Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, November 13, 2014

12:00 am

gremlinn

wow, a HUGE one

12:01 am

rururocks

po7

12:01 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:04 am

uusue2

Thank you lickety!!

12:04 am

Lizlin

Thanks Lickety - hi all :)

12:04 am

uusue2

Wow, lots of really short words!

12:07 am

cybernan

hello everyone :-)

12:09 am

mkg

hi all.

12:10 am

cybernan

anacronyms are now words?

12:10 am

dizgrannie

NBT/NBS

12:10 am

uusue2

Nbt

12:10 am

Lizlin

WTG Diz

12:11 am

dizgrannie

ty

12:18 am

NonoNanette

ce

12:20 am

cybernan

nbt, nbs

12:20 am

mkg

only blank tile is the u! darn. i cant quite see it. no clues yet please

12:21 am

crayola

stats for the lone e in the fifth column?

12:21 am

dizgrannie

ep 4

12:21 am

crayola

thanks, looking

12:22 am

crayola

oh duh. nbt/nbs

12:22 am

dizgrannie

lol cray

12:22 am

rururocks

missing one damn p

12:22 am

mkg

ep is the one you want. yes indeed.

12:25 am

mkg

this grid needs an R badly!!!!!!

12:27 am

mkg

ok stats for one U word if you have that. ty.

12:27 am

dizgrannie

Ru do you have pi 5/20

12:28 am

Lizlin

Thanks, Diz - 3 words from that :)

12:29 am

mkg

i do. but that doesnt help ru.

12:29 am

dizgrannie

mkg, ul 4

12:29 am

mkg

ty diz

12:30 am

mkg

ty diz got two from it.

12:30 am

mkg

nbt now.

12:30 am

mkg

night all. time to sleep

12:30 am

dizgrannie

and pl it

12:30 am

cybernan

drop first letter of disney girl Mu***

12:32 am

cybernan

half way and down to a crawl

12:33 am

rururocks

fa7

12:40 am

dizgrannie

BBL for my last 75

12:53 am

rururocks

finished

12:54 am

cybernan

wd ruru -crashing here -- good night all

12:55 am

saanichcat

fabulous ru!

12:55 am

rururocks

HI SAAN!!!!!!!!

12:55 am

rururocks

you should be sleeping

12:55 am

rururocks

:D

12:55 am

saanichcat

heelo ru

12:55 am

saanichcat

hello I mean

12:56 am

rururocks

great to see you

12:56 am

saanichcat

couldn't sleep, will soon though

12:56 am

rururocks

yep..

12:56 am

rururocks

me too

12:56 am

saanichcat

have a good one

12:57 am

rururocks

I'll be in touch

12:57 am

saanichcat

OK! great!

1:01 am

rururocks

just dropped you a note.

1:02 am

saanichcat

thank you, thank you very much. Will be in touch soon, promise

1:04 am

rururocks

ok.. I am heading to bed.. bad headache tonight

1:05 am

saanichcat

sleep tight, hope your head clears by morning.

1:06 am

rururocks

yeah.. here's hoping. I have had a bad one all day

1:06 am

rururocks

I have taken so many headache drugs.. i'm woobly

1:07 am

rururocks

good night saan. Sleep well.

1:13 am

saanichcat

I will ru thanks, I'm off too.

2:51 am

jaxx7

woobly? Sorry to hear you are suffering ru. Migraine again?

2:53 am

rubyfoo

good morning

2:54 am

rubyfoo

ooh, first word was po7/36 which jumped out at me

2:55 am

zoozzoom

Hello :-)

2:55 am

rubyfoo

2:55 am

rubyfoo

do those animals xit in Europe?

2:55 am

zoozzoom

How are you, ((Ruby))

2:56 am

rubyfoo

Are they the same as skunks?

2:56 am

rubyfoo

exiwst*

2:56 am

rubyfoo

freezing, but the painter/plasterer is working like crazy

2:56 am

rubyfoo

exist* my hands are so cold that I can barely type

2:57 am

zoozzoom

I think there is one caleed the Euroean po 7/36

2:57 am

zoozzoom

called*

2:57 am

zoozzoom

Mild here today although a little bit windy.

2:58 am

zoozzoom

Have they nearly finished then, Ruby?

2:58 am

rubyfoo

the Fr word for skunk is putois but I\ think that comes from Quebec

2:59 am

rubyfoo

He just started yesterday with the ceiling in the kitchen//breakfast room. It is a huge job but he seems to be working fast

3:00 am

zoozzoom

I bet it will make the place look all new again :-)

3:00 am

rubyfoo

Kitchen first, then upstairs Exterior work will wait 'til Spring. At least the house should look spiffy by the time Soodle gets here in April or May and Rose and Don in June or July.

3:01 am

zoozzoom

Sounds like you will have a busy year!

3:01 am

rubyfoo

We re-did the whole house before we moved in15 yrs ago, but all these years of dogs and careless housekeepers have taken their toll.

3:02 am

rubyfoo

What I didn't anticipate was how much work I would have to do because the walls were all covered with artwork etc. and the flat surfaces with tschotkes and antiques

3:02 am

sprite

good morning all

3:02 am

zoozzoom

Yes maintainance is an on going job.

3:02 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Sprite :-)

3:02 am

rubyfoo

We made all those structural changes and all th work while we were still in Miami, so didn't have to live in a construction ste

3:03 am

rubyfoo

This is different and much worse.

3:03 am

sprite

*hugs zooz* Hello dear man. How are you today?

3:03 am

rubyfoo

3:03 am

sprite

*hugs ruby*

3:03 am

zoozzoom

My parents house has millions of oil paintings on their walls.It takes an age to remove them to clean the walls etc..lol

3:03 am

zoozzoom

I am well than you.Hope you are well?

3:04 am

sprite

I am fine, thanks :)

3:04 am

zoozzoom

than was supposed to be thank..geez.

3:04 am

rubyfoo

wE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY FRAGILE STUFF ON TH WALLS LIKE Japanese INLAY WOODEN PLAQUES AND ANTIQQUE PLATES.

3:04 am

rubyfoo

whoops, sorry for caps

3:05 am

rubyfoo

Sprite knows how "tired\' the house looked

3:05 am

sprite

*giggles* Imagine you had been ill and was now feeling better. You would have said: I am better than you :D

3:05 am

zoozzoom

Yes I take it they look great untill you have to move them, Ruby.Ruddy night-mare!

3:05 am

sprite

not really. I thought it looked nice.

3:07 am

zoozzoom

Did you see the teeniest grid yesterday, Sprite :-(

3:07 am

sprite

yeah. Breezed through it in no time. Very disappointing.

3:07 am

zoozzoom

Same here. I landed up playing candy crush and alike..lol

3:08 am

rubyfoo

you are too sweet, Sprite. N\\ice, except for the \"dog gouges" and blackened and cracked ceilings (but who looks up, anyway?) lol

3:08 am

sprite

lol :D

3:08 am

zoozzoom

You mean the house had character, Ruby :-)

3:09 am

sprite

well sweetie, you know me. I don't look and judge. I look and see hundreds of great things. And two beautiful people.

3:09 am

rubyfoo

Funnily when we bought it, it had no character at all, but our renovations made it look like a much older and well-restored house.

3:09 am

rubyfoo

But I guess that 5 years is a pretty good run for wallpeter and paint

3:10 am

sprite

I wonder how many ppl were busted at the fl4 :D

3:10 am

zoozzoom

Yes I did notice that when I started..And wondered the same.Have not looked to find out yet.

3:11 am

sprite

hehehe I don't wonder that hard. Don't have to know. Just good for a smile.

3:11 am

zoozzoom

Well I have just looked and the answer is................None..lol

3:12 am

sprite

hehehe darn it. Well done on them. No smile for me.

3:16 am

zoozzoom

For a grid size of nearly 200 words I am surprised the highest word stat is a seven.And only four of them at that..lol

3:17 am

sprite

if I would play at fl4 time I would most likely be in the sin bin from the start.

3:17 am

sprite

means it is a nasty grid, usually, lol

3:20 am

zoozzoom

If you were to start at flip time you would be with the ones like Broll, volly, Ruru and others who can call out all the 8,9,10 plus words in minutes , before lickety has had a chance to say clues are up..lol

3:20 am

sprite

no I wouldn't. I totally dislike that. It is one of the reasons I don't play at fl4 time anymore.

3:22 am

zoozzoom

I don,t play at that time often as I am way too tired to see the grid properly.And my bed is calling me back to dream land :-)

3:23 am

sprite

hehehe I understand that! I am usually up at 7, so I could easily make it. Used to play with Atalante, Haz and several others at fl4 time. But the stat listers spoiled it for us.

3:24 am

zoozzoom

Not seen, Atalante here for a long time.see Haz sometimes on the other site.

3:25 am

sprite

the other site?

3:25 am

zoozzoom

I am sure Holland is an hour in front of the UK.

3:25 am

zoozzoom

Sudoku.

3:26 am

sprite

ata is too busy to play, she works full time in her own field of study now. Maritime biology. Haz does not enjoy the atmosphere in babble anymore. I miss them both.

3:26 am

sprite

ah ok, the sudoku. I love the sudokus.

3:27 am

zoozzoom

Yes there are a few babblers who have said they are not as happy as they used to be with babble. Lynxxx was just saying the same thing to me the other day :-(

3:30 am

zoozzoom

Not seen, Rose, on here today. Must be having a lovely night out on the tiles with Don :-)

3:30 am

sprite

sorry about that. Windows was updating and decid4ed to reboot my computer. Ugh.

3:31 am

sprite

yes, they were gonna have a 8-course greek dinner. Don't expect them home early :)

3:31 am

zoozzoom

LOl no problems. Just thought you had your head burried in the grid :-)

3:31 am

zoozzoom

Nice.Hope they are having a wonderful time!

3:32 am

sprite

me too! They richly deserve it

3:33 am

zoozzoom

they do at that.The have had a lot to deal with these last few years.

3:33 am

rubyfoo

Back. Had to check on husband nd painter. The painter keeps telling me how expensive the "add-ons" are going to be. But at this point, I really don't care.

3:33 am

rubyfoo

The work has to be done nd it's started, so there are no choices

3:33 am

sprite

they sure had, zooz. Too much too soon. They are heroes.

3:34 am

sprite

frustrating, ruby

3:34 am

zoozzoom

don,t let them take the piss though, Ruby.

3:34 am

zoozzoom

Pardon my language.

3:35 am

sprite

hehehe

3:35 am

rubyfoo

Nothing \I can do and husband is totally uninvolved, so it's just me

3:36 am

sprite

probably very scary for him, ruby, all the unrest.

3:36 am

rubyfoo

Fr chickens are in here lol

3:36 am

rubyfoo

and dogs are totally freaked out

3:37 am

zoozzoom

Maybe Say a cup of tea is one euro so if it is 55 euros extra.That will be so many cups of tea they will have to go without :-)

3:37 am

sprite

hehehe nice one, zooz

3:38 am

sprite

yeah @ the french chicken. Not valid, nor is its meat :(

3:41 am

sprite

always surprised that sn5/18 is valid. It is an acronym.

3:42 am

zoozzoom

Scoops that one up.Thanks :-)

3:42 am

sprite

hehehe yvw

3:44 am

zoozzoom

I tried to enter 'leaf' about half a dozen times until I realised the A is in the wrong place.Stupid man tsk tsk.

3:45 am

sprite

not stupid. Just hopeful :)

3:47 am

rubyfoo

quick 110 but my hands are too cold

3:48 am

rubyfoo

I had better go and put on another layer of sweaters. I look like the Michelin man already

3:48 am

sprite

you need those gloves with cut-off fingers, ruby

3:48 am

jwr

I beg to differ, Zooz. The A is not in the wrong place; there is a missing C and another E that were supposed to make the word sp**tacle

3:48 am

rubyfoo

actually, I have a pair that FM sent to me....I think of her whenever it gets cold!

3:49 am

rubyfoo

hello jwr

3:49 am

jwr

heigh ho

3:49 am

sprite

hey jwr :) *hug* and lol! too true.

3:49 am

zoozzoom

ooo good one, Jwr!

3:49 am

rubyfoo

the only two people who were ever mean and nasty to me in this room were Haz and Nancyboy

3:51 am

jwr

then you never tried to tell Molly that the Scottish election results may have had some good points

3:51 am

rubyfoo

Everybody else has been wonderful

3:53 am

sprite

I remember a few more flare-ups here. But not gonna go there, grin. I like most of my fellow babblers. Some more than others. But there has to be a black sheep in every family, right?

3:53 am

jwr

baaaaaaaaaa

3:53 am

zoozzoom

Heard on the news yesterday that scientists landed a satellite onto a comet about 300 million miles away.Whilst the comet is traveling at thousands of miles an hour. Amazes me how they can do that!

3:54 am

rubyfoo

I think I miss many of the "flare-ups" but the ones aimed at me were totally unjust and awful

3:54 am

sprite

*giggles* Nah, you are a friend, jwr. Never doubt it.

3:54 am

sprite

zooz, I totally agree. Seeing how it is sometimes hard to even park a car... incredible they can land something that far away, going that fast.

3:54 am

Dianne

The thing they landed is about the size of a washing machine and the comet is about the size of central park.

3:54 am

sprite

ruby goes to the PB!

3:55 am

sprite

hehehe trust Dianne to put things in perspective. True, that. But still.

3:55 am

rubyfoo

I think the science behind that comet landing was what has been in several science-fisction movies, i.e. that they want to be able toblow up a comet if it endangers Earth. They just don't want to scare people, but that's what wiped out the dinasaurs, for example

3:55 am

jwr

occasionally sheepish, sprite. ... why does Ruby get to go have a treat? Why?

3:56 am

sprite

she posted a grid word.

3:56 am

rubyfoo

hah, ty for the aw and th trip to the pb, sprite

3:56 am

rubyfoo

Helo Diane

3:56 am

jwr

i'm looking for it

3:56 am

sprite

and you know it... freebees are rewarded with a trip to the PB. Goodies included.

3:56 am

sprite

yvw ruby :)

3:56 am

jwr

oh ty sprite and ruby

3:56 am

Dianne

I am just totally amazed that they were able to do that. It took more than 30 minutes for the signal to reach earth.

3:57 am

zoozzoom

Exactly! Wonder what thay will find out about it.

3:57 am

rubyfoo

Do you think I may be right or is that just a personal "conspiracy theory"?

3:57 am

sprite

Yeah it is incredible. Space, the final frontier.

3:58 am

jwr

Dianne -- it's sort of like landing a new subject in the middle of a fast-moving babblechat.

3:58 am

zoozzoom

LOl

3:58 am

sprite

landing that is the easy part. Getting it to be noticed is the harder :D

3:58 am

Dianne

You are right, jwr.

3:58 am

rubyfoo

having lunch at Sprite's resto. They have just re-opened after a 3-week closure

3:59 am

sprite

no idea, ruby.

3:59 am

rubyfoo

I think the money should have been spent on teaching kids to read and providing housing for the poor

3:59 am

sprite

french key is valid, btw, ruby :)

4:00 am

jwr

oh, they're always noticed -- sometimes you just have to decide which to respond to. First. Say for example wanting to ask Sprite if she's ever visited the historical windmills in her area

4:00 am

rubyfoo

have it, tx, sprite. I always check the Fr words as they are frequently accepted

4:01 am

sprite

oh yes, I have, jwr. We live about 10 mins away from them. The kids' school is next to them. Interesting. But always teeming with japanese tourists :)

4:01 am

zoozzoom

Thanks for the AW5, Ruby, I missed that one.

4:01 am

sprite

put a letter in front of it, zooz, for another one

4:02 am

jwr

oh ruby -- you have to believe that there's a planet out there where there are lots of houses and books just waiting for us.

4:02 am

zoozzoom

Geez I am crap at this game.Thanks, Sprite!

4:02 am

rubyfoo

I tried putting a p in front, but that only works for pups

4:02 am

sprite

I know it exists, jwr. It is the place all my pens travel to the minute I need them.

4:02 am

zoozzoom

LOL

4:02 am

sprite

awwww that is so sweet, ruby!

4:02 am

rubyfoo

hahah and I'm off

4:03 am

zoozzoom

You guys are too funny!

4:03 am

sprite

bye ruby, good luck today

4:03 am

Dianne

As the Science Guy said - that's the reason we do these things - to find out where we came from and if there are "others".

4:03 am

zoozzoom

toodle pips for now, Ruby. Don,t forget to charge the work-men if thay want a cup of tea :-)

4:04 am

rubyfoo

If anybody wants to see Sprite's resto, it has a website: Bistrot de L'Amandier (or something)

4:04 am

rubyfoo

hahah

4:04 am

rubyfoo

*woof*

4:04 am

sprite

I always wonder, if we ever meet 'others', if we even will notice they are others. I mean, they could be so totally different we wouldn't realise they are there.

4:05 am

sprite

as Douglas Adams wrote... it could be a hyper-intelligent shade of blue.

4:05 am

zoozzoom

Well I thinnk the universe is so VAST that there just has to be other life out there.What form it takes..well who knows.

4:06 am

jwr

see? just thinking about it is a good thing

4:06 am

sprite

I agree on that. If you think how many stars, how many planets... hard to imagine we are the only life forms, the only inhabited planet.

4:07 am

jwr

I'm back to work/Earth again. Later guys

4:07 am

Dianne

My husband had a colleague (a bright, business woman) who swore on everything holy that she had been taken on board a spce craft.

4:07 am

sprite

have a safe trip home, jwr ;)

4:07 am

zoozzoom

May be in a few thousand years (if earth survives that long) people will book planet holidays...where we going this year mum (mom)..I thought we could go to planet quarkillius this year dear. YaY!

4:08 am

sprite

for real, Dianne? Wow. Would love to hear her story.

4:08 am

jwr

did you ask how she liked her anal probe? (sorry, I was on my way out and had to stop for that)

4:08 am

sprite

roflolollllll jwr!

4:08 am

zoozzoom

LOl

4:09 am

zoozzoom

There are a few people i have seen on TV that swear they had been taken by beings on a craft.Then brought back again.

4:09 am

Dianne

sprite - not only all the stars and planets but what about what's at the end of the black hole?

4:10 am

sprite

oh yes! Mindboggling, that. Also, as someone said... ok, the universe expands. But into what, I wonder?

4:10 am

zoozzoom

Black holes are so intriguing yet scary at the same time.

4:13 am

sprite

fireflies. Made up for yesterday, this grid. Almost.

4:13 am

zoozzoom

Well landing on that comet could be the start of answers to finding these type os questions out, Sprite.

4:13 am

sprite

I will keep following it with interest, zooz. Always fascinates me.

4:13 am

zoozzoom

Congrats, Sprite!

4:14 am

sprite

am gonna love and leave you guys. *hugs* and may you all have a blessed day and a peacefu night.

4:15 am

zoozzoom

On the BBC news website.They have a game that you can try and land the satelitte. I landed it first time with 100% score!

4:15 am

zoozzoom

Have a great day, Spritey!

5:09 am

Wolvie

morning all- well this is better than 25 lol

5:21 am

crosshair

good morning everyone:)

5:21 am

Wolvie

morning crossy

5:28 am

car.eeyore

Good morning all

5:30 am

car.eeyore

phantom: spectacle

5:30 am

Wolvie

morning car

5:42 am

car.eeyore

Stats please for the lower left column A?

5:43 am

car.eeyore

NM...just found it

5:44 am

car.eeyore

Stats for the U instead please?

5:47 am

Lizlin

ul 4/5 and pl

5:47 am

Lizlin

Hi all :)

5:47 am

Wolvie

just back from dog walk- i have ul 4/5, plural for ul 5 and final un 6/45

5:47 am

Wolvie

hi liz

5:48 am

Lizlin

Hi Wolvie

5:49 am

Wolvie

sorry- final u is up 6/45- still drinking my coffee lol

5:49 am

Wolvie

i could not believe i found that one or that it is a word :D

5:49 am

Lizlin

Just guessed that up 6 - wouldn't have ever tried that!

5:50 am

Lizlin

Thanks.

5:50 am

Wolvie

:-)

5:50 am

Anniebrook

hello babblers

5:50 am

Lizlin

Hi Annie :)

5:50 am

MollyL

I thought up6 was a bit out there.

5:50 am

Wolvie

hi annie

5:51 am

Lizlin

Hi Molly

5:51 am

Wolvie

morning molly

5:51 am

Anniebrook

just found up 6/45, thanks wolvie...no stranger than usual

5:52 am

Anniebrook

hi Liz, Molly, Wolvie etal

5:55 am

MollyL

Good morning everyone. A bit chilly for us East Coasters.

6:00 am

Anniebrook

I was just out on the terrace, brrrrr

6:05 am

rubyfoo

hello

6:05 am

Anniebrook

hello ((ruby))

6:05 am

Wolvie

hi ruby

6:06 am

Lizlin

Hi Ruby - how's the work on the house going?

6:07 am

rubyfoo

The guy started yesterday and I waS AMAZED AT HOW MUCH I HAD TO DO IN PREPARATION, AND THAT'S ONLY FOR THE KITCHEN

6:08 am

rubyfoo

whhops, sorry, bad pinkie

6:08 am

Lizlin

Hope you're not overdoing it!

6:08 am

rubyfoo

There was sooo much stuff on the walls and flat surfaces

6:08 am

Lizlin

fireworks

6:08 am

Wolvie

congrats liz

6:09 am

rubyfoo

yay liz!

6:09 am

Lizlin

Thanks - a couple of twisty ones that took me ages to find!

6:09 am

Anniebrook

ruby, Liz has the kitchen and downstairs bathroom gutted and redone. Much preparation, much. It is almost finished. going up there the day after TG day.

6:09 am

Anniebrook

Congrats, Liz

6:09 am

Lizlin

Thanks Annie

6:10 am

Anniebrook

ruby, please get someone to help you prepare.

6:10 am

Lizlin

Enjoy your days everyone.

6:10 am

rubyfoo

and I'm sure that your Liz doesn't have the insane accumulation of stuff that we have after all these years!

6:10 am

rubyfoo

And YOUR liz is a kid, compared to me

6:11 am

Wolvie

10 left for later- off to the day- have a good one to all :-)

6:12 am

Anniebrook

She's 46, going to be married 19 years on the 25 so there is a lot of stuff there. But she had help getting everything off the wall and out of the closets. Big job. But, ruby, how lovely it will be a the end

6:12 am

rubyfoo

I think this is a good time to have the work done. If not now, when?

6:12 am

Anniebrook

*at...cant type anymore

6:13 am

Anniebrook

ruby, are you renovating your kitchen?

6:14 am

rubyfoo

no, the kitchen was totally done before we moved into the house. Now it is ceilings, wallpaper, paint and plaster plus interior and exterior woodwork.

6:14 am

rubyfoo

no, the kitchen was totally done before we moved into the house. Now it is ceilings, wallpaper, paint and plaster plus interior and exterior woodwork.

6:14 am

evanonut

there's a normalcy grid

6:14 am

rubyfoo

The exterior work will be done in the Spring

6:15 am

rubyfoo

All the major reno was doe while we were still in Miami" removing walls, adding windows and fireplaces etc.

6:15 am

rubyfoo

but it I stil a huge job

6:15 am

rubyfoo

(an't type, either)

6:17 am

Anniebrook

ruby, Lots of work but think of the end result

6:17 am

Anniebrook

hi nutty :)

6:17 am

rubyfoo

I'm trying to focus on that....

6:17 am

rubyfoo

and both soodle and rose are coming in the Spring (not at the same time), so all of the intrior work should be done by then

6:18 am

MollyL

I would love to have my kitchen remodeled. Alas, it takes $$$ that I do not have at the moment.

6:18 am

rubyfoo

When we were having the house redone, while still in Miami, my husband used to joke that this kitchen cost more than his first house! lol

6:19 am

rubyfoo

It I a beautiful kitchen/breakfast room

6:19 am

Anniebrook

I bet it did

6:20 am

rubyfoo

since the previous kitchen was ugly and small, it was a pleasure to remove a wall and all the rest

6:20 am

MollyL

Ruby, you had the right idea. Relax in beautiful Miami while people renovate your house. Ah!

6:21 am

rubyfoo

I was still working and we weren't yet married

6:21 am

rubyfoo

This time, the contractor said Could you go away for a couple of weeks?" Right lol

6:22 am

MollyL

So, back then, husband wooed you by buying you a house in France? Nice.

6:22 am

rubyfoo

Exactly

6:23 am

evanonut

mine wooed me with good health insurance. times have changed!

6:23 am

rubyfoo

If I could get out of here now, you can bet that I would!

6:23 am

rubyfoo

We have no health insurance.....

6:24 am

bichon

Good morning friends

6:24 am

rubyfoo

I try Teflon from time to time, but it still doesn't work

6:24 am

rubyfoo

hello Bichon

6:24 am

bichon

Nice to see a substantial grid today

6:24 am

Anniebrook

morning, bichon

6:24 am

evanonut

Teflon for your health?

6:25 am

rubyfoo

surrounding myself with Teflon, but my name isn'tDon

6:25 am

bichon

Hello ruby. We can't afford a home makeover, but it does sound nice

6:26 am

rubyfoo

This house looked very tired after 15 years

6:27 am

bichon

We did lots on the outside, but it really neads a paint job and new wall paper inside

6:27 am

rubyfoo

It's a pretty house, but the dogs and bad housekeepers wrecked the wallpaper and paint and the bad original contractor messed up the ceilings

6:28 am

rubyfoo

cant find the left-hand, bottom a. Help, pls

6:29 am

bichon

me neither ruby

6:30 am

ladycece920

as 6/24

6:32 am

bichon

hint lady, pls

6:33 am

ladycece920

as + what they call your chest muscle + consonant

6:33 am

rubyfoo

contractor just came back from his lnch and dog is apoplectic!

6:33 am

bichon

ty lady

6:33 am

rubyfoo

ty lady hit me with a fish

6:34 am

bichon

there's a skunk in the grid, run

6:35 am

rubyfoo

that was the first word I saw, bicho

6:35 am

MollyL

I don't think any fish are needed for as6. A lot of people are not seeing it.

6:35 am

rubyfoo

is po7 the same as skunk? There's a Fr word but I think it comes from Canada

6:36 am

bichon

yes, I think so

6:37 am

rubyfoo

59 left and I'm going to hide upstairs an try to take a nap, far from the contractor

6:37 am

bichon

No, actually they are a ferret closely related to skunks

6:37 am

Anniebrook

ruby, far, far away

6:38 am

MollyL

Moufette is very very French, not Canadian.

6:42 am

sukee

Good morning people

6:42 am

rubyfoo

putois

6:42 am

rubyfoo

hello sukee

6:43 am

rubyfoo

I just "walked the garden", hoping for a last fig or two. There are still some figs, but I doubt that they'll ripen

6:43 am

bichon

ruby, there an op-ed in yesterday by the author of "Bringing up Bebe". It is about how do you become really French

6:43 am

sukee

There is actually snow on the ground today, not much but it is there.

6:44 am

rubyfoo

Maybe it will be in today's Int'l edition

6:44 am

rubyfoo

I would like to be, but don't think it can happen. Much too "new yorkaise" lol

6:44 am

bichon

She wants to become a French citizen, but it takes years and is very difficult

6:45 am

rubyfoo

There is snow on some of the local mountaintops, but ere it's damp but sunny today, and cold

6:45 am

rubyfoo

I have looked into the laws, and it isn't possible for me.

6:46 am

rubyfoo

Not that it matters, I pay taxes here and can't visit there any more

6:46 am

Anniebrook

ruby, can you have dual citizenship?

6:46 am

rubyfoo

and apoplectic is almost in the grid

6:46 am

bichon

Why, have you been deported?

6:47 am

rubyfoo

no, I'm not eligible for any special treatment and with our us tax problems, probably can't go back.

6:47 am

rubyfoo

I couldn't leave dogs and/or husband anyway

6:48 am

bichon

would you be taken into custody when you plane lands at JFK?

6:49 am

rubyfoo

I don't know and wouldn't like to find out!

6:49 am

rubyfoo

Try and picture this little old lady in handcuffs and remanded to Guantanamo

6:49 am

rubyfoo

Try and picture this little old lady in handcuffs and remanded to Guantanamo

6:49 am

rubyfoo

Picture this little old lady remanded to Guantanomo

6:50 am

bichon

That conjures up a remakable image

6:50 am

rubyfoo

horrible

6:50 am

rubyfoo

It's like when we had the car accident and four firemen prepared to lift me into the ambulance and all started laughing

6:51 am

bichon

why were they laughing. Did you put your undies on backwards and inside out

6:51 am

rubyfoo

they were prepared for a serious "lift\' and there I was

6:52 am

rubyfoo

They were very sweet about it, though

6:53 am

rubyfoo

and now, the newspaper!

6:53 am

rubyfoo

*woof*

6:53 am

Trifioso

hello friends

6:54 am

bichon

hi Trif

6:54 am

Trifioso

quick babble today...sneaking a few words whilst covering the library

6:55 am

bichon

yesterday was the quick babble day

6:55 am

Trifioso

hahaha

6:56 am

Trifioso

count for the lower left corner a please?

6:56 am

wvteach

6/24

6:57 am

Trifioso

thx teach

6:58 am

Trifioso

true story: we have a student who broke his arm, and thus cannot participate in gym. He comes to the library and just SITS instead. Another teacher asked him why he wasn't doing anything, and he said "I don't have anything to read."

7:00 am

sukee

Wow, my job would have been to read in the library rather than take gym any day :)

7:00 am

sukee

my joy that is.

7:00 am

Trifioso

no kidding!!!

7:01 am

Trifioso

I LOVE it in here....

7:01 am

Trifioso

I believe it is impossible to feel stressed in a library

7:02 am

sukee

That is why I studied library science. I would cut class and hang out in the public library. Read my way through Steinbeck and others during high school.

7:02 am

Trifioso

bell is going to ring....gotta run.

7:02 am

Trifioso

oh, we would be such best friends in real life, sukee!

7:03 am

sukee

Have a good day

7:22 am

MollyL

Sadly, the only thing most teens are interested in reading these days are texts full of misspelled words.

7:23 am

bichon

or tweets. I can't really bring myself to read tweets

7:28 am

MollyL

The whole Twitter thing is beyond my understanding.

7:29 am

bichon

I can't to look at all those symbols with overexcited gext

7:30 am

MollyL

I mourn the bastardization and overuse of punctuation every day *sniff*

7:34 am

car.eeyore

hello aain

7:37 am

bichon

hi car

7:38 am

kje

gm

7:38 am

suefrad625

morning all

7:39 am

bichon

Hi you're up early kje

7:39 am

kje

yes

7:39 am

kje

went to bed at 8

7:41 am

suefrad625

second day without an r, humm

7:42 am

bichon

Can't count yesterday as a grid

7:42 am

suefrad625

true

7:43 am

suefrad625

it could have been a twofer

7:43 am

MollyL

I agree, you can't count yesterday. I feel like I missed a day playing.

7:43 am

bichon

Not seeing all of you was so difficult

7:44 am

car.eeyore

7:44 am

MollyL

*Passes around the tissue box*

7:45 am

bichon

I had a hard day yesterday and needed the support

7:45 am

car.eeyore

We are here now...what can we help with?

7:46 am

bichon

It was just my GI issues. Ended up having to get an abdominal xray.

7:46 am

car.eeyore

Oh no. I am sorry.

7:46 am

car.eeyore

Anything revealed?

7:47 am

bichon

no, just severe constipation anfter a stomach virus. Need to do what most people with this condition have to do

7:47 am

car.eeyore

which is.....

7:47 am

suefrad625

flush

7:48 am

bichon

ha ha sue

7:48 am

bichon

Take a stool softener

7:48 am

car.eeyore

Ok. That is do-able.

7:48 am

bichon

It's only a pill. Better than the other options

7:49 am

suefrad625

a friend of mine had constipation to the extreme for years, and i mean years. she kept going to the same dr. i told her to see another because it sounded like they weren't listening. she did go to another and she had an infection in her colon for a long time. with antibiotics and meds, she is feeling MUCH better.

7:50 am

bichon

on that bbl

7:50 am

suefrad625

by bichon

7:55 am

MollyL

Metamucil is our friend : D

7:56 am

suefrad625

i do the fiber powder in my coffee. two cures in one.

8:05 am

kje

left lower corner a?

8:08 am

car.eeyore

as 6/24

8:08 am

kje

ty

8:11 am

kje

ty, found it

8:33 am

kje

fw, any clues needed before I go?

8:34 am

kje

adios then

8:34 am

wvteach

stats for the 7s please - i only have PO 7

8:35 am

kje

fa7/44

8:35 am

kje

su7/36

8:35 am

kje

su7/44

8:37 am

wvteach

thnxs

8:37 am

kje

do you need clues for those before I go?

8:38 am

wvteach

got the su 7/44 - have been working on FA 7 and not seeing it - clue please

8:40 am

kje

the other two end in Ms Blanchett

8:40 am

kje

australian actress

8:41 am

kje

fa7 - most of our current season + Ms Blanchett

8:46 am

wvteach

thnx kje - got all the 7s now

8:48 am

kje

yw.... hagd, I'm off to work now

8:48 am

MLFAN17

nbs

8:49 am

MLFAN17

hello

8:54 am

MLFAN17

AS 6/24 clue please?

8:55 am

penquis

as + in*****or Morse....

8:55 am

MLFAN17

ty pen

8:56 am

penquis

yw

8:59 am

MLFAN17

nbt and nbs

8:59 am

penquis

cool...

9:00 am

MLFAN17

thanks pen

9:00 am

hego

and pen goes to the pb....

9:00 am

penquis

lol....i don't believe in that rule...

9:01 am

hego

oops, no, I do. lol

9:01 am

hego

not a rule, just for fun really.

9:01 am

MLFAN17

i didnt even see that word thanks again pen

9:01 am

MLFAN17

hello hego

9:01 am

hego

hi mlf

9:02 am

penquis

i think it just calls attention to words unnecessarily....giving out words that have not be requested....

9:02 am

MLFAN17

PO7?

9:03 am

hego

could be

9:03 am

penquis

po word.....flag po** + animal....

9:04 am

MLFAN17

ishould have seen that as i do knosw that word.. thanks again pen

9:04 am

penquis

yw...

9:04 am

penquis

i did not see it until you asked for it... ;o)

9:05 am

MLFAN17

lol

9:05 am

MLFAN17

i didnt see it at all and it was right there

9:05 am

MLFAN17

until the clue that is

9:05 am

mattygroves

That was the first word I saw in the grid!

9:05 am

penquis

lol...

9:06 am

MLFAN17

you are good matty

9:06 am

hego

hi Matty

9:06 am

penquis

i tend to pick an area of the grid and milk it...then move on to another area...

9:06 am

hego

that's what I do, also.

9:11 am

MLFAN17

i try to go by columns

9:11 am

hego

Jumping around trying to get nbt and nbs makes my ocd hurt.

9:12 am

MLFAN17

hego really?

9:12 am

Gail

al

9:12 am

penquis

i don't do that....i find all the word families that i can, area by area...when i slow down, i check the stats to see what i am missing....then sometimes i go from there to trying to find all the four letter words...

9:12 am

hego

lol. I prefer to do it the other way.

9:12 am

Gail

oops

9:13 am

hego

The way pen said.

9:13 am

penquis

:oD....

9:13 am

hego

Hi Gail

9:13 am

Gail

good morning

9:14 am

hego

If you get the small words, the bigger ones will come.

9:14 am

MLFAN17

i also try to get as many 6 letter words as i can

9:14 am

penquis

those often come much later for me...

9:14 am

hego

me too.

9:14 am

periwinkle

I don't see that as6 word even with the clue

9:15 am

MLFAN17

its a common word peri

9:15 am

hego

I have the most trouble with sixes.

9:15 am

penquis

not a PBS mystery fan, peri?

9:15 am

penquis

same here, hego....our brains must be related...

9:15 am

periwinkle

I don

9:15 am

hego

love PBS mystery.

9:15 am

periwinkle

I don't watch many of them

9:15 am

hego

:)

9:16 am

hego

Hi Peri

9:16 am

MLFAN17

a way in which a thing may be viewed or regarded; interpretation

9:16 am

periwinkle

ah, ty mlf

9:16 am

periwinkle

hi hego, hi all

9:16 am

MLFAN17

yw peri

9:17 am

hego

I want an e after the s....

9:17 am

MLFAN17

was going to put the title of a musical as a clue but wasnt sure who would know it and who wouldnt

9:18 am

hego

now I'm wondering, Fan

9:18 am

MLFAN17

wonder what hego?

9:18 am

MLFAN17

wondering

9:18 am

hego

what musical

9:18 am

penquis

i keep seeing speculate....

9:19 am

hego

a phantom today

9:19 am

MLFAN17

as**** of love.. in this case its a plural but its not

9:19 am

MLFAN17

in the grid

9:19 am

hego

uh huh

9:21 am

penquis

are all the u words ones that start with the common prefix?

9:21 am

hego

don't know

9:22 am

MLFAN17

pen i only have one word from that and its a up6

9:22 am

LuvWordGames

the 2 I have don't

9:22 am

hego

Am having trouble with u.

9:22 am

LuvWordGames

ul 4/5 ul 5/12

9:22 am

penquis

ty luv....me, too, hego...

9:22 am

hego

Hi Luv

9:22 am

MLFAN17

same here hego

9:22 am

MLFAN17

hi luv

9:22 am

LuvWordGames

hi everyone

9:23 am

penquis

hi....

9:24 am

MLFAN17

i got the u words

9:25 am

Judi

Good morning, all. Yay! A grid that's larger than the head of a pin.

9:25 am

penquis

hi...

9:25 am

MLFAN17

i agree judi i gtg will be back

9:25 am

hego

lol. hi Judi!

9:27 am

periwinkle

help with bottom O pls and the E above it ooo

9:27 am

periwinkle

above it too

9:27 am

LuvWordGames

ol 5/10

9:27 am

hego

plural margarine

9:27 am

LuvWordGames

ep 4/5

9:27 am

penquis

el 5/10...

9:28 am

periwinkle

ty both

9:28 am

periwinkle

ty pen

9:28 am

penquis

yw...

9:28 am

periwinkle

bl

9:29 am

penquis

hego....when i am stuck, i also try to find words beginning with vowels....

9:30 am

Judi

Oy. I was just on the phone with a Fed. gov. office trying to administer a grant. Web site doesn't work, help desk isn't helpful. Cluster. Just shoot me.

9:30 am

hego

I used to have trouble with them, but am getting better.

9:30 am

penquis

same here...

9:30 am

hego

ah, yes, bureaucracy

9:31 am

penquis

i went to my tai chi class this morning only to find out that it was cancelled....so here i am at the coffee shop....

9:31 am

hego

nice.

9:31 am

hego

I took tai chi.

9:31 am

Judi

Chai tea, instead of Tai Chi.

9:32 am

hego

but find I prefer yoga.

9:32 am

penquis

yeah, but i should not have had that raspberry strudel with my cafe breve, lol....

9:32 am

hego

tastes better Judi. :)

9:32 am

penquis

i can't do stuff on the floor....tai chi is like upright yoga... ;o)

9:32 am

hego

I'm jealous...

9:32 am

penquis

i can't do stuff on the floor....tai chi is like upright yoga... ;o)

9:33 am

hego

yes, I liked it too.

9:33 am

Judi

Sounds like what I need to do, Penquis.

9:33 am

hego

It's kind of balletic.

9:34 am

penquis

it's very relaxing....just wish the fireplace in front of me had been turned on....guess it's not cold enough yet....only in the mid 40's outside...

9:34 am

hego

Only?

9:34 am

penquis

i find tai chi relaxing...and it's helped my balance and my sense of body in space....

9:35 am

penquis

seasonal temps.... ;o)

9:35 am

Judi

Space cadet!

9:35 am

hego

:)

9:39 am

penquis

it's been a warm fall....hanging plant still has a few flowers on it....i have never seen that in mid Nov. here....

9:39 am

hego

we have a rose or 2.

9:39 am

hego

Not uncommon on the Jersey shore.

9:40 am

Judi

I still have one late-blooming ecinacea plant at my mailbox.

9:41 am

Judi

French chicken in the grid. Not accepted tho.

9:41 am

hego

oui

9:42 am

penquis

yes, i often seen french words in grids...

9:42 am

hego

and Italian ones galore.

9:42 am

penquis

your comment led me to pa 5... ;o)

9:43 am

Judi

Enable is so fickle. You have to try them. You never know what might be accepted.

9:43 am

penquis

too true...

9:43 am

hego

true Judi. I try everything!!

9:43 am

Judi

City in Italy is in there today too.

9:44 am

hego

saw that

9:44 am

hego

Have flown into that airport many times.

9:44 am

Judi

*Jealous*

9:44 am

hego

there, there.

9:45 am

hego

I used to attend a trade show in Bologna every year.

9:47 am

hego

Need a break. bbl

9:47 am

MollyL

Judi, some of us are jet setters and some of us are not.

9:48 am

Judi

I'm just a wannabe.

9:49 am

MollyL

And I am a wishiwas

9:49 am

penquis

heh heh....guess i am an infrequent flyer... ;o)

9:50 am

Judi

Passport is expired, too. Gotta get it updated. New Year's resolution.

9:50 am

josephjames

wow guess what guys

9:51 am

MollyL

Yes, you never know when you may need to flee the country : D

9:51 am

penquis

what?

9:51 am

Judi

Wassup, JJ?!

9:51 am

josephjames

i emailed this dr. god yesterday to ask about including a line of code to have a minimum puzzle size and he said that the puzzles are ALREADY generated NOW, for YEARS to come!

9:51 am

Judi

Yes. I've heard that before, JJ. Magical in both good and bad ways.

9:52 am

MollyL

Yes, I believe I heard that from one of the "old guard"

9:52 am

josephjames

that is pretty freaky in a way

9:52 am

penquis

and we will suffer with enable....like having a non-fatal disease that never gets cured...

9:53 am

Judi

And yet, it's kind of nice to know that our dependency on Babble is ensured in such a way.

9:53 am

Jen34

Enablitis

10:04 am

Judi

Clue for oc5, please? I have the group of 8.

10:04 am

Anniebrook

add mr. gore

10:04 am

penquis

group of 8

10:04 am

Judi

Nm. Just monkied it.

10:05 am

penquis

sorry....didn't see the end of your post...

10:06 am

Judi

There's an echo in here!

10:07 am

josephjames

There's an echo in here!

10:07 am

MollyL

Class, pay attention, we must read the chat before we post. Very good.

10:08 am

Judi

*throws spitball at Molly*

10:08 am

MollyL

*Plans evil Breakfast Club like detention for Judi*

10:09 am

josephjames

but you're mollyL not mollyR

10:10 am

MollyL

Ah, but I wish I had MollyR's money

10:10 am

Judi

Molly Ringworm.

10:10 am

josephjames

dont' we all

10:11 am

MollyL

It's always amazed me that she made so much money for being such a bad actress

10:11 am

josephjames

she had a Unique Look...

10:11 am

Judi

I still really liked "Sixteen Candles". That movie was a trip.

10:14 am

MLFAN17

ty for the two oc words

10:16 am

MLFAN17

does anyone have all of the pu 4/6 words?

10:16 am

MollyL

Judi just liked the idea of a guy named Long Duk Dong

10:16 am

josephjames

i don't know, i have 3, how many are there

10:17 am

MollyL

There are 4 pu4

10:17 am

MLFAN17

4 of them

10:17 am

MLFAN17

i have two of them

10:18 am

MollyL

One sounds like fish in a can that you make "salad" out of

10:18 am

penquis

ty molly....that was the one i was missing...

10:18 am

MLFAN17

ah ty molly needed that one

10:18 am

josephjames

one sounds like a hoop that you wiggle your hips in

10:18 am

MollyL

Another sounds like Hawaiian dance

10:19 am

MollyL

Or what JJ said

10:19 am

MLFAN17

thanks molly have all 4 now

10:22 am

Judi

*wiggles hips to 'Wooly-Booly' "

10:25 am

mixi6

stats for singleton A (bottom row)

10:25 am

josephjames

as6/24

10:25 am

penquis

as 6/24...

10:25 am

Judi

I think it's the As6/24, mixi.

10:26 am

mixi6

TY Judi. NBT, NBS, 1/2 way.

10:31 am

Judi

Vowels vanquished!

10:31 am

MollyL

Could it be...as6/24? : D

10:34 am

MLFAN17

i have no 4/5 ending in an e i need the other no 4/5 clue please?

10:34 am

MollyL

Christmas

10:34 am

MLFAN17

have that one

10:34 am

MollyL

Sorry that is 4/4

10:34 am

MLFAN17

i know:)

10:34 am

penquis

i think it's like the french for we....

10:35 am

Anniebrook

no and the ** of America

10:35 am

penquis

have to read the chat, molly... ;o)

10:35 am

MLFAN17

thanks and hello annie

10:35 am

josephjames

i found up6/45 but would anyone help me with other U words

10:36 am

Anniebrook

hi fan

10:36 am

MLFAN17

joseph they are ul words singular and plural

10:36 am

penquis

ul 4/5 and ul 5/12...

10:37 am

josephjames

thank you

10:37 am

penquis

yw....

10:37 am

MLFAN17

yw

10:37 am

josephjames

also i would welcome hints for any of the 7s

10:38 am

MLFAN17

po 7 is a compound word

10:38 am

Judi

I have a po7. What y'all might call a skunk.

10:38 am

josephjames

oh thank you. oh is that a skunk? i never knew that.

10:38 am

penquis

also fa 7....

10:39 am

Judi

Or any smelly varmint, for that matter.

10:39 am

Judi

Clue for that Fa7, please?

10:39 am

MLFAN17

judi you and i need to go to the pb lol

10:40 am

Judi

Uh oh. What did I do??

10:40 am

penquis

fa 7....most of autumn + pet + vowel....

10:40 am

MLFAN17

cl 4/6

10:41 am

Judi

Ty, ty.

10:41 am

Judi

Crap!

10:41 am

MLFAN17

judi like none of us have said it lol

10:42 am

Judi

*appeals to Board of Pardons*

10:44 am

MLFAN17

is the su 7 a compound word?

10:45 am

Judi

No.

10:45 am

MLFAN17

help please judi?

10:46 am

Judi

Relative to an odorous yellow powder, MLF.

10:47 am

zoozzoom

SU + letter + meow + vowel.

10:48 am

MLFAN17

thanks zooz

10:48 am

Judi

Ty,Zooz!

10:48 am

MLFAN17

i was trying to put an f in the word somehow

10:49 am

MollyL

"Letter"...you have a 1 out of 26 chance of being right
: P

10:49 am

penquis

there is a second su 7 word that uses the f...

10:50 am

zoozzoom

lol very true, Molly.

10:50 am

Judi

Time for a spot of lunch. See you kids later! *POOF*

10:50 am

MollyL

That other one has a letter in it too
: P

10:50 am

MLFAN17

thanks pen i need that one as well

10:51 am

penquis

i am going to take a break to eat lunch...bbl to finish...

10:51 am

MollyL

Judi clued the other one earlier

10:51 am

josephjames

of course it doesn't work like that - 1 in 26 chance - i fyou see it's SU_(meower) then you see there are only two ways to get from there to there

10:52 am

MollyL

Picky picky

10:52 am

josephjames

sorry........

10:54 am

MollyL

Lighten up JJ, we are joking around here : D

11:00 am

josephjames

me too

11:10 am

mkg

anyone have clues for the 7 letter words? i have none of them yet.

11:11 am

mkg

i have only one a word. yipes.

11:18 am

mkg

looking back at clues: i dont see the meow situation. any further clarification? i have the chemical word su.

11:18 am

mkg

oh gee i jsut got it. ty anyway. so now have both su 7s.

11:18 am

mkg

would love clues for other two 7s if anyone is there.

11:20 am

Uneaixoise

po7 is a skunk

11:22 am

Uneaixoise

fa7 is similar to su7/36

11:29 am

MollyL

Une, did you get snow? : O

11:41 am

Uneaixoise

no -- but they got a dusting nearby

11:41 am

Uneaixoise

here it's just COLD :-)

11:43 am

Uneaixoise

back in a bit . . .

11:43 am

hootowl

Define snow.

11:44 am

hootowl

There was a white coat on every remotely level surface!

11:44 am

hootowl

And BF left for work praying hard!

11:45 am

hootowl

Southerners do not handle anything not liquid well!

11:46 am

hootowl

Just about every road into and out of here had at least 2-3 accidents and that incluede a couple of multiples!

11:46 am

hootowl

I believe the the count on one was 8 or 9!

11:54 am

MollyL

No, people of the South do not handle snow very well. It's an anomaly for them.

12:17 pm

bichon

I remember the slogans of the 70's, push up your thermostat and freeze a Yankees ass.

12:26 pm

bichon

th su words are difficult

12:27 pm

sukee

Hello people, from a snowy place

12:28 pm

bichon

is that good or bad news sukee

12:28 pm

sukee

I would rather it not snow :)

12:28 pm

bichon

I'm with you

12:33 pm

sukee

tale

12:33 pm

sukee

sheesh, sorry

12:33 pm

MollyL

If you would rather it not snow, Canada is not the place to live. : )

12:33 pm

sukee

Yes, but don't have much choice.

12:33 pm

sukee

Other places have their own problems too

12:41 pm

MLFAN17

hello again

12:51 pm

rubyfoo

It I getting colder here, but still no frost. Snow on the distant mountains, though

12:51 pm

rubyfoo

it is* (nel can't type today, must be the paint fumes)

12:52 pm

MollyL

*Hands Ruby a warm blanket and a hot toddy*

12:52 pm

rubyfoo

This is the only warm room

12:53 pm

MollyL

You need space heaters

12:54 pm

rubyfoo

I don't really mind, would rather ad a sweater. Space heaters would make me nervous around the dogs and old Burt

12:55 pm

MollyL

I love "Old Burt" : D

12:55 pm

rubyfoo

I'm glad someone does lol

12:57 pm

MollyL

Correction, the name Old Burt. It's just a shade away from Old Fart

12:57 pm

rubyfoo

that would work, too

12:59 pm

rubyfoo

There was an old fart name of Burt, Whose feelings were easily hurt, While watching TV, And talking to me, My answers were often quite curt

12:59 pm

MollyL

Ruby: The Limerick Queen : D

1:01 pm

rubyfoo

anybody want one?

1:02 pm

ChrissieDee

Round of applause for ruby's limerick :)

1:02 pm

rubyfoo

I guess not. Good night, Molly

1:04 pm

rubyfoo

And then there was Chrissie from Dee, Who held a wee babe on her knee, She kissed his fat tummy, And found it quite yummy,,

1:04 pm

rubyfoo

but \I can't find a last line

1:05 pm

ChrissieDee

Ah, that's lovely so far ruby

1:05 pm

rubyfoo

<--looking for a rhyme.....

1:05 pm

MollyL

She's happy to be his GrandMummy

1:06 pm

rubyfoo

Their cuddles were something to see!

1:06 pm

ChrissieDee

Yay, love both endings

1:06 pm

MollyL

Improvising since the grandbaby is a girl

1:07 pm

rubyfoo

uh oh, missed the pink

1:07 pm

ChrissieDee

Didn't like to be picky, lol

1:07 pm

rubyfoo

I'll fix it

1:09 pm

MollyL

Eh, my ending didn't work. Ruby's was more in the limerick stanza way of doing it.

1:09 pm

rubyfoo

She kissed her fat tummy, and found it quite yummy, And said what a belle lass is she

1:10 pm

rubyfoo

(trying to get in a little UK vernacular)

1:11 pm

ChrissieDee

Thank you ruby. You have hidden talents

1:11 pm

rubyfoo

I love writing limericks but can't write serious stuff

1:13 pm

rubyfoo

Believe it or not, Molly, my son just called and chatted with me for an hour about this and that, just like old times. Go figure!

1:13 pm

ChrissieDee

Molly can ghost write your memoirs and you can insert limericks for events in your life

1:13 pm

rubyfoo

and those would definitely be blue

1:14 pm

rubyfoo

I could write limericks for each chapter about each friend

1:14 pm

ChrissieDee

Don't know if ghost write is the right term, but you get my drift

1:14 pm

ChrissieDee

Blue limericks?

1:15 pm

rubyfoo

collaborate and share the royalties

1:15 pm

ChrissieDee

Perfect!

1:16 pm

rubyfoo

I'm thinking up rhymes for the various names oh my. It's a regular Pandora's box

1:21 pm

rubyfoo

It's fun making up little rhymes, To go with the lovely old times, A pastime quite pleasant, For this short old peasant, We'll call it oOld Passions and Crimes

1:22 pm

rubyfoo

Good night and thanks for putting up with this old pedant

1:45 pm

cybernan

hello everyone - back for the last 63

1:50 pm

Uneaixoise

hey nan -- 52 to go here . . .

1:52 pm

cybernan

hi une

1:52 pm

cybernan

cl 6/24, please?

1:53 pm

Uneaixoise

don't have it yet

1:53 pm

cybernan

do you have the co 6/24?

1:54 pm

Uneaixoise

no -- but lots of 4's

1:54 pm

Uneaixoise

:-)

1:55 pm

Uneaixoise

ooohhh the plant co6

1:55 pm

cybernan

yep - just found it

1:55 pm

Uneaixoise

used to root them in water all the time . . .

1:56 pm

cybernan

have them growing in a shady part of the garden!

1:56 pm

Uneaixoise

:-)

1:57 pm

Uneaixoise

150 and taking a break . . .

1:59 pm

Wolvie

hi all back to finish- saw nans question- just monkeyed a cl 6/24- like a copy but remove last vowel and put in u and i :-)

1:59 pm

Wolvie

now i am going to list to finish lol

2:01 pm

cybernan

ty wolvie

2:02 pm

Wolvie

yw nan :-)

2:03 pm

cybernan

fa 7, please?

2:04 pm

Wolvie

looking for that myself :-)

2:05 pm

rolin

f+ ** Gore+short for catherine

2:05 pm

Wolvie

ty rolin :-)

2:05 pm

cybernan

ty rolin

2:06 pm

rolin

np

2:06 pm

rolin

the su7 has the same ending

2:07 pm

Wolvie

ty again- did not have that one

2:07 pm

rolin

i have a po7 but am missing the 4th 7

2:08 pm

cybernan

have the same as you now rolin

2:09 pm

Wolvie

same here

2:10 pm

MollyL

2 su7's

2:10 pm

cybernan

ty molly

2:10 pm

Wolvie

just found it- su 7/44- chemical

2:11 pm

rolin

a clue pls molly?

2:11 pm

MollyL

Like smelly stuff from matches

2:12 pm

cybernan

su + homonym for a boxing match

2:12 pm

MollyL

Clues all over the place

2:13 pm

Wolvie

all good- i had found it and posted same time as you- then others did too- pretty nicely done by all :-)

2:13 pm

rolin

aaah..i was using the wrong vowel to end

2:15 pm

cybernan

can't figure out why the the french we is accepted

2:16 pm

cybernan

*always miss it until I list

2:21 pm

MollyL

Enable only likes a select few French words. It always amazes me that merci is not one of them.

2:22 pm

ChrissieDee

Enable seems to prefer rude words

2:22 pm

Wolvie

fireflies- ty all for the help :-)

2:23 pm

cybernan

enable should be defined as a weird collection of misspelled and manufactured words

2:23 pm

ChrissieDee

Congrats Wolvie

2:23 pm

cybernan

grats, wolvie

2:23 pm

Wolvie

see you all tomorrow!

2:24 pm

cybernan

bye wolve

2:33 pm

cybernan

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

2:33 pm

ChrissieDee

Congrats nan

2:33 pm

cybernan

hagd everyone :-)

3:04 pm

mattygroves

Took me forever to find the co5/12 pig call. Who'd have thought that would be in enable...

3:04 pm

hego

a true Babblet

3:05 pm

MollyL

Not if you read the overnight chat

3:05 pm

mattygroves

Oh, Molly? Do tell me what I'm missing

3:05 pm

hego

<--has better stuff to do.

3:06 pm

MollyL

And it's not a pig call, that starts with S. The C word is an Australian aborigine call.

3:09 pm

crosshair

good afternoon everyone:)

3:10 pm

hego

Hiya Crossy

3:16 pm

mattygroves

Howdy. I'm struggling with the la6/42....

3:16 pm

mattygroves

Never mind

3:16 pm

mattygroves

Got it, once I looked properly

3:17 pm

hego

tricky that

3:19 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all

3:20 pm

hego

Hi Gwen

3:21 pm

MollyL

The 42 is a good clue for the la6

3:22 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

milf, still not a word

3:22 pm

MollyL

Oh, but such a disgusting acronym

3:23 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

disgusting or not, it is becoming a commonplace word

3:24 pm

MollyL

Oh gee, not in my circle of friends but okay

3:27 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

not in my circle of friends either! but then again, my circle of friends is mainly lefties who do not generally use sexist language

3:28 pm

crosshair

can i have a clue for that la6 please "42" means nothing to me as a clue, sorry

3:28 pm

hego

Gwen will have to message me and tell me what it is.

3:28 pm

mattygroves

OK probably being thick, but does anyone have the LAST pe5/12 - after minions?

3:28 pm

hego

Crossy, think legal

3:29 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i can tell you in here: "mother i'd like to F***

3:29 pm

hego

42 is the point value and a good clue

3:29 pm

hego

lol Gwen, I have heard of that.

3:29 pm

crosshair

ahh ok, you mean it is the point value...

3:29 pm

hego

Used by adolscent boys, I believe.

3:29 pm

hego

or hope.

3:30 pm

hego

Crossy, right

3:30 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

got the LA6, thanks, that is a good clue all right

3:31 pm

mattygroves

Many years ago, I looked that acronym up as I'd got an email (spam) not knowing what it was. Apart from the meaning Gwen refers to, it turned out it was also an Indonesian Islamic militant organisation. I have visions of Indonesian Islamic millitants getting rather a shock...

3:31 pm

crosshair

that was said earlier anyways.. ok.. My mind is obv not on this since I have no idea, i will dive in, leave that word for a bit and work on some others.. sploosh!

3:31 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

funny, matty!

3:31 pm

hego

lol Matty

3:31 pm

mattygroves

Anyway, got the pe 5/12 - turns out I was looking in the wrong P

3:32 pm

lilliann

There is also Gilf now and adults also say it too hego

3:32 pm

hego

Hi Lill!

3:33 pm

hego

I am being educated today. :)

3:33 pm

lilliann

Hi Hego and all

3:33 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

that LA6 filled in a gap in my scoring cheat sheet, so hooray for that

3:33 pm

lilliann

Think legal Crossy

3:34 pm

hego

I just told him that. lol

3:34 pm

grannyrose

g'day all. just to clarify. no4/5 french word for us, pronounced like word for not used. no4/5 pronounced to rhyme with singular form of lice means intellect, wits, knowledge

3:34 pm

lilliann

Am going underground again as i just pooped in to educate hego :)

3:34 pm

lilliann

*popped

3:34 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

names can backfire. the tea party started out calling themselves teabaggers, apparently did not know that teabagging was a sex act

3:34 pm

hego

:D

3:35 pm

grannyrose

oh, my, gwen...* giggle *

3:35 pm

lilliann

Ahh, so you did Hego, sorry

3:35 pm

hego

Gwen knows some interesting stuff..

3:35 pm

mattygroves

HAAAA Gwen. Much the same, really

3:35 pm

hego

Men never listen.

3:35 pm

MollyL

Oh God, GILF...as in Grandmother I'd like to...

3:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

< -- tons of useless info in this cranium

3:35 pm

lilliann

Yes Molly

3:36 pm

hego

Here too Gwen

3:36 pm

MollyL

I need to go rinse my brain out with soap

3:36 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

waiting for the syfy comedy movie AILF

3:37 pm

lilliann

There are some very young Grandmothers' now.I watched a programme where a grandmother was 31/32

3:37 pm

hego

hahaha

3:37 pm

hego

did she live in Alabama Lil?

3:38 pm

MollyL

There have always been young grandmothers. I'm not really interested in who wants to F them .

3:38 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

years ago i saw in Guinness book of world record, youngest granmother was 16

3:38 pm

hego

cheez!!

3:38 pm

lilliann

no, she was English and the great grand mam was young too.there were 4 generations and the great grand mam was under 50

3:39 pm

hego

early puberty there.

3:39 pm

hego

Cold and dark in the winter up there.

3:40 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

this 16yo grandmother was in a so-called "third world" coutry, forget which one though

3:40 pm

lilliann

That's not good Gwen

3:45 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt finally, and 77 to go

3:47 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

and, ta-da, the world's youngest grandchild is 0 !

3:51 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

well, i gotta fly, later kids

3:52 pm

lilliann

Bye Gwen and take care

3:57 pm

jaxx7

Hi, Lilli

4:03 pm

lilliann

Hi Jaxx:) Sorry, i was distracted as hubby showing me things on his laptop.How is your hand doing?

4:06 pm

grannyrose

ditto here, lilliann. what is it about spouses not understanding chatting in chog * sigh *. g'day jaxx, how is your hand? bandages down now, i believe?

4:06 pm

jaxx7

Weird colour but no longer peeling. ((Rose))

4:07 pm

jaxx7

My grandson won't let me touch him with it as he says it has germs.

4:08 pm

grannyrose

it will take some time to recover fully, jaxx. glad the peeling is over.

4:08 pm

lilliann

Hi Rose.I know, how rude of them

4:08 pm

jaxx7

I can use the hand and get it wet without worrying.

4:09 pm

grannyrose

lol, bless him. it is now that it doesn't have germs. or more accurately, it is no longer in danger of being infected.

4:09 pm

lilliann

It will be a rose colour for a while, but over the months it will go to a white colour.My fingers took a long time to get paler

4:09 pm

jaxx7

My husband just doesn't like computers at all. He kee threatening to give it a bath.ps

4:09 pm

grannyrose

is it still sensitive, jaxx?

4:10 pm

jaxx7

keeps even ignore the ps.

4:10 pm

lilliann

I had a bad cold a few weeks ago and still coughing and the first thing the bairn said to me was that i had ecola and i'd die in 3 weeks....She's definitely a Wednesday's child!

4:11 pm

jaxx7

Only if I dunk it in hot liquid or try to take something from the oven.

4:11 pm

jaxx7

I am a Wednesday's child too and a capricorn - a double dose of pessimism

4:12 pm

lilliann

She's a scorpio

4:12 pm

jaxx7

Ah, the sting in the tail sign

4:13 pm

grannyrose

oh my, lilliann. don't they come out with the darnedest things?

4:14 pm

lilliann

She's such a pessimist.She had gum disease a couple of weeks ago.She goes on the internet too much and put's a couple of the symptoms in and always goes for the worse one...bless her

4:15 pm

jaxx7

I am never happier than when miserable. lol

4:15 pm

lilliann

It sounds like you and my bairn would get on well then jaxx

4:15 pm

MollyL

My doctor is so frustrated with people who try to diagnose via the internet

4:16 pm

jaxx7

Twins, I would say.

4:16 pm

lilliann

Don't they just Rose.the net has alot to answer to though

4:16 pm

grannyrose

how old is this little cherub, lilliann?

4:16 pm

jaxx7

My GP diagnoses over the phone these days which is just as bad.

4:16 pm

lilliann

15, so not so little and definately not a cherub

4:17 pm

jaxx7

The most mixed up age of all. She will grow out of it.

4:17 pm

grannyrose

* chuckling * lilliann. the age where they know it all, and the olds know nothing. good lick with that one.

4:18 pm

lilliann

It doesn't help with what the schools tell them now either on things as she always hears the worst that can happen with everything

4:18 pm

grannyrose

ahem * luck*

4:18 pm

lilliann

Thanks Rose, i definately need it.

4:18 pm

jaxx7

That is the pessimist coming out, Lilli.

4:20 pm

jaxx7

My daughter at 15 told the counsellor at school a long tale of woe. She organised a flat for her and she came home one Friday and said she was leaving on the Saturday and off she went.

4:21 pm

zoozzoom

Ecola, Lilliann..lol Is that an over dose of E numbers in fizzy drinks :-)

4:22 pm

grannyrose

good grief jaxx. did the counsellor not contact you at all?

4:22 pm

grannyrose

g'day zooz

4:22 pm

jaxx7

Then she came home from a school trip with the largest bag of condoms you have ever seen. She had been to Family Planning and told them she was pregnant and, after a negative test, this was their preventative treatment.

4:22 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Rose :-)

4:23 pm

jaxx7

No, she had written across the file - parents not to be informed.

4:23 pm

grannyrose

oh, lord, i am truly grateful i only had boys.

4:23 pm

lilliann

She made me laugh the other day as she was talking about me and ecoli and she won't be able to do something, i can't remember exactly what it was but it was to do with an everyday thing but someone got hurt doing it and i said it's like crossing the road, but you could get knocked over by a car,then i said, 'Oh you've already done that' and she replied 'Aye, that's something i can cross off my bucket list'.

4:24 pm

lilliann

Omg Jaxx.So what happened? did she live with you again?

4:25 pm

grannyrose

* giggling* lilliann. a bucket list?? at her age?? * eyebrows disappearing into hairline*

4:25 pm

jaxx7

They weren't wasted - her brother used them all up when he got engaged, some ten years later.

4:25 pm

grannyrose

jaxx, i'd have been worried that they had perished in that amount of time....lol

4:26 pm

jaxx7

She did come back but not until she had gone from hovel to hovel and realised that home was quite pleasant really.

4:26 pm

lilliann

Hi Zoom.No she is a pessimist and down on everything.She's not allowed pop

4:26 pm

lilliann

Good for him Jaxx

4:27 pm

zoozzoom

I was just messing with your spelling, Lilliann I knew what you meant really :-)

4:28 pm

lilliann

Duh! I meant ebola :)

4:28 pm

jaxx7

She arrived with this wounded bird of a boyfriend who shared our home for about 18 months and then annoubced he was leaving as he didn't know what to say to us!

4:29 pm

jaxx7

announced even. Typing is rotten today

4:29 pm

lilliann

Rose, it's not just the 'bucket list' but if getting knocked down by a car is on it, i hate to think of what else is on it :)

4:29 pm

lilliann

Did he never speak to you then Jaxx?

4:30 pm

jaxx7

I take it she didn't intend the accident to be fatal?

4:30 pm

penquis

hi lilliann...long time no see....hi jaxx, zoom...

4:30 pm

lilliann

But saying that she was joking, hopefully

4:30 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Pen :-)

4:32 pm

jaxx7

he'd spent a lot of his childhood hiding from rent collectors as mummy was an alcoholic. he did speak and he certainly ate our meals without complaint. He has a shop in town now and he's really chatty and friendly.

4:32 pm

lilliann

No, it was an accident.It was 7.40 am and in December 2 years ago and her and the driver didn't see eachother.She was airlifted to a hospital with brain injuries and surprised all teh doctors with ehr recovery but the bump hasn't helped her pessemism

4:33 pm

grannyrose

g'day pen

4:33 pm

lilliann

Hi Pen, nice to see you. I hope you've been well

4:33 pm

MLFAN17

LA6?

4:33 pm

MLFAN17

hi lilliann

4:33 pm

MLFAN17

hi granny

4:33 pm

jaxx7

Hi, Pen and Zoom. All our yesterdays today.

4:33 pm

MLFAN17

hi jax

4:34 pm

MLFAN17

hello again zooz

4:34 pm

grannyrose

lilliann, what an amazing story of courage! it would have to have taken a lot of grit and determination to recover from something like that.

4:34 pm

lilliann

That must have been tough for him as a child but i'm sure you and your husband helped him with giving him a home

4:34 pm

grannyrose

hey ya mlf

4:35 pm

grannyrose

mlf, legal, la6

4:35 pm

MLFAN17

good clue granny

4:35 pm

jaxx7

and she's still at home. She must care a lot for you. Wouldn't do to show it of course, lack of street cred.

4:35 pm

MLFAN17

pb for me

4:36 pm

penquis

hi granny, mlf....i am fine, thanks, lilliann....

4:37 pm

lilliann

Yes, it did take her a few months to fully recover but it obviously wasn't her time and i think she had some 'Angels' looking out for her.It was a tough time for us too, i never want to go through that again.

4:37 pm

jaxx7

I have crawled past halfway but I am finding this grid hard going

4:37 pm

MLFAN17

jaxx it hasnt been easy for me either

4:38 pm

MLFAN17

Is TE6 a plural?

4:39 pm

MLFAN17

nm found it

4:40 pm

lilliann

It is like guns at dawn alot of her and me but i must admit she does tell me things that i'd never thought she would, so i'm happy about that and i think she knows where her bread is buttered.She has a mature head on her shoulders and always has done as she has mainly been brought up with adults

4:40 pm

lilliann

Hi Mlf

4:40 pm

MLFAN17

TE 5/12 2nd one help please?

4:41 pm

zoozzoom

Same as the TE 6/21 minus last letter.

4:41 pm

lilliann

I don't have a te5 yet Mlf, sorry

4:41 pm

MLFAN17

zooz no the other one

4:41 pm

MLFAN17

np lillian

4:42 pm

zoozzoom

that is the second one :-)

4:42 pm

MollyL

Indian dwelling

4:42 pm

MLFAN17

okay then the other one please lol

4:42 pm

MLFAN17

ah ty molly

4:42 pm

lilliann

Ty Molly

4:44 pm

zoozzoom

Wigwam :-)

4:46 pm

MLFAN17

TA 5?

4:46 pm

MollyL

Actually, to be a nit picker, a wigwam and a te5 are different. : P

4:47 pm

MLFAN17

very different

4:47 pm

zoozzoom

Hey picky picky..lol

4:47 pm

lilliann

Who cares, as long as you ahve a roof over your head:)

4:47 pm

MollyL

Zoom, why aren't you flying the Isle Of Man flag anymore?

4:48 pm

lilliann

Mlf, add a cons to the 4

4:48 pm

zoozzoom

Err...because I have never flown it :-)

4:48 pm

MollyL

Or Isle of Wight, duh

4:48 pm

MLFAN17

lillian to the end of one of the 4;s?

4:49 pm

lilliann

Or a pointy trianglar thing over your head :P

4:49 pm

zoozzoom

I am..What can you see?

4:49 pm

lilliann

The Isle of white doesn't have it's own flag

4:50 pm

zoozzoom

Oh yes it does...I have it as my icon :-)

4:50 pm

lilliann

the first ta45.I don't kn ow how many ta4's you have Mlf

4:50 pm

MollyL

My bad, I thought your flag matched your icon.

4:51 pm

MLFAN17

okay got it never mind

4:51 pm

zoozzoom

No probs, Molly :-)

4:52 pm

lilliann

mmm, but it's not it's own as it vovers a few countries Zooz:)

4:53 pm

lilliann

The Isle of Man has 3 legs doesn't it?

4:53 pm

zoozzoom

Yes it does.

4:53 pm

lilliann

My typing sucks tonight

4:54 pm

lilliann

I wonder why that is.I'll have to google

4:54 pm

MLFAN17

Is PA 5 a word i would know?

4:54 pm

penquis

yes, mlf...i would think you'd know it...

4:54 pm

lilliann

Molly,on the bright side, you'll remember that now :D

4:55 pm

zoozzoom

The Isle of Wight council a few back, Lilliann, Had a competition for the best flag design. My icon one won it.So is now the offical flag for the Isle of Wight.

4:55 pm

zoozzoom

A few years back*

4:55 pm

MLFAN17

pen help please?

4:56 pm

zoozzoom

I am not the owner of the design by the way. I just have it as my icon :-)

4:56 pm

penquis

pa + to allow somebody to do something, *** them do it...

4:56 pm

zoozzoom

PA + to rent?

4:56 pm

MollyL

Zoom, Yay for you!!!

4:57 pm

MLFAN17

thanks got it

4:57 pm

lilliann

Oh, i didn't realize that as my husband has told us our flag is a red cros surrounded with white and black squares, so like the St Georges Cross

4:57 pm

MLFAN17

i was looking at the wrong P

4:58 pm

MollyL

Why two flags for the UK?

4:59 pm

lilliann

It's the Durham flag and it is similar to the St Georges but different colours

4:59 pm

lilliann

Every county has it's own flag in the UK

5:00 pm

MollyL

Well sorry, let me clarify as I don't believe in the "United Kingdom". Why two flags for England?

5:01 pm

zoozzoom

This will explain it better than I could, Molly.

5:01 pm

zoozzoom

http://tinyurl.com/nqul3f4

5:01 pm

MLFAN17

Li6?

5:02 pm

MollyL

Got it Zoom, thanks.

5:02 pm

zoozzoom

Same as the le 4/6 before it

5:02 pm

zoozzoom

Add alien on a bicycle .

5:02 pm

lilliann

We have a flag for England which is the St Georges flag and the Union jack is for great Britain.Scotland,wales and Northern Ireland all have their own flags

5:02 pm

MLFAN17

thanks got it

5:03 pm

jaxx7

Don't forget the white ensign, lil. The one for the merchant navy.

5:04 pm

zoozzoom

Glad you got it, Mlf, As I put le instead of li. Sorry if I confused you.

5:04 pm

lilliann

Apparently, i'm wrong as my husband says the Union Jack is only on ships.Ours is the union flag,but i've always known it as the union jack

5:04 pm

MLFAN17

zooz i saw what you said and figured it out from there

5:05 pm

zoozzoom

Nice one, Mlf :-)

5:05 pm

MLFAN17

Have any of you ever heard of a movie from 1967 called Our Mother's House?

5:05 pm

MLFAN17

thanks zooz

5:06 pm

zoozzoom

Not me.

5:07 pm

MLFAN17

elocate is not recognized as a word and i just looked it up on google

5:07 pm

lilliann

No Mlf

5:09 pm

zoozzoom

Off to read my book.Happy babbling everyone.Toodle pips!

5:10 pm

lilliann

Goodnight Zoom, sweet dreams and take care.

5:10 pm

jaxx7

After a day that has included Blood tests, flu jabs and other delightful things, I too am off to read Barbara Erskine's latest. Night all and take care

5:12 pm

lilliann

Night Jaxx, it sounds like you need a good night's sleep.Sweet dreams hin.I'll have to look Barbara Erskine up.Take care hin.

5:14 pm

grannyrose

night zooz and jaxx. sweet dreams

5:18 pm

penquis

i am also heading out....going to a concert tonight...bye all!

5:18 pm

lilliann

Any one or thing we know Pen?

5:18 pm

grannyrose

enjoy pen

5:19 pm

lilliann

Enjoy and take care Pen

5:19 pm

penquis

ty, you, too....bye!

5:24 pm

periwinkle

help with su6 pls

5:25 pm

lilliann

I don't have it yet Peri

5:25 pm

periwinkle

ok

5:25 pm

MollyL

Peri, ends like San Francisco state

5:26 pm

periwinkle

ty Molls

5:26 pm

lilliann

I won't be getting that clue then Molly

5:26 pm

MollyL

Los Angeles state? The first three letters?

5:27 pm

lilliann

Oh, aye, ty

5:28 pm

lilliann

Saying that, not all Brits know the state, as alot of Americans' don't know our counties.

5:31 pm

lilliann

Not all American's will know which County that 'Robin Hood' comes from, even though it's a myth, but it is or should be well known to most of us here

5:32 pm

lilliann

And here i meant the UK but he is well kin own all over the world

5:32 pm

lilliann

*known

5:33 pm

lilliann

I'll get off my high horse now and try and find my last 33 words

5:36 pm

grannyrose

*giggle* lilliann....{hugs}} hin

5:38 pm

lilliann

Thanks Rose.I'm expecting some punches so hugs are good :D And i'm loving the hin

5:41 pm

grannyrose

it's very difficult playing this game given the wide diversity of our language, and it's meanings which vary from country to country.

5:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello, peeps

5:41 pm

grannyrose

g'day TO

5:42 pm

lilliann

Very true Rose and the spelling and the history and everything else...i could go on and on...which i normally do because i'm a chatterbox :D

5:42 pm

lilliann

Hi TO, lovely to see you

5:42 pm

grannyrose

lilliann, i am such a colonial. geography has never been my strong point. in fact my eyes have been lnown to glaze over....lol...rather like when himself starts sprouting about computer programs.

5:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

g'day, rose. hi, lil.

5:43 pm

grannyrose

ugh * known*

5:45 pm

lilliann

lol Rose, i'm the same with both.I'm not good with anything technological and i forgot the word and at to ask hubby. I think, he wishes he was away again as i've had to ask for loads of words tonight and it's like 'give us a clue' with me

5:48 pm

lilliann

TO, 'National sandwich day was Mine and hubby's 14th wedding anniversary.If he had been here and i'd known about it i would have made him a big meaty sandwich as he loves subs and the bairn too

5:50 pm

herinfernallady

I am not really here. I am at wrk. Just wanted to say hi. Rose catch up with me soon. I am about 40 min from the shops

5:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am craving a po boy

5:52 pm

grannyrose

hey ya herin. i know it sounds banal, but i have been thinking of you a lot lately. will do hun.

5:52 pm

lilliann

((Herin)lovely to see you.Where do you work?

5:52 pm

lilliann

Po boy TO?

5:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

the sandwich icon

5:53 pm

MollyL

Had it been another American state, I would not have clued it that way. But since that state seems to be known worldwide for it's earthquakes and movie settings, I though it was safe to do so. Not to mention that everyone seems to know that Ru lives there.

5:54 pm

72 Temple Owl

see ya later, lil, i must go

5:54 pm

lilliann

Oh, i didn't know that was what the icon was called, in fact i can't even remember it....sadly

5:54 pm

herinfernallady

I am doing volunteering at a legal center but right now zero nada nofing to do.

5:55 pm

lilliann

Bye TO, take care hin and lovely to see you

5:55 pm

grannyrose

lilliann google it, then wipe the keyboard

5:55 pm

herinfernallady

By TO

5:55 pm

grannyrose

later TO, have a good one

5:56 pm

72 Temple Owl

likewise, you two

5:58 pm

herinfernallady

Rose honestly were I am now is dead easy to get to you.

5:58 pm

lilliann

Am i missing something? why is Subway icon called Po boy when it doesn't look like a boy and has a n arrow...Am i being thick?

5:58 pm

lilliann

Or is it a joke?

5:59 pm

lilliann

Good for you Herin, hope more work comes your way

5:59 pm

herinfernallady

Lili - Wiki says - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po'_boy

6:00 pm

lilliann

I just couldn't think of the state Molly and i forget where everyone comes from.I forget who i spoke to yesterday and what about, sadly

6:02 pm

grannyrose

lilliann, po boy is a contraction of poor boy. the origanal 'sandwich' was made and handed out to striking men, called 'poor boys' by the maker of the 'sandwich' later the term became synonymous with the actual roll filled with meat etc.

6:03 pm

lilliann

Ah, ty Herin, now i get it

6:04 pm

lilliann

Thanks aswell Rose, i just came back from looking at the site that herin gave me to your explanation. i think your's is better

6:05 pm

herinfernallady

Being lazy

6:05 pm

lilliann

Apparently it was filled with meat

6:06 pm

herinfernallady

I always thought it was oysters

6:06 pm

stidgmere

Hello all. Just starting after a very lazy day. Somedays are meant to be slow and this one was.

6:06 pm

lilliann

HI Gmere. Lovely to see you

6:06 pm

MollyL

Hi Gran Mere

6:07 pm

grannyrose

g'day g'mere

6:07 pm

grannyrose

herin, it originally was...but the filling changed with the time of the strike

6:07 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Stidmere

6:07 pm

lilliann

Well the site you gave me Herin, said meat

6:08 pm

herinfernallady

I guessed that. It was something I always thought.

6:08 pm

stidgmere

Hi lilliann, Molly, granny and herin! what a nice group for visiting!!

6:09 pm

lilliann

oysters? Not a poor boy thing now

6:09 pm

lilliann

Why oysters?

6:10 pm

lilliann

Cheap to get, as anyone could get them from the sea?

6:11 pm

grannyrose

lilliann if you read further on that site, the origin of the term, an explanation is given.

6:11 pm

herinfernallady

New Orleans is right on the sea

6:12 pm

MollyL

Oysters because it is a Cajun/Louisiana sandwich and oysters are not expensive there.

6:12 pm

grannyrose

okay i have resisted long enough. i really want some toast and honey. brb

6:12 pm

lilliann

Aye Rose, you were right , i never read that far, sadly but now i understand

6:13 pm

herinfernallady

Thanks Molly (that too I have the not awake today)

6:13 pm

lilliann

I did go back and read and thanks Molly for explaining

6:13 pm

MollyL

Lots of seafood comes into Louisiana due to the abundance of fishing in the Gulf.

6:14 pm

lilliann

It's known for Shrimp isn't it?

6:15 pm

MollyL

Shrimp, flounder, oysters, anything that fishermen catch in the Gulf.

6:15 pm

lilliann

If i remember from Forest Gump.

6:16 pm

herinfernallady

I am stomping about the office in 3 and a half inch heels (think the size of an iphone 4)

6:17 pm

lilliann

Flounder...That's a flat fish? I'm sorry but i'm not good on fish.Dory was a flounder in the film i think and i can't even remember the film's name even though it is a well known film

6:18 pm

lilliann

I need to dive in and finish as my husband has gone to bed and will be on his phone for about 10/20 minutes and i want to go and cutch up

6:19 pm

herinfernallady

Dory in Finding Nemo was a Royal Blue Tang fish not a flounder

6:20 pm

lilliann

Can you get shell fish in the Gulf?

6:20 pm

lilliann

There you go, i got that wrong.I'm sure there is a flounder in one of the films

6:24 pm

bichon

cl 5/14, the last one, pls

6:25 pm

lilliann

pl of the 4 before it, sounds a bit like horses hooves

6:25 pm

bichon

ty lili

6:26 pm

lilliann

Yw Bichon and i'm now diving back in

6:27 pm

lilliann

Back again:) Do you have el5/12, the last one Bichon please

6:28 pm

grannyrose

back...to run awayto be married

6:30 pm

herinfernallady

Rose do you want anything from Tassy>?

6:32 pm

lilliann

Thank you Rose, sorry i needed the loo

6:32 pm

lilliann

Sorry too much information

6:32 pm

grannyrose

don't think so, herin. when are you going?

6:33 pm

grannyrose

lilliann. s'okay, hin. we's all big people here. no sniggering on my side of the screen.

6:34 pm

lilliann

:)

6:35 pm

herinfernallady

Going home for Christmas

6:35 pm

lilliann

And with the loo thing, it just happens that i found the fe5 ...

6:39 pm

grannyrose

nice, herin. is the bf going with you?

6:40 pm

herinfernallady

Yep. Cost us close to $800 in tickets stupid christmas stupid fare hikes

6:41 pm

grannyrose

really?? you're not going over on the ferry then?

6:42 pm

herinfernallady

That was the ferry. It was about the same for air fare

6:42 pm

herinfernallady

Someone farted about too long and we missed out on cheap tickets

6:42 pm

grannyrose

is that an overnight or day sailing?

6:43 pm

grannyrose

lol, and you aren't pointing the finger at all, are you?

6:45 pm

herinfernallady

Day sail there and back.

6:45 pm

herinfernallady

And bloody oath I am slacker boy is slacker

6:46 pm

herinfernallady

Staying overnight around Devonport and driving to Hobart the next day. Not safe to drive to parents house in the dark on an unsealed road with no street lights.

6:47 pm

grannyrose

tell him you are going to take the difference off his christmas present...lol

6:47 pm

grannyrose

how long since you were there, herin?

6:50 pm

herinfernallady

4 years since I seen the old man

6:55 pm

grannyrose

i hope you enjoy it, herin. it's been 3 years since don and i have been. the only part we haven't "done" is the top left corner bit. we have travelled through it, but not stopped for a good look.

6:59 pm

herinfernallady

Done the bottom bit but costs have been a lot this year

7:05 pm

grannyrose

oh my. have just thought of something i would like. could you please go to the salamanca market, and bring back a few pieces of fudge? it doesn't matter what flavour, we loved them all. the stall was in the outside area.

7:05 pm

herinfernallady

Can see what we can do. Tend to avoid the markets like the plague SOOOOOOoooo busy.

7:08 pm

grannyrose

it probably doesn't have to be the market. i seem to remember quite a few outlets for fudge down there. pick one.

7:09 pm

herinfernallady

So you want fudge any where then?? Can do if I remember

7:13 pm

grannyrose

it all has the best taste. it must be to do with the milk over there. the only ice-cream equal to tassy ice-cream is the new zealand ice-cream.

7:13 pm

lilliann

Rose, Have you ever had British Fudge?

7:14 pm

lilliann

Sorry for interupting your conversation

7:15 pm

lilliann

I love fudge and my favourite is rum raisin, but i can't eat a lot of it now(fudge) as it's too sweet for me

7:17 pm

herinfernallady

There was a place in Riversdale that sold ice cream OMG it was amazing. My mother tried to snarfle it from me and it was like NOPE mine.

7:17 pm

grannyrose

lilliann, no, hin, i haven't. when we are over next year, i will have to try some.

7:17 pm

lilliann

Fireworks!!

7:17 pm

grannyrose

WTG LILLIANN!!!

7:18 pm

lilliann

Rose, where will you be?

7:18 pm

lilliann

Thanks hin

7:18 pm

lilliann

I meant to say, when and where?

7:21 pm

herinfernallady

Lili- that is the fudge I do make

7:21 pm

grannyrose

lilliann, looking at about june/july. we want to see france, italy, spain, belgium holland, and most of the uk. we are looking at about 8-10 weeks

7:22 pm

lilliann

That sounds brilliant.Are you doing coach tours?

7:23 pm

herinfernallady

Driving places.

7:23 pm

gapeach

hi yall! How can I get in touch with Dr-God? I still can't get Lickety's List to come up beside the

7:23 pm

herinfernallady

I am going to fit into Roses suit case

7:23 pm

lilliann

I haven't made fudge for years, sadly.I hope you have a lovely Christmas with your dad herin

7:24 pm

herinfernallady

It will be with mum and dad. Have you tried a lighter version of Carnation milk?

7:25 pm

lilliann

Hi Peach, i'm not sure, sorry

7:25 pm

gapeach

Grid page. I have tried all of the great suggestions from y'all, but I can't make it work. Someone cleaned my computer and took everything off. I can get both of them but not with the Clue List on the side. Please

7:26 pm

gapeach

let me know Dr. G_God's email, surely he can help me. Thanks much'

7:26 pm

rururocks

dr. g's email is right below peach.. just click on it

7:26 pm

rururocks

it says comments? send them

7:28 pm

lilliann

I must be babble blind Ru as i can't see that and hi by the way

7:28 pm

grannyrose

lilliann, some coach tours, some driving, i might even be coerced onto the back of a motorcycle by then....lol

7:28 pm

lilliann

Are you going by coach here Rose?

7:28 pm

herinfernallady

Rose you still not up and about on Bike>?

7:29 pm

rururocks

scroll to the bottom of this page lillian

7:29 pm

grannyrose

look right down the very bottom of the page, in the blue strip, lilliann

7:29 pm

rururocks

there's a little sienna colored box

7:29 pm

lilliann

Duh! ty Ru

7:29 pm

rururocks

*smacks Lillian with a fish*

7:30 pm

grannyrose

no, herin. sadly the pain from the muscle spasms prevent it. i am hoping to start a new pain management program in the new year.

7:30 pm

rururocks

I'm hoping to have muscle spasms next year

7:30 pm

lilliann

Sienna...really? yopu can't say an orange colour

7:30 pm

grannyrose

oh no you're not, ruru. i strictly forbid it.

7:30 pm

lilliann

Smacking Ru back with a shark! :P

7:31 pm

lilliann

Thank you Rose

7:32 pm

lilliann

'putting my tongue out at ru and hiding behing Rose :D

7:33 pm

lilliann

I hope all goes well with you Rose with the pain.Are you going drive over here?

7:33 pm

gapeach

Thanks, ruru. I'll send it now.

7:35 pm

grannyrose

hoping to lilliann. it will all be part of the experience methinks. can't wait to see the multiple roundabouts you have over there.

7:36 pm

herinfernallady

Rose what about your spider bike?

7:36 pm

grannyrose

*giggle* lilliann, there's plenty of me to hide behind....besides ruru's not game to tackle me head on. i was asked him to come over here and repeat what he had just said....his response? no, ma'am.

7:36 pm

herinfernallady

Hi ru. Trying to shovel Thai food into my trap. It is sans rice so it is difficult and more like soup.

7:36 pm

lilliann

Let me know where you will be coming to and if it's near us i will gladly meet up with you and you're both welcome to stop with us

7:37 pm

grannyrose

herin, himself can't 'steer' it. it is not at all like the 2 wheeled variety.

7:37 pm

grannyrose

awwww, thanx lilliann. that's very sweet of you.

7:38 pm

lilliann

Honestly that is straight up.you would both be very welcome and we can show you the North east

7:39 pm

grannyrose

lovely, liliann. how long do you think?

7:39 pm

herinfernallady

Well himself is a stinky head and needs to learn

7:40 pm

lilliann

Well Ru is a chicken! :D

7:40 pm

lilliann

You can stop as long as you like

7:41 pm

lilliann

Or do you mean to show you the North East?

7:42 pm

grannyrose

bless you, lilliann. both i guess.

7:42 pm

herinfernallady

I want to travel

7:43 pm

rururocks

I am not a chicken.. i'm an old goat

7:43 pm

lilliann

There is alot of it and hubby is away, who would be the better person but he can tell me the best places and we will go to the places not known by everyone but places to see, then you would have stories to tell and pictures to show that no-one else may have

7:44 pm

grannyrose

well, duh, ruru. we all know that...you are always butting in....gosh i make me laugh.

7:44 pm

lilliann

That you are Ru :)

7:45 pm

rururocks

head butting actually :D

7:46 pm

grannyrose

and you have so much experience at it, ruru.

7:47 pm

grannyrose

notice i resisted the urge to say...that surely must make you h***y

7:47 pm

grannyrose

darn....did that come out aloud?

7:47 pm

lilliann

Lol Rose, but i mean it,we have a double bed for you and hubby. the bairn and i can show you the Angel of the North, Newcastle, Durham whgich has a castle and a cathedral, Sunderland is alright(we're geordies and they are maccums so a bit of ??? i can't remember the word) Hadrians wall, well bits of it

7:49 pm

grannyrose

wow!! lilliann, that sounds amazing.

7:49 pm

lilliann

I need to go to bed and cutch up to hubby as i'm not used it...the problem is i'm not use to sharing a bed and neither is he, which is why i ended up falling out of it last night!

7:50 pm

lilliann

The invitation is there Rose.if you want to just let me know and i'll give you my email and we can arrange it

7:51 pm

lilliann

Free boarding and taxi service :)

7:52 pm

grannyrose

thanx again, lilliann. sweet dreams...hint...hang onto hubby's hand as you fall asleep.

7:52 pm

lilliann

Night all, sweet dreams and take care all.

7:52 pm

lilliann

Mmm, he sleeps on them or i get elbowed :)

7:53 pm

grannyrose

and i too must away. couple of chores to do, including the weekly shopping.

7:53 pm

grannyrose

roflol, well hang onto something else....

7:55 pm

herinfernallady

Night Lili. -- Rose do what I did online shopping.

7:57 pm

grannyrose

nice thought herin, but i like to eye before i buy. xoxox all

8:00 pm

herinfernallady

I did it with all the dried pantry goods Meats I go to Tasmin

8:41 pm

dan2bit

firewords! tx all cluers te5 not a wigwam was my last

9:15 pm

mattygroves

Ah insomnia. At least I can try to get the last five words

9:40 pm

maggiej

any hints for the la 6?

9:52 pm

Erda

another way to say "legal"

10:12 pm

rururocks

eighteen

10:12 pm

rururocks

damn

10:12 pm

Bugsaw

forty-six

10:13 pm

rururocks

LOL

10:13 pm

Bugsaw

so I win

10:13 pm

rururocks

that you do bugs..lol

10:13 pm

Bugsaw

how is your day ruru?

10:14 pm

rururocks

fine.. I started late. I overslept

10:14 pm

Bugsaw

I would love to do that. I am not a morning person

10:14 pm

rururocks

well.. today.. apparently I'm not either :D

10:21 pm

Bugsaw

done now thanks to Morewords. Good night all

10:23 pm

rururocks

congrats bugs

10:37 pm

Dorens

i actually slept till 10 am this morning.

10:41 pm

rururocks

9:40 here

10:42 pm

Dorens

yikes. and you work!

10:42 pm

rururocks

and I"M not retired

10:42 pm

rururocks

:D

10:42 pm

rururocks

I know I was wiped out

10:42 pm

Dorens

ru could you please clue the su6/24?

10:43 pm

rururocks

hmm

10:43 pm

rururocks

like the beginning of a drug + not Nevada but ..

10:43 pm

Dorens

thanks great clue

10:44 pm

rururocks

the next one is same beginning + Prince Andrews wife spelled differently

10:44 pm

rururocks

the next is su* = the beginning of not ma

10:44 pm

rururocks

the last one is a by product of wine or bacon

10:45 pm

Dorens

i had all the other s's, just 6/24, but i'm sure someone will be happy to see the clues

10:45 pm

rururocks

oh.. i'll shut up now

10:46 pm

Dorens

hah! you don't need to shut up

10:46 pm

Dorens

as if you could

10:46 pm

rururocks

I can pretend can't I?

10:47 pm

Dorens

.........sure

10:47 pm

Dorens

last pe 5/12?

10:47 pm

rururocks

like a rose pe5

10:48 pm

Dorens

smackerel!

10:48 pm

rururocks

anything else?

10:49 pm

Dorens

dunno... working up the list backwares. at l's now with 27 to go

10:49 pm

rururocks

ok.. i'll hang out then

10:49 pm

Dorens

cool.

10:49 pm

rururocks

you didn't answer my questions today

10:51 pm

rururocks

tell your friend they don't serve diet coke at Per Se :D

10:51 pm

rururocks

:D:D :D :D

10:51 pm

Dorens

hahaha. taking him to Per Se would be such a pathetic endeavor. true pathos

10:51 pm

Dorens

what were the questions? or dare I ask?

10:51 pm

rururocks

I get the same feeling

10:52 pm

rururocks

I can resend them

10:52 pm

Dorens

nobody's perfect

10:52 pm

rururocks

he doesn't have to be perfect .. just nice

10:53 pm

Dorens

ah well, there's that. but nice alone is certainly not enough for me

10:53 pm

rururocks

yeah.. but it's a good start

10:53 pm

Dorens

that's true

10:53 pm

rururocks

perfect is when you are 20..

10:54 pm

Dorens

hahaha

10:54 pm

rururocks

:D

10:56 pm

rururocks

almost done D?

10:56 pm

Dorens

10

10:57 pm

rururocks

glad you gave up worrying about finishing :)

10:57 pm

rururocks

:D

10:57 pm

Dorens

5

10:58 pm

rururocks

woooooooooooooooo

10:58 pm

rururocks

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

10:58 pm

rururocks

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo\noooo

10:58 pm

rururocks

oops I ran off the page

10:59 pm

Dorens

no, i never said that, silly! Just that I wouldn't if it interfered with life.
I got home late from a concert at NJPAC with Christian McBride, Phantasia, Phillip Bailey, et al and i DO have time now

10:59 pm

Dorens

otherwise,,, que sera.....

10:59 pm

rururocks

I'm seeing Jonny Lang in a few months

11:00 pm

Dorens

first fe5/16?

11:00 pm

Dorens

i don't know him... will google when done

11:00 pm

rururocks

baby position fe 5/16

11:00 pm

Dorens

no i have that

11:00 pm

Dorens

ahhhh no i didn;t

11:00 pm

rururocks

that's the first one.. oooo

11:01 pm

rururocks

fe5 is a prisoner

11:01 pm

rururocks

criminal

11:01 pm

Dorens

done!!! thanks

11:01 pm

rururocks

google walk away (Jonny Lang) or Lie to me (jonny lang)

11:01 pm

rururocks

congrats.. well done

11:02 pm

Dorens

ok, listening now on youtube

11:02 pm

rururocks

he's one of my favorite musicians out there right now

11:03 pm

Dorens

young

11:03 pm

rururocks

very

11:03 pm

Dorens

you prepared to be the oldest one in the crowd?

11:03 pm

rururocks

and very soulful and talented

11:03 pm

rururocks

LOL.. I will be

11:03 pm

rururocks

I'll pretend I'm his grandfather

11:03 pm

Dorens

he does sound good though

11:04 pm

rururocks

I'm taking my nephew and My SIL (she's a big fan) .. I have third row seats

11:04 pm

Dorens

should be fun... where is concert?

11:04 pm

rururocks

and taking them to ANgele for dinner.

11:04 pm

rururocks

At the Uptown Theatre..

11:04 pm

Dorens

Nice!

11:04 pm

rururocks

I have to take you there when you're out.. it's a great venue for music

11:05 pm

rururocks

hopefully someone good will be playing when you're visiting david

11:05 pm

rururocks

it's a very intimate theatre with a unbelievable acoustic

11:05 pm

Dorens

haven't made plans yet... will be seeing David and Jaime christmas and will talk then. they will probably be moving before april and i guess I'll visit after then

11:06 pm

rururocks

acoustics.. perfect sound..

11:06 pm

rururocks

oh.. I hope to have my house by then.. (Praying)

11:06 pm

Dorens

great acoustics at NJPAC tonight but not exactly intimate.

11:07 pm

Dorens

okay. we'll pray for various things between the two of us. Now I will go play sudoku and get to bed. Need to try to turn out the light before 1 am if I want to wake up before 9!

11:07 pm

rururocks

okay.. great to see you. I'll write some more questions

11:07 pm

rururocks

:D

11:08 pm

Dorens

haha. you often don't answer mine.
see ya!

11:58 pm

dizgrannie

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