Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, July 17, 2018

12:00 am

TraderKate

YIPPEEEEE
TY Dr. God :)

12:00 am

mrpresident

FMR! 424

12:00 am

CiociaJudy

YIKES

12:01 am

TraderKate

Judy!!!!! hello helllo helkllo!!!!!! :)

12:01 am

mrpresident

Hi Judy m)

12:01 am

dizgrannie

ro 8

12:01 am

mrpresident

Hi did x

12:01 am

TraderKate

Hi diz :)

12:02 am

mrpresident

Diz*

12:02 am

Rainiqui

co 7

12:02 am

mrpresident

Bloody autocorrect

12:02 am

CiociaJudy

Good Morning (at least for me) one and all!

12:02 am

TraderKate

HI Rain :)

12:02 am

mrpresident

Hi rain

12:02 am

Rainiqui

to 7

12:02 am

Rainiqui

Hi Kate

12:03 am

Sally-catlover

Hi TraderKate. Here I am as promised!

12:03 am

CiociaJudy

sm 7 x 2

12:03 am

mrpresident

Ikeeptyping dressmaker!

12:03 am

harpjane

flip[

12:03 am

mrpresident

Hi sally!

12:03 am

TraderKate

Salllllllly!!!!!! hello, hi hihi :)

12:03 am

Sally-catlover

Just seen the size of the grid. Faints.

12:04 am

harpjane

omg, just looked at the grid size.

12:04 am

harpjane

Hello Mr. President! long time!

12:04 am

TraderKate

about time.. we have had so many little ones lately!

12:04 am

mrpresident

Hi harp! Great to see you all!

12:05 am

Rainiqui

ro 7 x2, to 7 x2, co 7 x2

12:05 am

mrpresident

Go rain!

12:05 am

TraderKate

Rain is on fire!!!!

12:05 am

Rainiqui

LOL

12:05 am

mrpresident

Itâ€™s 3pm here... time for tea,, brb promise

12:05 am

CiociaJudy

ro 8

12:05 am

harpjane

would anyone care to weigh in on my celery problem, from yesterday's chog?

12:06 am

TraderKate

pr 7

12:06 am

melonheadjujube

hello, all!

12:06 am

harpjane

found an ungulate

12:06 am

Rainiqui

is that a second ro 8?

12:06 am

rururocks

pa8

12:06 am

TraderKate

mlon!!! :)

12:07 am

CiociaJudy

maybe not, Rain (didn't see the first post)

12:07 am

Rainiqui

okies

12:08 am

Rainiqui

cr 7 x2

12:10 am

harpjane

found a marine mammal

12:10 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:10 am

hurshy

oooeee a big one!

12:10 am

TraderKate

I must toddle to bed before I end up face down on the keyboard and add to Kitteh's novel...

12:11 am

melonheadjujube

hi and g'nite TK

12:11 am

TraderKate

Hi nan and hurshy! :)
nrkii was just here!

12:11 am

broll

im 8 x 2

12:11 am

mrpresident

Hi cybernan and hurshy

12:11 am

hurshy

W's Whacked

12:11 am

mrpresident

Hi melon and ruuster

12:11 am

CiociaJudy

Good Morning to the new arrivals

12:12 am

CiociaJudy

nite TK

12:12 am

mrpresident

Hi broll

12:12 am

TraderKate

Niters all, hi and bye broll :)
*poof*

12:12 am

rururocks

im8 x 3

12:12 am

broll

hello mrp - have missed you for a while!

12:13 am

mrpresident

Go ruru!

12:13 am

mrpresident

Itâ€™s lovely to be back :). Gone too long

12:13 am

mrpresident

So nostalgic chatting with you guys

12:14 am

melonheadjujube

hi, mrpresident!!!

12:15 am

mrpresident

Hi melon!

12:16 am

mrpresident

Keep typing decorated! Iâ€™m rusty!

12:16 am

rururocks

ca8 called?

12:16 am

CiociaJudy

sp8

12:16 am

CiociaJudy

cadet

12:17 am

mrpresident

Thx judy ;D

12:17 am

CiociaJudy

:( Heading to the penalty box

12:17 am

CiociaJudy

hope the cabana boys are still there

12:17 am

mrpresident

I have the cabana boys peeling you grapes!

12:18 am

CiociaJudy

oooo thx Mr. P

12:21 am

DR1965

Wow - big grid

12:21 am

rururocks

re8/50 called?

12:21 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:21 am

rururocks

and re 8/55?

12:22 am

CiociaJudy

thx lickety

12:23 am

CiociaJudy

re8/70 if not already called

12:23 am

mrpresident

Ta lickety

12:25 am

jessmom

te9

12:26 am

hurshy

idk if ppl said but in addition to the 3 im8, there is also an im7

12:34 am

CiociaJudy

Halfway; 1:30 am. Heading to bed. Nite all! Leaving chocolates and mimosas in the penalty box.

12:38 am

hurshy

at this point i think calling repeats are inevitable, yeah?

12:39 am

rbud

oooh, did I hear "mimosas"?

12:39 am

rururocks

Im8x4

12:39 am

mrpresident

Hi rbud

12:40 am

hurshy

i've got re8 x 6 so far

12:40 am

mrpresident

Iâ€™m calling phantoms!

12:40 am

rbud

howdy, mrp, and the rest of y'all

12:40 am

hurshy

phantoms! tract, retract, detract

12:42 am

hurshy

any veteran nurses/docs in the room?

12:42 am

rururocks

De8

12:42 am

mrpresident

:D

12:43 am

cybernan

off to bed -- hubby watching news, but it

12:43 am

mrpresident

Bbs. Thx for the hints

12:43 am

cybernan

it's making me sick

12:43 am

cybernan

God help us all!

12:43 am

hurshy

yeah the news is... like that these days

12:45 am

cybernan

a new low and terrorizing tonight, hurshy

12:46 am

hurshy

once i was in a car crash where this person hit me at just this angle that made my car roll over, 1 and a half rolls. and while it was happening i thought, "i may be about to die. but for the moment i will just sit tight and hold on." i was lucky... we must hope for good luck

12:50 am

flosey

we've just come home and I haven't heard any news yet, what has happened?

12:50 am

rbud

yeah, I keep seeing that cliche about "buckle up, it's gonna be a bumpy ride" - I think it already has been!

12:51 am

hurshy

well i assume what cnan refers to is the trump-putin stuff

12:52 am

flosey

ah, gosh how I find that man so distasteful

12:53 am

hurshy

he's like a character in the Great Divorce

12:53 am

hurshy

probably not enough people here have read that, for that comment to be at all useful, lol

12:56 am

hurshy

i have said this before but i totally think you can recoat things with paint or other kinds of finishes

12:56 am

hurshy

i have all but FIVE of the R words now, that is pretty good

12:59 am

flosey

too tired tonight, off to bed, be back in the morning - happy babbling folks

1:21 am

hurshy

anyone still here? was the 10 called?

1:25 am

ursh

hello hurshy - i have not seen it called

1:25 am

hurshy

hello ursh

1:25 am

hurshy

i just hit 50 left

1:25 am

ursh

lucky you - i still have 159 to find :(

1:27 am

hurshy

but if the joy is in the finding, then you have more joy left than i

1:27 am

ursh

this is true

1:31 am

hurshy

now i have 40 left which means i have more than 90%!

1:31 am

hurshy

all but ONE of the c words

1:33 am

hurshy

there, found, it was a past tense

1:33 am

hurshy

all things considered, a very do-able large grid, i'd say

1:34 am

ursh

first 250 were a nice flow

1:37 am

hurshy

i find i flow better when i focus on one letter at a time

1:38 am

ARB

me too, hurshy.

1:38 am

hurshy

i don't go as fast as i could the other way in the beginning of a grid, but it keeps things going at a more steady pace for longer

1:41 am

hurshy

and every now and then a word is still just popping out at me

1:41 am

hurshy

though not the ten

1:43 am

hurshy

i think i'm getting sleepy

1:43 am

hurshy

ok i peeked at the list for the 10

1:45 am

hurshy

i know now what it starts with and where it falls in the list of words but i haven't found it, but it did give me a couple other words so far just looking for it!

1:46 am

hurshy

there, got it. and i swear i typed it twice before now and it wouldn't go!! lol

1:47 am

hurshy

R's Ravished

1:47 am

hurshy

C's Conquered

1:47 am

hurshy

32 left

1:48 am

hurshy

there's just a lot that's MONKEYable in this grid

1:49 am

hurshy

words you don't know, but you don't look at them and go, whaaa...?!?

1:49 am

rbud

well, shall I guess the 10 is an R?

1:49 am

rbud

or a C?

1:49 am

hurshy

yes, it's an R :)

1:49 am

hurshy

and it has a prefix, but the prefix is more than 2 letters.

1:50 am

hurshy

that's a very nice guide

1:50 am

rbud

seeing how you ravished them right after talking about the 10, lol

1:50 am

hurshy

yes, lol

1:53 am

hurshy

i have 400 words!!!!!!!

1:54 am

hurshy

epade

1:54 am

hurshy

oh sorry lol

1:54 am

hurshy

just need one more E and it's from that first E

1:54 am

ARB

change the last two letters.

1:55 am

hurshy

i have ep5/14 already if that's what you mean

1:55 am

hurshy

plust es5/18 and es5/10

1:55 am

ARB

yep

1:56 am

rbud

found the 10. thanks! :D

1:56 am

ARB

i also have ep 6/14

1:57 am

hurshy

6... 18?

1:57 am

hurshy

5/14?

1:57 am

hurshy

6/24?

1:57 am

ARB

Sorry ep 6/24

1:58 am

ARB

the 1 and the 2 are next to each other!

1:59 am

hurshy

i know :)

2:00 am

hurshy

grrr

2:01 am

hurshy

aHA finally monkeyed that little bugger

2:01 am

hurshy

E's Eviscerated

2:01 am

hurshy

M's Mashed

2:05 am

hurshy

just remembered a weird o babblet

2:06 am

hurshy

and a k

2:07 am

hurshy

404. that's a palindrome!

2:07 am

hurshy

go... backwards, then go forwards, if the number's still the same then it's a paaaaalindrome
go backwards, then go forwards, it's a wonder, glad you came cause it's a paaaaalindrome

2:08 am

hurshy

it's not a palomino on a western plain where cowboys love to roam, no!
cause wonder of all wonders, a backwards-forwards number is called a palindrome

2:08 am

grannyrose

rofloll... hurshy, how many of those have you drunk tonight...?

2:08 am

hurshy

zero, i am a teetotaller

2:09 am

hurshy

but it is late and that is a song from square one tv, an awesome math show that was on in the 90s

2:09 am

grannyrose

well i want what ever your having.. loll

2:09 am

hurshy

it is just a mix of silliness, geekiness, and a good memory

2:10 am

grannyrose

good for you honey. love it !!

2:10 am

hurshy

they NEED to put the complete series on DVD, gah

2:11 am

hurshy

but i ruint my palindrome by remembering an sp word that is a flowering kind of plant

2:17 am

hurshy

where do teen killer whales go on a saturday night?

2:17 am

grannyrose

there... i am done. and i have had the loveliest on 2 hours. 8-)

2:17 am

grannyrose

orca-stras??

2:18 am

hurshy

down to the orcade

2:18 am

grannyrose

very good *grin*

2:18 am

hurshy

niters g

2:19 am

grannyrose

nighty night hurshy. hope you settle for a good night yourself. xoxox

2:19 am

hurshy

yep thanks :)

3:56 am

Alleyn58

Morning - does the 10 include a colour?

3:58 am

zoozzoom

No, Alleyn.

3:59 am

zoozzoom

Can give you a clue if needed.

4:03 am

Alleyn58

Would be great please

4:04 am

zoozzoom

RE 5/10 style of an earlier time + PT of what people do on a stage at a theatre say.

4:06 am

Alleyn58

Which re?

4:06 am

zoozzoom

Right hand side.

4:09 am

zoozzoom

It is RE 5/10, RE 8/45 & RE 10/84

4:09 am

Alleyn58

Found the 8 but failing to extend!!

4:09 am

zoozzoom

PT

4:11 am

Alleyn58

My 8 is re8/45

4:11 am

zoozzoom

Yep.

4:12 am

zoozzoom

The RE 5/10 is..... RE 5/10spect (contemplation of the past)

4:14 am

zoozzoom

THe dEF for the RE10 is : To have reference to or influence on past occurrences.

4:15 am

Alleyn58

Thank you. Thicko here now has it!!!

4:16 am

zoozzoom

You are not thick. These words can be very hard to spot when twisty. Glad you foind it though!

4:17 am

zoozzoom

Found*

4:18 am

ivesy3

the second de 8/45 plz

4:19 am

Alleyn58

Now for the 9 lovely folk out there

4:19 am

Alleyn58

Term

4:19 am

Alleyn58

Whoops

4:23 am

zoozzoom

TE 9 we had a TE 7/36ous relation ship. So it was no surprise we seperated.

4:25 am

zoozzoom

I do not have a DE 8/45 Sorry, Ivesy.

4:25 am

ivesy3

np zoom will keep looking

4:26 am

Alleyn58

Zoo - genius clue. Thank you

4:26 am

zoozzoom

Most welcome, Alleyn :-)

4:28 am

zoozzoom

Glad you got it as I missed a u out should of been 'uous' But I was hoping you would know what I meant lol

4:29 am

zoozzoom

Got two DE8s but one is DE8/ 65 & DE 8/55 so far, Ivesy.

4:32 am

zoozzoom

AH! Just checked Lickety clues, Ivesy it is a DE 8/55 you are after. I put the one I have in and it is the first one so you already have it I take it.

4:33 am

ivesy3

yes ,have the first one .ty

4:35 am

Alleyn58

I have 2xde8/55

4:35 am

zoozzoom

It is the second one we need, Allyen. Any clues would be grateful.

4:37 am

Alleyn58

Think Nigel De -if youâ€™re old enough! Canâ€™t see the 65

4:39 am

zoozzoom

PT of DE 6/30 To depart quickly.

4:40 am

zoozzoom

Ha! I cheated and put nigel de in google and the surname came up! Thanks, Allyen.

4:42 am

Alleyn58

Usual question which de for the 6/30?

4:42 am

zoozzoom

D under the R first column.

4:43 am

ivesy3

i need coffee!! bbl ty for the clues

4:43 am

zoozzoom

Enjoy, Ivesy!

4:43 am

zoozzoom

Or DE + our family always went on ****ing holidays with our five birth tent in a field.

4:44 am

Alleyn58

Got it - now need to face the day!!

4:44 am

zoozzoom

Hope it is a good one for you, Alleyn!

4:47 am

zoozzoom

Phantom : Trocar.

4:52 am

zoozzoom

Well down to 83 words left for later. Need to cut my hair and then have a nice soak in a bath. Will come back later to see if I can find any more words. Happy babbling everyone!

4:57 am

crosshair

Good morning, my babble friends. :)

5:03 am

juniperberet

hi crossy, good to see you! (I'm lurking, just wanted to say hi, haven't seen you for a while) :)

5:06 am

juniperberet

guess I missed him

5:09 am

crosshair

Howdy, Juniperberet! Sorry for slow response, but Babble resets itself at 06:00 our time and i had to wait. :)

5:12 am

juniperberet

lol, sorry Crossy I went back to lurking... how have you been?

5:13 am

crosshair

I am well, thank you, and you and yours?

5:14 am

juniperberet

good here, thanks :) I've got tons to do today, but can't resist big grids.

5:14 am

crosshair

retreader

5:14 am

crosshair

oops

5:14 am

crosshair

my bad

5:15 am

juniperberet

now you know the rules, Crossy; only drop words that juniper doesn't have ;)

5:15 am

crosshair

Not used to "conversating" in the chog these days. :)

5:15 am

juniperberet

Yeah, I thought I hadn't seen you and you were coming in at a different time or something.

5:15 am

crosshair

I will try and only post ones you need. :)

5:16 am

juniperberet

heh, better

5:36 am

sukee

Hi all

6:44 am

periwinkle

good morning all. help with R on bottom row pls

6:44 am

periwinkle

nm found one. now off to the gym, bbl

6:44 am

doseffing

... ro 6/33 ... a tyoe of chair that moves forward and back

7:04 am

doseffing

... one third ... not a bad start but a long way to go ... ... later days

7:42 am

rubyfoo

lf you can catch any of the Tour de France, today it's going around "my"lake (Annecy) and through my village;

7:43 am

rubyfoo

l' sick with angina

7:45 am

Sally-catlover

Hi ruby! Sorry you are sick.

7:48 am

bichon

ruby, do you have a heart condition?

7:57 am

featherbee

holy monster grid!

7:57 am

featherbee

i'm watching right now ruby

8:00 am

Sally-catlover

Isn't it nice when you do a mistype and it's a word.

8:01 am

featherbee

love when that happens

8:03 am

Shirlockc

wow after a few days of small grids ...

8:04 am

JenMO16

wow!

8:08 am

featherbee

bbl

8:15 am

Sally-catlover

Not even half way! Will have to come back later.

8:32 am

Shirlockc

exactly half way ...

8:35 am

Betsy Ross

Morning to all from NJ!

8:39 am

EvaNadine

good morning, babblers!

8:42 am

bubba218

Finished, need clues?

8:43 am

doseffing

... well done

9:01 am

featherbee

no clues needed yet, still wading into first pass

9:02 am

bichon

For 424words, it's not bad, so far

9:03 am

gramma

1st run and 21 left. I can't wring another word from this grid.

9:03 am

featherbee

nice gramma

9:03 am

MLFAN17

wow gramma

9:03 am

bichon

That's great gramma, still have 245 left

9:04 am

gramma

yeah but I'm stuck. I think I should walk away and come back in a bit.

9:04 am

bichon

always a good thing

9:04 am

MLFAN17

u stats?

9:04 am

featherbee

some fun long chains

9:04 am

gramma

bichon, I'm sure you'll kick it.

9:05 am

gramma

ut5

9:05 am

featherbee

ty gramma

9:06 am

MLFAN17

ty got it

9:06 am

MLFAN17

j stats?

9:06 am

gramma

what j?

9:06 am

featherbee

lol

9:07 am

MLFAN17

oh k stats pls?

9:07 am

featherbee

one sounds like a slip

9:07 am

featherbee

ka4/9 does

9:07 am

gramma

2 ka4/9

9:08 am

gramma

ke4/8 5/18 4/8

9:08 am

featherbee

ok, gotta stop for now bbl again

9:08 am

gramma

2 ko 4/8

9:09 am

MLFAN17

ty gramma

9:09 am

MLFAN17

found a ka4

9:11 am

Angelsong

Wiped

9:11 am

Angelsong

Wipes

9:11 am

MLFAN17

ty angel

9:11 am

Angelsong

Padipads

9:11 am

Shirlockc

how i feel about this grid LOL

9:11 am

Angelsong

Sade

9:11 am

MLFAN17

lol shirl

9:17 am

MLFAN17

not asking for a specific clue just which re is it for the 10?

9:18 am

MLFAN17

I will be back...

9:19 am

SamanthaJoy

Padipads? Where did THAT come from?

9:20 am

rururocks

she's just trying to put a tamp-on this grid

9:22 am

SamanthaJoy

Bloody silly mistake to make ;)

9:23 am

rururocks

well... there are no strings attached to the grid after all

9:24 am

SamanthaJoy

I'm not sure the chog can absorb those kinds of words

9:26 am

rururocks

there should be a period at the end of your sentences Samantha . :D

9:27 am

SamanthaJoy

That would disturb the flow of my writing

9:33 am

gramma

Well I hung in and finished. My last word was the 2nd de 8/55. I thought I was amking it up but it worked!

9:33 am

bichon

share, pls gramma

9:34 am

SamanthaJoy

I don't have the first de 8/55. I have the 65 tho!

9:34 am

gramma

It's like a big garbage receptacle but with a different vowel in the beginning

9:35 am

doseffing

... don't know if it's first but ... to have lost the tall pole that carries the sails on a sailing ship

9:35 am

bichon

different clue, pls

9:35 am

SamanthaJoy

Will you give me the stats for the 9 and the ten? I'm just being lazy, I know.

9:35 am

bichon

ty dose

9:35 am

gramma

The 1st one is if your sailing vessel was tossed at sea and you lost the piece that holds your sail

9:35 am

SamanthaJoy

thanks, gramma and doseff!

9:36 am

gramma

10 is past tense of re 8/45

9:36 am

doseffing

... te7/36 9/72 ,,,, storm related

9:36 am

aslindy

hello all

9:37 am

gramma

hi

9:37 am

gramma

bye

9:37 am

SamanthaJoy

I don't have the right RE yet. No worries, I'll get there. Thanks!

9:38 am

gramma

yw

9:39 am

bichon

re 10, pls

9:41 am

MLFAN17

the re I have ends in s and is a re8/45 it does not pt?

9:43 am

MLFAN17

does the te 7/36 extend from the te 4/6 ending in p?

9:44 am

doseffing

... yes ... but it's not really the same word

9:44 am

MLFAN17

dose yes to the te question I asked?

9:45 am

doseffing

... yup

9:45 am

MLFAN17

lol ty dose and hello:)

9:46 am

doseffing

... te4..6 ..7 ... 9 ... but while they start with the same spelling the 4 and 7 are different words

9:46 am

SamanthaJoy

Found the nine and the ten, which gives me NBS, NBT which will have to do for now. I'll see about the last hundred later if I have time.

Thanks so much for your help. Bye!

9:46 am

MLFAN17

can we expand on that clue pls anyone have another clue for he re10?

9:48 am

doseffing

te4 ... an occasional or short-term worker te7 ... a storm or a Shakespeare play

9:49 am

MLFAN17

ty dose got the te word

9:50 am

Haz1558

re10 - first five look backwards, second five are past tense of what people do on stage.

9:52 am

MLFAN17

looking..

9:56 am

doseffing

... three quarters ... phew ... but that still means there's one hundred to find from the list ... later days ... luck to all who continue the struggle

10:00 am

Haz1558

Bye, doseffing.

10:01 am

cybernan

good morning everyone -- intended to golf today, but it is too hot for me

10:01 am

Haz1558

Well, you can have a nice big babble instead.

10:02 am

cybernan

yes indeed

10:02 am

cybernan

got half way through last night, but still a long way to go

10:02 am

NatashaW

I'm enjoying this one so far as it's all "real words" I actually know and use... but I've got 150 left and suspect many a babblet lurks therein

10:03 am

Buggie

hey there. It's too big for me. so I'm trying to just get the first line at least. And I'm stuck on the E already :(

10:04 am

kje

whoa!

10:04 am

Haz1558

Do you want stats, Buggie?

10:05 am

Buggie

no thanks. I'm still trying to contort my brain. Are they common words and I'm just blind?

10:05 am

Haz1558

They aren't common words, no.

10:05 am

Buggie

okay, that's a relief then, thanks

10:06 am

cybernan

ty for the storm in a teacup, dos -- missed that one

10:06 am

cybernan

have never heard of the pt before though

10:07 am

Buggie

There are quite a few French words going off the E though

10:07 am

kje

ty - didn't think to PT that

10:11 am

car.eeyore

Wheeeee! A biggun'!

10:11 am

car.eeyore

Hello everyone

10:11 am

kje

lots of apple products here the way that I is situated

10:12 am

kje

gm car - it is humongous

10:12 am

Haz1558

Hello, car.

10:12 am

Buggie

hey car

10:14 am

NatashaW

OK, ran into the babblet wall on the k words

10:14 am

kje

I'll take the weird e clues for that top row if you have them, haz? I only have 1 of them

10:14 am

kje

and it isn't weird

10:14 am

rururocks

just p's to go

10:14 am

cybernan

only have 3 x k

10:15 am

Haz1558

OKay, kje, I'll give you stats first?

10:15 am

NatashaW

ok, monkeyed all the k words. no idea what any of 'em mean but whatever.

10:15 am

kje

wow! go cyber and ru!

10:15 am

kje

stats would be great - can work from there first

10:15 am

Haz1558

ep5/14, ep6/24, es5/18, es5/10.

10:16 am

kje

ty

10:16 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

10:16 am

cybernan

lol kje -- meant I still need 3 k's - still need 150 words

10:16 am

kje

ah ok

10:17 am

kje

found them, ty haz

10:18 am

Haz1558

Good.

10:19 am

bichon

re 10, pls

10:21 am

Haz1558

Hello, bichon. re10 is a kind of compound word. The first five letters look backward, the last five are the past tense of what people do on stage or on film. Take away the past tense for re8

10:22 am

mael

thanks, Haz. I needed it too

10:22 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, mael.

10:22 am

bichon

ty Haz

10:22 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, bichon.

10:25 am

rururocks

nice grid

10:26 am

mael

skort should be a real word by now

10:27 am

Judi

Good morning, y'all. *** eyes bug out of head ***

10:27 am

cybernan

have you finished ru?

10:31 am

rururocks

yup.. glad I started last night

10:31 am

kje

congrats ru - must have been up late!

10:31 am

cybernan

wd -- started last night too, but still over 100 to go

10:31 am

rururocks

not really.. maybe 11?

10:33 am

kje

I need breakfast break - bbl

10:34 am

kje

before I go - did you guys get a NorCal meet set?

10:34 am

mael

I have nbt, nbs, at least half of every tile and still 112 to go. What a beast.

10:34 am

rururocks

I can't eat today I'm fasting

10:34 am

kje

why are you fasting?

10:34 am

rururocks

not that I know of

10:34 am

kje

k

10:34 am

rururocks

blood test today

10:35 am

kje

enjoy that ru - those docs and their rules, so annoying

10:36 am

cybernan

hate that -- wish they would give early morning appointments to those who have fasting tests

10:36 am

mael

good luck, ru

10:36 am

rururocks

I hate needles

10:37 am

cybernan

I always try to be at the lab when the doors open at 7:30 am

10:37 am

mael

the worst was an abdominal ultrasound I needed to have: appointment was at 2:30 pm, no eating or drinking since midnight annnnnd I was 8 months pregnant

10:37 am

rururocks

well that sounds much worse mael

10:38 am

mael

hope you get it done soon so you can have a good meal!

10:39 am

cybernan

that's cruel and inhuman treatment, mael

10:40 am

therealblah

i thought you had to drink a lot of water for an ultrasound??

10:43 am

mael

depends on why you need the ultrasound. My doc needed to rule out gallbladder issues, (I had terrible nerve pain in my upper stomach when I was pregnant, both times, nothing to be done about it but wait for babies to make a timely or untimely exit)

10:44 am

mael

yeah, nan, I was shaking my head. Not sure how they expected me to manage that one, honestly

10:45 am

therealblah

aah, didn't know that. i had to have one for cysts, and had to drink about a gallon of water...and they were running late. I was about in tears, so they said i could pee for 10 SECONDS and then stop. Talk about cruel...

10:46 am

mael

seriously!

10:46 am

featherbee

omg how did you ever stop at 10 seconds! that takes willpower!

10:47 am

therealblah

torture, pretty much

10:47 am

flosey

and strong muscles!

10:47 am

cybernan

still looking for that ep 6 -- clue please?

10:49 am

penquis

starts like the allergy pen and ends with french sea....

10:49 am

TraderKate

Hello everyone, so nice to see so many chatting :)
Nice big grid too!

10:49 am

therealblah

chemical...ep + vowel + french sea

10:49 am

bichon

de 8/55, second one, pls

10:50 am

car.eeyore

The only one i have is to remove the mainsail post from a ship

10:50 am

featherbee

derp is TOO a word

10:50 am

cybernan

ty blah

10:50 am

bichon

ty car, but I have that one

10:51 am

therealblah

yw

10:51 am

featherbee

i didn't, so ty!

10:51 am

Judi

DE8/65: Took down your tent.

10:51 am

car.eeyore

ty Judi. Had the root, not the pt

10:52 am

cybernan

de 8/55 - like a huge garbage bin but with a different first vowel

10:52 am

car.eeyore

what an odd word. Ty cyber

10:53 am

bichon

ty nan

10:53 am

rururocks

Did they let you bladder on therea?

10:54 am

cybernan

listed as soon as I got below 100 -- lot easiser that way :)

10:54 am

therealblah

no they did not ru! :)

10:55 am

Judi

Bladder late than never.

10:56 am

rururocks

I imagine urine good standing there now therea

10:56 am

featherbee

omg that was so bad it was good ru

10:57 am

Judi

Ureter with them or agin them.

10:57 am

cybernan

ru just can't control himself ;)

10:58 am

therealblah

i am laughing and groaning all at the same time...

10:58 am

rururocks

I wonder if they leaked out the results?

10:58 am

Judi

We'd have to take a peeeeeek at her test results.

10:58 am

featherbee

*tries to ignore bad puns...can't help but look and groan/laugh*

10:58 am

rururocks

That depends nan

10:58 am

featherbee

omg

10:59 am

therealblah

indeed

11:00 am

rururocks

ðŸ˜‚

11:01 am

featherbee

tipped over halfway a bit ago, didn't notice

11:02 am

car.eeyore

:)

11:02 am

Judi

Down to 173 and time for lunch. Wheee. Off I go.

11:02 am

featherbee

and have NBT :)

11:02 am

cybernan

oa 7 please

11:02 am

Shirlockc

so i'm job hunting and i applied for something on monster, set up a profile

11:03 am

Shirlockc

and now all these recruiters are calling, they're all indian and it's all contract work

11:03 am

cybernan

what type of work are you looking for, shirl?

11:03 am

Shirlockc

and not a SINGLE one has panned out

11:03 am

featherbee

aha, an even 200 left. bbl.

11:03 am

car.eeyore

grain and a baked treat for the OA 7

11:03 am

Shirlockc

i'm wondering if they are all just trolling, getting paid to get a name to "submit"

11:04 am

Shirlockc

the last one couldn't even pronounce the name of his "client" he had to spell it out

11:05 am

bichon

im 7/36, pls

11:05 am

car.eeyore

That is so frustrating

11:05 am

car.eeyore

im + kid glue

11:06 am

Shirlockc

i'm a digital project manager so tech sector

11:06 am

cybernan

duh - ty car

11:06 am

bichon

ty car

11:07 am

cybernan

sorry - what does that entail?

11:07 am

car.eeyore

OK...going to head home and get some more pa**ing done.

11:07 am

car.eeyore

HAGD

11:08 am

cybernan

good luck with your move, car

11:08 am

Aloyisius

hi Babblers! on a slo-mo connection so may be chat delays.. ru, I think you can chalk up 3 groans; urinal roll !

11:09 am

therealblah

and one for you aloy

11:13 am

therealblah

how apt that ut5 is in the grid today :D

11:15 am

periwinkle

hi all. help with 9 or 10 pls

11:16 am

moolingwa

morning all

11:16 am

cybernan

re 9: past + performed

11:16 am

cybernan

* sorry that was the re 10

11:17 am

periwinkle

tyty nan

11:17 am

bichon

te 9/72, but I don't have a clue

11:18 am

periwinkle

ty looking

11:18 am

TraderKate

which R does that come from nan?

11:18 am

cybernan

te 7-9 combo: storm in a teacup then pt

11:18 am

moolingwa

to have stormed perhaps

11:18 am

doseffing

te 7/36 .... storm or shapespeare play .... then past

11:19 am

periwinkle

ty dose

11:19 am

periwinkle

ty nan

11:19 am

cybernan

right hand r

11:19 am

TraderKate

ty nan... got the last part..working on first part...

11:20 am

cybernan

kate a- sorry it comes from the right hand r, not the left

11:20 am

TraderKate

:) ty

11:20 am

cybernan

still got that wrong - comes from the left and r ---- going to quit clueing now

11:22 am

TraderKate

LOL, thank you.. I am on first tea still, so also staying quiet..you are doing fine though, keep up the good clues and hints

11:22 am

TraderKate

aha! got it, thank you!!!

11:22 am

cybernan

pe 6/24 please?

11:23 am

bichon

looking

11:23 am

TraderKate

I jsut started, will look though

11:24 am

cybernan

got it --- pe + french marquis

11:24 am

Sally-catlover

Hi Kate. Still here on and off, but I'm not even half way through this enormous grid!

11:24 am

bichon

ty nan

11:25 am

kje

great clue cyber ty

11:25 am

TraderKate

Hi Sally... had trouble geting a good connection here. chog wouldn't load, then red box hell.. 295 to go, so I should dive back in for a while... at least until I've had another cuppa ;)

11:26 am

Sally-catlover

Ty for the pe 6 nan

11:26 am

moolingwa

have to be a masochist to find that one

11:26 am

Sally-catlover

Lol

11:26 am

kje

I got red box hell for a while 2 days ago - no idea why

11:28 am

TraderKate

terribly frustating, isn't it kje?

11:28 am

kje

yes, I just walked away until later in the day

11:28 am

TraderKate

TY mool!!!! I was looking for an actual french title...

11:29 am

kje

the babble gods and their little games...

11:29 am

NatashaW

so was I, lol kate

11:29 am

moolingwa

forgot to sacrifice some alphabetti spaghetti no doubt

11:29 am

TraderKate

LOL!

11:30 am

NatashaW

eventually however the penny dropped...

11:30 am

TraderKate

Hi Natasha, nice to see you!
I snuck in and gave a collective hello then dove in...

11:30 am

NatashaW

but I kept saying, "Marquis IS a French word, so how can it be French for marquis?"

11:30 am

NatashaW

Nice to see you too Kate!

11:30 am

TraderKate

... I went googling :(

11:31 am

moolingwa

yeah, went that way first too tash

11:31 am

TraderKate

I was thinking of duc...

11:32 am

cybernan

sorry I confused everyone

11:32 am

NatashaW

100 left!!

11:33 am

TraderKate

you did fine... I am still a bit figgy-brained nan...off to make a second cuppa!

11:33 am

TraderKate

286 left ;)

11:34 am

kje

245 here

11:34 am

Jacula

61 left here. Hi all.

11:35 am

kje

you are practically crossing the finish line, jac!

11:35 am

cybernan

46 here

11:36 am

magazinemom

Oooh! I just got here. Isn't this gridlicious? :)

11:36 am

moolingwa

168 here

11:37 am

spellacked

clue for ac5/20?

11:37 am

EmaMaria

175

11:37 am

cybernan

no sense here -- to create again is a word but to do it before hand isn't?

11:37 am

TraderKate

fruit spellacked..exotic

11:37 am

moolingwa

also to prepare early can only happen in pt

11:38 am

cybernan

exactly

11:38 am

cybernan

taking a short break

11:38 am

TraderKate

Hello to EmaMarie!!!

11:39 am

kje

ac5/20 is a jamaican tree fruit

11:39 am

kje

ac + homonym of what turns a door lock

11:39 am

spellacked

thx

11:39 am

EmaMaria

Hi all

11:39 am

moolingwa

then take the c out for another word

11:39 am

kje

yw

11:40 am

TraderKate

ty mool :)

11:40 am

moolingwa

yw

11:42 am

TraderKate

delicious grid, everywhere you look there's another group of words :)
(thank goodness there's only one S

11:43 am

kje

apparently - you can't put a body in a box again...

11:43 am

moolingwa

yeah, you really want to just leave it there

11:44 am

kje

recamp

11:45 am

kje

sorry

11:45 am

kje

though you can't do that either - lol

11:45 am

kje

I need a few more r words... so just trying them all!

11:45 am

moolingwa

yeah, drop one of the letters though and you have a word

11:45 am

Sally-catlover

You can undo it though.

11:45 am

magazinemom

Nor can you ret*** -- smoke marijuana again

11:45 am

kje

already have that one : (

11:46 am

moolingwa

oh well

11:46 am

kje

tell that to my neighbors...

11:47 am

kje

I always wonder how you can be more de4/6...

11:47 am

72 Temple Owl

hello babblers

11:47 am

bichon

pr 7/36, first one, pls

11:47 am

kje

hey to

11:47 am

kje

the first I have is to do something before

11:48 am

TraderKate

Hi TO :)

11:48 am

kje

nm, that is 6

11:48 am

72 Temple Owl

hello kje

11:48 am

72 Temple Owl

some fun words today/

11:48 am

magazinemom

Hey TO

11:48 am

moolingwa

hey to

11:49 am

72 Temple Owl

hi moo

11:49 am

72 Temple Owl

hi mm and all

11:49 am

moolingwa

there's also to perhaps select actors for a film before you do the main selections :)

11:49 am

moolingwa

or concrete that is shaped before it's delivered

11:50 am

bichon

pr 7/36, first one, pls

11:50 am

moolingwa

100 to go

11:50 am

kje

ty moo

11:50 am

moolingwa

yw

11:51 am

TraderKate

11:49 bichon

11:51 am

spellacked

How is coffee whitener not a word?

11:51 am

Biltong

Hi. Stats for the lone e in the fourth row please?

11:51 am

72 Temple Owl

where's harp? she would like todya's critter.

11:51 am

kje

try it again spell

11:52 am

bichon

ty mool

11:52 am

kje

ek 4

11:52 am

moolingwa

yw bich

11:52 am

penquis

ek 4/9....

11:53 am

72 Temple Owl

and also a fish

11:53 am

Biltong

ty, kje and pen :)

11:54 am

Jacula

FIREWORKS! *~*~*~* Off to make a pilchard salad for tea. Happy Babbling all. x

11:54 am

72 Temple Owl

wash is done, time to hand it. later.

11:54 am

72 Temple Owl

later

11:54 am

kje

yea, jac!!!

11:54 am

TraderKate

woo hooo, found an 8 all by myslef :)

11:55 am

magazinemom

go kate

11:55 am

ursh

When I was at school we were taught that you could not be more "passed away" - funny its ok nowadays

11:55 am

TraderKate

Bye Jacula
Congratulations!!!!

11:55 am

TraderKate

ursh... DE6 than a doornail? ;)

11:56 am

kje

you can be more gone and most gone!

11:57 am

kje

but agree that it is a ridiculous concept... like being more pregnant

11:57 am

kje

it is a yes/no situation

11:57 am

TraderKate

:)

11:57 am

ursh

kate - is it not as de** as a doornail ?

11:58 am

magazinemom

In the south we say de6 than a doornail. Idk

11:58 am

NatashaW

how about that pr6,24 where you do something, um, before you... do it? also seems an absurd notion...

11:58 am

cybernan

I can see the comparative on that one, but not the superlative

11:58 am

TraderKate

It might be a North American expression.. I have heard both.

11:59 am

kje

hahaha cyber -true - there is no logic to grammar sometimes

11:59 am

TraderKate

it's hiding htere somewhere nan, I jsut entered it

11:59 am

NatashaW

agree with nan. one can compare states of demise, but to be the most demised???

12:00 pm

TraderKate

you jsut have to laugh...

12:01 pm

cybernan

that's ok -- just found to be ma 6 of all I survey again --- agree it could be a word, but not used very often

12:01 pm

cybernan

one could re 8 a subject or skill, I suppose

12:01 pm

therealblah

i've heard it used in a music context...to re8 a song, eg

12:02 pm

cybernan

ooh - just found the vintage car someone was talking about earlier

12:02 pm

TraderKate

ah, yes.. like a remix, or to edit out nasty background stuff from first recording

12:02 pm

TraderKate

madly searching out car...

12:03 pm

therealblah

yup that's what i was thinking tk

12:03 pm

therealblah

stats pl nan

12:03 pm

therealblah

nvm

12:04 pm

kje

vintage car? stats?

12:05 pm

cybernan

ro 8/45

12:05 pm

therealblah

ro 8/45

12:05 pm

kje

ok, had that - lol sorry

12:05 pm

kje

I was trying to think of a make

12:06 pm

NatashaW

that word always makes me think of Nancy Drew driving her "snappy little red"

12:06 pm

therealblah

yes me too kje

12:06 pm

TraderKate

me too Nat, ty for the hint blah and nan :)

12:06 pm

bichon

Memories of my childhood, Nancy Drew, ty

12:07 pm

TraderKate

read all the Nancy Drews and Hardy Boys... Trixie abeldon was a little too old fashioned for me...

12:07 pm

cybernan

long before barbie got hers!

12:08 pm

bichon

The height of it was 4th grade

12:08 pm

NatashaW

Loved Nancy Drew. Hated Barbie. Beheaded her and Ken.

12:09 pm

TraderKate

BWAHAHA :)
Nevecared for dolls much.

12:09 pm

NatashaW

The Barbie outfits were EXPENSIVE and my family couldn't afford them. I remember the wedding gown was $5!!

12:09 pm

cybernan

read all the Nancy DRew's out at the time and when I ran out of them read the Hardy Boys

12:09 pm

NatashaW

I only wanted it because all the other girls in my 3rd grade class had it and I thought it might help me "fit in". Hahahahaha

12:09 pm

kje

I didn't have "real" barbie... we had fake ones, due to cost also

12:09 pm

bichon

Barbie was not around when I was young, tg

12:10 pm

kje

but I never got into dolls much

12:10 pm

NatashaW

I never liked dolls either. So glad I had a boy child so I finally got to play with trains!!

12:10 pm

cybernan

me neither bicho -- but my daughter had them

12:11 pm

kje

my favorite "toys" were my bike and the swingset

12:11 pm

NatashaW

yes kje!!

12:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

stats for 9 & 10 pls? ty

12:12 pm

bichon

I liked jumping rope, roller skating and skelly

12:12 pm

TraderKate

I got the trains, planes, and automobiles when I was young... :)

12:12 pm

kje

9 te9/72

12:13 pm

kje

10 re10/84

12:13 pm

TraderKate

RE 8/45 and pt for the 10

12:13 pm

cybernan

don't understand how that first sw 5 is not a proper noun

12:13 pm

NatashaW

lucky you Kate, I grew up in the Eisenhower 50s in a small town and was forced to try to be a girly girl.

12:13 pm

72 Temple Owl

thanks.

12:13 pm

kje

i had sisters and brothers - we just played, could care less what was labelled boy or girl

12:13 pm

TraderKate

TE 7/36 and pt for the 9

12:13 pm

NatashaW

Sw word also means rutabaga in UK

12:14 pm

cybernan

oh - ty nat

12:14 pm

NatashaW

yw nan

12:14 pm

EvaNadine

my parents tell us they bought all kinds of toys...that my brother gravitated to the "boy toys" and i to the "girl toys"
which makes no sense to me, since i was a total utter tomboy.

12:14 pm

kje

clearly enable has not watched dora the explorer...

12:15 pm

TraderKate

:)

12:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

if it's handy, add ed. you will be surprised. and appalled.

12:17 pm

kje

under 100!!!

12:18 pm

TraderKate

wooot!!!!

12:18 pm

kje

gonna take a break - bbl

12:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

i mean, te9 - reallY/

12:19 pm

TraderKate

nye kje :)

12:20 pm

MLFAN17

got the 9

12:21 pm

TraderKate

well, now I know what ST 5/18 means...

12:22 pm

MLFAN17

clue pls kate?

12:22 pm

TraderKate

Scottish for close the window.... looks like a nice piece of barbecue meat

12:23 pm

MLFAN17

ty kate

12:25 pm

cybernan

I don't think words of a specific dialect should be admitted - a lot of those scottish or southern USA words are known only by those who live in the region -- and a very small region at that.

12:26 pm

TraderKate

It could be that the words were jonce very common but have fallen out of more common usage? lots of olde tyme English words as well

12:28 pm

cybernan

yes -- but to hear someone speak in a true Fife dialect you would never know what language they were speaking -- I suspect the same is true of the Orkneys - and it is not Gaelic that they are using

12:29 pm

NatashaW

I like the richness of the language! My 2 vol Oxford English Dict (the one with the magnifying glass) is a favorite peruse on a rainy winter night.

12:29 pm

TraderKate

:) too true nan! I would have trouble with a thick Yorkshire accent...they have a language all their own ;)

12:30 pm

MLFAN17

but then we wouldn't learn anything. I always am forgetting the common babblets even though they may not be common in general

12:30 pm

TraderKate

We doo have the best words Natasha ;)

12:30 pm

NatashaW

I was married to a Yorkshireman for 8 years. Had fun learning the dialect!

12:30 pm

woodchick

spet

12:30 pm

woodchick

Whoops

12:30 pm

TraderKate

Hi woodchick! :)

12:31 pm

woodchick

Hiya! Crazy cursor :)

12:32 pm

TraderKate

I dated a Scottish guy for tears and years when I was young... first time I met his parents, they must have thought me completely thick... I couldnae understand a thing the father said... just stared at him blankly....was horrid until I tuned up my ears ;)

12:32 pm

TraderKate

No worried wood!

12:33 pm

MLFAN17

I will be back...

12:34 pm

TraderKate

bye ML:F

12:36 pm

cybernan

which part of Scotland, Kate

12:36 pm

TraderKate

Ayr

12:37 pm

TraderKate

Firth of Clyde...

12:38 pm

cybernan

Haven't been to that part -- about the only part of Scotland we missed. Grandfather was from Glasgow, though and most Glaswegians have a strong accent

12:39 pm

TraderKate

Yes... I think the accent is very similar.. they aren't far south of Glsgow. I haven

12:39 pm

TraderKate

t

12:39 pm

TraderKate

been at all... one day hopefully... if i ever get married, would love to do it in Gretna Green :)

12:40 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* any clues wanted before I leave?

12:40 pm

TraderKate

WOW, Congratulations nan!!!

12:40 pm

magazinemom

wtg nan

12:40 pm

TraderKate

I need a TE 6/18

12:41 pm

TraderKate

jsut before the division of the school year...please?

12:41 pm

TraderKate

and a TE 5/12 after "taunted" if you could...

12:41 pm

cybernan

te + consonant + french summer

12:42 pm

TraderKate

TY! I would have had to morewords that one...

12:42 pm

cybernan

te + consonant + british thanks

12:43 pm

TraderKate

good grief! ty nan, have a great day!

12:44 pm

cybernan

you too -- bye everyone :)

12:44 pm

EmaMaria

bye

12:44 pm

markbowers7

clue for re 8 & 10? (i'm missing that entire series)

12:45 pm

TraderKate

made a law apply to pervious times maybe..and pt

12:45 pm

EmaMaria

builds on re 5 12 something that is stylistically from the past - might be cool

12:46 pm

TraderKate

much better clue, listen to EmaMaria :)

12:47 pm

TraderKate

woot, found another 8!

12:47 pm

markbowers7

nice! ty...

12:47 pm

moolingwa

rehi all

12:48 pm

magazinemom

great clue Ema

12:49 pm

TraderKate

hi mool... I just looked at your icon.... ROFL.. I may have to steal that and share it out with my FB friends... :D

12:49 pm

moolingwa

sure, I just got it off the google

12:50 pm

TraderKate

:)

12:52 pm

TraderKate

There are a million RE wrods...

12:52 pm

kje

hate to list with 70 left, but need to get this mammoth done!

12:52 pm

moolingwa

well I have 62 left, so you could list with my number :)

12:53 pm

TraderKate

under 200 at least ;)

12:53 pm

kje

free clue - my missing top t - ts5/20

12:53 pm

moolingwa

already have it sorry

12:53 pm

magazinemom

down to 177 and have to go work on my 2 psych papers. ugh.

12:54 pm

hoyamd

only 100 left. i'm not sure what is eating up more of my time. this or reading outlander.

12:54 pm

TraderKate

ugh... the break will do you good though magmom!

12:54 pm

moolingwa

it's enough to make you mentally unbalanced magamom

12:54 pm

magazinemom

true

12:54 pm

TraderKate

do you need the TS 5 kje?

12:54 pm

magazinemom

mooling- you have no idea.

12:55 pm

kje

no, found it with the stats, but just never think of that "word"

12:55 pm

moolingwa

ignorance is indeed bliss

12:55 pm

hoyamd

i just got it. i can't believe that counts!

12:55 pm

kje

yep

12:56 pm

kje

good luck on the papers mag

12:56 pm

moolingwa

now now, no need to get upset about it

12:56 pm

MLFAN17

sorry I am still not getting the re10?????

12:56 pm

TraderKate

kje...tut-tutted....

12:56 pm

magazinemom

thanks kje

12:56 pm

MLFAN17

i have two re8

12:57 pm

moolingwa

there are a number of re8s

12:57 pm

magazinemom

I'll pop in here and there for a break. Happy Babbling all!

12:57 pm

TraderKate

bye for now mag :)

12:57 pm

moolingwa

I have 5 re8s so far...and have five more 8s to find yet

12:57 pm

moolingwa

make that six re8s now

12:58 pm

moolingwa

the one you're looking for though, is: fashion style that reflects a previous time or place, but is cool again + to perform

12:58 pm

NatashaW

re10 is compound of preceding re5 + pt verb. Used more in adj form than in verb form.

12:59 pm

NatashaW

mool clues better than I do

12:59 pm

hoyamd

thanks moo

12:59 pm

moolingwa

I have no clue why you think that tash

12:59 pm

moolingwa

yw hoya

1:00 pm

MLFAN17

ty that made sense finally got it

1:02 pm

hoyamd

ok I've been on long enough! hagd all

1:03 pm

TraderKate

bye hoy :)

1:03 pm

kje

pr7/52?

1:04 pm

TraderKate

will help look kje

1:04 pm

kje

comes after prefab

1:06 pm

TraderKate

got it.. silly...

1:06 pm

TraderKate

the era bfore Elvis Prelsey maybe?

1:07 pm

kje

clue?

1:07 pm

TraderKate

that was it... more?

1:07 pm

kje

ah, ty

1:07 pm

TraderKate

haha.. now I am being silly...

1:08 pm

NatashaW

lol, that's a word!?!?!

1:08 pm

TraderKate

that's what I said... there msut be another definition

1:09 pm

NatashaW

nope. that is what it means. But it sure as heck calls for a hyphen!

1:09 pm

TraderKate

nope.. that is the difinition...

1:09 pm

NatashaW

Or we could all decide it means lava in a state prior to solidifying?

1:10 pm

TraderKate

Much better. We should get spritey to add it to the Babbler's dictionary :)

1:11 pm

kje

ah, my missing o was a compound oa7/48

1:11 pm

kje

I agree with natasha

1:11 pm

kje

much better definition! haha

1:11 pm

NatashaW

My new career... minting neologisms!

1:11 pm

TraderKate

so PR 7/52 = magma ;)

1:14 pm

clg47

clue on pr7,40 before the pr7/52 magma

1:14 pm

kje

prefabulated

1:14 pm

clg47

got it ty

1:15 pm

NatashaW

why is that only available as a pt/adj, not as a present tense verb... like this aft I'm going to pr7 dinner for this evening!

1:16 pm

kje

ours is not to wonder why...

1:20 pm

TraderKate

I have all the RE words whooopie :D

1:21 pm

kje

woohoo

1:21 pm

NatashaW

yay Kate!!!

1:22 pm

kje

missing the last de8/55... any clues?

1:22 pm

TraderKate

NOt through the wrost though.. still a ton of C words.. ny other bane of existence

1:22 pm

NatashaW

I propose we banish words beginning with c from the grid

1:23 pm

TraderKate

I have a removed the sail support yesterday\

1:23 pm

kje

yes - what is the one right after that?

1:24 pm

featherbee

hi there, only here for a very few minutes

1:24 pm

kje

NIP THE WEED!!!!

1:24 pm

NatashaW

Hi feather!

1:24 pm

TraderKate

looking kje, don't have that one

1:24 pm

featherbee

see the link in my icon for kje's reference if you're curious

1:25 pm

Shirlockc

why is edam not a word? it's a cheese <-- yes, rhetorical

1:27 pm

kje

I have all the c's if those are driving anyone mad - happy to clue

1:28 pm

featherbee

shucks, tried adding DE to all my words after ship beam, no go

1:28 pm

TraderKate

kje that word might start with demi, not sure...

1:28 pm

kje

ty tk

1:29 pm

kje

I tried that too wedd - lol

1:29 pm

featherbee

worth a shot, right?

1:31 pm

mael

I am also looking for that de8/55, it's driving me nuts

1:32 pm

kje

omg, found it

1:32 pm

mattygroves

de+the pole that supports a sail + pt

1:32 pm

kje

no matty, wrong one, but ty

1:32 pm

NatashaW

no, not that one.

1:32 pm

kje

think of the huge trash bins apartmets have, and change the first vowel

1:32 pm

mattygroves

Oh - there's another?! Eek.

1:32 pm

mael

ohhh, I got it!

1:33 pm

NatashaW

indeed there is... right after it

1:33 pm

mael

sounds like what you toss the trash in

1:33 pm

UnikeTheHunter

Got an 8. "Make a brand new recording."

1:33 pm

mattygroves

...the trash can, typically....? Rubbish bin....?

1:33 pm

NatashaW

HAVING A SENIOR MOMENT. WHAT THE HECK DO YOU CALL THOSE BINS. SHEESH.

1:33 pm

TraderKate

ahah! tytyty sounds like a bread brand name here...

1:33 pm

NatashaW

no, the big blue things at apartments

1:34 pm

TraderKate

lots of memes about trumpster fires...

1:34 pm

featherbee

uhhh, i live out in the sticks. no clue what the big blue things are!

1:34 pm

kje

2 o to go

1:34 pm

mattygroves

Ah hah! Thanks.

1:34 pm

NatashaW

got it! brain is slow but eventually

1:34 pm

kje

uno

1:34 pm

TraderKate

one to go kje????

1:35 pm

kje

fw!

1:35 pm

NatashaW

ok, so i looked this one up. Said it was an alternate sp of a similar word. Clicked on that sp and came up blank.

1:35 pm

NatashaW

wow kje

1:35 pm

featherbee

ty for the not so subtle nudge with your fire clue kate!

1:35 pm

featherbee

yay kje!

1:36 pm

kje

my last was the oc5/20... an australian word

1:36 pm

featherbee

gotta go do things. nipping the weed kje!

1:36 pm

kje

well, your new job, natasha... make us up a definition!

1:36 pm

kje

later, weed

1:37 pm

featherbee

natasha, didn't you used to have a cartoon icon? i'm talking like 10 years ago, lol. i'm thinking of roger rabbit or something.

1:37 pm

NatashaW

Hmm, can't recall now but don't think that was it...

1:38 pm

featherbee

lol, oh well!

1:38 pm

NatashaW

Might have been a cartoon but not Woger Wabbit

1:38 pm

mael

hah, I found the oa7

1:38 pm

UnikeTheHunter

Got another 8. "Acted to prevent the wine from souring."

1:39 pm

maccafixx

2nd de 8/55?

1:39 pm

TraderKate

Hi Une!! stats for that please?

1:40 pm

TraderKate

mac, that's the one we've just found.. scan the last few minutes of chog :)

1:40 pm

SamanthaJoy

Clued at 1:32, macca

1:40 pm

TraderKate

oh, I think I have that Une, ty

1:42 pm

maccafixx

ty TraderKate!

1:43 pm

TraderKate

shhhh ;)

1:52 pm

NatashaW

Harpjane will be happy with ok5

1:53 pm

TraderKate

yes.. just fished that one out myself... she will be pleased!

2:01 pm

NatashaW

ooh and there's also a shark for her :-)

2:03 pm

TraderKate

JUST found that too!! :)
are you peeking?

2:03 pm

NatashaW

s

2:03 pm

NatashaW

weirdness from lickety, that s

2:03 pm

NatashaW

lol our minds are in sync

2:04 pm

TraderKate

Ha! I have exactly 100 left!

2:04 pm

NatashaW

which is like a whole extra grid on a lot of days...

2:05 pm

NatashaW

but today feels like a mere bagatelle :-)

2:05 pm

TraderKate

WE have had a lot of smallish grids lately. I am sure we ussed to see more 250-400 grids in the past..

2:06 pm

TraderKate

It has been a lovely grid so far... few really weird ones!

2:06 pm

TraderKate

99 bottles of beer on the wall...

2:07 pm

TraderKate

99 babblets in the grid to find,
99 babblets in grid...
fish one out,
clue it about
98 babblets in the grid to be found!

2:07 pm

NatashaW

She's on a roll, our Kate... or she's on SOMETHING anyhow! :-)

2:08 pm

TraderKate

bahaaha.. 2 cupas in.. thinking about topping it off with a Pepsi for a treat... lok out world ;)

2:14 pm

TraderKate

well there's a silly 8... IM 8/55 (4th one)

2:30 pm

NatashaW

never thought I'd get there but I'm done...

2:30 pm

TraderKate

Congratulations Natasha!!!!

2:30 pm

NatashaW

happy to clue before I poof...

2:30 pm

TraderKate

what was your last word?

2:31 pm

NatashaW

stupid babblet te4,5/5,12

2:31 pm

TraderKate

humming along weith 42 fishies left... so far so good...maybe a lurker needs a hint?

2:31 pm

TraderKate

ah.. have the Ts finished :)
It's lways a babblet fishie...

2:33 pm

periwinkle

thunder here

2:33 pm

TraderKate

oooh! nothing like a nice afternoon thunderboomer!
hi peri :)

2:33 pm

NatashaW

We're getting a thorough basting here with rain, thunder.. hoping it breaks the horrible humidity and 96 degree temps

2:34 pm

TraderKate

Nat.. DA 6/36 please?

2:34 pm

HarryHood

same here natasha

2:34 pm

HarryHood

just came home with two soaked little girls

2:34 pm

periwinkle

hi folks, definitely cooler

2:34 pm

TraderKate

we had t-storms yesterday evening.. around 9ish.. rain was driving sideways.. blew in vrey quickly.

2:35 pm

NatashaW

da6 like the Russian h____ who broke into the DNC email server

2:35 pm

HarryHood

missing the U. stats welcome :)

2:35 pm

TraderKate

toss 'em in the dryer Harry ;)

2:35 pm

HarryHood

we were so proud of ourselves getting out of the city before it started - until we realized we had to walk home from the train :)

2:35 pm

SamanthaJoy

ut 5/12

2:36 pm

NatashaW

sorry, that was ut5,12

2:36 pm

HarryHood

ty sj

2:36 pm

HarryHood

and natasha.

2:36 pm

HarryHood

nbt, 140 to go

2:36 pm

TraderKate

Hi Samantha :)

2:36 pm

SamanthaJoy

hello there kate

2:37 pm

NatashaW

an impressive grid without a single n or l (that's "ell")

2:37 pm

TraderKate

TY for the DA 6 Nat :)

2:38 pm

SamanthaJoy

I have 67 left and I'm considering listing, even though I'm sure a bunch of what I'm missing is roots of words that I have the extensions for and things like that. :(

2:38 pm

TraderKate

Thank our lucky stars there wasn't an extra S either... could have been a monster with any of those letters tossed in...

2:38 pm

HarryHood

I've made my first pass through the grid, and now I can't remember what I already listed.

2:38 pm

HarryHood

what I already found rather.

2:39 pm

NatashaW

not to mention the well known phenomenon of "I am SURE I already entered that word..."

2:39 pm

TraderKate

So far I have only seen a few really weird ones Samantha...but I have many C words still to go... I wussed out and listed...

2:39 pm

HarryHood

I am also still missing a 10 letter word.

2:40 pm

SamanthaJoy

I am short 7 c WORDS

2:40 pm

SamanthaJoy

words*

2:40 pm

NatashaW

is that a hint you want a hint Harry?

2:40 pm

NatashaW

I don't like to clue unless directly requested

2:40 pm

HarryHood

it's me being passive agressive about not really wanting a hint, but kind of wanting to be nbs

2:40 pm

TraderKate

The RE 8/45 .. then PT for the 10

2:41 pm

TraderKate

I have 36 here.. maybe a tiny break...

2:41 pm

TraderKate

oooops, thoguht you were asking Harry.

2:41 pm

HarryHood

well ty kate - I'll search for more re8s, since my 8/45s are already pt :)

2:41 pm

NatashaW

The c words, this time, are nearly all actual words one might use...

2:41 pm

SamanthaJoy

Yeah, I'm going to go away and do something useful for a while. See y'all later.

2:42 pm

TraderKate

well! wonders never cease.. it has happened before with C words, but not often!

2:42 pm

NatashaW

Okay, I'm gone! <Poof> Have a nice storm, y'all! May it cool things down a bit!

2:42 pm

bichon

re 5/14, second one, pls

2:43 pm

LuvWordGames

to plot your course again

2:43 pm

TraderKate

draw out a gepgrap0hical region again?

2:43 pm

TraderKate

Hello Luv!!! :)

2:44 pm

bichon

ty Kate, Luv

2:44 pm

LuvWordGames

Hi Kate :-)

2:45 pm

TraderKate

going to take 5 and figure out dinner.. back soon :)

2:47 pm

bichon

re 8/45, first one, pls

2:47 pm

bichon

rota

2:47 pm

bichon

oooopppsss!

2:50 pm

HarryHood

124 to go. bbl!

2:51 pm

SamanthaJoy

bichon -- to commit a superior version of a song to tape or digital or whatever the kids are doing these days . . . again

2:54 pm

bichon

ty Sam

2:54 pm

SamanthaJoy

wait, you actually GOT IT from that lousy clue?

You're GOOD!

2:57 pm

SamanthaJoy

OK, I'm really gone now. bye all *POOF*

3:00 pm

TraderKate

Does anyone need clues now? was going to wander off for a bit.

3:02 pm

bichon

re 6/45 second one, pls

3:05 pm

ChampFit

re + fishing move

3:05 pm

ChampFit

Poo...ignore me

3:05 pm

bichon

never fished

3:06 pm

ChampFit

There's a 6/45?

3:07 pm

bichon

8/45

3:09 pm

ChampFit

The 2nd one I have is re + not slave

3:11 pm

bichon

not slave?

3:11 pm

ChampFit

The one in charge of the slave

3:12 pm

bichon

boss?

3:13 pm

ChampFit

Yes

3:13 pm

TraderKate

jack of all trades, ****** of none....

3:14 pm

bichon

sorry, it's the re 8/45 after that one

3:16 pm

Buggie

oh sheesh I'm so sick of the noise here. There are constantly parties going on still

3:17 pm

Buggie

it's like a never ending competition of who can make the most noise (and be the stupidest)

3:17 pm

SummerBreeze44

re 8/45 pt of a snappy reply

3:18 pm

bichon

ty SummerBreeze

3:18 pm

TraderKate

Poor Buggie... and it's not even the weekend... there must be rejoicing all through the land! :(

3:18 pm

SummerBreeze44

yw

3:18 pm

TraderKate

Hello SummerBreeze welcome! :)

3:19 pm

SummerBreeze44

Hi Kate

3:19 pm

TraderKate

Not much help, but this too will pass Buggie.. question is, will you still have your sanity?

3:19 pm

TraderKate

3:20 pm

Buggie

I haven't been into town this week, but in the bigger cities some places are like a war scene. They burnt cars, broke into and looted shops, and there's currently a lot of women speaking out on social media about being sexually attacked during the celebrations

3:20 pm

SummerBreeze44

:) waves back. good afternoon everyone.

3:21 pm

TraderKate

Oh no Buggie, this is terrible! I am tryly sorry to hear thios! So, football hooliganism is contagious? (not that hockey fans and football fans haven't also gone on um... sprees their mothers wouldn't condone...)

3:22 pm

Buggie

I'm just glad I'm not at school this time. I was in high school (I think that's the right term) last time France won. There was no forgetting that I was a foreigner...

3:22 pm

TraderKate

How is the heat in NH Summer?

3:22 pm

Buggie

I don't know what it is, but they seem to think it's an excuse to do everything they can't usually do

3:23 pm

TraderKate

Oh deat... in times of great national celebration you were the "alien" and not allowed to join in? :(

3:23 pm

Buggie

there's a video of one twat trying to crowdsurf. He climbed up and jumped off a tree onto the crowd below. People got out the way and he must have seriously hurt himself

3:23 pm

SummerBreeze44

It's been horribly humid for a few days now. Currently in the midst of thunderstorms which are supposed to last until early evening.

3:24 pm

TraderKate

sometimes all it takes is a few that think they can take advantage of the situation? Nsty pot-stirrers...

3:24 pm

Buggie

Kate, it's the "we won, up yours" mentality. French being chauvinistic because they won.

3:24 pm

bichon

Same here in CT. Temp has dropped by 10 degrees

3:24 pm

TraderKate

Is the rain helping Summer? hoping the storms aren't too bad... are you in the danger of flooding areas?

3:25 pm

Buggie

Oh humidity, that sounds nice. It's so dry here. We finally got some rain yesterday. The ground soaked it up immediately and it looked like nothing had happened...

3:25 pm

TraderKate

Oh my... let's hope it calms down soon. Surprised the police aren't on it a bit more severely....

3:25 pm

SummerBreeze44

Yup...going right up the coast. There is currently a tornado warning for a part of Conn.

3:25 pm

bichon

yikes

3:26 pm

TraderKate

Tornadoes in CT??? That is unusual!!! I should check our weather. they were calling for chance of afternoon t-storms for the next several days here.

3:26 pm

Buggie

oooooh, well I guess it being a little dry isn't so bad...

3:27 pm

TraderKate

Alittle rain wuldn't go amiss Buggie... maybe it would drive the revellers hime?

3:27 pm

SummerBreeze44

The warning is supposed to end at 4:30

3:28 pm

gapeach

Good afternoon. May I please have a clue for re8-45 the last one? Thanks

3:28 pm

TraderKate

There is no sign of all the rain we got last evening... we were extremely dry here too...

3:28 pm

TraderKate

to make applicable in the past peach?

3:28 pm

TraderKate

Hello :)

3:29 pm

TraderKate

builds from the re 5/ before it

3:29 pm

TraderKate

Lets hope the warning ends with no sign of a twister!

3:30 pm

TraderKate

and you can past tense it as well peach :)

3:30 pm

SummerBreeze44

Sorry I cant remember the town/city they named.

3:30 pm

bichon

what is the re 8/45 before that one, pls

3:31 pm

TraderKate

car tires you buy on the cheap bichon... kind of refurbished

3:32 pm

gapeach

Hi there, Kate. We have thunder storms most every day. I have that one, hon. Need the last re8-45. There is re7-32 before it, but, alas, I don't have it either. Thanks

3:32 pm

bichon

ty so much Kate

3:32 pm

TraderKate

I jsut saw the thing about the crowd surfing idiot Buggie... insanity!!! most likely very tiddled ;)

3:33 pm

TraderKate

okay peach.. the one I clued first is the last 8/45.. I jsut clued bichon the one you want , which is the penultimate 8/45

3:33 pm

Buggie

Oh I don't know. People in crowds can be very very stupid

3:33 pm

TraderKate

it is the pl of the RE 7/32 befoe it

3:34 pm

bichon

I can't imagine people here reacting like that over a sports event

3:34 pm

TraderKate

LOL Buggie, to be sure!

3:35 pm

TraderKate

Did you get it peach? do you need a better clue?

3:36 pm

TraderKate

act - to ***** the boards...
then pl

3:40 pm

gapeach

Thanks, Kate, I have it now.

3:42 pm

maggiej

any hints for the de 8/55 that doesn't extend from the de 6/24?

3:50 pm

crosshair

back for a few more words, my babble friends. :)

3:50 pm

bichon

down to 28

3:51 pm

NANCY

Hi crossy, so glad you are coming to visit us more often. It has been so good to see a lot of the old gang back to chat.

3:51 pm

bichon

pr 7/36, first one, pls

3:52 pm

crosshair

Howdy, Nancy. I am glad to see you and the "old gang" as well. :)

3:52 pm

Buggie

sounds like some people have been partying too hard. I can hear firemen and police sirens, that's unusual in my neighbourhood

3:53 pm

maggiej

1st three letters like 6/24 right before it + to ... your fishing line

3:54 pm

NANCY

getting to be like old times and that is so much better. Hope everything is good for you my friendly neighbor.

3:55 pm

NANCY

meaning of course, that Canada is still very much our friend and neighbor. :)

3:57 pm

bichon

pr 7/36, first one, pls

3:57 pm

Buggie

Not sure England is still your friend. Or is that Britain? Or did I mean UK? Oh no, I just don't know anymore

3:58 pm

maggiej

see 3:55pm

3:58 pm

maggiej

oops 3:53

3:59 pm

bichon

ty maggie

3:59 pm

NANCY

Buggie, just because an idiot says it is so does not mean the people who live here agree.

3:59 pm

maggiej

yw

4:00 pm

maggiej

de 8/55 2nd one I think any hints?

4:04 pm

gapeach

maggiej. I tried everything on that de855 the 2nd and can't find it.

4:04 pm

maggiej

me too

4:04 pm

Buggie

I know. I just can't get my head around a head of state not knowing the name of his closest ally... I was horrified as it was at the behaviour with the Queen.

4:05 pm

corpsvalue

maggie: sounds like a brand of large trash receptacle that businesses use.

4:05 pm

ChampFit

GREAT clue...thank you!

4:07 pm

gapeach

Don't know brands for large trash receptacle.....dumb it down please. Thanks

4:08 pm

magazinemom

first four are like Jack de**sey the boxer, then add the last four of Hip****, person who is cool

4:08 pm

maggiej

me neither

4:08 pm

rururocks

demprururocks

4:08 pm

rururocks

damn it

4:09 pm

ChampFit

When you go throw out your garbage at an apartment complex, you take it to the large trash bin...commercial size. Sometimes people go in them looking for treasures. ******** diving.

4:09 pm

maggiej

tyvm

4:09 pm

magazinemom

yw

4:09 pm

gapeach

Thanks much.

4:11 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for pr6-24 tge 1st? Thanks

4:12 pm

rururocks

pr6 before + what stage people do

4:13 pm

bichon

pr 7/52, pls

4:14 pm

rururocks

before the rolling stones bichon

4:14 pm

zoozzoom

Before + large boulders or stones.

4:14 pm

bichon

ty ru

4:14 pm

bichon

and zooz

4:16 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, ruru and zooz.

4:17 pm

rururocks

best to double clue her zooz before she's gravelling for clues :D

4:18 pm

zoozzoom

I agree, Ruru, two clues are better than a shingle clue!

4:19 pm

gapeach

Good one, zooz.

4:19 pm

rururocks

at least she didn't take our cluing for granite

4:19 pm

zoozzoom

:-)

4:20 pm

NANCY

thanks guys for paving the way..

4:21 pm

zoozzoom

lol

4:22 pm

rururocks

it's nice to put things in concrete terms for some players

4:24 pm

zoozzoom

I think, Ruru, has cemented is place as king punner!

4:24 pm

helenkeller

Heya All - omg this grid is huge, sudoku is expert, 40 pm's in FB and a ton of e-mails to go through. First change at laptop today. *Dives into grid*

4:25 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Helenkeller :-) Not seen sudoku today. Will try and get there later.

4:25 pm

helenkeller

Hi zooz :)

4:27 pm

rururocks

it could be because I leave no stone unturned zooz?

4:27 pm

moolingwa

back again for more of this...board

4:27 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Mool :-)

4:28 pm

helenkeller

heya mool :)

4:28 pm

moolingwa

hey guys

4:29 pm

magazinemom

hey helen mool

4:29 pm

helenkeller

hi magmom!

4:29 pm

zoozzoom

Better stop the puns soon, Ruru. otherwise people might go ballast-ic

4:32 pm

moolingwa

I see a bunch of puns have crystallized

4:32 pm

featherbee

here for a few

4:33 pm

moolingwa

puns, words or minutes?

4:33 pm

helenkeller

hiya fbee :)

4:33 pm

zoozzoom

I bet you will be here longer than just a few, Feather! The grid grabs you like that.

4:34 pm

featherbee

i'm at 182 left, just starting to list

4:34 pm

rururocks

zooz is organizing and trying to strata things out

4:34 pm

zoozzoom

lol

4:35 pm

helenkeller

fbee - really, that soon? I just started and am at 315. So I should expect to hit a wall? Or were you watching movies last night :)

4:35 pm

featherbee

nope, i just don't have time to mess around looking for more before listing! gots things to do.

4:36 pm

moolingwa

stalagmite make sense to quit while we are ahead

4:36 pm

featherbee

curled up with a heating pad at the moment waiting for advil to kick in. in about 25 minutes i should be good to go.

4:36 pm

helenkeller

Good luck fbee - later then.

4:37 pm

helenkeller

Uh-oh, you hurt what?

4:37 pm

rururocks

that's gneiss mool

4:37 pm

featherbee

just female hurt, i'll be fine once the advil kicks in. was just out and about and didn't keep on top of it, and didn't have any with me.

4:38 pm

moolingwa

yeah, I feel a little jaded at this point

4:38 pm

zoozzoom

Going a bit deep there, Mool lol

4:38 pm

featherbee

ohhh i like the jaded one lol

4:38 pm

featherbee

and the gneiss one too

4:38 pm

helenkeller

fbee - my sympathies.

4:38 pm

zoozzoom

((Featherbee)) Hope you feel better soon.

4:38 pm

moolingwa

its okay zoo, I have a few more slated for later

4:39 pm

moolingwa

you'll just have to wait and see what I can unearth

4:39 pm

rururocks

if we pun too much feather is going to say this is the schist

4:39 pm

moolingwa

shale we continue then?

4:40 pm

moolingwa

after all it's the bedrock of our existence in babble chat

4:40 pm

featherbee

thanks all, i'll be fine soon!

4:40 pm

zoozzoom

Yuo guys are marbleous at punning!

4:40 pm

zoozzoom

You*

4:41 pm

moolingwa

chalk it up to years of wordy misadventures

4:41 pm

zoozzoom

lol

4:42 pm

moolingwa

I pumice if you stick around, there'll be more

4:42 pm

rubyfoo

lt''s almost midnight and it's my first freetime

4:43 pm

zoozzoom

You are a diamond, Mool :-)

4:43 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Ruby :-)

4:43 pm

rururocks

all this joking could be in vein howevver

4:43 pm

zoozzoom

Did you see any of le tour deFrance?

4:43 pm

moolingwa

seems somewhat well timed

4:44 pm

rubyfoo

Hi,zzoozz

4:44 pm

zoozzoom

Ha! yes, Mool haha!

4:44 pm

rubyfoo

demast

4:44 pm

moolingwa

but it's only a miner issue ru, the prospects are good

4:44 pm

rubyfoo

sorry

4:45 pm

moolingwa

and please...no one pan that one, I thought it was gold

4:45 pm

rururocks

it just isn't pyrite to keep hitting the gold thing though

4:46 pm

NANCY

guess there is no curbing you two....Lol

4:46 pm

featherbee

you two are such gems

4:46 pm

rururocks

at least our minds aren't in the gutter nancy

4:47 pm

moolingwa

good to see you ironing out the difficulties ru

4:47 pm

NANCY

well, that might or might not be true in your case.

4:47 pm

rururocks

I had to steel myself against groan worthy puns

4:47 pm

moolingwa

I am always appreciate any pun praise I can garnet

4:48 pm

rururocks

well it is Ruby Tuesday today

4:48 pm

moolingwa

at least you won't have to sulphur too much longer

4:49 pm

moolingwa

manganese these geological puns really keep coming?

4:49 pm

moolingwa

oops strike that these :)

4:49 pm

rururocks

you're throwing everything and the kitchen zinc at us

4:50 pm

moolingwa

yes, well one thing leads to another doesn't it

4:50 pm

rubyfoo

for a couple more minutes. lt's hot here, but the fruit from the garden is sweet and abundnt

4:50 pm

moolingwa

are they stone fruit rubes?

4:51 pm

rururocks

LOL

4:51 pm

zoozzoom

How is the tomato plant, Ruby? Had any crop yet/

4:51 pm

moolingwa

or maybe you're talking about rock melons

4:51 pm

rururocks

oh you got me on that one mool.. I spit up water on that one

4:51 pm

moolingwa

lol

4:52 pm

featherbee

already feeling better. off i go, bbl!

4:52 pm

zoozzoom

Toodle pips, Feather!

4:52 pm

moolingwa

later feather, I'd send you off with a pun, but I don't want to wing it

4:52 pm

rubyfoo

Enough tomatoes to eat and shaare, same for currants and figs.

4:53 pm

rubyfoo

rasspberries are jus for me

4:53 pm

zoozzoom

Nice, Ruby! Lots of preserve this year!

4:54 pm

rubyfoo

No, just eating and sharing

4:56 pm

zoozzoom

Can't beat fresh fruit & veg straight from your own garden.

4:58 pm

zoozzoom

The last two stages of le tour de france was won by a frenchmen. France is on a roll what with the world cup winners too!

5:00 pm

nrkii

Hello from an American in Switzerland!

5:00 pm

rururocks

hey nrkii

5:00 pm

rururocks

we were talking about you last night

5:00 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Nrkii. Hope you are having a great time!

5:01 pm

nrkii

I heard a rumor about that :)

5:01 pm

rubyfoo

p

5:01 pm

nrkii

I've been working super hard over here for a few days, and tomorrow I fly back to the US. I'm ready to get home. Switzerland is wonderful, but I am very tired.

5:02 pm

rururocks

your photos of Utah were lovely

5:03 pm

helenkeller

nrkii !!! Old timer !!! You still have that same creepy icon, huh. Nice to know some things never change :)

5:03 pm

zoozzoom

Aww I like that icon :-)

5:03 pm

nrkii

Nellie is my best self

5:04 pm

helenkeller

LOL - I've never watched that show, but she was mean, right?

5:04 pm

nrkii

From back in the days when we had an icon theme that changed every day. One day it was "villains" and I picked Nellie, and I ignored the theme of the day ever after.

5:04 pm

moolingwa

could be worse

5:05 pm

rubyfoo

Nellie is my nom de plume

5:05 pm

nrkii

She was misunderstood

5:05 pm

nrkii

it is nice to see many familiar names in here

5:06 pm

helenkeller

Oh wow, now that you bring it up, I remember who I picked - Alan Rickman, pick a role, almost any role, he made a great villain.

5:06 pm

helenkeller

misunderstood = mean ?

5:10 pm

nrkii

she was a softie at heart

5:11 pm

zoozzoom

Hard on the outside. Soft in the middle :-)

5:11 pm

helenkeller

I'm gonna take your word on that. Maybe I should try to catch some reruns.

5:12 pm

nrkii

Sorry to drop off so quickly, but I need a solid night of sleep after almost no sleep last night and a full day of super-stressful work. I'm ready to just curl up with a pillow and pass out.

5:12 pm

nrkii

Be well all. Happy babbling!

5:12 pm

helenkeller

niters nrkii - great to see you again :)

5:13 pm

zoozzoom

Sleep well, Nrkii.

5:14 pm

rubyfoo

Bon voyage

5:18 pm

zoozzoom

à®œÛ©ÛžÛ©à®œ F.I.R.E.W.O.R.K.S à®œÛ©ÛžÛ©à®œ

5:18 pm

zoozzoom

Think I will do sudoku tomorrow as it is getting late here and I think I will retire for the evening. Happy babbling everyone!

5:19 pm

magazinemom

wtg zooz! sweet dreams

5:19 pm

rubyfoo

Congrats,((zzllozz))

5:20 pm

gapeach

Sweet dreams, zooz.

5:20 pm

gapeach

Oh, ancd congrats!

5:21 pm

gapeach

and

5:35 pm

rubyfoo

That was a shame. l came in so late that l only reached the first A

5:36 pm

Trifioso

wowza, just getting to the grid now - and It's yuuuuuuge!

5:36 pm

rubyfoo

oh wait, it said l minute left

5:36 pm

rubyfoo

Hi trif

5:37 pm

Trifioso

bonjour ruby! I am feeling quite lucky - we no sooner walked through the door and the heavens opened!

5:38 pm

Trifioso

oh, now it's thundering! If I suddenly disappear, the power went out.

5:38 pm

rubyfoo

I was hoping for rain as the grass is fried, but the flowers are wonderful

5:40 pm

Trifioso

BIG thunder, dog will not be happy

5:41 pm

rubyfoo

When there's thunker, my big scarey Watch dogs hide in the closet

5:41 pm

rubyfoo

peds

5:41 pm

rubyfoo

orry

5:41 pm

magazinemom

HI trif! I'm hoping we won't get storms tonight. I have my daughter's dog and she likes to sit on my chest when it storms.

5:42 pm

Trifioso

my dog is not the one who had trouble staying in the closet here, lol

5:42 pm

Trifioso

hi mag! We were out on the harbor islands around boston today, and JUST made it back as the heavens opened.

5:42 pm

rubyfoo

How big is her fraidy dog?

5:42 pm

magazinemom

That sounds like a lovely day.

5:43 pm

magazinemom

We certainly need the rain here, but this dog...
Ruby- She's a German shepherd mix about 40 lbs.

5:43 pm

rubyfoo

l'd be crushed by my monsters if they did that

5:44 pm

magazinemom

I move her to my side and she deals with it, mostly. LOL

5:44 pm

rubyfoo

The male weighs 75+ lbs

5:45 pm

magazinemom

That would definitely crush you.

5:45 pm

rubyfoo

Also, he's usually damp, dirty and stinky

5:48 pm

lynxxx

I understand Rescue Remedy is good for dogs who are scared of storms

5:50 pm

Trifioso

my dog weighs 138 pounds, so I would just as soon he stayed on the ground

5:51 pm

rubyfoo

Hi Lynx

5:51 pm

rubyfoo

138 lbs!

5:51 pm

lynxxx

morning Ruby

5:51 pm

rubyfoo

came

5:52 pm

Deeha

thats not a dog its a horse

5:52 pm

rubyfoo

ilan't chat & play

5:52 pm

Trifioso

wow, you must REALLY enjoy babbling, ruby. lolol

5:52 pm

lynxxx

I think Trif actually has a pony and is dilusional

5:52 pm

rubyfoo

What kind of dog?

5:52 pm

Trifioso

don't body shame my dog, he is just big boned!

5:53 pm

magazinemom

lol trif

5:53 pm

Trifioso

he's a mix, we aren't sure what - german shepherd and Labrador, for a start....Clifford for the rest?

5:53 pm

lynxxx

Clifford?

5:53 pm

Trifioso

a fictional big red dog, lynxxx

5:54 pm

rubyfoo

l LOVE big dogs!, but can't even walk mine

5:54 pm

mkg

hi all. big grid. trying to get half way. ugh.

5:54 pm

mkg

so any clues for the 9 or 10 welcome. ty.

5:54 pm

mkg

also would appreciate the U word. ty.

5:55 pm

lil*monkey

ut5, it's the Latin plural of womb

5:56 pm

rubyfoo

boidy shaming a dog is hilarious!

5:58 pm

rubyfoo

mymale, now in his 8th year, has grown beeard andpeople are starting to call him barbu

5:59 pm

mkg

ty. i did an o at the end and didnt take. ty.

6:00 pm

mkg

how about clue for the 10 or 9?? anyone?

6:00 pm

lil*monkey

te9,72 Te***** in a teapot. Then past-tense it.

6:00 pm

mkg

oops.

6:01 pm

lil*monkey

The 10 is re10, I don't have it yet.

6:01 pm

mkg

got the 9 from that. ty.

6:01 pm

lil*monkey

THe ut5 does not end in O. It is a different vowel.

6:01 pm

magazinemom

re10/84

6:02 pm

magazinemom

I will clue it if you want

6:02 pm

lil*monkey

yes pls, magmom

6:02 pm

herinfernallady

sneak attack

6:02 pm

mkg

i know monkey. i was saying i tried it with the o at end and did not work. so ty for right ending.

6:02 pm

mkg

please do clue the 10 ty

6:03 pm

magazinemom

re+***pical beach+ ***or (like Brad Pitt) and past tense it

6:05 pm

mkg

got the 10 ty magazine

6:05 pm

magazinemom

yw

6:05 pm

lil*monkey

thank you!

6:06 pm

magazinemom

your very welcome

6:06 pm

rubyfoo

Thank you, now l only need 200 more

6:07 pm

mkg

yup. me too

6:09 pm

HarryHood

100 to go!

6:11 pm

HarryHood

98. time to list.

6:12 pm

pam

I know I'll wander on and off chog, but hi, all! How I love a large grid :).

6:13 pm

HarryHood

it's a good one!

6:14 pm

rururocks

Hey pamno

6:14 pm

pam

Hi, ru.

6:17 pm

herinfernallady

Stomps in says hi

6:18 pm

rubyfoo

Angry?

6:18 pm

Trifioso

herin!!!! xoxoxox

6:18 pm

herinfernallady

Nope being loud :D

6:19 pm

rubyfoo

hahaa

6:19 pm

magazinemom

{{{herin}}}

6:20 pm

herinfernallady

Hugs back

6:20 pm

herinfernallady

You know it is really hard to type when you can't feel your fingers. Stupid winter

6:21 pm

magazinemom

I'll trade you winter for this 105 degree heat. :)

6:22 pm

HarryHood

acquantances of ours are moving to alaska in a few weeks. I'd always prefer bitter cold over humid heat

6:22 pm

herinfernallady

32F to 48F depending on the wind

6:23 pm

herinfernallady

NO Harry NOpe. cold

6:23 pm

HarryHood

63 to go! R through W complete :)

6:26 pm

herinfernallady

clue for the 9 please

6:27 pm

rubyfoo

pt of Shakespeare play

6:28 pm

magazinemom

te9/72

6:28 pm

rururocks

Hamleted

6:28 pm

rururocks

Damn it

6:29 pm

rubyfoo

Out damned spot

6:30 pm

herinfernallady

Ru - a word that actually is a word.

6:30 pm

rubyfoo

l'm out, too

6:31 pm

rubyfoo

pt of very bad storm

6:31 pm

herinfernallady

Loves Ruby

6:31 pm

herinfernallady

OMG. THank you. I didn't see that

6:32 pm

Trifioso

hehe - enable doesn't take "derp"

6:32 pm

rubyfoo

l'm terri le at clui,ng

6:32 pm

HarryHood

I think we should ban the letter K from this game.

6:33 pm

Trifioso

I is the letter that always gives me the most trouble

6:33 pm

rubyfoo

and typing with laptop on my belly

6:34 pm

HarryHood

but at least I can learn words that I can use in everyday conversation with i. K does nothing for me.

6:34 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for oa7-48? Thanks

6:34 pm

rubyfoo

K is worse in Fr scrabbleÂ²

6:34 pm

HarryHood

if you put horse grain in a batter and fry it up, you get this!

6:35 pm

herinfernallady

Harry I am tired. I read that as horse ground up in a batter and fried.

6:35 pm

HarryHood

oh! my daughters would be aghast.

6:35 pm

gapeach

Gosh, Harry, thanks much.

6:36 pm

herinfernallady

Hey hey ANimal lover over here. I am just wiped

6:36 pm

herinfernallady

Opps

6:36 pm

rubyfoo

There's a Fr dish called "Å“uf sur cheval"

6:36 pm

rubyfoo

lt's just a burger with a fried egg

6:36 pm

HarryHood

34 to go. e-w complete. I must take a break.

6:37 pm

rururocks

You are really good at the space bar rubyðŸ˜…

6:37 pm

doseffing

oa 7/48 ... grain + what Marie Antoinette let them eat

6:37 pm

rubyfoo

Does anybody remember the US beef boycott?

6:37 pm

herinfernallady

Ruby I made a coq au vin blanc the other day. The recipe was an A4 page. half that was ingredients

6:38 pm

doseffing

... you mean the one where one Canadian cow which came from the states developed Mad Cow disease so all cows in Alberta were quarantined ... or the Japanese one

6:38 pm

rubyfoo

That's likemy gazpacho

6:39 pm

rubyfoo

LT WAS IN THE -Ã 4S? SO WE ATE HORSE

6:39 pm

rubyfoo

60's

6:40 pm

rubyfoo

No big deal, just orange instead of red

6:40 pm

rururocks

Did the horse trigger any stomach upset?

6:41 pm

rururocks

Served with galloped potatoes?

6:42 pm

herinfernallady

Was the horse called Trigger?!!

6:42 pm

rubyfoo

(tryingto think of horse pun -- totalblank)

6:42 pm

featherbee

hi again

6:43 pm

rubyfoo

Maybe served as a hors d'oevre,

6:45 pm

rururocks

I hear they serve horse at weddings in framce

6:45 pm

rururocks

But only to the bridle party

6:46 pm

featherbee

omg ru

6:46 pm

featherbee

that was a "wait for it...."

6:46 pm

herinfernallady

Hi.

6:46 pm

featherbee

hi herin

6:47 pm

rubyfoo

But vets get it, hors de combat

6:47 pm

rubyfoo

or are those girls sent out to battlfields

6:48 pm

featherbee

the list is making things easier

6:48 pm

rubyfoo

Hi FB

6:48 pm

featherbee

hi ruby

6:49 pm

pam

Ru, are you a galloping gourmet fan...?

6:49 pm

featherbee

hi pam!

6:49 pm

featherbee

and groan!

6:49 pm

pam

Hi, featherbee!

6:50 pm

pam

As a side note: my icon looks fine to me in Firefox; it hasn't changed from the effin' memorial candles on Chrome. Sigh

6:50 pm

rururocks

Yes. I liked the saddle of beef show best

6:50 pm

featherbee

it's candles in expert too, was fine for me in chrome

6:51 pm

pam

It's most annoying, feather! And ru, I loved that show. Of course, I was asking now because you trotted out your puns....

6:51 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for pe6-24? Thanks

6:52 pm

doseffing

vpe + pornographic marquis

6:52 pm

rururocks

Pamâ€™s icon is wick-ed

6:53 pm

rururocks

He wasnâ€™t pornographic

6:53 pm

featherbee

i had no idea that marquis was pornographic, yet i somehow figured the clue out

6:53 pm

rururocks

He just couldnâ€™t get over the hump

6:53 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, doseffing. I'm so tired now.....can't think straight.

6:54 pm

doseffing

... it's hard to use the word "encunt" in a nonpornographic way

6:54 pm

herinfernallady

Dose did you just describe my ex?

6:55 pm

featherbee

i'm lost lol, but that's ok

6:55 pm

rubyfoo

If that's not porn, what is? I read allof his books in smluggled books

6:55 pm

doseffing

... look in a mirror ... you'll find yourself right there

6:55 pm

pam

Feather: the Marquis used "encunt" in his writings....

6:55 pm

doseffing

... not unless he was a couple of French priests having there way with a new novice

6:56 pm

rubyfoo

l think l'm the oldest in the room

6:56 pm

featherbee

ah, ty pam

6:57 pm

doseffing

.... not by much

6:57 pm

featherbee

100 left, woo hoo!

6:57 pm

rubyfoo

The worst are German soft-porn movies that they show on mainstream stations

6:59 pm

featherbee

the o words are being mean to me

6:59 pm

rubyfoo

They're very 60's -- bell bottoms, big moustaches

6:59 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for pr7-40? Thanks

7:00 pm

rubyfoo

o's: whales, grain-related, big trees

7:00 pm

rubyfoo

l don't have it peach

7:00 pm

magazinemom

to prepare something ahead of time- paste tense

7:00 pm

featherbee

yep, have those ruby, unless i'm missing derivatives of them

7:02 pm

rubyfoo

l only had those 5

7:02 pm

gapeach

Thanks so much, magazinemom. That was my last word for this grid. WHEW!

7:02 pm

featherbee

yay peach!

7:02 pm

magazinemom

WOOWOO! Go peach!

7:03 pm

featherbee

brb

7:03 pm

pam

Yay, peach and all finishers!

7:04 pm

rubyfoo

Maybe the Fr watch German sofg-porn as a sleep aid

7:07 pm

origami

Hi Ruby - have you abandoned me in Lex? :D

7:11 pm

doseffing

... Ruby? I just noticed that you're still here ... by ma calculations it's something after one in the morning ... what are you doing still up taliking about German porn

7:12 pm

herinfernallady

I really should be stripping out a room and finding photos

7:15 pm

herinfernallady

Laters

7:23 pm

magazinemom

And done!

7:23 pm

featherbee

yay magmom!

7:24 pm

magazinemom

Thanks! Happy Babbling to everyone. I'm off to get a snack and then back to the psych paper

7:26 pm

JenMO16

hi everyone!

7:29 pm

PastorJ

stats only for the 9 and the 10, please and thanks?

7:30 pm

penquis

there is a te 9/72....

7:31 pm

PastorJ

great, thanks penq!

7:31 pm

JenMO16

hey!

7:31 pm

penquis

re 10/84...

7:32 pm

PastorJ

thanks again! I'll get to work on those!

7:32 pm

penquis

yw...

7:36 pm

doseffing

... and done .... phew ... haven't finished a large one in a long time ... may I offer a clue for any one? ...

7:36 pm

penquis

congrats...

7:36 pm

penquis

how about the second ts word?

7:38 pm

doseffing

.. a kind of clucking sound your grade three teacher made when you were being silly ... in the past tense ... ... usually seen as three letters repeated twice

7:39 pm

penquis

ty...

7:41 pm

pam

I am not getting either ts word?

7:42 pm

penquis

shame on you .... ***, ***, ***.....pt...

7:43 pm

pam

Thanks, pen.

7:43 pm

penquis

the other is t + marat ****, the guy killed in his bathtub during the French Revolution...

7:43 pm

penquis

yw...

7:47 pm

featherbee

ok back to finish up, 73 left

7:49 pm

penquis

23 here...

7:51 pm

TheSquid

can I get a clue for the u?

7:51 pm

featherbee

female organs

7:55 pm

Scrabbler

Darn, a fun big grid.

7:56 pm

featherbee

hi scrabs

7:56 pm

featherbee

down to 32 now

7:57 pm

Scrabbler

Go Featherbee, go!

8:01 pm

featherbee

25, second pass through the list. slowing down now.

8:01 pm

wvteach

stats for the top E and right hand E pls

8:01 pm

Scrabbler

Do you want help? I am missing just 341.

8:02 pm

featherbee

lol

8:02 pm

featherbee

anyone have the ac5/20?

8:03 pm

Scrabbler

es5/18 = sit at a d*** to do school work and planet *a*th

8:06 pm

Scrabbler

ac + ***p your comments to yourself

8:08 pm

featherbee

some E words i have: to gently fit in, past tense, a direction, a holidy, squeezed out, royalty, e+base coat minus the first r, a chemical compound and one that just has one letter changed from the compound

8:09 pm

featherbee

easier to do that than figure out which came from where

8:10 pm

penquis

can someone please clue the pr 7/52?

8:10 pm

featherbee

before stone

8:11 pm

penquis

ty...dumb word....i am done...

8:11 pm

Scrabbler

Yay!

8:11 pm

featherbee

yay pen!

8:11 pm

penquis

ty...

8:13 pm

featherbee

oa7 please?

8:14 pm

NANCY

A grain plus a dessert feather

8:14 pm

featherbee

ahh ty

8:16 pm

Scrabbler

168 found and time to get ready for bed.

8:16 pm

penquis

heading out....goodnight all....

8:16 pm

Shirlockc

de8/55 the last one?

8:16 pm

featherbee

nice quick job

8:19 pm

featherbee

ok5/20??? i've methodically tried every combination

8:21 pm

Scrabbler

ok5 = animal similar to a gireaffe

8:21 pm

Scrabbler

and a giraffe too

8:21 pm

featherbee

doug got it!!!

8:22 pm

bethn

Ok + t***oca is a kind of pudding

8:22 pm

featherbee

it's apparently also a knife company in south africa

8:22 pm

Scrabbler

ok + fast is r***d, or r***d transit

8:22 pm

Scrabbler

Silly Doug!

8:23 pm

bethn

Cadets

8:23 pm

bethn

Sorry

8:26 pm

featherbee

or words after the whales?

8:27 pm

featherbee

man, i'm down to 18 but losing steam

8:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello babblers

8:28 pm

featherbee

hi TO

8:32 pm

Shirlockc

de8/55? the one after the remove ship sails

8:34 pm

featherbee

sounds like a large garbage bin, you might dive into it

8:35 pm

Shirlockc

large garbage bin ... hmmmmm...

8:35 pm

featherbee

sp6/24 after the steeple

8:36 pm

featherbee

de****** diving

8:36 pm

featherbee

final 10 here

8:36 pm

Shirlockc

steeple + consonant

8:37 pm

Shirlockc

i'm not getting that de8

8:37 pm

featherbee

after that one please

8:37 pm

featherbee

oh, duh. ty!

8:38 pm

featherbee

ok, de8: patrick de***ey and cya la***

8:38 pm

Shirlockc

i need another de8 hint, i'm just not seeing it

8:39 pm

kje

the de8/55? like the huge trash bins behind a grocery store, but change the first vowel

8:40 pm

featherbee

kje! help drag me over the finish line please lol

8:40 pm

featherbee

down to 9

8:40 pm

kje

ok, what do you need

8:40 pm

Shirlockc

omg, finally got that de8

8:40 pm

Shirlockc

thx you!

8:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi feather

8:41 pm

Shirlockc

was driving me nuts

8:41 pm

kje

sometimes babble does that

8:41 pm

featherbee

and then ep5/14. just cannot see them anymore.

8:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

i protest the ridicuous use of ed in this one.

8:41 pm

kje

weedy... what do you needy?

8:41 pm

featherbee

oh...first request was ac5/20, didn't get to chog

8:42 pm

kje

e + an agreement, like between two foes

8:42 pm

featherbee

ty

8:42 pm

kje

ac _ homonym of what unlocks a lock

8:43 pm

kje

+ not _

8:43 pm

featherbee

that's a dumb word

8:43 pm

featherbee

how about or5/12?

8:43 pm

featherbee

second one after the plural whales, of course

8:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

jamaican fruit

8:43 pm

kje

nah, it is just an alt spelling of the ak4 - it is a fruit of a Caribbean tree

8:43 pm

kje

o + what you do to a book

8:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh no, wait, caribbean fish i think

8:44 pm

kje

I have eaten ak4

8:44 pm

featherbee

seriously? i swear i tried that.

8:44 pm

kje

kinda looks like scrambled eggs, and doesn't have a lot of flavor

8:44 pm

featherbee

ok, last 5 are Ts. let me look a bit.

8:44 pm

kje

no, it is the fruit of a tree, poisonous unless cooked correctly

8:45 pm

mkg

wow feather. how many hours did you work on this? i got half way and that is enough for me....i have 194 left and going to sleep.

8:45 pm

featherbee

off and on all day long

8:45 pm

kje

you were correct, TO - from jamaica

8:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh my. watching "chopped" jalopeno cheesecake ice cream and SMOLED chocolate chips?

8:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

what do i win? ;P

8:46 pm

kje

a tastless dish!

8:46 pm

featherbee

got 3 of them

8:46 pm

kje

go weed go

8:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

kje have you ever seen smoked chocolate chips?

8:48 pm

kje

no

8:48 pm

kje

hahaha

8:48 pm

featherbee

i thought that was "have you ever smoked chocolate chips"

8:48 pm

featherbee

my eyes are fried

8:48 pm

kje

oh, I thought that is what it said too.... rofl

8:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

hahahahahaha

8:48 pm

kje

no, I have never seen smoked chips

8:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

geez louise

8:49 pm

featherbee

LOL

8:50 pm

kje

weed... get it done

8:50 pm

featherbee

trying here!!!!!

8:50 pm

kje

ask for clues!

8:50 pm

featherbee

i'm down to 2 and stubborn lol

8:50 pm

featherbee

ok, te5/12, after picked on

8:51 pm

featherbee

plus they seem easy, like i should see them

8:51 pm

kje

t + what you use to say "and so on" then a vowel

8:51 pm

kje

in anatomy, it is the roof

8:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

second de8/55?

8:52 pm

featherbee

ty

8:53 pm

kje

de8 - a huge trash receptacle like behind a store, but change first vowel to e

8:53 pm

featherbee

fireworks!

8:53 pm

kje

woohoo!!!

8:53 pm

kje

what was your last weed?

8:53 pm

featherbee

it was te6/18

8:54 pm

kje

ah

8:54 pm

featherbee

the last two, i couldn't figure out which T to go from for both of them

8:54 pm

featherbee

so once one was gone, the other was easier

8:54 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty. what mc dreamy's friends call him?

8:54 pm

kje

people can go du8 diving for "treasures"... there are du8 fires that arsons start.... it takes a big truck to empty a du8

8:54 pm

featherbee

thank you so much!

8:55 pm

kje

I don't know mcdreamy

8:55 pm

kje

yw weed... what are you up to now? I need to go make dinner soon

8:55 pm

kje

the guy that owns mcdonalds?

8:57 pm

kje

ah.. google says it is a TV doc

9:06 pm

featherbee

sorry, was trying to say night to daniel and get him to tell me what he'd like to do for his birthday

9:11 pm

UnikeTheHunter

im8, somebody who has great effect.

9:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

night all

9:41 pm

mixi6

re8,10?

9:56 pm

featherbee

if you miss out on a lot of paychecks, they might give you one re*******ively

10:14 pm

harpjane

what are the stats for the 2nd column E please?

10:17 pm

harpjane

found some simians

10:17 pm

featherbee

em4/5

10:17 pm

featherbee

not sure which others go with that one, too tired to figure it out

10:17 pm

featherbee

sorry!

10:18 pm

harpjane

thanks

10:18 pm

harpjane

now, for nbt I need the bottom R stats

10:26 pm

featherbee

no idea which one of the 78 R words they might be! i did try to look, but it made my head hurt!

10:27 pm

featherbee

possibly the heavy metal player?

10:27 pm

harpjane

i feel your pain.

10:27 pm

harpjane

yes, that did it! nbt!

10:28 pm

featherbee

phew!

10:28 pm

featherbee

i'm off to bed

10:28 pm

featherbee

night!

10:33 pm

harpjane

found a neutered cow

10:39 pm

TraderKate

Hello ???

10:40 pm

helenkeller

Hi TK :)

10:41 pm

harpjane

nbs

10:41 pm

harpjane

a mere 291 to go

10:41 pm

MaMaWA

Hi TK and harpjane

10:41 pm

helenkeller

harp - you're gonna breeze through, I'm at 111

10:42 pm

MaMaWA

320 to go here LOL

10:42 pm

DR1965

317

10:42 pm

MaMaWA

Hello helenkeller

10:42 pm

helenkeller

Hi Ma

10:42 pm

Dorens

evening all. 93 here

10:42 pm

helenkeller

Hiya Doren! How've you been?

10:43 pm

wvteach

** finitio **

10:43 pm

gumpunk

hi all. 100 to go, nbs, but too tired! Can I get a hint for the 10?

10:43 pm

wvteach

any clues needed?

10:43 pm

helenkeller

A race - between Ma & DR, so close!

10:43 pm

MaMaWA

hi Dorens I think Im just going to try for NBT and se how far I get ! â€œsplashâ€ diving in

10:43 pm

helenkeller

YAY teach!!!!!

10:43 pm

Dorens

good but tired HK. Lots of work to do, trying to get our Democratic Female Navy Helicopter Pilot elected to Congress

10:43 pm

Dorens

yay wvt!

10:44 pm

wvteach

not really a compound but made up of two other words in grid RE 5 + AC 5

10:44 pm

helenkeller

That's awesome Doren. I wish you much success.

10:46 pm

Dorens

it's fun. Also more difficult - Our Senator Menendez (D) has a somewhat besmirtched reputation and altho he's on the right side of everything and votes and speaks well, he may be vulnerable to a republican and we sure don't need to lose democratic Senate seats.

10:46 pm

origami

Hi folks. So many words left to find :D

10:46 pm

Dorens

And how are you doing hk? Lots of people back on chog lately. Hi ori

10:47 pm

helenkeller

Hi ori :)

10:47 pm

MaMaWA

third e in last column clue pls wvteach

10:48 pm

helenkeller

Yes Doren, lots of old timers, a few with icons I haven't seen in years. It's been nice.

10:48 pm

Dorens

The Renaissance of Babble

10:48 pm

origami

My mother was very involved in democratic party politics in CA. I spent the summers of my teen years manning election headquarters. More fun than you can shake a stick at :D

10:49 pm

Dorens

I actually hate politics. But just have to do something!!!

10:49 pm

MaMaWA

wvteach is the second part of the 10 related to a land measurment

10:49 pm

Dorens

Are you at all involved now, origami?

10:50 pm

origami

MaMa - ek 4/9

10:50 pm

helenkeller

Doren - We have a self-professed Holocaust denier, and general all around a-hole running for House from the district next to mine. Not really all that close, but I sure would like to do something. Thinking of tracking down his opponents & giving them a call.

10:51 pm

Dorens

Oh yes, I read about him. No one else ran against him in the primary??

10:51 pm

MaMaWA

TY teach

10:51 pm

origami

Not really, Dorens. I will do a march when I feel compelled and I vote, of course. I burned out on the political scene in my teens.

10:52 pm

helenkeller

gack ori - I've served as an election judge for the last, I dunno, 97 years or so. I would never want to be at election central. Oh, the insanity they have to deal with!

10:53 pm

Dorens

Ori, I understand all too well

10:53 pm

origami

The headquarters are insane. But my mom was on the state central committee and it was "expected service" on my part. There were a lot of interesting characters around though.

10:53 pm

helenkeller

Dorens - Again, not my district, wasn't publicized that I saw, so I don't know. I can't even imagine how he got enough signatures to get on the ballot.

10:54 pm

helenkeller

You got that right - a whole lot of 'interesting characters' come out on election day.

10:54 pm

Dorens

I'm pretty sure I remember this. That it is always a Democratic district, so no Republicans really cared about it and he ran unopposed. Still a disgusting embarassment

10:55 pm

origami

Oh, no. I don't mean the polling places. I mean the local dem headquarters.

10:55 pm

rururocks

how can anyone deny the holocaust .. who can be that dense?

10:55 pm

jaianniah

I have been lurking... But I have finally finished.... Gasp! I am having a biopsy of my back done tomorrow am... They are looking for an infection....or something. I have been in some pain for years. But I am glad I reconnected here. Anyway... Fireworks!!!

10:55 pm

Dorens

some of those folks get really intense, ori

10:55 pm

helenkeller

That's what I've read about it since, mostly Democratic, so what you say makes sense.

10:55 pm

Dorens

good luck jalanniah.

10:55 pm

helenkeller

YAY for jai!!!!!!!!!

10:55 pm

harpjane

congrats jainn, and blessings for tomorrow

10:55 pm

Dorens

ru, there are always idiots

10:56 pm

helenkeller

ru, insane people, and this guy may just be old enough to have been born during WWII.

10:56 pm

jaianniah

Also have been following your great conversation... Politics. The source for world wide humor.... Dear me, it has been a bad couple of days....:)

10:57 pm

origami

There was this really cool, old, strange, blind man who was my boss. He would sit there and sing Motown hits and slam his cane on the floor in tune. He was constantly correcting my grammar. I had a strange childhood.

10:57 pm

MaMaWA

now NBT and looking for the biggies!

10:57 pm

jaianniah

Thank you all. I hope the puzzle is not as big when it flips. This one was bad.....

10:58 pm

helenkeller

I was asked by someone not in the USA how he was able to get on the ballot, didn't we have a procedure or anything. Nope, just gotta be the right age & get enough signatures. In the light of this entire last year, that really seems to be not enough!

10:59 pm

jaianniah

I think that competency should be required. Really.

10:59 pm

helenkeller

Strange childhood ori, but perfect grammar now :)

11:00 pm

helenkeller

Yes, competency and general knowledge - such as if you're going to be president, you may want to know of what all you will be president.

11:00 pm

Dorens

falling asleep at the computer

11:00 pm

jaianniah

Do you ever feel like you are the only person who knows when its should be it's .. Or not???

11:00 pm

TraderKate

Perhaps voter competency tests are also required?
Connection issues all evening...can't get FB to load. Many attempts to chat have poofed...

11:01 pm

origami

I really should write a book about my mother. She was a major piece of work.

11:01 pm

jaianniah

I wonder if our fearless leader can spell.:)

11:01 pm

TraderKate

Damn! I can finally enter something and have it take????

11:01 pm

jaianniah

TK, got enough memory???

11:02 pm

helenkeller

I've seen his signature, I question whether he can even write, much less spell.

11:02 pm

TraderKate

Should have. I had trouble fetting Babble to load and take words earlier.. then it was fine...

11:02 pm

origami

But, he has the best words, doesn't he?

11:02 pm

TraderKate

Should have. I had trouble fetting Babble to load and take words earlier.. then it was fine...

11:03 pm

harpjane

241 to go

11:03 pm

jaianniah

Or read. He doesn't strike me as someone who reads. Our former President gave a speech in S. Africa...15,000 people came. Makes me wonder...

11:03 pm

helenkeller

*puts comfy blanket on Doren*

11:03 pm

TraderKate

e I tackled hte grid.. not been able to get it to load more than the first post. Can't get it fully loasded or notifications/messages to load

11:03 pm

origami

He actually admitted he doesn't read.

11:04 pm

jaianniah

Other than memory and RAM, I can't think why it would not load.

11:04 pm

helenkeller

How does a person learn if they don't read? Sad. Sad. Sad.

11:04 pm

TraderKate

Bad wifi... even tv hasn't had good reception today.

11:04 pm

jaianniah

I am sure he doesn't. Except maybe a Penthouse now and then...

11:04 pm

origami

It has dropped below 85 - time to take the beasties out. I'm sure the trek won't last long.

11:05 pm

TraderKate

Others have gotten days of red box hell.. It seems fine now.. like earlier.. a fight to get in, but once i was in it was okay.

11:05 pm

jaianniah

I lost my Wi-Fi. I am constantly setting new records for d

11:05 pm

TraderKate

Bye ori :)

11:06 pm

helenkeller

Niters ori :)

11:06 pm

jaianniah

Error...Data usage....

11:07 pm

jaianniah

Nite, Ori.

11:08 pm

jaianniah

Yes, I see that stupid circle going round and round,... Waiting for stuff to load. I miss my Wi-Fi.

11:08 pm

helenkeller

I need to jump back into the grid.

11:10 pm

rururocks

you should be done by now dorens?

11:10 pm

jaianniah

I need to go to bed. Getting carved upon in the AM. Good luck, all, and God speed. Pray. Laugh. Smile.

11:12 pm

TraderKate

Take care and hope biopsy goes well Jai. :)

11:13 pm

jaianniah

Btw, the purple triangle is an Lolita gem. I love iolite. The Vikings used it to navigate... It turns grey when turned 90 degrees. I think it's cool...being Norwegian and all.

11:14 pm

jaianniah

Lolita...is IOLITE.. I Abhor predictive text. I really do.

11:14 pm

helenkeller

Very cool jai :)

11:15 pm

jaianniah

Thank you, Kate. If I remember, I will ask Wade to post on FB when it is all over...thanks.!!!!

11:15 pm

TraderKate