Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, February 17, 2011

12:00 am

jillibus

flip

12:00 am

stidmama

biggish enough grid!

12:00 am

crystalle

hi everyone

12:00 am

knutmeg

flip

12:00 am

cosdem

agreed stid.... acceptable...

12:01 am

cosdem

flip btw

12:01 am

jillibus

I hope most of the workds are useful

12:01 am

stidmama

KNUT!!! (((hugs))) did you get your grade back yet?

12:02 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:02 am

Kaplan the Magne

attack of the killer stomach bug.

12:02 am

knutmeg

(((hugs))) Not yet. Prof is pretty consistent about returning work the following Sunday, so I've got a few more days yet.

12:02 am

crystalle

thankyou very much lickety

12:02 am

Erda

Yay Lickety!!!! Thanks!

12:02 am

jillibus

ty ty ty Lickety!

12:02 am

knutmeg

Thank you, Lickety!!

12:02 am

stidmama

okay. *sits on hands and tries to be patient*

12:02 am

stidmama

*YAWN* I am going to sleep.

12:02 am

stidmama

kaplan, are you feeling ANY betteR?

12:03 am

Kaplan the Magne

Death warmed over.

12:03 am

jillibus

Babbler Hurshy is in the grid, hehe :-D

12:03 am

Kaplan the Magne

lameame

12:03 am

shorty

hurshey's name is in here :)

12:03 am

jillibus

Aww. Kap!

12:03 am

Kaplan the Magne

and in th ewrong type box to oot

12:04 am

stidmama

*bundles blankies around kaplan and offers weak tea to settle tummy*

12:04 am

knutmeg

Don't worry, you are not alone, stid. I spend every single week of school anxious about my grades.

12:04 am

cosdem

phantoms female and volume

12:05 am

knutmeg

*offers up ginger ale to Kaplan* sorry about the stomach bug.

12:05 am

cosdem

al 6

12:05 am

shorty

lol jilli

12:05 am

crystalle

I like todays icon jilli.

12:06 am

stidmama

*grin* thanks knutmeg, JUST what I need -- knowing there are others out there anxiously awaiting the fall of the blade... *sees professors with black hoods over their heads, holding the trigger rope...*

12:06 am

jillibus

So I see, crystalle :-)

12:07 am

stidmama

NBT and 37 words found.

12:07 am

MLFAN17

jill have you gotten any viruses from fb recently?

12:07 am

stidmama

that seems pretty reasonable sleeping level...

12:07 am

knutmeg

LOL! So perfectly apt, that description! This teacher has had the fastest grade-return rate of **ANY** prof i've had in the last year and a half. Most professors take 10-14 days to return grades...

12:08 am

cosdem

la 7

12:08 am

stidmama

*looks at five distinct piles of books and random scattered papers covering half the living room* This can wait for another week or two...

12:08 am

cosdem

actually la 6/7

12:08 am

stidmama

oh, I just hate waiting like that!

12:08 am

MLFAN17

thanks stid i got it

12:08 am

dfmchfhf

(late-ish) *flip*

12:08 am

stidmama

LOL don't stay up too late, knut -- you may be younger than I am (we won't say by how much) but even you young'uns need some shut-eye to do your best!

12:09 am

cosdem

fl 6

12:09 am

stidmama

see you-all tomorrow! *special hugs for jill*

*poof*

12:10 am

knutmeg

Thanks, I won't. My husband gets cranky when I stay up past 2. (And he notices.) I'll be in bed well before then. (Brain hurts after four hours of rigorous class debate on discussion boards anyway).

12:10 am

jillibus

mlf -- just saw your question about fb and the answer is no viruses ever.

12:11 am

MLFAN17

congrats jilll lol

12:11 am

jillibus

bye stid and ty!

12:11 am

MLFAN17

i have gotten a few

12:11 am

crystalle

po7

12:12 am

flosey

late flip! hi everyone

12:12 am

jillibus

Hi flosey!

12:12 am

flosey

hi jilli, nice icon, and crystalle, yours too

12:13 am

Uneaixoise

halfway

12:13 am

crystalle

ty I love the theme today. Its something we should all practise

12:13 am

flosey

hmmm, useless qu

12:13 am

rastapopolous

meme (miËm)

â€” n
an idea or element of social behaviour passed on through generations in a culture, esp by imitation

12:14 am

MLFAN17

stats for teh O please?

12:14 am

Uneaixoise

om4

12:14 am

crystalle

om4

12:14 am

crystalle

op4

12:14 am

dfmchfhf

at least om4/5, mlf

12:14 am

MLFAN17

thanks crys got it

12:14 am

dfmchfhf

also op4/5

12:14 am

dfmchfhf

op4/6

12:14 am

jillibus

hi dfm

12:15 am

dfmchfhf

hi jilli! :o)

12:15 am

jillibus

do we really need to post 4-letter clues when Lickety is up?

12:15 am

Douglas

meme is a relatively recently coined word, so it's not a big shock that it isn't in Enable.

12:15 am

dfmchfhf

mlf asked ;o)

12:15 am

dfmchfhf

I usually po4 only the longest 20%

12:16 am

MLFAN17

thanks dfm i didnt have that po word lol

12:16 am

crystalle

me8

12:16 am

jillibus

don't mind me -- I only see 4-letter words to start with, lol

12:16 am

MLFAN17

stats for the H bottom right corner please?

12:16 am

rastapopolous

so is phat, and blog, but it takes those.

12:17 am

crystalle

me7 to go with that 8

12:17 am

cosdem

back

12:18 am

knutmeg

nbt

12:18 am

melonheadjujube

hi & NBT - rather quickly

12:18 am

dfmchfhf

doesn't take blog, rast

12:18 am

jillibus

wtg knut!

12:19 am

MLFAN17

nbt

12:19 am

broll

actually, phat is in a 1978 Scrabble dictionary I have, so not new!

12:19 am

rastapopolous

No? I'm confusing my games, then. Wordsplay takes blog, I guess

12:19 am

jillibus

wtg mlf

12:19 am

cosdem

yay i got the me8

12:20 am

ARB

Enable takes phat -- it's just not in this grid

12:20 am

knutmeg

yeah, phat is one of those renewed words, I believe.

12:20 am

jillibus

hi and wtg melon

12:20 am

cosdem

why isnt topsy accepted?

12:20 am

Uneaixoise

and mopsy :-)

12:20 am

dfmchfhf

st8

12:20 am

Uneaixoise

and cottontail LOL

12:20 am

jillibus

nbt here too

12:21 am

flosey

wtg jilli

12:21 am

knutmeg

yay jilly, melon!

12:21 am

dfmchfhf

(st7)

12:21 am

bethn

l

12:22 am

crystalle

nbt nbs am off to pick up kids bbs

12:22 am

dfmchfhf

en7

12:22 am

dfmchfhf

bye crys!

12:22 am

jillibus

ttfn crys and wtg

12:22 am

cosdem

i need stats for both H :(

12:22 am

crystalle

see ya later

12:23 am

MLFAN17

oh OOPS i dont have nbt yet i have two more

12:23 am

Uneaixoise

hy4

12:23 am

Uneaixoise

hu4

12:23 am

cosdem

ty

12:23 am

dfmchfhf

hehe, hurshy is in the grid :oO

12:23 am

MLFAN17

thank you une for the hy 4 i need that one

12:24 am

cosdem

ohh the hu is a fish

12:24 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

12:24 am

MLFAN17

U stats please?

12:24 am

SpellCheck

its a fish u 4/6

12:24 am

MLFAN17

i saw that too dfm:)

12:24 am

Uneaixoise

and hu5

12:25 am

MLFAN17

spellcheck.. u what 4?

12:25 am

SpellCheck

up

12:25 am

MLFAN17

thanks spellcheck

12:25 am

SpellCheck

np

12:26 am

Uneaixoise

ne5 and 6 if not called

12:26 am

cosdem

lol oh dear that wasa another fish.. 2 4 word fishes for me

12:26 am

MLFAN17

okay now i have nbt ddint know that was a fish i know it from storybooks

12:26 am

SpellCheck

I'm not sure if you qualify it as a fish... I'm just a lurker ;-)

12:27 am

Uneaixoise

pu5 x 2

12:27 am

SpellCheck

lopsy

12:27 am

dfmchfhf

ce7

12:27 am

SpellCheck

oops sorry. and its not even a real word!

12:28 am

jillibus

flopsy, mopsy, cottontail and peter

12:28 am

cosdem

nbs/nbt 25 words

12:28 am

Uneaixoise

100 and off to bed -- nite, all *poof*

12:28 am

SpellCheck

I just need the r for NBT... any help?

12:28 am

jillibus

wd as usual, une!

12:28 am

Uneaixoise

rh4

12:28 am

cosdem

whats the other 8? i have the me

12:28 am

SpellCheck

thanx une

12:28 am

rururocks

rh 4

12:29 am

dfmchfhf

st, cos

12:29 am

MLFAN17

dfm that should be a ce 6/7 right?

12:29 am

cosdem

ty dfm

12:29 am

rururocks

120 une.. you?

12:29 am

Uneaixoise

100

12:29 am

dfmchfhf

yes mlf

12:29 am

jillibus

hi ruru

12:29 am

MLFAN17

thanks dfm i found it

12:30 am

dfmchfhf

lo6+7

12:30 am

rururocks

hi jilli

12:30 am

MLFAN17

phantom meat loaf or meatloaf:)

12:31 am

cosdem

phantom stonefly

12:31 am

dfmchfhf

phantom mnemonic?

12:31 am

MLFAN17

is the ME 8 something we should know?

12:31 am

rururocks

that's because of your initials ml

12:32 am

cosdem

mlf -- maybe. its also a movie

12:32 am

MLFAN17

ruru true but i tried to type it in as well lol

12:32 am

SpellCheck

yes, mlf... you should know the def and you should know it as well....

12:33 am

flosey

ah, thanks mlf, got the me8 and yes a regular word

12:33 am

cosdem

its plural of a me7

12:33 am

SpellCheck

yup

12:34 am

rururocks

i sure don't see it

12:34 am

cosdem

ok i give up cant find the st8

12:35 am

rururocks

thanks for the st 8 cos

12:35 am

sammysmom

pertaining to the st /7

12:35 am

cosdem

lol yw

12:35 am

MLFAN17

ruru which one are you looking for?

12:35 am

rururocks

ends with mr gore cos

12:35 am

bethn

cee n

12:35 am

rururocks

me 7/8 I can'

12:35 am

rururocks

me 7/8 I can't find

12:36 am

cosdem

i found an st8

12:36 am

MLFAN17

neither can i ruru

12:36 am

cosdem

oops i didnt.. i meant st6

12:37 am

sammysmom

an artificialopening ( as on the stomache for a bowel surgery

12:38 am

sammysmom

the st 5-6-7 and 8 are all connected

12:38 am

cosdem

found it.. i was close with the st6

12:38 am

dfmchfhf

2 po7

12:39 am

cosdem

ty got the st5-6-7-8

12:39 am

sammysmom

and if i have to go to the pb for that one, i am taking ALL the fab choklit chip cookies that walter made today with me

12:39 am

cosdem

but that got me looking for tomato which is a phantom lol

12:39 am

flosey

thanks for the st words

12:40 am

dfmchfhf

7+s done

12:41 am

MLFAN17

its st 5/12 and 621?

12:41 am

sammysmom

are the 2 po 7's related?|

12:41 am

cosdem

yes mlf

12:42 am

cosdem

the st 5-6-7-8 all hav the same first 4 letters

12:44 am

cosdem

are the po7s related/

12:44 am

dfmchfhf

not at all cos

12:44 am

cosdem

ok ty

12:47 am

SpellCheck

cos - the two I have aren't related but start with the same 4 letters.

12:48 am

MLFAN17

PO6

12:48 am

dfmchfhf

there are 3 po7s -- not related in meaning.

12:49 am

rururocks

i'm stuck

12:50 am

flosey

monkeyed the first po7, odd to me

12:50 am

dfmchfhf

phantom stamen

12:50 am

rururocks

got the me finally

12:50 am

jillibus

nbs at last

12:51 am

flosey

wtg jilli

12:51 am

flosey

me too! wasn't watching

12:51 am

jillibus

ty flosey

12:53 am

dfmchfhf

I have 18 6s... anyone have the last?
af al al am ce ce en fl la lo me ne po po so st to to

12:57 am

rururocks

you have more than I do df

12:58 am

jillibus

100 words found

12:58 am

flosey

right with you jilli!

12:58 am

dfmchfhf

yay jilli!

12:58 am

MPittore

hi babble friends...long time no babble

12:59 am

rururocks

hi MP..

12:59 am

flosey

hello MPittore, good to see you back

12:59 am

rururocks

are you okay?

12:59 am

dfmchfhf

hi MP!

12:59 am

MPittore

thank you...glad to be back

12:59 am

jillibus

hi MPitt -- what's been happening?

12:59 am

dfmchfhf

phantom atlatl

1:00 am

dfmchfhf

MP, hoping it was a voluntary hiatus...

1:00 am

MPittore

yes ru...our 20 yr old nephew was killed 12/15 then father in law died 1/21 bit of rough times for us here

1:01 am

rururocks

oh wow.. I'm sorry MP.. that's too much loss

1:01 am

flosey

so sorry to hear, such loss!

1:01 am

MPittore

if that wasn't enough mother in law fell at nephs funeral and broke pelvis in 3 places...is now in nurshing home

1:01 am

rururocks

20 is awful...to lose someone

1:01 am

MPittore

yes way too young...

1:02 am

rururocks

wow

1:02 am

rururocks

are you in your saturn cycle or something

1:03 am

MPittore

he was in single car accident...speeding...thank god passenger was not killed...he spent 5 days in shock trauma but injuries were too much..his passenger got out the day of the funeral...

1:03 am

rururocks

oh.. terrible

1:04 am

dfmchfhf

that's a lot that happened, MP... :o(

1:05 am

jillibus

oh, how awful, MPitt!

1:05 am

rururocks

two al 6's df

1:05 am

dfmchfhf

yeah, had them...

1:07 am

rururocks

were you close to the nephew MP?

1:08 am

dfmchfhf

phantom scythe

1:09 am

MPittore

thank you all...mother in law is doing well and we expect her to go into an independant living facility with some hired assistance...everyone is moving thru grieving healthily (gosh is that a word??) we have alot ahead to settle things but we are all supporting one another...we weren't super close but we still loved him and the pain was heavy but my sis in laws strong faith helped all of us.

1:10 am

rururocks

I would think the loss of a child would be the hardest thing to cope with

1:11 am

MPittore

funny how when people are in a crisis how they come together...just like in our 9/11 crisis as I'm sure all countries can relate to a similar situation...wish we were all that way all the time

1:12 am

MPittore

yes ru...I feel the same...you expect those older than you to someday die but not those younger than you...

1:12 am

jillibus

today's icon theme is appropriate

1:12 am

flosey

indeed it is, jilli

1:12 am

MPittore

oh jilli what is that?

1:12 am

jillibus

look at my icon, MPitt!

1:13 am

MPittore

ok brb

1:13 am

dfmchfhf

we need a *day* for random acts of kindness? o.0
... that tells a sad thing about society :o(

1:13 am

jillibus

just clicking on it will do!

1:15 am

MPittore

awww...jilli you are so kind...yes very appropriate!

1:15 am

jillibus

just a reminder, dfm, about the old ideas of courtesy, thoughtfulness, good manners, doing favours...

1:15 am

dfmchfhf

last 6 found -- rh6

1:16 am

MPittore

not really dfm....we have a special day to worship...it's good to set aside time for important things

1:17 am

MPittore

just put a positive spin on things....very powerful way to live...

1:18 am

MPittore

I was raised to always look for a bit of good in even the most tragic, trying experiences in life and that is what you will find and learn from...it fills you up with strength

1:19 am

dfmchfhf

always a good way to live, MP :o)

1:20 am

MPittore

yes...smiling back at 'cha!

1:20 am

flosey

true MP, as you have experienced recently, how the tragedies bring family close

1:21 am

rururocks

anyone have the hy5?

1:21 am

MPittore

waves to flosey...

1:21 am

dfmchfhf

nbt, fireworks :oD

1:22 am

MPittore

oh ru...is that a pun??? so cute...

1:22 am

rururocks

I wish Mp.. I can't find it

1:22 am

jillibus

congrats dfm

1:22 am

dfmchfhf

the hy5 is a tea, ruru

1:22 am

MPittore

gets magnifying glass out to look.....

1:24 am

dfmchfhf

looking for the positive is something I've had to teach myself, to deal with pessimism and depression... :o)

1:25 am

MPittore

ru hy+ not daughter

1:26 am

rururocks

thank you mp

1:26 am

rururocks

thanks for trying df

1:26 am

flosey

ty mp, tried hysop! of course it didn't go

1:26 am

MPittore

df yes it is a learned skill but most helpful

1:27 am

MPittore

flosey...I tried the same thing...ah great minds!!!

1:27 am

jillibus

ty MPitt

1:27 am

flosey

lol

1:27 am

MPittore

yw

1:28 am

dfmchfhf

as is the skill of ignoring anything negative my brain thinks up... >.>

1:30 am

jillibus

isn't it hyssop anyway?

1:30 am

jillibus

phant -- psyche

1:30 am

flosey

yes, jilli, but one never knows with this dictionary

1:30 am

MPittore

I believe so...

1:31 am

MPittore

df that's a good one too...we can sabbatage ourselves

1:31 am

jillibus

so tru, flosey

1:32 am

MPittore

gosh I could sure use lickety

1:32 am

jillibus

*true

1:32 am

dizgrannie

MP Lickety is up

1:32 am

jillibus

Lickety is here, MPitt

1:33 am

jillibus

hi diz

1:34 am

dizgrannie

hey Jill...NBT

1:34 am

jillibus

wtg diz

1:35 am

MPittore

I must be having operator errors...my lickety only has 112...scratching head????

1:35 am

dizgrannie

refresh MP

1:35 am

jillibus

refresh, MP?

1:36 am

jillibus

or go out and back in

1:37 am

MPittore

refresh didn't work so now...oh there it is....I feel better now....thanks

1:37 am

jillibus

:-)

1:37 am

rururocks

anyone have the me 6/21/

1:38 am

flosey

ru, add Mr. Gore to previous word

1:38 am

flosey

another oddy

1:39 am

rururocks

thank you very much jilli.. that one threw me

1:39 am

jillibus

you can say that again!

1:39 am

jillibus

I didn't do anything useful, ruru...

1:40 am

rururocks

firewurst

1:40 am

flosey

wtg ru

1:41 am

rururocks

two doozies in there

1:41 am

jillibus

hooway for woowoo!

1:41 am

dfmchfhf

what about a fl5ing sausage, ruru?

1:41 am

rururocks

*bows lowly to MP, DF, and jilli for their help*

1:42 am

jillibus

ru, you must mean flosey, not me

1:43 am

rururocks

oh gosh.. it was flosey.. thank you flosey.. I mixed up your icons

1:43 am

jillibus

but scratches ruru's ears while he is bowing -- good boy.

1:44 am

rururocks

*leg starts kicking*

1:44 am

flosey

ah, no problem ru

1:45 am

rururocks

night all.. have a big, big day tomorrow.

1:45 am

flosey

good luck tomorrow ru

1:46 am

jillibus

night ruru -- rest well

1:46 am

rururocks

muchas guacamole flosey

1:47 am

dfmchfhf

night ruru!

1:51 am

jillibus

hmf -- just posted something and it disappeared into cyberspace

1:51 am

flosey

isn't that annoying, jilli - have had that happen

1:53 am

jillibus

39 left and I'm not seeing anything more, so it's bedtime for me. Bridge tmw afternoon if there's no snow -- see y'all after that -- goodnight and *poof*

1:53 am

flosey

for me too, Jilli - way up north end

1:54 am

jillibus

flosey, we have a game in March on Demetri Way at 7 pm, ugh!

1:55 am

flosey

oh, and it's dark and lonely out there!!

1:55 am

flosey

trust you and partner are driving together

1:55 am

jillibus

I'LL BE THANKFUL FOR MY gps i think.

1:56 am

flosey

yes, you will indeed

1:56 am

jillibus

Oops, sorry about the shout. Yes, we'll go together.

1:56 am

flosey

Is. and I played with them, their first year

1:59 am

jillibus

*repoof -- g'night!*

2:00 am

flosey

g'night, have a good game tomorrow

2:17 am

flosey

well, I have 8 left but just get to bed, it'll take a bit of time driving up to north end tomorrow

2:17 am

flosey

**must get to bed

2:18 am

rbud

nite, flosey! :)

2:18 am

flosey

be back at some time tomorrow, probably late

2:26 am

rbud

whee, 99 left after 22 min... tried to get in and couldn't realized it was exactly 2:01, right in the middle of the hiccup, lol...

2:27 am

rbud

<---- probably talking to herself, haha...

2:34 am

Kazzer99

i am here rbud - been concentrating to get a big chunk in as short a time as possible - seems if i do that i can get to finish

2:35 am

sprite

hurshy you are in today's grid!

Good morning all.

2:36 am

Kazzer99

nbt for me

2:36 am

Kazzer99

morning sprite

2:36 am

rbud

hi, Kaz and sprite! :) don't let me distract you, Kaz, and yay for your nbt!

2:37 am

rbud

trying to figure out the po7 I saw hinted earlier in the chog....

2:37 am

rbud

aha, po4 and solve, lol!

2:40 am

Kazzer99

what was the clue earlier

2:43 am

sprite

btw, it is Random Acts of Kindness Day today, see also my profile.

2:44 am

Kazzer99

i am going out later so i can do some of them

2:44 am

sprite

wonderful :)

2:45 am

sprite

Kazz: they always ring twice

2:46 am

rbud

yeah, clue earlier was just "po7"

2:46 am

rbud

I always go back to the start and look for early clues, almost like being in at the flip, haha

2:47 am

Kazzer99

aha - i have got that one - also changed icon

2:48 am

sprite

wow good one, Kazz!

2:49 am

rbud

yes, I like it, too

2:49 am

sprite

why not to**-turvy?

2:49 am

sprite

I mean to***-turvy of course, sigh

2:49 am

Kazzer99

i have a special one for me tomorrow - but that will have to wait and i doublt whether the word will be in the grid - hee hee

2:50 am

sprite

will check it out tomorrow, Kazz, am curious!

2:50 am

Kazzer99

i will hve to go soon and do some work - i am suposed to be on leave but i have a huge back log to get through. i will be back tomorrow

2:51 am

sprite

good luck with all the work, Kazz, and see you tomorrow then :)

3:57 am

sprite

did the chog die or did my computer freeze?

4:00 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Sritey..just no one here i feel.

4:00 am

zoozzoom

spritey*

4:00 am

sprite

I think so too, but now you are here :) Hi zooz, how's life today? And, more important, how are you?

4:01 am

zoozzoom

Not going too well really, but hanging in..just..lol...hope you are well?

4:03 am

sprite

{{{{{{{{zooz}}}}}}}}
Some days, huh... Be extra nice to yourself today, zooz, if you can, and I am sending you buckets full of sunshine and hugs.
Yes, I am pretty ok, thanks :)

4:11 am

sprite

hang in there, zooz. Remember we love you! Lots of babblers care.

4:11 am

frogface

goooooooooooooood morning fellow babblers xxx and why bother putting the q on this grid lol

4:11 am

sprite

hiya frogface, indeed, that Q is a waste of space.

4:12 am

frogface

hiya sprite xxx

4:13 am

frogface

i like the otps square though - lots of words there lol

4:13 am

sprite

it is a fun grid, even with that dead corner.

4:20 am

frogface

omg ten minutes and nbt!!! woot woot

4:20 am

sprite

wow good one!

4:20 am

frogface

two h words indeed!!! wot they like lol

4:21 am

sprite

from the corner H? A bit unusual, but not long.

4:21 am

frogface

i got one of em - its my mission to get the other one before i carry on with rest of grid lol

4:22 am

sprite

go frogface goooooo!

4:23 am

frogface

do they both start hy?

4:23 am

sprite

yes

4:23 am

uusue2

morning, all!

4:23 am

sprite

hi uusue

4:23 am

frogface

hiya sue hows u? xxx

4:24 am

uusue2

I'm good - it's early here (I actually live in Babble time zone)

4:24 am

frogface

ooooo you mad thing you!!! wot u doing up this time of day then? (its 10.30am here lol)

4:25 am

sprite

uusue, that is not morning, that is night!

4:25 am

frogface

sprite are they both hy4?

4:25 am

uusue2

woke up, need to finish grading exams before I leave today at noon - figure I can sleep on the plane

4:25 am

uusue2

so of course, do I start grading???

4:25 am

frogface

lets hope so sue or you'll be flaked out - esp if u on a long flight!

4:26 am

sprite

froface: no, one is hy5

4:26 am

sprite

uusue, no you don't, you play babble!

4:26 am

frogface

ok ty sprite bbiab

4:27 am

sprite

bfn, frogface, see you tomorrow. Am at my last 3 now.

4:27 am

uusue2

exactly, sprite!

4:29 am

sprite

fireflies :D
Bye all, have fun with this grid and remember it is Random Acts of Kindness Day today. Pay it forward :)

*extra hug* for zooz.

4:29 am

uusue2

yay, sprite! and thanks for the kindness :-)

4:32 am

frogface

ok bye sprite see you tomorrow and GO TO SLEEP!!!!!

4:32 am

frogface

lol

4:32 am

frogface

oh im back by the way lol

4:35 am

frogface

and im off again - gota go shops and take dog for walk but will be back later. if i dont see you all later i'll see you all tomorrow

4:35 am

frogface

and as its random act of kindness day - i love you all xxx

4:37 am

uusue2

bye, frog!

4:37 am

frogface

lol bye sue - deffo off now - taraaaaaaa xxx

5:14 am

MollyL

Oh look! There is our Hurshy in the grid. Morning all.

5:30 am

lil*monkey

hurshy

5:30 am

lil*monkey

morning peeps! hurshy is not in the dictionary lol

5:33 am

redturtlehead

Hey all, I am up and about to head off to a Seaworld adventure, but am taking a moment

5:33 am

lil*monkey

i'm so glad i don't have to poop through a st5

5:34 am

redturtlehead

Ha ha me too monkey.

5:34 am

lil*monkey

LOL

5:37 am

lil*monkey

OK must dash off to work now.... byeeeeeeeeeee all & have fun Babbling :)

6:18 am

uusue2

hi, again - back for more grading and babbling for a bit...

6:44 am

car.eeyore

Wheee! NBT & NBS in 33 words! That may be a record for me!

6:51 am

MollyL

Way to go Car!

6:53 am

bichon

Good morning everyone in Babbleonia

6:53 am

uusue2

yay car, and morning, bichon and molly!

6:54 am

uusue2

I would be nbt if I had an H, and nbs if I had an 8...

6:57 am

gramma

Hi evryone. In desperation I've tried me**loaf and me***up. Once in awhile you have to try it.

6:57 am

uusue2

lol, gramma!

6:59 am

uusue2

thx for the lo4, tho...

6:59 am

gramma

I've even tried one of Peter rabbits siblings M***y

7:00 am

car.eeyore

hy 4/7

7:00 am

gramma

Oh oops! Sorry

7:00 am

uusue2

yes, I tried that and several variations

7:00 am

uusue2

thx, car - got the H, now nbt :-)

7:01 am

car.eeyore

hu 5/14

7:01 am

car.eeyore

hu 4/7

7:01 am

car.eeyore

: )

7:02 am

car.eeyore

Do you want a clue for the 8?

7:02 am

uusue2

sure :-)

7:02 am

gramma

Yes please. (Oh wait,,,you weren't asking me)

7:03 am

car.eeyore

Seashells, postcards, a dried flower, a keychain, photographs....these are all MO 8/50 of my vacation.

7:03 am

gramma

ty

7:03 am

car.eeyore

take off the s for MO 7

7:04 am

uusue2

thx, car - now nbs and time to shower...

7:04 am

car.eeyore

YVW!

7:05 am

car.eeyore

I am actually heading back to bed. Had a horrible night's sleep.

7:05 am

uusue2

meeting at 9, student at 10:30, leave for airport at 12 -

7:05 am

uusue2

sorry, car, I hate it when I can't sleep!!!

7:05 am

car.eeyore

Again, UU, you are in my thoughts and prayers. Safe travels and good luck.

7:06 am

uusue2

thx - I'll be in touch~

7:06 am

car.eeyore

7:13 am

stevedallas

how many words today?

7:13 am

Riverdance

158

7:14 am

Riverdance

good morning everyone

7:14 am

stevedallas

thanks RD

7:14 am

Anniebrook

Hi River, how are you feeling today?

7:14 am

Riverdance

not so good

7:14 am

Anniebrook

oh, sorry to hear that...hope you are home in bed

7:15 am

Riverdance

no I am at work - trying to keep busy - not only do I have this miserable cold but I lost my best friend this week - she lost her battle with cancer

7:16 am

Anniebrook

Oh my God, that is terrible..I am so very sorry to hear such news..my condolences to you and her family

7:16 am

bichon

Could I have a different clue for the mo 7/8?

7:17 am

Riverdance

thank you Annie

7:17 am

Anniebrook

bichon, memories of a vacation

7:17 am

Riverdance

sorry bichon - just started so dont have it yet

7:17 am

bichon

momento?

7:17 am

pabtrek

isn't it me7/8

7:17 am

EvaNadine

there is an ME 7-8 combo.

7:18 am

Riverdance

thanks Annie - great clue

7:18 am

bichon

Yes, that's it. I think it was clued as mo

7:19 am

Riverdance

you puppies are so cute bichon

7:19 am

bichon

ty River, we luv them so much

7:21 am

periwinkle

hello all

7:21 am

periwinkle

it is marigolds BD today but she is at work

7:21 am

bichon

Hi peri

7:21 am

Anniebrook

hi peri, HBD to marigold

7:21 am

Riverdance

hello peri

7:21 am

periwinkle

ty

7:25 am

periwinkle

help with the u pls

7:26 am

periwinkle

ursh and hurshy are in the grid today :)

7:26 am

EvaNadine

ON4 UP4 a time...

7:27 am

bichon

u is a preposition

7:27 am

Anniebrook

Once up** a time......

7:27 am

Anniebrook

Evan beat me to it

7:27 am

periwinkle

ty Eva and Annie, nbt\

7:27 am

periwinkle

bbl

7:27 am

EvaNadine

to the PB with you, annie. ;)

7:28 am

MollyL

Good God. Why were the me 7 and 8 clued as MOs earlier?

7:28 am

EvaNadine

molly, yes, i think they were.

7:28 am

Anniebrook

*off I trudge------

7:29 am

bichon

there are 8 wordw from the c?

7:29 am

Anniebrook

car. did but I still got it from her description of the word

7:29 am

EvaNadine

so the grid claims, bichon. ive got 4 of them...

7:30 am

bichon

I only have the coin. Are they all ce's?

7:30 am

EvaNadine

oh, make that 5 of them.

7:30 am

EvaNadine

4 of my 5 are CE. just got a CY.

7:30 am

MollyL

Don't forget to be a little Spanish with that c.

7:30 am

Anniebrook

ce 6 and 7 ----concrete

7:31 am

EvaNadine

thanks molly. thats 7 of them now. :)

7:31 am

bichon

Now I have 7 out of the 8

7:31 am

Riverdance

its al5 sugaring time so of course sy5 is in the grid

7:35 am

MollyL

It must be awesome to tap your own from a tree.

7:36 am

Riverdance

we do - you cant get any better sy5 than that

7:39 am

gramma

River, I could tell you're a New Englander with that kind of clue.

7:39 am

gramma

How is your son doing?

7:39 am

Riverdance

we are neighbors gramma

7:40 am

Riverdance

he is doing great - back to the active kid he was - playing soccer and snowboarding - you would never know he went through all the trouble with his heart last year

7:40 am

gramma

You have the east coast and we have the west coast of NE. (meaning the Champlain Valley or the banana belt of Vt)

7:41 am

gramma

That's great. I'm happy for you both.

7:41 am

Riverdance

thank you - I am very proud of him and how he handled it all - he is a great kid

7:41 am

MollyL

Good news about your boy River. Glad to hear it.

7:42 am

Riverdance

thanks Molly

7:42 am

uusue2

yes, river, great news about your son, and so sorry to hear about your friend!

7:42 am

gramma

SY5 before the sap?

7:43 am

gramma

nm I got it

7:43 am

Riverdance

NOOOOOO - trees were tapped yesterday so hopefully the sap will start running today with the warm weather coming

7:43 am

Riverdance

thanks uusue

7:44 am

MollyL

One of those weird words Gramma.

7:44 am

bichon

clue for that sy 5?

7:45 am

Riverdance

what do you put on your pancakes bichon

7:45 am

uusue2

I

7:45 am

uusue2

I'll second that, bichon - the one before the pancake sauce

7:45 am

bichon

I thought there was another one River?

7:45 am

MollyL

The other sy5 is sy + what you do with your eyes, alternate spelling

7:45 am

Riverdance

oops - dont know - havent listed yet

7:46 am

Anniebrook

thanks, molly

7:46 am

SeaSpray

Good morning...beautiful little girls Gramma!

7:46 am

uusue2

thx, molly, you are right, it is weird

7:46 am

bichon

ty Molly, another weird word

7:46 am

Riverdance

thanks - great clue

7:47 am

gramma

ty Sea, I'd like to say I made them myself; but, my son and daughter-in-law did.

7:48 am

SeaSpray

lol They did a great job

7:48 am

SeaSpray

maybe job is not the correct term lol

7:48 am

gramma

Not bad work for a couple of rookies

7:48 am

bichon

My children won't allow me to put grandkids pictures anywhere on the web

7:49 am

Anniebrook

name that proper noun, Little Eva's friend in Uncle Tom's Cabin
E

7:49 am

gramma

I asked about Babble and they said yeppers

7:49 am

SeaSpray

Annie I just finished reading that

7:49 am

Anniebrook

great book

7:50 am

SeaSpray

I bought it when I went to Gettysburg, had never read it in my 57 years

7:50 am

gramma

I have never read it. I know that's wrong. Off to the library this weekend

7:51 am

gramma

Right now I need to get to work. See you all later.

7:51 am

SeaSpray

gramma have you read "The Help"

7:51 am

Riverdance

bye gramma - have a great day

7:51 am

Riverdance

The Help was a great book

7:51 am

SeaSpray

bye

7:52 am

SeaSpray

Yes it was...am thinking about reading it again

7:52 am

gramma

Sea, yes I have. I loved it. I took it so personally, that I didn't understand how others could enjoy it.

7:52 am

Riverdance

I will at some point too

7:53 am

SeaSpray

Must get ready for a visit to the cardiologist with my dad...wish me luck

7:53 am

Riverdance

good luck seaspray

7:53 am

gramma

Poof!

7:53 am

uusue2

good luck, seaspray!!!

7:53 am

Anniebrook

Sea, I hope he hears good news

7:54 am

Riverdance

I should get to work now - bbl for the second half - happy babbling everyone

7:54 am

SeaSpray

ty River...he is in congestive heart failure...follow up after last week

7:54 am

uusue2

bye, river!

7:54 am

SeaSpray

bye all

7:54 am

Anniebrook

bye river

7:54 am

Riverdance

my mother - in -law is suffering from the same - healing thoughts are with you sea

7:55 am

Riverdance

bye for now

7:57 am

MollyL

No one got Topsy?

7:58 am

Anniebrook

No one except you, molly

8:01 am

Uneaixoise

tried topsy AND mopsy! LOL

8:01 am

uusue2

me too, une!

8:02 am

Anniebrook

Hi Une!

8:02 am

Uneaixoise

hey, annie :-)

8:03 am

Uneaixoise

grabbing coffee -- back in a mo

8:03 am

MollyL

Annie, does that mean we are the only ones old enough to know about Uncle Tom's Cabin? :-(

8:04 am

JBV

Hi, Babblers - Une your flower is beautiful!

8:04 am

JBV

and Molly, I actually read Uncle Tom's Cabin as a little girl - didn't understand most of it, but I do remember the scene on the icy river - it scared me

8:05 am

Anniebrook

It scared me too..jbv

8:05 am

Anniebrook

drat, phone

8:05 am

JBV

I grew up on the books my mother and aunts had read in the 20s and 30s when they were in school

8:06 am

JBV

Captains Courageous, Kidnapped, Treasure Island, Ivanhoe, etc. - I was much too young for most of them, but I can say I definitely read them

8:07 am

Anniebrook

and I loved Edna Ferber's books too

8:07 am

JBV

yes, Edna Ferber too -

8:07 am

JBV

remember in those days there was no such thing as "kid lit" - we were probably better off for it (do I sound like a dinosaur?)

8:08 am

JBV

today's kids are not reading the classics at all -

8:08 am

MollyL

No JBV, you actually sound very well read. All those books are classics. And no, today's kids have no clue about classics. Shame.

8:08 am

Anniebrook

No they are not..Harry Potter is good reading but what about Dickens

8:08 am

JBV

Harry Potter is what they think of as great literature - okay off my soapbox

8:09 am

JBV

yes, great literature is my haven, Molly - I truly find inspiration and serenity in spending a few hours with the great minds of history

8:09 am

MollyL

You two are hilarious, both coming up with Harry Potter at the same time.

8:10 am

JBV

and I did read Harry Potter, so I know of what I speak :)

8:10 am

MollyL

I love the Harry Potter books. And they have their place in the great scheme of things. Just as Dickens, Melville and Ferber.

8:12 am

Mark Jones

Hello my friends!

8:12 am

JBV

hi Mark

8:12 am

Mark Jones

Hello JBV. How are you?

8:13 am

Silver Rocket

What defines a 'classic' is pretty shaky though. Dickens was never considered a classic writer in his day, I don't think, but more of a pulp novelist churning out the novels to keep his head above water. All perspective, I suppose..

8:13 am

JBV

fine, Mark - we're talking about books -

8:14 am

Mark Jones

Awesome. One of my favorite topics. Who about?

8:14 am

JBV

well, join in - what are you reading these days?

8:14 am

JBV

very true, Silver

8:15 am

Mark Jones

I just read Romeo And Juliet a second time, and also Othello.

8:15 am

JBV

timeless - I saw an interesting production of Romeo and Juliet here recently - Romeo was Black and Juliet was Hispanic and the entire dialogue was bilingual - the Capulets only spoke Spanish - it worked! (for a bilingual audience0

8:16 am

Mark Jones

Wow.

8:16 am

Silver Rocket

that's so cool, JBV! Having read Romeo and Juliet in Spanish first (my mother tongue) and English later, it felt really magical reading it in English.

8:17 am

JBV

it was great, Silver - a local theater group here in New Brunswick, NJ

8:17 am

Mark Jones

Cool. No one knows where i live.

8:18 am

JBV

you live here, Mark

8:18 am

Mark Jones

Where is here?

8:18 am

Silver Rocket

I'd love to see an English production one day. Spanish productions are pretty good but tend to get a bit...flouncy ;)

8:18 am

JBV

Babble chat

8:18 am

Mark Jones

Clever, clever, clever.

8:19 am

JBV

where are you Silver - if I may ask?

8:19 am

uusue2

Hi again, all! Back briefly while finishing my tea -

8:20 am

Mark Jones

Hey uu!

8:20 am

JBV

hi uusue

8:21 am

Silver Rocket

sure, JBV. I'm in Sevilla - Southern Spain.

8:21 am

JBV

oh, so beautiful! I was there once in my other life - lovely memories

8:21 am

Mark Jones

LUCKY!

8:22 am

uusue2

will be heading to New Jersey tonight, staying a little over 2 weeks - dorens and I will try to get together. anyone else interested? you can find my contact info through my profile (OK to email me at work)

8:22 am

Silver Rocket

Oh yes - lived here all my life and love it! :) Hoping to actually travel abroad for the first time in my life next year though - scary!

8:22 am

JBV

oh, I'd love to meet you uusue - Doren has my contact info -

8:22 am

Mark Jones

Can i have a hint for either 8?

8:23 am

JBV

me 8/50 - it's a plural - souvenirs of Sevilla

8:24 am

JBV

scary exciting Silver - where are you going?

8:24 am

Mark Jones

?

8:25 am

uusue2

souvenirs in general, really, Mark, and the singular is also in the grid

8:25 am

Mark Jones

I thought memoir, but that isn't in the puzzle.

8:25 am

Silver Rocket

hopefully to study at a partner university in England! Definitely exciting.

8:26 am

JBV

you're almost there Mark -

8:26 am

Silver Rocket

Mark, could also be me + a brand of mints

8:26 am

uusue2

not quite, mark, but good start :-)

8:26 am

JBV

uusue I just emailed you

8:27 am

Silver Rocket

me + a brand of mints that go crazy when you put them in diet coke, I might add ;)

8:27 am

uusue2

got it, jbv :-)

8:27 am

Mark Jones

Thanks silver!

8:27 am

JBV

I went to Spain for the first time as an undergraduate - went back 6 more times!

8:27 am

Mark Jones

ME TOO!

8:27 am

Silver Rocket

you're welcome :)

8:27 am

Silver Rocket

oh, you did?? how great - where did you go?

8:28 am

Mark Jones

to silver, i meant.

8:28 am

Silver Rocket

I'm glad you enjoyed it enough to come back 6 times...I have resolved to go the states one day

8:28 am

JBV

first summer was Madrid, then a 2-week tour around the north - Santiago de Compostela, etc., second summer was Granada, CÃ³rdoba, Sevilla

8:28 am

JBV

after that it was mostly Madrid and environs

8:29 am

JBV

I had some friends there

8:29 am

JBV

I was a Spanish major

8:29 am

Mark Jones

I have been to many places. States, Israel, Jordan, England, Dominican Republic, Turks and Cacaos...

8:30 am

uusue2

and the Andromeda galaxy, apparently, mark - I am jealous! :-)

8:30 am

Mark Jones

LOL

8:30 am

uusue2

ok, computer is getting packed - bbl!!!

8:31 am

Mark Jones

See ya uu

8:32 am

Silver Rocket

that's great, JBV! I would love to be able to travel like that - even around my own country, since I haven't seen much of it. Never really strayed far outside Andalusia.

8:32 am

Silver Rocket

and oops, I'd better go if I actually want a grade on the assignment that's due in today. See you later!

8:32 am

JBV

Bye, Silver, hasta pronto!

8:33 am

Mark Jones

Bye Silver!

8:33 am

Mark Jones

Just you and me, JBV.

8:33 am

JBV

I haven't been finding too many words, busy chatting

8:34 am

Mark Jones

Yeah, i have 47 total.

8:34 am

JBV

68 here

8:36 am

Mark Jones

OK JBV, sorry, i have to go now too. I have 2nd period coming. I will see you later though. BBL

8:37 am

JBV

bye Mark -

8:37 am

ivesy3

me 4/6 plz

8:37 am

JBV

tosh

8:37 am

JBV

oops

8:37 am

Judi

Thanks, JBV!

8:38 am

Matches

clue for po 7/44

8:38 am

JBV

me 4/6 - a short note

8:38 am

JBV

hi Judi

8:38 am

wvteach

good morning all

8:38 am

JBV

po 4/5 + adolescent ending

8:39 am

wvteach

neam
meat

8:39 am

JBV

hi wv and hi matches

8:39 am

wvteach

neam

8:39 am

wvteach

sorry

8:39 am

MollyL

Teach, there are lots of good breakfast goodies in the PB. : D

8:40 am

Judi

I'd trade you "mosh", but it's not accepted. *scratches head*

8:40 am

wvteach

i hope so - guess i will be needing them - will also b ring my tea cup for comfort

8:40 am

JBV

that's my cue, Molly - just realized I'm hungry, taking a break, see you later

8:40 am

Matches

JBV ty but got that one. Think your clue was for 7/32

8:40 am

JBV

oh yes, sorry Matches

8:41 am

JBV

don't have the other 7

8:41 am

Kallia

people who deliver the mail

8:41 am

Kallia

hello all

8:42 am

Riverdance

I think topsy should be an accepted word - hello again

8:42 am

PastorJ

the other po7 is strength (think medicines)

8:42 am

Judi

I have hysop growing in my garden, but that's not accepted either. DAMMIT!

8:42 am

Kallia

yea topsy turvey

8:42 am

MollyL

po 6/21 is in the grid. WHERE IS SOODLE???

8:43 am

Matches

ty pastor, that's the one I was missing

8:43 am

MollyL

(po6 is Irish bootleg)

8:43 am

PastorJ

yw - you happened to ask for one of the few i have!

8:44 am

ivesy3

cant seem to see the me 4/6 plz

8:45 am

Riverdance

me4/6 short letter

8:45 am

jessmom

me + Disney's Finding Ne**

8:46 am

Riverdance

4 more before I can list - struggling....ugh!

8:47 am

ivesy3

whew ths.. was going wrong way lol

8:48 am

Judi

Phffth. Join the crowd, ivesy.

9:09 am

kje

sy clues,besides maple toppinng?

9:11 am

LuvWordGames

sy 4/7 sy + a penny = 1 **nt

9:11 am

kje

ty, fially monkeyed it

9:11 am

Anniebrook

sy 6/16----sy and use your eyes...variant spelling

9:11 am

kje

ty

9:12 am

kje

FW and I am off to work

9:12 am

LuvWordGames

wtg kje!

9:12 am

Anniebrook

congrats, kje and bye

9:13 am

uusue2

hi again, all!

9:14 am

wvteach

halfway, NBT and NBS - time for some breakfast

9:14 am

LuvWordGames

hi sue

9:14 am

uusue2

In my office now, apparently I don't have a 9:00 meeting after all...

9:14 am

uusue2

so maybe I can finish grading exams before I go!

9:20 am

HelenaB

I echo that Topsy is a word! (and hi all)

9:21 am

Mr Bob

Good morning all

9:22 am

LuvWordGames

I was just thinking the same thing Helena

9:23 am

uusue2

Hi, mr bob!

9:30 am

Anniebrook

fireworks

9:30 am

wvteach

congrats annie

9:32 am

Anniebrook

must run, bye dear babblers

9:33 am

wvteach

have a good day annie

9:34 am

MPittore

fw

9:37 am

jmcnrick

whoo hooo MP!

9:40 am

uusue2

yay mp!

9:41 am

wvteach

congrats MP

9:41 am

jmcnrick

hi I thought i was alone for a minute

9:44 am

wvteach

just many quiet lurkers today

9:44 am

mkg

any more clues for the sy 6? have a 4 and 5 but not six

9:44 am

jmcnrick

no enough coffee

9:44 am

ivesy3

to 4/6 plz

9:44 am

mkg

also would love a clue for the r word on left column

9:45 am

mkg

oh never mind. got the r word. sorry.

9:45 am

jmcnrick

rh4/6

9:45 am

wvteach

there is no sy 6 - there is a sy 4 and 2 sy 5

9:45 am

jmcnrick

there are two sy5

9:45 am

mkg

oh ok. anniebrook wrote sy 6.

9:46 am

uusue2

hi, jmc!!! and mkg!! I am grading exams so pop up occasionally...

9:46 am

jmcnrick

one is what you put on pancakes and the other is an extension of the sy4

9:46 am

jmcnrick

EEK!

9:47 am

jmcnrick

hi uu! you startled me

9:47 am

mkg

ty got those.

9:47 am

o-o

Hello, Dr_God.

9:47 am

mkg

any clue for the u word?

9:47 am

jmcnrick

is Dr_God here?

9:47 am

jmcnrick

and hi and wb BR!

9:47 am

uusue2

:-) sorry, jmc, didn't mean to be in stealth mode

9:48 am

o-o

Hello

9:48 am

uusue2

up4/6, common word

9:48 am

ivesy3

clue for to 4/6 plz

9:48 am

jmcnrick

you are right as usual BR! Hi Dr_God come to peak in on your creation?

9:48 am

jmcnrick

how are you doing BR? haven't seen you for ages

9:48 am

Kaplan the Magne

Hey jm.

9:49 am

mkg

ty. got up.

9:49 am

crosshair

good morning everyone:)

9:50 am

mkg

hi all newcomers.

9:50 am

o-o

I have not succumbed to being food for the worms yet. Thanks for asking. Hope you are well and smiling.

9:50 am

uusue2

Hi, crossy!

9:50 am

crosshair

howdy uu:)))

9:51 am

jmcnrick

glad to hear it BR

9:51 am

jmcnrick

other than an occasional mild panic about not have a job next fall i am okay

9:51 am

jmcnrick

hi kap

9:52 am

o-o

Good luck with finding one.

9:52 am

jmcnrick

nbt

9:52 am

Kaplan the Magne

still a little weak today...but must see clients this evening.

9:52 am

mkg

isnt metop something? maybe it is a brand.

9:52 am

jmcnrick

well i am trying to wait for the right one at this point

9:52 am

Kaplan the Magne

Blew off the morning though.

9:53 am

jmcnrick

next fall i may decide to grab what is ever out there

9:53 am

crosshair

do not worry jmc,work is highly overrated.plus trying to worry about something that far in the future is like trying to empty the ocean with a teaspoon.a million and one things can and will happen from now to then

9:53 am

Riverdance

change the first letter mkg and you got a word

9:53 am

jmcnrick

how were your clients yesterday kap? your tummy feeling better

9:53 am

HelenaB

thanks, river

9:54 am

jmcnrick

work may be overrated but paying my bills is not

9:54 am

Kaplan the Magne

i was only able to see two- had to cancel two- felt like crap.

9:54 am

Kaplan the Magne

i was only able to see two- had to cancel two- felt like crap.

9:54 am

jmcnrick

river did i tell you i was coming to austin in october and we are having a babble meet up?

9:54 am

ivesy3

to 4/6 plz

9:54 am

jmcnrick

i trust you canceled the squabbling couple kap

9:54 am

Kaplan the Magne

Ohhh, yeah.

9:54 am

Riverdance

Austin like in Texas?

9:55 am

jmcnrick

i am so sorry ivesy i am still looking for it myself

9:55 am

mkg

ty.

9:55 am

dianedecoder

trying, ivesy ;-) good morning !

9:55 am

jmcnrick

as far as I know that is the only austin so yes

9:55 am

jmcnrick

hi diane

9:55 am

Riverdance

quite far for me but hope you have lots of fun

9:55 am

ivesy3

ok ty.vm its a stickler ... good morning all

9:55 am

dianedecoder

hi jmc :-)

9:55 am

mkg

kaplan are you a shrink? or what?

9:56 am

Kaplan the Magne

something like that.

9:56 am

jmcnrick

it is the first weekend in Oct -- I am a keynote speaker on Saturday at a regional meeting

9:56 am

o-o

to + the yellow pages are in the **one book

9:56 am

wvteach

to 4/6 - add one more consonant to the very peak of something

9:56 am

jmcnrick

ty BR!

9:56 am

Riverdance

thats great jmc

9:56 am

dianedecoder

oh for goodness sakes.... thanks BR

9:56 am

jmcnrick

you are in Houston right river?

9:56 am

ivesy3

oh ty!

9:56 am

Kaplan the Magne

don't I just reek of compassion?

9:57 am

Riverdance

no - I am in New Hampshire

9:57 am

uusue2

thx for the to4/6, all!

9:57 am

jmcnrick

*sniffs* no you don't smell bad at all

9:57 am

uusue2

cool on being the keynote, jmc!!!

9:57 am

crosshair

crossy does not need a shrink,he is comfortable with his neuroses

9:58 am

jmcnrick

*smack* that's right river sorry for some reason i always gets your local switched with sciencegeek! dumb dumb dumb!

9:58 am

MollyL

Hope you feel better Kap.

9:58 am

Judi

Did you get your neu roses for Valentine's Day, Crossy??

9:58 am

Kaplan the Magne

Some days I douse myself in Compassion. Other days Empathy, and then I have an expensive bottle of YTYGT?

9:59 am

jmcnrick

i told them when they invited me i would not be the director of the center then and wouldn't have my feelings hurt if that meant they didn't want me but they said they wanted me any war

9:59 am

Kaplan the Magne

That is, "You think you got troubles?" the new scent designed by Lindsay Lohan.

9:59 am

jmcnrick

*giggle* I mean way of course

9:59 am

jmcnrick

lol kap i may need to get me some of that!

9:59 am

Kaplan the Magne

I'm pale and wan today.

9:59 am

crosshair

lol,do not remind me judi.my son asked me "dad,how much does it cost to get married?" i told him" i do not know son,i am still paying" :)))

9:59 am

uusue2

lol, kap!

10:00 am

MollyL

YTYGT is the fragrance for people averse to those with AAMS...All About Me Syndrome.

10:00 am

uusue2

(the scent, kap, not the pale and wan...)

10:00 am

HelenaB

halfway!

10:01 am

uusue2

So I tell my students exactly which metric prefixes they need to know. Then I ask for about half of them on the test. Some of them get NONE of them right. Sigh.

10:01 am

wvteach

congrats helena

10:01 am

Kaplan the Magne

Will we ever fin out who it IS all about?

10:01 am

Kaplan the Magne

find

10:02 am

crosshair

lol keep trying them on metric uu,someday the states is going to have to join the rest of the planet;))

10:02 am

uusue2

well, it is physics for engineers, they should know it. Harumpf.

10:03 am

jmcnrick

its all about ME of course

10:03 am

mkg

af clue?

10:03 am

crosshair

ahh,i though you were teach grade school kids:)

10:03 am

jmcnrick

BR that video looks really interesting but too long to look at now

10:03 am

Riverdance

a + what is on the end of a cigarette lighter when lit

10:03 am

uusue2

nope, university, crossy. Although some of them act like grade school kids.

10:03 am

wvteach

af - a + fl 5/18

10:03 am

o-o

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Mental health is not just the absence of mental disorder. It is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community.

10:04 am

Kaplan the Magne

It is all about Sam Lapidus, formerly of Yonkers, lately of Boca Raton.

10:04 am

o-o

An excellent video.

10:04 am

MollyL

We tried metric. Thought it was stupid and went back to normal.

10:04 am

uusue2

(trying to find the link to BR's video)

10:04 am

jmcnrick

uh Molly that is not what uu is talking about

10:05 am

mkg

ty
! got it.

10:05 am

jmcnrick

it is in his profile uu

10:05 am

crosshair

lol,br,someone whose cheese has slid off their cracker is most comfortable and serene with their state of being just before everything goes up in a big mushroom cloud

10:05 am

uusue2

oh, thx, jmc!

10:05 am

jmcnrick

btw wd helen (chog moving fast)

10:06 am

jmcnrick

okay coffee is ready and got a pile of work

10:06 am

MollyL

No JMC, that is what Cross was talking about.

10:06 am

jmcnrick

must keep law practice alive in case there is no job.

10:06 am

o-o

Be well, jmc

10:06 am

jmcnrick

oh i see that now molly -- nm

10:06 am

uusue2

bye, jmc!!

10:07 am

jmcnrick

thanks BR and don't be a stranger

10:07 am

jmcnrick

*poof*

10:07 am

crosshair

do what we do up here with the big jobs are in limbo,combine 2 or 3 mcjobs till something opens up

10:09 am

uusue2

anyway, I am asking them things like how many hertz is one gigahertz - this is common to all systems (answer:10^9)

10:09 am

o-o

I put a band aid where it hertz

10:10 am

crosshair

so,a gigahertz is a really,really big car rental place?;)))))

10:10 am

MollyL

Gigahertz...that is a vehicle a band rents to haul their equipment...right?

10:10 am

scribekd

uusue2-I believe that some engineers made mistakes confusing the metric on the Hubble telescope when it was first launched-you're in there trying to teach them!

10:10 am

uusue2

REALLY BIG equipment, Molly :-)

10:10 am

crosshair

or is that a megahertz? lol

10:11 am

uusue2

confusion between English and metric units caused one of the Mars missions to crash :-(

10:11 am

uusue2

the Hubble was a different problem, I think (but I would have to look it up, which I will do later...)

10:12 am

crosshair

yeas remember when measuring out that rocket fuel,our old imperial gallon is 4.11 litres and the U.S gallon is 3.78;P

10:12 am

uusue2

also, how many bytes in a terabyte - you can buy terabyte disk drives now... (answer: 10^12)

10:12 am

Riverdance

fireworks for me- must get back to work - have a great day everyone

10:12 am

shoolessdwarf

Hello ladles a jellyspoons. How are we all?

10:12 am

crosshair

yaa for river!!

10:12 am

uusue2

yay, river!

10:13 am

wvteach

congrats river

10:13 am

crosshair

howdy dwarf

10:13 am

shoolessdwarf

Well done river!

10:14 am

uusue2

hi, dwarf!

10:14 am

Riverdance

thanks - bye

10:14 am

uusue2

anyway, just graded an exam where they couldn't do any of the actual physics problems but got all the prefixes right - sigh

10:15 am

uusue2

but for the most part they are doing pretty well

10:17 am

crosshair

remember everyone read my profile and join the babble folding at home team

10:18 am

crosshair

there are some teams out there with over 1000 members and we cannot get to 100? for shame!

10:18 am

uusue2

done, crossy! (although my home computer is packed for travel at the moment, so not processing until I unpack later...)

10:19 am

crosshair

tyvm uu:)

10:20 am

crosshair

there is also a folding at home link at the bottom of the babble page thanks to our dr_g

10:25 am

crosshair

ok,crossy is done pimping:)

10:31 am

crosshair

and i have the 150000 point certificate and can e-mail it to those babble folders who wish for a copy

10:32 am

uusue2

cool :-) although I feel like I haven't been folding long enough yet...

10:32 am

crosshair

when you join,you are part of the team

10:33 am

uusue2

nice, crossy, I would happily accept in that case - you can find my email through my profile

10:33 am

crosshair

but from here on out i will issue at 500,000 increments for those who want one

10:35 am

wvteach

am trying to install it now - kept reading your info about it - think it is a great idea

10:36 am

crosshair

uu it is choking on that e-mail addy got another?

10:37 am

uusue2

uusuzanne@yahoo.com

10:38 am

crosshair

ol,sent

10:38 am

uusue2

tyvm!

10:38 am

crosshair

and we will be glad to have you with us wv

10:39 am

crosshair

and remember,you can turn this on and off as you wish,it does not need to be running non stop if you do not wish it and it will remember your place mid-fold

10:43 am

HelenaB

also, meme is totally a word, but babble won't take it

10:44 am

MollyL

And a widely recognizable word too Helena.

10:44 am

crosshair

hopefully dr_updates enable when he ships the new build

10:45 am

crosshair

dr_g

10:46 am

HelenaB

can someone help with the third me4/5? I'm stuck

10:47 am

crosshair

a note,something to eat,and a roast

10:47 am

uusue2

got the cert, crossy, and printed and posted it :-)

10:47 am

crosshair

very cool

10:48 am

uusue2

I agree, helena! Tried it myself...

10:48 am

crosshair

you can use the paint program to tweak the size and orientation before you print it off

10:48 am

wvteach

3rd me 4/5 - people get together

10:49 am

HelenaB

oh wow, i'm hopeless! thanks teach

10:49 am

HelenaB

thanks others as well!

10:49 am

uusue2

my printer does that, crossy :-)

10:50 am

crosshair

cool:)

10:51 am

Judi

Huzzah. Fireworks!

10:51 am

uusue2

yay, judi!

10:51 am

crosshair

yaa for judi!!

10:51 am

wvteach

congrats judi

10:51 am

Judi

There's some weirdo words in here today.

10:52 am

Judi

Hurshy's in the grid, too!

10:54 am

MollyL

me 6/21 would qualify as one of those weird words.

10:55 am

PMS

,

10:56 am

uusue2

so one of my students, in order to convert 50 cm to meters, converted cm and meters to inches...(and got it wrong)...sigh

10:57 am

hurshy

I'M IN THE GRID?!?!?!

10:57 am

hurshy

whoopeee!

10:57 am

hurshy

"hursh" has been in before but i've never seen the full "hurshy" until today. how very exciting!

10:58 am

wvteach

you are SPECIAL !!

10:58 am

uusue2

yay, hurshy! Many of us have already found you :-)

10:58 am

hurshy

now i feel like i have to apologize for the weirdo words that judi says have come along with me :)

10:58 am

Judi

And I certainly didn't mean to imply that you are weird, Hurshy.

10:59 am

hurshy

i know. although i kind of am. :)

11:00 am

MollyL

Ah, and now that Hursh is here...name that proper noun! Richie Cunningham's friend.

11:01 am

Judi

POTSY!

11:01 am

hurshy

potsy! although i am not sure that is how he spelled it

11:01 am

MollyL

Ding Judi, Ding Hursh! You can spell any way you want in this game.

11:03 am

hurshy

no no, it's "the enable game" in which you can spell things any way you want. that's where you go around saying thing like "i saw a moal yesterday"

11:04 am

uusue2

and I just saw a plone fly overhead, or maybe it was a plame

11:04 am

hurshy

it flew ryte ovur you?

11:05 am

uusue2

drekly overhed.

11:06 am

hurshy

(usually i pull even my misspellings from the grid, lol)

11:06 am

uusue2

ah, trying to grade exams so I pulled them out of my ear this time...

11:07 am

hurshy

well, you know, it is the enable game, so, why should it matter?

11:07 am

frogface

gooooooooooooooooood evening fellow babblers xxx

11:07 am

uusue2

hey, frog!

11:07 am

hurshy

hello, frogface. welcome to my grid.

11:07 am

frogface

hi hurshy and sue

11:08 am

frogface

sue have u had your sleep???

11:09 am

uusue2

not as much as i need, obviously :-)

11:09 am

frogface

it was you on the flight today wasnt it sue?

11:09 am

uusue2

and grading exams fries my brain after a while

11:09 am

uusue2

I leave for the airport in about an hour (starts grading even faster...)

11:09 am

hurshy

exams in what subject?

11:10 am

frogface

lmao - well you make sure you rest up so you have a clear marking head

11:10 am

uusue2

calculus-based university physics

11:10 am

hurshy

sweet

11:10 am

uusue2

They are SO much easier to grade if they do the problems RIGHT!!!

11:10 am

hurshy

i hear ya.

11:11 am

GardeNom

lol r u a professer

11:11 am

uusue2

I am indeed. Details in my profile.

11:11 am

GardeNom

nice i ust read

11:12 am

GardeNom

I am a student that often plays this in homeroom :)

11:12 am

GardeNom

im not very good though :/

11:13 am

uusue2

we are all learning all the time, garde

11:13 am

GardeNom

yes, yes we are well said

11:14 am

crosshair

yup,learn new things every day "the only stupid question is the one that is never asked"

11:17 am

hurshy

i don't actually believe that. there are some other stupid questions, in my opinion. for instance, if i were to ask you, "so, crossy, are you from canada?", having known you for much time in the chog, and seeing your flag, and so on, i think one could fairly consider that a stupid question.

11:18 am

hurshy

stupid questions are not always asked by stupid people, either. often, but not always.

11:18 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! a brand of dog food

11:18 am

GardeNom

very true

11:19 am

frogface

unless they were born elsewhere and moved to canada of course, then they would be "from" somewhere else, and not from canada, so not a stupid question lol

11:19 am

GardeNom

hmmm too much to think about, MALFUNCTION

11:19 am

hurshy

well frogface, it's the internet, so everyone could be lying about all that stuff anyway, but, you see what i mean.

11:20 am

frogface

v v true

11:20 am

GardeNom

ask watson the jeopardy playing computer

11:20 am

crosshair

see hurshy,not a stupid question,yes i am in canada now but was not born here.i was born in the U.K

11:21 am

hurshy

ok, so change the "from" in my original post to "in", and THEN it can be a stupid question.

11:21 am

crosshair

knowledge gained is never stupid;)

11:21 am

hurshy

i'm glad watson didn't do as well yesterday as the first day. the first day i thought, they need to reset his timing to the average time it takes a human to ring in, because they just could not get an answer in edgewise.

11:22 am

GardeNom

wastons sort of a jerk

11:23 am

frogface

if i type in psyche one more time im gonna go madd

11:23 am

hurshy

how ironic, frog

11:23 am

crosshair

computers are only as smart as those who programme them

11:23 am

GardeNom

lol

11:23 am

MollyL

Alpo!

11:23 am

hurshy

and apparently the people who programmed watson failed to tell him that toronto is in canada, not the US.

11:23 am

crosshair

woof!

11:23 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!

11:24 am

GardeNom

lol I need to watch this tonight

11:24 am

crosshair

lol

11:24 am

MollyL

Isn't the Jeopardy thing over?

11:24 am

GardeNom

I hurt my ribcage at wrestling practice thats why im not at school :O

11:24 am

hurshy

yes, it was just 2 rounds, 3 days.

11:24 am

GardeNom

eh its on on demand

11:25 am

hurshy

but garde, you might enjoy tonight's, as it's the beginning of the teen tournament. perhaps a cute gal will catch your eye.

11:25 am

frogface

fancy dictionary not letting me have mentos lol

11:25 am

crosshair

were you trying for gardengnome ?

11:25 am

MollyL

There is probably some of the Watson stuff on YouTube.

11:26 am

hurshy

(yes, i am making the sexist assumption that as a wrestler, gardenom is a male - but statistically that IS very likely)

11:26 am

GardeNom

nooo my nickname is GardeNom

11:26 am

GardeNom

oh GardeNoms a girl

11:26 am

crosshair

cvool,well anyways crossy must head to work.tc all and happy babbling

11:26 am

hurshy

you would have to go and violate all the statistics.

11:26 am

frogface

bye bye cross

11:26 am

crosshair

poof!

11:27 am

GardeNom

ya i went there

11:27 am

uusue2

bye, crossy!

11:27 am

GardeNom

our ca=oach has no problem with it

11:27 am

hurshy

i had a female friend in college who wrestled. so i haven't really got a problem with it either. i only object because you made me guess wrong.

11:28 am

GardeNom

he's cool we have 8 girls on our team

11:28 am

GardeNom

only 5 wrestle

11:29 am

hurshy

*scratches head*

11:32 am

GardeNom

the other 3 manage the team

11:36 am

hurshy

ah.

11:36 am

GardeNom

yup,

11:42 am

hurshy

free random princess bride clue: "BUT you have to wait fifteen minutes for full po7 AND you shouldn't go in swimming after for what, an hour?" "yeah, a good hour."

11:44 am

MollyL

Inconceivable!!

11:44 am

uusue2

grading is done!!!! now I just have to record them, so that's 160 tests that don't need to fly to NJ and back!!!

11:47 am

stidmama

well done sue!

11:48 am

stidmama

hey all. I am working on my paper... not very hard yet, but getting there. I am excited to be now mostly "polishing" the writing. Have to expunge about 8 pages worth of material though. *sigh*

11:53 am

MollyL

*Hands Stid Godiva as a reward*

11:54 am

stidmama

mmmm. thanks Molly. and there is the timer for the beans that I am simmering on the stove. Will refill my tea while I am in the kitchen and then back into the paper. Down to 73 now! ((Molly)) *poof*

11:57 am

uusue2

off to the airport!!!

11:57 am

MollyL

Ladies and Gentlemen...STIDMAMA!! In and out of Babble chat faster than any other player. Give her a big round of applause!

11:57 am

uusue2

*poof*

11:58 am

MollyL

Safe travels Sue.

11:58 am

hurshy

lol

11:58 am

hurshy

phantom: flamenco

11:59 am

MollyL

I was sure that flamenco was a word.

12:00 pm

hurshy

well you were right. it just isn't in this grid. :)

12:00 pm

hurshy

i suddenly feel all empty inside :( my husband just left for 2.5 days for a conference :(

12:00 pm

bmb444

hi flashman

12:01 pm

bmb444

vone

12:01 pm

bmb444

feen

12:02 pm

FishFishGarden

evening all...

12:02 pm

hurshy

ah, if only.

12:02 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, All :-)

12:03 pm

FishFishGarden

evening ZZ

12:03 pm

zoozzoom

I am sure your husband will buy you a nice present when he returns, Hurshy :-)

12:03 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Fish :-)

12:03 pm

hurshy

HA! i am sure he won't. but, that's ok.

12:04 pm

hurshy

it would never have occurred to either of us that one would buy someone a present just because one had been away for a few days.

12:05 pm

zoozzoom

My dad would always buy a little present for my mother when ever he went to new towns etc.

12:08 pm

hurshy

my dad went on, i believe, only one business trip in my entire life. and he did bring me and my sister back some stuffed animals. but that was more because, being out from under the thumb of my mom, he was enabled to actually spend money on something.

12:10 pm

hurshy

darn, you can't spell hyssop with only one S.

12:11 pm

zoozzoom

Nice of him, out of curiosity did you keep the stuffed animal still or long lost?

12:11 pm

hurshy

i still have them - along with all my others - they are a pair of mice, hugging, with velcro paws to hold them together.

12:12 pm

hurshy

actually, when my dad was in the hospital and i was staying at my sister's house, her young son had her animals from that trip (a pair of hugging dogs) in his room, and i nearly started to cry.

12:13 pm

zoozzoom

That is really nice to hear..i still have my green koala bear from many years ago..my sisters children destroy there toys a few days after getting them.

12:13 pm

hurshy

i was one of those kids who secretly thought my stuffed animals came to life when i wasn't looking, so i treated them pretty nicely.

12:13 pm

zoozzoom

Bless you, Hurshy.

12:14 pm

GardeNom

agreed

12:14 pm

zoozzoom

To be honest, i used to do that too..in fact i am sure many children thought that..lol

12:15 pm

hurshy

when i was VERY little, i had Puppy (so creatively named) and he got worn out over and over because i took him everywhere as a toddler. my mom just kept sewing new "skins" on him out of different fabrics, so he could live on.

12:16 pm

zoozzoom

LOL love it..all those memories in our little toys.

12:16 pm

MollyL

My Dad traveled a lot on business and he always brought me something back. It was exciting as a little kid to wonder what he would bring.

12:17 pm

GardeNom

i had a kitty benie baby named scarlet when i was little, id remember what happened after that

12:17 pm

GardeNom

i had a kitty benie baby named scarlet when i was little, id remember what happened after that

12:17 pm

GardeNom

i had a kitty benie baby named scarlet when i was little, id remember what happened after that

12:17 pm

hurshy

Puppy and White Bear and the One-Eyed Cat all have a special place of their own because they are the most delicate. the rest of the animals are mostly together in a pet net. i was really the least creative toy namer ever, wasn't i?

12:17 pm

zoozzoom

Me too, Molly, i used to be annoyed if he just bought sweets back..he soon changed it to toys i could keep..lol

12:18 pm

zoozzoom

Called my koala bear, Bengo..no idea why..just did.

12:18 pm

GardeNom

i am soo bored im watching vampire diaries i hate twillight

12:18 pm

zoozzoom

One eyed cat..oh no..what happened?

12:19 pm

zoozzoom

Then how about doing the babble grid, GardeNom :-)

12:19 pm

hurshy

i don't know, he was already one-eyed when i got him, i think. i think he was a rescue. i know white bear was. i had a quarter to spend at the school fair and i wanted a book, cinderella i think, but white bear was also that price, and he looked so forlorn, i bought him instead.

12:21 pm

zoozzoom

Ahh so you adopted him..sweet..bet he has given you many years of greatness, even with just one eye :-)

12:21 pm

GardeNom

the what

12:22 pm

hurshy

i think the main thing the one-eyed cat has always given me is that he reminds me to have sympathy.

12:24 pm

zoozzoom

Which is a good thing, i feel.

12:25 pm

hurshy

of course!

12:25 pm

zoozzoom

YaY found both 8s :-)

12:26 pm

hurshy

garde - "the what" is those letters over there at left, that one makes words from - we often refer to it as the grid.

12:26 pm

hurshy

oh, i only have the me8, what's the other one?

12:26 pm

zoozzoom

st8

12:26 pm

hurshy

thanks, got it!

12:27 pm

zoozzoom

Cool.

12:27 pm

dfmchfhf

hi all...
hi zooz, hu6/33, Garde, Molly, Fish! :o)

12:27 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, DFM :-)

12:27 pm

hurshy

i don't think you have to refer to me by my stats, since i don't COUNT :)

12:28 pm

hurshy

it's different when it's peri

12:28 pm

zoozzoom

lol

12:28 pm

dfmchfhf

hehe
it's still fun to ;o)

12:29 pm

zoozzoom

Not seen you on at this time for a while, DFM..normally at the flip.

12:29 pm

hurshy

speaking of babble names, how on earth did you pick out dfmchfhf ??

12:29 pm

dfmchfhf

I'm in class right now... usually don't enter chat

12:30 pm

dfmchfhf

but I just had two exams and have another two coming up in an hour, babble chat is a nice break :o)

12:30 pm

zoozzoom

Ah i see..i will be quiet then..lol

12:30 pm

hurshy

babble CHAT is a nice break, zooz, not babble silence :)

12:31 pm

GardeNom

ugh still only have 23 words

12:31 pm

zoozzoom

Keep going , GardeNom..you are doing well.

12:32 pm

dfmchfhf

I pick dfmchfhf for everything... was so4 word (which I have forgotten) encrypted for a project on cryptography to demonstrate how unbreakable short texts are. (and it does seem quite unbreakable!) I've used it ever since... it is never taken on any site :o)

12:32 pm

zoozzoom

How do you feel the exams went, DFM, confident?

12:33 pm

dfmchfhf

not really... woke up late (assignments late last night... ugh...), pretty sure I got 20/25 and about 60/75 on the exams.

12:34 pm

dfmchfhf

the next two ... :oD
one double-sided cheat sheet allowed

12:34 pm

dfmchfhf

I printed 4 million digits of pi on mine :o3

12:34 pm

hurshy

i never did understand the allowed cheatsheet thing.

12:34 pm

zoozzoom

Good grief..4 million digits??

12:34 pm

dfmchfhf

it's mostly for complex algorithms and formulae...

12:35 pm

zoozzoom

Too complex for me, i am not samrt like that..lol

12:35 pm

hurshy

i know. i just always liked memorizing crap like that, so i thought it was part of the fun, and having the cheat sheet spoiled it.

12:35 pm

zoozzoom

smart*

12:35 pm

dfmchfhf

yeah, and that's the only thing on my cheatsheets... :o3
I'm doing it to be silly, I have all the algorithms and formulae memorised :o)

12:36 pm

zoozzoom

Thats good to hear then.

12:36 pm

hurshy

i think i love you, dfmchfhf.

12:36 pm

dfmchfhf

the upcoming exams are grindy (long questions) but easy for me.

12:37 pm

dfmchfhf

hehe
I also bring an abacus for "calculator not allowed" exams... and for mo4 of my "calculator allowed" exams too

12:37 pm

zoozzoom

lol

12:39 pm

zoozzoom

à®œÛ©ÛžÛ©à®œ FIREWORKS à®œÛ©ÛžÛ©à®œ

12:39 pm

hurshy

i remember when i started college, for some reason they had us take this math placement test, even if we already had done the AP test and stuff. and i remember finishing really fast and looking around and being very scared by the fact that nobody else seemed to be even remotely close to finishing, because unlike high school, these were supposed to be all smart people. i kept checking and checking again for some pages of problems i had missed.

12:39 pm

hurshy

congrats zooz

12:40 pm

dfmchfhf

I was placed in an advanced class already so didn't have to do the math placement test... but I know how it feels, my highschool exams all felt that way!

12:40 pm

dfmchfhf

congrats zooz! :o)

12:40 pm

zoozzoom

wow, that is great, Hurshy!

12:40 pm

hurshy

but in high school, one was so used to it that one didn't feel scared.

12:40 pm

dfmchfhf

and one of my CS exams were 3 hours... I finished in 17 minutes 31 seconds :oS

12:41 pm

hurshy

ffffffffast is ffffffffffffun

12:41 pm

dfmchfhf

I was even delayed, my prof was joking with me and made me solve my rubik's cube I brought into the exam first! (took me 32 seconds... new record :oD)

12:42 pm

dfmchfhf

(I wasn't so worried because there was someone beside me who finished in 17 minutes 2 seconds... >.<)

12:42 pm

zoozzoom

Ok i am surrounded by two very intelligent people..i am feeling..err dumb..lol

12:43 pm

dfmchfhf

uhh... I fail art and al6 English?

12:43 pm

hurshy

i actually frightened a teacher once, i think. i had a psych class in high school, senior year, we did this instead of history. and we took IQ tests because we were learning about them. when i got everything right in i think about 1/3 of the time, my teacher got really really big eyes.

12:43 pm

zoozzoom

lol

12:44 pm

dfmchfhf

hehe

12:44 pm

zoozzoom

well your written, English is excellent, DFM :-)

12:44 pm

HelenaB

can I get a clue for the cy5?

12:45 pm

zoozzoom

cy + 2000lb

12:45 pm

dfmchfhf

cy5 a neuron

12:45 pm

dfmchfhf

my grammar is good... my composition, not so great.

12:46 pm

zoozzoom

Ok, nice to talk to you, Hurshy & DFM..but time for me to depart, Take care..and happy babbling, All :-)

12:46 pm

dfmchfhf

and I tend to either overshoot word limits by 200% or undershoot them by 50%. :oS

12:46 pm

dfmchfhf

bye zooz! :o)

12:48 pm

HelenaB

thanks!

1:17 pm

periwinkle

hello all

1:17 pm

periwinkle

hurshy you are in the grid today :)

1:18 pm

MollyL

Heya Peri

1:21 pm

bichon

dfm, what do you do to English?

1:23 pm

GardeNom

periwinkle! u are here

1:23 pm

GardeNom

periwinkle! u are here

1:23 pm

periwinkle

yes

1:24 pm

GardeNom

I see you are here often I play babble with a friend during homeroom you may remember mark jones?

1:27 pm

JBV

hi H - can't say your name - it's in the grid!

1:27 pm

GardeNom

its not his real name but you know

1:29 pm

JBV

Mark was here this morning -

1:29 pm

GardeNom

really i must have missed him!

1:30 pm

dfmchfhf

ugh... I'm going to be late for my next exams soon... x.x

1:31 pm

dfmchfhf

should get going, bye all! :o)

1:33 pm

MollyL

Yes you can JBV. Hurshy, Hurshy, Hurshy. If it's not an "approved word" you can say it all you want. HURSHY.

1:33 pm

periwinkle

hurshy, hurshy, hurshy, and ursh too

1:34 pm

MollyL

Here a Hursh, there a Hursh, everywhere a Hursh Hursh.

1:34 pm

periwinkle

haha Molly

1:35 pm

periwinkle

pretty icon, Molly, did you take the picture?

1:35 pm

GardeNom

lol i love you people

1:35 pm

JBV

ok, Molly :0

1:36 pm

MollyL

Oh, Peri, I wish I could say yes to that. It's a screen capture from a flash program someone sent me.

1:37 pm

periwinkle

well, if you had I would have not know the difference. it sure is pretty

1:38 pm

periwinkle

67 left, bbs

1:39 pm

GardeNom

really ugh i only have 23

1:55 pm

HelenaB

can i get a clue for the af6?

1:55 pm

car.eeyore

oooh...don't have it yet helena!

1:56 pm

car.eeyore

to be on fire

1:56 pm

car.eeyore

or a + fl 5/18

1:57 pm

car.eeyore

hy 5 please?

1:58 pm

car.eeyore

NM! Monkeyed it!

1:58 pm

HelenaB

hy + male child

2:01 pm

car.eeyore

rh 6 please?

2:02 pm

HelenaB

i don't have it :-(

2:03 pm

suefrad625

rh+sometimes vowel+guys name

2:03 pm

suefrad625

sorry not guys name, 2000lb

2:04 pm

HelenaB

thanks!

2:04 pm

car.eeyore

TY!

2:04 pm

maccafixx

help with the so 4/6 please

2:04 pm

suefrad625

yw

2:05 pm

Anniebrook

after freshman year in college you are a so**

2:08 pm

suefrad625

you can start that same word with a T for a new word

2:10 pm

stidmama

hey all -- I am taking a break. Making actual, discernible, PROGRESS on the paper!!! *happy mama student look*

2:18 pm

stidmama

pury

2:18 pm

stidmama

oops... LOL

2:18 pm

stidmama

guess that's my clue to get back to work. see you-all later! (down to 59) *poof*

2:21 pm

Boobear

hi all

2:33 pm

hurshy

i'm back, apologies to zooz and dfmchfhf if my abrupt departure was jarring - although i don't see either of you...

2:33 pm

hurshy

i feel like it's my birthday or something, having my name in the grid. it's so exciting.

2:34 pm

Boobear

I just saw that Hurshy. I tried to type your name but it won't take it

2:35 pm

Nef

Hello Everybody. I started this AM before I had to go to work; and in less than 15 minutes I had NBT. How are you all doing with the grid today?

2:35 pm

JBV

hey, hurshy, you should print out this grid and frame it!

2:35 pm

JBV

hi Nef

2:36 pm

JBV

it's slow going, Nef - haven't opened the list yet, have 21 left

2:38 pm

Nef

I have 123 left; should be a breeze, right? ;-)

2:39 pm

lynxxx

morning all, finding the last 1/3rd tough

2:39 pm

Nef

hi lynxxx

2:39 pm

JBV

well, I started early this morning - been at this all day in between other things - had lunch with a friend, errands, etc

2:40 pm

JBV

hi lynxxx

2:41 pm

Nef

I just came back on again. I believe you; it does seem slower now.

2:42 pm

MollyL

Some of the words in this grid are truly whacked. I would never have found them without some list help.

2:43 pm

Boobear

hi Molly,JBV and Nef

2:43 pm

JBV

hi Boo

2:44 pm

JBV

does anyone have all the E's - I only have em 5, en 6, and en 4

2:45 pm

Nef

Hi Boo, JBV, and Molly

2:45 pm

lynxxx

en5.12 medical type eeeww word - then em7.32 builds on it

2:47 pm

Boobear

hi Lynxxx

2:47 pm

lynxxx

perhaps I should have said medical procedure - pre op

2:47 pm

JBV

got it, thanks

2:47 pm

lynxxx

hi Boo

2:48 pm

lynxxx

sorry, that 7 was obviously en7 not em7

2:51 pm

JBV

it was the eeeww that gave it away!

2:51 pm

Nef

LOL, lynxxx! I've been totally confused since you first said em7! You should see all the crazy words I've tried! :-D

2:51 pm

lynxxx

sorry Nef

2:52 pm

Nef

NP, lynxxx. I'm just here to play and have fun;as a nurse I tried a lot of silly words!

2:53 pm

Nef

emenemema and so on! ;-)

2:54 pm

uusue2

hi, all!

2:55 pm

lynxxx

hi uusue

2:55 pm

Nef

hi uusue

2:55 pm

Boobear

hi uusue

2:55 pm

uusue2

sitting in O'Hare airport waiting for my plane to arrive so I can leave...

2:55 pm

Nef

how long have you been there?

2:56 pm

uusue2

about an hour all told

2:56 pm

uusue2

some of which I spent going through security (they closed the fancy scanner just as I got there so I had to have the full pat down)

2:56 pm

Nef

that's not too bad....

2:57 pm

cgw8

Hey, everyone. :3

2:58 pm

lynxxx

hi cgw

2:58 pm

Nef

hi cgw

3:00 pm

Boobear

clue for cy 5

3:00 pm

JBV

hi sue, where are you headed for in NJ? do you have a specific date yet with doren?

3:00 pm

JBV

cy + 2000 lb.

3:01 pm

Boobear

ty

3:01 pm

uusue2

panic in the boarding area as Little Rock flight is cancelled - glad I am going to Newark!

3:02 pm

uusue2

hi, JBV - I'm flying into Newark and then taking a limo to my dad's place in Millington - he's in a rehab center in Berkeley Heights. No date with dorens yet; she's off to Florida tomorrow and then Boston the following weekend

3:03 pm

uusue2

I'm not limited to weekends on this visit, of course (will be in NJ until March 5)

3:03 pm

uusue2

so it might be March 4 before doren and I can get together

3:03 pm

frogface

goooooooooooooood evening (again) fellow babblers xxx

3:03 pm

JBV

ok, would love to coordinate - my schedule is pretty open, sounds like you will be busy, I'll work around yours

3:04 pm

Boobear

hi frogface

3:04 pm

lynxxx

hi Frog

3:04 pm

frogface

hi boo xxx

3:04 pm

frogface

hiya lyn xxx

3:04 pm

uusue2

ok - let me get settled at my dad's place tonight and I'll be in touch - maybe this weekend? he won't be out of rehab until next week so I'll be rattling around a bit

3:06 pm

lynxxx

Yay list time - got to 26 but this is taking too long

3:08 pm

JBV

ok, sure, keep in touch

3:09 pm

uusue2

plane boarding soon - bbl

3:09 pm

Nef

Hi frogface. I'd wandered over and made some tea; I'm freezing right now in spite of sunshine and 45 degrees (F) out side

3:10 pm

Boobear

clue for en 5

3:10 pm

cosdem

clue for af please?

3:10 pm

Nef

take care uusue; safe travelling

3:11 pm

lynxxx

procedure before an operation - en5

3:11 pm

lynxxx

af**** with desire

3:11 pm

lynxxx

or better - af**** with burning desire

3:11 pm

bichon

fe 5?

3:11 pm

bichon

hy lynxxx

3:11 pm

cosdem

ty!

3:12 pm

lynxxx

fe5 Don't fe*** me in

3:12 pm

Boobear

no idea what you mean lynxx

3:13 pm

bichon

I know I'm ready for Medicare, but I didn't think I was that bad. TY lynxxx

3:13 pm

lynxxx

part of classic cowboy american song

3:14 pm

Nef

hi bichon and cos

3:15 pm

bichon

hi Nef

3:15 pm

cosdem

hi nef, bich, lyx, et al

3:15 pm

JBV

love that song - give me land, lots of land, under starry skies above

3:20 pm

Glantarell

noswaith dda - good evening all - can't believe the grid won't accept topsy

3:20 pm

lynxxx

hi Glant

3:20 pm

JBV

hi Glantarell -

3:20 pm

Glantarell

with or without turvy

3:20 pm

Glantarell

Hi Lynxxx, JBV and everyone

3:22 pm

bichon

I am stuck again, the first me 6

3:22 pm

lynxxx

add Mr Gore to the b eefy word

3:23 pm

bichon

got it, ty lynxxx

3:23 pm

Glantarell

TY lynxxx

3:23 pm

frogface

al6 pls xxx

3:23 pm

bichon

Hi Glant, whats up in Wales

3:24 pm

lynxxx

al6 nearly

3:24 pm

bichon

al 6 is the plural of al 5/12

3:24 pm

Glantarell

not a lot - elections coming up and a referendum on whether Wales should be able to make its own laws

3:24 pm

frogface

ty bichon but i need the second one pls xxx

3:25 pm

frogface

ooo ty lyn - got it xxx

3:25 pm

lynxxx

You are al6 (nearly) there frog - just keep going

3:25 pm

bichon

I'm behind you on that one. We threw the British and their laws out a few hundred years ago

3:25 pm

Glantarell

ROFL

3:28 pm

bichon

Yes, the Tea Party threw their tea in the drink and now they have rebeled again.

3:28 pm

frogface

lol a storm in a tea cup

3:29 pm

Glantarell

phatom psyche

3:29 pm

frogface

en6 pls

3:29 pm

bichon

Now we actually like the British and visit them a lot

3:29 pm

bichon

en + a small growth

3:30 pm

cosdem

em5?

3:30 pm

MollyL

What you do when you have feelings.

3:30 pm

lynxxx

My phantom was the guy that sang Bat out of Hell

3:30 pm

frogface

not getting the small growth lol

3:30 pm

lynxxx

em & pitch a t***

3:31 pm

cosdem

ty i was looking at the wrong e

3:31 pm

bichon

not a tumor, but just a ****

3:31 pm

frogface

d'oh silly froggy! ty bichonx xx

3:31 pm

Glantarell

i am not getting the mall growth either

3:32 pm

lynxxx

smal growth sounds like the sibling ****er

3:33 pm

MollyL

Totally not getting the pitch a t*** clue for em5.

3:33 pm

Glantarell

aah, i had the small growth earlier, didn;t realise you could preface it with en

3:33 pm

bichon

mall growth, that's suburban sprawl

3:33 pm

Glantarell

LOL

3:33 pm

lynxxx

pitch a t*** - canvas dwelling

3:33 pm

bichon

when you're camping you pitch your t***

3:34 pm

MollyL

For em5???

3:34 pm

lynxxx

em & pitch a t***

3:34 pm

Glantarell

i think the em5 is more to do with very small dust particles after the e

3:34 pm

cosdem

im so confused.. i have the em5 and it isnt em * pitch a t***

3:34 pm

lynxxx

oh shoot - sorry!!!!!!!

3:35 pm

MollyL

Thank you Cos, I thought I was going crazy.

3:35 pm

cosdem

lol me too

3:35 pm

lynxxx

that of course is am5!

3:35 pm

cosdem

ahh ok makes sense now :)

3:35 pm

Glantarell

TY Lynxxx

3:36 pm

lynxxx

think I'll just slink away in shame....no, but I must go anyway - Bye all!

3:37 pm

frogface

fl6 pls xxx

3:37 pm

bichon

the word before + a consonant

3:38 pm

frogface

ty bichon xxx

3:40 pm

bichon

yvw

3:50 pm

car.eeyore

Hi...help with en 5 and en 7 please?

3:51 pm

cosdem

something u do to cleanese yoruself?

3:51 pm

cosdem

then add 2 letters to the end of it for the 7

3:51 pm

bichon

en 5 is something you wouldn't like having, but need before a colonoscopy

3:51 pm

bichon

for the 7 add British bye

3:52 pm

cosdem

i do know a lot of gay men who enjoy en5... i dont know why!

3:52 pm

car.eeyore

TY!

3:53 pm

frogface

lo6 pls xxx

3:54 pm

bichon

think of a second [time] it is just a ******, but substitue a different consonant in the beginning

3:55 pm

frogface

not getting that lol

3:55 pm

bichon

sp 5/12?

3:55 pm

bichon

I'll get to it in a ****** [not a long time]

3:56 pm

frogface

ty bichon - sorry 4 being dizzy lol xxx

3:56 pm

frogface

sp5/12 is a noise something makes when it hits the floor from a great height

3:56 pm

frogface

rhymes with cat

3:56 pm

bichon

I get that way all the time

3:56 pm

bichon

ty frog

3:57 pm

stidmama

hey all!

3:58 pm

cosdem

i cant figure out the second mo 5/12

3:59 pm

stidmama

I only have one mo 5/12, it's like mo**y python, ends in a vowel

3:59 pm

periwinkle

hi all

3:59 pm

bichon

I ate al**** all the food up and add a vowel

3:59 pm

cosdem

thats it! thanks :)

3:59 pm

stidmama

hey peri!

3:59 pm

periwinkle

stiddy, I made a potato chowder the other day, it was really good. also made black been lettuce bundles which were delish

3:59 pm

stidmama

thanks bichon

3:59 pm

cosdem

the stid's clue...

3:59 pm

bichon

yvw

4:00 pm

MollyL

I thought that was the first mo 5/12. The second one is mo 4/5 + a vowel

4:00 pm

cosdem

no there are 3 mo 5/12

4:01 pm

stidmama

they sound lovely, peri. Today, which is my first full day at home for several weeks, I am making a pinto bean chili. Love crock pots! LOL

4:01 pm

MollyL

Yep, you're right. I skipped right over the first one because it is a word that doesn't compute for me.

4:01 pm

cosdem

lol fair enough

4:01 pm

stidmama

I like black beans better than pintos, to be honest, but I have decided to use what I have for a while and stop waiting to cook until I have just the right ingredients

4:02 pm

periwinkle

good idea stid

4:02 pm

bichon

me too stid, I luv black beans

4:02 pm

stidmama

well, we'll see if it works peri -- I had another nasty scare with food allergies at a restaurant I used to be "safe" at. So I think I have to go back to cooking at home and not eating out at all.

4:03 pm

stidmama

Actually... there is ONE restaurant I know I am safe at, it's called "Bamboo" and it's right next to the Seattle Center. It's completely vegan, and though they use wheat it's not enough to bother me.

4:03 pm

periwinkle

sorry to hear that stiddy, what was the food that caused the scare?

4:04 pm

bichon

yikes, scary stid. Glad you're okay.

4:04 pm

periwinkle

have you read the book Skinny Bitch and Skinny Bitch in the kitcen. written by two vegans

4:04 pm

cosdem

ne 5/12?

4:05 pm

Uneaixoise

ne + not bottom

4:05 pm

Uneaixoise

and plural

4:05 pm

stidmama

it almost has to have been an incidental exposure to beef when we ate dinner... I always order vegetarian dishes there and my family never orders beef, but by the time I woke up it was clear I was having a significant reaction. If I didn't take extra antihistamines at night for a different allergy I think it could have been really bad.

4:05 pm

bichon

ne + the roof is the *** of your house

4:05 pm

stidmama

bonjour, Chere Une!!! *sonreir*

4:05 pm

Uneaixoise

salut, stiddy ;-)

4:05 pm

periwinkle

glad you are ok stidy

4:05 pm

cosdem

ty i always forget about that word

4:06 pm

stidmama

oooh! I found a 7!

4:06 pm

Uneaixoise

go, stiddy!

4:06 pm

periwinkle

don't have either 8

4:06 pm

periwinkle

bonsoir Une

4:06 pm

stidmama

so now I am down to the square of 7. *feeling mathematical*

4:06 pm

Uneaixoise

bonsoir, peri :-)

4:07 pm

bichon

Do you have epi pens stid

4:07 pm

Uneaixoise

me7 rhymes with the red thing in the center of a stuffed olive

4:07 pm

Uneaixoise

and plural :-)

4:07 pm

Glantarell

back again - and down to 7 x 11 - not quite uch a neat number as stid

4:07 pm

MollyL

Good clue Une!

4:07 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

4:07 pm

stidmama

yes! that was my first 8!

4:07 pm

stidmama

noswaith dda, glantarell!!!

4:08 pm

Uneaixoise

st8 is st7 with Mr. Gore at the end

4:08 pm

Glantarell

Noswaith dda stid!

4:08 pm

stidmama

that's the other one. :-) now I am down to 45...

4:09 pm

Glantarell

so what is st7 une?

4:09 pm

periwinkle

ty don't see any of them, will keep looking

4:09 pm

bichon

I'm done. Anyone need a clue?

4:09 pm

stidmama

brb phone

4:09 pm

Glantarell

i need 75 clues LOL

4:09 pm

bichon

st 7 is what a plant breates from

4:09 pm

Uneaixoise

st7 is st5/21 + brit thanks

4:09 pm

bichon

breathes

4:10 pm

bichon

it's a plant pore

4:10 pm

frogface

me6/21 pls xxx

4:10 pm

bichon

animal protein + ** Gore

4:11 pm

Uneaixoise

tx bichon

4:11 pm

Glantarell

or the really hard stuff we make jewelery from plus an extra a as thrid letter

4:11 pm

bichon

yvm poof

4:12 pm

Glantarell

i keep seeing welsh words is this grid - most disconcerting

4:12 pm

frogface

ty and i would also like me8 lol xxx

4:12 pm

Uneaixoise

just clued it, frog

4:12 pm

Glantarell

add an s to the me7

4:12 pm

Uneaixoise

at 4:07

4:13 pm

frogface

oh ok i'll go look lol

4:13 pm

stidmama

back. *grumble* school, talking about the renewal for the kid's accommodations - but the person calling isn't the one who can make changes and I am so tired and frustrated dealing with the person who does I could just spit. If I weren't a lady and/or I were not inside...

4:13 pm

Glantarell

i kind of thought it would be es to pl it but i think w are in american splling territory

4:13 pm

Glantarell

oh my typing is terrible tonight

4:13 pm

stidmama

and a late YAY for bichon.

4:14 pm

stidmama

one more word and I shall return to the paper amendations... down to 23 pages from 26. Need to be at 20 or fewer.

4:14 pm

Soodle

Hello everybody :-)

4:14 pm

stidmama

Cutting, however, is easier than putting together, I think.

4:14 pm

frogface

not getting the stuffed olive thing - dont know what its stuffed with lol

4:14 pm

kje

need a clue, stid?

4:15 pm

stidmama

soodles!!!! failte!

4:15 pm

Uneaixoise

me7: something you keep as a remembrance

4:16 pm

stidmama

actually, I just monkeyed two more words kje... *sigh* so by my rules I have to head out.

4:16 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, soodles and kje

4:16 pm

Soodle

((((Mama)))) Mo Chara!

4:16 pm

kje

me7 - a token one keeps as a memory... also the name of a movie a couple years ago

4:16 pm

frogface

ty une xxx

4:16 pm

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

4:17 pm

Uneaixoise

back in a mo . . .

4:17 pm

Soodle

Go nÃ©iri an bÃ³thar leat, Stidmama.

4:18 pm

cosdem

the last po7?

4:18 pm

Soodle

Translation for that last gobbledeegook - May the road rise with you.

4:18 pm

stidmama

LOL talk slower, soodles!

4:18 pm

stidmama

and thanks. I accidentally closed the babble window and had to reopen it...

4:18 pm

Soodle

LOL Cos..... very timely!!! Think of illegal Irish hooch....

4:19 pm

Trifioso

hello my dear friends

4:19 pm

stidmama

I always had a sneaking suspicion that expression meant something like "may you fall down in muck and never climb out" *grin*

4:19 pm

stidmama

hey trifioso

4:19 pm

Soodle

Aw - wrong clue, sorry!

4:19 pm

kje

po7 - male mail carriers

4:19 pm

stidmama

I needed that po6 though, so thanks!

4:20 pm

cosdem

the one after that kje

4:20 pm

kje

po7 - how strong a drug is, say

4:20 pm

Soodle

LOL Stidmama..... As if I would say such a thing.... to you!

4:20 pm

kje

or an alcoholic drink ; )

4:20 pm

kje

or someone's charm - LOL

4:20 pm

Trifioso

LOLOL stid!

4:21 pm

cosdem

ugh i was using the wrong last letter.. ty!

4:21 pm

stidmama

soodles, I will share my gardening excitement and disappointment for today: we have had a very mild winter, which means the bulbs are coming up quicker than normal. Which had me all happy and excited because I have some lovely pink hyacinths Mother gave me with the heavenliest scent. And there are some tiny daffodils that are scattered about that show up like jewels in an emerald lawn.

4:21 pm

kje

yw

4:21 pm

Trifioso

ohhhh, stid, how lovely! and what a great description!

4:22 pm

Glantarell

our bulbs are just beginning to poke their leaves through the soil

4:22 pm

Glantarell

primroses are beginning to flower though and look pretty, and snowdrops and hellebores look beautiful

4:22 pm

cosdem

40 left

4:22 pm

MollyL

Soodle is here! Soodle pass the po6/21 lass.

4:22 pm

stidmama

today I took a break from the paper writing and found that baby slugs (like naked snails) have taken advantage of the mild winter and my distraction with school to enjoy the open bar. Their favorite? my pink hyacinths!!! which will survive but might not now bloom after all. *sad mama look*

4:22 pm

Trifioso

I fear we will not see bulbs for another month and a half, if then....

4:23 pm

Soodle

Stid - that sounds just wonderful :-). The snowdrops are out here, and the daffodils are about 3- 4 inches above the ground. OH! a very heartfelt "ROLL ON SPRING"

4:23 pm

stidmama

SO... I put out the slug bait (which gets molluscs and fish but doesn't hurt anything else) this afternoon and am hoping the daffodils will at least survive.

4:23 pm

cosdem

speaking of hyacinths.. it's patricia routledge's birthday!

4:24 pm

stidmama

I don't have snowdrops yet... that's on the plan for next fall -- snowdrops, and replace the crocuses that got eaten last year!

4:24 pm

Glantarell

your daffodils are further out of the ground than mine stid - must be warmer that 100 miles or so west :-)

4:24 pm

Trifioso

is it, cosdem!? happy birthday to her! LOVE her!

4:24 pm

stidmama

is it really? how neat! I so enjoyed her in Keeping up Appearances

4:24 pm

cosdem

we need a candlelit supper in her honor tonight

4:24 pm

Trifioso

I had planted quite a lot of muscarii a few years back, but it seems to have vanished. not sure who ate it....

4:25 pm

Glantarell

the trouble with the slug bait getting the molluscs is that the birds eat the molluscs, sometimes when they are full of bait but before they die, and the birds get poisoned too

4:25 pm

periwinkle

she is a hoot, that hyacinth!

4:25 pm

stidmama

:-D well, I planted them in honor of my great-great-great grandfather who was born in merthyr tydfil (but who was likely actually Irish). And I love their bright color on grey days.

4:25 pm

stidmama

no, I use something that is not toxic to birds. It

4:25 pm

Glantarell

I take a tour of the garden, armed with a sharp knife, morning and evening, once the slugs and snaiols start getting active

4:26 pm

stidmama

It's called "Sluggo" and it's basically an iron tablet.

4:26 pm

Glantarell

glad to hear your slug bait is non toxic stid

4:26 pm

Trifioso

slugs hate copper, isn't that right? they can't crawl across it, or something like that?

4:26 pm

stidmama

Our garden is about half an acre....

4:26 pm

Glantarell

i dug a pond which now has agreat frog population and my slug and snail problems are much reduced

4:26 pm

Soodle

Those early spring bulbs are very very hardy... they might just survive the slugs. I have always found that sprinkling salt on slugs is a satisfactory disposal method...

4:26 pm

stidmama

copper works well -- but it needs to be kept clean and... see the size of the garden. Prohibitive cost in large places

4:27 pm

Glantarell

slugs can't crawl across copper because it sets up an electric reaction - maybe their bodies complete a curcuit?

4:27 pm

stidmama

We have frogs, which I love -- and snakes will be out in a couple more months (which I also love).

4:27 pm

cosdem

ewww snakes... i run away screamingat the sight of garden snakes

4:27 pm

Glantarell

my garden is only a fifth of an acre - which is sizeable for the UK

4:27 pm

MollyL

I see Soodle has ignored my request and is hogging all the po6/21. Greedy Soodle. : (

4:27 pm

Soodle

Give me slugs instead of frogs anyday. I have a phobia aboujt cold-blooded creatures.......

4:28 pm

stidmama

hmph. garter snakes are sweet little guys. They make a soft sound like a distant waterfall when they move through dry leaves.

4:28 pm

Glantarell

i need some po6 too

4:28 pm

cosdem

yes i know. i'm gay. :)

4:28 pm

stidmama

that's a nice size glantarell!

4:28 pm

Soodle

Bless St Patrick!!! No snakes here!!!

4:28 pm

Glantarell

oh soode, when your garden has teensy weensy cute little frogs less than an inch long it is wonderful LOL

4:28 pm

stidmama

??? *wonders where that last comment cos made came from*

4:29 pm

Trifioso

I hope my pond inhabitants have survived out there...I had a corner of the pond clear with a heater, but it blew after the last storm, and thus the pond has been frozen over for a while now. i always lose a few fish each winter, and hope for a good survival rate comes from

4:29 pm

cosdem

cause im scared of snakes :P

4:29 pm

stidmama

of course, I grew up in Virginia where you had to watch your step walking even in the city... so I understand people who aren't so fond of snakes.

4:29 pm

stidmama

If your pond is more than 2 feet deep they should survive pretty well trifioso

4:29 pm

Glantarell

i put a plastic ball in my pond at the beginning of winter - itn helps stop it freezing complely

4:30 pm

Soodle

Glan, a neighbour of mine brews the stuff.... Locals rub it onto racehorses, greyhounds arthritic limbs etc. Only the very brave would acutally drink the stuff!

4:30 pm

stidmama

*grins at cos* way to play to stereotypes, dude! how do you feel about spiders? *dangles lovely orb spider in front of monitor*

4:30 pm

Glantarell

frogs and newts burrow deep into the mud at the bottom of pomnds - do you aheb newst in the US and Ireland?

4:30 pm

cosdem

lol i once had to call maintenance in my old apartment to come killa spider for me

4:30 pm

Glantarell

i am very brave soodle!

4:30 pm

Glantarell

or foolish!

4:30 pm

stidmama

yes, there are some fine newts here.

4:31 pm

Trifioso

the ball thing should work, but given that there is also a 2' layer of snow on top.....

4:31 pm

Glantarell

scrape the snow off LOL

4:31 pm

stidmama

We have some really big ones in a local beaver pond -- orange ones. And occasional ones in the garden, but it's mostly dry.

4:31 pm

Glantarell

frogs or newts? we have greater crested newts - pretty and spotty!

4:31 pm

Soodle

the only time I ever saw a toad (warts n all) was in the UK. It was horrible!

4:32 pm

Trifioso

I like toads! sweet little guys, eating mozzies all day...

4:32 pm

Glantarell

we have ordinary toads and natterjacks in Wales - Natterjacks are very rare and mainly live in the sand dunes along the north Wales coast

4:33 pm

Glantarell

I am happy to ignore spiders as long as they return the favour

4:33 pm

Glantarell

earwigs, however, are another matter entirely - hideous little things LOL

4:34 pm

Boobear

clue for en 5 please

4:34 pm

stidmama

We also have bats... *eye of newt and wing of bat, snakes and spiders -- where it's at*

4:34 pm

Soodle

Thank you, everybody. I am off to bed now, and am guaranteed to dream about toads, snakes and frogs. Thank you all again (:-P_

4:34 pm

Glantarell

internal cleansing of your nether regions

4:34 pm

stidmama

what is a natterjack? amphbian or reptile?

4:34 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams soodles! LOL

4:35 pm

Glantarell

it is a type of tod

4:35 pm

Glantarell

toad even

4:35 pm

Glantarell

night night soodles

4:35 pm

Glantarell

we have bats in our roof - little ones called pipistrelles - there are about 5 other kinds in the UK but they are all getting rarer and rarer

4:36 pm

stidmama

hm. I shall look that up. The phone call this time was reminding me of a dentist appointment. I canceled and will reschedule in June when I have more time.

4:36 pm

Soodle

Glan- what a lovely clue. Will fit into my dreams perfectly!!!! With that I will bid you all adeiu, or to Stidmama - Oiche mhaith!! Poof

4:37 pm

stidmama

there are a few pics of natterjacks at wikipedia, cute little guys!

4:37 pm

stidmama

I love our quirky intercontinental conversations.

4:37 pm

Glantarell

welsh words in the grid are driving me nuts - afal (apple) atal (stop/prevent) and a few others

4:38 pm

Glantarell

i love our quirky intercontinental conversations too - and ou never know what the topic is going to be LOL

4:38 pm

stidmama

there is a Coast Salish word for house in the grid: 'al'al which I keep trying...

4:38 pm

Glantarell

Coast salish?

4:39 pm

stidmama

Coast Salish is a Native American language spoken by Pacific Northwest tribes (mostly ocean-going tribes), related to the inland Salishan languages

4:39 pm

frogface

ne5/12 pls xxx

4:40 pm

stidmama

the local form is Lushootseed, which I started learning before I got into the Master's program and really want to pick back up again.

4:40 pm

Glantarell

I have never heard of Salician

4:40 pm

Glantarell

ne5/12 add the opposite of bottom to your ne

4:40 pm

Nef

Hi again. I had to fix and drink some tea to warm up; then promptly fell asleep! Could someone just clue the letters and stats for the 8 please?

4:40 pm

frogface

ooo ty glan xxx

4:41 pm

stidmama

http://www.native-languages.org/famsal
.htm shows the relationships of languages in this family

4:41 pm

Glantarell

i have one 8 but not the otherme8/50 - it is a pl of the me7/36

4:41 pm

frogface

and the two po7/s pls xxx

4:41 pm

Nef

thanks, Glan. Trying for NBS

4:42 pm

Glantarell

po7/44 is about strength of alcohol/drugs and ends in cy

4:42 pm

Glantarell

po7/36 is the men who delvier our letters

4:42 pm

stidmama

http://pugetsalish.com is the site one of my teachers put together, with some samples you can hear if you are interested.

4:42 pm

stidmama

hey Nef. Glad you showed up!

4:43 pm

Glantarell

i have had NBs for ages but am making very slow progress in adding more words

4:43 pm

stidmama

down to 34...

4:44 pm

stidmama

thanks for that last po 7 which relates to the po 6 glantarell wants to sample...

4:44 pm

Glantarell

stid I have never heard of those native american tribes or languages but I have 2 friends whi live in pugte sound and stayed with each of them back in 2009

4:44 pm

Glantarell

how does it relat to the drink i want to sample stid? oh, the strength?

4:45 pm

Nef

hi stid. I'm wondering if I can learn a smattering of French for tomorrow AM. Nothing fancy; just a few medical phrases. I have a client coming to her New OB clinic appt. and just wanted her to feel welcome. (I do have an interpreter ordered too, though)

4:45 pm

stidmama

a lot of people in the local area haven't heard of the languages either, Glantarell -- it's a hidden part of U.S. history that indigenous peoples aren't usually well covered.

4:45 pm

Glantarell

bonjour madame would be a good start ;-)

4:45 pm

stidmama

I am sure you can, Nef -- Une was around here a little while ago.

4:45 pm

frogface

sorry didnt notice po7/32 can i have clue pls lol xxx

4:46 pm

Glantarell

comment cs va?

4:46 pm

Glantarell

ca va even

4:46 pm

stidmama

I don't know ANY medical phrases in French... yes, comment ca va is probably a good start though!

4:46 pm

Glantarell

i don't have po7/32 but have po7/44

4:47 pm

stidmama

po 7/32 is like the po 6 you want to drink, but starts like the people who carry the mail

4:47 pm

Nef

oh, I plan to try to learn a few phrases just to say "how are you?" and such. I try to learn words like pain and nausea in any language of my patients

4:47 pm

Glantarell

oh, TY stid - another new word

4:47 pm

periwinkle

rh6 pls

4:48 pm

Glantarell

comment ca va menas ' hows it going' or how are you

4:48 pm

frogface

ty stid xxx

4:48 pm

periwinkle

nm

4:48 pm

stidmama

oh -- dolor means pain

4:48 pm

periwinkle

neeed to eat something bbs

4:48 pm

shorty

po 7/32 is the people who carry the mail + what kids are after age 12

4:48 pm

stidmama

not sure how it's spelled in french. maybe doleur?

4:48 pm

stidmama

later peri

4:49 pm

cosdem

vp5?

4:49 pm

cosdem

i meant vo5?

4:49 pm

Nef

Glan, that's how it's weritten; do I actually SAY "comment caw vaw?" or is it ronounced differently?

4:49 pm

Glantarell

common sa va

4:50 pm

Glantarell

short sa and va

4:50 pm

stidmama

saw vaw

4:50 pm

Glantarell

i would pronounce saw vaw as sore vore

4:51 pm

Glantarell

accenst and pronunciation, eh?

4:51 pm

stidmama

no, that would be a new england pronunciation... LOL saw like what you use to cut wood

4:51 pm

stidmama

yep. language distribution and dialect mutations are the interesting bits!

4:52 pm

stidmama

so I really want to get through the whole paper just once today. I am past the halfway point. back later to get my last 33.

4:52 pm

stidmama

**Hugs and choclits and whisky for all**

*poof*

4:53 pm

Nef

Oh. I guess I'll go to a listening site to get it right. But I appreciate the help. I once asked a Russian lady how to say something; then wrote down what she said in my own interpretation of HOW she said it. SHe looked at it, took my pen away and then wrote it in Russian (which made no sense to me at all!)

4:53 pm

Glantarell

night stid!

4:53 pm

Nef

bye stid!

4:54 pm

cosdem

FW

4:54 pm

Glantarell

woo hoo cos - well done

4:54 pm

Nef

YAY, cosdem!!!! WTG!!!!

4:55 pm

frogface

po6/24 pls xxx

4:56 pm

Glantarell

don't have that one frigface

4:56 pm

cosdem

ty all.. clues anyone?

4:56 pm

cosdem

po 6/24.. a male who smokes hemp?

4:56 pm

frogface

that my new nickname glan lol?

4:56 pm

Nef

sorry, fro, I don't have it either

4:56 pm

suefrad625

just like the 7/36, but leave out the s

4:56 pm

Glantarell

sorry, said my typing was poor tonight - too much po^ LOL

4:56 pm

frogface

ty cos

4:56 pm

frogface

lmao

4:57 pm

cosdem

:-)

4:57 pm

Glantarell

oh how could I miss the men who sort out the barrels and bottles in the pub

4:58 pm

Glantarell

so, just another 11 P ords to go for me...

4:58 pm

Glantarell

and 16 S words

4:59 pm

Nef

ONLY 89 words left here! :-)

5:00 pm

Nef

plom

5:00 pm

frogface

po5/16 pls

5:00 pm

Glantarell

i am down to 67 but it's slow going

5:00 pm

Nef

Ooops. Not a WORD though

5:01 pm

frogface

nm i got it xxx

5:01 pm

Glantarell

nef - do you know what the french for a plate of food is? that is a wrod

5:01 pm

Glantarell

give us a clue then frogface

5:01 pm

Nef

Glan, I don't know any French

5:02 pm

frogface

i will have a clue for the ps5 pls xxx

5:02 pm

Glantarell

well, the eglish word has a vowel at then edn, the french word doeans't

5:03 pm

Glantarell

oh my typing is getting worse - darn netbook with small keyboard

5:03 pm

frogface

glan think of the bad thing u smoke and ad sy

5:03 pm

Nef

thanks, Glan

5:04 pm

Glantarell

TY frogface

5:04 pm

frogface

yw - now can sum1 clue me the ps please lol

5:05 pm

Nef

that ps5 is ps+ 3 vowels frog

5:06 pm

Glantarell

my monkey found it - TY nef

5:06 pm

frogface

oooo thats a tough word but ty nef xxx

5:07 pm

Nef

glad to help. Just hit half way

5:08 pm

Glantarell

i just found a ta4 - brand of cookware in UK

5:11 pm

frogface

ooo gisa clue glan lol

5:11 pm

frogface

i can only think of tupperware lmao

5:13 pm

Glantarell

erm, they make piping tubes and metal bakeware

5:13 pm

Glantarell

second syllable rhymes with first

5:14 pm

frogface

so6/21 pls xxx

5:15 pm

Glantarell

don't have that one

5:15 pm

frogface

yikes is it just me and u glan???

5:15 pm

Glantarell

phantom solemn

5:16 pm

Glantarell

think so frogface

5:16 pm

Glantarell

nef has fallen asleep LOL

5:16 pm

Nef

no, I'm still here; working on your so6 word

5:16 pm

frogface

wake up everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:16 pm

frogface

ooo hello nef lol and ty xxx

5:16 pm

Glantarell

brb - off for more po****

5:17 pm

frogface

hb

5:17 pm

Nef

got it!

5:18 pm

frogface

that's nice! can i have a clue for it lol? oh, and well done xxx

5:18 pm

Nef

there's an so4/5 that so6/21 builds off of

5:18 pm

MollyL

so6/21 is so + ---- Hari...the fictional female spy.

5:18 pm

frogface

oooo molly ty - by the way she was a real person!

5:18 pm

Glantarell

TY Molly

5:18 pm

MollyL

Oops. Good for her.

5:19 pm

Nef

great clue, Molly!

5:19 pm

MollyL

Mayhap I should just sip my po6 and quit cluing. : P

5:19 pm

Glantarell

and if you add a t as the second letter you get two more words

5:19 pm

Nef

I'm often at a loss for great clues

5:20 pm

frogface

magaretha geertruida Zelle was *ata Hari's real name, by the way lol

5:20 pm

Glantarell

I am so glad she decided to call herself mata LOL

5:21 pm

Glantarell

oops

5:21 pm

Nef

that st5 is a medical word for opening

5:21 pm

frogface

lol she could have gone for to mata i guess lmao

5:21 pm

Glantarell

but luckily not allowable

5:21 pm

Glantarell

I know the st5 is and it is also the pl of it

5:22 pm

Glantarell

58 lft now

5:22 pm

Nef

68 here

5:23 pm

Glantarell

I've found another french word mo4 - think it means words or maybe small things

5:23 pm

frogface

9 here and reallllly struggling

5:24 pm

Glantarell

don't think i'll get down to 9 tonight - it's way past bedtime already LOL

5:24 pm

Dr_God

does the 158 = all possible words

5:24 pm

Glantarell

do you have bioth 8s frog?

5:24 pm

Glantarell

yes 158 =all possible words

5:25 pm

Kallia

I do Glan

5:25 pm

Kallia

evening all

5:25 pm

Kallia

dr god nice to see you

5:25 pm

Kallia

hi there froggie

5:25 pm

Glantarell

evening kallia - how long ahve you been lurking LOL

5:25 pm

Dr_God

what is the average score before people give up?

5:25 pm

Nef

hi Dr_God.

5:25 pm

frogface

hiya kalia xxx

5:25 pm

frogface

hiya dr god xxx

5:25 pm

Kallia

not long

5:25 pm

Glantarell

I am at 1254 but not giving up yet

5:25 pm

Kallia

was logged infrom earlier

5:26 pm

Angela

what a nice surprise - stop in for a quick hello and there's the man himself! Hello all and Dr. God!

5:26 pm

Nef

and I'm not quitting either yet.

5:26 pm

Kallia

I have 1493 133 words

5:26 pm

Dr_God

I dunno how I got that screen name - the system assigned it 2 me i guess

5:26 pm

frogface

am on 1748 and am determined to keep on til the end

5:26 pm

Kallia

maybe I give up soon Dr God...don't often finish these days

5:26 pm

Glantarell

so would you clue me for the 8 I don;t have? the one i have starst with M

5:27 pm

frogface

glan do u got the st7? its the plural

5:27 pm

Nef

the only reason I don't finish grids is I get too tired. Falling asleep at the keyboard hurts

5:27 pm

welki

hi folks *special greetings and thanks to Dr_God*

5:27 pm

Kallia

the other is an st....carries on from the 5 and the 7

5:27 pm

jacq

so you aren't actually Dr god?

5:27 pm

Angela

I am usually happy to get halfway at least...then I sometimes finish, sometimes not...

5:27 pm

Glantarell

oh i see - i thought the 7 WAS the pl!

5:27 pm

frogface

hi welki xxx

5:28 pm

Angela

hi welki

5:28 pm

frogface

actually not a plural but add an l - sorry bout that lol

5:28 pm

Kallia

thats what I like to do Angela

5:28 pm

Dr_God

i can give 7 clues - no 8s (1) Viagra provides it (2) mortars and portlands (3) regrets

5:28 pm

Glantarell

i think there must be two st5 and st7s

5:29 pm

Kallia

there may be I only have 1

5:29 pm

frogface

there are two st5s but only one builds to 7 and 8

5:29 pm

Glantarell

TY frogface

5:29 pm

Angela

still challenging but not as high pressure ;)

5:29 pm

frogface

actually ignore that, st7 and 8 arent connected to the 5

5:29 pm

frogface

similar starts but not connected

5:29 pm

Kallia

LOL they are to one of the 5's !

5:30 pm

Glantarell

i am now p[odering what vioagra provides

5:30 pm

frogface

shurrup frog and stop confusing the issue lmao

5:30 pm

welki

no kidding .. a couple of guys tried to rob a pharmacy here, wanted oxycontin. didn't have any, took supplies of cialis and viagra. Calgary Sun headline was": Hardened Criminals .. first line, ""theives got stiffed

5:30 pm

frogface

yes, glan, that's a hard one lol

5:30 pm

Kallia

hehehe

5:30 pm

Nef

hey Dr_God, I have often wondered if the grids are totally random, or do you sometimes give it another spin if you don't like the very first one to appear?

5:30 pm

Angela

lol

5:31 pm

Angela

*waiting curiously for answer to Nef's question*

5:32 pm

Kallia

well I never knew that....thought it was only a place....it's a tree as well...al5

5:32 pm

Dr_God

i've spun it - never played b4 - trying to figure out why they even bothered including a Q surrounded by letters that won;t mate with it

5:32 pm

Glantarell

seriously i know what viagra is supposed to do but can't find anything appropriate in the grid!

5:32 pm

Kallia

that often happens dr god

5:32 pm

frogface

can sum1 help me with the last so4 please its driving me scatty

5:33 pm

Kallia

ia it s + 1

5:33 pm

frogface

got it!!!!!!!!!!!

5:33 pm

Glantarell

the start of some greek names?

5:33 pm

Kallia

or another word for son + a vowel?

5:33 pm

Kallia

or so + short mother

5:34 pm

welki

poor glantarell ... how about this. Tylenol is less po***t than Tylenol 3 .. and then work off that

5:34 pm

Kallia

and I meant sun not son

5:34 pm

Glantarell

oh i have the po7 that refers to strength - is that the viagra clue?

5:34 pm

Kallia

or a word for so** of us are scots

5:34 pm

frogface

first st5/10 pls xxx

5:34 pm

lil*monkey

shortened version of what you call the year after Freshman

5:34 pm

welki

yes

5:34 pm

Kallia

any good froggie?

5:35 pm

Dr_God

could've went w/an ebonics clue in lieu of tylenol

5:35 pm

welki

yesirree, i could've .. dat moonshine sho' nuff is po***t!

5:35 pm

Glantarell

st5/10 - rocks

5:36 pm

frogface

ty kal and monkey

5:36 pm

welki

or .. billy crystal": it's better to look impo***t than to feel impo***t

5:36 pm

Kallia

lol...I see you got it long before I stopped giving you silly clues !

5:36 pm

frogface

not the rocks one glan, the first st5/10 pls xxx

5:36 pm

MollyL

Or...me...I would like to live in a condo...but I jes live in this po****...see?

5:37 pm

Glantarell

oh is that the nedical term?

5:37 pm

Nef

hey Dr_God; when will the new version be done? And will it work on a Mac?

5:37 pm

Kallia

plural of the one before it...latin plural

5:37 pm

Glantarell

sorry Frog i am trying to cn=onfuse you the medical temr is st5

5:38 pm

Glantarell

st5/12

5:38 pm

Dr_God

I dunno - I never came to this site b4 - just burnin time at work

5:38 pm

frogface

medical term is a little vague glan - any better clue?

5:38 pm

jmcnrick

i am confuseled that Dr God is not Dr God

5:38 pm

Glantarell

st5/12 - i think it means 'opening'

5:38 pm

Angela

as am I jmc

5:38 pm

Kallia

right dr god....where you get the photo then

5:39 pm

Nef

You NEVER came to the fabulous site??? WOW!

5:39 pm

Kallia

it is a latinn plural

5:39 pm

jmcnrick

why does it say you are our overlord???

5:39 pm

MollyL

Dr_God is being evasive and cagey.

5:39 pm

Kallia

I've seen dr god before and its the same photo...yep thinks he can fool us!

5:39 pm

welki

hi jmc

5:40 pm

jmcnrick

so this is like King Arthur trying to disguise himself and live with the peasants?

5:40 pm

Glantarell

frograce - if you have to have a colonoscopy bag you must have a st5 to attach it to

5:40 pm

jmcnrick

or what King was it that let the porridge burn while contemplating a spider?

5:40 pm

Kallia

I think so...though it is nice to see him, and say thanks for a great site

5:40 pm

Glantarell

new nickname again frog!

5:40 pm

MollyL

Yes JMC, play along and treat him like one of us. : P

5:40 pm

Kallia

Bruce

5:40 pm

Glantarell

alfred let the cakes burn

5:41 pm

Kallia

if at first you don't succeed etc.....

5:41 pm

jmcnrick

that is my daddy's name!

5:41 pm

jmcnrick

alfred that is right

5:41 pm

Dr_God

I dunno ... I guess the underlord left me in charge til he's back from hell - maybe its a java glitch - becuz I know I never was on this site in my life and no one here @ work would visit from my desk

5:41 pm

welki

and someone left the cake out in the rain

5:41 pm

jmcnrick

(bruce is my daddy's name)

5:41 pm

Kallia

bruce watched the spider

5:41 pm

MollyL

COLONOSCOPY BAG CLUES???

5:42 pm

jmcnrick

i didn't get it either molly

5:42 pm

Glantarell

oooooer - dr God's philosophy combined with the po7 is making my head hurt LOl

5:42 pm

jmcnrick

i am still stymied by the overlord

5:42 pm

lil*monkey

st + skin cancer is called melan***

5:42 pm

jmcnrick

and I'll never have that recipe agaaaaaaaainnnn

5:42 pm

Glantarell

thatsa better clue molly than the one i tried with the colonscopy bag LOl

5:42 pm

jmcnrick

oooh noooooooooo!

5:42 pm

MollyL

We are not to understand overlords, just to do their bidding.

5:43 pm

Kallia

is it pink po7 Glan?

5:43 pm

Glantarell

no it's the tequila and lime po LOL

5:43 pm

jmcnrick

and the 7 and 8 come from the colonscopy bag? eeewwww

5:43 pm

Glantarell

margaritas are the woirk of the devil, to which i was introduced by some US citizens

5:43 pm

Kallia

I sort of spluttered over the keyboard.....

5:44 pm

jmcnrick

margaritas for everyone!!!

5:44 pm

MollyL

Colonoscopy bags and McAurther Park. OY!!!

5:44 pm

Glantarell

eeewwww is right

5:44 pm

jmcnrick

(glad someone got it molly)

5:44 pm

welki

*loves margaritas, not the frozen ones*

5:44 pm

MollyL

Too bad I didn't spell it right.

5:44 pm

Glantarell

McArthur park????

5:44 pm

Glantarell

someone left the cake out in the rain?

5:44 pm

jmcnrick

shhhhh dr god might think we are not respectful enough

5:44 pm

Kallia

froggier are you still here?

5:45 pm

MollyL

It's a REALLY BAD song Glant, be glad you don't know it.

5:45 pm

jmcnrick

yes and I'll never have that recipe agaaaaaaainnnn

5:45 pm

Kallia

well it's not dr god (so he says) so we can be as rude as we like

5:45 pm

jmcnrick

oooohhhh noooooooooo!!!!!!

5:45 pm

welki

...and i'll never have that recipe again. oh noooooooooooooooooooo

5:45 pm

Glantarell

irreverent even?

5:45 pm

Dr_God

curse away

5:45 pm

Kallia

I thoaught you meant a king lolol

5:46 pm

Nef

I was off eating supper; glad I missed the colostomy bags and McAurther's Park mix

5:46 pm

welki

(another confirmation of the damage we could do together, jmc .. music would never be the same)

5:46 pm

jmcnrick

well may be someone should email dr god and let him know he is being impersonated

5:46 pm

MollyL

Perhaps some respect...Oh mighty overlord...when might we minions expect to worship you at your new and improved venue? We eagerly await your genius.

5:46 pm

Glantarell

ROFLMAO Nef

5:46 pm

Dr_God

oh, and the colostomy clue's answer in NOT hurshy :P

5:46 pm

jmcnrick

i tells you and i tells you to come down here welki

5:46 pm

jmcnrick

canada does not like me

5:47 pm

jmcnrick

okay if you have never been here before how comes you knows about hurshy

5:47 pm

jmcnrick

:-P

5:47 pm

Glantarell

i am sad that the grid won't accept hurshy as a word LOl

5:47 pm

welki

i'm going to have to find some money and do that .. whenever i fly back east, i see the kids. i think i need to just plan a welki-trip

5:47 pm

Dr_God

Thank you # jmcnrick - I know I could depend on you to contact me if hackers attack

5:47 pm

Kallia

well that's it for me....off to beddy byes catch you all again.....

5:47 pm

jmcnrick

welki trip welki trip! *jumps up and down*

5:48 pm

Glantarell

nos da kallia

5:48 pm

welki

me, you, margaritas (and the guest room air conditioner)

5:48 pm

jmcnrick

you are probably tired of me emailing you

5:48 pm

jmcnrick

bye kalia

5:48 pm

jmcnrick

actually i am slow to call troll

5:48 pm

Glantarell

oh, margaritas - can I come too LOL?

5:48 pm

jmcnrick

you remembered my guest room ac!

5:48 pm

welki

Babble's Investigative Team at work

5:48 pm

Nef

niters Kallia

5:48 pm

Dr_God

all kidding aside - Im not a hacker - and I am not Dr God...I'll I'm probably doing is giving the owner of this screen name the lowest score he ever received

5:48 pm

jmcnrick

sure glan just hitch a ride to DC

5:49 pm

jmcnrick

Dr God I do not think plays much

5:49 pm

welki

then how DO you know who hurshy is?

5:49 pm

Glantarell

well, we could do with something to bring his average down

5:50 pm

Glantarell

I'd love to hitch a ride to DC -

5:50 pm

jmcnrick

or at least Dr God does not get ranked

5:50 pm

welki

time to go ... later, gators

5:50 pm

Dr_God

I don't know hurshy - it's just the phonetic spelling of Hershey (chocolate) that is in the grid after some gave 'colostomy bag' as a clue

5:50 pm

jmcnrick

i gots lots of room glan

5:50 pm

jmcnrick

bye welki

5:50 pm

welki

*looks at jmc*

5:51 pm

Angela

getting a little wiggy...signing off for now...

5:51 pm

jmcnrick

that is not plasible Dr God

5:51 pm

Nef

bye welki

5:51 pm

Dr_God

g/n

5:51 pm

jmcnrick

why be you looking at me welki?

5:51 pm

Glantarell

well, nearly midnight for me, and I am 2/3 of the way through and clearly not going to finish before bed, so nite nite peeps! *poof*

5:51 pm

jmcnrick

*pokes welki*

5:51 pm

jmcnrick

bye glan

5:52 pm

Nef

niters, Glan

5:53 pm

frogface

oo fireworks!!!

5:53 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo frog!

5:53 pm

frogface

ty jm xxx

5:53 pm

jmcnrick

am i in trouble welki?

5:53 pm

frogface

and ty all for your clueing xxx

5:53 pm

Nef

YAY, frogface!!!! WTG!!!!

5:53 pm

MollyL

Hey, I'll take the pseudo Dr_God over the teenage posers any day.

5:53 pm

Nef

jmc, she was signing off a bit ago

5:53 pm

frogface

ty nef lol xxx

5:54 pm

frogface

see ya all tomorrow xxx take care

5:54 pm

jmcnrick

she was looking at me odd. hope i didn't say something to hurt feelings

5:54 pm

jmcnrick

bye frog

5:55 pm

frogface

nn

5:55 pm

Nef

goodnight, frogface

5:57 pm

Nef

no, jmc; I don't think you offended her. maybe it was when you said you had lots of room to Glan; however; I have a lot of lag tonight so I don't know

5:58 pm

jmcnrick

i have said that to welki before

5:58 pm

jmcnrick

*fret fret fret*

5:59 pm

Nef

don't fret. I've gone back and re-read that and can't find any offensive remarks

6:00 pm

jmcnrick

oh good

6:00 pm

jmcnrick

i am sure she will tell me if there is a problem

6:00 pm

jmcnrick

but typing can get you into trouble quick quick quick

6:01 pm

Nef

true; eapecially if you're like me and replying to something and the chog goes on....

6:01 pm

jmcnrick

yeah *sigh*

6:02 pm

jmcnrick

well i will ask her next time i see her

6:02 pm

Nef

so how is life treating you these days?

6:03 pm

jmcnrick

oh okay no job on the horizon but still working at this one so i am okay

6:04 pm

Nef

jmc; there will be a job soon for you. When are you finished there?

6:04 pm

jmcnrick

not till this summer so i am getting my worry in early to beat the last minute rush

6:04 pm

jmcnrick

oops *runs to the pb*

6:06 pm

Nef

LOL! You know; I took a job (before this one) that I thought would be perfect. I couldn't stand it and quit after 10 months. This job was NOT what I had planned for; I felt I wasn't exzperienced in it at all; but when it came down to it it was the only offer I got. And I absolutely LOVE it

6:07 pm

jmcnrick

you never know

6:07 pm

jmcnrick

so how is DH?

6:07 pm

Nef

you really don't know.

6:09 pm

Nef

He is well; just has so** cabin fever these days. Right now I have to put in extra hours and so he's home al5 a lot; so he's finally using some other transportation to things he has to go to

6:09 pm

jmcnrick

it is good he is using other transportaion

6:11 pm

jmcnrick

okay i must be going

6:11 pm

jmcnrick

bbl

6:11 pm

Nef

he qualifies for Metro Mobility (it's for handicapped) and has used it twice this week; plus he finally asked a couple of friends for rides to men's meetings

6:11 pm

jmcnrick

by Dr God! ;-)

6:11 pm

jmcnrick

bye all

6:11 pm

jmcnrick

*poof*

6:12 pm

Nef

bye, jmc

6:18 pm

MollyL

Mr. Nef is sprouting some wings. Good for him.

6:19 pm

Nef

it takes a huge load off my shoulders, Molly. I've never been a person who likes to run around (shopping, going places and doing a lot of stuff after work); so this really helps

6:21 pm

MollyL

I'm with you Nef. I don't like to do anything after work. Except fix dinner, clean the kitchen and make sure we have clean clothes for the next day. I'm up at 5:30AM on work days, so running around after work is not on my hit parade.

6:22 pm

Nef

exactly, Molly!

6:24 pm

Nef

DH loves to grocery shop. I'd like to just drop him off at the grocery store and have him call when he's done so I could pick him up; but that isn't what he wants anymore. He wants me along-- then he takes off and I lose him in the store!

6:26 pm

MollyL

I'm a solo shopper. I get it done a lot faster if I don't have someone with me.

6:27 pm

Nef

Since my OTJ injury I can't be on my feet too long. Grocery shopping is NOT my idea of a good time!

6:40 pm

Nef

down to 30 now; need a short break for more tea.

6:40 pm

car.eeyore

Good evening Friends!

6:45 pm

Nef

hi car.ee How are you?

6:45 pm

car.eeyore

Hi Nef! I have had a funky kind of day...but it is almost bedtime! Yeah!

6:45 pm

car.eeyore

How are you?

6:46 pm

MollyL

Hi Car, it's good when funky kind of days are almost over.

6:47 pm

Nef

I'm fine. How are you doing? I haven't seen you here for a while (I've been on at weird times I think --that and also short times

6:47 pm

car.eeyore

I usually on in the morning now. Glad to know you are well.

6:48 pm

Nef

your icon is adoreable!

6:48 pm

car.eeyore

TY! My boys!

6:49 pm

Nef

they are so cute! Especially when sleeping I bet! :-)

6:49 pm

car.eeyore

Yup!

6:49 pm

MollyL

I think it's time for me to vamoose. I'm feeling invisible here tonight.

6:50 pm

car.eeyore

Oh Molly! I am sorry! I am glad you are here!

6:51 pm

Nef

Why are you feeling invisible, Molly? Just chime in! (Often people don''t respond to a po4 if chatting with another

6:56 pm

car.eeyore

Clue for to 6/21 please?

6:56 pm

Nef

sorry, don't have it yet but will look

6:57 pm

car.eeyore

I am stuck on the middle of the TO's.

6:58 pm

car.eeyore

Got it....heavy weight + vowel + not you but **

6:59 pm

car.eeyore

Got em all!

6:59 pm

Nef

thanks for that clue. I kept going down instead of up

7:00 pm

car.eeyore

FIREWORKS!!!

7:01 pm

car.eeyore

I am here to clue for a few minutes if anyone needs it!

7:02 pm

Nef

YAY, car.eeyore!!!! WTG!!!!

7:04 pm

Nef

I listed a bit ago and am amazed at some of these words

7:04 pm

car.eeyore

I am watching Winter Wipeout with the boys...this show makes me roll with laughter!

7:04 pm

Nef

what is it about? (Never heard of it)

7:05 pm

car.eeyore

It is an ass kicking obstacle course. It is like the Japanese show, Most Extreme Challenge.

7:06 pm

car.eeyore

Literally, we are laughing at people fall and trip and contort their bodies into very unnatural positions...all in good fun of course!

7:06 pm

Nef

okay. Doesn't sound like something I'd like. I caught one of those Japanese game shows on** and wondered how they could do that without getting sued

7:07 pm

uusue2

Hi, all! I am in New Jersey!

7:07 pm

car.eeyore

Oh Good UU! Glad you arrived safely!

7:08 pm

Nef

Glad you made it, uusue! How was the flight?

7:08 pm

uusue2

Flight was good; left late but arrived early. And I was on the airline where all my miles are, so got upgraded to first class, and didn't have to pay extra to check my bag :-)

7:09 pm

car.eeyore

Sweet!

7:09 pm

uusue2

Got to my dad's house ok; will settle in and go over to see him tomorrow.

7:09 pm

Nef

NICE!

7:09 pm

uusue2

and maybe I can even finish the grid :-)

7:10 pm

car.eeyore

I am all done UU, so let me know if you need any clues.

7:10 pm

Nef

does he know you're coming, uusue? Last time I talked with you he wouldn't answer the phone

7:11 pm

wht

Hello Babblers

7:11 pm

car.eeyore

Hello wht!

7:11 pm

uusue2

Oh yes, it turned out that he'd moved to the other bed in his room (to be near the window) so had a different phone number but they wouldn't give it to me without his permission.

7:11 pm

Nef

hi wht

7:11 pm

uusue2

He's really happy that I'm here.

7:11 pm

uusue2

Hi, wht!

7:12 pm

Nef

that's good. Where's his wife now?

7:12 pm

uusue2

In Ann Arbor; she left yesterday, still talking about divorce :-(

7:13 pm

uusue2

I'm hoping once she gets some rest, and is in a situation where she is being taken care of, she will reconsider, but maybe not.

7:13 pm

car.eeyore

The whole thing is so upsetting...I can't imagine how you are all handling it.

7:13 pm

Nef

that's too bad.... do you talk with her kids at all?

7:14 pm

uusue2

Anyway, dad is a lot more mad than despondent, which is good, and his friends have been coming around, which is also good. And physically he's been doing really well, and can't wait to get home!

7:14 pm

Nef

that's good news!

7:14 pm

uusue2

Yes, she still likes me a lot, and I've been on the phone with her son frequently (I'm kind of the go-between at the moment)

7:14 pm

car.eeyore

Well that is good then.

7:14 pm

Dr_God

Howdy, Babblers. Just to confirm, that was *not* me in the chat log an hour ago. But it was someone logged in as me (seemingly accidentally). No clue how that happened. If it happens again, please drop me an email or FB message. Thanks.

7:15 pm

car.eeyore

Hello Dr. God!!!

7:15 pm

Nef

now, are you SURE you are the "right" Dr_God?

7:15 pm

car.eeyore

My goodness!

7:15 pm

uusue2

hi, dr_god!!!

7:15 pm

Angela

Phew! That's a relief Dr. G :)

7:15 pm

wht

I didn't realize we had a pantheon of Dr_Gods

7:15 pm

Nef

this is quite interesting. I wonder how that happened?

7:16 pm

uusue2

lol, angela!

7:16 pm

car.eeyore

I wasn't here when it happened...what was said?

7:16 pm

Nef

he said something about the game "assigning him that name?

7:17 pm

Nef

nothing bad, car.ee. It was jsut a bt confusing

7:17 pm

car.eeyore

I can imagine!

7:17 pm

Nef

(kind of like my typing just now) :-/

7:18 pm

Dr_God

When you log in, you're given your ID number, and it's used for everything while you're on the site. Somehow he got assigned the mighty ID #1, which is reserved for yours truly. ;) No clue how it happened.

7:19 pm

Angela

My husband was laughing at me - couldn't believe it was weirding me out so much! lol!

7:19 pm

Nef

WOW!! You are going to have to make it tougher for a person to use that then!

7:20 pm

Angela

I guess having been here for almost 6 years, when you see the Docta and it turns out not to be the Docta - freaks you out a bit! ;)

7:20 pm

Dr_God

At least he/she/it entered 76 words for me. :)

7:20 pm

Nef

yep! It sure does!

7:20 pm

car.eeyore

I am having the best time....my son's homework...to give 100 hugs and check them off! He is all snuggy & warm and fresh out of the tub....I am loving this!

7:20 pm

Nef

Woo-Hoo Dr_!!!

7:22 pm

Nef

So I asked the imposter if you ever give the grid an extra spin if you don't like the way the letters came out. NOw I'm asking the "Real you!

7:24 pm

uusue2

Sounds wonderful, car!

7:24 pm

car.eeyore

It is! He is a wonderful hugger!

7:25 pm

Nef

that's quite a nice homework assignment, car.ee What class is it for?

7:25 pm

car.eeyore

To celebrate 100 days of kindergarten!

7:25 pm

Angela

yay - now a real answer to the question, Nef!

7:25 pm

Dr_God

Nef- The grid is completely random every day. I have no control over it.

7:26 pm

Nef

Very interesting. Especially when you consider the grid after the news about NB passing....

7:27 pm

car.eeyore

How so Nef?

7:28 pm

Nef

there were several words in the grid that day... Korea, nancy, etc (not that they were "acceptable" WORDS;

7:28 pm

car.eeyore

OMG!!! I didn't realize that! How funky!

7:29 pm

Nef

there were quite a number that commented on it that day

7:29 pm

stidmama

done with paper writing for today. Now I just need to read one more article for class tomorrow...

7:29 pm

car.eeyore

I have missed a couple of days here and there.

7:29 pm

car.eeyore

Hello Stid!

7:29 pm

stidmama

*waves to Dr. G*

7:29 pm

Nef

THAT's why I had to ask my question of Dr_God

7:31 pm

Angela

very cool, Nef...and bizarre.

7:31 pm

car.eeyore

I can see why, Nef...but I like to think of something like that as karma

7:31 pm

car.eeyore

...and I use "karma" only for lack of finding a better word.

7:31 pm

car.eeyore

Were people upset or glad to have the rememberance?

7:32 pm

Nef

I agree, car.ee; there was something going on

7:32 pm

Nef

it didn't seem to upset people; but many saw them

7:33 pm

car.eeyore

To me, if it was truly unintentional, that would have been so awesome...a feeling like NB was still here.

7:34 pm

stidmama

random means ... unintentional -- I like to think of such synchronistic events as the balance of the universe showing its face.

7:34 pm

Angela

amen stid :)

7:34 pm

car.eeyore

Gives me goodsebumps!

7:35 pm

wht

Random seems to describe a number of words in today's grid.

7:35 pm

stidmama

I keep thinking about Nancy Boy at least a couple times a day, as I did before. Each time, it catches me off guard, but a little less as time goes on.

7:35 pm

stidmama

LOL wht! so true!

7:35 pm

wht

I don't think I like this face of the universe.

7:35 pm

Nef

very true, stid. (I'm trying to find that grid in the archives now)

7:36 pm

wht

Does anyone have a clue for the en7?

7:36 pm

Bugsaw

I think of NB often too. Frank did such lovely drawings of his gentle face

7:36 pm

car.eeyore

en + vowel + not pa + Brit goodbye

7:37 pm

stidmama

didn't know there was en 7 ... *looking*

7:37 pm

stidmama

hey bugs ((hugs bugs))

7:37 pm

stidmama

what a peculiar word...

7:37 pm

wht

I don't know that there is, but Lickety says so.

7:37 pm

Angela

great clue car!

7:38 pm

Bugsaw

thanks for that clue!

7:38 pm

car.eeyore

YVW!

7:38 pm

Bugsaw

Hugs back at ya stid. Just arrived

7:38 pm

featherbee

hiya! how's the grid?

7:38 pm

wht

ty car. Didn't see your clue for a moment.

7:38 pm

stidmama

(((FEATHER))) it's lovely. So easy and delightful.

7:38 pm

wht

Hi feather. Haven't seen you for a while.

7:39 pm

stidmama

Come on in... *beckons from the far end* want to race?

7:39 pm

car.eeyore

Hi Feather!

7:39 pm

featherbee

i lurk, wht!

7:39 pm

Dorens

hi all. actually car.. that is british slang for thanks, not goodbye (i've made the same mistake in the past and was corrected - is how i know)

7:39 pm

featherbee

hmmm, depends on how "far" the far end is!

7:39 pm

stidmama

down to 29 feather, but have to get up and stretch my legs for a while.

7:39 pm

car.eeyore

Oh, OK Dorens! TY for the correction...don't want to offend anyone!

7:39 pm

stidmama

where you at?

7:39 pm

stidmama

hey doren!

7:39 pm

featherbee

ha, haven't started yet

7:40 pm

Dorens

don't think anyone would take offense... we are all (well mostly) friendly here, right?

7:40 pm

uusue2

Hi, Doren! I am in NJ!!

7:40 pm

Dorens

hi stid... am off to FL tomorrow ridiculously early

7:40 pm

Dorens

welcome sue

7:40 pm

car.eeyore

You never know...on any given day...who will get bent over something....

7:40 pm

stidmama

gee whiz! mid-winter break, doren?

7:41 pm

Nef

yes we are. Hi feather, Dorens,and Bugs

7:41 pm

stidmama

SUE! you made it! *mama sigh of relief*

7:41 pm

Nef

Car.ee the grid I was talking about is for Feb. 9th

7:41 pm

stidmama

okay, I am now at 28. will be back in a little while, I am STARVING and the chili is almost done! *micro poof*

7:41 pm

Dorens

actually car, they are fairly predictable. yes stid... visitng with my old friend who has a condo down there on the beach, and all we will do is read, walk on the beach, float in the ocean, and drink wine

7:41 pm

featherbee

laters stid

7:41 pm

uusue2

yes, it was a good trip, stid

7:41 pm

car.eeyore

I am off to bed now, but I will give it a look tomorrow when I have more time.

7:42 pm

car.eeyore

OH Dorens! It sounds heavenly!

7:42 pm

Dorens

nite car

7:42 pm

car.eeyore

Bye Stid!

7:42 pm

car.eeyore

Good night everyone!

7:42 pm

uusue2

night, car!

7:42 pm

featherbee

bye car

7:43 pm

Angela

hiya feather

7:43 pm

wht

Night car

7:43 pm

featherbee

topsy is too a word. topsy turvy.

7:43 pm

Dorens

was just thinking that feather!

7:43 pm

uusue2

I'm with you, feather!

7:43 pm

Angela

night car

7:44 pm

Nef

it wouldn't take mopsy or potsy either feather

7:44 pm

jesdraggon

evening

7:44 pm

featherbee

shucks darn!

7:45 pm

featherbee

hi jes

7:45 pm

Dorens

wrong nef!

7:45 pm

Nef

unless they consider them all as being names

7:45 pm

Dorens

po*** is an old fashioned name for hop scotch

7:45 pm

Angela

sit on it! ;)

7:45 pm

featherbee

ty doren

7:45 pm

Dorens

hi jes d

7:45 pm

Nef

OOPS! I said a WORD! Off to PB for me

7:45 pm

featherbee

lol angela!

7:45 pm

Nef

hi jes

7:46 pm

wht

Nef, there is some flourless chocolate torte in the PB. Enjoy.

7:46 pm

Angela

hey jes

7:46 pm

jesdraggon

torte!?!? i want some!

7:47 pm

Nef

ooh, thanks, wht!

7:47 pm

Dorens

fireworks (but i'd like some of that chocolate torte)

7:47 pm

featherbee

yay dorens!

7:47 pm

uusue2

yay, dorens!

7:47 pm

jesdraggon

yay, dorens!

7:47 pm

Angela

yay dorens!

7:47 pm

Nef

YAY, Dorens!!! WTG!!!

7:47 pm

wht

I will trade torte for a clue for the ps5.

7:48 pm

Shirlockc

ps + 3 vowels

7:48 pm

Nef

ps +3 vowels, wht

7:48 pm

Nef

hey, Shirl!

7:48 pm

Bugsaw

ty

7:48 pm

wht

ty shir and nef. Do you want ice cream and /or fudge sauce with the torte?

7:49 pm

jesdraggon

thanks

7:49 pm

Shirlockc

hi all, and fudge sauce, but wait what flavor ice cream?

7:49 pm

Nef

both or neither, wht

7:49 pm

featherbee

mannnn, i'm getting hungry

7:49 pm

stidmama

back again *holds out bowl for icecreamfudgetorte*

7:50 pm

featherbee

96 left stid!

7:50 pm

jesdraggon

hi stid :)

7:50 pm

stidmama

the chili I made is actually pretty good. except tom said it wasn't spicy enough and added chili peppers. . Now it is definitely spicy enough!!!

7:50 pm

wht

I was thinking vanilla, but I might be able to find some mint chocolate chip here in the freezer.

7:50 pm

Shirlockc

en6?

7:51 pm

wht

Put in a cy4,7

7:51 pm

uusue2

thx, wht!

7:51 pm

Shirlockc

thx wht

7:53 pm

stidmama

that was my last E word!

7:53 pm

stidmama

sorry feather -- 27 now

7:53 pm

wht

OK. I need rh6,27 for fireworks. Any clues?

7:53 pm

featherbee

hmm, i'm feeling like there are a lot of P and S words that are staring me in the face

7:54 pm

stidmama

there is a lot of P in the puzzle...

7:54 pm

featherbee

it's ok stid!

7:54 pm

Shirlockc

limericks ***me + weight

7:54 pm

stidmama

a lot of the P are normal, just a little unused

7:54 pm

stidmama

good because suddenly (and I don't remember even doing it) I am at 25...

7:55 pm

uusue2

thx, shirlockc!

7:55 pm

stidmama

oooh. thanks shirlock!

7:55 pm

featherbee

lol, i'm at 74. don't wait for me.

7:55 pm

stidmama

sue, may I ask your professional advice on teaching physics?

7:55 pm

Shirlockc

po7/44?

7:55 pm

uusue2

Sure, stid!

7:55 pm

wht

ty shir. I could have sworn that I had tried that.

7:55 pm

wht

But fireworks now

7:56 pm

uusue2

yay, wht!

7:56 pm

stidmama

YAY wht!!!

7:56 pm

jesdraggon

yay wht!

7:56 pm

stidmama

okay, I am planning a unit on measurement of force and motion -- for 4th/5th grade (this is for my coursework, no actual children will be traumatized by it yet)

7:56 pm

uusue2

ok...

7:57 pm

stidmama

I am wondering if I should focus on the basic concepts of force (which is pretty exciting) or if delving deeply into measurement is more logical as a starting point.

7:57 pm

jesdraggon

make the vector arrow stick in the wall, stid. that amused the crap out of me as a kid.

7:58 pm

wht

As a student, I would think you would want to start with what is exciting to get them hooked and then fill in the measurement stuff.

7:58 pm

uusue2

I would say forces first; they can worry about measurement once they have something interesting to measure.

7:58 pm

stidmama

at that age, they won't be able to calculate a lot I know, but I know that in middle school a lot of kids are still really unclear about what gets measured and why

7:58 pm

Boobear

hi all. I need a clue for en 6 please

7:58 pm

featherbee

brb

7:59 pm

stidmama

ah. Thank you so much, all! that helps me get going and I can figure it out from here I think...

8:00 pm

wht

en + c4

8:00 pm

Bugsaw

Boobear, it was clued at 7:51

8:01 pm

stidmama

force it is, then. first question to the kids: how hard would it be for you to push me around the gym on a scooter; how hard would it be for you to push a classmate; how hard would you have to push to get a schoolbus moving? *wicked mama grin* followed by actual experimentation... (not!)

8:01 pm

Boobear

I don't see it Bugsaw

8:02 pm

uusue2

can you put two kids on the scooter? might be fun to see how much harder it is to push two than one

8:02 pm

stidmama

boo: EN + a kind of bump in your body...

8:02 pm

stidmama

the scooters I have seen are pretty small, but I could possibly borrow somebody's long skateboard.

8:03 pm

uusue2

or maybe a wagon, less chance of falling off

8:03 pm

wht

That leads right into measurement. How do you measure the force. What are the units, etc.

8:04 pm

stidmama

true, safety is an issue.

8:05 pm

jesdraggon

we were tasked to measure something in school once, and not given standard units; we had to make our own.

8:05 pm

jesdraggon

so we measured by the length of a classmate, laying flat on the floor.

8:05 pm

uusue2

down to my last 8!

8:05 pm

stidmama

at 5th grade, the kids will likely be ready to understand that how hard to push depends on the mass of something; I am working through how to help them discover the "speed" element (acceleration might be rough).

8:05 pm

stidmama

go sue go!

8:06 pm

stidmama

I am at 22, waiting for feather.

8:06 pm

wht

The Mass Ave bridge between Cambridge and Boston is measured in smoots.

8:06 pm

Bugsaw

po

8:06 pm

wht

The smoot being the height of a certain MIT undergrad.

8:06 pm

stidmama

I am considering doing something like that, jes. First to let them measure with anything, and then introduce the reason for SI when they try to compare their measurements.

8:06 pm

stidmama

smoots????

8:07 pm

stidmama

how long is a SMOOT?

8:07 pm

jesdraggon

heh. i have 104 left!

8:07 pm

stidmama

go jes go!!

8:07 pm

featherbee

ok, getting the list early, at 73

8:07 pm

stidmama

HA. I got a to 6 just by thinking about sound...

8:07 pm

wht

It is 5 feet something. He was a short undergrad.

8:07 pm

stidmama

21 feathery....

8:08 pm

Boobear

clue for en 7 please

8:08 pm

stidmama

that's just funny, wht!

8:08 pm

uusue2

yes, smoot is famous in physics texts :-)

8:08 pm

rururocks

en5 a anal waterbath + british goodbye

8:08 pm

wht

IIRC the bridge is some number of smoots and an ear.

8:09 pm

stidmama

hello ruru, what a great entry!

8:09 pm

uusue2

are the am 5 and 6 related to the am4?

8:09 pm

Trifioso

smoot! the bridge to harvard is measured in smoots!

8:09 pm

wht

The fraternity that did it refreshes the smoot marks every year.

8:09 pm

rururocks

maybe too graphic of a clue..lol

8:09 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, ruru

8:09 pm

Trifioso

I thought it was a harvard grad, wht, and he was very tall?

8:09 pm

featherbee

second al6 please?

8:09 pm

wht

Actually, the bridge goes to MIT.

8:09 pm

rururocks

I thought smoots were cereal

8:09 pm

stidmama

yes, that is what we are discussing, I think...

8:09 pm

uusue2

just what I was thinking, wht! :-)

8:10 pm

rururocks

al 6 ... nearly there feather

8:10 pm

stidmama

I thought they were small blue gnome-like critters, actually...

8:10 pm

featherbee

sheesh, slap me with a cod.

8:10 pm

stidmama

brb Mother's home!

8:10 pm

rururocks

*whack*

8:10 pm

uusue2

am 5 and 6??

8:10 pm

Trifioso

whoops - you are right, wht, and I am a doof. MIT it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot

8:11 pm

rururocks

am + the last half of concrete

8:11 pm

featherbee

thanks ru!

8:11 pm

rururocks

didn't want you to flounder

8:11 pm

uusue2

thx, ruru!

8:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

i thought "meme" is a word

8:11 pm

featherbee

grooooaaaan, you know how much i love your puns! :P

8:12 pm

uusue2

it is, TO, just not here :-)

8:12 pm

rururocks

I had to do it feather ..just for the halibut

8:12 pm

Boobear

this grid is hard

8:12 pm

rururocks

hell of it.. sorry

8:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

8:13 pm

featherbee

careful, or i'm going to go find the biggest, most frozen fish i can get, and smack you upside the head with it!

8:13 pm

wht

ruru, admit that the puns are the sole reason you are here.

8:13 pm

rururocks

lol

8:13 pm

uusue2

ok, now how about the hy5?

8:14 pm

rururocks

<--- is turbot charged

8:14 pm

wht

hy + not daughter

8:14 pm

Boobear

clue for en 7 please

8:14 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, wht

8:14 pm

uusue2

thx, wht - I would have monkeyed all night for that one!

8:15 pm

wht

ruru is having a whale of a time

8:15 pm

lbdawger

hi everyone!

8:15 pm

uusue2

hi, lbd!

8:15 pm

Trifioso

you guys are just being shellfish!

8:15 pm

wht

Hi lbd

8:15 pm

featherbee

hi dawg! run, run while you can!

8:15 pm

Boobear

hi lbd

8:15 pm

wht

don't get crabby trif.

8:16 pm

lbdawger

en7 en5 + stigma**,

8:16 pm

lbdawger

hi UU, wht, weed, boo!

8:16 pm

wht

I will clam up now.

8:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

en 5 pls?

8:17 pm

wht

Anyway. I need to be off. Happy Babbling and remember that Google maps takes smoots as a unit of measure.

8:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

nm

8:17 pm

lbdawger

rectal laxative, TO

8:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

night wht

8:17 pm

lbdawger

night, wht

8:17 pm

featherbee

lo6?

8:18 pm

Angela

must be off - night all :)

8:18 pm

lbdawger

lo + is it a require**** to be fishy tonight?

8:18 pm

lbdawger

night, angela

8:18 pm

featherbee

thanks!

8:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

night angela

8:19 pm

featherbee

ugh. just hit a wall mentally. i think i need food! brb.

8:19 pm

uusue2

fireworks!!!! (should have found the first two vo's sooner, considering, but hey!)

8:19 pm

lbdawger

i'm enjoying a mud pie

8:19 pm

Boobear

fa5 please

8:19 pm

lbdawger

whoooo hoooo UU!!

8:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

yay sue!

8:20 pm

lbdawger

fa5, deadly

8:20 pm

jesdraggon

yay uusue2!

8:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

is the u word a up word?

8:20 pm

stidmama

YAY sue!!!

8:20 pm

kje

up4/5

8:20 pm

lbdawger

on4 up4 a time

8:20 pm

kje

preposition, TO

8:20 pm

lbdawger

hi stiddy, hi kje

8:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

thanks, kje!

8:21 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, and my phantom is falafel

8:21 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oh, and wtg sue !!!! ~~~~ !!!!

8:21 pm

kje

mmmmmm - tasty phantom

8:21 pm

lbdawger

hi book

8:21 pm

uusue2

good one, gwen!

8:21 pm

stidmama

So Mother's contribution to our conversation was to suggest asking the students how a car knows to switch from miles to kilometers when going from the U.S. to Canada... *wicked mama teacher grin*

8:22 pm

lbdawger

that is evil, stiddy! lol

8:22 pm

stidmama

*grin* I know! It's a perfect "bonus" question though...

8:23 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i'm thinking of upgrading my icon to a picture the "new" dalek. i hear some fans don't like 'em LOL

8:23 pm

jesdraggon

Do you give extra credit if the answer makes you laugh?

8:23 pm

lbdawger

how are classes going, stid?

8:24 pm

dan2bit

evening all

8:24 pm

lbdawger

hi dan, hi jes

8:24 pm

flashman1998

ps, 5/12 help please

8:24 pm

stidmama

well, I spent ALL day working on the master's paper. I have the length down far enough, need to tighten up the citations and get the references pulled together properly. Mother will help me this weekend with minor editing and revisions, and then I will spend some time planning the 10 minute presentation I have to give.

8:24 pm

jesdraggon

howdy, dawg

8:25 pm

stidmama

hey dan! I don't have that yet flashman

8:25 pm

lbdawger

ps+ three vowels, flash

8:25 pm

jesdraggon

ps + a bunch of vowes

8:25 pm

jesdraggon

vowels, even

8:25 pm

stidmama

thanks LBD!

8:26 pm

lbdawger

what's the paper on, stid?

8:26 pm

flashman1998

thank you!!

8:26 pm

stidmama

I have two weeks to finish polishing the paper, and almost three to have the presentation ready. And of course several other tasks to complete for the quarter.

8:26 pm

stidmama

I hate the paper topic. It's about how access to technology affects digital literacy and thus academic use.

8:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

ponte not accepted. enable needs to get so4 fasion sense.

8:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

fashion sense

8:27 pm

lbdawger

ahhh, well there are some aspects to that topic that would be relevent for people with learning disabilities, such as the talking software.

8:27 pm

uusue2

hey, stid, my car switches from miles to kilometers with the push of a button :-)

8:28 pm

stidmama

true, TO. I was thinking a nice crisp look with line and silk?

8:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

hmm.ponte with linen and silk...

8:29 pm

stidmama

except that isn't what I explored -- it's about how out-of-school access and experience affect instructional considerations in the classroom; do I need to teach students how to do internet research, or can I assign the research and spend class time talking about expository writing?

8:29 pm

stidmama

that's pretty cool, sue! old-fashioned mechanical odometers can't do that.

8:30 pm

stidmama

15 now feather... where are you? *looks back to find feather*

8:31 pm

stidmama

got the last A word. 14.

8:31 pm

featherbee

back! just had a snack, ready to go again. 53 left.

8:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

are the 8s plurals?

8:31 pm

stidmama

go feather go!

8:32 pm

stidmama

one plural, one adjectival

8:32 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

8:32 pm

featherbee

me7/8 combo?

8:32 pm

stidmama

a remembrance, feather and plural

8:33 pm

kje

me7 - a toke you keep to remember somethig

8:33 pm

rururocks

little things you like to keep feather

8:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

it is chilly in here,in the 50s here and heat won't turn on

8:33 pm

rururocks

toke?

8:33 pm

featherbee

ty

8:33 pm

Nef

8 left, getting tired, gotta finish to get to bed (Tomorrow's another 5:30 A Morning)

8:33 pm

rururocks

I never remember anything when I toke

8:33 pm

lbdawger

well, kje is talking to WEED! lol

8:33 pm

kje

yeah, you kow... that joint you keep to remember the good old days - LOL

8:33 pm

jesdraggon

thanks for the mes

8:34 pm

dcseain

LOL kje

8:34 pm

lbdawger

go nef!

8:34 pm

dcseain

hey, yall :)

8:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

hey seain

8:34 pm

featherbee

lol, didn't see your clue kje, good one!

8:34 pm

stidmama

hey seain

8:34 pm

lbdawger

hi dc

8:34 pm

featherbee

hi seain

8:34 pm

kje

yes, the sticky N strikes again

8:34 pm

dcseain

hi, TO, stid, feather, kje, dawg, ruru, nef, et al

8:35 pm

stidmama

okay, eating chili with cornbread tom just made. you have time to catch up, feather... LOL

8:35 pm

featherbee

hey hey, the (older) gang's all here!

8:35 pm

uusue2

hi, seain!

8:35 pm

dcseain

hi, uusue

8:35 pm

rururocks

*speak for yourself weed*

8:35 pm

Boobear

ma 4/5 is my favorite word especially when added to chocolate and ice cream

8:35 pm

kje

I'm ot old!

8:35 pm

featherbee

not chronologically, just old school

8:35 pm

Nef

are you calling us OLD, feather? Or senior members in the game?

8:36 pm

dcseain

i've only been playing for 5.5 years :)

8:36 pm

featherbee

crap, shuttign my mouth while the shutting's good!

8:36 pm

rururocks

jeezus Kje is babble aarp

8:36 pm

dcseain

i'm getting over cold, have no appetite and can't bring myself to eat anything

8:36 pm

featherbee

coming up on 5 years in a couple of months for me

8:36 pm

uusue2

feel better, seain!

8:36 pm

rururocks

lost track of my months

8:37 pm

featherbee

i had to click to check

8:37 pm

kje

I am about 2.5-3 years

8:37 pm

dcseain

Oh, i'll be arriving in Seattle 14 Apr, SFO after SEA, with a night or two in PDX between SEA and SFO

8:37 pm

Nef

just drink lots of broth and honey lemon tea, seain

8:37 pm

kje

hey!!! today is my anniversary!!!!

8:38 pm

dcseain

oooh, broth. that would be good. there is bullion. and cocoa

8:38 pm

uusue2

Happy Anniversary, kje!!!

8:38 pm

featherbee

wahooo! happy anniversary to you kje!

8:38 pm

Nef

Happy Anniversary, kje!

8:38 pm

dcseain

so it is, kje :)

8:38 pm

rururocks

47?.. jeezus that's old

8:38 pm

Boobear

happy anniversary kje

8:38 pm

jesdraggon

happy anniversary :)

8:38 pm

kje

february 17, 2008!

8:38 pm

Nef

cocoa isn't as good as tea or broth, seain

8:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

happy anniversary to you...happy anniversary to you

8:38 pm

dcseain

i know :)

8:39 pm

Boobear

pops the champagne cork for kje

8:39 pm

dcseain

i would like some sugar. maybe a mexican coke.

8:39 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

happy happy kje (and grrrr, no points for urps!)

8:39 pm

rururocks

that would be bad for your sinuses dc

8:39 pm

kje

ot as old as YOU ru.... just keep that i mid, old man

8:40 pm

dcseain

dairy is uber-bad for me, and i've been using my neti pot religiously and sleeping and staying hydrated

8:40 pm

rururocks

I asm aging gracefully thank you

8:40 pm

uusue2

sounds very noble of you, seain :-)

8:40 pm

featherbee

oh nice, i can use babble when i forget how old i am! lol. i always am off by a year. i blame doug.

8:40 pm

lbdawger

happy annual verse ary kje

8:40 pm

kje

feel better, dc!

8:41 pm

rururocks

Doug gets blamed for a lot I bet

8:41 pm

featherbee

yup, he's handy that way. ;)

8:41 pm

stidmama

back.... I hope you recover soon, seain. It's rotten to be just under the weather.

8:41 pm

rururocks

that's my middle name

8:41 pm

featherbee

actually, his birthday is a week before mine. however, he is a year older than me. so half the time, i think i'm his age.

8:41 pm

lbdawger

sending DC some homemade miso soup. japanese penecillin

8:41 pm

Nef

that's good to know, seain. (I've never been brave enough to use a neti pot; can't stand water up my nose! But I use the nasal spray like crazy when I have a cold too)

8:42 pm

kje

3 years to the day since I joined babble while lying i bed with my ankle elevated and feeling sorry for myself ; )

8:42 pm

stidmama

I am five babble years old in about a month...

8:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am stalled here :(

8:42 pm

stidmama

happy anniversary kje - so glad you found us!

8:42 pm

lbdawger

whatcha need, TO?

8:42 pm

featherbee

and then you met me!

8:42 pm

kje

I am tipsy - just got home from happy hour at Nobu

8:42 pm

dcseain

i LOVE my neti pot. i hate my sinuses, but love my neti

8:42 pm

stidmama

go TO go!!! *holds choclit carrot just beyond TO's mule's nose*

8:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

36 clues!

8:43 pm

Nef

kje, what happened to your ankle?

8:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

stid are you saying i have a nose like a mule! o,O

8:43 pm

kje

I did meet you weed! ad you were worth the price ! ; )

8:43 pm

featherbee

awww, yay! a compliment from kje! gonna write it down!

8:43 pm

stidmama

they amputated the ankle and it stopped hurting... *wicked mama look*

8:43 pm

featherbee

....waitaminnit.....what price???

8:43 pm

kje

trimalleolar fracture, nef - not pretty

8:43 pm

stidmama

um... not exactly, TO...

8:44 pm

kje

the price of babble

8:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

*wicked owl look*

8:44 pm

featherbee

ah, ok then!

8:44 pm

Nef

OUCH! How the heck did you do that?

8:44 pm

featherbee

ok, so i totally cannot concentrate enough to find the ne5/12. help?

8:44 pm

rururocks

<--not as cheap as weed

8:44 pm

Boobear

clue for me 5/12

8:45 pm

rururocks

plural boo

8:45 pm

kje

ru - you were worth it too... as trying as you can be at times

8:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

babbled with to4/5

8:45 pm

lbdawger

ne + not bottom, weed

8:45 pm

uusue2

ne + on *** of old smoky...

8:46 pm

featherbee

ahhhh, ty!

8:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

oops - time to get ready for bed, then see if i ant to finish

8:46 pm

uusue2

and its plural, feather...

8:46 pm

stidmama

see you soon TO (you know you want to finish... ) *dangles even bigger choclit carrot*

8:46 pm

featherbee

aha, almost all the P words i'm missing are PO.

8:46 pm

Nef

are you having surgery; or did you already kje?

8:47 pm

stidmama

still stuck at 14....

8:47 pm

kje

nef - I broke it dec 31 dec 2007, OR jan 1, 2008 - all better now

8:47 pm

featherbee

down to a whopping 37

8:48 pm

uusue2

nothing like that to keep you po'd, right feather? :-)

8:48 pm

rururocks

Trying?

8:48 pm

featherbee

lol uusue

8:48 pm

kje

OR = operating room - sorry for the abbreviation

8:48 pm

Nef

okoay, kje. Is that how you found Babble?

8:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

i have vo4/7 x 2 - missing?

8:48 pm

kje

YES TRYING!!!

8:48 pm

stidmama

go feather go!

8:48 pm

uusue2

just rummaging around in dad's kitchen - a person could get fat here!

8:49 pm

lbdawger

vo5.16, TO

8:49 pm

featherbee

lol, i figured it was just new year's eve, you were drunk, and don't know the exact time you broke it

8:49 pm

kje

yes, that is how I found babble

8:49 pm

stidmama

kje has a trimandibular fracture in her pinky figner. which is why she is struggling to type today... *wicked mama look*

8:49 pm

uusue2

TO, one is a unit of electrical potential, the other is your civic duty

8:49 pm

Nef

TO, get out the vo**

8:49 pm

stidmama

did you find the choclit stash sue? gonna share???

8:49 pm

kje

vo5/16 - add a vowel to the shock

8:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty. i have those two

8:50 pm

gapeach

Evening all.

8:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

time to change, bbs

8:50 pm

lbdawger

hi peach

8:50 pm

uusue2

chocolate-covered cherries, stid, and you'd better come quick if you want some :-)

8:50 pm

kje

mandible is i the jaw - so that would indeed be interesting in the finger, stid - LOL

8:50 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for po6-24? Thanks

8:50 pm

stidmama

(yes, I know, that's why I said it... ) *grumble*

8:50 pm

Nef

nice that you have some "decent" food there, uusue! :-)

8:50 pm

Boobear

clue for me 7

8:51 pm

stidmama

mmmphioh (what choclit cherries sue?)

8:51 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

po6 = marijuana + a bunch of guys

8:51 pm

kje

my typing is due to 1) a sticky n, 2) vodka

8:51 pm

lbdawger

po6.24 kettle + males

8:51 pm

featherbee

chog's going too fast for me!

8:51 pm

uusue2

the ones on the counter at my dad's house (which is where I am for the next couple of weeks)

8:51 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, dawg

8:51 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, Book and lbdawger.

8:51 pm

stidmama

the other po 6 is irish homebrew I think

8:52 pm

lbdawger

me7, souvenir or token of rememberance

8:52 pm

stidmama

12 now...

8:52 pm

kje

go stid go

8:53 pm

featherbee

26

8:53 pm

lbdawger

git 'r dun, stid

8:53 pm

featherbee

won't win, but want to catch up!

8:54 pm

lbdawger

bones is on soon, so i'm logging off for the evening. see you all tomorrow. early whooo hooo's for all!

8:54 pm

featherbee

16, HA

8:54 pm

gapeach

Po7-44 please....thanks

8:54 pm

featherbee

night dawg!

8:54 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams LBD ((hugs))

8:54 pm

uusue2

night, lbd!

8:54 pm

uusue2

night, lbd!

8:54 pm

stidmama

the "octane" rating for alcohol, peach

8:55 pm

stidmama

or for drugs, I suppose

8:55 pm

Nef

4 left

8:55 pm

lbdawger

po7.44, strength. as in the hootch had a po7 of a mules kick

8:55 pm

lbdawger

poof

8:55 pm

stidmama

go nef go!

8:55 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, stidmama and lbdawger.

8:56 pm

featherbee

8

8:56 pm

stidmama

NO WAY!!!!! did you list?

8:56 pm

stidmama

I am stuck at 12...

8:56 pm

featherbee

lol, yep, ages ago. i announced it too!

8:57 pm

stidmama

piffle. LISTING!

8:57 pm

featherbee

LMAO!

8:58 pm

stidmama

10. HY 5 please? *grumble*

8:58 pm

featherbee

sy5/18? this one stumped me

8:58 pm

stidmama

8 now

8:58 pm

Nef

feather, did you list while stid was eating? I can't imagine there is any other reason she missed that

8:58 pm

featherbee

hi stidkid could also be hy***

8:59 pm

dcseain

maple sy5

8:59 pm

featherbee

dunno nef, maybe? i thought she was here though.

8:59 pm

Nef

if you have the 1st sy4; add a vowel to it

8:59 pm

featherbee

ah, ty!

8:59 pm

rururocks

hands pancakes to feather

8:59 pm

rururocks

not meaning to waffle about it

8:59 pm

featherbee

4

9:00 pm

stidmama

nope. not getting the HY 5

9:00 pm

dcseain

my three hy5s LOL

9:00 pm

featherbee

stidkid is your........

9:00 pm

uusue2

hy + not daughter

9:00 pm

Nef

2

9:00 pm

stidmama

thanks feather and seain

9:00 pm

stidmama

4

9:00 pm

featherbee

1

9:01 pm

stidmama

3

9:01 pm

rururocks

0

9:01 pm

kje

go weed go

9:01 pm

dan2bit

woo hoo ruru

9:01 pm

featherbee

i'm trying to not ask for a clue for my last one

9:01 pm

stidmama

2

9:01 pm

kje

hush ru hush

9:01 pm

Nef

1

9:02 pm

featherbee

got it! fireworks!

9:02 pm

rururocks

1

9:02 pm

kje

did ru reallly just go out or is he harrassig weed?

9:02 pm

stidmama

YAY feather. one

9:02 pm

stidmama

YAY ruru

9:02 pm

featherbee

harassing

9:02 pm

rururocks

2

9:02 pm

kje

WWWWWWOOOOOOHHHHOOOOOO WEEEEEED!!!!

9:02 pm

stidmama

gah. to 6 was last

9:02 pm

uusue2

Congrats, feather!!

9:02 pm

featherbee

:D

9:02 pm

Nef

Fireworks for me too. Last word was to6

9:02 pm

rururocks

2.5

9:03 pm

uusue2

yay nef!!!!

9:03 pm

kje

TRYING

9:03 pm

stidmama

oh well, a good race

9:03 pm

stidmama

YAY Nef!

9:03 pm

featherbee

that was my last one too!

9:03 pm

kje

wooohoooooooo nef!!!

9:03 pm

Nef

YAY, feather and stid! WTG!!!

9:03 pm

featherbee

yay nef! yay stid!

9:03 pm

kje

woooohoooo stid!!!!

9:03 pm

stidmama

well we are practically twins... LOL except you are younger and prettier and your boys are WAY better behaved.

9:03 pm

Nef

I was hung up forever on those dang T's!

9:03 pm

uusue2

and stid!!!!

9:04 pm

kje

wait? are you referring to weed's boys?

9:04 pm

featherbee

LOL! nahhhh, have you heard my nick stories?

9:04 pm

kje

the one who chew his toeails????

9:04 pm

featherbee

shush kje!

9:04 pm

kje

that is a low bar!

9:04 pm

stidmama

LOL feather and kje!

9:04 pm

featherbee

LOL

9:05 pm

featherbee

kje's gotten to skype with nick even, she knows the truth!

9:05 pm

72 Temple Owl

hurshy is in the grid!!!

9:05 pm

kje

ick is a cutie patootie!

9:06 pm

featherbee

he's a cheezebawl! and he knows it!

9:06 pm

kje

nick... not ick!

9:06 pm

featherbee

he's taken lately to asking for something he really wants, but thinks i might say no to, such as chocolate at 6am, and putting a huge cheesy grin on his face after asking. so freaking hard to resist laughing!

9:06 pm

kje

but a cute chee baw!

9:07 pm

stidmama

rofl too cute, feather!

9:07 pm

featherbee

he's the one we'll hear stories about in high school. nothing bad, but nothing innocent either!

9:07 pm

kje

that kid is trouble

9:07 pm

stidmama

mine just grumble and roll their eyes at me and act peevish when I request they take out the garbage...

9:07 pm

featherbee

yup

9:08 pm

kje

too charming for his own good

9:08 pm

featherbee

sounds about right for the age

9:08 pm

rururocks

think of what weed will save in pedicures for the kids

9:08 pm

featherbee

i tell you, i HATE trimming his toenails. i'm frankly glad he's found his own solution!

9:08 pm

kje

lol ru - now if she could just get nick to chew daniel's toeails too!

9:09 pm

uusue2

ok, all, I am too tired to stay up - see you all tomorrow!

9:09 pm

stidmama

and NOW he accuses me of being selfish with my computer because I was babbling after working on the STUPID master's paper for over ten hours today!!!!!

9:09 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams sue.

9:09 pm

kje

g sue

9:09 pm

featherbee

oh, we've been there kje! daniel used clippers, set the trimmings on the table. nick walks up. guess what he does?

9:09 pm

kje

noooooooooooooooo!

9:09 pm

rururocks

*covers ears...LALALALALALa*

9:09 pm

stidmama

oh no!!! roflmao

9:09 pm

featherbee

i did draw the line at chewing OTHER people's toenail clippings.

9:09 pm

featherbee

LOL!

9:10 pm

stidmama

wait. you're talking about nick, not ruru right? *confused mama look*

9:10 pm

rururocks

somewhere in New York Rex Ryan is getting excited

9:10 pm

featherbee

he was like "whaaaat?"

9:10 pm

kje

I LOVE nick - he is too funny

9:10 pm

featherbee

who is rex ryan?

9:11 pm

rururocks

I don't eat toenails stid

9:11 pm

stidmama

I am going to go do the reading for tomorrow. Otherwise, I think I am done with homework.

9:11 pm

kje

lol ru

9:11 pm

rururocks

oh get with it feather .. ask DOug

9:11 pm

stidmama

that's good ruru, because for the life of me I can't figure out which wine to serve if you do!! *wicked mama look*

9:12 pm

rururocks

toenail and wine pairing ..ewwwwwww

9:12 pm

featherbee

doug's giving me a clueless face and a "huh?"

9:12 pm

stidmama

done for today that is... *sigh* It was a mistake to go back to school I fear..... *grins at ruru*

9:12 pm

rururocks

oh jeezus.. come on Doug

9:12 pm

kje

i am eating real bonafide popcorn cooked on a stove with oil and salt - so f'n good compared to microwave packages!

9:12 pm

featherbee

lol, sorry ruru!

9:13 pm

kje

(weed, I do't know who that is either)

9:13 pm

rururocks

would you say that daniel is a good little foot soldier weed?

9:13 pm

featherbee

is this a football coach? just googled.

9:13 pm

rururocks

yes.. she's getting warmer

9:13 pm

featherbee

lol

9:13 pm

stidmama

oka. I am outta here. see you-all again soon I hope. and thanks for the race feather, even though you cheated... *hugs for feather*

*choclits for everyone*

*poof*

9:14 pm

kje

g stid!

9:14 pm

featherbee

doug's not a huge sports guy, apparently doesn't know rex.

9:14 pm

featherbee

night stid!

9:14 pm

rururocks

*disappointed in doug now*

9:14 pm

kje

wow, doug just moved up in my book!

9:15 pm

rururocks

bbl.. thanks for the laughs.

9:15 pm

featherbee

bye ruru!

9:15 pm

kje

gn rururocket

9:15 pm

featherbee

lol, doug moved up in one book, down in the other. he comes out even!

9:15 pm

72 Temple Owl

af 6 clue pls?

9:16 pm

kje

on fire, TO

9:16 pm

featherbee

going to go check on scrabble and quote puzzler. bye!

9:16 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty! :)

9:17 pm

kje

g weedio

9:17 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

9:18 pm

Minveryork

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!

9:19 pm

kje

hello min!

9:19 pm

featherbee

(kje, yahoo)

9:19 pm

o-o

Hello, Minveryork. I am fine. How is your onion?

9:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi min!

9:20 pm

kje

k

9:23 pm

Minveryork

How's my onion?Ok,I guess.How is yours BabbleRabble

9:23 pm

Minveryork

Here is a rhyme I just made up:

I hate double negatives, I really do!
Theyâ€™re wrong to say for me and you.
A double negative is not good English.
They should go away, I really do wish.
Every time I hear one, I want to scream.
It isnâ€™t proper grammar, do you know what I mean?
So please people, donâ€™t use them anymore.
Kick those double negatives out the door!

9:24 pm

kje

cute min!

9:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello, br.

9:25 pm

Minveryork

I am not babbling tonight so I am useless. Signing off.

9:25 pm

Minveryork

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

9:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

good night, min!

9:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

po7/32 pls?

9:30 pm

JeeWhiz

ends in adolescent temple

9:31 pm

crosshair

lol i hate double negatives as well...yea...right! lol

9:31 pm

crosshair

a case where 2 posatives are indeed a negative

9:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty, do you have the 7/44?

9:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty and good night all!

9:52 pm

crosshair

this grid is failing to enthrall me

9:52 pm

jesdraggon

back again

9:53 pm

crosshair

howdy jes;))

9:53 pm

jesdraggon

how goes, crossy?

9:53 pm

crosshair

it goes,a fine case of going with the flow

9:54 pm

jesdraggon

good, good. you need a cute little dog to keep you company, right? :D

9:55 pm

crosshair

lol,we are cat people and have 2 rescue litty cats

9:55 pm

jesdraggon

she gets along with cats too

9:55 pm

crosshair

lol,i do not need your dog;) sorry

9:56 pm

jesdraggon

yah. me either... i am getting frustrated with how long it's been and nobody has had any interest in her

9:59 pm

crosshair

how many puppies you trying to find an home for?

9:59 pm

jesdraggon

just the one. same one i've had since Thanksgiving.

9:59 pm

jesdraggon

I don't have a kennel, i just foster individuals in home...

10:00 pm

crosshair

lol,not a puppy anymore

10:00 pm

jesdraggon

no, she's a senior

10:00 pm

jesdraggon

probably 9 years old or so

10:00 pm

jesdraggon

everybody wants puppies though :(

10:01 pm

crosshair

hard to find a homre at that age,it is the age when things start to go wrong and vet bills get expensive

10:01 pm

jesdraggon

yeah, but i've already DONE the expensive stuff. now she just needs a house.

10:01 pm

crosshair

here,just x-rays and blood work is 400 dollars

10:02 pm

crosshair

what breed?

10:02 pm

jesdraggon

beagle/lab. 30 pounds, yellow with white feet.

10:03 pm

jesdraggon

i've done blood work on her, and a dental cleaning and extracted 2 fractured teeth. vaccinated and microchipped.

10:03 pm

crosshair

lab= bad hips + hip displaysia=$$$ [ast 10 years of age and the max expeted is 14

10:03 pm

crosshair

will be a hard sell i am afraid

10:04 pm

jesdraggon

she's only half the size of a lab, mixed breeds live longer, hip problems and other arthritis issues tend to be worst in bigger dogs and overweight dogs--she's not really high profile for that

10:04 pm

crosshair

i love labs,but they are renouned for bad hips

10:04 pm

crosshair

ahh

10:05 pm

crosshair

i hope myou find a lifetime home for her

10:05 pm

jesdraggon

and she doesn't have the beagle personality things either... she will not leave the yard, apparently got none of that hound-dog desire to see the next county over.

10:05 pm

crosshair

yes,beagles =ear infections up the wazoo

10:05 pm

jesdraggon

labs too. but hers are clean.

10:06 pm

crosshair

and the hound dog yowling...

10:06 pm

jesdraggon

'course, i haven't taken her swimming, either.

10:06 pm

crosshair

dougs are a tough thing,have to be a perfect mach to her human

10:06 pm

jesdraggon

barks when she wants out to pee. have heard no howling at all.

10:08 pm

crosshair

i had a cock-a-poo, smart as a whip..picked up a parasite off the dew mon the morning grass in our fields..killed her in the end

10:08 pm

jesdraggon

so you have a vacancy for a dog :D

10:08 pm

crosshair

massive infections..was not good at all

10:08 pm

jesdraggon

sounds no fun

10:09 pm

crosshair

lol,good try jess,we are a cat family now

10:09 pm

Nef

hi again.

10:09 pm

crosshair

howdy nef

10:10 pm

crosshair

lolo, and besides,with shipping a pet over the border and quarrantine..thing would be full of kennel cough and flleas..i will stick with cats for now

10:11 pm

jesdraggon

don't have to quarantine to get from US to canada, just a health certificate. and i know a vet that could write one of those. :)

10:11 pm

Nef

crossy, the dog we have now is a schiz-poo (or however it's spelled) We got him when he was 8; we've had him for 4 years now. He was on his way to being put down because of bad behavior and previous owner had no time for him. He's really been a nice dog for us. Dumber than dirt, cute as can be (has always gotten by on his looks); but it's nice not dealing with puppies

10:11 pm

crosshair

i love your fevour,but no thank you

10:12 pm

crosshair

well i have an early day tomorrow,so goodnight all and happy babbling

10:12 pm

crosshair

poof!

10:12 pm

Nef

nite!

10:13 pm

jesdraggon

sleep sweet

10:13 pm

Nef

I take it no one else feels the way we do, jes?

10:13 pm

jesdraggon

nah, crossy's got rescues too.

10:14 pm

jesdraggon

he just doesn't want THIS rescue...

10:14 pm

jesdraggon

seems that nobody does, though.

10:15 pm

Nef

does this dog have problems? I'm allergic to animals that shed; this dog doesn't shed (but our daughter's cat does; and she lives here now

10:15 pm

jesdraggon

she's old, is really her only problem.

10:15 pm

jesdraggon

nobody wants to adopt an older dog, they all want pups.

10:15 pm

Nef

6 years?

10:16 pm

jesdraggon

probably 9 ish. guessing; she was a sheriff's impound, so we don't have any history on her.

10:16 pm

Nef

ahh. Well, we knew that J.C. was 8 when we got him

10:17 pm

jesdraggon

but she walks well on a leash, likes car rides (and does not crawl into your lap or try to steal food off the front seat), gets along with dogs and cats, doesn't chase horses, loves to follow the tractor around.

10:17 pm

jesdraggon

is obviously a dog someone's trained and put time into

10:18 pm

Nef

poor dog

10:18 pm

Nef

she looks sad

10:18 pm

jesdraggon

but nobody came to claim her. it's a dirty shame. but i don't need another permanent dog (i already have 2) and as long as i have her, i can't bring home other fosters.

10:19 pm

jesdraggon

just don't have the space...

10:19 pm

Nef

she'd be great for an older person. Have you thought about having her in a nursing home (a therapy pet?)

10:20 pm

jesdraggon

the nursing home here already has 2 cats and 4 budgies... they allow dogs to visit, but don't want any permanent ones.

10:20 pm

Nef

really? Wow. Most of the nursing homes here have a dog or 2 on staff too

10:21 pm

jesdraggon

we're a pretty small town. there's only one person there who has to organize and be responsible for the home's pets and all the visiting pets.

10:22 pm

Nef

have you asked at any other nursing home or rehab centers? Dogs seem to encourage the elderly to be more active

10:23 pm

jesdraggon

i haven't, but there aren't any others very nearby... guess i could just cold-call some down in spokie.

10:23 pm

Nef

oh, my! I was in bed; got up to check something and got back online "for just a minute!" Now look at the time!

10:24 pm

jesdraggon

hah! sorry, didn't mean to drag you away from your pillow

10:25 pm

Nef

if she's a gentle dog, she might do well there. But I do need to get to bedbecause I've got to be up in 7 hours.

10:25 pm

Nef

Good Night, jes. Good luck!

10:25 pm

jesdraggon

go sleep! good dreams

10:41 pm

jesdraggon

rh6,27?

11:09 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for po5-14? Thanks

11:09 pm

jesdraggon

p+o4 word

11:10 pm

jesdraggon

jump on something playfully, missing a vowel from the middle

11:10 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, jesdraggon.

11:11 pm

jesdraggon

do you have the rh6?

11:11 pm

gapeach

Yes, thanks, jes.

11:12 pm

jesdraggon

could you clue it? :D

11:12 pm

jesdraggon

nm, monkeys found it

11:14 pm

gapeach

Oh, sorry, jes, looked away for a minute.....sorry.

11:16 pm

ericarothman

I'd take the rh6 if you're offering...

11:17 pm

gapeach

rh + sometimes vowel + weight.

11:17 pm

jesdraggon

augh. how to clue it, because it makes no sense...

11:17 pm

jesdraggon

it's a greek drinking horn

11:18 pm

jesdraggon

yeah, what gapeach said

11:18 pm

gapeach

It's a new one to me too. lol

11:20 pm

jesdraggon

gonna go make a cup of cocoa. back to clue more if you need in a few :)

11:21 pm

gapeach

Make one for me too, please...Sounds good.

11:21 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for cy5-16? Thanks

11:21 pm

gapeach

NM, found it.

11:21 pm

ericarothman

thanks!

11:22 pm

gapeach

yw

11:23 pm

gapeach

st5-10 the 1st and to6-21 to finish please....thanks

11:25 pm

gapeach

found the st-5....need only the to6-21...thanks

11:25 pm

jesdraggon

back.

11:25 pm

jesdraggon

to4 meaning sound + personal pronoun

11:26 pm

gapeach

NM.... fireworks. Thanks for all the help. See y'all at the flip.

11:26 pm

gapeach

Oh, yes, thanks, jesdraggon.

11:29 pm

jesdraggon

welcome

11:29 pm

gapeach

Oh, jesdraggon, I just read your profile.....I admire you so much. I have two lovely little "rescued" dogs. Wish there were more people in the world to help these and other wonderful animals.

11:32 pm

jesdraggon

need a third? I've had Holly since Thanksgiving and am getting really frustrated with trying to find her a home. nobody has expressed interest at all...

11:35 pm

gapeach

Wish I could, jes, I'm in a wheelchair now and taking care of these two are all I can adequately care for (I have a neighbor who does the scooping for me). Where in the country do you live, if I may ask?

11:35 pm

jesdraggon

washington state

11:35 pm

jesdraggon

far far away from georgia...

11:36 pm

gapeach

Yes, 'tis. Are there any Humane Societies there? Or close by?

11:36 pm

jesdraggon

bout 50 miles away, and they don't take animals from out of county (which i am)

11:39 pm

gapeach

Drats! You know, jes, it may be that she is supposed to be with you at this time.....at least I've found that to be true for me. Just keep on doing what you're doing and see what happens.

11:43 pm

jesdraggon

the problem is, i already have 2 permanent dogs (and 4 cats) so while i have her, i can't bring home other fosters... no time/space. so until she gets adopted out, i can't take on other critters that need more immediate help.

11:43 pm

jesdraggon

she's all up on everything she needs now, except a home...

11:45 pm

uusue2

Remember when I said I was going to bed? (OK, me neither). I lied. I am still up, not easy to sleep in a strange place (even if it is my dad's house). Put my dad's story in my profile in case anyone is interested.

11:45 pm

gapeach

Have you tried putting her picture in Vet offices and even grocery or drug stores....anything to get the word....maybe a mailman...will try to think of more ideas.

11:46 pm

jesdraggon

she's on petfinder, adoptapet, her picture is posted at the clinic where i work, and she spent last saturday at PetSmart for an adoption event.

11:46 pm

jesdraggon

i've been talking to anybody that'll listen about her since December...

11:47 pm

uusue2

jes, I wish I could help! But we already have two rescue cats (who hate each other) and a rescue dog (who doesn't get along with other dogs much); I think one more dog would create a black hole or something. I do wish you luck, and if I think of anyone that I know in WA I will certainly tell them about Holly!

11:49 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, uusue

11:49 pm

uusue2

You've certainly covered all the bases that come to my mind right away, though!

11:49 pm

jesdraggon

sorry you can't sleep

11:50 pm

uusue2

yah, eventually I will :-)

11:51 pm

gapeach

uusue2, I read your profile. You certainly do have your hands full right now.....tough making those decisions. (lovely picture, house and all). I'll keep you and your family in my prayers.

11:52 pm

jesdraggon

talking about divorce over health issues? that's rough.

11:53 pm

gapeach

Jes, just keep on loving her and things will work out, I don't claim to know how but they do. You and your family (human or other animals) will be in my prayers too.

11:54 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, ga

11:59 pm

uusue2

thx, ga and jes. It's tough all around; my stepmom is failing, and is exhausted. I am hoping that once she gets some rest, and is in a place where someone is taking care of her, that she will come around. But still, she wants to be with her children, and my dad doesn't, so I don't know that they'll get back together again. We'll just have to see.

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