12:04 am
dfmchfhf
ti7, si7
12:04 am
cybernan
hello everyone
12:08 am
rastapopolous
an8
12:21 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:24 am
rastapopolous
ar8
12:28 am
rastapopolous
ar8 x2 then because mine is a 7/8 pair
12:31 am
Christine
Thank you, Lickety
12:35 am
dizgrannie
na 8/9
12:35 am
dfmchfhf
na8,9, na7,8
12:35 am
dizgrannie
na 8 x 2
12:46 am
Christine
Dfmchfhf, what is the blue page and star, beside your name?
12:47 am
dfmchfhf
just being silly with the country-flag there
12:52 am
Christine
I thought it was a proclamation ... that you are a star!
12:53 am
Christine
Hennies
1:00 am
sammysmom
how are you nice people tonight?
1:03 am
sammysmom
sorry.. didn t mean to bother anyone ... poof!
1:04 am
Christine
Hi, sammysmom ... howya doin' ?
1:15 am
hurshy
anyone have the bottom E?
1:16 am
grannyrose
ec6/21
1:31 am
hurshy
whew. 90%, now i can stop
1:44 am
sprite
good morning babblers
1:51 am
Kamanjah
Hey, Sprite! How is the healing coming along?
1:53 am
sprite
*hugs Kam* Good evening, dear one! I can't know for sure, of course, but it feels like it is healing real good and fast. I putter around all over the caravan without ill effects. How are you doing?
1:57 am
Kamanjah
Glad to hear you can putter around! That's great news. I just saw a post on facebook from my cousin's step-grandkid - my cousin just died. Waiting for details - none of our parents are still around, so I'm trying to get in touch with the gal. I'm overwhelmed - I think I'm the last of my generation now. That is scary.
1:58 am
sprite
aw sweetie :( I am so sorry. That is a tough way to find out something so sad.
1:58 am
Kamanjah
I don't dare try to call her hubby at this hour of the morning - he's in Texas, so it's nearl 2AM. I'll call tomorrow
1:59 am
sprite
that is a wise decision, I think. Tomorrow morning should word.
2:04 am
sprite
hiya Nanette :)
2:19 am
sprite
will you be able to sleep, Kam?
2:25 am
Kamanjah
I don't know...I'm just sitting here crying and trying to get halfway. I have to take the dog to the groomer tomorrow, so I do have to sleep and be able to drive tomorrow! I think I'm in shock! She was so healthy! She didn't let me know she had problems...I don't have a clue. Our family was never that close after the elders passed - I have second cousins older than I! My mom was youngest by about 18 years, so, since my brother passed, I'm the youngest of my generation.
2:26 am
Kamanjah
I'll be ok, but what a shock!
2:28 am
sprite
I can imagine. Make sure you are warm enough and get yourself a sugary hot drink, honey
2:31 am
Kamanjah
Tea with honey, I think. Four more words...and I have half of the words. Something to do tomorrow afternoon!
2:32 am
sprite
tea with honey sounds good. And a warm *HUG* from me to go with it.
2:32 am
sprite
lol, my father is in the grid. Na7/32
2:32 am
Kamanjah
Thanks, sweetie! And a big healing HUG for you from mee too
2:33 am
sprite
thank you!
2:34 am
Kamanjah
Heck, I can't even type without errors all over...will say g'nite now! Talk to you again soon.
2:35 am
sprite
sleep well, dear one. Will hold you in my thoughts and prayers.
2:35 am
Kamanjah
And...I'm exactly half done, so off to clean up before bed!
2:35 am
Kamanjah
Thanks, and hugs
2:35 am
sprite
wtg Kam!!!!!
7:36 am
hokie carla
just hit half, not the easiest grid. where is everybody? last chat was 6 hours ago or mine isn't loading right.
7:36 am
hokie carla
I guess 5 hrs ago
7:36 am
Trifioso
i was just wondering the same thing! hello there
7:36 am
BzznBea
buried in the grid...
7:36 am
welki
maybe everyone decided to sleep in
7:37 am
BzznBea
And my husband keeps talking to me...He knows better this early...
7:37 am
hokie carla
LOL, here come people. Hello!
7:37 am
Trifioso
gawd, how I wish ! I was sewn to the sheets today
7:37 am
aslindy
been here a while, just nothing to say yet
7:38 am
BzznBea
We get a new bed today! I am so excited! I will be sewn to the sheets tomorrow!
7:38 am
hokie carla
nice!
7:38 am
Trifioso
oh how lovely!
7:41 am
welki
takes a little getting used to, but you'll like it :)
we replaced ours in december and am so glad we did (went back to queen size instead of king)
7:41 am
mael
I'm eating double chocolate banana bread so for once I'm glad I'm awake :)
7:42 am
hokie carla
I had banana bread for breakfast. no chocolate though. :(
7:42 am
welki
we finished our banana bread last night - must be something in the air!
7:42 am
Trifioso
I had an actual banana on my way to work, so can I play too?
7:42 am
mael
banana bread mania
7:43 am
hokie carla
I still have like 7 overripe bananas to figure out what to do with
7:43 am
welki
freeze them if you can't decide
7:44 am
Trifioso
if you mash old bananas and then freeze them you can eat them later like ice cream - yummy!!!
7:44 am
hokie carla
I have done that before and ended up throwing them away later. Do you just let them thaw and then put in recipe as normally? I know the peels turn black in the freezer but they are still okay.
7:45 am
hokie carla
I have done that, Trifioso. It is good. Maybe I'll do that.
7:45 am
welki
exactly - or make smoothies (or eat them mashed, like trif suggested)
7:46 am
welki
(or more banana bread - and then freeze it, if you've had enough of it)
7:46 am
hokie carla
I have a doughnut mix I'm going to put some in.
7:50 am
BzznBea
Stepped away for a minute. We got one of the fancy beds that articulates and has a cooling pad on my side of the bed...so looking forward to not sweating at night!
7:50 am
mael
I peel them before I put them in a ziplock bag in the freezer
7:51 am
mael
I thaw them before mashing them in the dough, but you can cheat with the microwave :)
7:51 am
Trifioso
that sounds like heaven on earth bzzn! Please report back, so I can vicariously live through you!
7:51 am
hokie carla
well, I have 100 to go. started painting my sewing room last night and need to get back to it. bbl to finish!
7:52 am
welki
well done, bea!!
7:54 am
welki
is it a split mattress? *watching bea scramble for sheets*
7:54 am
LuvWordGames
ar 7/32 please?
7:54 am
LuvWordGames
1st ar 7/32 I should say
7:55 am
welki
... and old lace, luv
7:55 am
LuvWordGames
thanks, I have that one, need the one before the opera song
7:55 am
mael
a geometrical term
7:55 am
BzznBea
No, its not a split mattress. We got a queen, so both sides have to move together.
7:56 am
LuvWordGames
thanks mael :-)
7:56 am
welki
heh - so if he wakes you up snoring, you can elevate the head of the bed :D
7:59 am
BzznBea
I do have to admit, he is not the snorer in the room. But he is hearing impaired, so he doesn't hear it. =)
8:03 am
welki
it's the little things :)
8:05 am
Trifioso
in the n in the second column fishy? I just cannot see it at all
8:06 am
BzznBea
b vitamins, trif
8:06 am
Trifioso
BLESS you, bzzn!
8:07 am
RoundBarn
trif, did your sister ever see your poem in my booklet?
8:08 am
Trifioso
not as yet, round barn - I have not actually clapped eyes on her in an age, even though we live in the same town! between my schedule and hers, we just cross paths but never intersect
8:09 am
RoundBarn
i'll be glad to hear her reaction when she does--or to anything else I say in the booklet.
8:11 am
RoundBarn
i watch all of you and follow your lives but seldom speak. Write a lot, though. (My most sought after book my tech buddy is abt to post on my web page--it's very un-pc.
8:14 am
RoundBarn
I write well but publicize poorly. Rastaspopolous is the smart one in the family--she posted early this morning--10 pm her time. She spots the hard words.
8:15 am
RoundBarn
I was glasd to find the word sneap the other day--a word my grandmother used but I've never heard anyone else, ever--or seen it used in print.
8:17 am
RoundBarn
ok back to lurking
8:21 am
gramma
RoundBarn, I don't speak often either.
8:24 am
RoundBarn
gramma, you are the one from Middlebury. I own a camp on Lake Iroquois , Hinesburg, and have been going there every summer. We are getting a dock this summer. My kids don't want me to sell the camp so when I'm gone they'll have to pay the heavy taxes!
8:24 am
gramma
Yes I am. I would love to meet you but it seems impossible.
8:25 am
RoundBarn
Have been in vt every summer since 1951. Wrote a book on vt that won the dorothy canfield fisher. called The Taste of Spruce Gum. Takes place mostly on Killington Mountain.
8:26 am
gramma
It is lovely here in almost all seasons.
8:27 am
RoundBarn
well, read the book then! It goes between the mountain and Rutland and is fiction but true in the details, gleaned from a person who lived there. Impossible because you don't drive?
8:28 am
gramma
Impossible because your friend never gets back to me.
8:30 am
RoundBarn
which friend? I have one near Middlebury. Her folks live in my Illinois town--spfld--and we taught at the same university.
8:31 am
gramma
I don't recall her info but you told me to reach out to her to set up a meet and I never heard back.
8:32 am
RoundBarn
I needto send her a booklet (with Trif's poem) and will remind her but I prob no longer have your name. I'm getting old!
8:33 am
RoundBarn
but I'm easily findable on my websites, roundarnstories, and jacqueline-jackson.
8:33 am
gramma
We're all getting older. I think I contacted you on your web page. Is that a thing?
8:36 am
RoundBarn
My kids and my tech buddy monitor my pages and bawl me out. If I didn't respond I'm sorry. These last two years I haven't had a car there--the kids fly in, rent cars but tell me I can't drive, not on the insurance! So I row. That won't get me to Middlebury.
8:37 am
gramma
I'm off to the doctor. Last August something bit my big toe. I showed it to my doc in October but she dissmissed it. Now it has spread and my whole toe and into my foot is bright red!
8:38 am
gramma
I'll check back in later.
8:38 am
RoundBarn
Hinesburg is becoming a --what's the word--well, it's now an attractive place for Burlington people to live, so it's losing its remote country aspect.
8:42 am
jaxx7
Sounds like a spider bite, gramma. It could have become infected. Good luck at the doc's
8:50 am
MLFAN17
bzz if you are still here ty for the n in the 2nd column clue
8:50 am
pabtrek
oops sorry
8:50 am
Judi
Hiyas, kiddos!
8:51 am
MLFAN17
this might be a hard one since we have more then one in the grid but I need the 2nd column e?
8:59 am
chrisk
there is an es 4/4 and an es 5/12
9:00 am
MLFAN17
ty chris for the es4 babblet I missed
9:05 am
mkg
any clues for 8s, 9s or 10 welcome with stat. have none yet. ty.
9:06 am
Judi
Don't have any of those yet, mkg.
9:06 am
doseffing
... only one I've got is an8/40 .... a liqueur ... tastes of licorice
9:07 am
mkg
also need i words for first column i. ty
9:08 am
doseffing
in 6/21 7/32 ... to encourage action ... usually in the form of a riot
9:08 am
Judi
In6 & 7 - start a riot.
9:08 am
K.Elisabet
ar 8 plural of gun depot
9:08 am
mkg
ty got two of them so far.
9:08 am
Soodle
In 10/77. In - not bro- number after 9 - cons & vowel
9:08 am
K.Elisabet
Or football team
9:08 am
mkg
got the ar word too. ty.
9:09 am
mkg
GOT THE 10! TY!
9:10 am
mkg
wow got lots of words! ty to all cluers. great clues.
9:10 am
mkg
got all 7 words for the i in first column. ty so much
9:12 am
K.Elisabet
I'd make faster progress if Babble was as bad at spelling as I have been today, lol.
9:12 am
SamanthaJoy
ar 8/9, na 8/9 (actually na 7/8/9/8 run, followed by another na 7), and re 8/9 are the nines in the grid
9:14 am
mkg
i have ar 7and 8. is the 8/9 similar?
9:15 am
SamanthaJoy
Starts with the same run of letters, but unrelated word
9:15 am
BzznBea
They start the same but end with a differrent spelling of darkness
9:15 am
mkg
got them. ty. great clues.
9:16 am
mkg
have all stats. missing N word for the N third row and missing E word for bottom row e.........stats and clues welcome.
9:16 am
SamanthaJoy
Does anyone have that damned lone E in the fourth column & fourth row?
9:16 am
BzznBea
N is a b vitamin
9:16 am
SamanthaJoy
last E is ec 6/21
9:16 am
BzznBea
ec6/21 is the e
9:17 am
mkg
ty. got the N's
9:17 am
bichon
ac 6/21, pls
9:18 am
chrisk
the e in the fourth column/fourth row is et 4/5
9:18 am
BzznBea
ac6 - top card and can material
9:18 am
SamanthaJoy
liquid used in explosives. Don't forget the pl
9:18 am
SamanthaJoy
D'oh! That was a fish. TY Bea
9:21 am
mkg
ty all cluers. super clues.
9:22 am
mkg
still need the E bottom row. would love clue and stats. ty.
9:22 am
BzznBea
ec6 - ends with not bro
9:23 am
mkg
ty! got it! ty
9:23 am
mkg
done for now. ty for super great clues.
9:35 am
BzznBea
Down to 50...back to spring cleaning...Oh, the Joy!!!
9:37 am
MLFAN17
t the liquer word that taste like licorice a 5 6 word?
9:37 am
MLFAN17
ty for the ec6
9:38 am
doseffing
keep building ... you'll get an 8 out of it too
9:38 am
doseffing
... think what you do with a table at dinner time
9:39 am
MLFAN17
got the an 8 ty
9:40 am
MLFAN17
4th column n?
9:43 am
MLFAN17
hi dose duhh on my part ty
9:44 am
doseffing
... that's why they put the easy ones in the grid ... so we can feel silly when we miss them
9:45 am
MLFAN17
is ar 9 a pl?
9:46 am
doseffing
... yup
9:46 am
MLFAN17
I got a ar 7/8:)
9:47 am
doseffing
... same first five plus a mineral ending
9:47 am
MLFAN17
i got the ar 7 and old lace
9:48 am
doseffing
... the 8 is the mineral that the old lace companion comes from
9:49 am
MLFAN17
got those ty
9:49 am
MLFAN17
was their a clue for the 10 yet?
9:50 am
doseffing
... about 9 oclock
9:52 am
MLFAN17
finally nbt and nbs
10:16 am
Judi
Name that proper noun: City in Wisconsin.
10:18 am
Aloyisius
racine ..
10:19 am
Judi
Aloy for the win!
10:20 am
Aloyisius
doing a hi - bye today. Ty, Judi (-: don't want to be late for pickleball, so I must scoot - Happy Babbling!
10:28 am
bichon
cr 6/21, second one, pls
10:30 am
MLFAN17
mm kringles:D
10:30 am
MLFAN17
the only one i have is a pl
10:32 am
therealblah
cr 6/21 sounds like a fold in a fabric, but spelled differently...use the same vowel 3 times
10:32 am
MLFAN17
hi blah ty
10:32 am
periwinkle
hi all stats for the 10pls
10:32 am
MLFAN17
in 10/77
10:33 am
therealblah
hi mlf, yvs
10:33 am
therealblah
ugh yvW
10:33 am
therealblah
yw bich
10:42 am
MollyL
Rhymes with "my skin is browner than yours, I am ta6"
10:56 am
Judi
Taboo. Oh wait, that's only 5 letters.
11:01 am
MollyL
Judi, you could never be taboo
: D
11:02 am
zoozzoom
I seem to be blind to the E words today.
11:03 am
rururocks
*gets zooz a seeing E dog
11:04 am
zoozzoom
Hello, Ruru. You know as soon as I typed that I found one of the lone Es ha!
11:05 am
rururocks
*takes back red and white cane*
11:05 am
mattygroves
I've only found two e words (a bablet and its plural). I just can't see them either!
11:06 am
rururocks
<smugly has all the e's
11:06 am
mattygroves
I lie - I have two babblets, only wone of which plurals
11:07 am
mattygroves
I don't even have a single E from the second column one where there are apparently four of them!
11:10 am
mattygroves
Ah hah - thanks
11:13 am
zoozzoom
I would give you more from that tile if I had any lol..I have all from the first column though and one of the lone Es
11:14 am
bichon
na 6/18, first one, pls
11:18 am
MollyL
en6 and 7 sound like a neighborhood in California. It is a Spanish word and ends in O. These words end in another vowel
11:19 am
zoozzoom
Just found an Na 6/18 NA + most of the fat edge of bacon. Minus last letter + vowel.
11:21 am
MollyL
The na6/18 (second one) sounds like a branch of the US Military that starts with M
11:22 am
bichon
I need the first na 6/18
11:22 am
zoozzoom
Thanks, Molly, I take it is just in California then
11:22 am
cybernan
good morning, all -- once again, I wish I spoke spanish
11:23 am
zoozzoom
Ah that is the same NA 6 I clued then.
11:24 am
zoozzoom
Hello, nan
11:25 am
cybernan
close, zoom - change a letter and add one for na 7
11:25 am
rururocks
full of your self zooz or just calling us self absorbed :D
11:25 am
bichon
I'm confused zooz. The last na 6/18 sounds like a US military man. Need the first
11:27 am
zoozzoom
Ha! I would never do that, Ru!
11:28 am
mattygroves
Thanks for those NE words!
11:28 am
mattygroves
EN words, even...
11:29 am
zoozzoom
Ah! Found it, Bichon. It is what cyber is called last part.
11:33 am
zoozzoom
I am having a dumb moment (nothing new there) still not seeinbg those EN words. Might take a break.
11:34 am
cybernan
stats for the lone e's please?
11:34 am
doseffing
ec 6/21
11:35 am
cybernan
ty - clue for the ec 6 please?
11:35 am
zoozzoom
Thanks foer the EC 6/21
11:36 am
zoozzoom
Oops sorry yes ET 4/5
11:36 am
MollyL
There is only one et4 so if you get it, you have got it. No worries Zoom
11:38 am
cybernan
ec 6 please?
11:38 am
zoozzoom
Thanks, Molly :-)
11:39 am
zoozzoom
EC + vowel + not brother
11:40 am
cybernan
ty - new one for me
11:41 am
cybernan
wow - and this happens in my garden all the time -- they're called weeds
11:41 am
zoozzoom
Back later taking a break.
11:43 am
MollyL
Ahahaha, I didn't know the politically correct term for weed was "immigrant plant".
11:43 am
cybernan
lol, me neither, molly
11:44 am
cybernan
something new to be learned every day :D
11:44 am
periwinkle
help with re8/9 pls
11:47 am
bichon
re + to cause trouble and make people mad
11:47 am
cybernan
foment action again
11:47 am
periwinkle
ty bichon and nan
11:53 am
cybernan
175 down - break time
12:07 pm
bichon
se 6/18, third one, pls
12:08 pm
Haz1558
se6/18 - a group of six
12:09 pm
Haz1558
You're welcome, bichon.
12:20 pm
72 Temple Owl
hello
12:25 pm
cybernan
hello again :)
12:37 pm
cybernan
na 7-8-9 please?
12:41 pm
cybernan
or the first ni 6?
12:42 pm
Vicuna
ni6 - B vitamin
12:43 pm
penquis
I have na 7 but i don't see it leading to more....starts with the fed drug policeman....
12:43 pm
cybernan
ty vicuna
12:44 pm
MollyL
Two letter plural Pen
12:44 pm
cybernan
you probably have the same ni 7 that I do pen -- there is a 7-8-9-8 following the ni 4 police that precedes it
12:45 pm
penquis
well, molly....must be off a different na 7...but thanks for the tip....
12:46 pm
Vicuna
Ah, try drug agents followed by German for "one"
12:46 pm
MollyL
No, it's off of the na7 that starts with the drug cop
12:47 pm
cybernan
there are 2 ni 7's that follow the drug cop -- looking for the first one
12:47 pm
penquis
well i have another na 7 that starts with the drug cop and it doesn't go anywhere.....needed the german ending....ty, vicuma....
12:47 pm
Vicuna
Mooly, there's another na7 that starts with the drug agent, but is a variant of one who cares only about themselves
12:47 pm
MollyL
Oh wait, both na7 start with drug cop
12:47 pm
Vicuna
*Molly, not Mooly. Ha!
12:48 pm
cybernan
that's the one vicuna -- but can't find the ending
12:48 pm
penquis
yes.....but the other leads to 7/8/9/8....nice...
12:48 pm
Vicuna
Well, you could use German for "one" before a feminine word, if that helps...
12:48 pm
Vicuna
Then pl it
12:48 pm
MollyL
Oh this is getting all muddied up. Nan, that na7 doesn't have any extension. It's the first one that you already have.
12:49 pm
Vicuna
na4 - drug cop
na7 - drug cop plus German "one"
12:49 pm
cybernan
found it, ty -- looking for the 8-9 now
12:49 pm
penquis
just add a vowel and pl...
12:50 pm
Vicuna
na8, add a vowel
na 9 - pl
na8 - pl of the non-vowel variant
na7 - obsessed with self
12:50 pm
cybernan
ty pen - whew!
12:50 pm
MollyL
Oh good, I thought Nan was totally lost since she kept mentioning ni7
12:52 pm
cybernan
oops - sorry
12:54 pm
penquis
can someone please give me STATS for the fourth column bottom E?
12:54 pm
Vicuna
ec6/21. It's a weirdo.
12:59 pm
penquis
found it...yes, weird...
12:59 pm
penquis
time for my cookie....brb....
1:00 pm
Vicuna
mmmm.... cooookie... I like the sound of that.
1:02 pm
cybernan
*!*~*!* The sun is shining, so I'm going to take my hoe and unec6 those immigrant plants - bye :)
1:09 pm
penquis
peanut butter cookie....not bad....
1:16 pm
MollyL
Oh damn, now I want cookies.
1:17 pm
MollyL
I don't know the singular of cookies. I don't think I have ever had just one cookie.
1:17 pm
penquis
i got soup to go at the bakery and it came with a free cookie....
1:18 pm
penquis
only one but one the size of a softball....
1:18 pm
MollyL
Ah, the three in one size.
1:18 pm
MollyL
And let's hear it for bakeries who give out free cookies.
1:20 pm
penquis
after i get one more lunch there, i get a free lunch with beverage and dessert of my choice..... :oD
1:33 pm
MollyL
Yay for free lunch
1:34 pm
penquis
amen to that....
1:48 pm
penquis
well i have hit a wall.....taking a break....bbl to finish....bye all....
3:03 pm
trentsnana
Hi Nef
3:03 pm
marksdolly
Hi nef
3:04 pm
Judi
FW. Ech. What a slog.
3:19 pm
MollyL
Would that be Nef letting her grandson play as her?
4:07 pm
zoozzoom
Congrats! ((Gapeach))
4:07 pm
Uneaixoise
Congrats peach!!
4:08 pm
gapeach
Molly, do you remember when I moved back to GA? I told you that I had lost my whole family and you sent me a Christmas card. That was the sweetest thing.
4:08 pm
gapeach
Hey there, zooz. Haven't talk with you for a while. Hope all is well with you>
4:09 pm
gapeach
Thanks, Unea.
4:10 pm
zoozzoom
Not too bad thanks , Gapeach. Are you okay?
4:10 pm
gapeach
Yeah, about the same.....did I tell you that I lost the little one with diabetes?
4:12 pm
zoozzoom
No I did not know ((Gapeach)) Sorry to hear that.
4:12 pm
gapeach
He had to be put down about a week and a half ago....kidney stones....a star burst one was lodged and they operated twice and I couldn't put him through any more.....I cry a lot.
4:14 pm
zoozzoom
Bless you. It is okay to cry. I would to if it was me in the same situation.
4:14 pm
zoozzoom
How is the other one taking it?
4:15 pm
gapeach
Thanks much, zooz. Please say a prayer for me> Honey is still looking for him.....it is really sad to watch her.
4:16 pm
zoozzoom
You did the right thing. Dot want to see our loved ones suffer.
4:16 pm
zoozzoom
Of course I will. I will send you virtual loving hugs too.
4:17 pm
gapeach
Thanks so much, zooz.
4:19 pm
zoozzoom
Honey will like extra cuddles from you at this sad time too. No doubt you are.
4:22 pm
zoozzoom
I know it will be hard but please be good to yourself too, Gapeach. I bet there are loads and loads of happy memories you will look back on over time.
4:24 pm
gapeach
I had him cremated...now I have 4 containers to be mixed with mine. Yes, he was a great little guy. And I kissed him on his head as my Vet was taking him out for xrays and surgery.
4:26 pm
gapeach
They were "rescues". They gave me nine year of happiness.
4:26 pm
BzznBea
I'm so sorry for your loss, Peach.
4:26 pm
zoozzoom
And I have no doubt the little fella said thank you to you.
4:27 pm
gapeach
Thanks much, Bea.
4:29 pm
zoozzoom
As you gave them 9 years of love, comfort and happiness too.
4:29 pm
gapeach
I keep thinking that I should have noticed something....there just wasn't any clues.....the first thing was a pool of blood and I called the Vet at 5 AM and she came straight-away.
4:33 pm
zoozzoom
Please try not blaming yourself, Gapeach, like you said there was no clue.
4:33 pm
gapeach
Well I guess I should watch the news or something. The news here (in the US) is just...well, you know about it.....the world is laughing at us.
4:34 pm
zoozzoom
Oh please we have it here too with the shambles of brexit!
4:34 pm
gapeach
Thanks for listening.....we do have a wonderful group of people here in Babble land. don't we?
4:35 pm
zoozzoom
We do ((Gapeach)) And I am always here for you if you need to chat.
4:36 pm
gapeach
That is so comforting. Thank you for being you. Blessings. See you later.
4:37 pm
lil*monkey
Oh I just popped in, gapeach I'm so sorry! I know how hard it is to lose a furry loved one. Hugs & prayers for you.
4:38 pm
zoozzoom
Be kind to yourself and hope to speak to you again soon.
4:39 pm
zoozzoom
Hello, lil* Monkey.
4:39 pm
lil*monkey
Hi zooz
4:45 pm
lil*monkey
((((Hugs))))) to all who have felt the loss of a furry loved one
4:45 pm
lil*monkey
It's not an easy thing to endure.
4:45 pm
zoozzoom
Agreed, lil Monkey.
5:06 pm
zoozzoom
Okay time for me to retire for the evening. Happy babbling everyone!
5:15 pm
Nef
Hmmm. I showed my grandson this site a while ago & he was excited about it (he's 9 yrs old & loves brain games); I've been using my sons' iPad trying to see if I should get one since my old tablet is on it's last legs. We just got back from a trip to MT today for my brothers' Celebration of Life "party" (& yes, that's what it was!) & I had Babble on the iPad. I see my grandson "helped" me with 4 words (3 F's and an H) while I went to the grocery store; but he also posted in the Chog!!! I will definitely have to talk to him about that now (if he likes the game enough I'll buy him his own account).
5:16 pm
Bugsaw
He would be welcome to play Nef. Let us know what name he chooses and congratulate him on finding words for you. What a nice thing to do.
5:19 pm
Bugsaw
I am sorr to hear about your brother but I much prefer a celebration of life over a gloomy funeral. The world was a better place with him in it and that is worth celebrating for sure.
5:19 pm
Nef
I know he'd be welcome to play. And he's smart enough to play too; and he has fairly good internet social skills normally; I'm just surprised he'd checked out the chat!
5:25 pm
Nef
Bugs, my brother had ALS, diagnoses 2 years ago; and he raged against the disease. He made it to the 2 year mark & bragged about beating that because his doc told him he'd be dead in 2 years. I think he made it to 2 years, 1 month. He actually died the end of January &I was out there with him for 9 days before he died); but he wanted the party when it was closer to spring but before the railroad crew went out (he was a "candy dancer" & worked on the rails) and he wanted it at the Eagles club too.
So they got it all figured out for this past Saturday. There were about 150 people there; railroaders, people he grew up with, & people from his poker club and ball clubs (when he was a kid), etc.
5:26 pm
Bugsaw
I love the term candy dancer. What exactly would he do?
5:32 pm
Nef
He could be a real sh*t head; but he'd also give you the shirt off his back. One guy got up & told about 30 years ago this guy was losing his business and Mark told him he had $20,000 in the bank & offered to give it to him, no strings attached & no need to pay him back. The guy didn't take him up on it (he said it wasn't right to throw good money after bad); but he also told of how Mark ran a drill through the guy's foot while putting a fishfinder on his boat & then had the guy help him finish the set-up before taking him to the hospital.
5:34 pm
Bugsaw
Such good stories! He sounds like he was quite a force to be reckoned with but to have 150 people turn up shows how much he was appreciated. We all can be sh*theads sometimes. I just hope people remember the good stuff about me longer than they do the times I was less than perfect.
5:39 pm
Nef
Sorry, Bugs, the term is GANDY Dancer. They are the guys that check the tracks and make sure they are straight and solid and that the track bed is safe. (I guess) In the old days, they'd be pounding in rail spikes with sledge hammers and then straightening the rails in a synchronized rhythmic movement with long steel rods. Now-a-days they have all sorts of machinery that does the heavy physical work like that. Mark ran some sort of machine with various levers; and he said he noticed his hands would get cold & it would be hard for him to move his hands & levers (that was his second symptom of his ALS).
5:40 pm
Nef
Bugs! You mean you aren't perfect?? I thought you were! ;-)
5:44 pm
Bugsaw
Now that you remind me, I remember gandy dancers. They had great songs they sang to keep the rhythm going. and no, I am only practically perfect like Mary Poppins ;)
5:45 pm
Nef
LOL! I think *All* Babblers are practically perfect, don't you? ;-)
5:45 pm
Bugsaw
Can't think of a soul who isn't
5:50 pm
Nef
:-) Very true. I need to go fix supper; BBL (& will talk with grandson about the chat too)
6:04 pm
periwinkle
help with first ar7/32 pls
6:05 pm
periwinkle
hello all
6:05 pm
periwinkle
hello all
6:05 pm
penquis
add a mathematical term to the singular version of the previous word....
6:09 pm
penquis
can someone please clue the second cr 6/21?
6:12 pm
doseffing
... sounds like the folds you put in the legs of a pair of trousers
6:13 pm
penquis
great clue, thanks...
6:17 pm
penquis
en 6 anyone?
6:18 pm
doseffing
... think of a town just a bit north west of Los Angeles then change the final vowel
6:19 pm
penquis
ty....another good clue!
6:20 pm
doseffing
... glad they help
6:23 pm
penquis
ok....down to 2....can you help with the re 6/18?
6:25 pm
doseffing
... not yet but I"ll look
6:29 pm
periwinkle
ty pen
6:30 pm
doseffing
... got the 8/45 ... re + i6
6:30 pm
periwinkle
problem with red bars tonight
6:30 pm
periwinkle
problem with red bars tonight
6:30 pm
penquis
bummer....had some of that this past weekend....
6:38 pm
doseffing
re 6/18 ... it uses all three of the obvious consonent
6:38 pm
penquis
just found it...i am done....thanks for the help....
6:44 pm
penquis
well i am heading out....goodnight all....
6:53 pm
periwinkle
night pen
7:16 pm
wvteach
stats / nudge for the 10 pls
7:17 pm
kje
extends from the in6/18
7:18 pm
kje
in6 meaning to be firm or demand something
7:20 pm
wvteach
thnx - git it
7:29 pm
kje
I feel I have tried every combo there and nothing is working!
7:56 pm
MollyL
Not really an ugh word, but glad you got it.
8:04 pm
72 Temple Owl
hello
8:49 pm
dan2bit
evening all! looking for the first ar7 - I have the weapons and the poison
8:55 pm
dan2bit
and the cr6/7 pair
8:56 pm
dan2bit
never mind found the cr's
8:58 pm
dan2bit
thanks therealblah, penquis, lickety and all cluers - that's firewords. te6/21 winning blackjack hand was my last
11:51 pm
danf63
clue for re8-9 pretty please?
11:57 pm
jessmom
rile up again
11:58 pm
danf63
Got it! Thanks Jessmom!
11:58 pm
jessmom
start another riot?