12:03 am
wvteach
hello there
12:07 am
cybernan
hello all -- bottom row done, lol
12:09 am
dizgrannie
just checking my pic
12:11 am
wvteach
sp 6 x 2
12:12 am
dizgrannie
anyone have the T in the 4th row?
12:13 am
broll
is one of them
12:14 am
rururocks
tw7 is the other
12:14 am
rururocks
thank you broll
12:14 am
cybernan
that's a word?!
12:15 am
broll
yw - tried the plural and it didn't work. Must have hit a wrong letter - imagine that!
12:15 am
rururocks
two left both fives
12:16 am
cybernan
wow ru!
12:16 am
rururocks
one .. a
12:17 am
rururocks
finished
12:17 am
rururocks
thanks to broll
12:17 am
Lizlin
Wow! Congrats, Ru
12:18 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:18 am
broll
glad I could help! congrats
12:18 am
Lizlin
Thanks, Lickety
12:19 am
flosey
late flip, nice little one
12:19 am
rururocks
you are amazing at this game broll
12:19 am
flosey
and thanks Lickety
12:20 am
broll
not really - just plug along with a lot of help from my friends and lickety, and get there eventually
12:23 am
mkg
hi all. would love further clue for tw words. i dont see them.......ty
12:23 am
broll
tw the price of one
12:23 am
mkg
never mind. i just got them with monkeys. wow. weird
12:27 am
cybernan
falling asleep -- goodnight
12:39 am
flosey
fw, wow, that was a fast one!!
12:41 am
Q
i kind of like the really small ones some days.
2:17 am
Onpaki
happy weekend everyone
2:18 am
sprite
good morning all
2:19 am
Onpaki
hello sprite
2:19 am
sprite
hiya Onpaki
2:22 am
sprite
why do people always come calling when I have made my way upstairs and installed myself behind the puter??
2:42 am
grannyrose
you still here sprite ??
2:42 am
sprite
hiya sweetie, yes I am. *HUGS*
2:42 am
sprite
How did today go?
2:43 am
grannyrose
{{sprite}} hugs. not too bad. managed to do 3 loads of washing, all hung out and back in dry. service was lovely at church. also got out and did the Easter egg shopping for... wait for it...
2:44 am
grannyrose
21 people....ugh
2:44 am
sprite
omg darling
2:45 am
grannyrose
lollll.... all okay. don is being very considerate and helping as much as possible. my parents have a lot to answer for.
2:46 am
grannyrose
either dad should have tied a knot in it, or mum should have learned to say NO
2:46 am
sprite
*grins* You are gonna have a splendid easter, I am sure
2:46 am
grannyrose
yeah i know. i love my family.
2:49 am
grannyrose
WTG SPRITE!!!!
2:50 am
grannyrose
what's on your agenda for today, sweetie?
2:51 am
mattygroves
Morning all - back safely in England - it was a lovely break in France!
2:51 am
mattygroves
May I have stats only, please, for the T and the O in the centre column?
2:51 am
sprite
hiya matty, welcome home! *hugs*
2:51 am
grannyrose
hey matty. welcome home
2:51 am
mattygroves
Hugs back!
2:52 am
sprite
chat shift this afternoon, otherwise not too much.
2:52 am
grannyrose
tw6/39 and tw 7/56
2:52 am
sprite
tw6/39 and 7/56
2:53 am
mattygroves
Thank you - TW, geez. Looking now!
2:54 am
grannyrose
please rest as much as poss dear. how are the nail-beds today?
2:54 am
sprite
rose and I sing in unison
2:55 am
sprite
a little better. I did the soda bath thing yesterday and it seems to help a little. Am gonna go for a new round after babble.
2:55 am
sprite
the tw words are recurring babblets, matty. You know them.
2:55 am
mattygroves
Sorry - are the TWs words I've ever heard of?
2:56 am
grannyrose
matty think more than one for the same amount of money
2:57 am
mattygroves
Got it - thanks! I *might* have found it eventually but it'd have driven me nuts!
2:57 am
grannyrose
short drive matty.... lolllll
2:57 am
mattygroves
Too true!
2:58 am
sprite
*giggles* True for all of us
2:58 am
grannyrose
humpfff, what's this us white man?
2:58 am
sprite
tw6 the price of one... it is one of the first babblets I learned when starting to play babble. Drove me straight into the curtains.
2:59 am
sprite
hehehe... us, my darling rose, as in you... and me... and me... and you...
2:59 am
grannyrose
roflollll. would have loved to see that
3:01 am
sprite
oh I was a basketcase back then. I was not even aware words could start with cw... or pt... or cz... I didn't know some words don't have vowels... babble sure broadened my horizon. And taught me to doubt my allencompassing knowledge of life, the universe and the rest.
3:03 am
grannyrose
*rocks sprite's basket* shhhh, sprite is sleeping....
3:06 am
sprite
god, I wish, rose... would have been a different life, with you as my mum. Or someone like you. Ah well. We wouldn't have met as friends then and you wouldn't come to spend a vacation with me here!
3:06 am
mattygroves
Do you ever manage to use any babblets in conversation?
3:07 am
grannyrose
if i had been your mum we would be living in each others homes all the time.
3:08 am
grannyrose
not that i know of matty
3:08 am
sprite
oh yeah, sometimes :) But only when I tell people about weird words or the fun of babble.
3:10 am
sprite
okay my beautiful people, I have to go. *hugs* to you both, and a hug for Don too.
3:11 am
mattygroves
Have a good one, Sprite
3:11 am
grannyrose
thanx hun. and hugs for you and Rob.
3:22 am
mattygroves
That's me done - have a great day
4:28 am
rubyfoo
Busy day planed, sunchine and a tiny grid.
4:28 am
rubyfoo
and a spelling (or typing) lesson -- lol
4:35 am
MollyL
Good day for a short grid. You can get outside and bask in the glory of your garden.
4:37 am
rubyfoo
Yes, and I'll do some "pot planting" on the deck this afternoon. We prepared the various pots yesterday, some of them fancy Chinese bronzes
4:37 am
rubyfoo
whoops, sorry
4:38 am
MollyL
Ruby is going to get into some pot this afternoon. Dude!
4:42 am
MollyL
*Imagines Ruby sitting in the middle of her garden, munching on a bag of Cheetos and wondering where the dogs are*
4:44 am
rubyfoo
No medical MJ exists here; I could probably eliminate my painkillers; Is oxty worse than pot? Probably
6:20 am
dan2bit
morning all! bottom row done
6:23 am
dan2bit
vowels done
6:36 am
HarryHood
clue for bottom T?
6:36 am
bichon
looking for it too
6:37 am
dan2bit
compound-ish - when you get more than one at once
6:37 am
HarryHood
good morning bichon :)
6:37 am
HarryHood
ty dan :) nbt
6:37 am
bichon
hi Harry and dan
6:37 am
HarryHood
and nbs on that as well ! 17 to go
6:38 am
HarryHood
gotta run!
6:40 am
dan2bit
must run as well - 2 left, an F and a left hand C
7:44 am
mael
FW! too bad it was a little grid today :)
8:02 am
robwhy
tw 6/7 -- getting more than one for the same price
9:06 am
amelu0218
well, that was a quick one. *ttfn!*
9:09 am
moolingwa
morning all, 88 to go
9:10 am
Glantarell
Hi Mool, 26 to go
9:10 am
Glantarell
You'll catch up really quickly
9:10 am
moolingwa
go G go!
9:14 am
moolingwa
does seem to be an easier board
9:15 am
moolingwa
9 to go
9:28 am
Glantarell
told you you would catch up
9:29 am
Glantarell
I still have a few left
9:29 am
Glantarell
I still have a few left
9:29 am
Glantarell
being distracted by kids
9:50 am
aslindy
hello all
10:10 am
aslindy
well, that did not take long. have fun, all!
10:36 am
Judi
Greetings, all!
11:57 am
Judi
Yeah. Me too.
11:58 am
Judi
Sigh. Our cleaning crew here at the office is low budget. They actually use vinegar to clean our windows. My bulletproof glass is now streaky as hell.
11:58 am
rubyfoo
vinagar? I'm surprised they don't use newspaper!
11:59 am
Judi
Hi, Ruby! Professional cleaners is a bit of an oxymoron here.
12:00 pm
rubyfoo
You can see I'm desperate. Everybody said this was easy! Not for me
12:00 pm
Judi
I struggled a bit with the last 25 words or so. Don't feel bad. The smaller grids are always the most annoying.
12:01 pm
rubyfoo
I have 22 left and see nada, and still no 7
12:01 pm
Judi
Off I go to re-clean my window. See y'all tomorrow! *POOF*
12:42 pm
jaymil
Tw is only 7
12:46 pm
EvaNadine
phantom: Apricot
2:01 pm
sammysmom
i am ( as a mother of 4 kis, 4 grands and 4 great grans , and owner and slave to a 10 room colonil house) a PROFFESIONAL CLEANER
2:01 pm
sammysmom
I HAVE USED VINEGAR FOR CLEANING FIOR YEARS, AND IF IT LEFT STREAKS, THEN IT WAS USE IMPROPRLY
2:02 pm
hego
Agree about the vinegar
2:16 pm
penquis
um...ok, sammy....
2:17 pm
penquis
hi hego...
2:54 pm
penquis
i am done...
3:19 pm
penquis
i am heading out....bye all....
3:32 pm
Sugrraleona
i need one more to get fireworks - ar5 anyone? LOL
3:33 pm
Sugrraleona
ar5/12
3:33 pm
Sugrraleona
nm, found it - whoop fireworks
5:06 pm
car.eeyore
good evening
5:19 pm
MollyL
Good eventide, gentle woman. How didst thy day progress?
5:21 pm
wvteach
** finito ** no list used
5:59 pm
bichon
hi pppppeoples
5:59 pm
bichon
savannkaBHC NDBSbn cm,jbox j ln an
6:00 pm
bichon
wbwgoq JWBHL QHH BB B B B HJ HBCBSBC
6:00 pm
bichon
na ncm nmncn
6:02 pm
MollyL
Bich, did you overdo it with the meds tonight?
6:12 pm
dan2bit
I jwbhl my hbcbsbc all the time too
6:13 pm
bichon
granddaughter
6:18 pm
dan2bit
I'm missing a f5 - I have bus costs & phobias
6:21 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
you need a word that is an anagram of an outdoor festival (plural)
6:21 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
fi5/16
6:21 pm
dan2bit
thank you BDG, that's firewords
6:22 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
woo hoo !!
6:24 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
later y'all
10:34 pm
Nef
Sorry. It isn't a word (according to Enable)
10:35 pm
Nef
And I've just been here a couple of minutes & messed up already.
10:38 pm
stidmama
(((Nef))) I am lurking. Should be grading papers, but... ;-)
10:40 pm
Nef
Hi stid. How are you feeling these days?
10:43 pm
stidmama
Not bad. The dog didn't run away the last two days, which was nice... <sigh>
10:43 pm
Nef
Is he running away frequently?
10:49 pm
stidmama
He would if we gave him more chances. I really NEED Tom to get the ground in Wally's fenced area finished. He is dragging his feet for some reason... but I cannot order multiple yards of materials to be delivered (they only deliver on weekdays!) because I don't know Tom's schedule. So I am having to wait for him to do it.
10:51 pm
Nef
What is he doing to the fenced area?
10:52 pm
stidmama
It needs the substrate. Wally is a digger so we cannot just put him in a fenced area. We have to have gravel and put cement blocks around the bottom of the fence so he cannot dig out.
10:53 pm
Nef
oh-oh. Is wally a mutt?
10:53 pm
stidmama
Of course!
10:54 pm
stidmama
He's part golden retriever, part shepherd (I think australian shepherd likely), part "who knows"
10:54 pm
stidmama
He is, of course, inordinately intelligent...
10:56 pm
Nef
The reason I ask is that my sister raises golden retrievers; and she only had 3 males last year & she kept finding that they had ripped big holes in the chain link fence that their kennels were made of.
10:57 pm
stidmama
Yes, Wally might get to that point, but hopefully not too soon. Summer break begins in two months from tomorrow!
10:57 pm
Nef
Turns out another dog down the road was in heat & my sister's 3 dogs ripped the kennel apart & ran away trying to get to the femals
10:58 pm
Nef
You're counting the days Already>
10:59 pm
stidmama
Wow....... being a rescue, Wally is "fixed" so that's less an enticement. Although, to be fair, he is a very good hunter, so he's quite keen to get acquainted with all the lovely furred and feathered neighbors!
11:00 pm
stidmama
Not quite "counting" but noticing the passage of time. Despite the health issues that have plagued this school year, these are wonderful kiddos and I will be sad to see them leave. I offered to move up to fourth grade with them... (no takers!)
11:02 pm
MissOmnibus
could i get a clue for the tw6 please?
11:02 pm
MissOmnibus
lso hello all!
11:02 pm
Nef
aww. They must be a good group of kids. There are 3 classes of 2nd graders in my grandsons school; his class has been delightful; but another class is the complete opposite.
11:03 pm
stidmama
more than one for a single price, MissO
11:03 pm
stidmama
They really are a great group of kids, yes.
11:04 pm
MissOmnibus
hey nef, stid how are you both
11:04 pm
MissOmnibus
thanks stid
11:04 pm
Nef
tw 6 is like a special offer on vitamins (or whatever)
11:04 pm
stidmama
Enjoying a quiet evening. Tom just took Wally out for the third time since I got home -- Wally really is getting insistent on Tom's attention these days.
11:05 pm
MissOmnibus
cute!
11:05 pm
MissOmnibus
hmm i assume americas have a word for that we dont use here?
11:05 pm
MissOmnibus
ive been preoccupied with cross stich this psat week or so, my babble game is lacking
11:06 pm
MissOmnibus
got it tho!
11:06 pm
MissOmnibus
:D thanks
11:06 pm
stidmama
We have an expression that means "buy one, get one free" if that helps?
11:06 pm
stidmama
go MissO go!
11:06 pm
Nef
I spent the day with a friend who had hand surgery. I took her to the surgery center; sat in the waiting room for several hours; brought her home & stayed with her as long as I could.
11:07 pm
MissOmnibus
hope they make a quick recovery nef, you make a good nurse and friend :)
11:07 pm
stidmama
that was so kind of you, Nef! :-)
11:08 pm
MissOmnibus
Easter Friday here, and also my late nanas birthday... i was going to brave the droves of people but everythings closed til tomorrow anyhow
11:09 pm
MissOmnibus
Ended up securtereing the crap out of the weeds and Hevean tree out the back
11:09 pm
MissOmnibus
eed to seriously poinson that thing :(
11:09 pm
stidmama
Do they still have blue laws down there? In the U.S., stores rarely are closed!
11:10 pm
Nef
She's doing well but isn't supposed to be alone; so her niece came to spend the night there.
She's single, & one of my former co-workers. And as I've probably said before, several of us old time nurses have an agreement that we'd watch out for each other if 1 of us gets sick or has surgery.
11:10 pm
stidmama
poor weeds... ;-) remember a weed is just a plant that is in the wrong place!
11:11 pm
MissOmnibus
Public holidays it's small trading only if they can afford to ope it, chain grocery and things like clothing stores, banks, everything else are closed
11:11 pm
MissOmnibus
You need to come have that talk with Mr Heaven/Hell tree out the back Stid
11:12 pm
MissOmnibus
And Nef, that's the way it is! Although I'm not in touch with any other nurses these days... Guess it will be me nursing my stubborn nurse self... - oh dear!
11:12 pm
Nef
I wish stores were closed for holidays like they used to be; it has gotten to the point of people treating holidays like work days now
11:12 pm
MissOmnibus
clue for the second ca4,9 please?
11:13 pm
stidmama
Tree of Heaven... so pretty to look at, but if I remember right they drop a lot of material, and are they also one of the ones the sprouts from their roots?
11:13 pm
MissOmnibus
duckers for days stid, up to 100 feet away from the initial terror of a plant
11:14 pm
MissOmnibus
i moved into this place of which my partner owns around xmas time, he can't garden and its just been left to ruin... it's yeah...
11:14 pm
MissOmnibus
Fire would be a blesing!
11:14 pm
MissOmnibus
Although i read earlier that fire makes it grow more
11:14 pm
MissOmnibus
no fire for me:(
11:14 pm
Nef
I haven't listed MissO, my 2nd ca is what you do with tents & sleeping bags & a firepit
11:15 pm
stidmama
Yep... I remember now. So pretty, and so deadly! I don't usually use chemicals to control plants, but that sumac relative is one that I would consider it. I actually have only used "Roundup" for one purpose ever -- a plant that I brought from a grandparent's yard decades ago that I later learned was on the banned list for being too prolific. I thought it had died out, and then found a happy stand of it a few years ago!
11:15 pm
stidmama
I am down to 5 with no clues or list (yet) -- just finished grading. :-) Will give myself another 15 minutes and then turn into a pumpkin.
11:18 pm
stidmama
the second ca 4/9 is something that rum and other liquors are stored in. Poe wrote a great story about the ca 4/9 of Amontillado.
11:18 pm
MissOmnibus
hmmm ar5,12 please?
11:19 pm
origami
Hi kiddos.
11:19 pm
stidmama
ar 5/12 babblet. starts like the word for length times width; ends with a adjectivizer
11:19 pm
stidmama
hey origami
11:19 pm
MissOmnibus
heyyy ori!
11:19 pm
MissOmnibus
how are you?
11:19 pm
Nef
stid is correct; I didn't see the stats on your request, MissO
11:20 pm
origami
Hi stids How are you doing?
11:20 pm
stidmama
good, thanks -- you?
11:20 pm
stidmama
three left now...
11:21 pm
origami
Doing OK friends.
11:21 pm
MissOmnibus
no idea but thats stid!
11:21 pm
origami
How is DH Nef?
11:21 pm
MissOmnibus
My mind is raging at this heaven tree nef, i have no space in here for babblets :P
11:21 pm
Nef
Glad to hear that ori.
11:21 pm
MissOmnibus
2 to go tho
11:21 pm
stidmama
the "adjectivizer" is often clued as 2/3 of frozen water
11:22 pm
origami
And how are you, of course, Nef?
11:23 pm
Nef
I'm struggling to keep my eyes open here; I'm pretty worn out from doing nothing all day
11:23 pm
MissOmnibus
winner! fireworks! thanks stid, nef!
11:23 pm
stidmama
YAY MissO!
11:23 pm
stidmama
LOL Nef! Isn't that weird how it works?
11:23 pm
Nef
YAY, MissO!!! WTG!!!
11:23 pm
MissOmnibus
IV bag of dark roast espresso will cure what ails you Nef ;)
11:24 pm
stidmama
2, a 4/5 combo
11:24 pm
origami
Yay, Miss!
11:24 pm
Nef
It's much harder to do nothing all day than to have a very busy day. (At least that's what I think)
11:24 pm
MissOmnibus
ty neffy and ori :D
11:25 pm
Nef
LOL MissO! I think I ran 4 cups of hospital strength coffee today too! :-)
11:25 pm
MissOmnibus
hee to clue as i spool emboidery threads
11:25 pm
MissOmnibus
oh dear... ate it with a spoon?
11:25 pm
MissOmnibus
urgh now i want chocolate coated coffee beans
11:25 pm
MissOmnibus
nomnom
11:26 pm
Nef
Go, stid! You can do it!
11:26 pm
stidmama
going to ask for an L combo... I have LA 4/6, 4/5, and 4/4 I need an L4 and an L5
11:26 pm
origami
Miss! You are certainly interesting. :-)
11:26 pm
Nef
Didn't quite need a spoon, but definitely got shake after that last cup!
11:27 pm
MissOmnibus
Why thank you Ori :P
11:28 pm
MissOmnibus
oh boy Nef... I was subjected to America coffee and tea whilst I was over there.. it's.. no... I can't even begin to imagine the... nightmare that is american hospital coffee
11:28 pm
stidmama
got them! Looks like a currency word
11:28 pm
Nef
I don';t have them stid but am looking now
11:28 pm
origami
I had to give up coffee. It is very sad. I loved coffee. I have gone to tea.
11:29 pm
stidmama
they are -- 100,000 rupees, apparently!
11:29 pm
stidmama
anyway... have to head out. it was the LA 4/9, 5/20 combo. Thanks for teh conversation and help! *poof*
11:29 pm
MissOmnibus
thanks stid! <3
11:29 pm
MissOmnibus
give up coffee?! oh my
11:30 pm
Nef
Thanks for the clues, stid!
11:30 pm
origami
We do have good coffee and tea here, Miss. It isnIt isn't in restaurants.
11:31 pm
MissOmnibus
hmmm
11:31 pm
origami
*isn't in restaurants* rather
11:31 pm
MissOmnibus
i was in philly and got stuff from the italian market and south street specialty goods stores
11:32 pm
MissOmnibus
better than that starbucks wwill by far but still not pleasent on my face hole
11:32 pm
Nef
My son recently told DH & me that we drink too much coffee. However; HE's the one who makes it very high strength; & I think it's too strong. (I normally drink 2 - 3 cups of caffeine a day; not sure what I'd do if I had to his coffee all the time
11:34 pm
origami
Ugh! Starbucks is awful. A good French roast, freshly ground and properly made probably tastes as good wherever you make it. Oh, great Now I am craving coffee.
11:35 pm
origami
Oh, Nef! I like it strong.
11:36 pm
origami
The reality is that I have "settled" for tea. I have always liked tea. But, it isn't coffee :-(
11:37 pm
Nef
i do too, but when you brew it too strong, it doesnt taste good anymore.
11:37 pm
Nef
Sorry to make you suffer, ori.
11:39 pm
origami
Thanks a lot guys :D
11:40 pm
MissOmnibus
gtg bbl <3
11:41 pm
origami
See you, Miss.
11:44 pm
origami
OK, 7 hours before the alarm goes off. Good night!
11:45 pm
Nef
niters,ori. Sleep well!