12:01 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:01 am
kimmtoats
hi babblers!
12:01 am
kimmtoats
thanks Lickety!
12:04 am
Lizlin
Hi all and thanks, Lickety
12:06 am
pugmama763
there's a phantom fjord
12:07 am
torgone
Thanx Liz
12:07 am
Lizlin
Thanks, pug ;)
12:09 am
pugmama763
oh man, wasn't a phantom.... ugh
12:10 am
pugmama763
I'll go sulk in th pb
12:10 am
gapeach
Thanks lickety.
12:16 am
rururocks
se8 called?
12:16 am
Lizlin
Thanks, Ru - looking
12:19 am
rururocks
finished
12:20 am
Lizlin
Congrats, Ru.
12:21 am
cybernan
hello everyone
12:21 am
cybernan
wow ru -- that has to be a record!
12:25 am
Lizlin
Congrats, Diz
12:28 am
gapeach
Congrats, ru.
12:29 am
gapeach
Congrats, Diz.
12:37 am
meliae
Hello all :) diving in, if there are any words left to find after the fast finishers
12:43 am
cybernan
stuck on my last one -- v 6
12:43 am
akaloka
ALOHA... IM NEW HERE... how does this all work
12:45 am
cybernan
click on the help button at the top
12:45 am
akaloka
mahalo cyberman
12:46 am
cybernan
you need to switch from the chat to the add word box, akatoka
12:46 am
akaloka
ooooops lol
12:47 am
cybernan
*!* ta da *!*
12:48 am
cybernan
don't worry - we all do it! Hope you enjoy the game -- it is addictive.
12:48 am
cybernan
bye everyone - have a good night :)
12:59 am
sprite
good morning all
1:00 am
flosey
hi there Sprite
1:00 am
sprite
hi flosey :)
1:01 am
grannyrose
{{hugs}} and good morning my dearest sprite. hi there flosey dear.
1:01 am
sprite
*hugs rose* Good evening dear friend. How was your day and how are you holding up?
1:02 am
grannyrose
*grin* sprite have sent you an email.... or two actually. today was lunch out with june. always a good day. and the weather has cooled considerably.
1:02 am
sprite
just home from another nightshift. 3 - 7 am this time. Some really beautiful conversations.
1:04 am
sprite
oh I will check again. Just did and nothing yet.
1:05 am
sprite
ohhhhhh great news re workcover!!!!!
1:07 am
grannyrose
yup!! (ear to ear cheese here) as liz said about time.
1:08 am
flosey
fw and off to bed, goodnight all (have a nasty headache)
1:09 am
grannyrose
poor flosey. gentle hugs my dear. i hope you can have some good sleep. xoxox
1:09 am
grannyrose
WTG FLOSEY!!!
1:11 am
flosey
tyty, hope so too Rose
1:14 am
sprite
about freakin' time even. Am so glad, rose. Finally. A big step in the right direction. Play hard to get, lol...don't accept their first offer :D
1:14 am
sprite
wtg flosey!
1:14 am
sprite
sorry, was afk for a little while, was handed a very wet dog with the request to dry him off
1:14 am
grannyrose
*giggle* such a relief sprite
1:15 am
sprite
so I have to revise my opinion of workcover... they must have one braincell among them yet
1:18 am
grannyrose
lolll, yup.... at least one brain cell....
1:19 am
sprite
yeah who'd've thunk
1:19 am
sprite
I don't see how there can be an F-word from that second column F, lol
1:20 am
sprite
oh wait, I found it. Tsk.
1:22 am
grannyrose
yeah, especially in you neck of the woods so to speak. just over the ditch, yeah??
1:22 am
sprite
yeah in aussie terms they are practically neighbours of ours
1:26 am
sprite
after babble, I am gonna hop to the stores and treat myself to some lovely buns with something tasty on them. Then some domestic fun and more compiling of caya's baby fotos... and then a nap, methinks
1:28 am
grannyrose
good grief sprite. i like the idea of the buns though.
1:29 am
sprite
yeah I was strong and didn't go to mcdonalds on my way home. I was so hungry! But I'd rather have healthy buns than the stuff they sell at the mc
1:32 am
sprite
it is a HUGE job, compiling that photo album for caya. But it is fun too. They were such adorable children.
1:33 am
grannyrose
it would be sprite.
1:34 am
sprite
I want to make vamoose.
1:35 am
grannyrose
WTG SPRITE!!!
1:35 am
sprite
a big *hug* for you, rose. I am so glad with the good news. And I can 'feel' it has lifted your spirit to some extent. That is wonderful :)
1:36 am
grannyrose
you're right there sprite. xoxox
1:36 am
sprite
love and hugs :)
1:37 am
grannyrose
love and hugs dear friend. enjoy your day. xoxox
3:05 am
rubyfoo
Hello, anybody home?
3:24 am
gran
Not seeing the em 4/8 - clue pleasse
3:26 am
zoozzoom
EM + *ish & chips+ plural letter
3:28 am
zoozzoom
Welcome.
5:06 am
lbdawger
tadone. fun grid.
5:10 am
GraceM
clues for the va6 and se8 pretty please?
5:11 am
Sugrraleona
I don't have either one sorry Grace
5:14 am
GraceM
Just the va6 holdign me back...
5:15 am
dc43
va6/30...va + do4/5
5:16 am
dc43
se8/50...ocean airport. Sorry for rubbish clues
5:17 am
GraceM
fireworks! Thank you!
5:33 am
sukee
Good morning all.
5:46 am
Scrabbler
Hi sukee
5:49 am
sukee
Puzzle seemed hard but when I list I find so many obvious words :)
5:50 am
Scrabbler
I am just starting to see some words.
5:51 am
Scrabbler
My left 2 columns are grey. Now I will work on the 5th column.
5:53 am
Scrabbler
Yay Sukee.
5:53 am
sukee
So, not so bad as it looks on first look.
5:54 am
Scrabbler
I have 3 columns done and 41 left.
5:54 am
sukee
I can give stats or clues if you need any
5:55 am
Scrabbler
No, thanks, I just started.
5:55 am
sukee
OK, I'm off to make breakfast. Take care.
5:55 am
Scrabbler
Enjoy your day.
6:04 am
crosshair
Good morning, everybody:)
6:17 am
Scrabbler
Hi Crossy. I was on FB. I have 9 left here, all big words that will take some work.
6:19 am
Scrabbler
6 and I must get ready for work
6:53 am
dan2bit
morning all! left column done
6:57 am
Marc Freeman
What are the stats for the lone 'f' in column 2, please?
6:58 am
Jacula
Marc - fj5/28
6:59 am
Marc Freeman
thanks weird word did not know it was english
7:00 am
suefrad625
hi all
7:01 am
dan2bit
pining for the fj5s
7:02 am
dan2bit
RIP Alan Rickman :-(
7:04 am
Uneaixoise
what?? Alan Rickman??
7:05 am
Uneaixoise
Good lord, 2016 is starting out sooo sad . . . first David Bowie and now Alan Rickman :_(
7:22 am
suefrad625
i have the se8, what is the stat for the other 8 pls
7:23 am
Marc Freeman
I have va6 and va4 what are the stats for the last 'v' and what are the stats for the lone 'e' at the bottom of column 3, please?
7:26 am
Marc Freeman
Thanks so there are 2 va4/7's?
7:27 am
Marc Freeman
thanks
7:27 am
suefrad625
do you have the stats for the 8's
7:29 am
Marc Freeman
se8, please?
7:30 am
suefrad625
ocean + sounds like the little things flying around delivering packages
7:31 am
suefrad625
the other is fe8
7:31 am
suefrad625
but i still need the 7 if you have it
7:32 am
Marc Freeman
I have the fe8 thanks is there a five letter word after the ocean and if so what are the stats? Sorry don't have the 7 yet?
7:33 am
suefrad625
it is a ocean airport kinda
7:33 am
suefrad625
or, ocean + rhymes with male bee
7:36 am
suefrad625
stats for the A pls. I have ar5/10 and ar4/4
7:36 am
MollyL
Very sad about Alan Rickman. I am a big fan. Another great talent gone to the big show.
7:38 am
Marc Freeman
thanks got it
7:38 am
suefrad625
i love listening to his voice
7:39 am
Marc Freeman
ad4/5
7:39 am
suefrad625
ty marc
7:39 am
suefrad625
does anyone have the stats for the 7
7:42 am
suefrad625
ty molly
7:44 am
suefrad625
i have the oa4/4 what is the other one?
7:47 am
Marc Freeman
or4/5
7:47 am
suefrad625
7 left
7:53 am
Marc Freeman
I have ra6 and va6, could I get the stats for the last 6, please?
7:54 am
suefrad625
fe6/30
7:54 am
suefrad625
i dont have it though
7:54 am
suefrad625
looking now
7:54 am
suefrad625
got it
7:57 am
suefrad625
i did have to list on the last 6
7:57 am
Uneaixoise
congrats, sue!
7:57 am
suefrad625
and then they where just regular words
7:57 am
suefrad625
ty une
7:57 am
Marc Freeman
Could I get a clue for fe6, please?
7:58 am
suefrad625
any clues or stats needed?
7:58 am
mkg
clues and stats for the 8s please sue
7:58 am
suefrad625
like the bone in your leg without the last letter
7:59 am
suefrad625
fe8/60 - afraid
7:59 am
suefrad625
se8/50 ocean airport
7:59 am
Marc Freeman
thanks
7:59 am
mkg
wow wish i know ocean airport. ty. will try
7:59 am
suefrad625
ocean + rhymes with male bee
8:00 am
suefrad625
me too mkg
8:00 am
mkg
got the fe. ty
8:00 am
suefrad625
i had the worse time with that
8:01 am
suefrad625
did you get it mkg
8:02 am
mkg
got both. ty ty ty
8:02 am
mkg
clue for the 7 please sue
8:03 am
Marc Freeman
pl of the ra6
8:04 am
suefrad625
well, off to work. ty friends and have a great 1/14
8:04 am
periwinkle
help with fe8 pls
8:04 am
Marc Freeman
ra +do4/6
8:04 am
suefrad625
peri, afraid
8:04 am
Marc Freeman
fe4 + so4
8:05 am
periwinkle
ty for fe8
8:06 am
mkg
ty for the 7. got it.
8:18 am
mkg
how about the 2 more sixes? i have ra 6.
8:20 am
wvteach
they are supposed to be FE 6 and VA 6 - but don't have them (mENTIONED EARLIER IN CHOG)
8:22 am
wvteach
just got FE 6 - rhymes with whitener brnd added to coffee
8:26 am
TheByzantine
va + medication amount
8:26 am
wvteach
VA 6 - VA + D4
8:27 am
TheByzantine
what a gift
8:27 am
TheByzantine
clue? with all the letters
8:28 am
phaeton
hello...may I have the stats for the lone F? pls
8:47 am
mkg
ty for va 6. got it
8:47 am
mkg
ty for fj word.
8:48 am
mkg
need one more six........trying to find fe
8:48 am
mkg
got fe word. ty ty ty
8:48 am
mkg
all sixes done.
9:00 am
wvteach
** finito ** last word SE 4/5 and didn't need to go to the list
9:14 am
zoozzoom
Congrats, Teach!
9:16 am
Uneaixoise
congrats teach!
9:38 am
Buttonman
morning all, could someone clue me the first fe 5/18, right after the eight please?
9:39 am
zoozzoom
Another word for poo, Button.
9:40 am
Buttonman
thanks zoo, got it....kinda of sick
9:47 am
crosshair
NBT and NBS for crossy, but i hit the wall with 29 left :(
9:50 am
zoozzoom
Good going, Crossy!
9:51 am
crosshair
How is Zooz this fine, snowy day ?
9:52 am
zoozzoom
Not bad thanks. It is a bit nippy here too but at least it has been a sunny day. how are you keeping?
9:57 am
crosshair
Not too bad at all. Been snowing and blowing here for 3 days or so, but the worst is over now. It is turning into a typical Canadian winter ;)
9:58 am
zoozzoom
They say in a few days time it will get to -15c in the UK so Here in the south it will probably get to about -4c which is plenty cold enough thanks lol
9:59 am
crosshair
minus 15c. Well, that is something your locale is not used to :)
10:00 am
crosshair
howdy, hego ;)
10:01 am
zoozzoom
No we are not used to those temps. but they said the UK which means up north mostly. Here it does not get as cold as that thank goodness.
10:01 am
zoozzoom
Hello, Hego.
10:03 am
zoozzoom
How is, Hego, these days?
10:05 am
hego
But, otherwise okay. :0
10:06 am
zoozzoom
Try and stay warm. I use a hot water bottle.
10:06 am
hego
oh, goody! A Norwegian word.
10:07 am
zoozzoom
Oh yes the FJ word.
10:13 am
zoozzoom
Time to get my washing off the line. Happy bbbling everyone!
11:17 am
crosshair
23 left, and I am fighting for every word :(
11:20 am
EvaNadine
good afternoon, babblers!
11:21 am
crosshair
howdy, EvaNadine :)
11:21 am
EvaNadine
hola crossy. :)
11:21 am
Marc Freeman
Could I get the specs for the lone 'j', please?
11:22 am
crosshair
jo 4/9
11:23 am
Marc Freeman
thanks
11:27 am
EvaNadine
help with the F in the middle row?
11:28 am
EvaNadine
oh, NM.
11:28 am
EvaNadine
its what i THOUGHT should have come from the Top F!
silly me, silly me.
11:33 am
crosshair
i think I am down to nothing but babblets now :(
11:34 am
EvaNadine
25 left + i wasnt even really trying...
11:36 am
crosshair
19 to go here. i got to 29 left pretty quickly, but it is a grind now
11:38 am
crosshair
Just as i thought; i am just blindly trotting out every babblet i can think of and have hit on 4 so far ;)
11:39 am
EvaNadine
alas, i dont get to play vrey often these days, so methinks my babblet well has run dry...
11:40 am
EvaNadine
well, there was one last drop. :X
11:43 am
EvaNadine
so how goes crossy? and mrs. crossy?
11:47 am
crosshair
We are both well, Eva, other than a new ache and pain as each birthday rolls around. My beloved is well for the most part and misses her friends in babble.
11:50 am
crosshair
lol just found my first real word in half an hour ;) it is so 4/4 seems that it is a type of bird...
11:51 am
EvaNadine
im with you on the aches and pains! and i have another birthday on the horizon!
12:03 pm
rubyfoo
16 and ((crossy))
12:03 pm
crosshair
((ruby)) 11
12:03 pm
rubyfoo
do you have any of the bigger words?
12:03 pm
crosshair
I have all the sixes and sevens
12:04 pm
rubyfoo
I have nothing bigger than 5
12:04 pm
rubyfoo
any stats would be welcome
12:04 pm
crosshair
the se 8 is a oceanside airport--of sorts
12:04 pm
crosshair
that is an se 8/50
12:05 pm
crosshair
the next is ra 7/36
12:05 pm
crosshair
that is ra+ a stadium covering
12:06 pm
crosshair
and pl
12:06 pm
rubyfoo
I am totally blank!
12:07 pm
crosshair
the sixes are va 6/30 which is va+ a measurement of medicine
12:08 pm
crosshair
the other 8 is fe 8/60 and means that something is fright inducing
12:09 pm
rubyfoo
thank you, I got two of those duh
12:20 pm
rubyfoo
I give up, good night
1:20 pm
bichon
fe 5/18, both of them, pls
1:21 pm
hego
the first is poop and the 2nd is pl of one before.
1:22 pm
hego
There is a 3rd which is pt of one before.
1:27 pm
crosshair
crossy is back :)
1:28 pm
crosshair
...for a bit anyways. 11 impossible babblets left for me to find :/
1:29 pm
mattygroves
evening all! Hope you're all well :) May I have stats, please, for the lone F in the second column and the lone E in the third?
1:29 pm
mattygroves
And the J? Just stats will be fine, please!
1:29 pm
mattygroves
Found the J....
1:31 pm
crosshair
sorry, was in the kitchen for a sec
1:31 pm
crosshair
the f is a fj5
1:32 pm
mattygroves
So obvious when you have the stats - without them it never would have occurred to me to look for an FJ!
1:36 pm
mattygroves
Anyone have stats for the lone E in the bottom row, third column, please?
1:38 pm
MollyL
Sorry, Habes is correct
1:38 pm
mattygroves
Thank you!
1:39 pm
mattygroves
And thank you also for the em4/8 :)
1:45 pm
bichon
em 4/8, pls
1:46 pm
MollyL
In order for it to have 8 points, it would have to include another high point tile
2:12 pm
mael
fw, anyone need a clue?
2:18 pm
mattygroves
Also fireworks. Have a great evening all
2:20 pm
bichon
me 4/5, 5/14, pls
2:22 pm
mo
hi bichon ,,,, me4/5 a measurement
2:23 pm
mo
then extend for the me5/14
2:25 pm
bichon
me /5 measure in the UK or US?
2:33 pm
mo
do you need anymore clues Bichon ?
2:34 pm
mo
oops .. sorry!
2:40 pm
mummy
Wtg fireworks, first time this year!
2:47 pm
mo
well done mummy111
2:53 pm
mo
Very quiet this evening, so I will leave silently ,,,shh.
3:52 pm
Douglas
This grid is a great conversation stopper.
4:17 pm
mkg
i need 23 more words but doubt i have time. ugh
4:20 pm
Douglas
Tom Joad is in the grid
The highway is alive tonight
But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad
4:21 pm
mkg
so it tom jorda. do you know him?
4:21 pm
Douglas
Can't say I've had the pleasure.
4:22 pm
mkg
cute. very cute
4:23 pm
Douglas
"Got my **** workin' but it just won't work on you..."
4:24 pm
mkg
anyone have any D clues? i have six of the 8 words. darn. cant see more. i have one da word, 5 do words. would love clues for what i am missing. cant beleive there are no dr words.
4:25 pm
mkg
down to 9 left.
4:27 pm
Dianne
do4 - where you learn karate
4:27 pm
montreal13
only 1 DA word, the rest are DOs
4:28 pm
mkg
that did it. got all 8 now. ty ty diane.
4:28 pm
mkg
four to go. one S one M one E and one F. hmmm.
4:28 pm
montreal13
hi Diane, mkg - any clues needed before I go ?
4:29 pm
montreal13
theres a EM4/8...
4:29 pm
mkg
well what is the weirdest S, M and E words? clue them cuz it is likely i dont have them. ty. all left is one 4 and 2 5s.
4:30 pm
montreal13
do you have SM5/12 ?
4:31 pm
montreal13
There's a MO 4/10 as well...
4:33 pm
montreal13
well then, i'll be on my way - happy babblings all and take care - "poof"
4:36 pm
lbuxx
no fair! that second EM4 is an abbreviation.. a plural abbreviation at that..
4:37 pm
lbuxx
that was FWs.. took me forever to fish
4:37 pm
lbuxx
clues anyone?
4:40 pm
mkg
dont have sm. am looking
4:40 pm
mkg
S word is gone! ty for sm clue.
4:41 pm
mkg
i have mo 4.10. with high point letter.
4:43 pm
mkg
ok one left: m word. not the mo 4 10. i have me times 4 words, mo times 5 words. what is missing please?
4:44 pm
mkg
one m 5 word left. any clues or ideas out there?
4:45 pm
phandmd
which m words do you have?
4:45 pm
phandmd
oh, see it is a 5, so which 5's do you have?
4:46 pm
phandmd
oh, I see you already said it
4:46 pm
mkg
i have me 5 14, mo 5 12 and that is all.
4:47 pm
phandmd
one mo 5 is a latin plural, ,the other is a code
4:47 pm
mkg
latin plural i need.
4:47 pm
mkg
got it. ty. fireworks. ty.
4:48 pm
phandmd
can you clue VA 6?
4:55 pm
MollyL
Ocean + last part of Mad Max Beyond The Thunder...
4:56 pm
MollyL
Oops, you have to put an R in the last part
4:56 pm
Judi
Thanks for successfully confusing the hell out of me, Molly.
4:58 pm
Judi
I need an Se6 and the first Fe5/18 to finish. Clues welcome.
4:58 pm
MollyL
The word ends in where the Pope lives
4:59 pm
MollyL
Your fe5 is for shit
: P
4:59 pm
Judi
Make that the Va6/30.
4:59 pm
Judi
Well, of course it is.
5:01 pm
Judi
Got the Va. Fireworks!
5:02 pm
dcseain
yay judi!
5:20 pm
periwinkle
help with the sm5/12 pls
5:20 pm
periwinkle
hi all 8 words left to find
5:23 pm
dcseain
a sm5.12 of cream cheese
5:24 pm
periwinkle
I found it ty
5:24 pm
dcseain
oh, so you did :)
5:24 pm
periwinkle
I am missing 2 4 letter words and do not see them. one is a D and one is an S
5:25 pm
periwinkle
found the D, has the high point letter in the middle
5:25 pm
periwinkle
just missing a r letter S word
5:25 pm
periwinkle
4 letter S word
5:46 pm
dcseain
yay, peri!
5:50 pm
therealblah
hi pen
6:01 pm
penquis
i can't believe that i can't find a 4....
6:03 pm
penquis
ah...got it...
6:04 pm
penquis
i am done....
6:05 pm
therealblah
congrats!
6:06 pm
therealblah
ugh sorry if anyone's still here
6:17 pm
penquis
don't worry about it...happens all the time...
6:18 pm
Scrabbler
Hi kids. I am here for my last 6.
6:19 pm
therealblah
i know, I'm a frequent perpetrator lol
6:19 pm
therealblah
hi scrab
6:21 pm
Scrabbler
We all do that, Blah, and we all appreciate free clues.
6:25 pm
HarryHood
Got down to 11 w/o the list *brag*
6:26 pm
penquis
hi harry, scrabs...
6:26 pm
HarryHood
9 now :)
6:26 pm
Scrabbler
Done. Anyone want clues?
6:26 pm
HarryHood
scrab - I am missing the lone F
6:27 pm
penquis
think scandinavian harry...
6:27 pm
HarryHood
ty pen :) nbt
6:28 pm
HarryHood
can you tell me what my last 8 words are ?
6:28 pm
penquis
hahahah....
6:28 pm
HarryHood
7! just got the poop word
6:28 pm
penquis
i listed with 8 left.....there were a few of those i should have seen...
6:30 pm
HarryHood
are the 8s compound words?
6:31 pm
HarryHood
ooh got one :)
6:33 pm
HarryHood
ok. listing with 6.
6:34 pm
penquis
the fe 8 is like a compound word....made up of two words that could stand alone...
6:34 pm
HarryHood
that's the one I got :)
6:35 pm
penquis
congrats!
6:35 pm
Scrabbler
se8 is also a compound word
6:37 pm
penquis
i am heading out....g'nite all...
6:37 pm
HarryHood
me too. bye!
7:28 pm
Jindigo
evening all - need a clue for FE 6/30 please
7:31 pm
MollyL
Sounds like a brand of powdered coffee creamer.
7:42 pm
dan2bit
evening all!
7:42 pm
dan2bit
I have 2 x va4/7 - what's my missing V?
7:43 pm
MollyL
Hi 2Bit. I think my powdered coffee creamer clue tanked.
7:43 pm
dan2bit
I already had that fe, but I got the clue
7:45 pm
origami
Hi folks ... TY Molly, that clue worked for me
7:47 pm
lideola
I have the body part for the 4th column e. Can someone give me the stats for the other one?
7:48 pm
dan2bit
got it Molly tx
7:49 pm
lideola
thank you
7:50 pm
lideola
last one. I have the me5/14 and mo5/12. Can someone give me the stats for the last m5?
7:50 pm
dan2bit
firewords! tx Molly, iickety & all cluers! se8 was my last
7:51 pm
dan2bit
2 x mo5/12
7:52 pm
lideola
duh. thank you
7:57 pm
Jindigo
thank you MollyL
9:16 pm
origami
Hiya folks .. trying to find my last 8
9:17 pm
jmcnrick
go origami go!
9:17 pm
jmcnrick
i have 36 left
9:23 pm
origami
thanks jmc! I just listed and most of what I need are 4 letter words. Embarrassing :D
9:23 pm
origami
thanks jmc! I just listed and most of what I need are 4 letter words. Embarrassing :D
9:24 pm
origami
Sorry .. don't know why that posted twice
9:24 pm
jmcnrick
are you kidding. . . the 4 letter words are some of the harder one tonight!
9:28 pm
origami
That's a relief ;-)
9:29 pm
jmcnrick
i am personally baffled by the fe5/18
9:30 pm
origami
I have that one .. poop
9:30 pm
jmcnrick
[blus] now i found it of course
9:30 pm
jmcnrick
thanks orgami
9:34 pm
jmcnrick
23 left. . . .
9:41 pm
origami
go jmc go!
9:51 pm
jmcnrick
how are you doing origami?
9:53 pm
origami
OK, but working really hard and thinking about giving it up and retiring early. My job is killing me. How are your doing
9:53 pm
jmcnrick
*whew* its been awhile
9:53 pm
jmcnrick
what do you have left?
9:53 pm
origami
Congrats!!!!
9:54 pm
jmcnrick
my job is not interesting enough to kill me. . . .
9:55 pm
jmcnrick
you want clues?
9:55 pm
RoundBarn
Hi Origami.I follow the chat more than I play. Saw your profile--I lost mu grown daughter 5 years ago--tmr is her birthday. I play Babble to keep from thinking, too--though most of the time I have to be working. Ig jmnceick is still on, I want to contribute to her non-profit.
9:55 pm
origami
wish I could say the same. I want to retire early and work somewhere else until social security kicks in. Maybe an animal shelter or kindergarten or something :-)
9:56 pm
jmcnrick
which one? on the level?
9:56 pm
jmcnrick
or grain of mustard seed?
9:56 pm
RoundBarn
Yes. The one you tell in your profile, against Cits United. I would send $50 tomorrow. Need an address.
9:58 pm
jmcnrick
I recommend that you contribute to Friend Committee on National Legislation instead. . . my org never raised enough money to pay me a salary so now I do it volunteer and tweet and post on facebook. . . even though I promote some of the tweets with money I have plenty left over. . . FCNL is doing the real work on this issue reaching out to people on both sides of the aisle. . .
9:58 pm
jmcnrick
I recommend that you contribute to Friend Committee on National Legislation instead. . . my org never raised enough money to pay me a salary so now I do it volunteer and tweet and post on facebook. . . even though I promote some of the tweets with money I have plenty left over. . . FCNL is doing the real work on this issue reaching out to people on both sides of the aisle. . .
9:59 pm
RoundBarn
You are the CEO. I've watched you for a couple of years, and admire you.
10:00 pm
origami
Roundbarn .. I feel your loss. Anniversaries are so hard. My son's was a few days ago. It just never gets easier. People tell you it gets easier, but it doesn't. At least not for me.
10:00 pm
RoundBarn
ok, I will end to them. Wwhile you two seem to be the only ones here, I'd like to ask a question.
10:01 pm
jmcnrick
I am and thank you very much.
10:01 pm
jmcnrick
sure. . .
10:02 pm
jmcnrick
my sympathy to you both. . . it eventually got better with my loss of my husband. . . like an amputated arm. . . missing but functional. . . but i have no idea about a child. . .
10:04 pm
RoundBarn
well, I watched char for quite a while, then couldn't for months, stayed away to try to get my own work done, Now I try to get half through while I eart breakfast--if it's not 444 like it was the other day. Question: I watched Crossy all the way through school and into his turoring back after he graduated--now he is practically silent. No more tidbits of the day--or I don't see them. he comes on an says helo and is silent. Aand where is uusue? I could ask about others. I realize Rose is it in France finally go her husband nto a hurng home or something.
10:05 pm
origami
The child loss just can't be described. I miss my husband too! It's been 18nyears and I miss him every day.
10:06 pm
jmcnrick
well people come and go. . . .i have been away for awhile myself. . . only dropping in from time to time. . . I have uusur
10:06 pm
jmcnrick
uusue's email so i could check up on her. . .
10:07 pm
RoundBarn
uusue husband was ill again--you can see I watch people--I was not seeing you till just lately, jmcnrick--
10:08 pm
RoundBarn
I do know Nef in Mlps personally, but missed her surgery--I will write her.
10:08 pm
jmcnrick
some people got very hurt through one conversation or another. . .me i just assume that people mean to be nice or just don't know when they are stepping on toes. . .but other people are more fragile so the conversation can get thin on the ground. . .
10:09 pm
jmcnrick
but when i drop by i act as if there are lots of people in the chog and then just start talking and hope other join in. . . in fact sunday night it felt like old times with three conversations at once both happy and sad. . .
10:10 pm
jmcnrick
so i encourage everyone to lighten up and chat and enjoy. . . in fact. . . champagne all around!!!!! it's never to late to celebrate new years
10:10 pm
jmcnrick
give nef my love. . .
10:10 pm
jmcnrick
*POP!!!!*
10:11 pm
jmcnrick
don't let this champagne go to waste! *pours four glasses*
10:11 pm
RoundBarn
I do enjoy ruru very much and dan2bit is a honey and I like Harry Hood, and Mark asks his questions humbly but there is one person who answers him sharply--he doesn't take offenxe-- did either of you answer the questionairre the student sent? She goes to St Lousis u, or wlse washington. I'd like to read her paper! I never took the survey but wrote a note to her about my observations of chat--a few obsevations.
10:11 pm
jmcnrick
*gives a glass to Round and a glass to origami*
10:12 pm
jmcnrick
I didn't see the survey. . . too bad i would have love to have taken it. . .
10:12 pm
origami
Hugs to you tomorrow roundbarn. I know it will be a difficult day.
10:12 pm
jmcnrick
there is another glassful for a lurker who shows themselves. . . ;)
10:12 pm
jmcnrick
it was fun meeting ru when i went to SF. . .
10:13 pm
jmcnrick
do either of you need clues?
10:13 pm
RoundBarn
Yes. At lest one of her sisters will call. And I'm going to a Noel coward place tomorrow night.
10:13 pm
origami
Thanks jmc ... I can use a glass .. in fact, I have a bottle of single malt scotch that is calling my name
10:14 pm
jmcnrick
oooo i love noel coward. . . which one?
10:14 pm
jmcnrick
yes my jack daniels is starting to make a ruckus in the liquor cabinet. . .
10:15 pm
origami
Better go quiet it down jmc
10:16 pm
RoundBarn
play, I mean. And thanks for the glassful! If either of you wants my year's collection of weekly poems in Illinois times, tell me at jjack1@uis.edu. I have one a week and they are v accessible. brief. Funny cover. But not all the writing is funny.
10:16 pm
jmcnrick
haha i think i will. . . thanks for all the conversation. . . i always look forward to talking to you. . ..
10:17 pm
jmcnrick
night all. . . .*poof*
10:17 pm
origami
Oooh, me too
10:18 pm
RoundBarn
thanks--it's been a treat to talk to you both. Scrabbler is another I admire. And I have a cottage in VT on a jewel of a lake, I can't be there alone any more and it is v expensive w taxes. Let me know if you'd like a few days or more on a quiet lake in Vt this summer.
10:22 pm
origami
Sounds idyllic but probably beyond my vacation budget, which involves camping in out of the way places.
10:23 pm
RoundBarn
it'd be free--but you're a long way away. My daughter went to the Waldorf college in Sacramento. She was a waldorf teacher.
10:25 pm
origami
Wow! I am a huge fan of Waldorf education. Really, you really mean free?
10:26 pm
RoundBarn
Sure. Help with the food. And you'd have to put up with me being around.
10:27 pm
RoundBarn
well, look at my books and see if you'd want to be around me. I trust vol 4 will finally be out, in My or JUne. My web on the big book is roundbarnstories.com.
10:29 pm
origami
I'm pretty sure I could tolerate being around you! I really want to visit that part of our country. And I a pretty easy to get along with.
10:31 pm
RoundBarn
and I have to do a few dishes an get to bed--I read before sleeping, also to keep from thinking, but can't have page turners or I don't go to sleep. Right now I'm reading Early Greek Poets. --well, keep it in mind. I'm an ol'lady these days, you are prob the age of my kids. But I swim a lot and we have a rowboat and canoe. You can also look me up on Illinois Times--I write a poem a week, and then collect them at the end of each year.
10:33 pm
RoundBarn
I have facebook but don't see it--my kids keep me off, don't want me addicted. They too want the big book done. I'm not sure how you get on my facebook. I think my web page advertises a blog. My daughter #2 has me write something once in a while for it.
10:35 pm
RoundBarn
I'll bid you goodnight at this point, go clea up after our writing group and go read how Homer had to be, but nobody really knew who he was.
10:35 pm
origami
I'm only 60 .. and I read every night before going to sleep. And I can wash dishes and cook. I am an excellent cook. I will put my email in my profile. I really want to connect with you and visit.
10:38 pm
RoundBarn
Good. let's get to know each other better. You are the age of my kids. Demi was born in 1954, M in 56, G in 58 and E in 64. Do you like jigsaw puzzles? We have good ones at the lake. And play word games not on computer.
10:40 pm
RoundBarn
OK, got your email. Goodnight!
10:40 pm
origami
I do love jigsaw puzzles. I used to set one up every Christmas morning. I also love in person scrabble and boggle.
10:43 pm
RoundBarn
NOBODY can beat Gillian at Boggle-we have to have handicaps. She is Rastapopolous on Babble, but seldom comes on chat--only to explain a word nobody is getting! And Megan is best at Scrabble. I am not as good as either of them. But don't know if either of them will show up this summer--I'm hoping to be there some of the time. None of them want me to sell the place. This time I really am signing off! Thanks for the chat. jj
10:45 pm
origami
I don't know .. I am a wicked bobble player. Don
10:46 pm
origami
don't sell the place was the rest.
10:47 pm
origami
Boggle rather .. Worked 12 hours today and am tired.
11:44 pm
origami
2 left! my monkeys need a massage
11:45 pm
bethn
Do you need a clue