Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, July 2, 2012

12:00 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ge-flippen

12:00 am

cosdem

te 7

12:01 am

cosdem

wet and dry are right next to each other lol

12:01 am

MLFAN17

hello

12:03 am

Book Doctor Gwen

Ws all done LOL

12:03 am

MLFAN17

RE6

12:05 am

MLFAN17

RE 6/7

12:05 am

Christine

ou7/36

12:06 am

Christine

cosdem, how are things in your area? Are the fires nearer containment?

12:06 am

MLFAN17

ou6

12:06 am

torgone

nbt

12:07 am

MLFAN17

SO6

12:07 am

cosdem

nbt.. christine, were good. its now at 55% containment

12:07 am

torgone

yare

12:07 am

torgone

oops

12:08 am

Christine

T^hank God -- keeping our fingers crossed, for you, and everyone in the area.

12:09 am

sammysmom

hi

12:09 am

MLFAN17

what are the stats for the W?

12:09 am

MLFAN17

uder

12:10 am

Christine

wo4/9

12:10 am

Book Doctor Gwen

wo4

12:10 am

MLFAN17

In case anyone is interested, i am 21 again :)

12:11 am

Christine

happy 21 ...

12:11 am

MLFAN17

Christine .. i said again i am past 21 lol

12:11 am

dizgrannie

ou 7/8...NBS

12:11 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ou7 and 8 woot

12:11 am

MLFAN17

but thanks:)

12:11 am

dizgrannie

snap Gwen

12:12 am

Christine

Ain't we all???

12:13 am

MLFAN17

for the most part yes lol

12:13 am

MLFAN17

SP6

12:14 am

MLFAN17

first column E stats please?

12:14 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ji6 and all the Js are Jumfluxed

12:14 am

dizgrannie

et 5

12:15 am

Book Doctor Gwen

TY dizgrannie and that's NBT

12:15 am

Christine

er 6/18

12:15 am

Book Doctor Gwen

and er6

12:16 am

cosdem

ou7x2 thanks for the ou7/8 nbs

12:17 am

MLFAN17

ET6

12:18 am

MLFAN17

EA6

12:19 am

MLFAN17

i was hoping this grid would be more fun

12:22 am

dizgrannie

finally NBT

12:22 am

Book Doctor Gwen

pe6

12:23 am

cosdem

wtg diz

12:23 am

MLFAN17

are the first 3 letters of the Ou 7's the same?

12:23 am

dizgrannie

ty

12:23 am

cosdem

yes

12:24 am

MLFAN17

ty cos

12:25 am

jillibus

Blame PBS. They run shows over 10 pm, which is flip time, so I miss it. This was Masterpiece Mystery, with the young Morse. Wonderful.

12:25 am

MLFAN17

ah got the OU7/8

12:25 am

jillibus

Hello all!

12:26 am

MLFAN17

hi jill

12:26 am

jillibus

Te show is called Endeavour, in case you care.

12:26 am

Christine

Happy Birthday, Canada. Neat icon, Jillibus.

12:26 am

jillibus

Hi mlf.

12:26 am

jillibus

Thank you, Christine.

12:27 am

cosdem

hi jill

12:27 am

jillibus

So what's this grid like?

12:27 am

MLFAN17

i dont like it

12:27 am

cosdem

so-so jill

12:27 am

jillibus

hi cos

12:28 am

MLFAN17

havent gotten nbt yet

12:28 am

jillibus

Looks evil at first glance.

12:28 am

sammysmom

reap

12:28 am

MLFAN17

it isnt fun at least not for me lol

12:28 am

cosdem

the ou7/8 is common word.. but keep in mind two ou7 so far

12:28 am

sammysmom

you are welcome

12:29 am

Book Doctor Gwen

tr7

12:29 am

jillibus

ty smom

12:29 am

cosdem

thanks gwen

12:29 am

MLFAN17

gwen which TR?

12:30 am

cosdem

middle col T

12:30 am

MLFAN17

ty

12:30 am

Book Doctor Gwen

'yep, middle column

12:30 am

MLFAN17

got it

12:31 am

mrpresident

Clues are up

12:31 am

jillibus

thanks, mrp

12:32 am

dizgrannie

sa 8

12:36 am

Erda

Thanks, Lickety!

12:40 am

jillibus

nbt

12:42 am

Book Doctor Gwen

finally found the other ou7

12:45 am

Christine

Seems that word is rught up your alley ...

12:46 am

Christine

**right**

12:46 am

Book Doctor Gwen

hey, i'm just a bookdealer. don't mean i actualy re* the things LOL

12:47 am

Christine

Boy, how could you not? I volunteer at the library, twice a month, and I'm my own best client.

12:48 am

Book Doctor Gwen

'well i do re* some of 'em . . . 8-)

12:48 am

Christine

good girl.

12:49 am

Book Doctor Gwen

but i have a lot of reference, songbooks, things like that, that one doesn't really re* in the regular sense

12:50 am

Christine

I understand -- but good for browsing, even if you're not searching for something in particular.

12:50 am

Book Doctor Gwen

most indeedly

12:54 am

Book Doctor Gwen

well, 42 to go, the perfect number to stop on. night y'alls

12:55 am

Christine

sleep well.

12:55 am

rastapopolous

the answer to life, the universe, and everything

1:02 am

sprite

good morning all. Hi rasta :) How many times do I have to say I love you?

1:02 am

rastapopolous

Hi sprite

1:03 am

sprite

gotta love Douglas Adams

1:03 am

cybernan

hi all - late start - been watching the fireworks :)

1:03 am

sprite

hi nan

1:03 am

rastapopolous

I'm not sure anyone else got my joke. Maybe they signed off

1:04 am

sprite

could be. And some of the Adams re6s are not awake yet.

1:08 am

godthaab

Got it!

1:08 am

rastapopolous

I'm off too, though - getting late here. Seeya all

1:08 am

sprite

hi thaab :)

1:08 am

sprite

bye rasta, good night

1:08 am

godthaab

Good morning!

1:09 am

godthaab

Hey Canada - just finishing off celebrating the Big Holiday!

1:09 am

sprite

holidays are good

1:15 am

cybernan

missing the left e and the w for nbt

1:16 am

dizgrannie

er 6, et 5, wo 4

1:16 am

sprite

hi dizgrannie

1:17 am

dizgrannie

hey sprite!

1:17 am

rururocks

ah.. found the sa8

1:17 am

sprite

thanks for the clues

1:17 am

sprite

hi ruru :)

1:17 am

rururocks

hi princess

1:18 am

cybernan

ty diz...nbt, nbs

1:18 am

sprite

:)

1:18 am

jillibus

went away for a bit and came back to see all sorts of arrivals -- hi all!

1:19 am

rururocks

hi jilli

1:19 am

cybernan

hi jill

1:19 am

sprite

hi jilli :)
Thanks ruru, got it too

1:20 am

rururocks

i had to find that one ..considering the business i'm in

1:20 am

jillibus

It's still Canada Day holiday July 2.

1:21 am

rururocks

happy Canada day jilli

1:21 am

jillibus

ty ruru for the sa8 clue -- nbt/nbs

1:22 am

jillibus

and ty for the happy

1:22 am

rururocks

:D

1:23 am

rururocks

mrs ru is stuffed

1:24 am

sprite

hehehe :)

1:24 am

jillibus

stuffed with your cooking, ru?

1:24 am

grannyrose

lucky mrs ru. himself can't touch me for another 5 weeks

1:24 am

grannyrose

hello all

1:24 am

rururocks

not THAT kind of stuffed

1:25 am

jillibus

hi granny -- how goes the leg?

1:25 am

sprite

rose! Great to see you! How are you? How is the knee and how is the pain and are you home yet?

1:25 am

sprite

roflol @ rose btw

1:25 am

jillibus

WHAT kind of stuffed, then -- I hesitate to ask

1:26 am

sprite

with food of course... *innocent eyes*

1:26 am

rururocks

I grilled shrimp and peppers and leeks and served it over rice with a lemon/garlic sauce.

1:27 am

grannyrose

still in hospital, waiting for surgeon to finish his list, then he is going to review me, and set up a new pain management program. btw, leg not looking good. very swollen, bruised and a large red patch on my shin which looks suspiciously like cellulitis. trying very hard to stay optimistic.

1:28 am

rururocks

ouch granny

1:28 am

rururocks

could be severe bruising too no?

1:29 am

grannyrose

have wept on and off all day, bit like melbourne's weather. have managed to cotinue with exercise program even so

1:29 am

rururocks

oh.. man.. I am really feeling for you granny

1:29 am

sprite

((((((((((((((rose)))))))))))))

1:29 am

jillibus

Please keep us posted and keep your hopes up, granny

1:30 am

grannyrose

ruru, he said he didn't want to see bruising below the knee, this goes all the way to the sole of my foot

1:31 am

rururocks

oh crap

1:31 am

grannyrose

btw have gmail account now. rose.mcc2@gmail

1:31 am

sprite

let's wait what he has got to say, dear rose. I am sending you love and hugs and prayers and good vibes and a truckload of angels.

1:31 am

rururocks

saved it

1:32 am

rururocks

thanks rose.. I'll write

1:32 am

cybernan

ty for the wine ruru

1:32 am

grannyrose

ah well, you know what they say, doctors and nurses make the worst patients...only i don't think they had this in mind

1:33 am

sprite

no, sounds like it didn't go perfectly. But between not perfectly and good are still some possibilities. Keep faith, dear one.

1:34 am

grannyrose

oh the surgery has been a complete success, just a few other issues...lol. what can you do, but go with the flow

1:37 am

Jivingjenny0

please could i have a clue for the sa8

1:37 am

grannyrose

ruru, if you would be so kind as to pass on gmail addy to neil for me?

1:37 am

rururocks

I will granny

1:38 am

dizgrannie

it a wine, Jiving

1:38 am

rururocks

jenny it is a sweet wine from Bordeaux sa8

1:38 am

grannyrose

thax, optusweb is such a pain

1:38 am

rururocks

Like Chateau D'Yquem

1:40 am

Jivingjenny0

thanks, had to google it as I am TT

1:41 am

rururocks

TT?

1:41 am

sprite

tee totaler

1:41 am

rururocks

oh

1:41 am

cybernan

sa 8 and fois gras...yum

1:42 am

rururocks

no longer in California nan..it's been outlawed

1:42 am

rururocks

it's illegal to serve it here

1:42 am

cybernan

heard that on the news -- my condolences

1:43 am

Jivingjenny0

I still need the n and the bottom u for nbt

1:43 am

sprite

well seeing how it is made... I can imagine. Very cruel.

1:43 am

rururocks

I know.. I only eat it once a year anyway

1:43 am

rururocks

it doesn't have to be sprite. but in some cases it is

1:43 am

sprite

na4 bookish computer geek with other vowel

1:44 am

rururocks

I'll have to liver it alone now

1:44 am

sprite

ut4 ut + same ** me

1:44 am

sprite

yeah cause they won't deliver it :P

1:44 am

Jivingjenny0

thanks sprite thought I had tried the na4

1:44 am

sprite

and hi Jjenny

1:45 am

rururocks

that was a spleendid joke sprite

1:45 am

sprite

lol yeah... happens to me a lot too. Guess we mistype or something.

1:45 am

sprite

;)

1:45 am

rururocks

sorry I was just kidneying you

1:45 am

Jivingjenny0

thanks again sprite, nbs and nbt at last

1:45 am

jillibus

oh lord

1:45 am

cybernan

geese don't have to be force fed -- livers are smaller, that is all. I can think of thousands of geese on hundreds of golf courses that would do and I think a medal could be won for getting rid of them!

1:46 am

sprite

wtg Jjenny

1:46 am

jillibus

wtg jenny

1:46 am

sprite

I wouldn't mind if they were not force-fed.

1:47 am

rururocks

lol nan

1:47 am

sprite

I should be goosed to it by now...

1:48 am

jillibus

et tu, sprite?

1:48 am

rururocks

you'd have to take a gander at them sprite

1:49 am

sprite

*grins evilly at jilli* et ego, jilli, et ego...

1:49 am

rururocks

you could geese into the conversation jilli

1:49 am

rururocks

er.. I mean ease

1:49 am

grannyrose

lol, i thought that said, i should be goosed, didn't re4 ' to it '

1:50 am

sprite

lol rose!

1:50 am

jillibus

PB, ru

1:50 am

rururocks

oh crap

1:50 am

rururocks

*heads to pb*

1:50 am

grannyrose

and i thought, sprite, goosed???? by whom?

1:51 am

sprite

roflol... rose, I wouldn't know... liver and let liver, I'd say

1:51 am

sprite

bad ruru. You can pun, but keep paying attention ;)

1:53 am

rururocks

*gooses sprite*

1:53 am

jillibus

ugh, weather forecast for tomorrow, high temp 15C (59F). I guess all the heat went to the east, poor things.

1:53 am

grannyrose

LOLOLOL, was trying very hard to not go there, ruru.

1:54 am

sprite

I saw that one coming :)

1:54 am

grannyrose

i even deleted my previously written post so as no to go there, and there you are, in your size 70 boots. * sigh *

1:54 am

sprite

not warm, but not too cold either, jilli :)

1:55 am

rururocks

it was a mallardous situation

1:55 am

sprite

<--- not used to being pinched in the butducks

1:56 am

rururocks

who says I pinched

1:56 am

rururocks

:D

1:56 am

jillibus

I'm ducking outta here

1:56 am

cybernan

135 down -- enough for tonight. See you tomorrow :)

1:56 am

rururocks

LOLOLOL

1:56 am

sprite

lol jilli :) *hugs* and sleep well

1:56 am

sprite

bye nan, sleep well too

1:57 am

grannyrose

night, jilli. sleep well, hun, see you at the flip

1:57 am

jillibus

gnight nan and all...*poof

1:58 am

grannyrose

oops, time for exercises, if you are all gone when i get back, i won't see you.so see you at the flip, and congrats on any fw's achieved

1:58 am

sprite

I think I go sling a banana at ruru's head

1:58 am

rururocks

bye granny have at it

1:58 am

grannyrose

night, nan, sleep well, hun

1:58 am

sprite

bye rose (you should have mail).
Good luck with the exercise.

1:59 am

rururocks

that sounds apeeling sprite

1:59 am

sprite

guess I aimed too yel-low

1:59 am

rururocks

you had to dole it out

2:00 am

sprite

I had fyffes when I started

2:01 am

sprite

now only one left :(

2:03 am

rururocks

what's a fyffe?

2:03 am

rururocks

what's a fyffe?

2:03 am

rururocks

what's a fyffe?

2:06 am

sprite

fyffes is a banana brand

2:06 am

rururocks

ah

2:06 am

rururocks

so is dole.

2:06 am

sprite

yeah I knew

2:06 am

rururocks

I need to head to bed.. nice to joke with you sprite. Have a great day

2:07 am

sprite

and vice versa, ruru. Sleep well :)

2:07 am

rururocks

night

2:14 am

rubyfoo

good morning

2:14 am

rubyfoo

2:14 am

rbud

ru had to split? (heehee, just one more banana joke)

2:16 am

rubyfoo

2:17 am

rbud

hi, ruby, how goes it? :)

2:17 am

rubyfoo

tired out from watching sports for umpteen hours yesterday lol

2:17 am

rubyfoo

that was a great soccer game last night

2:18 am

sprite

hi ruby :)

2:18 am

rbud

oh, the tour de France, etc.?

2:18 am

sprite

hi rbud too

2:18 am

rubyfoo

Tour and European Cup.

2:18 am

rubyfoo

<-- loves those two sports!

2:19 am

rbud

hiya sprite!

2:19 am

sprite

:D I couldn't care less, grin. But it is fun to see you enjoying them.

2:20 am

sprite

back in a minute, need my meds and wanna check on the jelly...

2:20 am

rubyfoo

and look whose pup is in the grid!

2:20 am

rbud

mmmm, jelly!

2:23 am

sprite

lol no not jelly... syrup! Will boil it again today. Yes, my sweet lil' doggy :D

2:23 am

rubyfoo

maybe it will solidify

2:24 am

rubyfoo

the currants, which didn't look promising, turned out perfectly

2:24 am

sprite

yeah we'll try. Am having a ball with it.

2:24 am

sprite

oh... you mean waiting a bit longer?

2:30 am

rubyfoo

yay, found the last j!

2:32 am

sprite

nice, I have still one missing. So you say to wait a little longer before I reboil the grape jam, ruby?

2:32 am

rubyfoo

unfortunately, I've never mae grape anything, so don't know how much natural pectin they have. I think, however, because they are basically watery, they may need to be cooked down further

2:33 am

sprite

btw... very first time someone resigned on me in Words with Friends :( He got bad letters and I was winning. I have invited him again... who knows.

2:33 am

sprite

yeah I had already added some lemon juice, because they are indeed low on pectine. Ah well, am gonna try. It is fun :D

2:33 am

rubyfoo

I hate that! Sometimes I resign in Lex (live games), when it's hopeless, but I always say so and arrange to have a re-match

2:34 am

rubyfoo

perhaps grape syrup into wine.....

2:34 am

sprite

yeah I didn't like it either. Ah well, we'll see. I know he is depressed, so maybe he couldn't bear it.

2:36 am

rubyfoo

why isn't pe5 (as in dish) not accepted?

2:37 am

sprite

glad the currants worked out. Did you make the last batch as well?

2:37 am

Christine

wouldn't it end in an i or ie?

2:38 am

sprite

it seems it is only valid together with dish.
Hi Christine, yes, it ends in i. Diagonal to the corner.

2:38 am

rubyfoo

yes, it does, and goes bottom right to top left, directly :(

2:38 am

rubyfoo

and hello, Christine

2:39 am

sprite

same as luke warm. Luke is not valid.

2:39 am

Christine

Hello ladies - I can't make that work with ie or i

2:40 am

rubyfoo

ni, it isn't accepted, very annoying

2:40 am

sprite

no it is not valid, Christine. Alas.

2:41 am

sprite

and what is wrong with eejit? I know I am one...

2:43 am

sprite

et5/6 very tour de france words, ruby :)

2:44 am

rubyfoo

yes, I am always happy to see it but isn't that et5 with a g?

2:45 am

sprite

I don't think so?

2:45 am

rubyfoo

for nbt and half, upper e in 1st column?

2:45 am

sprite

et5 practice piece for music

2:46 am

rubyfoo

ty ty!

2:46 am

sprite

yvw :)

2:46 am

rubyfoo

I never see that word

2:46 am

rubyfoo

half and nbt, now I can get dressed!

2:47 am

rubyfoo

8's will have to wait

2:47 am

sprite

good :) Have a lovely day

2:47 am

sprite

and hugs to your husband

2:47 am

rubyfoo

2:47 am

rubyfoo

see you later, Christine

3:11 am

sprite

fireflies. Bye all.

4:56 am

cool.girl

clue for the re7 40 please

4:58 am

dizgrannie

re 7/40 is a fox

4:59 am

Norma

Re another name for the fox

5:09 am

kje

gm

5:27 am

cool.girl

dont no another word for fox help please

5:29 am

cool.girl

dont no another name for fox clue please

5:29 am

kje

no help here, cool

5:30 am

cool.girl

helpppppppppppppppppp

5:35 am

kje

will help look

5:36 am

cool.girl

my messages arnt showing

5:39 am

kje

ok

5:39 am

kje

let me see if I can clue it

5:39 am

doseffing

... it's the french word for fox .. but ... re + non-metric 3 feet with a consonent inserrted into the fourth position

5:40 am

kje

re7 starts with misspelled man's name + na4/5

5:42 am

cool.girl

dont get it

5:43 am

kje

do you have the na4?

5:44 am

cool.girl

ty got it aND FINALLY YOUR MESSAGES

5:44 am

kje

yay!

5:46 am

cool.girl

i have the red7/32 ret7/32 and the fox which one re am i missing please its an re32

5:47 am

kje

2 ret7/32

5:48 am

cool.girl

clyue please

5:49 am

kje

one is records again

5:50 am

kje

he other is attempted again

5:50 am

cool.girl

thats the one ive got its the other one i need

5:51 am

cool.girl

got it thanks again to all you lovely people who always help me when im struggling

5:55 am

kje

must get ready for work - bbl

6:01 am

Scrabbler

Good day to all.

6:07 am

rubyfoo

hello everybody

6:07 am

rubyfoo

100 this AM

6:08 am

Scrabbler

Hi Ruby. 100 is how many you found or the temp there?

6:08 am

doseffing

... g''morning scrabbler ... bonjour ruby ...

6:08 am

Scrabbler

Hi Dos

6:09 am

Scrabbler

rare

6:09 am

Scrabbler

rared

6:09 am

Scrabbler

Free Clue Monday. Get 'em while they're here.

6:11 am

rubyfoo

haha, it's never been that hot here in my 15 years. Saturday was close, though, and today it's about 60

6:11 am

rubyfoo

bonjour dose

6:11 am

rubyfoo

nasty

6:11 am

doseffing

... you could tell me my sixth y or my seventh j rather than let my monkeys work their poor little fingers to the bone ... but no ... you just tell me words I've already got ... ... darn

6:12 am

rubyfoo

how about an 8?

6:12 am

Scrabbler

I didn't even notice that J. Let me work on that.

6:12 am

rubyfoo

did anybody watch the soccer last night? Spain was fabulous!

6:13 am

MollyL

sa8...kind of wine

6:13 am

Scrabbler

I have been watching US Olympic Trials--mostly swimming.

6:13 am

rubyfoo

hello molly

6:13 am

Scrabbler

Hm, not sangria.

6:13 am

rubyfoo

I never would have seen that TY

6:13 am

doseffing

... I saw a few minutes ... it looked like the Italians were playing for a 0-0 draw then go for the shootout ... ... but the Spanish scored first ...

6:14 am

MollyL

sa8 ends in a sea bird

6:14 am

rubyfoo

after Spain's second goal, the Italians collapsed into a well of tears

6:14 am

doseffing

... looks good on 'em

6:14 am

MollyL

Our little Ruby is an avid sports fan : )

6:15 am

rubyfoo

yes and Mr. Ruby isn't

6:16 am

doseffing

... and did you do any sightseeing around Belgium on your bicycle yesterday afternoon?

6:16 am

rubyfoo

on Saturday, I'd never been to Liege

6:17 am

rubyfoo

my Italian restaurant friend said that next year they will do a time trial around "our" lake, but I don't know how he knows that

6:17 am

doseffing

... one year I'll get to Europe to watch a bit of the Tour ... ...

6:18 am

doseffing

... it's on the Tour website

6:18 am

rubyfoo

it is actually better on television

6:18 am

doseffing

... the route for the 2013 race is already posted

6:18 am

rubyfoo

when you stand there, it goes by too fast

6:18 am

rubyfoo

I've had friends go up to the top of one of the high mountains and camp there.

6:18 am

doseffing

... I sure ... but somebody must wave the maple leaf for Ryder as he goes by ...

6:19 am

rubyfoo

he is the one I want to win, but I imagine that Cadel will do it again.

6:19 am

Scrabbler

Good idea, Dos.

6:20 am

rubyfoo

the commentators are trying to stir up some drama by saying that Bradley Wiggins might do it

6:20 am

doseffing

... I watched some of the Giro and saw only one Canadian flag and that was at the finish of the last day

6:20 am

rubyfoo

since Andy Schleck, the whiner, got injured

6:20 am

rubyfoo

there were evidently no Italians on the podium for the Giro, a first , I think

6:21 am

doseffing

... for the commentators I'm sure it's "anyone but Ryder" ... I'll guess because the can't say "Hesjedal" ...

6:21 am

Scrabbler

Andy is not in the Tour this year?

6:21 am

rubyfoo

I think he broke his pelvis in one of the preparatory races

6:21 am

doseffing

... it wasn't a first but I think it was the first in twenty years ...

6:21 am

rubyfoo

I can say it, just can't spell it

6:21 am

doseffing

... yeah ... Andy hurt his back ... but Frank is there

6:22 am

Scrabbler

I haven't watched the Tour yet. Gardening has been my obsession.

6:22 am

rubyfoo

I prefer Andy's brother, but Andy is the better rider

6:22 am

rubyfoo

aaah, his back!

6:22 am

rubyfoo

didn't remember

6:22 am

doseffing

... I was going to do a bunch of gardening ... but it's just too hot ...

6:23 am

rubyfoo

it's too wet here and the race coverage starts in an hour or so

6:23 am

Scrabbler

Well, I admire all of those bikers. Those races require incredible endurance.

6:23 am

Scrabbler

And mental toughness.

6:24 am

Scrabbler

I have to leave for work very soon. Maybe I will return here later. Enjoy the day.

6:24 am

rubyfoo

it is unimaginable how they can ride in the "peleton" and not be spooked by the proximity of the mob

6:24 am

doseffing

... yeah ... ... let's ride at 30 mph for 5 hours and then sprint up a really steep hill for a mile or so ... ...

6:24 am

rubyfoo

bye scrabs

6:25 am

Scrabbler

And go 60 miles an hour down a hill. I hit 29 mph last week going down a hill and almost freaked out so hit the brakes.

6:25 am

rubyfoo

today should be flat and boring, except for Cavendish

6:25 am

rubyfoo

the downhills are terrifying, even on TV

6:25 am

doseffing

...there were several moments towards the end yesterday where I couldn't figure out how they were going to get all those guys through the space they had

6:26 am

rubyfoo

and they had one crash because of some dumb spectator who stood in the road with his camera. He should have been arrested

6:27 am

rubyfoo

dose, were you watching the year that Vinokurov had the horrible crash?

6:28 am

rubyfoo

I never liked him while he was Lance's competition, but after his drug suspension and his return, and then his broken femur, I've become a fan

6:28 am

doseffing

... I can remember from about five years ago the rider lost his concentration at the top of a climb through the alps and rode off the road ... his bike went 2000 feet down the side of the mountain ... he was lucky ... he grabbed something as he started to slide and only had to climb up about 50 feet

6:29 am

rubyfoo

I remember that

6:29 am

MollyL

ONLY 50 feet? Yee gods

6:29 am

rubyfoo

were you watching the year when Lance made the "pont" when there was a crash in front of him?

6:30 am

MollyL

<---Thinks Ruby has a thing for Lance

6:30 am

doseffing

... and I remember Lance being riden off the road at a hair pin turn coming down some mountain ... and riding cross country ... almost blew the whole race and career that day

6:30 am

doseffing

... know Ruby has a thing for Lance

6:30 am

rubyfoo

most, probably 99%, of Frenchwomen hate the Tour

6:31 am

rubyfoo

that was the "pont", evidently allowable in that circumstance -- veryu interesting

6:31 am

doseffing

... wouldn't doubt it

6:31 am

doseffing

... "why are you sitting there watching those guys ride bicycles ... it's soooo boring" ...

6:32 am

rubyfoo

I got into an argument in Lexulous the other day with my opponent saying terrible things about Lance. At first I thought he/she was kidding....NOT!

6:32 am

rubyfoo

that's how my husband feels, tant pis!

6:32 am

MollyL

Ahahaha! Fisticuffs in Lexulous

6:33 am

rubyfoo

I was surprised by the heat of the comments against Lance

6:33 am

doseffing

... we'll see ... if they've got the evidence ... then it's a tragedy ... ... if not ... he should sue their asses off and double the size of the federal budget deficit

6:34 am

rubyfoo

for me, Lance is a hero. His personal life? Pffft!

6:35 am

rubyfoo

in all the time he raced, he never tested positive. He did, however, use his own blood for enhanced oxygen absorption, but only until they ruled that illegal

6:35 am

doseffing

... it's an image thing ... "you kept saying NO you didn't take the stuff and you really did" ... and he was so idolized ... it's a long way to fall

6:37 am

rubyfoo

pls forgive us, molly, for going on and on about it

6:39 am

rubyfoo

does yoour wife like the Tour, dose?

6:39 am

MollyL

No worries. This beats some of the other stuff that "goes on and on" in the chat log. *Wink*

6:39 am

doseffing

... I'm watching on the computer ... so she doesn't mind my little obsession

6:40 am

rubyfoo

husband has to retire to his study as I take over the bedroom which has the big TV

6:40 am

doseffing

... besides we've lasted 24 years with me being a Canadiens fan bleeding red, blue and white ... and her being a Leaf fan bleeding just blue and white ... ... we can survived anything

6:41 am

rubyfoo

nice, dose.

6:41 am

MollyL

<---Habs fan

6:42 am

rubyfoo

habs?

6:42 am

doseffing

... Ole ... ole ole ole

6:43 am

MollyL

I made my husband and American football fan, he made me a Habs fan. Good trade.

6:43 am

doseffing

... habs ... contraction of habitant ... the name given to the original colonists in 1608 in Quebec ...

6:43 am

rubyfoo

who/what are habs?

6:43 am

rubyfoo

aaah, who knew?

6:43 am

doseffing

... as the Canadiens are the original champions from quebec ... Les Habitant ... Habs

6:43 am

MollyL

Les Habitants

6:44 am

rubyfoo

the only hockey I've ever watched was a 3rd tier team, the Broome Dusters (in Bighamton)

6:44 am

rubyfoo

Bing*

6:45 am

rubyfoo

"everybody" went to the games because there was nothing else to do

6:45 am

doseffing

... driven through it ... nice country

6:45 am

doseffing

... a small town Canadian tradition

6:45 am

rubyfoo

actually through Binghamton?

6:45 am

rubyfoo

oh, Quebec hahah

6:46 am

doseffing

... 3000 of the 2000 people in the town will go out to support the Junior A team every game ... ... it can be like football from Texas

6:46 am

doseffing

... no New York ... down there south of Syracuse

6:47 am

rubyfoo

most people haven't even heard of it; I lived there for a long time

6:47 am

rubyfoo

bad climate, but lovely place

6:48 am

doseffing

... In my next life I'll be a truck driver ... I'll drive the car rather than fly just so that I can see what can been seen

6:49 am

rubyfoo

and wonderful "road food"

6:49 am

bichon

Hi ruby, dose

6:49 am

rubyfoo

6:50 am

doseffing

... had to take kids to NYC for something ... turned left at Binghamption on the way there ... and came back across the George Washington and straight through Pennsylvannia to Scranton and then north through Binghampton again ...

6:50 am

doseffing

... morning bichon

6:50 am

bichon

Hot in your neck of the woods ruby? It's an inferno here

6:50 am

MollyL

Oy, Scranton

6:50 am

rubyfoo

we had only two hot days, now it's back to cold and rainy

6:51 am

bichon

cold and rainy sounds so nice

6:51 am

doseffing

... ooooh ... cold .... and rainy ... ... what's that?

6:51 am

rubyfoo

I went to graduate school in Scranton, molly, Marywood Colllege (school slogan "Mary would if Mary could!"

6:51 am

rubyfoo

we had 10 weeks of it this spring, I prefer hot

6:53 am

MollyL

It's like I said, Ruby. You have been EVERYWHERE. : )

6:53 am

doseffing

... it hasn't been as hot as 2006 but plenty of 30-32 degree days ... (85 - 90 F) ...

6:53 am

rubyfoo

hahah, molly

6:53 am

rubyfoo

it's just 'cause I'm old, molly

6:55 am

bichon

she's even older than I am

6:55 am

rubyfoo

sadly true!

6:55 am

bichon

ante

6:55 am

bichon

doh, sorry, slink

6:57 am

doseffing

... I'm a mere child to you guys ... but it still impresses kids at school when they ask how old I am that I can say I'm the only person in the building who can remember when she was the Princess Elizabeth (actually I can't I was only two when GeorgeVI died)

6:58 am

bichon

I'm not that much older. I remember the coronation

6:58 am

rubyfoo

<-- saw the corontaion when I was in 4th or 5th grade but we didn't have a TV yet

6:58 am

rubyfoo

{sp!!}

6:58 am

MollyL

Recites Babble proverb: Where there is the wager, there is also the volcano

6:59 am

bichon

haha Molly

6:59 am

rubyfoo

I missed it molly, ty

6:59 am

bichon

I think I saw the coronation on a news reel at the movies

7:00 am

doseffing

... my mother has a photograph of me waving a Union Jack when Liz and Phil drove past the apartment when they visited St.Josephs Oratory in Montreal in 1951 ... ...

7:00 am

MollyL

Here is what perplexes me. If Canadians spell the car wheel ty4...why is the store Canadian Ti4?

7:00 am

rubyfoo

nice

7:01 am

doseffing

... we don't ... the British have tyres ... we've got tires

7:02 am

doseffing

... but we do have "u"s between every O and R

7:02 am

MollyL

Again, perplexed. Canadians spell so many things "the British" way. Cheque, colour, etc.

7:03 am

MollyL

And no, not every o and u. Alec Baldwin is not an actour.

7:03 am

doseffing

... no ... you spell it the American way ... as a protest again British tyranny ... ... I think it was some Chicago newspaper edition who dropped the "u"

7:03 am

rubyfoo

hahah

7:03 am

doseffing

... but is he an "actor" either?

7:04 am

MollyL

Oh we have lots of ou words. Flour, dour, four, sour.

7:05 am

doseffing

... but not flavour, colour, neighbour, savour,

7:06 am

rubyfoo

interesting, though, how with the same letters, the pronunciation changes so radically

7:08 am

MollyL

Zed is the one that kills me. I looked at my husband like he was from another planet the first time we played Scrabble and he said "A or Zed?"

7:08 am

Glantarell

enough, tough, dough, bough, rough - wonder why these retained their British spelling?

7:08 am

doseffing

... it's all about the origination of the word ... French or Saxon or ... ... ... and then sometimes we'll spell it differently .... rite, write, right, wright ,,, ,,, read, rede ... ... and all the other babbulous variations

7:08 am

Glantarell

Afternoon all from a very cool and wet Wales

7:08 am

MollyL

Hi Glant

7:09 am

rubyfoo

philologists unite!

7:09 am

rubyfoo

hello glant

7:09 am

Glantarell

and what's wrong with Zed?

7:09 am

doseffing

... we're English originally Saxon ... the German is "tzet" ... ... New York was settled by Dutchmen ... pronounciation ... "zee"

7:09 am

Glantarell

:-)

7:10 am

MollyL

Hence the Tappan Zee bridge. *Thinks about Tappan Zed*

7:10 am

rubyfoo

tappan zee bridge

7:10 am

doseffing

... and then there are those Cymric Welshmen who don't believe in vowels and allow triple consonents

7:10 am

MollyL

Snap Ruby

7:10 am

rubyfoo

snap, molly, tappan zed has a nice ring to it

7:11 am

Glantarell

the only word in the Welsh language which begins with Z is 'zinc', which we adopted. There is no Zed or Zee in Wales LOL

7:11 am

MollyL

Who have cwms but not rwms.

7:11 am

rubyfoo

Welsh is like a secret code; I love the way it looks

7:11 am

Glantarell

we have more vowels than the rst of you - a, e, i, o, u, w,y

7:11 am

doseffing

... that's the best way to solve the problem

7:11 am

rubyfoo

but have never heard it spoken

7:11 am

MollyL

Oh Ruby, that's perfect. It does look like secret code.

7:12 am

Glantarell

It sounds lovely...

7:12 am

Glantarell

poetic, lyrical, lilting

7:12 am

rubyfoo

and great poets come from there....

7:12 am

doseffing

... and actors

7:13 am

MollyL

Gaelic is another language that makes no sense to Anglos.

7:13 am

Glantarell

and singers and artists, we are a creative nation

7:13 am

rubyfoo

and looks impossible -- even seeing the same paragraph, side-by-side, the words aren't relatable

7:14 am

rubyfoo

gaelic, that is

7:14 am

MollyL

And there is no way to phonetically pronounce it.

7:14 am

Glantarell

but, unlike English, all Welsh words are pronounced consistently - if you know how to say a letter,it is always said thta way (apart form Y)

7:14 am

Glantarell

oh, I meant Welsh

7:14 am

rubyfoo

I noticed in the soccer match that Kiev is Kyiv in cyrillic

7:15 am

Glantarell

Gaelic is phonetically promounced in Gaelic LOL - just not possible using English ponetics

7:15 am

rubyfoo

(and Geneva is Gien in German! huh?)

7:15 am

rubyfoo

time to get the bike out

7:15 am

MollyL

It

7:16 am

rubyfoo

bye chatters and choggers and sports fans

7:16 am

MollyL

It's no wonder we have trouble communicating

7:16 am

Glantarell

bye ruby

7:16 am

MollyL

Bye Ruby, bye Lance

7:21 am

wvteach

good morning all

7:21 am

Glantarell

Hi wvt

7:37 am

uusue2

morning all!

7:40 am

uusue2

thought Geneva was Genf in German...but perhaps I missed the context of the conversation

7:44 am

wvteach

good morning sue

7:47 am

uusue2

hi, wv!

7:53 am

Glantarell

Hi Sue

7:54 am

wvteach

NBT and NBS - time for breakfast

7:55 am

periwinkle

help with w pls

7:56 am

uusue2

hi glant! and peri!

7:56 am

Glantarell

dye plant wo4/9

7:56 am

periwinkle

hi

7:56 am

Anniebrook

wo 4/9

7:56 am

uusue2

wo4/9, blue paint

7:56 am

Glantarell

think it's wat bouddicca put on her face

7:56 am

Anniebrook

hello everyone

7:56 am

periwinkle

ty

7:56 am

periwinkle

nbt

7:56 am

Glantarell

Hi Annie, Peri

7:56 am

periwinkle

but need an 8 for nbs pls

7:57 am

Anniebrook

Hi Glant, nice to see you

7:57 am

Glantarell

ou8/50

7:57 am

MollyL

sa8...kind of wine ends with sea bird

7:57 am

Glantarell

sa8/45 - french white wine

7:58 am

periwinkle

ty for sa8

7:58 am

periwinkle

looking for ou8

7:58 am

Glantarell

ou8 follows ou7 - something past its best

7:59 am

periwinkle

ty for ou7/8

7:59 am

Anniebrook

thanks glant

7:59 am

periwinkle

geez, it is going to be in the 90's here all wee

7:59 am

periwinkle

week, even

7:59 am

Glantarell

barely 50s here - what summer?

7:59 am

Glantarell

and wet wet wet

7:59 am

Glantarell

we are drowning

8:00 am

Glantarell

an inch of rain in last 12 hours

8:01 am

hurshy

can you collect it and send it to colorado to put out the fires?

8:01 am

Glantarell

I wish....

8:01 am

Glantarell

I'm wearing a woollen jumper and wooly slippers and it's July...

8:02 am

Glantarell

drove through floods this morning

8:02 am

uusue2

we had a bunch of rain yesterday but it all came in about 15 minutes as part of a thunderstorm, mid-90s here all week too, and all last week

8:03 am

wvteach

we are getting ther same thing here sue

8:21 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! cowboy singer gene

8:22 am

hootowl

autry

8:22 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!

8:23 am

hootowl

Morning all!

8:23 am

hurshy

morning

8:23 am

lawyer-1

And his horse Champion

8:23 am

Anniebrook

hi hurshy, hoot, sue, teach, etal

8:23 am

HarryHood

anteater - very close

8:24 am

HarryHood

hi!

8:24 am

Anniebrook

and tanrec

8:25 am

Anniebrook

Hi Harry

8:25 am

HarryHood

hi annie

8:26 am

HarryHood

pakistani language

8:27 am

uusue2

hi hurshy, harry, annie, and hoot!

8:27 am

HarryHood

hallo sue

8:28 am

hurshy

oh that was a NTPN

8:29 am

hurshy

urdu

8:29 am

HarryHood

hooray

8:29 am

uusue2

ok, gotta go write more physics problems before it gets too hot to think, bbl

8:29 am

hurshy

you have to say "name that proper noun!" or people won't know to answer :)

8:29 am

mkg

clues for the 8s please?

8:30 am

HarryHood

that makes it ever so much more challenging

8:30 am

HarryHood

:)

8:30 am

Anniebrook

ou8----past the expiration time

8:30 am

HarryHood

sue you're teaching?

8:31 am

mkg

ty. have the 7 of ou and cant get the 8. weird.

8:31 am

hurshy

plural

8:31 am

Anniebrook

plural it

8:31 am

mkg

ty got it.

8:32 am

Judi

Good morning, Babblers!

8:32 am

HarryHood

nbt!

8:33 am

Anniebrook

hi Judi

8:33 am

mkg

any clue for other 8 please?

8:33 am

Anniebrook

sa8--french wine

8:33 am

HarryHood

gm judi - were you riding with a camel in the back of your truck?

8:33 am

hurshy

i think p's are my nemesis.

8:34 am

hurshy

ty annie

8:34 am

Judi

lol. No, Harry. Not my picture. I'm sure it's a dog. I just thought it was silly, so now it's my icon.

8:34 am

hurshy

i am excited.

8:34 am

mkg

ty dont know french wine. i know there is a savion or something like that.

8:34 am

Anniebrook

share your excitement, hurshy

8:35 am

hurshy

well i have planned an outing for the 14th JUST for FUN!

8:35 am

hurshy

usually my husband and i only do things for occasions, like birthdays or anniversaries, or to go see family.

8:35 am

Anniebrook

Just for fun is the best way to plan things

8:36 am

hurshy

we are going up to williamstown theatre festival to see david hyde pierce's gangster version of "the importance of being earnest" and then free theater of a sherlock holmes!

8:36 am

lawyer-1

so, are you going to storm the Bastille on the 14th?

8:36 am

mkg

any further clues for the sa 8 please?

8:36 am

crosshair

phantom "pseudo"

8:36 am

hurshy

we went to williams, so, it is like going home.

8:36 am

crosshair

and good morning my friends

8:36 am

HarryHood

hi crossy

8:36 am

crosshair

howdy harry

8:36 am

hurshy

i think theatre is an apt way to celebrate france.

8:37 am

Anniebrook

hurshy, that is great!

8:37 am

Anniebrook

hi crossy :)

8:37 am

hurshy

hello baconman

8:37 am

crosshair

howdy annie:)

8:37 am

crosshair

howdy hursh

8:37 am

Judi

Sounds like fun, Hurshy! Have a great time.

8:37 am

doseffing

... sa8 ... ... ends with a bird

8:38 am

hurshy

thanks :)

8:38 am

hurshy

help with the W?

8:38 am

Anniebrook

wo 4/9

8:38 am

hurshy

thanks

8:38 am

mkg

ty doseffing. what about the beginning...all i have is sa.

8:39 am

mkg

is the bird the te4 or te 5?

8:39 am

crosshair

mmm,just fell across a ps 5,an evil little babblet

8:39 am

doseffing

... 5

8:39 am

hurshy

5, mkg

8:39 am

mkg

nm got it.

8:39 am

mkg

ty

8:39 am

hurshy

ty crossy

8:40 am

crosshair

ty for the sa 8

8:41 am

mkg

clue for the w word?

8:41 am

Anniebrook

wo 4/9

8:42 am

HarryHood

natalie w***, but replace a vowel

8:42 am

crosshair

and a sa5 that sounds like basting or soaking food in broth and such

8:42 am

Judi

Wo4: What Elmer Fudd might call a street.

8:42 am

HarryHood

good one judi :)

8:42 am

crosshair

very nice judi:)

8:43 am

mkg

ty great clue.

8:43 am

Anniebrook

lol, judi

8:43 am

mkg

missing one u word. have ut4 5. what is other please?

8:43 am

crosshair

shhhh,be werry,werry wuiet,im hunting wabbits...

8:43 am

HarryHood

ut5/12?

8:43 am

mkg

oops i see two us in grid now. sorry. missing 3 words.

8:44 am

crosshair

ty ahrry

8:45 am

crosshair

harry even

8:45 am

Judi

Thank you. I'll try to use more cartoon clues in the future.

8:45 am

crosshair

de5= stephen kings favorite town of horror...

8:46 am

mkg

need j words other than a type of rugged car and plural, and to laugh at or entice.

8:46 am

crosshair

well,one of them..

8:46 am

doseffing

... ballet leap and plural

8:46 am

hurshy

one rhymes with ms. spears

8:46 am

HarryHood

ty dos

8:47 am

doseffing

... oooh ... thanks for my last j

8:47 am

Judi

There's a je4: a ballet move.

8:47 am

Anniebrook

thanks hurshy

8:47 am

mkg

dont know it judi but ty anyway

8:48 am

HarryHood

aah ty done with J

8:48 am

HarryHood

yankees shortstop derek

8:49 am

mkg

how does he spell his last name. must think

8:49 am

HarryHood

halfway!!!

8:49 am

HarryHood

jeter - it's not a word :)

8:49 am

HarryHood

bbl!

8:49 am

Judi

Drop the R, Harry.

8:50 am

crosshair

just stat for the ball player please

8:50 am

mkg

ty got it.

8:50 am

doseffing

... yankee shortstop less the r

8:51 am

crosshair

otherwise,since i do not do television i am sunk

8:51 am

mkg

how about some 7 letter clues out there?

8:51 am

Judi

Evil Js. Ji6: small bus or cab.

8:51 am

doseffing

... four of them are re

8:51 am

crosshair

nm..

8:51 am

hurshy

supreme court justice who retired in 2009 counts

8:52 am

doseffing

... attempt again ... go out with a girl again in the third person

8:52 am

doseffing

... attempt again ... go out with a girl again in the third person

8:52 am

crosshair

ji6 thank you!!

8:52 am

phaeton

hello...help with the ar6/18 please

8:52 am

hurshy

like french stops, phae

8:53 am

FishFishGarden

eejit is soooo a word!

8:53 am

crosshair

there j,s done

8:53 am

Judi

Plural of the ar5/10, phae.

8:53 am

phaeton

ty ...just couldn't see it.

8:53 am

FishFishGarden

pseae

8:54 am

FishFishGarden

oops...sorry

8:54 am

FishFishGarden

will keep my monkeying to myself

8:54 am

crosshair

close....

8:54 am

doseffing

... wrong vowel

8:55 am

FishFishGarden

:o)

8:55 am

jezman612

pathway for blood in the heart

8:55 am

Anniebrook

Fish, change 3rd vowel

8:56 am

wvteach

thnx fish and dose

9:11 am

Anniebrook

does ou6 start with "not in"?

9:12 am

wvteach

all the OUs i have start with that

9:14 am

Anniebrook

thanks, teach

9:15 am

Scrabbler

I have returned. I am waiting for my next patient to arrive.

9:15 am

Anniebrook

Hi Scrabbs :)

9:15 am

wvteach

hi scrabbler

9:16 am

crosshair

lol scrabby mccarthur

9:17 am

bichon

Mornin' scrabs, annie, crossy, teach

9:17 am

Scrabbler

Well, sometimes my day is like a war battle--with screaming, fighting toddlers beating me up.

9:17 am

crosshair

howdy bichon

9:17 am

Anniebrook

hi bichon :)

9:18 am

wvteach

hello bichon

9:18 am

bichon

but then you get to go home Scrabs. <ggg>

9:18 am

crosshair

be warned,seem like a fair few babblets today:(

9:19 am

Scrabbler

Yes, I get to leave. It's the parent that has to live with the screaming, fighting toddler.

9:20 am

crosshair

you are just like a grandmother to them all,pump them full of good stuff and send em home lol

9:20 am

bichon

To your very quiet bunnies

9:20 am

Scrabbler

I finally found the sa8 wine that Molly clued 3 hrs ago. Slow monkey.

9:21 am

Scrabbler

And to a Mama raccoon with her 8 babies strolling through my yard.

9:22 am

bichon

bbl

9:22 am

crosshair

we are just armpit deep in deer here atm.so many collisions.there is a particular bit of road than i now drive 20 below the speed limit on and it has saved us twice just just week alone

9:23 am

crosshair

just this week*

9:25 am

crosshair

had one citiot yesterday honk at me and blow my doors off passing me at 30 over the speed limit on a solid line yesterday,sure enough 2 miles up the road,there he is with the entire left side of his suv caved in and a dead deer.after he said sorry to me for passing me like an idiot,i let him use my cell to call a tow truck

9:27 am

crosshair

i wait with him a bit,help get the deer off the road and he says to me" you guys must really do something about all the deer up here!" i said"we will try to have all the tree chopped down and the entire thing paved over for your next visit ok?"

9:32 am

sammysmom

i understand cross.. was raised in maine

9:32 am

crosshair

:)

9:33 am

Scrabbler

Well, you were very nice to that idiot.

9:34 am

doseffing

... are you too far south for the black bears? ... they'd eat a few deer ... and maybe munch on the citiots too ...

9:34 am

sammysmom

in ohio now in a burb of cleveland and even here the deer populatin is amazing.. i have deer in my yard every night.. have lived in this house for 40 years and never saw them until 10 years ago even though they were here.. the sity has torn down acres of woods to put up housing that has 20 per cent occuopancy ,, isn t that great?

9:34 am

crosshair

we do our best:)

9:34 am

holly16

in South Jersey we have the same deer and the same citiots :(

9:34 am

crosshair

we get them,but not many,2 hours further north though and you have bears

9:36 am

sammysmom

also we have an owl and an eagle and a hawk... in the area- they are new here in the last 5 years .. have also seen a fox and possibly a wolf we have destroyed their habitat so what the4 hell do we expect

9:36 am

crosshair

think thats wild sammys mom? we have a town close to us.very busy in the summer cause of the beach.but in off season has a pop of 12,000 people,they just started 2 subdivisions that will hold 1000 people each!!!..and the town has no high school. the current kids are bussed to our town for high school

9:37 am

crosshair

we are indeed the intruders sammysmom

9:38 am

sammysmom

and whose taxes foot the bill???

9:39 am

crosshair

i think they are planning on the people that vacation here,buy into one of these subdivisions and retire here

9:39 am

crosshair

yes,the local always pay.they stay 3 weeks a year and destroy the place and we get to clean up

9:39 am

sammysmom

and there goes the vacation spot-lol

9:39 am

crosshair

yup

9:39 am

sammysmom

ain't progress grand?

9:39 am

crosshair

pave over paradice and put up a parking lot

9:40 am

sammysmom

yup

9:41 am

crosshair

sometimes the city money is not worth it

9:42 am

Scrabbler

A black bear was seen less than a mile from my home recently. The deer are ubiquitous dusk to dawn and occastionally during the day.

9:43 am

crosshair

ours really move around from 6 pm to dusk

9:44 am

crosshair

often you see them down by the bay having a drinlk

9:44 am

Anniebrook

Imagine if the opposite were tr4 and the deer were taking over our land ---chaos.

9:44 am

holly16

so far we have no bears --- just the occasional fox and coyotes have been seen in the pinelands

9:44 am

crosshair

perhaps the deer may do a better job than we are...

9:45 am

Anniebrook

My daughter almost hit a deer last week on I95...he just came out right in front of her..

9:46 am

hego

<<<<has deer, bears, racoons, possums, rabbits, chipmonks,squirrels, foxes and a million birds.

9:46 am

crosshair

it is scary.i came so close to one other night,when i swerved hard to the right to avoid,i could look to the left and see his white tailed butt no more than 2 feet from my window and hear his hooves hit the pavement as he ran

9:46 am

hego

in central NewJersey

9:46 am

holly16

they come cose to the road to forage for cigarette butts

9:47 am

Anniebrook

can I get a clue for the last re 6/21 please

9:47 am

Anniebrook

can I get a clue for the last re 6/21 please

9:47 am

Anniebrook

can I get a clue for the last re 6/21 please

9:47 am

crosshair

now,why in the heack would they do something daft like that??

9:47 am

crosshair

lol

9:47 am

hego

Hi All

9:47 am

crosshair

howdy hego

9:48 am

Anniebrook

red message of doom here

9:48 am

Anniebrook

hi hego

9:48 am

hego

hi Annie

9:48 am

sammysmom

i need that one also annie

9:48 am

hego

and Crossy

9:49 am

sammysmom

hi hego

9:49 am

hego

hi mom

9:49 am

crosshair

well,i have to get some dishes done but i will be back..crossy envisions chain smoking deer.....

9:49 am

Erda

Annie: RE + "No left **rn" + **lection

9:49 am

sammysmom

also need the re 7/32 before it

9:50 am

hego

ty Erda

9:50 am

Erda

YW

9:50 am

Anniebrook

working on it erda

9:51 am

Anniebrook

thanks, got it

9:51 am

Erda

I need the re7,40 after it

9:51 am

sammysmom

french for fox?

9:51 am

hego

I'm afraid of re's

9:52 am

Anniebrook

erda, that re7 is the name of a fox in a children's book of old

9:53 am

hego

knows what it is, just can't spell it. phooey!

9:53 am

hego

got it!

9:54 am

Erda

share it, hego

9:54 am

hego

..hmmm..........thinking

9:55 am

hego

re + fake vowel + not out but i* + your back y***

9:55 am

maurmcc

hello there - first timer here

9:55 am

hego

Hi maurm

9:56 am

wvteach

welcome to babble maurmcc

9:56 am

Anniebrook

welcome, maru

9:56 am

Erda

Thank you, Hego

9:56 am

hego

welcome to the grid

9:56 am

Anniebrook

*maurm

9:56 am

hego

yw Erda

9:56 am

maurmcc

are you all playing the game thingy or chatting separately?

9:56 am

sammysmom

still can t monkey the last re 7/32

9:56 am

hego

both

9:56 am

wvteach

trying to do both

9:56 am

sammysmom

hi maur

9:56 am

hego

just clued it mom

9:57 am

maurmcc

duet

9:57 am

sammysmom

also eating breakfast and eavesdropping on son and girlfriend in the back yard........... i may be old, but i can STILL mulittask

9:58 am

maurmcc

sorry - the word went in the wrong place! gotta get the hang of this!

9:58 am

wvteach

re 7/32 (last one) - attempt to do something again (pt)

9:58 am

hego

that's your initiation Maur

9:58 am

maurmcc

hahaha

9:58 am

wvteach

we have all had the cursor in the wrong place

9:58 am

Anniebrook

18 left for later, bye dear babblers

9:58 am

hego

oh, is that the last one? sorry, didn't know.

9:59 am

hego

Bye Annie dear.

10:03 am

hego

must go too. bbl

10:08 am

harpjane

welcome maur

10:16 am

cybernan

hello everyone - welcome maur

10:20 am

crosshair

te 5/10= another name for earth,add an n to that,though enable does not like it,it would be what a martian would call us,add an e to that and you get te 7/28 which sounds like the word for land formations but spelled differently

10:20 am

crosshair

if any of that makes sense:0

10:21 am

cybernan

au 7, please?

10:21 am

rururocks

with a L in front of it you'd have a famous poet

10:22 am

cybernan

ty ruru

10:22 am

crosshair

ty ru

10:32 am

MollyL

Hego, thank you, thank you for not cluing that word as "the fox". Many of us don't speak French.

10:32 am

cybernan

ps 5, please?

10:33 am

rururocks

ps + three vowells

10:33 am

harpjane

what are the stats for the lower u?

10:34 am

uusue2

ut5/12

10:34 am

rururocks

ut 4 5

10:34 am

uusue2

and hi again all! still struggling with the au poet...

10:34 am

cybernan

ty ruru

10:35 am

rururocks

the professor was a poet Lau8

10:35 am

uusue2

oh, not a name. duh, thanks!

10:38 am

MollyL

Good clue, Ru

10:38 am

rururocks

haz would kill me for cluing like that

10:39 am

sammysmom

still need the last re 7/32.......... i am too dumb to get it as it was cklued

10:39 am

sammysmom

clud

10:39 am

MollyL

Watch your back, Haz is omniscient.

10:39 am

sammysmom

well, you know what i mean

10:40 am

HarryHood

sam: what they did to the guy who had a hung jury the first go round

10:40 am

rururocks

re7/32 is a plural

10:40 am

MollyL

attempted again?

10:41 am

rururocks

oh.. didn't see that one

10:41 am

rururocks

thanks

10:41 am

sammysmom

dammmmmmmmmm could have sworn i had that and was too stubborn to try it again.. thanks

10:44 am

HarryHood

I've hit a wall at 72 to go. bbl for a fresh look.

10:44 am

Glantarell

Afternoon all - back for the last 33

10:45 am

Jivingjenny0

sorry but I still can't get the re7/32

10:46 am

Glantarell

to attempt again

10:46 am

Glantarell

past tense

10:49 am

stevedallas

think more abombinable Snowman should be valid.

10:49 am

cybernan

tu 7, please?

10:49 am

Glantarell

definitely Steve ;-)

10:50 am

Glantarell

hard to clue nan

10:50 am

cybernan

re 7/32: see someone of the opposite sex again or make a recording again

10:50 am

Glantarell

last 4 letters are sound like the t5 earth word and 1st three like 2a

10:50 am

cybernan

or attempted again

10:51 am

Glantarell

ty for the re7 opp sex clue

10:53 am

Jivingjenny0

still can't get the clue for attempted again

10:53 am

cybernan

ty glan -- that was a tough one

10:53 am

Glantarell

to attempt = to try

10:53 am

Glantarell

to try again in the past

10:54 am

Erda

TU + first vowel + Stabat Ma*** + first vowel

10:54 am

Jivingjenny0

got it at last, looking in the wrong direction!

10:58 am

cybernan

au 6, please?

10:59 am

Glantarell

another word for artists - avante garde french word

10:59 am

Glantarell

artist

11:00 am

harpjane

stats for the w please and thank you?

11:00 am

rururocks

wo 4

11:00 am

rururocks

wo + not subract

11:00 am

Erda

wo4,9

11:00 am

Glantarell

kind of ancient blue body paint

11:01 am

cybernan

no idea - artist, artisan, but au?

11:01 am

rururocks

think french ending nan

11:01 am

Glantarell

first 3 letters of car + 2 vowels and a consonant

11:02 am

wvteach

AU 6 - think writer of a book

11:03 am

harpjane

nbt woo hoo

11:03 am

cybernan

ty glan - new word for me

11:03 am

Glantarell

woo hoo jane

11:04 am

cybernan

snooty minus the h and possibly used with ha 7?

11:04 am

cybernan

*!* ta da *!* - ty for the help :)

11:04 am

Glantarell

congrats nan

11:05 am

Glantarell

15 left

11:05 am

wvteach

congrats nan

11:05 am

cybernan

need any clues?

11:06 am

Glantarell

the ones i can;t get are always 4s LOL and I refuse to ask for clues for those

11:07 am

cybernan

my monkeys did a bid of labour on those 4's too :)

11:07 am

cybernan

a lot of babblets

11:07 am

wvteach

AU 7, OU x 2, RE x 4, TE, TR - which of the 7s am i missing

11:08 am

Glantarell

just got the su5/12 - been bugging me all day

11:08 am

Glantarell

tu7

11:08 am

wvteach

thnx glant

11:09 am

Glantarell

sounds like 2a + te5 word for earth with an r missing

11:09 am

cybernan

on my eay -- hagd everyone. :)

11:10 am

wvteach

thnx glant

11:20 am

Glantarell

fireflies

11:20 am

Glantarell

blooming re7/40 fox name had me stumped for ages

11:21 am

Glantarell

any clues needed before i go?

11:22 am

Glantarell

happy babbling - poof

11:28 am

crosshair

testing...

11:28 am

westford

what are you testing crossy?

11:29 am

crosshair

ips is driving crossy bonkers

11:29 am

crosshair

it is cutting in and out

11:29 am

westford

slow here too

11:33 am

crosshair

the smallest sliver of a clue for the tr7 please

11:33 am

westford

dawn tr*****

11:34 am

westford

small enough?

11:34 am

onyx

Thanks west

11:34 am

westford

yw

11:35 am

crosshair

mmmm....

11:36 am

westford

C S Lewis book

11:36 am

MollyL

West, I am sad to report that not all have read the Narnia books.

11:36 am

crosshair

i have not read any of them:)

11:37 am

westford

but maybe if our kids had them we'd recall the titles

11:37 am

MollyL

tr7...one who walks on the "mill" exercise equipment

11:37 am

doseffing

... then think of the grooves in the rubber things on the wheels of your car

11:37 am

westford

there you go ! lol

11:37 am

doseffing

... and add an ending to make the 5 a 7

11:37 am

westford

2 excellent clues

11:38 am

westford

I found the Brit version of the rubber thing

11:38 am

doseffing

... better clue ... Read the Books

11:38 am

doseffing

... thanks west ... got it in half a second from your clue

11:39 am

onyx

My cat is crying cause she can't find me

11:39 am

westford

not that I perused it myself

11:40 am

westford

aww onyx we have one like that

11:40 am

westford

what's her name?

11:41 am

onyx

We lost her companion and she doesn't like to be alone.

11:41 am

doseffing

... call it's name it will find you ... at least my Ariel does ... and she's almost blind

11:41 am

westford

pretty name dos

11:42 am

onyx

She found me,

11:42 am

doseffing

... had to be careful it wasn't in the grid ... ... the daughter in Shakespeares THE TEMPEST

11:43 am

westford

as well as the Little Mermaid..

11:43 am

westford

although I used to enjoy the plays at the Globe in my youth

11:43 am

MollyL

Har dee har, West.

11:44 am

westford

better weather for you now Molly?

11:45 am

MollyL

West, the quote in your profile reminds me of another one. 'Tis no crime not to be Irish, just a terrible, terrible shame. : D

11:45 am

MollyL

No, it's still pretty darn hot here.

11:45 am

westford

so true..I was Irish in another life

11:46 am

MollyL

I can tell. : )

11:46 am

crosshair

my da used to say the same quote except he used scottish

11:48 am

crosshair

he had a thing about scots(our family line is welsh) but i never paid it no mind..though he had this comedy routimne about scotsmen and lucky tin can collections and pet dimes and he could talk the accent so well..well was funny stuff

11:48 am

westford

I have reached my goal so bye for now..save my place

11:48 am

crosshair

tc westford

11:49 am

westford

had to come back and ask if you know how copper wire was invented

11:49 am

crosshair

scots man squeezing pennies?

11:50 am

westford

sort of..two scotsmen fighting over a penny

11:50 am

crosshair

or mayhap he would jus not let go of the thing

11:50 am

crosshair

lol

11:50 am

westford

and now I'm off

11:51 am

mixi6

tu7?

11:53 am

doseffing

... from the left hand t

11:54 am

crosshair

though since they are the maKERS of Glenfidditch,we will forgive their quirks:)

11:54 am

doseffing

... tu + to have consumed food + egyptian sun god

11:54 am

crosshair

ty dose

11:55 am

periwinkle

hi folks, just back fromy buying a rug for the bathroom. that was the highlight of my day :)

11:55 am

mixi6

ty dos.

11:55 am

crosshair

now do the same with the tr7 for me cause treadmills and tires are not doing it for me

11:55 am

crosshair

careful peri..you are riding on the edge there,totally wild

11:55 am

Aloyisius

ty dose, needed that one! Hi Babblers !

11:55 am

mixi6

tr5 + vowell + consonant

11:55 am

doseffing

... jeese ... you almost spelled it in your chog

11:56 am

periwinkle

can't stop me, crossy

11:56 am

crosshair

you are indeed a ball of fire

11:56 am

periwinkle

:)

11:56 am

doseffing

... "a person who takes steps"

11:57 am

periwinkle

crossy, are you on the east or west coast of canada?

11:57 am

doseffing

... not even close peri

11:57 am

crosshair

north of central peri..2.5 hour drive north of toronto on georgial bay

11:58 am

crosshair

georgian

11:58 am

periwinkle

ok for some reason I thought you were on the east coast

11:58 am

flosey

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11:58 am

crosshair

and ty dose,was going in the wrong direction on that tr

11:58 am

crosshair

lol,flosey has cat on keyboard!

11:58 am

periwinkle

hi flosey, are you ok?

11:58 am

doseffing

... did the same thing myself

11:58 am

flosey

hhv vbhgjjcjyttisfghujaadcxghjk,

11:59 am

crosshair

mmm..you ok flosey?

11:59 am

Aloyisius

maybe a grandchild or a cat is playing on her keyboard

11:59 am

crosshair

i thought kitty at first

12:00 pm

doseffing

... I'll guess computer trouble because it says she's not logged into the game

12:01 pm

doseffing

... oops ... there's her name

12:02 pm

periwinkle

flosey, are you here?

12:02 pm

harpjane

are the 8's plurals?

12:02 pm

periwinkle

one is harp

12:02 pm

Aloyisius

don't have them yet, harp.. don't know

12:02 pm

doseffing

... one is the third person of a verb

12:03 pm

crosshair

"valley of the deer"..i did not know that

12:03 pm

doseffing

... the other is a type of french wine often used in cooking (which I don't like)

12:04 pm

periwinkle

74 left,need to rest and then do some ironing. oh joy, NOT

12:05 pm

doseffing

... ou7/8 ... to get more girls to go out to dinner with you than your friend gets

12:05 pm

crosshair

outcash? out money? out credit card? lol

12:06 pm

crosshair

outbling?

12:06 pm

crosshair

hehe

12:06 pm

rubyfoo

hello again, off the bike

12:06 pm

crosshair

((ruby))

12:07 pm

Aloyisius

hi ruby

12:07 pm

crosshair

power nap time for crossy bbs...poink!

12:07 pm

rubyfoo

12:07 pm

doseffing

... so did you throw your darts at your Cavendish poster?

12:07 pm

rubyfoo

[[aloy]]

12:07 pm

rubyfoo

((cos))

12:08 pm

rubyfoo

why would I do that, dose?

12:08 pm

rubyfoo

12:08 pm

Aloyisius

exercise bike or real bike, ruby?

12:08 pm

doseffing

...I don't like him and he wins too many stages

12:08 pm

rubyfoo

I want to root for Ryder, but he must be safely in the pack because I never see him

12:09 pm

rubyfoo

virtual bike, aloy, I'm watching the Tour de France on TV

12:09 pm

Aloyisius

oh, lol.. (-:

12:09 pm

rubyfoo

that's true, dose, I would rather see Tyler Farrar win some, but haven't seen him, either

12:10 pm

doseffing

... the first comment they made about Ryder today ... towards the end of the stage was .... "oh and there's Ryder Hesjedal ... we haven't said very much about him" ... and then they talked about someone else

12:11 pm

rubyfoo

are you getting the French commerntators or English-language ones?

12:11 pm

doseffing

... Ryder is just being Ryder ... hanging around the front of the peloton and then getting in without a time loss at the end ... ... tomorrow is a good stage for him

12:12 pm

rubyfoo

I hope so, I need to be able to recognize him

12:12 pm

rubyfoo

all they did today was commiserate with poor Anthony Roux who broke a finger in his hand yesterday.

12:12 pm

doseffing

... the English and Irish guy ... on Eurosport ... though I'd prefer Phil Leggat and Rolle on ITV ... but I haven't been able to get them

12:13 pm

doseffing

... Roux was in a bunch of pain ... wrist in a light cast

12:13 pm

rubyfoo

I haven't tried Eurosport. I am so used to the French guys, and particularly like JaJa and Jean-Paul Olivier, that it would be hard to change

12:14 pm

rubyfoo

he was valiant and got "most combative" of the day which I hope means some money!

12:14 pm

doseffing

... they'll never mention Ryder ... he's not French ... and he doesn't win stages ... and he won the Giro ... "where is Italy anyways" from the French perspective

12:15 pm

rubyfoo

they love that kid Sagan who took yesterday's stage

12:16 pm

doseffing

... he's the next generation's Cavendish ... he wins stages ... but he can't climb a mountain ... at least not yet

12:16 pm

doseffing

... and he doesn't speak any English

12:16 pm

rubyfoo

they're very funny about Johann Gene, never saying OMG, there's a black guy in the race. They just talk about his racing in Africa. Do you think that's "code"

12:17 pm

doseffing

... there have been algeriens before ... but it sounds like code to me

12:17 pm

rubyfoo

in the "official" book, they listed 2 Iranians, 2 Japanese and 2 Chinese, but I think that only one of the Japanese made the cut

12:18 pm

rubyfoo

I don't remember any Algerians

12:18 pm

rubyfoo

lately?

12:18 pm

doseffing

... but there are stange goings on with that book ... the web site had another Canadian in the race last year ... but the results don't mention him ... they've probably called him American

12:19 pm

rubyfoo

hahah

12:19 pm

doseffing

... not lately ... but if you listen to Phil Leggat he'll mention it sooner or later

12:19 pm

rubyfoo

fewer Italians every year

12:19 pm

doseffing

... I'll go check

12:24 pm

doseffing

... early to mid 50's ... five from Algeria and two from Morocco ... but I don't see any stage winners ... (I had thought there was one)

12:24 pm

rubyfoo

I've only been watching the Tour since we moved to France in '98

12:26 pm

doseffing

... I read a "boy's own" adventure story about a kid struggling up from the slums of Marseille to triumph against all odds in the Tour when I was in Junior High ... ... been noticing it from time to time since then ... ... and then when I was on chemo I started watching it because I didn't have anything else to do

12:27 pm

rubyfoo

do you know the movie Breaking Away? I didn't know that you were another survivor. I guess we're a subset of babblers.....

12:28 pm

doseffing

... almost bought I bike so that I could be a quarryman too ...

12:29 pm

rubyfoo

when I lived in Princeton and for some years after, I rode a bike

12:30 pm

doseffing

... my wife claims to have met Steve Bauer when she was riding her overly expensive Puegot in the late seventies ... ... I guess maybe that's why she dpesj

12:30 pm

doseffing

/// dpesm

12:30 pm

doseffing

t

12:31 pm

rubyfoo

haha

12:31 pm

doseffing

... doesn't complain to muke about my watching the Tour

12:31 pm

rubyfoo

cat on the keyboard?

12:31 pm

doseffing

... no ... shifted fingers one key to the right and kept hitting the enter key

12:32 pm

doseffing

... oh well ... I'd been go and do some yard work or she will complain ... more ... afternoon all

12:32 pm

Aloyisius

.. must exit BabbleLand.. hope your favorites do well, ruby and dose.. ciao!

12:32 pm

rubyfoo

ciao, aly!

12:33 pm

rubyfoo

or even aloy*

12:38 pm

rubyfoo

good night, dose, 57 left and I'm pooped

12:53 pm

harpjane

nbt and nbs

12:55 pm

MollyL

Gold star for Harp. : )

1:00 pm

HarryHood

65. thinking about a list

1:31 pm

rubyfoo

today was the dullest!

1:32 pm

kje

hello

1:32 pm

kje

why dull, ruby?

1:32 pm

HarryHood

hi ruby, hi kj

1:34 pm

kje

hi hh

1:35 pm

HarryHood

first pass through the list got me to 13. now drudgery.

1:35 pm

HarryHood

bbl

1:35 pm

kje

so close

1:41 pm

kje

there are some weird ones here near the end

1:42 pm

kje

FW!

2:00 pm

dcseain

Hello. The severe storms of Friday have left HUGE swaths of our region without power, including many square miles where i live. I was out of town, am safe. My housemates, the house, and the cat are fine.

2:00 pm

dcseain

i'm staying with some friends who have power int he meantime.

2:01 pm

dcseain

SO many intersections are dark. There are generators attached to some traffic lights at large intersections to keep them going. This is worse than the last hurricane by far.

2:02 pm

harpjane

today's my nephew's birthday, seain, and he lives in Georgetown. I wonder how he's doing

2:05 pm

uusue2

hi all! dc, glad to see you are ok; power sounds like it will be out for quite a while.

2:05 pm

dcseain

Much of DC was restored. I'm looking for update from their power company, Jane, one sec.

2:05 pm

dcseain

thanks, and indeed, sue.

2:06 pm

harpjane

is the sa8 related to the 6?

2:06 pm

dcseain

in Virginia, for each red or orange blotch they restore, 3-5 new orange or red blotches appear.

2:06 pm

harpjane

nm it's not

2:07 pm

harpjane

I remember reading a story about a massive power outage in LA after the earthquake. Some people were scared by this gaseous thing in the night sky. Turns out they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time.

2:08 pm

dcseain

LOL about the Milky Way

2:08 pm

dcseain

Jane, Latest update from PEPCO, the power company in DC and nearby MD. It will be slow to load. http://tinyurl.com/7y2ogsg

2:17 pm

shooshoo

Howdy.... Need help with re7,40 please,

2:17 pm

dcseain

Just learned that power is back at home.

2:19 pm

uusue2

yay dc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2:23 pm

uusue2

The Astronomy Picture of the Day site is back up too. I was able to find mirror sites, so I still changed my icon, but I felt surprisingly bereft.

2:32 pm

HarryHood

clue please for ar6/24 - my last word?

2:34 pm

HarryHood

nm got it

2:51 pm

dcseain

APOD comes from NASA Greenbelt, which has been experiencing rolling blackouts

2:52 pm

dcseain

Greenbelt has that is, not just NASA Greenbelt. :)

3:16 pm

ivesy3

pe 6/24 pl

3:21 pm

o-o

pe + the marquis de ****

3:23 pm

ivesy3

ty babble..

3:26 pm

o-o

YW

3:31 pm

ivesy3

re 7/40 plz. its the last re

3:35 pm

o-o

re 7 ... add the penultimate and rescue dog: St. Ber****

3:36 pm

ivesy3

ty!

3:37 pm

o-o

Very quite here.

3:38 pm

redturtlehead

Hi BR.

3:38 pm

o-o

quiet

3:38 pm

redturtlehead

I knew what you meant.

3:38 pm

o-o

Hello, HT

3:39 pm

o-o

Be well all.

3:45 pm

Judi

There is just some wonky words in this hot mess today. Oy!

3:46 pm

MollyL

Wonky is a good word, Judi. : )

3:48 pm

Judi

Hi, kids. Hey, DCseain... My hubby works for Pepco and was doing outage management all weekend. We have Mother Nature and DC to thank for our lack of social inactivity this weekend. He had to do computer updates every four hours.

3:49 pm

MollyL

I always feel bad for the crews and technical people when we have outages this bad. I know they are on triple time.

3:49 pm

Judi

Well, it's important work, so I don't really begrudge the situation. I feel terrible for everyone who has no power - especially no air conditioning in this ridiculous summer heat.

3:50 pm

MollyL

I have friends in Kensington who have trees down all around them and haven't had power since Friday night.

3:51 pm

Judi

I'll have to call my nephew in Richmond tonight. See how they're fairing. I'm not sure if they have power or not.

3:52 pm

Judi

And how about the poor people in Colorado? Those who have evacuated are now having their houses looted. Makes me want to go out and buy a gun.

3:53 pm

MollyL

Me too. That is awful.

3:55 pm

Judi

There are some real low-lifes out there.

3:56 pm

Judi

Time to scoot home. See y'all tomorrow! *POOF*

4:45 pm

periwinkle

help with au wordes pls

4:46 pm

MollyL

au + roses are **d + consumed food

4:47 pm

lilliann

i have au and nearly rudolph the red nose ***n deer for the 5. haven't been on long

4:48 pm

lilliann

ty molly

4:49 pm

bichon

good evening babblefolksen

4:50 pm

lilliann

hi bichon

4:51 pm

bichon

Did someone mention Richmond as a place where there are power outages?

4:51 pm

lilliann

bichon,my mam and dad have just got another rescue dog as they just lost their last one last month and he is a cross between a bichon and a poodle

4:52 pm

bichon

your parents are really lucky.

4:52 pm

lilliann

they say he is more poodle like and he is black

4:52 pm

bichon

Lots of bichons do have some poodle mixed in. Unscrupulous breeders.

4:53 pm

bichon

If he is black then he is very poodle in appearance, but perhaps not in temperament. Bichons tend to be more mellow than poodles

4:53 pm

lilliann

when i was younger, all my close family members including us always had poodles

4:54 pm

lilliann

toy poodles

4:54 pm

bichon

Poodles are very cute and smart. But I love the Bichon personality.

4:54 pm

lilliann

are bichons normally just white/cream?

4:54 pm

bichon

Poodles are much higher on the intelligence gene chain

4:55 pm

lilliann

it's just that all the bichons i've ever seen are always that colour

4:55 pm

bichon

bichons only come in white with sometimes some ligt tan mixed in. On of mine has a very light brown streak down his back.

4:56 pm

lbuxx

hey there.. can anyone help w/ au 6/24?

4:56 pm

bichon

Bichons tend to have a sturdier frame than Poodles.

4:56 pm

lilliann

so, the black in "rocky" must be poodle

4:56 pm

bichon

sorry lbuxx

4:56 pm

howiekent

ok it says i am not pro

4:57 pm

lilliann

sorry lbuxx but i don't have that one yet

4:57 pm

uusue2

hi howie, are you pro under a different email address?

4:57 pm

howiekent

this is cosdem

4:57 pm

bichon

definitely lilliann. It's funny that the color came out so strongly

4:57 pm

howiekent

yes.same address. i had to restore my hard drive and all my passwords are gone lol

4:58 pm

lilliann

hi cos

4:58 pm

lbuxx

thanx anyways.. thats a hard one!

4:58 pm

bichon

Lilliann, if he's a rescue, how do they know he's part Bichon?

4:58 pm

howiekent

hm lemm e try something else

4:58 pm

uusue2

ow, bummer, cos! (I mean, I knew it was you...)

4:59 pm

lilliann

because he only had one owner since he was a puppy and it's on his papers...she had to give him up because she is in and out of hospital and has no-one to look after him

4:59 pm

uusue2

anyway, hi again all, I am avoiding going home because it is too hot outside

4:59 pm

howiekent

ok nope didn't work. i tried my other email account and babble said it had no such email so it has to be this one

5:00 pm

bichon

Oh, understand now. Don't know how it is in the UK, but there are no papers here for mixed breeds.

5:00 pm

lilliann

my mam and dad say he has some bichon qualities and others are poodle

5:00 pm

lilliann

this is in france

5:00 pm

howiekent

ill email dr god i guess right?

5:00 pm

lilliann

i would cos

5:00 pm

uusue2

that is weird, cos, I've logged on using this same account from many different computers. Probably you should email dr god, right!

5:01 pm

bichon

I always know the difference between Bichons and Poodles by the shape of their snout. Bichons have a rounded, not long and extended

5:01 pm

lilliann

the vets and the rescue centres have said the same bichon

5:01 pm

howiekent

thanks bye

5:01 pm

bichon

Probably his build and face shape would tell if he was part Bichon. sounds like a little cutie.

5:02 pm

lilliann

he has a long one, plus my mam and dad have had poodles most of their lives so they are like you with bichons, they know the difference

5:02 pm

lbuxx

hmm.. last one is au 6/24.. anyone need clues while i continue bangin my head against the wall over here?

5:03 pm

lilliann

they say his legs are more bichon

5:03 pm

bichon

I think one of mine might be part poodle. But I don't care.

5:03 pm

bichon

Bichons do have short legs

5:03 pm

lilliann

i haven't long been on lbu and still need 172 :(

5:03 pm

bichon

lbuxx, would like to help you, but you know I'm obsessed with Bichons

5:04 pm

lbuxx

ah.. got it!

5:04 pm

rubyfoo

wow, look who's herte. I don't usually play this late, but husband is being nasty, so I'm hiding out

5:04 pm

bichon

6/24. Hitchcock is one.

5:05 pm

bichon

gotcha ruby

5:05 pm

lilliann

they thought his fur was more bichon, but it was in a really bad state as he was never brushed and now he has been and had his hair cut, my mam says he looks more poodle but still has part bichon in him. i haven't seen a photo of him yet as my mam got rid of her computor

5:05 pm

lilliann

((ruby)) lovely to see you:)

5:05 pm

uusue2

hi ruby! Babble is a great escape!

5:06 pm

bichon

always thought that Bichons ad Poodles had similar coats

5:06 pm

saanichcat

yay just goy au 6. It's french for author

5:06 pm

bichon

left side e, pls

5:06 pm

lilliann

i did, but i suppose the people who cut their hair know a difference?

5:06 pm

uusue2

er6/18

5:06 pm

saanichcat

musical piece

5:07 pm

bichon

I think coat texture would be something the two would share

5:07 pm

bichon

But, they didn't come from the same stocks.

5:07 pm

uusue2

thanks for the et, saanichcat!

5:07 pm

saanichcat

sorry wrong e

5:08 pm

saanichcat

yw usue!

5:08 pm

bichon

ty saani

5:08 pm

lilliann

i always thought they were both short,tight and curliesh, but one good thing is they never shed hair

5:08 pm

rubyfoo

you could never guess with a chow! they couldn't be part anything else!

5:08 pm

uusue2

no, that was the right e, the other word is an er6/18 perhaps describing wandering knights

5:08 pm

saanichcat

uw bichon

5:08 pm

bichon

I wouldn't say never, but much, much less than other breeds

5:08 pm

bichon

ty sue

5:09 pm

rubyfoo

and Rufie is going to be the biggest one of all, he's as tall as my Ruby and he's not yet 7 months.

5:09 pm

bichon

It's the giant Chow, right ruby

5:09 pm

rubyfoo

they are notoriously hard to breed; the females are not easygoing

5:09 pm

lilliann

omg, really ruby? bless him!

5:09 pm

rubyfoo

I may re-name him Moose

5:10 pm

bichon

Are either of yours female ruby?

5:10 pm

uusue2

cute, ruby!

5:10 pm

lilliann

does ruby look after him?

5:10 pm

rubyfoo

they have to be muzzled or they'd kill th males -- maybe they're part spider lol

5:10 pm

lilliann

so will ruby hurt him?

5:10 pm

bichon

Does anyone know why ruby?

5:11 pm

rubyfoo

she both looks after him and yells at him, even shows her teeth. But he is trying to be alpha dog

5:11 pm

uusue2

part spider - I love it!

5:11 pm

rubyfoo

the females are less mellow than the males

5:11 pm

rubyfoo

he has even tried mounting her, much to her annoyance

5:12 pm

bichon

My two have been caught on camera mounting my daughter's elderly Bichon, Cupcake [all boys or ex boys]. Cupcake looks dazed

5:12 pm

rubyfoo

I took a big series of photos of them play-fighing, but you have to relaly like dogs not to have your eyes glaze over

5:12 pm

uusue2

ah, my labradoodle is a very alpha female, ruby, we really can't let her near other dogs (she is very gentle with people and children, though, and pays no attention whatsoever to the cats)

5:12 pm

lilliann

well, if he gets any bigger he might well intimidate her, but saying that...probably not...like my male cat who i had first and my female cat who is alot smaller than him, came in when we rescued her and had a right go at him, so now he walks away from her and hides! lol

5:13 pm

rubyfoo

the only thing about him that |I don't like is when he clicks his teeth

5:13 pm

rubyfoo

his incisors are more than an inch ong

5:13 pm

bichon

Be afraid ruby

5:13 pm

rubyfoo

long*

5:14 pm

rubyfoo

he clicks his teeth and then licks my face

5:14 pm

lilliann

by the sounds of it, ruby will always be the matriach and not let him get away with much

5:14 pm

rubyfoo

but he's my only chow (out of the 6 I've had) who actually climbs on my lap

5:15 pm

lilliann

which is good in one way,plus she will teach him things

5:15 pm

rubyfoo

now if I could just solve the "hot spot problem" and my depressed husband, life would be paradise

5:15 pm

uusue2

hot spot problem?

5:16 pm

lilliann

you must have a numb lap then :)

5:16 pm

rubyfoo

he's had two in 5 weeks, but under where his tale nestles

5:16 pm

lilliann

ditto sue

5:16 pm

bichon

tht's particularly bad spot ruby

5:16 pm

rubyfoo

yes, and very hot indeed

5:17 pm

bichon

mine chew on their nails after a walk. Go figure

5:17 pm

rubyfoo

the vet comes to the house and shaves him, he takes antibiotics and I'm no longer feeding him rich food, but he's just re-opened one

5:17 pm

rubyfoo

I chew on my nails, maybe I need Nervicanis\! hahah

5:18 pm

rubyfoo

he is developing a huge plume of a tail and a real lion's head

5:19 pm

rubyfoo

helooks like he could be Ruby's son -- his color is changing to match hers and they have the same ears

5:19 pm

lilliann

maybe if the tail can grow again he won't be able to get to it as too much fur

5:20 pm

rubyfoo

no, she shaves is back, not the tail, so the place isn't visible

5:20 pm

rubyfoo

happily, it's cooled off again after being above 90 for a coupple of days

5:20 pm

lilliann

oh ok

5:21 pm

rubyfoo

I guess I have to go to bed; hopefull DH is sleeping

5:21 pm

uusue2

night, ruby, sleep well!

5:21 pm

rubyfoo

I'm tempted to put tranqs in his food

5:21 pm

rubyfoo

or zoloft

5:22 pm

rubyfoo

I think Xanax might smooth him out a little

5:22 pm

uusue2

all good thoughts, ruby :-)

5:23 pm

rubyfoo

ok, biting the bullet, good night my friends

5:23 pm

rubyfoo

ty sue

5:23 pm

lilliann

i've never heard of either ruby

5:23 pm

redturtlehead

hello all. this seems to be a difficult grid indeed.

5:23 pm

bichon

Bon soir ruby

5:23 pm

rubyfoo

Xanax is for anxiety (of which he has a lot) and zoloft is for depression

5:24 pm

uusue2

zoloft is an antidepressant and Xanax is anti-anxiety, like ruby says :-)

5:24 pm

lilliann

night ruby, sweet dreams, tc and don't let him get to you.big hugs.xxxx

5:24 pm

lilliann

is that for animals or humans

5:24 pm

rubyfoo

hi and bye, red. I've just been whiing as usual

5:24 pm

uusue2

probably have different names in different countries

5:24 pm

bichon

whine all you want ruby. We're here to listen

5:24 pm

rubyfoo

funnily. both are the same here as in the US

5:24 pm

lilliann

hi red

5:25 pm

redturtlehead

I am feeling like whinging as well. :(

5:25 pm

uusue2

might be different in the UK, though...

5:25 pm

lilliann

oh ok. we must have4 different names for them here

5:25 pm

uusue2

and whinge away, red!

5:25 pm

lilliann

nowt wrong with whinging...that's what we are here for :)

5:25 pm

rubyfoo

we can officially call ths "get it off your chest night!"

5:26 pm

bichon

I visited my Mom today at her assisted living. I had lunch there with her and the food was so bad. I don't think I could eat dinner

5:26 pm

lilliann

but on a positive note, i am one proud mam:)

5:26 pm

redturtlehead

My job is so frustrating. I'm in trouble for "working from home"

5:26 pm

rubyfoo

what good thing happened?

5:26 pm

lilliann

we had fish and chips from the chippy

5:26 pm

uusue2

uh-oh, red

5:26 pm

lilliann

why red?

5:26 pm

uusue2

and yay for proud mam lilli!

5:26 pm

redturtlehead

Oooh bichon thats sad...

5:27 pm

rubyfoo

chippy?

5:27 pm

bichon

Did you all hear that a big drug company was fined 3 Billion dollars for selling Paxil and Wellbutrin for off label diagnoses

5:27 pm

redturtlehead

Technically I am not allowed to work from home, BUT part of my job is to report sertain diseases immediately to the State health dept.

5:27 pm

rubyfoo

how far away does she live Bichon? Can you set up a regular schedule of bringing her special food?

5:28 pm

redturtlehead

So sometimes I look in on the surveillance to be sure I am not missing something that the law would fine us for not reporting.

5:28 pm

lilliann

i went to my daughter's parents evening ruby and she is doing really well.apparently a very hard worker, enthusiastic and none of the teachers have a bad word to say against her...their words..

5:28 pm

uusue2

so you're in trouble for taking your job too seriously, red?

5:28 pm

rubyfoo

bad me gave autistic Max Prozac (read about it in one of Temple Grandin's books). Off-label, schmoft label, it worked

5:28 pm

redturtlehead

Lilli, this is wonderful!

5:28 pm

bichon

she din't complain about it, but I thought it was bad. Salisbury steak covered with salty gravy. I just don't eat lunches like that. I'm more of a yoghurt person

5:29 pm

lilliann

ruby..chippy= fish and chip shop

5:29 pm

uusue2

that is great, lilli!

5:29 pm

rubyfoo

cute, in NY it means something else

5:29 pm

bichon

Lili, the kids are always nice in school. They save their venom for their parents

5:29 pm

redturtlehead

Yes essentially uusue, I just feel annoyed and sort of damned if I do damned if I dont.

5:30 pm

uusue2

that is a bummer, red :-(

5:30 pm

rubyfoo

it sounds like you're doing it right and your admin is mistaken

5:30 pm

redturtlehead

I tried, ruby to give Teulu proac, but he just kind of didn't want to go for walkies or anything.

5:30 pm

lilliann

it is red, i am sooo proud, they also say she is a lovely girl and exactly where she should be in the curriculum...if only she was as nice to me :(

5:30 pm

redturtlehead

Well it could be worse uusue. I think I am annoyed because I did know better.

5:30 pm

rubyfoo

since Max slept most of the time anyway, it made him affectionate and able to make eye contact for the first time

5:31 pm

redturtlehead

Well, Lilli, there are ways to work on that, and in a few years she may be different towards you.

5:31 pm

uusue2

still, it would be nice if people focused more on the goal than on the details of exactly how you get there (I understand the reasons for things, of course, but some flexibility is good too)

5:31 pm

rubyfoo

he was a mess for the first 46 months but then was a member of the family for the rest of his (too short) life

5:31 pm

redturtlehead

I just want to cry about that. that and go back to having more free time...

5:32 pm

rubyfoo

6 months*

5:32 pm

bichon

How old was Max, ruby?

5:33 pm

lilliann

so why are you getting into trouble red, can you not be at home and watch the computors?

5:33 pm

rubyfoo

I felt the same way about teaching, finally quit after getting tenure because they didn't understand that I was doing huge preparation at home and didn't have a "home toom" so used to leave 15 mins early. They gave me so much sh** that I quit

5:33 pm

rubyfoo

he was 8 when he disappeared

5:34 pm

bichon

too young? What is the life span for a Chow?

5:34 pm

uusue2

that's one of the nice things about being a university professor - lots of flexibility!

5:34 pm

rubyfoo

we've never had one live beyond 10. They are very big

5:35 pm

rubyfoo

Ruby is 9 1/2 and I am already starting to grieve for her

5:35 pm

rubyfoo

small dogs live much longer, I think, but it's why we always have two of them now

5:35 pm

bichon

My Biscuit was 16 and 3/4.

5:36 pm

redturtlehead

if they made me salaried it might be easier but of course we are in the middle ages.

5:36 pm

rubyfoo

Rufus hd to be put down at 10 because he suddenly couldn't walk

5:37 pm

lilliann

red, my daughter and i will be at logger heads for a few more yearsd yet...we are too much alike and can argue the toss over anything!! i wasn't like that with my mam until i was 15, but we weren't best of friends as we are now until i was 25...now i tell her anythbing and everything, and if i wasnt to cry, shout or talk, my mam is always the first now :)

5:37 pm

rubyfoo

must go to bed before my head hits the keyboard {{huge group hug}}

5:37 pm

redturtlehead

I do think small dogs seem to live forever. and cats too. My Mother has a cat, we call him the Prince of darkness...he is like 17...

5:37 pm

lilliann

i thought he disappeared ruby

5:37 pm

uusue2

{{{{{ruby}}}}}

5:37 pm

uusue2

they found him drowned in the pond, lilli

5:38 pm

redturtlehead

Huggies to ruby. Teulu sends his patient doggie look.

5:38 pm

rubyfoo

yes, he did, but was found 2 weeks later in the bottom of our fishpond where he always went for his after-dinner drink.

5:38 pm

uusue2

Sera sends doggie hugs too, ruby!

5:38 pm

rubyfoo

I mever tp;d my husband as he couldn't have handled it since it's his pond

5:39 pm

lilliann

omg, i'm so sorry, i never knew that.big big hugs sent your way ruby.xx

5:39 pm

rubyfoo

the handyman and I buried him in the garden with Rufus and Cleo. Burt never knew

5:39 pm

uusue2

I think that is for the best, ruby - you are very sweet to him

5:40 pm

redturtlehead

Ruby that was kind of you to spare him.

5:40 pm

rubyfoo

he called me a lazy bum tonight because I didn't fix a hole in the wallpaper that Rufie has made. I don't see the point until he gets past chewing on everything

5:40 pm

lilliann

i'm not surprised you didn't tell him but its also unfair you have the burden of it,but i understand why you did and just shows what a lovely, caring person you are.xx

5:41 pm

redturtlehead

Seems he could fix it if it bothered him?

5:41 pm

lilliann

there's no point until he grows up, as he will just chew and scratch until he is older

5:41 pm

bichon

bbl

5:42 pm

rubyfoo

thank you for saying that, but I just couldn't deal with the potential fallout. I told him that he must have gotten out through a hole in the fence and been adepoted by somebody as he wasn't wearing a collar and had never been off the property

5:42 pm

lilliann

and ditto red

5:42 pm

lilliann

bfn bichon

5:42 pm

rubyfoo

zzzz for me xxox

5:42 pm

godthaab

uusue - this article is coming out tomorrow. I thought you might be interested. http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/
02/us-usa-higgs-idINBRE8610RK20120702

5:43 pm

lilliann

big hugs ruby.sweet dreams hin.xx

5:44 pm

uusue2

Yes, there is a lot of discussion about this among physicists, godt - CERN is having a press conference on Wednesday, and there is a big particle physics conference next week where we are all expecting an announcement. All four experiments (two Fermilab, two CERN) seem to be seeing things around a mass of 125 GeV

5:45 pm

redturtlehead

I was wondering- someone mentioned CERN on FB and I admit, i did not know what it was...

5:45 pm

lilliann

how is teulu red...calmed down alot more now?

5:45 pm

uusue2

CERN is the European high energy physics lab in Geneva, Switzerland - I worked there for a while

5:46 pm

redturtlehead

He is well Lilli, summer time is not his forte, so he is a bit lethargic. He's so hairy...

5:47 pm

redturtlehead

very cool...

5:47 pm

lilliann

bless him..our's was the same and it's not as hot here.how old is he now?

5:48 pm

MollyL

The God particle thing is like Dan Brown's novel coming to life. I hope no one decided to blow up The Vatican with it. : )

5:48 pm

lilliann

that must have been a very interesting job sue?

5:49 pm

uusue2

ha, it's actually pretty useless, Molly, no need to worry

5:49 pm

uusue2

and yes, lilli, it was fascinating! I finally got fed up with the size of the groups (2000 physicists trying to work together on one experiment is quite a scene) but I still love the physics

5:50 pm

uusue2

indeed, I have a graduate student now who is analyzing Fermilab data, partly as part of the Higgs search

5:51 pm

lilliann

but i will admit i haven't got a clue what you're talking about and gone way over my head...physics was never my strong point, i drove my physics teacher potty asking questions all the time that she just ignored me!

5:52 pm

uusue2

np, lilli, it's pretty esoteric stuff

5:52 pm

lilliann

2000? i would say a few too many :)

5:52 pm

uusue2

(however if you were my student I would not ignore you!!)

5:54 pm

uusue2

well, it is a huge and complicated experiment, kind of like launching the space shuttle or the Hubble telescope, so there is plenty for everybody to do!

5:54 pm

lilliann

this was when i was 15, and my teacher only liked the girls (an all girls school,)who understood it...she would sit on their table and ignore the rest of us who would put our hands up and ask for help, so after that i didn't bother

5:54 pm

MollyL

Not to worry Lilliann. The most important things in life, science can't quantify or explain. Like love. : )

5:55 pm

lilliann

so did all 2000 get to take part in it sue?

5:55 pm

uusue2

that is awful, lilli! I always tried to answer all my students' questions (although sometimes I might ask someone to see me after class so I could go over things more thoroughly with them)

5:56 pm

uusue2

oh, yes, lilli, there are probably a lot more now, in fact. They just started taking data last year, and will continue for many years to come.

5:57 pm

lilliann

very true molly. i never actually like physics to start with, my mam said take it, but i'm crap at maths(not like my daughter,with a big proud smile on my face) so i was never going to be any good

5:57 pm

MollyL

<--Also crap at math. The new math ruined me.

5:58 pm

lilliann

that is brilliant sue, as in taking data...where would we be without physicists and scientists

6:00 pm

uusue2

I taught a non-math physics course for non-science majors - it was a bit of a challenge but I liked it a lot, as did many of my students (this is for university)

6:00 pm

lilliann

sue, my physics teacher always looked bored and if we asked more than 3 times because we didn't understand she would completely ignore us and even when i went to her after class and asked i was told to get on with it and try!!

6:00 pm

cosdem

my log in was an email address i havent had since i first got pro lol

6:00 pm

uusue2

ugh, I hate it when people do that, lilli!

6:00 pm

lilliann

yay cos is back! :)

6:01 pm

cosdem

I thought I had changed it!

6:01 pm

uusue2

and hi, cos, nice to see you as yourself! :-)

6:01 pm

redturtlehead

All I remember about physics class was that he had this cray monkey on a bicycle that rode along a string. i am sure it demonstrated something,, but...

6:01 pm

cosdem

now to find a way to get expert lol :) hi everyone

6:01 pm

cosdem

jerried

6:01 pm

cosdem

whoops sorry

6:01 pm

uusue2

expert link is in my profile, cos

6:01 pm

lilliann

that sounds more fun that what my teacher had red :)

6:02 pm

cosdem

thanks sue! brb

6:02 pm

lilliann

ty cos :)

6:02 pm

redturtlehead

i think so...

6:02 pm

lilliann

je isn't even a word...i take away my ty :(

6:03 pm

cosdem

yay everythings back to normal

6:04 pm

cosdem

lol im sorry lil :)

6:05 pm

lilliann

i know you have officially retired sue but were helping out? there must be apart of you that will mjiss it? will you still help out when you can?

6:05 pm

lilliann

no you're not cos :)

6:06 pm

lilliann

*miss

6:06 pm

MollyL

Yay, Cos is Cos again.

6:06 pm

uusue2

I'm not working on the CERN experiment any more, lilli, but I have taken on a graduate student who is analyzing data from the Fermilab experiment (similar but smaller, only about 800 physicists :-)

6:06 pm

uusue2

I've been completely away from it for about 10 years, and it is kind of fun to get back to it

6:07 pm

cosdem

me too. was driving me nuts

6:07 pm

cosdem

ar6/24 please?

6:08 pm

MollyL

Blood vessel

6:08 pm

lilliann

oh good for you and i hope you enjoy doing it again. i thionk sometimes we need space away from things to then enjoy them again sue

6:09 pm

cosdem

ah thanks!

6:09 pm

MollyL

This grid is like a Twister board.

6:10 pm

lilliann

i'm still looking for the ar6...you're right molly, this is a twisty little beggar!

6:10 pm

lilliann

and i need a clue for the au6 please, does it go moff the 5?

6:12 pm

uusue2

au6 is like a French author

6:12 pm

uusue2

only ar6 I have is plural of ar5

6:12 pm

cosdem

thanks for the au6

6:12 pm

uusue2

except now I have the ar6/24, thanks!

6:14 pm

cosdem

pennywise's town is a word :)

6:16 pm

lilliann

i can speak a little french but don't know the author word

6:16 pm

lilliann

pennywise town cos?

6:16 pm

cosdem

pennywise the clown

6:16 pm

uusue2

probably I am giving too much away if I say it looks an awful lot like author...

6:17 pm

lilliann

well, i might do, but my memory is shot to pieces which is why i play this game!

6:17 pm

lilliann

omg...i knew that word and i thought ni put it in...tysm sue

6:18 pm

uusue2

*wink*

6:18 pm

crosshair

reading back.our teachers were like that.if you did not get it after asking about it a second time and you try to ask again or come and ask for clarification after class what you got was"sorry you will just have to catch up in class,i do not have time to be a one one one tutor for you,in case you did not notice,i have 35 other people in this class"

6:19 pm

lilliann

"exactly" crossy

6:20 pm

uusue2

pfah. I was always happy to spend as much time as individual students needed, even when I had 350 of them (few enough came to my office that I didn't have to cut them short)

6:20 pm

crosshair

and this was before computers or googe,so you would break out the 26 volume funk and wagnells encyclopedia and find exactly one line on the problem

6:20 pm

Jillyjill

*comes out of lurk*...need clue for the ou7/8?

6:21 pm

cosdem

past its prime, jill

6:21 pm

lilliann

my worst lessons were maths and physics and both teachers were never very helpful but i'm glad to say that after tonight with my daughter's parent's evening they all said if she didn't understant something she would put her hand up and she has tols me that they will answer and help

6:21 pm

uusue2

not in + go out with a friend, Jilly

6:21 pm

MollyL

*Secretly waves at Jilly*

6:21 pm

lilliann

i wish i had have had you as a teacher sue :0

6:22 pm

lilliann

hi jilli

6:22 pm

uusue2

that is good, lilli - I was always most impressed, not with the students who understood everything right away, but with the ones who were persistent enough to keep at it until they did understand

6:22 pm

Jillyjill

thought I had tried that one...ty uusue!

6:22 pm

Jillyjill

Hi lilliann and *secretly woots at molly*

6:22 pm

MollyL

Cos, I saw your clue, just to let you know *Wink*

6:23 pm

lilliann

i know what you mean crossy, we use to carry so many books in our bags that i'm surprised we are not hump backed!

6:23 pm

cosdem

;) lol molly

6:23 pm

Jillyjill

ahh, missed your clue cos...ty!

6:24 pm

cosdem

oh no biggie really yw tho

6:24 pm

lilliann

ty cos and sue

6:25 pm

stidmama

**hugs lilliann** hey all

6:25 pm

lilliann

my daughter couls

6:26 pm

uusue2

hi stid!

6:26 pm

lilliann

do with a teacher like you sue as there are one or two who i did'nt see tonight who aren't like you or the other teachers

6:26 pm

lilliann

((stid)) hi hin. big hugs

6:26 pm

stidmama

I never understand the teachers who think that the kids who don't understand or who just need more time should figure it out on their own. WHY are we "teaching" if the kids can do it on their own???

6:27 pm

Jillyjill

hi stiddy!

6:28 pm

stidmama

Jilly! :-) hope you are well?

6:28 pm

uusue2

I agree, stid!

6:29 pm

stidmama

On the other hand... there are the kids who are disruptive in class (on purpose) who then expect to have their hands held to catch up on what they missed (mostly the middle schoolers). THOSE kids I will point to the written instructions (I always give directions in two forms) and tell them to go over those before they ask me anything.

6:31 pm

uusue2

one of the many reasons I was much happier teaching university students...

6:31 pm

lilliann

exactly stid, i thought the same when i was at school. i couldn't understand why this teacher wasn't trying to help us...now after being a governor of a school, the teachers help the ones who are doing really well and then the ones who aren't but some but they don't help the ones in the middle who could do alot better because they want to look good for the government standards and when i can think of what we call them here i will type it...word block....

6:32 pm

wvteach

at the university there were always the ones who didn't feel it important to show up for class - i would spend as much time as needed to help those who attended

6:32 pm

Jillyjill

Well, nbt, nbs, 1/2 done ...must run to get some groceries...bbl to finish...

6:33 pm

stidmama

LOL lilliann -- I know JUST what you mean. And, to be honest, when I was student teaching I struggled to figure out the ones in the middle -- not because I wasn't interested and didn't try, but because they generally didn't catch my attention. NOW that I have been in so many classrooms and grade levels I am much quicker at realizing when the kids who are "average" need a little push to do more/better work.

6:33 pm

Jillyjill

*poof* and TEACHERS ROCK!!

6:33 pm

stidmama

see you soon jilly

6:33 pm

MollyL

*Secretly waves bye to Jilly*

6:33 pm

uusue2

bye, jilly!

6:34 pm

uusue2

indeed, wv - the ones who came to my office after the final exam wondering what they could do to improve their grade didn't get much sympathy from me

6:35 pm

lilliann

i didn't explain that very well... as an ex governor.i use to help people read and i was told to help the ones who could read trhe best?? and then the ones who couldn't...i can understand the ones who can't but why the ones who can read perfectly...i was then told that the ones who did well in school needed more teaching as they could become famous writers, musicians, scientists...etc and the ones who couldn't read and write very well would do better so it's good for the school and the ones in the middle...basically sod them!!

6:35 pm

cosdem

ji6 please?

6:35 pm

MollyL

ji6 sounds like the late Ms. Houston

6:35 pm

stidmama

cos, I think it's a type of horse-drawn conveyance

6:36 pm

uusue2

j + eli wh***** invented the cotton gin

6:36 pm

uusue2

(or what Molly said, I am not good with contemporary culture :-)

6:38 pm

stidmama

oh, I see -- the ones who are above level often don't have much chance to work with someone as a specialist. When I helped in my mother's classroom one of the kids was reading about three grades higher, so I challenged him to read more complicated books and we talked about them so he continued to be challenged. So, I can see doing that. And the ones who are behind really do need the help. The ones in the middle, who are pretty much "on the same page" (pun intended -- and where is ruru to appreciate it?) get what they need from the larger group. Around here, the teacher will hold mini-conferences with the kids in the middle at least once a week to see where they really are and to offer some additional assistance or challenges.

6:39 pm

lilliann

ty molly

6:40 pm

stidmama

but, that's just around here and I have been in schools where "average" is counted as good enough even if the student is capable of more. That makes me grumpy.

6:41 pm

cosdem

thanks!

6:42 pm

MollyL

Lordy, it's loquacious Monday.

6:43 pm

lilliann

but that's the thing stid, the ones in the middle aren't getting the extra help. i complained as a parent and a governor.the middle ones with extra help could have been alot better.....i know it's hard to be able to teach atleast 30 in a class with all different levels but i don't think it's fair to just help two levels out of 3

6:44 pm

megsy8512

au5/12 please

6:45 pm

stidmama

I agree, lilliann -- which is why I qualified with "around here"... btw my alternate "dream job" just opened in a nearby school district. Have hit the apply button... It's a middle school language arts/social studies position, and I know it would be a great learning experience for me.

6:45 pm

lilliann

au and rudolph the red nose r*** deer

6:46 pm

stidmama

great clue, lilliann -- was puzzling how to explain that one!

6:46 pm

cosdem

pe6 please?

6:46 pm

lilliann

well, i hope you get it stid and know you will be such a great teachwer

6:47 pm

lilliann

sorry cos, don't have it yet

6:47 pm

MollyL

pe + not happy + vowel

6:47 pm

stidmama

thanks molly!

6:47 pm

cosdem

thanks molly

6:47 pm

lilliann

ty molly

6:48 pm

MollyL

I'm never sure who knows the singer and who doesn't.

6:48 pm

MollyL

â™ª Smooth operator â™«

6:50 pm

lilliann

i never liked much of her music molly....well i didn't like that song

6:50 pm

cosdem

re7 the last?

6:52 pm

cosdem

nevermind

6:52 pm

uusue2

ok, I am heading home, see you all later!

6:52 pm

MollyL

Good thing you found it, or someone would have told ou it's French for fox. : P

6:53 pm

cosdem

lol and i failed french lol

6:53 pm

uusue2

old French at that :-)

6:54 pm

lilliann

bye sue, lovely talking to you.tc hin

6:55 pm

MollyL

I'm watching the miniseries "John Adams" (again). It's astounding what the colonists went through to secure our independence.

6:57 pm

o-o

When you consider the ones seeking independence were in the minority, it is even more astounding.

6:58 pm

stidmama

(((((((BR))))))) I missed seeing you earlier!!!

6:58 pm

o-o

Hello, stid

6:58 pm

stidmama

LOVE the Heinlein quote, BR -- one of my fav authors, of course.

6:59 pm

stidmama

Grant is making me ginger tea... with fresh ginger. He's a darling boy.

7:00 pm

stidmama

I will sorely miss him when he grows up and leaves home. *wistful pre-empty-nester mama look*

7:00 pm

o-o

Any fires in your area, stid?

7:01 pm

stidmama

no, BR, I am in about the only part of the U.S. with cooler (and wetter) than normal weather. So we are good.

7:02 pm

stidmama

how about you? are you and your community okay? There have been so many problems with weather in so many places the last couple weeks

7:03 pm

MollyL

You're right BR. They were in the minority. So many were afraid to buck British rule.

7:05 pm

cosdem

fire now 70% contained!

7:06 pm

stidmama

marvelous news, cos -- when I looked earlier today the source I saw said only 55%

7:06 pm

cosdem

last tiem I checked was 55% too

7:07 pm

cosdem

brb i want some nutella

7:07 pm

lbdawger

hello, everyone. clue for the 3rd, ur5.12?

7:07 pm

lilliann

good news cos and glad you and you're family are back in your home

7:08 pm

lilliann

hi lbd, welcome to the grid :)

7:08 pm

lbdawger

nm, found it. Hi Lilliann!

7:09 pm

stidmama

hey LBD!

7:10 pm

lbdawger

hey, Stiddy!

7:11 pm

cosdem

tu7 please?

7:12 pm

lilliann

i don't have it yet cos, sorry

7:12 pm

stidmama

looking, cos...

7:13 pm

lbdawger

don't have it, cos

7:13 pm

MollyL

tu + vowel + en*** at your own risk + vowel

7:14 pm

MollyL

Lame clue but that is all I could come up with.

7:14 pm

lilliann

tu, vowel and ****apin, small turtle

7:14 pm

cosdem

thanks molly and lol

7:14 pm

stidmama

ah, thanks molly!

7:15 pm

MollyL

It's some kind of New Zealand lizard. Apparently the grid masters are fixated on lizards from down under these days.

7:15 pm

stidmama

hmph. I need to head out for a while, have to finish a project I started earlier. Back later. *poof*

7:15 pm

lilliann

bye stid,tc

7:17 pm

lbdawger

bye stiddy

7:21 pm

cosdem

fireworks

7:22 pm

lilliann

wtg cos!!!

7:24 pm

lbdawger

whooo hoooo cos!!

7:25 pm

MollyL

Well done Cos.

7:29 pm

torgone

*Drops out of low earth orbit lurk mode..* Yay cos!

7:30 pm

MollyL

*Sends orbital greetings to Tor*

7:31 pm

torgone

Heyas kids ..

7:33 pm

lbdawger

tadone, finito!! hi torgie!

7:33 pm

lilliann

hi tor

7:33 pm

lilliann

wtg lbd!!

7:35 pm

torgone

Yay lbd!

7:35 pm

lbdawger

ty, lilliann. long day and i'm needing to go cut up tomatoes and onions to start my salsa. see you all tomorrow...

7:36 pm

lilliann

enjoy your salsa lbd. tc hin.x

7:43 pm

wht

Good evening all. Flopping to earth for my last 82.

7:44 pm

lilliann

hi wht,84 here

7:46 pm

lilliann

i'm going to lurke mode as not many people want to talk to me...i'll clue if i can :)

7:46 pm

Jillyjill

I'm back...*waves frantically at lilliann*

7:46 pm

MollyL

Don't go all sensitive on us Lillianne. We like talking to you.

7:47 pm

lilliann

hi jilli, waves back :)

7:47 pm

MollyL

Hi Wht.

7:47 pm

Jillyjill

Hi wht and molly!

7:48 pm

wht

Hi Molly and Jilli, and if I am not chatting it is because I am puzzling too hard over the grid.

7:49 pm

lilliann

saying that it is nearly o1.48 so i want to finish and sleep

7:49 pm

Jillyjill

me too wht...too many to get done! Plus have some cooking for the 4th to get done tonight!

7:50 pm

Minveryork

Hello to my fellow babblers! How is everyone doing today?

7:50 pm

Minveryork

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! Way to go!

7:50 pm

MollyL

Hi Min

7:50 pm

Jillyjill

Hi ya minv! (((hugs))) how are you?

7:50 pm

MollyL

*Wonders what Jilly is cooking two days ahead*

7:51 pm

wht

Hi Min

7:51 pm

lilliann

hi min, welcome to the grid hin :)

7:52 pm

wht

It is uncanny how often ee4,6 has been in the grid lately.

7:52 pm

lilliann

omg, that's right, it's nearly the 4th of july! i hope you all have a good day if i don't see you all before

7:52 pm

Jillyjill

LOL...direct opposites...rice krispie bars and a HUGE vegie tray.

7:52 pm

Jillyjill

Plus the family macaroni salad

7:52 pm

lilliann

yesterday, i still thought it was june :)

7:54 pm

MollyL

Dorens, and other healthy eaters will approve of the veggie tray. I will approve of the Rice Krispy bars.
: )

7:55 pm

Jillyjill

Had a wonderful weekend. Youngest home from MA for 4 days, out of town wedding...begining of hubby's family reunion (he's there, I go again tomorrow)

7:55 pm

MollyL

And double approve the macaroni salad.

7:55 pm

Jillyjill

And I approve of both! LOL...life in balance!

7:56 pm

MollyL

Sounds fun Jilly. The 4th is a very family oriented holiday.

7:57 pm

Dorens

haha molly. enjoy your rice krispie treats.. Just because I am a healthy eater doesn't mean I don't understand sinfully good sweets... just maybe differ with you as to which sweets are worth the carbs/calories. And unless there is a good dip, veggie trays are Boring!

7:57 pm

lilliann

rice krispie bars and veggie tray even though i'm a meat eater sound really nice

7:58 pm

Jillyjill

I made a yummy ranch dip with greek yogurt...even the most diehard dippers will LOVE it!

7:58 pm

MollyL

Home made ranch dip is great.

7:59 pm

Dorens

i think greek yogurt is as good as sour cream. and if you mix it even parts with mayo, and add the flavors of your liking it is stupendous . Partial to a good blue cheese dip myself right now

7:59 pm

Dorens

(with garlic!)

7:59 pm

lilliann

i don't mean to offend people here, which i seem to lately but you seem to eat or like alot of macaroni in the U.S. as in macaroni cheese. do you eat it hot or cold?

8:00 pm

Dorens

macaroni and cheese is usually baked macaroni with a white sauce and a lot of grated cheddar. Yummy and SO fattening lil

8:00 pm

Jillyjill

Hubby's family pretty picky...I would LOVE bleu or goranzola...but ranch it must be...OOOO or crab!!

8:01 pm

Dorens

mmmmm crab!

8:01 pm

MollyL

Y'all don't eat macaroni in the UK?

8:01 pm

lilliann

is that a meal eaten alot in the U.S dorens

8:01 pm

MollyL

<---Will eat crab dip with a spoon.

8:01 pm

lilliann

we a'll don't molly :)

8:02 pm

Dorens

yes jilli, usually it is a side dish. but i loved it soo much and would sometimes serve it as a main dish with carrot sticks on the side. something about the sweet crunchy carrot with the soft, sharp salty cheesy macaroni... great juxtaposition. and it is eaten hot.

8:02 pm

lilliann

well, we do eat macaroni cheese , i don't like it i prefer cauliflower cheese which is a dish eaten alot here

8:02 pm

MollyL

Macaroni is just pasta. What kind of pasta do you eat Lilliann?

8:03 pm

Jillyjill

LOL...I had left-over mac and cheese...with a very tres chic sa6/24 morel mushrooms

8:03 pm

lilliann

macaroni is the tubes isn't it...we get that here and alot of people like it but we might not make it the same as you, but here it is a meal, without anything else

8:03 pm

Jillyjill

The only good thing about forest fires are the morell mushrooms in the spring/summer...

8:03 pm

stidmama

hey all

8:04 pm

lilliann

wb stid

8:04 pm

Shirlockc

au clues? i only have the au5

8:04 pm

Dorens

sounds delish jily. and hey stid

8:04 pm

lilliann

i like spaghetti

8:04 pm

wht

I like baked macaroni and cheese with cheddar and a little Monterray Jack, with Lima beans on the side, cooked until they are soft and dripping with butter.

8:04 pm

Dorens

macaroni is thicker and chewier

8:04 pm

MollyL

<---Thinks "stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni" has given Americans a bad rap. : )

8:05 pm

lilliann

shirlock, au and rudolph the red nose r*** deer

8:05 pm

stidmama

I like food...

8:05 pm

wht

Unfortunately, I have now learned about cholesterol so I don't have it as often as I used to.

8:05 pm

stidmama

"macaroni" means fancy/fashionable, as the tubular pasta was when it was new

8:05 pm

Dorens

sounds good wht. I make my mac and cheese with very sharp vermont cheddar, and a bit of dijon mustard, and worcestshire sauce, yumm. but only when i am with all three kids (which is about twice a year) and they clamor for it. otherwise i don't touch the stuff anymore

8:06 pm

MollyL

Wht, ignorance is bliss.

8:06 pm

Minveryork

au 5/12 word is au + anagram of to make angry Shirlockc.

8:06 pm

Minveryork

Hello Shirlockc! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

8:06 pm

stidmama

Tom makes pasta for me with roasted red peppers and a crumbly topping.

8:06 pm

stidmama

hello Min! welcome to the grid!

8:06 pm

Jillyjill

au7/32=poet L*******

8:07 pm

Dorens

crumbly topping is important. and if tom makes it that makes it all the better (being served and not having to cook has a certain allure)

8:07 pm

Dorens

nice clue, thanks jil

8:07 pm

lilliann

i don't eat alot of pasta anymore because it's full of carbs and because i spend half of my time sitting and the rest lying down i can't exercise and can't burn the calories off

8:07 pm

stidmama

I think tom is home now! :-) yep.

8:07 pm

Minveryork

Hello stidmama!Thanks!Are U having a good summer so far

8:07 pm

stidmama

I am having a lovely, if cold and wet, summer so far. How about you, Min?

8:08 pm

Dorens

good reason lil. i don't eat it much anymore, and when i do i try to make it whole grain

8:08 pm

Jillyjill

yw dorens...was trying to avoid the PB

8:08 pm

MollyL

*Blesses the chat log and rids it of the evil pasta carbs*

8:08 pm

stidmama

LOL @Doren's comment

8:09 pm

Jillyjill

My pasta was whole wheat organic...

8:09 pm

stidmama

I use whole-grain brown rice pasta (since I can't do wheat)

8:09 pm

lilliann

i cook alot with dijon mustard,worcester sauce and balsamic vinegar

8:09 pm

Dorens

i am hankering for some pasta right now. good thing i already had dinner. i think tomorrow is a spaghetti carbonara night!

8:09 pm

periwinkle

help with au words pls

8:09 pm

Minveryork

We are having a very hot dry summer.Has been very humid

8:10 pm

stidmama

yes, I have been reading about all the thunderstorms back there

8:10 pm

lilliann

au6 is french for author

8:10 pm

periwinkle

ty lil

8:10 pm

Jillyjill

peri, scroll down...lots of clues...and HI!!

8:10 pm

stidmama

aha! thanks lilliann

8:10 pm

lilliann

au5 is aur and red nose r*** deer

8:10 pm

stidmama

hey peri

8:11 pm

Dorens

the south east had lots of thunderstorms... not too many in north jersey and upwards

8:11 pm

MollyL

au + an ama**** is not a professional.

8:11 pm

periwinkle

tytyty

8:12 pm

MollyL

Not so southeast. DC and Northern Virginia were hammered with bad storms that have left many, many people without power.

8:13 pm

Dorens

up here we call dc and northenr va south. (mason-dixon line?)

8:14 pm

Dorens

even south jersey had bad storms... to me that is the south. I know, that is somewhat ignorant on my part or chauvinistic. my 89 year old aunt in winchester managed to keep her power, thankfully

8:15 pm

lilliann

the weather has been so bad around the world lately.i

8:15 pm

Dorens

but global warming is amyth!

8:15 pm

MollyL

That's good, Dorens. It's always hard on the elderly when they lose power.

8:15 pm

stidmama

glad to hear your aunt is okay, oren

8:15 pm

stidmama

doren. sorry, my nails are getting long and it's harder to type!

8:16 pm

Dorens

i answer to anything close to doren/dorens, doresn is pam's only way of addressing me

8:16 pm

stidmama

LOL

8:17 pm

bethanyej

ou7/36?

8:17 pm

wht

Has anyone heard from jmc? Or is she among the powerless in DC?

8:17 pm

Dorens

no longer in style

8:17 pm

Minveryork

ou 7/36: typewriters are ou*****d. Now we have computers

8:18 pm

bethanyej

i have that one

8:18 pm

Dorens

think she's out of town for a conference or something. seain did lose power

8:18 pm

lilliann

i meant to say for this time of year...we always get rain in june when wimbledon is on...but not like this! we had floods in our street last week that it flowed like a river and nearly flooded my house, luckily enough the rain stopped.i've never known anything like it in the last 14 years!so i hope all my babble friends and fam,ilies are safe and well

8:18 pm

bethanyej

anyone have the other

8:18 pm

Jillyjill

well, down to 34...time for a break..bbs

8:18 pm

Dorens

sorry beth. no list here, have no idea how many of anything there is

8:18 pm

MollyL

Last I read, JMC was in Toledo on her way to some Quaker function.

8:18 pm

bethanyej

don't apologize

8:18 pm

wht

That is the only ou I am missing, beth

8:19 pm

wht

thanks, Molly.

8:19 pm

Dorens

ok, sorry for apologizing

8:20 pm

bethanyej

:)

8:21 pm

stidmama

;-)

8:22 pm

Dorens

hey stid, next week is the birthday party for Levi and Phoebe... can't believe she is nearly 6 == time flies

8:22 pm

periwinkle

ou7 same prefixe as those above and what you do with a book

8:22 pm

MollyL

ou7...not in + what you do with books

8:22 pm

stidmama

already, doren?

8:22 pm

MollyL

Snap Peri.

8:22 pm

bethanyej

thank you peri and molly

8:22 pm

Dorens

ty snappers

8:22 pm

MollyL

Like that is a word.

8:22 pm

periwinkle

you snap,Molls. I got my clue in first :)

8:23 pm

wht

ty peri and Molly

8:23 pm

lilliann

tyvm peri and molly

8:23 pm

MollyL

Oh my. Bows to the queen who was first and is exempt from the PB.

8:24 pm

Dorens

<---- never knew about snap etiquette :-)

8:24 pm

lilliann

can anyone just give me my last 81 words so i can go to bed :)

8:25 pm

periwinkle

38 left here

8:25 pm

stidmama

oooh. I got the SA 8 wine word!!!!

8:25 pm

Dorens

would love to lil, i frequently feel that way

8:25 pm

Dorens

wine word? where!! oh, i get it, ty stid

8:25 pm

lilliann

can i have a clue please stid

8:25 pm

lilliann

i'm thinking sangria

8:26 pm

Dorens

(ends in sea bird)

8:26 pm

wht

There was the time jmc did a bulk copy into the chog instead of into Lickety. I think she was in the PB for a week after that.

8:26 pm

stidmama

sa + latin "and" ends like sea bird

8:27 pm

Dorens

someone else did that just yesterday i think, wht. quite amusing

8:27 pm

Minveryork

sa 8/45 word is sa 5/12 word plus medical *egistered *urse plus a vowel lillian.

8:28 pm

stidmama

down to 42, but my ocular orbs are hurting. Going to knit for a while and back later to list. *poof*

8:28 pm

wht

Oh, I missed the fun. Sounds like Lilli is just a day late.

8:28 pm

Dorens

niters stid, feel better

8:28 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye stidmama! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

8:29 pm

Dorens

think it was relatively early tho,and didn't have all words. then she wrote lots and lots of posts to make it go away..

8:29 pm

lilliann

nite stid, and tc.x

8:29 pm

MollyL

Ah, flushing the chat log. A wonderful sport.

8:30 pm

Dorens

that's a good term for it

8:30 pm

Dorens

i have a feeling there are umpteen re words?

8:30 pm

lilliann

tyvm for the 8, stid, dorens and min :0

8:31 pm

MollyL

17 re words, I think.

8:32 pm

Dorens

ok, not too bad. i see i am only missing thre r's now and i'm sure tbey must be re. think it's time to list wiht 45 left

8:32 pm

wht

clue for the ps?

8:33 pm

Dorens

three vowel wht

8:33 pm

wht

ty Dorens. It was Greek to me.

8:34 pm

Dorens

i've been playing so long, when i hear there's a ps word i kind of know what to look for.

8:37 pm

rururocks

ar 6/24 anyone?

8:37 pm

Dorens

no, not yet

8:37 pm

wht

I have been playing long enough to feel blind when I can't find one.

8:37 pm

wht

Blood carrier, ruru.

8:37 pm

torgone

Blood vessel ..

8:38 pm

Dorens

ty tor, wht

8:38 pm

rururocks

thanks.. oh duh

8:38 pm

wht

And hi ruru, Your name has been a phantom for me all day.

8:38 pm

MollyL

I've been playing that long too, Wht.

8:39 pm

rururocks

i'm feeling fractured today

8:39 pm

herinfernallady

hi

8:39 pm

rururocks

hi herin

8:39 pm

periwinkle

hey ruru,did you ever have surgery?

8:40 pm

lilliann

hi ruru and herin

8:40 pm

Dorens

fractured ow? and hi herin

8:40 pm

rururocks

no.. not yet peri

8:40 pm

herinfernallady

Hugs the Ru for feeling blar

8:40 pm

herinfernallady

howdy

8:40 pm

rururocks

and now after Granny's miseries.. I don't think it's anytime soon

8:40 pm

wjb

I have ou8 could I have the stats for the other, please

8:40 pm

herinfernallady

You are all TV stars. I have hooked my pc up to the tv for game playing

8:40 pm

periwinkle

Ithought she was doing ok,ru

8:40 pm

herinfernallady

Howdy back everyone

8:41 pm

rururocks

not what she said last night

8:41 pm

doseffing

sa 8/45

8:41 pm

Minveryork

Hi herinfernallady! How are you? Welcome to the chat log.

8:41 pm

periwinkle

Oh, I missed that,what did she say?

8:41 pm

Minveryork

Hello doseffing!How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

8:42 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Mini and thank you for your welcome

8:42 pm

Minveryork

sa 8/45 word is sa 5/12 word plus medical *egistered *urse plus a vowel doseffing.

8:42 pm

herinfernallady

Can I get a clue for the 8's please

8:42 pm

rururocks

she's got some additional problems now with bruising and swelling and pain

8:42 pm

periwinkle

oh,sorry to hear that

8:42 pm

herinfernallady

O poor Grammie Ru

8:43 pm

MollyL

Yeah, but aren't those par for the course with knee replacement?

8:43 pm

doseffing

... it's a french wine

8:43 pm

rururocks

ou8 herin.. not timely

8:43 pm

rururocks

sa8 a sweet white bordeaux

8:43 pm

herinfernallady

thanks

8:43 pm

Jillyjill

back for the final 35...

8:44 pm

Minveryork

ou8/50 is opposite of in plus da 5/12 word herinfernallady

8:44 pm

Jillyjill

hello ruru, herin and doseffing...

8:44 pm

rururocks

I gotta wrap this up too.. I've been slacking today

8:44 pm

Minveryork

Hello Jillyjill! How are you? Welcome back to the chat log.

8:44 pm

rururocks

jilly

8:44 pm

MollyL

Nurse Jilly, are bruising, swelling and pain part of the knee replacement procedure?

8:44 pm

herinfernallady

Howdy

8:45 pm

herinfernallady

My cats are in a mood. One just had a go at my hand and ran off

8:45 pm

rururocks

yeah.. I have all the e's finally

8:46 pm

wht

Fireworks

8:46 pm

rururocks

I hate it when cats attack you for no reason

8:46 pm

lilliann

wtg wht!

8:46 pm

MollyL

Well done Wht

8:47 pm

wht

Molly, I think bruising, swelling and pain are a part of surgery in general.

8:47 pm

Jillyjill

WooT WooT WooT wht!

8:47 pm

MollyL

That's kind of what I meant Wht, but apparently it's not up for discussion.

8:48 pm

Dorens

i have stitches being removed from my nose tomorrow. some bruising, swelling and pain there. (and hopefully no too big a scar)

8:48 pm

wht

No one woots like Jilly. ty.

8:48 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations wht on your fireworks display! Way to go!

8:48 pm

Jillyjill

*takes a bow*

8:48 pm

MollyL

Did you get black eyes Dorens?

8:49 pm

Minveryork

I have to say, carleekat does some pretty cool cartwheels!

8:49 pm

herinfernallady

Yah Wht on finishing.

8:49 pm

herinfernallady

OUCH Dorens

8:49 pm

Dorens

a bit of discoloration and swelling, but didn't really look all that bad, mol.

8:49 pm

rururocks

je 5/20 ?

8:49 pm

MollyL

Ah, very good. I hope there is minimal scarring.

8:49 pm

Dorens

it's a plural ru

8:50 pm

rururocks

crap

8:50 pm

rururocks

I just saw that

8:50 pm

wht

pl of je4,9, ruru

8:50 pm

rururocks

thanks doren

8:50 pm

rururocks

this grid is getting to me

8:50 pm

lilliann

what did you do your nose doren?

8:50 pm

wht

One of the reasons for listing is to find all the plurals and past tenses you have missed.

8:50 pm

Dorens

it is that kind of grid. i finally got the list and it is flowing more easily now

8:51 pm

lilliann

i think it is getting to all of us ru!

8:51 pm

Dorens

had a little cancer surgically removed lil. a nice little basal cell carcinoma

8:52 pm

lilliann

sorry doren's i didn't know. i hope they werre able to remove it all :)

8:54 pm

wht

Now they are saying that 3 cups of coffee can reduce your chance of getting skin cancer. I am adding that to my list of health foods, which includes dark chocolate and red wine.

8:54 pm

rururocks

I drink a lot more coffee and wine than that..

8:55 pm

wht

I don't know if the coffee is medicinal, or if after 3 cups you won't stay still long enough to get the sun.

8:55 pm

Jillyjill

help with the tu7?

8:55 pm

herinfernallady

Ru swap you grid for life getting to you

8:56 pm

jesdraggon

evening all

8:56 pm

wht

Jilly, tu + dined + Egyptian diety.

8:57 pm

herinfernallady

Awwwwwww Jess that kitty is a sweety

8:57 pm

rururocks

lol herin.. that's not really too funny

8:57 pm

lilliann

i'm listening to the radio on my tv and it is a song that reminds me of my nan who died years ago and i drove from south east of uk to my mam and dad in south london and my dad i i were going to drive to wales to spend the last hours with my nan but we didn't make it, so i ended up driving home replaying this song over and over and crying my eyes out..it was very us!(me and my nan)

8:57 pm

Jillyjill

ty wht! Extra WooT for the great blue!

8:58 pm

herinfernallady

Our car just came up on the salavage site. Means it is official the car is dead

8:58 pm

Jillyjill

*clue

8:58 pm

MollyL

What song, Lilliann?

8:59 pm

rururocks

re 7/40 help please?

8:59 pm

lilliann

i think it was living ina box..i need to check...say it loud, say it clear....

8:59 pm

MollyL

Hi Jes.

8:59 pm

wht

Jilly, the great blue was a heron for herin

9:00 pm

Jillyjill

LOL...I got that one tonight!

9:00 pm

Uneaixoise

alt spelling of french fox, ru

9:00 pm

MollyL

"In The Living Years"

9:00 pm

Minveryork

That tu 7/32 word is tu plus consumed plus a su god Jillyjill

9:01 pm

rururocks

oh.. I didn't learn animals in french other than Chat et CHein

9:01 pm

rururocks

chien

9:01 pm

jesdraggon

he's sweet when he's asleep, lady. :P

9:01 pm

Jillyjill

re7/40=re+last vowel+na4/5

9:01 pm

MollyL

Mike And The Mechanics

9:01 pm

Uneaixoise

puppy??

9:01 pm

Jillyjill

and fw for me!

9:01 pm

Minveryork

re7/40 word is another name for a fox rururocks and hello

9:01 pm

Uneaixoise

oh, nm, i see you were correcting spelling :-)

9:01 pm

rururocks

ah... oui.. je comprende

9:02 pm

Uneaixoise

congrats, jilly!!

9:02 pm

jesdraggon

yay jilly!

9:02 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Jillyjill on your fireworks display! Hooray!

9:02 pm

Uneaixoise

comprends

9:02 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

9:02 pm

Dorens

my firefox just quit on me. why does it do that?

9:02 pm

MollyL

Have fun cooking, Ms. WooT

9:03 pm

wht

wtg Jilly

9:03 pm

MollyL

Dorens, maybe because it's not a French re7

9:03 pm

rururocks

because it is firere7

9:03 pm

Uneaixoise

har har

9:04 pm

lilliann

yes molly, living in the years...mike and the mechanics...very apt for my nan and me

9:04 pm

herinfernallady

I think this grid has me done

9:04 pm

lilliann

hi une

9:04 pm

Jillyjill

*ms woot exiting stage left* off to create rice krispie treats...thanks for all the help

9:04 pm

Shirlockc

last re6?

9:04 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, lilliann :-)

9:04 pm

MollyL

It's a great song, Lilliann.

9:04 pm

jesdraggon

sound yummy, jilly

9:05 pm

rururocks

I lost my karma with this grid until I found my su5

9:05 pm

Minveryork

Hello Uneaixoise! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

9:05 pm

MollyL

Dammit! Now I'm thinking about that ice cream again.

9:05 pm

MollyL

(Don't tell Dorens)

9:06 pm

rururocks

lol molly.. have you tried it?

9:06 pm

herinfernallady

LOL Ru

9:06 pm

MollyL

No, but now it is SCREAMING at me as I walk through the frozen food aisle.

9:06 pm

Dorens

lol ru.
and oh molly, i am absolutely craving that ben and jerry's chocolate fudge brownie. you are bad

9:07 pm

lilliann

waLKER IS A CUTIE UNE :)

9:07 pm

lilliann

oops sorry, didn't mean to shout

9:07 pm

rururocks

my frozen food Aisle.. says" pssst ru.. come here.. take me .. take me.. "

9:07 pm

Uneaixoise

lilliann, her adoptive family is sooo happy to have her -- they've already emailed 6 pix to the transport drivers! :-)

9:08 pm

MollyL

Ah, seductive Karmel Su5

9:08 pm

Dorens

molly what kind of ice cream are you dying to try?

9:08 pm

lilliann

aww, how lovely. how old is she roughly?

9:09 pm

Uneaixoise

13 . . . but in really good health

9:09 pm

MollyL

The Ben & Jerry's Karmel Su5. Ever since Ru mentioned it here it has been on my radar screen.

9:09 pm

Dorens

oooh. bet that is good. what's in it other than carmel (which i adore)

9:10 pm

rururocks

vanilla, chocolate, and chocolate chips

9:10 pm

Dorens

hi une. how's your weather been?

9:10 pm

rururocks

with a caramel center

9:10 pm

rururocks

it's worse than heroin

9:10 pm

Uneaixoise

109 3 days in a row but a little cooler today . . .

9:10 pm

lilliann

my mam and dad have just got another rescue dog after they had to have their last one put down last month and were heartbroken and this one is apparently 10 but they were told 8 and he is a cross bichon/poodle called rocky and has so much energy, he wants to play all the time

9:10 pm

Dorens

hmmm, for me it's stacy's naked pita chips. just the right amount of saltiness and i just canNOT resist them

9:11 pm

Uneaixoise

congrats to your mom and dad on their new boy!

9:11 pm

Uneaixoise

love them, doren!

9:11 pm

MollyL

*Mops up drool from keyboard*

9:11 pm

rururocks

doren report to PA

9:12 pm

Dorens

what have you put there for me, ruru?

9:12 pm

herinfernallady

O dear there is about to be an epic cat smackdown here

9:12 pm

lilliann

can i just ask"what is a naked pita chip"?

9:12 pm

Dorens

(assuming PA is PB)

9:12 pm

Dorens

pita chips with salt and nothing else, lil

9:13 pm

rururocks

that is Pita Anon

9:13 pm

MollyL

It's what you eat with Knock You Naked Margaritas.

9:13 pm

Uneaixoise

good grief

9:13 pm

lilliann

oh ok, is that a dorito?

9:13 pm

Dorens

ahah! and the thing is there are other brands that i can eat a few and be done. but stacy's are just killers

9:13 pm

rururocks

hmm naked and margaritas.. this is getting interesting

9:13 pm

Uneaixoise

toasted pita bread, lilliann

9:14 pm

Dorens

not at all... doritos are like tortilla chips smothered with artificial flavor... gross

9:14 pm

lilliann

i've never had a margarita, i don't even know how to make one

9:14 pm

Uneaixoise

gasp

9:14 pm

rururocks

ur 6/21 please?

9:14 pm

Dorens

i'm ok without them... too sweet for my taste

9:15 pm

jesdraggon

enzyme that breaks down ur4/5

9:15 pm

Shirlockc

add a vowel to the ur5 above

9:15 pm

Uneaixoise

ur + ea4/4

9:15 pm

lilliann

oh, toasted pita bread...do you toast the whole thing or cut it in half and toast

9:15 pm

rururocks

thank you both

9:15 pm

rururocks

una mas

9:16 pm

wht

Good night all. Happy Babbling and sweet food dreams.

9:16 pm

Uneaixoise

yw

9:16 pm

lilliann

bye wht

9:16 pm

Dorens

no, you buy them already done. i think there may be some butter or oil or something involved. of course, you could make your own, but they wouldn't be so addictive then. howver, i did use to make them with garlic butter... delicious

9:16 pm

jesdraggon

g'night, wht

9:16 pm

MollyL

We must do something about Lilliann's cloistered eating and drinking habits. Broaden her horizens from racelette, cauliflower and zuchhini.

9:16 pm

lilliann

courgette!

9:17 pm

lilliann

:)

9:17 pm

Dorens

and when i did them, i split them horizontally so they were rather thin and then slathered them with garlic butter before toasting.

9:17 pm

rururocks

that way it would be a mere pitaence to make them?

9:17 pm

Dorens

oh yes, courgette. i love that name

9:17 pm

jesdraggon

half way

9:17 pm

MollyL

Call it what you want Lilliann. In the end, it's squash.

9:17 pm

Uneaixoise

go, jes!

9:17 pm

Shirlockc

last re6/21?

9:17 pm

MollyL

Oy, pitaence.

9:17 pm

Dorens

and you know i love squash, right molly?

9:17 pm

lilliann

oh ok dorens, i will try that

9:18 pm

rururocks

<---loves squash

9:18 pm

rururocks

Mrs ru won't eat zucchini

9:18 pm

lilliann

no, it isn't...corgette is from the cucumber family...that is not a squash

9:18 pm

MollyL

Not TOUCHING that comment Ru.

9:18 pm

Uneaixoise

speaking of veggies, what did I pull out of Whole Food's compost-destined box?? 2 crates of kale and half a dozen large beautiful tomatoes!

9:18 pm

Dorens

wise woman molly

9:18 pm

lilliann

squash is butternut and pumpkin

9:19 pm

Uneaixoise

last week it was 40 lbs of asparagus . . . jeez

9:19 pm

lilliann

zucchini is aubergine

9:19 pm

Uneaixoise

aubergine is eggplant

9:19 pm

lilliann

forget that...what do you call aubergine?

9:19 pm

lilliann

forget that...what do you call aubergine?

9:19 pm

Dorens

summer squash lil... at least here. zucchini, yellow squash (that looks like zucchini but is yellow) and patty pan which looks like litle flying saucers... butternut etc are winter squashes. and aubergine is eggplant

9:19 pm

lilliann

i forget

9:20 pm

lilliann

eggplant...ty dorens

9:20 pm

Uneaixoise

love eggplant!

9:20 pm

rururocks

I'm making eggplant tonight

9:20 pm

rururocks

how weird

9:20 pm

jesdraggon

Says wiki: "The zucchini or courgette is a summer squash which can reach nearly a meter in length"

9:20 pm

lilliann

i tried to grow aubergine but i don'ty think it's hot enough here

9:20 pm

Uneaixoise

baked? fried? ratatouille?

9:20 pm

Dorens

also love eggplant. how are you doing it ru?

9:21 pm

MollyL

Thank you Jes.

9:21 pm

rururocks

is that your squash or are you just happy to meet me?

9:21 pm

Uneaixoise

a zucchini a meter long is like a giant chunk of cardboard!

9:21 pm

lilliann

to us courgettes belong to the cucumber family :0

9:21 pm

rururocks

I am grilling them with spring garlic and serving on a tomato coulis with fresh basil and parmesan

9:22 pm

Uneaixoise

lilliann, you're probably right -- eggplant needs hot sun

9:22 pm

Uneaixoise

YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9:22 pm

lilliann

memory gone again...i love the greek dish, with aubergines and mince

9:22 pm

Dorens

a, but cucumbers and zucchini(courgettes) sure do look alike. I once sliced up a cucumber to cook thinking it was zucchini. ooh you mean moussaka? love that too

9:22 pm

MollyL

Man it's high falutin' in Napa.

9:22 pm

lilliann

sounds lovely ru...what wine would you serve with that?

9:22 pm

Dorens

<----coming to ru's house to eat. often, if I only could!

9:23 pm

rururocks

we are going to have a nice brunello

9:23 pm

lilliann

moussaka...thanks again dorens

9:23 pm

Uneaixoise

and zucchini's good in a salad too

9:23 pm

Dorens

now, i'm definitely coming to ru's

9:23 pm

lilliann

brunello?

9:23 pm

lilliann

is that white?

9:23 pm

Dorens

delicious italian red

9:23 pm

rururocks

red

9:24 pm

lilliann

i don't like red wine

9:24 pm

MollyL

Hmm, cougar-ettes or tomato coolios? Decisions, decisions.

9:24 pm

Dorens

gasp!!!

9:25 pm

Uneaixoise

lilliann!!!

9:25 pm

jesdraggon

stats for the lower u, please?

9:25 pm

Uneaixoise

palate correction required

9:25 pm

Dorens

ut _ ** you ike it

9:25 pm

rururocks

*passes out*

9:25 pm

Uneaixoise

ut5

9:26 pm

lilliann

now i'm older i like a crisp white wine, but 5 years ago i could only drink a sweet white wine, i can't drink that now and before that was rose, but for alot of years i didn't like wine at all

9:26 pm

Uneaixoise

and ut4

9:26 pm

Dorens

oh sorry jes, i see you asked for stats not a clue. i am just not thinking straight after hearing lil doesn't like red wine

9:26 pm

rururocks

I love rose

9:26 pm

MollyL

Lilliann, saying you don't like wine here is like saying you don't like cats. You could be banished. I will fight for your right to stay though.

9:26 pm

herinfernallady

Later guys.

9:26 pm

lilliann

i find it very heavy

9:27 pm

Dorens

i am becoming very partial to crisp whites lately

9:27 pm

rururocks

you need to try the right reds lillian.. and ease into it

9:27 pm

lilliann

bye herin. tc hin

9:27 pm

Uneaixoise

not a beaujolais, lilliann

9:27 pm

rururocks

bye herin

9:27 pm

jesdraggon

's okay, dorens, i just skipped re4ing the clue :)

9:27 pm

Uneaixoise

bye herin

9:27 pm

lilliann

i like white wine molly

9:27 pm

jesdraggon

bye, lady

9:27 pm

Dorens

(actually always preferred them to other whites)

9:27 pm

jesdraggon

nbt

9:27 pm

Dorens

later herin

9:27 pm

Uneaixoise

go, jes!

9:28 pm

rururocks

I've been enjoying crisp whites this summer.. mostly because it's warm

9:28 pm

MollyL

They will probably let you stay then, Lilliann. : )

9:28 pm

Uneaixoise

glad Anderson Cooper finally came out . . .

9:28 pm

lilliann

lol, thanks for fighting for me molly :) swords at the ready as loads of people are about to attack me if not rugby tackle!!

9:28 pm

Uneaixoise

kinda silly not to

9:28 pm

rururocks

he did?

9:29 pm

Uneaixoise

yep

9:29 pm

Uneaixoise

today

9:29 pm

rururocks

nobody can be that well -dressed and that handsome and not be gay

9:29 pm

jesdraggon

I hadn't realized that he wasn't out.... heh.

9:29 pm

MollyL

I will dig you out of the scrum, Lillliann.

9:29 pm

Uneaixoise

and very trim and neat :-)

9:29 pm

rururocks

although you'd kind of expect that wouldn't you?

9:30 pm

cosdem

finally got all my passwords remembered and all my websites set up phew

9:30 pm

MollyL

Most people didn't, Jes.

9:30 pm

rururocks

all that time in the closet and you'd have to be dressed well/?

9:30 pm

Dorens

his mom was a bit of a tiger lady

9:30 pm

Uneaixoise

LOL

9:30 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, cos!

9:31 pm

Dorens

hi cos. i am horrible at passwords... congrats

9:31 pm

lilliann

my tastes have changed ru. as i say i was never a wine drinker...always a cider drinker...i want to driver a combine harvester...but then i started with sweet now dry so now my taste buds have changerd i might like a red wine...what do you suggest i try with?

9:31 pm

cosdem

the last one was a political forum and it was irking me i couldn't get in lol

9:32 pm

lilliann

thanks molly, we'll tackle them all together

9:33 pm

MollyL

I eat "regular food" so I don't fit in with the epicureans 'round these parts.

9:33 pm

Dorens

we're not fighting youse guys, just shocked!

9:33 pm

rururocks

well..lillian you might try a lighter red.. like a nice Beaujolais from a good producer and have a light chill on it and enjoy with fresh roasted chicken and potatoes and .. I'd mostly recommend a prettier Beaujolais from the village of St Amour, or Fleurie to start

9:34 pm

rururocks

it would be refreshing and not heavy at all

9:34 pm

Dorens

and molly, most people eat "regular food" that is what makes it regular. i like weird food but i don't knock you for having different taste!

9:35 pm

lilliann

next time my mam and dad come over i will have to get them to bring me some red too. my dad always brings some when they come over but i never try it

9:35 pm

rururocks

how can I eat regular food if I'm irregular?

9:35 pm

Dorens

indeed ru, that is a good way to look at it

9:35 pm

jesdraggon

i hear fiber helps with that, ru.

9:35 pm

rururocks

tell him to buy a Dubeouf Saint Amour or fleurie

9:36 pm

rururocks

LOL Jess

9:36 pm

lilliann

i will have a look at my local supermarket and see what they have

9:36 pm

Dorens

fleurie has nice labels too, lil

9:36 pm

rururocks

not that kind of irregular

9:36 pm

rururocks

try to buy a 2009 if you can llillian or a 2011.. skip 2010

9:37 pm

Dorens

and i have fireworks, so i bid you all a good night

9:37 pm

lilliann

oh, hang on, my next door neighbours came over on friday night, for guess what molly? a raclette...and he bought a bottle of red but didn't finish it, i will have a sip and see what it is like

9:37 pm

rururocks

*waves bye to doren.. hands her a bag of pita chips*

9:37 pm

MollyL

Are you writing all this down, Lilliann? I expect a full report.

9:37 pm

lilliann

yay!! wtg dorens!!!

9:37 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Dorens on your fireworks! Hooray for you!

9:37 pm

lilliann

goodnight dorens, tc.x

9:37 pm

Minveryork

Goodnight Dorens! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log.

9:38 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams and YAY doren

9:38 pm

jesdraggon

yay dorens!

9:38 pm

stidmama

lilliann, still awake? *offers a bit of herbal tea*

9:38 pm

Dorens

no lil, don't try the half open bottle... follow ru's advice.. he knows his wines... and left over wines aren't the way to try in the beginning. and thanks for all the yays

9:38 pm

Uneaixoise

congrats, dorens!

9:39 pm

stidmama

hey jes -- happy almost-the-fourth *tired mama look* with four (or is it 5?) fireworks stands within a few miles of here we are already getting pretty loud booms

9:39 pm

mab

hi all. ru, where/how did you learn about wines?

9:40 pm

jesdraggon

heh. we filled almost a dozen scripts for valium for the 4th today...

9:40 pm

rururocks

well mab.. i've been in the wine biz for over thirty years and taught wine classes for a long time at Berkeley

9:40 pm

stidmama

ruru! I SAW the SA 8 all by myself tonight! :-) *proud mama look* not that I know what it is, a red wine I think?

9:41 pm

rururocks

I hate the loud fireworks

9:41 pm

lilliann

i thought it was open and i've now opened a full bottle of red wine which is rosso italiano, apparently Â£2.99 from lidls, and it so tastes cheap....ughhhh

9:41 pm

rururocks

it's a sweet white wine stid.. good find though

9:41 pm

stidmama

ack. that seems like a lot, jes! I am tempted to get something just for myself... but I can make something nice from the plum brandy a friend gave me a couple years ago

9:41 pm

rururocks

lillian.. trust me.. please try what I recommend first

9:41 pm

stidmama

oh! then it's something I might actually like! LOL

9:42 pm

Uneaixoise

my grandmother used to drink it with my great aunts LOL

9:42 pm

mab

wine is so interesting.

9:42 pm

MollyL

*Files what Ru said about drinking screw tops under BS*

9:42 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, mab

9:42 pm

rururocks

it is.. it's endless in learning and tasting

9:43 pm

stidmama

I worry a little bit about the parakeets, I figure if they get really weirded out I will put a few extra blankets over their cage and put the cage in the closet. We don't do the holiday ourselves, but the neighbors tend to set of M-80s a lot.

9:43 pm

rururocks

I drink wine from screw caps.. lots of wines with screw caps nowadays

9:43 pm

mab

oh, i don't think you want a wine with a screw on top, molls.

9:43 pm

stidmama

okay, listing... 42 to go back in a minute *submerges*

9:43 pm

mab

really?

9:44 pm

rururocks

There are terrific wines with screwcaps

9:44 pm

Uneaixoise

still feels weird, ru :-)

9:44 pm

MollyL

Listen to the professor, Queen Mab. He just approved screw tops.

9:44 pm

mab

i guess if you know from where it comes it doesn't matter so much.

9:44 pm

rururocks

the only problem is when you bring them to restaurants and have to pay a screwage

9:44 pm

Uneaixoise

snort

9:45 pm

mab

screwage?

9:45 pm

mab

you made that word up.

9:45 pm

rururocks

corkage/ screwage.. get it?

9:45 pm

mab

i get it, i just don't believe it.

9:45 pm

Uneaixoise

sad when you have to explain your jokes . . .

9:46 pm

lilliann

i've written down you suggested ru and i will try and get some and will let you know what i think.ty

9:46 pm

MollyL

The wine stewards probably get all queasy when Ru comes to their restaurants.

9:46 pm

stidmama

if you have screwcaps in the restaurant, do you have to hire a wine screward?

9:46 pm

mab

it was a joke? i think i've come in too late in this conversation.

9:46 pm

Uneaixoise

good one, stiddy!!!

9:46 pm

rururocks

lots of nice french whies and sauvignon Blancs and pinots from New Zealand in screw caps. Lots of Australian wine too.. it's more common.. and if you are just going to enjoy the wine soon.. who cares?

9:46 pm

stidmama

thanks Une! *trying mightily to emulate ruru*

9:47 pm

rururocks

no.. they don't molly.. i avoid the snooty ones

9:48 pm

rururocks

thanks lillian.. it's worth a try.. the beaujolais should only set you back a little bit.. they aren't expensive

9:48 pm

stidmama

so 6 after the hand-washing bar please?

9:48 pm

lilliann

i actually drink sauvingnon blancs from australia, sout africa and new zealand...actually i had a nice crisp white wine from...forgotten...island of italy

9:48 pm

rururocks

s + not inner

9:48 pm

mab

i love the movie 'Sidways.' i learned a little about wine from that film.

9:48 pm

rururocks

sicily

9:48 pm

stidmama

thanks ruru!

9:48 pm

Uneaixoise

tx ru

9:49 pm

rururocks

As much as Molly likes to te5 me about wine.. I am definitely not a snob about wine

9:49 pm

lilliann

that's it ru...it was very nice and only Â£3.50. i must admit i don't spend alot on wine

9:50 pm

MollyL

It's so nice that we have our own, Babble oenophile.

9:50 pm

rururocks

lol..

9:51 pm

rururocks

just trying to help.. if lillian hasn't had a good experience.. she's been trying the wrong things.. it could also be that her palate has changed to only like dry white wine which is also fine.. but I'll bet dimes to donuts that she likes the Beaujolais with chicken

9:52 pm

lilliann

i got a box of wine the other day from one of our big supermarkets and it was on special...Â£12 for 3 litres...it was called lions something and from either new zealand or south africa and it was very nice

9:52 pm

MollyL

All in good fun, Ru. (Although that comment will probably ruin my evil Babble reputation)

9:52 pm

stidmama

i am completely stumped by the SA 5/14. help please?

9:53 pm

rururocks

a half man half horse stid

9:53 pm

rururocks

or goat

9:53 pm

lilliann

i also like hardys, a chardonnay from australia but i don't buy it very often as it is expensive here so i only get it on special

9:53 pm

jesdraggon

goat, ru

9:53 pm

stidmama

ah, thanks.

9:53 pm

stidmama

down to 28

9:53 pm

rururocks

well.. a half man and half goat would also be dick cheney

9:54 pm

stidmama

but have hit the R words (back in a few)

9:54 pm

Uneaixoise

tx ru

9:54 pm

jesdraggon

how rude. you shouldn't insult goats like that, ru.

9:54 pm

rururocks

LOLOL

9:54 pm

rururocks

it was just a chevre joke

9:55 pm

mab

with wine maybe it's the same as duke ellington says of music 'if it sounds good, it is good'

9:55 pm

mab

only half?

9:55 pm

rururocks

exactly mab.. and it's all according to personal taste..

9:55 pm

rururocks

My palate has changed a lot since i'm older

9:56 pm

rururocks

don't tell anyone .. but I don't drink Cabernet anymore

9:56 pm

Uneaixoise

wow

9:56 pm

lilliann

i'm telling everyone ru :)

9:57 pm

MollyL

*Blabs at all the oenophile message boards*

9:57 pm

mab

what a shocker.

9:57 pm

mab

you think you know a person, and then they tell you they no longer drink Cabernet...

9:58 pm

MollyL

â™ª What good is sitting â™« alone in your room â™ª come drink the Cabernet â™«

9:58 pm

lilliann

that's what i said, my tastes have changes, as i was never a wine drinker, but i then drasnk rose, now i can't drink it, now i've gone from a sweet wine to a dry crisp one

9:59 pm

lilliann

how apt...now playing on my tv radio..."red red wine...

9:59 pm

lilliann

thoughts of you leaf my head,...

9:59 pm

lilliann

thoughts of you leaf my head,...

9:59 pm

Uneaixoise

molly LOL

9:59 pm

lilliann

sorry

9:59 pm

rururocks

it's a SIGN Lillian

9:59 pm

MollyL

*Swishes beer, savors it, spits it back into frosted glass*

10:00 pm

stidmama

last two RE please? the 6/7 (assume it's a combo)

10:00 pm

lilliann

molly, wheres your manners?

10:00 pm

rururocks

they aren't stid

10:00 pm

mab

leaf in one's head... never had that experience...

10:00 pm

stidmama

hm. okay.... *thinking*

10:00 pm

lilliann

i think it is ru :)

10:01 pm

lilliann

*IEAVE...IT IS 04.01 HERE SO I'M ALLOWED SOME MISTAKES :)

10:01 pm

rururocks

mab's never smoked pot I guess

10:02 pm

lilliann

see, as i say...it's late/early...sorry

10:02 pm

MollyL

Can't be Lilliann. The last re7 is the french fox.

10:02 pm

stidmama

oh!! I got the 6! *gives candy to monkeys*

10:02 pm

stidmama

massive big lag here

10:02 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, molly

10:03 pm

lilliann

can't be what molly?

10:03 pm

stidmama

got the fox word! LOL

10:03 pm

MollyL

A 6/7 combo.

10:03 pm

Uneaixoise

te5/12?

10:04 pm

lilliann

i wasn't clueing

10:04 pm

MollyL

Ru said "it isn't" (meaning 6/7 combo) you said "I think it is Ru"

10:04 pm

jesdraggon

plural of te4/5

10:04 pm

lilliann

and i don't know the french fox

10:05 pm

MollyL

<---Lost all context of the chat.

10:05 pm

Uneaixoise

don't have the te4/5

10:05 pm

lilliann

i said about the song"red red wine " and ru said it was a sign, so i said i think it is ru :)

10:05 pm

Uneaixoise

nm!!

10:05 pm

stidmama

go Une go!

10:06 pm

jesdraggon

is sa8 related to sa5 and 6?

10:06 pm

Uneaixoise

sa8 is a white wine

10:07 pm

jesdraggon

huh. is that what started the last half hour of arguing (sorry, ru, educating) about wine?

10:07 pm

MollyL

Back to wine again.

10:08 pm

stidmama

yep, jes! twas, jes! (yes, jes -- for full rhyme)

10:08 pm

rururocks

I'll shut up now.

10:08 pm

MollyL

Don't you dare. That wine conversation was a lot more interesting than some that go one here.

10:09 pm

lilliann

we've not been arguing about wine, ru has been giving me very good tips. tyvm ru...just ignore them :)

10:09 pm

MollyL

Go one?

10:09 pm

jesdraggon

heh. you needn't on my account, ru, i just missed how the whole thing got rolling. mostly i'm skimming and not paying much attention anyway (obviously)

10:16 pm

o-o

wine or whine ...

10:16 pm

jesdraggon

either way, cheese is good :)

10:16 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, BR :-)

10:16 pm

lilliann

ahh, but what cheese goes with the wine jes?

10:17 pm

lilliann

hi BR

10:17 pm

stidmama

hey BR! I am down to 1!!!! (brb)

10:17 pm

jesdraggon

all of it. better yet, someone else can drink the wine and i'll eat the cheese.

10:17 pm

lilliann

i'll drink the wine, you eat the cheese :)

10:18 pm

lilliann

i don't eat alot of cheese

10:18 pm

Uneaixoise

au6?

10:18 pm

stidmama

FW!!!!!!!!

10:18 pm

lilliann

i do like austrian smoked cheese though

10:19 pm

stidmama

AU 6: french for writer of a book

10:19 pm

lilliann

yay!!wtg stid!!

10:19 pm

jesdraggon

yay stid!

10:19 pm

Uneaixoise

tx stiddy

10:19 pm

Uneaixoise

congrats, stid!!!

10:19 pm

stidmama

yw Une

10:20 pm

stidmama

figured you would know that one! (got it from someone earlier)

10:20 pm

mab

hurray!

10:20 pm

Uneaixoise

i be tiiiired, stid :-)

10:20 pm

o-o

a filmmaker whose individual style and complete control over all elements of production give a film its personal and unique stamp.

10:22 pm

MollyL

Well, I'm going to buy some of the suggested wine tomorrow, just cause. : )

10:22 pm

jesdraggon

ou7 please?

10:22 pm

lilliann

i'll bring the cheese molly and we can share :)

10:23 pm

stidmama

jes, dcseain just posted a pic in fb of a snake covered in ticks!! have you ever seen anything like that? I thought they were specialists in mammals

10:23 pm

Uneaixoise

which one, jes?

10:23 pm

o-o

ou7 --perused more

10:23 pm

lilliann

ou-opp of in and to browse a book

10:23 pm

jesdraggon

the very first, unea

10:23 pm

Uneaixoise

one is ou* + middle eastern palm fruit

10:24 pm

jesdraggon

were they ticks or mites, stid? snake mites are pretty common.

10:24 pm

stidmama

opposite of in + what you go on when you have a sweetheart

10:24 pm

jesdraggon

thanks stid

10:24 pm

stidmama

they looked like ticks, big gray suckers

10:24 pm

jesdraggon

and unea- i get the clue in retrospect, but was lost on the palm fruit before finding the word. me is dum.

10:25 pm

stidmama

it was posted by Linwood Animal Hospital originally, and they identifed them as ticks.

10:25 pm

Uneaixoise

jes, silly girl

10:25 pm

MollyL

Sounds good Lilliann. As you can see, that topic has been squelched. Cheers!

10:25 pm

Uneaixoise

ok, firewords and i'm off to take pups out to pee *poof*

10:25 pm

lilliann

a snake covered in ticks stid...ewww..i'llo look later

10:26 pm

lilliann

bye une, lovely to see you. tc hin and hu8gs

10:26 pm

stidmama

apparently they are in arkansas

10:26 pm

stidmama

au revoir, Une!

10:26 pm

jesdraggon

hmm. could happen--and who'm I to argue with the folks that actually saw it? :D

10:26 pm

jesdraggon

sleep sweet, unea, yay for fireworks!

10:27 pm

cosdem

theres a pic - it must be true :)

10:27 pm

cosdem

although -- it did look disgusting

10:27 pm

stidmama

LOL cos!

10:28 pm

stidmama

like that pic of you with the representative, right? no photoshopping? *wicked mama grin*

10:28 pm

cosdem

lol touche' :)

10:28 pm

jesdraggon

tu7 please?

10:28 pm

lilliann

cheers molly...and by the way please don't call me lilliann...it's like i'm being told off..lill or lilli is good :) it reminds me of my real name and my mam calling me bye it when she was annoyed!

10:28 pm

cosdem

although it if were photoshopped i'd have given myself a 6 pack :)

10:28 pm

stidmama

*offers to share rice crackers with cos*

10:29 pm

cosdem

don't mind if i do

10:29 pm

cosdem

*dips rice crackers in nutella*

10:30 pm

lilliann

tu,vowel and ****pin, small underwater turtle

10:31 pm

MollyL

Didn't mean to be "telling you off". Never knew that. *Packs bag and moves on*

10:31 pm

lilliann

and i know that i haven't spelt that word properly, it's normally double r

10:32 pm

stidmama

we are watching the "wild wild west" movie with kevin kline *drool* and will smith *swoon* and Salma Hayek *she's almost too pretty to believe*

10:32 pm

jesdraggon

thanks

10:32 pm

lilliann

i'm helping you pack...is it suitcases or carrier bags?

10:32 pm

lilliann

yw jes

10:33 pm

lilliann

i like that film stid

10:34 pm

MollyL

Uh, don't need any help. Thanks. Got the message, loud and clear.

10:34 pm

lilliann

i want to call you mols, but i don't want to upset you

10:35 pm

lilliann

actually you don't use carrier bags in the US do you, isn't it paper bags?

10:37 pm

stidmama

more and more places are asking people to bring their own bags shopping

10:37 pm

lilliann

are you going far molly...i'll give you a lift with your bags :)

10:37 pm

lilliann

so, what do you use stid?

10:37 pm

jesdraggon

pe6/24 please?

10:38 pm

lilliann

i know watching loads of american programmes you have little brown paper bags

10:39 pm

stidmama

in our family we have a lot of cloth bags we take places, and sometimes I go ahead and get the plastic bags from the stores because they are good liners for small garbage cans

10:39 pm

cosdem

most stores dont offer brown bags. its mostly plastic or bring ur own

10:39 pm

lilliann

pe, opp of happy and vowel

10:39 pm

stidmama

pe 6/24: PE + marquis de ****

10:40 pm

jesdraggon

thanks

10:40 pm

stidmama

in our area, many places offer ONLY paper, actually cos!

10:40 pm

lilliann

i was going to say a singer that molly would have clued earlier which i knew but i don't know if many know her

10:40 pm

stidmama

And a lot of stores buy compostable "plastic" as well

10:40 pm

cosdem

i know in LA they've banned plastic bags

10:41 pm

cosdem

gotta drive ryan to work brb

10:41 pm

jesdraggon

bye, cos

10:41 pm

stidmama

later cos

10:42 pm

stidmama

I adore that singer, lil! I even have a CD of her music (I don't buy - or listen to - much music)

10:42 pm

lilliann

our shops now ask you if you want a bag and will give you a plastic carrier but they are now tucked down by their knees and if you want a good bag, you have to buy it from them but if they break they will replace them for nowt

10:42 pm

lilliann

bye cos.tc

10:42 pm

saanichcat

we used to use waxed paper bags for garbage and in those days you could burn it and evryoe had a compost. Those were the days.

10:43 pm

stidmama

hey saanich!

10:43 pm

stidmama

waxed paper makes sense.

10:43 pm

lilliann

i must admit, she's never been one that i've listened too much

10:43 pm

lilliann

hi saanichat

10:44 pm

jesdraggon

fireworks, last word was au5

10:44 pm

saanichcat

hey yourself stid! Hope you get sunny weather for the 4th. It's poring here but still the soil is dry.

10:44 pm

saanichcat

hello lill..finished yet?

10:44 pm

stidmama

I am trying to get my act together enough to make some tulle bags for vegetables at the stores so I don't need to use the lightweight plastic.

10:45 pm

stidmama

It's supposed to be sunny. I would prefer a lot of rain myself, I hate the incendiaries with a passion. My brother's best friend died as a result of such devices. I have never let my kids have any.

10:45 pm

lilliann

no.getting sidetracked...i'm tired but i'm not so i'm trying to stay up for when the bairn gets up in an hour and 45 minutes

10:46 pm

stidmama

and then will you sleep lil?

10:46 pm

saanichcat

I'm with you on the fireworkss (except here)

10:46 pm

lilliann

i'd prefer alot of sun especially after the floods we had stid :)

10:47 pm

stidmama

:-) AFTER Wednesday, sunshine will be most welcome! LOL

10:47 pm

lilliann

hopefully....the thing with me stid is because i get dizzy or pressure in my head i sleep alot so my body clock is all over the place

10:48 pm

stidmama

and for you london-foggy types... *waves magic wand* skies will clear and the lawns will dry out and you will have a lovely middle of your week

10:48 pm

saanichcat

Stid, have you thought about coming up for usue's retirement/Babble Challenge? EVERYONE WELCOME!! SERIOUSLY!

10:49 pm

stidmama

I see, that's rough, lil ((hugs)) I slept until almost 11 this morning because I was up sick in the middle of the night. It's awful to be off schedule.

10:49 pm

lilliann

oh no, i hope you are feeling alot better now stid

10:50 pm

stidmama

I am, thanks to ginger tea

10:50 pm

lilliann

i love this song"sing"

10:50 pm

lilliann

it's playing on my tv but on the radio

10:50 pm

stidmama

yes, saanich, and looked in the "one last place" for the passport, didn't find it and now will go tomorrow to apply for a replacement. BUT I don't know if it will get here soon enough for the shindig

10:51 pm

lilliann

gary barlow wrote it and it is people from the commonwealth singing and the miltary wives choir who i think are great

10:51 pm

stidmama

it's bugsaw's retirement, too! We'll have a lot of fun

10:51 pm

lilliann

ginger tea...never had it

10:52 pm

saanichcat

I HOPE SO. LUCK BE WITH YOU. sorry didn't mean to yell. For anyone lurking , it's mid august on Vancouver Island, on the water

10:52 pm

lilliann

if i lived nearer, i'd be there

10:52 pm

stidmama

oh that sounds nice, lil -- ginger tea -- take ginger root, peel it, slice it thin and boil it in water for about 15 minutes. I put about 3 cups of water and 1/2 cup sugar for boiling. When the tea is gone the ginger has candied... :-)

10:53 pm

lilliann

it was written for the queen's jubilee

10:53 pm

saanichcat

ginger tea makes friends -- name of a book

10:53 pm

stidmama

I use about an inch or two of ginger root per batch, depending on how strong I want it

10:54 pm

lilliann

i'm going to write that down as i always have fr4esh ginger

10:54 pm

lilliann

i drink alot of green tea

10:55 pm

stidmama

it's very soothing for touchy stomachs

10:55 pm

saanichcat

I got the celebrant's name mied up-- yes it is bugsy' Retirement Party - the Great Babble challenge. Sorry for the confusion.

10:57 pm

stidmama

I think it's technically just ONE BIG PAR-TEE!!!!! *party mama grin*

10:58 pm

saanichcat

I think it is usue coming all the way from Illiois...!

10:59 pm

saanichcat

Please excuse all the typos. I need new glasses.

11:00 pm

stidmama

no problem, saanich -- I am about to have to head out because I can't read the chat easily anymore

11:01 pm

saanichcat

are your eyes getting worse?

11:03 pm

stidmama

I don't think they are getting worse, but I really can't read normal font or computer-based text for very long. I make the computer fonts really big, and use a magnifer on a floor stand for books and magazines. I use the ipad to read as much as I can, for some reason it's easier for me.

11:04 pm

stidmama

glasses don't help, it's a flaw in the cornea and glasses make it worse!

11:05 pm

cosdem

back

11:05 pm

stidmama

side

11:06 pm

cosdem

:)

11:06 pm

saanichcat

that's a toughie;I am so sorry.

11:08 pm

lilliann

sorry to hear that stid.so is there a medical condition for then and can they ndo anything?

11:08 pm

stidmama

yes, it's not fun, but it's manageable. I still technically have 20/20 vision, tending toward far-sightedness. So I can drive and do what I want.

11:09 pm

lilliann

i apologise for my crap typing again

11:09 pm

lilliann

so is there anything that can be done stid?

11:10 pm

stidmama

The corneas have canyons in them, which distort my vision in strange ways. I used to say I could see double with one eye, but it's more like it fractures the light coming in -- turns out my vision was one of the main migraine triggers (not the only one though). When I use eyedrops it fills up the canyons a little bit, but when I get into working/gardening/teaching of course I can't take time to do that. I don't think there is anything that can be done, lil -- I am stuck with it. A genetic flaw that apparently runs in my family.

11:10 pm

lilliann

as in an operation on your cornea?

11:12 pm

lilliann

sorry to hear that nothing can be done stid, so is that why you get5 so many migraines?

11:13 pm

stidmama

yes, that and allergies, I think -- and stress. I think they all contribute.

11:13 pm

lilliann

i've been a long time sufferer but luckily enough i only get about 2 to 3 year, but sadly my bairn seems to take after all the woman in my family and she has them and has to take tablets daily

11:14 pm

stidmama

oh, I am so sorry -- poor kid!

11:15 pm

lilliann

mine was more hormonal but since i've had a hysterectomy 8 years ago i don't suffer like i did before

11:15 pm

lilliann

i really hope that my daughter doesn't suffer like the rest of us in my family an

11:16 pm

stidmama

I haven't noticed any hormone pattern with mine -- last summer was awful as an allergy med I was prescribed triggered daily episodes

11:16 pm

stidmama

I stopped taking that medication! LOL

11:16 pm

lilliann

has to have a hysterectomy in her thirties

11:18 pm

lilliann

ours is all hormonal, as in headaches and migraines, and i'm afraid she will get alot of pain like the rest of us....4 generations and all females in each generation have had to have hysterectomies...

11:20 pm

lilliann

and it's not just headaches but alot of pain abdominally and other things but i won't go into on here

11:20 pm

stidmama

That's not a lot of fun to anticipate

11:21 pm

lilliann

no it's not, so i really hope that she breaks the pattern and hasn't got to go through the pain

11:22 pm

saanichcat

there's a lot of new pharma now.

11:25 pm

lilliann

i hope so saanich, but my dsughter

11:25 pm

lilliann

i hope so saanich, but my dsughter

11:26 pm

lilliann

won't take tablets everyday for too long

11:26 pm

stidmama

lil -- you need perking up *hands over strong black chai tea*

11:26 pm

Douglas

is handing monkeys to bananas for finding ut4

11:27 pm

saanichcat

stid & I will sing a song for you!

11:27 pm

cosdem

forget tea. she needs alcohol:)

11:27 pm

lilliann

she's like me hates taking tablets, it's not the taking of the tablets..it's tablets for a pro longed period of time

11:28 pm

Douglas

I have exactly one word from each tile having at least one word, now working on two

11:28 pm

lilliann

i had a glass of wine earlier cos didn't help :)

11:28 pm

stidmama

DOUGLAS!!!!! *breaks out the choclits*

11:28 pm

lilliann

i actually fancy a cup of tea

11:28 pm

stidmama

brb

11:29 pm

Douglas

stid! Happy to see you!

11:29 pm

cosdem

tea it is then!

11:29 pm

lilliann

yay douglas

11:29 pm

saanichcat

This is all sad chat. Can we be happier? Just for a bit.

11:29 pm

lilliann

i have 47 left to get in 31 minutes

11:30 pm

lilliann

:) saanichat

11:30 pm

cosdem

hmm happy news?? once upon a time is coming to dvd next month! *does dance of joy*

11:30 pm

lilliann

i could tell you a joke saani, but i can't think of any :)

11:31 pm

lilliann

i want to see that cos

11:32 pm

cosdem

more happy news? flip in 28 mins!

11:32 pm

lilliann

shhhh...i'm not going to finish!

11:32 pm

saanichcat

any guesses on the word count?

11:32 pm

Douglas

Hello lilliann, you're making it sound like work!

11:32 pm

cosdem

we can help u finish.... go lilli go!

11:33 pm

lilliann

47?

11:33 pm

lilliann

they'll all be fish!

11:33 pm

cosdem

I can do 50 in 1/2 a hour with a list :)

11:33 pm

saanichcat

234

11:33 pm

lilliann

ty6 please

11:34 pm

cosdem

how can u need 234 words if theres only 192 ?

11:34 pm

cosdem

ty6... a dictator type of ruler

11:34 pm

stidmama

saanich -- the current topic is CHOCLIT *motions to chog participants* discuss...

11:34 pm

Douglas

Kim Jong-Un

11:34 pm

lilliann

ty cos

11:35 pm

saanichcat

that was my net game guess word count.!

11:35 pm

cosdem

lol oh okay

11:35 pm

saanichcat

lilliann

if that was a clue doug, ty but i've never heard of kim jong-un

11:35 pm

cosdem

hes the ruler of china or something

11:35 pm

lilliann

tu5 and 6 please

11:36 pm

stidmama

the leader of Korea, lil -- or think of Stalin

11:36 pm

saanichcat

people being taught

11:36 pm

stidmama

an absolute ruler

11:36 pm

cosdem

oh yah its korea lol

11:36 pm

jimmel

so6,21 please -- last one

11:36 pm

cosdem

tu5 ends in double vowel, tu6 plural

11:36 pm

Douglas

Current ruler of North Korea

11:36 pm

stidmama

tu 5 and 6 are the people who have extra help after school --

11:36 pm

cosdem

last so6.. sounds like what u need for wireless. different first letter

11:37 pm

stidmama

s + the ***** limits (sci-fi tv show)

11:37 pm

cosdem

or the last name of a former supreme court justice.

11:37 pm

lilliann

thanks cos and stid

11:37 pm

dcseain

thanks to Sic Semper Ty***us, the ty was easy for me. We have power, though many do not yet. The number snapped poles, blown over signs, and fallen trees is amazing. Many detours on the way back home today.

11:37 pm

dcseain

hey yall! :)

11:37 pm

stidmama

hey seain! glad you have power

11:38 pm

lilliann

hi dc :)

11:38 pm

stidmama

more, lil?

11:38 pm

lilliann

tr5 and tr7 please

11:38 pm

lilliann

and then tr5 and tr6

11:38 pm

saanichcat

keep safe dcsean

11:38 pm

jimmel

all good clues for so6! Thanks!! FIREWORKS!!!!

11:39 pm

stidmama

YAY jimmel!

11:39 pm

lilliann

wtg jimmel

11:39 pm

dcseain

congreats, jimmel

11:39 pm

stidmama

tr 5 "attempted"

11:39 pm

cosdem

tr5/7 .. u leave tr5 marks on ur undies if u dont wipe. the 7 is pt

11:39 pm

dcseain

i was fortunate to be out of state at the time of teh storms, and only delayed my homecoming by about 24h, thanks to some kind friends who put me up last night.

11:39 pm

stidmama

tr 6 -- student who didn't go to school,

11:40 pm

cosdem

tr6 is a child who doesnt go to school

11:40 pm

lilliann

ty stid and cos

11:40 pm

Douglas

not a fake insect

11:40 pm

dcseain

Feldspar (my cat) and i are very happy to be reunited :)

11:40 pm

cosdem

i bet seain

11:41 pm

stidmama

ooh -- clever clue, douglas

11:42 pm

lilliann

cos, the 5/7 is that what we would x

11:42 pm

saanichcat

what a very interesting ame your cat has, dcs

11:42 pm

lilliann

call a skid mark?

11:42 pm

cosdem

that too ;)

11:43 pm

cosdem

more commonly called skid marks lol

11:43 pm

dcseain

it all started when i was given Jasper, named for his eyes. So she became Feldspar, for the fur pattern on mer belly. Then came Alabaster -- guess his dominant color, though should have named him MÃ¡rmol or Marble due to the grey tail and ear.

11:43 pm

lilliann

i don't know the tr for it though..am looking

11:43 pm

dcseain

track marks where i grew up.

11:43 pm

cosdem

tire marks too

11:44 pm

cosdem

don't tr5 on me

11:44 pm

stidmama

lil -- the pattern on a tire is a tr5, one who puts it there is a tr 7

11:44 pm

lilliann

i'm tired and not getting it...fish slap me!!

11:44 pm

stidmama

t + what you do with a book

11:44 pm

lilliann

ty stid

11:44 pm

cosdem

t + what u do with a book

11:44 pm

cosdem

lol stid :)

11:45 pm

lilliann

and cos :)

11:45 pm

dcseain

ta, stid

11:45 pm

cosdem

then pt it

11:45 pm

stidmama

:-) patience...

11:45 pm

saanichcat

dsc - that's fabulous! Creative minds.

11:45 pm

lilliann

got them both cos ty :)

11:45 pm

cosdem

ah wait. no not pt!

11:45 pm

cosdem

a person who does it. sorry!

11:45 pm

lilliann

41 left, never going to finish

11:46 pm

stidmama

ah well -- we'll get you closer. what's next?

11:46 pm

cosdem

do u have the tu7

11:46 pm

lilliann

39

11:46 pm

lilliann

yes cos

11:46 pm

lilliann

but i am missing 4x7

11:46 pm

lilliann

te7

11:46 pm

cosdem

te7?

11:47 pm

lilliann

and the 6 after it please

11:47 pm

stidmama

te 7 -- like the landscape

11:47 pm

cosdem

te7: te + double const : little picnic bugs **ts, then vowel

11:47 pm

stidmama

start with latin "earth" and end with direction abbreviation between north and east

11:47 pm

Douglas

That te7 is a rather odd word, unusual spelling

11:47 pm

stidmama

the 6 after is like teh weasely animal

11:47 pm

cosdem

te7 looks like the skinny long rodents, change first letter.

11:48 pm

stidmama

cos, that's the 6/18

11:48 pm

cosdem

she said the te6 after the te7

11:48 pm

lilliann

ty both for the te7 :)

11:49 pm

cosdem

te6 i mean not te7

11:49 pm

lilliann

ty for the te6

11:49 pm

cosdem

will go shut up now lol

11:49 pm

stidmama

now what?

11:50 pm

lilliann

i don't have any so's

11:50 pm

stidmama

what you wash with, so 4/5

11:50 pm

cosdem

so4 what u wash urself with

11:50 pm

cosdem

so5 pt of a pig

11:50 pm

lilliann

duh!! ty

11:50 pm

stidmama

then s + o**** (not inner)

11:50 pm

cosdem

so6.. s + not inner but *****

11:50 pm

stidmama

snap, cos!

11:50 pm

lilliann

ty

11:51 pm

cosdem

lol 3rd time in the last 10 mins stid! :)

11:51 pm

cosdem

4th actually :)

11:51 pm

lilliann

so5 please

11:51 pm

cosdem

do you have the re7?

11:51 pm

cosdem

so5.. pt of a pig

11:51 pm

lilliann

yes cos

11:51 pm

lilliann

no

11:52 pm

cosdem

so + pt of to marry

11:52 pm

lilliann

sorry, i need loads of re's

11:52 pm

cosdem

re + 2nd to last letter + to tattle on someone for doing drugs is ***c + const.

11:52 pm

stidmama

don't miss the grim re**er ,and plural that

11:53 pm

stidmama

and to fasten your laces again (and plural)

11:53 pm

lilliann

sorry cos, not getting the drugs bit

11:53 pm

stidmama

and re 6/21 re + ob**** (thick)

11:54 pm

cosdem

re + what u use to wrap gifts, then plural

11:54 pm

stidmama

the re 7 re + sometimes vowel + four letter word meaning costly ointment (biblical word)

11:54 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)

11:54 pm

stidmama

the biblical word is na 4...

11:55 pm

cosdem

re + 2nd to last letter + hitler was the leader of the **zi party + u *ead* a book

11:55 pm

stidmama

hey nan

11:55 pm

lilliann

gone brain tired!

11:55 pm

Douglas

sending cleverness to lillann

11:56 pm

lilliann

i understand everyhting but the end of the browse book

11:57 pm

cosdem

what do u do with a book? you *ea* it

11:57 pm

cybernan

are you clueing the french fox?

11:57 pm

stidmama

yes nan

11:57 pm

lilliann

i'm not going to do it but thank you so much cos and stid for helping me. you are stars :)

11:58 pm

cosdem

reynard

11:58 pm

stidmama

*sparkles for lil*

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ sssssssBOOMssssssss

11:58 pm

cybernan

very good cos

11:58 pm

lilliann

omg, i already have the french fox....hit me with a big fish

11:58 pm

stidmama

you made fine effort, hard to do when tired

11:58 pm

stidmama

rofl lil!!!!

11:58 pm

cosdem

lol 1 min left. i just gave it to her :)

11:59 pm

cosdem

lol wtg tho lil

11:59 pm

stidmama

*gently puts cos in PB*

11:59 pm

cybernan

are missing an re 7, lil?

11:59 pm

melonheadjujube

oops here early...

11:59 pm

stidmama

hey melon!!

11:59 pm

cosdem

re + pt of try

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