12:00 am
Cosmo Kramer
236 next one
12:00 am
cybernan
don't know about you, but I've had enough of these stinky little grids!
12:01 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:01 am
uusue2
thank you lickety!
12:05 am
Bugsaw
hi Sue! I hope you are both well.
12:05 am
saanichcat
hiya bugs!
12:05 am
uusue2
hi bugs! I'm fine; Frank has his last chemo on Tuesday and is eager to be done with it.
12:06 am
Bugsaw
hi saanich. I am not usually here on time
12:06 am
Bugsaw
last one. I am so pleased for you both!
12:06 am
saanichcat
nice to see you; I'll send email
12:08 am
Bugsaw
Iw ill check for it saanich. thanks
12:10 am
Uneaixoise
woohoo! Ru, did you see? Rafa's back! Just took out Youzhny in straight sets in under 2 hours!! :-)
12:10 am
rururocks
no.. I missed that une
12:10 am
Uneaixoise
tx sue :-)
12:11 am
saanichcat
hello and thanks ru
12:11 am
rururocks
hi saan
12:11 am
rururocks
hi uu.. Temple owl was asking about you today
12:12 am
uusue2
hi ruru! That was sweet of her :-)
12:12 am
Bugsaw
hi ruru et al
12:12 am
rururocks
hi bugs
12:14 am
VolleymomDee
it 7
12:16 am
uusue2
nbs, nbs, more than half way, must be bedtime - see you all tomorrow!
12:16 am
Bugsaw
well done Sue
12:17 am
VolleymomDee
nite sue, wtg, sleep well
12:17 am
rururocks
*bugs is a ben Affleck fan*
12:18 am
Bugsaw
oops again. I am not seeing clearly tonight. And NO that Argo movie was a farce
12:20 am
rururocks
not seeing that at 7 yet
12:21 am
saanichcat
put your mind at ease and be in peaceful state
12:21 am
vashongin
at 7/56
12:24 am
cybernan
60 down - enough for tonight - see you tomorrow
12:25 am
saanichcat
night nan
12:26 am
VolleymomDee
ya 6
12:28 am
VolleymomDee
very nice, Diz!!
12:29 am
rururocks
un 6/39
12:29 am
saanichcat
excellent three cheers diz!
12:29 am
dizgrannie
need any help?
12:29 am
Bugsaw
holy smoles diz! I must be off in shame....
12:30 am
VolleymomDee
down to 2, but think I need to try to find them on my own. Thanks for the offer!
12:30 am
dcseain
congrats, diz
12:30 am
saanichcat
me too bugs...
12:31 am
Lizlin
Hi all :)
12:31 am
grannyrose
cooee and g'day from me
12:31 am
rururocks
ao5 for my last a.. I found the at .. by dumb luck
12:31 am
grannyrose
{{hugs}} liz girl
12:32 am
flosey
hi everyone, late again
12:32 am
Lizlin
Hi and hugs Rose - hope all's well with you
12:32 am
grannyrose
hi flosey
12:32 am
Lizlin
Hi Flosey
12:32 am
saanichcat
good for you ru, three cheers for you too!
12:32 am
grannyrose
all's well liz. how are you both?
12:32 am
rururocks
never saw that word before
12:32 am
Lizlin
Good - but so hot and humid here.
12:33 am
grannyrose
please pray that the rain holds off. don has started cleaning out the garage today. there is stuff all over the back deck.
12:34 am
Lizlin
Fingers crossed for you - we've got heavy rain forecast here.
12:34 am
rururocks
<--praying for world peace first GR
12:34 am
grannyrose
how were the visitors? did you have lots of good times?
12:35 am
Lizlin
It was good - quiet and relaxing - what they wanted. Their flight home was cancelled on Saturday though, so they didn't leave til yesterday.
12:35 am
grannyrose
keep praying ruru, cos wwiii is about to erupt here if all his things aren't undercover before the rain.
12:36 am
grannyrose
bad in one way, but good in another...
12:36 am
Lizlin
it was no problem for us - they're good company.
12:38 am
grannyrose
i have the funniest story to tell. the other night a wood-beetle found it's way into our sitting ar4 and climbed up onto the little table where i have my laptop. i screamed, and pushed the table away from me. when i looked over at don, he was sitting, pedalling his feet in the air....saying what, what?
12:38 am
grannyrose
so much for protecting me....i still get the giggles when i remember it.
12:38 am
Lizlin
lol - must've been a sight!
2:24 am
worzel
Gooooooooood morning fellow Babblers xx
2:25 am
grannyrose
good grief!! it's a worzel. {{hugs}} son
2:26 am
worzel
Good morning Mum (((hugs))) how are you? xx
2:26 am
grannyrose
doing okay dear. how are you and dianne
2:27 am
worzel
We are both fine. She usually sleeps in until around 10am but we are off out for the day so I've gotten her up early - she isn't happy lmao!!!!
2:27 am
grannyrose
are you going to be here a while? dad's getting dinner ready.
2:27 am
worzel
on and off for about 45 minutes or so xx
2:27 am
grannyrose
where are you going?
2:28 am
worzel
We're going to a town called Southport about 15 miles from us. We haven't done much interesting lately and what with one thing and another felt we needed a little day out - retail therapy lol. I need a new DVD player and Di probably "needs" clothes lol
2:29 am
grannyrose
nice...i hope the weather is kind to you.
2:29 am
worzel
phantom twit - that'll be me lol
2:30 am
worzel
nice weather lol it's been below freezing here for about a month now but we'll wrap up warm. What's Dad cooking? xx
2:30 am
grannyrose
not sure.....i think curried snags and vegs....yup....he's nodding.
2:31 am
worzel
what are snags?
2:31 am
grannyrose
i see your point about the weather....but it's either that or go stir-crazy, right?
2:31 am
grannyrose
sausages
2:32 am
worzel
OMG I just had a flashback to the mid 80s then! When you said sausages I remember watching Neighbours in the mid 80s and they talked about snags and as soon as I saw sausages I remembered lol. Haven't watched Neighbours for about 25 years!!
2:33 am
grannyrose
would you prefer bangers then?....lol
2:34 am
worzel
haha - over here bangers is another word for a woman's cushions!!
2:34 am
worzel
if you know what i mean . . .
2:34 am
grannyrose
roflol
2:39 am
grannyrose
dinner ready. will be back in about 15 minutes. xoxox
2:39 am
worzel
ok xx enjoy
2:54 am
sprite
wipe your mouth and get back here, rose :)
2:54 am
sprite
good morning all!
2:54 am
grannyrose
and back
2:54 am
grannyrose
{{hugs}} sprite..
2:54 am
sprite
hehehe good gal! *hugs*
2:55 am
grannyrose
how was your night, dear?
2:55 am
sprite
pretty good, and yours? And how was your day? No time for email, I take it :)
2:57 am
grannyrose
just took it very quietly. still paying for last friday/saturday combo. i did sleep better though.
2:57 am
worzel
Back again! Howdy Sprite xx
2:57 am
sprite
hey worzel
2:58 am
sprite
ah, progress was made, rose :) Glad you slept better. That is where the healing starts. And yeah, it takes a couple of days to bounce back from overtaxing and overstressing like that. Alas.
2:58 am
sprite
how've you been, worzel?
2:58 am
worzel
Not too bad thanx and yourself?
2:59 am
sprite
spent a couple of weeks with flu, first my hubby's, then my own. Otherwise, all good here.
3:00 am
worzel
aww glad you're better
3:00 am
sprite
yeah me too, lol. Just tired. But that is normal after a bad flu.
3:02 am
grannyrose
sprite, sorry to interrupt. did you see my post at 12:38?
3:03 am
sprite
*giggles* No I had not, but have now. Your knight in shining armour, huh...
3:04 am
grannyrose
sprite, it was so funny. i don't know if you have wood-beetles over there. just think of a cockroach on steroids. this bug was a big as my thumb.
3:04 am
sprite
oh jeezzz for real... un7/52? Is that the same thing as blacken??
3:05 am
grannyrose
*giggle* wait until you find the at7....i nearly fainted.
3:07 am
sprite
we do have wood beetles. They are big, indeed, and they make so much noise too.
3:07 am
grannyrose
not as much as me screaming...lol
3:08 am
sprite
hehehehe. Am checking images now... wondering if it is the beetle we call 'flying deer' here. Or the normal 'houtkever'
3:11 am
sprite
ok, my biology knowledge is not enough to know for sure. But yeah, BIG beetles. Not really scary but if you don't see them coming, they make you jump :)
3:12 am
grannyrose
sorry, googling frantically....cannot find a pic of this particular beetle. don calls them wood beetles...
3:14 am
sprite
rose, this is the 'flying deer' : http://tinyurl.com/mq9m28d
3:17 am
grannyrose
flat footed wood runner...don just found it
3:18 am
grannyrose
i looked at your link...that is what we call a stag horn beetle
3:18 am
sprite
found at7... a state of freedom from emotional disturbance and anxiety; tranquillity... I knew that word.
3:18 am
sprite
ok checking
3:19 am
grannyrose
how could you know that would....seeing as we both spend a major part of our nights/days in an opposite state...lol
3:20 am
sprite
lol yes... something to wish for, grin
3:21 am
sprite
nope, totally different species, but about as big and noisy. I don't blame you for jumping a mile high. Nor Don for being scared of your reaction ;)
3:21 am
grannyrose
aha....they ARE a part of the cockroach family.....yuck, yuck, yuck
3:21 am
sprite
in New Zealand they call it the Gisborne cockroach.
3:23 am
grannyrose
okay....have definitely decided....no more bug pictures
3:24 am
sprite
hahahahaha especially not just before bed. You'll dream of a 2-hands long cockroach tickling you with its feelers...
3:26 am
sprite
omdg no... construction work going on in the house next to ours... we share a wall with them. Such noise.
3:26 am
grannyrose
DON'T!!!!! my brain just went into overdrive...
3:27 am
sprite
*giggles* sowwy. Couldn't resist.
3:27 am
grannyrose
poor sprite....is there somewhere you can go? like a library?
3:28 am
sprite
yeah but not for a whole day. Can't sit that long. Ugh. And it looks like they will work on more houses in our block too. They are getting new windows and ummm whaddayacallums... the things into which the windows fit.
3:29 am
grannyrose
window frames?
3:30 am
sprite
rrrrright! Window frames. There is a whole bunch of them sitting on our parking ar4. More than would fit in one house.
3:30 am
sprite
ah well. What cannot be helped, should be complained about, right?
3:31 am
grannyrose
lolol....ummmm....
3:31 am
sprite
I thing twyx should be a word. Just because.
3:32 am
grannyrose
like....betwyx them both they licked the platter clean....
3:33 am
sprite
lolllll nice one.
3:35 am
grannyrose
don's bro gave us a large boxful of low-sugar sweets for christmas. we are sampling some tonight. don is checking each packet to see how much we can eat....
3:35 am
sprite
oh rose, I didn't tell you yet... we found a very very cheap dish washer in the thriftshop where we got the microwave. We decided to take it home and give it a good place to live. Our kids are over the moon.
3:36 am
sprite
aw good man Don!
3:37 am
grannyrose
yay, sprite....what tremendous news. now the kids have something new to fight about...like whose turn it is to load the wretched thing, and whose turn it is to empty it...
3:38 am
grannyrose
how do i know this? i watched my god-daughters squabbling like anything over their dishwasher...
3:38 am
sprite
oh no, no fighting. We have a schedule here. They used to do the dishes by hand, on alternating days. And I did it on the Mondays.
3:39 am
sprite
now, they load it on alternating days, and I empty it daily.
3:40 am
grannyrose
wise woman.
3:42 am
sprite
I try to be, lol. Managing our household to the best of my abilities.
3:43 am
sprite
new word for the dictionary, if you like it: ewwy - rather yucky
3:44 am
grannyrose
i once suggested to my friend she should get the girls to hand-wash a few sinkful of dirty dishes and let them find out how lucky they were to have a dishwasher.
3:44 am
grannyrose
like it...put her in....
3:45 am
sprite
our dishwasher died about a year and a half ago. I think our kids know exactly how blessed they are :D
3:46 am
sprite
in it goes :D
3:46 am
grannyrose
i have to admit, i have NEVER had a dishwasher. but there is going to be room for one in the new kitchen
3:48 am
sprite
I have to say, I enjoy having one again. In stead of having dishes stacking up during the day, I have this nice looking empty sink and kitchen. Also, I very much enjoy how the kids love it.
3:50 am
grannyrose
as you do, sprite.
3:54 am
grannyrose
how is your pain today?
3:54 am
sprite
lol the very first thing Tim said when we brought the thing home: "Yayyyyy and I am gonna be good with it... I will rinse everything becore putting it in... I will treasure it!"
3:55 am
sprite
bearable, darling. Breathing into it, trying not to tense up, will be ok.
3:55 am
grannyrose
i'm surprised he didn't get down and kiss it...lol
3:55 am
sprite
he almost did, lol.
3:58 am
grannyrose
like i said to a friend at church...there are two people who dirty dishes, dirty clothes, dirty the bathroom, dirty the floor....but only one who remembers to get off their arse and do something about it all.
3:59 am
grannyrose
and he has the gall to glibly tell all and sundry he looked after his kids for 10 years, his mother for 10 years, and now he is taking care of me. sometimes i could really hit him hard.
4:00 am
sprite
ain't that the truth! And it is 3 for 1 here. I mean, really! They drop their stuff and let it lie there, and when I complain about having to pick up after them they are all innocent and claim they never TOLD me I had to pick it up...
4:00 am
sprite
well in his way, he is taking care of you. But you have to mastermind the whole thing or nothing gets done.
4:01 am
grannyrose
do like i did to mine many years ago...i wrote them a note which said...everything i have picked up of yours is under your pillow.
4:01 am
sprite
and my love actually complains about having no free space on the table and hating the clutter. And when we make stacks of the stuff, guess who has the biggest stack by far?
4:02 am
sprite
oh I am worse. I put it in a garbage bag and tell them they have 1 week to empty it, or it goes out.
4:03 am
grannyrose
not only mastermind, sprite. i have to do a lot of the everyday chores myself. he simply does not see the need for cleaning up each day.
4:04 am
grannyrose
it is passive manipulation in all it's glory.
4:04 am
sprite
you should set him tasks, I think. Not ask him, but simply dividing the chores and telling him what you need him to do.
4:05 am
grannyrose
lol....i wish you could see his face when i do that....and then the guilt is loaded straight back on my shoulders as he claims he wants to get something else done, like mow the lawn.
4:07 am
sprite
hehehe simply tell him: "You will have to do that after this."
4:08 am
sprite
ahhhh and I see you use the word guilt! That means that in your heart you still feel like you should do all the chores, as the woman of the house!
4:10 am
rubyfoo
are you two still here?
4:10 am
sprite
no, I am hiding behind my keyboard
4:11 am
rubyfoo
Since my tegeraria gigantea (and I'm emphasizing GIGANTEA) appeared I my sink amidst the soaking pots, |I now clean the whole kitchen before going upstairs.
4:12 am
rubyfoo
And a pre-wash all that goes into the dishwasher as scraping off dried-on crud does not appeal.....
4:12 am
sprite
omg that is bigger than my hand!
4:13 am
rubyfoo
I am not afraid of spiders, but this one was trying to get me and I was afraid to do anything but spray it with the sink hose. The whole kitchen (and I) was wet but at least I got him down the drain.
4:14 am
sprite
ugh and they have a nasty bite too. Am not usually scared of spiders either, but this one, I would want out of my house stat.
4:14 am
rubyfoo
I felt guilty (the Buddhist in me? lol), butgroundhimup I the ggrinding thingie
4:14 am
grannyrose
hey ya ruby...
4:15 am
rubyfoo
(my hands are too cold to type properly)
4:15 am
rubyfoo
You have sasll hands, sprite!
4:16 am
sprite
don't really blame you. Especially if he was trying to bite you. I think I would have given him the same ultimatum I give flies: "Either you leave my house NOW or you'll become a very very flat fly. Or wasp. Or spider!"
4:16 am
sprite
aw poor ruby. Is the weather so nasty there too? It is so cold and wet here. Rain and mist and hail, and just around the freezing point.
4:17 am
rubyfoo
As the Scottish would say, it's murring. Nasty and cold but very little snow so far this year
4:18 am
sprite
no snow here so far, thank God.
4:18 am
rubyfoo
The spider (I think it was a female, was trying to climb out of the sink and there were still pots in it. I certainly learned my lesson
4:20 am
sprite
what happened with our rose? Squirrel?
4:20 am
rubyfoo
ROSIE!!!!
4:20 am
grannyrose
nope, still here, watching with interest, and nothing to contribute.
4:21 am
sprite
yes you have. Come on, girl, you live in Australia! You have more scary poisonous animals than all of Europe together.
4:21 am
rubyfoo
You probably have much worse spiders in Australia, but probably not in the house.
4:22 am
grannyrose
like the beetles, spiders do not increase my calm.
4:22 am
rubyfoo
funnel spiders, etc
4:22 am
grannyrose
not in my house....lol
4:23 am
sprite
hm ok. Calm is good. Calm is nice before bed. Let's talk about little lambs. You know, with those insanely wiggling tails whenever they nurse. Like they have to keep the engine going that way.
4:23 am
grannyrose
col.....love it.
4:25 am
grannyrose
i have had huntsmen spiders run up my arm, run across the interior roof of my car, across the dashboard of my car, make venetian blinds in my baby's nursery rattle..nope don't like spiders at all.
4:26 am
sprite
looking up huntsmen spiders
4:26 am
rubyfoo
I am googling them
4:27 am
rubyfoo
Usually, the outdoor spiders are lovely, like the Argiope (named Caliope) to whom \I used to give flies
4:27 am
sprite
O.M.G. I am so not coming to Aussie ever.
4:27 am
grannyrose
don hates the golden orb spiders. their webs are quite strong and sticky.
4:28 am
sprite
not afraid of dutch spiders at all. But this size, and then hunting... actively running towards you? Noooo that is scary.
4:28 am
grannyrose
roflol, sprite.
4:28 am
rubyfoo
The huntsmen is similar to "my" spider, but much bigger
4:30 am
rubyfoo
It's the "running toward" that gets to me. I don't mind spiders when they are quiet and in their webs.
4:30 am
grannyrose
the one which crawled over the 'ceiling' of my car was while i was driving in peak hour traffic. i stopped the car and got out of it. and left the car right where it was...in the middle of a solid stream of traffic.
4:30 am
rubyfoo
And we have beautiful tiny wh*** ones in the garden from time to time. Lovely little things
4:31 am
rubyfoo
I would have done the same thing, Rose
4:32 am
sprite
So would I.
4:32 am
grannyrose
and where there is one, there is always another. they mate for life....like birds. if you kill one, you have to spray everywhere for the other.
4:33 am
rubyfoo
I thought they ate their mates....
4:33 am
sprite
some spiders do, but not all
4:33 am
rubyfoo
seems like a good idea to me
4:34 am
grannyrose
i remember just after MIL moved in, we had a terrible time with the spiders. when don rang one day, to see if we were both okay. i told him we are okay, but our 8 legged boarder was not to good. he drowned.....in a tinful of mortein..
4:34 am
sprite
what is mortein?
4:35 am
sprite
lol ruby! Quite the meal, honey
4:35 am
rubyfoo
When we were kids, my sister usd to spray they with hair spray and then yell "Daddy"
4:35 am
grannyrose
an insect spray....one version is for only crawling things...like spiders
4:36 am
sprite
ah ok. Thanks rose.
4:36 am
grannyrose
hair-spray is good...but neither the MIL or i used it.
4:36 am
rubyfoo
have to go now. It was lovely to "see" you two. XX
4:36 am
rubyfoo
It only slows them down, doesn't kill them
4:36 am
sprite
bye ruby, have a lovely day
4:37 am
grannyrose
enjoy your day, ruby. xoxox
4:37 am
grannyrose
meds time...sprite will you be here when i get back?
4:38 am
sprite
no sweetie, I don't think so. I have 3 left.
4:38 am
grannyrose
okay, darlng. i do so hope your day treats you well. xoxox
4:39 am
sprite
sleep well, dear friend. *hugs*
4:41 am
sprite
fireflies. May you all have a blessed day and a peaceful night.
5:13 am
sukee
Good morning.
5:39 am
crosshair
good morning everyone
5:56 am
mattygroves
fW - easy grid today, I thought
6:24 am
Aloyisius
Congrats Marty!
6:24 am
Aloyisius
Congrats Marty!
6:24 am
josephjames
I thought I had the top I with ixnay but no such luck
6:25 am
Aloyisius
Matty, I.e. Doggone autocorrect
6:26 am
Aloyisius
I like ixnay
6:28 am
Aloyisius
Have that I, but not the one on the right
6:29 am
josephjames
it7/28
6:29 am
Aloyisius
Ty joseph
6:31 am
Aloyisius
Brb, switching to pc for final 10
6:41 am
lbdawger
tadone! finito! a few tricky twists, but overall a fun grid.
6:42 am
lbdawger
and good morning, everyone!
6:42 am
Aloyisius
wtg, lbd! down to 7 here
6:42 am
lbdawger
gm, aloy! here to clue if needed
6:44 am
Aloyisius
ty, 6 .. will holler if I spin wheels
6:44 am
Aloyisius
had to list to find at7, newbie for me
6:45 am
Uneaixoise
new for me too -- cool word :-)
6:46 am
Aloyisius
hi Une (-:
6:46 am
Uneaixoise
howdy :-)
6:48 am
lbdawger
hi unea!
6:48 am
emtiandeca
at7 is a new one for me too. Great word!
6:48 am
lbdawger
it's fun to find new words, however i never remember their definition
6:48 am
Uneaixoise
hey dawg :-)
6:51 am
MollyL
I think I'll just stick with serenity. : D
6:51 am
MollyL
at7 sounds like something you take Xanex for
6:53 am
Aloyisius
last word is a newbie too, ya6.24.. fw hi Molly
6:56 am
Uneaixoise
congrats aloy!
6:59 am
lbdawger
whooo hoooo aloy!
7:27 am
Trifioso
good morning dear friends
7:28 am
pippingeek
hello trif
7:30 am
Trifioso
I love when babble is funky - like today we can enter both ways to spell the lighter shade of black....
7:30 am
Trifioso
I am SUCH a word nerd
7:35 am
pippingeek
also ty, i hadn't seen either one of those yet
7:35 am
Trifioso
gross phantom:earwax
7:38 am
MollyL
Lighter Shade Of Black...is that a new Procol Harum album?
7:39 am
pippingeek
hey, at least it wasn't a fifty shades clue
7:43 am
periwinkle
good morning all. help with the R above the O pls
7:43 am
periwinkle
and the U too pls
7:43 am
pippingeek
hi peri
7:43 am
phaeton
ra4/4 not common
7:43 am
Trifioso
peri,. the r above the o is a re5
7:43 am
pippingeek
the R is to apply ear substance again
7:44 am
Scrabbler
Hello kids.
7:44 am
pippingeek
wait, which O? middle or left edge?
7:44 am
Trifioso
I dont have the u, or the i in the right column....
7:44 am
pippingeek
hi scrabs
7:44 am
periwinkle
ty pip and Trif
7:44 am
phaeton
both R's are above O's
7:44 am
Trifioso
hello scrabbler!
7:44 am
Trifioso
oh, good point phae!
7:44 am
periwinkle
it7 for right i
7:44 am
periwinkle
hi Scrabbs
7:44 am
phaeton
it7/28...right side i
7:45 am
Scrabbler
MY sister from New Jeresy arrived Fri for our snowshoeing vacation here. MY body hurts all over.
7:45 am
Trifioso
thank phae, monkeying....
7:45 am
Trifioso
oh dear scrab! but I am sure it was fun....
7:45 am
Scrabbler
Sorry, I am not bored with you.
7:46 am
Trifioso
ha! got it, thanks so much phaeton!
7:46 am
Scrabbler
Oh, yes, we trekked 2 hrs on each of the last 2 days. Beautiful in the woods.
7:47 am
Scrabbler
TY, phaeton
7:47 am
Trifioso
I love the quiet of a snowy wood
7:48 am
Scrabbler
Yes! I love listening to the silence, or trees squeaking, birds...
7:48 am
jwr
Whose woods these are I think I know. / His house is in the village though; / He will not see me stopping here / To watch his woods fill up with snow.
7:48 am
Trifioso
sigh....lovely, jwr....
7:49 am
MollyL
Yeah, I was getting the Robert Frost channeling
7:49 am
Trifioso
found one of the u words....un6
7:49 am
Scrabbler
Beautiful, jwr. We got a fresh layer of white overnight.
7:49 am
jwr
one of the earliest poems memorized as a child. Do kids memorize poetry anymore
7:49 am
Scrabbler
I don't think so, jwr.
7:50 am
MollyL
Are you kidding? Kids don't even have to write in cursive anymore.
7:50 am
Trifioso
some schools do - at one of the grammar schools in my town, the second graders perform a poetry recital every ye4. the other grammar school does not though - mores the pity
7:50 am
pippingeek
i know I did, but I'm an old fart these days, according to the 30 year olds I work with
7:50 am
Scrabbler
"When I was a kid....."
7:50 am
Trifioso
you fly that old fart flag, pipping! Im proud to be one!
7:51 am
pippingeek
i kinda like it
7:51 am
Scrabbler
I am a proud curmudgeon!
7:51 am
MollyL
*Imagines Trif and Pip yelling at kids to get off their lawns*
7:51 am
pippingeek
definitely a curmudgeon
7:51 am
Trifioso
there you go, scrabbler! I decided long ago being a good example was no fun at all. I am going full tilt for "cautionary tale?
7:51 am
pippingeek
now i just need a lawn...
7:52 am
Trifioso
molly, I live waaaaaay back in the woods. If a kid showed up on my lawn I would be out there helping the poor thing, which would CLEARLY be lost
7:52 am
Trifioso
un 5 was well
7:53 am
Trifioso
as well. can't type today, sorry
7:53 am
Trifioso
last one: un 7
7:53 am
jwr
thanks for clarifying, Tri - that was a conundrum
7:54 am
Trifioso
un 5.16 un 6.39 un 7.52
7:55 am
Scrabbler
In my office I must not be judgmental with adolescents or I would not form an alliance with them. I encourage them to set goals. It is hard to not say, "You do what?" or "You don't use any birth control ever?" "Seven lifetime sex partners and you're 16?"
7:55 am
Scrabbler
Kids today.....
7:55 am
bichon
I don't envy you Scrabs
7:56 am
Trifioso
my mom used to come up against that ALL the time, scrabbler. "are you sexually active?" "no, we have only done it a few times...."
7:56 am
Scrabbler
or "Not exactly" and then I have to ask for details and educate them.
7:57 am
bichon
I am not looking forward to when my granddaughters become teens
7:57 am
Trifioso
I think my favorite was the 16 yo town pump who had sex constantly. She didn't use protection - ever - because when she was four she fell down a flight of stairs, and her little old grandmother, from some old country somewhere, told her she could never have children because of it.
7:57 am
Trifioso
wrongo, grammy
7:57 am
jwr
the Harm reduction method seems to work best with adolescents, I found.
7:58 am
Scrabbler
There was one teen that told me about all of the drugs she was using: weed, LSD, Ecstasy, opiates, but when I asked about alcohol she said, "No way, that stuff is nasty."
7:58 am
bichon
Harm reduction?
7:58 am
jwr
Now, there's a start!
7:59 am
Trifioso
but my favorite "mom tale from the office" of ALL TIME was the morbidly obese lady who came in complaining of sharp pains down her left leg. A quick exam discovered the cause - a plastic dinosaur wedged in the crack of her ass on the left side. Oh my gawd, we ROARED
7:59 am
jwr
It's used for modifying addictive behavior
7:59 am
Scrabbler
I teach responsibility to avoid bad consequences.
7:59 am
MollyL
That's kind of sad, actually Trif
7:59 am
Scrabbler
Hahahahaha
8:00 am
Trifioso
apparently there were a bunch of them on her bed, she sat on the bed to put on panty hose, and poor t rex got trapped
8:00 am
Trifioso
it still cracks me up
8:00 am
bichon
They make panty hose for the morbidly obese?
8:01 am
bichon
LOL Trif, good pun
8:03 am
jwr
bichon - I made a tiny url for Harm Reduction - it's a combination social, medical, psychological process that works beautifully for the user but takes tons of training for the teacher/counselor: http://tinyurl.com/lfbmras
8:04 am
Trifioso
I have so much respect for the level of caring you show your patients, scrabbler. You obviously are the best kind of doctor
8:04 am
Scrabbler
I try, jwr, I do try, but ignorance and denial lead to bad consequences.
8:05 am
Trifioso
but at least you do try - and I think that really sets you apart
8:05 am
bichon
Sounds impressive jwr
8:06 am
Scrabbler
Trif, I love my patients and their parents even if I don't like some of them. But my heart aches for so many of them. I want to adopt hundreds of kids.
8:07 am
Trifioso
me too, but at school. only some of them though....some of them, i have to admit, I just want the earth to spin faster so they will go to high school
8:07 am
jwr
oh Scrabs, nothing towards you! It's a long term practice that would go into play AFTER you got past the ignorance and denial. A way of life - like ccompletely changing diet & exercise behavior permanently to fight obesity instead of quick fixes.
8:08 am
Scrabbler
Trif, I feel that way with some kids....please get to the age where we can tell you to move on to an internist.
8:08 am
jwr
The heartache is always a part of it, so is the patience to deal with the recidivism.
8:09 am
Scrabbler
jwr, I live in a rural area and there is so much poverty and ignorance. We see "hillbilly" folks here. It is sad and alrming.
8:09 am
Trifioso
but some parents, omg.....
8:09 am
Trifioso
the stories I hear!
8:09 am
Scrabbler
Yes! Oh, my!
8:10 am
jwr
Just watched Oranges and Sunshine - about the woman who uncovered the scandal of the 150,000 children deported from the UK up to 1970 - kids of poor parents or moms who were told they would be adopted in the US but were sent all over the world told their mothers had died and put into slave labor.
8:10 am
jwr
correction: adoped in the same country: UK, not US
8:11 am
pippingeek
that sounds heartbreaking
8:11 am
pippingeek
hi jmc
8:11 am
Scrabbler
I try to explain it to my friends but they don't understand. We see truly simple people. IQ's probably 60-80, lack of education....
8:11 am
pippingeek
how was yesterday's nap?
8:11 am
jwr
Google Margaret Humphreys
8:12 am
Scrabbler
So sad, jwr
8:12 am
pippingeek
i know, scrabs, i can recall trying to explain to an orthodox woman in the ENT clinic that her son's hearing had nothing to do with his poor eyesight, and that if he didn't get tubes his infections would continue and possibly leave him deaf
8:12 am
jwr
Scrabs, m'dear - one step at a time works for you and me, too, remember?
8:13 am
pippingeek
but she was fixated on the eyesight and wouldn't hear of putting tubes in
8:14 am
jmcnrick
the nap was lovely especially since i sent two emails before it and my legal research was done when i woke
8:14 am
Scrabbler
It is so difficult to educate people that believe in myths and tales.
8:14 am
jwr
too bad, pippin. The health education in this country is so sex phobic that they've never even put in a good anatomy lesson.
8:14 am
pippingeek
best kind of work, jmc!
8:15 am
jmcnrick
not only poor people scrabs. . . thus the renewal of measles. . .
8:15 am
Scrabbler
Yes, so many people alow their emotions to overwhelm rational thinking and scientific evidence.
8:15 am
pippingeek
it's true, jwr and jmc, people believe some terrifying things and are so ignorant of what's actually going on in their bodies
8:16 am
jwr
I don't mean for teaching sex - just for letting kids know how their bodies work. The ignorance is appalling and lies (folk tales) rush in to filll the vacuum.
8:16 am
pippingeek
don't even get me started on the antivaxxers...
8:16 am
Scrabbler
I see it everyday, pippin.
8:17 am
jmcnrick
haha i remember when i was in high school in houston one of the other students said that the baby's big toe was in the mother's belly button. . .
8:18 am
pippingeek
at least telling girls to keep an aspirin between their knees had some practical purpose
8:18 am
Scrabbler
Parents just say, "I don't believe in vaccines." What is there NOT to believe in? Look in old cemeteries and see how many babies and young kids died, in families, within days and weeks of one another.
8:18 am
jwr
good, pip. And "mad money" too
8:19 am
pippingeek
yup, mom taught me about mad money as well
8:19 am
Scrabbler
Mad money?
8:19 am
jmcnrick
*sigh* psuedo science has a lot to answer for. ..
8:19 am
pippingeek
one of my coworkers refuses to get the flu vaccine because she thinks it's a government conspiracy
8:20 am
pippingeek
this is someone studying to go into nursing who works in health care. i can't even
8:20 am
jwr
That was a coin for a phone call (back in the day!) or taxi fare in your shoe so you could walk away from a questionable situation.
8:20 am
Scrabbler
I hear that too, pippin, although I do believe that the government does many covert things to harm Americans.
8:21 am
Scrabbler
Ah, TY, jwr.
8:21 am
pippingeek
i don't disagree, but vaccines aren't one of them
8:21 am
jmcnrick
i have perfect teeth at 63 because of the government conspiracy of fluoride in the water in houston
8:22 am
Scrabbler
Good example, Je.
8:22 am
pippingeek
i sadly do not - three more fillings in the last 2 weeks. that's 6 this year alone
8:22 am
jwr
Pip, the person going into health care will not get very far -- there are mandatory vaccines for health care workers at every level. She's in for a surprise.
8:23 am
pippingeek
on the other hand, i lived on Camp Lejeune during my formative years and it's now reported that it's one of the worst public contaminations in the country, and went on for a good 30 years
8:24 am
jwr
OKAY, EVERYBODY UP AND SNILING
8:24 am
pippingeek
sniling?
8:24 am
jwr
We're Babblers! We can take it!
8:25 am
jmcnrick
*sniles*
8:25 am
pippingeek
you can snile all you like at me, i can take it indeed
8:25 am
jwr
I guess "sniling" is halfway from a snarl to a smile, huh?
8:26 am
jwr
who has a clue?
8:26 am
jmcnrick
<==never has a clue
8:26 am
pippingeek
was gonna make the same joke, jmc
8:26 am
Scrabbler
gr5 = president Ulysses
8:27 am
jmcnrick
hehe great minds think alike
8:27 am
pippingeek
8 left and utterly stumped
8:27 am
pippingeek
she definitely doesn't have a clue if she's calling me a great mind...
8:27 am
jwr
ah, ty for the ni, Scrabs.
8:28 am
jwr
I forgot about those tricky little creatures.
8:28 am
bichon
I need a lot of clues here, the top i, second column a, lower one
8:28 am
jmcnrick
my niece and i have decided to write a gr*** proposal to stay here and write
8:29 am
pippingeek
top I is in 5/10
8:29 am
BzznBea
Top I in5, runs down the side
8:29 am
Scrabbler
ag5-phobia
8:29 am
pippingeek
lower A is greek market
8:29 am
pippingeek
and plural
8:29 am
bichon
Lowers head in shame, ty Bea, pip, Scrabs
8:29 am
jwr
to stay there and write ... gr*** proposals to stay and write gr.... uh...
8:30 am
Scrabbler
Plural, phaeton
8:30 am
pippingeek
no shame, babble blindness happens to the best of us
8:33 am
jwr
quitting at 50. All of you givers out there: save some for yourselves. G'day, g'bye.
8:33 am
pippingeek
enjoy your day, jwr
8:34 am
jwr
going to sleep (work nights) but appreciate the thought just the same ... *poof*
8:34 am
Scrabbler
Bye, jwr
8:34 am
Scrabbler
15 left for me tonight if I return.
8:34 am
jmcnrick
bye jwr have a good rest
8:35 am
jmcnrick
bye scrabs. . .always good to see you
8:35 am
pippingeek
hagd scrabs
8:35 am
Scrabbler
Be well, kids.
8:36 am
jmcnrick
i have to go too. . . great niece duty calls
8:36 am
pippingeek
enjoy the beach
8:37 am
pippingeek
i've heard the definition for the at7 but it hasn't helped me. any other clues?
8:43 am
BzznBea
a + road goo + a gal*** far, far away.
8:43 am
Uneaixoise
great clue, bea!
8:43 am
pippingeek
ty bea, would not have gotten there
8:44 am
pippingeek
last one is un7...
8:45 am
pippingeek
got it, fw!
8:45 am
Uneaixoise
yay pip!!
8:46 am
pippingeek
sigh. i was really hoping my migraine would be gone by the time i finished. time to throw more drugs at it i guess
8:47 am
pippingeek
i do wish the grid would at least some of the time show fireflies instead of fireworks, that would be lovely and charming
9:02 am
periwinkle
ya6 pls
9:03 am
bichon
don't have it peri
9:04 am
Uneaixoise
rhymes with ma6 word that's a chant
9:04 am
periwinkle
merci Une
9:05 am
Uneaixoise
yw :-)
9:07 am
periwinkle
wtg Une
9:07 am
bichon
Woot Woot Une
9:08 am
bichon
hint for un 6/7, pls
9:09 am
periwinkle
don't have them
9:10 am
wvteach
UN 7 - not dark colored
9:10 am
periwinkle
ty wv, dumb word
9:11 am
wvteach
congrats peri
9:12 am
wvteach
not cautious = UN + WA 4
9:13 am
bichon
ty again teach
9:13 am
wvteach
stats for the last U please
9:14 am
bichon
un + the lighest color
9:15 am
wvteach
i haVE un 6 AND un 7 - what is the third U?
9:16 am
bichon
take one letter out of the un 6
9:16 am
bichon
Need a breat
9:50 am
mkg
hi all. i have the un 7. what are other two? ty.
9:50 am
mkg
other two 7 letter words plz.
9:52 am
tceicher
at7 a + road goo + a gal*** far, far away.
9:52 am
tceicher
copied from earlier clue
10:11 am
kni15
other 7 is un7 un+not black
10:12 am
java2
other 7 is it - roman road + picnic pest
10:16 am
kni15
or pronoun + emergency room + picnic pest
11:29 am
rururocks
uncracker
11:29 am
rururocks
damn it
11:30 am
rururocks
that's what black people call white southerners
11:30 am
rururocks
it's a joke
11:30 am
rururocks
*looks for lead balloon shute*
11:33 am
wvteach
looking for last word - it is an A 4 - off of the center A - have AE 4/4, AW 4/10, and AW 4/10 - what am i missing
11:34 am
MollyL
*Injects the chat box with laughing gas*
11:34 am
rururocks
probably another ae 4 teach
11:37 am
wvteach
probably was AE 4/6 - ** finito **
12:46 pm
cybernan
good morning/afternoon
12:49 pm
cybernan
some great clues in the chat - ty
12:55 pm
cybernan
*!* ta da *!*
12:56 pm
cybernan
*slipping away - still under cloak of invisibility
1:02 pm
Anniebrook
hi hego
1:02 pm
Anniebrook
we had a snowstorm that lasted 2 minutes
1:02 pm
Anniebrook
about 12 oclock
1:03 pm
hego
It's 44 here.
1:03 pm
Anniebrook
high 30's here
1:08 pm
bichon
Babble says I have one word left, a "y", but Lickety says I have wh 4/11 and yo/8. Anyone know
1:08 pm
bichon
Hi Annie, hego
1:09 pm
Anniebrook
Hi bichon
1:09 pm
hego
Hi Bichon, have not heard.
1:09 pm
rubyfoo
I thin white southerner would call a black one an uncracker, ruru
1:09 pm
Anniebrook
hi ruby
1:10 pm
rubyfoo
hello, bichon, how is the retirement going?
1:10 pm
rubyfoo
Hello Hego
1:10 pm
hego
Is that an extra word?
1:10 pm
bichon
Lunch is just not the same. Have to share the table
1:10 pm
rubyfoo
Hello little Annie
1:11 pm
Anniebrook
Hahaha, not so little, not THAT big, not so little
1:11 pm
rubyfoo
yay, finally got half!
1:11 pm
bichon
The wh must be an extra work. But that's it for me
1:12 pm
Anniebrook
congrats, bichon!
1:15 pm
Anniebrook
I need a clue for un 5/16, please
1:16 pm
hego
leave a letter out of the 6
1:17 pm
Anniebrook
thanks, hego...fireworks.
1:18 pm
Anniebrook
thanks, be back later
3:17 pm
stidgmere
Hi mkg. Quiet chog and small grid but challenging!
3:38 pm
stidgmere
Fireworks on this spring-like day in the great Northwest.
4:12 pm
speedfreak
anyone have another te 5/14 I have the first
4:12 pm
jmcnrick
not yet but i will look for you
4:13 pm
speedfreak
never mind found it!!!
4:13 pm
jmcnrick
is the first one weepy?
4:13 pm
jmcnrick
wtg speed!
4:13 pm
speedfreak
yes it is
4:15 pm
jmcnrick
okay then i will have to find the second! haha
4:15 pm
jmcnrick
okay then i will have to find the second! haha
4:21 pm
doseffing
... from this morning the clue was .... a + road material + from a galxxx far far away
4:28 pm
jmcnrick
hi dose and kje
4:28 pm
doseffing
... and done ... 20% of the praise be to lickety ... may I offer a clue for anyone ... ... and hello jmc
4:29 pm
jmcnrick
whoo hoo dose
4:29 pm
jmcnrick
don't get the end of that clue though
4:30 pm
doseffing
... star wars opening ... ... or a chocolate bar is named after one
4:30 pm
brandyjack
a + road material + from a gal*** far far away might be a little closer
4:32 pm
doseffing
... true ... I tend to use x rather than * ... here I wonder if * might send me to the pb? ....
4:36 pm
Marc Freeman
Is there a ya6, if so could I get a clue for it?
4:41 pm
doseffing
... y + picnic bug + the end of an old singer named Frank's last name
4:47 pm
Marc Freeman
thanks
4:48 pm
dan2bit
firewords - tx all cluers. at5 was my last - drop a middle syllable from that at7
4:50 pm
doseffing
... or what you hail when you want to go from Central Park to Times Square? ... .... gotta go ... barkeep! a good evening for everyone ... ... later days
4:51 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
78? so small and sad. diving in anyway . . .
4:56 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
and of course my silly phantom is unitarian
5:10 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hi harry
5:10 pm
HarryHood
hello gwen
5:15 pm
HarryHood
woohoo got a 7 and a lone i
5:17 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
(!)
5:18 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
just got nbt myself
5:18 pm
HarryHood
I'm quite a ways from nbt
5:19 pm
Marc Freeman
What are the stats for the lone 'r' and the lone 'o' in column 3, please?
5:20 pm
HarryHood
still missing o
5:21 pm
penquis
oy 4/6...
5:21 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
will clue if you wants
5:21 pm
Marc Freeman
Are you sure re5/28?
5:21 pm
HarryHood
ty for the o
5:22 pm
HarryHood
2 more tiles for nbt
5:22 pm
penquis
yes, marc.....re 5/ 28....worked for me...
5:22 pm
Marc Freeman
Got it them both thanks
5:23 pm
HarryHood
just missing the top t - could I have a clue?
5:24 pm
penquis
it's a babblet...
5:24 pm
HarryHood
ty. nbt
5:24 pm
penquis
yw....can someone give me STATS for the i in the fifth column?
5:25 pm
penquis
got it...
5:28 pm
smoove
one I in the 5th
5:29 pm
penquis
sorry, don't have it yet...
5:30 pm
HarryHood
28 to go. this is my first game in many months - gonna ruin my perfect stats
5:30 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
stuck on the at7, help!
5:31 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
ya6 = ya + when you meditate you repeat your ma****
5:31 pm
smoove
a + gooey black stuff on street + gal ***
5:31 pm
HarryHood
ty for the y gwen. don't have but one 7
5:32 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
ty smoove, hunting
5:32 pm
Marc Freeman
You do meditation Book Doctor?
5:32 pm
smoove
Thank you for the YA….
5:32 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
found the at7, new word on me! and that's fireworks. gotta run, bye
5:32 pm
smoove
gal*** as in starwars
5:33 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
no, i don't mediate, learned the word from a movie!
5:33 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
okay, now i'm running *poof*
5:34 pm
Kaplan the Magne
ix-nay.
5:34 pm
HarryHood
what's the other 7? I have it and at
5:35 pm
HarryHood
ty marc. will look
5:35 pm
Marc Freeman
at7, it7 and un7 need a clue?
5:36 pm
HarryHood
got it ty
5:36 pm
HarryHood
do you think that's a verb or adj?
5:36 pm
penquis
at 7 was clued but i did not understand the last part...
5:36 pm
HarryHood
adjective.
5:36 pm
Marc Freeman
don't know
5:37 pm
HarryHood
the last part was gal*** as in andromeda
5:37 pm
penquis
yup....that's the part i did not get...
5:38 pm
HarryHood
milky way is a gal***
5:38 pm
penquis
oh....duh...ty...
5:47 pm
MollyL
I thought Milky Way was a candy bar
: P
5:47 pm
HarryHood
hi molly!
5:48 pm
MollyL
Take the w out of the un6
5:48 pm
HarryHood
ty :) done!
5:48 pm
penquis
congrats!
5:49 pm
MollyL
This place is getting like the 20 Minute Workout
5:50 pm
HarryHood
how is life here lately?
5:53 pm
suefrad625
hi all
5:53 pm
suefrad625
it was a cleaning day
5:59 pm
Marc Freeman
5 left have to go and will come back later. have two 5
5:59 pm
Marc Freeman
have two 5's left that are driving me crazy.
6:02 pm
Scrabbler
Which ones? Maybe I have them.
6:13 pm
Deutsch
I'm missing the first aw and the last te 5. I could use a clue, please, as I am now babble blind!
6:14 pm
penquis
te + a computer chair that scientifically fits well to your body is ***onomic + vowel...
6:15 pm
penquis
don't have the first aw yet..
6:15 pm
Deutsch
Thanks, penquis. I was going around in circles. On the first aw left.
6:17 pm
Scrabbler
aw + New York
6:17 pm
Deutsch
I found it!
6:17 pm
penquis
just found it, lol...
6:17 pm
Deutsch
Thanks, Scrabbler!
6:17 pm
penquis
i am done... :oD
6:18 pm
Deutsch
Fireworks for all!
6:18 pm
Scrabbler
Good work, kids.
7:32 pm
smoove
gr6…clue please
7:34 pm
72 Temple Owl
nasty little beast.
7:40 pm
smoove
I have one left…AT5…clue please
7:57 pm
tabbycat
A+cab with a different last letter
8:15 pm
rururocks
graxar?
8:19 pm
rururocks
,--trying to use graxar in a sentence
8:20 pm
72 Temple Owl
can anyone share the re5please?
8:21 pm
rururocks
re + do the floors again
8:22 pm
rururocks
or re + candle material
9:21 pm
Naches girl
Any hints for the un7? I have the 5 and the 6 but can't monkey the 7.
9:26 pm
grannyrose
naches, un + not black
9:29 pm
Naches girl
Thanks granny!
10:41 pm
rururocks
uncracker
10:41 pm
rururocks
damn it
11:05 pm
maggiej
ra 4/6 any hints?
11:07 pm
grannyrose
thank goodness....was completely stuck on how to clue it...lol
11:58 pm
dizgrannie
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