Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, April 21, 2011

12:00 am

flosey

flip

12:00 am

cosdem

flip

12:00 am

jillibus

flip

12:01 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:01 am

rururocks

da6

12:01 am

gremlinn

only 5 off

12:01 am

gremlinn

hi nan

12:01 am

cosdem

the grid said a naughty word!

12:01 am

gremlinn

pa 6

12:02 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:02 am

dizgrannie

PB Cos lol

12:02 am

flosey

ty lickety

12:02 am

jillibus

Thank you Lickety!

12:02 am

Erda

THANK YOU, Lickety!!!

12:02 am

cosdem

that doesnt count :P

12:02 am

MLFAN17

yes it does cos

12:02 am

cosdem

not according to the afternoon crowd :P

12:03 am

jillibus

Wow! Everything worked in Expert!

12:03 am

MLFAN17

must be something wrong jill lol

12:03 am

flosey

at last jilli, that's great

12:03 am

gremlinn

gr 7 missing from dictionary

12:04 am

gremlinn

mantoy - grown up boy toy?

12:04 am

MLFAN17

grem i thought i found a gr 7 wrong spelling lol

12:05 am

rururocks

ra7

12:05 am

MLFAN17

not quire grem lol

12:05 am

MLFAN17

thanks ruru i found it too

12:05 am

cosdem

got it too

12:05 am

cybernan

ty ruru

12:06 am

gremlinn

MLF: yeah, that has an E instead of an A for last vowel

12:06 am

gremlinn

oh, nm, I'm thinking of a gr8

12:06 am

jillibus

phant -- eunuch

12:06 am

MLFAN17

exactly grem thought it was there

12:07 am

gremlinn

well, you have an ra7 anyway, if we're thinking the same one

12:07 am

MLFAN17

i think we might be yes i have a ra 7/32

12:08 am

gremlinn

phant barmaid

12:08 am

gremlinn

yep

12:08 am

cosdem

phantomn ethnic

12:09 am

gremlinn

phant Cambrian (non-word, proper)

12:09 am

cosdem

da 6

12:11 am

cosdem

phantom humanity

12:12 am

gremlinn

mantoid, not in the dictionary

12:12 am

gremlinn

and phant humanoid

12:13 am

MLFAN17

5TH COLUMN E stats please?

12:14 am

jillibus

phant -- adamant

12:14 am

gremlinn

volcano, MLF

12:14 am

Uneaixoise

et4

12:15 am

MLFAN17

got it

12:15 am

cybernan

up 6

12:15 am

jillibus

how could I miss the volcano? But I did...

12:15 am

MLFAN17

ditto jill

12:17 am

flosey

not seeing much tonight, just too tired, will try again in the morning, goodnight all

12:18 am

MLFAN17

i am still missing 9 f them for nbt

12:18 am

cosdem

missing 8

12:18 am

MLFAN17

of oops

12:18 am

jillibus

see you later, flosey (I'm pooped too)

12:19 am

jillibus

missing 5 for nbt

12:19 am

MLFAN17

THIRD COLUMN E stats please?

12:19 am

cosdem

cant find the up6

12:20 am

jillibus

neither can I, cos

12:21 am

rastapopolous

em5 x2

12:21 am

cosdem

3rd column bottom U stats?

12:21 am

cosdem

oh thats the up6 never mind

12:22 am

Uneaixoise

up6/33

12:22 am

MLFAN17

lol cos

12:22 am

gremlinn

phant debauch

12:22 am

cosdem

stats for the O?

12:22 am

gremlinn

oi 5

12:23 am

cosdem

tyvm

12:23 am

cosdem

4 more for nbt

12:23 am

gremlinn

there's a oi4 word that works at Wordsplay but not here

12:24 am

cosdem

stats for y?

12:24 am

vanillaslice

hi how many words pls

12:24 am

cybernan

oi 5/?

12:24 am

cosdem

oi 5/12

12:24 am

rururocks

ya 5 cos

12:24 am

cosdem

108, vanilla

12:25 am

cosdem

ty ruru

12:25 am

rururocks

:D

12:25 am

cosdem

one left for nbt and its that darned up6

12:25 am

cybernan

ty cos

12:25 am

vanillaslice

Just saw my fav West Australian stripey animal na6/30

12:25 am

vanillaslice

thx

12:25 am

cybernan

just need the y and the u's for nbt

12:26 am

vanillaslice

nu6/30 rather

12:26 am

cosdem

NBT/NBS!

12:26 am

MLFAN17

iam stalled i am out poof

12:27 am

jillibus

bye mlf

12:27 am

vanillaslice

you are nu4 MLF

12:28 am

jillibus

wtg nan!

12:28 am

cosdem

phantom anthem

12:29 am

FishFishGarden

morning all...

12:29 am

cybernan

stats for the y, please?

12:29 am

FishFishGarden

munch

12:29 am

FishFishGarden

oops

12:29 am

Uneaixoise

ya5/16

12:29 am

dizgrannie

ya 5/16

12:29 am

FishFishGarden

sorreeee

12:30 am

rururocks

puts out treats in the pb for fishfish

12:30 am

cosdem

detective john mu5, SVU

12:30 am

dizgrannie

and YA 5/18

12:32 am

cybernan

dy une and dix

12:33 am

cybernan

*diz

12:33 am

Uneaixoise

yw ;-)

12:33 am

cybernan

stats for top u, please?

12:33 am

rururocks

night guys.. 40 to go..and beaten

12:33 am

Uneaixoise

nite, ruru

12:34 am

jillibus

hi ruru -- I know the feeling

12:34 am

vanillaslice

um5/18

12:35 am

jillibus

ty vanilla!

12:37 am

cybernan

ty vanilla

12:37 am

cybernan

nbt/nbs

12:38 am

jillibus

wtg nan!

12:38 am

cybernan

65 down and at a halt -- list time!

12:42 am

vanillaslice

that bad word is there again...not very da6/27

12:43 am

vanillaslice

ooh and the da4 too

12:44 am

jillibus

over halfway, nbs but still 4 bt

12:46 am

vanillaslice

if you have a hu5 hu4, they might need you at Notre Dame

12:48 am

jillibus

and I don't think you mean the university

12:48 am

vanillaslice

no indeed

12:49 am

jillibus

ah, got that bottom U word

12:53 am

vanillaslice

I'd never call anyone an id5/12

12:54 am

jillibus

but I feel like one for not seeing that hu5, among other things

12:55 am

jillibus

I'm a real ch5 for getting addicted to this

12:57 am

vanillaslice

thats why I hesitate Pro-ing

12:57 am

jillibus

you're already addicted

12:58 am

vanillaslice

I know!! But I don't want to be...well, the chores don't want me to be

12:58 am

vanillaslice

or my love life

1:00 am

jillibus

chores can wait for you to need a break. My dinner dishes are waiting right now, and I do need a break -- may be a ble to see those elusive blank tiles after I get back...

1:00 am

jillibus

brb

1:01 am

vanillaslice

do I take it that Pro's don't see cetain tiles for a time?

1:04 am

dizgrannie

vanilla, go Pro, I was umming about it and another Babbler bought Pro for me for Christmas 2 yrs ago...much better.

1:05 am

vanillaslice

thx for the encouragement

1:05 am

dizgrannie

LOL YW

1:05 am

jillibus

after 2 weeks non-pros don't see how many words there are, and don't see the Tile Stats.

1:06 am

vanillaslice

presume u all know that Lickety is up

1:06 am

vanillaslice

yeah thats where Lickety comes in handy

1:06 am

jillibus

oh yes -- I use Babble Expert and Lickety is included (plus other advantages).

1:07 am

gremlinn

one left sans list...a5 is being tricky

1:08 am

dizgrannie

do you have au 5/16

1:08 am

vanillaslice

you will easily ad5

1:09 am

gremlinn

I have ad5 x2, am5, au5

1:09 am

vanillaslice

or do you mean that fellow

1:09 am

dizgrannie

ab 5

1:10 am

dizgrannie

abamp

1:10 am

dizgrannie

DAMN!!!!

1:10 am

gremlinn

ahh, haven't seen that one before

1:10 am

vanillaslice

or that fereshwater protozoa

1:10 am

gremlinn

ty, fireworks

1:11 am

cybernan

10 for tomorrow -- goodnight everyone :)

1:11 am

vanillaslice

congrats!!!

1:11 am

jillibus

hooray for grem the great

1:11 am

jillibus

gnight nan

1:11 am

gremlinn

I hadn't seen the ta7 before either, but I was pretty sure it couldn't be a short word, so I eventually guessed it

1:11 am

cybernan

wtg grem

1:11 am

cybernan

gave up on the ta 7

1:13 am

gremlinn

now if the last word had been ab8 for which that ab5 is probably an abbreviation, I'd probably have found it :)

1:21 am

vanillaslice

keep the last 14 to later. bye all

1:24 am

Mema

da

1:52 am

jillibus

awful lot of unwords in this gr4...and it's bedtime for me so goodnight lurkers

1:56 am

jillibus

28 left and ... *poof*

1:59 am

nurse1000

any help with am7/32? TY.

2:05 am

Glantarell

am7/32 - group of vertebrates - begins with fluid in the womb

2:06 am

nurse1000

ah, thanks Giantarell. Just stuck on that one.

2:07 am

Glantarell

do you have the ta7? i'm stuck on that

2:08 am

Glantarell

adrian

2:08 am

Glantarell

oops - good job it's not a word!

2:09 am

Haz1558

ta7 - t plus ****don ship and two letters that say who you are.

2:09 am

crystalle

ta+ music ***d+ proof of who you are

2:10 am

crystalle

sorry, i seem to have a lag

2:11 am

Glantarell

TY Haz & Crystalle i got the same word from both your clues but it didn't work! - i must have the end wrong

2:11 am

splasher

How do I refresh a page?

2:12 am

crystalle

use the refresh on your browser

2:12 am

Glantarell

gotit now TY Haz & crystalle

2:12 am

Haz1558

Well done!

2:15 am

Glantarell

phantom eunuch

2:16 am

rubyfoo

gd morning everybody

2:16 am

FMitch

or do F5 on the keyboard splasher.
Morning/evening all.

2:16 am

rubyfoo

the great weather continues!

2:16 am

Glantarell

Hi FM

2:16 am

Glantarell

Hi Ruby

2:16 am

FMitch

It does here too ruby, we are warmer than most of Europe.
Hi Glan.

2:17 am

Glantarell

I'm in Norfolk at the moment and it's glorious here

2:18 am

FMitch

mmm Cromer crabs.

2:18 am

rubyfoo

it's perfect and cool at night and then gets pleasantly warm (75-80) in the afternoon) and because of the cool nights, the tulips have held on

2:18 am

Glantarell

May get ne soon!

2:18 am

splasher

Ok..It self corrected.

2:18 am

Glantarell

Cromer crab that is!

2:19 am

FMitch

lol I guessed that is what you meant. So scrummy.

2:20 am

FMitch

It was always a treat as a child when staying with Grandparents in Yourkshire. After a day at the beach we would buy a big live crab straight from the boat and cook it for tea.

2:21 am

Glantarell

i like them much more than lobster

2:21 am

rubyfoo

I'm writing down the name, have never seen a crab that big! will google it later

2:21 am

Glantarell

my parents live in Ceredigion and someimes my mum gets a crab as a treat for me while i visit

2:21 am

FMitch

and much more reasonable

2:21 am

Glantarell

Cromer is a place |Ruby

2:23 am

Glantarell

apparently more 'velvet' crabs are caught off the UK than anywhere else and they all go straight to europe because we do 't eat them

2:24 am

Glantarell

or is it spider crabs?

2:24 am

FMitch

Same with crayfish and langoustine. 80% of our fish and crustacia is expored which is such a shame.

2:25 am

FMitch

Are you on holiday and chilling out for a bit Glan?

2:25 am

rubyfoo

and here you can't get decent fresh seafood, only the occasional little fish from the lake (actually lunch today)

2:25 am

Glantarell

i love oing to brittany, not least because of the plates of 'fruits de mere' in restaurants

2:25 am

Glantarell

I ahve taken my parents to visit my brother and am partly chilling out

2:26 am

Glantarell

hard to completely chill out when father has alzheimers

2:26 am

FMitch

Oh ditto!! Went to a wonderful seafood resturant overlooking Mont St Michelle and ate the freshest fish washed down with a crisp white wine. Heaven.

2:27 am

Glantarell

he sat in the front seat of my car for the 6 hour journey and he switched the hazard lights on, opened the door twice, removed his seatbelt several times, and fiddled with the driving mirror

2:27 am

bleugirl2

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2:27 am

FMitch

Oh that is hard Glant but at least you are away from Mr Nasty.

2:28 am

Glantarell

not to mention emptying the contents of my dashboard cupboard and delaminating my parking pasLOL

2:28 am

rubyfoo

that sounds live heaven, FM. Mt. St Michel is one of my most favorite places. Have Kept a 19th c. photo of it on my wall for years

2:28 am

rubyfoo

yay for Glanta's freedom!!!

2:28 am

Glantarell

I was grinning mostly but the door opening was a bit scary when I was driving at 60 mph

2:28 am

Glantarell

and yes, nice to be away from Hideous

2:29 am

Glantarell

I love Mt St Michel too but it gets very crowded

2:29 am

FMitch

It was ruby, we were staying in a gite near Aramanches (sp) for 3 days and then drove down to the Loire ending up in Sancerre - one of my most favourite places in the world.

2:29 am

Glantarell

Avranches

2:30 am

rubyfoo

aaaah, Sancerre!!!!

2:30 am

Glantarell

Never been to Sancerre - must add to wish list - why do you like it so much?

2:30 am

rubyfoo

I just looked from the shore, being too afraid to cross the causeway....

2:31 am

Glantarell

There is a similar Mont just off the coast of Cornwall near Penzance - but not as pretty

2:32 am

FMitch

It is a small town on top of a hill surrounded by vineyards and the sunsets are just sublime. Stayed at the Hotel Panoramique which is built into the side of the hill, and to sit on the balcony with coffe and cognac after a good meal in the town square is ... just ... *sigh*

2:32 am

rubyfoo

I saw an Inspector Lynley mystery the other night, set in Cornwall, and it looked very appealing. It's on my wish list

2:32 am

Glantarell

is it very picturesque?

2:32 am

Glantarell

The lsles of Scilly need to be on everybody's wishlist - they are stunning

2:33 am

Glantarell

but you have to like boats as that is how yu travel between the islands

2:33 am

rubyfoo

where do you get a boat for those islands, glant

2:33 am

Glantarell

from Penzance in |Cornwall, although it's possible that boats go from France too

2:33 am

FMitch

Yes and of course visiting the wine producers is great fun. HAven't been back there for quite a while now but went 3 times when you could still afford to stock up on great wines.

2:34 am

Glantarell

I went by helicopter from Penzance

2:34 am

rubyfoo

must go and start my day, see you l ater

2:34 am

Glantarell

I have never visited a vineyard but have drunk lots of wine LOL

2:34 am

Glantarell

bye Ruby

2:35 am

FMitch

Bye ruby

2:35 am

Glantarell

probably ought to go and be sociable with family - was hoping to et to half way first but still have 59 left

2:36 am

FMitch

and I must get organised for the day too. TTFN

2:36 am

Glantarell

bye

3:59 am

sprite

good morning all

4:00 am

sprite

pa

4:01 am

sprite

sorry, fingers vs keyboard error

4:04 am

o-o

Hello, sprite. Rather quiet here.

4:04 am

sprite

it is. Glad to see you. How are you today?

4:07 am

o-o

Not so good, truthfully. Not much else to say. Good to see you too.

4:09 am

o-o

I must go. Take good care of yourself.

4:09 am

rubyfoo

hello again

4:09 am

sprite

No need to say much else, I know days like that. Or times like that. May you find a moment of balance and a ray of light somewhere today.

4:09 am

rubyfoo

back for a couple before apero and lunch

4:09 am

sprite

thanks BabbleRabble, you do the same, as well as you can.

4:09 am

sprite

hiya rubyfoo. How was your birthday?

4:09 am

rubyfoo

hello BR if you are still here!!

4:10 am

rubyfoo

4:10 am

rubyfoo

the birthday was splendid and your icon was delicious!!! Between Babble and Facebook, birthdays become extra-special!

4:11 am

rubyfoo

Husband was an absolute prince for 3 1/2 days, something of a record.

4:11 am

rubyfoo

how are you doing?

4:11 am

sprite

they do, don't they :) Glad you liked the icon. There were quite a few especially for you.

4:11 am

sprite

oh wow, how lovely! See, he does appreciate you. Wonderful he was able to show it.

4:11 am

rubyfoo

I saw them and it really tickled me. And I told everybody that it was wildcat's b-day, too, so was able to share much of the good will and love

4:12 am

rubyfoo

all I know about her is 1) that she's sweet, 2) that she lives in Austin where my son is and 3) that she loves animals. She's much more private than we are....lol

4:13 am

rubyfoo

and on Monday, as a late b-day present, FM and Crossy helped me get fireworks.

4:13 am

sprite

I am doing okayish. "practising" keeping my panic / overload reactions as low as possible while my neighbours have their house built out. Lots of noise. And angry shouts from the workmen, which trigger me more than I'd thought.

4:14 am

sprite

I will add her to the list for next year then.

4:14 am

rubyfoo

that is terrible, sprite. Ear plugs and/or xanax ight help. Or maybe music in "ear buds". My housekeeper, who has terrible tinnitis, wears ear buds and listens to music all day, to keep out the unpleasant noise

4:16 am

rubyfoo

everybody was complaining about yesterday's grid, but this one seems harder to me

4:17 am

rubyfoo

I wish you could come here where the only noise comes from the birds, although there is an annoying cuckoo across the way who never stops

4:17 am

rubyfoo

I've only seen her once, but she goes on all day!

4:17 am

sprite

would be wonderful if I could do that. But I cannot wear ear plugs when in panic or close to, because that adds to the anxiety and feelings of not being safe. I do have pills to calm me when having a panic attack, but those don't help against the overload of the system. It's a bit complicated.

Yesterday's grid was not too bad, except for a few words. I ended up with one word missing from most tiles, lol. And those were odd words. Am halfway this one, so far so good.

4:17 am

rubyfoo

uh oh. hoofbeats upstairs so I have to go. See you soon, sweetie, and I hope you can "tune out" the annoyances

4:18 am

rubyfoo

*poof*

4:18 am

sprite

LOL @ hoofbeats. Be sweet to the old horse ;)

4:18 am

granadan

I get something similar Sprite and ended up with beta blockers - they've been pretty good and I can leave themout if things are okay. You have my sympathies xx

4:18 am

ivesy3

sprite,not to but in, but i take a pill called buspar, daily, to keep me calm, help panic attacks

4:19 am

sprite

thanks granadan xx
Will keep that mind. Maybe ask my doctor about them.

4:19 am

sprite

thanks ivesy, *going to look that up*

4:20 am

ivesy3

yw.. was a godsend believe me.

4:22 am

sprite

I see it is available for dutch people as well. Will certainly ask my doctor and psych. I have oxazepam for the panic attacks. But the system overload still happens. Was really ill last week (fever, soar throat and diarrhea) without any virus, just stress.

4:22 am

granadan

Good luck Sprite - its absolutely debilitating. I somehow started getting worse when my husband was around - and Lord knows he is the sweetest guy in the world. Got so bad I couldn't breathe when he came in from work - these things broke the cycle a little till I'd got it straight, now its supermarkets LOLs!

4:25 am

ivesy3

went thru that when my son was using sprite. stress causes so many illnesses. people dont realize what it does mentally and physically..

4:27 am

sprite

LOL oh dear, I SO can relate to that. Not with the husband part, thanks God, but with the supermarkets. Buying groceries is like running a marathon on one leg wearing a gag.

4:28 am

sprite

ivesy, that must have been awful. And you are totally right. My psychiatrist also says that scientists only now start to discover how stress influences every process in the human body, hence causing illnesses.

4:29 am

sprite

anyway, I must not complain. I was doing pretty well in learning to handle the whole issue, and this noise thing is just temporary. Once it is over, I will continue to get a bit better every day.

4:36 am

ivesy3

thats good sprite. i find that if my routine is upset in any way, i get panicky lol.. so set in my ways.

4:37 am

sprite

I understand. Routine helps to keep the panic down.

4:38 am

ivesy3

yes, u do understand.!lol.

4:39 am

sprite

:)
Takes one to know one, right?

4:40 am

ivesy3

yes... :)

4:40 am

ivesy3

well, coffee time . hope u have a "mild"day sprite. take care

4:42 am

sprite

thanks ivesy, I hope the same for you. Enjoy the coffee!

4:58 am

herinfernallady

Hello

4:58 am

sprite

hi lady *hug*

4:58 am

herinfernallady

hugs

4:58 am

sprite

are you feeling a bit better than yesterday?

4:59 am

ExWren

Hello Sprite, I haven't played Babble for ages, and I didn't expect to see anyone I knew still there!

4:59 am

torgone

Heyas kids ..

4:59 am

sprite

hey ExWren! Long time no see indeed. Nice to see you again. There are still lots of 'oldies' around here.

5:00 am

torgone

Speekin' of oldies ..

5:00 am

sprite

hey torgone! Also a long time ago. Great to see you again.

5:01 am

herinfernallady

TORG hun you still here?

5:01 am

torgone

or speakin'

5:01 am

herinfernallady

WRENnnnnnnnnie. I mised you

5:01 am

ExWren

Yes, I can see one or two already. After my husband died, I went to stay with my son in Australia for two months, and just got out of the habit of babbling

5:01 am

torgone

Only just, luv ..

5:01 am

herinfernallady

I feel better Sprite. Less hacking

5:01 am

herinfernallady

Wren I am terribly sorry to hear about your husband passing

5:02 am

sprite

wtg lady. Fast recovery. Well done *hug*

5:02 am

sprite

must have been a rough time for you, Wren.

5:02 am

torgone

*hugs* ExWren

5:02 am

ExWren

I'm going back to OZ in May for a month

5:02 am

lynxxx

Hello everyone. HELLO EX-WREN, GREAT TO SEE YOU!!!!!

5:03 am

sprite

hi lyn :) xxx

5:03 am

herinfernallady

No I still have a bark happening just not letting it bother me

5:04 am

ExWren

Wow, herin, Torgone and Lynxxx, good to see tou all, I'm amazed you still remember mexxx

5:04 am

sprite

that's what I mean, lady. Well done!

5:04 am

herinfernallady

O wonderful Wren.

5:04 am

herinfernallady

Torg you still in Melb?

5:04 am

ExWren

*you

5:04 am

MollyL

Hello everyone. I'm just here to stock up the PB with lots of chocolate and other treats since gr4 is in the gr4. I imagine there will be high traffic in there today.

5:05 am

herinfernallady

Hi Molly

5:05 am

sprite

hi Molly :) I am secretly stealing in4 the PB for the chocolates.

5:05 am

lynxxx

Every single time Wren was in the gr**, we all thought of you! Your son is in Queensland isn't he? I hope he didn't get flooded

5:05 am

lynxxx

hi Molly

5:06 am

torgone

I am herin. I have tomorrow off, then to Sydney Sat. to visit a client, then home Sunday ..

5:06 am

herinfernallady

I bought a cute little Bilby toy for my niece today

5:06 am

lynxxx

Torg is in Melbourne??! whereabouts?

5:06 am

sprite

you get around, torgone ;)

5:06 am

MollyL

Go for it Sprite. Lots of yummy Easter treats in there.

5:07 am

sprite

*delicately drools on keyboard*

5:07 am

torgone

Staying near the airport in Tullamarine ..

5:07 am

lynxxx

cute Infernal

5:07 am

ExWren

My son lives about an hour's drive south of Brisbane so the floods and the cyclone didn't affect him.

5:09 am

herinfernallady

That is good

5:11 am

herinfernallady

Torg you still here?

5:12 am

torgone

For the moment ..

5:14 am

herinfernallady

I meant in Melbourn

5:15 am

torgone

Yes, I'm here till Saturday morning ..

5:15 am

herinfernallady

Ok

5:15 am

herinfernallady

:(

5:15 am

Haz1558

Ex-Wren, I remember you as well! Nice to see you, hope you're keeping in good health.

5:16 am

sprite

hi Haz

5:16 am

Haz1558

Hello, sprite - good morning/evening all.

5:17 am

herinfernallady

Hi haz

5:17 am

lynxxx

morning Haz

5:18 am

lynxxx

phantom: ratbag

5:18 am

Haz1558

Have we all recovered from yesterday's moderately difficult grid? (Understatement font)

5:18 am

herinfernallady

I was hopping for a bigger grid

5:19 am

sprite

my phantom of the day is brigand.

I didn't mind yesterday's grid that mu4, although I ended up with one word missing from almost every tile. But I learned a few new ones that way.

5:20 am

lynxxx

just a tad difficult - compounded by a 'lot' of words that didn't get entered (I must learn to look after entering)

5:20 am

torgone

Evidently, there aren't many Mexicans here in Oz because there is no good tequila ..

5:20 am

sprite

lol lady... totally in easter bunny mood already, hopping around.

5:20 am

herinfernallady

O yes

5:20 am

sprite

either that or they drank it all, torgone

5:20 am

lynxxx

lots of Mexicans down here - at least if you are from Queensland

5:20 am

herinfernallady

Tequila? what sort we have Jose

5:21 am

FMitch

Hello! Passing through and greetings to all.
sprite cybernan had a great idea for an icon theme the other day - the view from my (office or home office) window.

5:21 am

torgone

Jose Cuervo = petrol

5:21 am

herinfernallady

Or Talking from a NSW

5:21 am

lynxxx

morning FM

5:21 am

herinfernallady

I don't drink the stuff

5:21 am

herinfernallady

HI M

5:21 am

lynxxx

wow that's harsh Torgone

5:22 am

sprite

*hugs FM*

5:22 am

sprite

oh great one, will add it right away, FM

5:23 am

FMitch

TTFN back in a bit once the cleaner has finished. We spent an hour gardening this morning and i am only just cooling down.

5:23 am

sprite

bye FM, enjoy the gardening and the cooling down :)

5:24 am

torgone

All right .. I'm off to spend some money in the hotel bar ..

5:25 am

sprite

Haz, I like the minutes in your profile very mu4! Am only wondering (knowing how precise you are) about the amount of 'symbol unknown' squares?

5:25 am

Haz1558

That cleaner is multi-talented, isn't he?

5:25 am

sprite

in case of doubt, torg, stick to wodka.

5:25 am

herinfernallady

Have fun Torg

5:25 am

lynxxx

bye Torg

5:25 am

herinfernallady

You know if we were closer

5:25 am

FMitch

He is great - and runs errands for me too. *poof*

5:26 am

torgone

You do have some delightful beers here, of which I shall presently partake ..

5:26 am

Haz1558

I'm glad you enjoyed them, sprite. The original document was in Word and when I cut and pasted it, the funny symbols appeared. They're supposed to be quotation marks.

5:28 am

Haz1558

I suppose I should rewrite them directly rather than cut and paste. Or maybe people think it's a secret code.

5:28 am

herinfernallady

It is cute as it is haz

5:29 am

sprite

yes, the 'curly' ones. Babble only accepts the straight quotation marks. I always change them when I copy something into my profile, when changing the icon theme :)

5:30 am

sprite

I didn't mean it in a critical way.

5:30 am

herinfernallady

I know you didn't Sprite

5:30 am

Haz1558

No, I know. It frustrated me as well but obviously not enough to make me do anything about it!

5:31 am

sprite

*grin* I am sure you have better things to occupy your time.

5:32 am

Haz1558

Just a few! Is it going to be the same no matter what font is used?

5:33 am

herinfernallady

No idea

5:33 am

sprite

yes. For babbly there is only one font, and it only accepts straight quotation marks, both single and double, and the 'normal' dash - (not the longer one).

5:33 am

sprite

babbly? Also known as Babble.

5:34 am

herinfernallady

It is so good having 3 extra days off

5:34 am

Haz1558

Well, that saves me trawling through fonts, at least.

5:34 am

sprite

sounds lovely, lady. And well earned.

5:35 am

herinfernallady

I think tomorrow is dedicated to just breathing

5:35 am

sprite

for a long text like yours, Haz, Search and Replace is perhaps the easiest way.

5:35 am

sprite

breathing is an art, lady. And 'just breathing' is meditation ;)

5:36 am

herinfernallady

Yep

5:36 am

Haz1558

Thanks, sprite, I'll have a go.

5:36 am

sprite

if you want, I'll gladly do it for you, Haz, I have experience because of the daily change of icon text.

5:36 am

herinfernallady

I found out today that one of the chefs at the local Missions helped Jamie Oliver with 15

5:39 am

72 Temple Owl

hello all

5:40 am

sprite

hey TOwl :)

5:40 am

lynxxx

hi TOwl

5:43 am

sprite

fireflies! Good gr4, but some words that I never saw before. My favorite is the banded anteater.

5:43 am

72 Temple Owl

hi spritey hi lyn

5:43 am

lynxxx

congrats Sprite!

5:43 am

72 Temple Owl

ooh what does that begin with?

5:44 am

sprite

nu, TOwl

5:44 am

herinfernallady

Loves Sprite

5:44 am

herinfernallady

Lynxx you know Prahan City Mission?

5:45 am

sprite

*hugs lady*

5:45 am

lynxxx

oh good grief - and that's an Australian beastie. TY Sprite

5:46 am

72 Temple Owl

ty all. time to get reafy for ork. happy babbling

5:46 am

lynxxx

I don't Infernal - rarely get down to Prahran nowadays

5:46 am

sprite

yvw :)
Must love and leave you, Terra is overdue for an outing. *hugs*

5:46 am

herinfernallady

It is on Chaple street?

5:46 am

lynxxx

enjoy ork TOwl

5:47 am

lynxxx

Chapel - not sure if that is a question or a statement but either way I don't know it

5:48 am

herinfernallady

Ok that was a question. It is on Chapel Street um and do you know where the Arcade is?

5:50 am

Ouwachita

any clue for the am7 ?

5:51 am

lynxxx

nope, sorry. Only arcade I knew in Chapel Street was the one Dan Murphy renovated back in the 70s!

5:52 am

herinfernallady

Ok it is near there

5:52 am

lynxxx

am7 like the fluid a foetus is in, changethe ic for a vowel

5:52 am

herinfernallady

Their new head chef is amazing

5:55 am

lynxxx

BBS Its started to rain heavily here, just need to batten down the hatches

5:55 am

Aloyisius

hi Babblers.. volcano alert (-:

5:55 am

Ouwachita

lynx...i must be spelling the fluid wrong...cant seem to get it

5:56 am

herinfernallady

THanks for the warning Lynx

5:57 am

Ouwachita

got it...had to look up how to spell the fluid

5:57 am

Ouwachita

LOL

6:01 am

herinfernallady

Hi Aloy

6:01 am

Aloyisius

hi herin (-:

6:01 am

herinfernallady

What the heck is the other 7

6:02 am

Aloyisius

not on the list yet, hav am7 and ra7 only

6:03 am

herinfernallady

thanks

6:07 am

FMitch

The missing 7 is ta7/40

6:08 am

herinfernallady

thank you

6:08 am

Aloyisius

ty, FM.. (( ))

6:08 am

FMitch

yw and hello!

6:08 am

FMitch

It is a blood sucking fly aparently.

6:09 am

Aloyisius

gorgeous sunrise.. going to be hot and humid today.. ooh, looking for the fly

6:10 am

Aloyisius

monkeys need more bananas

6:10 am

FMitch

T'is already hot here, mind you it is just after 12.00 - am shedding layers of clothing :)

6:10 am

Aloyisius

bingo! found the fly

6:11 am

FMitch

yay!

6:11 am

rubyfoo

hello again, only 35 this morning

6:11 am

Aloyisius

hi ruby

6:11 am

rubyfoo

hello aloy!

6:11 am

FMitch

Afternoon ruby.

6:11 am

herinfernallady

Hi Ruby and a clue for that TA 7

6:11 am

rubyfoo

it is warming up here, too, FM. And I am preparing my garden plan for you!

6:11 am

rubyfoo

hello herin, how goes it?

6:11 am

Aloyisius

tuff to clue, thinking

6:12 am

FMitch

excellent!

6:12 am

Aloyisius

ta + glad there is a *** on DDT, + not the ego

6:13 am

FMitch

oh well done Aloy - I was pondering how to clue that too.

6:13 am

herinfernallady

mm

6:13 am

Aloyisius

well, lets see if herin gets it.. herin, the *** refers to a restriction against

6:14 am

Aloyisius

like *** the bomb!

6:14 am

herinfernallady

Yep got it

6:14 am

FMitch

double yay

6:14 am

Aloyisius

wahoo! wtg

6:15 am

rubyfoo

I'm just trying out a modification of Crossy's LI Iced tea and it doesn't taste like anything but should give me a good nap

6:15 am

Aloyisius

two days of some very strange words

6:15 am

herinfernallady

Took a moment

6:15 am

herinfernallady

Brain not working

6:15 am

FMitch

At least todays gr4 is SO mu4 better than yesterdays.

6:16 am

rubyfoo

for me, at least the c's are crunched, but not much else....

6:16 am

lynxxx

TY Aloy

6:16 am

lynxxx

hi Ruby

6:16 am

FMitch

Yesterday was one of the worst gr4's I remember in my time of babble.

6:16 am

rubyfoo

6:16 am

Kateq

ty Aloy--that's fireworks for me

6:16 am

Aloyisius

that e at the top has me befuddled

6:17 am

Aloyisius

yay for Kateq, congrats!!

6:17 am

FMitch

Hi lynxxx

6:17 am

lynxxx

Congrats Kateq

6:17 am

rubyfoo

yay kateq!

6:17 am

Kateq

attach a body of water for that e

6:17 am

lynxxx

em5.16 almost the same as the fire

6:17 am

Kateq

the auction site with an extra consonant

6:17 am

FMitch

em5/12 and em5/20

6:18 am

herinfernallady

Lynxx thanks for the warning

6:18 am

Aloyisius

ty all.. focus

6:18 am

Kateq

ty all--have a lovely day!

6:19 am

Aloyisius

bye, Kateq

6:19 am

FMitch

and you too Kate

6:19 am

Aloyisius

.. got the water one

6:19 am

Aloyisius

.. and the other, no fish there for me

6:19 am

FMitch

turn the water ending into a place where you get beer and wine :)

6:20 am

Aloyisius

time for the list, methinks

6:20 am

Aloyisius

lol, good clue FM

6:20 am

rubyfoo

ty for the top e's!

6:20 am

rubyfoo

water into wine....hmmm

6:21 am

FMitch

and time for me to go and get some crusty bread if there is any left at the bakers. Lunch today is a concotion of ani pasta

6:21 am

Aloyisius

no comment on FM's divinity (-:

6:22 am

rubyfoo

FM is definitely divine!

6:22 am

FMitch

air dried ham, salami, artichoke hearts, salad etc etc etc

6:22 am

Aloyisius

yum, imagining fresh bread.. bye, FM.. have a wonderful day

6:22 am

Aloyisius

yes, have a divine day!

6:22 am

rubyfoo

I've gotten to be lazy, used to make homemade bread very often

6:23 am

lynxxx

bye FM, enjoy

6:23 am

herinfernallady

Bye FM

6:23 am

FMitch

LOL and hugs to all. *poof*

6:23 am

rubyfoo

aloy" the trick is Bridgeford's frozen dough. Thaw it and make into braided shaes, then add big salt and olive oil and take all the credit for homemade!!!!

6:23 am

rubyfoo

shapes*

6:24 am

Aloyisius

lol, ok, ruby!

6:24 am

rubyfoo

it is the best and easiest, aloy

6:25 am

Aloyisius

will be making hot cross buns on Friday

6:26 am

rubyfoo

I used to do that for "fancy" guests and they were always impressed!

6:26 am

herinfernallady

O that sounds like a plan

6:26 am

herinfernallady

I may make that butterscotch apple pie

6:26 am

rubyfoo

oh, I miss hot cross buns but am too lazy to make my own....

6:26 am

Aloyisius

enjoy baking them and giving them away.. ooh, that sounds good too herin

6:27 am

rubyfoo

anything with butterscotch (or caramel - what is the difference, anyway) sounds good to me.

6:28 am

herinfernallady

Awww Aloy. I have yet to make this pie see how it goes. I am horrified that they want you to use frozen short crust pastry

6:28 am

Aloyisius

I use it.. haven't had much luck with homemade..

6:29 am

rubyfoo

the frozen pastries here are not bad, and very easy. They have the "feuillete" one which is wonderful for turnovers and such

6:29 am

herinfernallady

Pastry is different to Pastries

6:29 am

rubyfoo

actually, they are just refrigerated, not frozen...

6:30 am

herinfernallady

I used to love the par cooked bread we would get in.

6:30 am

herinfernallady

Opps at my old work

6:30 am

rubyfoo

what do I know? When I was a young bride, I used to make tarts with poached pears, creme anglaise, and my own buttery crust. But that's 100 yrs ago

6:30 am

herinfernallady

O I am so wanting in on that Ruby

6:31 am

Aloyisius

opp of good + opp of female is a word ! ba6 ..

6:32 am

herinfernallady

woohooo. Breakfast Club is on. Before that 16 Candles

6:32 am

rubyfoo

I love those two movies!!!

6:33 am

rubyfoo

Have you seen 27 dresses, Herin? You would love that, too!

6:33 am

herinfernallady

Yes that was great

6:35 am

uusue2

morning, all!

6:35 am

herinfernallady

Hi Uu

6:36 am

rubyfoo

hello sue

6:36 am

rubyfoo

fading fast; siesta time in Fr dixie!

6:36 am

Aloyisius

hi sue

6:36 am

uusue2

oh, dr4/5, I see that gr4/7 is in the gr4/7!

6:37 am

uusue2

hi, aloy, herin, and ruby!

6:37 am

rubyfoo

*poof* couldn't even get close to half~!

6:38 am

uusue2

have a nice nap, ruby!

6:38 am

Aloyisius

aww, good to see you tho, ruby.. bye, hagd

6:41 am

herinfernallady

Bye Ruby

6:42 am

jmcnrick

hi all

6:42 am

uusue2

hi, jmc!

6:42 am

jmcnrick

how spring break going?

6:43 am

Aloyisius

hi jmc

6:43 am

uusue2

who's having spring break? (mine was mid-March)

6:43 am

herinfernallady

hi

6:43 am

herinfernallady

Ok I am gonig

6:43 am

uusue2

bye, herin!

6:44 am

Aloyisius

bye, herin, see you next time

6:45 am

jmcnrick

bye herin

6:45 am

jmcnrick

i thought i read you were on break from school

6:46 am

MollyL

Hello everyone. Just restocking the PB. What with gr4 being in the gr4 and all.

6:47 am

jmcnrick

personally i think i will follow the rule that typing gr** is exempt but a wise move to restock

6:48 am

jmcnrick

and hi molly

6:48 am

Aloyisius

hi Molly.. good idea! I have to go.. good luck with this gr4 - found it to be a challenge.. last word was a th5 on the head! see you next time, babblers.. ciao

6:48 am

jmcnrick

bye snuffy

6:49 am

jmcnrick

and ty got two words from that

6:49 am

redturtlehead

Good Morning everyone!

6:49 am

jmcnrick

hi red

6:50 am

MollyL

Hey Red

6:50 am

jmcnrick

about 50 billion 3 letter words but i am struggling with the rest

6:51 am

redturtlehead

Hope everyone is haveing a nice day. I think I shall keep the sauna pants today

6:51 am

jmcnrick

sauna pants?

6:51 am

MollyL

Hooray for sauna pants!!!

6:52 am

redturtlehead

look at the icon. perfect for the PB when the hot tub is out of service.

6:52 am

uusue2

morning, red and molly!

6:52 am

jmcnrick

:-) the tiny icon is still a flower thus my confusion

6:55 am

Anniebrook

hello everyone

6:55 am

jmcnrick

hi annie

6:55 am

MollyL

Morning Annie, morning Sue.

6:55 am

Anniebrook

hi jmc

6:55 am

jmcnrick

wow this gr** is a bear!

6:55 am

uusue2

hi, annie!

6:56 am

Anniebrook

if ba 6/30 is a word, why not apeman 9as in Tarzan)

6:56 am

Anniebrook

hi uu

6:56 am

Anniebrook

and hi to Molly

6:56 am

jmcnrick

just what i thought!

6:56 am

MollyL

I agree Annie.

6:57 am

uusue2

so I got an email yesterday from a guy who writes for a newspaper called New Europe - he wants to republish my Science or Bunk article!

6:57 am

o-o

Nah, jmc, a breeze ... a walk in the park .... just find the next word until there is no next

6:57 am

MollyL

Very cool Sue!

6:57 am

Anniebrook

Hi BR!

6:57 am

uusue2

hi, BR!

6:58 am

Anniebrook

great, sue

6:58 am

MollyL

*Lines up to get Sue's autograph*

6:58 am

jmcnrick

thanks for the helpful advice BR

6:58 am

uusue2

lol, molly!

6:58 am

rolin

ok... i would like to protest that mu5/18+y is not a work...

6:58 am

jmcnrick

neat uu

6:58 am

rolin

*word

6:59 am

jmcnrick

*notes protest in giant protest of lack of words*

6:59 am

uusue2

personally I always spell it with -ie, rolin, but that's just me...

6:59 am

MollyL

Agreed Rolin. Even worse is that it would probably accept the ies version of that word.

7:00 am

jmcnrick

*puts back next to larger book for protest of fake words*

7:00 am

rolin

aaah...uu... oooops jmc

7:00 am

jmcnrick

did I say something?

7:00 am

rolin

uh huh

7:01 am

rolin

gi5/14

7:01 am

jmcnrick

so I did lol *trundles off to pb*

7:01 am

MollyL

Cool. The inferno guy is in the gr4

7:02 am

jmcnrick

it is amazing to me how i can enviably use a word in the gr** that I haven't used in months if not years

7:02 am

uusue2

well, I didn't have that one, jmc, so thanks! :-)

7:02 am

jmcnrick

me either! lol

7:02 am

uusue2

inferno guy? Oh, THAT inferno.

7:03 am

MollyL

There is more than one inferno guy???

7:03 am

redturtlehead

there is an inferno?

7:03 am

redturtlehead

always the last to know...

7:03 am

uusue2

probably on TV or video games or some other venue with which I am not familiar.

7:03 am

jmcnrick

the book red

7:03 am

MollyL

Or the disco inferno guy. Burn baby burn.

7:04 am

redturtlehead

the trampps! disco inferno! love it!

7:04 am

jmcnrick

the owner of the inferno perhaps

7:04 am

jmcnrick

the fallen angel

7:04 am

Kaplan the Magne

It won't take apeman????

7:04 am

MollyL

*Sneaks into PB to nab a chocolate marshmallow egg*

7:05 am

uusue2

and why isn't rabe a word? I can buy broccoli rabe in my grocery store...

7:05 am

jmcnrick

yeah kap but it takes ba6

7:05 am

Anniebrook

I protested that a while back, kap...but it takes ba 6/30

7:05 am

jmcnrick

my thought exactly uu

7:06 am

MollyL

*Indignant Babblers stomp their feet and shake their fists in the air*

7:06 am

Kaplan the Magne

that's absurd. I wanna sail away to a distant shore!

7:06 am

uusue2

why, did you use a word in the gr**, molly, or do you just want a chocolate egg?

7:06 am

MollyL

Chocolate cravings Sue.

7:06 am

jmcnrick

oooo sounds fun kap which shore?

7:07 am

jmcnrick

blech too early in the morning for chocolate

7:07 am

Kaplan the Magne

...and live like an apeman.

7:07 am

jmcnrick

hmmm you lost me there i want a nice hotel

7:08 am

uusue2

how can it be too early in the morning for chocolate? Hot chocolate! Chocolate croissants! Chocolate chip pancakes!

7:08 am

jmcnrick

*turns slightly green*

7:08 am

Kaplan the Magne

The Kinks, Jm.

7:08 am

MollyL

There is a time of day for chocolate? *Horrified look* I thought that was just booze.

7:09 am

Kaplan the Magne

JM is turning into broccoli.

7:09 am

crosshair

see? no matter what time of day or night i come in here,it is always about chocolate....

7:09 am

uusue2

Mimosas!

7:09 am

MollyL

It's not easy being green.

7:09 am

jmcnrick

There is a time of day for booze? *horrified look*

7:09 am

jmcnrick

i am buying solar panels so there :-P

7:10 am

MollyL

Sauna pants are cheaper JMC

7:10 am

jmcnrick

(although that is one of my favorite kermit songs)

7:10 am

uusue2

but they generate less electricity, molly

7:10 am

jmcnrick

but solar panels pay me money

7:11 am

jmcnrick

the sales boys are sooo cute with all the talk about rebates and credits and stuff

7:12 am

jmcnrick

i said i was at the first earth event in texas and started recycling in 1969 so the panels are not about money to me and THEY looked shocked!

7:12 am

MollyL

They are telling stories about you in the break room JMC.

7:14 am

MollyL

Another gripe...pa4 and ma4 are clearly abbreviations, which, according to the "rules" are not allowed. Harumph.

7:14 am

crosshair

a standard set of panels for one side of the roof of an average house including installation=30,000....cost to generate for homeowner=13 cents per kwh...rebate of selling back to grid(canada)69 cent per kwh..total time to pay off panels=10 years..warranty on panels=ten years lol

7:15 am

MollyL

*Guessing Cross does not know about gr4*

7:16 am

crosshair

bah..there will have to be an exemptuon on that or everyone will be in there

7:17 am

scouser

ma4 isn't even an abbreviation it is an acronym. However pa4 is OK archaic big cat

7:18 am

crosshair

effectivness of panels diminishes 1-2% a year so at the end of ten years it is all yours with 50-70% capacity left and no warranty..good luck

7:18 am

crosshair

oh and now your shingles need replacing under thoose panels...

7:19 am

scouser

Hi crossyhair - is a windmill a better buy then? I have wondered about those twisted vertical ones that don't take up so much space.?

7:20 am

crosshair

green energy is a tough go.we have several here with panels..there are wind turbines that seem to have some promise better than those darn towers anyways

7:20 am

scouser

sorry that should have been crosshair

7:20 am

crosshair

yes the turbines scouser

7:20 am

MollyL

I'm talking about the ma4 that is short for sandwich spread. And the pa4 that is short for your other half.

7:20 am

Kaplan the Magne

Vowels :(

7:20 am

crosshair

they are much like a jet engine on end

7:20 am

jmcnrick

sorry my stupid son called and i got distracted let me go back and read and catch up

7:21 am

o-o

From Help: TYPES OF WORDS NOT ALLOWED
Proper nouns, abbreviations, contractions, hyphenated words and foreign words that are not in the Enable Dictionary.

7:21 am

MollyL

My favorite part of that is "foreign words that are not in the Enable dictionary". What? It gets to pick and choose?

7:22 am

o-o

Note "that are not found in the Enable Dictionary." Those that are in the Enable Dictionary ARE valid.

7:22 am

crosshair

problem with turbines is they are milder climate devices..imaginge going out here some feb morn in a blizzard to de-ice the thing

7:22 am

Kaplan the Magne

Types of words allowed: Hebrew, Welsh, obscure and unused, Spanish, French.

7:22 am

Kaplan the Magne

At the discretion of the Enable Police.

7:22 am

scouser

Ok Molly . I only got as far as the first ma4/6 !

7:23 am

jmcnrick

actually crossy 1/2 of my roof (which is covered with a membrane with a 30 year warranty) is costing $10k before rebates etc.

7:23 am

Kaplan the Magne

yian

7:23 am

Kaplan the Magne

sorry.

7:23 am

jmcnrick

and it should provide about 50% of my electricity

7:23 am

uusue2

sounds good, jmc!

7:23 am

crosshair

that is there jmc..we pay dearly for cross border tarrif on much of that stiff

7:23 am

scouser

crosshair - yes I notice that the big commercial windmills out in Liverpool Bay seem to be feathered more often than running - presume weather conditions matter a lot.

7:23 am

uusue2

why, kap? wasn't a word...

7:24 am

jmcnrick

KAP!! type a word I could use :-(

7:24 am

Kaplan the Magne

wrong box.

7:24 am

crosshair

hell,our dollar is 5 cents over yours now and we still pay ten grand more for certain car models

7:24 am

jmcnrick

oddly the panels i am getting are made in canada

7:24 am

uusue2

there's a windmill farm just south of me that seems to run most of the time, and our weather is not exactly mild

7:25 am

crosshair

and fethering a turbine is more complex

7:25 am

MollyL

Kap, almost Easter dispensation from your Irish Shiksa friend.

7:25 am

Kaplan the Magne

I've decided to use another dictionary- the DISable dictionary, where everything is a word and all my dreams come true.

7:25 am

crosshair

they do not have de-icers like jet engines on planes

7:25 am

jmcnrick

and I thought the trade agreement between mexico canada and us took care of the tarriffs

7:25 am

Kaplan the Magne

Good yntiff.

7:25 am

crosshair

check it out jmc..price a car,any car there then here in lets say toronto

7:26 am

scouser

I heard on ra**** the other day that government grant scheme for home-generation has fallen into disarray because small firms have cashed in on it too, so there are some casualties already. They did not draw up the scheme tight enough and now, who knows?

7:26 am

MollyL

I'm with you Kap.

7:26 am

jmcnrick

i believe you crossy just confused

7:26 am

crosshair

but do not forget to add taxes,freight and shipping

7:27 am

jmcnrick

(even more confused by kap and molly)

7:27 am

MollyL

*Passes JMC a shot of Jack, since time of day is not an issue*

7:27 am

uusue2

anyway, time for my minimal stab at exercise, back shortly

7:28 am

crosshair

mmm jack and scrambled eggs.....

7:28 am

scouser

Just at the moment the weather here is gorgeous and I have done four hours gardening so far. Bye all for now.

7:28 am

crosshair

we had snow last night:((

7:28 am

jmcnrick

mmmm jack

7:29 am

BzznBea

Good morning all. Looks like another sticky grid...

7:29 am

jmcnrick

bye uu exercise for me too

7:29 am

Bremen

un ch

7:29 am

jmcnrick

what out bzzn gr** is in the gr**

7:30 am

jmcnrick

okay i am going to go hit my head against the wall and do some work

7:30 am

jmcnrick

bbl

7:30 am

BzznBea

So it is. TY

7:31 am

mkg

tough grid today all.

7:31 am

mkg

any 7s clues?

7:33 am

o-o

I did not think the gr 4 was that bad ... only maybe 80 words that were hard to find.

7:33 am

mkg

how bout y clues? or u clues? dont have any words with those letters.

7:33 am

Kaplan the Magne

Is gr 4 exempt from the PB?

7:34 am

Uneaixoise

ya5/16

7:34 am

o-o

Hello, Une

7:34 am

Uneaixoise

un4/5 um5/18 up6/33

7:34 am

Uneaixoise

hey, BR!

7:35 am

mkg

guess i am doing ok with 63 left.

7:35 am

o-o

ta + boys in the ***d + freud term

7:35 am

mkg

got one une. ty

7:36 am

o-o

ra + Princess that passed + pismire or emmet

7:38 am

o-o

am + darkest part of the day: **ght + cast a ballot: v***

7:38 am

mkg

boys in the hood?????

7:39 am

uusue2

thx for the 7's, BR!

7:39 am

Uneaixoise

tx for that am7!

7:40 am

Kaplan the Magne

Boys in the Sgt Pepper's Lonley Hearts Club ***d

7:40 am

o-o

ba 6 -- Come a Little Bit Closer refers to ba 6 Jose

7:40 am

mkg

ty got one of them.

7:40 am

Anniebrook

thanks, 7's done

7:40 am

mkg

ty got them.

7:40 am

mkg

need the ra 7 still. hmmm

7:40 am

Uneaixoise

tx for the ta7!

7:40 am

Uneaixoise

ra7 glowing

7:41 am

Anniebrook

Hi Une

7:41 am

mkg

what are those two words at the end of the ra clue?

7:41 am

Uneaixoise

hey, annie :-)

7:41 am

mkg

ty got the last 7.

7:41 am

mkg

would love some u and y clues please.

7:42 am

o-o

cruel treatment: in + ***an*

7:43 am

mkg

babble dont get second part of clue.

7:44 am

o-o

one is the loneliest nu *ber + what Babe Ruth used so effectively as the Sultan of Swat

7:44 am

lynxxx

TY BabRab

7:44 am

lynxxx

hello all again

7:44 am

Kaplan the Magne

inumbat

7:44 am

Kaplan the Magne

(Sheepish grin)

7:45 am

Kaplan the Magne

the cursor made me do it- but not a word!

7:45 am

Anniebrook

hi lynxxx

7:45 am

Mom

good morning everyone

7:45 am

lynxxx

hi Mom!

7:45 am

uusue2

hi, mom, lynxxx, mkg!

7:45 am

Anniebrook

good morning, ((Mom))

7:45 am

lynxxx

hi Sue

7:45 am

Kaplan the Magne

Goooooooooooooooood morning.

7:46 am

lynxxx

you do know don't you Kap?

7:46 am

Mom

Hi ((Lynxxx)), ((Uusue)) and ((((Annie)))

7:46 am

Mom

good morning Kap

7:46 am

uusue2

time to shower and dress, bbl

7:46 am

Mom

can't stay but for a minute. I wanted to let you all know that I am going dress shopping this morning with dear Whitney and her mom

7:47 am

Kaplan the Magne

know what?

7:47 am

Mom

bye uusue

7:47 am

lynxxx

about nu6.30

7:47 am

Mom

what?

7:47 am

lynxxx

good hunting Mom

7:47 am

Anniebrook

Mom, good luck on your dress quest....I know you will get a dress today.

7:47 am

Kaplan the Magne

Oh, for pete's sake.

7:48 am

Kaplan the Magne

PB for me.

7:48 am

Mom

I hope so, Annie. There is will lots of stores to choose from.

7:48 am

Kaplan the Magne

I'd better come back later.

7:48 am

Mom

Whitney's mom got her dress and it is pink, so I can move on from there

7:48 am

Mom

there will*

7:49 am

Anniebrook

Mom, I bought a dress for my grandson's bar mitvah in June and it is pink, black and white.

7:50 am

Mom

that sounds pretty, Annie

7:50 am

lynxxx

hi Annie

7:50 am

MollyL

Mom, does this mean you have to wear pink too, or compliment it?

7:50 am

Anniebrook

It is a nice dress and I am so relieved the dress searching is over.

7:50 am

Mom

I think compliment it

7:50 am

Anniebrook

hi lynxxx

7:51 am

Mom

If it is pink, i think any pastel would work

7:51 am

MollyL

Well then, that gives you more room.

7:51 am

Mom

it does, and good morning

7:52 am

MollyL

Annie, your dress sounds lovely.

7:52 am

Anniebrook

thanks, Molly...

7:53 am

MollyL

Both Moms in pastel sounds pretty. It will make for nice pictures. Are you getting excited Mom?

7:54 am

Mom

I am but so full of anxiety

7:54 am

lynxxx

70thy word = volcano - how embarassing

7:55 am

MollyL

My son's wedding was one of the most fun days of my life. The service was beautiful and the reception was a great party.

7:55 am

Mom

thanks Lynxxx

7:55 am

MollyL

I always miss that one Lynnx.

7:55 am

Mom

It will be a lovely day.

7:55 am

lynxxx

musn't worry Mom, no point, enjoy the party!

7:56 am

MollyL

Mom, what are you and your son dancing to?

7:56 am

Anniebrook

Mom, it will be lovely

7:56 am

Mom

I am trying. I keep telling myself it is like sitting in a rocking chair. It gives me something to do but I don't get anywhere

7:56 am

o-o

remembering the poker stake and volcano as a twofer helps me

7:57 am

MollyL

Ah, palindromes.

7:57 am

Mom

Molly, there will be no dance. It is just a ceremony with parents, grandparents and siblings

7:58 am

Mom

then well will all go for cake

7:58 am

Mom

once they return from their honeymoon they will have a party and all the families and friends can come

7:58 am

Uneaixoise

hey, mom -- sounds lovely!

7:59 am

Mom

thanks Annie for the confidence

7:59 am

Mom

Hi ((Une)) thank you, I think it will be also

7:59 am

MollyL

I'm sure it will be a lovely day Mom.

7:59 am

Matches

clue for first ad 5/14

7:59 am

Mom

Gotta scoot off here and get ready. ((Hugs)) to all of you and thanks for your kind words

7:59 am

lynxxx

That sounds really good - takes off a lot of the pressure all on one day.

7:59 am

Anniebrook

Mom, that is lovely...takes the stress out of a big shin-dig...you will do great. I think getting the dress is stressing.

7:59 am

Uneaixoise

bye, mom!

8:00 am

Uneaixoise

my only ad5/14 means to "get used to"

8:00 am

lynxxx

bye Mom ((hugs))

8:00 am

Mom

(((Annie)) I agree.

8:00 am

Mom

bye bye Une

8:00 am

Anniebrook

thanks, Ue

8:00 am

Mom

(((Lynxxx))) good night

8:00 am

Anniebrook

*une

8:00 am

grant

ad5 get used to, fit in with

8:00 am

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

8:00 am

Matches

ty that's the one I needed Une

8:00 am

o-o

the second ad 5/14 adds the generic male

8:03 am

o-o

am 6/27 -- add a singing voice: ****tone

8:03 am

Anniebrook

thanks, BR

8:06 am

o-o

am 5/16 -- add popular online place to sell stuff: ***y

8:09 am

Uneaixoise

tx for all the great clues, BR!

8:13 am

o-o

Thanks, Une -- I was away debating a theologian about free will -- how holy of me.

8:19 am

periwinkle

hello all isn't umbria a word?

8:20 am

lynxxx

drop i

8:20 am

lynxxx

hi Peri

8:20 am

o-o

Hello, peri.

8:20 am

crosshair

oroper name...

8:20 am

crosshair

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse
/umbria

8:20 am

lynxxx

I think your word is a region in Italy?

8:20 am

crosshair

proper

8:20 am

periwinkle

ty lyn

8:20 am

periwinkle

ty lyn

8:20 am

crosshair

tad dyslexic to day am i

8:21 am

crosshair

2 points for lynxx!!!

8:21 am

o-o

Umbria is a region of modern central Italy.

8:21 am

periwinkle

ah so :)

8:22 am

MollyL

Okay, is everyone straight on what Umbria is now? Good. *Passes the Easter candy*

8:23 am

MollyL

Babble Rabble, what a beautiful picture in your icon.

8:23 am

o-o

Charlie Chan would say "ah so."

8:23 am

periwinkle

bbs, going for a walk, which I don't want to do *sigh*

8:23 am

Haz1558

And Cumbria is in the English Lake District.

8:24 am

Haz1558

Good morning/afternoon all.

8:24 am

o-o

Hello, Haz.

8:24 am

lynxxx

where the pencils come from!

8:24 am

Haz1558

Hello, BabbleRabble.

8:24 am

lynxxx

wb Haz

8:25 am

Haz1558

Absolutely right, lynxxx, they mine graphite there.

8:27 am

JBV

good morning and hello to everybody

8:27 am

Anniebrook

Hi Haz, read your "confidential". Love it.

8:27 am

o-o

Is the graphite sufficiently dense for number 1 pencils?

8:27 am

JBV

Haz I love your Babble rules ...

8:27 am

lynxxx

hi JBV

8:27 am

Anniebrook

Hi JBV

8:27 am

JBV

some people actually think they're real I guess

8:27 am

JBV

hi Annie!

8:27 am

JBV

how are things in Brooklyn today?

8:28 am

Haz1558

I'm not sure, BabbleRabble, but they claim to have made the first pencil.

8:28 am

Haz1558

Hello, JBV and Annie.

8:28 am

Anniebrook

sunny, cool and pleasant today, jbv

8:29 am

Haz1558

www.pencilmuseum.co.uk - visited it years ago and found it very interesting.

8:29 am

lynxxx

Number 1 pencils BR? You don't use HB type gradings in the States?

8:30 am

o-o

Cannot recall that type, Lyn. Then again, I have not bought a pencil for decades.

8:31 am

lynxxx

It appears you don't, your #1 = The rest of the World's B

8:31 am

Haz1558

We use the HB grading system over here as well.

8:32 am

crosshair

wife uses faeber-eberheart(or something like that) for her art work.they are graded one through 12 and are expensive as heck:(

8:32 am

o-o

Well, excuuuuuuuuuuuse me.

8:32 am

MollyL

The y's are weird.

8:35 am

crosshair

2-6 dollars a pencil

8:36 am

crosshair

no wonder all artists are starving...

8:36 am

Anniebrook

can I get a clue for ba 5/20, please

8:37 am

cwestexan

do you have a clue for those y's Molly??

8:37 am

o-o

I am so confused I even thought a number 1 meant harder and now I find out it is softer.

8:37 am

Uneaixoise

ya5 is like la5 of the manor

8:37 am

crosshair

let me get her pencil tin....

8:38 am

Haz1558

ba5/20 - sung about by the Carpenters

8:38 am

Haz1558

I can hear that line in my head, can't get the first line....

8:38 am

o-o

blue ba 5/20

8:39 am

Haz1558

'Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the ba5/20'

8:39 am

lynxxx

TY Haz...now I have got Roy Orbison(?) Blue Ba5.20 in my head

8:39 am

splasher

bayou

8:39 am

crosshair

staedtler lumograph pencils...mmm both letter and number grading and yes higher the number the softer

8:39 am

Anniebrook

thanks, BR and Haz

8:39 am

Haz1558

Jambalaya. Thank goodness for google otherwise I'd have been chasing that lyric in my head.

8:40 am

o-o

or linda ronstadt

8:40 am

MollyL

The Carpenters sang Blue ba5? That was Linda Ronstadt

8:40 am

Anniebrook

Now I have to put on a Roy Orbison CD

8:40 am

crosshair

do they eat jamalaya in shambala..would seem to be a perfect fit..have to ask the guys of 3 dog night

8:40 am

lynxxx

Orbison wrote it as well as sung

8:41 am

Haz1558

The Carpenters sang 'Jambalaya' in which ba5/20 featured.

8:44 am

crosshair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnyh6i9
NvmE

8:44 am

crosshair

arrrroooooo....

8:44 am

MollyL

ya5/16....sounds like what grows on your head + fourth letter. ya 5/18...ya + I mu5ed on my popcorn

8:46 am

MollyL

Ack, just the first three of the mu5

8:46 am

Jeff7

clue for the bottom o please

8:46 am

Jeff7

and good day to y'all

8:47 am

MollyL

*Gives up cluing, goes back to PB for more chocolate*

8:47 am

o-o

oi + ***monds are a girl's best friend

8:48 am

Jeff7

ty

8:51 am

Mr Bob

Morning all

8:52 am

lynxxx

hi Bob

8:52 am

o-o

Hello, Mr Bob

8:52 am

Jen34

Note to self: Eunuch is not in the grid. Stop typing it.

8:53 am

o-o

never been nuts about that word

8:53 am

lynxxx

groan

8:53 am

o-o

Listening to Orbison do Land of 1000 Dances

8:54 am

Jen34

LOL

8:54 am

Haz1558

I'm just worried that ruru will turn up and think he has to compete.

8:54 am

lynxxx

how is the snow melt going BabRab, all in order?

8:55 am

o-o

The dikes and sandbags are holding

9:00 am

lynxxx

Midnight - think its time I had some dinner and then get to bed. Night all

9:01 am

o-o

Good night, Lyn

9:01 am

o-o

Good night, Lyn

9:01 am

Haz1558

Enjoy your meal, lynxx, and sleep well.

9:01 am

Mema

b anio

9:01 am

Mema

b anio

9:06 am

mkg

yanch wont take. what is that clue about popcorn?

9:08 am

flosey

you ***ch on popcorn

9:08 am

mkg

ya: the 5 sounds like what grows on head: i cant figure that one out either. darn.

9:08 am

Haz1558

Try, y plus the ending of a prayer, but change the second vowel.

9:08 am

MollyL

Sounds like what grows on your head. Change the h to a y

9:08 am

mkg

ok got it. i was doing last three letters instead. got ya 5 with popcorn clue. now cant get other one either.

9:09 am

Haz1558

ya5 - put an extra vowel into three feet in length.

9:09 am

flosey

same as ba5

9:09 am

MollyL

y + you call simple people *** heads + fourth letter

9:09 am

flosey

sorry, ignore that

9:10 am

mkg

ty got it.

9:10 am

flosey

not awake yet!

9:10 am

mkg

still missing all u words

9:10 am

flosey

but, goodmorning everyone

9:11 am

MollyL

Pretty afghan Flosey.

9:11 am

flosey

up + old phrase, **** your loins

9:11 am

flosey

thanks Molly

9:11 am

Haz1558

Good morning, flosey.

9:11 am

mkg

ty. got it.

9:12 am

Haz1558

um5/18 - beginning and ending of a rain protector

9:12 am

flosey

yw

9:12 am

mkg

ty got it.

9:12 am

mkg

need 3 more from second row u.

9:13 am

MollyL

*Wonders if anyone gi4/7s their loins anymore*

9:13 am

mkg

that v is not used at all.

9:13 am

flosey

do **** others as you would .................

9:13 am

mkg

men do molly

9:14 am

flosey

un + the **r we breathe

9:14 am

mkg

ty!

9:14 am

mkg

ty missing only 1 u.

9:15 am

flosey

un + re**te your vows

9:17 am

mkg

redo? retie? re..........

9:17 am

Haz1558

Not repudiate, hopefully.

9:17 am

EvaNadine

mUN**e, Indiana

9:18 am

flosey

lol haz

9:18 am

mkg

got it. ty flosey

9:18 am

flosey

yw mkg

9:18 am

Haz1558

That would be an awful shock for the guests. 'We got it all wrong!'

9:19 am

MollyL

Hi Eva. I was just thinking about you as I was reading about how Reese Witherspoon wore cowboy boots at her wedding. Another bridal wear pioneer.

9:19 am

hurshy

well, my sister had to put her dog to sleep last night. :(

9:19 am

EvaNadine

i think she also wore a pink dress, no?
of course, this was her second wedding...

9:20 am

MollyL

Aw Hursh, sorry to hear that.

9:20 am

EvaNadine

oh, hurshy. sorry to hear that. :(

9:20 am

Haz1558

Hello, hurshy. It's a sad time, I know.

9:21 am

hurshy

it is hard when you love someone who is hurting and you sympathize, to figure out what to do, when you aren't there for a hug. but, i did a couple of things, which hopefully will convey my sympathy well.

9:22 am

flosey

am sure your sister will understand whatever message you send hurshy

9:22 am

sciencegeek

hi all

9:22 am

Haz1558

There's honestly not a lot you can do other than be prepared to be sympathetic and you've done that.

9:22 am

Haz1558

It's the time of adjusting to the dog not being there that's difficult.

9:22 am

Haz1558

Hello, science.

9:23 am

hurshy

this dog just meant so much to her. it was her first that was really "hers" and saw her through HS, college, starting out in life, getting married...

9:24 am

Haz1558

I had a friend in a similar situation - her first proper dog for herself. It was very difficult for her to let go.

9:25 am

MollyL

Being an understanding ear, and calling to check in on someone, are two of the nicest things you can do for someone who has experienced a loss.

9:25 am

hurshy

and i appreciate you guys sympathizing with my sympathizing! :)

9:26 am

Haz1558

I entirely understand the feeling of helplessness and frustration at not being able to make it better for your sister.

9:27 am

hurshy

thanks. so... seems like a very hard grid today... or is it me?

9:28 am

flosey

lots of silly 4 letter words

9:28 am

Haz1558

I don't think many would say it's easy.

9:28 am

sciencegeek

it is a hard one

9:28 am

rururocks

am7?

9:29 am

flosey

hi ru, don't have that one

9:30 am

Haz1558

am7 - looks as though it's going to describe the fluid round a baby but then runs out of steam for the ending.

9:30 am

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, how's it hangin'?

9:30 am

rururocks

thank you haz

9:31 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

9:31 am

Haz1558

Hello, BDG.

9:32 am

flosey

thanks Haz for the am7

9:32 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

9:32 am

Haz1558

Must take a quick break...

9:33 am

crosshair

ty for the am 7 haz

9:34 am

sciencegeek

ab 5?

9:35 am

rururocks

like the little creature science

9:35 am

rururocks

without the o

9:36 am

sciencegeek

little creature?

9:36 am

rururocks

microscopic creature

9:36 am

Book Doctor Gwen

that's am5. is there an ab5? (i don't have it)

9:36 am

rururocks

oh sorry

9:37 am

sciencegeek

ty ruru

9:37 am

rururocks

ab + a electric term

9:37 am

sciencegeek

dot see it ruru

9:37 am

kje

weird words

9:37 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ty ruru, got it!

9:38 am

crosshair

ohm..watt...farad.....hertz.....

9:38 am

rururocks

ab + electrical guitar sounds box

9:38 am

Book Doctor Gwen

(adding to my collection of strange words)

9:38 am

crosshair

ahhh

9:38 am

sciencegeek

ty strange

9:38 am

crosshair

rock on!

9:39 am

rururocks

(puts crossie on american Idol)

9:40 am

crosshair

ahh no thanks,no wish to grovel to 300 million people in the hopes of making a living lol

9:40 am

Dorens

p

9:41 am

sciencegeek

last ba 5 please

9:41 am

sciencegeek

nm see it

9:42 am

inge

what is teh third letter in ta 7 please?

9:42 am

Dorens

ba

9:43 am

Book Doctor Gwen

maunch is a perfectly good medieval word, grrrrr

9:43 am

flosey

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the ba5

9:44 am

kje

nice flos

9:44 am

flosey

I cant get the other ba5, any clues please?

9:45 am

crosshair

will indeed flosey.we shall do a seafood boil and crank up the still have have us a party

9:45 am

sciencegeek

ba 5 think hen

9:45 am

LuvWordGames

b + picnic pest + sometimes vowel

9:45 am

flosey

thanks luv

9:45 am

sciencegeek

ba 5 down on the ba5 in Houston - ba5 city

9:45 am

kje

ba5 - prohibit + thanks

9:45 am

LuvWordGames

yw flosey

9:46 am

flosey

and tks kj, hi

9:47 am

Jeff7

clue for the top u please

9:48 am

Anniebrook

um 3/4 of a spoiled child

9:48 am

Anniebrook

left out the + sign between um and the spoiled child

9:49 am

crosshair

got it neverless ty annie

9:49 am

Book Doctor Gwen

TY annie, got it

9:49 am

Anniebrook

youre welcome

9:49 am

kje

em?

9:49 am

FMitch

If it were un5 it would mean to take an undergament off a lady *grin*

9:50 am

Anniebrook

Hi FM!

9:50 am

crosshair

((FM))

9:50 am

kje

or man ; )

9:50 am

FMitch

Greetings dear babblers

9:50 am

Anniebrook

kje, there are 2 em's, which one do you need

9:50 am

flosey

hi FM

9:50 am

uusue2

morning again, all!

9:51 am

flosey

hello sue

9:51 am

crosshair

wb sue

9:51 am

uusue2

*adding ab5/18 and um5/18 to the physics babblets list*

9:51 am

kje

i will take either... aything... just make the pain stop

9:51 am

Book Doctor Gwen

hiya sue

9:51 am

FMitch

em + a place to get a drink

9:52 am

inge

Finally got it . I Kept misspelling that ta7

9:52 am

Book Doctor Gwen

em5, em + body of water, like the massachusetts ***

9:52 am

Anniebrook

em and a place online to sell unwanted items E***

9:52 am

kje

ty

9:52 am

rururocks

the pain?

9:52 am

FMitch

em + sitting on the dock of the ***

9:52 am

MollyL

I've never even heard of the ta7. It was a lucky guess for me.

9:52 am

Anniebrook

youre welcome

9:52 am

rururocks

*drama queen*

9:53 am

kje

ty

9:53 am

sciencegeek

in 6?

9:53 am

Anniebrook

Is the pain gone?

9:53 am

hurshy

clue that ta7 please ? :)

9:53 am

kje

yes... everyoe describes me that way

9:53 am

kje

actually the opposite

9:53 am

kje

it is easing anie... will be gone in 16

9:54 am

Anniebrook

ta, Boys in the ***d and 2 letter Freudian term

9:54 am

Book Doctor Gwen

~~ "sittin' in the mornin' sun, i'll be sittin' when the evenin' come . . . ~~

9:54 am

uusue2

hi, gwen :-)

9:55 am

MollyL

ta7...what you run up at a bar (bill for drinks) + an *rach*** is a spider.

9:55 am

FMitch

lol BD, I'm sitting here humming it too.

9:55 am

kje

sing it book!!!

9:55 am

rururocks

you have a headache kje?

9:55 am

hurshy

thanks!

9:55 am

Anniebrook

youre welcome

9:55 am

dianedecoder

watchin' the tide drift away la la la

9:55 am

sciencegeek

in 6

9:55 am

Book Doctor Gwen

~~ "seems like nothin' gonna change, everythin' still remains the same . . . ~~

9:56 am

uusue2

yeah, I don't have it either, sciencegeek

9:56 am

dianedecoder

*roll away * :-)

9:56 am

Anniebrook

in, *** a tune, vowel

9:56 am

MollyL

I left my home in Georgia, headed for the Frisco Bay

9:56 am

hurshy

i only have two of the 6's :(

9:56 am

EvaNadine

phantom: adamant

9:56 am

hurshy

ok now three

9:56 am

hurshy

phantom: eunuch

9:56 am

MollyL

in + **** Cronyn, actor

9:57 am

sciencegeek

tymolly

9:57 am

flosey

thanks molly, good clue

9:57 am

Anniebrook

great clue, molly

9:57 am

kje

hey ru... looks like that NY merchant will mail the wine... checked yesterday ad it is now in the shipping "status". Weird since o one else from NY will ship here

9:57 am

hurshy

clue for the o ?

9:57 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ty, got the ta7 at last

9:57 am

MollyL

I met him, and Jessica Tandy once. Lovely people.

9:57 am

rururocks

great.. I hope you love it like i do

9:58 am

flosey

oh, lucky you molly, I loved her too

9:58 am

Anniebrook

oi and spanish day

9:58 am

rubyfoo

back again but didn't get very far before, only 43 words, each one hard-won

9:58 am

Book Doctor Gwen

oh, the ta7 is a horse fly. scientific name

9:58 am

Anniebrook

(((ruby))))

9:58 am

crosshair

((ruby))

9:58 am

flosey

hi again ruby - I gave up very early last night

9:58 am

kje

hi rub

9:59 am

crosshair

lol i am at 43 right now myself:)

9:59 am

EvaNadine

NBT, NBS, and halfway done.
mayhaps i should focus on, yknow, w-o-r-k now...

10:00 am

FMitch

43 words or 43 years crossy ;)

10:00 am

Book Doctor Gwen

no no no eva!! LOL

10:00 am

uusue2

yay, eva!

10:00 am

MollyL

*Sneaks into Eva's office and puts Ben & Jerry's Late Night Snack on her desk*

10:00 am

crosshair

words..the years are older i am afraid

10:00 am

FMitch

Not so many more I am sure!

10:00 am

uusue2

nbs and over half way but need a y for nbt *shamelessly begging for clues*

10:01 am

uusue2

and if you refresh I have a new plant-of-the-day in my icon :-)

10:01 am

EvaNadine

molly -- i got some yesterday and started in on it last night. sweet + salty all at once -- whats not to love?!!

10:01 am

crosshair

i am on the cusp fm.i am almost at the point where age ceases to be something you hide and it becomes a badge of honor ;)

10:01 am

kje

10

10:01 am

rubyfoo

let's not talk about years, crossy, I am much older now

10:02 am

FMitch

Gosh that is glourious uu

10:02 am

rubyfoo

hello kje

10:02 am

rubyfoo

10:02 am

crosshair

you look 25 from here riby:)

10:02 am

rubyfoo

hi eva and sue

10:02 am

crosshair

ruby

10:02 am

uusue2

you should get a badge of honor anyway for surviving, crossy, no matter how old you are!

10:02 am

FMitch

I thought you were younger than me crossy

10:03 am

uusue2

and hi, ruby! Have a good nap?

10:03 am

rururocks

I'm older than you FM

10:03 am

crosshair

lol,indeed sue,even scrabby has given me dispensation to eat whatever i like

10:03 am

rubyfoo

husband just went plant shopping for me and bought everything in the wrong color; I didn't say anything, but he appears to have forgotten the difference between red and salmon. He has always gotten it right before!

10:03 am

FMitch

you too ruru? Quelle age avez vous?

10:03 am

rubyfoo

great nap, thank you.

10:03 am

rururocks

I think....

10:03 am

rururocks

but then FM.. you are younger than your years

10:03 am

Anniebrook

y + O2 + consonant

10:04 am

rubyfoo

I think I'm the oldest in this group....

10:04 am

FMitch

awe and you are a gentleman.

10:04 am

sciencegeek

done

10:04 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ya5, your front lawn or garden, but add a vowel in the middle

10:04 am

Anniebrook

No, Ruby, I am the oldest

10:04 am

flosey

I bet you're not, ruby

10:04 am

crosshair

i am a mere sprig at 48 this may actually

10:04 am

rubyfoo

aaah, but younger in spirit, annie {{xx}}

10:05 am

flosey

no Annie, I am

10:05 am

Book Doctor Gwen

wtg sciencegeek !!! ~~~~~ !!!!!

10:05 am

rururocks

god crossie.. wait till your 50's..lol

10:05 am

rubyfoo

hello flosey, I guess not

10:05 am

uusue2

yay, sciencegeek!

10:05 am

uusue2

and when in May, crossy? My birthday is in May too...

10:05 am

flosey

WTG Sciencegeek

10:05 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ya5, a vegetable (3 letters) + prefix meaning to reverse, or not do

10:05 am

rubyfoo

crossy, I made your drink and it gave me the best, dream-filled nap

10:05 am

crosshair

not to worry ruru..my body is already in the mid 60,s

10:05 am

Anniebrook

flosey, you beat me by one year

10:06 am

crosshair

mine is the 6th sue

10:06 am

rururocks

*I can hear the groaning now*

10:06 am

FMitch

Flosey can you remember the babbler called HEttie (or similar) she was well matured too :)

10:06 am

Book Doctor Gwen

gotta, go, appointment looooming POINK

10:06 am

crosshair

ahh was it delish ruby?

10:06 am

uusue2

thx, gwen! NBT!

10:06 am

kje

groaning in 50s??? that is young

10:06 am

rururocks

*well matured... LOL*

10:06 am

flosey

oh yes, I know her, FM

10:06 am

uusue2

ah, mine isn't until the 25th, crossy :-)

10:06 am

Anniebrook

hettie clews?

10:06 am

flosey

she lived on the Island here but moved to Victoria

10:07 am

rubyfoo

yes indeed, but I used grand marnier instead of tripls sec, just made a small one, though, as it would be lethal in larger quantities

10:07 am

dianedecoder

My birthday is also in may....I'll be 71

10:07 am

FMitch

Splendid, she is of a good age too if I remember.

10:07 am

flosey

yes Annie, that's the one

10:07 am

rururocks

wow..an oldie but a goodie diane

10:07 am

crosshair

i gave you the mixology for a weak and strong one just in case

10:07 am

EvaNadine

i suspect i am one of, if not the, youngest in here ATM...

10:07 am

dianedecoder

May 7 for me, crossy

10:07 am

uusue2

nice, diane! I'll be 60...

10:07 am

FMitch

lol think you are right EvaN.

10:07 am

crosshair

we will have lots of birthdays in may i see

10:08 am

dianedecoder

thanks ruru :-)

10:08 am

kje

what drink?

10:08 am

rubyfoo

I'd like a do-over of my 40's and 50's!

10:08 am

flosey

I believe it was Hettie who got Jillibus into Babble - who then got me addicted

10:08 am

EvaNadine

however, in terms of being a babbler member, methinks i am probably the oldest...

10:08 am

kje

uno

10:08 am

FMitch

I was talking with my Mom the other day and had to double check my age and was delighted to find I had added an extra year.

10:08 am

rubyfoo

crossy gave me the recipe for Long Island iced tea

10:08 am

rururocks

I'd like to do my 20's over again

10:08 am

uusue2

Apparently August is a busy month :-)

10:08 am

kje

I'd like a do over of my tweties too

10:09 am

rubyfoo

funny you say that, I know about 10 people conceived on New Years' Eve!

10:09 am

rururocks

I wouldn't limit myself as much as I did.

10:09 am

rubyfoo

my 40's were the best!

10:09 am

FMitch

Na ruby - my 30's I would do again.

10:09 am

kje

exactly

10:09 am

rururocks

Although I might be dead if I pushed somethings further..lol

10:09 am

rubyfoo

in my 50's, I was just grateful to be alive, but the 40's were amazing!

10:10 am

kje

why were the 40s amazing?

10:10 am

FMitch

since when has that ever stopped you ruru?

10:10 am

kje

FW!

10:10 am

dianedecoder

every decade has it's pleasures.... I've liked every one of them, however this one would be better if it was minus pain..... workin' on it !!!

10:10 am

rururocks

hmm..long story Fm.. in person someday..maybe

10:10 am

flosey

wtg kj

10:10 am

Anniebrook

congrats, kje

10:10 am

rururocks

well done kj'ers

10:11 am

FMitch

intreaguing

10:11 am

rubyfoo

I was single, had a great job, did a lot of traveling and made a decent amount of money for the first time. And I started to run!

10:11 am

flosey

lol, I hear you diane!

10:11 am

uusue2

yay, kje!

10:11 am

FMitch

ruru was chatting with ruby and Glant this morning about rance and then Sancerre (thought of you).

10:11 am

rubyfoo

I hear you, too, diane!

10:12 am

FMitch

sorr5y that should have bee ruru and then a comma.

10:12 am

rururocks

I love the Loire Valley

10:12 am

MollyL

*Singing* I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now.

10:12 am

rururocks

I particularly love Sancerre and Vouvray areas

10:12 am

rubyfoo

from now on it's ruru,

10:13 am

kje

I am single, have a good job, run, make a decent amout of money... but don't cosider this my fave decade yet

10:13 am

rururocks

...singing..."forever young..."

10:13 am

FMitch

So do I and I want to go back at leat one more time. ru

10:13 am

rubyfoo

I love it when Molly serenades us; gives me great earworms!

10:13 am

kje

maybe it will perk up before 50 hits ; )

10:13 am

rururocks

50 is fun

10:15 am

kje

50? or 50s?

10:15 am

rururocks

I ate at a restaurant in the Loire in a castle and the food was great.. I can't remember the name of it.. but the wine list was incredible.. really old stuff on the list

10:15 am

rururocks

50 is fun.. 55 is the beginning of achy mornings which I do not like

10:15 am

FMitch

*le sigh*

10:16 am

rururocks

Loire Valley wines can live forever in many cases

10:16 am

Anniebrook

I must start my day, bye dear babblers

10:16 am

rubyfoo

ditto for "le sigh"

10:16 am

flosey

have a good one Annie

10:16 am

kje

hagd annie

10:16 am

rubyfoo

bye annie, see you later!

10:16 am

FMitch

Bye Annie

10:16 am

uusue2

ah yes, the Loire valley is wonderful! Spent a week there with my son, who was then about 8 - don't think he appreciated it as much as I did!

10:16 am

rururocks

Knowing what I know now.. I would have had a lot more sex in my twenties than I did

10:16 am

FMitch

lol ruby

10:16 am

uusue2

and bye annie!

10:17 am

FMitch

ROFL

10:17 am

rubyfoo

hahaha ruru

10:17 am

uusue2

lol, ruru!

10:17 am

rubyfoo

who had time?

10:18 am

kje

ditto

10:18 am

rubyfoo

in the 40's, however......

10:19 am

FMitch

Think I will ahve to get the Babble Jet out of the Pawn shop and set up a summer party in the Loire.

10:19 am

rururocks

yes.. lovely FM.. what a great idea

10:19 am

kje

yep, ature played a dirty trick... wome are def sexually peaking in the 40s, but less men.... more men in the 20s, but they were idiots

10:19 am

rubyfoo

I'll be on the next train, FM!

10:20 am

rubyfoo

agreed, kje

10:20 am

kje

nature, that is

10:20 am

FMitch

We have had some great parties on it in the past ruby :)

10:20 am

rubyfoo

every day is a party in here

10:21 am

FMitch

oh if only ruru - just think, how great it would be for everyone to get together

10:21 am

rubyfoo

we could rent a chateau!

10:22 am

FMitch

It would probably take 2 days just for everyone to meet eachother and all the chat and talk and fun .....
Good thinking ruby :)

10:22 am

rubyfoo

with terraces

10:23 am

FMitch

It is good to dream sometimes :)

10:23 am

rubyfoo

and fireplaces

10:24 am

hurshy

say, could i get guidance on the Y's?

10:24 am

rururocks

I peaked early I think...

10:25 am

rubyfoo

phantom: debauch, just for ruru

10:25 am

rururocks

..but then I started @ 13...

10:25 am

FMitch

ya5/16 and ya5/18

10:26 am

kje

tmi

10:27 am

rururocks

.lol...

10:27 am

rururocks

sorry

10:27 am

rubyfoo

what's the diff between the two y's?

10:27 am

FMitch

is that a rhetorical question?

10:28 am

rubyfoo

sounds like the beginning of a joke but I need one more word for half

10:28 am

FMitch

if not then ... the letters are different *giggle*

10:28 am

FMitch

Sorry getting silly here this afternoon.

10:29 am

rubyfoo

wasn't tarzan the ap****?

10:29 am

rubyfoo

aaah, half!

10:29 am

rubyfoo

see you after dinner

10:29 am

FMitch

Bye ruby!

10:30 am

rubyfoo

10:30 am

kje

hagn ruby

10:30 am

rubyfoo

ty kje

10:34 am

kje

i should run too... fun nas always, see y'alll later

10:35 am

hurshy

thanks FM i found 'em

10:35 am

FMitch

Good to see you kje, have a good day.

10:35 am

FMitch

wd hursh.

10:40 am

Kazzer99

tell you what having a toy boy helps - dh is 7 years younger than me

10:53 am

KenTropic

I thought you were giving a clue - dh7

10:53 am

FMitch

wtg Kazzer if you are still here. I was in the garden topping up the bird baths.

10:54 am

FMitch

lol ken

10:55 am

Kazzer99

i am still here - just got back from the gym so i need to exercise the brain now

10:56 am

Kazzer99

the arms and legs are now knackered

10:57 am

FMitch

enjoy the burn and think of all the benefits.

10:58 am

FMitch

DH and I used to work out together, really enjoyed it - he was 19 years older than me :)

10:58 am

FMitch

but was so fit!

11:00 am

Kazzer99

we are hub wants to lose he wobbly belly and i just want to lose all the wobbles!!

11:01 am

FMitch

LOL and good luck to both of you!

11:02 am

crosshair

mmmmm...crossy is making home made chicken soup in da crock pot;))

11:02 am

FMitch

mmmmmm

11:03 am

jmcnrick

hi all

11:03 am

FMitch

what do you put in the cauldron crossy?

11:03 am

crosshair

chicken stock,chicken,egg noodoles,california veggie mix and secret herbs and spices

11:03 am

crosshair

hoedy jmc

11:03 am

FMitch

Greetings jmc

11:03 am

crosshair

howdy that is

11:04 am

FMitch

I am hoping/presuming that is home made chicken stock?

11:04 am

crosshair

lol@ cauldron

11:04 am

crosshair

but of course had a roast chicken last night

11:05 am

FMitch

Excellent - just wanted to check :)

11:05 am

crosshair

i stuffed it like it was a turkey and the stock picks up some of the essance of the stuffing as well

11:05 am

FMitch

sounds v scrummy

11:06 am

dianedecoder

Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, ???

11:06 am

crosshair

8 quarts of it burbling on low:)

11:06 am

crosshair

thats tongue of bat and fur of dog

11:06 am

FMitch

leave the tounge out for now diane :)

11:07 am

dianedecoder

just kidding.... it sounds yummy !!

11:07 am

dianedecoder

yup, I guess it is tongue !! ...more tasty !

11:07 am

crosshair

i always pre cook the pasta very aldente,i do not put it in raw.that way you prevent all that starch in the spip

11:07 am

crosshair

soup

11:08 am

FMitch

I have finally found a real butcher shop in this rurual community. HAd to queue to get in the door and I could have spent a fortune on the wonderful produce they had.

11:08 am

helensgirlkid

Fireworks!

11:08 am

crosshair

yaa for helen!!

11:08 am

FMitch

Congrats Helen

11:08 am

crosshair

if you have to line up,it is usually worth the wait

11:08 am

helensgirlkid

I do not believe that I have monkeyed so many words, nor learned (or at least been introduced to) so many new words in such a short time EVER!

11:09 am

FMitch

It was - all the meat is local and just looked sooooo good.

11:09 am

Kazzer99

does the ya 5/18 come after the ya 5/16?

11:10 am

jmcnrick

whoo hooo helen

11:10 am

FMitch

yes Kazzer

11:10 am

uusue2

yay, helen!

11:11 am

uusue2

<----back after fighting with computer and phone (which is itself a computer, pretty much)

11:11 am

Kazzer99

thanks fm - 44 left now

11:11 am

FMitch

crossy - it was the first time in ages that I wished I had more people to cook for than just me asn some of their joints were to die for. Although you are paying a price.

11:12 am

jmcnrick

*looks at joints* mine are pretty ugly

11:12 am

jmcnrick

wb uu

11:12 am

FMitch

awe jmc - passes a pot of Vit E cream over.

11:12 am

jeffrey rodgers

hey babblers

11:12 am

helensgirlkid

Have just changed my icon! Not at my best today - maybe that had a tiny bit to do with the amount of monkeying - I actually had to monkey th ch4!

11:12 am

uusue2

lol, mine too, jmc, and some of mine aren't even the originals!

11:12 am

crosshair

see what you have done? now i shall have to stop and the butchers sometime today...

11:12 am

jmcnrick

ty FM

11:13 am

helensgirlkid

Good luck all. I'll try to come back to offer clues (if possible!) later.

11:13 am

dianedecoder

<<<<------- from family of butchers... father, uncle, grandfather and great uncle.... and ME at times !

11:13 am

FMitch

yay diane!

11:13 am

jmcnrick

blech stale sandwich since i foolish ate the greek deli yesterday

11:14 am

jmcnrick

good to have a skill diane

11:14 am

dianedecoder

I used to cut a mean loin of chops and that's NOT with an electric saw.... with knife and cleaver !

11:14 am

jeffrey rodgers

grid

11:14 am

jmcnrick

pb

11:14 am

jeffrey rodgers

babble word

11:14 am

dianedecoder

that was Waayyyy back; I've developed other skills since ;-)

11:14 am

FMitch

crossy you should have seen the rib of beef they had, so well marbled and aged. i could never be vegetarian but I do enjoy meat form time to time.

11:15 am

MollyL

*Makes a mental note never to make Diane mad*

11:15 am

inge

up

11:15 am

jmcnrick

8pokes molly*

11:15 am

jmcnrick

hi inge

11:15 am

FMitch

you could get her to make you a steak Diane Molly :)

11:16 am

dianedecoder

Hereford and Black Angus... still the best tasting beef. Those newer and larger breeds have an "odd" taste, yet the younger generation don't know the difference

11:16 am

jmcnrick

mmmmm black angus beeef

11:16 am

FMitch

The butcher I bought from today get his meat from the Goodwood Estate.

11:16 am

MollyL

I have a healthy respect for anyone who knows how to wield a meat cleaver.

11:16 am

dianedecoder

I guess it just depends on what we're used to

11:17 am

jmcnrick

but i like charolais too

11:17 am

jeffrey rodgers

hey molly

11:17 am

jmcnrick

not sure what kind of beef is in argentina--now there is a country that loves beef

11:18 am

bichon

apeman isn't a word?

11:18 am

jmcnrick

nope but ba6 is

11:18 am

FMitch

on the flip side I had toasted crispy bread with melted garlic cheese and thinly sliced tomatoes for lunch.

11:18 am

bichon

ty jmc

11:19 am

jmcnrick

*looks at soggy stale sandwich again and sighs*

11:19 am

jmcnrick

np bichon and hi

11:19 am

bichon

hi there jmc

11:19 am

FMitch

awe sorry jmc - will send you a care package via the Tardis.

11:19 am

dianedecoder

lol.... munchy is not a word either !!

11:19 am

jmcnrick

oh well there is beer this afternoon with the envelope stuffing

11:20 am

dianedecoder

so the gr 4/7 can't help your sandwich, jmc ;-)

11:20 am

jmcnrick

beer helps make the work go faster

11:21 am

jmcnrick

nothing in the gr** looks like it will help! lol

11:21 am

MollyL

<----- Will work for fresh tomatoes

11:21 am

dianedecoder

how about a glass of fermented gr5/16 ??

11:21 am

sadie52

Hello Everyone :)

11:22 am

jmcnrick

i grow them all summer long--just got my plants

11:22 am

dianedecoder

hi sadie :-)

11:22 am

sadie52

hiya diane :)

11:22 am

MollyL

My plants have been in the ground for a few weeks. The soil needs to warm up for them to start growing though.

11:22 am

jmcnrick

hmmmm now that you mention it diane *holds out glass*

11:22 am

dianedecoder

have you ever tried any grown "upside-down", jmc ??

11:22 am

jmcnrick

hi sadie

11:23 am

sadie52

hiya jmc

11:23 am

MollyL

I know people who have tried those topsy-turvy planters. None of them have had much luck.

11:23 am

jmcnrick

i was at a restaurant that had tomatoes that looked good enough to taste one

11:23 am

sadie52

I have to get my plants started this week

11:23 am

dianedecoder

it will be at least 3 weeks before I can even dig my tomato beds.... still mega snow in the back yard :-(

11:23 am

FMitch

*pops some corks and fills glasses*

11:23 am

jmcnrick

i think it is hard enough to grow them right side up

11:23 am

MollyL

*Holds out glass*

11:23 am

FMitch

eek still snow diane!?

11:24 am

dianedecoder

we NEED heat !

11:24 am

uusue2

we get a lot of volunteer tomatoes from the birds :-)

11:24 am

dianedecoder

yes... and not warm enough yet for rapid melting

11:24 am

jmcnrick

i used to start them from seed but when my hubby died i decided it was one of the things i should give up and have been buying plants ever since

11:24 am

crosshair

someone said back angus??....

11:24 am

crosshair

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

11:24 am

dianedecoder

I get lots of volunteer everything from the bird feed... LOL.... sunflowers, millet, corn, etc.

11:25 am

uusue2

oh, sunflowers, yes!

11:25 am

jmcnrick

i gets lots of volunteer tomatillas and cilantro

11:25 am

FMitch

crumbs, can't imagine having lasting snow still on the gound at this time of year.

11:25 am

uusue2

the tomatoes don't come from the feed, though, exactly :-)

11:25 am

MollyL

I don't get enough sun inside to start them from seed.

11:26 am

jmcnrick

i used grow lights in my basement where i grew *ahem* other plants as well

11:26 am

FMitch

I see crossy has woken up again at the mention of beef!

11:26 am

FMitch

jmc!!!!

11:27 am

crosshair

mmm black angus seeds....sorry lost my head there...besude the mrs will not let me keep a calf in the house

11:27 am

jmcnrick

actually my hubby grew that -- it was medicinal *ahem*

11:27 am

FMitch

*sure* :)

11:27 am

bichon

u in the 4th column and u in the third column? please

11:28 am

jmcnrick

un4/4

11:28 am

bichon

u in the 4th column, second one down

11:28 am

dianedecoder

be back later.... granddaughter coming over for the day... ( with that little great-granddaughter, still nesting in her tummy!! ) due the end of May! Another reason to have May as my favourite month. See you all later

11:28 am

bichon

ty jmc

11:28 am

jmcnrick

bye diane

11:29 am

FMitch

Bye diane

11:29 am

sadie52

have fun diane

11:29 am

crosshair

um + boobie restriaints

11:29 am

crosshair

damn typos

11:29 am

FMitch

4th column 2nd u is un4/5

11:29 am

crosshair

boulder holders lol

11:30 am

jmcnrick

lol ty crossy

11:30 am

bichon

ty crossie, but that's the top u. Do you have the 3rd column, bottom u?

11:30 am

sadie52

ty for the un clue

11:30 am

jmcnrick

of course you are right FM but the idea was right about the un4

11:31 am

jmcnrick

up6 i think i saw

11:31 am

FMitch

brb, phone.

11:31 am

bichon

ty FMitch. Now I just need the bottom u in the 4th column

11:31 am

jmcnrick

but i haven't found it

11:32 am

Mary

up6/33 bottom u is up + gi4/7

11:32 am

jmcnrick

bichon the bottom u in the fourth column is a preposition

11:32 am

bichon

I got the bottom up, it's up + what we are working on now

11:32 am

jmcnrick

ty mary

11:32 am

bichon

well, an anagram of

11:33 am

Mary

yvw

11:33 am

wvteach

bottom u in 4th column - old fashioned word - un** us a child is born

11:33 am

jmcnrick

well must go read an audit--fun fun fun--bbl

11:33 am

bichon

I still don't have the top row e

11:34 am

wvteach

em 5/16 - em + raise the ***

11:35 am

sadie52

and i now have all the u,s ty ty

11:35 am

MollyL

JMC, you get all the fun stuff.

11:35 am

bichon

ty wv

11:36 am

bichon

I now have NBT, darn all those vowels

11:42 am

crosshair

and now for crossy daily useless tid bit for the day...

11:42 am

crosshair

Editor Bennett Cerf challenged Dr Seuss to write a book containing exactly 50 words. The result? Green Eggs and Ham.

11:47 am

FMitch

lol, brill, I so loved that book.

11:48 am

FMitch

... and was electrified as a child when I saw the cartoon version.

11:49 am

FMitch

and now I am off for the evening - Happy Babbling all.

11:51 am

crosshair

tc ((FM))

11:52 am

sadie52

I am stuck and its prolly real simple....last da 4/7please?

12:00 pm

crosshair

1940,term for ladies(gangster style)

12:00 pm

crosshair

oops that is a 4/6 also

12:00 pm

crosshair

my bad

12:00 pm

ch1212

slighly wet, sadie.

12:01 pm

crosshair

ahh 4/7=wet,slightly

12:01 pm

crosshair

snap

12:01 pm

sadie52

i have that one but thanks its the last 4 7 tween the two 5's

12:01 pm

sadie52

i have that one also thanks lol

12:02 pm

Frances

cu nt

12:03 pm

Frances

SORRY!!!!!! I hide my eyes when I type that word.

12:03 pm

MollyL

Sadie, it sounds like short for Barbara

12:03 pm

crosshair

lol,now that is cute

12:04 pm

sadie52

ooooohhhhhhhh duh ty ty

12:04 pm

crosshair

i am in the fuel business,if i closed my eyes every time someone cursed at me i would have to apply for a seeing eye dog.....

12:05 pm

MollyL

No duh Sadie, I've never heard of that word. Most of the words in today's gr4 are gibberish to me.

12:05 pm

sadie52

yes alot of them are gibberish lol \

12:05 pm

Frances

Crossy I have never uttered a swear word in my life.

12:06 pm

crosshair

lol i have received many

12:07 pm

Frances

Makes me wince every time I hear swearing. Can't help it.

12:07 pm

MollyL

Poor Frances. Dr. God should be ashamed of himself making nice, respectable ladies type such things.

12:07 pm

crosshair

what is truly funny is when you get the blue haired upper crust type ladies with money unload on you so bad that the curses would make a sailor blush

12:09 pm

Frances

I always tell the teenagers I hear swearing that it would appear to show that they lack vocabulary. You'd be amazed at how many times I get asked what I mean.

12:12 pm

crosshair

this is true frances,i go to drop off some papers and my sons school,and i see a group of vibrant ,beautiful young ladies then all of a sudden they open their mouths and our comes this filth and cursing and swearing...you stand there and think it is like watching a pretty flower that can shoot flames... very disconcerting

12:13 pm

Frances

Crossy I hate it. When will they realise that they can be far more effective if they know how to use their language properly.

12:19 pm

prodigy

hey new babbler

12:19 pm

crosshair

howdy prodigy

12:20 pm

prodigy

hey crosshair

12:20 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

12:20 pm

crosshair

welcome to babble.you have a toughie for your first grid;0

12:20 pm

jmcnrick

hi prodigy

12:20 pm

crosshair

howdy jmc

12:21 pm

jmcnrick

just passing through in between audit sheets i need to rest my brain

12:21 pm

prodigy

did you meet my friend jeffrey rodgers

12:21 pm

crosshair

ugh,do not say audit

12:22 pm

crosshair

do a harry potter instead and say " the paperwork that must not be named

12:22 pm

EvaNadine

mmmmm......drunken noodles for lunch.....

12:23 pm

sadie52

drunken noodles?

12:23 pm

crosshair

mmm,how did you get them drunk? a nice dose of vodka? scotch? some absinthe?

12:23 pm

EvaNadine

sadie, its a thai dish

12:23 pm

prodigy

hey sadie

12:23 pm

crosshair

mmmm noodles and booze.....

12:24 pm

EvaNadine

crossy -- i have a happy hour/meetup after work. maybe i can add some booze to join them then...heh

12:24 pm

crosshair

hto noodles and booze then;))

12:24 pm

crosshair

hot..dyslexic am i today

12:25 pm

prodigy

my brother lillion knows you on here sadie

12:25 pm

EvaNadine

*sigh*
these are tasty noodles. but i made a point to order them spicy, and these hardly have any heat to them. i find that asian restaurants think that whiteys cant handle the heat...heh

12:26 pm

crosshair

lol eva here we have a new thai place called 'the green mango" they make you sign a waiver before you eat lol

12:26 pm

sadie52

hiya prodigy

12:26 pm

sadie52

ohhhhhh i bet they are good

12:27 pm

EvaNadine

yowza. dont think id want it THAT spicy. but i do like it to make my nose run a little. ;)

12:27 pm

sadie52

oh i like hot and spicy also

12:27 pm

MollyL

------> Found written on bathroom wall "Eva likes it HOT!!" : P

12:28 pm

crosshair

it is the first time that i have ever "sensed" spicy just by looking at a dish

12:28 pm

EvaNadine

molly, who do you think wrote it there?
;)

12:28 pm

sadie52

lol

12:29 pm

EvaNadine

usually, when eating drunken noodles, i am glugging down my beverage (preferably milk or thai iced tea, but water would do in a pinch) but today, i havent even touched my drink, and im almost halfway through it...

12:29 pm

lillion

what do you know about "lol".

12:30 pm

lillion

k

12:30 pm

lillion

12:30 pm

lillion

12:30 pm

crosshair

this stuff is so hot,you do not use water! a bit of bread or some yogurt

12:31 pm

EvaNadine

so many people reach for the water, not knowing that it doesnt help with spicy food -- it can actually make it worse!

but alas, if i have no milk onhand, i would rather have water than nothing...

12:31 pm

lillion

my brother lillion is a mucha libre {sumo wrestler}.

12:31 pm

crosshair

i swear i lose weight when u eat that stuff

12:31 pm

sadie52

``+

12:31 pm

crosshair

i

12:32 pm

lillion

I am Prodigy

12:32 pm

sadie52

oops sorry dog typin while i was checkin stove lol

12:32 pm

EvaNadine

heh, i was gonna say, crossy -- if i lose weight when you eat it, could you please eat it a lot more often??
;)

12:33 pm

crosshair

lol

12:33 pm

rubyfoo

hello again

12:33 pm

crosshair

wb ruby

12:33 pm

EvaNadine

that would be the fastest-spreading diet ever!

12:34 pm

crosshair

indeed

12:34 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Indeed.

12:35 pm

sadie52

hello ruby

12:35 pm

prodigy

prodigy is a piece of crap

12:35 pm

prodigy

i said that prodigy

12:35 pm

EvaNadine

welp, lunch is done, and hardly a sniffle.
flavor of the dish was quite good, but the heat just wasnt there.
i give it a B-

12:36 pm

rubyfoo

hi kaplan and sadie and evaN

12:36 pm

crosshair

crossy send eva some capsium

12:36 pm

rubyfoo

aren't bananas the best think for cutting the heat?

12:36 pm

EvaNadine

capsium?

12:36 pm

crosshair

those help as well ruby

12:37 pm

rubyfoo

my husband eats scotch bonnets like they are candy; I have to wear gloves just to cut them up for him

12:37 pm

EvaNadine

hi ruby

12:37 pm

crosshair

the pure ingredient that is the heat in hot peppers

12:37 pm

jmcnrick

(eva spicy for canadians is not spicy to you)

12:37 pm

EvaNadine

nice. i see on google that it is also good for weight loss -- double score!

12:37 pm

prodigy

I can not find any word

12:37 pm

rubyfoo

hello jmc

12:38 pm

EvaNadine

::sigh::
keep trying to type in "gradiant" even though i know it is "gradient"

12:38 pm

jmcnrick

hi all just swinging through

12:38 pm

BzznBea

I've been doing the same Eva.

12:38 pm

rubyfoo

but, after years of eating hotter and hotter food, I think it takes away sensitivity to subtler flavors

12:39 pm

jmcnrick

prodigy go below the tiles stats and right click on Lickety's List and open it in another window and it will help you find words

12:39 pm

jmcnrick

spicy food doesn't seem to keep the weight off me :-(

12:39 pm

rubyfoo

ty eva, you gave me a 7!

12:39 pm

prodigy

my name is really Brent

12:40 pm

rubyfoo

hello brent and welcome to the crazies

12:40 pm

prodigy

crazies?

12:40 pm

jmcnrick

hi brent

12:40 pm

rubyfoo

no, just kidding....

12:41 pm

jmcnrick

but it is not wise to give real information about yourself out in a chat room before you know the people pretty well

12:41 pm

EvaNadine

i did??
::goes back to check what she said::

12:42 pm

jmcnrick

okay *holds nose dives back in the audit papers*

12:42 pm

crosshair

46 words in and slowing...;(((

12:42 pm

rubyfoo

this is a hard grid so I'll say good night everybody

12:42 pm

crosshair

gn ((ruby))

12:42 pm

rubyfoo

I was satisfied with half, crossy, plus eva's 7!

12:47 pm

EvaNadine

dang. what is my 7??
*confuzzled*

12:47 pm

crosshair

u have two 7,s so far

12:47 pm

BzznBea

Eva, take away the g in the word you keep trying

12:47 pm

jessmom

drop the first letter of your phantom eva

12:47 pm

crosshair

i

12:47 pm

EvaNadine

i have the TA7.

12:47 pm

Riverdance

I think she means the ra7 - beautifull/glowing

12:48 pm

EvaNadine

doh. thanks all.
::feels sheepish::

12:48 pm

EvaNadine

youd think *I* woulda gotten that one.
;)

12:48 pm

BzznBea

and remove the final letter from that for a 6

12:48 pm

jessmom

now drop the last letter eva

12:49 pm

BzznBea

*snap*

12:49 pm

EvaNadine

there is also a GR6 along a similar path...

12:49 pm

crosshair

needed both,ty ladies

12:50 pm

crosshair

needed that as well ty eva

12:55 pm

MollyL

Stick another "n" in that word and it would be that Temple woman's last name.

12:56 pm

crosshair

whoever the temple woman is...

12:56 pm

crosshair

but anyways i must head to work so everyone take care and happy babbling....poink!

12:56 pm

BzznBea

The m words are making me feel like an id5...

12:59 pm

MollyL

Hmm, lets see. Major motion picture starring Claire Danes entitled "Temple Grandin". I figured most people had heard of it.

1:10 pm

Jeff7

ab 5 clue please

1:11 pm

jessmom

That was an HBO movie, not theater released. It was a really good movie, though.

1:12 pm

ursh

ab5 along the lines of a word meaning not dry

1:13 pm

jessmom

ab + Twilight is a lame book about lame v***ires

1:17 pm

cybernan

clue for the ta 7, please?

1:17 pm

uusue2

hi again, all, back from lunch

1:18 pm

cybernan

oops -- just realized that I have been unintentionally lurking -- forgot to say hello :(

1:19 pm

uusue2

<---- just added ra6/21 and ra5/12 to the physics babblets (although they are more technically math babblets, I suppose).

1:19 pm

uusue2

and hi, nan!

1:21 pm

bichon

sue, does the ra 6 start with the same three letters as the ra5?

1:21 pm

cybernan

missing the am 6 and 7 --- are they fishy?

1:21 pm

uusue2

yes, and the ra6 (mind you, I don't have all the words, so there could be others that I am missing)

1:22 pm

uusue2

am7 is not exactly fishy but a word I recognize (although wouldn't probably use it in conversation). don't have the am6

1:22 pm

cybernan

ooh -- monkeyed the 6

1:23 pm

bichon

care to share nan?

1:23 pm

cybernan

and the 7

1:24 pm

cybernan

am + drinking place + vowel

1:24 pm

cybernan

am + short letter with an extra vowel I inserted

1:24 pm

bichon

ty nana

1:25 pm

HarryHood

ty nan

1:25 pm

bichon

ty again nan

1:27 pm

bichon

I got the am 5, anyone want a hint

1:34 pm

cybernan

hy 5, please?

1:35 pm

Riverdance

hy + robotic ending

1:35 pm

cybernan

ty river

1:39 pm

bichon

in 6/27?

1:40 pm

cybernan

in + sound a motor makes + vowel

1:40 pm

Riverdance

means to bury

1:40 pm

bichon

ty again nan

1:41 pm

cybernan

ta 7, please?

1:42 pm

bichon

don't have it nan, sorry

1:43 pm

Riverdance

ta + I liked music played by that ***d + abbrev for who you are

1:43 pm

Riverdance

not a good clue - hope it works or I'll try again

1:43 pm

bichon

ta 7 the bill is the ta* + indefinite article + not the go

1:44 pm

bichon

* not the ego

1:44 pm

Riverdance

fireworks

1:45 pm

bichon

congrats River

1:45 pm

cybernan

ty bichon

1:45 pm

cybernan

congrats, river

1:46 pm

Riverdance

ty ty - must get back to work now - have a great day

1:47 pm

cybernan

*!* ta da *!* -- a tough one today :)

1:47 pm

bichon

Fireworks

1:47 pm

cybernan

^5 bichon

1:48 pm

cybernan

anyone want clues before I leave?

1:48 pm

wildcat17

ya5/18 please

1:48 pm

cybernan

sweet potato + negative prefix

1:49 pm

wildcat17

ty

1:49 pm

HelenaB

good clue!

1:49 pm

wildcat17

the lower left I - not the stupid one

1:49 pm

cybernan

yw

1:50 pm

cybernan

I + Mary's little creature -first letter

1:50 pm

HelenaB

ad5/14?

1:51 pm

wildcat17

ty

1:51 pm

cybernan

ad 5: change to be more comfortable

1:51 pm

cybernan

or male who sells commercials

1:52 pm

HelenaB

thanks!

1:53 pm

cybernan

anything else?

1:53 pm

HelenaB

am6?

1:53 pm

cybernan

am + drinking place + pronoun

1:54 pm

HelenaB

thanks!

1:55 pm

cybernan

off to find a new spring icon -- will check back in a bit

1:55 pm

HelenaB

bye!

1:55 pm

HelenaB

thanks again

1:56 pm

Gobias

Helena... cute cat!

1:57 pm

Gobias

It looks like a mat :)

1:57 pm

HelenaB

thanks! his name is Odie and he loves to sit flat like that

1:58 pm

Gobias

Hilarious!

1:58 pm

HelenaB

:-)

2:09 pm

HelenaB

am7 anyone?

2:17 pm

cybernan

am + short Letter with an extra vowel I inserted

2:18 pm

wvteach

sounds like fluid in uterus usually ends in -ic

2:19 pm

cybernan

off for lunch -- back at the flip :)

2:21 pm

uusue2

bye, nan!

2:26 pm

Kazzer99

missed you again Nan

2:27 pm

Soodle

Laptop fixed. Whew - was suffering Babble withdrawal. Hi everybody :-)

2:28 pm

uusue2

hi, soodle! Glad to hear about the laptop!

2:29 pm

Soodle

Hey Sue. Its official. I am totally dependant on my computer. I am a mere shell when its not working... :-(

2:29 pm

uusue2

lol, me too! If the computer (or even the Internet) goes down, I don't know what to do with myself!

2:29 pm

Kazzer99

hi soodle

2:30 pm

Soodle

How is your dad doing? And, I am almost afraid to ask, as I have been off line for a few days... How is your step-Mom?

2:30 pm

Soodle

Hey Kaz :-)

2:33 pm

uusue2

latest news on my stepmom is from Tuesday, soodle; she had a heart attack on Sunday and is hanging on.

2:34 pm

uusue2

Dad is doing fine; I called him yesterday to let him know about her, but he already knew because her son had called - not him - but his next-door neighbor. Sigh.

2:42 pm

stidgmere

Hello all. Just starting up and glad to see soodle and uu along with the usual cast of characters.

2:49 pm

Kazzer99

does any one have a clue for the am 7 please

2:49 pm

stidgmere

No kazzer, not I. No clue at all.

2:49 pm

Kazzer99

s'okay got it

2:59 pm

uusue2

I am in and out, gmere, busy day as usual :-)

3:04 pm

Kazzer99

one of my favorite words is here today - nu 6

3:05 pm

uusue2

don't have that one, kazz

3:06 pm

Kazzer99

maun

3:06 pm

Kazzer99

oops pb for me

3:06 pm

Kazzer99

its a marsupial

3:10 pm

stidgmere

Going to wander off now. Good Babbling to all.

3:11 pm

Kazzer99

drat

3:12 pm

Kazzer99

oh gawd blimey - i do apologise - all the exercise is curdling my brain

3:12 pm

Kazzer99

bye mere

3:14 pm

uusue2

bye, gmere!

3:14 pm

uusue2

and as I said earlier, oh dr4/5, gr4/7 is in the gr4/7!

3:15 pm

cosdem

ab5 please

3:16 pm

BzznBea

ab+electric unit

3:16 pm

cosdem

thanks bea

3:17 pm

BzznBea

yw

3:31 pm

Glantarell

noswaith dda pawb - good evenin everyone

3:31 pm

uusue2

hi, glan! How goes it with the house sale?

3:32 pm

uusue2

(which I would buy in a flash if I won the lottery and could retire immediately :-)

3:32 pm

Soodle

Conas tÃ¡ tÃº Glan? How are you?

3:32 pm

cosdem

in6 please

3:32 pm

Glantarell

no new viewins

3:33 pm

Glantarell

I am chilling in Norfolk (where it was lovely and sunny and warm today)

3:33 pm

uusue2

ah, sounds nice. It was sunny here too, earlier, but not especially warm.

3:34 pm

Glantarell

I spent the entire day knitting in my brither's garden - and we had Pimms early afternoon - it was lovey

3:35 pm

uusue2

wonderful! you must be nicely relaxed.

3:36 pm

Soodle

Whats the opposite of chilling? Cos thats what I am doing! Workmen in every nook and cranny of Chez Soodle.. Painters, floor-mem. window men, dust and muck abound. But, the work thats been done looks spectcular!

3:36 pm

Glantarell

Two days of doing nothing has left me absolutely shattered!

3:36 pm

uusue2

hot times at soodle's :-)

3:36 pm

uusue2

sounds like it's really going to look nice when they are done, though

3:36 pm

Glantarell

I don't envy you Soodle - the dust taks months to settle - but I am sure it will all be worth it

3:38 pm

Kazzer99

hi glan

3:38 pm

Glantarell

Hi Kazzer

3:38 pm

Glantarell

actually I could do with a clue to the in6/27 that Cos was asking about

3:38 pm

Soodle

This work is being done to fix the damage done over the winter by a burst pipe. So for trhe last 4 months I've been living in the twilight zone. Now things are being fixed up. I am over the moon!

3:39 pm

cosdem

i found it...

3:39 pm

uusue2

trade you for the nu6/30, glan...

3:39 pm

cosdem

trying to think of a clue

3:39 pm

Glantarell

darn it - I have the other nu but not that

3:39 pm

cosdem

ok sue will clue it ;)

3:40 pm

cosdem

oki can clue both

3:40 pm

Kazzer99

nu 6/30 - a little marsupial, maybe a feelingless pole for hitting a ball?

3:40 pm

cosdem

in + looks like another name for a house, change 2nd letter

3:40 pm

Glantarell

I like the gourds Cos

3:40 pm

cosdem

ty glan

3:41 pm

uusue2

lol, kazz, thanks!

3:41 pm

cosdem

or in + brit **** of fox news

3:41 pm

Glantarell

TY Kazz - didn't know they had nu thought they were all wo

3:42 pm

Glantarell

TY Cos - got it form the 1st cue, eventually

3:42 pm

cosdem

glad u did

3:43 pm

cosdem

pi 5/16 me please. tell me this isnt a dream. im almost done with this gr4/7

3:44 pm

Glantarell

i have 25 left

3:44 pm

Glantarell

23 even!

3:44 pm

cosdem

7 left.

3:44 pm

Kazzer99

17 for me and i feel like iv been doing it all day

3:45 pm

uusue2

35 for me but I am still at work

3:45 pm

cosdem

ta7 please

3:45 pm

Glantarell

hard to clue

3:45 pm

uusue2

ta + prohibit + not ego or superego

3:46 pm

Glantarell

ta**rd + **d + yourself

3:48 pm

cosdem

monkeyed it.... hard to clue indeed.. t hanks

3:49 pm

cosdem

fireworks!

3:49 pm

Glantarell

woo hoo Cos well done

3:52 pm

uusue2

yay, cos!

3:53 pm

Glantarell

up6?

3:54 pm

NANCY

in 6 please

3:54 pm

uusue2

up + I wore a ****le back in the 1960s but not since then!

3:55 pm

uusue2

in6 is the opposite of a word beginning with ex that means to dig up a body

3:55 pm

Glantarell

TY Sue

3:56 pm

NANCY

TY Sue. got it

3:57 pm

MollyL

Or up + to **** one's loins (Sue, I don't know if anyone else besides you and I remember ****les : )

3:57 pm

MollyL

Hmmm, it's almost Easter and Cos has Halloween gourds in his icon.

3:59 pm

uusue2

<---- Not old. Young. Really.

4:01 pm

cosdem

it was an icon theme the other day :P

4:01 pm

cosdem

molly did u see? I won the scholarship contest

4:01 pm

Glantarell

well done Cos - and well deserved

4:01 pm

MollyL

I did Cos. I congratulated you right after you left yesterday. I'm so happy for you!

4:02 pm

cosdem

thanks :) so excited.

4:02 pm

MollyL

When does the program start?

4:02 pm

uusue2

me too!!! Happy happy!!!!!

4:02 pm

cosdem

a nice room at the hilton and confernce fees and meals all paid for!

4:02 pm

cosdem

june 16 to june 19

4:03 pm

jmcnrick

congrats cosdem

4:03 pm

uusue2

VERY nice. You will have to give us a complete report.

4:03 pm

jmcnrick

the hilton where?

4:03 pm

cosdem

i will!

4:03 pm

cosdem

minneapolis, jmc

4:03 pm

jmcnrick

very cool--slip over to St. Paul

4:04 pm

Glantarell

well, 18 left and I'm too tired to fnish so I shall bid you all nos da - good night!

4:04 pm

uusue2

night, glan!

4:04 pm

cosdem

i should. i didnt realize i won.. i was going thru my yahoo email which i never use.. and i see one saying "congratulations" and i was going to delete it b/c yahoo is full of spam.. but i opened it.. thank god. so i went to their website and my pictures on the front page!

4:04 pm

jmcnrick

bye glan

4:04 pm

uusue2

my son spent 2 years in Minneapolis, cos, nice city! (especially in June)

4:05 pm

jmcnrick

lol!

4:05 pm

jmcnrick

I think they probably would have contacted you again

4:05 pm

cosdem

they did lol

4:05 pm

cosdem

got a call last night too

4:06 pm

uusue2

<---- watching live webcast discussion from the University of Chicago on Lessons from Fukushima, http://nuclear-discussion.uchicago.edu
/

4:06 pm

jesdraggon

grats, cos :)

4:07 pm

jmcnrick

i bet that is interesting. my lesson is that nuclear plants are a lot safer than I ever thought to have mostly survived that much earthquake damage; the second lesson is don't build nuclear power plants on a fault line

4:08 pm

uusue2

actually most of the damage was done by the tsunami, which was a good 10 meters high at the plant; amazing.

4:09 pm

jesdraggon

but jam, that basically eliminates all of japan, and a lot of everywhere else...

4:09 pm

uusue2

OMG - the geese babies have hatched! I see little baby geese outside my window!

4:09 pm

uusue2

true, jes, and this was not one of the major known faults.

4:09 pm

jmcnrick

but not the middle of the US

4:09 pm

MollyL

Aren't they cute Sue. We have them at our lake.

4:09 pm

jmcnrick

how neat uu!

4:10 pm

jesdraggon

no, then you just have to worry about tornadoes instead, jam.

4:10 pm

uusue2

well, there is the New Madrid fault, site of the largest earthquake in the continental US (near St. Louis, 200 years ago)

4:14 pm

cosdem

kindle is starting a new program.. you can now check out books from amazon like you do at the library.. it will start later this year

4:16 pm

MollyL

Link to photo of our baby geese...http://tinyurl.com/3rm5glc

4:16 pm

uusue2

very cute, molly!!

4:18 pm

jmcnrick

I am surprised to hear it was the tsunami

4:18 pm

Kazzer99

hooray fireworks for me - off to the bath and have a soak before bed

4:18 pm

jmcnrick

you can already do that with our library and my sony reader cosd

4:18 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo kazz!

4:19 pm

uusue2

yay, kazz!

4:20 pm

MollyL

That's cool about Amazon Cos. You and I must stick together. We are the lone Kindle owners here.

4:20 pm

Kazzer99

thanks jmc and sue - i am really pleased coos this grid was well hard

4:20 pm

Kazzer99

we have a kindle and an ipad

4:20 pm

uusue2

the earthquake shut down the reactors (in a reasonably orderly way) but the tsunami took out all the power and backup power, and therefore all the cooling, which has been the source of all the subsequent problems

4:21 pm

MollyL

Oops, and Kazz too.

4:26 pm

jmcnrick

oh of course. so they really are pretty earthquake proof but not water proof!

4:26 pm

jmcnrick

*makes I <3 Kindle badges for Kazz Cosd and molly*

4:27 pm

uusue2

not at the point where the water sweeps away everything that isn't quite firmly attached...

4:31 pm

jmcnrick

well i know everyone else is convinced this is proof as to how dangerous they are but i got the exact opposite lesson--still worried about disposal but more worried about climate change

4:32 pm

jmcnrick

well before i start a fight I will leave and look at one last audit (then I am done for the day!)

4:35 pm

MollyL

Oh come on! Start a fight! : P

4:36 pm

uusue2

bye, jmc!

4:36 pm

uusue2

(and if I thought these questions had simple answers I would give them!)

4:40 pm

o-o

Unless the mindset of humanity becomes one of problem solving rather than power, I believe Malthusian theory has some validity and Hawking may be right too.

4:42 pm

uusue2

and we are going to need a healthy dose of long-term planning or we are going to be in real trouble within 50-100 years (or sooner), as fossil fuels run out (never mind climate effects)

4:42 pm

o-o

Yep.

4:42 pm

westford

hello everyone I'd like to announce that after 75 words I finally have nbt

4:42 pm

uusue2

yay, west!

4:43 pm

westford

'twas the y

4:43 pm

o-o

Hello, westford.

4:43 pm

westford

thanks sue

4:43 pm

MollyL

That is entirely believable with this gr4 full of weirdo words.

4:43 pm

westford

hello bab

4:43 pm

westford

while I was searching morewords I came across youthquake..wonder what that could be

4:44 pm

uusue2

when a whole lot of young people jump up and down?

4:44 pm

westford

wild hormones?

4:45 pm

periwinkle

hi all, not seeing the ab5

4:45 pm

periwinkle

thi grid seems harder than yesterdays and that one was tough

4:45 pm

uusue2

ab + electrical term (curly word)

4:45 pm

MollyL

ab + the sound box you play a guitar through

4:46 pm

westford

sue we have been reading about the reactor disaster and it looks like it may take up 10 to 30 years to make it right

4:46 pm

o-o

Youthquake: symptoms exhibited by our children after considering the status of the universe.

4:46 pm

periwinkle

ty, new word for me

4:47 pm

westford

best example bab

4:47 pm

MollyL

I'm wondering what all the devastation in Japan is going to do to our Japanese imports, like cars.

4:47 pm

uusue2

west, not sure what you mean by "right", I've seen estimates of 6-9 months for the reactors to be cool enough to work on. Long-term waste disposal is an unsolved problem in any case...

4:48 pm

westford

so many American made cars use Japanese parts as well

4:48 pm

uusue2

Toyota has cut way back on production, I hear...

4:48 pm

o-o

Merriam-Webster, youthquake: a shift in cultural norms influenced by the values, tastes, and mores of young people

4:48 pm

MollyL

I guess I should consider myself lucky that I bought my Hyundai in February.

4:49 pm

westford

sue, there are companies bidding on repair and cleanup now

4:49 pm

westford

so did we Molly but they're Korean

4:50 pm

o-o

youthquake must be a portmanteau: a word or morpheme whose form and meaning are derived from a blending of two or more distinct forms (as smog from smoke and fog)

4:50 pm

westford

bab I suppose we could say FaceBook and Twitter are youthquakes

4:50 pm

MollyL

And that just goes to show how smart I am, NOT.

4:51 pm

westford

Hyundai has made big strides in the past few years

4:52 pm

westford

we just gave our 2003 Toyota to our daughter I loved that car

4:52 pm

uusue2

ok, have to get ready for class, talking about nuclear weapons today...

4:53 pm

westford

good luck sue talk about getting rid of them

4:53 pm

westford

molly still trying to think of word for sound box..do you play?

4:54 pm

periwinkle

now stuck on the am7

4:54 pm

uusue2

indeed. (although it's a physics class so I try not to be political), I talk about how they work and how much damage they can do, and how many we have, and risks of proliferation and terrorism

4:54 pm

westford

favorite word today ba6/30

4:54 pm

uusue2

and so forth, and now I should go tell my class all these things :-)

4:55 pm

westford

plant the seed sue

4:56 pm

o-o

a memory problem: am +*es*a + to cast a ballot: v***

4:56 pm

periwinkle

ty BR

4:56 pm

westford

thanks bab

4:56 pm

o-o

ba 6/30 said of Jose in Come a Little Bit Closer

4:57 pm

westford

another song lol

4:59 pm

o-o

... so big and so strong ...

4:59 pm

westford

how are things today bab?

5:00 pm

westford

we have sunshine and wind but it's nice to see blue skies

5:01 pm

o-o

The days blend ... some hard ones and not so hard ones. My car is an old one. After spending a lot to get it running again ... the mechanic found another part than had to be replaced and made off to the salvage yard to get it.

5:02 pm

westford

good mechanic then

5:02 pm

o-o

Seeing the sun and blue skies is most welcome.

5:02 pm

westford

are you done with snow?

5:03 pm

jmcnrick

cruising through (restless at work today) youthquake is a international gathering of young quakers

5:03 pm

jmcnrick

*pops back out*

5:04 pm

westford

very good jmc ( hi and bye )

5:05 pm

o-o

Pretty much ... the dikes and sandbags are holding... not all of rivers have crested. Some rural areas have been hit hard .... the two who had heart attacks while sandbagging to save their homes are reminders of the power of nature -- even in a tangential way

5:06 pm

westford

I'm going back someday ...to blue ba5/20

5:06 pm

MollyL

Sound box...what you play a guitar through...there is only one word for that.

5:06 pm

westford

thanks molly I figured it out

5:07 pm

o-o

Yep, Roy wrote and he and others sand it

5:07 pm

o-o

sang*

5:08 pm

westford

bab that's so tragic about the sandbaggers

5:09 pm

o-o

ta 7 -- what is used to stop the bleeding and cover a cut: ***d-a**

5:10 pm

westford

thanks again bab

5:11 pm

westford

we had a dog named that..

5:11 pm

o-o

Good name

5:11 pm

westford

the cover a cut part..

5:14 pm

redturtlehead

Hello all. Hope we are well?

5:14 pm

westford

hi red, good here

5:14 pm

o-o

Hello, HT

5:15 pm

redturtlehead

this grid is extra hard. I keep findingone or two and thinking myself clever, and then noted that I have 38 only.

5:15 pm

redturtlehead

Hello BR!

5:15 pm

westford

I don't much like this either

5:17 pm

jesdraggon

you're 8 ahead of me, then, red :)

5:17 pm

westford

need one more h word have 4 hu and 1 hy

5:17 pm

redturtlehead

69 left...

5:17 pm

MollyL

I got totally and completely bored with this gr4 hours ago.

5:17 pm

redturtlehead

gian

5:18 pm

westford

it seems a lot longer than it is

5:18 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, red :)

5:18 pm

redturtlehead

well, it was not a word, but...I will slip into sauna pants.

5:19 pm

MollyL

Almost Red, almost.

5:19 pm

jesdraggon

no, but i did't have the gi5 that started with it, which i noticed when you posted that :)

5:19 pm

o-o

hy + anabolic ster***

5:20 pm

westford

thank you again bab

5:20 pm

jesdraggon

you'd think i'd have seen that one, bab. thanks.

5:21 pm

o-o

in + animal protection group: ***an* Society

5:22 pm

jesdraggon

c's crushed! (yup, all three of them, on a roll now...)

5:22 pm

westford

thank you bab

5:23 pm

o-o

on a roll -- butter or margarine?

5:23 pm

westford

butter lol

5:24 pm

jesdraggon

vanilla bean honey butter! :D

5:25 pm

westford

our friend made guiness butter to go with Irish soda bread

5:25 pm

westford

had honey in it too

5:32 pm

jesdraggon

honey butter is YUM :)

5:33 pm

westford

I agree

5:34 pm

jesdraggon

that's good, i'd have to wonder about your sanity and good taste if you didn't. ;)

5:35 pm

westford

and it's all natural so it must be good for us too

5:35 pm

jesdraggon

i dunno about that. Rattlesnake venom is all natural and 100% organic...

5:35 pm

uusue2

back from class (short one today)

5:36 pm

o-o

cannibal feasting on a clown: this tastes funny

5:36 pm

jesdraggon

hi, uusue :)

5:36 pm

westford

lol jes I won't put it on my bread then

5:36 pm

jesdraggon

*snort* thanks, rab

5:36 pm

jesdraggon

good plan, west :)

5:36 pm

westford

hi again sue

5:37 pm

MollyL

Classes tomorrow Sue? Or is the University closed for Good Friday?

5:39 pm

uusue2

oh gosh, Molly, the only holiday we have all spring is Martin Luther King's birthday.

5:40 pm

uusue2

And the only ones in the fall are Labor Day and Thanksgiving.

5:40 pm

uusue2

We do have an open house for prospective students tomorrow, though, so they can visit while the university is in session.

5:41 pm

uusue2

Would anyone be willing to part with a clue for the da6/27?

5:42 pm

westford

a pretty little girl might be called this

5:44 pm

MollyL

If she was petite and small and impeccably mannered.

5:44 pm

uusue2

ah, thanks, west! Not an adjective that ever applied to me, I'm afraid!

5:44 pm

redturtlehead

something delicate.

5:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi all

5:44 pm

MollyL

My Aunt used to call her underwear her da6's

5:44 pm

redturtlehead

Oh oh no, late to the clue partie.

5:45 pm

lynxxx

morning all

5:46 pm

uusue2

hi, lynxxx!

5:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi lyn

5:46 pm

redturtlehead

Hello Lynxxx and TO.

5:46 pm

westford

hi lyn here to join the da6/27 club?

5:47 pm

MollyL

For no particular reason, I've decided to put on a pot of gumbo tonight. I figure it will be good for lunches over the long weekend.

5:47 pm

westford

hi TO saw the robot on TV

5:47 pm

redturtlehead

sounds quite good Molly.

5:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello red hello west

5:47 pm

lynxxx

certainly not me

5:47 pm

redturtlehead

I want a long weekend.

5:47 pm

westford

it does molly only way I like okra

5:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

to lounge around in your sauna pants?

5:48 pm

jillibus

*unlurk....***fireworks***

5:48 pm

westford

hello jilli and yay !!

5:48 pm

lynxxx

congrats Jilli!

5:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

congrat jili

5:48 pm

MollyL

I don't put okra in my gumbo. Okra is only good for one thing. Sticking the tops to your forehead. Don't knock it if you haven't tried it.

5:49 pm

uusue2

yay, jilli!

5:49 pm

westford

lol molly

5:49 pm

jillibus

gawd, this was a horrible gr4! Full of useless words and babblets. I lose patience with gr4s like this and go to morewords.

5:49 pm

lynxxx

okra looks interesting as a floral decoration too

5:50 pm

westford

fuzzy on the outside slimy on the inside

5:50 pm

MollyL

I want to know who decided that a slimy seed pod would be a good thing to eat?

5:50 pm

jillibus

is anyone interested in a morewords shortcut method? I mean a trick to make it easier to use...

5:50 pm

westford

we think alike molly

5:50 pm

sallyds

da 6/27 delicate, as in tiny Victorian lady.

5:50 pm

YadNivek

Hey all! Long time no see. How is your today?

5:50 pm

redturtlehead

probably someone hungry. I do not mind okra at all. but...

5:50 pm

uusue2

actually I kind of like okra in soup...

5:50 pm

lynxxx

sure Jilli

5:50 pm

westford

hello yadn

5:50 pm

lynxxx

hi Yad

5:51 pm

o-o

okra is useful as an aggregate concocted to repair pot holes in streets.

5:51 pm

jillibus

Some time ago Gremlinn gave a very useful hint about using morewords -- type a ^into its box and then the letters which are missing from the grid. Copy it (Ctrl + C). Then when you go to morewords, enter the first 2 letters and a - for the rest of the letters needed. Paste (Ctrl + V). Hit Enter and the list will be much shorter. Saves time.

5:51 pm

westford

we need some here then

5:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

i keep seeing tabard

5:53 pm

westford

thanks jilli I copied it..hope I'll be able to use it

5:53 pm

uusue2

heading home, bbs

5:53 pm

jillibus

Okra adds a peppery taste to gumbos and jambalayas imho

5:54 pm

jillibus

why wouldn't you be able to, west? (and hi!)

5:54 pm

westford

see you soon sue

5:54 pm

jillibus

ttfn uu!

5:54 pm

westford

I like it in gumbo

5:55 pm

westford

because it might not work on my mac

5:55 pm

o-o

Never have used babble expert

5:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

i don't think i like this gr4

5:56 pm

westford

we're having pizza and salad tonight because the set tubs are full

5:56 pm

westford

so can't use dishwasher

5:56 pm

jesdraggon

set tubs?

5:56 pm

lynxxx

what is a set tub?

5:56 pm

westford

tubs by the washing machine where the water drains

5:57 pm

jillibus

babrab, it's such a great help! Even if you don't use Lickety's list, the Lickety Add box is so useful.

5:57 pm

westford

and apparently where all the water drains too

5:57 pm

lynxxx

is that a recycle system you use Werst - or just normal plumbing where you are?

5:57 pm

westford

they're just deep sinks

5:58 pm

westford

just normal plumbing

5:58 pm

jillibus

west, there's no reason morewords wouldn't work on a Mac -- it's got nothing to do with Expert except that Expert contains a link to it.

5:58 pm

redturtlehead

I use more words once in a while.

5:58 pm

westford

I use morewords all the time I meant I hope grems method will work for me

5:59 pm

redturtlehead

but I dont really like to use lickety.

5:59 pm

lynxxx

I use Morewords all the time!

5:59 pm

westford

it will surely come in handy when there are 4,000 examples for one 2 letter combo lol

5:59 pm

lynxxx

but Lickety only when I am really stumped

5:59 pm

jillibus

why wouldn't it? Maybe the copy and paste codes are different but the rest would be the same.

6:00 pm

redturtlehead

and TO I am not liking the puzzle either.

6:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

that can drive one insane, had that last night

6:00 pm

jillibus

lyn, I do it the other way round, lol!

6:00 pm

o-o

I intensely stare at the gr4 until it gives up its secrets.

6:00 pm

westford

I like lickety but only for the last 15 or 20

6:00 pm

lynxxx

lol BR

6:01 pm

redturtlehead

BR you have special eyes.

6:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

do you stare menacingly, br? i think this one thinks it's tough.

6:01 pm

jillibus

well, a gr4 like this is about a third gobbledygook.

6:01 pm

westford

you said it jilli

6:01 pm

jillibus

I'd never finish a grid without Lickety.

6:02 pm

redturtlehead

I rarely finish...obviousl based on my stats!

6:02 pm

72 Temple Owl

did you play before there was lickety jili?

6:02 pm

jillibus

No, I didn't, TO. Did you?

6:02 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes.

6:03 pm

jillibus

Well, my hat's off to you. Oh wait, I'm not wearing a hat.

6:03 pm

westford

my hat is off to all who played before lickety

6:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

that was the way it was.

6:03 pm

lynxxx

It took me a few months to realise there was a Lickety - good learning curve

6:04 pm

MollyL

Red, I rarely finish as well. This is nothing more than a diversion for me. I don't care for gr4s like this, full of stupid words.

6:04 pm

westford

lol jilli GMTA

6:04 pm

jillibus

My hair's off? No, I just washed it...

6:04 pm

jillibus

hear hear molly

6:04 pm

westford

I was wearing a pretend hat

6:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

made of foil?

6:05 pm

jillibus

oops, washing machine is ready for the next load -- brb...

6:05 pm

westford

absolutely

6:05 pm

72 Temple Owl

:)

6:06 pm

westford

I can't do laundry either

6:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

i did not have a set tub put in

6:06 pm

westford

oh well I'll just have to stay and babble

6:06 pm

lynxxx

are the tubs blocked West?

6:07 pm

westford

the water is going down very slowly..plumber coming at 8 a.m.

6:07 pm

westford

we plunged and bailed but something is blocking the pipe

6:07 pm

westford

might be roots

6:07 pm

72 Temple Owl

gogin to finish dinner, bye all

6:08 pm

lynxxx

bye Owl

6:08 pm

westford

bye TO

6:09 pm

jesdraggon

bye, to

6:09 pm

redturtlehead

bye TO.

6:10 pm

redturtlehead

I am exactly half way 54/54....

6:10 pm

redturtlehead

I may have to stop...

6:12 pm

westford

our volcano is here red

6:12 pm

redturtlehead

etna

6:12 pm

redturtlehead

Hangs head in total shame and humility.

6:12 pm

westford

that's her

6:13 pm

J. C.

What a terrific clue, red. Thank you. ;)

6:13 pm

redturtlehead

sorry, but I suppose most have the poor volcano by now.

6:13 pm

lynxxx

time for me to go, bye for now

6:14 pm

redturtlehead

I must also leave. Laters!

6:14 pm

jesdraggon

what a cute pup, jc :)

6:14 pm

jesdraggon

bye, lynxxx

6:14 pm

westford

bye lyn and red see you both soon

6:14 pm

J. C.

Thank you, jes. He's nearly 2 now.

6:14 pm

J. C.

That's very recent - from a few days ago.

6:14 pm

westford

time flies

6:15 pm

J. C.

Yes, certainly does.

6:15 pm

westford

he's a handsome boy

6:17 pm

J. C.

Thank you! He is and he seems to know it.

6:18 pm

westford

does he get along well with Valerie?

6:18 pm

J. C.

Oh yes - he drove her mad as a young pup but that's sorted itself out as he's grown up, thankfully.

6:20 pm

westford

glad to hear it

6:20 pm

westford

she taught him his manners?

6:22 pm

westford

dinner has arrived see you all later *poof*

6:23 pm

jesdraggon

bye, west

6:31 pm

periwinkle

my favorite word today is nu6, it is a small Australian marsupial and a new word for me

6:33 pm

jesdraggon

don't have that word yet, peri

6:33 pm

periwinkle

do you want a clue?

6:34 pm

jesdraggon

sure :)

6:35 pm

periwinkle

ok, will give it a try. nu+consonant +small creature that flies at night said to get in your hair (but I think this is a myth)

6:35 pm

jesdraggon

excellent, thank you :)

6:35 pm

periwinkle

yvw

6:36 pm

periwinkle

Iin6 anyone?

6:36 pm

periwinkle

in6 even

6:36 pm

jesdraggon

to bury

6:39 pm

periwinkle

not seeing it :(

6:41 pm

Dorens

the opposite of digging up a body, peri

6:41 pm

jesdraggon

in+if the air is very moist, it's called ***id + vowel

6:42 pm

periwinkle

ty , new word for me

6:43 pm

uusue2

home...

6:44 pm

Dorens

hi sue

6:44 pm

uusue2

hi, dorens!

6:45 pm

MollyL

I think I'm the only one today who clued in6 with actor Cronyn. He must not be very well known.

6:45 pm

periwinkle

fireworks, finally

6:45 pm

Dorens

no, he's very well known molly. and yay peri

6:45 pm

uusue2

yay, peri!

6:45 pm

periwinkle

now off to play scramble

6:46 pm

jesdraggon

yay peri!

6:47 pm

Dorens

a higher proportion of unusual words lately, or is it my imagination?

6:48 pm

Dorens

sorry, let's be precise.. higher percentage, not proportion

6:49 pm

MollyL

Not your imagination Dorens. This thing is chock full of oddities.

6:50 pm

Dorens

oh good... now that i'm down to 8, I can imagine that they're all weird words too

6:56 pm

Dorens

fireworks.. with thanks to lickety and morewords, couldn't have done it without them

6:56 pm

car.eeyore

Congrats Dorens!

6:57 pm

BzznBea

WTG Dorens1

6:57 pm

Dorens

thanks... need any clues?

6:58 pm

car.eeyore

Stats for the bottom row O please?

6:59 pm

Dorens

oi5/12

7:01 pm

car.eeyore

Clue?

7:01 pm

Dorens

spanish day?

7:01 pm

car.eeyore

TY!

7:02 pm

car.eeyore

Stats for the top row E?

7:02 pm

gremlinn

em5/16, em5/20

7:02 pm

Dorens

em + where everybody knows your name

7:02 pm

MollyL

Hello Car. I was not impressed with 13's return. Top row e...em + you drink in a ***

7:03 pm

car.eeyore

Ty again!

7:03 pm

car.eeyore

Hi Molly! SEe, I like the dynamic between her and House.

7:03 pm

Dorens

and San Francisco body of water

7:03 pm

car.eeyore

I know you do not enjoy her character though.

7:03 pm

car.eeyore

TY, TY!

7:04 pm

MollyL

I think I would like the dynamic between her and House better if she were a better actress.

7:04 pm

car.eeyore

Well..there is that!

7:05 pm

uusue2

yay, dorens!

7:05 pm

uusue2

12 left but we are off to choir rehearsal...

7:05 pm

Dorens

ty sue. and i'm off now... good luck. and good night

7:06 pm

car.eeyore

Night Dorens!

7:08 pm

MollyL

I'll miss Masters. I hope they give us some closure on her. I'm convinced she has an addict in her life, hence her aversion to House's addiction.

7:08 pm

car.eeyore

There was a lot more to be discovered with her character. I am sorry to see her go as well.

7:12 pm

car.eeyore

nu 6/30....now there's a word!

7:15 pm

car.eeyore

Clue please for in 6/27?

7:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

ah, the banded anteater

7:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

in 6 = inter

7:21 pm

MollyL

in + actor **** Cronyn

7:21 pm

car.eeyore

I literally have no idea what that means. I am staring at this gr4 and just totally blanking out. Its freaking me out.

7:21 pm

car.eeyore

Ahhhh...TY Molly!

7:22 pm

MollyL

You are not alone Car. The general consensus of today is that this gr4 is full of gibberish.

7:22 pm

car.eeyore

I have Lickety up and I am just staring at it and then the letters and then back to the list. Nothing computes.

7:23 pm

jillibus

in case you don't know, you can find out the meanings of these weirdos by clicking the ? beside the word -- if there IS a definition.

7:23 pm

car.eeyore

Hi Jilli. Yes, I use that feature a lot, but I think I will call it a night.

7:24 pm

MollyL

Knowing the definition for a word is not going to give it a place in my brain unless I have some regular use for it.

7:25 pm

car.eeyore

I am going to go. I hope you all have a great night!

7:26 pm

MollyL

Night Car.

7:26 pm

mkg

any weird words that you can clue are most welcome.

7:27 pm

mkg

how about a clue for the e bottom left corner?

7:29 pm

jesdraggon

back again :)

7:29 pm

MollyL

The volcano mkg

7:29 pm

MollyL

Hi Jes

7:29 pm

jesdraggon

et4/4, mkg

7:30 pm

mkg

ty got it.

7:30 pm

mkg

missing both words for e top row middle of grid.

7:31 pm

Jeff7

ab 5/18 clue please

7:32 pm

MollyL

ab + what you play an electric guitar through

7:32 pm

Jeff7

ty

7:33 pm

Jeff7

can't believe I only have 11 left

7:33 pm

Jeff7

this is a hard puzz;e today

7:33 pm

MollyL

em + a place where you buy drinks...em + the body of water called San Fransisco ***

7:33 pm

mkg

now what word is that pray tell? weird word.

7:33 pm

mkg

and it means.................electricity!!!!!
!!!! duh!

7:33 pm

Jeff7

electricity terms always get me

7:33 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, molly

7:34 pm

mkg

ty for both e words top e.

7:34 pm

mkg

still need three i words. yuk grid. i dont like this one at all. going to walmart now. bargains bargains bargains.

7:35 pm

Jeff7

em 5/20 por favor

7:35 pm

mkg

i have three of the 4 t words. have right corner T grey but other has one more word.

7:36 pm

mkg

i have the one that is the finger...clue for the other please.

7:36 pm

MollyL

em + sittin on the dock of the ***

7:36 pm

dianedecoder

FW :-)

7:36 pm

dianedecoder

now I can watch the hockey playoffs !

7:36 pm

Jeff7

ty-the one i didn't monkey :)

7:37 pm

MollyL

Yay Diane!!!!

7:38 pm

dianedecoder

:-)) Molly !! ty

7:38 pm

jesdraggon

yay diane!

7:38 pm

dianedecoder

thanks, jes .... not an abundance of long words, but tricky ones.... so the monkeys earned their peanuts today !!

7:39 pm

mkg

ty for em clues. got them all.

7:40 pm

jesdraggon

i want an e next to the g, so i can make badge, barge, and badger...

7:41 pm

Jeff7

ta 7/40 please....compound word?

7:42 pm

dianedecoder

not compound

7:43 pm

dianedecoder

ta + a disallowed action against something + ego's partner

7:44 pm

dianedecoder

geeeesh.... that was long winded !

7:44 pm

Jeff7

ty!

7:44 pm

dianedecoder

LOL.... yw :-)

7:44 pm

Jeff7

long winded but appreciated :p

7:45 pm

Jeff7

blood sucking flies also give me trouble...

7:45 pm

mkg

ty. need clue for the other t. i have the ta words.

7:45 pm

dianedecoder

couln't think of a short way to describe the "prohibit" word

7:45 pm

mkg

that is a th or ty or something.

7:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

not getting disalloed action

7:46 pm

dianedecoder

yes.... babies suck them

7:46 pm

jesdraggon

insert *** a into slot b

7:47 pm

dianedecoder

to put a *** on smoking

7:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

ti diane

7:48 pm

dianedecoder

the other th is the sound a flat tire make

7:49 pm

dianedecoder

or a palpitating heart :-)

7:49 pm

Jeff7

fireworks: figures that my last word would be the un 4 a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot

7:49 pm

jesdraggon

yay jeff!

7:49 pm

MollyL

And that...is a perfect description of what this gr4 has been like today.

7:50 pm

dianedecoder

mine was a ya word.... must look up the meaning

7:50 pm

wildcat17

I need a P from the top please

7:50 pm

MollyL

Cowboy abbreviation for partner.

7:50 pm

Jeff7

I always look up meanings.....then promptly forget them!

7:51 pm

wildcat17

got it ty

7:51 pm

wildcat17

also need one more G - anything unusual?

7:51 pm

dianedecoder

no dictionary results, so I'm none the wiser !

7:51 pm

MollyL

I can't remember words, or their definitions, if they have no functional use in my day to day vocabulary.

7:51 pm

dianedecoder

ga 6/27 is a tad strange

7:52 pm

wildcat17

ga not possible

7:52 pm

dianedecoder

what a teacher who marks papers is doing.... chop off the last consonant sorry, meant gr 6/27

7:52 pm

wildcat17

got it ty

7:53 pm

dianedecoder

I sort of agree, Molly :-)

7:53 pm

wildcat17

need one more N

7:54 pm

wildcat17

NM

7:54 pm

dianedecoder

there are a couple of odd ones..... na 5/10 .... a brand of depillitating cream + the first vowel

7:54 pm

wildcat17

2 Ds

7:55 pm

MollyL

da 6/27...something petite or delicate

7:56 pm

wildcat17

it's a d5 but ty

7:58 pm

dianedecoder

there are 3 d 5's

7:59 pm

wildcat17

well I"m missing one of them

7:59 pm

dianedecoder

to cover loosely with a cloth

7:59 pm

MollyL

Short for the lions den guy + cur** cabinet?

8:00 pm

dianedecoder

to intimidate someone....

8:00 pm

wildcat17

ty! firewords

8:00 pm

dianedecoder

awesome !!

8:00 pm

wildcat17

what an ugly gr4!

8:00 pm

wildcat17

didn't have to list tho

8:01 pm

mixi6

it's small, but not da5!

8:01 pm

mixi6

I mean da6

8:01 pm

wildcat17

definitely not. lots of big nasty teeth

8:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

wtg cat

8:01 pm

mixi6

maybe even da5ing!

8:01 pm

wildcat17

yes da5ing

8:02 pm

mixi6

8 left including 4 blank tiles.

8:02 pm

wildcat17

clues anyone before I go?

8:02 pm

mixi6

ba6, please

8:02 pm

jesdraggon

about 40 of 'em, wildcat :)

8:02 pm

Pinikula

sure...another 52 for me! (evening all)

8:03 pm

wildcat17

lol hi jess and pini

8:03 pm

wildcat17

not good + not female

8:03 pm

mixi6

ty wildcat

8:03 pm

Pinikula

oooh, thx! :)

8:03 pm

wildcat17

yw

8:04 pm

wildcat17

drop the b for another word

8:04 pm

Pinikula

have that one *grin*

8:05 pm

Pinikula

ya5?

8:05 pm

Pinikula

(either)

8:06 pm

wildcat17

anything else? going ... going ........

8:06 pm

wildcat17

y + what we breathe + consonant

8:06 pm

Pinikula

danke ;)

8:06 pm

wildcat17

want the other one?

8:07 pm

Gadget

Any U word...

8:07 pm

wildcat17

not + ** be or not ** be

8:07 pm

jesdraggon

um5 means shadow

8:07 pm

lynxxx

up6.33 up & **** your loins

8:07 pm

Pinikula

* thinking *

8:08 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, lynxxx, didn't have that one :)

8:08 pm

lynxxx

yw

8:08 pm

Pinikula

got the un4, working on the others

8:08 pm

jesdraggon

alternately, um+girl's undergarment

8:08 pm

Pinikula

danke (yet again)

8:09 pm

wildcat17

well then. good night or good day, wherever you may be

8:09 pm

Pinikula

not getting the 'loins'

8:09 pm

lynxxx

un4.5 the sloth is back

8:09 pm

lynxxx

goodnight Wild

8:09 pm

Pinikula

thx for the clues, wild...have a good evening!

8:09 pm

jesdraggon

bye, wildcat :)

8:10 pm

jesdraggon

b's bashed :)

8:11 pm

mixi6

b's buckled.

8:11 pm

mixi6

hy5?

8:12 pm

lynxxx

hy & robot end

8:12 pm

stidmama

(((hugs friends))) hey all! babbling from school... there is a concert my students are in starting in an hour, so decided to stick around and do my planning here today. IF I work it right, I won't have to do much more when I get him. (But that's a BIG if)

8:12 pm

stidmama

how

8:12 pm

stidmama

how's the grid?

8:12 pm

Pinikula

well done, stid...

8:12 pm

jesdraggon

icky, stid

8:12 pm

lynxxx

another toughie Stid though not as bad as yesterdays

8:13 pm

stidmama

LOL jes -- better than helping sheep give birth! *yuck face*

8:13 pm

mixi6

ty lynxxx

8:13 pm

stidmama

thanks lynxxx. I actually attempted yesterday's and gave up before my usual halfway point.

8:13 pm

jesdraggon

sheep are okay. though apparently Wales is havng some issues related to making lambing a public event

8:14 pm

stidmama

Wales? as in Cymru?

8:14 pm

jesdraggon

yeah

8:15 pm

jesdraggon

someone had the brilliant idea to let people "help" with lambings as a public event, which i can't begin to imagine is good for the sheep anyway, but turns out to be a public health nightmare.

8:16 pm

jesdraggon

http://www.wales.nhs.uk/news/18926

8:16 pm

jesdraggon

over a dozen people sick now...

8:18 pm

lynxxx

good grief - can't imagine the sheep thought much of the experience either

8:20 pm

jesdraggon

g's gutted

8:21 pm

jesdraggon

indeed, lynxxx. i'm not seeing how that would create a low-stress situation for the eye birthing...

8:21 pm

jesdraggon

obviously the articles i've read all focus on human health implications, but i'm not seeing it as good for the sheep either.

8:22 pm

Good Enough

i must add that i am, in general, against public birthing

8:23 pm

jesdraggon

heheh.

8:24 pm

jesdraggon

h's hashed

8:27 pm

jesdraggon

m's mashed

8:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

hat do they have, jes?

8:27 pm

jesdraggon

cryptosporidium

8:27 pm

Shirlockc

any clues for the am?

8:27 pm

lynxxx

that 1st word is a doozy

8:28 pm

lynxxx

which am Shirl?

8:29 pm

Shirlockc

any of the am!

8:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

yuck cypto

8:29 pm

jesdraggon

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-nor
th-east-wales-13114193

8:29 pm

lynxxx

am7 like the fluid a baby is in but change ic for vwl

8:30 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, lynxxx

8:30 pm

Shirlockc

got that thx lynxx

8:30 pm

lynxxx

am5 am & cain and ***l reversed

8:31 pm

jesdraggon

n's knocked out (hey, the k's silent, alright?)

8:31 pm

Shirlockc

got that too lynxx, thx

8:31 pm

lynxxx

am6 am & cons & Mr Onassis

8:31 pm

jesdraggon

thanks again, lynxxx

8:32 pm

Shirlockc

those are not am words I would have gotten without you lynxx!

8:32 pm

mixi6

oi5?

8:32 pm

lynxxx

nor me without Morewords

8:33 pm

jesdraggon

oi + spanish day (i think?)

8:33 pm

lynxxx

oi & the start of a girls best friend

8:33 pm

dan2bit

oi + help backwards, mixi

8:35 pm

mixi6

ty all. Fireworks.

8:35 pm

jesdraggon

yay mix!

8:35 pm

jesdraggon

is the pa6 related to the pa5?

8:35 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Mixi!!

8:35 pm

MollyL

Help backwards...good clue 2Bit.

8:36 pm

lynxxx

no Jes

8:36 pm

MollyL

Not really Jes.

8:36 pm

jesdraggon

alright

8:37 pm

jesdraggon

got it

8:38 pm

stidmama

sorry, wandered off (occupational hazard) -- that's weird, I think. And not smart -- there are several pathogens that sheep carry that I know are transmissible to humans.

8:39 pm

jesdraggon

indeed. especially kids, who seem to be the target audience, and by virtue of being kids are more likely to skip handwashing

8:39 pm

stidmama

all right, back to work. back sometime tomorrow. **hugs and choclits for all**

8:39 pm

jesdraggon

bye, stid! have a good night :)

8:39 pm

lynxxx

bye Stid

8:41 pm

Shirlockc

in7?

8:42 pm

jesdraggon

don't have an in7. in6 is to bury

8:42 pm

lynxxx

in7 bad treatment of animals or people - drop 'an'

8:42 pm

jesdraggon

p's parceled

8:43 pm

lynxxx

oops in6 that is

8:43 pm

Shirlockc

that would be why i couldn't get the word! thx lynxx

8:44 pm

jesdraggon

r's rammed

8:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

this is a nasty little gr4 and i am not botheing to finish it

8:46 pm

Gobias

does anyone have the stats on the u in the bottom row?

8:46 pm

jesdraggon

up6

8:47 pm

Gobias

Thanks jes

8:50 pm

lynxxx

yay finished - with a lot of help from Morewords!

8:50 pm

Gobias

wtg lynxxx

8:51 pm

lynxxx

any help wanted b4 I go?

8:51 pm

lynxxx

pretty rabbit Gobias - what type is that?

8:52 pm

Gobias

He is a lionhead.

8:52 pm

lynxxx

wow - sounds very noble for a bunny

8:52 pm

jesdraggon

i am missing a d word...

8:52 pm

Gobias

LOL

8:53 pm

jesdraggon

da5/12, i think. if you don't mind, lynxxx :)

8:53 pm

lynxxx

my last word was da4.7 (there are 2 of them)

8:53 pm

Gobias

I am missing 3 d words jes :(

8:54 pm

lynxxx

da5 sounds like a common boys name with an italian end - like Ma*** Bros

8:54 pm

lynxxx

or Mar** Bros

8:55 pm

jesdraggon

oh so SO fishy. (literally, even)

8:55 pm

Gobias

woot! Bruins just won in OT!

8:55 pm

jesdraggon

and ya5/18 for fireworks?

8:55 pm

lynxxx

ya & rabbits ***ch on carrots

8:56 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, lynxxx! :)

8:56 pm

lynxxx

Congrats!!

8:56 pm

Gobias

good clue lynxxx

8:56 pm

lynxxx

I'm away - bye everyone

8:56 pm

Gobias

bye

8:57 pm

jesdraggon

g'night, lynxxx

9:09 pm

MissOmnibus

hey all

9:11 pm

uusue2

hi, missO!

9:11 pm

uusue2

I am back from choir...

9:11 pm

MissOmnibus

wb uu

9:12 pm

uusue2

5 words left

9:14 pm

Nef

Hi Everybody. I started this before work; 79 words left; but doubt I'll finish tonight

9:14 pm

uusue2

hi, nef!

9:14 pm

Nef

how are you uususe? How's your Dad doing?

9:15 pm

uusue2

dad is fine. stepmom is long story but not doing well.

9:15 pm

Nef

I just read your update. How's your Dad taking that news?

9:16 pm

uusue2

ok; he's frustrated that he has to get news third hand but so it goes.

9:16 pm

jesdraggon

hi, missomni and nef :)

9:16 pm

Nef

it must be hard on him.

9:16 pm

jesdraggon

hey again, sue :)

9:16 pm

Nef

hi jes. How are you tonight?

9:17 pm

uusue2

hi, jes!

9:17 pm

uusue2

I think it is, nef, but he doesn't let it show.

9:17 pm

buffgirl71

ba 5/18?

9:18 pm

uusue2

last 3 words: pa5/14 the first, pa6/21, and ya5/16.

9:18 pm

Nef

I'm keeping him in my thoughts and prayers (& you too)

9:18 pm

uusue2

thanks, nef!

9:18 pm

jesdraggon

ba5/18 is a little chicken

9:18 pm

uusue2

buff, ba5/18 is kind of like a little rooster but ends in the sometimes vowel

9:19 pm

jesdraggon

pa5/14 the first is like a chaplain

9:19 pm

buffgirl71

Got it, sue = thanks! Sorry, but don't have any of the words you're looking for

9:19 pm

uusue2

got the pa, thanks

9:20 pm

Nef

uusue, the ya is like your front lawn, just stick a vowel in the middle of the word

9:20 pm

uusue2

and fireworks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9:21 pm

jesdraggon

yay, sue!

9:21 pm

Nef

YAY, uusue!!!! WTG!!!!

9:23 pm

uusue2

thx :-)

9:24 pm

MissOmnibus

78 to go... ergh

9:24 pm

herinfernallady

HI

9:24 pm

Nef

okay, what's the clue for that pa 6?

9:24 pm

jesdraggon

it's a long gr4, miss

9:24 pm

Nef

MissO, you and I are about tied. I have 74 to go

9:24 pm

jesdraggon

pa+mr johnson who filmed "Brick"

9:24 pm

Nef

HiHerin!

9:25 pm

uusue2

so, latest update on my stepmom is that she is out of the ICU but still very ill - irregular heartbeat, on oxygen, confused and mostly uncommunicative. So I am trying to decide whether I want to drive out there this weekend (it's about 6-7 hours each way).

9:25 pm

herinfernallady

HOwdy

9:25 pm

uusue2

hi, herin!

9:25 pm

Nef

Is the family open to you visiting?

9:26 pm

uusue2

I think so, nef, they were the last time I talked to them about it and I've always been on good terms with them.

9:27 pm

uusue2

but I would check with them, of course, and wouldn't go if they didn't want me there - they are way in the front lines with her and have been for weeks now.

9:27 pm

Nef

then (IF you want to and are up to it) go ahead and do it. It might help you explain to your Dad what happened ....

9:28 pm

jesdraggon

that doesn't sound very pleasant for her, sue

9:28 pm

jesdraggon

the illness, i mean, not your potential visit!

9:30 pm

uusue2

no, I think she is pretty much dying, and feel very bad for her (and her sons and grandchildren).

9:31 pm

Nef

I would probably go, then(see my other comments about IF below)

9:32 pm

herinfernallady

It is hard to be there but not get in the way or feel as if you are going to get in the way. Could you go and help the family out?

9:32 pm

Nef

they were married how many years?

9:32 pm

uusue2

35 years, nef (I was an adult the whole time, so never lived with them but still)

9:32 pm

uusue2

I probably wouldn't stay more than half a day...

9:33 pm

Nef

that is a long time and your Dad probably needs some closure. I'd do it ......

9:35 pm

herinfernallady

you need to do what is best in your heart and feelings

9:35 pm

Nef

yes, I agree Herin

9:36 pm

Trifioso

hello friends. clue for lone o in bottom row, please?

9:36 pm

uusue2

(I put the latest update in my profile - what a soap opera!!)

9:36 pm

herinfernallady

If you don't go then you need to say to the fam why.

9:36 pm

uusue2

oi5/12, trif, oi + spanish day

9:36 pm

jesdraggon

oi5, Trif. oi + start of a girls best friend

9:36 pm

Nef

oi5/12; an occasional babblet, Trfi

9:36 pm

Trifioso

gracias!

9:37 pm

uusue2

just looked at the map, it's about 5.5 hours, not a bad drive at all (I actually kind of like to drive)

9:37 pm

herinfernallady

When B.fs Nan passed on I had to make up my mind as to whether to go or not due to work constrains. I went and work was fine with it and it was the right decision. He need me

9:37 pm

herinfernallady

hi Trigs

9:38 pm

herinfernallady

Sue is there any were you can stay over night?

9:38 pm

uusue2

oh, sure, there are motels everywhere

9:38 pm

Nef

Would you do it all in 1 day, uusue? 10 hours is about all I can drive in a day in these last couple of years

9:39 pm

uusue2

no, I'd probably drive out tomorrow afternoon or evening, then back Saturday afternoon

9:39 pm

herinfernallady

Stupid being sick

9:40 pm

Trifioso

hello herin...almost asleep here, but happily babbling away.

9:40 pm

herinfernallady

Hi hun

9:41 pm

Nef

that would be the best way to do it then, uusue.

9:41 pm

Nef

bard

9:41 pm

uusue2

I think so too, nef. Well, I've sent my stepbrother a text, so we'll see what he says.

9:42 pm

herinfernallady

I am sick again Stupid winter

9:42 pm

Nef

sorry. I need to go to bed. Early clinic day tomorrow (I need to be up at 4:30AM

9:42 pm

uusue2

yes, nef, and you can swap the middle two letters for another word :-)

9:43 pm

uusue2

sorry to hear you are sick, herin! and winter is just beginning, yes?

9:43 pm

Nef

funny thing is, uusue; I WAS thinking of the other word when I typed that one!

9:43 pm

uusue2

Wow, nef, that really is early!!

9:43 pm

herinfernallady

Yes it is. COuld be worse I could have had the horrid Gastro my friend had (He also may have ruptured his ear drum being violently ill Doctor was suprised at that)

9:44 pm

uusue2

good heavens, herin, that is pretty sick!!

9:45 pm

herinfernallady

Yes. I told him that was impressive and he really needs to look after himself

9:47 pm

Nef

9:47 pm

Nef

err, that was spRaying!

9:48 pm

herinfernallady

Awww Nef. I am not contagious. Mine is probably Broncitis

9:48 pm

uusue2

I figured, nef :-)

9:49 pm

Nef

Anyway; I'd love to stay up and chat; but my bed is calling me. Good Night All! And Happy Babbling! (Happy Easter also; and take care and have a safe trip, uusue)

9:50 pm

herinfernallady

night Nef

9:50 pm

jesdraggon

*ponders spaying a monitor*

9:50 pm

uusue2

night, nef (and I had totally forgotten about it being Easter...)

9:50 pm

jesdraggon

g'night, nef!

9:50 pm

uusue2

lol, jes! (none of those little baby monitors to worry about, now)

9:50 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Jess

9:50 pm

Nef

LOL! I wondered if you saw that, jes! :-D Niters, All!

10:00 pm

JeeWhiz

Can someone please help me with the in6 please? Thanks.

10:01 pm

herinfernallady

No idea sory

10:01 pm

JeeWhiz

thanks anyway herin

10:02 pm

herinfernallady

I ha ven't got that far

10:02 pm

JeeWhiz

need any other clues that I can help you with?

10:03 pm

herinfernallady

No thanks I am puddlying about on the list

10:03 pm

JeeWhiz

okay, carry on herin...:)

10:03 pm

herinfernallady

That and I am just blundering about

10:03 pm

uusue2

in6 = opposite of (and same ending as) ex6 that means to dig up a body

10:03 pm

JeeWhiz

good grid to blunder about

10:04 pm

JeeWhiz

ah thanks uusue2

10:05 pm

herinfernallady

It is if you have the list to not think

10:16 pm

uusue2

ok, bedtime, see you all tomorrow!

10:17 pm

herinfernallady

Night Sue

10:23 pm

herinfernallady

Pa 5 clue please

10:24 pm

gremlinn

spanish for "father", change last letter

10:25 pm

herinfernallady

The other one please

10:26 pm

gremlinn

jeo*****ze means put in danger

10:27 pm

herinfernallady

I need the 5/6 combo

10:27 pm

herinfernallady

Never mind I got it. Thank you

10:28 pm

herinfernallady

Thanks I just didn't see it

10:33 pm

phandmd

good evening all

10:33 pm

herinfernallady

HI

10:33 pm

phandmd

this has been a doozy of a gr 4

10:36 pm

phandmd

do you have the ba 5/20?

10:40 pm

herinfernallady

Yes. Clue. Not Good Not Woman

10:40 pm

phandmd

That is the BA 6/30...

10:41 pm

phandmd

how about da 5/14?

10:41 pm

herinfernallady

O um The swamp?

10:42 pm

phandmd

got it now, thanks!

10:42 pm

phandmd

that DA 5/14 is myt last word

10:43 pm

herinfernallady

any of several cyprinid fishes

10:44 pm

phandmd

???

10:45 pm

herinfernallady

Google that

10:45 pm

phandmd

will do

10:48 pm

herinfernallady

Ok I am going

10:48 pm

phandmd

good night

11:02 pm

72 Temple Owl

aye here who cam pls clue ba5/20?

11:05 pm

gremlinn

ba + ***, not me!

11:49 pm

gremlinn

the forecast is in: an overly large puzzle at 261 words is due

11:55 pm

Bugsaw

can anyone clue the am 7 please?

11:56 pm

cosdem

ba 5/20 another name for swamps

11:58 pm

cosdem

am + a bad kid gets a **** sent home from the principal, but put a vowel in front of the 2nd letter

11:58 pm

MLFAN17

hello

11:59 pm

flosey

great clue cos

11:59 pm

cosdem

ty hello all :)

11:59 pm

Bugsaw

still trying cos

11:59 pm

cosdem

am + the knights who say ** + a n*** sent home

11:59 pm

Bugsaw

hurray got it!! thanks

11:59 pm

flosey

starts out like the fluid surrounding a foetus

11:59 pm

cosdem

yay!

12:00 am

cybernan

Hello Everyone :)

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