12:01 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:01 am
mrpresident
flip
12:02 am
grannyrose
*flap* ang {{HUGS}} MRP. how are you honey?
12:02 am
Lizlin
Hi all and thanks Lickety
12:03 am
mrpresident
ROSE!! (((hugs)))
12:03 am
grannyrose
* grinning from ear to ear *
12:03 am
Lizlin
en 8 and ce 8 - not difficult today :)
12:03 am
Lizlin
Hi and hugs Rose
12:03 am
grannyrose
hi and {{hugs}} lizgirl.
12:04 am
mrpresident
am doing good sweety! how you going?
12:04 am
Lizlin
Hi also mrp
12:04 am
mrpresident
Hi liz :)
12:04 am
grannyrose
liz, mrp is a long time player who has been very busy. mrp, please let me introduce you to liz
12:04 am
Lizlin
I've met mrp - a while ago
12:04 am
Lizlin
But thanks anyway for the thought
12:05 am
Lizlin
BBL - time to head out to the gym
12:05 am
grannyrose
oh good. she and i met up ages ago. too long to say.. lolll
12:06 am
mrpresident
yes, with Andree. It really was a long time ago!
12:07 am
grannyrose
lots of water under the bridge, sweetie. do you still have the same mobile number?
12:08 am
mrpresident
Yes I do.
12:08 am
grannyrose
are you home tonight?
12:09 am
mrpresident
I will be home about 7. give me a call?
12:09 am
grannyrose
you can count on it. xoxox
12:09 am
mrpresident
Looking forward to it!
12:10 am
rururocks
hello prezzie
12:11 am
mrpresident
ruru!!! (((hugs)))
12:12 am
rururocks
nice to have you back for a bit
12:12 am
mrpresident
nice to see ya old mate!
12:14 am
rururocks
life is treating you well I hope
12:17 am
sammysmom
hi mrpresident!~!.. nice to see you... are you ok??
12:19 am
cybernan
*coming up for air --- hi mrp
12:27 am
mrpresident
sorry, was called away for a moment.
All is good thanks :)
12:27 am
mrpresident
Hi nan :))
12:27 am
mrpresident
i really must remember to type brb when I leave the keyboard for a bit. sorry
12:28 am
rururocks
do you still have any of the kids with you or are they all grown up now?
12:28 am
dcseain
mrp, long time no see :)
12:28 am
mrpresident
Hi seain! ((hugs)) !
12:29 am
mrpresident
I have both kids yes... they are just finishing up senior school. Time has flown!
12:30 am
mrpresident
It is an important couple of years for them... need the good marks to get into Uni
12:31 am
rururocks
good luck with that
12:32 am
dcseain
i must off to sleep. Got a lot done today, including annual auto safety inspection and a lovely happy hour with bunch of peeps from high school.
12:32 am
dcseain
happy babbling, yall!
12:32 am
mrpresident
yeah thanks! LOL!! drama with the daughter keeps me on my toes!
12:32 am
mrpresident
see ya dcs :)
12:32 am
rururocks
night there dc
12:34 am
mrpresident
bbs :)
12:36 am
cybernan
nbt, nbs and crashing -- good night all
12:36 am
rururocks
night nan too
12:37 am
cybernan
have you ever beens to GReece, ru?
12:38 am
rururocks
no.. not me.. my brother has many times
12:38 am
rururocks
my mom has a lot of family there
12:39 am
cybernan
there are a bunch of Taxi companies offering tours of Athens - was looking for a recommendation
12:39 am
rururocks
oh.. what a time to go when they're in economic crisis
12:40 am
cybernan
oops - sorry
12:40 am
cybernan
not going until Sept. - hopefully they will have things sorted out by then
12:40 am
rururocks
god I hope so
12:41 am
rururocks
sounds like a total mess right now
12:41 am
cybernan
Just hope they stay onthe euro -- makes things so much easier for tourists
12:42 am
cybernan
guess they have 2 choices --- cut services or start paying taxes!
12:42 am
cybernan
* or maybe both
12:42 am
rururocks
I'm not up on what is going on.. but it sure sounds worrysome
12:42 am
rururocks
worrisome
12:44 am
cybernan
I gather most of the populace has elevated tax evasion to fine art and the government has been trying to run with nowhere near enough resources for far too long
12:44 am
rururocks
ah.. I should read up on it
12:45 am
cybernan
off to bed - see you tomorrow
12:45 am
rururocks
night now
12:52 am
rururocks
that's a wrap
12:56 am
Trifioso
oh my god, I am awake for the flip!!! Can't remember the last time that happened!
12:57 am
Trifioso
hey dorens.
12:58 am
Trifioso
can't sleep?
12:58 am
Trifioso
whoops, sorry
1:05 am
rururocks
Hello trif.. u are up late
1:06 am
rururocks
Valentine keeping you up?
1:06 am
Trifioso
hello ruru...just in from a FABULOUS night - a local dance place did a retro disco sort of night - people were all dressed up with some really good disco era outfits, big fro wigs, and all.....it was so fun
1:06 am
Trifioso
and yes, valentine was there :)
1:07 am
Trifioso
disco is not my favorite era - by far - but for one night it was fun to do it up
1:07 am
rururocks
I didn't care for disco either
1:08 am
Trifioso
funny how a good 30 years or so of remove can make the heart grow fonder
1:09 am
Trifioso
the DJ did a really good job - some great old funky favorites that everyone loves to dance to thrown in, not too much "disco" disco
1:10 am
Trifioso
and when I got home, secondo had arrived back from Vermont, with her college beau in tow, who I had not met yet - very, very nice guy!!!
1:10 am
rururocks
If i never hear a donna summer song again...that will be too soon
1:11 am
rururocks
Oh nice.. did you grill him?
1:11 am
Trifioso
lightly. he seems very nice
1:11 am
Trifioso
I was quite nervous, actually
1:12 am
rururocks
Why was that?
1:12 am
Trifioso
wanted to make a good impression
1:12 am
rururocks
Ah. Just be yourself
1:13 am
Trifioso
when I get nervous I talk too much....horrible habbit
1:14 am
Trifioso
valentine will meet him tomorrow, at a late lunch....hope that goes well
1:15 am
rururocks
That should calm hou xown
1:15 am
rururocks
You down
1:16 am
Trifioso
hope so. this is her first really serious, non-hometown BF...it's a huge deal for her, and I want to take it seriously
1:18 am
rururocks
Calling it a nite. Have a great holiday trif
2:50 am
sprite
good morning all
2:50 am
GroovyKiwi
Kia ora sprites
2:51 am
sprite
Kia ora Kiwi! *hugs*
2:51 am
grannyrose
{{hugs}} and good morning dearest sprite.
2:51 am
GroovyKiwi
Geeze spell check u suck
2:51 am
grannyrose
g'day kiwi. xoxox
2:51 am
sprite
*hugs rose* Good evening dear friend! How was your day?
2:51 am
sprite
lol spell checks are notorious
2:51 am
GroovyKiwi
Hi rose hugs back to you both
2:52 am
grannyrose
today was good. pain levels still way down. out for lunch with don.
2:52 am
sprite
oh I am so glad, rose. So good that the infusion is giving you relief.
2:52 am
grannyrose
howwas your night sprite? how is the body beautiful today?
2:54 am
sprite
we met the 'in-laws' yesterday evening. The parents of Tim's girlfriend had invited us for a BBQ on the girl's birthday. It was very tasty and pleasant. And now I hurt allover from sitting wrong :( Slept well though!
2:55 am
grannyrose
ugh on sitting wrong. that so awful. are the 'in-laws' nice people?
2:55 am
sprite
yeah, very nice people. It was pretty relaxed for a first meeting.
2:56 am
grannyrose
moving to the Netherlands. i want to be paid to sit at home... lolll
2:56 am
sprite
as I am, you mean? Took quite some doing and rather serious handicaps.
2:57 am
grannyrose
it's on the news tonight. people are being paid to not work.
2:58 am
sprite
in what context?
2:58 am
grannyrose
i just heard it briefly. i thought that was th gist of it.
3:00 am
grannyrose
so kiwi. what did you get up to today?
3:01 am
Lizlin
Hi and hugs rose and sprite.
3:01 am
sprite
well I don't know, cannot seem to find it. People who become unemployed through no fault of their own get a temporary benefit, provided they hunt actively for jobs. And people with serious handicaps that make them unemployable get an invalidity benefit.
3:01 am
grannyrose
hi and {{hugs}} liz
3:02 am
sprite
hi Liz *hugs* How are the two of you and how are the whales? And (dare I ask) the fence?
3:02 am
GroovyKiwi
Today was not a good day at work I got a verbal reprimand for standing up for something I didn't like had been done so I took the avo off lol
3:02 am
Lizlin
Fine. Wonderful. Getting there!
3:02 am
sprite
gooooood Liz :)
3:02 am
Lizlin
Me being concise!
3:02 am
grannyrose
will watch the news in a couple of hours. report will be more comprehensive.
3:03 am
sprite
aw Kiwi :( That is so unfair. Good for you to take the rest of the day off.
3:03 am
GroovyKiwi
Curled up in bed and found a meryl Streep movie I'd not seen before and watched it til I went off to the bowling club for dinner
3:03 am
grannyrose
good on you kiwi.
3:03 am
sprite
nice going, Kiwi. Feeling better now?
3:04 am
GroovyKiwi
A couple of bourbons and a roast lamb dinner was good enough to calm me
3:05 am
grannyrose
yum!! roast lamb, new zealand style. i am drooling something terrible.
3:05 am
Lizlin
Hey Sprite. It's so hard to believe that in a couple of days it'll be a year since our wonderful day together.
3:06 am
GroovyKiwi
I found photos today rose of your trip
3:06 am
sprite
time flies, doesn't it Liz... wish we could do it over again on the day :D
3:08 am
grannyrose
did you kiwi? did you ever see the ones i sent you? via email ?
3:09 am
GroovyKiwi
I think they were the ones I found on my hard drive
3:09 am
GroovyKiwi
One of you and me standing on the rocks
3:09 am
grannyrose
yay. that's them.
3:10 am
GroovyKiwi
Central
3:11 am
Lizlin
My first word
3:11 am
GroovyKiwi
That's one of the 8s as well if u expand it lol
3:11 am
sprite
mine was al6. Don't know why that jumped out at me. Maybe because I always think it is a girl's name.
3:11 am
grannyrose
sprite, mrp was here earlier. i am going to call her in about an hour.
3:11 am
Lizlin
Pooh! Don't have that.
3:11 am
GroovyKiwi
That's cause it is lol
3:12 am
sprite
but it must be something else too, without a capital, or it wouldn't be valid
3:12 am
GroovyKiwi
Tell her I said hi rose that might shock her
3:12 am
sprite
rose, 'here' as in near you, or 'here' as in babble?
3:13 am
grannyrose
here as in babble
3:13 am
grannyrose
okay kiwi
3:13 am
Lizlin
When I said I met mrp, rose, I meant on babble.
3:13 am
grannyrose
al6, is a plant
3:14 am
sprite
a kind of heather maybe?
3:14 am
grannyrose
like a hollyhock
3:15 am
sprite
*looks up hollyhock*
3:17 am
grannyrose
liz, don and i met mrp when we were going on our first cruise.
3:17 am
Lizlin
I remember you telling me, when we met.
3:18 am
grannyrose
ah yes so i did.
3:18 am
Lizlin
You've met quite a few babble peeps.
3:19 am
GroovyKiwi
I haven't seemed to have lost my touch. Halfway done in 40 min lol
3:19 am
sprite
nice going Kiwi
3:19 am
grannyrose
well done kiwi
3:29 am
sprite
fireflies :D
3:29 am
GroovyKiwi
Congrats
3:29 am
Lizlin
Congrats speite
3:31 am
grannyrose
WTG SPRITE!!! whoot, whoot
3:31 am
sprite
yesterday, we had almost the highest temperature ever (38.2C). And today is gonna be hotter. So I will be off now to do the shopping before the madness starts. My turn to cook today. A couple of cans of soup and some bread and salad, methinks :)
3:31 am
Lizlin
Have a good day and stay cool. Hugs.
3:31 am
grannyrose
sounds good sprite. light and easy. xoxox
3:32 am
sprite
*hugs* to you all. Have a lovely day and before that, sleep well and relaxed :)
3:32 am
grannyrose
thanx sprite. take care of you, honey.
3:33 am
GroovyKiwi
And time for me to leave as I'm struggling to see the screen. Have a good note
3:33 am
Lizlin
Sleep well kiwi
3:36 am
grannyrose
sweet dreams kiwi. xoxox
4:02 am
zoozzoom
AL 6/21 is a plant.The rose of Sharon...Sounds like a ladies name.
4:03 am
gran
Found the al 6/21
4:53 am
sukee
Good morning all
5:03 am
gapeach
May I please have a clue for ne6-21? Thanks
5:04 am
sukee
I don't have that one yet.
5:04 am
Lindrickway
ne 6-21 bees take it from flowers
5:05 am
sukee
Ty lindrick :)
5:05 am
gapeach
Thanks anyway, sukee.
5:06 am
gapeach
Thanks much, Lindrickway. That was my last word for this grid.
5:06 am
Lindrickway
wtg peach!
5:08 am
gapeach
I just read your profile, lindrick.....I agree with your dad!
5:09 am
gapeach
I bet he is/was a hoot.
5:09 am
Lindrickway
He is yes
5:10 am
gapeach
Well, he should be published...bet he would win an award.
5:10 am
Lindrickway
I think he probably found it somewhere online!
5:11 am
sukee
Can someone point me in the way of one U?
5:11 am
Lindrickway
Sorry don't have a U
5:11 am
Lindrickway
I am missing the U and A from the bottom
5:11 am
gapeach
Which u do you need sukee?
5:11 am
sukee
I need both :)
5:12 am
gapeach
uhlan and usnea. I'm not very good at cluing.
5:13 am
sukee
Thanks, stats would have been enough though :)
5:14 am
Lindrickway
Could I have the stats for the bottom A please
5:14 am
gapeach
Blessings all.
5:14 am
sukee
I don't believe this, it is barely after 6AM here and I can hear slightly someone's stereo pounding. Far enough from me though.
5:15 am
Lindrickway
wow that is a bit early!
5:15 am
sukee
AN 5/10 is one
5:16 am
Lindrickway
ty Sukee
5:17 am
sukee
and the 2nd has an extra consonant at the end of that word
5:17 am
Lindrickway
well gotta go, cya all next time xx
5:18 am
sukee
And the 3rd is a man's name :) If that helps anyone :)
6:12 am
Scrabbler
Good day, kids.
6:12 am
TraderKate
hi scrabbs
6:13 am
Scrabbler
Good to see you, Kate. What are you doing these days?
6:14 am
TraderKate
nice to see you too scrabs... just settling into the new apartment.
6:15 am
Scrabbler
In the GTA?
6:16 am
TraderKate
no, still Fort Erie, but I think \i will be returning in the fall. good chance at a job then on the GO trains
6:16 am
Scrabbler
Fort Erie! 50 minute drive from me!
6:17 am
TraderKate
Ya, we're practically neighbours....
6:17 am
Scrabbler
I was just driving on 190 in Buffalo looking at the Peace Bridge on Monday!
6:18 am
crosshair
Good morning, everybody:)
6:18 am
TraderKate
It's been pretty backed up lately.
6:18 am
Scrabbler
Hi Crossy! Great to see you.
6:18 am
TraderKate
hi crossy
6:18 am
crosshair
Nice to see you as well, Scrabby:)
6:18 am
crosshair
Howdy, Kate, long time no see:)
6:19 am
TraderKate
------> lurker
6:19 am
crosshair
Well, the chog is a better place with you in it:)
6:21 am
TraderKate
ty the chog is always full of good babblers like you and scrabby...
6:21 am
crosshair
Roald of charlie and the chocolate factory is in the grid:)
6:21 am
Scrabbler
Come on, lurkers, reveal yourselves and chat. We need the friendly, nice folks here every day to overwhelm the toxins.
6:21 am
crosshair
almost, guess the letters are transposed a bit
6:22 am
crosshair
as is my mind... I need a tea:)
6:22 am
TraderKate
:D
come out, come out, where ever you are! we don't bite...
6:22 am
crosshair
I nibble...
6:22 am
Scrabbler
You are right, Crossy. da4/6 is a word.
6:23 am
TraderKate
me too... tea # 2 is brewing now...
6:26 am
TraderKate
no nibbling on the lurkerz until you've had your breakfast!
6:27 am
TraderKate
too many t's too close together
6:30 am
Scrabbler
Are there any English words with 3 T's in a row?
6:31 am
TraderKate
don't think so...it would have to be a funky compound.
6:33 am
TraderKate
s-ttt-utter
6:33 am
crosshair
lots of words with the s's in a row, but not t's
6:34 am
TraderKate
are yooz guyz as cold as I am? July and my teeth are almost chattering
6:35 am
MollyL
What words have three s's in a row?
6:35 am
crosshair
Tis a balmy 8C here:)
6:36 am
TraderKate
... so you're in shorts?
6:36 am
crosshair
crosssection
6:36 am
crosshair
bossship
6:37 am
crosshair
bossship, countessship, duchessship, governessship,
6:37 am
TraderKate
pssst?
6:38 am
crosshair
there is also the county of Rossshire
6:38 am
MollyL
Thanks, but I couldn't find any of those words in the dictionary. Maybe a British vs American English thing
6:38 am
crosshair
perhaps, but words all the same
6:38 am
Scrabbler
55 here. It felt like camping out last night. I refuse to close the windows from June through Sept.
6:39 am
Scrabbler
Crossy = wordsmith!
6:39 am
TraderKate
it's about the same here... but it will be hot later :)
6:39 am
crosshair
lol, Scrabby; for every one thing I know there are ten things I do not.
6:43 am
bichon
Hell everyone and welcome to the non Fourth of July
6:43 am
TraderKate
? hi bichon
6:43 am
TraderKate
ah... NON 4th
6:44 am
Scrabbler
Independence Day is what we celebrate, not the 4th of July. My pet peeve.
6:44 am
Scrabbler
Crossy, part of becoming wise in life is becoming more humble.
6:44 am
bichon
some places are open today and some tomorrow and some both days
6:44 am
TraderKate
gotta dash soon, nice to see you though.
6:47 am
Scrabbler
Bye Kate.
6:50 am
TraderKate
bye scrabbs, in case you pop off before i do...
6:53 am
Scrabbler
I need to pack up for a day of kayaking. Bye kids.
6:54 am
crosshair
Tc scrabby, enjoy the day:)
6:55 am
crosshair
Good day for any activity outdoors. 8C now with a high of 21C and sunshine:)
6:57 am
crosshair
On the down side, our water in the bay is still very cold, so when the real heat rolls in later this week we will be in for some heavy-duty storms:(
6:58 am
TraderKate
rose of sharon bush, i think
6:58 am
lynxxx
al6 is a flower and a girls name and I guess from the Greek
6:58 am
lbdawger
good morning, everyone! tadone and finito. fun grid.
6:58 am
TraderKate
congrats! gotta fly, bye...
6:59 am
crosshair
ty, Lynxx
6:59 am
lbdawger
hiya Lynxx!
6:59 am
crosshair
tc, Kate
6:59 am
lbdawger
hi bye, Kate
7:02 am
Anniebrook
good morning
7:02 am
lynxxx
Good morning AnnieB
7:03 am
Anniebrook
hi lynxxx, How is Stewart?
7:03 am
periwinkle
hello all. help with the d pls. I have the valley
7:03 am
lynxxx
pretty good for an old boy getting thru a chilly winter
7:03 am
Anniebrook
the author Roaald Da**
7:04 am
periwinkle
ty Annie
7:04 am
Anniebrook
lynxxx, give Stewart a nice pat from Brooklyn, NY, please
7:05 am
lynxxx
How odd the Dictionary here only has the author as the def
7:05 am
lynxxx
I will Annie TY
7:12 am
crosshair
Enable is a wondrous thing:)
7:13 am
hurshy
you guys, you have to check out this video that the world wildlife fund made, they put a camera on the back of a sea turtle for a couple of minutes. it is sooooo relaxing.
7:13 am
hurshy
if you just google wwf sea turtle video it should come up on several sites
7:13 am
periwinkle
ok, will check it out
7:15 am
bichon
Aussies are in winter and we're enjoying a summer day. So disorienting
7:15 am
bichon
Hi peri, hurshy, crossy, lynx, Annie and to all a happy 4th of July and Canada Day
7:16 am
rururocks
Did they do that on tortoise?
7:16 am
Anniebrook
hi bichon
7:16 am
Anniebrook
Only if they iguana
7:18 am
MollyL
That is an amazing video Hursh. Thanks for the heads up.
7:18 am
rururocks
Molly is shell-shocked
7:20 am
hurshy
i would play the pun game but it's too early, my brain isn't working well enough to think of any
7:20 am
crosshair
Just taking a peek at the temps round my brothers place in Henderson. going to be 109F this afternoon! Poor bugger!
7:20 am
rururocks
It is just not manta be yet hursh
7:22 am
lynxxx
Yes they did it on tortoise because there are some right maroons here 'threatening' to allow development which will jeapodize the Great Barrier Reef - but it will be good for the economy (!)
7:23 am
hurshy
i hope they do not get to do that lynxxx!
7:24 am
Anniebrook
hurshy, I just watched the video...just amazing
7:24 am
hurshy
there are various versions of the vid, the first i saw was only 30 seconds, but then the longer versions have less relaxing parts. so this is how much i love that video - i downloaded the longer on, downloaded an app that let me edit it in quicktime, cut it to the 1.5 mins of relaxing part, and have it running on a loop to the side of my babble window.
7:25 am
hurshy
there's only one other vid i watch on a loop like that, and that's bub's yule log
7:25 am
lynxxx
I haven't been to the Great Barrier Reef but have flown over it quite a few times...even that is breathtaking...the water looks like vibrant turquoise
7:26 am
hurshy
i have heard that it is already quite messed up from human activity, lynxxx, and very in danger
7:27 am
hurshy
like i believe i read something about... coral dying or... something
7:28 am
bichon
Most definitely hurshy
7:31 am
lynxxx
increase in water temps can bleach.. I imagine a lot of corals around the world maybe being effected. But in our case there is a proposal for Adani (in Indian company with an extremely bad reputation) to mine and export coal from nearby the reef. Much protest here and worldwide.
7:37 am
lynxxx
The Web is a wonderful thing - at least everyone pretty quickly knows what is going on and can protest loud and clear. There is even a party of the traditional landowners traipsing around the world to all the financial institutions and like to protest. Our federal government appears to be staying well away from getting involved. This is a State decision - Queensland
7:40 am
hurshy
well i have got the two left columns grey
7:45 am
hurshy
i have only 1 7 (ra) and no 8s. :( any helps?
7:45 am
doseffing
ce 4/6/7/8/5
7:46 am
hurshy
ah thanks dos
7:46 am
hurshy
one c left after those so i was monkeying
7:46 am
doseffing
.. sorry ... it's the only one I've got
7:47 am
Anniebrook
hurshy, Grand ______ Station in NYC
7:47 am
dan2bit
morning all! et7 anybody?
7:48 am
Anniebrook
hi dan, sorry, no et7's here
7:48 am
hurshy
i'll help look... it's not "etachal" or "etussal"...
7:49 am
MollyL
et7...drawing + picnic pest
7:49 am
hurshy
thanks molly
7:49 am
Anniebrook
thanks, Molly
7:56 am
hurshy
man, this makes me wish i could be reincarnated... as a sea turtle
7:57 am
MollyL
They get the best of both worlds. Under the sea and on land.
7:58 am
hurshy
darling it's better, down where it's wetter, take it from me...
8:00 am
MollyL
Well, there are those who believe we all came from the sea
8:15 am
dan2bit
thanks Molly that's firewords
8:30 am
72 Temple Owl
hello babblers.
8:33 am
HarryHood
halfway! anybody have a clue for a U?
8:34 am
MollyL
uh5 Sounds like Disney Asian princess
8:34 am
HarryHood
ty molly! nbt
8:36 am
hurshy
other one is us5
8:37 am
HarryHood
got it! ty hurshy
9:09 am
mkg
trying to get both and not getting either u. ty for clues though
9:09 am
crosshair
caught me fishing..
9:15 am
mkg
any clues for a top left corner? ty. did get one of the u clues.
9:16 am
mkg
got other u. ty for clues.
9:16 am
Ouwachita
any clues for the en's?
9:17 am
mkg
dont have yet. sorry
9:18 am
Anniebrook
Ouw, en 7/32----spellbound, fascinated
9:18 am
MollyL
en7 and 8...to captivate or charm, without the double consonant at the end
9:19 am
mkg
what is the other 8 please?
9:20 am
car.eeyore
ty Molly
9:20 am
Anniebrook
fireworks
9:21 am
Anniebrook
mkg, name of a train station in NYC
9:21 am
Anniebrook
ce 7/8
9:22 am
mkg
got it. super clue annie
9:23 am
Ouwachita
still not getting the en words...must be I am not charming or captivating
9:24 am
Douglas
Isn't that en8/45 an unusual spelling?
9:27 am
Douglas
I would really like to blame my not getting the en8/45 on it being an unusual spelling, but I don't think I would have gotten it anyway.
9:27 am
car.eeyore
I've only seen it with the double consonants at the end
9:28 am
Ouwachita
got them now...was going in the wrong direction after the N
9:28 am
Ouwachita
got them now...was going in the wrong direction after the N
9:29 am
car.eeyore
Clue pleaes for the AL 6?
9:29 am
car.eeyore
*please
9:30 am
penquis
sorry....woman's name...
9:30 am
Douglas
She was a Wimbledon singles champion, once.
9:30 am
periwinkle
help with et7 pls
9:31 am
penquis
you ok, Dianne??
9:31 am
hego
she has hiccups
9:31 am
car.eeyore
Do you need medical attention?
9:31 am
Dianne
And a golfer with a last name like the actor Mel.
9:32 am
Dianne
I guess I had a bit of a problem - sorry
9:34 am
pcal2
peri, et+ch5
9:34 am
periwinkle
I found it ty pcal2
9:35 am
car.eeyore
Oh my...I have al lthe 7's and 8's now!
9:35 am
hego
good going Car!
9:36 am
car.eeyore
Small victories
9:37 am
car.eeyore
speaking of which...time for walkies while I still feel great!
9:37 am
car.eeyore
HAGD everyone ((group))
9:37 am
hego
you too Car.
9:38 am
72 Temple Owl
later, car.
9:43 am
penquis
to captivate without the double consonant at the end...
9:44 am
bichon
not enchant
9:45 am
penquis
no....a word that means a similar thing....the word works up to the top left corner...
9:46 am
bichon
I still have no idea
9:46 am
penquis
found it?
9:46 am
72 Temple Owl
for the life of me, i cannot think of a word en ending in double consonant. but do not tell me. i have 14 hours to figure it out.
9:47 am
penquis
one who is captivated by something is en*****led by it...
9:49 am
72 Temple Owl
please, no clues for me yet. ty
9:49 am
penquis
sorry...did not see your post in time...
9:50 am
72 Temple Owl
it is ok, i need to get going with housework
9:53 am
72 Temple Owl
i guess that did the trick. ty and bye
9:58 am
MollyL
My hint was the "do not tell me" part
: D
9:58 am
penquis
i did not see her post!....
9:59 am
MollyL
Oh, I'm curious then, what made you clue it?
9:59 am
penquis
i thought my first clue was not very clear...
10:00 am
NonnieLight
I appreciated your clue penquis.
10:00 am
penquis
ty, nonnie...
10:01 am
72 Temple Owl
no worry. just that much less time tonight. my fault for mentioning it
10:01 am
penquis
no problem...
10:01 am
NonnieLight
I usually only have a short window of opportunity to even be on here so all help is welcomed, for me anyway :)
10:12 am
NonnieLight
clue for the u, please?
10:12 am
penquis
uh 5...u + by ***d or by sea...
10:13 am
NonnieLight
thank you :o)
10:15 am
NonnieLight
nbt and nbs and I have to get a move on. Have a great day all.
10:15 am
penquis
thanks, you too.....bye!
10:46 am
cocoa2015
the ar 4/6 is that in the top right or lower left?
10:46 am
penquis
bottom right...
10:50 am
cocoa2015
sorry got them mixed up, thank you, need help with the single A top left please
10:52 am
penquis
al 6 is a woman's name....like Al 6 Gibson...
10:54 am
cocoa2015
thank you so very much!!!! so easy once you gave me the clue :)
10:56 am
mkg
hi all. if anyone needs it the en 8 is:
10:57 am
penquis
ty, but i have it...
10:57 am
mkg
en 8: en + buddhist monks do this + plural
10:58 am
mkg
i dont know the al clue: who is gibson?
10:59 am
penquis
athlete from the past...it's a woman's name....work diagonally down to the lower right...
11:00 am
mkg
i got it. ty.
11:03 am
FishFishGarden
fireworks
11:03 am
penquis
congrats!
11:04 am
FishFishGarden
mucho thanko
11:07 am
penquis
i am also done... :oD
11:33 am
penquis
heading out...bye to all who lurk...
12:45 pm
cybernan
hello everyone :-)
12:45 pm
MLFAN17
hi cyber
12:46 pm
MLFAN17
ce7/8 clue please?
12:47 pm
cybernan
located in the middle
12:48 pm
MLFAN17
thanks cyber
12:48 pm
MLFAN17
nbt and nbs
12:50 pm
cybernan
et 7 please?
12:52 pm
MollyL
en7...to captivate...without the double consonant at the end
12:52 pm
MollyL
Sorry, et7...to draw by inscribing + picnic pest
12:54 pm
cybernan
ty molly
1:03 pm
cybernan
*!* ta da *!*
1:11 pm
MollyL
What would a day be, without Nan's *!* ta da *!*
1:23 pm
bichon
Happy Fourth and post-Canada Day
1:29 pm
bichon
ra 6/18, pls
1:34 pm
dc43
rrodent + number and then plural for ra7
1:35 pm
lawyer-1
something that is awful but change the first vowel
1:36 pm
bichon
ty dc and law
1:40 pm
Judi
Howdilly doo, neighborinos!
1:47 pm
MollyL
Oh look, it's our little firecracker
1:51 pm
Judi
Killing some time before I have to take the cat for a check up and a few shots.
1:51 pm
MollyL
Help me settle a bet...what does Mr Judi call what he wears to the pool? A bathing suit, or swimming trunks?
1:52 pm
Judi
Swim trunks.
1:52 pm
Judi
Bathing suits are for chicks.
1:52 pm
Marc Freeman
uh5, please?
1:53 pm
rururocks
thought mr. judi would be more of a commando type guy
1:53 pm
Judi
To the beach?? Hell no. And speedos would be grounds for instant divorce.
1:54 pm
Marc Freeman
thanks found it
1:54 pm
Judi
Mr. Judi's name is Scott, by the way.
1:55 pm
rururocks
mr. Judi is more fun
1:57 pm
MollyL
Crap. No help there. Big debate at a neighborhood get together last night. My group said only old geezers call them swimming trunks.
1:58 pm
Judi
Nah. I suppose I've also heard them called board shorts or swim shorts.
1:58 pm
rururocks
*guess I better start calling them swimming trunks*
1:59 pm
Judi
What were you callilng them, Molly?
2:00 pm
MollyL
You are far from an old geezer Ru.
2:00 pm
MollyL
I've always used the term "bathing suit" for male for female attire.
2:01 pm
Judi
Ru's just a geezer in training.
2:01 pm
rururocks
*looks down at trainer wheels*
2:01 pm
rururocks
what does Caitlyn Jenner call a swim suit then?
2:02 pm
MollyL
Camouflage
2:03 pm
MollyL
I think BruCaitlyn would have an embarrassing bulge in her swimming attire
2:03 pm
rururocks
yeah... that'd be a little odd around the pool I would guess
2:04 pm
MollyL
As a friend of mine says, she's not Caitlyn until he/she gets it lopped off.
2:05 pm
Judi
Yep. HE's just a transvestite until the surgery makes it final.
2:05 pm
rururocks
I think he's not planning too.. he's doing the confused transgender thing and wants to be a lesbian
2:05 pm
rururocks
he's not planning to take it off
2:06 pm
MollyL
Oh, poor him. Lesbians don't like his equipment
2:06 pm
magazinemom
'm just depressed he has better hair than me. SIgh.
2:06 pm
MollyL
Hi Mag, long time no see
2:07 pm
rururocks
he's really messed up.. but anyone living with those insane Kardashians would likely lose their marbles
2:07 pm
Judi
Supposedly, one has to go through a year of psych counseling before being allowed to have the surgery of no return.
2:07 pm
Judi
Maybe he's just out for a test drive with "the look".
2:08 pm
Judi
Off to wrangle the cat into the carrier. Hopefully no blood will be spilled. Wish me luck.
2:09 pm
rururocks
oh good luck there judi..
2:09 pm
Marc Freeman
ra5/12, please?
2:10 pm
rururocks
ra 5 rhymes with dance
2:11 pm
Marc Freeman
thanks got it
2:11 pm
MollyL
*Calls foul on Ru for insanely easy clue
2:11 pm
magazinemom
Hi all! Yes, it's been a loooong time since I've played. I'm back to it now.
2:12 pm
MollyL
Nice to see you back Mag. You have been missed.
2:15 pm
magazinemom
Thank you ma'am
2:18 pm
Marc Freeman
hu6/24, please?
2:22 pm
rururocks
hu 6 a Russian ruler who is a female flirt
2:22 pm
magazinemom
hu+double snake letters+a vowel and a consonant
2:23 pm
Marc Freeman
thanks
2:23 pm
MollyL
: D Love the clue, Ru
2:31 pm
Marc Freeman
ch6/27, please?
2:32 pm
magazinemom
same as ch6/24 but last letter is different
2:33 pm
Marc Freeman
thank you
2:33 pm
rururocks
ch 6 a jewish house in switzerland
2:34 pm
Marc Freeman
fireworks thanks for all the clues and all have a happy 4th
2:34 pm
magazinemom
You too Marc
2:34 pm
java2
with a twist, ru? LOL
2:34 pm
rururocks
*says grace*
2:35 pm
java2
for thanks or forgiveness?
2:35 pm
rururocks
yes with a twist :D
2:36 pm
MollyL
Well, with the clever clues, you have to see the twist yourself. Another great clue, Ru
2:37 pm
rururocks
I'm on a roll
2:37 pm
MollyL
I thought it was discount Jewish bread
2:37 pm
java2
that would give you the roll
2:38 pm
rururocks
well.I'm certainly not loaving around
2:38 pm
java2
getting a bit crusty
2:39 pm
rururocks
crusty and a little bit kneady
2:39 pm
java2
such a rye sense of humor
2:41 pm
rururocks
you have to when you hang out with old baguettes
2:42 pm
java2
I guess it's the yeast you can do
2:42 pm
rururocks
we're going to get a rise out of someone java
2:43 pm
rururocks
we could propose a toast
2:44 pm
rururocks
sorry ..my behavior is beyond brioche
2:44 pm
MollyL
Well, at least we are not toxins
: P
2:45 pm
rururocks
oh.. yeah.. at least that
2:45 pm
rururocks
you don't have to challah java ...
2:47 pm
rururocks
<---rarely loses
2:47 pm
rururocks
M9 gave me a complete run for it once.. she's an awesome punner
2:48 pm
magazinemom
That's fireworks for me! Off to make plans for tomorrow, Everyone have a happy 4th!
2:51 pm
MollyL
Better to be an awesome punner than a vacant worshiper of the unintelligent
2:52 pm
java2
I've seen that before; you're d'naan
2:54 pm
Soodle
Sodas what the chat's about?
2:57 pm
Soodle
Soda? Soda bread?... Looking for Molly's lead balloon window....
2:58 pm
java2
Yeah, Ginger's ale-ing
3:00 pm
MollyL
I'm so conflicted about soda bread. I make it every St. Patrick's Day. And I know I'm supposed to like it. But unless it's drowned in honey and butter, it's not my thing.
3:00 pm
Soodle
Dough'nt go there, Java....
3:00 pm
rururocks
<---glazed look
3:01 pm
Soodle
Soda bread was invented by the angels, Molly. Slathered with Kerrygold butter, there's no more comforting food on Earth.
3:02 pm
java2
with or without currants?
3:03 pm
MollyL
My Irish grandmother's recipe calls for golden raisins.
3:03 pm
java2
I've made it both ways and am not sure which I prefer
3:04 pm
MollyL
I'm not conflicted at all about tea. I hate it. It tastes like warm piss. (All my Irish ancestors can roll over now)
3:04 pm
Soodle
Soda bread does not have currants. Curranty bread has currants. Molly - Raisins??? Really???
3:05 pm
rururocks
having not been a connoisseur of piss.. I'll have to take your word for it Molly
3:05 pm
Soodle
Never having tasted warm piss, I'll bow to Molly's superior knowledge.
3:06 pm
MollyL
Correction: I can't drink hot tea because it smells like warm piss. Never had the occasion to drink piss.
3:07 pm
MollyL
No baking soda in my Grandmother's soda bread either. Sour cream. It's the best version of soda bread I've had, but I still don't get the fascination.
3:09 pm
Soodle
Buttermilk is the essential ingredient in Soda bread, Molls.
3:10 pm
java2
I've got an old recipe from Fleischmann that calls for caraway seed, baking soda, buttermilk, and dark seedless raisins. (and yeast, of course)
3:14 pm
MollyL
Caraway seeds...blech
3:14 pm
MollyL
And no yeast in soda bread, It is a non-yeast bread.
3:17 pm
rururocks
I kinda like soda bread
3:22 pm
MollyL
No carbohydrates for you, svelte boy
3:27 pm
MollyL
I knew after all that time in Canada you were going to go Brit
3:28 pm
MollyL
He who shall now be known as Rou Rou
3:29 pm
rururocks
my good friend is Irish and makes soda bread for certain dinners.. it's nice and mild and good
3:31 pm
java2
(sorry, got called away). Since the recipe I have is from Fleischmann's YEAST, it would include yeast. I think I have another old recipe that's more traditional.
3:35 pm
Soodle
My Grandmother made the best soda bread. Weighing scales were unheard of in her day - it was a handful of this, a splash of that, a pinch of the other. Her soda bread was to die for.
3:36 pm
MollyL
Those are the best recipes. I can bake pretty well and I have never used a "weighing scale".
3:37 pm
java2
I've "got" my grandmother's recipe for home-made noodles: one egg and a half egg-shell of flour. Soodle, do you have her recipe?
3:42 pm
Soodle
You're kidding, right, Java? Until the turn of the century (20th to 21st) - meals here consisted of potatoes, meat & 2 veg! Noodles were unheard of.
3:42 pm
MollyL
I think she meant your grandmother's recipe for soda bread
3:43 pm
Soodle
To this day, my Dad refers to Spaghetti Bolognese as Spaghetti Bollock Naked!
3:43 pm
java2
You're right, Molly
3:44 pm
java2
(sorry; I'm back and forth trying to make dinner reservations)
3:45 pm
Soodle
Oops! Sorry! I don't think Grandma even used half egg shells as a measure. It was just what fitted into her hand.
3:49 pm
Soodle
Sorry if this sounds corny, but as a child, I used to go out to her yard & collect new-laid eggs, take them into the farnhouse kitchen, where she would boil them & serve them up with soda bread & a big dollop of butter. Far from internet & Babble & worries, those days. I'm smiling to myself as I remember them.
3:50 pm
MollyL
I am in such awe of the women we get our recipes from. They were the trail blazers who tried and failed and tried again until they got it right.
3:51 pm
rururocks
I'm all in on newly laid
3:51 pm
MollyL
*Puts on cornball music as a background for Soodle's story
3:52 pm
Soodle
And these were women without washing machines, driers or microwaves, Molly. Incredible, really.
3:53 pm
MollyL
It is incredible. I have the utmost respect for the women who came before me.
3:54 pm
Soodle
There was an old cock-a-doodle-doo in my Grandma's yard Ru, who used to strut about with all the hens clucking about him!!! Only saying..... Lol :-)
3:55 pm
MollyL
And then, after the exhausting day of washing clothes by hand, hanging them out to dry and feeding a family on a wood burning stove, those women were expected to be all ready to service their husbands.
3:56 pm
rururocks
ah .. the good old days
3:56 pm
rururocks
I'm in on service too
3:59 pm
rururocks
I could skip the microwave
4:00 pm
java2
I knew only one of my grandmothers, and she was a talented seamstress. My mom told the story of wanting a particular suit for Easter one year. It was a "walking suit" and had a fur collar. My grandma went to the store where it was on display, looked it over, and went home to make a duplicate. My mom even got the fur for the collar some place and grandma attached that, too. I can sew, but only with patterns.
4:01 pm
java2
(oh yeah, this was in New York City) And yes, I'm in awe of those women.
4:02 pm
Babs1
hi, all...in the endeavor to improve my vowel vocab, could I get some clues for the left corner A and second column A?
4:03 pm
MollyL
Oh thank you Java. I forgot to add all the sewing and mending and other such things women in those times had to do in the course of their day.
4:03 pm
Soodle
I am lucky enough to have known my paternal Great Grandmother as well as my paternal Grandmother. My Grandmother gave birth to 15 kids - my Dad being the eldest.
4:03 pm
rururocks
bottom a relates to a Baldwin Brother
4:04 pm
rururocks
corner a starts with AL and part of a cinema
4:04 pm
java2
top a is a feminine name: A----- Gibson
4:04 pm
MollyL
You are lucky Soodle. I only knew one of my grandparents and none of my great grandparents. I wish I could have had that experience.
4:05 pm
rururocks
15 kids is outrageous
4:05 pm
MollyL
15 kids comes from all that servicing
4:06 pm
MollyL
Remember, we are talking about Irish Catholics
4:06 pm
rururocks
no fertility issues at chez soodle
4:06 pm
Soodle
I agree Ru, 15 kids is a litter. Not a family. But thats the way it was back then. And, by & large, they all did pretty well!
4:07 pm
java2
Yes, Soodle, you are blessed to have known them. Like Molly, I only knew the one. 2 died before I was born and the other grandfather, 2 weeks after I was born.
4:07 pm
rururocks
I knew my grandparents
4:08 pm
rururocks
I wish my grandmother was still alive though
4:08 pm
MollyL
I hear people talk about their fond memories with their grandparents and I am envious. The grandmother I knew was too elderly to really be a grandma by the time I was born.
4:09 pm
java2
As I get older, I find myself wishing I had known them all, and paid more attention to the one I had.
4:09 pm
MollyL
You get a lot of wisdom from the elders.
4:10 pm
rururocks
a huge influence in my life from my Father's mother
4:10 pm
Soodle
My Great Grandma passed away 3 weeks before her 100th birthday. Away with the fairies - as Alzheimers was known as in those days, but a charming old dear!
4:10 pm
java2
And, that's why I'm trying to be a good grandma to my grandchildren! They are all delightful in their own ways. Now that I'm retired, perhaps I can be there more often.
4:11 pm
java2
"Away with the fairies" - that sounds better than "Alzheimers".
4:12 pm
MollyL
You are lucky Java. I would love to be a Grandma...or GranMolly...but no luck so far. I hear women my age say that becoming a Grandma sounds repulsive. Me...I can't wait.
4:13 pm
Soodle
Java, Molly , Ii'm really looking forward to Grand-kids . ... Now would be good. Soodle-kids- take note!
4:15 pm
Soodle
Is it weird to be eagerly anticipating grand-kids when one's parents are still very much on the scene & demanding of one's time?
4:16 pm
jaxx7
I wish I had had my grandchildren first to be honest.
4:16 pm
Soodle
Lol, Jaxx!!
4:17 pm
jaxx7
Don't you find that the relationship with grandparents is so much more relaxed these days.
4:17 pm
java2
Soodle, that would make you one of the "sandwich" folks.
4:17 pm
Soodle
Jaxx, change your Babble-name to Benjamin Button!
4:18 pm
java2
Grandchildren are your reward for not having strangled your teenagers.
4:18 pm
jaxx7
very true and now my daughter is 37 I still find myself wanting to strangle her.
4:19 pm
Soodle
Whoosh, Java! I sure am a sandwiched person. I love my parents to bits. I love my kids to bits. It gets a bit tricky to cater to all needs, though.
4:20 pm
java2
My older son is dad to all 5 of our grandchildren. twin boys (14+) by his first wife and two girls (8 and 6 ish) by his second. They are in the process of adopting an 8 year old boy who came into their lives. My DIL takes in strays, whether 4 legged or 2 legged (grin)
4:21 pm
Soodle
She seems like a nice person, Java. That's good.
4:21 pm
jaxx7
All I remember of my g grandmother was this fiercesome old woman who sat in the corner of my grandmother's sitting room, gloweering at us all.
4:22 pm
java2
She is. She has a heart the size of all outdoors.
4:22 pm
jaxx7
glowering even
4:22 pm
java2
Jaxx, I feel sorry for her. I wonder what her trouble was.
4:22 pm
Soodle
God, Java. I just re-read your post.... TWO 14 yr old boys???? Yikes!
4:23 pm
jaxx7
She was of the Victorian era where children were seen and not heard.
4:23 pm
java2
Yup. And they still give their grandparents hugs in public - in front of their friends. They are wonderful kids.
4:24 pm
java2
People who believed that about children missed out on so much joy and laughter.
4:25 pm
Soodle
That's a pity, Jaxx. My grandmother was a big, soft, beautiful woman. She was the ideal 'Grandma'. I still miss her.
4:25 pm
jaxx7
It was just how it was then. My grandmother was very much the matriarch and we all did what she told us. No hugs in public there
4:27 pm
Soodle
Well, Java, 14 yr old lads wouldn't be hugging grandparents in public unless they loved them very very much. Huge compliment to you! :-)
4:27 pm
jaxx7
Very true, soodle.
4:28 pm
java2
Pity. The picture I have of my other grandmother (the one who died 4 months before I was born) shows a woman who did not have a joyful life. Down-turned mouth, mean expression over all. And she died by her own hand, so I think she was pretty miserable.
4:29 pm
java2
Thanks, Soodle. They do call me their "cool" grandma - I find t-shirts with funny comments / pictures that they love. They have great senses of humor.
4:29 pm
jaxx7
My paternal grandmother was in love with her husband's brother but he preferred her sister and he married her. It made my graany very sour faced and her marriage was none too great either.
4:30 pm
MollyL
Sad story, Java. I'm sorry your Grandmother didn't have more joy in her life.
4:30 pm
Soodle
Just on the subject of Grandmas - if you have a spare 15 minutes, I recommend that you read a short story by Frank O Connor called First Confession.
4:31 pm
java2
Wait, Jaxx. Two brothers and two sisters married to the others?
4:31 pm
jaxx7
two brothers married two sisters.
4:32 pm
Soodle
not unheard of, Jaxx.
4:33 pm
jaxx7
my father was named after his uncle instead of his father which was the family tradition going back 5 generations
4:33 pm
MollyL
Thank you for the short story recommendation Soodle. There are so many other recommendations here that turn out to be...um...blah...
4:33 pm
java2
Story noted. I only learned of that suicide just before my mom died. She casually mentioned it one day. Blew me away.
4:35 pm
MollyL
Wow, I can't imagine "casually" mentioning suicide.
4:35 pm
java2
Jaxx, Methinks there are many family stories like that in most of our histories. People didn't talk about those sorts of things and kept secrets way more than we do now (where everything is posted on social media).
4:36 pm
jaxx7
Have you ever tried to find your ancestors, java? I find it totally fascinating. Don't just stick to the pedigree line but explore the family. Thai is where you find the black sheep.
4:36 pm
java2
We were talking about the year I was born and she said "well, that was when your grandmother committed suicide". And I was stunned.
4:36 pm
Soodle
My Dad's eyesight is failing, so I downloaded a few of his favourite books to read to him. I read 'A First Confession' to him this afternoon, the Nursing Home staff thought he was after having a heart attack when they heard the chortling coming from his room.
4:37 pm
jaxx7
My typing is pants tonigjt. I am listening to Wimbledon at the same time.
4:37 pm
MollyL
Java, I think there has to be a happy medium. In between not talking about important things and blasting them all over the internet.
4:37 pm
jaxx7
See! that should be tonight
4:38 pm
MollyL
Soodle, you are such a good daughter to read to your Dad. He is blessed to have you being there for him.
4:38 pm
java2
My niece-in-law has done considerable research into our ancestors. She discovered one who came over here on the Mayflower as an indentured servant. My plan is to write a narrative around that, but first I have to research what it was like to be an indentured servant in the 1600's.
4:39 pm
MimiCat
Only here for a minute as am still sick but had to comment. I was lucky to be raised by my paternal grandmother and her 4th husband and was treated like a princess by both. I wish I had gotten to know her better but she died when I was 21 and too young to ask the questions I would ask today. I do know she was both in 1897, married 4 times, ran a boarding house, drove a taxicab and bootlegged on the Ohio River. Women just didn't do those things back then but she DID. Also, her 4th husband was 20 years younger than her. Quite a woman.
4:39 pm
java2
Molly, yes there is. And I think it has something to do with restraint and privacy.
4:40 pm
java2
Mimi, I wish I knew her, too!
4:41 pm
jaxx7
Hi, Mimi. Sorry to hear you aren't well. It seems to me there is a book in there somewhere about your grandmother.
4:41 pm
Soodle
Mimi - that's a pedigree to be peoud of!!!
4:41 pm
Soodle
...proud...
4:41 pm
MimiCat
Thanks, java. Very unique women on both sides of my family so I can't help being a little odd myself! I also know my great-great-grandmother on the maternal side had a baby 10 yrs. after her husband died and swore it was the longest pregnancy in history....we don't know who the father was.
4:42 pm
jaxx7
See, it's catching
4:42 pm
MimiCat
Yes, jaxx, her story is included in my book as well as many other stories of relatives. That's why it's taking so long to write it....LOTS of material.
4:43 pm
Soodle
Gosh - Ladies ..... I'd say that each of our forebears have stories worth telling.
4:43 pm
MollyL
Not really. For Soodle it's just that second bottle of wine being cracked open. : D
4:43 pm
java2
Oh, Mimi, I love it! And we think all those people were so pure and not like people are today...
4:43 pm
jaxx7
Make it into a trilogy.
4:43 pm
java2
Write it all down. Future generations will thank you for it.
4:44 pm
Soodle
Make it into a 10 part trilogy!!!
4:44 pm
MimiCat
My grandchildren will certainly know who I am and was as it will all be documented. I plan to be the cool granny, too!
4:44 pm
jaxx7
I suspect the reverse is true as life was so hard that folks did what they had to do.
4:45 pm
java2
Wonderful! Carry on that tradition.
4:45 pm
jaxx7
Mimi, get it archived somewhere so genealogy fans like me will be able to read it.
4:46 pm
java2
Yes, Jaxx, and they took comfort where and when they could.
4:47 pm
Soodle
I would like to propose a toast to the Mothers, the Grandmothers & the Great Grandmothers of all Babblers. Bless you, one & all! Clink!!
4:47 pm
MimiCat
Unfortunately, my biological father (I was raised with him as my brother) had no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Very thankful my daddy raised me instead as he just adored me even though we weren't biologically related. I had an angel on my shoulder to be rescued from my bio parents. Part of the problem was I didn't even know I was related to my mother/grandmother until after she died. Actually, I am my own sister and my own aunt.
4:47 pm
java2
Don't we all do what we have to do? It varies from age to age and changes with what's available in terms of advantages, CLINK!
4:48 pm
MollyL
*Thinks maybe that is the third bottle of wine for Soodle
4:48 pm
jaxx7
I have a friend whose grandmother walked from Russia to America after the Russian revolution. her daughter was one of the first pioneers and built a turf (sod) house so she didn't lose the land she had been granted. She sent letters home and he has every one of them. A fantastic archive. The irony is that the next generation are not interested.
4:49 pm
MimiCat
Fabulous, jaxx. I'm constantly amazed by all the stories of courageous, gutsy women who pioneered that "turf" for the rest of us.
4:50 pm
java2
I also have a friend who's parents walked from Estonia across Europe because of WWII. She was born somewhere along the way. They all wound up in NYC, though.
4:50 pm
Soodle
Nope, Molly. Still on #1. But the night is young. :-p
4:50 pm
jaxx7
I am trying to get him to get the manuscript archived as it is so rare for such a thing to survive. Your story would come under the same heading.
4:51 pm
MimiCat
Great discussion but I"m fading fast so leaving now. Still really ill and no one seems to know why yet. Anyway, must lie down. Have a great night, everyone! Hugs.
4:51 pm
java2
I know I wasn't all that interested until I reached a "certain" age. I think it had to do with having children and then grandchildren and realizing the lineage from which we all came. And what will come.
4:52 pm
java2
Be well, Mimi - sleep is good.
4:52 pm
jaxx7
Look after yourself, Mimi. You have a book to write. Seriously, take care. Sleep well
4:53 pm
java2
Finally made the dinner reservation, so I must be off, too. This has been a wonderful conversation (well, two or more, actually). Tomorrow, perhaps. Bye
4:54 pm
jaxx7
gets a little tangled sometimes. Enjoy your dinner reservation. Bye, java
4:55 pm
Soodle
Bye, friends (((())))
4:56 pm
jaxx7
Bye, soodle. Lots of hugs coming your way too. Sleep well.
4:58 pm
MollyL
((((((((Friends))))))))))
5:00 pm
jaxx7
Are you going as well, Mollie? Take care of yourself.
5:01 pm
jaxx7
I am going to give my eyes a break. bbl
5:16 pm
crosshair
Good evening, everybody:)
6:44 pm
Uneaixoise
clue for en7 please?
6:45 pm
jaxx7
Captivate, une
6:46 pm
jaxx7
and then pl for 8
6:47 pm
jaxx7
You can be enchanted also
6:49 pm
Uneaixoise
don't see it -- will try later -- thanks
6:49 pm
jaxx7
Hard to clue.
6:49 pm
jaxx7
Starts with the middle e in 4th columnand goes left.
6:51 pm
Uneaixoise
found it -- never seen it spelled without double consonant
6:51 pm
Uneaixoise
tx :-)
6:51 pm
jaxx7
Neither have I. That is what threw me.
6:54 pm
72 Temple Owl
anyone experiencing a lag when entering words?
7:05 pm
crosshair
Ty for en 7 and 8 jaxx
7:08 pm
jaxx7
You are welcome, crossy.
7:11 pm
jaxx7
I am going to give up now. I have been watching tennis since 11.30 am this morning and my eyes are not happy. Night all and take care.
7:12 pm
crosshair
Have a goid night, jaxx
7:37 pm
crosshair
Howdy,sukee
7:42 pm
crosshair
59 words left and I am still working for nbt:)
7:47 pm
penquis
hello....lurking here...
7:48 pm
crosshair
Howdy,pen
7:54 pm
ChampFit
I have 44 left...feeling blank.
7:55 pm
crosshair
49 to go here
7:56 pm
doseffing
... I'll bet that you need uh 5/14 ... the Polish calvaryman
7:57 pm
ChampFit
I have it, but didn't look it up. Thanks for the definition!
7:57 pm
crosshair
Nope got the u,s
7:58 pm
crosshair
Nice definitin though;)
7:58 pm
ChampFit
I seem to need a lot of C's...
7:58 pm
doseffing
... ends like the snoring disease
7:58 pm
crosshair
On tablet, excuse typos
7:59 pm
doseffing
... there's a whole mess of ch's
7:59 pm
ChampFit
Thx. I only have 4
7:59 pm
doseffing
... that's half
7:59 pm
crosshair
I still need a lot of c words as well
8:01 pm
ChampFit
Gahhhhhh! Will get to looking. Thx!
8:16 pm
Bugsaw
crossy, 5 of the ce words start with a penny
8:18 pm
crosshair
Ty, bugsaw:)
8:21 pm
doseffing
... all done with help for the last 25 from lickety ... may I offer a clue for anyone? ...
8:25 pm
crosshair
No,ty, dose, I will wrestle with this for a bit loner:)
8:27 pm
doseffing
... ah well ... maybe i'll do the dishes tonight ... until tomorrow then ... good night and good luck ...
8:29 pm
crosshair
Gn, doseffing
8:33 pm
TraderKate
hi all :)
8:35 pm
crosshair
Howdy, Kate
8:36 pm
TraderKate
are those darn c words getting you again crossy?
8:37 pm
crosshair
Be warned, the c words hide themselves well.
8:38 pm
TraderKate
I've always struggled with the c werdz too
8:38 pm
crosshair
I have ten of them so far
8:39 pm
TraderKate
20 here, but I'm down to my last 15 - and they aren't revealing themselves...
8:55 pm
car.eeyore
Hello again
8:58 pm
crosshair
Howdy,car
8:59 pm
car.eeyore
It's nice to "see" you here Crossy! ((hugs))
8:59 pm
LeslieAnn
do you know what you need kate?
9:01 pm
LeslieAnn
my last c was ch 6/27 - ch + my name is ** + canadian interjection
9:02 pm
LeslieAnn
not my name is **, i mean "you can call me **", paul simon
9:02 pm
car.eeyore
Clue please for HU 5/18?
9:03 pm
car.eeyore
Ugh...tyvm
9:03 pm
crosshair
ty, leslie
9:04 pm
crosshair
we all seem to be missing the same ones:)
9:05 pm
car.eeyore
I have all the C's if you need any
9:07 pm
car.eeyore
Clue for the UH please?
9:08 pm
crosshair
sounds like a disney princess
9:09 pm
crosshair
In relaity it is a lancer in a polish calvelry
9:09 pm
crosshair
reality
9:10 pm
crosshair
cavalry**
9:10 pm
car.eeyore
Had to look it up...but Tyvm!
9:10 pm
car.eeyore
new word for me
9:10 pm
crosshair
My typing skills are sharp as always:)
9:10 pm
car.eeyore
Fireworks!
9:10 pm
crosshair
Yaa for car!
9:11 pm
car.eeyore
Anyone need clues?
9:11 pm
LeslieAnn
i wouldn't mind an hu6!
9:12 pm
car.eeyore
You were VERY close to it with the word you just typed....
9:13 pm
car.eeyore
Change the double consonants to the curvy letter..and put a different consonant on the end.
9:14 pm
LeslieAnn
ha funny! thx
9:16 pm
car.eeyore
Ok..I am off to bed! HAGD/N everyone!
9:16 pm
LeslieAnn
bye car!
9:16 pm
TraderKate
niters car, congrats!
9:17 pm
TraderKate
9 more, but calling it a day. have gone babbleblind again
9:17 pm
LeslieAnn
would help if you want it, kate!
9:19 pm
TraderKate
I've been staring at a screen all day, my eyes are practically bleeding, but thanks... |I may lurk for just a few minutes in case anything pops up.
9:19 pm
TraderKate
(you'd have to spoon feed me)
9:20 pm
LeslieAnn
well my foster kitten suggests: 14PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPOOOOOOOOOOOOOO\nOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
9:20 pm
LeslieAnn
not sure that's helpful though
9:21 pm
TraderKate
maybe the last 2 gu words? might be a pair -pl
9:21 pm
LeslieAnn
they are. gu + double consonant + vowel, then latin plural
9:22 pm
TraderKate
or the last ha word?
9:22 pm
LeslieAnn
maybe where mr. schwarzenegger cleans out his leaves?
9:22 pm
LeslieAnn
last ha rhymes with what's above your fireplace
9:23 pm
TraderKate
ty leslie ann, got them all!
9:25 pm
TraderKate
the last an word - doesn't seem to want to pl the word before it....but i keep trying to!
9:26 pm
LeslieAnn
try a diff last letter then :)
9:27 pm
TraderKate
ty... could have sworn i tried that ...
9:28 pm
TraderKate
ra 6/24? 2nd in list... follows the rat ra4/5 please?
9:30 pm
TraderKate
got it!
9:34 pm
TraderKate
te 5/12 following the place to get critter milk from?
9:36 pm
LeslieAnn
te + that letter you hate + british thanks
9:36 pm
TraderKate
and as ever, 2 ch words
ch 6/27 and ch 6/24
9:37 pm
TraderKate
ty leslie ann... another one i thought i had done already... just the ch words now, so i can sleeeeeep!
9:37 pm
LeslieAnn
both are ch + beer + one more letter
9:40 pm
TraderKate
fw, thanks to you!
my last was the "Canadian" ski lodge?
9:40 pm
stidmama
LA!!!! you broke the chog! *stern mama look*
9:40 pm
stidmama
hey Kate and all!
9:40 pm
LeslieAnn
yw! go to sleep! ;)
9:40 pm
TraderKate
Don"t think I've seen that one before.
9:41 pm
TraderKate
Hi stiddie... I was just going to crawl off to bed...
9:42 pm
saanichcat
stid and Kate both at the same time! Hello to you both
9:42 pm
stidmama
and Saanich! :-D
9:42 pm
stidmama
a good time to sleep, Kate -- it has been over 100 here
9:42 pm
TraderKate
hi saan! nice to see you!
9:43 pm
saanichcat
you too! and thanks for the wave of cluing
9:43 pm
TraderKate
I had seen in the chog that many are suffering unbearable heat, I hope you are coping okay.
9:44 pm
TraderKate
Thanks to Leslie Ann for the great clues :)
Now I must really pop off... it's been a long and stressful week/month
9:45 pm
stidmama
we are well, Kate, thanks -- should cool down again soon I hope. It has been a very dry, warm year. I worry about tomorrow and the next couple weeks while the idiots set off incendiaries, but otherwise should be okay. Sweet dreams, Kate.
9:46 pm
saanichcat
the basement is my new home. It's too hot to walk to the beach, a five minute stroll. We are just not used to it. Neither are the plants or animals. We had three major crops - strawberries, raspberries and blueberries - matute 4 - 6 weeks early and all at once! I am terrified, living in the woods, of fire.
9:47 pm
stidmama
we are also too far ahead in crops, saanich. I completely missed the strawberry harvest. So no frozen or canned strawberries. Hoping to catch the raspberries this next week, and grab a few baskets of cherries for later, too.
9:49 pm
saanichcat
lotf or work but worth it big-time! Shall we try to return the chog to normal? This is annoying
9:50 pm
saanichcat
getting there
9:50 pm
saanichcat
not afraid
9:50 pm
stidmama
LOL I think it wurked...
9:50 pm
saanichcat
4 more to go
9:51 pm
stidmama
go saanich go!
9:51 pm
saanichcat
yahoo! high fives partner
9:51 pm
saanichcat
no there is more….. a whole bunc
9:52 pm
saanichcat
merry christmas
9:52 pm
saanichcat
five more
9:52 pm
saanichcat
4 more
9:52 pm
saanichcat
3 more
9:52 pm
saanichcat
two more
9:52 pm
saanichcat
one more
9:53 pm
LeslieAnn
uh oh was that me? sorry
9:53 pm
saanichcat
no more? One lives in hope
9:53 pm
saanichcat
whwew.
9:55 pm
LeslieAnn
hi, i'm actually on my way out. sorry if the scroll bar was from me, have kittens crawling on the keyboard. have a good night!
9:55 pm
stidmama
sweet dreams LA -- have a great weekend!
9:57 pm
saanichcat
stid, is this the first summer for your complted house? Did the colours work?
9:59 pm
stidmama
The second summer, saanich - but the first one I have felt "home." The colors are lovely, need to touch up some of the outside, and I have some ideas to add a bit of color inside, but so far, so wonderful! I LOVE the doorknocker you gave us. It is perfecteroo for our entryway. As soon as I can, I will send you some pics.
9:59 pm
stidmama
Let me think...
10:00 pm
saanichcat
good good, that sound wonderful! Will send emails shortly, thanks
10:04 pm
stidmama
Was trying to figure out how to change my icon to show you how lovely the blue and white is. But I cannot think straight yet, still 81 in the house.
10:04 pm
stidmama
Need to go turn on some fans... LOL
10:05 pm
saanichcat
later...
10:05 pm
stidmama
oh, Tom is doing it for me. :-) He's pampering me because I put my hip out earlier.
10:06 pm
saanichcat
ouchie, is it improving
10:09 pm
Minveryork
Hello to my fellow babblers!How is everyone doing today
10:09 pm
Minveryork
By the way, congratulations to all the finishers!Way to go
10:09 pm
stidmama
Yes, I did it today and he was able to get it taken care of quickly. I actually do a lot better than I used to, but I am also learning to listen to my body when it tells me to slow down. ;-)
10:09 pm
stidmama
hello Min! welcome to the grid!
10:10 pm
Minveryork
Hello stidmama! How are you? Came back to enter last 3.
10:10 pm
saanichcat
stid, that will be the day that you slow down. hah.
10:10 pm
stidmama
I am not going to finish...
10:11 pm
Minveryork
A's Accomplished! 2 left
10:12 pm
Minveryork
I am finished! I have fireworks! en8/45 was my final word
10:12 pm
stidmama
YAY Min!!!!!!!!!!
10:13 pm
stidmama
Saanich, I uploaded what is probably a really big pic so you can see the overall front of the house.
10:13 pm
stidmama
Tom just built the little cement block bench for me last weekend.
10:13 pm
stidmama
If you click on my profile it will probably show.
10:13 pm
saanichcat
stid thanks will look now
10:15 pm
stidmama
Min, are you done with regular school now and into summer school?
10:16 pm
Minveryork
I'll be here off and on for next half hour to clue if needed
10:17 pm
Minveryork
Yes, my last day of school was Friday, June 26th. Started summer school Monday,June 29th. No rest for the weary.
10:17 pm
stidmama
Wow. no kidding!
10:18 pm
saanichcat
that is beautiful! It all works! Is tha a small closed-in porch or entrance-way? Got to renew passport for sure. Keep as cool as possible, cool hugs
10:18 pm
stidmama
We only had a couple kids opt in to summer school this summer. I never applied to fill the position, so my colleague gets to do it. :-) I am taking a few real weeks off!
10:18 pm
Minveryork
What are you doing this summer?No summer school,right?
10:18 pm
Uneaixoise
ra7/36 please?
10:19 pm
stidmama
Saanich, thanks -- the porch is open, we rarely have bug problems. I will try to put a few more pics up over the next week at the website.
10:19 pm
stidmama
We've been doing a lot of work on it.
10:19 pm
Minveryork
An ra 7/36 word adds a consonant in beginning of ra 6/24
10:20 pm
Minveryork
Is that the color of your house Stid, blue? I like that color
10:21 pm
Uneaixoise
not following your clue, min . . .
10:21 pm
stidmama
yes, Min -- blue with white trim and a lovely slate gray for the gables and garage.
10:22 pm
stidmama
okay, going to change my icon back to something smaller. brb
10:24 pm
rururocks
Ra is like nadal's weapon of choice
10:24 pm
Minveryork
Uneaixoise, add a cross in third place of the ra6/24 word
10:24 pm
Uneaixoise
oohhhh thanks!
10:25 pm
Uneaixoise
poor nadal -- things not going well, eh?
10:25 pm
rururocks
No kidding
10:26 pm
stidmama
thanks for that 7, Min!
10:26 pm
Minveryork
I wish I could paint my house that color blue,but it would be too expensive!Hate the color of my house, light green
10:26 pm
Minveryork
yw stidmama
10:27 pm
Minveryork
Hi rururocks! How are you doing today? Welcome to chog
10:27 pm
stidmama
Well, we HAD to have a paint color... so I gave Tom my top five choices from several he liked and he picked his favorite from those.
10:27 pm
stidmama
hey ruru!
10:28 pm
stidmama
any hint for the A in the top left? haven't listed but WAY past halfway.
10:29 pm
stidmama
Quite breezy here suddenly.
10:29 pm
Uneaixoise
al6 plant similar to hollyhocks . . . also woman's name
10:30 pm
stidmama
oh *facepalm* thanks Une! Love mallows!
10:30 pm
stidmama
want to plant some in the veggie garden next year (now that it is cleared out again)
10:31 pm
stidmama
Had a lovely pale rose-colored one down there years ago... when the boys were little.
10:32 pm
Uneaixoise
yw :-)
10:34 pm
Minveryork
Well, you and Tom made a good choice. I love that color!
10:34 pm
stidmama
Thanks again!
10:34 pm
Uneaixoise
so charming, stiddy :-)
10:34 pm
stidmama
Well, down to 34 and eyes are tired. FINALLY have NBT and NBS so can call it "done".
10:35 pm
stidmama
:-) Have a lovely weekend all. Stay safe!
10:35 pm
Uneaixoise
same to you stiddy!
10:39 pm
Minveryork
Goodnite Stidmama!Have a wonderful 4th of July holiday
11:13 pm
ElliefromHelly
oh no i have 23 left and i really want to see fireworks
11:13 pm
ElliefromHelly
can anyone give clues?
11:15 pm
harpjane
Not I, Ellie. I don't have any today...
11:16 pm
ElliefromHelly
okay, thanks anyway
11:28 pm
Pinikula
good eve all
11:28 pm
Pinikula
almost forgot to return to finish up...2 to go
11:29 pm
Pinikula
...and finished on a word I thought I'd already entered...*sparkle dust* for me...
11:33 pm
java2
I can try to clue for about 5 minutes
11:50 pm
ElliefromHelly
te
11:50 pm
ElliefromHelly
te5 12
11:50 pm
ElliefromHelly
su 5 12
11:50 pm
ElliefromHelly
su 5, 12
11:51 pm
ElliefromHelly
uh 5, 14
11:51 pm
ElliefromHelly
us 5, 12
11:51 pm
ElliefromHelly
please!!
11:57 pm
torgone
us + National Education Association
11:57 pm
torgone
uh + Local Area Network
11:59 pm
ElliefromHelly
not getting it dang