12:01 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:01 am
harpjane
Thank you lickety!
12:02 am
Erda
Thanks, Lickety!
12:03 am
flosey
Hi everyone and thanks Lickety
12:05 am
cybernan
ty lickety - hello everyone
12:06 am
torgone
Heyas kids ..
12:07 am
Lizlin
Hi all and thanks, Lickety
12:07 am
flosey
hi torgone and Nan
12:07 am
Lizlin
Hi Flosey
12:12 am
dizgrannie
de 8/9
12:12 am
harpjane
de8 & 9
12:12 am
dizgrannie
snap harp
12:13 am
harpjane
great minds, diz
12:13 am
dizgrannie
NBT/NBS
12:19 am
rururocks
finished
12:19 am
Lizlin
Congrats, Ru
12:20 am
rururocks
thanks
12:20 am
rururocks
easy puzzle tonight.. after yesterday's brutal one
12:20 am
Lizlin
A good change
12:20 am
rururocks
I agree
12:20 am
rururocks
I had a lot of trouble with yesterday's
12:21 am
Lizlin
Me too - and I think most people too.
12:22 am
cybernan
well done ru
12:22 am
cybernan
ty for the de -- gave me nbt, nbs
12:41 am
cybernan
*!* ta da *!* - good night :-)
1:08 am
grannyrose
WTG FLOSEY!!!!
1:34 am
sprite
good morning all
1:36 am
grannyrose
{{hugs}} my dearest sprite
1:36 am
sprite
good morning my dear friend :) *hugs* How was your day?
1:37 am
grannyrose
quite nice thanx. the power was off at june's today so we did lunch.
1:37 am
grannyrose
how was your night?
1:38 am
sprite
hehehe good thinking. Will that be in stead of tomorrow, or just as an added bonus?
1:38 am
grannyrose
instead of.....although looking at the menu i nearly wanted to go two days running.
1:39 am
sprite
*giggles* Whachahave?
1:40 am
grannyrose
mashed avovcado on sourdough toast, with poached eggs and smoked salmon. * sigh *
1:40 am
sprite
you can have my avocado and then I will join you :D
1:42 am
grannyrose
going to see the occupational rehab person tomorrow. june says to show her THAT doc's report and say to her this is why i lost my job.
1:42 am
sprite
ugh... ugly vowel grid today! Running out of steam way before halfway. Can I have yesterday's grid back please?
1:43 am
sprite
oh that is perfect. Are you gonna?
1:43 am
grannyrose
aww c'mon sprite. compared to yesterday's this one is a walk in the park, i promise.
1:44 am
grannyrose
sure am. i really don't see how i can be employed by ANYONE after that report.
1:44 am
sprite
no it isn't. Too many vowel words. Too many vowels, period. And yesterday's was very friendly. Hardly slowed down until 44 left or soemthing like that.
1:45 am
sprite
very true, rose. And that report simply puts in writing what we knew all along. And what you suffer on a daily base.
1:49 am
sprite
ok, halfway. Rose, do any of the biggies end in the left bottom corner in that sorta-kinda ending?
1:52 am
grannyrose
not really. a delish ending not used.
1:52 am
sprite
another waste of a perfect good ending :(
1:53 am
sprite
so... how are you feeling, darling, about going tomorrow? Are you stressed?
1:53 am
grannyrose
enough to have angina a few times today.
1:55 am
sprite
yeah. No wonder. It is lousy to have no control over some aspects in your life, and to know some stranger does. But try and breathe through it, darling. You know what you can and cannot do, and so do several doctors by now. Let the occupational hazard read it all and things will be clear.
1:57 am
grannyrose
she wants me to take my resume with me. the last one i had was typed up by robyn, 13 years ago. it isn't on my hard drive any where. i think i have a copy. and you guessed it. it's in a box in the garage. which one...no idea.
1:58 am
sprite
so... don't take it with you. Tell her what you just told me. And tell her you cannot possibly search for some paper in a box in the garage with your handicaps.
2:02 am
grannyrose
oh, sprite. remember in the email i told you how the manary was all fluffed up all day.
2:02 am
sprite
you still with me, darling?
2:02 am
sprite
ah right, sorry, I am impatient, my bad
2:02 am
sprite
yes, I remember :)
2:02 am
grannyrose
the poor little thing was not well, and he died overnight.
2:03 am
sprite
awwwwww omg, that is so sad. So sorry, rose. *hugs*
2:03 am
grannyrose
thanx honey. he had a good life. he was 10 1/2 years old. as don said, he was well cared for.
2:04 am
sprite
he sure was, and he will be remembered as the manary, the canary with the outspoken male personality.
2:04 am
grannyrose
it is the longest i have had a bird survive in my whole life.
2:05 am
sprite
it is amazingly long for such a tiny bird.
2:09 am
grannyrose
still here. *sigh* yet another policeman has shot an unarmed man, who was already on the ground.
2:09 am
grannyrose
in theUSA
2:10 am
grannyrose
i wish and pray for it all to stop. it's too sad sprite
2:11 am
sprite
not following the news, sweetie, because I cannot handle this kind of thing. Am trying not to add to my nightmare stuff.
2:12 am
grannyrose
i understand de4, and will shut up on the topic. sorry, honey.
2:12 am
sprite
*hugs* luvu!
2:13 am
grannyrose
xoxoxox
2:13 am
sprite
is Don going with you, to the occ. hazard girl?
2:14 am
grannyrose
he sure is. he can tell her how i cannot put my compression stocking on. and how he does all the driving because i am so limited in my range.
2:14 am
sprite
omg found the 8/9 all by myself!
2:15 am
grannyrose
yay, sprite. so did i!!
2:15 am
sprite
very good. And he will have to drive you home because you can hardly sit, let alone drive, after such an ordeal.
2:15 am
sprite
woooot well done rose!
2:16 am
grannyrose
absolutely, sprite
2:18 am
sprite
oh and rose.... remember to show that lady the truth. No pushing yourself to your limits, no stiff upper lip... let her see how you are, or she won't be able to judge fairly.
2:19 am
grannyrose
i hear you, sprite. and i'm not taking any magnesium tomorrow either.
2:20 am
sprite
I don't mean to preach, just from experience... I know how we are programmed by our narcissistic parent to be strong and resilient and all. Plus we have learned to not show any weakness. This kind of examination is extremely hard on us.
2:21 am
sprite
good move. Take some magnesium with you, and a bottle of water, for afterwards in the car :)
2:21 am
grannyrose
yup, was gonna do that.
2:21 am
sprite
:D smart move
2:23 am
grannyrose
june and i charity shopped today. three shops in all. last one we couldn't park near and is it was near level ground i thought i would try walking to and from it. it nearly killed me. june says it was about 250 meters all told.
2:23 am
grannyrose
now i am soooo stiff and sore. all preparatory for tomorrow.
2:24 am
sprite
aw my poor darling. Am sorry you are in pain :(
2:26 am
sprite
but it is a good thing you can show her how it is. And that you know exactly how much walk is too much... almost any.
2:27 am
grannyrose
it was roughly what would be expected of me from my parked car to my work station inside a building. i don't think any boss is gonna like it if i arrive, and say sorry, need to take endone and sit quietly for an hour.
2:27 am
sprite
as long as you take endone, you shouldn't be on any workfloor, to be honest.
2:27 am
grannyrose
well, duh, ya think??
2:28 am
sprite
I do I do I do
2:28 am
grannyrose
*giggle*
2:29 am
sprite
I have worked for about a year that way. Going from parking spot to my desk was about all I could manage on a day. Then still several hours of work, back all the way to my car, then drive home. It is a miracle I didn't end up a statistic.
2:31 am
grannyrose
well i am not doing it. this mob just have to understand how much pain i am in. and if they make an issue about my weight, i will sweetly inform them that before i fell i had lost 37 kg, and was still losing.
2:31 am
sprite
indeed, rose. Another thing they should pay for. You were doing so well before that fall.
2:33 am
grannyrose
and the inactivity following the fall and surgery, and now the nerve damage, all those things have helped with my weight gain. i was back to running before i fell. at work, i was on the emergency response team. and you didn't just saunter along the corridor i can tell you.
2:34 am
sprite
I remember, my friend. You were really getting back on your feet in every way back then. We all were happy for you, knowing all the pain and other stuff you had gone through. And then that fall. And the rotten attitude of your work.
2:35 am
grannyrose
water under the bridge, sprite. i want to move on, but these people will not let me.
2:36 am
sprite
that is why I feel so strongly about your lawyer putting his foot down. Enough is enough. Each and every examination they force on you is something else that holds you back from moving on and leaving this behind you.
2:38 am
grannyrose
and I WAS back at work, doing my level best, asking for help, when everything was snatched away from me. and they are carrying on like it's my fault and i am dragging the lead with returning to work.
2:39 am
sprite
yes, exactly. So it is about freakin' time they stop obstructing and start paying up.
2:42 am
grannyrose
it should be very interesting tomorrow. and i am not volunteering any information which might make their job any easier.
2:43 am
grannyrose
WTG SPRITE!!!
2:43 am
sprite
good for you. Just let them see how bad it is. All of it.
2:43 am
sprite
*giggles* Thank you, thank you. It was nothing. Couldn't have done it without you.
2:44 am
grannyrose
you probably would have done it in half the time without me yakking at you the whole time.
2:45 am
sprite
nah I wouldn't. First of all I would have kept on looking for sorta-kinda kinda words. And I wouldn't have enjoyed my stay as much and would have moved on to other stuff :D
2:46 am
grannyrose
awww shucks, you are so sweet. *blushing furiously*
2:46 am
sprite
hehehe *hugs*
2:48 am
grannyrose
what are your plans for today?
2:49 am
sprite
um.... the surgeon meeting...
2:50 am
grannyrose
oh yeah. are you excited? or more nervous? is Cobi going with you?
2:51 am
sprite
no, Rob is going with me. Am more nervous than excited. But not too extreme. I do have faith that things will go as is best for me.
2:52 am
grannyrose
will pray for you. how many hours from now is your appointment?
2:53 am
sprite
5 and a half. You will be sound asleep by then :)
2:54 am
grannyrose
well i'll pray anyway, and the Man upstairs on your case.
2:55 am
sprite
thank you :D
2:55 am
grannyrose
gosh, i really must try and slow down when typing. i am typing faster than my brain is thinking.
2:56 am
sprite
don't worry about it, I can easily insert the words that get lost in space
2:56 am
grannyrose
or vice versa. whatever the reason is behind me missing words when i am typing.
2:58 am
sprite
*giggles* I know what you think, so a typo won't throw me.
2:59 am
grannyrose
what sprite says
3:04 am
sprite
I think I am gonna do a bit of translating work to focus my mind on something else than this afternoon, grin. It was lovely to see you, rose. *hugs* and sleep well, and good luck tomorrow. I'll be thinking of you.
3:04 am
grannyrose
ugh, i am yawning already and we haven't even had dinner.
3:04 am
grannyrose
sprite, slow deep breaths de4est. xoxox
3:07 am
sprite
I'll be fine. I'll be fine. I'll be fine. Lol.
5:20 am
crosshair
Good morning my friends:)
5:38 am
crosshair
Crossy hears the deafening silence break as a tumbleweed rolls by, disturbing the blanket of nothingness for a moment in its lonely travel, then as the solitary traveler vanishes into the eons of undisturbed chat room dust, Crossy feels the hush of emptiness descend upon him once again...
5:43 am
crosshair
Life! there is life!
5:44 am
crosshair
Like a signal intercepted from the radiation blasted outer reaches of space it is hesitant, intermittent, but a sign nevertheless.:)
5:46 am
sukee
Morning al.
5:46 am
crosshair
Doing creative, descriptive writing with the kids in class this week:)
5:46 am
sukee
and everyone else :D
5:47 am
crosshair
Howdy, Sukee
5:47 am
crosshair
No everyone--just crossy:)
5:47 am
sukee
Oh well, you'll do :)
5:47 am
crosshair
gee... thanks... i think:)
5:48 am
sukee
Did you have a great day yesterday?
5:48 am
crosshair
Felt so loved there that for a moment I got a case of the warm fuzzies:))
5:48 am
crosshair
yup was a grand day here. was 20 c!! My better half has a cold though:(
5:50 am
sukee
Yes, it was warm here. Had my shorts on for the first time. We did have rain but not the thunderstorm that I was expecting.
5:50 am
crosshair
Not bad, getting the shorts on mid-April;)
5:51 am
sukee
Aww, kittens on Canada AM :)
5:52 am
crosshair
there are always kittens, somewhere:)
5:52 am
sukee
How did you do on yesterdays grid? Did you finish?
5:53 am
crosshair
heck no! I find large ones like that daunting and nothing but a typing endurance contest. I gave up after 150 or so.
5:53 am
crosshair
My perfect grid is in the 150-250 range
5:53 am
sukee
I had plans to return but never did. Baseball got in the way.
5:54 am
crosshair
big enough not to be babblet filled nightmares but small enough so you can have a life while you play
5:54 am
crosshair
I have not seen a baseball game in 2+ years;(
5:55 am
crosshair
Was Jay home oper last night, was it not?
5:55 am
crosshair
How did our boys of summer make out?
5:55 am
sukee
I even refused to answer the phone when a friend called because I knew she would talk through it.
5:56 am
sukee
They lost 2 - 1. I know it's an excuse but the home plate umpire was awful.
5:56 am
crosshair
Kill the up!!
5:57 am
sukee
The only score for the other guys came from bases loaded walks.
5:58 am
crosshair
Well, with it 20C yesterday and the first real taste of summer-to-come, the jays could of just had a nap on the field and the audience would have been content just to sit, there, dig the weather, and watch them snore;)
5:58 am
sukee
So far, the jays have won every other game and both series'
5:58 am
rubyfoo
hello. I didn't have time to look at the grid until after 8PM and was really disappointed that I missed the first big one in a long time
5:59 am
crosshair
((ruby))
5:59 am
rubyfoo
Anyway, it's beautiful and sunny, 25C or so in the afternoons and flowers everywhere, more ppopping every day
5:59 am
rubyfoo
{{sukee{{
5:59 am
rubyfoo
{{crossy}}
6:01 am
rubyfoo
Yesterday, when, exhausted, I tried to take a nap, there was a bee the size of a drone keeping me awake. There are beautiful multi-color, fuzzy bees here called "bourdons" (not sure of the spelling). I call them B-52's and don't know if they sting or not. I have a system for rescuine them, o get a very good look. I would touch them if I knew about the stinging
6:03 am
crosshair
Naughty bee:/
6:03 am
rubyfoo
Huge and noisy, but very lovely
6:04 am
crosshair
We have a variety of those. They are so big and fat, you wonder how their tiny wings can keep them aloft
6:04 am
rubyfoo
I try not to kill insects except for the big, black, jumping spiders that appear out of drains
6:05 am
crosshair
Lullabee, lullabee
Honey bees in the tree
Rest your wings 'til the morning light
Lullabee, lullabee
Honey bees in the tree
Your honey is safe tonight
Just dream to the tune I am singing
Time to stop all that buzzing and stinging-ouch
Lullabee, lullabee
Honey bees in the tree
All I want is a smackerel or two...(or three)
Don't' sleep lightly, sleep very tightly
Happy slumbers to you
6:05 am
sukee
The only thing I don't like about spring and summer... bugs.
6:06 am
rubyfoo
very nice, crossy
6:07 am
crosshair
From Winnie the Pooh
6:07 am
sukee
You know, there are just not enough Es in this grid.
6:07 am
rubyfoo
So far, inour 17 yrs here, no mosquitoes but I am afraid with global warming, we may not continue to be so lucky. There are fewer local bats, too
6:07 am
rubyfoo
Ya think?
6:08 am
crosshair
Last year, ruby, spring came so early that the mosquitoes had 2 full hatching's instead of one:(
6:08 am
crosshair
Go in the bush and the little buggers can almost pick you up and carry you off:/
6:09 am
rubyfoo
In the evening, Mr. Rufie lays out I front of the studio door and watches the bats. They are aware of him, I think, and make big swooping circles
6:09 am
crosshair
Not to mention our deer flies and horse flies that can bite a chunk out of the crown of your head, but fortunately that is further north
6:09 am
rubyfoo
Like tiny black butterflies against the twilit sky
6:10 am
rubyfoo
sounds like Maine
6:13 am
crosshair
Well, in Maine their state bird is the mosquito:)
6:13 am
sukee
Time to go make some breakfast, take care.
6:13 am
crosshair
tc, Sukee
6:13 am
sukee
In Ontario it's the black fly :)
6:13 am
crosshair
Love those black flies. They rip chunks of flesh out of you:(
6:14 am
crosshair
or is that Deer flies? Think it is the deer flies that really pack a whallp
6:14 am
rubyfoo
Minnesota, too. I once went to a cook-out outside of Minneapolis and at dusk, everybody came running into the house as swarms of mosquitoes attacked
6:15 am
rubyfoo
We are lucky here, temperate climate, clean air and few insects (fewer and fewer, I'm afraid), even the beneficial ones
6:15 am
crosshair
I remember up north, no matter how warm it was, if you went out at dusk it was always long pants, long sleeved shirt and tons of DEET
6:16 am
crosshair
Maybe the French are eating the mosquito's:))
6:17 am
crosshair
Our honey bees are a grave concern right now:(
6:17 am
rubyfoo
in sauce Nantua
6:17 am
rubyfoo
Are the colonies collapsing?
6:19 am
crosshair
yes, they have been the last few years
6:20 am
crosshair
Hvae not heard any new news in last year or so. i hope things have stabilized
6:20 am
rubyfoo
It is terrible, a lingering result of chemicals in farming.
6:21 am
crosshair
yes. we live in an apple belt and are still paying for the pesticide fogging that was done in the 40's-late 70's
6:22 am
crosshair
Now we live with the blemishes and eat them as nature intended
6:23 am
rubyfoo
we use no pesticides hence, wormy plums, but the birds don't mind
6:26 am
crosshair
seafarers of old used to eat the worms along with the fruit. Was a good cure for scurvy:)
6:27 am
rubyfoo
Worms are my only phobia; if not for them, I probably would have become an entomologist (sp?)
6:31 am
crosshair
So, I must bait the hook when I take you fishing?
6:32 am
rubyfoo
No, I can do that. When I was very little, I used to catch frogs for my father, who would use them as "swimming bait"
6:32 am
rubyfoo
Did I ever tell you about the 23" rainbow I once caught (and release, of course)
6:33 am
crosshair
We used to rig up "swimming bait" with live minnows using a minnow harness
6:33 am
crosshair
Sounds like a fish story to me:))
6:33 am
rubyfoo
did you hade a mini whip to keep them swimming?
6:34 am
rubyfoo
<-- loves fish stories
6:34 am
crosshair
Largest I ever caught was a 40 pound salmon here in the Nottawasaga river:)
6:35 am
crosshair
(yes, i have the picture)
6:36 am
crosshair
i was 27 at the time:)
6:36 am
rubyfoo
I've caught very big mackerels when ocean fishing, and salmon and char with a spinning reel, but the rainbow, using a "white bunny| fly, was my grandest accomplishment, wearing waders and all
6:37 am
rubyfoo
Up to then, I was just an ocean fisherman
6:37 am
crosshair
ever look at a old picture of yourself and wish that just for a moment you had the power to reach back through the fabric of time and send your young self a message?
6:37 am
crosshair
lol, I just had a vision of Ruby in hip waders:))
6:38 am
rubyfoo
yes, crossy, and it would probably say "Think twice!"
6:39 am
rubyfoo
When DIL is here next week, I will try to send you the photo of "my" rainbow
6:39 am
crosshair
there is a very, very good screen play written by stephen king about that. You can get it free as a pdf file online. The play is called "Sorry, Right Number"
6:40 am
rubyfoo
Very few regret, though, and LOTS of adventures
6:40 am
crosshair
then that is al a person could possibly do. it is better to regret things you have done than things you have not
6:41 am
rubyfoo
very true
6:42 am
rubyfoo
Off I go, time for a lie-down, Husband woke me up at 6:30 -- very annoying since I watched an old movie 'til about 1AM
6:46 am
crosshair
You reach a point where you look back on all your worries, all your fears, all your night terrors, and find that the worry, and the anguish did not change the outcome of your existence one jot or iota. We owe the universe even as we are born, and the bill comes due no matter how we strive to think otherwise. the best we can do between now and then is let the past lie buried, avoid fearing some unknown future and living the best today we possibly can, and in so doing pray that we influence those around us for the better. In that way we gain a measure of immortality on that day our debt to the universe comes due.... lol... I have been doing way too much creative writing!
6:48 am
crosshair
Not bad for off-the-cuff:) needs some polishing though:)
6:49 am
JBV
hi crossy - deep thoughts for early in the morning, but I appreciate your perspective - very very true
6:49 am
crosshair
I do some of my best deep writing when half awake. there is less life clutter in my mind that way
6:50 am
JBV
yes and the clutter of dreams is also very inspirational
6:50 am
crosshair
of course you can simplify all that by saying simply: "Life is like a box of chocolates" lol
6:57 am
car.eeyore
Morning all
6:58 am
periwinkle
morning car, morning all
6:58 am
periwinkle
help with de 8/9
7:01 am
rubyfoo
<--loves crossy! And hello and bye everybody else
7:01 am
crosshair
Howdy car, peri:)
7:01 am
crosshair
((ruby))
7:06 am
car.eeyore
Peri, I don't have it but will look...
7:06 am
periwinkle
I found them
7:06 am
crosshair
Must be off to class. Take care my friends, and happy Babbling!
7:07 am
car.eeyore
Oooh...share a clue please?
7:07 am
periwinkle
if you have ae6/7 to add air to just add de to the front
7:09 am
wvteach
halfway, NBT and NBS - time to go off for the morning - BBL
7:36 am
car.eeyore
Fireworks
7:37 am
grant
oops, sorry
7:37 am
Jen34
LOL good clue, grant. :)
7:38 am
grant
glad to help
7:38 am
josephjames
Wow, that's a lot of E
7:41 am
MollyL
A lot of E's, but only six E words to find
7:41 am
josephjames
weeeeeeeird
7:43 am
MollyL
And that is fine. People are probably still hungover from yesterday's grid.
7:52 am
phaeton
hello...clue for the sc7/52 pls?
7:57 am
josephjames
it rhymes with clam soup
7:59 am
josephjames
I only have 2 words to go! an S and a W
8:00 am
phaeton
have 6 w's
8:01 am
josephjames
My last one is some other S7
8:01 am
Scrabbler
Vowel Deliverer: would you like some more E's, folks?
8:02 am
phaeton
sh7x2; se7/36;
8:03 am
Scrabbler
Yay Phaeton!
8:03 am
MollyL
sc7...an odd Scot word that means singe. I always find it strange when words like that are acceptable here.
8:04 am
josephjames
me too thanks
8:04 am
phaeton
yw and wtg
8:04 am
phaeton
time to get busy...hagd all
9:13 am
Aloyisius
howdeeeeeeeeeee hego.. can't chat, red bar time
9:14 am
Aloyisius
it is the norm for now.. we need a new server
9:15 am
MollyL
Babble just got a new server
9:15 am
Aloyisius
I mean the local one, Molly
9:16 am
MollyL
Ah, I see, your server.
9:17 am
MollyL
Have you tried using another browser?
9:18 am
Aloyisius
yes.. it is a local problem. Reception was fine until our tower was hit by lightening.. so we were switched to another tower and now the signal is often interrupted
9:20 am
hego
Aloy, do you go north in the spring?
9:20 am
Aloyisius
so, somedays I have to type in as many words as I can while I can.. we are headed north the end of May, hego
9:21 am
Aloyisius
first to NC, visit with sister and also son/g-daughter.. then on to NE Ohio for a while
9:26 am
Aloyisius
we wanted to go N. earlier, but we have to be here on May 27 for a QA (Quality Analysis) with our water monitoring group.. requirement, even tho we are volunteers
9:26 am
hego
It will be warm by then.
9:27 am
Aloyisius
it already is here, for sure..
9:27 am
Aloyisius
spring flowers blooming there, hego?
9:27 am
hego
Everything's popping up now.
9:28 am
Aloyisius
ah, nice!
9:28 am
hego
2 weeks ago it was the dead of winter, now spring has sprung!
9:28 am
Aloyisius
(-: yay!
9:30 am
Scrabbler
Hi Hego and Aloy
9:30 am
hego
Easy grid today. bbl for the rest. Have a good one.
9:30 am
Aloyisius
Hi there Scrabbs!
9:31 am
hego
Hi Scrabs. sorry. must go.
9:31 am
Aloyisius
yes, down to 32 already.. hagd hego!
9:31 am
Scrabbler
I am waiting for my last patient of the morning then I am off for the afternoon, except a MD appt.
9:31 am
Aloyisius
hope you had a good eye test?
9:32 am
bichon
Heard you had fun at the zoo yesterday
9:32 am
bichon
I have memories of going to the San Francisco Zoo with my toddler grandson. We had a harness for him so he wouldn't run all around the place
9:33 am
Scrabbler
We sure did. Jaxson is a runner! He runs ahead then turns around, looks at us and laughs. I woke up sore this morning and couldn't figure out why, then remembered chasing and lifting him all afternoon.
9:33 am
Scrabbler
I will get phone call from the eye doc later. Today is annual gyn visit.
9:33 am
Aloyisius
toddlers are exhausting fun
9:33 am
bichon
The SF Zoo is a great place and has a great playground too
9:34 am
Scrabbler
Our zoo is small and has limited space. I feel bad for most of the animals.
9:34 am
Aloyisius
have heard a lot about it.. on my bucket list, bichon
9:34 am
Scrabbler
Jaxson loved the playground more than anything. When I said we had to go he said, "More, more."
9:35 am
bichon
Each zoo has its own highlights. The San Diego Zoo is the best
9:35 am
bichon
How old is he now, 2?
9:35 am
Scrabbler
The Toronto Zoo is huge and wonderful. There is a train.
9:36 am
bichon
Yes, the SF Zoo has one too. The great thing about the San Diego Zoo is that it is near LegoLand
9:36 am
lideola
Philadelphia Zoo is the best zoo I've been to.
9:36 am
bichon
What is special about it lideola?
9:37 am
Scrabbler
Jacksonville Zoo is outstanding too.
9:38 am
lideola
its the first zoo built in the US. It has an overhead large cat walk. Your walking along and look up and there is a tiger walking above your head.
9:38 am
Scrabbler
Jaxson is 33 months--very late talker but he is smart--identifies letters already. That blew me away last Friday when he showed me that.
9:38 am
bichon
Cool lideola
9:39 am
lideola
and they have the zoo balloon. A hot air balloon that goes straight up. You can see the whole city.
9:39 am
Scrabbler
I was at the Philly Zoo in 1987 when I went to Philly with a friend from residency. He grew up outside of Philly.
9:39 am
Scrabbler
Wow, lideola!
9:40 am
bichon
One of the best things about being a grandparent is getting to go to cool places, like the Museum of Natural History
9:40 am
Scrabbler
I was also in Philly in Dec 1984 when I interviewed at CHOP and St Christopher's for pediatric residencies.
9:40 am
bichon
stats for bottom d pls
9:41 am
Aloyisius
Jehovah Witnesses at the door, need to stop here for a late breakfast.. bbl
9:42 am
lideola
plus, its about 10 minutes away from the Please Touch Museum, which is fabulous for kids under the age of 7 or 8. And 5 minutes from Smith Memorial Playground which is hands down the best playground I've ever seen. It has a century old big wooden slide that you go down in potato sacks and a mansion that is a 3 story playhouse that is great for rainy days.
9:43 am
zoozzoom
And fireworks for me..Happy babbling everyone :-)
9:43 am
bichon
Think I'll have to plan to take the grands to Philly )
9:43 am
lideola
Scrabbler- Philadelphia is so much cleaner and friendly now than it was in the 80's.
9:43 am
lideola
off to work. happy babbling.
9:47 am
Judi
Good morning, all!
9:48 am
bichon
stats for the lower d, pls
9:51 am
MLFAN17
good question bihon
9:52 am
Judi
Actually de4 x 4 + de5.
9:54 am
MLFAN17
2nd column e above the d
9:54 am
Mary
hi all, clue for the last de7/32 & de6/21
9:54 am
MLFAN17
no 2nd column 2nd e
9:55 am
MollyL
Ack, Judi is posting algebra equations
9:55 am
MLFAN17
mary sorry I cant seem to type today lol
9:55 am
zoozzoom
DE + interest ***** can go up or down.
9:56 am
zoozzoom
Then plural.
9:56 am
MollyL
It's okay MLF. Proper typing doesn't seem to be a requirement here : D
9:56 am
zoozzoom
Last DE 6/21 DE + rodent.
9:57 am
MLFAN17
third column lone e?
9:57 am
MLFAN17
sad but true Molly
9:58 am
MollyL
ed4...Horse who's name starts with Mister + abbreviation for school after jr high
9:59 am
Mary
oh oh so sorry
9:59 am
MLFAN17
molly that isn't working?
10:00 am
MLFAN17
oh I was going the wrong direction
10:01 am
MLFAN17
is the bottom d a 4?
10:03 am
Judi
I am suffering from vowel overload again.
10:04 am
MollyL
*Gives Judi some ExLax
10:04 am
MLFAN17
slightly e overkill in this grid
10:04 am
MLFAN17
zooz can you clue it please?
10:05 am
Judi
Yes. Vowel cleansing is in order.
10:08 am
zoozzoom
Di + vowel + first two letters opp of clever
10:09 am
zoozzoom
The DE4 think of a type of art...As in it is in the period of art de**
10:10 am
zoozzoom
DE + vowel + first two letters of opp of clever.
10:10 am
zoozzoom
Sorry about that, Mlf.
10:15 am
Judi
Need clue for he5/12 and he7 x 2, please.
10:15 am
Judi
Nm. just found.
10:23 am
zoozzoom
Congrats, Judi!
10:28 am
harpjane
hello 59 to go
10:39 am
Scrabbler
Go Jane, go!
10:39 am
harpjane
what a relief after yesterday!
10:40 am
Scrabbler
Did you finish that giant?
10:41 am
harpjane
I did, but only because I finally got my stats up to 1030! Otherwise I would have bailed
10:41 am
rururocks
HIKE!!!
10:42 am
Scrabbler
Slant to the left, Ruru, run!
10:42 am
harpjane
NOOOOO PUT DOWN THAT PICKLE!
10:43 am
MollyL
Harp has become a stats watching addict. *Alerts help ressources*
10:44 am
rururocks
pickle?
10:44 am
MollyL
I know, I thought pickle was a baseball term
10:44 am
rururocks
pickles make me cuke!
10:45 am
harpjane
not a big problem molly, about once a year I'm actually home 30 days in a row. I'm about to blow my stats in a few when I go to Yellowstone w/o wifi
10:45 am
Scrabbler
Yellowstone! That is on my bucket list--to hike there. Enjoy!
10:45 am
rururocks
Yellowstone was great in the Canyon.. the rest of it is miles of lodgepole Pines
10:46 am
MollyL
Oh good Harp. People who play Babble while on vacation worry me.
10:46 am
rururocks
<---guilty as charged
10:48 am
harpjane
Friday is opening day of the "summer" season. It's been closed to the public since the winter season ended in March. The first couple of days are magical.
10:48 am
harpjane
Actually if we have wifi in the hotel and the grid is easy....... (ducking....)
10:49 am
rururocks
loved seeing the bison and elk though
10:50 am
Scrabbler
I find Babble relaxing and meditative, not a chore.
10:51 am
rururocks
Meditative? or medicative?
10:51 am
harpjane
If you go there often enough (because you live nearby) then you get to see special things that the two-day tourists might miss.
10:52 am
Scrabbler
Meditative--searching for words, typing.
10:52 am
harpjane
Sort of like how the locals can see the cherry trees in DC at their peak, while someone from out of town can plan all they want, but still be a week off.
10:53 am
Scrabbler
How long will you be there, Jane?
10:54 am
harpjane
Just two, or possible three nights. The real reason for the trip is a concert in Bozeman. We are accidentally going through the park on the way.
10:55 am
Scrabbler
Great plan!
10:55 am
rururocks
what concert?
10:55 am
MollyL
sc7...sounds like clam soup
10:55 am
rururocks
sc 7 sounds like what shoots bullets
10:55 am
rururocks
oh.. better clue molly
10:56 am
MollyL
<---Raised on New England clam soup
10:56 am
rururocks
yeah.. the stuff they call clam chowder out here is nothing like back east
10:56 am
harpjane
My sister is a choir director for a phenomenal handbell choir. This is their 10th anniversary concert and all the alumni are coming back. There is also a commissioned work that will be premiered.
10:56 am
harpjane
thanks, new word for me
10:57 am
Scrabbler
Wonderful, Jane!
10:57 am
harpjane
(and no, the house will not be vacant while I am gone.....)
10:57 am
rururocks
handbell?
10:57 am
Scrabbler
39 and I am done. Leaving the office now.
10:58 am
rururocks
love how scrabbler can just stop playing on a dime
10:58 am
harpjane
might as well be late for work only 7 to go
10:58 am
harpjane
google it ruru, and watch a bit on youtube. It's the ultimate example of "many hands, one body"
10:59 am
harpjane
If even one person is missing you can't play the song.
10:59 am
rururocks
I thought many hands one body was about Madonna?
11:00 am
harpjane
lol, or any number of hindi gods
11:01 am
harpjane
ta da! see you all tonight!
11:03 am
MollyL
*Cues up "You Can Ring My Bell*
11:04 am
rururocks
are you chiming in?
11:05 am
rururocks
bye harp
11:06 am
MollyL
Not chiming in, just a ding dong
11:11 am
rururocks
I was wondering if ring my bell cymbalized something or not?
11:12 am
rururocks
<---snared another pun
11:22 am
MollyL
Sorry, no fan girls here to GROAN!!!!
11:53 am
suefrad625
what are the stats for the 8 & 9 please
11:54 am
suefrad625
i am facing a wall at 55 left
11:54 am
rururocks
even blocked groans count ;D
11:54 am
rururocks
de 8/45 and 9/60
11:55 am
suefrad625
combo?
11:55 am
suefrad625
bottom or top D?
11:55 am
wvteach
yes - 9 is pl
11:56 am
suefrad625
got it, ty.
12:01 pm
Alleyn58
Foolproof clue for those pesky de8/9
12:41 pm
MollyL
*Sigh* I'm getting old and all the music greats are leaving us...
12:51 pm
hego
Ruru here is a belated grooooan for the cymbalized pun.
12:51 pm
hego
Hope he sees it.
12:52 pm
MollyL
I knew a fan girl would show up and contribute to the cause
12:53 pm
hego
Is that Little Richard?
1:09 pm
suefrad625
can i have help with the sh6/21
1:10 pm
suefrad625
second d from the bottom
1:10 pm
suefrad625
please
1:18 pm
MollyL
sh6/21 is plural of the linen you put on your bed
1:20 pm
MollyL
Second D from the bottom is de5...de + last three of what Lickety gives us
1:21 pm
MollyL
I'm assuming that is your second D since you didn't mention the first
1:36 pm
crosshair
Reminds me of the short story Stephen King wrote in his Nightmares and Dreamscapes collection called "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band" sadly, there are more greats on that side now than there are on this side:( R.I.P Percy...
2:16 pm
Alleyn58
Pls - still stuck on de8/9
2:17 pm
westford
Alle add de to ae 7 and 8
2:17 pm
bichon
de + to add air to
2:17 pm
bichon
se 6/24/ and the 7 pls
2:17 pm
westford
hi bichon and all
2:18 pm
westford
don't have them but will look
2:18 pm
Alleyn58
Thank you SO much
2:18 pm
bichon
yvw Alleyn
2:19 pm
westford
you're welcome..had a hard time with that one..so easy when you know the answer
2:21 pm
westford
already had it..
2:22 pm
bichon
se 6/7, pls
2:22 pm
westford
still looking bichon
2:22 pm
westford
do you have the stats ?
2:23 pm
bichon
6/21 and 7/36
2:25 pm
westford
I have broiled meat, pt of sit and 'usher' ? for 6/21 no 7 though
2:26 pm
westford
just got the 7 what Confederate states do
2:26 pm
westford
a Confederate state
2:27 pm
westford
the singular is 6/24
2:27 pm
MollyL
sedrinkbourbon
2:27 pm
westford
hi Molly are you channeling ruru ?
2:28 pm
MollyL
Just filling in while he is otherwise occupied
2:28 pm
westford
good job
2:29 pm
westford
#1 granddaughter is in school in Knoxville and I sent her some State facts..did you know you can't buy Jack Daniels in the county it come from because it's DRY ?
2:33 pm
MollyL
The South has strange ABC laws
2:34 pm
westford
When we lived in VA Hampton County lost going from dry to wet by one vote
2:38 pm
MollyL
Hence the reason for so many backyard stills
2:38 pm
westford
good point
2:40 pm
westford
that was decades ago though but in Mississippi we had a revenuer living on our street..did I spell that right ?
2:54 pm
crosshair
Good thing Tennessee is dry. it is in the top ten for highest gun deaths by state. See they are about to pass their "Guns In Trunks" bill anyways:/
2:54 pm
crosshair
Lynchburg, not all of tennessee**
2:55 pm
westford
would that be swimming trunks ?
2:55 pm
crosshair
swimming with lead weights..
2:56 pm
westford
all I remember about TN is how green it was
2:56 pm
westford
we were jes' passin' thru
2:59 pm
crosshair
So, workers at the Jack Daniels Distillery cannot have a drink, but they can carry a gun on their hip and keep a few spares in the trunk of the car just in case a war breaks out at lunch time:) laws in different places are very interesting:)
3:00 pm
crosshair
We have one area out east where you can get arrested for feeding a moose:)
3:00 pm
westford
that's too funny
3:01 pm
westford
don't want to meet a moose with a car..that's dangerous
3:02 pm
hego
sc7 anyone, pls?
3:02 pm
hego
hey, hi westie
3:02 pm
MollyL
sc7..sounds like clam soup
3:02 pm
westford
Arlo wrote a great children's book based on his poem. "Mooses Go Walking"
3:02 pm
westford
hey hego nice to see you
3:03 pm
westford
I'd love some RI clam soup about now
3:03 pm
crosshair
I have had friends die after a head-on with a moose:( The length of the legs on the moose plus the bulk of the body ensure that almost without fail the entire 2000 plus pounds of that animal is going to come right through your windshield:(
3:03 pm
westford
and clam cakes which they don't have in Maine
3:03 pm
MollyL
*Sigh* We folks in America are really not the gun toting crazies that you other country people think we are
3:03 pm
hego
We eat the tomato kind in NJ
3:04 pm
crosshair
Just going by what i read, thought it was interesting seeing as how many parts of that area are dry, yet new gun bills like that get considered
3:04 pm
westford
RI's is a combination of New England and Manhattan hego..my Auntie Gert makes the best
3:05 pm
hego
sounds good.
3:05 pm
crosshair
Not saying you are gun toting maniacs, but SOME places hand then out like grocery coupons
3:05 pm
penquis
westford.....maine has clam cakes....
3:05 pm
crosshair
mm, more clam cakes less guns!
3:05 pm
hego
Snow melt yet?
3:05 pm
westford
hi pen but they're flat at least in O
3:06 pm
penquis
hi hego....stalled with my last four...
3:07 pm
westford
we had some exchange officers from the UK and they all thought the US was like 1930's Chicago
3:07 pm
crosshair
I mean we have odd laws as well. In Toronto it is illegal to drag a dead horse down Young street on a Sunday:)
3:08 pm
westford
as it should be lol
3:08 pm
MollyL
Yes West, apparently that is what many folks in other countries think about guns and the US
3:09 pm
westford
TV and movies don't help the image..however we loved Justified
3:09 pm
westford
Timothy Olliphant was the nicest kind of eye candy
3:10 pm
westford
still is for that matter
3:10 pm
crosshair
Let;s peek at homicide death rate via firearms by country for the year 2014, perhaps we are wrong...
3:11 pm
crosshair
http://tinyurl.com/prbu8rz
3:11 pm
crosshair
anyways. that is old news.
3:11 pm
penquis
i am done... :o)
3:12 pm
crosshair
Diving into this grid a bit:)
3:12 pm
crosshair
Yaa for pen!!
3:13 pm
westford
we only ever had one gun..a .22 I ordered from a Sears catalogue when we lived in Texas..everybody went down to the caliche pits to shoot beer cans..he gave it to his Dad when we moved back east
3:13 pm
MollyL
It's not a US friendly place here. I have figured that out.
3:13 pm
MLFAN17
just heard thunder here
3:14 pm
westford
hi ML we've had our rain for today
3:14 pm
westford
yesterday was drop dead gorgeous
3:15 pm
penquis
ty, hego, crossy....
3:15 pm
westford
Yay pen for your fireworks..sorry to be late
3:15 pm
MLFAN17
west been mostly cloudy today and some rain and a little breezy but first time I heard thunder today
3:16 pm
bichon
se 6/7, pls
3:17 pm
hego
withdraw from the union.
3:17 pm
westford
bichon it's what they did in the South in 1861..plural for the 7
3:18 pm
bichon
ty both so much. I've been trying to get that for a long while
3:18 pm
MLFAN17
can someone clue the 8 and 9 please?
3:19 pm
westford
ML do you have ae 6 and 7 ? Put a de in front
3:19 pm
MLFAN17
no ae words at all
3:19 pm
westford
add air to
3:20 pm
MLFAN17
thanks for steering me in the right direction west
3:21 pm
westford
bich I clued it right after you first asked then the chat got busy
3:21 pm
westford
you're welcome ML
3:21 pm
MLFAN17
I thought I had nbt a while ago but I don't, I need the third column bottom d?
3:22 pm
westford
one who believes in God de 5/12
3:23 pm
MollyL
I think Zoom clued that for you earlier. de + last 3 of what Lickety puts up for us
3:23 pm
westford
and de 4/6 style of art I think
3:23 pm
MLFAN17
ty west and molly, and zoom..i must have missed it
3:23 pm
MollyL
Zoom's clue was de + vowel + first two of someone who is not clever
3:25 pm
westford
15 left for later take care all
5:38 pm
Sugrraleona
ar 6?
5:40 pm
Sugrraleona
nm got it
5:40 pm
Bugsaw
a plural Sugra
7:31 pm
suefrad625
clue for the de5 from the bottom please
7:32 pm
suefrad625
rhymes with the stuff poured out of a truck for house foundations
7:36 pm
suefrad625
nm the de5
7:36 pm
suefrad625
can i have a clue for the se6 from the right column S
7:39 pm
suefrad625
nm firewords
7:44 pm
72 Temple Owl
yay sue!
7:45 pm
72 Temple Owl
anyone have sh6/21?
7:48 pm
72 Temple Owl
nm, pass the pollock
7:53 pm
Minveryork
Hello to my fellow babblers! How is everyone doing today?
7:53 pm
Minveryork
By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! Way to go!
8:21 pm
Dorens
Pass the pollock?
8:25 pm
welki
i think it's something along the line of handing over the haddock
8:25 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hi all
8:26 pm
rururocks
maybe pass the dago was already taken?
8:27 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
seaweed is not in the grid
8:27 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hi welki
8:28 pm
rururocks
it is for those who can't kelp themselves
8:28 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
GROAN
8:30 pm
rururocks
my algae-rhythms must be good today
8:30 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
you are so lucky i'm too tired to pun!
8:34 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
nbt
8:48 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
nbs
8:49 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
fire-in-the-hole!
8:51 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
yawning and running away now. bye bye
9:04 pm
Minveryork
S's Stomped! 7 left
9:05 pm
Minveryork
A's Ambushed! 5 left
9:08 pm
Minveryork
H's Hammered! 2 left
9:08 pm
Minveryork
R's Removed! 1 left
9:20 pm
asdsa
can i get a clue for the 9 please?
9:20 pm
Minveryork
Hello asda! How are you doing today? Welcome to the grid
9:21 pm
Minveryork
de9/60 word is plural the de 8/45 word if you have it asda
9:21 pm
asdsa
doing well, thank you. and yourself?
9:21 pm
asdsa
unfortunately i do not have the de/8
9:22 pm
Minveryork
de 8/45 is de + ae 7/28 word and then add de in the front
9:22 pm
asdsa
ah ok thanks
9:30 pm
crosshair
Min! It is so nice to see you. I know you are very busy now, but we miss you and your clue stories:-)
9:33 pm
crosshair
Anyways i am off for the night tc care and happy babbling!
9:45 pm
asdsa
can i get a clue for the lower middle column E?
9:45 pm
Pinikula
evening all
9:48 pm
asdsa
got it thank you
9:51 pm
Naches girl
I would appreciate clues for my final 3 words. st5/12 the middle one and se 6and 7 right next to one another.
9:52 pm
Pinikula
st5 = horse
9:53 pm
Naches girl
st: I have the one to look at; the horse and the male cow.
9:55 pm
Pinikula
looking for the one after the male cow now
9:55 pm
Pinikula
My st's are 4 5 6 5 5 5 5
9:55 pm
Pinikula
(missing that last 5)
9:55 pm
asdsa
do you have the place to keep swine?
9:56 pm
Pinikula
have all of them now...
9:58 pm
Pinikula
st4 = sky light
st5 = look intently
st6 = looked intently
st5 = on the old homest***
st5 = horse
st5 = male cow
st5 = to live in or as if in a pig's home
9:59 pm
Naches girl
thank you! It's that old home place!
10:00 pm
Naches girl
so my final two words are both se 6 and 7, both words right next to each other.
10:01 pm
Pinikula
se6 = to withdraw formally
10:02 pm
Naches girl
Thanks! That's it!!
10:02 pm
Pinikula
congrats!
10:11 pm
Minveryork
Congratulations Naches girl on fireworks! Hooray for you!
10:12 pm
Minveryork
I am finished! I have fireworks! de 6/21 was my final word
10:13 pm
Minveryork
Hello Pinikula!How are you doing?Welcome to the chat log
10:13 pm
Pinikula
hiya min...how's it going?
10:18 pm
Pinikula
*sparkle dust*
10:20 pm
Pinikula
now on to sudoku - back later!
10:39 pm
herinfernallady
hi
10:44 pm
Minveryork
Hello herinfernallady!How are you doing? Welcome to grid
10:44 pm
herinfernallady
Hi Mini
11:41 pm
mkg
help! my computer is not working with babble.
11:41 pm
mkg
help! my computer is not working with babble.
11:42 pm
herinfernallady
MKG wht is wrong