Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, April 21, 2014

12:00 am

rururocks

wheeee ro 8

12:00 am

TraderKate

flipper :)

12:00 am

harpjane

lfip

12:01 am

harpjane

er, flip

12:01 am

hootowl

ro9

12:01 am

flosey

flip

12:01 am

TraderKate

2 ro 8...

12:01 am

flosey

Hi Kate, don't see you very often

12:01 am

grannyrose

i see you are still with the sheep ruru.

12:02 am

flosey

thanks ru

12:02 am

flosey

and thanks Kate

12:03 am

rururocks

I was just trying to help it over the fence granny

12:03 am

TraderKate

hi flosey.... had no internet at home since sometime in the fall.... there is now a connection, that i discovered tonight... though it is unsecured... and i suppose it could disappear at any time... nice to see you!

12:03 am

flosey

first words, 7 and 8 x 2, doesn't happen very often

12:04 am

flosey

sorry we didn't get to meet last Fall while I was back in Ontario

12:04 am

TraderKate

take it while you can get it flosey...i am ;)

12:04 am

rururocks

ga6 .. if it's good for the goose

12:04 am

flosey

thanks again ru

12:05 am

TraderKate

i was so sorry too flosey.... you were so close, but i didn't have enough notice to try to make arraqngements... i really hope you come again! i saw the pictures, hear a good time was had by all :)

12:06 am

TraderKate

that goose is going to roam....

12:09 am

flosey

yes, it was great meeting Joso and Crossy & Mrs

12:10 am

TraderKate

there is some talk that mimicat is coming with (peri???) in the fall, crossy is going to meet up with them too! sometime in the fall at niagara falls, so i can go to that one for sure!

12:11 am

rururocks

se6 for those with a crystal ball

12:11 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:11 am

rururocks

hi nan

12:11 am

rururocks

are you in palm springs or home?

12:12 am

flosey

super Kate, plan right now, is to be TO early Sept.

12:12 am

TraderKate

i will have to give joso a shout and see if he wants to come too...

12:12 am

flosey

we have a big Cousins meet-up

12:13 am

TraderKate

flosey.... you are coming to toronto for a cousin's meet up in early september?

12:15 am

torgone

co8, 9

12:15 am

TraderKate

he 6

12:16 am

rururocks

thanks torg

12:17 am

cybernan

not seeing those ro 8's and 9

12:18 am

rururocks

because it is a co 8 and 9 nan

12:18 am

TraderKate

.... i'm in the mood for love.... (lalalala)

12:18 am

rururocks

oh sorry

12:18 am

cybernan

oh - ty -- have a co 7

12:19 am

cybernan

and the co 9

12:19 am

TraderKate

are those co words "normal"?

12:20 am

cybernan

the co 9 is probably in your spice rack

12:20 am

TraderKate

ty for the spicy clue nan :)

12:20 am

cybernan

looking for the co 8 and the ro 8

12:21 am

kje

there is another co8/9 combo, cyber... other than that co9

12:21 am

kje

but thanks, I didn't have the spice

12:23 am

torgone

Sheesh .. nbt + nbs finally

12:24 am

kje

middle a, tor?

12:24 am

rururocks

what are the stats on the middle single a torg/

12:24 am

cybernan

not seeing the 8-9 combo

12:24 am

torgone

ah5/14

12:24 am

rururocks

duh oh...

12:24 am

rururocks

thanks

12:25 am

kje

8/60 cyber - to be boss together...

12:25 am

flosey

KATE - sorry was away for a minute - yes, early September - don't have dates yet

12:25 am

kje

ah, fish me

12:25 am

rururocks

how about the stats of the top row e?

12:26 am

torgone

en6/21

12:27 am

cybernan

ah - that gave me 4 words - ty kje

12:27 am

kje

yw

12:28 am

cybernan

nbt, nbs

12:30 am

dizgrannie

hi all!!! NBT/NBS

12:31 am

TraderKate

please let me know when you have dates flosey... i don't need 6 months notice (hahaha) but what ever you can give me would be good.

12:31 am

TraderKate

congrats diz, and hi!

12:31 am

flosey

am sure I'll know early Summer

12:32 am

TraderKate

that'll be great flosey :)

12:34 am

flosey

it'll be a brief visit because I have to be back mid Sept. our Fall Fair and hubby is very active in it

12:35 am

TraderKate

well, hopefully, your schedule will permit a brief diversion to the local babblers :)

12:36 am

flosey

will make sure of that Kate

12:38 am

flosey

the cousins are the now generation - no one left from previous generation

12:38 am

cybernan

ah - finally found the ro 7-8-8

12:38 am

jbp

hi all.

12:38 am

jbp

thanks for the great batch o' clues down below!

12:38 am

flosey

hi jbp

12:38 am

jbp

would love a center A clue

12:38 am

kje

ah5/14, jbp

12:38 am

rururocks

you'll find it if you're not behind jb

12:39 am

flosey

thanks ru

12:39 am

TraderKate

think ah 5/14 jbp

12:39 am

cybernan

ah 5/14

12:39 am

jbp

fhish for me!

12:39 am

flosey

and KJ

12:40 am

rururocks

bottom two rows grey now

12:40 am

cybernan

103 down - enough for tonight -- see you tomorrow :)

12:40 am

flosey

wtg ru

12:41 am

TraderKate

niters nan!

12:41 am

Lizlin

Hi all :)

12:41 am

jbp

hi Liz!

12:41 am

jbp

top E clue? plx

12:41 am

jbp

I just want to get to nbt so I can sleep

12:41 am

TraderKate

hi liz :)

12:41 am

rururocks

en6

12:42 am

rururocks

haven't found the other one yet

12:42 am

jbp

love you ruru

12:42 am

jbp

thx

12:42 am

rururocks

thank torg.. he found it first :D

12:42 am

jbp

crap, one more.... far right E, and then I shall not ask again (for tonight)

12:43 am

Lizlin

eg 4/7

12:43 am

jbp

yikes!

12:43 am

jbp

thanks Lizlin.

12:43 am

rururocks

*takes bets on the sideline*

12:43 am

jbp

lol

12:43 am

Lizlin

yw

12:43 am

jbp

the mornings come so EARLY!

12:44 am

jbp

ok, my goal is met, and I shall to sleep ( I hope), and sleep of the jelly bean co4 I am in

12:44 am

jbp

thanks to all

12:45 am

Lizlin

Sleep well jbp :)

12:45 am

rururocks

night jb..sugar dreams

12:45 am

TraderKate

gn jbp :)

12:48 am

TraderKate

name that old gas station name...

12:48 am

rururocks

texaco

12:49 am

rururocks

i'm stuck now

12:50 am

TraderKate

ruru wins the kewpie doll! congrats :)

12:50 am

TraderKate

save the rest to play on your phone shile you wait at the doc's tomorrow ruru

12:51 am

gapeach

Any news on Lickety?

12:51 am

rururocks

missing an e and a g from the top row

12:51 am

Lizlin

It's still a holiday today, Peach - I guess he might be back tomorrow morning (our time - possibly mid afternoon, yours)

12:51 am

TraderKate

hi peach! what's up with lickety?

12:52 am

gapeach

Hi there, TK. He wasn't on last night.....just wondered if anyone had heard from him. How are you doing?

12:52 am

flosey

g from the top I believe is the goose's mate

12:53 am

rururocks

I think he's on a holiday peach

12:53 am

gapeach

Thanks, ruru.

12:53 am

rururocks

I have that one.

12:53 am

rururocks

I have ga 4, 6, and 4.. missing one

12:53 am

Lizlin

Peach did you see what I wrote 12.51?

12:54 am

gapeach

Oh, thanks Liz.....I missed it. Hope you are doing well.

12:54 am

TraderKate

i'm doing fine peach, and you?

12:54 am

Lizlin

I'm fine thanks - you?

12:55 am

flosey

same as mine ru

12:55 am

Lizlin

Molly and Rose seemed to know that Lickety wouldn't be around over Easter.

12:55 am

gapeach

Doing OK, thanks.

12:55 am

vashongin

ga 5/26

12:57 am

flosey

just got it, thanks vash

12:57 am

rururocks

thanks vash

12:57 am

rururocks

do you have the second e at the top row..

12:57 am

rururocks

I have en 6/21

12:57 am

vashongin

no...still looking for one

12:58 am

vashongin

still missing one 8 as well

1:00 am

flosey

must get to bed, kids leaving on first ferry, have to be up at 4:30 ugh!

1:00 am

rururocks

night flosey

1:00 am

Lizlin

Sleep well Flosey

1:00 am

flosey

thanks Liz

1:00 am

gapeach

Sweet dreams, flosey

1:00 am

TraderKate

they have one of those in the morning too????? gn flosey, sleep well!

1:01 am

flosey

sorry, and ru, Peach, Kate

1:03 am

vashongin

en 7/36

1:05 am

gapeach

vash, is it related to ent-27 please?

1:06 am

gapeach

Meant en6-27.

1:06 am

vashongin

no...

1:06 am

rururocks

got it

1:06 am

vashongin

I am not familiar with the word at all

1:06 am

gapeach

Thanks

1:07 am

ursh

that en6 looks more like related to being unconscious

1:09 am

grannyrose

it's a latin plural , means a formal expression of high praise

1:13 am

vashongin

does anyone have all the 8s?

1:13 am

TraderKate

3/4 here too vash, sorry

1:14 am

grannyrose

missing one, vash.have co, ro, ro.

1:14 am

vashongin

same granny

1:16 am

gapeach

I googled it Rose, but only got something with 7 letters.,

1:17 am

grannyrose

it is an en7, peach

1:18 am

gapeach

Oh, sorry, thought it was en6....thanks, Rose.

1:18 am

gapeach

Have it now, thanks a bunch, Rose.

1:19 am

grannyrose

well done, peach

1:29 am

gapeach

bbl

1:30 am

rururocks

Stuuuuuuuuuuuck

1:30 am

TraderKate

bye peach

1:30 am

vashongin

I am missing 3 s's

1:31 am

vashongin

anyone closer?

1:31 am

TraderKate

poor ruru :(

1:31 am

grannyrose

*checks tips of fingers* yup, got blue tack on the tips here*sigh *

1:31 am

grannyrose

i'm missing 2 a's. anyone closer?

1:32 am

vashongin

missing 4 a's granny

1:32 am

TraderKate

have been stuck for a while, pretty tired for brain work... still need the o for nbt :(

1:33 am

vashongin

oa 5/12 and oc 5/12

1:33 am

grannyrose

kate, rowed a boat

1:34 am

TraderKate

ty granny and vash, got the oa, still hunting the oc :)

1:34 am

Lizlin

Hi Rose - how was dinner last night? Really lovely, I hope :)

1:35 am

vashongin

s's missing 3: se 6, 5, 4; sh 4, 6, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4; sw 4, 5, 4, 5, 4

1:36 am

grannyrose

a's which i have are : ac 4, 4, 5, 4, 5...ag 4....ah 5...am 4, 5, 4, 4, 4...an 5....ar 6, 6, 5, 4, 5, 5...aw 4

1:37 am

gran

How many words today please

1:38 am

Lizlin

178 gran

1:38 am

gran

Thanks

1:38 am

vashongin

another ar 5 at the end

1:39 am

anike

aw5

1:40 am

vashongin

aw5 at the end i mean...sorry

1:40 am

vashongin

i am still missing one a

1:43 am

grannyrose

vash i have another sh5 at the end

1:44 am

vashongin

thanks

1:45 am

grannyrose

another sw5, after the first sw4

1:45 am

broll

another sw 5 after the first one

1:46 am

grannyrose

snap, broll

1:48 am

Dianne

2 se 6's to start

1:48 am

grannyrose

last s is se6, after se6, the first

1:49 am

vashongin

thanks!!!

1:50 am

vashongin

s's are se 6, 6, 5, 4; sh 4, 6, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 5; sw 4, 5, 5, 4, 5, 4

1:51 am

Dianne

Does anyone have all the w's? I'm missing one.

1:52 am

vashongin

missing 4 of those dianne

1:53 am

Dianne

Here's what I have: wa4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 6, 4, 4 we 4, 6, 6, wh 4, 5, 4

1:55 am

broll

wa's end 6,4,5,4

1:55 am

Dianne

thanks broll - how stupid to miss that one.

1:56 am

broll

yw, and ty, looking for my last one now

1:58 am

Dianne

missing 3 r words. I have ra x 3, re x 3 and ro x 7.

1:58 am

grannyrose

i have re 4, 6, 5, 4

2:00 am

Dianne

thanks rose

2:01 am

isles7

re 4,6,5,6,4

2:02 am

isles7

ro 4.4.6.4.5.7.8.8

2:03 am

Dianne

thanks isles

2:05 am

puglet

Greetings Friends

2:06 am

Dianne

Hi pug - how is your visit with your sister?

2:07 am

puglet

Hi Di, it was very nice thank you---she gets to stay until Sat. So Iam very glad

2:08 am

Dianne

That's great that you will have a whole week together.

2:09 am

puglet

it is :) I know it will go too fast though

2:10 am

vashongin

ac 5 at the beginning of the list

2:15 am

worzel

Goooooood morning fellow Babblers xxxx

2:15 am

puglet

Morning Wor

2:16 am

worzel

Good morning Pug xx

2:17 am

puglet

did you have a nice easter Wor

2:18 am

worzel

I did thank you pug, although, as usual, I was in the garden at 8am painting a fence, then up the gym, then out for a cycle. How about yourself? x

2:18 am

grannyrose

i give up. hopefully someone will post a list soon. i simply cannot see ac5 at the beginning of the list of ac words.

2:19 am

worzel

Good morning Mum xx

2:19 am

grannyrose

hello dearest son, and {{hugs}} miz pugs. i hope you both had a wonderful easter.

2:19 am

bfdeele

li 5. 5 4 5 4 6 6 4

2:19 am

puglet

Hi ya Rose, hugs are you stressing over there-lol

2:19 am

isles7

ac 4.5.4.5.4.5

2:19 am

broll

it's actually the second word

2:20 am

dizgrannie

granny, ac 5/16 is an adj of the highest point

2:20 am

puglet

I did Wor. My sister came in from out of state and is staying a week, ty

2:21 am

grannyrose

thanx diz, i looked and looked for it, and thought it was a phantom

2:21 am

puglet

Hi Diz,isle,broll and bf

2:21 am

worzel

Thing is, now that I've finished in the garden I won't know what to do with myself! I have a few seeds left to plant, but that's it. Think I'll take up gardening for a living

2:21 am

dizgrannie

hey Pugs.

2:21 am

broll

yw

2:21 am

anike

I need 3 x c, 2 x d, 2 x h and 6 x m and I can't think any more

2:22 am

grannyrose

lolol, pugs, just a lot. lovely to see you are having such a long visit from your sister.

2:23 am

grannyrose

and thanx to broll, also. i thought it was the first ac. *sigh *

2:23 am

puglet

Wor, maybe someone close by that isnt able to do theirs might like a helping hand with their garden

2:23 am

grannyrose

have nearly half an ac4 here, son...come on down...my shout.

2:23 am

puglet

thanks Rose---but I think you need to calm down--lol

2:24 am

worzel

Half an ac? My word that would cheer me up no end lol

2:24 am

grannyrose

we need a goat, anyone want to volunteer?

2:25 am

worzel

well, i'm quite good at acting the goat . . .

2:25 am

grannyrose

lolol, i noticed, son

2:26 am

grannyrose

and so is ruru.....lolol

2:27 am

puglet

I had that thought on my mind but wasent going to say a word-lol

2:28 am

worzel

we only moved into this property last year and the garden is only about 100 sq ft. Our main problem is the soil. The silly sod that lived here before us dug it up and removed all the stones years ago - literally ALL the stones, so now our soil is very close to powder and is a nightmare. We're trying to get major patches in the lawn to regrow, but to no avail

2:29 am

anike

Does anyone have all the 8's?

2:29 am

puglet

can you buy some top soil or something to mix into it Wor

2:30 am

dizgrannie

anike, need 1 more

2:30 am

grannyrose

suggestion, son. you need to find a local race track/stables. and dig several bags of manure into the soil.

2:31 am

worzel

It's not really worth doing that pug because the lawn area is quite confined, as are the patches, and it would mean digging up the entire lawn and restarting it. That's not something I mind doing, but my dog needs the lawn for his "business"

2:31 am

anike

Me too diz

2:31 am

dizgrannie

BBL, have to organised dinner.

2:32 am

grannyrose

well what about a roll of lawn, which you just lay down on the soil.

2:32 am

worzel

Good idea though pug - might think about it at some point. Mum your idea ain't bad - although to be fair I don't know where there are any around here - could Google it I suppose, alternatively get my neighbour from behind to just come and stand in the garden, he's full of . . . .

2:33 am

grannyrose

roflma....son....now, now, be nice....

2:33 am

puglet

if nothing else Wor, raised planters look very nice too

2:33 am

worzel

oh, honestly Mum - you ain't met him. At least once a day he's round here asking to borrow this, that, the other - last night it was dog food!

2:34 am

grannyrose

his poor dog....is he a pensioner or something?

2:34 am

grannyrose

maybe, he really wanted some dinner for himself.

2:34 am

anike

Anybody have all the h's?

2:35 am

grannyrose

nope, i suck at this game tonight. sorry i can't help

2:36 am

anike

What about c's m's and D's?

2:36 am

worzel

no he's younger than me he's only about 40. We're both unemployed, see, and work round here is extremely hard to find at the moment, but he always seems to be able to come up with stuff to sell, if you know what I mean, and he's always on the borrow. OMG soooo funny - he came round the other day and asked if I wanted to buy a brand new PINK television for ten pounds. Like I said, he's full of it lmao

2:36 am

grannyrose

have ca x 10. any more?

2:36 am

puglet

Now Rose, how did the dinner with your son and wife go?

2:36 am

anike

ca 9 0nly

2:37 am

worzel

roman

2:37 am

worzel

oh piddle, sorry

2:38 am

grannyrose

it went well, thanx pugs. and her parents were able to come as well, at the last minute. young braxton was right next to me. you should have seen him chomping on a stalk of broccoli.

2:38 am

grannyrose

so far, ca 4, 6, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 4, 5, 4

2:39 am

puglet

nice Rose--did you happen to get any updated pics of him to post

2:40 am

anike

TY - 2 c's to go

2:40 am

grannyrose

don has some. i don't think he has downloaded them yet. he has been battling a very painful shoulder all day. i am pretty sure it is arthritis. he has an appointment with GP very soon.

2:41 am

grannyrose

ca's now...ca4, 6, 4, 5, 6, 4, 5.....

2:41 am

puglet

from all that handyman chores you made him do? lol

2:43 am

grannyrose

anike, could you please list the co's and cr's?

2:43 am

Dianne

missing 2 h's. I have ha 4, 4, 5, 4, 7, 5 he 4, 6, 4, 4 hy 4

2:44 am

anike

co 4,4,4,5,8,9,5,5,9,4 cr 4,5,4 is all I have

2:45 am

broll

hw 4

2:45 am

Dianne

thanks broll - always miss that one.

2:45 am

broll

yw, ce 7

2:47 am

isles7

another ha 4 Dianne

2:47 am

worzel

This is an evil grid. I thought yesterday's was bad but this is horrible! Well, for me it is, being thick and all lmao

2:48 am

anike

Ha4 second last

2:48 am

grannyrose

anike, co7 towards the end

2:48 am

Dianne

right you are isles - I had the 5 after the 4 but didn't enter the 4 - duh.

2:49 am

worzel

Am off to get us all tea and coffee. See you in about five xx *mini poof*

2:49 am

anike

TY Rose - c's and h's done

2:52 am

Dianne

for some reason this grid is not too user friendly - to me for sure.

2:54 am

anike

Can someone list their m's - I am missing 6

2:54 am

isles7

totally agree Dianne

2:54 am

grannyrose

would someone please list the c's again? i am totally confused.

2:55 am

anike

ca 4,6,4,5,6,4,5,5,4,5,4

2:56 am

anike

coe 7, co 4,4,4,5,8,9,5,5,9,4,7 cr 4,5,4

2:56 am

anike

I meant ce 7

2:57 am

grannyrose

ahhh, that's the one, thanx anike

2:59 am

anike

No m's? What about d's anyone?

3:00 am

isles7

missing 5 m's, 2 d's & a g

3:01 am

grannyrose

sorry anike. m's...missing 6. have ma 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 6, 7, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4.....mi 4, 4, 4, ....and one lonely mo 4

3:02 am

broll

mi 5 at beginning (itty-bitty)

3:02 am

anike

The d's I have are da 4,5,4,6,6,5,6,6,6,4,6,4 de 4,,4,5 di 4

3:02 am

isles7

another mi 5 at the end

3:03 am

grannyrose

sorry, mi's are...mi5, 4, 4, 5

3:05 am

isles7

another da 4 at the beginning

3:05 am

anike

So mi's are mi 5,4,4,4,5 ?

3:06 am

grannyrose

no, third mi 4 was a mistake

3:06 am

anike

Yay. d's done so just 4 m's to find

3:06 am

anike

Ok yhat agrees with what I have

3:11 am

anike

ma8

3:11 am

anike

Means a frenzied woman

3:16 am

isles7

ty anike

3:17 am

anike

ma6 - drop the last 2 letters

3:18 am

anike

I need an ma 5 an d6 but have no idea

3:20 am

anike

Sorry , not necessarily ma's could be anything

3:20 am

grannyrose

anike, do you have ma 4, 5, 5,at the beginning

3:22 am

anike

Yes Rose

3:22 am

grannyrose

and the past tense of ma4 towards the end of the list?

3:24 am

anike

Ma 4,5,5,6,8,4,4,4,4,6,7,4,5,4,4,4,4 mi 5,4,4,5 mo 4

3:25 am

isles7

ditto anike

3:25 am

anike

Not helping then are we

3:27 am

Kallia

ma 5 at the beginning

3:27 am

isles7

ma 5, 6 - think birds

3:28 am

anike

Fireworks!!

3:28 am

grannyrose

WTG ANIKE!!!

3:28 am

isles7

fw finally - thanks for all the help

3:29 am

anike

Thanks everyone

3:30 am

anike

I'm noit very good at trying to leave a list but I'll try if you want

3:30 am

worzel

Well I'm having none of it! Either I'm totally stupid or this grid is a monster. I can't get past 63 words, and my longest is a six!

3:30 am

grannyrose

poor dear son, it is a real struggle tonight. i have two lousy words to go.

3:31 am

worzel

now wouldn't it be amusing if your thick son had the two words that his clever mum didn't have xx

3:32 am

anike

Have forgotten how to do list

3:32 am

grannyrose

hah!! found the m word, one n word, 4 letters.

3:32 am

worzel

Mind you, just as I give up all hope I find half a dozen more words

3:32 am

grannyrose

and done!!

3:32 am

worzel

congratulations mum! xx

3:33 am

grannyrose

okay, son. * rolls up sleeves*

3:33 am

worzel

haha xx

3:33 am

anike

Happy babbling everyone

3:33 am

grannyrose

co8, 9 ( a plural ), co + not woman + time you have lived

3:34 am

grannyrose

night, anike

3:34 am

worzel

oooo funny words! ty xx

3:35 am

grannyrose

co9, a spice, co + **ght, not the left + another word for plus + **r, to do wrong

3:36 am

worzel

ty mum xx

3:36 am

grannyrose

ro5, 7, 8, 8, ro5, person who lives in the capital of italy

3:36 am

worzel

now just clue me the last 110 words and I'll be all set! pmsl xx

3:37 am

grannyrose

now extend that for a state of lots of mutual love for the ro7

3:38 am

worzel

i have the person who lives in the centre of italy, ro5/12, but don't get the other bit u put - ro5,7,8,8

3:38 am

grannyrose

add a consonant to the end of ro7, for ro8, past tense, and ro8, one who ro7's

3:39 am

grannyrose

okay, ro5, + abbreviation for the Church of England

3:41 am

worzel

i'm trying mum, i'm trying - you'll just have to face the fact you spawned an ignoramus! c of e?

3:41 am

grannyrose

son, lose the of in the middle

3:41 am

grannyrose

a movie of ro7, is a love story.

3:43 am

worzel

ok, i got the love story. now i'm confused about the of bit for the ro5. told you i was a dunce!

3:43 am

grannyrose

okay, you now have the ro5, and the ro7, have you?

3:44 am

worzel

i have the ro5 of italy and the ro7 of love films lol xx and many thanks xx

3:44 am

grannyrose

okay, now add past tense consonant to ro7

3:44 am

anike

Have put list in my profike

3:45 am

grannyrose

nice, thanx anike. would you mind if i lift it to babanon?

3:45 am

anike

Go for it - I don't know how

3:46 am

worzel

it must so so amusing for all the spectators on here to be reading my messages and wondering how somebody can be so dippy lmao

3:46 am

worzel

yay got the ro 8 clue quite easily!!! You'd never believe i actually have an iq of 149 and two degrees in English language and literature!

3:47 am

worzel

i should take a degree in english LOGIC!!!

3:47 am

grannyrose

now for the other ro8. start with ro7, then add a different consonant, for someone who ro7's

3:47 am

puglet

I dont think you dippy Wor but you are funny---and Iam much dippier than you-lol

3:47 am

worzel

yay got that one too! thanks mum! bugger me you're gonna soon tire of helping me lol

3:48 am

puglet

and ths Rose

3:49 am

worzel

awww thanks pug and i don't believe you're dippy, but if you are shall we go into business together? I'm sure we can become bankers or something and ruin lots of good businesses with our devastating intelligence lol xx

3:49 am

puglet

LOL Wor

3:50 am

worzel

Mum's gone quiet - think I've exploded her head . . .

3:50 am

grannyrose

okay list in babanon. please pass it on

3:50 am

grannyrose

lolol, was posting in babanon

3:51 am

worzel

Oh, d'you know what - I love you lot - you really keep me smiling! Thanks you guys xx

3:51 am

grannyrose

ma6, ma8...ma + half an em + abbreviation for advertisement. that

3:51 am

grannyrose

the ma6

3:51 am

puglet

I thank you Wor for the laughs

3:52 am

grannyrose

ma8, add a nervous t**, to the end

3:52 am

worzel

oooo sorry was looking at telly. will get stuck into the ma6 etc now!!!

3:52 am

worzel

half an em?

3:53 am

grannyrose

a printer's measure, son

3:53 am

worzel

oh gawd now you've got me . . .

3:53 am

grannyrose

only one hump, not two

3:54 am

grannyrose

son, you need to do more crosswords...m has two humps, the letter after it has one hump

3:56 am

grannyrose

how are you going worzel?

3:56 am

worzel

i have an ma4/5 in that region of the language (as in food from the gods type word) is it related to that? (and pugs, stop laughing !!!!! )

3:57 am

worzel

how am i going? round the bend lmao!!! thanks for struggling with me though - only a Mother's love, eh? xx

3:57 am

puglet

lol Wor--Iam not getting it either so does that make you feel better

3:57 am

grannyrose

let's start at the beginning, type in not a woman, with second vowel after the first

3:57 am

worzel

oh good grief I jsut found the ma6 and ma7 - blindingly obvious, of course!

3:58 am

worzel

actually, i think i may have got the wrong word for your clue that ended with abbreviation for advertisement

3:58 am

grannyrose

then add an abbreviation for advertisement

3:59 am

worzel

yayyyyyy!!!!!

3:59 am

worzel

oh mum how EVER did you cope with me as a child? I'd have had me shot, to be honest!

4:00 am

puglet

ths Rose

4:00 am

grannyrose

yay!!!! now add t**, a nervous spasm

4:00 am

worzel

i got fw's the other day for the first time ever and was going to run naked up and down the street to celebrate

4:00 am

Dianne

rose I have that ma 6 - it's the 8 that I can't find.

4:00 am

worzel

yay got the nervous ending!!! ty mum xx

4:01 am

grannyrose

dianne, add the nervous spasm, t** to the ma6

4:01 am

Dianne

got it - thanks much.

4:02 am

grannyrose

so, son, that means your 9's and 8's are now greyed.

4:02 am

grannyrose

how many 7's do you have, son

4:03 am

worzel

i have 2 of the 7s so far

4:03 am

grannyrose

okay, ce7, ce + male sheep + t**, nervous twitch/spasm

4:04 am

worzel

blimey, i got that clue quite easily! thanks mum x

4:04 am

grannyrose

co7, co****or, a long passage in a house + vowel

4:05 am

worzel

ooo thanks xx

4:05 am

grannyrose

en7, en + unconscious with third vowel before the last one

4:06 am

grannyrose

ha7, ha4, attached to the end of your arm + vehicle

4:06 am

worzel

how the hell did i understand that clue? but i got it, though! thanks xx

4:06 am

worzel

yayyyyy all me sevens grey! thanks Mum - you are a diamond in a sea of gems xx

4:07 am

grannyrose

and ~~~**~~ ta da ~~**~~~ your 7's should be grey

4:07 am

grannyrose

son, you are starting to think like a babbler. am proud of you.

4:07 am

worzel

I'm going to have to take a break for a bit I need more caffeine and a smoke (i don't smoke in the house) so I shall be back in about ten mins or so. Mum thank you sooo much and pugs thanks for not laughing (too loudly) at this old fool. I shall see you all in a short bit xx *mini poof*

4:08 am

grannyrose

*giggle* you make me laugh. pugs ?? have i lost you?

4:09 am

puglet

Nope--Iam having a good laugh at Wor

4:09 am

puglet

He's just so funny-lol :)

4:10 am

grannyrose

he is sooo funny. and you make me giggle too, or rather chuckle...don often looks at me as if i am nuts, and i say, it's pug's fault. she's making me laugh.

4:11 am

puglet

is your stress down now? lol

4:11 am

grannyrose

yeah.....sipping on a glass of rather nice wine.

4:11 am

puglet

Wor, does make a good stress relief-lol

4:12 am

puglet

thats good then-lol

4:13 am

grannyrose

this grid is not nice at all.

4:13 am

puglet

no its not--but Iam not stressing over it--lol

4:14 am

puglet

Iam a little over halfway so Iam pleased

4:16 am

dizgrannie

FWs thnx for the list, Granny rose.

4:16 am

puglet

nice job Diz

4:17 am

worzel

am back! coffee in hand!!!! xx

4:17 am

puglet

welcome back Wor

4:18 am

worzel

thank you dear pug xx

4:18 am

worzel

just made meself laugh - i've got all these wonderful clues and answers from mum and still have two to get for nbt lmao!!

4:19 am

puglet

well this is a tough grid

4:20 am

grannyrose

bet one is the c in the bottom left corner, think alligator, the abbreviate for cr4.

4:20 am

worzel

no - i got the c quite early on - lucky guess though. it's the middle a and the left hand e

4:20 am

grannyrose

WTG DIZ!!!!

4:21 am

worzel

right hand e!

4:21 am

grannyrose

top or bottom e?

4:21 am

worzel

just got the e!

4:21 am

grannyrose

and that a is ah5, not behind you

4:22 am

worzel

yayyyy nbt! thanks mum xx

4:22 am

grannyrose

whoot!!! yay you, worzel

4:25 am

puglet

brb

4:27 am

grannyrose

pugs, i will bye-bye. dinner nearly ready. xoxox

4:28 am

worzel

enjoy your din dins mum and see you soon. once again thanks for your patience and all your help xx

4:28 am

grannyrose

np's dearest. hope you have a great day. xoxox

4:31 am

puglet

good night Rose, hugs and enjoy

4:36 am

Dianne

pug & worz - help with the top row E - please

4:37 am

puglet

sorry Di, I dont have them

4:38 am

puglet

did you see where Rose put anika list on babanon

4:39 am

zoozzoom

EN 6/21 EN+ 1st vowel + hello what a lovely sunny ***ning it is here.

4:40 am

Uneaixoise

en6 to charm or captivate

4:40 am

Uneaixoise

morning, all :-)

4:41 am

puglet

Hi Zoom and Une

4:41 am

zoozzoom

EN 7/36 EN + four letter word for someone who after an accident is in a very long sleep but with 3rd vowel second from the end.

4:41 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Everyone :-)

4:41 am

Dianne

got it zoo and une - thanks.

4:41 am

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

4:42 am

puglet

thanks guys

4:42 am

Uneaixoise

tx zooz

4:42 am

zoozzoom

yw :-)

4:44 am

Dianne

now looking for the en7 - help?

4:44 am

puglet

How did your family dinner go Zoom

4:44 am

zoozzoom

Clued at 4 :41, Dianne.

4:45 am

puglet

Di, Zoom clued it at 4:41

4:45 am

Dianne

sorry - I missed your clue - thanks

4:45 am

puglet

snap Zoom-lol

4:45 am

zoozzoom

Very well thanks, Pugs..we all ate well and the children played with their games and stuffed their faces with chocolate...How was your day?

4:46 am

puglet

it went real well too, thanks--the weather was fab.

4:47 am

zoozzoom

Everything always goes better with nice weather :-)

4:47 am

zoozzoom

Is your sister staying with you or was it just a day visit?

4:48 am

puglet

shes here until saturday and no, shes staying with another sister--I dont have a extra room

4:49 am

zoozzoom

So are you planning on going anywhere nice today?

4:49 am

puglet

yeah the surgeon--lol

4:50 am

zoozzoom

Who you?

4:50 am

puglet

She wants to go with me--so Iam glad about that

4:50 am

puglet

yes for me---as bad as I really hate to

4:52 am

zoozzoom

Oh my..sorry to hear about that, Puglet, I am out of the loop and did not realise.

4:53 am

zoozzoom

Well i am sure you will be well looked after.

4:53 am

puglet

I found Iam a diabetic and had a bad infection in my body, so I go today to have that checked and then to see about a operation on this hernia I got

4:53 am

zoozzoom

Are you staying in over night?

4:54 am

puglet

I hope not today---I would like to wait until my sister leaves

4:55 am

zoozzoom

Oh hernias are horrible..but at least they are treatable is it a large one or did you decide to get it treated whilst still small?

4:56 am

puglet

its pretty large, Zoom---I waited too long I guess--about the size of a large grapefruit

4:58 am

zoozzoom

Sounds like the size of the one my dad has..but he will not do anything about it..am so glad you are..you will be so glad you did in the end.

4:58 am

puglet

I hope, I just hate going-lol

4:59 am

puglet

Is your dad's in his stomach

4:59 am

zoozzoom

That is normal..no one want s to go but there are times when needs must.

5:00 am

zoozzoom

No it is in the groin area for him.

5:04 am

puglet

reset time

5:05 am

Anniebrook

red boxes of doom here

5:05 am

Uneaixoise

here too

5:05 am

Uneaixoise

howdy, annie

5:05 am

zoozzoom

Yes it is annoying at this time everyday..lol

5:06 am

Anniebrook

Hi Une, how are you?

5:06 am

zoozzoom

the 11:00am (UK) babble freeze..lol

5:06 am

Anniebrook

and hi to zooz and puglet

5:06 am

puglet

Une, pretty rescue dogs

5:06 am

Anniebrook

then it is the 6 am babble freeze this side of the pond

5:06 am

puglet

Hi Annie, did you have a nice easter

5:07 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Annie :-)

5:07 am

Uneaixoise

i agree, pugs :-)

5:07 am

Anniebrook

Yes, I did. I made a nice meal and we watched the Yankee and Met games. Both won in extra innings. I hope you did too, pug.

5:08 am

puglet

I did , thanks and it was such a beautiful day too here

5:08 am

Anniebrook

here too.

5:10 am

puglet

My sister and I went and got a cousin of ours that is pretty well housebound due to illness and we brought him down to another sisters for dinner and He was glad we came and took him out

5:10 am

Anniebrook

That was a very nice thing to do.

5:11 am

zoozzoom

Ditto on that, Annie.

5:12 am

Anniebrook

going to put up a pot, be right back

5:13 am

zoozzoom

What a CE 7/40 one :-)

5:13 am

puglet

you got school today Zoom

5:13 am

zoozzoom

No it is a bank holiday today here, Pugs, otherwise i would of been :-)

5:14 am

puglet

lucky you then-lol

5:15 am

zoozzoom

Well yes it is as the learning day for me is always a Monday only..lol

5:16 am

zoozzoom

But i do get plenty of homework to keep me going through-out the week.

5:16 am

puglet

well I got my fingers crossed that you a4 your upcoming e4

5:17 am

zoozzoom

((puget)) many thanks!

5:17 am

zoozzoom

((Puglet))

5:17 am

puglet

oh I guess that should be a3 not 4-lol

5:17 am

zoozzoom

Will get it right..lol

5:17 am

zoozzoom

I knew what you meant :-)

5:18 am

puglet

thanks for reading between the mistakes of my spelling-lol

5:19 am

zoozzoom

Ha take a look at mine..it is no way perfect..but we understand what each other is saying..so that makes it alright :-)

5:20 am

puglet

thats all that really matters isnt it? lol

5:21 am

zoozzoom

I am trying to get better though..I now try and put a capital at the beginning..also i is now I also i do not type alot i type a lot etc..a long way to go but I am getting there..lol

5:22 am

zoozzoom

See I still typed i instead of I..geez.

5:23 am

zoozzoom

Sorry I did not do well at school. So I am trying to teach myself better punctuation.

5:23 am

puglet

well at least you are trying so hats off to you--you are making me laugh--:) Who wants perfect anyway--that would be so boring

5:24 am

zoozzoom

Oh I have many many faults..lol...I just think one less would make me feel better :-)

5:24 am

puglet

english and lit. was my favorite subjects(you wouldnt know it) but math was my worse

5:26 am

zoozzoom

Oh math to me is like a foreign language to me. My brain just stalls and i really struggle to make sense of it..lol

5:26 am

zoozzoom

I8

5:26 am

zoozzoom

I*

5:27 am

puglet

I find it somewhat easier since Iam older (and Iam only talking about the basic stuff)

5:28 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

5:28 am

zoozzoom

Many thanks, Lickety!

5:28 am

puglet

you got to be proud of yourself for going back and facing that Zoom

5:28 am

puglet

thanks Lickety

5:29 am

licketySplitAUS

Sorry for delay was away seeing my mother for a night

5:29 am

Anniebrook

Lickety!! Thanks so very much. Did you have a nice Easter?

5:29 am

licketySplitAUS

Didn't have remote access setup up whilst I was away

5:29 am

zoozzoom

I am, Puglet, Will keep plodding and doing my best :-)

5:29 am

licketySplitAUS

Easter was lovely thank you. Hope you all had a nice time too.

5:30 am

Anniebrook

Glad you are back with us.

5:30 am

puglet

well you can do any more than that Zoom

5:30 am

zoozzoom

Very nice thanks, Glad yours was nice too, Lickety :-)

5:30 am

puglet

geez--cant

5:30 am

zoozzoom

lol

5:32 am

zoozzoom

Whoo hoo just found a herb for a 9!

5:33 am

Anniebrook

stat please, zooz

5:33 am

zoozzoom

CO 9/66

5:33 am

Anniebrook

thanks

5:33 am

Anniebrook

got it!

5:34 am

zoozzoom

YaY!

5:35 am

puglet

I need to get out of here and get some things done so hugs to you all and hope the day is kind to you all

5:35 am

Anniebrook

bye pug, have an easy day

5:35 am

Jivingjenny0

any clues for the co8 x 2 please

5:35 am

Anniebrook

no, jenny, sorry

5:36 am

Jivingjenny0

sorry they are both 9s not 8s

5:36 am

Alleyn58

Love that herb!

5:37 am

zoozzoom

CO + not female + my *** is 50 years old.

5:37 am

zoozzoom

Thats for the CO8 then plural for the 9

5:38 am

zoozzoom

It is a good herb, Alleyn :-)

5:38 am

Jivingjenny0

thank you

5:39 am

zoozzoom

yw :-)

5:39 am

Anniebrook

thanks, zooz

5:43 am

zoozzoom

Taking a break...Happy babbling everyone...Pugs, Thinking of you when you go for your surgery today....Will be back later.

5:50 am

sprite

good afternoon all

5:55 am

Dianne

Hi sprite

5:55 am

sprite

hi Dianne :) I hope you had a good Easter?

5:56 am

Dianne

Had a wonderful weekend. You?

5:56 am

sprite

yes, we just celebrated since the kids had other plans for yesterday. It was great :)

5:57 am

Dianne

I don't know how you will find this grid but I have had a real hard time with it - still 20 left to find.

5:58 am

sprite

so far so good but only have 66 yet, so the hard part is still to come :)

6:00 am

Dianne

like to go in order, from the x,y,z upwards but finally gave in and took anything I could get :)

6:00 am

sprite

lol! I admire that, so organised. I always start with everything I can get.

6:00 am

periwinkle

aya got both 9's

6:00 am

periwinkle

good morning all

6:01 am

periwinkle

meant yay

6:01 am

Dianne

good for you peri

6:03 am

sprite

nice peri

6:03 am

periwinkle

ty, only one 8 so far

6:05 am

Dianne

I'll leave the rest for tomorrow morning. Time to get the last part of dinner together, see the evening news and have glass of wine.

6:05 am

sprite

have a lovely evening and dinner, Dianne

6:06 am

Dianne

Thanks and bye all.

6:12 am

rubyfoo

hello. Just a uick lurk and 98 words. nbs but no nbt. Can't find singleton upper e in 5th column or middle a....L(

6:12 am

rubyfoo

Is everybody in a chocolate glaze?

6:12 am

sprite

hi ruby, the lone E is a test.

6:13 am

rubyfoo

no, the upper lone e

6:13 am

rubyfoo

but thanks. How are you?

6:13 am

rubyfoo

nm, got it

6:13 am

rubyfoo

(did a peri)

6:14 am

periwinkle

help with top row E pls

6:14 am

sprite

pulling a peri, lol. I am good. Just celebrated Easter with our family and it was a blast. Very rewarding.

6:14 am

rubyfoo

en6 make someone fall for you

6:14 am

crosshair

good morning eeryone

6:14 am

Anniebrook

en6--to be beguiled by

6:15 am

rubyfoo

speaking of beguile, here's {{crossy}}

6:15 am

sprite

hi Annie and crossy :)

6:15 am

rubyfoo

6:15 am

periwinkle

tyty

6:15 am

periwinkle

hi crossy, were your ears burning last night?

6:15 am

periwinkle

help with lone A in the middle pls

6:15 am

crosshair

all my favorite ladies;))

6:15 am

Anniebrook

hi ruby, thanks for your "oi' email, very funny

6:16 am

sprite

*hugs crossy*

6:16 am

Anniebrook

hi crossy, was that what I smelled?

6:16 am

crosshair

lol, annie

6:16 am

Anniebrook

peri, not behind

6:17 am

rubyfoo

ty annie, now I can lie down

6:17 am

periwinkle

ty Anie

6:17 am

sprite

bye ruby, have a nice rest

6:17 am

periwinkle

bye for now

6:17 am

Anniebrook

ruby, have a good rest

6:18 am

crosshair

tc ((ruby))

6:18 am

rubyfoo

*woof*

6:21 am

crosshair

and now it is time for crossy's tidbit of the day!!! - Hippo milk is pink!

6:21 am

Anniebrook

interesting

6:21 am

sprite

lollllll ok, so that is what they make pink easter eggs from

6:22 am

crosshair

lol

6:23 am

crosshair

I thought a rabbit pooped out the chocolate easter eggs from some cave..

6:24 am

crosshair

i know.. i am going to hell;)

6:25 am

sprite

noooooo not until you have handed in all easter eggs... they melt in hell!

6:25 am

crosshair

lol (((sprite)))

6:25 am

sprite

;-) Well you know what they say... things are probably a lot better in heaven... but in hell you meet the more interesting people.

6:26 am

crosshair

oh sprite, new addy for book downloading site www.bookzz.org

6:26 am

sprite

yes I noticed the email. They are forced to move a lot, poor ppl.

6:26 am

crosshair

they seem to have to change every month or so:)

6:27 am

crosshair

they need to start their own country like Sealand people did

6:27 am

sprite

*grin* All that illegal ado...

6:28 am

crosshair

it is on my bucket list to get my passport stamped in sealand

6:28 am

sprite

awesome!

6:29 am

sprite

omg I found a compound. All by my freakin' self.

6:29 am

crosshair

yaaa! share?

6:29 am

sprite

not foot and not by feet

6:30 am

crosshair

ty!:))

6:30 am

sprite

yvw :)

6:30 am

sprite

how was your easter, crossy?

6:31 am

Anniebrook

can I have the stats, sprite

6:31 am

crosshair

i have always thought that one of those and some camping equipment would be a great way to travel

6:31 am

sprite

ha7/40, Annie

6:31 am

crosshair

it was good sprite, and yours?

6:32 am

Anniebrook

thanks, sprite

6:32 am

sprite

Mine was awesome. The kids demanded that the tradition was kept... so we had cryptic rhymes to point to the hiding place of the 'big' chocolate gifts, and we had an egg hunt, and an extensive breakfast.

6:33 am

crosshair

my boy is too old for the egg hunt:(( i need grandbabbiess now:)

6:33 am

sprite

yvw Annie :)

6:34 am

sprite

hehehe crossy. My boy will be 18 next month. And he demanded that the tradition was kept. My girl is 16. And a friend of her would have come as well, because her parents say she is too old now... but she had to go to her grandmother.

6:34 am

crosshair

it is good that yours are still young enough:) I am glad he is an adult now but there are some things i miss; like going to the theatre to watch all those cool cartoon movies and having a viable reason to do it;)

6:35 am

sprite

oh crossy, easily remedied. Go to a school nearby, grab the first kid of suitable age and hide up in a theater with him/her. They won't find you there and the kid will love it. Give back the kid afterwards to avoid problems.

6:36 am

crosshair

lol. I am sure that will go over well:)

6:36 am

rubyfoo

uhoh. Bad ieasprite! By the time it's over there'll be an amber alert and our crossy will be arrested.

6:36 am

sprite

just make sure it is not a porn theater. That might give trouble.

6:36 am

crosshair

lol

6:37 am

sprite

tsk, crossy needs to wear a bugs bunny mask when kidnapping the kid, of course.

6:37 am

rubyfoo

I watch all those CBC police shows. Go to the cartoon movies, but in the evening and don't sit near any children!

6:37 am

crosshair

was scrolling through Netflix the other day and saw they had the 1976 version of the many adventures of Winnie the pooh with Sterling Holloway voicing pooh bear.. had to watch for 5 minutes..

6:38 am

sprite

hehehe

6:38 am

rubyfoo

100 and real woof

6:39 am

sprite

ruby is doing a jilli as well

6:39 am

crosshair

you had to imagine his life afterwards. going to the bank, talking on the phone. he would never be taken seriously. Imagine poor Sterling there in a bank managers office trying to get a loan but sounding like pooh bear asking for a jar of hunny lol

6:40 am

sprite

lololllll but so endearing that he got it anyway

6:40 am

crosshair

" how much do you need Mr. Holloway?" "just a smackeral if you please"

6:41 am

crosshair

or him saying "Oh bother" when he finds he is overdrawn lol

6:41 am

crosshair

tellers would give him their own money lol

6:41 am

sprite

can't be easy

6:42 am

crosshair

especially if he can say those lines and work up a good sad-eyed pout

6:42 am

crosshair

mm, brb, i am off on a tangent here, means i need a tea

6:42 am

sprite

'here... take this... and that... here, take it all!'

6:43 am

crosshair

lol " i need an overdraft because i am rumbly in my tumbly"

6:43 am

sprite

lol

6:43 am

sprite

fireflies. *hugs* to you all.

6:45 am

Anniebrook

congrats, sprite

6:47 am

crosshair

tc ((sprite))

7:08 am

swmbo

c omanage

7:08 am

MollyL

60 points for swmbo

7:09 am

lbdawger

ty, Swmbo!

7:10 am

crosshair

add an s for 78 ore points

7:10 am

crosshair

more

7:26 am

lbdawger

clue for the en7?

7:28 am

lbdawger

nm, found it

7:30 am

wvteach

good morning all

7:31 am

lbdawger

hi wv! tadone and finito!

7:31 am

Riverdance

good morning everyone - nbt and nbs for me

7:31 am

Riverdance

yay for lbd

7:34 am

wvteach

congrats dawger

7:36 am

lbdawger

must get moving here. have fun with the grid.

7:41 am

MimiCat

Morning, all! Hooray...a whole day off today!

7:48 am

wvteach

need help with single A right in the center please

7:50 am

MimiCat

Every a word I try goes to another a!!

7:50 am

montreal13

not behind teach...

7:51 am

montreal13

just starting - good morning all

7:51 am

wvteach

what are the stats montreal

7:51 am

montreal13

ah5

7:52 am

wvteach

nm - got it - thnx

7:52 am

MimiCat

Then give ME a clue, teach...I still can't find it!

7:52 am

wvteach

use your HE 4/6 to find the word

7:53 am

MimiCat

OF COURSE!!! TY

7:54 am

MimiCat

And good morning, montreal.

7:55 am

phaeton

ah5..if you are not behind you are ah5

7:55 am

montreal13

snow finally all melted... except for shopping centers where mountains of snow get so dirty they last till may...

7:56 am

phaeton

stats for bottom corner E please

7:56 am

MimiCat

Going to be about 90 degrees here today....summer starting much too early.

7:56 am

montreal13

ex4/10 phae

7:57 am

wvteach

halfway, NBT and NBS - time for breakfast break

7:58 am

montreal13

we're beginning to get into the 50s ...

7:58 am

mixi6

need an e from the top row.

7:59 am

o-o

en 6/21 and en 7/36

7:59 am

montreal13

dont have any yet...will look...

8:00 am

montreal13

got the en6 - thx o-o

8:00 am

MimiCat

Clue for that, o-o?

8:02 am

o-o

en + a hospital-acquired infection: noso*****l

8:03 am

o-o

BB king said the thrill is gone ... not if you are en 6/21ed

8:03 am

MimiCat

Got it...thx.

8:04 am

MimiCat

No wonder that one didn't spring to my mind....haven't been in that state for a LONG time!

8:05 am

MollyL

I think they refer to hospital acquired infections as HAIs now, don't they Mimi?

8:06 am

MimiCat

Don't know, Molly....I haven't worked in a hospital for awhile now. But, boy, if you're sick, try to stay away from the hospital because you'll likely get MORE sick there!

8:06 am

montreal13

thx o-o foe en7 -- so on the uptake this morning "sigh"

8:06 am

montreal13

SLOW "double sigh"

8:07 am

MollyL

Everything has to have an abbreviation : D

8:07 am

MimiCat

LOL, montreal! Me, too, today! Well, actually, just about every day!

8:08 am

o-o

iatrogenic is in the same neighborhood

8:09 am

MimiCat

So right, Molly. I think the language is suffering a lot. No one actually has real conversation anymore.

8:09 am

montreal13

most of my mornings start slowly... it gets better later in the day...most of the time... - NOT a morning person...

8:10 am

crosshair

agreed mimi, took me forever to find en 6/21 because it is abbreviated;))))

8:10 am

o-o

I am more of a mourning person

8:10 am

montreal13

aha-ha o-o

8:10 am

MimiCat

Me, either, montreal. I used to be a night person but as I've gotten older, I'm now kind of a twilight person!

8:11 am

MimiCat

Awww...o-o....

8:11 am

MimiCat

((crossy))

8:11 am

crosshair

ever since i went into semi-retirement , I have become a morning person. Funny really. Used to loathe the alarm clock, but now that i do not need to set it, I am up even earlier than i used to be:0

8:12 am

MimiCat

I used to believe that the way a culture uses language tells a lot about that culture. But these days I don't like what it's now saying about us!

8:13 am

MimiCat

I'm up at 5 every morning but not out of choice...the cats MUST be fed early or they'll start nibbling on ME!

8:13 am

mixi6

nbt, nbs. ty.

8:13 am

crosshair

had one kid in class say to me "i like listening to you speak because you use real words" lol

8:14 am

MimiCat

Wow, crossy....so sad things have gotten this way. AND--I HATE texting!! Don't have a cell phone anymore but when I did that's the only way my kids would communicate. I wanted to scream "JUST PICK UP THE DARN PHONE AND ACTUALLY SPEAK TO ME!"

8:14 am

crosshair

one other thing about being up with the birds; I have two loads of laundry and two loads of dishes done before 10 am:)

8:15 am

MimiCat

Yes, I like being up early now as well because by the time I actually wake up I'm halfway done with my work!

8:16 am

crosshair

lol@ cats. Mine start chewing on my finger tips or trying to groom my beard if i do not get up

8:16 am

montreal13

can't see much this a.m. - only 60 words found "sigh" - BBL - happy babblings all and take care - "poof"

8:16 am

crosshair

one of my black kitties will try and part my beard right down the middle

8:16 am

crosshair

tc mon13

8:17 am

MollyL

I agree about texting, Mimi

8:17 am

montreal13

bye cross "real poof"

8:17 am

crosshair

"real 100% poof! no fillers!"

8:17 am

crosshair

;)

8:18 am

MollyL

And I very much agree with the idea that a way that a culture uses it's language, says a lot about them, and lately it says nothing good.

8:18 am

MimiCat

I was so mad at mine yesterday. You know I have my balcony/patio fixed up but can't let them out there unattended because they still find a way to get through the palms and up on the wall. Well, yesterday I had the glass door back and just the screen in place for fresh air...THEY OPENED THE SCREEN DOOR AND WERE OUT THERE ON THE WALL!!

8:18 am

crosshair

lol, bad kitties

8:18 am

suefrad625

can I have more help with the en7 pls

8:19 am

MimiCat

Molly...did you see my posting awhile back defining Facebook?

8:19 am

MollyL

No, I don't think I saw that

8:20 am

MimiCat

Here's my definition: A bunch of people with nothing to say, saying it constantly.

8:21 am

MollyL

That's about it, Mimi. Add in all the idiot ads and the tracking devices and it makes me wonder about the popularity of the place.

8:21 am

MimiCat

I'm totally baffled at how many people want to deal with minutia now...I don't CARE that you bought apples at the store....I mean, really...

8:22 am

MollyL

One of my friends says something similar. He says Facebook is like getting a "Christmas letter" every day.

8:23 am

MimiCat

I only use it to occasionally touch base with friends from high school back in Ohio. Otherwise, I have much better things to do with my time....like be in Babble!

8:24 am

MimiCat

Our language used to be one of the romance languages for a reason...now the romance is gone...sigh.

8:24 am

crosshair

In the last 6 months or so, I have given up on facebook. I do not care for the privacy issues. darn program can identify what street i am walking down and pimp ads to me for places to eat based on my locale. Thing knows my exact location better than i do

8:24 am

suefrad625

can I have more help with the en7 pls

8:25 am

MimiCat

I need that one, too, sue....clue anyone?

8:25 am

crosshair

want to see a graphic demonstration on how bad it is, mimi? Pick up a copy of david copperfield and give it a read. I almost had to retrain my mind the last time i did that!

8:26 am

suefrad625

ty for answering mimi, I thought I was invisible

8:26 am

MollyL

en + a vegetative state with an extra vowel in third place

8:26 am

grant

en+**me and go+Ms Farrow

8:26 am

MimiCat

Oh, dear, no, sue! We just get on a roll here sometimes.

8:27 am

crosshair

sorry sue. I get that all the time as well:)

8:27 am

crosshair

we get gabbing is all:)

8:27 am

MimiCat

Thanks, Molly...great clue.

8:27 am

MollyL

When it gets to the point where you have to join Facebook because people have gotten too lazy to email or phone, it's gotten to a bad point...in my opinion

8:28 am

MimiCat

Thanks, grant.

8:28 am

suefrad625

what is the other en?

8:28 am

MimiCat

Being besotted with....

8:28 am

suefrad625

why does my neck hurt when I try to jog?

8:28 am

crosshair

en 6/21 American version of love fascination

8:29 am

crosshair

could be many things, sue

8:29 am

MollyL

Sue, my guess would be disc problems in your neck. The impact of running is bothering the discs.

8:30 am

MimiCat

Crossy, even when I was young I loved language. I read most of Shakespeare's works during the summer break in 8th grade...fell totally in love with him, as many others have. My friends thought I was totally weird...which I was...and am..and happy about it!

8:30 am

MollyL

But it's really for a doctor to figure out.

8:31 am

suefrad625

I guess my dreams of jogging off my weight is not going to happen, I don't like jogging anyway :)

8:31 am

crosshair

a good mri of the neck will figure it out. Did that myself this winter just past. neck has three herniated disks and is full of arthritis;(

8:31 am

crosshair

Still waiting on callback from specialist

8:31 am

MimiCat

Sue, it reminds me of the old joke....gal goes to dr. and says "Doc, it hurts when I do this" and he replies "well, don't do that!"

8:32 am

crosshair

hiking still works sue. it is what i do. A nice 3 or 4 mile hike on a trail will burn those calories

8:32 am

MimiCat

Now that I'll have insurance as of May 1, I'm finding a family dr. and walking in and just saying "My body is a train wreck...FIX IT!"

8:33 am

MimiCat

I envy your location so much, crossy. If I try to speed walk here, the effect of the car/truck/bus fumes eliminates the health of the walking.

8:34 am

suefrad625

I took the dogs this morning and we loved it.

8:34 am

MimiCat

And, of course, in the summer we all stay hermetically sealed in our air-conditioned homes.

8:34 am

suefrad625

we are at the campgrounds this week, a lot of easy hills, but challenging also

8:35 am

crosshair

poor mimi:(

8:35 am

suefrad625

mimi, that is an old joke lol lol

8:35 am

MimiCat

Oh, almost forgot to mention...had a great conversation with peri on the phone yesterday...what a terrific lady!

8:35 am

crosshair

nice to see people finally getting medical care down there:) yaa for sue!

8:36 am

crosshair

a friend of mine in P.A has coverage for the first time in a decade as well:)

8:36 am

MollyL

I vote for walking over running any day. Much less impact and wear and tear on your joints.

8:37 am

suefrad625

I finally found the en6. ty all

8:37 am

crosshair

agreed. Me running would be a joke with my bursitis

8:37 am

MimiCat

Before my heart attack I was doing the 1/4 mile walk to the bus stop in 7 minutes...not bad for an old broad!

8:38 am

suefrad625

time for a shower and a new day. bbl

8:38 am

MimiCat

YW, Sue!

8:39 am

MimiCat

Whoa...just found the bunch of ...ail words! Fun.

8:41 am

MimiCat

phantom: diorama....ramada...really good at finding those phantoms!

8:42 am

MimiCat

If only I was better at finding the actual grid words!!!

8:44 am

MimiCat

Going to get some breakfast now. Won't "poof" because no one would take me seriously. :))

8:45 am

MimiCat

Hey, Molly...is saying you're leaving but coming back again and again now called "Pulling a Mimi?!"

8:48 am

MimiCat

OK...I'm now officially babbling to myself...time for breakfast...and "poink" (crossy)

8:54 am

crosshair

:)

9:02 am

hego

I'll bet Mimi is still here. ;)

9:03 am

Enomis65

:) she can't stay away that long...

9:03 am

hego

lol

9:03 am

Enomis65

she just isn't responding because it would prove us right!

9:03 am

hego

:)

9:07 am

MimiCat

I'm back...fixed breakfast...yes, I WAS gone!!! LOL.

9:07 am

hego

hahaha

9:07 am

Enomis65

sure, sure, sure :)

9:08 am

Enomis65

breakfast sure was quick...

9:08 am

MimiCat

Am having a Jimmy Dean veggie/egg/cheese croissant and I put tomato paste on it before I nuke it...yum...still munching.

9:08 am

hego

she's very zippy.

9:08 am

Enomis65

hmmmm send some here

9:08 am

Enomis65

hego - nice word!

9:08 am

MimiCat

Zippy....I like that, nego!

9:09 am

hego

lol

9:09 am

MimiCat

hego...sorry...cheese stuck to finger!

9:09 am

Enomis65

poor keyboard...

9:09 am

Enomis65

you should start dictating Mimi

9:10 am

hego

mine has enough crumbs to make a sandwich.

9:10 am

MimiCat

Nope...get enough of that with work, Eno!

9:10 am

MimiCat

Hey, we're developing quite a group of people for the Niagara trip in the Fall....fun.

9:11 am

Enomis65

can't believe there is another 60 4 letters words in this grid!

9:11 am

hego

Is it fall now?

9:11 am

MimiCat

Yes, hego...my lawsuit doesn't go to court until the end of June and not sure how quickly I'll get the settlement. This has been TWO YEARS of waiting!

9:12 am

hego

not unusual, Mimi.

9:13 am

MimiCat

I know, especially when involving a government agency. They sure take our money fast enough, though, right?

9:14 am

Enomis65

going to take a shower, see you later Hego and Mimi! *poof*

9:14 am

MimiCat

Hego, do you know if Niagara has casinos? I don't gamble at all but they usually have great deals on food.

9:15 am

hego

did not know that.

9:16 am

MimiCat

Oh, yes..in Vegas you can eat very well very cheaply. They use that to get people into the casino hoping they'll then gamble also.

9:17 am

hego

I knew that.

9:17 am

hego

did not know there were casinos in Niagara.

9:17 am

hego

did not know there were casinos in Niagara.

9:17 am

MimiCat

They don't get my money that way...lost a quarter once in a slot and that was it for me! If I'm going to spend money in Vegas, I'm going to actually get something for it...rides, shows, food, etc.

9:18 am

hego

Losing money isn't fun.

9:18 am

hego

However, winning is. :)

9:19 am

MimiCat

Just googled it and looks like there are casinos. Great! Buffet, anyone?!!

9:21 am

MimiCat

So far we have me, peri, you, crossy, Trader Kate and Scrabbler. I'm going to try to persuade Jilly to come, too, and maybe work on ruru.

9:21 am

stevedallas

clue for the first ac6?

9:21 am

MimiCat

Perhaps Aloy will join us, too....she's terrific.

9:21 am

hego

why does Kate not play anymore?

9:22 am

hego

I miss her.

9:22 am

MimiCat

She was on yesterday. I think she has computer issues still.

9:22 am

MimiCat

Sorry, steve...don't have it.

9:22 am

hego

I do see her on FB

9:22 am

Riverdance

there is no ac6

9:22 am

hego

steve, no ac 6

9:23 am

MimiCat

Ooooh!! Now I do! Think "old."

9:23 am

Riverdance

ac 5 is ac + *** Jaguer

9:23 am

MimiCat

No, that's ar, not ac...sorry

9:24 am

hego

must go. Later kiddies.

9:24 am

Riverdance

Hi and bye

9:24 am

MimiCat

Bye, hego...later.

9:25 am

MimiCat

Hego...are you still here? I have a question.

9:25 am

hego

lol..here

9:26 am

MimiCat

Good...wondering if you'd be up for another trip to Italy. I've never been but dying to go and don't want to do so alone.

9:27 am

hego

I am going to Florence in October. Just for one week.

9:27 am

hego

I don't tour much anymore.

9:27 am

MimiCat

Always wanted to do an "eating tour" starting at the top and ending at the bottom!

9:27 am

hego

very ambitious.

9:28 am

MimiCat

That might be good for me if you want some company.

9:28 am

hego

I really must go now. bbl

9:28 am

MimiCat

If not, that's OK, though.

9:28 am

hego

I am going with hubby.

9:28 am

MimiCat

Bye again.

9:29 am

hego

It would be okay, but my trip is all booked already.

9:29 am

MimiCat

No problem.

9:30 am

hego

Hotels in Florence are tough if not well in advance.

9:30 am

MimiCat

Might be dangerous for me to go to Italy...LOVE Italian men!

9:30 am

hego

Uh, oh!

9:30 am

hego

Byr...really!!

9:31 am

MimiCat

I'm going now, too....really...honest...

9:46 am

rubyfoo

hello. Just picked some wild "bear garlic" from my garden for my husband's sald

9:46 am

rubyfoo

It is beautiful and smells delish

9:46 am

rubyfoo

salad*

9:46 am

rubyfoo

and it's planted by God, so how bad can it be?

9:52 am

bichon

Yesterday was the first day in a long time I didn't finish the grid.

10:03 am

aebmusica

clue for the ce 8 please

10:03 am

aebmusica

ce r, please

10:03 am

aebmusica

ce 7 please

10:04 am

aebmusica

nrm i found it!

10:27 am

Judi

Good morning, all!

10:27 am

Foffle

hello all :)

10:30 am

phaeton

lower corner E stats please

10:31 am

witchy

4, 10 phase

10:31 am

MollyL

But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East and Judi is the sun!

10:32 am

witchy

Sorry autocorrect strikes again

10:32 am

Judi

* BEAMS *

10:34 am

phaeton

ty witchy

10:37 am

ddb4nana

clues for the ca 5/14 and ca 6/24 would be greatly appreciated...

10:42 am

Judi

Don't have either yet, nana.

10:42 am

rururocks

ca 5/14 is like the jack of hearts with an extra vowel sounds scottish

10:46 am

ddb4nana

thank ruru!

10:48 am

rururocks

I can't find the ca 6

10:49 am

Erda

of or pertaining to cadmium

10:50 am

PMS

a

10:50 am

rururocks

thank you dr. erda :D

10:50 am

Erda

LOL Ruru!

10:51 am

rururocks

anyone have the ca 6/24?

10:57 am

lbdawger

Ca+ 4th letter+ ***key mouse

10:57 am

Judi

Not yet, ruru.

10:57 am

Erda

ca6/24: a piece of armor for the neck

10:58 am

rururocks

that's the 6/30 lb

10:58 am

Judi

Of course. A fashion accessory no knight can do without. Oy vey.

10:58 am

lbdawger

Sorry, clued wrong one

10:59 am

rururocks

*note to self study up on Knight wear

10:59 am

Uneaixoise

ca + letters

11:00 am

rururocks

thanks my heroine

11:00 am

lbdawger

Going back to my corner.

11:00 am

MollyL

Worn and laced to the basinet since we are now all experts on armor

11:01 am

Uneaixoise

molly LOL

11:02 am

rururocks

i'm striking out on the ma 6/24 if anyone has it too

11:02 am

mixi6

phantom: manacle

11:03 am

Uneaixoise

don't have it yet

11:03 am

Uneaixoise

brb

11:05 am

fnurt

that feeling when you try a word that is so dumb you can't believe you're even trying it, and it turns out to be a real word

11:05 am

rururocks

don't all jump in at once :D

11:05 am

rururocks

I just found one of those fnurt wh5/22

11:06 am

fnurt

exactly the word i was thinking of

11:08 am

MollyL

ma6...Ms. West, movie star + last part of word that means sex organ that starts go

11:09 am

Judi

Ty, Molls!

11:10 am

Erda

c rim

11:11 am

Erda

sorry

11:13 am

helensgirlkid

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

11:13 am

rururocks

wow.. I have to finish this on a sex organ?

11:14 am

MollyL

Oh yikes and golly gosh, poor dear

11:14 am

Judi

Well, it never hurts to have a spare, ruru.

11:15 am

rururocks

my gosh..if I only had two

11:16 am

MollyL

Isn't that from the porno version of The Wizard Of Oz?...If I only had two...

11:16 am

Judi

There's a porno version of the Wizard of Oz???>

11:16 am

rururocks

*singles doublemint gum commercial*

11:17 am

rururocks

I wouldn't know about that Molly you lil vixen

11:17 am

MollyL

*Opens lead balloon window*

11:18 am

rururocks

yeah.. If I were the Tin Man.. I'd skip the heart thing

11:19 am

rururocks

*imagines Dorothy in Pumps*

11:19 am

rururocks

ruby pumps

11:19 am

rubyfoo

did I hear my name?

11:20 am

rururocks

perfect timing ms Foo

11:20 am

rubyfoo

hello ru

11:21 am

rubyfoo

Just ate takeaway Italian goat. Delish, but too greasy....

11:22 am

MollyL

Takeaway goat??? : O

11:22 am

rubyfoo

The local Sicilian made it for Easter dinner, but we had other plans, so he packed it up for today

11:22 am

Judi

Was that in a "to-goat box"?

11:23 am

rubyfoo

I'm sure we'll all be sick

11:23 am

MollyL

Oh my God, if I lived in France I would be a vegetarian for sure.

11:23 am

rubyfoo

I've only had goat in Mexico and it was greasy there, too

11:24 am

Judi

I had curry goat. Greasy.

11:25 am

MollyL

I'm imagining the looks on family faces if my answer was "goat" to "What's for Easter dinner Mom?"

11:25 am

rubyfoo

There must be a better way to cook it, maybe over hot coats

11:25 am

MollyL

Hot Coat Goat

11:25 am

rubyfoo

Does anybody remember the "spam lamb" on MASH?

11:26 am

rubyfoo

coals* whoops

11:26 am

MollyL

Yes Ruby, in a queasy way. Canned meat makes me urpy.

11:27 am

rubyfoo

I've never had spam but I recently read that it was a delicacy and a gift item in Korea

11:28 am

helensgirlkid

I think that's because they were starving.

11:29 am

rubyfoo

but now they have boutiques dedicated to Spam, in special gift boxes

11:29 am

cybernan

good morning, all :)

11:29 am

Judi

Spam sucks.

11:29 am

helensgirlkid

I don't know how my son does it, but his goat curries are never greasy. I'll ask, in case this comes up again!

11:30 am

helensgirlkid

Must go - good luck all.

11:30 am

rubyfoo

I'd be curious but doubt that I'll ever cook it (or eat it again)

11:32 am

Judi

Clue for Co 8 & 9?

11:33 am

Judi

I have the herb.

11:33 am

MollyL

Idiots who run your office together, how they do it

11:34 am

rubyfoo

nice clue, Molly

11:34 am

Judi

Ty ty.

11:35 am

cosdem

thanks for my two first words! 9's done :P

11:35 am

MollyL

I never understand the clue "herb" for the other one since only Europeans call it that

11:36 am

Judi

No whining!

11:36 am

Judi

No whinging, either!

11:36 am

rubyfoo

What else can you call it?

11:37 am

MollyL

'Round these parts, we call it cilantro Ruby

11:37 am

rubyfoo

aaah

11:37 am

rubyfoo

I thought dried, it was co9 and fresh, it was cilantro

11:38 am

Judi

Yes. I think only the seeds make up the co9. The leaves are cilantro.

11:38 am

MollyL

Don't get the whinging thing either. It's like a combination of whining and singing. But the worst was yesterday's fubsy. Seriously?

11:38 am

rubyfoo

Who said futsy?

11:39 am

rubyfoo

I think whinging is British

11:39 am

cosdem

isnt that harry's street?

11:39 am

Judi

Fubsy was in yesterday's grid. New one on me.

11:40 am

rubyfoo

Silly enable

11:40 am

jaxx7

Australian, ruby, as in 'whinging poms'

11:40 am

cosdem

ah so that was the word I kept trying from Mollys clue thansk Judi!

11:41 am

rubyfoo

I'm getting very good at Fr slang and swearing

11:42 am

rubyfoo

My high school teachers would spin in their graves -- and they should!

11:42 am

MollyL

Futz is an entirely different matter Ruby, a Yiddish one.
: D

11:42 am

rubyfoo

not in my shtetl lol

11:43 am

MollyL

*Smacks Cos upside the head* Sounds like where you take a bath: tub...first two letters of what you put on pancakes: sy. How hard was that to figure out?

11:43 am

rubyfoo

Is futz really a Yiddish word? Putz, yes, but futz -- oy

11:44 am

MollyL

Oh I could be wrong Ruby, but futz is a word I learned from a Jewish friend, so I just made an assumption.

11:45 am

fnurt

futz is a word, like "I should be cleaning house today, but instead I just futzed around on Babble"

11:45 am

rubyfoo

I'm afraid I know very little Yiddish as it wasn't spoken at home, very secular family.

11:46 am

rubyfoo

Putz, on the other hand....

11:46 am

rubyfoo

<-- knows slang in several languages

11:47 am

fnurt

putz has a literal meaning that I'm sure we don't have to discuss here

11:47 am

fnurt

but more often it is used in the figurative sense, as in, "I feel like a putz because I futzed around all day"

11:48 am

rubyfoo

I thought it was used in name-calling

11:49 am

fnurt

yes it is, as well

11:49 am

fnurt

hean

11:49 am

fnurt

whoops!

11:50 am

bichon

Hi folks here for a few before lunch

11:50 am

MollyL

So, what is it we are doing when we are fnurting around?

11:50 am

bichon

Putz as used often in my everyday life. We weren't religious, but we knew Yiddish words

11:51 am

fnurt

fnurt is a swedish nonsense word

11:52 am

rubyfoo

I think they use it in an Ikea commercial on Fr TV

11:52 am

rubyfoo

hello bichon

11:53 am

bichon

hi ruby, how does this glorious spring day find you?

11:53 am

rubyfoo

We finally had some rain, so the garden is glorious

11:53 am

rubyfoo

As long as it doesn't go to freezing, all will be well

11:53 am

fnurt

here's another yiddish word that is in today's grid: shanda

11:53 am

fnurt

sadly babble does not recognize it

11:54 am

rubyfoo

And I put bear garlic in tonight's salad

11:54 am

bichon

Our rain was last week. Since then, sun but boy have the mornings been frosty

11:54 am

rubyfoo

isn't that a blessing?

11:54 am

bichon

Enable has tons of Hebrew and Yiddish words. I don't know how shanda would be written

11:54 am

Judi

Yiddish is so fun and useful.

11:55 am

rubyfoo

I find that I can understand a little Dutch because it sounds so much like Yiddish

11:55 am

fnurt

shanda (shonda) is like a shameful or pitiful act

11:55 am

bichon

I really don't understand why my father never taught me Yiddish.

11:56 am

rubyfoo

Well my name is Kelley, after all lol

11:56 am

bichon

Dutch sounds a lot like Englis. So does Plat Deutsch, spoken in northern Germany

11:56 am

MollyL

Some immigrants were made to feel that speaking their native language was embarrassing.

11:56 am

bichon

Was your maiden name German or Jewish. Mine was German

11:56 am

rubyfoo

My father's parents spoke Russian (or maybe Ukrainian?)

11:57 am

bichon

My mother didn't speak Yiddish, so they didn't.

11:57 am

rubyfoo

My maiden name was changed from Jaffe to Lief

11:57 am

bichon

My m.i.l. stopped speak German to my hubby and his brother when they moved to the US. What a mistake

11:58 am

rubyfoo

I think my mother only heard Yiddish at home (in Pittsburgh) so when her brother took her to kindgarten whey said Libbie wasn't a real name, so she became Elizabeth

11:58 am

bichon

en 6/7, pls

11:59 am

bichon

My father's name was William, but they called him Velvel

11:59 am

rubyfoo

What a seet name. I think my mother's was actually Luba but that didn't make it across

12:00 pm

rubyfoo

sweet*

12:00 pm

bichon

It was sweet. I'm sure he grew out of it

12:01 pm

rubyfoo

I think Molly is right about immigrants and their native tongues.

12:01 pm

bichon

My s.i.l.'s family is doing everything to see that my grandaughter speaks Ukranian

12:02 pm

Aloyisius

oh oh, bad connection here

12:02 pm

rubyfoo

Unless they work at the post office or the DMV

12:02 pm

bichon

en 6/7? anyone?

12:02 pm

MollyL

No kidding Ruby

12:03 pm

rubyfoo

Did you know that there are more languages spoken in the borough of Queens than in any other county in the US?

12:03 pm

rubyfoo

187

12:04 pm

MollyL

My mail carrier is a 20 year vet getting ready to retire. He says that it's sad that Americans don't work for the postal service anymore.

12:04 pm

cybernan

en 6: to become in love with, but have no idea on the 7

12:05 pm

MollyL

en + a vegetative state with an extra vowel in third place

12:06 pm

cybernan

third place in the word or 3rd place in the 2nd part?

12:07 pm

cybernan

can't get either to work!

12:08 pm

rubyfoo

got it, ty Molly

12:08 pm

rubyfoo

in the second part, nan

12:08 pm

cybernan

ah - got it - extra vowel in 4th place

12:08 pm

cybernan

ty molly

12:09 pm

bichon

to become in love with?

12:09 pm

bichon

ty for the 7 Molly

12:09 pm

rubyfoo

to beguile someone

12:10 pm

bichon

sorry, can't get it. It's not enchant

12:10 pm

rubyfoo

en +Italian for loved one

12:11 pm

bichon

caro?

12:11 pm

cybernan

sh 6/24, please?

12:11 pm

Judi

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a-----

12:11 pm

rubyfoo

Dean Martin song but without the final e

12:11 pm

rubyfoo

snap, Judi

12:12 pm

Judi

Love that silly song.

12:12 pm

MollyL

s + what grows on your head + consonant

12:12 pm

bichon

Just shoot me! I am so dense. I was thinking caro. Ty ruby

12:12 pm

rubyfoo

Did you like Moonstruck?

12:13 pm

Judi

I thought caro was darling or dear.

12:13 pm

bichon

ty Molly for the sh

12:13 pm

rubyfoo

that sh is a strange one

12:13 pm

rubyfoo

ty Molly

12:13 pm

cybernan

ty molly

12:14 pm

rubyfoo

Now I only have 57 left lol

12:15 pm

Judi

Moonstruck is always a fave!

12:15 pm

MollyL

I thought caro was syrup

12:15 pm

cybernan

ma 6/24, please?

12:16 pm

MollyL

ma6...Ms. West, movie star + middle three of to word that means wind tunnel

12:17 pm

cosdem

thanks again

12:17 pm

MollyL

*Didn't think the sex organ clue would go over with Nan*

12:17 pm

cybernan

ty molly

12:18 pm

MollyL

Are you all Peeped out yet Cos?

12:18 pm

cybernan

do you think I don't know the word ? ;)

12:19 pm

rubyfoo

ooh, the sun just came out

12:20 pm

cybernan

thought the 8 might be an extension, but guess not

12:21 pm

cybernan

ah - it is :)

12:23 pm

cybernan

ca 6/24, please?

12:25 pm

MollyL

Thanks Judi. I now have to go get the martini shaker out since I have Dean Martin crooning in my head.

12:26 pm

MollyL

ca6...ca + what you find in your postal box

12:27 pm

cybernan

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

12:28 pm

cybernan

everybody loves somebody sometime....

12:29 pm

cybernan

hagd everyone - back at the flip :)

12:32 pm

Marc Freeman

Could I get a clue for co8, please?

12:35 pm

smaller

co+not woman+how many birthdays you've had

12:37 pm

Judi

Firewoiks!

12:37 pm

Marc Freeman

don't get the 'how many birthdays you've had' part of the clue?

12:38 pm

Marc Freeman

got it thanks

12:38 pm

Judi

Off to finish my lunch. Until tomorrow, my darlings! *POOF*

12:40 pm

Marc Freeman

co9/66, please?

12:41 pm

phaeton

pl the co8

12:42 pm

Marc Freeman

that's the co9/78

12:43 pm

MollyL

How many birthdays...how old you are...word that tells how old you are...

12:45 pm

Marc Freeman

I got that co8 and 9 I am looking for the other nine, thanks

12:45 pm

smaller

herb/spice; ends like da6/24, people can be allergic to animal da6/24 but w/o the first d

12:45 pm

Marc Freeman

thanks got it

12:59 pm

Marc Freeman

ma8, please?

1:00 pm

Anniebrook

Molly, those devil eggs are making me hungry

1:01 pm

bichon

deviled eggs in the PB?

1:02 pm

Anniebrook

Molly's icon but I am sure she also put some in the PB

1:04 pm

Anniebrook

name that proper noun, city in Egypt

1:04 pm

MollyL

Deviled eggs for everyone!

1:04 pm

MollyL

Cairo

1:04 pm

Anniebrook

ding ding ding

1:04 pm

bichon

aswan

1:05 pm

Anniebrook

I miss Hurshy

1:05 pm

periwinkle

me too Annie

1:05 pm

periwinkle

hi all

1:05 pm

bichon

can't make Aswan

1:05 pm

bichon

hi peri

1:05 pm

MollyL

I miss Hurshy too.

1:05 pm

Marc Freeman

What happened to Hurshy? Also was that a clue for me Annie?

1:05 pm

Marc Freeman

hello peri

1:06 pm

Anniebrook

not a clue at all...it's a game we sometimes play started by our babbler Hurshy

1:07 pm

Anniebrook

anyone have hurshy's email address?

1:07 pm

periwinkle

maybe someone is friends with her on FB

1:07 pm

cosdem

woo hoo found that lone A finally

1:08 pm

Anniebrook

Hi cos

1:08 pm

Marc Freeman

No but anything happen to Hurshy? She has helped me in Sudoku from time to time.

1:08 pm

cosdem

hi all

1:08 pm

Marc Freeman

ma8, please?

1:08 pm

car.eeyore

Hi Cosdem! Hello Everyone!

1:08 pm

Marc Freeman

hi cos

1:08 pm

MollyL

Sorry, don't have Hurshy's email address. And I think she quit playing because she felt uncomfortable here, due to reasons I would rather not get into.

1:08 pm

Anniebrook

hi car.

1:09 pm

car.eeyore

Hi Annie! Hi Molly! Hi Marc!

1:09 pm

periwinkle

the only 8 I have is co8

1:09 pm

car.eeyore

Hi Peri!

1:09 pm

Anniebrook

Who was making hurshy uncomfortable? I think I have a good guess.

1:09 pm

periwinkle

I have no idea

1:09 pm

bichon

I think someone was seeking her out a bit too agressively

1:10 pm

Anniebrook

aha!

1:10 pm

Marc Freeman

Molly I am so sorry to hear that. How can we find her and make her feel better. If I see her on Sudoku I will inquire and let her know we miss her.

1:10 pm

car.eeyore

Squeeee! Found the CO (!

1:11 pm

car.eeyore

Please do!

1:11 pm

Anniebrook

My idea is being confirmed. Marc, please do that.

1:11 pm

Marc Freeman

how about ma6/24

1:12 pm

cosdem

ma* west + ralph ***er

1:12 pm

car.eeyore

Good grief! TY Cos!

1:13 pm

periwinkle

ty cos

1:13 pm

cosdem

yw!

1:14 pm

MollyL

*Oils Car so she will quit squeeing*

1:14 pm

car.eeyore

Squeeeee....ok...there! THanks Molly!

1:20 pm

Marc Freeman

thanks cos was offline for a moment

1:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello, all

1:21 pm

car.eeyore

HI TO!

1:21 pm

Marc Freeman

Anyone get the ma8 yet it is driving me crazy?

1:21 pm

car.eeyore

May I please have the stats for the lower left corner C?

1:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi car!

1:21 pm

Marc Freeman

Hi TO

1:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi marc

1:22 pm

Anniebrook

add 2/3 of a nervous twitch to the ma8

1:22 pm

Anniebrook

or, rather, to the ma6/24

1:22 pm

cosdem

thanks annie!

1:23 pm

car.eeyore

TY!

1:23 pm

Anniebrook

welcome, cos

1:23 pm

Marc Freeman

got it thanks

1:31 pm

Anniebrook

bye dear babblers

1:52 pm

periwinkle

ty for ma8

1:52 pm

periwinkle

I have ma8 and co8, help with other 8's pls

1:52 pm

periwinkle

not doing well with the longer words today. I only have ma7/40

1:54 pm

zoozzoom

RO8x2 think of valentines day and being in love.

1:55 pm

zoozzoom

That should give you, RO 7/36,RO8/55 & RO 8/50

1:55 pm

Marc Freeman

ha7, please?

1:56 pm

fnurt

valentine's day? but CHOCOLATE is 9 letters

1:56 pm

zoozzoom

HA& compound word..what your fingers are attached to + automobile.

1:57 pm

Marc Freeman

thanks

1:57 pm

zoozzoom

HA7/40 that clue was for.

1:57 pm

zoozzoom

You are in the grid today MA4 :-)

1:58 pm

zoozzoom

LOL just saw your post, Fnurt :-)

1:59 pm

zoozzoom

I was going to clue, Peri, Mills & boon books.lol

2:00 pm

Marc Freeman

yes I know

2:00 pm

periwinkle

ty for ro8's

2:00 pm

Marc Freeman

very exciting

2:00 pm

Marc Freeman

got to go for awhile

2:00 pm

MollyL

Love is only a dirty trick played on us
to achieve continuation of the species.
~W. Somerset Maugham

2:01 pm

zoozzoom

lol..well...yes I suppose it is.

2:02 pm

zoozzoom

Although i would of omitted the word dirty :-)

2:03 pm

hego

But we've learned how to get around that. ;)

2:04 pm

zoozzoom

hahahaha would you like to elaborate on that, Hego :-)

2:04 pm

hego

um, noooo

2:05 pm

zoozzoom

Teehee.

2:05 pm

hego

:)

2:05 pm

ivesy3

ga 5/26 plz

2:05 pm

hego

hi Ivesy

2:06 pm

ivesy3

hi hego. hi all

2:06 pm

zoozzoom

GA 5/26 well-dressed and of cheerful appearance.

2:06 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Ivesy :-)

2:07 pm

hego

really hard to clue!

2:07 pm

zoozzoom

Hence why i used the DEF...lol

2:07 pm

hego

sounds like a light filmy fabric with sometimes vowel on the end.

2:08 pm

saanichcat

ga 5 - decriptive of sheer curtains, phonetic

2:08 pm

hego

Or stuff bandages are made of.

2:08 pm

hego

hi Saani

2:09 pm

saanichcat

hello hego!

2:09 pm

ivesy3

whew, finally got it ty all

2:09 pm

hego

yay!

2:09 pm

zoozzoom

YaY nice one, Ivesy!

2:10 pm

ivesy3

keep wondering when i will ever use these words in a normal day....:)

2:10 pm

hego

NEVER!

2:11 pm

zoozzoom

lol

2:11 pm

ivesy3

thats what i thought lol

2:11 pm

zoozzoom

bbl

2:12 pm

hego

:)

2:19 pm

MollyL

Well Zoom, you could have used the definition for fubsy yesterday and I never would have gotten that.

2:26 pm

saanichcat

molly, you are loooking very ga*** today!

2:27 pm

hego

saani WILL use that word!

2:27 pm

saanichcat

someday...

2:27 pm

hego

while she takes her etui and goes to the water to watch the nenes and the inias

2:28 pm

hego

or is it iniae?

2:37 pm

MollyL

Feel free to use the odd words you find here in everyday conversation. But I can just about guarantee you that people will look at you in a funny way, decrease eye contact and begin to back away slowly.

2:38 pm

hego

I'm used to that.

2:38 pm

ivesy3

they do that to me anyway lol

2:38 pm

hego

snap saani!

2:50 pm

jaxx7

I was born and bred in Northern England and I have never heard the ga5. perhaps lillianne knows if it is used in Scotland

2:56 pm

hego

can NOT find ca 6, 24!

2:57 pm

hego

got it!

3:01 pm

MollyL

*Decreases eye contact, looks in a funny way and backs away slowly from Hego*

3:01 pm

hego

lol good move...

3:09 pm

bichon

hi folksies

3:09 pm

hego

hiya Honey

3:12 pm

hego

any clues for the ma 6,8?

3:12 pm

bichon

ma 6 ma* West + Ralph ***er

3:12 pm

hego

got the 6

3:13 pm

hego

ty bichon

3:13 pm

bichon

yw

3:13 pm

bichon

Don't have the 8

3:15 pm

hego

add 2/3 of fleas and t**s

3:16 pm

bichon

sorry hego, which word are you clueing?

3:16 pm

hego

ma 8

3:17 pm

hego

add those 2 letters to the 6

3:18 pm

bichon

tyvm hego

3:18 pm

hego

yw

3:22 pm

hego

bbl.....

3:43 pm

Jillyjill

Hello babbleworld...time for some babble therapy for me!

3:44 pm

dianedecoder

Hi Jilly :-)

3:48 pm

Enomis65

hello all

3:48 pm

Jillyjill

hello dd and enomis65!

3:48 pm

dianedecoder

hello Enomis

3:50 pm

dianedecoder

Jilly.... I got some pretty good photos of "Our Lady of the Rockies" on our drive home last week.

3:53 pm

cosdem

*peers through window*

3:54 pm

dianedecoder

hi, cos

3:54 pm

cosdem

augh I got caught! :)

3:55 pm

dianedecoder

ah ha !

3:56 pm

cosdem

I am considering making a peep pie

3:57 pm

MollyL

Cos, you old scoundrel you : D

3:57 pm

cosdem

Molly as you know.. I am from Chicago

3:58 pm

Jillyjill

Nice diane! Quite the story on Our Lady of the Rockies..

3:59 pm

MollyL

Perhaps I should start my greeting with...Cos...Hiya sweetie pie, lovey dove, uggy wuggums, dearie doo

4:00 pm

cosdem

my donna to your josh

4:05 pm

mummy

Romanced

4:05 pm

mummy

Romanced

4:05 pm

MollyL

Shazam!!

4:06 pm

MollyL

Did anyone need ro8...ro8?

4:06 pm

Jillyjill

ty mummy...LOL...

4:07 pm

cosdem

dont forget the other ro8 with different las y lette

4:07 pm

Enomis65

can somebody give the stats for the8s? thanks.

4:07 pm

Jillyjill

whew...nbt/nbs...feeling better already babble therapy!

4:08 pm

cosdem

eno mummy gave a brilliant clue just now

4:08 pm

Jillyjill

there is a co8/60, and the ro that was just given

4:08 pm

cosdem

ma 8/55 too

4:09 pm

Enomis65

oh I have this one:) I have c08 and both r08

4:09 pm

Enomis65

Ah! Clue for the ma?

4:09 pm

MollyL

Cos, your clue for ma8 is better than mine

4:10 pm

cosdem

i took yours and improvised!

4:11 pm

Enomis65

found it - thanks!

4:15 pm

Jillyjill

9's and 8's done!

4:17 pm

MollyL

!!!!

4:19 pm

Jillyjill

;P molly...I need TLC after my day at work...or small victories to pat myself on the back

4:20 pm

MollyL

Actually, my comment was to Cos

4:26 pm

Jillyjill

*sigh* darn, was hoping for conversation with Molly

4:28 pm

Soodle

I'm no Molly, Jilly, but I'm here for a chat! ((((hugs))))

4:28 pm

Jillyjill

ah...thank you soodle...((hugs)) back!

4:29 pm

Soodle

How was Easter for you, Jilly?

4:30 pm

Jillyjill

Exhausting. Son and I sang at 5 masses in 4 days, but wonderful!! How was yours?

4:30 pm

Bugsaw

Soodle!!! So good to see you here again!

4:30 pm

bichon

Hi Soodle. HPPY eASTER

4:30 pm

Bugsaw

welcome back

4:31 pm

bichon

Happy Easter

4:32 pm

Soodle

((((Bugs))))) ((((Bich)))) ..... Molly must be cringing at this hug fest, but thank you all. I had a lovely lively Easter in the bosom of my family. I am content. :-)

4:32 pm

Jillyjill

Oh, and news on my friend that moved to Dublin, she couldn't extend her visa, she is back her for a few months, then Padraig is flying here and they are going to get married in Vegas. Then come back here for the reception!! Gotta revive my party pieces!!

4:33 pm

Jillyjill

*here

4:33 pm

Bugsaw

so glad you had a good time with family and that you are content.

4:33 pm

Bugsaw

getting married in Vegas seems to unromantic to me

4:34 pm

Soodle

Jilly, I'd love to be able to coach you into learning a couple of Irish 'Come-all-yas'....

4:34 pm

Jillyjill

I know, she really wanted the wedding in Ireland...but now I get to party with her!!

4:35 pm

Jillyjill

Ooo, that would be great fun soodle!!

4:35 pm

Soodle

Is it difficult for an American to get a visa for here?

4:35 pm

Bugsaw

that is true Jilly. celebrating with friends is more fun whereever you are

4:35 pm

car.eeyore

Hi Soodle! Hello Jilly! Hello Bugsaw!

4:35 pm

Jillyjill

hi car.ee, and bugs!

4:36 pm

Soodle

Hiya Car. :-)

4:36 pm

Bugsaw

hi eeyore. good to see so many people here. I can in just at the right time

4:36 pm

bichon

What is a tradition Easter meal in Ireland? Here it's ham, sometimes Kielbasa

4:37 pm

Jillyjill

Well, I guess her sweetie works for the government. She only has a 2 year RN degree, they won't give a license unless she has a bachelors, so she couldn't work and they couldn't pull strings to extend her visa

4:37 pm

Jillyjill

hello bichon too!!

4:37 pm

bichon

hi Jilly

4:38 pm

Soodle

Lamb here, Bichon. Though I hate it. My sister cooked yesterday, and as a hat-tip to me, forsook lamb, and did a delightful roast beef, with all the trimmings.

4:38 pm

gramma

Hi all

4:38 pm

Bugsaw

we have turkey or ham bichon

4:38 pm

gramma

Our traditional EastOver meal is lamb

4:38 pm

Jillyjill

Never did get a taste for lamb...

4:39 pm

gramma

Soodle, I always say if you hate lamb then you've never had good lamb

4:39 pm

Bugsaw

EastOver - I like that!

4:39 pm

Jillyjill

Well, with one exception, I do like gyros!

4:39 pm

Soodle

Yeuch, Gramma.

4:39 pm

bichon

I love lamb. Would prefer it over beef

4:39 pm

gramma

For EastOver we marinate a boned and butterflied leg and cook it on the grill. It's amazing

4:39 pm

Soodle

The taste, the texture.... I just do not like it.

4:39 pm

bichon

There's great lamb in Ireland

4:40 pm

gramma

And in Spain

4:40 pm

Bugsaw

it is so costly I rarely have it

4:41 pm

Soodle

Whether it's great or not,Bich, there's plenty of lamb around. The fields around my house abound with them. The look very cute.

4:41 pm

bichon

I get it at Costco. Usually loin lambchops or leg of

4:41 pm

gramma

Soodle I'll stand by what I said. People have had our lamb and thought it was the finest steak they had ever tasted

4:42 pm

Jillyjill

My bf told me that about hominy...I like grits but she swore she could cook whole hominy and I 'd like it...Nope..

4:42 pm

Soodle

I will bow to your knowledge, Gramma, and wait till I taste yours. In the meantime, I will opt for beef!!!! LOL

4:42 pm

Bugsaw

I have always wondered if I don't want to eat lamb because they are so cute in life. Chickens are not so cute.

4:42 pm

gramma

I know I'll never convince you

4:43 pm

gramma

If bacon were a vegetable, I could be a vegetarian

4:43 pm

Bugsaw

am I just blind or are the li words unusual?

4:43 pm

Soodle

Riverdance is due here in a couple of weeks. I can't wait to meet up with her. :-)

4:43 pm

gramma

What li words? Does that answer your question?

4:44 pm

car.eeyore

There are 2 li words that just have different vowels at the end

4:44 pm

Bugsaw

ok, finding some now. nevermind

4:44 pm

Jillyjill

I am so happy you can get together!!

4:44 pm

car.eeyore

She is soooooo excited Soodle!

4:44 pm

gramma

I just found 3 easy ones

4:44 pm

gramma

BRB

4:44 pm

Bugsaw

lucky Riverdance. I will get to your side of the pond one of these days Soodle

4:45 pm

Soodle

The weather for the past couple of weeks has been absolutely perfect. Everything is green and fresh. I truly hope that she has a good time here. (I almost feel responsible for the weather!!!)

4:45 pm

Jillyjill

BAbble meetups would abound if we all could just win the lottery!

4:46 pm

car.eeyore

Firing up the Babble Lear Jet....

4:46 pm

Soodle

Jilly ... All it takes is ONE of us to win the lottery....

4:46 pm

Bugsaw

I am with you Jilly

4:46 pm

bichon

When we went to Ireland in July we were expecting cool and rainy. We had warm sunny days

4:47 pm

Jillyjill

Gonna have to be a BIG win...LOL

4:47 pm

Jillyjill

brb

4:48 pm

Bugsaw

I have to get my foot fixed properly before I can travel any distance

4:49 pm

Soodle

Girls, I'm gonna have to sign off now. One and all, thank you. I don't know where I would be without my Babble buddies. Your support is incalculable. Poof

4:49 pm

Bugsaw

sending more live Soodle!

4:50 pm

bichon

ca 6/30, pls

4:50 pm

gramma

I just slammed out co 9/66 like I new what I was doing

4:51 pm

car.eeyore

I got it too and I was so excited!

4:51 pm

gramma

1st 3 - a not bad but not very nice man & last 3 Irish

4:52 pm

gramma

oops that was ca 6 clue

4:52 pm

gramma

I don't have the ca 5 and ca 6/24 though.

4:52 pm

bichon

gramma, that was the ca 6 clue? I don't understand it, sorry

4:53 pm

gramma

Oh in matters of the heart, he was a ca* + an Irishman or a thing you sing into

4:54 pm

car.eeyore

LOL! I just got it!

4:54 pm

bichon

tyvm gramma

4:55 pm

gramma

I got the5 looking for the 6

4:56 pm

car.eeyore

Is it similar?

4:56 pm

crosshair

And now it is time for Crossy,s tidbit of the day!! If you consider yourself any type of a writer for the masses, or just wish to be more eloquent when you pound out your next grocery list, today's tidbit is for you! > run, do not walk and get your ink-stained hands(and the rest of you) over to this site and take a peek at Chuck Wendig's book: Confessions of a freelance Pen Monkey. It is like that Dutch uncle you hate tearing your baby, your beautiful new first novel apart and leaving it in ruins on the floor. Tough love baby.:) (if you click on the picture of the book, you can read the first chapter or three gratis) http://tinyurl.com/m9f4neb

4:57 pm

gramma

Same 1st 3 letters

4:57 pm

car.eeyore

LOL! OK Crossy! Easy!

4:57 pm

crosshair

car!:)

4:58 pm

crosshair

I was remiss in posting a tidbit this morning, so I am taking more of a liberty with chog space now:)

4:58 pm

gramma

will do, crossy

4:58 pm

car.eeyore

My monkeys aer tired :(

4:59 pm

gramma

Yes they aer

4:59 pm

crosshair

like I say, this fella is tough love for writers. Do not look to be cosseted. He could be the brother of Douglas Adams:)

5:01 pm

crosshair

My monkeys ran off with the martini fixin's and I am waiting for them to come back.

5:02 pm

gramma

I'll have to read it later. Meanwhile go after thos martini stealing monks

5:02 pm

gramma

*those....now who's tired

5:03 pm

car.eeyore

Never let them get the martini fixins!!!!

5:03 pm

Jillyjill

back again...took a little longer

5:03 pm

gramma

I don't care for gin and it doesn't care for me. A good vodka martini and I'm in.

5:04 pm

Jillyjill

Have all the fixings for a Moscow Mule...gonna have a big one on Friday...work is going to be a nightmare

5:06 pm

gramma

a Moscow Mule? I love that these drinks are coming back in fashion

5:07 pm

Jillyjill

May even have to go find a copper cup to drink it real proper like...LOL

5:07 pm

gramma

I keep looking for the like.

5:08 pm

Jillyjill

Think our liquor store has them, should have bought some at the hotspring resort we went to

5:09 pm

periwinkle

Hi all. I see that Soodle was here and I missed her.

5:09 pm

periwinkle

Molly are you here?

5:09 pm

Jillyjill

hi peri!

5:09 pm

periwinkle

hi Jilly

5:09 pm

periwinkle

hi all

5:10 pm

crosshair

crossy is the king of the vodka martini. Gin to me is like love biting the necks of 100 women wearing chanel No5 ; fun at first but gets nauseating real fast:)

5:11 pm

gramma

hi, peri.

5:11 pm

periwinkle

just checked Molly Is not here. I will be back later. going to make Spring Asparagus and Tomato Pasta with Feta for dinner.

5:11 pm

gramma

wow, crossy. biting the necks of women wearing...... yikes!

5:12 pm

periwinkle

I really like the taste of gin but will drink vodka if that is all that is available. really going now

5:12 pm

crosshair

sorry, have been wading in words all day:)

5:12 pm

gramma

ok peri. I guess we're not good enough

5:12 pm

jaxx7

A bit ott, Crossy

5:12 pm

gramma

bye

5:12 pm

Jillyjill

Having BBQ tritip, broccoli and potatoe casserole

5:13 pm

car.eeyore

I am not getting the ca 6/24 :(

5:13 pm

crosshair

lol, jaxx. That will be carved on my headstone I am sure : here like Crossy " A Bit Odd"

5:13 pm

gramma

Stop it! Now I will go fix a wee cocktail to see me through this conversation

5:13 pm

crosshair

lies

5:13 pm

jaxx7

No - Over the top1 LOL

5:14 pm

zoozzoom

CA+ post as in what the postman brings.

5:14 pm

crosshair

ahh never heard of that one jaxx, teaches me to try and figure short forms out:)

5:14 pm

car.eeyore

TY!

5:14 pm

Jillyjill

ty zoozzoom...would never have figured that one out!

5:15 pm

zoozzoom

yw :-)

5:15 pm

jaxx7

Another archaic word,

5:16 pm

Jillyjill

gotta love enable!

5:17 pm

crosshair

babble should be renamed archaic word search for people who are into self inflicted pain

5:17 pm

jaxx7

The AWS society

5:18 pm

crosshair

"spank me enable, but this time put some stank on it!"

5:18 pm

Jillyjill

ROFL

5:18 pm

crosshair

cwms is just a tease when you become hardcore:)

5:20 pm

smoove

dear

5:21 pm

smoove

near

5:21 pm

smoove

mare

5:21 pm

smoove

Oh hell. Sorry

5:21 pm

crosshair

wrong box, smoove:)

5:21 pm

Jillyjill

nice entrance smoove!

5:21 pm

crosshair

next time, give me something I can use:)

5:21 pm

smoove

lolâ€¦It's been a VERY long day.

5:22 pm

gramma

smoove, all of a sudden words were just flowing from my fingertips. i thought it was the drink. ty

5:23 pm

zoozzoom

I must say I just love your icon, Gramma..LOL

5:24 pm

gramma

Try living it, zoom

5:24 pm

gramma

It's been a ridiculous winter here.

5:24 pm

car.eeyore

Clue please for en 7/36?

5:25 pm

Jillyjill

en+***e and get it+ two vowels

5:25 pm

gramma

I have 6 not 7 sorry

5:26 pm

car.eeyore

TYVM!

5:26 pm

zoozzoom

EN + a word for the sleep people are left in after an accident but with a 3rd vowel second from the end.

5:26 pm

gramma

ty

5:26 pm

MollyL

Good clue Zoom : D

5:27 pm

zoozzoom

:-)

5:27 pm

zoozzoom

I think, Peri, was looking for you earlier, Molly.

5:29 pm

jaxx7

Thanks, zoom. another archaic word

5:29 pm

zoozzoom

yw :-)

5:30 pm

jaxx7

diana

5:30 pm

MollyL

Princess Of Wales

5:30 pm

zoozzoom

lol

5:30 pm

jaxx7

Not any more in both senses

5:31 pm

crosshair

indeed jaxx, but even as archaic as that word it, it is still the pink fur lined love cuffs of enable;))

5:32 pm

jaxx7

back to sadomasochism are we , crossy

5:32 pm

Jillyjill

Well, down to 50...bbl, happy babblling all!

5:32 pm

zoozzoom

Toodle pips, Jilly :-)

5:32 pm

gramma

bye Jillyjill

5:33 pm

jaxx7

I had a sister-in-law that was a dominatrix

5:33 pm

MollyL

Ah, chat has turned to kinky bedroom stuff

5:33 pm

crosshair

I have grown to like the words that send you reeling to the shelf of dictionaries in disbelief; ones that take an all day internet search, only to find it it is the abdomen sweat of some rare bug in the south American rain forest:)

5:34 pm

jaxx7

Good heavens, crossy. have you been studying English again.

5:34 pm

crosshair

sorry. my bad

5:34 pm

gramma

okie dokie...gramma here. Wait until after dark and I'll be gone. Then you can talk about politics, sex and whatever else trips your trigger

5:35 pm

jaxx7

It is dark here in the UK, gramma

5:35 pm

crosshair

ok, crossy hauls out the crate of puppies and kittens. careful, they bite.

5:35 pm

gramma

Aaaack!

5:36 pm

zoozzoom

Talking of after dark.Time for me to hit the sack...Good night all.

5:36 pm

crosshair

tc zooz

5:36 pm

car.eeyore

Good night Zooz!

5:36 pm

jaxx7

Night, zooz. sleep well

5:36 pm

gramma

Nigh Nigh zoom

5:38 pm

car.eeyore

Clue please for co 7/36?

5:39 pm

gramma

I think spanish

5:39 pm

MollyL

Puppies!!! Kitties!!! How dear!!!

5:39 pm

car.eeyore

TY!

5:39 pm

gramma

I still don't have co 8 and 9. Clues?

5:40 pm

jaxx7

co +run a business and pl

5:40 pm

car.eeyore

co + ma 6/27 and plural

5:40 pm

gramma

ty

5:46 pm

smoove

If there was another M we could add MI5/14 to "run a business." That would be a fun 12-letter word to add.

5:46 pm

gramma

2 left

5:46 pm

crosshair

crossy is sitting on his hands and behaving... here have a puppy. careful though; he is not trained yet.:)

5:46 pm

gramma

yes it would

5:47 pm

gramma

crossy, 2 more and you can engage in all the debauchery you'd like.

5:47 pm

crosshair

he is a god puppy, honest. No debauchery

5:47 pm

crosshair

good

5:48 pm

MollyL

Don't puppies get in the way of pink fur lined love cuffs?

5:48 pm

gramma

ce7..last one??

5:48 pm

crosshair

I cannot go there, molly.

5:48 pm

jaxx7

a form of porcelain

5:48 pm

gramma

got it

5:48 pm

crosshair

saw a bunny today though. was cute

5:48 pm

MollyL

Probably for the best

5:49 pm

gramma

Ok. 123 go!

5:49 pm

MollyL

Bunnies!!!!

5:49 pm

crosshair

lol, gramma

5:50 pm

MollyL

Hopefully the bunny is not tonight's dinner

5:51 pm

crosshair

now.. where was I?.. mmm, martinis..S&M...love cuffs... :( I seem to have lost my groove:(

5:52 pm

crosshair

sorry, baby; it's me not you:)

5:53 pm

crosshair

have I said that this grid is evil? well, it is.

5:55 pm

lil*monkey

Clue for the single A word in the middle?

5:58 pm

ch1212

lil, I think it's "I'm ah*** of you in points"

6:00 pm

lil*monkey

thank you!

6:05 pm

jaxx7

I am giving up. Too tortuous for me. Night all.

6:07 pm

car.eeyore

3 left...all S words.

6:08 pm

ch1212

I have 10 left, but do have all my Ss if you need clues, car.

6:08 pm

car.eeyore

sh 6/24 please?

6:09 pm

car.eeyore

Hi ch1212. Thanks! Let me know what I can help you with too!

6:09 pm

MollyL

sh+ what grows on your head + consonant

6:09 pm

ch1212

brb

6:10 pm

car.eeyore

TY Molly! i was all around that!

6:10 pm

ch1212

back - phone. Okay... oh, what Molly said :)

6:11 pm

MollyL

Can I help? No let me help you? Or we can all help each other. It's Help City.

6:11 pm

lil*monkey

I would like a deviled eggs please

6:11 pm

ch1212

ca 6/30?

6:12 pm

car.eeyore

FIREWORKS!

6:12 pm

MollyL

*Platter of deviled eggs to Lil*

6:12 pm

car.eeyore

May I please have one too?!?!?

6:12 pm

ch1212

ooohhh wwwooo!!! Congrats, car!

6:12 pm

lil*monkey

*passes some eggs to car and a napkin*

6:12 pm

MollyL

I don't know Car, will I be ruining your diet?

6:13 pm

car.eeyore

an unscrupulous man + shortened version of what you sing into

6:13 pm

car.eeyore

No, it's OK! I only want one.

6:13 pm

MollyL

Unscrupulous...great word

6:13 pm

Trifioso

hello friends

6:13 pm

car.eeyore

:)

6:13 pm

ch1212

Thanks, car!

6:13 pm

car.eeyore

Hi Trif! Home?

6:14 pm

Trifioso

just. BRAIN DEAD. Forgot my knitting in the hotel. ARRRGH

6:14 pm

MollyL

*Counts points for one deviled egg*

6:14 pm

periwinkle

Molly have you seen the Nutri Bullet Pro 900

6:14 pm

car.eeyore

Thank you for looking out for me Molly!

6:15 pm

car.eeyore

FYI...Indy did 2 miles today!

6:15 pm

MollyL

Of all the things my friends who were once hotel maids told me about finding left in a hotel room, knitting was not one of them.

6:15 pm

Trifioso

thanks for your help with the dog and the girl, car

6:15 pm

car.eeyore

Any time!

6:15 pm

periwinkle

I saw it on HSN yesterday and it is on now. I ordered it and then was wondering if I would do as well with the regular nutribullet.

6:15 pm

car.eeyore

Ewwww. Been there.

6:15 pm

Trifioso

I probably did two miles today too

6:15 pm

car.eeyore

Good!

6:16 pm

MollyL

Peri, it depends on how big of a drink you want to make and how many times a day you would use it. The 900 is in reference to the motor speed.

6:16 pm

Trifioso

I called the hotel and left a message for lost and found. I would love to have the knitting back, but I REALLY want the bag it is in back

6:17 pm

car.eeyore

Time to take Archer out for evening play time. Anyone want to come with?

6:17 pm

periwinkle

I have never used a nutribullet before.

6:17 pm

MollyL

SENDS OUT MASSACHUSETTS ALERT FOR LOST KNITTING

6:17 pm

Trifioso

I am too tired to move

6:17 pm

car.eeyore

KPB....

6:17 pm

car.eeyore

Knit and purl bulletin

6:17 pm

periwinkle

I will use it at least once a day, may be more

6:18 pm

car.eeyore

GL everyone and have a wonderful evening!

6:18 pm

car.eeyore

Get some rest Trif!

6:18 pm

MollyL

Peri, you will figure it out once you get it and use it a few times.

6:18 pm

periwinkle

I have 30 days to use it

6:19 pm

MollyL

Contrary to all the "healthy" informercials, it also makes great frozen adult beverages.

6:19 pm

periwinkle

good to know, Molls

6:20 pm

periwinkle

Molls do you have the regular nutibullet or the pro?

6:24 pm

MollyL

I have the regular one, with the 600 watt motor

6:25 pm

ch1212

cr 5/14? It's my last word, and my monkeys are exhausted.

6:25 pm

LuvWordGames

cr 5/14 you put cr*** and sugar in coffee

6:26 pm

MollyL

It cracks me up that the "monkeys" thing is still going strong.

6:26 pm

ch1212

LOL!!! I can't believe I missed that! And yes, I do take it in my coffee! Okay, fw for me.

6:26 pm

ch1212

Thanks, Luv!

6:26 pm

LuvWordGames

WTG ch!

6:32 pm

crosshair

monkeys rule all. They can be our best babble friends or a plague infested nightmare;)

6:34 pm

bichon

co 9, hint pls

6:35 pm

Trifioso

spice, bichon

6:35 pm

MollyL

The herb or the other one?

6:35 pm

bichon

nm

6:35 pm

LuvWordGames

co 9/78 to supervise with another

6:37 pm

bichon

I had that one, it was the herb I didn't have. But I have it now. TY

6:38 pm

lil*monkey

did someone call me?

6:41 pm

MollyL

Hello Lil, you rule. The imaginary monkeys here perplex me though. : D

6:43 pm

lil*monkey

heh

6:50 pm

lil*monkey

oh dawg is not a word

6:51 pm

MollyL

Don't tell LBD that

6:52 pm

lil*monkey

or Randy Jackson

6:52 pm

MollyL

Or half the urban population of America

6:52 pm

lil*monkey

wat up dawg

6:53 pm

lil*monkey

imma hit u up later

6:53 pm

MollyL

If I wanted to act like I was twenty years old, I would say "true dat"

6:53 pm

lil*monkey

word up

6:53 pm

littlebit

Monkey!!

6:54 pm

lil*monkey

bittie!

6:54 pm

MollyL

*Puts on Word Up by Cameo*

6:54 pm

lil*monkey

oh I looooooove that song :D

6:55 pm

lil*monkey

I need clueage for E words... top row 2 Es and last column single E word

6:56 pm

MollyL

Wave your hands in the air like you don't care, Lil

6:57 pm

lil*monkey

W-O-R-D UP

6:57 pm

aebmusica

ca 6/24, clue please

6:59 pm

cosdem

ac5/16 please?

6:59 pm

MollyL

ac + short for what you sing into

7:00 pm

cosdem

thankie!

7:00 pm

MollyL

So welcome dearie pie

7:02 pm

cosdem

molly u wanna finish the last 2 loads of laundry for me? i will be forever in your debt

7:03 pm

aebmusica

clue for ca 6/24, please

7:04 pm

lil*monkey

I don't have it, sorry

7:05 pm

cosdem

nor do I

7:05 pm

MollyL

ca + you put a letter in the ma4

7:05 pm

periwinkle

ce+what you do when you go to the post office

7:05 pm

aebmusica

tyvm Molly!

7:07 pm

lil*monkey

clues for top row E words?

7:07 pm

smoove

CA6/24-- ca + what the postman brings

7:10 pm

MollyL

en6...to make someone fall for you in a love way

7:10 pm

littlebit

Don't have them yet monkey...

7:11 pm

MollyL

en7...en + vegetative state with extra vowel in the third place

7:11 pm

MollyL

*Waves to Lil Bit*

7:13 pm

littlebit

*Waves back*

7:14 pm

lil*monkey

thank yooooooooooou MollyL, got em both word up

7:15 pm

lil*monkey

I have co9 what is other 9 pls

7:16 pm

MollyL

Another co9

7:16 pm

lil*monkey

OK

7:21 pm

dan2bit

evening all! bottom row done

7:24 pm

periwinkle

re6/21 pls

7:24 pm

cosdem

ca6/30 please?

7:25 pm

periwinkle

ca+consonant and short for what you sing into

7:25 pm

cosdem

thanks peri

7:26 pm

periwinkle

yw

7:29 pm

MollyL

*Finishes up Cos's laundry and puts out more deviled eggs*

7:32 pm

periwinkle

re6/21 pls

7:33 pm

MollyL

re6...to back away from...re + word for spiral like thing

7:34 pm

periwinkle

ty so much Molls

7:34 pm

periwinkle

FW for me

7:34 pm

periwinkle

happy babbling all

7:49 pm

aebmusica

co 5/14, clue please

7:49 pm

dan2bit

can I have stats for the top row E, please?

7:49 pm

Enomis65

hello!

7:49 pm

Enomis65

carena should be a word (eno dancing)...

7:49 pm

aebmusica

earcom

7:49 pm

Enomis65

*macarena

7:50 pm

wvteach

EN 6/21 and EN 7/36 - not a combo

7:51 pm

dan2bit

got the 6 tx wv

7:58 pm

dan2bit

can you clue the en7?

7:58 pm

Jillyjill

hello all, back to finish my last 50

7:59 pm

Minveryork

the en 7/36 is another word for eulogy dan2bit and hello

7:59 pm

Jillyjill

en+***e and get it+two vowel ending

7:59 pm

Minveryork

Hello to my fellow babblers! How is everyone doing today

7:59 pm

Minveryork

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

8:00 pm

Jillyjill

Hi there minv!! ((hugs))

8:00 pm

aebmusica

clue for co 5/14, please

8:00 pm

Minveryork

Ironic, that is the first word I clued. Just got phone call that my step-father-in-law passed away. Died of COPD.

8:01 pm

Enomis65

so sorry min.

8:01 pm

Jillyjill

co5/13=latin ending to person without brain function

8:01 pm

Jillyjill

*co5/14

8:01 pm

dan2bit

ty Min & Jilly

8:01 pm

aebmusica

I am sorry Min...... I have COPD also.

8:01 pm

Jillyjill

So sorry for your loss minv

8:02 pm

dan2bit

(hugs) Min

8:02 pm

Minveryork

So sorry aebmusica. I hope your health is stable for now.

8:03 pm

aebmusica

tyvm Jilly....I kept going in the wrong direction!

8:03 pm

Minveryork

Thank you! I feel bad for my husband. He was more like a dad to him than a stepfather. He was very close to him.

8:03 pm

Jillyjill

twisty grid in circles today

8:04 pm

aebmusica

so far it is, Min....Thank you.

8:04 pm

Minveryork

Was hoping to finish grid,but I gave up on the grid after getting 155 words.I wrote a story of clues in my profile.

8:05 pm

Jillyjill

Can see why minv...the last 50 are pretty tough

8:06 pm

wht

Hi all, and sorry for your news, Min

8:06 pm

Minveryork

Hello wht!How are you doing today? Welcome to the grid

8:06 pm

Jillyjill

whoops phone...brb

8:07 pm

Minveryork

Thanks wht. Was a good man, just couldn't quit smoking.

8:08 pm

wht

Min, that is hard.

8:09 pm

wht

My father died of emphysema and I don't think he stopped smoking until he was on oxygen.

8:10 pm

harpjane

hello 139 to go

8:10 pm

harpjane

just got nbt

8:10 pm

wht

go harp.

8:10 pm

wht

I still have 72 to go and I still don't have nbt.

8:11 pm

wht

I am still missing the singleton c and e on the lower corners

8:11 pm

Jillyjill

hello harp...we need to figure out a night to practice!

8:12 pm

Jillyjill

wht, it is cr4/6

8:13 pm

Minveryork

He as very agitated while in hospital because he needed a cigarette. So sad! My husband has the same addiction.

8:13 pm

wht

ty Jilly. Now I just need the e on the other corner

8:14 pm

Jillyjill

ex4/10

8:14 pm

Minveryork

Going to take a break to be with husband. Be back soon.

8:14 pm

Minveryork

ex 4/10 word is in story if you want to look wht. *POOF*

8:15 pm

wht

Missed that test, Min. Thanks.

8:15 pm

wht

nbt.

8:15 pm

Jillyjill

*chuckles*

8:17 pm

harpjane

I'm free any night this week Jill. I'll make some calls in a while

8:17 pm

Jillyjill

Me too, usually no SFS practice the week after big masses...

8:18 pm

Jillyjill

Will need to know if it's tomorrow, I have it off and John and I are planning a mohter-son day in Missoula

8:20 pm

harpjane

Then I guess it's not tomorrow! lol

8:21 pm

Jillyjill

Well, we have to be back by 8 pm so he can go to Trivia night at the Office bar

8:21 pm

harpjane

lol, priorities!

8:22 pm

harpjane

are there any we words?

8:23 pm

o-o

three

8:23 pm

Jillyjill

yes there are harp

8:23 pm

harpjane

thanks, i went ahead and listed

8:23 pm

harpjane

otherwise I'll end up being a huge pest

8:24 pm

Jillyjill

Hello o-o...shirt sleeve weather there yet?

8:24 pm

harpjane

If you're having a hot flash

8:24 pm

harpjane

(oops, I thought you were still talking to ME, jilly)

8:25 pm

Jillyjill

LOL

8:25 pm

harpjane

w's are whopped

8:26 pm

Jillyjill

go harp!

8:26 pm

harpjane

pick a letter, any letter.....

8:27 pm

Jillyjill

e

8:27 pm

harpjane

ok I"ll do them next

8:29 pm

Jillyjill

5 sixes left...

8:30 pm

o-o

Order more now before you run out.

8:32 pm

harpjane

ok e's done. name another letter

8:32 pm

Jillyjill

m

8:33 pm

harpjane

this is working out great. my biggest problem in babble is trying to decide how to approach the grid!

8:36 pm

Jillyjill

LOL, some from the top, some from the bottom...we'll just splatter you here and there

8:37 pm

o-o

My approach to grids is always the same ... find a word ... then another and another until there are no more to fid.

8:37 pm

Jillyjill

I sorta like that, sometimes the fireworks surprise me!

8:38 pm

Jillyjill

<-----!!FW!!

8:38 pm

harpjane

yay jill!

8:39 pm

dan2bit

sh6 clue, anybody?

8:39 pm

Minveryork

I approach the puzzle the same way every day. I find all of the four letter words first. If it is less than 200 words,then I will open Lickety and find as many more words as I can.Then I go to archives & look for clues.

8:39 pm

dan2bit

woo hoo jilly!

8:39 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Jillyjill on your fireworks!Hooray for you

8:40 pm

wht

wtg, Jilly

8:41 pm

Jillyjill

ty all! Now just need a big grid to pull up my abysmal statS

8:41 pm

Minveryork

If the grid is over 200 words,I'll find half listless. Then I just go straight to archives to look for clues&I plug words into the list. Sometimes I I'll just skip babbling.

8:42 pm

Minveryork

I bet your stats are not any more abysmal than mine are

8:43 pm

aebmusica

clue for en 6/21....please

8:43 pm

dan2bit

firewords! found the sh6 for my last. tx all cluers

8:44 pm

dan2bit

en6 to induce love

8:44 pm

harpjane

to be in love, italian style, aeb

8:44 pm

aebmusica

ty harp i tried that but I spelled it wrong ,so I went on looking!

8:45 pm

Jillyjill

Woot WooT WooT dan2!! BTW loved your posted pic of you and miss dan2!!

8:45 pm

harpjane

common problem aeb

8:47 pm

wht

wtg dan

8:48 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations dan2bit on your fireworks!Good for you

8:49 pm

harpjane

mi6-7?

8:50 pm

harpjane

oops, I meant ma6-7

8:52 pm

wht

I don't know how you ma6 to find time to play the harp, Jane

8:54 pm

harpjane

ths

8:54 pm

harpjane

thx

8:55 pm

Jillyjill

???She actually plays the harp???

8:55 pm

wht

ma 6,24 please

8:55 pm

harpjane

I was trying all sorts of compound words--- manwad, mancar, etc.

8:56 pm

Jillyjill

going to have to spell that one out wht

8:56 pm

harpjane

73 to go bbl

8:56 pm

wht

Male + years in your life, Jilly

8:56 pm

Jillyjill

ma+vowel+half hump+simple **dition and subtraction

8:57 pm

Jillyjill

see you later harp

8:57 pm

harpjane

jilly-could you do 7 tomorrow?

8:57 pm

wht

ty Jilly, I see that is a hard one to clue

8:58 pm

Jillyjill

John says will work for him, but he'll have to go at 8

8:58 pm

Jillyjill

yw wht

8:59 pm

torgone

Half hump??????

9:01 pm

wht

As opposed to a double hump letter, tor

9:07 pm

torgone

So a double hump has four times the humpiness of a half hump? ;)

9:08 pm

Minveryork

Hello torgone!How are you doing today? Welcome to grid

9:08 pm

wht

Don't try overthink it tor. We are talking about letters.

9:09 pm

Bugsaw

any clues for the co 8 and 9 please?

9:09 pm

torgone

I must have been sick the day they taught camel math ..

9:10 pm

Minveryork

co 9/66 word is an herb or a spice Bugsaw and hi there!

9:10 pm

Bugsaw

I think I have that one thanks, Minveryork. I need the one before the herb

9:11 pm

wht

Fireworks

9:12 pm

Bugsaw

YAY wht! how about a hint before you go for the co 8 and 9, okease

9:12 pm

Jillyjill

WooT wooT WooT wht

9:13 pm

wht

To run an team or business with someone else, bugs

9:13 pm

Bugsaw

of course ! thanks wht

9:13 pm

Bugsaw

I didn't have the other word

9:14 pm

Jillyjill

quick clue wht...I'd just started typing one

9:14 pm

Bugsaw

have a nice evening wht

9:14 pm

wht

That should be 4 for the price of one.

9:14 pm

Jillyjill

hi there bugs!

9:14 pm

wht

Good night all.

9:14 pm

Bugsaw

hi Jilly. I was here earlier and saw that you and your son sing in a choir together. How nice.

9:16 pm

Jillyjill

HE's been living with us since college graduation while trying to get into a grad school. It's had it's + and - LOL, but singing has been fun. He leaves to work in Yellowstone park next week

9:17 pm

Bugsaw

what kind of job in Yellowstone? I always thought it would be a fun place to work

9:18 pm

Jillyjill

Concessionaire working in burger joint...as he says, not the best pay, but I got a back yard to die for!

9:19 pm

Jillyjill

My hubby and our youngest all worked in Yellowstone park when they were in college

9:19 pm

Bugsaw

yes, not the best job but it is not the kind he will take home at night. and what a neat family tradition!

9:20 pm

Bugsaw

one of my sons worked at the same bookstore I did when I married his Dad but that is it.

9:21 pm

Jillyjill

Sad, but they struggle to find people to work, have to hire a lot of foreigners, american kids don't like to work

9:22 pm

Bugsaw

I have to admit that most of the kids of today have never even had chores. When I worked in the schools I was always shocked by what they considered to be too much to be worth the effort.

9:24 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations wht on your fireworks! Hooray for you!

9:25 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye wht! I willl see you tomorrow in the chog maybe

9:30 pm

Nef

Good Evening, Everyone. How are you all this evening?

9:31 pm

torgone

Heyas kids ..

9:33 pm

Bugsaw

hi Nef and torgone

9:33 pm

Bugsaw

wanna play?

9:34 pm

torgone

I tried playing earlier ..

9:35 pm

Bugsaw

did someone take their ball and go home? ( remember those old, old days when all it took for 2 people to engage was the invitation, Wanna play?)

9:36 pm

Minveryork

Hello Nef! How are you doing today? Welcome to the grid

9:40 pm

Jillyjill

hello nef!!

9:41 pm

Jillyjill

and torgone!

9:42 pm

torgone

Heya Min, Bugs, Nef, Jj etc.

9:47 pm

harpjane

does the da6/36 build on the da4?

9:48 pm

Bugsaw

all do except one jane. Do you need a clue for the odd one?

9:48 pm

harpjane

yes please

9:49 pm

Bugsaw

it is the name for flaky skin from a cat or dog

9:49 pm

harpjane

i have that one, i need the one after morning

9:50 pm

harpjane

also da 5/14

9:50 pm

torgone

morninged

9:50 pm

harpjane

lol thanks

9:51 pm

Nef

Sorry, I signed in to chat and got pulled away until now. Hi again.

9:51 pm

harpjane

hi nef

9:51 pm

Bugsaw

da + *** to soil or scratch

9:52 pm

harpjane

thanks

9:53 pm

Jillyjill

Since I keep getting pulled out as well, going to head out for the night...happy babbling all, and early WooTs to harp for FW...

9:54 pm

harpjane

bbi jilly

9:54 pm

harpjane

bbl

9:54 pm

Nef

I'm going to stay here and try to play & chat if possible too

9:54 pm

Bugsaw

good night Jilly

9:55 pm

Nef

Niters, Jilly. Bye for now harp

9:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi all

9:56 pm

gapeach

Hi everyone.

9:56 pm

harpjane

these twists! da4 them!

9:57 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for ca6-30? Thanks

9:57 pm

Nef

hi TO and peach.

9:57 pm

Bugsaw

a playboy is a ca* + ***k jagger

9:58 pm

Nef

strange word

9:59 pm

Bugsaw

it is some kind of chemical thing

9:59 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, Bugs.

10:02 pm

harpjane

49 left, the rest will be relegated to commercials

10:02 pm

Bugsaw

the last ga 5 is a strange word too.

10:02 pm

Bugsaw

I am off to Jigidi unless you have any special requests

10:02 pm

Dorens

ca 6-24 please??

10:03 pm

Bugsaw

ca + the old fashioned way to send letters

10:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi dorens.

10:03 pm

Dorens

hi owl. in yosemite and very tired

10:04 pm

gapeach

bbl

10:04 pm

Dorens

thanks bugs--- that's it for this sleepy puppy

10:05 pm

Nef

Dorens, you're in Yosemite and playing Babble?

10:18 pm

Minveryork

Hello Dorens and 72 Temple Owl!How are you guys doing?

10:19 pm

Nef

Hi Min! As usual, working my way through your story clues! :-)

10:20 pm

Minveryork

Hello Nef. Not much of a story, but I hope it helped you.

10:21 pm

Nef

It has! You know I always try to read them, whether or not I find any words in them.

10:23 pm

Nef

how is life treating you these days, Min?

10:25 pm

Minveryork

Life is ok. My husband's step-father passed away today.

10:26 pm

Nef

May I have a clue for the 9's please? I'm trying for NBS & NBT for now

10:26 pm

Minveryork

So we are a little sad. We last saw him a few weeks ago.

10:26 pm

Nef

I'm sorry to hear that MIn; my condolences.

10:27 pm

Minveryork

That co9/66 word is an herb or a spice.Had to google it.

10:27 pm

Nef

Wow! I know that one! Thanks!

10:29 pm

Minveryork

Thanks a lot Nef. Was more like a father than a step-dad to my husband. He was really close to him growing up.

10:30 pm

Nef

so he'd been married to your hubby's Mom for a long time. I'm sorry for the family's loss

10:32 pm

Minveryork

They were never married, but she went out with him for about 27 years. We just refer to him as a step-father.

10:32 pm

Nef

Had he been ill before this?

10:33 pm

Minveryork

He had COPD.Had been in the hospital for about a month

10:34 pm

Minveryork

We saw him a few weeks ago.We thought he was getting better, but his lungs exasperated again and that was it.

10:35 pm

Nef

Oh. That's a hard way to go. When I was young and working the general ICU, I'd get the end-stage COPD patients because I could calm them down and get them to relax better than some of the high-strung nurses.

10:38 pm

Nef

My own father died of COPD. I'm glad I never even thought of smoking

10:44 pm

Minveryork

I heard he wanted to smoke while he was in the hospitlal

10:45 pm

TraderKate

hi all, back trying to get the last 20...

10:46 pm

Nef

I wouldn't doubt it. I've seen that many times before; and even people who have had tracheotomies for throat cancer often smoke --through the tracheostomy

10:47 pm

Nef

HI TK. Long time no see! (I'm rarely on in the daytime now due to taking care of my grandson)

10:48 pm

TraderKate

i haven't been on at all for ages nef. nice to see you too - and min too! ty for the babble tale :)

10:49 pm

TraderKate

may i wish dear queen elizabeth a very happy birthday?

10:52 pm

Minveryork

Hello TraderKate! How are you doing? Welcome to chog.

10:53 pm

TraderKate

hi min! i'm very well, and you? i see your hubby has relinquished the computer.... ;)

10:53 pm

jesdraggon

evening all

10:54 pm

Nef

hi jes! How are you tonight

10:54 pm

TraderKate

hi jes :)

10:54 pm

jesdraggon

not too shabby, how're you wunnerful folks?

10:56 pm

TraderKate

i can see a begging session sneaking up on me... i must be blind, maybe time to eat something.

10:57 pm

Nef

I'm doing okay, jes.

10:57 pm

Nef

I just read your profile about your cat and was thinking about our cat situation hereâ€¦.

10:58 pm

TraderKate

aw, poor little kitty :(

10:58 pm

jesdraggon

what's your cat situation?

11:00 pm

Nef

we have both a cat and dog that are about 14 yrs old; our cat is a female , spayed and declawed; and our son moved in here the end of July with his 5 yr. old male neutered cat (still has claws too). The 2 cats still growl and chase after each other and I wonder how long it will take before they settle down?

11:00 pm

Nef

Sometimes, even the dog takes after 1 or the other when they are fighting!

11:01 pm

Nef

(Our cat has lived both with and without other cats; my son rescued his cat as a kitten in a blizzard and it hasn't been around other cats or even dogs since then)

11:11 pm

Nef

I'll be seeing my sister who is a vet sometime next week; so I was going to ask her that question too.
I didn't mean to stump you or make you work on your off-hours, jes.

11:13 pm

jesdraggon

sometimes they never do get along, Nef - just like some people never do.

11:13 pm

jesdraggon

no, you're fine, Nef. I'm just distracted dealing with kid drama.

11:14 pm

Nef

oh-oh. Not another girlfriend(I hope)

11:14 pm

jesdraggon

no, his current girlfriend is actually fairly nice. responsibility issues; to whit, he has none.

11:16 pm

Nef

LOL, jes. that is a hard one.

11:16 pm

Nef

Is he ADHD or something (I can't remember)

11:17 pm

harpjane

27 to go, they just drag on here....

11:18 pm

Nef

You feel that way too, harp? I've got 100 left and feel like I can't see anything at all now (I started about 2 hours agp)

11:18 pm

jesdraggon

no, just... inept?

11:19 pm

harpjane

I took Lent off so I think I'm out of practice also.

11:19 pm

harpjane

But the first two grids hav not been easy!

11:19 pm

Nef

Well, isn't that typical of teen boys these days?

11:20 pm

harpjane

(teen age boys quit computer games for Lent?) lol

11:20 pm

jesdraggon

I suppose... but it's not like he's got very much in the way of responsibility, so that he's not keeping up with the little he has is extremely frustrating.

11:21 pm

Nef

Good for you for succeeding at giving up something for lent and sticking with it, harp. I tried something else; I tried not to lose my temper the whole time of lent (and didn't succeed

11:22 pm

jesdraggon

current point of contention is his dog, which he has not been taking care of.

11:22 pm

harpjane

I wanted to do something that i would really miss!

11:22 pm

Nef

does he drive yet, jes?

11:24 pm

Nef

harp; *I* would really miss not playing Babble for that long too! Sometimes I can't play for a week or so; but when I come back I try to get back into it full tilt and it is hard!

11:24 pm

jesdraggon

well, that's another thing... he passed driver's ed, let his permit lapse, hasn't driven in most of a year, hasn't taken his test for his license, and since I ended up having to fire him (how's that for a great home situation?) he hasn't made any effort to find a different job, so couldn't afford insurance or a car anyway.

11:25 pm

Nef

oh dear. He's definitely cutting off his nose to spite his face, isn't he?

11:25 pm

Nef

Well, tell him you will have to put the dog up for adoption if you have to board him to care for him..

11:26 pm

Nef

he isn't in to drugs or anything, is he? (not that you can tell, I mean)

11:27 pm

harpjane

14 left....

11:27 pm

Nef

Go, harp! You can do it!

11:28 pm

harpjane

9.....

11:28 pm

jesdraggon

Well, it's been an ongoing thing ... final straw apparently, the dog lost the invisible fence collar he was wearing (which I bought, along with the fence, for my old dog). I asked him to go look for it, and he went out for like 3 minutes, came back in and said he couldn't find it.

11:28 pm

jesdraggon

so I told him that's an expensive collar, and I'd like it found or replaced, and sent him a link to the website to buy a new one.

11:29 pm

jesdraggon

To which he replied that he doesn't think he's responsible enough to keep the dog.

11:29 pm

Nef

oh-oh.

11:29 pm

jesdraggon

So I asked him what he plans to do about that (both the responsibility issue and the dog), if he had someone in mind to re-home the dog with.

11:29 pm

Nef

jes, how's he doing in school?

11:30 pm

jesdraggon

He hasn't replied. I expect that eventually he'll get around to asking me to help him adopt the dog out, but I'm going to make him ask, not just assume it. He's done enough assuming on my responsibility as it is with this dog.

11:31 pm

jesdraggon

He's... inconsistent? Some classes he gets A's, but he damn near failed History last trimester. He doesn't like the teacher, so he wasn't turning his homework in....

11:31 pm

Nef

Has he had the dog long? How did he get it?

11:32 pm

jesdraggon

how does that even make sense!? you don't like the teacher so you sabatoge yourself into needing to repeat the class?

11:32 pm

Nef

What is he getting A's in? Can you and his Dad talk to the teachers to find out what's going on in school with him?

11:32 pm

jesdraggon

He got the dog last September, asked us if he could have him (dog was a sheriff impound that was never claimed). We said yes, on the condition that he take care of him, and pay all ongoing expenses.

11:33 pm

Nef

Believe it or not, that sabotaging himself is pretty typical of some teens: I don't like the teacher, so I won't do the homework, so the teacher gives him bad grades, so he doesn't like the teacher!

11:34 pm

jesdraggon

He's getting A's in art and metal shop and like that. B's in math and science. He is totally capable of doing well in History, just can't be bothered.

11:35 pm

Nef

What are his friends like?

11:35 pm

Nef

Is there a chance he's doing drugs (pot) or something?

11:35 pm

jesdraggon

around us? quiet. musically inclined... he's playing drums in a friend's band.

11:36 pm

jesdraggon

he can be very creative, is good at art and design stuff, but just totally lacks follow-through on anything else.

11:36 pm

Nef

what kind of band?

11:37 pm

jesdraggon

Always a chance, right? But I really doubt he's doing anything drug-related.

11:37 pm

jesdraggon

metal

11:38 pm

harpjane

done! thank you all!

11:38 pm

Nef

My son was the same way except not musical, his friends were computer nerds), but he is ADHD, and he started smoking pit with 1 other guy. It took him until he was 24 or so before he really grew up mentally

11:38 pm

jesdraggon

yay harpjane!

11:39 pm

Nef

YAY, harpjane!!! WTG!!!

11:41 pm

TraderKate

congrats harpjane!!! it is a toughie today!

11:41 pm

Nef

and of course,by the time he was 21 he had a felany conviction because he was dumb enough to screw up his probation after a misdemeanor

11:42 pm

Nef

felony; not felany

11:42 pm

harpjane

good night, all

11:42 pm

Nef

Good Night harp. Take care!

11:43 pm

jesdraggon

heh. well, so far the kid has avoided arrest.

11:44 pm

TraderKate

niters jane

11:44 pm

Nef

good for him -- and you guys who have to put up with him! ;-)

11:45 pm

Nef

It's hard, jes. Just remember to pick your battles carefully; because it's a lot harder if you don't

11:46 pm

TraderKate

finito!

11:47 pm

Nef

YAY, Trader Kate!!! WTG!!!

11:48 pm

TraderKate

had to crawl through wordlists for the last 10 or so... my eyes are bugged out, lol

11:49 pm

TraderKate

does anyone want any hints or out-right clues even? lurkerz welcome to speak up :D

11:50 pm

Nef

I don't at this point, TK. I knew I wouldn't finish when I started so late

11:52 pm

jesdraggon

Sometimes it feels like it's all one big battle without end, Nef

11:52 pm

TraderKate

you have the grandbaby all day? so no chance to babble at all 'til after dinner?

11:52 pm

Nef

I think I'll quit for now; I don't want to be up for all hours by being sucked in after the flip. Niters all

11:53 pm

Nef

Happy Babbling!

11:53 pm

TraderKate

i think you are very wise... speaking of picking your battles....some grids will make you crazy if you let them.... very mature of you to walk away with your he 4 high :)

11:53 pm

Nef

(((jes))) I know how that feels

11:53 pm

TraderKate

sweet dreams nef, see you tomorrow maybe?

11:54 pm

Nef

Grandbaby is almost 5 now TK (May 2nd!

11:55 pm

Nef

And yes, *I* am the chief child care provider (son works from home on QA issues for 2 companies right now)

11:56 pm

TraderKate

wow!!! how time flies! (it really is impossible to keep track)... i once read that facebook is e-mail on crack... not far wrong! i have met so many people i would like to keep closer ties with, but it gets unmanageable very quickly :(

11:57 pm

Nef

LOL! Good description of FB there; I've been rather choosey about who I friend and what I do there and even so, it's addicting

11:57 pm

TraderKate

you must dash soon nef... i can feel the all-consuming vortex approaching...flip, flop, flip, flop.... just like a b movie.... it's coming to haunt us ;)

11:57 pm

cybernan

Hello everyone :)

11:58 pm

TraderKate

nan!!!!! hiya :)

11:58 pm

Nef

3minutes left so I'm now off (Hi & Bye nan!)

11:58 pm

TraderKate

niters nef :)

11:59 pm

jesdraggon

sleep sweet, nef

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