Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, January 11, 2011

12:00 am

jillibus

hi flosey -- so do I
flip

12:00 am

crpw48

flip

12:00 am

flosey

flip

12:00 am

MLFAN17

97? what is up with this small grids geez??

12:00 am

jillibus

and we got out wish

12:00 am

VolleymomDee

flip; hi all; hugs flosey; jili

12:00 am

flosey

whoopeee

12:00 am

flosey

hi Dee

12:01 am

jillibus

hi dee hi and all too

12:01 am

justafreep

en7 x 2

12:01 am

kimmtoats

flip!

12:01 am

justafreep

or 2% of the grid, one could say

12:02 am

Pinikula

* flip * (ps: we lost by a field goal in one heck of a game...)

12:02 am

MLFAN17

EN 6/7

12:02 am

justafreep

ce8 x 2

12:02 am

dfmchfhf

oops, Babble without Images isn`t much, is it
*flip*

12:03 am

justafreep

en7 x 3

12:03 am

dfmchfhf

freep beat me to the ce8 by a second...

12:04 am

jillibus

got it too (the ce8)

12:04 am

MLFAN17

IN 6/7

12:04 am

justafreep

in7 x 2

12:04 am

Pinikula

make that in6 7 7, mlf

12:05 am

MLFAN17

oh yeah thanks pinik i should have gotten that before

12:06 am

VolleymomDee

en 7 x 3

12:08 am

VolleymomDee

oops sorry freep... missed yours

12:08 am

MLFAN17

CE 7 8 8 was called right?

12:08 am

Pinikula

yup

12:09 am

justafreep

that's it, dee. I'm leaving :-)

12:09 am

VolleymomDee

you better not!!!

12:09 am

VolleymomDee

help with d in the last column please

12:10 am

MLFAN17

i need that too dee

12:10 am

justafreep

i don't have that one either

12:10 am

VolleymomDee

de 6/36... found it... nbt!

12:10 am

jillibus

wtg dee!

12:10 am

flosey

wtg Dee

12:11 am

Pinikula

wd dee

12:11 am

MLFAN17

RE 6

12:11 am

justafreep

thanks, dee. I got it... but that's not a word, is it?

12:11 am

VolleymomDee

ty... I sure have never seen it

12:12 am

jillibus

that's what bills do (de6)

12:12 am

MLFAN17

stats for the U on the first column please?

12:12 am

flosey

thanks Dee, found it and I agree, strange

12:12 am

Pinikula

un5

12:13 am

MLFAN17

thanks pinik got that U

12:13 am

VolleymomDee

I think unendure should be a word... doesn't sound any worse than other ones we have...

12:13 am

jillibus

too right, dee

12:14 am

jillibus

just need the N in the middle for nbt -- stats?

12:14 am

Pinikula

de6 you say? hmmmm...

12:15 am

Pinikula

nu4 nu5

12:15 am

dizgrannie

nu 4/ 5 Jilli

12:15 am

Uneaixoise

nu4/5 sounds like a geek

12:16 am

jillibus

ty pini -- thought that had an E in it

12:16 am

jillibus

nbt :-)

12:16 am

Pinikula

it usually does in my book, too, jilli

12:16 am

jillibus

and nbs, I see

12:16 am

flosey

wtg jilli

12:16 am

VolleymomDee

wtg jili

12:17 am

flosey

I'm missing both u

12:18 am

MLFAN17

U on the third column stats please?

12:18 am

Uneaixoise

ur4 ode on a grecian . . .

12:18 am

Pinikula

un5

12:18 am

dfmchfhf

sc8

12:18 am

Pinikula

ur4

12:18 am

jillibus

and un6

12:18 am

flosey

missing the first column u now

12:19 am

Pinikula

un5, flosey

12:19 am

VolleymomDee

ty for the sc 8 df... new one for me

12:19 am

justafreep

whoa. thanks dfm. that bottom s still perplexes me, though

12:19 am

Pinikula

si4

12:19 am

dfmchfhf

I have 6 of 8 for the bottom S

12:19 am

Uneaixoise

un5 library book doesn't have to be returned yet :-)

12:19 am

Pinikula

make that si4 x 2 (at least)

12:20 am

jillibus

that's because you don't commit them, freep

12:20 am

justafreep

i only have 5 down there

12:20 am

Uneaixoise

sc5 x 2

12:20 am

flosey

nbt

12:20 am

Uneaixoise

sc5 x 3

12:20 am

Pinikula

the de is still eluding me

12:20 am

dfmchfhf

bottom S has at least 3sc4 sc8 2si4

12:21 am

VolleymomDee

6 here... sc 5/12; 8/50; 5/14; 5/12 si 4/5; 4/4 so far...

12:21 am

jillibus

wtg flosey

12:21 am

dfmchfhf

I have the same as dee

12:21 am

justafreep

same as me, dee

12:21 am

justafreep

ahh. si6/7

12:22 am

VolleymomDee

hmm

12:22 am

dfmchfhf

thanks freep

12:23 am

gortmold

hey babblers, can anyone please tell me what the 3rd letter in the sc8 is?

12:24 am

dfmchfhf

same as only 1 of the 3 sc5s, gort

12:25 am

Pinikula

got it! ;) (still missing the de6 tho)

12:25 am

Christine

Has anyone called CE7, 8, 8 ??

12:25 am

gortmold

so is that an a an e or an l

12:25 am

jillibus

yes, christine

12:25 am

dfmchfhf

7+s have been called, christine ;o)

12:26 am

Christine

ooops ... left the room, and missed it.

12:26 am

Pinikula

a, gort

12:26 am

rururocks

I hAVE TWO ce 8's what is the third?

12:26 am

gortmold

thanks pini

12:27 am

jillibus

it's 7, 8, 8 ru

12:27 am

dfmchfhf

third is sc8, ruru

12:28 am

Pinikula

could someone push me over the edge for the de6 (for nbt and pillow)

12:29 am

dfmchfhf

like the re6, pini

12:29 am

rururocks

de + what you do with your ira

12:29 am

gortmold

minus money, pini

12:29 am

Pinikula

that's a word????

12:29 am

gortmold

come on everyone, let's all help :)

12:29 am

Pinikula

(NBT :))

12:30 am

gortmold

my town is flooded with worst floods ever and all i can complain of is mild damp

12:30 am

flosey

wtg Pini\

12:30 am

Pinikula

hope it goes away soon, gort...and dries out quickly ;)

12:30 am

flosey

so now, sweet dreams

12:31 am

jillibus

oh geez, gort, are you in Queensland?

12:31 am

Erda

Are you in Brisbane, gort?

12:31 am

Pinikula

nighty night all...cya tmw (*poof*)

12:31 am

jillibus

wtg pini

12:31 am

gortmold

worse than that jili, i'm in toowoomba which was the worst hit yesterday

12:31 am

gortmold

brisbane is getting it tonight or tomorrow

12:32 am

Uneaixoise

oh, gortmold, so sorry to hear that!!

12:32 am

jillibus

Oh, rotten, gort! Are you all building an ark?

12:32 am

gortmold

(toowoomba is drought-stricken, land-locked, 90 mins inland of brisbane)

12:32 am

Erda

So sad -- and everyone is so helpless!

12:33 am

gortmold

thanks une; me and my people are all ok, but there are 8 dead and 64 missing

12:33 am

rururocks

watches animals walk by in pairs...

12:33 am

Uneaixoise

have been following the developments on the news but didn't know you were THERE

12:33 am

jillibus

please forgive my facetiousness -- it really is tragic.

12:33 am

gortmold

too right ru; we have a saying in queensland: when it floods in Toowoomba, it's time to build an ark

12:34 am

gortmold

never apologise for facetiousness! :)

12:34 am

gortmold

we're on top of a mountain in the heart of dry country for crying out loud!

12:35 am

jillibus

Mt Ararat, gort?

12:35 am

gortmold

i actually find it really exhilarating right up until you hear the body count

12:35 am

gortmold

lol right on jili

12:36 am

anike

Last time I was in Toowoomba we had just towed a large trailer up that hill from Ipswich and you assume that is high ground and safe from floods but all the images on Tv are so devastating. We really feel for everyone there. We have houses being destroyed by fire on this side of the country.

12:36 am

gortmold

you poor sausages. if we could get our water and your flames together, we would have...a very soggy bbq

12:37 am

jillibus

over halfway

12:37 am

jillibus

we live on a dangerous planet

12:37 am

anike

It.s been an amazing couple of years in our "lucky country". There has been so much devastation in the way of drought, flood and fires.

12:37 am

justafreep

fireworks (which might not go off due to the sad floods)

12:38 am

ursh

hello all - we also having lots of very heavy rain in SA and was reading Aus floods and SA linked by same weather phenomena

12:38 am

jillibus

well done freep!

12:38 am

gortmold

yeah we do, but when you see the raging torrents that the cbd turned into, it's incredible that the death toll is so low

12:38 am

jillibus

hi ursh

12:38 am

anike

We also have floods in our north west

12:39 am

gortmold

we don't like to do things half-assed in oz, do we anike

12:39 am

Christine

Sounds like So.Cal.

12:39 am

anike

No - everything seems to come at the same time.

12:39 am

dfmchfhf

anyone greyed the F yet

12:40 am

gortmold

yup dfm, wanna hand?

12:40 am

jillibus

not me, dfm

12:40 am

grannyrose

yup, and hello from down under

12:40 am

gortmold

heya granny

12:40 am

anike

justafreep must have dfm

12:40 am

dfmchfhf

5fe 3fu what`s the last

12:41 am

justafreep

fe 4, 4, 5, 4, 4 fu 4 4 6 4

12:41 am

grannyrose

fe4,4,5,4,4,....fu4,4,6,4

12:41 am

kimmtoats

Lickety, HELP!!

12:41 am

dfmchfhf

grr my keyboard is somehow stuck in Canadian French...

12:41 am

grannyrose

snap freep

12:41 am

gortmold

what granny and jus said

12:42 am

justafreep

wow, granny. we're like seconds apart, if that!

12:42 am

dfmchfhf

oh, how did I miss that!

12:43 am

grannyrose

well i did take a few secs to put the dots in. *grin*

12:43 am

jillibus

dfm, go up to the top right black thing

12:43 am

VolleymomDee

anyone have all the u's... 2 short from the middle

12:43 am

jillibus

I assume you're using Wind7 on a laptop

12:43 am

dfmchfhf

no, my language bar disappeared and I should have everything but Dvorak disabled.

12:44 am

dfmchfhf

un6 ur4 ur4 is what I have dee

12:44 am

justafreep

un 5, 6, ur 4 4, us 5

12:44 am

kimmtoats

what is wind7, if I may ask?

12:44 am

VolleymomDee

ty!!

12:44 am

jillibus

I meant Win7 (Windows 7)

12:45 am

dfmchfhf

this is why I run Linux usually -.-
need to get that reinstalled... eventually...

12:45 am

dfmchfhf

some day...

12:45 am

jillibus

can't help you dfm -- you're out of my league

12:46 am

kimmtoats

oh, gotcha! I keep thinking that ya'all know some tricks that I don't know about!

12:46 am

jillibus

dfm may, kimm...

12:46 am

VolleymomDee

ca 6/30

12:47 am

dfmchfhf

yeah, editing files in system32 is dangerous <.<

12:47 am

grannyrose

missing an i...freep can you plse list?

12:47 am

VolleymomDee

in 6, 7, 7, is 4, 4

12:47 am

justafreep

in6, 7, 7 is 4, 4

12:48 am

grannyrose

thanx dee

12:48 am

dfmchfhf

Is are
is4 4
in 6 7 7

12:48 am

grannyrose

and freep

12:48 am

dfmchfhf

(oh don't I know my alphabet. -.-)

12:49 am

VolleymomDee

fireworks yw

12:49 am

VolleymomDee

shall I put a list in my profile?

12:49 am

dfmchfhf

9 to go

12:49 am

grannyrose

plse dee

12:49 am

anike

15 to go but must take my mother to doctors appt so will return to finish later

12:50 am

kimmtoats

how about for the second D?

12:50 am

jillibus

wd anike and good wishes to your mother

12:50 am

dfmchfhf

de6, kimm

12:51 am

dfmchfhf

hah, nbt at 5 left!

12:52 am

VolleymomDee

should be in my profile; let me know if it isn't

12:52 am

kimmtoats

I need an 8.

12:53 am

grannyrose

thanx dee, it's there

12:53 am

VolleymomDee

great and yw!

12:53 am

gapeach

Do we have the list yet?

12:53 am

dfmchfhf

last word missing e6?

12:53 am

kimmtoats

no

12:53 am

VolleymomDee

in my profile ga

12:53 am

grannyrose

in dee's profile peach

12:54 am

VolleymomDee

5 en 6's df

12:54 am

gapeach

Thanks, dee and granny.

12:54 am

VolleymomDee

yw... community effort!

12:55 am

dfmchfhf

huh, it was one eaten by Babble (en6 before the 2en7) :o(

12:55 am

kimmtoats

anyone have a clue for an 8?

12:55 am

dfmchfhf

I don't get to see fireworks today then...

12:56 am

VolleymomDee

**^^** fireworks for df**^^**

12:56 am

kimmtoats

Nice work, Dee!!

12:57 am

VolleymomDee

:~)

12:58 am

VolleymomDee

well I need to poof for now.... have a great day / eve all!!!

12:58 am

flosey

thanks once again Dee

12:58 am

jillibus

Wheee deee!

12:59 am

VolleymomDee

yw *waving****

1:00 am

grannyrose

can't believe i didn't see the un6....

1:00 am

grannyrose

oh....byeeeee dee

1:00 am

jillibus

So tired -- 36 left and I'm leaving them for tomorrow -- G'night all and *poof*

1:00 am

grannyrose

nite jilli. sleep well, hun

1:02 am

flosey

g'nite jilli

1:08 am

grannyrose

yipes, just checked the weather radar for melbourne town, a big storm is heading my way...going to batten the hatches

1:11 am

herinfernallady

HI

1:12 am

flosey

oh granny, good luck

1:14 am

grannyrose

hey herin((((hugs)))))

1:14 am

justafreep

sorry. I had to depart for a sec. did Dee make a list?

1:14 am

herinfernallady

HUGS

1:14 am

herinfernallady

Storm?

1:15 am

flosey

yes freep, in her bio

1:15 am

justafreep

great. then I am gone, too. Good luck, all!

1:15 am

flosey

I put it in mine if that's easier for you

1:16 am

grannyrose

herin, check out the BOM weather radar map

1:20 am

herinfernallady

errr

1:20 am

herinfernallady

Mostly over your area

1:22 am

grannyrose

oh well, good that it misses you...

1:23 am

grannyrose

herin , start 3 weeks annual leave next monday, can we get together?

1:24 am

herinfernallady

YES> Because I start work at on Feb 5

1:25 am

grannyrose

ooohhh, goodie. any day, bar thursdays. will call you next week...mother mac goes into respite wednesday

1:26 am

grannyrose

AND YOU HAVE A JOB!!!!! congrats herin

1:26 am

herinfernallady

O is she ok?

1:26 am

herinfernallady

or is this a respite for you?

1:26 am

grannyrose

she's fine, we just need some time for ourselves

1:33 am

herinfernallady

Fair enough

1:33 am

herinfernallady

I was just looking at the flood videos

1:34 am

grannyrose

scary, aren't they? babble gort lives in towoomba, where my cousin lives, and my aunt is in gympie

1:35 am

herinfernallady

Is Gort Ok/

1:35 am

herinfernallady

Tbar is under again

1:37 am

grannyrose

she was on earlier, herin, so guess all is ok with her

1:41 am

grannyrose

need to go and get dinner ready, on call in 20 mins, and the hospital has an uncanny knack of calling me in before i have eaten. see you at the flip

1:41 am

herinfernallady

Loves

1:42 am

grannyrose

*poof*

1:42 am

herinfernallady

poof

1:54 am

flosey

I'm off to bed, goodnight all - or anyone still around

1:54 am

flosey

16 left for tomorrow

1:56 am

diem

Im just on,night flosey sleep well

1:56 am

diem

hi all

1:57 am

gapeach

Be safe, grannyrose.

1:58 am

sprite

morning all

2:00 am

gapeach

Sweet dreams flosey.

2:00 am

gapeach

Morning sprite.

2:00 am

sprite

hiya peach

2:04 am

gapeach

Hey there, diem.

2:04 am

gapeach

Hey there, diem.

2:04 am

gapeach

Hey there, diem.

2:04 am

sprite

what is the verdict, small and sweet or tiny and tight?

2:04 am

gapeach

Hey there, diem.

2:04 am

gapeach

Hey there, diem.

2:04 am

gapeach

Hey there, diem.

2:04 am

gapeach

Hey there, diem.

2:04 am

sprite

lol... the hiccup ate my other post. Hiya peach!

2:04 am

gapeach

Sorry, puter is nuts.....I"m not far behind.

2:04 am

gapeach

Hey there, Sprite.

2:04 am

sprite

no, it is the usual 2 am hiccup, don't worry about your 'puter/

2:05 am

gapeach

Oh, thanks, I didn't know about it.

2:06 am

sprite

I believe it is the time that the server is reset. Makes the site freeze for a minute or two.

2:08 am

gapeach

How is the weather there, sprite?

2:08 am

sprite

very, very wet atm, lol. But no snow and no ice, so there is some improvement.

2:10 am

gapeach

We have about two inches of ice....started yesterday....most everything is closed down....we don't have the facilities for clearing the ice....lots of accidents.

2:11 am

sprite

that is awful :(
Do you have some food stored at home?

2:12 am

diem

hi gape , sprite, had to leave for a sec was not ignoring you

2:13 am

sprite

hi diem, wb

2:13 am

diem

tks

2:13 am

gapeach

Yes, thankfully, some friends brought food over before it started....just hoping we don't lose power. Everything is electric. Ours are underground....but some above ground may be on our grid.

2:14 am

sprite

will keep fingers crossed for you, peach

2:15 am

mari

morning all - Diem can you take a call?

2:15 am

gapeach

Thanks so much.

2:15 am

sprite

hi mari

2:15 am

diem

yes give me 2 mins

2:15 am

gapeach

+

2:16 am

gapeach

It was when I accidently hit the keyboard....sorry.

2:17 am

sprite

frustrated, peach? ;)

2:18 am

gapeach

Yep. :)

2:18 am

sprite

grin, I know the feeling

2:20 am

gran

How many words today please

2:21 am

sprite

97, gran

2:21 am

gapeach

97, gran.

2:21 am

gran

Thanks

2:21 am

sprite

yw and good luck

2:30 am

gapeach

Remember when Elvis shot the tv's when he didn't like what was playing?......well, I think I'm beginning to feel that way about this grid....I think I'll come back later.....nite, nite.

2:30 am

sprite

lol, night peach, sleep well.

2:32 am

lynxxx

Hello Sprite! Lovely to see you. Hello Gran too

2:32 am

sprite

hi lyn, and vice versa :) xxx

2:34 am

sprite

oh, beautiful icon, lyn!

2:35 am

lynxxx

Hope so! Bought it a week or so ago but delivery has been a bit slow

2:35 am

sprite

so you don't have the original yet?

2:35 am

zoozzoom

Hello, All :-)

2:35 am

sprite

hi zooz :) *hug*

2:36 am

lynxxx

No, this is the photo that was on the website that I bought it from.

2:36 am

lynxxx

Morning Zooz

2:37 am

sprite

I hope you get it soon. It looks very beautiful.

2:40 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

2:40 am

sprite

thanks, lickety

2:40 am

lynxxx

TY Lickety - HNY, hope its a good one

2:40 am

zoozzoom

Thanks, Lickety :-)

2:41 am

sprite

lol... final word is the 8!

2:42 am

lynxxx

Congrats Sprite!

2:42 am

zoozzoom

WTG Spritey

2:42 am

sprite

not yet... don't have that 8 yet :) It is the S8. Can I beg for a clue yet?

2:43 am

lynxxx

You could beg but not get one from me!

2:43 am

sprite

no use in begging then, grin.

2:43 am

zoozzoom

Only just started, Sprite..sorry.

2:44 am

sprite

a2z to the rescue then.

2:46 am

Haz1558

sc8 - to the musical term add a backwards heavenly heater.

2:46 am

lynxxx

aha - TY Haz - sounds like something your husband would atten d to

2:47 am

Haz1558

Possibly!

2:48 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Haz. Thanks for the sc8.

2:49 am

sprite

brb

2:49 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, zooz. Hello to all.

2:56 am

sprite

so sorry, telephone. Thanks Haz! That is fireworks. Not su4 I have seen that 8 before.

2:56 am

Haz1558

Congratulations, sprite!

2:57 am

sprite

definition:
any of three muscles on each side of the neck, the action of which raises the first and second ribs in respiration and assists in bending the neck to one side

2:58 am

sprite

and hi Haz, hope you are well today?

2:58 am

Haz1558

I am, thanks. Yourself?

2:59 am

sprite

yes am well enough, will go out in the rain with the Terror dog. He loves the rain. I don't, grin.
Bye all, have a lovely day.

3:00 am

lynxxx

mmm the Terror dog? sounds like he picked up some bad habits

3:00 am

Haz1558

Bye, sprite. I'd better head off as well. Cheerio!

3:00 am

lynxxx

bye Sprite

3:00 am

sprite

nah, no bad habits at all. He is a darling. We just like to fool around with his name ;)

3:01 am

lynxxx

Bye Haz

3:05 am

lynxxx

BBL

3:19 am

sami1986

hi, how many words today :)

3:21 am

rbud

97

3:21 am

zoozzoom

97 today, Sami.

3:22 am

sami1986

thankyou X

3:56 am

rubyfoo

good morning

3:56 am

rubyfoo

3:57 am

zoozzoom

((((Ruby))))

3:58 am

rubyfoo

how are you? is it cold there?

3:59 am

zoozzoom

No it is very mild today..but it rained very hard last night.

3:59 am

rubyfoo

we've had above-freezing weather for more than a week. I'm afraid trees will start to bud and be struck dead by a frost

4:01 am

zoozzoom

That is a problem...lets hope it does not happen.

4:02 am

rubyfoo

some years, we've had tulips in flower under snow in April

4:06 am

zoozzoom

Now that is early...Finding it hard to type at the moment..lokking after my sisters micro chiwawa.

4:06 am

zoozzoom

http://tinyurl.com/6b4j5ns

4:07 am

zoozzoom

thats exactly what it looks like..lol

4:07 am

rubyfoo

do you keep it in a teacup?

4:07 am

zoozzoom

She has a Big cage for her size..lol...nice and comfy for her.

4:09 am

rubyfoo

surfer

4:09 am

rubyfoo

whoops

4:09 am

rubyfoo

sorry!

4:09 am

rubyfoo

slinking off to PB

4:09 am

zoozzoom

don`t worry got that already. :-)

4:09 am

rubyfoo

phew!

4:12 am

zoozzoom

Any clues for the `D` on the right?

4:13 am

rubyfoo

nope, it's one of my many goose eggs

4:14 am

Chris P

de + savings

4:14 am

rubyfoo

this is a hard grid but almost have half

4:14 am

rubyfoo

just no u's or several others

4:14 am

zoozzoom

defund

4:14 am

zoozzoom

poo...oh so sorry.

4:14 am

Chris P

that's it!

4:14 am

rubyfoo

ty chris (and zzoozz)

4:16 am

rubyfoo

any idea for the u's?

4:17 am

zoozzoom

ur4

4:17 am

rubyfoo

fish slap for ruby!

4:18 am

rubyfoo

ty zzoozz

4:20 am

rubyfoo

now missing left-hand u and middle n for nbt

4:21 am

rubyfoo

but I love all those en's!

4:22 am

zoozzoom

nu 4 like another word for poo..but with `N` instead of `T`

4:23 am

rubyfoo

that's a babblet, right

4:23 am

rubyfoo

that's a babblet, right

4:23 am

rubyfoo

ty zzz

4:26 am

zoozzoom

At last managed to get the dog off my arms..lol

4:26 am

rubyfoo

got the left u! yay nbt and 35 words to go

4:26 am

zoozzoom

Good going, Ruby :-)

4:27 am

rubyfoo

if my dog got on my arm, I'd be paralyzed!

4:27 am

rubyfoo

time for campari for husband, see you later!

4:27 am

rubyfoo

*poof*

4:28 am

rubyfoo

4:28 am

rubyfoo

(and thanks chris, if you're still here)

4:29 am

zoozzoom

(((Ruby)))

4:35 am

frogface

good morning babblers, one and all xxxx

4:44 am

dom

ed

4:45 am

frogface

morning dom - and ed !!!

4:58 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Frog :-)

5:00 am

frogface

good day zoo am away for a bit but will yak later xxx

5:00 am

zoozzoom

Thats ok..i am also on & off.

5:33 am

lil*monkey

I seriously can't believe there are 9 C words from the bottom C

5:34 am

lil*monkey

i have 4

5:36 am

lil*monkey

now 5

5:37 am

disneyjessi

i'm missing 2, monkey

5:37 am

lil*monkey

hmmm now just noticed there are 8 S words from the bottom! WTF?

5:37 am

disneyjessi

now 1

5:38 am

FMitch

The only really strange one is the ca6/30

5:38 am

lil*monkey

OK thanks, I don't have that

5:38 am

disneyjessi

that's the one i'm missing

5:39 am

lil*monkey

i'm down to 2 Cs left to find

5:39 am

lil*monkey

then I have to leave for work

5:40 am

lil*monkey

hahah! got the ca6/30

5:40 am

movieman

i have all the c's!!!!!!!

5:40 am

FMitch

WTG!

5:40 am

lil*monkey

i need one more

5:40 am

lil*monkey

how many ca 's ?

5:41 am

FMitch

mm, my man - where have you been?? Haven't seen you for ages.

5:41 am

Hansa

help with the ca6, 30, please!

5:41 am

movieman

4 ca's monkey

5:41 am

FMitch

4 x ca

5:41 am

lil*monkey

OK got all the Cs!!!!! yay

5:41 am

lil*monkey

hansa, use the high-poinjt tile in the middle of the word

5:41 am

movieman

Been playing, just not chatting...lol

5:41 am

lil*monkey

bye all, i'm leaving for work now *poof*

5:42 am

FMitch

well it is good to see you :)

5:42 am

FMitch

Bye lil*m

5:42 am

Flask1

Hi all......clue please for un6/24 please?

5:42 am

Hansa

new word for me, thanks so much! any clue for the sc 8?

5:42 am

movieman

un+shoe string flask

5:43 am

Hansa

flask:what you need to do to take your shoes off!

5:43 am

disneyjessi

un + la 4/5

5:43 am

Flask1

Ooh thanx Movieman!!

5:43 am

Ouwachita

any clue for the de?

5:43 am

movieman

yw flask

5:44 am

FMitch

sc8 - what you practice on a piano and opp of moon (backwards) and if that works I will be a happy bunny :)

5:44 am

Flask1

...and Ouwachita, disney and Hansa!

5:44 am

FMitch

Hi Flask and Ouw et al

5:44 am

EspritdJean

that works fmitch!

5:45 am

Flask1

Hey Mitch!

5:45 am

Ouwachita

good morning everyone

5:45 am

FMitch

yay!

5:45 am

disneyjessi

Morning!

5:45 am

Hansa

Fmitch, ty, that struck a chord!

5:46 am

FMitch

de6/36 - take all the assets and $ perhaps?
LOL Hansa

5:46 am

Ouwachita

got it thanks

5:48 am

Flask1

fireworks for me.......thanx or the clue!.....byeeeeeeeeeee

5:48 am

FMitch

Congrats Flask!

5:55 am

movieman

Are all the h words obvious ones?

5:57 am

zoozzoom

i would day they are, MM

5:58 am

zoozzoom

say*

6:01 am

movieman

ty zoom

6:18 am

Trifioso

hello friends. wow, I got nbt very quickly today! probs means I won't find another word for hours....haha ha

6:41 am

herinfernallady

Hi

6:48 am

mrpresident

hi all :)

6:56 am

herinfernallady

Hi Mr P

6:56 am

mrpresident

hi infern... I am in tears. The news of QLD is just so so saddening. I can't believe it is going to get worse!

6:57 am

herinfernallady

It is so sad. That poor little boy

6:59 am

mrpresident

and a couple of toddlers at Gratham are now gone... just awful!

7:00 am

herinfernallady

what :(

7:00 am

herinfernallady

All my friends family is safe thank goodness she left as it happened

7:00 am

mrpresident

5 kids now... and it hurts like hell watching the footage of the waters

7:01 am

EvaNadine

herin + mrp -- my thoughts are with you + your country during all of this!

7:01 am

herinfernallady

Just reading the local news for the area. Tbar is my friends home town

7:02 am

herinfernallady

Hi Evan

7:02 am

mrpresident

thanks eva... is a catastrophic event that is only going to get worse over the next couple of days.

7:03 am

herinfernallady

One lady said that she looked across the road and the water was running down the gutter quiet fast and she went to the back of the office got a coffee and turned around walked to the front and the water was seeping into the building

7:03 am

SaraY

here in Canberra we have had lots of rain but absolutely nothing compared to what parts of Queensland are going through - watching news footage seems to resemble a horror movie not real life.

7:04 am

herinfernallady

Hi Sara

7:04 am

mrpresident

it truly is horror.

7:05 am

SaraY

... and now it is going to hit north-eastern New South Wales as it flows southwards.

7:05 am

SaraY

Hi herin

7:06 am

mrpresident

yes, it is already at Bellinger.

7:06 am

SaraY

Apparently Grafton is expecting the worst.

7:06 am

herinfernallady

http://tinyurl.com/4guew2u Roof top footage. My friends mum was in that care park 30 min before handwas

7:08 am

mrpresident

All the Grafton area is so low lying too... everyone will be flooded

7:08 am

SaraY

The Australian today had a photo of a couple and their little boy sitting on the roof of their car - nobody knows where they are now.

7:09 am

car.eeyore

Morning!!!

7:10 am

mrpresident

hi car :)

7:10 am

herinfernallady

Hi Car

7:10 am

car.eeyore

Oh No! Just read back in the chog! Prayers are with you all.

7:10 am

herinfernallady

My friends nephew went to the back streets to get back to tbar

7:10 am

mrpresident

is hell on earth car... just unreal

7:12 am

SaraY

They say it will be worse than the 1974/5 floods - but now the population is even larger. It is all very heart-breaking. I have finished the grid and about to check out - if anyone wants any clues I will do my best.

7:12 am

herinfernallady

Having lost most of my stuff in a flood not good. Having it happen 3 times like my friends friend would make me leave

7:12 am

periwinkle

hello mrp, so good to see you, so sorry to hear about what is going on in your area

7:12 am

periwinkle

herin, are you ok

7:12 am

periwinkle

help with Dpls

7:13 am

periwinkle

nm monkeys are up

7:13 am

periwinkle

nbt

7:13 am

mrpresident

hi peri :)

7:13 am

herinfernallady

I am fine. This happened in one of our sudden down pours.

7:13 am

car.eeyore

I have 3 du 4/6's so far

7:13 am

EvaNadine

being totally unfamiliar with the layout of Australia, are these events going on anywhere near Sydney or Adelaide?

7:13 am

Anniebrook

How awful. My heart goes out to everyone suffering from the floods in Queensland

7:14 am

mrpresident

no eva... they are ok.

7:14 am

herinfernallady

Eva Top of NSW is wet wet wet. If you get a google map of Aus and look at NSW then put that over Queensland that is how much is under

7:14 am

mrpresident

the area that is affected is north of sydney, but will come down through the river systems and cause damage

7:15 am

herinfernallady

With the rains here wiping out crops and now Queensland I get a feeling wheat, sugar and fruits are going to go through the roof

7:15 am

mrpresident

hi annie and thank you. I am stunned and teary and just so sorry it is going to get worse.

7:15 am

EvaNadine

i suppose i get to breathe a tiny sigh of relief. thats where my friends are.

7:15 am

SaraY

Hi car, there are 5 du 4/6's - help me help you

7:15 am

EvaNadine

oh, what about Brisbaine.

7:15 am

EvaNadine

?

7:15 am

mrpresident

brisbane is screwed

7:15 am

car.eeyore

TY saraY! I just started and was trying to help out Peri.

7:16 am

mrpresident

the city is abandoned and the electricity is being cut in 7 hours to all of Brisbane.

7:16 am

car.eeyore

Oh my goodness.

7:16 am

SaraY

Brisbane is expecting approx. 6,500 homes and businesses to be flooded.

7:17 am

Anniebrook

Terrible.

7:17 am

mrpresident

if you go to www.smh.com.au it is a good source of info about what is happening. And the footage is all there too

7:17 am

EvaNadine

oh dear. i do have a friend living in brisbaine. thankfully, i think they arent in that area at the moment.

7:17 am

herinfernallady

They have to cut power to save things

7:18 am

herinfernallady

http://www.thechronicle.com.au/ The local Tbar papers

7:18 am

Trifioso

Hello again friends. Herin, MR. P, I really hope you are all safe and well there. I am praying for you all

7:18 am

Trifioso

is perth affected?

7:18 am

EvaNadine

::prayers::

7:18 am

Trifioso

adelaide?

7:18 am

mrpresident

and they had to release the dam into the river system to save the dam... unfortunately, it will add to the devastation

7:18 am

Anniebrook

My prayers are with all of you

7:19 am

Trifioso

car - the eagle has landed!

7:19 am

mrpresident

hi trif... Perth has fires and Adelaide is fine

7:19 am

mrpresident

Prayers be with all.

7:21 am

herinfernallady

my darn cat has made me sniffy

7:22 am

car.eeyore

Wow. Just watched some of the videos. Please take care my friends...and again, my prayers are with you all.

7:23 am

SaraY

Brisbane River is tidal, so when the high tide meets the water coming downstream from the rain/dam release the nightmare really starts.

7:23 am

mrpresident

thanks car... they need all the prayers they can get

7:23 am

herinfernallady

O yes I forgot about that Sara

7:24 am

mrpresident

indeed sara. it is predicted for Thursday.

7:25 am

SaraY

Goodnight all.

7:25 am

herinfernallady

Night SAara

7:25 am

car.eeyore

Goodnight Sara. Stay safe.

7:25 am

mrpresident

nite sara

7:25 am

suefrad625

hello all

7:26 am

mrpresident

hi sue :)

7:27 am

herinfernallady

Hi Sue

7:27 am

car.eeyore

Morning Sue

7:28 am

Anniebrook

hello everyone

7:29 am

suefrad625

hi annie

7:30 am

Anniebrook

hi sue

7:30 am

suefrad625

I have to tell you all, I am not a very political person. But what is being said about the shooting and sara palin makes me sick

7:31 am

mrpresident

what is being said sue?

7:31 am

herinfernallady

Much prefer the porn version of Sarah Palin at least she is acting unlike the real one

7:32 am

suefrad625

some crazy guy shoots up a bunch of people and it is because Sara said something about "Crosshairs" in one of her speeches

7:32 am

ivesy3

fu 6/33 plz

7:32 am

Kaplan the Magne

NBT

7:33 am

suefrad625

they are saying it is because the Rep. use gun/shooting innuendos in there running speeches

7:33 am

suefrad625

dont have

7:33 am

suefrad625

NBT

7:33 am

Anniebrook

ivesy, fu 6----minks are fu6

7:33 am

herinfernallady

That is stupid Sue

7:33 am

mrpresident

that sounds like crap sue... he is a crackpot IMO

7:34 am

suefrad625

that is what I am saying

7:34 am

suefrad625

a sweet 9 yr old girl gets killed, and they are making this into a circus

7:35 am

suefrad625

the news always gives more to the monster then the victims

7:35 am

ivesy3

not seeing it, but will jjust type in tks!

7:37 am

Anniebrook

fu, double consonant, 2 letter ending meaning past tense

7:37 am

mrpresident

some news stations are all about the bullshit to incite 'debate'

7:38 am

suefrad625

got it, ty annie

7:38 am

suefrad625

so true mrp

7:38 am

Anniebrook

youre welcome

7:38 am

herinfernallady

Mr Pres there was a domestic here that resulted in 4 deaths. The reports were ludicrous

7:39 am

mrpresident

I heard about that infern... was that the house fire?

7:39 am

Anniebrook

ivesy, did you get fu6 ?

7:39 am

ivesy3

not yet, still working on it ty

7:40 am

Anniebrook

I reclued it at 7:37

7:40 am

suefrad625

ivey, minks have fu* + *** white and blue

7:40 am

Anniebrook

good clue, sue

7:40 am

mrpresident

thanks for the clue sue

7:40 am

ivesy3

just got it ty. was looking wrong way !

7:40 am

mrpresident

thanks to you too annie

7:41 am

suefrad625

yw

7:41 am

Anniebrook

mrp..how are you feeling?

7:42 am

suefrad625

i found 2 8 by myself, never have i done that before.

7:43 am

suefrad625

hard to type with one hand while the other is patting my back

7:43 am

Anniebrook

good for you, sue...I only have one

7:43 am

suefrad625

mine starte with ce

7:43 am

mrpresident

good thanks annie :) just feel awful about the sad news in queensland and I am looking after 2 girls that have been displaced by their families over the holidays. I guess I am tired too

7:43 am

mrpresident

on ya sue! is good to find the biggies!

7:44 am

car.eeyore

Ty Sue!

7:44 am

suefrad625

We are so blessed to have a site like this to enjoy each other.

7:45 am

car.eeyore

mrp...that is a lot on your plate. Make sure to take some time to care for yourself too.

7:45 am

car.eeyore

And well done Sue!

7:45 am

Anniebrook

mrp. so happy you are feeling well. the situation in queensland is heartbreaking

7:45 am

suefrad625

and to be able to dump our frustrations, celebrate our successes and just be able to share

7:46 am

suefrad625

car what does the 3rd 8 start with

7:46 am

mrpresident

thank goodness for babble friends! we can come here and be given assurance that we are human!

7:47 am

mrpresident

heartbreaking is the exact feeling annie... and more to come makes it unfathomable

7:47 am

Anniebrook

thanks, sue...got both ce 8's

7:47 am

Anniebrook

the other 8 is sc8

7:48 am

rubyfoo

hello I'm book

7:48 am

Anniebrook

Such devastation is hard to imagine

7:48 am

mrpresident

hi ruby :)

7:48 am

Anniebrook

hi ruby, glad you are "book" hugs

7:49 am

rubyfoo

back, talking to my sister in NY

7:49 am

Anniebrook

((ruby)) I owe you a letter

7:49 am

herinfernallady

Hi Ruby

7:50 am

suefrad625

I have 2 ce 8's, what does the 3rd 8 start with

7:50 am

car.eeyore

My local news doesn't have anything about the floods on their broadcast, so I just sent them an email to try to get them on it.

7:50 am

mrpresident

sue it starts with sc

7:50 am

rubyfoo

well, that was quick. She wasn't interested in the 3-person mouse family living under my bird feeder.

7:50 am

rubyfoo

7:50 am

rubyfoo

mr. p!!

7:51 am

Anniebrook

ruby, are you charging rent?

7:51 am

rubyfoo

one of my friends in NE Australia has had her whole family affected by the dreadful flooding.

7:51 am

mrpresident

how you going ruby? good to see you all tonight :)

7:51 am

rubyfoo

They are really cutem rust-colored chests and fluffy

7:52 am

car.eeyore

This is one of those things that confuses me about the world and news in general....when Haiti was flooding it was on the news 24/7. Why not the same with the horrendous flooding in Australia?

7:52 am

rubyfoo

they eat the sunflower seeds husband puts out; he buys 20KG sacks, if you can imagine!

7:52 am

car.eeyore

And will George Clooney be headlining a telethon to raise money to help rebuild your country?

7:52 am

rubyfoo

I agree, car.

7:52 am

car.eeyore

Yumm...sunflower seeds...Tweet!

7:53 am

mrpresident

no idea car... the area of flooding is so massive too!

7:53 am

car.eeyore

Again, I just don't "get" it.

7:53 am

mrpresident

holy shit... 10 dead, including 5 children, and 78 people missing

7:53 am

rubyfoo

france feels very remote and safe, temperate climate, safe as long as you stay our of the suburbs of the big cities and my husband's car!

7:53 am

car.eeyore

Oh no!

7:54 am

Anniebrook

Oh my G-d

7:54 am

rubyfoo

that is horrible, mr.p. nd the swimming snakes!

7:54 am

herinfernallady

if you move NSW into Queensland that is the area of devastation

7:54 am

Judi

Good morning, all. Good to see you Mr. P. Hope all our Aussie friends are keeping their necks above the floods.

7:54 am

FMitch

The awful situation in Aus is getting major coverage on all the news channels here in the UK.

7:54 am

rubyfoo

hello judi

7:55 am

rubyfoo

7:55 am

Anniebrook

hello judi and FM

7:55 am

mrpresident

hi judi :) I have many friends in Queensland and Northeast NSW, and they are just devastated!

7:55 am

car.eeyore

Hi Judi! Hi FM!

7:55 am

FMitch

Hello all!

7:55 am

mrpresident

hello FM

7:56 am

Judi

It's a horrible situation, Mr. P. I have been following it on the internet news - more reliable than the networks here.

7:56 am

rubyfoo

this grid has a lot of babblets

7:56 am

rubyfoo

I got down to 3 words the other evening, FM, but needed you to carry me over.....ultimately gave up

7:56 am

FMitch

It was a poopy grid as LoriP would say but I got there in the end.

7:57 am

FMitch

Oh ruby, sorry I wasn't around :(

7:57 am

rubyfoo

my friend in Hervey Bay said that house insurance doesn't cover floods

7:57 am

herinfernallady

Hi FM

7:57 am

mrpresident

yes, the internet is a good source of info. I am finding it very hard to watch the footage now, cause I see just how desperate it is going to be over the next few months

7:57 am

herinfernallady

Um Ruby it depends on what weasel company you are with

7:57 am

Anniebrook

phone

7:57 am

car.eeyore

On the news blurbs on my Google page, the flooding has finally been posted.

7:57 am

rubyfoo

aah, I guess she was just talking about her daughter's co.

7:58 am

rubyfoo

if it's my sister, tell her hello

7:58 am

FMitch

Someone posted earlier that the Brisbane river is tidal and combined with the water form the dam and the flodding it just sounds horrendous.

7:59 am

car.eeyore

My I please have the stats for the top left R?

7:59 am

rubyfoo

rh4/6

7:59 am

herinfernallady

Bugger the floods its the brown and easterns snakes that freek me out

8:00 am

FMitch

lol herin

8:00 am

mrpresident

and the crocs... they will be swept down the river system

8:00 am

car.eeyore

Oh god...not snakes.

8:00 am

car.eeyore

Ty ruby!

8:00 am

FMitch

snakes, crocs and spiders!

8:00 am

rubyfoo

there were photos on line of snakes swimming across a highway

8:00 am

herinfernallady

Yep one property had 1000 of them on it BUGGER that

8:00 am

Judi

Oh my!

8:00 am

car.eeyore

My skin is now crawling....

8:01 am

Judi

Geesh. Sounds biblical!

8:01 am

rubyfoo

I don't mind snakes, but in that situation I would be terrified

8:01 am

rubyfoo

1000!!!! OMG

8:01 am

herinfernallady

http://tinyurl.com/47goeeh This is so sweet

8:01 am

herinfernallady

You people don't ahve some of the worlds deadliest of the things in your back yard

8:01 am

car.eeyore

EEEEEEEEEEK!

8:02 am

FMitch

*decides to build a very tall structure in the PB that will not let creepycrawlies in*

8:02 am

rubyfoo

I think we all need a tot of whiskey to calm the goose bumps

8:02 am

car.eeyore

Yeah for the frog...ick for the snake.

8:03 am

FMitch

*opens the PB bar*

8:03 am

car.eeyore

I am phobic of snakes....my stomach is now tightening and I am getting a headache.

8:03 am

rubyfoo

we mostly have lizards here, never seen either kind of snake

8:03 am

mrpresident

it is now being reported that at least 30 people have now perished in the floods... oh god that is so so sad

8:03 am

FMitch

deep breathing car.

8:03 am

rubyfoo

car. think about kitties and puppies. Max is sending out black puppy hugs

8:04 am

car.eeyore

puppies...kittens....bunnies.....

8:04 am

rubyfoo

he is still weird, but now he licks the top of my head

8:04 am

car.eeyore

Do you all have Mr. Men & Little Miss over there?

8:04 am

suefrad625

just got the other 8

8:04 am

rubyfoo

25 lb. Flemish bunnies

8:04 am

Judi

Face it Ruby, you're delicious.

8:04 am

mrpresident

can you cook that ruby?

8:04 am

Scrabbler

Good day to my Babble buddies! Another small grid!

8:04 am

rubyfoo

8? there are 8's? hahah

8:05 am

rubyfoo

hello scrabbler

8:05 am

Judi

Hiya, Scrabbs!

8:05 am

herinfernallady

Apparently foxes and rabbits help each other too. So if two predators can get along why cant people.

8:05 am

car.eeyore

Shhhh....Scrabs is here! There will be NO talk of cooking bunnies!

8:05 am

mrpresident

hi scrabs :)

8:05 am

car.eeyore

Hi Scrabs!

8:05 am

FMitch

It may be small Scrabs but it has attitude.

8:05 am

Scrabbler

No cooking or eating bunnies! *stomach is tightening and I am getting a headache*

8:05 am

rubyfoo

at Easter, I'm going to buy a bunny for Miss Ruby!

8:05 am

car.eeyore

I feel your pain!

8:06 am

Scrabbler

Yes, small grids are typically evil + full of non-words.

8:06 am

rubyfoo

I think she would love it

8:06 am

rubyfoo

the du's are particularly dumb!

8:06 am

Scrabbler

Those Flemish Giant bunnies are biiiiiiiig!

8:06 am

car.eeyore

May I please have the stats for the D on the right for NBT?

8:07 am

cybernan

good morning -- small but a challenge?

8:07 am

rubyfoo

they are beautiful!

8:07 am

car.eeyore

Hi Cyber!

8:07 am

rubyfoo

de6/36

8:07 am

rubyfoo

take away the money.....

8:07 am

car.eeyore

Got it! TY!

8:08 am

mrpresident

thanks ruby

8:08 am

car.eeyore

NBT!

8:08 am

rubyfoo

27 left. what a pleasure to be able to give the occasional clue

8:08 am

mrpresident

got all the en's in a minute! I feel smart now! :)

8:08 am

Scrabbler

I have a poster of "Le Lapin" (or La? I don't know French) with pics of numerous bunny breeds and the French names underneath each bunny. I have one bedroom that has all bunny pics and posters.

8:08 am

rubyfoo

I love the en's

8:08 am

car.eeyore

Nice mrp!

8:09 am

car.eeyore

can I stay in that room when I visit?

8:09 am

Scrabbler

TY for de6.

8:09 am

suefrad625

I have 4 ruby, did I get them all?

8:09 am

rubyfoo

that is so cute, scrabs!

8:09 am

car.eeyore

...with a bunny to snuggle too!

8:09 am

herinfernallady

Scrabbler did you know they are trying to save the Rabbit Orphanage

8:09 am

rubyfoo

I have 7 du's

8:09 am

Scrabbler

Yes, but you will have to share it with a bunny. That is Miss Bea's room (Miss Beatrix Potter). She's a very gentle bunny, so don't worry.

8:10 am

mrpresident

same ruby... what am I missing.. hmmm

8:10 am

car.eeyore

Scrabs...I actually may be allergic to bunnies. : ( I went over my friend's house, who has 2, and I sneezed the whole time I was there and my eyes were soooooo itchy!

8:10 am

Scrabbler

WHat Rabbit Orphanage? In Oz, to save wild bunnies from being killed?

8:10 am

rubyfoo

I could use one of the big airplane kennels as a safe nest for the rabbit

8:10 am

mrpresident

got all of them now

8:11 am

herinfernallady

I still have cat hair in my eyes

8:11 am

rubyfoo

any hints for the 8's, please?

8:11 am

mrpresident

car, that sounds like allergy

8:11 am

car.eeyore

Herin....when that happens...don't you wish you could take out your eyeballs, rinse them, and then put them back in?!??!!

8:11 am

Scrabbler

I have large metal kennels--meant for dogs--for my bunnies, except I don't lock them in. The cage has their water, pellets and litter box.

8:11 am

mrpresident

only c's and a's now.... they better be nice!

8:11 am

car.eeyore

I know, but I LOVE bunnies!!!!!

8:11 am

Scrabbler

Car, do NOT try that at home.

8:12 am

rubyfoo

that's what I figured for the coming bunny

8:12 am

herinfernallady

Car I so do at the moment

8:12 am

car.eeyore

I was going to get the boys new bunnies this spring/summer, but when I went to my old house, someone has trashed my bunny cage.

8:12 am

Scrabbler

Me too. I avoid pet stores because I want to bringunnies home and save them potentially awful owners. My bunnies have great lives here at Rabbitat.

8:13 am

car.eeyore

Herin, I am planning on cleaning the house today, and by the end of it, I will be feeling exactly the same way that you do now!

8:13 am

rubyfoo

I doubt that there are any pet bunnies at shelters here. We know what the French do to bunnies..... (shudder)

8:13 am

car.eeyore

I am that way with kitties Scrabs.

8:13 am

FMitch

sc8 = practice at the piano + our brightest star (backwards)

8:14 am

Scrabbler

*stomach tightening again*

8:14 am

rubyfoo

maybe I could go to someone who breeds them for food and do that kind of rescue

8:14 am

FMitch

There there Scrabs

8:14 am

car.eeyore

TY FM! What a strange word!

8:14 am

mrpresident

a description just on the news... inland tsunami 8 metres high wiped out towns in its wake

8:14 am

cybernan

nbt

8:14 am

Scrabbler

That's a neck/upper chest muscle!

8:14 am

car.eeyore

Breath Scrabs....

8:14 am

rubyfoo

OMG! I'm going to turn on the TV

8:15 am

car.eeyore

* Breathe

8:15 am

Scrabbler

Where, Mrpres?

8:15 am

car.eeyore

Mrp...I am sorry to hear.

8:15 am

Judi

Holy cow. Now a tsunami? Gotta flip over to CNN. BRB.

8:15 am

mrpresident

In Queensland Scrabs... just awful!

8:15 am

FMitch

There is also a ce 7, 8, 8 all related

8:16 am

rubyfoo

is hervey bay OK?

8:16 am

herinfernallady

Mr Pres It took less than 5 min to go

8:16 am

mrpresident

www.smh.com.au is a source of video

8:16 am

rubyfoo

thanks for the ce's, FM

8:16 am

car.eeyore

Just read a factoid...the area of flooding is larger than France & Germany combined!!!!

8:16 am

mrpresident

isn't that insane infern!! just awful

8:16 am

FMitch

yw hun.

8:17 am

mrpresident

about twice the size of that now car.

8:17 am

Scrabbler

I just viewed 40 photos on Yahoo news. Awful!

8:17 am

rubyfoo

see you later everybody. Thank you for the clues, but I have to go and look at the news and send an e-mail to my friend

8:17 am

FMitch

Time for me to get back to work. Take care all where ever you are.

8:18 am

car.eeyore

Bye Ruby. Bye FM

8:18 am

herinfernallady

My friends mum got out with 30 min to spare

8:19 am

mrpresident

just scary infern

8:19 am

Judi

*Praying for our beloved Aussies*

8:19 am

sunny66

un 5,16 ?

8:20 am

car.eeyore

un + my library book is over ***

8:20 am

Judi

I hope you folks are getting lots of disaster relief and assistance for evacuations.

8:20 am

sunny66

Ty got it

8:20 am

herinfernallady

All of my friends family fortunately are safe but soggy.

8:21 am

car.eeyore

OK...both left and right columns grayed. Time for a break! I will be thinking of Australia today and keeping you all in my thoughts. {{Hugs}}

8:22 am

Scrabbler

((Aussie nation))

8:23 am

Scrabbler

I finally found ce7, 8, 8

8:24 am

cybernan

went to sydney herald website -- lots of articles about flooding, but didn't see anything about a tsunami -- where and when was the earthquake?

8:26 am

herinfernallady

Cyber it happened so fast that is why they are saying that

8:26 am

cybernan

oh -- so we are talking about a flash flood?

8:27 am

Scrabbler

What I have read said "instant tsunami."

8:28 am

cybernan

did the dam burst?

8:29 am

herinfernallady

No

8:29 am

herinfernallady

90mil rain in an hour

8:29 am

herinfernallady

http://www.thechronicle.com.au/ This is the NEws from Tbar

8:30 am

cybernan

all we seem to get on the news down here is football and the shooting of the congresswoman -- it's like nothing else has happened in the world for the last 3 days!

8:30 am

Judi

Sigh. Fireworks.

8:30 am

cybernan

congrats, judi

8:30 am

Anniebrook

congrats, judi, me too

8:31 am

cybernan

thanks herin and congrats annie

8:31 am

herinfernallady

Yah Annie

8:31 am

herinfernallady

There is news on yahoo Cyber

8:31 am

EvaNadine

ahh, i love the internet.
just had a lovely little online chat with my cousins wife. havent seen them in about 4 years. :)

8:32 am

Anniebrook

I must go watch the news re:Queensland and Arizona...my heart goes out to everyone suffering...bye dear babblers

8:33 am

herinfernallady

Please don't read the Yahoo comments most of them make the USA look like a big bunch of morrons

8:35 am

Judi

LOL, herin. Most of thos yahoo comments are probably FROM and by Americans.

8:35 am

Scrabbler

Congrats Judi

8:36 am

Scrabbler

Congrats Annie

8:36 am

Scrabbler

Herin, we do have an abundance of morons here.

8:37 am

herinfernallady

Seriously stupid and insulting. I wonder were these people get off

8:37 am

Judi

Present company excluded, of course.

8:37 am

Judi

I'm off to do some real work. See everyone tomorrow. *POOF*

8:38 am

herinfernallady

No I mean as a general comment. The news is on a Yahoo.com site so it could be anyone in the world

8:38 am

herinfernallady

Anyone that comments meanly on disasters needs a clue bat to the face.

8:39 am

cybernan

just watched th aussie news channel - how dreadful. I hope everyone in our babble community and that our friends who are vacationing in Queensland are OK.

8:40 am

herinfernallady

Also seems that people don't understand Like an island tsunami.

8:40 am

herinfernallady

Cyber were are they?

8:40 am

Buttonman

morning all!

8:41 am

herinfernallady

Hi Button

8:41 am

Buttonman

Hi Herin

8:41 am

Buttonman

Herin, I am having trouble finding the si 6/7 combo? Any clues would be appreciated? thanks

8:42 am

cybernan

can't remember the name of the town herin -- somewhere on the coast, so they should be all right. Haven't skyped for a few days though. I had never heard of an inland tsunami before -- much larger in scope than a flash flood!

8:42 am

herinfernallady

Don't have it sorry

8:42 am

herinfernallady

Yes larger than flash flood

8:43 am

Buttonman

Anyone find si 6 and 7 yet?

8:43 am

Sally-catlover

Hi all. Buttonman, the si 6 is the name of a cake with marzipan eaten at Easter.

8:44 am

herinfernallady

Thanks Sally

8:44 am

Scrabbler

Hi Buttonman

8:44 am

Sally-catlover

and plural of course :-)

8:44 am

Boobear

good morning all

8:45 am

Scrabbler

Hi BooBoo.

8:45 am

Buttonman

Hi Scrabbler

8:45 am

cybernan

no idea what the easter cake is

8:45 am

Scrabbler

Google helped me find that Easter cake.

8:46 am

Sally-catlover

Perhaps it's more a UK thing? Traditionally there are marzipan balls round it to denote the apostles.

8:47 am

cybernan

a new one to me sally -- will put the monkeys to work

8:47 am

herinfernallady

http://tinyurl.com/4f2e8yk THis is an image my friend sent from Toowomba before all hell broke loose

8:47 am

Scrabbler

si + alphabet run jkl**opqr + I hop* this c*ue helps.

8:49 am

Nef

good morning all. Herin, you aren't in Queensland, are you?

8:49 am

Scrabbler

Hi Nef

8:49 am

cybernan

ah -- found it :)

8:49 am

Buttonman

Found it Sally, thanks for the clue

8:49 am

cybernan

thanks scrabbler

8:50 am

Boobear

Hi Nef

8:50 am

Buttonman

Scrabble, love your clues...I had just found it before you clued.

8:50 am

Nef

Hi Scrabs, Boobear, and all

8:50 am

herinfernallady

No Friends mum is\

8:50 am

EvaNadine

hints for the center N?

8:52 am

herinfernallady

I have gotten the photos and reports fairly quickly. It frightens the hell out of me that my friends mum could have been worse. She saw that the weather was setting in and looking shady as according to early reports and made up her mind to head to her farm a bit earlier that day

8:52 am

Scrabbler

TY, Buttonman. I am a crossword puzzle freak so I try to design fun clues.

8:52 am

Scrabbler

*looking Eva*

8:53 am

Jeff7

morning all and clue for the us please

8:53 am

Scrabbler

hi Jeff

8:53 am

herinfernallady

Thankfully they have the army Blackhawkes helping

8:53 am

fruittart

eva - center N - geek, spelled wrong

8:53 am

Scrabbler

us + National Education Association

8:53 am

fruittart

*back to lurking*

8:53 am

Scrabbler

TY fruittart
'

8:53 am

EvaNadine

TY tasty, tasty fruittart. :)

8:54 am

fruittart

yw ;-)

8:55 am

Nef

I have a nurse friend in South Brisbane is okay so far but she has family in Ipswich, Rockhampton and Dalby, and she hasn't heard from parts of her family for 2 days now

8:59 am

herinfernallady

Nef you on FB can you mesage me?

9:00 am

Nef

I'm not on now but will do it now

9:00 am

herinfernallady

I can give you some info

9:01 am

frogface

good afternoon babblers xxx

9:02 am

herinfernallady

Hi Frog

9:02 am

frogface

hi herin xxx

9:03 am

cybernan

70 down -- time for me to list

9:04 am

Jeff7

ty for the clue Scrabbler

9:10 am

herinfernallady

Night all

9:11 am

cybernan

night herin

9:11 am

mrpresident

nite infern

9:11 am

frogface

nn herin xxx

9:12 am

cybernan

night? -- I thought it was 4:00 am in Australia?!

9:14 am

cybernan

sc 8, please?

9:14 am

Scrabbler

Hi frogface

9:15 am

frogface

ooo hi scrabbler xxx

9:15 am

Scrabbler

Do re mi fa...= musical sc5 + backwards spelling of big yellow hot ball in the sky

9:15 am

mrpresident

it is 2am

9:15 am

froggle

can anyone help with my last one please sc 8-50

9:16 am

cybernan

ty scrab

9:17 am

cybernan

hi mrp -- not affected by the flooding, I hope

9:17 am

cybernan

*!* ta da *!*

9:18 am

mrpresident

hi nan :) No, we are not affected, but Brisbane is in a very bad predicament!

9:18 am

Scrabbler

See my clue froggle

9:18 am

mrpresident

congrats nan!

9:18 am

wvteach

good going cybernan

9:18 am

froggle

sorry yes i did scrabble, ty

9:19 am

froggle

just realised it wasn't my last

9:19 am

mrpresident

I have one word left and I can't find it!!

9:19 am

cybernan

yes - I've been reading about it at the online Sydney Herald

9:20 am

froggle

snap mr president, stuck on one

9:20 am

mrpresident

what does your word start with frog?

9:21 am

cybernan

I will have to see if I can Skype our friends who are spending the winter down under -- not sure exactly where they are -- just that they are one day less 4 hours difference in time from us.

9:21 am

froggle

f mr president

9:21 am

mrpresident

it is just awful nan... we can only pray now.

9:21 am

mrpresident

f.... hmmmm, is it 4 letters?

9:21 am

cybernan

are you anywhere near Brisbane?

9:22 am

cgw8

Hey.

9:22 am

crosshair

((mrp))

9:22 am

froggle

no f 6-33

9:22 am

mrpresident

no nan, we are south of there by 1200km

9:22 am

mrpresident

crossy!!!!! (((hugs)))

9:22 am

mrpresident

ah... I can clue that.... haired

9:22 am

cybernan

hi crossy

9:23 am

Jeff7

last one hu 5/16 clue please....cannot see that 1

9:23 am

froggle

aww ty mr pres, fireworks for me

9:23 am

mrpresident

congrats frog!

9:23 am

mrpresident

alt spelling for group of cattle jeff?

9:23 am

Scrabbler

Yay Froggle!

9:23 am

wvteach

de 6/36 please

9:23 am

cybernan

hu 5: short styles one jumps over in a 100 or 400 metre race

9:23 am

Scrabbler

((Crossy)) Buddy!

9:23 am

Jeff7

ty....only 1 i didn't try

9:24 am

crosshair

good day everyone and where have you been hidinbg on us mrp?

9:24 am

mrpresident

wvt... take money back?

9:24 am

crosshair

scwabby!

9:24 am

crosshair

hiding

9:24 am

Scrabbler

de + mutual fu4s

9:24 am

frogface

de6/36 is de and what charities have - a charitable ****

9:24 am

mrpresident

hiding in school holidays crossy! takes up all my energy these days with pre-teens

9:24 am

wvteach

thnx all

9:25 am

mrpresident

am I looking for a fish in the ca6/30?

9:25 am

cybernan

more a babblet than a fish, mrp

9:26 am

cybernan

ca 6: President Coolidge + the french canadian province

9:26 am

mrpresident

thanks nan!! got it as soon as you said babblet!

9:26 am

Scrabbler

TY nan

9:28 am

cybernan

I should go and start sorting Christmas pictures -- there are just so many though!

9:28 am

Scrabbler

I passed halfway and have 45 left now. Time for breakfast then I must get going with my day off.

9:28 am

crosshair

ty cyernan great clue;))

9:29 am

cybernan

breakfast -- that sounds like a good idea -- maybe a sausage and egg muffin

9:30 am

trentsnana

good morning all

9:30 am

cgw8

Morning. :)

9:30 am

trentsnana

Can I have a hint for the U in the first column?

9:32 am

frogface

un plus owing to you

9:33 am

frogface

five letters

9:33 am

trentsnana

ty, frog

9:33 am

frogface

yw xxx

9:33 am

frogface

now all i need to do is get all four of the u's in the second row and i'll be ok lmao

9:34 am

mrpresident

time for bed! 2.30 and tired! bye (waves) :)

9:34 am

frogface

nn president xxx

9:40 am

cgw8

Hint for de6/36?

9:42 am

Nef

to take $$$ out of something, cgw

9:42 am

wvteach

de 6 clues given at 9:24

9:42 am

cgw8

Thanks. :)

9:43 am

Nef

BBL, HAGD everyone

9:43 am

cgw8

Ah, sorry, I didn't see it. :)

9:43 am

cgw8

Bye, Nef.

9:45 am

cybernan

ah - breakfast :)

9:47 am

cybernan

here to clue until i finish my sausage muffin -- a minute or so

9:50 am

cybernan

bye all

9:50 am

trentsnana

bye!!

9:50 am

frogface

bye nan xxx

9:51 am

stevedallas

sc8?

9:53 am

suefrad625

builds off the sc5,12

9:54 am

wvteach

sc 8 - series of musical notes + anagram of bright yellow ball in sky

9:55 am

stevedallas

thanks folks; made it easy

10:00 am

wvteach

firewoks here

10:03 am

rururocks

si 6?

10:05 am

trentsnana

un 6/24, anyone?

10:05 am

trentsnana

un 6/24, anyone?

10:05 am

trentsnana

oops - echo

10:06 am

rururocks

untie your shoes trent

10:06 am

trentsnana

aha!

10:06 am

trentsnana

wasn't looking at that "un", thnx

10:06 am

trentsnana

FW!!

10:07 am

trentsnana

Any clues needed?

10:07 am

rururocks

si 6 please

10:07 am

Sally-catlover

Not really here: ruru, si 6 is Easter cake with marzipan on top.

10:08 am

trentsnana

si + rhymes with song book in church

10:08 am

Sally-catlover

Gone again :-)

10:08 am

rururocks

thank you both

10:08 am

trentsnana

yw

10:09 am

trentsnana

tc all, cya tomorrow

10:10 am

rururocks

bye trent.. thanks

10:10 am

BGL

Any clues for the us5?

10:12 am

rururocks

us + most of not far away

10:12 am

BGL

Thanks! That's fireworks for me!

10:13 am

rururocks

congrats...

10:51 am

kje

hola

10:51 am

joshuavorbis

hi and nbt

10:54 am

redturtlehead

hello all, and I habe blanks!

10:55 am

redturtlehead

err have.

10:55 am

redturtlehead

Especially because for about 20 min I have been looking for a Q word.

10:56 am

kje

red?

10:56 am

redturtlehead

yes?

10:56 am

redturtlehead

yes?

10:57 am

kje

there are no q words

10:57 am

redturtlehead

oops.

10:57 am

redturtlehead

yes, I just now realized it.

10:57 am

kje

ok, just makig sure

10:57 am

frogface

good evening again babblers xxx

10:58 am

crosshair

good morning froggie:)

10:58 am

redturtlehead

Hello frog. and thanks kje, I appreciate all assistance. this is a difficult grid.

10:58 am

frogface

well good morning to you cross, but its evening here lol

10:58 am

frogface

and hi turtle - im guessing its morning with you as well

10:59 am

crosshair

yes i know,6 hours ahead of us

10:59 am

frogface

well im glad of that cross - otherwise i'd have to go for another jog lmao

10:59 am

crosshair

my grammy still lives in cornwall:)) and my uncle is in london.

11:00 am

frogface

i used to live in devon not far from cornwall. what part of cornwall ur grammy from?

11:00 am

bichon

elm s

11:00 am

bichon

sorry

11:00 am

frogface

oooooo pb for you

11:01 am

crosshair

alas,i must ask my da for specific.we have drifted apart over the years but i know she will me 101 this march.my uncle runs the kodak plant in london

11:01 am

MollyL

Good morning all. I am officially old. I'm on meds for high blood pressure.

11:01 am

bichon

I didn't really do it. I didn't type that in the chog. I'm sorry

11:01 am

crosshair

lol molly

11:01 am

frogface

good morning molly and dont worry you'll be ok - we'll look after you xxx

11:02 am

frogface

101 is a marvellous age - i remember it well (sigh)

11:02 am

crosshair

was born in watford myself froggie just outside of london i am told we came over on the boat in 66 as it were lol

11:03 am

redturtlehead

Molly, I take 6 pills a day, all for my cholesterol. and then some for asthma as well...

11:03 am

redturtlehead

Bichons, thanks so much, I needed it...

11:03 am

crosshair

have asthma myself..and we do not speak about cloesterol in this house

11:03 am

frogface

or the spelling of it lol

11:03 am

redturtlehead

Mine is now 187. So I guess the pills are working.

11:03 am

bichon

I'm on a lot of med, depression, sleep, cholesterol, asthma, allergies, diabetes. But, no high bp yet

11:04 am

crosshair

indeed froggie,you should be good at figuring out what i am trying to say by now

11:04 am

redturtlehead

bichon, do we have any up and coming American Skaters that you have noted?

11:04 am

frogface

just joking with you cross lol xxxx

11:05 am

bichon

Armin Mahbanoozadeh, Richard Dornbush

11:05 am

frogface

thats a mouthful

11:05 am

crosshair

back in a flash...semi-poof!

11:05 am

redturtlehead

men...no ladies?

11:06 am

frogface

b

11:06 am

redturtlehead

Ah well...

11:06 am

frogface

hb even

11:06 am

bichon

Agnes Zawadski

11:06 am

bichon

Jasmine Shiraj

11:06 am

frogface

ooo me semi-poofing too - bbl

11:06 am

redturtlehead

Ok I am going to look for her. I only see it occasionally, but I always think of you.

11:08 am

bichon

I mostly watch it on streaming video on Icenetwork

11:12 am

Mom

afternoon from snowy Kentucky!

11:12 am

kje

hi mom!

11:12 am

Mom

((KJE)) hello, are you feeling better?

11:13 am

kje

meh... getting there, but the ights are the worst

11:13 am

kje

nights

11:13 am

Mom

oh dear, I hope you feel better soon

11:13 am

kje

me too : )

11:13 am

Mom

I bet.

11:14 am

Mom

Has anyone seen Haz lately?

11:14 am

kje

o, not in a long long time... has she given us up for NY?

11:14 am

Mom

she is in NY?

11:15 am

kje

new years

11:15 am

Mom

ah oh I hope not

11:15 am

Mom

I have big news for her.

11:15 am

Mom

If her passport is up to date, I will house her if she gets this job....

11:16 am

kje

?

11:16 am

Mom

George Clooney is from our area originally, and he is coming to the Northern Kentucky / Cincinnati area to film a movie. Ides of March. They will be look for hundreds of extras

11:16 am

kje

aaaahhhh -lol

11:16 am

kje

expect scrab then also

11:16 am

Mom

looking*

11:17 am

Mom

I will tell her when I see her.

11:17 am

MollyL

I just went over my blood work and that seem s normal. No high levels of sodium, so that isn't the problem. The ekg was good. So I guess I need to get in better shape and develop healthier eating habits.

11:18 am

Mom

our youngest has applied to be an assistant's assistant but he hasn't heard from them.

11:18 am

Mom

oh Molly, sorry to hear your news

11:18 am

kje

good luck to him

11:19 am

Mom

thanks KJE, he was an assistant's assistant for The Learning Channel when they were here last fall filming Police Women of Cincinnati, which will air this Thursday at 9 pm

11:19 am

MollyL

Thanks Mom, at least it's treatable. I'm grateful for that.

11:20 am

kje

would watch, but no TV

11:20 am

Mom

so am I, Molly

11:20 am

Mom

no TV? Not a bad thing

11:21 am

kje

nope... one for 3 years ow

11:21 am

kje

now

11:21 am

kje

just fill in n's as needed

11:21 am

kje

none

11:21 am

kje

whatev

11:21 am

Mom

lol

11:21 am

Mom

I haven't been watching tv as much, getting tired of it, Ithink

11:22 am

Mom

darn, heated my pizza too long, now it is crunchy

11:23 am

kje

i need food... should go get something

11:23 am

kje

but too lazy to move

11:23 am

Mom

I have a pot of bean soup on the stove, would you like a bowl?

11:24 am

kje

that souds delish... I have lentil and kale soup in the fridge, just lazy... but soon my stomach will be so loud I will move

11:24 am

Mom

I love kale soup

11:25 am

EvaNadine

sushi for lunch!!
la la la la....

11:25 am

kje

this is lentil, soup with sausage and kale - very tasty ad easy

11:25 am

Mom

Hi Eva, you can have my share of it

11:25 am

kje

plus, the recipe makes 2 servings which is nice... I do't have to eat it for a week

11:25 am

kje

LOVE sushi

11:25 am

Mom

I make kale with potatoes and metts or italian sausage

11:26 am

kje

metts?

11:26 am

Mom

mettwurst

11:26 am

kje

I do not know that word

11:26 am

Mom

hang on

11:26 am

kje

potato and kale sounds good

11:28 am

sandrafrances

How many words today please

11:28 am

kje

97

11:28 am

kje

just googled it

11:28 am

sandrafrances

Thanks

11:28 am

kje

I like Braunschweiger

11:28 am

Mom

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A

11:28 am

kje

i have an app I make with Braunschweiger that has waluts ad herbs in it - really nice

11:28 am

Mom

sorry, I don't know how to make it smaller

11:29 am

Mom

but see that you googled it

11:29 am

puzzle_junky

i feel like an idiot... i only have 49 words.

11:29 am

Mom

HI puzzle, only 32 here

11:29 am

Mom

Hi Sandra

11:29 am

puzzle_junky

whew... thanks.

11:29 am

kje

where do you buy it, mom... a ormal grocery?

11:29 am

EvaNadine

smaller URL:
http://tinyurl.com/dkupag

11:29 am

kje

I have 81 but not seeing a lot now

11:29 am

Mom

yes, Kroger carries it

11:30 am

kje

OK, will look... spicy?

11:30 am

Mom

at least here

11:30 am

Mom

and the butchers sell it

11:30 am

Mom

they make regular, hot, jalepano

11:30 am

Mom

thanks Eva

11:30 am

EvaNadine

similar to brats?

11:31 am

kje

OK... sed me your recipe via FB and I will make it... I love making soups

11:31 am

Mom

yes, here they are opposites

11:31 am

Mom

my recipe for kale soup?

11:31 am

EvaNadine

opposites?
how so?

11:31 am

kje

we have deveral german delis here where i bet i can buy it if ot at the big grocers

11:32 am

kje

yes, mom

11:32 am

Mom

one is white in color and the other is red

11:32 am

EvaNadine

::offers kje some sushi::
tuna + cucumber rolls today.

11:32 am

jmcnrick

LUNCH!

11:32 am

kje

i really like bratwurst

11:33 am

kje

thanks eva

11:33 am

jmcnrick

ham and swiss for me

11:33 am

kje

lnetil soup here

11:33 am

kje

as soon as I go heat it up

11:33 am

Mom

I don't have a recipe per say, KJE, just take kale wash it and cook it with enough potatoes to make it look good and then add some metts towards the end. That is how mom makes it and that is how I learned to make it. Sorry best I can do

11:33 am

EvaNadine

i love bratwurst. hubby isnt really a fan, though...

11:34 am

jmcnrick

i make it the same way mom

11:34 am

Deeha

Stuck on last word - bored now!!!!Help please de6.36 I know I will be cross when I get it!!!

11:34 am

Mom

the brats, Johnsonville makes a stadium brat that is the best around

11:34 am

Mom

Hi Deeha, sorry but I don;t have it

11:34 am

EvaNadine

is that a soup? is there stock in there?
ive never actually MADE soup before...heh

11:34 am

jmcnrick

and FYI next time go to http://tinyurl.com/

11:34 am

Mom

not on mine Eva, just water

11:34 am

jmcnrick

i use chicken stock

11:34 am

kje

de - to take away money

11:35 am

Mom

thanks KJE

11:35 am

jmcnrick

ty kje

11:35 am

kje

soup is easy, fu, and very fulfilling... nothing like smellig a hot pot cooking away on a cold winter day

11:35 am

MollyL

Mom, what are metts?

11:35 am

Mom

thanks jmc, never knew that before

11:35 am

Deeha

Many thanks kje - Iam not cross -that isnt a REAL word!!

11:36 am

EvaNadine

molly -- mettswurst is kinda like bratwurst

11:36 am

Mom

Molly, pork with seasonings in a casing

11:36 am

kje

yw

11:36 am

kje

i need food... bbiab

11:36 am

jmcnrick

alas i wish that was true deeha but several foundations have decided to defund charitable orgs

11:36 am

Deeha

Just saw a programme about slimming and soup - whatever kind- is very good for slimmers it fills you up for a long time

11:36 am

MollyL

Okay, thanks to you both. I have a great recipe for bratwurst.

11:36 am

Mom

bye KJE

11:36 am

EvaNadine

kje -- i would gladly whip up some soup one night.
sadly, hubby isnt really a soup fan.

11:36 am

jmcnrick

*smack* runs to pb with flaming cheeks

11:37 am

Mom

guess I had better scoot off here and do another round of snow shoveling

11:37 am

Mom

((Hugs)) to all of you

11:37 am

Mom

Eva, what does hubby eat?

11:37 am

jmcnrick

by mom

11:38 am

MollyL

Eva, when I make soup, I freeze it in individual containers. Those are great to take for lunch on a work day.

11:38 am

EvaNadine

nothing interesting...heh

11:38 am

jmcnrick

(good question mom)

11:38 am

Mom

lol Eva. My dad is strictly and beef and potatoes man

11:38 am

Mom

no chicken, turkey once a year, and maybe pork chops twice a year

11:39 am

Mom

a*

11:40 am

EvaNadine

thats sorta my hubby too.
i mean, i can get him to eat other stuff, but its mainly beef + chicken. some pasta (though he seems to think different shapes have different flavors)
hes ok with real turkey, but particular about his lunchmeat. he will eat pork/ham, but theyre not his favorites.
problem is he is picky + im not a great cook, just learning. so it makes for a LOT of repeat.

11:40 am

kje

how ca you not be a soup fan... that is too broad! there are millios of soups! has he tried all and does not like them?

11:40 am

EvaNadine

kje -- i think he doesnt think anything liquid-based is a full meal.

11:40 am

kje

man, I could NEVER live with someone that picky about food... otherwise, he would be left to cook his own or broaden his horizos

11:41 am

Mom

shame he won't eat soups, I have a recipe for O'Charley's potato soup

11:41 am

EvaNadine

heh, i HAVE worked to broaden his horizons -- he loves thai food now, and would never have eaten it until i talked him into it.

11:41 am

kje

there are meat ad potato soups...

11:41 am

Mom

would he eat stew?

11:41 am

EvaNadine

i can get him to try new things, so long as i give him a sandwich or something first, so hes not starving if he doesnt like the new food.

11:42 am

EvaNadine

i dont know yet about stew. i think he would "put up" with it, but i dont think he would love it.

11:42 am

Mom

lol

11:42 am

Mom

really going now, the wind is picking up. ((Hugs))

11:42 am

jmcnrick

weel start with stew and you could work your way over to soup

11:43 am

kje

hagd mom

11:43 am

Mom

you as well KJE, feel better soon

11:44 am

EvaNadine

i basically try to start with things i know he likes and branch out from there.
"look honey, its all the same stuff as [insert favorite dish here] but its just got this one extra thing..."

then i sing the "try it, youll like it" song from yo gabba gabba...hehe

11:53 am

jmcnrick

so the r in the left hand corner is an rh?

11:54 am

EvaNadine

yup

11:55 am

jmcnrick

damn

11:55 am

jmcnrick

nm got it

11:56 am

rubyfoo

hello again

11:56 am

rubyfoo

22 left from before

11:56 am

jmcnrick

hi ruby

11:56 am

jmcnrick

68 left but just began for lunch

11:57 am

jmcnrick

need the center column u for nbt

11:58 am

jmcnrick

(and got a teleconference meeting in 3 minutes)

11:58 am

jmcnrick

nm

11:58 am

jmcnrick

nbt

11:59 am

jmcnrick

*sigh* bbl

12:02 pm

EvaNadine

~*~*~*~*~*FIREWORKS!!!!!*~*~*~*~*~

12:02 pm

rubyfoo

yay, eva!

12:10 pm

MollyL

Way to go Eva! Cupcakes will be ready in about an hour.

12:15 pm

EvaNadine

just made myself some hot chocolate to celebrate. :)

12:21 pm

puzzle_junky

new at this game... can someone explain what 'tile status' is?

12:21 pm

puzzle_junky

'stats' i mean

12:23 pm

JBV

hi folks, hi puzzle_junky - check out the Help box at the top right (above the chat)

12:23 pm

cgw8

Hi. :)

12:24 pm

jacq

hello everybody

12:26 pm

jacq

how is the grid today?

12:27 pm

EvaNadine

im all done, jacq. :)

12:27 pm

cgw8

Not too bad.

12:28 pm

jacq

wtg Nadine!!

12:28 pm

jacq

hello cgw8

12:29 pm

jacq

sorry it took me ages to get the letters in the right order

12:29 pm

cgw8

xD Hi.

12:33 pm

puzzle_junky

jbv, thanks for the hint, but it didn't address my questions really. I understand the point system, but I'm wondering what the boxes below the puzzle mean... i.e., R 0/1, H 3/3?

12:34 pm

cgw8

How many words start with that letter is the second number.

12:34 pm

cgw8

The first number is how many you have.

12:35 pm

jacq

hello puzzle_junky, welcome to babble, be warned it is addictive

12:36 pm

cgw8

It is soooo addictive.

12:38 pm

puzzle_junky

thanks, guys. i think you're right about the addiction.

12:38 pm

cgw8

xD

12:38 pm

jacq

and sometimes the chog (chat log, this bit here) is just as addictive

12:39 pm

cgw8

stuck on the two en5/12's. Any hints? D:

12:39 pm

jacq

en and take to court for damages perhaps

12:40 pm

cgw8

...How did I not have that? D:

12:40 pm

jacq

and en and your bill is now over***

12:40 pm

jacq

fishy fishy, too easy sometimes and we are looking for harder ones

12:40 pm

cgw8

Yeah, I got that one. That's 5/14.

12:41 pm

puzzle_junky

well, i have to admit, i think i need to learn a new language, cuz i don't have a clue what you guys are talking about most of the time!

12:41 pm

jacq

duh, so it is lol

12:41 pm

cgw8

xD Lol you pick it up pretty quickly.

12:41 pm

cgw8

And feel free to ask. Everyone is super friendly here. :D

12:41 pm

puzzle_junky

:D

12:42 pm

jacq

we can give hints but not outright words, so ensue (yes will go to the pb in a minute) is clued as en5/12, 5 letters 12 points

12:42 pm

cgw8

Ah, I got the last one. :D

12:42 pm

puzzle_junky

ahhhh...honor amongst babblers... i see. good code.

12:42 pm

jacq

the points system is simple once you know it, a four letter word is scored by adding the letter values, 5 letter word is letter value doubled, six is trebled and so on

12:43 pm

jacq

care to clue the last one please :o)

12:43 pm

cgw8

Ah, gimme a sec. I don't actually know what it means. I monkeyed it. xD

12:44 pm

jacq

and we go to the pb (penalty bin) if we type a word in the chog thats in the grid, like ensue

12:44 pm

puzzle_junky

double whammy for you!

12:45 pm

jacq

yup, but it was the best way to explain the clues we give, so will take my coffee and scrounge the homebakes in the pb lol

12:45 pm

puzzle_junky

well, thank you for your sacrifice just to help me understand... ;)

12:45 pm

cgw8

I didn't actually know about the pb until now.

12:46 pm

hoyadoc

i was sent there my first day

12:46 pm

jacq

the ladies of babble are amazing cooks so the pb is worthwhile

12:46 pm

jacq

so was i hoyadoc lol, i was typing words into the chog willy nilly

12:46 pm

cgw8

The definition of the second en5/12 is "to come into use"

12:46 pm

jacq

and i actually knew that word too, ty ty ty

12:47 pm

cgw8

:D

12:47 pm

Soodle

Hello everybody :-)

12:47 pm

jacq

heya soodle :0)

12:47 pm

cgw8

Hi, soodle. :)

12:47 pm

jacq

my nose got big from pressing against the screen

12:47 pm

EvaNadine

puzzle -- welcome to the addiction. we are a pretty nice group, once you get to know us.
and our language is fairly easy to learn. either ask if youre confused, or just sit back + watch the chog for a while -- most of it makes itself clear soon enough. :)

12:47 pm

stidmama

failte, Soodles!!! *grin* hey all!

12:48 pm

puzzle_junky

jacq, you're funny.

12:48 pm

Mr Bob

Hello

12:48 pm

Soodle

Welcome to the newbies. Nice to see new blood :-)

12:48 pm

stidmama

I am just about to disappear, class begins in 10 minutes. how's the grid today?

12:48 pm

puzzle_junky

thanks, eva!

12:48 pm

jacq

unless i am clueing for you i have no idea what i'm speaking about half the time

12:48 pm

stidmama

LOL soodles-the-vampire

12:48 pm

jacq

heya Mr B

12:48 pm

cgw8

Grids not too bad. It's a shorter one. :D

12:48 pm

jacq

heya mama, the grid is good

12:48 pm

stidmama

thanks cgw

12:49 pm

Soodle

(Sharpening up my fangs........)

12:49 pm

jacq

ty puzzle junky, my granddaughters said that today when i told them to stop climbing on the expensive sofas in the furniture shop

12:49 pm

stidmama

and for newbies, Angelsong's pages are still great...

12:49 pm

stidmama

and for newbies, Angelsong's pages are still great...

12:49 pm

stidmama

http://www.freewebs.com/angelsong/

12:49 pm

stidmama

gotta go. *hugs and choclits for all*

*poof*

12:50 pm

cgw8

:D I only need 48 words! Woo!

12:50 pm

jacq

bye mama

12:50 pm

Soodle

SlÃ¡n leat, Mama )))

12:50 pm

hoyadoc

me too cg!

12:50 pm

cgw8

By, Mama. :D

12:50 pm

cgw8

Bye*

12:50 pm

jacq

go cgw!!!

12:50 pm

cgw8

:D But I won't get fireworks when I finish. D':

12:51 pm

jacq

buys loads of fireworks just for cgw, sets them up in the back garden

12:51 pm

cgw8

xD Yay fireworks! :DDDD

12:52 pm

Soodle

If Carleekeet was here, you'd get a pom-pom toss, cgw8!

12:52 pm

EvaNadine

~*~*~*~*~*FIREWORKS!!!!!*~*~*~*~*~

(f
or cgw)

12:52 pm

cgw8

xDD

12:52 pm

Soodle

Well done, EvaN!!

12:55 pm

EvaNadine

soodle -- i finished a while ago.
those are cgw's fireworks. :)

12:55 pm

jacq

our snow finally melted today apart from some impacted ice and now we are getting more

12:55 pm

cgw8

:D I haz so many fireworks except not yet 'cause I still need...42 words. xD

12:56 pm

cgw8

We're getting more snow today, too, Jacq. :|

12:57 pm

jacq

where are you cgw?

12:57 pm

Soodle

Oh, no. More snow in Scotland?

12:57 pm

cgw8

Ohio.

12:58 pm

jacq

yes soodle, it's been cold at night so the ground may well be cold enough to let it lie

12:58 pm

jacq

the roads are a mess of potholes and pebbly sand they were using instead of salt

12:58 pm

jacq

driving is a nightmare

12:58 pm

cgw8

Ugh, I can imagine. D:

12:59 pm

Soodle

Jeepers, its been a dreadful winter. And the scary thing is that normally we get our worst weather in Jan/Feb. What else can Mother Nature do to us?

1:00 pm

jacq

we took pictures at spey bay of lumps of ice that were washed down the river and some of them were almost 4 feet thick

1:01 pm

cgw8

Daaaang. :o

1:01 pm

Soodle

Good heavens. Roll on the spring!

1:02 pm

cgw8

I'm gonna take a nap before I have to head to my night class. See y'all later. :D

1:02 pm

jacq

i agree, but just before the new year we went to the very same spot, again taking pictures of the ice etc and we had no jackets on, it was a beautiful afternoon, just like spring

1:02 pm

jacq

bye cgw

1:03 pm

puzzle_junky

bye cgw8, thanks for your help

1:13 pm

jacq

hating the u's

1:16 pm

jacq

fireworks!!!!!!!

1:17 pm

Kazzer99

way to go jacq

1:24 pm

bojazz

need 1 word to finish - have no idea

1:24 pm

bojazz

need the ca6/30 - any clues?

1:25 pm

dianedecoder

sorry bojazz.... down to 20 words but don

1:25 pm

dianedecoder

don't have that one

1:26 pm

jessmom

ca6 1st 3 ltrs of San Diego state + what in spanish

1:27 pm

bojazz

thanx jess - didn't see that - got bogged down in the point count - :)

1:31 pm

dianedecoder

thanks too, jess. :-)

1:31 pm

dianedecoder

not up on my spanish

1:32 pm

jessmom

yw

1:34 pm

Kazzer99

diane - california letters plus ***en Elisabeth

1:35 pm

dianedecoder

oh, I got it thanks Kazzer.... just had to think of the Sp word for "what"..... close to the Fr. word as well

1:36 pm

Kazzer99

yw

1:38 pm

dianedecoder

I have a question for those who play often ??? I have finished every grid for at least 2 weeks, but my numbers haven't changed in rankings...

1:43 pm

Kazzer99

not sure diane - i have been playing for quite a few years but still not sure how it works

1:44 pm

dianedecoder

Thanks Kazzer...I know it dropped a bit that day we had the 400+ game ( I missed finishing by 6 words I think ) but it's been sitting at 1007 for ages now.

1:45 pm

Kazzer99

i think thats more than mine

1:46 pm

puzzle_junky

does fireworks mean you've finished the puzzle?

1:52 pm

Nancy Boy

yes it does, puzzle junky :)

1:55 pm

smaandmea

1 to go - fu6 hint pls

1:59 pm

EvaNadine

JESSE!!!
::nuzzles::

1:59 pm

Nancy Boy

Heyyyy, Eva! :)

1:59 pm

smaandmea

thank you

1:59 pm

Nancy Boy

(Don't have that fu6, I'm afraid!)

2:00 pm

EvaNadine

how are we feeling today?
hows frank?

2:00 pm

puzzle_junky

thanks, nancy boy. and congrats jacq!

2:00 pm

Nancy Boy

Frank's great, thanks :) well, I'm back in hospital today, so...ugh. But we'll see ;)

2:00 pm

Kazzer99

fu 6 - covered in fu*

2:00 pm

Nancy Boy

you're welcome :)

2:01 pm

Kazzer99

any clues for un 6/24 please

2:01 pm

Nancy Boy

to untie a shoe, Kazzer

2:02 pm

EvaNadine

oh now. only a minor setback, mehopes?

2:02 pm

Nancy Boy

Eva, how's things between you and hubby? :)

2:02 pm

Kazzer99

thks nb

2:02 pm

EvaNadine

things are fine. no more bad mood. :)

2:03 pm

Nancy Boy

yet to be seen, Eva! hope so as well. have to wait and see, I suppose - won't go into it here!

2:03 pm

Nancy Boy

oh, good to hear that! :)

2:03 pm

Kazzer99

hooray - fireworks for me

2:03 pm

Nancy Boy

ooh, well done Kazzer :)

2:04 pm

EvaNadine

do feel free to email me, dearest. :)

2:04 pm

stidgmere

Hello, just starting grid and hoping for fireworks after putting in enough blood, sweat, and tears.

2:05 pm

Nancy Boy

thanks, Eva :) feeling like it's all a bit much at the moment, so a bit shaken up over it! Frank is being great though...and my cousin is here all the way from Korea!

2:05 pm

Nancy Boy

Hiya, Stid :) good luck!

2:06 pm

EvaNadine

(((gentle hugs)))

2:06 pm

Nancy Boy

(((Eva))) best be gentle. mind the stitches ;)

2:06 pm

Kazzer99

thats good for you MB - hope all goes well

2:07 pm

Kazzer99

oops nb - must get my fingers sorted out

2:08 pm

Kazzer99

off to the fishes

2:09 pm

Nancy Boy

thank you, Kazzer :)

2:11 pm

EvaNadine

(((extra gentle)))

2:14 pm

Nancy Boy

aw Eva, you're so sweet :)

2:21 pm

EvaNadine

is frank all healed and healthy, hon?

2:24 pm

Nancy Boy

Oh, yes :) you wouldn't know anything had even happened, to look at him! He had an ultrasound today, and everything's going the way it should - regenerating well. Thanks for asking! :) I'll tell him you were asking after him..

2:25 pm

EvaNadine

yes, please share my love and firmer hugs for him. :)

2:26 pm

EvaNadine

time for me to run along home now.
much love, dear!

2:27 pm

Nancy Boy

yeah, right back atcha, Eva - safe trip home! :) x

2:48 pm

frogface

cud i av a clue for si 6 pls?

2:48 pm

dianedecoder

Fireworks.. :-) What a word sc8/50 took me forever ! Almost gave me a cramp right there !!

2:49 pm

dianedecoder

trying, frog...

2:49 pm

frogface

ok

2:49 pm

dianedecoder

si + l * * o p.... and additions to a house

2:51 pm

dianedecoder

( that's the plural ) si + 2 consecutive consonants, + ** Salvador

2:51 pm

frogface

il work on that thanx

2:52 pm

frogface

ty got them both xxx

2:52 pm

dianedecoder

great.... that was a funny one to clue.... means a crisp wafer or bread made from white flour

2:58 pm

frogface

yayyyyyy fireworksssssssss

3:02 pm

Boobear

congrats frogface

3:11 pm

stidgmere

Hi, has anyone clued the de 6, 36 lately?

3:11 pm

stidgmere

Good for you frogface!! Not a really easy puzzle for all of its 96 words.

3:11 pm

Trifioso

hello my dear babble friends. hunkering down for the storm here

3:12 pm

Boobear

hi Trifioso

3:12 pm

stidgmere

Storm? Is there winter weather someplace? We're to have snow by afternoon. Oh it is afternoon, well later then.

3:13 pm

Boobear

clue for en 5 please

3:14 pm

stidgmere

Oh, I got the de word--not to finance something.

3:14 pm

Trifioso

I am on the south shore of boston, and by midnight we are supposed to be in a real mess, that is going to hit its worst at 6 am, and then rage on all morning

3:14 pm

Trifioso

lots of things are already cancelled

3:15 pm

stidgmere

My brother, niece, nephew and their families are in the Boston area, East Boston, and Webster. They stay off the roads now that my brother is not driving tour buses.

3:16 pm

stidgmere

Stay safe, I'm going to go stoke up the fire and start a late lunch.

3:16 pm

Trifioso

from what I am hearing, the cape and the western part of the state won't get socked as hard as the south shore. yay.

3:21 pm

lynxxx

en5.14 similar to en5.12, changes the middle letter, means to endow

3:22 pm

lynxxx

Morning all

3:23 pm

Mom

Good morning Lynxxx, how are you? It has been a long time

3:23 pm

lynxxx

Hi Mom, lovely to see you

3:23 pm

Mom

lovely to see you as well

3:24 pm

Trifioso

hey y'all - my little one, tertiare, would like to have her own babble account. I will let you know when she is set up, and what her sign on name is. Exciting to have a second generation babbler already!

3:24 pm

lynxxx

How nice!

3:24 pm

Mom

good for her, Trif

3:28 pm

Boobear

Hi Mom

3:29 pm

Mom

hello Boo, so good to see you again

3:29 pm

Boobear

you too Mom

3:30 pm

Mom

how's your weather, Boo?

3:31 pm

Lolo224

okay, everyone, please welcome Lolo224, aka Tertiare!!!

3:31 pm

lynxxx

Welcome to the club Lolo!

3:31 pm

Lolo224

tys

3:31 pm

Mom

hello Lolo, welcome to Babble, I am Mom and I have been babbling for 5 years

3:32 pm

Boobear

beautiful today

3:32 pm

Mom

glad to hear that Boo

3:32 pm

Lolo224

oh fun

3:32 pm

Boobear

hi 70's

3:32 pm

Mom

high 20's

3:32 pm

Boobear

how about yours Mom

3:32 pm

Mom

and snow

3:33 pm

Mom

may I please have a clue for the un 5/16
and then a fish, I am sure

3:33 pm

Boobear

I heard that Atlanta got buried

3:33 pm

Mom

I heard that as well. They are not prepared for weather like that

3:33 pm

lynxxx

un5.16 a bil not ready to be paid yet perhaps

3:34 pm

Boobear

un5 un plus a library book is overd**

3:34 pm

Mom

THAT is not a word

3:34 pm

Mom

undo maybe but not that

3:34 pm

Mom

thank you Lynxxx and Boo

3:35 pm

Boobear

yw

3:36 pm

MollyL

Not much accumulation here yet. We may or may not get a few inches. My niece in Atlanta says they got hit hard and so did my sister in North Carolina.

3:37 pm

MollyL

Mom, I agree about un5/16. Not a word.

3:37 pm

Mom

((Molly)) hello

3:38 pm

lynxxx

think about un5.16 pressure though

3:38 pm

Boobear

clue for fu 6 please

3:38 pm

Lolo224

yes that is a word

3:38 pm

Mom

fu 6 past tense for what a cat's coat is made out of

3:38 pm

lynxxx

fu6 past tense (sort of) of animal hair

3:38 pm

Mom

true Lynxxx

3:39 pm

Boobear

ty lynxxx

3:41 pm

Lolo224

ive found 12 words so far go me

3:41 pm

Mom

very good Lolo

3:43 pm

Boobear

nice job Lolo

3:43 pm

Lolo224

tys

3:43 pm

Boobear

Mom,did you get your chocolates for Xmas

3:44 pm

Mom

the peanut butter Lindt's

3:44 pm

Mom

?

3:44 pm

Boobear

yes

3:44 pm

Mom

never could find them. Found other kinds but not the peanut butter ones

3:44 pm

Mom

and the ones I found didn't appeal to be

3:45 pm

Mom

me*

3:46 pm

Lolo224

byes

3:46 pm

Mom

bye Lolo, nice meeting you

3:46 pm

lynxxx

bye Lolo

3:46 pm

Lolo224

u 2

3:46 pm

Boobear

bye Lolo

3:47 pm

Mom

and that is ~*~*~*~Fireworks!*~*~*~*

3:47 pm

lynxxx

Hooray for Mom!!!

3:47 pm

Mom

thank you Lynxxx

3:47 pm

Mom

may I help anyone before I go and do the mending?

3:47 pm

Boobear

congrats Mom

3:47 pm

Mom

thank you Boo

3:48 pm

lynxxx

I'm getting but thanks Mom

3:48 pm

Mom

alright, Lynxxx

3:49 pm

Boobear

doing ok here

3:49 pm

Mom

good night everyone, good day Lynxxx ((Hugs)) to all of you

3:49 pm

lynxxx

sorry, that didn't make sense

3:49 pm

Mom

oh I knew what you meant

3:49 pm

Boobear

bye Mom

3:49 pm

Mom

good luck to the two of you.

3:50 pm

lynxxx

distracted watching the Queensland flood broadcasts

3:53 pm

MollyL

Night Mom

3:59 pm

Mark Jones

Hello everybody! How are y'all?

4:00 pm

lynxxx

morning Mark

4:00 pm

Mark Jones

It is afternoon where I am;

4:01 pm

Mark Jones

I just got my part in a production of Beauty and the Beast! I am Gaston.

4:01 pm

lynxxx

congratulations!

4:01 pm

Mark Jones

Thanks!

4:02 pm

Nancy Boy

cool, Mark! Do you get to sing?

4:02 pm

Mark Jones

Yeah. I have solos in 2 songs.

4:03 pm

Nancy Boy

awesome. congratulations!

4:03 pm

Mark Jones

Thanks! I am getting my script tomorrow.

4:04 pm

lynxxx

When do you perform?

4:05 pm

Mark Jones

I perform in March.

4:07 pm

Mark Jones

43 left!

4:08 pm

lynxxx

Need to walk Stew - bye Mark

4:08 pm

Mark Jones

See ya lynxxx!

4:14 pm

bichon

sc 8?

4:15 pm

cgw8

Hi. :D

4:16 pm

jmcnrick

hi cgw

4:16 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

4:17 pm

jmcnrick

sorry bichon I only have sc5

4:18 pm

periwinkle

hi all

4:18 pm

periwinkle

help with fu6 pls

4:18 pm

jmcnrick

hi peri

4:18 pm

cgw8

Hi, peri. :)

4:18 pm

Vicuna

sc8 - like a triangle with no matching angles, but ending with you and me

4:18 pm

jmcnrick

pt cat hair

4:18 pm

Mark Jones

Hello bichon, jmc, peri. how y'all?

4:18 pm

Vicuna

fu6 - endowed with a pelt

4:18 pm

Vicuna

Hello, all.

4:19 pm

cgw8

Wow, good clue, Vicuna.

4:19 pm

jmcnrick

hmmm vic i gots to brush up on my trig

4:19 pm

Vicuna

starts with fishskin

4:20 pm

Mark Jones

Gots it. Thx, Vicuna!

4:20 pm

bichon

ty everyone for help with the sc8

4:20 pm

jmcnrick

got it ty vic!

4:21 pm

Vicuna

You're welcome.

4:21 pm

jmcnrick

although i was thinking of that as musical notes not fishskin! lol

4:21 pm

Vicuna

Ah well. I can't do esp all the time! =)

4:22 pm

jmcnrick

lol!

4:22 pm

periwinkle

duh, thatks for the fu6

4:22 pm

jmcnrick

yw

4:23 pm

lil*monkey

hello my peeps! I'm supposed to be Zumba-ing my a$$ off rioght now, but class is cancelled due to inclement weather :(

4:23 pm

Boobear

hi jmc

4:23 pm

lil*monkey

hi booboo!

4:23 pm

cgw8

Hi, monkey.

4:23 pm

Boobear

hi monkey

4:23 pm

lil*monkey

hi cgw8

4:23 pm

jmcnrick

hi lil

4:23 pm

lil*monkey

hi je!

4:23 pm

jmcnrick

zumba?

4:23 pm

periwinkle

hi monkey

4:24 pm

jmcnrick

hi boo

4:24 pm

Vicuna

Hello, lil monkey.

4:24 pm

lil*monkey

hi peri! jmc, Zumba is a dance/aerobics class

4:24 pm

jmcnrick

ah

4:24 pm

MollyL

It's inclement there Lil? Nothing here yet. We may get missed again. Fine with me.

4:25 pm

lil*monkey

hi vic! hi molly! molly, it is freezing rain here

4:25 pm

jmcnrick

there is talk of a climate machine making sure that federal workers can get to work

4:26 pm

MollyL

Either that, JMC, or we are (as Stephen King would say) under the dome.

4:26 pm

periwinkle

no inclement weather here and I hope it stays that way, I am tired of shovelling and scraping away ice

4:26 pm

periwinkle

under the dome? that does not sound good

4:26 pm

jmcnrick

*looks out the window* hope not my sister is flying to El Paso on thursday and a dome would interfere

4:27 pm

MollyL

Peri, you are up by the PA border, right?

4:27 pm

periwinkle

oh,I got fireworkds!!

4:27 pm

lil*monkey

any assistance with the U word left column?

4:27 pm

jmcnrick

whooo hooo peri!

4:27 pm

lil*monkey

woo hooooooooooo Peri! WTG!

4:27 pm

periwinkle

I am in SE PA, Molly

4:27 pm

Vicuna

Yay for peri!

4:27 pm

jmcnrick

un+bills are ***

4:27 pm

MollyL

To be under un*** pressure Lil.

4:28 pm

cgw8

Any help with si6/21?

4:28 pm

lil*monkey

got it! thanks!

4:28 pm

lil*monkey

FISH ME

4:28 pm

Boobear

clue for sc 8 please

4:28 pm

periwinkle

un and what you do when you put on shoes

4:28 pm

periwinkle

or take off shoes

4:28 pm

jmcnrick

musical notes+letter+ not me or you but **

4:28 pm

periwinkle

Boo, do you have she sc5 above it

4:28 pm

lil*monkey

thanks peri! I needed that one too

4:29 pm

periwinkle

yw

4:29 pm

Boobear

yes peri

4:29 pm

jmcnrick

i don't have the si6

4:29 pm

Vicuna

si6 - start of like or as, end of a group of judges

4:29 pm

periwinkle

may be back to clue later, going to play some scramble before dinner

4:30 pm

jmcnrick

bench court supremes

4:31 pm

cgw8

I still can't get si6. D:

4:31 pm

MollyL

The best clue for si6/21 I saw today was "sounds like a church book of hymns"

4:31 pm

lil*monkey

me neither, cgw8

4:31 pm

jmcnrick

ah a pa*** of judges sit at appeals

4:32 pm

cgw8

Ah got it.

4:32 pm

lil*monkey

oh that helped, thanks

4:32 pm

cgw8

:D

4:32 pm

cgw8

Thanks, Molly. :D

4:32 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Ahhhh, finally.

4:32 pm

MollyL

And plural

4:32 pm

jmcnrick

or laminate pa***ing is no longer cool

4:32 pm

jmcnrick

ty vic

4:33 pm

jmcnrick

ty molly

4:33 pm

Kaplan the Magne

8.

4:34 pm

jmcnrick

go kap go

4:34 pm

Lolo224

test

4:34 pm

lil*monkey

kap kap bo bap

4:34 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I'm not listing, so I might not make it

4:34 pm

Kaplan the Magne

banana fanna fo fap

4:34 pm

Lolo224

i am pro now

4:34 pm

Kaplan the Magne

me mi mo map

4:34 pm

MollyL

Fee fi fo fap

4:34 pm

lil*monkey

lolo lolo bo bolo banana fana fo folo fe fi mo molo LOLO

4:34 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Yay pro.

4:34 pm

Vicuna

Lolo is in da house.

4:35 pm

Lolo224

lol

4:35 pm

lil*monkey

yay lolo is pro

4:35 pm

Lolo224

my mom wants the laptop now.

4:36 pm

jmcnrick

look at lolo!

4:36 pm

Trifioso

hello babble friends.

4:36 pm

jmcnrick

pro lolo

4:36 pm

jmcnrick

brb

4:36 pm

MollyL

Hi Trif

4:36 pm

lil*monkey

Tri Tri bo bi banana fana fo fi

4:36 pm

cgw8

5 words left! :D

4:36 pm

Trifioso

thanks for being so welcoming to tertiare (aka lolo). she has wanted a babble account of her own for so long!

4:36 pm

Kaplan the Magne

8. Obscure wrds.

4:36 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Is she your kid?

4:37 pm

Vicuna

Hello, Trif.

4:37 pm

Trifioso

yes, lolo is my youngest daughter

4:37 pm

Vicuna

Cool.

4:37 pm

lil*monkey

yay for Lolo

4:37 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Who gets laptop dibs?

4:37 pm

MollyL

Aw, we have a Babble-ette amongst us.

4:38 pm

Mark Jones

I'm back! Sorry, I had to do math homework; ugghhh

4:38 pm

lil*monkey

molly & I will hold down on the orgy talk, then LOL

4:38 pm

Trifioso

well, it's MY laptop! She has one of her own, that she paid for herself, but it's not charged

4:38 pm

lil*monkey

Mark JOnes? is a student ?

4:38 pm

Kaplan the Magne

How old is Lolo?

4:38 pm

MollyL

Yes...um...Lil, dear...would you care for some tea?

4:38 pm

Nancy Boy

orgy talk?!

4:38 pm

Mark Jones

Yes. I am in college;

4:38 pm

Trifioso

it will go right over her head, lil, believe me. she was more excited about the littlest pet shop on your icon

4:39 pm

lil*monkey

what are you studying, Mark Jones?

4:39 pm

Trifioso

and, she is upstairs now, so smut away!

4:39 pm

lil*monkey

haha, Trifi! so cute!

4:39 pm

Mark Jones

I am studying marine biology.

4:39 pm

MollyL

Look how NB popped up when orgy talk was mentioned. : P

4:39 pm

Kaplan the Magne

That woke up NB.

4:39 pm

lil*monkey

oh how exciting!

4:39 pm

cgw8

I can't find the th4/7. D:

4:39 pm

MollyL

Snap Kap/

4:39 pm

lil*monkey

yes I noticed that, Molly!

4:39 pm

cgw8

Oh wow, nvm.

4:40 pm

Vicuna

th4/6 spake Zarathustra

4:40 pm

Boobear

clue for un 6/24

4:40 pm

Mark Jones

cgw, when something drops it makes a big th**,

4:40 pm

lil*monkey

take off your sneakers, boobear

4:40 pm

Vicuna

un6/24 - loosen tennis shoes

4:40 pm

cgw8

Yeah, I got it. xD I'm wondering how I missed it. o.O

4:40 pm

Boobear

ty

4:41 pm

Mark Jones

39 left!

4:41 pm

cgw8

Fireworks...sort of. xD

4:41 pm

Trifioso

wahoo mark!

4:41 pm

MollyL

NB, how are you feeling today?

4:42 pm

Vicuna

Glad to see you back, NB.

4:42 pm

Kaplan the Magne

8 but stuck. Too lazy to pull out lickety.

4:42 pm

Vicuna

Yay for cgw!

4:42 pm

Good Enough

Congrats on your part Mark! I've been humming your song since your post!

4:42 pm

Mark Jones

Hint please for the only word of the right d?

4:42 pm

cgw8

:D I need to get me a pro account. :|

4:42 pm

Mark Jones

What song?

4:42 pm

Boobear

fireworks

4:42 pm

Nancy Boy

Thanks, Vi :) and been a bit of a bad day today, Molly, back in hospital again (long story), but other than that not too bad! How are you?

4:42 pm

Mark Jones

Ohhhhh, that song.

4:42 pm

Vicuna

de6/36 - remove budget for?

4:42 pm

cgw8

Congrats, boo. :)

4:43 pm

lil*monkey

woo hoooooooooooo BooBoo!!!! WTG!!!

4:43 pm

Good Enough

No one's neck is as big as Gaston's.....

4:43 pm

Vicuna

Yay for Boobear!

4:43 pm

lil*monkey

de + fu4

4:43 pm

cgw8

Well, I'm gonna get going. Bye. :)

4:43 pm

Mark Jones

Got it. Thanks guys!

4:44 pm

lil*monkey

bye cgw8! go pro!

4:44 pm

Good Enough

Hospital again NB :(

4:44 pm

Vicuna

("Gaston, I'm afraid I've been thinking... A dangerous pasttime, it's true...")

4:44 pm

lil*monkey

sorry you're back in hospital, NB :(

4:44 pm

Mark Jones

I eat 5 dozen eggs, so I'm as large as a barge...

4:44 pm

Vicuna

Ooh, hope the recovery gets back on track, NB.

4:44 pm

Trifioso

boooo for back in hospital! but I hope you are getting the help you need

4:45 pm

Mark Jones

Yes, Lefou!

4:45 pm

MollyL

Aw NB, I'm sorry your back in the hospital. I hope it's a short stay. Hey, I am your sober buddy now. I got put on high blood pressure meds today.

4:45 pm

Nancy Boy

thanks :) sure it'll be okay, it's just to keep an eye on a few things.

4:45 pm

lil*monkey

oh sorry to hear that Molly

4:45 pm

MollyL

Hey Lil, I'm grateful it's treatable.

4:46 pm

Nancy Boy

hope they do their work, Molly - and let's have fun being sober! ...:/

4:47 pm

MollyL

*Clinking water glass with NB*

4:48 pm

Vicuna

*joins water toast*

4:48 pm

lil*monkey

Cheers!

4:48 pm

lil*monkey

*throws water balloon*

4:48 pm

Mark Jones

*clinks glass, hugs molly to prove he doesn't hate her and he's not a troll*

4:49 pm

MollyL

*Sprays the room with a hose*

4:49 pm

Vicuna

*puts up umbrella*

4:49 pm

lil*monkey

LOL Molly

4:49 pm

Mark Jones

Molly, now you made me feel all sad inside.

4:49 pm

lil*monkey

*puts on raincoat*

4:49 pm

Michnick

Hi all. Sorry to hear you're back in the hosp, NB. What a bummer.

4:49 pm

Nancy Boy

aww, my super-soaker is back at the flat ;)

4:50 pm

MollyL

*Activates fire prevention sprinklers*

4:50 pm

lil*monkey

haha NB *sprays NB with water pistol*

4:50 pm

Mark Jones

Now, you are just messing with my nerves

4:50 pm

MollyL

*Hands NB an extra super soaker*

4:50 pm

lil*monkey

hi michnick! *tosses water balloon at mich*

4:51 pm

Nancy Boy

thanks, Mich :) hopefully I'll get out soon. Miss home; miss the cats!

4:51 pm

Michnick

Whoa, careful Monkey, I just had my hair done & now I'm all wet. Sorry NB, hope you get home soon!!

4:52 pm

Mark Jones

I need a hint for the other l. I have the 6/6 one.

4:52 pm

lil*monkey

oh sorry mich! *hands mich a blow dryer*

4:53 pm

cosdem

ca6?

4:53 pm

Nancy Boy

You really think that's wise, Molly? ;)

4:53 pm

lil*monkey

march jones, i have le4 from that corner L... rhymes with Let's Make a De**

4:53 pm

Nancy Boy

and thanks, Mich :)

4:53 pm

Michnick

Ah much better. Hey, y'know what, I like it better thsi way, monkey. Thanks!

4:53 pm

Mark Jones

I have that one;

4:53 pm

lil*monkey

yw mich & sorry i soaked your hairdo

4:53 pm

lil*monkey

OK mark jones... i need the other one too

4:53 pm

Vicuna

you need pl le

4:53 pm

Michnick

No problem, it was a virtual hairdo anyway.

4:54 pm

Mark Jones

You tell us that NOW?

4:54 pm

lil*monkey

mark jones, it's lu4 , rhymes with the month after May

4:55 pm

Vicuna

(Ummm... oops, no you don't)

4:55 pm

Mark Jones

Thx lil! I need that last l, but for now, NBT!

4:55 pm

Michnick

Sorry Mark. It was a virtual water balloon too

4:55 pm

lil*monkey

yw MJ

4:55 pm

lil*monkey

LOL mich :)

4:55 pm

Michnick

And I bet you really live in antartica, hmmm?

4:56 pm

Mark Jones

Billy Jean is not my lover...LOL

4:56 pm

Michnick

Huh?

4:56 pm

lil*monkey

she's just a girl who says that I am the one... and the kid is not my son LOL

4:56 pm

Nancy Boy

Antarctica has a pretty cool flag. Never seen it before...

4:57 pm

Nancy Boy

Billy Jean ain't my lover either, believe it or not

4:57 pm

Mark Jones

Michnick, ever heard of Michael Jackson?

4:57 pm

Nancy Boy

;)

4:57 pm

Michnick

Oh, I know the song, I am trying to get the relevance. Sometimes I feel like I walked in at the end of the movie.

4:58 pm

Mark Jones

No, lil* called me MJ

4:58 pm

Michnick

Oh. Too subtle for my tired mind.

4:59 pm

Mark Jones

Lil* gets it, right?

4:59 pm

lil*monkey

of course :)

5:00 pm

lil*monkey

searching for some H words....

5:00 pm

Michnick

Well, I have an excuse, it's 1 AM here.

5:00 pm

Michnick

Where are you REALLY Mark??

5:00 pm

Mark Jones

Me, I live in Antarctica, but everything else is American;

5:01 pm

Mark Jones

Midwest; Look at the logo1

5:01 pm

Mark Jones

!

5:01 pm

Michnick

Ah, but maybe your logo is lying too?

5:02 pm

Mark Jones

You looked at the profile too? No, that was when I didn't have a logo. Weird, right?

5:04 pm

cosdem

anyone have the hu5?

5:05 pm

lil*monkey

oh i was just going to ask for that, cos... you read my mind

5:05 pm

Mark Jones

I need 3 I's. No cos, i don't.

5:05 pm

cosdem

ty

5:06 pm

Nef

hi everybody. cos, I can tell you what many of the hu5's AREN'T!

5:06 pm

Mark Jones

Never mind. Found the i's.

5:06 pm

Vicuna

hu5 - pl without a singular, sounds like lots of cows

5:06 pm

cosdem

got it. ty

5:06 pm

Mark Jones

Got it. Thx, Vicuna!

5:06 pm

Mark Jones

Hey Nef!

5:06 pm

Nef

very strange, vicuna. Thanks

5:07 pm

Nef

hey, Mark; you trying to confuse people by changing flags?

5:07 pm

Mark Jones

I need the r with one word. Yes Nef, I am.

5:08 pm

Mark Jones

I've been caught.

5:08 pm

Vicuna

rh4

5:08 pm

lil*monkey

rh + not them

5:08 pm

cosdem

rh + vowel + pl

5:08 pm

Good Enough

where in the world is mark jones?

5:09 pm

Mark Jones

Got it. Thanks, cos!

5:09 pm

Nef

sounds like what you are trying to do mark, pull a r*** on us

5:09 pm

lil*monkey

mark jones is the waldo of Babble

5:09 pm

Mark Jones

Wait, one second.

5:12 pm

Nef

what are we waiting for Mark?

5:12 pm

Mark Jones

What about my flag from the Bahamas now?

5:12 pm

lil*monkey

oh mark jones, that's purty!

5:12 pm

Good Enough

oh let's all be in the bahamas right now!

5:13 pm

lil*monkey

OK good idea!

5:13 pm

Mark Jones

Thanks, lil*. And for all you Australians out there, here's a stereotype for ya. 'Ello Mates!

5:13 pm

Nef

from the frozen midlands of the US to the pyrrines, to Antartica to the Bahamas: I'd guess you were a menopausal woman, Mark! ;-)

5:13 pm

Good Enough

lol nef!!

5:13 pm

lil*monkey

I am a Bahama mama now!

5:14 pm

Mark Jones

Whoa, you guys just all popped in. Here. *Gives everyone a lemonade*

5:14 pm

lil*monkey

*putting on bikini*

5:14 pm

lil*monkey

*guzzling lemonade*

5:15 pm

Mark Jones

You like? I made it myself when I randomly went into the PB.

5:15 pm

Mark Jones

Just for fun; never broadcasted a word before in the chog;

5:15 pm

lil*monkey

is this alcoholic?

5:16 pm

Mark Jones

I am in college. No.

5:16 pm

jmcnrick

*slips some vodka in lil's lemonade*

5:17 pm

lil*monkey

oooooH thanks jmc, you know me so well :)

5:17 pm

Mark Jones

Jmc, that is not nice.

5:17 pm

lil*monkey

oh I hope it''s Citroen

5:17 pm

jmcnrick

see mark i didn't put it in yours!

5:17 pm

lil*monkey

mark don't get your knickers in a twist

5:17 pm

jmcnrick

of course that is the only vodka for lemonade

5:17 pm

Mark Jones

Thaaaaanks.

5:18 pm

Nancy Boy

oooh, I forgot you can't drink until 21 in the USA. Perish the thought!

5:18 pm

jmcnrick

if you are in college you don't need encouragement to drink

5:19 pm

Mark Jones

I full well don't. I would not touch it!

5:19 pm

cosdem

how about the un6? (btw the 21 year old law never stoppped me!)

5:19 pm

Mark Jones

Cos!!!!!

5:19 pm

MollyL

Okay, just went and picked up my son from work. We have the icy/freezy stuff falling here too. Glad to be home for the night.

5:19 pm

lil*monkey

me neither, cos! un6 is loosen your sneakers

5:19 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL Cos, same with the 18 rule here. I got my first fake ID when I was 12.

5:19 pm

jmcnrick

un tie your shoes cosd

5:19 pm

cosdem

its -10 degrees here with wind chill

5:19 pm

Mark Jones

Molly, for the last time- not a troll!

5:20 pm

cosdem

ty guys!

5:20 pm

MollyL

*Passing Cos a fleece blanket*

5:20 pm

cosdem

2 left.

5:20 pm

jmcnrick

the only thing I drank was my daddy's beer starting when i was 4 or 5

5:20 pm

lil*monkey

mark & I are sipping lemonade in our bathing suits in the Bahamas, Molly

5:20 pm

Mark Jones

That's.....pleasant.

5:20 pm

lil*monkey

check out our flag

5:20 pm

MollyL

Ooo, JMC, was it homemade beer?

5:20 pm

jmcnrick

go casd go

5:20 pm

jmcnrick

*cosd

5:21 pm

cosdem

fireworks

5:21 pm

jmcnrick

no not homemade but available and I liked it

5:21 pm

Mark Jones

24 left! Are you guys working, or just talking?

5:21 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo cosd!

5:21 pm

jmcnrick

a little of both mark I am waiting until I can turn off the hotline for the night

5:21 pm

jmcnrick

47 left

5:22 pm

Nancy Boy

Took me a while to get into beer. Still not too fond. Wine and spirits for me...

5:22 pm

Mark Jones

Whatever you are doing, lil and i are snorkeling.

5:22 pm

cosdem

i only drink beer when im broke :)

5:23 pm

lil*monkey

oh snorkeling! yay! i love snorkeling!

5:23 pm

Nancy Boy

I'm going to miss drinking so much. Apart from anything else, I'm gonna be cold stumbling out of clubs without my wine jacket ;)

5:23 pm

jmcnrick

never took me any time to get into any drink except ouzo and mixed drinks fulll of sugar

5:24 pm

jmcnrick

you won't be stumbling NB

5:24 pm

Mark Jones

I am down on the bottom e.

5:24 pm

jmcnrick

go mark go!

5:25 pm

Mark Jones

I meant that i need 4 more on it.

5:25 pm

suefrad625

do you have the en's

5:25 pm

jmcnrick

en6/7=put up with something

5:25 pm

cosdem

the en's all sound alike

5:26 pm

Mark Jones

Have it

5:26 pm

jmcnrick

en5/6 get used to something

5:26 pm

Mark Jones

I have 7 en's.

5:26 pm

jmcnrick

trees?

5:26 pm

lil*monkey

i thnk there are 11 en's

5:26 pm

Mark Jones

Got it.

5:27 pm

jmcnrick

en6/7 make certain

5:27 pm

Mark Jones

I have a bunch of en+ I'm ****, and en+cow man***.

5:27 pm

lil*monkey

i need the last en5/6 combo

5:28 pm

jmcnrick

get used to something lil

5:28 pm

lil*monkey

OK thanks jmc, got em

5:28 pm

MollyL

It's like the liquid protein drink Lil, but take out the s.

5:29 pm

Trifioso

back again. man, I have been a prairie dog all day on this grid!

5:29 pm

MollyL

Time for WHACK A MOLE!!! (Only kidding Trif)

5:29 pm

lil*monkey

thanks Molly

5:29 pm

Trifioso

whack away. maybe it will settle me in one spot

5:29 pm

jmcnrick

lol I was looking for my mallet molly!

5:30 pm

jmcnrick

we call it bop a gopher

5:30 pm

Mark Jones

Ooooohhh! Turtle!

5:30 pm

jmcnrick

turtle?

5:30 pm

Mark Jones

I am snorkeling, currently.

5:30 pm

MollyL

Trif, when last I saw your dear sibling 'round these parts she was posting with her friend The Captain.

5:30 pm

Mark Jones

With lil*.

5:30 pm

lil*monkey

15 left!

5:31 pm

Trifioso

captain morgan?

5:31 pm

Nancy Boy

I love turtles. It's really pathetic, but when I have a bad day, I go home and run a google image search of baby turtles. Makes me feel better!

5:31 pm

lil*monkey

LOL Trifi

5:31 pm

MollyL

Yes, that captain.

5:31 pm

jmcnrick

sounds good to me NB

5:31 pm

Mark Jones

Help with the a please.

5:31 pm

jmcnrick

not your uncle

5:32 pm

MollyL

Bob's yer uncle

5:32 pm

Trifioso

funny, nancy, I was just looking at some old photos in my FB account last night, and there are several photos of some baby turtles that hatched in my yard last spring, and I was hoping there would be more this spring

5:32 pm

suefrad625

one sounds like a mans name

5:32 pm

suefrad625

one is like the e tree one

5:32 pm

jmcnrick

and pl the mans name

5:32 pm

jmcnrick

hi sue

5:33 pm

jmcnrick

al4 is charity

5:33 pm

suefrad625

hi all

5:33 pm

suefrad625

just got back from shopping

5:33 pm

jmcnrick

ooo did you get anything good?

5:33 pm

lil*monkey

7 left ... oooh what did u get, sue

5:34 pm

jmcnrick

39 left

5:34 pm

suefrad625

food

5:34 pm

jmcnrick

that can be good

5:34 pm

suefrad625

but I got some great buys at Bi-low and Harris teeter

5:34 pm

suefrad625

bi-lo give you fuel perks

5:35 pm

suefrad625

we are up to .75 off each gal. of gas, up to 20gal

5:35 pm

Good Enough

just walked back in and i see we are snorkeling, drinking and shopping. sounds like a busy dangerous evening.

5:35 pm

jmcnrick

so does giant but i never figured out how to use them

5:35 pm

suefrad625

and harris teeter was doubling coupons up to 1.98

5:35 pm

lil*monkey

I am snorkeling in Bahmas

5:35 pm

Nancy Boy

lol Good!

5:36 pm

jmcnrick

no dangerous because we have divided the jobs up into small groups -- i am in charge of drinking

5:36 pm

lil*monkey

oh i love Harris Teets, sue!

5:36 pm

suefrad625

it is worth it jmc

5:36 pm

lil*monkey

anyone have the us5?

5:36 pm

Good Enough

i'll join you jmc. even in virtual reality i dont wanna be in a swimsuit

5:36 pm

suefrad625

i saved 100.70 yesterday and 67.00 today

5:36 pm

jmcnrick

i am sure i just wish i understood how to go it

5:37 pm

jmcnrick

vodka or jack good?

5:37 pm

jmcnrick

in gas money??@?!?!?!?! what do you drive?

5:37 pm

Good Enough

a bit a wodka would be wonerful

5:38 pm

MollyL

JMC, do you mean you haven't figured out how to use the Giant fuel perks? It's easy.

5:38 pm

jmcnrick

Citron?

5:38 pm

MollyL

You just swipe your Giant card at the pump, or punch in your phone number.

5:38 pm

jmcnrick

that is right molly

5:38 pm

lil*monkey

Mark Jones, are you still snorkeling or are you a su6 now???

5:38 pm

suefrad625

no silly, in groceries and earned .75 off each gal of gas

5:38 pm

suefrad625

lol

5:39 pm

jmcnrick

when do you do that molly?

5:39 pm

MollyL

Right at the beginning. The pump "talks you through it' with a digital display.

5:39 pm

jmcnrick

oh I live by myself these days so it would be hard to say that much on my bill sue

5:40 pm

jmcnrick

oh okay well maybe i should do it except i think i haven't been to giant enough lately

5:40 pm

jmcnrick

ihave seen my giant card for at least 20 years

5:40 pm

jmcnrick

*haven't

5:40 pm

MollyL

It's fun to see the pump drop 30, 40, or 50 cents a gallon, depending on how much you have accumulated.

5:41 pm

MollyL

JMC, when you go to Giant, do you type in your phone number?

5:41 pm

lil*monkey

what the hell is the ur4,6

5:41 pm

jmcnrick

i never forgave my mother for giving up her exxon card that had a permanent 10% off of gas at the pump

5:42 pm

jmcnrick

like the hu5/16 without the H

5:42 pm

jmcnrick

yes molly i do

5:43 pm

MollyL

Then you can punch it in at the gas pump too. I don't have a Giant card either, I use my phone number.

5:43 pm

jmcnrick

oh look at that it is past time to go home!

5:43 pm

lil*monkey

thank you jmc! now i have one left

5:43 pm

jmcnrick

ty molly i may try that soon especially when i am on the road

5:43 pm

mkg

ur 4: where you put ashes of ancesters in china. in one of these. this is plural

5:43 pm

lil*monkey

FIRE WORKS!!!!!

5:43 pm

jmcnrick

oh guess i will wait for lil's fw

5:44 pm

lil*monkey

i got em! woo hooo

5:44 pm

Trifioso

any help for the ca 6, 30, please?

5:44 pm

jmcnrick

whooo hooo lil!!!!

5:44 pm

jmcnrick

and bbl *poof*

5:44 pm

lil*monkey

my last word was us5 and what a WACK word that is

5:44 pm

lil*monkey

byeeeeeeeeeee jmc

5:44 pm

Good Enough

ya mon, lil monkey!

5:44 pm

lil*monkey

Trifi, use the high-point tile in the middle

5:44 pm

MollyL

Trif, first three letters of the earthquake state and French for what

5:44 pm

Trifioso

bless you lil

5:45 pm

Trifioso

thank you molly!!!

5:45 pm

welki

hi folks

5:45 pm

lil*monkey

I seem to have lost my snokeling partner... someone call the Beach Rescue Unit

5:45 pm

lil*monkey

Mark JOnes! where are you!

5:46 pm

lil*monkey

MARK JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONES

5:46 pm

Good Enough

don't worry. he's probably traveling to his next country of origin.

5:47 pm

Kaplan the Magne

6

5:47 pm

mkg

go kaplan!!!!!!!!!!!

5:47 pm

lil*monkey

lil*monkey must run along now.... any clues needed before I go?

5:48 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I'm not listing- very macho of me.

5:49 pm

mkg

30 words and struggling. no list yet. i go to list after half way.

5:49 pm

welki

i can almost hear the chest hair sprouting, kap :)

5:49 pm

Kaplan the Magne

That would be scary on so many levels.

5:49 pm

Trifioso

FIREWORKS!!! woot woot!

5:52 pm

mkg

yeah trifioso!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:53 pm

mkg

kaplan are you male or female? your profile doesnt say.

5:53 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Wouldn't you like to know!

5:53 pm

Kaplan the Magne

:)

5:53 pm

mkg

gee kaplan, your profile is really secretive. give no info, that must be your motto

5:53 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I'm ambidexterous and bifocal.

5:54 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Biaterally symmetric.

5:54 pm

welki

a real fence-sitter

5:54 pm

mkg

darn. 42 words and cant get half way to go to list.

5:54 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I like not having gender assumptions attachedto me.

5:54 pm

mkg

very cute kaplan. very cute

5:55 pm

Kaplan the Magne

But attentive Babblers may recall.

5:55 pm

mkg

well odds are you have some jewish ancestry from the name. thats all we know.

5:55 pm

mkg

and you live in u.s.a. and you are literate enough to play babble.

5:55 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Barely.

5:55 pm

welki

except that you've posted a different gender-icon in the past ... was that all a ruse? is everything we've been through a lie? :)

5:55 pm

MollyL

Kap is Jewish??? WHO KNEW??? Ahahahahaha@

5:56 pm

mkg

from my profile you dont get much more.

5:56 pm

welki

and here i thought, here in cyberland, everyone tells the truth. go figure.

5:57 pm

mkg

no he isnt necessarily jewish. i said he had some jewish ancestry. could be one grandparent. just the name. kaplan, what is barely? the u.s.a. or the jewish or the literate?

5:57 pm

Kaplan the Magne

The persona that I seem to have on Babble is a very real part of me -not everyone gets to see it, unless I blow my cover in boring agency meetings

5:57 pm

mkg

part of the fun of cyberspace is NOT TELLING THE TRUTH. see my profile! all a lie.

5:57 pm

Good Enough

i remember the magnificent part Kap

5:57 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Barely literate. I am not being fraudulent here- you get the real me.

5:58 pm

Kaplan the Magne

The rest of me that is nice all day is an act.

5:58 pm

mkg

i could name myself :cohen the high priest. who would know different?

5:58 pm

MollyL

Kap! You sing Allan Sherman in meetings? Cool.

5:58 pm

welki

cohen, probably

5:58 pm

Good Enough

and i guess i thought that you were part of a couple and sometimes the woman played and sometimes the man...my imagination runs wild sometimes

5:59 pm

mkg

by the way my daughter showed me a great game on line: very difficult. it is mah jong puzzles. tiles you match up and try to get rid of all. very very hard and a great game. gee now i am not sure what the site was. mah jong something but not sure what.

5:59 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I've almost done. I remember a friend and I exchanging glanceswhen someone mentioned a colleague named Harvey Waxman- We both were thinking "Harvey Waxman, Harvey Waxman, how's by you?" to the tune of where is thumbkin

6:00 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Good enough , I like that.

6:00 pm

mkg

there are so so many cohens.

6:00 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I feel that way often.

6:00 pm

mkg

6:00 pm

Kaplan the Magne

OK I will tell you...

6:00 pm

Dorens

i remember harvey waxman!

6:00 pm

mkg

we have one old allan sherman record. wish we had them all. they were so so funny.

6:00 pm

Kaplan the Magne

You do?

6:00 pm

welki

*drum roll*

6:00 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I

6:00 pm

mkg

harvey waxman? who is that dorens?

6:00 pm

Kaplan the Magne

am

6:00 pm

Kaplan the Magne

a

6:01 pm

Dorens

unfortunately, without reminders, the only one i remember is hello muddah, hello faddah

6:01 pm

Kaplan the Magne

chick

6:01 pm

mkg

oh suspense

6:01 pm

Dorens

a song by allen sherman, mkg

6:01 pm

Kaplan the Magne

AUUUGGGGGHHHH!!!!!

6:01 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I feel so naked!

6:01 pm

mkg

chick?????????really??????????????????
??wow. a chicken playing babble.

6:01 pm

welki

here i am at camp grenada ..

6:01 pm

mkg

kaplan go get a robe on!

6:02 pm

mkg

when the roths go marching in..........oh when the roths go marching in............

6:02 pm

Good Enough

thus the scary chest hair :)

6:02 pm

Dorens

camp is very entertaining

6:02 pm

Kaplan the Magne

You got it.

6:02 pm

DTTTM

surd

6:02 pm

DTTTM

sorry

6:02 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I never lied, I just dissembled.

6:03 pm

jillibus

LOVED Alan Sherman! Hi all.

6:03 pm

Dorens

hi jilli

6:03 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Truth- don't you think of me differently now that you know I am just another female in her 50's? Doesn't it take away some of the intrigue?

6:03 pm

mkg

the best shake hands with your uncle max. it was so so fantastic.

6:03 pm

mkg

me too jillibus.

6:03 pm

Kaplan the Magne

But I have this inner smart aleck named Kaplan.

6:03 pm

mkg

back to get half way. then off to swim before it is too late.

6:03 pm

jillibus

I remembered your pink purse, Kap

6:04 pm

Dorens

just another female in her 50's? just another? no, not at all

6:04 pm

Kaplan the Magne

"And here's your sister Pearl, and here is your cousin Isabelle that's Irving's oldest girl"

6:04 pm

mkg

truth: kaplan i really dont care much but was just curious. doesnt change a thing. and i didnt you you were in 50s as opposed to 30s 40s 60s etc.

6:04 pm

Kaplan the Magne

"And sure you remember the Tishman twins, Gerald and Jerome

6:04 pm

mkg

i am ten years old. see my profile.

6:05 pm

Kaplan the Magne

"We've all come out to meet you andto wishyou WELCOME HOME!

6:05 pm

mkg

i am very jewish. i loved that song! you got it kaplan.

6:05 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Are you really?

6:05 pm

mkg

fantastic song.

6:05 pm

mkg

they are were fantastic.

6:05 pm

Kaplan the Magne

"Stein with an "ei" and Styne with a "y!"

6:06 pm

mkg

so so wonderful those songs.

6:07 pm

Kaplan the Magne

My husband is a kaplan. This is the only place where I take that name. But also the Hyman Kaplan stories from the New Yorker. I willput that on my profilesomeday. (Space bar still faulty.)

6:07 pm

Dorens

loved the old h*y*m*a*n kaplan stories

6:07 pm

mkg

just got to 48 words. now what do i do.............

6:07 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I am afraid to say more in case someone from Massachusetts recognizes me.

6:08 pm

Dorens

definitely dating ourselves here

6:08 pm

mkg

yes hyman kaplan stories were also hysterical but so so true. my grandmother once took a phone message that said : nerski roto called.

6:08 pm

Dorens

well, i spend a lot of time there, kaplan, but even if i did recognize you, i'd never give you up

6:08 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Dating ourselves- the ultimate narcissism.

6:08 pm

mkg

i am 63 and dont get how someone in 50s knows this stuff. so kaplan maybe you have lied about your age.

6:09 pm

mkg

my kids are in their 30s and know allan sherman songs from us playign them.

6:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi all

6:09 pm

Dorens

hey owl how are you?

6:09 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I am kind of a retro person. I have not lied about my age. I am fifty-freaking-five.

6:09 pm

mkg

just got another 7 and now half way. going to lisrt now.

6:10 pm

welki

i know about hyman kaplan, too .. and i'm in my 50s too (just another one *lol*)

6:10 pm

mkg

well i am sixty freaking three and grandmother to 15 wonderful amazing human beings.

6:10 pm

mkg

one grandchild is the photo i use.

6:10 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Grew up with Allen Sherman. Marx Bros. Dad wasa big fan of Sid Caesar.

6:10 pm

Dorens

hi there welki

6:10 pm

Kaplan the Magne

You know the drill.

6:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

wow cute kid doren

6:11 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I have 6 left and here I am yakking.

6:11 pm

welki

hi dorens

6:11 pm

Dorens

thanks owl. that is levi, from a while ago... need a more up to date.. he's very funny

6:11 pm

welki

psst, i'll still listen or watch sid caesar/imogene coco

6:12 pm

Kaplan the Magne

He was amazing. You like Judy Holliday?

6:12 pm

MollyL

I just knew when I stepped away that when I got back, a Sherman round would be going on.

6:12 pm

Kaplan the Magne

It's my mom's yahrzeit.

6:12 pm

Kaplan the Magne

:)

6:12 pm

Kaplan the Magne

It was my dad's the other day.

6:13 pm

Dorens

you light candles?

6:13 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Yeah.

6:13 pm

MollyL

Nodding to the memory of Kap's Mom and Dad.

6:13 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Thank you.

6:14 pm

Dorens

my parents were pretty much anti-religion... the thought of lighting a yahrzeit candle for him would have actually upset him. strange, eh?

6:14 pm

Kaplan the Magne

No- my father in law is like that--it's the socialist side

6:14 pm

MollyL

Dorens, that grandbaby is so precious.

6:15 pm

Dorens

thanks molly. i guess all grandbabies are, though. in their own way

6:15 pm

Kaplan the Magne

No, yours is especially cute

6:15 pm

Kaplan the Magne

See, now you know I am a girl, I say mushy family oriented things

6:16 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Oy

6:16 pm

72 Temple Owl

doren i think i am coming up there on fed 12, mini class reunion

6:16 pm

Dorens

thanks... actually one thing i like about th pic is his sister's hand.. she's holding him up... otherwise i wouldn't be able to tell if it is him or an old pic of her.. they are quite the same in looks, if not temperament

6:16 pm

mkg

we never ever forget our parents. the loss is so enormous.

6:16 pm

Dorens

nice... but who has reunions in february???

6:16 pm

mkg

yes kaplan t hose female feelings are there.

6:17 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Can I still be a wiseass?

6:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

we do. the following dayis the 50th anniversary of the founding of the school

6:17 pm

Dorens

how can i be down to 11 but still not nbt? is the d on the right side a particularly strange word, or am I just particularly obtuse?

6:17 pm

mkg

just went to more words to see about ca 6. yipes. there are so many ca6 words. wow.

6:17 pm

Dorens

owl you went to a parochial school, right? not hckensack high?

6:18 pm

Dorens

look at the point count mkg

6:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

right

6:18 pm

Dorens

so i am down to 11 words without list

6:18 pm

mkg

why dorens? is that a high count or low?

6:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

i have no ca6 how many are there?

6:19 pm

Dorens

it is ca6/30... you do the math

6:19 pm

Dorens

only one owl

6:19 pm

mkg

ten points. so what?

6:20 pm

Dorens

do you really mean that? so what? so if it is ten points, look at what tiles can add up to that!

6:20 pm

rnp

clue for the un 6,24 please?

6:20 pm

mkg

dorens there is a lot of tiles adding to 10. so many twos.

6:20 pm

Dorens

my sneakers are un****d

6:21 pm

mkg

for example caundu, or caendur or caendun etc.

6:21 pm

rnp

thanks dorens.....fireworks

6:21 pm

Dorens

it uses the highest point tile... yw and yay rnp!

6:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

don't trip

6:22 pm

mkg

oh. ty dorens

6:22 pm

mkg

got it. but dorens could have been a bunch of 2 point tiles too.

6:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

how many letters?

6:23 pm

Dorens

i don't see how mk.

6:23 pm

Dorens

for what owl?

6:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

the d word?

6:23 pm

mkg

i gave examples below. caundu. if that were a word, it would be 10 points.

6:24 pm

Dorens

don't know... have no list. sure, mk, that is one.. and if you enter it you find out it isn't a word, so you go on and try another. the others you gave weren't 6 letter words

6:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

sorry, i thought you just said you found it and it used the q

6:25 pm

Mom

de 6/36 for the d from the right side and hello from snowy Kentucky

6:25 pm

Dorens

that is the ca6/30... and hi mom and thanks!!!

6:25 pm

Mom

Hi ((Doren))

6:26 pm

Dorens

now down to 10, nbt. will take a break and come back later with the ultimate question... to list, or not to list!

6:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh ty. hi mom , are you getting much?

6:26 pm

Mom

and you're welcome

6:27 pm

Mom

Hi ((TO)), you're welcome. We have had 3.1 inches. Now the wind is really kicking up so there is a lot of blowing snow

6:28 pm

Mom

oh don't list Doren, I have finished and will be glad to help you

6:28 pm

Mom

(unless I have moved to another room in the house)

6:28 pm

MollyL

Someone explain point count to me. The ca6/30 is a word whose tiles add up to 12 points. Why is it 30 points?

6:28 pm

Mom

4 tiles are the actual points, 5 tiles the points are doubled, 6 tiles they are tripled and so on

6:29 pm

MollyL

Thanks Mom.

6:29 pm

Mom

you're welcome Molly

6:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

is much predicted?

6:30 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I have 6 left without list- all 4's and 5's. I left for a while to change mmy icon.

6:30 pm

Mom

and it only adds to 10 Molly because the u counts with the q

6:30 pm

Dorens

how much did you get owl? is it still snowing down there?

6:31 pm

Mom

no TO, that is all we are expecting, less than an inch overnight still to come

6:31 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Lotsa snow on the way.

6:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

i don't know,i will have to go look. most is to come overnight 5-8

6:31 pm

Dorens

mom i think i'm going to have to list... four straight minutes looking and found nada

6:31 pm

Mom

AnniefromBrooklyn was saying they are expecting blizzard conditions starting tomorrow

6:32 pm

Mom

I am glad you made it home before it hit TO

6:32 pm

Mom

okay, but I will still help if needed

6:32 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I'm trying not to list. Lately I have been throwing in the towel with 10 or less to go.

6:32 pm

MollyL

Oh THANK YOU Mom. I was going crazy counting the u twice.

6:32 pm

Dorens

i am so disappointed in the wusses around here... an informational meeting for parents that i changed my schedule around for was cancelled... it would have been over by 8:30 and the snow isn't starting here till later

6:33 pm

Mom

I did it the first time also

6:33 pm

Mom

oh that is rotten Doren

6:33 pm

Dorens

so then i said, great, I can go to my book club, which is very very local for everyone, and THEY cancelled, even tho it would have been over by 9:30... and we all live within 2 miles of the place!!

6:33 pm

Mom

will it be rescheduled

6:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

why do i torture myself by watching judge judy and judeg joe brown? greatest advestisements for culling th egene pool ever

6:33 pm

MollyL

Seriously, there are fingerprints on my screen from counting that word over and over again trying to figure out what I was missing.

6:33 pm

mkg

14 left. did kaplan finish? and leave?

6:34 pm

Dorens

do you need further convincing that the gene pool needs culling owl?? really?

6:34 pm

Dorens

try jerry springer

6:34 pm

Kaplan the Magne

No- still here- with 6.

6:34 pm

mkg

i like the new info kaplan.

6:34 pm

mkg

with six? wow.

6:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

doren, i could not believe the kids got out last friday at 1 to count as full day, in the height of the snow. if they had waited till 3 the roads would have been clear and safe.

6:35 pm

mkg

love harpos pic. in real life they were really messed up men by the way. gamblers, womanizers, etc.

6:35 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I think I have to list or be here all night.

6:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

lol doren, we sound awful!

6:35 pm

Dorens

you kidding? we were cancelled altogether

6:35 pm

Mom

Molly, my screen does as well

6:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

unbelievable

6:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

now the kids have make up wrestling matches on the monday holiday

6:36 pm

mkg

yes list kaplan. easy then. off to swim and back for last 14 later.

6:36 pm

Dorens

no kap, DON"T list... (i didn't)

6:37 pm

Kaplan the Magne

2. I listed, and they were all fish!!!!

6:37 pm

Mom

did you finish Dorens?

6:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

i need 24 including the de6

6:37 pm

Mom

do you want a clue TO?

6:37 pm

Dorens

no, of course not... 8 now

6:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

doren don't you get tired of being in shcool till nearly 4th of july?

6:37 pm

Mom

go go go Doren and TO and Kap

6:37 pm

Mom

bye mkg

6:38 pm

Kaplan the Magne

1.

6:38 pm

Dorens

not really owl... just glad to be in school at all, this year

6:38 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Just the us5.

6:38 pm

Mom

waiting ...... waiting .....

6:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

go kap

6:39 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Clue?

6:39 pm

Dorens

6

6:39 pm

Mom

(turning blue) :)

6:39 pm

Mom

us + ***r or far

6:39 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Go Dorens. Catch those fish!

6:39 pm

Dorens

breathe, mom, breathe

6:39 pm

Mom

breathing

6:39 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Fireworks.

6:40 pm

Mom

congrats Kaplan

6:40 pm

Mom

exhale

6:40 pm

hoyadoc

yay kap!

6:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

yay kap! *throws water on mom to revive her*

6:40 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Didn't list till the last 6. But I so wanted to do it on my own.

6:40 pm

Dorens

i can't bellieve they're fish... i am searching and searching.

6:41 pm

Kaplan the Magne

The ones I had left were 4's and 5's- the us was the only one that wasn't a fish.

6:41 pm

Mom

grabs a towel

6:41 pm

Mom

thanks TO

6:41 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Did you know a writer named Woollcott?

6:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

alexander?

6:41 pm

Dorens

alexander?

6:41 pm

Kaplan the Magne

His full name was Alexander but friendscalled him al4/

6:41 pm

Dorens

snap owl!

6:42 pm

Kaplan the Magne

That's the one.

6:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

wow wonder what recess of my brain that came from

6:42 pm

Dorens

yup, got that one... down to four.. an h, r, and one from each s

6:42 pm

Kaplan the Magne

One pun- he said as he sailed passed a group of Northern islands...

6:42 pm

Kaplan the Magne

"Well, at least I still have my Aleutians."

6:42 pm

Mom

rh 4/6

6:42 pm

Dorens

just googled him... the man who came to dinner

6:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

i LOVE that movie!!!

6:43 pm

Dorens

rh + we

6:43 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Yeah- funny movie- good parody of his character.

6:43 pm

Mom

4 rewords and 4 ru words

6:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

i feel some anxiety based eating coming on

6:43 pm

Dorens

ah, my missing r was a fish.

6:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

monty wooley

6:43 pm

Dorens

no owl... drink a cup of tea

6:43 pm

Mom

thanks Doren that was for you, I was giving you the R words but hit enter to soon

6:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

katherine hepburn?

6:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

billie burke?

6:44 pm

Dorens

that is okay thanks mom... i had actually gotten it on my own... ddetermination1

6:44 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Yes, Montey Woolley. Not Hepburn. I think Burke- and Jimmy Durante.

6:44 pm

Mom

excellent Doren

6:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes, definitely durante

6:44 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I was born before my time.

6:44 pm

Dorens

working on the h... wish it could be hunque

6:45 pm

Dorens

but i'm not missing a six, so i guess not

6:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

and the nurse - who the heck was she?

6:45 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Sure does suque.

6:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

she is in EVERYTHING of the period

6:45 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Not Bette Davis?

6:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

i think you are right , bette was in it but not the nurse

6:46 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Who needs memory when you got google. Someone google it.

6:46 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Bette was the reporter.

6:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

anne sheridan!

6:47 pm

Dorens

ok someone please give the stats for the 8?

6:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

two ce 8 words

6:48 pm

MollyL

Ann Sheridan?

6:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

is all i have

6:48 pm

MollyL

Nope, Mary Wickes was the nurse.

6:48 pm

Dorens

sorry... this one has to be an h or a s

6:48 pm

hoyadoc

PT of c7/36

6:49 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Great movie either way.

6:49 pm

Mom

sc 8/50

6:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty molly

6:49 pm

Mom

builds off the contraption that measures weight

6:49 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I gotta say night-night.

6:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

nigh tkap.

6:50 pm

Dorens

ah... down to 2... night kap and thanks mom

6:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh my, sc 8

6:51 pm

Dorens

time for a glass of wine... that might help

6:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

need a short break to check snow. and obtain food.

6:53 pm

Dorens

snow still hasn't started here!

6:54 pm

Dorens

and we all know that thte first hour wouldn't have been dangerous driving. i think i'm going out to the movies (it's certain to be no school tomorrow)

6:55 pm

Mom

good night Kap

6:55 pm

Mom

you're welcome Dorens

6:55 pm

Dorens

mom i have one left... it is an h and it is 5 and i'm totally blind to it.. can you just give me a little hint please?

6:57 pm

Dorens

i suppose i could go to morewords... after all it has to be hu

6:58 pm

jmbdobie2

a bunch of cows ... change vowel?

6:58 pm

Dorens

done! night all

6:59 pm

Dorens

oh.. thanks jm.finally monkeyed it, and I thought i had tried that.. don't know why

6:59 pm

jmbdobie2

refund

6:59 pm

jmbdobie2

ooppppssssss

6:59 pm

jmbdobie2

off to pb

7:00 pm

Dorens

no one saw that:)

7:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

night doren

7:02 pm

72 Temple Owl

still seeking sc8. keep wanting to find the triangle.

7:02 pm

stevedallas

fireworks

7:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

wtg, steve

7:03 pm

Dorens

ends with you and me, owl... niters

7:04 pm

hoyadoc

wtg steve!

7:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am eating break & bake cookie dough. very convenient

7:04 pm

Riverdance

sc8 = object that measures weight + oh *o + you and me equals **

7:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

and the root is the triangle !

7:04 pm

Riverdance

hello everyone

7:08 pm

Riverdance

*sniff* stopped the chog in its tracks.....

7:09 pm

hoyadoc

riverdance!

7:10 pm

Mom

back .... sweetie just got home

7:10 pm

Mom

(((River))) so good to see you

7:10 pm

Riverdance

((hoy)) ((Mom)) so good to see you

7:10 pm

Mom

Hi Hoy

7:11 pm

hoyadoc

hi mom

7:11 pm

Mom

River, how are things? DId you get your laptop?

7:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi mom.

7:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi river

7:12 pm

Riverdance

I did - its awesome - cant you tell....lol - got a Toshiba 16 inch screen - 8 hour battery time - whooohooo

7:12 pm

MollyL

Mom, glad your sweetie got home safe.

7:12 pm

MollyL

River, I love my Toshiba laptop.

7:12 pm

Riverdance

how is the weather for those of you south of me

7:12 pm

hoyadoc

where r u?

7:12 pm

Mom

Hi TO

7:13 pm

Riverdance

Its heavy to carry but dont plan on taking it with me much but it is an awesome machine

7:13 pm

Mom

I am so glad, River. Enjoy it

7:13 pm

Riverdance

I am in New Hampshire - storm coming in tonight after midnight - will be a nasty ride into work tomorrow

7:13 pm

Mom

RIver, we have snow, about 3 inches but sweetie said it is really coming down now

7:13 pm

MollyL

Sleet falling here River. We are not to get too much though. Glad it's "safe at home" time for us.

7:13 pm

Mom

maybe you can stay home tomorrow, River

7:14 pm

Riverdance

Its a better machine than I expected to get but got more money than I expected for christmas so upgraded

7:14 pm

hoyadoc

i am in N VA and only icy snow so far. yippe! we had our share last year

7:14 pm

Mom

gotta love getting money for Christmas

7:14 pm

Mom

and I am in Northern Kentucky

7:14 pm

Good Enough

well good evening

7:15 pm

Mom

hi Good Enough

7:15 pm

Riverdance

I feel bad for those of you in the south - you are equiped for the snow and sleet like we are .....still need to go to work....wont call off unless we get 2 plus feet and they dont expect that

7:15 pm

blueheron

River..where are you in New Hampshire? I live in Dover.

7:15 pm

Good Enough

i'm confused mom and river are here in the morning, not after dinner.

7:16 pm

Mom

I am just hanging out tonight, I finished earlier. I am hoping to see Scrabbler and Haz

7:16 pm

Riverdance

I live in Weare - 15 miles west of Concord - nice to meet you blueheron - thats 3 of us now in NH - we need to plan a babble meet - lol

7:16 pm

Mom

I have job offers for the two of them :-)

7:16 pm

blueheron

sounds good to me!

7:16 pm

Riverdance

I goof off at work in the morning when I first get in until caffeine kicks in ..... now home and relaxing

7:17 pm

Good Enough

oh how nice of you mom!

7:18 pm

Mom

George Clooney grew up around here and he is coming back in February and March to film his new movie, Ides of March and they need hundreds of extras.

7:18 pm

Riverdance

hey blueheron - I will be at the Penquin plunge in a few weeks - you should come and watch

7:18 pm

Mom

River, you are not going in that cold water are you?

7:19 pm

Good Enough

hmmm, i think i might be available to leave my family and move to maybe be in proximity of george clooney...just saying.

7:19 pm

blueheron

I plan to be there too!

7:19 pm

Mom

I have the web address for those who would like to apply as extras :-)

7:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

uh oh, mom - don't tell scrabbler!

7:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

are they paid? the going rate was about ^40 per day when I did that, but that was many years ago

7:20 pm

blueheron

I'll take that web address Mom:)

7:20 pm

Mom

oh but I am, TO, I will house her if she can get on as an extra

7:20 pm

Mom

they are paid

7:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

and haz, haz will fly over!

7:21 pm

hoyadoc

clue for si6 pls

7:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

SERIOUSLY?

7:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

I'll apply! life has been pretty dull

7:21 pm

hoyadoc

nm

7:21 pm

hoyadoc

oh i thought you were saying "seriously???" to my request for a clue...

7:21 pm

Mom

email daretodreamcasting@gmail.com. Hundreds of extra roles and some small roles

7:22 pm

Good Enough

sorry hoy i clue too slow

7:22 pm

Riverdance

I am a Chicken and will spend my time in the chicken coop watching my dear friends be fools and jump in that icy water - I am still a part of the Special Olympics fundraising so if anyone wants to make a donation, send it my way

7:22 pm

rolotom

fu 6 33?

7:22 pm

Mom

I have to check and see that Haz's passport is up to date

7:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

what type are they looking for?

7:22 pm

Mom

doesm

7:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

past tense

7:22 pm

Good Enough

oh you still need it si6 rhymes with a church song book but spelled differently

7:22 pm

hoyadoc

no i havent gotten it, actually, i thought TO was giving me grief...

7:22 pm

Mom

crap ... doesn't say what they will be paid but out of state residents (Ohio) will get a 25% tax credit

7:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

huh?

7:23 pm

Good Enough

fu6 covered with hair in the past??

7:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

whatever.

7:23 pm

hoyadoc

i asked for a clue and you're next chog was "seriously???' - i thought you were giving me grief bc it was an easy word or something - ha

7:24 pm

Mom

huh? to who, TO?

7:24 pm

Riverdance

that would be a fish slap hoy

7:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

mom i don't understand the tax credit

7:24 pm

rolotom

TY!

7:25 pm

Good Enough

yw :)

7:25 pm

Mom

It doesn't explain it but I am guessing that those who are paid will have their withholding taxes reduced by 25%

7:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

what is the movie about? they usually say what tyope they are looking for. like in age of innocence, no frosted hair, no obvious dye jobs,

7:26 pm

Mom

the movie will star, of course, George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood

7:27 pm

hoyadoc

still cant get the si, Good....

7:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

haz'z passport is fine she was to come to the states last year before gall bladderkicked up

7:27 pm

Mom

no particulars for casting noted

7:27 pm

Mom

THe movie is a Howard Dean style Democratic govenor running in the presidental primaries

7:28 pm

Mom

George will star and direct

7:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

well how big is your house lol

7:28 pm

Mom

I looked for her all afternoon, sometimes she is on when I eat lunch

7:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

and are you going to try?

7:28 pm

Mom

and haven't seen Scrabbler all day

7:28 pm

Mom

rofl, heavens no.

7:29 pm

Mom

our youngest son has applied to be an assistant's assistant. but he hasn't heard back from them

7:29 pm

Riverdance

si6 = si+ I dont like it when you are *ea* to me + 2 letter word for a train

7:29 pm

lbdawger

hi everyone!

7:29 pm

Good Enough

hmmm, starts our if things are alike they are ***ilar and ends with bad pa***ing on the basement walls

7:29 pm

Mom

(((LBD))

7:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

why not? it is fun when you have friends there

7:30 pm

Riverdance

hello lbd

7:30 pm

lbdawger

(((MOM)))

7:30 pm

lbdawger

hi river

7:30 pm

Mom

but this Thursday on The Learning Channel at 9 pm there will be a show called The Police Women of Cincinnati, and Alex was an assistant's assistant for that taping here

7:30 pm

Mom

My days of doing stuff like that are long over with TO

7:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

so that is his chosen field?

7:31 pm

Riverdance

FIREWORKS

7:31 pm

Mom

his degree is in Electronic Media Broadcasting with a minor in journalism. He graduated in December

7:31 pm

Mom

Congratulations River

7:31 pm

lbdawger

whoooo hooooo RIVER!!

7:31 pm

Good Enough

yay river!!

7:32 pm

Mom

last year he did camera work for the Cincinnati Reds and did scoreboard for the Florence Freedom, a Frontier League baseball team

7:32 pm

Riverdance

thank you all - any clues needed before I go off to facebook land

7:32 pm

hoyadoc

ty Good - i was trying to rhyme it with "missal" instead of the other Church book!

7:32 pm

Mom

is Farmville still around River?

7:33 pm

Riverdance

oh yeah

7:33 pm

Good Enough

ooops sorry hoy

7:33 pm

Mom

havne't moved on to greener pastures. :-)

7:33 pm

Riverdance

I play way too many of those stupid games

7:33 pm

Mom

I only play Lexulous on Facebook

7:33 pm

Mom

can't type either ....*haven't

7:34 pm

hoyadoc

no no it's fine i am just having brain farts tonight!

7:34 pm

Mom

TO, did you get fireworks?

7:34 pm

Riverdance

havent tried that yet - I did register but was initially confused with finding someone to play with - gave up and went to the other - now hooked on stupid games

7:34 pm

Good Enough

hoy do you have many of the 6 and 7s. many are very similar to eachother

7:34 pm

Mom

Hoy, can't have those until you pass the age of 50

7:34 pm

Mom

I will set up a game with you if you would like

7:35 pm

lbdawger

hoy, have you been sampling your own product? lol

7:35 pm

Good Enough

haha very true mom

7:35 pm

Mom

:-)

7:35 pm

hoyadoc

yes i have all those ones tucked up in the right upper

7:35 pm

Riverdance

will find another night that I dont need to get to bed soon and have some time to spend - want to make it a quick FB night

7:36 pm

hoyadoc

nah, i never sample - street value is more beneficial ;)

7:36 pm

Good Enough

very good hoy

7:36 pm

Riverdance

good night all - see you tomorrow hopefully

7:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

no, need 13

7:37 pm

Good Enough

night river

7:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

night river

7:37 pm

lbdawger

night river

7:38 pm

Riverdance

happy babbling *POOF*

7:38 pm

Mom

night River, pleasant dreams

7:38 pm

Mom

need any help, TO?

7:38 pm

MollyL

Mom, that is so cool about your son. You must be very proud.

7:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

i just listed

7:38 pm

suefrad625

us?

7:39 pm

Mom

Oh Mollly, we are

7:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

de6/3pls?

7:39 pm

suefrad625

de + money

7:39 pm

suefrad625

loose money

7:39 pm

Mom

de + you can put your retirement into a mutual ****

7:39 pm

suefrad625

or de+fu4

7:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty. i don't think i have ever referred to a word as "stupid", but i just may

7:41 pm

Mom

it is a stupid word. ALso, I think the ed 5/14 and 6/27 are as well

7:41 pm

rolotom

re 6 33?

7:41 pm

Mom

oops en 5/14 adn 6/27

7:41 pm

hoyadoc

rolo - what you hope to get after april 15

7:42 pm

Mom

maybe I should take out my contacts, might see better

7:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

fireworks

7:42 pm

hoyadoc

yay to!

7:42 pm

suefrad625

congrats temple

7:42 pm

rolotom

ty!

7:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty, ty

7:42 pm

hoyadoc

ok, mom, clue away - if they are that dumb, i wont get them on my own...

7:43 pm

suefrad625

re6 = re+ mutual ****

7:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

going now, not too sure we won't have to work tomorrow

7:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

at regular time

7:44 pm

suefrad625

sc5,14?

7:44 pm

Mom

good night TO, see you tomorrow. Please be safe

7:44 pm

MollyL

Really? I'm positive there will be a two hour delay here, which means I will go into work late, when it's safer to drive.

7:44 pm

Mom

Hoy, en + pay a fine at the library if your book is over ***

7:44 pm

lbdawger

night, TO

7:44 pm

Nef

good evening again everyone.

7:44 pm

suefrad625

nm

7:44 pm

Mom

and past tense and there is a un with the same ending

7:45 pm

lbdawger

sc+ not beginning, sue

7:45 pm

lbdawger

hi Nef

7:45 pm

Mom

((Nef)) hello

7:45 pm

hoyadoc

nef!

7:45 pm

suefrad625

us?

7:46 pm

Mom

us + nor far but ***r

7:46 pm

suefrad625

ty mom

7:46 pm

suefrad625

that is fireworks for me.

7:46 pm

Nef

hi, lbd, Mom, and hoya. Hoya, you have 1 more week! ;-)

7:46 pm

hoyadoc

oh man, i swear i tried that.

7:47 pm

suefrad625

I am going to make my coupon list.

7:47 pm

hoyadoc

1 to go!

7:47 pm

suefrad625

go hoy

7:47 pm

suefrad625

go hoy

7:47 pm

Nef

Another medical term for you, hoya

7:47 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

Hi, may I babble through?

7:47 pm

Mom

congrats Sue

7:48 pm

Mom

Hi Gwen

7:48 pm

suefrad625

ty

7:48 pm

suefrad625

gn all

7:48 pm

suefrad625

see you tomorrow

7:48 pm

lbdawger

hi gwen

7:48 pm

Mom

bye Sue, pleasant dreams

7:48 pm

lbdawger

bye sue

7:49 pm

Nef

"sue, you got fireworks? yay!!! (a little late)" was not found in the dictionary (Nef in the wrong box again)

7:49 pm

lbdawger

i do that often, nef!

7:50 pm

hoyadoc

that wasnt in the dictionary - shocker!

7:50 pm

Nef

the WORD box is SO picky!!!

7:51 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

no, sir, not liking this grid

7:51 pm

hoyadoc

fireworks!

7:51 pm

Mom

congratulations Hoy

7:51 pm

Nef

YAY, hoya!!! WTG!!!!

7:52 pm

lbdawger

whooo hoooooo HOYA!!

7:52 pm

hoyadoc

ty! no medical words tripped me up tonight, nef! woot!

7:52 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i have NBT if you don't count the Us LOL

7:52 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wtg hoyadoc !!! ~~~ !!!!

7:53 pm

Mom

us + not far but ***r

7:53 pm

lbdawger

bbl, time for ncis.

7:53 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

TY, mom!

7:53 pm

redturtlehead

hello all. I am watching the last 8 mins of NCIS.

7:54 pm

Nef

that us5/12 seemed to be invisible to metil someone clued it a few minutes ago (of course I've been gone since about noon, too

7:54 pm

Mom

bye bye lbd

7:54 pm

Mom

you're welcome Gwen

7:54 pm

Mom

HI Red

7:54 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ha, got the lone U at last

7:54 pm

redturtlehead

hi Mom.

7:55 pm

hoyadoc

ok, i'm back to watching biggest loser - gn all!

7:55 pm

Nef

bye, lbd

7:55 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nighty night hoya

7:55 pm

Mom

good night Hoy

7:55 pm

MollyL

Aw Red, cute icon.

7:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

night all.

7:55 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

and halfway done at last

7:55 pm

Mom

pleasant dreams TO

7:56 pm

redturtlehead

thanks. Hi Molly and GN Temple.

7:56 pm

redturtlehead

And HI BDG

7:56 pm

herinfernallady

Hi

7:56 pm

Nef

WTG, Gwen. You can finish

7:56 pm

Nef

hi herin. short sleep. wasn't that?

7:57 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi turtle, herin, nef, and anyone else i missed

7:57 pm

herinfernallady

Yep

7:57 pm

herinfernallady

no not rea;lly

7:57 pm

herinfernallady

2am to 12pm is enough for me

7:57 pm

Mom

(((Herin))) hello

7:58 pm

herinfernallady

HUgs MOM

7:58 pm

Mom

Hugs, Herin

7:58 pm

redturtlehead

herin how is the job?

7:59 pm

herinfernallady

I start in Feb

7:59 pm

Mom

getting excited, Herin?

8:00 pm

herinfernallady

Yes

8:01 pm

herinfernallady

At the moment still thinking about my friends in Queensland

8:03 pm

Mom

Will say a prayer for them Herin

8:03 pm

MollyL

Adding my prayers for all who are in the path of the flooding.

8:04 pm

Nef

has you one friend heard from her family yet?

8:06 pm

herinfernallady

Yes All accounted for. Just got friends of friends in Brisbane nothing to be done but wait

8:08 pm

herinfernallady

My friends mum is heading back to Toowoomba to see what she can do

8:09 pm

Mom

time for bed for me. Will try and catch Scrabbler and Haz tomorrow. ((Hugs)) to all of you Pleasant dreams

8:10 pm

herinfernallady

LOVES Mom

8:10 pm

Mom

loves to you, Herin. So good seeing you again

8:11 pm

MollyL

G'night Mom.

8:15 pm

Mom

pleasant dreams Molly

8:18 pm

herinfernallady

I have to go myself

8:19 pm

Nef

please take care, herin.

8:19 pm

herinfernallady

I will I just have to duck out and come home back in a few

8:20 pm

herinfernallady

I meant I have to go and duck outside and do tasks :(

8:21 pm

Nef

okay. I'm just worrying about my friend; so anyone with an Aussie connection is fair game to my worrying right now

8:24 pm

stidmama

hey all. ((Nef)) hard to be so far away sometimes, isn't it?

8:26 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

DOS

8:26 pm

Nef

it is, stid. She's a fellow nurse who I've known for about 10 years and she lives and works in south Brisbane.

8:27 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

F ~ I ~ R ~ E ~ W ~ O ~ N ~ K ~ S !

8:28 pm

stidmama

YAY Gwen!

8:28 pm

stidmama

oh, I think I remember hearing that city's name in the news. never a good sign.

8:29 pm

Nef

YAY, Gwen!!! WTG!!!!

8:33 pm

wildcat17

second letter for s8 please

8:34 pm

Nef

Dang! Stuck with 40 words left to go. Time to list I guess

8:34 pm

Nef

sc 8/

8:34 pm

wildcat17

ty

8:35 pm

stidmama

help on the U tiles please?

8:36 pm

Nef

there's a vase and a type of breathing; and also something you

8:38 pm

Nef

inappropriate. (computer hiccups

8:38 pm

Nef

need to refresh

8:40 pm

stidmama

thanks nef *thinking*

8:41 pm

stidmama

got the vase...

8:42 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

8:42 pm

jmcnrick

i still dont have the breathing i think

8:42 pm

jmcnrick

untie your sneakers stiddie

8:43 pm

stidmama

I still need the U in the fourth row down.

8:43 pm

jmcnrick

un5/16 pressure

8:43 pm

Nef

that's the inappropriate action. it's un***

8:44 pm

stidmama

ah! thanks nef!

8:44 pm

jmcnrick

then i am right i don't have the breathing one

8:44 pm

Nef

the breathing one seems to be becoming a babblet; it's been in a number of grids in the past few months

8:44 pm

stidmama

NBT! and thanks also jmc AND halfway!!! back to the books... *fades to grad-student black*

8:45 pm

jmcnrick

i have ur4/6

8:45 pm

Nef

us 5/12, jmc

8:46 pm

Nef

well, *I* didn't! Thanks!

8:46 pm

jmcnrick

hmmm okay *looking*

8:46 pm

jmcnrick

yw

8:47 pm

jmcnrick

okay both U tiles grayed

8:47 pm

jmcnrick

32 left

8:48 pm

jmcnrick

ha si4/5 is my mother's maiden name

8:48 pm

wildcat17

second letter for s7 please

8:49 pm

dianedecoder

i

8:49 pm

jmcnrick

si7/32

8:49 pm

wildcat17

ty

8:49 pm

dianedecoder

hi everyone :-)

8:49 pm

jmcnrick

sorry wild i got carried away

8:49 pm

jmcnrick

hi diane

8:49 pm

wildcat17

and that's firewords

8:50 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoooo wild!

8:50 pm

jmcnrick

and listless too i see

8:50 pm

dianedecoder

awesome !

8:51 pm

Nef

WTG, wild!!! YAY!!!

8:51 pm

dianedecoder

I asked this question earlier.... how long does it take numbers in the rankings to change ? I know mine went down when I didn't complete a grid, but I haven't missed finishing one, in well over 2 weeks.

8:52 pm

jmcnrick

it depends on the size of the grids i think--i never look at the rankings unless there is someone's profile i want to see

8:52 pm

wildcat17

yup hagn e1

8:53 pm

jmcnrick

average(round(total points earned Ã· total points possible x 1000)) + (# of puzzle completions)

8:53 pm

Nef

I think it also depends on how many others are playing too at the time that are around your ranking

8:54 pm

dianedecoder

I just look at my own, and only the right hand column... just for curiosity sake

8:54 pm

Nef

and the longer you play, the less change in the ranks will be noted

8:55 pm

dianedecoder

I have 1007 right now... I was up to 1015 once but it dropped.... many have 1030 which seems to be the max.

8:55 pm

jmcnrick

sprite has been slipping the last year--the only reason i notice is that if i want to know what the icon theme i look for her

8:55 pm

dianedecoder

I guess I'm just looking at the "who's hot" LOL

8:56 pm

jmcnrick

well i guess you are hot!

8:57 pm

dianedecoder

nooooo.... far from it... an literally too... it's -21 C here right now !!

8:57 pm

jmcnrick

i am 581 in that column

8:58 pm

jmcnrick

but then i don't get past 1/2 if i am tired or the grid is making me cranky

9:00 pm

jmcnrick

i have hu 4 and 5 what am i missing?

9:00 pm

dan2bit

evening all

9:00 pm

jmcnrick

hi dan

9:00 pm

Nef

I'm just 485 on that column. I'm not even on the left column rankings at all (that's what happened when I didn't play for a year)

9:01 pm

Nef

hu 4/7 and hu4/6, jmc

9:01 pm

jmcnrick

i am not in the left column either nef and i have not stop playing for more than a few days at any given time

9:01 pm

jmcnrick

ty nef

9:02 pm

Nef

but you've only been here for about 2 years. I've been playing over 5 years

9:02 pm

jmcnrick

that would affect the middle column the total numbers i think

9:03 pm

jmcnrick

the left hand like the right seems largely dependent on completing the grid if you start

9:04 pm

Nef

boy, now you've made me go check!

9:04 pm

jmcnrick

sorry

9:05 pm

jmcnrick

i am glad the stats are there because it gives some people pleasure but i really don't care

9:06 pm

jmcnrick

i occassionally look at them when someone starts this conversation

9:07 pm

Nef

I really don't care either. But you are right, jmc; it is the number of completed puzzles -on average- for that player. Correct?

9:07 pm

dianedecoder

I only compete against myself... I'm not really interested in what others are doing... I just challenge myself.

9:08 pm

Nef

NM, I'm still not thinking right on that

9:08 pm

jmcnrick

well what ever makes you interested and happy

9:08 pm

jmcnrick

no it is more complicated than that nef

9:09 pm

jmcnrick

average(round(total points earned Ã· total points possible x 1000)) + (# of puzzle completions)

9:09 pm

jmcnrick

so doing 1/2 on a large grid will have a greater negative effect than 1/2 on a small grid

9:10 pm

Nef

okay, so it's better not to even start giant grids if we were worried about stats then

9:11 pm

jmcnrick

that is the way i read the formula

9:11 pm

jmcnrick

but i haven't analysed it thouroughly so i could be wrong

9:12 pm

jmcnrick

nevertheless it is clear that finishing adds a clear premium

9:13 pm

Nef

I used to really try to finish every grid I started back in the day; once I came back to the game, I just don't bother as much any more. Of course, now I work days so can't be up all night either!

9:14 pm

jmcnrick

lol that pesky work stuff!

9:15 pm

jmcnrick

i was obsessed for a while, but finally got it where i could take it or leave it

9:15 pm

jmcnrick

i tended to finish more when i would get in a race with pini

9:15 pm

Nef

Yeah. And my younger sister is RETIRING next month! What's with that anyway?

9:15 pm

jmcnrick

how rude!

9:16 pm

jmcnrick

16 left

9:17 pm

Nef

to tell you the truth; I think I'd really hate being fully retired. I work half time (or that's what I get paid for, anyway) and I love my job

9:17 pm

torgone

27 ..

9:17 pm

Nef

Go, go, jmc! You can finish!

9:17 pm

jmcnrick

go torg go!

9:18 pm

jmcnrick

i wouldn't know what to do if i retired that is why i am glad i can always practice law

9:18 pm

Nef

You can finish too torg! And I can too

9:18 pm

jmcnrick

*but i really want a job where i am boss* :-(

9:18 pm

jmcnrick

go nef go!

9:18 pm

Nef

did I see that you did quit your job? Or did I read that wrong?

9:19 pm

jmcnrick

i gave them notice so they could hire someone

9:19 pm

jmcnrick

it may not have been my brightest move

9:19 pm

jmcnrick

but i am clear that i need to move on

9:19 pm

Nef

when is your last day?

9:19 pm

jmcnrick

i just want someplace to move on to

9:20 pm

dianedecoder

I expressed myself incorrectly.... I AM interested in how others are doing, and love to encourage and clue and chat.... I just meant that other's scores are not what I dwell on, just what I can accomplish.

9:20 pm

Nef

what would be your dream job right ow?

9:21 pm

jmcnrick

lol we knew what you meant diane

9:21 pm

Nef

I took it as though you were interested in competing against yourself, diane. :-)

9:22 pm

Nef

kind of like speed skating....

9:22 pm

jmcnrick

my dream job would be to be the head of an advocacy agency that has enough $ so that i am not fundraiser, administrator, bookkeeper, figurehead and supervisor

9:22 pm

jmcnrick

or maybe it is to work for the Carter Institute

9:23 pm

jmcnrick

i just want to use some of the skills i have learned over the last 11 years

9:23 pm

Nef

But jmc! Isn't that what the head of a company should do? (We just hired a new Exec. director with that precise job description

9:23 pm

jmcnrick

bookkeeper?

9:24 pm

jmcnrick

supervise those things with a hand in fundraising and mostly figurehead

9:25 pm

Nef

no. not bookkeeper, (I didn't see that in your original list I guess)

9:25 pm

jmcnrick

8 left

9:26 pm

jmcnrick

lol yet i do all of that and more

9:26 pm

LeslieAnn

92 left (hello!)

9:26 pm

jmcnrick

hi leslie

9:27 pm

Nef

hello, LA You can do it!

9:27 pm

torgone

fu6?

9:27 pm

LeslieAnn

i started despite my initial hesitation - seems like a lot of big words for such a small grid.

9:27 pm

jmcnrick

pt cat hair

9:28 pm

jmcnrick

the in and en words are all kinda interrelated

9:28 pm

torgone

Ack! cat hair ..

9:29 pm

torgone

Thanks jmc!

9:29 pm

jmcnrick

or fox hair i am easy

9:29 pm

jmcnrick

yw

9:29 pm

LeslieAnn

phantom: enthuse

9:30 pm

jmcnrick

*shudder* THAT is not a word

9:30 pm

jmcnrick

enthusiastic

9:30 pm

LeslieAnn

*ponders* enthused is a word?

9:30 pm

jmcnrick

no that is not a word either

9:31 pm

jmcnrick

*worries about Mother spinning in her grave*

9:31 pm

Nef

enthused is too a word! "I am enthused by your work, jmc!"

9:32 pm

jmcnrick

so did anyone else enjoy todays day?

9:32 pm

jmcnrick

*turns green at nef's remark*

9:32 pm

LeslieAnn

http://www.merriam-webster.com/diction
ary/enthuse although there is a usage note that some disapprove

9:33 pm

jmcnrick

we had 1-1-11 and now 1-11-11 and soon 11-1-11 and 11-11-11

9:33 pm

dan2bit

firewords

9:33 pm

Nef

I've never seen/read "enthuse", but I have read and heard "enthused" before

9:33 pm

LeslieAnn

hooooray dan!

9:33 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo dan

9:33 pm

gapeach

Congrats, dan!!!!!

9:33 pm

jmcnrick

i have heard and read ain't before too

9:34 pm

LeslieAnn

expand on your position jmc - why is it not a word?

9:35 pm

Nef

YAY, dan2!!! WTG!!!

9:35 pm

LeslieAnn

ahh think i found those en / in words you were talking about

9:35 pm

jmcnrick

just because people have corrupted enthusiastic into a verb doesn't make it so

9:36 pm

jmcnrick

i also reject the use of loan as a verb--it is a noun,lend is the verb

9:36 pm

jmcnrick

<===minor language snob

9:36 pm

jmcnrick

wtg leslie

9:36 pm

jmcnrick

4 left and 3 of them are related :-(

9:37 pm

LeslieAnn

i am inclined to agree with you. like contemporary use of "impact"...

9:37 pm

jmcnrick

impacted?

9:37 pm

LeslieAnn

only teeth!

9:37 pm

jmcnrick

lol

9:38 pm

dianedecoder

and bowels ;-)

9:38 pm

jmcnrick

1

9:38 pm

LeslieAnn

fair enough diane :)

9:39 pm

torgone

2 ..

9:39 pm

jmcnrick

fw

9:39 pm

LeslieAnn

huzzah jmc!

9:39 pm

torgone

Yay jmc!

9:39 pm

dianedecoder

wtg, jmc !

9:39 pm

jmcnrick

go torgie go

9:39 pm

jmcnrick

ty ty

9:40 pm

mkg

hi all. back to finish up. 14 left. hows the grid? and how is the snow where you are?

9:41 pm

mkg

i dont recall anyone on the chat from california or florida. interesting. maybe warm weather people live more outside and we from cold places need diversions indoors.

9:41 pm

jmcnrick

the grid is tolerable with only a handful of truly ridiculous words

9:41 pm

jmcnrick

it is still snowing but very half-hearted

9:41 pm

jmcnrick

well torgie and ru are from cal and red is in fla

9:42 pm

Nef

<==== raised by strict County Superintendent of Schools who demanded proper English. enthuse dates back to 1827 and is a transitive verb: Unlike enthusiasm, which denotes an internal emotional state, enthuse denotes either the external expression of emotion..., or the inducement of enthusiasm by an external source. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/enthu
se

9:42 pm

jmcnrick

and there is quite the number from TX

9:42 pm

mkg

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh. ty for the info. so funny. guess i never clicked there profiles.

9:43 pm

jmcnrick

and how far back does ain't go nef

9:43 pm

Nef

LOL,Â jmc! You're making me do homework tonight!

9:43 pm

jmcnrick

hard to know everyone mkg

9:44 pm

jmcnrick

torg?

9:45 pm

Nef

1770-80, jmc

9:49 pm

torgone

Yes?

9:49 pm

mkg

i wonder how many are on the list. i asked dr. god that but he wont say. not sure why not but so it is.

9:50 pm

LeslieAnn

what list?

9:52 pm

LeslieAnn

bump

9:52 pm

LeslieAnn

bump

9:52 pm

LeslieAnn

bump

9:52 pm

LeslieAnn

bump

9:52 pm

LeslieAnn

bump

9:52 pm

LeslieAnn

bump

9:52 pm

LeslieAnn

bump

9:52 pm

LeslieAnn

bump

9:53 pm

Nef

:P

9:54 pm

mkg

done. whew.

9:55 pm

mkg

oh i see we have a game ruiner among us. how lovely.

9:56 pm

jmcnrick

did you get fw mkg?

9:56 pm

mkg

leslie, when you sign up and pay the fee to dr. god to have a photo etc. he must have a list of everyone, right? and from this list somehow the computer knows who is on line. so i asked how many "pro9fessional players there are.

9:56 pm

jmcnrick

sorry i drifted off

9:56 pm

mkg

yes got fw. done. ty.

9:56 pm

LeslieAnn

well done mkg!

9:56 pm

mkg

off to play mah jong.

9:56 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo mkg

9:56 pm

Nef

YAY, mkg!!! WTG!!!

9:57 pm

torgone

1 ..

9:57 pm

LeslieAnn

*drumroll*

9:57 pm

jmcnrick

go torgie go!

9:58 pm

jmcnrick

how did you ask the computer how many prof were online??

9:58 pm

LeslieAnn

she asked dr. g.

9:58 pm

LeslieAnn

i can understand him not wanting to give out his business info though

9:59 pm

jmcnrick

oh

9:59 pm

jillibus

email sent to Dr G

10:00 pm

jillibus

jmc, pls email me -- I've lost your address

10:00 pm

jillibus

Hi all

10:00 pm

jmcnrick

when i was being stalked on fb (and my stalker was communication with babblers) i did ask dr god to verify that my stalker was not in babble land

10:00 pm

Nef

thanks jilli.

10:00 pm

LeslieAnn

hey jilli

10:00 pm

torgone

Is us5 at all normal? No clue please.

10:01 pm

Nef

if you are medical it is a normal word

10:01 pm

LeslieAnn

that's different jmc. mkg was just curious.

10:01 pm

jillibus

torg -- a fairly normal babblet

10:02 pm

torgone

Aha!

10:03 pm

LeslieAnn

congrats?

10:03 pm

jillibus

Normal medically only if you're into herbal stuff

10:04 pm

jmcnrick

jilli i am having trouble figuring out your email

10:04 pm

jmcnrick

you can email me at my babble name at yahoo

10:04 pm

jillibus

ok, ty jmc

10:05 pm

jmcnrick

well i was grateful that dr god checked it for me

10:05 pm

Nef

I've seen young internal med docs use it in H&P's jilli (you know, the ones who are impressed with big words)

10:06 pm

jillibus

H&Ps, nef???

10:06 pm

jmcnrick

it's not that big of a word

10:07 pm

jmcnrick

how's it going torgie?

10:07 pm

jmcnrick

nef have you finished now?

10:07 pm

Nef

History and physicals, jilli. And jmc, it isn't a big word, but it is obscure

10:08 pm

Nef

no, jmc. I should shut chat to finish some days. I have 15 left.

10:09 pm

jmcnrick

go nef go!

10:10 pm

torgone

fieryworks ..

10:10 pm

jmcnrick

whooo hooo torgie!

10:10 pm

Nef

YAY, torg!!! WTG!!!

10:10 pm

LeslieAnn

yayyyy tor

10:10 pm

jmcnrick

okay nef you are next

10:10 pm

LeslieAnn

yes i only know it as a babblet, not its definition

10:13 pm

Nef

I'm working on it, jmc

10:14 pm

jmcnrick

let me know if i can help

10:16 pm

LeslieAnn

ca6?

10:17 pm

jmcnrick

earthquaker state initials+spanish for "what"

10:18 pm

LeslieAnn

ahh i was so close, just one letter off :)

10:18 pm

jmcnrick

:-)

10:18 pm

Nef

nice clue!

10:18 pm

jmcnrick

happily stolen from someone else

10:18 pm

jmcnrick

i forget who

10:22 pm

LeslieAnn

hu5?

10:22 pm

Nef

it's a pl of a word withouth a singular, LA

10:23 pm

LeslieAnn

huzzah! fireworks!

10:24 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo leslie!

10:24 pm

Nef

YAY, LA!!!!! WTG!!!!

10:24 pm

jmcnrick

how many left nef?

10:26 pm

Nef

8, jmc. DH asked for some help and distracted me for a bit. You don't have to wait for me if you don't want. I'll just keep plugging along til I'm done (the end IS in sight!

10:27 pm

jmcnrick

i will wait--just drifting in and out

10:27 pm

jmcnrick

many a person has waited for me

10:27 pm

jmcnrick

:-)

10:28 pm

Nef

thanks. :-)

10:28 pm

Nef

I need 2 E's, 2 C's and 3 D's still

10:30 pm

LeslieAnn

there is a de6 that mimics an re6

10:30 pm

jmcnrick

most of the E connect together

10:30 pm

jmcnrick

and then a tree and two sea birds and a mistake

10:30 pm

Nef

I got that one LA, I need the left D

10:30 pm

LeslieAnn

my last e's were to take the pirate letter out of the words that mean to go through something

10:32 pm

bogster

du5/14 either one

10:32 pm

jmcnrick

left d: sand, try collect debt, rhymes with cu*** bacon, a expletive+pl, rhymes with misstake word and pl

10:33 pm

jmcnrick

last one is a pl of the word before it bogs

10:33 pm

jmcnrick

the first one is pt of the word before it

10:33 pm

Nef

I swear that this grid is erasing words I've already found!

10:34 pm

jmcnrick

lol i konw that feeling

10:34 pm

LeslieAnn

both du 5/14 are plurals, bog

10:34 pm

bogster

there is a du/5/16 that is a pl of the word before it

10:35 pm

bogster

tks

10:35 pm

jmcnrick

oops leslie you are right! sorry bogs i gave a clue for the du5/16 which is pt

10:37 pm

jmcnrick

c is mellow+pl; high point tile word; birth cover, smallest life, ban, banned, and banner, and penny

10:37 pm

bogster

i have seen two words disappear

10:38 pm

jmcnrick

bummer

10:38 pm

Nef

ARRRG! IF my family would let me be; I *might* finish!

10:38 pm

Jacula

Hi all. The words haven't disappeared, you've just mistyped them without realising it.

10:39 pm

jmcnrick

lol poor nef

10:39 pm

jmcnrick

hi jac

10:39 pm

bogster

sure we did

10:39 pm

Jacula

Nef - yes, families can be a bind, can;t they? LOL

10:39 pm

jmcnrick

*wonders if computer error is more likely than human error*

10:40 pm

jmcnrick

nope!

10:40 pm

Jacula

jmc - in most cases it is human error.

10:40 pm

jmcnrick

yep!

10:41 pm

Jacula

Not always on the part of the human babbling, mind you. It can be the fault of the humans who are supposed to be keeping an eye on the computer server. :-)

10:42 pm

Nef

I really love my family; but they think that if I have time off, I should be at their beck and call all the time

10:42 pm

Jacula

A computer is only as good as its programmer and, once it has an owner/user, only as good as they let it be, especially if they don't keep it in order.

10:43 pm

Jacula

Nef - you should try being a writer. Everyone thinks that because you work from home, you're not really working and so can be interrupted frequently and at any time.

10:43 pm

Nef

1

10:43 pm

jmcnrick

go nef go

10:45 pm

Jacula

They also think you're being lazy if you don't get up until the middle of the day, despite the fact that you've been writing for hours after they all went to bed in order to be uninterrupted.

10:45 pm

Nef

Jac, I ran into that mindset repeatedly when I worked nights. It was as if people thought that since I was at home (SLEEPING!!); I must have nothing better to do than whatever they thought needed to be done.

10:46 pm

Jacula

Nef - well, you know how it feels, I see.

10:46 pm

Nef

FIREWORKS!!!!!!!!!!!

10:46 pm

jmcnrick

whooooo hooooo nef!!

10:46 pm

Jacula

Well done, Nef! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

10:47 pm

Nef

finally

10:47 pm

jmcnrick

okay to bed for me

10:47 pm

Nef

thanks for your help and encouragement everybody!

10:47 pm

jmcnrick

np nef

10:48 pm

jmcnrick

*poof*

10:49 pm

Nef

I should be off to bed too. Busy day off for me tomorrow.... But does anyone else need clues before I leave?

10:49 pm

joey

someone help with the un 6/24, please? thanks

10:50 pm

Jacula

When I worked for a computer company in an office, back in the late 70s to mid 80s, I used to go in an hour before and stay 2 hours after, to get the important work done.

10:50 pm

Nef

to take the laces out of your shoes, joey

10:50 pm

Nef

(or to remove an old-fashioned corset! ;-)

10:50 pm

bogster

shame

10:50 pm

joey

thanks. i feel dumb. firewords for me.

10:50 pm

Jacula

un6.24 is what you do to get yoru la4 shoes off.

10:51 pm

Nef

shame, bogs???

10:51 pm

Jacula

*your

10:51 pm

Nef

YAY, joey!!!! WTG!!!!

10:52 pm

bogster

using a word in the grid for a clue

10:52 pm

Jacula

PB for Nef then, bogster.

10:52 pm

bogster

all is forgiven

10:53 pm

Nef

oh, no! Sorry, bogs! But it's too late for the PB for me; I need to go to bed

10:53 pm

Jacula

No dry nread, hair shirt or bed of nails then? You spoiled my fun now, Nef!

10:53 pm

Jacula

*bread

10:54 pm

Nef

Well, the PB *I* go to is full of fun! ;-)

10:54 pm

Jacula

Stale water anyone?

10:55 pm

Jacula

Nef - the PB is only fun since all you new lot arrived. It was once a place of punishment. If you did well, however, you got to go in the jacuzzi.

10:56 pm

Nef

Nope. I need to go to bed; so I'm going to <POOF!> now

10:56 pm

Jacula

LOL. Goodnight, Nef.

10:57 pm

Jacula

I think that you should only be allowed out of the PB if you give 3 good clues that 9 people get after you go in there.

10:58 pm

herinfernallady

Hello

10:59 pm

Jacula

Hi Herin.

10:59 pm

herinfernallady

How you?

11:00 pm

Jacula

I'm fine, thanks. Counting my blessings that my 4 house floods weren't over 2 feet and didn't take my entire house away.

11:01 pm

Jacula

The force of the inland tsunami took my breath away, watching it. I know how fast flood waters can rise, having experienced it, but the speed of that water was frightening.

11:02 pm

herinfernallady

It is pretty scary. One minute it is running down the road the next bam

11:02 pm

herinfernallady

This beautiful and kind teenager saved his brother but not himself in the flood

11:03 pm

bogster

last en5/

11:04 pm

Jacula

One of my old schoolfriends here in UK has a few friends in Queensland. Two of them have had their homes washed away in the floods. That presumably means they have lost everything - all possessions, all photo albums, life memories etc. But, they are all still alive. That's not the case for some, I know.

11:04 pm

bogster

nevermind - fireworks at last - now to sleep perhaps to dreams of shoveling snow

11:05 pm

Jacula

bogster - en5 is like in5 - to accustom yourself to something not nice.

11:05 pm

herinfernallady

No it isn't. Breaks my heart. Jordan Rice and his mother Donna and brother Blake were caught in it. A trucky rescued Blake at Jordans' insistence but it was too late to save Jordan when he was swept away his mother let go too

11:07 pm

Jacula

That's horribly unfair.

11:07 pm

Jacula

Life is very rarely 'fair', though.

11:07 pm

herinfernallady

The kid wanted to save his brother first the truck driver tried his best.

11:09 pm

Jacula

More stories to come, I imagine as the floodwaters subside. Not that they're going to do that for a day or two. More rain forecast, I believe? Flooding on one hand and bush fires on the other side of the country.

11:10 pm

herinfernallady

They think Grantham was hit hard

11:11 pm

Jacula

I was surprised that some of our American friends didn't know the layout of Australia. I was taught that when I was about 5. But maybe that's because it was once part of our 'Empire'?

11:12 pm

herinfernallady

It isn't lay out thing it is that you don't think Aus to be so big

11:12 pm

Jacula

I believe they're going to have to empty the dam near Brisbane rather than have it break?

11:12 pm

Jacula

So, they didn't have maps f Aus to scale then?

11:12 pm

jillibus

Some of our American friends don't even know the layout of Canada.

11:13 pm

herinfernallady

Jill are you not American too :P

11:13 pm

Jacula

Hi jilli. LOL. That's true!

11:13 pm

herinfernallady

All flood gates open Brisbane is flooded along the river

11:13 pm

jillibus

Herin, I'm a Britamericanadian.

11:14 pm

Jacula

Herin? USA/Canada NOT united.

11:14 pm

herinfernallady

I know I am kidding. The amount of Canadian friends I know that often get asked if they are American cracks me up

11:14 pm

herinfernallady

I know that Jac.

11:14 pm

Jacula

Add being British to Jilli's pedigree and you get one hell of a woman.

11:15 pm

jillibus

When we were breeding Gt Danes in the Montreal area, I had a message from another breeder in Houston, Texas, ask me to visit some puppies she had sold in Vancouver. I told her she was closer.

11:16 pm

Jacula

Herin - but it happens to Aussies and NZers in UK. I did it myself a few weeks ago. I hadn't heard enough word from the cashier in Tesco to work out if she was Aussie or NZ. If she'd have said enough words with an 'a' in, I'd have known she was NZ.

11:17 pm

herinfernallady

NZ is so different accent

11:17 pm

jillibus

Lol -- a --> e in NZ

11:17 pm

herinfernallady

When I get really really tired I have been confused for a Kiwi as I get that accent

11:18 pm

jillibus

vowels are so telltale

11:18 pm

herinfernallady

Mine may have something to do with the fact I used to tease my ex's mum

11:18 pm

Jacula

Having said that, you might be hard pressed to differentiate between my 'posh' Brummie accent and my Other Half's 'been away from wher I was born for a while' Black country accent. So many people call him a 'Brummie' but he isn't, and the accents are different.

11:19 pm

jillibus

What's Black country?

11:20 pm

Jacula

jilli - the area of Walsall, Wolverhampton etc.

11:20 pm

Jacula

It was where all the dirty industry took place, smoking chimneys etc.

11:21 pm

jillibus

Thank you. Haven't been in Jolly Old for a loooong time.

11:21 pm

Jacula

Jilli - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cou
ntry

11:22 pm

jillibus

OK, I get it. Ann old school friend of mine lived in Wolverhampton for a while, but she's posh.

11:24 pm

Jacula

For 'is not', Brummies might say 'ent', Black Country folks would say 'ay'. So, for 'he is not happy', Brummie would be 'E ent 'appy!' and Black Country would be 'Ee ay 'appy!'

11:25 pm

Jacula

As a posh Brummie, I would probably say, 'E isn't 'appy!' But I'd write or read out, 'He isn't happy'.

11:26 pm

herinfernallady

I have 58 left I guess I shouldn't ahve stuffed about

11:26 pm

jillibus

Dropping Hs is posh in Brummie?

11:26 pm

Jacula

Yell if you need help in the next 10-15 mins then, Herin. After that, I'm gone to bed.

11:27 pm

herinfernallady

I am right

11:27 pm

Jacula

jilli - actually, the Brummies who 'try' to be posh add an aitch where there isn't one.

11:27 pm

jillibus

It's 5:27 am in the UK

11:28 pm

Jacula

jilli - I'm well aware of the time.

11:28 pm

brandyjack

sl

11:28 pm

herinfernallady

Brandy were have you been?

11:28 pm

Jacula

Hi BJ! Long time no see. How are you?

11:30 pm

jillibus

Oh, funny, jac! The French Canadians do that too. On hockey rinks the teams's logo is painted in the centre. The Montreal Canadiens' logo is CH -- laughingly known as "Centre Hice"

11:30 pm

jillibus

Hi BJ!!!

11:31 pm

herinfernallady

Jac with all the news on tv I turned it off.

11:34 pm

Jacula

Jilli - I was thinking of m ex-ma-in-law ringing a catalgoue company to place an order... ring, ring, ring.... 'Hello. Kays' Catalogue Company. How can I help you?' 'Good Hevening. May name his Marhgaret Brohwn. Eye'd lake to plaice han order...'

11:34 pm

Jacula

*catalogue

11:35 pm

Jacula

If I was in the room with her when she did it, I'd take the pee out of her and she'd wave her arms at me and tell me not to put her off.

11:35 pm

jillibus

ROFL jac! (In case you're wondering, I have a mid-Atlantic accent now)

11:36 pm

stidmama

HEY ALL!

11:36 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Stid

11:36 pm

Jacula

Jilli - I pick up accents so easily that I probably never dare visit USa or Canada, or Auz, come to that.

11:36 pm

stidmama

wait wait!!! BJ!!!! ((((((hugs))))))

11:37 pm

herinfernallady

I love watching Ladette to Lady and how they make them talk all proper and non reginal accent. Cracks me up

11:37 pm

jillibus

Hi stiddie! Comment Ã§a va ce soir?

11:37 pm

stidmama

did you see him jill? he wrote "sl" that sneaky lurker-dude... *scans chat for more evidence of BJ's existence*

11:38 pm

jillibus

I saw him and then he vanished, stid

11:38 pm

stidmama

je suis tres bien, merci. et toi?

11:38 pm

stidmama

*sigh*

*misses BJ*

11:38 pm

stidmama

down to 46 now.

11:38 pm

Jacula

I spent a lot of my childhood in North Wales, but was surprised in my 30s whilst at a writers' conference when on a drunken evenig I decided to do one of my poems with a Welsh accent. A chap from South Wales picked out the exact village in North Wales my accent was from. I'm very proud I did the accent proud though!

11:39 pm

jillibus

11:39 pm

stidmama

oh oh, never saw "flyee" before. translate please?

11:39 pm

jillibus

Quite a feat, jac!

11:39 pm

stidmama

how nifty, jac!

11:40 pm

Jacula

Bj just signed in and then buggered off, the swine!

11:40 pm

herinfernallady

People think I am crazy when I say if you get a cattle/sheep dog from Wales and move them to a new owner in England you have to make sure the dog gets the new accent

11:40 pm

jillibus

a bit of Quebec slang, stid, untranslatable, but I think we get the idea, oui?

11:41 pm

stidmama

no no, BJ is probably busy like I am (sometimes I try to get words but NOT chat -- believe it or not)

11:41 pm

stidmama

oui, jill, pour petre (maybe is what I am going for, not sure how to spell that one)

11:41 pm

jillibus

I do that too, stid

11:41 pm

Jacula

Herin - not crazy. It happens quite often her in Worcs and Herefordshire. We get Welsh sheepdogs who only understand Welsh commands. Same happens with cows.

11:41 pm

jillibus

did that today, and finished.

11:42 pm

herinfernallady

Hence whistle training with a whistle not a human voice whistle

11:42 pm

jillibus

And in Quebec we got Francophone Obedience dogs...

11:42 pm

stidmama

I have found that sometimes German Shepherd dogs know what I mean when I speak German ...

11:43 pm

Jacula

Not many humans can just whistle train, they can't resist talking to the dog.

11:43 pm

stidmama

Lucky seems to obey better sometimes when I use German. But we speak English to him because other people need to be able to speak to him too.

11:43 pm

jillibus

oh come on, stid -- tone of voice, body language...

11:43 pm

stidmama

well done and YAY jill!

11:44 pm

herinfernallady

My friend has trained her dogs in a different language to the regular training words. Dead set funny when a dog trainer hit her dog as she was being disobediant and the dog bit him and wouldn't let go. The man tried every single language for let go and nothing worked

11:44 pm

stidmama

possibly -- but when English and Spanish don't work, German sometimes does!

11:44 pm

stidmama

LOL

11:44 pm

jillibus

Did Lucky belong to Germans before you?

11:44 pm

stidmama

what did work, lady?

11:44 pm

Jacula

Why not just play and not chat then? I do it more often than not. True, I come in hours after I've finished the grid at times to chat, but not always.

11:44 pm

stidmama

no idea jill -- remember we rescued him from a barn when he was almost two. Don't know who had him (and mistreated him)

11:45 pm

jillibus

Some dog trainer, hitting a dog!

11:46 pm

Jacula

you beat me to that post, Jilli. No pun intended.

11:46 pm

jillibus

I chat when I want too -- mostly at flip time and shortly after.

11:46 pm

jillibus

*want to

11:47 pm

jillibus

I'm happy that I now have cable and the TVs I thought were kaput are working fine.

11:47 pm

stidmama

wait-- when did you get cable? this is GREAT!!!

11:47 pm

Jacula

Speaking of our canine friends, I suppose you've all got the fu6.33 decription of their bodies?

11:47 pm

herinfernallady

Well I don't think hit is the right word. But yes he was warned and funny happened

11:48 pm

stidmama

jill has entered the 20th century... *wicked mama look* now to get her up to speed on the 21st...

11:48 pm

stidmama

I just did, but thanks jac

11:48 pm

jillibus

Got it today, stid :-) Changed from satellite.

11:48 pm

herinfernallady

Stid the words my friend has taught her dogs. Even I have trouble saying them. I think it is Yugoslavian (Pardon spelling)

11:49 pm

jillibus

perfect spelling for a dchange, herin!

11:49 pm

stidmama

:-D that's great jill -- I think that cable is a little more reliable, just from anecdotal evidence from friends

11:49 pm

herinfernallady

I am using Babble Pro and this doesn't have spell check. Normally I have spell check

11:49 pm

stidmama

wow. interesting language choice, but a sure bet the dogs won't get confused and obey the wrong commands, I guess.

11:50 pm

Jacula

Speaking of teaching words to species other than our own - my Mum's seemingly straight-laced friend has taught her parrot to say 'F*ck Off!' and yes, he did say it to the local vicar.

11:50 pm

stidmama

*gasp* oh no! roflmao

11:50 pm

herinfernallady

That is funny

11:50 pm

jillibus

stid, I had an abstruse system via satellite, utilising a UHF transmitter to all the sets in the house, but it only worked with old sets and newer ones don't do UHF.

11:50 pm

herinfernallady

Stid she is from there.

11:51 pm

stidmama

ah, yes, that is true.

11:51 pm

stidmama

well that probably made it easier for her to know the right words! LOL

11:51 pm

Jacula

I'm wandering off to my bed now. See you all next grid.xxx

11:51 pm

herinfernallady

Not that her dog listens to others.

11:52 pm

herinfernallady

Night Jac

11:52 pm

rururocks

hi kids

11:52 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Ru

11:52 pm

jillibus

Sleep tight, jac -- no use saying goodnight at nearly 6 am!

11:52 pm

jillibus

Howdy ruru

11:52 pm

herinfernallady

Stid her dogs (bar the stupid one with issues) are security trained

11:52 pm

rururocks

herin are you safe from the flooding?

11:53 pm

rururocks

hi jilli

11:53 pm

stidmama

ooh! down to 30!

11:53 pm

stidmama

hey ruru

11:53 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams jac!

11:53 pm

rururocks

hi stid

11:53 pm

jillibus

ru, I think Herin is a long way from the floods

11:53 pm

rururocks

oh good

11:54 pm

herinfernallady

Different State Ru but all my friends up there have had their yards gone. My Aunt has new pond in her yard at the moment

11:54 pm

rururocks

oh it looks awful on the news

11:54 pm

Pinikula

us5?

11:54 pm

Pinikula

hi all

11:54 pm

herinfernallady

Ru it is aweful

11:54 pm

rururocks

us + most of not far

11:54 pm

jillibus

but we do have a babbler in Towoomba, Queensland -- dizgranny I think. But she's on a mountain and dry.

11:55 pm

stidmama

hey pini!

11:55 pm

herinfernallady

http://www.thechronicle.com.au/ this is the local for them

11:55 pm

stidmama

that's a plant! thanks for the us 5

11:55 pm

gortmold

speak of the devil! here i am in all my un-soggied glory

11:55 pm

jillibus

hi pini

11:55 pm

Pinikula

thx ... * sparklers *

11:55 pm

herinfernallady

Sorry this is the local paper for Darling Downs.

11:55 pm

herinfernallady

GORT you and everyone OK?

11:55 pm

stidmama

YAY pini!!!

11:55 pm

stidmama

down to26...

11:55 pm

jillibus

YAY pini!!!

11:56 pm

rururocks

*pini likes to cut it close*

11:56 pm

jillibus

oh, right , it's gort, not diz.

11:56 pm

gortmold

yes thanks herin, me and all my immediate people are ok. still waiting to hear of 3 friends who are among the 90 missing

11:56 pm

herinfernallady

Were are they?

11:56 pm

Pinikula

been waiting all night to do that, ru! just for you! :)

11:56 pm

Pinikula

* hoping they're found soon, gort *

11:57 pm

rururocks

why don't you wait until less than one minute pini?

11:57 pm

jillibus

Sorry, gort, for disremembering

11:57 pm

gortmold

my husband and 4 burly blokes tried to help lift a dude's car (upside down) off the main street, but the force of the water rammed it hard into tarmac

11:57 pm

stidmama

(((gort))) will hold you and your friends families in my heart

11:57 pm

Pinikula

oh, I don't know....that's probably a little too close, ru

11:57 pm

rururocks

lol

11:57 pm

herinfernallady

Was the person ok?

11:57 pm

gortmold

thanks stid and pink

11:58 pm

stidmama

btw jill -- about an inch here. the boys are really really really hoping for a late start tomorrow, but I am telling them to not count on it. They are an hour past bedtime...

11:58 pm

jillibus

Not much to laugh about for gort and her friends and family

11:58 pm

mcurlschool

we've got about 4 inches here

11:58 pm

gortmold

it was actually exhilarating watching the torrent pick up cars like they were toys and chuck them into the next suburb...right up until people started dying

11:59 pm

herinfernallady

Gort you got the numbers to call and the registry?

11:59 pm

gortmold

but you gotta find stuff to laugh about or you'd umm...drown in misery

12:00 am

herinfernallady

I love the photo of the guy on his steps having a beer with his mate in the boat

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