12:00 am
negativeneil
Flip.
12:01 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:01 am
uusue2
thank you lickety!!!
12:02 am
harpjane
thank you lickety!
12:03 am
cybernan
hello everyone - ty lickety
12:04 am
negativeneil
Hi cybernan, harpjane, Sue.
12:05 am
harpjane
hi folks
12:06 am
torgone
I'm almost in this one ..
12:07 am
rururocks
gonorrhea is almost in this one
12:08 am
Lizlin
Thanks, Lickety
12:08 am
rururocks
hi liz .. hello everybody
12:09 am
Lizlin
Hi Ru - GR is improving - hopes to be home in a few days.
12:09 am
negativeneil
Good thing it's not, ru. :P
12:10 am
rururocks
I guess it would make everyone look for the class syphilis
12:11 am
Lizlin
Thanks, Nan - looking
12:11 am
dizgrannie
NBT/NBS
12:12 am
rururocks
wow.. I thought the to 8 was a lot of bull
12:14 am
cybernan
nbt,nbs
12:14 am
mkg
i so do not find that to 8. hmmm
12:14 am
negativeneil
Groan, ru. :P
12:15 am
negativeneil
(re: bull)
12:15 am
dizgrannie
lo 7/8
12:15 am
rururocks
<---banging out the groans tonight
12:16 am
mkg
i got it. yeah! ty all.
12:16 am
negativeneil
Wipe that smirk off your face. :P
12:16 am
mkg
funny stuff all of you. funny.
12:16 am
harpjane
maybe i'll get it eventually....
12:17 am
negativeneil
Get what, harpjane?
12:18 am
harpjane
the lot of bull.....
12:19 am
negativeneil
Ahh... to8/45, you mean.
12:19 am
cybernan
think of a Bizet opera, harp (and bull rings)
12:20 am
harpjane
i get the gist, just can't monkey it...
12:20 am
rururocks
you're gonna be gored when you get it
12:20 am
cybernan
el to 7 (bull fighter)
12:21 am
harpjane
very funny.....
12:21 am
cybernan
*to 8 I mean
12:21 am
harpjane
we just had a real life go**ing in Yellowston.
12:21 am
Uneaixoise
oohhh, clockwork orange peeps are in the grid!
12:21 am
rururocks
saw that too une
12:22 am
rururocks
and little woody allens too
12:22 am
negativeneil
Yep. :) Hi Une!
12:22 am
Uneaixoise
howdy :-)
12:23 am
rururocks
there's been a lot of groaning une.. just be prepared
12:23 am
Uneaixoise
allrighty :-)
12:23 am
negativeneil
Not *that* much, yet.
12:24 am
negativeneil
I mean, could be worse.
12:24 am
rururocks
i'm just getting going :D
12:24 am
negativeneil
(Glad my Dad's not here. So glad.)
12:26 am
negativeneil
Oy. I'll try not to wind you up, ru. :P
12:27 am
harpjane
nbt nbs finally
12:32 am
negativeneil
Who's that in your profile pic, ru?
12:32 am
rururocks
just a pic.. no one in particular
12:37 am
negativeneil
oh, ok.
12:37 am
negativeneil
Nice dog... same kind we had, growing up.
12:38 am
negativeneil
Golden lab.
12:38 am
rururocks
i'm hoping to get a lab when I buy my new house
12:38 am
cybernan
good night everyone -- see you tomorrow
12:38 am
Lizlin
Sleep well Nan
12:38 am
negativeneil
Oh yeah? Don't you have a golden retriever now?
12:39 am
negativeneil
Night, Nan.
12:39 am
rururocks
I do.. hoping to adopt a second dog too
12:39 am
rururocks
I'm going to rescue one this time
12:40 am
harpjane
we have a guest kitty at the moment. We barely see him.
12:41 am
rururocks
finnished
12:42 am
saanichcat
congrats ru!
12:42 am
rururocks
I almost got in dutch there
12:42 am
flosey
wow ru, wtg, I'm just coming in
12:42 am
rururocks
we all waited flosey.. but I couldn't hold them back
12:43 am
saanichcat
hey flosey, hi
12:43 am
rururocks
I kept saying .. she'll be here any moment.. hold on.. hold on
12:43 am
Lizlin
Hi Flosey
12:43 am
flosey
Hi Liz, I was pllaying bridge online and forgot all about the time
12:43 am
rururocks
nobody listens to me anymore flosey :D
12:44 am
saanichcat
hi there liz
12:45 am
saanichcat
sorry
12:46 am
rururocks
out of
12:46 am
rururocks
(covering for saanich)
12:47 am
negativeneil
Good ru... that's what we'll do too if/when we ever get a dog. Hope to one of these days.
12:48 am
negativeneil
Gotta get some shut-eye. Good night!
12:57 am
Lizlin
BBL to find the last 15
1:06 am
rururocks
I guess aussies are celebrating?
1:06 am
rbud
wow, what odd M's - other than the fresh herb - never heard those before.
1:06 am
rbud
what, ru - is there a holiday there?
1:07 am
rururocks
Yeah they got rid of Johnny Depp's dogs
1:07 am
rbud
lol!! I heard something about that.
1:07 am
rururocks
Maybe Johnny too :D
1:08 am
flosey
today's a holiday in Canada - think it must have been Queen Victoria's birthday
1:08 am
flosey
it was A queen's b'day
1:08 am
rbud
well, if his doggies aren't welcome, he might be offended, I'd think - off with him! :)
1:08 am
gapeach
What did they do with to dogs, ru?
1:08 am
rururocks
Oh no flosey it is because i am coming
1:09 am
flosey
ah, of course - we needed a day to prepare
1:09 am
Lizlin
Johnny's still here - close to where I live. I haven't seen him though but I'll survive!
1:09 am
rururocks
They had to gly back to the usa peach
1:09 am
Lizlin
Well he did smuggle them in!
1:09 am
gapeach
Thanks, ruru.
1:10 am
rbud
rounding up lots of red carpet for ru's arrival, I presume? *giggle*
1:10 am
flosey
of course!
1:10 am
rururocks
Yes abdolutely rb
1:10 am
Lizlin
When do you fly north, Ru?
1:10 am
rururocks
End of the month
1:11 am
Lizlin
Exciting for all of you.
1:11 am
rururocks
There is one problem rbud
1:11 am
flosey
yes, looking forward to meeting ru - and Saanich, did meet her once but quite a while ago
1:11 am
rbud
you want to take your dog? ;)
1:12 am
Lizlin
Like Ru said the other day - babble meets are fun.
1:12 am
rururocks
Roses aren't flowering there yet and there are enough maidens to toss rose petals at my arrival :D
1:13 am
Lizlin
Don't worry Ru. I'm sure they'll import the rose petals for you.
1:15 am
rururocks
Babble meets are the best
1:16 am
Lizlin
I've enjoyed my 2 meets.
1:16 am
rururocks
I have really liked everyone i have met so far
1:17 am
Lizlin
I've only met 2 people but they've both been really lovely people :) So happy to have met them.
1:18 am
rururocks
I have met jillibus. Dorens. Kje. Dcseain and hego so far
1:18 am
Lizlin
I've met Sprite and GrannyRose
1:18 am
rururocks
Wow sprite
1:18 am
Lizlin
But all these people seem lovely in chat, so I'm sure that they're really good people to meet.
1:19 am
Lizlin
When I was in the UK last year, we went across to Amsterdam for 3 days and met her there.
1:19 am
rururocks
Gr i can see .since you don't live that far
1:19 am
Lizlin
2 hour flight to Melbourne!
1:19 am
Lizlin
But compared to the UK / Amsterdam, not far.
1:20 am
rururocks
2 hours? Really?
1:20 am
Lizlin
Yes really.
1:20 am
Lizlin
Australia's pretty large.
1:20 am
rururocks
I guess so
1:21 am
Lizlin
It means it's much warmer here right now than in Melbourne!
1:21 am
rururocks
You are on the west coast?
1:22 am
Lizlin
East coast - Queensland. Gold Coast.
1:22 am
Lizlin
Where Johnny Depp is filming.
1:22 am
Lizlin
But I haven't seen him and I'm not too upset about that.
1:23 am
rururocks
Your agriculture minister sounds like a doofus
1:23 am
Lizlin
It's bad enough that one of our favourite places to walk is being closed off for 3 weeks or so, to convert it into a Caribbean island!
1:24 am
Lizlin
True but there are strict quarantine laws here and he broke the law!
1:25 am
Lizlin
But did Johnny really think he could smuggle his dogs in, then take them to dog parlour and no one would tweet it!
1:25 am
rururocks
Yeah but you have to assume those dogs are better vaccinated than most dogs in australia
1:25 am
Lizlin
Why would you think that? Dogs here are probably vaccinated - they're certainly chipped and generally neutered.
1:26 am
rururocks
A lot of back country
1:26 am
rbud
I can't believe he felt he had to take them with him, how Paris Hilton of him, lol! :P
1:26 am
Lizlin
Perhaps if he'd declared them, they wouldn't have been so strict about it.
1:26 am
rururocks
I see it here. I live rurally
1:26 am
Lizlin
True but it's not back country here, which is where Johnny is.
1:27 am
rururocks
I am not in cavor for him bringing them that was very stupid of him
1:28 am
Lizlin
It was but I also think it harsh but also think his stardom didn't give him the right to break the law.
1:29 am
rururocks
Well it is over now. And a 100k trip back for 2 dogs
1:30 am
Lizlin
Quarantine would only have been 10 days!
1:30 am
Lizlin
I guess he has the money to spare!
1:31 am
Lizlin
BBl to finish - these last words are totally evading me right now. Sleep well.
1:31 am
rururocks
Sure.. he is worth a ton of dough
1:31 am
rururocks
Bye liz
1:32 am
Lizlin
See you later, Ru
1:32 am
rbud
as they say... the rich are different....
1:32 am
rbud
probably didn't think anyone would care a bit if he brought his pups.
1:34 am
rbud
would love to be able to be so "different" myself, lol - hope Hubby wins the lo*** soon. :D
1:34 am
rururocks
That would be my guess
1:35 am
rbud
I think recent news has him with a new gal, too, maybe it was her idea. who knows.
1:36 am
rururocks
He is really older than her too
1:36 am
rbud
we have four dogs now, none small enough to ride anywhere in a plane easily, lol
1:36 am
rururocks
I have done that with our dog
1:37 am
rbud
definitely not purse puppies
1:37 am
rururocks
Had to fir treatment
1:38 am
rururocks
I am not a little dog person
1:38 am
rbud
flew your dog for treatment? wow
1:38 am
rururocks
I do like pugs and king charles though
1:39 am
rururocks
Yeah ..we had to to save her life.
1:39 am
rbud
I like small dogs, but not to the point of yapping ones.
1:39 am
rbud
no chihuahuas or yorkies or such.
1:40 am
rururocks
I can't stand chihuahuas
1:41 am
rururocks
I am off to bed. Have fun RB
1:41 am
rbud
they need to have an actual bark for me to like them, lol! though I'm constantly cringing at the sounds our son's pit bull makes - very shrill yipping when he spots "his people" out the window, wow.
1:42 am
rbud
never would have thought such a big dog could sound so ear-splitting
1:43 am
rbud
night then, sleep well!
2:11 am
flosey
FW and off to bed, goodnight if anyone still here
2:26 am
sprite
good morning all
2:35 am
sprite
phantom: spearmint
3:59 am
rubyfoo
good morning, sprite. Flowers! Roses, peonies , iris and sbout20 others!
5:03 am
crosshair
Good morning, everyone:)
5:40 am
Scrabbler
Good day to all.
5:41 am
lbdawger
gm, everyone
5:47 am
crosshair
Howdy, scrabby, LBD
5:47 am
Scrabbler
I am typing with one-hand because bunny Remy is sitting next to me demanding attention.
5:50 am
crosshair
Give it to him, or he will eat your charger:)
5:50 am
Scrabbler
I ordered a new charger in case this one dies.
5:52 am
Scrabbler
I am taking him to the vet for a check-up and schedule a neutering. I have had him for 6 mo and he is a wild little buck. The testosterone sources must be removed.
5:53 am
crosshair
lol. Is he humping everything in sight?
5:55 am
Scrabbler
Well, me, whenever possible.
5:55 am
crosshair
Naughty bunny:)
5:56 am
Scrabbler
Poor frustrated bunny.
5:57 am
crosshair
Nothing worse that a frustrated bunny:( he is thinking of all those kids he should be making:) he just want to fill your home with love:)
5:58 am
Scrabbler
Baby bunnies are damncute.
5:58 am
crosshair
and bunnies, lots and lots of bunnies:)
5:58 am
crosshair
Do you have anything for the lower O in the fourth column?
5:59 am
Scrabbler
Not yet but I will look.
5:59 am
Scrabbler
Plural for number 8 in Italian
6:00 am
crosshair
ty, scrabbs
6:00 am
crosshair
That is NBT for me:)
6:01 am
crosshair
and NBS
6:01 am
crosshair
Now the grind begins:(
6:04 am
crosshair
am still fighting toward half-way:(
6:04 am
Scrabbler
I just passed halfway.
6:05 am
Scrabbler
Give me a 7 or 8 please.
6:05 am
crosshair
to8 is a lot of bull
6:06 am
crosshair
and Hef has one of these in the playboy mansion for the gr7
6:07 am
crosshair
Ole Hef has been collecting bunnies for a long time as well, scrabby:)
6:07 am
Scrabbler
That is my only 7--gr7.
6:08 am
Scrabbler
I will have to monkey around for the to8
6:08 am
Scrabbler
Now I must get ready for work.
6:09 am
crosshair
Have a great day at work , scrabby
6:11 am
car.eeyore
Good morning
6:12 am
crosshair
Howdy ,car
6:21 am
sukee
Good morning
6:21 am
crosshair
Howdy, Sukee
6:32 am
crosshair
There, Half-way! That was a pain in the caboose. The back side of this grid is going to be painful:(
6:32 am
sukee
I'm almost halfway and having trouble :)
6:33 am
crosshair
it really starts digging in around 50 or so
6:40 am
sukee
Well, 52 left. Going to see what is for breakfast.
6:41 am
crosshair
lol, You blew past half pretty quickly;)
6:52 am
crosshair
odd little ps4 in the grid today:)
6:58 am
crosshair
Down to 52 as well, and I should get ready to head to class. Take care, all, and happy Babbling!
7:09 am
periwinkle
morning all. help with bottom O pls
7:10 am
LuvWordGames
or 4/5
7:10 am
LuvWordGames
oops, mean od 4/5
7:11 am
periwinkle
ty Luv
7:12 am
periwinkle
I saw a clue for the lower O in the 4th column but I do not know the word for 8 in Italian
7:12 am
MollyL
Most of a chance game you buy a ticket for
7:13 am
MollyL
Or a man's name...Preminger...
7:13 am
periwinkle
ty Molly
7:14 am
periwinkle
Molly, I left a message for Mom yesterday.
7:15 am
MollyL
Oh nice Peri. Now she will know her Babble friends are thinking of her.
7:24 am
Marc Freeman
The to8 starts with a to4/4 correct? If so then it has to end with a do4 correct?
7:26 am
MollyL
Nope. Bull fighter
7:26 am
Marc Freeman
well toredoro doesn't work
7:27 am
MollyL
Guess again
7:28 am
doseffing
... think of the pronunciation from the opera Carmen ... that will give you the spelling
7:28 am
MollyL
I owe all of my opera knowledge to Looney Tunes
7:29 am
Marc Freeman
I feel like I am in a Looney Tunes cartoon now
7:30 am
doseffing
... there's more to opera than just Verdi and the Lone Ranger ... ...
7:31 am
MollyL
Okay Marc, here is the easy clue...what happens when you rip something to4...+ O Come Let Use ****e him
7:35 am
Marc Freeman
Thanks Molly you always save me
7:38 am
bichon
the Lone Ranger was Rossini
7:39 am
doseffing
... yeah ... and I guess that most of the rest of that Bugs Bunny episode was probably Rossini too ...
7:40 am
bichon
And Wagner to. "Kill the Wabbit"
7:41 am
doseffing
... ah yes ... I'll have to listen again ... it's been a while
7:42 am
bichon
You can watch the cartoons on line. "What's Oper Doc?" and Rabbit of Seville
7:42 am
bichon
Since I love opera [but not Wagner] I watch them a lot
7:43 am
MollyL
Figaro! Figaro!
7:43 am
doseffing
... my favourite Wagner comment was "ten minutes of supremely thrilling music buried in five hours of drech"
7:48 am
doseffing
... my other opera peeve is "O mio babbino caro" which everyone at my daughters dance competitions thinks is about a mother sobbing for her lost child ... at least to judge from the number of ballet duets with a teenager and a little kid that I've seen ... ... It's really about the spinster daughter of a con man saying that if he doesn't give her permission to run off with her good for nothing lover she'll kill herself ... ...
7:50 am
MollyL
My favorite part of Looney Toons opera is Elmer Fudd singing "Oh Bwoon-hiwda, you're so wuvwee"
7:50 am
bichon
I always cackle during them
7:51 am
MollyL
Classic cartoons and they have appealed to generations of kids
7:59 am
Marc Freeman
mi5, please?
8:00 am
LuvWordGames
mi 5 sounds like an unmarried female deer(minus last letter)
8:01 am
doseffing
... and it's good for the mi7 too
8:02 am
MLFAN17
4th column o?
8:02 am
bichon
unmarried female deer?
8:02 am
MollyL
Deer get married?
8:02 am
Marc Freeman
thanks got them both
8:02 am
doseffing
... ah well .. 9 o'clock ... must be off to the library ... sundays for everyone!
8:02 am
LuvWordGames
yw Marc
8:03 am
LuvWordGames
didn't know you were so literal Molly
8:03 am
MLFAN17
I am out too need the 8 and the 4th column o for nbt and nbs will be back
8:03 am
doseffing
... o's ... German name and plural ... ... and o + what you do with a book
8:03 am
MollyL
Joking...just joking...
8:03 am
LuvWordGames
thanks dose, didn't have two of those o's
8:04 am
doseffing
... anytime ... ... and again .. must run ... later days
8:04 am
bichon
still don't get the mi 5
8:04 am
LuvWordGames
mi 5 to complete a task in error
8:06 am
LuvWordGames
and one who does for the 7
8:06 am
bichon
ty again Luv
8:20 am
Marc Freeman
Really need a clue for lo7, please?
8:21 am
ddb4nana
it's hard to clue...French eyeglasses
8:21 am
mrloser
LO7, ends in 3 letter negative
8:21 am
mrloser
LO7 french eyeglasses, opera glasses
8:23 am
bichon
ty mrloser, ddb4
8:25 am
Judi
Good morning, all. Happy Tuesday.
8:34 am
Judi
Uh oh. French words. We're in trouble.
8:38 am
Marc Freeman
got them thanks
8:38 am
Marc Freeman
Got to go will finish the last 14 later. Thanks all for the clues and have a great day
8:45 am
Judi
There's a Canadian hat to go with those french opera glasses.
10:05 am
josephjames
Phew, that was a close one...
10:13 am
josephjames
Waits for someone to ask what that means...
10:15 am
Erda
what what means...
10:16 am
josephjames
where I said "Phew, that was a close one..."
10:17 am
josephjames
someone was supposed to ask what was a close one
10:17 am
Erda
but nobody did
10:17 am
josephjames
it's not too late...
10:18 am
Erda
hope springs....
10:22 am
MollyL
JJ, not getting enough attention at home?
: D
10:22 am
josephjames
I don't know. I just, had a joke I was trying to make.
10:23 am
josephjames
About the puzzle
10:26 am
MollyL
Good luck with that. The sense of humor factor here is in the negative numbers.
10:28 am
josephjames
well I didn't get to tell it yet. because nobody is cooperating.
10:31 am
Digby the Westie
Ok, I'll bite. The suspense is killing me....what was close?
10:33 am
josephjames
We almost got gonorrhea!
10:36 am
Digby the Westie
I guess it is a good thing it's not there! :)
10:36 am
josephjames
exactly :)
10:37 am
josephjames
Well, goodbye for now.
10:37 am
rururocks
that's enough to give someone a herpes complex
10:38 am
harpjane
Actually I'd be glad to get go10, lots of points!
10:40 am
MollyL
Hilarious. All that for an sexually transmitted disease.
: D
10:44 am
MollyL
Penicillin shots for all!
10:47 am
car.eeyore
Yikes...{backs away from grid}
10:49 am
rururocks
don't condom me for bringing it up
10:54 am
turqaz
g'day! after all that excitement, may i plz have a clue for tr 6/24 & 7/36? i suspect they go together
10:54 am
HarryHood
****lodyte + not off
10:54 am
HarryHood
and pl
10:55 am
car.eeyore
ty Harry
10:55 am
turqaz
tyvm, HH. that's all i needed to fill the list
10:56 am
car.eeyore
Congrats Turqaz!
10:56 am
HarryHood
I've got 3 L words to go
10:58 am
HarryHood
lo7/8?
10:59 am
car.eeyore
LO*d of the Rin*s + against; then plural
10:59 am
turqaz
lo + most of a unit of energy + negative prefix
11:00 am
MollyL
Condom me...: D
11:00 am
HarryHood
ty. done!
11:00 am
HarryHood
gotta get to work!
11:00 am
turqaz
congrats, harry
11:03 am
MollyL
Oh good for Harry. He mentioned the ...lodytes...which brings to mind The Bertha Butt Boogie
11:21 am
cybernan
hello everyone
11:44 am
Uneaixoise
hey nan ;-)
11:45 am
cybernan
*!* ta da *!*
11:46 am
Uneaixoise
congrats!!!
11:46 am
cybernan
have to run -- chiro appt. in an hour. Hagd everyone
11:46 am
Uneaixoise
byeee :-)
11:48 am
EvaNadine
::mission impossibles overhead of Une::
::drops in the above::
::POUNCE::
11:52 am
MollyL
*Thinks Eva had drinks for lunch
11:53 am
EvaNadine
i WISH
12:03 pm
MollyL
Hmm, thought that was the explanation for POUNCING on Une
12:43 pm
EvaNadine
Une enjoys the pouncing.
in fact, while doesnt expect each specific instance of said pouncing, she does expect the general nature of pouncing from me. :)
12:44 pm
JBsAnno
Hmm, Eva, TMI for me! :)
12:49 pm
MollyL
<---Totally off in "doesn't get pouncing" world
12:50 pm
JBsAnno
Sounds like a go4 place to be, Molly.
12:54 pm
Jadeomoan
Morning all!
12:55 pm
JBsAnno
FW for me! Will be back later to clue. Happy Babbling, all!
12:57 pm
EvaNadine
im like tigger. i pounce, and bounce, and sneak up on unsuspecting babblers. most notably Une. :)
12:57 pm
MollyL
Lite grid, most people are done. Probably no need to clue.
12:58 pm
Jadeomoan
I'm not done! LOL Just getting started basically...
1:05 pm
MollyL
My comment was for JBs. I think all the clues that were needed have already been clued.
1:09 pm
Jadeomoan
Understood, Molly. No worries. Just throwing a little joke out there. It's ok, I've been here before. It's been a while, but I've been here before.
1:10 pm
MollyL
Yep, both of us, long timers.
1:14 pm
Jadeomoan
Good to see you again, Molly!
1:22 pm
crosshair
Good afternoon, everyone:)
1:24 pm
Jadeomoan
Afternoon, crosshair.
1:25 pm
Jadeomoan
Howdy hego.
1:32 pm
MLFAN17
4th column bottom O clue please?
1:33 pm
hego
od 4,5 babblet
1:33 pm
MLFAN17
hego th column
1:34 pm
hego
man's name I think
1:35 pm
MLFAN17
if you mean with double cons I have that one:)
1:35 pm
hego
I am missing one also.
1:35 pm
MLFAN17
hi jade nice icon:)
1:36 pm
MLFAN17
hego from that o?
1:36 pm
MLFAN17
I also need stats for either of the 8s please?
1:36 pm
Jadeomoan
Thanks, MLFAN. I like it.
1:36 pm
hego
yes. it's an or.
1:37 pm
hego
or5,12 and 6,21
1:38 pm
MLFAN17
its an or 5
1:38 pm
MLFAN17
and 6 lol
1:38 pm
MLFAN17
I saw it before you posted in chat
1:39 pm
MLFAN17
anyone have either 8?
1:39 pm
Jadeomoan
to 8 = bullfighter
1:43 pm
MLFAN17
lost on how to spell it can we break it down please?
1:44 pm
hego
start with pt of rip.
1:44 pm
hego
then a vowel and the last 3.
1:47 pm
MLFAN17
its a 7 right?
1:47 pm
MLFAN17
oh sorry its an 8 nm
1:48 pm
MLFAN17
nbt and nbs
1:54 pm
MollyL
MLF seems to be celebrating Independence Day early, with her icon.
1:55 pm
Jadeomoan
Finished!
4:04 pm
zoozzoom
LO 7/36 please?
4:05 pm
westford
l first 3 of what your heart is and prefix meaning not
4:06 pm
westford
plural for the 8 and hello zooz
4:06 pm
zoozzoom
Thank you! And hello, Westford :-)
4:06 pm
westford
I just found it
4:07 pm
westford
glad you got it from my very bad clue
4:07 pm
westford
how are you zooz ?
4:07 pm
zoozzoom
nothing wrong with your clue :-)
4:07 pm
zoozzoom
Hope you are well?
4:08 pm
zoozzoom
I am well thank you, Westford :-)
4:08 pm
westford
I am. We just found out our first great grandchild will be a girl
4:08 pm
zoozzoom
Aww congrats all round!
4:08 pm
westford
that's 3 daughters, 5 granddaughters and now a great granddaughter
4:09 pm
zoozzoom
The family circle is getting larger and larger :-)
4:09 pm
westford
let's hear it for girl power lol
4:10 pm
westford
we are very happy
4:10 pm
westford
9 years since we've had a baby in the family so we are all smiles
4:10 pm
zoozzoom
Are there no boys at all?
4:11 pm
westford
she won't be born until the end of Sept.. this newfangled finding out ahead of time is a good thing
4:12 pm
zoozzoom
Time to work on a name for her then :-)
4:12 pm
westford
we have one son and 3 sons-in-laws and now a grandson-in-law
4:12 pm
westford
and there's Onyx the cat
4:12 pm
zoozzoom
Ah that sort of evens it out a little..lol
4:13 pm
zoozzoom
What a great name for a cat!
4:13 pm
westford
he's black in case you didn't guess
4:16 pm
westford
I think I should have said sons-in-law
4:17 pm
zoozzoom
When my sister was last pregnant she told us they were not going to tell us what sex the baby is untill the child is born...then proceeded to tell us that she was going to get some pink curtains and all girly things for the baby room..alas was not hard to work out what sex the baby was..lol
4:17 pm
westford
that's funny..it's hard to keep that kind of secret
4:18 pm
zoozzoom
Gosh that is eight years ago now.How time flys!
4:18 pm
westford
do you all live on the Isle of Wight ?
4:19 pm
westford
I've noticed the older I get the faster time goes by
4:20 pm
zoozzoom
Not all of the family my mother & step father live just up the road from me my sister and two children are also just up the other road..lol and one of my other sisters lives about nine doors away from her.. My other two sisters still live on the mainland.and my brother has passed away.
4:20 pm
zoozzoom
Yes I have noticed that too, Westford.I swear time gets quicker when you get older..lol
4:21 pm
westford
Oh zooz I remember you talking with me about your brother. That was very sad.
4:21 pm
zoozzoom
Yes it was a year ago yesterday!
4:22 pm
zoozzoom
I can not believe how quick last year has gone by.
4:23 pm
westford
doesn't seem possible..I hope you have good memories of him
4:23 pm
zoozzoom
I do..most of them from childhood..lol
4:24 pm
westford
you and he must have had to stick together with all those sisters
4:24 pm
zoozzoom
hahaha yes you know how it is..lol
4:25 pm
zoozzoom
I could tell you a story or two about the scrapes we both got into because of our very annoying sisters :-)
4:26 pm
westford
are you all close in age?
4:27 pm
zoozzoom
I do remember my brother was with his mates and they lit a bonfire and decided to throw hairspray cans into the fire.Not a good combo he had skin hanging off his face when he ran into the house.It looked terrible!
4:27 pm
zoozzoom
There was a three year gap between my brother and I.Me be the younger.
4:28 pm
zoozzoom
All but one sister are also older than me except one.
4:28 pm
westford
oh no. what is it about boys and things that go boom
4:28 pm
zoozzoom
She is the one who has the two children over here.
4:29 pm
westford
it's nice having young ones around..bet you are a great uncle
4:30 pm
zoozzoom
Must admit I do enjoy it when I see them and they do of me too I think..lol
4:31 pm
westford
Uncle Zooz
4:31 pm
zoozzoom
We do get on well and have a great laugh. I will always join in with their games even the girl games..lol
4:33 pm
zoozzoom
The boy loves the electronic gadgets more than toys as he is twelve now. so is mostly on his computer.
4:33 pm
westford
ha that's safer than blowing things up
4:34 pm
zoozzoom
But my niece loves board games and dancing which i join in and act an idiot..lol
4:34 pm
westford
dancing is great fun and great exercise too
4:34 pm
zoozzoom
Yes you are right there, Westford.Although my brother was about 14-15 when than had happened.lol
4:35 pm
westford
I remember board games..wish they were popular still
4:35 pm
zoozzoom
Are you from a large family, westford?
4:36 pm
zoozzoom
I still have monopoly & scabble and twister and also bingo.But not often played.
4:36 pm
westford
no just my younger brother and myself..he's 9 years younger. Our brother Richard passed away when he was just 3
4:36 pm
zoozzoom
That is the name of my brother too!
4:37 pm
westford
small world
4:37 pm
zoozzoom
Well it is really now we have planes :-)
4:38 pm
westford
planes are necessary but not fun any more
4:39 pm
zoozzoom
Not flown many times myself. Only to France, Spain & Holland.
4:40 pm
zoozzoom
Not too keen on it.Plus I am scared of heights..lol
4:41 pm
zoozzoom
It was nice talking to you, Westford.Alas it is time for me to retire for the evening.I do hope to see you again somtime in the chat.Hope you have a wonderful evening :-)
4:42 pm
westford
you too zooz..I think about you often
4:42 pm
zoozzoom
((Westford))
4:43 pm
westford
((Zooz))
4:48 pm
72 Temple Owl
hello, weat
4:49 pm
Soodle
Hi TO, Weat, and all. :-)
4:49 pm
72 Temple Owl
hello, all
4:50 pm
MollyL
Rats, I wanted to hear about Zoom's Twister games.
4:53 pm
westford
I can't imagine playing twister now I'd never be able to get back up
4:55 pm
72 Temple Owl
yikes! the upper half of this grid is a disaster,
4:57 pm
westford
I have 26 left and no idea where they are
4:57 pm
Soodle
Ya never know, West.... That could just add to the fun. ;-)
4:57 pm
westford
will the list help ?
4:57 pm
72 Temple Owl
no list yet
4:57 pm
westford
you mean lying on the twister mat ?
4:58 pm
Soodle
Depends on who you are lying there with!
4:58 pm
westford
trying to remember my right from my left
4:59 pm
westford
that was fun
5:00 pm
westford
drinking helped too
5:00 pm
MollyL
*Imagines the Soodle pick-up line...Hey there mister, wanna play Twister?
5:01 pm
Soodle
In fairness, Molls, I've heard worse pick-up lines....
5:03 pm
MollyL
Oh so have I, much worse
5:13 pm
Soodle
I don't know if the good people of Babble can see my new profile pic? As I babble, a row rages on the TV between the 2 opposing factions. Compelling viewing.
5:14 pm
MollyL
Interesting use of religion to make a point.
5:17 pm
Soodle
As usual, Molly, the catholic church are weighing in on the debate. They (the church) are finding it hard to relinquish the strangle-hold they had over us for so many years.
5:20 pm
MollyL
Well, whether it's Catholics or other religious factions, it seems there is usually a strong opposition to this.
5:24 pm
Soodle
Indeed. But my view is - why should gay/lesbian/bi-sexuals be let off the hook? Everybody should be allowed to experience the horror that is marriage. (And that was thped with my tongue firmly in my cheek,
5:24 pm
Soodle
....typed...
5:26 pm
jaxx7
Evening all. can I weigh in here? I don't mind what folk get up to behind closed doors. I just wish they would be discreet about it.
5:29 pm
Bugsaw
hello ladies. May I interupt to ask for a clue to the pe6 and pe7 words, please
5:29 pm
jaxx7
I don't have them, Bugs
5:31 pm
Bugsaw
I am with both you and Soodle. Everyone deserves to be respected for their sexual interest as long as they are discreet. I hate having hetero people groping each other in public too.
5:31 pm
therealblah
if you're talking about PDA, I agree. But that is not what this is about.
5:32 pm
jaxx7
I have them pe - misspelling of cat's happy noise + opp of on and pl.
5:33 pm
Bugsaw
thanks Soodle. I am sure I tried those but obviously not
5:33 pm
therealblah
got it, thx jaxx
5:33 pm
Bugsaw
sorry to interrupt then realblah. Not sure what the PDA is
5:34 pm
therealblah
lol 'public display of affection' - the public groping etc
5:34 pm
jaxx7
That's OK. What annoys me is that the LGBT group won't accept that those who disagree with them should also be able to express that disagreement.
5:35 pm
therealblah
true - free speech applies to all
5:37 pm
Bugsaw
I think they object to the disrespectful ways people object to their existance more than their right to disagree. At least this is true of all my friends who qualify
5:38 pm
jaxx7
There's a kerfuffle going on here tonight because a local council has allowed an outspoken American preacher to give a talk in a municipal building. He is anti LGBT and says so forcefully. He has had to agree to leave ou any mention of the subject after a vociferous protest from local gays.
5:42 pm
therealblah
unfortunately some interpret free speech as license to be hurtful rather than thoughtful
5:44 pm
therealblah
btw love the word kerfuffle! think we'll ever see it on the grid?!
5:45 pm
jaxx7
Should do sometime. it is in common use unlike some of the words we find in the grid.
5:45 pm
therealblah
true that
5:46 pm
therealblah
or don't find, in my case
5:48 pm
jaxx7
Some are so obscure and in rare languages and some seem made up.
5:49 pm
lynxxx
speaking of which, love the dr6.27. A slang word not used very much anymore - Imight revive it. Morning all
5:50 pm
jaxx7
Morning, lynx. We still use it in this country, usually for feeble minded louts.
5:52 pm
lynxxx
Hi jaxx. As do we - though not as often as we should!
5:52 pm
jaxx7
I think the Australian word is larrikin
5:53 pm
lynxxx
that is not used much anymore - and usually for a cheeky person rather than a 'drongo'
5:55 pm
Soodle
Sorry! I opened a can of worms then I skedaddled! Lol. Lovely to see old friends ...... (Lynnx))) (((Jaxx)))(((Bugs)))
5:55 pm
jaxx7
I think it would be fun to compose an alternative esperanto using these almost forgotten words.
5:56 pm
jaxx7
Trust you, soodle
6:01 pm
jaxx7
I am finding this grid hard going.
6:01 pm
Soodle
The most wonderful thing happened to me today. I was cleaning out a seldom used cupboard in my bedroom & I found an Easter Egg I had hidden there in March, in case some kid called to our house & I hadn't got an Easter present for them. Chocs away!!!
6:01 pm
72 Temple Owl
hi, lyn
6:02 pm
jaxx7
I do that with Christmas presents. You wouldn't believe that things can get lost in a two up, two down house.
6:03 pm
72 Temple Owl
need to look to some dinner. doing too many things at once
6:03 pm
jaxx7
Ah, yes but we women are very good at multi tasking
6:04 pm
Soodle
Ah, yes, Jaxx, but an unexpected chocolate find is really special!!!
6:05 pm
72 Temple Owl
tell that to my stoamch ! :) was out all day bumming. now need to work.
6:05 pm
jaxx7
Are you ready to have a feast?
6:06 pm
lynxxx
what does 'bumming' mean?
6:06 pm
Soodle
Not yet, Jaxx. But it's comforting to know there's a stash of chocolate on the premises, should the need arise.
6:07 pm
Soodle
Yeah! What does bumming mean?
6:08 pm
jaxx7
My grandson has left one of his easter eggs on the table in this room. I feel I should be sainted for choccie resistance
6:09 pm
jaxx7
It means just wandering about being a bum (tramp)
6:11 pm
jwr
or "begging" as from a friend -- "bumming a cigarette," or the bus fare
6:11 pm
jaxx7
I have decided to give up tonight. I am off to my book and bed. Night all. tc
6:12 pm
Soodle
Nite Jaxx.
6:12 pm
72 Temple Owl
in this case, it means shirking work in favor of play going to flea market, shopping, etc
6:13 pm
72 Temple Owl
shopping for new western boots, hitting the thrift store...
6:14 pm
jwr
ha, TO. Never heard that definition before. Wonder if it's regional ... like your examples though
6:16 pm
72 Temple Owl
one who does not work is a bum, is the origin
6:16 pm
Soodle
Jwr - that's what I thought bumming was. Years ago, when we were kids, it used to be said of moochers & scroungers 'They're like a pair of knickers. Always on the bum'. Probably offensive to some minority group to sY that now.. :-(
6:16 pm
72 Temple Owl
probably. language has become so sanitized
6:17 pm
lynxxx
'like a pair of knickers'! - haven't heard that one before - v funny
6:18 pm
Soodle
Dublin wit, Lynn. So sharp it would cut you!
6:19 pm
72 Temple Owl
later
6:20 pm
jwr
(belated hello to Soodle & TO & lynxxx et al) It is regional after all, or more cultural. American English -- there ought to be a separate word for the different "englishes" -- doesn't use the word bum for hindquarters!
6:23 pm
lynxxx
Soodle - caught a couple of shows on our payTV - can't remember its name - about 4 young irish kids living in London. We laughed ourselves silly. Loved the language and the attitudes
6:24 pm
lynxxx
hi mkg and jwr
6:24 pm
mkg
i have two blank tiles: fourth column N and second O,in 4th row. any clues?
6:25 pm
car.eeyore
NO 4/6...yuletide egg drinks
6:25 pm
lynxxx
ot** Preminger
6:25 pm
car.eeyore
OR 5/12 O + what you do to a book
6:25 pm
mkg
i have that one from the top N. sorry. it is the third row N.
6:25 pm
mkg
ty for the preminger. got it. two words.
6:26 pm
jwr
The first series' of Rebus just turned up on Hulu - if I hadn't read the books, I'd be having a harder time understanding the accent, idioms and vocabulary. Love it.
6:26 pm
mkg
ty for or words. two of those also.
6:26 pm
car.eeyore
NO 4/5 and plural...not out of the ordinary
6:26 pm
lynxxx
no4.5 is a character in Cheers
6:26 pm
mkg
still need one of the N words, third row N please.
6:26 pm
mkg
ty. got the mans name.
6:27 pm
mkg
since the clues are great, any clues for the second 8? i have the to that goes with bulls.
6:28 pm
car.eeyore
LO 7/36 & 8/50....LO*d of the *ings + negative; plural
6:28 pm
lynxxx
lo7/8 are the french word for opera glasses
6:28 pm
car.eeyore
Bye Lynxxx!
6:30 pm
jwr
following lynxxx tracks out the door leaving 77 words behind - nice popping in on you all. Enjoy.
6:30 pm
mkg
according to google it is lorgnette. so not getting it.
6:30 pm
car.eeyore
Fireworks!
6:31 pm
car.eeyore
Have a good night/day all!
6:31 pm
mkg
help! any other clues for the Lo words? i just dont get it.
6:31 pm
jwr
congrats car - poof!
6:32 pm
mkg
anyone have that Lo 8? i am trying monkeys all over the place.
6:34 pm
mkg
pretty please need another clue for lo 7/8 combo.
7:11 pm
harpjane
hello, 4 to go
7:17 pm
dan2bit
go harp go
7:19 pm
72 Temple Owl
yes, pls clue lo 7/8
7:21 pm
penquis
l + abbreviation for an association + negative prefix....
7:21 pm
72 Temple Owl
tty
7:21 pm
72 Temple Owl
this grid is a mess
7:21 pm
harpjane
I always think it's a type of cattle, (with a nice rack) but it's a type of eyeglass.
7:22 pm
72 Temple Owl
the top of this grid is just a mess
7:31 pm
Aloyisius
ty penquis, logging on to try to finish
7:37 pm
72 Temple Owl
listime
7:43 pm
72 Temple Owl
i have been careless and have a bad burn from cooking dinner. :(
7:43 pm
Aloyisius
ouch, sorry, TO.. on your hand?
7:45 pm
72 Temple Owl
no, arm.
7:46 pm
Aloyisius
ooh.. blister?
7:46 pm
72 Temple Owl
i have iced it but it still hurts.
7:46 pm
72 Temple Owl
i hope not, it is a very big burn. would it come out right away?
7:48 pm
72 Temple Owl
it is pink.
7:48 pm
Aloyisius
yes, it will hurt.. depending on how deep the burn went, you will have different reactions.. the important thing is not to let it get infected.. icing was good
7:48 pm
Aloyisius
online you can find the descriptions of the degrees of burns..
7:49 pm
72 Temple Owl
i need to cook in a long sleeved nomex jumpsuit
7:49 pm
Aloyisius
oh dear.. was it a grease burn?
7:49 pm
72 Temple Owl
i checked but still cannot tell - prb 1st but large and really hurts.
7:52 pm
72 Temple Owl
no, against the broiler pan
7:56 pm
Aloyisius
wishing you the best, TO.. have to go bc of a 9pm teleconference.. need to look up the access code. Hope you have some neosporin on hand.. and you may want to take an antiinflammatory for the pain.. thinking of you.. will be back later to finish and check on you if you are still on line.. poof
7:56 pm
72 Temple Owl
later, aloy
8:20 pm
dan2bit
dr6 anybody?
8:25 pm
crosshair
dr 6/27 and 7/40= a type of bird
8:25 pm
crosshair
not sure how to clue it
8:26 pm
MollyL
Not drighto
8:27 pm
dan2bit
ty molly & crossy & all cluers - that's firewords
8:45 pm
torgone
I guess there aren't any good mintons ..
9:05 pm
Trifioso
heyas kids (wink at tor)
9:17 pm
torgone
Wink wink nudge nudge ..
10:52 pm
MollyL
No Tor, only the bad ones, who hang out with shuttle cocks.
10:54 pm
rururocks
is that like shuffle board with genitalia ?
10:56 pm
MollyL
Not sure. Wouldn't want to be free with my opinion or anything.
: P
11:01 pm
rururocks
or a bunch of roosters on a small bus maybe?
11:04 pm
MollyL
Birdies on a bus, with the disreputable mintons.
11:09 pm
lshult
have lo8(thanks for earlier clues), but wat is the other 8???plz
11:10 pm
rururocks
it takes a lot of bull to find it
11:15 pm
lshult
got it (eventually) thanks