12:00 am
boatierra
Flip / vuelta / aleta
12:00 am
negativeneil
להעיף
12:00 am
negativeneil
tr9
12:01 am
VolleymomDee
flip and hi all!! hi neil
12:01 am
negativeneil
ou8, ou9 [bendy/twisty]
12:02 am
negativeneil
Hi Dee! :)
12:02 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:03 am
boatierra
Thanks Lickety :)
12:04 am
negativeneil
ou7
12:05 am
negativeneil
tr7, tr8... tr7, tr9
12:07 am
negativeneil
so6,24 works, gremlinn.
12:09 am
Erda
I'm late ----- thank you, Lickety!!
12:09 am
jesdraggon
flippy :)
12:10 am
jesdraggon
big flippy! hmm
12:14 am
cosdem
not good start so far
12:14 am
cybernan
hello everyonee -- looks tough
12:14 am
jesdraggon
hi cos, nan
12:16 am
dizgrannie
NBT & NBS
12:18 am
cosdem
stalled. cant find either U.....
12:18 am
dcseain
oh, for some bouillabaisse
12:19 am
cosdem
ok found one U
12:20 am
dizgrannie
cos, ul 5 & ut 5
12:20 am
VolleymomDee
tr 7 x 3
12:21 am
cosdem
thanks diz
12:21 am
jesdraggon
oh, for some bouillabaisse?
12:22 am
dizgrannie
yw Cos
12:23 am
jesdraggon
phantom arable
12:24 am
dcseain
there is a bouill in the grid
12:24 am
cosdem
stats for bottom row L please
12:24 am
dcseain
not a letter combo we see much
12:24 am
jesdraggon
oh, i see
12:24 am
VolleymomDee
li 5/14
12:25 am
cosdem
phantom liberal
12:25 am
VolleymomDee
help with 2nd a in the 4th column please
12:25 am
cosdem
ad 4/14 dee
12:25 am
cosdem
phantom limber
12:26 am
jesdraggon
and timber, cos :)
12:26 am
VolleymomDee
ad?
12:26 am
cosdem
yea ad 5/15 dee
12:27 am
cosdem
nbt/nbs finally
12:27 am
VolleymomDee
ty nbt nbs and congrats cos
12:28 am
cosdem
9's done!
12:28 am
dizgrannie
top T done, all pretty easy words
12:28 am
dizgrannie
congrts cos and dee
12:30 am
jesdraggon
100 words. off to bed with me. have fun, ya'll
12:34 am
cosdem
phantom marble
12:34 am
VolleymomDee
im 8/50... right, cos?
12:35 am
cosdem
i meant...
12:35 am
cosdem
im 5 ---> 8
12:35 am
cosdem
sry abt that
12:36 am
jillibus
Hello -- I'm not going to do this too-big one -- will be on the road tomorrow and away until Saturday night. Have fun, devoted babblers!
12:36 am
cybernan
hi jill
12:36 am
cybernan
stats for bottom l, please?
12:37 am
Book Doctor Gwen
li 5 is a zodiac sign
12:38 am
cosdem
but not for that L gwen
12:38 am
Book Doctor Gwen
oops, that one is li 5 , often confused with slander
12:39 am
cosdem
phamtom malaroma
12:39 am
cybernan
ty gwen, diz and cos
12:39 am
dizgrannie
yw Nan
12:39 am
cosdem
way too many phantoms.. malarial
12:40 am
cosdem
oooh.. 8's done!
12:41 am
cybernan
still missing the right u and e and the 9
12:41 am
Book Doctor Gwen
just found that u, it's a u plus an animal similar to an alpaca
12:42 am
cosdem
one of the 9's is an excercise machine
12:42 am
cosdem
and the other 9 is school related
12:43 am
cybernan
ty gwen
12:43 am
Book Doctor Gwen
oooh, found the exercise machine, ty cos!
12:43 am
dizgrannie
ty for the ma's, cos...8's done
12:43 am
cosdem
wtg diz :)
12:44 am
cybernan
have the tr 7 that is a mechanism for operating machinery with your feet
12:44 am
dcseain
it takes some music terms, but not trema.
12:44 am
cybernan
but is that related to the 9?
12:44 am
cybernan
oh -- got it!
12:44 am
VolleymomDee
not seeing the ma 7 and 8's hmmm
12:45 am
dizgrannie
go ! Nan
12:45 am
cosdem
theres a tr 5/7/8 combo and a tr 5/7 and kinda 9 combo
12:45 am
Book Doctor Gwen
same first 5 letters, then a primitive grinding operation
12:45 am
cosdem
ma + a 5 letter word for one of the 8 :P
12:47 am
dcseain
i will be drinking much me4 around a fire 2 weeks from tomorrow :)
12:49 am
cosdem
ahhh theres a re7....
12:53 am
cosdem
7's done! phew
12:54 am
cybernan
corner 3 stats, please?
12:54 am
cybernan
nm - stupid word
12:54 am
cybernan
nbt, nbs and I'm listing
12:55 am
dizgrannie
wd Nan
12:55 am
VolleymomDee
help please with the re 7
12:56 am
negativeneil
re7,36 -- to ad5,14 again.
12:56 am
VolleymomDee
bless you thx!
12:57 am
negativeneil
Aww. You're welcome! :)
12:59 am
VolleymomDee
went fast at first, but coming to a screeching halt now lol
1:04 am
VolleymomDee
el 6/21 stupid word
1:06 am
VolleymomDee
ra 7/36
1:08 am
VolleymomDee
did I kill the chat?
1:09 am
dcseain
welsh ra7
1:09 am
Jellen
I can't seem to find a single I word...
1:10 am
VolleymomDee
yep wtg! hi dc
1:10 am
dcseain
more sick, and an il4 babblet i have so far, jellen
1:11 am
Jellen
Thank you, dc
1:11 am
dcseain
extend i4 babblet for il5
1:12 am
Jellen
Thanks again...How about an N word stats?
1:13 am
dizgrannie
im 5,8 amd 7
1:13 am
dizgrannie
no 4 and 5
1:13 am
VolleymomDee
no 4/4 and its plural no 5/10
1:14 am
dcseain
i have an im8, but not the others yet :)
1:14 am
Jellen
Thanks, diz and Dee!
1:15 am
dizgrannie
dc, if you have im 8 cut off the last letters for im 5
1:15 am
dcseain
greyed the I
1:16 am
dcseain
never seen that IM7 before
1:16 am
VolleymomDee
nor have I... in states, I would guess it would not have two consonants at the end
1:16 am
ursh
hello all - could i please have the stats for the lower E
1:16 am
boatierra
Hey all :)
1:17 am
dcseain
hello, boa and ursh.
1:17 am
boatierra
A friend of mine on FB posted this a while ago - At Wal-Mart trying to find a puzzle to help Riley learn her states. The lady says "I don't think we have one that shows all 52." Oi…[:headdesk:]
1:17 am
VolleymomDee
el 5/12
1:17 am
dcseain
meaning the im6, dee, yes
1:17 am
VolleymomDee
hi boat; hi ursh
1:17 am
dcseain
enroll is enrol outside US usually, too.
1:17 am
dizgrannie
el 5/12 and el 6/21
1:18 am
dcseain
when i was with Customs, we had Enrollment Centers on the US side and Enrolment Centres on the Canadian.
1:18 am
VolleymomDee
like orthopedic and orthopaedic :)
1:19 am
dcseain
quite so, dee
1:19 am
boatierra
That just looks odd with one L.
1:19 am
VolleymomDee
Our town started out being "The Orthopedic Capital of the World".... then several years down the road, they added the a... made me chuckle...
1:20 am
dcseain
at least they didn't become the The Orthopædic Capital..."
1:21 am
VolleymomDee
actually that is what happened...
1:22 am
dcseain
oh, complet with the ligature?
1:22 am
dcseain
æ is not ae typographically.
1:22 am
dcseain
complete even
1:23 am
VolleymomDee
I think I am ready for lickety.... I'm truly stuck
1:23 am
dcseain
well, it's nearly half past 2, i think i should sleep, that i be up at a reasonable hour tomorrow.
1:24 am
dcseain
good night/day, and happy babbling, yall! {poof}
1:24 am
VolleymomDee
nite dc; sleep well
1:24 am
cybernan
175 down -- enough for tonight :)
1:24 am
boatierra
Nite dc :)
1:24 am
boatierra
Nite nan :)
1:25 am
Jellen
G'night nan
1:26 am
VolleymomDee
how did your date go jell?
1:27 am
Jellen
Didn't happen, Dee...he decided we lived too far apart to pursue a relationship...
1:27 am
boatierra
Oh, boo Jellen :(
1:27 am
VolleymomDee
shucks... he shoulda figured that out before you bought the shoes :)
1:27 am
rururocks
weenie.. what a weenie
1:28 am
VolleymomDee
hi ru
1:28 am
Jellen
I've still got great shoes, though!
1:29 am
rururocks
he doesn't know what he's missing
1:29 am
boatierra
Great shoes always help! :)
1:30 am
rururocks
I hate to say it jellen.. but any guy who won't try a goodnight kiss. well.. need I go further?
1:31 am
Jellen
lol, ru...
1:31 am
VolleymomDee
ok guys... can't keep my eyes open, so I'll have to finish tomorrow....
1:31 am
Jellen
G'night, Dee...
1:31 am
rururocks
...one more dee.. just one ... more.. work
1:32 am
rururocks
word.. that is
1:32 am
Jellen
Stats for the upper right U, please?
1:33 am
Book Doctor Gwen
UL5
1:33 am
Book Doctor Gwen
oops, UL 5,14
1:33 am
rururocks
u + alpaca
1:34 am
rururocks
or what alpacas say in the hood
1:34 am
Jellen
Thanks, Gwen and ruru
1:35 am
Book Doctor Gwen
finally nbt
1:36 am
Jellen
I'm still without the bottom row L...Stats, please?
1:37 am
Book Doctor Gwen
that's li 5, 14, a word often confused with slander
1:37 am
Jellen
Oh, nm...Thanks, Gwen!
1:38 am
Jellen
nbt for me...
1:38 am
Book Doctor Gwen
8-D
1:40 am
Jellen
Think I'll relocate to the bedroom now...Bye all...
1:41 am
Book Doctor Gwen
clue for the bottom corner E that I don't have? (I have an EL 5,12)
1:43 am
joshuavorbis
hi and nbt
1:44 am
Book Doctor Gwen
hi and wtg joshua!
1:49 am
dizgrannie
Gwen, el 6,21
1:51 am
Book Doctor Gwen
ty, hunting . . .
1:53 am
dizgrannie
Gwen...more of a tree, if that helps
1:55 am
Book Doctor Gwen
finally found it, what a bear
1:55 am
Book Doctor Gwen
and TY
2:02 am
Book Doctor Gwen
test
3:17 am
GroovyKiwi
kiaora night owels
3:31 am
dizgrannie
Hi back again with 23 left....
3:31 am
GroovyKiwi
hey grannie good luck with the last im just starting
3:32 am
dizgrannie
thx Kiwi
3:38 am
Andree
hi everyone
3:40 am
dizgrannie
Hi Andree, hows the Central Coast these days?
3:42 am
Andree
its great, I love it
3:47 am
dizgrannie
I love the area, Sis used to live at Umina (niece still does) and I often take the g/kids up there for a visit. The g/kids love the train trip, especially towards the end, counting all the tunnels...LOL
3:47 am
GroovyKiwi
hey andree xx
3:49 am
Andree
my sister has lived up here for the last 40 years
4:05 am
dizgrannie
**FIREWORDS** g/nite all!!
4:05 am
Andree
by grannie
4:08 am
Haz1558
Good evening/morning all
4:10 am
Haz1558
Hello, Andree. Nice to see you again.
4:11 am
Andree
nice to be back babbling
4:11 am
Haz1558
Are you doing the grid most days again or just at random as you have time?
4:13 am
Andree
been doing what i can when i can as i have more time now
4:14 am
Haz1558
That's nice. I'm not making very rapid progress with this grid.
4:14 am
Andree
have sold my business, goes through on 30th octobber
4:14 am
Haz1558
Oh, that's good news! I'm sure you're glad to get it sorted out.
4:15 am
Haz1558
Did you get a reasonable price for it?
4:17 am
Andree
no, i even have to finance it, but am still happy, my sutherland franchisee is taking it which means my drivers wont lose their jobs and my customers wont bre inconvenienced
4:17 am
rbud
hi Andree, great to see you! looks like you've landed in a lovely spot, nice picture! :)
4:18 am
Haz1558
As long as you're happy, that's the main thing and you know the business is in good hands.
4:18 am
Haz1558
Hello, rbud.
4:18 am
Andree
how time flies Haz, Hugo is 2 now
4:19 am
Haz1558
Goodness! Hard to believe. I'm sure he's still a great companion for you. Spangle is nearly 11 and seriously slowing up.
4:20 am
Andree
he is gorgeous, my best friend
4:22 am
Haz1558
I suppose your granddaughters miss him, though?
4:23 am
Andree
they do but i am there for a night or 2 every week and ofcourse he comes with me
4:23 am
Haz1558
That's good. He'll lap up the love those nights!
4:24 am
Andree
he does love the kids
4:24 am
Haz1558
Are they still in the same house?
4:25 am
Andree
they are and my office is still there too
4:26 am
Haz1558
I remember you worrying about him falling in the pool.
4:26 am
Andree
he did 3 times as a baby
4:27 am
Andree
gave me a terrible fright
4:27 am
Haz1558
You were right to worry! Kind of heart-sinking moments.
4:29 am
Andree
i dont know how there can be 231 words in this puzzle
4:30 am
Haz1558
I'm reaching the conclusion that there must be some very odd ones lurking. And I'm talking words, not babblers.
4:30 am
Andree
taking a break for some dinner
4:31 am
Haz1558
Enjoy dinner, Andree, and then you'll be freshly fuelled for the next round of finding words. See you again!
5:38 am
sprite
good afternoon all
5:48 am
sprite
wow... pretty tight grid for such a big one!
6:18 am
rubyfoo
hello everybody
6:18 am
sprite
hey rubyfoo
6:18 am
Uneaixoise
salut, ruby :-)
6:18 am
rubyfoo
the way these grids are growing, does it mean we'll have a 400-worder on Sunday?
6:18 am
rubyfoo
bonjour une
6:19 am
Uneaixoise
hey, sprite :-)
6:20 am
sprite
lol falling asleep over the keyboard here
6:20 am
rubyfoo
{{sprite}}
6:30 am
sprite
vowelless word alert
6:30 am
Uneaixoise
ok . . . hmmmm
6:31 am
sprite
nope, just cold
6:31 am
rubyfoo
hahah and thanks
6:31 am
rubyfoo
here, too
6:31 am
Uneaixoise
aahh LOL!!
6:32 am
uusue2
morning, all, I am in and out as I am running very late!
6:32 am
Uneaixoise
hey sue!!
6:32 am
sprite
hiya uusue :)
6:32 am
rubyfoo
quick hello, then, sue
6:32 am
uusue2
hi, une, ruby, and sprite!
6:33 am
uusue2
let's see if I can exercise, shower, have breakfast, and get out of here in an hour.....
6:33 am
Uneaixoise
you can do it, sue! LOL
6:33 am
sprite
you can. But it is tight.
6:34 am
rubyfoo
go sue go! the clock is counting
6:34 am
Uneaixoise
ooohh, french chestnut in the grid! :-)
6:34 am
rubyfoo
I was surprised
6:35 am
rubyfoo
never know with food words: enable allows miso and tofu but not natto
6:35 am
sprite
thanks une
6:35 am
Uneaixoise
enable is a fickle mistress
6:36 am
Uneaixoise
we need babble t-shirts with that emblazoned on the front! LOL
6:36 am
sprite
oh YESSSSS!
6:36 am
sprite
and on the backside it must say: I am clueless
6:37 am
Uneaixoise
LOL!! :-)
6:37 am
rubyfoo
it already says that on MY backside! lol
6:37 am
Uneaixoise
ruby! LOL
6:37 am
sprite
lol rubyfoo... tmi ;)
6:38 am
sprite
nah not really, just kidding
6:40 am
rubyfoo
speaking of welsh, did you get the ra7?
6:41 am
sprite
not yet (looking)
6:42 am
sprite
btw, that is my phantom zone... ratatouille!
6:42 am
rubyfoo
oooh, love that!
6:42 am
rubyfoo
all this food talk is making me hungry (I wish!)
6:43 am
sprite
hehehe we still must design our indian meal, rubyfoo
6:43 am
Uneaixoise
went to interesting show last nite: Singing Down the Pain -- music from the Civil War era performed live in Nashville's historic Downtown Presbyterian Church -- http://tinyurl.com/3g2nau7
6:43 am
rubyfoo
a friend from SA made a hilarious bingo in lexulous: aasvogel!
6:44 am
Uneaixoise
the church was a hospital for wounded soldiers during the Civil War
6:44 am
sprite
oh that is pure dutch
6:44 am
sprite
Une, that looks interesting!
6:44 am
rubyfoo
who were the performers?
6:44 am
rubyfoo
or Afrikans!
6:44 am
Uneaixoise
the performers were local singers and musicians -- they were recording it for Public Television
6:45 am
sprite
yes, Afrikans. Usually when a dutch word is valid in english, it comes from Africa.
6:45 am
rubyfoo
that sounds wonderful
6:45 am
Uneaixoise
one group of singers included an African American gentleman who was one of the original Freedom Riders!
6:45 am
sprite
oh my... really special
6:46 am
Uneaixoise
most in audience were my age or older -- room full of old liberals!! :-)
6:47 am
rubyfoo
nice to hear that from Nashville!
6:49 am
Uneaixoise
ok, need to take pups out to pee -- BBL -- good to see everyone! :-) *poof*
6:49 am
rubyfoo
a bientot une
6:51 am
rubyfoo
*poof* for me, see you later sprite!
6:51 am
carleekat
carlee survived another thursday
6:51 am
sprite
bye rubyfoo
6:51 am
sprite
wtg carlee 8hug*
6:52 am
carleekat
hi sprite <<huggles>
6:53 am
carleekat
babble themes... you school emblem
6:53 am
carleekat
a person in your LOCAL news
6:54 am
carleekat
( with the link to the news item in ur profile)
6:54 am
sprite
love them!
6:54 am
carleekat
a picture of something that starts with the first letter of your name
6:55 am
carleekat
OR a picture of something that LOOKS like the first letter of your name
6:56 am
sprite
hehehe I am gonna do them both!
6:56 am
carleekat
your favourity children's story
6:56 am
carleekat
or..favourite nursery rhyme
6:57 am
sprite
Carlee, I love them!
6:57 am
carleekat
your favourite type of lingerie ( should make the man happy)
6:57 am
carleekat
( this is before coffee even)
6:57 am
carleekat
your phobia
6:57 am
carleekat
( spider, snake, fire, heights)
6:58 am
carleekat
your favourite type of water ( could be snow or rain or sweat or filtered water or ice cubes )
6:59 am
carleekat
form of water i guess u should say
6:59 am
sprite
yes I think so
7:00 am
carleekat
your secret indulgence ( wine, chocolate, trashy literature, cavier in the bath tub..i dont know)
7:00 am
carleekat
your first car
7:00 am
carleekat
your first pet
7:01 am
carleekat
favourite colour
7:01 am
sprite
grin, your first carleekat
7:01 am
carleekat
that help out?
7:02 am
sprite
wonderful, carlee. Yes that helps out a LOT!
7:02 am
carleekat
the one thing that makes you feel nausea hahaha that would be a funny icon day
7:03 am
sprite
ooooo nice :D
7:03 am
carleekat
ok..here is one to piss of the strict players :p
7:03 am
carleekat
a "word" the actual WORD from teh grid HAHAHAHAHA
7:04 am
sprite
actually, I like it
7:04 am
sprite
I am a strict player, but this could be fun for one day
7:04 am
carleekat
hehehe <evil grin>
7:05 am
carleekat
favourite thing from a culture not your own
7:06 am
sprite
also very nice!
7:07 am
carleekat
favourite toy from your childhood
7:08 am
sprite
you are inspired!
7:08 am
carleekat
ok...my creative juices are dry
7:08 am
sprite
I thank you *deep bow)
7:10 am
sprite
you gave me 16 new themes
7:10 am
carleekat
oh..well..lets round to 20
7:12 am
carleekat
one food/drink you can no longer enjoy because of a bad experience
7:12 am
carleekat
favourite cleaning product
7:12 am
carleekat
favourite time of day
7:12 am
sprite
a lumpia. Argh.
7:13 am
carleekat
1 mmore
7:13 am
carleekat
your lucky number?
7:13 am
carleekat
favourite sports team
7:13 am
carleekat
favourite sports hero
7:14 am
carleekat
most memorable news item in your entire life
7:14 am
carleekat
can i stop now?
7:14 am
sprite
hehehe I don't know.... can you?
7:15 am
carleekat
favourite trashy book ( book cover)
7:15 am
sprite
that was a month's worth of themes
7:17 am
carleekat
oh....here is one... take a photo of your favourite coffee mug
7:17 am
carleekat
and... here one more
7:17 am
carleekat
something you want to see in the PB
7:18 am
carleekat
ok..NOW i am done
7:18 am
sprite
oh yeah, that was a long time ago that we had that one. Good!
7:18 am
carleekat
we did?..or..strike that ( sorry..i never look at the themes..i think they are fun..but i just make my icon about me )
7:18 am
sprite
you are totally amazing. Thanks carlee.
7:19 am
carleekat
they are fun tho...when i first played i changed my icon..i had a folder of all the pics for them
7:19 am
carleekat
no problem
7:19 am
sprite
yeah :) I didn't do icon themes either, but when I took over as icon queen, I had to.
7:19 am
carleekat
Hmmm...pizza boxes? from your fav pizza place
7:21 am
carleekat
( i am just trying to think first of what would be a fun pic to see as icon..then make a theme fit )
7:21 am
carleekat
BUbbles
7:21 am
sprite
I love it.
7:21 am
mrpresident
evening all :)
7:21 am
carleekat
favourite muppet
7:22 am
carleekat
hi MRP {{hugs}}
7:22 am
sprite
hey MrP :)
7:22 am
carleekat
( we are brainstorming icon themes here)
7:22 am
sprite
muppet! Oh great.
7:22 am
periwinkle
morning all
7:22 am
carleekat
ugh..in under 4 hours i go to work...
7:22 am
carleekat
hi peri
7:22 am
sprite
nah we are not. Carlee is firing away all by herself!
7:22 am
sprite
morning periwinkle :)
7:23 am
sprite
poor carlee :( *huge hug*
7:23 am
carleekat
guliest lamp ever
7:23 am
periwinkle
sprite. Favorite childhood TV show,has that been suggested?
7:23 am
carleekat
ugliest*
7:23 am
sprite
that is gonna be ahoot
7:23 am
carleekat
i am not doing the grid....its a big one....i dont have time
7:23 am
sprite
yes, but it is some time ago, thanks peri
7:24 am
carleekat
favourite childhood food
7:25 am
carleekat
OH OH OH.... your teenage Idol crush!!!!!
7:25 am
periwinkle
help with the U pls
7:26 am
sprite
U + spitting animal?
7:26 am
periwinkle
ty srite
7:26 am
periwinkle
and bottom L pls
7:26 am
sprite
or U + stone square for floors or walls
7:26 am
periwinkle
sprite, even
7:27 am
sprite
li5: slander
7:27 am
periwinkle
ty spritey
7:27 am
periwinkle
nbt but need and 8 and 9 for nbs
7:27 am
sprite
tr8: someone who walks all over something
7:28 am
sprite
don't have a 9 yet
7:28 am
periwinkle
sprite, just found a tr9, exercise equip. that you walk on
7:29 am
sprite
ohhhh good one!
7:29 am
sprite
thank you, I mean
7:29 am
periwinkle
but not seeing the tr8
7:29 am
sprite
tr + more than enough for the tr7, person who for the 8
7:30 am
periwinkle
very pleased with myself re tr9
7:30 am
sprite
you should be. Great find.
7:30 am
carleekat
very good sprite...i jsut found it myself...but still not doing the grid...
7:30 am
uusue2
thanks for all of those!
7:30 am
sprite
lollll carlee :)
7:31 am
carleekat
i mean peri...sorry :)
7:31 am
uusue2
and I'm not out of here yet but am eating by breakfast (for those of you who were here an hour ago :-)
7:31 am
mrpresident
wow, almost all the grid is has a word!!, amazed that the R in the middle doesn't! LOL
7:31 am
carleekat
hmmm..babble themes...
7:31 am
mrpresident
hi peri, sue, sprite, carlee et al :)) ***hugs***
7:31 am
carleekat
something iconic from your culture
7:31 am
sprite
yeah, good grid, mrP!
7:31 am
carleekat
hi again mrp
7:32 am
periwinkle
got the tr8 ty sprite
7:32 am
sprite
keep them coming, carlee!
7:32 am
sprite
am glad, peri
7:32 am
periwinkle
oops, missing the e in the right corner
7:33 am
sprite
you know the little red char from sesame street? More like him, EL6
7:33 am
periwinkle
ty sprite
7:34 am
sprite
and the other one is EL5, ****entary, dear Watson, add a vowl
7:37 am
o-o
And remember, you can stop looking for the word if you find it ... unless your would rather not.
7:38 am
sprite
BabbleRabble! Glad to see you.
7:38 am
o-o
Hello, sprite. How are you and the little lion doing?
7:39 am
carleekat
hi there BR
7:40 am
carleekat
my brain is drawing a blank now for themes sprite..sorry
7:40 am
sprite
the little lion is doing wonderful! Happiest dog ever. And great company.
I am doing not too great atm, severe therapy issues... therapist needs therapy imo... but will not give up. Xmas is coming up ;)
7:40 am
o-o
Hello, carkee
7:40 am
sprite
Have things been a little bit better for you since last time we talked? I hope so.
7:41 am
o-o
I am quite unwell, but nothing that is exceptional based on my history
7:42 am
sprite
am really sorry, I wish things could be a little easier for you. *sending you a ray of light and an extremely comfortable hammock*
7:42 am
o-o
Puts you in a hard place when the therapist needs therapy
7:42 am
mrpresident
your doggie is gorgeous sprite!
7:42 am
sprite
carlee, don't you dare say sorry. You generated a whole list! Thank you :)
7:43 am
carleekat
i mean..sorry i stopped
7:43 am
sprite
yes, it does, BabbleRabble. But it also makes me aware of which part of me is actually pretty sane. And that part I will defend.
7:44 am
mrpresident
how you going carlee ??
7:44 am
mrpresident
hi jellen :)
7:44 am
sprite
hey Jellen :)
7:45 am
o-o
The short days of winter are not my prime times
7:45 am
o-o
Hello, mrp, Jellen and carlee.
7:45 am
sprite
no... lesser light does not help at all.
7:45 am
carleekat
i am good mrp... i am SOOOO loving school
7:45 am
mrpresident
hi BR
7:45 am
uusue2
hi, mrp, sprite, carlee, BR, jellen!
7:45 am
Anniebrook
good morning all
7:46 am
uusue2
hi, annie!
7:46 am
mrpresident
am SOOOOO happy for you!! that is wonderful!
7:46 am
mrpresident
hi annie :)
7:46 am
carleekat
i think i am about to be asked out by a nice guy...
7:46 am
o-o
Hello, Sue and Annie
7:46 am
sprite
we should go to finland in summer and to the other side of the world in winter, BabbleRabble :) Eternal day!
7:46 am
carleekat
i love my job ( just wished it paid more)
7:46 am
sprite
oh wow carlee, that rocks
7:46 am
sprite
hey Annie, wb Sue
7:46 am
uusue2
BR, when I look at your icon in the chat it does not look at all the same as when I click on your profile. Just saying.
7:46 am
Jellen
Nice carlee!
7:47 am
Anniebrook
so nice to see you all
7:47 am
sprite
I like the sun glasses on mr Death
7:47 am
uusue2
I do too, sprite!
7:48 am
carleekat
i am just in a really happy spot right now....
7:48 am
uusue2
yay, carlee! That is so good to hear!
7:48 am
sprite
you deserve no less, carlee
7:48 am
o-o
I excel at ambivalence.
7:48 am
carleekat
i will probably be anoyingly perky and happy now
7:49 am
sprite
sounds familiar, BabbleRabble. So do I... or not... or maybe too.
7:49 am
mrpresident
you too annie :)
7:49 am
Mom
Good morning everyone
7:49 am
mrpresident
hi mom :)
7:49 am
stevedallas
good morning all; how many words today and thanks in advance
7:49 am
Jellen
Good morning, Mom
7:49 am
Anniebrook
HI ((Mom))
7:49 am
Mom
(((Mrp)))) good evening
7:49 am
sprite
hi steve, 231 today
7:49 am
o-o
I have been sitting by the phone waiting for a call for decades now ... no one ever asks me out.
7:50 am
stevedallas
almost too many
7:50 am
Mom
good morning ((Jellen)), how are you, I haven't seen you ages.
7:50 am
sprite
if I didn't know how much you value your privacy, I'd ask for your phone number, BabbleRabble :)
7:50 am
Mom
(((Annie))) good morning. Good to see you
7:50 am
Jellen
I am fairly well, Mom...Thanks for asking!
7:51 am
Mom
((Babblerabble)) good morning to you.
7:51 am
Mom
glad to hear that, Jellen
7:51 am
Mom
(((Sprite))) good morning
7:51 am
carleekat
hi mom...
7:51 am
Mom
((Carlee)) good morning
7:52 am
Mom
It was 10:30 last night before I realized that I hadn't even looked at babble.
7:52 am
Anniebrook
You must have been very busy
7:52 am
mrpresident
same here mom! i didn't look at babble till 10 min ago!
7:52 am
carleekat
i need food..do i want an omelette..or just toast...
7:52 am
Mom
:-) I had Annie yesterday
7:53 am
Mom
toast, Carlee
7:53 am
carleekat
i popped on a couple times yesterday but chat was quiet
7:53 am
mrpresident
omelette, with fetta, baby spinach and mushrooms
7:53 am
carleekat
if the grid is a small one tomorrow i will do it
7:53 am
carleekat
i dont have those things..i have smoked turkey and cheddar and onion...
7:54 am
mrpresident
that would work... cheddar and onion is lovely
7:54 am
Mom
Annie, I hope you have had good weather this week.
7:54 am
uusue2
hi, mom and steve!
7:54 am
carleekat
( groceries are very plain...basic...nothing fancy for the mext couple years...dxh is giving me 100.00 in support atm....and i dont make enough to cover rent...and i a waiting for my student loan...)
7:54 am
o-o
I was talking to a lady in the waiting room the other day and she did not care for my views on a number of things.... then out of the blue, she asked me if I was single. When I said yes, she told me I should be!
7:54 am
Anniebrook
Mom, the weather is lousy, right now, foggy, muggy and drizzly but we did our thing..doesnt stop us
7:54 am
uusue2
and BR, if I am ever in your area I will give you a call! (assuming I know your number, of course!)
7:54 am
o-o
I had to laugh
7:55 am
uusue2
I can't tell you how many men have walked away from me when I told them what I do for a living, BR! And that even when I was young and (dare I say) attractive...
7:55 am
Anniebrook
Laugh away, BR!
7:56 am
Mom
glad to hear that Annie. Regardless of the weather, I knew you would have a great tme
7:56 am
uusue2
although I found it a useful filter - anyone who is threatened by me is someone I don't want to be involved with anyway
7:56 am
sprite
wasn't that Winston Churchill, with that lady that told him that if he were her husband, she would poison his tea?
(And he answered that if he were her husband, he would drink it)
7:57 am
mrpresident
oooh, got a 9!!
7:57 am
Anniebrook
yes, it was sprite
7:57 am
sprite
sounds healthy, uusue
7:57 am
uusue2
so there you go, BR - that is a lady you wouldn't want to have anywhere around you anyway!
7:57 am
carleekat
what a BITCH!
7:57 am
sprite
yayyyy carlee! I always love your subtle remarks so much :D
7:57 am
carleekat
ok..toddling off to kitchen to make an omelette
7:58 am
mrpresident
see ya carlee, save some for me please :)
7:58 am
sprite
bfn carlee (still chuckling here)
7:58 am
o-o
We actually had quite a nice conversation.
7:59 am
uusue2
ok, I am off to work - meetings ALL DAY today (symposium in honor of one of our retired faculty members), then dinner. Back in 12 hours or so (unless I decide to babble during the meeting :-)
7:59 am
sprite
it is nice if you can be honest with eachother
7:59 am
sprite
bye uusue, have a grand day
7:59 am
o-o
Be well, sue.
7:59 am
Jellen
Bye for now, uusue
7:59 am
mrpresident
see ya sue! have a nice day
8:00 am
mrpresident
how are you jellen ??
8:00 am
Mom
bye bye Uusue and Carlee
8:00 am
uusue2
link for the symposium (and now I am really out of here): http://www.niutoday.info/2011/09/22/sy
mposium-dinner-will-honor-clyde-kimbal
l/
8:00 am
Mom
Mrp, care to help out with the 9 you found?
8:00 am
Jellen
I'm a little blue at the moment...
8:01 am
mrpresident
tr9... compound for running machine
8:01 am
mrpresident
oh jellen hunny!! **hugs** what is wrong babe?
8:01 am
sprite
ou9: done with putting new info in our heads
8:01 am
Jellen
Danny (the man I was talking with so much) decided we lived too far apart for a relationship...
8:01 am
o-o
The sun is shining ... a good way to start the day.
8:01 am
Mom
thanks, Mrp, will work on that and thanks Sprite for the other 9
8:02 am
sprite
{{{Jellen}}} That is enough for blueism.
8:02 am
Mom
oh Jellen, I am so sorry
8:02 am
mrpresident
oh no :((
8:02 am
o-o
Has it cooled any in Texas, kje?
8:02 am
sprite
the sun may not help, BabbleRabble, but it sure makes a difference.
8:02 am
kje
yes, quite nice right ow, br
8:03 am
sprite
hey kje :)
8:03 am
Mom
((KJE)) good morning
8:03 am
mrpresident
that sucks jellen... is hard when you develop a 'like' and get let down
8:03 am
mrpresident
hi kje :)
8:04 am
Jellen
Yes, mrp, I thought he was special...
8:04 am
o-o
I see you have raised almost a third of your goal for the walk.
8:04 am
Mom
thanks Gail and good morning
8:04 am
Gail
Ooopd, sorry, typed too fast.
8:04 am
sprite
not special enough to deserve you, Jellen. Am really sorry.
8:05 am
mrpresident
oh jellen... how far apart are you guys??
8:05 am
Gail
More coffee please?
8:05 am
kje
yes, have quite a ways to go yet... but will get there
8:05 am
Jellen
2 hour drive
8:05 am
sprite
*pours Gail a fresh, strong cup of coffee*
8:06 am
Gail
Mmmmmm, perfect!
8:06 am
sprite
only 2 hours? Oh my... that is not good, Jellen. Shouldn't be too much of a distance if you are really special for eachother.
8:06 am
mrpresident
2 hours... that is not so far. we do 2 hours here without issue.
8:10 am
Jellen
Hmm...I need to go back to sleep or get breakfast...
8:10 am
sprite
or get a bit of breakfast and then go back to bed. Be nice to yourself, jellen :)
8:11 am
Jellen
lol, sprite...I'll start with breakfast! brb
8:12 am
Mom
great idea, Jellen
8:12 am
kje
i feel i have entered a hundred b's and still am only half done with that tile
8:13 am
sprite
the Bs are low on series
8:13 am
o-o
At least all the bs start with b
8:13 am
sprite
*grin* yes they do
8:14 am
kje
i need breakfast too... bbiab
8:15 am
sprite
enjoy, kje
8:16 am
sprite
phantom: ti**out
8:17 am
o-o
The be 6/27 sounds like john paul george and ringo with a sweat feature nuance
8:17 am
sprite
hm ignore that, one is very close
8:21 am
carleekat
hmmm...hot food... i havent had hot food in a week
8:22 am
carleekat
even my toasted bagel with cream cheese has been eaten an hour after preparation all week
8:22 am
sprite
fireflies :) Great grid and great company. I thank you all
8:23 am
o-o
Congrats, sprite
8:23 am
mrpresident
on ya sprite :)
8:23 am
carleekat
*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~*for sprite!!!
8:23 am
Judi
Happy Friday, Babblers!
8:23 am
sprite
thank you :) Have fun all, and see you soon. All the best.
8:24 am
Anniebrook
congrats, sprite
8:24 am
mrpresident
see ya sprite
8:24 am
o-o
Be well, sprite
8:25 am
Anniebrook
hi judi
8:26 am
mrpresident
hi judi :)
8:27 am
carleekat
hi judi
8:33 am
Judi
<----- We went to NC and one of the few pictures we took was of the Piggly Wiggly.
8:34 am
crosshair
good morning everyone
8:34 am
mrpresident
(((crossy))) !!
8:35 am
crosshair
47 b,s??!!
8:35 am
crosshair
(((MRP)))
8:35 am
Judi
Hiya, Crossy.
8:35 am
crosshair
howdy judi
8:36 am
o-o
The bs are easy, crosshair ...take you ten minutes
8:40 am
Mom
I need to start my day, will be back at lunch time. (((Hugs))) to all of you
8:41 am
mrpresident
see ya mom :)
8:41 am
carleekat
hi crossy
8:41 am
carleekat
{{mom}} bye
8:41 am
Mom
bye for now ((MrP)))
8:41 am
Mom
thanks, BR, you as well
8:41 am
Mom
((Carlee)) have a great day
8:41 am
mrpresident
40 left and need to sleep AGAIN! fallin asleep on the keyboard
8:42 am
montreal13
I can't stay but I wanted to thank you BR for the fab4 be6/27
8:42 am
Judi
Can't walk around with keyboard face, Mr. P. Sleep!
8:43 am
carleekat
hi monty
8:43 am
mrpresident
good night all :)
8:43 am
carleekat
ok..i gotta shower and start fluffing my doff...work in a couple hours...
8:43 am
carleekat
night night mrp {{hugs}}
8:43 am
montreal13
hi there carlee et al - goodnight mrp
8:44 am
o-o
Take care, carlee
8:45 am
Habes
Good morning from Mr. Bob helping his wife
8:45 am
montreal13
gotta go - found only 67 words but 30 of them are Bs - BBL - take care all - "poof"
8:50 am
Judi
I'd like to buy another "m" so I can make "dammit".
8:50 am
hego
lol Judi. Hi All
8:52 am
o-o
Hello, hego. How's your onion?
8:53 am
crosshair
my onion is peeling
8:53 am
hego
Um, I guess it's okay BR
8:53 am
hego
rofl Crossy.
8:55 am
hego
I don't think he's going to explain.
8:55 am
crosshair
he is deep our br,he is like an onion..he has layers
8:56 am
o-o
My layers are in the henhouse
8:56 am
hego
Some we may not want to know about. lol
8:57 am
Judi
Did someone forget to take medication this a.m., or is it just me?
8:57 am
hego
Nah, he's always like that.
8:58 am
hego
Part of the mystique.
8:58 am
crosshair
mmm hens=eggs onioins =diced onions with chopped taters sizzling in butter in a pan=bacon!
8:58 am
Judi
I should know better than to ask. lol, Crossy. When life gives you onions, make an omelet!
8:59 am
hego
FOOD PORN!!!
8:59 am
crosshair
indeed!
8:59 am
vanillaslice
someone pls have a clue for el5/12
9:00 am
Anniebrook
****entary, my dear Watson and vowel
9:00 am
crosshair
think i shall 3 egg westerns today with diced green and yellow pepper,finly chopped sweet valencia onions and smoked ham bits in a hot buttered pan till golden brown and when i fold it it will lovingly embrace a 1/4 pound of shredded 5 year old cheddar and we can serve that with texas toast and chilled oj
9:01 am
vanillaslice
tyvm
9:01 am
Anniebrook
Hi hego :)
9:05 am
crosshair
howdy annie:)
9:05 am
Anniebrook
Hi crossy :)
9:06 am
hego
twists and turns. i'm getting dizzy.
9:06 am
hego
And so's my onion.
9:07 am
crosshair
today is be kind to your onion day
9:14 am
periwinkle
hi all, found the tr9 by myself, help with other 9 pls
9:15 am
periwinkle
I have more than one onion :)
9:15 am
hego
that's So funny Peri
9:17 am
periwinkle
monkeys are up
9:18 am
periwinkle
and I have plenty of bananas for them too
9:19 am
periwinkle
only have one 8, tr8, would like help with other 8's pls
9:19 am
Nef
Good Morning Everybody! How are you all today?
9:19 am
hego
Hi Nef. I'm good.
9:19 am
periwinkle
hi Nef, ok here and you?
9:20 am
hego
Peri don't have those yet.
9:21 am
Nef
I'm working on my first cup of coffee; but it isn't helping with all of these vowels so far (just starting out; aiming for NBT
9:21 am
vanillaslice
ou8 = ou + cons + gaining knowledge
9:21 am
hego
Are you retired now Nef?
9:22 am
joshuavorbis
don't forget the past participle of that, vanilla
9:22 am
Anniebrook
thanks vanilla and hi Nef, josh
9:22 am
periwinkle
tyty, vanilla and josh
9:22 am
Nef
yes I am, hego. Officially retired 2 weeks today. :-)
9:23 am
Anniebrook
ah thanks, josh
9:23 am
vanillaslice
ty I didn't have that
9:24 am
vanillaslice
trying my best to monkey the tr9 but no luck
9:24 am
periwinkle
tr9 equipment you walk on
9:25 am
hego
God, I hate a words. Grrr...
9:25 am
periwinkle
don't have it hego, looking
9:25 am
vanillaslice
am8 is a cherry
9:25 am
periwinkle
did that help vanilla?
9:25 am
periwinkle
cherry?
9:25 am
vanillaslice
ahh yes ty peri!!
9:26 am
Nef
thanks. Now I have to figure out how to adjust to this new life. I'm trying so hard NOT to over volunteer my time (but I've already put in 6 hours of volunteer work at my old workplace this week and am volunteering 3 hours for a blood drive at church today!)
9:26 am
joshuavorbis
i ** * good person + hook letter + french females
9:27 am
periwinkle
ty josh, new word for me
9:27 am
hego
Carefull Nef.
9:27 am
periwinkle
I only volunterr two hours a week at a local food pantry
9:29 am
vanillaslice
I voluteered to take my other half for a six hour drive today ...she enjoyed it!
9:29 am
Nef
yeah. I know. So many of my nurse friends have done this too. And I need to be here to care for Aunty too. But I did enjoy the time away from her (that sounds bad; doesn't it?)
9:29 am
hego
not bad at all.
9:30 am
hego
You know that caregivers need a break.
9:30 am
periwinkle
no it doesn't Nef, sometimes we need a break from responsibilities
9:30 am
hego
Take your own advise miss peri.
9:30 am
periwinkle
yes Mam
9:31 am
periwinkle
currently pouring here, hope it ligtens up soon, need to leave for a doctors appt
9:32 am
hego
No rain here.
9:32 am
periwinkle
will gladly send you ours, hego
9:33 am
Nef
LOL! I know I need a break; last week I felt like pounding my head against a wall when she wouldn't eat. I seem to take it personally when she loses weight (she's now down to 90 lbs; she's lost 40 lbs since March)
9:34 am
hego
How old is she?
9:34 am
Nef
we need rain here. I'd like to mow the lawn myself this fall
9:35 am
Nef
she's 86. I keep telling her she won't regain any "good" weight at her age
9:35 am
hego
sounds difficult.
9:38 am
Nef
she's been a very sweet person over her life. But she was the youngest of 5 girls and sometimes that "baby of the family" thing comes out
9:41 am
hego
Yikes! It's late. Better go. BBL.
9:41 am
Nef
take care, hego. HAGD
9:43 am
vanillaslice
I don't believe it, suddenly I'm down to ONE
9:43 am
Nef
WTG, vanilla! You can do it!
9:45 am
vanillaslice
yes..fireworks Thanks for the helps, thanks Lickety
9:45 am
Nef
YAY, vanilla!!! WTG!!!!
9:46 am
vanillaslice
tyvm Nef
9:46 am
Anniebrook
congrats, vanilla
9:46 am
vanillaslice
ty Annie
9:48 am
vanillaslice
time for bed Have a great day/night everyone I'm gone poof
9:49 am
Nef
what time is it there, vanilla? sometimes I see you on here and you talk of what you did "today" and sometimes you say what you are going to do "today". I get all mixed up trying to figure out if it's today or tomorrow in Aus for some reason
9:49 am
Nef
Drat! It took me too long to type that
9:56 am
MollyL
Nef, Australia is 15 hours ahead of the US, give or take, depending on your time zone.
9:56 am
rubyfoo
{{annie}}
9:56 am
rubyfoo
{{molly}}
9:56 am
bichon
Hi and good day to everyone
9:56 am
rubyfoo
all the girlies are here!
9:56 am
rubyfoo
and {{bichon}}
9:57 am
wvteach
hello ruby and good morning all
9:57 am
MollyL
Hi everyone
9:57 am
bichon
I wish I were a girlie, I'm Medicare enabled
9:58 am
MollyL
You are a girlie at heart Bich
9:58 am
Nef
I know, but they also cover over 5 time zones, don't they?
9:58 am
bichon
I guess so Molly
9:58 am
Anniebrook
hi ((ruby)), bichon, nef, molly
9:59 am
bichon
We're all here. Yippee
9:59 am
rubyfoo
hi teach!
9:59 am
rubyfoo
yes, definitely girlies at heart!
9:59 am
Nef
nope, I guess they have 3 time zones; so I don't have to think about it as much
10:00 am
crosshair
sigh..found just over half of the b words,:(
10:00 am
Anniebrook
hi teach
10:00 am
wvteach
hello annie
10:00 am
rubyfoo
I don't get the cherries clue....and haven't even reached half
10:00 am
Nef
Hi Annie, bichon, teach, Molly, and crossy
10:00 am
rubyfoo
{{crossy}} and the girlies, sounds like an easy rock group
10:00 am
bichon
I've just started, but there's no ed endings and the s doesn't look too helpful
10:01 am
MollyL
Ruby...a + ***s is a planet + female French ending
10:02 am
wvteach
thnx molly
10:02 am
bichon
tyvm Molly
10:02 am
rubyfoo
banging head against keyboard, but still don't get it....
10:03 am
rubyfoo
yay, feeling dumb but finally got it. ty
10:03 am
wvteach
clue for the N in the 1st column please
10:03 am
bichon
the French ending you got Ruby?
10:04 am
rubyfoo
yes, I'm even one!
10:04 am
rubyfoo
I didn't get the planet at first....duh
10:04 am
bichon
It's the weather ruby.
10:05 am
rubyfoo
it is still perfect here, very lucky!
10:06 am
Nef
teach, could you clue that N please? I've been working on it and it's my last letter for NBT
10:06 am
rubyfoo
sorry, didn't even think it would be a word followed by humbug
10:06 am
bichon
tyvm ruby
10:06 am
BzznBea
Morning all. What word were you clueing, Molly?
10:07 am
rubyfoo
hello bea
10:07 am
bichon
It's very un-fall like. warmish, humid, rainy, sticky, etc
10:07 am
wvteach
2nd and 4th vowels are the same
10:07 am
rubyfoo
here, it's around 50 at night, 75 in the afternoon
10:07 am
wvteach
and then the plural
10:07 am
rubyfoo
ty teach
10:07 am
bichon
by this time the humidity usually goes away
10:07 am
rubyfoo
and then backwards!
10:08 am
bichon
what, no outie?!
10:09 am
Nef
thanks teach. I'd tried that several times and it didn't take it til now
10:10 am
rubyfoo
must make dinner but I'd rather stay here....
10:10 am
Nef
(I hate when it won't take certain words until I have tried a few times -- and yes, even with correct spelling!)
10:10 am
rubyfoo
need 2 for half
10:11 am
rubyfoo
prez's name doesn't work :(
10:11 am
Nef
bichon, add a consonant in the middle
10:11 am
hurshy
why would it??
10:11 am
rubyfoo
because I need another word
10:12 am
MollyL
You never know with these grids.
10:12 am
rubyfoo
and, at a certain point, those monkeys will try anything
10:12 am
hurshy
have you got a one-celled organism?
10:13 am
rubyfoo
ty ty hurshy
10:13 am
rubyfoo
half and I can go and cook
10:13 am
amelu0218
death notice, satellite's path
10:14 am
wvteach
congrats ruby
10:14 am
rubyfoo
hi amelu and bye for now
10:14 am
hurshy
where, amelu?
10:14 am
rubyfoo
ty and *poof*
10:14 am
amelu0218
left o
10:15 am
hurshy
ohhhh, lol, i thought you were saying that they had figured out where that falling satellite was going to land and kill people!
10:15 am
amelu0218
LOL! ESP I have not...
10:16 am
wvteach
bottom row L please
10:16 am
amelu0218
speak untrue of someone
10:17 am
wvteach
unfortunately that (and all the others i tried) come from the L above the bottom one
10:18 am
amelu0218
no, it doesn't.
10:18 am
amelu0218
not one who speaks untruth
10:18 am
Nef
try a legal term for it teach
10:18 am
lbdawger
more like writing an untruth about someone.
10:18 am
hurshy
i think wv is thinking li4, and amelu means li5/14
10:19 am
wvteach
yes i only have li4
10:19 am
amelu0218
yepper.
10:19 am
lbdawger
clue for the lone U top right corner?
10:19 am
wvteach
got it - thnx amelu and all
10:20 am
Nef
u + l**** (SA pack animal
10:20 am
lbdawger
ty, nef! NBT!!
10:20 am
hurshy
this is a hard grid.
10:21 am
Nef
thanks for saying that, hurshy. I was feeling dumb
10:22 am
hurshy
no probs :)
10:25 am
ChampFit
Oooooooh...peeked in just in time for the u...thanks Nef!!!
10:25 am
Nef
the bottom u sounds like a DIY floor project
10:29 am
crosshair
FOOD IS HERE! EGGS!,HAM,PEPPERS! ONIONS! MOUNDS OF TEXAS TOAST WITH JELLY AND MARMALADE!..GASP! BACON!..SQUEEE!
10:29 am
wvteach
pass it all around please - thnx crossy
10:29 am
Nef
ooohh, crossy!
10:29 am
hurshy
bottom E?
10:31 am
Nef
el***mentary, Hursh
10:31 am
Nef
(change last vowel
10:32 am
wvteach
thnx nef
10:33 am
cybernan
good morning everyone :)
10:33 am
wvteach
NBT and NBS - can now go make some lunch
10:33 am
Nef
any clues for the 9's please?
10:33 am
crosshair
mm ,it may be easy for mr holmes,but i cannot see it
10:33 am
cybernan
tr 9 is an exercise machine
10:33 am
wvteach
ou 9 - past participle of ou 8
10:33 am
MollyL
ou9...not in + what you do in school + consonant
10:33 am
cybernan
clue for the am 8, please?
10:34 am
cybernan
ty molly -- didn't have that one :)
10:34 am
wvteach
a + name of planet + french female ending
10:35 am
cybernan
ty teach
10:35 am
wvteach
other 9 is a tr 9 - don't have it yet
10:36 am
Nef
thanks Molly!
10:36 am
cybernan
just clued it, teach
10:36 am
Nef
clued by cybernan at 10:33, teach
10:37 am
wvteach
thnx nef - missed the clue
10:37 am
wvteach
and nan for the clue - thnx
10:37 am
cybernan
ar 6? - don't have either
10:38 am
hurshy
your accounts might be in ar6s
10:39 am
cybernan
ty hurshy
10:42 am
Nef
BBL; time to get moving
10:45 am
jmcnrick
reasonable size grid on a day when i don't have to do 3 million things
10:47 am
crosshair
howdy jmc
10:48 am
hurshy
are we to infer that today you DO have to do 3 million things?
10:48 am
hurshy
oh no, you said yay, so must be that you DON'T.
10:48 am
hurshy
it may seem like a reasonable size but it is a tough nut.
10:49 am
jmcnrick
oh well since i no longer care if i finish i can live with a tough one
10:49 am
jmcnrick
if you think it is tough it will be impossible for me
10:50 am
hurshy
we shall see
10:50 am
jmcnrick
haha you are awfully reserved today hursh
10:51 am
Jeff7
not getting the tr9 exercise machine....any other clue would be nice :)
10:51 am
crosshair
cluse for u,s please
10:51 am
crosshair
clues even
10:51 am
hurshy
it is compound, jeff, 5 and then 4
10:51 am
crosshair
it is a mchaine you run for miles on but takes you nowhere
10:51 am
jmcnrick
many people describe working in an office as being on a tr9
10:51 am
cybernan
you walk for miles on the tr 9 jeff -- hard work!
10:51 am
Jeff7
got it....ty
10:52 am
Jeff7
I was trying for the bouncing exerciser
10:52 am
jmcnrick
u+a tibetan priest that sounds like a south american beast
10:52 am
hurshy
cnan said a woooooord
10:53 am
jmcnrick
tsk cyber!
10:53 am
jmcnrick
other u is useful
10:54 am
cybernan
mmmm - chocolate in the pb
10:54 am
crosshair
ty for the one u,but the sough american holy man eludes me
10:55 am
jmcnrick
there is a poem a one l blank is a priest, a 2 l blank is a breast and you can bets your cat's pajama that there is no such thing as a 3 l blank
10:56 am
crosshair
que pasa?
10:57 am
crosshair
i must need a tea
10:57 am
jmcnrick
fill in the blank crossy
10:57 am
cybernan
stuck on the first and last ob
10:58 am
crosshair
only ob i have is a musical instrument
10:58 am
cybernan
have that one too, crossy
10:59 am
crosshair
maybe 21 blank priests can help lol
11:00 am
joshuavorbis
last ob add a vowel between last two letters of one previous
11:01 am
joshuavorbis
1st - o + do you ****eeeeeeeve - cher
11:01 am
rururocks
sluttle sounds like a reasonable word..
11:02 am
cybernan
ty josh
11:02 am
crosshair
ty josh
11:02 am
jmcnrick
to those who are found of sl4s i suppose ru
11:03 am
joshuavorbis
misread that as 'to those who are fond of sl4s i salute you'
11:04 am
hego
Hi All and ty for the clues
11:04 am
hego
I thought that a 3L blank was a fire.
11:05 am
jmcnrick
haha not according to ogden nash
11:05 am
hego
But that may be an in joke.
11:05 am
jmcnrick
haha josh not me!
11:05 am
hego
YAY! for JMC. she got it!
11:06 am
jmcnrick
i am a big ogden nash fan
11:06 am
jmcnrick
stats for the corner e please
11:07 am
hego
el 5/12 and el 6/21
11:07 am
hego
I liked Ogden too.
11:07 am
jmcnrick
ty *looking*
11:08 am
hego
I don't have them either
11:09 am
cybernan
the 6 is a really stupid word -- think trees
11:09 am
joshuavorbis
i have the 5, not the 6 yet
11:09 am
joshuavorbis
el + vowel + do re **
11:10 am
MollyL
The 6 is more like a tree
11:10 am
wvteach
el 6 - more of a type of tree
11:10 am
jmcnrick
ty wv and teach and josh
11:10 am
cybernan
su 6, please?
11:11 am
joshuavorbis
s + the b***** did it
11:11 am
jmcnrick
so i have good news
11:11 am
hego
Yes? ..all ears..
11:12 am
Aloyisius
hi jmc.. fire away.. hi Babblers
11:12 am
jmcnrick
they have worked out the measurement problems on my construction so if it ever stops raining they can construct
11:12 am
jmcnrick
hi snuffy
11:12 am
cybernan
have no idea who did it!
11:12 am
jmcnrick
(we take what we can get these days)
11:12 am
hego
Great, now for some sun.
11:12 am
cybernan
oh -- in a mystery novel!
11:12 am
Aloyisius
well, hallelujah! good news, jmc
11:13 am
jmcnrick
that is what they said about who murdered William Marsh Rice the founder of Rice University
11:13 am
cybernan
ty josh
11:13 am
hego
Nan, who did what?
11:13 am
hego
Oh, the clue. duh
11:13 am
jmcnrick
and it was true the wife and the b***** did it
11:14 am
hego
There you go!
11:14 am
Riverdance
or think of the game "Clue" hello everyone
11:14 am
Aloyisius
ah, ty josh.. got it
11:14 am
jmcnrick
hi river
11:14 am
Riverdance
great news on your house - now let the sun shine
11:15 am
jmcnrick
no that won't work i don't think any of the characters in clue are b*****s
11:15 am
Aloyisius
hi River
11:15 am
Riverdance
I could have sworn there was a b*****..hmmm
11:15 am
jmcnrick
really i was trying to resign myself to a kitchen in the spring
11:15 am
Riverdance
aloy how are you
11:16 am
Riverdance
and hello hego
11:16 am
Aloyisius
okie dokie, River.. and you?
11:16 am
hego
How could there not be a b*****?
11:16 am
Riverdance
this is a tough grid isnt it
11:16 am
jmcnrick
colonel mustard, miss scarlet, prof plum, mrs white
11:16 am
Aloyisius
started off easy, turned tuff
11:16 am
hego
I think so River.
11:17 am
cybernan
the man who answers the door, jmc
11:17 am
Riverdance
I am well enough - suffering from this sinus headache the last couple of days....think it is the ragweeds and humidity
11:17 am
Riverdance
I am just over half way and think I need to list...dont like listing this early
11:17 am
o-o
Nah, this grid is a walk in the park.
11:17 am
Riverdance
hello BR - smarty pants
11:17 am
bichon
Ditto that here River
11:18 am
Aloyisius
howdy BabbleRabble park walker
11:18 am
lbdawger
you know it's a hard grid when you can't find the 4's!
11:18 am
jmcnrick
what park though BR?
11:18 am
Riverdance
hello bichon
11:18 am
jmcnrick
hi bichon and lbd
11:18 am
o-o
The one on Easy Street
11:18 am
Riverdance
go ahead....rub it in
11:18 am
lbdawger
hi everyone!
11:18 am
jmcnrick
i thought maybe it was an underwater park
11:19 am
Aloyisius
that guy is so awake this rainy morning..
11:19 am
Aloyisius
hi lbd
11:19 am
Haz1558
If only BabbleRabble's tongue-in-cheek would show through on that icon picture of his.
11:19 am
jmcnrick
stats for the i at all
11:19 am
Aloyisius
hi Haz!
11:19 am
Riverdance
hello lbd and haz
11:20 am
jmcnrick
but the picture doesn't have a cheek and probably no tongue haz
11:20 am
Riverdance
il5 - more sick
11:20 am
Haz1558
Good morning/afternoon all.
11:20 am
bichon
im 5 and 8
11:20 am
Riverdance
oops sorry didnt mean to give clue
11:20 am
wvteach
i have il 5 and im 5, 8, 7
11:20 am
jmcnrick
ty nbt finallly
11:20 am
jmcnrick
thats okay river it is the thought that counts
11:21 am
hego
Hubby home for lunch. BBL
11:21 am
Riverdance
yay jmc - I still need an A for NBT - 4th column 2nd row
11:22 am
jmcnrick
a+planet + french fem ending
11:22 am
o-o
ad 5 -- fess up
11:22 am
Aloyisius
be6.30 , newbie for me, "an old woman".. ah, yes, now I do recall hearing it, but the version with the e on the end
11:23 am
Riverdance
duh...slap me with a fish - thanks BR
11:23 am
jmcnrick
needless to say someone else clued it for me
11:23 am
Riverdance
thanks jmc
11:24 am
cybernan
ar 6/24, please?
11:24 am
o-o
Be 6/27 --- John Paul George and Ringo with an accumulation of sweat nuance
11:25 am
Aloyisius
ar + to steal + alphabet beginning
11:25 am
jmcnrick
haha good clue BR
11:25 am
cybernan
ty aloy
11:27 am
cybernan
bl 6, please?
11:28 am
o-o
bl + 4 vowels, the first two the same
11:28 am
cybernan
nm -- found it
11:28 am
cybernan
*!* ta da *!* - thanks for the help - a tough grid
11:29 am
Aloyisius
wtg, nan, congrats!!!
11:29 am
jmcnrick
whoo hoo cyber
11:30 am
jmcnrick
*gasp* i do not have nbt! i lost track of the bottom L
11:30 am
wvteach
congrats nan
11:31 am
jmcnrick
*puts bag over head in shame*
11:32 am
Haz1558
Masquerading as having NBT is serious.
11:32 am
cybernan
li 5/14 jmc -- defamation of character
11:32 am
jmcnrick
*hides in corner*
11:33 am
jmcnrick
*whew* THANK YOU cyber
11:33 am
crosshair
i am still missing a single u for nbt
11:33 am
cybernan
any clues wanted before I leave?
11:33 am
Aloyisius
hi there crossy
11:33 am
crosshair
howdy aloy
11:33 am
o-o
Haz, how do the prognosticators view the severity of the impending winter?
11:33 am
cybernan
u + peruvian beast of the camel family
11:34 am
jmcnrick
i don't know BR but let me check the farmer's almanac which has a very good prediction record
11:34 am
Jellen
Hello all...
11:34 am
Aloyisius
hi Jellen
11:35 am
Haz1558
BabbleRabble, they're talking about snow in October. I'm hoping they're wrong.
11:35 am
jmcnrick
"get ready for a wet, wild winter"
11:35 am
cybernan
the geese are already heading south, if that means anything!
11:35 am
o-o
Wow, that would be early
11:35 am
o-o
fantom: abscotchalater
11:36 am
jmcnrick
lots of rain for texas and drought area but normal snow for the rest of the country
11:36 am
lbdawger
finally! finito!!
11:36 am
crosshair
latin that up a bit br and it may work:))
11:36 am
Haz1558
It would. We used to expect a little snow in January/February but it's getting earlier and more severe each year.
11:36 am
cybernan
congrats dawger :)
11:36 am
Jellen
Hooray for lbd!
11:36 am
lbdawger
ty, all cluers!! definitely wouldn't have finished without your help!
11:36 am
jmcnrick
excpt NE where there is to be lots of snow
11:36 am
jmcnrick
whoo hoo lbd
11:37 am
jmcnrick
and darn my enter key
11:37 am
Aloyisius
jmc has the hiccups
11:37 am
jmcnrick
i get them a lot these days snuffy
11:37 am
Aloyisius
congrats, lbdawger!
11:37 am
Haz1558
That's a new word for me, BabbleRabble. I can't see 'The Fugitive' being remade with that title any time soon.
11:37 am
cybernan
speaking of approaching winter -- time I got out to the garden to put some potted plants in the ground. Back at the flip :)
11:38 am
Haz1558
Bye, cybernan.
11:38 am
jmcnrick
it is the british versino haz
11:38 am
Aloyisius
hagd, nan
11:38 am
cybernan
* oh dear -- back in the PB again!
11:38 am
aebmusica
hey the U.S. president is in the grid!
11:38 am
o-o
Have to get the mukluks and parka out.
11:38 am
jmcnrick
he is from edindurgh in that one
11:39 am
jmcnrick
so he is aeb!
11:40 am
jmcnrick
okay i must get one of the 3 things (so much nicer than 3 million) i need to do today done. bbl
11:40 am
crosshair
ullama..ualpacs...udromodory....headde
sk..headdesk...ouchie!
11:40 am
Haz1558
Bye, jmc.
11:41 am
Haz1558
Try the first one but with a single consonant, crossy.
11:41 am
KatieMcG
hello everyone
11:41 am
jmcnrick
(crossy take one letter out of the first one)
11:41 am
Haz1558
Hello, Katie.
11:41 am
Aloyisius
hi Katie
11:41 am
Aloyisius
.. waves to jmc
11:42 am
o-o
Hello, Aloyisius ... any problem with frost in Florida?
11:43 am
Aloyisius
still up north, BR.. hoping for a better winter in Fl this year.. last year I lost count of the frosts!
11:44 am
Aloyisius
.. not good for oranges and other living things like tourists
11:44 am
crosshair
lol,they lost count of frost..we lost mail boxes and stop signs hehe
11:44 am
Aloyisius
I know, crossy.. my neighbors and friend here reported a brutal winter
11:45 am
crosshair
had to send a friend into an intersection to wave you through as you could not see cross traffic
11:45 am
o-o
The temps at night have gotten down into the twenties a couple times here.
11:45 am
Haz1558
Just because Canada has bad winters, does it mean that nobody else can complain when their weather is out of synch with normality?
11:45 am
Aloyisius
holy cow.. only into the upper 30's here..
11:45 am
crosshair
i may have a inside job for the first time in 22 years for this winter!!! yaaa!
11:46 am
crosshair
of course,you can vent your spleen anytime you wish haz
11:46 am
Aloyisius
ooh, hoping that for you, Crossy
11:46 am
Jellen
Late hello to Katie...
11:47 am
wvteach
banished all the B's
11:47 am
crosshair
indeed other can complain..we just find it cute,much in the same way that our inuit find it cute when we complain at minus 30 i imagine
11:48 am
ursh
We obviously live in a warm country and I am fascinated by tales of icy winters - cant imagine the moisture in one's eyes freezing during a short walk!!
11:49 am
ursh
and hello all
11:49 am
crosshair
lol ursh,i have had icicles hanging off my beard
11:49 am
Aloyisius
hi ursh (-:
11:50 am
ursh
lol crosshair - picture cross-eyed man with pointy white beard
11:50 am
Aloyisius
noticed that hubby took the window AC's out.. that means we will soon have an indian summer
11:50 am
crosshair
and a interesting tidbit is our inuit are mostly clean shavenb for this very reason.when ice build up on facial hair it often leads to frostbite
11:55 am
Aloyisius
fw, last word tr9, reminds me I need to exercise.. nice chatting with you all, off to do what needs to be done today (-: tc, all
11:55 am
crosshair
tc aloy
11:56 am
crosshair
and the peuuvian camel is still running from me
11:57 am
aebmusica
u and the Deli L....
11:57 am
ursh
the animal is spelt with a double L to start
11:59 am
crosshair
got it,ty for spoon feeding it to me,was just hiding to well
11:59 am
crosshair
and that is NBT and NBS
12:00 pm
mkg
i cant get the tr 9. have tghe 7 and 8. any help?
12:00 pm
wvteach
tr 9 - type of exercise equipment
12:00 pm
ursh
walk and crush wheat
12:00 pm
Haz1558
tr9 - you keep walking but you don't get very far
12:01 pm
aebmusica
it doesn't start with tra!
12:01 pm
o-o
tr 9 --- what grips the road on a tire + down by the old **** stream
12:03 pm
Roses6
Can someone clue the top and bottom far right tiles for me for NBT? Upper U and Lower E. Please.
12:06 pm
o-o
U + bigger version of the alpaca
12:07 pm
Roses6
Thank you for that one BR!
12:07 pm
jmbdobie2
your tree is el---- than mine.
12:07 pm
o-o
el 6/21 -- more like the tree
12:08 pm
Roses6
TY again! I had the glue, which isn't in the dictionary. Didn't think of more like it... only one tile left for NBT. Thanks again!
12:09 pm
o-o
el 5/12 --- environmentalists are concerned about carbon ***ssions
12:10 pm
Roses6
Got it. Thank you!
12:11 pm
rubyfoo
hello again
12:11 pm
rubyfoo
half before
12:11 pm
o-o
Hello, rubyfoo
12:15 pm
rubyfoo
ursh, are you still here?
12:15 pm
rubyfoo
hello BR
12:19 pm
Roses6
Can anyone supply the stats for the A that's in the 4th column, 2nd one down? That's the final one I need for NBT, and I just can't find it. Don't give me too good a clue, just stats would be great so I can fine at least one. Then maybe I can give myself a break before tackling the rest. TY!
12:19 pm
rubyfoo
one celled organism
12:20 pm
rubyfoo
wrong a, sorry
12:21 pm
hurshy
no, that one is right too ruby
12:21 pm
Roses6
Got it! Thank you sooo much!
12:21 pm
rubyfoo
ty for the stats
12:21 pm
hurshy
but you didn't follow rose's directions :)
12:21 pm
Roses6
Seemed right to me Ruby. Thanks.
12:21 pm
Roses6
Ooh. Was I too bossy?
12:21 pm
Roses6
Happens when I get excited...
12:22 pm
rubyfoo
sorry rose, I gave too much info.... :(
12:22 pm
hurshy
it is perfectly reasonable to specify the kind of information you want.
12:22 pm
hurshy
i sometimes inadvertently fail to follow such directions myself, much to my shame.
12:22 pm
rubyfoo
I used to call my dog, Rosie, Roses
12:22 pm
Roses6
Thanks hurshy. I needed the reassurance. I am hesitant to join the chat sometimes.
12:22 pm
rubyfoo
hurshy is right, I was over-eager as I rarely can supply a clue!
12:23 pm
hurshy
don't be hesitant, be welcome!
12:23 pm
rubyfoo
this is a be** of a grid
12:23 pm
Roses6
Ruby, I have two nieces who are named rosa and shoshana, which means rose in hebrew, so lately I am all about roses! Great name for a dog.
12:23 pm
rubyfoo
and she was reddish
12:23 pm
Roses6
Thanks hurshy. I'll keep that in mind (and heart).
12:24 pm
rubyfoo
many roses in both my family and my husband's, so it is a favorite (and lovely) name for us
12:24 pm
rubyfoo
our next reddish chow, a boy, was named Rufus
12:24 pm
rubyfoo
and the 3rd reddish one is Ruby
12:25 pm
dcseain
I love the white rose vine my great-aunt has, grown from her grandmothers' (My great-great-grandma's) vine. The flowers smell like heaven, but are not in the classic rose shape, due to being a 19th century variety.
12:25 pm
Roses6
All great names! I had a great aunt Rose. You don't hear it used much for kids these days.
12:26 pm
dcseain
helly, ruby and hurshy, and welcome, roses
12:26 pm
hurshy
ma7/8. rhymes with a reindeer like species.
12:26 pm
dcseain
er, hello :)
12:26 pm
rubyfoo
{{seain}}
12:26 pm
Roses6
Have you ever tried to propagate that rose from a cutting? It's really easy and so much fun!
12:27 pm
rubyfoo
great clue, hurshy
12:27 pm
dcseain
not yet, in part due to it being MUCH warmer and more humid here with generally MUCH milder winters than in central Ohio.
12:27 pm
rubyfoo
how do you propagate a rose?
12:27 pm
rubyfoo
we are in a perfect place for roses
12:27 pm
hurshy
shhh, there might be rosebuds in here, keep it clean
12:27 pm
rubyfoo
they flower at least twice, this year 3 times
12:28 pm
dcseain
wonderful clue, hursh, ty
12:28 pm
hurshy
yes, yes, clue, schmoo, someone laugh at my joke now
12:29 pm
dcseain
when i lived in Washington, DC, there were roses outside my window that bloomed at christmastime, thanks to the south-facing brick wall they were planted in front of.
12:29 pm
rubyfoo
snicker, snicker, hurshy!!!!
12:29 pm
dcseain
ah, the rosebuds, hah! I get it now i thought you were referring to our babbler rosebud :)
12:29 pm
hurshy
thank you, your patronizing giving in to my immature demands means a lot
12:29 pm
rubyfoo
is anybody else old enough to remember shmoos?
12:30 pm
dcseain
from re-runs and my dad's comic books, i remember.
12:30 pm
rubyfoo
that is funny, now I'm really laughing hurshy and I would never be patronizing!!!!
12:30 pm
rubyfoo
(not my style)
12:31 pm
hurshy
i know i just deprecate myself, not you.
12:31 pm
rubyfoo
no no, {{hurshy}}
12:31 pm
hurshy
i just do it to be funny don't worry
12:31 pm
rubyfoo
seain, you make me feel even older! your dad's comic books
12:32 pm
hurshy
i have "we built this city on rock and roll" stuck in my head
12:32 pm
rubyfoo
ear worm
12:33 pm
Roses6
Take a cutting with a spent flower, take off a few lower leaves, dip it in rootone, and put it in moist soil. I usually do it in a zip-lock, blow it up and seal it, and leave it in a cool shady spot. After a few weeks you can see roots on the bottom. Then open the top gradually to harden it off and plant in a pot. There are lots of details on the web. Great way to adopt roses from other people's collections. (might be illegal in some way that I don't know)
12:33 pm
rubyfoo
I get different ones every day, sometimes phrases of Bach, most of the time 30's ditties
12:33 pm
rubyfoo
thank you, roses, I will look for a rooting compound
12:34 pm
rubyfoo
I have 10 different rose plants and I would love to propagate two of them to other parts of the garden
12:35 pm
rubyfoo
I've gotten to the point in this grid where all I see are phantoms
12:35 pm
Roses6
Your welcome Ruby. It's a very fun project. I had a favorite web page that described how to do it in detail. Can't find it now, but if/when I do I'll forward it to you.
12:35 pm
rubyfoo
this is my first garden and it's lovely, but could always use a little nudge
12:36 pm
rubyfoo
or even a noodge
12:37 pm
rubyfoo
phantom: melodious
12:37 pm
crosshair
crossy is back...for 20 min
12:38 pm
rubyfoo
how many words, mrc?
12:38 pm
Roses6
Ruby, I found it! It's http://paulbardenroses.com/hulse.html.
12:39 pm
rubyfoo
great, I'll start that tomorrow
12:39 pm
rubyfoo
if you would like some garden pix, roses, just send me an e-mail
12:40 pm
Roses6
Let me know how it goes Ruby.Gotta go do some gardening before it gets too hot.
12:40 pm
Roses6
Oh Ruby, I'd love some.
12:40 pm
rubyfoo
getting dark, here
12:42 pm
Roses6
10:45 AM here. I've been too long at the computer. 90 predicted, the last hot day of the summer. Putting in a winter veg garden, and mulching everyone like crazy. Seems the garden is always interesting and a lot of work!
12:42 pm
Roses6
See you all later. Thanks for a fun time on the chog.
12:42 pm
rubyfoo
bye roses
12:43 pm
rubyfoo
I give up and good night all
12:43 pm
wvteach
good night ruby
12:45 pm
Gail
Oh, I wish it would stop doing this. Sorry.
12:55 pm
wvteach
clue for the 3rd re 6/24 - after to heat water again
12:56 pm
wvteach
nm - and that makes fireworks
12:56 pm
kje
yayayay wv!!!
1:00 pm
crosshair
and sadly now i must leave you all for the afternoon,but before i go it is time once again for the internationally renowned, staggeringly popular crossys tidbit of the day!!!
1:01 pm
crosshair
If you’ve been searching for another name for the nape of your neck, try “niddick.â€
1:04 pm
kje
upper right u?
1:05 pm
Riverdance
U - animal
1:05 pm
periwinkle
ul5/14 u+ spitting animal?
1:06 pm
hego
U + floor ****
1:06 pm
hego
square things
1:06 pm
periwinkle
she asked for upper right u, hego :)
1:07 pm
kje
oh... yes, have the bottom... need the top!
1:07 pm
periwinkle
did my clue help kje
1:07 pm
kje
tried ulamp whe you said flooor ***
1:07 pm
hego
the animal has been mentioned before
1:08 pm
hego
He's in the grid
1:08 pm
periwinkle
I am stuck with 95 left, bbl
1:09 pm
Riverdance
91 here - tough grid
1:12 pm
sewdelighted
205 here looking for 1 word in between work assignments to give myself a goal
1:16 pm
hego
French cherry?
1:18 pm
hego
a + female horse and part of French female ending.
1:29 pm
MollyL
More like a tree
1:33 pm
stidmama
so. stupid kid trick # 4,565,091... *grrrrrr*
hey all
1:35 pm
jmcnrick
do tell stid
1:36 pm
stidmama
LEFT CAMPUS with his girlfriend when the grandmother came to pick her up from school after she fell ill. *steams*
1:36 pm
stidmama
at least he called to tell me where he was...
1:36 pm
stidmama
I am SO ANGRY.
1:36 pm
jmcnrick
*hands stiddie some dark chocolate*
1:37 pm
stidmama
*melts* thanks jmc
1:37 pm
Nef
hi again. stid; just be thankful he isn't off doing drugs somewhere
1:37 pm
stidmama
He is so GROUNDED. Until he is EIGHTY.
1:37 pm
jmcnrick
eat it in the pb stid
1:37 pm
kje
why did he think that was ok? and why did the grandma take him?
1:38 pm
stidmama
is that the song LO 5 by huey lewis and the news?
1:38 pm
jmcnrick
i on the other hand am sitting in my first floor living room watching water drip from my ceiling
1:38 pm
stidmama
I don't know. I will write to the Mother and make it clear that my son is NEVER to be off campus during school hours without my prior approval.
1:38 pm
stidmama
oh oh jmc. *hands jmc choclit*
1:38 pm
stidmama
why am I in the PB?
1:38 pm
Nef
still leaking, jmc? :-(
1:38 pm
jmcnrick
new leak
1:39 pm
jmcnrick
previous leak was in the dining room on the back of the house
1:39 pm
jmcnrick
this one is in the middle of the house on the first floor of a 2 story hours
1:39 pm
kje
he was clearly wrong, but still stymied by what the grandma was thinking also
1:39 pm
Nef
how discouraging! I feel for you
1:39 pm
stidmama
gee jmc, that's rough.
1:40 pm
jmcnrick
this is after i had to have the plumber come and figure out why my radiators weren't working (the construction guy didn't cap the pipe when he cut off the back of the house.)
1:41 pm
stidmama
kje, though she is a sweet girl, she has him wrapped around her little finger and he just follows along. It's like watching one of the cartoon characters from the 40s.
1:41 pm
jmcnrick
but the grandmother should have had some sense
1:41 pm
stidmama
I don't know the grandmother well, but suspect she just doesn't understand how different the rules are since she was a child.
1:41 pm
kje
but the adult???
1:42 pm
jmcnrick
then it goes back to the boy--he knows the rules
1:42 pm
stidmama
and my son KNOWS it's a closed campus
1:43 pm
joansiebone
jmc. that same storm is in NYC adding to the excitement of the last home games for the yanks; however, your pain is worse than mine,,,so sorry. Do you need more blue tarps?
1:44 pm
kje
this is not a fun grid
1:44 pm
stidmama
oh dear -- didn't realize there is another big storm back there! *sigh* you-all just can't catch a break
1:45 pm
hego
My sign is in the grid.
1:45 pm
hego
And for a clue today is my B'day.
1:45 pm
MollyL
Hego! We are fellow li5s.
1:46 pm
stidmama
hey hego!
1:46 pm
hego
it had to be Molly
1:46 pm
jmcnrick
well the water has stopped apparently when my handyman built me a new closet and there was a pipe in the middle of it HE didn't cap it well enough and teh radiator pressure blew out
1:46 pm
stidmama
thanks Molly -- I had no idea which sign it should be...
1:46 pm
Nef
thanks hego! And Happy Birthday too!!!
1:46 pm
jmcnrick
about the only water not in this house is rain
1:46 pm
jmcnrick
whooo hooo hego! hb!
1:47 pm
hego
yw Nef andty all.
1:47 pm
stidmama
*serves bday cake*
1:47 pm
Nef
jmc, I'll cry for you while you mop up the mess
1:47 pm
jmcnrick
*opens umbrella up over the birthday cake*
1:47 pm
hego
Hubby brought 2 doz yellow roses at lunch time. ; )
1:47 pm
jmcnrick
ty nef just keep the cake dry
1:48 pm
TeaNCrackers
hi all
1:48 pm
stidmama
no no nef! no more water!!! *holds bucket under nef's eyes*
1:48 pm
MollyL
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ Happy birthday dear Hego ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
1:48 pm
jmcnrick
how sweet of hubby
1:48 pm
kje
aw, sweet hego!
1:48 pm
joansiebone
at one ti4 or another it dropped from the sky
1:48 pm
hego
ty Molly. that was lovely
1:48 pm
Nef
don't worry, stid; it won't land IN her house
1:48 pm
jmcnrick
sorry about the yankees joansie
1:49 pm
jmcnrick
*thinks about the change in life that allowed that sentence*
1:49 pm
joansiebone
they are scheduled to play the red sox for the last 3 games in nyc
1:50 pm
hego
Maybe this is the best thing that could happen to them. lol
1:50 pm
jmcnrick
oh those games must be packed!
1:50 pm
stidmama
help for the U in the upper right please? already at 93
1:50 pm
jmcnrick
u+a tibetan priest
1:50 pm
kje
u + camel relative
1:51 pm
stidmama
thanks kje and jmc
1:51 pm
jmcnrick
no kje that has 2 Ls
1:51 pm
hego
I just gave up on the ma's. Ugh!
1:51 pm
Nef
ul 5 = u + tibetan holy man
1:51 pm
jmcnrick
my cable just went out hahahahahahahahahahha
1:51 pm
stidmama
and for NBT, the A in the fourth column over, second row down?
1:51 pm
Nef
BBS, laundry calls
1:52 pm
jmcnrick
*runs around the chog haughing hysterically*
1:52 pm
stidmama
oh oh jmc... *locates sleeping bag, comfy cot and fluffy pillow* you are welcome here any time.
1:52 pm
hego
JMC just hit the lousy luck jackpot! Gosh
1:52 pm
jmcnrick
i hate to ad*** it but this is driving me crazy
1:52 pm
stidmama
REALLY mean that, jmc. Just give me a few hours' notice.
1:52 pm
hego
Getting Xanax for jmc
1:52 pm
stidmama
and that was the word! thanks jmc! NBT!!!
1:52 pm
stidmama
*triumphant mama look*
1:53 pm
jmcnrick
*gets glass of CLEAN water and holds out hand*
1:53 pm
jmcnrick
wtg stid
1:53 pm
stidmama
NOW. To eat a little something, change into "town clothes" and get ready to go in to town to have tea with a friend.
1:53 pm
jmcnrick
phantom: trauma
1:54 pm
stidmama
I tried that three times before I realized it wouldn't work jmc
1:54 pm
hego
Now I'm getting worried. : ((
1:54 pm
jmcnrick
why hego?
1:55 pm
jmcnrick
no don't worry about me they are only things
1:55 pm
hego
that little spasm there.
1:55 pm
jmcnrick
oh no that is my enter key it has had a mind of its own for a while
1:55 pm
jmcnrick
but thanks for worrying
1:56 pm
jmcnrick
okay i think i will return the call i was suppose to return about the time the water started in the livingroom
1:58 pm
hego
anyone have the ma8's? pls
1:58 pm
kje
ma8 - scuff up + around an object or close to it
1:59 pm
Soodle
Oh, Poor JMC. Hi everybody, and a very happy birthday, Hego :-)
1:59 pm
kje
tell me _ how your day is
1:59 pm
hego
Soodle, me love!
1:59 pm
kje
for the other 8, chage the last letter, for the 7, drop the last letter
1:59 pm
Scrabbler
Good day to all.
2:00 pm
Soodle
Hey Scrabs
2:00 pm
Soodle
Ooooh. A bare mare!!
2:00 pm
Scrabbler
It's Free Clue Friday! Don't miss the free clues!
2:00 pm
kje
and must run... someone puish scrab
2:00 pm
Scrabbler
Yay kje!
2:01 pm
Soodle
Well done, Kje. :-)
2:02 pm
hego
I like free clue Friday. ; )
2:02 pm
Scrabbler
It is only fair that we have a free clue day.
2:03 pm
MollyL
Hope you had a happy Arthur's Day Soodle.
2:04 pm
Scrabbler
What is Arthur's Day?
2:04 pm
stidmama
hi scrabs and YAY kje
2:04 pm
Scrabbler
Hi Stid
2:05 pm
Soodle
It was a very dry Arthurs Day for me, Molls. But I believe that there was much merriment in town!
2:05 pm
stidmama
sorry. stupid kid #1 is again reverting to his fantasy of being a brilliant scientist despite all evidence of lack of investment and poor academic effort. So the jobs that are available to this child are "beneath him" and he is going to be living in a tent in our backyard in the future. *shrug*
2:05 pm
stidmama
Arthurs Day????
2:06 pm
Soodle
http://www.guinness.com/en-ie/arthursd
ay/index.html
2:06 pm
Scrabbler
The arrogance of adolescence is related to their lack of life experience. They don't know reality.
2:06 pm
stidmama
SOODLES!!!! *hugs* and (((scrabs))) wanna buy a kid? today's special two for the price of a plane ticket. Come with sleeping bags (for them) and sedatives (for you)
2:07 pm
Scrabbler
Kid #1 sends me messages occasionally and we IM'd on FB recently.
2:07 pm
stidmama
oh! cool!
2:07 pm
stidmama
that's nice scrabs.
2:07 pm
Scrabbler
I do have the space, Stid, but do I have the patience?
2:07 pm
Soodle
Yikes, (((Stiddie)) Not for all the tea in China, thank you very much. I have 2 teens here......
2:08 pm
stidmama
I am glad that there is someone somewhere who loves him and supports him, because clearly I don't.
2:08 pm
stidmama
okay, must get going. have been re-arranging the bedroom and ignoring a few other tasks I was about to get to when the younger one called and "set me off" as our family calls it.
2:09 pm
Scrabbler
I gave him the address for Study Guides and Strategies after which he said, "Finally someone shows me something that will help." I explained time management, etc
2:09 pm
Soodle
((((Stid)))) Deep breaths...........
2:09 pm
stidmama
thanks for letting me vent. I am rethinking why I bothered to go back to school to support them when I could have done other things.
2:09 pm
Scrabbler
I think he is a typical adolescent that does not yet know personal responsibility.
2:10 pm
Scrabbler
Focus in getting them to 25--when their frontal lobe has completed the neuronal pruning process.
2:10 pm
stidmama
I know Scrabs -- and it's so funny that with a teacher in the house there was no one who could give him advice on studying. And his grandmother a teacher. No one at all...
2:10 pm
stidmama
I think I could prune his neurons... *gets out scissors*
2:10 pm
stidmama
I don't think I will live until they are 25! *sob*
2:10 pm
Scrabbler
You need a saw or drill first
2:11 pm
stidmama
I have a couple of rusty hand drills...
2:11 pm
Soodle
Rofl....... I know a couple of teens round here that could do with a bit of pruning.
2:11 pm
stidmama
and some jumper cables and a battery...
2:11 pm
Scrabbler
That's fine. They've had their tetanus vaccines.
2:12 pm
stidmama
I think we could do this, scrabs... *evil scientist hair begins to sprout*
2:12 pm
Scrabbler
www.empoweringparents.com
2:12 pm
stidmama
scrabs, you are a treasure! (((hugs)))
2:12 pm
Scrabbler
Yes, I have the Fisher-Price Home Craniotomy Kit.
2:13 pm
Scrabbler
Get sheets and hot water.
2:14 pm
stidmama
I'll use the pastel sheet printed with smiling flowers (to throw them off guard)
2:14 pm
Scrabbler
Good idea.
2:15 pm
CiociaJudy
*again thinking that it was better not to have kids*
2:15 pm
Scrabbler
And we need rope and duct tape.
2:15 pm
CiociaJudy
you need duct tape for EVERY job
2:15 pm
Soodle
<---- Standing by with the stun-gun.....
2:15 pm
stidmama
We buy duct tape in JUMBO rolls. Hey judy!
2:15 pm
hego
Judy!! You little lurker!
2:15 pm
stidmama
Judy, you are SO right!
2:16 pm
CiociaJudy
I like that Hego---Little Lurker
2:16 pm
stidmama
Too late for me, but you younger folks...
2:16 pm
Scrabbler
Everyday I am reminded that my decisions to be childless (and husbandless) are correct
2:16 pm
CiociaJudy
Stid, the teen years have to be hell for a parent
2:16 pm
hego
These people seem to be planning a crime. ....slinks away...
2:16 pm
stidmama
I think we could just play 60s lounge music for anesthetic
2:16 pm
stidmama
hego-lurker! come back! we need someone to hold them down!
2:16 pm
CiociaJudy
OMG *covers ears* can't listen to possible crime plans
2:16 pm
Scrabbler
Adolescents should be placed in bo4 camps and released at age 25.
2:17 pm
CiociaJudy
I agree on the husbandless Scrabs
2:17 pm
hego
I've raised 8 adolescents.
2:17 pm
stidmama
I usually love being a parent, but some days (this being one of them) I get so very discouraged.
2:17 pm
Scrabbler
No crime, Judy, rather a surgical procedure with benefits >> risks.
2:17 pm
stidmama
my lovely tom excepted, of course, right Judy?
2:17 pm
stidmama
YAY hego!
2:17 pm
CiociaJudy
bungee and duct tape them to a pool table
2:17 pm
CiociaJudy
right Stiddy
2:17 pm
stidmama
oh -- I thought you meant done with the grid... LOL
2:17 pm
Scrabbler
You have 8 kids, Hego! *bowing at Hego's feet*
2:18 pm
stidmama
I can't imagine EIGHT teens...
2:18 pm
hego
All you can do is wait it out.
2:18 pm
hego
Time will fix it all.
2:18 pm
stidmama
but but but... I am NOT a PATIENT person!!!
*stamps feets*
2:18 pm
hego
Not all at the same time Stid.
2:18 pm
CiociaJudy
OMG Hego. And you're still able to sit up and be coherent? I'm in awe!!
2:18 pm
hego
Had 2 sets of stepkids and 2 my own.
2:19 pm
Scrabbler
Be calm, be consistent, be compassionate, set limits, have expectations, turn mistakes into lessons for them, make their lives a living hell if need be
2:19 pm
stidmama
that's good hego, but still... wow. I think I would have volunteered to slop the kitchens and bathrooms in Antarctica round about kid #5...
2:19 pm
hego
I'm either very calm now or numb.
2:19 pm
stidmama
I am REALLY good at the living hell piece, scrabs! LOL
2:19 pm
hego
I can't tell.
2:19 pm
CiociaJudy
excellent advice Scrabs
2:19 pm
Scrabbler
Hego, any chance that YOU had brain surgery?
2:19 pm
stidmama
okay, stidkid is storming out of house. must "converse" quickly
2:19 pm
hego
And they got worse as time went by.
2:20 pm
CiociaJudy
Scrabs, talking about doing a vacation in NY next year
2:20 pm
hego
Frontal lobotomy Scrabs
2:20 pm
CiociaJudy
good luck Stid
2:20 pm
Scrabbler
Remind kids that you provide a house, clothes, food, etc. They are living in YOUR house.
2:20 pm
Scrabbler
Where Judy?
2:20 pm
CiociaJudy
I've having a horrible time with this grid today
2:21 pm
hego
nobody likes it Judy
2:21 pm
CiociaJudy
Finger Lakes, Alexandria Bay, maybe Niagara, would like to visit Culinary Institute
2:21 pm
Scrabbler
I have found 71 but am slowing down.
2:21 pm
CiociaJudy
definitely would like to meet you, Scrabs
2:21 pm
Scrabbler
Aha, roll out the ba6....
2:21 pm
hego
CIA is wonderful!
2:21 pm
CiociaJudy
glad to know it's not just me. found 114 and am now totally stuck
2:21 pm
hego
have been there twice
2:21 pm
CiociaJudy
LOL Scrabs
2:21 pm
CiociaJudy
ooooo Hego tell me more
2:22 pm
Scrabbler
Judy, I live 30 miles southeast of Buffalo.
2:22 pm
CiociaJudy
If I head up to NY will definitely be in touch. Probably early Fall
2:22 pm
CiociaJudy
or late Summer
2:22 pm
stidmama
back. NOT storming out of the house. AND was willing to come back and finish the task I had set him earlier. *light appears at end of tunnel*
2:22 pm
hego
All Hudson River Valley is gorgeous
2:22 pm
stidmama
BTW, Matthew says hello, scrabs.
2:22 pm
CiociaJudy
I've been to West Point and Hyde Park
2:23 pm
CiociaJudy
hang in there Stid
2:23 pm
stidmama
I don't know what I did right...
2:23 pm
Scrabbler
Well, hello to the PhD.
2:23 pm
stidmama
the kiddo is impressed with our plans...
2:24 pm
Scrabbler
Just be patient and calm, Stid. Show NO emotion. When parents get angry the kid feels powerful. Be a broken record.
2:24 pm
Scrabbler
The brain surgery? Tell him he won't feel a thing.
2:24 pm
stidmama
*RO5 face on*
2:24 pm
hego
Roseanne Barr was my idol as mother of teens
2:25 pm
hego
She never got shook
2:25 pm
CiociaJudy
any clues for the upper right U
2:25 pm
stidmama
LOL I assured him that would be the case... *puts some ether on a handkerchief*
2:25 pm
Scrabbler
Yes, Stid. FAKE that you are in control. Remind yourself that teens are works in progress and "this too shall pass."
2:25 pm
hego
u plus the buddist priest
2:25 pm
stidmama
U + andean camel-type
2:26 pm
stidmama
just like when I am teaching??? *reaches for teacher jacket*
2:26 pm
hego
Oh right one l
2:26 pm
Scrabbler
Yes, Stid. Parents are teachers and leaders.
2:27 pm
stidmama
da4! I can do that... *sigh*
2:27 pm
CiociaJudy
TY Stid and Hego
2:27 pm
Scrabbler
And there can be no argument with a teen if you just walk away when they flip out.
2:27 pm
stidmama
which I CAN do at home, but not at school.
2:28 pm
stidmama
scrabs, you are wonderful. If one of us ever manages to get around the flying thing, I hope we can hang out for a while.
2:28 pm
stidmama
ooh! I got an 8!
2:28 pm
Scrabbler
We would laugh so much!!
2:29 pm
CiociaJudy
oooo how about a clue Stid?
2:29 pm
Scrabbler
Clue for that 8? Clues for any 8 and 9 please?
2:29 pm
stidmama
okay, start with the fellow who rides the rails (tr5), and ending that means stomps all over, and turn it into the person who does the stomping.
2:30 pm
Scrabbler
got it! ty
2:30 pm
stidmama
bright young lady, that scrabs!
2:31 pm
mgbrown165
tr9 is exercise equipment
2:31 pm
Scrabbler
I found an 8 by myself! Compound word ou8.
2:31 pm
stidmama
past halfway!!! time for changing into town clothes. For real. I am going to enjoy my day OR ELSE. *stern mama look at teens*
2:32 pm
stidmama
hey mg, thanks
2:32 pm
Scrabbler
Threaten them with a stay at the Dr Scrabbler Home for Wayward Adolescents.
2:32 pm
CiociaJudy
thx Stid, mgbrown and Scrab
2:32 pm
mgbrown165
you're welcome
2:33 pm
Scrabbler
Hm, not trampoline
2:33 pm
hego
MG are you new?
2:33 pm
hego
No the thing you walk on
2:33 pm
hego
and get nowhere
2:33 pm
Scrabbler
Ooooh, got it.
2:33 pm
stidmama
***leaves lovely choclits on sideboard for friends***
see you-all later... LOL at least it wouldn't be near the girlfriend... *rolls eyes* look at archive if you want to know, scrabs. That's what started it! LOL (((Hugs)))
*poof*
2:33 pm
mgbrown165
I used to play a long time ago and just found it again. I love this.
2:34 pm
sewdelighted
Me too
2:34 pm
CiociaJudy
*munching choclits* thx Stid
2:34 pm
Scrabbler
Welcome back mg and hi sew
2:34 pm
CiociaJudy
welcome back mg and sew
2:34 pm
Scrabbler
*fighting Babblers off in order to get dark chocolates*
2:34 pm
mgbrown165
thanks.
2:35 pm
CiociaJudy
out of my way Scrabs *reaches for dark chocolates*
2:35 pm
hego
Just ate a whole bag of Godiva choclit covered pretzels, really.
2:35 pm
CiociaJudy
damn Hego. you could have shared. :(
2:35 pm
hego
Heck, what are b'days for?
2:35 pm
Scrabbler
*putting elbow into Judy's spleen*
2:35 pm
CiociaJudy
BIRTHDAY?????? HAPPY BIRTHDAY HEGO
2:36 pm
CiociaJudy
*baking cake, lighting candles, singing*
2:36 pm
Scrabbler
I won't make her spleen rupture.
2:36 pm
hego
Not the spleen!
2:36 pm
Scrabbler
Is your birthday today? Mine was Sept 8.
2:36 pm
hego
ty judy! : )
2:36 pm
Scrabbler
Happy Birthday, He!
2:37 pm
CiociaJudy
belated greetings Scrabs.
2:37 pm
CiociaJudy
is today your day off Scrabs?
2:37 pm
CiociaJudy
hego, are you in North Jersey?
2:38 pm
CiociaJudy
Oh wow finally past half way
2:38 pm
hego
Judy in the center
2:38 pm
hego
Near Asbury Park
2:39 pm
CiociaJudy
I have relatives on LBI
2:39 pm
Scrabbler
Fridays, yes, and Tuesday afternoons. I have worked part-time for 20 yrs. I don't need $, I need a life.
2:39 pm
hego
2 miles from me
2:39 pm
CiociaJudy
WAY TO GO SCRABS--love that philosophy
2:39 pm
Scrabbler
My sister lives in Bergen county.
2:40 pm
Scrabbler
I make enough $ to get by although my retirement savings are meager. But I can work part-time forever as long as I am healthy, so I am in no rush to retire. Part-time work prevents burn-out.
2:41 pm
CiociaJudy
I'm getting very tired of my one hour one way commute daily but since I began a homeowner just a few years ago gotta keep working to take care of the house
2:41 pm
CiociaJudy
*became a homeowner
2:42 pm
Scrabbler
Work toward being debt-free. I am $4900 away from being debt-free.
2:42 pm
CiociaJudy
WOW. Yes that's what I'm doing.
2:43 pm
Scrabbler
Debt = slavery of sorts. Being debt-free is liberating. I am a big Dave Ramsey fan.
2:43 pm
hego
i also am debt free
2:44 pm
hego
The only way to fly!
2:44 pm
Scrabbler
Woo hoo, Hego. My challenge is to save enough $ to buy my next car with cash. And I will never buy a new car again, only used.
2:44 pm
hego
Ifyou are retired
2:45 pm
jmcnrick
i am so not debt free but enjoyed nearly every penny i spent on travel
2:45 pm
jmcnrick
hi scrabs and ciocia
2:46 pm
jmcnrick
not if i could just stop the house repair costs!
2:47 pm
hego
I'm a lot older than you JE so you have time.
2:47 pm
jmcnrick
are you?
2:47 pm
hego
And it took most of my life to get to this point.
2:47 pm
jmcnrick
well i did get two pt jobs to cover the cost of gasoline to school
2:48 pm
jmcnrick
and the theory is that i will have a new career in the next year or so
2:48 pm
hego
And never regret the travel.
2:49 pm
hego
It's a great life experience.
2:49 pm
jmcnrick
oh there have been a couple of trips. . . .
2:50 pm
Scrabbler
Yep, experiences matter more than material things.
2:50 pm
hego
Well enough for today. Have a good one all!
2:50 pm
jmcnrick
bye hego
2:51 pm
jmcnrick
it is odd, though to be working for $10 an hour
2:52 pm
Scrabbler
Bye Hego
2:52 pm
Scrabbler
Now you are, Je?
2:53 pm
jmcnrick
i am doing phonathon for the college where i am taking my masters and transcribing transcripts
2:53 pm
CiociaJudy
gonna head out and get home shortly
2:54 pm
Scrabbler
I didn't know you returned to school!
2:54 pm
jmcnrick
just enough income to cover the cost to go to harrisonburg and then commute
2:54 pm
Scrabbler
Bye Judy
2:54 pm
jmcnrick
bye ciocia
2:54 pm
CiociaJudy
Hi and Bye Je
2:54 pm
CiociaJudy
bye Scrabs
2:54 pm
jmcnrick
yes i am getting a masters in conflict transformation (resolution) since i couldn't find a job
2:55 pm
Scrabbler
Wow. What department is that? Psych? And which college?
2:55 pm
jmcnrick
it is a degree in its own right--peace studies--at Eastern Mennonite University
2:56 pm
Scrabbler
Great for you!
2:57 pm
jmcnrick
the peace prize is in the grid
2:57 pm
Scrabbler
Aw, it's not accepted.
2:58 pm
jmcnrick
well it is a proper noun
2:58 pm
jmcnrick
sorry didn't mean to mislead you
2:58 pm
Scrabbler
Oh, Alfred!
2:58 pm
Scrabbler
Clue for a 9 please?
2:59 pm
jmcnrick
E. Newman? :-)
2:59 pm
Scrabbler
Isn't it Alfred Nobel?
3:00 pm
jmcnrick
if i were a supercompetative student i could say that i had ou9 my fellow students
3:00 pm
Scrabbler
Aha, I already had ou8!
3:00 pm
lbdawger
tr9, exercise equipment
3:01 pm
jmcnrick
phone that was
3:01 pm
Scrabbler
Geez, I forgot to type in tr9 when the clue was recently given, but I typed in tr5 and mi4. *knocking self upside the head* Hi lbd
3:02 pm
Scrabbler
I need a break at 105/126.
3:02 pm
jmcnrick
hi again lbd
3:03 pm
jmcnrick
my poor cat is so affection starved
3:04 pm
lbdawger
poor kitty
3:04 pm
lbdawger
how goes the studying?
3:04 pm
jmcnrick
my son needs to play with her more
3:05 pm
jmcnrick
i am doing okay--only occasional panic attacks
3:05 pm
lbdawger
ahh, the type A personality rushing through you?
3:06 pm
jmcnrick
yep type a til the day i die
3:07 pm
lbdawger
yup, know how that goes, jmc
3:07 pm
jmcnrick
not like i care any more haha
3:08 pm
jmcnrick
i is what i is
3:08 pm
shooshoo
knock knock lbd
3:09 pm
lbdawger
which computer are you on?
3:09 pm
shooshoo
hi the big one.
3:10 pm
lbdawger
say's you aren't online
3:15 pm
Soodle
JMC - so sorry to hear you are waterlogged again... :-(
3:18 pm
lbdawger
trying to skype with shoo...
3:19 pm
shooshoo
where are you????
3:19 pm
lbdawger
i lost you
3:19 pm
shooshoo
im invisible..so does that set us up for problems??
3:20 pm
shooshoo
my signals are strong
3:20 pm
lbdawger
it shouldn't, try calling me again.
3:20 pm
shooshoo
how about you call me.
3:20 pm
Soodle
Skype! When its good , its great. When its bad, its frustrating!
3:20 pm
shooshoo
amens on that one soo
3:21 pm
lbdawger
i can't get you're video call button to come up
3:23 pm
shooshoo
ditto for you
3:37 pm
jmcnrick
thanks soodle (sorry for the delay answering the phone rang again)
3:37 pm
jmcnrick
so far skype has not been good for me
3:40 pm
BryanC
Hi. Does anyone have a clue for the re5/14, please? And also, the third re6/24. Thank you so much...
3:41 pm
jmcnrick
sorry no re5/14 and only 2 re6==charge again and heat again
3:42 pm
cool.girl
plus where u drink
3:44 pm
BryanC
Ok, thanks.
3:53 pm
movieman
Hiya everyone!!!!
3:58 pm
bichon
charge again?
3:59 pm
MollyL
Invoice again
4:00 pm
bichon
okay, have that one, but ty
4:02 pm
periwinkle
hi movieman
4:02 pm
periwinkle
hi all
4:02 pm
periwinkle
Molly, are you here?
4:03 pm
movieman
Just been to the flicks again
4:04 pm
periwinkle
what did you see, mm?
4:04 pm
movieman
Saw 'Jurassic Park' again.....after seeing it 18 years ago!!!!!
4:05 pm
periwinkle
was it better or worse the 2nd time?
4:09 pm
movieman
About the same.....although the first time I broke my specs, so had to spend the whole movie holding them onto my face!!!!!
4:12 pm
Soodle
Back again. Hello Peri, Bich, and ((Movie Man... Long time no 'see')
4:13 pm
periwinkle
hi Soodle
4:13 pm
movieman
Soodle.....hiya!!!!!
4:15 pm
Soodle
Its always lovely to see old friends!! How are you doing, MM?
4:16 pm
movieman
Absolutely great soodle, although the grid seems a tad tricky today
4:17 pm
Soodle
Blah! Grid schmid .... I love babble for the conversations!! The grid is secondary!!
4:24 pm
dcseain
picture of a friend of mine with a tenrec :)
4:24 pm
periwinkle
ty dc, never saw a picture of one
4:25 pm
dcseain
link for large pic in my profile
4:25 pm
periwinkle
finding this grid to be tough, 67 left, bbl
4:25 pm
dcseain
yes, it is a tough grud
4:36 pm
MollyL
Hey Peri, what's up?
4:39 pm
jmcnrick
back (again)
4:44 pm
jmcnrick
*shakes bo6/24*
4:48 pm
bichon
ar 6 either or
4:48 pm
bichon
got the 6/18
4:48 pm
bichon
got the 24
4:48 pm
jmcnrick
at the rate my repairs are going it is a wonder i am not in ar6/18s
4:49 pm
jmcnrick
ar+steal+vowell
4:49 pm
BzznBea
The other is ar + dressing gown with a differnt ending vowel
4:49 pm
jmcnrick
haha can't clue fast enough four you bichon
4:50 pm
jmcnrick
phantom: emerald
4:51 pm
jmcnrick
don't have it sorry
4:51 pm
dcseain
extend the string of be4s to sound like an insect or 60s band.
4:51 pm
dcseain
oh, wait that's 6.27 hm
4:51 pm
Chris P
be6 - another name for an asylum but change two letters
4:52 pm
jmcnrick
i thought that was teh 27
4:52 pm
dcseain
ty, chris
4:52 pm
BzznBea
Got it. TY.
4:53 pm
inge
please clue so 6 for mw. first ao qoes.
4:53 pm
negativeneil
Hi Seain, Bea, jmc, et al.
4:53 pm
BzznBea
Hey, Neil
4:53 pm
jmcnrick
hi inge sorry i do not have it yet
4:55 pm
jmcnrick
boy here bbl
4:55 pm
negativeneil
so6,24 -- three 2-letter words put together as one, meaning "provided that", etc.
4:55 pm
MollyL
so + ** My Valentine + **alic is a font
4:55 pm
BzznBea
I always thought that was three words.
4:56 pm
negativeneil
I think it should be.
4:57 pm
BzznBea
Today is a sad, sad day.
4:58 pm
BzznBea
Packing our things to head back home tomorow. It has been a great week.
4:59 pm
negativeneil
Oh? Where are you going home from, Bea?
4:59 pm
BzznBea
We'be been at the beach this week.
4:59 pm
negativeneil
Oh, nice. Which beach, where?
5:00 pm
negativeneil
I live right across the road from the ocean... but to get to a nice area of beach, I have to walk a little way.
5:00 pm
inge
Igot it thanks
5:00 pm
BzznBea
We are on the Crystal Coast of NC at Indian Beach.
5:00 pm
negativeneil
yw, Inge.
5:00 pm
negativeneil
Oh, ok. I was in NC not too long ago... very nice there.
5:01 pm
BzznBea
Where in NC where you?
5:02 pm
Soodle
Oh, Bzz... The worst part of a holiday is always the 'coming back to reality' bit.
5:03 pm
BzznBea
It is, Soodle. And even worse, my grandbabies will be going back home.
5:03 pm
inge
Last word I need is Ma 5 12 PLEASE CLUE.
5:04 pm
ChampFit
it's like a back tooth, only change the first vowel.
5:04 pm
Soodle
.... (((Bzzz..)))) Hopefully you will see them again, very soon. Keep your chin up... :-)
5:04 pm
Soodle
Thanks Champ :-)
5:05 pm
inge
fIREWORKDS THANKS
5:05 pm
Soodle
Yay Inge!! Well done!!
5:11 pm
flosey
good afternoon everyone
5:11 pm
negativeneil
Sorry Bea... was busy tweeting there. I was in Raleigh NC on the 23 of last month, and Charlotte the next day... was on the road with Anthony Hamilton and Jill Scott doing concert photography for their venues.
5:11 pm
negativeneil
[They're R&B artists.]
5:12 pm
Soodle
Hello Neil & Flosey :-)
5:12 pm
flosey
sounds like a fun job neil
5:12 pm
negativeneil
Hi Soodlebum. And flosey.
5:13 pm
BzznBea
I think I remember you telling me that before, Neil.
5:13 pm
BzznBea
Our home is near Raleigh.
5:13 pm
negativeneil
It wasn't bad... done that before. Just very tiring on the move all the time like that. I was glad to get home again and sleep in my own bed!
5:14 pm
flosey
yes, understand that part of it neil, can get tiresome
5:14 pm
negativeneil
Yes flosey, it sure can and sure does.
5:14 pm
Soodle
<---Quoting Dorothy.....Theres no place like home... theres no place like home.....
5:15 pm
flosey
absolutely, Soodle
5:15 pm
negativeneil
But photography and writing [journalism] beat scrubbing toilets for a living I guess.
5:15 pm
negativeneil
Bad enough having to do my own. :P
5:15 pm
flosey
quite a comparison neil
5:16 pm
negativeneil
Yeah, I thought so.
5:16 pm
Soodle
I imagine your job is really interesting, Neil?
5:16 pm
flosey
you do get to meet a lot of interesting characters, Neil
5:20 pm
negativeneil
Yeah it's ok, it's very difficult and pretty boring at times too. I'm not always writing about subjects that interest me all that much. Sometimes I'm just photographing building sites... but it's better than some jobs I can think of that I'd never want to do. And all the travelling might sound great, but it gets pretty tiresome at times.
5:25 pm
Soodle
'Very difficult & boring at times'....... just about describes my job too!!
5:25 pm
negativeneil
Yeah, it probably describes most jobs.
5:26 pm
negativeneil
Plus when I'm travelling around to work in different locations, that's abourt all I'm doing there. There isn't much time for anything else... can't do any real sight-seeing, which is frustrating.
5:27 pm
Soodle
I work in the Coroners Office. Yesteday, one of our coroners returned a verdict of 'Spontaneous Human Combustion'. first time on planet Earth that a coroner returned such a verdict. I've been fielding calls all day....
5:27 pm
negativeneil
"About" even, geez.
5:27 pm
negativeneil
WTF? Seriously? I mean I've heard of that of course... seen stuff on TV about it happening. Scary! I'd really like to know what causes that to happen to a person?
5:27 pm
flosey
agree, that would be frustrating Neil, to be in places where you'd enjoy spending a bit of free time
5:28 pm
Soodle
Yup!! That was the verdict returned by the coroner for Galway yesterday......
5:29 pm
movieman
the re5/14 plz
5:29 pm
negativeneil
I don't think it's the first time on planet earth, no. That's a rare phenomena but has been known to happen and I'd assume, has been documented. Must've been because there are plenty of articles about it.
5:29 pm
Soodle
If you google spontaneous human combustion galway inquest, you shoud get the gorey details....
5:29 pm
negativeneil
Oh for your area or possibly even your country, yes... that's very likely.
5:30 pm
Soodle
Its the first time that any coroner anywhere on earth returned such a verdict at an inquest!
5:31 pm
flosey
MM - re + a spot for a drink
5:31 pm
Soodle
And thereby increasing my workload by 500 percent!!
5:31 pm
negativeneil
Oh yes? Wow.
5:32 pm
movieman
danke schoen, flosey!!!!!
5:32 pm
flosey
oh boy, phones ringing off the hook Soodle?
5:33 pm
Soodle
The international interest it has generated is incredible. I took calls today from the BBC, ABC, CNN and about a gazillion other news agencies.
5:36 pm
Good Enough
is shooshoo ok. Seems like she needs a slap on the back or something
5:37 pm
flosey
hello GE, that's about all we ever see from the lurkers - or to be kinder, those who prefer to do the puzzle without chat
5:37 pm
negativeneil
Michael Flaherty?
5:37 pm
Soodle
Shoosh.... Speak to us......
5:38 pm
Soodle
Thats the one, Neil!
5:38 pm
flosey
some even cover the chat so they aren't distracted by it
5:40 pm
Soodle
I feel very sorry for the family of the deceased. The loss of their loved on is overshadowed by the circumstances of his death.
5:40 pm
shooshoo
I know that when I have words put in the box even if I check no chat..sometimes 2 letters are entered into the chat box...sorry..don't know how to fix it
5:41 pm
flosey
not to worry shoo - others do it too
5:42 pm
flosey
yes Soodle, the loss of a loved one is more than enough to handle, without added publicity
5:43 pm
shooshoo
its not the chat box that I use..its the lickety add box that you put the words in that goes to the clue box. once again sorry.
5:44 pm
Soodle
Indeed Flosey. But the circumstances of this case were so bizzare, that they have caught national and international interest. Its easy for peope to lose sight of the fact that a loved one has been lost to a loving family.
5:47 pm
jmcnrick
it happens to others too shooshoo
5:48 pm
MollyL
Soodle, that is definitely one to tell to the grand kids.
5:48 pm
Soodle
Hello JMC :-)
5:50 pm
Soodle
Well, we will see, Molls.
5:52 pm
periwinkle
hi all
5:52 pm
periwinkle
Molly, I found my sunglasses today. tyty
5:52 pm
Soodle
Hello Peri :-)
5:53 pm
MollyL
I knew you would Peri. : )
5:55 pm
Soodle
Wow!! Molly helped you find lost stuff?? Molly! Where the heck are my spare car keys???? And my D&G Light Blue perfume? And while you are at it, my marbles?
5:56 pm
periwinkle
Molly and St. Anthony
5:56 pm
flosey
taking a break, bbl
5:57 pm
MollyL
It's all Saint Anthony, Soodle. I just shout out a request.
5:57 pm
firefly779
Wow, tr7/32 sure winds it's way around the grid...
5:57 pm
negativeneil
I've just read the article, Soodlebum. Doesn't say that it's the first time in the world such a verdict has been returned. It says "He [west Galway coroner Dr Kieran McLoughlin] said it was the first time in his 25 years of investigating deaths that he had returned such a verdict." It's happened before in various places too. I'd really like to know what could possibly cause that to happen to a live human being... it's very strange and scary.
6:00 pm
Soodle
Yes Neil, but its been established today that no other coroner in any jurisdiction has ever returned such a vedict. I spoke to the pathologist who did the PM today, and she was a bit non-plussed at the verdict..
6:00 pm
negativeneil
Yep, firefly. That's a bendy/twisty one.
6:00 pm
negativeneil
Oh? The article should have mentioned that. Or maybe it was written and published before that was known?
6:01 pm
periwinkle
am6 pls
6:01 pm
firefly779
more am5 ;) or is there another?
6:01 pm
ChrissieDee
more am5
6:02 pm
periwinkle
ty Chrissie
6:02 pm
ChrissieDee
yw peri
6:02 pm
firefly779
tr8 is a full circle word, whereas tr7/32 is a start in one corner, end in the other. Neat grid today!
6:03 pm
Soodle
It was all a bit sensationalist! And why not? There was no mention of global downturn, or recession, or war, or murder .....
6:04 pm
ChrissieDee
ty firefly
6:05 pm
Soodle
Whoo-hoo, Chrissie. Congratulationa!
6:05 pm
MollyL
Given the circumstances, I can see why a coroner would use that cause of death. And I wonder if other corners have had similar circumstances presented to them, but not had the guts to go with that cause.
6:07 pm
negativeneil
I would think so. I've just learned there have been many cases of this reported.... and recorded by town officials. People catching on fire and burning to death, with no observable cause. No smoking in bed, or candles catching clothing on fire, etc.
6:08 pm
ChrissieDee
no soodle, not fireworks, just glad of firefly's clues. still need 103 here!
6:08 pm
negativeneil
As a friend of mine just said: "Sometimes the chair or bed the body is found in is barely even touched by the fire. Which is really bizarre, because the temperatures required to reduce bodies to ash are tremendous."
6:09 pm
Soodle
Hmmm...... I think he (the coroner) has left himself very exposed. There are 2 distinct schools of thought on spontaneous human combustion. The ' I believe' and the I don't believe'.
6:11 pm
MollyL
Well Soodle, I would agree that he went out on a limb. But it sounds like he had good reason to do so.
6:11 pm
Soodle
Chrissie..... regard my post as 'advance congratulations'. You will get there!!!
6:11 pm
ChrissieDee
ty Soodle, lol
6:13 pm
negativeneil
That was probably the only verdict he could reach, after the case had been investigated thoroughly and no other probable cause of the bizarre incident and death was determined.
6:14 pm
Soodle
I read all the reports, Molls. The forensics were .....forensic! I won't go into gorey details... which were pretty graphic and unsettling... and Neil is right... the only conclusion was the one arrived at by the coroner.
6:15 pm
MollyL
I didn't say anything to the contrary.
6:16 pm
negativeneil
No one said you did?
6:16 pm
Mary
hi all, stuck on one of the re6/24 have the request payment again and the heat again. Third one?
6:17 pm
negativeneil
To restart your computer, Mary.
6:17 pm
negativeneil
Or kick someone or something again?
6:18 pm
Mary
duh, am losing it... thank you
6:18 pm
negativeneil
You're welcome. :)
6:18 pm
Soodle
Sheesh,ts Friday evening, I'm done with work for the week. Quick, somebody tell me a joke, or make me smile.....
6:18 pm
negativeneil
I already lost it. Let me know if you find it.
6:21 pm
Soodle
Heading off to the pit now. Good nite all.
6:22 pm
jmcnrick
there were these two men in a bar at the top of a very tall building
6:22 pm
jmcnrick
hey i just started the joke
6:22 pm
negativeneil
Well you can finish it... I'm listening.
6:22 pm
periwinkle
me 2 jmc
6:23 pm
jmcnrick
one of them said: there is this amazing updraft on the side of this building you have got to see this
6:23 pm
negativeneil
Uh night, Soodlebum. [was in another window]
6:24 pm
jmcnrick
so they went out on the terrace and the first man jumped off the building and the air buoyed him up and tossed him back on the terrace
6:24 pm
jmcnrick
the second man was amazed and said let me try it
6:24 pm
jmcnrick
so the second man jumped off the building and fell to his death
6:25 pm
jmcnrick
the first man went back into the bar and ordered another drink
6:25 pm
jmcnrick
the bartender said: man, superman, you are a mean drunk
6:25 pm
negativeneil
Yeah, I'd need one too if I was him!
6:26 pm
negativeneil
Oh geez! Haha.
6:27 pm
Soodle
Rofl......... I had to stay on in lurk mode to see the punch line..... Ha ha ha Jmc..
6:28 pm
firefly779
lol - good one jmc
6:29 pm
negativeneil
So the costume and cape didn't give him away? :P
6:29 pm
jmcnrick
one of my all time favorite jokes
6:29 pm
periwinkle
I can never remember any decent jokes
6:29 pm
jmcnrick
he was dress up like clark kent
6:29 pm
jmcnrick
unfortunately most of the jokes i know are even longer than that one
6:29 pm
negativeneil
Yeah, I figured.
6:31 pm
Fauxmage
Here's a short one.
What do you call the useless piece of skin on the end of a penis?
6:31 pm
Soodle
<----100% convinced that if JMC, Molly, Assorted Stids, Ruby, Hego, et al met up here in Ireland.... the world would be a better place!
6:31 pm
negativeneil
Gee thanks, Laura.
6:32 pm
negativeneil
Tell me how you really feel? :P
6:32 pm
jmcnrick
haha because we would improve ireland? ;-)
6:32 pm
firefly779
LOL Fauxmage!!!
6:32 pm
Soodle
absolutely!!!
6:32 pm
negativeneil
Ok, I'll tell you all a joke if you want?
6:32 pm
negativeneil
One of the best I've ever heard.
6:33 pm
firefly779
is it a negative joke? ;)
6:33 pm
Soodle
Go for it Neil!!
6:33 pm
negativeneil
Haha!
6:33 pm
negativeneil
Four friends, who hadn't seen each other in 30 years, reunited at a party. After several drinks, one of the men had to use the rest room. Those who remained talked about their kids.
6:33 pm
negativeneil
The first guy said, "My son is my pride and joy. He started working at a successful company at the bottom of the barrel. He studied Economics and Business Administration and soon began to climb the corporate ladder and now, he's the president of the company. He became so rich, that he gave his best friend a top of the line Mercedes for his birthday."
6:33 pm
negativeneil
The second guy said, "Darn, that's terrific! My son is also my pride and joy. He started working for a big airline, and then went to flight school to become a pilot. Eventually he became a partner in the company, where he owns the majority of its assets. He's so rich, that he gave his best friend a brand new jet for his birthday."
6:33 pm
negativeneil
The third man said: "Well, that's terrific! My son studied in the best universities and became an engineer. Then he started his own construction company and is now a multimillionaire. He also gave away something very nice and expensive to his best friend for his birthday: A 30,000 square foot mansion."
6:34 pm
MollyL
*High fives to Faux for a great joke!*
6:34 pm
negativeneil
The three friends congratulated each other just as the fourth returned from the restroom and asked: "What are all the congratulations for?" One of the three said: "We were talking about the pride we feel for the successes of our sons. What about your son?"
6:34 pm
negativeneil
The fourth man replied: "My son is gay and makes a living dancing as a stripper at a nightclub.
6:34 pm
negativeneil
"The three friends said: "What a shame... what a disappointment."
6:34 pm
negativeneil
The fourth man replied: "No, I'm not ashamed. He's my son and I love him. And he hasn't done too badly, either. His birthday was two weeks ago, and he received a beautiful 30,000 square foot mansion, a brand new jet and a top of the line Mercedes, from his three boyfriends!"
6:34 pm
jmcnrick
wait for it
6:35 pm
periwinkle
haha, good one neil!!
6:35 pm
negativeneil
Yeah. I love it.
6:36 pm
firefly779
I've heard it before, but still funny!
6:37 pm
negativeneil
Oh, ok. I'm sure it has made its rounds... it's a good one! I was sent it in an email a few years ago.
6:37 pm
jmcnrick
okay i must go figure out something for dinner bbl
6:39 pm
periwinkle
be6/30 pls
6:39 pm
Soodle
Bye JMC ((Laters))
6:40 pm
negativeneil
Take care, jmc.
6:42 pm
negativeneil
be6,30 -- most of something you ring, then a wall you block/stop up water with... a beaver's nest.
6:42 pm
negativeneil
Hi Jellen.
6:42 pm
periwinkle
hi and bye Jellen
6:43 pm
negativeneil
Congrats.
6:43 pm
negativeneil
And you're welcome.
6:43 pm
Jellen
Great joke, Neil!
6:43 pm
Jellen
Congrats peri!
6:44 pm
negativeneil
Thanks, Jellen... it's one that was sent to me in an email a few years ago. Added it to my archive of saved jokes because it's a keeper.
6:45 pm
negativeneil
Yep. Even if they don't
6:45 pm
negativeneil
Woops!
6:45 pm
negativeneil
Never mind, geez... typed that in the wrong window anyway, haha.
6:46 pm
negativeneil
[that's what being tired and dopey with a miserable cold can do to me]
6:47 pm
Jellen
Poor Neil :-(
6:48 pm
negativeneil
Oh I'll survive, Jellen... some people have much worse things, unfortunately.
6:51 pm
Jellen
True...colds don't last long...
6:55 pm
negativeneil
Yeah, not compared to some things.
6:58 pm
Jellen
Well, I have blown most of my day...
7:04 pm
Flask1
Morning all.....clue please for ba4/6...the SECOND one??
7:04 pm
Uneaixoise
what cows live in?
7:05 pm
Uneaixoise
unclothed?
7:05 pm
Flask1
no......the 2nd one please?
7:05 pm
Uneaixoise
sorry -- not using list yet . . .
7:06 pm
Flask1
thats it!...thanks Unea....
7:06 pm
Uneaixoise
yw :-)
7:06 pm
ch1212
oooh -- has anyone mentioned a clue for be6/27 that should be: Potter's Bard :)
7:07 pm
Uneaixoise
monkeyed it :-)
7:09 pm
o-o
be 6/27 - john paul george and ringo with a sweat accumulation nuance
7:09 pm
Uneaixoise
hey, BR :-)
7:09 pm
ch1212
Clever, BR.
7:09 pm
MollyL
Ch, Potters Bard is an excellent clue for that word. : )
7:10 pm
ch1212
Gorgeous photo, BR - thanks Molly, hello and goodbye, Beloved is home!
7:34 pm
Flask1
clue for be6/30 please??
7:41 pm
Flask1
Can any lurkers give me a clue please?
7:42 pm
BLouie
most of something you ring plus a beavers nest
7:43 pm
Flask1
Thanks Blouie....
7:44 pm
BLouie
don't thank me; i got the clue from someone else!!
7:45 pm
negativeneil
Yes, me. ;)
7:45 pm
Flask1
well....you passed it on to me!
7:54 pm
rururocks
passed what on?
8:00 pm
Flask1
a clue ruru
8:03 pm
pigeonman
could i possibly get a clue for the am8 or the ar6,24?
8:03 pm
rururocks
I don't have either pigeon.. sorry
8:05 pm
flosey
ar + you wear a **** over your jammies but change last vowel
8:05 pm
flosey
and hi everyone, back for a few more, hopefully
8:06 pm
rururocks
I have such a long way to go.
8:07 pm
flosey
not an easy grid, I've been in and out all day
8:07 pm
rururocks
no.. a toughy for sure
8:08 pm
flosey
add a vowel, and then a cons. for the second pe4
8:09 pm
pigeonman
be6,30?
8:10 pm
flosey
be6 - what you ring + mild swear minus last letter
8:10 pm
Flask1
see clue at 7.42 for be6/30
8:17 pm
crosshair
howdy again everyone,back for a few more..i hope:/
8:18 pm
crosshair
howdy flosey
8:22 pm
flosey
does anyone have ma7 please
8:27 pm
jmcnrick
am8=a+planet+french fem. ending
8:27 pm
mrpresident
ma + const + ab5 it is ****t time i had breakfast
8:27 pm
jmcnrick
sorry don't have the ma7
8:27 pm
flosey
thanks mrp
8:28 pm
Good Enough
our phone number used to start MA7 back in the day when we used those prefixes
8:29 pm
Good Enough
of course i was veeeeery little when that was still in use
8:29 pm
jmcnrick
i started life with ol(ive)7 but then they changed it to mi(ssion)7
8:29 pm
jmcnrick
i was not so little
8:29 pm
flosey
ah, I remember those days, we were Baldwin
8:30 pm
mrpresident
olive, mission ???
8:31 pm
jmcnrick
yes the first two letters were the ones you dialed
8:31 pm
pigeonman
thanks for the am8
8:31 pm
pigeonman
ob6,27 anyone?
8:32 pm
crosshair
(((MRP)))
8:32 pm
flosey
need that one too !
8:32 pm
mrpresident
stick a U in the ob5, near the end of the plural ob4
8:32 pm
mrpresident
(((crossy))) !!
8:32 pm
lbdawger
ob4.6 + Let ** be kind to one anothre
8:32 pm
lbdawger
(((MRP)))
8:33 pm
mrpresident
hi dawg!!! **hugs**
8:33 pm
crosshair
thgis grid is kicking my tushie:((
8:33 pm
pigeonman
wow. lots of tough words in this one
8:33 pm
jmcnrick
ty lbd and mr p
8:33 pm
lbdawger
it is a tough grid. even the fours were hard to find!
8:34 pm
jmcnrick
it is a toughie
8:34 pm
jmcnrick
someone know how to use chrome on line?
8:34 pm
flosey
thanks lbd
8:34 pm
crosshair
i am using google chrome as we speak
8:35 pm
crosshair
much faster than FF or IE
8:36 pm
jmcnrick
okay in firefox and *blech* explorer i can open a little screen thingy and search a web page for letters or words -- how do i do that in chrome?
8:36 pm
Flask1
clue please for the 2nd il5/10??
8:36 pm
jmcnrick
nm i figured out what i was looking for was the wrench
8:37 pm
LuvWordGames
il 5/10-sicker
8:37 pm
crosshair
just load a new gage with google search and bookmark the tab and it will always be on top where u can use it
8:37 pm
flosey
il5 - as in mi6 but drop the m
8:37 pm
lbdawger
sicker, flask
8:38 pm
Flask1
thanx all.....
8:39 pm
crosshair
the star in the top right will save it and the little plus sign on the current open tab will access it
8:39 pm
jmcnrick
none of that was what i was asking for crossy but ty for the information
8:39 pm
pigeonman
that should be an easy one, but even that one is evading me
8:40 pm
crosshair
ok,then i have no idea what you are asking for..sorry'
8:40 pm
flosey
su - the gentleman who opens the door, takes your coat, etc - change first letter to s
8:40 pm
jmcnrick
haha np i found what i needed in the wrench
8:41 pm
jmcnrick
the su6 did it
8:41 pm
crosshair
guess the box thingy set me off in the wrong direction lol
8:41 pm
crosshair
but chrome is quite intuitive to use
8:41 pm
jmcnrick
sorry my description wasn't clearer
8:42 pm
jmcnrick
haha i am always afraid when someone says it is intuitive--intuitive to whom?
8:43 pm
crosshair
ok well i will quantify by saying i found it intuitive
8:43 pm
jmcnrick
now that is a fairer statement!
8:43 pm
crosshair
other users experience may vary with usage lol
8:43 pm
crosshair
i will make myself a nice little disclaimer macro lol
8:44 pm
jmcnrick
ti**out is a phantom
8:47 pm
crosshair
the statements made by crossy(hereafter known as the king of babble) in no way reflect babble or it creator or mirror any experiences of any one else on this spinning ball of dirt. any advice given or implied is subject to the use at own risk advisement and should be noted as such lol..
8:47 pm
Good Enough
ha ha the sun will come out ti7
8:47 pm
crosshair
there i am covered:)
8:47 pm
jmcnrick
i sorry but wht is the king of babble so you must find a new title
8:48 pm
crosshair
mmm..darn
8:48 pm
Good Enough
carpool pick up :(
8:48 pm
jmcnrick
sun will come out tomorrow, you can bet your bottom dollar they'll be sun!
8:49 pm
crosshair
was raining non stop today(still pouring) there is no sun...
8:49 pm
pigeonman
tr7,32?
8:49 pm
jmcnrick
tomorrow tomorrow i love you tomorrow your always a day a way
8:50 pm
jmcnrick
you have to watch out not to let someone tr7 you at a concert
8:50 pm
jmcnrick
oh sorry that was tr7/36
8:51 pm
jmcnrick
32 is similar in meeting but more put downish
8:51 pm
crosshair
was never trampled,but was rendered deaf for a few hours at a goddo gig
8:51 pm
lbdawger
if you have the tr6.21 double the last letter for the 7
8:51 pm
jmcnrick
don't let me tr7/32 your feelings crossy but the pb door is open and waiting for you
8:52 pm
crosshair
crossy trudges over to the pb
8:53 pm
pigeonman
has anybody clued the bl6 yet?
8:54 pm
jmcnrick
bl+4 vowels with two of them the same
8:54 pm
lbdawger
kabl*****!
8:54 pm
flosey
darn, have to stop to make supper
8:54 pm
jmcnrick
to bad flosey
8:56 pm
rururocks
anyone have the am8 please
8:57 pm
jmcnrick
a+planet+french fem. ending
8:57 pm
Flask1
li6......dickensian Schoolmaster
8:58 pm
rururocks
thank you jmc
8:58 pm
jmcnrick
darn not that good at dickens
8:58 pm
jmcnrick
good i am sure that was a great clue but i am not getting ti7
8:59 pm
jmcnrick
i just finish bleak house last year--i thought it was the best thing he had written
9:00 pm
jmcnrick
only one with a school master i can remember is great expectations and i finished that in 1964
9:01 pm
jmcnrick
but still remember pip and mrs fafthersham (?)
9:02 pm
pigeonman
ra7 or the 1st ti7,36?
9:03 pm
lbdawger
ti + planet + **nty Em, there's no place like home
9:03 pm
jmcnrick
ra7 is a food product that sounds like it should be very unusual
9:03 pm
lbdawger
ra7, not cooked + dan2***, babbler
9:04 pm
jmcnrick
AH! goods clue was wonderful ty lbd
9:04 pm
Jellen
Any remedial clue for the li6?
9:04 pm
pigeonman
thanks all. fireworks. can i give a clue or two in return before i go?
9:04 pm
Jellen
Hooray for pigeonman!
9:05 pm
jmcnrick
the second ti7???? please
9:05 pm
jmcnrick
whoo hooo pigeon!
9:05 pm
pigeonman
i really didn't think i'd finish this one.
9:05 pm
lbdawger
astrological sign for October add an extra vowel at the end
9:05 pm
lbdawger
whoooo hooooo pidgeon!!
9:05 pm
pigeonman
ti7. what you give a naughty child. change the last cons.
9:05 pm
Jellen
Bless you, lbd!
9:06 pm
Jellen
Thanks, pigeonman
9:06 pm
pigeonman
welcome
9:07 pm
pigeonman
bye all
9:07 pm
jmcnrick
bye pige
9:11 pm
crosshair
well this grid has one so i shall say good night as a good book awaits but i will leave you with a nice feel good story to read..poink
9:11 pm
crosshair
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/7s0NaX/t
oday.msnbc.msn.com/id/44617504/ns/toda
y-good_news/t/deformed-puppy-rescued-t
rash-learns-walk%253Fgt1%253D43001
9:12 pm
jmcnrick
bye crossy and you can skip the pb
9:13 pm
rururocks
el 6 anyone?
9:13 pm
rururocks
never mind
9:14 pm
jmcnrick
a clue for the el5?
9:15 pm
rururocks
like gold or silver begining
9:15 pm
Jellen
El**entary, my dear Watson + personal pronoun
9:15 pm
rururocks
im7 please?
9:16 pm
jmcnrick
ah finally i have been worrying that one all day
9:17 pm
jmcnrick
the only clue i saw for that was that im7 was im8 with the end cut off
9:17 pm
lbdawger
im + past tense of what a criminal does in court...****s innocent or guilty
9:17 pm
Jellen
Hmmm...that would be helpful if I had the im8...
9:18 pm
rururocks
thank you ibd
9:18 pm
jmcnrick
exactly jell hahaha
9:18 pm
Jellen
Thanks, lbd!
9:18 pm
lbdawger
im8 is one who does the im5
9:19 pm
Jellen
Thanks again, lbd!
9:20 pm
jmcnrick
okay i have the 7 let me try for the 8
9:20 pm
Jellen
I might just make halfway!
9:21 pm
Jellen
Maybe not...
9:21 pm
jmcnrick
*baffled*
9:21 pm
jmcnrick
go jell go!
9:22 pm
cosdem
the first ab5/14 please?
9:22 pm
jmcnrick
to walk across the top of a house or ab5/14
9:23 pm
jmcnrick
all i wanted all day was ab5 from the sun
9:24 pm
lbdawger
im5, means to drive or move onward , incite
9:24 pm
Jacula
a big smile would be nice!
9:24 pm
cosdem
thanks got it
9:24 pm
jmcnrick
last br4 please even if it is a fish
9:24 pm
jmcnrick
hi jac! :-D
9:24 pm
vanillaslice
AB5/14 is a tree or ab + anagram lee
9:25 pm
Jacula
jmc - it's chilly, very cold!
9:25 pm
lbdawger
br** it's cold outside
9:25 pm
jmcnrick
wasn't anagram lee a poem by edgar allen poe? ;-)
9:25 pm
vanillaslice
br4 is pretty cold no vowels
9:26 pm
jmcnrick
*lights up the grill*
9:26 pm
vanillaslice
Poe always was beyond my ken
9:26 pm
jmcnrick
i am glad it is not i found out today the reason my radiators were making such horrible noises i had to turn the heat off was because the construction guys forgot to cap the radiator pipe after they cut it
9:27 pm
Jacula
want some home-made burgers, some fruit kebabs and stuff for that grill, jmc?
9:27 pm
lbdawger
think i'm going to call it a night. see you all tomorrow
9:27 pm
jmcnrick
nevermore vanilla
9:27 pm
Jellen
G'night, lbd
9:27 pm
jmcnrick
yum jac that will go well wit all the fish i got today
9:27 pm
jmcnrick
niters lbd
9:27 pm
cosdem
i dont like this grid
9:28 pm
jmcnrick
it is a challenge but not down right mean like that little one a few days ago
9:29 pm
rururocks
or 5//12//
9:29 pm
cosdem
but i have all the 7's, 8's and 9's done so thats something
9:29 pm
Jellen
4.5 words left until halfway!
9:29 pm
Jacula
Oh, I had that situation, jmc, when I first moved into this house over 30 years ago. That people had removed the back bo6/24 in the fire but forgotten to cap off the pipe in the airing cupboard. When we set a fire in the grate steam started em4ing from upstairs. We thought things were on fire to start with! Could have been worse, since they'd pinched the end of the pipe quite tightly - might have exploded.:-(
9:30 pm
jmcnrick
yikes jac!
9:30 pm
vanillaslice
this is funny bo5/16 is a soft roundish mass. In dutch its what a poo on the ground is called but also a round curly pastry lol
9:30 pm
jmcnrick
it was kinda sad though cause it was pouring rain and the plumber could figure out why there was no pressure until he went out and saw all the hot water pouring down the side of my house
9:31 pm
vanillaslice
they say it to a baby ahhh you've done a bo5 good boy
9:31 pm
jmcnrick
blech that would not make me inclined to that pastry
9:31 pm
jmcnrick
madhouse with the center letters switched
9:32 pm
vanillaslice
I'm talkng way back, perhaps Sprite wouldn't even know the word
9:32 pm
Jacula
be6.27 is a Church official in UK. Sounds like a type of hunting dog but different 2nd consonant.
9:32 pm
Minveryork
Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?
9:32 pm
Minveryork
By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!
9:33 pm
Jacula
bo5.16 simply means a 'ball' of something.
9:34 pm
vanillaslice
yeah true a large pill
9:35 pm
cosdem
did someone clue the be 6/30 i wasnt payin attention sorry
9:35 pm
Jacula
be6/27 - be4/7 - round thing often making up a necklace or a part of your gym sweat + French word for the masculine.
9:36 pm
Jacula
Cos - I've clued it twice now, so if you don't get it - hard luck!
9:36 pm
jmcnrick
madhouse with the center two letters switched cosd
9:36 pm
cosdem
thanks jmc
9:36 pm
jmcnrick
but jac you are cluing the be6/27 not the be6/30
9:37 pm
jmcnrick
bi5 please
9:37 pm
cosdem
i dont need the be 6/27 though jac :)
9:37 pm
Jacula
be6/30 sounds like, to an Italian, it might be a beautiful woman.
9:37 pm
jmcnrick
oh good clue jac
9:38 pm
Jacula
bi5 is like the yi5 you do when you bow down to an enemy force.
9:38 pm
cosdem
thanks got it!
9:38 pm
Jacula
Thanks jmc.
9:40 pm
rururocks
su 6 please
9:41 pm
jmcnrick
the su6 did it
9:41 pm
cosdem
there is only one B in the grid right?
9:41 pm
rururocks
lol good clue jm
9:41 pm
jmcnrick
correct cosd
9:42 pm
jmcnrick
ty ru and yw
9:42 pm
cosdem
okay then i dont see hwo the last be4 is possible lol ughhh
9:42 pm
cosdem
oh never mind i see it now
9:42 pm
jmcnrick
because it isn't a true word
9:43 pm
jmcnrick
argh! sorry sorry sorry
9:44 pm
Jacula
It's a fancy car, jmc - when y our cat has stopped prancing about on your keyboard.
9:44 pm
jmcnrick
*puts paper bag over head in shame*
9:44 pm
Jacula
It's also a Chruch word, apparently.
9:45 pm
jmcnrick
i think you are confusing it with a be**er
9:45 pm
Jacula
Glad it's not a platic bag,. jmc. Babble's not worth dying for!
9:45 pm
jmcnrick
no no just paper so you won't see me blushing
9:45 pm
Jacula
My fingers or my keyboard now seem to not be working.:-(
9:46 pm
Jacula
Or is it brain to fingers to kyboard?
9:46 pm
Jellen
brb...need dessert!
9:46 pm
jmcnrick
the be4/7 after ursa?
9:46 pm
Jacula
Jellen - glad you need a pud and not a sand coered waasteland.
9:47 pm
Jacula
jmc - old word for lover or a man who pays court to a lady.
9:48 pm
Jacula
My pithy comments would look so much better if they were typed correctly!
9:48 pm
jmcnrick
ah ty ty
9:48 pm
MollyL
Jac, don't be saying Jellen needs a pud. That could be GROSSLY misinterpreted.
9:48 pm
jmcnrick
nah we get your pithy remarks spelled correctly or not
9:48 pm
Jellen
Chocolate pudding...
9:50 pm
jmcnrick
of course if you are complaining about some one misspelling or a grammatical error. . .
9:50 pm
MollyL
Jellen for the save.
9:51 pm
Jacula
Molly - what does 'pud' mean over the pond then??
9:52 pm
MollyL
Let's just say it could be misconstrued and leave it at that. La, la, la...happy Jellen with her chocolate pudding.
9:52 pm
Jacula
*Wonders if she is about to get a revelation like the UK folks did when they asked what wank meant?*
9:52 pm
Jellen
Unhappy Jellen with her pudding all gone :-(
9:53 pm
jmcnrick
means the same thing jac
9:53 pm
Jacula
Oh - no explanation. That's a disappointment!
9:53 pm
jmcnrick
poor jell
9:53 pm
Jacula
jmc - really??? That's a new one on me.
9:53 pm
jmcnrick
no they both mean male body part
9:53 pm
Jellen
Drinking water now...trying to be good!
9:53 pm
jesdraggon
evening all
9:54 pm
jmcnrick
you inspire me jell to get a club soda
9:54 pm
Jacula
Wank doesn't mean male body part. Does pud mean pe5?
9:55 pm
jesdraggon
heh. wank is something you do to a male body part though :)
9:55 pm
jmcnrick
my mistake i was confusing wang
9:56 pm
Jellen
I just learn all sorts of things in Babble!
9:56 pm
Jacula
jmc - OH! Didn't know that. Must warn any British girls going to USA not to enthusiastically ask for pud after dinner. Bet the GI's invented that word after being Over Here in WWII! The swines!
9:56 pm
Jacula
Jellen - you'd be surprised what you can learn here.:-/
9:56 pm
jmcnrick
i wouldn't worry about it jac it is not a very common usage
9:57 pm
MollyL
"enthusiastically ask for pud after dinner"...ah well, there goes all the water all over the monitor.
9:57 pm
jmcnrick
and i suspect you are correct concerning the origins
9:57 pm
Jacula
Sorry Molly!
9:58 pm
Jellen
I need four more words to meet my goal!
9:58 pm
jmcnrick
i think if they ask for pudding they will be okay--but disappointed because they will be served custard
9:58 pm
Jacula
jmc - I'm pretty sure I'm right!
9:58 pm
MollyL
No worries Jaq. I was still somewhat wet from my walk in the rain. : )
9:59 pm
crosshair
omg! THATS IT! STOP THE WORLD AND LET ME OFF!!..cough,back for a second as i just discovered that kinder eggs are not legal in united states!!..but i can live in texas and arm myself like clint eastwood in a spagetti western!...byeee...poink! http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/21/e
aster-reminder-kinder-eggs-banned-in-t
he-united-states/
9:59 pm
Jacula
Molly - I won't even try to reply to that in decent or adult form, since this is a family site.
9:59 pm
jmcnrick
oh i loved kinder eggs
9:59 pm
jesdraggon
crossy! don't get hit by a satellite, okay? :)
9:59 pm
Jacula
Hi Crossy. Why on earth would kinder eggs be important to yuor life continuing??
10:00 pm
Jellen
Aha! I passed the halfway point!
10:00 pm
Trifioso
hello my dear friends
10:00 pm
jmcnrick
wtg jell
10:00 pm
jmcnrick
30 left
10:00 pm
Jellen
Trif! Hi!
10:00 pm
jmcnrick
hi trif!!!!!!
10:00 pm
Trifioso
hey all. I am supposed to be sewing, but I need a wee break
10:01 pm
Jacula
When's that bus-sized piece of space junk supposed to hit us and WHY don't 'they' (whomever they are) know where it's going to land?
10:01 pm
jesdraggon
hi trif :)
10:01 pm
jmcnrick
have not seen you for ages
10:01 pm
Jacula
Hi Trif - unless you're Scottish, a wee break means you need the loo.
10:01 pm
Trifioso
secondo broke my laptop, jmc, and my babble time has been severely truncated
10:02 pm
jmcnrick
i would guess bad secondo!
10:02 pm
Jacula
Spare a thought for elephants! Truncated is very painful thing for them.:-)
10:02 pm
Trifioso
she felt AWFUL....but I feel worse, me thinks
10:02 pm
jmcnrick
must he pay for the repair?
10:03 pm
jmcnrick
jac you are on a tear tonight
10:03 pm
Trifioso
she paid for the new screen, which I installed, but now windows wont run. I need to get it fixed, but can't afford it just now
10:03 pm
jmcnrick
how clever of you to install a screen
10:03 pm
Jacula
Yup, jmc. Beloved finallyu got made redundant from his job today.
10:04 pm
Trifioso
jacula, i am so sorry to hear that news. What is his field?
10:04 pm
jmcnrick
ah too bad jac-- herin is suffering the same thing i think
10:04 pm
jmcnrick
meanwhile i am working for 6 hours a week at $10/hour :-(
10:05 pm
Jacula
I'd be lying if I said he wasn't upset and in need of a big hug when he got home. However, I have to keep him upbeat.
10:05 pm
jmcnrick
(i mean herin's beloved was made redundant)
10:05 pm
jmcnrick
well a big hug is a start
10:05 pm
Jacula
jmc - at least you ARE working an earning something.
10:06 pm
jmcnrick
true it just covers the cost of gas to go to school
10:06 pm
Jacula
It seems the 2011 thing across the world, just like back in the 70s, is take a job, ANY job.
10:07 pm
MollyL
JMC, couldn't you be drawing more on unemployment than that?
10:07 pm
jmcnrick
i couldn't do that to the center molls--it would cost them a fortune
10:08 pm
Jacula
I've been discounting jobs with small pay, too. But, unless I can persuade Beloved that we can earn money together, I'm not sure what we'll do.
10:09 pm
jmcnrick
i think what is likely to happen to me is i will start up my own nonprofit or consulting when i finish the masters
10:09 pm
MollyL
Oh...too long of a thing to go into now. Employers pay into unemployment on a continual basis. Former employees drawing unemployment does not cost them anything. Unless that is different for non-profits.
10:09 pm
jmcnrick
it is different for nonprofits molls--they can opt for self-insured
10:09 pm
jmcnrick
well religious ones can
10:09 pm
Trifioso
jmc, why are you needing a masters if you are already a jd?
10:10 pm
jmcnrick
it is a masters in conflict transformation (resolution) and will open some new doors for me
10:10 pm
Jacula
I can't even volunteer for Meals on Wheels in my ar4 right now, since this service (which provides hot meals at lunch time for all oldd people in the UK) seems to have moved from the Women's Vo;unta\ry Service to council run and private run things that make the old folk pay, and there's nothing in my ar4 any longer, though there once ws.
10:10 pm
Trifioso
ahhh...well done you!
10:11 pm
jmcnrick
and actually moll when someone claims unemployment the rate goes up for the for profit employers as well
10:11 pm
Uneaixoise
wow, people are PAYING for meals on wheels?? jeez
10:11 pm
jmcnrick
i don't understand that jac--they turned it into a for profit meals on wheels
10:12 pm
jmcnrick
that sucks
10:12 pm
Uneaixoise
if Rick Perry had his way . . .
10:12 pm
jmcnrick
i paid for my mother but i got her gourmet meals
10:12 pm
jmcnrick
and jac and une and i will sulk in the pb together
10:12 pm
jmcnrick
don't even say his name une!
10:12 pm
Uneaixoise
numbers being fed in our soup kitchen continue to rise . . . and it's not even winter yet
10:12 pm
Jacula
jmc - I don't understand it either, but it seems that they did. Buget for meal is £1.23 - cost of meal = £2,36 or thereabouts.
10:13 pm
jmcnrick
we will have to come up with a nickname for him
10:13 pm
Uneaixoise
285 one day last week . . .
10:13 pm
jmcnrick
so they are at least subsidized?
10:13 pm
jmcnrick
lord une!
10:13 pm
Jacula
To be paid monthly up front. That is NOT the in the spirit of what the service began as!
10:14 pm
jmcnrick
well part of the point is to have someone come by regularly jac so at least that part is still true
10:14 pm
Uneaixoise
homeless and working poor but mostly homeless
10:14 pm
Trifioso
ummm . may i have a hint for the top right u please?
10:15 pm
Uneaixoise
u + peruvian animal
10:15 pm
Uneaixoise
hey, trif :-)
10:15 pm
Trifioso
thank you une
10:15 pm
Uneaixoise
yw :-)
10:16 pm
Uneaixoise
next month Room in the Inn kicks in -- local churches provide dinner, overnite, washing machines, showers, and sack breakfast -- thru March
10:17 pm
Trifioso
gads, I wish the dog would just LIGHT someplace already! round in a circle, round in a circle, sit, nope...round in a circle, round in a circle....
10:17 pm
Uneaixoise
but we're located downtown and will continue to have rising numbers of clients
10:18 pm
Jacula
Yes, the point is to have someone regulrly come by, but also to provide one hot meal - main and pudding.
10:19 pm
Uneaixoise
Meals on Wheels is still subsidized here and free to clients (who work thru a social worker)
10:19 pm
Jacula
Trif - that's what dogs do! They need to tr7/36 a nest out for the night.
10:19 pm
Trifioso
we have hard wood, jac, so he has his work cut out....
10:20 pm
Jacula
hard wood? Surely that's grid word eb4?
10:20 pm
Uneaixoise
another great icon pic, trif!
10:20 pm
Trifioso
thanks une
10:21 pm
Jacula
Une - I think the UK had declined re helping out older members of society, and I think that is despicable.
10:22 pm
Uneaixoise
i'm really shocked to hear that's happening in the UK, jac
10:22 pm
Uneaixoise
awww, check ouit Google'shomepage -- honoring Jim Henson's 75th birthday
10:29 pm
Trifioso
okay, break time over....take care my dear ones
10:29 pm
Uneaixoise
later, trifs!
10:30 pm
Minveryork
Goodbye Trifioso! I will see you tomorrow in the chog
10:31 pm
Flask1
clue for re5/14 please
10:31 pm
Uneaixoise
re + pub
10:32 pm
Flask1
such strange words in this grid!!!....thanx Unea......
10:33 pm
Uneaixoise
here in the US it's a piece of iron used in construction
10:34 pm
Uneaixoise
just passed gas and woke up dog who's now staring at me LOL!!!
10:35 pm
jmcnrick
probably thinks you are going to blame him
10:36 pm
Uneaixoise
true LOL!!
10:38 pm
jmcnrick
20 left
10:38 pm
Uneaixoise
go, jmc!
10:38 pm
jmcnrick
or5/12?
10:39 pm
Uneaixoise
o + peruse a book
10:39 pm
Minveryork
or5/12 word is or plus what I do with a book jmcnrick
10:39 pm
Alohablue
new here.....could use some help.......it says 179 left, does that mean I haven't found 179 words?
10:39 pm
jmcnrick
i always forget that word ty une
10:40 pm
jmcnrick
aloha aloha
10:40 pm
jmcnrick
yes that is what it means
10:40 pm
Alohablue
aloha :)
10:40 pm
Alohablue
good god!! I'll be here forever!!
10:40 pm
jmcnrick
look at the help above because unlike most helps this one is helpful
10:40 pm
Uneaixoise
me too jmc :-)
10:40 pm
jmcnrick
also look at angelsongs page below the grid
10:41 pm
jmcnrick
haha aloha we are all here forever!
10:41 pm
jmcnrick
the grid will change at midnite u.s. central time
10:41 pm
Alohablue
are we all playing the same puzzle? with trrau at the top?
10:42 pm
jmcnrick
the tile stats gives you clues to where the words begin
10:42 pm
Uneaixoise
yep :-)
10:42 pm
jmcnrick
yes we are aloha
10:42 pm
jmcnrick
and the word stats give you clues as to how long the words are
10:42 pm
Minveryork
Hello Alohablue! How are you? Welcome to Babbleland.
10:42 pm
Flask1
clue for su6/21 please?
10:42 pm
Alohablue
tks.....friendly help, much appreciated, thanks min
10:42 pm
jmcnrick
unfortunately you picked a day with a hard grid but if you want clues you can as for them just like flask did
10:43 pm
jmcnrick
the su6 did it flask
10:43 pm
Uneaixoise
su6 rhymes with the servant who greets at the door
10:43 pm
jmcnrick
we are a friendly crowd aloha
10:43 pm
Alohablue
su6/21? what kind of clue is that?
10:43 pm
Uneaixoise
good one, jmc LOL
10:43 pm
Alohablue
thanks jmcnrick
10:44 pm
jmcnrick
well if you look at the items below the tile stats you will see a link to lickerty's list
10:44 pm
Flask1
another strange weird word!!
10:44 pm
jmcnrick
this lists the first 2 letters of each word in the grid and gives the letter count and the points
10:44 pm
Minveryork
That word starts with su, is 6 letters long and worth 21 points Alohablue. That's how we ask for clues here.
10:44 pm
Flask1
thanx Unea and jmc......
10:44 pm
Uneaixoise
speaking of strange, how about that ti7/36?!
10:44 pm
jmcnrick
so su6/21 is a 6 letter word that has 21 points
10:45 pm
jmcnrick
yeah the ti7 is as odd as the come une
10:45 pm
Alohablue
I see word stats
10:45 pm
jmcnrick
read angelsongs babble page with the link under the tile stats
10:45 pm
Minveryork
Goodnight to my fellow babblers! I'll see you tomorrow
10:46 pm
Uneaixoise
gnite, min
10:46 pm
Flask1
nite Minver....
10:46 pm
jmcnrick
bye min did you get fireworks?
10:47 pm
Minveryork
No,far from it. I am giving up with 39 words left to go
10:47 pm
jmcnrick
ah well goodnite dear
10:47 pm
Alohablue
ok.......I see tile stats, but don't see a way to click ...perhaps I'm not supposed to be able to do that
10:48 pm
Minveryork
I'm going to "worm" my way out of here. Get it,worm?
10:48 pm
jmcnrick
no look under them aloha
10:48 pm
jmcnrick
haha min
10:48 pm
Flask1
clue for ti7 please??
10:48 pm
Minveryork
Tomorrow's icon theme is worms suggested by jillibus.
10:48 pm
Minveryork
Okay, bye all! *POOF*
10:49 pm
Flask1
both of them please??
10:49 pm
Alohablue
ok..........I see T1/9
10:49 pm
jmcnrick
ti + planet + **nty Em, there's no place like home
10:50 pm
jmcnrick
t 1/9 says that you have found one word out of nine from that particular T
10:50 pm
jmcnrick
scroll farther down aloha
10:50 pm
jmcnrick
see the friends of babble
10:50 pm
Alohablue
oooo.........ok...
10:51 pm
Alohablue
wow.......I've been finding stupid idiotic 4 letters words.......just found trample......<proud look>
10:51 pm
jmcnrick
first ab5/14 please
10:52 pm
jmcnrick
wtg aloha! but we don't put the words into the chat log so that everyone gets a chance to find them
10:52 pm
Uneaixoise
a + what very hot water does
10:52 pm
Alohablue
aha.......scuse..........<cringe> new here.....I'll not do that again
10:52 pm
jmcnrick
if you add a letter to that word aloha you will get the person who does it
10:53 pm
jmcnrick
np aloha we understand
10:53 pm
Uneaixoise
also: ab + ***mentary school
10:54 pm
Uneaixoise
so hot it bubbles, jmc
10:54 pm
jmcnrick
oh okay i have that one une but ty for the school one
10:54 pm
jmcnrick
15 left
10:54 pm
Uneaixoise
yw :-)
10:54 pm
Flask1
Unea.....any more clues for either of the ti7's please?
10:55 pm
jmcnrick
did you not see my clue flask?
10:56 pm
Uneaixoise
ti4 clock word + I live in a h***e
10:56 pm
jmcnrick
the other one is: what happens to a naughty child these days with a changed last letter
10:56 pm
jmcnrick
ti + planet + **nty Em, there's no place like home
10:58 pm
Flask1
its the planet clue am not getting.....got the school one now....
10:58 pm
Alohablue
<scuse again> I thought all the letters needed to join up, no?
10:58 pm
jmcnrick
not venus but . .. drop the s
10:58 pm
jmcnrick
yes they all must touch aloha
10:59 pm
Alohablue
thanks jm.....most helpful
10:59 pm
jmcnrick
sometimes you think they don't but it is usually because they start off a different letter or they curl in some odd way
10:59 pm
jmcnrick
np aloha
11:00 pm
Flask1
now am really confused?
11:00 pm
jmcnrick
let me try again flask
11:00 pm
jmcnrick
it sounds like the word for the day after today
11:00 pm
Flask1
please do.....
11:00 pm
Alohablue
right......I am getting the hang of it, however, with 176 letters left and business to attend to, I must be off.......many thanks for being friendly
11:00 pm
jmcnrick
spelled badly
11:01 pm
jmcnrick
bye aloha come back again
11:01 pm
jmcnrick
its takes a while but people are glad to help
11:01 pm
Uneaixoise
bye, aloha! :-)
11:01 pm
Alohablue
will do ........aloha and again.......mahalo!!
11:01 pm
jmcnrick
mahalo?
11:02 pm
jmcnrick
ah it means ty
11:02 pm
jmcnrick
new word new word and not even in the grid!
11:03 pm
jmcnrick
am5/16 please
11:03 pm
Flask1
wish it was....better than what am looking for!!!!
11:03 pm
jmcnrick
still looking for ti7?
11:03 pm
Flask1
oh yesssss.....lol
11:04 pm
jmcnrick
ti*. . .man's name+vowell+ and jac can get ***cus and rowdy
11:04 pm
Uneaixoise
ma8 x 2?
11:05 pm
jmcnrick
do you have the ma7?
11:05 pm
Flask1
am5/16 is a biological word without the o.....
11:05 pm
jmcnrick
yes there are two ma8 which build off it
11:05 pm
jmcnrick
duh! ty flask
11:06 pm
Uneaixoise
got it
11:06 pm
Uneaixoise
got it
11:06 pm
jmcnrick
the red planet minus the s+ a carosel is is a round *****
11:06 pm
Flask1
American wild animal.....spelt with an M instead of C
11:06 pm
jmcnrick
go une go!
11:07 pm
mrpresident
fireworks! this one was tough!
11:07 pm
Uneaixoise
tx jmc :-)
11:07 pm
jmcnrick
whoo hoo mr p!
11:07 pm
jmcnrick
yes everyone said it was mr p
11:07 pm
jmcnrick
oh what a good clue flask
11:07 pm
Flask1
ti7/36 please
11:08 pm
Uneaixoise
ma5/12 please?
11:09 pm
jmcnrick
ti+the red planet minus the s+ dorothy wanted her **ntie em
11:09 pm
jmcnrick
i am looking for that one too une
11:09 pm
Uneaixoise
going blind here . . .
11:10 pm
Flask1
ma5....two thirds of the jungle disease.....
11:11 pm
Flask1
At last I have it!!!!!
11:11 pm
jmcnrick
ma+french fries are best cooked in ***d not oil
11:11 pm
jmcnrick
wtg flask!!1
11:11 pm
Uneaixoise
tx jmc!!!!!!!!!!!!
11:11 pm
Uneaixoise
yay flask!!!!!!!!!!!!
11:11 pm
jmcnrick
12 left
11:11 pm
Uneaixoise
tx for the ma5!
11:12 pm
Uneaixoise
me too, jmc! :-)
11:12 pm
jmcnrick
go une go!
11:12 pm
jmcnrick
go flask go!
11:13 pm
Uneaixoise
french chestnut, jmc
11:13 pm
Uneaixoise
and french word for brown
11:13 pm
jmcnrick
ooooookay
11:14 pm
jmcnrick
similar to the spanish ty
11:20 pm
jmcnrick
*tension is mounting*
11:20 pm
Uneaixoise
firewords!! many thanks for all the clues!! off to take pups out to pee! *poof*
11:21 pm
jmcnrick
whoo hoo une!
11:25 pm
Flask1
fireworks!!!
11:25 pm
jmcnrick
whoo hoo flask!
11:25 pm
Flask1
it was a dead-heat!
11:25 pm
jmcnrick
it was it was
11:25 pm
Flask1
well done jmc....that was fun in the end!!!
11:25 pm
jmcnrick
i like to race at the end occassionally
11:26 pm
Flask1
well I hope todays is better!
11:26 pm
jmcnrick
not so often and so fierce as to be competitive--just to get the juice flowing!
11:27 pm
jmcnrick
ah well i have to chair a 4 hours meeting where everyone thinks they should be the boss so i am not so sure. . . hahaha
11:27 pm
stidmama
JMC!!! you're not drownded out?? *relieved mama look* have been thinking of you!
11:27 pm
stidmama
hey all
11:27 pm
jmcnrick
but ty flask
11:27 pm
jmcnrick
i may as well stick around for the flip
11:27 pm
Flask1
thankyou too jmc.....
11:27 pm
jmcnrick
ah well we got the water to stop for the day stiddie
11:28 pm
stidmama
good. *stern mama look at the weather*
11:28 pm
jmcnrick
plumber and cable guy are coming tomorrow/today after my 4 hours meeting and i sneak out to buy a bday present for my nephew
11:28 pm
jmcnrick
yw welcome flask--i'll race you any time
11:29 pm
jmcnrick
*wonders when the homework will get done*
11:29 pm
stidmama
okay, down to 99!
11:29 pm
Flask1
lol...thanx!!!
11:29 pm
stidmama
FLASK!!! how are you?
11:29 pm
Flask1
Am good thanks Stid...how are you?
11:30 pm
stidmama
home is highly overrated... unless I assign it of course! LOL
11:30 pm
stidmama
I am WELL! I have my first substitute teaching assignment lined up for next week, and I am SO EXCITED about it!!!
11:30 pm
Nef
hi again. I have 131 words left and won't finish I guess
11:30 pm
stidmama
of course, subs often teach things they are not really trained for, so I will be taking over for a physical education teacher... LOL
11:30 pm
stidmama
go nef go!
11:31 pm
stidmama
oh. and I did NOT eliminate my offspring this afternoon, though it was tempting! *grin*
11:31 pm
Nef
WTG, stid! Is it all week long; could it last longer?
11:31 pm
Flask1
Oh thats great....I wish you every success with it!!!
11:31 pm
jmcnrick
glad to hear stidkid is still alive
11:32 pm
stidmama
it is only for one morning next week, which I think is perfect, given my bad hip... LOL I plan on doing such a great job that all the teachers will be lining up to hire me!
11:32 pm
jmcnrick
hope stidkid is chastened as well
11:32 pm
Nef
Glad to know your son is still among us, stid!
11:32 pm
stidmama
oh he is, jmc! VERY chastened.
11:32 pm
jmcnrick
trying to remember if i had supper
11:32 pm
stidmama
AND the girlfriend will be okay, but it took several hours in the ER to figure it all out.
11:32 pm
jmcnrick
oh yeah curried chick peas
11:32 pm
Nef
did he have an explanation for why he left?
11:33 pm
jmcnrick
*rummages pb for jack*
11:33 pm
Flask1
doesn't sound very apetising....
11:33 pm
stidmama
he wasn't thinking, Nef -- he knows it was wrong, and I think he won't do it again
11:33 pm
Flask1
what did he do?
11:34 pm
stidmama
he left school to go home with his girlfriend who was taken ill (the grandmother picked them up and stayed with them) -- but it's a "closed campus" and students are not to go elsewhere unless signed out by a parent.
11:34 pm
Nef
I'm glad he learned a lesson
11:35 pm
jmcnrick
no it was good flask it was just a really long day
11:35 pm
stidmama
me too -- and he got back only a little late for his next class (after I chewed him out over the phone) so it wasn't as bad as it could have been
11:36 pm
stidmama
poor jmc *sets out plate of lovely new potatoes with sour cream, and chicken sausages*
11:37 pm
Flask1
I see.....
11:37 pm
Flask1
now jmc....I could that!!!
11:37 pm
stidmama
so he is grounded (no unsupervised extracurricular activities) for the next couple weeks.
11:38 pm
stidmama
other than that... he was pretty un-nerved by it all, so I think he has figured it out.
11:38 pm
Flask1
how old is he?
11:39 pm
jmcnrick
you could do what flask?
11:39 pm
stidmama
well, I don't give out my kids ages, but he really is old enough to have known better, and young enough to lack the "what will the consequences be" sensitivity
11:40 pm
Flask1
sorry, lol.....eat that meal that Stid has just described.....
11:41 pm
Flask1
sorry for asking.....didn't mean to put you on the spot Stid!
11:42 pm
jmcnrick
haha welcome to it there is enough to share flask
11:42 pm
stidmama
no, that's okay! He is probably old enough now that I could give his age -- I am a bit over-protective sometimes.
11:43 pm
stidmama
if one can loiter, surely there is a base noun "loit" -- right??? *sigh* I think I am tired...
11:47 pm
jmcnrick
close stiddie there is an anagram lurking there
11:48 pm
negativeneil
Think witches: "Bubble bubble **** and trouble."
11:49 pm
stidmama
had that, but thanks jmc!
11:49 pm
negativeneil
Oh nm then.
11:50 pm
stidmama
actually both anagrams. okay, time to get the bird to his sleeping room. back tomorrow! *choclits*
11:50 pm
stidmama
actually both anagrams. okay, time to get the bird to his sleeping room. back tomorrow! *choclits*
*poof*
11:51 pm
jmcnrick
actually i meant the lo4 anagram neil
11:51 pm
jmcnrick
bye stiddie
11:52 pm
MLFAN17
i never even started this one
11:52 pm
negativeneil
Oh yeah, jmc.
11:55 pm
jmcnrick
hi ml it was just as well it was a bear
11:56 pm
Flask1
mmm....a grizzly bear!!!
11:57 pm
vanillaslice
hi everybody its a great day here the work is done the football is starting the flip is near... all is as it should be
11:57 pm
negativeneil
Hi vanillaslice.
11:57 pm
vanillaslice
hi nn
11:57 pm
vanillaslice
172
11:58 pm
jmcnrick
sounds lovely vanilla
11:58 pm
negativeneil
500+. I keep hoping! [wishful thinking]
11:59 pm
MLFAN17
lol flask
11:59 pm
negativeneil
Hi gremlinn.
11:59 pm
jmcnrick
hi mab and grem
11:59 pm
Flask1
Ok....ah'll change it.....to 63