Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, July 12, 2014

12:01 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:01 am

saanichcat

thanks lickety!

12:01 am

stidmama

YAY lickety!

12:02 am

stidmama

87 words, and I am waiting to play until tomorrow.

12:02 am

stidmama

Saanich ((hugs))

12:02 am

Ormal

Thanks lickety. :)

12:02 am

Minveryork

Flip flip hooray!

12:02 am

saanichcat

stid (hugs) Keeping cool?

12:05 am

stidmama

pretty much -- we were in Ashland earlier this week. Home seems cool in comparison! :-)

12:06 am

stidmama

It is a little too warm for some of the recently transplanted strawberries, though -- Grant watered while we were gone, but wasn't able to give the daily attention I would have because he is working pretty hard.

12:06 am

stidmama

how about you?

12:09 am

saanichcat

all is well, my first summer of freedom since the big reno. Basement is so wonderfully cool. Andyour new place must being feeling like real home by now -

12:18 am

stidmama

nice! I am so happy you are able to enjoy it!

12:18 am

stidmama

Our home is still cluttered. Being sick for a couple weeks after the end of the school really slowed me down. But I have guests coming this next week and both Tom and Grant have committed to helping get things in better order.

12:20 am

stidmama

I have two interviews next Thursday, so have to spend a good bit of time prepping for those, too. Will be glad when NEXT weekend comes! LOL

12:25 am

stidmama

Just got some sad news about a friend. Heading out so I have energy tomorrow to do what I must. Be well, all. *poof*

12:25 am

saanichcat

bye stid

12:28 am

Minveryork

Goodbye stidmama! I will see you tomorrow in the chog.

12:28 am

Minveryork

I'm down to seven words. I will save the rest for later on

12:28 am

Minveryork

Goodnight to my fellow babblers! See you later on today.

12:33 am

rururocks

good night minver

12:41 am

rururocks

nice kitty pic

12:43 am

rururocks

nice grid

1:10 am

ursh

fireworks - fun gird

1:11 am

ursh

grid

2:23 am

sprite

good morning all

2:49 am

puglet

greetings friends

2:50 am

sprite

*hugs pugs* Hello dear friend, how are you today?

2:50 am

puglet

love and hugs Sprite---okay and you?

2:52 am

sprite

I am fine :) Slept well and the rest has done me good. My cooking yesterday was taxing, but very rewarding.

2:53 am

puglet

thats good to hear----what did you cook

2:55 am

sprite

I make an ovendish with leek, mushrooms, eggs, goat cheese and pine seeds. And as a dessert a chocolate-y cook and cinnamon ice.

2:56 am

puglet

I have not heard of either dishes--sounds good--did the family enjoy it

2:57 am

sprite

yes, very much :) I looked up some recipes on the internet, they were new for me as well.

2:57 am

sprite

how was work?

2:58 am

puglet

we had those people quit that I told you about and that puts me as the only punch press operator there

2:59 am

sprite

ouch, that is taxing. So they left? I understood from your mail they'd be around until august.

3:01 am

puglet

they were suppose to be and train me for the shipping--so Iam going to have to do a quick lesson on the shipping part as well---My boss did pay me for the holiday, which he didnt have to

3:02 am

sprite

good for him. He really values you. As he should!

3:02 am

sprite

but not easy on having to learn everything quickly.

3:04 am

puglet

yeah I know----and its stressful to being the only one to run those presses to get out rush orders

3:04 am

puglet

I sure cant get sick or miss, thats for sure--lol

3:05 am

sprite

it sure is. Make sure you don't push yourself too far, pugs. You don't need a burnout on top of everything else. Please remember it is not YOUR problem, but your boss's. You can be part of the solution, but not the whole solution.

3:05 am

gapeach

FW here. So tired.....blessings y'all.

3:05 am

gapeach

FW here. So tired.....blessings y'all.

3:05 am

gapeach

FW here. So tired.....blessings y'all.

3:05 am

gapeach

FW here. So tired.....blessings y'all.

3:05 am

sprite

grz peach, and sleep well

3:06 am

puglet

hi Peach, sorry you are so tired--hope you can rest

3:06 am

gapeach

Guess I really wanted y'all to know.....LOL

3:07 am

puglet

Sprite, something happen to me yesterday and I still dont get what i done wrong

3:07 am

sprite

what happened, pugs?

3:07 am

sprite

lol peach :) *hugs*

3:09 am

puglet

On DS, someone thats been there all the time I have posted that they didnt have enough to get all their meds--was short maybe thirty dollars to get them and I offer to help if they needed it and they said they wanted to report me---I am not getting what I did wrong

3:11 am

sprite

doesn't sound like you did anything wrong, if that is all that happened. Only... sweetie, don't go spend your money on everyone who has troubles.

3:13 am

puglet

thats all there was to it--but why post you need help and then do that? I dont get it---I know what it is not to have enough and I dont mind helping another person

3:13 am

sprite

did you ask for her address or bank account number maybe?

3:13 am

puglet

nope

3:14 am

sprite

well I would have to see the original words then, maybe I could see what triggered that response.

3:15 am

puglet

I will have to send it to you

3:15 am

sprite

I should be able to see it on DS. Can you copy the link and send it to me?

3:15 am

puglet

their post was for the public not just me

3:16 am

sprite

ok, which group and what is the name of the post and poster?

3:16 am

puglet

I will have to go back and get it for you--can I send it later

3:17 am

sprite

yeah sure, unless you remember her name and the group.

3:18 am

puglet

I remember the group but not what topic it was posted under

3:18 am

sprite

which group?

3:19 am

puglet

Carol and her hubby came to camp last night and we went to a junk sale and there wasent nothing there but junk--lol so we came back and had coffee outside and just talked

3:19 am

puglet

loneilness

3:19 am

sprite

nice :)

3:20 am

puglet

let me go get the imfo for you and I will be right back

3:23 am

sprite

fireflies. Last word so6. New one for me.

3:24 am

puglet

its under morning check in time and post #8===and congrats

3:24 am

sprite

in case anyone wonders what it means: a tenure of land held by the tenant in performance of specified services or by payment of rent, and not requiring military service.

3:25 am

puglet

Iam going with Carol this morning to help her do a few things

3:25 am

sprite

thanks, will check it now

3:26 am

puglet

okay--Iam not staying here long for I got to get going here before long---you have a nice day friend

3:28 am

sprite

I don't see your offer or the reaction to that

4:15 am

Marc Freeman

Could I get a clue for so6, please?

4:18 am

Dianne

Marc - what you put on your foot, drop last letter, and how old you are.

4:19 am

Marc Freeman

thanks got it

4:22 am

Marc Freeman

ro7, please?

4:23 am

Dianne

re_+ hot chocolates

4:24 am

Dianne

sorry - I mean ro +

4:24 am

Marc Freeman

thanks again

4:30 am

Marc Freeman

last one then back to sleep ra6, please?

4:33 am

Dianne

ra6 - walked quickly pus inside of an apple (drop last letter).

4:34 am

Marc Freeman

Thanks so much. Best to Lenny and going back to sleep.

4:35 am

Dianne

Good night - sleep well.

4:38 am

ivesy3

i dont get the inside of the apple part

4:38 am

Dianne

when you eat an apple what is the left over part called?

4:39 am

ivesy3

yes i get that,but it doesnt seem to fit lol

4:40 am

Dianne

You are talking about the ra6?

4:40 am

ivesy3

oh duh..... i just got it ty

4:40 am

Dianne

Good

4:41 am

ivesy3

that deserves a coffee lol

5:23 am

sukee

Hello if anyone is about

5:51 am

lbdawger

good morning, sukee

5:55 am

crosshair

good morning everyone:)

5:55 am

MollyL

Quiet in here LBD, it's the who did it and ran grid
: D

6:03 am

lbdawger

gm, crossy and molly

6:13 am

rubyfoo

hello back fro lunch at local Italian.

6:13 am

rubyfoo

hello back fro lunch at local Italian.

6:13 am

rubyfoo

Dogs were banished to the basement, so it was less fun than usual

6:13 am

crosshair

((ruby))

6:13 am

rubyfoo

And th rain continues!

6:13 am

crosshair

poor puppies

6:13 am

rubyfoo

6:14 am

MollyL

Ah, Ruby has the local Italian for lunch again.
: D

6:14 am

lbdawger

hi ruby! clue for the ra6 plz?

6:14 am

rubyfoo

I just gather ed up m courage and "walked the garden" and the fruit has survived all the rain,just hasb't ripened. A few days of sun, however, if they ever arrive and there'll be tons of fruit

6:15 am

rubyfoo

molto bene

6:15 am

MollyL

ra6...bitterness

6:15 am

rubyfoo

there are truly hundreds of figs and yellow plums and many toatoes

6:17 am

lbdawger

ty for the ra6

6:18 am

lbdawger

tadone! finito! st7 was my last word.

6:28 am

MollyL

Ooo, Ruby, you can make a big pot of red sauce

6:28 am

rubyfoo

OR, IF THEY DON'T GET RIPE, GREEN TOMATO CHUTNEY

6:28 am

rubyfoo

whoops, didn\t mean to shout

6:29 am

MollyL

Or salsa, ole!

6:29 am

crosshair

Just get your canning equipment out for me, ruby and do them up just as they are and trap all the goodness in it for me. i can take it from there:)

6:30 am

rubyfoo

and another ole for Valverde, Let's hope he has a good day

6:30 am

rubyfoo

he is very hadsome and a good rider!

6:31 am

rubyfoo

see you later kids. Lots of sports to watch

6:32 am

crosshair

lol, and ruby is gone; with visions of spandex covered tushies in her mind..

6:34 am

lbdawger

bye, ruby

6:34 am

Scrabbler

Hello kiddies.

6:35 am

crosshair

howdy, scrabby. How was the kayak outing yesterday?

6:36 am

bichon

Mornin'

6:36 am

Scrabbler

Perfect! Beautiful day. Hemlock Lake is gorgeous.

6:36 am

wvteach

good morning all

6:36 am

bichon

Weather's been great

6:36 am

crosshair

howdy teach

6:37 am

crosshair

howdy bichon

6:37 am

Scrabbler

Hi wv and Bichon

6:37 am

crosshair

weather has been amazing here as well:)

6:37 am

Scrabbler

I leave for the Adirondacks tomorrow morning so today is a busy day of preparation for bunnies, me, and Mom.

6:37 am

crosshair

very nice indeed:)

6:38 am

bichon

We're going to get severe storms for Mon and Tues

6:39 am

Scrabbler

we had some of those recently, bichon, with power outages.

6:39 am

bichon

The perils of summer. And a Hurricane in early July

6:41 am

Scrabbler

I am stuck after finding 17 words.

6:42 am

bichon

We're spoiled after those big grids

6:42 am

Scrabbler

You are improving in QP, bichon.

6:42 am

bichon

Scrabs, did you notice we have complmentary shades of green?

6:44 am

bichon

Yes, but I tried the Honeycomb and didn't understand it. I put in words, but I couldn't get them to turn green

6:45 am

Scrabbler

Green dog!

6:45 am

Scrabbler

HoneyComb is VERY difficult! I find it maddening, so I wing it rather than spending a lot of time and getting frustrated.

6:46 am

bichon

Sometimes in QP I find that age is slowing me down in placing the letters

6:46 am

Wolvie

wow- morning all- we are paying dearly for a week or so of good sized grids with these small ones lol

6:46 am

periwinkle

QP?

6:48 am

bichon

Quote Puzzler. It's a series of word puzzles. Fun

6:48 am

periwinkle

ok

6:49 am

Scrabbler

Hi wolvie and peri

6:50 am

crosshair

howdy, wolvie,peri

6:58 am

bichon

Thurs. we leave for our Sierra Club Grandpart/Grandchild trip at the Clare Tappan Lodge

7:00 am

Anniebrook

sounds like fun, bichon

7:00 am

Anniebrook

sounds like fun, bichon

7:00 am

Anniebrook

sounds like fun, bichon

7:00 am

bichon

Triple the fun Annie

7:01 am

Anniebrook

:) yes, I guess I really meant it, have a great time

7:01 am

Scrabbler

Fun, Bichon. Hi Annie and Bobby

7:01 am

Anniebrook

Hi Scrabbs, how is your Mom?

7:02 am

bichon

The lodge is at Donner Pass

7:02 am

Wolvie

hi annie and bich :-)

7:02 am

Anniebrook

Hi Wolvie

7:03 am

bichon

Hi Annie, Wolvie

7:05 am

Scrabbler

My Mom is doing ok but does not want me going to the Adirondacks tomorrow. "I want you here." But she lives with my brother and a sister lives nearby as do 2 nephews and a cousin.

7:07 am

Anniebrook

Scrabbs, She is surrounded by family. Have a wonderful trip. Mom will be okay.

7:11 am

Scrabbler

I know she will be ok. I wish she could tell me to go and have fun.

7:12 am

crosshair

Go and enjoy yourself, scrabby. She will be fine

7:12 am

Anniebrook

separation anxiety, perhaps. Don't feel guilty, you are a wonderful daugher. go, enjoy, you deserve the vacation.

7:14 am

Scrabbler

I will call her every morning and evening. I am meeting my youngest sister and we will hike and kayak everyday, as long as the weather cooperates.

7:16 am

Anniebrook

scrabbs, you are doing ALL you can. You also need time for yourself. You re keeping in touch twice a day. She is in good hands and will be taken care of by her family. She is a lucky woman in her present circumstances.

7:17 am

Scrabbler

I understand her anxiety but am not allowing it to control me. My two Adirondack vacations every summer are SO important to me.

7:20 am

Anniebrook

Scrabbs, You are allowing some guilt to enter but that is understandable. That is what mothers do. If your Dad was still with her this wouldnt be happening. I think I am right. I am sure you will not be away for very long and 2 phone calls a day will relieve her anxiety. I feel bad for both of you.

7:21 am

Wolvie

i agree wholeheartedly with Annie :-)

7:21 am

Scrabbler

My mother misses my Dad so much.

7:22 am

crosshair

And now it is time for crossy's tidbit of the day!! Today i have a special tidbit of the day for you. it is a very small( 4 minute) animated short film clip called Sebastian's Voodoo. it is very well done for an amatuer clip. Enjoy. http://tinyurl.com/qy6gssy

7:22 am

Anniebrook

Of course, she does. I lost my husband when I was 65 and I still miss him terribly.

7:27 am

sukee

Good morning

7:28 am

Scrabbler

Interesting, Crossy.

7:28 am

Wolvie

morning sukee

7:29 am

Scrabbler

Widows and widowers suffer so much.

7:29 am

Scrabbler

Hi sukee

7:31 am

bichon

, he was no longer conscious. I have felt very guilty ever since.

7:32 am

bichon

What happened to the first part of the story?

7:32 am

sukee

Oh crossy, that was so sad...

7:33 am

bichon

I went to Patagonia for two weeks with my husband. Even though I was in touch with my daughter through email, she didn't tell me that my father had fallen gravely ill. By the time I got to FL...

7:33 am

sukee

Any clue for the ar 5/10?

7:33 am

bichon

Annie, are you remarried now?

7:33 am

Wolvie

oh bich- i feel for you- that is awful

7:33 am

bichon

ar 5/10 is a heavy curtain

7:34 am

Scrabbler

Oh, Bichon.

7:34 am

Wolvie

ar 5- a dbl consonant plural :-)

7:34 am

bichon

At least I was with him during the decision to move him to Hospice

7:34 am

sukee

Got it, ty both

7:37 am

Anniebrook

sorry bichon, was away from keyboard, no, I never remarrried, had no desire to do so. My first husband was a bas***d but my second hubby was a wonderful man in every way and my children loved him very much.

7:39 am

bichon

I don't think I would ever remarry

7:39 am

Scrabbler

At 52/35 I have had enough of this grid, and I must get the bunnies and house ready for my trip. See you in the morning. Enjoy the day.

7:39 am

Wolvie

ttfn scrabs

7:39 am

wvteach

have a wonderful trip and enjoy

7:40 am

Anniebrook

bye scrabbs

7:40 am

bichon

I know you will have fun

7:41 am

Anniebrook

I cant decide where to go to The Brkly Museum or the Bklyn Botanic Garden. I think the BBG will win, it is such a lovely day. In fact, I could do both if I have the stamina for it.

7:41 am

Anniebrook

*wether

7:41 am

sukee

Okay, nothing is coming, got 7 left. I'll tray again later.

7:41 am

sukee

Try even

7:41 am

Anniebrook

bye sukee

7:42 am

bichon

That's a lot of stamina Annie

7:42 am

periwinkle

hi all, I have st7 help with other 7 pls

7:42 am

Anniebrook

I know. I talk big until it comes to the doing. Probably the Botanic Garden.

7:43 am

wvteach

RO 7/36 - style of architecture

7:43 am

periwinkle

was going to go to the beach in south jersery and then decided not to. long drive to and from. will go later in the month

7:43 am

Anniebrook

hi peri, no 7's yet

7:43 am

periwinkle

the Botanic Garden sounds like a nice idea

7:43 am

Anniebrook

yep, the BBG it is.

7:43 am

wvteach

trade for help with ST 7

7:43 am

Wolvie

ro 7 is plural of ro 6- style of architecture

7:43 am

periwinkle

ty wv

7:44 am

Wolvie

lol- didnt see teach s post

7:44 am

Anniebrook

thanks, wolvie, had the singular

7:44 am

bichon

st + vowel + double consonant + two vowels

7:44 am

Wolvie

st 7 is a word i had never seen before- similar to stumble, butan ie ending instead of er

7:45 am

wvteach

thnx bichon

7:45 am

rururocks

Ro7

7:45 am

crosshair

ty for ro 6 and 7 wolvie

7:45 am

bichon

yw teach

7:45 am

Anniebrook

thanks bichon

7:45 am

Wolvie

finito!

7:45 am

wvteach

congrats wolvie

7:45 am

bichon

Woot Wolvie

7:45 am

Anniebrook

I look up st7----a colt

7:46 am

Anniebrook

congrats, Wolvie!!!

7:46 am

crosshair

ty for st 7

7:46 am

Wolvie

ty all- any clues before i take off to the garden?

7:46 am

Anniebrook

41 words left for later, bye

7:46 am

Wolvie

a colt? wow. ty annie- i will probably remember that now- my monkeys found it before lol

7:46 am

bichon

stats for 4th column a

7:46 am

rururocks

Is that related to crossy annie... a studdie?

7:46 am

dan2bit

I have oa4x2 or4x2 os4 - what's my missing o

7:47 am

Wolvie

ag 4/6 is one

7:47 am

Anniebrook

hi ruru, only if you change the consonants

7:47 am

rururocks

Oc4

7:47 am

Wolvie

if you want the singleton a in 3rd i think that one is ar 4/5

7:48 am

Wolvie

ttfn all!

7:48 am

dan2bit

ty ruru!

7:48 am

bichon

ty Wolvie

7:48 am

MollyL

*Wonders if Ru is drinking early in the day*

7:48 am

rururocks

Yw

7:48 am

rururocks

Not yet molls

7:49 am

phaeton

ac5/12 is from that A

7:49 am

dan2bit

ag5/18 texas college nickname

7:49 am

rururocks

I actually am sober

7:50 am

bichon

Need to rest my brain

7:51 am

phaeton

ca6/24?

7:51 am

rururocks

You mean stubbie annie

7:52 am

rururocks

?

7:52 am

phaeton

nm

7:52 am

Daily Dog

Hi all

7:52 am

dan2bit

chocolate seeds, phae

7:53 am

phaeton

ty dan

8:00 am

crosshair

and now it is time for Crossy's quote of the day!! "computers were born to solve problems that did not exist before" - Bill Gates

8:01 am

phaeton

or...create problem that did not exist before...lol

8:01 am

crosshair

indeed

8:02 am

crosshair

ever notice how many peoples dreams of a vacation now include the sought after state of being "unplugged" from it all?

8:04 am

crosshair

no phone, computer, tv... nothing. Just the morning paper while looking out over some turquoise bay somewhere.

8:40 am

hego

Hiya

8:41 am

crosshair

howdy hego

8:42 am

MimiCat

((crossy)) Good quote...how true.

8:43 am

crosshair

((mimi))

8:43 am

MimiCat

Hi, everyone!

8:43 am

MimiCat

Another iddy biddy griddy.

8:43 am

crosshair

with me, mimi, computer are a love/hate relationship. they are a marvel for writing a book on, over my old typewriter, but the things are a time vampire in everything else.

8:46 am

MimiCat

I get 'ya on that one. I spent more time than I care to admit yesterday just trying to get back my Bookmarks toolbar which mysteriously disappeared. The conventional way to get it back did not work. I just kept doing things until something worked and, frankly, don't even know how I did it but have it back now. Frustrating.

8:46 am

hego

Hi Mimi

8:46 am

MimiCat

That said, at this point I'd be lost without one.

8:46 am

MimiCat

((hego))

8:46 am

MollyL

How are you doing with Windows 8, Mimi?

8:47 am

MimiCat

I'm liking it a lot now, Molly. It really wasn't that difficult to get used to after all.

8:48 am

crosshair

poor mimi:(. Today is an important day for me! Part one of my book is now finished!! I will be posting it on the Harper/Collins web site Authonomy for everyone to get an advanced reading of it. the second and final part i hope to be done by years end, so you will have to wait to see how it all turns out then.

8:49 am

MimiCat

Fabulous, crossy!!! Looking forward to reading it. I wish mine would be done by year's end but that would be incredibly optimistic to the point of making me a Polyanna!

8:49 am

MollyL

I had more trouble getting used to the new Word than I did anything else.

8:49 am

crosshair

I will go over it all today and tomorrow morning and post sometime in the afternoon, if all things go as planned

8:51 am

crosshair

crossy hugs his Word 7 tightly to him and backs into a corner protectively ...

8:51 am

MimiCat

I've had the same exact problem, Molly. I want my "Look up" back to the side where it gave great options. Now all we have is stupid wikipedia and a thesaurus. I was planning to look into it further to see if we can add functions like that.

8:52 am

MimiCat

I used Look up a lot for medical terms I wasn't familiar with and it was great. Now I have to google everything separately.

8:53 am

MollyL

If I find any good tutorials on that kind of thing, I will pass them along.

8:54 am

MimiCat

I like my new 23" monitor, though...I can have many windows open simultaneously and see them all at once...loving that.

8:54 am

MimiCat

Thanks, Molly. That would be most appreciated.

8:55 am

MimiCat

Still waiting for rain during this "nonsoon." It has just been hot and humid but no rain where I am. Hate it.

8:55 am

crosshair

my old Word has Research, Thesaurus and a translator. Everything else other than spell check I must do separately .

8:56 am

MimiCat

Previously I was able to right click on a word in my text and choose Look up from the drop down...not there anymore.

8:58 am

crosshair

actually i see that i do have look up and a synonym generator as well. I do not use it too often however

8:59 am

crosshair

I scan my work for repetitive descriptive and change as needed on the rewrite.

8:59 am

MimiCat

The great thing about it was that I could look up medical terms and they would automatically be there. This new version doesn't have that capability, although I'm hoping either Molly or I will find there is an option for that. I feel certain there must be. Since I'm on vacation next week, I'll be looking for options.

9:00 am

MimiCat

And...yes...planning to write a lot next week, crossy!

9:00 am

crosshair

yaa for mimi!!!

9:01 am

crosshair

I want to see 1000 words a day minimum!:)

9:01 am

crosshair

just about three little pages per day:)

9:02 am

MimiCat

I wish I was disciplined enough to set aside a specific time every day to write but, alas, I am not. I don't like structured time very much. Guess that comes from years of having to be scheduled and now that I don't have to be, I just am not.

9:02 am

josephjames

for a second there when i came in i thought you were saying 1000 words in babble a day minimum and i was all, whoa

9:02 am

crosshair

I find that I do best in the mornings, over my first cup of tea.

9:02 am

MimiCat

LOL, joseph.

9:02 am

crosshair

lol, joseph

9:03 am

aslindy

hello all

9:03 am

crosshair

howdy, aslindy

9:03 am

wvteach

hello lindy

9:04 am

MimiCat

I'm generally most creative in the early evening. I've never really been a morning person, though I am more so now than when I was young. Drives my ex nuts that I now get up by 5 every day and he spent years wanting me to get up early and couldn't drag me out of bed until 8 or 9...our kids are like me, so it was frustrating for him. Now that we're no longer together, his wish came true.....I find perverse delight in that!

9:05 am

MimiCat

Hi, aslindy! And hi to teach!

9:05 am

hego

hi Lindy and teach

9:05 am

wvteach

hello mimi

9:05 am

wvteach

hello hego

9:05 am

MimiCat

Teach...got my Nickel Creek CD and loving them again. The Lighthouse's Tale is unbelievably unique and beautiful.

9:06 am

crosshair

lol, mimi. get up at 04:00 and give him a wake-up call:)

9:06 am

wvteach

enjoy Nickel Creek - sound them live years ago when they were here to be on Mountain Stage

9:07 am

MimiCat

Lately, I've been up at 3 and 4...I should give him a call....>smiling devilishly at the thought.

9:08 am

MimiCat

They were gone for awhile but are back now and touring.

9:08 am

aslindy

what kind of things do you all write? what genre?

9:08 am

hego

so 6?

9:09 am

wvteach

SO + animal enclosure

9:09 am

hego

ty teach

9:09 am

wvteach

yvw

9:09 am

hego

I went all around that one.

9:09 am

MimiCat

I'm writing an autobiography, aslindy. It's a daunting task. But I've written all my life....poems, short stories, and am published on original research in mother/infant behavior with UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute.

9:10 am

aslindy

that's great, mimi!

9:11 am

MLFAN17

N?

9:11 am

MimiCat

I actually wrote a one-act play when I was 10...such a precocious child.

9:11 am

car.eeyore

N?

9:11 am

MLFAN17

with this is a disappointment

9:11 am

MLFAN17

stats of course car

9:11 am

MimiCat

((car))

9:11 am

aslindy

sounds a lot like my daughter - she started writing at a very young age

9:11 am

hego

Hi car

9:12 am

crosshair

aslindy, My genre is action/suspense fiction

9:12 am

car.eeyore

Need stats for an N? NA 4/5, 5/12 and 6/21

9:12 am

wvteach

NA 4/5 and NA 5/12

9:12 am

car.eeyore

Hello everyone! Son #1 comes home from camp today!!!!!!! :) :) :)

9:12 am

crosshair

car!!

9:12 am

aslindy

oh, fun, crossy... I'd love to read it!

9:12 am

MimiCat

I'm sure you encourage her. I used to think that just everyone could write and sing because they were both so natural to me. Have found out that's just not so.

9:13 am

MimiCat

Glad you're happy about that, car! That's a good sign ;)

9:13 am

crosshair

well, you may get that chance tomorrow, lindy!. I am putting out part one on the Harper/Collins site Authonomy

9:13 am

MLFAN17

clue please?

9:14 am

MLFAN17

hello everybody

9:14 am

aslindy

indeed, mimi. she has a well-paying job she dislikes, and wants to quit to pursue writing full time... but wants that security, too. a dilema. and she sings, too!

9:14 am

crosshair

howdy, MLF

9:14 am

MLFAN17

howdy cross

9:15 am

MimiCat

I've sung professionally but gave up doing so because it was becoming a job (clubs are not much fun) and I didn't want to lose my love for it.

9:16 am

crosshair

You can read a bit about Authonomy and how it works on my blog, if interested. Think the info is in my last post.. http://crosshairmusings.webs.com/

9:16 am

MimiCat

In the last few years I've just done corporate party events with my band....classic rock. Had to give that up for awhile after heart attack. But planning to get back up there again soon. Hey, if Tina Turner can do it, so can I!

9:16 am

MLFAN17

i got the N

9:16 am

MLFAN17

nbt

9:16 am

crosshair

I would love to hear you sing, mimi

9:17 am

aslindy

thanks, crossy, I will check it out!

9:17 am

MimiCat

When I visit, I'll do a couple of a capella songs for you, crossy.

9:18 am

MLFAN17

ro 7 clue please?

9:18 am

josephjames

my cat almost went pro at sleeping but she didn't want to lose her love for it

9:18 am

MimiCat

Oh, crossy, also at some future date we should collaborate on writing. I have a couple of ideas for stories that I think might be good. Unfortunately, I'm a great "idea person" but not so much a "follow-through person" so a partner would be a good idea.

9:18 am

hego

lol joseph

9:19 am

crosshair

never know, mimi. There may a co-authorship in the future;)

9:19 am

MimiCat

My cats aren't very good at sleeping. They're too busy plotting ways to drive me insane.

9:19 am

wvteach

RO 7 - style of architecture, pl

9:20 am

MimiCat

Good one, teach...thanks!

9:20 am

crosshair

Ideas are easy though. It is getting it down on paper that is the pick and shovel work

9:20 am

hego

ty teach

9:20 am

wvteach

yvw

9:20 am

hego

later....

9:20 am

MimiCat

Yep...I tend to not be too labor intensive...sigh.

9:21 am

crosshair

reminds me, I better save this work in 8 or 9 different spots..brb

9:22 am

MimiCat

Bye, hego.

9:22 am

MLFAN17

no idea

9:23 am

aslindy

my daughter writes fantasy fiction, of the magic/sorcerer/vampire type

9:23 am

MLFAN17

can we break it down please?

9:24 am

MimiCat

Wow, aslindy...she could be the new J.K. Rowling! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

9:24 am

penquis

ro + short version of hot chocolate + abbrev. for a business...

9:25 am

aslindy

one can only hope, mimi!

9:27 am

aslindy

if any of you are interested in that type of thing, here is her web site: http://sarah-johnson-4m5j.squarespace.\ncom/

9:27 am

MimiCat

That type of thing is so big right now. I love all that stuff, too. Actually..come to think of it...my autobio is kind of fantastical in ways...though not fiction!

9:28 am

crosshair

ro +Ms. Chanel and pl

9:29 am

car.eeyore

ty

9:29 am

MollyL

For those who don't know, you have to take the \n out of that link Lindy posted

9:29 am

wvteach

need one more E - have EA 4/4 x 2 and ET 4/5 - what am i missing?

9:29 am

doseffing

... you eat them for breakfast

9:30 am

crosshair

tiny url is best for this newish babbler server

9:30 am

MimiCat

Thanks, lindy..will check it out. And thanks, Molly.

9:30 am

aslindy

thank you molly... don't know where that came from

9:30 am

aslindy

yes, crossy, I forgot. my bad.

9:30 am

MollyL

It is an automatic insert here after so many consecutive characters. A glitch in the script of the site that has not been fixed.

9:31 am

aslindy

tinyurl is http://tinyurl.com/m4dl67y

9:32 am

MimiCat

I couldn't load that one, lindy...either with or without the n. Help, please, Molly.

9:32 am

MollyL

Try Lindy's tiny url. You have to take out the \ and the n.

9:35 am

MimiCat

Got it...so that's her pen name, lindy? You won't believe this but MY daughter's name is Sara!

9:37 am

aslindy

yes. and the first link might not work because it is and old bookmark. the proper tiny url should be http://tinyurl.com/lut7ll9

9:40 am

MimiCat

I pulled it up with the with the first one...looks very interesting. Will explore while not working next week. Thanks.

9:41 am

aslindy

thank you, mimi

9:41 am

MimiCat

My daughter is more pragmatic than creative...she's a paralegal. I could not do that job...it would be like doing homework for a living. But glad she likes it.

9:42 am

car.eeyore

Clue please for RA 6?

9:42 am

MimiCat

She's much better at being structured than I am...gets it from her father.

9:42 am

MimiCat

Don't have it yet, car...looking.

9:42 am

aslindy

my other daughter has a degree in physics with a math minor, though she works at a restaurant... so the two are very different...

9:43 am

MimiCat

All three of mine are so different from each other. Isn't it amazing how many ways the same set of genes can be scrambled into people?!

9:45 am

car.eeyore

Found it!

9:45 am

car.eeyore

Creature from a star wars movie

9:46 am

MimiCat

Huh?

9:46 am

car.eeyore

not walk + Peace ***ps

9:46 am

car.eeyore

Jabba the Hutt has one...Luke kills it.

9:48 am

car.eeyore

Fireworks!

9:48 am

MimiCat

Nope...still don't get it...duh for me.

9:49 am

72 Temple Owl

for me as well. but yay, car!

9:49 am

car.eeyore

I RA* a 5K + I joined the Peace ***ps and was sent to Africa

9:50 am

MimiCat

OMG...of course...double DUH!!

9:50 am

MimiCat

Twisty, that one!

9:50 am

car.eeyore

Going to get a few things before my son gets home. HAGD everyone! {[group}}

9:51 am

MimiCat

Hug back, car!

9:51 am

72 Temple Owl

that is a star wars character??? i thought it was just ire.

9:51 am

72 Temple Owl

i ate it wen i search and search and i already ave the word!:/

9:51 am

MimiCat

That's a new one for me, too, TO...and I LOVE Star Wars. Can't wait for the new one!

9:52 am

72 Temple Owl

ah, it is te h key's turn to be intermittent today. *sigh*

9:53 am

MimiCat

Going to finish up the last of my work so I can really be on vacation for ten days. Have a good Saturday and hugs all around.

9:54 am

72 Temple Owl

bye, mimi.

9:54 am

72 Temple Owl

and i am going out to mow the lawn. later, all

9:58 am

aslindy

time for me to head out, too... happy babbling, all!

11:05 am

cybernan

good morning all -- couldn't sign in last night, so just starting out :-)

11:15 am

cybernan

hello ? -- anyone here?

11:16 am

bichon

Hi nan. I'm here with 33 left

11:16 am

cybernan

hi bichon - down to 31 here

11:16 am

cybernan

slowing down now though

11:16 am

kalea

I'm here......just starting also

11:16 am

bichon

Sort of starting to eat lunch though

11:17 am

cybernan

hi kalea

11:17 am

kalea

hi nan

11:19 am

cybernan

think I'm going to have to list soon - wish I could find the other 7 first though - have ro 7

11:20 am

kalea

i don't have either 7 yet

11:21 am

cybernan

there is a ro 6-7 -- very ornate plaster work (think italian churches)

11:22 am

kalea

thanks, nan

11:22 am

zoozzoom

ST 7/44

11:22 am

cybernan

ty zoom - looking

11:23 am

kalea

ahh......thanks zoom

11:23 am

cybernan

is it something dramatic zoom?

11:24 am

zoozzoom

Adult male deer + the last letter of that again then 3rd +2nd vowel.

11:24 am

cybernan

nm - found it

11:24 am

cybernan

oh - ty anyway :-)

11:25 am

zoozzoom

Nice one :-)

11:25 am

zoozzoom

That's no problem, Nan, :-)

11:27 am

cybernan

going to have to list for the last 25 - running out of ideas!

11:29 am

kalea

i have 13 left, and slowed waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down here

11:31 am

dan2bit

I have 2xfe4, fi4, fo4 - what's my missing F?

11:32 am

kalea

another fi4,

11:33 am

dan2bit

found it tx kalea!

11:37 am

cybernan

it's all the little babblets I miss every time -- guess the old memory is starting to fail!

11:39 am

kalea

i have the same problem, nan.........menopausal cognitive decline.......that's my excuse,and i'm sticking to it

11:40 am

cybernan

sounds much better than 'poor memory' kalea

11:40 am

kalea

lol

11:43 am

cybernan

missing the co 4/8 following all the chocolate -- just not seeing it - most frustrating

11:43 am

kalea

rhymes with not hard

11:44 am

cybernan

ty kalea

11:44 am

cybernan

*!* ta da *!*

11:44 am

kalea

congrats, nan.........i still have 4

11:44 am

cybernan

hagd everyone :-)

11:44 am

dan2bit

woo hoo nan

11:48 am

dan2bit

so7 anybody?

11:48 am

dan2bit

so6 I mean

11:48 am

kalea

no so7

11:49 am

kalea

looking...........

11:49 am

rururocks

so + zoo pen

11:49 am

periwinkle

help with left column A pls

11:50 am

rururocks

ar5 peri

11:50 am

kalea

thanks ru

11:50 am

periwinkle

very nice picture of Miss 2bit, dan

11:50 am

periwinkle

ty ru, looking

11:52 am

periwinkle

I don't see the ar5 :(

11:52 am

dan2bit

ty peri!

11:52 am

dan2bit

and ty ruru - that's firewords

11:52 am

kalea

i think it's a tapestry, peri

11:53 am

periwinkle

ah, got it, ty ruru and kalea

11:53 am

kalea

coci

11:54 am

kalea

oops......sorry

11:54 am

periwinkle

np kalea you need 3 c

11:54 am

kalea

lol.........i thought i'd try, the way enable spells sometimes

11:55 am

periwinkle

you never know what will stick:)

11:56 am

periwinkle

stuck with 29 left, bbl

11:56 am

kalea

i can't believe the 2 i can't find are a 4 and a 5

11:57 am

Sugrraleona

ag5?

11:58 am

kalea

type of marble

11:59 am

kalea

or nickname for ms. moorehead

12:00 pm

Sugrraleona

LOL got it, tx

12:03 pm

kalea

coace

12:03 pm

kalea

sorry

12:22 pm

rubyfoo

hello. May I have stats or clues for a 7m pls?

12:25 pm

Judi

Howdy, neighbors!

12:34 pm

rururocks

ro7 plural of not Deco or French Classique architecture

12:34 pm

rururocks

good morning ms judi

12:35 pm

Judi

Hiya, Ruru. Ty for the ro7 clue.

12:36 pm

rururocks

st7 is the football team made up by reindeers in Texas

12:38 pm

Judi

Lol. Got that one. I just figured it was a male deer who was a little light in the hoof.

12:39 pm

rururocks

LOL .. that's a good one judi

12:40 pm

rururocks

Gay reindeer to buddy: Oh Jesus.. look at the Rack on that one!

12:41 pm

Judi

lol!

12:43 pm

rururocks

Gay reindeer to Buddy: "IF that old fat guy says ho ho ho one more time... I'm gonna bitch slap him!"

12:43 pm

Judi

*sings*... 'Santa baby, hurry down the chimney tonight...'

12:46 pm

Judi

REindeer jokes. We're desperate today.

12:47 pm

crosshair

mmm... reindeer steaks...

12:47 pm

Judi

Hiya, Crossy!

12:48 pm

crosshair

howdy, Judi:)

12:54 pm

Judi

21 left. This grid is officially annoying.

12:58 pm

rururocks

*adds today's grid to Annoying List in History of the Grids*

1:05 pm

crosshair

I think it had that distinction placed on it much earlier in the day:)

1:10 pm

bichon

Yes, all the c's are annoying

1:11 pm

crosshair

I figured as much since i am still missing 19 of those c's

1:11 pm

bichon

I have them all, if you want any

1:12 pm

crosshair

Not yet, I have to sing for my supper a bit yet on one this small:)

1:14 pm

robwhy

are all those c's in English??? I can't see them

1:14 pm

Judi

They're English. Mostly.

1:15 pm

rururocks

and South American :D

1:15 pm

robwhy

are they all chocolate related?

1:15 pm

bichon

so 6, pls

1:15 pm

rururocks

some are poopy related

1:16 pm

crosshair

lol, if they are, the ladies will have no problems finding them:)

1:16 pm

rururocks

so + animal pen at the zoo

1:16 pm

bichon

?

1:16 pm

bichon

ty ruru

1:16 pm

bichon

i left

1:17 pm

crosshair

found the "poopy " c's ty

1:17 pm

bichon

Two days in a row. nIce to have smallish grids

1:18 pm

crosshair

I am guessing that you finished.. congrats!

1:21 pm

Minveryork

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

1:21 pm

crosshair

howdy, Min, and welcome to the grid!

1:21 pm

Minveryork

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

1:21 pm

MollyL

Poopy? Is that what happens when you go on walkies?

1:25 pm

Minveryork

Just popping in to tell you I wrote a story.Be back later.

1:26 pm

rururocks

that would be Poopie molly :D

1:26 pm

rururocks

hi/bye minv

1:27 pm

Judi

Fireworks! With a big tip-o-the-hat to Lickety!

1:27 pm

crosshair

ty for the story of clues min:)

1:27 pm

crosshair

yaaa for Judi!!

1:28 pm

Judi

This grid was a bee-yatch. Now I have to go and do those dreaded Saturday chores. Boo! Hiss!

1:28 pm

MollyL

Sorry Ru, it's hard to keep up with all the walkies, brekkies, boobies and poopies.

1:29 pm

rururocks

gotcha..

1:29 pm

Judi

Don't forget the gay reindeer.

1:29 pm

rururocks

don't forget nappies and munchies

1:29 pm

rururocks

you mean Rudolfo Judi?

1:30 pm

Judi

Off I go! *POOF*

1:36 pm

MollyL

Rudolph was gay? The things I don't know. First Dumbledore, now Rudolph.

1:37 pm

rururocks

well.. that's what I heard

1:48 pm

rururocks

Dumbledore is a new one to me

1:50 pm

MollyL

I'll assume you are not familiar with the Harry Potter books.

1:50 pm

rururocks

just the movies.. not the books

1:51 pm

rururocks

Didn't realize Dumbledore used his wand for other stuff besides magic

1:53 pm

MollyL

It was some odd statement that JK Rowling made, there was nothing in any of the stories that specifically indicated it. Many think it was just a publicity stunt on Rowling's part.

1:54 pm

rururocks

oh.. she's a really odd person.. I saw an interview with her and I think her success has weirded her out

1:56 pm

hego

Hiya!

1:57 pm

rururocks

although it would be kind of cool if she had done that in the books or movie.. but I guess that'd never get bye the censors

1:57 pm

rururocks

hi hego

1:57 pm

hego

<--Please note my tenrec.

1:57 pm

rururocks

by that is

1:57 pm

rururocks

oh.. is that a tenrec?

1:57 pm

hego

Isn't it weird?

1:58 pm

rururocks

it looks like a punk Chihauha

1:58 pm

hego

lol

1:58 pm

rururocks

colorful to be sure

1:59 pm

hego

I never saw that color fur before.

1:59 pm

hego

He should be the Babble mascot.

1:59 pm

rururocks

must be equatorial

2:00 pm

rururocks

good call.. I'd be cool with that. be a great mascot

2:00 pm

hego

:D

2:04 pm

MollyL

It looks like a punk skunk

2:04 pm

hego

with quills

2:55 pm

big red

help with st 7 please

2:59 pm

Minveryork

big red, the st7/44 word is another word for a cold. Has double consonants in the middle of the word bid red.

2:59 pm

Minveryork

Hello big red! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

3:00 pm

big red

Hi Min. Thank you

3:36 pm

mkg

hi all. any clues for the 7s?

3:39 pm

mkg

min sorry. now i see your clue for st 7. looking still.

3:42 pm

mkg

got the st 7. what is other one please?

3:45 pm

mkg

anyone but me on chat?

3:50 pm

mkg

hi all, anyone out there on chat? strange.......no one on it. hmmmm

4:02 pm

amelu0218

mkg, ro 6/24 7/36

4:03 pm

mkg

ty. could use a clue plz.

4:03 pm

Glantarell

stoa

4:03 pm

amelu0218

ro + chocolate & pl

4:04 pm

mkg

ty got them

4:04 pm

mkg

stoa

4:04 pm

mkg

stoa not in grid giant

4:09 pm

Minveryork

Sorry mkg, I had to go get my dog from friend's house. I can clue for you now, plus I have my story in my profile.

4:10 pm

mkg

min hi. got both 7s now. so ty for right now i am ok.

4:13 pm

mkg

need ar 5 please. have the 4

4:13 pm

Minveryork

ar5 word has double consonants in the middle of it mkg.

4:15 pm

mkg

ty got it.

4:16 pm

Minveryork

yw

4:16 pm

mkg

need ca 5 14 the 3rd one. i know it is right in front of my face..........

4:17 pm

periwinkle

I need that one too

4:18 pm

periwinkle

got it. it is like the first ca4/6 with another vowel after the first A. it is an alternate sp of that ca5

4:18 pm

periwinkle

of that ca4

4:21 pm

mkg

ty got it.

4:21 pm

periwinkle

good

4:21 pm

Minveryork

Hi periwinkle!How are you doing today? Welcome to grid

4:27 pm

mkg

any clues for so 6?

4:30 pm

Minveryork

so 6/27 word is beginning of a sport plus how old you are

4:31 pm

mkg

ty got it.

4:33 pm

mkg

ra 6 clue plz

4:35 pm

wvteach

RA 6 - not walked + middle of apple minus final vowel

4:35 pm

mkg

ty got it.

4:37 pm

Minveryork

Hi wvteach! How are you doing today? Welcome to grid!

4:37 pm

wvteach

back to try to finish - need 2 more Cs - spent the day at a park with my grandsons

4:38 pm

Minveryork

Cool wvteach!

4:39 pm

Minveryork

I have 4 C words in my story of clues if you want to read

4:40 pm

wvteach

it's up on the ridge outside of town - about 10 degrees cooler than here - there's a small lake with a beach and they enjoyed the sand and the water

4:41 pm

mkg

i need co 5 12 after the co with double vowel.

4:43 pm

Minveryork

That co 5/12 word is Co*** Rica mkg.

4:43 pm

mkg

the one before the rica one. i have the rica one. sorry.

4:46 pm

wvteach

Min - thnx for the story but I have all of those Cs

4:46 pm

wvteach

the CO that I have before the Rica one is the one with the dounble vowels - do not have list so many that is one that I am missing

4:47 pm

Minveryork

There are 4 co words that are plurals of other co words.

4:48 pm

mkg

got it. c then two double vowel.

4:48 pm

mkg

ty.

4:56 pm

wvteach

i have CA x 12, CI x 1, CO x 15, CR x 2 - i am missing a C4 and a C5 - what am i missingh?

5:02 pm

crayola

wv: you're missing two CO words I believe

5:03 pm

wvteach

thnx crayola - will keep looking

5:07 pm

wvteach

found them - ** finito ** last word CO 5/14 - no list but help from chog

5:08 pm

Soodle

Hi everybody.

5:09 pm

crayola

congrats wv

5:09 pm

Soodle

Well done WV. It was a tricky little grid today.

5:11 pm

jaxx7

Hi, soodle

5:12 pm

jaxx7

Well done wvteach

5:14 pm

Soodle

Jaxx! You vanished last night with a cryptic comment about you having a bad day yesterday. Ihope all is ok with you, i searched for your email addy, but I seem to have deleted it.

5:19 pm

Soodle

General Note to all ladies 50+. Do not, I repeat DO NOT buy a magnifying mirror. I did. And I'm horrified.

5:20 pm

jaxx7

It looks as if my grandchildren may be taken into care. The social worker's manager has decided there is a child protection issue with Ashley. We had a meeting with the social worker yesterday and have another with his manager next week. Then a child protection meeting in the next couple of weeks. My daughter is distraught, I can't believe it. They have decided that we are neglecting him. They don't like our domestic arrangements as he has a bed in a room shared with me. We have been labelled as chaotic and neglectful of a child that has 100% attendance at school, is tall for his age, is not obese and is clearly thriving. It was a VERY bad day.

5:21 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations wvteach on your fireworks! Good for U!

5:21 pm

Minveryork

Hello Soodle!How are you doing today? Welcome to chog.

5:22 pm

Soodle

Oh no, Jaxx. How awful.

5:23 pm

Soodle

No wonder yesterday was gruesome.

5:24 pm

Minveryork

Jaxx7,I am sorry to hear about your grandchildren! I wish that the system would work the right way! I see so many kids at work that really should be taken into care and they are not!Looks like you are taking very good care of your kids! How did system get involved?

5:24 pm

Soodle

Sorry, Min. (((Hugs))). Thanks for your welcome. :-)

5:25 pm

Soodle

Jaxx, can you do anything about this?

5:26 pm

jaxx7

The council has been hauled over the coals by the Inspectors over their child protection record and now they are paranoid. The school has reported that Ashley has been sent to school with dirty underwear and smelly socks and on one day with no packed meal. This has prompted the council to track back 9 years when my grandson was just born and my daughter had alcohol problems and decided that she is now doing the same.

5:30 pm

Minveryork

Not fair jaxx7! I wish you all the luck with your meetings

5:32 pm

Soodle

Sheesh. Jaxx, are you 100% happy that Ashley & siblings are well taken care of?

5:32 pm

jaxx7

Julie is sure that they will take him away and wants to run away with him. that will not help but I fear she may well be right. Ashley craves attention and knows what will get it for him. No packed meal means he gets a school dinner. Throwing a wobbly gets him another room with 1 to 1 attention with a teacher. It is not a protection issue but a behaviour issue. The school is full of young women masquerading as teachers. They are not much older than Jess, my granddaughter, and in the last twelve months they hav changed classes and teachers for Ashley's class three times. He lacks stability there and that doesn't help. I just don't know what to do next.

5:36 pm

Soodle

How old is Ashley?

5:38 pm

jaxx7

Julie has had her problems and there have been times when she has not been the best of mothers. That is why we have Ashley for 5 days a week and had Jess when she was small as well. In fact, Jess has told us that we brought them both up and she loves us for it. The family is one of siblings and half siblings from two different mothers and two different fathers so perm any one from three as it were. The other half sibling was living with his mother until her new boyfriend punished him, a vegetarian, for something he said he'd done bu pushing his face into a joint of beef. he has moved into the house and won't go home. It is a right royal mess. I despair

5:39 pm

jaxx7

Ashley is now 9 - on Independence day.

5:42 pm

Soodle

What a mess, Jaxx.

5:43 pm

jaxx7

Indeed. A sordid one too. Modern families!

5:44 pm

jaxx7

I find I can't cope with officialdom. Especially when they have such powers these days.

5:44 pm

Soodle

But, with a bit of stability from their Grands, they have every hope of turning out the finest.

5:44 pm

crosshair

howdy jaxx!. I am sorry for your current issues with family services. i also had dealings with our version of them when my son was younger.. Oh how I long for the days when the teacher used to just teach and not try to raise our kids! ( not saying all are like that, but jaxx tale is way too familliar)

5:45 pm

jaxx7

They don't think our home is a suitable place for them, that's the problem

5:45 pm

crosshair

heck we had a place when we are all kids of a set of bunk beds and a single bed all in one room!

5:46 pm

jaxx7

yes, crossy, but the rules are different now, unfortunately

5:46 pm

Soodle

Sigh. When burocracy kicks in, you may

5:47 pm

Soodle

Leave logic & common sense at the door

5:47 pm

Soodle

Hey Crossy :-)

5:48 pm

crosshair

howdy soodles:)

5:49 pm

jaxx7

Our house is a mess. We started renovating, if you remember, and then Nigel damaged his knee and everything came to a halt. We still have boxes in every available corner. It is clean though but we only have one bedroom free for Ashley and I to sleep in. Nigel sleeps downstairs on a recliner beacause that way he can get comfy and sleep better. Wait until they realise that!

5:50 pm

Soodle

Jaxx, if your Fairy Godmother appeared before you right now, what woukd you wish for?

5:50 pm

crosshair

My first excerpt of my novel is now available on Authonomy.com for those who care to read it. It is part one of three in total and has a working title of "Longfellow" I hope you enjoy it and feel free to leave me feedback and suggestions.

5:50 pm

jaxx7

It all to sort itself out without the kids losing out

5:51 pm

Soodle

Wow! WTG Crossy!

5:51 pm

jaxx7

My intuition tells me we are in for a struggle.

5:52 pm

jaxx7

I will certainly have a read, crossy. Is that Longfellow the poet?

5:59 pm

jaxx7

Anyway, folks, I have a busy day tomorrow trying to fit a quart into a pint pot and make the bedroom look twice as big as it is. I am off to my bed and a read of a nice escapist murder story. It might give me an idea of how to deal with social services. Night all

6:00 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye jaxx7! I will see you tomorrow in the log maybe

6:00 pm

crosshair

there was a poet by that name, yes, but it has nothing to do with the book.. well hardly anything

6:00 pm

crosshair

biab..dinner

6:47 pm

aslindy

hello all

6:50 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi! lurking mostly while i find the last few

6:55 pm

Minveryork

Hello Book Doctor Gwen! How are you? Welcome to chog.

6:55 pm

Minveryork

Hello aslindy! How are you doing today? Welcome to grid.

6:56 pm

aslindy

hello min, doing ok, how are you?

6:59 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

having another crappy day. blech

7:01 pm

aslindy

sorry to hear that, gwen

7:02 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

thanks

7:05 pm

Minveryork

I am doing well,but sorry about BDG's & jaxx7's bad days

7:11 pm

aslindy

my day has not been very great... headache all day and just now I mashed my hand on the door's strike plate so bruised the back of it. sheesh.

7:11 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

fireworks, yea

7:11 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ouch, sorry to hear that, aslindy!

7:11 pm

aslindy

welll done gwen!

7:12 pm

aslindy

and now my cordless mouse needs a fresh battery.

7:13 pm

MimiCat

Just saw an article about triple 0 jeans...so, does that mean they are now making jeans for people who don't even exist?

7:13 pm

MimiCat

...and how do they make money from that...

7:14 pm

aslindy

I heard about that... can't imagine that size

7:15 pm

MimiCat

The fashion industry is ridiculous. I don't even understand the obsession with "fashion" now. Does no one have a REAL life?!!

7:16 pm

MollyL

Just for the record, a size triple zero fits a 23 inch waist.

7:17 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Book Doctor Gwen on fireworks!Hooray

7:17 pm

Minveryork

Hello MimiCat! How are you doing? Welcome to the chog.

7:18 pm

MollyL

To get the full impact of how tiny that is you really need to get a tape measure out and look at 23 inches in diameter.

7:21 pm

rururocks

gosh I'd be afraid I'd break her

7:23 pm

MimiCat

My new computer monitor is 23"...oh, my. Are we now catering to anorexics?

7:24 pm

MimiCat

In my experience (which, trust me, is vast), men do NOT like really skinny women!

7:24 pm

MimiCat

Hi, Min!

7:25 pm

MimiCat

Nothing to "hold on to."

7:28 pm

MimiCat

Agree, ruru?

7:30 pm

Dorens

Haha! I remember having a 20 inch waistline, 23 would have been lovely. And I wasn't anorexic

7:30 pm

MimiCat

Hello...did I just kill the chog?

7:31 pm

MimiCat

No kidding, Dorens...20 inches...wow. But you weren't trying to be that small, right?

7:32 pm

Dorens

Nope, would have loved 23. I ate and ate and ate, just couldn't gain weight.

7:32 pm

MimiCat

I've never had a weight issue and wore regular clothes home after all three babies were born, but was never that tiny.

7:32 pm

MimiCat

Oh, how I envy and hate you! (Kidding)

7:32 pm

Minveryork

Hello Dorens! How are you doingtoday? Welcome to grid!

7:33 pm

Dorens

just my metabolism when I was young. IT certainly has changed!! Hi min ... Min can tell you I am certainly over 23 inches in waist now, lol!

7:33 pm

MimiCat

Yeah...gravity is not the friend of older women.

7:34 pm

MimiCat

I'm not overweight now....I'm just too SHORT.

7:34 pm

Dorens

oh gravity is not my trouble... in fact my grandaughter commented last week on the fact that older womens' "boobies" usually kind of droop, but mine don't.

7:35 pm

freckledcat

2 to go and need help. sa5/10 &ca5/14 please

7:35 pm

MimiCat

I worry about tripping over mine.

7:35 pm

MimiCat

TMI..for sure.

7:35 pm

Dorens

sa5.. kind of plastic wram

7:35 pm

Dorens

wraP

7:36 pm

Dorens

i have two ca 5/14;s i guess you need poth?

7:36 pm

Dorens

plural childish word for feces

7:36 pm

freckledcat

The second please

7:36 pm

MimiCat

OK...back to writing...don't want crossy to be upset with me. Hugs all around.

7:37 pm

Dorens

and ca I never studied **onomics + state abbreviation

7:38 pm

Dorens

IF crossy were to be upset with you for not writing, I'd reevaluate my concern about his approbation

7:39 pm

MimiCat

No, it's all good. He's a wonderful support system for me.

7:41 pm

MimiCat

Really gone now, Molly....poink!

7:41 pm

uusue2

Hi all!

7:41 pm

freckledcat

Thanks for the sa5 but Im not seeing the ca5

7:43 pm

uusue2

Ca5 - take ca4/6 slang for poop, stick a vowel in the middle

7:43 pm

stidgmere

Hi UU. Oh my even the very cool Northwest is hot today. Murphy is lying as flat out as possible. So is my husband. They make a nice pair.

7:44 pm

freckledcat

It' s the second ca 5/14 that I need

7:45 pm

uusue2

Hi gmere! I've been inside since Tuesday, have no idea what the outside temp is

7:46 pm

uusue2

That was the 2nd ca5 that I jyst clued, freckledcat

7:47 pm

freckledcat

Sorry it is the third that I need

7:47 pm

Anniebrook

just passing thru..the second ca 5/14 is a plural of ca 4/6

7:47 pm

Anniebrook

sue, How is Frank?

7:48 pm

Anniebrook

freckle, sue clued it at 7:43

7:52 pm

uusue2

Hi Annie, he is still in the hospital, his gut hasn't started working again yet

7:53 pm

uusue2

Also we still don't know for sure that it's the cancer coming back although that is by far the most likeky thing

7:54 pm

Anniebrook

sue, Frank was in my prayers tonight and will be every night. Stay strong and I think of you also.

7:54 pm

Minveryork

Hello uusue2! How are you doing today?Welcome to grid!

7:54 pm

Minveryork

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

7:55 pm

Minveryork

Hello Anniebrook! How are you doing? Welcome to the log

7:55 pm

uusue2

Anyway they want him to walk in order to get his guts going again, so we are off to make our tour of the floor, so I will be back in a bit. Thank you for all the kind thoughts and prayers!

7:55 pm

Minveryork

ca 5/14 word adds a vowel in 3rd postion of ca 4/6 word

7:55 pm

Anniebrook

Bye for now, sue

7:56 pm

Anniebrook

Hi Min, Im am fine and hope you are too.

7:56 pm

Minveryork

Goodnight uusue2! Sorry I missed you!I've been in & out.

7:57 pm

Minveryork

I am well Anniebrook. Just hanging out saving last word.

7:57 pm

Anniebrook

I am going to read now and wish you all a good night.

7:57 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Anniebrook! I will see you tomorrow in the chog

8:11 pm

poor richard

Clue for the sty, anyone?

8:11 pm

poor richard

I meant st7.

8:11 pm

Craftykat

Hi. New here A friend recommended I play. Looks fun

8:12 pm

DRWED

fi 9,56: to complete a particular puzzle available online.

8:12 pm

Minveryork

st7/44 word is another word for colt poor richard and hi

8:12 pm

Minveryork

Hi poor richard! How are you doing? Welcome to the log.

8:12 pm

Minveryork

Hello Craftykat! How are you doing? Welcome to Babble.

8:12 pm

poor richard

Hi back, Minveryok. And thanks.

8:13 pm

Minveryork

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

8:13 pm

Craftykat

Thank you!

8:13 pm

DRWED

Doing good. It is hot here in Las Vegas.

8:18 pm

Minveryork

It is pretty hot here in New York too and will get hotter tomorrow and also on Monday. Fortunately I work in AC.

8:24 pm

DRWED

Yeah, I stay out of it as much as possible. This heat is the trade-off for 9 months of good weather.

8:33 pm

freckledcat

Thank you Sue. I was called away to the door but when I got back I found it. I like yhese short ones because I can usually finish them (with help)!

8:37 pm

helsmith

Tace

8:38 pm

helsmith

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