Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, December 6, 2016

12:01 am

melonheadjujube

flip!

12:01 am

Nef

Flip.

12:01 am

melonheadjujube

Yeah, I'm still here. . .

12:02 am

Nef

How long did it take you to get things worked out so you won't be in the poorhouse?

12:02 am

cybernan

Hi Everyone

12:03 am

melonheadjujube

Over a year.

12:03 am

Nef

hi nan.

12:03 am

melonheadjujube

SSI is living hell. If his group home expense is more than the $733 max, and of course it is, they pay him less!!!!

12:03 am

Nef

Wow; that's pretty good though!

12:04 am

melonheadjujube

Finally this year a Medicaid supplement was added to meet the group home expense. By law, the state can supplement his SSI, but I can't!

12:05 am

melonheadjujube

His group home is > $1000/mo. In short, I was on the hook for 500-800 a month to fill in the gaps, buy his clothes, bus fare, allowance, etc. . .

12:05 am

Nef

(I'm trying to figure out if I want to tackle this grid over the next day. It's huge enough that I'm not sure I want to try it)

12:06 am

melonheadjujube

The thing is, as a young person, he will never get to live beyond subsistence, from check to check, or to save for anythign special, since benefits are gut if he has assets over a measly $1500. It's humiliating.

12:06 am

Nef

What state? MN has some pretty strict laws

12:06 am

melonheadjujube

Me, too. I'm aiming for nbt and out.

12:07 am

melonheadjujube

4Ss 3 Ts 3Is 2 Rs, that's almost half the grid just four different letters. That can be aggravating!

12:08 am

melonheadjujube

Ohio. They are strict, too. My son has schizophrenia.

12:08 am

Nef

In MN, We'd have to spend down to just $3000 in checking, savings, & any other accounts (IRA's, etc.)We can own the car(if it's paid for)& the house.Then everything else goes to the home care & his medical bills

12:10 am

Nef

And people think that "welfare" is a hand out. :-)

12:10 am

melonheadjujube

The rules are different since this is my child and not my spouse. His assets are limited, but mine are not, other than my situation being modest.

12:10 am

Lizlin

Hi all

12:11 am

melonheadjujube

I was in Germany two summers ago. It is a high tax, high wealth nation with a generous social safety net. We look insane from over there.

12:11 am

melonheadjujube

Hi Lizlin!

12:11 am

Nef

hi Liz

12:11 am

rururocks

that is so unfair nef and melon

12:11 am

Nef

I can imagine. The USA is insane when it comes to long term care, etc.

12:12 am

melonheadjujube

It is, and I suspect it will get worse. Word is the House of Reps plans to repeal the ACA, but implement the repeal after 2018 midterm elections! Min"fool"ery of the worst sort.

12:12 am

melonheadjujube

I worry about burdening my kids. My dad, his mom, and all his siblings had Alzheimers. I'm hoping I take after my mom's family, who had their wits into their 90s.

12:13 am

melonheadjujube

hey, rur!

12:13 am

rururocks

hi melon

12:14 am

Nef

ruru, people's perceptions and what really happens are totally different. And with the Republicans in charge, it's definitely not helping the poor or the chronically ill

12:16 am

Nef

Unfortunately, I'm about to hit the wall soon because I'm too tired to think and more.

12:16 am

dizgrannie

nbt.....nothing over a 7

12:16 am

Lizlin

mo 8

12:16 am

melonheadjujube

Take care, Nef.It was good to catch up with you. I'd best do the same. I see the Julliard Quartet tomorrow nite!

12:16 am

Nef

Good Night; & Happy Babblining

12:17 am

melonheadjujube

tx Lizlin!

12:17 am

cybernan

st 7-8

12:17 am

Lizlin

yw

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

Lizlin

Thanks, Lickety

12:18 am

cybernan

ty liz

12:18 am

Lizlin

yw

12:18 am

melonheadjujube

nbt, to lickety for the 10 clue

12:18 am

rastapopolous

ar8

12:19 am

cybernan

stuck on the lone i and the 10

12:20 am

rastapopolous

electrical particles, nan

12:20 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs

12:20 am

melonheadjujube

Do you want a clue for the lone I? Trust me you don't, it's an easy one.

12:20 am

dizgrannie

io 4 & ar 10

12:21 am

cybernan

is the 10 fiery?

12:21 am

dizgrannie

ar 6, 8, 10, 7

12:21 am

melonheadjujube

nbs (:

12:22 am

cybernan

found the io, ty

12:24 am

melonheadjujube

phantom: mortgage

12:25 am

cybernan

found the ar 6, 8, 7 - but don't see the 10

12:26 am

melonheadjujube

it's a noun

12:26 am

dizgrannie

the 10 end with the word meaning attempts

12:26 am

Lizlin

Thanks for that ar run of words

12:26 am

melonheadjujube

signing off. up in < 7 which is never a good idea!

12:26 am

melonheadjujube

XXXOOO poof!

12:27 am

Lizlin

Sleep well - good to see you again.

12:27 am

cybernan

got it - ty diz

12:27 am

cybernan

and melon

12:27 am

cybernan

nbt, nbs and don't know how much longer I'll last -- Christmas is wearing me out this year

12:31 am

Uneaixoise

140 and off to bed -- gnite all :-)

12:32 am

Lizlin

Sleep well, Une

12:33 am

rururocks

200 and stopping here too

12:33 am

Lizlin

WTG! Sleep well

12:33 am

cybernan

crashing -- good night all

12:33 am

Lizlin

Sleep well, nan

12:35 am

Uneaixoise

150 and really poofing LOL

1:02 am

Pearl5

Ages

1:02 am

Pearl5

Oops sorry

1:27 am

gapeach

Morning all. Is there really an st8-45? Thanks

1:28 am

grannyrose

yup peach. begin with the immediate word st4/4

1:29 am

gapeach

Thanks much, rose.

1:32 am

sprite

good morning all

1:36 am

grannyrose

{{hugs}} darling. xoxox and lots of them

1:36 am

flosey

good morning Sprite

1:36 am

flosey

and Hi there Rose

1:36 am

sprite

*hugs rose* Good evening my dear friend, how are you today?

1:36 am

grannyrose

hey ya flosey. here' some for you too. xoxoxoxoxox

1:37 am

sprite

hi flosey! *hugs* Good evening to you too. How was your day?

1:37 am

grannyrose

did something silly today.

1:37 am

flosey

ahhh so nice, thanks Rose and to you as well

1:37 am

sprite

facepalm silly or silly haha?

1:37 am

flosey

ah, and what was so silly?

1:37 am

grannyrose

i went with don to do the weeks shopping.

1:37 am

grannyrose

silly stupid

1:38 am

sprite

ugh... sweetie....

1:38 am

grannyrose

two supermarkets later and i was so sore. :-(

1:38 am

sprite

a little bit of overestimating your capabilities?

1:38 am

grannyrose

i really wanted to find out if i could do it. simple answer... NO.

1:39 am

flosey

oh my!! hubby and I often shop together - he tends to plow through as fast as possible

1:39 am

flosey

so I just make sure I have a list and don't leave before I have it all

1:40 am

sprite

ah, I see. Darling, it sucks to be in so much pain afterwards. But the only way to know where the limits are, is to overstep them. You did the experiment and now you know. It's ok, not silly, just painful

1:40 am

grannyrose

you can say that again...

1:41 am

sprite

*hugs rose and sends soothing vibes to all the sore parts* Don't berate yourself on top of the pain, ok? You did well. You have to know what you can and can't do, so soon after infusions. And now you know.

1:42 am

sprite

flosey, and how about your day?

1:43 am

flosey

twas a quiet one thanks Sprite - we had our first snowfall

1:44 am

sprite

quiet days can be so very pleasant. Is that late in the year for the first snowfall, flosey, or about normal?

1:45 am

flosey

I wasn't outside at all! but always enjoy seeing the first snow - we don't often have snow here so it's exciting for me

1:45 am

flosey

we had long Winters in Ontario

1:47 am

flosey

not much snow on the coast but we had lots of snow back in Kimberley BC, ski country

1:48 am

sprite

I love the first snow. So very pretty, both when it falls and when everything is covered. But as soon as people start driving through it and salting everything... or when the resulting slush freezes over again... the fun is more or less over.

1:49 am

sandyloo

No snow here! - Hi guys!

1:49 am

flosey

it is quite rare here, so always exciting

1:49 am

flosey

hi Sandyloo

1:49 am

sprite

sandy! omg that has been ages! How are you? And your sister?

1:50 am

flosey

is there ever snow anywhere in Australia?

1:50 am

sprite

phantom: qu4mire(s)

1:51 am

grannyrose

oh yeah flosey. the top of our alps can be 10feet deep with the stuff. great for skiing

1:51 am

sandyloo

I haven't been able to get on the internet with much success but we have now got a satelite dish on the roof

1:51 am

sprite

oh that is wonderful, sandy

1:51 am

flosey

glad you're able to be back sandy

1:52 am

sandyloo

Flosey there are snow fields here where people go skiing but they are in the east - No snow here in the West

1:52 am

sandyloo

Yes Sprite it is very good

1:52 am

sprite

wow rose, that sounds good. Nice if snow stays where it belongs, lol... on mountain tops.

1:53 am

sandyloo

I am glad too but it is a terrible waste of time - It's a trap! However it is quite relaxing

1:53 am

flosey

ah, here most everyone has at least an occasional snowfall, rare on the coast but lots of skiing in parts of bc

1:54 am

sprite

internet is a time sink for sure. But a nice one.

1:54 am

sandyloo

I am sorry you are not feeling too good rose and I hope the rest of you are feeling chipper!

1:54 am

grannyrose

sandy, it was self-inflicted. tomorrow i'll be good as gold.

1:54 am

flosey

all well here, thanks sandy

1:55 am

sprite

*gives rose an extra hug*

1:55 am

sandyloo

That's good rose.

1:55 am

sandyloo

Have you finished yet Sprite (I expect so)

1:56 am

sprite

make sure you sleep well though, tonight, sweetie. If it takes an endone to ensure that, take it... don't punish yourself by saying it was self-inflicted and all that nonsense.

1:56 am

sprite

lol sandy, not by a long shot

1:56 am

grannyrose

good advice, thanx sprite

1:56 am

sprite

:) luvsya

2:03 am

sprite

a few more minutes before I have to leave for intervision group from the volunteer job.

2:08 am

grannyrose

okay honey. just yell as you leave.

2:08 am

sprite

yell! :D

2:09 am

grannyrose

xoxox m y dear. luvsya back!!

2:09 am

sprite

*hugs to you all* Rose, sleep well and painless, and have a great day tomorrow.
Flosey, sleep well too and enjoy the snow.
And sandy, great to have seen you again. Hope you will have a lovely day.

2:09 am

flosey

thanks Sprite and you have a great day

2:10 am

sandyloo

bye sprite

3:04 am

spellit

as

3:06 am

spellit

Morning all - really grey day here. Why can't I have Tardis? Dr Who will be most upset.

3:10 am

flosey

43 left but they'll have to wait until morning, I'm falling asleep, better get to bed, good night all

5:19 am

sukee

Good morning

5:36 am

rubyfoo

Hello Sukee

5:36 am

sukee

Hi Ruby

5:41 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Sukee Hello, Ruby.

5:41 am

sukee

Hi zoo

5:41 am

rubyfoo

((zzoozz))

5:41 am

zoozzoom

Exactly 200 words found on my first run through. Time for me to have a break and a bite to eat.

5:42 am

sukee

Not quite there yet :)

5:42 am

zoozzoom

Hows is your weather, Sukee, snowing yet?

5:42 am

rubyfoo

I have 177 and have hit a wll

5:42 am

Lizlin

Hi all :)

5:42 am

zoozzoom

How is your weather, Ruby. It is so so here.

5:42 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Liz :-)

5:43 am

Lizlin

I'm not liking this grid. Listed with 130 left :(

5:43 am

rubyfoo

Cold and sunny

5:44 am

rubyfoo

Hello Liz!

5:44 am

zoozzoom

Better thn cold and rainy, Ruby :-)

5:44 am

zoozzoom

Than.*

5:44 am

Lizlin

Hi Ruby and Zooz - hope you're both well. I'd happily send you some of our heat.

5:45 am

zoozzoom

Oh yes please, Liz, as much as you can please :-)

5:45 am

rubyfoo

That's true, or snow. I'm not ready for snow

5:45 am

Lizlin

It's really hot this evening - humid too. Not very pleasant.

5:45 am

rubyfoo

I had my 3-month scan yesterday and everything is stable!

5:45 am

zoozzoom

Good to hear, Ruby!

5:45 am

Lizlin

That's really good news, Ruby :)

5:45 am

doseffing

... a centimeter or two of snow in Southern Ontario overnight Sunday but it was effectively gone by dinnertime Monday

5:46 am

zoozzoom

No the humidity is a nasty one , liz :-(

5:46 am

doseffing

... any left over heat appreciated

5:46 am

zoozzoom

Glad it did not settle for you, Doseffing..but I think it is only a matter of time.

5:46 am

Lizlin

I'll share with you too Dos.

5:47 am

rubyfoo

So I'll be around for a while but as the oncologist said, "Watch out for buses!"

5:47 am

doseffing

... excellent news ... thanks

5:47 am

zoozzoom

You are taking your time, Liz...still waiting....?

5:47 am

sukee

We might get more snow tonight :)

5:47 am

rubyfoo

When we first arrived here, 18 yrs ago, there was much more snow.

5:47 am

zoozzoom

Looks like, Sukee is looking forward to the snow.

5:48 am

sukee

God no :)

5:48 am

rubyfoo

Last winter, there wasn't even a hard frost

5:48 am

sukee

With my mobility problems it just adds to them

5:48 am

Lizlin

No, the heat's not leaving, Zooz - sorry!

5:48 am

zoozzoom

We have had a couple of days with hard frost here so far, Ruby. i am hoping that will be all.

5:48 am

rubyfoo

I just don't go outside much

5:49 am

zoozzoom

LOL oh well, Liz, sorry but you will just have to put up with it then :-(

5:49 am

rubyfoo

We've had frostt, but there is still green grass/weeds/moss

5:49 am

Lizlin

I'm sure I'll cope ;)

5:49 am

periwinkle

good morning all. help with bottom I pls

5:50 am

zoozzoom

I bet...Anythng is better than the britsh weather heh!

5:50 am

doseffing

... charged particles

5:50 am

Lizlin

io 4 - charged particles

5:50 am

zoozzoom

io4

5:50 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Peri :-)

5:50 am

rubyfoo

I'm so glad to be here that I don't care that much, especially now that November is over!

5:50 am

periwinkle

sheesh, ty Liz

5:50 am

periwinkle

and dose

5:50 am

periwinkle

and zooz

5:50 am

rubyfoo

Hello Peri

5:50 am

zoozzoom

Wow you two were very fast on the draw there!

5:50 am

Lizlin

yw

5:50 am

periwinkle

feeling dumb but just got up and I am still tired.

5:50 am

periwinkle

hi there ruby

5:51 am

doseffing

... freezing cold here ... ya gotta keep moving

5:51 am

zoozzoom

Well it is rather early there, Peri.

5:51 am

periwinkle

I might go back to bed

5:51 am

sukee

187 left and I have slowed way down.

5:51 am

zoozzoom

I do not blame you.

5:51 am

periwinkle

bb;

5:51 am

periwinkle

bbl

5:52 am

Lizlin

Sleep well

5:52 am

zoozzoom

Nice to see you all but my stomach is really grumbling at me like a gruffalo. Happy babbling everyone!

5:52 am

Lizlin

Have a good day

5:53 am

rubyfoo

bye zzooz, see you later

6:02 am

sukee

half way, time for a break :)

6:10 am

Gadget

help with the lone U? That'll give me NBT!

6:10 am

doseffing

... ut4

6:10 am

doseffing

... sounds like the state

6:10 am

Gadget

THANKS!

6:11 am

doseffing

... oh well ... must be off ... luck ... and warm temperatures for all

7:03 am

bichon

a 10/70, pls

7:05 am

bichon

ar 10/70

7:07 am

Wolvie

just spotted it- related to ar 6 / 18- painters and such. more of what they create- in a way. their talent is ar....estry- this is a bit more

7:09 am

bichon

ty Wolvie

7:09 am

Wolvie

welcome - now off to get some breakfast :-)

7:28 am

chj

ut4 more than one hagen

7:28 am

Uneaixoise

LOLOLOL

7:30 am

chj

and I don't mean Festus

7:40 am

sukee

Back again for a few minutes

7:41 am

sukee

Can't believe I missed the ar 6/18 before :)

7:42 am

sukee

and found the 10 :)

7:50 am

suefrad625

found the ar8

7:51 am

EvaNadine

hints for bottom i?

7:51 am

sukee

io 4/4 charged atom

7:51 am

sukee

plural

7:52 am

EvaNadine

well, then. fish me!

7:52 am

EvaNadine

how did i not see that one??

7:52 am

sukee

I hear you, I miss some obvious ones all the time.

7:52 am

EvaNadine

TY sukee

7:53 am

sukee

yw

7:53 am

sukee

All of a sudden my grey cat has a thing about walking on my laptop.

7:54 am

sukee

And sitting right next to me.

7:55 am

sukee

Whew, this is a tough grid.

7:58 am

Anniebrook

good morning

8:00 am

Anniebrook

di

8:00 am

sukee

Hi Annie

8:00 am

Anniebrook

Hi sukee, I agree. This si a tough grid.

8:01 am

sukee

probably 2 hours and I have 152 left.

8:02 am

Anniebrook

I started about 20 minutes ago. slow going.

8:03 am

sukee

Sadly I have to leave, I have some work to do...real work :)

8:04 am

Anniebrook

have a easy day, sukee

8:04 am

sukee

You too :) Stay warm.

8:04 am

Anniebrook

:)

8:06 am

jbp

howdy, Babblers!

8:06 am

Anniebrook

hi jbp :)

8:13 am

jbp

well, i was just stopping by on the way to work... will come back and deal with all the phantoms later. Have a good day, all!

8:13 am

Anniebrook

bye

8:25 am

jmcnrick

hi all

8:27 am

Anniebrook

ei

8:27 am

jmcnrick

ei?

8:27 am

jmcnrick

et al.!

8:27 am

Anniebrook

just searching and hello jmc

8:27 am

jmcnrick

hi annie

8:27 am

bubba218

cu8 please, my last word

8:28 am

Anniebrook

bubba, sorry dont have it

8:29 am

jmcnrick

no help here bubba i just jump on the grid a couple of minutes ago

8:29 am

bubba218

ok Ill keep looking. thaks

8:30 am

jmcnrick

there is a legendary greedy king in the grid. . . but its not a word

8:32 am

Mubner

bubba, it's what you do with a lawnmower

8:32 am

Anniebrook

thank you! Mubner

8:32 am

suefrad625

mub, ty

8:33 am

Mubner

yw

8:33 am

jmcnrick

ty mub and nice to meet you

8:33 am

jmcnrick

hi sue

8:33 am

MLFAN17

nbt

8:33 am

suefrad625

hi all

8:33 am

Mubner

I'm a shy lurker!

8:34 am

Anniebrook

hi sue

8:34 am

jmcnrick

I guessed since you have been a babbler longer than I by 3 years! :)

8:34 am

jmcnrick

wd mlf and hi

8:34 am

Mubner

Yeah, that's a long time to lurk, huh?

8:34 am

suefrad625

I have a question...I want to trade in my bi-polar meds for a natural solution, what kind of doc do i go to?

8:35 am

bubba218

thank you Mub, finally done

8:35 am

jmcnrick

haha well glad you came out of the shadows mub

8:35 am

jmcnrick

whoo hooo bubba!

8:36 am

jmcnrick

beyond my abilities to answer sue

8:36 am

suefrad625

ok, ty jmc

8:37 am

phaeton

hello..sue...would that be a homeopathic dr?

8:37 am

jmcnrick

hi phae

8:37 am

suefrad625

dont know phae, they really have to understand the drugs i am taking now

8:38 am

phaeton

i would google it

8:38 am

suefrad625

if i wasn't working i would have more freedom

8:38 am

phaeton

halfway nbs nbt

8:38 am

suefrad625

too many answers phae

8:38 am

suefrad625

congrats

8:38 am

phaeton

ty

8:38 am

jmcnrick

after having said I had no idea I would suggest finding an MD who leans in the homeopathic direction.

8:38 am

jmcnrick

wd phae

8:38 am

phaeton

gl sue

8:39 am

cybernan

good morning everyone

8:39 am

jmcnrick

hi cyber

8:42 am

jmcnrick

sadly I must go. . . got to mail packages to Texas. . . bbl maybe. . . .

8:42 am

phaeton

hagd jmc

8:42 am

phaeton

hagd jmc

8:42 am

cybernan

bye jmc

8:42 am

phaeton

oops..sorry - DP!

8:43 am

EvaNadine

the doctor + i are disappointed to learn that TARDIS isnt an acceptable word.
i guess it IS a proper name...and its certainly an acronym...

8:43 am

72 Temple Owl

ditto

8:44 am

mkg

hi all. any clues for the 10? ty

8:44 am

72 Temple Owl

bottom i pls?

8:45 am

phaeton

io4

8:45 am

72 Temple Owl

ty

8:45 am

phaeton

yw

8:46 am

mkg

i dont see any endings like ing or ed. hmmm

8:46 am

phaeton

the ar10 comes from the ar6...people who have certain talents

8:46 am

cybernan

ar 10: creativenesses

8:48 am

MLFAN17

ty phae and cyber

8:48 am

MLFAN17

mkg it ends in s

8:48 am

mkg

ty. got the 8 so will find the 10

8:49 am

MLFAN17

mkg I just found the ar8:)

8:49 am

mkg

not seeing the 10 yet.

8:50 am

MLFAN17

ends in tr 5/10

8:50 am

cybernan

ends in attempts

8:51 am

mkg

looking. ty

8:51 am

mkg

got it. ty.

8:51 am

MLFAN17

ci 7/36 clue please?

8:51 am

mkg

i dont have any 7s yet. stats and clues welcome. ty

8:52 am

cybernan

lemmons and oranges to name a couple

8:52 am

cybernan

I suppose it is a small orange now

8:53 am

MLFAN17

that is the 7/32 but I didn't have that eihter

8:54 am

cybernan

don't have it and havent listed yet

8:54 am

mkg

ends weird. this is a yellow fruit that we dont eat.

8:55 am

MLFAN17

no idea

8:56 am

broll

gu 7 - musical instrument, pl

8:56 am

mkg

the ci 7 is part of the word for the anti mosquito candles. those candles end in ella. this is the first part of the word for those candles. they smell bad and chase away bugs.

8:56 am

mkg

ty broll

8:57 am

MLFAN17

thanks broil

8:57 am

broll

yw

8:57 am

cybernan

isnt that a ci 7/32?

8:58 am

mkg

mlfan, did you get the ci word? if you dont want bugs you light this candle and the smell chases away the bugs. the first part of this candle stuff is the ci 7

8:58 am

mkg

the ci 6 is singular, the 7 plural.

8:58 am

MLFAN17

mkg I know what that word is, but am trying to get the rest of it

9:00 am

MLFAN17

I already have the ci 7/32

9:00 am

cybernan

is there a ci 7/36 and is it similar to the ci 7/32?

9:00 am

MLFAN17

cyber that's what I would like to know:0)

9:01 am

cybernan

you asked for it, mlf

9:03 am

MLFAN17

scroll back cyber at 8:51am I asked for the 7/36

ci 7/36 clue please?

9:03 am

cybernan

yes and at 9:00 you said you didnt know if there was one

9:03 am

MLFAN17

i meant yes i did sorry i am confusing myself but i don't have the 7:36 and no idea

9:04 am

MLFAN17

i don't know if its similar or not either cyber lol

9:10 am

MollyL

The ci7/36 starts like a round shape, add a plural then end like what you use Preparation H for

9:11 am

MollyL

The definition says it is something similar to a varicose vein

9:12 am

MLFAN17

ty molly

9:12 am

cybernan

ty molly

9:13 am

MLFAN17

i will be back

9:21 am

72 Temple Owl

ty for all the clues

9:21 am

72 Temple Owl

we're learning some new words today.

9:21 am

broll

dr 7, extreme

9:21 am

72 Temple Owl

gird

9:26 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! city in vietnam; there's a musical named Miss (City)

9:28 am

phaeton

saigon

9:28 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!

9:29 am

phaeton

:-)

9:33 am

cybernan

as 7 please?

9:34 am

bichon

sorry nan, don't have it

9:34 am

hurshy

me neither - having a tough time overall

9:35 am

broll

a + tv interference

9:35 am

hurshy

thanks broll

9:35 am

bichon

ty broli

9:35 am

broll

yw

9:36 am

cybernan

ty broll

9:37 am

72 Temple Owl

cu 7 pls?

9:38 am

cybernan

dont have it either,
to

9:40 am

cybernan

copper + mr. gershwin + double plural

9:40 am

cybernan

haven't got the 8 though

9:40 am

phaeton

cuirass

9:40 am

phaeton

oops...sorry

9:41 am

phaeton

cu8...what you do to your lawn

9:41 am

cybernan

ty phaeton

9:42 am

phaeton

yw

9:45 am

phaeton

si6?

9:46 am

phaeton

nm

9:50 am

periwinkle

hello all

9:51 am

cybernan

hi peri

9:52 am

MLFAN17

cu7?

9:52 am

phaeton

clued at 9:40

9:52 am

cybernan

si 5-6 indian instrument

9:53 am

phaeton

ty cyber but it was the first si6 i needed, but found it. Do you have the si8?

9:53 am

cybernan

ga 6-7 please?

9:53 am

MollyL

Ooo, name that archeological era

9:54 am

MLFAN17

got the cu 7 ty morewords

9:56 am

cybernan

not yet, phaeton

9:56 am

phaeton

ok...ty cyber

9:57 am

cybernan

only si's I have are the ones I gave you

9:57 am

cybernan

ga 6 please?

9:58 am

cybernan

nm - found them

9:59 am

MLFAN17

cyber clue the ga6 u just found please?

10:00 am

spellit

cu6 is breastplate armour

10:01 am

MLFAN17

spell that is the cu7

10:02 am

bichon

ga 6, pls

10:02 am

MLFAN17

still trying to get a clue for it bichon

10:03 am

periwinkle

I have the ar8 but not the ar10

10:04 am

broll

same base, ends in makes an effort

10:04 am

MLFAN17

peri same base word

10:04 am

periwinkle

ty so much broll and mlf

10:05 am

periwinkle

I think I may do some cleaning :( bbl

10:05 am

MLFAN17

yw peri

10:05 am

MLFAN17

broil do you have ga6?

10:05 am

MollyL

ga6 ends like what you use Preparation H for

10:06 am

MLFAN17

molly the last 3 letters?

10:06 am

broll

yw

10:06 am

MLFAN17

found them

10:06 am

MLFAN17

ty molly

10:08 am

bichon

ty Molly

10:20 am

cybernan

sorry - was called away

10:20 am

cybernan

we're going to go through a whole tube of prep H before this grid is done!

10:22 am

Uneaixoise

LOLOL

10:22 am

Uneaixoise

100 to go and heading for the list . . .

10:24 am

moolingwa

321 to go!

10:38 am

MLFAN17

177 to go

10:39 am

MLFAN17

eg6?

10:40 am

moolingwa

someone who has eg4

10:40 am

MLFAN17

thanks mool

10:41 am

moolingwa

116 to go

10:44 am

Scrabbler

Hello kids. Whoa, a big grid today.

10:44 am

Scrabbler

Go, moo, go!

10:44 am

MLFAN17

hi scrab

10:45 am

Scrabbler

I greyed the Q, MLFAN. Woohoo!

10:46 am

MLFAN17

congrats scrab that is one I have greyed as well:)

10:46 am

helensgirlkid

I love your icon, mlf!

10:46 am

MLFAN17

ty helen:)

10:46 am

Scrabbler

Hi HGK

10:46 am

MLFAN17

I love that leaf its my favorite color:)

10:46 am

aebmusica

Me to MLFAN!

10:47 am

MLFAN17

ty and hello aeb

10:47 am

Scrabbler

Hi aeb

10:47 am

aebmusica

hi all!

10:47 am

helensgirlkid

It's the best red maple leaf I've ever found! tx

10:47 am

MLFAN17

helen really?

10:48 am

helensgirlkid

Yeah- that twist, as if it's blowing - neat.

10:49 am

MLFAN17

that's very true helen its a perfect capture of a moving leaf

10:50 am

bichon

Hi Scrabs

10:51 am

EvaNadine

afternoon, all!

10:51 am

Scrabbler

Hi bichon and Eva! Eva, you had your baby! What is his name?

10:51 am

MLFAN17

why doesn't enable accept seagrass??

10:52 am

MLFAN17

hello again eva

10:52 am

EvaNadine

hello Dr Scrabs!

10:52 am

helensgirlkid

It doesn't accept seahorse, either!

10:52 am

EvaNadine

lil man will be 11 weeks tomorrow!
his name is Kieran Leto

10:53 am

MLFAN17

makes no sense does it helen?

10:53 am

Scrabbler

When was he born?

10:54 am

helensgirlkid

It sure makes me wonder how it put its list together!

10:54 am

MLFAN17

helen do you have the se 7?

10:54 am

EvaNadine

9/21, 4:23am!

10:54 am

MLFAN17

helen we always wonder that don't we lol

10:54 am

helensgirlkid

Not yet - I'll have ago.

10:54 am

MLFAN17

eva 4:23 am! OMG

10:54 am

Scrabbler

Wonderful! I have been a bit busy as foster mom, so have not been here much since July 6.

10:55 am

EvaNadine

tell me about it, MLF -- water broke at 3:15am on 9/20 + we finally went in to get him the next morning. :)

10:56 am

MLFAN17

wow long labor!

10:56 am

MLFAN17

ty helen

10:56 am

Scrabbler

How bad was labor, Eva?

10:56 am

cybernan

just found the budweiser horses -- maybe if I was a beer drinker I'd have found them sooner!

10:57 am

Scrabbler

Clydesdales are in the grid?

10:57 am

EvaNadine

i gave it the good ol college try to have him vaginally, be his noggin was just too big. he barely descended at all. so we finally opted for the c-section we figured id have anyway...

10:57 am

MLFAN17

scrab I don't see it lol

10:58 am

cybernan

oh - lol - I guess not -- thought they were mo 6's

10:58 am

EvaNadine

scrabs -- it was...not pleasant. :)

10:58 am

helensgirlkid

Go back to your word that Enable doesn' include, and substitute a belt for the first four letters of the plant!

10:58 am

cybernan

not into horses either, obviously

10:58 am

MLFAN17

eva and after tha many hours no choice but to have c section geez poor you and him

10:59 am

Scrabbler

Poor Eva.

10:59 am

EvaNadine

alls well that ends well. :)

10:59 am

Scrabbler

Yes, at least there is an alternative way to get the baby out.

11:00 am

MLFAN17

helen it should end in gr 5/14 exactly?

11:01 am

Scrabbler

250 to go and I am done here at the Indian Reservation. Now I shall get some inexpensive gas and go do some shopping. The boys will be with their mother til 7pm so I have some free time for myself this afternoon.

11:01 am

EvaNadine

all in all, it wasnt so horrible...but then in the month after, i went back to the ER twice with kidney stones! yay!

11:02 am

bichon

my daughter had kidney stone during her pregnancy. They put a stent in

11:02 am

Scrabbler

Oh, no! Poor Eva!

11:02 am

helensgirlkid

yet, without the plural, of course!

11:02 am

Scrabbler

Bye, kids. Enjoy the day.

11:02 am

helensgirlkid

yes - not yet - better take a break

11:04 am

MLFAN17

still don't know it

11:08 am

EvaNadine

given the choices, i think id take labor over stones...

11:08 am

EvaNadine

given the choices, i think id take labor over stones...
at least with labor, the pain ebbs + flows.

11:12 am

cybernan

on 6 please?

11:13 am

MollyL

Eva what is the story behind the name? It's very unique.

11:15 am

MollyL

on + the first 4 of a word that ends in "culture" and means farming

11:21 am

EvaNadine

as for Leto...well, Nugget still didnt have a middle name when i was getting ready to turn in the paperwork + leave the hospital, so i said "we have to agree on something or he gets no middle name!"

hubby made a list of names he liked, most of which i hated.
"Leto" is a character in Dune (by frank herbert), which my husband loves.

while i have no interest in Dune, i thought it was a pretty cool, unique name, so i agreed to it.

11:22 am

EvaNadine

weird. my whole explanation for Kieran disappeared!

11:24 am

EvaNadine

basically, hubby wanted something japanese, like a name from anime cartoons he watches.
i hated all of them, so he jokingly threw out "kirin, like the beer" and i said if he let me spell it, he had a deal!
(i knew it was a real, lovely, celtic name)

11:26 am

cybernan

ty molly

11:27 am

HarryHood

so very close to one of my favorite video games from high school: asteroids

11:30 am

MollyL

I'm glad you stood your ground about the anime names. I love Celtic names.

11:30 am

moolingwa

100 to go

11:38 am

Nef

Popping in for a minute or 2 before we go out; just read what you posted about your son's name, EvaN.
I had an uncle named Kieran; He was really a neat guy! :-D (& yes, we're pretty much Irish)

11:40 am

EvaNadine

i think we came to a nice compromise. :)

11:41 am

Nef

(we were the minority in my home town, 1 Irish family in a town of Germans & French Canadians.)

11:41 am

Nef

So, your baby's name is Dune Kieran? Very different & usual.

11:42 am

Nef

(that was Unusual)

11:42 am

EvaNadine

Kieran Leto

11:43 am

Nef

?Leto? (I missed that part of the chat I guess. So is Leto an anime name?

11:45 am

EvaNadine

Leto is from Dune

11:45 am

MollyL

I'm glad it's not Dune Leto. That sounds too much like something from Star Wars.

11:47 am

Nef

My grandson is Ronald Paul (guess what his parents' political stance was). There aren't many Ronalds around here; but there are at least 4 Colins & Caylibs & Carters, etc. around here now.

11:48 am

Nef

First time I met my uncle, I was confused about his name; I thought he said Karen; then he spelled it: Ki- Er-An. (I was 8 when I first met him, after my mom's funeral).

11:49 am

Nef

AND; I haVE TO GO!

11:50 am

EvaNadine

my MIL is Karen - people asked if we named hm after her!

11:53 am

cybernan

lol - I had a neighbour once whos sons' names were Kevin Barry, Peter Crowley and Patrick Pierce - now there is a reflection of political affiliation

12:09 pm

cybernan

last or 6 please?

12:13 pm

cybernan

time to get off my butt and get some groceries in -- back later to finish

12:19 pm

MollyL

Oh drat, poor Wee Evan is probably going to go through life with people thinking his name is Karen.

12:54 pm

suefrad625

i have or6, heart, lungs and others. and sex with a lot of people.

1:05 pm

moolingwa

80 to go

1:07 pm

Uneaixoise

me too!

1:07 pm

Uneaixoise

wow, you've really been working, moo!!

1:07 pm

moolingwa

had a good run going, slow now :)

1:07 pm

periwinkle

144 left here but I took a break and did some cleaning (which does not happen very often)

1:08 pm

periwinkle

help with si8 or mo8 pls

1:08 pm

moolingwa

I took a break and did some work ;)

1:08 pm

periwinkle

I only have 2 8's but I do have the 10

1:09 pm

Alleyn58

mo8 - think key!

1:09 pm

periwinkle

key?

1:10 pm

moolingwa

yeah, wouldn't have thought that :)

1:10 pm

moolingwa

or something a little more obscure...

1:10 pm

moolingwa

french dead frozen liquid

1:11 pm

Alleyn58

but haven't got the si8 - so hint please

1:11 pm

periwinkle

ty French dead clue helped. have no idea about the money clue.

1:11 pm

moolingwa

yw peri

1:12 pm

Alleyn58

Very funny!!

1:12 pm

moolingwa

:)

1:12 pm

moolingwa

haven't got the si

1:12 pm

periwinkle

mo 8 or st8?

1:13 pm

Alleyn58

Think there is a si8/45

1:13 pm

moolingwa

have no idea, I don't use the clue list

1:14 pm

periwinkle

I found these in the early chat

1:14 pm

moolingwa

I have an st8

1:14 pm

periwinkle

clue pls

1:14 pm

moolingwa

well it's plural

1:14 pm

Alleyn58

So a hint for that would be welcome

1:15 pm

moolingwa

Another name for "celebrity" the adjective not the now

1:15 pm

moolingwa

noun

1:15 pm

moolingwa

although I guess it's a noun too

1:15 pm

moolingwa

so never mind

1:15 pm

periwinkle

ty

1:15 pm

moolingwa

yw

1:15 pm

Alleyn58

Thx

1:18 pm

Alleyn58

If anyone has the si8 which s does it come from??

1:19 pm

moolingwa

just got another st8

1:19 pm

moolingwa

ends the same as the mo8

1:20 pm

Alleyn58

Had just found it but thx

1:20 pm

moolingwa

cool

1:21 pm

moolingwa

70 to go, though last 10 were work

1:22 pm

moolingwa

9 of 25 letters greyed out...though two of them were already grey to start with :)

1:25 pm

moolingwa

ah, found the si8

1:25 pm

moolingwa

strange word

1:26 pm

moolingwa

starts with the 2nd column top s

1:30 pm

bichon

st 8, pls

1:31 pm

zoozzoom

ST + vowel + mans/boys name.

1:32 pm

bichon

what st 8. There are two

1:33 pm

zoozzoom

ST 8/45

1:34 pm

bichon

I don't see which st it is. No list here in Norway

1:34 pm

zoozzoom

The ST 8/50 is plural of the fame and prestige of being a film say.

1:35 pm

bichon

ty zooz

1:35 pm

bichon

starge

1:35 pm

bichon

sorry

1:35 pm

zoozzoom

Another ST 8/50 ends in plural of frozen water.

1:36 pm

bichon

that's one I have. Need 8/45

1:37 pm

zoozzoom

In that case it is the clue i gave at 1:32pm

1:37 pm

bichon

ty zooz

1:38 pm

zoozzoom

Welcome :-)

1:55 pm

Anniebrook

can I get a clue for as7/32 please

1:57 pm

zoozzoom

A+ fixed or stationary condition.

1:57 pm

Anniebrook

thanks, zooz, got it

1:57 pm

zoozzoom

Welcome, Annie :-)

2:04 pm

hurshy

name that proper noun! Wallace's faithful canine

2:08 pm

72 Temple Owl

grommit

2:09 pm

hurshy

almost ding! (note there is only one M in the grid) :)

2:10 pm

zoozzoom

Gromit!

2:10 pm

hurshy

ding ding ding!

2:10 pm

zoozzoom

Yay!

2:14 pm

hurshy

anybody see the news about some swiss boy who'd been so helicopter parented that he couldn't function in a school because he could not do a thing for himself at age 7, court ordered him to be taken from his parents and put somewhere to learn things. i thought europeans were more sensible than that.

2:16 pm

zoozzoom

Nope did not see that. Sad state of affairs. poor child.

2:16 pm

72 Temple Owl

cu 7 pls?

2:18 pm

movieman

ci7/36 plz

2:18 pm

zoozzoom

CU + vowel + most of what you cut with a lawnmower.

2:19 pm

zoozzoom

Ci 7/36 has a robot ending.

2:20 pm

MollyL

Europeans can be just as "un-sensible" as any other people.

2:21 pm

zoozzoom

I do not see it as areas I see it as humans.

2:22 pm

zoozzoom

Although the way some people act they do not even deserve to be called human.

2:23 pm

MollyL

I agree Zoom. How much common sense you have has little to do with where you live. More to do with how you are raised.

2:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

se 7 pls?

2:28 pm

zoozzoom

SE 7/36 word meaning surrounded by the ocean.

2:30 pm

MollyL

Oh, and here I thought it was spandex for the ocean
: P

2:30 pm

zoozzoom

LOL

2:32 pm

IndiaJan

afternoon everyone!

2:33 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, IndiaJan :-)

2:53 pm

aebmusica

enable won't take taoist???????

2:55 pm

Judi

Maybe they all just got lumped in with the buddists.

2:55 pm

cybernan

hi everyone -- love molly's clue for the se 7

2:55 pm

Judi

Hello, all.

2:56 pm

aebmusica

hi Judi

3:03 pm

Judi

It won't take "trigasm" either. Disappointment cannot begin to describe...

3:09 pm

Norma

cu8 please x

3:10 pm

spellit

Cu8 is what you do to your lawn

3:11 pm

Norma

Thanks spellit didnt think that was a word should have tried it lol

3:14 pm

mkg

cultivate not in grid........what do you do? cu 4 is to mow it...

3:14 pm

cybernan

first si 6 please?

3:16 pm

mkg

got cu 8........wow who would think this was one word? ty

3:16 pm

Judi

Only in bizzarro Enable world, MKG.

3:16 pm

doseffing

... especially when cutglass isn't

3:17 pm

mkg

weird. cutglass is more sensible.....

3:18 pm

Judi

None of it makes any sense! *runs screaming into the wilderness*

3:20 pm

cybernan

first si 6 ?

3:20 pm

mkg

sorry dont have si 6 at all nan.

3:20 pm

Judi

I only have the Indian stringed instrument, Nan.

3:21 pm

mkg

ty judi

3:21 pm

lynxxx

Morning. The first I have is the start of your female sibling and the egyptian sun god

3:22 pm

Uneaixoise

si6 straight out of "Orphan Black" :-)

3:22 pm

Uneaixoise

what lynxxx said :-)

3:22 pm

cybernan

ty lynxxx

3:24 pm

mkg

finally half way. whew.

3:24 pm

cybernan

si 8 please?

3:25 pm

mkg

sorry nan. again i dont have it.

3:25 pm

lynxxx

start with the sibling again and finish with the robot end

3:26 pm

pascal

end with drugs

3:26 pm

cybernan

ty again -- these are words I've never seen before!

3:27 pm

cybernan

maybe beginning with a cy on that last one

3:27 pm

Judi

Have hit 100. Almost time to head home. Pissing down rain and no umbrella. Foo.

3:27 pm

mkg

drugs? what drugs??????hmmm

3:27 pm

pascal

like A-rod

3:28 pm

cybernan

better than snow, Judi -- at least you don't have to shovel it!

3:28 pm

mkg

what is A rod?

3:28 pm

mkg

what drugs?

3:28 pm

Judi

Amen to that, Nan. Off I go! *POOF*

3:28 pm

ivesy3

well we are under a lake effect snow warning.. could get up to 2 feet, starting thurs.. ugh

3:29 pm

cybernan

I'll second that ugh

3:30 pm

cybernan

were getting sleet at the moment, but the temp is dropping

3:30 pm

lynxxx

sangria is not in this grid

3:30 pm

ivesy3

going to do all erands tomor. morning.. just in case..

3:30 pm

doseffing

...

3:30 pm

doseffing

rose

3:30 pm

doseffing

rosa

3:31 pm

mkg

i dont get the si 8! help!!!!!!! starts with opp of brother and then : drugs? robot???????

3:31 pm

doseffing

,,, sorry about that

3:31 pm

doseffing

3:31 pm

ivesy3

try the ending for hem****

3:32 pm

mkg

TY IVESY!!!!!!! GOT IT. yeah!

3:32 pm

ivesy3

yw lol

3:33 pm

mkg

so what is the clue drugs? ugh. ty.

3:33 pm

Soodle

Good grief. Two centimetres of snow grinds this country to a halt. Two feet of snow would render us catatonic. I sure don't envy you folks. Oh and Hi, Lynn, Nan, ivesy, Dose, Judi and assorted watchers/lurkers :-)

3:33 pm

doseffing

... A-rod ... a baseball player who used steroids

3:34 pm

lynxxx

hi Soodle

3:34 pm

cybernan

hi soodle

3:34 pm

cybernan

we don't even bother shovelling 2 cm, soodle

3:35 pm

ivesy3

hi soodle.. schools will close, library will close..(yea.we get paid anyway) will be a driving ban, but worse of all tim hortons will close.. nooooooo

3:35 pm

cybernan

but then we all have all weather or snow tires

3:35 pm

lynxxx

tim hortons?

3:36 pm

doseffing

... old story of a driver from here who got to the interstate in Texas only to discover that the state police had closed it because of impending snow .... he begged that he had to get on ... so they looked at his license plates ... saw he was from Ontario Canada ... and said okay you know who to drive in snow and let him go

3:36 pm

cybernan

better make a donut run now, ivesy :D

3:36 pm

ivesy3

famous coffee shop lynx. great coffee lol

3:36 pm

doseffing

... tim's never closes ... that's sacreligous ... the country would explode

3:37 pm

ivesy3

i know.. get a couple spare cups of coffee.. but alas, am not able to eat more donuts. my a 1 c was horrible.. sigh

3:37 pm

cybernan

don't like their tea or coffee, but timbits are another story

3:37 pm

doseffing

... a step up from Dunkin' Donut but not up to Starbucks

3:37 pm

lynxxx

ah, the chains don't do so well here. We do have many many coffee places here - it's a bit of a thing

3:37 pm

ivesy3

i dont think they would close, but there will be driving ban... does going there rate an emergency.

3:38 pm

ivesy3

starbucks has great coffee. rather expensive

3:38 pm

doseffing

... I'm not sure if Canadian's know how to make coffee at home any more

3:38 pm

cybernan

not doing so well with the st's -- still missing the 8/45, 8/50 and the last 6

3:40 pm

Soodle

Understandable with 2 foot of snow, Ivesy. But even the lightest sprinkling here means everybody downs tools & goes home. And, Lynn ... We have Tim Hortons here. It's good, but I am a Bewleys Coffee fan. Personal taste!

3:40 pm

lynxxx

st7.36 & 8.50 and old fashioned term for what movie 'types' used to aim for

3:41 pm

ivesy3

living in western ny. this is normal in the winter. unfortunately.. they will ban driving until snowplows get through.. i am lucky, i can walk to work

3:41 pm

cybernan

have those ty lynxx -- it's the ones after that that I'm missing

3:43 pm

lynxxx

perhaps the ones that end in frozen stuff

3:44 pm

cybernan

st 8/45 the 8 that comes after fame and before the flower

3:44 pm

cybernan

then the last st 6 and the last st 8

3:45 pm

cybernan

found the 6

3:45 pm

lynxxx

I'll but out as I haven't listed as yet - sorry

3:45 pm

cybernan

no - appreciate your trying to help

3:46 pm

cybernan

st 8/50 is the last 8 and comes after latin layers

3:46 pm

cybernan

keep looking for striated

3:47 pm

doseffing

... st 6/21 ... not moving or stationary

3:47 pm

doseffing

st8/45 ... make the end look like frozen waters

3:48 pm

cybernan

dos it comes after begins?

3:48 pm

Soodle

I had a meeting in the city today & fondly imagined that I could do all or most of my Christmas shopping on my way home. Think again Soodle!! To buy stuff for my impoverished student 21 yr old daughter - a doddle. But the 26 yr old son & 24 yr old daughter???? Both have well paid jobs, so, if they want something, they buy it. Scratching my head here....

3:49 pm

doseffing

... that's right ... there's an st4/4 ... a type of number like ERA or RBIs

3:49 pm

lynxxx

st8.45 st & vwl & ***** says 'put your hands on your head"

3:50 pm

cybernan

yay lynxxx - tyvm

3:50 pm

lynxxx

listing now - hah!

3:50 pm

doseffing

... if you ever come up with something Soodle let me know ... one kid makes almost double what I make ... the other more than triple

3:51 pm

cybernan

did you know that word? -- if so I'm impressed!

3:51 pm

cybernan

I just got a nice cable knit pullover for mine

3:51 pm

lynxxx

nope - when I list I also invariably do Morewords

3:54 pm

lynxxx

poor everyone I gift to now - kitted, sewn or baked - thats it basically. I get pleasure out of making them anyway and hopefully they will be useful/delicious

3:54 pm

lynxxx

knitted that is

3:55 pm

lynxxx

the last st8.50 ends in the ***** that laid the golden egg less an O

3:55 pm

cybernan

never did learn how to knit, but did sew a lab coat for our 4yrold granddaughter to go with a veterinary care play set I got for her

3:56 pm

cybernan

ty lynxxx

3:57 pm

Nef

Good afternoon again. My kids are pretty happy with gift certificates AND some baked goodies that their Dad makes (*I* am not a baker!)

3:57 pm

Soodle

Thats wonderful Lyn. Those are gifts to treasure. Sadly, my talents do not lie in creativity... :-(. Dose, I am clutching at the straws of personalised golfballs right now. Like you, I crave inspiration.

3:57 pm

cybernan

taking a break to mix up some cookies -- back later

3:57 pm

Soodle

Hi (((Nef)))

3:57 pm

lynxxx

bye Nan

3:58 pm

doseffing

... yeah ... they no longer pay any attention to anything I get them so the stocking just gets gift cards from clothing stores, a mess of candy, and a toothbrush

3:59 pm

lynxxx

love the toothbrush!

4:00 pm

Nef

Hi Soodle. Did your kids love some special food or baked goods you made them when they were small?
I remember once that when I was asked what I wanted for Christmas; I asked my aunt to make me some Olive Ann cookies. (I loved them as a kid; esp. with a nice glass of milk)

4:04 pm

Soodle

You can't go wrong with a toothbrush! Nef- my kids are weird!! When they were small, they dreaded Sunday Dinners as much as they dreaded the dentist. Son of Soodle was very creative in hiding mashed potato under broccoli! In recent years, whenever they come home - a Sunday dinner is top of their wish/demand list. Weird kids!!

4:06 pm

Nef

We gave our kids some electric toothbrushes a couple of years ago; I'll bet they'd appreciate a gift of new heads for them! (I like that idea too)

4:08 pm

Soodle

I've been noodling round the internet & found stuff like personalised bathrobes, golf markers, calendars etc. Between that tat & some gift cards, I reckon I should be ok!

4:08 pm

m9f9l

Hello all. What is an Olive Ann cookie?

4:09 pm

Soodle

Kids sorted.... Now to find gifts for octogenarian parents... Jeez!

4:09 pm

m9f9l

Or is that your aunt's name?

4:10 pm

m9f9l

Fleece lined slippers with hard soles!! I wear mine outside even :-)

4:11 pm

lynxxx

a gift card for a High Tea - with you of course!

4:12 pm

Soodle

Good idea M9. Even better idea, Lynn!(I benefit!!). Lol

4:12 pm

lynxxx

that robot end is used quite a bit

4:12 pm

Nef

m9, it's a refrigerator cookie that's pressed into a small bread pan, then after refrigerating It's cut into thin (1/4") slices & baked.

4:13 pm

Soodle

So, it doesn't go into the oven at all, Nef?

4:13 pm

m9f9l

Why is it called an Olive Ann?

4:13 pm

Nef

Oh! I "gave" my daughter a gift of a painting class (with myself) for her birthday! She liked that a lot!

4:13 pm

m9f9l

Today is my younger girl's 21st

4:14 pm

lynxxx

what a lovely gift Nef

4:14 pm

m9f9l

As in you both went to a painting class together? Or you gave her lessons?

4:15 pm

Nef

It's baked after you cut it into slices, Soodle.

And I don't know why it's called an Olive Ann cookie; it's a recipe of my Grandmothers' (I've never made it -remember, I'm not a baker!). Maybe she knew someone with that name?

4:16 pm

m9f9l

Must have. 'Cause it sure doesn't come up on Google LOL

4:16 pm

Soodle

Thats lovely Nef. And a very happy birthday to the minor M9! 21 is a wonderful age (as, indeed is 56!).

4:16 pm

Nef

m9, we both went to a class together. She wants to do it again soon (so it might be a Christmas gift this year)

4:17 pm

m9f9l

I'm going to attempt a rolled cake today... wish me luck! I have to wait until my older daughter is done in the kitchen though.. she's baking 4 cakes for her husband's holiday white elephant exchange.

4:17 pm

m9f9l

Ah.. but now that she's 21..she's not a minor any more! :-D

4:17 pm

Nef

m9, I'll dig through the family recipes & post it in my profile later tonight. DH says we have to go to Costgo but needed a nap first; I'll post it probably after 9 PM or so. Okay?

4:17 pm

m9f9l

Going to an art class together sounds like such fun!

4:18 pm

m9f9l

Oh..thanks!

4:18 pm

m9f9l

My girl and I went to a paint night together. That was fun

4:18 pm

godthaab

Name that Proper Noun. Tenor player with Monk

4:19 pm

Nef

It was fun! We had lots of fun; teased eachotherand ate supper afterwards together (in a way; it was a blessing because DH was in the hospital at the time & I need the break from being there at his side all the time.

4:19 pm

m9f9l

Hmm.. I don't see Charlie or Rouse..

4:20 pm

godthaab

One more.....

4:21 pm

m9f9l

Herbie.. Fields...

4:22 pm

Soodle

<---Philistine. Knows no tenor players.

4:22 pm

Nef

We have several of those wine & art paint night places around here; but we actually went to an art class instead. It was just3 of us in class for the instructor, so lots of personal attention.

4:22 pm

godthaab

G--- G----

4:22 pm

m9f9l

Coltrane..

4:23 pm

Soodle

Sounds like the perfect antidote to your worries at the time Nef.

4:24 pm

godthaab

Give up?

4:24 pm

Soodle

I surrender....

4:24 pm

m9f9l

Almost Gordan.. I give up

4:24 pm

godthaab

Gigi Grice

4:25 pm

m9f9l

Gryce ?

4:25 pm

godthaab

Oh........ sorry........

4:26 pm

m9f9l

No wait.. BIRTH NAME: George General Grice Jr. According to wiki!

4:26 pm

m9f9l

It's all good :-D

4:27 pm

lynxxx

godthaabs questions are a LOT harder than Hurshy's!

4:27 pm

m9f9l

And I know nothing about jazz.. I just like to look things up.

4:29 pm

Soodle

Bless Wiki!! Ladies & gents, it's been a pleasure spending time in your company. Another busy day awaits tomorrow, so I will adjourn for the night. Adios all X

4:30 pm

lynxxx

sweet dreams Soodle

4:30 pm

Nef

Good Night, Soodle!

4:42 pm

m9f9l

And I just learned something new while figuring out how I'm going to make this cake!

4:42 pm

m9f9l

Two things actually.

4:43 pm

Nef

what did you learn, m9?

4:45 pm

m9f9l

Ok.. three: 1. Recipes for using a box cake mix for a jelly roll use SIX eggs. 2. You can make stabilized whipped cream by adding a little sour cream (I wanted a sour cream filling anyway..but cool!) and 3. A thing called GOOP pan release as a substitute for the spray that has flour added. It's just equal parts flour, oil and shortening, you can keep it in your fridge too.

4:45 pm

m9f9l

I don't like sprays :-)

4:46 pm

m9f9l

Hmm... what should I make for dinner?

4:47 pm

Nef

I don't like sprays either; but you can buy a bottle that you pump up and then spray oils with works well & no extra chemicals.

4:50 pm

lynxxx

Bye all

4:51 pm

m9f9l

Yeah.. I have that..but I think flour would clog it.

4:51 pm

cybernan

hi again - first batch in the oven

4:51 pm

m9f9l

This GOOP stuff you can brush on.

4:51 pm

m9f9l

Whatchya makin'?

5:01 pm

cybernan

2nd batch in - smelling good around here --- ginger cookies with dark chocolate centres

5:09 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!*

5:09 pm

cybernan

can clue until the buzzer goes

5:11 pm

Jellen

Hi all.

5:11 pm

cybernan

hi jelle

5:11 pm

cybernan

*jellen

5:12 pm

cybernan

Hagd everyone -- will leave some cookies in the pb

5:12 pm

Jellen

I'm sad. I talked to the PC repair guy and he said my PC isn't worth saving...

5:12 pm

Jellen

Bye, nan

5:14 pm

hurshy

they always say that

5:15 pm

hurshy

computers are considered old so fast now that if it's out of warranty then it's probably "not worth saving"

5:15 pm

Jellen

True

5:20 pm

hurshy

well, this is a hard grid

5:20 pm

hurshy

i haven't found any 8's, much less the 10

5:20 pm

lil*monkey

me neither

5:21 pm

hurshy

maybe some with -ist endings?

5:22 pm

hurshy

aHA i found one - fame = st7, then plural

5:23 pm

hurshy

ooh another st7/8 combo is a flower with quite small blooms

5:26 pm

hurshy

i know them in purple, not sure if they also come in other colors

5:41 pm

hurshy

mo7/8 combo - hole that you cut in a joint to receive like a peg-type piece from the other piece that is forming the joint

5:43 pm

periwinkle

nan those cookies sound really good

5:43 pm

periwinkle

back to find my last 122 words

5:45 pm

periwinkle

hi all

5:47 pm

car.eeyore

Good evening

5:49 pm

periwinkle

car, one of my neighbors has a blow up eeyore on their lawn along with other christmas. I think of you everytime I see it :)

5:50 pm

periwinkle

other christmas things

5:50 pm

car.eeyore

Fun! But I don't think I would go THAT far...

5:51 pm

periwinkle

several of my neighbor have blow up things, including a purple hippo. I do not like them. But I do enjoy looking at the lights.

5:51 pm

car.eeyore

agreed

6:01 pm

ddb4nana

help with the cu 8/60 would be greatly appreciated!

6:01 pm

periwinkle

what you do to your lawn

6:04 pm

periwinkle

se7 pls

6:06 pm

car.eeyore

Sing with me now...."Christmas in Hollis!"

6:07 pm

periwinkle

don't know the words, car

6:08 pm

car.eeyore

Its the tune Run DMC did on the very first "A Very Special Christmas" album

6:08 pm

periwinkle

st8 pls

6:09 pm

Lizlin

Hi all

6:09 pm

car.eeyore

Hi :)

6:09 pm

periwinkle

hi liz.

6:09 pm

periwinkle

I don't listen to much christmas music

6:09 pm

Lizlin

I have st 8 x3 - which do you need

6:10 pm

periwinkle

the 2nd one pls

6:10 pm

Lizlin

st + vowel + man's name

6:11 pm

ddb4nana

thanks periwinkle! Sorry I haven't been able to help you...just getting started

6:11 pm

periwinkle

yw

6:12 pm

car.eeyore

OK...off to work I go. HAGD/E everyone

6:12 pm

Lizlin

You too, car

6:13 pm

periwinkle

not seeing it liz

6:13 pm

Lizlin

Remember the kid's rhyme - about the simple guy who met a pieman? That's the male name.

6:14 pm

periwinkle

I remember, ty liz. new word for me

6:14 pm

Lizlin

yw

6:14 pm

Lizlin

Me too - I also got it from a clue earlier.

6:15 pm

Lizlin

Quite a few unusual words in this grid.

6:18 pm

periwinkle

there is a 4th st8 too

6:18 pm

periwinkle

which was also a new word for me

6:18 pm

Lizlin

I'm missing one then.

6:19 pm

periwinkle

do you me to try and clue it?

6:19 pm

Lizlin

Could you clue it pls?

6:19 pm

periwinkle

first 3 letters of the word above it and then word for mate of a gander minus a vowel

6:19 pm

Lizlin

:)

6:20 pm

Lizlin

Thanks - as you said, a new word for me too.

6:21 pm

periwinkle

yw

6:21 pm

Lizlin

25 to go.

6:22 pm

periwinkle

45 left here

6:22 pm

Lizlin

I've found this a difficult grid.

6:22 pm

periwinkle

me too, I liked yesterday

6:23 pm

periwinkle

yesterdays better

6:23 pm

Lizlin

Me too

6:23 pm

Lizlin

on 6 pls?

6:24 pm

HarryHood

on + what the A stands for in USDA

6:25 pm

periwinkle

good clue harry, I had no idea how to clue it

6:25 pm

HarryHood

still 149 to go here.

6:25 pm

Lizlin

Thanks - once I'd googled USDA :)

6:25 pm

periwinkle

go Harry!

6:26 pm

HarryHood

sorry liz - we need to stop assuming everybody in the world is american :)

6:26 pm

Lizlin

Not a problem - sometimes I know and at others, I use google.

6:27 pm

periwinkle

ga6 or ga7 pls

6:27 pm

Lizlin

ga + consonant + robot ending. Another new word for me.

6:28 pm

HarryHood

ty liz - I had NO ga words :)

6:28 pm

periwinkle

ty and for me too

6:28 pm

periwinkle

short break, bbs

6:28 pm

Lizlin

The other ga word is ga 4 - babblet.

6:28 pm

Lizlin

Enjoy :)

6:28 pm

HarryHood

yah - got that :)

6:29 pm

Lizlin

No other ga words

6:31 pm

HarryHood

140. bbl perhaps.

6:31 pm

Lizlin

Have a good evening

6:32 pm

hurshy

i am troubled by that clue for a fourth st8 - first THREE plus gander's mate (5) minus a vowel (4) = 3 + 4 = 7

6:32 pm

hurshy

should be first FOUR?

6:33 pm

Lizlin

I added a vowel after the first 3 - didn't make sense otherwise.

6:33 pm

hurshy

yeah, i just was trying to puzzle it out without the list, so didn't know what was above it

6:33 pm

Lizlin

Or as you said, first 4

6:33 pm

hurshy

does anyone have the 10?

6:34 pm

Lizlin

Want a clue?

6:34 pm

Lizlin

Or stats?

6:34 pm

hurshy

depends how weird it is. if it's pretty normal a half-clue like "it's a compound" or something would probably be enough :)

6:34 pm

hurshy

i mean, stats of course also

6:35 pm

Lizlin

ar 10/70 - builds from the word before. ar 6, 8, 10, 7

6:36 pm

hurshy

thank you!!!

6:36 pm

Lizlin

Phew! 8's finally complete :)

6:36 pm

Lizlin

yw

6:37 pm

hurshy

i really just want one more s from the second row, then i will be happy, at least for now

6:37 pm

hurshy

10/13 is so much nicer than 9/13

6:38 pm

Lizlin

I agree - so many s's though. I'm not sure which come from which!

6:38 pm

hurshy

well a lot of the 2nd row are plurals of things where the singular comes from the 1st row

6:38 pm

hurshy

some just go straight down tho

6:39 pm

Lizlin

Have you got sa 8/45 - my last 8?

6:40 pm

hurshy

looks like not

6:40 pm

hurshy

i keep wanting like, sardonic and other -ic things that aren't there

6:40 pm

Lizlin

Add person who does to the word before - sa 5/12

6:41 pm

Lizlin

sa 5/12 - which ends in what you use to go fishing.

6:41 pm

hurshy

aahhh thanks did not have that 5 either!

6:42 pm

hurshy

so that brings me up to 12/13 for that S!

6:42 pm

Lizlin

yw

6:43 pm

Lizlin

4 to go - all t's, though can't imagine why seagrass isn't accepted.

6:44 pm

Lizlin

Fireworks - last word tr 6/24 and pl.

6:45 pm

Lizlin

BBL - enjoy your evening

6:47 pm

LuvWordGames

go

7:33 pm

wvteach

help with last ST 8/50 pls

7:34 pm

wvteach

nm

7:45 pm

movieman

the se7 plz

7:46 pm

penquis

hello....

7:47 pm

wht

The se7 was clued earlier as Spanx for the ocean

7:48 pm

wht

Hello penq

7:48 pm

wht

Clue for the first ci7 please

7:50 pm

penquis

sorry, don't have it yet...

7:54 pm

wht

the ci7 ends with the robot ending

7:56 pm

penquis

hmmm....

8:02 pm

wht

penq, there are a few consonants before the ending.

8:05 pm

penquis

ty...i will try again...

8:06 pm

penquis

got it...ty....

8:14 pm

penquis

i am not enjoying the last of this grid...

8:15 pm

wht

I am still finding runs of words that I should have gotten before. But with 68 to go, I am hardly near the last of it.

8:17 pm

penquis

well i have 80 left....it's a large grid!

8:17 pm

penquis

i don't think i will finish this one...

8:17 pm

wht

I just have hit the or's. Ruru must have had fun with these.

8:19 pm

penquis

hah...

8:19 pm

rururocks

yes.. it was just about naked ambition to finish this grid

8:20 pm

penquis

*he just appears out of nowhere*....

8:23 pm

wht

All you have to do is have a risque thought and it brings him out of his lair.

8:23 pm

penquis

hah...

8:24 pm

rururocks

ah.. i'm always poking around

8:26 pm

wht

Mostly I'm just bumbling around.

8:27 pm

rururocks

I just found a cu that I just don't believe is a word

8:27 pm

penquis

i gave up on the cu words...

8:28 pm

rururocks

you will not believe it when you find it

8:28 pm

penquis

should be IF and not WHEN... ;o)

8:29 pm

wht

Well there is the cu5/6 combo that ruru would be poking around. And there is the cu7 that describes your lawn after you have mowed it.

8:29 pm

penquis

oh....ty....figured that was two words...

8:29 pm

penquis

didn't take seagr***.....

8:30 pm

rururocks

ha..i missed the best or word

8:30 pm

wht

The first cu7 is the one that is hard.

8:31 pm

rururocks

I think I hate this grid

8:31 pm

penquis

don't have that one...

8:31 pm

wht

cu + a phonetic spelling of what a gramatically challenged person might say that they would be a jerk.

8:32 pm

penquis

i do, too.....enjoyed the first couple of hundred words....

8:32 pm

penquis

hmmm...not sure i understand that clue...

8:33 pm

penquis

it's ... um.... grammatically challenged... ;o)

8:33 pm

wht

cu + vowel + consonant + butt

8:36 pm

penquis

it's cu 7, right?

8:36 pm

wht

Yes it is, penq

8:37 pm

wht

It is a kind of armor

8:38 pm

penquis

oh...i see it now...ty...

8:38 pm

wht

Sometimes you can only understand my clues if you know the word.

8:40 pm

penquis

my brain is a little fried...

8:43 pm

rururocks

<---down to s's only (smug look)

8:46 pm

wht

Do you have the first st8, ruru?

8:46 pm

rururocks

nope.. working on the si's

8:46 pm

penquis

i do....

8:47 pm

wht

Could give me a clue, please.

8:47 pm

penquis

it's a plural....of a word we don't normally make into a plural....

8:47 pm

Minveryork

st8/50 word is plural of the st 7/36 (referring to celebrity)

8:48 pm

wht

Sorry, I have that one. Itis the second st8 I am missing.

8:48 pm

penquis

weird word....st + vowel + man's name...

8:50 pm

penquis

i have never seen some of these words...

8:52 pm

rururocks

I can't find the first st 8/45

8:53 pm

wht

It is what the contestants on American Idol dream of.

8:53 pm

wht

I cannot figure out the man's name.

8:53 pm

rururocks

that's the 8/50.. I need the one after that

8:53 pm

penquis

ru...it's a plural.....state of being a celeb...

8:54 pm

wht

That is the one that has stumped me. The only man's name I have found so far is Igor and I can't make that work with the clue.

8:55 pm

penquis

think st. peter....

8:55 pm

penquis

or maybe that's not right....lol....

8:56 pm

penquis

gerald mcraney played a brother on a pi show years ago.....

8:56 pm

penquis

or the game ***** Says....do this...do that...

8:56 pm

JBsAnno

This might be helpful - the st8/45 definition: (in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode, especially in tragedy, divided into strophe and antistrophe: usually alternating with the epeisodion and, in the final ode, preceding the exodos.

8:57 pm

wht

ty. I was not looking at that s on the left.

8:57 pm

JBsAnno

Or not. I'm leaning towards 'not'.

8:58 pm

wht

Why didn't you say so earlier, JBs. That would have certainly given it to me.

8:58 pm

wht

Or not.

8:58 pm

JBsAnno

TY, pen, it was the American Idol reference that gave me the word.

8:58 pm

rururocks

anyone have the last st8/50?

8:58 pm

JBsAnno

LOL, wht, right?!

8:59 pm

wht

s's done. How can I still have 18 t's.

8:59 pm

wht

Starts like the st5 before it and ends like the gander's mate mising a vowel.

9:00 pm

penquis

i still have 35 left...

9:00 pm

rururocks

thank you wht

9:00 pm

rururocks

done finally.

9:01 pm

rururocks

what a grid

9:01 pm

origami

Hi folks

9:01 pm

wht

wtg ruru

9:01 pm

rururocks

hiya ori

9:02 pm

penquis

congrats, ru.....

9:02 pm

penquis

hi ori....

9:04 pm

origami

I have a job interview tomorrow. Wish me luck!

9:05 pm

penquis

good luck!

9:05 pm

origami

congrats ru!

9:05 pm

Bugsaw

hope you get it origami

9:06 pm

wht

Good luck origami. May your inteview be easier than this grid.

9:06 pm

wht

Fireworks finally.

9:06 pm

origami

Thanks friends. It would be a good move financially for me to retire from where I am and take this job.

9:06 pm

wht

The final ts's were a tstruggle.

9:07 pm

penquis

congrats...

9:07 pm

origami

Oh, no, just starting and there are ts's :D

9:08 pm

wht

Does anyone need clues before I go?

9:08 pm

penquis

too many to ask for...ty....

9:09 pm

JBsAnno

TY for your clues already, wht, I'm getting there!

9:09 pm

wvteach

** finito ** last word AD 6/24

9:10 pm

wht

Congrats teach

9:11 pm

origami

WTG teach

9:11 pm

wht

Good night all. And happy babbling.

9:16 pm

JBsAnno

Funny, my last word was st5/10. I ended with the beginning! And I wish you all good night, thanks for the clues and chat. I hope everyone finishes

9:24 pm

origami

congrats JBs

9:47 pm

rururocks

what's the new job ori?

9:47 pm

Nef

Hi again. I wasn't going to do this today because I didn't think I had the time (which - I didn't)but got sucked into it in spite of myself. I have 210 left; I know I won't finish again tonight!

9:51 pm

penquis

can someone clue st 7/28 please?

9:52 pm

origami

The new job is the budget and personnel manager for the dean's office of arts & letters at sac state.

9:54 pm

Nef

I don't have it pen, but I'll help you look

9:54 pm

penquis

ty....

9:54 pm

jimmel

plural of last st6,18

9:55 pm

penquis

duh....ty....it was my last word...i am done...

9:56 pm

rururocks

oh.. nice ori

9:56 pm

rururocks

that sounds like a nice change of pace

9:57 pm

Nef

YAY, pen!!! WTG!!!
And also everyone else who have finished this grid!!

9:57 pm

origami

It is pretty much what I do now. But at a higher level, with lower pay :-)

9:57 pm

rururocks

can you take your pension and have this job too?

9:58 pm

penquis

ty, nef....

9:58 pm

rururocks

if so, will you adopt me ? :D

9:58 pm

origami

Yes I can ru. That plays into the plan. The salary I would earn would be gravy so I could pay off my car and save some bucks.

9:58 pm

rururocks

good for you.. this would be a smart move then

9:58 pm

origami

Of course, ru. Consider yourself my adopted son.

9:58 pm

rururocks

hA!

9:59 pm

rururocks

Except I'm older than you :D

9:59 pm

penquis

i am heading out...goodnight all....

10:00 pm

origami

Adopted older brother? :-)

10:00 pm

origami

Night pen

10:02 pm

rururocks

that works

10:02 pm

rururocks

night penqqqqqq

10:03 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to all babblers! How is everyone doing today

10:03 pm

Minveryork

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! Way to go!

10:03 pm

rururocks

hi minver

10:04 pm

Nef

Hi Min

10:05 pm

origami

Hi min

10:08 pm

rururocks

I may not make the flip.. had to get up really early today

10:09 pm

Nef

Busy day today; or just couldn't sleep?

10:09 pm

Minveryork

I DEFINITELY won't make the flip. Have to get up too early tomorrow morning.What time is really early 4 U rururocks?

10:11 pm

rururocks

i got up at 5:30

10:12 pm

origami

I never make the flip. 5:30 a.m. rising time doesn't allow late nights

10:12 pm

rururocks

that's normally my best sleeping time

10:12 pm

rururocks

5:30 am every day would kill me

10:13 pm

origami

It's rough. I could change it to 6:30, but I need a bit of quasi-awake time in the morning to actually wake up.

10:13 pm

rururocks

ugh

10:14 pm

rururocks

i normally get up at 7:30 that 4:30-7:00 zone is my best sleep

10:14 pm

origami

If I get the new job, I am 10 minutes away. A big difference.

10:14 pm

rururocks

my commute is ten feet :D

10:15 pm

origami

Grrrrr ... maybe I can be your adopted sister :D

10:15 pm

Minveryork

I drive to work practically half asleep (1+ hours commute).

10:15 pm

rururocks

oh wow minver.. that's awful

10:16 pm

Nef

Oh, Min! That isn't safe!

10:16 pm

Nef

I can't imagine living that far from work!

10:16 pm

origami

I can relate Min. I live 19 miles door to door, but it usually takes me 45 minutes in the morn and 60 after work. Yuck.

10:17 pm

origami

And on Fridays it takes me 1.5 hrs home if I leave at 5.

10:17 pm

rururocks

oh.. i bet on fridays

10:18 pm

rururocks

i hate the sacramento freeways on Fridays.. it's horrible

10:18 pm

origami

I usually just take at 4. Then it only takes 45 min or so.

10:19 pm

origami

*leave at 4* rather

10:19 pm

Minveryork

It does not help that I stay up babbling at this time of nite.

10:19 pm

Nef

(Believe me; after nearly 41 years of working evenings & nights; I don't know how I got home sometimes after a busy shift. I've had to pull into a park justness than 2 blocks from home for a short nap because I really couldn't go even 1/2 block more.

10:19 pm

rururocks

we're better than a commute minver :D

10:19 pm

origami

Oh, Nef. That sounds awful.

10:20 pm

Minveryork

That's for sure rururocks!

10:22 pm

Nef

It was, ore. What's worse, is that I often got in my car & fell asleep in the parking lot without even starting my car sometimes.

10:23 pm

Nef

Ori. Sorry

10:23 pm

origami

Whenever I stay up late I kick myself the next day. Unless it's a Friday or Saturday. Then I pat myself on the back for staying up until 11. I can't wait for retirement when I can stay up as late as I want.

10:24 pm

Minveryork

I have pulled over to take a cat nap on my way home from work before also Nef. I usually do it on Thursday or Friday when my lack of shortage has finally caught up to me.

10:24 pm

origami

Oh, Nef. I have never fallen asleep in the parking lot.

10:25 pm

Nef

Want a good laugh at me?
I once got in my car & fell asleep & when I woke up I couldn't figure out what was wrong -- I thought stole my steering wheel!
(I'd opened the back door of my car & didn't realize it when I got in.) :-/

10:25 pm

rururocks

I have done stuff in a parking lot but never slept there :D

10:26 pm

Minveryork

I meant shortage of sleep has caught up with me.Guess I'm getting a little sleepy now since I can't even type anymore

10:26 pm

origami

Although, when I have to go to the Bay Area where I manage a warehouse and where the headquarters of UC are, I dread driving home even when I am rested. I have almost fallen asleep a couple of times. Driving in the SF bay area is no picnic

10:26 pm

rururocks

i drive the bay area freeways every day basically

10:28 pm

Nef

I have driven in the SF bay area once; way back in 1980. It was crazy back then & I can imagine it's much worse now

10:28 pm

rururocks

it's horrible now

10:29 pm

rururocks

if I leave SF after 3:30.. my 1 hour commute changes to a 3-4 hour commute

10:29 pm

Nef

YUK!!!

10:29 pm

Nef

I wouldn't like to drive there at all if it's that bad.

10:29 pm

rururocks

the peninsula below sf is even worse

10:30 pm

Minveryork

So I guess I should not complain about the commute I have

10:30 pm

rururocks

without traffic palo alto to where i live is 2 hours.. the other day i did a staff training and got out at 3 and i didn't get home until 8

10:31 pm

hurshy

what i don't understand is, with all the land there is, how has california not built more major roads between major cities?

10:31 pm

rururocks

ori knows what i'm talking about..it's almost as bad as LA

10:31 pm

origami

Bay area traffic is wretched. People I know who live in the LA area, where traffic is epic of course, say the bay area is almost as bad

10:31 pm

rururocks

LA is the worst absolutely

10:32 pm

origami

Apparently I do ru, as we posted the same thing.

10:32 pm

Minveryork

That totally sucks ruru! Makes you think U should get paid for that time since you wouldn't have been driving all that time if you had not done that staff training for your job.

10:32 pm

rururocks

no funding hursh.. and also a lot of environmentalists stop freeways

10:34 pm

origami

Gotta head out and do some laundry and meet my bedtime. See ya'll.

10:34 pm

Minveryork

Well maybe President-elect will build more freeways since he is certainly NOT an evironmentalist rururocks.

10:38 pm

rururocks

to be honest.. we don't need more freeways out here.. we just need less people

10:39 pm

Nef

Or better transit?

10:39 pm

rururocks

we have ok transit.. but it has a lot of delays and breakdowns so people prefer to drive themselves

10:40 pm

Minveryork

Rururocks,Trump could help there too if he deports all the undocumented immigrants he says he is going to deport.

10:41 pm

rururocks

that's kind of likely to happen i think minver.. it's going to have a huge impact on California

10:41 pm

Nef

Min, by looking at who he is choosing for his cabinet members & how he's acting about his companies, etc; do you really think he will helpUS?

10:42 pm

rururocks

unlikely.. i think the 1% are back to having a field day with the economy

10:42 pm

Nef

same here, ru. :-(

10:42 pm

Minveryork

Actually Nef, I was being sarcastic. Don't think he will help anyone except the rich, charter schools, & private schools.

10:43 pm

rururocks

my tax bracket may drop some.. and the burden is squarely going to drop on the poor and the middle class

10:44 pm

Nef

I'm even wondering if he will even help that many, Min. (I felt you were being sarcastic with the first post; but not too certain on your second post about him)

10:45 pm

Nef

(I think the only people he will help are himself & his close family & friends.

10:46 pm

rururocks

i have to do dinner dishes.. really nice seeing everyone and having a pleasant discussion for once

10:47 pm

Minveryork

Bye rururocks!Enjoy the rest of your evening. See ya soon!

10:47 pm

Nef

Have fun doing dishes, ru. Take care & sleep well tonight

10:56 pm

Nef

Still here, Min? How's life treating you lately?

11:00 pm

Minveryork

Life is busy Nef.I am In the process of getting estimates on painting & redoing my floors to get the house ready to put on market. My house needs a ginormous amount of work!

11:02 pm

Nef

Oh, I feel for you! I just had our floors redone this past summer; and besides having to move all the furniture out of the rooms; I decided to paint the rooms before we did the floors.

11:03 pm

Nef

(that was back in July; & I still don't have all of the furniture back in place! I just got tired of doing everything).

11:05 pm

Nef

Darn. Tardis isn't a word either!

11:10 pm

Minveryork

We also have a lot of other work to do on the house.Wish I could sell it as is. Not going to make any $$$ on it anyway

11:12 pm

Nef

really? that's too bad.
We aren't going to sell our house for a couple of years yet (IF DH would stay healthy, we'll stay here longer; if his health keeps failing; we'll move sooner)

11:14 pm

m9f9l

Hello again.

11:14 pm

Nef

And we're close to paying off our mortgage too; so that helps

11:14 pm

Nef

Hi m9; I didn't forget; I just need to find my recipe.

11:15 pm

m9f9l

No worries! I just ate cake! :-)

11:15 pm

m9f9l

The very first word in this grid is a last word. That amuses me.

11:17 pm

Minveryork

Hello m9f9l! How are you doing? Welcome to the chat log.

11:17 pm

Minveryork

Your are so right m9f9l! I never saw it that way. It's ironic.

11:19 pm

Nef

That is funny, m9. I hadn't noticed that either

11:20 pm

m9f9l

Oh! The word 'ironic' made me think of something funny!

11:22 pm

m9f9l

It doesn't start with ironic though...it's starts literally: http://tinyurl.com/zgqzm8r

11:24 pm

Minveryork

It is soooooooo way past my bedtime! Goodnight babblers!

11:24 pm

m9f9l

g'night!

11:26 pm

Nef

Niters, Min!!

11:32 pm

ursh

cu 8 ? please

11:32 pm

Nef

m9; I'm still looking for the recipe for those cookies, & I've gone through my recipe box, & am working through the 3 ring binder that we have of family recipes. So far no luck; but (if nothing else) I can call my sister tomorrow & ask her for it. I was sure I had the recipe card that my grandma wrote, but Not sure where it is now.

11:32 pm

ursh

nm found it tx

11:32 pm

Nef

How did your cake turn out?

11:32 pm

m9f9l

oh no. I hope you find it, that sounds like a treasure.

11:33 pm

m9f9l

super yummy :-)

11:33 pm

m9f9l

I don't know how people get them to roll super circular though.. Mine was kind of oval.

11:34 pm

m9f9l

Probably the cake was too thick or the filling.

11:35 pm

stidmama

*stealth hugs and choclits*

11:36 pm

stidmama

[hello all: not playing, just checking to see who's here]

11:36 pm

Nef

Sorry I missed your request for help, ursh. I have been trying to find a cookie recipe for m9 that I said I'd post in my profile tonight.

11:36 pm

Nef

Hi stid. How are you feeling today?

11:37 pm

m9f9l

Hi stid!

11:37 pm

stidmama

I am okay -- tired, but determined to make it to winter vacation. Hope you-all are well?

11:38 pm

m9f9l

That can't be that long, right?

11:38 pm

Nef

So far, December is much better than the past 2 months.

11:39 pm

Nef

is your hip better?

11:44 pm

Nef

Would you consider Brownies to be cookies or desserts?

11:44 pm

m9f9l

desserts

11:45 pm

m9f9l

though they are sometimes included in cookie books.. a bar cookie?

11:46 pm

Nef

Well, I've found a bunch of cooky recipes in the HUGE dessert section of my18" long recipe box. So I'm hoping that that is where I will find the Olive Ann cooky recipe

11:46 pm

stidmama

Sorry all-- watching the tube with the "boys" tonight. My hip is awful this month, the allergies are barely (and not always controlled), and the exhaustion is not yet diagnosed... LOL on the positive side, I am tougher and meaner than the ailments, the students I get to work with are A-MAZing, and I have wonderful, supportive colleagues who daily restore my faith in humanity.

11:47 pm

m9f9l

Sweet! (literally :-) )

11:47 pm

stidmama

That is a Looooooong recipe box, nef -- you must have some great ones!

11:47 pm

stidmama

anyway, have a long day ahead tomorrow (concert in the evening) and must to sleep. ((hugs)) be well, drive safely in the snow/ice/-and if lucky, sunshine; have a great rest of your week. *poof*

11:47 pm

Nef

I'm sorry your health is suffering; and I'm glad you are so happy about your kids! :-)

11:48 pm

m9f9l

Yeah! I don't even usually use recipes, let alone have a collection. That's so neat!@

11:48 pm

m9f9l

Desserts and cookies and such is when I use recipes.

11:50 pm

Nef

I have recipes from DH's grandmother & his aunts; & also from my side of our family. But some of these aren't signed by who the writer was & I think I should write who wrote these because my kids won't ever remember that

11:50 pm

m9f9l

That is a GREAT idea!

11:51 pm

m9f9l

Mark your photos too!

11:52 pm

m9f9l

My family hasn't been much of one for passing things down :-(

11:52 pm

m9f9l

I have to rely on other people's heirlooms! :-)

11:53 pm

Nef

And it's really finny to see recipes for thing such s Peanut butter cookies. I have 1 (from hubby's aunt) with just 3 ingredients & another one (from my sister) with 9 ingredients & another one from an aunt of mine with 12 ingredients!

11:53 pm

m9f9l

Ah.. peanut butter cookies are one of my fave, but they give me heartburn now. I like the kind of chewy ones, but most recipes are kind of dry.

11:54 pm

Nef

These are some of the only things we have; no inheritances, or heirlooms, just memories & fading hand-written recipes

11:55 pm

m9f9l

85 words. Don't think I'll make it in 5 minutes

11:57 pm

Nef

You might like DH's aunts' recipe then:
1Cup peanut butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg.
Mix together, spoon onto a cookie sheet & bake at 350 (f) for 8 - 10 minutes.
(makes 2 dozen cookies)

11:58 pm

m9f9l

I've heard of that one, but haven't tried it. I'll give it a go

11:59 pm

Nef

They are soft (unless you burn them)

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