Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, December 5, 2005

12:00 am

harpjane

New puzzle!

12:00 am

GreyWoulf

Pfui!!! Missed by 3!!!

12:01 am

mlaureli

sry, i thought that puzzle was esp. difficult

12:01 am

harpjane

Looks like a big one!

12:01 am

LeslieAnn

harpjane, looks like you dressed up today

12:02 am

harpjane

Glad you noticed!

12:03 am

Uneaixoise

gettin' with the theme!

12:03 am

LeslieAnn

uh oh, it's a doozy, folks

12:04 am

GreyWoulf

'S OK, mlaurel -- it's about the joy of the hunt, not the finish --- besides, if I had been able to log on 15 mins earlier I would have finished ;)

12:04 am

GreyWoulf

325 words!!!!!

Thankfully I am off work tomorrow ;D

12:08 am

mlaureli

:) it's like a bigger boggle without the noise. :) i'm having a difficult time because my cats are on my desk and one is on the mouse

12:09 am

cybernan

Don't know if I have time for this with all the Christmas hoopla starting up!

12:09 am

GreyWoulf

LOL -- mine likes to lie across my wrist :D

12:13 am

mlaureli

they think they are helping. :) when i'm on the laptop, they try to lay across the keyboard and the biggest one is 17 pounds so he's quite large

12:15 am

GreyWoulf

I have three -- one is 20, the next is about 18 and the last is prob 14 (pounds, that is) -- the 18 also thinks she is still small enough to be a shoulder percher

12:16 am

Uneaixoise

i see LSU's included . . . Geaux tigers . . . heh heh heh

12:16 am

GreyWoulf

brb -- time to rub wifey's back

Hi, C-nan!

12:16 am

mlaureli

lol! i have 4 cats, 17lbs, 15, 13 & 11. thankfully, they are not shoulder perchers.

12:21 am

jenwould

Hi everyone.

12:22 am

zubie

Hello! Very late today. Ooops!

Aww GW - just three? :/

12:23 am

IceBoySF

G9/72
G10/91

12:24 am

ToeSockMonkey

Hello all :)

12:25 am

mlaureli

HI :)

12:25 am

jenwould

putting my 2 cents in regarding my children. 4 cats. biggest CoCo...solid white boy with big blue eyes coming in at a whopping 21.8 then Chandler, Alex, and Mocha and finally a cocker spaniel named Chance.

12:25 am

GreyWoulf

And I am back!

Yes, zubie -- only three -- and two of them were not planned -- Twitch is the mom and we got here when she was just 6 weeks old. She's a magpie (b&w with no specific pattern). My housemate got a orange tabby a few months later and well -- since niether was fixed...

12:26 am

GreyWoulf

jenwould - CoCo sounds gorgeous, though pudgy :)

12:27 am

mlaureli

jenwould, i bet they are adorable! I wish my cats were larger although everyone tells me that they are too big. lol

12:28 am

zubie

GW - You're confusing me. Did you mention 'three' in two contexts? I saw you say: " Pfui!!! Missed by 3!!!" What do you mean by 'two were not planned'?

Just got in a few minutes ago.

12:29 am

jenwould

mlaureli... yes all cuties all have wonderfully distinct personalities. The biggest is also our biggest chicken. Cats are great. Oh and the cocker isn't so bad either. The oldest is 12 youngest 8...

12:29 am

cybernan

Hi gw

12:29 am

mlaureli

GreyWoulf, my biggest cats name is Pudgie. He was tiny when we got him, but he ate so much he looked like he had swallowed a baseball, so we called him Pudge. :)

12:30 am

zubie

Cats! *lightbulb moment* :D

12:30 am

GreyWoulf

zubie -- missed the last board by 3 -- got started very late tonight
and the two that were not planned are my other two cats, Meeper and Creeper -- who are both lovely torties

12:33 am

GreyWoulf

LOL, zubie

mlaurel - Twitch got her name because her tail has a white flag at the end (black tip, 3" white band, then black again) and she expresses her emotions by twitching her tail, making the flag bounce

12:34 am

mlaureli

that is great. I love animals, such personality.

12:35 am

zubie

Cute cats :D GW - nice names, too! :D

12:35 am

jenwould

GW.. I've got a tortie too. The only princess of the animals, Mocha. I like everyone's pet names... very cute.

12:35 am

ToeSockMonkey

updated my icon but can anyone tell who it is?

12:36 am

GreyWoulf

zubie - I'll include pics when I send you the snow pics ;)

BTW, last nights snow is already gone, but we have more coming tomorrow

12:37 am

mab

Hi Toes! Looks like Marilyn Monroe, but so tiny.

12:39 am

ToeSockMonkey

Mab! Hurray!!! Yes, it is Miss Monroe!

12:40 am

spatialbean

I just have Toby the cat. He's 7 and about 15 lbs. He's a good boy. He like ice cubes.

12:40 am

mab

I love pictures of Marilyn. There is such a poignant quality to many of them, something heartbreaking.

12:41 am

ToeSockMonkey

Mab, I do agree. Monroe as well as Hepburn and a few others will always have those classic pictures and that classic look as well

12:43 am

zubie

Hooray! Thanks, GW!

Gone? :s

88 words. I'd feel happy except that I am thinking that the only reason why I got so many so fast is because the grid is huge. I'm even afraid to ask how many words today!

12:43 am

mab

I think I might pay money to look like Audrey Hepburn. She was exquisite.

12:43 am

Uneaixoise

325

12:44 am

GreyWoulf

What I love about pets is what they end up using as toys -- some cats use icecubes, my go crazy chasing the rings from gallons of milk, -- anyone who says that pets are useless has never truly observed them and their personalities

12:44 am

LeslieAnn

gw, my cat adores milk cap tops... every time we pull out the sofa bed there's like 100 under there (same with the fridge)

12:45 am

ToeSockMonkey

Hepburn even had perfect skin! Although I hear her accent was completely fake and she also had some sort of eating disorder. But Lord was she beautiful!

12:45 am

GreyWoulf

exactly, LeslieAnn! --LOL

12:45 am

ToeSockMonkey

That high profile will drive you batty I am sure. Not even a movie out would be without pictures

12:48 am

zubie

325??! Thanks, Une.

Yikes!

12:48 am

ToeSockMonkey

Alright all. Off to bed. Work tomorrow bright and early! :) Good luck with the puzzle!

12:48 am

mab

I expect so -- fame can be burden, it would be difficult to not be neurotic. Constantly scrutinized.

12:48 am

spatialbean

GW Toby loves those rings and twist ties. One day I bought him a stuffed baby toy at the dollar store and he reached up and got it and took off. I wondered how he knew it was for him to just take off with it like that. Stinker.

12:48 am

Debs40ish

Morning all...

12:48 am

GreyWoulf

Sleep Well, Toe!

12:49 am

mab

Night Toes (you're in the puzzle). Sleep well.

12:49 am

GreyWoulf

Hey Debs -- another monster today :)

12:49 am

Debs40ish

Morning Ice... see you found the biggies already...lol

12:49 am

ToeSockMonkey

lol :) yes I saw that... night!

12:49 am

Debs40ish

Aww I aint a monster wolfie...lol

12:50 am

GreyWoulf

lol, Debs - you know I meant the grid ;D

12:51 am

Debs40ish

I knowwwwwwww.... well I am a 3ft 2" 20stone and sit on church roofs for a living so I wouldn't have been that offended..lol

12:54 am

shorty

how many words today please

12:54 am

Debs40ish

a/9 60

12:54 am

LeslieAnn

big ol' 325, shorty

12:54 am

Norad

shorty...325

12:55 am

shorty

WOW..... thank you

12:55 am

Debs40ish

lots ans lots ans lotsssssssssssss....325 <faint>

12:55 am

GreyWoulf

Hi shorty

12:55 am

Debs40ish

But big words are easy...

12:55 am

shorty

Hi GW

12:58 am

zubie

Yucky grid. :D

1:15 am

zubie

Knock knock! Anyone out there?

1:16 am

Norad

Hey zubie...here, but not for long. Just trying to get 100 so tomorrow won't drive me crazy...

1:16 am

GreyWoulf

I'm here, just sucked into the hunt...

and utterly amazed and annoyed that with 155 words found already I haven't found anything with more than 6 letters!

1:18 am

zubie

There's a c7 I've found, GW. Hi Norad.

1:19 am

spatialbean

s 7/28 want a clue let me know

1:20 am

nava

i would love a clue!

1:20 am

Norad

me too GW, just hit 100 and nothing over 6...clue for the c7 zubie? Hello spatialbean, I'd love that s7 clue too.

1:20 am

nava

found a 9/60..felt pretty good, i never find the big words!

1:20 am

GreyWoulf

Glad to know I am not alone, Norad :)

1:21 am

GreyWoulf

Good job, nava!

1:22 am

nava

thanks, actually, my husband found it, we are dong the puzzle together tonight. but still...it's awesome!

1:22 am

Debs40ish

10/91 is a plural nava

1:22 am

GreyWoulf

nava - it still counts :)

1:23 am

Norad

way to go nava (and husband), can you give us a clue?

1:23 am

zubie

Norad - The c7 sounds like 'c------ station' without a consonant; and is plural. It has a c6 to go with it.

Think "middle"

1:23 am

brandyjack

an9/60 is a plural for pronghorns, impala's etc.

1:23 am

Debs40ish

amd a9/60 and a/8 45 are within the 10 letter word

1:23 am

spatialbean

another word for caulk

1:24 am

sherb

oooh, 325 words! *quickly changes plans for the day*

morning all :)

1:24 am

nava

debs...what are you referring to? to the a 9/60? i thought that was the plural form?

1:24 am

mcherbalt

got any clues for that a 9/60?

1:24 am

GreyWoulf

Thx, brandyjack -- it's amazing how they jump off the grid once you know wher to start :D

1:25 am

cybernan

Thanks, Debs

1:25 am

GreyWoulf

G'morning, sherb!

1:25 am

Debs40ish

adda aletter on the end of the 9...

1:25 am

zubie

10/91 - what letter does it start with?

1:25 am

Norad

thx for the clues everyone, that should use up my time for tonight... :)

1:26 am

Debs40ish

ga

1:26 am

nava

norad...small island within the great salt lake

1:26 am

cybernan

se 7/32

1:27 am

zubie

Spatial - a clue for that s 7?

1:27 am

spatialbean

thanks Jack and everyone

1:27 am

GreyWoulf

thanks for the hints everyone -- now I feel better ;D

1:28 am

spatialbean

the s 7 is another word for caulk

1:29 am

zubie

Got it. Thanks, spatial.

Is that a ga10?

1:32 am

cybernan

brandyjack's stats are posted.

1:32 am

spatialbean

Me, Zubie?

I'm confused

1:33 am

zubie

Sorry, spatail.

Deb - is the 10 a ga?

1:36 am

Norad

zubie...there is a ga/9 and a ga/10...they work with the an/8 and an/9...thanks for the clues everybody!

1:37 am

zubie

Thanks, Norad. Didn't know that that was a word. :D

1:37 am

Norad

me either, monkey typed...

1:42 am

nava

okay, i'm still not getting the ga 10. any other clues?

1:46 am

nava

anyone there?

1:47 am

mab

nava: don't overthink the ga10. If you have the an9, just try the obvious thing.

1:49 am

sherb

I've got it, and I wasn't even looking for it... :)

1:49 am

nava

oh my gosh, i was spelling it wrong this whole time. even though i spelled the a9 and a10 right, i kept miss spelling the ga's. it getting late!

2:00 am

GreyWoulf

Gotta go -- grid is blurring, and I keep getting "Oops! You've already used that word." Must be time to recharge the old noggin -- only 130 left to find and I haven't hit the 2nd letterlist yet --yay me!! :D

(*hugs for everyone*)

TTFN

2:00 am

tbear

Nite GreyWoulf.....

2:01 am

sherb

bye GW, sleep well :) *hugs*

2:03 am

sherb

morning tbear :)

2:03 am

nava

nite gw

2:04 am

zubie

'Night GW :)

2:06 am

nava

is anyone having technical difficulties? like system slowing like the other night?

2:06 am

Munner

Yep. Tech difficulties here in Atlanta.

2:07 am

sherb

bit slow, nava...hung for a minute a while ago...

2:08 am

nava

yeah, like refresh is taking forever and then once it's done, all the letter wern't there. then one time, my list was gone and 0 was recorded, even though i was still logged in.

2:08 am

sherb

hey munner :) how goes it?

2:10 am

mab

Good morning tbear.

2:10 am

Munner

Trouble getting to sleep tonight so here I am.
How are you?

2:10 am

mab

Hi tbear!

2:11 am

mab

Well, 'mornin' tbear.

2:12 am

sherb

I'm well, thanks...day off work today, lots planned, but got to find 325 words somehow :)

2:13 am

tbear

Hey...mab..just did the 3 minute panic station to get my lazy teenage girls out of the door....AND they've missed the school bus again....I give up! How are you?

2:14 am

tbear

Just put in Gentle and was indisnant when not accepted...Lol

2:15 am

tbear

indignant

2:15 am

Munner

LOL gentle is the first word I saw in the grid

2:17 am

sherb

slowing down, time for toast...

2:17 am

Munner

Then there's ASAP and OPEC :)

2:17 am

nava

i put in gentle too

2:19 am

nava

have any of you received the email that is all spelled wrong? each word begins and ends witht he correct letter, but the middle of the word is jumbled. but they say our brain can read word fine as long as the words begin and end correctly.

2:19 am

Munner

Maybe we all need to take some n/4

2:20 am

nava

i know, i stay up so late playing this game each nite. it's after midnight here on the west coast. i'm gonna be tired tomorrow.

2:20 am

tbear

Munner,so what's my excuse I just got up!!!!

2:21 am

Munner

I've seen that one, and it's fascinating. The one I like is the list of color words written in color, but the word doesn't match the color it's written in. Little kids do fine, but it's a struggle for readers!

2:22 am

nava

yeah, it's mind boggling

2:22 am

Munner

tbear, with three teenage girls, you need NO excuses!

2:23 am

tbear

Thx Munner...but pls make that 2...altho normally have at least 2/3 more,especially on weekends..

2:24 am

Munner

Sorry, tbear, guess I was thinking of the days when I had 3 teenage boys.

2:25 am

Babbler

nibble nibble, sniff sniff sniff !!

:D

2:25 am

nava

hey babbler.

2:25 am

tbear

Hey Babbler....Mab?? where are you?

2:26 am

sherb

morning Babbler :) you're eating toast, and you've got a cold?

2:27 am

Babbler

LOL!!!! :D

hi guys! nooooo, not a cold or a sniffle..... today's theme is Hamsters! That was my hamster impression! lol!
: )

2:27 am

tbear

Munner...you know where I'm at then....struggling to maintain a sense of humour....

2:27 am

sherb

lol, very good!!

I see the Holy Carrot's sprouted wings...nice ;)

2:28 am

Babbler

lol!! thanks Sherb! ......but have you refreshed to see my drawing for today?

*refresh*

2:29 am

zubie

Hi Babbler :D

2:30 am

Babbler

HI Zubie!! :D

2:33 am

sherb

good drawing...I'm impressed :)

I love the themes, but I draw the line at hamsters...I'm the London skyline today

2:33 am

sherb

...or the bit of it you can see from my front window...

2:33 am

lottijw

Hi everyone :)

2:34 am

nava

hi lot

2:34 am

sherb

hi lotti :)

2:35 am

Babbler

I wondered if you took that pic, Sherb! I know your neck of the woods vaguely (kite flying, as you do!), so I recognised the view! :D Great pic!

2:35 am

Babbler

HI lotti!!!! :D

2:37 am

lottijw

Well today my son is off school ill!! I`m wondering if he`ll ever get chance to play a shepherd...... he was ill the year before last when he was cast as a shepherd in reception class :(

2:39 am

Babbler

awwww, sorry to hear that, Lotti. When's the show?

2:39 am

sherb

sadly, pic is courtesy of Google...my puny little 2MP digital camera isn't up to the challenge...

2:40 am

Babbler

I think my camera is 2mp as well! I only got it to help sell stuff on ebay..... but now I fancy a new camera! : )

2:40 am

sherb

lotti - apparently, there's a big run on teatowels in the shops at this time each year... for the shepherd's...

2:44 am

lottijw

LOL Sherb....why doesn`t that suprise me!!!! :)
Babs..tomorrow till Thursday

2:45 am

Babbler

awwww, that's such a shame. he won't be well in time.
: (

2:45 am

macadam

Hi Lotti.One in one out keep moving.Are you OK.Or have you started coughing?

2:47 am

tbear

macadam...lotti's not allowed to cough...she's a mother,you should know mothers aren't allowed to be ill... :)

2:48 am

macadam

I should have known better,I apologise profusely.;)

2:48 am

lottijw

Hi mum..i`m fine (touch wood) just shattered, up with Lewis till 2am. He sounds like a little dog bless him, the kind of cough that always makes him sick though....... fortunatley that hasn`t happened yet!!!

2:49 am

Munner

Halfway finished--going to try to go to sleep again. g'nite all

2:49 am

Babbler

good going!! sleep well, Munner : )

2:49 am

macadam

Poor lad.He has my sympathy.I hate being sick.Give him a hug from me.((((((((((((xx))))))))))))) )))))

2:49 am

tbear

c4/6.....mushrooms I believe

2:50 am

tbear

Nite Munner...

2:50 am

sherb

nite munner, sleep well :)

morning mac :)

2:51 am

macadam

NIte munner , hi Sherb.

2:55 am

cybernan

almost 1:00 am and I have 2/3 of the words, so good night all -- I'll catch up with the UK in the morning.

2:56 am

tbear

222 to go...back later

2:56 am

sherb

nite nan, sleep well :)

2:57 am

nava

almost 1am signing out with 141. goodluck with grid and nite to all.

2:57 am

Babbler

nite cybernan!!! :D

2:57 am

lshult

Morning all. Just started. Goot a quick 120 words, but things slowing down now. What new in the big bad world?

2:57 am

zubie

Am I alone here? :o

2:58 am

Babbler

nite nava and tbear : )

2:58 am

sherb

nite nava :) morning lshult :)

3:00 am

zubie

Hi Ishult!

3:00 am

Babbler

soz Zubie, I'm just on MSN with my sister.....

hi lshult! : )

3:02 am

macadam

Time for work.Wanted to get halfway.only managed 150.See you later.Bye for now.

3:03 am

lottijw

See ya later mum :)

3:04 am

sherb

bye mac :)

3:07 am

Yoink

Morning folks

3:07 am

lottijw

Hi Yoink :)

3:08 am

sherb

morning Yoink :)

3:10 am

Yoink

This one looks pretty bad today :/

3:10 am

lshult

morning yoink

3:11 am

lottijw

Mmmm....I wasn`t gonna bother putting any words in, but i just couldn`t resist.......as usual!!!

3:12 am

lshult

when i saw over 300 words I very nearly didn't bother to start. then my hand started to shake from withdrawal, so i thought, what the hell!!!!!!!

3:12 am

lshult

wish i had listened to my instincts now

3:13 am

lottijw

The words hook, line and sinker spring to mind :)

3:14 am

Yoink

I probably shouldn't have started either, I'll never finish it I bet. I won't be able to get a real start at it till later too, it's tricky here at work

3:15 am

lottijw

Whats your job Yoink???

3:17 am

Yoink

I'm currently in accountancy, at least till the end of january then I seek new pastures

3:18 am

lottijw

Oh right......maths, yuck!!!
Is that in Wigan ??

3:19 am

Yoink

Yep, just outside the town centre. Actually surprisingly maths knowledge isn't that necessary, computers and calculators work it all out for you.

3:21 am

lottijw

LOL...yes, i hear you don`t need maths in banks either. They work the same way :)
I`m on a return to learn maths course at the mo.... not sure about the GCSE, that scares me :/

3:25 am

Babbler

Yoink!!! (((((( xx)))))

3:28 am

sherb

working through the alphabet backwards today (why do I make it even harder?)...210 still to find...off out for a bit...back later :)

3:28 am

lottijw

Later Sherb :)

3:28 am

Babbler

I always work backwards! see you later : )

3:29 am

lshult

can't beleive there's a 10 out there. 140 down and I havn't even spotted a 7 word yet!!!!!!!!!

3:30 am

lottijw

I`ve got the A8 and 9 :)

3:30 am

Yoink

Hi ! ((((Babbler)))) How's things?

3:31 am

Babbler

great thanks. you?
did you fall asleep at your desk yesterday morning? we were all yelling for you to wake up! :D

3:32 am

lshult

Wow, just found the dear (deer) words too!!!!!!

3:33 am

Yoink

I think I did, managed to crawl to the sofa at some point though, that's where I woke up, and where I spent most of the day :/

3:33 am

Babbler

awwwwww!! whatyerlike??! :D

3:36 am

Yoink

Oh well. Anyway, gotta go, just popped in to say hello and see what the grid is like today, be back later.

3:37 am

Babbler

have a good day, Yoink! see you later : D

3:37 am

Yoink

Thanks, bye! :)

3:39 am

lottijw

Later Yoink :)

3:45 am

lottijw

Yay.....100 words and that includes all the A`s :)
Better go and dose boy child up with medicine, see you all later :)

3:46 am

Babbler

Good going!! see you later, Lotti. : )

4:02 am

hong_kong_phooey

i suck

4:03 am

judierae

morning/evening~~~

4:05 am

zubie

I'm alone here! :o

4:06 am

FMitch

Hi Zubie, long time!!! just passing through LOL

4:06 am

judierae

I'm here Zubie!!

4:07 am

Babbler

I'm here Zube! I just had to multi-task. Back now!
:D

4:08 am

Babbler

I adore your icon, Fmitch!!

hi judi!! : )

4:08 am

zubie

Hi Judi! Hi Mitch!

4:08 am

Babbler

now now, Hong Kong Phoeey - you're the number one super guy!!!! :D

4:08 am

FMitch

Hi all
thanks Babbler

4:09 am

zubie

Ok Babbler - as punishment, you can give me a clue for ea4/10. I just looked at the stats now (213 and stuck) and I've no clue about the ea. :/

4:09 am

Eva

Good morning everyone. I take it we're in rodent mode?

4:10 am

Babbler

LOL!!!! Zube, I've only got 77 words!! (roflol!!)

but let me see............... hmmmmmmmmm :/
*concentrates*.........

4:10 am

Babbler

hi Eva, Atalante suggested hamsters last week, as a joke, and everyone Ayed it!!! lol! so hamsters it is! :D

4:10 am

Eva

zubie, your commanding officer might tell you to stand at e___

4:11 am

ExWren

Just popped in to have a look - Then I saw 325 words - not sure if I am even going to start today, I don't have that many hours in a day (hubby complains if I spend to long on "that thing!")

4:11 am

FMitch

zube, you are doing really well, I've got to 120 very quickly but the rest will have to be done later :)

4:11 am

lshult

zubie- only looked for ea10 when you asked. found straight away- ae+ vowel = bog letter

4:11 am

Babbler

hah!!! got the ea4/10 !!

4:11 am

Eva

149 came quickly but now hitting a wall.

4:12 am

lshult

errr - big letter

4:12 am

Babbler

I wasnt going to start either, ex wren, but then I found myself entering a word.......... once you're in, you're in!
: )

4:12 am

lshult

1/2 done - time for lunch

4:12 am

Eva

Sorry zubie - wrong ea of course!

4:13 am

Babbler

zube, it looks kinda french.......

4:14 am

Eva

zubie-have it now - think french liquids

4:15 am

ExWren

I'll let you know later babbler, We are going into town now, to try to complete our Christmas shopping. Nightmare, what do you buy for teenage boys?

4:17 am

Babbler

dunno ex wren :/ I suppose book tokens / cd vouchers is cheating?

4:22 am

zubie

Thank you! Got it at last! [Glares at the word] I was trying to make it accept a letter which it was determined to refuse!

4:24 am

FMitch

I love the g9 & 10, they are so typical of babble!

4:29 am

zubie

Didn't even know that those were words, Mitch! :D

4:30 am

FMitch

me neither!

4:33 am

Babbler

just got the 8s and 9s. I saw a clue earlier, not to overthink the 10........... so I didn't, and there it was!!
:D

4:33 am

FMitch

if only the other 192 words were as fun to find :(

4:35 am

Eva

zubie-did you get my regular email yesterday? No pressure to write back, just wondered if it arrived.

4:35 am

Babbler

agreed, Fmitch, I'm working backwards, and I've been on the to's for ages. that first one..... ugh! :/

4:35 am

zubie

How neat is this? 214 words for 2140 points! ;D

4:36 am

Babbler

I'm at 101 for 1091 points!! ;D

4:41 am

zubie

:D That looks good, too, Babbler. It's rather a pity for me to find more words and spoil the beauty of the 214/2140! ;D

4:42 am

Babbler

;D, yeah, I just ruined my little beauty too....... but looking forward to when I reach your score! : )

4:42 am

FMitch

you know you will zube cos you are gonna finish!!!

4:42 am

zubie

Eva - just saw it now. I'll probably be replying only tomorrow. Is that ok?

4:43 am

FMitch

I broke all my rules today as I usually won't do a grid that is over 200 but I thought "what the heck"!!

4:43 am

Eva

zubie-of course it's okay!

4:43 am

zubie

Rather, Mitch. But I'm stuck on 214 and have sort of lost the fire to look at the grid with --- with -- what's the word I want?

4:44 am

Babbler

snap, so did I, Fmitch!! :D

4:45 am

Babbler

alacrity? enthusiasm? eagerness? excitement?

4:45 am

Babbler

interest? without yawning?

4:46 am

FMitch

look for the other 111 words zubie and you may find the one you are missing LOL.
Maybe it's time for a break and then you will come back to the grid with fresh eyes.

4:49 am

zubie

Lol, Babbler! Yes, any of those will do. :D

111 more words, MItch? SEE? It's pretty even THAT way! If I find another word, I'll spoil BOTH totals! ;D

4:50 am

Eva

Does anyone have more clues for the long c?

4:50 am

Eva

we almost have Al Capone.

4:51 am

FMitch

'fraid not Eva, am working at the other end of the alphabet at the moment

4:51 am

Babbler

you soooooooooooo need a break, Zube!! LOL!
go on, go get a cup of tea and admire your numbers before you have to spoil them again! :D

4:51 am

zubie

Long c? I've got a c7, is that the one you mean, Eva?

4:51 am

zubie

Notice: Ruined both totals by finding a word! :D

4:52 am

Eva

got the c's! Finally understood the station clue.

4:52 am

Babbler

got the big c7. (how many are there?)

4:55 am

zubie

Missing the first as 4 and the as 6's . Any hints?

4:55 am

Eva

babbler, I only have the ce6 & 7 so far. Haven't checked Brandyjack's lists so don't know how many there are.

4:55 am

Babbler

I've only got the snakes, Zube..... sorry, working on my t's and doing a general sweep at the same time. :/

4:56 am

Babbler

thanks, Eva, I decided to break my rules and got Brandyjack's list ready........ tsk tsk, I know... :/

4:56 am

Eva

the only a6 I have is an as6 which has to do with something being at a tilt.

4:58 am

Eva

Lately I've been trying to make this less work and more relaxed for myself, so am pretty much just doing what I can do easily, without looking a lot of stuff up - have to moderate the obsession some.

4:58 am

Babbler

ok, zube, you'll be a-glad when you a-find the a-s word.....

4:59 am

Eva

zubie, the as6 builds from an l4 and an s5

5:05 am

tbear

o4 fruits,made to make yr mouth water.... :)

5:06 am

zubie

Thanks, Eva.

Babbler, still looking for the one you mentioned.

5:07 am

Babbler

so you're still bobbing on the ocean of the grid......?

5:07 am

Babbler

tee hee ; )

5:07 am

tbear

No just woke up AGAIN

5:08 am

zubie

I am - tried to close the window, did - and then came back!

[Whacks head]

5:08 am

Babbler

soz, tbear, that was for Zube! :D

5:08 am

Eva

thanks babbler!

5:08 am

FMitch

good clue babbler.
Hi tbear

5:08 am

Babbler

c'mon, zube, with my fab clue, you must have gottit by now....?? : )

5:09 am

tbear

Je suis desolee.........

5:09 am

Eva

192 and getting very tired. Still dark here. And cold. But I'm glad winter has finally come.

5:09 am

Babbler

pourquoi?

5:09 am

tbear

Thought you was talking to 'lil ole me

5:10 am

Babbler

awwwwwwwwwwww!! no, I was doing a clue : )

5:10 am

zubie

No, Babbler. My brain's not working :/

There are snakes here too?

5:10 am

Eva

Could use some 8 clues - have only the gazelle. Also a list of the 7's?

5:10 am

Babbler

*tickles tbear with a feather*

5:11 am

zubie

I keep seeing a gator! :s

5:11 am

Atalante

Hi guys! I haven't got time to play today, so I'm just going to pop in and chat, and point you all to my new thread in babanon:

http://p105.ezboard. com/fbabblersanonymousfrm2.sho wMessage?topicID=32.topic

(ta ke out the space) :)

5:11 am

Babbler

zube - think cleopatra and then think Columbus.....

5:12 am

Babbler

awwww, Atalante!!! and it's your hamster day too : (
I drew this specially for you! : )

5:12 am

Atalante

hamster day! omg of course! *runs to get hamster icon* I can be around more if just chatting than cursing at the board though!

5:14 am

Atalante

ha! now I have a whole *family* of hamsters :)

5:14 am

FMitch

Atalante, followed the link - great idea!

5:15 am

Eva

Must stop, must stop,must stop,must stop........

5:15 am

zubie

How many letters, Babbler?

5:15 am

Poo's Mom

good morning!

5:15 am

Babbler

shall I sl4/5 your wrist for you Eva, to make you stop?

5:16 am

tbear

Ea....follow me....I'm off to do non-babble christmas things....

5:16 am

Babbler

I gave clues for the a4's, zube! awwww, you poor little luv!! : ) there there (((((( hugs )))))))

5:17 am

Babbler

hi Poo's Mom!

see you later, tbear? have a good day! :D

5:18 am

zubie

Aww Babbler! And I was searching for an as6! :D *Goes off to search for an a4* What a4 is that, by the way? Second letter?

5:19 am

Babbler

*chuckles*.... they're both as, zube! :D

5:20 am

Babbler

for the as6's - use your S words.....
I got them from the fab clues below.... : )

5:22 am

zubie

Doh, Babbler! Of course! Can you tell that I'm babble brain-fogged? :/ Got just one as4, one as5 and an as 6

5:23 am

Babbler

there are only 5 as words, so you're almost there. (there's only one as5)

5:23 am

Eva

Thanks everyone for the interventions. I am now going to sign off (really and truly!) and get on with life.

5:24 am

Babbler

instructions - move cursor to log out
hit enter

see you later, Eva!! :D

5:24 am

Marc Freeman

Good Morning, just woke up and everything is a little blurry. Can anyone explain to me how Brandyjack gets the grid so fast?

5:24 am

zubie

Yes! Got four. Missing the first as4! *Sigh* I thought that babble was supposed to be FUN? :D This is like an exam! ;D

5:25 am

Babbler

so you're STILL bobbing on the ocean.............. ?

5:25 am

FMitch

Hi Marc,
BJ has a program that generates the stats.

5:25 am

Babbler

marc, he's got a program that does it all for us. : )
hello :D

5:27 am

zubie

DOH! GOT it now, Babbler! Good that I didn't sink ;D in there! Tch tch!

5:27 am

Marc Freeman

oh, I need some clues for the 2 ge6/24 and the ga9/72, I presume the 10 is a pl of the 9 if not could use a clue,
Have been around and around the grid trying to find these
Driving me crazy

5:28 am

Babbler

yayyyyyyyyy!!! :D
sometimes the diddy ones are the worst!

5:28 am

Babbler

don't overthink the big ga words............ worked for me!

5:29 am

Babbler

right, Zube, don't panic, I'm not going far........ but I've just got some stuff to do.... yell if you need me! :D

5:29 am

Marc Freeman

I just got one ge6 becaue I am like a knight and very ga*****

5:30 am

Babbler

v good clue, marc!!! Like it!! :D

5:32 am

zubie

Waaa! Be back soon, Babbler! I'll yell, don't worry! :D

5:32 am

Marc Freeman

Thought it would be good for those of you on the Island.
I am still looking for the big ga's and the other ge6/24

5:34 am

FMitch

Marc to find the g9&10 first find the a8&9, think gazelles etc

5:35 am

Poo's Mom

thx fmitch! got them :)

5:35 am

Marc Freeman

Sorry what are gazelles?

5:37 am

Marc Freeman

Sorry I know what a gazelle is now I have to figure out the an8

5:38 am

Marc Freeman

Ths got the an8 and 9

5:38 am

FMitch

the an is another similar species
WTG poos mom

5:38 am

Poo's Mom

marc they're all in the same family.... gazelles, springboks, an.......

5:39 am

lshult

a gazelle is a type of deer

5:39 am

Marc Freeman

Got the ga's thanks still need a clue for the other ge6/24

5:41 am

Poo's Mom

ge6 = italian ice cream

5:50 am

Marc Freeman

Thanks Poo got it

5:56 am

Marc Freeman

Anyone have a clue for the last ta5/12

6:00 am

Yoink

Hello again everyone

6:00 am

Poo's Mom

hi yoink!

6:02 am

Yoink

Hi Poo's mom :)

6:09 am

Marc Freeman

Do the first 4 letters of the to6/24 and to7/36 start with the first to4/4 what is at the end of your feet. if not I need a clue.

6:11 am

FMitch

Can't help you Marc, am missing those t's too.

6:12 am

Marc Freeman

Got both thanks

6:13 am

Marc Freeman

I had the first three letters right then add what you close a bottle with

6:14 am

FMitch

Doh, pass me the fish!!! Thanks for the clue.

6:22 am

zubie

Back again - had to leave for a while.

6:23 am

FMitch

Hi zubie!!! I'm not really here, crossed the half way mark a while ago....

6:27 am

zubie

On 236, Mitch and considering giving up!

6:28 am

mummy

Hello everyone, how are you all today?

6:28 am

FMitch

LOL I know the feeling!

6:29 am

Yoink

Just 135 here so far, long long way to go

6:30 am

zubie

Hi mummy!

6:30 am

Yoink

Hi Mummy :)

6:31 am

Karys

hello everyone..... 146 here !

6:31 am

mummy

You know I can never be bothered to look at the message list, can you tell me how many words today please?

6:32 am

mummy

What's the weather like in your part of the world? anybody got any snow?

6:32 am

Karys

325 mummy

6:32 am

FMitch

Way to many words today - 325.
Hi all!

6:32 am

mummy

Thank you Karys, got relatives arriving shortly so may not have much time to babble today...

6:33 am

Yoink

Hi Karys and FMitch :)

6:34 am

Karys

oohhh....why isn't 'casual' there.....its a lovely word !!

6:47 am

gramma

Hello every1. Looks like loads of fun packed into one little grid ^_^

6:47 am

Yoink

Time to go again, bye everyone

6:48 am

gramma

I hope your leaving doesn't have anything to do w/my arrival.

6:48 am

Yoink

LOL, no Gramma more to do with needing some lunch

6:49 am

gramma

Adios, Yoink. Enjoy your lunch

6:58 am

Minski

Greetings All.

We got a couple of inches of snow yesterday with a few more due tomorrow here in New England Mummy.

6:59 am

Marc Freeman

Need a clue on the last ta5/10

7:00 am

mummy

I hear that New England is glorious, particularly in the fall, my friend has been there several times and raves about it - particularly Vermont.. it is still on my list however.

7:01 am

FMitch

Marc - think birds claws singular

7:01 am

Minski

Where are you from Mummy?

7:02 am

mummy

Somerset (South West England)

7:03 am

Minski

I thought you were from the other side of the pond from your username but it was just a wild guess. I live about 15 minutes North of Boston, Massachusetts.

7:05 am

mummy

My partner went to Boston for work a few years ago, this time of year, after a few minutes outside he thought his nose had frozen off!

7:05 am

Minski

I've never been to England but it is definitely on my list of must holiday someday spots. Surrounding areas as well.

7:06 am

Minski

It is actually warm here today. It will get up to almost 40 degrees Farenheit.

7:07 am

mummy

I spent some time in Australia, wonderful place, had to come back though, but really do appreciate the English countryside and having France, Greece, etc etc only a few hours away is great

7:07 am

Minski

THat would be around 4 or 5 degrees Celcius.

7:07 am

Marc Freeman

Sorry don't understand bird claws need more help

7:08 am

Karys

managed to get to New York a couple of times....I loved it !!....and my daughter getting maaried in Florida in May...22 of us coming for that

7:09 am

EvaNadine

mornin all!
feeling hamstery?

7:09 am

FMitch

What does an eagle have at the end of it's feet?

7:10 am

Karys

hi there evan :)

7:10 am

mummy

Florida wedding sounds good, I have told my kids that if they (ever) get married can they please do it somewhere warm so we can have a holiday too!

7:10 am

Karys

its a lot less costly to mummy

7:10 am

Minski

You are right about that. But we aren't so bad off either with all of Canada and Mexico and the Carribbean Islands on the East Coast and Hawaii and other such places on the West Coast.

My Hubby and I went to Australia on our honeymoon. What a fantastic country. We both loved it and tried to extend our stay but it would have been too expensive.

I've been to some parts of Europe and intend to get back with Hubby at some point but kidlet is too small to do much travelling for the next few years and we intend to have a few more if possible.

7:11 am

mummy

Not many high-scoring words today, or am I just not seeing them...

7:12 am

Marc Freeman

Thanks got it I swear I tried that word before and didn't get it.

7:12 am

Minski

There's a 10, 2 9s and 3 8s today.

7:12 am

Minski

Oh, and 9 7s.

7:12 am

Minski

Naptime for kidlet.
CUL8R.

7:12 am

Karys

my partners son lives in Australia...so thats on the list...they are expecting their first baby in June...so be after that... but probably not next year.

7:13 am

mummy

All this talk of sunshine places and here the weather is horrible, wish I was on a tropical beach somewhere, nice cold drink ..... mmmmm turn the heating up close eyes and imagine!

7:14 am

Karys

need a better imagination than mine then mummy !!

7:14 am

mummy

The journey to Aus is so boring but well worth the trouble, and I hate flying but it has to be done..

7:15 am

Karys

yes, that bit doesn't appeal to me either

7:16 am

mummy

Gosh, you've done a lot of travelling Minski, where is your favourite place (so far!)?

7:21 am

FMitch

Anyone got a clue for the se8/40 please?

7:22 am

Jera

Greetings, all! It's a big one today... good thing I'm stuck home because of the snow...

7:22 am

Karys

not got it yet FMitch

7:22 am

Karys

Hi Jera

7:23 am

Jera

My son loves that icon, Karys...

7:23 am

mummy

got to go now - tummy rumbling -----ttfn

7:24 am

Karys

thats nice Jera......Hi Jera's Boy xx

7:24 am

Karys

bye mummy

7:26 am

Jen

Good morning all! Did everyone have a good weekend? I did! My Florida State Seminoles won the ACC championship! woo hoo! :)

7:28 am

Karys

Hi Jen.....sounds good for you then !!....and yes thank you

7:28 am

rosalind230

Hi all anyone got a clue for ga 10/91 please

7:29 am

rosalind230

Yes I did we had friends round to celebrate my birthday

7:29 am

Karys

think 'deer' rosalind

7:30 am

Jen

happy birthday rosalind!

7:30 am

FMitch

the ga10 is plural of the ga9 and both of those build on the an8&9

7:31 am

rosalind230

thanks jen

7:36 am

ZA

I found ga 5/24

7:36 am

rosalind230

Thanks Karys got it at last

7:37 am

Karys

thats good rosalind :)

7:44 am

Babbler

Fmitch: se8/40: A salt or ester
(if I give you more, you'll see it!! think of one of the nutrients in your multi-vitamin)

off out to shops - back in a little while! :D
(Zube - don't panic!)

7:46 am

zubie

Just got back. I had to leave in a hurry. Very interrupted babbling today. :/

7:50 am

FMitch

thanks babbler.
1 more s to find, dont know which one I am missing - got 1 of the 2 last se5/18s. I've got the one that sounds like drains.

7:55 am

zubie

Help! Didn't get the se8 clue!

7:57 am

zubie

Got it!

7:58 am

FMitch

well done zubie, don't suppose you can help with my missing se5/18?

7:58 am

Babbler

Fmitch - swap the last letter for your other se5/18

deffo out to shops now!! :D back v soon.

8:00 am

FMitch

Bab you are a star!!!!

8:00 am

zubie

Not got it yet, Mitch. :/

8:11 am

Norad

Good morning all, a blustery day in Middle Tennessee, sure would love some of that snow that's going around! Does anyone have a clue for the wa6?

8:13 am

sherb

Nord - the wa6 is apparently a Scottish word for wrestle :)

8:14 am

Norad

oh great...ywis...or something of that nature...thx sherb

8:21 am

zubie

Clue for po 6/27?

8:21 am

lola100

Hi everyone :)

wa6- take the opposite of peace and add what santa rides in less the last letter :)

8:25 am

Jen

Morning lola!
Zubie, po6 is a thick, creamy soup.

8:33 am

zubie

Thanks, Jen. Got it!

8:35 am

Minski

There are a lot of words today. I thought I was doing well with 142 words but I still have 183 words left to find. I think I need a breakfast break. CUL8R.

8:40 am

davetins

Any clue please for the ge6/24, not the italian ice cream one

8:41 am

Jacula

Good afternoon all.

Davetins - your ge6 is an anagram of 'tangle'

8:41 am

ToeSockMonkey

Hello all :)

8:41 am

Uneaixoise

morning all . . . welcome to hamsterland!

8:42 am

davetins

TYVM jacula that was my last one

8:42 am

Yoink

Hi guys

8:43 am

Jacula

Davetins - Well done! I've still got 73 to go. But, since I've only just put in my words from my first sweep of the grid, I'm quite pleased.

8:43 am

zubie

Hi davetins! You done?

8:44 am

davetins

Hi Zubie, yes just finished

8:45 am

davetins

you need anything???

8:46 am

Babbler

bravo davetins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!

8:47 am

zubie

On 283 now, davetins! :D How about a wave of a magic wand that will 'get' all the remaining words for me? :D

8:48 am

davetins

Consider it done zubie, anything particular holding you up??

8:50 am

band

Good Morning, Jen!
Have you been to the gym yet? My computer at school is doing strange things, so I probably won't be able to babble during my lunch!

Band

8:52 am

Yoink

Anyone even know what a g9 is? It has no entry on dictionary.com

8:53 am

zubie

The sl's, davetins!

8:55 am

Jacula

Yoink - From what I can gather it seems to be another word for 'gauntlet'.

8:56 am

rosalind230

Think deer

8:57 am

Yoink

Thanks Jacula, thought it might have just been an a8 with the initial G, maybe Graham or Gary

8:57 am

Jacula

Yoink - LOL.

8:58 am

rosalind230

think deer for g9

8:58 am

Jacula

I want to know why 'sealeg' isn't a word. I mean, if you can find your sealegs surely, if only one leg is behaving in a manner fit for a sailor, you can have a 'sealeg'?:-)

8:58 am

smithchick

Hey everybody! does anyone have a clue for the as6 that doesn't mean tilted?

8:59 am

Yoink

Jacula, it's probably hyphenated.

Rosalind, thanks but I already had it, I just wondered what it meant

9:00 am

Karys

smithchick....as6....think going up the mountain...you'd be going up a ?????

9:02 am

smithchick

Thanks, karys, got that one. Do you have the other one?

9:03 am

Karys

yes ty

9:03 am

Jacula

Smithchick - think what italic type does.

9:03 am

Aly

Any clue for wa 6/30 please?

9:04 am

Karys

ooops sorry smithchick ...did you need.....thought you had it !!!

9:04 am

davetins

Sorry Zubie, I've got a plumber putting in a new shower The Sl's are all easy ones, can't think you would be stuck on any of them

9:04 am

davetins

Think battles then - the in french

9:06 am

ToeSockMonkey

Man I am so out of the loop! lol :) My icon never matches everyone elses! Can you even tell who my icon is? :)

9:06 am

zubie

It's ok, davetins [re: plumber] . Sl's - just lousy tracking of mine. Grr.

9:07 am

smithchick

It's the as6/21 that I'm missing.

9:07 am

Jacula

Hi ToeSock - It's Marilyn Munroe, isn't it?

9:08 am

Karys

only one as6/21 smithchick

9:08 am

davetins

TSN, looks like a bored ballerina

9:08 am

Yoink

Smithchick, it's along the same lines as the other as6, a + another s5 meaning an incline

9:08 am

Jacula

SmithChick - When you ski, you ski down a sl***

9:09 am

smithchick

Oh, okay. Head slap moment. Thanks all!

9:11 am

davetins

Aly, you get the wa6/30 yet??

9:13 am

ToeSockMonkey

Jacula - Your right! It's Miss Monroe :)

9:14 am

smithchick

Well, I'm off for a while. Thanks everybody! Be back later, I'm sure.

9:16 am

zubie

301 - will try to finish this tomorrow. Seeya everyone!

9:17 am

davetins

Bye Zubie

9:17 am

Yoink

Bye Smithchick and Zubie

9:17 am

ToeSockMonkey

later zub

9:18 am

ToeSockMonkey

later smith

9:21 am

ToeSockMonkey

I am stuck! :(
Any clues on the 8, 9, or 10 letter words? Please? :)

9:22 am

Yoink

TSM, there is an an8 and its plural which is like a deer, that also leads to the g9 and 10

9:24 am

misstearweus

Thanks yoink. I was spelling the deer wrong and figured it wasn't there.

9:24 am

ToeSockMonkey

Yoink! Your the best! Thank yooooou =o)

9:27 am

ToeSockMonkey

....still missing two 8 letter words...

9:29 am

Yoink

I haven't got the other 2 8s yet either

9:40 am

movieman

Here's an interesting experiment for you guys to try:

I've currently got my mate punster playing this game at the same time as me, and he's logged on under my name!!!

So every time I think I've found a new word, I get the "Oops" message!!!!!

9:41 am

movieman

But I tell you what, at least I'll finish the game more quickly!!!

9:43 am

FMitch

movieman that will be intersting to see if the theory works!

9:46 am

Babbler

Nice one, Movieman!!!!!!!!! :D

9:47 am

cybernan

Good morning, everyone --- I'm hoping I'll be a little brighter this morning than I was last night. Grid doesn't look any better, though!

9:48 am

movieman

This may look like movieman, but it really is punster

I have to say movieman - I can't stop laughing from all of the plurals you keep missing :D

9:49 am

FMitch

this will be interesting when movieman starts arguing with himself LOL

9:49 am

Babbler

*sulky wulky* I wanna play movieman's game!!!!!

: (

9:49 am

gramma

Howdy! I'm taking care of the wee one today. So my babble time is rather sporadic. Gladly offered up to the little goddess

9:49 am

Babbler

LOL Fmitch! :D

9:50 am

baggo

hello all....

9:50 am

Babbler

ni baggo : )

9:50 am

movieman

Hey, movieman (punster), stop being such a smart-a4/4...

9:50 am

Babbler

hi, i mean

9:50 am

Yoink

Hi Gramma and Baggo :)

9:51 am

Yoink

Thinking of Monty Python again Babbler? ;-)

9:51 am

FMitch

Hi Babbler, gramma and cybernan
how ya doing babbler, I "only" have 86 words left to find.
Hey baggo - long time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9:51 am

baggo

are you 2 finding the words any quicker...

9:51 am

gramma

Hey Yoink. I hope you enjoyed your lunch

9:51 am

movieman

Punster here - I wouldn't need to be if you were better at this ..lol

9:51 am

baggo

hey fmitch how are things on your side of the pond??

9:52 am

Babbler

Fmitch, I have 117............ but I'm on MSN with my sister

signed
The Knight of Ni !!! :D

9:52 am

Babbler

117 yet to find, I mean.... :)

9:52 am

baggo

babbler are you playing with her too??? is it doubles today>????

9:53 am

Yoink

It filled a hole thanks Gramma

9:53 am

movieman

Punster - I notice U haven't found any of the 7s, 8s, 9s, or the 10 yet...

9:53 am

Babbler

no, chatting iwth my sister, playing babble here....
she's on the phone right now
she'll kill me if she logs into babble and sees I'm telling everyone her busines!!! LOL!!! :D

9:53 am

FMitch

baggo things would have been more productive if I hadn't started the grid today but hey - what can I say!! LOL

9:54 am

harpjane

morning

9:54 am

lottijw

Hi everybody :)

9:55 am

baggo

LOL, I"ve already been had new photo id, got parking pass, tb mask tested...and found 273 words, just cause i took the grid with me...

heya punster i'll give ya the words...lol

9:55 am

FMitch

Hey lotti, er sorry I mean sis LOL

9:55 am

movieman

Hey Baggo, from the looks of things I'm finding them twice as fast as the a4/4 movieman;

Oh and movieman, I thought that you would like to find the big ones yourself :P

9:56 am

lola100

Hi guys, back again!
Have got small person engrossed in Ice Age so hopefully can babble for at least an hour!

9:56 am

movieman

Why punster, have U actually SEEN any of them...?

9:57 am

lottijw

Hey....both sisters, what could be better than that LOL !!!!

9:57 am

movieman

HELLO LOLA! Long time no see! Read back a bit and you'll see this is Punster ;-)

9:57 am

baggo

(((xxx))) you two are cracking me up...i wanna play with somebody....

9:58 am

movieman

I've just realised, evryone else is going to think I'm a crackpot because it looks as if I'm talking to myself...

9:58 am

lola100

Hi sis! Sorry I haven't sent mail...been sooo busy haven't had a chance :(

Hey punster, how you doing?? :)

9:58 am

FMitch

...see told you it would be fun when movieman started fighting with himself!!!!!!!

9:58 am

baggo

well if the shoe fits....lol

9:58 am

lottijw

No worries :)

9:59 am

raolen

how many words today?

9:59 am

baggo

lol fmitch....and if people don't read back far enough...this is great...

9:59 am

Lupe613

Hola Lola! I peeked in here on Friday to babble a bit and say hi - Didn't see you? How've you been?

9:59 am

Yoink

Hi Lola, Lotti, Harpjane :)

9:59 am

movieman

Movieman, I know you well and I already though that :}

Lola, I'm doing good, though when I've been able to squeeze onto Babble I've not seen you

9:59 am

torgone

*poof*
What timing, eh?

10:00 am

movieman

Punster - thanx 4 getting the one coming off the bottom A...it would have taken me ages to get it...

10:00 am

lottijw

(((((((((Tor)))))))))xxxxxxxxx xx

You still at work Yoink??

10:00 am

movieman

Anytime...lol

10:00 am

lola100

Hi lupe! I have been VERY busy and feeling a bit lousy too, so even though I played I didn't chat much. How are you? :)

10:00 am

Babbler

gosh, everyones arriving now!

*waves to all just arrived* hi guys! :D

10:01 am

FMitch

baggo, I've been hibernating in the morings (my time) did you accept that new job you were offered?

10:01 am

movieman

Hello from Punster! *waves back*

10:01 am

baggo

***hello all***

10:01 am

Lupe613

Good - very busy as well. Gotta get my fix - then back to work! Seems everyone else's workload gets lighter during the holidays - mine gets worse.

10:01 am

lola100

Hi yoink, torgone :)

Hey babbler! Er...haven't sent you any mail either...sorry :/

10:01 am

Lupe613

Hi Babbler!

10:01 am

lottijw

*waves* back at Babs :)

10:02 am

baggo

fmitch yes i did, and i start tomorrow so babbling is gonna be a more in the evening thing for me for a bit i think....

10:02 am

lottijw

((((Baggo))))

10:03 am

baggo

i noticed you and torgone poofed in together...lol

10:03 am

movieman

I'm telling you all...this is the way forward for all you Babblers out there...

Just make sure you have more than one PC in the house, and they both have Broadband, then get someone else, (a friend, sibling, parent etc.) to play he game under your name, and find out how quickly you can finish the game...lol

10:03 am

Yoink

Lotti, yes still at work, in fact work is calling and I've got to go for a bit, bye!

10:03 am

lola100

Hey baggo! Good luck for tomorrow then my friend! We'll all be thinking of you so be sure to let us all know how it goes :)

10:03 am

FMitch

Congratulations baggo and good luck for the first day - do let me know how you get on

10:03 am

baggo

bye yoink...

10:04 am

lola100

Here's a question for the movieman duo- can two people play under separate names at the same time on the same computer?

10:04 am

baggo

thanks guys...i'm a little nervous after 15 years of babies weighing less than 13 pounds top, this is going to be a very interesting job....

10:05 am

lola100

'bye yoink :)

10:05 am

Bugzy

Hi folks! Haven't Babbled in seems like ages!!!
How is everyone?

10:05 am

baggo

yes lola, we do it all the time at work, and minimize when we have to go back and do something

10:05 am

Lupe613

Hi Bugzy!

10:06 am

baggo

hiya bugzy...

10:06 am

EasternBlue

hi kids...don't know if I'll have time to Babble today (quite a bit of work to do...) but I wanted to stop in & say hello!

10:07 am

lola100

Hi bugzy :)

Thanks baggo, will keep that in mind :)

10:07 am

Lupe613

Thanks Eastern - have a good day!

10:07 am

baggo

hiya eb...

10:07 am

lola100

Hi east :)

10:07 am

Babbler

: ) EB!!

ooh my sis wants me again....

10:08 am

ToeSockMonkey

sorry got busy for a minute... ginger and jen83 there are 325 words today

10:09 am

lottijw

Hi Bugzy.....hi EB :)

10:10 am

lottijw

Baggo, take this for luck tomorrow (((((XxX)))))

10:10 am

Bugzy

I'm sensing that today is hamster day, yes?!

10:10 am

ToeSockMonkey

You all have completely adorable icons!

10:11 am

movieman

Correct bugzy, and tomorrow's theme will be little tweety birds...(or b***** big ones)...lol

10:11 am

baggo

thanks lotti....i just hope the people that come to the ER these next couple of weeks have a bit of a sense of humor and patience....not that i'll tell em i haven't seen a patient their size in quite some time...

10:11 am

torgone

((((lotti!))))
How's it going?

10:13 am

lottijw

(((((Hun)))))) All the better for seeing you ;o)
How are you???

I`d love that job Baggo :)

10:15 am

gramma

Oh no I'm so embarassed..I thought today was favorite sports character.

10:15 am

Bugzy

In that case, *refresh* :)

10:15 am

baggo

i really think i'll love it too... did you finish that math class???? you too can work in the er too...

this is a level 1 trauma center, so gun shots stabbings..fights...mva's i really can't wait...and its not that i want people to have pain, its just this is the really nitty gritty...

10:15 am

ToeSockMonkey

lol gramma!

10:17 am

raolen

good morning everyone

10:18 am

lottijw

Yeah, nitty gritty would suit me down to the ground!!!
I`m still doing the maths classes(tomorrow infact)....If Lewis is better and back at school!!

10:18 am

raolen

since when is lols not a real words?

10:18 am

Lupe613

hi raolen...

10:18 am

hurshy

hey cutie :)

10:18 am

Bugzy

Baggo - Good luck in your new job! And I have to say, I am so glad that there are people like you who like to work in ERs, etc... I know I could not handle it day in and day out!! :)

10:18 am

lottijw

Hi Raolen:)
Gramma you`re looking very athletic!!!! :)

10:19 am

FMitch

Time for another clue - perhaps the movieman combo can help??? or anyone for that matter LOL
looking for 2nd la5/12 please

10:19 am

baggo

well lotti i hope he gets to feelin better...we have a bunch of nasty stuff going around here too...

10:20 am

hurshy

what meaning were you thinking of for lols?

10:20 am

raolen

hurshy u gonna get halfway?

10:20 am

baggo

thanks bugzy, thats what i say about people who do hospice and some of the adult icus, and surgery...glad they can do it, just not for me...trauma trauma, and of course my babies, but recently that has just gotten a bit hard too...

10:21 am

lola100

FMitch, add a vowel to the end of the la4/5 before it :)

10:21 am

baggo

fmitch...think of falling into a coma...

10:21 am

lottijw

I hope so, or he misses out on playing a shepherd again.....the curse of the shepherd eh!!!

10:22 am

hurshy

dunno, we'll see i guess. i'm at 53. i wouldn't give me good odds being tired. how about you?

10:22 am

movieman

Fmitch - just got another la5/12...it's the part of a jacket where you pin a buttonhole...

Is this the one you are seeking...?

10:23 am

raolen

im gonna try but im not hopeful

10:23 am

hurshy

oh, is today hamster day?

10:23 am

Bugzy

My kids were both sick last week with some nasty stomach virus...one of the local schools had to be shut down cause of flu... Nasty stuff :(

10:23 am

hurshy

it's nice to "see" you even when i can't see you :)

10:23 am

movieman

Hey movieman, did you get the plural of that?
No? I wonder why ^_^

10:23 am

baggo

moviman/punster...how many words you two have...we should keep track to see how quickly you two do...

10:23 am

raolen

hamster day?

10:24 am

raolen

u need a picture

10:24 am

hurshy

yeah i have one, hang on

10:25 am

movieman

baggo - we're down to 113...although that's probably gone down as I'm typing this...lol

10:26 am

hurshy

refresh!

10:26 am

FMitch

thanks all, just realised it's the 3rd la5/12 not the 2nd that I am missing.
Someone remind me next time that this is why I don't do grids over 200 words - am going cross eyed LOL

10:26 am

movieman

I should add to movieman, we only started about an hour and a half ago ;->

10:26 am

baggo

ok, i was just curious...you know one day, we could all make new people and have partners, and play doubles...just a thought, we'd have to sign up....

10:27 am

Yoink

Back again...

10:28 am

lottijw

You`re as bad as me Yoink......can`t stay away :)

10:28 am

hurshy

100

10:30 am

Yoink

Yeah, it's pretty sad.

10:31 am

movieman

If it's pretty sad that you keep coming back, what does it say about movieman?

10:32 am

lottijw

Now now Punster!!!! LOL

10:32 am

sherb

afternoon all :)

I see Babble's claimed another victim...movieman's now talking to himself!

10:33 am

movieman

Wot, I'm sad just because I require punster's assistance in finshing a Babble...?

10:33 am

baggo

roflmao

10:33 am

movieman

Or spelling apparently...

10:33 am

FMitch

baggo - here we go LOL

10:33 am

movieman

Not really, sherb - I've got punster playing under my name on a different PC...

10:34 am

lottijw

LOL...you two are nuts!!!!

Hi again Sherb :)

10:35 am

baggo

fmitch...its killin me my sides ache, and the more that come on will think movieman is bloomin nuts...

10:35 am

movieman

I call myself Punster 'cos I crack people up, though it appears that movieman's cracking around the edges anyway.. ;]

10:36 am

baggo

oh he's cracked alright...LOL

10:36 am

sherb

hi again lotti :)

great idea, movieman...contracting out the big puzzles...

10:36 am

Babbler

movieman ?

10:37 am

movieman

baggo - don't worry, I've known punster long enough to be a certain strait-jacket job anyway...

10:37 am

baggo

:-)

10:38 am

movieman

The guy's enough to drive anyone round the twist...

10:38 am

baggo

babbler, he's bloody gone off the deep end over this big puzzle....thinks he's punster...LOL

10:39 am

movieman

Punster's "jokes" are worse than Frank Carson's and Stan Boardman's put together...

10:39 am

Babbler

I said......... *takes deep breath*

Movieman ????

10:39 am

movieman

Of course I'm Punster, who else would I be?

10:40 am

movieman

Yes, Babbler.....what is it...?

10:40 am

baggo

well that is a very true statement, if you could become someone i guess the natural choice would be punster..

10:40 am

LeslieAnn

what happens if you guys press post message at the same time? do your computers blow up?

10:41 am

baggo

either way you 2 are giving me a great laugh today...

10:41 am

movieman

Yes, punster, the man with what is laughingly termed a "sense of humour".....lol

10:41 am

movieman

No, just our heads .. lol

10:41 am

lola100

LOL! I'd pay 10 bucks to see that... :D

10:42 am

baggo

I'm with lola....lol

10:42 am

Babbler

tut *sigh*......... didn't work...........

I wanted BOTH you Moviemans to ask me what I wanted.
Punster - you're having an identity crisis, mate! lol!

10:42 am

ToeSockMonkey

I am missing two 8 letter words. Can anyone help?

10:42 am

movieman

Yes, the head exploding would be like something out of "Scanners"...lol

10:42 am

ToeSockMonkey

((((((Babbler))))))

10:42 am

movieman

Only 10! I thought I meant more than that!

10:42 am

Babbler

(((((((Toes )))))))) :D

10:42 am

FMitch

TSM sp8/50 and se8/40

10:42 am

ToeSockMonkey

(((Baggo!)))

10:43 am

lola100

10 if the computers explode....I'll pay more if it's your heads, punster! :)

10:44 am

movieman

Well, thats all right then...

10:44 am

ToeSockMonkey

FMitch! Thanks!

10:44 am

baggo

((((TSM))))

10:45 am

ToeSockMonkey

Any hints on the sp8/50 and se8/40?

10:45 am

Norad

Good morning everyone...movieman/punster, my daughter is on limited time at college and so she plays under my name when she gets a minute...once in awhile we overlap and it becomes a race to see who can type the words in faster...

10:46 am

Norad

It's pretty funny when it looks like I'm talking to myself...of course I do that anyway, just not usually in type!!

10:46 am

movieman

Unluckily for the other one, I'm a faster typer so I usually beat him out ;)

10:46 am

FMitch

TS I take it that you haven't got the sp7 then?

10:47 am

ToeSockMonkey

No on the sp7 :(

10:48 am

sherb

movieman/punster - perhaps you could have a code so we know which one of you is talking? Madman 1 and Madman 2, for example ;)

10:48 am

baggo

tsm....think of to stop xmas...(it's in a kids movie, they are going to c...christmas) (year without a santa claus i believe)...and use your sp then pl

10:48 am

baggo

sherb it's much too funny this way...

10:48 am

FMitch

ROFL Sherb

10:49 am

sherb

baggo - how do I know that's really you talking, heh? ;)

10:49 am

baggo

anyone with a clue for the pe7/40???? just can't see it..

10:50 am

Babbler

no need for code, sherb........... when you ask for Movieman, only one of them answers!!!!!!!1 LOL!!
:D

10:50 am

movieman

Wher'es the fun in that? I simply figure it must be obvious which of us is talking since I'm the one with a sense of humour :P

10:50 am

baggo

mmwwwaaaa mwwwaaaa you don't....

10:51 am

baggo

so who's jumpin in the custard first when you finish???

10:51 am

FMitch

pe7/40 take the pe4/5 and add your "years" to it

10:51 am

sherb

lol baggo!

10:51 am

ToeSockMonkey

lol baggo! :) Hey thanks for the clue as well!

10:52 am

baggo

bless you fmitch...i had stats on, and look at them so that i can see a post...when letter get dark i tend to think i can't use them...LOL

no prob tsm

10:52 am

ToeSockMonkey

FMitch! Thanks again!

10:54 am

FMitch

baggo, tsm you are both very welcome.

10:56 am

Norad

clues on se8 anyone? lola if you are still here, thx for the clue on the wa 6 earlier, I had to leave and came back to find it...nice return treat!

10:57 am

ToeSockMonkey

*claps hands excitedly*

10:57 am

lola100

norad, you are welcome, hope it made sense! Looking for the se8 myself...

10:58 am

Norad

lola, made complete sense, I got it on the first try...

10:59 am

FMitch

the se8 is a bu***r as it is all by itself and does'nt build on anything. Def is a sal or ester. all req'd letters are in the 1st 2 lines of the grid.

10:59 am

baggo

lola its a vitamin, i think but this about the opposite of buy, drop the last letter add a vowel +with the shortened name for nathan....

10:59 am

FMitch

sorry typo - "salt or ester"

10:59 am

sherb

se8 begins with the French word for salt and ends with the past tense of eat...oh, and there's a couple of other letters in the middle... ;)

11:00 am

lola100

Thanks FMitch, got it :)

11:01 am

lola100

Thanks baggo and sherb too :)

11:01 am

FMitch

nice one lola - sorry haven't got used to calling you sis yet :)

11:01 am

sherb

so the name of a Brazilian footballer is accepted?

11:02 am

movieman

Hey movieman, you got any of those 7s, 8s, 9s or the 10 yet? I only ask because I'm curious, not because I'm a mean person or anything...

11:03 am

baggo

is the sisterhood gaining members on your side of the pond???

11:04 am

movieman

punster, I've got the an8 and the an9, & the ga9 and the ga10...

11:05 am

lottijw

Yeah Baggo....Macadam is adopting at a faster rate than Angelina Jolie!!!!!

11:05 am

FMitch

baggo - I got adopted alongside of lola (she was 1st) by lotti and macadam

11:05 am

LeslieAnn

ok, that is really funny

11:05 am

lola100

FMitch, lol! Could get confusing when lotti is here too!
Baggo, seems mom has been adopting again, yes! :)

11:06 am

lottijw

She adopted Marc the other day too !!!

11:07 am

FMitch

thing is I don't remeber when it happened and that we also have Marc as a brother

11:07 am

baggo

well i think i could say sis but i'm not adopted yet, wrong side of the pond....you're all gonna confuse people and it will be great to watch...bout as much fun as the punster/movieman...

11:07 am

FMitch

lotti we are sis as we are typing the same subject at the same time!!!!!

11:07 am

baggo

i was here for the marc one...christmas is gonna be fun in the uk this year....lol

11:08 am

lottijw

I`ll have to put a word in Baggo :)

11:08 am

FMitch

baggo _ I adopt you as my best babble buddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please say yes.

11:09 am

lottijw

Mmmmm yeah...hope mum`s got us all nice prezzi`s LOL!!!!!

11:09 am

baggo

i'm a big girl...i can handle being the friend... ((xxx)) think she's keepin an eye on me after i called your dad handsome... i think i said quite the looker... which he is..

11:10 am

baggo

((((fmitch)))) that works for me... ;-)

11:10 am

lottijw

Baggo, i still don`t know where you were looking!!!!!! lol

11:10 am

FMitch

((((((baggo)))))) woohoo!!

11:10 am

ToeSockMonkey

Aw look at all the love! :) mmmmm nice

11:11 am

Minski

Greetings All.
Baby is napping so I am sneaking in a bit of babble.
Lots of words today. Finally got the se8 thanks guys.

11:11 am

lola100

I hope mom all got us the same nice present, couldn't bear favouritism on christmas morning! *whispers* You have to watch out for the favouritism FMitch!

11:12 am

mcherbalt

anyone have a hint for the aa4/4?

11:12 am

lottijw

Hi Minski :)

Tor......you still here babe????

11:12 am

baggo

hiya minski...

lotti in zoo picture, i blew it up and the poster is on the wall...

11:13 am

lottijw

I know it should be a suprise, but i`ve got a new kettle and toaster to match my new kitchen!!!! :)

11:13 am

torgone

*lurk*
*lurk*
Wha? Huh? Yes! I'm here, hon.

11:14 am

FMitch

LOL lola. Just realised what the time is - have to cut and run. See you all tomorrow probably. byeee..............

11:14 am

ToeSockMonkey

aa 4/4 is an acronym for something :)

11:14 am

baggo

oooh what fun...i love kettles...i change mine quite often, as they are so much fun...

11:14 am

baggo

(((fmitch))))) see you later hon....have a good one..

11:14 am

lottijw

LOL Baggo.....that will be the biggest my dad has ever been!!!! He`s about 5ft 7" and "just" 9 stone!!!

11:15 am

ToeSockMonkey

aa 4/4 sounds like a persons name. Like "This is aa_ _ cookie"

11:15 am

baggo

LOL lotti...

11:16 am

lottijw

I`m off now babe, just wanted to say see ya with a snuggle ((((((((xxxXXxxx)))))))). I may bbl xx

Bye sis, bye everyone :)

11:16 am

baggo

bye lotti...see you later (((xxx)))

11:16 am

Jacula

Hi folks. I'm back, between washing and ironing, with 6 words left to find.

11:17 am

raolen

hurshy how many do u have

11:17 am

ToeSockMonkey

*waves* bye lotti

11:17 am

baggo

punster/movieman how many do you 2 have now? think its been about an hour...

11:18 am

baggo

i've found 28 in that hour....

11:18 am

sherb

bye lotti :)

another Babble victim - baggo thinks kettles are fun! ;)

11:18 am

ToeSockMonkey

I have 144 words now... ah so many to find still :(

11:19 am

torgone

Bye bye, lotti!
((((((((((xXxXxXxXx))) )))))))))))

11:19 am

Jacula

I used to have a kettle shaped like a Friesian cow. It had a cow's head atop and mooed when it boiled. We had to take it back when the moo broke though. Now got a plain white kettle. LOL.

11:19 am

baggo

well they are if you get one that makes noise or different noises when then boil....lol sherb...

11:20 am

ToeSockMonkey

lol there he is! Hi Tor :)

11:20 am

sherb

LOL Jacula and baggo!!!!!

11:21 am

Bugzy

Just about time for me to brave the snow to go getsome lunch and do some Xmas shopping...
Don't find all the words while I'm gone, everyone :)

11:22 am

Minski

Hi.
Does anyone have the WE 6/33?
Thanks.

11:22 am

baggo

bye bugzy...see you later hon

11:23 am

Jacula

Bugzy - Too late! I only have one word to go.:-))) Enjoy your afternoon.

11:23 am

sherb

Minski - we6...as in we6 of Mass Destruction ;)

11:23 am

torgone

Hi ToSoMo!

11:24 am

sherb

bye Bugzy :)

11:24 am

stillcrazy

good morning everyone.

11:24 am

sherb

hey still! :)

11:25 am

Jacula

I'm all done.:-)))) S'pose I'll have to go back to the laundry now. *Shoulders sag.*

11:25 am

Minski

Thanks Sherb. An unfortunate but good clue. Too bad I knew what you meant immediately. That phrase shouldn't be in our everyday vocabulary.

11:25 am

torgone

Bugzy - Bring me some candy!

11:26 am

Mary

Hi all, may I please have a clue for the se8/40?

11:26 am

stillcrazy

hi there sherb good to see you.

11:28 am

baggo

hiya stillcrazy didn't see you come in...

11:28 am

Bugzy

Thanks guys ... and Congrats Jacula!!
And I will find something yummy for you, Torgone!
BBL... :)

11:28 am

Miyavi_fan

*bounces in on a pogo stick*

11:29 am

stillcrazy

Hi baggo and thanks...good to see you too

11:29 am

baggo

(((miyavi))))

11:29 am

Miyavi_fan

Baggoooo! How are you? :)

11:29 am

stillcrazy

Hi M_fan

11:29 am

torgone

Heya M_fan!

11:29 am

lola100

Hi miyavi! :)

Have to go start dinner, be back later. :)

11:30 am

sherb

good to see you too still :)

hi Miya :)

11:30 am

Miyavi_fan

*waving to everyone* wow, what a greeting...how are you all?

11:31 am

Babbler

((((((( Miya )))))))))

11:31 am

baggo

bye lola...see u later...

11:32 am

Miyavi_fan

Hey Babs! You came down from Zorg then :)

11:32 am

cybernan

Hello to all just joining in for the day.

11:32 am

Babbler

feel like I'm still there, Miya, the way this grid is going...
:/

how's your day been? : )

11:33 am

SeraTerranova

Morning Cybernan

11:34 am

Miyavi_fan

eh...good up until now! Gotta go already! *kicks computer out of window*

11:34 am

Babbler

*waves b'bye to Miya*
see you later? :)

11:35 am

baggo

bye miyavi...

11:35 am

cybernan

Hi Sera -- did you get my e-mail? -- been babbling, so haven't looked.

11:36 am

boreetos

hi kids

11:36 am

cybernan

finally got the sp 7 & 8

11:36 am

Jacula

Time I followed Lola's lead and went off to make some dinner - chicken curry with rice & naan bread, using up yesterday's chicken.

Hi & 'bye Miyavi (if you can hear me now your computer's out on the lan). LOL.

11:37 am

Jacula

*Meant 'lawn' not 'lan'.

11:37 am

SeraTerranova

Not yet.... I'll look now.
I'm multitasking, as you know.

11:37 am

boreetos

ahh, jacula, that sounds awesome. I just might have to get myself some curry for lunch.

11:38 am

cybernan

Those Scottish words are back!

11:39 am

sherb

why does it accept the most obscure acronyms, but not NASA, NATO or OPEC? ...weird...

11:40 am

Miyavi_fan

*stomps back into chat log* RIGHT. Had to give my computer a good beating but I think it's ready to behave now

11:41 am

baggo

well i'm off...happy hunting...see you all later in the week i think...

11:41 am

cybernan

Sera -- you've certainly chosen one of the larger grids to jump back in with! -- I still have 61 to go, but need to hit the mall again today -- if you need a clue, shout!

11:42 am

boreetos

bi baggo, hi miyavi.

11:42 am

boreetos

that should have been "bye"

phonetic spelling you know.

11:43 am

Miyavi_fan

Hey Boreetos :) How are you?

11:44 am

boreetos

not bad for a monday, yourself?

11:45 am

pbr

Any help for the an8 and an9? pls

11:45 am

stillcrazy

an 8 and 9 think of home home on the range

11:46 am

Minski

This grid is a royal pain in the AR4/4.
Baby is up from her nap. Time for grocery shopping and lunch. Not in that order.
CUL8R Alligator

11:46 am

sherb

bye baggo...good luck in the new job! :)

11:46 am

torgone

Minski - Bring me some candy!

11:47 am

stillcrazy

awww have fun and babye minski

11:47 am

pbr

still crazy -- no longer roaming thx.

11:47 am

Miyavi_fan

Eh, same...think I ended up stumping my music teacher though. He keeps saying he's a small man, he has a small voice, he can't afford to talk over us or reach the deeper tones. I then pointed out to him that one of my favourite singers is only 5'3" and can sing/scream for hours. Think he was quite glad to see me go.

11:47 am

sherb

time for dinner...back later...

11:47 am

stillcrazy

LOL yvw

11:47 am

stillcrazy

babye for now sherb! Have a good one.

11:48 am

Miyavi_fan

Later Sherb! :)

11:50 am

Anj

Evening All ; )

11:51 am

stillcrazy

Hi Anj

11:51 am

boreetos

sup anj?!

11:51 am

Babbler

flippin eck.... just got the sp8........... am exhausted!!!
:/

11:51 am

Babbler

hi Anj :)

11:52 am

Miyavi_fan

Hey Anj :)

Can I just ask, what's with the hamsters?

11:52 am

Anj

Hey Still, Boreetos, Babs, Miya... haven't even started this one yet. Is it any good???

11:52 am

Miyavi_fan

*clapping for Babs*

11:52 am

Anj

...I thought it was Hamster Monday...

11:52 am

Babbler

Atalante asked for hamsters just for a laugh........ but then we all said Aye and there we are..... :)

11:53 am

Miyavi_fan

*checks stats*

no

11:53 am

Babbler

s'alright till you get into the 200s........... :/

11:53 am

Miyavi_fan

hamster monday...right. And I'd just got my act together and put up Hide as well!

11:55 am

boreetos

didn't realize it was Hamster Monday... all better now.

11:56 am

boreetos

and speaking of which, I'll be back at lunch kids. See you then.

11:56 am

Anj

OK, will give it a go then : D

325 words hiding in the grid
325 words hiding in the grid
and if one of those words was electroluminescence
there would be 324...

11:57 am

stillcrazy

have a good lunch boreetos!

11:57 am

Miyavi_fan

Later Boreetos :)

Anj - ?!

11:58 am

Yoink

Once more unto the breach...

11:58 am

Anj

...just having the breakdown at the start so I can get it out of the way...

12:00 pm

Babbler

how you doing, Yoink?

12:01 pm

Miyavi_fan

riiiight :)
Hahaha...you know, up until my science lesson today, I didn't know it was in the syllabus to actually blow up the bunsen burners :D

12:01 pm

Yoink

Gamewise or lifewise? :-D

I have 153 left to find, I can live with not finishing it though

12:02 pm

Anj

...wait until you get the chance to make the vacuum flasks implode : D

12:03 pm

Babbler

lol Yoink! I've started.......... so I WILL finish........
(determined... but mashed already!)

:D

12:04 pm

Miyavi_fan

Wow, what year does that come in?!

12:07 pm

Anj

...usually associated with drop pipettes, sublimation, condensers (don't break them as science teachers tend to go feral at the cost of replacing them...) and lots of curly rubber pipes. Proper mad professor laboratory stuff...and all just to get red crystals to form in a round-bottomed flask.

All that was missing was the Igor...

12:09 pm

Yoink

I remember we used to wave our hands through the bunsen burner flames, if you do it quickly and when the flame is yellow you don't feel a thing

12:10 pm

Miyavi_fan

:/ Sounds like the type of lesson I should stay away from. My science teacher still hasn't stopped laughing at me since I screamed in class when some hydrogen made this squeaky popping noise.

...It was loud, okay!

12:10 pm

Babbler

someone set fire to the curtains in the science lab at our school................

12:10 pm

cybernan

First pa 5/12, please?

12:11 pm

Babbler

pa5/12: In quantitative verse, a foot of one long syllable and three short syllables occurring in any order.

12:11 pm

Miyavi_fan

...plus, he saw some Dir en Grey pics that really should be kept under cover in my planner when he was looking through to check where the table of elements was. And so was treated to Kyo in a straitjacket, blood running down his chin, flanked by the rest of DeG covered in similar bits of gore

12:12 pm

Babbler

euw....

12:12 pm

Miyavi_fan

Babbler, really?! I have a pyromaniac sitting one seat away from me. He melted his ruler! Then threw it at someone!

12:12 pm

Anj

Yoink, watched some good set fire to his uniform doing that. Then wave it madly over a test tube full of oxygen which also succeeded in turning a flicker into an inferno.
Needless to say he will not be allowed to breed.

12:13 pm

cybernan

ty, babbler, but your clue is beyond me!

12:14 pm

Babbler

yes, MIya, the dimwit in my class thought she'd move the lit bunsen burner out of the way.......

12:14 pm

Uneaixoise

cybernan, just paste it into google

12:14 pm

Babbler

cyber: poem

:D

12:14 pm

Babbler

(now why didn't I say that in the first place???? LOL! )

:D

12:15 pm

Babbler

ok......... Babble giggles over here......... best keep my eyes on the list.......... :/

12:16 pm

Yoink

LOL Anj, it's worrying how little brain power some people possess :-D

12:16 pm

Deutsch

Hi everyone. Big grid today. Best get started. Only 325 to go!

12:17 pm

cybernan

Thanks, Babbler -- didn't know you could do that and get results!

12:17 pm

Babbler

I rely on google a lot! yw cyber :)

12:18 pm

Miyavi_fan

Oh Anj...just painfully reminded me of the boy who set his shoe on fire. On purpose. While he was wearing it.

Where and why are people like this created?!

12:18 pm

cybernan

Promised myself I would quit and go do some Christmas shopping when I got down to 50 words -- bye for now!

12:19 pm

Yoink

I melted the bottom of some boots I was wearing once while camping out in some woods, drinking heavily and lying with my feet too close to the fire :-/

12:19 pm

Babbler

good going!! see you later, cyber : )

12:20 pm

Anj

I know...it's even more frightening considering he had just been demonstrated the inflammable qualities of oxygen. Mind you, he managed to top them during a practical demo of the electrochemical series in action. Decided to take a CLOSE look at the effect of water on pure sodium without safety goggles. He was only allowed to take A-level because Oppenheimer had already discovered the lethal stuff... : /

12:20 pm

Miyavi_fan

*clapping for Yoink* Amazing :D

12:21 pm

Babbler

we had a nutty professor at our school. one day, he was demonstrating how phospherous goes up in flames once it comes into contact with air......... then he dropped the piece of phospherous in the turn-ups of his trousers.......
(he found it in time!! :D )

12:21 pm

Yoink

*bows* thank you thank you! For my encore I will burn off my eyebrows

12:21 pm

Miyavi_fan

Our science teacher set fire to a fire-proof ceiling

12:22 pm

Yoink

We used to steal rolls of magnesium ribbon from the science dept. to throw onto fires, that stuff is cool

12:22 pm

Anj

Potassium goes will in water. Looks like Nov 5th in purple and high temperatures : D

12:22 pm

Babbler

yeah.... those curtains were supposed to be fire-retardent (or whatever the word is!)

LOL ! :D

12:23 pm

Miyavi_fan

Anj, don't bring back the memories...my dad once exploded a duck pond with potassium. Or some other water-boomy thing beginning with P.

12:24 pm

Anj

...now that's what I call crispy duck...

12:24 pm

Babbler

yummmy...... (hungry)

12:25 pm

EasternBlue

*quack*quack*

BOOM!

12:26 pm

Babbler

hi EB :D

12:26 pm

Miyavi_fan

lol! I think I may have inherited the stupid gene from him! I'm the only person in my class who actually managed to be not looking where the bunsen burner was, and successfully plonk my goggles down right in the flame

12:26 pm

EasternBlue

hi Babs

12:26 pm

Miyavi_fan

Hey Easty! Thanks for the sound effects :)

12:27 pm

Anj

Hi EB : )

Miya, repeat after me: "Ow! hot..."

12:27 pm

EasternBlue

Miya -

I think your reponse answers the question you asked before...where DO these people come from??? tee hee hee!!

12:28 pm

Yoink

Hi Easterblue

12:28 pm

Miyavi_fan

*glares* I am not going to dignify that with an answer!

...

"ow! hot..." dammit, still subconsciously in school. Powerless to resist any command from an adult :/

12:28 pm

EasternBlue

Hi Anj, Yoink, Miya, Babs...

and anyone else lurking I may have missed!

12:29 pm

EasternBlue

Ohh...Miya hunny - you know I love ya babe!

12:29 pm

Anj

Miy, I typed that in my teacher voice : D

12:29 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, eastern blue!

12:29 pm

EasternBlue

Hi Une!

12:29 pm

boombaladee

hey there. new here...how do i figure out how many words there are total
thanks

12:30 pm

Miyavi_fan

*runs over and hugs* Thanks Easty, needed to hear that today! Had loads of idiots asking me 'why I cut my wrists'. I DIDN'T cut my wrists, I just was attacked by a hedge :(

12:30 pm

EasternBlue

boom - when you're 'pro' you have a stats panel....
otherwise - ask a pro!
(325 today)

12:30 pm

EasternBlue

Miya - I shall go & slay the hedge on your behalf!

12:30 pm

Miyavi_fan

Anj, you confuse me so...:)

12:31 pm

Yoink

Umm, sorry add a "N" to that EB!

12:31 pm

Babbler

Hi Boomba!
There are 325 words today.
If you go to the Friends of Babble panel on the right of your screen, you'll see Babblers Anonymous at the bottom. Click on that, click on General, then Stats, you'll see a breakdown of today's grid.
Welcome to Babble! :D

12:31 pm

boombaladee

shank you berry much. got a long way to go..only got 106

12:31 pm

Anj

Miy, that's the general idea : D lol sorry, couldn't resist that. I am here to serve and answer any questions you may have ; )

12:31 pm

EasternBlue

Boom -
there is also a link on the right (Babblers Anonymous) where the "second letter" list is posted...
Click on Babs Anon...General - Stats
It's changed daily....

12:32 pm

ExWren

Hi Babbler,
just to let you know that I resisted those 325 words today, and I'm not about to start now. It's choir practice tonight so there's no chance.
Managed to find some Christmas presents this morning, the teenage boys will get After-shave! (how boring)

12:32 pm

Miyavi_fan

Don't worry Easty! When I say attacked by the hedge, I mean I was bushed :) If you want you can slay the people who think I'm a manic depressive suicidal self harmer, though

12:33 pm

Miyavi_fan

*evil grin* Anj, you don't want to know what questions a person like me will throw at you if given the chance

12:33 pm

Babbler

you are very very wise, Ex Wren!!! lol ! :D
I'm sure the boys will like their presents. Tough call! : )

12:34 pm

EasternBlue

Yoink...no offense...
growing up, I was always called by my older sisters names anyway - I'm used to anwering to just about anything!

12:35 pm

Babbler

*Babs makes note to self......... be nicer to younger sisters*

12:35 pm

EasternBlue

Miya -
...hee hee hee...
I shall push said tormenters into the hedge & let it ambush them instead!!
...hee hee hee

12:36 pm

Yoink

I know how you feel Eastern, I have 2 older sisters myself

12:36 pm

Babbler

tormentors???? MIya?? gimme their names!
*rolls sleeves up, ready to defend the littl 'un*

12:36 pm

Miyavi_fan

*clapping* yay! Then I will ask them why they are self harming ^_^

12:36 pm

EasternBlue

Yoink - I have double that!
I think it may be worse for you (a boy) to be called by your sisters names...
...hmmmm

12:37 pm

Miyavi_fan

Don't worry Babbler, they were just being stupid! Got my arm all scratched up and have had to endure "why do you cut yourself? Are you a goth?" all day o_O

12:38 pm

Yoink

Well my mum has always called all of us by our wrong names, I have been called my sisters' names and even our dog's name, though that has stopped since he died

12:38 pm

Anj

yay! just used the X in a word : D

12:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

Hi, everybody! are hamsters a a theme...or is it a remarkable coincidence?

12:38 pm

Miyavi_fan

...there's an X in there?

Oooh, I'm sharp

12:38 pm

Babbler

oh, you mean thtoopid people? ok.
*pulls sleeves back down again.... bit too cold today*

12:38 pm

EasternBlue

Towl...remarkable co-inky dink!

*just kiddin'*

HI!

12:38 pm

Miyavi_fan

Hey Temple! :)

12:39 pm

Babbler

hi T-Owl, hamsters are today's theme. (all in my biog!)
: )

12:39 pm

Anj

Hi Temple : D

Miy, why goth? I know lots of those and they don't cut themselves... They can get a bit creative with the kohl tho'.

12:39 pm

Yoink

Hi Temple :)

12:39 pm

EasternBlue

Yoink - you have my sympathies...

12:39 pm

Anj

Towl?? oh dear...

12:40 pm

EasternBlue

Anj - are you a teacher in "real" life??

12:40 pm

Miyavi_fan

Well, that's what I said! "what does being a goth have to do with anything?" ...In which case they called me a goth then ran away giggling.

Really quite weird

12:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

anj?

12:41 pm

Yoink

I got called a tramp once by some kids because I was walking along the street in my duffel coat with a can of beer

12:41 pm

Miyavi_fan

Wah...gotta go. We 'goths' obviously need our free time to go cut ourselves as usual :/ Yeah. Okay.

But in reality, dinner's up :D

12:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye, miyavi!

12:42 pm

Anj

EB sort of...but not in a school. In house trainer for a multi-nat. Trust me, teaching kids is a doddle compared with trying to convince a bunch of know-it-all adults that, well, actually they don't, which is why i'm standing in front of them.

12:42 pm

EasternBlue

Miya - enjoy your dinner...catch ya later!

12:43 pm

Yoink

Bye MF, enjoy :)

12:43 pm

EasternBlue

Anj - I was a corp. trainer for over 10 years...I've since moved into project management!

12:43 pm

Anj

later Miya : )

Temple, I was just shaking my head at your new short name lol

12:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

lol anj! so true....

12:44 pm

EasternBlue

Anj - I usually type in T-Owl...missed the hyphen & 'big' O...

12:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes - who did that? someone started that yesterday!

12:44 pm

Anj

EB, gi's a job then ; ) Got to get back on the career ladder in the new year *sighs*

12:44 pm

EasternBlue

*sheepishly raises hand for today*

sorry...what do you prefer?

12:45 pm

EasternBlue

Anj - gi??

12:47 pm

Anj

EB, it's a contraction of 'give-us' popular amongst certain scriptwriters over here...

12:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

anything's fine, really, eb - just fell like a piece of linen...actually, both my first and last real names are constantly misspelled so it's no big deal!

12:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

gotta go - meeting! bbl

12:48 pm

Yoink

anyone got a hint for the we6 before I go for my dinner?

12:50 pm

Norad

Yoink...we/6... WMD...biological, etc.

12:51 pm

Babbler

yoink - you could hit yourself over your head with this, but I wouldn't recommend it....

12:51 pm

Jera

Whoo-hoo! Just started snowing here!!

12:52 pm

mollie90

Norad a gun is a ......

12:52 pm

Anj

Hi Jera : )

I'm not liking the As... } (

12:52 pm

Yoink

Got it, thanks guys, should have seen that one.

bbl

12:54 pm

Deutsch

Hi, bye, Yoink,
Hi anj, jera, temple, babbler, norad, mollie and the rest!
Lola?

12:55 pm

Deutsch

Jera, It's snowing there? How much. I'm in Baltimore

12:55 pm

Anj

Hi Deutsch : )

I think Lola is here in grid only just now... : (

12:55 pm

Jera

Sorry, i couldn't find a hamster pic I liked... wish I knew what I did with the ones I took of Sprite's she used to have... cute black bear one...

12:55 pm

EasternBlue

Anj...aaahhh...unfortunately, my co. is downsizing...

12:55 pm

Jera

Just started here, fairfax area... I saw a lot of MD schools were closing early... not us yet...

12:57 pm

EasternBlue

T-Owl - didn't mean to imply you were a washcloth...
(Sorry!)
Talk to you later!!

12:57 pm

Anj

EB, aren't they all : /

I'm leaving the job-hunt for the new year now tho'

I feel a cool yule coming on : D

12:58 pm

Sign

MD schools are closing early? That's odd there isn't even any snow falling yet

12:58 pm

EasternBlue

Anj - that's the spirit...
When you least expect it, the opportunities abound!

12:58 pm

Deutsch

Sign, snow MAY come down. good enough to close MD schools. Need to do some checking bbl

12:59 pm

EasternBlue

bye Deutsch!

1:00 pm

Jera

I think so... maybe they were just cancelling evening stuff... it wasn't me so I wasn't paying very close attention...

1:01 pm

efor1124

can anyone give clues for:
ha6/21
ha5/20
he5/14 (i have the one that means piles)
thank you!! :)

1:01 pm

Jera

Whoo-hoo I found a hamm-hamm!

1:01 pm

EasternBlue

lunchtime is over - back to work!

see you later!

1:02 pm

Babbler

soz, efor, I don't have those myself yet.... : /

1:03 pm

Deutsch

I'm back now. What did I miss?

1:05 pm

efor1124

guessed & got the ha5/20 & he5/14... just need the ha6/21

1:06 pm

Deutsch

Jera, I see you found a hamster. good for you!

1:11 pm

pthomp

any clues on the 10 letter?

1:12 pm

Babbler

ga10/91

but get your an8 and an9 first. then don't overthink for the 10.....

1:14 pm

pthomp

thanks, got it. But anyone know what it means?

1:17 pm

Anj

...not a clue. Even the Internet is being a bit coy about that one. Maybe it just means big melons...

ROFLMAO!!! : ' D

1:17 pm

Babbler

type of gauntlet

1:17 pm

torgone

It seems to be an old form of "Gauntlet"

1:18 pm

Babbler

efor - did you find that ha6/21? i've been looking for it since you asked......... can't see it! :/

1:20 pm

Anj

...eh? Gauntlet?? My pesky lead took me a-tiptoeing thru' the cantaloupes...

1:21 pm

efor1124

yeah, just guessed again! :)
proper def: heart, liver, and other edible viscera of an animal

1:21 pm

Babbler

anj- american heritage dictionary......

1:22 pm

mamabear

HI all!!!! Happy Monday (choke, gag, cough)......
Don't know if I'm going to play today - just popping in to say hello..... and didn't want to waste my perfectly good teddy bear hamster photo!!!!!

1:22 pm

Anj

Hi Mama : )

1:22 pm

Babbler

*flies over to Mamabear for a desperately needed ginormous cuddly comfort hug*

hello....... : )

1:22 pm

Deutsch

Hi Mama!

1:23 pm

mamabear

hi Anj!!!!

1:23 pm

Miyavi_fan

Go go go!

I meant hello

1:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi, mama! *hug*

1:24 pm

mamabear

Hi Deutsch!!!
*mamabear runs over to greet Babbler with a great big teddy bear hamster hug (they come in all sizes)*
you ok?

1:24 pm

mamabear

Hi Temple Owl *hug back*
Hi Miyavi

1:24 pm

Deutsch

Hi Mayavi!

1:24 pm

Babbler

yeh, Mamabear..........well........ hit the Babble wall.... you know how it is! : )

how's your day going?

1:25 pm

Miyavi_fan

Hellooo :)

Go! Go! Go! (sorry, annoying song in my head)

1:25 pm

Babbler

but happy to see my Mamabeeeeeaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr!! !

:D:D:D:D:D:D xxx

1:26 pm

Anj

Hiya MIya : D

Go?? where??

1:26 pm

mamabear

Yeah, I saw how big the thing was and I know I won't have enough time today to devote to it, so I might not even tease myself with it..... didn't play yesterday either...... might have to pursue therapy.

1:26 pm

mamabear

I'm happy to see you, too Babbler!!!!!!! *wink*

1:27 pm

Norad

efor, thx for the ha6 clue...I was going to eat lunch, now maybe I'll fast...that brings me to 200, I'm out of here, thx for all the help fellow babblers, good luck on the big grid

1:27 pm

Babbler

I noticed you weren't here yesterday.... : (
I wasn't going to play.... but then I entered a word "by accident"..... ooops!!
do you like my icon? I drawed it by myself!!!!! :D

1:28 pm

Deutsch

Babbler, you drew your icon? I'm impressed and it's very cute!
dog having a spas, BBL

1:31 pm

mamabear

This weekend was a blur. Christmas shopping and yesterday was rehearsal for our annual Christmas Concert - which is on Sunday.... you're hamster drawing is adorable!!! I know Easternblue draws icons too. I don't know how to do that.... *puts lip out*

1:32 pm

Babbler

lol - put your lip back! go to start, accessories, and you'll see Paint or equivalent. : ) EB inspired me!

1:33 pm

Miyavi_fan

Anj, wherever you want! Sorry, Meguru's fault. He does this to me.

1:34 pm

Anj

Meguru? I know i'm going to regret this, but (lol!) who's Meguru???

1:34 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi everyone!!

Mama -- your absence was felt last night!
*Hug*

1:35 pm

Babbler

hi GW *hugs* : )

1:35 pm

mamabear

awwww geee, GW *mamabear looks down and kicks at a paperclip on the floor*

1:36 pm

Miyavi_fan

Hey Woulf! :)

Anj (*hiding cheesy grin*) Meguru is some guy out of Panikku Channeru (please don't ask) with a really addictive voice. Sounds like a deep toddler

1:36 pm

GreyWoulf

Couldn't find a hamster that worked for me, so instead I'm grinning looking at all the snacks running around me ;D

1:37 pm

GreyWoulf

*Hugs for Babbler and Miy*

1:37 pm

mamabear

LOL, GW!!!! You can't catch me......zzzzzzzzziiiiiiipppppp ppppppppppppppp, nana nana poo poo!

1:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

hey gw!

1:37 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi, Temple -- ready for more snow?

1:38 pm

Babbler

mine's inedible, GW..... !! :D

1:38 pm

Miyavi_fan

Yay :D I like hugs :D

Anj, a sample being "I beelee what you say Soonday, I be wiz wa-wa!" God knows what he was attempting to say!

1:38 pm

Anj

Hi GW : ) *proffers manly handshake*

Miya, Panikku Channeru? How deep does THIS rabbit hole go???

1:39 pm

Miyavi_fan

Woulf, I'm not sure how well the fans would take it if you ate X Japan's guitarist!

1:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

gw : % P

1:39 pm

GreyWoulf

Hello, Anj -- *takes hand in firm grip and pulls in for a friendly hug*fdd

1:39 pm

mamabear

He'd have to use an eraser instead of his teeth!!!!!

1:40 pm

GreyWoulf

Baby is helping me type, can you tell? ad s

1:40 pm

Babbler

*Babs in stitches cos Anj has to hug a fella*

1:40 pm

Ouwachita

DONE>>>>anyone need a clue???

1:40 pm

Anj

Help! I'm being hugged! : D

1:41 pm

Christa

welcome lizard

1:41 pm

EvaNadine

*runs in and rugby-tackles anj*

1:41 pm

Babbler

BRAVO Ouwachita !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1

hats off to you! :D

1:41 pm

mamabear

just go with it, Anj!!!!!!

1:41 pm

GreyWoulf

Babbler -- I've actually been inspired by Nemo -- my new motto is "Hamsters are friends -- Not food!"

1:41 pm

Miyavi_fan

Anj, apparently it's Japanglish for Panic Channel. If they want to say something which there aren't words for in Japanese, you just double random letters and add a U on the end :/ Miyavi changed the word Nightingale to Naichingeruu.

1:42 pm

Babbler

you're gonna be a very hungry wolf this winter, GW!

1:42 pm

Anj

Oh, Engrish, now I understand that : )

1:42 pm

nava

hello, daeng, are you there?

1:42 pm

mamabear

following that motto will make you a scant woulf!!!!

1:43 pm

Babbler

Ouwachita, if you wouldn't mind, I'd love a clue for
sp 6/ 21
sp 5/ 12
they're at the bottom of the list.......... bugged me for hours! ty so much :)

1:43 pm

GreyWoulf

If I were to be reliant on HAMSTERS in the wild, just how well fed do you think I'd be, folks?
:D

1:44 pm

mamabear

details, details....

1:44 pm

Miyavi_fan

:D The universal language. Though when a Japanese guy on a forum thought "Spank" was another term for Snack, that's when it starts to go wrong

1:44 pm

Deutsch

Ahh, I'm back and see the woulf has joined us.
Hi everyone!
My dog says bark!

1:45 pm

mamabear

Hi Deutsch!
Woof to dog!

1:45 pm

nava

how is the puzzle today everyone? i stopped lastnight at 141 and now nothing seems to be jumping out at me.

1:45 pm

Anj

Hi Deutsch : )

My cat says 'WOOF' : )

1:46 pm

mamabear

nava - this is how far I'VE gotten...
(No words entered yet)

1:46 pm

pbr

any clues for the second ca6 -- I have the roman one

1:46 pm

Miyavi_fan

Woulf, just as long as you stay away from my icon as well! If you eat him, the fans will be upset :)

1:46 pm

Babbler

it's like wading through thick mud, nava.... :/

1:46 pm

EvaNadine

yipes...perhaps my hamster lifted a bit too much iron...
did i knock out anj when i tackled him??

1:46 pm

katmayo

sp 5/12 sp + another name for beer.

1:46 pm

lizard

hi, I just signed on for the first time. My sister is teaching me the proper way to play. so far I think this is the best.

1:47 pm

GreyWoulf

miy - i'd just be hungry in an hour anyway... ;)

1:47 pm

pthomp

ga4-6 dinner menu: ee4-4, an8-45, ca5-14, ha6-24, pe4-4 & sl4-4 ge6-24

1:47 pm

Miyavi_fan

*big cheesy grin* I know a girl with a cat called Spanky :D

1:47 pm

Anj

pbr, i've just got a ca6 - Truman Ca......

1:47 pm

movieman

Anyone like my icon....?

I like to think it's what Bruce Lee would be like if he'd been reincarnated as a hamster....lol

1:48 pm

Deutsch

Anj, give your cat a pet from me. It's good to be bilingual. My cat is busy getting into trouble at the mo!

1:48 pm

mamabear

LOL GW!!!!!
On THAT note, I better get back to work!!!!
Have a good day everyone..... *hugs to all... esp GW & Babbler*

1:48 pm

Babbler

i like your icon, movieman/punster. : D

1:48 pm

Deutsch

Later mama! (((hugs back)))
nice icon, movie!

1:49 pm

pbr

Anj--thx bunches

1:49 pm

Babbler

:'( .. *waves tearful b'bye to Mamabear*

1:49 pm

Miyavi_fan

*pulls Hide away from Woulf* noooo!

Oh wait, he's already dead...

1:49 pm

GreyWoulf

So long, Mama - try not to work too hard!
(*Big Hug*)

1:49 pm

pbr

anj -- the other one is a type of salad

1:50 pm

Anj

Cheers pbr - good trade : )

1:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye, mama! c u tomorrow!

1:52 pm

Babbler

thx katmayo, but I already had that one. do you happen to have the one at the bottom of the list? seems to be eluding me.... :/ ty

1:53 pm

Anj

...later Mama : )

1:53 pm

Miyavi_fan

Okay, one thing I'll say about Panic Channel. A man called Tara. o_O

1:55 pm

Anj

Miya, there are a lot worse handles for a bloke going. Mind you Tara is pretty tame for j-rock.
Esmerelda would be more of a challenge : D

1:55 pm

sherb

evening all :)

Babs - sp5 - is it the one that sounds like the German for 'play'? (remember 'Jeux sans Frontieres'?)

1:56 pm

Babbler

hi sherb : D

thx.......... lemme see if i can find it..... *concentrates*.....

1:56 pm

Anj

oooh, it plurals as well : ) Cheers Sherb

1:56 pm

Miyavi_fan

Riiight...I don't know why Kyo doesn't mention it more in interviews :)

He looks like a girl though. Like Ancafe's Bou *shudders*

1:56 pm

Deutsch

Hi sherb!

1:57 pm

Babbler

ANJ!!! that was fast!!! gizza clue!! spell it out for me pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez zz ??

purrrrty pleeeeez?

1:58 pm

sherb

hi Deutsch! :) howya doing?

1:58 pm

Deutsch

thanks, to you, sherb, only 221 left to find! LOL

1:58 pm

beebee

hey everyone

1:59 pm

Deutsch

Hi beebee!

1:59 pm

Babbler

: (..... I'm the only one who doesn't gettit.......*sigh*

1:59 pm

Anj

Babbler, King of DJs, John... *GRHS* with an S on the front : ) ...and then the end : D

1:59 pm

beebee

i see there's alot of words today

2:00 pm

sherb

Babs - also sounds like what surrounds an orange ;)

2:00 pm

Babbler

humph! tried everything BUT THAT!!!

*strops off to have dinner*

(thx Anj! :D )

2:00 pm

beebee

deutsch- your hamsters are cuuuuuuute

2:00 pm

Anj

...and, regrettably, bolivian unicyclists jockstrap don't figure at all : /

2:00 pm

sherb

welcome beebee...bijou...

2:01 pm

Babbler

I'm at 250 words right now...... and I feel very nervous!
I feel I have to hit 'save' or something!!! LOL! :D

2:01 pm

beebee

sherb- my son use to love hamtaro

2:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

anj...how about a clue for those across the pond : )

2:01 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi, beebee & sherb!

2:02 pm

Miyavi_fan

...did I just see the word jockstrap?

2:03 pm

sherb

hi GW :)

Miy - is that Yoko Ono? *ducks behind the sofa*

2:03 pm

Anj

Temple, he DJ'd over there as well...in fact it's where he got his taste for decent music.
As Sherb said, apple or orange p.... (skin) with added s : )

2:03 pm

Miyavi_fan

Sherb, don't worry, you can come out :) It's a, um, guy. Hide...Hideto :)

2:03 pm

torgone

T-owl - "Takes a nap" backards

2:04 pm

beebee

hey GW- how's your daughter? i hope she's better.
Where is your hamster?

2:06 pm

lola100

Hi guys, I'm back :)

2:06 pm

judierae

<<<<<<<<<I'm done

2:06 pm

sherb

ok, the prize for hamster of the day has to go to torgone...Hamster MC, cool...!

2:06 pm

Anj

*Anj dives on Lola and gives her a big 'missed-you' hug*

Hi babe (((xxx))) : D

2:07 pm

beebee

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa judi

2:07 pm

72 Temple Owl

hey lola! and bee bee, judiirae, torgone ty

2:07 pm

GreyWoulf

beebee -- my daughter is doing great -- she was fully recovered by Saturday - thx for asking ;)

as for the icon -- I explained it earlier -- I'm being amused by the antics of snacks :D

2:07 pm

beebee

hey temple- how's it going?

2:07 pm

Deutsch

Hi Lola!
WTG Judie!

2:08 pm

lola100

Hi babe! Missed you too (((((xxx))))

2:08 pm

Miyavi_fan

Hey Lola :)

Hmm...can't find a picture of a hamster that isn't sickeningly sweet and cutey. Will a shot of Kyo's slightly venemous bad-tempered gerbils do instead?

2:08 pm

sherb

*waves from a discreet distance* hi lola :)

2:08 pm

Anj

Woot! Judi : )

Miya, they sound OK lol. Are they cosplay gerbils??

2:10 pm

Miyavi_fan

Not cosplay gerbils...just, you know the thing about how dogs are supposed to look like their owners? Kyo's gerbils look like him :/

2:10 pm

lola100

Anj, are you finished yet babe?

2:11 pm

Anj

No, but iv'e found 226 in 2 hours : )

I've also found that I'm not too keen on the letter A anymore... : /

Miya, at least we know what to expect then lol : )

2:12 pm

Miyavi_fan

yup! I just didn't realize a gerbil could look so pyschopathic *runs off to try and find picture*

2:13 pm

lola100

Know what you mean. For the life of me I cannot see the ap5/12 or ap6/21. Can anyone help, please?

2:13 pm

72 Temple Owl

has everyone seen the hamster dance website? anj, the badger one reminded me of it...

2:13 pm

Uneaixoise

ap5/12 is a dangerous sleep disorder related to one's breathing

2:13 pm

sherb

sorry, I'm leaving the A's til last...what kind of a gameplan was that?!

2:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

lola - a sleep disorder - when you wake up to grab a breath...

2:14 pm

Uneaixoise

ap6/21 is the plural

2:14 pm

Anj

ap5/12 is also a ski resort in Colorado...

2:14 pm

Miyavi_fan

*returns to chat log shell-shocked* Note for future. Do not...repeat, do NOT...google "Kyo's Gerbils". NO good comes of it

2:15 pm

sherb

oooh, good clues for the A's...thanks folks :)

2:15 pm

lola100

Tahnks guys :)

2:16 pm

Anj

eeek! skip mine...that's an as5/12 : (

2:16 pm

lola100

Or rather *thanks*....cold meds must be working :)

2:17 pm

Uneaixoise

assumed you were just being a funny guy . . .

2:18 pm

Anj

Temple Nooooo, don't do it.

Dancing hamsters are dangerous lol

2:18 pm

Deutsch

Babbler, are you still here? I finally got your ge10 clue!
Thanks!

2:18 pm

lola100

lol, I actually swapped the p and the s around to see if it would work babe!

2:18 pm

Anj

No Une, just a C- floating in an A pond : /

2:19 pm

mab

Hi everyone. hi Une! Why hamsters today?

2:19 pm

Deutsch

Hi Mab!

2:20 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, mab!

2:20 pm

mab

Hi Deutsch! How did your upper gi go?

2:20 pm

lola100

Hi mab! The hamsters where atalante's idea, not sure why :)

2:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

anj - there's a hamster dance 2 now...sort of a hamster macarena....i could post the link...

2:22 pm

mab

Oh right. I was thinking Une for some reason. Mine is a bit distorted due to the image not being square enough.

2:22 pm

lola100

Oh go on temple...you know you want to! :D

2:22 pm

GreyWoulf

speaking of hamsters and badgers --- I hope everyone has seen the Santa Badgers ;)

2:22 pm

Deutsch

*gives mab a big hug* (((((mab)))))
You were right. It was nothing to fear. Even the drink stuff wasn't bad. All done in 40 minutes.
LOL
thanks for your encouragement!

2:23 pm

Uneaixoise

my day was aliens

2:23 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi, Mab!

2:23 pm

Miyavi_fan

Santa Badgers?!

2:23 pm

mab

Oh good! I hope you get a good result.

2:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

gw - i couldn't get on it the day jac posted it - could you repost?

2:24 pm

GreyWoulf

Miy - they did the Badgers flash up for Christmas

2:24 pm

Deutsch

thanks, Mab!

2:24 pm

boreetos

hello again.

2:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

deutsch - did you watch? so cool

2:24 pm

lola100

*sigh* I shall probably need the fish for this one but I have looked and looked and cannot see the et6 :(
Please help??

2:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi boreetos...btw has anyone seen jacs?

2:25 pm

Deutsch

Hi boreetos!
Yes, Temple. It was cool!

2:25 pm

lola100

Hi boreetos! :)

2:25 pm

Miyavi_fan

Woulf, again...?! What badgers?

2:25 pm

mab

Hi boreetos! Cute hamster! But are they supposed to be green? (I kid, I know it's not a hamster)

2:25 pm

GreyWoulf

Here you go Temple -- http://www.ebaumsworld.com/fla sh/santabadger.html

2:26 pm

boreetos

hi cap'n hamster!

2:27 pm

GreyWoulf

temple - Jac hasn't been around lately, but I got a message from her this AM saying she was back -- so I would expect to see her soon

2:28 pm

boreetos

yeah Jacula was in this morning. Around 11:30 post time. She was having curry. :)

2:28 pm

mab

Ah, the badger; so sweet in Wind in the Willows, yet so vicious in real life.

2:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty woulf - i was going to email you to ask but it came up with the santa badgers

2:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

: )

2:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

the sp's are giving me fits...sort of like a dancing hamster...

2:30 pm

GreyWoulf

And for those who are fans of the badgers and 'Kenya' there is alway the Badgers invade Kenya --
http://www.albinoblacksheep .com/flash/bkenya.php

2:30 pm

Anj

Miya:

http://www.ebaumsworld. com/
flash/santabadger.html

T he other link is:

www.badgerbadgerbadger.co m

2:30 pm

charliesmomuk

any one got clues on the a s

2:31 pm

mab

I must say, Miy, I'm a little alarmed to know there is a j-rocker that resembles a gerbil. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

2:33 pm

Miyavi_fan

ooooh, THOSE badgers. I think that badgerbadgerbadger site gives me seizures o_O thanks Anj :)

2:33 pm

GreyWoulf

Miy - sorry, I didn't mean to ignore you -- figured the follow up posts would serve the purpose

Anj - thanks for watching my back :)

2:34 pm

mab

Can you be more specific Charliesmom? Theres such a lot of them.

2:34 pm

boreetos

any clues on that lone a word from the bottom left corner?

2:34 pm

boreetos

Mushroom Mushroom!

2:35 pm

GreyWoulf

And for the Harry Potter fans there is:

http://thefifthdistrict.c om/potter/

2:35 pm

movieman

movieman (without punster) requires assistance...

The to7/28...

Cluez plz...

Gracias...

2:35 pm

Anj

y/w GW, and I hadn't seen the santa badgers lol

2:35 pm

mab

The aa4 that sounds like a man's name, boreetos?

2:37 pm

boreetos

mab, no I got that one, and it actually comes from the a above it. That's what I was confused. I think its the ar4.

2:37 pm

boreetos

no nevermind, mab, I have the ar4 already too.

2:38 pm

Miyavi_fan

Don't worry Woulf :)

Mab...he's a weird j-rocker. Even by j-rock standards

2:38 pm

boreetos

it must be an ax word.

2:39 pm

boreetos

yea, i found it. thanks anyhow! :)

2:39 pm

mab

Both sound like a car part. One is spelled properly and the other is a homonym.

2:39 pm

GreyWoulf

boreetos - it looks like a var spelling of the shaft on a car that the wheels attach to

2:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

am missing the last sp5/12 - may i have a clue please?

2:41 pm

sherb

Temple - sp5/12 - what you did with your money when you went shopping ;)

2:42 pm

GreyWoulf

Help with the wa6/30, pls?

2:42 pm

boreetos

ok, i got the first one, and it definatley sounds like a car part, but the other? a homonym? dual meanings? What are the meanings?

2:43 pm

GreyWoulf

boreetos - it IS the car part

2:44 pm

GreyWoulf

Someone pass the fish to boreetos!

2:44 pm

boreetos

ok, the one I've got has two of the same vowel in the first and third spots, and it sounds like a car part. How is the other one different?

2:44 pm

boreetos

yeah and hit me in the face with it. Sheesh. thanks I am thick!

2:45 pm

sherb

GW - it means 'wrestle', and it begins with a conflict...

2:45 pm

boreetos

i've got it, thanks people. Your patience is very appreciated.

2:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

boreetos hand me that fish....

2:46 pm

boreetos

*hands over fish after a hellacious beatdown*

2:46 pm

GreyWoulf

LOL, boreetos and Temple :D

We all get our turn ;)

2:49 pm

lola100

Yay! I'm all done :)

2:50 pm

GreyWoulf

Thanks, sherb - now my W's are done at least :)

2:50 pm

boreetos

good jeorb Lola!

2:50 pm

Lupe613

Lola - did you get the et6?

2:50 pm

Anj

81 to go and i'm about to turn to the 2nd letter listing...

Well done Lola : ) Can you be patient for a while??? lol

2:50 pm

mab

Brava Lola!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2:51 pm

Lupe613

nevermind! Congrats!

2:51 pm

sherb

well done lola! I still have 89 to go...just not concentrating today...

2:51 pm

Miyavi_fan

Nice one Lola! :)

2:51 pm

Deutsch

Yea! for Lola!

2:51 pm

Deutsch

I'm closing in with only 201 left to find!

2:52 pm

Lupe613

LOL Deutsch

2:52 pm

Uneaixoise

congrats, lola . . . 65 to go . . .

2:52 pm

GreyWoulf

Good Job, Lola!!

114 to go here...

2:52 pm

lola100

Aw, thanks guys :)

Babe, you know I'm not a patient woman.... ;)

2:53 pm

movieman

Congrats lola..........if only I could finish as quickly....

2:53 pm

Karys

hello everyone......89 to go !!!

2:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

way to go, lola!

2:54 pm

Babbler

bravo Lola !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!

WOW !!! :D

2:54 pm

lola100

Well, I've got some other things to do on the computer, so I'll keep popping back onto the log to see if anyone needs any clues :)

2:54 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi, karys...

2:54 pm

lola100

Hi karys :)

2:54 pm

Anj

Hi Karys : )

2:54 pm

Lupe613

later lola...

2:55 pm

boreetos

any clues on the ga10?

2:55 pm

Karys

trying to finish the 'l's here..

2:55 pm

mab

Hi Karys. Big hamster.

2:55 pm

lola100

boreetos, add the an9 :)

2:55 pm

Miyavi_fan

Well, the word Machiavellism isn't in there. That's one worry off my list

2:56 pm

Karys

just had dinner mab !!!

2:56 pm

Anj

Boreetos, if you have the a8 or a9 you've got the g10 : )

2:56 pm

Deutsch

Hi Karys!
babbler gave a good clue for the ge 10. took me a while, but I finally got it! Still here, babbler? Thanks!

2:56 pm

Yoink

Hello again everyone

2:56 pm

boreetos

thanks! what a silly word!

2:56 pm

Babbler

......just got back : )
hi Deutsch!

2:56 pm

Deutsch

Hi Yoink!

2:56 pm

lola100

Hi yoink :)

2:57 pm

hurshy

hey folks - want to pass on a tip. another helpful website to use while babbling. it's www.morewords.com

2:57 pm

Babbler

hey Yoink ! :D

2:58 pm

boreetos

well, i've still got 180 words left to find. But its the end of my lunch break, so I'll see you all again at around 2:30pm WST. :)

2:58 pm

mab

Yoink, hi. Is your hamster holding nunchuks, or whatever those things are called. He's a ninja hamster. Cute.

2:59 pm

mab

Thanks hurshy.

2:59 pm

Yoink

Yeah Mab, you can get them in card shops and places like that, you squeeze it's paw and it sings "kung-fu fighting"

3:00 pm

mab

I think that might be too cute...

3:00 pm

Yoink

And it spins its nunchuck thingy round

3:02 pm

mab

Well, I guess I admire a hamster that can defend him or herself. Hamster power. Power to the hamsters.

3:02 pm

GreyWoulf

mab - it is, hearing a hamster voice shouting "heeya!" is just too much! :)

3:05 pm

Miyavi_fan

*fitting hamster-proof locks on the windows*

3:05 pm

mab

I'd be scared, gw.

3:05 pm

mab

Oh, sensible Miyavi.

3:05 pm

GreyWoulf

mab - fear is the mind killer

3:05 pm

Deutsch

girl hamsters like boy hamsters with skills!

3:06 pm

movieman

Yoink - I think your hamster and mine should team up, they'd make an excellent kung-fu fighting duo...lol...

3:06 pm

lola100

deutsch, they also like them in uniform :)

3:07 pm

mab

It's good to have skills to fall back on in case being cute and fuzzy doesn;t work for one.

3:07 pm

pbr

any help with en7?

3:07 pm

Deutsch

LOL, Lola! Is that a conductor's baton in your little paw!

3:09 pm

lola100

deutsch, no! My little fellow is in westpoint uniform I think and has a cute little sword :)

3:09 pm

Miyavi_fan

I have the strangest urge to go create a j-rock hamster

3:09 pm

Yoink

Yeah Movieman, they could be a killer combo!

3:10 pm

GreyWoulf

Miy -And you are resisting - why?

3:10 pm

lola100

pbr, it builds off your en4/4. Think passing ph*** and add the last three letters :)

3:11 pm

Yoink

LOL, there is also a bride hamster that sings "chapel of love" and a "dancing hamster party girl" that sings "Party all the time" (whatever that is)

3:11 pm

Miyavi_fan

*hugs Woulf* I have always loved you for your sinceriosity. And I must go make my j-rock hamster!

3:11 pm

Miyavi_fan

I'll call him Spanky

3:12 pm

Deutsch

Of course, Lola! How could I been so blind?! lol

3:12 pm

GreyWoulf

And, of course, there is the Groundhog that dances to 'I'm all right" from Caddyshack

3:13 pm

pbr

loloa100 thx

3:14 pm

Anj

...anyone for the last el6/21? I'm not getting anywhere...

3:14 pm

Babbler

any clues for the last pe 6/ 21, anyone, pls? ty

3:14 pm

mab

Such capable creatures. Who knew? Perhaps they can be trained in warfare so people don't have to do it.

3:14 pm

lola100

babe, add last vowel and a small insect :)

3:15 pm

Karys

Anj ...think 'fluent'

3:15 pm

Karys

not got there yet babbler !!

3:16 pm

lola100

babbler, add opp of few and first vowel :)

3:16 pm

Anj

Cheers babe, Karys.

Now I have to create a 'use the right bl**dy start letter' fish to beat myself with. I was looking top right and going spare : /

3:17 pm

mamabear

sometimes you just gotta say it.

3:17 pm

Babbler

lots of strange words today.......

thanks Lola! :D

3:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

hey ! management sending us home early so we can come in safely tomorrow (and do the work of all who decline to drive in snow) LOL ttfn!

3:19 pm

mamabear

where are you Temple?

3:19 pm

GreyWoulf

See you later, Temple!

3:19 pm

Miyavi_fan

Later Temple!

3:20 pm

mamabear

what a nice management you have!! Where I work, they would make us sleep at our desks for fear we wouldn't make it in the next day!!!!

3:20 pm

Karys

well....now....thats a very sad word don't you think..no6/21 !!!

3:20 pm

lola100

'bye temple :)

Hi mamabear :)

3:21 pm

lola100

karys, lol! Yes, I thought that when I found it!

3:21 pm

mamabear

hi Lola!!!
Drive safely, TempleOwl!

3:21 pm

Babbler

i'mjust about to look for that, karys..... !

3:21 pm

GreyWoulf

Lol, Mama ;D

3:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

mama - in philly but at lunch i heard no snow until maybe 9pm

3:21 pm

Karys

hi mama :)

3:22 pm

mamabear

Is my new icon up?

3:22 pm

Karys

babbler....it's very sad !!

3:22 pm

mamabear

hi karys!!!
SO, then they are letting you go home early on the THREAT of snow????? WOW!!!! Are there any job openings there???? LOL

3:22 pm

Babbler

gottit!!! LOL karys!! BRILLIANT clue! :D

3:23 pm

Karys

Babbler...lol

3:23 pm

Deutsch

Yes, mamabear. It's very cute.
Temple. Nothing here in baltimore. supposed to stay south, form what I hear. Safe drive, though!

3:24 pm

mab

It's nice to be indispensible, isn't it mama? That's how they should make you feel, but I'm sure they don't.

3:25 pm

mamabear

yes, mab, that would be nice, but hardly the case...

3:26 pm

mamabear

speaking of work.....
buh-bye

3:26 pm

Babbler

*waves b'bye to mamabear* :D

3:27 pm

Yoink

Bye Mamabear

3:29 pm

Karys

bye mama :)

3:29 pm

GreyWoulf

G'bye, MAMA

3:30 pm

Deutsch

bye, mama!
Karys, finally got your clue! lol!

3:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

mamabear - i for one truly do not understand...if you knew the industry you wouldn't either - but we will not close unless we have over a foot and even in those cases they would open late - the problem is no parking and we are in the city so it leaves few options...(i think it's wimpy)

3:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

oooh - bye, mama and everyone!

3:30 pm

Karys

good for you Deutsch !!

3:32 pm

GreyWoulf

Karys - agreed -- very sad indeed! ;D

3:32 pm

Karys

LOL...Grey !!

3:33 pm

Babbler

le6/24 anyone pls? ty

3:34 pm

Karys

Babbler....limb..a..plus foot digit minus last letter !!!

3:34 pm

pbr

I'm missing ga5/24, 9/72,10/91 any clues? pls

3:34 pm

Babbler

ty karys!! :D

3:38 pm

Yoink

Grr, I've been searching for a t for about 20 mins as the pic showed me needing one more but I was sure I had them all. So I refreshed and the box went grey. *sigh*

3:39 pm

Babbler

pbr - if you have the an8 and an9, you'll get the ga's.

don't have the ga5/24 yet.... sorry :/

3:40 pm

Babbler

ahem.... yes I have.... use the x

3:41 pm

Miyavi_fan

Grey?! Did I see the word Grey?!

*calm down*

Okay, I'm off to create my Shinya-hamster :D

3:43 pm

Babbler

anyone got the the last la5/12 pls? ty

3:45 pm

Babbler

n/m... found it

3:50 pm

speedfreak

Really was going to decorate and not start this puzzle but then I entered the first word......and I'm off!!

3:50 pm

Deutsch

Hi speed!

3:51 pm

GreyWoulf

LOL, speedfreak -- that how it always starts.... ;D

3:51 pm

aknitter

hey speedfreak, ready for the snow???

3:51 pm

Karys

Hi speed....thinks we all very industrious at the moment !!

3:53 pm

sherb

*bangs head on desk*...that b****y volcano again!!!

3:53 pm

lola100

Hi speed :)

3:53 pm

Karys

know just what you mean sherb !!!

3:54 pm

Deutsch

aknitter, Hi! We have a little snow on the ground here, but none sticking to sidewalks and streets. Where are you?

3:54 pm

Anj

Hi Speed : )

3:55 pm

Babbler

that's how i started today, speed...... : )

3:55 pm

aknitter

Hi Deutsch -- massachusetts, waiting for the snow to come up the coast, and u?

3:56 pm

Karys

oohh...look....I want 'poleaxe' !!

3:56 pm

Babbler

lol! I AM poleaxed! ........ *gibbering wreck type noises*

3:58 pm

Babbler

tee hee..... I want gateau LOL!

3:58 pm

Deutsch

aknitter, I'm down here in Baltimore. They closed most of the schools already. People panic here, they're not used to it like you hearty lot! LOL

3:58 pm

sherb

or even gateaux, lol!

3:58 pm

Yoink

Babbler I tried gateaux several times not believeing that it wasn't there!

3:58 pm

Babbler

that too, sherb! :)

3:59 pm

aknitter

i am dreading tomorrow if my kids stay home, it is my only day off and i was looking forward to the quiet LOL

3:59 pm

Minski

Hi Aknitter. Where in MA are you from? I live North of Boston in Stoneham. Or have we had this conversation before and I don't remember? Either way I don't remember.

3:59 pm

aknitter

minski i live in plymouth, home of thanksgiving!

4:01 pm

Minski

Ah! Now I remember. We have indeed had this conversation. I grew up in Hingham and have never been to Plymouth Plantation although I have gotten lost in Plymouth a couple of times trying to avoid traffic jams on the way to the Cape.

4:01 pm

aknitter

4-8 inches of snow are heading my way -- ugh i am next to the cape cod canal

4:01 pm

Babbler

anyone got the last ga 5/ 14, pls? ty
I have to call my Mum, wanna find it before I do.... : )

4:01 pm

Deutsch

Hi Minski! We're only suppoesd to get 2-4 here in baltimore, but that's enough to keep kids home and people screaming in the streets grasping their toilet paper! LOL

4:02 pm

Babbler

s'alright.... gottit...... off to call my Mum
back later :D

4:02 pm

GreyWoulf

Time for me to go - need to restock the larder [and NOT because of the snow, shelves are nearly bare ;) ]

I'll try to be back later-- only have 86 to go :)

(*Hugs to everyone*)

4:02 pm

mab

Babs, plural of ga4/6? Only one I have right now.

4:02 pm

aknitter

Deutsch -- i'll give you extra words if you keep the snow in baltimore

4:04 pm

Minski

Yeah. I've been following the news. We are in the 1 -3 inch area. Too bad. We wanted more so Hubby could call in sick and we could play in the snow with baby some more.

4:04 pm

Deutsch

Mab, another one from Mass.
*considers aknitter's offer*
I'll see what I can do! I'm from the midwest were we, too, can handle a few inches. Fun to watch the natives here panic!

4:05 pm

mab

And, Deutsch, the newscasters will be advising people not to leave there homes for any reason. Danger! Danger!

4:05 pm

aknitter

minski i will gladly send it up north, i truely believe that i was born in hawaii but by some cruel joke was switched at bith with a massachusetts kid. i hate the cold

4:06 pm

Minski

Deutsch ~ I went to American University in Washington DC for college and lived there for a few years afterwards. I remember well the reaction of that area to a few flakes of snow. RIDICULOUS!! Washington DC shuts down if there's even the threat of snow.

4:06 pm

granadan

babbler - its one of those prisons.....

4:07 pm

mab

It is expected, an inch here in the wild west of Mass.

4:07 pm

Deutsch

Yes, I was shocked my first winter here when everything closed for the THREAT of snow!

4:08 pm

granadan

Are we on a hamster day? Do I have to go and photograph Roger?

4:09 pm

Deutsch

granadan, yes, it's hamster day. I'm running for president.

4:09 pm

aknitter

i'm off to prepare dinner, there are hungry faces staring at me!!

4:09 pm

Minski

Mab
I love the western part of MA. Hubby and Paigey and I spent Memorial Day Weekend (our anniversary weekend) out there. Stockbridge, Great Barrington, Lee, etc. The Norman Rockwell Museum. Old Sturbridge Village (aobut 1/2 way between you and me) and otehr places. I also went to grad school at UMASS Amherst so love the area. Where out there are you?

4:10 pm

mab

So true. In DC school and business closings are announced before the snow. Now, right now, is the time to panic.

4:10 pm

Karys

back again...'phone calls get in the way !!

4:10 pm

aknitter

fair-well fellow massachusetts-ites. be back later to complete this beast

4:11 pm

Deutsch

I once had a student (college) tell me it LOOKED like ice was on the street so she couldn't drive in. There was no ice, only wetness!

4:12 pm

Deutsch

bye aknitter!

4:13 pm

Deutsch

back for more, Karys? I'm very slow today. 172 left to go.
sigh

4:13 pm

mab

I'm in Northampton, Minski. Started grad school in social work at Smith, but got sick. I have felt stuck here, unable to get back to DC or travel about the state. It's pretty here, but I long for the city.

4:14 pm

mab

Bye knitter.

4:14 pm

Karys

55 here Deutsch

4:15 pm

Deutsch

Aarg!

4:15 pm

Minski

Yeah. It is a bit far from Boston. I couldn't live out there again. It's just for visiting.

4:15 pm

Deutsch

*puts nose to keyboard*

4:15 pm

Minski

I still have 165 words left to find.

4:17 pm

mab

99 here and much determination.

4:19 pm

Yoink

94 here, anyone got a hint for the se8?

4:20 pm

Deutsch

*waits patiently next to Yoink for the clue*

4:20 pm

Blaze

back to the insanity.... only 204 left to find... but have all my g's done....LOL

4:21 pm

Deutsch

Hi blaze!

4:22 pm

Blaze

Hi Deustch how are you today?

4:22 pm

Karys

not got there yet....!!!....patience little ones !!

4:22 pm

trishtrash

someone gave the clue 'salt or ester' for the se8 earlier... I still don't have it, though, lol

4:23 pm

Babbler

top 2 rows

4:23 pm

Deutsch

doing fine, blaze! Watching the locals panic over non-sticking snow!

4:24 pm

Blaze

that's sounds like fun.... much likeVancouver then...

4:24 pm

lola100

se8, all the letters you need are in the top two rows. se plus three letter mans name (***ny henry for example) plus past tense 'to consume' :)

4:24 pm

speedfreak

Had to take phone call and change picture...never get this puzzle done!!

4:24 pm

trishtrash

ty, Babbler, that worked :)

4:25 pm

Yoink

Thanks Lola and Babbler, got it!

4:26 pm

Blaze

thanks for the se 8

4:27 pm

Deutsch

got it, too! Thanks

4:29 pm

lola100

Anj! How you doing babe?? :)

4:32 pm

Anj

17 to go babe : )

I would have already finished but i'm bopping about to iTunes and getting hopelessly distracted singing along lol

4:33 pm

movieman

Anj - I'm having the same problem with my over 2 days worth (!!) of rock tunes ripped into Media Player...

4:33 pm

lola100

lol, what you listening to then?

4:34 pm

Babbler

cocteau twins........... no wonder I'm the slowest one here.... :/

4:35 pm

lola100

Ooh, very chilled babbler :)
I'm listening to G'nR.

4:36 pm

movieman

I've currently got "Babe" by Styx on, but then it'll be "Baby I Don't Care" by Transvision Vamp...

4:37 pm

Babbler

choon, movieman!!!! :D

4:37 pm

artlady

Red Hot Chili Peppers...

4:38 pm

Anj

One of my megamixes...500 tracks on random play. Just now, Veruca Salt, Queenadreena, Thornley, Johnny Panic, Van Halen, Vines, Clutch, Misfits, Apoptygma Berzerk, Superdrag, Magic Dirt, Feeder, RFTC, Motorhead, Karnataka, Hanoi Rocks, Backyard Babies, October Project, Nine Black Alps, Audiovent, Rachel Stamp, Paradise Lost, Anna Nalick....

well, you did ask lol

4:38 pm

Babbler

flippin' eck.... should I switch to something more lively for my last lot? :D

4:38 pm

artlady

Oooh, it's a really BIG baby today!

4:38 pm

lola100

I love Transvision Vamp! *lola scurries off to find pop art*

4:39 pm

movieman

And after the Vamp, it's the live version of "Baby I Love Your Way" by the man, Pete Frampton...

4:40 pm

Babbler

my calves are still killing me from all that dancing yesterday.... : )

4:40 pm

lola100

*lola sings* I don't want your money, honey, I want your love!

4:40 pm

Anj

*thinks - that's just as well*

LOL! : )

4:44 pm

lola100

*singing still* Well, I love love love, I love the way you move, and I love love love, I love the way you g-g-g-groove, I love your motivation! Oh and I love your desperation!

4:45 pm

sherb

43 words left to find...and they're all A's...

4:45 pm

Babbler

cocteau twins.............. indecipherable....... : )

4:45 pm

lola100

babs, LOL! Er...yes :/

4:45 pm

Deutsch

good luck, sherb!

4:46 pm

movieman

*movieman wails like only he can*

ooh baby i love your way
every day
wanna tell you i love your way
wanna be with you night and day
hey.......

4:47 pm

sherb

thanks Deutsch... :)

4:47 pm

mab

You're golden Sherb.

4:47 pm

Babbler

i was gonna give it a try....
"something wrong with peter or with peter's sister"

but you wouldn't know what song i was on about, would you? :D

4:47 pm

boreetos

hey kids!

4:48 pm

Babbler

hey boreetos : )

4:48 pm

Deutsch

Hi boreetos!

4:48 pm

Yoink

Umm

"We are Add n to (x), welcome to our world"

4:48 pm

boreetos

i like your hamster babbler!

4:48 pm

sherb

why thanks you mab...take off the 'g' and you're close to how I'm feeling right now ;)

4:49 pm

Yoink

"bleep bleep bleepy bleep"

4:49 pm

lola100

*lola holds up lighter and sways to movieman's singing*

4:49 pm

Babbler

ooorrrrrrrr!! thanks boreetos!!! I did it.....
*big cheesy grin* :D

4:49 pm

boreetos

hi deutsch!

4:49 pm

boreetos

*Boreetos joins in Lola's Lighter tribute*

4:50 pm

Babbler

*Babs lights a fag*

4:50 pm

lola100

Hi boreetos! :)

4:51 pm

Deutsch

*deutsch hunts for a lighter*
Guess this was the wrong week to quit smoking!

4:51 pm

lola100

Hey babs, if that's wacky weed you'll soon understand all the CT words ;)

4:51 pm

Anj

*Anj lights a match*

4:51 pm

movieman

Everybody get ready, 'cos it'll be Bon Jovi with "Bad Medicine" in approx. 20 minutes from now...

4:51 pm

boreetos

hello again Cap'n Hamster!

4:51 pm

Babbler

wha'?? what CT words? whadda miss? *confused*

4:52 pm

lola100

movieman! That is my favourite Bon Jovi song!

4:52 pm

Babbler

oooh *lightbulb moment*

THOSE CT words............ ahem..... dunno what you mean!

*looks all innocent, starts whisting*

4:53 pm

lola100

cocteau twins...CT :)

4:53 pm

boreetos

my favorite Bon Jovi song is "Raise Your Hands" from the Spaceballs soundtrack.

"always when I'm eating."

4:54 pm

pbr

Babbler -- thx for the ga9/10 -- still have the one ga5 left..moving on through the alphabet , now to the H's

4:55 pm

Babbler

pbr - that ga5 biggie? stick an x on the end...

4:55 pm

Deutsch

gonna have to leave for a bit. Plus I have jury duty Tuesday, so if I don't make it make, see you Wednesday!

4:56 pm

lola100

'bye deutsch :)

4:56 pm

sherb

bye Deutsch...be wise :)

4:56 pm

boreetos

bye deutsch, have fun at Jury Duty.

4:57 pm

Babbler

bye deutsch : )

4:57 pm

mab

Bye Deutsch!

4:57 pm

Babbler

first ap5/14 pls, anyone? ty

4:57 pm

Yoink

Bye Deutsch

4:57 pm

Karys

bye Deutsch :).....going to get a large G & T now...see if it helps with last 25 !!

4:58 pm

Anj

later Deutsch : )

4:58 pm

Karys

ap 5/14....'a' plus a step

4:58 pm

sherb

Babs - ap5 - life moves on ap***, but I'm still trying to finish this puzzle! ;)

4:59 pm

Babbler

thank you guys!! :D

5:01 pm

Karys

looks like I have to empty dishwasher too....seems beyond the others in this household.....(not rocket science iis it ??)

5:01 pm

pbr

babbler - thx- don't know what it means, but it works for me

5:01 pm

sherb

...and now I've got foxes screaming in the garden...QUIET!!!!...don't they know I'm trying to finish...

5:03 pm

evanonut

karys, hate the dishwasher, avoid it if at all possible.

5:04 pm

lola100

Good heavens, it's 11pm already! I'm going to have to leave soon :(

5:04 pm

Anj

...throw it at the foxes Sherb...

5:04 pm

Karys

dont' mind the putting in....kitchen tidy....hate getting them out !!!

5:05 pm

evanonut

hate it every which way. husband gave up on me and does it himself. only do it when specifically asked.

5:06 pm

Karys

thats a good way to have it.....seems here 'tho it's a science only I understand....the others all stand around looking helpless !!

5:07 pm

Babbler

4..............

5:07 pm

evanonut

perhaps it is the guilt he feels sitting in his reclyner as i come home from a 10 hour day and sit down to work more.

5:07 pm

pbr

how bout ha6/21? pls

5:08 pm

Babbler

3............

2............

5:08 pm

Babbler

1..........

5:08 pm

Anj

...finished!

A woot! for me : D

5:08 pm

speedfreak

babbler I can do that to 305..304..303. LOL

5:08 pm

movieman

Look out, here it comes......................... .....

"Your love is like bad medicine"
"Bad medicine is what I need, woh-oh"
"Shake it up just like bad medicine"
"There ain't no doctor that can cure my disease"

5:08 pm

Karys

ok Anj....if thats what you want ....A WOOT !!!!

5:09 pm

boreetos

word anj.
congrats.

5:09 pm

Babbler

finished !!! :D

5:09 pm

Yoink

Nice one Anj

5:09 pm

lola100

Woot! Well done babe! :)

5:09 pm

speedfreak

woot

5:09 pm

Yoink

And Babbler

5:09 pm

Anj

Karys, that sounds like a dyslexic owl lol : )

5:09 pm

evanonut

so who choses the icon themes?

5:09 pm

lola100

Woo! Well done babbler! :)

5:09 pm

Babbler

bravo Anj !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!

:D

5:09 pm

Karys

oohh....WELL DONE babbler...:D !!!

5:09 pm

mab

Hurrah dear babbler!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brava!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:10 pm

Karys

well Anj...thats what you said you wanted !!!

5:10 pm

mab

And Anj!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:10 pm

lola100

*sings*I need a respirator 'cause I'm running out of breath
You're an all night generator wrapped in stockings and a dress
When you find your medicine you take what you can get
Cause if there's something better baby well thay haven't found it yet!

5:10 pm

Anj

awww thanks folks : ) 5 hours...would have been 4 but for the Monday Rock Show down here lol : )

*sings* I'm considering a move to L.A.*

There, some Art Brut for you : )

5:11 pm

boreetos

alright, well, I'm off. Back to work. Take care all, see you tomorrow!

and another congrats to the finished ones. good job kids.

5:11 pm

Babbler

evan - atalante chose today's theme : )

5:11 pm

Anj

Woooooot! for Babbler : )

Later Boreetos...

5:12 pm

lola100

'bye boreetos :)

5:12 pm

Anj

*Anj slow dances Lola towards the custard tub*

5:12 pm

evanonut

tx babble, it's all another reason to rue my not going pro.

5:12 pm

snowyowl

Talking of Owls! - Hi all - Congrats to all those who have finished!!!! Been cutting out fabric for dutch girls costumes for the twins. Did my usual foot in mouth and asked for fabric to make Dutch caps in the shop! Got the fabric when they'd all stopped laughing!

5:12 pm

sherb

*enters final word...and slumps on desk*... finished...only 16 hours after I started...

time for bed...bye all :)

5:12 pm

Babbler

only took me all day!!! wish I was supersonic....

5:12 pm

mab

Bye b! Hi E!

5:13 pm

mo

i desperately need clues for the ga9 and ga10 if anyone can help please

5:13 pm

Babbler

bravo sherb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!1

5:13 pm

lola100

Ooh babe! (((xxx)))

5:13 pm

Karys

Good for you sherb !!!....sleep happy now !

5:13 pm

mab

That's what's good about babble -- let's you brush up on your superpowers.

5:13 pm

Anj

yay! Sherb : )

Hi Snowy - sounds like you made someone's day lol : D

5:14 pm

Babbler

lol snowy!!! :D

5:14 pm

lola100

Hi snowy! ((x))

'bye sherb, and well done! :)

5:15 pm

speedfreak

Big Congrats to all who finished!!!

5:15 pm

mab

Hurrah Sherb!!!!!!!

Mo, don't overthink this, but use your g with the an8 and 9.

5:15 pm

lola100

mo, add your an8 and pluralise :)

5:15 pm

snowyowl

I'm not as bad as a friend of mine who sold 'genital' blue phones for whole of one day! ? - Gentian blue phone anyone?

5:16 pm

mab

ha ha ha! Snowy!

5:16 pm

smaller

thanks lola : )

5:17 pm

evanonut

hey, is anyone well acquainted with burns, and how to tell what stage a burn is?

5:17 pm

snowyowl

Every time I tell that (TRUE - I promise) story I get visions of elastic bands! OUCH

5:17 pm

mo

thanks so much mab and lola ....i would never have got those !!! ty ty ty

5:18 pm

lola100

evanonut, er...why??

5:18 pm

smaller

oops and thanks mab :)

5:19 pm

evanonut

lola, burnt myself yesterday, looks a little worse than most.

5:19 pm

Anj

Evanonut, if you're hearing:

My Luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June.
O, my Luve's like the melodie,
That's sweetly play'd in tune.

...it's the first verse ; )

5:20 pm

snowyowl

No evanonut but lots cold water and ring a doctor if you think its deep - Don't burst a blister if theres one & dont put anything except water on it

5:20 pm

Babbler

lavender oil is good for burns. but you need to find out what kind of burn you've got.

what happened?

5:20 pm

lola100

evanonut, I wouldn't mess around then. Go to a doctor, you don't want it to get infected.

5:21 pm

evanonut

had a run in with the wood burner, it turned crispy white.

5:21 pm

Babbler

how big? how deep? where?

5:22 pm

Anj

eek! OK, sorry for the bad poetic humour : /

5:22 pm

Babbler

the burn, not the wood burner!!

5:22 pm

evanonut

blotchy red all around it, never got to blister cause skin dragged away from it.

5:22 pm

evanonut

just on my finger, on the back

5:23 pm

Babbler

how have you treated it so far?

5:23 pm

lola100

*lola snogs Anj in the jacuzzi to keep him from any more bad poetic humour*

5:24 pm

evanonut

hit it with cold water for five minutes

5:24 pm

Babbler

Grey Woulf's wife is a nurse. if he comes in when you're on, ask him if he wouldn't mind asking her.

do you have any lavendar oil?

5:24 pm

snowyowl

I'd keep it dry and keep an eye on it Eva. Any sign of it getting slushy get it to the doctor. Would your pharmacist look at it for you? they will give advice here if you ask.

5:25 pm

evanonut

no lavender oil ;here

5:25 pm

evanonut

don't even have aloe. just keeping t clean

5:25 pm

Babbler

anything else antiseptic?

what does everyone think? honey is a natural antiseptic, but is it ok for burns?

5:26 pm

mab

eva, I would call doctor. Perhaps s/he can advise you over the phone.

5:26 pm

evanonut

well, i do have the generic neosporin

5:26 pm

Anj

According to sources, no nothing apart from cold water and medical treatment, especially for hand burns.
I would get it looked at Eva

5:27 pm

lola100

I'm with Anj on this one, get it seen to.

5:28 pm

Babbler

How are burns treated?

Immediately cool small burns under cold running water for at least ten minutes, or rinse chemical burns for 20 minutes. (Briefly rinse larger burns, avoid excessive cooling).

Remove clothes in the area of the burn. Then either wrap the burned area in a clean plastic bag or place a clean smooth material over the burn to prevent infection.

Minor burns can be treated at home with pain relief and sterile dressings (don't pop blisters). But deep or extensive burns, or burns to the face, hands or across joints, need to be fully assessed and treated in hospital.

5:28 pm

evanonut

i'll make the call about calling the dr. tomorrow

5:28 pm

Babbler

apologies for long post

5:28 pm

snowyowl

1sr Aid booklet says keep clean & dry Eva. I wouldn't put anything at all on it if you have an open wound. I think once you have new skin you could consider something soothing then

5:29 pm

evanonut

tx babbler, i rarely trust websites i find, cause how do i know if it is valid info

5:29 pm

Babbler

i went to bbc.co.uk/health. deffo can be trusted!!
:D

5:29 pm

pinecone05

I have put baking soda on my burns to take away the sting (of a minor kitchen burn)...I never understood why this works.

5:30 pm

evanonut

anywway, it sucks.

5:30 pm

Babbler

evan's skin came away, which is why i was worried about what to suggest

5:31 pm

Babbler

go see your doctor tomorrow, evan. don't wait.

5:31 pm

lola100

I have to get some sleep now. Goodnight everyone, see you tomorrow :)

'nite babe, sweet dreams, see you tomorrow (((xxx)))

5:31 pm

evanonut

and according to you guys i'm on the right track. that's what i wanted to know. i had been debating a bandaid, but i didn't think it would be a good idea.

5:31 pm

Babbler

nite Lola. sweet dreams!! : )

5:31 pm

snowyowl

Night Lola - sweet dreams

5:31 pm

Anj

Night Lola, take care babe (((xx))) : D

5:31 pm

evanonut

oops, except babbler

5:31 pm

mab

Sleep well, Lola.

5:31 pm

Yoink

Goodnight Lola :)

5:32 pm

evanonut

night-o lola

5:33 pm

pinecone05

that burn sounds painful evan...I hope you feel better soon.

5:34 pm

snowyowl

We have a dry dressing here Eva -it has a non stick side - its called melolin - would recommend that if you have similar. Burns are such a drag. Have taken to regularly burning my forearms on the oven & iron recently - someone asked if I'd been self harming!

5:34 pm

Babbler

tell us what the doc says tomorrow, evan. if you can't see him/her, just go to your local hospital, or the pharmacy as someone else suggested. yeah?

5:34 pm

evanonut

not as painful as i thought it would be. i can poke it without pain.

5:34 pm

Babbler

eeeuuuuwwwwww

*shudders* :)

5:35 pm

evanonut

not so sure i'm going. if it don't look worse, i'm not going. doesn't look infected or anything

5:35 pm

Babbler

you might have killed a few nerve endings. don't worry, they'll grow back.

5:36 pm

Anj

I've done a similar thing to a finger and it took weeks to heal : /

5:36 pm

Babbler

What are the symptoms?

There may be obvious and immediate damage to the skin, which may be very painful.

In partial thickness burns the skin may be pink, red or mottled and blistering may be seen. In full thickness burns the top layer of the skin is destroyed and may look white or black and charred. Most importantly, full thickness burns are painless as the nerves carrying pain signals have been destroyed.

5:37 pm

Babbler

go get help tomorrow.

signed,
Dr Babs

5:38 pm

evanonut

i still don't think it's quite that bad. it's kinda corpse white around where the skin came off, but i think its cause that skin is dead.

5:41 pm

EvaNadine

evening all.
:)

5:41 pm

evanonut

he he. dr. babs, i like that

5:41 pm

Yoink

Hi Eva

5:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi everyone...evan? you were burned?

5:42 pm

movieman

Guess what, everyone......................

*sharp intake of breath*

movieman's finished.....................

*awaits well-deserved applause*

5:42 pm

artlady

Well, Babs, you have many talents! Now, medicine!

5:42 pm

evanonut

i was burned temple, scared the crap out of my dog

5:42 pm

snowyowl

Hi Temple, Yoink & Evanadine!

5:42 pm

evanonut

CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP - TO MOVIE MAN

5:42 pm

artlady

This is a great place for help on a variety of topics.

5:42 pm

Karys

ooooooooo.....DONE !!!!!

5:42 pm

Yoink

Congrats MovieMEN! ;-)

5:42 pm

Babbler

bravo movieman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:42 pm

artlady

Wow, movieman, way to go!! I haven't started...

5:43 pm

Babbler

thx artlady! *chuckles* :D

5:43 pm

mab

eva, it sounds like the latter of Dr. Babs's descriptions. Don't let it go; talk to doctor on phone. Some hospitals have call-in service, usually a nurse, for advice.

5:43 pm

Babbler

ooops

bravo movieMEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!

(yeah you too, punster!) :D

5:43 pm

mab

Hurrah movieman/punster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:43 pm

Karys

good for you movieman..... :D

5:43 pm

snowyowl

Congrats movieman - It IS you is it?! lol Been Reading the back log!
Hi Artlady - how are you?

5:44 pm

speedfreak

evanadine: we picked the same icon....cute

5:44 pm

snowyowl

lol speed I think torgone & I did too!

5:45 pm

speedfreak

Movieman: Clap, Clap, (hoots and hollers) Clap, Clap

5:45 pm

EvaNadine

heh, earlier i had the one that snowyown has now...

5:45 pm

evanonut

i personally like karys icon

5:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

good job movieman!

5:46 pm

snowyowl

The hamster icon world is small - but perfectly formed!

5:46 pm

Karys

ahem....'scuse me....I finished too....!!!

5:47 pm

evanonut

clap clap CLAP CLAP CLAP KARYS!

5:47 pm

Yoink

Congrats Karys!

5:47 pm

Karys

ty evan....tis me on a 'fat' day !!!

5:47 pm

mab

Hurrah Karys, you're brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:47 pm

snowyowl

Congrats Karys !!!! No hope here - AGAIN!

5:47 pm

movieman

Thanks for all the plaudits, everyone.................

Now I suppose all that's left is to update the ole icon.......

(tweet, tweet)

5:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

yay karys! good job!

5:47 pm

speedfreak

Then Karys I have to say that is me every day!!

5:47 pm

Karys

ooohh...thank you all....feel so much better now....fur having a real good seeing too !!!

5:48 pm

Babbler

bravo karys !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!

5:48 pm

speedfreak

Congrats Karys Sorry did not see you finished also
clap, clap, clap (hoots and hollers)

5:48 pm

evanonut

KARYS - looks like my right butt cheek

5:48 pm

Karys

well ...yes ...speed I spose I could say that too....lol

5:49 pm

movieman

And in honour of "Birdy Tuesday", I have chosen a good ole EUROPEAN Robin........

'Tis the season and all that jazz........

5:49 pm

Karys

LOL...LOL...LOL...evan...:D... :O

5:50 pm

Karys

you mean I now got to spend hours looking for a dicky bird for tomorrow ?

5:50 pm

Babbler

oooh snap (almost), movieman! I'm just in Paint, trying to draw a robin!!! : D

5:50 pm

snowyowl

I can go back to my owl icon tomorrow - ty movieman - little effort required on my part, which is just as well!

5:51 pm

Karys

how do I do that babbler ?

5:52 pm

Babbler

i don't know whatyou have on your pc, but on mine, I go to Start, Accessories, and then Paint. There's usually some arty creative something in that menu.

5:52 pm

speedfreak

Karys: dicky bird??? sounds a litte dirty:)

5:52 pm

Anj

... a late Woot! to Movieman : ) Congrats.

Hi EvaNadine : D

5:52 pm

EvaNadine

ok, changed my icon...
dont match anyone now, do i?

5:52 pm

Babbler

.... then save it as a GIF or whatever Babble accepts, on your desktop, then upload it as your icon. : )

5:52 pm

Anj

...and an even later 'Woot!' to Karys : D well done

5:53 pm

Karys

oh dear speed...didn't mean to...honestly !!!

5:53 pm

artlady

Snowy..sorry about the delay. I'm doing laundry, babbling and making dinner...none of them very well!
I'm doing very well, thank you. How are you?

5:53 pm

EvaNadine

heh, delayed reaction, eh anj?
especially since i firs said hello to you about hours ago.
;)

5:53 pm

Karys

what about the size thing....does it just do that babbler ?

5:54 pm

Babbler

well, guys and gals, if my services are no longer required, I shall away till tomorrow! :D

nite all! xxx

5:54 pm

Karys

ty Anj....glad I got a woot !!

5:54 pm

artlady

Here I am, supposedly the arty one and I'm not changing my icon...I don't have time right now... maybe tomorrow!

5:54 pm

snowyowl

I'm fine thankyou Artlady - in the making costumes for the school play mode at the moment!

5:54 pm

Babbler

yes, karys, all appears to be quite magical! I don't do anything! : )

5:54 pm

artlady

Sleep well, Babbler!

5:54 pm

Yoink

Goodnight Babbler! :)

5:54 pm

speedfreak

Karys My mind is in the gutter, first a dicky bird, now you are questioning the size!!! LOL

5:54 pm

snowyowl

Night Babbler - see you tomorrow - sweet dreams

5:55 pm

Karys

thank you Babbler....goodnight..sweet dreams xx

5:55 pm

renfield

sleep well babbler 8)

5:55 pm

artlady

Oh, Snowy, I've been there! I made most of the costumes for Cinderella one year, for the 4th and 5th graders. That was a lonnnggg time ago, 'cause they don't do plays like that any more at my school.

5:55 pm

Karys

LOL...LOL...just shows where your mind is !!!

5:56 pm

speedfreak

babbler our icon queen have a great night!!

5:56 pm

cybernan

Hi all -- cute kitten, karys.

Back for my last 50

5:57 pm

Karys

went to see my 3 year old Grandsons first Nativity play on Saturday.....how times have changed since his Dad was little !!!

5:57 pm

mab

Hi cybernan!

5:58 pm

Karys

Hi cyber.....cyber it's supposed to be a hamster !!!

5:58 pm

KRISTINAROSE333

Does nayone have a clue for the an 8/45 and the 9/60... Please

5:59 pm

mab

(waving madly) Bye Babs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:59 pm

Karys

Kristina.......deer

6:00 pm

snowyowl

Haven't they just Karys - Our twins changed history in their Nativity the year they were 3. The teacher wanted one of them to be Mary - couldn't bear to seperate them and so we had 2 Marys and 2 baby Jesus as well - on stage at the same time !

6:00 pm

Karys

ooohh..nice one snowy !!

6:01 pm

mollie90

kris - animals like deer, 9 is plural

6:01 pm

brandyjack

An8/45, impala's, pronghorn's, ibix etc....
G8/60, same thing with an extra letter in front

6:01 pm

evanonut

oy, i'm trying to work here

6:02 pm

brandyjack

nix the g8/50, it's the g9/72

6:02 pm

katmayo

..."where the deer and the an Or gna...play...it's a song.

6:02 pm

Karys

hello there brandyjack.....just like to say thank you for stats....wouldn't finish without you !!! xx

6:02 pm

renfield

not me - i'm trying to work here - and i'm alone in this lab

6:02 pm

KRISTINAROSE333

Thank you so much Karys, mollie and brandy jack!!

6:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

may i have some clues pplease for the sa6/21s? and the po6/27?

6:04 pm

Karys

temple...you could if I were clever enough to think of one !!

6:04 pm

evanonut

birds and gerbils, but no cows. what's wrong with this picture. we need more redneck farmers in this group.

6:04 pm

brandyjack

One isn't enough?

6:04 pm

Karys

Temple....po6/27.....thick old fashioned soup

6:05 pm

evanonut

no, i'm never in here long enough to keep you guys straight

6:05 pm

snowyowl

po6 is a old word for a soup. Think what you cook in and your years!

6:06 pm

Anj

Sorry EvaNadine, i'm on/off site like a lunatic at the moment, hence the glacial response times. Hope you're well : )

6:06 pm

Karys

Temple...the sa6...both start the same ...sa..plus cooking utensil..and a vowel

6:07 pm

Haz1558

Somebody say they wanted to see cattle?

6:08 pm

evanonut

Wahoooooooo - haz!

6:08 pm

Karys

aaahh...that a baby Haz ?

6:08 pm

cybernan

le 6/24, anyone?

6:08 pm

Haz1558

No, it's a bull.

6:08 pm

brandyjack

Looks like a full grown charlais to me.......

6:08 pm

evanonut

looks kinda like my neighbor

6:09 pm

snowyowl

No Karys its a baby cow!

6:09 pm

Yoink

I've finished! Wow, I never thought I'd do that, now I can go to bed satisfied

6:09 pm

Karys

le6....limb...plus a vowel....plus a shortened digit

6:10 pm

Haz1558

I think you're right, it is a Charolais. My husband has the joy of doing a lot of dairy fertility work.

6:10 pm

Karys

WELL DONE yoink .....!!!...:)

6:10 pm

snowyowl

Congrats Yoink!!!!!

6:10 pm

evanonut

sounds like another redneck to me!

6:11 pm

Karys

no it is'nt look snowy....its a bull !!!

6:11 pm

artlady

Great job, Yoink! I'm not even half way...no sleep for me!

6:11 pm

Karys

haz...it's a very nice looking bull !

6:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

thanks for the clues...need po7/32 but i must hide log for now and type frantically - i'll check back in a few minutes ...

6:11 pm

evanonut

snowy, if thaz a baby cow, i'd hate to see it all grown up.

6:11 pm

Yoink

Thanks guys, goodnight

6:12 pm

snowyowl

LOL Karys!!!! I just couldn't resist! which is why I'm here. broke and the grandmother of 5 ! LOL

6:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

all right, yoink!

6:12 pm

Karys

nite Yoink....sleep weell xx

6:12 pm

Anj

Well done Yoink : )

I'm outta here too. Goodnight All. Good luck with the grid.
Catch you again tomorrow : )

6:13 pm

cybernan

TY Karys -- send over the fish -- as a former violinist, how could I have missed that one!!!

6:13 pm

72 Temple Owl

night, anj!

6:13 pm

Karys

ni nite Anj xx

6:13 pm

snowyowl

I should know better I suppose! Think my brain turns everything into a potential littlie now! It LOOKS young!

6:13 pm

cybernan

g'night, anj

6:14 pm

snowyowl

Night anj - sweet dreams

6:14 pm

artlady

Bye, Anj

6:14 pm

katmayo

I too need PO 7/32...just cannot see it tonight...

6:14 pm

Karys

see...snowy...thats what I thought too....must be an age thing !!!

6:15 pm

Karys

po7...its some sort of food isn't it someone ??

6:16 pm

tbear

Anj Badgers LOL especially after a medieval carol concert......!!!!

6:17 pm

snowyowl

probably Karys everything else is! the only good thing about getting older is that you have something to blame - OH - A first today - my 27 yr old told me I was right - hows that for a breakthrough!

6:17 pm

tbear

Hello...to all other crazy babblers

6:17 pm

katmayo

The PO word is sitting in my fridge...thought of serving it for supper tonight!!!! fish time.

6:17 pm

snowyowl

hi tbear

6:18 pm

Haz1558

Snowyowl - I've just consulted my husband - cattle can be classed as mature from 15 months onwards so the bull in the picture might not be that old in terms of age.

6:18 pm

Karys

hope you noted it on the calender snowy !!!....can celebrate it next year then !!

6:18 pm

evanonut

haz, why so technical? taking all the fun out of the disagreement.

6:19 pm

Karys

there you are then Kat...knew it was something 'foody'

6:19 pm

snowyowl

TY Haz - mind you being right twice in a day may go to my head! LOL

6:19 pm

evanonut

i'm sure that big mean looking bull would take offense to being labelled immature.

6:19 pm

Karys

sorry....Hi tbear...:)

6:20 pm

evanonut

do you two wanna go tell it it is immature? i don't. i'll just tell it its a bull.

6:20 pm

snowyowl

LOL Eva put that in human terms and aren't most of the 'bulls' you know immature! lol

6:21 pm

Karys

evan...you could go and coo in it's ear...I'm sure it would like that however old it is !!!

6:21 pm

evanonut

oh dear snowy. looks like it comes in threes!

6:22 pm

evanonut

karys, you go coo in its ears, i'll be on the other side of the fence with a video camera.

6:23 pm

snowyowl

I think I'd like this game even better if you could move the letters around a bit! Found some brill words that just need that letter at the bottom of the grid

6:23 pm

Karys

does it not like people then...!!....praps be safer with you I think !!

6:24 pm

Karys

I wonder why all the good words are always missing one letter...mostly the last letter !!

6:24 pm

evanonut

oh dear... was that a cheap shot? * scratches chin thoughtfully *

6:25 pm

Karys

don't think so evan....I bow to your greater knowledge since the nearest I ever came to a bull was about two fields away !!!

6:26 pm

Karys

but you must admit he does look really nice !!

6:27 pm

evanonut

our last bulls name was scooby - i was scared as heck of him, had nightmares of him coming after me. he just looked menacing. i'm thinking i definitely wouldn't whisper in his ear ;-)

6:27 pm

cybernan

po 7: spanish cornmeal mush

6:28 pm

Karys

do you get to be fond of them evan ?

6:29 pm

evanonut

i do karys, i so fond of miracle, i'm thinking of buying her from my mother in law to save her from the butcher.

6:29 pm

Karys

oh dear evan....that must make it soooo hard !!!

6:29 pm

evanonut

i don't care to eat a miracle burger. the first burger i ate that i knew first was adam.

6:30 pm

snowyowl

They have such nice faces too! It's the same with polar bears and koalas. they look sweet and they're really dangerous. Bit like my mother in law!LOL

6:30 pm

evanonut

gee snowy, hope she doesn't babble

6:31 pm

Karys

I don't think I could do it evan....I know it has to be ...and I am a very practical person normally..but I think i would find it too difficult !!

6:32 pm

snowyowl

Well not on a computer Eva!-
No in real life she's fab - was really lucky there.

6:32 pm

evanonut

the cows i can do, except maybe miracle, but i'm working on that. she's just got the sweetest big brown eyes.

6:32 pm

Karys

snowy !!!...it's nearly Christmas....goodwill and all that !!!...LOL

6:33 pm

Karys

don't look then evan !!

6:33 pm

snowyowl

She's a darling Karys and coming to us for Christmas!

6:33 pm

evanonut

oh i won't look kary's, it's the freezer i have to worry about!

6:34 pm

cybernan

el 6/21?

6:34 pm

Karys

thats nice snowy....ours are all gone now...,'cept in spirit !!!

6:34 pm

Haz1558

It's what happens when time goes by

6:35 pm

Haz1558

Or whenever people head off to get married in secret

6:36 pm

Karys

Haz ??

6:36 pm

Haz1558

el 6/21

6:36 pm

Karys

which one cyber ?

6:37 pm

Karys

Brilliant Haz !!!

6:37 pm

Karys

(wish I was clever)

6:38 pm

evanonut

you're clever karys, heck, i still haven't figured out how you got that picture of my right buttcheek for your icon.

6:38 pm

snowyowl

LOL eva!

6:39 pm

Haz1558

Sorry - have to go. See you tomorrow!

6:39 pm

Karys

aaahhh...now that would be telling !!!

6:39 pm

evanonut

are you laughing at my buttcheek?

6:39 pm

evanonut

bye haz

6:40 pm

cybernan

sorry ---- el 6/21 - the last one

6:40 pm

Karys

now would I do that !!!

6:41 pm

evanonut

i suppose you wouldn't karys, unless i laughed first of course.

6:41 pm

Karys

it would be that one wouldn't it !!!

6:41 pm

snowyowl

Night Haz- thanks for the fun!
Eva - how could you think I would laugh at you? My butt must be a mirror image of yours !lol

6:42 pm

Karys

LOL...evan xx

6:42 pm

evanonut

hmmm, which one? anyway. i'm glad you posted the right one, the left one is scarier.

6:42 pm

Karys

Ni nite Haz......sleep tite..xx

6:43 pm

Karys

not you this time evan...

6:43 pm

evanonut

you guys are wonderful comic relief.

6:43 pm

Karys

tis cyber...needs the last el6

6:44 pm

Karys

nice warm feeling to be able to chat to you all !!!

6:45 pm

evanonut

well, my burn is nice an warm feeling anyway

6:45 pm

Karys

cyber...el..plus vowel...plus very small insect !!

6:46 pm

snowyowl

Well ladies I'm going to join Haz - not literally I hasten to add!! Out to lunch with Mothers Union tomorrow - so need my beauty sleep (HAHA) especially since I am no longer the youngest going - she is 43! I hate competition!

6:47 pm

evanonut

night snowy, just knock out the competition.

6:47 pm

snowyowl

What was that song eva - Happiness is a warm bum?

6:47 pm

Karys

well...dust yourself off...take a deep breath and go for it snowy.....have a good time !!

6:49 pm

evanonut

never heard it, you can sing it for me tomorrow snowy!

6:50 pm

Karys

must be going too evan...ni nite...xxxx

6:50 pm

snowyowl

think the real words were Happiness is a warm gun Eva - but we always sang Bum instead - teenagers huh!

6:50 pm

evanonut

night karys dear

6:51 pm

evanonut

you're not going to sing it are you? :-(

6:52 pm

cybernan

Thanks, Karys

6:53 pm

snowyowl

Lol no eva you can sleep sound, those were the only words I can remember! It was a Beatles song!
Really going now - thanks for your lovely company.

6:54 pm

evanonut

u2 snowy

6:57 pm

cybernan

last 20 -- think I'll have that ca 6 now.

6:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

night, snowy! pleasant dreams...

6:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

cyber - julius ca****

7:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

may i have the po7/32? the food is po7/27

7:03 pm

evanonut

no can be helping, not having

7:04 pm

periwinkle

TempleOwl, the po7/32 I have is a food.

7:04 pm

evanonut

reckon i'd best head out, places to go, people to do.

7:05 pm

artlady

Aack! Where was this nice big one on the weekend when I had time!??

7:05 pm

Rocky

anyone with as 6/21?

7:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye, evan! take care of that burn!

7:07 pm

72 Temple Owl

rocky - think what you ski down + a

7:08 pm

72 Temple Owl

peri - thanks.

7:09 pm

Rocky

Thanks so much 72 Temple Owl

7:09 pm

periwinkle

TempleOwl, yvw

7:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

yw. ha 6/21 & 6/24 please? and anyone need one?

7:12 pm

cybernan

Think of an en word (often used in photo editing) meaning to improve -- drop the en

7:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty, cyber : ) well i'm off for now - bbl...happy babbling!

7:24 pm

cybernan

missing one of the last two sa 4/5's -- have the stuff from trees ( or idiots)

7:25 pm

periwinkle

cybernan, sa4 - opposite of crazy

7:26 pm

periwinkle

sorry, that was a clue for a sa4/4

7:27 pm

harpjane

afternoon

7:31 pm

periwinkle

hi harpjane, it is 8:30 pm where I am.

7:34 pm

harpjane

It's 6:30 p.m. in Montana. Technically, not afternoon, I guess. But I'm just leaving work.

7:35 pm

cybernan

Time to make supper -- back later.

7:39 pm

periwinkle

Need help with se7x2 and se8, and sp7 and sp8.

7:41 pm

Uneaixoise

sp8 is sp4/5 + ce4/5

7:43 pm

periwinkle

Une, thanks, found the sp8, never heard of the word

7:45 pm

periwinkle

Need help with the wa6 please

7:45 pm

Uneaixoise

me either!

7:46 pm

periwinkle

Une, do you have the other S words I am looking for?

7:54 pm

patact

WA is a scottish word that has something to do with what the WWF is famous for--rhymes with morsel, but spelling is VERY strange

7:59 pm

circe

does anyone have a clue for
as 6/21 and as 6/18???
I just can't seem to get them...

7:59 pm

Jacula

Hi, just got in from writing Christmas cards and then chilling out on eastoftheweb word games. Anyone need any clues while I finish my drink?

8:01 pm

Uneaixoise

peri, i'm lookin' for a definition . . .

8:02 pm

Jacula

Circe. Hi. Welcome to Babble. Don't think I've seen your name on here before?

as6/18 - Add a vowel to the start of your first sl5/10, or, think of what italic type does.

as6/21 - Add a vowel at the start of your 3rd sl5/12, or, think what you ski down... a sl***.

8:02 pm

artlady

Thanks, Jacula. Still plugging along here..up to the s's, tho!

8:03 pm

Jacula

Hi Artlady. I thought you'd gone.

8:03 pm

Uneaixoise

se7/28 is se4/4 + a picnic pest

8:03 pm

circe

Thank you Jacula!
I've been around, I'm just a lurker :)

8:04 pm

artlady

Nope, still here...86 to go!

8:05 pm

Jacula

ArtLady - I love your sketches of yourself! I used to illustrate for a short while. Must find the Xmas family cartoon I once did. I'd love to see a pic of me by you though! No, not asking for a freebie. LOL.

8:06 pm

Uneaixoise

se7/32 is the plural of se6/21 . . . crystal ball, manifestations from the spirit world, levitating table . . .

8:06 pm

Jacula

Artlady - just yell if you need a clue.

Circe - Hope the clues have helped?

Uni - Hi!

8:07 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, jacula!

8:08 pm

Jacula

se6 & se7 - Hold hands around a table and one asks, 'Is there anybody there?'

8:08 pm

artlady

Thanks, Jac, and thanks, Jac! I made a cartoon version of myself for a bulletin board at school. It also is stuck to the window of my classroom door--just in case anyone forgets what I look like... ;-)

8:08 pm

circe

Yes Jacula, I finally got them! Thanks so very much!

8:09 pm

Uneaixoise

peri, did you find the "s" words you were looking for?

8:10 pm

Jacula

Circe - Glad to be of help.

Artlady - LOL. Incidentally, are your specs really pale blue? I ask because my late Gran's were and that's the one thing I wanted as my keepsake of her. Specs are such a nice personal keepsake, I think.

8:11 pm

Jacula

I rather like my knitting hamster icon. Think I might keep it for a while.:-)

8:12 pm

artlady

Jacula, actually they're rimless with pale blue nosepiece and earpieces. I'm getting a new pair (dratted eyes keep getting worse) and they have purple ear pieces with blue nose...getting colorful!

8:13 pm

Jacula

I found a rather nice alien hippy for 'alien' theme day. Dn't think I posted on the log that day though, so that's another I've yet to use.

8:13 pm

artlady

jac, think your hamster could work on my daughter's Christmas present? It's a white scarf and I keep babbling instead of knitting...

8:14 pm

Jacula

Artlady - Nothing wrong with being colourful! My specs are rimless, too, but have gold nosepiece and edges.

8:15 pm

artlady

I was going to go for red and blue on the new ones, but chickened out. Purple goes better with my hair.. ;-)

8:16 pm

Jacula

Artlady - I'll ask her. Her name's Fluff, btw. She reminds me of a truly gold hamster we once had. She was gorgeous and liked toast for breakfast.

*Jacq consults the hamster in the sky.*

Artlady - Fluff says you should be able to multi-task. In other words, you can Babble and knit. LOL.

8:17 pm

pthomp

shouldn't that discussion be about rimles sp5-14

8:18 pm

artlady

lol

8:18 pm

artlady

Actually, they're t2's...the brand, that is... ;-)

8:19 pm

artlady

jac, my husband thinks I should be able to multi-task too...but babbling isn't part of what he thinks I should be doing right now!

8:19 pm

Jacula

Artlady - Silver or white hair looks lovely and goes with everything. The only way silver hair looks horrible is if you put that awful 'Grey Away' type stuff on it. Then, as I told my Mum when she tried it for a while, it looks like you've dipped your head in the teapot. Stay natural once the whole lot's gone silver, INMHO.

8:21 pm

Jacula

pthomp - LOL.

Artlady - my other half's not keen on me spending too long on this puzzle either.

8:21 pm

artlady

jac, I knew I'd never keep up coloring it and believe in being myself, anyway. It's actually turning out pretty good. I started in my 20's (greying, that is)

8:22 pm

lianakate

evening all..am puzzling about the 10 letter word..and one more 9 letter word..not the graceful animall

8:24 pm

lianakate

any help available?

8:24 pm

Jacula

Artlady - I know more than a couple of people who started greying in their 20s. My Dad's Mum was white at 21 (but we think that was the result of her 1st hubby being killed in WW1), my Dad started going grey in his 20s, a girl at my bank did the same and my partner's ex-wife did, too.

8:26 pm

artlady

My dad had white hair at 20, too.
Hi Liana!

8:26 pm

lianakate

hi, art lady :)

8:26 pm

Jacula

Hi Kate. That 9 & 10 are related to the graceful animals you're talking about in that they are in there but with a different first letter. I've looked up the word, since it has no given meaning in the dictionaries, and it seems to be a strange spelling of an old word for gauntlet/s.

8:26 pm

pthomp

top left corner + an8-45 then plural

8:28 pm

Jacula

I have no idea why, but the 9 & 10 were the first words I saw in the grid after 'gentle' (which isn't there).

8:28 pm

cybernan

still looking for one of the last two sa 4/5's -- have the one that comes from trees

8:29 pm

cybernan

g 9 & 10 (the plural): Put the appropriate consonant in front of the graceful animal.

8:29 pm

artlady

sa 4/5...small bags, sort of

8:30 pm

Jacula

Cybernan - last 2 sa4/5s. One is a Bible character just one initial letter different to the chap who had a vision on the road to Damascus. The other is what you might have to see how you baby is doing when you are pregnant.

8:32 pm

cybernan

Thank you -- it was the biblical man I was missing.

8:32 pm

Jacula

Cybernan - Glad you got it. I could have named my partner as a clue, but didn't want to make it TOO easy. LOL.

8:34 pm

Jacula

Mind you, I do wonder how the Biblical man is allowed in the grid, since he is a Proper Noun.

8:35 pm

Jacula

The Road to Damascus chap isn't allowed!

8:35 pm

cybernan

down to the last 6 -- to's and w's - need help, please:

to 6/18 , 7/28 combo
the next to 4/5

wa 6/30
wa 4/9
wa 5/20 -- all three just ahead of the stinging insect

8:36 pm

artlady

Down to the last 35, here...

8:36 pm

Jacula

to6/18 & 7/28 plural - A hydrocarbon, C14H10, related both to the acetylene and the aromatic series, and produced artificially as a white crystalline substance; -- called also diphenyl acetylene.

8:37 pm

onyx

waah, i just got started and i'm ready to got to sleep!!!

8:38 pm

Jacula

wa6/30 - I saw a good clue for this earlier from Lola, I think. Opposite of peace + what Santa rides on minus the last letter.

8:40 pm

artlady

Onyx, it's a monster!

8:40 pm

Jacula

For the wa4/9 and plural 5/20, which come after the annoying stinging thing and its plural, think what noise courting cats or really bad singers make... they caterwa**.

8:41 pm

Jacula

Onyx - If you're really ready to sleep, I'd advise you not to begin.

8:41 pm

lianakate

cyber..thanks for the clues..but I monkey typed and even went to A2Z...i cannot figure it out~~~~~!!!!!!!!!

8:43 pm

Jacula

Kate - Those graceful animals I assume you already have? Springboks, impalas etc.? Just add the first letter of the word you are looking for to both words.

8:43 pm

cybernan

thank you Jacula - got the w's -- googled the to chemical, but that didn't help.

8:44 pm

Babs1

cybernan...use the reverse dictionary

onelook.com

8:44 pm

cybernan

liankate: g 9 = g + an 8/45

8:45 pm

Jacula

Cybernan - just add the 2nd vowel in the vowel list to your to5/10 above them, then the usual consonant for a plural to get the other one.

8:45 pm

lianakate

i found them, cyber..and felt, uhhhhh..quite Polish..(which I am)...i was making it more difficult than needs be...LOL

8:46 pm

onyx

too late i got sucked in, btw jac, glad you stayed around

8:47 pm

Jacula

Kate - funny you should say that about making it more difficult than it is. Earlier in the log, people were saying, 'Don't overthink the big words'. LOL. I didn't see the log before I got the words, I just tried them because they seemed so daft.

8:49 pm

Jacula

Onyx - Thanks. Wasn't away as such, was just catching my breath and trying not to breathe in the germs of 3 kids snotting and snuffling their ways through the weekend! Plus, I've written 32 Xmas cards tonight.

8:50 pm

GreyWoulf

AaooroowaOOWW!

Welcome back Jacula!
(*HUG*)

8:50 pm

onyx

i thought i was on a roll, i did 2 loads of laundryand made dinner and did the dishes.

8:51 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi to everyone else as well!!

8:51 pm

artlady

onyx, so did I.
2 to go...2 to go....
ANd that's not laundry loads!

8:52 pm

cybernan

Thank you -- got it! -- I had thought of it, but have always spelled it using the u and the e

8:52 pm

artlady

One...

8:52 pm

Jacula

Wolfie! *takes hands off ears* Hellooo!

Onyx - I won't mention the laundry etc., I've also tackled today then. I don't know where you live or what time of day it is where you are.

8:52 pm

cybernan

Good Evening, GW -- love that icon.

8:53 pm

Jacula

*Holds breath as Artlady looks for the last word.*

8:53 pm

GreyWoulf

Good evening, C-nan! It's one of my fav's :)

8:54 pm

onyx

i'm in san francisco bay area, only 7 pm here but i worked all day and am already getting the snotty snuffles....

8:54 pm

Jacula

Wolfie - it's very' 'you'. You should keep it.

8:55 pm

GreyWoulf

Thx, Jac --- you are done already I presume?

8:55 pm

Jacula

2:54am on 6th December here in UK, Onyx.

8:55 pm

artlady

Ok, WHAT does the wa 6/30 mean? I can't find it and it's such a weird word!

8:55 pm

Jacula

I was done hours ago, Wolfie. LOL.

8:55 pm

artlady

Oh, and that was the last one....

8:56 pm

GreyWoulf

artlady - sherb told me earlier that it means to wrestle

8:56 pm

artlady

Rub it in, Jac...you ARE several hours ahead of us! ;-)

8:56 pm

lianakate

oooooooooh, i need to quit with 211 words..I get really tired at this time of night..thank you all for your generous help...goodnight, will see you tomorrow :)

8:57 pm

artlady

Well, geee, that must NOT be in the midwest! Here the first 2 letters are wr... for that term! lol

8:57 pm

artlady

Bye Liana, sleep well.

8:57 pm

Jacula

wa6/30 has no meaning that I can find, Artlady. As I said for the start, think opposite of peace as in wa*. Then add the first 3 letters of the vehicle that Santa's reindeers pull. Whichever version of it you use, be it UK or US, you'll get the correct 3 letters.

8:58 pm

GreyWoulf

that was pretty much what I thought when I found it, artlady! :D

8:58 pm

Jacula

Goodnight, Kate. Keep well.x

8:59 pm

lianakate

art lady..rhymes with morsle..errr..morsel..(ewg)

8:59 pm

GreyWoulf

Pleasant dreams, lianakate

8:59 pm

artlady

Now I have to do what I sat down here to do...5 hours ago. Print out a resume for a possible college night class I might be teaching...if hired...if resume gets printed and mailed... Thank you all and good night!

BTW, I did have that weird word, just wanted a def. Thanks all!

9:00 pm

Jacula

Just checked on that 'wa' - it's a Scottish word for wrestle.

9:00 pm

lianakate

gray, s
ArtL..and Jac..ty xoxoxo

9:00 pm

GreyWoulf

Good luck, artlady!

G'nite :)

9:01 pm

Jacula

Good luck, Artlady. 'Night, 'night, sleep tight. Don't let the bed bugs bite.

LOL. Not something you hear said to kids much any more, thank Gawd.

9:02 pm

cybernan

Good luck, ArtLady

9:02 pm

cybernan

to 4/5 - immediately before the sound words

9:04 pm

cybernan

Never mind - got it by process of elimination.

9:04 pm

artlady

Jac, that was part of our good night ritual for my children...they survived. tata!!

9:05 pm

Jacula

to4/5 is a balsam named after a seaport of North West Columbia.

9:05 pm

cybernan

la 5/12 (just discovered it missing), please? --- the one between tardy and rules

9:06 pm

Jacula

Tata, Artlady! LOL.x

9:10 pm

Jacula

Ah! la5/12. How to explain it when it has no definition? Take the last word of the Latin phrase for 'with great honour' which is la***. Use the first three letters of that and then add a word which you should correctly use before the word 'hotel' when describing it.

9:11 pm

Jacula

(Sounds a bit like the grassy area in your garden.)

9:12 pm

cybernan

Thanks Jacula -- found it once I realized it had to have a 2 point letter!

I am done!!!!!!! -- didn't think I would considering all else I had to do today, but the Christmas shopping went well.

9:12 pm

GreyWoulf

Glad to hear it c-nan, Great work!!

9:13 pm

Jacula

Cybernan - Did most of my Christmas shopping on Saturday. Only got 3 pressies left to get now. Feels good, when you get most of it done, doen't it?

9:15 pm

cybernan

It sure does ------ have 3 more to get also. One is easy--just requires a trip to Toys R Us, but don't have the wish lists from the other two granddaughters.

9:15 pm

Jacula

Summa cum lauda, Cybernan. LOL.

9:17 pm

Jacula

I read about a Santa site a couple of weeks ago, but didn't save the URl, unfortunately, since I don't have small children. On that site, you go into it when they are otherwise occupied, give lots of little personal details and then draw their attention to the site so they can write to Santa. They get a reply which amazes them because he seems to know so much about them.

9:17 pm

cybernan

Summa thanks, jacula.

9:19 pm

Jacula

Cybernan - *grins*

9:20 pm

GreyWoulf

help with the to6/24 & 7/36, please?

9:20 pm

cybernan

I should go find another icon for tomorrow -- can't recall what the theme is, but remember thinking it wasn't very Christmasy and I am into the season!

Anyone want a clue before I leave?

9:21 pm

cybernan

to 6/25 & 7/36: foot digit + hat

9:22 pm

Jacula

'In my day' (as some oldies (ROFLOL) say), 'You wrote a letter to Santa and it went on on the fire and up the chimney, or, as in the house I grew up in, you put it atop the ottoman in your parents' room by an open window Rudolph could pluck it from for Santa to read. If you were lucky you got the first two 'big' things off it.

9:22 pm

onyx

got the g 9&10, what's the other 9 start with?

9:23 pm

Jacula

Wolfie - what do industrial boots have in them? Steel to*****.

9:23 pm

Uneaixoise

cybernan, tomorrow's birds :)

9:23 pm

GreyWoulf

got' em, thanks

9:24 pm

cybernan

an 9 is the plural of an 8

9:25 pm

Jacula

Uni - well all we pink handbags are 'birds', aren't we? We should just put our own pics up. LOL.

I assume the UK term from the 60s for 'women' did travel to UK and Canada?

9:25 pm

cybernan

Onyx -- click on Babblers Anon. under friends of Babble, General, Stats and you will find a 2 letter word list.

9:26 pm

Uneaixoise

are you kidding? "Birds" made it across the pond just like every other Brit expression . . . in the '60s if it wasn't Brit it wasn't worth considering!! :-)

9:27 pm

cybernan

yes - it did -- but sort of a mild derogative.

9:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello all!

9:28 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi Temple -- how's the snow by you?

9:28 pm

cybernan

For Beatles fans perhaps, Une -- didn't notice that much in Canada

9:29 pm

GreyWoulf

I had a dusting earlier, but nothing worth mentioning
It seems to have stopped at the moment

9:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

cold & wet...i have notlooked yet to see if i must shovel now...the predications were all over the map... and by you?

9:29 pm

Jacula

Uni - Good.

Cybernan - Well, if they were considered 'derogatives' that may well be why a friend of mine in US got very upset when someone from UK called her a 'bint' on a message site.

Temple - Hiya.

9:30 pm

cybernan

We've had snow on the ground for 3 days and temps slightly below freezing -- that's cold in our neck of the woods!

9:30 pm

onyx

duh! i knew that they were there, just don't know why i didn't type them. Thanks, i have dial up, some times i can open another session, some times i have to quit one to lookat the other. usually i have to turn off the log. slow slow slow

9:30 pm

Jacula

Onyx - don't you have broadband?

9:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

hey jacs - i remembr, uni!

9:31 pm

onyx

nah, sonn though, and here i live in " silicon valley"

9:32 pm

72 Temple Owl

can i get some help to finish, please? missing two pa words - a four and a six...how about if i list all pas words i have, so others get help, too?

9:32 pm

Jacula

Snow here in Worcestershire in UK has all gone now. My kids are old enough to remember 'proper snow' you could go sledging on and make snowmen and giant snowballs from. My stepdaughter isn't old enough to remember this, and I would like to take her down the hills at the back on a sledge, and make snowpeople etc.

9:33 pm

cybernan

Still have a bit of hand finishing to do on my sewing projects from last week, so I'll toddle off until the flip.

Thanks for the help --- good luck to all.

9:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

i have: pa4 to move to and fro;

9:34 pm

GreyWoulf

catch you later, c-nan!

9:34 pm

Jacula

'Bye Cybernan - steady hand to your sewing.

9:36 pm

Jacula

pa4/5 - One of several usually one-handed manoeuvers in bullfighting in which the matador presents and moves the cape to attract a close, passing charge of the bull.

9:37 pm

cybernan

pa 4/6 -- what you wear on your back to carry things (minus final consonant) and pluralize.

pa 6: to do with flavour and taste -- friend + past tense of to consume

9:38 pm

cybernan

pa 4/9: cat's feet

9:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

whoops!
pa4/6 move to and fro;
pa5/12 plural
pa4/6 remove a vowel from above
pa5/12 ?????
pa6/21 roof of the mouth
pa4/5: wan
pa 5/12: add a vowel to the end of above
pa5/12: add a consonant to the end of pa4/5 above
pa4/5: chums
pa4/5: piece of glass
pa5/12: plural
pa4/5:kity or puppy feet
i am missing one 4 and one five letter

9:40 pm

harpjane

What a beast! Is there a clue for ha 5/20?

9:41 pm

Jacula

pa 4 6 What is fitted to your heart, followed by the word 'maker' when it isn't working properly.
pa 5 14 Plural of the above, or what an expectant father does outside (or once did) whilst his wife does all the labour.
pa -4 6 - bundles of things, usually shrink-wrapped.

The rest seem to have been clued already.

9:42 pm

Jacula

Hello HarpJane - The ha5/20. Think of another word for a crane or heavy lifter... a Ha***r.

9:44 pm

harpjane

OK, I'll try that! Thanks.

9:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

jacs - yours was the 4 letter - kept looking for a five for that with an o ending...now just one five left and i think it's above the "roof of the mouth" but not sure

9:46 pm

doxy1lover

clue for an8 please

9:47 pm

doxy1lover

nevermind, got it

9:48 pm

speedfreak

Jacula: Missed You!!! Just logging on to change my icon for the morning GreyWoulf has my email address if you want to get in touch with me off babble, would love to talk to you......Glad you are back!!! (((XXX)))

9:49 pm

GreyWoulf

a little excited, speedfreak? (lol)

9:51 pm

pthomp

ge6-24 not the ice?

9:51 pm

Jacula

pa 5 12 - In quantitative verse, a foot of one long syllable and three short syllables occurring in any order.
pa 6 21 - Tasty meals may suit your pa6/21, or you may be unfortunate and have a baby born with a hare lip and p6/21.
pa 4 5 if you are a Goth, a vampire, or about to faint, your skin may look very pa4/5.
pa 5 12 - No definition. Just add the first of the vowels in the vowel list to the end of the word before it.
pa 5 12 - a diminuitive word for 'stake' Think 'chum' plus the extra-terrestrial who rode a bike in a teatowel headscarf and wanted to phone home.
pa 4 5 - great friends.
pa 4 5 - a piece of glass in your window.
pa 5 12 - more than one piece of glass in your window.
pa 4 5 - bull-fighting manoeuvre already mentioned.
pa 4 9 - what puppies have that are often muddy.

9:51 pm

pbr

doxy1lover --"where the deer and the an****.... play

9:51 pm

doxy1lover

thanks pbr, but already got it.

9:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

done! ty ty ty! * blows kisses to all*

9:53 pm

GreyWoulf

Yay for Temple Owl!!!

9:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

jacs - it was abbreviation of my state + a long long time...

9:53 pm

Jacula

Oh Bloody hell, pbr! I'll be singing Home On The Plains all blooming night now!

9:54 pm

GreyWoulf

Temple -- thanks! didn't have that one yet :D

9:54 pm

Jacula

It wouldn't be so bad, pbr, but I insist on doing it with al the Southern US intonations held long. LOL.

9:54 pm

pbr

Jacula -- me too!!

9:55 pm

speedfreak

Jacula Are you not speaking to me?

9:55 pm

GreyWoulf

But, doesn't everyone? ;)

9:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

thank you all so much! jacs, hate to run but i have to see about a little shoveling before bed!

happy babbling everyone!

9:56 pm

Jacula

Hiya Speedfreak. Thanks for the exhuberant welcome.

9:57 pm

Jacula

Temple - as long as it's not sh*t shovelling, you're welcome. Did some snow shovelling myself earlier in the week.

9:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

goodnight, jacs! pleaseant dreams!

9:57 pm

Dr_God

Unfortunately, I got too busy yesterday to drop in and say thanks for my special day, but I finally just got a chance to go back and peruse the chat log. Thanks for all the love, folks!

9:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

p.s. love the icon...

9:58 pm

renfield

everyone looks so cute! even the big bad wolf! i would love to hear everyone sing that song - then red river valley - espeically jac's w/ a western drawl!

9:58 pm

torgone

Thanks for the game, Dr_G...

9:58 pm

Jacula

Of course I'm speaking to you, Speedfreak, think I already have? I was busy doing definitions for the 'pa' words.

9:59 pm

GreyWoulf

Ok, the se's are making me cross eyed
need
se6/21
se7/32
se8
la st 5/10
and the last 2 5/18's

9:59 pm

renfield

wow - dr g-d!!!! thanks so much for the game! we really enjoy it!!! you are super!

10:00 pm

zubie

Left off at 301 last night. Back to try and finish!

10:00 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi Dr_God, you've earned it!

10:00 pm

Jacula

Hiya, Dr_God. Glad you enjoyed your day in retrospect nd sorry I couldn't be there. Needed some breathing time, what with... plus the snotty kids who used up all the boxes of tissues over the weekend. LOL. ))Hugs((( anyway.

10:02 pm

Marc Freeman

Hello all, just got back and I need clues on le6/24 and the last le5/10

10:03 pm

GreyWoulf

Hey zubie!!

Sorry to say, my snow is wimping out by not accumulating -- it looks like you will have to wait until later in the season for your pics :)

10:03 pm

zubie

Hi GW! What's the score? :D

10:04 pm

renfield

gw - have you heard from mama bear?

10:04 pm

zubie

How dare the snow wimp? [glare]

:) I can wait - I think! :D

10:05 pm

EasternBlue

Dr_God...couldn't make it yesterday either...but THANKS!!!!!!!!! 8 D

10:05 pm

Jacula

Hiya Marc. Will get back to you in a min., unless someone else clues you up.

10:06 pm

renfield

hi eb - i jsut dropped in this evening - taking a break from work

10:06 pm

GreyWoulf

zubie - Eagles game is 42 - 0 with the Eagles on the losing side; I still have 57 to go to finish

ren - yes, Mama was on earlier -- she just had too much to do yesterday :)

10:07 pm

renfield

thanks gw - 8)

10:07 pm

torgone

Marc - My last le5/10 means slow musically.

10:09 pm

EasternBlue

hi renny! I started for a bit eating lunch & then thougth I'd try to polish this off tonight...less than100 to go!

10:10 pm

Marc Freeman

Got the 5/10 thanks now for the 6/24

10:11 pm

Uneaixoise

i'm done!! Now off to take the dogs out for a final pee before bed . . . brrrrrrrrrrrrr

10:12 pm

Jacula

Wolfie - Your clues...

se6/21 - think of a round table with letters of the alphabet around it, and people holding hands and closing their eyes, and then on one them, who, is as they all are, hoping to summon up the spirits of the dead... 'Is there anyone there?' the leader asks.

The se7/32 is the plural of that. There's a wineglass upside down in the middle of the table, it's meant to guide them to the letters and their answers. Sometimes it shatters and scares the ess aitch eye tee out of them all.
se8 - Think of the Wimbledon twins, Serena and Se**** and then add the French word for tea to that second name.

se5/10 - add the second vowel in the vowel list to the se4 before it.

se5/18 - 'sounds like' a shite place! Failing that, think 'needlework', to se*, and then add a countrified a* (i.e. Somerset) to the end of it.

10:13 pm

boreetos

hi kids

10:13 pm

zubie

GW - Is that a good thing or a bad thing? That the Eagles are losing? I'm probably going to shock you by asking what sport you're referring to. Ooops. :s

10:15 pm

Jacula

Hello Boreetos - did you get your curry? Ours was lovely. I did suggest I should click on your profile and wave our plates around but my other half just looked at me as if I was nuts. LOL.

10:16 pm

MissyMe

(((((((((((hugs all))))))))))) Hi :)

10:16 pm

GreyWoulf

No shock, zubie -- Talking American football, the Eagles are the local team and they got trounced which is made worse by the fact that they were tops in their division last year :D You asked teh score and teh game was on so I answered ;D

10:18 pm

Jacula

'Bye Uni.

10:20 pm

Jacula

Eek! I got bleeped on one of my clues.

10:21 pm

MissyMe

Guys I have four left that are driving me crazy!

last two: se 5/ 18 & se 5/ 18
last two: se 5/ 18 & se 5/ 18

10:21 pm

Jacula

That's funny, since the grid allows the word! LOL.

10:21 pm

MissyMe

What happens when you get bleeded Jacula :)

10:21 pm

Dr_God

Refresh the page, folks, if you want a nifty little message from me to appear.

10:21 pm

MissyMe

bleeped*

10:22 pm

Marc Freeman

Still need a clue on le6/24

10:22 pm

zubie

*Grin* GW, I see that your concentration is on the game - the football, I mean! :D I ought to have known that you were talking about American Football! I didn't know that there was a game on, though! When I asked "What's the score", I meant YOUR babble score and total! You know, words found! :D

[Laughing, now]

10:23 pm

Jacula

Missy - you mean 'bleeped' not 'bleeded', I hope? I'm a vamp (LOL) - can't get bled unless someone sticks a stake through my heart. Seriously, the word you've typed in just shows up as <bleep>.

10:23 pm

MissyMe

I meant for the last ones I'm missing the last two ga's on the ga list...and the last two se's on the se list

10:24 pm

GreyWoulf

zubie -- ROFL -- my focus is on the grid, it's the wife who is the rabid Eagles fan! ;D

10:24 pm

harpjane

Greetings. I never did get the ha 5/20? Anyone care to try another clue? Then I'm going to cut my losses, with 100 words.

10:25 pm

MissyMe

hehe Jacula...okay hasn't happened to me yet. I was actually worried about that thinking if I accidentally put a word in that's in the grid I would get banned.

10:25 pm

pthomp

mark - french adjective + spanish cat

10:25 pm

zubie

Quick rescue of self, GW? Can't stop laughing! You ought to have seen my puzzled face when you started telling me Eagles' scores!! :D

10:25 pm

allstartwithX

ha 5/20 - add a vowel to the ha 4/9 above it.

10:25 pm

Jacula

But, Jamie, I already read it when you were experimenting and forgot to remove the stuff you were working on from the bottom of the Bab page. LOL. Thanks anyway.

10:26 pm

Marc Freeman

thanks, got it

10:26 pm

allstartwithX

ha 5/20 - might also be how someone from Boston might pronounce the animal you ride with a saddle.

10:28 pm

Dr_God

Jacula-

I don't what you're talking about, but it certainly sounds like something I would do. :)

10:28 pm

MissyMe

Revised list of the four I need:
last two on list:
ga 5/ 14
ga 4/ 6

and last two on list:
se 5/ 18
se 5/ 18

10:28 pm

Marc Freeman

Need help on the last el6/21

10:29 pm

Jacula

For the ha5/20 - think 'hips and ha*s' and then add an eclair.

10:29 pm

samirosecho

ga4..type of party

10:29 pm

Jacula

Dr_God - you did, and I read it! LOL.

10:29 pm

GreyWoulf

Jac - took me a sec to put the vowel in the right spot but got them all -- Thanks!
BTW, I'm a practicing Wiccan - you didn't have to give such an explicit def for the 6/7 combo ;D

10:30 pm

allstartwithX

Missy - ga 4/6 is what you pass through on the picket fence. ga 5/14 is plural of ga 4/6 above it... the olde English word for prison.

10:30 pm

Jacula

el - A substance used as a solvent in separating materials in elution.

10:31 pm

Jacula

Wolfie, I know you are! But so mote it be!

10:32 pm

zubie

319 now. To the to's!

10:32 pm

Jacula

ga4/6 and its plural. Oscar Wilde - The Ballad of Reading Ga**.

10:32 pm

GreyWoulf

now I am missing both sa6/21's and one of the sc5/12's

have the subdivision of an opera

10:33 pm

Dr_God

Jacula-

I really doubt you've read the Treehouse article because it never appeared on the Babble site.

BTW- what article *are* you referring to anyway? You've got me stumped and confused. :\

10:33 pm

TL

harpjane-if you don't have it yet it's haw**

10:34 pm

Dr_God

Jacula-

Unless you have some vampire power I don't know about.

10:35 pm

pthomp

sa+cooking vessel + vowel Mexican plum

10:36 pm

zubie

Sa 6/21 - fruit, GW, with variant ending letter

10:36 pm

Jacula

DR_God - at one point there were all the sites you chat on at the bottom of the Babble site. They'd not have made any sense to anyone but someone who is au fait with chat sites and chat names (and who knew your real name). I just had a quick look and before I knew it, the sites had gone anyway. I'm not having a go at you, Jamie. I just saw some stuff I maybe wasn't meant to, but nothing awful Just stuff about this site and others you do.

10:36 pm

pthomp

sa -then the same and change the final vowel

10:37 pm

zubie

Very popular fruit in Florida, Carribean, GW.

10:38 pm

Jacula

Jamie, I promise you it is nothing to worry about. I'm not a hacker. I just happened to be here at a time when you left some stuff lying around.

10:38 pm

GreyWoulf

Thx pthomp and zubie!

10:39 pm

Marc Freeman

Got it thanks

10:39 pm

MissyMe

allstartwithX, Jacula thanx for the ga clues...gotem :)

10:39 pm

Jacula

And, Dr_God, because you remind me very much of my only son, I went and read it. LOL.

10:40 pm

Dr_God

Jacula-

Aha! Now I know what you're talkin about. I'm not sure why you saw those links at the bottom of the page, but I think you're referring to the little links at the top of the page. I occassionally talk about Babble on my Epigroove site, but I haven't posted the article on there. I might someday.

10:40 pm

lshult

Morning everyone.
I'm stumped on one of the ge6's. Have the Italian Icecream. Any clues for the other?

10:41 pm

MissyMe

Looking for my last two:
(last two 18's on list)
se 5/ 18
se 5/ 18

10:41 pm

Jacula

Okay, Jamie, you've convinced me. I might pay $3 for your article once I've seen what my bank balance says after the Xmas shopping. ))))HUG((((( ANYWAY.X lol.

10:42 pm

pthomp

missy - se + very pale

10:42 pm

zubie

GW - You know that I was j/k, right? :s

10:43 pm

GreyWoulf

Missy - to repair torn clothing (se*) + speak like a pirate

10:43 pm

Jacula

Incidentally, is anyone willing to pay for all my recipes on BabAnon??? LOL.

10:43 pm

pthomp

se + armed conflict

10:44 pm

zubie

And, with that, it's 325 words 4.76 3732

I hope that the next grid has just 40 words to find! ;D [faints]

10:44 pm

GreyWoulf

zubie - huh? A bit focused on grid cos I'm going a bit slower than usual

10:45 pm

Jacula

*Jacq puts Zubie's legs above her head and loosens her neckwear.*

10:45 pm

zubie

Re the 'quick rescue of self', GW. I meant to put a ";D" after it, but didn't. If it's only the grid that's keeping you silent, that's ok, then. I thought it was what I said. :/

10:46 pm

mlaureli

Hello, I need help with the last sl 5/10, please

10:46 pm

zubie

Jacula - I don't want to be a pretzel! :D

10:47 pm

Jacula

Zubie - not even the very rarely spotted CHOCOLATE pretzel??

10:48 pm

GreyWoulf

zubie - Oh!! sorry zubie -- of course I knew you were joking :D

Just don't confuse me like that again!

10:48 pm

zubie

Jacula - :D I'm not that fond of chocolate! I might eat it twice or thrice a month. :D

10:48 pm

Jacula

Dr_God- my daughter's boyfriend reckons you have a 1,000-word grid lined up for us on Dec. 19. You wouldn't be the cruel would, you???? Would you?????????????

10:51 pm

zubie

:D *I* confused *you*, GW? :D I walked in here this morning, asking for your Babble score and you told me football scores and I confused you! :D Well, if I did, then we're even, right? :D

10:51 pm

MissyMe

GreyWoulf & pthomp Thank you... I got em.

Yay! done...

10:52 pm

MissyMe

Jacula...nooooo....all of us are gonna be very busy that day...it would have to be like a 50 word puzzle to be kind :) (Naturally, I'll be on that day in between things)

10:52 pm

allstartwithX

Need some help with my last two. pe 6/21 and pe 5/12 below the pe 5/12 that's the prison colony.

10:53 pm

renfield

hey missy me - yeah! -

10:53 pm

GreyWoulf

still missing sc5/12 (have the opera subdivision)

also missing a pe4/5 & 5/12 (combo I think, before the pe6/21 - jai alai ball

and the pe7

10:55 pm

torgone

Yay Missy Me!!

10:55 pm

allstartwithX

GW - sc 5/12 is what you smell from a rose or a perfumed woman.

10:56 pm

allstartwithX

or what the bloodhound picks up from the trail

10:56 pm

GreyWoulf

zubie -- let me clarify -- Wolf is my primary totem beastie - the patient teacher -- he walks on my right.

On my left is Coyote -- the trickster who teaches by his own bad example and by confusing his enemies -- he is on my left

And I am LEFT handed -- so sowing confusion is second nature to me ;)

10:57 pm

GreyWoulf

Thanks allstart

10:57 pm

Jacula

Wolfie - thinks films 'Sc*** of A Woman'.

10:58 pm

Jacula

I am also left-handed, which is why I, too, also give rather cryptic clues.

10:59 pm

EasternBlue

Lefties unite!!

10:59 pm

EasternBlue

(back to puzzle...only 29 to find!)

11:00 pm

torgone

Ren - Is that you?

11:00 pm

MissyMe

pe6/21 The ball used in jai alai (hope this is the 6/21 one one you wanted)

pe 5/ 12 There's no pe5/12 below the prison colony one but there is one above Think this: what you do to a fruit when you want to take the skin off, (drop one of the vowels), and opposite of "off"

11:00 pm

MissyMe

Arg...

Dr God you still there?

11:01 pm

zubie

GW - pe 4/5 - Do you have that which comes off an orange? How about the football/soccer player?

11:01 pm

GreyWoulf

zubie - have the orange skin

11:02 pm

zubie

Nice clarification, GW! :D But were you meant to sow confusion in yourself, too? ;D

:D

11:02 pm

Jacula

pe4/5 is the start of s showy flower

11:03 pm

GreyWoulf

Yes, zubie -- Coyote teaches by failing to learn from his mistakes

11:04 pm

torgone

Heya Jac - Nice to see you.

11:04 pm

renfield

yep - i was testing my pix as a real ham'ster - hamming it up on the microphone

11:04 pm

GreyWoulf

This is ridiculous -- I have been on for the past 2+ hours and I still have 39 to go and I haven't even been chatting as much as I normally do!

11:04 pm

zubie

Do you have the pe4/5's - what a bell does; a word for a clerk (Asian sub-continent), GW?

And you win on the sowing confusion issue :D Great arguments! ;D

11:05 pm

MissyMe

pe 4/5 Portuguese for skin Also sounds like the famous soccer player

11:05 pm

Jacula

po7/32 - A thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in water or stock.

Something my Romanian (2nd wife of bro'in'law) Sis-in-law and her Mother INSIST on making.

11:06 pm

MissyMe

Torgone...its funny. I had put the same icon on you have but changed it at the last minute to a more Chrismassy rodent :)

11:06 pm

Jacula

Hi, Torgone.

11:07 pm

Becoz

That awful, terrible, nauseating color of the late 70s!!

11:07 pm

MissyMe

Jacula that pic is so cute...what is the hammy knitting?

11:08 pm

pthomp

clue wa 6-30?

11:09 pm

GreyWoulf

okay - still don't see the pe7/40, and am missing one of the last two sa4/5's (have the plural of tree blood)

11:10 pm

zubie

pe 4/5 - pe 4/5 up anger
pe 4/5 - short form of a certain muscle (plural)

11:11 pm

zubie

pe7 = S/A word for office boy + what a person is in years.

11:11 pm

torgone

pe7/40 = "A system by which debtors are bound in servitude to their creditors until their debts are paid"

11:12 pm

GreyWoulf

thanks - got the pe7!

11:12 pm

zubie

sa 4/5 - Think Biblical person, GW. Rhymes with saints Peter and ----

11:12 pm

dlfox

Would anyone want a 5x5 grid with over 800 words (using the same wordlist as Babble)?

11:12 pm

zubie

Yikes, dfox! *shivers*

11:12 pm

Becoz

Sure!

11:12 pm

allstartwithX

MissyMe - the Eagles are done and now so am I. Thanks for the last two. Had my list jumbled but you figured out which ones I needed. Thanks!

11:13 pm

GreyWoulf

yay -s's done finally!

11:13 pm

MissyMe

wa 6-30 Scottish : WRESTLE, STRUGGLE think: When armies go to wa* and your soul but spelled differently

11:13 pm

Jacula

Missy - she's knitting a jumper for one of her 5 babies, I think.

11:13 pm

dlfox

This is for the people who are "done"...
r t n l e
e s o e s
s l a t r
a i s a n
t r t e h

11:14 pm

MissyMe

allstartwithX Alright! Yay! :) I always enjoyed the Eagles

11:14 pm

Jacula

dlfox - DON'T give Dr_God ideas! Our 1000th grid is due on Dec. 19th.

11:14 pm

MissyMe

haha Jacula...that is darling!

11:14 pm

GreyWoulf

Missy - the Eagles got trounced -- horribly (42-0) :(

11:15 pm

MissyMe

GW Woot! It feels good...donnit?

11:15 pm

zubie

Woohoo, GW! Which other words do you need? Let's see if we can help you finish! :D

11:15 pm

MissyMe

Ahhh...that totally sux :(

11:15 pm

GreyWoulf

35 to go

11:16 pm

zubie

Any idea which they are?

11:16 pm

scatty

can i have some help pleeeeese i only have ea 5/10 to get, cant seem to find it even with monkey typing

11:16 pm

GreyWoulf

lots of E's still missing

11:17 pm

lshult

dlfox - your a sick individual
I never have time to finish a 300 grid.
Wish I'd never started!!!!!!!

11:17 pm

Jacula

I'm still here for clues. Keeping out of outher half's way as he goes about his start of day routines...:-(

11:18 pm

MissyMe

Well hand em over GW lets get to work on em :)

11:18 pm

lshult

stioll looking for ge6- not Italian icecream

11:18 pm

MissyMe

lshult lol

11:19 pm

GreyWoulf

don't worry Missy I will when I get to them :)

11:19 pm

zubie

I'm here for clues if you need them, GW. And anyone else.

11:20 pm

lshult

zubie - ge6 ?
please

11:20 pm

MissyMe

ge6 think this: You're gonna g*** cold if you go out dressed like that. Make it all one word

11:21 pm

mab

Ishult: thickiening agent plus picnic pest = ge6

11:22 pm

zubie

ge 6 - sounds like a ga----- knight, except it's spelt ge----. Hope you got it?

11:22 pm

Jacula

ge6/24 - not the Italian icecream, sounds a bit like the old hymn, 'When a knight won his spurs... he was ga***** and bold. Take out 2nd consonant and 2nd vowel and change vowel to 2nd in vowel list. Failing that think 'fine old English 'girl' + busy insect that is found in a formicary.

11:22 pm

lshult

thanks guys, got it
only 100 more to go and 6 minutes til I have to start work.
Don't rate my chances today!!!!!

11:23 pm

GreyWoulf

last la5/12?

11:25 pm

MissyMe

la5/12 Sounds something like the girls name Lu***

11:25 pm

GreyWoulf

got it

11:26 pm

Jacula

That last la5/12 - I GAVE A CLUE FOR IT EARLIER.

Sorry, didn't mean to shout. Caps lock on, not me!

11:27 pm

MissyMe

Jacula lol or i should say LOL

11:28 pm

scatty

still stuck on ea 5/10 can anyone help me please

11:29 pm

pthomp

sp8?

11:29 pm

MissyMe

ea 5/10 Think french liquids...this is one of the "x" words

11:29 pm

doxy1lover

scatty, don't have a ea5/10. There is an ea4/10, similar to french for boyfriend minus the b

11:30 pm

lshult

sw5? the first one

11:30 pm

lshult

okay monkeyed it

11:31 pm

MissyMe

sp8 plaural of word above A rope used to hobble an animal, as a sheep.

11:31 pm

zubie

sw - sounds like a mammal from the sea, minus the 'h'

11:31 pm

MissyMe

sw5 plural of one above it Meaning to exchange something for something else

11:32 pm

GreyWoulf

last two le's (4/4 & 5/10)

11:33 pm

zubie

le 4 and 5 - I le 4 some money and add a vowel to that to get the 5

11:34 pm

GreyWoulf

pass the fish for the 4 *smack*

11:34 pm

MissyMe

last two le's (4/4 & 5/10)

1. You let someone borrow something from you
2. Add a vowel to above

11:36 pm

Jacula

Le** is a forty-day period before Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday. We skip Sundays when we count the forty days, because Sundays commemorate the Resurrection.

That's your le4.

Your le5 is a musical direction for 'in a slow tempo'.

11:36 pm

MissyMe

ea 4/10 Scatty, think French liquid. This is one of the "x" words

11:36 pm

dlfox

is there really an ea 5 word?

11:37 pm

MissyMe

No onlyl a 4/4 and a 4/10

11:37 pm

zubie

dlfox - think french for water and pluralise it (in french)

11:37 pm

DarleenMB

need the he5/14. have the one that means piles or lots of

11:37 pm

TL

Can anyone help me with the se 7/28?

11:38 pm

zubie

se 7/28 - alternate word for caulk; used to 'fix' things

11:38 pm

MissyMe

he5/14 It means "therefore". "He***, I have decided not to go with your company"

11:39 pm

DarleenMB

Thanks Missy , can't believe I couldn't see that!

11:40 pm

MissyMe

DarleenMB YW.

I missed of all things...that door you go through in a fence...the ga word I feel so dumb!

11:40 pm

Jacula

se7/28 - think a sea creature that claps its flippers together when it isn't getting clubbed, plus a busy insect found in a formicary.

11:41 pm

pthomp

se8 40 clue?

11:42 pm

dlfox

The first 6 letters of se 8/40 is the name of a former Latina singer

11:42 pm

GreyWoulf

1st ha5/14,
ha6/24,
and ha6/21

11:42 pm

Jacula

se8/40 _ I gave a clue for that 2 or 3 pages back on the log.

11:42 pm

MissyMe

se8 40 A salt or ester of se***** acid.

11:43 pm

TL

Thanks,got it! Last word YEEHAAA!

11:44 pm

scatty

Missyme do you have any other clues for ea 5 i still cant get it and im rubbish at french

11:44 pm

dlfox

Last 3 letters of se 8/40 is what you've done after eating

11:45 pm

Jacula

ha5/14 and its 6 plural - remove the 'en' from former words. Words on their own sound a bit like what knights use in tournaments.

11:45 pm

MissyMe

1st ha5/14, To raise; to elevate
ha6/24, plural of above
and ha6/21 The heart, liver, and other edible viscera of an animal, especially hog viscera.

11:45 pm

torgone

There is no ea5.

11:46 pm

zubie

GW - how's it going?

11:46 pm

Jacula

ha6/21 - pork ha****. What I have to buy every week from my butcher for my son and my other half to put on their sandwiches.

11:46 pm

MissyMe

ea 5 Sounds like "owe" . It's one of the "x" words

11:47 pm

GreyWoulf

13 to go, the 3 ha's and then all E's

11:47 pm

MissyMe

I knew Scatty meant ea4/10 :)

11:49 pm

zubie

E 5 and 6 combo - To e5 and go to Gretna (or is it Gretta :D ) Green - Think Pride and Prejudice!

11:49 pm

Jacula

Only 2 ea's. ea4/4 and ea 4/10. Onemis restful and the other is French waters, using the little used 24th letter of the English alphabet.

11:49 pm

dlfox

Lets el 5/12 so we can es 6/21 the inlaws. Time will el 6/21 much faster

11:51 pm

scatty

thanks everyone, i've finished, for some reason i thought i was looking for a five and not another four, anyone need any help

11:51 pm

Jacula

Wolfie! Pull ourself together, baby crying or not! You must be able to find at least one 'e' or two??

11:52 pm

DarleenMB

I'm beyond help at this point.

11:52 pm

GreyWoulf

dlfox - that is a great clue!

Down to 6!!

11:52 pm

MissyMe

Scatty cool! :) We're getting GW down to the wire here.

11:52 pm

scatty

it cant be that bad

11:52 pm

dlfox

en5/10 E, N, SW, N, SW

11:52 pm

zubie

GW we'll get you there! WHich are the ha's you need?

11:52 pm

MissyMe

GW *cheers* Go...Go...Go...!!!

11:53 pm

GreyWoulf

got all the h's

only e's to go

11:53 pm

zubie

ha 6 - This building h-- been --- for two months. Think "rent"

Add those two words to get ha6

11:53 pm

GreyWoulf

mostly el's

11:53 pm

EasternBlue

I have slayed the BEAST!!

11:53 pm

Jacula

Darleen - know how you feel! I think I just had something same eyed at me, as ny other half left for work.:-(((((((

11:54 pm

zubie

The model sashayed on the catwalk with remarkable el4

11:54 pm

Dayners

i've got 7 minutes to find an en 5/10 and se 6/21. any help??

11:54 pm

GreyWoulf

wrong on that score -- have no en's yet -- earlier clues were good for the el's :D

11:54 pm

Jacula

WELL DONE, EASTERNBLUE!!!

11:54 pm

dlfox

2 el's are what you do when you don't want a big wedding (plus plural)

11:54 pm

MissyMe

EasternBlue Alright! :)

11:54 pm

DarleenMB

I am fried. 98 left. don't think I'll make it.

11:55 pm

zubie

eg 4- think in official (le---) terms and remove the first l

11:55 pm

EasternBlue

thanks jacula...sorry I wasn't chatting much before...was trying to finish...
Hi all!
(Go Woulfie!!!)

11:55 pm

torgone

Yay scatty & EB!!!

11:55 pm

MissyMe

en7/28 An enzyme present in muscle tissue that acts in carbohydrate metabolism.

11:56 pm

doxy1lover

Still have over 100 left, won't make it again tonight.

11:56 pm

GreyWoulf

missing just the en's and the es

*Deep breath and Dive*

11:56 pm

dlfox

For EN's walk this way...
S, SW, SE
and
SW, N, SW

11:56 pm

pthomp

ce7?

11:57 pm

GreyWoulf

meant et6 not the es

11:57 pm

EasternBlue

pt - plural of you ce 6/21

11:57 pm

dlfox

There is no es 6/24
Time has el6/21 (d)

11:57 pm

MissyMe

ce7 hundredweight (plural of above)

11:57 pm

scatty

the first en sounds like late
the se 6/21 is why you use a weegy board

11:57 pm

EasternBlue

e + eagle foot

11:57 pm

zubie

en 4 - think alcoh-- and plural is en5 and add to that an la 4 to get the en7

11:58 pm

EasternBlue

e + eagle foot for ET clue..

11:58 pm

dlfox

ET, then walk this way
S, S, NE, N

11:59 pm

zubie

et 6 - think upper echa.... of society and modify that, GW!

11:59 pm

scatty

the second en sounds like pole

11:59 pm

MissyMe

et6 "e" + ta5/10

11:59 pm

Jacula

en 5 10- Growing outward.
en 4 4 - An organic compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom, which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
en 7 28 - An enzyme present in muscle tissue that acts in carbohydrate metabolism.
en 5 10 - Add an 's' tp the word before the 7 word.

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