Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, May 31, 2014

12:00 am

torgone

Nice ..

12:01 am

VolleymomDee

flip; hi all; hi tor

12:01 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:01 am

flosey

flip and hi Dee and Tor

12:02 am

saanichcat

hi dee, hi torgone! And hi also to those tey to come on

12:02 am

rururocks

hello dee

12:02 am

flosey

thanks Lickety, sure need them tonight

12:02 am

VolleymomDee

hi saan, flosey, ru

12:02 am

VolleymomDee

ty lickety

12:02 am

VolleymomDee

co 7

12:02 am

saanichcat

hello flosey, helllo ru

12:03 am

rururocks

hi saan

12:03 am

flosey

Hi ru

12:03 am

rururocks

hey hi flosey

12:04 am

rururocks

cr7

12:08 am

flosey

ah, thanks ru, finally got it

12:08 am

rururocks

ri7 too

12:09 am

rururocks

be8/9

12:14 am

rururocks

re8

12:18 am

cybernan

hello everyone - not sure I'm ready for this monster!

12:19 am

flosey

hi nan - nor am I - busy day tomorrow

12:19 am

rururocks

sure you are nan

12:26 am

jmcnrick

hi all

12:27 am

jmcnrick

*looks around for jill*

12:27 am

jmcnrick

thanks lickety

12:31 am

saanichcat

thanks for the bees ru

12:33 am

cybernan

nbt, nbs and crashing -- good night, all :-)

12:33 am

jmcnrick

wd and goodnight

12:38 am

dizgrannie

hi all!! late flip, nice biggie....NBT/NBS

12:40 am

flosey

hi diz

12:40 am

Dianne

Hi all - another sweltering day here.

12:41 am

flosey

hi Dianne

12:41 am

jmcnrick

hi dianne i am back in beijing

12:42 am

jmcnrick

i am still working on the bottom E for nbt

12:42 am

Dianne

Did you have a fantastic time in Shanghai?

12:42 am

torgone

Go in

12:43 am

jmcnrick

i had a great time in shanghai and wandered around the people park fending off scams (want to come to a tea ceremony with me and my friends) and homeless people. . . made me feel right at home

12:43 am

jmcnrick

hahaha

12:43 am

dizgrannie

en 5,6 for bottom E

12:43 am

jmcnrick

ty torgi *duh*

12:43 am

jmcnrick

nbt

12:43 am

jmcnrick

ty diz

12:44 am

Dianne

jmc - did you do any shopping there?

12:44 am

jmcnrick

went on the bund on a cruise to see the evening lights and bought some beautiful silk. . . and a silk comforter

12:44 am

jmcnrick

and some tea that i probably paid too much for. . . but if i never buy anymore i will never know that. . . shhhhh

12:45 am

jmcnrick

yesterday morning i went to the shanghai museum which was very well done. . . i bought some red money envelops for the coins i got for my son. . .

12:46 am

Dianne

Sound like you made the most of you adventure.

12:46 am

jmcnrick

i am just sorry i was not aware you were in china or i would have go to HK for a babble meet up. . . next time

12:47 am

jmcnrick

i did. . . thank you for the encouragement

12:47 am

Dianne

O.K. I'll hold you to that.

12:48 am

jmcnrick

:-) all i have to do is learn to read chinese and i have a job in shanghai reading documents for a legal matter. . hahaha

12:48 am

dizgrannie

jmc, sounds like you had fun

12:49 am

jmcnrick

not to worry any one can tell you i love babble meet ups!

12:50 am

jmcnrick

i did diz but you know me. . .i almost always have fun. . .even when a beggar is trying to stare me in** being embarrassed (he got about 4 inches from my face) but what he didn't know is i dodge dozens of homeless guys in DC so nothing new there. . . .

12:59 am

dizgrannie

so jmc, when ya coming 'down under'....lol

1:00 am

jmcnrick

but to leave the subject on a high no** the people's park and square were lovely oasis in the city

1:00 am

Patxxx

Crikey. 324 words and not a single S. I'm lucky at the weekend if I can manage 100 with lots of plurals.

1:00 am

jmcnrick

there is an S at the top patxxx. . . its hiding

1:00 am

Patxxx

Sorry, sorry. Just seen the single S.

1:01 am

dizgrannie

Pat, we have ONE S

1:02 am

Patxxx

I had cataract ops recently and I am so cocky now I tend to show off by giving quick glances instead of slow investigative looks.

1:03 am

jmcnrick

well sometimes those quick glances can fool you. . . i've been known to declare nbt only to find a blank tile later. . .

1:04 am

Patxxx

And immediately into red boxes!

1:04 am

jbp

hey, me too, patxx

1:05 am

jmcnrick

and there i thought it was just me swimming in red boxes. . .

1:05 am

Patxxx

Wish we could save grids for later.

1:06 am

jmcnrick

but then there is no chance to chat. . . you can print them out though

1:07 am

Patxxx

Ta jmc. Such an obvious solution I could swear.

1:08 am

jmcnrick

haha the obvious things are the hardest to find!

1:09 am

jmcnrick

you could print out lickety's list too to have a way to check words

1:10 am

flosey

I went out and since coming back in, I have lost my word list!

1:10 am

jbp

but I couldn't monkey stuff on paper.

1:10 am

jmcnrick

k i needs a break so that the words will jump out at me again. . . bbl

1:11 am

jmcnrick

refresh flosey it will come back

1:11 am

jmcnrick

yes it would be harder on paper for sure. . . but you could still use morewords

1:11 am

jmcnrick

*poof*

1:12 am

flosey

refreshed and got a message "couldn't get word list, try again in a minute"

1:13 am

Patxxx

That's not a Furby, it's me. My granddaughter said 'are you sure you are enjoying Babble cos you look permanently baffled or cross'? Don't want to change it now as it mimics me.

1:15 am

Patxxx

OR, am I just making excuses because I'm not that good a Babbler.

1:16 am

ursh

Pat - how long did they make you wait between cataract ops ?

1:18 am

dizgrannie

Pat....doesn't matter how good/bad one is....Babble is for fun.....altho I do get frustrated sometimes. My nearly 14 yr old g/dtr lurvs helping me out when she is here.

1:19 am

Patxxx

They proceeded with the second op immediately I had finished with the drops routine. Just a matter of 5/6 weeks, from memory (which also needs a fix!).

1:19 am

ursh

Oooh same as here - I think they also want to be sure first eye is fine

1:19 am

Patxxx

Apologies ursh, should have acknowledged you.

1:23 am

ursh

yes - pity they cant drop a new memory card into the brain

1:23 am

Patxxx

Ursh: I'm a bit peed off that the optician never mentioned in previous years that I had cataracts. I was at the point of beginning to feel I was going blind when they said I had cataracts forming. They sent a report to the NHS and they immediately operated. So, over the years they sold me many expensive sets of specs and I could have had the op done and it would have paid for itself.

1:25 am

ursh

Pat: Same as here they wait until a person is soooo frustrated with bad vision then do the ops

1:30 am

flosey

I think they're telling me to go to bed, still unable to fetch my words - had 174 words before I went out of babble

1:30 am

flosey

have never seen this happen

1:31 am

flosey

aha, one more time and I'm back with words, waited 21 minutes - in case it happens to anyone else, don't give up

1:33 am

Dianne

flosey - you have 174 words - I am no where near that.

1:34 am

flosey

I started at 10 pm Pacific Time, 12: babble time

1:34 am

flosey

so I've been at it an hour and half

1:35 am

puglet

greetings friends

1:35 am

Dianne

Me too but I am slower that you. Finished the s/t/y and now working on the r's.

1:36 am

flosey

hi pugs

1:36 am

puglet

Hi Flosey

1:36 am

Dianne

Hi pugs

1:37 am

puglet

Hello Dianne

1:47 am

Dianne

rah for me - r's done:)

1:48 am

flosey

I'm off to bed, 140 to go, perhaps can finish tomorrow before flip

1:48 am

puglet

Night flosey, take care

1:49 am

flosey

good for you Dianne, lots of r words tonight

1:49 am

Dianne

bye flosey - have a good night.

1:49 am

flosey

thanks Pugs, and you too

1:49 am

flosey

thanks Dianne, see you again

2:11 am

grannyrose

cooee and g'day from me

2:11 am

puglet

hugs and Hi Rose and congrats

2:12 am

grannyrose

*giggle* thanx sweetie, and {{hugs}} to my miz pugs. were able to sleep last night? or is it stll night over there?

2:12 am

puglet

its a little after 3am and yes I got about 3 hours

2:13 am

grannyrose

ugh....3AM!!!!! you poor sweetie. have you been up long?

2:14 am

puglet

since about 12:30

2:14 am

puglet

but three hours is good for me

2:14 am

grannyrose

* you are feeling very sleepy....you are feeling very sleepy*

2:14 am

puglet

lol--how are things with you

2:15 am

grannyrose

not too bad now. felt revolting before. very lethargic, and yawning my head off. it's not even 5:30pm. :-(

2:16 am

puglet

My friend Carol, went to her doctor yesterday and they think she has parkinson--she will know for sure in a few weeks when she goes in for testing--Iam sad for her and her family

2:16 am

puglet

maybe you will sleep well then

2:17 am

grannyrose

oh, love. that is so sad....just be there for her sweetheart. as i know you will.

2:18 am

puglet

I dont really know what to say to her Rose, shes upset about it

2:18 am

puglet

you cant say --oh its going to be okay

2:19 am

grannyrose

well just listen to her, dear. sometimes just letting it all out is good.

2:19 am

puglet

thanks--cause I dont know how to handle it either.

2:20 am

grannyrose

once the initail shock is over, try and guide her to a support group. they will have all sorts of resources available.

2:20 am

puglet

thats good Rose--I might go with her if I can and support her

2:21 am

grannyrose

you can help her by googling it, and finding out contacts which she can hook in4.

2:21 am

Dianne

pug don

2:22 am

puglet

okay, will do--last night she was trying to shrug it off and not going to worry over it but I know different

2:22 am

Dianne

pug - don't jump the gun - it may not be this after all.

2:23 am

puglet

she thinks it is Di----her gut tells her it is---shes been having hand and arm tremors

2:24 am

puglet

but will wait for the doctor to say for sure

2:24 am

grannyrose

true, dianne, but i think pugs needs to feel she is ready, come what may. of course it would be lovely if carol didn't have parky, and then pugs can gleefully scrunch up all the info.and chuck it away

2:25 am

Dianne

Well, we can keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best. You will know soon enough. Just don't get yourself sick with worry.

2:26 am

grannyrose

*darn* wouldn't you know it? the tumble dryer has just spat the dummy, and of course, it's laundry day, and i have at least two loads of damp washing which needs to dry. * sigh *

2:27 am

Dianne

Do you have a line?

2:27 am

puglet

no rest for the weary-lol

2:27 am

grannyrose

we hung it out this AM, and although we have had sunshine on and off, we have had very little wind.

2:28 am

grannyrose

lol...dianne all the towels are on my airers x 2. am thinking my son needs a visit...lol

2:29 am

Dianne

I have a washer but no dryer. There is a cat walk outside my kitchen door and I could but the drying rack there but the air is too dirty. I put the rack up in the living room and turn the fan on it - dry in a few hours.

2:32 am

puglet

do you have to ir4 too Rose

2:35 am

grannyrose

some things i do, pugs. some of it, just because i like the look and feel, like pillow cases, but not sheets, any sort of underwear or socks, tracksuit pants, jeans. some i do because it was cheap to buy, and ir4ing makes it look better. other stuff, cost me a fortune, i ir4 to take care of it.

2:35 am

grannyrose

ir4ing also allows me to inspect for holes, seams coming undone, pulled threads...

2:36 am

puglet

I like ir4ing

2:37 am

grannyrose

so do i, pugs. i find i don't get many interruptions while i'm ir4ing. and i can ponder in peace.

2:40 am

puglet

I dont do hardly any here but back at home we done alot and I use to go help grandma with hers and some of the older people in our town for a little money when I was a kid--I liked helping the elders

2:41 am

puglet

I would run errands for them and odds and end stuff

2:41 am

grannyrose

nice, pugs. what a great kiddie you were, and have grown in4 a wonderful adult. xoxox

2:42 am

puglet

I just always found peace with the older people and I liked their stories too

2:42 am

grannyrose

lolol...just sprung himself drinking directly out of a 2litre bottle of iced coffee. have given him the 'eye'.

2:42 am

puglet

you learn alot of history from them if you listen

2:43 am

grannyrose

and all he said was....what?

2:43 am

puglet

lol

2:43 am

grannyrose

yes, pugs. the elders have such wonderful stories to share, and all relevant.

2:43 am

worzel

Gooooooooooood morning fellow Babblers xx

2:43 am

puglet

tell him if he dont get that shoulder fixed he wont be lifting that bottle--lol

2:44 am

grannyrose

yahooooo!!!goooooooood morning worzel

2:44 am

puglet

good morning Wor --hugs

2:44 am

worzel

Good morning mum (xx's) pugs ((hugs))

2:44 am

worzel

my entrance seems to have caused excitement lol

2:44 am

puglet

Please give Di a hug and good morning too, when she wakes

2:44 am

worzel

I shall do pugs xx

2:45 am

grannyrose

*love wor's xxx's*

2:45 am

worzel

So is everybody fine and dandy this morning/evening?

2:45 am

grannyrose

we need your zany sense of humour. oh, and mine too, to the lady di, please, mate

2:46 am

worzel

Of course, Mum, shall do xx give my love to Daddy Don lol

2:46 am

grannyrose

with you and pugs here how can i be anything else but fine and dandy. and you, dear man? are you goodly today?

2:47 am

worzel

I am not too bad thank you xx

2:47 am

puglet

whats not too bad? :(

2:47 am

puglet

that dont sound so good-lol

2:47 am

worzel

not too bad means good pugs lol

2:48 am

grannyrose

daddy don decidedly chuffed. he has worked out that it is just the capacitor which isn't working in the tumble dryer. very cheap fix, which pleases his scottish thriftiness...lol

2:48 am

worzel

haha - the good 'ol Scotch thrift - notorious in is meagreness haha

2:49 am

worzel

or meagerness, should i say. Going through a bad spell pmsl

2:50 am

grannyrose

hahaha, got it in one. only thing is with me...he just can't stop buying me presents on my birthday and christmas. it can be very embarrassing...lol

2:50 am

worzel

surely somebody that says "aye" is an ayer?

2:51 am

puglet

well enjoy it Rose

2:51 am

grannyrose

you know, wor? i try it every time....and it never works. :-(

2:52 am

grannyrose

sorry, pugs, love. of course, you don't get treated like that...at least not by your husband. you must know you deserve everything money can buy, my darling.

2:52 am

worzel

the English language is very silly. I may, one day, write my own dictionary. Mind you, it'll be full of rubbish and filth knowing me . . .

2:53 am

worzel

Pugs if you were my wife I would treat you like the little nugget of gold you are xx

2:53 am

Dachef

loads of words that should be are in this grid. Beary: a bit like a b4. Bintery: a place where you go to pick up old women.

2:53 am

grannyrose

worzel, one day, dip in4 sprite's profile. she has our own babble dictionary happening there.

2:54 am

grannyrose

lol...g'day dachef. nice to see you.

2:54 am

worzel

i shall remember that Mum

2:54 am

puglet

no need to be Rose--just saying you should enjoy the thoughts he showers you with--it has to make you feel special and good inside

2:54 am

worzel

lol chef - morning!!!

2:54 am

puglet

Hi Dachef

2:55 am

Dachef

hi all. I have now resolved to get the word 'bintery' into a conversation at some point today.

2:55 am

puglet

thanks Wor, nice of you to say

2:56 am

worzel

I suppose, chef, depending on your pronuncation of the word bintery and your husbands name you could always say "Can you put out the bin terry?"

2:56 am

worzel

not that you have a husband - just anybody who has a husband called terry . . .

2:56 am

grannyrose

*groan * worzel

2:56 am

puglet

LOL

2:56 am

worzel

oh come on Mum - it may have been crap but it was bloody quick!!!!

2:57 am

Dachef

good one. Dont know anyone called Terry tho.

2:57 am

worzel

*giggles*

2:57 am

grannyrose

okay, points for being quick...lol

2:57 am

puglet

how many points does he get-lol

2:58 am

worzel

Just ring Terry Wogan and say it down the phone to him. He'll probably think you're weird, but just tell him Worzel put you up to it. Mind you, you'll have to find his number. Never thought of that . . .

2:58 am

Dachef

I'd have given up whilst I was ahead I think there mate.

2:59 am

worzel

Ahh - it's just my irreverance coming out chef lol

2:59 am

grannyrose

pugs, lots of brownie points, which is sad as he his male....wonder what the conversion ra4 is?

3:00 am

puglet

Iam sure he will have a answer to that-lol

3:00 am

worzel

nope! No answer to that lol

3:01 am

grannyrose

oh, my, i have rendered wor speechless. someone mark it on the calendar...in red...

3:02 am

worzel

Flippin' cheek! As if I can't behave . . . you all know how mild-mannered I am lol

3:02 am

worzel

brb

3:02 am

grannyrose

ROFLOLOL and almost choking...

3:03 am

Dachef

brownie points (also known as goodwill or 'did you really just do that?' points) currently have the following official male/female ratio: Female: 1 BP equls 6 days shopping. Male: 1 BP equals an extra 2.4 minutes in the pub.

3:04 am

grannyrose

oh, my, dachef, where did you find that?? how hilarious!! just exploded with laughter her. and hubby thinks i am quite mad.

3:07 am

puglet

brb--coffee anyone?

3:07 am

grannyrose

*lying on bed roaring with laughter* hubby says he is not sure how he can earn the BP's.

3:07 am

grannyrose

no thanx, pugs. hot chocolate, thanx, hold the marshmallows.

3:08 am

Dachef

hes a man. He can't. Thats the point. (and 2 sugars plz).

3:11 am

grannyrose

*shaking head* and * almost paralysed with laughter*. poor don, and poor male of the species!!

3:13 am

worzel

back again! had to go get the post

3:13 am

puglet

okay Rose, lots of whipped cream then-lol

3:13 am

puglet

welcome back then Wor

3:13 am

worzel

thank you!

3:14 am

worzel

and for those of us with that sort of afflection I think ooer should be a word, too!

3:14 am

grannyrose

wb, worzel

3:14 am

worzel

ty x

3:14 am

gapeach

May I please have a clue for pr7-36 the 1st? Thanks

3:14 am

puglet

Hi ya Peach

3:15 am

grannyrose

you will be pleased to learn, mate, it is impossible for the male of the species to earn brownie points. how does that make you feel?

3:15 am

gapeach

Hey there, puglet. How are you?

3:15 am

Dianne

the person who supervises the exam

3:15 am

worzel

yay nbt! Morning Peach xx sorry, can't help you with pr7 x

3:16 am

puglet

Iam okay and how about you Peach?

3:16 am

gapeach

Doing OK, thanks.

3:16 am

puglet

How did you come out at the doctor, Peach

3:16 am

grannyrose

peach, pr7, pr*, abbreviation for not amateur, + *at, not dog + ***n, ripped apart

3:16 am

worzel

I'm not bothered about Brownie points, as long as I've got my Di I'm happy!! And you lot, of course!

3:17 am

gapeach

Just

3:17 am

gapeach

meds, so far.

3:17 am

puglet

are you doing better then?

3:18 am

grannyrose

oh...don't you just love we are the ...of course....

3:19 am

gapeach

Thanks much, Rose and Dianne.

3:19 am

worzel

Awww Mum my Di always comes first! And there's no answer to that, either . . .

3:19 am

grannyrose

mind you, if it was any other way....i would be yelling, and he wouldn't need a telephone or a computer.

3:19 am

Dachef

now THATS how you get Brownie points......

3:20 am

grannyrose

yup, dachef....he does....

3:20 am

gapeach

The vertigo is taking its time in going away.

3:20 am

Dachef

I meant what worzel said.

3:20 am

grannyrose

ugh, peach, that is not so nice, hun. poor you!

3:21 am

puglet

I hope things get better for you Peach and the meds help

3:22 am

gapeach

Thanks, puglet and Rose.

3:23 am

puglet

you are welcome and hugs Peach

3:25 am

gapeach

And a hug for you, pugs.

3:30 am

gapeach

May I please have a clue for any 'oc' word? Thanks

3:31 am

Dachef

oc7: o + to make or make real. The rest of the oc words are made by knocking a letter off the end at a time.

3:32 am

gapeach

Thanks much, Dachef.

3:33 am

grannyrose

oc5, oc + ***d, look at a book

3:34 am

grannyrose

oc6, oc + ***d, look at a book + vowel

3:34 am

gapeach

Thanks much, Rose.

3:35 am

grannyrose

peach, were you able to get the oc7?

3:35 am

gapeach

I still have 98 to get....will come back later in the day. Blessings y'all.

3:35 am

worzel

laters peach x

3:35 am

grannyrose

and blessings to you, my dear.enjoy your day.

3:36 am

puglet

bye Peach, blessings to you as well

3:46 am

worzel

If there's any Star Trek fans in (the 60s Star Trek) you should have found one of the monsters in this grid! Not a real word, but fun trivia nonetheless . . .

3:49 am

puglet

Iam not but I think Sprite is into that kind of thing

3:50 am

worzel

The monster was called the Horta, from an episode called Devil In The Dark. I truly am sad . . .

3:51 am

puglet

why are you sad?

3:51 am

worzel

Well - it's sad that I know a fact like that!!!!

3:52 am

puglet

for what? It tells your age? lol

3:52 am

grannyrose

knowledge is never sad...i love it...

3:53 am

grannyrose

my bro, and your 'uncle' is an absolute star trekky nut.

3:53 am

worzel

Cheeky!!! I wasn't born until 1971 lmao!!! I just happen to be a fan. Di often says I've got autism because of the things I can pluck out of my head. To be honest if it goes in my head it stays there and I can nearly always find it again lol

3:54 am

grannyrose

oh, a didatic memory...is that the right word?

3:54 am

worzel

And for the last 25 years I have been one of the biggest BeeGees fans in the world. You can ask me anything about them - and their personal lives - and I will be able to answer just like that! It scares me sometimes that I can do that - but what scares me more is that one day I may lose my marbles and NOT remember things

3:55 am

worzel

have heard of didactic but i think it means something like teaching in a patronising way. I know what you mean though Mum but the word escapes me (sic)

3:55 am

grannyrose

ahhh, didactic is the word...

3:56 am

puglet

dont say things like that :( We wont let you be anymore than what you already are loco-lol

3:56 am

worzel

omg pugs i been loco since i was born! I don't think the nurse dropped me at birth I think she threw me pmsl

3:56 am

puglet

I like the BeeGees too--more so when Andy was apart of the group

3:57 am

grannyrose

worzel, as in sheldon in big bang theory.

3:58 am

puglet

I love that show!

3:58 am

worzel

Andy wasn't ever in the group pugs, although he did sing with them live on stage in 1979 on the Spirits Having Flown tour. He was beautiful, too, and such a wasted life

3:58 am

worzel

Yes Mum - as in Sheldon - only difference between me and him is that I know when I'm wrong and I'll admit it lol

3:59 am

grannyrose

good for you, worzel....that makes you human..

4:00 am

worzel

oh dear God - I just been reading on the UK's south-west local news site that a man has been jailed for rolling around in cow manure! This country - and it's inhabitants - surely are strange . . .

4:01 am

puglet

Wor, did you ever get to see the beetles

4:01 am

puglet

does it say why he did Wor

4:01 am

worzel

no pugs they were before my time - as I say I wasn't born until 1971

4:02 am

puglet

well Wor, they all are not dead yet

4:02 am

worzel

pugs it said that he has a fetish for all things cow poo, and that he threatened a family with death if they didn't allow him into their field to roll around in fresh poo. Personally I think he should be put in a loony bin rather than a prison lmao. Best NOT laugh my ass off though or he might want to roll round in it!!!

4:03 am

puglet

does sound hes got problems upstairs there

4:03 am

grannyrose

oh, dear, worzel...and i thought my country was in strife...

4:05 am

worzel

Honestly Mum - if you ever get satellite telly that allows you to view UK local news channels give it a go - it's usually along the lines of "A man has been arrested for . . . " followed by "A cat has gone missing in . . . " followed by "Three men with handkerchiefs on their head have set sail . . . " - I kid you not!!!

4:05 am

puglet

I have took a roll in the stuff but not cause I wanted to, but fell in it-lol I worked for a farmer and a stockyard in my teens-lol

4:05 am

worzel

brb need the little boys room

4:06 am

grannyrose

oh, dear, worzel...lolol

4:07 am

puglet

I bet Di dont have a little girl's room-lol

4:09 am

puglet

where is our Sprite? Hope she didnt have another hard night

4:11 am

grannyrose

yeah, where is our sprite? am hoping she has had a good night, and is sleeping in.

4:11 am

Kazzer99

further to that story - he is going to s secure loony bin for 5 years and then maybe another 5 in prison

4:12 am

puglet

I think she has the week end all to herself

4:12 am

grannyrose

thanx kazza. and how are you, my dear?

4:12 am

puglet

Hi Kazzer

4:14 am

puglet

Rose and Wor and friends, I need to get off and get ready to go have coffee with Carol down at the campgrounds here soon-So hugs and love and enjoy your week end and Please give my love to Sprite and Liz if they come on--hugs and bye

4:15 am

worzel

I have to dash off now too - the lovely lady has awoken so it's time to make her cuppa! I wish you all a splendid day/eventide wherever you may celebrate it! xxxxxx

4:15 am

Kazzer99

well I am getting better the dizzy spells are only once a day if I'm unlucky now and the rest of me is lovely. I have lost albs in 10 days and am doing mad exercise - like half planks and walking 4 miles a day. We have started something called a Lifestyle Challenge in work. The first week as to increase your fruit and veg to 8 portions a day - which was a struggle but I got there. i also have to drink 2 litres of water a day

4:16 am

Kazzer99

store

4:16 am

Kazzer99

core

4:16 am

Kazzer99

oops sorry about that

4:16 am

grannyrose

pugs...i hope your day is wonderful. please remember yto give carol my love.

4:17 am

grannyrose

worzel, xoxox to the lady di, mate

4:18 am

grannyrose

kazzer, good for you, sweetheart. keep plugging at it. you will succeed.

4:21 am

rubyfoo

good morning

4:22 am

grannyrose

{{hugs}} and xxxxx to my ruby

4:23 am

rubyfoo

{{rosie}} hello, sweetie

4:23 am

rubyfoo

I just got back from walking the BIG dog. He was much better-behaved with me than he is wit Burt

4:24 am

rubyfoo

I think he feels the difference and I don't try to force my will on him, just let him meander as he wishes

4:27 am

grannyrose

good, ruby...he does need to know just where he stands with you...the dog, i mean...lol

4:27 am

rubyfoo

hahah

4:28 am

grannyrose

and dinner is being served...will bid you all a good-night. hugs and kisses to all. enjoy the grid.

4:28 am

rubyfoo

4:28 am

Dianne

Hi ruby, bye rose

4:31 am

rubyfoo

Hi Dianne

4:32 am

rubyfoo

create

4:32 am

rubyfoo

creater

4:32 am

rubyfoo

oops, sorry

4:37 am

sprite

good morning all

4:37 am

rubyfoo

4:38 am

sprite

hey ruby :) *hug* How are you today?

4:38 am

rubyfoo

proud of myself because I was able to walk big Rufie when Burt flagged

4:40 am

sprite

wow, well done!

4:40 am

rubyfoo

It's painful, but my legs are feeling stronger and the dog was very happy.

4:41 am

sprite

I think it rocks. Good job, ruby, and so nice you are getting stronger.

4:41 am

rubyfoo

it's hard on my back, but nothing can change that

4:42 am

sprite

and if your legs are stronger, they don't need your back support as badly and that is a good thing too. Very nice, ruby.

4:43 am

rubyfoo

It's lovely being out in the street with the pups. They are the vedettes of the street

4:43 am

rubyfoo

Sometimes people stop to admire them and even ring my bell to take their photos

4:43 am

sprite

awww so sweet!

4:43 am

rubyfoo

and now, time for lunch

4:44 am

rubyfoo

I'm glad I got to say hello, sprite

4:44 am

sprite

me too, ruby. Enjoy your lunch. *hug*

4:44 am

rubyfoo

*woof*

4:55 am

sprite

so close to sp5rib

5:13 am

sprite

a quick halfway. Back in a few.

6:10 am

MLFAN17

4th column E stats please?

6:12 am

MLFAN17

hello?

6:13 am

Dippnall

en 5/6/6

6:14 am

MLFAN17

ty dip

6:15 am

PMS

b ine

6:19 am

MLFAN17

does anyone have the be9?

6:22 am

Uneaixoise

nary an 8 or 9 :-)

6:22 am

MLFAN17

hi une

6:22 am

MLFAN17

me either no 8 or 9

6:23 am

jwr

be+tr4+(one who)

6:23 am

jwr

tr4/6

6:24 am

MLFAN17

i dont have teh right tr4/6 yet

6:24 am

Uneaixoise

THANKS!

6:24 am

jwr

one who gives away a secret babble clue

6:24 am

jwr

yw

6:24 am

Sugrraleona

tr4/6 = another word for three?

6:25 am

jwr

not that high

6:25 am

Uneaixoise

got 4 words from that :-)

6:25 am

jwr

where you put your calling card

6:25 am

Uneaixoise

what the busboy carries

6:25 am

MLFAN17

got the be 6 8 9 7

6:26 am

Sugrraleona

LOL jwr

6:26 am

periwinkle

I am off on an adventure. will be back later

6:26 am

MLFAN17

nbt and nbs

6:26 am

Uneaixoise

later peri :-)

6:26 am

jwr

yes, there's a quartet there

6:26 am

Uneaixoise

go mlf!

6:26 am

periwinkle

and ty for be8/9

6:26 am

MLFAN17

lol une only 217 more to go

6:26 am

jwr

what, peri? This isn't exciting enough for you?

6:27 am

periwinkle

no

6:27 am

periwinkle

I want to be outside it will be a glorious day

6:27 am

MLFAN17

jwr something is seriously wrong with peri i think ..dont you? this is way more exciting especially at 7:30AM on a Saturday morning

6:28 am

bichon

Good morning and this is a glorious day

6:29 am

MLFAN17

hi bichon

6:29 am

Uneaixoise

hey bichon :-)

6:29 am

bichon

hi Fan

6:29 am

jwr

You'll notice that peri is just having a wishful thinking episode - it's going to be a horrible day outside there in the ugly dangerous world .... uh oh, now bichon is in on the fantasy

6:29 am

jwr

welcome to the small grid

6:30 am

MLFAN17

lol jwr not sure of the weather her but its damp outside due to the rain we had late last night dont know how long it lasted though

6:30 am

MollyL

*Thinks it may be time for jwr to back away from the computer*

6:30 am

bichon

Sun is out, rain is gone

6:31 am

MLFAN17

lol Molly

6:31 am

Uneaixoise

hey molly :-)

6:31 am

sukee

Good morning people.

6:31 am

MLFAN17

gm sukee

6:32 am

Uneaixoise

hi sukee :-)

6:32 am

jwr

What a suggestion, Molly! I guess I should take the garbage out. But I can't see very well - not much sunshine here at 4:30am

6:32 am

sukee

I love a big grid in the morning :)

6:32 am

bichon

Yes, but by the afternoon it's a be**

6:32 am

jwr

sukee, that sounds mildly erotic .... hi.

6:33 am

MollyL

Oh thank God she said...no...it's too early for that stuff

6:33 am

MollyL

Or not

6:33 am

sukee

:)

6:34 am

MLFAN17

jwr why are you up at 4:30am on a weekend?

6:34 am

bichon

I woke up before 5:30. Those darned birds

6:34 am

jwr

uh ... because it's San Francisco time???

6:35 am

MLFAN17

is that the only excuse you can come up with jwr?

6:35 am

sukee

I managed to sleep in until about 7, even with my cat trying to get me out of bed for half an hour before.

6:35 am

jwr

nah, I got a million of em

6:35 am

MLFAN17

sukee our cat was needing on my husband again this AM

6:36 am

bichon

My fluffies are alert starting at first bird chirp. They want to go outside

6:36 am

MLFAN17

I am not always up this early but i had a rough time sleeping last night

6:36 am

jwr

declawed I hope, ML

6:37 am

MLFAN17

nope but only a year old and apparently does it very gently

6:37 am

MollyL

Those darned birds? I LOVE waking up to the sounds of the birds.

6:37 am

MLFAN17

bichon my cat or other cats we have had always want to be fed first thing but that is partly because they dont go out i guess

6:37 am

jwr

yes, they haven't gotten into shiatsu at that age yet.

6:38 am

MLFAN17

jwr i am not training her

6:39 am

bichon

Mine want to go out, eat and then go back to sleep

6:39 am

jwr

Stayed in a Delhi hotel once, Molly - woke up to peacocks (hens) Thought several people were being killed

6:39 am

MLFAN17

jwr yikes

6:40 am

MollyL

Uh, let me amend that, the sounds of "song birds"

6:40 am

bichon

Yes, we live near what once was a nursing home. They had peacocks on the grounds. We always thought it was the residents being mistreated

6:41 am

MLFAN17

bichon that is kind of scary

6:41 am

bichon

It was

6:41 am

jwr

tweet twitter meeow .... some talk of birds; others of letting the cats out.

6:41 am

sukee

How come cooth is not a word when uncooth is?

6:41 am

sukee

I guess spelling counts :)

6:42 am

jwr

because it has a You in it (I got caught the same way earlier sukee)

6:42 am

sukee

Never mind :)

6:42 am

bichon

The mysteries of Enable

6:42 am

jwr

Emily Litella

6:43 am

bichon

http://tinyurl.com/ltulvxe It is a word

6:44 am

sukee

Yes, my spelling gene is still asleep.

6:45 am

jwr

I don't think so, bichon. The person answering has the wrong spelling too, it's a common error

6:45 am

Uneaixoise

aawww I miss Emily!

6:45 am

sukee

Spelled Couth, not cooth :)

6:46 am

MLFAN17

what is the most commonly misspelled word in the English language?

6:46 am

jwr

Emily is alive and well on YouTube - I introduced a 20-somthing to her the other day and he was floored that something could be so funny way back then

6:46 am

jwr

ha ML

6:47 am

MLFAN17

what jwr?lol

6:47 am

sukee

I have no clue. If you read on the internet a lot you would think it is loose/lose :)

6:48 am

MLFAN17

sukee those are used in correctly. the spelling has nothing to do with them

6:49 am

sukee

Oh, you know what I meant.

6:49 am

jwr

Oops - misread ML. thought you were making a joke about the word: misspelling

6:49 am

MLFAN17

i was lol

6:50 am

MLFAN17

hubby read it on the internet and told it to me

6:50 am

MLFAN17

it is very funny

6:50 am

MollyL

Is it misspell?

6:51 am

jwr

that's what I thought too Molly.

6:52 am

MLFAN17

yes it is

6:53 am

MollyL

I would have thought judgment, so many people want to put an e in the middle. Then there is the crew who think alot is a word.

6:53 am

jwr

Hope you all have a lovely day with your sunshine and animals and babbling about. I'm off to bed (truth is, I work nights; just got home early and took a Babble-hour. 200 words are satisfactory. The grid was fun and so were you all.

6:53 am

worzel

According to Guinness Book Of Records the most commonly mis-spelt word in the English language is accomommodate - and although I've spelt it correctly it has come up with a red squiggly line under it lmao!!!!

6:54 am

jwr

a commommonommodate you mean?

6:55 am

Buggie

Judgement is not a spelling mistake.

6:55 am

MollyL

accommodate

6:55 am

worzel

The thing is the U.S has murdered the English language with their way of spelling things so it's probably spelt completely differently over there anyway!

6:55 am

sukee

Ah American vs English English :)

6:55 am

MLFAN17

Buggie my husband gets called that name which is incorrect

6:56 am

jwr

no worry, Molly. They just got no cooth. Bye

6:56 am

Buggie

Sorry MLF, which name?

6:57 am

MLFAN17

the one you have in babble

6:57 am

jwr

No, one last thing, since Worzel (hi worzel) brought it up. Americans don't speak - or write - English. Our language is American.

6:57 am

MLFAN17

Buggie:)

6:58 am

Buggie

Oh, it's derived from Bug, not a reference to a vehicle, hence the spelling :-)

6:58 am

MLFAN17

yeah that would be buggy

6:59 am

jaxx7

Very quickly. Much as I beg to differ with Worzel, it is a Fact that the American version of our language is purer in that it is based on the English as' it was spoke' back in the 1800s.

6:59 am

Buggie

although I often have to resort to MisterBuggie when signing up on websites, as Buggie is usually taken

7:00 am

MLFAN17

thats kind of interesting Buggie

7:00 am

worzel

Actually JWR the Americans took their language from English language and from a Norse language (which escapes me at the moment) and in the late 1700s changed a lot of the spellings of early words as they thought they could be spelt more easily their way which, to be fair, I can understand. But the UK English is the basis for all other English speaking languages around the world - variations are an optional choice by that country and it's lexicographers

7:02 am

godthaab

There was a great move by the Americans (1800s?) to simplify the "British" dictionary. Some misspelled American words caught on, but most did not.

7:03 am

MLFAN17

the American English words are taken from other languages

7:03 am

worzel

Aluminium/Aluminum is a classic. Aluminium was named - and spelled - aluminium by Hans Orsted in 1825 and I can't, for the life of me, understand why the Americans pronounce and spell it differently

7:03 am

Buggie

Half the English language is taken from French. And nowadays half the French language is taken from English...

7:04 am

MLFAN17

Pyro is not a word?

7:05 am

worzel

pyro coming from the latin pyrominii - or firelights - and can only be used as part of a word and not on it's own. Strange, but true!

7:06 am

MLFAN17

worzel that is so bizarre

7:06 am

sukee

ok, 184 left. Time to go make breakfast.

7:06 am

72 Temple Owl

stuck at 221 with nary an 8 or 9...

7:07 am

MLFAN17

wow i have 184 left too

7:07 am

worzel

Another interesting point about pyromania is that if you suffer from it you are not a pyromaniac but you are pyromanic. There is no such word as pyromaniac oddly enough

7:07 am

MLFAN17

owl be 6 8 9 7

7:09 am

jwr

Yes, Worzel. 25 years teaching English, both as literature and as a second language (abroad), gave me a good grounding in its history, influences and variety. I called it "American" in order to get away from the "English versus variants" argument. Language is indivisible from its culture. Only Babblers are truly international . . . . truly, it is bedtime. Have a lovely day (MLF what are you going on about. stop that!)

7:09 am

worzel

take care jwr - been fun bantering with you!

7:10 am

jwr

ta, poof

7:10 am

MLFAN17

going on about not a thing jwr

7:10 am

worzel

do any of you have a particular word which is your favourite? and a particular word you really hate?

7:12 am

godthaab

I love the word "otiose"

7:12 am

worzel

I think one of my favourite words is bouncy - and one word I really cannot stand is portion. It's very irrational, I know, but there you go!

7:13 am

worzel

Another favourite word - well, expression actually, is apropos of nothing

7:14 am

Buggie

I hate ready (too many characters introduced in books as having a ready smile). Can't think of one I really like, although I know there are one or two...

7:16 am

jwr

came back from the dea.. I mean bed... to tell you word-lovers that there are 6 days left to listen to this delightful program: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0075c\ndg Simon Fanshawe tells the story of Roget's Thesaurus, the retirement project of an eminent Victorian with a passion for order and classification. (just noticed the program spells)

7:19 am

jwr

Correction: the last 3 letters of the URL are only cdg. For some strange techy reason, every time I copy one of these, a "/n" is stuck in.

7:20 am

MLFAN17

oo5 clue please?

7:20 am

Buggie

It looks like a line break character. Must be that the chog tries to cut the line because it's too long.

7:21 am

MLFAN17

i got it

7:22 am

jwr

Ah, yes Buggie - another Babbler told me to use the tinyURL site. I'll try to remember that. ML, I think the oo is a Scot exclamation

7:22 am

MLFAN17

jwr i found it i think thanks though

7:30 am

worzel

biro is now in the dictionary with a lower case b so why can't we have it?

7:31 am

MLFAN17

switch to of the letters in that word worzel and you have one that is in the grd

7:31 am

MLFAN17

grid

7:31 am

worzel

ooo thank you

7:32 am

MLFAN17

yw worzel

7:42 am

MLFAN17

Too many CO words

7:45 am

sprite

back, hello all

7:45 am

MLFAN17

hi sprite

7:46 am

sprite

hi mlfan and worzel

7:52 am

sprite

I keep thinking there is a word like tahoo or tahoe.

7:54 am

MLFAN17

nope

7:54 am

MLFAN17

tahor

7:54 am

MLFAN17

oops

7:55 am

MLFAN17

i just found pr7

7:56 am

sprite

gratz

7:56 am

MLFAN17

ty sprite

7:56 am

Uneaixoise

tx :-)

7:57 am

MLFAN17

for what une?

7:57 am

sprite

hey Une :)

7:57 am

Uneaixoise

for pr7

7:57 am

Uneaixoise

howdy sprite :-)

7:57 am

MLFAN17

oh yw une

7:57 am

MLFAN17

:)

7:58 am

Uneaixoise

watching French open live from paris -- go rafa!!

7:59 am

sprite

you multitasker you!

8:00 am

MLFAN17

are oc 6 and 7 related?

8:01 am

Uneaixoise

fabbo combo -- Rafa and Babble!!

8:01 am

sprite

I have oc5 and oc7 being related. Can't see the 6.

8:02 am

sprite

Babbleraffle

8:02 am

MLFAN17

sprite can you clue the oc 5 please?

8:02 am

Uneaixoise

:-)

8:02 am

sprite

nm, yes, they are related.

8:03 am

MLFAN17

nm

8:03 am

sprite

oc5: O + divine act of making - God c***ted Man.
the 6 is latin plural, the 7 O + the verb.

8:03 am

MLFAN17

i have oc 5 and 7

8:05 am

MLFAN17

sprite i am lost on teh 6 and 7

8:06 am

sprite

add a vowel to the oc5/12 to get the oc6/21.
For the 7, take O + the verb of divine making

8:06 am

MLFAN17

sprite got the 6 ty

8:07 am

sprite

yvw

8:09 am

MLFAN17

sprite sorry still need help with the 7

8:10 am

Uneaixoise

o + cr6/21

8:10 am

MLFAN17

i have that

8:11 am

sprite

that is the 7

8:11 am

MLFAN17

so its oc 5 6 and 7?

8:11 am

sprite

yes

8:11 am

Uneaixoise

yep LOL

8:11 am

MLFAN17

ty une i have it

8:11 am

MLFAN17

got it i thought i was missing something my fault sorry

8:11 am

sprite

np, babble can be confusing

8:13 am

MLFAN17

you noticed that too sprite?:)

8:13 am

sprite

*grin* on a daily base, yes

8:13 am

Uneaixoise

same here!

8:13 am

MLFAN17

sad isnt it?

8:14 am

sprite

keeps us on our toes

8:14 am

Uneaixoise

88 to go and taking a break -- good to see you! *poof*

8:15 am

sprite

bye Une, have a lovely day

8:31 am

sprite

fireflies. Lovely grid today. Not too many weird words, though the sp biggies were new to me.

8:31 am

sprite

bye all, have a blessed day and a peaceful night.

8:33 am

JesDreher

can anyone clue the second re8 please?

8:34 am

MLFAN17

i dont have any re8s but i am sure someone does

8:35 am

Scrabbler

Good morning. I have no 8s or 9s yet and I just passed halfway.

8:35 am

JesDreher

the first is re + in6

8:35 am

Scrabbler

TY

8:35 am

MLFAN17

i dont have in6 yet

8:35 am

MLFAN17

hi scrabbler

8:36 am

MLFAN17

scrabs its be 6 8 9 7

8:37 am

Scrabbler

TY, MLFAN

8:37 am

JesDreher

got it . The second re8 is re + or6

8:37 am

MLFAN17

ty jes

8:37 am

Scrabbler

in6 = to bury a casket

8:37 am

MLFAN17

yw scrab

8:38 am

MLFAN17

scrab is that a plural?

8:39 am

Anniebrook

good morning

8:39 am

Scrabbler

Hi Annie and Bobby

8:40 am

Anniebrook

Hi Scrabbs, beautiful day

8:40 am

MLFAN17

hi annie

8:40 am

Scrabbler

No, MLFAN. Think of a first year MD in their residency. They are an in***n.

8:40 am

Anniebrook

Bobby says hi

8:40 am

Scrabbler

Beautiful week and continuing another few days before a run of thunderstorm days hits us.

8:41 am

Anniebrook

Hi fan, I see mah jongg tiles, do you play?

8:41 am

MLFAN17

yes i do

8:41 am

Scrabbler

I have never played, Annie.

8:41 am

Anniebrook

me too, love the game

8:41 am

MLFAN17

i play HK

8:41 am

MLFAN17

and the matching version of course

8:41 am

Anniebrook

HK??

8:41 am

MLFAN17

hong Kong

8:42 am

Anniebrook

new game to me

8:42 am

MLFAN17

i dont play the matching version very often likei used to

8:43 am

MLFAN17

scrabs i have that in 5 and 6 ty:)

8:43 am

Scrabbler

Good, MLFAN

8:44 am

wvteach

good morning all

8:44 am

Scrabbler

Hi wv

8:45 am

Anniebrook

good morning, teach

8:48 am

MLFAN17

ya5 clue please?

8:49 am

MLFAN17

okay i got to 200 words i am out might be back poof

8:52 am

Scrabbler

Bye, MLFAN

8:52 am

Anniebrook

I have 46 words so far

8:52 am

Scrabbler

Go Annie, go!

8:52 am

Anniebrook

I am going to make coffee, bbs

9:09 am

mixi6

BENO

9:10 am

mixi6

hi all.

9:10 am

wvteach

hello mixi

9:10 am

Scrabbler

Mixi, I would prefer in8 or sp9

9:11 am

mixi6

don't have any 8's or 9's yet. scrabbler

9:12 am

Judi

Good morning, all. Guh. Red boxes of doom a moment ago. Has this been a problem this a.m.?

9:13 am

wvteach

no red boxes here

9:13 am

mixi6

haven't seen any judi.

9:13 am

flosey

hello everyone

9:14 am

wvteach

hello flosey

9:14 am

Judi

Okay. Just my crappo computer I guess. It is 6 years old. It needs to be kicked to the curb.

9:14 am

Scrabbler

Hi Judi and Flosey

9:14 am

Scrabbler

6 years is a long life

9:14 am

flosey

it was a big problem last night, thought I had lost all my words, didn't come back for I think it was 15 - 20 minutes, maybe even more

9:15 am

flosey

but it all corrected and my words came back

9:15 am

Scrabbler

Phew

9:15 am

Judi

In the techno world, 6 years is eternity.

9:17 am

Scrabbler

It sure is, Judi

9:18 am

Judi

I do have a birthday coming up. Perhaps it's time to give my husband the puppy dog eyes.

9:20 am

Judi

Or, I could scrounge one from work and just wipe the hard drive.

9:20 am

MollyL

You may have an old computer Judi, but the red boxes are a continual problem here.

9:21 am

MollyL

No scrounging. Treat yourself to a new one.

9:21 am

Judi

Well, there is the small issue of money. Most inconvenient. Like your worry wort, Molls!

9:22 am

MollyL

Unless you need a lot of bells and whistles for gaming and whatnot, a decent laptop is fairly affordable these days.

9:23 am

mixi6

b's bounced

9:24 am

wvteach

and that's as lot of Bs - congrsts

9:24 am

Judi

True true. Don't care about too many bells and whistles. I like fast start up and download speed and access to Babble of course.

9:25 am

Judi

Isn't "tortoni" a word? Some Italian dessert or something?

9:26 am

Anniebrook

judi, the letters dont add up

9:27 am

Judi

Well, that would explain the lack of tortoni. Ty, annie. lol.

9:28 am

rururocks

I think hootery should be a word

9:28 am

Enomis65

good morning!, So happy it's a monster grid!

9:30 am

Judi

I'm sure ruru engages in the practice of hootery.

9:31 am

rururocks

I don't actually..but i do like owls

9:31 am

Judi

Not all owls hoot. Some screech.

9:33 am

rururocks

Well screeching i know

9:33 am

mixi6

like the screech owl, Judi?

9:33 am

MollyL

Notice he did not mention cootery.

9:35 am

Judi

Off to breakfast! Later, kids! *POOF*

9:36 am

MollyL

There must be a heck of a good out to breakfast place in Judiville.

9:36 am

rururocks

Breakfast...sure...wink.wink

9:38 am

MollyL

I'm not sure you can go out for that in Delaware.

9:39 am

rururocks

Congressmen do

9:40 am

MollyL

Hmm, you have a point.

9:43 am

rururocks

Sounds like the server was down a good long while last night

9:46 am

flosey

yes ru, I lost all "my word list" for 20 minutes last night

9:47 am

car.eeyore

Yay! A biggie! Good day and hello all!

9:47 am

flosey

everything else came back, just my words were lost

9:50 am

MollyL

It's unfortunate that this server problem seems to be getting worse instead of better.

9:51 am

Enomis65

love this grid, you get three words out of one by changing the endings :)

9:52 am

MollyL

I've gotten to the point where I copy my word list into a word document every ten minutes or so, in case I lose it.

9:53 am

flosey

clever, Molly

9:53 am

flosey

I'll do that in future

9:54 am

Enomis65

does anyone have the stats for the 8s and 9s?

9:54 am

Anniebrook

111 words left for later

9:55 am

flosey

be8/60 9/78

9:56 am

flosey

re8/40 x 2

9:57 am

flosey

that's all I have so far

9:57 am

MollyL

*Snickers* Car likes biggies.

9:57 am

Enomis65

ty

9:57 am

MollyL

The other 8's are in, pr and 2 re

9:57 am

car.eeyore

:)

10:01 am

flosey

thanks Molly - must leave to get ready to leave in an hour, bb if I have a few minutes, otherwise, late afternoon

10:02 am

Enomis65

200 left, will be back later

10:02 am

rururocks

I don't see the pr8

10:03 am

car.eeyore

i have a twitch in my back and it is driving me crazy

10:04 am

MollyL

pr8..."for" + what the moon controls in the sea, but stick an extra vowel in it

10:05 am

car.eeyore

ty

10:05 am

rururocks

thank you ..no wonder I didn't see it.. I don't know that word

10:06 am

MollyL

And, as usual, you can't count on this place for a definition.

10:06 am

doseffing

... take a letter off it then another for a 7 and a 6

10:06 am

Aloyisius

me either.. ty Molly.. hi all

10:06 am

car.eeyore

ty dose

10:06 am

rururocks

I hve the be9 what's the other nine?

10:06 am

Aloyisius

done, ty doseff

10:07 am

Aloyisius

didn't mean fw, meant I found the words you clued

10:08 am

MollyL

sp9

10:08 am

rururocks

hmmm

10:09 am

MollyL

It is another one of "those words"

10:09 am

o-o

Â

10:12 am

MollyL

10:13 am

rururocks

:D

10:14 am

MLFAN17

hello

10:15 am

car.eeyore

hi

10:15 am

Aloyisius

hi and bye MLF.. 13 left for later

10:15 am

MLFAN17

molly can you clue the sp9 please?

10:15 am

MLFAN17

bye aloy

10:17 am

MollyL

sp + what paintings and sculpture are + last 4 of French river

10:17 am

car.eeyore

ty

10:18 am

rururocks

thanks got it

10:22 am

MLFAN17

i had to use MOREWORDS but ty for the clue molly it was also helpful

10:23 am

rururocks

<---knows his French rivers :D

10:23 am

car.eeyore

can't see any new words...more coffee

10:28 am

rururocks

me too

10:29 am

car.eeyore

10:29 am

MLFAN17

does the in 7 or 8 begin with IN 5/10?

10:29 am

MollyL

That French river is in the grid a lot.

10:30 am

car.eeyore

Excuse me...but what pic do you see with my chat?

10:31 am

car.eeyore

I have an IN 7/28 that is a plural of the IN 6/18 before it.

10:31 am

MLFAN17

its grey car

10:31 am

MollyL

Something that looks like abstract art

10:31 am

car.eeyore

Really? Just grey?

10:32 am

car.eeyore

Ahhh! OK, good. That is what it should be. that is a rum and coke under the microscope.

10:32 am

MollyL

Oh man, someone had WAY too much time on their hands.

10:32 am

car.eeyore

There is a site, bevshots. It really cool.

10:34 am

MLFAN17

car can you clue it please?

10:35 am

car.eeyore

in + a common law (and then plural)

10:36 am

MLFAN17

what do you mean by a common law?

10:37 am

car.eeyore

it is TO 4/4 and it means a common law

10:37 am

rururocks

finally have all the a's.. whew

10:37 am

car.eeyore

Nice!

10:38 am

jmcnrick

wtg ru

10:38 am

jmcnrick

hi all

10:38 am

car.eeyore

Hi jmc

10:38 am

rururocks

gm jm,

10:38 am

MLFAN17

ah i got ti ty

10:39 am

jmcnrick

just came back from an expat party. . . lots of wine and dancing. . . very little chinese. . .

10:39 am

jmcnrick

almost morning ru

10:39 am

jmcnrick

but gm to you

10:42 am

rururocks

there are a lot of americans living over there?

10:43 am

MLFAN17

ruru?

10:43 am

jmcnrick

not just americans. . .

10:43 am

car.eeyore

<---- also hungover

10:43 am

MLFAN17

beary

10:43 am

MollyL

Yowza, wild night in Carville.

10:44 am

rururocks

yes mlf?

10:44 am

car.eeyore

It was an all day indulgence.

10:44 am

MLFAN17

in your icon is a word in the grid

10:44 am

jmcnrick

i had diner with singaporians (?) dutch, austrian, belgians, indians, etc.

10:44 am

jmcnrick

its good to indulge slowly. . .

10:45 am

car.eeyore

I went to get my tattoo, but they were busy, so spent the afternoon with Hubby in a bar having martinis. Then had friends over last night for cookout and cocktails before music at coffee house at church last night. Then back here for nightcaps.

10:45 am

MLFAN17

jmc you mean dinner lol

10:45 am

MollyL

Oh no! Must we banish Ru to The Island of Misfit Icons??

10:45 am

car.eeyore

JMC that must have been very interesting

10:45 am

rururocks

then send my icon to the PB mlf

10:45 am

rururocks

and BR's too :D

10:45 am

MLFAN17

yes Molly lol

10:45 am

jmcnrick

haha yes you are right mlf. . . lots and lots of wine. . .

10:45 am

MollyL

I love it, drunk at church.

10:46 am

MLFAN17

jmc shame on you

10:47 am

jmcnrick

it was fun. . .one of the men had been at tienamen square up until June 3 (June 4 was when they killed everyone). . .

10:47 am

car.eeyore

NO! Just a happy glow.

10:47 am

MollyL

Note the order...tattoo parlor, bar, church.

10:47 am

jmcnrick

why shame on me? i am skipping church. . .

10:47 am

car.eeyore

It was a gooooood day!

10:47 am

car.eeyore

Wow, jmc. amazing.

10:47 am

rururocks

not really molly.. just an altered state of mind :D

10:47 am

jmcnrick

seems like a good order although i would do church, bar and tattoo parlor myself

10:48 am

rururocks

that was altared...

10:48 am

car.eeyore

It was actually bar for a bracer, seeing as I had been out the night before, and then tattoo...but they couldn't take me until 6/22.

10:48 am

car.eeyore

Groan....

10:48 am

MollyL

"Happy glow"...I think that is what my grandfather, the alcoholic, claimed he always had.

10:49 am

car.eeyore

And technically it was the fellowship hall of the church...not the sanctuary itself.

10:49 am

car.eeyore

Good grief!

10:49 am

jmcnrick

he said everyone was in an good mood and hopeful with no idea what was to come. . . he went home to HK and then he was telling the people in Tienanmen Square what was going on because the Chinese government was blocking information to them . . .

10:49 am

jmcnrick

*happy glow*

10:49 am

car.eeyore

I never go out anymore, so the fact that I was for 2 days in a row is catching up with me today.

10:50 am

car.eeyore

Oh dear

10:50 am

jmcnrick

then we discussed whether i should try for a job in Shanghai or was it a boring city. . . .

10:50 am

MollyL

No officer, I'm not drunk, I just have a happy glow
: D

10:50 am

car.eeyore

Are you in Shanghai now jmc?

10:50 am

jmcnrick

then we danced to ymca, we will rock and i cant get no satisfaction. . .

10:51 am

car.eeyore

fun!

10:51 am

jmcnrick

no i am in beijing now. . .shanghai yesterday. . .

10:51 am

jmcnrick

that is what taxi cabs are for molls

10:51 am

MollyL

You are a brave one, JMC. Most people will not admit to dancing to YMCA.

10:51 am

jmcnrick

DC tomorrow :-(

10:51 am

car.eeyore

I do! I do!

10:52 am

jmcnrick

haha i nearly died laughing when my conservative christian friend played ymca at his wedding. . .

10:52 am

car.eeyore

phantom: pyrite

10:52 am

jmcnrick

i asked him later if he knew what the song was about

10:52 am

car.eeyore

Did he have any idea>

10:52 am

MollyL

People seem to like that at weddings (shudder) Also The Macarena and The Chicken Dance.

10:53 am

jmcnrick

nope, he was a little schocked. . .haha

10:53 am

car.eeyore

That makes it even funnier!

10:53 am

jmcnrick

i burned a dress i wore after i saw a video of me wearing it doing the chicken dance. . .

10:53 am

car.eeyore

Oh my goodness!

10:53 am

rururocks

I don't know the chicken dance

10:53 am

jmcnrick

i had to do the macarena on a stage in front of my son's sixth grade class. . . .

10:54 am

jmcnrick

i have no shame

10:54 am

car.eeyore

But did your son?

10:54 am

jmcnrick

sorry ru someone else will have to find a youtube for you. . . it is blocked in china

10:55 am

car.eeyore

<--- thinks Shogun and a nap may be in my future shortly....

10:55 am

jmcnrick

the whole class danced it but the principal and i were on stage

10:56 am

rururocks

missing one d.. damn it

10:56 am

MollyL

And your son still speaks to you? Amazing.

10:57 am

car.eeyore

Do you have the plural of the ones who say they weren't there?

10:57 am

rururocks

I found it.. peri must be around

10:57 am

MollyL

As for The Chicken Dance...Ru, remain in blissful ignorance. Really.

10:57 am

jmcnrick

haha that was not anywhere the most embarrassing thing i ever did to him

10:57 am

jmcnrick

ty car

10:58 am

car.eeyore

Share please?

10:58 am

rururocks

a food plan

10:58 am

car.eeyore

<slap> ty

10:58 am

MollyL

Sixth grade kids are usually embarrassed just to have a parent show up at school.

10:59 am

car.eeyore

And the 7 from that same word. Now I just need one more D.

11:00 am

jmcnrick

oh so many options car. . .i am off to bed. . .see you all tomorrow. . . *poof*

11:00 am

car.eeyore

Good "night" jmc!

11:00 am

MollyL

Safe travels JMC

11:01 am

rururocks

night jm

11:14 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

11:14 am

car.eeyore

Hi Cyber

11:26 am

rururocks

time to go to work.. be back later

11:26 am

rururocks

hi nan

11:29 am

cybernan

bye ruru

11:36 am

sukee

I'm back for more :)

11:46 am

cybernan

too many words -- will have to list

11:46 am

sukee

Haven't gone to the list yet, still need 155

11:50 am

cybernan

down to 96

11:53 am

cybernan

or 6/24, please?

11:54 am

sukee

Don't have that yet

11:55 am

wvteach

Ts triumphed - all 64 of them

11:55 am

sukee

wtg

11:55 am

cybernan

wd, teach

11:56 am

wvteach

Or 6/24 - more of the round globe

11:56 am

cybernan

ty -- silly word

11:57 am

cybernan

ar 6/24?

11:59 am

cybernan

or the ho 6/24, please?

11:59 am

sukee

ar 6/24 a thing that carried blood

11:59 am

sukee

carries

12:00 pm

cybernan

ty sukee

12:01 pm

MollyL

ho + last 4 of American Vice President

12:01 pm

Dippnall

ho 6/24 - alt sp of tomboy

12:01 pm

MollyL

Aka Bozo The Clown

12:01 pm

cybernan

don't understand the VP reference

12:02 pm

MollyL

Joe...The American Vice President...last 4 letters of his last name...

12:03 pm

cybernan

ah - ty Molly -- get the tomboy ref now too

12:03 pm

MollyL

I am clueless about the tomboy reference

12:04 pm

cybernan

although, I thought the spelling was hoy***

12:04 pm

MollyL

alt sp = alternate spelling

12:10 pm

cybernan

first pr 7, please?

12:12 pm

Dippnall

In Uk - someone who acts on another's behalf

12:13 pm

Dippnall

sorry - wrong one - pr 7/32 - events before civil unrest

12:14 pm

cybernan

ty dipp -- first time for that one!

12:16 pm

bichon

hi guys

12:18 pm

bichon

what is the 2nd re 8, pls

12:19 pm

cybernan

just looking for it now, bichon

12:20 pm

zoozzoom

RE + famous train the ****** express

12:20 pm

bichon

tyvm zooz

12:20 pm

cybernan

ty zooz

12:21 pm

zoozzoom

yw :-)

12:21 pm

cybernan

py 6, please?

12:21 pm

cybernan

nm - monkeyed it

12:24 pm

MollyL

Hi Zoom, how are you holding up?

12:26 pm

zoozzoom

Hi, Molly, I am OK at the moment..we went and got the wreath today an exact replica of a dartboard as mt brother loved darts. It looks wonderful. My mother was delighted with it!

12:27 pm

cybernan

my imagination wore out with the sp 7 -- clue for the sp 9, please?

12:27 pm

MollyL

Good, those kinds of things are comforting. I will be sending you good thoughts on Monday.

12:27 pm

periwinkle

Back from my adventure. It was my first solo road trip with my GPS.

12:27 pm

periwinkle

I arrived safely with no problems. the ride home was even easier. Lovely day for an outing to identify medicinal herbs.

12:28 pm

periwinkle

I bought a distress elixir (not that I have any stress in my life :)

12:28 pm

zoozzoom

Many thanks, Molly..I have been doing babble & lots of sudoku puzzles while keeping family company.

12:28 pm

periwinkle

((((((zoozz))))))

12:28 pm

MollyL

: D Who ever thought that people would be using something like GPS to venture out and identify medicinal herbs.

12:29 pm

cybernan

My condolences to you and your familly zooz. What a terrible shock that be for all of you.

12:30 pm

zoozzoom

You could do geo-caching, Peri, It is supposed to be great fun with a GPS.

12:31 pm

zoozzoom

Thank you, Nan, yes he was only three years older than me :-(

12:31 pm

periwinkle

I went to a specific place an hour from me. most of the ride was on route 1

12:32 pm

MLFAN17

cyber when you duel with swords you sp** and then pro**** and then add a vowel to the end

12:32 pm

periwinkle

never hear of geo-caching

12:33 pm

cybernan

We have a friend who is into geo-caching -- google it, peri

12:33 pm

periwinkle

I will

12:33 pm

MLFAN17

cyber did you see my clue?

12:34 pm

cybernan

no idea on the fencing terms, mlf

12:34 pm

periwinkle

I have the be9, help with other 9 pls

12:34 pm

MollyL

I think GPS is hysterical. It's like having a know it all, back seat driver in the car with you.

12:35 pm

periwinkle

I love mine. the lady who lives in it was very helpful

12:35 pm

MollyL

sp + what paintings and sculpture are + last 4 letters of French river

12:35 pm

cybernan

had to change the voice on ours from female to male --- husband wouldn't take directions from the female voice. Now what does that tell you!

12:36 pm

periwinkle

tyty Molls for sp9

12:36 pm

MollyL

Oh Nan, that is just sad.

12:36 pm

cybernan

ty molly

12:36 pm

periwinkle

I did not know that you could do that nan

12:36 pm

periwinkle

that is indeed sad, nan

12:36 pm

MLFAN17

*** for the course with s in front

12:36 pm

MollyL

Peri, wait until you are going somewhere that the satellite has trouble finding, and the lady who lives in your GPS give you the wrong directions. You will be cursing her.

12:37 pm

MLFAN17

cyber on our gps the voice went out completely

12:37 pm

cybernan

mind you - he doesn't always take directions from the male voice either!

12:37 pm

periwinkle

I hope that does not happen, I updated my gps before I went on this trip

12:37 pm

MollyL

GPS with no voice does me no good when I am in the car by myself. I can't be looking at a screen while I'm driving.

12:38 pm

periwinkle

mlfan, make sure you do not have the volume on Mute. I did that by accident

12:38 pm

MLFAN17

molly i so agree

12:38 pm

MLFAN17

peri nope no muting the voice

12:38 pm

MollyL

Although the text while driving people think that is okay.

12:39 pm

MLFAN17

molly what is up with that right?

12:39 pm

cybernan

just boo-hooed my way through the te's and on the home stretch now :-)

12:40 pm

MollyL

No clue. I was out this morning and this guy was rolling off of a red light at about 10 miles per hour. Why? Because he was texting of course.

12:40 pm

MLFAN17

did you honk molly?

12:40 pm

MollyL

How is your foot on the gas pedal when your eyes are not on the road?

12:41 pm

MollyL

No, I did not honk, I just passed him. If you honk at people that distracted you are likely to cause an accident.

12:41 pm

MLFAN17

was passing him safer?

12:42 pm

MollyL

Yeah, it was. It was early and there were not many people out and about.

12:42 pm

MLFAN17

thank god you could pass him

12:46 pm

cybernan

to 6/18 following ripped, please?

12:47 pm

MLFAN17

cyber looking

12:50 pm

MLFAN17

molly?

12:50 pm

zoozzoom

Same as ripped + **ast chicken flavor crips

12:51 pm

MollyL

Bullfighter

12:51 pm

zoozzoom

*crisps

12:51 pm

cybernan

ty zooz

12:51 pm

MLFAN17

i am confused

12:52 pm

cybernan

kept trying toreador, but of course it didn't fit!

12:52 pm

MLFAN17

oh got it

12:52 pm

MollyL

For all of you American players, Zoom is talking about chips, not cripples or baked fruit dessert.

12:53 pm

mkg

anyone have clues for the 8s or 9s? dont have any. gee no 7s either yet.

12:53 pm

MLFAN17

crisps are a name of chips here in the US too

12:53 pm

cybernan

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

12:53 pm

zoozzoom

Ahh yes sorry..forgot to convert.

12:53 pm

zoozzoom

Congrats, Nan!

12:53 pm

MLFAN17

congrats cyber

12:53 pm

MollyL

Yeah, but we refer to our snack food more as chips, not crisps.

12:54 pm

cybernan

I think chips in the UK are french fries

12:54 pm

mkg

yes nan. they are french fries.

12:55 pm

mkg

chips as in potato chips. so now we just say chips

12:55 pm

MLFAN17

yes they are

12:55 pm

MLFAN17

i love both

12:55 pm

cybernan

off to the exercise bike -- back at the flip. hagd, everyone :)

12:56 pm

zoozzoom

You too, Nan :-)

12:56 pm

mkg

bye nan

12:56 pm

mkg

flip is loooooong way off.

12:56 pm

mkg

anyone got those 9 clues?

12:57 pm

MLFAN17

mkg be6 8 9 and 7

12:58 pm

MLFAN17

to go against someone or backstab them

12:58 pm

MLFAN17

BA sorry

12:59 pm

MLFAN17

no BE sorry confusing myself

12:59 pm

jaxx7

Thanks, mlf despite confusion.

12:59 pm

MLFAN17

tr4/6 is in the words for those

1:00 pm

MLFAN17

lol my fault jaxx

1:01 pm

mkg

got them all mlfan. ty.

1:01 pm

jaxx7

Worry not, I feel confused most of the time these days

1:02 pm

MLFAN17

yw mkg i wil let someone else clue the other but it starts with sp

1:03 pm

mkg

mlfan i get your clues so dont worry.

1:04 pm

MLFAN17

thank goodness mkg

1:04 pm

jaxx7

and so do I, MLF

1:04 pm

MollyL

Very few places, in these United States, use the term "French fries" anymore. It's mostly just "fries" now.

1:05 pm

MLFAN17

ty jaxx and mkg i appreicate it very much

1:05 pm

MLFAN17

molly yes we say :do you want fries with that"

1:05 pm

jaxx7

Let's compromise with Pommes Frites, eh?

1:06 pm

MLFAN17

should i know any of the co7's?

1:07 pm

jaxx7

I don't. I haven't got any

1:07 pm

MollyL

Not sure MLF, I am not inside your brain.

1:07 pm

MLFAN17

i just got one of them

1:07 pm

MLFAN17

co 4 6 7

1:07 pm

MLFAN17

molly lots of room in it

1:13 pm

mkg

well i am not seeing other 9. could love a clue.

1:14 pm

jaxx7

sp4 + consonant + last 4 of Paris river

1:15 pm

mkg

i got it. super duper clue. ty ty ty

1:15 pm

mkg

isnt that the sugar substitute? with e in front?

1:16 pm

mkg

well back to finding some 7s now and some more 8s. only have one 8.

1:16 pm

MollyL

No, that is aspartame.

1:17 pm

jaxx7

I can't claim the credit for it unfortunately. Some other brilliant babbler came up with it when I first arrived.

1:18 pm

jaxx7

It is a chemical, though

1:18 pm

mkg

any O clues for the O third column? there are 5 words.

1:19 pm

mkg

ok. good one though.

1:19 pm

mkg

and great clue.

1:19 pm

jaxx7

or5 make a speech

1:19 pm

mkg

ty jaxx got it.

1:20 pm

jaxx7

or6 the East

1:20 pm

mkg

NBT now. and almost half way which is my daily goal.

1:20 pm

mkg

wow another great clue. got it.

1:20 pm

mkg

ty

1:21 pm

jaxx7

re +or 6 you have gives you an 8

1:22 pm

mkg

oh no, i missed one tile: the I tile has 11 words and i have none! ouch. got one now.

1:23 pm

jaxx7

last one I have is or 6/24 more spherical

1:23 pm

Enomis65

good afternoon - does anybody have the link to dr God<s program? I got a new Microsoft surface and was wondering if I could use it on it. Thanks.

1:24 pm

mkg

ty jax got that 8. ty.

1:24 pm

jaxx7

My husband and I are going to watch Longmire together while having a chinese meal. See you all later

1:25 pm

mkg

hey, wont take re and the ir 4! i know this is a word. darn.

1:27 pm

MollyL

Apparently not

1:28 pm

mkg

i have one ar for the a in 4th column. and there are 11 words. i just dont see others. weird. i have ar 4 5, when there is moisture in the air.

1:29 pm

MollyL

ar4/5 means dry

1:29 pm

mkg

ooops. sorry molly. you are right. too tired today.

1:29 pm

MLFAN17

ty molly

1:30 pm

mkg

still have only 4 of the 7s. wow.

1:30 pm

MLFAN17

mkg i am sleepy today didnt sleep well too hot and got up early

1:30 pm

MLFAN17

i have half of the 7s

1:32 pm

mkg

chilly here in DC area. where are you mlfan?

1:32 pm

mkg

are those mah jong tiles? do you play maj?

1:32 pm

MLFAN17

nc

1:33 pm

MLFAN17

yes they are mahjong i used to play the matching versions but not so much anymore i play the real thing which is HK ..Hong Kong but only online for either

1:34 pm

mkg

oh. i play jewish maj and also do the match one sometimes.

1:34 pm

MLFAN17

didnt know their was a jewish mahjong

1:35 pm

mkg

well with 178 words i still only have 5 of the 7s. interesting. will keep at it later. now off to a nap.

1:35 pm

MLFAN17

i play at MahjongTime.com

1:35 pm

mkg

read first and then nap

1:35 pm

MLFAN17

enjoy your nap

1:38 pm

MLFAN17

now i have 2 co7s

1:40 pm

mkg

great mlfan i have only one. have a cr 7.

1:40 pm

MLFAN17

ty mkg not easy to find

1:41 pm

MLFAN17

are you still here or going to take a nap?

1:41 pm

mkg

got second one just now from co: jacket.

1:41 pm

mkg

bye

1:41 pm

MLFAN17

bye mkg

1:46 pm

MLFAN17

100 left

1:50 pm

Matches

clue for sp 9

1:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

oc 8 pls?

1:54 pm

Dippnall

sp 9 - antiarrhythmic agent (whatever that means!)

1:54 pm

Dippnall

No oc 8

1:55 pm

MollyL

No oc8...oc7 is the Lord cr7d the word in 7 days

1:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

1:55 pm

MollyL

Ugh, o + cr6

1:58 pm

Matches

sp 9 clue didn't help me at all but thanks for trying to help

1:58 pm

MollyL

sp + what painting and sculpture are + last four letters of French river

2:02 pm

wvteach

** finito ** last word ST 7/36

2:07 pm

Matches

ty molly got the sp 9

2:26 pm

Matches

clue for second re8

2:39 pm

ursh

you still looking for re8 matches ?

2:40 pm

Matches

yes the second one

2:41 pm

ursh

re + or6 "the East"

2:42 pm

Matches

ty ursh great clue

3:15 pm

Anniebrook

back for a bit

3:15 pm

MollyL

Hi Annie, beautiful day here on the right coast

3:15 pm

Anniebrook

right coast (lol)

3:16 pm

Anniebrook

I love your worry wart

3:17 pm

MollyL

He's cute. People worry too much. Worry is a misuse of your imagination.

3:22 pm

Anniebrook

co's finally done

3:36 pm

Anniebrook

be back later

3:57 pm

Soodle

Molls, I'm lovin' your icon!

3:58 pm

crosshair

good afternoon everyone:)

4:00 pm

Soodle

Mr Hair! How nice to see you :-)

4:00 pm

crosshair

how is soodles this fine summer day?

4:01 pm

Soodle

Soodles is mighty fine, thank you Cross. The sun shone & everybody is in good form.

4:03 pm

crosshair

mm yes, I quite forgot the time difference. Must be getting on to near 11 pm for you eh?

4:03 pm

Soodle

Just gone 10.00 pm here. Darkness is setting in on a rare glorious day.

4:04 pm

Soodle

AND it's a holiday weekend here....

4:04 pm

crosshair

even better:)

4:05 pm

Soodle

Rain is forecast for tomorrow... You would never get bored with the weather here.

4:10 pm

Judi

Hi, all. I don't know why I'm even trying to Babble right 32now. New kitten iis walk1ing on keyboa2rd & biting my fingers.

4:12 pm

Judi

Gee, ya think she wants to play???

4:13 pm

jaxx7

Hi, Soodles, crossy and Judi

4:13 pm

MollyL

Hi32Judi...gla1d you are he2e

4:14 pm

Judi

Fortunately, many of you speak and read kitten fluently.

4:15 pm

MollyL

No, I'm just faking it. Not really a cat person.

4:15 pm

Judi

Poser!

4:16 pm

Judi

Hubby went to Lowes about three hours ago. Was just going to get me some potting soil. I think he may have been distracted by more funner things.

4:18 pm

MollyL

*Calls the bar on the way to Lowes to tell Mr. Judi to get his behind home*

4:19 pm

Judi

Nah. He probably took the dog to get ice cream. Guess you know where I ra4!

4:19 pm

MollyL

*PS...Mr. Judi...bring potting soil...*

4:19 pm

MollyL

Oh, of course. It often takes three hours to get the dog ice cream.

4:20 pm

Soodle

I must remember to get some potting soil. A work colleague has promised me a cutting from a 'Money Plant' (???) if I get potting soil. I'm way too supersticious (sp?) not to comply.

4:20 pm

crosshair

when walking a dog, anything can take hours

4:20 pm

Judi

Silly Soodle. Money grows on trees.

4:21 pm

Judi

Well, the dog can't walk unassisted, so there's probably not much walking involved.

4:21 pm

jaxx7

Money trees are supposed to bring good fortune with them, soodle

4:21 pm

crosshair

ahh yes, the fabled money tree. I have a black thumb with those and they curl up and blow away in the winds... much like any real money that i may have...

4:21 pm

Soodle

Yup Judi! And all I need is potting soil. Sheesh... It took me 53 years to figure that out...

4:22 pm

Judi

Meanwhile, my herbs twiddle their green thumbs.

4:22 pm

MollyL

*Has a money plant*

4:22 pm

jaxx7

Oh dear, crossy. they are supposed to be very easy to grow. Perhaps it was trying to tell you something

4:23 pm

crosshair

growing herbs on the other hand is quite enjoyable. The mrs has one of those hern urns with different places up the side of the put cut out of different plants

4:23 pm

MollyL

Mine is actually a braided money tree.

4:23 pm

crosshair

It was telling me to buy plastic plants

4:24 pm

jaxx7

Does it have pigtails then, molly?

4:24 pm

Soodle

If I thought for one mili-second that the money plant would deliver, I would nurture, coax, heck - even breast-feed the thing.....

4:24 pm

crosshair

damn typos...:(

4:24 pm

Judi

Poor crossy.

4:24 pm

jaxx7

That I would like to see, soodle

4:24 pm

Judi

lol Soodle!

4:24 pm

MollyL

Calls Soodle on too much information

4:24 pm

crosshair

lol, if i thought one would deliver, I would hold my arm over it and open up a vein

4:25 pm

Soodle

I would out Prince Charles Prince Charles!

4:25 pm

jaxx7

Too much fertiliser, crossy

4:25 pm

crosshair

yes, i have been told i am full of it on several occasions

4:25 pm

MollyL

Oh man, it's definitely cocktail hour in here.

4:26 pm

Soodle

LOL Jaxx & Cross

4:26 pm

Soodle

Pull up a chair Molls....

4:26 pm

Judi

Hell yeah! I just made watermelon slush. Just waiting for hubby to get home so I can add the tequila.

4:26 pm

jaxx7

Just water it to begin with and it will do its own thing. They are ever so easy.

4:27 pm

jaxx7

I thought it was potting compost he went for?

4:27 pm

MollyL

I made watermelon sorbet over Memorial Day weekend. It turned out really good.

4:28 pm

Judi

Nums!

4:29 pm

Soodle

Judi.. a trick I learned in Greece many moons ago... Take a water-melon. Use a spoon to gouge out holes in it. Fill holes with alcohol of choice.. and leave water-melon overnight in fridge. Eat water-melon next day.... Badda boom!

4:29 pm

crosshair

we often "dose" a watermellon with a 40 oz bottle of vodka. Nice and refreshing on a hot summer day

4:30 pm

Judi

I've heard of doing that, Soodle. Never tried it. Makes for one drunken watermelon, no doubt.

4:30 pm

Judi

Keep that one away from the kiddies!

4:30 pm

crosshair

we just cut out a plug in the mellon, jam the neck of the booze bottle in it and stand it in a corner for a while

4:30 pm

Judi

lol. Ever so efficient Crossy.

4:31 pm

crosshair

note: we use the plactic bottle and punch a hole in the bottle once it is upturned. it aids in the draniage process

4:32 pm

Soodle

Oooh... I learned that trick when I was very young, and on a magical holiday on a Greek Island called Mykonos. The memories are all a bit hazy, but still bring a smile to my face.

4:32 pm

Judi

THe whole 40 oz doesn't go into the melon does it?

4:32 pm

crosshair

if you did it correctly, the memories should be hazy:)

4:32 pm

crosshair

it does

4:32 pm

Judi

Wonders never cease. Hubby just pulled in the driveway.

4:32 pm

crosshair

get a nice large mellon

4:32 pm

MollyL

You have to be a total watermelon drunk to treat one that way.

4:33 pm

saanichcat

after "treatment" does the melon go in the fridge?

4:33 pm

Judi

Off I go to fire up the grill! See y'all tomorrow! *POOF*

4:33 pm

Soodle

But I still have photos! Those were the days when you people actually got hard copy photographs.

4:34 pm

Soodle

Enjoy Judi!

4:34 pm

crosshair

we put it in a wash tub of ice and set it out there and plunge a bunch of straws in it. Just lean over at will and refresh yourself. Then it is cut up and divided later

4:35 pm

Soodle

Yes, Saani. Chilling is essential! (As with most things in life).

4:35 pm

saanichcat

Thanks! Nice way to spend an afternoon with (good) friends!

4:35 pm

crosshair

of course it may be wise to make sure you have had all your shots and your inoculation card is up to date:)

4:36 pm

crosshair

or brong your own metal straw

4:36 pm

crosshair

the alcohol kills most of the germs anyways

4:36 pm

crosshair

each one serves 8-12 people over the course of an evening

4:37 pm

Soodle

I may have mentioned ( a million times or more) the movie Braveheart was shot my local town. It's on TV right now, and I am really loving watching out for the familiar faces of locals who were hired in as extras.

4:38 pm

crosshair

have never seen Braveheart. Have heard of it, of course. May have to give it a go one day

4:38 pm

jaxx7

William Wallace is an ancestor of mine. The film isn't strictly accurate

4:38 pm

MollyL

Oh Soodle, you are not even close to the one who "over mentions" things here. But, nice try.

4:39 pm

jaxx7

Did you act as an extra, soodle?

4:39 pm

Soodle

Molly, I'll try to up my game!

4:40 pm

MollyL

Go ahead Soodle, but you will never win.

4:40 pm

Soodle

No way Jaxx? Have you traced your family tree back to WW?

4:41 pm

jaxx7

I have even traced my tree back to a Viking whose name was Eric the Filth, the f*** but we will forget about him. Clearly one of the great unwashed.

4:43 pm

Soodle

No, Jaxx. My kids were only toddlers at the time. But there was a buzz around the town which hasn't been seen since. Everybody I met knew somebody who had met Mel Gibson, but nobody I met had actually met him....

4:44 pm

Soodle

You traced your family tree back to Viking times??? Wow! Thats incredible.

4:44 pm

crosshair

that is the way of it. let enough time pass and you will fine that everyone had a beer with old Mel Gibson at their favorite pub and even played a round of darts with him:)

4:44 pm

jaxx7

That's a shame. It would have been your 15 minutes of fame.

4:45 pm

crosshair

Tom Selleck had a place here once and it seemed everyone knew the man as a close personal friend;)

4:45 pm

crosshair

Of course Kim Mitchell does live here, but he is a good ole boy and will chat with everyone.

4:45 pm

jaxx7

I have never met anyone remotely famous, I live on borrowed genetic glory

4:46 pm

MollyL

I've traced my ancestors back to a dimly lit pub in Ireland. No celebrity status there.

4:46 pm

jaxx7

And some not so glorious genetics as well.

4:46 pm

crosshair

lol, I am sure many of my ancestors can be traced back to a back room of a dimly lit pub

4:47 pm

jaxx7

How do you know if it was dimly lit?

4:48 pm

Soodle

My name before I married was O'Carroll. I found an old castle in Co. Kerry called Carrickafoyle. There is a plaque on the wall with the following legend :- Porter was as cheap as parafin oil in the time of O'Carroll of Carrickafoyle.

4:48 pm

crosshair

well, candle and kerosene lamps are not as efficient as the lighting we enjoy today i am sure

4:49 pm

Soodle

Clearly I am of aristocratic stock. Where did it all go wrong?

4:49 pm

jaxx7

I share a great aunt with an excop from Canada who lives near Niagara Falls

4:49 pm

MollyL

How do I know it was dimly lit? William Wallace told me.

4:50 pm

jaxx7

Did he say anything else of interest?

4:53 pm

Soodle

And what other sort of establishment did you think Molly's ancestors would come from, only dimly lit pubs, Jaxx. Sheesh.

4:55 pm

jaxx7

To be honest the less than aristocratic are far more interesting

4:56 pm

crosshair

yes, the royals of have their own quirks but are not as much fun

4:56 pm

jaxx7

Definitely

4:58 pm

jaxx7

What went on in the dimly lit pubs has had its own effect on history viz molly

4:58 pm

Soodle

Well, despite my aristocratic heritage, I will condescend to remain amongst you peasants. All I ask is that you address me as 'Your Majesty'.

4:59 pm

periwinkle

Must we courtesy in your presence, Soode, er, I mean, Your Majesty?

4:59 pm

jaxx7

I am pulling my forelock, soodle, pity you can't see it

4:59 pm

crosshair

Crossy bows with an aristocratic flair...

5:00 pm

jaxx7

Wow

5:00 pm

Soodle

And I, Jaxx, am throwing you a couple of crumbs from my table. Cross, I might just knight you.

5:00 pm

crosshair

lol.

5:00 pm

crosshair

Knight me Sir Loin-of-beef

5:00 pm

jaxx7

Thank you, queen soodle

5:00 pm

crosshair

or Sir-osis-of-the liver

5:01 pm

jaxx7

You daft lot! LOL

5:01 pm

Soodle

ROFL Cross

5:01 pm

MollyL

*Knows better*

5:02 pm

crosshair

if you can laugh at yourself, you will never cease to be amused;)

5:02 pm

crosshair

will cite that later

5:03 pm

jaxx7

I have seen that somewhere recently, crossy

5:03 pm

crosshair

i am sure. it is a well used quote

5:04 pm

jaxx7

Was it one of your quotes of the day/

5:04 pm

crosshair

my Sir Loin-of Beef and Sir Osis-of the-liver come from a old Bugs Bunny cartoon from the 50's :)

5:05 pm

Soodle

So, Jaxx- how are you related to Willliam Wallace?

5:05 pm

periwinkle

who is William Wallace?

5:05 pm

crosshair

i may have used it once before. i have posted many, many quotes and tidbits over the last few years, so it is possible. There may be repeats:)

5:05 pm

jaxx7

One of the British Kings did actually knight the piece of beef known as Sirloin ever after.

5:06 pm

jaxx7

he was a Scot who led a rebellion and ended up being stretched until he was in pieces.

5:06 pm

crosshair

lool@ knighting a bit of beef. well, it may have been a superior cut:)

5:06 pm

periwinkle

oh, ok,

5:07 pm

TraderKate

hi everyone ... and jaxx who is the excop in Niagara? I may know them... hi all, interesting conversation for a saturday :)

5:07 pm

crosshair

howdy kate

5:07 pm

TraderKate

I could see you knighting a side of bacon crossy...

5:07 pm

jaxx7

His name is Alcide Pieretti.

5:07 pm

crosshair

hehe:)

5:07 pm

TraderKate

hi crossy :)

5:07 pm

TraderKate

hi crossy :)

5:08 pm

Soodle

Peri.. If you get a chance, take a look at the movie Braveheart.

5:08 pm

TraderKate

nope, htough I'm not surprised at an Italian name, lots of them in the falls...

5:08 pm

Soodle

Hiya Kate :-)

5:08 pm

periwinkle

don't care much for Mel Gibson

5:08 pm

jaxx7

Well worth a look, peri

5:09 pm

TraderKate

hey there yourself soodles :) hope you are having a great weekend!

5:09 pm

westford

hello all

5:10 pm

TraderKate

hi westie :)

5:10 pm

Soodle

Sun shining, holiday weekend, stimulating chat on Babble.. it really doesn't get much better. :-)

5:10 pm

westford

peri Mel Gibson was Braveheart

5:10 pm

crosshair

howdy, westford

5:10 pm

westford

hi Kate and Crossy

5:10 pm

jaxx7

Hi, Kate. That is his adoptive name which is how we come to share a Mancunian great aunt.

5:10 pm

Soodle

HI West. :-)

5:11 pm

westford

Hi Soodle..been wracking my brain for your Uncle Louis' name

5:11 pm

westford

the other day I watched the graveside reverie of Liam Clancy and it made me think of you and him

5:12 pm

Soodle

Ah. Louis O Carroll, West. I'm sure theres a few bits on Youtube featuring him. Bless him, he is gone over 2 years now, and still sorely misssed.

5:13 pm

westford

has it really been that long?

5:13 pm

westford

how could I forget Louis Carroll..kind of Alice in Wonderland isn't it?

5:13 pm

westford

Soodle I know you posted some things but I couldn't find them

5:14 pm

movieman

the second re8 plz

5:14 pm

Soodle

Sadly yes. Another (older) brother of his ( and uncle of mine) died in March, and Uncle Lou was remembered fondly.

5:14 pm

MollyL

re + the express train where murder was committed.

5:15 pm

westford

have you seen Liam's graveside reverie..all the mourners sang The Parting Glass..so moving

5:15 pm

periwinkle

Molly may I please have a clue for the other re8

5:15 pm

westford

I'm sorry for your loss Soodle

5:15 pm

periwinkle

I have be8 and the re8 Molly just clued

5:16 pm

MollyL

Plural of to bury again

5:16 pm

westford

hi Molly is this a recent murder ?

5:16 pm

crosshair

the Parting Glass.. they use that in that great Tullamore dew commercial i believe:)

5:16 pm

TraderKate

toonie is so a word lol

5:16 pm

westford

and William Wallace was my journalism teacher

5:17 pm

Soodle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3mkwNK\nMvBc

5:17 pm

Soodle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3mkwNK\nMvBc

5:17 pm

MollyL

No, it is an Agatha Christie title

5:17 pm

crosshair

only in Canada, kate:))

5:17 pm

westford

I really like Tullamore Dew but have never seen a commercial

5:17 pm

TraderKate

;)

5:17 pm

crosshair

he commercial is worth going to youtube for a look see, westford

5:17 pm

westford

okay Molly I thought I missed a news item

5:17 pm

Soodle

Sorry.. I couldn't find a tinyurl. This is my beloved late Uncle Lou. A good guy.

5:18 pm

MollyL

It's so hard to clue here sometimes.

5:18 pm

westford

I will google him now that I know his name thanks soodle

5:18 pm

crosshair

it can be

5:18 pm

periwinkle

But, Molly, you are a very good cluer.

5:21 pm

crosshair

there is room for both chatting and cluing

5:21 pm

periwinkle

ty Molly for re8

5:21 pm

periwinkle

help with my missing 8's pls.

5:22 pm

MollyL

Which ones are you missing Peri?

5:22 pm

periwinkle

I have two re8 and a be8

5:23 pm

periwinkle

I am getting hungry. I made a cold lentil salad and it looks just like the picture :)

5:23 pm

MollyL

in8...to bury + where you sleep

5:23 pm

periwinkle

ty Molls, new word for me

5:24 pm

MollyL

pr8..."for" + what the moon rules in the sea, but stick an extra vowel in it

5:25 pm

periwinkle

ty so much, Molls

5:25 pm

periwinkle

going to eat some dinner, bbl

5:26 pm

Soodle

Westford.. Thank you. I went into Youtube to find the link to Uncle Louis for you, and I was transported back in time. I hadn't thought to search for him before. I've just had a lovely little meander down memory lane. Bittersweet, but very very happy memories. Thanks again.

5:26 pm

jaxx7

and you say you are no good at cluing? That makes

5:26 pm

jaxx7

and you say you are no good at cluing? That makes

5:26 pm

jaxx7

me really c***

5:27 pm

jaxx7

can't even control my chat either

5:28 pm

crosshair

not to worry, I can read typo. Heck, I wrote most

5:28 pm

Soodle

My battery is dying. I better noodle off. Night all. And thanks.

5:28 pm

crosshair

most of it*

5:28 pm

crosshair

gn soodles

5:28 pm

westford

Soodle I'm happy made you happy. I can't wait to hear him again

5:29 pm

jaxx7

sleep well soodles

5:29 pm

TraderKate

niters soodles :)

5:29 pm

westford

We are off to find shades. Bye all and thank you Molly for 3 eights

5:29 pm

westford

I hardly get to chat so please save my place

5:30 pm

TraderKate

5:31 pm

crosshair

off for a bite of supper. May be back later...poink!

5:32 pm

TraderKate

i may go lay down for a bit, pretty tired, the first 100 went very quickly :)

5:36 pm

JenMO16

hi everyone

5:40 pm

kje

ta7?

5:40 pm

MollyL

Knock gently on the door + what is under a plant

5:41 pm

kje

ty

5:41 pm

jaxx7

Thanks, molly. Another great clue

5:53 pm

NANCY

clue for the first pr,word, pr 7 please

6:00 pm

Erda

<--just got the SECOND pr7 word...

6:02 pm

o-o

pr and Gamble

6:03 pm

Erda

not exactly...

6:03 pm

NANCY

I need the first pr word, it is 7 32

6:04 pm

o-o

change the last vowel of the company name

6:05 pm

o-o

or pr + physician: d******

6:06 pm

jaxx7

That is my first pr7. do you mean the second pr/

6:07 pm

NANCY

pr and gamble is the second 7 and is 736

6:07 pm

jaxx7

Building blocks of body

6:08 pm

jaxx7

I don't have one before pr7/36

6:08 pm

NANCY

jaxx, that is the second 732

6:09 pm

jaxx7

I can't help then as I don't have it

6:09 pm

Erda

Furst: 7,32; second: 7,36; third: 7,36; fourth: 7,32

6:10 pm

Erda

*first -- sorry

6:11 pm

NANCY

erda, do you have the first one I am looking for? Would appreciate a clue.

6:12 pm

jaxx7

pr + second vowel +ri4

6:13 pm

Erda

3-letter prefix for "before" + public disturbance

6:13 pm

jaxx7

exactly

6:13 pm

NANCY

tyvm erda

6:14 pm

NANCY

riiot

6:14 pm

Erda

YW Nancy

6:16 pm

jaxx7

I am off to my bed, folks. Night

6:45 pm

periwinkle

back to finish. 123 words left. the lentil salad was very good and I will make it again

6:52 pm

penquis

hello all....can someone give me STATS for the 9's please?

6:53 pm

LuvWordGames

be 9/78

6:53 pm

penquis

ty

6:54 pm

periwinkle

sp9/60

6:54 pm

penquis

ty

6:57 pm

kje

pa7?

6:58 pm

rururocks

tea baggers are pa7's

6:58 pm

rururocks

or so they say

6:58 pm

kje

so they say

6:58 pm

kje

ty ru

6:59 pm

rururocks

not that I ever believe them or anything

7:00 pm

kje

they seem to be set on breaking up the union - so, no, I do not consider them patriots

7:01 pm

kje

py6?

7:01 pm

kje

nm

7:01 pm

rururocks

py + mr Reagan and a Vowel

7:01 pm

kje

must run - hagn all

7:02 pm

rururocks

KJE.. you have to follow the rules

7:02 pm

kje

ty - must run - just realized the time and we have a 630 res and I must bathe - poof!

7:03 pm

rururocks

ah.. the old panic shower thing

7:03 pm

penquis

i thought that was psycho....

7:03 pm

rururocks

in her case it would be :D

7:04 pm

penquis

heh heh....the PB birds will get her!

7:32 pm

jmcnrick

*puts on foil cap* hi all

7:32 pm

penquis

hi...

7:32 pm

periwinkle

hi jmc, long time no see, how are you?

7:32 pm

jmcnrick

i am fine. . . have time to babble because on vacation in china

7:33 pm

penquis

ni hao, then... ;o)

7:33 pm

periwinkle

Wow, China. how long is your vacation

7:33 pm

jmcnrick

hao xie xie

7:34 pm

penquis

duibuqi... ;o)

7:34 pm

jmcnrick

hao xie xie

7:35 pm

penquis

i was there in 10\

7:35 pm

penquis

sorry...1981

7:35 pm

jmcnrick

sorry internet here is not always perfect haha

7:35 pm

periwinkle

I have never been to china, japan or anywhere in Asia :(

7:36 pm

jmcnrick

a long time ago for you . . . .it has i think changed with the new capitalism. . .

7:36 pm

penquis

np...i am taking a chinese class right now...

7:36 pm

jmcnrick

next time i travel i will sneak you into my suitcase peri. . .

7:36 pm

penquis

yes, i am sure....when i was there, it was latrines at the Great Wall....and no american restaurants...

7:37 pm

Enomis65

good evening!

7:38 pm

jmcnrick

there are american and every other types of restaurants now. . . and some malls that could be in usa suburbia. . .

7:38 pm

jmcnrick

hi eno

7:38 pm

Enomis65

how is everybody?

7:38 pm

penquis

there were almost no cars in Beijing when i was there....only for visiting businessmen and officials

7:38 pm

penquis

hi eno...fine here...

7:38 pm

jmcnrick

i is fine ty

7:39 pm

jmcnrick

lots of cars. . . but no tipping cab drivers or anyone else. . .

7:39 pm

Enomis65

nice grid, 178 to go

7:39 pm

Enomis65

question: does anybody have the link to download babble expert?

7:39 pm

Erda

help for tr7,32 please? PLEASE???

7:39 pm

jmcnrick

i have 219 left but last night i went to a expat party. . .

7:40 pm

jmcnrick

sorry erda i don't have it but will look with you. . .

7:40 pm

penquis

the most interesting part of my trip was speaking to English speaking chinese students....unsupervised...

7:41 pm

penquis

don't have it , erda...

7:41 pm

lynxxx

tr7.32 is what Neptune held

7:41 pm

lynxxx

Morning everyone

7:41 pm

penquis

hi

7:41 pm

Erda

TY lynxxx !!

7:41 pm

jmcnrick

ty lynxxx and hi. . . am just around the corner from you today. . .

7:42 pm

jmcnrick

:-)

7:43 pm

lynxxx

hi jmc...thought I felt someone on top of me head. HHow long have you got there? Must be intriguing

7:43 pm

jmcnrick

the most interesting part for me was talking to a chinese snigaporian who was in tienanman square up to June 3. .

7:43 pm

lynxxx

typos! sorry

7:43 pm

jmcnrick

leaving today ... was here for 2 weeks

7:44 pm

jmcnrick

i was writing in typonese myself

7:44 pm

lynxxx

you speak chinese?

7:44 pm

sukee

Hi again people

7:45 pm

lynxxx

hi Sukee

7:45 pm

lynxxx

hi Sukee

7:45 pm

penquis

hi

7:45 pm

jmcnrick

i think next trip is GB and then after that i will come down under and try to see as many babblers there as i can. . .

7:45 pm

sukee

125 to go

7:45 pm

sukee

I had to go to the list

7:45 pm

jmcnrick

hi sukee

7:46 pm

jmcnrick

i speak a little. . . but pointing and smiling works any language

7:46 pm

lynxxx

That would be fun

7:46 pm

stidgmere

Hi jmc we're going to have grilled steaks for dinner. Not Chinese food tonight.

7:47 pm

jmcnrick

before i go to any country i learn please, thank you, sorry, bathroom and tea...other words as convenient...but those will get me through. .

7:47 pm

jmcnrick

i will drop by on my way home for those steaks. .. steaks are hard to come by here still

7:48 pm

jmcnrick

many centuries ago when i was in italy i wished i learned the word "help"

7:49 pm

lynxxx

as in 'help police'?

7:50 pm

stidgmere

Help me to find a place that serves steaks. Okay. Putting out another plate for your dinner, jmc.

7:50 pm

jmcnrick

i lost my passport in a small port town and yes i wanted help from the police...police i could manage but the word help was beyond me. . .

7:51 pm

jmcnrick

thank ye kindly stidgmere...

7:52 pm

car.eeyore

Good evening/day and hello!

7:52 pm

lynxxx

do many in China learn/speak English now?

7:52 pm

lynxxx

hi Car

7:52 pm

penquis

hi

7:52 pm

sukee

Evening.

7:52 pm

jmcnrick

they police found the passport minutes before my train was about to pull out of the station across on the other side of town which is how i got to experience riding in an italian police car in a hurry!

7:53 pm

jmcnrick

hi car

7:53 pm

car.eeyore

Did you get some rest?

7:53 pm

jmcnrick

yes. . .most of the younger people speak some english. . .

7:53 pm

sukee

Baseball is a great background to this game.

7:53 pm

stidgmere

aidez moi. au secours.

7:54 pm

jmcnrick

i did car ty. . . i will probably get lots of rest on the 13 hour flight to chicago

7:54 pm

car.eeyore

Good. My mom's dog barked most of the time I was trying to nap :(

7:55 pm

sukee

woo, 9s are gone.

7:55 pm

jmcnrick

oh too bad. . . lots of squirrels?

7:55 pm

jmcnrick

wtg sukee!

7:55 pm

car.eeyore

No...my mom kept going inside and leaving her outside, thus causing the barking.

7:55 pm

car.eeyore

Nice!

7:56 pm

jmcnrick

ah...

7:56 pm

jmcnrick

so why are you studying chinese penq?

7:57 pm

penquis

to exercise my brain....

7:57 pm

penquis

i have studied other languages....wanted something really different...

7:57 pm

jmcnrick

*hands penq tiny weights for her brain*

7:58 pm

penquis

heh heh....chinese words are heavier... ;o)

7:58 pm

jmcnrick

i know what you mean. . . you can really get in** a rut if you let yourself. . .

7:59 pm

sukee

Lol, I got the 9 letter words but missed in** ty :)

7:59 pm

jmcnrick

i found a couple of really good books since if i manage to learn to read chinese i could get a job in shanghai for a few months. . . one is chineasy. . . .

7:59 pm

penquis

yes, i am retired and i like to learn new things...

7:59 pm

sukee

Great :)

8:00 pm

jmcnrick

i would give you a link but am blocked from fb and youtube. . .

8:00 pm

penquis

yes, i have watched the woman do a chineasy talk on you tube.....yangyang (can't recall her other name) also does good chinese lessons....oral chinese using pinyin...

8:00 pm

car.eeyore

I need a clue for the second to last bi 5/14 please?

8:00 pm

sukee

I'm working on that one right now myself

8:01 pm

jmcnrick

yw sukee. . . to me it is a great game to avoid using the words in the grid. . . others get be**

8:01 pm

jmcnrick

yw sukee. . . to me it is a great game to avoid using the words in the grid. . . others get be**

8:01 pm

jmcnrick

*hic*

8:01 pm

sukee

Chat seems a bit wonky tonight

8:02 pm

jmcnrick

i thought it was just my connection. . .

8:02 pm

sukee

Chat sometimes takes a while to show up

8:03 pm

lynxxx

bi & US state M***ana

8:03 pm

sukee

ty

8:03 pm

car.eeyore

tyvm

8:05 pm

jmcnrick

haha i just got it . . .you be** me cluing lynxxx. . . as usual my dear

8:05 pm

jmcnrick

nice definition. . . i will have to use it in a sentence today . . .

8:08 pm

car.eeyore

And a clue please for the first ga 6/24?

8:09 pm

lynxxx

an alternative spelling of the spanish way of slitting a neck

8:09 pm

car.eeyore

Ummmm

8:09 pm

jmcnrick

hahaha. . . wha???

8:09 pm

lynxxx

(no double letters)

8:09 pm

crosshair

good evening everyone:)

8:10 pm

jmcnrick

ah ty lynxxx

8:10 pm

lynxxx

hey Cross

8:10 pm

jmcnrick

hi crossy

8:10 pm

rururocks

Slicia

8:11 pm

rururocks

Damn...

8:11 pm

jmcnrick

hehe hi ru

8:11 pm

crosshair

give me something i can use, ruru

8:11 pm

crosshair

:)

8:11 pm

lynxxx

isn't that an island off Italy?

8:12 pm

jmcnrick

i would clue it an alternate spelling of a way to choke someone. . . but then i am probably wrong about that

8:12 pm

car.eeyore

I really have no idea what the clue means. :(

8:12 pm

jmcnrick

(fun clues in the chog today)

8:12 pm

rururocks

It is a wire gangsters use

8:13 pm

crosshair

ty ru

8:13 pm

rururocks

To choke people

8:13 pm

car.eeyore

I googled it. got it. ty

8:13 pm

sukee

Or, a different pronuciation of the house mother on Facts of Life :)

8:13 pm

crosshair

pianna wire:)

8:13 pm

jmcnrick

that just means your are a nice person car. . .

8:13 pm

rururocks

L

8:13 pm

car.eeyore

Sukee...THAT clue I get! LOL!

8:13 pm

sukee

:)

8:14 pm

car.eeyore

How about the first HO 6/24?

8:14 pm

jmcnrick

*you're

8:15 pm

penquis

*didn't know there were two of them, sigh*....

8:16 pm

car.eeyore

Yup...i have the sweet one

8:16 pm

penquis

so do i....

8:17 pm

sukee

97 left and the tile stats look barely touched

8:17 pm

lynxxx

an alternative spelling for a wanton women

8:17 pm

lynxxx

(not a y)

8:18 pm

car.eeyore

Lynxxx, dear, where DO you get these clues?!?!?

8:19 pm

jmcnrick

hahaha. . . lynxx is a cosmopolitan woman

8:19 pm

car.eeyore

I feel so dumb

8:19 pm

dcseain

Ruru, are you familiar with Duckhorn Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2010?

8:19 pm

dcseain

hey, yall.

8:19 pm

sukee

I can't even clue it, I just monkied it

8:19 pm

jmcnrick

hi dc

8:19 pm

dcseain

hi there, jmc :)

8:19 pm

lynxxx

ho & vwl & foxes 'house'

8:20 pm

crosshair

howdy seain

8:20 pm

lynxxx

hi DC

8:20 pm

dcseain

hi, crossy and lyn

8:20 pm

dcseain

hell, sukee

8:20 pm

car.eeyore

Hi dc!

8:20 pm

dcseain

eeyore, hi!

8:21 pm

sukee

Hi DC

8:21 pm

car.eeyore

got it, ty

8:21 pm

dcseain

oops missed the O there LOL

8:21 pm

stidmama

hey all

8:21 pm

dan2bit

evening all! totally think oystre should be an allowed spelling

8:21 pm

car.eeyore

me too!

8:21 pm

jmcnrick

i agree dan. . .

8:22 pm

car.eeyore

Hi stidmama! Hi Dan!

8:22 pm

jmcnrick

hi stiddie

8:22 pm

dcseain

evening, dan and stid

8:22 pm

lynxxx

hi Stid and Dan

8:22 pm

jmcnrick

and how is little miss 2bit these days? te**ing up the world?

8:23 pm

dcseain

ho6 sounds like something Professor Frink would say LOL

8:23 pm

dan2bit

she's become a master negotiator, and quite a little performer - always checks to see if she has an audience

8:23 pm

rururocks

Yes dc

8:23 pm

dcseain

sounds adorable, dan :)

8:24 pm

car.eeyore

Nice!

8:24 pm

jmcnrick

a wise performer checks the audience first. . .

8:24 pm

crosshair

and now it is time for Crossy's new pun of the day!!!

8:24 pm

crosshair

Two cows are standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to Dolly, "I was artificially inseminated this morning." "I don't
believe you," says Dolly. "It's true; no bull!" exclaims Daisy.

8:24 pm

rururocks

I know a lot about duckhorn

8:25 pm

dan2bit

that was udderly ridiculous, crossy

8:25 pm

car.eeyore

Groannnnn

8:25 pm

stidmama

rofl

8:25 pm

crosshair

:)

8:25 pm

dan2bit

mrs2bit is rejoining the paid workforce after 4 years raising little miss, so we are bracing for changes this summer all around

8:25 pm

rururocks

Crossy gets mooed off the stage

8:25 pm

crosshair

well, I was on the horns of a dilema as to which pun to post

8:26 pm

dcseain

Ru, that particular bottle is priced $75 here locally. Worth it?

8:26 pm

rururocks

Sorta trick or teat huh crossy?

8:26 pm

jmcnrick

*steps around the cow pattie*

8:26 pm

rururocks

NO it isn't dc

8:26 pm

jmcnrick

*hands crossy a shovel* you make the mess you clean it up. . .

8:26 pm

stidmama

now see what you've done cross?

8:26 pm

dcseain

Duly noted, thank you. :)

8:27 pm

crosshair

lol... rorssy bows to all the babble pun maters.. you were all bovine;)

8:27 pm

crosshair

crossy*

8:27 pm

rururocks

It would be a good deal at 55

8:27 pm

lynxxx

BBL

8:27 pm

jmcnrick

yes that will be a big change dan. . .but a good one

8:27 pm

sukee

Have you heard of the O Henry Pun off http://www.punpunpun.com/

8:27 pm

dcseain

be well, lynxxx

8:27 pm

jmcnrick

bye lynxxx

8:27 pm

stidmama

later lynxxx

8:28 pm

crosshair

will not be too long and lilmiss2bit will be in here babbling:)

8:28 pm

car.eeyore

bye lynxxx, ty!

8:28 pm

jmcnrick

ah if we could join as a team we would sweep the opposition

8:29 pm

car.eeyore

I need a clue please for the first PA 5/12?

8:29 pm

dan2bit

jmc - yes, indeed. we had hopes of making it to kindergarten, but this is better for all of us.

8:30 pm

jmcnrick

my son stumbled upon babble, recognized it from my description and decided to leave me to my privacy. . . .

8:30 pm

rururocks

P ..plus a long time

8:30 pm

dcseain

Dan, i'm sure that change will go more easily than y'all expect, i'm sure.

8:30 pm

dan2bit

She does recognize "daddy's letters game", but like all ipad-enabled children, she expects to press the letters.

8:30 pm

car.eeyore

ty

8:31 pm

jmcnrick

i took my son to my office (the advantage of being self-employed) until he was one and then he went to daycare. . . he was so happy being with others his age. . .

8:31 pm

dan2bit

dcs - yes I think so too. She is going to spend afternoons the next two weeks, and weekdays all summer with a friend from school whose mom is at home

8:32 pm

jmcnrick

goog job priming the pump

8:32 pm

jmcnrick

*good

8:33 pm

crosshair

the first pa 5/12 is another spelling of father, but i forget which country uses it

8:33 pm

dan2bit

so far, mrs2bit is taking it the hardest, but the job doesn't start quite yet, so the anticipation is worse than the new routine will be

8:34 pm

stidmama

the pa dad word is latin

8:34 pm

crosshair

ahh latin for father. I knew i had seen it somewhere befoire:)

8:34 pm

jmcnrick

i always felt that cooth was a word otherwise how can you be uncooth?

8:34 pm

car.eeyore

My sons both like to help me play Babble...future members!

8:35 pm

jmcnrick

well change is always hard. . .

8:36 pm

crosshair

life is change, or it is boring

8:36 pm

stidmama

couth, I think, jmc

8:37 pm

sukee

Lol Jm, I said exactly the same thing earlier :)

8:37 pm

jmcnrick

ah well never could spell a saving grace in babble

8:38 pm

crosshair

One year ago if you told me i would be taking university courses, i would of called you mad. My wife and i hike forest trails for fun and my son works at a T.V station. 3 years ago I would never have thought such things were possible:) Now i just need the by to move out and get us some grandbabbies:)

8:39 pm

crosshair

boy*

8:42 pm

jmcnrick

i am so sick of typing spray

8:43 pm

dcseain

pa5 nostro

8:44 pm

jmcnrick

if i only knew latin . . . .hahaha

8:44 pm

car.eeyore

Help please with the OC 6 and 7?

8:46 pm

jmcnrick

looking car. . . .

8:48 pm

jmcnrick

ends with lots of vowels. . .

8:49 pm

car.eeyore

Got the OC 6....

8:49 pm

jmcnrick

wtg car

8:49 pm

car.eeyore

And now the OC 7! TYVM!

8:49 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo car

8:49 pm

jmcnrick

just got the 7 myself

8:50 pm

jmcnrick

and worked my way back to the 5

8:55 pm

car.eeyore

Clue please for the first PR 7/32?

8:56 pm

penquis

before the melee....

8:56 pm

car.eeyore

Thought I had tried that. TY

8:57 pm

car.eeyore

Whoops...PB for me. Need a cocktail anyway

8:57 pm

penquis

yw

8:57 pm

penquis

don't believe in the PB for ordinary words....

8:57 pm

jmcnrick

too early in the day for me. . .

8:57 pm

jmcnrick

but i think i will go make another cup of coffee

8:58 pm

jmcnrick

brb

9:01 pm

car.eeyore

I am almost done, so I apologize for asking for all the clues. May I please have help with PY 6?

9:01 pm

sukee

Ok, cannot go to bed until I get the last 4. Help with the first er 4 4 please.

9:01 pm

car.eeyore

mistakes

9:03 pm

sukee

Sheesh, ty :) lol

9:03 pm

sukee

I was not looking for a double r :)

9:03 pm

car.eeyore

It took me forever to find that one...was looking the wrong direction.

9:04 pm

sukee

Oh well, got to 51 to go. Found 273 and the two 9s :)

9:04 pm

car.eeyore

Great job!!!!

9:04 pm

sukee

Need to go to bed now

9:04 pm

car.eeyore

Good night

9:05 pm

sukee

See you tomorrow

9:06 pm

car.eeyore

RE 7/28 clue please?

9:07 pm

penquis

bury again

9:08 pm

car.eeyore

ty

9:08 pm

penquis

yw

9:13 pm

car.eeyore

Clue for PY 6?

9:13 pm

jmcnrick

bye sukee

9:14 pm

penquis

py + actor ty**** powers....

9:14 pm

car.eeyore

ugh...was all around it. ty

9:14 pm

car.eeyore

down to 1

9:14 pm

jmcnrick

ty pnq

9:15 pm

penquis

yw

9:16 pm

jmcnrick

ugh this internet connection is driving me nuts

9:17 pm

car.eeyore

fireworks!

9:17 pm

jmcnrick

this is quite the violent grid what with ri** and ga**** and such

9:18 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo car!

9:18 pm

car.eeyore

I can clue if anyone needs anything.

9:18 pm

car.eeyore

Whew!

9:19 pm

jmcnrick

i wouldn't know where to begin car but ty

9:19 pm

jmcnrick

i would be happy if i got 1/2 way

9:19 pm

jmcnrick

20 left for that

9:19 pm

penquis

congrats!

9:20 pm

car.eeyore

I can help you get there....

9:20 pm

jmcnrick

:-)

9:22 pm

jmcnrick

just picking off low hanging fruit here. . . :-)

9:23 pm

car.eeyore

would you like clues for the big ones?

9:23 pm

jmcnrick

sure that would be great!

9:23 pm

jmcnrick

i have no 8s or 9s

9:24 pm

car.eeyore

BE 6/30 is what Judas did to Jesus...

9:24 pm

jmcnrick

*throwing s on the ends of all the words*

9:24 pm

car.eeyore

BE 8/60 is the one who does the back stabbing

9:24 pm

jmcnrick

got 2 from that ty

9:25 pm

car.eeyore

and then plural for the BE 9/78

9:25 pm

jmcnrick

3 then

9:25 pm

car.eeyore

Four if you just add the plural letter to the original word!

9:25 pm

jmcnrick

12 left for me

9:26 pm

car.eeyore

IN 8/55 is the IN 5/10 and what you sleep on

9:26 pm

jmcnrick

haha yes it does make 4

9:26 pm

car.eeyore

PR 8 is for + what the moon controls with an extra vowel in it

9:27 pm

jmcnrick

good heavens what does in 8 mean?

9:27 pm

car.eeyore

re + IN 5/10 gives you the RE 7/28; add the plural for the RE 8/40

9:28 pm

car.eeyore

The other RE 8/40 is RE + OR 6/18

9:29 pm

car.eeyore

I really don't know...and neither does Enable actually.

9:29 pm

josephjames

this hybrid flower is the result of in8 pollination ?

9:29 pm

car.eeyore

perhaps!

9:30 pm

jmcnrick

i would think there was another r in that word jj

9:31 pm

josephjames

the other 9?

9:31 pm

jmcnrick

must be another or6 i dont have

9:31 pm

car.eeyore

The famous train...the OR express

9:32 pm

jmcnrick

haha i had the hard or6 and not the easy one. . . typical. . .

9:32 pm

jmcnrick

4 left if my arithmetic is correct

9:32 pm

car.eeyore

The other 9 is SP 9/60....to practice fight and then a fork end with an extra vowel in it.

9:33 pm

car.eeyore

Go JMC, go!

9:33 pm

josephjames

thank you

9:33 pm

car.eeyore

yvw

9:33 pm

jmcnrick

ty ty

9:34 pm

penquis

how about the OR 6/21 and the OR 6/24?

9:35 pm

car.eeyore

or 6/24 is more circular shaped

9:35 pm

jmcnrick

o+she's got a ticket to r*** with an extra vowel

9:35 pm

car.eeyore

OR 6/21 is OR + goose down

9:36 pm

penquis

ty...got the 21 but not the 24...brains are fried!

9:37 pm

penquis

nm...got it

9:37 pm

car.eeyore

:)

9:37 pm

jmcnrick

1/2 way nbt nbs and that is all i can ask for today!

9:37 pm

car.eeyore

Awesome!!! You did it!

9:37 pm

penquis

the pr 6/21's?

9:37 pm

jmcnrick

ty car and penq and all for the help

9:38 pm

car.eeyore

before + I ***e my pants and had to get a new pair

9:38 pm

jmcnrick

i am off to walk around and find an early lunch before i head to the airport. . . next time i babble will be on US soil

9:39 pm

penquis

bye

9:39 pm

car.eeyore

for + British beverage

9:39 pm

car.eeyore

Safe travels JMC.

9:39 pm

car.eeyore

another is almost the exact same word, just change to another vowel at the end

9:39 pm

jmcnrick

bye all. . . zia jian. . . *waves and poofs*

9:40 pm

car.eeyore

for + heavy weight

9:41 pm

penquis

thanks....had two of those....

9:42 pm

penquis

how about the AR 6's?

9:43 pm

car.eeyore

ar + I had a sore knee j**** after running too long

9:43 pm

car.eeyore

the other is a vessel that carries blood

9:43 pm

penquis

ty

9:45 pm

car.eeyore

OK...have to go lock up for the night. have a great evening!

9:45 pm

penquis

bye car...ty

10:08 pm

penquis

i am done!....probably no one cares, but i do!

10:13 pm

penquis

goodnight to whoever is lurking...

10:33 pm

neniacampbell

hiii

10:35 pm

gapeach

I care, pen. Congrats!!!!!!

11:48 pm

mkg

yeah pen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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