Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, October 5, 2011

12:00 am

Jellen

flip

12:00 am

VolleymomDee

flip and hi all

12:00 am

flosey

flip

12:00 am

flosey

hi Dee and Jellen

12:00 am

MLFAN17

PA6

12:01 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:01 am

flosey

hi nan, mlf

12:01 am

VolleymomDee

hi flosey, jell, nan, mlf, jili, neil et al

12:02 am

jillibus

hideehi

12:02 am

MLFAN17

hi dee

12:04 am

MLFAN17

TA 7

12:04 am

flosey

thanks mlf

12:05 am

MLFAN17

yw flosey

12:06 am

MLFAN17

TA6 unrelated

12:06 am

MLFAN17

ir 7

12:06 am

negativeneil

Uh oh, geez... I'm late for the flip even though I was here! Shame on me.

12:07 am

MLFAN17

lol neil

12:07 am

flosey

hi neil

12:08 am

negativeneil

Hi flosey.

12:08 am

m9f9l

hi all

12:08 am

m9f9l

late flip

12:08 am

flosey

hi m9

12:09 am

Jellen

You are fashionably late, neil...

12:09 am

m9f9l

oohhh.. than I must be haute couture! :P

12:09 am

Jellen

Hi, m9

12:10 am

cybernan

goat alert

12:10 am

m9f9l

Hi Jellen! Hi flosey! Hi Neil! and anyone else!

12:10 am

negativeneil

HiMary!

12:11 am

negativeneil

Ummm... hi Mary, even.

12:11 am

VolleymomDee

hi m9

12:11 am

cybernan

anyone found a j yet?

12:11 am

VolleymomDee

help with i in the 2nd column please

12:11 am

MLFAN17

i cant find it either dee

12:11 am

m9f9l

oh that's ok Neil.. I've been kind of spacey so maybe that will help!

12:11 am

cybernan

don't have that one either dee

12:11 am

m9f9l

I have a j

12:11 am

m9f9l

ji 4

12:11 am

dizgrannie

in 5

12:11 am

torgone

A gross of words ..

12:11 am

cybernan

ty m9

12:11 am

dizgrannie

NBT

12:12 am

negativeneil

Huh, Mary?

12:12 am

m9f9l

I've been "spacey"... you left out the space.. thought it might balance out!LOl

12:12 am

cybernan

nbt

12:13 am

VolleymomDee

nbt wtg diz nan

12:13 am

dizgrannie

same to you Dee and Nan

12:13 am

cybernan

back at you

12:13 am

m9f9l

how large. (and that has a long silly back story about when my German brother visited in the 80's)

12:14 am

VolleymomDee

ty

12:14 am

MLFAN17

help with the 2ND T on the first column please?

12:14 am

dizgrannie

P's done

12:15 am

VolleymomDee

ti 4/4

12:15 am

MLFAN17

ir6

12:15 am

m9f9l

we eat what we can and what we can't we can.

12:15 am

m9f9l

I'm loopy

12:15 am

Jellen

nbt

12:16 am

Nef

very late flip (but I was off doing what jilli asked me to do!

12:17 am

jillibus

hi m9 -- I heard it this way -- we eat what we can and can what we can't.

12:17 am

m9f9l

ah.. but that wouldn't work with my Dad's silly old joke

12:17 am

Nef

and it's now bedtime for me. Good night everyone! Happy Babbling!!!

12:17 am

jillibus

Nef -- I answered your email but I'm afraid it didn't work and now it's too late!

12:17 am

m9f9l

nite

12:18 am

negativeneil

Mary?

12:18 am

m9f9l

yes Neil?

12:18 am

negativeneil

I've told Laura you're on here... don't know if she's gonna log in or what?

12:19 am

m9f9l

oh! ok!

12:19 am

Flask1

clue for single O ON RIGHT HAND SIDE PLEASE??

12:19 am

negativeneil

Oh, she just said she freezes every time she logs in here. She's stuck using dial-up internet for now.

12:19 am

VolleymomDee

mo 6/21

12:20 am

negativeneil

She'll have high-speed again tomorrow.

12:20 am

Flask1

oops sorry for caps!!

12:20 am

jillibus

ugh, dial-up!

12:20 am

m9f9l

oh sweet!

12:20 am

dizgrannie

Flask or 5

12:20 am

jillibus

Neil -- did you see my request for help re IE?

12:21 am

cybernan

or 5/10

12:21 am

Fauxmage

Hi M. :o)

12:21 am

Flask1

thanx Diz....

12:21 am

m9f9l

hey there freezer!

12:21 am

jillibus

BTW, I flipped a while ago but forgot to hit Ctrl

12:21 am

jillibus

Hi faux

12:21 am

m9f9l

what does ctrl do?

12:22 am

jillibus

and if that sounds crazy...

12:22 am

Fauxmage

I'm thawed at the moment...

12:22 am

Flask1

nbt....

12:22 am

jillibus

m9, in Expert it sends a single word to the chat instead of the word list

12:22 am

m9f9l

ah.. I thought it might be an expert thing. I don't use that

12:23 am

m9f9l

wtg Flask

12:23 am

m9f9l

well that's good Faux

12:23 am

VolleymomDee

ta 6/21 and ta 6/18

12:24 am

jillibus

m9, I guess you have a Mac?

12:24 am

m9f9l

no.

12:24 am

jillibus

well than you should use Expert -- makes life much simpler

12:24 am

negativeneil

Oh hi Laura... you made it!

12:24 am

amelu0218

woo-hoo! got the me9!

12:24 am

m9f9l

I can't download anything on to this laptop

12:25 am

VolleymomDee

wtg am ty for sharing it

12:25 am

jillibus

specially when there's a Lickety list.

12:26 am

cybernan

me 9? -- is it a me 8-9 combo?

12:26 am

VolleymomDee

anyone find the 8?

12:27 am

flosey

thanks amelu, got it

12:27 am

Fauxmage

Hi Neil. :o)

12:27 am

VolleymomDee

m's are: me 4, 6, 9, 4 mi 4, 4, mo 6, 4

12:27 am

amelu0218

not that I can figure out... yw! :o)

12:27 am

negativeneil

Hi Laura. :)

12:28 am

cybernan

is the me 9 related to the 6?

12:28 am

amelu0218

yes

12:28 am

VolleymomDee

t's are: ta 6, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 4, 4, 7, 4, 5, 6, 4 ti 4, 4 tw 5, 6, 4, 4, 5, 5. 4. 5

12:29 am

rururocks

oh got the 9 thank you

12:29 am

VolleymomDee

ooops missing 1 more m sorry

12:29 am

cybernan

silly word -- what's the diff from autobiographer?

12:29 am

m9f9l

ohh.. got it

12:30 am

m9f9l

thanks!

12:30 am

amelu0218

p's: pa 4,5,5,6,4,4,5,4

12:30 am

Jellen

Thanks, amelu

12:30 am

VolleymomDee

ty am

12:32 am

Flask1

clue for the 8 please?

12:32 am

VolleymomDee

don't have the 8 yet flask

12:32 am

m9f9l

i still need i's for nbt.

12:33 am

Flask1

ok ty

12:33 am

jillibus

spread-out p[hantom -- democrat

12:34 am

rururocks

what arre the stats of the j please

12:34 am

negativeneil

Even I didn't see THAT as a phantom, jilli.

12:35 am

negativeneil

Hi ruru!

12:35 am

Jellen

ji 4/9

12:35 am

flosey

ji4/9

12:35 am

rururocks

hey neil

12:36 am

flosey

I'm off to bed, may be back later tomorrow, goodnight all

12:36 am

VolleymomDee

here's the full list of m's: me 4, 6, 9, 4 mi 4, 4, 6, 6, 4

12:36 am

jillibus

night flosey -- I'm off soon too

12:36 am

VolleymomDee

nite flosey

12:37 am

jillibus

hi ruru

12:38 am

rururocks

hello jilli.. what ever happened to pudster?

12:38 am

jillibus

no idea, ruru

12:38 am

VolleymomDee

he or she is missed :)

12:39 am

rururocks

he ... dee.. what women would ever call herself pudster

12:39 am

VolleymomDee

aww true lol

12:39 am

negativeneil

Haha!

12:39 am

periwinkle

not seeing that me9, is it a word I would know?

12:39 am

jillibus

nbt

12:40 am

rururocks

yes peri

12:40 am

VolleymomDee

wtg jili

12:40 am

negativeneil

Ok, is a list needed? Guess so?

12:40 am

sammysmom

always neil-lol

12:40 am

periwinkle

ok, will keep looking

12:40 am

m9f9l

yes please :)

12:40 am

cybernan

builds from the me 6, peri -- a word you certainly know

12:40 am

VolleymomDee

not sure peri... not sure I've ever used it... extension of me 6/24... person who writes these compilations of their life

12:41 am

negativeneil

Ok, doing one.

12:41 am

VolleymomDee

yes, please... neil

12:41 am

periwinkle

got the me9, ty

12:41 am

m9f9l

hasn't "hawt" made it into real wordiness yet?LOL

12:42 am

VolleymomDee

yw wtg peri

12:42 am

Fauxmage

:P

12:42 am

rururocks

hawt couture?

12:42 am

Fauxmage

Nawt yet M.

12:42 am

VolleymomDee

io 6/21

12:43 am

rururocks

it awt to be

12:44 am

rururocks

ir6

12:45 am

jillibus

'"hics" was not found in the dictionary' -- pity.

12:45 am

VolleymomDee

and ir 7/28

12:45 am

cybernan

stats for the 8, please?

12:45 am

jillibus

finally remembered the an6

12:45 am

VolleymomDee

ty jili looking

12:46 am

Jellen

My brain is shutting down...have a good night everyone!

12:47 am

rururocks

oooh.. good night jilli

12:47 am

m9f9l

nbt. finally

12:47 am

VolleymomDee

ar 6 x 2

12:47 am

cybernan

same here jellen, but would like to find that 8 first

12:47 am

rururocks

thanks for the an 6

12:47 am

jillibus

an6 -- a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.

12:48 am

jillibus

yw ruru

12:48 am

VolleymomDee

ooo need to keep looking ... don't have that one still

12:48 am

m9f9l

I still need the 8 also

12:48 am

jillibus

I'd like the 8 too...

12:48 am

rururocks

doesn't that depend on where they are planted?

12:49 am

jillibus

I've been uprooted lots of times

12:49 am

jillibus

so yes, ruru

12:49 am

VolleymomDee

anomie

12:49 am

rururocks

<---could use a good uprooting himself

12:49 am

VolleymomDee

sooooooooooooo sorry ooops

12:49 am

jillibus

PB for dee!

12:49 am

rururocks

yes .. dee.. that's it

12:49 am

VolleymomDee

LOL

12:50 am

m9f9l

thanks!

12:50 am

VolleymomDee

margarita time

12:50 am

m9f9l

but it wasn't the 8.LOL

12:50 am

ursh

hello and ty volley - good clue

12:50 am

rururocks

lol

12:50 am

VolleymomDee

a's are: ai 4, 4, 4, 4, an 4, 6, 6, 4, 5, 4 ar 4, 6, 6

12:50 am

jillibus

what a good idea-- but I don't have any tequila

12:50 am

VolleymomDee

lol yqw

12:50 am

jillibus

hi ursh

12:50 am

VolleymomDee

has anyone found the 8?

12:51 am

m9f9l

Neil posted a list I think

12:51 am

periwinkle

help with i under the A pls

12:51 am

cybernan

I think neil did, but he has disappeared

12:51 am

jillibus

already???

12:51 am

m9f9l

in5

12:51 am

periwinkle

ty will look

12:51 am

jillibus

everyone shuld put neil in My Friends

12:51 am

m9f9l

well he had a late flip ya know.LOL

12:52 am

negativeneil

Haven't disappeared, was busy doing the list.

12:52 am

rururocks

did you ever get my email neil?

12:52 am

VolleymomDee

down to my last 19 and struggling

12:53 am

TheLegend

same here dee...19 here too

12:53 am

jillibus

Is your list up, neil? I just looked and it wasn't there yet.

12:53 am

VolleymomDee

wtg legend... great minds, huh? lol

12:53 am

TheLegend

indeed!

12:54 am

negativeneil

Geez, do I get a chance to post it? yes, it's up now.

12:54 am

jillibus

thank you very very much, neil-genius xx

12:55 am

VolleymomDee

many, many thanks neil

12:55 am

m9f9l

yay Neil!

12:56 am

negativeneil

It does take time to put that together, you know?

12:56 am

rururocks

<---wonders about this mind

12:56 am

negativeneil

I get it done as as fast as I humanly can... just so you know.

12:56 am

negativeneil

I'm sure many wonder about the workings of your mind, ru. ;)

12:57 am

jillibus

Neil, we weren't pushing you -- it's just that someone said you had a list up before you did, so we looked.

12:57 am

m9f9l

I thought he was wondering about the workings of Rudy's mind...

12:57 am

negativeneil

And mine too, no doubt. Only one thing's for sure with my mind: WARPED!

12:57 am

rururocks

I sent two pyschologist off the deep end.. neil

12:57 am

negativeneil

Oh, weird. Who said that and why?

12:57 am

negativeneil

Seriously, ru? Or are you leg-pulling again?

12:57 am

rururocks

no.. they're pumping gas now..lol

12:57 am

jillibus

I think it's absolutely amazing that you can finish grids so fast -- breaks all records as far as I remember.

12:58 am

negativeneil

People are asking me why I'm standing and walking tilted now.

12:58 am

m9f9l

whoo hoo!

12:58 am

m9f9l

1/2 way!

12:58 am

jillibus

wow, m9!

12:58 am

negativeneil

Ummm no, jilli... not form what I've heard. I'm sure "ChuggaBOOM" is much faster. And gremlinn is too of course.

12:58 am

jillibus

I'm in NO hurry.

12:58 am

negativeneil

"not from" even... typing's shot to hell.

12:59 am

negativeneil

Well I'm trying to hurry now, to get a list done.

12:59 am

rururocks

you are certainly up there neil chugga was amazing

12:59 am

jillibus

I don't think so, neil.

12:59 am

negativeneil

Since there isn't any otherwise for now.

12:59 am

mrpresident

afternoon

12:59 am

cybernan

not spotting that in 8 so will leave it for tomorrow along with the other 44 I'm missing - nite all

12:59 am

m9f9l

I still don't have the 8 either.

12:59 am

periwinkle

(((((mrp)))))

12:59 am

cybernan

mrp - nice to see you out --been thinking about you ((hugs))

12:59 am

m9f9l

usually get nbs before 1/2way, but not lately

12:59 am

negativeneil

Hi mrp! :)

1:00 am

rururocks

hi mr p

1:00 am

negativeneil

Hugs!

1:00 am

m9f9l

hi mrp

1:00 am

periwinkle

more than 1/2 way but need a 7 and that 8

1:00 am

jillibus

(((mrp)))!!!

1:01 am

Flask1

clue for the in8 please?

1:01 am

VolleymomDee

I think you are as fast as both chugga and grem...and your lists are really appreciated

1:03 am

jillibus

the 7 I have is like someone who worships pressing clothes

1:03 am

periwinkle

clue for any of the 7's pls

1:03 am

VolleymomDee

I never would have found the ha 4/10 or 5/11 on my own

1:03 am

cybernan

ta 7: think of blackened silver

1:03 am

cybernan

or blackened reputation

1:03 am

periwinkle

ty nan

1:04 am

negativeneil

Or someone who is an expert at pressing clothes?

1:04 am

periwinkle

ty jili and neil

1:04 am

jillibus

that 7 I mentioned below is ir7

1:04 am

negativeneil

Suffix of a painter, scuptor, etc.

1:04 am

mrpresident

***hugs*** all, thanks

1:05 am

jillibus

I thought the worshipper was funnier, neil ;-)

1:05 am

negativeneil

Well yeah, jilli.

1:05 am

cybernan

ok -- really off this time -- 105 down now

1:05 am

negativeneil

Good night, nan.

1:05 am

jillibus

wtg nan

1:05 am

rururocks

108 nan.. you have to do three more

1:05 am

negativeneil

I'm having trouble with that babbleanon site, btw.

1:06 am

rururocks

<---babble pusher

1:06 am

jillibus

with everyone posting old sewing machines, maybe I should change mine to a modern one...

1:06 am

VolleymomDee

hug mrp didn't see you slip in

1:07 am

jillibus

neil, maybe we should ask DrG to change the url for BabAnon"s link in Friends of Babble below?

1:07 am

Flask1

in8 Please?

1:08 am

negativeneil

Oh yeah, jilli. that needs to be done.

1:08 am

rururocks

I don't have it flask sorry

1:09 am

negativeneil

in8,40 -- in + black road-mending substance, pluralled, + C** [American intelligence organization]

1:09 am

Flask1

thanx ruru.....

1:09 am

joshuavorbis

hi and nbt

1:09 am

negativeneil

I'm pretty bad at cluing, sorry... but I try.

1:10 am

rururocks

*judges hold up 3.5's for neils cluing*

1:10 am

periwinkle

great clue, neil, ty, nbt and nbs and back to bed for me

1:10 am

jbp

neil that clue was FAB

1:11 am

negativeneil

Oh, well glad it made sense to someone anyway. :P

1:11 am

negativeneil

Haha, ruru.

1:11 am

Flask1

thanx neil...and nbs!

1:11 am

gapeach

Does anyone know if we will have lickety's list?

1:12 am

negativeneil

No time soon, peach.

1:12 am

negativeneil

That I know of?

1:12 am

gapeach

Thanks, neil.

1:12 am

negativeneil

No, I guess no one knows.

1:12 am

nmlobo

lickety list is odd. says today but is diff grid

1:12 am

nmlobo

and hello all.

1:12 am

negativeneil

But I may post a blog to put the clues list in.

1:12 am

negativeneil

I have a Blogspot on Google's Blogger.

1:12 am

negativeneil

Blogger site.

1:13 am

negativeneil

That's because Lickety isn't available to do the list for a while, nmlobo.

1:13 am

m9f9l

thanks for the 8 Neil :-)

1:13 am

negativeneil

There's a clues list in my profile.

1:13 am

jillibus

neil, I just emailed DrG about BabAnon

1:13 am

negativeneil

yw Mary.

1:13 am

nmlobo

that i knew. but the list has today's date. different grid. as i said...odd.

1:13 am

negativeneil

Ok Jilli.

1:14 am

jillibus

Hello nmlobo

1:14 am

nmlobo

hello jilli!

1:15 am

rururocks

crap.. I'm stuck

1:15 am

negativeneil

No, the date may change automatically but the list doesn't, because nobody is posting one anymore... for a while, anyway.

1:15 am

jbp

clue o the o?

1:15 am

negativeneil

Stuck on what, ru?

1:15 am

joshuavorbis

or + original booboo in reverse = or5/10

1:16 am

VolleymomDee

ty for help neil fireworks

1:16 am

negativeneil

Good clue, Josh!

1:16 am

negativeneil

yw Dee.

1:16 am

nmlobo

i've never seen it update the date but not the list. it usually shows the last date of list posting. new by me.

1:16 am

VolleymomDee

:)

1:16 am

jillibus

ty for the in8, neil

1:17 am

jbp

booboo as in bear, or as in hurt?

1:17 am

jillibus

nbs now

1:17 am

nmlobo

but what do i know? i'm mostly a lurker.

1:17 am

negativeneil

Oh, no idea, nmlobo? Maybe someone tried to do it but only got the date changed and couldn't figure out how to do the rest?

1:17 am

joshuavorbis

how about original no-no

1:17 am

negativeneil

Just a guess... don't know? *shrug*

1:18 am

Roses6

Hey josh, I got it from 'original booboo'. very funny!

1:19 am

jillibus

What I see on Lickety's list is the last grid (206 words), dated Oct 5. This grid is the one for Oct 6 and is 144 words.

1:19 am

jillibus

hi roses -- long time!

1:19 am

justafreep

well, howdy folks! Been quite some time since I made a flip or, uh, a grid!

1:20 am

joshuavorbis

well done, roses, it's a word you see from time to time on the grid. if you can remember it, you're in good shape

1:20 am

m9f9l

original booboo backwards. that was awesome. I already had the word, but the clue was worth some kudos.

1:20 am

Roses6

Hi Jilli, yes, it's been a while since I've been up this late!

1:20 am

jillibus

and well, hello freep!!! Whaere have you been?

1:20 am

rururocks

hey freep..

1:20 am

justafreep

hiding :-)

1:20 am

jillibus

and hi josh

1:21 am

jillibus

why, freep?

1:21 am

joshuavorbis

hi jilli

1:22 am

justafreep

nah. not really hiding. just had to reprioritize.

1:22 am

jillibus

hah -- the Himalayan goat is here

1:22 am

justafreep

hiding sounded so much more dramatic and mysterious

1:22 am

nmlobo

justafreep- is that the lorax?

1:23 am

jillibus

yes inded, freep, lol!

1:23 am

nmlobo

so cool.

1:23 am

justafreep

it is, nmlobo. he speaks for the trees, though I do not.

1:23 am

nmlobo

why the disconnect?

1:24 am

justafreep

well, I don't speak treeish, so it is hard for me to be sure I am speaking fairly on their behalf

1:25 am

nmlobo

ah- got it.

1:25 am

rururocks

that'd be going out on a limb a bit freep

1:25 am

vanillaslice

hello ev1 any clue pls for the an6 I have the licorice

1:25 am

nmlobo

oh ha ruru!

1:25 am

justafreep

more puns like that and I'll make like a tree and leave, ruru

1:26 am

rururocks

lol

1:26 am

rururocks

my bark is worse than my bite

1:26 am

nmlobo

oh do stop- lol!

1:26 am

m9f9l

ruru sticks with puns.. his humor doesn't branch out much

1:26 am

nmlobo

good one m9

1:27 am

rururocks

I do have to root around to find them

1:27 am

m9f9l

Oh really.. is that a fractal?

1:27 am

m9f9l

ha ha.. the oaks on you!

1:28 am

joshuavorbis

you can't stop ru's puns bircha sure can groan at them

1:28 am

rururocks

respect your alders josh

1:28 am

m9f9l

well.. aspen fun, but I gotta go to bed.

1:28 am

justafreep

yew have me pining for my days as a seedling when I could pun that fast

1:28 am

vanillaslice

all puns aside no clue for the an6?

1:29 am

rururocks

I have one.. not the other

1:29 am

joshuavorbis

that'll be the day when yule get respect for that

1:29 am

rururocks

the one i have is like the sea creature

1:29 am

nmlobo

u kids r quick!

1:29 am

m9f9l

well.. hopefully you have more friends than an6's! LOL

1:29 am

m9f9l

really.. I am LOGging off now!

1:30 am

nmlobo

ants

1:30 am

nmlobo

oops

1:30 am

rururocks

LOL.. good one

1:30 am

joshuavorbis

don't mind ru, he's all bark and no bite

1:30 am

rururocks

M9 is going to slumber with the lumber

1:31 am

m9f9l

yup. I'm pining for my bed

1:32 am

jillibus

you'll find that ruru's puns will be groan on you.

1:34 am

rururocks

*smug look*

1:34 am

m9f9l

xylem night... Holy night... (singing myself a little lullaby)

1:35 am

rururocks

anyone have the second an 6

1:35 am

mrpresident

sorry, had a visitor again

1:35 am

rururocks

lol m9

1:35 am

m9f9l

as if one wasn't enough??

1:35 am

m9f9l

you're so greedy.

1:35 am

jillibus

a nice visitor, I hope, mrp

1:35 am

rururocks

you'll be sawing logs in a little bit

1:36 am

m9f9l

what acorny joke.

1:36 am

gran

How many words today please

1:36 am

joshuavorbis

leaf her alone, ru

1:36 am

jillibus

I was wrong about the dates -- this grid is for Wednesday, October 5.

1:37 am

vanillaslice

144 gran

1:37 am

m9f9l

oh if he only wood, josh!

1:37 am

rururocks

isn't it a jewish holiday the time to set cedar?

1:37 am

mrpresident

it was a nice visit... my daughter is off to a friend's house for the night... so just need to do dinner for luke and i

1:37 am

gran

Thanks

1:38 am

rururocks

m9 is a chip off the old block

1:38 am

joshuavorbis

2 an6, one rhymes with the people you should keep closer

1:39 am

joshuavorbis

an + me myself and * + 3 letter go get 'em command for dogs

1:39 am

m9f9l

you got an ax to grind ru?

1:40 am

m9f9l

axe

1:40 am

mrpresident

go get em command?? hmmmm

1:40 am

joshuavorbis

axe me no questions, and i'll fell you no lies

1:40 am

rururocks

thanks josh.. that one threw me

1:41 am

m9f9l

thanks josh!

1:41 am

rururocks

you are still sounding chipper m9

1:41 am

jillibus

LIST -- neil's list is now in my profile if you scroll down past the icon themes. He had to leave. If you put me in your My Friends you'll be able to find it after I leave.

1:41 am

m9f9l

it's not as friendly as fetch.

1:42 am

m9f9l

yeah.. but this is sapling my strength.. must. lie. down.

1:42 am

jillibus

that an6 josh clued is a word?

1:42 am

rururocks

do you have a canopy bed?

1:43 am

jillibus

And I'll be leaving very soon!

1:43 am

mrpresident

no jilli!! talk to me please! how are you?

1:43 am

jillibus

I'm fine, mrp -- how are YOU doing?

1:44 am

m9f9l

nice on

1:44 am

m9f9l

one

1:45 am

m9f9l

I just can't let yew have the last word!

1:45 am

mrpresident

on the F'ing phone all day... didn't get any money yet

1:45 am

joshuavorbis

you'd better go to bed soon, orchard never forgive yourself in the morning, m9

1:45 am

mrpresident

social services are all red tape and no brains.

1:46 am

jillibus

that sounds typical, mrp -- how frustrating.

1:46 am

m9f9l

a cherry thought

1:47 am

mrpresident

i will not be paid disability pension until they 'see' me next week... grrr, and my family allowance was stopped in May 2010!!! crikey!! they owe me a lot of money!!

1:47 am

jillibus

why was the allowance stopped?

1:47 am

mrpresident

and you think I can get it??
"We are so sorry Mrs P... there is a glitch on our end blah blah blah"
I NEED MONEY, CAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY!!!

1:48 am

mrpresident

Mark stopped it for whatever reason he did.

1:48 am

jillibus

OMG, mrp!

1:48 am

mrpresident

We are entitled to family allowance, and he stopped it??? I don't understand

1:49 am

m9f9l

ok. boughing out for reals.

1:49 am

mrpresident

I am beginning to see the bigger picture now jilli... this isn't just 6 months of stress, this is at least 3 years!! and the 'black dog' got him good.

1:49 am

m9f9l

nite all. hope you get it worked out mrp.

1:49 am

jillibus

I hope you have a credit card, mrp

1:50 am

mrpresident

yeah m9, as long as I do what they want me to do :((

1:50 am

mrpresident

jilli, I apparently have 6 credit cards! didn't know that!!!

1:50 am

jillibus

How can you not know?

1:51 am

jillibus

I hope they're not maqxed out.

1:51 am

mrpresident

cause he is the financial controller of the company and whenever another 'offer' came in the mail for a $15K credit card, he took it on.

1:51 am

jillibus

*maxed

1:52 am

mrpresident

jilli, they are maxed out.... completely and utterly. Oh, I do have $19.34 so that is something...

1:52 am

jillibus

Can the credit cards tide you over?

1:52 am

jillibus

Oh, I see they can't.

1:54 am

jillibus

Btw, mrp, don't worry about our visit in March. We won't impose on you.

1:55 am

mrpresident

bullshit jilli!! i will be so fine!!

1:56 am

jillibus

well, there's no rush

1:56 am

mrpresident

and I have to see you, will be the highlight of my year!!

1:59 am

jillibus

Oh, I'm sure there will be many higher lights, lol!

2:00 am

jillibus

Will you be checking email regularly, mrp?

2:04 am

jillibus

I've just been reading Bill Bryson's "In a Sunburned Country", about Australia. How do you like this quotation: ""All those things eighty-year-olds seem to enjoy -- staring vacantly out windows, dozing in a chair, boring the pants of anyone foolish enough to sit beside them..." (Not me!)

2:04 am

jillibus

After all, I'm not just 80, I'm 84, so there.

2:06 am

jillibus

And now I must go to bed -- early start (for me) tomorrow.

2:06 am

KatieMcG

I love it Jilli, sleep well

2:07 am

rururocks

does anyone have the sh5/22?

2:07 am

rururocks

night jilli

2:08 am

jillibus

mrp seems to have disappeared -- will someone say g'night to her for me please (or good evening, I guess)

2:09 am

rururocks

will do jilli

2:10 am

jillibus

ty ruru, and g'night to you and all here and there...*poof

2:11 am

rururocks

help on the sh 5/22? please

2:13 am

westford

George Bernard with another consonant at the end

2:13 am

westford

hi ruru

2:13 am

rururocks

thank you very much west.. that one wasn't in a2z word finder

2:14 am

rururocks

you are up late no?

2:14 am

westford

monkeys found it

2:14 am

westford

I am up late yes

2:14 am

rururocks

let me say I love your monkeys

2:15 am

westford

you should see the ones I have hanging by the bed..they scream and fly

2:15 am

westford

google it

2:15 am

rururocks

oh.. no wonder you're up

2:15 am

westford

lol

2:16 am

rururocks

I am going to try to sleep..it's been a long day

2:16 am

westford

I'll bet..have a good, painless one

2:17 am

rururocks

san diego and back..I'm beat

2:17 am

rururocks

night west..

2:18 am

westford

long trip for you..good night ruru

2:23 am

rubyfoo

good morning

2:23 am

westford

hello ((ruby))

2:25 am

rubyfoo

westford, it is so nice to see you!

2:25 am

westford

nice to see you too ruby

2:26 am

westford

was just about to call it a night and I remembered this is the time you usually come in

2:26 am

westford

so I stayed

2:26 am

rubyfoo

we continue to be lucky with our weather. It's chilly at night, down to about 50, and then up to 80 for a couple of hours in the afternoon.

2:26 am

rubyfoo

that is very sweet!

2:26 am

westford

I enjoy your company

2:26 am

westford

how are things in rubyville?

2:26 am

dizgrannie

MrP, Centrelink cannot just stop child payments, whether he said to or not.....check all accounts, co they still have to pay you for you kiddos

2:27 am

rubyfoo

what I dislike, though, about this season, is that it gets dark so fast. The upside of that, of course, is that in June it is light by 5 and lasts until 11PM

2:27 am

rubyfoo

I was never so aware of that, living in the eastern US

2:27 am

westford

agree ruby hate to think of kids waiting for the bus in the dark

2:28 am

westford

do you have DST? or is that just a dumb American invention?

2:28 am

rubyfoo

and the minute the sun sets, the temp drps 20 degrees! However, there are still flowers: roses, sedum, aconitum, just-planted pansies, geraniums, perovskia

2:29 am

rubyfoo

if the fact that when I nap, I turn the light on my face, yes. But I've always done that

2:29 am

westford

that's nice ruby..our flowers are pretty much gone

2:29 am

scouser

Hi Ruby. What does perovskia look like?

2:29 am

rubyfoo

oh wait, hahah, I thought DST was that light-craving disorder....duh! Yes, we have dst but one or two weeks off from the US

2:30 am

westford

the neighbor has a pot of bright yellow chrysanthemums by her front door. She's across the street so it's the first thing I see when I open my door

2:30 am

westford

that's SAD

2:30 am

rubyfoo

it has tiny purple flowers on loon pale green, minty-smelling branches. I picked the plant from a small illustration and it is fine if it's not too close to the house

2:30 am

westford

the light craving disorder..not the flowers

2:31 am

rubyfoo

long (not loon)

2:31 am

westford

sounds like a Russian ballet dancer

2:31 am

rubyfoo

I have it in the descending border with white roses, so it's pretty enough, but messy, too

2:32 am

rubyfoo

or a far-Eastern Russian city....

2:32 am

westford

that sounds very pretty

2:32 am

scouser

We still have cosmos pale purple, Michaelmas daisies also purple (aster), geraniums, and the pinkish remains of hydrangea. Also those "naked boys" crocus with no leaves also purple

2:32 am

rubyfoo

hello scouser

2:32 am

westford

hi scouser and diz

2:33 am

rubyfoo

the garden is in themed-portions (sounds grand, but isn't, really) because it is on a hillside.

2:33 am

rubyfoo

oh yes, asters, too

2:33 am

scouser

I like the idea of minty-smelling branches !

2:34 am

rubyfoo

so by the front steps, it is the wedding-bouquet timy) garden, around the bird feeder (and hawk diner) is the "Japanese garden", but one of the tiny maples is dying.

2:34 am

scouser

we have big trees so I should get lots of cyclamen (country-name is sowbread) and put them at the bases.

2:34 am

rubyfoo

we also have catmint, regular mint and lavender in various places

2:34 am

westford

I love the thought of a wedding bouquet

2:35 am

rubyfoo

I love cyclamen!!! I didn't know you could put it in the ground; here they sell it for indoor pots

2:35 am

westford

do you let the local brides come and pick their own?

2:35 am

scouser

hawk diner - that is brilliant! Wish hawks were strong enough to take out a squirrel or two. The greys are definitely taking over here, shouting all the time: noisy rats indeed.

2:36 am

rubyfoo

in spring, the wedding bouquet has various pink tulips, lavender iris, white allyssum [sp?]

2:36 am

westford

we have squirrels too..busy making holes in the lawn now

2:36 am

rubyfoo

I love the hawk since I've gotten to know her so well (from when she came in the house) buty now she picks off (or at least tries to) birds from the feeder and stands on my window box

2:37 am

scouser

To return to the Babble I hope there are fewer babblets than yesterday: there were some wallopers!

2:37 am

rubyfoo

we've had 2 squirrels in 15 summers, I think the locals have eaten them all

2:37 am

westford

I'm surprised the little ones don't gang up on her

2:37 am

rubyfoo

one was a scrawny little black one and the other, not in our garden, was a huge fluffy red

2:38 am

westford

do they wear the tails on their hats too?

2:38 am

scouser

Yes westford - they are looking for the bulbs. They have a race-hatred against tulips.

2:38 am

rubyfoo

no, but they have fur coats that look like they're made of 200 finy skins! like what you'd find in a Salvation Army shop in a poor neighborhood

2:39 am

westford

everything we had was plowed under when we put in our patio..had a ton of invasive plants

2:39 am

westford

my ooh la la version of France is going downhill fast ruby

2:40 am

rubyfoo

it is impossible to keep up with the weeds here; when weeding, you can practically feel them winding around your feet

2:40 am

westford

but some are so pretty

2:41 am

scouser

Yes I fight a losing battle against a member of the umbellifera family known as "ground elder" or "Bishop's weed" and which rushes about on rhizomes just beneath the soil and can grow from 1mm of that left in the ground.

2:42 am

rubyfoo

when we first planted the garden, I put in more than 300 tulips, gorgeous the first year. The 2nd year there were 89, the 3rd, about 50. Now there are a few that have multiplied but the moles or voles or whatever that we had in the beginning are gone. Maybe they make mole bourgignon

2:42 am

westford

those runners are killer

2:42 am

rubyfoo

what does that look like, scouser

2:42 am

scouser

cannibal bourgignon?

2:43 am

westford

don't let Julia Child hear you

2:43 am

rubyfoo

jain

2:43 am

westford

close ruby

2:43 am

rubyfoo

whoops, capitalized, I guess.

2:43 am

westford

the word you're looking for is a plural

2:44 am

scouser

the ground elder has leaves that look a bit like the elder tree (sambucus) and comes straight out the ground as a stem with a leaf on it which spreads out to fill available space. it also smells like sambucus when crushed. later it has a thinly spread umbel (like cow parsley) in dainty white.

2:44 am

rubyfoo

hmm, I'm looking it up

2:44 am

rubyfoo

slap me with a fish, west

2:44 am

westford

was it originally used as a ground cover?

2:45 am

rubyfoo

is sambucco made from sambucus?

2:45 am

westford

rhymes with a martini liquor

2:45 am

westford

I was just wondering that myself

2:45 am

rubyfoo

we have horrible cottoneaster which covers anything it can

2:45 am

scouser

It makes excellent ground cover which excludes all else but dies down in winter leaving a desert: like Jap. Knotweed.

2:46 am

scouser

yes ruby - elderberry wine is one of strongest English drinks

2:46 am

westford

cottoneaster ..makes me think of hiding colored eggs

2:46 am

rubyfoo

you are much more knowledgeable than I, scouser, I just chose things for the garden by color

2:47 am

rubyfoo

that is funny, westford, but it's thorny and nasty

2:47 am

westford

we had fiddle head ferns..so pretty when they first came out of the ground and then took over half the yard

2:47 am

scouser

I am not in charge of the flowering bits in the garden, Sheila does those. I just try to manage acres of unruly shrubbery.

2:47 am

scouser

I belong to the Knights-who-say-Ni !

2:48 am

scouser

For those who are going ???? refer to Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

2:48 am

rubyfoo

uh oh, DH is back with the groceries

2:48 am

westford

that's a favorite word ..shrubbery

2:48 am

rubyfoo

I haven't seen it, but I figured

2:49 am

rubyfoo

did you eat the ferns, west? I've heard they're tasty

2:49 am

westford

my husband was going for milk..I asked him to pick up a few vegetables..he brought home a can of peas..we've been married 46 years and have never had canned peas

2:49 am

millsbooks

HELP ! i have lickety for oct 5th but does not match the grid......have refreshed the page and it`s still the same

2:49 am

scouser

There's a first time for everything.

2:49 am

westford

no we didn't eat the ferns..I found out later that the Vermont Country Store sells them canned

2:50 am

rubyfoo

I hope that's a funny story, west, not an apocryphal one

2:50 am

rubyfoo

I think that you eat the early shoots, maybe sauteed in butter. But then again, you could saute yoour slippers in butter.....

2:50 am

westford

mills lickety is not here..jillibus has a list in her profile

2:51 am

rubyfoo

hi mills

2:51 am

westford

agree ruby..anything sauteed in butter is sooo good

2:51 am

millsbooks

hi ruby, hi all

2:52 am

westford

I copied the list before she left..I can post it here if you like

2:52 am

scouser

Hi Mills. Lickety out of action for the forseeable, it was announced last weekend. VolleymomDee also gets list into her profile - not there yet though.

2:52 am

westford

she got it from Neil

2:53 am

millsbooks

ty i`ll find it in rankings

2:53 am

westford

okay

2:55 am

rubyfoo

false alarm, he's not back

2:55 am

westford

does he shop every day? that's nice for you

2:55 am

rubyfoo

he does all the food shopping but there are many "canned peas" episodes

2:56 am

rubyfoo

it gives him something to do

2:56 am

westford

what do you do with them?

2:56 am

rubyfoo

I cook whatever he buys (or toss it)

2:57 am

westford

squirrel stew with canned peas..yum

2:59 am

rubyfoo

they make worse!

3:00 am

westford

we had the best meal in Cannes..soup to nuts so they tell me..had the worst cold and couldn't taste a thing

3:00 am

rubyfoo

did you ever see the Kliban cartoon "soup to nuts"?

3:00 am

westford

no

3:00 am

westford

is it funny?

3:01 am

westford

I'll look it up

3:01 am

rubyfoo

it is a waiter serving a meal to a bunch of obvious crazies....sorry

3:01 am

westford

sounds good

3:01 am

westford

is it animated or a comic?

3:02 am

rubyfoo

I guess Kliban was a 60's-70's fad

3:02 am

rubyfoo

there were books, bed linens, t-shirts

3:02 am

westford

I think I can see it in the back of my mind

3:02 am

rubyfoo

my son, who was little then, loved it

3:02 am

rubyfoo

heavy ink lines

3:02 am

westford

sort of a Ziggy character?

3:03 am

rubyfoo

I think

3:03 am

westford

I'll bet it was very popular

3:04 am

westford

our friend's daughter works as a server..might try to find it for her

3:04 am

rubyfoo

it would be a great t-shirt for her!

3:04 am

westford

notice I said server..can't say waiter or waitress anymore

3:04 am

rubyfoo

that's like letter carrier

3:05 am

westford

I wrote a poem once about a person hole cover

3:05 am

rubyfoo

I only have 60 words, but two nifty ones: wh5/20 and ir6/21

3:05 am

rubyfoo

I love that!

3:06 am

rubyfoo

it becomes even more difficult in French because all nouns are gender-specific, e.g. breast (sein) is masculin

3:06 am

westford

I wonder who thought that one up

3:07 am

rubyfoo

and there seems to be no rationale, just one more thing to me**rize

3:07 am

westford

probably comes from breast plate on a suit of armor

3:08 am

rubyfoo

maybe...

3:08 am

westford

sometimes PBS has French on late at night and they don't speak English at all..just have to follow along

3:09 am

rubyfoo

what sort of programs?

3:10 am

westford

supposedly to help you learn the language but there are no subtitles

3:10 am

westford

they just have every day scenes

3:10 am

rubyfoo

that would be very hard; even though I had a lot of Fr in school, it still took me a while to be able to understand movies and TV

3:11 am

rubyfoo

oh, so it's actually a teaching show

3:11 am

westford

yes..I love to listen to them speaking

3:12 am

westford

all the Romance languages are so pretty

3:13 am

rubyfoo

I miss hearing my friends speaking English! My best friend from MD called the other night and it made me both sad and happy

3:13 am

westford

I had Latin and Spanish in school and one year of German for fun..I was the only female in the class

3:13 am

rubyfoo

we were only offered Fr or Spanish

3:13 am

westford

loved Latin

3:14 am

rubyfoo

I imagine that with Latin, you would have a leg up on all the other Romance languages

3:14 am

westford

it does help..even here

3:15 am

westford

I think schools are starting to offer it again

3:15 am

rubyfoo

what is funny now for me, is that I can tell where (even French) people come from by their accents in the language

3:15 am

rubyfoo

there are a lot of Italians here, bi-lingual, but I can always tell

3:16 am

westford

they speak with their hands?

3:16 am

rubyfoo

yes and the vowel sounds are a little different

3:17 am

westford

it must be so interesting

3:17 am

rubyfoo

yes

3:17 am

rubyfoo

emiric

3:17 am

westford

lots of ex-pats?

3:18 am

rubyfoo

unfortunately, husband can't hear well enough to understand, even though his reading is much better than mine

3:18 am

rubyfoo

not in our village; nobody speaks English here

3:19 am

westford

do you sometimes get lonely for spoken English..except at home?

3:19 am

rubyfoo

definitely, and since husband can't hear, we don't really converse, he just makes speeches

3:19 am

rubyfoo

luckily, my son, sister and some friends telephone

3:20 am

westford

picturing him in a toga with a laurel wreath on his head

3:20 am

rubyfoo

that would be perfect; you nailed it, west!!! hahah

3:20 am

westford

that's good about the phone

3:21 am

rubyfoo

and there's babble and friends like you!

3:21 am

westford

I'm surprised the villagers don't want to practice their English on you

3:21 am

westford

what would we do without babble?

3:21 am

rubyfoo

they are too embarrassed and also too old!

3:22 am

rubyfoo

my husband, although he could do it, won't speak French as he doesn't want to make mistakes. I, on the other hand, make mistakes but don't care.

3:22 am

rubyfoo

and every day, I learn a new word

3:22 am

westford

and I'll bet the people love you for trying

3:22 am

Dianne

Hi all

3:22 am

rubyfoo

talking to everyone

3:22 am

rubyfoo

hello Dianne

3:22 am

westford

hello Dianne

3:23 am

Dianne

ruby - does your husband wear a hearing aid?

3:23 am

westford

how very cool..you're in Hong Kong

3:23 am

rubyfoo

they don't even mind my accent, which surprises me

3:24 am

rubyfoo

he has two, but refuses to wear them. Today, I made an appointment for him with the audiologist, to try to adjust them so that he can stand them

3:24 am

rubyfoo

we circle the globe this morning, but for Dianne it's tomorrow

3:24 am

Dianne

Yes, in Hong Kong and can't speak the language:( I can speak "taxi cab" Chinese.

3:24 am

rubyfoo

he's back.....!

3:25 am

Dianne

Why does he refuse to wear them? His life would be so much better if he didn't make himself so islated.

3:25 am

westford

I have so enjoyed our conversation but must get going as well..nice to meet you too Dianne..hope to see you again

3:26 am

Dianne

bye west

3:26 am

westford

*poof

3:35 am

dizgrannie

Hi all!, back again, just had a quick read thro the chog, hey Ruby, if hubby won't wear his hearing aids, then IMO, he is an idiot....sorry just me, have had mine since the age of 9 (57 now) and I can recall missing out on hearing things from an early age. When my dad had to get them quite a few yrs back, I reminded him on what he used to say to me - 'Don't let others try and control what you wear to help you thro life, tis better for you and 'stuff what others think'. God Bless me Dad, RIP

3:36 am

EspritdJean

hi peeps

3:38 am

dizgrannie

Hi esprit

3:38 am

Dianne

jean - I see you use to live in New Jersey. Where?

3:38 am

EspritdJean

sounds like China was the early topic here, I just got back 3 days ago

3:39 am

EspritdJean

from Elizabeth, Union County. You from NJ too?

3:39 am

Dianne

Then again I ask - where in China?

3:39 am

Dianne

I lived in West Orange for several years before moving here.

3:41 am

EspritdJean

Beijing, Chengdu, X'ian, Shanghai, Jiuzhagou, Xuzhou

3:42 am

Dianne

Wow - what a great trip.

3:42 am

EspritdJean

yes very interesting

3:42 am

EspritdJean

my son lives in Xuzhou

3:42 am

EspritdJean

he just got married last month

3:43 am

Dianne

Did he get married in

3:43 am

Dianne

China?

3:44 am

EspritdJean

China, to a Chinese

3:44 am

Dianne

So you got to meet the family on this trip.

3:46 am

EspritdJean

Yes, met family, friends, got to see things from a different perspective than group tour

4:03 am

mrpresident

hi girls

4:03 am

Dianne

Hi mrp. How are you holding up?

4:04 am

Jivingjenny0

good morning everyone, please can i have a clue for the 8 and 9

4:04 am

mrpresident

I am getting better with clues!! friggin miracle really... we needed them for some of the grids I know

4:04 am

dizgrannie

in 8 and me 9

4:05 am

mrpresident

hi dianne :) nice to see you. holding my own for now... been on the phone all bloody day to social services of course, but that is to be expected when they make mistakes with payments

4:05 am

Dianne

Did you get it sorted out?

4:05 am

mrpresident

if I don't get paid, too bad, if I get paid too much, I am penalised... what the? and of course, i didn't get paid anything

4:06 am

EspritdJean

hey Michelle

4:06 am

Jivingjenny0

thanks dizgrannie, could you give me the 3rd letter on those two

4:07 am

dizgrannie

MrP if you haven't been paid your kids money - ask for a review AND KEEP RECORDS OF ALL PHONE CALLS AND VISITS etc to Centrelink

4:08 am

Dianne

me9 -personal life story writer.

4:08 am

dizgrannie

int and mem, for jenny

4:08 am

mrpresident

diz, i only just started on this for the first time in my life... and i didn't know what to expect. but am keeping all records of conversations for sure

4:09 am

Dianne

in8 - in + black road stuff + plural + Mama M**

4:10 am

Jivingjenny0

thanks to diz and dianne

4:10 am

Dianne

Glad you got them

4:12 am

dizgrannie

good one, MrP...I have fought Centrelink AND WON!!!! don't let them discourage you when they say they have lost/misplaced files etc...they tried that with me, took me nearly 3 yrs and ended up at the tribunal...the tribunal more or less said 'hey this person needs the DSP, whats the F is holding things up'....good luck in everythingxoxo

4:14 am

Dianne

What does DSP stand for?

4:14 am

mrpresident

diz, that is what I am on, and haven't even seen a cent of my newstart!

4:14 am

mrpresident

it is for disability payments dianne

4:15 am

mrpresident

or sickness payments too

4:15 am

dizgrannie

Dianne, DSP is Disability Support Payment

4:16 am

dizgrannie

MrP it takes a few weeks for it to come thro, but you can ask for emergency relief

4:16 am

Dianne

Oh this is terrible. You should have been getting your payments.

4:17 am

dizgrannie

MrP, can I inbox you on your FB acc?

4:17 am

mrpresident

i did dianne, was supposed to come through 2 days ago... unreal

4:17 am

Dianne

Thsi is more stress that certainly don't need.

4:18 am

mrpresident

yes i can diz... will have to get back to you though, son is begging for attention and dragging me away for now... bbs

4:19 am

dizgrannie

okies, will send youa message later, just answer whenever

4:46 am

scouser

fireworks - thanks to jillibus

4:47 am

ivesy3

that isnt the right clue list is it, in lickety?

4:48 am

scouser

Hi mrp keep nagging away at the social... many of us have been through it in one way or another. xx scouser

4:49 am

scouser

ivesy Lickety is off-line for a while now. see jillibus for a list.

4:49 am

ivesy3

ty scouser

4:52 am

vanillaslice

hello someone pls clue an6 Ihave the licorice

4:55 am

vanillaslice

I have an + myself + as it was written

4:56 am

vanillaslice

this one is from the bottom a

4:58 am

vanillaslice

no?

5:00 am

vanillaslice

I would appreciate some response

5:01 am

ivesy3

so far i just have the one u clued lol

5:01 am

vanillaslice

fine ty ivesey

5:01 am

ivesy3

np

5:01 am

vanillaslice

I've been trying to monkey this one off an on

5:01 am

Frances

an6/21 A + opp to yes + don't **nc* your words. Best I can come up with.

5:01 am

LoriP

an + last 2 letters of the Piper's son + the rule of * before * except after c

5:01 am

ivesy3

just started here

5:03 am

vanillaslice

tyvm

5:04 am

Frances

You're welcom vanilla - if I helped.

5:04 am

vanillaslice

phew fireworks

5:04 am

vanillaslice

yes you both did thanks

5:04 am

ivesy3

wtg vanilla!

5:18 am

gran

Clue please for in 8/40

5:23 am

gran

No probs - found it

5:26 am

rubyfoo

hello

5:30 am

rubyfoo

great clues in the chog, thanks all

5:45 am

mrpresident

evening again all :)

5:46 am

mrpresident

i checked in on clues, and notice that the words I put into lickety have disappeared, and did not go to 'my word list'.

5:46 am

mrpresident

is anyone else having problems with expert??

5:47 am

mrpresident

or is clues just completely different and never went over

5:48 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

5:49 am

mrpresident

ok, please let me know if this worked... someone?? anyone?? hello??

5:49 am

boatierra

mrp - the current clues list showing (at least for me) is for yesterdays puzzle.

5:49 am

licketySplitAUS

can you please refresh your clues boati (mrp here) and see if it changes over??

5:49 am

SummerBreeze44

I closed and reopened and the list is there

5:50 am

licketySplitAUS

some people have to close and reopen expert

5:50 am

boatierra

OK, will do.

5:50 am

licketySplitAUS

excellent summer... thank you!

5:50 am

SummerBreeze44

Thank you so much

5:51 am

licketySplitAUS

i will test from here and try again... cause it isn't showing for me. mrp

5:51 am

mrpresident

ok, is now showing 144 words in clues. phew!

5:52 am

mrpresident

i now know what I have to do to get the clue list up everyday... for now anyway :)

5:52 am

boatierra

Hmmm, I don't kown why, but it's still showing yesterday's puzzle 10/4, but is showing today's date 10/5. And I just refreshed. I'll keep trying. No biggie.

5:52 am

Bremen

Thank you, lickety!!! :hugs:

5:53 am

boatierra

Yes, thanks mrp/Lickety for your efforts on the game here. Everything you do is most appreciated :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
:)

5:53 am

mrpresident

i am showing wed 05 october, puzzle 3116 and 144 clues.

5:54 am

mrpresident

so it works now for you boati??

5:55 am

rubyfoo

hello mrp and hello boat!

5:55 am

mrpresident

ok then, please let everyone know clues is up and to refresh or close/reopen expert for clues... thank you

5:55 am

boatierra

No, but really for me not so much a big deal. I don't know why it's still showing yesterday's puzzle.

5:55 am

boatierra

Hey ruby :)

5:55 am

mrpresident

hi ruby

5:55 am

boatierra

I'll keep refreshing. It's bound to do it's thing.

5:56 am

Bremen

It's working fine for me. :D

5:56 am

mrpresident

i am so tired, god i need sleep! will come back later ladies. bbfn

5:56 am

rubyfoo

I still don't use lists; what I get is what I get....never finish

5:57 am

boatierra

Head to bed! Get some good sleep. G'nite :)

5:58 am

rubyfoo

boat, do you have a clue for the leftish i?

6:01 am

rubyfoo

i thought isthmi was the plural of isthmus!

6:02 am

rubyfoo

aaqh, but it's a phantom... :(

6:02 am

Lindrickway

In 5/12 - not appropriate?

6:03 am

rubyfoo

just monkeyed it, but thank you lindrick

6:03 am

boatierra

ruby - No I do not, sorry. I just barly started playing minutes ago.

6:03 am

Lindrickway

yvw

6:03 am

rubyfoo

I'm OK now, nbt, nbs and more than half yay!

6:03 am

boatierra

Nice!

6:03 am

rubyfoo

I started before lunch, so have a leg up!

6:04 am

Lindrickway

38 left here & taking a break ttfn

6:05 am

rubyfoo

me, too, see you later

6:05 am

boatierra

Laters y'all :)

6:08 am

Kaplan the Magne

Oh- I just guessed the 9! I love it when that happens!

6:10 am

boatierra

:)

6:16 am

wildcat17

1st 2 letters kap??

6:16 am

Kaplan the Magne

me9/66

6:16 am

wildcat17

thought so I'll keep trying

6:18 am

Kaplan the Magne

it's a little tricky. and I don't have the 8.

6:18 am

wildcat17

the 8 is an i

6:19 am

wildcat17

you're right it was tricky

6:19 am

Kaplan the Magne

in?

6:19 am

wildcat17

yes

6:19 am

Kaplan the Magne

good-ou got it. y

6:26 am

ivesy3

everything that mr p is going thru and she puts up a list!! what a woman.. strength, to you my friend.. and my god ease your burdens during this troubled time

6:48 am

Marc Freeman

Good morning, I need a clue for mi5/12, please?

6:50 am

uusue2

morning, all! just got here, marc...

6:52 am

EspritdJean

Hi youse

6:53 am

uusue2

hi, jean!

6:53 am

EspritdJean

:-)

6:54 am

bichon

And thank you Lickety

6:54 am

bichon

or is it Mr P?

6:56 am

sprite

good afternoon all

6:57 am

Anniebrook

hello everyone

6:57 am

sprite

hey Annie

6:57 am

Anniebrook

hi sprite, bichon, Jean, sue

6:59 am

sprite

will update clues later, I really need to relax for a bit now

7:00 am

Anniebrook

are you okay, sprite?

7:00 am

sprite

yeah am fine, just had a couple of hours running around with my daughter, am beat and a bit stressed out. A bit of babble and some food and I'll be as good as new :)

7:01 am

Anniebrook

okay then

7:02 am

sprite

one of those days when all that can go wrong, does go wrong. Nothing big, just tiring.

7:02 am

Anniebrook

just little annoying things..little is good

7:03 am

sprite

yeah, little is very good. I count my blessings :)

7:04 am

sprite

how are you today, Annie?

7:05 am

Anniebrook

I am good, thanks for asking

7:05 am

sprite

glad you are good :)

7:05 am

Anniebrook

:)

7:06 am

car.eeyore

Good morning!

7:06 am

Anniebrook

It is 8 AM here and chilly, going to make a pot of coffee, anyone?

7:06 am

car.eeyore

Yes please Annie!

7:06 am

sprite

oh lovely!

7:07 am

sprite

hi car.ee :)

7:07 am

car.eeyore

Hello Sprite! Sorry about your crazy day. {{hug}}

7:07 am

Trifioso

good mrorning dear friends - and big love to my baby sister!

7:07 am

sprite

hey Triffles :) *hugs*

7:08 am

car.eeyore

Hi Trif!

7:08 am

car.eeyore

Am I on the schedule today?

7:08 am

sprite

babble and babblers do me a world of good

7:08 am

Trifioso

no thank you. I am getting this one, for a change

7:08 am

car.eeyore

I know! It's amazing isn't it Sprite?

7:08 am

crosshair

good morning my babble buddies:)

7:09 am

car.eeyore

OK. Just checking!

7:09 am

car.eeyore

Good morning Crossy!

7:09 am

sprite

hiya Crossy!

7:09 am

Trifioso

good morning crossy! Annie has the pot on, from what I understand

7:09 am

sprite

it is, car.ee. Amazing and lovely

7:09 am

sprite

yep, great fresh coffee in a bit

7:10 am

cool.girl

hi everyone

7:10 am

Anniebrook

*puts, coffee, cream, sugar, bagels, cream cheese, miniature danish on the sidebpard* Help yourselves!

7:10 am

sprite

hello cool

7:10 am

Trifioso

thanks annie!

7:10 am

car.eeyore

Hi cool!

7:10 am

car.eeyore

TY Annie!

7:11 am

Trifioso

hello cool girl. looking good today!

7:11 am

sprite

ooo delicious, Annie, thank you

7:11 am

Anniebrook

Peets coffee today, I treated myself

7:11 am

crosshair

waist

7:11 am

crosshair

oops

7:11 am

car.eeyore

TY crossy!

7:11 am

car.eeyore

Nom....

7:11 am

Anniebrook

kje told me about Peets..it is really good coffee

7:11 am

cool.girl

yeah cant find the 8 or 9 yet though

7:11 am

Trifioso

I used to have one of those!

7:12 am

sprite

yeah me too. Long time ago :)

7:14 am

car.eeyore

Whew! J's done!

7:14 am

sprite

phantoms: antichrist, discriminate, amorist

7:14 am

car.eeyore

Wow...

7:15 am

Trifioso

ooh, that piece of sh*t dolphin!!! gets me every time!

7:15 am

sprite

<-------- loves that dolphin!

7:15 am

Trifioso

I do apologize then, sprite

7:15 am

car.eeyore

You found the dolphin, so it is good!

7:15 am

sprite

:) can't all love the same things, right

7:16 am

Trifioso

yeah, like you weren't cracking up over there!

7:16 am

car.eeyore

phantom: antics

7:16 am

sprite

lol, of course I was :D

7:17 am

Trifioso

oh, hey, sprite, did I send you this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcuI6K9
daIw

7:20 am

car.eeyore

Stats for the right column O please?

7:21 am

Trifioso

dont have it yet car, but props on not asking for a hi4!

7:22 am

BzznBea

or5/10

7:22 am

car.eeyore

I also need the i in the 2nd column

7:22 am

sprite

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL that is great!

7:22 am

Trifioso

thanks GIRL

7:23 am

car.eeyore

Nice try HO!

7:23 am

Trifioso

LOLOL

7:23 am

sprite

np b*tch :)

7:23 am

Trifioso

I feel ike I am on a personal crusade to make sure everyone on earth sees that

7:23 am

Trifioso

it's GENIUS

7:24 am

sprite

it is done so perfectly

7:24 am

Trifioso

I think my favorite part is "ewe seeeee"

7:24 am

herinfernallady

Hi

7:24 am

Trifioso

hey girl!

7:24 am

sprite

lol yes, at the fountain

7:24 am

sprite

hiya lady

7:24 am

car.eeyore

7:24 am

Trifioso

beautiful icon photo, herin! is that near you?

7:25 am

herinfernallady

(Back at you_

7:26 am

car.eeyore

Got the Or 5. TY Bzzn! And Good morning to you!!!!

7:26 am

BzznBea

Good morning all. YW car.

7:26 am

sprite

hi Bea

7:26 am

herinfernallady

Hi Bea

7:27 am

herinfernallady

Trifs that is from my holidays last year to Tassie

7:27 am

car.eeyore

And I just found the i!!!! NBT!

7:27 am

BzznBea

Stats for the I, car?

7:28 am

car.eeyore

in 5/12

7:28 am

Trifioso

thanks! nbt here too!

7:29 am

car.eeyore

so doeth is a word but shant isn't?

7:29 am

BzznBea

Got it. Thanks.

7:29 am

sprite

shanth, maybe :P

7:29 am

car.eeyore

I shant ever understand Enable.

7:29 am

Chris P

shan't is an abbreviation of shall not

7:30 am

car.eeyore

Oh! Well that would make sense then! TY Chris!

7:30 am

car.eeyore

And good morning to you!

7:30 am

sprite

hi Chris

7:30 am

sprite

found all the Js too

7:30 am

Chris P

hi sprite & car - just babbling on my lunchbreak

7:31 am

sprite

how nice. Enjoy lunch :)

7:32 am

Chris P

anyone have the 8 & 9?

7:32 am

car.eeyore

Not yet

7:32 am

sprite

not yet

7:32 am

car.eeyore

Stats for the second N from the left side? I have the bugs.

7:33 am

Chris P

ni4 x 2

7:33 am

sprite

ni4/4

7:33 am

car.eeyore

Ty. Looking now.

7:34 am

car.eeyore

Got it!

7:36 am

sprite

phantom: humorist

7:37 am

pcal2

morning all. is there a list somewhere?

7:37 am

Chris P

memories for me sprite

7:37 am

sprite

the lickety list is up

7:37 am

car.eeyore

Good morning!

7:37 am

sprite

there is one close to that though, Chris

7:38 am

pcal2

great! I had stopped even checking...

7:38 am

car.eeyore

Whooo!!!! Got the 9!!!!!

7:38 am

Chris P

yes, but I just can't get it!

7:38 am

sprite

it will be up irregularly, pcal2.

7:38 am

sprite

french spelling, Chris :)

7:38 am

Chris P

ty sprite

7:39 am

sprite

yvw

7:39 am

car.eeyore

Ty sprite for the nudge!

7:39 am

sprite

you are almost in the grid as well, btw

7:39 am

sprite

yw :)

7:39 am

Anniebrook

yes, thanks, sprite!

7:40 am

Chris P

so I am!

7:41 am

Chris P

new phantom: intrinsic

7:41 am

sprite

ooo good one

7:43 am

Vicuna

(passing through with a phantom monarchist)

7:43 am

sprite

hiya Vic, another good one

7:43 am

car.eeyore

Vicuna!!!!!! Hello!!!!!!

7:44 am

Anniebrook

Hi Vicuna :)

7:44 am

Vicuna

Hello, car, Annieb, sprite, and all! =D

7:45 am

Vicuna

Chris P, I don't remember meeting you before, but I see that we're almost twins -- started Babble within days of each other.

7:46 am

Chris P

Hi Vicuna - I play as much as I can - mostly in my lunch break these days. But I'm a serial lurker!

7:46 am

Vicuna

(Oops, PB for me right off the bat.)

7:46 am

sprite

lol

7:46 am

Vicuna

Oh well, I was only supposed to be passing through anyway. *sigh* ;)

7:47 am

Anniebrook

*dusts chair for Vicuna*

7:47 am

car.eeyore

Annie put out a nice spread of coffee and bagels and such....

7:48 am

car.eeyore

Vicuna, I will be sharing your book with Dylan's 1st grade class this year!!!1

7:49 am

Vicuna

Oooh, awesome, car. Let me know how it goes over!

7:49 am

car.eeyore

I sure will!

7:50 am

Vicuna

And that reminds me - I can't remember whether I ever hounded you to post a review on amazon. (If you're not comfortable with that for any reason, definitely no pressure, but I do try to ask everyone.)

7:51 am

car.eeyore

Oh my! Know you didn't, but I will be delighted toooooo!

7:51 am

Chris P

anyone have the in8?

7:51 am

Vicuna

Cool. Thank you thank you thank you.

7:51 am

car.eeyore

I do not.

7:51 am

Vicuna

Not I. Looking.

7:53 am

Vicuna

okay, here it is:

7:53 am

sprite

ah, invisible, of course

7:53 am

Vicuna

inlaid wood = in + black sticky stuff +

7:54 am

Vicuna

oops, + Spanish yes + indefinite article

7:54 am

Vicuna

(Sorry, clunky clue.)

7:54 am

Chris P

ty - fireworks & back to work!!

7:55 am

Vicuna

Yay for Chris P!

7:55 am

car.eeyore

Wahoo! Well done Chris!

7:55 am

sprite

wtg Chris, and hagd at work

7:56 am

car.eeyore

Finally got it! TY Vicuna!

7:57 am

Anniebrook

thanks, vicuna

7:57 am

Vicuna

My pleasure.

8:00 am

car.eeyore

Ugh. I must get working as well. I wish you all a wonderful day!

8:00 am

Vicuna

*sigh* Well, I really had better get on my way, too. I'll be back later. It was nice to see everybody. Enjoy the grid!

8:00 am

Anniebrook

bye car...great day to you too

8:00 am

sprite

bye car.ee and Vic

8:00 am

hurshy

3rd row i ?

8:01 am

Anniebrook

bye vicuna, great seeing you

8:01 am

sprite

not fitting = i

8:02 am

hurshy

ah thanks

8:04 am

sprite

yw and hi hursh

8:04 am

hurshy

hi :)

8:05 am

hurshy

how about the o? or am i going to kick myself?

8:05 am

sprite

nah not really. or5/10

8:06 am

hurshy

ah thanks again

8:06 am

sprite

yvw

8:10 am

movieman

clue for that or5 plz

8:10 am

crosshair

crossy not see the or

8:11 am

crosshair

nm found it

8:11 am

crosshair

always the way

8:11 am

sprite

hi movie my man, hi crossy. or + si***ter, scary, spooky, latin for left

8:12 am

hurshy

what does the 8 start with?

8:12 am

sprite

in, hursh

8:13 am

hurshy

hmm, not what i was expecting

8:13 am

sprite

fireflies

8:14 am

crosshair

yaa for sprite!!

8:14 am

Anniebrook

yay for sprite !!!

8:14 am

crosshair

lots of babblets today i see:(

8:14 am

sprite

anything else I may clue before I go?

8:15 am

hurshy

is that in8 weird and if so may i have a clue?

8:15 am

sprite

it is kind of weird and it means inlaid wood

8:16 am

hurshy

hmm, like parquet?

8:16 am

sprite

furniture, I think. In + sticky black stuff + phanta** (Disney movie)

8:16 am

hurshy

yes, weird. thanks!

8:16 am

sprite

*fanta***

8:17 am

sprite

yvw. Ok, bye all, have fun

8:19 am

hurshy

is there a list somewhere today?

8:20 am

crosshair

vollymomndee usually has one hursh

8:20 am

Anniebrook

Lickety is up

8:20 am

SeaSpray

lickety is up

8:21 am

crosshair

but i am a long way from half way and have not looked myself as of yet

8:21 am

hurshy

oh ok

8:21 am

crosshair

cool

8:24 am

Mr Bob

Morning folks

8:25 am

crosshair

howdy bob

8:36 am

Anniebrook

can I get a clue for the second an 6/21 ?

8:37 am

Boobear

Hi all

8:37 am

Anniebrook

Hi Boo

8:37 am

Boobear

Lickety is up for the list

8:37 am

Anniebrook

hooray!

8:42 am

crosshair

only an 6 i have is an+vowel+a dog command to attack

8:42 am

Anniebrook

Thats the one I have crossy but thanks

8:44 am

Riverdance

hello everyone - that is the only word I have left - ugh

8:44 am

Boobear

Hi River

8:44 am

crosshair

howdy riverdance

8:44 am

Anniebrook

Hi River :)

8:46 am

Riverdance

got it

8:46 am

Mom

hello everyone

8:46 am

Riverdance

an + I want to go h**e + p**ce of the puzzle

8:46 am

Anniebrook

YAY for River!!!!!

8:46 am

Anniebrook

Hi (((Mom)))

8:47 am

Mom

(((Annie))) hello

8:47 am

Anniebrook

Thank you, River :)

8:47 am

Riverdance

fireworks ((crossy)) ((Annie)) ((Mom))

8:47 am

Riverdance

yw

8:47 am

Mom

congrats River and hello ((hugs)))

8:48 am

Riverdance

got my flu shot yesterday and my arm still hurts - is that normal?

8:48 am

Anniebrook

Yes!

8:48 am

Mom

I hear it is

8:49 am

Anniebrook

whenever I get a flu shot, my arm hurts and I get a lumpy area

8:49 am

Riverdance

I could hardly lift my arm yesterday - that is better but still very sore - I dont remember that happening in th epast

8:49 am

Mom

mom got a huge lulmp this time and it was so warm to the touch

8:50 am

Riverdance

I feel better now knowing I am not the only miserable one.....lol.....misery loves company

8:50 am

Mom

indeed it does

8:50 am

mkg

hi all. any clues for the 8 and 9?

8:50 am

Anniebrook

a burden shared is a burden halved

8:50 am

Mom

hi mkg

8:51 am

Mom

I love that saying, Annie

8:51 am

Riverdance

in8/40 - I needed morewords to find that one

8:52 am

Riverdance

me9/66 - continues off of the me6/24

8:52 am

Riverdance

I love that saying too - I need to get to work - have a great day everyone

8:52 am

mkg

ty. just starting so dont have me 6. any clues welcome.

8:52 am

Mom

you as well, River. See you tomorrow

8:53 am

Anniebrook

bye river, have a great day

8:53 am

Riverdance

I'll give it to you - me6 is a book about yourself

8:54 am

Riverdance

ba bye

8:54 am

Anniebrook

when you write about your past, you are writing a me6

8:55 am

Anniebrook

I am reading a very good me6---The Arrogant Years by Lucette Lagnado

8:55 am

mkg

ty. got the 6 and 9.

8:55 am

Mom

phew, couldn't think how to spell that

8:55 am

mkg

any clues for the in 8?

8:56 am

Mom

wrote the title down, Annie. I'll check the library

8:58 am

Anniebrook

mkg, you might like that book...

8:58 am

flosey

good morning everyone

8:58 am

Anniebrook

hi flosey

8:58 am

Mom

good morning Flosey

8:59 am

flosey

in8 in + stuff used on roads + Disney Movie Fanta***

8:59 am

flosey

going to get coffee, brb

9:00 am

Mom

Flosey, I love your sewing machine

9:00 am

Mom

thank you for the 8

9:01 am

flosey

thanks Mom, and yw

9:01 am

Anniebrook

I am so happy to have the clues back

9:03 am

Anniebrook

fireworks

9:04 am

Anniebrook

I have loads of errands today...anyone like a clue before I leave?

9:05 am

mkg

asphalt not in grid, concrete not in grid...........

9:05 am

mkg

fantasia, i dont see an a near an s. anymore hints flosey?

9:05 am

Read-Knit-Bake

GM all....looking for no7,32... not sure if it has been clued already?

9:05 am

Mom

congrats on fireworks, Annie

9:05 am

crosshair

stick black stuff,often used on a roof

9:05 am

Anniebrook

mkg, 3 letter word meaning black sticky stuff

9:05 am

Mom

mkg (tar)

9:06 am

Mom

I hope there is danish still in the pb

9:06 am

crosshair

lol

9:06 am

crosshair

mom clues the best:))

9:06 am

Mom

hello read-knit-bake

9:06 am

Mom

((Crossy)) hello

9:06 am

Anniebrook

*puts fresh danish in the PB for Mom)

9:06 am

Read-Knit-Bake

hello Mom

9:06 am

crosshair

((MOM))

9:06 am

Mom

bless you, Annie

9:07 am

Anniebrook

no7---french black and I am so tickl***

9:07 am

mkg

ty! got it. boy am i dumb today.

9:07 am

Mom

thanks Annie

9:07 am

crosshair

ty annie

9:07 am

Mom

no you are not! Just had what my friend calls a brain fart

9:07 am

Mom

not that I would ever use that word

9:07 am

Anniebrook

:)

9:08 am

mkg

ty for no 7 too annie.

9:08 am

mkg

more lcues please!

9:08 am

Anniebrook

what do you need, mkg?

9:08 am

crosshair

just the stats for the 9 please

9:08 am

Mom

the only other one I have is to press clothes

9:08 am

Mom

me 9/66 Crossy

9:08 am

Anniebrook

me9

9:09 am

Read-Knit-Bake

OH boy...ty anniebrook...using the gerund all morning too!

9:09 am

mkg

i have no words for t on top line or the e after it.

9:09 am

Mom

I had better go. One more thing I want to tackle before my sweetie gets one. I have Annie this afternoon so I had better get at it

9:09 am

Mom

em 4/5

9:10 am

Anniebrook

Mom, give Annie a good rub from me and have a great day

9:10 am

Mom

I will, Annie. I hope you have a great day as well

9:10 am

Anniebrook

em\4/5--middle eastern ruler

9:10 am

Mom

*Home not one

9:10 am

crosshair

ty annie

9:10 am

Anniebrook

mkg, ta4--what you get sitting in the sun

9:11 am

Read-Knit-Bake

me...someone who keeps a diary

9:11 am

Anniebrook

I love the TA** Gallery in London

9:11 am

Read-Knit-Bake

off to work..bye for today

9:11 am

crosshair

ahh me9= a person who write another recollections:))))

9:11 am

Anniebrook

bye read

9:11 am

flosey

ah, me too Annie I gave up yesterday, had so much to do here, just couldn't get my mind around it (just had to take a phone call - daughter, calling at 7:am)

9:12 am

Anniebrook

I am off as well, bye dear babblers

9:12 am

crosshair

tc annie

9:12 am

flosey

have a good day Annie

9:12 am

flosey

so now I'll get that cup of coffee!

9:16 am

flosey

ahhhhh, that's better, have been up for a whole hour without coffee!

9:25 am

periwinkle

morning all, got all but 51 words right after the flip but a late start this am. another sleepless nite.

9:26 am

periwinkle

missing one of the 7's. I have no (ty Annie), in, and ta

9:27 am

broll

ir 7

9:27 am

periwinkle

ty broll, will look

9:27 am

periwinkle

ty

9:28 am

periwinkle

the in I listed is an in8 not a 7

9:28 am

periwinkle

so still missing a 7> i have ir, no, ta

9:30 am

flosey

may I have a clue for ir7 please?

9:30 am

broll

yw. I have the same.

9:30 am

Uneaixoise

clue for no7?

9:31 am

broll

a person who presses the cloth?

9:31 am

Uneaixoise

ir7 sounds kinda like someone who presses clothing

9:31 am

Uneaixoise

snap broil :-)

9:31 am

periwinkle

French word for black, and I am tickl*** * Annies clue

9:31 am

periwinkle

sort of like a French black, Une

9:31 am

Uneaixoise

ohhhh, thanks!!

9:32 am

periwinkle

odd word and no def. listed

9:32 am

flosey

thanks Une

9:33 am

periwinkle

flosey the sewing machine in your icon looks exactly like the one my grandmother had. wish I had it but another family ember ended up with it after she died

9:34 am

flosey

hi peri, it's very similar to the one my mother had - I think she probably sold it (in Nevada) before coming back to Canada

9:34 am

crosshair

those old singer machines are bullet proof,things never break..my mum had one when i was young

9:38 am

flosey

I learned on that old Singer, now using a different make (can't remember the name) quite expensive but don't like it as well!

9:39 am

flosey

don't do much sewing anymore! but now that TABI has gone out of business I may have to revert to making my clothes!

9:43 am

crosshair

you only clothe yourself at one shoppe..you are an exclusive woman!!

9:44 am

flosey

no crossy, not at all! very country casual, and their cords fit so well, only had to hem them up an inch

9:46 am

flosey

I've always had trouble finding clothes that didn't have to be altered - use to be 5' 9" and skinny - now have shrunk 3" and the excess all settled around the waist!!

9:47 am

dpomfr

i seem to have lost Babble Expert. Anybody else having the problem?

9:47 am

lbdawger

stats for the O plz?

9:50 am

flosey

dpomfr, try this http://r46.me/BabbleExpert20110410.zip

9:51 am

lbdawger

my expert is working fine

9:56 am

sheila48

Where is there a word list today?

9:56 am

flosey

lickety is up sheila

9:58 am

sheila48

Hurrah! Do hope he is feeling OK

9:59 am

flosey

It is probably MRP who is doing it for us sheila

10:00 am

sheila48

Cheers to whoever.........

10:01 am

flosey

mI'm sure rp will appreciate that - she did have to work on it a bit

10:02 am

flosey

**I'm sure mrp** that got tangled up a bit! sorry

10:03 am

lbdawger

any clue for the O?

10:04 am

flosey

don't have it yet lbd

10:04 am

flosey

anyone finding a bit of lag in babble today?

10:04 am

lbdawger

okay, will let the monkeys do their thing, and yes with the lag.

10:06 am

tedybeth

thanks to 'mrp' ... I've gotten so lazy and do miss the list. thank you, thank you

10:06 am

Norma

Hi everyone ....

10:06 am

flosey

hi Norma and tedybeth

10:06 am

Norma

Hi flosey

10:07 am

uusue2

hi again, all, lots of work to do today (as every day) so will be in and out

10:10 am

Norma

Hi sue

10:10 am

flosey

hi sue, me too, have to bake for a gathering today - they have no idea how many people will come! We will all take extras that can be frozen if not needed.

10:12 am

rubyfoo

hello everybody

10:12 am

flosey

hi Ruby

10:12 am

Norma

Can anyone clue the no7 please .... hi ruby

10:12 am

Aaronitor

i spearl on

10:13 am

Aaronitor

sorry is pearl on

10:13 am

flosey

no7 - french black + I am tickl*** at times (clue given earlier, can't remember who)

10:14 am

flosey

haven't seen pearl, Aaron

10:14 am

Norma

Is that really a word flosey ? thanks very much would never have got that one

10:14 am

Aaronitor

thanks flosey

10:15 am

flosey

nor I Norma, I welcomed the clue

10:15 am

Norma

Thanks for passing it on lol

10:15 am

Sally-catlover

Good afternoon all.

10:15 am

flosey

hello Sally

10:15 am

Norma

Hi Sally

10:16 am

welki

hi, babblers

10:17 am

flosey

hi welki

10:20 am

lbdawger

or + consonant + ** there a doctor in the house?

10:21 am

lbdawger

hi flosey, welki, aaron, norma, sally, ruby, and anyone else i may have missed.

10:21 am

flosey

hi lbd and thanks for or

10:22 am

Norma

Hi welki lbd

10:25 am

rubyfoo

you call that lag? I call that horrible! I got totally stuck and had to shut down the computer.

10:26 am

flosey

oh ruby, that's frustrating, I haven't found it that bad, and seems ok now - you must have fixed it!

10:26 am

Sally-catlover

Hi ruby - just off. There may be a lag because someone has an overlarge photo in their profile. If I find that I block the photo.

10:27 am

lbdawger

finito!!

10:27 am

Sally-catlover

Anyway - talk tomorrow perhaps.

10:27 am

rubyfoo

love that no7!

10:28 am

rubyfoo

back to cooking, see you later

10:28 am

lbdawger

surpsied there aren't more ish words today.

10:30 am

Norma

Hurrah for lbd

10:30 am

flosey

yes, have 3 here but 66 words yet to find

10:34 am

flosey

any clues for sh6 please?

10:41 am

flosey

got up too early, falling asleep here!

10:42 am

flosey

bbl

11:06 am

lbdawger

was doing some online stuff, sorry to have missed your request, flosey. sh6 is like the italian wine that is often seen on tables with a candle dripping on the empty bottle.

11:08 am

lbdawger

hmm, that wasn't a very good clue...sh + prefix for against

11:09 am

lbdawger

off to do other things as i've now have three posts in a row, and there's obviously no one wanting to chat. bbl perhaps.

11:13 am

hoyamd

omg just got the 9 - no idea where i pulled that out of.

11:40 am

flosey

thanks lbd, had to stop for a few minutes to make pumpkin tarts for 'do' this afternoon

11:43 am

bichon

I'm glad there is a list today. This grid is really throwing me.

11:43 am

flosey

me too bichon, I sure miss it when it isn't available

11:45 am

bichon

Usually I can get half way without the list and some help from Babble buddies, but not today

11:47 am

bichon

I would like to finish today, because I haven't for quite a while

11:47 am

flosey

need a clue for the first ta6, please?

11:48 am

bichon

what you would eat on middleeaster bread. A bit spicy

11:49 am

bichon

with hummus

11:49 am

debjed

good morning, what are the stats for the 9, hoyamd?

11:49 am

BzznBea

ta6 - sesame seed paste

11:50 am

inge

ts

11:50 am

BzznBea

Stats for 9 me9/66

11:50 am

flosey

thanks bichon, wasn't getting it but Bea's clue did it for me

11:50 am

debjed

thank you for the 9 :)

11:51 am

bichon

yvw flosey

11:52 am

bichon

got the 9 too. TY

11:52 am

flosey

gosh, just made that dip when the kids were out here this summer

11:52 am

BzznBea

Break over...Back to the quilting machine...*poof*

11:53 am

flosey

oh, Busy Bea!

11:53 am

flosey

Bea, you must post pics of your efforts, am sure babblers would love to see them

11:53 am

bichon

lunch!

11:59 am

debjed

does anyone have a clue for the o?

12:01 pm

flosey

or + 7 deadly *** (not pl) reverse spelling

12:01 pm

flosey

sorry, can't think of any other way to clue it

12:01 pm

debjed

but i got it, thank you :)

12:02 pm

flosey

yw deb

12:03 pm

flosey

funny what you can monkey when you have no idea and it turns out to be a word

12:03 pm

flosey

har & 5

12:04 pm

flosey

oops, ha4 and 5

12:04 pm

flosey

the r is not correct third letter anyway

12:07 pm

hootowl

which 4 & 5?

12:07 pm

hootowl

the pilgrim or the ghost

12:08 pm

hootowl

brb

12:08 pm

sciencegeek

Ha 4 and 5 a character/ from/johnny quest

12:19 pm

rubyfoo

hello again

12:20 pm

rubyfoo

98 words before but few hopes of more

12:20 pm

rubyfoo

is there still lag?

12:21 pm

flosey

ah, thanks SG

12:21 pm

sciencegeek

Hi ruby

12:24 pm

rubyfoo

hi science

12:28 pm

sciencegeek

Need two on the/lower r

12:29 pm

flosey

during the war we had ra6 (limited amts of sugar, tea, coffee, etc

12:29 pm

rubyfoo

I have 4 of them, science: ra4/4, 4/4, ra5/10 and ra6/18

12:29 pm

sciencegeek

How about the lone I in second column

12:29 pm

rubyfoo

that's the 6! haha

12:29 pm

flosey

and leave the last letter off for ra5

12:30 pm

sciencegeek

Ty

12:30 pm

rubyfoo

in5/12 clumsy spelled clumsily

12:31 pm

sciencegeek

Got it Ty ruby playing on my phone

12:32 pm

rubyfoo

and I'm typing in the dark

12:33 pm

flosey

oh ruby, good thing the screen lights up!

12:33 pm

rubyfoo

I think my lamp has a short

12:34 pm

rubyfoo

and I'm short 37 words

12:35 pm

rubyfoo

good night everybody, see you tomorrow

12:36 pm

flosey

g'night ruby

12:37 pm

flosey

fireworks here and just in time, tarts finished - ready early!

12:37 pm

flosey

be back at flip

12:39 pm

crosshair

back for a few more:)

12:40 pm

crosshair

tw 5 and 6=samuel clemmons and pl:)

12:40 pm

Erda

Clemens

12:40 pm

crosshair

whatever:)

12:43 pm

sciencegeek

Missing three m words

12:43 pm

crosshair

i am missing a few as well,we shall hunt together sciencegeek

12:44 pm

sammysmom

did anyone make a list other than neil?

12:44 pm

sciencegeek

Crossy I am playing of my phone

12:44 pm

hootowl

hi - which ones?

12:44 pm

hootowl

lickety is up!

12:45 pm

hootowl

Jacula did too and probably dee

12:45 pm

hootowl

and I have Jacs

12:45 pm

hootowl

Now what m's?

12:46 pm

crosshair

lol,hoot is at full steam,she will bring you home science:)

12:46 pm

hootowl

ratio

12:46 pm

jillibus

s one in my profile too, if you scrol down -- but as hoot said, Lickety's list is up -- clever mrp, figuring out how to do it!

12:46 pm

jillibus

oh dear, typos again, sigh.

12:47 pm

sciencegeek

Ok opening Lickety/on/pc

12:47 pm

jillibus

Hi all -- just here briefly

12:47 pm

hootowl

There is no such thing as a typo - we ignore them!

12:47 pm

sciencegeek

Ok opening Lickety/on/pc
yay

12:47 pm

crosshair

not to worry jilli erda will correct you:))

12:47 pm

hootowl

I bet on the mo's

12:47 pm

sciencegeek

Ok opening Lickety/on/pc
yay

12:47 pm

crosshair

crossy=king of typos

12:47 pm

jillibus

you guys are so kind, lol!

12:48 pm

hootowl

Never looked at mine huh?

12:48 pm

sciencegeek

Yay

12:49 pm

sciencegeek

Need an 6/both

12:49 pm

hootowl

me too

12:50 pm

crosshair

an +vowel+ dog attack command

12:50 pm

sciencegeek

Ty one/more

12:51 pm

jillibus

an + zen chant + that is

12:51 pm

hootowl

yay

12:52 pm

jillibus

I need ar6 please

12:52 pm

sammysmom

thanks

12:52 pm

hootowl

great! ty both

12:53 pm

jillibus

yw :)

12:53 pm

hootowl

Think talk show host - black man

12:54 pm

jillibus

I have that one, hoot -- it's the one before I need -- should have said ar6/21

12:55 pm

hootowl

ar = front of lower leg

12:55 pm

crosshair

ty hoots

12:55 pm

sciencegeek

Me 9

12:55 pm

jillibus

ty ty ty hoot

12:55 pm

crosshair

a person who types your history

12:56 pm

crosshair

writes..whatever

12:56 pm

hootowl

yw

12:56 pm

sciencegeek

Got/it/Ty

12:56 pm

hootowl

the 3 m's work off same 4 letter start

12:58 pm

jillibus

sheesh, just saw the dolphin, duh

12:58 pm

hootowl

ty - i missed it!

12:59 pm

jillibus

over halfway but time's running out -- a friend about to arrive so if I disappear suddenly, that's why.

1:00 pm

sciencegeek

Dolphin?

1:00 pm

crosshair

for fantasy genre book lovers..GET ROBIN HOBBS LIVESHIP 3 BOOK SERIES..NOW!..crossy was up way past his beddy-bye time last night engrossed in book 1

1:01 pm

crosshair

sf/fantasy*

1:01 pm

jillibus

a babblet, sci -- in4/4, the hairy-nosed dolphin

1:02 pm

hootowl

Isn't all sifi now fantasy & horror!

1:02 pm

crosshair

lol,no hoots,when i want true sf,i go back to asimov and the boys

1:03 pm

hootowl

I think if I see one more vampire or werewolve I will puke! Just another excuse for lousy writing and lots of gore!

1:04 pm

crosshair

tom good win,T.E,D Klien,golden apples of the sun.flowers for algernon,space mail,foundation,and on and on

1:04 pm

hootowl

Oh croosy - if you could see what I left in NY and what I have now you know thats what I read. But the newbies like the blood & gore.

1:04 pm

hootowl

Same with movies!

1:05 pm

sciencegeek

Bbl

1:05 pm

jillibus

Heinlein, Simak, Huxley, Wells and others I can't remember from back in the 60s

1:05 pm

hootowl

Hey - I'm older than you! I got started with Analog years and years ago. Sifi with Si!

1:05 pm

crosshair

i have fortunatly missed the backsplash road kill that is vapire mania

1:06 pm

crosshair

yes.robert heinelin

1:06 pm

jillibus

Nobody here is older than me.

1:06 pm

crosshair

excellent

1:06 pm

crosshair

ray bradbury

1:06 pm

jillibus

yeah

1:06 pm

hootowl

Old enough to remember the movies during WW2 were made to make people happy w/rationing and shortages and they boosted the men too.

1:06 pm

crosshair

he did a hardcover for arkham house called dark carnival:)

1:06 pm

jillibus

and was it Larry Niven?

1:07 pm

cybernan

good morning, all :)

1:07 pm

hootowl

Now it's just more blood & gore and stupidity and our men are coming home with many, many mental problems

1:08 pm

hootowl

Belong to Sci-Fi book club - get it dished out to me every 3 weeks!

1:08 pm

crosshair

of course they have mental issues,the enemy is not so black and white as of old,how do you deal with brainwashed 11 year old girls with 20 punds of c4 taped to them?

1:08 pm

crosshair

insanity

1:08 pm

crosshair

yaa for hoots;)

1:09 pm

hootowl

The point is that tehre is absolutely NO relief. It's 24/7.

1:09 pm

hootowl

why are you yaying me???

1:10 pm

crosshair

for your thrice monthly orders of good sci fi books'

1:10 pm

hootowl

and multiple deployments

1:11 pm

hootowl

NO - actually the only good ones , by their description, is when they bring back the old stuff

1:11 pm

crosshair

lol,sorry hoots we ended up runnin g 2 topics at once

1:11 pm

crosshair

the older sci-fi is the best

1:12 pm

hootowl

Haven't been doing much ordering lately. SS has not changed in 3 years, food has tripled and fuel doubled. Prabaly going to cancel

1:12 pm

crosshair

i have some old dell softcovers that the kids used to order from scholatic books in the 60s-70,s..great stuff

1:13 pm

cybernan

anyone have a list posted?

1:13 pm

hootowl

I do have a habit of climbing on a horse. I apologise and lets get back to this game

1:13 pm

hootowl

lickety

1:13 pm

cybernan

oh wow! -- what is the latest there? Is lickety home or did mrp get the list going?

1:13 pm

hootowl

washer stopped - time to load dryer. bbs

1:14 pm

crosshair

lol hoots,i go off on a tangent at the merest encouragment

1:14 pm

crosshair

and the topic of good books will always distract me

1:16 pm

jillibus

nan, I'm pretty sure mrp got the list going

1:16 pm

crosshair

after the liveship stuff i plan to tackle a giant that i have never read before by the name of Ursula K Le Guin she has a earthsea series that looks very good

1:18 pm

crosshair

not to worry my babble friends,i ramble like this when i hit a grid wall,once it breaks,i will shut up:)

1:18 pm

cybernan

ty jill - I sort of thought that might be the case

1:20 pm

crosshair

ahh a nice ta 7/32= a coating ignored silver gets on it after time

1:20 pm

jillibus

Le Guin was highly touted when she arrived but I think she was responsible for sf veering into fantasy.

1:21 pm

crosshair

like i say,she is new to me,but seems quite prolific and has been at it since the 60,s..she is 81 now

1:21 pm

jillibus

I liked sf when it's Speculative Fiction.

1:22 pm

crosshair

thats where asimov was great,did tons of speculative stuff and he had those patented zinger endings lol

1:22 pm

crosshair

you always knew he was going to blow yer mind in the last 2 pages

1:24 pm

hootowl

ok - I'm calmer now - Just scared the daylights out of our chippies. They'll be bask!

1:24 pm

hootowl

The Foundation series was great!

1:24 pm

crosshair

you never ever snuck a peek ahead with his works,sometimes the entire short store was a total build up right to the last paragraph hehe

1:24 pm

crosshair

foundation rocks

1:24 pm

crosshair

story*

1:25 pm

hootowl

yeah! He was a genius!

1:26 pm

crosshair

he wrote the rules of robotics..interesting man indeed

1:27 pm

crosshair

he did a short story where he predicted the battery calculator by 30 or 40 years,but in the end of the story it was the "rare" and unique ability of one man who could still do sums in his head that won the war lol

1:27 pm

hootowl

yep

1:29 pm

cybernan

no 7, please?

1:29 pm

crosshair

french for black and crossy is peck*** as he did not have lunch

1:30 pm

cybernan

ty crossy

1:30 pm

hootowl

me too. got to eat now!

1:35 pm

crosshair

whew! just over half way

1:38 pm

HarryHood

just passed halfway too....but miising 3 for nbt

1:38 pm

cybernan

*!* ta da *!* -- thanks to mrp!

1:38 pm

crosshair

seems i am missing 1 for nbt

1:38 pm

crosshair

yaa for cybernan!

1:38 pm

HarryHood

hooray nan

1:39 pm

cybernan

want clues?

1:39 pm

wvteach

congrats nan

1:39 pm

hootowl

congrats nan - 6 to go here

1:40 pm

crosshair

can you clue the single t that is all on its own in the stats?

1:40 pm

cybernan

ti 4: cans

1:40 pm

wvteach

metal containers

1:40 pm

SeaSpray

2nd ta6 please?

1:40 pm

crosshair

ty and fish me

1:41 pm

crosshair

thats NBT and NBS for crossy

1:41 pm

hootowl

if you mean first column its what some veggies come in

1:41 pm

cybernan

ta 6/18: one who aquires a darker skin colour?

1:41 pm

wvteach

ta6 - contaminates

1:41 pm

HarryHood

or crushed sesame seeds

1:41 pm

crosshair

ty cybernan

1:42 pm

cybernan

oh - that was the third one

1:42 pm

HarryHood

can I have a clue for the I and the O in the third row?

1:43 pm

cybernan

in 5: not suitable

1:43 pm

hootowl

i n - one not5 good at much

1:43 pm

cybernan

or not appropriate is a better clue

1:44 pm

HarryHood

ty

1:44 pm

cybernan

excuse the sp!

1:44 pm

cybernan

or 5: sounds highly decorated

1:45 pm

SeaSpray

am still not getting the ta6

1:45 pm

cybernan

*or 5 is actually something to do with birds

1:46 pm

HarryHood

got it ty

1:46 pm

HarryHood

nbt!

1:46 pm

cybernan

which one sea spray -- the ta 6/18 or the ta 6/21?

1:46 pm

SeaSpray

the 2nd ta 6/18

1:47 pm

cybernan

person who acquires suffix with summer skin colour

1:48 pm

EvaNadine

::tiptoes in to ask for hints for the 9::

1:48 pm

cybernan

first letters eva?

1:49 pm

SeaSpray

slaps self up side the head

1:49 pm

SeaSpray

ty nan

1:49 pm

HarryHood

is there a list today? I think I'm ready

1:49 pm

cybernan

me 9: one who writes a history of his life

1:49 pm

SeaSpray

lickety is up Harry

1:49 pm

cybernan

mrp got lickety's list up and running

1:50 pm

HarryHood

oh hooray!!!

1:50 pm

EvaNadine

TY cyber

1:50 pm

cybernan

yw all

1:50 pm

Krysten

Yay for mrp and lickety list!

1:50 pm

EvaNadine

thats NBT, NBS, and halfway for me.
not bad for a super-busy workday!

1:50 pm

cybernan

any more wanted before I leave?

1:51 pm

Krysten

Hope mrp is doing better...

1:51 pm

HarryHood

ty for the help!

1:52 pm

cybernan

in general by trying the "one who does" suffix and the "similar to" suffix when you are stuck, will probably garner another word!

1:53 pm

cybernan

bye for now - back at the flip :)

1:53 pm

sheila48

is the 9/mem......

1:54 pm

sheila48

Got it

2:01 pm

hootowl

fireboids

2:01 pm

HarryHood

lots of hinduism today

2:02 pm

HarryHood

hooray hootowl

2:02 pm

hootowl

tyty - had stuff out of order!

2:03 pm

crosshair

time to list me thinks...

2:04 pm

hootowl

so who needs help?

2:04 pm

gapeach

Hey, y'all. I just recieved an email from a friend advising me that all cell phone numbers will go public this month. The number to call for blockage is 888-382-1222. You must be calling from the phone you want blocked. I just did mine. Please do yours as it will eat up our minutes. Thanks

2:05 pm

hootowl

Gap - check with Snopes. I'm pretty sure it was mentioned in there

2:06 pm

HarryHood

6

2:06 pm

gapeach

Oh, and send the message to all of your friends and family. Thanks

2:07 pm

crosshair

what do you mean "go public"? and how will this allow your minutes to be stolen?

2:08 pm

crosshair

we have heard nothing of this up here

2:08 pm

dianedecoder

scam

2:09 pm

dianedecoder

this has been circulating for quite some time

2:09 pm

wvteach

this message is an "urban legend" - not true - do a net search on cell phone blocking and see the message

2:09 pm

dianedecoder

I guess "urban legend" is a much better term :-)

2:10 pm

crosshair

yes,but what is the how of it? i mean unless bell canadas or att cumputer data base is about to be hacked...

2:10 pm

HarryHood

DONE

2:10 pm

wvteach

the web site that tells about is labelled "URBAN LEGENDS"

2:10 pm

HarryHood

bye!!!

2:11 pm

crosshair

do you have link with more details?

2:12 pm

crosshair

cause this sounds like vapour panic atm.we have heard nothing about all cell phone numbers being hacked

2:13 pm

gapeach

Crossy, I called my friend in KY and she said that they (telemarketers) have already been calling her. I gave her the number to call to block telemarketers.

2:14 pm

wvteach

http://www.snopes.com/politics/busines
s/cell411.asp

2:14 pm

crosshair

ahhh! telemarketers....up here gapeach we have a provincial wide do not call list we can get our names on

2:14 pm

gapeach

I really don't know if it is "vapor panic" or not, crossy.....that's up to you to decide.

2:14 pm

crosshair

you give it 3 months and if they bug you again they can be charged

2:15 pm

uusue2

hi, all!

2:15 pm

uusue2

I have 10 words so far :-)

2:15 pm

crosshair

though official govt charities are still allowed to cold call

2:15 pm

crosshair

howdy sue

2:15 pm

uusue2

hi, crossy!

2:15 pm

crosshair

god bless the do not call list:))

2:17 pm

crosshair

i just misunderstood,for a second i though it was all about accounts being corrupted..my bad

2:18 pm

uusue2

have never had telemarketers calling my cell phone...

2:18 pm

crosshair

no,sue,my cell stays pretty free of that anyways,i just set up the do not call for our land line

2:19 pm

crosshair

and the land lines days are numbered anyways

2:19 pm

uusue2

I did too but the politicians still get through - they are exempt

2:19 pm

uusue2

and I would give up my landline if my cell phone had better reception in my house

2:20 pm

crosshair

my cell is nice and stong,been debating tossing the landline and augmenting the cell phone with voip

2:21 pm

uusue2

well, my "landline" actually is VOIP with my cable provider

2:21 pm

crosshair

ahh cool

2:22 pm

uusue2

I pay about US$50 per month for unlimited local and long distance (within the US)

2:23 pm

uusue2

btw, crossy, you had better watch out - I am renewing my passport so will be able to drop in on you in another couple of months :-)

2:25 pm

hootowl

Ok - just came from snopes. According to them cell phones have always been banned from telemarketers and they should be reported. This is for US don't know about Canada.

2:25 pm

uusue2

good to know, hoot!

2:25 pm

hootowl

hi sue yw

2:26 pm

hootowl

The problem is mostly from the ones who machine dial. They just run thru numbers til one answers. I keep mine off 99% of the time

2:27 pm

wvteach

the federal law bans the use of autodialers to cell phone numbers

2:28 pm

hootowl

I bought it originally to get away from AT&T in NY and have had it ever since. Just a phone w/a few games but it comes in handy when I need it

2:28 pm

hootowl

But how does the autodialer know? and why would the telemarketer vcare?

2:28 pm

uusue2

I got mine for traveling but have VOIP to get away from Verizon :-)

2:29 pm

uusue2

Cell phones have different prefixes (the three numbers after the area code)

2:29 pm

crosshair

i am debating skype acct

2:30 pm

uusue2

haven

2:30 pm

uusue2

oop

2:30 pm

uusue2

haven't tried skype although I might when we travel overseas this winter

2:30 pm

crosshair

i have never gotten a cell telemarketer,but you do have to watch for text phishing

2:31 pm

crosshair

my son got into trouble that way not long ago

2:31 pm

hootowl

Mine is a Tracfone - pre-paid. Costs tops &110 per year. No pics. Never had trouble w/reception anywhere

2:31 pm

uusue2

I never give my cell number to any online service

2:31 pm

uusue2

except ones that I am really familiar with, such as airlines for flight alerts

2:31 pm

uusue2

tried a prepaid phone with my son for a while but it was cheaper to put him on my family plan

2:31 pm

uusue2

of course he texts nonstop...

2:32 pm

hootowl

No text either - just a phone

2:33 pm

hootowl

ok - dryer to empty & refill - bbs

2:34 pm

uusue2

bye, hoot!

2:34 pm

uusue2

of course now we all have smart phones - like tiny tablet computers - I love mine but it is not cheap

2:35 pm

crosshair

smart phone are too expensive for crossy..well not the phone itself,but up here they kill us with the data packages

2:35 pm

crosshair

for get 5 gig data here will run you 100 a month

2:36 pm

crosshair

we do not have unlimimited ata like the states..you guys are lucky

2:36 pm

uusue2

here too although I get 2 gig for $20/month, then an extra $10 for every gig on top of that

2:36 pm

crosshair

data*

2:36 pm

uusue2

unlimited doesn't exist here any more either except for a few carriers, and most of those slow the speed way down if you go over 2 GB

2:37 pm

uusue2

I need to look at international data rates and call roaming before we travel this winter - otherwise could get REALLY expensive if we don't change our habits!

2:37 pm

crosshair

that is why we canot enjoy netflix,i am using the mid level internet package here with rogers..it is good for 60 gig a month and runs 50 bucks..but if i stream movies,i can likk that off in 3 days

2:38 pm

crosshair

kill

2:38 pm

uusue2

I liked likk better :-)

2:38 pm

crosshair

lol

2:40 pm

crosshair

we have a triad of super providers that kill all other cpmpetition

2:40 pm

crosshair

and they keep the data packages sky high

2:40 pm

crosshair

rogers,verizon and bell canada

2:41 pm

crosshair

your at&t stops right at the border

2:42 pm

hootowl

consider yourself lucky - AT&T is the devil incarnate!

2:43 pm

crosshair

lol,then rogers is its brother

2:43 pm

crosshair

twins

2:43 pm

crosshair

lol

2:43 pm

gapeach

I agree, hootowl.

2:43 pm

jillibus

I've been getting a flood of telemarketing lately although I'm on the no-call list. But besides politicians being allowed, so are researchers (I checked) and that's the gimmick these nuisances are using now -- they say they're conducting a survey. I hang up, but recently saw a suggestion from Andy Rooney (supposedly) to just leave the phone off the hook until you get the beep beep beep. This apparently ties up the telemarketers' lines and tey take you off their list. I'll have to check that with snopes, though.

2:43 pm

hootowl

ty

2:44 pm

hootowl

When AT&T moved here I warned BF but he liked the idea of wireless and cheaper price.

2:45 pm

crosshair

lol jilli,once i had the telemarketer go throiugh the whole speech,then i began to inquire if i could call them at home and ask what they were wearing right now..never heard from them again

2:45 pm

hootowl

WE had it pulled inside 3 months. THAT's when we found out the BBU they installed was paid by us! And it's made for a cmp so useless in house

2:46 pm

hootowl

I think half our neighborhood tried it. Most of them ditched it too

2:46 pm

uusue2

I just hang up as fast as possible - it's not the caller's fault, they are just people trying to make a living and have to do what they are told (most of them have a script that they must follow).

2:46 pm

hootowl

I have to assume they all have these stupid BBUs sitting in their houses too

2:46 pm

uusue2

anyway time for university council meeting, must go! see you all later!

2:47 pm

hootowl

sue - a lot are trying to make a living but a lot more are just vultures!

2:47 pm

hootowl

lagging here - school must be out

2:48 pm

jillibus

oops -- just checked snopes -- the Andy Rooney stuff is false -- see http://www.snopes.com/politics/busines
s/telemarket.asp

2:48 pm

hootowl

saw that

2:50 pm

uusue2

even the vultures are hiring people at minimum wage to make their calls - I feel sorry for them

2:50 pm

uusue2

and I am gone! bbl!

2:52 pm

hootowl

bye

3:07 pm

hootowl

Is anyone here?

3:08 pm

hootowl

ok bbl bye

3:09 pm

stidmama

bye hoot....

3:09 pm

stidmama

i am here-ish

3:17 pm

stidmama

and now I am gone-ish... *poof*

3:34 pm

periwinkle

hi all, did I miss stidmama?

3:34 pm

periwinkle

I made a black bean and avocado saldad for lunch today. it was delish.

3:34 pm

periwinkle

did everyon go away?

3:34 pm

bethn

sounds gooood peri

3:35 pm

periwinkle

I can post the recipe in my profile if you would like beth.

3:36 pm

bethn

please do :)

3:36 pm

periwinkle

ok, will do it later today :)

3:36 pm

bethn

thanks!

3:38 pm

JaxH

Does anyone have any clues for the 2 ar6's please

3:39 pm

bethn

one is ar+ 7 deadly ***s + vowel

3:40 pm

JaxH

Thanks bethn

3:40 pm

bethn

yvw :)

3:42 pm

bethn

the other is ar+sh4

3:43 pm

JaxH

Got it and fireworks. Thanks

3:43 pm

bethn

whoo hoo Jax!

3:44 pm

HelenaB

can someone help with the 2 an 6?

3:45 pm

bethn

one sounds like licorice like

3:45 pm

HelenaB

i have the 4-letter licorice-y one...

3:45 pm

bethn

the other sounds like a garden elf in the diminutive form

3:46 pm

bethn

so make it adj like cycle adj is cyclic

3:46 pm

HelenaB

oooh, got that one, thaks!

3:46 pm

HelenaB

got both! thanks

3:46 pm

bethn

yvw :)

3:49 pm

periwinkle

18 left, bbs

3:51 pm

bethn

see you later peri

3:52 pm

bethn

fireworks for me! anyone need clues before i leave?

3:54 pm

bethn

im off then poof

4:13 pm

HelenaB

anyone have the in8?

4:15 pm

crosshair

In plus sticky black roofing stuff plus mexican for yes plus vowel

4:16 pm

crosshair

Lol sorry on tablet

4:17 pm

HelenaB

ty cross

4:18 pm

crosshair

Np:)

4:42 pm

bichon

an 6 that sounds like a garden elf?

4:45 pm

crosshair

sounds exactly like the new japanese animation the ones they do with the big boobs and eyes

4:45 pm

crosshair

but diff vowel in middle

4:46 pm

crosshair

i think that is the one you want,i have a pair of an 6/21,s

4:50 pm

crosshair

the other is an + vowel+ dog command for attack

4:54 pm

crosshair

and i must really stop talking to myself:/

4:55 pm

uusue2

hi, crossy, you can talk to me :-)

4:55 pm

uusue2

I am back from my meeting...

4:55 pm

crosshair

suze!

4:55 pm

crosshair

:))

4:55 pm

bichon

ty crossy

4:55 pm

crosshair

np bichon

4:56 pm

movieman

the no7 plz

4:57 pm

sadie52

Hello Everyone :)

4:57 pm

crosshair

fr for black+ i am peck***

4:57 pm

crosshair

howdy sadie

4:57 pm

uusue2

that is a very strange word.

4:58 pm

crosshair

tis indeed

4:58 pm

bichon

It's Wed., I must be no*****

4:58 pm

crosshair

i have all the biggies but am choking on all the babblets:(

4:59 pm

Good Enough

hey peeps

4:59 pm

crosshair

howdy GE

4:59 pm

sadie52

howdy crosshair

4:59 pm

sadie52

hiya Good Enough

5:00 pm

uusue2

hi, GE, bichon, movieman, sadie!

5:00 pm

sadie52

hiya uusue

5:02 pm

uusue2

I am missing the I and the O in the 3rd row for nbt

5:02 pm

uusue2

and the 9 for nbs

5:03 pm

crosshair

the 9 is me9= someone who writes your history

5:03 pm

crosshair

and extension of the me6/24

5:03 pm

Good Enough

well my eldest comes home for her first visit from college tonight. i'm really excited to see her but afraid of the whole shift in family dynamics with her hime this weekend.

5:04 pm

uusue2

thx, crossy!

5:04 pm

Good Enough

*home

5:04 pm

uusue2

I have a student who is writing a biography of me for his English class - feels a little weird

5:04 pm

uusue2

that will be fun, GE! I'm sure you will have a wonderful visit.

5:04 pm

Good Enough

is he doing extensive interviews *wink wink*

5:05 pm

crosshair

do not worry GE all the dirty laundry that comes home with her,will make it all feel like old times:)))

5:05 pm

crosshair

here mom,brought a few bits of clothing homw to wash lol

5:05 pm

uusue2

just one - I signed up to be a mentor for an incoming freshman, and he is my mentee (if that is a word) - he wants to be a physics major but is a little behind in math so it is going to take him an extra year

5:05 pm

crosshair

home

5:06 pm

Good Enough

yeah i hope it will be fun. wants to go to a late movie tonight and stay home friday to watch the hawks game as a family!

5:06 pm

crosshair

yaaa for sue being a mentor!!

5:06 pm

uusue2

oh gosh, crossy, I remember when my cousin went to college, back in 1964 (or so) - he used to MAIL his laundry home so his mom could do it and then mail it back to him - there was even a service that provided boxes for this

5:07 pm

Angelsong

hi, all.anyonr hsbr s vlur got no7?

5:07 pm

Angelsong

let's try again. anyone have a clue forno7?

5:07 pm

Good Enough

i thought it was funny she was doing laundry Monday night but maybe she was just sh**ting me to throw me off

5:08 pm

uusue2

no7 = french word for black + ending that means "sort of similar" - it is a weird combination

5:09 pm

Boobear

Hi all

5:09 pm

uusue2

hi, boo!

5:10 pm

Good Enough

perhaps the "best" part of the weekend will be visiting my parents. my mother is sick and we are trying to get in some family pictures before the inevitable happens

5:10 pm

Boobear

Hi Sue..can someone clue the an6

5:11 pm

Angelsong

a good way to think off the no7: Someone who does not celebrate St.Paddys' day is...

5:11 pm

Good Enough

ahh good one angel!

5:14 pm

Kaplan the Magne

funny, you don't look mewish.

5:14 pm

Kaplan the Magne

No***** need apply?

5:15 pm

Boobear

How about norish

5:16 pm

uusue2

that is very close, boo!

5:16 pm

uusue2

and hi, kap!

5:16 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Hi!

5:17 pm

Angelsong

has there been any update on Lickety's progress?

5:18 pm

uusue2

no but mrp has put the clues up today!!! She is quite a woman!!!

5:18 pm

Boobear

I don't know

5:19 pm

Boobear

What is wrong with him?

5:19 pm

Angelsong

Boonear, he is hospitalized for mental health and possibly other issues.

5:20 pm

Boobear

Oh my gosh..

5:20 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I knew there was something but I didn't know what had happened.

5:21 pm

uusue2

may be addiction problems as well, she did not go into great detail

5:22 pm

IndiaJan

he would probably prefer us to not speculate..

5:22 pm

Boobear

Wow..he has had Aloy going on in his life

5:22 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Good point...

5:22 pm

Boobear

Oops alot

5:23 pm

uusue2

gotta love that autocorrect, boo :-)

5:24 pm

Boobear

Lol

5:24 pm

uusue2

anyway thanks to the list I now have nbt, and thanks to the chat I have nbs!

5:24 pm

uusue2

maybe I should write more lectures....

5:25 pm

Boobear

I didn't want Aloy to think that I was talking about her

5:26 pm

uusue2

you will all laugh, but I am now writing about white dwarfs and electron degeneracy pressure

5:29 pm

Good Enough

sue you make my brain hurt

5:30 pm

uusue2

imagine how my students feel :-)

5:30 pm

Good Enough

i don't know why but i think i will go straighten the house before emily gets home

5:31 pm

uusue2

nice idea. Take care, and have a great time with her!

5:33 pm

sciencegeek

finally done!

5:33 pm

sciencegeek

hope all of you are well!

5:33 pm

uusue2

hi, science!

5:38 pm

Boobear

Clue for the other an6 please

5:43 pm

uusue2

it builds off the licorice word, boo

5:46 pm

periwinkle

last ta618 pls

5:47 pm

uusue2

I have one that starts with the plural road stuff and then adds two vowels

5:50 pm

jillibus

hi all -- last word -- wi5/20 -- clue please?

5:51 pm

periwinkle

ty sue

5:51 pm

uusue2

add a vowel to the thing you do "upon a star"

5:52 pm

jillibus

ty ty sue -- fireworks!

5:54 pm

jillibus

I'm glad to see it has no def here -- but Merriam-Webster says it's an Irish expression of surprise. I should know that?

5:55 pm

uusue2

yw, jilli!

5:56 pm

jillibus

Just going to go outside for a breath of fresh air -- then back here to clue if needed

5:56 pm

uusue2

and thanks to you and peri for pointing out the existence of these words - I am far from listing but my monkeys found them for you :-)

6:00 pm

Jellen

Hello...

6:00 pm

m9f9l

hey all. 4 left. all sh..

6:01 pm

Jellen

Go m9!

6:01 pm

stidmama

Hey all! I am teaching all day tomorrow in my neighborhood school again. While i don't like that my friend is ill, I love that she is comfortable calling me!

6:01 pm

stidmama

Go m go!

6:01 pm

Jellen

Good for you, stid!

6:02 pm

m9f9l

thanks Jellen! aw stid, the sweet with the bitter.

6:02 pm

stidmama

Yep, I am lucky. Did you get those pants you saw pnline yestedrday, jellen?

6:02 pm

stidmama

How are you m? Are you going to be able to replace your camera?

6:03 pm

m9f9l

2..

6:03 pm

Jellen

I bought two pairs of slacks yesterday...one style, two colors...

6:03 pm

uusue2

hi, jellen, m9, and stid!

6:04 pm

stidmama

Hey sue!

6:04 pm

stidmama

Good for you, jellen!

6:04 pm

uusue2

I see you are having fun teaching, stid!

6:04 pm

m9f9l

well stid, I remembered that I got that camera (a300) to replace my a100 that had a screw loose inside (seemed better to just get a "new" used one rather than spring for repair). That a100 is still kind of usable.. just can't switch lenses often.

6:05 pm

Jellen

I met with the department chair today. I will definitely be teaching at least one evening class.

6:05 pm

m9f9l

and the all purpose lens with macro that I'd pretty much been shooting all the time with I can replace used for about 40 bucks

6:05 pm

m9f9l

bummed to go back to the a100, but WAY better than it could be.

6:06 pm

periwinkle

hi all, recipe for black bean and avocado salad is in my profile. I made it today and it was delish. Hope you like it too.

6:06 pm

stidmama

Well, that's something at least, m. I hope the camera that was stolen gives the criminal no end of mischief.

6:06 pm

m9f9l

love black beans.. love avacados.. so it's probably nummy!

6:06 pm

stidmama

That is so nifty, jellen. I envy you!

6:06 pm

stidmama

Hey peri

6:07 pm

Jellen

Hi, peri

6:07 pm

stidmama

I just love doing what i am doing, sue! Someday will be glad to have a classroom of my own, but so happy for now that i can take days off when i need.

6:07 pm

m9f9l

what will the class be Jell?

6:07 pm

uusue2

very nice, stid!

6:08 pm

Jellen

English Composition I

6:08 pm

periwinkle

fireworks, going now, have fun with your class stiddy. bye for now

6:08 pm

m9f9l

oh fun!

6:08 pm

m9f9l

bye peri!

6:08 pm

m9f9l

congrats

6:08 pm

stidmama

Okay, i need to leave the cozy coffee shop and get the stidkid from his activity. YAY peri!

6:08 pm

Jellen

Hooray for peri!

6:08 pm

stidmama

See you-all later!

6:09 pm

stidmama

*poof*

6:09 pm

m9f9l

fw

6:09 pm

Jellen

Congrats, m9!

6:09 pm

uusue2

yay, peri and m9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6:09 pm

m9f9l

Last word was Joe Sh** LOL

6:11 pm

Jellen

Thanks, didn't have him yet...

6:14 pm

crosshair

back again;) had to get the yorkie pudding in da oven;))

6:14 pm

Jellen

Hey, crossy...

6:14 pm

crosshair

howdy jellen:))

6:18 pm

crosshair

so many 4 letter babblets in this grid;((

6:20 pm

jillibus

back as promised -- missed stid, of course :-(

6:20 pm

jillibus

Andy clues needed?

6:20 pm

jillibus

*Any

6:21 pm

jillibus

I found this grid nicer than most

6:22 pm

Jellen

Where can I find a functional brain to use?

6:24 pm

jillibus

At the top of your head, jellen, lol!

6:24 pm

Jellen

Oh, jilli, mine is not functional... :-P

6:26 pm

crosshair

mine is under renovation:/

6:38 pm

jillibus

mine is asleep

6:39 pm

jillibus

I'm going to hunt up the next icon theme -- Zeppelins

6:40 pm

crosshair

you are going to see a lot of album covers i am thinking:)

6:48 pm

crosshair

three more w,s..three more w,s.... head desk..head desk..

6:56 pm

jillibus

No Led ones for this kid.

6:57 pm

crosshair

crossy holds up a zippo,flashes the peace sign and digs out his zeppelin #4 record

7:06 pm

jillibus

Zeppelin icon posted <giggle>

7:06 pm

crosshair

i love it..steampunk zepp

7:07 pm

jillibus

:-)

7:07 pm

crosshair

wi 5/20 please

7:08 pm

jillibus

wi5/20 -- what you do upon a star + vowel (it was my last word)

7:08 pm

jillibus

and sue gave that clue

7:09 pm

jillibus

brb

7:10 pm

crosshair

ty sue and jilli

7:16 pm

jillibus

any more clues needed or can I check my email?

7:17 pm

Bugsaw

just want to say HI jilli!

7:18 pm

jillibus

Hi bugs! How are things going?

7:18 pm

stidmama

hey jill! hey bugs!!! hey cross!!!

7:18 pm

jillibus

Well hello stid -- I just missed you before.

7:18 pm

Bugsaw

this is a tough year. Our schools need more money and smaller classes!

7:18 pm

stidmama

hey all!!! I am subbing tomorrow ALL DAY for my friend. *happy mama look*

*bounce bounce bounce*

7:19 pm

crosshair

howdy stidmama:))

7:19 pm

Bugsaw

stid!! happy sub day stid

7:19 pm

stidmama

oh bugs, sorry to hear you are in the same boat as our schools. I keep hoping your situation would be better than ours.

7:19 pm

jillibus

So glad you're doing what you love, stid

7:19 pm

Bugsaw

hey croosy

7:20 pm

stidmama

bugs, I LOVE that book. I was given a copy when I was about 14, by an elderly neighbor-friend.

7:20 pm

crosshair

tough in schools here as well it seems,they make the kids pay for everything but the air in the classrooms these days.no paper,pencils..nothing,they have to bring pack all refuse from the lunch they bring in back home again

7:20 pm

mrpresident

morning all

7:20 pm

Bugsaw

I used to love what I do but this last year was tough and this one will definately be my last

7:20 pm

stidmama

me too jill -- after all those years of excruciating struggle, it would have been awful to find out I didn't enjoy it.

7:21 pm

stidmama

((((mrp)))) happy to see you here when I am awake!

7:21 pm

jillibus

I thought you had said something about retiring, bugs...

7:21 pm

crosshair

(((MRP)))

7:21 pm

jillibus

hello mep -- thanks so much for the list -- it makes SUCH a differnce!

7:21 pm

Bugsaw

and those kids who don't bring supplies from home use mine crossy. I wish I could claim them all as dependents on my income tax.

7:22 pm

stidmama

bugs is MUCH to young to retire! *shocked mama look*

7:22 pm

Bugsaw

I still want to but the government is being VERY slow about sending the forms I need before I can apply

7:22 pm

crosshair

lol,at least we do not have to buy the sesks they sit at..well not directly anyways

7:22 pm

mrpresident

**hugs** my list is your list

7:22 pm

crosshair

desks

7:22 pm

stidmama

LOL bugs!

7:23 pm

jillibus

mrp -- you disappeared last night in mid-conversation -- what happened?

7:23 pm

mrpresident

(((crossy))) was looking for you on FB, don't wanna intrude though, so will ask if you are available in about half hour for a quick chat??

7:23 pm

Bugsaw

I used to believe that stid, but I can't help all the kids who need help and you can't help those who don't want help so I just feel frustrated every day. Which needy kids do I ignore today? is not the question I should have each class.

7:23 pm

crosshair

ill fire up fb right now mrp

7:23 pm

crosshair

or how about msn?

7:24 pm

mrpresident

jilli, i was dealing with too much last night, had my son come to me and tried not to cry.

7:24 pm

crosshair

your choice my dear

7:24 pm

mrpresident

i don't have msn crossy, sorry

7:24 pm

crosshair

kk fb coming up

7:25 pm

stidmama

oh bugs, I know that feeling. My experience last autumn was just like that. (((hugs))) I ended up helping the kid in front of me, and trying to get every kid in front of me a couple times a week...

7:25 pm

jillibus

oh, mrp, that's so understandable.

7:25 pm

periwinkle

mrp thanks so much for the list

7:25 pm

mrpresident

and you think i can remember my yahoo chat or how to even get to it? ha! my computer is going in for repair today so i should have MY STUFF back

7:25 pm

stidmama

(((mrp))) (((cross))) I am heading out soon. see you-all again later I hope.

7:25 pm

stidgmere

Hi, just starting and Murphy needs me to sit with him. So, by.

7:25 pm

stidmama

hello Mother, goodbye Mother.

7:25 pm

mrpresident

***peri*** thanks hun... enjoying playing to distraction with you btw :)

7:26 pm

jillibus

hi and bye gmere -- it's been ages!

7:26 pm

mrpresident

***stid*** have a good day/night darling

7:26 pm

stidmama

have to check the water for the noodles. brb

7:27 pm

mrpresident

bbs, gonna chat with crossy for a bit :)

7:27 pm

periwinkle

mrp I started a lexulous game with you ages ago, do you want to play. if so it is your turn. if not I will understand

7:27 pm

periwinkle

I do miss Scramble tho.

7:28 pm

jillibus

I wonder who rules the roost in stidgmere's house...

7:28 pm

periwinkle

was it mentioned already that Steve Jobs, co founder of Apple has died?

7:28 pm

jillibus

Don't mention Lexulous -- it gives me a guilty conscience

7:29 pm

jillibus

Oh no! Had NOT heard about Steve Jobs. How very sad.

7:29 pm

periwinkle

I much prefer Words with Friends, the colors and grid are easier to see

7:29 pm

periwinkle

yes, jilli. pancreatic cancer. he was only 56

7:29 pm

SeaSpray

Such a great loss and so young

7:29 pm

Jellen

p[-----------.

7:30 pm

stidmama

jill -- MURPHY rules the roost! (of course)

7:30 pm

Jellen

So sorry...cat on keyboard...

7:30 pm

periwinkle

recipe for Black Bean and Avocado Salad in my profile if anyone is interested

7:30 pm

jillibus

well, stid, that was kinda obvious, lol!

7:30 pm

stidmama

yes, we just learned about Jobs when I turned on the news. He made a huge impact in the tech world.

7:30 pm

stidmama

mmmm. peri, you are my FAVORITE flower!

7:31 pm

periwinkle

:-) is that something you could eat, stiddy?

7:31 pm

jillibus

Steve Jobs, Jack Layton -- at their pinnacles and pushed off too soon.

7:32 pm

periwinkle

I made cauliflower and mushroom soup the other day. it was good but I will not make it again. it looked much prettier in the picture. and no one else ate. no one else ate the saldad either but I did not care

7:33 pm

stidmama

yes peri, and I have printed the recipe out already! Will try to find avocado this weekend (have to go into town for that)

7:34 pm

herinfernallady

HI.

7:34 pm

herinfernallady

Mushrooms in soup do not work. No idea why. Neither does broccili

7:34 pm

stidmama

hey lady!

7:35 pm

herinfernallady

Howdy

7:37 pm

BzznBea

Back for the last 10...T's and W's.

7:37 pm

jillibus

I just had a shrimp and avocado wrap for lunch -- added lime juice, green onions, parsley, Old Bay seasoning, mayo, in a fajita size sprouted wheat tortilla. Nice.

7:37 pm

herinfernallady

I found all but 21 from my brain but I guess that what is left is bablets

7:37 pm

periwinkle

sounds delish jilli

7:38 pm

jillibus

Herin -- how far from Melbourne is Kew -- or is it a suburb?

7:39 pm

crosshair

i MUST visit melbourne some day since they did not ask me to use my name hehe.i better get hotel rooms and food for 50% off;)

7:39 pm

herinfernallady

It is about 15 - 30 min away from Melbourne CBD

7:39 pm

jillibus

I've had some delish broccoli/cheese soups.

7:40 pm

herinfernallady

I had broccoli soup and I loved it. Himself said it smelt like fart

7:40 pm

jillibus

Herin, I may be going there with my son in March.

7:40 pm

jillibus

what is CBD?

7:41 pm

herinfernallady

Central business District

7:41 pm

crosshair

mmm crossy love broccoli soup;)

7:43 pm

herinfernallady

I used to live in Kew

7:47 pm

periwinkle

cu all tomorrow

7:48 pm

herinfernallady

Night Peri

7:52 pm

Dorens

i would like one of those shrimp/avocado wraps jilli

7:56 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Dorens

7:57 pm

Dorens

hi herin, how goes it?

7:57 pm

herinfernallady

Good. Just having a chuckle at a cute goat video

7:58 pm

Dorens

goats are cute indeed

7:59 pm

herinfernallady

Dorens: http://tinyurl.com/3ssx48g

8:02 pm

Dorens

thanks herin... fireworks and i'm outa here!!

8:02 pm

herinfernallady

Byes

8:04 pm

crosshair

testing

8:04 pm

herinfernallady

Yes?

8:04 pm

crosshair

tc herin

8:04 pm

crosshair

just my isp has the hiccups tonight is all

8:04 pm

herinfernallady

damn

8:08 pm

regis

clue for no7 please

8:09 pm

herinfernallady

Sorry Regis i don't have it

8:09 pm

regis

got it thanks

8:12 pm

herinfernallady

So did I thanks

8:30 pm

kje

what do the 8 and 9 start with

8:31 pm

crosshair

duh! fish me ra 6/18 is one i should of seen before listing

8:31 pm

crosshair

me 9/44

8:31 pm

herinfernallady

IN 8 Me 9

8:31 pm

kje

ok

8:31 pm

crosshair

and in 8/40

8:32 pm

crosshair

lol ty herin,could not find my 8 for a second

8:32 pm

kje

yuck

8:32 pm

herinfernallady

The 9 is easy

8:33 pm

crosshair

yes,extend on the me6

8:34 pm

herinfernallady

it was one of my phantoms but I had misspelled it

8:35 pm

kje

nope - blank

8:35 pm

crosshair

a person who writes your diary for you

8:35 pm

crosshair

or your history

8:36 pm

kje

ah

8:36 pm

kje

ty

8:36 pm

kje

i was sure it would start with the me4 - half way

8:36 pm

herinfernallady

and I need to go and do boring things

8:36 pm

herinfernallady

Later kidlets

8:36 pm

kje

bye

8:36 pm

crosshair

tc herin

8:37 pm

kje

i need food... maybe that will help

8:37 pm

herinfernallady

Yes coffee

8:37 pm

crosshair

staff of life..that and cheese fondue orgies

8:37 pm

DR1965

I need dinner

8:37 pm

DR1965

and HI all

8:37 pm

kje

too late here for coffee

8:37 pm

kje

hi dr

8:37 pm

DR1965

Hi KJE

8:38 pm

crosshair

howdy dr1965

8:38 pm

DR1965

Hi Crossy!

8:43 pm

mab

Steve Jobs has died.

8:44 pm

DR1965

w's done

8:44 pm

DR1965

Hi MAB

8:44 pm

shdybr8

hmm, how cheerful, obtw, hi all

8:45 pm

DR1965

Hi Shdy

8:45 pm

shdybr8

hi doc, how have you been?

8:46 pm

DR1965

I am doing ok... just very busy with life- how are you

8:47 pm

shdybr8

kind of the same, i suppose, I have no complaints, just busy with the whole living thing :)

8:48 pm

crosshair

yea i had hear mab,his company issued a statement in the last hour or so on it

8:48 pm

DR1965

good to hear Shdy! Beats the alternative

8:49 pm

lbdawger

hi everyone! (((SHDY))) (((DR)))

8:49 pm

shdybr8

hey, crossy, nice to see you. I agree, doc, it's nice to be in ano drama moment, or month

8:49 pm

crosshair

howdy lbd

8:49 pm

DR1965

Hi Dawger ((HUGS))

8:49 pm

lbdawger

hiya Crossy!!

8:50 pm

crosshair

howdy shdybr:)

8:50 pm

shdybr8

nuh uh, dawg? hey

8:50 pm

lbdawger

how ya doin' shdy? long time since

8:50 pm

shdybr8

good lord, it's like a reunion, for me!

8:51 pm

DR1965

: )

8:51 pm

shdybr8

doing great lbd, how about you?

8:51 pm

lbdawger

unemployed, but doing okay

8:51 pm

shdybr8

drat, end in sight?

8:52 pm

shdybr8

while waiting for dawg, big hug for crossy

8:53 pm

lbdawger

well, i should say i'm underemployed. only have my part-time teaching assignment...3 more weeks of that then nada

8:54 pm

lbdawger

i'm sure something will come along. just have to keep looking and applying. it's the pits to be over qualified for a lot of the jobs, not to mention age

8:55 pm

shdybr8

the whole budget reassignment concept doesn't work. I am at LSU, bombarded by budget cuts, but they want toccut the people who do the mostt.

8:55 pm

DR1965

yes it is dawger

8:55 pm

lbdawger

of course, cut the base of the tree not the top! doh

8:55 pm

shdybr8

clearly I should be cut first, just based on typing skills

8:56 pm

lbdawger

well, they didn't hire you for your typing skills. ;)

8:56 pm

CadFan

Good evening everyone

8:56 pm

kje

hola

8:56 pm

lbdawger

Hiya Cadfan!!

8:56 pm

lbdawger

hi kje

8:56 pm

DR1965

Hi Cadfan

8:57 pm

shdybr8

no, they hired me for what I'm not "qualified" for. I don't have enough letters after my name. Even though I tutor all of their students to get them to where they understand.

8:58 pm

kje

I want a new one next time i see you lbd!

8:58 pm

kje

must run... FW... gn

8:58 pm

lbdawger

amazing, huh. higher education living in the dark ages in many ways

8:59 pm

lbdawger

okay, KJE. whoooo hooooo! gn

8:59 pm

DR1965

gn KJE

8:59 pm

shdybr8

My boss has been encouraging me to pursue a phd in education, apparently there is a need for educators with a strong background in statistics. Really thinking about doing it

9:00 pm

lbdawger

you'd be good at it!

9:00 pm

CadFan

Might be true - but most public universities have hiring freezes - we need more faculty - but cannot hire...

9:01 pm

DR1965

off to find some dinner- good to see everyone

9:02 pm

lbdawger

enjoy dinner, DR

9:02 pm

shdybr8

we have a freeze, have had so for 3 or 4 years, but there is no freeze on grad students, and as an employee I pay no tuition, just fees. Almost insane not to

9:04 pm

Ouwachita

any clues for the no7 and the sh5/22 ?

9:04 pm

lbdawger

i know, Cad. adjuncts are in a demand

9:05 pm

lbdawger

no7, french black + "kinda" ending

9:05 pm

CadFan

Absolutely -

9:05 pm

Ouwachita

thanks ibdawger

9:05 pm

lbdawger

sh 5, add a consonant to the end of the 4.9

9:06 pm

shdybr8

cad, what is your field?

9:06 pm

CadFan

Yep - we have one we use all the time.. wanted to have him teach a couple courses next semester but the faculty won't listen to me - and thus waited to long to ask, he's got travel plans

9:06 pm

CadFan

I am not faculty - I'm the Adviser for an Electrical & Computer Engineering department

9:06 pm

Ouwachita

thanks got them all now

9:06 pm

lbdawger

adjuncts are cheap (comparatively speaking), usually no benefits and 1/3 of the price of regular faculty

9:06 pm

Ouwachita

anyone need a clue before I leave?

9:07 pm

lbdawger

whooo hooooo OUWACHITA!!

9:08 pm

CadFan

Yep - in this case - a retired Engineer - who doesn't need the money - but likes to teach -

9:08 pm

shdybr8

i am not faculty either, just a masters level research associate, been there 8 years, so yes, I am cheap!!

9:10 pm

lbdawger

you need your piled higher and deeper, shdy

9:10 pm

shdybr8

one of my tutoring "kids" ( i.e. grad student) told me this morning that I was the best teacher she had ever encountered, because I have been patient, and because I find a way, no matter what, to make it make sense.

9:11 pm

shdybr8

i don't have enough letters, because I haven't piled them

9:12 pm

shdybr8

whatever, i am the biggest dork ever, and my students love me

9:14 pm

CadFan

Unfortunately - part of the problem here is PhDs who don't want to teach - at least not undergraduate courses... so they don't - the "buy out" - but that limits the courses we can offer and even though there is theoretically money - we aren't allowed to use it to hire

9:14 pm

shdybr8

gotcha, lbd, bullshit, more shit, piled higher and deeper

9:16 pm

lbdawger

I love the grad student who taught my stats class. she'd laugh at us all the time, and repeat herself in as many different ways as possible, have study and review sessions too. She was the greatest!

9:17 pm

lbdawger

Interesting, Cad. Not many professors can get away with that here. They have to carry a certain number of undergrad courses as well as grad courses AND be doing research or publishing.

9:18 pm

shdybr8

love that, that's what I do for my kids, but , well, sorry, don't fall into the normal politicsw

9:19 pm

shdybr8

i am tutoring grad students, but not grad stats students. Their professor is a recent MIT grad, he doesn't remember how to tone it down

9:20 pm

CadFan

engineers are a different breed - most are only required to teach 3 courses per year...at least here

9:22 pm

shdybr8

i work in a tiny department ( look at lsu college of ag, department of experimental statistics). We are at a point where most of our faculty is going to retire soon, and budget cuts make life hell.

9:22 pm

CadFan

Gotta run - homework to do - we're headed out of town for my son's football game tomorrow night. Enjoy everyone!!

9:22 pm

lbdawger

wow, the engineers at MSU had to teach more than that, but then there aren't that many profs in that college. a lot of them are doing extensive research

9:23 pm

shdybr8

Have a blast, cad

9:23 pm

lbdawger

night, Cadfan, great chatting with you!

9:24 pm

CadFan

Game is on national tv :) ... CBS College Sports Channel - or Altitude if you are anywhere near the Mountain West

9:24 pm

shdybr8

i primarily do research, i teach one class each summer, used to teach 2, one undergrad, one grad

9:24 pm

lbdawger

OMG, what college game, cad?

9:25 pm

CadFan

CSU-Pueblo versus Colorado School of Mines

9:25 pm

lbdawger

I'd forgotten your son was in college!

9:26 pm

lbdawger

hard to believe all our littles are growed up!

9:26 pm

CadFan

He's a Senior this year - graduates in May. This is Jesse - Graham is a bit further behind ;)

9:27 pm

lbdawger

I'm so glad you're still following Jesse's progress!

9:27 pm

CadFan

Well - he is our son too - just not legally.

9:27 pm

lbdawger

what's jesse studying, other than football and girls?

9:28 pm

CadFan

LOL - Sports Marketing

9:28 pm

lbdawger

love is the binder! he's one lucky young man!

9:28 pm

CadFan

Has very steady girlfriend whom he confided in me recently.. might be "the one"

9:28 pm

lbdawger

ooooh lala!!

9:28 pm

lbdawger

is she a student too?

9:29 pm

CadFan

No kidding.... this from one of the biggest playa's around. No - she's an esthetician - someone he actually knew in High School - they reconnected via facebook late last year. She lives in Denver

9:30 pm

CadFan

seriously gotta run now ;) Night!!!

9:31 pm

lbdawger

night, Cad!

9:32 pm

lbdawger

ahh, Steve Jobs died.

9:35 pm

Shirlockc

ta6 the first?

9:40 pm

lbdawger

smashed sesame seed sause?

9:40 pm

Shirlockc

thx lbd, yummy clue

9:42 pm

stidmama

((((HUGS)))) hey all, taking a break BEFORE starting to read the student newsletter we are using tomorrow...

9:44 pm

stidmama

I love subbing for my friends, we get to actually talk about what I am supposed to do before the kids get in the door. :-D

9:48 pm

lbdawger

YAY Stiddy!!

9:49 pm

lbdawger

and i'm off for the night. see you all tomorrow!

9:49 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams LBD!

9:56 pm

dan2bit

evening all!

10:00 pm

dan2bit

can I have clues for the ar6 words?

10:05 pm

jillibus

ar and the front of your lower leg

10:05 pm

jillibus

ar + bad behaviour + zero

10:06 pm

jillibus

hi dan2bit, dad of supercutiepie.

10:06 pm

dan2bit

hi jilli and thanks!

10:06 pm

dan2bit

baby2bit loved her some ocean waves! :-)

10:06 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

mornin' all, or evenin' whatever

10:07 pm

jillibus

PBS programme about dogs -- gotta watch!

10:08 pm

dan2bit

firewords! tx jilli and cluers all

10:08 pm

jillibus

wtg dan!

10:08 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wtg dan !!! ~~~~~ !!!!!!

10:12 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hooray, my clue box is working again

10:17 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

e c h o ! ! ! !

10:20 pm

jesdraggon

howdy

10:22 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi jes!! got bored being all myself lol

10:24 pm

jesdraggon

sorry; i'd have been here sooner, but work kept me late

10:27 pm

jesdraggon

hmm. this grid is harder than i expected. or my brain is more mushy than i thought. either way.

10:28 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

no, it's hard. i went to clues and a2zwordfinder already, sooner than usual i mean

10:29 pm

jesdraggon

i've dragged out 50 of them

10:29 pm

jesdraggon

nothing big

10:30 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

only 4 words over 6 letters . . .

10:30 pm

jesdraggon

yeah, but there are 18 6 letter words and i've only found 2 of those, and none of the bigger ones.

10:31 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

yup!

10:32 pm

jesdraggon

heh. and then about 10 words fell off the w for me :)

10:34 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i'm getting stuck on little ones, not just big one. grrr

10:36 pm

jesdraggon

i'm hoping to dredge half of the words out before resorting to listing... lickety's clues up tonight?

10:37 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

yes, there are clues!

10:37 pm

jesdraggon

yay :) is lickety back, or did mrp just take over for him?

10:38 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

not sure, saw them both here yesterday, but one was using the other's account, or something like that

10:39 pm

jesdraggon

yeah, mrp was logged in as lickety

10:40 pm

jesdraggon

there's half way! :)

10:41 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oh, you go girl!

10:41 pm

jesdraggon

*curtseys*

10:41 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i'm doing much better with the list, 28 to go

10:44 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i have the 9, the 8, two 7s and nine 6s . . .

10:52 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

tmi?

10:52 pm

Uneaixoise

sh4/6 please?

10:53 pm

Uneaixoise

nm -- wouldn't take it before but did just now . . .

10:55 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

type slowly lol

10:57 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

10:58 pm

Uneaixoise

last word . . . an6 -- already have an + vowel + not well

10:58 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for either of the two mo6-24 and mo6-21

10:59 pm

Uneaixoise

got it == firewords!

11:00 pm

Uneaixoise

mo + consonant + a fighter makes his hand into a f***

11:00 pm

Uneaixoise

terrible clue LOL

11:00 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wtg you beat me by 5 words !!!!!! ~~~~~~ !!!!!!

11:01 pm

Uneaixoise

then same word but change final consonant

11:01 pm

Uneaixoise

go gwen!!

11:01 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, Unea.

11:02 pm

Uneaixoise

off to take pups out to pee -- back at the flip

11:02 pm

Uneaixoise

yw peach :-)

11:02 pm

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

11:03 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi lickety! been using the clues, TY

11:04 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

UNO

11:06 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

fireworks (she whispered)

11:13 pm

stidmama

YAY Gwen!

11:13 pm

jillibus

yay gwen!

11:13 pm

jillibus

Clues up for the next grid?

11:13 pm

gapeach

Congrats, Gwen!!!!!!

11:14 pm

stidmama

not yet, new grid hasn't happened.

11:14 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for ha4-10? Thanks

11:15 pm

jillibus

well, I see the clues are still for this grid -- mrp is a heroine.

11:16 pm

jesdraggon

sorry, wandered off. distracted by ra4ing about a client

11:16 pm

jillibus

ha4/10 -- ha + **m Beam bourbon

11:16 pm

jesdraggon

grats, gwen!

11:16 pm

gapeach

Thanks, jillibus.

11:16 pm

jillibus

yw peach

11:22 pm

stidmama

FINALLY got NBT, but had to use the list for a change. A twisty, tricky grid.

11:23 pm

jesdraggon

hi stiddy

11:24 pm

stidmama

anyway, should head to sleep. I have been trying to get to sleep earlier, though still so excited about the job tomorrow it's going to be hard to sleep.

11:24 pm

jesdraggon

sleep sweet, stiddy

11:25 pm

stidmama

(((jes))) see you tomorrow! *poof*

11:30 pm

gapeach

ta6-21 please.....thanks

11:45 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for an6-21 the 2nd? Thanks

11:46 pm

gapeach

anisch

11:46 pm

gapeach

Sorry.

11:46 pm

jesdraggon

sorry peach, i am of no use to you.

11:47 pm

gapeach

It's OK, jes. Thanks for trying.

11:48 pm

jesdraggon

still missing 31 words

11:48 pm

gapeach

Want some clues?

11:51 pm

jesdraggon

no...i need to go to bed anyway. thanks though :)

11:51 pm

jesdraggon

actually, yes. stats for the o in right column and i in second to left?

11:51 pm

jesdraggon

that'll get me nbt before bed

11:53 pm

gapeach

or + sounds like a type of chicken.

11:53 pm

gapeach

That starts with "c"

11:54 pm

jesdraggon

thanks :)

11:55 pm

gapeach

Were you able to get the or?

11:55 pm

jesdraggon

yes, thanks

11:55 pm

gapeach

yw

11:56 pm

jesdraggon

alrighty. off to bed i go. have a lovely evening :)

11:56 pm

gapeach

You too, jes.

11:57 pm

vanillaslice

flip is coming

11:57 pm

vanillaslice

so hi ev1

11:59 pm

dizgrannie

Hi Van!

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