Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, May 17, 2011

12:00 am

Pinikula

* flip *

12:00 am

cosdem

fwippers

12:00 am

cwestexan

flip

12:00 am

mrpresident

flip !!

12:00 am

LeslieAnn

thanks for the fun folks! off to bed with me.

12:00 am

MLFAN17

HO6

12:00 am

Pinikula

night LA :)

12:01 am

LeslieAnn

tetra! damnit. :)

12:01 am

MLFAN17

oops HO 6/7

12:01 am

VolleymomDee

flip and hi all

12:01 am

mrpresident

niters leslie!! (kisses)

12:01 am

mrpresident

hi mlf and dee!!

12:01 am

mrpresident

133 just seems too small!

12:02 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:02 am

Pinikula

thx lickety ;)

12:02 am

MLFAN17

too small well its smaller then the one we just had

12:02 am

Erda

THANK YOU, Lickety!!

12:03 am

cosdem

the lone E in first column is an ee 6/18

12:03 am

mrpresident

why does lickety have be9?

12:03 am

MLFAN17

thanks cos

12:04 am

mrpresident

ignore me... didn't refresh

12:04 am

MLFAN17

TH6

12:05 am

mrpresident

fo8 is a compound

12:05 am

mrpresident

an 7

12:05 am

mrpresident

ho6 /7 ouchy insect

12:05 am

MLFAN17

thanks mrp as soon as you said an 7 i found it

12:06 am

mrpresident

ro7... comes off the second ro4

12:06 am

VolleymomDee

re 6 re 7

12:07 am

mrpresident

pr7 ,44 uses a high value letter in middle

12:08 am

MLFAN17

RE6

12:08 am

mrpresident

of7 comes off the of5... alt spelling to me anyway

12:08 am

VolleymomDee

nbt

12:09 am

MLFAN17

mrp is it a word we should know?

12:11 am

MLFAN17

OR6

12:11 am

cosdem

last row N?

12:12 am

MLFAN17

i need stats for both nn'S

12:12 am

MLFAN17

N words

12:12 am

cosdem

the other N is no 4/4

12:12 am

mrpresident

seaweed ?

12:12 am

mrpresident

sheet of paper to jot things on?

12:12 am

Pinikula

ne5 and ne6 (bottom center N)

12:12 am

cosdem

stats lol

12:12 am

cosdem

:P

12:13 am

mrpresident

same as an7 without the a?

12:13 am

cosdem

no i need the last row N :)

12:13 am

MLFAN17

ineed the 3RD COLUN N i think the paper one si the oen you just gave me cos

12:13 am

cosdem

but thanks for the no6!

12:13 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:13 am

Pinikula

I just clued the bottom center N (ne5 and ne6)

12:13 am

Pinikula

hi nan ;)

12:13 am

mrpresident

in the downer region

12:14 am

MLFAN17

THIRD COLUMN E stats please?

12:14 am

mrpresident

aromatherapy oil ne5/6

12:14 am

cosdem

sorry didnt see that pini thanks!!

12:14 am

rururocks

downer region..

12:14 am

Pinikula

er4

12:14 am

rururocks

habituate the barbituates?

12:15 am

Pinikula

nbt ;)

12:15 am

MLFAN17

thanks pinik

12:15 am

Pinikula

bottom row grey! :)

12:15 am

cosdem

nbt/nbs

12:15 am

MLFAN17

mrp ne 5/6 is which N?

12:15 am

Pinikula

what does the 8 start with ?

12:15 am

cosdem

3rd column N, mlf

12:16 am

cosdem

bottom row grey! :P

12:16 am

cosdem

fo, pini

12:16 am

Pinikula

thx cos...looking

12:17 am

cosdem

compound

12:17 am

MLFAN17

still cant find it

12:18 am

Pinikula

cos, is the first part 'aluminum'?

12:18 am

VolleymomDee

anyone have the last 7... I have an, ho, of, pr, re, ro

12:18 am

Pinikula

I only have 2 7's...no help here

12:19 am

cosdem

no pini

12:19 am

VolleymomDee

li 6/27

12:19 am

cosdem

re7 x 2

12:19 am

VolleymomDee

ty cos

12:19 am

Pinikula

thx cos

12:19 am

cosdem

yw!

12:20 am

MLFAN17

can someone clue the N please?

12:20 am

Pinikula

I did, mlf...

12:21 am

VolleymomDee

my re 7 comes from bottom r in the 3rd column... from which r does the other re 7 originate?

12:21 am

mrpresident

arghhhhhh!!! 13 year olds!! give me valium and a glass of wine!

12:22 am

MLFAN17

lmrp boy or girl?

12:22 am

cybernan

anyone know what the 8 is?

12:22 am

Pinikula

yep, been there, done that, mrp...

12:22 am

Pinikula

they say fo8

12:22 am

MLFAN17

cyber FO i think

12:22 am

Pinikula

(I'm still lookin', nan)

12:22 am

mrpresident

girl... 'thanks for ruining my life!' *storms off*

12:23 am

mrpresident

fo8 is a compound word

12:23 am

MLFAN17

LOL Mrp

12:23 am

Pinikula

...and tmw she'll probably come back with something like "you're my best friend", mrp

12:23 am

Pinikula

gotta git...night all! ;)

12:23 am

mrpresident

yeah, when she wants money

12:24 am

MLFAN17

mrp what did you do to her?(according to her)

12:24 am

mrpresident

nighters pini **hugs**

12:25 am

mrpresident

made sure a biatch at school backed off her... very abusive and bully

12:25 am

MLFAN17

YIKES

12:25 am

mrpresident

now I have ruined her life cause this biatch is in the 'popular' group

12:25 am

cybernan

isn't one who operates a ferry a ferrier?

12:25 am

cosdem

ugh i cant find the other re7

12:26 am

VolleymomDee

I can't either cos

12:26 am

mrpresident

re7 /52

12:26 am

cosdem

i have that mrp

12:26 am

cybernan

I can't find either re 7

12:27 am

cosdem

the other one is a re7/28

12:27 am

cosdem

one of the re7 has an of word in it

12:27 am

VolleymomDee

awww to make a second ...... on a house (a second bid)

12:27 am

mrpresident

re7.... try to give again
re7 re + thing that gathers up fish... double the constanant

12:28 am

cybernan

ok -- ty

12:28 am

cosdem

ah wrong R.. thanks! re6/7 yay 7's done

12:28 am

cybernan

something that gathers fish besides ne 4?

12:28 am

mrpresident

on ya cos

12:29 am

cosdem

itsthe 4th row R that it starts at

12:29 am

cybernan

oh -- I see

12:29 am

mrpresident

yes nan... double the middle const

12:29 am

cosdem

and it comes before the other re7 alphabetically

12:31 am

mrpresident

bloody to5/10.... second one... double the last vowel

12:32 am

cybernan

just need the 8 now

12:32 am

cybernan

ty mrp

12:33 am

mrpresident

fo8... compound... fo4 + fe4

12:34 am

cybernan

ro 7 if not called

12:34 am

doxy1lover

thats a word???

12:34 am

mrpresident

yep! must be for ESP people

12:34 am

cosdem

i like to fo8 in bed :P

12:34 am

cybernan

ty mrp -- would never have thought of that!

12:34 am

cybernan

nbt/nbs

12:36 am

mrpresident

yay nan!

12:37 am

mrpresident

thanks for that TMI cos! LOL!! but I agree

12:37 am

wasa

r

12:38 am

mrpresident

my phantom: sphere

12:38 am

doxy1lover

my phantom: viper

12:40 am

mrpresident

my other phantom is 'shortener'

12:40 am

mrpresident

hi doxy :) **hugs**

12:40 am

doxy1lover

hi mrp. sorry your 13 yr old is having problems. Been there, done that

12:41 am

mrpresident

her problems don't last too long, but she is now my height and eyeballs me only 2cm from my face!

12:41 am

doxy1lover

yikes

12:43 am

mrpresident

I am nearly 6 foot!! she is only 13 and I can't believe how tall she is!!

12:44 am

doxy1lover

my son towers over me. I'm 6 foot, he's 6'5. It was really hard to discipline him when he towered over me.

12:44 am

doxy1lover

now he just ignores me

12:44 am

cybernan

We have a 14 yr old granddaughter that is 5'11

12:44 am

herinfernallady

HI

12:44 am

doxy1lover

it seems like kids are taller now

12:44 am

doxy1lover

hi herin

12:45 am

mrpresident

hi infern **hugs**

12:45 am

cybernan

down to 50 -- list time on this one

12:46 am

herinfernallady

Hugs How goes it?

12:46 am

doxy1lover

I'm going to try to get some sleep. Have to work in the am. Happy babbling all.

12:47 am

herinfernallady

Loves Doxy

12:48 am

mrpresident

see ya doxy **hugs** sleep well

12:48 am

herinfernallady

Is anyone in the States and can tell me when 3-4 Eastern standard time is please

12:48 am

jillibus

Hello -- how's this grid?

12:49 am

mrpresident

goes ok herin... confirmed today my broke foot won't let me ref for 4 weeks

12:49 am

mrpresident

jilli, grid is nice

12:49 am

herinfernallady

How the heck did you do that? Hi Jill

12:49 am

joey

herin, I really don't understand the question

12:50 am

herinfernallady

OK What time is it on the EST ?

12:50 am

joey

right now we are not on eastern standard. we are on daylight savings.

12:50 am

jillibus

oh good -- I was sorry I didn't have time to finish the last one, which was nice too.

12:50 am

joey

it is almost 2 AM on the east coast of the US

12:50 am

cybernan

NZ is 24 hours ahead of of EST if that helps

12:51 am

mrpresident

how can 'referee' not be in the grid!

12:51 am

jillibus

and it's almost 11 pm on the west coast.

12:51 am

mrpresident

central us time is almost 1aam

12:51 am

herinfernallady

Thanks. I am needing to know because a game is being released at the time.

12:51 am

cybernan

2 am on the east coast

12:51 am

mrpresident

western us time is nearly 11pm

12:52 am

jillibus

the grid here shows North American Central time.

12:52 am

mrpresident

bbs, need to get number one son

12:53 am

jillibus

so Eastern time is one hour less.

12:53 am

herinfernallady

I a really impatient

12:53 am

joey

no, eastern is one hour ahead. it is almost 1 here in central - it is 2 eastern

12:54 am

jillibus

oops

12:54 am

joey

it's ok, Jilli- you can't know everything and you know quite a lot

12:54 am

jillibus

so add one hour to grid time, herin.

12:55 am

herinfernallady

Thank you Jill. I will remember that.

12:55 am

jillibus

joey, I knew but got muddled -- tired, just back from bridge ;-)

12:55 am

herinfernallady

I am watching Carnival to kill the tie

12:56 am

joey

i think that I have been muddled for a while - I really like that word, hope you don't mind if I borrow it?

12:58 am

jillibus

feel free, joey, lol!

12:58 am

joey

thanks

12:59 am

herinfernallady

I haven't even started

1:03 am

flosey

hi everyone

1:03 am

jillibus

hi flosey

1:04 am

flosey

glad to see a nice small one

1:04 am

herinfernallady

Hi Flosey

1:04 am

jillibus

nbt

1:05 am

cybernan

Slave Lake is over 50

1:05 am

herinfernallady

Slave lake?

1:05 am

cybernan

Slave Lake is over 50% gone and what is left is not livable apparently

1:06 am

flosey

wow jilli that was fast

1:06 am

cybernan

Northern Alberta community has been wiped out by wild fires.

1:06 am

jillibus

it's a nice grid so far, flosey

1:06 am

herinfernallady

THat is so so sad. Man made or nature?

1:06 am

cybernan

on the news now

1:07 am

herinfernallady

Is an one dead or injured?

1:07 am

jillibus

nan, I'm just watching that on the TV news -- awful.

1:07 am

cybernan

don't know -- fire just started on Saturday and has been moving very quickly (100km winds)

1:08 am

jillibus

and meanwhile, flooding in Manitoba (and elsewhere)

1:08 am

cybernan

I don't think so -- must most people lost everything, because there was no time other than to jump in a car and try to outrun the flames.

1:09 am

herinfernallady

We don't get much OS news

1:10 am

cybernan

20 left for tomorrow -- off to watch the news. Goodnight :)

1:10 am

jillibus

gnight nan

1:11 am

herinfernallady

Night Nan

1:33 am

jillibus

over halfway

1:34 am

herinfernallady

I ahve 30 words that is all

1:34 am

flosey

wow jilli, your really tooting along

1:35 am

herinfernallady

Help with that bottom N would be great please.

1:37 am

jillibus

think of the fellow who fiddled while Rome burned and add a consonant for ne5. The add a vowel for the 6

1:37 am

jillibus

*Then

1:37 am

herinfernallady

Thank you.

1:37 am

jillibus

yw

1:38 am

flosey

thanks jilli

1:38 am

flosey

over half way but still bts

1:38 am

flosey

5

1:39 am

jillibus

5 bts?

1:39 am

flosey

yes

1:39 am

jillibus

which ones?

1:40 am

herinfernallady

I stil have more to get before NBT

1:40 am

flosey

second columb i and f

1:40 am

flosey

third column e

1:40 am

flosey

fifth column e

1:41 am

jillibus

well, you do press clothes sometimes, flosey? (For the I)

1:41 am

flosey

got it thanks

1:42 am

flosey

actually, I hadn't really been looking at them

1:42 am

Glantarell

morning all - last column e - the gas they used to use as anaesthetic

1:42 am

jillibus

and golfers yell fo4.

1:42 am

flosey

morning Glant

1:42 am

jillibus

Hi glant

1:42 am

herinfernallady

Hi Glant

1:42 am

Glantarell

hi flosey, jilli

1:42 am

Glantarell

hi herin

1:42 am

flosey

thanks Gland, and jilli again

1:43 am

flosey

down to the third column E

1:43 am

Glantarell

last column e - en5 - you do this when you join a course

1:44 am

flosey

head's numb tonight

1:44 am

Glantarell

mid column er4 - common babblet

1:44 am

Glantarell

reminds me of an irish river name - don't know why

1:44 am

flosey

thanks for the en

1:44 am

jillibus

banana and milk time -- and I have to get up early (for me) tomorrow so I'm going to say byebye now.

1:45 am

Glantarell

night jilli - sleep well

1:45 am

flosey

tytyty nbt

1:45 am

flosey

goodnight jilli, I have to get hubby up at 7:

1:46 am

flosey

would you like me to call you, hahaha

1:46 am

jillibus

farewell all...*poof

1:47 am

jillibus

(no thanks, flosey!)

1:47 am

Glantarell

NBT and 96 left

1:47 am

Glantarell

nearly time to go to work

1:47 am

Glantarell

tena

1:48 am

flosey

have a good day Glan

1:48 am

herinfernallady

What time is it for you Glant?

1:48 am

herinfernallady

lefe

1:48 am

Glantarell

ooops, bad monkeys, good job it doesn;t exist!

1:48 am

Glantarell

it is nearly 8am

1:48 am

herinfernallady

leer

1:48 am

herinfernallady

Ok

1:48 am

flosey

what time do you start to work?

1:49 am

Glantarell

whenever i like as long as it's before 10 - and i finish whenever i like as long as it's before 7

1:49 am

herinfernallady

That doesn't sound too bad.

1:49 am

flosey

now that's a nice work day

1:50 am

Glantarell

flexi time is great because i drive 35 miles to work and it means i can avoid the rush hours

1:50 am

herinfernallady

that is good

1:50 am

flosey

I do like that aspect of your job

1:51 am

flosey

great to miss the rush

1:51 am

herinfernallady

ACK. stupid tv. Every time it goes to a white screen it blurs out

1:51 am

flosey

When we lived in Ontario, I drove both ways in rush hour traffic, not nice

1:52 am

Glantarell

i hate traffic

1:53 am

Glantarell

but i am working away form home for the rest of the week - cardiff today, kidwelly tomorrow, st davids thursday and laugharne friday - it will be like being on a tourist traail LOL

1:54 am

herinfernallady

I don't like public transport

1:54 am

mrpresident

I tried driving in my moon boot... didn't work...

1:54 am

Glantarell

trains are ok but my nearest railway is 20 miles away and by the time i drive that far i may as well stay in the car for my whole journey

1:54 am

herinfernallady

MR PRES

1:54 am

flosey

sounds interesting anyway Glant

1:54 am

herinfernallady

tsk tsk

1:55 am

Glantarell

morning mr P

1:55 am

Glantarell

it is interesting - and now i hvae to go - see you all again

1:55 am

flosey

what is a moon boot?

1:55 am

Glantarell

*poof*

1:55 am

joshuavorbis

hi and nbt

1:55 am

herinfernallady

Mr PRes how did you stuff your foot?

1:55 am

mrpresident

Glant, recently took a 5 hour trip on a bedsitter train... was fantastic!!

1:56 am

mrpresident

herin, running backwards during reffing... ran into a divet... sucks hairy gonads

1:56 am

herinfernallady

Man that is not good.

1:57 am

mrpresident

well, will be getting my compo paid up by the reffing organisation

1:57 am

herinfernallady

We so need a new tv

1:58 am

herinfernallady

I didn't think there was a need for a moon boot for a broken foot. I just thought it was one of those things that would fix itself

1:59 am

flosey

does anyone have a clue for an7 please?

1:59 am

flosey

nb, got it

1:59 am

herinfernallady

One thing or ?

2:00 am

flosey

thanks herin, got it as soon as I asked! so typical

2:00 am

herinfernallady

No dramaas

2:04 am

flosey

ooh ooh, red boxes

2:05 am

herinfernallady

yep

2:11 am

flosey

down to 35, must get to bed, goodnight all

2:12 am

herinfernallady

Night

2:56 am

rubyfoo

good morning? is anybody there?

2:57 am

sprite

good morning all

2:57 am

rubyfoo

hello sprite!! how are you? Is it cold there?

2:57 am

sprite

cold and immensely wet. I am not too great, but hanging in there. How are you?

2:58 am

rubyfoo

we've had very little rain but just enough, this past week, for the garden to be at its peak. And the cold is making the roses and peonies last longer.

2:58 am

rubyfoo

As for the rest, same same

2:59 am

rubyfoo

my houseguest were an annoying disaster....if you don't see a relative for 30 years plue, there must be a good reason!

2:59 am

sprite

it's raining cats and dogs here. I am postponing walking terra!

3:00 am

rubyfoo

plus* not plue

3:01 am

sprite

lol yes! so now you remember the reason?

3:02 am

rubyfoo

as my son said, "She was always a flake", and an opinionated, arrogant one, at that

3:02 am

sprite

oops! Don't invite again :)

3:03 am

rubyfoo

didn't invite this time, but her daughter had a month in Italy and she asked if she could come by

3:03 am

sprite

you know, those grids that are tight from the first word? This is one for me!

3:03 am

rubyfoo

I think that's the problem with living in a tourist place. It may be beautiful, but it attracts people

3:03 am

sprite

I think the word 'no' should be used far more often.

3:05 am

rubyfoo

it's not always easy, and she and I were friends a very long time ago. Cousin even babysat my son

3:06 am

sprite

in all honesty, I'd rather have someone tell me I am not welcome, than have them talk about how awful I was when I am gone again.

3:06 am

rubyfoo

I see what you mean about this grid. 32 words but I have to go in 10 minutes, getting my terrible hair cut

3:06 am

rubyfoo

you are right; I stand chastened :(

3:06 am

sprite

aw I didn't mean it that way, don't feel bad!

3:07 am

rubyfoo

the problem was that I was really looking forward to the visit, thought it would relieve some of the leadenness around here

3:08 am

sprite

I only have 42 words in, no speed at all.

That is a real disappointment then :( Invite someone you _know_ will make you feel better!

3:08 am

rubyfoo

and her daughter was worse, kept breaking down into tears. What was that about?

3:09 am

sprite

she kept breaking out in tears and not telling why? That is rather odd.

3:10 am

rubyfoo

I think there's a history there that I know nothing about.

3:10 am

rubyfoo

and not just quiet weeping, but histrionic sobbing

3:10 am

sprite

if it shows so much in public, it is probably a long-standing problem that nobody ever deals with. You are probably best off not knowing ;)

3:11 am

rubyfoo

I even made her cry once (mean Ruby), when I was shocked to find out that she didn't know what a harpsichord was. This is a 21-yr-old college student majoring in performing arts

3:13 am

sprite

ouch! She should know. And your telling her just that made her cry? She is severely depressed th4, she really should find help. Medical and therapeutical. She still lives with her mother? Maybe leaving home would be wise.

3:13 am

rubyfoo

must go and get sh***. I hope it turns out better than the last haircut -- bad Ruby has bad hair

3:14 am

rubyfoo

no, she goes to university on the other side of the country! What's that about? hahah

3:14 am

sprite

think positive, rubyfoo. Good ruby has good hair. Good hairdresser has a wonderful cutting day.

3:14 am

sprite

wise girl. But with too much luggage from home.

3:14 am

rubyfoo

new hairdresser and I USED to have good hair

3:15 am

rubyfoo

*poof* fortunately, it's in the village, so just 3 mins away by car

3:15 am

sprite

do you know life is much more fun if you go about living positively? ;) Go for it and get your hair done wonderfully :)

3:15 am

rubyfoo

I'm taking along photos of the way it used to be, very short and close to my head. We'll see. I can always wear turbans!

3:16 am

sprite

or shave! Bald is sexy :D

3:54 am

TheLegend

ve

3:55 am

sprite

ve right back at ye, TL

4:07 am

sprite

fireflies with the help of a2z. Fun if you like pulling teeth from a chicken. (I do). Bye all.

5:35 am

crosshair

good morning everyone;)

5:39 am

uusue2

hi, crossy!

5:39 am

crosshair

howdy sue!

5:41 am

uusue2

did you get that protein folding game I sent you a week or two ago?

5:42 am

crosshair

not sure sue,so many reformats and new builds,i am not sure which way is up of late.better shoot me a link for it again

5:43 am

crosshair

and of course you are in my folding group?

5:43 am

uusue2

of course!

5:44 am

crosshair

good girl;)))

5:44 am

uusue2

Here's the link; I'll email it to you too: http://fold.it/portal/info/science

5:46 am

crosshair

ty in my folding at home,i see some of us have fired it up just once or twice;((

5:47 am

uusue2

my computer at home is running it 24/7 (except when I have to reboot which isn't too often)

5:47 am

uusue2

don't have it on my computer at work, though

5:48 am

crosshair

mm gave yours a fast scan.it is basically doing what F@H is doing

5:48 am

uusue2

except you get to fold the proteins yourself :-)

5:49 am

crosshair

cool! will have to read it deeper later on! it is bookmarked now and will not get misplaced

5:49 am

uusue2

the idea is that humans are very good at pattern recognition and can be a valuable add-on to the computers (imagine that!)

5:50 am

crosshair

yes with F@H i must admit that for all its certificates etc all we are doing is supplying bandwidth to the eggheads;)

5:51 am

uusue2

having written some pattern recognition software I can tell you it is a very hard problem to get a computer to do what humans can do instinctively

5:52 am

crosshair

the miracle of the human machine indeed

5:52 am

uusue2

we are still good at some things :-)

5:53 am

crosshair

thats why we often win at chess against computers..we can think around corners or "outside the box"

5:54 am

crosshair

i will never forget a management class i took long ago and the instructor said....

5:54 am

crosshair

"management is basically making important or dangerous decisions with not enough information at hand..and being correct"

5:56 am

uusue2

sounds about right :-)

5:59 am

Scrabbler

Hello kids.

5:59 am

uusue2

hi, scrabs!

5:59 am

crosshair

scrabby!

6:00 am

crosshair

you are late! sue and i are already folding human proteins and not even the first cup of tea yet!

6:01 am

Scrabbler

I was just thinking of you, Crossy. Our local TV station featured a local restaurant that wraps a hot dog with bacon, deep fries it, places it in a bun and then pours melted cheese over it. It's called the Whistle Pig.

6:01 am

crosshair

we hope to cure cancer by lunch time;0

6:02 am

crosshair

other than the deep frying part is is a classic whistle dog

6:03 am

uusue2

sounds kind of gross, actually (although the ingredients all sound good)

6:03 am

crosshair

we may have our poultine,but we are not manic on deep frying everything like you guys down douth,oreos,mars bars,butter balls,entire turkeys...igh

6:03 am

crosshair

south

6:03 am

Scrabbler

Totally gross to me. (vegetarian)

6:03 am

crosshair

ugh

6:04 am

uusue2

I am getting back to vegetarianism myself, scrabs, I think it will help me lose weight and get healthier

6:05 am

Scrabbler

Good for you, Sue.

6:05 am

crosshair

lean meat and fish when chosen with care and cooked correctly can be a part of a healthy diet

6:06 am

crosshair

thats why we have those funny flat teeth in the back of our head and not 6 stomachs lol

6:06 am

Scrabbler

True, Crossy, but when I started Gross Anatomy in August 1981 I could no longer eat meat (muscle).

6:07 am

Scrabbler

Today I get to do 50 sports exams on middle schoolers. Last wk I was at the high school. I am relieved to no longer be an adolescent.

6:08 am

crosshair

well,if you refer to it as flesh and muscle all the time and watch the meat packers killing stick competitions and the speed sluice floor cleaning competitions..it may gross one out

6:08 am

Scrabbler

*barf*

6:08 am

crosshair

lol,must of been fun scrabby

6:09 am

uusue2

oh, me too, scrabs (glad to be no longer ado)

6:09 am

uusue2

and I understand about the lean meat and fish but they are expensive and unnecessary, and make me crave not-so-lean meat and fish :-)

6:09 am

Scrabbler

I saw a lot of nice kids but some are so rude and annoying.

6:10 am

crosshair

lol,i understand but want expensive?? organic veggies in a place that has 7 months of winter

6:11 am

crosshair

it is the non stop swearing that bugs me in those schools scrabbs

6:11 am

uusue2

my partner volunteers at the local food coop so we get 20% off everything there, that helps a lot!

6:12 am

crosshair

we were entertaining on day about 2 months ago and we had a vegan couple who were joining us so wife and i had a brilliant idea to make up a suitable veggie plate with various dips....

6:13 am

crosshair

well that platter cost more than the rest of the food combined for 5 other couples!

6:14 am

crosshair

i guess if you live in a place where you have a 12 month growing season it is much better

6:15 am

Scrabbler

Back with breakfast--yogurt + oats + frozen raspberries.

6:15 am

uusue2

organic would be nice but is usually too much of a luxury for me, unless I grow it myself (we are starting to get some asparagus from the garden now)

6:16 am

crosshair

lol@ scrabbys panda food..crossy is feeling guilty and goes for a glass of v8 juice...

6:16 am

Scrabbler

I am in zone 4--cannot plant til end of May and then first frost hits by mid-October.

6:16 am

uusue2

we are in zone 5a, a little better than 4 but not a lot (frost warning this morning)

6:16 am

crosshair

i am in zone omfg! and we had frost last night lol

6:18 am

crosshair

mmmmm..v8 juice..feel the vitamins....

6:18 am

Scrabbler

I checked the map, and you are correct: Zone OMFG. You can't grow anything up there, can you?

6:20 am

rubyfoo

is anybody still here?

6:20 am

Scrabbler

Hi NK

6:20 am

rubyfoo

aaah, I am not so far off!

6:20 am

rubyfoo

hello scrabbler

6:20 am

rubyfoo

hello sue and crossy, if he's here

6:21 am

rubyfoo

it is very close to freezing at night but perfect in the afternoons

6:21 am

Scrabbler

Today Show just updated us on Dominique Strauss-Kahn. What is the feedback in France?

6:21 am

Scrabbler

Crossy must be dancing and singing after drinking his V8 juice.

6:21 am

uusue2

hi, ruby!

6:22 am

rubyfoo

I always liked him but now realize that he is some kind of monster and, probably, pretty crazy. Why would somebody in his position so something like that? It is hard to imagine....

6:22 am

rubyfoo

but he is handsome, in a crazy, macho way.....

6:22 am

Scrabbler

Sex drive trumps judgment for so many.

6:23 am

crosshair

here is a very nice planting zone map..we are in the cusp of zone4 to 3...

6:23 am

crosshair

http://www.hgtv.ca/gardening/plantzone
s/

6:23 am

crosshair

((ruby))\

6:23 am

rubyfoo

I don't understand that for someone who is so prominent

6:23 am

uusue2

well, and I think some people in positions of power get the idea that they are so important that it doesn't matter what they do

6:23 am

rubyfoo

we had a big argument about it over morning apero

6:24 am

rubyfoo

like running down the hotel hallway naked? OMG

6:24 am

crosshair

who are we talking about?

6:24 am

rubyfoo

my husband was comparing it to Bill Clinton, but I don't think it's even remotely similar

6:24 am

Scrabbler

Looks like you are zone 4, like us.

6:25 am

rubyfoo

Dominique Struass-Kahn

6:25 am

crosshair

do not know her so she can be as strange as she wishes

6:25 am

Scrabbler

Crossy--French official, head of International Monetary Fund, got caught misbehaving in a NYC hotel.

6:26 am

rubyfoo

no no, that is a he! crossy

6:26 am

Scrabbler

Dominique = French Dominic

6:26 am

crosshair

another govt trough feeder spending peoples money same all round the world

6:26 am

rubyfoo

the fact that they are keeping him in jail, and in Rikers Island, strikes me as very odd

6:27 am

Scrabbler

Serious flee risk, I guess.

6:27 am

uusue2

they view him as a flight risk - if they let him go he will leave the country and not come back

6:27 am

rubyfoo

and what was he doing, staying in a $300, night suite, on "private" business. What's that about?

6:27 am

rubyfoo

$3000

6:27 am

Scrabbler

$3000/night <----

6:28 am

crosshair

maybe he is vegan:))

6:28 am

crosshair

lol could not resist

6:28 am

crosshair

crossy is bad

6:28 am

rubyfoo

missed a zero (:(), but I always thought he was attractive in a macho way, unlike most Fr politicians.

6:28 am

Scrabbler

Organic veggie suite.

6:28 am

uusue2

somehow I doubt it (and I don't think the $3000 includes food anyway)

6:28 am

blueheron

He's a pig, that's all I can say. morning everyone!!

6:28 am

uusue2

hi, blue!

6:28 am

crosshair

howdy blueheron

6:29 am

Scrabbler

Hi Blue Heron. I saw my first blue heron of the season--flying above.

6:29 am

rubyfoo

hi, blue, pig is pigs!

6:29 am

blueheron

lol!!

6:30 am

blueheron

I haven't seen one yet this year:(

6:30 am

rubyfoo

and his wife is evidently a big deal journalist. But with the last "pecadillo", why didn't she leave him?

6:30 am

Scrabbler

My hummingbirds returned last Thursday.

6:30 am

uusue2

me either, blue, there's one that visits the stream outside my office

6:30 am

uusue2

maybe she will, ruby

6:30 am

blueheron

I went to a red hatters function this weekend. What fun!!

6:31 am

rubyfoo

we don't have hummingburds (collibri) in this part of Fr. Maybe DSK has chased them awya!

6:31 am

Scrabbler

What is a red hatter?

6:31 am

rubyfoo

ditto

6:32 am

rubyfoo

(I know how to spell birds.....)

6:32 am

Scrabbler

A hummer hovered in front of my face on Fri as if to say, we're back!

6:32 am

rubyfoo

blue is in the grid!!!!

6:32 am

Scrabbler

TY, Ruby

6:33 am

ivesy3

fo 8/70 plz

6:33 am

rubyfoo

better a little hummer than a GM one!

6:33 am

rubyfoo

hello ivesey

6:33 am

Scrabbler

Hi Ivesy. I'll look

6:34 am

Scrabbler

I bet it's a compund word starting with fo4

6:34 am

Scrabbler

*compound

6:34 am

Scrabbler

foil

6:34 am

rubyfoo

like calling ahead.... lol

6:34 am

Scrabbler

Free Word!

6:35 am

uusue2

didn't think it would be that fo4, scrabs :-)

6:35 am

uusue2

and hi, ivesy!

6:35 am

Scrabbler

Nope, the other fo4

6:35 am

ivesy3

morning everyone, that word is making me crazy lol

6:35 am

Scrabbler

Gotta get ready for work. Enjoy the day everyone!

6:36 am

uusue2

bye, scrabs!

6:36 am

ivesy3

bye scrabs. have a good day

6:36 am

rubyfoo

{scrabs}}

6:36 am

hydra

I can't get it either, ivesy. Hello, all.

6:36 am

rubyfoo

hello hydra

6:37 am

uusue2

hi, hydra!

6:37 am

hydra

Hello there, ruby. How's your pond?

6:38 am

rubyfoo

pond is very quiety; fish are hiding from the big heron, but they eat stealthily after hours

6:38 am

rubyfoo

or even quiet

6:38 am

uusue2

whoa, I found it!

6:39 am

ivesy3

give uusue give lol

6:39 am

hydra

We have ten new fish. They are very shy and we only ever see them at feeding time.

6:39 am

blueheron

the Red Hat Society. It's an organization for women. We just go out and have fun together. Red hat's and all. Check out their website.

6:39 am

hydra

Give us a clue then, uusue!

6:39 am

rubyfoo

do you have to be "of a certain age" blue?

6:40 am

uusue2

well, it's a compound word, starts the way scrabs thought, and then adds another f4. sort of a creepy word in the context of our previous discussion about mr. imf...

6:40 am

uusue2

(although apparently it has more to do with fortunetelling)

6:40 am

crosshair

yaa for crossy!! just folded my first one sue!!

6:40 am

hydra

I missed that discussion. Will have to check back.

6:40 am

uusue2

yay, crossy! fun, isn't it?

6:41 am

hydra

54 left and must break for lunch, Laters, all! *poof*

6:41 am

crosshair

still learning byt yes

6:41 am

rubyfoo

bye hydra, bon apetit!

6:42 am

blueheron

It's from 40- eternity!!! The 40 -49 are pink hatters. When you reach 50 you're deemed a red hatter. Each chapter has a Queen and Vice Queen. I am Diva of the Dunes.

6:42 am

rubyfoo

not even half, yet, and needing to lie down. Silly Ruby

6:42 am

rubyfoo

what happens after 60, blue?

6:43 am

blueheron

We have pajama breakfasts, where we arrive in our jammies and hats.

6:43 am

Kaplan the Magne

good morning in the merry month of may!

6:43 am

rubyfoo

and what do your (critical) husbands say?

6:44 am

blueheron

You can be a red hatter at 90 if you want to.

6:44 am

rubyfoo

6:44 am

rubyfoo

how do I join?

6:44 am

blueheron

I don't have a husband, but I haven't heard of any problems with partners.

6:45 am

rubyfoo

but it may need light arms.....

6:45 am

Kaplan the Magne

I don't look good in hats.

6:46 am

rubyfoo

I look like a big mushroom in hats -- very short

6:46 am

blueheron

You can go on the Red Hat Society website and can join there. Then you can find chapters in your area or nearby. We are from all over the world!

6:46 am

ivesy3

sue could you clue the fo again plz.. i have a mental block this morning

6:47 am

uusue2

hi, kap!

6:47 am

uusue2

fo8 = fo4 + fe4, kind of a premonition

6:47 am

blueheron

I have a teeny hat that has clips on it for my hair.

6:48 am

uusue2

and personally I hate hats. if it is raining I wear a hooded jacket and/or carry an umbrella.

6:48 am

rubyfoo

ty, sue. I qould never have thought of that one

6:48 am

ivesy3

ah got it that time ty!

6:49 am

crosshair

whew! sue,solved 3 byt the 3rd one was nasty!

6:49 am

rubyfoo

I used to love hats, but probably looked ridiculous

6:49 am

uusue2

i'm still on the intro puzzles, just finished #11

6:49 am

crosshair

complex lil proteins

6:52 am

crosshair

omg!! these 27 are just intros?? i think i just bit off more than i can chew lol but #4 is done

6:55 am

rubyfoo

yay, half, now I can go and lie down!

6:55 am

rubyfoo

see you later

6:55 am

uusue2

tried a real protein but going back to the intros :-)

6:55 am

uusue2

bye, ruby!

6:57 am

bichon

Bon Jour ruby, suee crossy

6:57 am

uusue2

bichon, tonight's the night, right?

6:58 am

bichon

yes, depending on what time the show airs in your area

6:59 am

rubyfoo

bon jour et au revoir, bichon

6:59 am

rubyfoo

what is the show?

6:59 am

bichon

"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"

7:00 am

crosshair

howdy bichon

7:01 am

bichon

and it's going to be a great day

7:11 am

crosshair

darn complex things,sheet alignment,hydrogen bands..number 8 is done but i must take a break sue..my brain is melting

7:12 am

MollyL

Wow, I thought Shwarzenagger was a horn dog before. Now I think that like ten. He admitted to fathering a child with one of the household staff, hence the divorce.

7:13 am

ivesy3

now the truth be told!! never could see what she saw in him.. morning molly

7:15 am

Kaplan the Magne

hasta la vista, baby

7:16 am

MollyL

Fooling around with the hired help is the lowest of the low.

7:16 am

grant

clue for fe6, anyone?

7:17 am

uusue2

I hear you, crossy!

7:17 am

uusue2

and hi, molly and grant!

7:19 am

grant

morning, uusue2

7:19 am

Kaplan the Magne

I have to go to work now- just for the morning. Today is Mammogram day! Just throw that thing on the shelf, hold your breath...

7:19 am

ivesy3

re 6/18 plz

7:19 am

uusue2

ow, kap, good luck!

7:19 am

Kaplan the Magne

squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze!

7:20 am

ivesy3

ouch lol

7:20 am

Kaplan the Magne

now turn sidways, but one arm on the back of your neck, the other on the floor, and twist your head around- throw that thing on the shelf...

7:20 am

Kaplan the Magne

ready, set...

7:20 am

Kaplan the Magne

squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze.

7:20 am

Kaplan the Magne

Release and breathe.

7:20 am

uusue2

lean forward and put your chin up and your shoulder back, and grasp this!

7:21 am

ivesy3

now lets to it to a man!!

7:21 am

Kaplan the Magne

Smile!

7:21 am

Uneaixoise

oh, I soooo wanted olivier to be a word!

7:21 am

Riverdance

OMG...you guys have got me crying now I am laughing so hard....good morning

7:22 am

Kaplan the Magne

it is better than slide way down on the table- put those feet in the stirrups- you will feel a little pinch...

7:22 am

Kaplan the Magne

OWWWWW. Godammit!

7:22 am

uusue2

hi, river and une!

7:22 am

Uneaixoise

put those feet in the stirrups and "try to relax" LOL

7:23 am

Uneaixoise

hey sue

7:23 am

Kaplan the Magne

Pinch- my eye!

7:23 am

uusue2

gorgeous hydrangeas, une!

7:23 am

Uneaixoise

relax my eye!!

7:23 am

Uneaixoise

tx sue

7:23 am

Kaplan the Magne

Hold your breath till you turn blue...

7:24 am

Kaplan the Magne

Is someone trying to change the subject?

7:24 am

uusue2

you may feel a little discomfort...

7:24 am

Kaplan the Magne

A TINY PINCH! HA!

7:24 am

Uneaixoise

ok, gotta run -- BBL *poof*

7:25 am

uusue2

bye, une!

7:25 am

MollyL

re6...to have emotions again

7:25 am

Riverdance

lucky for me I dont have to do that anymore...whoohooo!

7:25 am

Kaplan the Magne

The dentist applies to both genders however. Now just clamp down on this little card till you feel like throwing up, hold your breath while you gag- and relax. Never forget relax!

7:25 am

uusue2

thx, molly!

7:26 am

Kaplan the Magne

BYE!

7:26 am

uusue2

oh, my partner REFUSES to go to the dentist. drives me nuts.

7:26 am

MollyL

fe 6/27 is a misspelling of the Tinker Bell folk

7:26 am

MollyL

Sue, has he considered sedation dentistry?

7:27 am

uusue2

that's the only thing he will consider, molly, but it's expensive and he doesn't have insurance

7:28 am

Riverdance

thanks for that fe Molly

7:29 am

uusue2

not seeing it, river

7:30 am

crosshair

have you ladies seen the new mamogram"tables"?

7:31 am

Riverdance

tables???

7:31 am

crosshair

you lay on it like a massage table and let the boobie in question dangle through the correct hole and the plates are snugged up from underneath no more squashed boobies

7:32 am

crosshair

still new stuff but was interesting reading

7:33 am

crosshair

no more flat boobies and ruptured cysts lol

7:34 am

Riverdance

comical to think how that looks....

7:34 am

crosshair

must feel better

7:35 am

crosshair

my mrs was in tears last time they mashed her mammaries

7:35 am

uusue2

I would think so, crossy - don't have them at my doc yet but maybe soon!

7:35 am

phaeton

crossy...are you speaking from experiencing this?

7:35 am

Riverdance

do you still need that FE Sue

7:35 am

MollyL

fe6...fe + Little House On The Prar****

7:35 am

uusue2

anyway, now I am off to the showers, will be back with breakfast :-)

7:35 am

Riverdance

Molly beat me....

7:35 am

MollyL

Ugh pra****

7:36 am

crosshair

actually yes i am phae.i have had a traditional mamogram as my lymph nodes are susceptable to cancer and i had a nipple issue

7:36 am

uusue2

ah, thx, wouldn't have chosen that particular vowel sequence...

7:36 am

uusue2

and now I really am off!

7:37 am

phaeton

:)

7:37 am

Riverdance

have a good day sue

7:38 am

crosshair

think it is rough on a woman?? well i tell you i do not have much in that dept and the pecs of my youth are long gone,so imagine them trying to get enough flesh together to grind between them plates...u hurt for days

7:38 am

crosshair

i

7:40 am

crosshair

i was howling much like my wolf icon hehe

7:43 am

Anniebrook

hello everyone, is it safe to enter?

7:43 am

MollyL

Hi Annie. Some very tricky words in this one. Think outside the box.

7:44 am

Anniebrook

Hi Molly, thanks for the tip, I will

7:44 am

crosshair

howdy annie you are always safe with ole crossy around

7:44 am

Anniebrook

;0

7:45 am

Anniebrook

:) i meant

7:45 am

Anniebrook

Its going to be a typo day

7:45 am

MollyL

That is called a dyslexicon Annie. : P

7:46 am

crosshair

been known to do that myself;)

7:46 am

Anniebrook

LOL

7:46 am

EvaNadine

mornin babblers!

7:46 am

MollyL

Mornin' Miss Eva

7:46 am

EvaNadine

how are we today?

7:46 am

Anniebrook

Hi EvaN

7:47 am

MollyL

So far, lips above the water level.

7:47 am

EvaNadine

heh, glad to see we arent drowning just yet...its a bit early to be treading water.

7:48 am

MollyL

Looks like it's going to be a watery week 'round these parts.

7:48 am

crosshair

howdy eva

7:48 am

crosshair

4th day of rain here:(

7:50 am

crosshair

10 more minutes and i shall unleash crossy,s tidbit of the day:)

7:51 am

Aloyisius

Hi all.. opening chat to announce that so far I have found three birds and one stinging insect

7:52 am

Anniebrook

Hi Aloy

7:52 am

EvaNadine

squirtainly will be, molly.
i managed to get on the train before it started raining, and blessedly, there was a break in the downfall while i walked into the building. no umbrella for me yet today!

7:52 am

MollyL

Hi Aloy, it's a natural kind of grid today.

7:52 am

Aloyisius

(-: yes

7:52 am

MollyL

Squirtainly...another Eva classic.

7:53 am

MollyL

No grass walking for a while. Too squooshy.

7:55 am

car.eeyore

Good morning! My first word today...vi 4/7. This weather is vi 4/7. I have to go clean my boys' room which is vi 4/7. So many uses for such a great word!

7:56 am

crosshair

and it is now time for crossy,s tidbit of the day....

7:56 am

Aloyisius

hi car..

7:56 am

crosshair

Due to the â€œnaughtyâ€ dancing of the can-can girls, and the scantily clad models on 1800s French postcards, the British equated anything risquÃ© with France. In fact, thatâ€™s how the phrase â€œpardon my Frenchâ€ entered the vernacular.

7:56 am

MollyL

Hi Car.

7:57 am

car.eeyore

Good morning Aloy & Molly & Crossy!

7:57 am

Aloyisius

ty for the tidbit, crossy (-:

7:57 am

MollyL

Cleaning "boy rooms" can be dangerous.

7:57 am

car.eeyore

very cool crossy!

7:57 am

crosshair

howdy car

7:57 am

Trifioso

hello car! and everyone else as well....that vi4 was my first word too! brain waves~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

7:58 am

crosshair

howdy trif

7:58 am

Aloyisius

hi Trif

7:58 am

Trifioso

hello my dear ones

7:59 am

Anniebrook

interesting, crossy

7:59 am

car.eeyore

Hello Trif! Only here for a quick NBT, then I am off to clean the man cave.

7:59 am

EvaNadine

todays breakfast:
bagel with cream cheese and honey, banana, iced coffee with skim milk, splenda, and a shot of toffee syrup.

7:59 am

crosshair

depends on the person i think trif.when i log into a fresh grid my eyes immediatly track to the top left corner hence vi was also my first word but my mrs says she tracks to the upper right so she would be hunting for st,s right off the hop

7:59 am

Trifioso

nbt pour mois!

8:00 am

car.eeyore

bbbbllllhhhh

8:00 am

MollyL

Ooo, toffee syrup in coffee, sounds good Eva.

8:00 am

Trifioso

and then there is ever-the-anal kadresa, who solves each grid in alphabetical order.

8:00 am

car.eeyore

YUmmmmm

8:00 am

crosshair

lol eva,for just a second there i read a shot of whiskey lol

8:01 am

MollyL

Wait, wait. Alphabetical as in by the grid, or totally alphabetical?

8:01 am

MollyL

I meant by the list.

8:01 am

Trifioso

alphabetical by the grid, I think

8:01 am

car.eeyore

She does! Cool! I've tried that.

8:02 am

Trifioso

I like to make patterns in the tile stats - like yesterday, I greyed all the outside tiles first, sometimes I will try for a checkerboard effect, etc

8:02 am

MollyL

I think someone posted that they go back to front, as in z to a.

8:03 am

car.eeyore

That is cool too!

8:03 am

car.eeyore

Stats please for the bottom N?

8:03 am

EvaNadine

crossy, if it were a shot of whisky, i dbe MUCH happier to be at work!
alas, just a shot of syrup. wanted vanilla, but they were out, so i opted for toffee. its a fair-enough replacement...

8:04 am

Trifioso

I have an ne 5 off that one, dearest

8:05 am

car.eeyore

Got it! TY! NBT! Off to clean!

8:05 am

Aloyisius

have changed how I attack the grid.. like to start off in the upper left, proceding from left to right.. but.. allowing myself to type in anything I see as I go along, returning to the "order" when I can't see the next word.. much faster.. then after I have done the first "sweep", I go back and zero in on the tiles with the fewest counts. After I have found 3/4 of the words, I open chat and hit the list.

8:06 am

Aloyisius

happy cleaning, car..

8:06 am

car.eeyore

<---- taking Allegra and nasal allergy spray before I head up there....

8:06 am

crosshair

so many interesting ways people go about the grid.after my initial word,i choose the letter with the highest word total and focus on that

8:07 am

MollyL

Aloy, I have taken to keeping chat closed until I find the big words.

8:07 am

crosshair

kind of like taking the bad medicine first lol

8:08 am

Aloyisius

Molly, I enjoy chat so much.. but the reason I keep it closed is for the fun of finding a biggee word by myself.. so I know how you feel..

8:08 am

EvaNadine

i do much the same as aloy, aiming for NBT, NBS, and halfway.
then, if there is time and i have the inclination, i try to get over halfway for the stats on each tile.

8:10 am

Aloyisius

I'll bet most of us set "goals" for ourselves... like golf or any other game, we can play against ourselves to get better at our skills

8:11 am

Aloyisius

well, maybe not in some games.. competition vs others instead of yourself..

8:11 am

Aloyisius

but Babble is so cooperative!

8:11 am

jessmom

good morning all! Lately, I've gone back to reverse alphabetical order, so I don't have to scroll through the list. Otherwise I start at the top right corner and work down and left. (haven't even looked at the grid yet, hope I didn't list any words!)

8:11 am

crosshair

howdy jessmom

8:12 am

jessmom

hi crossy

8:12 am

EvaNadine

id rather set my own goals.
i dont usually have the time to finish grids (this used to be my goal, and i would get so stressed out!) so i find i can enjoy the game much more if i just set my own personal goals.

8:12 am

Aloyisius

hi jessmom, think you are safe (-:

8:12 am

jessmom

phew!

8:13 am

crosshair

found the second bird:)

8:14 am

MollyL

I'd rather set my own goals too. And for the life of me, I don't understand anyone being competitive about this game. It's all about fun for me.

8:14 am

Aloyisius

one of the birdies starts with the v, crossy

8:14 am

crosshair

thats the last one i need

8:14 am

Aloyisius

how tweet.. let me know if you need a clue

8:18 am

Aloyisius

there is a white-eyed and a red-eyed version of it and you see it in the woods

8:18 am

MollyL

I had no idea that was a bird. Learned my something new.

8:20 am

Aloyisius

actually, there are lots of versions of it, but those are the only two I am familiar with

8:22 am

Maryte

hi :0)

8:22 am

crosshair

crossy is going to cook this bird if he can find it!

8:23 am

crosshair

bagged him!

8:23 am

Aloyisius

lol, here is a nudge: vi5.16 and it is too small to cook!

8:23 am

Aloyisius

yahoo, wtg crossy!

8:24 am

Aloyisius

hi Maryte

8:24 am

Anniebrook

is of7 a compound word ?

8:25 am

Aloyisius

no, but it ends like the title of Hailie Selassie (sp?)

8:26 am

Anniebrook

thanks Aloy :)

8:27 am

Aloyisius

.. yvw

8:27 am

Anniebrook

great clue, Aloy

8:28 am

Aloyisius

lol, ty Annie.. guessed at the sp of the name

8:28 am

Aloyisius

who would you have chosen with that title?

8:29 am

Aloyisius

Napoleon? .. h'mm

8:29 am

Aloyisius

easier to spell

8:29 am

Anniebrook

Hailie Selassie would come to mind

8:30 am

Aloyisius

good then.. (-:

8:33 am

uusue2

hi again all, breakfast time

8:33 am

MollyL

The one with no clothes. : P

8:33 am

Anniebrook

Hi uu

8:34 am

Aloyisius

sh6.39 sent me to the dictionary: "to test the genuineness of, as a coin".. oh Molly, that is perfect !

8:34 am

Aloyisius

hi uusue

8:34 am

MollyL

And widely recognized. The sh 6 is whacked.

8:35 am

dianedecoder

just a little tidbit to add to the conversation.... The Duke OF HARAR came to our small town in the very early 50's .... Big event !!

8:35 am

Aloyisius

newbie for me

8:36 am

Aloyisius

confessing ignorance here.. tell me about Harar?

8:36 am

dianedecoder

re: of 7/52 He was the guest of my music teacher and another school teacher who had done 4 years of exchange teaching in Etheopia

8:37 am

Aloyisius

ah, ty diane

8:37 am

dianedecoder

he was the son of Haile Selassie ... died young though.

8:38 am

Aloyisius

didn't know.. amazing what one learns on Babble!

8:38 am

dianedecoder

I thought that was a very sharp clue!!

8:39 am

Aloyisius

and to think I just found th6.21, appropos to our conversation

8:43 am

uusue2

thx for the sh, found it through reverse dictionary (which is probably cheating but who cares?)

8:43 am

Anniebrook

not cheating, sue, research :)

8:45 am

dianedecoder

just a little paste re: what I was speaking of earlier, and regarding Robert Thompson, from my home town : In February 1944, the air force posted him as commander of the newly formed Imperial Ethiopian Air Force. This appointment led to a 15-year public service career in Ethiopia and the Sudan. Perhaps the highlight of these early years was accompanying the Duke of Harar on a trip to Europe and North America. Thompson had the enviable opportunity to introduce the duke to his home town of Innisfail.

8:46 am

MollyL

It's a nasty, tricksy word Sue. Any means necessary.

8:47 am

dianedecoder

and there.... I've filled up my daily quota of chat space !!! sorry !!

8:47 am

uusue2

there you go, annie and molly :-)

8:47 am

uusue2

and thanks for the into, diane! Fascinating!

8:48 am

MollyL

Sue! What a cool icon picture.

8:48 am

uusue2

*info

8:49 am

uusue2

thx, molly! I've decided I'm going to put up the Astronomy Picture of the Day, with its explanation. I'm supposed to teach a junior-level astronomy course this fall (something I haven't taught before) so it's practice, in a way.

8:49 am

Aloyisius

aack, have to go - phone call pulls me away to something else.. bye Babblers, see you next time!

8:50 am

uusue2

bye, aloy!

8:50 am

MollyL

Cool. I love astronomy.

8:51 am

uusue2

me too. I've taught our freshman course, and love it, but the junior course will be more challenging.

8:51 am

Aloyisius

.. and thanks, diane! poof

8:59 am

Anniebrook

anyone like a clue before I head out?

9:01 am

LuvWordGames

fo 8/70 please?

9:02 am

Anniebrook

luv, fo 8 is a compound word...to have a premonition

9:02 am

Anniebrook

funny way of expressing it

9:02 am

LuvWordGames

thanks Annie, I'll think on that a while

9:03 am

LuvWordGames

thanks, got it

9:03 am

Anniebrook

great

9:03 am

LuvWordGames

never heard that one beofre

9:03 am

Anniebrook

neither had I, got it from a clue

9:03 am

LuvWordGames

that's babble and enable for you

9:03 am

Anniebrook

I think it was Molly who clued that one

9:04 am

rururocks

I don't see it

9:04 am

Anniebrook

f4 and f4....hi ruru

9:05 am

rururocks

oh no wonder

9:05 am

MollyL

It's a tricky word.

9:05 am

rururocks

I was going up..

9:05 am

MollyL

So was I, for a long time.

9:05 am

MollyL

Oh, and good morning Pokey. : P

9:06 am

rururocks

thank you.> I did n't see it last night.

9:06 am

rururocks

gm molly

9:06 am

Anniebrook

Im on my way, bye dear babblers

9:06 am

rururocks

is fo8 wht teenage boys try?

9:06 am

LuvWordGames

bye Annie

9:07 am

MollyL

I'm not sure how you do that ahead of time Ru, but okay.

9:07 am

uusue2

morning, ruru and luv!

9:07 am

MollyL

Maybe it's the planning to f4. Yeah, that's it.

9:07 am

rururocks

morning uu

9:08 am

MollyL

If uu married ruru she would be Mrs. uu ruru. : P

9:11 am

rururocks

wouldn't it be uuru?

9:12 am

uusue2

lol :-)

9:12 am

dianedecoder

gumby & pokey.... love the icon !

9:15 am

stevedallas

how many words today? Thanks

9:15 am

uusue2

133, steve

9:15 am

rururocks

thanks diane

9:15 am

stevedallas

tks sue

9:21 am

MollyL

Mrs. Sue uururu. It kind of rolls off your tongue. In an oriental way.

9:21 am

Tanja

+

9:21 am

rururocks

uururu -san

9:22 am

uusue2

hi, tanja!

9:22 am

rururocks

-

9:22 am

rururocks

<---just balancing the chog

9:23 am

uusue2

of course, you realize, feminist that I am, I never took any of my husbands' names :-)

9:23 am

rururocks

I assume that already.. Molly is just old fashioned

9:25 am

flosey

good morning everyone

9:26 am

uusue2

morning, flosey!

9:27 am

uusue2

and with that I am off to work - bbl!

9:28 am

flosey

bye sue

9:28 am

flosey

have a great day

9:34 am

flosey

15 to go but just not seeing them, perhaps after breakfast

10:08 am

uusue2

and now I am in my office! Things got pretty quiet after I left :-)

10:09 am

Uneaixoise

rec'd email from dog transport group in Mississippi asking for help getting a litter of chihuahuas to New Jersey to a rescue there . . . subject line of email: Drivers Needed for Tiny Hinies :-)

10:10 am

MollyL

That's cute Une. : )

10:10 am

Uneaixoise

i thought it was hysterical!!

10:10 am

uusue2

lol, une!

10:12 am

Uneaixoise

ok, MY dogs are giving me that anxious "I gotta pee" look -- BBL *poof*

10:22 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! sir laurence

10:23 am

MollyL

Olivier! Name this proper noun...actress Charlize.

10:23 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!

10:23 am

hurshy

theron!

10:23 am

wht

Theron

10:23 am

MollyL

Ding!

10:23 am

MollyL

Famous political wife Eva....

10:24 am

MollyL

And a DING for Wht

10:24 am

hurshy

peron!

10:24 am

MollyL

Ding!

10:25 am

wht

TV star from Bonanza ***** Green

10:25 am

phaeton

Lorne

10:26 am

wht

Ding Ding

10:26 am

MollyL

Ah, good one Wht.

10:27 am

phaeton

Actor Peter *****

10:27 am

wht

Lorre

10:28 am

wht

High School Musical star Zac *****

10:28 am

phaeton

Ding! Ding!

10:30 am

inge

Please help with st 5, the one before teh rock.

10:31 am

wht

PL of the st4 before it

10:32 am

inge

thanks. I was not thinking Latin ending

10:41 am

MollyL

Effron

10:42 am

jbp

and a clue for that st4 before the mineral might be...?

10:42 am

jbp

and hi all

10:43 am

MollyL

Greek walkways

10:43 am

Judi

Good morning, all. Rain coming down in buckets here.

10:43 am

jbp

ah, thanks, Molly!

10:43 am

MollyL

Hey Judi

10:46 am

wht

Single Ding for Molly because there is only one f in Zac's name.

10:48 am

wht

How fun is it that the te5 and the te6 are homonyms?

10:49 am

MollyL

Like I watched High School Musical. : P

10:51 am

car.eeyore

Hello again! Boys' room looks fabulous!

10:51 am

granadan

*goes off to google homonym*

10:52 am

wht

Molly, would you do better with the author and director Nora ******?

10:53 am

wht

A lot of proper names in the grid today.

10:53 am

MollyL

Yes indeed Wht.

10:53 am

MollyL

Car, how long does it take them to mess it up again?

10:54 am

car.eeyore

I will let you know. Dylan is up there with Maxine right now. Zack & Jack won't be home until later.

10:56 am

car.eeyore

I give it an hour with the two 6 YOs.

10:57 am

rolotom

Clue for fe6?

10:58 am

MollyL

fe + Little House On The Pra****

10:59 am

car.eeyore

TY Molly!

11:01 am

car.eeyore

Good lord. They are already rearranging the books on the shelves.

11:02 am

MollyL

?? Why ??

11:03 am

car.eeyore

Some of the books on the top shelf aren't "chapter books" so they want to move those and put just chapter books on the top shelf. They can't even F-ing read yet!!!!

11:04 am

car.eeyore

I have to start my work in a few minutes and I really don't have time to guard the bookshelf today. Grrrr.

11:05 am

MollyL

Are the books supposed to stay in some sort of order?

11:06 am

HarryHood

ack - just monkeyed li6/27, and I'm actually disappointed that's it's a word

11:07 am

car.eeyore

i have diffused the situation. The books remain where they are.

11:08 am

MollyL

There are a lot of weirdo words like that in this grid.

11:08 am

HarryHood

you go car

11:08 am

car.eeyore

The books don't have to stay in order. Just on shelves after they are done with them.

11:08 am

car.eeyore

me too Harry

11:09 am

HarryHood

bottom n is keeping me from nbt

11:09 am

Judi

Tune in next week, when we bring you the royal rumble: Conan the Barbarian vs. Car.ee the Librarian!

11:09 am

MollyL

Do you want a clue, it's another weird combo.

11:09 am

car.eeyore

ne 5/10

11:09 am

car.eeyore

LOL! Nice Judi!

11:09 am

HarryHood

ty car - got one

11:11 am

car.eeyore

OK...off to work for me. Will check back in a bit. Have a good day all!

11:11 am

hootowl

add a vowel for the 6

11:11 am

hootowl

morning all

11:11 am

HarryHood

ty hoot - sounds like an italian pastry

11:11 am

hootowl

that's the ne6

11:11 am

car.eeyore

Ty hoot! And good bye!

11:12 am

hootowl

think it's a perfume additive

11:12 am

hootowl

yw

11:13 am

HarryHood

like patchouli :)

11:15 am

HarryHood

woo halfway!

11:18 am

HarryHood

so how would I say one who rows people across the river, if not ferrier?

11:18 am

jmcnrick

lunch

11:19 am

sammysmom

hi all

11:19 am

jmcnrick

boatman?

11:19 am

hootowl

only if there are hungry giants on the other side!

11:21 am

Haz1558

Ferryman.

11:21 am

MollyL

Haz beat me to it.

11:24 am

jmcnrick

sorry i typed in lunch before i saw the question

11:24 am

jmcnrick

ferryman is sexist

11:24 am

MollyL

Great...now Ferry Cross The Mersey is blaring in my head.

11:24 am

jmcnrick

but then so is boatman

11:25 am

HarryHood

and that other one...don't pay the ferryman....ugh

11:25 am

jmcnrick

i can make it go away molly but you would not thank me

11:25 am

Kaplan the Magne

It's not for me, it's ferrier. And yer and yer and yer.

11:27 am

jmcnrick

more outhouse is a word????

11:27 am

sammysmom

fe 6/27 ???

11:29 am

Haz1558

fe6/27 - fe plus a flower that's also a part of the eye, but don't end in s, end in a vowel instead.

11:29 am

jmcnrick

ty haz

11:29 am

uusue2

latriner? toileter? not finding more outhouse

11:30 am

sammysmom

thanks haz

11:30 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

11:30 am

jmcnrick

pr7

11:30 am

uusue2

and hi all, am on a conference call but babbling anyway

11:30 am

uusue2

ah, thx, jmc!!

11:30 am

HarryHood

ty jmc

11:30 am

jmcnrick

wtg uu!

11:31 am

HarryHood

uu that pic makes me want to move north

11:31 am

hootowl

yy jmc!

11:31 am

hootowl

ty!

11:31 am

MollyL

I think of that word as more in on, but lame still.

11:31 am

uusue2

isn't it gorgeous, harry? I've seen the northern lights once or twice here in IL but they are rare.

11:31 am

uusue2

I was thinking that too, molly

11:32 am

jmcnrick

i thought of that molly but honestly that doesn't really work grammatically

11:32 am

HarryHood

I've never seen them...been to AK and northern Canada, but not at the right times

11:32 am

MollyL

Well neither does more outhouse. : P

11:32 am

jmcnrick

if you are so snotty as to use the base word to mean more in the know you would know that the proper conjugation would be to put more in front

11:33 am

jmcnrick

on the other hand more outhouselike is funnier

11:33 am

jmcnrick

sorry i meant snooty not snotty but both work! lol

11:33 am

hootowl

and since when does enable use proper syntax???

11:33 am

HarryHood

and to think spherile is not a word, and that is.

11:34 am

jmcnrick

pretty much never hoot

11:34 am

MollyL

Are there rednecks in the UK? See that would explain it. Jethro was privier to Junior's secrets than Otis.

11:34 am

hootowl

right!

11:34 am

MollyL

Or...my outhouse is privier than yers.

11:35 am

jmcnrick

*looks aghast at molly while opening the pb door for her*

11:35 am

uusue2

MOLLY!!!!!

11:35 am

MollyL

*Thumbs nose at Enable while going to the PB*

11:35 am

hootowl

I think the maker of enable picked only push-button words and ancient verbiage. I date it to the mid-fifties

11:35 am

HarryHood

fight the power, molly

11:36 am

MollyL

*Opens a beer in the PB and puts feet up on the ottoman. This grid is full of gibberish*

11:36 am

hootowl

I need food! bbl

11:36 am

jmcnrick

lol like you don't speak fluent gibberish!

11:36 am

uusue2

does seem like ivier ought to be a word (my alma mater is ivier than yours...)

11:37 am

HarryHood

56 left, and words are coming at a trickle...i'm gonna get lunch for the kiddos.

11:37 am

jmcnrick

help with the bottom row N please

11:39 am

MollyL

ne 5/10

11:39 am

MollyL

I eakspay igpay atinlay. onglay ivelay ibberishgay.

11:40 am

Nef

Good Morning all!

11:40 am

buffgirl71

ne5/10 ne + tootsie ***l (and add an Italian vowel for the ne 6/18)

11:42 am

jmcnrick

*trying to decide which vowel looks italian*

11:42 am

hootowl

an Italian vowel???????

11:42 am

jmcnrick

ty buff

11:42 am

hootowl

I didn't know we owned one!

11:42 am

uusue2

new entry in physics babblets: ph4/6

11:42 am

uusue2

nef, you are in the grid!

11:43 am

jmcnrick

hi nef

11:43 am

Kaplan the Magne

Ë™É¹ÇÊ‡Ê‡Çq uÇÊŒÇ sÄ± sÄ±É¥Ê‡ Ê‡nq 'Ê‡ÉÇÉ¹Æƒ sÄ± É¥sÄ±É¹ÇqqÄ±Æƒ

11:43 am

Nef

I know, but I'm not "A WORD" --as usuual. ;-)

11:43 am

Kaplan the Magne

All vowels are Italian, I thought.

11:43 am

uusue2

you're too short, nef :-)

11:44 am

jmcnrick

no they are all latin!

11:44 am

uusue2

well, but there are word-ending vowels that are characteristic of Italian that do not appear at the ends of words in many other languages

11:44 am

jmcnrick

*looks for platform sh**s for nef*

11:44 am

Nef

even if I was longer, I'm still not a word

11:44 am

hootowl

never heard of "Italian" vowels in all my 70 years!

11:45 am

hootowl

right jmc!

11:45 am

Kaplan the Magne

Are you a latin from Manhattan?

11:45 am

Nef

Kap, that nearly made me lose it! upside down isn't my favorite position!

11:47 am

jmcnrick

i am a scot from texas

11:47 am

Kaplan the Magne

Ë™Ê‡Ä± É¹oÉŸ pÉÇÉ¥ ÊŽÉ¯ uo puÉÊ‡s ×Ÿ×Ÿ,Ä± ÇqÊŽÉÉ¯ Ë™É¯ÉÉ¹ÆƒoÉ¯É¯ÉÉ¯ ×Ÿ×ŸÄ±Ê‡ sÉ¹noÉ¥ ÉŸ×ŸÉÉ¥ É puÉ Çuo

11:47 am

Nef

I was always 5'4 1/2" but have lost 1/2 inch somewhere recently. Have you seen it?

11:47 am

hootowl

who me? No - Brooklyn & Long Island

11:47 am

jmcnrick

i doubt the machine was made to reach boobs that low

11:47 am

uusue2

I certainly don't have it, nef, but I have acquired a few pounds that someone else seems to have lost

11:47 am

Kaplan the Magne

I have lost 3/4th of an inch!

11:48 am

jmcnrick

*sweeps up chog floor looking for nef's 1/2 inch*

11:48 am

hootowl

and a neopolitan/sicilian cross. Can't just much more Italian than that

11:48 am

MollyL

I know the vowel I would refer to as Italian. It ends a dessert, a deli meat and several kinds of pasta

11:48 am

jmcnrick

*puts on flak jacket in case hoot is a member of the Family*

11:49 am

MollyL

*Opens another beer in the PB and continues to thumb nose at Enable*

11:49 am

hootowl

no - just seems unnessesary

11:49 am

Kaplan the Magne

I would love to stay and chat- but the whole day will be sucked away.

11:49 am

jmcnrick

what? what did you say molly?

11:49 am

hootowl

a non-existant label

11:49 am

Kaplan the Magne

Phantom effrontery!

11:50 am

Nef

jmc, you're publishing a book? Is it poetry, stories, or non-fiction?

11:50 am

jmcnrick

and there is a problem with that kap? *confused*

11:50 am

hootowl

don't like any labels

11:50 am

Kaplan the Magne

Jmc is publishing Greatest Hits of Chog.

11:50 am

jmcnrick

it is essays mainly about war and justice

11:50 am

jmcnrick

darn kap i was holding that announcement back!

11:50 am

Kaplan the Magne

War- bad. Justice- good.

11:51 am

Kaplan the Magne

If only people could remember that simple formula.

11:51 am

jmcnrick

pretty much kap -- i usually say war bad peace good

11:51 am

Kaplan the Magne

War lock, piece goods?

11:51 am

jmcnrick

i sad it so much one of my supports made bumper stickers that said that

11:52 am

jmcnrick

peace-work!

11:52 am

jmcnrick

nbt!

11:52 am

jmcnrick

must go pretend to work especially since my successor is here today

11:53 am

jmcnrick

bbl

11:53 am

MollyL

JMC, I am sure anything you write will be awesome. Most people who speak as well as you do in public, are very good writers as well. Good for you.

11:53 am

Nef

It does take a lot of work to have a peaceful world, doesn't it? But it seem as thought one hot head can cause a war.... :-(

11:53 am

uusue2

bye, jmc, and yay for the nbt!

11:54 am

jmcnrick

*passes out order forms*

11:54 am

jmcnrick

*poof*

11:54 am

Nef

bye!

12:01 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:03 pm

bichon

Hi everyone

12:03 pm

crosshair

howdy again everyone

12:03 pm

uusue2

hi, nan and bichon!

12:03 pm

uusue2

and crossy!

12:03 pm

Nef

Hi nan and bichon. I have to go get something for lunch, BBS

12:06 pm

cybernan

hi crossy

12:07 pm

bichon

bottom n?

12:07 pm

cybernan

bye nef

12:07 pm

crosshair

and now for crossy,s mid day tidbit of the day in honor of those sleepy west coasters:)...

12:07 pm

crosshair

Albert Einstein never learned how to drive a car.

12:08 pm

uusue2

he did ride a bicycle, though :-)

12:09 pm

crosshair

he did indeed

12:10 pm

crosshair

but that sort of thing is common with geniuses like that, mrs edison said that "my tom would of starved to death between the light bulb and the phonograph if i had not delivered a repast to his work station and placed his nose in it

12:10 pm

bichon

does anyone have the stats for the lower n?

12:10 pm

MollyL

I was telling Dorens yesterday that she should take her field trip kids to the Einstein memorial in DC. Sue you would love it. And it's cool to walk around a place that Einstein walked.

12:11 pm

MollyL

ne 5/10 Bich

12:11 pm

crosshair

brb store run

12:11 pm

rubyfoo

hello again

12:11 pm

rubyfoo

71 words this AM

12:11 pm

MollyL

Hi Ruby

12:11 pm

bichon

ty Molly

12:11 pm

bichon

ty Molly

12:12 pm

uusue2

I've actually been there, Molly, and it is indeed cool.

12:12 pm

Kateq

that whole little area is lovely, Molly--you're absolutely right--I love that Einstein statue and then the gardens and sculpture around the OAS

12:14 pm

rubyfoo

I lived in Princeton for a year and knew Einstein's secretary who loved my boy and used to take us to her pool club because it was so hot. The great man was long dead by then, of course.

12:14 pm

bichon

Hi ruby

12:14 pm

rubyfoo

12:15 pm

uusue2

very cool, ruby!

12:16 pm

rubyfoo

she was an old lady by then and now, I am, and can't remember her name.....aaarghhh

12:17 pm

rubyfoo

that was quite a year, '68-'69

12:17 pm

MollyL

It's very pretty there Kate, I agree.

12:18 pm

MollyL

Ruby was it Helen Dukas?

12:18 pm

bichon

that's the year I graduated college, '68

12:18 pm

Kateq

When I lived inWashington, I used to take my dog on Sundays mornings to to play in the oas gardens--always so quiet and deserted on an early sunday and so lovely

12:18 pm

rubyfoo

bless you, I just couldn't bring her name back.....

12:19 pm

rubyfoo

and she loved my little boy

12:19 pm

rubyfoo

peir

12:19 pm

cybernan

first sh 5, please?

12:19 pm

MollyL

That is so cool that you knew her Ruby. She was his housekeeper too. I imagine she had some stories to tell.

12:19 pm

rubyfoo

whoops

12:20 pm

rubyfoo

my first husband spent a year at the Inst. for Advanced Study and I learned to do double crosstics by going through the stacks and finding all of Helen Dukas' unfinished ones in the old Saturday Reviews

12:21 pm

cybernan

nm -- found it

12:21 pm

rubyfoo

it was the year my marriage was breakingup and husband went off to D>C> to the Folger for the summer, and my boy and I stayed behind in Princeton

12:22 pm

rubyfoo

it was the 2nd great summer of my life!

12:22 pm

cybernan

*!* ta da *!*

12:22 pm

rubyfoo

yay nan!

12:22 pm

MollyL

!!!! Nan!!!!!

12:22 pm

MollyL

Great memories Ruby.

12:23 pm

rubyfoo

yes, I am fortunate

12:23 pm

uusue2

yay, nan!!!!!!!!!!

12:24 pm

EvaNadine

is "ferrier" not a word?
one who runs a ferry?

12:24 pm

MollyL

Oh Eva, we had this discussion earlier. Apparently a ferryman runs a ferry. Sexism persists.

12:25 pm

rubyfoo

or makes coats out of ferrets

12:25 pm

rubyfoo

eeew

12:25 pm

EvaNadine

hrm. i knew ferryman, but i thought ferrier was a word too.
alas...

12:25 pm

rubyfoo

you must be thinking of farrier

12:25 pm

uusue2

a second ph4/6 has been added to the physics babblets...

12:26 pm

rubyfoo

ty sue, figured it out, remembered you list of babblets, sort of

12:27 pm

BzznBea

A farrier is a person who shoes horses.

12:27 pm

cybernan

doesn't look like any of you need clues, so I will be on my way -- back at the flip :)

12:28 pm

rubyfoo

bye nan

12:28 pm

cybernan

according to some of the other manufactured words and tortured english that enable produces, ferrier, meaning one who ferries should be there too!

12:28 pm

EvaNadine

maybe thats what im thinking of... thanks ruby + bzz

12:29 pm

MollyL

They probably prefer to be called ferry captains. *Ferry Cross The Mersey drones on in my head*

12:29 pm

rubyfoo

74 words and I've hit a tall wall. Good night, everybody

12:30 pm

rubyfoo

thank yu for that earworm, molly

12:30 pm

uusue2

night, ruby!

12:30 pm

cybernan

good night ruby -- I'm off also *poof*

12:30 pm

MollyL

Consider it a lullaby Ruby. : P

12:30 pm

rubyfoo

I am in kind of a state as my sweet Ruby is having surgery tomorrow morning for a little tumor in her ear. I am going crazy

12:30 pm

MollyL

Aw! Bless Ruby, I hope all goes well.

12:30 pm

uusue2

oh, good luck to her!!!

12:31 pm

rubyfoo

it is making me sick to my stomach with worry. It's bad to be so attached :(

12:32 pm

rubyfoo

let's just hope it's benign; the vet thought so when he looked at it

12:32 pm

MollyL

We now switch the song playing at radio station WMOLLY to "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" in honor of the dog of the day.

12:33 pm

rubyfoo

or we could hum Monk's "Ruby, my dear"

12:33 pm

rubyfoo

thor

12:34 pm

rubyfoo

I had better go. Bye now

12:40 pm

crosshair

crossy is back:)

12:40 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, and nbt woot

12:41 pm

crosshair

i know,i know..do not applaud just throw money:)

12:41 pm

crosshair

howdy gwen

12:41 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(tossing a canadian nickel at crossy)

12:41 pm

crosshair

yes not that american stuff..i would lose money in the exchange:)

12:42 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hope that won't last long!

12:43 pm

crosshair

as a side note,for the first time ever i have stopped taking american funds at the service station

12:43 pm

periwinkle

hi all

12:43 pm

crosshair

with a loss of almost 5 cents on the dollar and other fees,ut had to be discontinued

12:43 pm

crosshair

howdy peri

12:43 pm

flosey

hello again, back for a few minutes

12:44 pm

crosshair

it

12:44 pm

crosshair

howdy flosey

12:44 pm

flosey

hi crossy

12:44 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

stores in detroit area always used to take canadian coins, until the exchange rate got too large, but then, when it got back to being more or less equal, most of them still won't take 'em

12:45 pm

flosey

does anyone have a clue for pr7 please?

12:45 pm

uusue2

hi, crossy, I never did understand why some Americans seem to think that dollars ought to be legal currency worldwide.

12:45 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

banks will take one canadian coin in a roll, but no more than that

12:45 pm

lizmac

Hi, anyone got the FE6, please. Any clues?

12:46 pm

uusue2

lol, flosey, we had a big exchange about the pr7 a while ago. jmc called it more outhouse :-)

12:46 pm

flosey

oh, thanks sue, should be able to get something out of that

12:46 pm

crosshair

was not too long ago when we used to get the U.S skiiers in the tour buses and the rate was just over 40% to the good of the green backs.we would fill up those big tanks with diesel, and i would pay 20% premium.that would go in the bus drivers pocket and the other 20% was mine lol

12:47 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

good clue, ty to jmc!

12:47 pm

flosey

that did it, thanks sue

12:47 pm

flosey

and jmc

12:47 pm

uusue2

the fe6 is weird but I just noticed that its last 5 letters (leaving off the f) are a palindrome

12:48 pm

crosshair

great pr clu tyvm!

12:49 pm

Kateq

I think the fo 8 is weird -- madame, before I purchase your services, may I have a fo8?

12:49 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

got it, ty for the palindrome clue, sue!

12:49 pm

uusue2

lol, kate, that was kind of how it appeared to me too :-)

12:50 pm

uusue2

yw, gwen, had no idea if that would be in the least bit helpful

12:50 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

as soon as i stopped trying to use an L it worked

12:53 pm

uusue2

another scots word apparently

12:54 pm

Nef

Hello again.

12:54 pm

uusue2

hi, nef!

12:54 pm

flosey

hi Nef

12:54 pm

lizmac

Not one that I know, but hey. tyvm

12:55 pm

flosey

love your icon liz

12:55 pm

bichon

hint for the fo 8? please

12:55 pm

flosey

compound word bichon, fo4 + fe4

12:56 pm

bichon

tyvm flosey. That is a weirie

12:56 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

TY, flosey, and no, not a word in my vocab!

12:57 pm

flosey

yes, for sure, prob. not in our normal dictionaries

12:58 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

dancing hamsters!!!! too damn cute

1:02 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

well, gotta stop, appointment is upon me. POINK

1:03 pm

flosey

does anyone have a clue for rh6 please?

1:03 pm

bichon

rh + vowel + rocky peak

1:04 pm

BzznBea

ty bichon

1:04 pm

flosey

thanks bichon

1:04 pm

uusue2

thx, bichon!

1:04 pm

bichon

yvw

1:08 pm

MollyL

Ding! Kate is the winner for "Use fo8 in a sentence".
: D

1:09 pm

flosey

lol Kate, good one

1:10 pm

Kateq

lol

1:11 pm

flosey

fireworks, crept up on me! thanks bichon for my last word

1:11 pm

Nef

it took me a while to find that fo8; but noe that I got it, I love that clue! :-)

1:12 pm

Nef

YAY, flosey!!!! WTG!!!!!

1:12 pm

Kateq

I'm done too--no more excuses for deferring the laundry....

1:13 pm

flosey

someone last night clued it as f4 + f4 and I was trying to make it 2 x fo4

1:13 pm

Nef

YAY, Kateq!!! WTG!!!

1:13 pm

flosey

ah, may have to make another trip to laundramat - new machine has not yet been delivered

1:14 pm

EvaNadine

NBT, NBS, hanfway. not a bad days work...heh

1:15 pm

flosey

good for you Eva

1:15 pm

Nef

WTG, EvaN!

1:15 pm

flosey

now must get on with the day, be back at flip - have a great day everyone

1:15 pm

Nef

Flosey, just read your profile. Today is Jilli's b'day?

1:18 pm

Nef

Oh, dear I must have missed her again. I keep trying to chat in the wrong box again today!

1:32 pm

uusue2

I believe it is her birthday, nef (sorry, stepped away for a bit)

1:35 pm

Nef

thanks, sue

1:35 pm

Nef

how's things with your family?

1:36 pm

MollyL

I keep trying to figure out which word in this grid is the weirdest. There are so damn many today.

1:38 pm

HarryHood

ep6? ephron the hittite isn't working

1:38 pm

uusue2

they're all good, as far as I know, nef

1:39 pm

uusue2

talked to my dad a couple of days ago and he is fine

1:39 pm

Nef

Is your Dad going to pay for the car registration and license for your step mother?

1:40 pm

Nef

I'm glad to hear he's doing okay. He's very spunky!

1:40 pm

uusue2

don't know, nef, at this point I am staying out of it.

1:40 pm

uusue2

his boyhood best friend is going to be visiting him next week - they've known each other for 83 years!!

1:41 pm

Nef

Great Sue!

1:42 pm

Nef

Harry, ep+a type of brass musical instrument - last letter + vowel

1:43 pm

Nef

or add a vowel toothe ep 5/14

1:43 pm

Nef

that was "to the"

1:44 pm

HarryHood

ty nef - I guess I should have tried adding that vowel :)

1:44 pm

HarryHood

3 to go

1:44 pm

Nef

Go, go, Harry!

1:48 pm

HarryHood

last word...vi6 - is it related to vi5?

1:48 pm

uusue2

the vi6 I have means very manly

1:49 pm

HarryHood

ty!!

1:49 pm

uusue2

yw :-)

1:50 pm

HarryHood

bye all - gonna try to grab a 15 min nap b4 kids come home

1:50 pm

uusue2

nap quick, harry!

1:52 pm

Nef

WTG, Harry! YAY!!!

1:53 pm

shooshoo

do

1:53 pm

Nef

hi shoo

1:53 pm

shooshoo

jp

1:55 pm

uusue2

hi, shoo!

1:56 pm

Nef

are there any words that use those 2 bottom right tiles?

1:57 pm

Uneaixoise

with 10 words to go, i haven't found any

1:57 pm

Nef

thanks Une. I'll quit trying.

1:58 pm

shooshoo

te

2:00 pm

crosshair

here is a bonus tidbit for today it is a short clip of an owl and a cat who are best friends...

2:00 pm

crosshair

http://tinyurl.com/6bj7pt5

2:00 pm

crosshair

there is a small clip after the story

2:03 pm

shooshoo

b

2:04 pm

shooshoo

o

2:04 pm

shooshoo

jp

2:05 pm

MollyL

Sue that is very cool about your Dad's friend. Not many people stay in touch that long.

2:05 pm

uusue2

I am jealous of him, molly :-)

2:07 pm

Nef

my best friend and I have known each ot5/12 for 50 years and we live just 2 miles apart. She's a nursing educator; so we talk on the ph5/14 often, but not as much as we'd like too

2:07 pm

MollyL

I used to have a neighbor who still kept in touch with someone she was friends with at age 4.

2:08 pm

MollyL

That's cool Nef. I am in awe of lifetime friendships like that.

2:08 pm

uusue2

very cool, nef!

2:10 pm

Nef

We met when I was showing her where her cows were to be in the 4-H barn. My Aunt was on the Fair Board and the 6 of us kids worked for free for the Fair each year. My friend and were 13 at the time

2:31 pm

MollyL

Sue, major House news. Lisa Edelsten is not returning next year.

2:31 pm

uusue2

huh, so no Cuddy/House interactions any more?

2:32 pm

MollyL

No, and with it being so late in the season, I'm not sure they can write her out properly.

2:32 pm

uusue2

interesting! next week is the season finale; they had sneak previews at last night's show and she didn't look like she wasn't going to be there.

2:33 pm

uusue2

although I suppose people can always die suddenly...

2:33 pm

MollyL

If you think about it, her character has run it's course. She got her baby, she had her time with House, there is nothing left hanging.

2:34 pm

uusue2

true, although one can always hope that they will get back together, that was getting a little old

2:38 pm

MollyL

I thought the episode when she got the bladder cancer was epic. Cuddy finally got that House would never choose her over drugs.

2:39 pm

uusue2

I think I missed the beginning of that one.

2:43 pm

MollyL

What she said to him, at the end of that episode, was the classic light bulb statement from someone who has loved an addict and decided to be disappointed for the last time.

2:44 pm

uusue2

that, I think I remember. I never really understood what she saw in him anyway, unless it was the rescue-the-bad-boy thing.

2:45 pm

MollyL

Well, remember that she fell for him before he became an addict. They just never addressed their feelings for each other.

2:46 pm

uusue2

True.

2:52 pm

bichon

So what's happening here folks?

2:53 pm

bichon

My husand's Millionaire airing was today

2:53 pm

uusue2

looking forward to it tonight, bichon!

2:54 pm

bichon

they I won't spill the beans

2:55 pm

uusue2

can't find it, bichon, what network is it on?

2:55 pm

foamflower

hi, all -- i canNOT find my last word, the li6/18 -- anyone with a clue?

2:56 pm

bichon

where are you sue, I'll look it up on the web site

2:56 pm

bichon

Add two letters to the word before

2:56 pm

uusue2

DeKalb IL, outside Chicago

2:56 pm

foamflower

i did try that, thought i had tried all possibilities -- will try again

2:57 pm

foamflower

ah, found it! ty, bichon!

2:58 pm

foamflower

ah, found it! ty, bichon!

2:58 pm

bichon

Chicago WGN 4 and 4:30. One of those times may be a repeat

2:58 pm

foamflower

can i return the favor?

2:59 pm

uusue2

oh, there it is! I was looking during prime time. Probably will still be at work :-(

2:59 pm

bichon

Tomorrow, I'll tell you. What is your email?

2:59 pm

bichon

yvw foam

2:59 pm

uusue2

uusuzanne at yahoo

3:00 pm

bichon

I will send it to you

3:00 pm

foamflower

okay, i'm off--gd luck, everybody!

3:00 pm

uusue2

thx, bichon!

3:02 pm

uusue2

bye, foam!

3:44 pm

lil*monkey

hello evvybody

3:44 pm

lil*monkey

lil*monkey in da house

3:46 pm

uusue2

hi, lil!

3:46 pm

lil*monkey

hi uusue

3:47 pm

lil*monkey

how is your dad doing

3:48 pm

uusue2

he's doing great, lil! thanks for asking! His best friend from childhood is going to be visiting him next week - they've known each ot*** for 83 years!!

3:48 pm

lil*monkey

cool! and thanks for the ot5, heheh... I just started

3:48 pm

uusue2

yw :-)

3:54 pm

lil*monkey

the chog is quiet today!

3:57 pm

Nef

Hi again. I wandered off a while ago; back for a bit

3:57 pm

lil*monkey

nefertiti!

3:58 pm

Nef

hi lil8! How are you today?

3:58 pm

lil*monkey

fine thanks :)

3:59 pm

Nef

DH has the Cooking Channel on; some woman has boiled quail eggs on there. Why would someone want such tiny eggs?

3:59 pm

lil*monkey

nef do you have the ep5/6 combo ???

4:00 pm

Nef

yep. You need it? ;-)

4:00 pm

lil*monkey

never mind, just found em on my own

4:00 pm

lil*monkey

i did not know quail eggs were tiny

4:00 pm

Nef

ep5= ep + brass instrument - last letter

4:00 pm

lil*monkey

i was pictureing giant dinosaur eggs, ahha

4:01 pm

Nef

ep6= same as above, just add a vowell

4:01 pm

Nef

lil*! When you ask for words; don't find them first! :-)

4:02 pm

lil*monkey

sorry!

4:02 pm

Nef

no, quail eggs looked like they couldn't be much bigger than the end of your thumb

4:03 pm

lil*monkey

have u ever tasted them?

4:03 pm

Nef

I thought I had such a great clue; you know it's rare when I actually DO have a ggod clue

4:03 pm

uusue2

quail are about the size of pigeons

4:04 pm

Nef

and their eggs are tiny, sue.

4:04 pm

uusue2

I know although I can't remember if I've ever eaten them (I have eaten quail)

4:04 pm

lil*monkey

OK need a clue for fo6

4:04 pm

Nef

nope, I've never had a quail egg. I figure all eggs must taste alike. What do you think?

4:05 pm

Nef

sorry, lil* I don't have it yet (but am looking

4:05 pm

MollyL

fo8...compound word f4 + f4

4:05 pm

uusue2

I suspect they do, nef

4:07 pm

lil*monkey

OK got it, thanks molly & sue

4:07 pm

lil*monkey

opp i mean just MOLLY

4:07 pm

uusue2

that's ok, lil, I was looking for an fo6 which I don't have

4:08 pm

lil*monkey

ha! I mistyped that... there is no fo6

4:09 pm

uusue2

I will stop looking, then :-)

4:09 pm

Nef

no wonder I'm not finding it!

4:09 pm

Nef

(I came up with some good non words though!) ;-)

4:13 pm

MollyL

Sorry, I shouldn't clue while I'm watching something in another window. Attention deficit.

4:13 pm

MollyL

But since there is no fo6, I don't feel that bad.

4:18 pm

Kazzer99

evenin all - been lurking - been to the gym and needed to concentrate in case i went to sleep doing the grid

4:18 pm

uusue2

hi, kazz!

4:19 pm

lil*monkey

hi kazz!

4:19 pm

Kazzer99

but i have got fireworks so it anyone wants a clue i am here

4:19 pm

Kazzer99

well half here and half on facebook

4:20 pm

Kazzer99

i think we are off to bed - hubby is knackered as well

4:20 pm

Kazzer99

watching seasick steve on later with jools holland

4:21 pm

lil*monkey

li6,21 please?

4:21 pm

Kazzer99

i am not sure what it is but li plus Tim ^^^^ in lie to me

4:22 pm

bichon

lil add consonant to the previous word

4:22 pm

lil*monkey

thank u kazz & bich

4:23 pm

Kazzer99

normally i just go for words but i did all the fours and then all he longer ones and finished with the 5s tonight - different way of finishing it. YW Monkey

4:24 pm

lil*monkey

now i am missing the li6,18

4:25 pm

bichon

re 7/52?

4:25 pm

scouser

li6/18 is type of vaulting second part of word is in grid er4,4

4:26 pm

lil*monkey

vaulting? like pole vaulting?

4:26 pm

Nef

thanks scouser

4:27 pm

lil*monkey

OK got it but still don't understand clue LOL

4:27 pm

lil*monkey

thank u scouser

4:29 pm

scouser

architectural feature - fancy interlinked ribs

4:30 pm

bichon

re 7/52?

4:30 pm

lil*monkey

i don't have that, bichon... it must use double Fs tho

4:31 pm

bichon

yest, it must, but not after the re

4:31 pm

Deeha

JUST GOT IT YOU ARE RIGHT LIL M IT IS TO MAKE A BID AGAIN

4:31 pm

lil*monkey

got it!

4:31 pm

buffgirl71

re7/52 re + not on + historial **a

4:31 pm

Deeha

why am I in capitals??

4:32 pm

lil*monkey

thank u bich & deeha

4:32 pm

uusue2

thx, deeha!

4:32 pm

lil*monkey

deeha no need to shout LOL

4:32 pm

Deeha

too late in the evening to shout!!

4:33 pm

bichon

tyvm buffgirl

4:36 pm

lil*monkey

i need some serious NE hlep please

4:37 pm

bichon

I could probably help you lil

4:37 pm

wildcat17

ne5/10 ne6/21

4:37 pm

lil*monkey

all I have is ne4

4:37 pm

lil*monkey

i have stats, i need clues pls

4:37 pm

bichon

ne + I'm on a ***l

4:38 pm

wildcat17

ne6 region - where the sun don't shine

4:38 pm

bichon

for the 5 add a vowel

4:38 pm

Deeha

ne6 is the an7 without the a

4:38 pm

lil*monkey

yay! thanks!

4:39 pm

lil*monkey

thanks deeha... that clue gave me the no6 AND the ne6

4:39 pm

wildcat17

it should've give you an o5 too

4:40 pm

lil*monkey

had that already.. but thanks!

4:41 pm

Deeha

still laughing at your ne6 clue wildcat!

4:41 pm

wildcat17

first thing that came to mind :)

4:41 pm

bichon

te 6?

4:41 pm

uusue2

15 left, got all the 4s. I think I am going to go home. see you all soon!

4:42 pm

wildcat17

tc sue

4:42 pm

MollyL

I crown Wild "Cluer Of The Day"

4:42 pm

wildcat17

more of the # of fingers you have

4:42 pm

Deeha

bye uu think I might pop off to bed now had a busy day.

4:43 pm

uusue2

night, deeha!

4:43 pm

Deeha

night sue night all

4:43 pm

wildcat17

nite deeha glad I could send you to bed laughing

4:46 pm

Maryte

hello

4:48 pm

hurshy

name that proper noun! screenwriter nora

4:48 pm

lil*monkey

ephron!

4:49 pm

hurshy

ding ding ding!

4:49 pm

lil*monkey

what do I win?

4:49 pm

hurshy

three dings, didn't you see them?

4:50 pm

lil*monkey

oh great

4:50 pm

lil*monkey

how about clue for or5/6 combo

4:50 pm

hurshy

and the pride of being right and all that

4:50 pm

Nef

come on, lil* , you need 3 dings, don't you?

4:50 pm

hurshy

hmm, haven't got that yet

4:50 pm

lil*monkey

I need 3 Ding Dongs

4:50 pm

lil*monkey

i'm kinda hungry

4:51 pm

hurshy

mmmm, ding dongs

4:51 pm

lil*monkey

MMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

4:51 pm

Nef

I don't have the or 5/6 combo either

4:51 pm

lil*monkey

choooooooooooooclit

4:52 pm

ardilla

evening all

4:52 pm

ardilla

popping in for a bit before go to bed

4:52 pm

bichon

or 6 is a Baltimore 0r****

4:52 pm

dianedecoder

lil* one is a bay window...the other is a bird

4:53 pm

bichon

the or 5 is a type of window, I think. It's not a combo

4:53 pm

littlebit

i have chooooooclit...i'm waiting for my pizza!!

4:53 pm

bichon

te 6?

4:53 pm

littlebit

and it's here!

4:53 pm

dianedecoder

I'll give you two fivers for a te 6/18

4:54 pm

hurshy

do you have two five pound notes in exchange for a te6?

4:54 pm

dianedecoder

:-))

4:54 pm

bichon

ty hurshy

4:55 pm

hurshy

AND diane who gave the same clue but more concisely :)

4:55 pm

lil*monkey

littlebit!

4:56 pm

dianedecoder

and I have FW... now I can enjoy the hockey tonight

4:56 pm

lil*monkey

WTG diane! are you a Canucks fan?

4:56 pm

Nef

littlebit is a tease!

4:57 pm

dianedecoder

Yes !! .... they are my second team next to the Oilers, who did abysmally this year again.

4:57 pm

dianedecoder

they don't play tonight though.

4:58 pm

crosshair

howdy again everyone,back for a few more:)

4:58 pm

Glantarell

good evening all, back for the last 35

4:58 pm

dianedecoder

hi crossy, :-) Glantarell :-)

4:58 pm

crosshair

howdy glant

4:59 pm

crosshair

howdy diane

4:59 pm

Glantarell

hi crossy, diane

4:59 pm

lil*monkey

oh that's right, it's Boston vs Tampa Bay tonight... diane I am a new Canucks fan ever since the stinking San Jose Sharks eliminated my Red Wings

4:59 pm

Nef

hi crossy and Glant and everyone else

5:00 pm

lil*monkey

hi cwosy

5:00 pm

Glantarell

hi Nef

5:00 pm

lil*monkey

hi glanta

5:00 pm

Glantarell

hi lil*monkey

5:00 pm

lil*monkey

hewwo evvyone!

5:01 pm

Glantarell

any hint for the fe6? driving me nuts

5:01 pm

dianedecoder

LOL @ lil*.... that's often how it goes. That was a terrific series though, wasn't it??.... quite a few of them have been nail biters !!!

5:02 pm

lil*monkey

yes great series btwn Sharks & Red Wings... many of the games wnt to overtime

5:02 pm

lil*monkey

now I will root against the SHarks and I hope they get slaughtered by the Canucks

5:02 pm

dianedecoder

it's a weird one to clue Glan....sort of a twisted spelling of the other spelling of that little sprite with wings

5:03 pm

Glantarell

ty diane - got it - and never would have found it alone

5:03 pm

dianedecoder

fe + the **S ( tax dept. ) and latin abbr. meaning "that is"

5:04 pm

lil*monkey

thanks for that fe6

5:04 pm

dianedecoder

welcome :-)

5:06 pm

lil*monkey

AAAAAAaaaaaaaargh! PH words!

5:07 pm

crosshair

howdy LILM

5:07 pm

lil*monkey

OK never mind, I found them

5:07 pm

Glantarell

ph words are easy!

5:08 pm

crosshair

my wife is yakking away on the ph*** to her mom as we speak

5:08 pm

littlebit

and supper is eaten!

5:08 pm

littlebit

i am back

5:08 pm

lil*monkey

that was the fasting pizza eatin ever!

5:08 pm

crosshair

wb lilbit

5:08 pm

littlebit

hey crossy

5:09 pm

littlebit

i only ate one piece and two breadsticks

5:09 pm

lil*monkey

you're kidding!

5:09 pm

lil*monkey

i would have eaten the whole pie

5:09 pm

littlebit

monkey, have you been talking to nef?

5:10 pm

lil*monkey

yes she is here I think

5:10 pm

littlebit

i just read back in the chog...she called me a tease! wondered if you two had been talking :)

5:11 pm

lil*monkey

because you popped in and out, I think... and you teased us with the pizza talk

5:11 pm

lbdawger

cllue for the N in the last row for nbt?

5:12 pm

lbdawger

nm found one

5:12 pm

buffgirl71

ne + tootsie ***l

5:12 pm

littlebit

as long as you haven't been swapping stories hahaha

5:12 pm

lbdawger

ty buff

5:12 pm

lil*monkey

littlebit! as if!

5:12 pm

Nef

no, you mentioned pizza arriving and something else

5:12 pm

littlebit

i know! iknow! just teasing!!

5:13 pm

littlebit

and the pizza was good!!

5:13 pm

Nef

OOOH! Now we all want to know what's going on! What has littlebit been up to?

5:13 pm

lil*monkey

hahahahaaha... besides it has already been established that I am the tease, not you LOL

5:13 pm

littlebit

monkey mentioned choooooclit

5:13 pm

littlebit

haha good one monkey!

5:13 pm

lil*monkey

yes I did! yummmmmmmmmmm

5:14 pm

Nef

chooooclit sounds good too

5:14 pm

lil*monkey

dammit I just spent 5 minutes looking for QU words

5:14 pm

littlebit

oops

5:15 pm

lil*monkey

i need a PR5 that does not mean "before"

5:15 pm

Nef

gotta watch the tile stats lil*

5:15 pm

lil*monkey

why start now, nef? LOL

5:15 pm

MollyL

quaone...it's a word...I made it up...just like Enable does. : P

5:16 pm

Nef

because I do that all the time myself, lil*

5:16 pm

uusue2

hi again, all!

5:16 pm

Nef

I've decided it's time to list

5:16 pm

Glantarell

pr5 - said like the pr which means before but is a person who pries

5:17 pm

lil*monkey

thanks Glan!

5:17 pm

lil*monkey

hi again sue!

5:17 pm

Nef

wb, sue

5:18 pm

Glantarell

any clue for the re7/52?

5:18 pm

lil*monkey

glanta, re + extend a bid to buy a house

5:19 pm

Glantarell

mmm, not getting it

5:19 pm

uusue2

I am embarrassed to say that I am having trouble with the en5...

5:20 pm

Glantarell

got it ty lil*monkey

5:20 pm

cosdem

wow i monkyed the ae6 on my first try

5:20 pm

ardilla

good night all

5:20 pm

Glantarell

sue - sign up for a course

5:20 pm

jmcnrick

i would re7 to help but i haven't of5/22ed yet

5:20 pm

uusue2

thx, knew it would be a fish

5:20 pm

uusue2

night, ardilla!

5:20 pm

Glantarell

night ardilla

5:21 pm

jmcnrick

bye ardilla

5:21 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

5:21 pm

cosdem

ugh and i just did that today.. thanks glan

5:21 pm

uusue2

hi, jmc!

5:21 pm

jmcnrick

i was just looking at the courses of the masters program

5:22 pm

jmcnrick

but then i saw a possible job . . . i would rather work

5:22 pm

Glantarell

hi jmc

5:22 pm

uusue2

lol, jmc, didn't you just give up a job to study?

5:22 pm

cosdem

i have to go back next week and take another placement exam ugh because i was one point short from honors placement and i wanna take it again

5:22 pm

jmcnrick

no i just gave up a job because i was done

5:23 pm

uusue2

go, cos! You can do it!

5:23 pm

jmcnrick

i was signing up to study because i hadn't found another job

5:23 pm

uusue2

wow, done! what a concept...

5:23 pm

jmcnrick

go cosd go!

5:23 pm

cosdem

thanks :) they require a one week waiting period between placement exams *sigh*

5:23 pm

jmcnrick

so you can study?

5:23 pm

Nef

does the job sound like something you'd enjoy, jmc?

5:23 pm

jmcnrick

yes although i would not be the boss

5:24 pm

cosdem

probably.. so i checked out tons of books to study from

5:24 pm

Nef

does being boss matter if it's something you like?

5:25 pm

jmcnrick

:-) been the boss for 30 years--not sure i can adjust

5:25 pm

Nef

LOL! Okay, that would be a big change

5:25 pm

cosdem

does the fe6 build off the fe4?

5:25 pm

jmcnrick

no cosd

5:26 pm

cosdem

didnt think so.. thanks

5:26 pm

jmcnrick

think tinkerbell

5:26 pm

lil*monkey

no cos... it is sort of like a sprite but diff spelling

5:26 pm

Glantarell

i once managed a man who'd been a headteacher for 30 years - and i was half his age - it worked out well because he was willing to be managed and i supported him well in his new role

5:27 pm

cosdem

thanks got it

5:27 pm

Glantarell

some weird words in this grid

5:28 pm

crosshair

just broke half way..grid seems to be dragging a bit for me:/

5:28 pm

jmcnrick

good to know glan

5:28 pm

Glantarell

more weird words than i have ever seen in one grid before - down to last 12

5:28 pm

jmcnrick

i am always happy to help people succeed so maybe that would be enough

5:28 pm

lil*monkey

sp6 please?

5:29 pm

uusue2

looking for it now, lil

5:29 pm

jmcnrick

i worked all weekend so i think i am going to leave early today

5:29 pm

Glantarell

me too

5:30 pm

uusue2

go for it, jmc!

5:30 pm

jessmom

sp6 more agile

5:30 pm

lil*monkey

tahnks jess mom!

5:30 pm

uusue2

thx, jess! an actual word among the sp's!

5:30 pm

Glantarell

ty jessmom - i'd have spelt that with a y

5:30 pm

lynxxx

morning everyone

5:30 pm

jmcnrick

ty uu i will *turns off ph*** and lights*

5:30 pm

uusue2

hi, lynxxx!

5:30 pm

jmcnrick

ty jess

5:31 pm

jessmom

yw

5:31 pm

crosshair

howdy lynxx

5:31 pm

jmcnrick

hi and bye lynxxx maybe i will see you when I get home

5:31 pm

jmcnrick

*poof*

5:31 pm

Glantarell

bye jmc

5:31 pm

Glantarell

hi lynxxx

5:32 pm

cosdem

fr 5/16 please

5:32 pm

uusue2

fireworks!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:33 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Sue!!

5:33 pm

Glantarell

woo hoo sue - 7 left for me

5:33 pm

uusue2

there are two of them, cos, one like a chicken and one fr + where you find minerals

5:33 pm

Glantarell

cos - like fore but with an extra cns as second letter

5:33 pm

lynxxx

fr5.16 sounds like Fr*** Tuck

5:33 pm

crosshair

yaa for sue!!

5:34 pm

cosdem

the 2nd one sorry.

5:34 pm

cosdem

thanks glan!! and sue and lyn even tho its the wrong fr :)

5:35 pm

uusue2

actually there are three, oh well.

5:35 pm

cosdem

two fr5/16 and one fr 5/18

5:35 pm

Glantarell

second st5/10?

5:36 pm

uusue2

place where you shop, glan

5:36 pm

Glantarell

doh!

5:37 pm

Glantarell

ty sue

5:40 pm

Glantarell

*fireworks8

5:40 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Glant!

5:40 pm

Glantarell

had to resort to morewords for this one - so many weird words

5:41 pm

uusue2

yay, glan!!!!!!!!!!!

5:41 pm

uusue2

and I used morewords a lot too :-)

5:41 pm

Glantarell

and the u and qu were not used at all

5:41 pm

cosdem

the 1992 presidential midget is in the grid

5:42 pm

Glantarell

anyway, nearly midnight and i have a long day tomorrow, so off to bed - night all

5:42 pm

lynxxx

Sleep well Glant

5:42 pm

uusue2

night, glan!

5:45 pm

cosdem

the first re6 please

5:45 pm

uusue2

to fondle again, cos

5:45 pm

cosdem

thanks!

5:47 pm

MollyL

All kinds of fondling in this grid. Preparatory and the once again type. : D

5:47 pm

cosdem

i like to fo8 and re6 :P

5:48 pm

uusue2

indeed :-)

5:49 pm

MollyL

Touchie f4ie Cos. : )

5:49 pm

cosdem

ahaha that too

5:49 pm

MollyL

Oh Sue too. Wow, you can tell it's the "fertility rite" time of year.

5:50 pm

cosdem

im getting my new dog's naughty area cut off thurs :(

5:50 pm

lynxxx

new dog?

5:50 pm

cosdem

we decided to adopt the dog we're fostering.

5:51 pm

crosshair

always the danger in fostering lol.one ends up with 10 cats and 12 dogs:/

5:51 pm

lynxxx

Good for you! details?

5:51 pm

MollyL

Poor dog. Buy him something nice as a consolation prize.

5:51 pm

cosdem

hes a 1 year old full breed chihauhua .. brown.. he was on the kill list the day the foster people took him out

5:52 pm

MollyL

*Wonders what one buys an emasculated dog*

5:52 pm

cosdem

way too affectionate.. he loves to curl up next to me, paco, and the cats

5:52 pm

lynxxx

cute Cos

5:52 pm

cosdem

lol true cross, we decided no more fostering unfortuantely. we have 2 cats and 2 dogs now in a tiny apartment.

5:53 pm

lynxxx

should be obvious Molly

5:53 pm

MollyL

Nuts?

5:53 pm

cosdem

lol molly

5:54 pm

cosdem

i told ryan he's gonna have to be the one to apply the salve :P

5:54 pm

cosdem

i dont molest dogs.

5:54 pm

uusue2

2 cats and one dog here but the dog is quite large, and the cats hate each other and the dog.

5:55 pm

MollyL

Oh man, you can't use cotton swabs for something like that? : O

5:55 pm

cosdem

my cats hate each other and the dogs.. its funny when the dogs try to curl up with shady while shadys asleep and later when shady wakes up she freaks out and slaps them silly

5:55 pm

cosdem

oh good idea molly

5:55 pm

uusue2

might not want little cotton shreds getting in the incision, molly

5:56 pm

cosdem

ah excellent argument sue.. thanks

5:56 pm

MollyL

*Chalks up yet another reason it's good not to have pets*

5:57 pm

uusue2

oh, well, they really are a lot of fun. the cats are just a hoot, and the unconditional enthusiasm we get from the dog is hard to resist :-)

5:57 pm

doxy1lover

I have a mental image of the cat slapping the dog silly.

5:57 pm

cosdem

agreed sue. but one of our cats is a cuddler... and a purrer 24/7

5:58 pm

doxy1lover

sounds hilarious

5:58 pm

cosdem

next time it happens ill try to take a video and post it for you all to se

5:58 pm

crosshair

woke up this morning to our black kitty,a 2 year old male grooming my beard..

5:58 pm

cosdem

its so strange my cats will meow at ryan for attention but with me they paw me. its like they know.

5:59 pm

uusue2

oh, both our cats are cuddlers (one more than the other) although one is a bit psycho

6:00 pm

uusue2

interesting, cos! animals are actually pretty smart.

6:00 pm

cosdem

one of them is FAT. and he likes to sleep on top of me and its so heavy but i cant make him get off because all he wants to be is loved.

6:01 pm

uusue2

and speaking of psycho, turns out my son's psycho sometimes-girlfriend smashed his glasses (which are not cheap). Grrrr.

6:01 pm

doxy1lover

my dog will lay down by my hubby until I come home. Then she ignores him and won't leave my side.

6:01 pm

crosshair

she can pay for a new pair then

6:01 pm

cosdem

ughh thats awful.. she needs to control her temper

6:01 pm

uusue2

sounds exactly like one of mine, cos, very fat cuddly cat.

6:01 pm

cosdem

sounds like my mom's dog, doxy.

6:02 pm

crosshair

he better watch long and hard before he slips a ring on her finger then...

6:02 pm

cosdem

the purring annoys me because i feel like im sitting on a washing machine.

6:02 pm

uusue2

she should but it's not going to happen (pay for a new pair that is) unless we take her to court or something which is not worth it.

6:02 pm

uusue2

he keeps breaking up with her but then she bombs him with phone calls and texts until he goes back :-(

6:02 pm

cosdem

right sue. or take her to judge judy! :)

6:03 pm

uusue2

there you go, cos :-)

6:03 pm

cosdem

tell him to change his number or have the company block hers?

6:04 pm

uusue2

he can block her calls but not her texts, it turns out. also she lives about 1/2 block away so hard to avoid her :-(

6:04 pm

MollyL

Oh Sue, that is too bad. Nothing good can come from a relationship like that.

6:04 pm

cosdem

ahh.. yeah that would be a problem then :(

6:04 pm

uusue2

been going on for almost 4 years now. very stressful both for him and for me.

6:06 pm

cosdem

i hope she moves way soon or something

6:07 pm

uusue2

me too, she almost did earlier this year but then didn't (actually it was her mom that was going to move, she's 19 and my son is 21)

6:07 pm

cosdem

ah.. 19.... no wonder.

6:08 pm

uusue2

and has serious problems with drugs and alcohol. not a good combination.

6:09 pm

cosdem

oh dear. i hope ur sonw will be ok.

6:09 pm

MollyL

Okay, that explains the irrational behavior. Poor Sue's Son.

6:09 pm

cosdem

ugh finally foind my last to5/10... dang doublevowel ending

6:10 pm

lynxxx

I hope he can find a way to wean her off him..

6:10 pm

uusue2

he's become considerably more detached; he used to be just destroyed when she pulled these stunts but now he mostly just rolls his eyes. so i have hope :-)

6:11 pm

MollyL

I don't believe there is a way to wean people like that. You either cut the cord or they stick to you like a barnacle.

6:11 pm

cosdem

good.. hes getting tired...

6:13 pm

cosdem

one left.. and its a v5 ugh

6:13 pm

lynxxx

AIf he is detached emotionally she will pick up on that eventually

6:14 pm

wildcat17

you want a clue cos?

6:15 pm

cosdem

oooh ABC just picked up a show that looks good...

6:15 pm

cosdem

yes please wild

6:15 pm

wildcat17

vi + *** speedwagon

6:16 pm

cosdem

thanks wild.. fireworks

6:16 pm

wildcat17

yw and woohoo!!

6:16 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Cos!

6:16 pm

MollyL

Sue, I wish you son the best. It is very hard to care for someone with problems like that. And it's real easy to become "the fixer", when they need to "fix" themselves.

6:16 pm

doxy1lover

wtg cos

6:16 pm

MollyL

!!!!! Cos !!!!!

6:17 pm

uusue2

thx, molly, I keep thinking it's over and then it isn't (maybe we can write her out of the script like on House :-)

6:17 pm

uusue2

and yay, cos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6:18 pm

uusue2

so what's this good show on ABC, cos?

6:18 pm

cosdem

"once upon a time"....

6:19 pm

cosdem

its a drama about a woman who finds out she's snow white's lost daughter hidden on earth away from the evil queen and the queen is hellbent on fidning her

6:19 pm

uusue2

lol! could be cute...

6:19 pm

uusue2

wait, snow white has a daughter??

6:19 pm

cosdem

and nbc has a fairy tale drama as well "Grimm" about a cop who solves crimes in fairyt ale land

6:20 pm

cosdem

there was a made for tv movie called "the tenth kingdom" back in 2000 where snow white's grandson is runningt he kingdom.. so i guess she does :P

6:20 pm

uusue2

reminds me somehow of Fish Police (which didn't last long)

6:21 pm

doxy1lover

I really liked "Tenth Kingdom". Even bought the book

6:21 pm

cosdem

i cant find the book anywhere doxy! UGH

6:21 pm

cosdem

i watch the 10th kingdom all the time.. dianne weist was awesome in it

6:22 pm

cosdem

sue, do you remember the comedy sitcom "The Charmings"? didnt last long either lol

6:22 pm

doxy1lover

cos, try amazon.com. they sometimes have books that have been off the shelves for awhile

6:22 pm

cosdem

i did.. out of print it says. ill check again.

6:23 pm

uusue2

don't remember that one, no

6:23 pm

doxy1lover

have you tried Barnes and Noble

6:24 pm

periwinkle

hi all. neither of those new shows sound interesting to me.

6:24 pm

cosdem

aboout snow white, prince charming and their children waking up in 1980's America after being put to sleep by the evil queen but now they all live together lol

6:24 pm

doxy1lover

hi peri

6:24 pm

cosdem

hm ill check thanks doxy

6:24 pm

uusue2

or powellsbooks.com?

6:24 pm

lynxxx

hi Pe**

6:24 pm

cosdem

never heard of that sue. thanks.. peri, i'm a fairy tale buff sooo :P

6:24 pm

periwinkle

:)

6:25 pm

periwinkle

hey lyn, I beat Jacula in a game of scramble by 10 points!!

6:25 pm

lynxxx

I AM impressed!

6:25 pm

doxy1lover

I like fairy tales also. Sounds good to me

6:26 pm

cosdem

im still p'offed about them cancelling V.

6:26 pm

periwinkle

she stil wins more than me But I am trying

6:27 pm

periwinkle

ty lyn

6:27 pm

cosdem

ok so if no one needs clues im off

6:27 pm

lynxxx

That's me done...Bye all. A lovely blue sky out there for a change

6:27 pm

doxy1lover

have a good evening cos

6:28 pm

cosdem

see you all next time. til then....

6:28 pm

uusue2

can't find any definitions of the li5/10 or 6/21, dictionary keeps coming up with the italian money...

6:28 pm

periwinkle

li6/27 pls

6:28 pm

uusue2

and bye to cos and lynxxx!

6:29 pm

uusue2

li + german word for four

6:29 pm

doxy1lover

li6 - add another consonant to previous li5

6:30 pm

uusue2

I think that's the li6/21, doxy

6:30 pm

doxy1lover

isn't that what you asked for?

6:31 pm

doxy1lover

nevermind.

6:31 pm

periwinkle

ty sue. ty doxy had that already

6:31 pm

doxy1lover

didn't look close enough

6:32 pm

jillibus

hello all -- 24 left here.

6:32 pm

doxy1lover

hi jilli

6:32 pm

uusue2

hi, jilli! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

6:32 pm

MollyL

Happy Birthday Jillibus!!!

6:33 pm

saanichcat

hello Sunshine Jilli! Happy Birthday!

6:33 pm

doxy1lover

Happy Birthday Jilli

6:33 pm

periwinkle

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JILLI. !!

6:34 pm

jillibus

Thank you thank you! And it's been a lovely sunny day, warmer than predicted, so the trollius in my icon has opened up as I hoped.

6:34 pm

doxy1lover

Fireworks!!!

6:34 pm

uusue2

yay, doxy!!

6:34 pm

jillibus

Hooray for doxy!

6:35 pm

uusue2

wonderful, jilli!

6:36 pm

jillibus

saan, it's good to see that elusive sun, isn't it!

6:36 pm

doxy1lover

have to go fix dinner. Have a great evening all.

6:36 pm

MollyL

Sue...: )...maybe we can write her out of the script...Stephen King wrote a short story called "Word Processor Of The Gods" where the delete button on the computer would actually delete what you wanted out of your life.

6:36 pm

jillibus

bye doxy

6:37 pm

uusue2

lol, molly, i would like that :-)

6:37 pm

saanichcat

Jilli, all I can do is think, "aaaaahhhhh, at laaaaast"

6:37 pm

MollyL

Oh, and the enter button would add what you wanted. Can you imagine?

6:38 pm

MollyL

Of course it all went terribly bad because mortals can't handle that kind of power.

6:38 pm

saanichcat

while I bask

6:38 pm

jillibus

If you get a busy signal, don't you rephone?

6:39 pm

Nef

(I am off driving some customer service person nuts because my printer isn't working) F*** sorry for the poor guy!

6:39 pm

crosshair

nef..i have something for you....

6:39 pm

uusue2

i think things always go terribly bad in steven king stories, molly

6:40 pm

crosshair

here u go nef...

6:40 pm

crosshair

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers

6:40 pm

saanichcat

tonne

6:40 pm

saanichcat

oops aplogogies all

6:40 pm

uusue2

it's a word, saanich :-)

6:41 pm

saanichcat

OK PB Here I come!

6:41 pm

jillibus

we know, here in canada, sue -- we're on metric now.

6:41 pm

crosshair

crossy puts some ritz and cheese and bacon vodka in the pb

6:41 pm

periwinkle

sp6 pls

6:41 pm

rastapopolous

Ok, netflix has the 10th kingdom but not the Charmings.

6:42 pm

uusue2

sp6 = more sprightly

6:42 pm

saanichcat

peri, more agile? (used usually for older folks)

6:43 pm

periwinkle

ty, looking...

6:44 pm

periwinkle

got it ty, sani and sue

6:44 pm

saanichcat

hey Crossy, just saw that, thanks! Anyone is allowed in here!

6:44 pm

MollyL

Shawshank Redemption being the the exception to that rule Sue.

6:44 pm

saanichcat

welcpme

6:45 pm

periwinkle

bbs

6:47 pm

rastapopolous

So whenever you guys call out to periwinkle by the nickname, shouldn't you be off to the pb?

6:47 pm

crosshair

eyes of the dragon is also an exemption

6:47 pm

jillibus

hi rasta -- we make exceptions for dart and pe4

6:48 pm

uusue2

which rule, the stephen king rule?

6:48 pm

jillibus

lol, PB rule for dart and peri

6:49 pm

uusue2

sorry, i meant to ask molly what she meant about the shawshank redemption. chog is getting away from me :-)

6:51 pm

crosshair

mm nm bad things happen in that one too...

6:51 pm

crosshair

actually in shawshank as well the bad death of edward dellacroux

6:52 pm

MollyL

Dellacroix died in The Green Mile.

6:52 pm

sadie52

Hello...

6:53 pm

MollyL

Yeah, Sue, I meant the bad things usually happen in Stephen King stories room.

6:54 pm

MollyL

Room??? Rule.

6:57 pm

uusue2

ok, i am fading, off to watch tv and rot my brain. see you all tomorrow!!

7:01 pm

crosshair

i stand corrected

7:18 pm

Nef

thanks, crossy for the link. That poor customer service tech had to take a break while dealing with me; I think he went and pounded his head against the wall for a bit (or took some tylenol or booze) to finish the chat

7:21 pm

lbdawger

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JILLIBUS!!!

7:22 pm

crosshair

lool nef

7:22 pm

crosshair

you know unless it is under warranty or a 1000 dollar printer you can get a lexmark all in one for 60 dollars and get some sleep

7:24 pm

crosshair

cartridges for it are 17 for black and 24 for colour and has never failed me in 3 years

7:28 pm

BzznBea

As usual, the re's are driving me nuts...

7:35 pm

shooshoo

en

7:36 pm

shooshoo

et

7:36 pm

wildcat17

stats for the 8 please

7:37 pm

BzznBea

fo8

7:37 pm

wildcat17

ty

7:37 pm

BzznBea

fo8/70

7:39 pm

Nef

fo 8 is fo4/4 and fe4/4

7:42 pm

BzznBea

clue for sh 5/12 please?

7:44 pm

Nef

there's a bunch of them, I think that they all have the same round vowel in the middle

7:44 pm

lbdawger

sh5.12 sh + two vowels + consonant before M

7:44 pm

redturtlehead

evening all!

7:45 pm

lbdawger

hi red, hi everyone!

7:45 pm

redturtlehead

lbd, how have you been keeping?

7:45 pm

BzznBea

ty got it

7:45 pm

lbdawger

been keeping kinda moldy, red. tired of all this wet stuff. how about you?

7:45 pm

crosshair

just got a herb pot and planed some chives,dill,oregeno,parsley etc hope thing grow ok

7:46 pm

crosshair

planted

7:46 pm

crosshair

and basil

7:46 pm

crosshair

guess i shall know in 7-21 days

7:47 pm

Nef

hi lbd and red

7:47 pm

redturtlehead

Oh wow, sorry about the moldy ness.

7:47 pm

redturtlehead

I'm good.

7:47 pm

redturtlehead

and Yummy cross, sounds very nice.

7:47 pm

shooshoo

fp

7:47 pm

lbdawger

hi nef! how's DH doing?

7:48 pm

lbdawger

hi shoo

7:48 pm

shooshoo

s

7:49 pm

Nef

shoo's been posting 1 -2 letters off and on all day. Very odd (and not chatting)

7:49 pm

crosshair

i see one and 2 letter posting from other players as well..do not understand it myself

7:49 pm

lbdawger

don't know how she manages that, she's using expert and for some reason when she enters a word, letters show up in the chat.

7:50 pm

Nef

Ahh1 I was worried that either she wasn't well OR a cat was playing for her!

7:50 pm

lbdawger

no cat, but her little dog might be trying to help.

7:51 pm

crosshair

no nef,i see it with other players

7:51 pm

Nef

Dh decided to drive a mile to the grocery store this evening; I'm dealing with some GI upset and he is impatient

7:51 pm

lbdawger

i wonder if she accidently rests her hand in the spacebar...then enters a letter unknowingly...

7:52 pm

crosshair

when i do chores with the wife,it revolves around stomach upset and pee breaks:)

7:52 pm

lbdawger

oh dear, hope it's just an upset and not a bug, Nef. glad to hear DH feels strong enough to drive.

7:52 pm

Nef

crossy, I've seen it with other players too; but never saw it with shoo before. I didn't know that Expert could do that

7:52 pm

lbdawger

i'm not sure it's expert, but the user using expert. ;-)

7:53 pm

Nef

His driving is making me nervous, though. He didn't drive for over 1 1/2 years; now suddenly wants to

7:53 pm

lbdawger

i can't speak for what ot5 players are doing.

7:54 pm

lbdawger

well, as long as he's confident and isn't using busy streets, he should be okay...shouldn't he?

7:54 pm

shooshoo

fi

7:55 pm

crosshair

long break from driving

7:55 pm

Nef

the road he takes is a main road, 40 mph limit. It's actually the only way to get there

7:55 pm

lbdawger

must get going, NCIS is on in a few, gonna sit and watch it with hubz.

7:56 pm

periwinkle

hellp with re words pls. have the first one and last two

7:56 pm

lbdawger

i think your nervousness is well founded then Nef. hope he makes it home soon.

7:57 pm

lbdawger

re 6.27 umpire + snakey fish.

7:57 pm

crosshair

ty lbd

7:57 pm

periwinkle

ty lbd

7:57 pm

lbdawger

see ya all later!

7:57 pm

Nef

me too. I told him to let me rest today and we could do stuff tomorrow; but he had his mind made up!

7:58 pm

Nef

bye LBD!

7:58 pm

redturtlehead

ncis is awesome! today!

7:58 pm

crosshair

lol,crossy is a taurus,so i procrastinate till i make my mind up,then it has to be done yesterday lol

7:59 pm

periwinkle

help with re7's pls

7:59 pm

Nef

Aw, crossy! I am too; but I'm not that impatient

8:01 pm

crosshair

i hate shopping so want to get the list,get in,get out, and get done

8:01 pm

redturtlehead

i lov to grocery shop..

8:02 pm

crosshair

i do not like to make a day out or a hobby of shopping..:(

8:02 pm

periwinkle

re5/16 pls

8:02 pm

Nef

same here; but DH can spend 2 hours grocery shopping. If I go with him, I'm reading a label and suddenly he's 5 aisles away -with the cart!

8:03 pm

periwinkle

3 words left and can't see them

8:04 pm

BzznBea

re5/16 is umpire + chicago train

8:04 pm

crosshair

i eat before i shop,get exactly what is on the list and nothing more..drives my wife nuts

8:04 pm

saanichcat

peri drop a letter from the word preceding

8:04 pm

periwinkle

ty sani and Bzz

8:04 pm

saanichcat

AFTER AFTER I mean

8:04 pm

crosshair

if she is with me,it is a min of 100 dollars no matter what we came in for

8:05 pm

periwinkle

re6/18 pls

8:06 pm

saanichcat

used in making cheese plus pl

8:06 pm

shooshoo

e

8:07 pm

BzznBea

plural that 6 for a 7 peri

8:07 pm

periwinkle

ty both, . I am done!!

8:08 pm

periwinkle

red it is your turn at Scrqmble when you get a chance

8:08 pm

periwinkle

scranble evev

8:08 pm

saanichcat

congrats!

8:08 pm

jillibus

hello again -- sorry, I disappeared because I had to refill my bird feeders when they were not having their dinner hour.

8:08 pm

periwinkle

ty, geez can;t type

8:08 pm

periwinkle

bye

8:09 pm

crosshair

watching a show about the worlds heaviest woman she is about to get gastric bypass surgery..she is a tad over 900 pounds in weight

8:10 pm

Nef

Happy Happy Birthday, Jilli

8:10 pm

Bugsaw

Happy birthday Jilli ! and hello to everyone here

8:10 pm

jillibus

omg, crossy!

8:10 pm

shooshoo

f

8:10 pm

jillibus

Thank you so much, nef!

8:11 pm

shooshoo

re

8:11 pm

jillibus

and you, bugs!

8:11 pm

crosshair

she has been bed bound last 4 years

8:11 pm

jillibus

shooshoo is a blast, dropping letters in here!

8:11 pm

crosshair

happy b-day jilli!

8:13 pm

jillibus

thank you, crossy ;-)

8:13 pm

Nef

lbd said that every time shoo enters a word in Expert it puts a letter in chat

8:14 pm

jillibus

the universe gave me a lovely present -- an unexpected warm, sunny day after months of wet drear.

8:15 pm

crosshair

it is still raINING HERE..5TH DAY

8:15 pm

crosshair

sorry caps

8:15 pm

jillibus

nef, that'sw weird!

8:16 pm

jillibus

crossy, we've had lots of that for months and months, with an occasional peek at the sun for a day.

8:16 pm

shooshoo

r

8:16 pm

Nef

we've had too much rain and cold and bad weather here too

8:17 pm

welki

ok, i think i've had it with this "effen" grid! :)

8:18 pm

jillibus

welki, go to morewords -- it can be a challenge too but with a good outcome eventually

8:18 pm

welki

oh, and hi everyone

8:19 pm

jillibus

I had problemsw with Expert on my new computer until the techie figured out that it was IE 9 causing them -- IE 8 is just fine.

8:20 pm

welki

just frustrated, jilli .. it'll pass :)

8:20 pm

Nef

hi welki. I hope your frustration passes soon

8:21 pm

welki

hehehe, should be the most frustration i ever feel

8:21 pm

welki

i see you're in the grid, sweet nef

8:22 pm

Nef

yeah, welki, but I'm still not A WORD.

8:25 pm

rururocks

would someone clue the fe 6?

8:25 pm

jillibus

welki, I can't be bothered being frustrated, which is why I go to morewords in extremis.

8:27 pm

Nef

it's a weird way to spell sprite, ruru

8:28 pm

snags

Nef, that isn't any help for me......

8:28 pm

jillibus

hi gummi ruru -- fe 6 -- fe + a flower with spiky leaves but change the last letter from a cons to a vowel

8:29 pm

jillibus

(or fe + the part of your eye which surrounds the pupil with the last letter changed)

8:30 pm

Nef

Oh! Great clue, jilli! And the flower is pretty too (hoping mine will bloom this year)

8:32 pm

jillibus

thks, nef!

8:32 pm

shooshoo

f

8:33 pm

crosshair

crossy shudders at the thought of internet explorer

8:33 pm

crosshair

get firefox or even better google chrome

8:34 pm

jillibus

I use firefos, crossy, but Expert defaults to IE

8:34 pm

jillibus

*firefox

8:35 pm

crosshair

crossy runs expert on chrome...

8:35 pm

snags

crossy, what is wrong with IE ??

8:35 pm

jillibus

crossy, how do you get it to stop defaulting to IE?

8:35 pm

rururocks

re7.52?

8:36 pm

wildcat17

try to give me something again ruru

8:36 pm

crosshair

I.E is a resouce hog and does not do prefetch datsa

8:36 pm

crosshair

data

8:37 pm

crosshair

google chrome is 100% faster

8:37 pm

jillibus

I don't know what that means, crossy

8:38 pm

rururocks

don't see it wild

8:38 pm

wildcat17

re + of5

8:39 pm

shooshoo

so

8:39 pm

shooshoo

ps

8:39 pm

crosshair

remember everyone you can have multiple browsers and experiment

8:39 pm

rururocks

thanks wild

8:39 pm

rururocks

twisty little bugger

8:40 pm

crosshair

you can have I.E AND chrome AND firefix

8:41 pm

shooshoo

t

8:41 pm

crosshair

firefox

8:41 pm

wildcat17

yw

8:42 pm

crosshair

you can run firefox and google chrome and have 2 seperat accts in facebook and send yourself free game gifts

8:42 pm

wht

Hi crossy, How do configure expert to use the browser of your choice? I had figured that it was tied to IE and left it at that, although I much prefer Firefox.

8:43 pm

crosshair

it is not tied to I.E at all just choose firefox or google chrome as your default browser

8:43 pm

crosshair

i always run chrome

8:43 pm

wht

But firefox is my default browser but Expert still comes up in IE

8:44 pm

crosshair

strange

8:44 pm

wht

Or at least I thought Firefox was my default.

8:44 pm

crosshair

try google chrome,you will love it

8:45 pm

buffgirl71

2 left and I'm stumped. Clues please for re6/18 and re7/28.

8:45 pm

wildcat17

of7?

8:46 pm

buffgirl71

one who of 5/22s (with a slightly strange ending)

8:47 pm

rururocks

finally got the fe 6 thanks a lot

8:49 pm

wht

yes, ty for the fe6. I was stumped on that.

8:49 pm

shooshoo

c

8:49 pm

wildcat17

so not getting the of7 ending

8:49 pm

jillibus

Sorry -- phone (from dear son)

8:50 pm

buffgirl71

wildcat, n**th, east, south, west

8:50 pm

wildcat17

ugh ty

8:51 pm

jillibus

My default browser is firefox but Expert insists on IE. I had a look at Chrome and stayed with FF.

8:52 pm

wht

clue for the second fr5,16 please. I have the person who makes bacon for crossy and what is on top of a nice cup of capaccino.

8:52 pm

crosshair

each to their own jilli..goodnight all and happy babbling

8:52 pm

crosshair

poink!

8:53 pm

wildcat17

like a number with an extra consonant

8:53 pm

jillibus

I did ask how to make FF the default for Expert but didn't get an answer I could understand :-(

8:54 pm

fuzzybunny

good evening all! clue for the fe 6/27 please

8:55 pm

wildcat17

small mythical winged creature weird spelling

8:55 pm

wht

Hi fuzzy

8:55 pm

fuzzybunny

ah, thank you!

8:55 pm

fuzzybunny

hi wht

8:55 pm

wildcat17

fireflies

8:55 pm

westford

Hello Everyone

8:55 pm

wht

I am not getting the number clue, wildcat.

8:56 pm

wildcat17

1, 2, 3, .... with an extra cons

8:57 pm

wht

ty wild, finally got it.

8:57 pm

wht

fr + raw metal

8:58 pm

jillibus

***fireworks*** (last word, Mr Schwarzenegger, I guess -- vi 6/27)

8:58 pm

wht

Perhaps he is a little too much, jilli

8:59 pm

jillibus

you betcha, wht!

8:59 pm

westford

may I have the stats for the 8 please?

9:00 pm

wht

fo8, 70

9:00 pm

jillibus

hi west! fo 8/70

9:00 pm

westford

thanks wht

9:00 pm

westford

hi jilli and many happy returns

9:01 pm

jillibus

ty west, m'dear!

9:01 pm

jillibus

now I must go and get supper... back in a bit

9:02 pm

westford

I'd come cook it for you if I was a tad closer

9:03 pm

wht

A clue for the or6,18 please

9:03 pm

westford

greasier or baltimore bird

9:04 pm

westford

no just the bird

9:04 pm

wht

ty west. Slap me with a bird.

9:04 pm

wht

But fireworks

9:05 pm

westford

Yay wht !!

9:05 pm

westford

last I looked those birds were beating up Boston

9:06 pm

wht

It looked that way last night, too.

9:07 pm

westford

hope springs eternal

9:08 pm

westford

lol just got the 8

9:08 pm

wht

wtg west

9:09 pm

wht

Well good night all. Catch you later.

9:09 pm

westford

good night wht and thanks

9:25 pm

Minski

te6?

9:26 pm

kje

an7?

9:26 pm

westford

twice a fiver

9:27 pm

Minski

duh. thanks westford.

9:27 pm

westford

if it's not one thing it's an

9:27 pm

Minski

sir may I please have an7 bowl of soup.

9:27 pm

westford

yw mins and hi

9:27 pm

westford

hi kje too

9:27 pm

Minski

hello

9:28 pm

kje

ty!

9:28 pm

Minski

Watching the Bruins (hopefully) kick butt!

9:28 pm

westford

hope so too mins

9:33 pm

kje

that fo8 is odd

9:33 pm

westford

sure is can't quite figure out how you can do it

9:34 pm

kje

me either

9:35 pm

kje

li6/18?

9:36 pm

Minski

don't have the li or the fo yet

9:37 pm

kje

fo8 - sense ahead of time?

9:38 pm

Riverdance

Good Evening Everyone...crazy day today..had to drive to Vermont for a business meeting...now home and trying to finish this grid...must go to bed in 15 minutes...yikes

9:39 pm

kje

li6 - add half a goose to the previous li4

9:39 pm

kje

get to it river!

9:39 pm

Riverdance

working on it kje

9:43 pm

Minski

hello rd

9:44 pm

Riverdance

hello minski how areyou

9:45 pm

Minski

doing well. except it has been raining since sunday and isn't supposed to stop until monday.

9:45 pm

westford

crappy weather here too mins

9:46 pm

Riverdance

here too - we are in the same part of the country

9:46 pm

westford

hi river

9:46 pm

Minski

yepper

9:46 pm

Riverdance

hello westford

9:47 pm

westford

dreary your name is New England

9:47 pm

Minski

at least until sometime next week.

9:48 pm

Riverdance

I am hoping for a dry Saturday as it is my daughters prom and we want to take picture outside

9:49 pm

westford

oh I hope so too

9:50 pm

westford

who is more excited?

9:50 pm

Riverdance

me of course

9:50 pm

Minski

I hope so, but you better clean up the livingroom just in case.

9:51 pm

westford

I hear you

9:51 pm

Riverdance

found the most beautiful dress - princess like gown in a teal taffeta...cant wait

9:52 pm

westford

oh how lovely teal is such a pretty color

9:54 pm

Riverdance

with her skin and coloring, it is just beautiful...got nervous because it needed to be altered but found someone to do it reasonably and quickly...just beautiful

9:54 pm

Riverdance

senior prom....another last for my baby

9:54 pm

Riverdance

so many lasts this year....just the beginning of her real life though

9:54 pm

westford

not the same with a son is it?

9:55 pm

herinfernallady

HI

9:55 pm

Riverdance

it will be ...my son is only 14...still time..he is my athlete so we have many many memories with him too

9:55 pm

westford

hi herin

9:55 pm

Riverdance

I have two graduations this year...daughter from high school and son from middle school...

9:56 pm

herinfernallady

How you all going? If i miss letters I have crumbs in my keyboard

9:56 pm

westford

yes and he's your miracle too how is he doing?

9:56 pm

Riverdance

Hello (((Herin)))

9:56 pm

westford

crumbs on the keyboard..that could be a song

9:57 pm

Riverdance

he is doing great...playing 3 sports right now...session 3 of indoor soccer; middle school track; and babe ruth baseball......cant stop that kid....was also recently recruited for a summer junior varsity soccer league....I am worn out!!!

9:58 pm

herinfernallady

Or the story of m life. Stupid bf took his credit card to work instead of giving it to me today

9:58 pm

westford

what wonderful news river

9:58 pm

Riverdance

I have to take meds for anxiety over it all and my kids are doing great...go figure!!!

9:58 pm

westford

herin maybe he'll bring home a big surprise

9:59 pm

Minski

BRUINS WIN!!!!!!

9:59 pm

westford

river I can understand that

9:59 pm

Riverdance

YEAh....

9:59 pm

westford

super mins !!

10:00 pm

herinfernallady

No I want his stupid card to buy a game

10:00 pm

herinfernallady

O wonderful River

10:00 pm

westford

herin I don't think I've seen you here since you started working how is that going?

10:01 pm

Riverdance

Someday we should plan a northeast babble get together...we have many of us and can somehow meet in the middle. I am in NH, Minski in MA and Westford in RI, Trif is in MA, I think Car is in MA and there are a couple more in NH and VT

10:02 pm

westford

I would really like that

10:02 pm

Riverdance

LOL Herin

10:02 pm

herinfernallady

West FB message me please

10:03 pm

westford

I'm not on anymore herin

10:03 pm

Riverdance

Bichon is in CT and Kaplan is in MA...we could have a big party

10:04 pm

westford

and jmc would come too

10:05 pm

Riverdance

jmc will go wherever the meet is ...even though she is in DC...

10:05 pm

westford

she's great isn't she?

10:05 pm

Riverdance

as soon as I get done with prom, and two graduations I will try and coordinate something for the fall...does that sound good

10:06 pm

westford

it does I have a feeling when summer finally gets here it will be HOT

10:07 pm

Dorens

do it in the summer and i'll come, too

10:07 pm

herinfernallady

BRB Phone

10:07 pm

Riverdance

we will need time for people to plan so its not a last minute thing.....daughter will be going to college end of August...after that I am golden...other than watching multiple sports events with my son...oh well...

10:07 pm

Riverdance

Dorens.. you can make a fall trip...its to pretty here in the fall................

10:08 pm

Minski

summer is short around here and hte weekends book up fast. fall is better for us after the Jewish Holidays.

10:08 pm

Riverdance

*so

10:08 pm

Dorens

once school starts life is crazy... I do go to Boston one weekend a month, and if it happens to be the right weekend we can do something

10:08 pm

Minski

gotta go. outty. see ya.

10:08 pm

Riverdance

OK...we can work with that.....

10:09 pm

Riverdance

past my bedtime...guess I will not finish the grid...oh well. so enjoyed the chat instead...good night everyone

10:09 pm

Dorens

nite all

10:09 pm

kje

g

10:10 pm

Riverdance

kje - good night

10:10 pm

kje

sorry, sticky n... meant gn!

10:11 pm

westford

is your n still sticky kje?

10:11 pm

kje

yep

10:14 pm

westford

how have you been?

10:15 pm

kje

good... busy

10:15 pm

westford

belated good night river, dorens,

10:15 pm

westford

and mins

10:16 pm

westford

are you still in TX kje?

10:16 pm

kje

uno

10:16 pm

kje

FW!

10:16 pm

westford

go kje

10:16 pm

westford

Yay !!

10:18 pm

westford

just heard the one to beat all..two ne'er do wells stole 100 feet of copper pipe from an elderly woman's basement..she noticed it when she turned on the water and her basement flooded

10:19 pm

herinfernallady

ANd speaking of the devil he rang

10:19 pm

westford

is he rushing home with the card?

10:20 pm

kje

where did that happen, west?

10:20 pm

herinfernallady

No he just gave it to me over the phone. I even read back the security code without him

10:20 pm

herinfernallady

BRB phone again

10:20 pm

westford

Taunton, MA just heard it on the local news

10:21 pm

westford

they caught them..sold the pipes for 50 bucks

10:21 pm

kje

that sucks... common quick drug money though

10:21 pm

westford

that's what I was thinking

10:21 pm

westford

pretty nervy though

10:25 pm

kje

must get to sleep... hagn... good to see you

10:25 pm

westford

I still have 24 left gonna hit the list

10:26 pm

westford

you too kje sleep fast and sweet

10:26 pm

kje

list helps a lot

10:26 pm

kje

gn - poof

10:28 pm

Nef

hi again. I have 4 left (we had a breaker shut off and I was interrupted)

10:29 pm

Nef

toro

10:29 pm

Nef

sorry off to PB for me!

10:30 pm

herinfernallady

West can you talk to me on FB?

10:32 pm

jesdraggon

hi all. how's the grid?

10:32 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Jess

10:34 pm

Nef

hi jes. The grid has lots of make believe words tonight

10:34 pm

jesdraggon

hmm. i may be starting too late to finish then.

10:35 pm

herinfernallady

West you still here?

10:35 pm

Nef

you can still start just to find the easy words. And chat.

10:35 pm

jesdraggon

true :)

10:35 pm

herinfernallady

SO enable pulled out all stops on stupid?

10:36 pm

Nef

What do you mean, herin?

10:36 pm

herinfernallady

Fake words

10:37 pm

Nef

That's what *I* think!

10:37 pm

Nef

one.

10:37 pm

Nef

FW!

10:38 pm

herinfernallady

I need to speak to West but if she is not around that doesn't help

10:38 pm

jesdraggon

yay nef!

10:38 pm

herinfernallady

and YAH NEf

10:42 pm

Nef

thanks. :-) How's things going for you herin?

10:42 pm

herinfernallady

Nef FB?

10:42 pm

Nef

okay

10:50 pm

jesdraggon

i's done! that means i accomplished something today, right?

10:52 pm

herinfernallady

Yes it does Jes

10:52 pm

jesdraggon

excellent

10:53 pm

jesdraggon

with that then, i'm off to put the ponies away :)

10:54 pm

herinfernallady

on Monday I slept from 3am till 6pm that was an achievement

11:02 pm

westford

back again and Fireworks !!

11:02 pm

westford

hi jes and hi again herin

11:02 pm

westford

you too nef

11:03 pm

westford

just scrolled down herin

11:03 pm

westford

when I put up the list I have to leave chat

11:05 pm

westford

playing musical chat

11:08 pm

herinfernallady

West

11:09 pm

westford

hey

11:09 pm

herinfernallady

Were did ou go

11:09 pm

westford

I'm not on FB anymore herin

11:09 pm

westford

went to finish had to get the list

11:10 pm

joey

need help with the third vi 4/7 please? thanks

11:11 pm

herinfernallady

Ok

11:11 pm

westford

now I have a purring kneading calico on my chest lol

11:11 pm

herinfernallady

Really west?

11:11 pm

westford

send me an email?

11:11 pm

joey

nm, I got it

11:11 pm

westford

you're too quick joey lol

11:12 pm

joey

sometimes i miss the obvious

11:12 pm

westford

some not so obvious words in this grid

11:13 pm

westford

so herin did you get that game?

11:13 pm

joey

i know that i have asked this question before, but please help. I am trying to introduce an 11 week old kitten to a 2 plus year old cat who has been queen of the roost for 2 years. so far, the older cat is just not quite accepting. what can I do?

11:14 pm

herinfernallady

yes i did

11:14 pm

westford

is the new kitten from under the bush?

11:14 pm

joey

yup

11:15 pm

westford

maybe house cat knows it's feral?

11:15 pm

joey

last one - all the others have been adopted

11:15 pm

joey

west, does that matter? being feral versus being house?

11:16 pm

herinfernallady

Is the kitten being feral?

11:16 pm

westford

I don't know but friends of ours have had barn cats for 8 years and they still won't be held

11:16 pm

joey

herin, I don't understand. she has been in the house - she has been living on my porch

11:17 pm

westford

I wonder if she still has the scent of the mother

11:17 pm

joey

could be. mom is also living on the porch

11:18 pm

westford

they have their own rules

11:19 pm

westford

we adopted our daughter's cat in Jan and she won't leave the bedroom..won't let our other 2 in there either

11:19 pm

westford

new cat is female and the others are one of each..all fixed though

11:20 pm

joey

west, now I don't feel so bad - maybe any behavior is acceptable as long as they don't kill each other

11:20 pm

westford

we're getting ready to go to the summer house and it's much smaller so Lucy may have to adjust

11:21 pm

westford

lots more room outside to roam though

11:21 pm

herinfernallady

The kitten can you hold it and cuddle it and stuff?

11:21 pm

joey

my house cat has not been outside since I got her. It almost seems as if she is afraid

11:21 pm

joey

herin, yes, I can hold her and cuddle her with no problem

11:22 pm

westford

herin how did Pandora and Lucius? get along when you first got him?

11:23 pm

herinfernallady

Pandora wanted him dead

11:23 pm

herinfernallady

But she hates everyone just about. She tollerates him now

11:23 pm

westford

they like being the only cat

11:24 pm

westford

both our other cats were strays and KC ( male) brought Ruby home

11:25 pm

herinfernallady

Pandora was neglected so it is understandable

11:25 pm

joey

so being an only cat is the way they want to go? what if I want two?

11:25 pm

westford

too bad we can't read their minds

11:26 pm

westford

what did you name the kitten?

11:26 pm

herinfernallady

No you can have two. The other cat just has to learn she/he is still special.

11:26 pm

joey

I would love to know what they are thinking.

11:26 pm

herinfernallady

Have seperat litter boxes and times for cuddles and different toys and such

11:26 pm

westford

I know herin Pandora had such a bad start she's lucky you found her

11:27 pm

joey

I named her Gracie - after my mom - kind of. Her name was Grace - she hated Gracie, so I am sure she is doing pinwheels in her grave!

11:28 pm

westford

there was a woman on Tangle who had a male cat named Gracie..she couldn't come up with a name so the vet said Gray C (for cat ) lol

11:28 pm

joey

that's funny, west.

11:29 pm

westford

I love the name Grace

11:30 pm

joey

it is an "old" name. wait until you hear this and think hard about what I am saying - her married name was Grace Klutz

11:30 pm

westford

quite the oxymoron lol

11:30 pm

joey

very much so - glad you got it

11:34 pm

westford

well I think I'd better try to clean up the kitchen before the flip..do you need any help first?

11:36 pm

herinfernallady

I am fine

11:36 pm

herinfernallady

I need to go andget dinner started

11:36 pm

westford

I'm off for a bit then ((hugs))

11:42 pm

joey

ok, I am trying again - how about the sh 6/39, please?

11:42 pm

herinfernallady

I don't know sorry

11:45 pm

joey

got it, it ends with the opposite of on

11:46 pm

herinfernallady

Ok I must be off for a while

11:51 pm

joey

how about the re 6/18. please? thanks

11:52 pm

joey

nm, i really ought to think before I write

11:52 pm

joey

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