Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, February 16, 2011

12:00 am

Pinikula

* flip *

12:00 am

crpw48

flip

12:00 am

cosdem

flip

12:00 am

jillibus

flip

12:00 am

Jellen

Flip

12:01 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:02 am

Erda

Thank you, Lickety!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12:02 am

Pinikula

thx lickety

12:03 am

jan

pe/7

12:03 am

MLFAN17

hello

12:03 am

jillibus

YAY Lickety!

12:03 am

jillibus

hi mlf

12:03 am

MLFAN17

hi jill

12:03 am

jan

Hi all!

12:04 am

cosdem

ty for the pe7

12:04 am

cosdem

pe 7/8

12:05 am

cosdem

yayyy i found the 8 on my own lol

12:05 am

Pinikula

NBT

12:05 am

MLFAN17

thanks cos msut be the twoi was about to call

12:05 am

cosdem

or 6

12:05 am

rururocks

ti7

12:05 am

MLFAN17

OR6

12:06 am

Uneaixoise

halfway

12:06 am

MLFAN17

TU6

12:06 am

rururocks

halfway + 1

12:06 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

12:06 am

Uneaixoise

ditto

12:07 am

jillibus

good heavens, ru!

12:07 am

jillibus

and une!

12:07 am

cosdem

ea6

12:07 am

MLFAN17

i was about to call that one too

12:10 am

MLFAN17

shouldnt the N on the last column be a no 4/5

12:10 am

MLFAN17

?

12:10 am

rururocks

de6

12:10 am

cosdem

i have a no 5 for the first N in first column. it can also be used in the last column but credit goes to 1st

12:10 am

Uneaixoise

pe6 x 2

12:11 am

justafreep

ae7 and howdy all

12:11 am

Pinikula

monkey'd the 8 :)

12:11 am

jillibus

hi free

12:11 am

MLFAN17

cos yeah thats where it went

12:11 am

cosdem

i was wondering that too ... took me a few mins to figure out wherre it went lol

12:12 am

cosdem

ni 4/5 for last column MLF

12:12 am

cosdem

nbs/nbt

12:12 am

jillibus

(freep)

12:12 am

MLFAN17

cos i have had that happen so many times lol

12:12 am

MLFAN17

i found it cos thanks though

12:12 am

cosdem

lol funny when that happens... a pain when its a biogger grid

12:12 am

Douglas

And what's wrong with urned? As in "After the cremation, his ashes were urned." Hello everyone

12:12 am

jillibus

wtg cos

12:13 am

MLFAN17

stats for the U please?

12:13 am

rururocks

ur5

12:13 am

cosdem

i tried urned as well

12:13 am

MLFAN17

duhh thanks ruru

12:13 am

jillibus

I'm not happy when nouns are made into verbs

12:14 am

MLFAN17

nbt

12:14 am

cosdem

wtg :)

12:14 am

rururocks

you have to be adjective about it pini

12:15 am

Pinikula

huh?

12:15 am

rururocks

er.. I mean objective

12:15 am

jillibus

wtg mlf

12:15 am

MLFAN17

thanks jill

12:15 am

Pinikula

what'd I do now?

12:16 am

Douglas

Fair enough, jilli

12:16 am

jillibus

pini, I think ru meant me

12:17 am

Pinikula

gotcha ;)

12:17 am

cosdem

or 6 x 2

12:17 am

rururocks

100

12:18 am

Pinikula

well done

12:18 am

Uneaixoise

wow

12:18 am

jillibus

amazing, ru

12:18 am

jillibus

(I'm half alseep already)

12:18 am

Uneaixoise

only 80 here

12:19 am

Uneaixoise

82

12:19 am

MLFAN17

only 44 here

12:20 am

Uneaixoise

83 and signing off for now *poof*

12:20 am

cosdem

dino should be accepted imho

12:20 am

Pinikula

I keep trying it, too, cos

12:21 am

cosdem

phantoms: define and karate

12:21 am

cosdem

ooooh found a de6 that looks like define lol

12:22 am

Pinikula

don't forget: drunk

12:22 am

cosdem

ive only been able to find one 7 ugh

12:23 am

Pinikula

I only have 1, too

12:23 am

rururocks

i have three now

12:23 am

Pinikula

pennant is a 7, but just a phantom (also 7)

12:23 am

cosdem

phantom peonies

12:23 am

rururocks

ae, pe, ti 7

12:24 am

Pinikula

thx ru ... looking

12:24 am

cosdem

ty ruru

12:24 am

cosdem

got the ae7...

12:25 am

stidmama

*sneaks in, gives hugs and choclits and rushes off to bed* Long day tomorrow... no time to play atm. *heavy sigh*

12:26 am

Pinikula

hi/bye stid

12:26 am

Pinikula

* pushing hair back into place *

12:27 am

cybernan

Hello everyone :)

12:27 am

Pinikula

hi nan

12:28 am

Pinikula

* fading now * so, cya tmw ;)

12:28 am

Pinikula

* ciao *

12:28 am

cybernan

just back from a 10 tenors concert - fabulous!

12:29 am

cybernan

bye pini

12:29 am

jillibus

sounds great, nan

12:29 am

jillibus

bye pini

12:29 am

cosdem

found the ti7.. it was int he grid like last week or the week before it...

12:30 am

jillibus

darn-- just missed stid

12:31 am

cosdem

leftmost O.. i have or 5, or6, or 6 -- w hats the other one?

12:31 am

jillibus

good for you, cos -- sorry I don't remember

12:32 am

kangabrat

ok4 cos. hi jilli.

12:32 am

cosdem

duh.. thanks!

12:32 am

jillibus

nbt (in my sleep)

12:32 am

cosdem

70 left. saving for tomorrow.. night all

12:32 am

jillibus

hi kanga

12:32 am

kangabrat

wtg jilli!

12:33 am

jillibus

night cos

12:33 am

Douglas

wanting id4te to be in the grid

12:35 am

bookwomen

ok 4/8

12:35 am

jillibus

hi book

12:36 am

bookwomen

Hello. I am caught in a hiccup

12:36 am

jillibus

A-Rod is here but doesn't count

12:37 am

jillibus

breathe into a paper bag, book ;-)

12:38 am

kangabrat

slowed right down now... can anyone give me the stats on the 8?

12:39 am

bookwomen

just found it. pe 7/8

12:40 am

bookwomen

paper bag helped

12:40 am

kangabrat

thanks book! didn't think to extend the pe7.

12:40 am

jillibus

lol, book

12:47 am

jillibus

over halfway

12:48 am

rururocks

fireworks

12:48 am

jillibus

wd ruru

12:49 am

bookwomen

congrats ruru

12:50 am

jillibus

ha -- monkeyed the pe7 & 8

12:52 am

bookwomen

I think it is strange word

12:54 am

cybernan

have a pe 6, but don't see a 7

12:55 am

cybernan

congrats, ruru

12:55 am

bookwomen

add consummed to the end

12:57 am

cybernan

found them

1:16 am

jillibus

36 left and too sleepy to go on -- goodnight all and *poof...(yaaawwwn x 3)

1:33 am

bookwomen

took a quick break and I am back to find my last 5 and put this grid to bed.

1:33 am

hurshy

po7... po + "i could give you my word as a spa*****" "no good! i've known too many spa*****s"

1:36 am

bookwomen

firewords and goodnight

1:37 am

scouser

guess what? last word in the grid is a babblet. What ho!

1:44 am

VolleymomDee

late flip & hi all

1:46 am

VolleymomDee

anyone left?

2:00 am

scouser

another babblet in de6/24 .... only in academia I suspect

2:04 am

scouser

Hi VolleymomDee short but awkward grid today.

2:04 am

scouser

Hi VolleymomDee short but awkward grid today.

2:04 am

VolleymomDee

hi scouser

2:05 am

VolleymomDee

doesn't look quite as nasty as yesterday's :~)

2:05 am

scouser

Nice word in ar7 for spinners

2:06 am

scouser

once again lots of phantoms - it would have been about 500 with an S in it!

2:06 am

VolleymomDee

I actually found that one!!

2:06 am

VolleymomDee

I bet

2:06 am

scouser

great

2:07 am

VolleymomDee

do you have the first fe 5 please

2:07 am

VolleymomDee

nm found it was looking at the wrong f... lol

2:08 am

scouser

the f's were difficult to put in - grid kept going to the "wrong" one

2:09 am

VolleymomDee

exactly

2:09 am

scouser

fe5/16 is description of lines on paper fe5/18 is Scots lease word

2:09 am

VolleymomDee

ty

2:10 am

VolleymomDee

same thing with the p's

2:11 am

scouser

Yes and my Latin kept getting in the way too!

2:11 am

VolleymomDee

lol... never took latin... a blessing and a curse

2:12 am

VolleymomDee

help with the po 6/24 please

2:13 am

scouser

I think it is to do with betting - small horse at front

2:13 am

VolleymomDee

fish slap.... ty ty

2:13 am

scouser

a past tense word

2:14 am

scouser

what is fish slap?!

2:14 am

VolleymomDee

means "duh, I should have seen that"

2:16 am

scouser

Aha those word paths that twist remind me of my cat: it was watching a squirrel on the tree, and when the squirrel ran down, the cat turned its head upside down too

2:16 am

VolleymomDee

sounds comical

2:17 am

scouser

it was - I fell off chair laughing. Cat is agoraphobic but is keen to sit in window observing.

2:18 am

VolleymomDee

would have been a perfect photo opportunity... where are our cameras when we need them the most :~)

2:18 am

scouser

too true.

2:19 am

VolleymomDee

well that's fireworks for me

2:20 am

scouser

ah - clues for the na4/7 please

2:21 am

VolleymomDee

na + 2 letter word .... _ _ I do this, then this will happen....

2:21 am

VolleymomDee

means a naive or inexperienced person

2:22 am

scouser

well fish slap again ! ty

2:23 am

VolleymomDee

yqw lol

2:23 am

scouser

but then what is the first na4 I have missed?

2:24 am

scouser

bread it was. got it. Fireworks now

2:25 am

VolleymomDee

tough to clue na 4/4... looks like a lady's name with another vowel in the middle... it's a flatbread

2:25 am

VolleymomDee

wtg!!! congrats...

2:25 am

VolleymomDee

sorry slow connection tonight

2:26 am

VolleymomDee

well, I am off till the morrow... have a great day!

2:26 am

VolleymomDee

waving...********

2:56 am

rubyfoo

good morning everybody

2:57 am

lilliann

morning ruby.how is your hubby doing?

2:57 am

lilliann

and you?

2:58 am

rubyfoo

hello lillian

2:59 am

rubyfoo

he is doing much better, thank you, actually came downstairs on his own for the first time this morning without telling me aaargh!

2:59 am

rubyfoo

I am very tired, but he is definitely getting through this!

2:59 am

lilliann

oh dear!but good that he can do it

3:00 am

lilliann

glad to hear he is better and you need to rest aswell

3:00 am

rubyfoo

and the nurse still comes every day and MD is coming this afternoon. I think the antibiotics finally kicked in.

3:01 am

lilliann

well atleast you're getting the medical support aswell.good to hear they are finally working

3:01 am

rubyfoo

I am very relieved!

3:03 am

lilliann

i'm sure you are.it's been a very stressful time for you lately aswell having to do alot of things which is why you're so tired.you need to take it easy aswell ruby

3:03 am

rubyfoo

I think it was probably good for me. My legs are much stronger from all the extra stuff (and all the stairs!)

3:04 am

lilliann

healing hugs for hubby and caring hugs to you

3:04 am

rubyfoo

thank you, lilliann, you are very sweet!!!!

3:04 am

lilliann

stairaerobics...can't beat it :)

3:06 am

lilliann

my eyes are going funny looking at this grid today!!

3:06 am

rubyfoo

yesterday's was a bear!

3:06 am

rubyfoo

this is hard, but it's the first time I've sat down this AM

3:08 am

lilliann

ahh, well i hope you have a cup of tea with you and put your feet up for a while, even if it is to babble!i've got washing up to do and a few jobs but i had to babble first! it's alot more important!! :)

3:08 am

rubyfoo

I did my chores first, then I could sit down, guilt-free

3:09 am

lilliann

oh, i don't feel guilty!! lol

3:09 am

rubyfoo

teak

3:09 am

rubyfoo

dint

3:10 am

rubyfoo

whoops, sorry

3:10 am

lilliann

i've done some washing, so atleast i've done something nd i'm still in my pyjamas!

3:10 am

rubyfoo

coffee in the PB?

3:10 am

lilliann

np, but i have those 2 :((

3:10 am

lilliann

more than likely

3:11 am

lilliann

i like green tea

3:11 am

lilliann

did you try making yorkshire puddings ruby?

3:11 am

rubyfoo

green tea is supposed to be very beneficial, full of anti-oxidants

3:12 am

rubyfoo

not yet, it's been all I could do to make husband's :favorite foods" and feed the dogs!

3:12 am

lilliann

yes, it is

3:12 am

rubyfoo

I have the recipe in front of me, however, and when I get my second wind, I may try it today.....

3:12 am

lilliann

i'm also drinking oolalong tea, something like that anyway

3:13 am

lilliann

is he putting on some weight?

3:13 am

rubyfoo

what is it like?

3:14 am

rubyfoo

he is trying, but as 3500 calories = one lb, it will be difficult

3:14 am

rubyfoo

but he's eating very well

3:14 am

lilliann

not bad.my favourite is sweet fennel and nettle tea

3:14 am

rubyfoo

where do you find such exotica?

3:15 am

lilliann

that's alot of calories, but he obviusly needs it

3:15 am

lilliann

tescos

3:15 am

rubyfoo

this is a very conservative area, food-wise. If it doesn't have cheese on it, they won't eat it

3:15 am

lilliann

and other supermarkets

3:15 am

lilliann

lol

3:15 am

lilliann

do you have an english shop nearby ruby?

3:16 am

rubyfoo

we don't have big markets here except very ordinary ones where I'm lucky to find organ meats for the dogs

3:16 am

lilliann

do you not have a super u or leclercs near?

3:17 am

rubyfoo

maybe, I'll have to check

3:17 am

rubyfoo

leclercs advertises on TV, but I've never seen a store. We're really in the sticks!

3:18 am

lilliann

my mam and dad are too, but luckily enough there is a super u and lidls about 20 minutes away

3:20 am

rubyfoo

we have a lidl, but it is next to a drug place and there are junkies in the parking lot. I'm afraid to go there alone. It is near our halal butcher.

3:20 am

rubyfoo

the other side of Annecy!

3:21 am

lilliann

not surprising ruby, i wouldn't either

3:22 am

rubyfoo

before, husband did the marketing, but I think it will be a while before he can drive (I hope) as he wasn't so great at it before

3:22 am

rubyfoo

we'll see what the doctor says today

3:22 am

lilliann

driving or shopping ruby??!! lol

3:22 am

lilliann

do you drive?

3:22 am

rubyfoo

both, hahah

3:23 am

lilliann

hehe

3:23 am

lilliann

this grid isn't nice!!

3:23 am

rubyfoo

yes, but I don't like it. I had to go to the hospital every day (20-30 mins each way, 8 lights, 14 circles) and do all the grocery shopping.

3:24 am

rubyfoo

I don't even have half. Do you have any of the big words?

3:24 am

lilliann

mmm, roundabouts aren't good in france as the french aren't very good on them!

3:25 am

lilliann

i have 2 x 7's want clues?

3:25 am

rubyfoo

they have "priority on the right" in their genes, and are very unpredictable

3:25 am

lilliann

i'm just over half way

3:25 am

rubyfoo

I have 52 words

3:25 am

rubyfoo

do you have the 8 or any 7's?

3:26 am

rubyfoo

yes, please

3:26 am

lilliann

exactly ruby.i don't drive in france, i let hubby do it

3:26 am

rubyfoo

I am better at it than husband, because my vision is better, but I don't have the heart to make him stop driving, even tho he's 85

3:27 am

lilliann

ae7 goes of the 4, if that helps!

3:27 am

lilliann

i'm trying to think of clues but my head is hurting!!

3:27 am

rubyfoo

putting those lazy monkeys to work!

3:28 am

lilliann

some one from ae4

3:28 am

lilliann

ae and alt spelling of vegetable that makes you cry ruby

3:30 am

rubyfoo

ty, got the ae7

3:31 am

lilliann

ar7-ais to do with spiders

3:31 am

lilliann

yw

3:32 am

lilliann

a and a boy r** down to the pond to see an ***er duck

3:32 am

rubyfoo

got the spider, ty. There is a lovely one living in my bathroom and I can't bring myself to kill her. She is do delicate and lacy

3:33 am

lilliann

i use to have a big one in the lounge but i think one of the cats got him! he was called bert

3:34 am

rubyfoo

that's husband's name, hahah I had one outside who I used to feed flies. She was a common European garden spider, multi-colored and lovely

3:34 am

rubyfoo

the only ones I kill are the big black ones that don't have webs and jump

3:35 am

rubyfoo

the one I fed was an argiope and I named her Caliope

3:35 am

lilliann

that's a lovely name

3:35 am

rubyfoo

I have no latin, but I think the words rhymed....

3:36 am

lilliann

i'm not up on my spiders! i know what a tarantula looks like but i couldn't tell you what the little ones are called

3:36 am

rubyfoo

she was yellow, orange, black and white with stripes and spots - gorgeous

3:36 am

lilliann

she sounds lovely.did you ever take a picture of her?

3:37 am

rubyfoo

I have a photo and I wiki'ed spiders and found a European expert who identified her for me. I just wanted to make sure she wasn't poisonous as I don't know European wildlife very well

3:37 am

rubyfoo

I have it in my computer (some place) and will send it, if you like. My e-mail is in my profile

3:37 am

rubyfoo

it doesn't do her justice!

3:38 am

lilliann

last summer i got some lovely pictures im my mam's back yard of lizards, butterflies and a hummingbird moth which is beautiful and lovely to watch

3:38 am

rubyfoo

the only poisonous spiders in Europe are black widows and they're only in southern Italy and Sicily

3:38 am

lilliann

that would be great ruby, i'll email you mine

3:39 am

rubyfoo

Hawk Moth, I think. We get them in the buddleias and both husband and son were convinced they were hummingbirds but I recognized the bent proboscus (sp?)

3:39 am

rubyfoo

they are easier to identify (for me) than butterflied because they hover. The butterflies move to fast

3:40 am

rubyfoo

when I planted this garden, I made it very insect, bird and bat-friendly.

3:40 am

rubyfoo

when I planted this garden, I made it very insect, bird and bat-friendly.

3:40 am

lilliann

these were humming bird ones and we some them in the village.

3:40 am

lilliann

i got a lovely picture of a butterfly on a flower

3:41 am

rubyfoo

I made the terrible mistake of killing two anguis fragillis, thinking they were vipers. They were in the studio and we even destroyed the eggs. I felt terrible about it as they're are very good for the garden

3:41 am

lilliann

my mam gets loads of different things but i suppose it's because they are in the country and have a large garden

3:41 am

rubyfoo

and absolutely harmless

3:41 am

lilliann

never heard of them ruby

3:42 am

rubyfoo

our other lizards are just brown and black, but lovely, nonetheless

3:42 am

rubyfoo

it's a legless lizard, golden. I should have known better, but having them in the studio was a little creepy and there are vipers here.

3:43 am

rubyfoo

could you send me the photo of the butterfly? Did you identify it?

3:43 am

lilliann

i'll have to google it

3:44 am

rubyfoo

there is only one other kind of snake here, coulouvre or something, very large and harmless, but I've never seen one

3:45 am

lilliann

i've just looked and still quite scary looking, well for me anyway as i'm terrified of snakes!

3:45 am

rubyfoo

all my neighbors have seen vipars, but now I have seen enough pictures not to make the same mistake again. Husband is terrified of snakes

3:45 am

rubyfoo

vipers*

3:45 am

rubyfoo

snap!

3:46 am

rubyfoo

stupid me is only afraid of harmless worms in vegetables and mushrooms. How dumb is that?

3:46 am

lilliann

we had snakes in our garden when i was first married.they were in the compost heap and my charming ex hubby chased me around the garden with them, knowing full well i don't like snakes!!!probably why he is an ex!!!

3:47 am

rubyfoo

that is very mean!

3:47 am

rubyfoo

what kind of snakes were they?

3:47 am

rubyfoo

I don't compost because of the worms. I can't face it

3:47 am

rubyfoo

I need two words for half and then I have to make lunch for husband

3:48 am

lilliann

no it's not.lots of people are scared of worms, i think it's probably because they're slippery.i'll pick them up but i have to have my gardening gloves on!

3:48 am

rubyfoo

I don't mind them in the garden so much if I'm wearing gloves, but in the kitchen.....eeew

3:49 am

lilliann

i think one of them was a viper has it had a red arroe mark on it's head, but i wasn't standing around too long to see it ruby!!

3:49 am

rubyfoo

and I don't mind caterpillars

3:49 am

lilliann

lol

3:49 am

rubyfoo

did ex actually touch it?

3:50 am

rubyfoo

yay, half!

3:50 am

lilliann

yes,but i don't thik he realized until afterwards.he had 2 or 3 in his hand, and i just saw this red and that was it!shame it didn't bite him!!!

3:51 am

rubyfoo

he would have deserved it!

3:51 am

lilliann

i have 52 left and am off to do a couple of things and rest my tired brain!!

3:51 am

lilliann

aye, he would have :)))

3:51 am

rubyfoo

I've handled boas and grass snakes but husband can't even look at my photos

3:52 am

rubyfoo

see you later, this was an edifying chat!! I'll look for the spider photo and, if your like, send you some roses and peonies from last spring

3:53 am

lilliann

when i was about 5, a zoo would bring some animals to school and i had a 25 foot python around my neck, she was huge and i think it just frightened me, and since then i'm petrified

3:53 am

rubyfoo

a 25-ft python could eat a little kid!

3:53 am

lilliann

that would be lovely ruby, and thanks for the chat :)

3:54 am

lilliann

she was lovely but very heavy and i panicked a bit

3:54 am

rubyfoo

have you read about the Burmese pythons in the Everglades? People brought them in illegally and then let them go when they got too big. They eat everything in sight!

3:54 am

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, and what in the hell are the zoo people doing putting a python on top of a 5-y-o???

3:55 am

rubyfoo

that is too big for a child to handle. I learned to handle snakes at a faculty party when I was a little tipsy and the host handed me a grass snake. It was little and pretty and I got over my aversion

3:55 am

rubyfoo

hello Gwen and good bye, off to make lunch

3:56 am

lilliann

no, i've not read that ruby.people do that with all sorts of reptiles as they can't cope with them when they get bigger.i've read about people putting baby crocodiles down the toilets!!

3:56 am

lilliann

hi gwen

3:56 am

lilliann

bfn ruby

3:56 am

rubyfoo

that's the great urban myth in NY, that there are alligators and crocodiles in the sewers.....

3:56 am

rubyfoo

*poof*

3:57 am

lilliann

i was thrilled to hold her, and the zoo people had hold of her too, but when she started moving around my neck i did panic a bit

3:58 am

Book Doctor Gwen

i'm okay with most animals and whatnot, but centipedes creep me out lol

3:59 am

lilliann

that's not surprising, because of all the little legs

4:00 am

Book Doctor Gwen

and those little critters are fast!

4:00 am

lilliann

it's like toads and frogs, but i suppose that's because they are slimy

4:00 am

lilliann

they are gwen..lol but then i suppose they should be as they have enough feet!lol

4:02 am

lilliann

i'm off to rest my brain for a while.bfn gwen

4:02 am

Book Doctor Gwen

actually, toads and frogs are not slimy as a rule

4:02 am

Book Doctor Gwen

bye bye lilliann!

4:22 am

Sally-catlover

Good morning everyone

4:40 am

redturtlehead

hello sally and all others.

5:07 am

Kenny Chuck

Clue for pe8?

5:09 am

zoozzoom

pe8 feathers, wings.

5:10 am

redturtlehead

hi zooz.

5:10 am

zoozzoom

or pe8 what we use to write + pt of eat.

5:10 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Red :-)

5:18 am

zoozzoom

pe8 pe5/12 + ***dy bear.

5:26 am

lil*monkey

take the last letter off for pe7

5:26 am

lil*monkey

morning all!

5:26 am

zoozzoom

Hi, Monkey :-)

5:28 am

lil*monkey

how's the grid? I just started

5:29 am

zoozzoom

there is a few tricky ones..but not too bad.

5:29 am

lil*monkey

OK just have a few mins before work... I will finish this evening :)

5:31 am

zoozzoom

Good id4..it is not a fast grid thats for sure.

5:32 am

lil*monkey

oooh found the crown and you can make it past tense too!

5:32 am

zoozzoom

lol...yes i remembered that one from a while ago..strange one..lol

5:34 am

lil*monkey

need the center A for NBT

5:35 am

lil*monkey

nver mind! NBT! woot woot

5:35 am

zoozzoom

:-)

5:36 am

lil*monkey

OK must go brush my teefs now... have a good day evvyone!

5:36 am

zoozzoom

Take care, hope work goes well.

5:52 am

sprite

good afternoon all

5:52 am

Norma

Hi sprite and all babblers

5:52 am

sprite

hi Norma, it is a K grid :(

5:53 am

Norma

It is a bit slow some weird words ;o)

5:54 am

sprite

found 4 Ks so far... harharharrrrrr

5:55 am

Norma

Lots of n's not many n words

5:55 am

sprite

hey indeed

5:56 am

sprite

kannot see past the Ks until I grey out the tile.

5:58 am

sprite

does trying kraion mean I am desparate?

5:59 am

Norma

No just trying lol

6:00 am

sprite

pfui, what a relief :D

6:01 am

SaraY

sprite, the first 4 letters are good - kr5/18 - have a cup of ...

6:01 am

sprite

oh thanks Sara! Only 2 left now.

6:02 am

SaraY

my pleasure

6:02 am

sprite

ah got them. Now for some babbling, lol.

6:03 am

Kaplan the Magne

8 k's????????????????????

6:03 am

SaraY

love your icon sprite - what a lot of beautiful birds!

6:03 am

sprite

yeah. I can vouch for them being there now. But I had to dig them up from 6 feet under with a tooth pick.

6:03 am

sprite

thanks Sara :)

6:05 am

SaraY

ka4/8 x four, ko5/18 x two, kr5/18, kr5/20

6:06 am

sprite

cute baby booties, SaraY... did you knit them yourself?

6:06 am

SaraY

I'm done and heading for bed!!

6:07 am

SaraY

Yes I did sprite. I sell them at a local market. They have sheepskin soles. Some have beanies to match.

6:09 am

sprite

awww so very cute. Good job! I like knitting too, I should take it up again. Your booties are inspiring me to start again :)

6:09 am

sprite

sleep well, SaraY

6:14 am

SaraY

Thanks sprite :) Years and years ago I used to do a lot of knitting. I started again when my first grandbaby was born and my daughter's friends saw the booties and orders started to come in. I got carried away and then had to find an outlet - hence the local market.

6:15 am

sprite

wonderful!

6:37 am

MollyL

8 K's, 13 Q's...it's all relative. Good morning everyone.

6:37 am

sprite

hi Molly. Nah, 'all' is about the only thing that isn't relative ;)

6:38 am

MollyL

And of course the first K I tried was karate, because my eyes were convinced it was there.

6:38 am

sprite

I tried that too!

6:42 am

Kaplan the Magne

dnbt. Koran- no?

6:42 am

sprite

I want aardvark

6:42 am

MollyL

Every time I see that word, I hear Aurthur in the episode about the spelling bee.

6:43 am

sprite

*goes to youtube to look that up*

6:46 am

sprite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxvIfAz
BbTI

6:49 am

sprite

lol that is funny

6:52 am

sprite

Koran needs a kapital, I think

6:53 am

Kaplan the Magne

The grid has capitals!

6:53 am

sprite

lol true, but I am afraid that is all the capitals you will get in babble...

6:53 am

Kaplan the Magne

hmmmf.

6:54 am

carleekat

morning all

6:54 am

sprite

morning carlee

6:54 am

carleekat

hi sprite

6:54 am

cwestexan

morning everyone!

6:55 am

sprite

hi cwestexan

6:55 am

carleekat

hi cwest

6:56 am

Kaplan the Magne

Darrin's mother-in-law is here!

6:56 am

Kaplan the Magne

Calling Dr. Bombay!

7:02 am

MollyL

Endora!

7:02 am

Kaplan the Magne

:)

7:03 am

Kaplan the Magne

Coffee time

7:03 am

MollyL

If anyone watches "Castle", I've always thought that Susan Sullivan (who plays his Mother) would make a great Endora in a Bewitched re-make.

7:05 am

sprite

not something that sounds familiar to me. Might not be on TV here.

7:07 am

MollyL

Interesting show premise. A murder mystery novelist teams up with a homicide detective.

7:09 am

sprite

oh that sounds very good

7:11 am

carleekat

yes...she would i agree molls

7:11 am

suefrad625

I would love the last o on the left side for a whole column done. I have or6 x2 and or5, what am i missing

7:12 am

suefrad625

nm

7:12 am

suefrad625

got it

7:12 am

suefrad625

ok4

7:12 am

sprite

hi sue, ok4/8

7:16 am

MollyL

Well hey there Carlee. How are you doing today?

7:17 am

carleekat

i am currently waiting for lawyer's office to open...so i can call and warn them about a letter coming to them from my ex

7:17 am

carleekat

that..should pretty much let you know how i am doing....

7:17 am

MollyL

Oh for God's sake. What is he up to now?

7:17 am

suefrad625

I cant find my keys!!

7:18 am

carleekat

are u on fb atm?

7:18 am

MollyL

I will proceed thusly.

7:20 am

Mom

Oh Sue! I hope you have found them by now.
Good morning all

7:20 am

MollyL

Good Morning Mom.

7:20 am

sprite

hi Mom

7:20 am

suefrad625

no, and they have all my homework and the car keys

7:20 am

Mom

Good morning Molly

7:21 am

uusue2

hi, all!

7:21 am

Mom

((Sue)) says prayer to St. Anthony... Tony, Tony turn around somethings lost and can't be found. Please help Sue find her keys and her homework.

7:22 am

Mom

Hi uusue

7:22 am

uusue2

sue, I hope you find your car keys, and carlee, sorry to hear you are having ex trouble!

7:22 am

sprite

hi uusue

7:22 am

sprite

I second that, uusue

7:22 am

Mom

((Sprite)) good afternoon

7:22 am

Mom

and I third it!

7:23 am

uusue2

I REALLY have to go take a shower but I want to start the puzzle first.....

7:23 am

Mom

sit down uusue, do 10 words and then shower

7:24 am

sprite

tackle the K, then shower :)

7:24 am

uusue2

I"ll go with mom - 11 words down, shower time!

7:24 am

sprite

enjoy, uusue

7:25 am

Mom

hurry back uusue

7:27 am

suefrad625

found them

7:27 am

sprite

ah good!

7:27 am

Mom

I am so glad Sue

7:27 am

MollyL

St. Anthony to the rescue again!

7:28 am

suefrad625

the key is expensive, but the data on the USB is priceless

7:28 am

sprite

good old St. Antoniius.

7:28 am

Mom

good Old St. Anthony. Patron Saint of lost items, my hero

7:29 am

Mom

he and I are on first name basis. :-)

7:29 am

sprite

:D

7:29 am

Mom

I like that name, Sprite

7:29 am

suefrad625

backing up data as we speak

7:30 am

Mom

excellent idea Sue

7:30 am

sprite

dutch spelling... without the second i though. Sint Antonius.

7:32 am

suefrad625

can I have a clue for the upper u for nbt

7:32 am

suefrad625

can i have a clue for the upper u,

7:32 am

Mom

looking now Sue, as I don't have them

7:32 am

suefrad625

so I can do, what I need to du

7:32 am

sprite

ur + had for breakfast

7:32 am

zoozzoom

u + interest ****s are going up again.

7:33 am

sprite

hi zooz

7:33 am

Mom

(((Zoozz)) thanks and hello

7:33 am

Kaplan the Magne

Or- You're tops in my book!

7:33 am

suefrad625

thank u

7:33 am

zoozzoom

Hello, ((MoM))

7:33 am

Kaplan the Magne

just ur5 and see!

7:33 am

Mom

Hi Kaplan

7:33 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Spritey :-)

7:34 am

suefrad625

I need food or I will keep talking funny

7:34 am

suefrad625

bbl

7:34 am

Kaplan the Magne

You sounded ok to me.

7:34 am

suefrad625

just ur*** henry Higgins, just UR***

7:35 am

Mom

lol Sue

7:35 am

Kaplan the Magne

now we're talking.

7:35 am

Mom

NBT! finally

7:36 am

suefrad625

yahooo mom

7:36 am

suefrad625

me too

7:36 am

Mom

hooray for Sue

7:36 am

sprite

good job

7:36 am

ivesy3

first ko 5/18 plz

7:36 am

suefrad625

off to do the homework, bbk

7:36 am

sprite

bye sue

7:36 am

Mom

bye for now Sue

7:37 am

Mom

Hi Ivesy, sorry I don't have it

7:37 am

ivesy3

ok thks.. its a real stinker lol

7:37 am

trentsnana

good morning, all

7:37 am

suefrad625

I found it

7:37 am

sprite

hi ivesy, ko + it is ***ning cats and dogs.

7:37 am

sprite

hi trent

7:37 am

suefrad625

ko+most of your ra4 in my bood

7:38 am

Kaplan the Magne

Like the Movie sascha Baron Cohen made...

7:38 am

Mom

good morning Trentsnana

7:38 am

Mom

thanks Sprite and Sue and Kaplan

7:39 am

trentsnana

hints for the a's in the middle?

7:39 am

ivesy3

ty all! now i can go to work lol

7:39 am

trentsnana

found the bottom - just need the top

7:39 am

Mom

have a great day Ivesy

7:40 am

sprite

the colours some people see around other people

7:40 am

Mom

ae + opposite of off

7:40 am

Mom

thanks Sprite

7:40 am

ivesy3

ty.. we have new library director, very young. should be interesting

7:40 am

trentsnana

ty - NBT

7:40 am

MollyL

And Latin plural of what Sprite said.

7:41 am

Mom

thanks Molly

7:41 am

Mom

hooray Trentsnana

7:42 am

sprite

bye ivesy, have fun

7:44 am

sprite

I see spiders

7:44 am

Mom

where?

7:44 am

carleekat

whew

7:45 am

sprite

in the grid.

7:45 am

Mom

((Carlee)) good morning. Sorry to read that your ex is up to no good

7:45 am

carleekat

well..lawyer dealing now...

7:46 am

carleekat

but thanks

7:46 am

car.eeyore

Good morning all!

7:46 am

car.eeyore

7:46 am

carleekat

hi caree

7:46 am

Mom

((Car.)) good morning. How are you

7:46 am

sprite

hi car.ee

7:46 am

Mom

Carlee, I am glad you have a good lawyer

7:46 am

car.eeyore

{{sprite}}! Sorry I missed you there!

7:47 am

sprite

np :)

7:47 am

car.eeyore

Carlee...need anything?

7:47 am

Mom

One K left ..... kr before the sauerkr***

7:48 am

Mom

is it a normal word?

7:48 am

sprite

change the last vowel into another one

7:49 am

Mom

((Sprite)) thank you. Now I need to go get the broom and sweep up my hair. :-)

7:49 am

sprite

lol sounds witchy!

7:50 am

Mom

I have been called that before, even so far as changing the W to a B. Go figure.

7:50 am

carleekat

i'm good car.ee thanks...i just spoke to lawyer's office... and i am fine now

7:52 am

carleekat

there are 2 lawyers here in town who are the...."do not mess with me" type....i have previous relationship with one.....and i am working with the other...and i love her... she deos not play games...she does not mess around...and she does not mince words

7:52 am

EvaNadine

mornin babblers.

7:52 am

sprite

hi EvaN

7:52 am

sprite

sounds good, carlee

7:53 am

Mom

Hi Eva

7:53 am

MollyL

MOM!!! Who dared call you that? Tell me so I can go kick their butt. : P

7:53 am

Mom

I like the straight and to the point people

7:53 am

carleekat

hi evan.....i did not see you to wish you happy bday..so...in light of that...celebrate again today *~*~*~BIRTHDAY POMPOM SHAKE*~*~*for Eva

7:53 am

sprite

twas me, molly

7:53 am

Mom

Molly, you want a list or just the top 5?

7:54 am

EvaNadine

aww. thanky carlee. :)

7:54 am

carleekat

hell i am called that on a daily basis i am sure :p

7:54 am

MollyL

Whee! I'm going on a butt kicking tour. Just like Jay and Silent Bob!

7:54 am

sprite

it means Babe In Total Control of Herself

7:55 am

Mom

lol Sprite

7:55 am

carleekat

if u google an image for sheila mc carthy... ( cdn actress)...my lawyer could be twin

7:56 am

Mom

I just walked into the family room and my sweetie had the guide up on the tv and there is a movie coming on called "Life without Dick". I asked him if it was a biography of Lorana Bobbitt's ex-husband.

7:57 am

Mom

off to google sheila mc carthy

7:57 am

sprite

lol

7:57 am

Mom

sorry I couldn't resist that.

7:57 am

carleekat

its pretty funny mom

7:58 am

carleekat

well that not me atm sprite... i feel very much NOT in control of life atm

7:59 am

sprite

I can imagine, carlee *hugs*

7:59 am

carleekat

7:59 am

Mom

((Carlee))

7:59 am

carleekat

{{mom}} too :)

7:59 am

MollyL

Old Chinese wise person said...we are not in control of what happens to us, we are in control of how we react to it.

8:00 am

car.eeyore

{{{group hug}}}

8:00 am

Mom

so very true Molly

8:00 am

car.eeyore

Amen Molly!

8:00 am

Mom

(((Hugs)))

8:00 am

carleekat

good one....posting that one on fb..i am nicking it...

8:01 am

sprite

life is like sand. If you want to hold on to it, it slips through your fingers. But if you can keep your hand op4, it will stay with you.

8:01 am

Soodle

Aw. Sorry I missed the group hug. Hi everybody

8:01 am

Mom

also very true

8:01 am

carleekat

{{{group hug #2}}}

8:01 am

sprite

hiya Soodle, here's one for you *hugs*

8:02 am

Mom

((((Soodle))))) I have missed seeing you. I hope all is well

8:02 am

Mom

((Hugs))

8:02 am

car.eeyore

Hi Soodle! {{{hug}}}

8:02 am

carleekat

nice sprite...i like that one too

8:02 am

Soodle

(((((Everybody))))

8:02 am

carleekat

nicking it too as a girlfriend of mine from hs going through a rough patch...

8:03 am

Mom

sorry to hear that Carlee

8:03 am

Soodle

All good, thanks Mom. :-). Sprite - my daughter survived Amsterdam, and I think Amsterdam survived her!!

8:03 am

sprite

go right ahead, sometimes images and word like these help us get a focus.

8:03 am

sprite

lol Soodle, I haven't heard anything to the contrary. She kept low profile ;) Glad she had a good time.

8:04 am

carleekat

oh..its ok mom...she is made of tougher stuff...

8:04 am

car.eeyore

If you put someone's ashes into an urn...wouldn't they be "urned"? Seems like a good word to me!

8:04 am

sprite

I tried it too, car.ee. Seems perfectly valid to me.

8:04 am

carleekat

apparently not

8:05 am

Soodle

Don't know about 'urned', Car, but if you have their ashes, you can be sure they were Burned!

8:05 am

sprite

stupid enable

8:05 am

car.eeyore

LOL Soodle!

8:05 am

sprite

sounds like a good saying to me. "Carlee's ex was burned and urned."

8:06 am

car.eeyore

Tee hee!

8:06 am

Soodle

ROFL. I love it!!

8:06 am

carleekat

<snort> now now...i dont hate the man like that...

8:06 am

car.eeyore

Clue for the right column N please?

8:06 am

sprite

let's say I meant it metaphorically then!

8:06 am

Soodle

I can hear the battle cry.... Burn 'Em and Urn ' Em.....

8:07 am

carleekat

we actually had a really good day working together on sat....and..honestly..i think that is why he is now doing what he's doing..a bit of sour grapes

8:07 am

sprite

a nest or brood of pheasants, for the N

8:07 am

Mom

ni + **ar Car..

8:07 am

car.eeyore

Yup...sounds about right carlee

8:07 am

uusue2

hi again, all! shower - done. breakfast - being eaten. babble - in progress!

8:07 am

sprite

sounds good, Soodle! We always say: "If you can't beat them... burn them!"

8:07 am

car.eeyore

TY Mom! Same to you!

8:07 am

car.eeyore

It is a good day then UU!

8:07 am

sprite

wb uusue

8:08 am

car.eeyore

Ooh! I have NBT!

8:08 am

Mom

welcome back uusue

8:08 am

Mom

you're welcome Car.

8:08 am

uusue2

yes - tomorrow I am off to NJ for two weeks to deal with my dad, so packing tonight -

8:08 am

uusue2

yay car!!

8:08 am

Mom

oh uusue, be safe in your travels

8:08 am

carleekat

yay for car.

8:09 am

sprite

what's with your dad that needs dealing with, uusue?

8:09 am

Mom

hooray for Car.

8:09 am

uusue2

thx, mom - dorens and I may be able to get together :-)

8:10 am

Mom

that would be nice uusue

8:10 am

uusue2

he's in rehab after breaking his leg, sprite, and will need help when he goes home, especially as his wife (my stepmom, they've been married 35 years) is leaving today to go live with her son - she is ailing

8:10 am

car.eeyore

Left column grayed!

8:10 am

bichon

Hi Soodle and everyone else this morning

8:10 am

uusue2

he is 89, and she is 85, the whole thing is complicated and sad

8:10 am

car.eeyore

Oh my goodness uu! My prayers go with you.

8:10 am

car.eeyore

Hi Bichon!

8:10 am

carleekat

very cool on seeing dorens...am sorry for your dad..an step mum :(

8:11 am

sprite

sad issues, uusue :( All the best, to them and to you.

8:11 am

Mom

Hi Bichon

8:11 am

Soodle

Oh Uusue - thats a lot to cope with. Good luck on your travels.

8:11 am

sprite

hi bichon

8:11 am

carleekat

hi bichon

8:11 am

Soodle

Hi Bichon :-)

8:11 am

sprite

fireflies. Have to be off, alas. Take care, all.

8:11 am

uusue2

he is stubborn as he**, will probably need to be in assisted living himself but it will be hard to convince him

8:11 am

bichon

Another fun day with Marco and Polo

8:11 am

car.eeyore

Bye sprite!

8:12 am

uusue2

bye, sprite, and congrats!!!!

8:12 am

Mom

I had better scoot off here and start my day. ((Hugs)) and lots of love to all of you

8:12 am

carleekat

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~*for sprite

8:12 am

Soodle

(((Sprite))) Have a good day :-)

8:12 am

Mom

congrats Sprite

8:12 am

uusue2

that's Marco and Polo in your icon, bichon? They're adorable!!

8:13 am

bichon

yes. They've been her over two weeks and they love the snow

8:13 am

car.eeyore

Very cute!

8:13 am

car.eeyore

Bye Mom!

8:13 am

car.eeyore

How can you see them in the snow, Bichon?

8:13 am

Mom

bye bye ((Car.))

8:13 am

carleekat

byebye mom {{huggles}}

8:13 am

uusue2

ah, yes, my labradoodle is a snow dog too :-)

8:13 am

Mom

((Carlee)) take care

8:14 am

Soodle

Lovely names for lovely dogs, Bichon!

8:14 am

uusue2

bye, mom!

8:14 am

carleekat

i will..you too..

8:14 am

bichon

They came from California

8:14 am

Soodle

Bye Carlee - Keep the chin up!

8:15 am

uusue2

wow - that was a long trip for them!

8:15 am

carleekat

oh...are u leaving soods?

8:16 am

Soodle

Gah - Sorry Carlee, I thought you were off. I better toddle off anyway. Bye everybody, and have a great day.

8:16 am

car.eeyore

Bye soodle!

8:16 am

carleekat

byebye soods..have a good one

8:17 am

bichon

We got the names from a website which gave paired dogs names

8:17 am

car.eeyore

I am off now too! Got to get my typing done!

8:18 am

car.eeyore

Have a good day everyone!

8:18 am

uusue2

bye, car and soodle!

8:18 am

uusue2

just added ka4/8 to the physics babblets in my profile...

8:18 am

carleekat

byebye car.ee thanks :)

8:20 am

Kaplan the Magne

Did anyone watch that Jeopardy with Watson last night? There was a mistake thaat no one corrected. There is no museum in Boston called Galillee. That Rembrandt was stolen from the Gardner.

8:20 am

carleekat

wow.....didnt watch tho...

8:20 am

bichon

I watched it, but I didn't catch the mistake. I'll have to rewatch it.

8:21 am

bichon

I'm very disappointed in the match. The questions are too unambiguous to make it fiar

8:21 am

Kaplan the Magne

I expected the judges to deduct the points.

8:21 am

bichon

*fair

8:21 am

Kaplan the Magne

It's a big commercial for IBM

8:22 am

uusue2

thx for the word, bichon :-)

8:22 am

bichon

I agree Kaplan

8:22 am

Kaplan the Magne

OOps- I am in the PB.

8:22 am

cybernan

good morning, all :)

8:22 am

Kaplan the Magne

Send me some chocolate.

8:22 am

bichon

sorry, a typo on my part

8:22 am

bichon

sorry, a typo on my part

8:23 am

Kaplan the Magne

It's me that used the word. Address all cards and letters care of PB.

8:24 am

carleekat

i need breakie..not sure whati want...

8:24 am

cybernan

firing choc Kalan

8:24 am

bichon

carlee, where are you?

8:24 am

Mr Bob

Morning friends

8:24 am

cybernan

*to Kaplan

8:25 am

carleekat

in bed atm... with a cat on my ass

8:25 am

cybernan

Missed the watson final -- did watson win?

8:25 am

bichon

No, I was looking at your flag and it's definitely not the maple leaf

8:25 am

cybernan

We went to the local theatre to see the 10 tenors from Australia

8:25 am

carleekat

oh...egypt..silent support :)

8:25 am

bichon

Watson won big time. It was a rout. Watson is fast with the buzzer, nothing else

8:26 am

bichon

I see Carlee. Thought you were abroad

8:26 am

carleekat

nope....at home..just silent support....wondering now how i can put iran, bahrain and libya all at same time :p

8:27 am

Kaplan the Magne

the humans should just press the buzzer immediately

8:27 am

bichon

I think they've been trying

8:27 am

carleekat

adn throw in palestine for good measure :)

8:28 am

Kaplan the Magne

I would like to see them correct that museum error tonight.

8:29 am

cybernan

Were the questions rigged as to style? -- I noticed in the first round that Watson was not so speedy nor accurate when the answer required some deductive powers

8:29 am

Kaplan the Magne

or who can i trust?

8:29 am

Kaplan the Magne

They were all pretty fact-based, not language based

8:30 am

cybernan

oh -- is there a round 3 tonight?

8:30 am

Kaplan the Magne

Yep

8:30 am

bichon

I think anyone with factual access will do well. The Final Jeopardy question, the one about American cities where Watson chose Toronto was an example where he lacks deductive reasoning.

8:30 am

bichon

Yes nan, the final is tonight

8:31 am

Kaplan the Magne

That was just stupid.

8:32 am

cybernan

down to last 40 -- going to list now, so will disappear for a bit!

8:32 am

bichon

the center a, a clue please

8:33 am

mkg

hi all. i have no k words. any help out there?

8:33 am

bichon

Kaplan, I will watch the tape from last night and see if I catch the mistake. Do you know where in the show it was?

8:33 am

mixi6

ka4, 4, 4, 4

8:34 am

JBV

stopping in to say hi, but don't forget that "American" can mean North American/South American/Central American - so it's not a problem of deductive reasoning, but a problem of the programmers who neglected to specify for Watson

8:34 am

mkg

hmmmm

8:34 am

JBV

Watson's errors are all human errors, of course

8:34 am

bichon

it was U.S. cities, should have been more specific

8:35 am

JBV

I missed last night's show, would like to see it somewhere

8:35 am

bichon

But I don't think a human would have made that error. If you think of US cities which are know for having two airports, Chicago would come up first, with maybe NYC later.

8:35 am

mkg

it should have said United states not america. i think they did that on purpose. america is larger and there are more cities.

8:35 am

bichon

And, a WW II battle, Midway comes to mind easily

8:36 am

JBV

can't comment, since I didnt' watch the show and don't know the exact question - but I find the whole thing fascinating

8:37 am

bichon

I'd rather watch Ken and Brad any day

8:37 am

bichon

Middle a, a clue pleas for NBT

8:37 am

aslindy

what does it mean when the first word I found today is the do 4,9 ?

8:38 am

MollyL

Probably just that you were working that first, top left corner.

8:39 am

bichon

aslindy, if you count up the numbers on the tiles it will add up to nine. That's for a 4 letter word

8:39 am

aslindy

bichon, I know... I found the word, it was the first one I found today

8:39 am

bichon

nm, got a word from the middle a

8:39 am

aslindy

I don't have a particular starting point, I am just interested to note the first word I find each day

8:40 am

uusue2

gotta run, all, class starts in 20 minutes and I am still at home *poof*

8:40 am

bichon

okay

8:40 am

MollyL

For me, it is just whatever jumps out at me when I first look at the grid. Yesterday, all I could see was JOY.

8:41 am

aslindy

yes, it's interesting to see what jumps out

8:43 am

bichon

I usually look in the top left corner. Just like in reading

8:44 am

aslindy

I play a game like this against other people, in short timed rounds... I tend to NOT start in that corner, because everyone does.

8:49 am

trentsnana

is that Serpentine, aslindy?

8:49 am

JBV

just came back from the IBM Smarter Planet Blog - I see that the airport question did not mention either U.S. or America but that the question category was U.S. Cities - so Watson's error was about how to weigh the category in its search

8:53 am

crosshair

dint

8:53 am

crosshair

oops..good morning everyone

8:54 am

trentsnana

hi crossy - in the PB already?

8:54 am

MollyL

Cross di4/5 do it. Nope, uh-uh, he di 4/5.

8:55 am

trentsnana

I put some leftover Valentine cookies in there. Hope they aren't stale - hahaha.

8:55 am

MollyL

I'm making ice cream sandwiches with my leftover Valentine cookies.

8:56 am

trentsnana

Yum!

8:57 am

jmcnrick

a better size grid

8:57 am

jmcnrick

hi all

8:57 am

crosshair

howdy jmc

8:58 am

cybernan

need some help for my last 3...

ur 5 (the first one) please?

8:59 am

cybernan

monkeyed it

8:59 am

cybernan

ae 7, please?

9:00 am

cybernan

oh -- monkeyed that too -- lol!

9:00 am

jmcnrick

i was wondering if Watson has an unfair advantage with ringing in

9:01 am

jmcnrick

did they factor in how long it takes a person to think about ringing in to the actual moment the thumb moves and the time it takes for the thumb to compress the button?

9:01 am

crosshair

ae 7=a very,very old person

9:02 am

cybernan

*!* ta da *!*

9:02 am

Kaplan the Magne

Don't know exactly where in the show the error was.

9:03 am

jmcnrick

whoo hooo cyber

9:03 am

cybernan

ty anyway, crossy

9:03 am

jmcnrick

what was the error kap i just walked in

9:04 am

MollyL

The whole Watson on Jeepardy thing gives me the creeps. It's like Hal from "2001 A Space Odyssey".

9:04 am

cybernan

I wonder how many thousanads of e-mails the show has received over it?

9:05 am

cybernan

it's that calm controlled voice that gives me the creeps

9:05 am

jmcnrick

actually it was interesting the number of people i know who do not generally watch jeopardy who watched last night because of the news shows

9:09 am

Kaplan the Magne

The error was that a Rembrandt waas stolen from a museum in boston called Galilee. It was the Isabel Stewart Garddner Museum.

9:09 am

jmcnrick

well i am sure that Jeopardy will comment on that today even though it was taped

9:10 am

Uneaixoise

NPR had a really interesting segment about Watson yesterday

9:10 am

jmcnrick

hi une

9:10 am

Uneaixoise

howdy

9:11 am

jmcnrick

help with the A in the middle please

9:11 am

Kaplan the Magne

Unless there is a museum in Boston I haven't heard of in the past 30 years

9:11 am

Uneaixoise

ai4/5

9:11 am

jmcnrick

that is possible kap :-)

9:12 am

jmcnrick

*duh* slap me with a fish and ty une

9:12 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

9:12 am

Kaplan the Magne

At the moment, I am feeling very nauseated --not nauseous- that would mean I'm making YOU nauseated- and am not sure what is wrong with me.

9:13 am

jmcnrick

i am glad to here i am not the cause!

9:13 am

jmcnrick

*hear

9:13 am

Kaplan the Magne

Wokeup feelingsick.Today and tomorrow are my heaviest client days, of course.

9:13 am

jmcnrick

of course

9:13 am

Kaplan the Magne

I don't think it woulld be polite for a therapist to throw up on a client's shoes.

9:13 am

mkg

koran

9:13 am

jmcnrick

try some ginger tea kap -- that always settles the tummy

9:13 am

Kaplan the Magne

Might make for an interesting transference.

9:13 am

mkg

koran is not in dict?????????wonder if bible is.

9:14 am

Kaplan the Magne

Good idea.

9:14 am

jmcnrick

considering what clients do to therapists it might be fair play

9:15 am

jmcnrick

yes mkg the bible is but then it is used as a generic word: the IRS is the bible of tax lawyers

9:15 am

Kaplan the Magne

ha!

9:16 am

Kaplan the Magne

I happen to have some ginger tea on hand.

9:16 am

jmcnrick

if you just have dried ginger you can make it too

9:17 am

jmcnrick

the O in the bottom corner please?

9:17 am

Kaplan the Magne

No I have ginger tea- my daughter left some here.

9:17 am

Kaplan the Magne

It's a fish, jm. as in the door is ajar.

9:17 am

Dorens

jm that is a mighty big fish

9:18 am

jmcnrick

hmmm

9:18 am

Kaplan the Magne

Ajar.

9:19 am

jmcnrick

*smack*

9:19 am

jmcnrick

boy some days!

9:19 am

jmcnrick

hi dorens

9:19 am

Dorens

hi. shouldn't be here... am in denial

9:20 am

Kaplan the Magne

Denial of what?

9:20 am

jmcnrick

i even thought to myself--i bet o4/5 is in this grid

9:20 am

jmcnrick

what are you in denial about? I could deny it with you

9:20 am

Dorens

the amount of work i should be doing right now!

9:20 am

jmcnrick

lol

9:20 am

Dorens

just opened to look at the grid and got sucked in, and i really shouldn't. i really can't

9:21 am

jmcnrick

think of this as a way to give your brain a warmup exercise so it wont pull a muscle

9:21 am

MollyL

Okay, I just got the low down about the computer on Jeopardy. I'll have to take a look tonight.

9:21 am

jmcnrick

my stupid ex-bil will probably show up early tonight for the first time in his history

9:21 am

Dorens

i didn't have coffee this morning... am drinking first cup now.. that's my excuse

9:22 am

Kaplan the Magne

It's not really that interesting.

9:22 am

jmcnrick

did you all see the study which showed that coffee helped women focus but not men?

9:23 am

Dorens

hmmm.. interesting. (the coffee study).

9:23 am

Dorens

and i now have nbt.. will be back at lunch... bye

9:23 am

jmcnrick

i find it interesting kap--but think that watson probably has an unfair advantage on ringing in

9:23 am

jmcnrick

wtg dorens

9:23 am

Kaplan the Magne

It is interesting but I had to ff through the IBM hype

9:24 am

jmcnrick

nbt

9:24 am

MollyL

Just on ringing in? How about the extensive knowledge base programmed into that thing that could not possibly exist in a human brain?

9:24 am

Kaplan the Magne

OK I get it. Computers pack a lot of knowledge. But they will never be witty.

9:24 am

jmcnrick

well there was an aspect of watching a VERY long IBM commercial to it

9:25 am

jmcnrick

what is interesting is the ability to answer given slang and puns and wordplay by jeopardy

9:25 am

Kaplan the Magne

Are you sure this ginger tea is going to work? Otherwise, if I have to barf, I hope I can save it till my 6 o'clock client

9:25 am

jmcnrick

all of that is helpful for humans but for linear thinkers it is not

9:25 am

Cherrypop

Why are two of my words red and underlined twice?

9:25 am

Kaplan the Magne

There wasn't that much wordplay I thought, compared to usual

9:26 am

jmcnrick

ginger tea will work

9:26 am

jmcnrick

wierd cherry

9:27 am

jmcnrick

do you particularly dislike your 6 o'clock client? how does that make you feel?

9:27 am

jmcnrick

;-)

9:28 am

Kaplan the Magne

6 o'clock client is a couple. They sit and bicker.

9:28 am

Kaplan the Magne

Just like home.

9:29 am

jmcnrick

have you suggested that they say one nice thing to each other each day?

9:30 am

jmcnrick

<===just gave the entirety of couples therapy advice

9:30 am

Kaplan the Magne

I told them to have 3 dinners together last week, and they came in and sayd, "so we can eat. Now what?"

9:31 am

jmcnrick

are you familiar with couple support therapy? let me look up what i am thinking about

9:31 am

Kaplan the Magne

I am more interested in bash couple over the head therapy.

9:31 am

Kaplan the Magne

In this case.

9:31 am

jmcnrick

www.bettermarriages.org

9:32 am

jmcnrick

not sure that would be the best long term strategy for building your practice! lol

9:33 am

jmcnrick

*finds some lavender for aroma therapy for kap*

9:34 am

jmcnrick

*fluffs up some pillows on kaps sofa and then heads to pb*

9:35 am

Kaplan the Magne

what did you say?

9:36 am

jmcnrick

fi4s

9:38 am

jmcnrick

okay time for me to toddle off and pretend to work

9:38 am

jmcnrick

bbl for the 74 left

9:38 am

Kaplan the Magne

HAve to drink my gingerT

9:44 am

Aloyisius

.. knocks on chog door, anyone home?

9:44 am

crosshair

best couple therapy is alternate daily massages

9:44 am

Aloyisius

hi crossy!

9:44 am

kje

ahoy aloy!

9:45 am

Aloyisius

hi kje!

9:45 am

MollyL

Sadly, I think there are couples who seek therapy who just don't like each other anymore.

9:46 am

Aloyisius

hi MollyL.. yup, they wait a bit too long or maybe they outgrew each other long before

9:46 am

crosshair

nothing says love like hands on massaging away the aches and pains of a hard day

9:46 am

crosshair

howdy aloy

9:46 am

MollyL

And then they go to a counselor, expecting that person to "fix things".

9:47 am

Aloyisius

and sometimes they are just too broken

9:47 am

Aloyisius

massage sounds like a great therapy.. but what if you are angry? (hands around the neck, lol)

9:48 am

kje

when my sister in law decided she wated a divorce (she had a affair) my brother talked her into going to therapy... the second session the therapist asked her if she had any desire to truly work on the relationship and she said no. he said they need not come back

9:48 am

MollyL

I've watched people stay together for years and years due to their idea that they are "obligated" not because they are still in love.

9:48 am

crosshair

you have to be friends first,then talk about anything and everything no matter how silly,and never ridicule,ever,sex is in there,but it is not the be all and end all,but a part of the whole..but that is just me

9:48 am

kje

she stupidly thought this man would marry her... she is now alone

9:48 am

Aloyisius

think she made that decision when she stepped out on your bro, kje

9:48 am

MollyL

*Laughing at Aloy's "neck massage"*

9:49 am

kje

sad... they had a youg boy who just cried and cried

9:49 am

MollyL

I don't know how many couples would pass Cross's "never ridicule" rule.

9:50 am

Aloyisius

aww.. that is sad, kje

9:50 am

rubyfoo

hello everybody, back to try for a few more words before dinner

9:50 am

Aloyisius

hi ruby (-:

9:50 am

kje

16 left here - wana race, ruby?

9:52 am

crosshair

there is nothing better than a good massage at the end of a hard day,i have 5 or 6 scented oils a obus forme back massage device,it really save on hand fatigue,you warm the oil in one of those scent diffusers and i have those serenity cd,s playing softy in the background

9:52 am

crosshair

((ruby))

9:53 am

Aloyisius

aah, sounds wonderful crossy

9:53 am

rubyfoo

16 vs 55, I doubt it! But it's nice to see all my babbl friends

9:53 am

crosshair

you massage for about 30 minutes or until their skin is all tingly and they have problems walking

9:54 am

rubyfoo

oh, crossy, will youmarry me?

9:54 am

crosshair

sorry ruby..one woman at a time for me,but i am flattered

9:54 am

rubyfoo

9:55 am

rubyfoo

(tell elegant not to worry, I am too old for that stuff!

9:55 am

kje

but, ruby... i must enter all n words multiple times! it is like I will be doing 50!

9:55 am

kje

10

9:56 am

crosshair

she says,if i leave my old socks on the floor one more time,you can have me

9:56 am

rubyfoo

hahah, kje, your advice was truly valuable. I sprung (sprang) DH out of hospital and he is doing much better at home

9:57 am

rubyfoo

now I am "enriching" his food to help him gain back some of the lost weight

9:57 am

kje

that is wonderful... you must be a great nurse, ruby!

9:57 am

rubyfoo

if I survive it, yes. If not, he'll be SOL

9:58 am

Aloyisius

glad to hear he is improving, rubyfoo

9:58 am

kje

better SOL at home than SOL with strangers!

9:58 am

rubyfoo

exactly

9:58 am

rubyfoo

and he's eating like a champ

9:59 am

kje

5

9:59 am

MollyL

Glad to hear your husband is doing so well, Ruby.

9:59 am

kje

hospital food sucks

10:00 am

rubyfoo

I was bringing him homemade stuff to eat, but he wouldn't ask for it in the evening. I think he's part chow!

10:00 am

rubyfoo

(known for their stubbornness)

10:00 am

kje

as in a dog?

10:00 am

rubyfoo

yes, we have chow chows

10:01 am

rubyfoo

they are the most stubborn, like extremely large cats

10:01 am

kje

ah

10:01 am

kje

I had a chow - named shalom... smartest dog ever

10:01 am

kje

house-traied in a day, learned to sit, stay, heel i a afternoon

10:01 am

rubyfoo

you say "here boy" and he looks around and turns his back (that's the dog, not DH)

10:01 am

stidmama

hey all. *pushes ahead of ruby in line to marry cross*

10:01 am

Kaplan the Magne

Jewish chow?

10:01 am

Aloyisius

hi stidmama!!

10:02 am

Kaplan the Magne

Crossy is a romantic.

10:02 am

Aloyisius

and hi to Kap too!

10:02 am

rubyfoo

we have had 5 of them and they are wonderful besides being the most beautiful! And they are definitely Jewish, if only converts

10:02 am

stidmama

hey kaplan! hey alyoisius!

10:02 am

rubyfoo

not so fast, stidmama

10:02 am

kje

FW!!!

10:02 am

stidmama

sorry 'bout the misspelling...

10:02 am

rubyfoo

I don't think anybody is Jewish west of Toronto

10:03 am

Kaplan the Magne

ciao.

10:03 am

Aloyisius

np.. good to see you

10:03 am

kje

jewish chow... God's chose dogs?

10:03 am

stidmama

that would make the dogs italian... (ciao)

10:03 am

stidmama

YAY kje!!!

10:03 am

Aloyisius

ooh.. congrats, kje, wtg!!!

10:03 am

rubyfoo

especially not chows

10:03 am

kje

chosen - stiicky n

10:03 am

rubyfoo

I missed that the first time hahah

10:03 am

Kaplan the Magne

Ruby, that leads into an old Lenny Bruce routine.

10:03 am

rubyfoo

I'm listening......

10:04 am

stidmama

speaking of dogs...

10:04 am

rubyfoo

{loved Lenny Bruce) am I old or what?

10:04 am

rubyfoo

what, stid?

10:04 am

kje

I have o idea who leny bruce was

10:04 am

Kaplan the Magne

It's really long but it's something like in New York your Jewish even if you're not, and in Minnesota you're not Jewish even if you are.

10:04 am

Kaplan the Magne

You have no idea who Lenny Bruce was?

10:04 am

rubyfoo

our dogs are Max and Ruby

10:05 am

rubyfoo

I love that, Kap!!!!

10:05 am

scribekd

kje-he was George Carlin's insipration for the 7 deadly words

10:05 am

crosshair

my elegants mother was in the hosp this morn with pnemonia,of course she is a stubborn old bird and refuses to stay

10:05 am

rubyfoo

sound like Jewish grandparents

10:05 am

MollyL

Kap, we must do an intervention for kje.

10:05 am

stidmama

not sure exactly what he was getting into, in the boys' bathroom garbage. *sigh*

10:05 am

rubyfoo

how old is she, crossy?

10:05 am

crosshair

71

10:05 am

stidmama

oh no cross! ((hugs)) is mrs cross coping okay?

10:06 am

crosshair

she is fine stidmama,we arranged for in home nursing/care

10:06 am

scribekd

pendo

10:06 am

Kaplan the Magne

The ginger tea may be helping, but I made it too strong.

10:06 am

stidmama

and that's pretty young... who does she think will be able to take time to care for her if she is NOT in the hospital?

10:06 am

scribekd

whoops! sorry

10:06 am

stidmama

oh. you already answered my question! LOL

10:06 am

crosshair

and the mrs is going over tomorrow to watch her for a day or 3

10:06 am

stidmama

dilute it, kaplan?

10:06 am

stidmama

LOL scribe!

10:06 am

scribekd

glad it wasn't a word!

10:07 am

kje

ok, must get work done - hagd all... and ruby, I beat you! ; )

10:07 am

rubyfoo

scribe, I would appreciate it if it was. I only have 61

10:07 am

Kaplan the Magne

30 left.

10:07 am

Aloyisius

hagd too, kje

10:08 am

rubyfoo

you always beat me KJE, it must be your youth!!!!!

10:08 am

scribekd

my monkeys aren't working well today!

10:08 am

crosshair

so she will watch over mom,make her take her meds on time and just fuss over her for a bit

10:08 am

Kaplan the Magne

pope

10:09 am

rubyfoo

any clue for the 8 and for the u and the lowest n??? please

10:09 am

Kaplan the Magne

:)

10:09 am

stidmama

gee whiz, I should just troll the chog for clues today...

10:09 am

stidmama

bye kje

10:09 am

stidmama

dog was in MY bathroom garbage this time. *sigh* he knows I have to leave in a few minutes

10:10 am

rubyfoo

dogs!

10:10 am

scribekd

u + the sun god + vowels 2 & 3

10:10 am

Aloyisius

ty for that one, scribe

10:11 am

stidmama

thanks scribe

10:11 am

scribekd

lowest n-another word for grandma

10:11 am

stidmama

for NBT, the E in the fourth row down please?

10:11 am

rubyfoo

how many letters, scribe. I don't know what to tell the monks

10:11 am

scribekd

you're welcome always glad to help

10:11 am

scribekd

the u has 5

10:12 am

Aloyisius

ed4, stid.. think newspaper

10:12 am

scribekd

en + pt of to eat

10:12 am

stidmama

thanks aloyisius!

10:13 am

Aloyisius

yvw (-:

10:13 am

stidmama

NBT and past halfway and the tea timer just beeped. (((hugs and choclits for all)))

10:13 am

Aloyisius

also, the gramma babblet, en5

10:13 am

Aloyisius

ttfn, stid, ty for the hugs and choclit

10:13 am

stidmama

cross, I hope your mother in law will be okay. ((hugs)) and that the rest of you-all stay wel.

10:13 am

stidmama

Ruby, before I head out, did I see that your dh is eating well now that he is home?

10:14 am

rubyfoo

yes, I am making his favorite foods and giving him snacks in between

10:14 am

stidmama

wonderful news~! I hope he continues to do well! ((hugs))

10:14 am

stidmama

*poof*

10:14 am

rubyfoo

he had lunch downstairs, but was exhausted afterwards

10:14 am

crosshair

silly woman should of stayed in the hosp like they wanted her to

10:15 am

crosshair

oh well,my mrs will crack the whip on her

10:16 am

Aloyisius

hope she recuperates soon, crossy

10:16 am

rubyfoo

is the mrs. a tough cookie?

10:16 am

JBV

hi folks, how is everybody -

10:16 am

rubyfoo

hello jbv

10:16 am

Aloyisius

hi jbv, just dandy for a Wednesday

10:17 am

crosshair

howdy jbv

10:17 am

JBV

sunny day here - weather is warming up

10:17 am

rubyfoo

still don't have the u

10:18 am

JBV

I'm enjoying my Valentine's flowers - I splurged - bought two bunches of tulips and a dozen roses - have them in 3 vases around the house :)

10:18 am

scribekd

how about ur + first 3 vowels

10:18 am

rubyfoo

I bought myself tulips, too, pretending that it's spring!

10:19 am

Aloyisius

ur + take * hike + Dwight D's last name start

10:19 am

MollyL

Ruby do you want u clues?

10:19 am

JBV

almost, ruby, it's around the corner (I Hope)

10:19 am

Aloyisius

nothing like those flowers to welcome Spring, JBV

10:19 am

rubyfoo

I got that one, ty molly

10:20 am

Aloyisius

ur + past tense of eat

10:20 am

MollyL

Huh? I didn't clue anything.

10:20 am

rubyfoo

all the bulbs are several inches up because of the unseasonably warm Jan. If we have a real frost, we'll have no spring flowers

10:20 am

JBV

Yes, Aloy, flowers are a great pick-me-up

10:20 am

rubyfoo

you offered, though, molly

10:20 am

Aloyisius

they absolutely transform a room

10:21 am

MollyL

Someone brought pink roses into our office and they are so pretty, I took a picture of them.

10:21 am

JBV

mine are buried under about two feet of snow, so I don't think they'll be coming up any time soon....

10:21 am

rubyfoo

for nbt, right-hand n

10:21 am

JBV

ni 4/5 - Latin for nests

10:21 am

rubyfoo

did you know that tulips are the only flowers that keep growing after they're cut?

10:21 am

Aloyisius

really? didn't know that

10:21 am

rubyfoo

ty jbv!

10:21 am

Jeff7

help withe the ar word please....cannot get them!

10:22 am

scribekd

rude remark--sn***

10:22 am

MollyL

Ruby, think of the children's game h*** and go seek.

10:22 am

JBV

no, i didn't know that ruby

10:22 am

rubyfoo

they get really strange and you have to keep cutting them

10:22 am

rubyfoo

65 and time to make dinner

10:23 am

Aloyisius

a + she *** the race because it was **ther that or to admit *efeat

10:23 am

rubyfoo

see you later, thanks for the clues and the warmth!!!

10:23 am

Aloyisius

bye, ruby.. take care, hagd

10:24 am

rubyfoo

*poof*

10:26 am

Aloyisius

and I'm done

10:27 am

Riverdance

hello everyone - my icon is my best friend that lost her battle to cancer this week - I will miss her

10:27 am

Aloyisius

nice grid.. sprinkled with goodies. Have a wonderful Wed., all.. byeee

10:28 am

Riverdance

I guess it didnt change - will refresh again

10:28 am

Aloyisius

aww, so sorry for your loss, River. (( )) of support to you and her family too.

10:28 am

Jeff7

ty al

10:30 am

crosshair

i am sorry for your loss river,your friend is at peace now and please give my condolences to the family

10:30 am

Riverdance

thank you Aloy

10:31 am

Riverdance

thank you crossy - even though I knew it was coming it was still a shock this morning.

10:31 am

crosshair

she was quite young was she not?

10:32 am

Riverdance

she was 57

10:33 am

carleekat

am so sorry river

10:33 am

Riverdance

I am sad to have to tell my daughter when I get home today - we were planning on going to Florida to visit when school got out - this was her godmother

10:37 am

MollyL

Aw River, I'm sorry to hear about your friend.

10:41 am

Riverdance

thanks Molly - its been a rough morning - I should be thankful to be at work - at least it is keeping me somewhat busy

10:42 am

Riverdance

thanks carlee

10:43 am

Riverdance

sorry to trouble you all with my sadness - just needed a babble hug I guess

10:43 am

crosshair

((rivedance)) big old crossy bear hugs....

10:44 am

MollyL

No trouble River. Glad to be a shoulder.

10:44 am

crosshair

typo king is crossy

10:45 am

Riverdance

she will be brought back up north (Massachusetts) to be buried so I will get to say goodbye

10:47 am

MollyL

Good. That kind of closure helps.

10:47 am

Mom

(((((River))))) I am so sorry for your loss

10:48 am

Mom

and hello to everyone

10:48 am

Riverdance

gtg - thanks everyone for your support - bbl

10:48 am

Mom

bye bye River take care

10:48 am

Riverdance

hello and bye for now ((Mom))

10:49 am

MollyL

Hi Mom. The butt kicking tour is complete. They all take it back and say that you are the most lovely woman who has ever graced the planet. Steel-toed boots put away.

10:50 am

Mom

((((Molly)))) you are such a sweetheart. Hope you made it into KY, that is where the majority of them live.

10:52 am

MollyL

Kentucky rain keeps pouring down, and up ahead's another town...yep.

10:53 am

Mom

bless you

10:54 am

Mom

that I go walkin' through, with the rain in my shoes

10:58 am

MollyL

One of Elvis's best. Did you know that Eddie Rabbit wrote it?

10:59 am

crosshair

tomorrow we are going up to 9c and fog!!

10:59 am

crosshair

tomorrow we are going up to 9c and fog!!

10:59 am

crosshair

sorry so crazy,i had to say it twice

11:00 am

Mom

no I didn't Molly

11:00 am

Mom

sorry, lost internet connection

11:00 am

Mom

9c is good

11:01 am

Jeff7

ta 5/12 please...last one

11:01 am

Mom

Hi Jeff

11:03 am

scribekd

think of an awful word you might call a person with mental disabilities & take off the re for the ta5/12

11:03 am

Mom

thanks Scribekd, and hello

11:03 am

Anniebrook

Yes, scribe, that is an awful work

11:04 am

Anniebrook

*word

11:04 am

jmcnrick

hi all

11:04 am

Anniebrook

Hi (((Mom))))

11:04 am

jmcnrick

here for lunch

11:04 am

Mom

(((Annie))) hello

11:04 am

Mom

Hi JMC

11:04 am

Anniebrook

I just came back from the eye doctor...had my eyes dilated

11:04 am

jmcnrick

whoo hooo jeff (anticipatory)

11:04 am

Mom

good report?

11:05 am

Anniebrook

hi jmc, crossy, molly, etal

11:05 am

jmcnrick

that should make staring at the computer fun

11:05 am

Anniebrook

I have to have cataracts removed...will do after my grandson's confirmation

11:05 am

crosshair

((annie))

11:05 am

Mom

hope it is a cloudy day

11:05 am

Anniebrook

jmc, lol. yes, lots of fun

11:05 am

Mom

oh ((Annie)). when is confirmation?

11:06 am

crosshair

my mrs had bother her cataracts removed and glass lenses put in her eyes,it is easy and painless annie

11:06 am

Anniebrook

June 11th...can't wait

11:06 am

Mom

what a special day for him

11:06 am

Anniebrook

good to hear that, crossy

11:06 am

Anniebrook

Yes, for Jack and for all of us

11:06 am

MollyL

Hi Annie. Isn't ta5/12 a musical term?

11:07 am

crosshair

and results are instant

11:07 am

Mom

yes for all of you

11:07 am

Mom

cataract removal have progressed so much in recent years

11:07 am

Anniebrook

I think so, Molly...but it sometimes is used in a derogatory way to make fun of people with developmental disabilities

11:08 am

crosshair

we have an amazing eye specialist here

11:08 am

dilly dally

clue for the pe7 please

11:08 am

Anniebrook

I also have faith in my eye doctor also...glad everything worked well for elegant

11:09 am

jmcnrick

sorry dilly

11:09 am

Anniebrook

dilly, put a cons. before the last vowel of pe6

11:09 am

Mom

Hi dilly dally

11:09 am

dilly dally

hi how are all of you today?

11:09 am

crosshair

it is just a holding pattern for her,it holds her vision at 20/400 but she also has a eye disease and it causes inflammation back behind the lenses and is not curable

11:10 am

Mom

just fine Dilly, not that Annie's great clue got me the 7 and the 8!

11:10 am

jmcnrick

how is that even possible annie? *looks at pe6 again*

11:10 am

Mom

((Elegant)) and ((Crossy))

11:10 am

crosshair

((mom))

11:10 am

Anniebrook

(((Elegant, crossy, too)))

11:10 am

scribekd

pe7-means feathered but sounds like the triangular flag

11:10 am

Mom

now* not not

11:11 am

MollyL

JMC! Are you suggesting that Enable could be wrong about something? : P

11:11 am

Mom

thank you Annie

11:11 am

HelenaB

thanks scribe

11:11 am

Jeff7

ty for the final fireworks clue :)

11:11 am

jmcnrick

whoo hooo jeff!

11:11 am

Anniebrook

jmc, did you get it? pe7, that is

11:11 am

Mom

and thanks Scribekd for the great clue

11:11 am

Anniebrook

YAY for Jeff

11:12 am

scribekd

sure-HhelenaB-glad to help

11:12 am

Mom

congrats Jeff

11:12 am

Mom

have to go wash the lunch dishes. Be back later today. ((Hugs)) and lots of love to all of you

11:12 am

Anniebrook

(((Mom)))) bye for now

11:12 am

jmcnrick

no there is no cons. to put before the last vowell

11:13 am

jmcnrick

<===confused

11:13 am

Mom

((Annie)) bye for now

11:13 am

jmcnrick

bye annie

11:13 am

Mom

T jmc

11:13 am

jmcnrick

oops bye mom

11:13 am

Anniebrook

pe7---writing implement and Mr. Hawthorne's nickname

11:13 am

Mom

bye bye jmc

11:13 am

jmcnrick

i have fe6/24 is there another pe6?

11:14 am

jmcnrick

sorry i have pe6/24

11:14 am

Anniebrook

Im staying, Mom is leaving...was thinking of playing babble while the opthamologist was shining lights in my eyes.

11:14 am

jmcnrick

ah clearly there is and that was my problem!

11:14 am

MollyL

pe 6/21

11:15 am

jmcnrick

as you can see my problem with the hoisted word!

11:16 am

dilly dally

got the pe 6,7,and 8, but have no idea how to clue it lol...thanks for the help

11:16 am

jmcnrick

still looking for the pe6

11:17 am

jmcnrick

ah now have pe6,7,8 ty all

11:17 am

Anniebrook

latin plural of the pe 5/12

11:17 am

jmcnrick

<==hoisted on my own pe6/24

11:19 am

HelenaB

ooh, thanks jmc

11:19 am

jmcnrick

yw helen

11:20 am

jmcnrick

must go do something differently useful (I refuse to suggest that babbling is not useful)

11:22 am

sandrafrances

clue for pe 6-24 please

11:23 am

MollyL

pe + nasty term for the disabled

11:23 am

jmcnrick

phone

11:23 am

sandrafrances

thanks

11:24 am

sandrafrances

how many words today

11:25 am

jmcnrick

112

11:25 am

jmcnrick

and i am off for a while with 62 left

11:25 am

jmcnrick

bye all

11:25 am

sandrafrances

you must be joking!!!!

11:25 am

jmcnrick

??? joking about what?

11:26 am

sandrafrances

the amount of words, i only have 40!!!!

11:27 am

jmcnrick

no** I have 50 words myself--I am sure you will find them with a little help from your friends here in babbleland

11:27 am

jmcnrick

*poof*

11:48 am

bichon

Hi all. Anyone have a clue for the ar 7?

11:50 am

Anniebrook

hi bichon, hard to clue, let me think

11:52 am

Anniebrook

I believe this was aloy's clue....a and I *** in a race, **ther/or.....Hold my han*

11:52 am

bmb444

Hi Steve

11:52 am

Anniebrook

hello bmb

11:53 am

HelenaB

thanks annue

11:53 am

HelenaB

annie

11:53 am

bichon

tyvm Annie, as always

11:54 am

Anniebrook

any have a clue for de 6/33 ?

11:55 am

HelenaB

sorry, don't have it, annie

11:55 am

crosshair

ty for that ar clue annie..would never have foind that 1

11:56 am

HelenaB

halfway!

11:56 am

Anniebrook

youre welcome

11:59 am

wvteach

good going helena

11:59 am

dianedecoder

de 6/33 be stubborn.... de**** all odds

12:01 pm

dianedecoder

persevered

12:02 pm

Anniebrook

the only de I can think of is "despite all odds"

12:02 pm

stidmama

hey all

12:03 pm

dianedecoder

there's another phrase.... use the big counting letter

12:03 pm

Anniebrook

hi stid

12:03 pm

dianedecoder

hi stid :-)

12:04 pm

wvteach

de 6 - if you go against what someone tells you to do

12:06 pm

stidmama

not gettind that de 6. *thinking so hard it hurts*

12:06 pm

stidmama

does it come from the top D or the bottom D?

12:07 pm

wvteach

top D

12:07 pm

Anniebrook

Maintenance crew is here. bbs

12:07 pm

dianedecoder

de + stupe**** ;-)

12:07 pm

stidmama

okay, maybe that's my trouble, was trying from the bottom D

12:07 pm

dianedecoder

top

12:07 pm

stidmama

yep. that was it! LOL thanks diane and teach!

12:07 pm

wvteach

if Mom says not to play babble and you do it anyways you have de 6 her

12:08 pm

Anniebrook

I finally got it, was just leaving to see what the crew is going to do ...be back soon thanks diane

12:08 pm

joshuavorbis

hi and nbt

12:09 pm

dianedecoder

hi josh

12:09 pm

stidmama

hey joshua! later Annie

12:12 pm

carleekat

hi stiddy

12:12 pm

stidmama

*double backflip* carlee!!!

12:12 pm

stidmama

well gee. I forgot my upper back is out of alignment. *limps off to find ice and hot pack*

12:12 pm

stidmama

brb

12:13 pm

carleekat

is kap still here?

12:13 pm

carleekat

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/th
e-hot-button/watson-computer-makes-ele
mentary-error-on-jeopardy/article19096
85/

12:15 pm

stidmama

back for a few, heatpack feels good!

12:17 pm

stidmama

yes, my boys got a kick out of that, carlee

12:17 pm

carleekat

yay for heat packs

12:17 pm

carleekat

so..i just made amazing muffins...chocolate almond melty muffins

12:18 pm

carleekat

i didnt watch i just saw that come across my twitter..and kap wasw talking about errors that watson made

12:18 pm

stidmama

yes, have to leave in about ten minutes. writer's workshop today. I am nervous. Only two weeks until the final final draft is due, one week and I am supposed to have all but the most minor of details ironed out. *panic mode*

12:18 pm

stidmama

mmmm. carlee, you're the best! *sneaks muffins*

12:18 pm

carleekat

you will be fine

12:19 pm

carleekat

12:19 pm

stidmama

*grin* teacher will not even SEE it! LOL

12:20 pm

MollyL

I still don't get how the computer didn't know the answer.

12:20 pm

MollyL

Or how it knew it probably wouldn't know the answer and wagered low. Creepy.

12:20 pm

stidmama

the clue that was given didn't specifically mention U.S. city, so the computer looked for other cities as well

12:21 pm

carleekat

there are toronto's elsewhere

12:21 pm

carleekat

illinois, indiana, iowa, kansas, missouri

12:23 pm

bichon

I thought the category said U.S. Cities? Am I wrong?

12:23 pm

crosshair

crossy is back,all scraped down,soaped up,scrubbed of and ready to face my adoring public:)

12:24 pm

stidmama

hey cross! so THAT is what you look like! nice to see you after your annual ablutions...

12:24 pm

wvteach

The category did say US but within the question it did not repeat the US

12:24 pm

carleekat

i started the food porn again crossy

12:25 pm

crosshair

mmm food porn....

12:25 pm

crosshair

i even combed my beard;))

12:25 pm

stidmama

and that is me, down to a nice 20, and heading out for this conference thingy. *sigh* back in a few hours. I can spend this evening working on other tasks I have been putting off, and then tomorrow is ALL paper, ALL the time.

12:26 pm

crosshair

((stidmama))

12:26 pm

carleekat

u know where to find me stiddy

12:26 pm

stidmama

very nice, cross. I can see why Mrs. Cross sticks around... good looking, good cooking, good... *decides to stop while I am ahead*

12:26 pm

carleekat

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/owlceans
ide

12:26 pm

stidmama

thanks carlee.

12:26 pm

bmb444

hi

12:27 pm

carleekat

we have a hole in an egg..there is going to be a baby owlet born soon

12:27 pm

stidmama

LOL I wish I were already done with today's meeting. *poof*

12:27 pm

flashman1998

hi baboon

12:27 pm

bmb444

bafoon

12:29 pm

crosshair

you are hatching owls?

12:29 pm

carleekat

i am not

12:29 pm

carleekat

am watching

12:31 pm

MollyL

I don't get how a super smart computer does not extend the category US Cities into solving the answer to the question.

12:32 pm

carleekat

hahaha.. iread I dont get how a supermart computer does not .....

12:33 pm

crosshair

television is the root of all evil,a pit of garbage and a time vampire...ohh! a japanese dragon anime porn site....filter is not working again i see....

12:34 pm

carleekat

huh?

12:35 pm

crosshair

computer going crazy,i usually have the content filters in place

12:36 pm

carleekat

ok...

12:36 pm

carleekat

so..i made 1 dozen muffins....

12:36 pm

carleekat

i have 2 kids here

12:36 pm

carleekat

i ate 1 muffin

12:36 pm

carleekat

there are 3 left

12:37 pm

MollyL

*Grabs one*

12:37 pm

Riverdance

Hello again everyone - back for my last 3 words - all little n's

12:37 pm

carleekat

apparently...we like these ones

12:37 pm

carleekat

( mind what not to like..there a tsp of nutella in the middle )

12:38 pm

MollyL

Okay, well as long as muffins are not the root of all evil, pits of garbage and time vampires...I guess we're all good.

12:38 pm

carleekat

i dont like this grid...am stuck with 55 to go

12:39 pm

MollyL

Hi River.

12:39 pm

carleekat

no..my owls are sucking away the day...i want to see if 1 and 2 are born today

12:39 pm

Riverdance

and wouldnt that figure - they were all easy ones - why couldnt I see that before - fireworks

12:40 pm

MollyL

Please tell me you are taking pictures of this.

12:40 pm

MollyL

!!!!! Yay River !!!!!!

12:40 pm

carleekat

no...am watching online...

12:40 pm

carleekat

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/owlceans
ide

12:40 pm

carleekat

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~*~for river

12:40 pm

MollyL

Oh for goodness sake, I thought this was going on in your back yard.

12:40 pm

Riverdance

free clue po7 = po + you are all so **ce to me + this grid was h***

12:41 pm

carleekat

no no... in california... but still eggciting :)

12:41 pm

crosshair

yaa for riverdance!

12:41 pm

MollyL

Ha River! I was like...there is no "ell" on the end of that word.

12:42 pm

carleekat

if u put headphones on...ear buds..u can hear the pipping of the baby inside the egg as she cracks the egg open

12:42 pm

Riverdance

I saw a baby eagle while camping in Maine last summer - it was very cool - it was still all back and fuzzy but stood up straight and proud in the tree just above the nest

12:42 pm

MollyL

Now if you want to talk about what is from hell, ear buds are from hell. I still use headphones.

12:43 pm

Riverdance

lol Molly

12:43 pm

carleekat

i use ear buds..sometimes sleep with them in

12:43 pm

MollyL

Crows nested out in back of my place one spring. I got to see the Mom drop them out of the nest. One of the most amazing things I've ever seen.

12:43 pm

Riverdance

I dont like ear buds either

12:43 pm

crosshair

Esure makes the best ear buds on the planet

12:44 pm

MollyL

All of us who were brought up to "never stick anything in our ears" have an instant aversion to ear buds.

12:44 pm

carleekat

i saw some of these eggs laid...

12:44 pm

carleekat

actually crossy..the $ store ones are really quite good and as ai have a cat who likes to chew the wires....

12:45 pm

crosshair

though i do love the full size bose headphones

12:45 pm

Riverdance

crossy - I like your new wolf

12:45 pm

crosshair

tyvm riverdance,i thought it was time to freshen things up

12:46 pm

Riverdance

it suits you...

12:46 pm

rubyfoo

back but hopeless!

12:46 pm

Riverdance

hello ((Ruby))

12:47 pm

Riverdance

never hopeless ruby

12:47 pm

MollyL

Ruby! Is! Not! Hopeless!

12:47 pm

HelenaB

i'm having a hard time with 4 letter words on this grid!

12:47 pm

carleekat

hi ruby...<passing ruby a chocolate almond melty muffin >

12:48 pm

MollyL

Do they actually have almonds in them Carlee?

12:49 pm

rubyfoo

I just read back over the chog; you guys are very funny! I once watched a mother "red tail" throw her babies off our balcony, where she had a nest. I was right on the other side of the glass.

12:49 pm

rubyfoo

I want a muffin!

12:49 pm

Riverdance

fe5/18 fe + yo* are my friend + ruby has just **rived

12:49 pm

carleekat

ground almonds....cocoa..buttermilk... and u 1/2 fill the cup...plop in a tsp of nutella..then top up with muffin dough...

12:49 pm

Riverdance

what is nutella

12:49 pm

MollyL

Everything but the Nutella sounds divine.

12:50 pm

rubyfoo

it's what Fr people put on their children's breakfast toast!

12:50 pm

crosshair

hutella is a nasty toast spread made from hazelnuts

12:50 pm

MollyL

It's people!!!! Nutella is people!!!!

12:50 pm

rubyfoo

'Let's give them a sugar rush and send them off to school! hahahah"

12:50 pm

crosshair

i would rather spread aussie marmite on my toast lool

12:50 pm

crosshair

vegimite*

12:50 pm

rubyfoo

that's the best line is Soylent Green

12:51 pm

Riverdance

well hazelnuts and chocolate may go together

12:51 pm

MollyL

Oh gross. You can keep the Nutella and all the icky "mite" yeast spreads.

12:51 pm

rubyfoo

ty for the f word, dancer

12:51 pm

Riverdance

yw

12:51 pm

carleekat

its quite yum actually....

12:51 pm

rubyfoo

did you see the controversy about speculoos spread?

12:52 pm

Riverdance

never heard of that either

12:52 pm

rubyfoo

the cookies taste like caramelized sugar plus cinamon and they are evidently making a spread like peanut butter out of it

12:53 pm

dilly dally

clue for the first ko 5,18 pretty please

12:53 pm

Riverdance

ko + I hope I do a good job ***sing my children

12:54 pm

dilly dally

got it thank you :)

12:54 pm

MollyL

That's pretty gross Ruby. Cookie spread?

12:55 pm

rubyfoo

if bible is a word, why not ko**n

12:55 pm

Riverdance

I tried that many times ruby

12:55 pm

carleekat

q'uran is how it is actually spelled :)

12:55 pm

rubyfoo

as I love those cookies, the spread doesn't sound bad, but what do you put it on, another cookie?

12:56 pm

rubyfoo

aaaah, smart carlee!!!

12:56 pm

carleekat

( baked apples ruby )

12:56 pm

rubyfoo

maybe a cookie sandwich?

12:56 pm

rubyfoo

OMG, that is a great idea!

12:56 pm

carleekat

make a caramel apple pie

12:56 pm

rubyfoo

with sweet cream on top

12:57 pm

carleekat

could use a a hot cereal topping...or ice cream topping

12:57 pm

Riverdance

I should get back to work - happy babbling everyone

12:57 pm

rubyfoo

when I don't have time to make something for myself, I eat Special K with sweet cream and sugar. How bad is that?

12:57 pm

rubyfoo

12:59 pm

Riverdance

((Ruby)) bye all

12:59 pm

carleekat

i am completely ignoring the grid today i stillhave 54 words to go

1:00 pm

rubyfoo

I have 42 left and just monkeyed 2 more k's

1:02 pm

crosshair

off to work for crossy.tc all and happy babbling...poof!

1:02 pm

snags

Nutella, is also good on vanilla ice cream!!!!!! YUM

1:03 pm

rubyfoo

kicked the k's

1:03 pm

rubyfoo

1:03 pm

rubyfoo

gd night with 38 left

1:06 pm

carleekat

MY BOOKS ARRIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1:07 pm

carleekat

nite ruby

1:07 pm

carleekat

bye crossy

1:07 pm

carleekat

ok..gone to read The Best Laid Plans and watch my owls :)

1:41 pm

uusue2

hi, all - ducking in briefly while I finish my lunch although I really should be grading...

1:42 pm

uusue2

Has there really been nothing on the chog since 1:07?? We must all be working really hard!

1:47 pm

Kazzer99

hi usue - its been very quiet - prob dinner time here in the uk

1:47 pm

MollyL

Quiet as a church at vespers in here.

1:47 pm

uusue2

hi, kazz and molly!

1:48 pm

uusue2

haven't had much time to work on the grid yet, just nibbling away at it

1:50 pm

uusue2

just heard I will be getting a new computer in my office - yay! the one I have is 10 years old and runs windows xp

1:53 pm

dianedecoder

Fireworks..... off to golf ! Be back this evening to help clue. :-)

1:53 pm

uusue2

yay diane! happy golfing!

1:54 pm

dianedecoder

thanks..... loving the sun.... it's still very cold and lots of snow back home in Canada !!

1:55 pm

uusue2

snow here too but not as cold as it was (you can see what it looked like 2 weeks ago in my icon!)

1:56 pm

bichon

Hi ruby, uusue, diane, Molly, carlee

1:56 pm

uusue2

hi, bichon!

1:57 pm

dianedecoder

I'm trying to put my icon in my flikr pictures... I would really like to have it identified !! I'll work on it later.... byeeee for now !!

1:57 pm

MollyL

Cool Sue. It's awesome to get a new computer.

1:58 pm

uusue2

yes, especially since this one is so ancient!

1:59 pm

Kazzer99

i hve 43 left but am on a go slow again

1:59 pm

uusue2

yes, I need to get back to grading, 66 left for me

2:08 pm

Jindigo

coud i have a clue for the IT 7/32 please?

2:09 pm

bichon

don't have it but would like it

2:09 pm

LuvWordGames

if you mean the ti 7/32 it's the pt of the ti 5/10

2:11 pm

bichon

ty Luv

2:11 pm

LuvWordGames

yw bichon

2:12 pm

Jindigo

yes LUV thats what i was trying to type.

2:13 pm

Jindigo

thank you - got it.

2:14 pm

LuvWordGames

yw Jin

2:28 pm

HelenaB

can soemone clue the first na 4/4? I'm losing my mind trying to find it!!

2:30 pm

sandy211

na.. bread

2:30 pm

LuvWordGames

na is spelled the same way front and backwards

2:30 pm

HelenaB

ahh! thanks!

2:31 pm

wvteach

na 4/4 is a palindrome

2:36 pm

LuvWordGames

po 5/14 please?

2:36 pm

LuvWordGames

nm

2:37 pm

MollyL

Best clue for that na4 Teach! I never used to get the bread one.

2:38 pm

LuvWordGames

po 7/36 please?

2:48 pm

Kazzer99

phew fireworks - i can go and sort out my stuff for y trip out tomorrow

2:48 pm

Kazzer99

luv - po - dagger

2:48 pm

MollyL

po 7/36...small horse...different last letter...+ kids play in the back y***

2:49 pm

Kazzer99

have a good one folks might see you tomorrow

2:58 pm

LuvWordGames

thanks all...trying to Babble & talk on phone...not too good at multitasking

3:06 pm

wvteach

clue for the first ko 5 / 18 please - run out of monkeys

3:11 pm

lynxxx

ko & the ***n in Spain falls mainly on the plain

3:14 pm

HelenaB

clues for ae7?

3:14 pm

wvteach

thanks lynxxx

3:14 pm

lynxxx

a person who lives in ae4.4

3:15 pm

HelenaB

thanks!

3:15 pm

wvteach

ae 7 - ae 4 + ending, living in the ae 7 period of time

3:46 pm

stidmama

hey all -- eating lunch, it was hailing here a moment ago...

3:46 pm

lynxxx

hi Stid

3:48 pm

stidmama

how are you doing lynxxx? bored with retirement yet?

3:49 pm

lynxxx

Doing very well, been mildly bored 3 times in 3 years. Only thing I miss is the money coming in each week!

3:50 pm

stidmama

I think I could trade money for bored... if the rest of the time was nice! LOL

3:56 pm

lynxxx

Bye everyone. Enjoy lunch Stid

3:57 pm

stidmama

later lynxxx! have a lovely rest of the week1

3:57 pm

Kaplan the Magne

27, but I had to leave the office- bloww off 2 clients- because I have chills and aches and heartburn and nausea. Haven't eaten since this AM.

3:57 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Wed and thurs are my heaviest workdays, so once again, my income takes a hit. Good night.

3:58 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I wish I'd throw up and get it over with. Sorry for the gory details.

3:58 pm

stidmama

oh oh kaplan... *ginger ale and weak tea* I hope you feel better soon.

3:58 pm

stidmama

it's okay, I know how it feels.

3:59 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Bleaaah.

3:59 pm

stidmama

*wraps kaplan in blankies and adds a hot water bottle*

3:59 pm

MollyL

*Blesses Kap with a wee bit of Celtic Holy Water*

4:00 pm

jacq

hello everybody

4:00 pm

stidmama

not sure weeing on kaplan will help molly... *wicked mama grin*

4:00 pm

stidmama

hey jac!

4:00 pm

jacq

sorry you feel poopy kaplan, have a wee toddy with plenty of honey

4:00 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I am going to bed to rererererereeread Salinger.

4:00 pm

MollyL

*Puts back the box of choclits I was going to give Stid*

4:01 pm

stidmama

*sobs*

4:01 pm

MollyL

Hey Jac

4:01 pm

stidmama

LOL kaplan. sounds like a good plan.

4:01 pm

jacq

heya molly and mama

4:01 pm

stidmama

I just found the 8!

4:01 pm

jacq

can i share my good news?

4:01 pm

stidmama

yes! please!

4:01 pm

stidmama

are we rich???

4:01 pm

MollyL

Bring it on Jac

4:02 pm

Kaplan the Magne

what's the goo news before I go upstairs and expire

4:02 pm

jacq

i got my biopsy results today and it's benign!!! my third core biopsy since december 30th, all benign

4:02 pm

MollyL

HOORAY!!!!!

4:02 pm

stidmama

YES!!! *bounce bounce bounce*

*falls out of chair*

4:02 pm

Kaplan the Magne

YAY!

4:02 pm

jacq

i am so glad and so relieved and still covered in bruises and scars

4:02 pm

stidmama

that is WONDERFUL news, jac!

*picks self off floor and opens champagne bottle*

4:03 pm

MollyL

What a blessed relief for you Jac, so glad to hear it.

4:03 pm

stidmama

btw, that's the good stuff, with a cork, not a screw-top! (only the best for jacq)

4:03 pm

MollyL

*Considers bartering choclits for champagne*

4:03 pm

jacq

was so relieved i painted the kitchen, was like getting a very special gift

4:03 pm

jacq

ty ty ty

4:03 pm

jacq

shares champers with everyone

4:03 pm

stidmama

*pours champagne liberally*

4:03 pm

jacq

i still have another bips

4:03 pm

MollyL

A special gift indeed. Good for you Jac. Good for you.

4:04 pm

stidmama

I think choclits go well with champagne

4:04 pm

jacq

i still have another to get on a new mass they found today but it looks like the others so am not worried

4:04 pm

stidmama

another? when? *gets out calendar*

4:04 pm

MollyL

*Clinks glasses all around...I'll drink Kap's because she's not feeling well*

4:05 pm

stidmama

oh gee. lumps and bumps. *waves magic wand and they all dissolve*

4:05 pm

jacq

but i think recent changes have meant they will bring forward my mastectomies and i will be better by summer

4:05 pm

stidmama

are you getting a new look then, jac?

4:06 pm

jacq

he says they will look just like they do now but they can get rid of all the scars

4:06 pm

stidmama

oh! that will be nice!

4:06 pm

jacq

and i will only have about 5% of my breast tissue left so a lot less to worry about

4:06 pm

MollyL

I love good news!

4:07 pm

stidmama

yes, less worry sounds excellent.

4:07 pm

MollyL

Jac, my Mom lived many healthy years after her mastectomies. I know you will too.

4:07 pm

jacq

same here, it makes everything seem brighter, no matter who's news or how major or minor it's like a ray of sunshine

4:08 pm

stidmama

well, I am down to 15 and need to see what the workload is going to be over the next few days. back in a bit. *mini-poof*

4:08 pm

jacq

i have a rough idea of what to expect my mums best friend has just had a mastectomy so she's been very honest with me about it all

4:09 pm

MollyL

That's good that you have someone who can help you prepare.

4:09 pm

jacq

yes and i also have been loaned a freezer to help me precook lol

4:10 pm

jacq

anguses idea of cooking is to open a tin of soup lol

4:11 pm

Glantarell

Noswaith dda - good evening. Um, I had a mastectomy 5 and a half years ago. It was healed up remarkably quickly.

4:11 pm

MollyL

Well then, you're all set. And you don't have to survive on soup after your surgery.

4:11 pm

jacq

thats good Glantarell

4:11 pm

Glantarell

I was driving aboutn10 days later.

4:11 pm

jacq

i have been told the healing process can take a long time for some people

4:11 pm

jacq

wow, thats really good

4:12 pm

Glantarell

Make sure you ask them about wound management - they didn't tell me I needed to massage the skin to stop the layers adhering to each other under the skin.

4:12 pm

jacq

my mums friend waited 6 months for her op, then they took her back to take out her lymph nodes, i have no idea why they didn't do them at the same time

4:13 pm

jacq

i was told about that with my latest lumpectomy because it was deep, i have a hole under the skin that goes right to my ribs

4:13 pm

Glantarell

Will they be taking lymph nodes? That's the only problem I still have - the nerves in my arm were damaged as part of that and I still have areas with no feeling and areas which are very sensitive.

4:13 pm

jacq

they are taking all my lymph nodes because i have multiple adenomas in there too

4:14 pm

Glantarell

My lumpectomy was also down to the ribs - and very high on the breast - it didn't show on mamogram or ultrasound but was 5 cm by 3 cm when they removed it.

4:14 pm

jacq

wow how did it hide?

4:15 pm

Glantarell

ask the surgeon what position your arms will be in during the surgery - I have heard that soem surgeons put them up over your head while others keep them as close to a natural position as they can and you heal much faster and have better mobility of your arms after the op if they can do that

4:16 pm

jacq

i will write that one down right now, i have loads of questions too

4:16 pm

Glantarell

I have no idea how it hid - I used to check byself regularly but didn't expect it to be high at the top front near the centre of my chest - i'd always imagined a lump wiuld be towards my arm or on the lower half - Lord knows why

4:17 pm

Glantarell

mak sure you have exercises to leave hospital with - and do them religiously morning and evening for a few months - I have complete movement in my shoulder and arm but know people who didn;t bother with the exercises who don;t have very good movement

4:17 pm

jacq

probably because thats the deepest tissue and things are easier to hide so it's the area everybody focuses on, it was the doc who found my last 2 because they were buried under fibrocystic tissue

4:18 pm

jacq

i will do everything i am told we are going to skye on the bikes in the summer will need to be fit

4:19 pm

Glantarell

if it's all benign you won't need chemo or radiotherapy?

4:19 pm

jacq

no thankfully, but he said they will send tissue to the lab during the procedure

4:19 pm

stidmama

okay, I was right. There is a LOT to do... *sigh*

4:19 pm

Glantarell

hi stidmama

4:19 pm

jacq

i have loads of masses, they all look similar

4:20 pm

jacq

poor mama ((((((())))))))

4:20 pm

Glantarell

i wish they would remove my other one but they won't

4:20 pm

jacq

you need more hours in your day mama

4:20 pm

stidmama

somehow, jacq, my workload seems a lot less to whine about today ((hugs))

4:20 pm

Glantarell

i won't have reconstructive surgery because i think the recovery and risks are unacceptable and i hate wearing a prosthetic

4:21 pm

jacq

i know here they offer to work on the other to make them the same, but.... push and push and eventually they will agree

4:21 pm

stidmama

I do need more hours, though -- since I can't cut sleep (I really don't function at all on too little sleep) I think I shall have to cut bathing... *wicked middle-school mama look*

4:21 pm

jacq

my mums other friend says her prosthetic is really heavy, more so than her own breast was

4:21 pm

Glantarell

oh if i had reconstructive surgery they would make the other the same a few months later but i don;t want that either LOL

4:21 pm

jacq

ewwwwwwwwww no mama, keep bathing

4:21 pm

jacq

please

4:22 pm

Glantarell

the prosthetic is heavy and hot

4:22 pm

jacq

ahhhh have you asked them why they won't do it?

4:22 pm

stidmama

I would like to have mine removed... I have a lot of lumps and bumps and our family has various cancers. That would be one last thing to worry about.

4:22 pm

Glantarell

and it's hard to find clothes which have flattering necklines and don;t expose the fake boob!

4:23 pm

Glantarell

they just say they are not in the business of prophylactic surgery

4:23 pm

jacq

yes she says the same thing and she finds it hard to get nice bras too

4:23 pm

stidmama

I like turtlenecks myself... *models the brown mock t-neck of the day*

4:23 pm

stidmama

I hate getting mammograms every 6 months.

4:24 pm

Glantarell

i have one turtleneck stidmama but they are hard to find as the current fashion here is for pretty low cut tops

4:24 pm

jacq

mine is prophylactic, i asked for mine about 5 - 6 years ago, my own surgeon doesn't do it but he referred me to another who does and said he will (eventually\0

4:24 pm

Glantarell

i only have to have a mammogram once a year!

4:24 pm

stidmama

when I grow up, I will have prosthetic inflatable mammaries -- just an air pump to make them the right size for the tasks of a day.

4:24 pm

jacq

i have them once a year too

4:24 pm

jacq

lol mama

4:24 pm

Glantarell

ROFLMAO

4:24 pm

stidmama

I buy turtlenecks "in bulk" when they are on sale -- I have at least 8 white turtlenecks and several with stripes or colors.

4:25 pm

Glantarell

my boob is too big - i always wanted small ones LOL

4:25 pm

jacq

mine are a little like that, this week so far i have been a c cup and a d cup, not sure if they will continue to swell or if they will empty again

4:25 pm

stidmama

I am so heavy up top that most shirts with buttons gap strangely and the ones that don't gap are so expensive they really aren't practical for daily use

4:25 pm

stidmama

*idea* Glantarell! They could move half of the one over so you would have two that are "just right"

4:26 pm

jacq

i was just thinking that mama

4:26 pm

Glantarell

so do you have those inflatable things which are stretching your skin ready for mastectomies and reconstruction at the same i=time Jacq?

4:26 pm

stidmama

jac, that sounds uncomfortable ... mine swell and such with the hormones (and the phase of the moon and the barometric pressure it seems). I hate it when they are large

4:26 pm

Glantarell

they didn't even offer me reconstrucive surgery until 2 years after my mastectomy - i think they didn;t rate my chances very highly

4:27 pm

jacq

no it's subdermal, all the skin on top will be my own breast skin, and hopefully my nipples won't drop off afterwards

4:27 pm

jacq

i don't get hormonal changes i had a hysterectomy at 26

4:27 pm

Glantarell

wow - i only have one nipple

4:27 pm

stidmama

well Glantarell, they don't know us very well, do they? It's not reasonable to hold off on the rest of your life while you wait to see if you will die...

4:27 pm

cosdem

my mom had one at 30 years old.

4:28 pm

stidmama

hey cos

4:28 pm

Glantarell

i have just come off 5 years iof tablets designed to stop my body producing hormones

4:28 pm

cosdem

sory to jump in the girl talk :)

4:28 pm

stidmama

did they work, Glantarell? I should be done with hormones in a couple more years, I hope... I am clearly at "that point" in my life.

4:28 pm

Glantarell

you're welcome to the conversation cos

4:28 pm

jacq

how were they glan? i had male hormones for a while but they almost killed me

4:29 pm

jacq

no issue cos, join in anytime

4:29 pm

Glantarell

oh boy the pills worked very well but i didn;t care for the effects LOl

4:29 pm

jacq

sometimes the cure is an awful thing

4:29 pm

Glantarell

i gained 2 lbs a month for about 2 years - now 3 dress sizes bigger than i was 5 years ago

4:29 pm

stidmama

cos, men get breast cancer too -- my father's best friend from childhood died of it. *sad mama look*

4:30 pm

stidmama

cancer sux

4:30 pm

Glantarell

other areas of my body thinned and dried and that appears to have started reversing over the last 6 weeks, and i am beginning to feel a little less uncomfortable

4:30 pm

cosdem

ah thats true i forgot about that..

4:30 pm

jacq

my daughter was on hgh steroid doses for about a year and a half she went from a very skinny 12 yr old to an obese 14 yr old

4:30 pm

jacq

yes it does mama

4:30 pm

jacq

yes it does mama

4:30 pm

Glantarell

and my feet used to really hurt and that has stopped too

4:30 pm

jacq

thats good then, and the weight will come off too

4:31 pm

Glantarell

and the weight has started leaving but not as quickly as it arrived!

4:31 pm

jacq

it took karen about 6 months to come back to a normal body weight, and her aggression died down too

4:31 pm

stidmama

well it sounds like you are getting back to normal glantarell -- that's good. I wouldn't care about a few more pounds I think if I felt okay otherwise

4:31 pm

jacq

but it permenantly stunted her growth

4:31 pm

Good Enough

wow. prayers for you both! you have been thru or preparing to go thru a lot! bless you .

4:31 pm

stidmama

I found another word, now down to 14.

4:32 pm

Glantarell

a few more pounds is not too bad stid - but 45 more pounds is a bit excessive LOL

4:32 pm

jacq

hello GE

4:32 pm

Glantarell

Hi GE

4:32 pm

stidmama

oh gee jac -- growth and hormones are so closely linked. Our family has dealt with growth issues with one of the boys -- it's hard to know what to do sometimes...

4:32 pm

stidmama

rofl glantarell! sounds like my freshman year in college...

4:32 pm

buffgirl71

Could I get a clue, please, for the ar 7/32?

4:32 pm

stidmama

hey good!

4:33 pm

stidmama

hey buff -- ar + ** apple (one) + the pers*** meteor shower

4:33 pm

jacq

don't have it buff, sorry

4:33 pm

stidmama

it reminds me of a spider word, but it means something else.

4:33 pm

jacq

ty ty ty mama

4:34 pm

stidmama

actually -- it IS a spider word! LOL it refers to the order spiders belong to

4:34 pm

stidmama

the things I learn from "wasting time"

4:34 pm

Glantarell

i thought i had it form the clue but must have something about the ending wrong

4:34 pm

buffgirl71

Thanks, stid - got it! Could have monkeyed all afternoon before stumbling onto that one.

4:34 pm

jacq

mama, it's down time, not wasted time lol

4:35 pm

stidmama

it's similar to the robot ending glantarell -- but use an E instead of an O

4:35 pm

Glantarell

found it - thanks stid

4:35 pm

stidmama

I got it from someone's clue earlier.

4:35 pm

SeaSpray

Hi all...could someone clue the first ko5 please?

4:35 pm

stidmama

glad it worked -- I couldn't remember their clue!

4:35 pm

stidmama

hey sea

4:35 pm

SeaSpray

hey mama

4:35 pm

stidmama

sea -- like a diamond measurement

4:36 pm

cosdem

thats the 2nd ko5 ??

4:36 pm

stidmama

sorry cos -- the first is the same except end in a vowel

4:36 pm

SeaSpray

yes, I have that one

4:36 pm

jacq

i have a ko, almost the same as the diamond clue but ends with a vowel instead

4:36 pm

stidmama

and thanks for pointing those out -- K is grey!

4:37 pm

SeaSpray

ahhh, thank you

4:37 pm

cosdem

ty stid :)

4:37 pm

ivesy3

po 7/36 plz

4:37 pm

Glantarell

it's a kind of dagger

4:37 pm

stidmama

hey ivesy

4:38 pm

ivesy3

hi stid

4:38 pm

stidmama

ooh! that was the last 7 I needed!

4:38 pm

Glantarell

think small horse and span****

4:38 pm

stidmama

one more and I will stop for now and come back later...

4:38 pm

Glantarell

as in a person whoi lives in spain

4:39 pm

SeaSpray

good clue Glanta...was thinking the same thing

4:39 pm

jacq

take care mama, will send you any spare hours i have

4:39 pm

stidmama

thanks jac (((hugs)))

4:41 pm

stidmama

well, that "one more" is hiding pretty well. Time to focus on science for a bit. Back later! *poof*

4:42 pm

jacq

time for bed i think, have fun and fireworks everyone and take care

4:42 pm

Glantarell

night jacq - and good luck!

4:44 pm

ivesy3

ty for the clue! got it

4:47 pm

cosdem

clue for the pe 6/24 please?

4:47 pm

bichon

hoist on your own pe****

4:48 pm

cosdem

didnt understand clue but i monkeyed it so thank you lol :) i think ive seen that clue used before

4:49 pm

bichon

yvw cos

4:54 pm

bichon

believe it or not, I don't know what the second ra 4/5 is. I am so embarrassed

4:54 pm

cosdem

im looking for it myself

4:55 pm

cosdem

just fond it... a name of a map?

4:55 pm

bichon

I tried that it didn't take it the first time

4:55 pm

bichon

ty

4:55 pm

cosdem

or.. move fast + you place an ** in the newspaper

4:56 pm

cosdem

oh strike that that clue isnt even right

4:56 pm

sunny66

pe 5,12?

4:57 pm

cosdem

same as pe6 after it.. just take off the last vowel

4:58 pm

cosdem

ru 5/12 ?

4:58 pm

bichon

ru + Spanish girl's name

4:58 pm

bichon

ta 5/18?

4:58 pm

cosdem

ty -- dont have it yet

4:59 pm

lil*monkey

spanish girl's name?????

4:59 pm

cosdem

same as ta 4/4 above it.. add a high tile letter to the end

5:00 pm

lil*monkey

never mind, i got the girl's name

5:01 pm

cosdem

fireworks

5:02 pm

Glantarell

woo hoo cos

5:02 pm

cosdem

anyone need clues b4 i go

5:02 pm

uusue2

hi again, all!

5:03 pm

uusue2

been skimming through the chog, got a few more clues, one more will get me halfway...

5:03 pm

Glantarell

hi uusue

5:04 pm

uusue2

any clues for a u or an i? I need one of each for nbt...

5:05 pm

lil*monkey

hey uusue, I have a great id4 !!!!!

5:05 pm

uusue2

ok, duh, just found an i

5:05 pm

lil*monkey

u + ra4

5:05 pm

uusue2

and the other i

5:06 pm

lil*monkey

i need the other i

5:06 pm

uusue2

the other i is an abbreviation - i need more ****rmation about that...

5:06 pm

lil*monkey

thanks!

5:06 pm

crystalle

in4 meaning data

5:07 pm

lil*monkey

thanks crystalle :)

5:07 pm

uusue2

ok, got the u - now nbt!!

5:07 pm

lil*monkey

yay!

5:07 pm

lil*monkey

i only have 3 Fs and there are 14 of them! ACK

5:08 pm

lil*monkey

oh crap there are 16 not 14

5:08 pm

uusue2

yeah, two f's, sigh

5:08 pm

lil*monkey

i just got the fe4 cheese

5:09 pm

uusue2

whoo - just figured out the 8 - now nbs as well!

5:09 pm

Glantarell

what a fe** to find the fe**

5:09 pm

uusue2

thanks for the cheese, lil!

5:10 pm

lil*monkey

I did not cut the cheese lol

5:10 pm

uusue2

that kind you can just crumble, lil :-)

5:11 pm

lil*monkey

haha

5:12 pm

crystalle

fe4 locate something, fe4 feet spelt different, fe4 on your own fe** for yourself

5:12 pm

crystalle

that first was is fi not fe

5:12 pm

Glantarell

fi** - dry sherry

5:12 pm

lil*monkey

what is fe4 on your own ???

5:13 pm

crystalle

f + not begginning

5:13 pm

crystalle

beginning *

5:13 pm

lil*monkey

oh that is the same as fe4 for yourself

5:13 pm

Glantarell

fo** what you get baptised in or a way fo describing the style of letters

5:14 pm

Glantarell

fe*** - a move when fighting where you pretend to attack but don't

5:14 pm

lil*monkey

thanks glanta!

5:14 pm

lil*monkey

yay thatnks again

5:14 pm

Glantarell

i keep seeing fetid but it's a phantom

5:15 pm

lil*monkey

i keep seeing fiord but it's a phantom

5:16 pm

lil*monkey

glanta how's the weather today in Wales?

5:16 pm

Glantarell

wet and windy

5:16 pm

lil*monkey

ew!

5:16 pm

Glantarell

we have around 27 inches a year which is why our coubtry is beautifully green

5:17 pm

lil*monkey

you must so thru lots of brellies and wellies

5:17 pm

Glantarell

nah, i'm waterproof LOL

5:17 pm

lil*monkey

you must GO thru

5:18 pm

Glantarell

I have a good raincoat and walking boots which do me

5:18 pm

lil*monkey

good for u, glanta :)

5:20 pm

lil*monkey

sunny and about 60 here today, i had a nice jog after work and it was delightful

5:20 pm

Glantarell

i had a very long day today - drove 34 miles to work in the dark and drove home in the dark too

5:22 pm

Glantarell

i have decided i can't finish the grid before bedtime as it's already 20 past 11, so i think i'll go get some sleep instead of trying to find another 52 words.

5:23 pm

Glantarell

nos da - good night *poof*

5:23 pm

lil*monkey

byeeeeeeee Glanta :)

5:33 pm

bichon

ta 5/18?

5:34 pm

lil*monkey

ta + **c* & roll music

5:34 pm

redturtlehead

hello all, and thanks Monkey for the word!

5:34 pm

redturtlehead

weather here is lovely as well.

5:35 pm

lil*monkey

yw and HI red

5:35 pm

bichon

ty molnkey

5:36 pm

lil*monkey

yw... by the way i keep popping in & out so if i don't answer right away, please don't be offended. I have to get caught up in my Lexulous games

5:48 pm

sunny66

oe 6,18?

5:50 pm

Uneaixoise

doesn't exist, sunny

5:51 pm

Uneaixoise

did you mean or6/18?

5:51 pm

sunny66

yes

5:52 pm

Uneaixoise

or6 means fancy

5:52 pm

Uneaixoise

elaborate

5:52 pm

lil*monkey

une! that icon pic is beautiful

5:53 pm

Uneaixoise

it is, isn't it? it's a backlit amaryllis

5:53 pm

uusue2

yes, une, it really is pretty!

5:53 pm

uusue2

and like lil, I am popping in and out

5:53 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

5:54 pm

uusue2

just found out that my first class upgrade for my flight tomorrow went through :-)

5:54 pm

lil*monkey

*pop* Here I am again!

5:54 pm

Uneaixoise

cool!

5:54 pm

lil*monkey

yay! uusue, that's great

5:55 pm

uusue2

also since I am gold on American, they won't charge me to check my bag :-)

5:55 pm

lil*monkey

cool!

5:56 pm

lil*monkey

so there won't be any repercussions from that gun in your bag LOL

5:56 pm

uusue2

and it's a nonstop flight - last time I flew from chicago to newark I had to change planes in Philadelphia

5:56 pm

uusue2

so I am happy all around about that. also it will be good to see my dad.

5:56 pm

lil*monkey

hehe, sorry uusue, i was just being silly

5:59 pm

uusue2

no worries - silly is the only way to be about some of these things :-)

5:59 pm

uusue2

also, I like the new scanning machines - my metal knees don't set them off, so I don't have to get patted down any more

6:00 pm

lil*monkey

I kind of like the patting down part

6:00 pm

lil*monkey

hahahahaha

6:02 pm

Mark Jones

hello peoples!

6:05 pm

Mark Jones

Anyone?

6:05 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, mark LOL!

6:05 pm

Mark Jones

Hey une. How are you?

6:05 pm

periwinkle

bon soir Uni, hello all

6:06 pm

Mark Jones

Bonjour peri!

6:06 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, peri :-)

6:06 pm

Uneaixoise

i'm ok, and you, mark?

6:06 pm

periwinkle

:)

6:06 pm

Mark Jones

I am great.

6:07 pm

Uneaixoise

cool!

6:08 pm

Mark Jones

Lil*, are you here?

6:09 pm

lil*monkey

yes i am here now!

6:09 pm

Mark Jones

Great

6:09 pm

sami1986

hello, how many words today please?

6:09 pm

lil*monkey

shall we snorkel?

6:09 pm

uusue2

hi again, all - will be heading home shortly but am here again for a bit...

6:09 pm

Mark Jones

112, sami

6:09 pm

sami1986

thanks

6:10 pm

Mark Jones

Can i have a hint for the 8? Yw, sami

6:10 pm

lil*monkey

the pe8 is past tnese of pe7

6:10 pm

uusue2

lil, I don't mind the patting down, it's the waiting to have it done that's annoying to me (I mean really, if you're going to pat me down, can't you do it NOW???)

6:11 pm

Mark Jones

Can i have a hint for either then?

6:11 pm

lil*monkey

i agree uusue! PAT ME DOWN RIGHT NOW DAMMIT lol

6:11 pm

uusue2

pe5/6/7/8 are a set involving feathers

6:11 pm

lil*monkey

mark jones, pe7 is writing instrument + nickname for Mr. Hawthorne

6:12 pm

bichon

an 5?

6:12 pm

EvaNadine

evenin babblers

6:12 pm

Mark Jones

Mr. Hawthorne?

6:14 pm

uusue2

Hi, Eva - lovely icon!!

6:14 pm

Mark Jones

Who is that?

6:14 pm

Trifioso

hello friends. clue for the u please?

6:14 pm

lil*monkey

a writer, mark jones

6:14 pm

lil*monkey

trifi, u + ra4

6:14 pm

lil*monkey

sorry i must pop back out for a while... BRB

6:15 pm

EvaNadine

thanks uusue. i miss my friend. :/

6:15 pm

Mark Jones

Hey trif!

6:15 pm

Trifioso

bless you monkey!

6:15 pm

bichon

for fireworks an 5

6:15 pm

Trifioso

hello mark

6:15 pm

uusue2

brb - hawthorne wrote the scarlet letter, mark

6:16 pm

periwinkle

po6 pls

6:16 pm

Mark Jones

Thanks!

6:16 pm

redturtlehead

hi all... 53 left...

6:16 pm

bichon

nm, got it Firewords

6:17 pm

periwinkle

10

6:17 pm

Mark Jones

'Ello returtle!

6:18 pm

periwinkle

nm

6:19 pm

redturtlehead

Hope everyone is well today.

6:19 pm

Trifioso

figures. I finally sit down to babble, and secondo needs a ride. Off on my broom I go! bbl

6:20 pm

Mark Jones

I believe so, red! Did anyone here know anything about Albert Pujols's 2012 season?

6:20 pm

Mark Jones

See ya trif

6:21 pm

redturtlehead

I dont even know who albert P is...

6:22 pm

EvaNadine

2012 season? isnt it only 2011?

6:23 pm

Mark Jones

Yes, but he has one more season with the Cardinals. I want to know whether he is moving somewhere else after this season.

6:24 pm

EvaNadine

would they decide that so soon? wouldnt they wait til the 2012 season is near?

6:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello evaN, red, mark, all

6:25 pm

EvaNadine

hi TO

6:25 pm

froggle

hi all, can anyone help with the kr5/20 plz

6:26 pm

lil*monkey

hotdogs with sauerkr***

6:26 pm

froggle

ooh sokay, got it

6:26 pm

froggle

thanks tho monkey

6:26 pm

lil*monkey

*pop*

6:26 pm

froggle

don't suppose u can help with the ar7 can ya

6:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi monkey hi froggie! lol sounds like a zoo in here! :)

6:27 pm

froggle

lol

6:27 pm

lil*monkey

oink oink

6:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

:D

6:28 pm

uusue2

hi again, everyone! Back for a while now...

6:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi sue

6:29 pm

redturtlehead

hi to.. I am drifting in and out. thinking about eating something...

6:29 pm

froggle

can anyone help with my last, the ar7 plz?

6:30 pm

redturtlehead

wish I had it froggie, going to look now.

6:30 pm

froggle

ok, trying monkeying but it's too late for my brain

6:31 pm

uusue2

I don't have the ar7 either, still 44 left for me

6:31 pm

redturtlehead

it is a spidery type word. I found it.

6:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

y red, i guess i got it vis esp

6:32 pm

redturtlehead

ar plus a vowel, and then a misspelling for a thing that you must have, not a want but a ne**, that remember is mispelled...

6:32 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty. via. sheesh.

6:32 pm

uusue2

wow, red, somehow that was the clue I needed! thx!

6:32 pm

redturtlehead

how are you TO?

6:32 pm

uusue2

(the spidery one, that is)

6:32 pm

redturtlehead

nice one uusue...

6:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

ok, red,and you? what's going on on the housing front?

6:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

sue, i think red is sending very strong vibes out- i got it right off!

6:33 pm

redturtlehead

still waiting on the sellers bank to approve it. I have given up any hope of becoming a homeowner again. Everything is a hsort sale these days...

6:33 pm

redturtlehead

But...on the bright side, I am saving quite a tidy down payment.

6:34 pm

kje

what does that mea.. short sell?

6:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

well, odd they could accept an offer ithout that clearance. good luck!

6:34 pm

redturtlehead

the seller is selling the house for less than they owe, so the bank with the mortgage has to approve.

6:34 pm

redturtlehead

The seller can accept but the bank is essentially the seller anyway...

6:35 pm

kje

so the bank has to agree to takig a loss?

6:35 pm

redturtlehead

There will always be another place.

6:35 pm

redturtlehead

Yes, but essentially the seller has already had to send in a ton of finncial hardship documents and will likely go into foreclosure, which is expensive for the bank...

6:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

kje i am atching a cooking show where the host is making a grilled fruit salad with basil syrup. what do you think?

6:36 pm

froggle

ty, just got it, fireworks for me, and my bed calling

6:36 pm

kje

i think that souds delish!

6:36 pm

dfmchfhf

hi all :o)
hi TO, red, kje, froggle :o)

6:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

wtg froggie!

6:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

hey dfm

6:37 pm

kje

grilled peaches ad pineapples are really good... what are they using?

6:37 pm

kje

yay frog!

6:37 pm

uusue2

hi, dfm!

6:37 pm

froggle

hi dfm

6:37 pm

dfmchfhf

hi uu! :o)

6:37 pm

redturtlehead

hi dfm.

6:37 pm

kje

hi dfm

6:37 pm

redturtlehead

kje that does sound good. I am eating Florida Blueberries.

6:37 pm

froggle

nite all, be back tomorrow for more head scratching

6:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

several varieties of plums

6:37 pm

kje

I didn't kow florida grew blueberries

6:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

and apricots

6:38 pm

kje

mmmmm grilled plums would be great!

6:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

allplums are great!!! fruit in general has been lousy this year. i just bought a bably watermelon i will cut tonight

6:39 pm

uusue2

'night, froggle!

6:39 pm

uusue2

grilled fruit is a good idea in general, imho - brings out the sugar, never a bad thing :-)

6:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh and lime juice and honey for basting sauce

6:39 pm

kje

wow, early for watermelon

6:40 pm

kje

hoey ad basil go great together

6:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am trying it. i bought a loupe but it went from hard to dimply overnight

6:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

ooh kje the fruit looks scrumptious

6:42 pm

EvaNadine

i was FEEMING for a young coconut last night. found myself at whole foods, but the only one they had, the wrapper was torn + it was all dried out.
::le sigh::

6:42 pm

uusue2

feeming?

6:43 pm

kje

wrapper o a cocout?

6:43 pm

redturtlehead

ok, you got me, what is FEEming?

6:43 pm

redturtlehead

I have grapefruit, and may have to consume it.

6:44 pm

kje

grilled grapefruit would be really good.... grill it red!

6:44 pm

redturtlehead

no no, I think I will just peel it.

6:44 pm

uusue2

ooh, yes, kje, with a little honey, maybe?

6:44 pm

dfmchfhf

<-- has never has grilled fruit, except pineapple and apricot

6:44 pm

dfmchfhf

ooh, ooh, and strawberry :oD

6:44 pm

redturtlehead

oh wow, to hoist oneselfs word pe is here...

6:45 pm

EvaNadine

feeming/feening (ive heard it both ways, not sure either is a real word) is an intense craving

6:45 pm

Boobear

hi all

6:45 pm

dfmchfhf

hi boo! :o)

6:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi boo

6:46 pm

redturtlehead

hello Boo!

6:46 pm

uusue2

hi, boo!

6:46 pm

redturtlehead

tomorrows theme is "Random acts of kindness' I think I shall change my icon in honor of it..

6:47 pm

GardeNom

is mark jones here

6:47 pm

GardeNom

is mark jones here

6:47 pm

GardeNom

is mark jones here

6:47 pm

GardeNom

is mark jones here

6:47 pm

GardeNom

is mark jones here

6:47 pm

Boobear

troll alert

6:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

kje, can you pls tell me what type of doctor would be a specialist to treat osteoporosis? If it not an imposition?

6:49 pm

GardeNom

is mark jones here

6:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

IS not

6:49 pm

uusue2

garde, he was but seems to have stepped out

6:50 pm

Boobear

hi Uusue

6:51 pm

uusue2

slowly nibbling away at the grid with the help of lickety

6:52 pm

Boobear

I just started so it slow for me too

6:55 pm

Boobear

clue for an 4

6:56 pm

EvaNadine

gals name

6:56 pm

cybernan

anyone want clus (killing time waiting for company to arrive)

6:56 pm

Boobear

ty

6:57 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

6:57 pm

jmcnrick

(killing time waiting for a client to arrive)

6:57 pm

redturtlehead

clue for the 8?

6:57 pm

uusue2

hi, jmc and nan!

6:57 pm

jmcnrick

pe 6/7/8 red

6:58 pm

jmcnrick

sorta like a thin triangular flag

6:58 pm

jmcnrick

hi uu

6:58 pm

redturtlehead

Ooh the PT.

6:59 pm

cybernan

pe 8 is part of a 5- 6-7-8 combo beginning with a little flag - last two letters

6:59 pm

redturtlehead

I have changed my icon for "Random acts of kindness days...

6:59 pm

jmcnrick

??

6:59 pm

cybernan

add a vowel to make a latin plural for the 6

6:59 pm

redturtlehead

apparently that is tomorrows theme. Todays was parrots.

6:59 pm

cybernan

change that ending to consumed for the 7 then pt for the 8

6:59 pm

redturtlehead

thanks.

6:59 pm

jmcnrick

1/2 way

7:01 pm

jmcnrick

so my ex-bil plus his recently ex third wife is coming over

7:01 pm

jmcnrick

i never actually met

7:01 pm

jmcnrick

her

7:01 pm

Boobear

hi jmc

7:01 pm

uusue2

sounds.....interesting, jmc...

7:01 pm

mkg

i cant get po 7. any clues out there? is it two words?

7:02 pm

jmcnrick

i was at a party once where a woman introduced herself as having an affair with my exbil and said "but he left me to go back to his wife"

7:02 pm

redturtlehead

wow. jmc, thats wuite an introductiion.

7:02 pm

jmcnrick

and i said "No he left you to go back to his mistress" which was true

7:03 pm

jmcnrick

yeah i thought "what kind of bimbo are you to say that to me?"

7:03 pm

mkg

nm got it.

7:03 pm

jmcnrick

really like I would think she was telling me he was a saint for leaving his . . . wods fail me

7:03 pm

jmcnrick

*words

7:04 pm

jmcnrick

wtg mkg

7:04 pm

kristin

Pope

7:04 pm

jmcnrick

i was just reading about one kristin

7:04 pm

kristin

7:04 pm

jmcnrick

pb for you! lol

7:04 pm

kristin

POPE

7:04 pm

jmcnrick

bye

7:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi je

7:05 pm

Boobear

hi Kirsten

7:05 pm

uusue2

RIGHT, Kristen :-)

7:05 pm

uusue2

bye, jmc!

7:11 pm

uusue2

2 left, both 5-letter words: an, ur.

7:14 pm

suefrad625

I have u+ra4/4

7:14 pm

suefrad625

dont have the an, sorry

7:14 pm

uusue2

hi, sue, I have that ur (unless they are both of that type...)

7:14 pm

Uneaixoise

a + not far

7:15 pm

suefrad625

ty une

7:15 pm

Uneaixoise

yw ;-)

7:15 pm

uusue2

thx, une!!

7:15 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

7:16 pm

uusue2

fireworks!!!!!!!!!

7:16 pm

Vicuna

ur5/12 - ur + a boatload of vowels

7:16 pm

Vicuna

in alphabetical order

7:18 pm

uusue2

one of those words without a definition...

7:19 pm

Boobear

congrats uusue

7:21 pm

uusue2

thx, boo!

7:23 pm

Boobear

fe 4/7 please

7:24 pm

stidmama

hey all! (((VICUNA)))

7:24 pm

Boobear

hi stidmama

7:24 pm

stidmama

afraid, or an accomplishment, boo

7:24 pm

uusue2

cheese, boo

7:24 pm

stidmama

also a type of cheese...

7:24 pm

uusue2

hi, stid!

7:24 pm

dfmchfhf

hi stid! :o)

7:24 pm

dfmchfhf

there're a few fe4/7s, boo...

7:25 pm

stidmama

hey dfm

7:25 pm

Silver Rocket

Hello, everyone. Stidmama, my condolences for the loss of your friend - hope you're doing okay.

7:25 pm

stidmama

there. down to 9.

7:26 pm

stidmama

thanks rocket. I am doing better.

7:26 pm

stidmama

got my last R...

7:26 pm

Silver Rocket

Glad to hear it :)

7:28 pm

stidmama

how is everyone this evening? it's currently not snowing/hailing/raining/gusting here.

7:29 pm

flashman1998

ar,7/32 help please

7:30 pm

stidmama

it's the order of critters that spiders belong to (learned that today)

7:30 pm

Boobear

it is nice here

7:30 pm

stidmama

ar + ** apple (one) + the pers*** meteor shower

7:31 pm

uusue2

it was nice here today, too, stid, and they are talking about record warmth for tomorrow (mind you, record warmth means 58F, but still - maybe the rest of the snow will melt!)

7:32 pm

stidmama

warm sounds nice, given what you have been dealing with! they are talking about possible accumulations of snow here. Unusual for this time of year.

7:33 pm

flashman1998

got it, thank you

7:34 pm

stidmama

*frustrated mama look* ABC is reporting that people are getting "fatter" and that it correlates to people who have less healthcare... but they are NOT making the link to poverty levels -- the counties with the highest obesity, least health care coverage also are mapping to the poorest incomes in the country. *stomps foots*

7:35 pm

stidmama

*gasp* I just saw the indian bread fish. *sigh*

7:36 pm

shoolessdwarf

good evening/morning ladies and gents, long time no see.

7:37 pm

stidmama

hey there shooless!

7:38 pm

shoolessdwarf

hi stidmama

7:38 pm

torgone

Heyas kids ..

7:38 pm

stidmama

hey tor! ((hugs))

7:38 pm

stidmama

tom just got home...

7:39 pm

stidmama

will be working on supper soon...

7:39 pm

shoolessdwarf

whatcha gonna make? if you dont mind my asking.

7:39 pm

stidmama

but not yet... two more to five.

7:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello tor

7:40 pm

stidmama

hey TO!

7:40 pm

JBV

good evening folks - Hi TO, Hi Stid!

7:40 pm

JBV

hi TOr!

7:41 pm

torgone

Cool, rainy evening here ..

7:41 pm

stidmama

((((JBV))))

7:41 pm

torgone

Oops ...

7:42 pm

Boobear

hi JBV

7:42 pm

stidmama

not close enough to land you in the PB tor, now if you want to clue that last A I need, I have some fine choclits to put in there...

7:42 pm

JBV

we had a beautiful sunny day today

7:42 pm

JBV

near 50 degrees

7:42 pm

JBV

hi Boo

7:43 pm

stidmama

that sounds lovely, JBV

7:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi jbv!

7:43 pm

JBV

Hi TO - how are things with you?

7:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am ok and you?

7:45 pm

JBV

fine - getting things done, feeling busy and useful

7:45 pm

JBV

estate business is almost completely done - I've done everything myself, only one more account is pending

7:46 pm

stidmama

good for you JBV

7:46 pm

Boobear

clue for the second ko 5

7:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

that can be quite stressful, i got called to sign papers last minute on friday, had to fop all and run up there

7:46 pm

uusue2

sounds good, jbv!

7:46 pm

JBV

I was very pleasantly surprised to find out how easy it is to probate a will - most people think it's some dreadful process... our Surrogate Court was very helpful

7:47 pm

uusue2

replace the vowel at the end of the first ko5 with a consonant, boo

7:47 pm

stidmama

just like first boo, change last letter for consonant

7:47 pm

JBV

what county in NJ, TO?

7:48 pm

stidmama

well, those last 7 are hiding. I will be back later. **hugs and choclits**

*Poof*

7:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

bergen. it was quite easy

7:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

i do not have any ka5. clue pls?

7:51 pm

uusue2

bye, stid!

7:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

ko. rather

7:51 pm

GardeNom

hint?

7:51 pm

GardeNom

hint?

7:51 pm

GardeNom

hint?

7:52 pm

Boobear

ko clue isn't working

7:52 pm

uusue2

no ka5, TO

7:52 pm

uusue2

sorry - ko5 = ko + rodent; for the one before it change the last consonant to a vowel

7:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty ae 7 pls?

7:54 pm

flashman1998

ru,5/12 help please

7:54 pm

uusue2

ae7 derives from the ae4

7:54 pm

uusue2

ru5/12 = ru + woman's name

7:58 pm

flashman1998

got it THANK YOU!

8:00 pm

uusue2

yw

8:06 pm

dan2bit

evening all

8:06 pm

Boobear

clue for op5 please

8:06 pm

rolotom

op5 means chose

8:06 pm

Dorens

op + the youngest senator kennedy

8:07 pm

Boobear

ty

8:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

po6/24 pls?

8:10 pm

wht

Hello Babbleland

8:10 pm

wht

To have put money up for, TO.

8:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello dan dor wht tom

8:11 pm

wht

PT of a small horse

8:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

8:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

ta5/18 pls?

8:12 pm

MollyL

Sounds like Obama's first name.

8:13 pm

sallyds

I've been monkeying the third na 4/5 for what seems like hours. Can't find it. Any clue?

8:14 pm

wht

There is only one na4/5 and it is an expensive oil or perfume.

8:14 pm

wht

The third na4 is a grandmother

8:15 pm

sallyds

Oh dear, it must be a 4/4 then because I have that one.

8:16 pm

MollyL

Isn't the grandmother the second na 4/4

8:16 pm

jmcnrick

ick ick ick

8:17 pm

wht

Yes, it is the second na4/4 but the third na4.

8:17 pm

jmcnrick

my ex bil and his third ex-wife just left

8:17 pm

wht

the third na4/4 is like a poor lost child.

8:17 pm

wht

Sorry, that is the na4,7

8:18 pm

wht

the third na4/4 is n followed by vowels.

8:18 pm

Boobear

clue for pe 6

8:18 pm

sallyds

I have 7, 4, 4, 5, and 8 so it must be the first 4 I'm missing.

8:18 pm

crystalle

hi everyone

8:19 pm

mom23

1st na 4 - Indian bread

8:19 pm

wht

Indian bread, Sally

8:19 pm

Boobear

hi crystalle

8:19 pm

lil*monkey

na4,4 (first na) is the Indian bread

8:19 pm

jmcnrick

naan

8:19 pm

jmcnrick

oops

8:19 pm

uusue2

oh, dear, jmc - have some wine :-)

8:19 pm

lil*monkey

great clue, jmc!

8:19 pm

jmcnrick

*curls up in a ball in pb*

8:19 pm

wht

You will find more of that in the PB, jmc

8:19 pm

MollyL

Yep, that's it. : D JMC why was the visit ick?

8:19 pm

jmcnrick

she left saying "very nice to meet you" what was I to say?

8:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

8:20 pm

crosshair

crossy is back..howdy everyone;)

8:20 pm

lil*monkey

someone better put a bottle of Jack in the PB

8:20 pm

crosshair

mmmm jd

8:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

hey cross

8:20 pm

uusue2

I'll send the wine to the pb, jmc :-)

8:20 pm

crosshair

howdy TO

8:20 pm

uusue2

Hi, crossy!

8:20 pm

MollyL

Um..."wish it had been nice meeting you"??

8:20 pm

mom23

shoot! if I'd know it was that easy to be offered wine, I'd've put in the word instead of clue ;-P

8:20 pm

jmcnrick

i am out of jd :-(

8:20 pm

littlebit

(((monkey!!!)))

8:20 pm

jmcnrick

hi mom23

8:20 pm

sallyds

I'll install whatever you want. ;)

8:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

i can't believe i need clues for 2 four letter words :?

8:20 pm

crosshair

i have some bacon vodka or misty-jack

8:20 pm

lil*monkey

{{{{{{{ bittie }}}}}}}}}}}

8:21 pm

littlebit

how are you?

8:21 pm

uusue2

that was for jmc dealing with her ex-bil and his 3rd ex wife, mom

8:21 pm

wht

clue for the an5 please.

8:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi, lil!

8:21 pm

lil*monkey

i'm good, littlebit... do you have anything new to report????

8:21 pm

jmcnrick

ty uu

8:21 pm

littlebit

nope, nothing yet

8:21 pm

jmcnrick

i will share mom23

8:22 pm

crosshair

3rd ex wife?? omg..there comes a time when it is best to give it up

8:22 pm

MollyL

Think close to wht.

8:22 pm

lil*monkey

hi TO, whit, cwossy, sally, crystalle, jmc, uusue, who am I missing???

8:22 pm

sallyds

Fireworks. Thanks all.

8:22 pm

crystalle

ne4 - close with a vowels in front wht

8:22 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo sally

8:22 pm

littlebit

hey everybody!!

8:22 pm

uusue2

yay, sally!

8:22 pm

MollyL

No one important Lil. *pouts*

8:22 pm

jmcnrick

he is living with a real bimbo now

8:22 pm

littlebit

congrats sallyds

8:22 pm

uusue2

hey, littlebit!

8:22 pm

jmcnrick

huggles molly

8:23 pm

lil*monkey

MOLLY! OMG HI MOLLY HI MOLLY HI MOLLY

8:23 pm

lil*monkey

jmc, as opposed to a fake bimbo???

8:23 pm

wht

ty molly and crystalle

8:23 pm

jmcnrick

you miss what i said when i was waiting for him to arrive

8:23 pm

uusue2

lol, lil!

8:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello molly

8:23 pm

wht

With 3 ex wives, who is the bimbo?

8:23 pm

jmcnrick

a bigger bimbo?

8:23 pm

jmcnrick

my sister was the second one

8:24 pm

jmcnrick

i was at a party when a woman introduced herself saying she had had an affair with him but he left her to go back to his wife

8:24 pm

uusue2

and he likes you so much that he has to introduce you to all her successors, or what?

8:24 pm

jmcnrick

and i said "no he left you to go back to his mistress"

8:24 pm

crosshair

crossy does not like fake bimbos

8:25 pm

crosshair

too many preservatives....

8:25 pm

crosshair

lol

8:25 pm

lil*monkey

jmc, did u hold up a crucifix at her?

8:25 pm

crystalle

if sister wass wife number 2 why do u have to still see him

8:25 pm

jmcnrick

after several years he asked if i would do his tax returns

8:25 pm

jmcnrick

good id** lil I may have to do that

8:25 pm

jmcnrick

lol crossy

8:25 pm

lil*monkey

I think crucifixes work on werewolves and bimbos, right?

8:26 pm

uusue2

I would charge him a lot of money to do his taxes, jmc

8:26 pm

jmcnrick

okay i will tell myself this was an exercise in graciousness in that i did not throw up while she was here

8:26 pm

crystalle

just use big words. She will get so confused she wont want to see u anymore

8:26 pm

lil*monkey

I prolly would've farted in her face

8:26 pm

jmcnrick

he is still the father of my beloved niece and nephew

8:26 pm

lil*monkey

lil*monkey is not so gracious

8:27 pm

crosshair

my da said once there are 3 things a man can do in life with a relationship..marry a fine woman who will put up with you,rent a high class call girl once a month,or find a woman who hates your guts and buy her a house every 5 years...it all comes to the same cost:))))))))

8:27 pm

uusue2

ah well, so there's a permanent connection, then...tough when kids are involved...

8:27 pm

jmcnrick

he married a fine woman and slept around on her

8:27 pm

crystalle

BUT maybe u should feel compassion towards her. He doesnt sound like much of a catch.

8:27 pm

jmcnrick

and i like his dad

8:28 pm

jmcnrick

she is the one that was sleeping with him when he was married to my sister

8:28 pm

jmcnrick

sorry but i do not think someone who sleeps with married men is a good person

8:28 pm

lil*monkey

I cannot believe he brought that wench to your house jmc

8:28 pm

jmcnrick

cross you legs until the divorce

8:28 pm

uusue2

no, and the married man isn't a good person either

8:29 pm

lil*monkey

you need to have a cleansing ceremony in your house now

8:29 pm

Boobear

can someone clue the last pe 6 please

8:29 pm

jmcnrick

their taxes are intermingled

8:29 pm

jmcnrick

hoist on your on pe6 boo

8:29 pm

jmcnrick

*looks for the sage to burn*

8:29 pm

crystalle

I do noMay

8:30 pm

Boobear

I don't know what you mean jmc

8:30 pm

jmcnrick

i agree uu i really think he is an amazing jerk

8:30 pm

lil*monkey

me neiver

8:31 pm

jmcnrick

pe+rude name for mentally challenged

8:31 pm

crosshair

i love my relationship now..for the first 15 years i was the one being the old hound dogs always wanting,,,now we are leter in life and the mrs is in her "peak phase" it is old crossy who withholds or bestows...mwahahahaha

8:31 pm

crosshair

damn typos

8:31 pm

crystalle

maybe she did not know he was married at first. As the married man he should be held more responsible. The Bimbo couldn't have broken up a marriage if the hubby did not co operate

8:32 pm

Boobear

ty got it

8:32 pm

uusue2

that's ok, crossy, hard to type when you are excited :-)

8:32 pm

crosshair

anyways,i should concentrate on this grid i think...

8:32 pm

jmcnrick

i am not giving him a pass crystalle but she would have had to been amazingly blind not to notice the wedding ring embedded in his hand

8:32 pm

wht

Fireworks.

8:32 pm

lil*monkey

lil*monkey is off to beddy bye now

8:32 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo wht!

8:33 pm

uusue2

night, lil!

8:33 pm

crosshair

before i get myself in trouble

8:33 pm

littlebit

night monkey!!

8:33 pm

crosshair

gn lilM

8:33 pm

uusue2

and yay, wht!

8:33 pm

jmcnrick

bye lil

8:33 pm

littlebit

congrats wht!!

8:33 pm

wht

Night crossy, but why should tonight be different from any other night?

8:33 pm

jmcnrick

does the ae7 follow from the ae4?

8:34 pm

jmcnrick

lol wht

8:34 pm

uusue2

yes it does, jmc

8:34 pm

wht

Yes it does jmc

8:34 pm

jmcnrick

hmmm

8:34 pm

crosshair

lol,i am still here,just looking at the grid a bit wht\

8:34 pm

crosshair

just minding my p,s and q,s as they say:)

8:35 pm

jmcnrick

got it

8:35 pm

wht

No q's in the grid tonight crossy. How much bacon vodka have you had?

8:35 pm

crystalle

I don't agree with women sleeping with married men but I am just going to say, men can be dogs and u should here the excuses they make up for wearing rings. P.s. Not saying any man in here is dog or even men in general just some.

8:35 pm

jmcnrick

wht you are in rare form tonight

8:36 pm

jmcnrick

well i think my exbil is a dog

8:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

night all

8:36 pm

uusue2

sounds like, jmc

8:36 pm

uusue2

'night, TO!

8:36 pm

jmcnrick

bye TO

8:37 pm

wht

I was at a screening of Jeopardy tonight at work. Can you guess what high tech company I work for?

8:37 pm

wht

Night TO.

8:37 pm

jmcnrick

oh i did not know that

8:38 pm

jmcnrick

then you can tell me if Watson was programmed to include the amount of time it takes a human to hit a buzzer

8:38 pm

crystalle

no cos we do not have jeopardy

8:38 pm

uusue2

I guessed, wht (assuming it's the obvious one)

8:38 pm

jmcnrick

an IBM computer played jeopardy against the two best players

8:38 pm

crystalle

isn't that a little unfair

8:39 pm

wht

And the computer won convincingly.

8:39 pm

crystalle

i would expect it would

8:39 pm

jmcnrick

i need to know more about the buzzer thing

8:39 pm

crystalle

or i would have lost faith in computers

8:39 pm

jmcnrick

it was not a run away the second night

8:39 pm

jmcnrick

i think ken jennings could take watson if they played again

8:40 pm

crosshair

i have forsaken television because of the crappy programming with the exception of the good programs on discovery and history channel and the amc movie channel

8:40 pm

JBV

hi again - jmc - there's a lot of info on IBM sites - blogs and reports and such - as technical as you can take it - just Google Watson

8:40 pm

jmcnrick

i will have to look later

8:40 pm

jmcnrick

i am exhausted from being polite

8:40 pm

JBV

my sister works at the Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights - I've been reading all I can about it

8:41 pm

wht

Before the show they had people talking about what they did. They added a check for puns, for instance. Or actually probably just a check for words in quotes.

8:42 pm

jmcnrick

someone commented to me that there seemed to be fewer word plays than normal

8:42 pm

jmcnrick

mind you I expect watson to win, but i was juts wondering

8:42 pm

jmcnrick

and i thought ken jennings did pretty well

8:42 pm

sunny66

ar 7,32?

8:42 pm

wht

Even with the computing power they had and the terabytes of data storage,it is still amazing to me that they could figure out the question and come up with the answer so well.

8:43 pm

jmcnrick

think spider sunny

8:43 pm

jmcnrick

no some of the things watson came up with were definately amazing

8:44 pm

jmcnrick

then other times--like coming up with toronto as a city in the catergory U.S. Cities was wierd

8:44 pm

wht

It got a number of questions wrong tonight. It was interesting to see if you could figure out where Watson got confused.

8:45 pm

wht

They explained that because it tends to discount the catagory because so often the answer has nothing to do with the category.

8:46 pm

uusue2

ok, i really have to start packing - I am SO not ready to leave tomorrow...

8:46 pm

jmcnrick

huh i have not found that to be the case

8:46 pm

jmcnrick

where are you going uu?

8:46 pm

jmcnrick

although the category is frequently a play on words

8:46 pm

stidmama

hey again... this time I mean to finish! *determined mama look*

8:46 pm

wht

They gave an example like a question under American cities - A game people play in St Petersburg. And the answer would be what is shuffleboard.

8:47 pm

stidmama

*hangs on to sue's knees so she can't go*

8:47 pm

JBV

Watson said "chemise" instead of "shift" and the category was "Computer Keys" -

8:47 pm

jmcnrick

i noticed that

8:47 pm

jmcnrick

although i thought ken jennings answer of A was odd

8:48 pm

wht

I thought it ironic that Watson had so much trouble with that category.

8:48 pm

stidmama

listing...

8:48 pm

crystalle

ok so don't any of u think it is kinda freaky at all

8:48 pm

jmcnrick

i also noticed that alec trebeck would sometimes finish watson's answer for him

8:48 pm

uusue2

New Jersey to take care of my dad, will be there until March 5 (don't worry, SO and son will be home taking care of the cats and dog)

8:48 pm

wht

ken jennings was probably thinking of a a-line skirt.

8:48 pm

JBV

and I noticed Watson said "eavesdropper" instead of "eavesdropping" which should have been eliminated as the wrong part of speech

8:48 pm

jmcnrick

i understood that but it actually made no sense! lol

8:49 pm

stidmama

oh good -- and who will take care of your students? how will they unlock the secrets of the universe without you?

8:49 pm

jmcnrick

i agree jbv other players would have been ruled against in double jeopardy for that

8:49 pm

stidmama

or -- *horrified look* -- are you one of those "modern" teachers who can skype into the classroom???

8:49 pm

JBV

I also notice that Alex reads things that are not in the visual clue - and I think that's unfair to Watson, for example he said "also known as" but the clue only had AKA

8:49 pm

uusue2

lol, stid - I have 3 different faculty who will teach my courses in my absence - no skyping there...

8:49 pm

wht

It was fun getting to see what Watson was thinking even when he didn't buzz in.

8:49 pm

jmcnrick

are you going to be able to babble from there uu?

8:49 pm

stidmama

:-D oh good. I hate to think of those poor, lost undergrads...

8:50 pm

jmcnrick

yes i did like that part wht

8:50 pm

stidmama

but AKA is abbreviation for "also known as"

8:50 pm

JBV

yes, I agree wht - in the question about plattedeutsch Watson came up with Italian !! as one of the possible ansewrs

8:50 pm

wht

Too bad they can't do that for the human players.

8:50 pm

uusue2

yes, babbling is on - my department has given me a usb modem for my laptop (I am also assistant department chair and do most of the undergrad advising for our majors)

8:50 pm

jmcnrick

takes longer to hear also known as than to read aka

8:51 pm

JBV

yes, stid, but I'm sayign that the computer does not hear that, only "sees" the letters AKA, while the humans get the translation

8:51 pm

stidmama

that's true jmc

8:51 pm

jmcnrick

whooo hooo uu! i was worried for a minute

8:51 pm

stidmama

and JBV

8:51 pm

JBV

where in NJ uusue?

8:51 pm

jmcnrick

well i assume the computer has in its data bank that aka means alias

8:51 pm

uusue2

Millington, JBV

8:52 pm

Dorens

heigh ho

8:52 pm

JBV

I have no idea where that is :)

8:52 pm

stidmama

hey doren! ((hugs))

8:52 pm

JBV

I'm in Middlesex County

8:52 pm

JBV

near Rutgers

8:52 pm

JBV

hi doren!

8:52 pm

jmcnrick

hi dorens

8:52 pm

crystalle

so not one person in here ( other than me) thinks a computer playing jeopardy , one that obviously has some kind of intelligence cos it had to "think" is kinda freaky.

8:52 pm

uusue2

north central NJ, near Morristown - and I was born in New Brunswick, JBV!

8:53 pm

uusue2

hi, dorens!

8:53 pm

JBV

oh, cool - I was in New Brunswick last night - a play at the George St. Playhouse

8:53 pm

jmcnrick

no i don't crystalle it is just a game of logic like a computer game

8:53 pm

stidmama

LOL crystalle -- what is interesting is that the computer holds so very much data!

8:53 pm

Dorens

let's hear it for NJ!!! rah rah rah!

8:53 pm

JBV

crystalle, it's still human intelligence that programmed the computer

8:54 pm

wht

Considering how few things a computer can actually do. It can add and perform some logical operations on binary data and make some comparisons and that is about it. Given that, the ability to parse an ambiguous sentance and find any kind of answer is pretty amazing.

8:54 pm

jmcnrick

less creepy than people in NM flying drones in Pakistan bombing other people

8:54 pm

JBV

let's not get carried away, doren - we still have that governor we're not shaking any pompoms at, remember?

8:54 pm

uusue2

don't know it, JBV, we moved to Plainfield when i was 9 months old (then to Bernardsville but I really haven't lived in NJ since I graduated from high school in 1968...)

8:54 pm

jmcnrick

wht thinking about this made me think of that game dcseian got us hooked on for a while with all the interlinked words

8:54 pm

stidmama

okay. down to 6...

8:54 pm

Dorens

oh he's going to the white house soon j.. then everyone else will know what we've been dealing with

8:55 pm

JBV

ugh

8:55 pm

stidmama

five!

8:55 pm

JBV

what game is that jmc?

8:55 pm

uusue2

go stid!

8:55 pm

stidmama

four...

8:55 pm

jmcnrick

*fe** strikes the heart of jmcnrick* who's going to the white house

8:55 pm

Dorens

go stid! (more interesting than contemplating christie's meteric rise)

8:55 pm

JBV

oh I remember I got hooked on it for a while, then had to stop

8:55 pm

stidmama

I can't believe some of these... *sigh*

8:55 pm

wht

I remember that. I was able to resisit it pretty well.

8:55 pm

wht

Go stid.

8:55 pm

jmcnrick

watson playing jeopardy jbv

8:55 pm

stidgmere

Hi stidmama. Here we are together again.

8:56 pm

jmcnrick

but it was that logic that i think is some of what is going on with watson

8:56 pm

JBV

no I mean what was the name of that game with the words?

8:56 pm

crystalle

I think computers are great and all but I have watched the movies. I know what robots and computers are gonna do to us!

8:56 pm

stidmama

hello Mother! how is B.C.?

8:56 pm

wht

Anyway. I need to be off to bed. I need to be fresh tomorrow so watson doesn't take my job.

8:56 pm

JBV

in linguistics, it's called schemata - word associations - that's just one small part of what Watson "knows"

8:57 pm

jmcnrick

so you would have really been creeped out bye what ken jennings wrote crystalle

8:57 pm

Dorens

how weird is it that gmere has to call stid stidMAMA

8:57 pm

crystalle

(only joking) but seriously u never know.

8:57 pm

jmcnrick

lol dorens!

8:57 pm

stidgmere

We enjoyed the tea and cake this afternoon near the marina.

8:57 pm

stidmama

two....

8:57 pm

crystalle

ooh what did he write

8:57 pm

jmcnrick

schemata

8:57 pm

stidmama

LOL well I was a stid first....

8:57 pm

jmcnrick

go stiddie go

8:57 pm

uusue2

bye, wht!

8:57 pm

stidgmere

Only one more?

8:58 pm

stidmama

that sounds lovely -- was it very blustery? It has been so peculiar here -- and now the very full moon is glowing and lighting up the lawn

8:58 pm

stidmama

later wht!

8:58 pm

jmcnrick

he gave the correct answer and then wrote in parans (I for one welcome our new computer overlords)

8:58 pm

jmcnrick

bye wht be brave!

8:58 pm

stidgmere

It was quite blustery and cold around 12-2.

8:59 pm

stidmama

one.

8:59 pm

jmcnrick

go stid go

8:59 pm

stidmama

oh that last one was hardly worthy of the last place!

8:59 pm

stidmama

but nicer now, I hope?

8:59 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo stiddie

9:00 pm

Dorens

yay stid!

9:00 pm

stidgmere

Congrats to you my dear!

9:00 pm

uusue2

hooray, stid!

9:00 pm

stidmama

There was a HUGE pile-up on I-5 at the beginning of the commute -- the sun came out after a hailstorm and about 20 cars and trucks piled up. No fatalities, but some went to the hospital

9:00 pm

crystalle

is there a stiddad and a stidpop

9:00 pm

uusue2

oh, dear, stid!

9:01 pm

crystalle

i think i once saw a stid that wasnt mama or gmere

9:01 pm

stidgmere

Nothing like sunshine to cause a pile up on the interstate.

9:01 pm

stidmama

no, stidhat is my tom... but he's the only other official stid (altho scrabbler is also a stid)

9:02 pm

Dorens

wait... there are stidkids, right?

9:02 pm

crystalle

scrabbler is related to u?

9:02 pm

stidmama

yes, there are - and they have babble logins, but don't play

9:02 pm

stidmama

to my tom, yes

9:03 pm

Dorens

it has been a while since i've seen them here, now that i think of it

9:03 pm

Jacula

There are stids all over the place! Hi all, including the Stid family.

9:03 pm

jmcnrick

hi jac

9:03 pm

stidmama

it's funny -- she "found" us through babble. A lovely story... thanks to my login name we are back in touch after a few decades incommunicado

9:03 pm

stidmama

hey Jacula!

9:04 pm

uusue2

hi, jac!

9:04 pm

Dorens

hi jac.. rarely see you here, but seeing you reminds me that i need to thank you heartily for listing when lickety isn't around. thanks

9:04 pm

uusue2

great story, stid!

9:04 pm

crystalle

u guys are just one big babbling family lol. U know what they say though, the familky that babbles together stays together

9:04 pm

JBV

good night folks, nice babbling with you - going to read for a while, see you tomorrow

9:04 pm

featherbee

*lurk*

9:04 pm

stidmama

yep. we are good at babbling -- with or without the grid! (jmc can attest to that!)

9:04 pm

Dorens

night joanne

9:04 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams JBV. I miss seeing you (((Hugs and choclits)))

9:04 pm

jmcnrick

:-)

9:05 pm

jmcnrick

hi feather

9:05 pm

stidmama

FEATHER!!!! (((((hugs )))))

9:05 pm

uusue2

'night, jbv!

9:05 pm

Jacula

Dorens - glad to know it's appreciated. Do you look on my profile for it or in BabAnon. I put it in both but don't always say on chog that I have.

9:05 pm

Jacula

Hi feather! x

9:05 pm

stidmama

brb phone

9:05 pm

featherbee

:) hi.

9:05 pm

Dorens

profile... it's easier for me... just can always find you on my frineds

9:05 pm

Jacula

Dorens - I got our game on FB going, btw. Won't be back to play more for about 12 hours or so now.

9:06 pm

Dorens

yup i saw it and played .. three ways can sometimes take a long time.. we'll see

9:06 pm

Dorens

and hi feather

9:06 pm

Jacula

Re BabAnon - I may have forgotten to change to EZ board or something, but I always have to type Babblers Anonymous into search to find it now after going to the original bookmark.

9:07 pm

Jacula

Dorens - I play WordTornado on FB and hate playing it with mroe than 2 players.

9:07 pm

Jacula

*more, I meant.

9:07 pm

featherbee

just sitting and enjoying the chog, not much to add other than hi

9:07 pm

jmcnrick

an5 please?

9:08 pm

Jacula

jmc - a + 'not far away'.

9:08 pm

jmcnrick

you could clue, you could! *pokes feather*

9:08 pm

uusue2

a + n4 word meaning close, jmc

9:08 pm

Dorens

i am holding my hands over my ears... i don't want to learn of any more word games... i have no time anymore for anything else and my life is out of control

9:08 pm

jmcnrick

ty jac

9:08 pm

Jacula

Sorry Dorens!

9:08 pm

jmcnrick

ty uu

9:09 pm

Jacula

y/w jmc.

9:09 pm

featherbee

can't clue, didn't grid today

9:10 pm

jmcnrick

oh well then -- hi feather!

9:10 pm

Jacula

Well, feather, that's a good excuse then, isn't it? LOL

9:10 pm

Jacula

Feather could teach us all a thing or two about self-control. Perhaps.

9:10 pm

jmcnrick

;-)

9:10 pm

uusue2

going to start packing (for real this time) - bbl

9:10 pm

Dorens

feather has plenty in her life... it is ok to not grid sometimes... i don't know how you do it, really feather

9:11 pm

jmcnrick

self control???

9:11 pm

Dorens

sue i have the same problem.. i have busy day tomorrow, and am leaving at 4;30 friday morning... should be packing now

9:12 pm

featherbee

lol, i have many other addictions that tear me away.

9:12 pm

jmcnrick

fe5/16 please

9:13 pm

stidgmere

Somedays hi is enough. I have some sort of circadian rhythm of chogging.

9:13 pm

featherbee

was just now doing games on quote-puzzler, have scrabble turns to take, and was thinking of seeing if anyone wanted to do letterblox

9:13 pm

Jacula

Feathr - young children must be one. There's no time for yuorself when the kids are little.

9:13 pm

Dorens

fe + the the *nited st*tes of ame*ica

9:13 pm

featherbee

my time is after 8pm, when they're in bed. and then most of the time, it's too late to start the grid! i grid more in summer, when i'm home.

9:14 pm

Jacula

fe5/16 is what describes the lines on lined paper.

9:14 pm

jmcnrick

well no wonder i didn't see that! ty dorens

9:14 pm

Jacula

stidgemere - I know that feeling!

9:14 pm

jmcnrick

19 left

9:15 pm

Dorens

me too jmc

9:15 pm

sunny66

pe 6,24?

9:15 pm

Jacula

Sometimes, I arrive in the chog and I've just got too much to do to join in. At other times, I might have to sit on my hands not to be snappy/snipey.

9:15 pm

jmcnrick

hoisted on your own pe6/24

9:15 pm

Dorens

hoist by your own pe****

9:16 pm

Jacula

sunny - if might be hoist on your own pe6/24, if you get too cocky.

9:16 pm

Dorens

we are consistent

9:17 pm

stidgmere

Hi Jacula. I'm not beating any records on the grid today or on the chog.

9:17 pm

Jacula

a pe6 is a spigot mortar, British explosive device used to blow in doors etc. in WWII.

9:17 pm

jmcnrick

lol

9:19 pm

Jacula

I have to go out on a secret shopping expedition this weekend. Why? 'Cos I've pinched two bottles of red wine out of my son's case of wine his Dad (my ex) gave him for Christmas. Need to replace them before he notices.

9:19 pm

jmcnrick

yikes jac!

9:19 pm

crystalle

Thankyou jac , I wasnt getting the hoist by your own clues but ur mortar clue did it

9:20 pm

Jacula

I only nicked the cheap screw top ones. Easily replaceable.

9:20 pm

Jacula

crystalle - y/w.

9:20 pm

jmcnrick

oh well then

9:21 pm

Jacula

jmc - I didn't pinch them both on the same day. LOL

9:21 pm

crystalle

omg I am starting to use that dreaded shortened language i hate. I typed ur ick

9:21 pm

jmcnrick

lol wondered if you got sloshed with two bottles of cheap wine

9:21 pm

jmcnrick

there there crystalle

9:22 pm

Jacula

crystalle - u mean u did txt spk? Liek cul8r etc?

9:22 pm

jmcnrick

omg!

9:23 pm

jmcnrick

po7?

9:23 pm

crystalle

yes i hate text speak. I can not read it lol. My sister sends me these god awful texts that i spend ages deciphering

9:23 pm

Jacula

The first time my (12 years' younger) Other Half sent me a text, after he'd taught me how to text and read the damned things, I had no id4 what cul*tr meant, and so phoned him to find out.

9:23 pm

jmcnrick

lol jac

9:24 pm

Dorens

the sad thing is that some of our students haven't figured out the difference, and actually use that text speech in their school assignments.

9:24 pm

Jacula

I actually do not get told off by my kids for sending texts that are properly spelled and punctuated. The call me the walking dictionary and wouldn't dare!

9:25 pm

jmcnrick

that is sad dorens

9:26 pm

crystalle

it is sad dorens.

9:26 pm

Jacula

Dorens, I know. I've seen it in the stuff my stepdaughter writes. She seems to mix over-stating things and text speak in the same piece of writing.

9:26 pm

jmcnrick

po7??

9:27 pm

uusue2

like the po6 with an extra vowel, jmc

9:27 pm

crystalle

think little horse mixed with some who lives in spain

9:27 pm

uusue2

(I hate packing)

9:28 pm

jmcnrick

ty crystalle

9:28 pm

Jacula

The English language, in all its forms across the world, but, of course, the one we speak here in England is RIGHT (:-)), is such a great language because it always grows, changes and moves with the times. However, there are limits! Babble's present Enable dictionary certainly proves that.

9:29 pm

jmcnrick

enable def has limits

9:29 pm

uusue2

actually my clue wasn't very good, there's more difference between the po7 and the po6 than that. I will go back to packing :-(

9:29 pm

Dorens

limits is a gracious word jmc...

9:29 pm

jmcnrick

i have packing down to a fine art uu i do it so much

9:29 pm

jmcnrick

when i went to kenya for a month i packed less than the women i went with who were there for a week

9:29 pm

uusue2

I used to, jmc, but not any more...

9:29 pm

jmcnrick

i was echoing jacs words dorens

9:30 pm

Dorens

i am usually good too j.. for short term trips... but this time i'm going to fl so need to find some appropriate clothes

9:30 pm

jmcnrick

np uu i got the word anyway

9:30 pm

Jacula

Thinking of yesterday's grid - has anyone here, other than a small child, ever said the word 'teentsier'?

9:30 pm

jmcnrick

layers dorens

9:30 pm

Dorens

teensier itself was a stretch, but teenTsier?

9:31 pm

jmcnrick

i have said it but would spell it tintsier

9:31 pm

Dorens

yup jmc, but need to go dig up some warm weather pants.. sandals etc

9:31 pm

jmcnrick

10 left

9:31 pm

Dorens

4 here

9:32 pm

jmcnrick

*looks at sandals on feet*

9:32 pm

jmcnrick

go dorens go

9:32 pm

Dorens

sandals? i'm in socks, warm boots, fuzzy slippers these days

9:33 pm

uusue2

just looking at the weather forecast for NJ for the next week, guess I will have to pack all my clothes

9:33 pm

jmcnrick

it was over 50 today that is sandal weather

9:33 pm

Jacula

My son, when a toddler, used to call radiators (UK room heaters) 'radigators', and he called the meal Chilli Con Carne, 'Chilly Gone Barmy'. My daughter, as a toddler, when she wanted things quiet, would say, 'SHUP NOISE!' (Shut up the noise.) I wouldn't expect to find any of those toddler words accepted by a so-called dictionary.

9:33 pm

jmcnrick

layers uu

9:33 pm

Dorens

indeed sue. we have been rollercoasting here lately

9:34 pm

jmcnrick

ti7?

9:35 pm

crystalle

chilly gone barmy is sooo cute.

9:35 pm

Dorens

course that's one of my four j!!

9:35 pm

jmcnrick

it is cute jac

9:35 pm

jmcnrick

my son used to call them cementment mixers

9:35 pm

jmcnrick

i loved it

9:36 pm

jmcnrick

ah pt the ti5 doren

9:37 pm

Dorens

ty j!

9:37 pm

dan2bit

new baby2bit photo in my profile - her first playground visit :-)

9:37 pm

crystalle

my kids have all called umbrellas rainbrellas we all call them rainbrellas now but that isnt as cute as your kids jac

9:37 pm

Jacula

My son, in his teens, misheard my Mum and me talking about my Dad's illness (Altzheimer's Disease). He thought it was 'Old Timer's Disease. That sounds so much kinder.

9:38 pm

crystalle

LOL jac I actually thought it was Old Timers disease lol

9:38 pm

crystalle

and veronicas veins instead of varicose

9:38 pm

jmcnrick

very cute dan

9:38 pm

Jacula

My stepdaughter, when about 12, went over to the local shop for me and asked for 'semi-skilled' milk. (Semi-skimmed.)

9:38 pm

crystalle

not now I thought it was old timer when i was in my teens

9:38 pm

dan2bit

The National Air & Space museum opened downtown for th e bicentennial when I was 6 - for a very long time I thought it was named for a person - Aaron Space Museum

9:38 pm

Jacula

Lol re the veins!

9:39 pm

Dorens

one

9:39 pm

jmcnrick

go dorens go

9:39 pm

jmcnrick

7

9:39 pm

Dorens

firewords!

9:39 pm

jmcnrick

6

9:39 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo dorens!

9:40 pm

dan2bit

wtg dorens

9:40 pm

stidgmere

Well all for tonight. Take care of yourselves.

9:40 pm

jmcnrick

bye stiddie

9:40 pm

jmcnrick

4

9:42 pm

crystalle

my grandma once told me that the queen (of england) liked to chop off peoples heads and that is why english people are well mannered. While we where in england I was the most well mannered child ever

9:43 pm

jmcnrick

lol crystalle!

9:43 pm

jmcnrick

boy was that mean!

9:43 pm

Dorens

any clues needed?

9:43 pm

jmcnrick

fi5/18?

9:44 pm

Dorens

a wicked person

9:44 pm

Jacula

My stepdaughter's latest funny thing happened about 3 weeks ago. Her Dad had recorded a programme on the SKY HD box which was entitled, 'Oral Sex - Is It Dangerous?' It discussed an illness that can be got that she and all her contemporaries at school had been inoculated against a year or so before. HPV. She saw the programme title as her Dad was scrolling throught the recorded list to see what we could all watch together. 'What's that?' she asked. 'Something I think you should watch,' he said. 'It explains about the jab you had last year'. She looked at the screen, breathed in sharply and said, 'OH NO, I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER BE DOING THAT! I've heard it's very painful!' I took a moment out and then said, 'It says oral nor anal.' She almost died with embarrassment after that.

9:44 pm

jmcnrick

ty dorens

9:45 pm

jmcnrick

[blush]

9:45 pm

crosshair

lol crystalle,i was born in the U.K,and i did not need the queen to keep me in line,if i did a bad thing,my dad would use the belt on me till i could no longer sitt for my supper

9:45 pm

uusue2

yay dorens!

9:45 pm

Dorens

sue go pack!

9:46 pm

crystalle

that is horrible cross!

9:46 pm

Jacula

crystalle - One fact about a queen of England. Queen Victoria was made to wear a sprig of holly beneath her collar to make her keep her chin up in regal fashion. (Erm, isn't that child abuse?)

9:46 pm

uusue2

I'm almost done, actually; am leaving the electronic stuff to do in the morning

9:46 pm

jmcnrick

fe5/16?

9:46 pm

crystalle

how old is the stepdaughter jac.

9:46 pm

Dorens

homonym of what delicate ladies do in horro, j

9:47 pm

jmcnrick

in horro???

9:47 pm

uusue2

f + 3 vowels + consonant, kmc

9:47 pm

uusue2

*jmc

9:47 pm

crosshair

a different time crystalle,and parenting was different

9:48 pm

Dorens

horror, terror, whatever... when they see a mouse

9:48 pm

Jacula

crystalle - she's 16.

9:48 pm

crosshair

ahh

9:48 pm

Dorens

still peacefully coexisting, jac?

9:48 pm

jmcnrick

ty ty

9:48 pm

crystalle

I have in my most frustrated times threatened to smack the crap outta my kids but they laugh at me. They know I would never do it.

9:48 pm

jmcnrick

1 left

9:49 pm

crosshair

16 and you have babbies already?

9:49 pm

Dorens

go, go , go jmc

9:49 pm

crystalle

My son pokes his butt at me and says take your best shot

9:49 pm

jesdraggon

evening kiddos

9:50 pm

crosshair

howdy jess

9:50 pm

jmcnrick

fw

9:50 pm

crystalle

I am not 16 lol jacs step daughter is

9:50 pm

crosshair

ahh ok

9:50 pm

jesdraggon

how's tricks?

9:50 pm

dan2bit

8

9:50 pm

jmcnrick

go dan go

9:50 pm

jmcnrick

hi jes

9:50 pm

crystalle

I wouldn't mind being 16 again though!

9:52 pm

Jacula

I'd hate to be 16 again, unless I could go back with hindsight.

9:53 pm

dan2bit

po7?

9:53 pm

jmcnrick

po+el cid was a spa*****

9:53 pm

crystalle

actually scrap that my life is pretty darn good. With hindsight I would make better decisions but my life wouldnt be what it is now

9:54 pm

Jacula

po7 is a small dagger. Po + an anagram of the dr that takes water away.

9:54 pm

jmcnrick

god would i hate to be 16!!!

9:54 pm

jmcnrick

i would like to be 35 again

9:54 pm

dan2bit

ty jmc & jac

9:54 pm

dan2bit

2

9:54 pm

Jacula

jmc - 30 would be the age I'd want to go back to.

9:54 pm

crystalle

I would like to be the weight i was at 16.

9:55 pm

Jacula

I'd like to be the weight I was at either 16 or 26. LOL.

9:55 pm

crystalle

12 yrs and 3 kids later I am much heavier than i was then

9:55 pm

jmcnrick

at 30 i was married and had a young son and loved my job and was healthy and active

9:56 pm

jmcnrick

35 that is

9:56 pm

Jacula

If I could go back to 30, I'd have had both my kids, but perhaps wouldn't have put up with all the crap from their Dad.

9:57 pm

jmcnrick

i think if i knew then what i know now i would have been more aggressive about my husbands health and less likely to fight with him

9:57 pm

jmcnrick

but we can't go back in time so i will just have to avoid fighting with my boy

9:57 pm

Jacula

However, about a decade after I did lose patience with him, I met The One. I wasn't even looking for him, or anyone, and, contrary to all magazine articles, he did just turn up on my doorstep.

9:57 pm

jmcnrick

okai doke I am hitting the hay

9:58 pm

crystalle

I think i must be a lucky one. My kids dad is not only a great dad but a great partner. this is our 13th year together and we are still going strong

9:58 pm

dan2bit

firewords - thanks again all cluers

9:58 pm

jmcnrick

glad you met the one jac

9:58 pm

jmcnrick

my hubby was a good partner too crystalle he just died

9:58 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo dan2!

9:58 pm

Jacula

'Nigh jmc. Sleep well.x

9:58 pm

jmcnrick

*poof*

9:58 pm

crystalle

13 years is not bad considering i am only 28

9:58 pm

Jacula

Well done, dan!

9:59 pm

crystalle

Oh I am so sorry jmc I had no idea.

9:59 pm

Jacula

crystalle - it's nice to hear a success story for a change. Me and my other half were together for 22 years.

10:00 pm

Jacula

The only really, really close person to me that I've had die yet is my Dad, and i don't think I will ever really get over misssing him.

10:01 pm

dfmchfhf

*pops in*
hi all :o)

10:01 pm

uusue2

hi, dfm!

10:01 pm

crystalle

My grandmothers father died in 1961 and yet she was just teling me the other day she still thinks of him often

10:01 pm

dfmchfhf

hi jac, crys, jmc(and bye), uu, dan, crossy! :o)

10:02 pm

crystalle

hi dfm. Do u wanna finish this grid for me. I have only kinda been babbling .

10:02 pm

Jacula

My ex isn't a bad man, far from it. But in some ways he's weak. His family life didn't give him the best start, and though he can't stand her and tries not to be like her, he is very like his mother... lies for no obvious reason and cheats in love.

10:03 pm

dfmchfhf

I'm not finished myself -- rushing assignments (one and a half more!) and sleeping early for my midterms tomorrow x.x

10:03 pm

dfmchfhf

I have everything either grey or blank o.0

10:03 pm

Jacula

He's been a better father since the divorce than he ever was during marriage. However, my kids, now in their 20s, kinda see him for what he is and don't always agree with that now.

10:03 pm

sunny66

po 6,24?

10:04 pm

crystalle

well in that case i might get a move on maybe i can finish b4 u

10:04 pm

dfmchfhf

(all of fourth row and O in fifth row are blank; all other tiles greyed.)

10:04 pm

uusue2

past tense of a small horse, sunny

10:04 pm

Jacula

Hi dfm.

10:05 pm

sunny66

ty got it

10:06 pm

sunny66

po 5,14?

10:06 pm

Jacula

Any more clues needed?

10:07 pm

uusue2

different consonant ending to the po5/12, sunny

10:07 pm

Jacula

po5/14 = po5/12 with a different last letter. Do the maths.

10:07 pm

dfmchfhf

can I have second letter for N@(5,4) and O@(1,5)? Can't seem to fi4 them :o\
last two

10:07 pm

sunny66

ty

10:08 pm

crystalle

op

10:08 pm

crystalle

op4

10:08 pm

crystalle

ni4

10:08 pm

dfmchfhf

the op4 I thought I had went to the other O >.>

10:09 pm

Jacula

There is no n5/4, and an o1/5 can't exist in this game.

10:09 pm

uusue2

dfm is giving coordinates, jac

10:09 pm

crystalle

i think they are coordinates jac

10:10 pm

uusue2

and the op4 you are looking for is more obvious than the one you found :-)

10:10 pm

hootowl

In other words being his usual hepful self

10:10 pm

Jacula

uusue - don't get those. He'll have to ask for grid words.

10:10 pm

dfmchfhf

neither can exist, jac, the o1 would be -3 p5s ;o)
I'm referring to N on column 5, row 4; O on column 1, row 5.

10:10 pm

dfmchfhf

hi hoot! :o)

10:10 pm

dfmchfhf

thanks crys, got the n4...

10:10 pm

hootowl

hi

10:10 pm

Jacula

Don't do co-ordinates.

10:11 pm

dfmchfhf

and o.0 how did I miss that o4? >.<
thanks crys, uu :o)

10:11 pm

Jacula

Hi Hoot.

10:12 pm

dfmchfhf

(and that's NBT + fireworks :o)
time to go back to homework...

10:12 pm

sunny66

na 4,7?

10:12 pm

Jacula

Bye dmf.

10:12 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

howdee y'alls

10:12 pm

hootowl

hi Jac - been a long while!

10:12 pm

Jacula

Hi Gwen.

10:12 pm

crystalle

3 words off this time lol

10:12 pm

uusue2

yay, dfm! go do your homework and I will keep grading tests...

10:12 pm

uusue2

hi, gwen!

10:13 pm

dfmchfhf

hehe crys... shouldn't have given me stats yet, hmm? ;o)

10:13 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi sue, seems you have become addicted like the rest of us LOL

10:13 pm

crystalle

i am getting closer dfm. See you next time.

10:13 pm

uusue2

na4/7 is a very innocent person, sunny

10:13 pm

crystalle

lol dfm I was thinking that

10:13 pm

Jacula

na4/7 = na + the title of a Rudyardd Kipling poem.

10:13 pm

uusue2

and gwen, you are right, I am hooked on the puzzle and on the community

10:14 pm

Jacula

*rudyard.

10:14 pm

dfmchfhf

I'll be lurky here... staring at a Babble screen or a rubik's cube helps me think, and I left my cubes behind on my last exam :o(

10:14 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

we are cool, yes (!!)

10:15 pm

crystalle

the game is great but I often come in after I am done just for the people and chat

10:15 pm

hootowl

tell me about it!

10:15 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

sometimes there is too much grammy award in the chat though LOL

10:15 pm

uusue2

me too, crystalle - I finished quite a while ago

10:15 pm

Jacula

crystalle - as do many of us. That means you are hooked.

10:16 pm

Jacula

Gwen - I know what you mean. LOL.

10:16 pm

dfmchfhf

I still can't figure out how I survived my sesquiannual hiatus...

10:16 pm

crystalle

ok I need to go and be domestic. ( no offence but the grammy's were weird. What the hell was gaga and that egg thing about!)

10:17 pm

crystalle

everyone was chatting about this star or that but I had no idea who they were lol

10:17 pm

Jacula

crystal - I haven't watched the grammys since I watched the first one.

10:17 pm

uusue2

didn't watch the grammys...

10:17 pm

crystalle

i never watched the grammys either

10:18 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

me neither, but while they were on, some chatters were giving running commentary

10:18 pm

dfmchfhf

<-- doesn't know what grammys is/are! >.>

10:18 pm

crystalle

dfm u survived it cause u use words like sesquiannual hiatus

10:19 pm

Jacula

dfm - film awards where luvvies are patting one and other on the back and making speeches thanking everyone who evr brushed past them in the street.

10:19 pm

dfmchfhf

sesqui- is a totally awesome prefix :o3
(means one-and-a-half)

10:20 pm

Jacula

dfm - what is it that bugs you every 18 months or so?

10:20 pm

dfmchfhf

ah, don't watch films... usually fail that category in trivia... (I also fail at sports.)

10:20 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

actually, grammies are awards for recordings: music, comedy, spoken word, etc

10:21 pm

dfmchfhf

usually my computer(s) blow up, or otherwise die.
(I'm being serious.)

10:21 pm

Jacula

Gwen - I said that, didn't I? It's all crap on TV though.

10:21 pm

crystalle

Oh it so annoys me when they say I owe this to all my fans I only do what I do for the fans. AS if the money has nothing to do with it lol

10:22 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

thought you said film . . .

10:22 pm

dfmchfhf

there is one computer in month 20 -- I am afraid for it...

10:22 pm

Jacula

I hate any kind of award ceremony thse days.

10:22 pm

crystalle

yway i really am going to clean now so i can back for the flip

10:22 pm

crystalle

bye everyone

10:22 pm

crystalle

bye everyone

10:23 pm

Jacula

'Bye crystalle.

10:23 pm

uusue2

bye, crystalle!

10:23 pm

dfmchfhf

bye crys!

10:23 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i agree, these award shows are almost always beyond silly

10:23 pm

Jacula

If I was ever to be given an award, which I have been, I'd prefer is wasn't on camera.

10:23 pm

jesdraggon

wow. there are some really crazy myths about spiders out there...

10:24 pm

sunny66

fi 5,18?

10:24 pm

uusue2

true, jes - and this is apropos of....

10:25 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

speaking of non-sequiturs, what about spiders?

10:25 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

fi5, an eveil beast, an enemy

10:25 pm

Jacula

Hi Jes - Well my Mum and my daughter both hate spiders. I had to learn to deal with them, so not frightened at all, to be honest, and they still scream like hell when they see one.

10:25 pm

jesdraggon

bruce found a website from UW with spider myths

10:26 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oh lord, again, the question must be asked. What's UW?

10:26 pm

uusue2

my son is like that, jac! once when he was away at college, he was convinced he'd been bitten by a spider, claimed he could see fang marks - turned out to be a mosquito bite he'd scratched

10:28 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(and who is bruce?)

10:28 pm

uusue2

anyway, I am exhausted, grading and packing will continue tomorrow, as will babbling

10:28 pm

uusue2

goodnight, all!

10:29 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

night night sue |-(~

10:29 pm

dfmchfhf

night uu!

10:29 pm

Jacula

uusue - my uncle once did that in Wales back in the 60s. He was sure he'd been bitten by an adder.

10:29 pm

Jacula

'Night sue.. Sleep well.

10:30 pm

Jacula

Gwen - no id4 was UW is. Sorry!

10:31 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

university of wisconsin? um . . .

10:32 pm

Jacula

Maybe, Gwen.

10:33 pm

Jacula

If no one needs any more clues, I might get off to bed now.

10:33 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

Under Wear Man? ummmm

10:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

only need 19 clues, night night jacula

10:35 pm

hootowl

I can clue

10:35 pm

hootowl

nite Jac

10:36 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i haven't even opened the list yet (assuming there's a list)

10:36 pm

torgone

ar7?

10:36 pm

torgone

Heyas kids ..

10:36 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hiya tor!

10:36 pm

Jacula

No id4 what you're talking about,Gwen, unless you been watching the first Justin Lee Collins programme in an new series on Channel 5 entitled, 'Turning Japanese' Not watched it myself yet, but my son has been watching it and kept pausing programme to ask what I tought about the latest thing he'd learned.

10:37 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

got the ar7 just now: ar + no ifs, **ds or buts + vowel + two plants spliced together is a hybr**

10:37 pm

Jacula

I think tyhat Channel 5, just like Channel 4, seeks out the most extreme of whatever to make documentatries.

10:38 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

turning japanese? you lost me comPLETE-ly

10:38 pm

torgone

Thanks BDG

10:38 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

someone said they got something from UW, and i asked what UW was, and it turns out they did not even know (!)

10:39 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

yw tor

10:39 pm

Jacula

Gwen - it''s a channel 5 documentary about the Japanese way of life. No.1 appears to have dealt with sex life, or lack of.

10:40 pm

Jacula

One man has over 2,00 silicone, lifelike sex dolls in his home.

10:40 pm

Jacula

So my son tells me.

10:41 pm

Jacula

That, apparently is one and a quarter million pounmds sterling worth of fake women surrounding him.

10:42 pm

Jacula

My son told me that even the female (Japanese) translator, thought that was weird.

10:42 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

you're saying UW isa tv show? does it stand for something?

10:43 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hey, if something can be superannuated, why not annuated? grrrrrrr

10:43 pm

Jacula

Gwen - I've no id4 what UW stands for, as I've said before.

10:44 pm

Jacula

I'm off to bed now. See you all next grid.xx

10:44 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

then what is all this about a tv show??? (completely confoozed)

10:45 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

night night jacula

10:45 pm

jesdraggon

UW (in this case) means University of Washington, in Seattle

10:45 pm

stidmama

Oh my, that was a long phone conversation... back now.

10:45 pm

jesdraggon

wb, stid :)

10:46 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ah! (i'm taking half a po5 for my guess back there)

10:46 pm

jesdraggon

thanks for the po word, gwen :)

10:48 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hey no prob7 lol

10:50 pm

jesdraggon

poit is a word! it's the sound teleportation makes :)

10:50 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

14 to go and really stuck. is there a lickety list today?

10:51 pm

jesdraggon

haven't looked, but i hope there is!

10:51 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

poit is also a word often used in cartoons to represent a fart

10:51 pm

torgone

There is

10:51 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ty, opening now (creaking noise . . .)

10:52 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ooh, found another word already, yeah!

10:55 pm

stidmama

go gwen go!

10:55 pm

stidmama

hey jes! it tried to snow here today!

10:56 pm

jesdraggon

yeah? it's raining over hree

10:56 pm

jesdraggon

here

10:56 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

11 to go, grrrrr

10:57 pm

stidmama

we got some of that, too. And hail, and wind, and ...

10:57 pm

jesdraggon

variety pack, huh?

10:58 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

it was warm here today, relatively speaking. i mean some of the huge piles of snow melted a little

11:00 pm

stidmama

yeah, a real variety pack... just wish it came with some choclit...

11:01 pm

jesdraggon

hee. i got a necklace in a tin of chocolates for valentine's day :)

11:01 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

okay, i'm down to begging for clues now. ti7?

11:03 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

or po7?

11:03 pm

jesdraggon

haven't got them, sorry

11:04 pm

jesdraggon

what i do have is no blank tiles and over half solved, so i'm gonna go shower and do other stuff useful to "real life"

11:04 pm

jesdraggon

:D

11:05 pm

peabody

ti7 head piece past tense

11:05 pm

jesdraggon

thanks peabody!

11:05 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

egad that is one silly word! (ti7) TY peabody!!

11:05 pm

peabody

yw

11:06 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ooh, found the po7. UNO

11:07 pm

stidmama

well done jes!

11:07 pm

stidmama

go gwen!!!!

11:07 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

weeeeee, fireworks!!!!!

11:08 pm

jesdraggon

hurrah gwen!

11:08 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

and an5-ly an hour to spare!

11:09 pm

stidmama

YAY gwen!

11:09 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

gotta stuff my brains back into my ears now LOL

11:09 pm

stidmama

I need to go be productive on one of my projects for a while. Tomorrow is a paper-writing day. Think good things for me please? I am down to the last week for "deep" writing and the week after will be just for polishing

11:10 pm

stidmama

so... I am moderately panicked.

11:10 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

good luck and break a leg, stid!

11:10 pm

stidmama

**hugs and choclits for all** see you-all tomorrow as I need mind breaks! *poof*

11:38 pm

jillibus

Hello all -- fireworks

11:46 pm

jillibus

(didn't think anyone was here anyway)

11:47 pm

jillibus

So off I go to change icons

11:49 pm

cosdem

hi hi hi

11:49 pm

jillibus

hi cos

11:50 pm

jillibus

like my parrots? Did you check sprite's? Interesting writeup.

11:50 pm

jillibus

But nobody cares

11:51 pm

cosdem

what wrie up?

11:51 pm

jillibus

Next icon theme nobody will care about is Random Acts of Kindness Day

11:58 pm

jillibus

cos, those of us who follow icon themes try to provide a writeup about them. If you go to my profile you will see a link to sprite's, where she lists coming themes and provides a writeup about the current one.

11:58 pm

stidmama

hey jill -- wandering past to see the new grid

11:59 pm

cosdem

thanks.. ive been wondering where to find icon themes!

11:59 pm

jillibus

Hi stid :-)

11:59 pm

stidmama

I care about the icons, I just don't really have time to look for them. But I like the random acts of kindness piece.

11:59 pm

mkg

flip yet??????????????

12:00 am

jillibus

oh stid, I know you are REALLY short of time and am amazed you can still keep in touch

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