, looked daunting, but the op--easy peasy

8:32 pm

Jillyjill

67 left

8:36 pm

suefrad625

16

8:36 pm

periwinkle

20

8:38 pm

suefrad625

12

8:40 pm

Pinikula

y'all are buzzin' thru!

8:42 pm

periwinkle

fireworks

8:42 pm

suefrad625

yahooooo peri

8:42 pm

Pinikula

wtg peri :)

8:43 pm

periwinkle

Pini are you done yet?

8:43 pm

periwinkle

ty

8:43 pm

Pinikula

yep ;)

8:43 pm

periwinkle

yay for you Pini

8:43 pm

Pinikula

danke ;)

8:43 pm

periwinkle

happy babbling all

8:43 pm

periwinkle

byeee

8:43 pm

Pinikula

ciao! :)

8:44 pm

Jillyjill

pr5/12

8:44 pm

Jillyjill

please

8:45 pm

Pinikula

pr + atomic particle?

8:45 pm

suefrad625

by pini

8:45 pm

Pinikula

<-- not leaving...was saying ciao to peri :)

8:45 pm

Jillyjill

ty

8:45 pm

Pinikula

I'm hangin' out in another window playing a game...stickin' around to clue (if needed) :)

8:46 pm

suefrad625

first ri4

8:46 pm

Pinikula

ri + ** the world turns

8:47 pm

suefrad625

ty

8:47 pm

Pinikula

yvw ;)

8:50 pm

suefrad625

ri5,14?

8:51 pm

Pinikula

same first 3 + brit g'bye

8:52 pm

suefrad625

have that one, need next 5

8:52 pm

Pinikula

r + czech man's name?

8:52 pm

Pinikula

(hard work?)

8:53 pm

Pinikula

or ri + Al ***e (former VP)

8:53 pm

suefrad625

ty

8:56 pm

suefrad625

firworks

8:56 pm

Pinikula

wtg sue ;)

8:56 pm

suefrad625

cant believe to4,4 was my last word

8:57 pm

Pinikula

;) always those little ones that sneak up on you!

8:57 pm

suefrad625

that is because this puzzle made me looney to**y

8:57 pm

Jillyjill

Yay Sue!!

8:57 pm

suefrad625

good night all

8:57 pm

suefrad625

seems like the right time to leave because james taylor is singing "have yourself a merry christmas"

8:58 pm

Pinikula

well done, sue...have a good one! :)

9:05 pm

Jillyjill

sh6/39 please

9:05 pm

Pinikula

that's the extra word in lickety's list

9:05 pm

Pinikula

it's what Gomer Pyle always said ;)

9:05 pm

Jillyjill

ah...ty, didn't spend too long after shazam wasn't accepted...lol

9:06 pm

Pinikula

:)

9:10 pm

balletslippers

the last ta 6? (hi everyone!)

9:11 pm

Pinikula

ta6 = needlework + tsun*** (storm)

9:11 pm

Pinikula

(hi)

9:12 pm

balletslippers

thanks, pini!!

9:12 pm

Pinikula

yvw

9:14 pm

balletslippers

quite chat tonight......

9:14 pm

Pinikula

very

9:15 pm

balletslippers

*sings to herself*

9:15 pm

Pinikula

(sorry...playing a game in another window and popping back when clues are asked for) :)

9:16 pm

balletslippers

(not a problem, pini. I'm just kidding around.)

9:17 pm

Pinikula

:)

9:17 pm

Pinikula

(hope it's a catchy to4)

9:22 pm

dan2bit

good riddance M's! evening all

9:22 pm

balletslippers

hi dan!

9:22 pm

Pinikula

hi dan2

9:24 pm

Jillyjill

hi there dan2...how was baby's christmas?

9:24 pm

balletslippers

(giving in) to7?

9:25 pm

Pinikula

to7 = to + we are the cha*****s (winners)

9:25 pm

dan2bit

Jilly - it was great, she made out like a little bandita

9:25 pm

Jillyjill

ok,need the last ta..ta6/21 pelase

9:26 pm

Jillyjill

*please

9:26 pm

balletslippers

thanks.. would've taken a while for that one.

9:26 pm

Pinikula

ta6 = make lace + tsun*** (storm)

9:26 pm

dan2bit

ta6 - japanese mat

9:26 pm

Jillyjill

ty

9:27 pm

Jillyjill

should have gotten that one...*hangs head in shame*

9:27 pm

balletslippers

i just asked for it a few minutes ago too, jilly

9:28 pm

dan2bit

S's stomped

9:29 pm

Jillyjill

well, my best friend growing up, lived in a japanese style home with at ta6/21 room for dining...

9:30 pm

balletslippers

ohhhh well that makes a difference. :)

9:30 pm

balletslippers

yay dan!

9:32 pm

dan2bit

I must say I am disappointed that shazam is not recognized as a word

9:33 pm

balletslippers

it's in lickety...

9:34 pm

dan2bit

oops, guess I'm in the lickety-only PB :-)

9:34 pm

balletslippers

:)

9:36 pm

dan2bit

need the very first ta7 please

9:38 pm

Uneaixoise

ta + Korean war TV series with Alan Alda + vowel

9:38 pm

dan2bit

ty Une!

9:38 pm

Uneaixoise

and once again Button is sooooo cute!!!

9:38 pm

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

9:39 pm

dan2bit

we really took hundreds of pictures on Christmas day. She was irresistable

9:41 pm

Jillyjill

last word, need help...am5/16

9:42 pm

dan2bit

you are am5 friends here, Jilly

9:42 pm

Jillyjill

*fish slap* and fireworks

9:42 pm

dan2bit

firewords! de5 that rhymes with fe5 wheel was my last

9:43 pm

Uneaixoise

yay for dan!!!!!!!!!!!!

9:43 pm

dan2bit

thanks all cluers. Congrats Jilly

9:43 pm

Uneaixoise

and jilly!!!!!!!!!!!

9:43 pm

Jillyjill

WooT WooT WooT dan2

9:43 pm

Jillyjill

thanks dan2

9:43 pm

Jillyjill

thanks une

9:44 pm

dianedecoder

one more for fireworks.... driving me crazy.... I haven't asked for help yet, but I'm going to now ! za 6/36 and it's probably a fish !

9:44 pm

dan2bit

plural your za5 dd

9:45 pm

dianedecoder

oh geeeeeeeeesh....

9:45 pm

dianedecoder

that is a FLOUNDER ... smack me one.! Thanks dan !!

9:46 pm

dan2bit

np, it was a twisty doubleback plural :-)

9:46 pm

dianedecoder

fireworks

9:46 pm

dianedecoder

you are right... I didn't go back down to the bottom

9:46 pm

dianedecoder

but only a novice would forget to at least try a plural ! LOL

9:46 pm

dcseain

congrats, diane and JJ

9:46 pm

dcseain

hello :-)

9:47 pm

dianedecoder

hi seain :-)

9:47 pm

dianedecoder

and thanks

9:48 pm

dcseain

death and to4! LOL

9:48 pm

dianedecoder

what a sweet little girl you have, Dan. May 8?

9:51 pm

Jillyjill

Hi DC how are you doing, and what snow do you have?

9:51 pm

dcseain

i live in the snow hole. DC, Baltimore, Harrisburg up through Allentown got less than an inch, then the wind blew away what little there was.

9:52 pm

Jillyjill

LOL...my son (that lives in VA Beach) is actually in Texas visiting friends, he was sorry to miss the snow..

9:53 pm

Jillyjill

our other son is in Mass, they got lots of snow...

9:54 pm

godthaab

FINISHED! VERY EXCELLENT!

9:54 pm

Jillyjill

Well, time to toddle off to bed...niters all

9:54 pm

Jillyjill

WooT WooT WooT godt!!

9:55 pm

dcseain

congrats, godthaab

9:55 pm

Jillyjill

*poof*

9:55 pm

dianedecoder

night, Jilly

9:56 pm

dianedecoder

way to go, godthaab

9:56 pm

dcseain

yes, the coast got hit rather hard

9:58 pm

godthaab

Thanks.

9:58 pm

dcseain

g'night JJ

9:58 pm

Trifioso

greetings from the hard hit coast!

9:58 pm

dcseain

hi, trif :)

9:59 pm

dcseain

redturtlehead leaves RI back for FL tomorrow. She's been enjoying the snow a lot.

9:59 pm

Trifioso

I have been working at this off and on all day, and still don't have nbt....grrrrrr

9:59 pm

Vicki Weseman

za5 anyone?

10:00 pm

dcseain

i'ts missing in action, vicki

10:01 pm

Trifioso

clue for a in fourth row, please?

10:01 pm

dcseain

as in, add that to your ZA, then plural for za6

10:02 pm

Trifioso

never mind - thanks to whomever just sent that psychic clue!

10:02 pm

Trifioso

nbt at last!

10:03 pm

crosshair

well,it is beddy-bye time for crossy,grid- 1,crossy -0 ,tc all and happy babbling

10:03 pm

Trifioso

good night crossy, and sleep well dear friend

10:03 pm

crosshair

tyvm trif..tc...poof!

10:09 pm

Vicki Weseman

orgi

10:10 pm

Vicki Weseman

Sorry

10:12 pm

flosey

detach
Detail

10:13 pm

flosey

oops, sorry folks

10:13 pm

balletslippers

well that was a long phone call from an old friend....

10:14 pm

balletslippers

anyone care to help with the as words? I'm stuck. :(

10:15 pm

flosey

what do you need balletslippers

10:15 pm

Uneaixoise

as6 as + small medium or large

10:17 pm

balletslippers

general aiding, flosey. thanks!

10:17 pm

balletslippers

thanks, une...

10:17 pm

balletslippers

got it! thanks une!

10:18 pm

balletslippers

now to work on the other two...

10:18 pm

flosey

thanks Une, needed that one

10:18 pm

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

10:24 pm

Vicki Weseman

assize

10:24 pm

balletslippers

:)

10:24 pm

Vicki Weseman

I GOT IT

10:29 pm

balletslippers

anyone have a clue for the de8?

10:29 pm

Uneaixoise

de8 ridicule, mockery

10:30 pm

dcseain

de8 -- the act of deriding or treating with contempt

10:30 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, seain :-)

10:30 pm

dcseain

hello, une, bellet, vicki, flo, et al

10:33 pm

dcseain

is Nashville free of snow, une?

10:34 pm

Uneaixoise

most of it melted today -- how about DC?

10:35 pm

dcseain

we got a dusting, then the wind blew it away. NOAA posted a map with a hole in the snow cover, a corridor from DC to Allentown, PA

10:36 pm

balletslippers

thanks dc! (sorry got distracted there for a mo) and hello. :)

10:36 pm

balletslippers

oh and une! missed your clue there!

10:36 pm

Uneaixoise

nice break for you -- amazing snow elsewhere on east coast!

10:36 pm

balletslippers

thanks!

10:37 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

10:37 pm

dcseain

indeed so! From NC up through New England and New Brunswick, but not Nova Scotia.

10:39 pm

chiromomm

dissapointed that shazam isnt a word according to babble.

10:39 pm

dcseain

we're hoping new version of babble will use the newer dictionary

10:39 pm

Uneaixoise

firewords and goodnite! *poof*

10:40 pm

dcseain

congrats and g'night une

10:41 pm

chiromomm

it's not like shazam is a new addition to the english language...what would the 70s have been like without that word? :-)

10:41 pm

balletslippers

night une!

10:41 pm

balletslippers

there's going to be a new version of babble?

10:43 pm

dcseain

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=
106468556072681 yes, details there if you don't minde FB content is public

10:43 pm

balletslippers

cool! I'll go check it out, dc.

10:43 pm

dcseain

indeed, chiro. the newer version of ENABLE has shazam in it, which is why it's in Lickety's list today

10:45 pm

chiromomm

wow- does licketys list often have words that are not recognized here?

10:46 pm

chiromomm

orza

10:46 pm

chiromomm

sorry...

10:47 pm

dcseain

he often edits out ones that aren't in grid dictionary, but sometimes there's an extra one or two. Today, Shazam is the xtra

10:48 pm

balletslippers

well that's so neat! I wonder when it will be ready...

10:48 pm

chiromomm

good to know- i use his list often.

10:48 pm

dcseain

it'll be ready when it's ready, but most of us are looking forward to it when it happens. Dr_God does so much for us for so little

10:50 pm

balletslippers

:) exciting

10:56 pm

balletslippers

re6?

10:56 pm

dcseain

re6 from office, as Sarah Palin has done every time she's been elected to an office.

10:57 pm

balletslippers

aha! thanks, dc

11:02 pm

gabiim

58 more minutes everybody

11:02 pm

gabiim

hurry hurry but don't go too fast..... ;)

11:03 pm

dcseain

howdy, gabiim

11:03 pm

balletslippers

ooh! you're right, gab! Must get going on these last few.

11:03 pm

gabiim

heyy !

11:03 pm

gabiim

yeah i only found 43, im waiting for it to change

11:04 pm

dcseain

and firewords!

11:05 pm

balletslippers

yay dc!!

11:05 pm

chiromomm

nice, dc!

11:05 pm

dcseain

an as8 as6s tasks to others

11:06 pm

balletslippers

i have tried every combination of monkeying in between the surrounding words.... except the correct one. si 6/21? please and thank you thank you thank you!

11:07 pm

Pinikula

si + sun's partner

11:07 pm

balletslippers

ugh! thanks pini :)

11:08 pm

Pinikula

yvw ... was just passing by on my way to take koda out for a few ...

11:08 pm

balletslippers

enjoy the walk :)

11:08 pm

dcseain

thanks yall, and njoy pini

11:12 pm

dcseain

i'm around for cluing, if needed

11:12 pm

gabiim

48 min to go

11:12 pm

gabiim

48 min to go

11:13 pm

gabiim

wooops

11:14 pm

mkg

stuck on last am 4...........darn. and missing the two am 5s after it.

11:14 pm

mkg

nm just got it.

11:15 pm

mkg

still need last am 5 16 please dc.

11:15 pm

dcseain

am5 friends and family, there are few secrets

11:15 pm

balletslippers

being around people, mkg

11:15 pm

balletslippers

or really being surrounded by anything...

11:15 pm

mkg

ty. wow. should have seen it.

11:15 pm

dcseain

ballet and gabiim, wherebouts are yall?

11:16 pm

mkg

at 5 last one please.

11:16 pm

gabiim

thanks

11:16 pm

dcseain

yeah, i felt fishy when i found it too, mkg :)

11:16 pm

dcseain

at -- end with a tear

11:16 pm

mkg

ty got it.

11:16 pm

balletslippers

i'm in nc

11:16 pm

mkg

de 8?

11:17 pm

balletslippers

i had to google synonyms for ridicule, mkg

11:17 pm

dcseain

de8 -- the act of deriding or treating with contempt

11:18 pm

mkg

hmm thinking but not getting it. de something.

11:18 pm

balletslippers

but it's a commonish word... just difficult to see

11:18 pm

dcseain

if you pop what i typed into google, you'll get the word

11:18 pm

mkg

got it. ty

11:19 pm

mkg

how bout the de 6? have the 5.

11:19 pm

balletslippers

they're both 6, mkg

11:20 pm

dcseain

de6 wheel

11:20 pm

mkg

oops. it is the first de 6. i have second one.

11:20 pm

dcseain

like a carnival ride

11:20 pm

mkg

wheel? hmmm

11:20 pm

gabiim

any z words?

11:20 pm

dcseain

de6 like a fe6 wheel

11:20 pm

mkg

ok got it dc. ty

11:21 pm

mkg

go 5 please?

11:22 pm

dcseain

3 today: za plus missing in action

11:22 pm

dcseain

then plural

11:22 pm

dcseain

thet british plural of Z

11:22 pm

gabiim

oh thanks ;)

11:23 pm

balletslippers

fireworks. finally. !!

11:23 pm

dcseain

a go5 is go5 of course, unless of cours that go5 is...

11:23 pm

balletslippers

embarrassed to admit my last word, though!

11:23 pm

gabiim

what was it

11:24 pm

balletslippers

cute clue, dc!

11:24 pm

dcseain

congrats, ballet

11:24 pm

mkg

wtg ballet!

11:24 pm

balletslippers

it was the last de6... and i'm an artist.

11:24 pm

mkg

dc what is that clue for go 5?

11:24 pm

mkg

so funny dc. i got it but you are so funny. or are you mr. ed?

11:24 pm

gabiim

ohhhhh

11:24 pm

balletslippers

it's more of a clue for an ho5, really...

11:25 pm

dcseain

LOL

11:25 pm

balletslippers

alright. time for me to get some rest! Goodnight everyone!!

11:25 pm

dcseain

ballet, i'm well known for using malapropisms and puns in my clues :)

11:26 pm

dcseain

g'night ballet

11:26 pm

balletslippers

hehe, clever one dc....

11:26 pm

balletslippers

*poof*

11:26 pm

mkg

im 4 first one is not coming. got second one.

11:26 pm

herinfernallady

Hi. I have found ten words who wants to hedge bets I finish

11:26 pm

dcseain

im4 -- islamic holy leader

11:26 pm

dcseain

LOL herin

11:27 pm

mkg

boy, that one i should have figured out. ty dc.

11:27 pm

herinfernallady

I am going to give it a crack

11:29 pm

dcseain

go, go herin!

11:30 pm

dcseain

op 8,9,9,8,9,9,10,9 -- US and Brit spellings

11:30 pm

herinfernallady

gives me good typing practice

11:30 pm

gabiim

WOOOOOOOOO OH HECK YES! OH~ OHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! 30 more minutes, baby!

11:31 pm

mkg

ma 5 22 please? i wont make it. have 48 left.

11:31 pm

mkg

and distractions.

11:31 pm

dcseain

ma5.22 -- one who walks a ma4, or creates one

11:32 pm

mkg

walks a mile, but ma..........

11:33 pm

mkg

oh i see there are two. i need first one way up above. sorry dc.

11:33 pm

dfmchfhf

ma5/22 corn

11:33 pm

mkg

ty got it.

11:33 pm

dcseain

ma5.22-- another word for corn

11:34 pm

mkg

ma 5 14 needed after the arithmatic class is now called ma** class.

11:35 pm

dcseain

plural the class

11:35 pm

dcseain

british term for those classes

11:36 pm

mkg

there is a british term?

11:36 pm

mkg

ok the plural. ty.

11:36 pm

dcseain

plural the ma** class, yes

11:36 pm

mkg

on t omissing mi words. mi 5 22 please.

11:37 pm

dcseain

mi, hook high point, vowel

11:37 pm

dcseain

then plural

11:37 pm

mkg

got htem ty.

11:38 pm

mkg

mo 6 21 second one please?

11:39 pm

dcseain

mo6 -- the meow mix cat

11:39 pm

dcseain

then plural for mo8

11:39 pm

mkg

ty. now isnt that a name?

11:39 pm

mkg

40 left.

11:39 pm

dcseain

it's also a type of pike/stick, as it turns out

11:39 pm

mkg

no 5 12 the first one please?

11:40 pm

dcseain

same first three as word before it, then ends with greek vowel pair like ** vey

11:41 pm

mkg

got it ty

11:42 pm

mkg

missing last no 4 5. yuk. hate missing 4sa.

11:42 pm

mkg

ghot it anyway. on to o s

11:42 pm

mkg

op 8 50 missing. have the six but cant figure out how to add to it.

11:42 pm

dcseain

om4 -- leave something out

11:43 pm

dcseain

british spelling of op8.75 -- change last consonant

11:43 pm

mkg

do they spell it differently? ugh.

11:43 pm

dcseain

then past and plural

11:43 pm

stidmama

hey all. how's this one?

11:44 pm

dfmchfhf

you Americans spell it wrongly ;oP

11:44 pm

stidmama

oh -- hasn't changed yet, eh?

11:44 pm

dcseain

yes, they use Z much less than we do. they sub a similarly shaped letter

11:44 pm

mkg

got them all dc. ty.

11:44 pm

dcseain

evening, stid, no not changed yet

11:45 pm

dcseain

go, go mkg!

11:45 pm

mkg

28 left.

11:45 pm

dcseain

or5 like mo6 w/out the M, then plural for or7

11:45 pm

dfmchfhf

go mkg!

11:45 pm

mkg

pr 5 14 second one please?

11:45 pm

mkg

nm got it.

11:45 pm

dcseain

k

11:46 pm

mkg

po 5 please dc.

11:46 pm

dcseain

type of Indian bread -- add vowel to the po** house

11:46 pm

mkg

nm got them. sorry.

11:46 pm

dcseain

then plural

11:46 pm

mkg

moving to r words

11:46 pm

mkg

245

11:46 pm

mkg

ri 5 10 first one?????????

11:46 pm

mkg

i meant 24 left.

11:47 pm

stidmama

thanks seain

11:47 pm

dcseain

like spanish aunt plural

11:47 pm

dcseain

you and yours are well, i hope, stid?

11:47 pm

cosdem

hello all

11:47 pm

dcseain

ri + ** good ** it gets

11:47 pm

dcseain

hi, cos

11:48 pm

mkg

not getting it. have the 4 above.

11:48 pm

stidmama

yes, thanks seain. have been catching snippets of your weekend here and at facebook, sounds like a nice break from your usual routine!

11:48 pm

stidmama

hey cos!

11:48 pm

cosdem

how is everyone

11:49 pm

dcseain

it has been, thanks. I'm sickish again.

11:49 pm

dcseain

been napping off and on all day, trying to drink enough to slake my insatiable thirst

11:50 pm

stidmama

sorry to hear that seain -- today was my first fully functional day in a week. Hope you recover sooner than I did.

11:50 pm

mkg

dc never got that anut ri. ri and then twice the **? wont take it. what am i doing wrong?

11:50 pm

dcseain

oh, ri5 -- sorry -- ends with ***lante

11:50 pm

dcseain

thanks, stid. so for, just miserably stuffy head

11:50 pm

dfmchfhf

hi cos! :o)

11:50 pm

mkg

ty got htem.

11:50 pm

mkg

21 left.

11:50 pm

dcseain

not twice, only once, mkg

11:50 pm

mkg

sh 6 please?

11:51 pm

mkg

ty got it.

11:51 pm

stidmama

go mkg go!

11:51 pm

dcseain

si6 -- extend the road si4

11:51 pm

dcseain

si6 add nighttime orb

11:53 pm

mkg

ty got the 6 and 7. 19 left.

11:54 pm

mkg

si 4 6 after the 6 21 please.

11:54 pm

stidmama

oh! down to 44, thanks to all these wonderful clues!

11:54 pm

dcseain

si**son

11:54 pm

mkg

15.

11:55 pm

mkg

ty got it.

11:55 pm

mkg

ta 7 first oe please?

11:56 pm

dcseain

ta ****ed potatoes, vowel

11:57 pm

mkg

ma**ed potoatoes? wont take it.

11:58 pm

dcseain

add a vowel to the end

11:58 pm

dcseain

ta + ****ed potatoes and then a vowel

11:58 pm

herinfernallady

Welll I got to 43 left I must be off. Have fun

11:58 pm

mkg

got it. ty

11:58 pm

mkg

need next ta 5 please.

11:59 pm

dcseain

ta + ***sile, rocket

11:59 pm

dcseain

then plural for ta7

11:59 pm

MLFAN17

hello

11:59 pm

FishFishGarden

morning all...

11:59 pm

gabiim

1 min

12:00 am

MLFAN17

hi fishfish

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