Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, August 1, 2011

12:02 am

VolleymomDee

flip and hi all

12:02 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:02 am

cosdem

an7

12:02 am

Erda

WOW -- thank you, Lickety!!

12:02 am

vanillaslice

flip and thank you Lickety

12:02 am

VolleymomDee

dr 7

12:03 am

jillibus

flip

12:03 am

jillibus

Thanks, Lickety!

12:04 am

mrpresident

flip! was on phone! hi all :)

12:04 am

vanillaslice

THX dEE THAN ALSO GR

12:04 am

Griffums

woof

12:04 am

mrpresident

i didn't get my wish for a biggie~ :(

12:04 am

flosey

flip

12:05 am

vanillaslice

and ra6

12:05 am

vanillaslice

grad

12:05 am

mrpresident

ta vanil!!!

12:05 am

vanillaslice

oops off to the bin

12:05 am

mrpresident

PB with timtams in it

12:06 am

VolleymomDee

dr 8

12:06 am

VolleymomDee

ra 7

12:09 am

jillibus

mrp -- please check my icon and writeup!

12:09 am

mrpresident

ok jilli! :)

12:10 am

cosdem

i need the i in last column for nbt

12:11 am

dizgrannie

ir 5

12:11 am

cosdem

got the dr8 yay

12:11 am

cosdem

ok ty grannie

12:11 am

cosdem

nbt/nbs

12:12 am

VolleymomDee

wtg cos

12:12 am

VolleymomDee

nbt

12:12 am

jillibus

wtg cos

12:12 am

cosdem

phantom brethen

12:12 am

cosdem

ugh i spelled it wrong anyway lol

12:12 am

cybernan

not seeing the ir 5 nor the dr 8 -- have a dr 7

12:13 am

cosdem

dr7 and dr8 same first few letters

12:13 am

cosdem

ir5 and dr8 same last 3 letters

12:13 am

mrpresident

that is just brilliant jilli!!

12:14 am

jillibus

well, mrp, thanks for the introduction to the currawong!

12:14 am

mrpresident

isn't their call amazing?

12:14 am

dizgrannie

NBT,NBS

12:14 am

mrpresident

i luv the birds here

12:14 am

mrpresident

on ya diz :) and hi

12:14 am

jillibus

did you get my message before the flip about the Dane person in Sydney?

12:14 am

VolleymomDee

wtg diz

12:15 am

mrpresident

no i didn't jilli, was on the phone, what was the message please?

12:15 am

jillibus

wtg diz!

12:15 am

dizgrannie

ty

12:15 am

flosey

nbt + nbs

12:16 am

dizgrannie

wtg flos

12:16 am

flosey

thanks diz

12:16 am

jillibus

I've been hearing via email from a Dane person in Sydney who had seen a drawing I did of Dane pups. She said if I visit Sydney in Jan or Feb she will take me to a dog show! Very tempting.

12:16 am

VolleymomDee

wtg flsoey

12:16 am

flosey

ty Dee

12:16 am

jillibus

Se also wants my book :-)

12:17 am

jillibus

wtg flosey

12:17 am

cosdem

ra7 but i think it was called already

12:17 am

cybernan

I'm assuming the ir 5 is the lone i that i don't have!

12:17 am

flosey

thanks jilli, interesting bird, will read it akk kater

12:18 am

flosey

yes nan

12:19 am

cybernan

is the dr 8 related to the dr7?

12:19 am

cosdem

yes

12:20 am

flosey

***all later jilli

12:20 am

jillibus

oops -- must fix peculiar markings in my profile

12:20 am

dizgrannie

in 7 x 2

12:21 am

cybernan

I guess I don't have the right dr 7

12:21 am

joshuavorbis

hi and nbt

12:22 am

jillibus

hi and wtg josh

12:22 am

flosey

hi josh and wtg

12:22 am

cosdem

nan - checked the list. only one dr7

12:22 am

jillibus

I'm baffled by that lone I too (I know it's ir5)

12:22 am

Griffums

nan i'm not seeing it yet either

12:22 am

cosdem

both the dr8 and the ir5 have the same last 3 letters./

12:23 am

Erda

think gerund

12:23 am

VolleymomDee

ir 5 making angry....

12:23 am

flosey

it isn't a word I'd use, seems strange

12:23 am

Griffums

oh duh there it is

12:23 am

joshuavorbis

i've only ever seen the root of ir5 used as a noun in real life, not as a verb

12:23 am

cybernan

ty -- couldn't see that!

12:23 am

joshuavorbis

but the verb forms are all accepted, so

12:23 am

cybernan

nbt, nbs

12:23 am

flosey

wtg nan

12:25 am

mrpresident

jilli, i would be taking that up!!

12:25 am

VolleymomDee

gr 7/48

12:26 am

joshuavorbis

i really like pr7. good word that should be used more

12:27 am

mrpresident

i updated my status... the Prick took it too far this weekend.

12:27 am

VolleymomDee

ty josh locking

12:27 am

VolleymomDee

lol looking

12:27 am

flosey

thanks josh

12:27 am

joshuavorbis

also i mistyped and got a very weird pi5

12:27 am

mab

good to see you back Griff

12:29 am

Griffums

you too mab!!!

12:29 am

cosdem

now im trying to find that weird pi5 lol

12:30 am

VolleymomDee

not seeing the pi 5 yet...hmmmm

12:31 am

cybernan

gr 7 x2 if not called

12:31 am

jillibus

nbt (couldn't believe that ir5 was a real word!)

12:31 am

cosdem

the ir5 has been in the grid a few times lately

12:32 am

cosdem

wtg jill

12:32 am

Griffums

note to self: if it wasn't a word yesterday it probably isn't a word today

12:33 am

jillibus

nbs

12:33 am

cosdem

ahhh the pi5 is very weird

12:33 am

cosdem

almost impossible to monkey

12:34 am

VolleymomDee

absolutely blind to that one ...

12:34 am

snags

point count??

12:34 am

vashongin

weird word...ends in the gerund

12:34 am

cosdem

pi 5/16

12:34 am

snags

ty

12:34 am

Griffums

you weren't kidding that was weird!

12:34 am

jillibus

I see I got rid of a lot of those markings in the profile, but not all -- thy come from things like "curly apostrophes" and such

12:34 am

dizgrannie

there is a pt 6

12:35 am

VolleymomDee

ty vash found it

12:36 am

VolleymomDee

I have gr 7/48 what are stats for other gr 7?

12:36 am

cosdem

gr 7/36

12:36 am

vashongin

gr 7/36

12:36 am

cosdem

not related to each other

12:36 am

vashongin

you beat me to it cos

12:36 am

VolleymomDee

ty looking

12:38 am

herinfernallady

hi

12:38 am

VolleymomDee

hi herin

12:38 am

herinfernallady

Hi back hope you are all wel

12:39 am

vashongin

hi herin...just got here not too long ago myself

12:39 am

VolleymomDee

trying to survive the heat and high humidity here

12:39 am

cybernan

100 down -- good night :)

12:40 am

herinfernallady

Night Cyber

12:40 am

herinfernallady

Not a fan of humidity.

12:40 am

vashongin

sorry to hear that dee

12:40 am

herinfernallady

I have to trim a tree off the window. It is making a horrid squeeck noise when ever the breeze blows

12:41 am

VolleymomDee

will be glad for fall; that is for sure.... pretty scary noise at night herin

12:41 am

rastapopolous

apparently dagnab it! is not a real word

12:41 am

Griffums

:))) rasta

12:41 am

herinfernallady

Actually it just sounds like the noise an animal makes like a dog yipping.

12:42 am

herinfernallady

Rast neither is bing

12:42 am

VolleymomDee

awww better than the scary one then

12:42 am

herinfernallady

It is one of those grating noises you can hear in the lounge but not so much in the bedroom

12:43 am

cosdem

im missing two 7's.. i know one of them is an in7

12:43 am

herinfernallady

ANd I am very happy with have a mattress recycling place that picks up. Who ever thought of that idea is a smarty

12:44 am

VolleymomDee

do you have dr 7 cos?

12:44 am

cosdem

yes i do.

12:44 am

cosdem

i have an, dr, gr, gr, in, ra

12:44 am

VolleymomDee

pr 7/36?

12:44 am

cosdem

i need an in and ??

12:44 am

cosdem

ok thats it thanks dee

12:44 am

VolleymomDee

yqw

12:46 am

cosdem

got it.. now for the in7.....

12:47 am

cosdem

i have the baby one..

12:47 am

dizgrannie

in + gr 5

12:48 am

cosdem

thanks :)

12:48 am

herinfernallady

If an In7 is a baby is an infang a baby vampire?

12:48 am

flosey

thanks diz

12:48 am

VolleymomDee

lol

12:50 am

herinfernallady

That was my first thought

12:51 am

cosdem

G's done!

12:51 am

VolleymomDee

wtg cos

12:51 am

herinfernallady

I am hoping that my movie doesn't glitch on me.

12:51 am

vashongin

nice cos, i'm missing one

12:52 am

herinfernallady

Cos was that hard the G words I am not seeing them

12:52 am

cosdem

no not really... the last one was hard tho

12:52 am

cosdem

ga5/20 was tricky

12:55 am

herinfernallady

Opps I just spotted anotherone

12:59 am

jillibus

I don't like grids of this size without an S

12:59 am

herinfernallady

Jill it doesn't have much flow.

1:00 am

jillibus

too right, herin

1:00 am

herinfernallady

I am just doing my usually Cat-Bat-Mat thing

1:00 am

VolleymomDee

painful grid I agree

1:01 am

cosdem

re6 x 2

1:01 am

jillibus

glad to hear even you are finding that, dee!

1:01 am

rururocks

hands out bandaids for the sufferers

1:02 am

VolleymomDee

hey ru

1:02 am

jillibus

hi ru -- are you just cruising happily through this?

1:02 am

rururocks

yes ..sorta

1:02 am

rururocks

I haven't found the 8 yet though

1:02 am

herinfernallady

Hi Ru

1:03 am

rururocks

hi herin.. you are in the grid tonight

1:03 am

herinfernallady

Yep. How the heck can you see an RE in this mess

1:04 am

cosdem

R's done.. only 3 re words..

1:04 am

vashongin

dr 8 ruru...

1:04 am

cosdem

re 5, 6, 6

1:04 am

VolleymomDee

ty cos

1:05 am

rururocks

thanks vash

1:05 am

herinfernallady

Thanks I got some

1:11 am

rururocks

<---sneaks off to bed.. night all

1:11 am

vashongin

34 left and have been stuck for a while

1:11 am

vashongin

nite ruru

1:12 am

VolleymomDee

night r

1:12 am

herinfernallady

Night Ru. Sneaks off myself

1:12 am

jillibus

night ruru, pleasant dreams

1:12 am

rururocks

25 here

1:12 am

rururocks

*poof*

1:12 am

jillibus

and bye herin

1:12 am

herinfernallady

byes

1:13 am

VolleymomDee

bye

1:13 am

vashongin

bye

1:14 am

R. Sparks

Are both e words ey something?

1:14 am

vashongin

not sure sparks, 'm still missing one

1:14 am

dizgrannie

eo 6 and ey 4

1:14 am

R. Sparks

Just came in and was happy to see new puzzle

1:14 am

VolleymomDee

eo 6 and ey 4

1:15 am

R. Sparks

Thanks VolleymomDee

1:15 am

dizgrannie

snap Dee!

1:15 am

vashongin

thanks dee

1:15 am

VolleymomDee

snap diz yw vash

1:15 am

R. Sparks

And dizgrannie

1:15 am

VolleymomDee

yw rs

1:15 am

dizgrannie

yw

1:16 am

R. Sparks

I'm on tablet and chat is very laggy.

1:16 am

VolleymomDee

here, too, tonight

1:16 am

vashongin

i tried babble on an ipad last weekend...i didn't get the word list to scroll

1:17 am

jillibus

oh goody, got the 3 re words

1:18 am

jillibus

I think I'll wait a while for a tablet

1:19 am

jillibus

oh -- I see I'm well over halfway

1:20 am

vashongin

i have one 6 letter word left and am not finding it

1:21 am

VolleymomDee

fireworks... do you know which letter vash?

1:21 am

jillibus

whee for dee!

1:22 am

VolleymomDee

6's an ba da do dr eo fa in no no pt ra re re te

1:22 am

VolleymomDee

ty

1:23 am

stidmama

YAY dee! (that was fast)

1:23 am

stidmama

hey all

1:23 am

stidmama

just wandering by for a few

1:23 am

VolleymomDee

hi stid!

1:23 am

jillibus

hello stid -- I was just going to head bedwards

1:24 am

VolleymomDee

may I help anyone before I leave?

1:24 am

vashongin

it's the te - thanks dee! looking now

1:24 am

stidmama

good idea, jill, and one i shall emulate soon!

1:24 am

vashongin

and got it

1:25 am

stidmama

stidkid's second play is now over -- just striking the set and a quick bite to eat at a restaurant before he and tom get home.

1:25 am

VolleymomDee

yqw... te 6/24 def an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .

1:25 am

stidmama

Then only one rehearsal each day this week and "tech" and performances next week and we are done. Done with the plays, and done with summer. I can't believe how quickly the time has gone

1:26 am

VolleymomDee

wow it sure has!

1:26 am

jillibus

done with summer? It's just starting, stid!

1:26 am

VolleymomDee

probably bittersweet that it is over

1:27 am

stidmama

well, school starts in one month, jill -- tomorrow I put in my application to be a substitute teacher!

1:27 am

VolleymomDee

good luck on that stid

1:27 am

sprite

hey stiddie :) *BIG hug*
Morning jilli et al.

1:27 am

stidmama

I was hoping to make more progress on both house and yard, dee! LOL oh well -- there is always next summer, right?

1:27 am

jillibus

I hope you can really relax and enjoy August, stid

1:27 am

stidmama

(((((((SPRITE))))))) hello my dear! I miss you!

1:28 am

sprite

and vice versa! Miss you a lot!

1:28 am

jillibus

hi sprite!

1:28 am

stidmama

I am going to do my durndest, jill! LOL

1:28 am

Griffums

hi-from-the-past sprite!

1:28 am

stidmama

how are you? are the kids on vacation? are there lovely flowers everywhere? Most of the flowers in my yard are not doing well -- many just gave up entirely this year due to the cold and the wet.

1:29 am

jillibus

stid, my garden is lush!

1:29 am

stidmama

that's nice jill!

1:29 am

sprite

am housesitting in Groningen. Lovely garden, lots of flowers. Kids are here with us, in between ot5 vacations. We are well, mostly. And you?

1:30 am

R. Sparks

Sorry Cash, was transferring from team to train... yeah hard to get words or chat to scroll. Easier on this xoom than ipad though.

1:31 am

R. Sparks

And auto correct is my nemisis Vash that was supposed to read.

1:31 am

stidmama

that's lovely, sprite! I am well enough -- migraines were mostly gone and then had three in July. Hoping it was a last-ditch effort to make me miserable and they are on the way out. Minimizing reading has really helped.

1:31 am

stidmama

*wonders if Sparks is writing in the wrong window*

1:32 am

R. Sparks

And tram not team ARGH!

1:32 am

stidmama

the hip hasn't been bad lately, either, so I feel quite strong! :-D *flexes muscles*

1:32 am

R. Sparks

Hope, was a conversation about 10 min ago stidmama.

1:32 am

jillibus

nemesis too, not nemisis, lol!

1:32 am

sprite

aw stiddie, stupid migraines :( Good for the hip though.
For the head: often rub feet. Seriously.

1:32 am

stidmama

has anyone else been trying "banana" over and over?

1:32 am

stidmama

LOL sparks!

1:33 am

sprite

*giggles at Sparks*

1:33 am

stidmama

hm. rub feet. That actually sounds nice!

1:33 am

R. Sparks

Lol yes.

1:33 am

sprite

yes of course, stiddie, my monkeys keep trying that.

1:33 am

jillibus

I have, stid -- and it's time I went and had one, too (my sleeping pill is a banana and milk)

1:34 am

mab

it works if you use an o. unfortunately, that's not a word. it should be.

1:34 am

stidmama

okay, for NBT and sleepy-bye, the i on the far right please?

1:34 am

stidmama

sweet dreams jill (((hugs)))

1:34 am

stidmama

hey mab!

1:34 am

R. Sparks

*blushes furiously* one advantage to getting really random words is trying to type on touchpad when it's bumpy. Total potluck with what I'm hitting

1:34 am

sprite

stid, if you look at migraine on energy-level, it is basically a severe overload at the upper neck and head. Hence the rubbing of the feet... works good!

1:34 am

jillibus

ir5, stid -- getting angry

1:34 am

sprite

night jilli

1:34 am

mab

sleep well jilli

1:34 am

stidmama

oh -- and sprite -- did you see I got my teaching certificate? Now legally allowed to torture kids in various topics grades K - 12!

1:34 am

R. Sparks

Good night

1:35 am

stidmama

thanks jill!

1:35 am

sprite

oh wowwwweeeeeee! WTG stid, you did so well! Gratz!

1:35 am

jillibus

goodnight/day all...*poof

1:35 am

sprite

and those kids are lucky to get you.

1:36 am

stidmama

*proud mama look* I would NEVER recommend doing what I did to get here, but I am glad I am here nonetheless.

1:36 am

sprite

*evil grin* Yeah, sleeping your way up sucks *Dugs beneath table*

1:36 am

stidmama

well, a teacher I was helping a couple years has already asked if I will sub for her this coming year, and so have a couple others from the more local school! I am putting off applying for permanent or full-time positions until I feel more human again.

1:36 am

stidmama

oooooh. SPRITE!!!! I shall come over there and give you a piece of my mind!!!

1:37 am

sprite

hahahahaha.....please do! I'd love to have you here.

1:37 am

stidmama

*reconsiders*

I don't have that much to spare...

*sprays sprite with whipped cream instead*

1:37 am

sprite

all kidding aside, I know, hun. It was really tough. And you did it.

1:38 am

stidmama

well, this computer is about to die. stidkid #1 (who is skating on thin ice...) used my computer without the plugin that was right next to the chair he was using. So I have to either move or use it all up. *grumble* So if I disappear, it's not your fault...

1:39 am

sprite

how wonderful you already have contacts. Am not surprised they ask for you, you left an impression. And very wise to wait a bit, get yourself back together first is really smart, I think.

1:39 am

sprite

argh... kids!

1:41 am

stidmama

I think so -- I am working on getting the house in order again, and going through three years of papers (mine, tom's, the kids') and such. It will take a while. On days I am not "working" I will have plenty to do this autumn! LOL and there are always mid-year openings.

1:41 am

stidmama

what about you sprite? have you been taking any more classes? I am thinking of taking a class in either one of my languages or music this coming year -- just for fun though, NOT for a grade!

1:42 am

sprite

oh yes :)
Don't you hate paperwork? If you have room enough, put it in boxes and forget about it for 5 years... then throw it all out, lol!

1:43 am

sprite

no, didn't make it with the classes. Still learning how to survive life. But getting better.

1:43 am

stidmama

oh, GMTA!!!! I rented an extra storage locker for a few months sprite! Put books, papers, clothes... extra furniture and such in it and will be starting to retrieve things over the next couple months!

1:43 am

stidmama

Good for you sprite -- just making the attempt is a start.

1:44 am

R. Sparks

Sorry for interrupting, what subject/year level do you teach?

1:44 am

sprite

hehehe :) Good thinking!

1:44 am

sprite

feel free to interrupt, Sparks, glad to have you join the chog anytime

1:45 am

stidmama

We painted the bedroom (first time in 11 years) over the last couple weeks, and are putting it back together now! I have a few pics on my website, but will be putting up some "finished" pics tomorrow I think.

1:45 am

stidmama

hey sparks -- I want to teach mid-level language arts and social studies, but am certified to teach elementary (K-8) or Reading (K-12)

1:45 am

sprite

ah good, will check it out!

1:46 am

stidmama

I found some nice little touches at IKEA, and Mother bought them for me. I am in love with the light fixture...

1:47 am

sprite

being in love with your stuff is great

1:47 am

stidmama

I also picked up a few things for the living room! :-D needed a proper space to "frame" the framed diploma and teaching certificates. *silly mama grin*

1:47 am

R. Sparks

Got a great link for that age range

1:47 am

stidmama

congrats on going pro, sparks!!!

1:47 am

sprite

hahaha why silly? You worked your ass off to get them. Be as proud as you can be.

1:48 am

R. Sparks

Been dying to share it. Google John Davitt. Saw him talk last year. His new tools site has something called a learning event generator. Very cool stuff

1:48 am

stidmama

yep. I like having some nice little things, even if no one ever comes to visit. I think it has to do with the German Shepherd who thinks he's a lap dog...

1:49 am

stidmama

<-- that pic was taken about three weeks ago, Sprite! just after I lopped off all my hair again.

1:49 am

sprite

sounds good, Sparks!

1:49 am

R. Sparks

Thanks saw how much fun you guys have and had to go pro, wish skill came with it!

1:49 am

sprite

wow stid looking good!

1:49 am

stidmama

oooh. looks intriguing will check it out tomorrow sparks!

1:49 am

stidmama

oh, skill is pretty hit-or-miss with this game, I am afraid. But we have fun anyway!

1:50 am

sprite

just wanted to ask, did you just get pro? Welcome to the madness, Sparks :) Skill will come, with practice. I promise ;)

1:50 am

stidmama

thanks spritely! if only I could shed the chubbiness (grad school is NOT good for waistlines) as easily as the hair

1:50 am

sprite

babble has a great community. Nice people, very supportive. And fun.

1:50 am

R. Sparks

Yeah just got it.was really excited

1:50 am

vashongin

i went pro years ago but have never updated anything

1:51 am

sprite

Next to me you'd look too thin, stiddie. Remember that :)

1:51 am

stidmama

LOL vashon! silly girl!

1:51 am

stidmama

hm. all that great dutch cheese, I suppose?

1:51 am

R. Sparks

On the learning event generator thing, go into wiki and look at the primary school version. Great with smart boards

1:51 am

sprite

yes you have been with us for a long time, vash. Never felt the urge to get an icon? ;)

1:52 am

vashongin

i know...just like facebook, have never put a pic there, either

1:52 am

stidmama

I have never had a chance to use a smart board -- hope I get to some day.

1:52 am

sprite

mostly eating disorder and no exercise since the damaged pelvis. But yes, the cheese is great, lol.

1:52 am

R. Sparks

I don't usually but my nephew has been on me to get one.

1:52 am

stidmama

thanks sparks -- are you also an educator?

1:52 am

R. Sparks

Smart boards are fun

1:53 am

vashongin

i need to get to bed...work in the morning

1:53 am

stidmama

oh, that's rough sprite. I drink tea, actually -- I make a big pot of it in the morning and drink that all day long whenever I feel I need to eat something. It works to quell the non-hungry appetite

1:53 am

stidmama

sweet dreams, vashon!

1:53 am

sprite

sounds good, stiddie!

1:53 am

R. Sparks

I used to be a 6/7 and music teacher, but now I'm an elearning consultant

1:53 am

sprite

sleep well, vash, and dream even better

1:53 am

R. Sparks

G'night

1:54 am

stidmama

neat-o, sparks! I have been "attending" webinars through classroom 2.0 and a couple other places to learn more about how to integrate tech in classrooms. I have issues however with the assumptions that all assignments work for all students -- we have too many rural kids with neither internet nor computers (nor reliable cell service)

1:55 am

R. Sparks

I miss teaching but in this job I'm working with teachers to help build skills

1:55 am

stidmama

I love the middle school years, though! some folks think I am crazy, but when I volunteered in a 6th grade classroom teaching creative writing a few years back it was like coming home

1:55 am

sprite

teaching teachers is something special

1:56 am

R. Sparks

Yeah same here stid but ways around that with differentiated teaching and planning.

1:56 am

stidmama

I have been so grateful to have experienced educators who are willing to take the time to teach newbies like me

1:56 am

sprite

nothing crazy about it, stid, it is a great age.

1:56 am

R. Sparks

It's the best age group I agree

1:56 am

stidmama

yes, that is what I think -- I want to work in my home community, so am trying to figure out just what is available within the school to support the kids whose families have fewer resources.

1:57 am

R. Sparks

Well if you ever want advice or help at all let me know stid. Happy to shoot you links

1:57 am

stidmama

except when your own are that age... perhaps I will feel differently in a few years, but right now you couldn't pay me enough to teach high school! LOL

1:57 am

stidmama

thanks sparks -- I will take you up on that for sure.

1:57 am

sprite

I love to see how the babble network works again :) You rock, Sparks!

1:58 am

sprite

hehehe stiddie... I think you could do it. Mine are there now. And I still love them. Most of the time ;)

1:58 am

R. Sparks

With my students I used to have twitter length responses and kids could use mobile tech, reg computers or pen and paper to complete. Worked a treat for our class pin board

1:58 am

R. Sparks

Cheers mate!

1:58 am

stidmama

oh, I am suddenly so sad -- checking my "friends" tab and saw a couple of the babblers who have passed away. I am not going to remove those links, but so sad.

1:59 am

sprite

aw stiddie.... yes indeed. It is inevitable with a community. We'll remember them with love and gratitude.

1:59 am

R. Sparks

That's terrible! Had that in one of my other games. Was so sad.

1:59 am

stidmama

that's funny sparks - one of my first creative writing lessons I ever did was "microlit" twitter length stories. The kids were so happy at first that they only needed 140 characters, then frustrated at how difficult it is to distill an entire story into that length

1:59 am

mrpresident

evening all :)

2:00 am

Griffums

hi mrp!

2:00 am

stidmama

hey mrp! (((hugs))) meet Sparks, our newest addict

2:00 am

R. Sparks

Oh definitely stid.

2:00 am

stidmama

um, newest babbler! *wicked mama grin*

2:00 am

R. Sparks

Hello mrpresident

2:00 am

sprite

hey mrP :)
Hi Griffums!

2:00 am

R. Sparks

Lol thanks for the intro!

2:00 am

stidmama

hey griffums!

2:00 am

Griffums

hi sprite!

2:02 am

stidmama

oh, down to 3% battery. I think I will say bonne nuit (bonjour for mrp) and toddle off to bed.

2:02 am

stidmama

oh, down to 3% battery. I think I will say bonne nuit (bonjour for mrp) and toddle off to bed.

2:02 am

R. Sparks

Think i've lost connection, dang mobile tech! Must be tunnels.

2:02 am

R. Sparks

Think i've lost connection, dang mobile tech! Must be tunnels.

2:02 am

R. Sparks

Think i've lost connection, dang mobile tech! Must be tunnels.

2:02 am

sprite

oh I'd love to write a story that short! Wonderful challenge, stid.

2:02 am

mrpresident

hi sparks! :) welcome to the fold

2:02 am

stidmama

I think the internet glitched...

2:03 am

stidmama

sprite, I will send you the lesson plan, and you can try it on your kids. It's actually rather fun.

2:03 am

sprite

no, this was the 2 am hiccup. Reset of server, every day at same time.

2:03 am

mrpresident

yep, the 2am timewarp!

2:03 am

Griffums

yeah i knew that

2:03 am

sprite

oh great, stid! Please do! Will be better with answering now. Promise.

2:03 am

R. Sparks

Thank you mrpresident

2:03 am

stidmama

nice to meet you sparks, have a lovely week, all!! (((hugs and choclits and really good coffee for all)))

*POOF*

2:04 am

sprite

*hugs stid*

2:04 am

R. Sparks

G'night and nice to meet you too.

2:05 am

R. Sparks

I can't see little flag by my name. Do I need to add it somewhere?

2:06 am

sprite

you must select your country, I think. And check the Show Profile thing.

2:06 am

R. Sparks

I'm procrastinating because i'm stuck in the puzzle... thanks sprite

2:07 am

sprite

I know the feeling.

2:09 am

sprite

did you spot the gerund ending and played around with it? It is pretty rewarding in this grid.

2:10 am

R. Sparks

Might say goodbye, almost to my stop. Thank you all so much for the warm welcome. Look forward to future chats. Have a good evening. And I believe I should say... *poof* from what I've seen when people go.

2:10 am

Griffums

'Night!

2:11 am

sprite

hehehe you can say whatever you want, but poof is correct, lol. Sleep well, Sparks. Great to have you along.

2:11 am

R. Sparks

Will look at home sprite, bye for now

2:13 am

sprite

sorry.... not sleep well, but have a good trip home

2:16 am

mrpresident

what sleep? you actually get sleep?

2:17 am

sprite

me? Rarely, lol.

2:17 am

sprite

beautiful cat, mrP, btw. Royalty!

2:20 am

Griffums

I'm too sleepy and way too slow at this - my skills are dusty! Off to bed. Nice to see a few names I remember here!

2:21 am

sprite

sleep well, Griffs!

2:25 am

sprite

what happened, mrP? Real life came between you and babble again?

2:25 am

mrpresident

thanks sprite, she was my cat love

2:26 am

mrpresident

sorry, emails, bull$hit, the lot... my stalker is at it again

2:26 am

mrpresident

what is real life?? I live in babble to avoid that dimensional delusion

2:26 am

sprite

I can see why. She has real personality.
Hell no, not again? Is he emailing you? Isn't that proof of some kind?

2:32 am

mrpresident

he is doing worse sprite, it is in my profile

2:32 am

mrpresident

will email you the incident report... he is a liar and uses others to now harass me

2:32 am

sprite

what does your lawyer say?

2:33 am

mrpresident

the police are now very concerned... my lawyer is all for defamation, but he has no money, so what is the point?? it is a civil case and doesn't get him gaoled

2:34 am

sprite

if he is convicted, it may help with later criminal cases...

2:34 am

mrpresident

but, I just want to serve him the papers!

2:34 am

mrpresident

true, and live in hope

2:35 am

sprite

yes, anything you can do to help you feel powerful against him. He is so totally out of his mind!

2:36 am

mrpresident

well, today I spoke to him from a distance and told him I was suing him and getting a violence order out against him, I then walked away saying.... 'keep spreading your lies Max... you will just be paying me more!'
I don't think he liked that

2:37 am

sprite

good for you!

2:40 am

mrpresident

i was just so angry with him!! i have to now control that and go to court.

2:40 am

sprite

yes. You know he is pushing you because it will help HIS case if you blow up, don't you?

2:41 am

mrpresident

yes, but what i said to him was not threatening, it was a fact!

2:41 am

mrpresident

and he will be served two sets of papers this week

2:42 am

mrpresident

don't you think it was polite of me to let him know? LOL!!

2:42 am

sprite

no, that was just clear and to the point. He wants you to blow up, at him, or better even, at somebody else in public. Then he can 'proof' you are the one who is out of it.

2:42 am

sprite

hehehe yes very polite!

2:43 am

sprite

very good. One set for defamation and the other for the PVO?

2:44 am

mrpresident

yes, he won't be please?? do you think?

2:45 am

sprite

I think he will be very pleased, lolll. NOT! I hope he will take up the challenge though, and not back out.

2:45 am

sprite

mrP, can you explain the PVO to me? Is that different from the order to stay away from you for a certain distance?

2:45 am

mrpresident

he is too chicken$hit to confront me, get's others to do it for him

2:46 am

mrpresident

what a loser... picking on a woman!

2:46 am

mrpresident

and now the 'federal police officer' is being investigated

2:46 am

mrpresident

he just keeps on pulling people in and frigging them over!

2:46 am

sprite

impersonating a police officer is punishable by law here

2:52 am

sprite

did chog froze? Or just you?

2:57 am

mrpresident

sorry sprite!!

2:57 am

mrpresident

was looking up the title deed for the Prick's house, see how much money he owes on his mortgage and how much I can get out of him

2:58 am

sprite

lol no problem. Can you explain the PVO to me? Is that different from an order to stay away from you for a certain distance?

2:58 am

mrpresident

plus, he did get paid, allegedly, for the 'sale' of his business... so will find that out too

2:59 am

mrpresident

whatever money he has, including furniture, will be seized by the sherrifs department once my case goes through

3:01 am

sprite

never mind, I managed to google it

3:02 am

mrpresident

it is sprite... gaol time for impersonating an officer

3:04 am

mrpresident

even if he was an officer, he had NO right to do what he did

3:04 am

mrpresident

i will send you the incident report now ok??

3:04 am

mrpresident

please don't share it with anyone darling

3:04 am

sprite

oh, hold it, I am not at home

3:05 am

sprite

no I won't. Can you send it to sarcassm@hotmail.com ? I can receive it here then. The planet addy is only accessible at home.

3:09 am

mrpresident

have sent it to both addies,

3:10 am

mrpresident

you now have my personal addy as well

3:15 am

DTins

Any clue for the ta5/12 please it won't take tauon???

3:16 am

sprite

wonderful honey, am reading it

3:16 am

sprite

DTins: black sticky stuff + active verb

3:19 am

mrpresident

the timtamslam info you need:
bite off a small corner from each end of the timtam, take your favourite hot beverage (coffee, tea, hot choc) and use the timtam as a straw.... it will become hot and soggy. put it in your mouth, let it dissolve and swallow!

3:20 am

DTins

TY sprite

3:20 am

mrpresident

or derog term for a disabled person

3:28 am

mrpresident

not liking that there is no s, or ed... grrrr

3:28 am

sprite

I have told my daughter that she must take a picture of me doing the timtamslam, so we will make sure you get to see it, lol

3:28 am

sprite

but two very rewarding endings, mrP

3:28 am

sprite

ok, I read your mail. Will answer by mail.

3:32 am

rubyfoo

good morning everybody

3:34 am

mrpresident

hi ruby!!

3:34 am

mrpresident

absolutely sprite!! I want pics from you, crossy, ruuster and peri... insisting!!! lol!!

3:35 am

mrpresident

if you can do video, I want that too!! please!

3:35 am

mrpresident

did you see the video of the birds in my profile sprite??

3:35 am

rubyfoo

{{mrp}} reading over the chog, I see that your awful saga continues. I would think you would be better off not speaking to the guy, even at a distance. that's what lawyers are for.

3:35 am

mrpresident

how you going ruby??

3:36 am

rubyfoo

When we filed our complaint against the dog guy, he came to my house to beg for me to drop it, then his wife called me, saying my husband was a liar. WhenI advised the gendarmes of both incidents, they gave me their cell number and said to call them IMMEDIATELY

3:37 am

rubyfoo

that the people were not allowed any contact with us

3:37 am

rubyfoo

and that I shouldn't talk to them

3:37 am

sprite

hi rubyfoo, good advice. Not a word anymore to the needledick

3:37 am

rubyfoo

[[sprite}}

3:38 am

sprite

I want to draw attention to my icon today. It is so cute :)

3:38 am

rubyfoo

he's surely da**

3:39 am

sprite

email sent, mrP.

3:39 am

mrpresident

indeed ruby!!

3:39 am

rubyfoo

once my Max saw himself reflected in a door and got really scared....no genius, he

3:39 am

mrpresident

thanks sprite... will go look

3:40 am

sprite

lol no, not very smart. I was amazed at terra at the mirror. He didn't care about his own image, just didn't react. But when I entered the image, he looked from me to it and back. Smartass :)

3:40 am

mrpresident

that is too cute sprite!

3:41 am

mrpresident

i have an email to send you... it is fantastic... will send it now

3:45 am

sprite

thanks :) I like the icon so much myself :D

3:46 am

mrpresident

ok sending you a great one! ready??

3:47 am

sprite

ready :)

3:47 am

mrpresident

there it is!

3:48 am

mrpresident

of course feel free to share it, but take out my addy when forwarding it please!! :))

3:48 am

mrpresident

but I already know you would do that :D... thanks hun

3:49 am

sprite

I always do :)

3:50 am

mrpresident

I don't share that addy with just anyone you know!! **hugs**!!

3:51 am

sprite

omg.... that is a very sneaky illusion! Oh LOLLLLL that is great!

3:51 am

mrpresident

isn't it wonderful!!?? I luved it!

3:52 am

mrpresident

i get some great stuff, will have to pass them on... very clever, nothing dirty

3:52 am

sprite

took me a while!

3:52 am

mrpresident

i had to go to the answer!!

3:53 am

sprite

was looking for the silhouet etc. But I am a book person/word person... so at some point it jumped out at me.

3:54 am

mrpresident

i was looking at everything but the object !!

3:56 am

mrpresident

brb, life is calling

3:56 am

rubyfoo

*ppof**

3:57 am

sprite

bye mrP and rubyfoo

3:58 am

mrpresident

sharing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MleXPV
xLGX0

3:59 am

mrpresident

life stopped for me, thanks to my better half... can lay back and enjoy babble

4:01 am

mrpresident

te6 please?

4:02 am

sprite

your better half is a sweetie

4:04 am

sprite

this is an awful clue but I don't know a better one:
first 3 letters of latin for world + loving both men and women + vowel.

4:05 am

mrpresident

he was dead meat a few days ago!! LOL

4:05 am

mrpresident

thanks sprite, perfect clue

4:05 am

sprite

yeah lol I don't say he doesn't make mistakes... we all do. But he IS a sweetie. And he has a nicely adjusted package. *innocent look*

4:07 am

sprite

do you have the pi5? I just cannot find it! Even looked in lickety's clues which P I was missing

4:07 am

mrpresident

hahaha!! indeed sprite!!

4:07 am

beckyj

Morning all!

4:07 am

sprite

morning beckyj!

4:07 am

mrpresident

pi + gerand

4:08 am

sprite

grrrrr that is NOT a word! Thank you, mrP, totally new one for me.

4:08 am

mrpresident

it is mathematical

4:09 am

mrpresident

and as maths isn't a word, I agree

4:09 am

sprite

*mumblemumbleforcryingoutloudcrazymath
smumblegrumble*

4:09 am

mrpresident

hi bec :)

4:10 am

beckyj

hi :) how is everyone?

4:10 am

mrpresident

yeah, math is rubbish when language is your 'thing'

4:10 am

sprite

happily battling with this grid, enjoying the sun in the garden

4:10 am

sprite

how about yourself, beckyj?

4:10 am

beckyj

sounds lovely sprite!

4:11 am

beckyj

I am good thank you, I am currently relaxing on my couch trying to take down this grid! Slowly but surely...

4:11 am

sprite

that is the way :)

4:11 am

beckyj

indeed!

4:11 am

beckyj

:)

4:12 am

Kallia

morning all

4:12 am

Kallia

I so want fandango to bethere!

4:12 am

beckyj

Morning, Kall!

4:12 am

sprite

hi Kallia... yes, and banana!

4:13 am

Kallia

oh yes,hadn't noticed that

4:13 am

sprite

happy to share the misery, grinnnn

4:13 am

Kallia

lol

4:15 am

Kallia

do you have sunshine today Sprite?

4:16 am

Kallia

It is beautiful here, going into the garden shortly to hand dye some fabric

4:16 am

mrpresident

hi kalli!

4:16 am

sprite

on and off. Just a moment ago it was so lovely, all the flowers in the garden radiant with sunlight. And now it is dark and gloomy :(

4:16 am

Kallia

hello Mr P

4:16 am

sprite

oh wow! I love all the things babblers do. What do you use the fabrics for?

4:17 am

mrpresident

just dark here... and stupid a$$ dogs next door barking constantly!!

4:17 am

Kallia

oh all sorts of things, art quilts, fabric postcards, anything I want to make

4:17 am

sprite

erodes the nerves, barking dogs.

4:17 am

Kallia

that is not nice Mr P...we have one of those next door to us

4:18 am

sprite

sounds great, Kallia. I'd love to see it :)

4:18 am

Kallia

I dye it and then block print

4:18 am

mrpresident

we have to 'deal' with it, cause they are their 'babies'.... get stuffed and train your dog

4:18 am

Kallia

oh I so agree with that mrp

4:19 am

sprite

teaching your dog not to bark isn't hard at all. It only takes some time and attention.

4:19 am

Kallia

anniesatticroom.blogspot.com

4:20 am

Kallia

there you go sprite if you want to take a look

4:20 am

mrpresident

one of their dogs attacks our dog!! biting, snarling, wanting to kill her.
and their answer?? "oh, she is just being territorial as your dog came here after her!"
No, leash your beast and get some rehab

4:20 am

mrpresident

it takes very little time indeed sprite! my 'princess' was trying it on when she was young... I sorted her out in 2 days... hasn't barked since!

4:21 am

Kallia

my son brought his dog on Thursday, first time he has been here, ..Dempsey just strolled up the path with not a sound,,,lolthe next doordog went bsolutely crazy

4:22 am

sprite

just did, you make wonderful stuff! And very broad range. From cute and funny to really artistic!

4:22 am

mrpresident

she would sit on the opposite lounge, barking right at me!
A shot in the face with a water pistol filled with a little vinegar and water in it sorted that out!! and she had no idea where it came from

4:22 am

Kallia

thanks Sprite, try my hand at most things

4:23 am

mrpresident

very lovely stuff there kalli!

4:23 am

Kallia

depends on the mood...I never know what is going to happen...I just start

4:23 am

Kallia

ty Mr P :)

4:23 am

sprite

we taught terra from the beginning. When he barked, we ignored him. When he stopped, we payed him lots of attention. Trained him to be ok alone as well. And never urged him to bark at the door either. He NEVER barks. Oh well... sometimes, very softly, in his dreams :)

4:24 am

sprite

I like that, Kallia. No need to focus on one style or thing.

4:25 am

Kallia

I love it, and it's great to have time to indulge. I've met some great people in swap groups...Glant for one :)

4:25 am

sprite

oh how nice!

4:26 am

sprite

fireflies for me! Apart from the pi5, I liked this grid a lot.

4:26 am

Kallia

it's not a bad grid...well done Sprite

4:27 am

Kallia

first run finished and I've got 62 left for later maybe

4:27 am

Kallia

off to dye lol

4:27 am

Kallia

bye all

4:27 am

mrpresident

see ya later!

4:28 am

mrpresident

on ya sprite!!

4:28 am

sprite

enjoy, Kallia!

4:29 am

sprite

I am off too, bye all, and *hugs* for mrP. Take care, hun.

4:29 am

mrpresident

you too sprite! **hugs**... thanks for the email too... very helpful in relaxing me

4:29 am

mrpresident

bye !!

4:29 am

sprite

am glad :)

4:31 am

mrpresident

just nice to have people care... really helps

4:42 am

beckyj

Bye Sprite

4:42 am

beckyj

!

4:48 am

graham000

why won't it allow nanobite?

5:37 am

Kaplan the Magne

thanks for the bi4 but that's kind of a ticket to the PB, graham...

5:42 am

MollyL

That nano word has a y in it

6:14 am

mrpresident

cause enable sucks graham

6:14 am

mrpresident

and it may be nanobyte too

6:18 am

Dianne

Hi all - anyone have a clue for the pi5?

6:19 am

mrpresident

yep... maths... pi + gerund

6:20 am

mrpresident

hi everyone :)
sorry, was consumed in conversation with my son

6:20 am

Dianne

Thanks - and that's a stupid word in my book!

6:21 am

carleekat

morning everyone

6:24 am

EspritdJean

greetings people

6:24 am

EspritdJean

rift

6:24 am

EspritdJean

oooooooooops and off to a grand start

6:25 am

carleekat

its ok espirit...mrp has been stocking the pb with timtams

6:26 am

EspritdJean

I am on a Paul McCartney

6:26 am

EspritdJean

went to concert last night

6:26 am

EspritdJean

Paul McCartney *high*

6:28 am

carleekat

nice... i take it it was fab

6:31 am

EspritdJean

he is incredible

6:31 am

EspritdJean

almost 3 hours, no intermission

6:32 am

carleekat

yay

6:32 am

mrpresident

hi jean!! :) lovely to see you **hugs**

6:32 am

mrpresident

wb carlee et al :)

6:33 am

carleekat

hi mrp

6:33 am

mrpresident

i managed to get my puter back so am mrp again

6:33 am

EspritdJean

hi mrp :-)

6:38 am

carleekat

yay for lickety fixing mrp's puter

6:44 am

carleekat

going to go shower... back in a bit...this day has begun

6:48 am

uusue2

morning, all!

6:53 am

NonoNanette

a bre

6:54 am

mrpresident

morning usue!
see ya carlee :)

6:55 am

carleekat

ok...back...oops...let out dog

7:00 am

uusue2

hi, mrp, carlee, nono!

7:01 am

carleekat

ok...doggie done his business... cats fed...dog fed...

7:12 am

Norma

r

7:14 am

periwinkle

hi all, right i for nbt pls

7:15 am

Uneaixoise

ir + gerund

7:15 am

Uneaixoise

stoopid

7:15 am

Riverdance

good morning pe4 - dont have it yet

7:15 am

periwinkle

need an 8 pls for nbs

7:15 am

Riverdance

thanks Une and good morning

7:16 am

Anniebrook

hello everyone

7:16 am

carleekat

not really looking peri..just kinda staring at teh grid and if i should find i word i plug it in

7:16 am

Anniebrook

Une, I received the calendar and am thrilled.

7:16 am

Riverdance

carlee is off to the PB

7:17 am

carleekat

ok

7:17 am

MollyL

A rough copy of a letter is called a dr***, the gerund form is an 8

7:17 am

periwinkle

need to get ready for food pantry, also doing laundry, bbl

7:17 am

periwinkle

ty Molly

7:17 am

carleekat

hi molls

7:18 am

carleekat

by peri

7:18 am

Uneaixoise

annie, so glad you like the calendar! It was really fun to put together :-)

7:19 am

uusue2

thx for the 8 and for that right-hand I! I also need the right-hand O for nbt...

7:19 am

uusue2

...and never mind.

7:19 am

uusue2

nbs and nbt,, better get some exercise

7:20 am

carleekat

bye sue

7:20 am

Uneaixoise

annie, I also gave a copy to the gentleman who fostered the "cover dog" for a looong time -- he was delighted :-)

7:20 am

Uneaixoise

BTW he has over 30 dogs!!

7:24 am

Anniebrook

I just went to reach for my muffin and spilled coffee all over my desk..under the monitor, keyboard, mouse, mouse pad. Cleaned it up with no ill effects, thank goodness.

7:25 am

Anniebrook

Une, this man has over 30 dogs or he fostered 30 dogs...both are awesome. do you foster the dogs on the calendar. I just love them.

7:25 am

Anniebrook

*d8d

7:25 am

Anniebrook

*did ---- LOL

7:26 am

Uneaixoise

jeez, glad you didn't have a coffee disaster!

7:26 am

Anniebrook

no, but my mouse pad is soaking to get the coffee out. no big deal.

7:27 am

Uneaixoise

He has dogs of his own but also fosters a lot -- and hates to part with ANY of them but knows that when he sends pups on transports to forever homes, he's making room for MORE fosters that need in-between homes :-)

7:27 am

Uneaixoise

Very sweet older man -- he and his life live waaay out in the country :-)

7:28 am

Uneaixoise

No, I can't foster, since I already have 3 dogs of my own and don't have a fenced-in yard -- my contribution is transport -- now doing that pretty much every Saturday :-)

7:30 am

Anniebrook

Une, what ever you are able to contribute of your time is wonderful

7:31 am

BzznBea

You are doing a grand thing, Une.

7:32 am

BzznBea

We worked with boxer rescue back in KS. Fostering, transporting, whatever was needed.

7:32 am

BzznBea

These two lugs snoring next to me now came from boxer rescue.

7:33 am

Riverdance

boxers are sweet - my chiropractor has one and she greets me at the door everytime I go - with her toy in mouth to play...lol

7:33 am

Uneaixoise

Boxers are such sweeties -- Annabelle, one of the rescue pups this last Saturday, is part boxer -- she rode up front with me and melted my heart! :-)

7:34 am

inge

bkj e

7:34 am

Uneaixoise

sounds like you did great work, bea :-)

7:34 am

Uneaixoise

hey, river, inge, bea, et al

7:35 am

LuvWordGames

morning all, just reading your posts Une about fostering dogs. I just adopted a dog Saturday at an adoption fair and the woman who fostered her was so sweet with all the dogs she brought and my dog has been with her for about six months before I got her. She seems really sweet and well adjusted-already making herself at home here.

7:35 am

Anniebrook

Hi River and bea

7:35 am

Riverdance

how nice Luv - good luck with her

7:35 am

BzznBea

Good for you for adopting, luv.

7:35 am

Uneaixoise

luv, that's GREAT!! I've met sooo many kind, loving folks who foster/transport!

7:36 am

Riverdance

hello

7:36 am

LuvWordGames

thanks River, will have to post a picture of her if I can get my icon to change-been having problems with that

7:37 am

LuvWordGames

she's a powderpuff chinese crested. Most chinese crested people think of are the homely hairless one but she's got pretty, white fur.

7:37 am

Uneaixoise

I, ahem, pictured them that way too -- by all means, post a pic! LOL

7:38 am

Anniebrook

Luv, what is her name?

7:38 am

LuvWordGames

Her name is Lexie. I read up on the breed and it's possible for both the hairless and the powderpuff to be born in the same litter

7:39 am

Riverdance

my brother rescued a great pierinise (sp?) last year. She is beautiful but quite skiddish.

7:39 am

Uneaixoise

just found pics in google image -- wow, such a difference with hair! :-)

7:39 am

Uneaixoise

(and very cute name)

7:40 am

Uneaixoise

river, here in Nashville we have a rescue called "Big Fluffy Dogs" that takes in Great Pyrrhenees and other biiiig dogs :-)

7:40 am

Riverdance

I love that name - will have to remember that one for any future dogs in my household. My old girl is failing quickly - congested heart fairlure - we are enjoying every day we can with her.

7:41 am

herinfernallady

Hi

7:41 am

LuvWordGames

yes, big difference with hair. I'm trying to post a picture but my computer isn't cooperating right now

7:41 am

Uneaixoise

hey, herin :-)

7:41 am

Anniebrook

hi herin

7:41 am

LuvWordGames

sorry to hear that River, I know they're a part of the family and tough to see them fade

7:41 am

Riverdance

just checked out pics on google - how cute

7:42 am

uusue2

hi again, all, just wanted to pop in for a minute to appreciate all of you with rescue dogs (and those who help to rescue them) - have a rescue dog and two rescue cats myself

7:42 am

herinfernallady

I just read last night on Animal Lib a beautiful story on the Great Pyrrheness dogs.

7:42 am

Uneaixoise

hey, sue -- looks like we're all huge animal lovers! :-)

7:43 am

herinfernallady

Une: http://tinyurl.com/3buk5hf Thought you may like this story

7:43 am

LuvWordGames

hi sue

7:43 am

Anniebrook

I had 2 rescue cats..just mixing

7:43 am

Riverdance

my brother has been taking her everywhere to try and socialize her but she was most likely abused as a small pup and just does not do well with people coming into his home.

7:44 am

herinfernallady

Une I say just read the story though as the rest of the stuff on Animal Lib can be upsetting

7:44 am

carleekat

ok...i gotta get ready..wish me luck today...and/or inner strength

7:44 am

Riverdance

I have 2 labs - love them to death - my 13 year old Kerri and my 4 year old Tori - they are such special girls

7:44 am

herinfernallady

Hi back too

7:44 am

Riverdance

all the best carlee

7:44 am

herinfernallady

Love Carlee. ANy word?

7:44 am

Riverdance

and hello ((Herin))

7:45 am

Uneaixoise

River, one of my adopted girls is a precious beagle mix who was apparently abused by children -- she's great with adults and cats and dogs but terrified of kids -- have accepted that it's not gonna change - have had her several years now . . .

7:45 am

carleekat

no word... i will know more in a couple hours...

7:45 am

Uneaixoise

best of luck and hugs, carlee

7:45 am

herinfernallady

Ok

7:45 am

herinfernallady

Loves

7:45 am

herinfernallady

Une. When you get the chance read that tiny url

7:46 am

Riverdance

before my labs we had a shephard mix that we got from the animal rescue league as a pup - pups were abandoned on the side of a highway - who could do something like that - they were already forming a pack when picked up. She was a wonderful dog - first one we had and excepted my kids wholeheartedly when they were born.

7:46 am

Uneaixoise

will do, herin -- copying it to look at later -- THANKS!

7:46 am

LuvWordGames

Let's see if my icon has changed to Lexie. It seems that I can get it to change if I go directly to Babble but if I use BabbleExpert it won't change

7:47 am

herinfernallady

Luv is that your dogs ears?

7:47 am

LuvWordGames

now that's not Lexie, will try again

7:47 am

Uneaixoise

OMG, Lexie is ADORABLE!!!!

7:47 am

Anniebrook

carlee, I am so sorry about your Dad. I wish you strength and love today.

7:47 am

LuvWordGames

Oh yeah, it loaded!

7:47 am

Riverdance

just refreshed and there she is - she is adorable

7:48 am

herinfernallady

Luv is that her ears sticking up?

7:48 am

uusue2

{{{{{carlee}}}}}}}}

7:48 am

Uneaixoise

River, aren't labs just amazingly loving and wonderful?!

7:48 am

LuvWordGames

yes Herin she has big ears that are very expressive

7:48 am

herinfernallady

Awwwwwwww

7:48 am

Uneaixoise

Luv, she is just too cute for words!

7:49 am

Riverdance

they sure are Une

7:49 am

Riverdance

how old is she Luv?

7:49 am

herinfernallady

My cat is a big ass meatloaf of a thing. Yes she needs to not be so fat but she steals the other cat's food regadless of what we do

7:49 am

LuvWordGames

she's about 18 months old and weights 9 lbs.

7:49 am

Uneaixoise

Transported a black lab mix a couple of weeks ago -- he spent the 70 mile drive with head on my shoulder :-)

7:49 am

uusue2

herin, I have the exact same problem!!!

7:50 am

Anniebrook

awwwww

7:50 am

LuvWordGames

so now when you think of a chinese crested, you can replace that image you always had of them with hers!

7:50 am

Uneaixoise

herin, we need to give equal time to you cat people! LOL!

7:50 am

uusue2

une, that is so sweet! My Sera is a labradoodle rescue :-)

7:51 am

uusue2

anyway my router has once again been acting up, I have to get to work, so I am going to go shower and make breakfast, back in a bit

7:51 am

Riverdance

mine are always at my side no matter where I am....especially my old girl - I think she knows her time is coming so she doesnt go far from me

7:51 am

Uneaixoise

sue, at Xmas I was dancing with my brother's labradoodle and she got so excited she knocked me to the floor (with love, of course) LOL

7:51 am

Riverdance

bye Sue - have a great day

7:52 am

Uneaixoise

need to get crackin' as well - great to visit with all of you -- byeeee *poof*

7:52 am

Riverdance

time for my breakfast as well - be back in a bit

7:52 am

uusue2

p.s. if you click on my flickr photos you can see sera the labradoodle and cheshire the very fat cat :-)

7:52 am

Riverdance

bye Une

7:52 am

LuvWordGames

bye everyone. I have to get ready to take Lexie to the vet for her check up too

7:53 am

PinnyPoppins

Hi friends

7:54 am

PinnyPoppins

Is anyone on here also playing 'Words with friends'?

7:54 am

Anniebrook

Hi Pinny

7:55 am

herinfernallady

My cat just thinks no one ever feeds her

7:55 am

Marc Freeman

Good morning, I have one quick work that is driving crazy and then I have to leave. I need a clue for pi5/15, please?

7:55 am

Anniebrook

pi and gerund

7:55 am

PinnyPoppins

If anyone does play 'Words with friends' please add me! My username is PinnyPoppins

7:56 am

Anniebrook

Never heard of that game, Pinny

7:56 am

Marc Freeman

Thanks Annie but I do not know what gerund means

7:57 am

crosshair

ty annie and gm all

7:57 am

Anniebrook

it is a 3 letter ending to a word meaning an action...as in do***, go***, etc

7:57 am

herinfernallady

I would love to play words with friends but doesn't taht use internet?

7:58 am

Anniebrook

Hi crossy :)

7:58 am

Marc Freeman

Thanks got it and learned something knew. Have to go have a great day one and all.

7:59 am

Anniebrook

bye, marc

8:00 am

herinfernallady

Hi to anyone I missed

8:00 am

herinfernallady

Pinny do you need the internet and iphone for that game

8:14 am

herinfernallady

bye

8:30 am

Scrabbler

Greetings to my Babble buddies!

8:31 am

wvteach

good morning scrabs

8:31 am

MollyL

Hi Scrabs. Thank you so much for the book recommendation. I am really enjoying "The Untethered Soul".

8:32 am

Scrabbler

Hi wv

8:32 am

Scrabbler

Isn't it great? It has changed the way I think about myself, others, and life.

8:35 am

MollyL

It's a very good nudge in the right direction in regards to how and what you think about things/people.

8:35 am

MollyL

And most importantly, how you think about yourself.

8:38 am

Scrabbler

I need to re-read it. I highlighted the sentences that mattered the most to me.

8:46 am

Maryte

GMorning Babble Peoples.....

8:49 am

wvteach

good morning maryte

8:51 am

uusue2

hi again, all!

8:51 am

Scrabbler

Hi MAry & Sue

8:53 am

uusue2

Hi, scrabs!

8:53 am

Maryte

hello, hello!!

8:56 am

uusue2

Hi, Maryte!

8:57 am

Maryte

hello!!

8:59 am

mrpresident

hi all :)

9:00 am

chic

Hey mrp

9:01 am

chic

Grad

9:02 am

chic

Oops

9:02 am

Maryte

mrp!

9:03 am

mrpresident

hey girls!! :)) how is everyone ??

9:03 am

chic

I'm settled in pretty good

9:04 am

mrpresident

did the deed today... got an Apprehension Violence Order out against the Prick... hopefully the courts will make it an interim order so he can't come near me anymore.
Have updated my profile as he did it again this weekend.

9:04 am

mrpresident

Chic!! where are you hunny?? are they treating you like gold?? you are my golden girl!

9:06 am

chic

I'm in rehab. They are getting me my epidural so I don't hurt as much

9:08 am

chic

See you later breakie is here.

9:08 am

uusue2

yay, mrp!!!!! (for the AVO) and boo prick!!!! (for bothering mrp)

9:15 am

mrpresident

see ya chic!

9:15 am

mrpresident

yeah sue, he is a loser

9:16 am

uusue2

sounds like!!! We are in court next Monday to get an order of protection against my son's ex-gf, hopefully that will go well

9:16 am

mrpresident

it should do sue, she has proven herself to be dangerous

9:17 am

mrpresident

have you gotten money out of her family/her for damage to your car?

9:17 am

uusue2

she has indeed. we just don't want to use her testimony (at the deposition) in court as she (falsely) accused my son of many things that could get him in real trouble

9:18 am

mrpresident

when it is over, take her to court over the damages

9:18 am

uusue2

no, mrp, and that is not likely to happen - she has no money of her own. so far I have spent about $500 on new glasses, and the door replacement will be about $400

9:18 am

mrpresident

she is a right idiot and needs help

9:19 am

mrpresident

sue her parents... if she lives with them

9:19 am

mrpresident

how old is this girl??

9:19 am

uusue2

the thing in my car that is most damaged is the door to the CD player, which doesn't close any more, but that is mostly cosmetic and I probably won't bother to fix it

9:20 am

uusue2

well, she was living with her mom, who doesn't really have any money either, also my son broke a window at her place the night of the fight, trying to get help, so it may be a wash

9:20 am

uusue2

and her mother is moving out of state - leaving today

9:20 am

mrpresident

ah, i understand

9:21 am

mrpresident

but, everything remains to be seen

9:22 am

uusue2

indeed. if she fights the OP we may not even bother to pursue it as she is moving out of town anyway

9:46 am

uusue2

anyway, I m off to work! see you all later!

9:59 am

sadie52

Hello :)

10:01 am

crosshair

why must setting up a new cell phone be so damn hard? 20 dollars for them to do it or go to their handy-dandy web site and give it a go..you get there and it say"please imput the 3000 letters and numbers that you will find in microscopic text under the battery of your new phone!...once you have spent an hour doing that,you enter all your personal info.now the fun of picking a number..seems all the numbers are taken except 429-@!#$,,now come the manual or automated activation,,that does not work,so now you call the activation help number that you should of called in the first place,take out the battery yet again so you can enter the 3000 digit number and after 45 minutes and 64 reroutes you get...gasp! a live person!..they pus 3 buttons and you are done!...now for a nice prozac a hot tub and a 40 oz bottle of jack daniels

10:02 am

sadie52

oh i absolutely hate those automated phone systems, verizons is a real pita

10:02 am

crosshair

ok,i am done venting my spleen

10:02 am

crosshair

that is it..verizon

10:02 am

crosshair

lol

10:03 am

java2

either never get a new cell phone or pay the $20...

10:03 am

crosshair

i just told them the site was faulty and it kept sending me back to home page,so she did it for free:))

10:04 am

sadie52

i deal with verizon for internet land line and cell ...why??? cause im not all that bright??

10:04 am

sadie52

and i get that stupid aumated system every time and yelling real person into phone doesnt work rofl

10:05 am

crosshair

and why must that 3000 digit number be all zeos and ohs? lol

10:05 am

crosshair

zeros

10:05 am

java2

Good for you! You beat the system - and added to your gray hairs, frustrations, and probably shortened your life by a few minutes - and that, of course, doesn't include the brain cancer you will get from USING the darn phone

10:05 am

sadie52

automated .....see i can type and spell

10:05 am

sadie52

sigh

10:05 am

crosshair

lol,the cancer is for the kid,it was his phone i was setting up

10:06 am

sadie52

lol fava

10:06 am

sadie52

er java

10:06 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

10:06 am

crosshair

howdy cybernan

10:06 am

java2

And you didn't make him do it himself? His eyes are probably sharper (for the zeros and o's) and he is probably more used to dealing with automation

10:07 am

crosshair

i should of let him do it

10:08 am

crosshair

but it is done!..now for some hard core street drugs and i will be fine lol

10:08 am

crosshair

can someone just mail me a prozac and a oxycontin please?

10:09 am

java2

now now...don't let them win...

10:09 am

crosshair

hehe,i won..set up was free:)

10:09 am

java2

Exactly! You da man!

10:09 am

crosshair

but i am more grey than before i see

10:10 am

crosshair

well the thing came with 20 dollars worth of free air time..was not about to give it up to some annoying guy in a basement in istambul

10:10 am

java2

Ah, that's probably true for all of us (except for me - at least it will be so after my hair appointment next week - no gray at all!)

10:11 am

crosshair

i had to actually ask for someone with less of a accent,first guy was impossible to understand

10:12 am

crosshair

nothing like a global company farming out their tech help to india for 75 cents an hour

10:13 am

java2

There was a discussion on BBC last week regarding that. Some firms are moving their service places back to the UK because of the accent problem.

10:13 am

java2

And then they interviewed a guy from India who was rebutting that claim - and he spoke so fast that I couldn't understand him!

10:14 am

crosshair

good,and if they insist on farming it out,they should pay north american wages,no exploiting other countries

10:14 am

rubyfoo

hello, only 64 words this morning

10:14 am

crosshair

(((ruby)))

10:15 am

crosshair

paul simon knew this.when doing his graceland record in africa,he paid all local singers and help three times the standard north american wage

10:16 am

java2

Well, they should pay the equivalent of the NA wages in the economy of that country. To pay a lot more than would be expected for a similar job in that country might start economic problems in that country. But they certainly shouldn't be paying poverty-level wages for a technical job that requires some education.

10:17 am

crosshair

lol fi 5/20= something crossy is supposed to have more of

10:17 am

mrpresident

hi all :)) again!! **hugs**

10:17 am

cybernan

hi ruby -- that's where I started but quickly resorted to the list

10:17 am

java2

I didn't know that about graceland/simon. And that's a great album. Good for him!

10:18 am

crosshair

((((MRP))))

10:18 am

crosshair

he did indeed java

10:18 am

rubyfoo

reading over the chog, several things: when I get telemarketers, one or two a day, I say, I'm sorry, I don't speak French and frequently they answer "So solly" and 2) I went to college with Paul Simon and he and I dated because I was the only girl shorter than he.

10:18 am

crosshair

you mankiller ruby!

10:19 am

rubyfoo

uh oh, I've given away my age!

10:19 am

java2

Ruby, where did you go to college?

10:19 am

rubyfoo

very small mankiller, crossy!

10:19 am

rubyfoo

Queens, in NYC

10:19 am

crosshair

got pauls home number still? i need a autograph on a record of his:)

10:19 am

rubyfoo

and you, java?

10:19 am

java2

Queens College - Flushing, NY. I was there at the same time

10:20 am

rubyfoo

he was a very sweet guy and had a '57 chevy convertible (red) that he'd afforded from his high school band's earnings

10:20 am

java2

I never met him, but remember seeing him around campus. I was a psych major.

10:21 am

rubyfoo

no! java, where did you live? My maiden name was Lief and I married a history professor named Kelley!!!!

10:21 am

rubyfoo

no! java, where did you live? My maiden name was Lief and I married a history professor named Kelley!!!!

10:21 am

rubyfoo

no! java, where did you live? My maiden name was Lief and I married a history professor named Kelley!!!!

10:21 am

rubyfoo

re, too, but a little bit later

10:21 am

rubyfoo

sorry about that; it didn't seem to enter

10:21 am

rubyfoo

bichon, too

10:21 am

crosshair

good grief! my babble ladies get around! lol

10:21 am

rubyfoo

what was your major, java?

10:22 am

rubyfoo

you betcha, crossy!

10:22 am

java2

I lived in Hollis and then moved (when my parents did) to Valley Stream. My name at that time was Kane - until my last semester when it was Aneshensel

10:22 am

rubyfoo

(I was very young)

10:22 am

JBV

hometown peeps - Hi, ruby, just joined in - I was nearby during those years, too

10:22 am

rubyfoo

that is too funny, I got married at the end of my junior year

10:22 am

JBV

and hi java

10:23 am

java2

I was undeclared for the first year, and going nights. But then majored - and graduated - with a psych major/english minor

10:23 am

rubyfoo

this is lovely; I am so isolated from English-speakers here that it's funny to meet people from Queens

10:23 am

java2

And a belated hi to all

10:23 am

crosshair

the internet can be a wonderful thing ruby tuesday:)

10:23 am

rubyfoo

I graduated in '63, 6 months pregs

10:23 am

mrpresident

(((crossy))) !! did I send you the timtamslam instructions darling?

10:24 am

mrpresident

hi java :)

10:24 am

crosshair

i do not think so mrp

10:24 am

mrpresident

hi JBV :)

10:24 am

rubyfoo

I was just 20

10:24 am

mrpresident

***hugs*** ruby!

10:24 am

crosshair

i was going to use them to slurp up bacon vodka lool

10:24 am

rubyfoo

and my son sent pix of his dad (long divorced from me) and he looks like a monster

10:24 am

mrpresident

ok, will do so to your email account? or can I just post it on my profile??

10:25 am

rubyfoo

10:25 am

mrpresident

oh yeah!! give me the recipe please!!

10:25 am

crosshair

p.a.melbourne@gmail.com

10:26 am

rubyfoo

queens village is not totally black and oriental; when I went to high school, Martin Van Buren, there were only 5 black kids and they had to be bused in and there was only one oriental!

10:26 am

rubyfoo

now*

10:26 am

JBV

hi mrp and hi everbody

10:26 am

rubyfoo

where did you go to high school, java

10:26 am

mrpresident

ok, sent crossy

10:26 am

JBV

I love how the internet makes everything seems so close

10:26 am

rubyfoo

and jbv?

10:26 am

mrpresident

jbv, it is just wonderful support... especially here

10:27 am

rubyfoo

this is so wonderful for me!

10:27 am

mrpresident

has ruru been on lately? I have been away for a few days, so need to chat with him too

10:27 am

JBV

I just discovered a GREAT site for street-level views of our favorite streets and places - much better than google maps - do you know about vpike.com

10:27 am

rubyfoo

we are talking around the globe and finding incredible commonalities

10:27 am

JBV

ruby I haven't tried it but I bet you can click on Martin Van Buren High School and get a 360 degree view

10:27 am

java2

It can be a very small world...where were you living? I graduated in 1/66, after having taken 4-1/2 years to finish the BA. I was 22

10:28 am

rubyfoo

unfortunately, I connected with "growing up in Queens Village" on FB and everybody talked only about the nuns in theiir schools

10:28 am

JBV

ruby, I lived in Astoria and went to Hunter College High School and Hunter College - just a little behind you, graduated from college in '71

10:28 am

java2

High school - Woodhull Preparatory School in Hollis. I should have gone to Andrew Jackson High, but my parents were afraid for my life.

10:29 am

JenMO16

hi everyone

10:29 am

rubyfoo

I understand that, java. My sister, 6 yrs older, went to Music and Art with a long commute because parents were afraid to send her to Jamaica HS

10:29 am

rubyfoo

Woodhull -- very fancy! hahah

10:30 am

JBV

I majored in French, Spanish and English - Ruby, I've been listening to French TV broadcasts and understanding almost everything, not as rusty as I thought!

10:30 am

JBV

same reason I did not go to William Cullen Bryant HS

10:30 am

java2

Well, I don't know about fancy. But I did get a good, if limited, academic education.

10:30 am

rubyfoo

when I lived in Miami and used to go back to NY on biz, I frequently ate in Astoria for the best Greek food outside of Athens!

10:31 am

rubyfoo

JBV, when are you fcoming to France? to practice, of course.

10:31 am

JBV

well now you can get Greek, Pakistani, Middle Eastern, Caribbean, South American - you name it! center of diversity there

10:31 am

java2

Astoria - home of Edith, Archie, Gloria and Meathead

10:32 am

rubyfoo

my sister, who lives in Forest Hills, sends me newspaper clippings about Queens' diversity. There are more languages spoken in Queens county than in any other county in the US!

10:32 am

JBV

ruby, I would love to be able to make a trip next year to my family in Pinerolo (near Torino) and I combine it with a transalpine visit - no definite plans yet, but we're talking.....

10:32 am

rubyfoo

I wish you would all come here! I throw a great party.....

10:33 am

java2

In '57, when I would have started at Andrew Jackson, they were busing in kids from Brooklyn. There were a lot of fights and disturbances.

10:33 am

JBV

a babble meet up - wouldn't it be great? Who else is in the vicinity ruby?

10:33 am

mrpresident

ruby, can I come for a party??

10:33 am

rubyfoo

my son, on one of his last trips, took the train from Aix-les-Bains to Torino in less than 3 hours

10:33 am

rubyfoo

you bet, mrp!!!!!

10:33 am

java2

And I was born in Kew Gardens Hospital.

10:33 am

JBV

sounds great - how far are you from Aix-les-Bains

10:34 am

rubyfoo

nobody :(

10:34 am

rubyfoo

his wife wanted to see the Shroud of Turin.

10:34 am

rubyfoo

less than an hour from Aix-les-Bains

10:34 am

JBV

I think it came to NYC and I never saw it here either -

10:34 am

rubyfoo

so was I, java. OMG!

10:35 am

mrpresident

i just wanna travel to europe again... get my 'freak on' in the countries I really want to see

10:35 am

kje

an7?

10:35 am

JBV

Ruby, have you ever been to the Fenestrelle Fortress ? I heard it was closed for repairs

10:35 am

cybernan

not this one but an 7

10:35 am

java2

My best girlfriend in the whole world was born 4 days before me - and we're still in touch even though we live about 800 miles apart

10:35 am

rubyfoo

I think Kew Gardens Hospital was torn down, but I'm not sure.

10:35 am

JBV

me too, mrp - ready for an adventure

10:36 am

rubyfoo

what is that Fortress, JBV?

10:36 am

kje

ty!

10:36 am

rururocks

an + ot 5

10:36 am

mrpresident

we should organise a 'babble tour'!! 31 countries in 10 days!!

10:36 am

rubyfoo

I feel too old for adventure, but realize how important friends are

10:36 am

mrpresident

hi ruuster! was just talking about you!

10:36 am

java2

Ruby, it is amazing to connect here - and just because of an off hand comment about Paul Simon.

10:36 am

rururocks

gm mr p

10:36 am

mrpresident

I have my info for TimTamSlam in my bio for you hunny

10:37 am

java2

And you're never too old for adventure

10:37 am

rubyfoo

he lived in Kew Gardens and gave me his notes to pass a history course

10:37 am

rururocks

oh let me read that

10:37 am

mrpresident

crikey, it is AM here... oh well

10:38 am

cybernan

hello to everyone who has come in while I've been buried in the grid

10:38 am

mrpresident

bloody yahoo email won't let me copy/paste anything into emails i am responding to... will send you an email though too

10:38 am

rubyfoo

more on Paul Simon: did anybody see his failed production of Capeman? When we were in school together, because I wore a cape instead of a winter coat, he wrote a song about me called "Capewoman" for a fraternity revue, just after the Capeman murder happened

10:38 am

java2

This has been fun, but I have to go re-pot some plants that are desperate for attention. Type at y'all later.

10:39 am

rubyfoo

bye java!!!! {big hug}

10:39 am

crosshair

i have not ruby,but interesting tidbit indeed

10:39 am

rubyfoo

and I ran into Marc Antony on a plane and had no idea who he was....

10:40 am

rubyfoo

I love this place!!!!!

10:40 am

JBV

yes, I saw Capeman on Broadway - we liked it since my it was based on a true story from my husband's era

10:40 am

java2

hugs back, my friend!

10:40 am

rubyfoo

must go and cook

10:40 am

rubyfoo

I have the music but evidently, it was a bust.

10:40 am

JBV

ruby, google Fortezza di Fenestrelle - it's amazing!!

10:40 am

mrpresident

ok, sent email ruru

10:40 am

rubyfoo

I thought the music was wonderful

10:40 am

Dorens

i saw capeman also, (good morning everyone), and I loved it - oh well

10:41 am

crosshair

howdy dorens

10:41 am

rubyfoo

yay for Dorens, well, I am Capewoman!

10:41 am

JBV

hi dorens - haven't made it to montclair, but we're plannign a fantasy trip to France :)

10:41 am

mrpresident

hi dorens! long time no see :)

10:42 am

Dorens

. I am sweaty. just came in from walking the hills and am doing this before jumping into the shower

10:42 am

rubyfoo

and JBV is coming here (hahah)

10:42 am

rubyfoo

but I have a great guestroom!!!

10:42 am

JBV

I can dream, ruby

10:42 am

Dorens

how about next tuesday for montclair (which, of course, is french)

10:43 am

Dorens

someday maybe ruby. would love to see that part of france. and mrP! how are you these days?

10:43 am

rubyfoo

I once ran in a trackmeet at Monclair State and was left in the blocks by all the other runners, my only "serious" race

10:43 am

JBV

OK, dorens - next Tuesday - you mean the 9th - shall I email you for details?

10:44 am

rubyfoo

I am GREEN with envy!!!!

10:44 am

Dorens

yes. sounds like a plan. there are some good movies there. and of course good restaurants. Are you at all interested in snowfower and the secret fan?

10:44 am

mrpresident

doing ok dorens! getting stronger and refusing the extra luggage from stalker Prick!
how you going sweetie?

10:44 am

rubyfoo

or even greene.....

10:45 am

Dorens

i'm hot and sweaty and can hardly think of anything more than that. keep fighting that prick mrP

10:45 am

JBV

just googled snowflower - is it a movie? Yes, i'd be interested

10:45 am

Dorens

jbv.. sarah's key is playing there! we should do that, yes?

10:45 am

Dorens

i dunno ruby i think you should be verte

10:46 am

rubyfoo

I am verte with envy!

10:46 am

Dorens

snowflower is a movie. (remember movies free in montclair on tuesday)

10:46 am

JBV

oh, yes I would like sarah's key, too - either one

10:46 am

rubyfoo

*poof* dinner for the (small) troops

10:47 am

Dorens

okay we have a plan. the 9th. lunch (do you like ethiopian, or should we go to the french restaurant?) and either one of those movies

10:47 am

mrpresident

will do doren! hope the weather cools down

10:48 am

Dorens

it probably will. meanwhile i was walking UPhill which definitely did something to my metabolism, sitting now in airconditioned house and i'm still dripping. need that shower. bye all.

10:48 am

rubyfoo

bye dorens

10:49 am

JBV

I'll let you pick - I just need to be able to identify ingredients :) so I can kind of keep with the program

10:49 am

crosshair

crossy wants breaded calamari rings with a dash of lemon and pepper,some nice long grain wild rice and a mound of steamed sweet pea pods,a nice french stick and some sweet/spicy dipping sauce all washed down with a fine vintage o, the grape

10:49 am

JBV

bye doren, talk to you soon

10:49 am

rubyfoo

crossy, what's a French stick?

10:50 am

crosshair

a narrow long loaf..you wopuld call a baugette

10:50 am

rubyfoo

hahah

10:50 am

crosshair

one for tearing and dipping,not slicing

10:51 am

mrpresident

baguette? ?

10:51 am

crosshair

whatever lol

10:51 am

crosshair

ruby knows the one i am talking bout

10:51 am

mrpresident

i buy them and the kids tear them in half and eat them with butter or cheese

10:53 am

cybernan

does anyone have a clue for the 2nd af 5/16, please?

10:53 am

crosshair

the one sticking out of the bycycle basket in every steriotypical pic of a old wizened frenchman about 100 years old with a beret and a smoke dangling in his mouth

10:53 am

MollyL

a + corn ****ter

10:54 am

rururocks

a + french fry

10:54 am

cybernan

ty molly and ruru

10:54 am

cybernan

*!* ta da *!*

10:54 am

mrpresident

on ya nan!!

10:55 am

crosshair

yaa for cybernan!

10:55 am

cybernan

anyone want clues before I go and wrestle with the new video editing program? (also with greek manuals)

10:55 am

kje

yyaya cyber

10:56 am

cybernan

*greek manuals that don't tell you what you want to know!

10:56 am

Scrabbler

Back again. Lunch hour! Yay!

10:56 am

kje

pi?

10:56 am

cybernan

hi scrabs

10:56 am

mrpresident

hiya scrabs!

10:56 am

crosshair

do not phone the help line,you will get some guy speaking hindi lol

10:56 am

mrpresident

hi kje :)

10:57 am

cybernan

pi + gerund

10:57 am

kje

ty

10:57 am

kje

weird

10:57 am

mrpresident

oh man! can't sleep!! darn it

10:57 am

cybernan

frustrating, isn't it? -- I could sympathize with your struggle with the cell phone

10:59 am

cybernan

In this case the "help" is online, which is not helpful. They have this little box to ask if their answer was helpful, but no place to contact for tech help.

11:00 am

cybernan

I think I'm going back to the store to have a chat with the guru who recommended the program.

11:00 am

BzznBea

Back for a few more words...

11:01 am

BzznBea

Clue for the 8, please?

11:01 am

mrpresident

hi bea :)

11:01 am

cybernan

doesn't look like anyone needs help here, so I will be on my way -- wish me luck!

11:02 am

mrpresident

see ya nan, have good luck on your side always!

11:02 am

cybernan

dr 8 - another gerund that architects use

11:02 am

MollyL

An architect uses a dr8 table Bea.

11:02 am

BzznBea

ty, molly

11:02 am

BzznBea

NBT and NBS

11:04 am

JBsAnno

Hello everyone!

(Why is it I only get on Babble only when I'm out sick anymore? And I've been disgustingly healthy as of late!) :)

11:07 am

Scrabbler

Hi JB

11:07 am

JBsAnno

Hi, Scrabbler, good to see the green bunny!

11:08 am

Scrabbler

And it's nice to see the black & white cat.

11:08 am

Scrabbler

Unless your icon represents something else?

11:10 am

JBsAnno

Nope, it's a cat, just a cat! (Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar...)

11:10 am

Scrabbler

I started to wonder if it was a symbol, or Greek, or Arabic...

11:12 am

JBsAnno

It does look symbolic, yes, I agree. I really like graphic representations, icons, symbols...you know - wingdings!

11:13 am

Scrabbler

Me too!

11:14 am

Scrabbler

I just noticed the -tion ending.

11:14 am

JBsAnno

wait a sec, going back to my web history today to share something, I know it's there, and you would like it...

11:16 am

JBsAnno

http://gizmodo.com/5826464/guess-which
-city-has-been-kaleidoscoped-on-google
-maps/gallery/

11:16 am

JBsAnno

okay, here we go - maps and kaleidoscopes - cool, huh?

11:21 am

Scrabbler

Cool. And I discovered www.weatherspark.com last night--cool visual presentation of weather info.

11:25 am

JBsAnno

Neat-o, Scrabbler! My DH will like that one. :)

11:26 am

Scrabbler

Did he finish his fellowship? In practice now? Still in Philly?

11:27 am

JBsAnno

(pssst @ Scrabbler: where did everyone else go? Are they scared of bunnies and kitties? Are they all eating lunch and eyeballing our conversation? Hmmmm....un-pssst)

11:27 am

JBsAnno

Still in Philly, working here and there, looking for FT practice, me, still at same hospital, same job, still loving it!

11:27 am

car.eeyore

boo!

11:28 am

Scrabbler

They are in the sun having lunch. I could go outside but then it would be hard to come back in. I am at the Indian Reservation today and could go buy inexpensive gas but I usually do it in the way home.

11:28 am

JBsAnno

Ah, reminds me to update my profile!

11:28 am

JBsAnno

Boo backatcha, car.eeyore!

11:28 am

Scrabbler

Boo! Hi Car! How are you? Have you gotten your questions answered from recent headache episode?

11:29 am

bichon

Hi Scrabs, car JBs

11:29 am

JBsAnno

How was lunch, Car? :)

11:29 am

Scrabbler

Hi Bichon

11:29 am

JBsAnno

Hi, bichon!!! Nice to see you again!

11:29 am

car.eeyore

I am fine. Hanging in. No. No answered questions. Just moving on.

11:29 am

car.eeyore

Hi bichon!

11:30 am

car.eeyore

Hi JBsAnno!

11:30 am

bichon

I've been around, but it's summer, the great outside beckons

11:30 am

uusue2

hi again, all!

11:30 am

JBsAnno

Hmm, car, if I was a truer hockey fan, I

11:30 am

bichon

hi sue

11:30 am

Scrabbler

At the minimum your PCP should answer all questions and review all reports with you. Make sure nothing was overlooked.

11:30 am

car.eeyore

Hi Sue!

11:30 am

JBsAnno

oops, dang enter key...

11:30 am

uusue2

not quite lunch time yet but I figure I can fit in a little babbling :-)

11:30 am

uusue2

hi, car!

11:31 am

Scrabbler

Hi Sue

11:31 am

uusue2

hi, scrabs!

11:31 am

car.eeyore

Well, the NP at the PCP told me I had a sinus infection as noted on the CT. She put me on antibiotics. I called the Neuro to ask if I still needed the medication he prescribed and he said that I did NOT have a sinus infection.

11:31 am

JBsAnno

IF I was a truer Flyers fan, I would take some exception to your phicon! LOL - actually, I love that Bruins got it, since hometown is an hour north of Boston

11:32 am

Scrabbler

A bacterial sinus infection = cold/cough that won't go away after 10-14 days.

11:32 am

car.eeyore

Nope. don't have that. I am taking the antibiotics anyway and will start the neuro meds this week.

11:32 am

car.eeyore

It is all very frustrating.

11:32 am

Scrabbler

Go Buffalo Sabres! We have beefed up the team this summer--several signings!

11:32 am

bichon

what are neuro meds?

11:32 am

Scrabbler

What neuro med?

11:33 am

car.eeyore

Inderal

11:33 am

JBsAnno

The season will TELL ALL, Scrabs!

11:33 am

Scrabbler

Car, I hate most docs, and I hate seeing people trying to navigate the health system.

11:33 am

Scrabbler

JB, we have Ville Leino now!

11:33 am

bichon

migraines?

11:34 am

uusue2

I had a CT a couple of months ago b/c of headaches - it showed some sinus thing as well but my doctor told me it wasn't clinically significant (and I had no sinus symptoms, just headaches)

11:34 am

car.eeyore

Yup, "complicated" migraines, according to the neurologist.

11:34 am

Scrabbler

Beta-blocker--> used as cardiac med and can be used to prevent migraines.

11:34 am

bichon

hope the inderal works

11:34 am

uusue2

so I wonder if sinus congestion isn't something that shows up a lot on CT scans, even when it doesn't amount to much

11:35 am

uusue2

anyway, I like the weather spark, scrabs!

11:35 am

Scrabbler

We often see radiologists diagnose sinus issues on head CTs when the pt has NO symptoms of cold/cough at all.

11:35 am

bichon

I've had lots of sinus problems, but I never had pain with them, just a feeling of stuffiness

11:35 am

uusue2

and JB, I don't know if we've met, but I like the cities as well (even though I don't really know which is which :-)

11:35 am

Scrabbler

In kids just crying can opacify a sinus area.

11:35 am

JBsAnno

Car, have you looked at any possible triggers in your diet, new food, new meds, new supplements?

11:35 am

car.eeyore

Oh well. I am feeling better and that is all that matters. Now, if I could just sleep better....

11:36 am

Scrabbler

Isn't that a great website, Sue? I discovered it through a migraine website, as a way to track weather + migraines.

11:36 am

JBsAnno

Opacify - GREAT word!!!

11:36 am

car.eeyore

I have too many triggers!!!! LOL!

11:36 am

car.eeyore

Isn't that funny, Scrabs!

11:36 am

MollyL

Two shots of Irish before bed Car. : P Just kidding.

11:37 am

JBsAnno

"I am calling in sick today, my vision is opacified from too much time on the Internet."

11:37 am

Scrabbler

Car--read about MigreLief--natural prevention for migraines. I use generic equivalent by buying magnesium, vitamin B complex + feverfew.

11:37 am

car.eeyore

The good Captain accompanied me to bed last night, Molly!!!! LOL!

11:37 am

uusue2

this is what my CT said, car: Mild bilateral maxillary (face - below eyes) sinus disease. Which my doc said was irrelevant to my headaches.

11:38 am

bichon

doctors actually take home remedies?

11:38 am

Scrabbler

http://www.thedailyheadache.com/--good info and many useful links!

11:38 am

Scrabbler

Sue, that is a common phrase used by too many radiologists.

11:38 am

JBsAnno

More doctors take less medical advice than you would think, bichon!

11:39 am

Scrabbler

Bichon, I respect the potential adverse effects of medications.

11:39 am

car.eeyore

TY Scrabs!

11:39 am

bichon

my late f.i.l. [in Germany] was a GP. His brother had died of colon cancer. You would have thought he would have kept up with colonoscopies

11:40 am

Scrabbler

My migraine triggers = incoming rain/storms, too much or too little sleep (if I nap I wake up with a migraine), missing a meal/delay a meal.

11:40 am

car.eeyore

My MRI has "foci of hyperintense T2 flair signal in the deep white matter in the right frontal lobe. These are nonspecific and can be seen in the setting of small vessel ischemic changes, migraine headaches, and demyelinating processes."

11:41 am

JBsAnno

AND trolls on the chog, Scrabbler!

11:41 am

Scrabbler

Doctors, including me, do not like being the patient. We like to remain in control and we lose control when we are the patient. Thus it has been 2 yrs since I saw my internist, gyn and eye doc.

11:41 am

bichon

what does that mean? Is it the aging proces as I was told after an MRI

11:42 am

Scrabbler

"nonspecific" = radiologist's hedge term

11:42 am

car.eeyore

*slap* on the hands for Scrabs...go to your doctors!!!!

11:42 am

bichon

Scrabs, at least go to your GYN and get a Pap smear

11:42 am

MollyL

Translation of Car's MRI comments: We haven't got a friggin' clue what's causing them.

11:42 am

JBsAnno

I'm with you, Scrabbler. Married to a doc, work with docs, and last general appt was last year. Hey, if something WAS wrong, they'd all notice, right?

11:42 am

car.eeyore

I am not really sure...I guess it means I get migraines.....DUH!!! I already KNEW that!!!

11:43 am

Scrabbler

Well, I saw optometrist a few months ago, I did see MD to discuss slightly increased BP in Dec, and I have no uterus/ovaries, and am a nun, in effect.

11:43 am

car.eeyore

AMEN Molly!

11:43 am

rururocks

does anyone have the pi 5/16 please

11:43 am

bichon

okay Scrabs, you are excused from the GYN

11:43 am

Scrabbler

Uh, oh, a male has entered the chat.

11:43 am

MollyL

pi + gerund

11:43 am

car.eeyore

Hi ruru! NO, I do not have it.

11:43 am

JBsAnno

:) @ Scrabbler - I'll make my appointments if you make yours!

11:44 am

rururocks

thanks a lot molly

11:44 am

JBsAnno

Great clue from earlier today - pi +gerund

11:44 am

car.eeyore

TY Molly! I always miss that one.

11:44 am

MollyL

Dopey word.

11:44 am

JBsAnno

And I'm typing slower than MollyL!

11:44 am

Scrabbler

The annual check-up is useless for majority of healthy people--without any symptoms it is highly unlikely that an exam will reveal a problem. But, blood work could reveal a problem.

11:45 am

rururocks

it actually is a stupid word..and it isn't in a2z wordfinder either

11:45 am

bichon

I'm having my physical this week. Haven't had one in a while. But, since I'm diabetic and asthmatic, I do see my doc a lot

11:45 am

JBsAnno

Think I'd better make an optometrist appt, too, chat is starting to blur

11:46 am

Scrabbler

What does pi5 mean? Tossing the Greek letter at someone?

11:46 am

Scrabbler

Yes, you need frequent checks, bichon.

11:46 am

MollyL

Sure Scrabs, why not? Since there is no definition offered for it. I hate that.

11:46 am

JBsAnno

Makes me think of an eating contest at a fair, Scrabs

11:46 am

uusue2

apparently it is the active verb form of either pi or pie, neither of which I thought were verbs at all

11:47 am

uusue2

you could be right, JB! :-)

11:47 am

bichon

I need a break from this grid. NOt doing tooo well

11:47 am

Scrabbler

Stupid receptionist just walked in to put timesheets up. She never knocks. I am going to pie her!

11:47 am

car.eeyore

Me too. And I need cat litter. Ahhh. My exciting life!

11:47 am

JBsAnno

This grid does have a lot of unusual words today, Bichon

11:47 am

MollyL

There! Scrabs is pi5 her receptionist.

11:48 am

JBsAnno

Blueberry or apple?

11:48 am

JBsAnno

What segues! from migraines to pi to cat litter...only on the chog, LOL!

11:49 am

rururocks

te 6 please

11:49 am

JBsAnno

Like a region in Russia, ruru

11:50 am

rururocks

thank you

11:50 am

uusue2

thx, JB!

11:50 am

JBsAnno

yw!

11:51 am

JBsAnno

Going "poof" now, need food and nap (no migraine, though), too much squinting at computer, just like at work! See you all, sooner rather than, later! "poof"

11:53 am

rururocks

bi 5/14 please

11:53 am

Scrabbler

*thinking about a region in Russia*

11:54 am

MollyL

Sounds like oregano, basil, etc + two vowels

11:54 am

Scrabbler

Cats, dogs and toddlers are often bi5--nipper.

11:54 am

rururocks

never mind

11:54 am

rururocks

found it

11:54 am

MollyL

bi 5/14 ...bi + ***ario is a region in Canada

11:55 am

MollyL

Too late : (

11:55 am

rururocks

thanks Molly

11:55 am

rururocks

it's a wrap

11:55 am

Scrabbler

Molly, is that clue for te6?

11:55 am

uusue2

yay, ruru!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!

11:55 am

Scrabbler

NM, got te6

11:56 am

uusue2

it was, scrabs, although I would have described it as a region in the Balkans

11:57 am

MollyL

<--- Is geographically challanged

11:57 am

Scrabbler

Yes, that makes more sense

11:57 am

MollyL

Or challenged

11:57 am

Scrabbler

Silly Molly!

11:59 am

rururocks

bye for now.. thank you Molly for the clues

12:00 pm

Scrabbler

Congrats Ruru! Enjoy the day.

12:00 pm

MollyL

Adieu Ru

12:02 pm

Kateq

Molly, I made your sweet potato rolls -- a few changes --no bread machine, honey for sugar, sesame seeds on top--FABULOUS!!!! Many thanks!

12:02 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Kate....back to work for now. I will pop in when I can.

12:03 pm

MollyL

Oh Katie, I'm so glad you enjoyed them. It really is a good recipe and good for you for tweaking it.

12:04 pm

Kateq

It IS a great recipe and the rolls are so pretty as well as delicious.

12:04 pm

Trifioso

hello dear babble friends. lunch time!

12:04 pm

MollyL

That is my "go to" recipe for dinner rolls now. Hi Trif!

12:04 pm

Scrabbler

((Trif)) I am still here, of course, finding "just one more word."

12:04 pm

Trifioso

hello my dear ones!

12:06 pm

car.eeyore

Hello my dearest!

12:06 pm

Trifioso

I read a story at work with a student today, about a "hairy nosed south american dolphin" and thought of my dear babblers...

12:06 pm

Trifioso

hello my love!

12:07 pm

car.eeyore

LOL!

12:07 pm

Scrabbler

And you said, "INIA, inia, inia!!"

12:07 pm

MollyL

(Better than saying redrum)

12:08 pm

Trifioso

ooooh, my boyfriend's last name is in the grid!

12:08 pm

MollyL

I noticed that earlier. I said, "oh, there is Mr. Trif"

12:09 pm

Trifioso

you know it molly! how I love my dear colin!

12:09 pm

car.eeyore

Have you gotten a second wind yet?

12:10 pm

Trifioso

no. and I can't focus AT ALL today.

12:10 pm

car.eeyore

You can do it, Heidi!

12:10 pm

car.eeyore

I need a remedial clue for the te 6 please...

12:11 pm

Trifioso

sounds like the cold russian place, kinda

12:12 pm

Trifioso

actually, no, not at all, ignore that.

12:12 pm

Trifioso

it sounds like the country next to where mom didn't go on vacation

12:13 pm

car.eeyore

For God's sake! Give me something I can use!

12:13 pm

MollyL

U of MD teams are the ***ps + a **t o'honey + vowel

12:13 pm

Trifioso

yes, sorry. I should not clue when sleep deprived.

12:13 pm

car.eeyore

You were good on the cold russian place...

12:13 pm

car.eeyore

TY Molly!

12:15 pm

uusue2

hi again, all, now it really is lunchtime :-)

12:15 pm

car.eeyore

Officially "hi" then Sue!

12:17 pm

MollyL

Oh seriously! no6/21??? Give me a break.

12:17 pm

Trifioso

and it's officially "bye" for me, or the whole day will be away with me. Cheers, dears!

12:17 pm

car.eeyore

bye!

12:19 pm

uusue2

bye, trif!

12:20 pm

uusue2

clue for this outrageous no6 word, molly?

12:21 pm

MollyL

Slang for an7, I guess.

12:22 pm

uusue2

ah, thx! didn't have the an7 either.

12:25 pm

MollyL

Used in a sentence: It was no6 drive by pi6. News at 11!
: D

12:27 pm

uusue2

you mean pi5, I hope?

12:28 pm

uusue2

a pi6 would be a whole no6 thing entirely :-)

12:31 pm

MLFAN17

hello

12:31 pm

uusue2

hi, mlfan!

12:32 pm

MLFAN17

hi uusue

12:35 pm

MLFAN17

stats for the O 5th column please?

12:36 pm

uusue2

ob4/6

12:37 pm

MLFAN17

duhh thanks uusue

12:38 pm

MLFAN17

stats for the i 5th column please?

12:39 pm

rubyfoo

hello everybody. With two attempts, I still haven't reached half!

12:39 pm

uusue2

ir5/14

12:39 pm

uusue2

hi, ruby!

12:40 pm

MLFAN17

can you clue it please uusue?

12:40 pm

uusue2

it's a gerund

12:41 pm

MLFAN17

umm

12:42 pm

uusue2

sane ending as the dr8

12:43 pm

uusue2

*same

12:43 pm

rubyfoo

ty sue!!

12:43 pm

rubyfoo

didn't even have the dr5

12:43 pm

uusue2

yw, ruby!

12:43 pm

uusue2

I didn't either when it was clued earlier :-)

12:43 pm

MLFAN17

lol got it

12:44 pm

flosey

good morning everyone

12:44 pm

uusue2

yet another weird word

12:44 pm

uusue2

hi, flosey!

12:44 pm

flosey

gorgeous day here

12:44 pm

rubyfoo

hello flosey

12:44 pm

rubyfoo

here, too, absolutely perfect

12:47 pm

rubyfoo

but this grid is too hard for me!

12:47 pm

rubyfoo

good night, everybody

12:48 pm

flosey

oh, goodnight ruby, sweet sleep

12:48 pm

inge

P;

12:49 pm

flosey

does anyone have a clue for eo6 please?

12:50 pm

MollyL

Span of time + Mr. Fleming

12:50 pm

flosey

thanks Molly

12:50 pm

flosey

great clue

12:50 pm

MollyL

You're welcome Flosey. I always struggle with words that start with double vowels.

12:51 pm

uusue2

night, ruby!

12:51 pm

uusue2

hahaha, I always struggle with words that start with any number of vowels!

12:51 pm

uusue2

(as well as quite a few words that start with consonants...)

12:51 pm

LisaG

who is mr. fleming?

12:52 pm

uusue2

wrote the James Bond books, lisa

12:52 pm

EvaNadine

hints for the 8?

12:53 pm

EvaNadine

oh, i see it is DR8...

12:53 pm

LisaG

oh...got it now..lol...

12:53 pm

MollyL

An architect uses a dr8 table.

12:53 pm

uusue2

builds off the dr5/18, eva

12:53 pm

EvaNadine

thats NBT and NBS for me. :)

12:53 pm

wvteach

uses the present participle / gerund ending as do so many of the long wordsw

12:54 pm

JeeWhiz

Can someone help me with the pi5 please?

12:55 pm

MollyL

pi + gerund

12:56 pm

JeeWhiz

oh....weird..thanks Molly

12:56 pm

uusue2

yay, eva!

12:56 pm

LisaG

I cant get any i words :( any clues?

12:56 pm

MollyL

You're welcome JW

12:57 pm

uusue2

one is short for da4/5, lisa

12:57 pm

MollyL

in...word for baby...add a vowel for another i word

12:57 pm

uusue2

another is ir5/14, same ending as the pi5/16

12:57 pm

MollyL

in + gr5/20

12:58 pm

uusue2

thx for all of those, molly!

12:58 pm

LisaG

i have two da 4 words, but none are de 5

12:58 pm

LisaG

da 5 *

12:59 pm

uusue2

da4/5, something you would input to your computer

1:00 pm

uusue2

in4/7 is an abbreviation for a word with a similar meaning

1:00 pm

wvteach

da 5/12 - boys name + two vowels

1:02 pm

EvaNadine

dania

1:02 pm

EvaNadine

well, glad that one wasnt right.
oopsie.

1:03 pm

doseffing

... in6/27 ... an extemely young child .... in 7/40 ... an extremely young girl child usually a princess

1:04 pm

wvteach

eva - change the last vowel you used

1:04 pm

EvaNadine

i got it. thanks. :)

1:22 pm

tceicher

ab

1:38 pm

HarryHood

missing the right hand O for nbt

1:39 pm

Kaplan the Magne

death notice.

1:39 pm

HarryHood

ty!!!

1:41 pm

LisaG

thanks for the clues...had to step away for a minute, the exterminator showed up lol

1:42 pm

LisaG

have had a nightly critter that is NOT welcome

1:42 pm

uusue2

hi, harry and kap!

1:42 pm

HarryHood

we had bats last year

1:42 pm

HarryHood

hi sue, lisa

1:42 pm

uusue2

and bummer, lisa, hope the exterminators were able to exterminate :-)

1:42 pm

LisaG

it has shown up twice, three days apart each time

1:42 pm

LisaG

hi harry :)

1:43 pm

LisaG

i hope so too. It is either a rat or an opossum

1:43 pm

LisaG

yuck yuck yuck either way

1:43 pm

LisaG

we live in a wooded area, and get a lot of animals...

1:44 pm

HarryHood

yuck indeed

1:44 pm

LisaG

this is the first time one has been in my house though...at first we thought it was trapped in the walls, but came home saturday night to a bag of tortillas torn open and half a tortilla eaten laying on the ground

1:45 pm

uusue2

oh, yuck - in my house that would have been the dog, of course...

1:45 pm

LisaG

lol...we just lost our cat about a month ago :(

1:47 pm

uusue2

{{{{lisa}}}} it is hard to lose our furry friends :-(

1:48 pm

LisaG

yes, my children took a while to get over it, and Im not sure they are still over it. I asked if they would like to get a new one from the pound, and they said no :(

2:00 pm

carleekat

hi sue

2:01 pm

uusue2

hi, carlee! How is your dad?

2:01 pm

carleekat

sedated.... a skeleton... barely recognized him... no extraordinary measures..just fluids and morphine

2:02 pm

uusue2

oh, carlee, I am so sorry {{{{{{{{{{{{carlee}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

2:04 pm

carleekat

( i just sent u message on fb )

2:05 pm

carleekat

i was afraid to touch him for fear it would hurt him...

2:09 pm

LisaG

ri 5/10?

2:10 pm

HarryHood

i have 2 lisa - add crawling picnic pest, and add m*** hari

2:11 pm

dcseain

hohoho, green ri5!

2:11 pm

dcseain

hi, carlee, Lisa, uusue, Harry, et al

2:11 pm

HarryHood

is that astro doing a frozen veggie commercial

2:13 pm

dcseain

But Astro can barely talk, what kind of promotion could he really do.

2:15 pm

uusue2

cute, dc :-)

2:16 pm

HarryHood

halfway!

2:17 pm

inge

Fhe German pianist is now playing. Cleveland news critic says a Russian will win.

2:17 pm

inge

Oh, I checked in to say I ahe firewors.

2:17 pm

HarryHood

yay inge

2:18 pm

HarryHood

what aer the stats for the 8?

2:21 pm

HarryHood

later...77 to go

2:21 pm

Anniebrook

(((carlee))) I am so sorry about your Dad.

2:33 pm

LisaG

thanks for the clues...i am just popping in and out lol

2:33 pm

LisaG

58 left :)

2:33 pm

LisaG

harry~dr 8/70

2:37 pm

LisaG

got all my g's

2:38 pm

Flask1

Hi all......how is it today? the grid I mean!

2:39 pm

LisaG

its tricky...

2:46 pm

LisaG

any clues for the last no?

2:46 pm

Anniebrook

can I get a clue for in 7.48 ?

2:46 pm

Anniebrook

dont have it, lisa, sorry

2:47 pm

LisaG

in = gr 5/20

2:47 pm

LisaG

in + gr 5/20

2:48 pm

Anniebrook

thanks !! lisa

2:48 pm

shdybr8

hi babblers, happy monday!

2:49 pm

dcseain

hi, shdy

2:49 pm

Anniebrook

lisa, no 6 is an idea

2:50 pm

shdybr8

Seain! great to see you, how goes it?

2:50 pm

dcseain

ty, annie

2:50 pm

dcseain

oh, okay. and you?

2:50 pm

dcseain

ty lisa for IN

2:50 pm

dcseain

i got two from that

2:50 pm

shdybr8

pretty good

2:50 pm

LisaG

thank you!!

2:51 pm

LisaG

there are some others off of the gr too...

2:51 pm

LisaG

well one more that i know of

2:51 pm

LisaG

48 left

2:51 pm

dcseain

yes, the words iwth that ending wer some of my early words

2:52 pm

LisaG

:)

2:52 pm

LisaG

first time i have almost all of the big words by myself :)

2:52 pm

dcseain

it's hot here again today.

2:53 pm

LisaG

i cant find another y word...I have the hemilayan beast....

2:53 pm

LisaG

here too...muggy and hot, and now it is raining...its like we live in the rainforest lol

2:54 pm

dcseain

ye5 buena

2:54 pm

crosshair

beautiful here sunny and 25c with a wind off the bay:)

2:55 pm

shdybr8

can you translate 25c, please, crossy?

2:55 pm

crosshair

77f for my american friends

2:55 pm

LisaG

buena?

2:55 pm

LisaG

i only know that to mean pretty girl?

2:56 pm

shdybr8

ty, lol, been a while since I looked at the conversion!

2:56 pm

dcseain

yes, rather chilly there crossy

2:56 pm

uusue2

88f here and rather humid (so it feels like 98f)

2:56 pm

crosshair

lol@chilly

2:56 pm

LisaG

its in mid 90s here...

2:56 pm

dcseain

ye5 buena means good herb in spanish; it's a plant

2:56 pm

uusue2

ye*** buena is in california, I think

2:56 pm

JenMO16

my brother is flying in from Seattle tomorrow for two weeks.......heat wii hit him hard

2:56 pm

crosshair

we fall apart when it gets over 85f:)

2:56 pm

uusue2

and now i have to run off to a meeting, bbl

2:57 pm

crosshair

we had our heat wave 2 weeks ago,tis enough

2:57 pm

shdybr8

90-something here, just finished a downpour, so heat index should be down, 2+ inches of rain since about noon!

2:57 pm

crosshair

nasty

2:57 pm

dcseain

njoy uusue

2:58 pm

dcseain

it's about 100F here and humid. No rain in sight.

2:58 pm

shdybr8

here? no i love it! don't like to be out in the downpour, but love the heat

2:58 pm

LisaG

i love the heat too..i would rather it be 90 than cold and snowy

2:58 pm

shdybr8

ugh, seain, that's not what DC is supposed to feel like!

2:59 pm

LisaG

got the ye thanks !

2:59 pm

shdybr8

must be a lisa thing, lisa

2:59 pm

LisaG

is that your name too?

3:00 pm

shdybr8

yep, the other one is from critters

3:00 pm

MollyL

Topper says chance of isolated afternoon thunderstorms Seain.

3:01 pm

shdybr8

nice to 'see' everyone, just popped in to say hi - take care

3:03 pm

Anniebrook

hi shdy

3:04 pm

Anniebrook

clue for ra 7.48, please?

3:05 pm

JenMO16

what you do in the water, annie

3:05 pm

MollyL

What you do when you go down the white water Annie

3:06 pm

Anniebrook

thank you!! I should have seen that ending

3:06 pm

HarryHood

aah ty molly - I had the 6/27 but didnt' see that

3:06 pm

HarryHood

72 left...think it's time to list

3:17 pm

Ouwachita

any clue for the te ?

3:19 pm

Ouwachita

nevermind...got it

3:20 pm

Anniebrook

fireworks

3:21 pm

Anniebrook

doorbell

3:38 pm

cosdem

Hello Babblers.

3:39 pm

dianedecoder

hi Cosdem :-)

3:39 pm

cosdem

tough grid :( 87 left. listing now.

3:39 pm

cosdem

hi diane.

3:40 pm

cosdem

im struggling with an an4/4 word.. how pathetic lol

3:40 pm

cosdem

yay found it

3:41 pm

dianedecoder

good :-)

3:41 pm

cosdem

clue for the an5/10 though? :)

3:41 pm

dianedecoder

probably the one I'm missing

3:42 pm

dianedecoder

don't have it either, sorry cos

3:42 pm

cosdem

lol thanks anyway

3:42 pm

MollyL

an + charged particle

3:43 pm

cosdem

thanks molly. thats been killing me since flip!

3:43 pm

dianedecoder

thanks Molly !

3:43 pm

MollyL

: )

3:47 pm

cosdem

bo

3:47 pm

cosdem

ignore that lol

3:54 pm

MollyL

hiyo

3:57 pm

cosdem

do6?

3:58 pm

cosdem

never mind found it

4:12 pm

cosdem

if theres anyone here... clue for the pt please

4:14 pm

cosdem

never mind. found it.

4:14 pm

MollyL

(Cleverly waited two minutes before cluing)

4:14 pm

cosdem

lol :)

4:18 pm

mixi6

ye5?

4:18 pm

cosdem

dont have it :(

4:19 pm

dianedecoder

abominable snowman

4:19 pm

cosdem

i thought that was the ye4?

4:19 pm

dianedecoder

oops... that's just 4

4:19 pm

dianedecoder

it is cos... just goofed !

4:19 pm

cosdem

ah ok :)

4:20 pm

MollyL

y + orgeno is an h*** + vowel

4:20 pm

cosdem

fireworks!

4:20 pm

mixi6

ty molly.

4:20 pm

mixi6

2 left.

4:20 pm

MollyL

!! C !! O !! S !!

4:20 pm

dianedecoder

way to go Cos !!

4:21 pm

cosdem

ty for the ye5 clue

4:21 pm

cosdem

have a godo day all :)

4:21 pm

mixi6

congrats cos

4:24 pm

mixi6

fireworks! me too.

4:24 pm

dianedecoder

good work mix !

4:24 pm

MollyL

!! M !! I !! X !!

4:25 pm

dianedecoder

32 left

4:27 pm

MollyL

Go Diane!

4:28 pm

dianedecoder

thanks Molly... :-)

4:28 pm

jillibus

Hello all -- nice to see the little buffalo again -- it's been a while

4:29 pm

dianedecoder

hi jillibus :-)

4:30 pm

dianedecoder

buffalo ? .... explain please :-)

4:31 pm

MollyL

<--- Has no clue

4:31 pm

jillibus

the Celebes pygmy buffalo -- an4/4 -- you can google it

4:32 pm

stidmama

hey all. taking a few minutes of personal time. Spent all morning trying to get online job apps figured out. Tomorrow will call people to ask for references and letters of recommendation... *sigh* there is a lot to do.

4:32 pm

HelenaB

aww, baby buffalo!

4:32 pm

dianedecoder

aha ... LOL... I get it... that was my very first word today.

4:32 pm

jillibus

hi stid -- I should be outside, sitting in the sun we've longed for!

4:32 pm

stidmama

interesting cat rug in your icon, helena...

4:32 pm

dianedecoder

Hi Stid :-)

4:33 pm

MollyL

Diane! Shame on us for not knowing that. : P

4:33 pm

HelenaB

i'm also a fan of the hawaiian goose (not present this time)

4:33 pm

dianedecoder

hi Helena

4:33 pm

HelenaB

That's not a rug, that's my cat. He's a little fat. :-(

4:33 pm

dianedecoder

I know the word well from years of crosswords... just didn't get Jill's meaning !

4:33 pm

jillibus

helloa. helena

4:33 pm

MollyL

Hi Stid. The job application process is a tedious one.

4:33 pm

HelenaB

hey all

4:33 pm

stidmama

I went outside twice, braved some weeding since a stidkid was here to help if I had a reaction (no reaction -- that was good!)

4:34 pm

stidmama

ah yes -- our little dog was like that too. When she was standing she was almost as tall as when lying down.

4:34 pm

jillibus

I AM going to go outside for a bit...cul8r!

4:34 pm

MollyL

Speaking of frequently seen in grid words, our favorite mountain is erupting again.

4:35 pm

stidmama

later jill!

4:35 pm

jillibus

Putting on quite a display too, I see, Molly

4:38 pm

stidmama

ah, halfway for me and time to get the kid to rehearsal. Back later. *poof*

4:40 pm

jillibus

so now I'm outside with the laptop

4:41 pm

jillibus

can't see the screen very well, though.

4:42 pm

jillibus

2 hummingbirds just had a squabble over a bee-balm flower

4:44 pm

crosshair

you get nice hummingbirds and i just got a turkey vulture swooping down and scooping roadkill off the street:/

4:45 pm

Dorens

I had bee balm years ago, a nice sizable stand of it and then it disappeared. I am so sad

4:46 pm

Dorens

molly what is your favorite mountain? i only know of a favorite volcano

4:53 pm

Dorens

oops, I did it again

5:03 pm

jillibus

I'm getting nowhere with this -- hummers, nuthatches, goldfinches, towhees, cowbirds, pine siskins -- the birds and the bees and the butterflies and flowers -- all too distracting in the peace of my garden on a sunny afternoon...

5:04 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

5:04 pm

Minveryork

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!

5:04 pm

crosshair

howdy min and welcome to the grid;)

5:05 pm

Maryte

Hey Min!

5:05 pm

Kazzer99

evening all - i dont think i will finish tonight - 20 left but its 2305 here and time for bed methinks

5:05 pm

jillibus

hello min -- it's only 3:05 pm here

5:05 pm

Minveryork

Thank you crosshair! Trying to babble quickly before I do school work again. I really shouldn't be doing this

5:06 pm

Minveryork

jillibus,if I took my laptop outside,it would get soaked

5:06 pm

Minveryork

We are having some pretty major thunderstorms now

5:06 pm

Minveryork

Hi Kazzer99! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

5:07 pm

crosshair

we need more rain.has rained 3 nights in a row now,but the rivers are still low and the grass quite brown

5:07 pm

jillibus

hi kazzer and maryte and all who've arrived during my reverie

5:07 pm

Kazzer99

no too good Min - too many strange words for me - any clues for the ir please

5:08 pm

Minveryork

My dog Jack got squished in my icon. Oh well, he is a squishable dog. He is so cute, I just want to squeeze him. Jack LOVES to lick the plates in the dishwasher.

5:08 pm

jillibus

we need rain too but my garden is irrigated.

5:08 pm

Minveryork

That ir 5/14 is making someone very angry Kazzer99.

5:10 pm

Minveryork

Or ir 5/14 is what Donald Trump is in the business of doing minus the first letter Kazzer99. Did you get it?

5:11 pm

crosshair

needed morewords but i got it,ty min

5:11 pm

Minveryork

yw

5:12 pm

Minveryork

I need to go make dinner.Garlic-Sauced Chicken is on the menu tonight along with some corn & Rice-A-Roni.

5:13 pm

Minveryork

I will be back later to hopefully finish this thing.Adios!

5:13 pm

Kazzer99

we are off to bed - see you all tomorrow

5:14 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Kazzer99! I will see you tomorrow in the log.

5:24 pm

jillibus

I give up -- too hard to see the cursor etc...Think I'll just read a book...ttfn..back well after the flip, probably -- bridge night...*poof for now

5:30 pm

crosshair

i tried rice-a-roni once.did not care for it

5:32 pm

MollyL

I don't care for it either. I prefer straight up rice. Never did get the rice & past combo in that stuff.

5:33 pm

MollyL

Or rice & pasta

5:36 pm

uusue2

hi again, all!

5:36 pm

MollyL

Hi Sue

5:37 pm

uusue2

hi, molly!

5:39 pm

MollyL

Sue, did you read that they now think crop circles are caused by physics?

5:40 pm

uusue2

I saw the headline but didn't read the article

5:41 pm

MollyL

Something to do with GPS monitors and magnetrons. One scientist's proposed explanation of how people "hoax" them.

5:41 pm

uusue2

ok, I looked at the article, basically it says that they are done by people at night, maybe using magnetrons (although I would think that sticks and trampling would be easier) - and they use GPS to get their designs straight, which makes sense

5:45 pm

MollyL

I guess the trick to "faking" them is to do it in such a way that doesn't leave evidence of human manipulation.

5:46 pm

uusue2

or not much evidence, anyway - it's not clear to me how diligent people are in deciding there isn't evidence of manipulation

5:49 pm

BzznBea

clue for in6, please?

5:50 pm

MollyL

Lack of diligence explains so many things. in6 is a baby Bea.

5:50 pm

Maryte

in6 "baby"

5:50 pm

MollyL

Add a vowel for the 7

5:50 pm

BzznBea

Doh...Thank you.

5:51 pm

Maryte

:0)

5:56 pm

bananaslug

Does anyone have a clue for pr 5,12? (Not print, I already got that one :) )

5:57 pm

BzznBea

pr+vowel + not off

6:01 pm

bananaslug

Thanks!

6:54 pm

mrpresident

morning all :)

6:58 pm

Nef

ood Evening Everybody!

7:07 pm

Nef

Oops! that was Good; but it looks like everyone is sleeping now

7:16 pm

uusue2

hi, nef! I am here!

7:16 pm

uusue2

and hi mrp, if you are still awake!

7:16 pm

HarryHood

I'm here...mopping up last 6

7:17 pm

HarryHood

5

7:17 pm

uusue2

hi, harry - 57 left for me but I don't usually have a lot of time until I get home at the end of the day

7:17 pm

Nef

How are you doing on this grid? I just started, and am doing okay (so far)

7:17 pm

HarryHood

yeah I just got the kids to sleep

7:17 pm

mrpresident

hi sue!!! barely awake, but here!

7:18 pm

Nef

Go, Harry!! You can do it!

7:18 pm

HarryHood

took my daughter to horse riding, and this big t-storm rolled in, power got cut, lesson cancelled.

7:18 pm

uusue2

I am doing ok too, nef, but am slowing down

7:18 pm

uusue2

and hi, mrp!

7:18 pm

Nef

hi mrp! (((mrp)))

7:18 pm

uusue2

ah yes, you are better off inside during a storm, i think

7:18 pm

HarryHood

hi mrpres

7:18 pm

HarryHood

they were going to ride inside the ring, but it was too dark w/o lights

7:20 pm

uusue2

ok, 2/3 finally, time to list

7:21 pm

Nef

we had a heck of a storm around 2 PM here; it wasn't even predicted by the weather service today (it should have gone north of the Cities)

7:22 pm

uusue2

<--- would love to have a storm

7:23 pm

HarryHood

nef that was on the news here

7:23 pm

mrpresident

hi nef!! **hugs**

7:23 pm

Nef

I'm so tired of the weather this year that I told my DH I was thinking we should move to northern MN for the cooler weather (mind you, I moved FROM there for the warmer climate 40 years ago!)

7:24 pm

mrpresident

just getting dressed and in iphone and reading emails and leaving in about .02 of a second!!

7:24 pm

uusue2

bye, mrp!

7:24 pm

Nef

Our storm was on your news, Harry?

7:24 pm

HarryHood

I heard something about bad weather in minneapolis

7:24 pm

Nef

take care, mrp! Be safe!

7:25 pm

HarryHood

pi5?

7:26 pm

Nef

it Was bad! The visiting nurse was here and I told DH to help her out to her car with an umbrella and they both still got soaked!

7:26 pm

uusue2

pi + gerund ending

7:26 pm

HarryHood

you've got to be kidding me

7:26 pm

Nef

what a dumb word!

7:26 pm

uusue2

what, about the pi word?

7:27 pm

HarryHood

yeah

7:27 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

7:27 pm

Minveryork

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!

7:27 pm

HarryHood

hi min

7:27 pm

uusue2

apparently it really is the gerund form of pi or pie, neither of which I thought were verbs

7:27 pm

Nef

hi Min

7:28 pm

uusue2

hi, min!

7:28 pm

HarryHood

pr7?

7:29 pm

Nef

I agree with you, sue; neither are verbs to me either

7:29 pm

uusue2

don't have it, harry

7:30 pm

HarryHood

how about the pt word?

7:30 pm

uusue2

there's a pt word?

7:30 pm

HarryHood

:)

7:30 pm

uusue2

sorry, am churning through the list but am only to the d's

7:30 pm

Nef

sorry Harry, don't have either yet (but will look)

7:32 pm

Nef

pt + a 4letter word for Ireland

7:32 pm

uusue2

ooh, thx, nef!

7:33 pm

Nef

yw

7:34 pm

HarryHood

ty nef

7:35 pm

HarryHood

1 left!

7:35 pm

Minveryork

Go HarryHood go!

7:35 pm

Nef

Go, go Harry!

7:36 pm

HarryHood

DONE

7:36 pm

Maryte

.*.*.*.*.HARRY.*.*.*.*.

7:36 pm

HarryHood

that pr7 took some serious monkeying

7:36 pm

Nef

YAY, HarryHood!!!! WTG!!!!!

7:36 pm

uusue2

yay, harry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7:37 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations HarryHood on fireworks! Good for U!

7:37 pm

HarryHood

tyty

7:37 pm

Minveryork

Now that your'e done, U can check out my cute icon.

7:37 pm

Nef

nice clue, Harry. I just got the pr 7/36! Thanks!

7:38 pm

HarryHood

cute min

7:38 pm

HarryHood

nef - that was a clue?

7:38 pm

Minveryork

Thanks!

7:38 pm

Minveryork

nef has an extra sensory power to see invisible clues.

7:39 pm

Nef

It changed the direction I was looking, Harry

7:39 pm

Nef

And Min, that IS a cute picture!

7:39 pm

HarryHood

oh dear...they found the body of that new hampshire girl

7:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi more than 2 gn words?

7:40 pm

Minveryork

Did not know a New Hampsire girl was missing.Where in New Hampshire was she from and how long was she missing for? I attended high school in Hanover, NH.

7:40 pm

Minveryork

Thanks Nef!

7:41 pm

uusue2

no, only 2, TO

7:41 pm

HarryHood

she was from near the canadian border - 11 YO. last seen at her computer at home at 7 PM

7:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty clue for the last column o pls?

7:41 pm

HarryHood

several days ago.

7:41 pm

Maryte

pr7???

7:42 pm

Nef

short write up in paper when a person dies, TO

7:42 pm

HarryHood

pr7 ends in a double vowel

7:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty and the remaining?

7:43 pm

uusue2

ah, thx, harry!

7:43 pm

HarryHood

and has a bnai br*** in the middle

7:43 pm

HarryHood

or a locksm***

7:43 pm

HarryHood

or travels w*** charlie

7:43 pm

Nef

archaic term for please

7:44 pm

uusue2

I think TO wanted the other word from the right-hand O

7:44 pm

HarryHood

the other ob ends in a vowel

7:44 pm

HarryHood

same beginning

7:44 pm

uusue2

(which i don't have although I am closing in on it)

7:44 pm

Minveryork

Thanks for the double vowel clue. I just got the word.

7:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty. off to do housework

7:45 pm

uusue2

thx again, harry!

7:45 pm

HarryHood

gotta eat supper - any more clues?

7:45 pm

Minveryork

Bye 72 Temple Owl! I will see you tomorrow in the log.

7:45 pm

uusue2

no, just bring supper :-)

7:45 pm

HarryHood

heh :) night!

7:45 pm

uusue2

bye, TO!

7:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

b4 i go, the y ord not the snowman beast?

7:45 pm

uusue2

and bye, harry!

7:46 pm

Maryte

:0( for pr7

7:46 pm

Minveryork

I have a garlic-sauce chicken waiting to be eaten for dinner. I made it about an hour ago. Still on the stove

7:46 pm

uusue2

ooh, yummy, min!

7:46 pm

MollyL

Sue what kind of supper are you waiting on?

7:46 pm

MollyL

Min, that sounds good.

7:46 pm

uusue2

probably salad, mollly, it is really hot again tonight

7:47 pm

Nef

Maryte, it's an archaic word for please, ends in the dble vowel

7:47 pm

MollyL

It's hard to eat hot food when it's hot out.

7:47 pm

uusue2

and harder to cook it!

7:48 pm

Nef

true, Molly. Turn up the A/C. ;-)

7:48 pm

MollyL

Maryte...pr + vowel + get **** to a nunnery

7:48 pm

Maryte

got it! duh......thanks!!!

7:48 pm

Minveryork

I have never made it before.Last nite I made creamy chicken strogonoff for the 1st time and it was yummy

7:48 pm

Maryte

ahh from Shakespearian times!

7:49 pm

MollyL

Outside of Shakespearean stuff, that word is pretty distant to most of us.

7:49 pm

uusue2

yes, that sounds really good too, min!

7:49 pm

MollyL

Ooo, I've never made chicken stroganoff. I'll have to try that.

7:50 pm

uusue2

Enable knows more shakesperian english (and scots) than i do, certainly

7:51 pm

MollyL

Hmm *contemplates watching "Shakespeare In Love" * I have a big steamy thing for Joseph Fiennes.

7:51 pm

Minveryork

B's Banned! 9 left

7:51 pm

wht

Hello babblers

7:51 pm

MollyL

Hi Wht

7:51 pm

wht

Can I get a clue for the af5 af5 the conflagration?

7:52 pm

Minveryork

Hello wht! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle.

7:53 pm

wht

I'm doing OK, except with the grid.

7:53 pm

wht

14 left and my monkeys are still on vacation, I think.

7:53 pm

MollyL

a + corn ****ters are popular in the South

7:53 pm

uusue2

hi, wht!

7:53 pm

wht

ty Molly.

7:54 pm

uusue2

fireworks!

7:54 pm

wht

wtg sue

7:54 pm

MollyL

!! S !! U !! E !!

7:55 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations uusue2 on fireworks!Hooray for you!

7:55 pm

MollyL

Wht, you just stay put, in your own inner Hawaii. It's better that way. : )

7:55 pm

Nef

YAY, sue!!!! WTG!!!!

7:57 pm

wht

a's abolished

7:58 pm

Nef

I've sat here long enough; need to go rest a bit again. BBL

8:00 pm

uusue2

bye, nef!

8:01 pm

Maryte

,*,*,*,SUE.*,*,*,

8:06 pm

rururocks

in my inner hawaii it involves leis

8:06 pm

rururocks

I love flowers..

8:06 pm

MollyL

*Can't resist* I thought it involved getting leid.

8:06 pm

rururocks

that too

8:07 pm

rururocks

that's nothing to puka about

8:07 pm

MollyL

With flowers around of course. : P

8:07 pm

EvaNadine

first running class of the new session tonight.
im proud to say my legs arent sore at all. my feet, however...

8:07 pm

MollyL

Oh poi, you're not kidding.

8:08 pm

MollyL

Good for you Eva. Sorry about your feet.

8:08 pm

Scrabbler

Molly + Ruru, you were here 9 hrs ago.

8:08 pm

MollyL

What kind of shoes are you wearing Eva? Hi Scrabs.

8:08 pm

Scrabbler

Eva--I love Mumford & Sons. TY for mentioning their concert recently.

8:08 pm

EvaNadine

sok, molly. no pain no gain. pain is just weakness leaving the body. or some other fitness cliche...

8:09 pm

wht

aloha can you goha with those puns.

8:09 pm

MollyL

*Wonders if Scrabs is some kind of Babble Monitor*

8:09 pm

rururocks

yes.. and you were too scrabs

8:09 pm

EvaNadine

YW scrabs! glad you enjoy them!

8:09 pm

vanillaslice

Hi is NEF still here??

8:09 pm

Scrabbler

*showing off fluorescent orange Babble Monitor vest*

8:10 pm

EvaNadine

molly, i went + got fitted... im wearing Brooks running shoes. the kind with the extra stability for over-pronators like me.

8:10 pm

Scrabbler

Ruru, I thought you finished the grid. And are you done Molly?

8:10 pm

stidmama

hey all! ((((hugs and hugs))))

8:10 pm

MollyL

*Quickly hides paraphernalia*

8:10 pm

Scrabbler

hI sTID

8:11 pm

wht

Hi stid

8:11 pm

rururocks

uh.. oh yeah.. you are right ..I AM done..lol

8:11 pm

stidmama

hey cousin! is your migraine any better? I started to get one today but took some excedrin and aleve and it seems to have worked. I am out of the prescription stuff at the moment, but honestly the last few times I don't think it made a difference.

8:11 pm

MollyL

Okay Eva, glad you are wearing good supportive shoes.

8:11 pm

wht

Clue for the ye5, please

8:11 pm

stidmama

ruru? done??? *suspicious mama look*

8:12 pm

MollyL

Are we not allowed to chat once we're done?

8:12 pm

stidmama

*stands ready with duck tape for ruru just in case*

8:12 pm

wht

why wait until you are done, Molly?

8:12 pm

stidmama

rofl... only ruru, methinks...

8:12 pm

EvaNadine

molly, i was willing to wear the wrong clothes for a while (wanted to see if i would stick with it before investing too much money) but i wasnt willing to risk my feet, to proper shoes were a must!

8:12 pm

MollyL

y + oregano is an h*** + vowel

8:13 pm

stidmama

molly -- carlee wanted me to contact you -- are you in facebook?

8:13 pm

stidmama

oooh, thanks Molly!

8:13 pm

MollyL

Yeah Stid, I'm in Facebook, why?

8:13 pm

wht

ty Molly. Fireworks!

8:13 pm

Scrabbler

Yay for wht!

8:13 pm

stidmama

EvaN, I cannot imagine someone as fashionable as you EVER wearing "the wrong clothes"

8:13 pm

stidmama

YAY wht!

8:14 pm

stidmama

just wondered if we were friends -- I have so very many that I get "lost" sometimes! LOL

8:14 pm

Scrabbler

My migraine was gone by about 3 pm yesterday. I woke up with it at 0630 yest AM.

8:14 pm

MollyL

I don't think so Stid. I'll send a friend request.

8:14 pm

stidmama

and carlee wanted me to give you a quick update on her dad (not good news) -- so I thought I would use fb rather than bog up the chat too much. Thanks. :-D

8:14 pm

EvaNadine

hah, thankyou stid.
but the "right" clothes for running have nothing to do with fashion, but all to do with comfort and moisture-wicking abilities...quite unlike the heavy cotton tshirts i insisted on wearing...hehe

8:14 pm

uusue2

yay, wht!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8:15 pm

stidmama

hm. I see... *pondering why anyone would want to run -- for any reason...*

8:15 pm

stidmama

hey sue!

8:15 pm

uusue2

and now i am going to go put my feet up and wait for dinner - see you all tomorrow!

8:15 pm

uusue2

and hi, stid!

8:15 pm

stidmama

good idea, sue! have a lovely evening!

8:15 pm

Scrabbler

I agree, Stid. Hi Stid

8:15 pm

EvaNadine

stid -- im STILL wondering. as im STILL quite incapable of it...lol
but still, i trudge along.

8:16 pm

stidmama

thanks Molly!

8:16 pm

MollyL

Carlee was here earlier and said that things were looking "towards the end" for her Dad. She checked in after she had seen him today.

8:17 pm

Scrabbler

Hiking, mountain biking, paddling, cross-country skiing, snowshoe trekking--I can do those, but running is too hard for me.

8:17 pm

rururocks

,---not a runner

8:17 pm

stidmama

oh good - then she already probably told you what I was going to. I got called away after "talking" with her earlier.

8:17 pm

EvaNadine

scrabs, im finding the same to be true. 22-minute dance routine outdoors in florida summer heat? sure thing. a lap around the track? ugh.

8:18 pm

MollyL

<--- Also not a runner

8:18 pm

Scrabbler

...except on the tennis court, ruru

8:18 pm

rururocks

that's not really running

8:18 pm

rururocks

that's hurling

8:18 pm

stidmama

I used to love XC skiing, would like to try it this coming winter if my hip stays relatively stable. Otherwise, I don't "do" sports.

8:18 pm

stidmama

LOL ruru!

8:19 pm

Scrabbler

I am struggling to pass halfway here.

8:19 pm

stidmama

at least not leg sports. would go canoeing again if I could. We have a canoe, but I can't get it to the water alone.

8:19 pm

rururocks

talk about up a creek without a paddle

8:19 pm

Scrabbler

I just bought an ultralight, one-person canoe, with a low seat--weighs 16 lbs!!

8:20 pm

EvaNadine

the main reason im focusing on running is that if i can actually get to a point where i can do it, it is something i can do anywhere, and mostly for free (shoes and clothing aside). alas, it is proving very difficult for me...but im still trying! just started second session of classes.

8:21 pm

wht

I like to bicycle. Much less strain on the knees and shins.

8:21 pm

stidmama

that sounds nice, scrabs

8:21 pm

stidmama

I can walk... LOL

8:21 pm

wht

Unfortunatly, they moved my office so it is too far to bike into work.

8:22 pm

Scrabbler

Yep, walking is great exercise.

8:22 pm

stidmama

I would bike, but the thought of falling scares me. I used to bike all over the place, using a 20+ lb behemoth that was probably too big for me.

8:22 pm

rururocks

I walked 8 miles on Sunday

8:22 pm

stidmama

oh, that's too bad -- I guess the buses there don't have bike racks?

8:22 pm

stidmama

good for you ruru! (on purpose?) *innocent mama look*

8:22 pm

Scrabbler

Great, ruru!

8:22 pm

rururocks

yes.. the weather was so perfect here I had to..

8:23 pm

rururocks

Dylan slept through the night.

8:23 pm

rururocks

he was beat..lol

8:23 pm

Scrabbler

Worn-out pup.

8:23 pm

MollyL

I can walk for miles, but running is too much hell on my knees and ankles. Besides, I am haunted by what happened to Jim Fixx.

8:24 pm

stidmama

that was so sad... of course I was just a small child when Jim Fixx died...

8:24 pm

rururocks

who's Jim fixx?

8:24 pm

MollyL

A running guru who died of a heart attack.

8:25 pm

rururocks

oh.. well there's your running answer

8:25 pm

rururocks

wasn't Jim FIxx married to Emma Up

8:25 pm

stidmama

so -- what is everyone's position on running water??? *grin*

8:26 pm

Scrabbler

Genetics cannot be altered--he developed CAD at a young age.

8:26 pm

MollyL

*Suspicious look at Stid for "small child" comment*

8:27 pm

EvaNadine

im opposed stid. dont waste the water!

8:27 pm

stidmama

okay, I am down to 76 words and need to get some tortillas warming for tacos. later gators! *poof*

8:28 pm

rururocks

nobody gets my cj

8:28 pm

rururocks

nobody gets my jokes..lol

8:29 pm

EvaNadine

i suppose i should poof too.
i still need my post-run shower.
hubby says im stinky. *sniffs self*

8:30 pm

MollyL

Sorry Ru...Emma Up...hahaha...*Smacks Eva's hubby for calling her stinky*

8:31 pm

EvaNadine

its ok molly. im quite sure hes right...heh

8:31 pm

Scrabbler

I didn't get it, Ruru. Emma Up-Fixx?

8:34 pm

EvaNadine

ok kids, im out!

8:34 pm

Scrabbler

Bye Eva

8:35 pm

Scrabbler

Any clues for the i's? Both of mine are blank.

8:36 pm

MollyL

One of the i's is a baby.

8:36 pm

MollyL

Add a vowel to that for another.

8:37 pm

Scrabbler

TY, Molly!

8:37 pm

wht

One is a synonym for da4/4

8:37 pm

Scrabbler

TY. Far right i is my only blank tile now.

8:38 pm

wht

it5/13 Like an autoharp missing the first letter

8:38 pm

MollyL

One is the gerund version of angry

8:38 pm

wht

The act of making someone angry

8:38 pm

Scrabbler

ir5 is the one--TY

8:38 pm

wht

Or it5/12 for the purists among us.

8:38 pm

carleekat

hi all

8:39 pm

MollyL

((((Carlee))) how are you holding up?

8:39 pm

Scrabbler

((Kat))

8:39 pm

wht

Hi Carlee

8:39 pm

carleekat

am ok... really...tired...headache..but overall am ok

8:40 pm

Scrabbler

Is your Dad comfortable?

8:40 pm

carleekat

dad is so heavily sedated he did not know we were there

8:40 pm

MollyL

I saw your post earlier, after you had seen your Dad. It's hard to see someone we love looking that frail.

8:40 pm

carleekat

yes... as comfortable as can be expected

8:40 pm

stidgmere

Hello all. Just starting. First day of August. Finally summer.

8:40 pm

Scrabbler

Good--he needs to be kept pain-free and anxiety-free.

8:40 pm

MollyL

Hello Gran Mere.

8:41 pm

carleekat

his lungs have filled up... i am presuming with blood as there was blood coming up periodically as he ewas sleeping

8:41 pm

Scrabbler

Hi stidgmere

8:41 pm

carleekat

hi gramma stiddy

8:41 pm

carleekat

there is no treatment other than for pain scrabs..they were still checking his blood sugar today but i think they were endig that as well

8:42 pm

MollyL

I assume you are home Carlee?

8:42 pm

stidgmere

Hi carlee and scrabs. Sorry to hear of your father's failing health, carlee.

8:42 pm

carleekat

just fluids..and morphine..he get agitated when he is moved

8:42 pm

carleekat

yes molls am home... i wont go back... others are going up...it has been so fast...

8:42 pm

Scrabbler

Just keep talking to him, holding his hand, and telling him that you will all be fine, so he can let go.

8:43 pm

carleekat

i wont be back scrabs....

8:43 pm

Scrabbler

Our practice has a 2 yr old just diagnosed with cancer yesterday.

8:43 pm

MollyL

Be gentle with yourself Carlee. No matter how "okay" you feel, this kind of thing is very tough on you.

8:43 pm

carleekat

he decided on his own he was going scrabs...

8:44 pm

Scrabbler

Kat, remember him as a healthy, happy man, not as he is now.

8:44 pm

carleekat

oh good god..one of my sons' best friends mum was just diagnosed with stage 4 brain canacer ( had a mastectomy 2 or 3 years ago)

8:44 pm

MollyL

I hate cancer.

8:44 pm

Scrabbler

He lived far longer than expected. That shows his toughness.

8:45 pm

carleekat

i will in a coupe days scrabs... right now the yellow skeleton gasping for breath with a shock of white hair is still etched on the retinas

8:45 pm

carleekat

he had excellent quality of life

8:45 pm

carleekat

scrabs...r u on fb?

8:45 pm

Scrabbler

Breast cancer often spreads to the brain. Yep, cancer cells are evil, rogue and ruthless.

8:45 pm

Scrabbler

I can be--going to FB now.

8:45 pm

carleekat

oh god

8:46 pm

carleekat

oh god

8:46 pm

MollyL

That vision will leave you Carlee, I promise. In time it will go. I was with my Dad when he died and I know the kind of thing you saw today. It's hard to see.

8:46 pm

carleekat

oh god

8:47 pm

carleekat

hes....gone

8:47 pm

MollyL

(((((Carlee))))) I'm sorry.

8:47 pm

wht

So sorry Carlee

8:47 pm

MollyL

Is someone with you Carlee?

8:48 pm

carleekat

no...am ok

8:48 pm

carleekat

i wanted it fast

8:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

sorry to hear, carlee, i can;t stay, my father;s death is still to o raw but i am thinking of you

8:48 pm

mab

so sad..Sorry for your loss carlee.

8:48 pm

carleekat

thanks T.O

8:48 pm

Scrabbler

((Kat))--his suffering is over. He is at peace.

8:48 pm

carleekat

i gotta go...

8:48 pm

carleekat

make phone calls

8:48 pm

MollyL

Blessings Carlee.

8:49 pm

Maryte

god go with you Carlee...

8:49 pm

mab

do take care carlee - thinking of you and family

9:02 pm

suefrad625

Blessings with you Carlee

9:03 pm

mab

so many times over the years babble has been a place for those awaiting huge life transitions, or in grief. celebrations too, but so often the sad times. our little island.

9:03 pm

mrpresident

so sorry for your loss Carlee **hugs**

9:04 pm

origami

So sorry Carlee ...

9:06 pm

Maryte

Our little island is a good place to be......

9:07 pm

MollyL

It never ceases to amaze me how kind and supporting this community can be.

9:14 pm

stidmama

(((carlee))) I am glad you came in.

9:16 pm

carleekat

hi..sorry..i had to make phone calls

9:16 pm

carleekat

thanks everyone

9:17 pm

Dorens

((carlee))) . with you in spirit

9:17 pm

carleekat

thank you.. am not sure what else to say..but thank you

9:18 pm

mab

carlee, glad you're here.

9:18 pm

MollyL

Carlee, any chance someone can come stay with you tonight?

9:18 pm

carleekat

molls..thank you for the poem :)

9:18 pm

carleekat

and thank you mab for your kind words..

9:18 pm

carleekat

my son is home again now

9:18 pm

carleekat

and my daughter will be in later...

9:19 pm

stidmama

good. glad they are there with you carlee.

9:19 pm

MollyL

Glad to hear your kids will be around you. You need that now. You're welcome for the poem. It's the way I like to think of this kind of transition.

9:20 pm

carleekat

it is a lovely thought..yes...

9:21 pm

MollyL

You are going to hear a lot of people saying "is there anything I can do". Remember to take them up on it. Even if it's just some company or an understanding ear on the phone.

9:22 pm

Dorens

and as much as you love cooking, let people bring meals in for you

9:22 pm

mab

so true. people do want to help but often don't know quite how.

9:23 pm

carleekat

yea... i know molls.. i am needing to cry a while...just quietly..as i am now...and i really did..make my mental goodbyes a couple months ago...so although i am really sad he is gone... i am...ok

9:24 pm

featherbee

Hey carlee. just posted on your fb. i'm so very sorry to hear the news, and just sent a prayer and energy of peace, calm, and acceptance to you. thinking of you.

9:24 pm

MollyL

Goodbyes are like the tides, they ebb and flow. And crying is good. My Dad used to say "tears are cleansing"

9:25 pm

carleekat

thanks feather... i saw it...molls..i tend to cry in the shower..not sure why..maybe it is the "cleansing" thing

9:25 pm

featherbee

crying will help relieve the pent up emotions

9:26 pm

ChampFit

carlee...just coming back in. I'm very sorry!

9:26 pm

carleekat

thank you champ

9:28 pm

MollyL

Oh I don't know Carlee. After my husband died, I used to cry in the car. I think it's a tendency to cry where no one can see you doing it.

9:28 pm

carleekat

maybe...

9:28 pm

ChampFit

It'll hit you at odd times. That's ok.

9:30 pm

snags

Carlee, In time of sorrow, I would like to put an around around your shoulders and let you know, I care. Blessings

9:30 pm

suefrad625

carlee, what is your favorite memory of your dad?

9:30 pm

suefrad625

my poppy was my very best friend

9:31 pm

suefrad625

and I love thinking of him calling me his pretty one

9:31 pm

suefrad625

and loving the smell of him

9:31 pm

suefrad625

I miss him all the time, but I know I will see him again

9:32 pm

suefrad625

as you will too, because someone like you, must have had an amazingly loving father to learn from

9:32 pm

carleekat

him cooking... he was like me... we liked puttering int eh kitchen..chopping and preparing and drinking wine as we cook... he came to this realization late in life....whereas for me..I always loved that kind of cooking... spending a whole afternoon just puttering with a dish... and..his hugs...he was really good at them...felt awkward doing so but he was really good at them

9:33 pm

suefrad625

then from now on, share your dads hugs with everyone

9:33 pm

carleekat

dad and i had a very difficult relationship but the last 4 years were wonderful. he only met my kids 4 years ago

9:33 pm

carleekat

i do sue..is how i hug people always

9:34 pm

mab

it's nice you have a recent memory of him cooking, like his goodbye gift, sort of

9:34 pm

featherbee

are there any charities he would have liked donations to? anything babblers can do to show our condolences?

9:34 pm

MollyL

Nice memory Carlee. I'm glad things between you and your Dad got better in time.

9:34 pm

suefrad625

I thank God you had these four years

9:34 pm

stidmama

carlee would you like me to start a thread for you on babanon?

9:34 pm

carleekat

anything to do with school music programs...he used to be a music teacher... or special ed

9:35 pm

carleekat

i wouldnt know how to access it stiddy...

9:35 pm

suefrad625

we can donate instruments in his name

9:35 pm

carleekat

that would be lovely sue

9:35 pm

suefrad625

What is your dads name, just the first if you like

9:35 pm

carleekat

James Brian Potts

9:35 pm

stidmama

Okay, we'll leave it to the chog, then. ((hugs))

9:36 pm

featherbee

how about http://www.mhopus.org/
The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation keeps music alive in our schools and communities by donating musical instruments to under-funded music programs, giving youngsters the many benefits of music education, helping them to be better students and inspiring creativity and expression through playing music.

We believe that kids thrive when given the chance to learn and play music. Putting an instrument into their hands improves the quality of their education and their lives. The window is brief and all kids deserve a chance to play music in school!

9:36 pm

Dorens

sounds like a great idea feather

9:37 pm

suefrad625

carley in my family when someone is born or dies a tree is planted to show the celebration of life lived or to be lived

9:37 pm

carleekat

that... or just your local schools where ever anyone is...donate to the music programs in your local schools..sometimes the charities have alot of operational overhead whereas a school music program cann use the money to just buy sheet music

9:38 pm

featherbee

Ok, gotcha

9:38 pm

Dorens

nice carlee, I know my schools can use it.. We don't even have instrumental music program any more

9:38 pm

carleekat

20.00 can buy sheet music for a new introductory piece of music for a beginner band

9:38 pm

carleekat

that..i think would be my wish... and he wold love that...he love music...

9:39 pm

carleekat

http://www.encoretheconcertband.ca/

9:39 pm

stidmama

carlee, we will do that -- I'll ask our local school what would be helpful. The band teacher there is such a lovely person.

9:40 pm

carleekat

this is the band he played in..there are clips... videos... he played in the final concert this year

9:40 pm

Dorens

what a nice way to remember him

9:40 pm

carleekat

he loved watching young people learn music...and encouraged them to stay in music...

9:40 pm

rururocks

that is nice

9:40 pm

stidmama

what a great program that is carlee!

9:41 pm

carleekat

so yes...if anyone wishes to do something..donate $ in his name to their local school music programs..

9:41 pm

carleekat

( and..if u do ,,pleae drop me a line on fb so i can let my step mum know )

9:41 pm

stidmama

what instruments did he play carlee?

9:42 pm

carleekat

clarinet ( u can see in the pic here )

9:42 pm

stidmama

I see him! the Oct 17 concert...

9:42 pm

carleekat

he played all the winds ..had to as a music teacher....but clarinet was his

9:42 pm

carleekat

yes stiddy

9:42 pm

MollyL

Music is an amazing legacy. It's a very tangible way to remember someone. I'm glad you have your Dad's music to remember him by.

9:42 pm

rururocks

they can probably use a new reed player in heaven carlee

9:43 pm

carleekat

they have one...

9:43 pm

MollyL

As my husband (who was a musician) used to say: Another one joins the big show.

9:44 pm

carleekat

the conductor there molls was my highschool band teacher

9:44 pm

featherbee

I posted in the FB babble community page.

9:44 pm

stidmama

one of my best friend has two sons who play clarinet. and my grandad played clarinet (and flutes and sax). my kids are brass players, and "grandaddy granville" played the same instruments as one of my sons... music is a wonderful gift.

9:44 pm

rururocks

when I go .. I want you all to pun jokes all night long.

9:45 pm

stidmama

okay, time for me to toddle off. carlee, you are in our hearts.

9:45 pm

stidmama

*starts making a list of jokes for ruru* hope I won't need this any time soon, though!

9:45 pm

MollyL

Carlee, remember to look up at the stars. My Mom used to say that stars are the windows of heaven (it's a song). It's nice to think of loved ones twinkling through at you.

9:45 pm

rururocks

*watches stid toddle*

9:45 pm

Dorens

nite stidders. and ruru, i promise you we will

9:45 pm

Dorens

(if we're still alive)

9:45 pm

stidmama

**hugs and special raspberry choclits for all**

9:45 pm

stidmama

*poof*

9:46 pm

MollyL

*Promises to pun all night and drink upscale wine should I need to observe Ru's passing*

9:46 pm

rururocks

The night I go the grid will only have r's and u's

9:47 pm

Dorens

*promises to share some of my very best wine with Molly if she'll drive up here to NJ*

9:47 pm

featherbee

urrrrrrrrrr

9:47 pm

rururocks

it will be the smallest grid of all time.

9:47 pm

Dorens

ruru would be happy here in NJ. RU is rutgers university (the state u) and people have it on their car sometimes

9:48 pm

MollyL

*Agrees, as long as it's nowhere near Secaucus*

9:48 pm

featherbee

carlee, i'm heading out to fiddle with our new toy the boys got, but i will continue to send you healing peaceful energy. (((((hugs))))))

9:48 pm

carleekat

thanks feather and thank you for the post...

9:48 pm

featherbee

welcome.

9:48 pm

rururocks

I am happy for you that you were so close to your father carlee.. that is a real gift

9:49 pm

carleekat

thanks ruru

9:49 pm

mab

I think I saw him in the rehearsal pictures - wearing a red sweater. such a handsome man, carlee

9:50 pm

carleekat

no mab..he was next one over i think if i remember the pic ..if u go to the oct 17 videos..he is front row clarinet 4th from left

9:50 pm

mab

oops

9:51 pm

mab

will look again!

9:51 pm

carleekat

its ok...

9:51 pm

carleekat

( they are mostly retired high school teachers in that band so they all are grey and balding...

9:52 pm

carleekat

that is my old highschool band teacher

9:52 pm

carleekat

conducting i mean

9:55 pm

MollyL

Be good to yourself Carlee. And remember that it's just fine to say "I'm not okay" and to lean on the people who love you at a time like this. Tell strong Carlee to take a break and let vulnerable Carlee be taken care of.

9:56 pm

carleekat

yes molls...

9:56 pm

mab

now I've got him - the other guy was ok, but your dad is more handsome. And, seriously, they sound great.

9:56 pm

carleekat

they are a good band...

9:57 pm

carleekat

alot of the people in this band were as youth in what was called teh police boys band ( and a number of them will perform at his memorial service )

9:58 pm

mab

oh, that's lovely.

9:58 pm

carleekat

( their web site are going to go "what the...?" from the hits from all over tongiht )

9:58 pm

carleekat

<---chuckling at that thought

9:58 pm

mab

yes

9:59 pm

carleekat

i keep watching for the conductor to do his little boot scoot gyration he is famous for....

10:01 pm

mab

the conductor is wonderfully animated.

10:02 pm

carleekat

yea..he was great fun..his son is now a high school music teacher...

10:06 pm

carleekat

either just about everyone is gone or eveyone is watching some nice mucis being played ( althought sound quality kinda sucks)

10:10 pm

Minveryork

Hi babblers!Just came back to get my last two words.

10:10 pm

carleekat

hi minver

10:11 pm

Minveryork

How is your father doing? Did you say he was sedated

10:12 pm

carleekat

he passed away this evening minver about 8:10 pm edt

10:13 pm

carleekat

http://www.encoretheconcertband.ca/New
/Videos/Oct172010/index.html

10:13 pm

gapeach

Oh, carkeekat, I am so very sorry.

10:13 pm

Minveryork

(((carleekat))), I am sorry to hear that! My thoughts are with you.Wish I could give you a hug through the computer!Thinking of you and your family at this time

10:13 pm

carleekat

i think most babblers are watching the vids at this link...is his band..he played clarinet... front row of clarinets...fourth from left he is bald wearing glasses

10:13 pm

Minveryork

F's Finished! 1 left

10:14 pm

carleekat

thanks minver...and peach

10:14 pm

Minveryork

I'll be here to help clue for 15 more minutes if needed.

10:15 pm

carleekat

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~*for minver...

10:16 pm

Minveryork

Thanks carleekat.Seemed inappropriate to announce fireworks. Your loss is so much more important now.

10:17 pm

carleekat

its ok minver... i am listening to daddy's band...

10:17 pm

carleekat

and just....remembering...

10:20 pm

dcseain

{{{carlee}}}

10:20 pm

Minveryork

Now is not the time to mourn but to celebrate his life

10:20 pm

dcseain

hear, hear minver!

10:22 pm

carleekat

exactly...i am sad...but i love this type of music...

10:23 pm

carleekat

if u go to the june 6 2010 concert there is a pretty good rendition of stars and stripes forever...

10:23 pm

dcseain

you'll likely like http://www.wsaxq.com/ the Washington Saxophone Quartet thin, carlee.

10:23 pm

dcseain

then, not thin LOL

10:25 pm

carleekat

i probably would..but right now am watching my dad seain

10:26 pm

mab

just back from the concert - loved the mahler and lots of chances to see your dad

10:26 pm

mab

and that other guy who looks a little like him

10:27 pm

carleekat

am watchng june 6 now mab...tribute to sasmmy davis and dixieland..and the stars and stripes forever ( not bad for a canadian band :p )

10:30 pm

carleekat

ah....the candy man.... :) love this song...

10:32 pm

dcseain

oh, wow that was a wwirdly loud airplane

10:33 pm

dcseain

grindy sounding and i could hear it over the concert

10:34 pm

carleekat

there a concert in the area seain?

10:35 pm

dcseain

no, your dad's group :)

10:36 pm

dcseain

how weird hearing Dixie combined with When the Saints Come Marching In.

10:36 pm

carleekat

oh... ok... there are close ups in the group i posted on fb :)

10:36 pm

dcseain

yes there are! :)

10:37 pm

carleekat

oct 17 or 18... 2010...dad is front row clarinet ...4th from left

10:37 pm

carleekat

a number of the poeple in this band are performing at his memorial service on sat

10:38 pm

carleekat

many of them have played together since they were teenagers

10:38 pm

dcseain

i saw, and how wonderful!

10:38 pm

dcseain

oh, how nice that they'll be there to perform

10:39 pm

carleekat

sorry am repeating myself

10:39 pm

dcseain

all good :)

10:40 pm

dcseain

i know that for the first several weeks after my father passed i barely knew which end was up.

10:41 pm

carleekat

am listening to them play lion king now

10:42 pm

dcseain

i'm listening to the Sammy Davis Jr tribute

10:42 pm

carleekat

its good... i always loved him

10:47 pm

dcseain

oh, i'm really liking their Puszta :)

10:48 pm

mab

yes, love that june concert - i'm always in the mood for the American Songbook pieces.

10:49 pm

carleekat

gwynn bynon is an excellent conductor..i wish they had some of their most recent concerts uploaded..they are far superior that at this point..they had another conductor who fell very ill and gwynn took over....it wasnt really until this season and later this season the musicians got a feel for how gwynn conducts. I remember his first concert as conductor...i was with him

10:49 pm

carleekat

i KNEw he was asking..and not receiving...

10:50 pm

carleekat

and the band wouldd run away on him... but now...far more control and unified...

10:50 pm

dcseain

yes, speaking as an instrumentalist, a new conductor is always jarring, and some are better at explaining their ways than others, and of course, each musician clicks with certain conducting styles over others, though we learn to deal with a great array of styles.

10:52 pm

carleekat

their christmaas concert this year gwynn had them play a couple pieces i had played with him in highschool...

10:53 pm

carleekat

talk about throwback of 25 years... i was right there....i had the fingering... and every one of boot scoots ( a funny little bum wiggle he has...i remember in high school mum laughing over his bum wiggles )...

10:53 pm

carleekat

( i played string bass for 7 years )

10:55 pm

mab

what is puszta? it sounds sort of slavic/dvorak something.

10:56 pm

carleekat

i dont know it...

10:56 pm

mab

dc, do you know it?

10:56 pm

carleekat

googled..hungarian

10:56 pm

mab

ah

10:57 pm

herinfernallady

Carlee. LOVE YOUS

10:57 pm

carleekat

thanks herin {{huggles}}

10:57 pm

carleekat

we are lstening/watching my dad's concerts

10:58 pm

carleekat

( I posted a link on fb )

10:59 pm

herinfernallady

I was on my mobile when you sent me the messages

10:59 pm

carleekat

i didnt know then

10:59 pm

carleekat

i was just going to bring you up to date on my visit to the hospital today

10:59 pm

herinfernallady

No you wouldn't FB mobile is silly

10:59 pm

dcseain

like many a Washingtonian, i have a weakness for Sousa. We hear Stars and Stripes and The Washington Post often here.

10:59 pm

herinfernallady

How is your Step mum handling everything?

11:00 pm

carleekat

she is ...hanging in i guess.. she "wants to be alone" to focus.when people are near her she falls apart

11:01 pm

herinfernallady

Does she have someone that is there for her?

11:01 pm

carleekat

and..she does not like to display emotion to others ( the era she grew up in )

11:01 pm

carleekat

she has lots of good and old friends in the neighbourhood

11:01 pm

herinfernallady

OK.

11:01 pm

carleekat

litterally a stones throw away

11:02 pm

herinfernallady

I apologise if the typing is all wonky have to pinch other computer

11:02 pm

carleekat

its ok...my typing is wonky too

11:03 pm

dcseain

thank you so much for sharing the band and concernts

11:04 pm

mab

yes, i so agree.

11:04 pm

carleekat

your welcome... he would be thrilled to know here are lots of people listening tonight

11:08 pm

Jellen

Hi, all...

11:08 pm

mab

it feels right to do so, and i feel like i know your father a little bit.

11:08 pm

doxy1lover

stat and clue for 8?

11:09 pm

mab

hi jellen

11:09 pm

carleekat

thanks mab

11:12 pm

Uneaixoise

dr5/18 + gerund ending

11:13 pm

Uneaixoise

hugs and sympathy to you and your family, carlee

11:13 pm

doxy1lover

ty une

11:13 pm

carleekat

thanks une

11:13 pm

Uneaixoise

yw doxy :-)

11:17 pm

herinfernallady

Hi sorry I was looking at something

11:20 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Everyone I missed

11:21 pm

mrpresident

hi everyone :)
special **hugs** to carlee

11:21 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Mr Pres

11:22 pm

carleekat

hi mrp

11:33 pm

Uneaixoise

fi5/20 please?

11:34 pm

joey

hi all. May I please have help with the pi 5/16?

11:34 pm

Uneaixoise

pi + gerund ending

11:34 pm

herinfernallady

can't even finish this stupid not being able to use my computer

11:34 pm

joey

you have to be kidding - thanks for the help

11:35 pm

Uneaixoise

stoopid, eh?

11:35 pm

Uneaixoise

fi5/20 please?

11:35 pm

joey

yes, very, very stoopid

11:36 pm

Uneaixoise

fi5/20 please?

11:36 pm

joey

Une, what you need in your diet so that you are "regular". Uses high tile

11:36 pm

Uneaixoise

aahhh, thanks!!

11:42 pm

NANCY

a clue ol

11:42 pm

herinfernallady

i am going

11:42 pm

NANCY

a clue for the in 7/48 please

11:43 pm

dcseain

to insert, as a tree to root stock, Nancy

11:44 pm

NANCY

sorry dc not getting it, it is my last word

11:44 pm

dcseain

starts with gerund ending, ends with a type of boat

11:44 pm

Uneaixoise

same here, nancy!

11:45 pm

NANCY

bless you, I got it

11:45 pm

Uneaixoise

ah, in + gr5/20

11:45 pm

NANCY

thanks so much dc

11:45 pm

Uneaixoise

tx seain!

11:45 pm

dcseain

yall both quite welcome

11:45 pm

doxy1lover

in6?

11:46 pm

dcseain

baby, doxy

11:46 pm

doxy1lover

ty dc

11:47 pm

dcseain

:)

11:49 pm

dcseain

it makes me so happy when i can annoy the cat into going away when she's on me annoying me for attention

11:51 pm

Uneaixoise

gnite and I leave you with these adorable pix: http://tinyurl.com/3vjru5z

11:55 pm

doxy1lover

pi5?

11:55 pm

doxy1lover

nm

11:59 pm

Flask1

morning all.......

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